The Cantuarian December 1984 - August 1985 by OKS Association

THE CANTUARIAN

DECEMBER 1984

CONTENTS PAGE

EDITORIAL

THIS AND THAT

CHAPEL FUND FOCUS

CAPTION COMPETITIO N

TWO CANTERBURY POETS

BOOK REVIEW

HOUSE NOTES

BABY COMPETITION

REPORTS AND REVIEWS MUSIC AN D DRAMA

II TALKS

III VISITS

IV THE SOCIETIES

IMAGINATIV E WRITING

THE CANTUARIAN INTERVI EW SPORT

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THE SCHOOL

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

C.C.F. NOTES

ASSOCIATED BOARD MUSIC

SALVETE AND VALETE

O.K.S. NEWS

IN MEMORIAM

THE CANTUA RIAN

Editors: D. M. Andrews, K.S., P. H . McCleery, K.S., M.S., P. D. Miller , C.S., M. J. Nash, K.S., P. E. H. Paines. Photographic Editors: M. J. Smith, R. E . Strivens, K.S., M.S. Senior Editor: P. J . Brodie, M.A.

OUR CONTEMPORARIES We acknowledge with thanks the receipt of magazines from the following schools:

Aldenham, Amplefo rth, Ashdown House, Bradfield , Dulwich, Edge Grove, Edinburgh Academy, Highgate, Herdle

~OlUS<:' Hurslpierpoint, Kent College, King's Parramatta, Marlborough, Pocklington, R. G. S. Newcastle, SI. Augustine's o lege, SL Edmund' s, S1. John's College School, Cambridge, St. Lawrence, 51. Paul' s, Sionyhu rsi.

THE CANTUARIAN

DECEMBER, 1984

EDITORIAL When asked to write the editorial of the King's School magazine, it is very hard not to imagine Ibe readers for whom you are writing: from the most uninterested, who may perhaps spare the rlrst page a glance, and then look at more stimulating subjects such as the photographs, to the most pedantic who perform a most painstaking analysis of the piece, and delight in quibbling about any mistake, whether it be grammatical, thematic or otherwise. An awesome prospect. However it is precisely because of this very varied readership, associated with the school in many different ways, that King's is such an interesting place and that there are so many aspects 01 the school to be covered in this magazine. If you do manage to keep your head above the ever-present evil of work, there is a broad and interesting horizon of extra-curricular activity to be explored. In my opinion the key to staying sane is to become involved in the school as deeply as possible and to resist the temptation of yet another coffee in the study. This involvement can be in any sphere whether musical, sporting, or intellectual: you might even be gullible enough 10 attempt to write an editorial. The very important condition of this involvement is that the commitment of the organisers and participants must be whole-hearted. Otherwise the effect will be the direct opposite of that which is desired - the warm and happy sense of fulfilment resulting Irom such creative involvement. When you finally manage to master the art of organising your time and being able to settle down to work straightaway, then you can do what really interests you. By doing this, you contribute constructively to the school and have the satisfying feeling 01 lulfilling your potential, which leads to self-confidence and self-respect. It is this philosophy which seems to cope best with boredom and frustration on a Sunday afternoon, or post-exam anticlimax. I realise that this must seem like an idealistic treatise on how to survive at King's. I would be very hypocritical if I claimed to be the epitome of half of these ideals . I confess absolutely to being a hopeless organiser of time and a fatally confirmed practitioner of the principle of Ihe eleventh hour. Nonetheless I believe strongly that it is worth trying. DOMtNIC ANDREWS.

(Michael Smith)

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On Tuesday 16th October there died at his house, Belmont, Lord Harris aged 95. He was a governor of the School from 1952 to 1977, and till ru; death a good friend. A choir from King's sang at his Funeral Service which was held at Throwley Church on Tuesday 23rd October. The School lost another old friend.in Canon Jack M~rkham who died at Canterbury on Sunday 7th October. He was aged 83. TIll hIs health forbade It Canon Markham often had King's boys living in his house, a pleasant continuation of a very old practice. The Headmaster and the Bursar represented the School and its Governors at the Memorial Service for Mr. Frederick Cleary which was held at St. Paul's on Tuesday 2nd October. Requiescant

Mrs. Robin Leigh-Pemberton has joined the Governing Body. She is weD known for her interest in education, and as she lives quite close to Canterbury we hope to see her at the School often. Her husband is Governor of Ihe Bank of England and Lord-Lieutenant of Kent.

The Governors

Autumn Increments

We congratulate Mr . and Mrs. James Cooke on the arrival of Ruth Diana, born on 28th August, and Mr. and Mrs . Peter Dix on the birth on 10th October of Emma Charlotte Natalia. School parties often resound to happy gurgles nowadays (so what's new?) as babies gate-creche the proceedings. 2

The marriage of Mr. Christopher Millar and Mrs. J une Dixon on Saturday 15th December was a most happy ceremony in which their coming together (jcctsIO" was seen as a transfiguration of lives already rooted and established. the groom's side determined the setting: the Chapel of Our Lady Undercroft, choir UnUSuallY ~ters from the School, the Headmaster celebrating the Communion Service. And also lU IJlCllru p and charmingly, the bride chose to be given away by her eldest son. ···usua ll Y, . .. e Chris had known June and her late husband for a long lime the engagement had ~~sf Even so it had its repercussions. T he hitherto infallible computer print-out from the ])Ct" nef'Studies' office appeared redundantly doubled so often that it came to be known as "85ler 0 , and Hers Mode. ,. faodly

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The first Canterbury Festival, intended to provide 'pleasure and enrichment for local inhabitants and visitors alike', ran from 23rd September to 13th festival October. While naturally the Cathedral was one of the main centres of events F slival is independent and secular, and aims to present to an international audience works ~;IUinantlY drawn from one European country each year. 1984 was Britain's turn, and it r iikely Ihat 1985 will feature Italy . IS The School was involved in a number of ways, the most useful probably being the loan of bU'ldings for performances and exhibitions, among them the Shirley Hall, the Old Synagogue ~ilal Room, and Blackfriars. It was sometimes quite difficult to persuade the Festival Rdminislrator, Mark Deller (SH 1952-57), that from time to time the School might need to use ~ese places itself. Another contribution was to leave in relative tranquillity two pieces of sculpture Ihal appeared on the Green Court - outliers of a whole host that graced the other parts of Ihe Precincts. The one called After The Fall, by Rob Kesseler, which included an eminently ITUndlable egg/apple/world about a yard in diameter did excite some creativity but was still there when the Festival ended. Four King's musicians benefited from a 'Youth Master Class' run by the Chilingirian Quartet. Anlhony Evans-Pughe and Melanie Fall (violins), Natalia Fetherston-Dilke (viola) and Giles Amos ('cello) were selected, with a quartet from the Simon Langton Girls' School, from a number of ent rants. A correspondent using a National University of Singapore envelope kindly brought to our attention the poem Carlyon Bay Hotel by Richard Murphy (MO 1941 -42) which appeared in The Times Literary Supplement in the spring. We would have written to thank him had he not omitted to give his name and address - come in Singapore if this reaches you. However, as a result we are very glad to print in this issue two poems by Richard Murphy, and also an extract from a longer work by Sebastian Barker (W 1958-63). Each poet has placed us further in debt by agreeing to be questioned a bout his work . Richard Murphy's The Price of Stone will be published by Faber & Faber in Spring 1985. Sebaslian Barker's A Nue/ear Epiphany is obtainable from Friday Night Fish Publications, 22a Lawford Road, London NW5 2LN. He is currently Writer-in-Residence at Stamford Arts Centre, Slamford, Lines. Lyra Canluariens;s

Values Aslray Tax

The Headmasters assembled in their Conference in September were not in favour of the rumoured imposition of V AT on books and periodicals. 'To get them to read a book at all is bloody difficult' said the Headmaster of Winchester while our own Headmaster, bearing in mind King's reading habits , said 'It will mean taxing Ihe Bible as well as Shakespeare'. . Not long after this the Headmaster thought he saw a large whi te rabbit in the Library, and II says much for his moral courage that he mentioned it. It transpired that quite a few people had had a similar experience but the meaning of the portent in the context of a tax on the printed word is not clear.

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Mr. Barry Rose

Although he does not join King's till January the u ' . appoIntment of Mr. R~se as Master of Choirs at the ~c~~Clty Which makes a prelimInary notice and welcome appropriate M 01 has r~ he very much looks f<?rward to working as part of the King's School music r. fRos e has said;~ he has known professIOnally, and he has already taken part in new u ils' vs~a f, manYOfw~ tasks. Mr. and Mrs. Rose and their three children will live at the MifI t'ott OIce tnals and si~ and we hope they will be very happy with us. age, near Milner

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1985 and 1986 will see a number of Hous lb' . will be 50 in 1985, Meister Omers and Marlo:! t~e ~:a~t~1fe JUb~ets: WalPOle Anniversaries " will merely begin serious life, 40 in 1985 The comm r, w .' e LuXJnOOrt the arnval In 1935 of Canon Shirley as Headmaster of Kin 's a~d th . on link IS, of colirJe, B~oughton and Tradescant (and much besides) are simil!rly Iinke~ e~ft~ng remarkable sroll1h. PilkIngton: his !enth anniversary will be in 1985, theirs in 1986. It aliI ~el~~mmg of Canoa for a party lastmg a couple of years. 00 s I e a good exCUre

Grave Doctors of two of them.

Round numbers are catching Drs R"d t H b all reached memorable figures ihis te~m, 'a~~ ~e c~~r:~~\~~: th~ MalliOl CI~~:e ~~::'e 0:/~~i'r:;,~e2~~ctors of the sum of their ages is a factor of 7h~":;

Three authors connected with the school have honoured a h . tusto?'d anNd hI,ave very generously presented copies of their b~gk~lror~viVlDr'D& New Books . ona el s (SH 1920-26) God in Everything . . . s. . than exposllion 01 Panenthelsm, a synthesis carrying on the work of Bishop John R b' ~~ChantderbGury, Dr; Neil's lifelong interest in theology). R.F.W. ~:i~~al's(rJb" [~~~e3r9s)tanled, IC ar rayson cnme novel, The Whisky Murders h . ata!

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drawmgs are by themselves worth the cost. A fuller review :ppo:ae~ssealnse hozen.s ofhdel.'ghtful Th I"b h . were m t IS Issue Write~'; ~:rrnn~~ ~Is~ r~celved signed copies of The Collected Stories 0/ Eudora Welty o~ This kind gift a b y HTerschel thIS year. ' S VI lle, ennessee earlier

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Gifts

roug. ton, for a most ~andsome I!,aving present on their behalf. The air knows pe h Â°tf ll;ntlque candelabra will be associated with their name at King's for ÂŁhO raps cen unes to come. ' !

M~tyO;t~~~~~~ ~ldig~~:slr~~~~gt:;~~7~it~:~I':,'ge the School's patrimony was wide.spr~ad. sure evidence of a then persisting custom It d I" Y ontal; an almost set formula of dedicatIOn, than of a serious change of attitude. If 'so s a ete~~~p:rh .aPhs more a matter of changu~g fashion a revival. , r Ig ly aware people could bnng about 4

On Thursday 25th October the Harveian Society of London led by their President, Dr. Edith Gilchrist, came to the School and at a brief ceremony YllH0'" presented us with a portrait bust of Dr. Harvey (KSC 1588). It is the work of onham and will probably be placed in the entrance to the Biology laboratories. The p/iId B~ Society are the donors of the annual Harveian Prize, valuable and despite the normal l!If':e!~y not hotly competed for. The most open-ended school prizes attract the smallest fields: JICIbll~~iS tell uS something about examinations and stultification? ~ distinguished Cocked Hat Club, originally and improbably founded 'to act as a ginger e in the Society of Antiquaries', came to King's on Saturday 29th September. They were JIO"Ph1 by Hubert Chesshyre (GR 1954-59), Chester Herald and as the junior Cocked Hat, Boots. lJOII~te the venerable age of some of them the visitors spared their guides nothing, and after pesPlving snooze in one of the Lattergate dormitories (a much appreciated nostalgia-soaked :;; of hospitality) they went on to feast in the Gatehouse Chamber at St. Augustine's. ishoP Desmond Tutu preached in the Cathedral on Sunday 9th December, flying on later ~ Bthe presentation of his Nobel Peace Prize. Most understandingly our own preacher, Bishop or II agreed to a postponement which enabled a large number of King's boys and girls to hear :oP Tutu'S address. It was remarkable for its cheerfulness and serenity, qualities difficult understand in temporal terms knowing what would surround him again on his return home. ~o hear Bishop Tutu will surely have been a formative experience for some members of the congregatIOn. Rlbies to IIJngoon

An OKS tells us that responding to our mention of Sao Hseng Hpa's (W 1936-42) wish to hear from his King's contemporaries he dredged from his memory a conversation with the last British governor of Burma which he thought might interest Sao Sao. After independence Burma withdrew from the Commonwealth but the former governor was invited back and made warmly welcome at President House. Sao Sao replied that he recalled the occasion well, 'because actually my father, Sao Shwe Thaike, was President at the time'. Any OKS wishing to swap stories with Sao Sao, who has told us how pleased and cheered he has been to hear from old friends, should please note his new address: Sao Hseng Hpa, 311B, Kanbe Park Lane, Kokine, Shwegondaing P.O., Rangoon. Sdff Upper LId

After the tears and resignation of Australia's cricket captain Kim Hughes The Guardian reflected 'David Gower is often thought of as delicate, even effete. But his five defeats against the same West Indian team could not undermine the stiff upper lip or dry eye bestowed upon him by King's School, Canterbury. Perhaps a gentle weep would do him no harm'. Following the second Test against India he can wave away these proffered hankies. Quite properly he is relaxing among tigers, with bare hands. We also congratulate Gary Smith (SH) on winning both Under 18 singles and doubles titles at the Kent Lawn Tennis Championships last holidays, Mauro Zamblera, David Laurence, Phil Lacamp and Toby Duthie (all B - is this a record?) on their selection for their respective County rugby sides or squads, and John Maxey (MO 1972-76) who is a London University Eight trialist. The centenary match in the rugby fixture with St. Lawrence was played at Ramsgate on 25th September. The home team won 18-16, a fact they were gracefully silent about in the first press report. This was later corrected. The match was followed by a celebratory dinner. Against Tonbridge all 14 possible teams were again engaged this year. The 1st XV and Colts won, the Junior Colts drew, and arguments about elites v. depth rumbled about for a bit. The Editors have received a contribution entitled Westbere Butts, a name which internal eVidence suggests is modelled on Bognor Regis. A pot pourri of astrophysics and basic human biology, it has been placed under lock and key. 5

Musical Good Works I

Ethiopian Famine Relief was the beneficiary of a number of School, including this term's Orchestral Concert. Dr. Ridout's Symphony was among the works played. At its concert the S~';~r~d (~~~. supported the Walmer Social Educational Centre for the Handicapped; and the stimulated the economy at an evening shop-in for the aged and handicapped at Spencer's. Members of Luxmoore wheeled the chairbound. King's musicians also gave a at St. Augustine's Hospital, Chartham. Musical Good Works II

The Captain of School appeared 'by kind permission of the Headmast ,. the Benenden production of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas. BreastPlatecter .. barelegged he was saluted by ecstatic whistles, mostly from pupils at &ad .. dress-rehearsal. ' t

Video Archives

Helped by Eddie Vine (GR 1979-84) and others, Dr. Mallion has been King's present and past on tape. While our daily routine will Certai.,I" of interest to sociologists and alienists of the future, it is the interviews some senior OKS which hold a similar fascination for us. A notable item 'in the can' . conversation with Leslie Mitchell (KSC 1914-20), the originator of the television tnt'~rvi,ew. Another rarity is a discussion with Mr. Calvin Hoffman, who occasionally visits us about his Marlowe-wrote-Shakespeare thesis. Mr. Hoffman has also been rec~o:~rd~;e~:d~~::~~s\~n! the opening of the Walsingham vault in Chislehurst parish church on 7th u thought that evidence bearing on the matter might have been deposited there by Sir Walsingham, Marlowe's close friend and patron, but the search proved inconclusive. We have whenever occasion offered praised the writing of Patrick Intellectuals Fermor (GR 1929-31). Support comes from The House of Milford, a published account of the reticent sisters: 'Another clue to the surreptitious development of Debo's intelligence ... can be ide'nlir.... As soon as Chatsworth was ready, she began to invite intellectuals to stay. ominous warning of what they might do to her fixtures and fittings: "Tell about They are terrible wreckers, worse than puppies ... ". They have come since in increasing nUlnbcn, Patrick Leigh-Fermor, for one, has provided neat titles for the false books ... on the door the library.' We congratulate Brad Cohen (T) on his organ scholarship to St. Oxford, Luke Goss (MO) on his to St. Edmund Hall, David on a choral award at Girton and Anthony Musson (T) on a at King's. Academic awards at entry have been discontinued at Cambridge, and are for the last time at Oxford. As we go to press we have heard of about half a dozen King's so far, a good final fling. While there are respectable arguments for the abolition of awards some moral obfuscation surrounds the fate of closed endowments. We also congratulate Caroline Topping (LN 1977-79) on her award of a Winston Churchil Prize at the Middle Temple, and Kate Pahl (GL 1979-80) on her Morgan English Essay at Jesus College, Cambridge. Our Caterers have been doing well aux Salons Culinaires, cooking Tempters and Resisters petitions to you. Colin Jordan, assistant cook, won first prize in the round of a national competition, and reached the finals: he was successful with his cold sweets. At another Salon Maureen Amos, also an assistant third prize for her breadwork - must entail more than unwrapping the sliced loaves Mr. Corcoran, our Catering Manager, triumphed with his cocktail canapes. While competitions as no more than a pacemaker in their chief work, cooking for the School, Caterers are proud of the talent among them and have every reason to be. Successfully not eating has been Mrs. Loretta Cork, who does some of our sewing. 'Top Skinny of 1984' - can this really be true? - she has shed nearly four stone on 1000 a day. One stone to go, if she can keep off chocolate. Our Intis

6 STRUcrURAL DAMAGE (Liley

Mr. Colin Ellis, having lightly brushed the Blarney Stone with his Friends' School, N. l. (Quaker Estab.), New Call. Oxford. Private Versailles. ~1\"". Mr. Gary Hartridge was educated at Chatham House, Ramsgat Harvey Grammar School, Folkestone, then at Loughborough University. He taught at lIQd. School before coming to King's. His main interests are sports of various kinds. He is amPl;al and has a small daughter. m~ Common Room Arrivals

Mr. James Hutchinson, 'manic depressive, insomniac in lessons' was at Manchester Or

School, then at New College, Oxford. He comes to us from Merchant Taylors. His main s~ interest is cricket, and he collects books. ""n~ Mr. Andrew McConnel, Shrewsbury and Magdalene, describes himself as 'a 3rd/4th musician and sportsman'. This is his first post. His interests are those 'that might be ex"","~ from one of the hills of S. W. Scotland' - but we think he is livelier than that. r_"" Mr. Stephen Matthews' education was 'straightforward and boring - Sherborne and Tbe Queen's College, Oxford'. He taught for two years at St. James's Choir School, Grimsby before coming to King's. Apart from music he is interested in astronomy, ornithology and ~n. Mr. Roy White was educated at Gillingham Grammar School, Birmingham University and in Germany, at Cologne University and the Deutsche Sporthochschule. He has ten years' teachiua experience. His interests are largely in sport - he was a county rugby player - and one 0/ the formative experiences of his life was 'my first encounter with the Pontypool pack of the 70's, which included the Viet Gwent'. Mr. White is married. Temporarily with us are Mr. Art Erickson from Glen Rock High School, New Jersey who is a Fulbright exchangee for Mr. Barham, and the Revd. Peter Vorkink II, on a year's sabbatical from Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire. Both Mr. Erickson and Mr. Vorkink are married. We were also very pleased to have with us for the term Miss Jane Moylan (MR 1973-74) who took over antenatally from Mrs. Dix in the Design and Print Studio. She is tbe second woman O.K.S. to have come back to King's for a teaching spell, and she tells us sbe is almost sorry to be taking up a much sought-after post with Courtauld's. And where the power really lies, in the Headmaster's Secretary's Office, we welcome Mn. Honor McMillan, who comes to us from Rose Hill, the preparatory school in Tunbridge Wells. After forty years' service at King's Fred Sawkins has decided to call it a day, Mr. Fred Sawkins though anyone watching his lunch-break cricketing prowess by the side of the Shirley Hall might well find it difficult to believe that Fred is well on into his seventies. At a very pleasant ceremony representatives of all sides of King's life bade him and Mrs. Sawkins a long and happy retirement at Barham. Post Oxbridge Blues

Latlergoats

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.1 need meat. . . .1 don't think I'll go anywhere, I'll just phut like a fly. .just debauchery ... . 1 always wanted to be the Virgin Mary ... . I'm glad you reminded me - yes, I think I'll become excited .. .

Q. What action do you take on hearing the alarm bell after 10 p.m.? A. Run straight to Natalia. Q. What do Jim, Ben, C.J. and Natalia do in their spare time? A. Jim takes pills, Ben walks his hair, C.J. chases Natalia and Natalia runs away from C.J. Q. Whom would you most like to put your lights out, and why? A. The Fall twins - I'd get twice the pleasure. 8

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9 BELL HARRY (James Smitll)

fOCU<ÂŁ, ARGO '84 We are very grateful to Peter Wheeler (SH 1969-74) for the following account oj his vo with Tim Severin and Peter Dobbs (LN 1972-74), retracing the journey oj Jason anl~C Argonauts. A cruel stepmother, a wicked uncle, a long-lost prince, fabulous treasure and a beautiful princess, not to mention monsters and unexpected dangers, are the good ingredients for a fairy story. And it was whilst retracing the voyage of Jason and his band of Argonauts in their searcll for the Golden Fleece that we came across all of these. Well actually that's a lie, because they existed in the Bronze Age, spread between loleos Greece and the Caucasus mountains at the far end of the Black Sea. By following these along with ancient texts and archaeological evidence we proposed to row and sail Aegean Sea to the infamous isle of Lemnos, then into the Hellespont, through the Dard'tnpllo,; and past Gallipoli into the Sea of Marmara. Then the big question - would a to battle against the ferocious currents of the Bosphorus into the Black Sea? Once in Sea we were to coast along North Turkey to the ancient kingdom of Colchis in Soviet Tim Severin, a veteran of recreating such voyages, chose the island of Spetses in Greece as the place to build the twenty-oared galley. And it was here that I joined II. Being built to Bronze Age specification, with a touch of super glue, it was made enllirel.. wood and had wooden pegs, or trunnels, driven into the planks. The underneath was then in pitch. It was at the start of the route from lolcos (modern Volos) that I met Peter for the first time since the back row of an economics class at King's. Peter was eXIDerie",,,,, in the sea-dog role, having accompanied Tim Severin on the Sindbad Voyage from China a couple of years before. Peter was soon dubbed Heracles, hauling jammed anchors the bottom, and like Heracles, was able to come only for part of the route, leaving almost the same place as Heracles some three thousand years before. It took a while to acclimatise ourselves with rowing up to ten hours a day then beaching boat at night and sleeping ashore. We soon became acutely aware of wind movements and abandon the oars in favour of unfurling the rectangular sail at the slightest breath in the direction. In the Aegean we encountered sharks and huge monsters - hydrofoils ".,UU,ug us - and we were able to compare ancient with modern - an ancient Greek s~'~~.~~~ra: a modern Greek galley! The island of Lemnos welcomed the original Argonauts with a entirely of women and some stories suggest they stayed there for two years. We stayed long enough to enjoy a traditional welcome of dancing and reckoned that the notoriety of island belonged not to its history but to its wines. Leaving Lemnos we were almost crushed, not by the Clashing Rocks, but by a Turkisuh'~;;~i~; which then escorted us to the mainland. Here we were subjected to Turkish dancing and f' Through the Dardanelles we had a favourable wind and managed to do some seventy-four in sixteen hours, but ahead lay the Bosphorus. Some historians have postulated that impossible for Jason and a galley of this size to battle against the treacherous currents Bosphorus. So after refuelling ourselves in Istanbul we tackled the problem with the aid of Turkish oarsmen, and, despite being slewed sideways twice, we eventually made it, dwarfed vast container ships looming over us. 10

UP THE BOSPHORUS -

ARGO '84 (Mr. Peler

the Bosphorus it was a hard grind across the Turkish coast with many weeks of rowing

~flerand sailing the light land breezes by night. Off Sinop, after cracking one of the giant bY aY oars we were swept out to sea by a sudden wind shift and a storm which lasted for

SI"f1~: s The waves would rise alongside and a white horse would leap into the open boat

f~O::" ttie ~teersman kept a careful lookout. It has been said that there are only three safe harbours

Black Sea - June, July and August and just as we were edging into August we reached In Ihd'eslination of the ancient land of Colchis. Here we were royally feasted and entertained our he pieces of the archaeological jigsaw began to fall into place. as ~ I what of the Golden Fleece? Well, high in the Caucasus mountains we were shown an '~nt methOd of pegging a sheep fleece to a board and weighing it down in a fast flowing , ~nc~old stream. Dense stones and particles of gold would be trapped in the fleece , these would I~e n be shaken into a triangular pan and washed to expose the gold. In time minute particles I euld cover the fleece , sticking to the natural oils and giving it a golden sheen - The Golden Ft~e So we were able to leave not only with memories of the Golden Fleece but also, as a lribul~ to Georgian hospitality and food, with memories of the Golden Feast. U1-

JACKEROOING IN AUSTRALIA I spent some of my 'year off' in the Sydney office of an Australian Mining Company, C.R.A. Within forty-eight hours of arriving in Australia I found myself reading the Mines Inspection Acl of 1901 and was informed that I would be expected to write a report proving it no longer had any relevance today. Over the next few weeks I duly set about this task and it was only laler Ihat I discovered that it had been sent down to Head Office to form the basis of a discussion on Ihe Act. Luckily it was well received. Another of my tasks was learning to use the office machines, especially the computer, but even in this 'high tech.' world it is still essential to have a messenger boy and this was another of my functions. However, one of the oddest jobs was looking for metal deep in the Australian bush. Armed with nothing more than a back pack and an auger, I was told to dig three-metre holes every twenty-five metres for several miles. For the first hour it was great fun, but as the day wore on the back pack grew heavier, the blisters grew larger and the feet sorer. I soon realised why Ihe experienced people had started so slowly. Certainly by the end of the day my digging did not augur well for the future. The bush was arid and full of beautiful creatures, fantastic birds, kangaroos and wolf spiders. The latter will attack any.thing and don't have a web. I saw several of them, normally as I was being sucked into a bog or being cut by razor grass. However, I carried on with great zeal and we certainly collected a lot of samples. Australia is a materialistic society and money seems to be all important. All the commercials leli you how to instantly split infinitives and how to instantly win 1,000 dollars just by purchasing a bread bag! Money, so often a taboo subject in Britain, is not only talked about openly but seems to be many Australians' favourite subject. The Australian stereotype of an Englishman is 'Someone who is never happy and is always moaning about something, especially the weather and his job.' In fact, it is this sort of attitude, fair or not, that makes many Australians want to make their country a republic. One student explained to me that 'As Britain is going "down the tube" we don't want to be associated with you'. It would appear that opinion is split fifty-fifty about whether Australia should become a republic. Certainly the feeling seems to be that Australia will one day sever its links with Britain and become a republic, and that this will happen sooner rather than later. However, all this talk does not mean that the Australians are Anglophobes - far from it. I had no problems and I found that the average Australian wanted me to tell him all about England. For example, they find it hard to picture the size of the country. They also expect y?u to know every area of the country because it is 'so small'. 'We had a lovely time in a little vlliage, about five hours out of London, whose name began with 'T' or was it 'W', you know ... ' 11 STREET SCENE _ ALEXANDER REDMAN'S SEVENTY METRES IN PEN AND INK (Richard Strivens and Michael Smith)

Australia is a lucky country, with its vast mineral deposits and its huge spaces ad' a lot to offer. I asked two fellow 'Poms' working in Australia, as we lay browni~ ~ It ~ on a large yacht, eating freshly caught prawns, if they could really put up with theglifur~l~ Antipodes and emigrate to Australia. I got the gist of their answer as I surfaced from th: In tbe Whilst working in Sydney I met a farmer who said that he was prepared to allow me t Water. on his farm for a few weeks and so I packed my bags and went off to an experience thatO Wort never forget. To start with the size of the property, 6500 acres (an average sized holding I ~han was something that took a lot of believing. The fact that the farm was run by just four ~ fl, was something that I found hard to comprehend. It is true that they hired contract harves°Plc to do the reapinlf, but the daily ~unning of the farm was carried out by this 'gang of fot~ In fact, so well dId they do thelT Job that I not only felt superfluous, but sometimes posit· ~ in the way. The cutting up of carcasses was one of the more gory jobs that I had to do ~.., used to meat coming in little packages, I was surprised to discover just how much m~at w"" available on the average animal. Certainly Australians seem to eat more meat than the Engl' ~ but this is no doubt due to the fact that it is twice as expensive in England. b , The best task that I was allocated was shearing a sheep. This is not as easy as it looks I felt .like a contestant on the 'Generation Game' as the 'Gun' (the expert sheep shearer) show'ed l1It how to do it. Having had it explained to me I was given a sheep and told to get on with it The object was to get as much fleece as possible off in one go. It was essential to go deep enou&Ii to remove all the wool, without going so deep as to cut the unfortunate patient. A quick Pun of the string and the pulsating razor leapt to life. A quick nick with the razor and the puls.ti she.ep leapt to life, too! Still, its head wedged firmly between my legs and with several onloOk~ gIVIng advIce, encouragement and marks out of ten, I was able to fInIsh the task in quite I respectable time - although nothing like the speed of the professionals. With my freshly shorn sheep sliding down the ramp to rejoin his friends, I set about clearing up the wool and havi it graded while listening to the bleats of complaints from the other sheep. Mine was well aw~ by now ... I don't think that either of us enjoyed it very much at the time, but we probably appreciated it later. On a more serious note, there can be little doubt that although farming is associated with the land of the great 'outdoors', the profit margin of three to four per cent is so slight that the enormous surpluses of the E.E.C. and the U.S.A., which could well be 'dumped' at any time on Australia's customers, are a real and constant threat. This is something that all the fll11l1m I spoke to voiced concern over. To be a farmer in Australia you cannot afford to have a faint heart. The long hours of toil can be wiped out, with no compensation, within a few hours. But I can see why farming holds the great attraction that it does to so many Australians, although this was one Jackeroo who was not all that upset to leave a township of three shops and a few houses and return to Sydney. However, I can safely say that my months in Australia are amongst the happiest of my life. I benefited enormously from them and would recommend such a year off to any student. TOBY FREEMAN.

SCHOOL FILM AND VIDEO-FILM ARCHIVE: A PROGRESS REPORT I mentioned in a previous Cantuarian article (Vol. XLVI (3), p.178 (1982» the organisation of a School film and video-film Archive, in parallel with the long-established School Archives devoted to documents, books, prints, paintings and still photographs, under the Curatorship of Mr. Pollak. In spite of the appeal I made, in the above-cited article, for celluloid film of King's that any old Members might have, the only pre-I 980 material that we have in the Archives 12

m celluloid-film format) remains the 1938 trip to Canada, run by Mr. John Corner,

(Ill I6 ml 946 footage of British Movietone News' coverage of the presentation of new Statutes and th~chool by the late King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, in July 1946, referred to in

to the tier arti~le, (the latter item obtained through the good offices of Mr. Leslie Mitchell, O.K.S.) tIl~ accumulation of footage in video-cassette format, taken over the last five years by Masters d Members of School, has, however, continued apace and the purpose of this article is to I!' progress report on how the collection is growing . There is quite an amount of material gIve ared in various quarters around the School and my task over the last year or so has been scau~lect copy and generally save and edit as much of this material as possible, in a single video10CO ue format. Reluctantly, I have chosen this to be the VHS format. I say 'reluctantly' for cass~easons: first, with the exception of the footage obtained by using the Luxmoore camera, ~o ur filming has been in the Betamax format; second, although opinions differ, experts have Â°ainlY convinced me that, for technical reasons, the Betamax system is capable of a better ce~ure quality. However, the fact remains that, of the eighteen video-cassette machines that pIC noW of in the various Houses and Departments in the School, eleven are VHS, four are I ktamax and three are in the now-obsolescent Philips VCR system. If only the extant systems Bee considered, the VHS:Betamax 'split' in the School is 73"10:27"10. (Fortuitously, this small at mple does seem to be about representative of the country as a whole, where, largely due to :Sressive selling by the T.V.-hire firms, the VHS system does, I believe, have about 70% of the market.) The richest sources of material I have been able to gather so far have been Luxmoore House (possessor of its own camera), Mr. Glyn Wilson (former assistant Caterer), Mr. Brodie (who systematically documents all of his play-productions), Edward Vine, O.K.S. (amateur filmcameraman extraordinaire!), Mr. Hooper and the Boat Club (who, fortuitously, had a whole reel of vintage material, unerased since their camera was out of order for about a year!), and my own Jazz Club Archives (which, like those of P.J.B., are systematically kept). During the last term, I have had enthusiastic help in filming from my departing Tutee Mark Read (B) and from Martin Edwards (SH), a young cameraman of considerable promise. In addition, with Ihe kind and expert help of Edward Vine (GR), now O.K.S., as cameraman, I have myself in Ihe past year conducted interviews for the Archives with Mr. Calvin Hoffman (donor of the Calvin and Rose G. Hoffman Marlowe Prize), (5th December, 1983), Mr. Leslie Mitchell, O.K.S. (Ihe first man ever to do a television interview!) (30th June, 1984), and Lt. Col. William Dunbar of Kilconzie (O.K.S. - who was at King's, under Headmaster Galpin, in 1905!) (11th July, 1984). In order to publicise the existence of this Archive, and to make more widely known the material Ihat is contained in it, I have during the last couple of holidays, undertaken, and completed, Ihe following two projects: I) The details of the material that is contained in each one of the Archive's cassettes (currently numbering 16) has been written up, and a folder containing this information has been deposited in Ihe Masters' Common Room (and thus available for consultation by Masters), in the School Library (therefore available to Members of School), and also in the Archives Room (c/o Mr. Pollak). These will be updated from time to time as new footage is acquired . 2) A montage film has been prepared, on a single cassette (No. AI2), showing edited clips of most items (though not quite all) that were held in the video-film Archive up to the end of Summer Term, 1984. Entitled King's Chronological Montage, 1980-1984, it gives glimpses of the material from Ihose five years, in approximate sequence through that period, and it will be available on request to Masters/Members of School. The 'pilot' film is in the VHS format, but, if interest were sufficient, I could also make an edited version available in the Philips VCR system (which would Ihus be suitable for viewing in the comfort of the Sixth-Form Reading Room). Production In Ihe Betamax system is, for technical reasons, not feasible at present. In conclusion, I should like to thank all those previously named for kindly making available material, Edward Vine, O.K.S., and Mr. Millar for extra technical help and advice, Mr. Dix, for his kindness in making available the Games Committee's camera, and Mr. Pollak, for his encouragement of the whole enterprise. Any Archive such as this is only as comprehensive as 13

its supply of footage and my main motive in writing this article, and in making availabl montage film described, has been to encourage those who do not systematically _ 0 e tbe occasionally - document their plays, concerts, sports or other activities, to think of d; <Yea. in the future and, in the process, to make copies available for deposition in the Archi~ng 10

R. S'Ma.

SOCIAL SERVICE - ST. AUGUSTINE'S HOSPITAL The hospital atmosphere is distasteful; the pungent smell of disinfectant and dirty linen fi the morbid picture of long passageways stretching to the horizon. This is the place where till government cures and aids the mentally ill, the ward patients living their lives in isolation distant memories of the life before. There are two ways of receiving the patients and day visitors. One way is to dislike them becaurt of what they are, to fear them, and to distrust them, because one is always vulnerable to tbe unpredictable. The other way is to sympathise (but not patronise), to accept them, and never worry about them because how could they be harmful in their sad state? To get to the carpentry unit where I work I have to walk through the industrial unit. This is where the Oneflew over the cuckoo's nest imagery is found. Mindless separation of industria[ plastic valves, the connection of plastic tubing, all the boring jobs no one else can put up with - here they are. Is this really mental rehabilitation, or an excuse for cheap labour in unwanttol jobs? Criticism should come here if anywhere, but I'm not going to give any. Walking down the passagew~y between the tables o~e is confronted by unearthly star~s and nervous smiles. One woman 10 the corner shouts whIle she works; she talks about synnges, 'You killed her not me', and 'It's your bloody fault, not mine'. ' Working alongside 'the boys' in the carpentry unit is uneventful, but, as usual, is interestillI. Eric seems to do most of the talking - he is probably in his sixties now, and unnaturally jovial. He told me how he came to have a mental breakdown once at tea-break; he owned an electrical business in partnership with his brother. His brother did no work; he did and got nowhere'And that's why I'm here', he told me. Bob spends his time laughing at Eric's misfortunes and attempts to take command from David who is employed to run that sector of the industrial unit. He laughs normally, but his quick, darting eyes make him seem one of them. Frank says little, and what he says is relevant to the conversation, but his seclusion and nervous drawilll on his cigarette give him away as desperately in need of affection. Trevor says nothing, unless Eric asks him the name of his rabbit, when he grins childishly and avoids any eye-to-eye contact. One week Trevor cried all afternoon. Eric told me he did the same the day before. Everyone tried their hardest to cheer him up and solve the puzzle. David said nothing. I suspect Trevor's rabbit had died. Every week I arrive for tea-break. The day patients and some of the inmates sit around tables, laughing, staring and chatting casually. The choice is simple: tea with or without sugar, and a handful of biscuits (one man fills his pockets weekly). We talk about the miners' strike, havilll no money for Christmas, lack of jobs, troubles and anxieties. Every week without fail a thin, shaking hand places itself on my shoulder. This is probably the most pathetic character I have ever met. Every week she shakes violently and spasmodically as she gibbers, 'Which ward are you in?' I reply to a wrinkled and kind old face, and most weeks she says, 'You're a nice boy'. Last week she told me she was going to marry Trevor. Eric pointed out to me that perhaps Trevor didn't know about it. I always seem to leave the hospital in a different frame of mind from when I enter, and wonder how I could help them in any way. But as the 'volunteers' lady' says 'All we ask of you is your understanding. ' TIM BRIGGS.

LES ENFANTS DU PARADIS Âˇ Guignard from Blois spent this term as a member of Sha and wrote the following !Jot!hleu .I /' 'ted testimonia. ~o '~' Frog and he wears white socks' This was the first sentence I heard in this school. The He S k was terrible. I was completely lost. But at last I began to be used t~ thIS school .and fitsl w~e friends. I discovered the school and found it really amazmg WIth ItS old bUlldmgs h~d S~t houses so different from the French ones. Wllh I S h ' TV Here we a re very free . We can do what we want go to town, watc 109 . . . . . There are no school in France so liberal. 's an important difference too. It is so good to be able to play game every afternoon . GameS! . .., . w I will have to leave that, to leave this small paradIse where hfe IS so SImple! I WIll Bul noreturn to 'rna bonne vieille ecole' and tell my friends about all that. have to I want to thanks my house-master, my masters and all these who welcomed me. Goodbye paradise, I'm coming back to hell.

Winner: Dad, the Gorilla Festival was last week. Runners-up: Oh Dad! I can't take you anywhere. O.K. you win: no more milk fags. We should have left the strait-jacket on him. James! Help! 15

Michael Holden Hugh Andree Anthony Brown Alastair McDonald Adam de Linde

crwo Canterbury CPoet~ MR. RICHARD MURPHY (MO 1941-42)

Mr. Richard Murphy's latest collection of poems 'The Price of Stone' is t b this Spring, by Faber and Faber. It includes twenty-o~e poems written since :Higt1 pU~lishtd and fifty sonnets of the title sequence, described as 'splendidly converted sonne: i,nd (1974) From these sonnets Mr. Murphy has chosen two for us to print in 'The Cantuaria~'!dlngs'.

CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL What building tuned your ear for poetry? Mine, You remem~er, trained your childhood voice that filled My qUire with a sha~p sound. You poured in my fine Keyed vaults the grams of song my stonework milled. When Canon Crum took you to climb dim stairs That spiralled into my cranium, did you dream You'd found my brain, with its treadmill slow repairs ' Refacing a gargoyle, splicing an oak bea~? Now, you've come back, not to sing the Te Deum In my nave, but to retrieve from your song's ground The love you gave me then. Above the triforium It soared to reach martyrs in stained glass crowned. "Nine o'clock on a clear night, and all's well", You heard, as you fell asleep, with my curfew bell.

CARLYON BAY HOTEL Designed for luxury, commandeered to house Your bombed out school, under Spartan rule I live In a Cornish idyll, with high and mighty views: Royal blue channel, Phoenician tin-veined cliff. Don't you know there's a war? It's why you're here Debarr~d from girls, a pup among top dogs. Hom: IS nmety days off, and you've no future Huntmg hares over treacherous Irish bogs. Wing-collared Milner scholar, don't forget Your gas-mask, ration book, identity card. My buckthorn wood hears inklings in the black-out. Uncle Jack's killed in Africa. Work hard! Your voice is breaking. Kneel and be confirmed By Truro's hands of clay. Do' you feel transformed? 16

The twO poems you have chosen for us to print deal with your boyhood set in clear and detailed surroundings. Does this represent a major theme in your poetry? In what else do you Jlnd inspiration? The price of Stone covers much of my life and is indirectly autobiographical. My earlier work earlY all set in West Ireland. The Battle of Aughrim (1968) was an attempt to come to "as nwith the history of Ireland from an Anglo-Irish viewpoint. The Battle of Aughrim led I~~ Treaty of Limerick and the destruction of the old Gaelic order in Ireland under William 10 I The poem was written in the hope of reconciliation in the more united Europe of the I 960s. I11'fortUnatelY things deteriorated after that. I was shocked by the rhetoric and manipulation he civil rights movement by the I.R.A. in Northern Ireland, and some critics said my voice o 1100 impersonal, so I've only written one public poem since that - Amazement, at the time "fthe H block hunger strikes. o I grew increasingly interested in the sea and in the lives of local fishermen in the 1960s. I tried locale myself and became involved and identified with an itinerant family. High Island (1974) ~ntained some poems about itinerants, including one about teaching a fourteen year old boy 10 wrile. ,.

Did you writep?oems while you were at school? Can you point to anything specific that moved you to It. I started writing poetry at Wellington where I was sent after four terms at King's, although I really didn't want to leave. Being a chorister of Canterbury Cathedral was the most wonderful part of my education and the poetry came through the singing of the psalms. The liturgy was a slrong influence on my writing.

Did you feel that your Irish background set you apart in some way in your English schooldays? Are you aware of any Irish/English tension in yourself now, and if so, is this apparent in your poetry?

My Irish and colonial background did set me apart. Murphy was synonymous with potato. Having been to Ceylon was rather exotic and the colonial service had an aura of privilege. When in Ireland I sound terribly English. I'm an Irish citizen, but I don't like having to define myself.

Do you consider there is a 'mainstream' of poetry written in English today? If there is, do you belong to it?

There's no consensus about what is a good poem. I'm empirical: I've no ideology. I've spent years trying to incorporate history into my poetry because of my loss of faith in any absolute IrUlh. I had a very religious upbringing and losing it was very painful. The truth I value is saying as clearly as possible: 'It happened in a particular time at a particular place'.

Do you greatly admire any poets writing now? Do you think you have been influenced in a marked way by any?

I like Larkin, who's been a strong influence on me, Ted Hughes, who's given me much support, Seamus Heaney and Thorn Gunn, but I don't believe in poetry competitions.

When you write poetry do you think of how it might be received by readers, or is it primarily a private act?

It's a private act. I keep it secret. One of the difficulties about publishing is the total loss of privacy. The critics say, 'He's finished' or 'He ought to be doing this or that'. The last section of Seamus Heaney's Station Island is obscure and intensely lyrical as though he enters mystery so that he can be private again. 17

Do you discuss the ideas or the technical points of a poem-to-be with .

anYOne?

.I have done wIth a couple of friends.

I did with Tony White who died in 1976 . fnend to whom The Pnce of Stone IS dedicated. and wIIh the

Do you have set times for writing, or do you rely on mood?

I've had blank months, but with the new way of writing - letting a build in spea.k for me - poems came fast. I was doing nothing else but writing for mont~ and strUctlIrt I wnte under a monastic discipline with long hours. I started the sonnets by tak~;nd months. g notes anct the note~ became poetry. I regard the notes as rainfall on a great stretch of m to flo~ '!lto streams which join into the sonnet's rock which creates a water~~u Ththey stan form IS hke a rocky cleft through which the words flow like a waterfall. . e sonDel

What is the importance to you of the sonnet?

I think of the sonpet not as a uniform in which to dress up words, but rather as words In whIch to hve for a measure of time. The sonnet can wall me into ver a bOdy 0/ gIve me the freedom to say things that are locked up in my mind I gain a se, but II can from tra!,sposing the voice into the building: the spirit of the building is talki~~~Oa~tl f'eectOID past. I vIew the sonnet as a love poem, and each is a kind of resurrection of a f r rom the the past. I hold to the rock of the sonnets because everything is so changeable. ee Ing frOID

bl' pu Ical/onl I m not a vatIc wnter: the notes free ideas and words The hardest lines to write two: I've chosen the Shakespearean sonnet with a couplet at the end and I've tried ~re ~he last the couplet as another quatrain, twice as compressed as anything before and a t Ink. 0/ new. It needs to be a climax, not simply a summing up. , s a y somethIng 10.

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Do you revise and polish your work greatly before you think it ready 'or ..

Do your trave/~ - we understand you will be in India and Ceylon when this is r - suggest anythmg to you about the future ofpoetry written in English? Is the move P in"td non-standard, e.g. West Indian, English in poetry an enrichment or a iemporary s/:'~h~:'

I remain do,!btful about the work of the poets in fashion who are praised for not k' sense. I do beheve that poetry should make sense. rna The wonderful thing about English is its capacity to absorb foreign influences I love the 0 E 0 ~nd when I'm working I'm living right beside it. I like dialect, especially as H~aney uses it' in; est poet uses a rare word In such a context that the reader knows what it means be ' . sounds nght. cause IU

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I. MR. SEBASTIAN BARKER (W 1958-63)

baStian Barker's 'A Nue/ear Epiphany' (Friday Night Fish Publications, 220 Lawford Road, lie n NW5 2LN) was described recently in 'The Times' as 'another rhapsodic outpouring LOndo xtraordinarily gifted young man who seems ullerly at the mercy of his own talents. Mr. by is a sort of lallerday Kit Smart, singing and shouting, but above all praying at the top ~~~ voice . .. I think this chap is the real thing, some kind of visionary. '

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THE OPENING FROM A NUCLEAR EPIPHANY

P IfY is the medium of the complex quality of the blest. I ~oes not seek to define but to reveal. seeks to show us that we all have an emotional relationship with each other, and not just with I each other but with every speck of dust. II seeks to show us that though we may not love the ant, nor may we love our neighbour; or might willingly and proudly bomb and mutilate our brother. II seeks, in other words, to reveal ourselves to each other before ourselves destroy each other. II seeks most of all, to illuminate intelligence with passion, and passion with the light of the eye, the music of the ear, and the touch of the lover. II remains sure-f~oted, stuck-to-the-ground, because it has a poise and a sense of balance mastered through expenence. II can twirl with a mannequin or prance on a catwalk, but it will never sulk like a model nor grow restive with foreign observers. II looks at the moon like a catpaw toys absentmindedly, imagination untrammelled in a New Jerusalem of chatting stars. Bank balancers lean from their ledgers, students of English look up from their desk-tops, Formula One racing drivers glance over their shoulders, and milk-maids drop buckets - for it is passing by. II has the quality of bulb light in paperclips, chromium in neon, or bread in daylight. II walks with an apple chewed at the mouth by a newborn youth in her first pair of jeans. II reckons by minutes on its fingers as its eyes draw in the skyline of centuries.

How did you come to start writing poetry? I started writing poetry in Walpole House at The King's School, Canterbury, in the Michaelmas Term of 1963 when I was eighteen. I had met a twenty-two year old Irish actress, Katie Fitzroy, in the previous Summer Term. During the summer holidays we met often and fell in love. More than a year before I had been deeply affected by the Song of Songs and had later had the extraordinary experience of hearing the Reverend J. P. Newell using this as a basis for a sermon in the nave of Canterbury Cathedral. I had read and enjoyed other poetry at the time - most notably Shakespeare's Sonnets - but it was the richly imaginative mixture of mystical and erotic longing in the Song of Songs which struck me. I was, I suppose nothing much more than a young man separated by necessity from his lover who found inspiration in the classic biblical text. I wrote Katie many poems, none of which is worth the price of a cup of tea. There was, I recall, quite an influence from Catullus as well. I began to look into what was meant by poetry and came to the conclusion that though I had managed to convey some sense of passion, I had no sense of structure and couldn't dignify my effusions under the name of poetry. But I had begun, and from then on I was hooked. I.

Did your time at King's have any effect on your writing? Yes it did. I first began really to write, as opposed to writing poetry, at the age of

in the summer holidays at the end of my first year at King's. That summer, I was with my family, on the coast of south-west Wales. I'd sit out on a gate in the eV''Oi"., a thirteen year old girl who lived next door to our hostel. The romance of these evenin', my imagination to write a long series of letters, to a friend of mine, about this first of strong feeling for another person. The principal effect that King's had on me, was that it taught me the ferocity, COtnpleXiIâ&#x20AC;˘.' and dignity of my peers, especially the clever young men and the deflationary hUmour 'rugby types'. I took a careful mental stock of the. attitudes ofscholars and.athletes alike thought some of my more lIterary fnends at the tIme underestImated theIr mtelligence 1 that for writing to be successful it must pass the acid test of ridicule. Hemingway's advic~ about acquiring an in-built 'bullshit-detector' is a useful guideline .

How did Friday Night Fish publishing start?

During the late sixties and early seventies, I began to feel there was no adequate centre' the English literary world to which I could turn with my work. When the time came to put togett! my first collection of poems (Poems, Cygnet Press, 1974) I felt I must publish them mYself in an edition of 100 copies. This I did. The book got a good review from the Eastern Daii' Press, and my career was on its way. While I was employed as a Writer-in-Residence at Sout~ Hill Park Arts Centre in Bracknell in Berkshire, I found there was no getting around the fact that if I wanted to publish the best of the popular writings I saw before me, I had better do it myself, since the mechanisms of the reputable publishing houses were too slow. I published one anthology every year for three years. I had meditated A Nuclear Epiphany for some lime and by the time I came to programme, host, and appear in the first Surrey Literature FestiY~ in May this year, I had decided that I would like this festival to coincide with the first publication of Friday Night Fish, which I had also been contemplating for several years. I decided to go to the machines of production myself. I enjoyed very much working with the people who make books and with no trouble the book was ready a week before the festival.

What is the significance of the title 'A Nuclear Epiphany'?

The significance of the title is that it tells you what the poem is about. The etymology of word 'nuclear' is fascinating. I haven't been able to trace it back further than the Latin 'nux' for nut or kernel. Nuclear in my title refers to something small, dense, and cOlocentr;ateG with energy, the central or more interesting part of a natural phenomenon. 'Epiphany', is two Greek words, meaning 'a making clear of or at the surface'. A nuclear epiphany, means a making clear at the surface of the concentrated part of a natural phenomenon to us to see inside to picture what is going on.

Did you intend any progression or structure in the poem? What is it about? How does it work?

The poem progresses from the contemplation of poetry as an entity that somehow or manages to live, breathe, and move about freely in a world both threatened and visited by catastrophe hourly, daily and yearly, to the contemplation of such catastrophes, in particular the physical alteration of things during a nuclear holocaust, to the contemplation that though we may be within the destruction of life as we know it there must yet be a mystery greater than all we can know, to the contemplation that whatever it is this mystery is drowned out from our understanding in the greater and sadder and longer contemplation of silence. A Nuclear Epiphany works by impelling itself under its own momentum into a system of interpenetrating themes which hold the core of the work steady while letting us watch it in motion. It is impelled by faith, held together by the curious attraction of images, and curtailed by a refrain, as in a song or ballad. 20 AENEAS AT 8ENENDEN -

THREE TO ONE THE FIELD (Courier Newspapers)

'FOR ONE OF US WAS BORN A TWIN AND NOT A SOUL KNEW WHICH.' (Left to right) Falls, Scotts, Harmans, Wrights, McDonalds. Fin ns, Watkins ~nd Bushells. (Richard Strivens)

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f the principal ways in which the poem works is that it invokes statements dangerously o onsense, madness, or the ridiculous, and does at times invoke indecipherable meanings n 80 'the insurgency of Blue Ice'), while all the time progressing to the logical cessation This device is to retain interest, as when a tight-rope walker appears to be falling o e. It is not important that every word of the poem is comprehensible at every reading, r af any reading it throws off sparks of illumination which depend as much on the subjective of the reader as on the objective state of the poem.

To what extent is it a vision of the aftermath and effects of a holocaust? Th poem is only to a limited extent a vision of the aftermath and effects of a holocaust. . ~ore concerned with a vision of what goes on during such a thing. IS ere is something at the heart of matter which is both greater than the sum of all our fIJi ences and wilier too. It is as though we can picture the human mind like a protoplasm :!d~ng the infinite, trying with ~II its beauty to picture the thing which is greater than it, but ....ays looking Ilke an ammal trymg to get out of a sack. The reality of the threat of a nuclear holocaust is obviously a considerable part o.f what the """m is looking at, but I thmk the greater part IS the constructIOn of a logic by which we can :iii-as God advises Job in the Book of Job and look at the image of a paranoically destructive erea lOr with wonder and even a little love. What I have tried to do is not get caught up in any image of God my mind can construct in order to see Him more clearly and write a better poem in the process.

Why does each section finish with 'the impenetrability of silence'?

Because I like it as a refrain and because experience of extreme physical suffering or incontestable mystical experience is always followed by an inexhaustible and mind-blanking silence. I thought a repeated acknowledgement of both this and the silence which lies beyond the radio hum from outer space both apposite and reverential in an essentially religious poem.

'God shall shiver in the realization of his total impracticality'. Why have religious ideas such prominence in the book?

I have always been interested in psychological and religious, but especially mystical literature. I read through all Jung's twenty volumes as though I couldn't get up in the morning fast enough to do so. I think religious ideas are the ones that really matter.

How much is 'A Nue/ear Epiphany' a continuation of your previous work?

It is a direct continuation of my previous work. It came in direct response to questions put to me by members of the general public, about the nature and origin and relevance of poetry in the contemporary world. It was my considered

response after three years, three festivals, and innumerable contacts in and amongst the 80,000 people in Bracknell.

10. 'A Nue/ear Epiphany' has a very prophetic and visionary character. What would your criticisms be of the modern world? Since the scientific revolution, which precedes and really I think rather belittles the romantic revolution, many people have lost the ability, or never learnt it, to understand the origins and proofs of scientific discovery. Put the inevitable growth of this inability alongside the considerable Increases in population in the 19th and 20th centuries, and put both of these beside man's deeply ingrairledsense of superiority to just about anyone or anything in sight, and you have a perfect for disaster. 2t

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A friend of mine, a B.B.C. reporter, told me how she went into her offices eve saw walls of red eyes and blinking screens, reels of computer tape and furiously rep? d~y. SIt. totally inexplicable gadgetry, and she felt frightened . She hadn' t a clue how any of 1.~atln8btl though she was all-too-painfully aware it was all supposed to be serving her. I worktd; If we cannot even love and understand our own creations, what hope is there for and understand the creations of the common spider, mother nature or God Almight Us to Io.t give the unmistakeable impression they haven't lost touch with their work-sheets? a soul in bliss; but I am bound upon a wheel of fire' : King Lear. This phrase has alw~ys Ou III up the heaven and hell like quality which is to me at the heart of any contemporary C~~t~ of modern life. IIC!SuIa

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11. What are you going to do next? With luck I shall continue to be involved in the programming of literature festivals instance at the literature side of the for thcoming Brighton Festival 1985 and the D. H. L~: lor Centenary Festival in September 1985 . I shall continue to write in and work On my ho ~ south west Greece, some eighty miles from another writer and O.K.S., Patrick Leigh-FerU: 1tI I'm working on The Nuclear Generation: An Anthology with a Map of Contemporary Eng/~ Poetry. I've come across a number of poets whose work is comparatively unknown bat outstanding. It's an attempt to give a reasonable picture of the poets writing in Our time'bora between 1935 and 1955.

BOOK REVIEW 'THE STYLES OF ENGLISH ARCHITECTURE' HUBERT PRAGNELL (Batsford, ÂŁ8.95) Hubert Pragnell has taken on a formidable task in attempting to describe the styles of English architecture in under 200 pages. He confesses in his foreword to omitting Sir John Soane, yet the coverage is Quite remarkably c0I!lprehensive"A~ he travels. from Greenst~ad-Juxt.a-Ongar to the ~ingsgate Bridge, Durham. he manages to Include such Incidental delights as the Chmese Bndge at Herne Hill, Marshall's Mill at Leeds and the bandstand in Greenwich Park, as well as discussing the obvious masterpiecesi to point out the Baroque characteristics of Cardiff City Centre and of the Astoria cinema, Finsbury Park, as well as or Hawksmoor's houses and churchesi and to write with equal enthusiasm of the Angel Choir at Lincoll Cathedral and of Battersea Power Station. At the same time, the international influences are not ignored. an approach that can produce such delightful comparative insights as that jthe Norwich Union buildq in Norwich by C. J. Skipper owes more to Vanbrugh than to Borromini'. And if the reader is occasionally uncertain about the technical terms employed - would you recognise chamfered vermiculated rustication?

- there is a full glossary (from Abacus to Zigzag) to help out. The great attraction of the book, however, lies in the illustrations, most of them the author's own line drawings . Not only are these often very beautiful in their own right, but they convey information far more successfully than several pages of text. Sources are shown - the tomb of Caecilia MeteUa beside the Castle Howard Mausoleum i combinations of plans, cross~sections and views effectively anatomise complicated buildings; and reconstructions of the original appearance of buildings, such as the Great Gateway, HamptOD Court, or Christ Church, Spitalfields, remind us of the major impact of destruction, alteration or jrestoration' over the centuries. The book is intended to 'tempt the reader to get out and look at our environment.' This reviewer is lucky enough to find his cla ss~ room and the view from his si tting~room window well-illustrated, but other

Canterbury readers may well be tempted to take a closer look at the Synagogue ('in the Egyptian style, 1847') or at Marks and Spencer ('c 1935, classical'). History of Art students will no doubt have to find it indispensable! p.G.H. 22

~ouse~otes T his being the Oxbridge term, there was the usual dichotomy between those who had little to do and did it and those who had much to accomplish, the results of which remain to be seen. As Pedro Calder6n de la Barca put it - 'For I see now that I am asleep, that I dream when I am awake'. In the realm of the 'changed exercise' the House has had a busy term. Our senior basketball team, led by Nigel, knocked out the holders in the first round and proceeded to ehml'!ate a dangerous Grange team before finally succumbmg m the fmal to Walpole's excellent cosmopolitan four, whilst in th~ 0I?en badminton the story was much the same, Gary and Ant wmnmg through to the final before they too fell to Walpole. It ~as left to the junior fencers to bring home our only trophy thIS term, when with three days to go the Gardner Sword returned after on ed absence. Perhaps less well-known were Omar and ~rispin's participati,,'" in .the a prol b g y marathon a nd Ben's silvers m the Kent Schools FOIl and Sabre ChampIonshIps, cant~rSi'::.on disappea'red most Saturdays!o go .rowing and.often came back duly r~warded.for ~'!horts. For once our rugby league machine faded to funCtion, too many players bemg reqUIred lor school teams. On the cultural side, School House creative and interpretative talents have! as usual, b~en . evidence throughout the school. We have provided smgers for all the choors, mstr'!mentaltsts ~r the orchestra and actors and stage hands fo~ the. play. The House even dabbled m amateur dramatics itself, putting on a playlet un~er the dorectlOn of Charlotte and SophIe. As they say 'Much embarrassment was had by all . . . As ever the incomparable School House linen room team has ensured a sltck operatIOn. We are extremely grateful to Miss J. for keeping us up and about, and Mr. a!ld Mrs . Sug~en for IIlhe work that they put in. They are certainly 'the props that do sustam our House (WIth :polOgies to Shakespeare). All that remains is for us to wish Gary the best of luck as he takes over as Head of 'The School House' . DAVID RIGGS AND SIMON WEBB.

SCfIOOL HOUSE

THE GRANGE

At the top end of The Grange we had a peak number of three P urples and scored thirteen of the 1st XV's twenty-one troes. At the bottom we had a large Shell intake, who came into the first year of a smart dormitory floor. Losing only once, Jon Job's gallant House League Rugby Team (with Walpole) were runners-up. The Junior House Team did not fare so well (though Bobby Morse and Jeremy Gordon captained the U.15 XVs and the U.16 XVs respectively), but the Senior Team reached its eighth final in nine years, only to lose 7-4 to Broughton (again). Congratulations to our two Kent U.16 XV players and also to new boys Patrick Brothers and J a~on Manning on winning second place in the inter-house fencmg competition. 23

On the musical fn:mt Ben Shorten produced a magnificent House Concert ('I never were so many mUSIcIans m the House'), and on the dramatic front Abigail was one fnew t~ Sisters, ~eborah produced a fine short play by Tom Stoppard, and Mr. Allen is ~ theI'h", next term s house play, The Importance oj being Earnest. We also had nine Oxbridg orkl~g 011 some of whom worked very hard, notably Mark Placido Domingo Burges Wats~ candIdate. Socially The Grange has lived up to its reputation, regrettably on some occasio~' on most. Cardinal's sins apart, Piers fell for three days only to return to his high s, hapPily Meanwhile H~oray has bee.n looking for social :espectability (as well as 'voicing' h~OU~t~n. of Mr. Rooke s ormthologlcal theology) and DIana has been wearing Baggy sweat OPInIOO ~drian ha~ picked up Trash, Mark Nevile no longer has to try hard, Kate assures Us ~:~ I~tely. lIme lucky, and Pete has found that there's more to the Unigate ads. than he had s third Sacha and Simon. have been auditioning for parts in The Great Escape, Caroline has be~~ah~. her bIt for the ThIrd World, Deborah found Huw liked Topics after all and Sophia that M dOIOg were more than just fast cars. The lads faithfully kept the T. V. and Computer Roo or&a!U warm throughout. m chaus Our thanks are extended to Miss Hargreaves for helping out in her own indomitable f h' for a term, and to the Linen and Cleaning Ladies without whom . .. A final note of ~ IOn goes t? Mr. and Mrs; ~oodley for putting up with us for five years. We who go out into~nkl long httleness of hfe wIsh our successors good luck and will long remember The Gran ~he affection. ge WIth THE OLD GRANGE.

Whateyer ,the. male contingent of The Grange believe, we ten girls have played a considerabl role m Kmg s hfe! Amongst thIS proud body of young women we have two Music Sch I e the Captain of Netball, three House Monitors, Abigail to be our purple girl (perhaps i~ ars, the eye-liner?), the director and half the cast of the House drama, and many sportswomen. Th~ gIrlS, always atlIred m the latest black and whIte chIC (how could we forget Sophia's belt?) f outsplendoured even the 'smooth operator' and co. despite the cleaning of many a dirty ~dnar mug. 'Vlvent les femmes de la Grange'. eo. OLD GRANGE, SPARE RIB.

WALPOLE

The term began with. the u~ual Michaelmas cheer: '0' and 'A' level results, the mVlgoratmg prospects of Oxbridge and the customary mIxture of newcomers, although J .R. and Patrick :vere rathe.' perturbed by the appearance of a size 38" jacket m the Jumor Dorm! Walpole found cultural achievement in the form of Magnus's and Kate's performances in The Thret Sisters, whIle J.R., Pete, Andy and Kate featured in the Symphony Concert. Walpole at last seemed to gain some semblance of sporting success this term. The Athletics Standards Cup has found a flTm home m Walpole, thanks to Ade's organisation. School House were unfortunately denied two cups at our hands the Basketball and the Badminton. The Basketball success ~ade .. . . up for our defeat by Meister Omers in last year's final, Ade, MatthIaS and James hftmg the trophy, although we only just survived a stiff and bruising semifmal. Our House League Rugby performance was remarkable considering Walpole's recent r~cord. Magnus, Jimmy! Adam, Johnny and Simon took us to second spot behind a powerful Lmacre SIde. J.R. captamed the Cross-Country team this term and once again completed the Canterbury Marathon with Patrick and the Captain. Out thanks mustgo to Mr. and Mrs .. Vye, the tutors, Miss Burr and the rest of the entourage :vho kept Walpol~ m reasonable workmg order. Good luck to Patrick, J.R., Pete and Jimmy m thelT forthcommg careers and to Jayesh over the next few terms. RUSSELL PHILPOTT.

It would be fair to say that the trophy shelf has not needed any additional strengthening this term but as usual a high level of dedication has been evident and good House spirit shown in inter-house competitions . With the onset of Oxbridge, exuberance from the Elizabeth Dormitory was not appreciated and I could be seen to retreat to the Durnford. The output of Beaufort may have been higher than expected but it was certainly offset by Bickersteth and Buckyngham. On the sporting front it was good to see so many of the House in school teams. We provided several Captains, Joe Wrench leading the 3rds to notable success and Charles Vavasour being a committed leader of the U.14 'A' XV. At the highest level Peter Barry and Hugh Girling were in the 1st XV and the list is too long for everyone to be mentioned who la ed in the 3rds, 4ths, 5ths and more junior sides. . P .fhe musical highlight of this term was when Luke Goss won an Organ ScholarshIp to St. dmund Hall, Oxford and was also invited to be a member of the National Youth Orchestra ~ r the second time. In drama he and I were in the School Play The Three Sisters. The House J"azz group had a rest but will resume for next term's House Concert. Perhaps the most surprising event of the term was Guy's reform. I actually caught him working more than once! However, h~ c.ame up with a suitab.le e~cuse! It remains only to thank the ladi~s for keeping us m shape, be It m the studIes, dormltones or the Hall and Mr. and Mrs. CraIk for their care and concern. I would also like to wish my successor, Peter Barry, all the best. MATTHEW JUSTICE.

MARLOWE

A freshly-decorated House (courtesy Joe) provided the basis of a new Marlovian exuberance this term. Participation in School music increased as several eager musicians joined the Symphony Orchestra, and Michael even gatecrashed a Chamber Orchestra rehearsal! Drama flourished also: The Government Inspector opened the House Play Competition, with professional performances from all concerned - our thanks to Olivia who directed the production devotedly, and who also appeared in The Three Sisters at the end of term. House sport began well ;with a creditable fifth place in the athletics standards. The House junior rugby team defeated School House but was beaten in the next round by a strong Broughton team. In the inter-House basketball we were defeated by Luxmoore in an exciting match. With only three 'new girls' the pressure was on amongst the hordes of boys in 6b. We tried to ration the femininity fairly but Jim was left without the 'big, bouncy sofa etc.' of his dreams. Marlowe was quick to strike up connections with St. Augustine's: Emma and Rachel were both spied in Trad's east wing for a limited duration; Bee was for Broughton. Olivia's 'anonymous' suitor was unlucky (but perseveres?). C.R.] .C. achieved his extra-mural ambitions but he and Andy Sherwood hope not to face the shotgun again. At the House Disco (organised by Richard) Mr. Reid proved himself a staminal 'bopper' and Henderson showed his mettle in a magnificent slow dance! Indefatigable Joe again maintained high standards of cleanliness throughout the House many thanks for such a cheerful and efficient service. Thanks also to the Monitors (especially 'Bonecrusher' Kelly) for 'holding the fort' and congratulations to Richard on his well-deserved appointment, and to the new Monitors, Kate, Tessa and John. Finally, I would like to thank Mr. and Mrs. Reid and the Tutors for all their help this term. RACHEL DAVIES. 25

LUXMOORE

Luxmoore has again proved itself to be not quite th house it once was, but certainly not through lack of en~h~rtiee Our Basketball Team, after smashing Galpin's and us,~ over Marlowe, was finally stopped by Walpole in wal~ closest and highest scoring games in memory (th~n: of ~ McCullough and we hope it didn't disturb your hair t~ s ~'ke O~ the Rugby field we were well represented in the lowo mutb). WIth our star sportsman Oli (that's not how YOU e, teaons Adegboyega representing the Seconds and finally get~pel1 it) long awaited try. Ing hii

On. the musical side of the house, we are no Ion laughmg stock of Assembly (Mitchinson's _ we leave t~el lhe you) and are looking forward with renewed vigour to the ~I for Song Competition. 0lllt As for the academic front, Luxmoore has at last got its first full scholar for six years. W I Ben and work hard! The rest of the house could well follow this advice with the Christmase COllie not being the best in living memory. exanu But life is not only made up of work and we have had our fair share of play. Why was Mi ' study l,?cked that fateful day? The inevitable has happened at last but Ivan has already f kes a Nu gill and we are all sure she is the Wright one this time. Will Oli or Jakob (I'll be 'bune! next term) Kidde-Hansen win with Nikki? Will Dom get through next year? Who will w' ~~ purple pursuit? We shall have to wait and see. on I... Our regu l~r sponsored event was again a great success, raising ÂŁ460 for the Blind, and special commendat,on must 110 to Andrew Guy and James Morl~y who ran from Dover to Canterbu We also helped handIcapped and elderly people shoppmg round Canterbury on Wednesd ry. 28th November which held some surprises (who'd have thought Innes would be there pUSh~Y' round an old lady, and what was in that soup, Mrs. Aldridge?). '''I FiI;ally, I wo~ld like to thank ~ll the Monitors (even Clive 'I've given up' Nix), Mr. and Mrs. Aldndge, Pauhne and the cleanmg ladles (those who put up with so much from so many fo ~o little) ,and especially Mrs. Beddoes for looking after us all. We hope Mr. McConnel is seltlin~ m and .1 d hke to add a personal thank you for the whole house's valiant support every lime I read m School Assembly. GUY SEYMOUR.

~alpi~'s can still claim one or two small victories - but only Just thIS term. WIth a total of seventy-one cramming the decks we should snatch the Golden Sardine Award from The Glan~ and !lroughton. Ten per cent of the house was actually workmg, we hope, in a huge Oxbridge contingent which musl be something of a record. Otherwise, on the more domeslic front, 'Adum' de Linde and 'Midge' Morgan played in the Firs! XV, leading a fair representation in most school teams. We could not, malheureusement, muster up that extra Shell boy to win the Athletics Standards Cup again. Thanks to David Taylor for organising the League Rugby so efficiently - and a massive mention must go to Arthur Vigo for leading the Juniors to victory in the Rugby. The term has seen a bijou Renaissancette; at the present we '. . are in a period of gestation, working up to the climax next lerm w,th B ig AI. Tom Gneves ~onceiv~d II Fornicazione, with Marius Kiely's help, after an aborlive attempt from C.C. (Celesllal COllIdor). The house concert also saw the consummation of much GALPIN'S

m a good proportion of the house. Certainly, no prostitution of anyone's wares here! elf0ll f~O stage of The Three Sisters for that matter, where Huw and Lisa performed admirably. or on , e more familiar front, the Lucys blossomed and bushed out as far as St. Augustine's. On ,he d a lot over half-term, while the Head of House led a simple life; Steve tested his aab ,ea groped his way to Oxbridge. Bill paid the price of being serenaded in house assembly, he lIJ!",na a~lained the reasons for playing rugby as well as confessing his love of drag. Goodbye ()live' e~hankland, Andy Elliott, Richard Price, Lisa Valpy and David Miller. Thanks to him 10 AI.ex king the house notes, for his detailed insights into Brahms, for trying to educate a meagre (or hqalc (and failing) and for his masochistic streak. R.I.P. SClen llS . finally a ginorrrmous thank you to Mrs. Jones, Maureen, Mary, Joan, Ins, June, And n Jean and Barbara who have battled against all odds. We are also grateful to the house Mau,ee nd ,abbits et merci beaucoup to Les Woodward (whoever he is) who will always araldite Iu,o'hs a y The progressing mechanics of Galpin's go on ... and on ... and ... Ihe So ' , RICHARD STR'VENS.

LlNACRE

Following last term's trend Linacre has been 'living and partly living' this term. (Rather more the latter!) However, AI McFie and lain Linney managed to grin and bear the marked lack of support with a (so far) successful inter-house Squash Cup. Steve 'Smoke on the Water' Wright sculled his way to Captain of Boats. In the Fifth XV dapper skipper Mike spearheaded the attack with Dave providing a broader base of support, and on the House League front we crushed any opposition that bothered to turn up, retaining the trophy, (special thanks to Gareth Evans-Pughe). Jel (The Boot) Seagrave graced the First XV with some impeccable kicking and some eminently peccable. Simon (he-of-the-Lip) found it difficult to fit in matches between psych-up sessions, but still managed to leave Helen 'comfortably numb ' in admiration. On the social side the girls have played an active part in the house Ihis term; Vanessa, the Grand Mistress, has managed Czech-mate in six moves, and the 6b girls have settled in easily , combining Katie's refinement, Antonia's eyes, Lucy's 'affability', lona's charm and Vicky's Transatlantic sophistication. We can only hope that Natasha fmds an anlidote to her Mint Yard virus! As a rather less ambitious Frankie goes to Ashford, she and Ian have gained unconditionals this term while others amongst us had to work harder ('Yes, we'll pray for you'). The house party was a great success; many thanks to a rather bewildered Mr. Durgan and his magic, and our almost-traditional guest singer. As the evening progressed Eddie still refused 10 commit himself, while our special guest Jobby Coulter managed to plough his way through a bOllle of Malibu amongst other things. M.O. enjoyed a symposium of similar conviviality, lraving Linacre the victors (9-7) in the aftermath. The overriding interest this term has, of course, been the house play, featuring Mike 'the Knoife' Whilehead, and Mike (Nash) in the starring role. We had a lot of laughs, and would all hke 10 Ihank our producer-director-choreographer for his tremendous efforts. The long-running soap opera, otherwise known as 'Extension', is drawing to a close, talking of which Ihe Hall's contribution was an attempted manual demolition of their old quarters Ihanks lads! Finally, my thanks are due to Mrs. Birley, without whom life would probably be chaotic, 'he ladies, especially Mary and Glenda, and last, but by no means least , our Munshi, P .J . D.A. I hand on to James, Mike and the rest of the monitors, with some relief and not a little regret as I say goodbye to the gamekeeper's cottage. SEBASTIAN TAYLOR. 27

BROUGHTON

With only three members of 6u in Broughton this te with one of these (Mark Read) leaving at half term hav[rn, ~ awarded an unconditional place at Trinity, Cambridng ""'I house has been dominated by a dynamic 6a, especia,e, the monitorial body. The greatest innovation has been 0 Iy the resident Tutor, Mr. J. S. Hutchinson, who has settled in ~r.~ and who has certainly been a 'good laff'. Apart from this~c", wa~ litt!e new: Our traditional stre.ngth in rugby was rnore t~ ma!ntamed with seven B~oughtomans representing the 1st ~ while special congratulatIOns are due to Mauro Zamblera pb;j Lacamp and Dave Laurence for gaining places in 'th . respective Kent Schools teams. In the house competition t: juniors did well to reach the final where they made a gail but vain effort against a strong Galpin's team. The seniant could not find anÂĽ opposition until the final but, in spiteon this considerable disadvantage, pulled off a 7-4 win against Grange (again) in an excellent, exciting match. Culturally we have had a variable term 0 house playlet did not get off the ground but, far from being evidence to support Broughton~ barren image, this failure can in part be attributed to the efforts of Mark Evans, Julian Cousinsl Sarah Holden and Frances Duthie who all shone in The Three Sisters. Further Broughtonu.; contribution to this production was made by Nick Baker and Edwin Lloyd, those stalwarts of school stage lighting, who seem to have been in full employment throughout the term. However, the frenzied efforts in sport and drama this term from some members of the hol1St have not precluded other social commitments - our four new girls settled in remarkably quickly while the monitors refused to be deterred by constant set-backs in their love life. Special mentiOIl must be made of a particularly good monitorial relationship with Lattergate, with whom we enjoyed home and away matches. Finally, it remains for me to thank all the monitors, the cleanma and sewing ladies, and in particular Mr. and Mrs. Hodgson who have done so much to ensure the smooth running of the house.

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ROBERT OLIVER.

TRADESCANT

During what has been a very peaceful term in Tradescant much has been achieved. It was scarcely two weeks before we heard that Brad had been awarded an organ scholarship to Oxford, and not long after that Anthony won a choral scholarship to King's, Cambridge. The remaining six Oxford and Cambridge candidates still await news on the end of a telephone line. Almost as soon as the term began we were faced with the challenge of the Athletics standards competition. Even the Head of House managed to get round the 800 metres track with more than a 'try'. The house came a humble, but nOl unrespectable, 6th in the final positioning. In the basketball competition a potentially strong team came up against tough opposition and was knocked out early on in the proceedings. A house rugger league team, however, remained curiously elusive until the senior House-Matches, when a very spirited team won the first round and gave our opponents a surprise in the second. One of the outstanding achievements of the term was the house play. Produced for what was at first to be a competition, Shaw's Arms and the Man was greatly enjoyed by all who took part, excessively so, perhaps, by Raina who found a great deal to laugh about during the 28

e The credit for the enterprise must go to Vicky Kaye, who, as director, managed

perforrnancr~duction to a high standard in only two weeks, against all the odds. Jon's threat to gellh~ PSwiss' still terrifies me, and amuses everyone else. Also 10 the world of drama, we to 'kIll t t~ boast a main character (Tim Cotton) in the main school play, The Three Sisters.

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nt has also been a strong component in the musical life of the school. Many of us Trades!a ed in the charity concert on 25th November. Even Frank, the resident cake-croaker, .,ere inv~ vreat enthusiasm in the choral society - the night before the Oxbridge exams. With sang Wit gnumber of young musicians, we look forward to another House concert next term. . . t 6 a growmg has been characterised by nightly porridge and spaghettI ceremomes amongs a, The t~~~monies amongst the 6u tea society. Incidentally, we highly reco":,mend l?asslOnfrUlt and tea b nana on a rainy day. It has also been charactensed by great fnendiiness. Tim contmues tea - or ~ton connections in his study with Edwina. The combination of Brad plus a Marlowe Ibe ~rnu~rished before the return to the out-back. This is to name but two examples - people catc be~n swept off their feet left, right and centre. bave aking for all the leavers, I would lIke . to thank Mr. and. Mrs. Wet h ~n'1 t, t he Wtors, th e Spees1c t' staff, and of course .Miss Brine ' for a very G' rewardmg term . Fmally, I Wish RaffI dom ... iness and tranqUIllIty 10 hiS new home, the New umea room. bapp PATRICK STURT.

MITCHINSON'S

Having been confined within these hallowed walls for one final term I was intent on achieving a milestone in Mitchinson's history - namely House Notes fo~ two consecutive terms. Well, it was touch and go for a whIle, but fmally a few Idle jottings of the term's events have emerged. When looking at this term's House achievements it is clear that Mitchinson's moved in off the sports field and on to the stage. Without doubt the highlight ~fthe term was the House P lay - Patience Lost. Under the cntIcal eye of Aunty Emms the whole cast gave superb performances and they well deserved the loudest applause of the afternoon. It was a great credit to all their time effort and hard work. SpeCial mentIOn should

be made of 'Dashing' Darren, Amorous' Alison, 'Desola~e' I

Dominique and' Jeering' Jadders, plus all the props and speCial effects. We now eagerly await next term's House Concert. On a more personal front the .ter!" was noted for a few 'perfor!"ances' o~ a d.ifferent kin~, Caroline was amongst our new Glrl-m(g) take, and went nowhere Without her Chnstmas teddy, Jo had plenty of Ap(ple)peal at the Walpole Disco; Sarah had a 'wrench'; Guswas often too tired to get up and those miscreants - known affectionately as the 'fags' - tned to turn the Hall into a dry ski slope. Special congratulations must go to Neil for obtaining his Rugby Colours and Stephen and Caroline for their Oxbridge successes - best of luck to those of us who stIli aWait the post mortem. Finally, I would like to thank Mr. and Mrs. Turner for all their help over the past year; the monitors for putting up with my frequent ineptitude and Pam for her mexhaustlble stamma and support. We say goodbye to Margaret this term as she moves on to greener pastures we wish her well - and we welcome Lorraine to the Mitchinson's 'den'. I now pass all responsibility on to Darren and wish him the best of luck. He's Iloing to ne<:d it! I expect to hear great things from Mitchinson's in the future. All that remams to be said is 'Thanks, and good luck chappies.' STEPHEN HODGSON. 29

LATTERGATE

After an apprehensive start for both 'children' and the prep-school graduates soon settled down. Both SD"";;::''':'' musical talent was quickly revealed. On the rugby Floydd, Edward Beaugie, Michael Holden, Jody Julian Morse, 'Billy' Ballenden, Tom Ward, and NIck Daley all played regularly for the U.14 'A many others participated with enthusiasm in the lower Meanwhile 'Cool Dave' Godfrey spent a great deal of down at the squash courts - however, most of it seems 10 been spent training with the girls' team! On the mUsical 'Billy' Deeves played regularly for the First Orchestra Nick Plant, Jonathan Ibbott and Andrew Charlesworth keep up the standard of the Second Orchestra. The room was popular and visitors were often . 'Billy' Deeves rolling out in raptures (was Miss in th we ask?). ere, On the social scene, the 'lads' soon showed they were a force to be noticed. After hot-shot Flem's attempted assassination of Norman with a chess-piece, the term continued with no Iact of excitement. The enigma of Jonathan Walker'S feet proved too much for everyone - wIt, were they dirtier after his bath than before? Hugo Philpott proved to be more of an ambilr than C.J. - nothing like a bit of hero-worship? We would also like to thank Our aids in tbe halls, especially Ross Duttson. In the monitors' study life has certainly not been dull. C.l. added a certain oriental spice to the study while Natalia decided that Russling plants were more approachable than spiky Hedgehogs. Ben maintained his 'Canterbury Connections' while James, alias 'Wonder Kid' Cunliffe segregated himself from any female engagements in order to concentrate on run~ the house efficiently. Two questions do, however, remain unanswered - was C.J. ever bQ by 10.15 p.m., and do Jo and Emm actually know the way to their study in Mitchinson's?_ It would seem not. The term has been rounded off nicely with a successful production of Sir Gawain and tltt Green Knight. Mark Stafford played an excellent Sir Gawain whilst Flemmich Webb's potentia! was shown as the Green Knight. Thank you to all the other actors who put so much effort into the production. Finally, many thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Ross, Mrs. Maitland and the domestic staff for such a successful and enjoyable term. All this term's monitors bid farewell and wish 'Matt and lbe 6b Men' the best of luck next term. THE MONITORS.

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REPORTS AND REVIEWS MUSIC AND DRAMA

JAZZ CONCERT SATURDAY, 14th JULY, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL

This was one of the best concerts of the series. This was partly because of the evident enjoyment IJId relaxed humour of the performers, but also because of the superb musicianship of the 'famous four' leading instrumentalists: Ben Shorten (trumpet), Patrick Sturt (saxophones), Michael Clarke (clarinet) and James Lawrence (trombone). Of these, only James Lawrence will be here next year. These four, both individually and as an ensemble, gav~ a performance full of life and individual expressiOn, and wtth a very hIgh standard of techmcal skIll. Not only dId they play numerous excellent solo breaks; they also provided more of the rhythmic drive than the rhythm seclion, who were initially somewhat tentative. One essential of traditional jazz is that the basic rhyth mic drive comes from the drums, and bass, working with the piano and, possibly, guitar. Andrew Fordham on bass, placed at the front of the stage, could not possibly combine properly wilh drums and piano, placed to the rear. Bass and drums must work as one, watching each other, and be close to the piano; it is a good idea for the rhythm section to perform on their own. Also, it is preferable to incorporate both bass and guitar to provide tonal range and rhythmic solidity. The Traditional Group opened the proceedings with March oj The Jazzmen. Ben Shorten set the scene with a forthright trumpet solo; James Lawrence's trombone break was followed by his expressive solo I'm Shy, Mary Ellen, I'm Shy, in which the instrumental ensemble excelled. We heard some fine ragtime piano from Brad Cohen in Black and White Rag, and Blues in Cwas an excellent example of a succession of music statements from the front line; each made his own individual interpretation of the theme, with good rhythmic support from the piano and Ben Mowll on the drums. The section ended with Moustache, with relaxed saxophone and finely expressed trombone solos . In the King's Combo, Matthew Presland replaced Ben Mowll on drums and Alastair Craik on tenor saxophone joined the group. The What's Happening! theme is not exciting music, but featured beautifully controlled saxophone playing. Michael Clarke, Patrick Sturt and James Lawrence gave great expression to the evocative New York, New "York, and alto-sax, trombone and piano featured in Don't Get Around Much Anymore, with Andrew Fordham abandoning st~nd-up string-bass for bass guitar. The Combo had great fun, but highly talented great fun, wllh Big Spender; Dr. Roger Mallion on triangle outshone even the clear and authoritative trumpet playing of Ben Shorten! 3t

I was very pleased that the wealth of vocal talent of King's was this year used in Concert. The ' Dotted Crotchets' (Michael Clarke, Patrick Stur!, David Miller Christina Albin, Charlotte Robson, Arabella and Sebastian St. John Parker, ' Chris White, Philippe Lacamp, and Mr. Stephen Woodward) followed in a tradition by combining classical technique with the best of modern songs. Their e~Llnciatlii;.' phrasing, tone and harmony were all excellent, and the support of drums, piano anduasS.RtIi,A: (Ben Mowll, Luke Goss and Andrew Fordham, respectively) in Sounds oj Simon And was superb. According to The Times, the Beatles were the best song-writers since S'CI~;;t)~~';~~~ and Garfunkel come close to this quality, and wrote many beautiful and sensitive male element of 'The Dotted Crotchets' then sang some Barbershop (the bestnarmonic we are told). Mother Machree and Me And My Shadow were perhaps a little tame but forgiven with the very funny and clever Yes Sir, That's My Baby. The Crotchet; ended the lovely modern classic Summertime; the beautifully haunting voice of Charlotte Robson an absolute delight; she has the true feeling for jazz singing. It was only a pity that she did sing more with the Traditional group or Combo. This whole section was admirably conducted by Michael Clarke; it was at this point that we realised that he was the prime mover of this excellent concert, one of a notable series of musical directors. After the interval, the Traditional group was augmented by the addition of Mr. Bill McConndl, Mr. John Parker, Mark Leathem, Jonathan Wrench, James Gumpert, Alastair Craik and Luke Goss at the piano. The Big Band gave a most lively, rhythmic and uninhibited performance of Dark Town Strutters' Ball, with fine saxophone playing, firmly answered by trumpets and trombone; excellent contributions were also made by trumpeters Jonathan Wrench and James Gumpert. Moonlight Serenade was played in true Miller style, and we then heard Michael Clarke'. complex and challenging James Bond Medley. The drums rhythm was admirably firm, especially in the tango section, and I liked the attack of the brass. Arabella St. John Parker sang a most appropriate husky vocal; the band was a trifle too forceful during this solo, but handled this difficult piece well. In the final section, the Traditional group treated us to a rare feast of jazz. I cannot praise the 'famous four' too highly for their sensitive individual playing and their superb ensemble work. But the rhythm section also gave fine performances: Ben Mowll's impeccable drumming the nice piano sketch by Brad Cohen in Dr. Jazz, and Andrew Fordham'S solid bass playini in Dixie joker and Blue Clarinet. It was a delight and a privilege to listen to this music, a faa fully appreciated by the audience. Their enthusiasm was rewarded by three encores, by the Big Band (with 'mad' pianist, Luke Goss!), the Traditional Band and singers with a lovely piano accompaniment, and finally, and rightly, the Traditional group. A number of former Jazz Club members attended the Concert, including Andrew Dean, Richard Rose and Andrew Keen. They pointed out that one of the great virtues of the Jazz Concerts is that the soloists are School members; this gives the wealth of musical talent at King's full scope for their abilities, and, over the years, the Jazz Club has provided us with a series of most enjoyable Concerts. On this occasion, we thank Dr. Roger Mallion for his work behind the scenes, the bands and the singers for their superb musicianship, good humour and sensitive performances. Above all, we thank Michael Clarke for his excellent direction; clearly, he is a highly talented performer and teacher who is able to inspire others to produce first-class musical entertainment.

Roy CHISHOLM.

HORSE (Sara Bee)

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YOUTH DAY

MONDAY, 1st OCTOBER, IN THE GULBENKIAN THEATRE

Four anxious players await the arrival of the Chilingirian String Quartet wh open class at the \,ulbenkl3n Theatre during the morning and afternoon. As ~h~re to ~,." by one, each lookmg more extrovert than the last, we see that they are ind d Yan... 0IIt characters. ee gomg to lit The session. started with a lengthy talk on tuning up, a nerve-racking experien thmk your stnngs adequately tuned and the masters frown! The inner strings w ce when YIlt 5ths as close as posSIble so that the cello C and violin E were as near as POSSib~~et~o t~n. their thIrd. The result was a very much more pleasing sound immediately audible Th a I>erfeq' b~ought out was that .all the part~ we~e of equ~ 1 importance and must be clearly hearJ next ~ wtth thIS was the mSlstence on real dynamtcs. The piano sections should be ch . Combined much as the forte sections. aractensed II Soon the pressure began to show. Undoubtedly the Gulbenkian's acoustics who h . sound for the audience, do not assist the players at all . Most of the quartet s;eme~ t;b'e a c~ useful ~dvICe, but comments were not always audible to the audience who wh geuUII was bemg c,?ached separately by their respective professional counterpart, ";ere k~te!~n PIa~ what was gomg on. Our celhst at one pomt seemed to come in for unnecessarily severe t deru., The best results appeared to come when just one member spoke at a time and I fe I reatmtnt. would probably have learnt a lot more in more congenial, non-public, r~hearsal seur~~~~~1::'1t . There were sUfl~nsmgly few y.ouths present for a Youth Day, although a large cantin ent &I. Stmon Langton GIrlS appeared m the afternoon . It ,,:a~, however, a very interesting da:'s mfr'!'D and there was much to be learnt from the Ch,lmgman's Own exciting style of playing. UStc,

DARREN EVERHART.

THE GRANGE HOUSE CONCERT TUESDAY, 23rd OCTOBER, IN THE OLD SYNAGOGUE

Having been warned, begged, even threatened to stay away, I was both eager and curious to attend the Grange House Con.cer!. However, the size of the crowd and the calm but professional pr~sentatlOn of the whole affatr soon assured me that all was well. The Synagogue was SIlO qUIte full. n The first item, a rousing Ricercar for Brass Quartet by A. Gabrieli got the show off to a rll1t star!. The Job brothers and James Lawrence, with Ben Shorten's confident leadership produced excellent ensemble and flawless intonation. This was a performance fit for any au'dience. James La,,:rence then swapped his trombone for a bassoon and came straight back on stage to Jom the wmd group playing two short pieces by Brahms - The Angel's Greeting and Tht Hunter -:- for three flutes, two clannets, an oboe and a bassoon. The ensemble lacked any real leadershIp, but nevertheless played WIth charm and musicality. It was now the turn of Stephen Taylor to swap instruments - this time an oboe for a piano - and accompany Adam Ohver, Pters McCleery and Tanera Dawkins in Handel's Trio Sonata Op. 5. No. I. They played the Andante with great character, although the Allegro proved to be a httle beyond them. Ba~h's Flute Sonata No.6 in E was given mature and lyrical interpretation by Abigail Willis. Her hvely ton~ was matched by Tanera on the cello and accompanied sensitively by Ben this tIme on the plano. . ' 34

Ben played and sang his own Eclipse, for which he has composed both the lyrics and ~tlhough the style of composition showed strong influence of certain current 'light pop' ~. he style of performance was thoroughly individual and most exciting. JIJIS' t atulations to Ben Shorten and Stephen Taylor on producing this highly enjoyable, well co~~ concert, most particularly in light of the fact that only Grange talent was used.

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ANTHONY EVANS-PUGHE.

THE GALPIN'S HOUSE CONCERT SUNDAY, I tth NOVEMBER. IN THE SHIRLEY HALL

R nging from madrigals to jazz, Galpin 's House produced a concert of remarkable variety, : in style and medium. Such was the talent in the house that there was only a handful of ~ported' help. The Galpin's Choir, achieving a fine balance of tone, opened with a rather subdued rendering rMorleY's April is in my Mistress' Face. This was followed by Vaughan Williams's The Turtle ~ve with its luscious close harmony and expressive solos from David Miller and Natalia Fetherston-Dilke. Faure's 'Bachian' Cantique de Jean Racine, sensitively accompanied by Richard Strivens, was .ung pleasantly by the Girls Choir but lacked subtlety and refinement of phrasing. The Male Voice Choir supplemented by Anthony Musson's superb alto voice tended to be somewhat insecure in Josquin's Allegez-moy but their rich tone in Sweet Nightingale demonstrated the wonderful balance and blend of the voices . Don Roberts produced a fine mellow sound on the horn in Dvorak's Slavonic Dance in E minor accompanied by Lucy Charrington, although one felt he needed to let rip more in the livelie; passages. The less familiar combination of voice, Natalia Fetherston-Dilke, and guitar, Melanie Fall, provided a quiet. if rather restrained, contrast. One of the most musically dramatic moments of the evening was when four 'cellists, Chris White. Sophia St. John Parker, Richard Strivens and Timothy Kitchin, vigorously attacked Spanish Piece No. I by Brian Kelly. Whatever was lacking in intonation was made up for in determination and sonority, especially from Chris White. Stephen Martin brought out well the rhapsodic nature of C.P .E. Bach's So/feggietto although in places a lighter touch would have been welcome. Sounding 'evocatively like a fairground organ, a wind quartet of two flutes, Lucinda Miller and Timothy Smith, oboe, Thomas Grieves, and ciarinet, Richard Girling, raced their way through a Scott Joplin rag, putting a stamp on their performance at the end. Unfortunately the clarinet couldn't quite keep up but the syncopated rhythms were well tackled by the two flutes. The concert drew to a close with Another Look written by Andrew Fordham who played the piano. Despite being over-amplified, Lucy Amos's spirited singing was supported by some unusual harmonies and effects and there was a dazzling display of virtuosity on the electric guitar from Chris Walker, who further showed his skill in the succeeding item. A highlight of the evening was a vivacious performance by the 'Lucy' sisters of a 1940's hit RUlli and Coca-cola. The strong quality of their low registers was complemented by James Gumpert's trumpet interjections and the performers really did look as if they were enjoying themselves. Finally came an Andrew Fordham arrangement of well-known T.V. and film themes for the Jazz Group which contained some distinguished solos from Alastair Craik on saxophone, and James Gumpert. Despite occasional over-scoring and some weak joins this was an effective arrangement played with skill and it rounded off a thoroughly enjoyable evening's entertainment. S.J.R.M. 35

CONCERT 'N' COFFEE SATURDAY, 24th NOVEMBER, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL

The subheading 'Admission Free (Pay to get out!)' on the posters publicising the conc have sounded somewhat sinister to the untrained ear, but all fears were dispelled when ~~ ~ cond Orchestra embarked upon one of its best concerts in recent years. The programm e both melodious and enterprising, and was a fine demonstration of what the school's young will have to offer in the years to come.

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The programme Degan in a bold vein with Beethoven's March in B flat, and in this . all pieces, there was present a firm ensemble, good intonation and a strong technique es~~,~ in the ~in? and brass sections. What was somewhat lacking was dynamic contrast, b~t this - , remedIed III the next pteces: Entry of the Pflests by Gluck, Boyce's Gavot from his fOUrth phony, and David Stone's arrangement of Mussorgsky's The Great Gate of Kiev. These po uIIr pieces were rendered with confidence, the latter ones particularly portraying conviction it]ler cussion entries and in low oboe and bassoon solos, though there was dicey tuning and rhYtm.; in the difficult passages .

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A delightful contrast followed with a string quartet led by Lucinda Griffith. Their tuning IV.. crisp in all the parts and they played extremely well together. Susan Harrison (second violin) Christopher Whiteley (~iola) and Kristian Belmore (~ello) presented a firm and pleasant suPPOrt: The second vtOlIn and vtOla could have been a frachon louder but they created a beautiful sound that showed care and ability in their tone production. The quartet played the first and second movements of Haydn's Kaiser Quartet, and handled the famous theme (The Austrian Natiolll1 Anthem) and its variations very well. They had a good feel for Haydn's music, and the ft/lt violin solos were coped with expertly. The Brass Quartet led by Ben Shorten presented us with some truly wonderful brass sounds The other members of the quartet were Robin Scott, Luke Goss and James Lawrence, and thcj provided competent inner part movement which was very well in tune, but perhaps could have been phrased a bit more fluently . After two pieces arranged by Malcolm Gosden - FareWfi/ Dear Love by Robert Jones and Never Weather-Beaten Sail by Thomas Campion - the Rondeau by Dandrieu showed the quartet's good use of dynamics. The last piece, Mango Walk to Linslelld Market (arranged Hague) was very skilfully played by all members. A most enjoyable first ap. pearance of this group. The Jazz Club's varied programme was conducted competently and provided light relief for a willing audience. For the first time Andrew Fordham directed the group, and brought a new and exciting approach to his task. The extent to which improvisation played a part seemed greater and more spontaneous than we have heard before. The solos did need practice and more at times, but this can surely soon be improved before their next concert. New faces were Baker on piano and Hugh Andree on clarinet, and both performed with confidence. The Second Orchestra rounded off the concert with two fine arrangements by Mr. nell, which displayed the talent in the orchestra whilst keeping the parts within the inclividUl ability of its members. The performances showed a strong ensemble and gracefully played passages for varying instruments. The arrangements were from Praetorius' Terpsichore collection of folk tunes from Scotland entitled Reel Fiddlin'. Between these we heard a tuned Czech Rustic Dance from Smetana's Bartered Bride. The coffee and cakes were enjoyed by the hungry participants and audience, and special to Martin Edwards whose performance on the video camera was appreciated by many for a visual remembrance of a most genial occasion. LUKE

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CHORAL AND ORCHESTRAL CONCERT SUNDAY, 25th NOVEMBER, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL

The Symphony Orchestra opened this concert with three of Dvorak's Slavonic Dane artless exuberance of these pieces was somewhat damped at first by uneasy playing ancr· not until the third dance that our excellent orchestra began to find its true voice.' . first and second of the three, the musicians gave an impression of not having yet played tnelllUt~ in. 'Playing yourself in' is, of course, accepted practice in the noble art of cricket gives way to eternity. But music is a sterner game, and musicians have to be in for';' at beat. One wonders if our players had thought themselves into the music during those moments between tuning and the conductor's approach. They played quite splendidly, however, in Alan Ridout's Seventh Symphony - undoubt the outstanding event of the evening. Entitled Christmas Symphony, its movements are head" Annunciation: The Wise Men: A Flight of Angels. This is fresh, vital music, original in fo : and exquisitely orchestrated for strings, four trumpets, percussion, and piano. The four trum:!; constitute a concertante group, and the thought occurs that such a scheme brings the Wo k perhaps, closer in form to the Concerto Grosso then the Symphony. The outer movementsdi:tii a nice blend of jubilation and awe, and a note of foreboding is sounded in the centrepiece Colonel Neville led his orchestra to their best work in this performance, and special praise' mIlS( be accorded the four trumpets for their fine tone, robust rhythm, and elegant poise. Other or chestral merits were abundant, if less conspicuous. As an example, one may cite a passage ~ octaves between solo violin and solo bass, a subtle detail, very difficult to execute artistically Before the symphony we had heard Clarence Myerscough as soloist in Massenet's Meditatioi from Tha'is - an insubstantial trifle upon which Clarence Myerscough lavished his experienced artistry, shaping it as a rare morceau. Here again the orchestra was sensitively led by its conductor in a close-fitting accompaniment. The remainder of the programme was drawn from the literature of Love, with romantic songs by Brahms and Strauss, and Tchaikowsky's famous Shakespearean F~,~!~:~'~~;b~: or Romeo and Juliet. Sally-Ann inducted us into~~h:i~Sr:~~~:~~~~.~~~g:5 by Tone-poem, way of Strauss - All' Mein Gedanken, DieArdouin Nach!, and Zueignung. II V-·Arm the gift of immediate rapport with an audience, and in her performance happily with personality to communicate her own love of the songs. Her tone is clear her phrasing effortless and elegant. It can be expected that with growing maturity she more and more, the inwardness of this music. Her Poulenc encore was charming. The Choral Society, under Mr. David Flood, gave the Liebeslieder of Brahms, with Matthews and Anthony Musson duetting at the piano. These songs are numerous each one crystallizing a single emotion of the kind known to lovers: gentle longing, an!:uisille pleading, passionate declaration - even anger at the gossips - all being expressed' tbe form of the waltz. This singularity of design, together with the curious fact that Brahms gives only one specific direction of tempo, calls for constructive interpretation if monotony is to be avoided. The choir sang steadily, though the songs were not strongly characterized, and movement was metrical rather than rhythmical. The two pianists were excellent, giving a stylish accompaniment throughout. It was good to see so many singers on the platform; promise, one hopes, of a robust future for the Choral Society. After this, the orchestra returned to conclude the programme with Tchaikowsky's Romeo and Juliet in a rather variable performance. The opening Andante of this vivid work lacked tension, and the music came to life only when the Allegro giusto was reached (the section where the Montagues and Capulets have at each other). Now, anything in the nature of a brawl will tend to get out of hand, and it must be admitted that Tchaikowsky's writing here does extend that temptation to amateur players. Colonel Neville held them in check with his clear and authoritative beat, but one suspects he may have felt the leash tight in hand at times. There can be no doubt about the relish with which the players hurled themselves into this drama, but later on, the love music never quite came to the boil. All this is criticism, however; appreciatiOD greatly outweighs it. Romeo and Juliet was vastly enjoyable and there was much to admire the performance - particularly some beautiful solo wind passages. ---C.,:--·~

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'THE THREE SISTERS' SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, 8th AND 9th DECEMBER, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL In the last few years Mr. Andrew Dobbin has given us some splendid productions, from the arable Duchess oj Malfi to last Summer's superb performance of A Midsummer Night's ~:m. Last week's production of The Three Sisters, on a smaller and less expensive scale, was other example of Mr. Dobbin's rare ability to draw out from a young and inexperienced cast an essence of the play. Chekhov's fine balance of the misery, longing and despair of the women thd their inability to do anything about it, can be, and often is, made to look like silliness when against the world weary cynicism of the men. And too much emphasis can be put on the ~mosphere of sensitivity and nostalgia so exquisitely created and sustained in productions of abe MosCOW Art Theatre. The action is indeed little more than the expression of and awareness t fthOUghts and feelings. Yet The Three Sisters, no less than The Cherry Orchard, is a comedy. The unreality of spirits yearning for fulfilment, open and good hearted, still vulnerable but 'ncapable of harnessing their yearnings and good heartedness, is matched by a realism in each ~rson's perception of others and of him or herself, by a worldliness born of close, constant and unavoidable contact. Nothing is hidden.

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Mr. Dobbin manages to bring out the humour, not as a vehicle for moving a difficult play along, nor as sarcasm or slapstick but, as Chekhov intended, as a natural response to the vanities and tragedies of bourgeoIS hfe. It would be hard to think of a production which got more laughs. Not a moment of the fun of Kulysin's pompousness (well played by Julian Cousins) was missed, and the lazy vanity of Andrey's failing ambition, which fell a great deal more slowly than his position in society, was maintained as a steady thread of the comedy. Yet, though we laughed, we also smiled, indulgently over the expression of some absurd expectation, or sympathetically at some good-hearted wish or resolve. Such a sensitive response requires the engagement of the audience. Here the intimacy of staging was a tremendous boon. Those in the front row rustled the autumn leaves as they moved their feet, and all could see and respond to the smallest gesture and expression, the softest remark. The standard of acting was high. Although all the boys did well, and especially Mark Evans as Andrey, it is immensely difficult for school-boys to play successfully middle-aged, bored, roues and it was a mark of the director's success that he turned the unavoidable lack of weight in the male roles to advantage by using it to highlight the .fact that it is, after all, a play with three heroines, all daughters of a general and all played by young women who looked born to the parts. Irena's gradual acceptance that the baron would have to do as a husband was beautifully brought out by Sarah Holden. Abigail Willis was a convincing Olga and although less romantic and more put-upon than her sisters her horror at the suggestion that she might one day be a headmistress was sensitively played. The part of Masha, in a way the most difficult, and so often portrayed as a Russian Hedda Gabler, was subtly played by Frances Duthie who brought out clearly the gentleness in Masha's nature as well as the brittleness born of boredom. One was touched at her collapse at the news of Vershinin's departure. Mention should also be made of Olivia Goulden's Anfisa and Luke Goss's Ferapont, a classical Moscow Arts Theatre figure, both consistently excellent. Lisa Valpy was a marvellous Natasha, eager and gawky in the early scenes and all bustling vulgarity in the later ones. She caught beautifully the mad gleam one knows so well in the eye of the middle class matron obsessed with her child. She moved with speed and confidence in pointed contrast to the three sisters. A special mention should also be made of the sets. The two tiered stage with the action shared between them was brilliantly conceived. It was here that the boys came into their own as they lightly and elegantly lept from one to the other. Congratulations to Mr. Andrew Dobbin and to the School. D. M. TAYLOR. 39

'THE THREE SISTERS' (P. W.D.)

'MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL' THE LINACRE HOUSE PLAY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, 11 th and 12th DECEMBER, IN THE EASTERN CRYPT Eliot's ritualised, poeti~ drama ,:"asyerformed 'on location' in the perfect theatre of the Easten. Crypt, in a productIOn dIrected wIth Imagm~tlOn and coheren~e by the ~e.ve~end'p. J. D. Allen How brave, and how successful, the gambIt to put on a senous and dIffIcult play in ho~ drama usually dominated by farce and vaudevIlle; and how necessary that K~ng s pay tribute to Eliot and Becket, to the Cathedral and to the more mtellectual theatre-gomg capacities 01 a King's audience. The success was founded on all-round excellence down to the least mem~ of the cast. The chorus spok~ the po~t~y artic!,lately and their sequences went very satisfyingly flu.enlly. The words were skIlfully dIvIded WIth Important hnes spoken togethe~ and th~ se,,:es dIvided appropriately. The chorus were not embarrassed to create a mood of mc.antatlOn, mvocation or thanksgiving, the effect being electnc. I questIOn only whether the dlvldmg up of the chorus' lines was a concession to the logistics of 'en masse' speech. Individual members of the chorus gave unwanted character to words which should be spoken by a uniform, ,!niversal crowd. Another pleasing aspect of the lesser cast were the beautIfully-spoken pnests, partIcularly Anthony Evans-Pughe. These three dark figures sat watching during Becket's Act I temptation like a moral jury. The Four Tempters doubled suitably and according to convention with the Four Knights and were Sebastian Taylor, Michael Whitehead, James Seagrave, and Ian McDonald. James Seagrave was suitably sardonic as the second kni~ht. The Fourth Tempter, Ian McDonald, was made to mirror Becket at first without lettmg It paralyse an mdlvldual charactenzatlOn. (The Founh Tempter is the one who dicits the r~sponse . 'Who ar~ you, temptinll with my own desires?') Even as a knight the stagmg stood hIm consIstently aSIde and aloof; It was very ImpressIve. 11 is only a shame that the First Tempter threw away lines like 'I leave you to the pleasur~s 01 your higher vices'. And I fail to und~rstand why the ThI!d Tempter w~s bathed m red lIght. The lighting was usually highly effectIve, but sometImes mcurred a sqUInt on the faces of the actors. A performance of the part of Thomas requires a combination of modesty and majesty. M i~hael Nash, fluent, imposing, often sensitive, had the stamina to hold the play together as the saInted archbishop. Perhaps he should not have been sO eaSIly angry.wlth th~ tempters, as a martyred and superior patience would have been more SUItable, at lea~t -.ylth the fIrSt three. ~n~th.er qUIbble is his constant stoop. It may not be relevant to an actor s mterpretatlOn, but It IS Important that he hold himself in a more dignified manner. Nevertheless any objections are caused by the high standards that the production set itself, it.was ambitious and taxing, it was rewarding, for audience and players alike, and as Thomas hImself says: 'For every life and every act STEPHEN TAYLOR. Consequence of good and evil can be shown.'

'SIR GA WAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT' THE LATTERGATE HOUSE PLAY THURSDAY, 13th DECEMBER, IN THE WESTERN CRYPT Lattergate gave a most entertaining and smooth performance of this play in the Western Crypt on the last day of term, a performance which never sagged or lacked interest. .It was a vemon adapted by David Self from a fourteenth-century poem of unknown authorshIp, based on ~ne of the legends about King Arthur and his Knights. The story .was pleasantly easy to follow, tellIng how Sir Gawain was tempted and tested by the Green Kmght to see whether he would break his sworn word of honour . 40

The confidence and clarity of the narrative of the four poets was very impressive, especially Nicholas Tothill and Tom Ward. The rapport between them was generally very good, and frOm enacted Bertilac's kills with great relish and obvious enjoyment. Much of the credit for IheYcontinuous movement of the play must go to them. Ih~ nathan Ibbott as King Arthur was suitably regal and controlled his knights with a calm, d_humoured decisiveness, and Sir Agravain, Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere (Nicholas Wtchell Ross Duttson and Jonathan Walsh) all performed efficiently and competently. Flemmich I bb a; the Green Knight and Bertilac played with vigour and was at his best when testing ~ewain 's courage with his axe, though he was slightly wooden at times, perhaps understandably tter having to act three identical situations one after the other. a But it was Mark Stafford as Sir Gawain who stood out most notably. His movements and ches were particularly life-like and fluid, and at moments such as when he was tempted by s~i1ac's wife (Daniel Morris, who coped very well with his role as a seductress) he was very Bonvincing in his reactions and expressions. The only criticism of the production would be that come of the performers at times showed only limited interest and expression, especially when ~hey weren't speaking and weren't in the limelight. But this is an isolated quibble - besides, lhe audience's attention remained focused by the high standard of acting in the leading roles, and Ihe lively humour of the play. It could so easily have been overdone and slapstick, yet such lines as 'and he dressed and went to church', after Gawain had been tempted and seduced, were delivered with an admirable appreciation of the irony involved. Unobtrusive accompaniment by the musicians added to the atmosphere created by the intimate and suitable setting, most effectively by the voice of Natalia Fetherston-Dilke. And who can forget the directors who, with their inimitable peppering of the play with 'zimbo', are to be congratulated for their hard work and amusing ideas. The chief and most laudable virtue of Ihe production was the lively good humour that Mr. Stewart Ross and Mr. Peter Brodie instilled into it, yet it was always restrained and pitched at just the right level. It was much enjoyed by parenls and boys alike, and, which was very satisfying to see, by the actors themselves. PIERS MCCLEERY.

'I" ILLUSIONS (Charlotte Bishop) 41

TALKS THE ROLE OF A MINISTER THE RIGHT HON. PETER REES, Q.C., M.P. (Chief Secretary to the Treasury) Asking us to imagine we were at a Cabinet meeting, Mr. Rees drew us straight into the posit' of a minister. The Cabinet were merely the most senior committee of government, compOlOQ of cabinet upon cabinet. The minister must playa peripatetic role (Mr. Rees had come fried Bristol himself) and the important representative role for the media or in Parliament. The theoOlll of collective cabinet responsibility means that a minister must accept cabinet policies and defe~ them, for which Mr. Rees saw no better preparation than a training at the bar. Experience VI vital and he stressed how ministers in the Lords as well as in the Commons were usually initiat: to the cockfighting that occurs in Parliament. The civil service plays a key role in providing information and advice. Without expressin personal political opinions it provides the interface of the governmental machinery. The care: of a minister or parliamentary secretary may only last several years, but the civil servants remain in office while the administrations change. Yet the politicians provide the impulses which lead to decisions on policy, .a,:d departmental success really depends on a fruitful c.ooperation between the mmlSter and the CIVIl servants who can pomt out the practlcallmphcatlOns of a minister's policy. Finally, Mr. Rees stressed the fascination that the post of a minister held for him. The range and complexity of the problems which the minister faces make for dynamism and interest especially since he must recognise the divergent opinions of the nation as a whole rather thati just his own supporters. We are very grateful to Mr. Rees for providing a revealing insight into the life of a minister and for showing how important the decisions of the Cabinet are for the well-being of the government and society. DANIEL HEPBURN.

TWO NATIONS OR ONE? MR. PHILIP WHITEHEAD (Journalist and broadcaster) An ex-Labour M.P. coming to a comfortably Conservative school like King's to give a talk which would argue against the very existence of public schools ... A frantic scurrying at the last moment to fetch more chairs bore evidence to the air of expectancy in the packed Societies Room. Mr. Whitehead began by saying that the 'dis-United Kingdom' was characterised by numerous social divisions: upper and lower classes, working and striking miners, Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland, North and South, employed and unemployed. He saw the dole as 'living on charity', and argued passionately against 'a sort of Darwinism' in which social backgrounds dictated people's futures in society. Mr. Whitehead cited Japan as a country where 'equality of respect' had enabled it to undergo a rapid economic boom - in his eyes, Britain is a wealthy country which doesn't apply its native genius, resulting in four million 'brothers and sisters being unemployed'. He saw the Brighton bombing as evidence that the tensions inherent in the British social structure were ready to explode at any time. In his opinion, education was at the heart of this 'British sickness'. The Headmaster and Mr. Woodley found themselves unable to resist the temptation of questioning such statements as: 'Schools like King's perpetuate social divisions to a great extent'. 42

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Edward Winfield (A6b) ",~tb'!US'S

stolen name gives life to a golden brown youtb glow witb reassuring warmth. yoU raise your eyes and see the endless you have missed now towards tbe heavens, and writbing witb the pain of regret. and find the taste of life bitter. of confidence is dissolved in poisonous fumes, soft filter, protecting your naIve illusions, stained witb threatening reality a revulsion for all tbat you are. turns cold. is lost in insecurity, homely glow fades into the emptiness of barren grey away tbe ashes of your past In the anger of self-disgust. no more desire to see tbis earthly cycle through, cut it short and find eternal rest. is made and the die cast, weeping the shameful tears of cowardly defeat, out your life with a trembling hand amidst the ashes of your past.

could get away with it

Christopher Calthrop (Rq)

Utile trot on tbe blue, gridded rubber, the slight spring, the bending of frail knees, the of the stomach and tbe tense neatness as I foHow my fear over the edge into unsupporting feet above me, I gaze down one hundred feet towards an awaiting, tiny rectangle ~ulllng! soft water. For tbat split second of stillness I see everything below, thousands of tbeir necks, tbe cameras nashing and the diving board of safety, just an immense me. down, into spins and twirls, naturally somersaulting, half twisting, piking and nying I ~~::~;;~. soaring towards its prey. Eying the distance to the water on every turn and spin, Ie a sky-diver but neatly as a high-diver. The plain spot of denectlng foam grows and ready to swallow me, a struggling prey, failing faster, faster towards the moutb of spitting wbite. out of a couple of controlled somersaults Into a swallow position, gliding down into a straight tense and prepared dive. Like an arrow my hands pierce Ihe waler. rapidly and surely ~urving back up to the surface for a long awailed brealh and relaxalion. now, of freedom and danger, and back into a seizing gravily of molherly protecllon safety.

More postcards home to Mars Christopher TothililRa) Notes are little bits of paper With patterns on them. People hide them, and must be given A present before they will give them away. Politicians are humans who work for the People, But ignore a person. Voltaire happens when the sky malfunctions. I! sparks and bangs, and people are afraid

That it will break down and collapse, Crushing them with its weight.

John Pritchard IRaI They poke coloured spberes with long, tbin sticks, On a green table, with holes in the sides. They dress four-pronged objects, Then bite them, and eat their clothing. A big, red box stands on corners, Begging for morsels of paper to eat. I! cannot digest them, this I know, For a stomach-pump empties it twice a day.

The charitable stomach-pump then proceeds to Give the food back to the people, to feed it again. People are made in big, white buildings; Three come out, where two went in.

Louis Smith IRa) is a huge grey building bright lights outside, but darkness within.

Ie crowd in througb all the doors : :all sit facing forward, watching a white screen.

'NarkS' is a larger building with rows of boxes. WoDlen push carts up and down to fill them by hand. Wben they leave they give paper to a trap .Ud everyone smiles as the trap snaps closed. eedl is a tiny detail in almost every house It sits and springs and twitters until it is covered up. It can be bought in different colours anywhere, Bat II is always missed wben it stops singing.

Timothy Watson IRa) There are halls with many flasbing lights, people gather there late at night, And when they come out it is morning, Their pockets are empty.

Great animals roam about, Swallowing and spewing out people, Who consider it quite an honour, And line up to be chosen along their route. The young of the species Gather in great sprawling buildings And receive punishment from elders. They slay there for twelve years, And when they come out for the last time Their eyes do not sparkle as before.

Myself

Jeremy Barnes

There, in the photo, in a life of my own, I sit, a shoe missing, on a rush mat. Oblivious of my whereabouts, I gaze At the little white men waiting, Then running, and waiting again. 'Well run! ' shouts Daddy and I Smack the ground in delight. I wonder why I sit here, Carrying out minor repairs on my toy car, In a cricket net. I glare at the camera with my Chubby face. I smile and even Manage to look photogenic. I sit, all two and a half feet of me, With a lead round my chest. Now my life no longer belongs to me; I am never caught with shoes missing. I slill gaze at the little white men, With more interest than before; I watch them run and stop. And run. I am no longer so excited when My father shouts. He is no longer The captain, but an umpire, I fear. I no longer repair toy cars of the '60s, But wait and fiddle with cars of Ihe '80s. I am no longer so photogenic Indeed I am usually the other side of the lens. I work and wait, all five feet nine of me, For the day I lake exams, and I still Struggle to get the lead off me.

, Kirsty Seymour-Ure (A6u) awake and dreaming cats, wbile and ginger, and ginger, "'.,-: --- of calico cals. you slole my glance II I walcbed, . pd slared at the cahco cats II tbe moonligbt; pd under a street lamp IlIw you standing, . !IIndlng with the cahco cats. ne white is ginger, ;ager is black: OIInge slreetlights ClSI Iheir changeful glow. ne cals-eyes in the road lit gleaming, . pd I am dreammg,. pd cats are screammg, lite screams of calico cats.

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Jonathan Nicholls (C6b)

Credo? 'We believe in God .â&#x20AC;˘ .' Mindless; Conlrolled by rhythmic chant, ney mouth the sacred words To whom? Teslaments' Jehovah, Raining devotees with brimslone? Baroque-styled geriatric, Tbroned on ochre-tinted clouds? Revivalistic trendy, Hymned in architeclural eyesores? No.

To Ihe power of conformity floal the words conceived from boredom; ' ... And the life everlasting. Amen.'

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The Phoenix

Julia Fenn (AS,,)

Out of the rubble and smoke The tragedies of past experience Evaporate and time heals in spite of all. The tears we cry and bruises Sustained wiII fade with time. Grass grows when a while ago We only saw the grey sky, charred, Unpromising. Something stirs: Slow wing beats wafting the dust from the dying ashes.

The Beautiful People

James Rattray (Sq)

His flat, unremarkable features Seemed to flow, from a Face built of pully. The flow was interrupted By an eternal grin. She had delicate features, Lush black hair. Large eyes that didn't see. Her fingers brushed Along the walls, Feeling her way around The halls, A beautiful insect. He shufHed along, Ungainly and stooped. His hands were raw And badly scathed, Struggling for air, Short gasps punctuating His primeval shamble. She called out gently, Her vacant eyes staring Blankly outwards as If transfixed by some Blinding, awesome vision. They met in the hall and Her hands ran down The smoothness of his face. He gazed mutely at hers. To him she was beautiful. To her he was handsome. Together they were human. And perhaps therein Lay their beauty. 48

Kirsty Seymour-Ure (A6u)

White Stag fie saw the white stag today; relt tbe woods enchanted, I azed in almost awe: - ';n in proud delicate majesty :: bead was up, listening, lIt0t be stared back, then .,JIb â&#x20AC;˘ sudden jerk be turned, lied tbrougb the half-clad trees. fl. tried to follow; ... trackS in the mud were clear ... dainty bis hoofprints seemed :t we bad lost him. B. watched us wander home, perhaps, .-ougb the damp autumn woods.

David Watkins (A6a)

Love? A theme of Spring Spring throbs beneath me, lbe rbythmic field afire With the excitement and drumbeat of Existence. Swollen nipple of Hazel bud thrusts stickily and Aogry red from the new sprig. Long-twined limbs of wilIow Wave and weave and wind Patterns of a fresh spring Over tbe charged earth. Tender blossom blushes fragrance; Narcotic scent seducing, drawing me througb the Sensuous fluidity of winter-wheat's motion; Drawing me irrationally forward So that we mingle, unite and Become a single form of Vibrant ecstasy: the sexual passion of spring Puisates in my mire of veins and I Flow with the young stream beside, And the ashes that have bred me. Carnal fu sion of emotional Expiosion in my time find us love; A theme for spring, or the Parenthesis of courtly love, Theme for the mind. 49

First Memories

Jeremy

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II was tbe first time I bad been to anotber country. Mummy sald tbere was Iota ice, but I bad not seen any. I bad never seen any snnw before. I had seen pl(:twresof. Daddy took pictures. I was not dowed to, and anyway I was too frlgbtened to. I of tbe mud wblcb was bubbling and Jumping. 'Why does It do tbat Daddy?' I often asked questions, but I was too young to understand. Daddy understood He knew everytblng In the world. My Daddy was the cleverest person In tbe -_.~~ ., I bad to go to school to learn tblngs. I didn't like school. I liked tbe snow cream. It didn't tasle like Ice-cream. IIlasled like cold waler. My Daddy sald'lt .... WlU must be Iwo kinds of waler. My Mummy was kinder Ihan Daddy. Daddy shouled very loudly. I cried wben I dldn'l cry a 101. I was a good boy. All olher boys were bad boys. There was one bad day. We salon a hili all day and gol cold ears. Daddy said It water, bull dldn'l believe him. He somellmes lells fibs. I never lold fibs. Every otber I was special. Tbe aeroplane was special. Daddy lold me It was called Ihal. Tbere was a pUol. He plane. Birds ny by napplnglbelr wings. I wonder how he new Ihe bird. Birds ny with My bed was made oul of fealhers. My bed fell nice. I wondered If my bed could ny. II dldn' l have wings. I could n, wings. Tbe birds live high up on Ihe cliffs. I looked over Ihe cliff. I saw Ihe sea. There musl be a hundred fish In Ihe sea. Daddy said some fish n, Ihal's unfair. If fish can swim and ny Ihen why can'l 11 Bul I like everylhlng Ibe â&#x20AC;˘ bope nOlblng cbanges. We will go home soon. I bope home never changes. I want to Home Is my favourite place.

Id Whitehead painted a brutally realistic picture of a British society in which in some places r. has risen to fifty per cent, which is ravaged by everÂˇwidening social gulfs and only twelve per cent of the population goes on to higher education. I wasn't just the multitudinous facts and figures which made Mr. Whitehead's talk come _" I for me (though he wasn't using notes), but above all his powerful and imaginative turn >(ehrase. In the words of Margaret Thatcher: 'This nation must learn to be one nation, or ~it won't be a nation at aiL' M ICHAEL NASH.

THE WHIGS AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION DR. L. G. MITCHELL (University College, Oxford) Dr. Mitchell arrived to face a capacity audience in the Societies Room, and proceeded to enlighten us on the subject of the Whigs' reaction to the French Revolution, and the differing ideology of the English towards the French. He explained, very humorously, how English society was divided in its opinion of France. Firstly, there were the ignorant and apolitical masses who envisaged France as absolutist, tyrannical, immoral and degenerate. Secondly, there was the political upper class elite, exemplified mainly by the Whigs. T his group saw France as the cultural, fashionable and hedonistic centre of Europe. Close contacts existed between this elite and the corresponding elite in France, as especially illustrated by the complicated webs of intrigue that existed between the two . Dr. Mitchell came into his element in disclosing unusual and interesting points of detail that amused and amazed us all . He cited the incident in which a monkey was hanged as a 'degenerate' French spy in Hartlepool, as late as 1806. Fashion was also shown to be 'exported ', annually, from France in the shape of a mannequin-doll clad in the latest fashions, complete with a military escort , even in times of war. Dr. Mitchell explained that the 'Whig' link with France severely influenced Fox's policies after 1792, and the whole structure of politics right up to the 1830s. Light was also shed on Burke (known as the 'Dinner Bell' due to his long speeches), who was popularly seen as a 'Don Quixote' fi gure; not to mention the 'guinea a grandmother' ploy used by the Whigs against Pitt in the London journals. Our thanks go to Dr. Mitchell for giving up his precious time to deliver such an interesting and entertaining talk, which bestowed upon all present an amusing insight into the subject. FRANK MATSAERT.

THE BROKEN TRADITION IN GERMAN LITERA TURE MR. MICHAEL LEVENE (Bristol University)

The Spectator described Gunter Grass's The Tin Drum as: 'the nearest thing to a literary masterpiece his generation is capable of producing' . Ten million Germans had died by 1950 five years earlier the historian A.J .P. Taylor had written: 'German history has run its course'. BUI was it simply the war which brought about this broken tradition? On the surface, it would seem that Germany's 'Wirtschaftswunder', or economic miracle, had brought Germany incredibly quickly out of its war period of economic depression. But there were huge rifts in this new German society, with old feelings dying hard: in 1962, for instance, fifty per cent of the populace still believed that the July plotters of 1944 were traitors. 51

The Catholic Church (although it is tru th . h ' . face of stern Nazi opposition) had on the ~ at It ad mamtamed the Catholic sc the acquisition .of fundamentally Catholic ar~~!es~~~e h~nd-I,!-glove with the regim~OOls .in ... the wa~,. the bIshops falsely praised the clergy fo ;s. ustfla. and the Sudetenland' 8nJ~ exemplIfIes the atmosphere of tension u . r avmg ~eslsted the Nazis as . Ut.,.. Nazi regime which pervaded the post:w~;epr!:iOndtYlannGd a deme to forget the stark atrbuOdthY: tbia Th' ermany. or ••_ e effect of thIs on present-day German writers is to m ...

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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CIVIL SERVICE AN GOVERNMENT IN WHITEHALL D SIR ANTHONY RAWLINSON K C B

(Permanent Secretary to the Department of Trad~

;nd Industry)

'Rooted in facts' was the way Sir Anthon R r '. case as he.l>rovided a fluent, informative and ~et ~f nson descflbed h!s talk: and this was the not surpflsmgly, to 'Yes Minister' the mere al ~ acc7untof the CIVIl ServIce. He referred audien~e to burst out laughing. Ho':"ever he adr::~~ ;~nt 0 whIch prompted one section of t~ as It mIght seem. , a t1Ie programme was not as exaggerated

During the talk he discussed the Civil Service as a h ' ' . and current criticisms about it. He referred to th w ole, Its cO'!tflbutlOns to decision making embr~ces a wide variety of topics. Since civil serva e vastness of thIS. smgle u'.'ified .service which t he pomt~d out th~t one of the main attractions ~f st~re~?nft~ntlJ:' mvolved In pohcy discussion, become mvolved In policy discussion at an early sta:e. IVI ervlce as a career IS that one can The I?ermanence of the Civil Service means that 't I .. as posSIble. Therefore, he added working in th ~~ ef'~ oy.ees need to be as polItIcally impartial part of the civil servant.' e IVI ervlce demands much versatility on the He presented arguments for and ag' t' .. should be altered with a chan e of o~ms ItS permanence! ralSmg the question of whether it carried out by officials rathergthan gmi~i~meresntb' H e ~ldsohdlScussed current talk that politics is .h. ' ut sal t at he dId not totall H e concluded by saying that the Civil Se' ., y ~gree wIt. II. democracy:, and that he felt it could not be be~~~~:dIST; rOI~d s~stem, well sUIted to BrItish Hattee saymg that 'We are permanently grateful f' e a en ed on ~ humorous note, Mr. or your presence tomght.' lAIN LINNEY.

ASPECTS OF THE LA W PROFESSOR A. W. B. SIMPSON, M.A., D.C.L. (Professor of Law, University of Kent)

fess or Simpson's admission that he never knows what to say on these occasions was

pro 'ately proved false as he began his amusing accounts of the most absurd court cases, ~I anied by much animation and jocularity. These cases he used to illustrate his main points

~m~ssion ' through the case of Mrs. Carlill and The Carbolic Smoke Ball Co., we learnt For instance, Mrs. tfIJIlW having contracted influenza against the assurance of the Carbolic Smoke Ball Co., felt ()r I';erved the one hundred pounds promised by 'agreement'. She did win her case, but only ~~e of influenza years later. Professor Simpson further exemplified the term 'agreement', IO.t~lan illustration remarkably per~eptive of the, dare I say, typical King's mind, 'If I kiss you yOU tickle me behInd the ear? To bring us back temporarily to the gravity of real life law cases, Professor Simpson did stress dIl t these were very different from the rather light-hearted view given through his examples. one particularly interesting case involved the renowned Beecham's, who claimed last century bave manufactured a cure for everything, even abortions! Another case involved the 'pen~fing' and eating of a cabin-boy by his starving ship's-crew. The 'murderers' being sentenced, tbe principle illustrated by this was that 'necessity is no defence to homicide'. However, cannibalism seems to have been a dangerously common practice in the last century, as we were informed that 'people were forever doing it!' One celebrated, (apd of cour~e American), cannibal, â&#x20AC;˘ mountain-gUIde called Alfred Packer, even has a book dedIcated to hIm , called 'The Packer Wilderness Cook Book'. It can only be said how unfortunate it was that so many missed Professor Simpson's talk; the audience was by no means extensive, and as a result produced a notable lack of questions. However, those who did attend enjoyed and benefited from Professor Simpson's interesting and vivacious account of his subject.

rJ dlSCe theo;etical meaning of an 'agreement' is a much disputed question.

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SIBYLLA MARTIN.

THE KING'S PARLIAMENT Despite its postponement due to the Brighton bomb tragedy, the Parliament was a great success. Large numbers of people attended and many voiced their opinions from the floor of the house. The motion 'This house has no confidence in Her Majesty's Government' was debated fiercely, and the speeches by both government and opposition were excellent. Magnus Bashaarat as Leader of the Opposition performed admirably, backed up by impressive speeches from Emma Risley and Piers McCleery. The Government held its own well, and both David Watkins as Prime Minister and Annabel Roberts as Home Secretary made fluent speeches supported by a stirring speech from Patrick Paines. Despite an excellent showing by both Government and Opposition , Ihe Opposition had the edge and carried the motion 106-95. It was an intense, if somewhat rowdy, session. MARK BURGES WATSON.

(Jonathan Rawlinson)

VISITS 6a GEOGRAPHY GLACIAL FIELD COURSE IN CUMBRIA SEPTEMBER, 1984 Not wishing to interfere with the spatial orderings of the geographical environment Lieutenant P. W. Durgan and 'Admiral' R. W. Thane decided to leave for Cumbria at a.m. Even Sophia made it by 5.10. The 'Admiral' entrusted one of the minibuses from his to Mr. Durgan, the other to Mr. J. R. Parker. The journey took about seven and a half and took us through Birmingham, where we were given a brief resume ofR. W. T.'s life's We seemed to be running into bad weather, the intricacies of which we were not to un,jeT!itaJij until the end of the Christmas Term. Having reached the Lake District we embarked upon 'a short hike' to the top of Helvellv... The Legacy of the Pleistocene Age was revealed to us by the secrets of Ullswater and UII:nriddliDI Beck. 'Classic' examples abounded of the erosional features we had all studied in the ctass,,'" back at school, in our second term in 6b. Those of us who thought the trip was going to a mid-term holiday were soon disillusioned: at every stopping point detailed notes had to taken for copying up later. Despite driving rain and R.W.T.'s wishes we carried on past recessional moraines deposited by a dying valley glacier towards the summit of Helvellyn. source of the glacier was located in the form of a cirque, now home to Red Tarn; to Our was Helvellyn itself, obscured by cloud, to our left was Striding Edge. There was no~tc,ppitIIJ P.W.D. as he bounded to the top, allowing the selfless R.W.T. to take up the rear. top of Striding Edge we could see right across a cavernous valley and noted the power of glaciation, while P. W .D. pondered the chances of 'bridging it'. We eventually arrived at Blencathra, near Keswick, where we were staying, at 6.50 p.m. aa4 enjoyed a long-awaited meal. For entertainment in the evening the Geography Department laid on two hours of work, and with it went any hopes of a 'Jockraphy' weekend. Saturday WI! dedicated to everyone's favourite: sediment analysis in the pouring rain, during which Lucy DixonClarke must have fallen over at least fourteen times, with horrendous consequences each The evening was once again dedicated to solid, yet 'invigorating and stimulating' work. saw the long awaited arrival of M.R.G.P. who paradropped in from L10NHEART. Lowland glaciation was the subject of the day, mainly in the Eden eskers, and incised meanders were abundant. On Monday we returned to school via MaIham; a limestone region which stood as a testimony to the power of rain as an agent of erosion. journey back was accompanied by the dulcet tones of 'Radio Watkins', much to the anrlOYian~ of everyone in the minibus. Despite the 'slave driving' of the geography department, most people both enjoyed benefited from the trip. The thanks of everyone who went go to P.W.D., R.W.T., and J for taking so much time to organise the trip.

THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY DUTCH ART EXHIBITION AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY Since travelling through the grim depression of East London does not encourage an frame of mind, Mr. Pragnell tried to stimulate us by pointing out various sites of af~:h~'[~~,~= interest, taking particular pains to show the unusual exterior of a certain church of St. Hence we arrived suitably prepared for admiring works of art. Having negotiated our without some amusement, through those famous revolving doors, we entered tt[h~;e;is~~~~~J~r.: somewhat dubiously in the semi-darkness, and groped our way towards the first '1\1 54

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, The exhibition began with the pioneers of the era, those who explored new fields, notably Ihe form of scenes .of domestic genre. The rooms were filled with well-perfumed ladi~s wh.o ill mpted in desperation to avoId less well dressed art students, who were rather careless In theIr 4~~ing of well sharpened stiletto heels. P On the whole, many of the pictures in the exhibition were fair ly similar in style and subject, d typical of the era. There were a number of paintings, however, which proved to have a aniking effect on the visitors. In the works of Baburen and Honthorst, members of the !garavaggisti' (other pronunciations from wing-collared visitors are best forgotten), we saw orious feathers on healthy, buxom women in scenes of fruitful gluttony, reminiscent of the fralian Renaissance. From a room containing pictures illustrating greed we graduated to 'lust' r as the Royal Academy so tactfully put it: 'The Merry Company'. Apparently such pictures ~f elegantly dressed (or rather over-dressed) young men and women eating, drinking and making music were quite popular and were considered amusing, rather than puritanically condemning. 'The Astronomer' by Gerard Dou attracted a great deal of attention from the visitors. It depicted a man working under the light of a centrally positioned candle, surrounded by darkness, making the composition quite atmospheric. In contrast to this, Jan Steen's 'A Moor Presenting a Parrot to a Lady' was breathtaking in the brilliance and variation of its colours, especially emphasised by the misty background and classical architecture. 'The Schoolmaster' by the same anisl provoked a number of comments from intrigued viewers. It depicted children with grotesque expressions, almost surpassing that of the familiar looking master. Although alarming, this work did prove to be the source of some amusement! In the exhibition the paintings were grouped according to their subjects; this made it impossible for Ihe visitor to compare works by one particular master, but you were able to contrast different arlisls' renderings of the same theme. Although the Royal Academy cannot justly be blamed for Ihe very large number of visitors it can be held responsible for the lack of seats: I only spotted IWO, and these were occupied by elderly gentlemen, unable to cope with the excitement of the 'Merry Company'. Having sufficiently surveyed the art of the seventeenth century we decided that a complete contrast was called for, so we headed towards not the local public house, but the 'Modern Masters' exhibition, which contained works from the vast collection of Baron Hans Heinrich ThyssenBornemisza. We saw compositions by Degas, Van Gogh, Gauguin and Picasso, all of which are unquestionably masterpieces in their own right, but it must be emphasised that this was merely a selection of paintings from a collection and not an exhibition of modern masters, since with so few examples it is impossible to place Renoir's 'Woman with a Parasol in a Garden' with cubists such as Leger and surrealists like Dali . Despite this, the visitor was given a good impression of Ihe activities of those in the art world over that period of time. By the time everyone had surveyed at least one exhibition they decided that viewing such great lalent is exhausting work and that refreshment and sustenance were required. Since reasonably priced tea shops are not easy to come by in Piccadilly, we all dug into the depths of our pockets and sauntered over to Fortnum and Mason's to drink exorbitantly overpriced tea and consume eclairs. After replenishing our strength we returned to dash around the Dutch exhibition once more and to discuss it eagerly on the return journey, in between bouts of song and sleep. Mr. Pragnell and Mr. Trowell are to be thanked for taking us to see what must be one of Ihe Royal Academy's most successful exhibitions for some time. Lucy AMOS.

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THE SOCIETIES The season began with the same Senior Team that won through to last year's kn CHESS CLUB stage final, and an almost totally new Junior team . Despite having such an expe ~k... Senior team, the local area competition this term was, as always, going to be far fro "tnced a five - nil default against one opponent was a help. but, as usual, the vital match was the one :'~: Simon Langton; and, as so often, the top two boards played very well, only to fail to obtain the d~ end results. McFie, on board two, won the exchange, but allowed his opponent to block the POSitieslleci as to neutralise the advantage, while Linhart, on top board, was involved in yet another sharp t~~ 10 game where he finally lost some of his earlier material advantage, and a very unbalanced positio leal adjudicated against him. With just one Senior match to be played early next term, our chances OfWi~ '!Is through to the knockout stage again are not strong. IlIDa The Junior team as yet lack experience: only two matches have been played so far, with the bet performance being a narrow win against an improving Faversham side. let RESULTS

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Kent Schools' League (Senior) v Abbey School, Faversham. Won 4-1 v Chatham House. Won 5-0 (Default) v Simon Langton. Lost I Yl-3 V2 Kent Schools' League (Junior) v Kent College. Drawn 21h-2Y! v Abbey School, Faversham. Won 3-2

DOUGLAS JERVIS

Some work has been done this term on mounting and tidying up two of the major philatetic collections . Peter Elam has kindly done a lot of work on the Collection of Canada (bis newly adopted country!). Ian McDonald, being a gentleman of leisure for a large proportioa of the term since his unconditional offer from Jesus College, Cambridge, has offered his services and his considerable knowledge of, and expertise in, Australian issues to put the Australian Collection in order. I thank him very much, as he leaves, for his help and interest over his years at King's.

R. B. Ma.

This term has seen the first birthday of the Society. The activities have been similar to 1851 term's : a film, talk and Dinner with accompanying A.G .M. Although the film, Reds, WI! poorly attended it was of exceptional quality, and had won three Academy Awards. The Durnford Society Talk was given by Professor J. R. Lander (Univers ity of Ontario) on 'Family, Friends and Politics in the 15th Century'. The talk was both informative and amusing and revealed an insight into the complicated genealogical arrangements which dominated 15th century politics. The talk was followed by the Society Dinner in St. Augustine's Dining Hall. An excellent meal was preceded by sherry and followtd by a highly entertaining after dinner speech by Dr. Maltby. Professor Lander and G. Walton Esq. welt the Guests of Honour, and the Headmaster also attended. The dinner was followed by the A.G.M. This year's'officers and committee all stood down, on the advice of the President, and a new body was elected. All would agree that the committee has achieved a lot this year and we hope the new committee and officers will be as successful. The following were elected to hold office: W. Hawkes will become the new President, D. O'ConorwiU be the new Secretary and A. Heddle will be the new Treasurer. Our last task is to thank Dr. Maltby for his unswerving support throughout the year. We feel sure that the Society will go from strength to strength. DURNFORD

PATR ICK PAINES AND MAITHEW EVTON.

This term has been a quiet one for the Society. We harvested our apple crop in late .... onENING September and made sure our new trees were firmly established. The greenhouse has been ~ prepared for a Lent Term of extensive activity. We have not grown any Winter crops this b t are planning a large lettuce crop next Summer. The lawn mower has been in less than constant JfI1 ~ the grass has remained a decent length. M. R. G. Parker, who has filled the ~ap left by Mr. Barham's absence in America, has kept all r~terests going and we are grateful to lum for all he has done.

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Trip to Dungeness Nuclear Power Station Although it wasn't very tactful to incur Mr. Jackson's displeasure by arriving late for departure, a pleasant atmosphere soon prevailed in the minibus bound for Dungeness. On .val in awe of our worst fears of decontamination showers or lead suits being confirmed, we were shown am dam where we were treated to tea and biscuits whilst watching an introductory film. We were split :t~ ~wo parties and under the watchful eyes of our guides (replacing those of Mr. Jackson) we began touring Dungeness A. . . . . The mysteries of nuclear energy slowly began to unveil themselves. The gUIde patiently explamed how nuclear reactor buildings each house one reactor, with carbon dioxide gas blowers to convey heat to ~wor boilers. The reactor cores are made of graphite, holding uranium rods encased in Magnox magnesium ;;:'y cans and absorbers, control rods, flux scanning facilities and two neutron sources. Enormous gas d cts twd metres in diameter, link to the gas blowers and boilers. The gas blowers are used to heat stearn ~de; high pressure, which then completes the task by driving turbo-alternators. These generate a voltage Uf 13800 volts which is stepped up to 275000 volts by transformers. We were told how Dungeness makes : substantial contribution to the National Grid. The two parties were reunited and the time to leave was nigh . Little did we know that to complete our perfect day we were to be invited to Katherine's house on our return journey, to enjoy some tea in much warmer surroundings than before! Our thanks go to Mrs. Hardwick, Mr. Jackson and Paul Chantry for â&#x20AC;˘ most enjoyable trip. lON BENDIEN. Trip 10 Pfizer Laboratories, Sandwich After a hair-raising drive across Kent in the hands of Dr. Poots, and after a security guard had rumpled the Secretary's hair-style still further, we finally made it into the giant Pfizer chemical complex. We were taken around the manufacturing side of the site. We saw the giant vats where many of the drugs' constituents are brewed and were taken around the drying halls. We also visited the pill manufacturing plant, where we had to ,don hair nets and l abo~atory coats to prevent contamination. After a short rest and some tea, we went ar<?und the development ~Ide of the plant and saw a film about the cost and development of drugs. Our gUides (two very mterestmg researchers) then answered our questions about drug research and its economics. Overall it was a fascinating trip, and our thanks go to Richard Strivens for organising it, and to Dr. Poots for taking us there. HARVEY

PAUL CHANTRY.

UclUres At the end of term, parties attended two Christmas lectures for schools. The first, arranged by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, dealt with the Cross Channel Electric Cable Link, at present under construction by the C .E.G.B. and Electricite de France. Mr. J. B. Yates, the project ma~ager fo~ the C.E.G.B., outlined some of the engineering problems that have been encountered, and, With the aid of an attractive audiovisual presentation, showed how they have been overcome. By the end of 1986 a 2,000 megawatt link should be fully operational. In the early years it will chiefly allow the C.E.G.B . to buy French electricity, produced cheaply by nuclear power. The second lecture, entitled 'Musical Squares - Adventures in Sound' was given by Dr. Michael Gluyas from the Physics Department of the University of Salford . Excellent audio demonstrations, and a lecturer with a real sense of humour, made this an afternoon to remember. Star sound attractions were a count~ng dolphin, a heart with a plastic valve, and the lecturer with his lungs fu ll of helium gas! The presentatIOn struck exactly the right balance between what is educationally stimulating and what is just good fun. C.l.R.l . 57

The Club this term has been under the Musical Direction of Andrew Fordha members Ben Shorten and Patrick Stun made occasional visits to our sessions t::' Vetella new 'front-liners', which were much appreciated, and Luke Goss made appeara encour~ in the term. Otherwise, the team has settled to James Gumpert and Jonathan Wrench (trumpets)ncesearlier Ben Shorten), Hugh Andree (clarinet) (replacing Michael Clarke), Alastair Craik (alto and tenor sJreplaci". (replacing Patrick Sturt) , Nick Baker (piano) (replacing Brad Cohen and Luke Ooss), as well as '011~o",) James Lawrence (trombone), Andrew Fordham (bass) and Ben Mowll (drums). Elaine Oliver 'Ods' McConnell also helped out occasionally with tenor saxophone. and Mr. It has largely been a term of rebuilding after the decimation of the front line quartet at the e d year, and we have also, at last, been able to obtain some new music, after a half-term foray tha~ Aof last Fordham and I made to London for this purpose. We have, however, done some public perfo ndreo.v to 'friendly' audiences: (1) a segment in the Galpin's House Concert in the Shirley Hall on SunJmances, November (in which Andrew Fordham's arrangement of film themes was presented - with Tanera ~y, II,th providing the piano, and James Gumpert on trumpeL) (2) a section in Mr. McConnell's Second Or ;WkUls Concert in the Shirley Hall on Saturday, 24th November, in which standard numbers from the ~~tra repertoire were performed (and in which Mr. McConnell kindly added to our numbers with his new tUb's saxophone, and James Gu mpert ~yas once a~ain t.he trumpeter). (3) a performance in Marks & S en en~r on Wednesday, 2.8th November, III con~ectlon with that store's late-opening for Christmas ShotPinter s elderly and handicapped people, orgamsed by the Canterbury Volun teer Bureau, with the parlicipa~Âˇby of King's Social Services Section (Luxmoore Division!). Jonathan Wrench was the trumpeter On tl~,n ~ngagement. (Items (1) and (2) are reviewed elsewhere in this Cantuarian). We were asked to provid 15 mterlude for theLaura Ashley fashion sh?w that took place in the Shirley Hall on Thursday, 25th Octob:,~ however, the notice was too short, and so, mstead, a recorded selection from the Archives was aired. Recorded numbers played were Satanic Blues from 15th July, 1978 (Musical Directors: Andrew Dean and Mike Law) Yel/owdog Blues from 5th December, 1981 (Musical Director: Paul McOrath), and Blues ill C and Clarin ' Marmalade from 14th July, 1984 (Musical Director: Michael Clarke). tI Our ~c~ives have been added to considerably this term by. the industry of Mrs. McConnell, who recorded t~e S'aipill sand ,S.econd Orchestra Concerts, and of Martill Edwards, who seems to have inherited Ed. VI.ne s man.tle ~s film caf!1eraman to the Jazz S;lub'. He documented all three of our public performances t~IS ~erm, fdm~ng them with the Games Co~mlt~ee's came.ra, very kindly made available by Mr. Dix. This fllmmg operation was much helped by the hghtmg expertISe of Nick Baker and Edw in Lloyd, to both of whom I am very grateful. JAZZ CLUB

R. B. Ma. Only one meeting this term when Louis James, Professor of Victorian literature at U.K.C. MARLOWE talked to us about Dickens's Little Dorrit. He saw the novel as presenting a hellish London' .. a monochrome ~orld drait:te~ of ?<?Iour and energy, a ~orld who~e characters are paralysed by their failure to confront expenence, then Illablhty to love. In the midst of thiS lack-lustre, life-sapping London Amy Dorrit can create 'beauty'; in a world of moral, imaginative and emotional distortion she can survive. Ultimately, in its employment of word, symbol and image the book is more like poetry ihan the novel. .. Louis James's talk was not for those who simply wanted 'A' level fodder; it bristled with ideas and suggested future exploration rather than immediate gratification. Next term we look f~rward to Professor Mark Kinkead-Weekes on Mansfield Park, Colin Wilcockson on Hamlet, Henry Clandge on Robert Lowell, the Channel Theatre Company's production of Romeo and Juliet, and our next Reading Group gathering to discuss Graham Swift's Water/and. Marlowe still lives through the literary society named after him as well as through the 'earth-shattering' efforts of Calvin Hoffman. B.J.D. This term we have enjoyed a visit from Dr. Richard Hunter of Pembroke College, Cambridge, whose theme was Aristophanes' Clouds, but who ranged much more widely. Later in the term a playreading was translated into the viewing of a strictly classical video at Mr. Tennick's house. Those of us who supported these functions derived both pleasure and knowledge. There are hopes of a theatre trip to London next term. Since the Secretary, Tim Cotton, was unable to attend either meeting, these notes were written by PATER

ANNABEL ROBERTS.

The Remembrance Day Service was the only engagement for the Band this term, but with swelled ranks it has continued to rehearse, l?oking at m~sic for future .events. I sho~ld JAN like to thank Patrick, Ben and Dan for their long standmg membership and also Wish essor luck as I too ride off into the sunset. Our appreciation of Colonel Neville's work and dedication lIIysU~Cgo unnoticed and so we thank him for his efforts and encouragement. canna ANTHONY MUSSON. D

This term we say goodbye to several of our most experienced singers: Brad Cohen, David Miller, David Riggs, Anthony Musson, and Patrick Sturt. Although this has been a long CHOIR term, Matins have been fewer than usual, and the visit of Bishop Tutu led to the cancellation r last one, thus taking the pressure off the Choir. Unfortunately since our move to the Nave we have ~OnU singing on the Nave steps, making projection and involvement very difficult. our thanks go to Mr. Scott for his work throughout this term and we welcome Mr. Rose next term as Master of the Choirs. The anthems we have sung were: Lei all Ihe world Turn back, 0 Man Thou wilt keep him Lei all morlal flesh Vaughan Williams, Poston, Kodaly, d carols byS an . in the Carol ervlce.

Chapman Holst S. S. Wesley Bairstow D. S. Raven and Bach, with the Advent Responsory STEPHEN MARTIN AND RICHARD STRIVENS.

The Choral Society have had a rewarding term singing a selection of the Brahms .Liebeslieder Waltzes which were performed at a charity concert on 25th November. The audience clearly enjoyed the choir's enthusiastic singing which was accompanied on the piano by Mr. Matthews and Anthony Musson. Our appreciation and thanks go to Mr. Flood for the vigorous support he. has giv~n to the c~or~l society which has doubled in number since our last concert. We can look forward with confidence to smgmg under the direction of Mr. Rose next term .

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CHRI STINA ALBI N,

CRYPT CHOIR

This term has been a busy one, but the availability of Tuesday lunchtimes for rehearsal has been very useful, and will be much missed when we move back to our usual bl~aryeyed and rusty-voiced early morning time next term . Funerals have played a promment part in the term's engagements, with no less than two services for' the late Lord Harris, amongst others. We added some of our repertoire to Mrs. Runcie's recital in aid of the Canterbury Hospice. There .was also very nearly a chance to make a recording for Radio Invicta, but due to some crossed connectIOns it never quite came off. Thanks again for Mr. Flood's continued interest in and skilled direction of the choir. His absences 'upstairs' and to Paris have made us that much more aware of his talents. Many thanks for the work of such veterans as Brad Cohen, Patrick Sturt, David Miller and David Riggs, whose singing we will sadly miss next term. LUKE Ooss. SECOND The Second Orchestra has been involved in two concerts this term. The first took place in ORCHESTRA St. Augustine's Hospital on 21st November. This was extremely successful with, in the middle of the concert, a well-executed string quartet by Beethoven. The second concert was held in the Shirley Hall on 24th November. This too was a success, despite one or two unintentional solos among the flutes in one piece and when the orchestra decided to play at half the speed of the conductor in another! Coffee and cakes ~ere provided for the audience, and I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Mr. McConnell for the further refreshment he provided for the older members of the orchestra afterwards. There have been regular rehearsals held throughout the term, and many thanks should go to Mr. McConnell for all his hard work. The next event is a concert on 7th March. CLARISSA PRICE.

The orchestra enjoyed a very successful term in which a large range of music wa and a lot of experience gained . The Charity Concert in aid of funds for Ethiopia s covered well attended and showed the orchestra performing well, in three Slavonic Dances (~as qUite Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet, and Alan Ridout's superb Christmas Sympho vOI"ak). rehearsed this term were three Schubert Symphonies, Brahms' Second Syrnph"y. AlsO Shostakovitch's Fifth Symphony, ony lQd Finally, we say farewell to three members who have contributed so much for so long, Patrick S Anthony Musson and Ben Shorten. tUn.

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

DARREN EVERHART

CZhe Cantuariall GJnterview BRITAIN'S COXED FOUR Britain's Coxed Four in the 1984 World Junior Rowing Championships trained at Westbert under Mr, Richard Hooper, We spoke to Philip Hubbard and Bruce Maccalman from Ealin Green High School, who were in the crew with Mark Norton (B) alld Simon Webb (SH), g How did you first become interested in rowing and how did this interest develop into being selected to row for Great Britaill? Philip: I always enjoyed watersports at school and after doing swimming I tried rowing in the fourth year: There wer~ eight of us who were fairly good, and it g.ot together quite quickly. We won a sIlver medal m our J .16 year at the NatIOnal ChampIOnshIps, and then this year Our coach pushed us very hard for selection for the G.B. Junior Squad. 1.

How do you prepare for a race? Bruce: Usually I hide in a dark corner for two hours before the race! Philip: We let the coach organize the race-plans, and try just to think about the race. We don't touch alcohol: we eat a very large breakfast and then nothing until after the race. Bruce: Also we step into the boat all at the same time, continental-style, unlike most British crews who get in one at a time. 3.

What do you think about during the race? Philip: I often think about silly things such as fish and chips: I find it helps me to relax. Some people count strokes, but it doesn't matter what you do as long as you relax. Bruce: I sometimes wonder whether it's worth all the effort. Towards the end of a race when it starts to hurt most, I think only about the finishing line, and if the crew that we're racing is substantially better than us I aim at rowing as well as possible regardless of the result, though

winning is very important.

What sort of outlines does your training schedule follow? Philip: When we're rowing in a two, we have eleven sessions a week, three or four of them on land doing weight-training or running. We have to train before school and since the water is half an hour away, we must be up by 6.00 a.m. to be on the water by 7 o'clock; then another session after school. ' 5.

Is rowing worth all the sacrifices you have to make? Bruce: Yes, I think it is, mainly for the feeling of winning a race. There's no glory in rowing for coming second, and so' you must be utterly dedicated to gain this feeling of winning. Philip: I find it a bit disappointing when our friends outside rowing don't really appreciate what we've achieved, but if you stick at it, even though you want to give up at times, it's very satisfying to be the best crew on the water after winning a race. 60

W/rat do you think about women's rowing? . I don't think there should be women's rowing at international level because. it's not B",ce~lar enough. If it was introduced at school level. women's rowmg would be gIven the yet ~oP hand that men's rowing has had. Because of thIS, women can do rowmg only at club helptO& d there are still very few women's clubs, which means that most women on the water [e\'el an less skilful or experienced than men, which does lead to accidents. are IOUch Where will you go on from this? 1. h"'P' There'll be lots of opportunities and invitations to row with clubs, but as far as rowing ;n'ationallevel is concerned, it's a bit more doubtful. Obviously we would hk.e to go the al tO e vay and row for the Great Britain Senior Team. but there's a four year walt ahead of ..h~lf~re we can do that. Even then we'll be competing with men already in the Team whom ~e I~ok up to - that's how much harder it is to get in the Senior Team.

What have been your most memorable moments in rowing? Bee: When we were in a pair at Hampton. suddenly a man yelled out 'You ....... J. We round and his fishing rod was trailing behind our boat: We've had several aCCIdents, 100 'n the middle of winter on the Thames, when a women's eIght turned round slap m front ~reu~ without looking - our boat and theirs both had very serious damage,

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What impression do you have of King's? Bruce: It's very different from anything I'm used to. since I'm from a comprehensive - but I've enjoyed myself very much and I'm very grateful. Philip: The past two weeks have been really hard work, but because of that they've been very rewarding in that we're fitter and stronger and more experienced than before. Thanks very much.

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MELLOW WEATHER (Alexallder Morgan)

Rugby Football The School XV This seasons's XV won all its home matches and produced some wonderful running ru b that on occasions left the imagination slack-jawed . Except for the Epsom match, Our losses ~ be explained as no more than little inaccuracies. September to December is too short a seaso and unfortunately this team did not live together long enough to profit from its faults. n The season started in explosive style at Crystal Palace. Twenty very willing young plaYer dedicated themselves to tough training over five days and their achievements helped to cemen' early relationships and suggest the likely composition of the School XV in readiness for the Donal School Rugby Festival at Reading, where the team had moderate success in winning against Douaj Mill Hill and drawing against Bryanston. ' The season proper opened with an indifferent win against an O.K .S. XV, a remarkable loss at Ramsgate and a defeat at Cranleigh. Stability and real cohesion was not established until the St. Paul's match where a knowledgeable pack won ample possession of the ball, although the team could do no more than draw at Barnes. Starting a School XV's season in the third week of September is too late when many of our opponents are two or three games ahead' and catching up on matches is a bit like trying to breathe after a winding. ' The next three matches against Eltham, K.C.S. Wimbledon and Eastbourne were fine victories the latter revealing solid motivation and unity in the team. ' Mid-way through the season brought the tour of the north-east of England and the visits to Durham School and R.G.S. Newcastle. In stormy conditions, the School XV fought hard and attacked a powerful Durham XV and won the respect and affection of our victors. The R.G.S. Newcastle match was a stalemate. Touring was a new experience for many players and we were very grateful for the willing help of regular Second XV players: Piers McCleery, Russell Philpott Christopher Brooke, Gavin Hall, and Colts Captain, Jeremy Gordon, who had a fine game againsi Durham. Reflecting on the players in an article is almost to make silhouettes of them, though very vivid details do stick fast in the mind. The Felsted, Tonbridge and R.M.S. Dover games were thoroughly enjoyable and produced plenty of excellent tries and outstanding wins. The Dulwich match was disappointing and the defeat at Epsom something of a blight on a season coloured with enthusiasm

and success. As with the 1983 XV, the strength, talent and experience lay with the backs. Justin Weston and Richard Briggs added considerable expertise in key positions: Richard Briggs scored seven tries and Justin Weston notched up six tries from the full back position. Centres Mauro Zamblera and Rasheed Williams attacked positively and defended aggressively and James Seagrave (the Secretary) managed the outside half position and role of regular goal kicker with grace and efficiency. Edward Mbu ran strongly and showed signs of match-winning qualities . The pack, too, were mobile and fit. Ably led by Jeremy Bagshaw, his back row team, Simon Jackson and Oliver Morgan, combined well in loose play and poached a vast amount of possession from the ground . Their mauling was quite superb! Props Jonathan Gardner and Neil Bradley were genuine work horses and Hugh Girling fulfilled his obligations at hooker. Enthusiasm and commitment were features of Peter Barry's and Adam de Linde's play in the second row, whilst the replacements, Piers McCleery and James Booth-Clibborn, were keen and adequate performers. Last season's scrum half, Stephen Hodgson, turned into a wholly successful Captain, played in every match and motivated his team with authority and precision rare in schoolboy players. He possessed a consciousness for the soil, and an instinct like the bee who is led to build up its cells in the comb. He showed great powers of discernment and an ambition aptly recognised through his selection for the Rosslyn Park School XV to play Surrey Schools and the President's XV. 62 TH E SCHOOL xv Standillg: J . D. Bagshaw, O. B. Morgan, S. C. Jackson, A. C. de Linde. P . N. Barry. N. C. Bradley. J. P. Gardner, H. W. Girli",. Sealed: R. A. Williams, J. R. Seagrave, J . E. S. Weston, S. C. Hodgson (Capt.) R. H. Briggs , M. Zamblera, E. O. Mbu. THE NORTH OF ENGLAND TOURING PARTY Sianding: R. J . L. Philpolt , G. F. Hall , S. C. Jackson, J . D. Bagshaw, J. C. O. Gordon, P. H. McCleery. P. N. Barry , N. C. Bradky'.

1. P. Gardner, H. W. Girling. Seated: R. A. Williams, J . R. Seagrave, J. E. S. Weston, S. C. Hodgson, M. Zamblcra, E. O. Mbu, C. J. Brooke.

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SCHOOL XV AND THEIR COACH

are to be congratulated on their successes in a season which produced a significant ";"eloplm e,)' in senior rugby. Every person in the team did his job thoroughly, and for this, more, I am very grateful indeed. thanks go to everyone who encouraged the School XV throughout the season: the "~Idnnas:t~r, the Lower and Second Masters; the staff of regular supporters; to Mr. Michael for his fine handling of the Second XV, and to all other coaches and referees . I am ilo<jgS()nto parents, friends, boys and girls who willingly cheer us on each Saturday, and not to the Groundsman and his Staff for looking after our pitches so well. R.B.Mi. 1st colours: J . E. S. Weston, M. Zamblera, N. C. Bradley, J. D. Bagshaw and P. N. Barry. Reawarded 1st Colours: R. H. Briggs and S. C. Hodgson. 2nd Coll!urs: J. H. Booth-Clibborn, R. J .. L. Philpott, E. O. Mbu, C. J. Brooke, D. M. Ives, II A Wilhams, S. C. Jackson, A. C. de Lmde, O. B. Morgan, J. P. Gardner, N. H. Bnggs, E'dwards, G. F . Hall, P. H. McCleery, H. W. Girling, and J. R. Seagrave.

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RESULTS

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Played 14. Won 7, Lost 5, Draw n 2. Point s for 147. Points against 122. O.K.S. (H). Won 3-0 v Durham School (A). Lost 6-12 St. Lawrence (A). Lost 16- 18 v R.O.S. Newcastle (A). Drawn 3- 3 Cranleigh (A). Lost 6-18 v Felstcd (H). Won 10- 4 St. Paul' s (A). Drawn 4-4 v Dulwich College (A). Lost 6-10 Eltham College (H). Won 22-4 v Tonbridge (H). Won 15- 3 K.C.S. Wimbledon (H). Won 13-6 v Epsom College (A). Lost 3-34 Eastbourne College (H). Won 18-3 v R.M .S. Dover (A). Won 22-3

2nd XV Although the results do not appear to be exceptional, this has been a good season of worthwhile rugby in which many team members have improved their own games significantly. There has been a happy blend of older more experienced bands and younger players from last year's colts. Co-operation with the 1st and 3rd XVs has led to an encouraging willingness to help situat ions by mov ing from one team to another, sometimes at the last minute due to ill ness or injury. It has been a real pleasure to work with such a cheerful, fr iendly group who have kept just the right balance between training hard and light-hearted enj oyment. The main squ ad has remained reassuringly constant and , thankfu ll y, we have steered clear of serious injuries. There has been strong leadership from Russell Philpott, Mark Edwa rds and Gavin Hall , which led to an excellent response from the other team members result ing in some mature performances. The season started with a satisfactory game, played in a constructive spirit, against the O.K.S. and then a pleasant run around at St . Lawrence allowed us to tryout some other players and positions. The Cranleigh match was disappointing for we were in the lead at half-time, but the St. Paul's loss contained a heartening second-half display wh ich gave some indication of things to come. Some splendid, spectacular open rugby against Eltham and K.C.S. Wimbledon Jed to our running in six tries in each ga me, many of which contained support play at its best. The Eastbourne game was tough, disagreeable and unsatisfactory, and we were exceptionally unfortunate to lose a game that is best forgotten. All credit to the team for bouncing back with rare determination against a strong, unbeaten Felsted unit which was allowed to score only in the first and last minutes! As ever, Dulwich were capable opponents and provided a close encounter in which we almost scored on several occasions. Disappointingly, the only 'Oat' performance of the season was against Tonbridge in muddy, inclement conditions when we allowed them to score two tries somewhat unnecessarily. Arguably Ihe best game from our point of view was a convincing win over a confidelll Epsom side who were never allowed to get into the game. The last match, down at Duke of York's , gave another opportunity for a run arou nd and the second half in particular saw some marvellous tries to give us a healthy points tally over the season. The backs were often exciting, the more so once they passed with a greater willi ngness and ran on to the ball more purposefully. They were well served by the strength and speed of Du ncan Ives, and the steadiness and experience of Mark Edwards his half-back partner. James Booth-Clibborn was a terrier-like fu ll back with speed and a deadly tack le, who often supported the excellent centre combination of Chris Brooke and Oily Adegboyega - I suspect that a good deal will be seen of these two next season. Darren Everhart scampered in for some good tries in the first half of the season but the fina l wings were Russell Phi lpott and Andrew Bush who both specialised in making a lot out of limited opportunities. The pack was often small by comparison with the opposition but genera lly gave a very good account of itself and there were some memorable periods of loose play. Mark Nevile did a good job early on but the regular props became Gavin Hall and Raffi Assadourian. Edward Breit hardly ever threw a straight ball but no one could fault his hooking and his cheerful approach. Paul Bartlett did sterling work as a lock and he shared his duties with Nick Briggs, when on loan fro m the 1st XV, and Anthony Odgers - these three were all mobile forwards who tackled and

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foraged ferociously. Tim TUrner has g . formidable No.8 with nine tries und;~hi~ lble~:a~r:r~s a player through?u!

~he season and has emerged

XVs, were the most regular flankers although ~e wer~~~~e~~ C~~ld OI~I~ Lmn~h' when released from ~:~lSci~ necessary. These,two were always fast to the breakdown and maintained m~. 0 h er "~ry good back TOW PlaSt lad ~ ~~~t~:.ns;~~~~dmg to see the squad make progress and it is encouragin; t~:t ;;;~~y ~~t~~:rp~uaghOUI ~achY::.~ •

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D. C. Everhart, ']. H. Booth_'Cli'bbor~,r~~rH~B:i·g:;.O~~~.pM~CI~::~~e~: ~: i11e~rl~Ui ~ As'sa~ouria~~D~~. The following also played: P. G. S. Lawton A W ' . . . S. Lmney, A. l. adI , Moore, L. M. Fenn, J. D. McL. Wrench, N. Roil~:~~~l, S. C. Jackson, E. O. Mbu, F. J. Charlesworth , M~

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RESULTS

Played 12, Won 6, Drawn I, Lost 5. Points for 176, Points against 70. v O.K.S. (H). Drawn 4-4 v E tb (H) as ourne . Lost 4-6 v Sl. Lawrence (A). Won 38-0 v Cranleigh (A). Lost 6-13 v Felst~d (H). Won 17-10 v SI. Pau l's (H). Lost 4-11 v Duhvl(;h (H). Lost 0-7 v Eltham (A). Won 30-0 v Tonbndge (A). Lost 0-15 K C S W' b v Epsom (A). Won 7-0 v . .. 1m ledon (A). Won 32-4 v Duke of York's (A). Won 34-0

3rd XV Last year's Colts 'B' were a relatively unsuc f I 'd M of this season, and when we were thumped 18~~ sC~~nl ~ny ~f them. found themselves in the 3rd XV at the that th.e fina l record looks quite creditable is due lar~elY to ~~~\~~~~e JlrJ~ m~tch the pro~pec.ts were dull. The splendidly set by the captain, Jo Wrench and the fly-half N'ck W ~ f~ Idcatlon and apphcat lon. The example "'U ~trhregular 6a boys, Jim Dawkins, lain Firth, Jonathan F~ord and ~:XI~~O~~O~~~ ~ho",,! the team w~s bu ilt. Tbe t e youngsters, Paul Lawton and the flankers sho b' ht b 11' .' re pomts and provided mUSdt with possible exceptions in Nick Wakefield's droppedn:oa~l~o b~~t Stt ~ v:~ton~ ~.reOesbsentiaIlY won by teamwork' Epsom, bot h in the final minutes. . au s an IS olensky-esque try 10 dereai

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The team were out-scrummaged in the mud of Dulwich d hi ' !t probably led to the defeat by Tonbridge. No matter _ 19 ~f t~e ~90SSI of a wlOdg b~fore the. game and a centre durin. l III 1985. w 10 p aye t lliS year will be back seeking reven;: The/ollowing played: H. D. Barton H M N B ' e . J.S.R. Dawk ins, G. Elliott, D. C. Everhart, L M. ~el;n ~aur LAFdt'hC~al~ Fp J. ~h~rleDswGorth, J. N. W. Cu nliffe, J. R. S. Lawton, A W Leach ID S Lin M F 'M' C' 11 ' '" oar , . . odley, D. J Graham P G Priddle, N: W. R~lIason ,' M. B. Ryela~d:'A. H ~·C. Sh~lr~~I~~, ro~re'J' ~. M urrel~, J. P .' P. Nevil~, V: M. F. Wlutehead, J. D. McL. Wrench (Capt.). ' . . toc s, . . Wakefield, A. P. Waltenbach.

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RESULTS

Played 9, Won 6, Lost 3. Points for 108. Points against 56. v Cranleigh. Lost 18-0 . v Dulwl~h. Lost 10-3 v Sl. Paul's. Won 7-4 v K.C.S. Wimbledon. Won 14-4 v Tonbfldge. Lost 14-7 v Eastbourne. Won 7-0 v Epsom. Won 10-6 v Felsted. Won 10-0 v R.M.S. Dover. Won 50-0

WE'RE GOING THROUGH I (Mark Evons) 64

~n unflattering points for and against taUy, the team played some spirited rugby and were a credit to themselves, in the sportsmanship they showed on and off the field. Captained cheerfully by James Cunliffe, they

I)e5PI~hool .- (he 'ed ha;d and deserved more reward for their endeavours. Unfortunately the forwards could rarely match their

i"ys lr;s in st rength, speed or technique, and the meagre amount of ball that was cleanly won meant that a useful """"bnckS seldom had a chance to mount an effcctive attack from a promising position. ",. of a Cranleig h game came early in the term, before a reasonably settled team could be found, and elementary errors Tbe unfortunate injuries helped our opponents to a convincing win. The best match was the St. Paul's one, where .,.t :;:Ot tackling from both sides kept scoring down to a single try. After a sound win against Sutton Valence, a long CJiCC nmade longer by the cancelling of the Dulwich game, was poor preparation for Tonbridge, who played some bfCI kds ive rugby. The final match against Epsom brought a fine defensive display, but a familiar result. -:me promising players remain for next season, and they should help to ensure that the School has a successful season " $tIlio r levels next year. C.l.R.l. T1re/oJlowillg.played: N. R. Baker, J . R. Brown, F. J. C.harlesworth, J. j. Chumas, A. ~. T. Clements, J. N. W. CU liffe O. Elhott, P. L. Evans, J. D. Foard, J. W. Goslmg, A. M. Guy, A. W. J. Hardmg, O. Y. Mahda, M. F. ~1l0'Ugh A. I. M. Murdoch, T. J. Murrell, T. Neame, C. W. Nix, J. V. Priddle, G. N. J. Seymour, A. H. C. ยงbtrWood, M. J. Smith, D. G. Stocks, A. P. Wattenbach. M. F. Whitehead. RESULTS

Played 5, Won I, Lost 4. Points for 16, Points against 90. v Cranleigh (A). Lost 0-24 v Tonbridge (H). Lost 0-42 v SI. Paul's (H). Lost 0-4 v Epsom (A). Lost 0-16 v Sutton Valence (H). Won 16-4

Slh XV True to the form of recent years, the 5th XV failed to register a win this season, though we threatened briefly against [)ulwich. However, defeat has never been ignominious and in all its matches, the side has played spells of rugby of commendable standard. I think it's true to say that every match has been enjoyable. B.l.D. The/ollowing played: M. Camburn, J. N. M. Cox, M. R. S. Durham, A. J. Evans-Pughe, D. J. Graham, J. R. G. Job, M. G. Justice, A. J. H. Knight, O. Y. Madha, O. G. Ma nning-Press, M. J. Nash (Capt.), J. R. Nicholas, N.Q. Preston, J. A. Price, A. Robertson, A. H. Shaw, A. H. C. Sherwood, J. C. Smith, D. S. Taylor, D. R. Watk ins. RESULTS

v St. Pau l's (A). Lost 12- 16 v Dulwich (H). Drew 6-6

v Tonbridge (H). Lost 0-28 v Epsom (H). Lost 9-17

Colis cA' XV Colts rugby is significant in a number of ways: it is the last season that the team will play t6gether before being separated at Senior level, but represents a vital link between Senior and Junior rugby, where one hopes to see their rugby mature along with their physique. It is also an age-group where past results matter little, as opponents have often grown and matured, and offer far sterner tests than before. In the case of this year's Colts XV, their past success made them a target for every team they played, and with a number of past wins having been by narrow margins, they knew that they would not have many easy matches. The early work was approached with enthusiasm and energy, and the first game, against S1. Lawrence, saw an outstanding ptrformance, bringing a hatful of tries, including six for Chris White, and some textbook rugby. As a pointer to the season ahead, however, it was meaningless, in that the side was able to totally monopolise possession, and was never remotely threatened defensively. The comfortable win against Cranleigh revealed a feature of our play that was to remain consistent throughout the season, in that no matter what the nature of the match generally, we were always capable or scoring attractive tries as a resu lt of fluent, inventive rugby. Again, however, the win was deceptively easy. The defeat at SI. Paul's was undoubtedly the low point of the season, but also the turning point. An atrocious, careless start gave an enormous home pack - one of many who towered above ours - the chance to establish a grip on the game that they never relinquished, and although the score at the end in no way reflected the difference between the two sides, the game had emphasised the need to revise our method up front and tighten ou r defensive game.

The process of rebuilding confidence began with a solid victory against Eitham College, and although w out for a draw against K.C.S. Wimbledon. who were unbeaten, and had drawn with St. Paul's, the fact e hadlObaw able to withstand such pressure said a great deal about OUT increased defensive awareness, and improve~hat 1ftt .... poor start with a weakened side against Eastbourne was retrieved by a patch of glorious running rugby T~ackijn.. " Felsted was difficult to accept, in that the performance that day. particularly by the pack. in a very fi~e tresuJa. up to that point at least, lhe best of the season. Missed chances cost us dearly, but the game was a prelude ,garne, -:-. o f excellent matches, and a pointer to form for the latter part of the season . 0 a nURlbe; Without doubt sights were set, from the very outset, o n the Dulwich game, a nd revenge for the previous d t was comprehensively achieved by an outstanding first-half display by a ll, but particularly the forward s wh\cal.lhi. far short of an annihilation. Du lwich's rally in the second half was to no avail . In another fine malch f~11I w"Dot open rugby, a good Tonbridge side suffered their first defeat of the season, as did Epsom in a fi ercely con elttt~ excit ing game which saw some scintillating running again from the backs, and stern tackling by all when unde tested lid T he concluding, cli nical dissect ion of Duke of York 's gave a touch of symmetry to the season. The whOle Si~:reuure in the first game for a while in which there was little pressure; Chris White ran in six tries again, and Meherwan Kanda"'eUot was voted ' man of the ma tch' by our opponents. -am. The team has been attract ive to watch , The backs, indi vidually and collect ively, provided some memorable t . excit ing rugby, thanks la rgely to the ability to tra nsfer the ball rapid ly, even under pressure . During the cour~lt)r1rt4 season they came to appreciate the value of support running, and improved immeasurably in the tack le, At full 0 the Mark Ursell was relia ble in defence, and a frequent attacking threat. Against Epsom he treated us to some sJ)eC;batk â&#x20AC;˘ lar sidestepping and inspired counter-attack. Peter Hamilton chased and tackled hard , and made the most of the oppo"~ t!lat came his w~y, which tended to ~e less f~equ~nt t.han those which ~en t the ot her. T ~ere, Chris White was . simply, outstandmg - and a matchwmner. HIs bllstenng pace brought him twenty-three tnes, and it was an inspir:~ to the team that we could score tries fr om any range. Moreover his tackling a nd defensive covering were im I0Il in tight matches. For these qualities we pardoned his occasional lapses under the high ball, which I mention ~"; to prov.e that h~ is mortal. Tim ~~iggs at outs id~-ce n.tre was defensively sound ~nd , if not always dynamic, ca b&t of makmg a telling brea k, or deCISive change of direction. Dave Lau rence and P hi l Lacamp were the pivot of Ihe~ division. The weight, lengt h and timi ng of their passing were vital ingredients o f the team's success, and P hil in panKular gai ned in confidence after their selection for the county side; by the end o f the season they were much tighter 100' defence , a nd the tactical kick became a valu able addition to the armoury. Astute kic king was a feature of the Play : Rob Patterson at scrum-half, who was a nimble, alert link between backs and forwa rds, if perhaps a litt le righi-sided. T he pack developed over the course of the season into an effective, dominant unit in all aspects of forward play who not only won fir st-phase ball but were a lways fi rst to the loose ball, in numbers, a nd still had the energy to suppOO in the o pen, The front row was a soli~ unit .indeed, giving a stable platform for an effecti ve shove .. Meherwan Kandawa1la was a tower of strength, whose tech lllques Improved great ly as the season progressed. Toby Duthie was technically sound as was shown by his selectio n for the County Squad and often handled in support with subtle dexterity. Very early in the season our hooker, Jimmy Nevile, showed concern for the finer points o r the game, ask ing if there would be oranges at half-lime. Thereafter he was o ustanding in a ll the aspects o f a hooker's art, and was justly rewarded by selection as replacement for the county side. The second row pairing of Pierre Woodward and Angus Scott were the workhorses of the pack, effect ive in the set piece, and Angus in particular, increasingly dominant in the line-oul. For this we pardoned their occasional extravagant forays in the loose. John Richardson and 'Paddy' G reenleaf were the perfect , complementary pairing at open and blin dside fl a nker respectively. Both showed an amazing capacity for wort a nd increasing tact ical awareness, Paddy often featured in some fine handling movements on the sho rt side. AI number cight , the capta in, J erry Gordon again deserves special mention for the exceptionally high quality of his play, combininl outstanding skill a nd commitment with great awareness; as captain he set the highest standards for his team, and must be considered u nlucky not to have gained a county place, Last, but by no means least, those players who were nOi regu la r 'A' team players must be given credit , for all o f those who came into the side at var ious times did well, and did not look out of place.

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This has been an enjoyable season; a ll the players invo lved have been dedicated, shown an insatiable appetite for hard work, and fierc e desire to improve. They have a lso ma int ained the highest sta ndards of sportsmanship and respect for the referee a t all times, At the end of three seasons together they can feel proud of the five representatives in the Kent squad (it would have been six if Chris White had not missed the fi na l tria l) and an unbeaten home record. I am sure that this side will go on to produce a number of players who will do the school proud at First Fifteen level in the years to come. Fi na lly, my thanks go to a ll concerned with the success o f this team: to D.J.R. for his services as referee until injury unfortunately struck him down , to J .R.P., not least for his services as video cameraman, to the groundstaff for .the excellent condition of the Colts' pitch, and to the fait hfu l band of touchline su pporters who fo llowed us to all pomu of the globe and gave encouragement.

R.C.W.

Team: M. W. Ursell , P. A. Hamilton, T. P. Briggs, D. J , Laurence, C, N. White, P. P. Lacamp, R. E. Patterson, T. J. W. Duth ie , J. P. P. Nev ile, M. Kandawa lla, A. G. J. Scott, P. D. W. Woodward, P. J. Q. Greenleaf, J , O. Richardson, J. C. O . Gordon. Also played: D. R. O'Co no r, M. R . A. Miller, P. A. Bushell , F. W. Simpson , M . A. Evans, C. R. Smalman-Smilh, A. J . Barron.

RESULTS

P layed 11 , Won 8, Drawn I , Lost 2. Points for 272, Points against 96. v S1. Lawrence College. Won 74-0 v Felsted. Lost 4-9 v Cranleigh . Won 21-3 v Dulwich College. Won 17-3 v St. Paul' s. Lost 0-25 v Tonbridge . Won 13-12 v Eltham College . Won 20-6 v Epsom College . Won 13- 10 v K.C.S. Wimbledon . Drawn 18- 18 v R.M.S. Dover. Won 68- 0 v Eastbourne College. Won 24-10

Colts 'B' XV -

ein ejected from the 'A's for failing to reach the sixteen stone, six .foot fiye inch~s, and mentally unstable

"~Ier b g I took over the captaincy of the 'B's. For once, we had a collectIOn o f tmpresslve players, whose talents

rcqulrel1lelndt!d into a fo rmidable shape by the ever-a rtistic hands of Mr. Parker, tJfI'e mou f d S" King's witnessed the birth of the swinging, singing Colts 'B's, with a ~lurry 0 coloure posters. P~Tlts .were . "n:n~o clearly shown , as ,ror ?nce the laziest rugby players in the school motivated themselves eno ugh to Jog m an ~ Iy fashion down to Birley s. er ne and Felsted fell followed by Dulwich who were d riven to the point of no return upon the sea of mud EastbÂ°ctr(courtesy of Mr. S~alman-Smith's nosebleed). Girls hockey was never the same after this I"!latch. People and b~to thetouchline to see the show as news was out that Seb Brown was no lo nger mellow. Fergus SImpson added fl:OCk. h to the games with eloquent ~xc1amations such as ' Just you try it, sunshine l' The front row was a horrific b.iJh h t~aul (on loan from Broadmoor) and 'Salivary glands' Jim Stearns. Immense ~ower fr om Adam Barron ",hI d to think he was a back - backed u p by Andy Howard who seemed to tlunk he was Napoleon. who seeme . , t deal of praise must go to the backs (after all it's what they play the game for) . Jo hnny Veitch s legs were ~ ~~~ng as his performance, and swashbuckling Sim~s made daring o nslaughts whilst simultane.ousl~ tryin~ to .kee~ ~ :. . place Mike Miller tried to convince us that he was a male-mo del with a chest, and along With Richard Gnffin hiS ~Ir IDnes O'Conor and Rikk i Costain managed to form the magnificent seven (including C raig who really didn't ptnun , . ) 5Ct11l to know what was gomg on . 8 t none of this would have been possible without Mr. Parker's help. and I speak for aU of us when I say : 'Thank 'ouuvery much!' It was one of our most successful and enjoyable seasons, despite numerous ups and downs.

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MARK EVANS.

Team: M. A. Evans, C. R. Smalman-Smith, S. J . Grimes, J. C. A. Veitch,~. W . Simpson, S. P. Stuttaford ,~. J. Stearns, R. H. Pentin , A. D. Howard, M. R. A. Miller, S. A, Brown, D. R. 0 Conor, A, J . Barron, R. B. Costam, p, A. Bushell , C. E. Butcher. R ESU LTS

v v v v

v Dulwich. Won 6- 0 v Tonbridge, Lost 0-7 v Epsom . Lost 4-6 v R.M.S. Dover. Won 48- 0

Cranleigh. Lost 6- 10 St. Paul' s. Lost 4-20 Eastbourne, Won 28-3 Felsted. Won 4-9

Junior Colts 'A' XV This has been a season of varied for tunes - not only with regards to the scoreline but with the ~vail~bility of pl!lyer~; there was always at least one player out o f co"!-mission. Ne.vertheless, Bobby Morse, the caPtal ~, ~Id a grand Job III keeping spirits high and enough players commttted to playmg on Saturdays for there to be a n A team. Throughout the season the forwards performed welt ; scrummaging was sup~rb, line-outs were so.metimes loose but the reach of S. Turner dominated this set-piece. As the season progressed ruckmg gave way.to mauhng an~ by the end the team were quite skilled in both. The backs were gener.a!ly very good in a.ttack,. but defenSive play was a !Ittle suspect at times. However, progress was made and some oppOSllton backs were given httle or no chance of movmg the ball . The first game of the season was aga inst St. Lawrence w.hich was won quite easily, fo:llowed by ~ranleigh , another victory _ but poor tackling made this a harder game than It ne~d ha~e bee~. The next fixtu re, the fl~st of seven a~ay games, was against St. Paul 's, an exceptionally fit and well orgalllsed Side which defeated us by explp tltng poor tackling. Eltham College were conseque ntly tackled out of the game th.e followin g Sa.t urday! T he K. C.S . Wimbledon match ~as won by playing to the conditions - N . Bishop and J. DaVies used the wmd well !lnd kept K.C.S. on t.he def~n.slve fo r the whole of the second half. Next was a trip to the seas ide and the cha nce of playmg Eastbp urne on th~1T presttglous 'College' (1st XV) pitch. This was a very hard game with some superb defensive rugby by both stdes - N. Bishop deserves a mention for some very fine kicking.

Arter ~alf~lerm,. there was,another long coa~~ journey, to FeJstcd. It was a close game, but we were d . weaker Side. Despite the terrible weather conditIOns the game against Dulwich was played on a very efenSIVely tbe

we lost narrowly by a last minute penalty. A mud bath al Tonbridge turned out to be the best game toS~a~1I pilch. lad took cont rol and the backs ran as best they could in the mud . December saw Epsom travelling to Kin e. Forwlrcb game of the season. It was a keenly fought game and produced the try of the season by A Viga T~ 5, for Ihe best the season was against R.M.S. Dover - this really was a game of two halves. 8-0 at half-t ime: some'welle as! game of from the captain inspired the whole team into fiery action, scoring forty morc points befo;e the fin I Chho.se n words " aWIStie . T h e most unaUractive game of th~ sea.s<?n was In the Kent Cup match against Sheppey. Although we' . victory the rugby wa~ very often umnsplrlng and far below the standa rd of which the team were capa~l~ln~ an easy were our opponents In the next round; we made a good team effort, but it just wasn't to be. . venOals Within the fo rwards there were sev~ra.1 position cha nges due to injuries . O. Evans played second row a nd Morse played fl a nker and hooker,I. Olrhng played flanker and prop, S. Turner played second row and No 8 prop, R. pla~ed second row and flanke~. The biggest change in the backs was at full back. N. Bishop played ver ~ I' E. Valpy gettmg frustrated and so ~as Introduced to the 'line' as a centre a nd then as fly- half. B. Marson the y e I, bUI was back and coped very well Indeed. n mOved to full I

In coryc!usion I wish to thank R. Morse, M. Overton, O. Evans, M. Cumber, N. Dishop and J . Mycroft for . to stay Injury-free all season and playing a crucial part in keeping the team together. managJna ~~

Team: S. M. Fredncks, O. J . V. Evans, A. R. Unforth, M. A. J. McH. Overton , S R Turner A C H E. F. y~lpy, R. J. Morse (Capt.), I. C. Oirling, T. A. F. Epps, M. J . Cu mber, N. H. 'J. Bishop, Is eM' Johns, O. Ph illi PS, J . A. W. Mycroft, O. Rotim i, A. O. Vigo, J. R. Davies. . . arson, k. Also played: A. O. F. Murdoch, T. D'Offay. RESULTS

Played 13, Won 7, Lost 5, Drawn 1. Points for 247, Points against iOl. v St. Lawrence . Won 42- 0 v Felsted. Lost 12- 18 v Cranleigh. Won 22-4 v Dulwich . Lost 6-9 v St. Paul's. Lost 3-13 v Sevenoaks. Lost 6-11 (Cup) v Eltham College. Won 14-6 v Tonbridge. Drawn 8-8 v K.C.S. Wimbledon. Won 17-8 v Epsom. Lost 11 - 16 v Eastbourne. Won 14-8 v R.M.S. Dover. Won 48-0 v Sheppey. Won 44-0 (Cup)

Junior Colts 'D' XV InJuries, ~ickness and indifferenc~ resulted in thirty boys representing the Junior Colts 'B ' XV during the term . It was Impossible to develop an .eff~ct l.ve team effort with so many changes occurring each week. P ractice sessions wm poorly au.ended and !reated w.Hh indifference by some C?f th?se who did.attend. Consequently it was difficult to organise const~uctlVe and frUitful sessions and the level of baSIC skills - running, passing and tackling did not improve The C~plaincy \~~S shared by several peo~le due to the many changes and because there was no one of the right calibre 10 fill the pOSition on a permanent baSIS. There were few. highli.ghts to note. The pack. played an inspi red game against Tonbridge, but poor tack ling by the backs gave To~bfldge victory by a !arger ma~gm than they deserved . The team fought back well against Epsom. 2()'() down at half-ti me became 20-18 with five minutes to go, but a la te try by the visitors sealed victory for them. Among the more promising players, some of whom should make 'A' team status in the fut ure, were O. Langton a t full-bac~,. S. Welbo~rn at centre, E. Fox at prop, A. Nash at lock, T. D'Offay at flanker and A. Murdoch, the most pr?mlslllg player I~ the .group at f1~nker or scr~m-ha l f. Many of the others should reflect on what rugby entails :-- phYSica l contact, baS IC Skills, rules, fitness, practice and a team effort - before they decide to continue playilll III the future. DJ .B.

The/ol(owi!/g played; M . R. Brooke (9), A. J. Oliver (9), O . P. C. Langton (8), J. L. Topham (8), J . D. Frew (g), D. M. Bambndge (8), S. J. Welbourn (7), P. A. Norris (7), T. M. Bainbridge (6) , J. W. Muskett (6), J. P. E. Ralph (5), E. O. H . ~ox (5), A. G. F. M~rdoch (5), H. A. Williams (5), C. R. Gooderham (5) , 1. R. Beallon (4), G. E. A. Bord (4), T. 0 Orray (4), L. C. MIChaels (4), A. R. Nash (3), T. R. E. Kitch in (2), A. Caron-Delion (2) , A. 1. 511. Cunmngham (2), E. S. Hewertson (2), J. R. Davies (2), O. Rotimi (I), E. F. Valpy (I), O. J. V. Evans (I), S. M. Beaugil (I), S. St.J ohn Parker (I). ( ) Matches played.

RESULTS

Played 9, Won 3, Lost 6. Points for 108, Points against 156. v Cranleigh (H). Won 24-0 v Felsted (A). Lost 0-32 v St. Paul's (A). Lost 0-40 v Tonbridge (A). Lost 4-14 v Sutton Valence (H). Won 22-4 v Epsom (H). Lost 18-26 v K.C .S. Wimbledon (H). Lost 6-27 v R.M.S. Dover (H). Won 30-6 v Eastbourne (A). Lost 4-7

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ause of a lack of staff able to coach rugby, the 'C' XV could not work together as a group and only met as a ~'ust before a match. T he team consisted of pote ntial 'D' XV players and boys from the Remove Pool. My thanks lta Jail those who turned up to do ba ttle against St. Paul 's a nd Tonbridge, especially to A. J. StJ . Cunningham who to ~~ much to organise the teams on and off the fi eld.

D.l.B . The/ollowing played: B. C. Pu llen (2), A. Wilkins (2), S. A. B. Outhrie (2), A. J . StJ. Cunningham (2), S. S1. John parker (2), T. StJ . White (2) , E. S. Hewertson (~), J. H. T hompson (I) , P. O .. A. Thom~s (I), H. A. Willia~s (I), M.P. Majurey(I), J. W. Muskett (I)~ P. A. Noms (I) , A. J. Moubr~y-Jankowskl (1), T. D Offay(l), T. R. E. KltcJ~JI1 (I) J. M. Kingsland (I), S. A. Hamilton (I), J. R. A. Harland-Fairweather (I), P. A. Adamson (1), O. E. A. Bird (I): 1. R. Beallon ( I) . ( ) Matches played. RESULTS

Played 2, Lost 2. Points for 6, Points against 78. v SI. Paul's (A). Lost 0-52 v Tonbridge (A) . Lost 6-26

Under-14 'A' XV If results were the only measure of a team's success then it would be true that this season has been disappointing. Unfortunately the main factor which led to their demise was not lack of determination or skill, but sheer lac k of size. Aftcr an easy win over a somewhat disorganised St. Lawrence side, King's lost the next three encounters against Cranlcigh, St. Paul's and Rochester Maths. The Cranleigh game was a good match b~t elementary mistakes. by the backs saw Cranleigh run in three tries. The SI. Paul's game was rather scrappy, but KlIlg's played well, particularly Ihe back row. It was a close game and King's were un lucky not to come away with a draw. Against Rochester Maths the team took a while to settle a nd playing uphill and into the wind they managed to hold off repeated threats to their loal line. The opposition were just too strong and needless to say towa rds ,the end of the match the floodgates opened . At this stage in the season the scrum were now holding their own, and as long as the opposition chose to ruck rather than maul the ball then King's could at least compete. By playing larger sides the team had developed a most effective style of play and \~hen they faced Eltha m and Eastbourne they were allowed to demonstrate their superior technique, in winning 22-0 and 14-6 respectively . The K.C.S. Wimbledon, Feisted a nd the Tonbridge games were rather disappointing in that, for various reasons, King's did not start well and thus failed to win sufficient ball. In all three games King's conceded points early on and although they rallied strongly the matches were already lost. Against an extremely powefful, if not ill-disciplined Dulwich side, King's played some good containing rugby. King's won some excellent scrummage ball and Ie Huray kept the opposition tied down throughout the first half with some super li ne kicking. The whole side played well, particularly the forwards, where Vavasour and Ballenden were outstanding. In the last two games of the season against Epsom Ind Duke of York's, King's played some fine rugby and it was extremely satisfying to see the results of their hard work paying dividends. They played with a great deal of authority and although they did not win the two matches, both performances were most encouraging. Although this year 's results are rather disappointing, 1 pred ict that as long as they can maintain their enthusiasm (and grow a few inches! ) they could be a formidable team in the future. At present they are able to out-scrummage heavicr packs and win more than their fa ir share of second phase possession. The backs, although skilful , lack the confidence of taking men on and if they can get more ball this should improve. The team, which has been drawn from a squad of twenty players, has seen a few positional cha nges, and although not prov iding continuity, it has meant that players are fam iliar with a variety of posit ions, thus strengtheni ng their all round footballing ability . Due to injuries the three-quarter li ne has changed from match to match, and thus it has been difficult for the boys to develop an und'erstanding between one a nother. T. Ward, the first choice scrum-half, is a fearless tackler and a bright prospect for the future. M. Ie Huray, another 'star' in the making, is a balanced runner who can kick with both feet.

His positional kicking and his handling are Quite superb at times. A. Brown and F. Ososanya arc two talented

and their tackling and handling are first class. The wingers. J . Landale and H. Philpott have shown good a OOI~ and sound positional play. The full back position has been dominated by N. Daley. Although not tcrriblyccel~ratiou cover defence has been extremely good, the Rochester Maths game being a prime exam ple. T~e yorwar~s.

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J. Morse. have done re well III Improving their techmque to provide good scrummage ball. Although their hoe-out work st ill needs imp rnarklbty it would ~e hard to fault ~~eir effo~ts in th~ loose. T~e most effect!ve second row in .ter~s of team cohesi;ovetneni, E. Beauglc - S. UrseH pairing. Then work In the set pieces was particularly good consldenng their size their ~_~as the being their mobility and support play. ' vqt flCel T he back row has been dominated by the trio of E. Floydd, W . Ballenden and C. Vavasour. As far as ba k a re concerned this must be the best combinat ion the Under 14s have had over the years. They are so disruptive . ro~ loose that many a ha lf-back must be relieved not to play King's more than once in a season! E. Floydd is full of ~ In,the but his positional play can be questioned at times. W. Ballenden, who is a converted second row, has speed and 51 nrun&. and is a potential 1st XV number eight without doubt. Lastly, and by no means least, is C. Vavasour. He ha~tnllh, an enormous contribution this season and to say that he is invaluable would be an understatement. He has led thertladt extremely well a nd has been outstanding throughout. learn Finally, my thanks to J .A.D.M., H.R.O.M. and M.R.G,P. for all their help in running the 'B' and 'C' XVs.

G.P.G. Team: J. D. Mycroft, J . E. Kemp, J. J . Morse, E. J . Beaugie, S. J. Ursell, E . R. S. Floyd~, W. Ballenden, C. W A. Vavasour (Capt.), T. J . Ward, M. G.le Huray, A. J. H. Brown, J. A. C. Landale, H. P. P hilpott , M. O. Ososan)'l' N. V. Da ley. ' Also played: J. Aboberin, R. W. Girling, M. I. Holden, J . Marozzi, R. C. Scott, and T. J. Williams. RESULTS

Played 12, Won 3, Lost 8, Drawn 1. Points for 96, Points agai nst 181. v St. Lawrence. Won 44-0 v Cranleigh. Lost 0- 16 v S1. Paul's . Lost 4-10 v Rochester Malhs. Lost 0-30 v Eltham. Won 22-0 v K.C.S. Wimbledon. Lost 8-20 v Eastbourne. Won 14-6 v Felsted. Lost 4- 11 v Dulwich. Lost 0- 40 v Tonbridge. Lost 0-28 v Epsom. Lost 0-20 v Duke of York's. Drawn 0-0

Under-14 'B' XV A glance down the results might suggest that it has not been a very successfu l season, and perhaps it hasn't been. Against consistently larger oppositio n, however, the team battled o n well, even if, once the rou nds against the big rugby schools started, this meant having to make do with a minimum of possession and spend most of the time trying 10 stop the opponents from scoring. Games where we did have a fair amount o f ball, however, showed that we did ha\'e a number o f elusive runners in the backs. notably Michael Holden, Charles Stanb ury, and Toby Young, with Eliot Van Til a very capable distributor and kicker at scrum-hal f. On occasions, though, tackling practice all but provided a full time occupation for the backs: here we a ll became proficient, but Toby Young covered much more than his fair share of work, felling many an outsized opponent ; Jeremy Rowsell also contributed vitally. Of the many forwards who played Andrew Charlesworth was reliable and O liver Scott, the other prop, was strongly motivated; Toby Williams hooked very ably and played use fully in the open. After a reluctant ' p romotion' from the 'C's, Justi nian Ashbee added much needed weight to the scrum and tack led effectively. Magnus Montgomery ran tell ingly from the base of the pack, while Mark Milhench did a great deal to upset opposition ball as well as to produce our own. Morale at times momentarily seemed to flag, but games such as that against Tonbridge showed considerable tenacilY; and winning the last game of the season was a much welcomed consolation after some close defeats. 1.A.D.M. Team: J. M. Rowsell, J. F. lbbotl, T. J. Young, M. I. Holden, C . R. Stanbury , R. C . Scott, E. K. Van Til, A. G. C harlesworth . T. J. Williams, O. D. Scott, J . R. T. Ashbee, R. W. Girling, E. R. S. Floydd. M. Montgomery, M. L. Milhench. Also played: A. M. J. Warren, B. E. Palmer, J. Marozzi , J. D. S. Williams. D. P. Morris, S. T. Henderson, S. Williams. RESULTS

Played 10, Won 3, Lost 7. v Cranleigh. Lost 0-8 v Felsted. Lost 0- 4 v St. Paul's. Lost 0-54 v Dulwich. Lost 4-24 v Sutton Valence. Won 44- 0 v Tonbridge. Lost 0-24 v K.C.S. Wimbledon. Won 12- 4 v Epsom. Lost 0-10 v R.M.S. Dover. Won 8-7 v Eastbourne. Lost 4-22 70

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;--:- nol a particularly successful team in terms of results, but the boys played enthuslasttcally and team t.TI OI: a le Tbls was ood. For the boys the most enj oyable match was against S1. Lawrence, Ra.msgate, Prep 1st XV. Th~s kind ,..as alwaYs g rhaps sets an exam ple which could be followed. Whether we should contmue to play schools at thiS level 01 (lltlure,:eiS compulsory is a question that should be fac:d. The.'pool' system, which at. K~ng's a llows boys to go .tttre rug. Ys sports and from which the Under-14 'C' XV IS constituted on an ad hoc baSIS, IS u nknown at some of . {or vano u

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r P. J. Woods, E. H . Hughes, J. C . Wyatt (Capt.), M. J . F. Gore, N. J . Mitch:ll! J. C. Ousey, C. J. T. Job, reaEddison, L. R. Salerno (leader), O. J. F. Jackson, J. R. D. Barnes, J. D. S. W illiams, E . L. Hogarth, C. F. N.. J,' 1 R. P. Thomson . pain,Âˇ PM'MA Also played: S. Bocresion, D. I. R. Friston, J. R. T. Ashbee, S. T. Henderson, O. A. Bones, D, . orns, . . M. Guignard. RESULTS

v St. Lawrence prep (A). Lost 6-12 v Duke of York's Under-13 XV (H). Lost 0- 10

v S1. Paul's (H). Lost 4-10 v Tonbridge (A). Lost 6- 18 v Epsom (A). Lost 0- 40

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.. THE TOUCHLINE (Jonathall Rawlillson)

Badminton The scores o f our matches have this term been the best ever. We had a strong captain in Gary Smith, and f~~r other players who can a ll give a good account of themselves and who gained the upper hand over all our OPPOSition. We have also held a House Pairs Competitio n for the first time. Most of the results were not in doubt, for few cou ld withstand for long the Walpole wiles of Rodney Bysh and Matthias 'Strings' Kostering or the deadly and accurate smashes of School House (Gary Smith and Anthony Odgers). When these houses m~t in the .final there was much very exact and intelligent play o n both sides, with Walpole winning the honour of bemg the first house na med on the cup .

R.l.M. Players: Ga ry Smith (Capt.) , Rodney Bysh. Mauhias Kostering. Alistair McFie and Jason Yap. (New colours ill italics). RESULTS

Saillt Lawrence College O. K.S.C. 4 Kent College 0, K.S. C. 4 Dover College O. K.S.c. 4 71

Basketball

T he Senior House Competition was keenly contested. providing lively enterta inment for numbers of enth . occasionally loud, but always well-behaved supporters. ll!llItic, T he random draw provided early topic for discussion. A firsHound clash between School House and Meiste Or...-.as expected, produced some of the best basketball of the competition. In this, as in all their matches, SChO~I"';:-t. relied on solid tcam-work to overcome an opposition with some able individuals. This was followed by a close p~o: enCQunter with The Gra nge, a nd a semifinal with Broughton whose challenge, led by Williams and Murrcli YIicaI out in the last quarter. PttCl'ed Walpole, on the other ha nd, had a slightly easier path to the fin a l. In their match with Tradescant, the hurried c~ of venue to S1. Mary's, thanks to the break ing of a ring in the warm up, was more noticeable than the Quality r play, which was one-sided. However, Luxmoore proved a more difficult nut to crack, and fell in a close, high.!..... semifina l despite the efforts of Adegboyega and McCullough. --.... The fina l was a tense, see-saw affair, which, though not high-scoring, was notable for steady, restrained basketbd by both sides. It was settled only in the last fi ve minutes when a burst of scoring took Walpole in front, and they held on well for a deserved victory. My thanks go to all involved for an enjoyable competition , but particula rly to the captains of teams for their organi.u.lin.. Housemasters for their support, and G.P.G. for assistance with the refereeing. ---. I

RESULTS

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Semifinals: Final: Main Scorers:

School House 32, Meister Omers 25; Linacre 25, Tradescant 32; Luxmoore 28, Galpin's 18. School House 30, T he Grange 27; Broughton 43, Mitchinson's 18; Tradescant 10, Walpole 44; Marlowe 16, Luxmoore 44. School House 30, Broughton 20; Walpole 42, Luxmoore 37. School House 24, Walpole 28. Walpole: Adebajo 69, Kosteri ng 27; School House: Clements 40, Booth-Clibborn 28, Lake 26.

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Boat Club Sculling and Small Boating Squad This report announces the new-Jook sculling and small boating Squad -larger than it has been in the past and placina more emphasis on pairing and doub ling. Our first event of the season was Read ing, where Simon Gerrish, a newcomer to the Club, made Quite a n impressiOi by being the fastest Junior sculler overall and wi nning the J.16 trophy. Simon Webb and Steve Wright managed 10 pull off a win in Junior Double Sculls, but both performed disappointingly in the singles. Adverse conditions at Weybridge meant that the Club did not make much of a showing as a whole, losing 'ou( team trophy, although Simon Webb and Paul Dyas came second in Junior and J . 15 sculls respectively . At Marlow, however, things looked up; Simon Webb and Paul Dyas both came second again in their respectivcevmll and Steve Wright won J.16 singles convincingly. Pangbourne was, perhaps, the squad's biggest triumph. Here the combined team result (Webb - third junioJ, Wright - first J .16, Dyas - fifth J .15, Lynch - second J .14) won us the tea m trophy that we did not even know existed! Hampton was our near-miss event, with the above-mentioned 'gang of four' all second in their respect ive events aad Ed Winfield at last beginning to show signs of progress. Having missed Walton unintentionally - the entry date slipped by unnoticed - the last event of the season was Burway where, as at Weybridge and Hampton, the Club turned out in force and many double-entered in variOUS combinations. Simon Webb won Junior single scull s and performed well with J ohn West of Molesey Boat Club in 'A' Double sculls. Steve Wright and Ed Winfield coxed by T im Smith won Junior pairs, being third even seniors. Ben Lynch achieved yet a nother second, whilst Paul Dyas won J.I 5 singles at last and, wit h Ben, was in J .15 Coxed pairs. 72

pity that Simon Gerrish, hampered by il lness th roughout the term, cou ld not adhere to his level of achievement but Ed Winfield's sculling improved and Robbie Cooper, Chris Ochs and Guy Bishop made steady progress , the term. Keiron Allen deserves a mention for managing to gain a respettable time at Weybridge with the handicap of a boat fu ll of water . worked very hard on the whole and , even though success eluded many of the morc junior members of 11M' ,.qu,,~_:::;:;:~ has benefited from thc term's training. to R.M.H . and P.J.D.A. for their coaching and encouragement throughout the term and especially to who managed to keep the fleet intact whilst also building two brand new quad sculls. STEPHEN WR IGHT, Captain of Scu ll ing.

f1It members oj the Squad were: nior. C. J. Ochs, S. W. P. Webb.

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G. B. M. Bishop. S. D. P. Gerrish, E. G. C. Wi nfie ld, S. A. Wright.

Junior /5. R. B. Cooper, E. B. de Giles. J ..S. Mu rch, T.~ . E. Smith. Junior /4. K. Allen, A. R. Ball, G. J. Curlewls, R. M. de Giles, J. M. Del Mar. W. Gordon-Harris. J . D. Gregory, .. W. Lynch, R. T. Preston, C. J . R. Tothill .

Junior 14s -This year we continued the relatively new not ion of quad-sculling for all, but introducing rowing rather earlier so

to give ample experience of bot h skills. Meanwhile the whole squad were encouraged to single-scu ll as much as possible. :'tuch often produced a splendid flot illa of P.D.W.-built craft and plenty of calls on the services of the 'r ubber duck' 1ft-boat. Crews were entered in regattas at Thames Ditton, Ch iswick, Richmond and The National Schools' where oar beSt performance of the season was put up by the fA' Quad which got into the final. Out of thirty or more Juniors do were in the squad. the fo llowing raced at Nottingham: P.D.W. AND S.W.W.

'A' Quad: L. F. Smith, C. J. R. Tothill. J . S. B. P hill ips. B. W. Lynch. G. J . Curlewis (cox). 'B' Quad: A. R. Ball , W. Gordon-Harris, R. M. de Giles, A. J. Oliver, J. M. Del Mar (cox). VIII: S. A. Hamilton. J. D. Gregory, A. G. F. Murdoch, D. M. Bainbridge. E. F. Yalpy, G. E. A. Bird, A. C. H. Johns, S. J. D. Welbourn (stroke), R. T. Preston (cox).

Canoeing The club continued to achieve substantial sllccesses in the Autumn Term. Our capta in, H. D. Pritchard, came second in the Division 2 Slalom at Hambleden on 7th October, thereby gain ing miry into Division 1. This is an ou tstanding achievement, and he was awarded fu ll first colours for it. He had already betn selected for the Sout h ~East Region Slalom team at the selection event at Old Windsor on 29th July. and he was looking forward to the Inter-regional championships at Llangollen at the end of October, when he sustained a rugby iajury which put him out of contention. This was a bitter blow. However. by the end of term he was fit enough to consider taking part in the S.E. Region slalom competit ion, and he should be back on top fo rm for the 1985 season. Two other members of the club gained entry to Division 3 during the autu mn. R. T. Evans did a very good run at Hambleden Division 4 slalom on 9th September which earned hi m promotion. At the end of the year D. S. Vye was promoted on the basis of his average score at Yalding, Newbury, Sharnbrook, and Hambleden. Some members have tried their hand at Canadian slalom, and R. T. Evans was promoted to Division 4 C I at Yalding II the end of October. We have had a good intake of begin ners, who tra ined hard and passed their novice test. We made one trip to the lea ror surfi ng before half-term, and one trip to Chart ham for practice on the white-water there. Minor sports colou rs are awarded to R. T. Evans for his two promotions, and to S. R. Rowsell fo r his dedicated work as coach of the beginners' squad. Finally. it was good to see two old members of the club during the term: Dr. Jeremy Ackers, who was captain of Oxford University canoeing team; and Mr. Martin Cook, who during his first year in a veterinary practice near Llangollen has been running a local canoe club. We would be glad to hear of, or see, any ot her O.K .S. paddlers. M.J.V.

73 'HANDS On'! IT'S MINE!' - BOYS v GIRLS NETBALL (Fergus Phong)

Cross-Country

It has been very pleasing this term to see how a group with very little morc claim to ind ividua l diStin r year's has been built up by an enthusiastic group of seniors and a splendid captain into a perfectly res CIOn thaa-. which has improved considerably over the term. PtX:table ~

Perhaps the resounding opening victory of term over King's Rochester put us a ll in the right mood as d . a t the hands of Sevenoaks. J udd and Skinners. the Seniors trained themselves sensibly into a positio~ wheesPI~c dtrQla d efeat Portsmouth and then turn the tables on Sevenoaks in the Kerton Trophy before finishing with a re: e I cy ~ on ~arli~ment Hill Fields. In the latter 'p~r~ of the term, the open team has been strengthened by the inCI~~able l'1li leadl~g mters, who recovered from an Imtlal defeat and the loss of Giles Amos to defeat Sevenoaks and IOn or lbt to Skinners. (However at both Colts and Junior Colts levels there is little depth to back up some excellent f come dOlt and. we. shall need some extra backing to do we!' next teftl!)' Team success of the term award must, ho:~~1 rulUleQ the Jumors who came despera tely close to defeatin g an admittedly weakened Skinners team on Scotland H"1I Cr, to b y Joshua Lumley in first place. There a re the makings of an excellent little group here as their plucky perf s, weD led ~ex!ey earlier in .tl}e term showe.d, ~vhen with Lumley in I ~ th place and fin e runs from'Rowsell and MorleyO~ha~1l Ju stlfle~ our decIsio n to send a Jumor team to the Cambndge Harriers races for the first time by defeating 's ey run,. and Ma ldstone among.st others. In the Inters, Simon Attwood has continued to impress and has been much hevltllOlh the re-emergence of Nick Henry as a talented number two and by some good runs from Crispin Flower. The ~ped ~ J ames Wrench, has settled down most reliably at number two in the seniors behind the revelation of the Ie aPtlia, Shorten , who has held number one spot th roughout and produced some fine individual runs, his best bein ~' Bta place at ~exley. Unfortunate~y Ben and ~~mes leave this term ~ut with the re!urn of our leading runner, SimongJa~kl1th as Captain next term, and with Peter Ootke back tog.ether wl.th the rec~nt I!nprovement of .Jon Wright, we shou:*' able to hold our own a t a respectable level and contmue to Improve, If this term 's enthusiasm is maintained C be back, Tony, all is fo rgiven. . 0IQe

Finally. a sincere word of thanks to the retiring Captain, J ames Wrench. H e has led throughout by example whid! has n~t only caused co.nsi~erable improvement in his ,?wn perform.ance, but has created the atmosphere wherei~ olhen have Improved too. HIS wlil be a hard act to follow , 10 both conSistency and sta ndard, but knowing Simon Jacksoa' determination, it will ta ke a good man to get past him. The more that try, the better we shall do. Thank you Jama' Ben and Patrick and good luck for the future. ' •

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RESULTS 29th Sept.

Senior: Inter:

I, K.S.C ., 26; 2, King's, Rochester, 57;

I, King's, Rochester, 37; 2, K.S. C. , 41.

13th Oct.

Cambridge Harriers Races at Bex ley: Sellior: 1, Rochester Maths, 29; 2, Purley, 44; 3, Maidslone, 60; 5, K.S.C. 99; 10 ran. Inter: I, Skinners, 35; 2, Rochester Maths, 53; 3, Purley, 56; 8, K.S.C., 141; 17 ran. Jllnior: 1, Rochester Maths, 25; 2, Chislehurst and Sidcup O. S., 63; 3, St. Columba's, 68; II, K.S.C., 166; 20 ran.

20th Oct.

Senior: Inter: JUllior:

I, Skinners, 47; 2, Judd, 48; 3, K. S.C . 79. I , Judd, 44; 2. Sk inners, 66; 3, K.S.C., 69. I, Skinners, 37; 2, K.S .C., 41.

27th Oct.

Senior: Inter:

1, Sevenoaks, 30; 2, K.S.C., 48. I, K.S.C., 34; 2, Sevenoaks, 48 .

10th Nov.

Open:

I, K.S.C .• 29; 2. Portsmouth G. S .• 55.

24th Nov.

Kerton Trophy Relay at Northwood,. Open: I, SI. Albans. 63.02; 2, Skinners, 64.06; 3, Dr. C hal1oner's, 64.45; 10, K.S. C., 68.56; 16, K.S.C. 'B', 74.56; 22 teams ran.

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Highgate Harriers Schools Races at Parliament Hill Fields: Senior: I, Dr. Challoner's; 2. Sk inners; 3, Haberdashers; 4, Rochester Maths; 5, Puriey; 6, K.S.C. Jllnior: 1, Dr. ChaUoner's, 2, St. Albans; 3, Purley; 4, Rochester Maths; 5, Skinners; 6, Haberdashers; 8, K.S.C.

Fencing

first match a much depleted team met last year's strong King's School, Rochester, team. Despite winning the In.oU~pte we lost overall (21-33). The followi ng week we met Rochester again in the Kent Schoolboys' Team Foil ,eluor 'ons'hips and after a sternly contested match we were placed second in all three finals. T his was the first time Cha:~e years 'that we had entered a n U. 14 learn and they thoroughly enjoyed the experience. (Of '1 in in their new, spacious sportsÂˇhall , p rod uced a very fine team, strong also in depth, so Ihat despite many WhlJult; in individual fights, we were seen off very comfortably (11-43). Richard Appleyard, our Captain , produced dose r.,ng performance gaining six of our eleven wi ns. The general standard was very high and produced some of the l Isler. [ h I fenelllg 0 t e term. bC:5 'reedy after half-term we travelled to K.C.S. Wimbledon who not only have a spacious, modern sports-hall capable rVi oviding seven pistes, but a lso a remarkable a rmo ury for the care and repair of elect rical weapons and equipment. WP~ltled down to contend every point so that after Foil and Epee we were leading (25-21). Our sabre was not, unhappily, ~al to Ihe task of defeating their HungarianÂˇlrained sabreurs, so overall victory was denied us (26-29). eQ ln our first home match, an epee event against King's School, Rochester, we were without Edwin Lloyd a nd lost h senior pool closely (16- 19). However, in some further excit ing bouts the second team won (12-9) and the third o f IWO fencers won as well (6- 1). We therefore notched up our fir st overall victory (34-29). The Kent Schoolboys' Ind ividual Sabre Championships at Rochester saw us with only three sabreurs against Rochester's . and by the marshalling of the draw Jon Dendien who came second last year had to fi gh t Richard Appleyard in lll~arlY round and was defeated by the odd hil in what was undo ubtedly the best fo ught and most spi ritedly contested (fg.hl of the match. It was really, in essence, the fina l. With h indsight or fores ight, or both, such an early meeting could ~ithOUI doubt have been avoided. Richard having won h is way eventually to the final was very unlucky in being u nable 10 get Ihe approbation of the judges for palpable hits. He deserved more than his second place. It could so easily and rightly have gone his way. On a happier note the Junior Pool was successful with some entertaining and adventurous fighting by Mark Adamson a nd Ben Rayment who a re to be congratulated on com ing first and second respect ively. And so to the Junior House Competition for T he Oardner Foil which produced some close and spir ited fighting in which School House had a substantia l win, which shou ld cause one or two other Houses to look to their laurels. I should like to say a word n ow about Richard Appleyard who became Captain at an uncertain time in the Club's history with so many seniors having left and Maurice Milner having retired (though, happily, not completely, for we benefit from his coaching and advice each week. - Thank you, Maurice). Richard has been a real source of strength and inspiration to us a ll and has devoted considerable time and effort to arranging and presid ing over pools, coaching juniors, repairing electrical equipment a nd looking after me - a ll ta king from his own time to keep at peak form, _ and Ihen there were the calls of the Oxford Examina tions in wh ich we all hope thai he has been successful. We thank him for all he has done for us and wish him 'Ood Speed ' . W.I.R.H-S. The following represented the School during the term: R. J. Appleyard, J. O. Bendien, E. Lloyd. 1st Foil: 2nd Foil: M. Adamson, J . M . Barton, J . C. Cousins, F. T. L. P~ang, J. J . C. Rawlinson. Jrd Foil: M. Adamson, J. C . Cousin s, D . Monro Higgs, J . J . C. Raw lin son , B. M. Rayment, A. J . Wickerson. U. 14 Foil: P. F. J . Brothers, J . I. Manning, B. M. Rayment. 1st Epee: R. J. Appleyard, J. O. Bendien, E. Lloyd, F. T. L Phang. 2nd Epee: M. Adamson, J. M. Barton, J . O. Bendien, J . C . Cousi ns, J. J. C. Rawlinson. Jrd Epee: J. C. Cousins, B. M. Rayment. lsI Sabre: R. J. Appleyard, J. O. Bend ien, J. C. Cousins. 2nd Sabre: M. Adamson, F. T. L. Phang, A. J . Wickerson. Jllllior Sabre: M. Adamson, J. I. Manning, M. D. Edwards. O. H. Hodgson, B. M. Rayment.

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Sailing Saili ng has,taken place o~ a .regu lar basis th is tcrm a lthough matches arc not avai lable in this seas --........ been much w]~d for the maJonty of the term, however several hardy 'Frostbite' Laser sailors did br on. There has half-term., whilst Ihe weaker brethren stayed very much on dry land! The club has benefited th ' t ave the gales.;: useful mamtenance work that will pay dividends in the sum mer. IS ccrn from SOtnhU)

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Shooting This term has s~n both e,nds of the ~peclrum .. We have had some good cards from Campbell Donald, Nick P . ~ and Gerard Morns and wIth the amval of Bi ll Murch and Daniel Morris in the team we obvio I h apachOStidit shooting to come. On ~he other hand there has been quite some excitement when certain peop~: y havchsome lOOd anonymous, actually hit the target ! ' was all rernau. As our own school ra nge has been put out of action, we have had to drive to S1. Edmund's for our . pract!ces. We have not been able, t~erefore, to tryout as many new shots as we would have li ked and our team' par, but we hope to Improve next term. IS not qUlle up to We shall not publis.h any averages as people have been shooting on different targets a nd because of this th are not compat1bl~ with each othe~. The top score in the match was shot by Campbell Donald and th t ,e aver-ata shot by the captam, Gera rd Morns. e erm S best was We would very much like to thank R.S.M. Boot h for his great help and encouragement througho t tI St. Edmund's School for ki ndly allowing us to usc their range. u ie term and GERARD MORRIS AND N ICOLAS PAPACHRISTIDIS.

Squash Th~ 1st V had t heir.~est term f?r some years, losing only once to another school, a nd this despite the loss of the capta lll, Jayesh GopalJI a.fter th7 fir st m,atc,h. The main reason for their success was the return of Gary Smith who bad the best record that a ny fust stn~g at KlOg s has ever had . In seven matches against other schools he won 3-0Âˇ . and 3- 1 once, ~nd was never seno.usly threatened. At second st ring we had problems against the better SCh~~~sll:S H~nry T~ltersfleld had a famous WIO at Cranbrook that earned him his full colours, a nd James Cox who was the r third stnng, was ~ Iso awa~ded full colours at the e.nd of the season in .recogn ition o f his services to the 1st V ov~ the pa~t t~o yea~s. HIS best ~m of the season was agamst the Escorts, which clinched a ra re 3-2 win for us in this fixture Ahstalr McFle was ~he pick .o~ the you nger players, winning every game he played against other schools. He started the term as. fifth str.mg yet fm lshed as probably the second best in the school, and was top of the ladder for most of !he term . HI.s yolJeymg h~d the accura~y of a seasoned tennis player, and though his serve looked particularly ord ina It .was surp~lsl~gly effe.c!l ve as were hiS cross court drives to the corners. Matthew Durham was a reliable fifth slri~i Wlth1goOd flghtmg q~ahlleS, and next term we look forward to having David Laurence and Simon Stuttaford to strengthen our ower order aga mst the stronger opposition that we will be meeting.

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As a n experiment we entered the Nation~l Compet iti<?n for mixed teams, three boys a nd two girls, and though we beat Dover Squash club 4-1, we lost I ~ to Brighton on their courts. Caroline Simpson won both her matches but Amanda Hope-Mason was less successful agamst much better opponents. '

R.P.B. RESULTS

v Harrow. Won 4-1 v Sutton Valence. Won 5-0 v Sc Edmund 's. Won 5-0 v Tonbridge. Lost 2-3

v Cranleigh. Won 3-2

v Cranbrook. Won 3-2 v Sir Roger Manwood's. Won 5-0

vpder-16 Squash ;..--:-: the less arduous of the two terms for the junior squash teams: the Colts played only six matches, against '(1I1S ISE sam St. Edmund' s, Cranleigh and Sutton Valence. They lost only once, on a day when we were without ~ow, I fnd the oPPOSition brought in an England-ranked player! There was also one Richard Boddington Trophy our NO·which they won. David Laurence played even less this term than last Autumn term , owing to the increasing ..,,,h'dSof rugby: however , he won the only match he played. Simon Stuttaford was more available, but was not needed dCf!'ln ch. all the same, he had some good wins. Both he and David look very promising for next term. J eremy Bartlett yCf)' snuart·Lacy played around the middle of the team, but were not as successful as they sho uld have been, both losing ~ .t~n their different ways they both need to playa steadier game. They also need to try harder to improve, but ~. ~ good players by most standards. Edward Dykes played at No.4 or No.5 and lost only once: he runs hard, lbeYi~ra more determined player than he was . ID'iTh Junior Colts played eight matches, against Harrow, Sutton Valence, Epsom, Cranleigh, Holmewood HOllse, drnund's Ardingly and Wellesley House and won them a ll 4-1 or 5-0. Andrew Vinton has taken a lot of trouble SI. Ehis game' and has improved to the point where he was playing at anything up to No . 1 fo r the Colts team: his over in is particularly good . While he was playing for the Colts, the No. I in the Junior Colts was Peter Thomas, ¥O~le~angbe a devastatingly quick and powerful player, but too often needed a couple of games before he was sufficiently • ~' ...aled. He owes it to himself (and to the team) to take the game more seriously (and still enjoy it!). He lost only Rikki Kher also lost o nly once: he is very good at the game he plays (hard-hit drives to a good length) but he ~~ to vary his strokes more. Chris Mitchell was playing at No .3 by the end of the season: he lost only once (on daY when he was playing at No. 1) and is developing well, though he misses or mis-hits the ball rather often for a boy wilh a very good eye! David Godfrey, new from Holmewood this term, was a useful acquisition, and a lthough an under-14 played at about No.4 a nd won a ll his matches. Charlie Boorman, playing at No.4 or No.5, also won aU his matches. We had two under-14 matches : a six-a-side match against Brambletye, which we lost 2-4 but which was closely contested and very enjoyable, and a three-a-side match against Sutton Valence, which we won. Nick Daley. new from Wellesley House this term, and Chris Calthro p played in both, and others playing in one or other of them were Stephen Williams, Michael Jordan, Ben Eaton, Craig Downie and Andrew Greenleaf. Most of these had not played much squash before Ihis term, but have taken to it enthusiastically. Next term is the important one, when the Colts have eleven matches, the Junior Colts thirteen and the Under-14s oine - and the opposition is generally tougher, too.

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Girls' Games Report Hockey At the start of term things looked promising because we had both the nucleus of the team that had played well in the Hague and some promising new talent. It has in fact been easy to produce a useful 2nd XI, and their two matches were great fun, but unfortunately the individual talent that existed in the 1st XI never quite blended into good teamwork, and so our resu lts have been unimpressive. More than in most years, we lacked coherence against sides whose girls had been together for several years, such as Dover (the first match), Cranbrook and Kent College. Moreover. the strains of 4th term Oxbridge a ffected four of our 1st XI. There was, however, some improvement latterly; our home match against Dover was close and the scores against Ashford and Kent College don't reflect the run of play. Sarah Holden has given the side spirited leadership, despite her other commitments, and she and Natasha Engel were a forceful pair in midfield. Of the forwards, Christina Albin and Sophie Lumsden were the best , but we did not prove 10 be good at scoring goals against other schools. Of the 6b girls, Katherine Kelly in goal has made a particularly good start, a nd we hope that in the Lent Term our side will have had time to settle down a nd will fulfil its promise . J.A.W , Teams: l SI Xl: Katherine Kelly, Judith Reed, Lucy Fli nt, Emma Risley. Katie Woodcock , Sarah Holden (Capt.), Natasha Engel, Ca roline Simpson, Sophia S1. J. Parker, Diana Coleman , Christina Albin, Sophie Lumsden , Lucy Hoare. 2nd XI: Emma Venton, Elizabeth Robertson, Edwina Paine, Helen Davis, Lucy Charrington, Catherine Walsh , Clarissa Price, Tara Usher. Lucy Amos (Capt.), Antonia Ament"Anna Keatinge. Also played: Clare Robertson, Marie-Fran~oise Woodward, Ela ine Oliver.

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lsi XI:

v O.K.S. Won 3-{) v Dover College. Lost 0-8 v Sevenoaks. Lost 0-1 v Cranbrook. Lost 0-4 v St. Lawrence. Drawn 2-2 v Dover College. Lost 0-1 v Ashford. Lost 1-4 v Kent College. Lost 0-7 2nd XI: v Dover College. Lost 0-4 v Dover College. Lost 0-1

Netball Just how high the standard of schools' netball can be was dramatically demonstrated when we were overwhel by a remarkable Cranbrook team (their Under-16s, in fact), but all our other four friendlies were won against.:

opposition, and, under Sophia Baker's redoubtable leadership, this is one of the best netball teams V:e have had. All the team have played very well, but if anyone (besides the captain) should be singled out then it might be Sophie Lumsden for her Quickness in attack, Annabel Roberts for her marking and interceptions in defence, and Vanessa Wriaht for her much-improved shooting. It was satisfying to beat Benenden and Sevenoaks in our opening matches, and after our Cranbrook lesson we had more experience in really competitive netball when we played in the Kent Schools' Tournament at Sheppey, where_e lost four and won one. There is a good programme of netball fixtures arranged for next term, and every prospect that the team will do well. JAW. Teams . 1st VII: Charlotte Hare, Annabel Roberts, Lucy Harland, Sophie Lumsden, Sophia Baker (Capt.), Sophia SI J Parker, Vanessa Wright, Kat ie Woodcock, Sarah Holden. ' , 2nd VII: Olivia Goulden, Catharine Walsh, Deborah Colman, Katie Woodcock, Lucy Dixon-Clarke, Caroline Simpson Tessa Williamson, Joanna Whittington (Capt.). ' ReSULTS

lSI VII: v Benenden. Won 21- 11 v Sevenoaks. Won 17-13 v Cranbrook. Lost 3-34 v King's, Rochester. Won 22-12 v Kent College. Won 14-12 In the Kent Netball Tournament we beat Highsted, but lost to Fort Pitt, Simon Langton, Tunbridge Wells G.S. aDd Invicta G.S. 2nd VII: v Sevenoaks. Lost 1-13 v Cranbrook. Lost 3-30 The following played in the Squash team: Amanda Hope-Mason (Capt.), Caroline Simpson, Charlotte Hare. Julia Pears, Joanna Hulburd, Tessa Williamson. ReSULTS

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THE SCHOOL Captain of School: P. D. Miller, C.S. SCHOOL MONITORS tot G. Justice, R. H. Briggs, R. J. L. Philpott, K.S., D. J. Riggs, M.S., Rachel S. S. Davies, 5 s. A. J. Taylor, K.S., C. P. H. Sturt, K.S., M.S., R. W. G. Oliver, S. C. Hodgson, J. E. ~ . Weston, P. H. McCleery, K.S., M.S., R. E. Striven~, K.S., M.S., J. R. Seagrave, M.S., P. N. ~rry, Lucy F. Fhnt, K.S., M.S., G. N. J. Seymour, Lisa F. Valpy. HOUSE MONITORS School House: D. J. Riggs, M.S., S. W. P. Webb, K.S., N. T. J. Lake, K.S., A. L. Odgers, K.S., J. C. Smith, K.S., Sophie I. Lumsden, J. H. Booth-Clibborn, M.S. The Grange: J. E. S. Weston, R. H. Briggs, P. H. McCleery, K.S., M.S., J. B. Shorten, M.S., J. H. Tattersfield , K.S., Diana E. Coleman, A. W. J. Harding, A. T. T. Preston. Walpole: R. J. L. Philpott, K.S., J. N. M. Cox, J. Gopalji, K.S., P. W. Walters, J. R. E. Wrench, M.S. Meister Omers: M. G. Justice, P. N. Barry, Lucy F. Flint, K.S., M.S., J. A. Price, A. D. Coulter, A. 1. M. Murdoch, T. Neame, J. R. Dawkins. Marlowe: Rachel S. S. Davies, M.S., T. M. Kelly, K.S., Catherine M. Conybeare, K.S., M.S., C. R. J. Collyer, Olivia G. Goulden. Luxmoo re: G. N. J. Seymour, T. Q. Alleyne-Gee, S. Gambini, M. F. McCullough , C. W. Nix, F. T. L. Phang. Galpin's: R. E. Strivens, K.S., M.S., P. D. Miller, C.S., A. F. G. A. Gulam, H. McN. Beaugie, A. C. de Linde, S. H. Martin, C.S., O. B. Morgan, B. N. B. Mowll, Lisa F. Valpy. Linaere: S. A. J. Taylor, K.S., J. R. Seagrave, M.S., Francesca A-M. Watts, K.S., G. F. Hall, l. J. McDonald, K.S., M. J. Nash, K.S., A. J. Evans-Pughe, M.S., E. J. T . Brett. R. W. G. Oliver, J. D. Bagshaw, M. Edwards, A. J. H. Knight, P. E. H. Broughton: Paines. C. P. H. Sturt, K.S., M.S., B. R. D. Cohen, K.S., M.S .. D. C. Hepburn, K.S., Tradescant: A. J. Musson, M.S., T. C. Cotton, F. ~ . Matsaert, Victoria E. Kaye, K.S. S. C. Hodgson, R. J. Appleyard, S. W. Burt, D. C. Everhart, M.S. , Emma Mitchinson's: C. Risley, Caroline L. Samuels, K.S., Kirsty V. Seymour-Ure, K.S. J. N. W. Cunliffe (LN), C. J. Brooke (B), Natalia E. Fetherston-Dilke, M.S., Latlergate: (GL), B. N. B. Mowll (GL). CAPTAINS OF SPORT Hockey M. Edwards Rugby Football S. C. Hodgson Girls' Hockey Sarah C. Holden Sculling S. A. Wright Soccer P. H. McCleery, K.S., M.S. Swimming H. McN. Beaugie Basketball R. A. Williams Girls' Swimming Lucy Dixon-Clarke Netball Sophia A. Baker Arhletics J. D. Bagshaw Tennis G. S. Smith Fencing R. J. Appleyard Squash Rackets J. Gopalji, K.S. Golf S. C. Hodgson Girls' Squash Amanda J. Badminton G. S. Smith Rackets Hope-Mason Monitors for Music: L. C. Goss, M.S., A. J. Evans-Pughe, M.S. Head Sacristan: J. R. G. Job 79

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 6 The Fore!and. Canterbllly 5th October. 1984' Dear Sir, The thoughtful use of the apostrophe mark, and indeed, its very existence, may be a matter of indirrer to many in an age which attaches seemingly litt~e importance to correctness in grammar. spellin tnct punctuation, but should not we who honour The Kmgs' School, Canterbury, recall by the correct POSiti~ ~ of the apostrophe mark in our writing that the School owes its status and name firstly to the gran~ of a Charter by King Henry VIII and, secondly, its prosperous development to the presentation On I tna July, 1946, of a second Charter by King George VI, granting to the School a financial structure separa:~ from the Cathedral finances which enabled it to generate and employ funds for necessary modernisali and expansion? The now established practice of writing on all occasions King's, instead of Kings' : remind us only of one Royal Founder instead of two. And which of these do we neglect to remember? Would we not do better to come to the aid of this neglected, and yet eloquent, mark of punctuation b ensuring its correct use in English writing, and at the same time remembering actively our debt to hislOrJ Yours faithfully, E . R. C. DARTINGToN (194"10)

We are grateful to Mr. Dartington for opening up a new field for enquiring minds. We shall gladly print readers' views on how many Kings do, can, or should dangle from the point of all apostrophe. - Ed.

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Dear Sir, Since I came to King's, a question has been puzzling me. Why is it that pupils in the Lower School are called 'Shells' and 'Removes'? The names seem illogical, and I would very much like to know the reason for lower forms being named in this way. I should imagine that the idea of naming forms in this manner dates back quite a long way, as I have read some 'Public School' stories in which Shell and Remove forms are mentioned. Yours faithfully. J. A. S. FOSTER

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Forms at King's were. as for back as we can trace, simply called First, Second, and so all up to Sixth . Occasionally Latin lent hollow digllity: Classis Tertiae Pars Inferior was the bottom form of the main school. the first two forms being for juniors. The word Remove was in use by the early 19th century: each of the forms was divided illto its Upper and Lower Remove. Much later. in 1935, the forms immediately above the lowest began to be called Removes. The name is used ill many schools, usually with this idea of promotion. The name Shell is a newcomer at King's, only used regularly from 1943. The Shells wert then the forms directly above the Removes. The inversion of seniority occurred in 1955 or 1956: like Iht logs of H.M.S. Conqueror the vital Rotulus is temporarily missing. 1956. with its other upheavals of Sun and Hungary. seems a likely year. The name is said to have originated at Westminster School, where a room decorated with a sea-shell was used as a junior form-room. - Ed.

The Boat Club, The King's School, Canterbury. 1st November. 1984.

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learnt with distress that the very generous help, amounting to ÂŁ15,000, given by O.K.S. towards I ha~l~ing and equipping of our new Boathouse at Westbere is possibly less well known than it ought the bU; feel some of the responsibility for this must be borne by me, in that the report sent to The Cantuarian 10 be. blication in April was, though sincerely appreciative, perhaps rather brief. I am also sorry to say (or p~ ough a most unfortunate oversight the Trustees of the O.K.S. Trust Fund were not represented Jhalhl Dr inner following the opening of the Boathouse. ,Il e , . I through your courtesy place firmly on record how grateful the Boat Club IS to all O.K.S .. M~butors officers, and general supporters. Rowing at King's is flourishing, and I am certain that havmg cont~lew ho~e has a great deal to do with this . our Yours faithfully , RICHARD HOOPER.

MOTION (Charlotte Bishop) 8t

C.C.F. NOTES ARMY SECTION T he APe squad was smaller than of late this term, but compensated for that by its keenness. Four m been on the attachment to the 94th Locati ng Regiment in Germany in the summer, which raised the gen:rml~!'td competence of the squad. a ~wa or The first priority was to prepare for the weapon handling and safety test, which is always administered b h Cadet Training Team. In the event all cadets passed first time. T his left plenty of time during the term fo; ~ e ~ fie ldcraft training. This started with a night exercise on the 27th128th October, near Swingfield, which iovol ~tle ... nav igation onto the traini ng area, construction of hides, and a patro!. Both sections made wrong turnings bu~ ~ nJcIa A redeemed themselves by working their way back to the RV, whereas Section B rather ignominiously had t~ be ~ fo r and transported back. T he second half of the exercise had to be shortened, but useful practice in pat rol~ gained. Next term the night exercise will incorporate a test on patrolling, so the mapreading will have to improlRl ~ squad was also introduced over a number of weeks to section attacks, and signals. Field Day, II th October 'Ill on the Hythe ranges, firing SLRs and Bren, as well as the standard number 4 rifle . ' 'Pal T he Signals Section is still waiting for delivery of the Clansman sets, which has meant a rather frust rating dela II their own training. However, the acquisition of two, more robust CB radios enabled them to give effective hel Y the two night exercises of the term, and on train ing exercises on Scotland Hills. Sgt Morris, and CpJs Dean and EP 01 have in addit ion all given valuable service as general training NCOs. '1,Under Sgt Swain's enthusiastic guidance the REME sect ion continued to renovate the Landrover: Sgt Lewin is to be commended for his leadership of the section. The Commandos underwent a full programme of caving, canoeing, river-crossing, and escape and evasion e:\er ' In add it!on to running the section Sgt Papachristidis, like the Signals NCOs, helped out with general training, and an effiCient leader. Sgts Paincs and Gambini did a good job in charge of the training cadre. Sgts Bagshaw and Barry also helped, tor part of the term. A new system of recruit training has been introduced, whereby Mr. Booth is giving initial instruction to all new manbcn of the CCF, whichever section they are attached to . They have been taken through the elements of weapon trainiDa. drill, and campcraft, and have also had two afternoons dispersed to their sections. First reports indicate that the experimaa is going well , and in the Army Section we look forward to our twenty-five coming up to us enthusiastic and well-grounded. in the summer.

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SUMMER CAMP WITH BAOR T hanks to a kind invitation from Lt Colonel Ian Fowler (MO 1955-59), our Summer Camp was held in Celie with 94 Locating Regiment RA. T hey have been established at Celie for so long that they have organised their own COrIIi service to and fro m the U.K. Th us it was that three officers, the RSM and fifteen cadets found comfortable, eonvenieol and relatively cheap passage to the centre of Germany. The programme was varied, wit h less of the nonnal training side and more of the interest visit side, which included trips to the Belsen Concentrat ion Camp Site and to the East-West Wall (where we joined a foot patrol, much to the consternation, probably, of the watching East German guards) and plenty of time was spent on the local batllertekl train ing area . Here a helicopter lifted our fighting .platoon out to the rendezvous point. The week passed very quickty but the memories should remain for some time of a very happy and worth while camp. We arc especially grateful (or all the hard work on our behalf put in by our accompanying officer, Captain Mark Vye, RA and we enjoyed his mettiq with Captain Mart in Vye, CCF and their mutual family tree probing. We are hoping that both Colonel Fowler and Captain Vye will visit King's in the near futu re so that we can return some of their excellent hospitality .

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ROYAL AIR FORCE SECTION Last term's decline in numbers has been halted, and the Section is once again in a healthy state. W10 Walters has remai ned Senior Cadet, and he has been ably supported by F/Sgt Williams (Hovercraft), Cpl Briggs (attached to the Commandos) and Cpl Sherwood, who has helped with the general training. Due to WgICdr Wenley's perseverance six cadets went on gliding courses over the summer, five were successful and we now have seven cadets wearing their wi ngs, which is a record for the Section . With the demise of the much 10vOO(!) Primary Glider, HQ Air Cadets has initiated a scheme for CCFs to go gliding at weekends. and I hope that we shall be able to take up the opportunity.

Summer Camp in Celie (Royal Artillery Photographer)

Luxmoore House and the Jazz Club Help the Disabled Shop (Nicholas Baker)

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. Id Dayan 18th October was very sliccess ful, with all cadets having at least thirty minutes in the air. Some opted fit:: lie flight s over the Kent countryside and a peek at Bell Harry from an unusual angle. others fired by film s such for gench for the Sky asked their pilot to do all sorts of impossible things with the Chipmunk. Those who survived as /le: the RAF Fire-Fighting School where they were shown a couple of dramatic training films. The Section was .enl o lad to return to the relative peace and Quiet of King'sl va;h'ee other Flying Days were cancelled, due to the weather. but on 7th December six cadets once again took to the . o~ a gloriously sunny winter's day. The views across to France and west towards London were unrivalled . ..r training has included an afternoon's canoeing, shooting, which has been reduced, because the range is out Other rder and a Night Exercise on the lstl2nd December. Cpl Sherwood led a st rong eight man RAF team, which won ofOnavigation section, and the whole event was successfu lly controlled by M.O.D . at HQ in the minibus, kept awake the Laser and an endless supply of Mars Bars. bYThe Hovercraft is now half-completed, the engine will arrive next term, and we hope to have it 'flying' by the summer, .hen there are no rugby posts up on Birley's to gel in the way of inexperienced pilots. One of the highlights of the term was the visit to Gatwick arranged by Capt Smi th, Tim Smith's fat her, of British ledon ian. We were met and conducted by Mr. Mike Harris, BCAL's Public Relations Director. Cadets crawled all Caer BAC I- li s, DC- lOs and the solitary 747. T hey were taken up the ultra-modern control-tower, opened only th ree ~kS previously, and the controllers explained the complexities of marshalling aircraft in the air and on the ground. The term was rounded off by the visit of our RAP Liaison Officer, FJt/Lt Dorey, who has just returned from Oman d who is a former Hawk instructor at RAP Valley, and by our RAF Liaison NCO, P/Sgt Winter, who has been :tremely helpful over the term, using his aircraft fitter' s experience in the build ing of the hovercraft. M.O.D.

ROYAL NAVAL SECTION As usual this has been a busy term for the Section. There was some quite good weather at the beginning of term, and this allowed us some sailing and canoeing before the water got too cold. The new boys were the first 'to break the ice' on the Stour, when their rope couldn't ta ke the strain, but they showed themselves to be true naval men, by leaping into the water with su icidal enthusiasm. Ot her activities included shooting, a cycling orienteering exercise and an assault course built on Blore's. Field day was spent in London for the fir st time, visit ing The Imperial War Museum, Greenwich and HMS Belfast. Most of the Section have now passed Naval proficiency , and four cadets, Dorling, Adamson, Panayides and Stearns, were promoted having passed their navigation exams. The inter-section night exercise proved to be an excellent even ing. Godley insisted on taking it all very seriously and we spent our time sprint ing about or crawling on our stomachs. We thought we'd won as usual, until Spiegel tripped over our hide in the last seconds of the competit ion. Our motorboat has now returned with a new engine, and only needs a coat of paint before we'll be roaring around Westbere. Most excitingly the Section shou ld be getting fo ur new Pant her windsurfers at Easter which we hope to be able to put on the minibus roof and use down on the coast. We have also been lucky enough to get a week's sea-train ing on a neet-tender in the English Channel, at the end of next term - there seems lots to look fo rward to. R.W.T.

ASSOCIATED BOARD MUSIC SUMMER 1984 Jonathan Finn Stephen Taylor Lucy Flint Christina Albin Christopher Whiteley

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Crispin Flower Adam Oliver Michael Nash Christopher Whiteley Christina Albin Darren Everhart Natalia Fetherston-Dilke James Seagrave Melanie Fall

Trumpet 7 Violin 7 Piano 7 Viola 7 Piano 8 Violi n 8 Singing 8 Flute 8 Violin 8

Merit Merit Merit Merit Distinction AUTUMN 1984 Pass Pass Pass Distinctio n Distinction Merit Pass Disti nction Distinction 83

(Dominic Steams)

SAL VETE-SEPTEMBER 1984 J. Aboderin. Deborah C . Aldridge. D. J. Allison Antonia E Ament Lucy E M A N Ashbee, J .. J. Ast le! W. Bal1e~den, T. J. Barker, J.' R. D. Bar~es. Fra~cesca L: Be~rd mSs,] . W. ~rnOld. J L. P. Bhatia, VerOnica C. C. BI rcher, Karen L. Bleasdale S Bocresion D E J Bond G' A . B'OBcaugu~, Sara At.T C. E. J. Brand~. P. F. J. Brothers, A. J . H . Brown , Sarah E', Carlisle. C. darter. R E W'Ce !l CS, Nicola K.~,!eo: Lucy E. ~harnngton, J. ~. Cooper, N. Connon·Jackson. N . V. Daley, Camilla E j O. CharI • K. Dawkms, C. N. DOWI11C, J. J. Drewc, L. F',T. Dunn, R . A . D uttson. C . R . P. S: E~d B been R. Davis, t E. R. S. Floydd, J . A. S. FOSl~r, D. I. R. Fn ston. 1. R. Gane, S. D. P. Gerrish R. 0' I: Eaton, N. J , P.tl.t~ J . D. G~dley. N. A. J. Goodw m, H. C. E. Gordon, M. J. F. Gore C E D Gr 'y . ' . I.r mg, I?. P. P. G~ I. Hard mgham, Rosemary J. Hardwick, Charlotte L Hare J C H'arm' an' y' A aH, VlctOrl[a H. GUiSinger &. ...:~r.!r, S T H d W J Md ' ,.. , . . arman ona Hay 0 '~~ . . en erson, . . . Hen erson·Deeves, Lucy M. C. Hoare, D. G. Hodson E L 'Ho art ' . A. H~. H. H ughes, J. F. Ibbott, C. J . T. Job, M. P . J ordan, A nna E. J . Keatinge Katheri~e Kg I h, M. I. HOldea.( ~. Landale, M. G. Ie Huray, N. H . Littlejohn, Pia Lofdahl, S. H. McCall, R. A. McCarth A ~ l~ J E. Kemp. J.' A. . McCu lly, A. W. MacDonald·Bell , J . 1. Manning J Marozzi N E S Mar h J c Iymon! Carot,a S. Michael, Elizabeth M ichael, M. L. Milhench Luci~d~ J. Miller' N . J Mitchell s I' vi Martk~ Slbylla A. M'artin A.

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J , H. A, . St. punstan's Vicarage, 5 Harkness Drive, Canterbury' St Christopher's' Sept '79' MT' H MusIc Scholarship; Sidebotham Exhibition; School and House Quiz Team;' Symphony and Cham~ 0' h ' on~rary oM" Pd'enzoLnce; Cricket 1st ~I (C~ls.); Rugby Colts 'B' XV; Squash U. 16; to tutorial college to impro:~g~~~:;,Pirottro_" o ern a nguages at University. '-"

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ASH BURNER-COLLINS, C, C. H . Hindenburg Allee 9, Bonn, West Germany; British Embassy School, Bonn', Sept, -, LX; Epsom Downs. IT. ASHTON, H ~len J , Springfield House, The Street, Mereworlh, Kent; Weald of Kent Grammar School' Se t '82' . Scho,ol ChOir ; Band; Dream ojGerontillsj Creation; Sweeney Todd; Girls Hockey 1st X I (Cols) ' 10 read Plfy;iolh' Gl, a t Kmg's College, London , ' , trap)' BARNES,

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Mldsummer NIght s Dream; Rowmg 2nd VIII (Coits Cols.); to read Economics at City University. BAG5Hl AAH RAT, Melissa. The Pomme~y. Bovingdon Green, Marlow, Bucks; Sept, '82 ' W· The Hunting o/the Snark' If s ockey (Cols .); to study Physiotherapy. ' , , BESLY,. M: J. Moorstock House, Sellinge, Ash.ford, Kent; NOJ!-haw School; Sept. 'SO; M.O.; House Monitor; e.C,F.; Beagimg, The Government I nspector; Tell rUnes Table; SWimming ( 1st Cols.); Rugby 2nd XV; Water polo team. BIRC!"IER, T~rcsa C, C,. 3 Grangemuir, 2 Southside, Wimbledon London SW I9' Prior's Field School' Se t '82' W' SOCia l Services; Shootmg; The Talisman; The Hunting of the Snark; to' Bristoi University . ,p . , ,

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HOUse ~RUgbY (Ist Cols.); Hockey (1 st Cols.); Canoeing (Cois.); Cross-Cou ntry; At hletics; to read Marine Biology Otfll.fTI'rpaol University. II Live Y M. L, 130 Mallinson Road. Clapham, London, SWII; Holmewood House; Sept. '83; B; to Oulwich College. Jl.ISti B 'Helen J. 65 Cromwell Road, Canterbury, Kent; Simon Langton Girls' School; Sept. '82; Hon. Music .,.,O~:ShiP' Crawford Exhibition; Ryley Music Prize; Symphony, Chamber; Concert; Rheims and Recording Orchestras; i:de of Second Orchestra; Quartet; Pirates 0/ Penzance; Oklahoma!; Wild Oats; to read Medicine at The London r ...H05pital. Lf8LE J. M . April Cottage, lden, Rye, Sussex; Marlborough House School; Sept. '79; B; Wild Oats; Oklahomaf; ~ Lody from Maxim's; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Fencing; Swimming; Rugby 4th XV; to read Economics University College, London. ~R' O. M. 15 Pimlico Road.. ~ondon, SW l ; Caldicott; Sept. 'SO; L/LN; Head of House; Tomkinson's Schooldays; Rowing 3rd VIII; to read Medlcme at St. Thomas's . LYLE J, W. G, 5 Ice House Wood, Oxted, Surrey ; Hazelwood Preparatory School; Sept. '79; GR; C.C.F. (Navy) '1~ty O f~cer; ~ing Round the Moon (sound effects); Sailing (Capt.); to take Oxford Entrance Examination for Engineering SCience. RKE M. C. Three Gates, 1 New Park Avenue, Bexhill on Sea; J.K .S.; Sept. '79; L/GL; Music Scholarship; C~ebot ham Award; O.K.S . Music Prize; House Monitor; Head of Jazz C lub; Symphony and Chamber Orchestras; S d' Jazz Band; School, Crypt and Chamber Cho irs; Madrigal Society; Much Ado About Noth ing; Love's Labour's ~; 'Pira~es 0/ Penzance; Oklahoma!; Sweeney Todd; Squash Junior Colts; to read Estate Management at South Bank polytechniC. CLOUS'fON C, M. 50 Oakwood Avenue. Beckenham, Kent; Wellesley House; Sept. '79; MO; House Monitor; C.C.F ,; Assistant St~ge ¥anager and Stage Builder for Oklahoma!; Golf Team (Minor Sports Cols .) to read Geography at London University. COCKMAN, A, D. 4 ~hip Street Gardens, Brighton; English School of Paris; Sept. '80; T; Headmaster's Prize; House Monitor; Head SaCrIStan; Rugby (2nd Cols.); Football 1st Xl. CORFE, C. W, M, Faircrouch, Wadhurst, East Sussex; Holmewood House; Sept. '79; SH; General Studies Prize; Treasure Island; Cricket 3rd X l; Football 2nd XI. COTTON, Charlotte, S, A. E. Ebury Cottage, 42 Wolsey Road, Esher, Surrey ; Sept. 'S3; Lady Eleanor Holies School; OR; A Midsllmmer Night's Dream; Girls Swimming Team; to Kingston College of Further Education. CRAIK, Caroline L. Meister Omers, 16 The Precincts, Canterbury, Kent; Ashford School; Sept. 'S2; GR; Chamber, School Choirs; Madrigal Society; Pirates 0/ Penzance; Ten Times Table; Ring Round the Moon; Tennis. CRAWLEY, A. G. Wychwood, The Drove, Fordwich, Canterbury, Kent; J.K.S,; Sept. 'SO; L/MT; House Monitor; Rowing U.14; Rugby 3rd XV; Hockey 3rd Xl; Cricket3rd X I; Golf Team; to read Chemistry at Queen Mary College, London. CRIBB, Fiona J, 4 Clare Lawn Avenue, East Sheen, London, SW I4; Putney High School; Sept. '82; Sweeney Todd; to read Geography and Education at King Alfred's College, Winchester. CRICKMORE, A. J , ' Whitehall ', Thurnham, Maidstone, Kent; Broomham School; Sept. 'SO; LIMO; House Monitor; C.C.F. (Army) L/Cpl; Wild Oats (Stage Manager); Cricket 2nd XI and 3rd X I Captain; Bad minton; Rugby 2nd XV; Squash Junior Colts; to West Kent College of Fu rther Education. CROMPTON, D, Bramley Cottage, Station Road, Woldingham, Surrey; Hazelwood School; Sept. '79; L/LN; House Monitor; C.C,F. (Army); Captain o f Cross-Country; Band; The Down·Going 0/ Orpheus H awkins; Tomkinson's Schooldays; Money; Harieqlli1lade; Cross-Country (1st team Cols.); Athletics (1 st team Cols.); Rugby U. 14 'C'. CURTEIS, T. A, 9 1 Charwood Street, Pimlico, London, SWl 1; Friars; Sept. '79; MR/B; The Down-Going a/Orpheus Hawkins; Wild Oats; Oklahoma!; The Lady from Maxim's; Kinquering Congs; Cricket 3rd X I; Kent Foil Champion; School Cho ir; hopes to read History of Art at University . DAilEY, Prudence M. P. Ivy Cottage, 37 Margate Road, Broomfield. Herne Bay, Kent; Simon Langton Girl's School; Sept. '82; MT; McCurdy Exh ibitio n; (Secretary) Harvey Society; Choir; to read Physics and Philosophy at Merton College, Oxford. DE SAUSMAREZ, Mary E . F. 15 T he Precincts, Canterbury, Kent; Clarendon House Grammar School; Sept. '82; MT; Anne Bunce Exhibition; House Monitor; Speaker in King's Parliament; Choir; Dream o/Oerontills; Pirates 0/ Penzance; Wild Oats; Oklahoma!; The Lady From Maxim's; A Midsummer Night 's Dream; to read Social Psycho logy at Loughborough University. DUSSEK, Claire F. Wellhampton House, Shipboume, Tonbridge, Kent; Sept. '82; T; Girls Choir; Captain of Netball and Girls Squash V; Swimming team; to Exeter to read Economics. EDGHILL, T, J. D. Daisy Meadow, Brastcd Chart, Nr. Westerham, Kent; Winchester House; Sept. '79; OR; C.C.F.; Photographic Society; Ring Round the Moon; Oklahoma!; A Midsummer Night 's Dream; Shooting 1st VIII; Cricket 2nd XI; Hockey 2nd XI; Rugby 5th XV; Shoot ing (Minor Sports Cols.); to read Geography at Liverpool University. ENELI, Ezim A. 2 Itolo Street, Suru-Lere, Lagos, Nigeria; Sept. '82; W; School Choir; Squash Team; to study Phannacy.

ESCH, M. C . U. Spie lJeu~e Strasse 30, 282 Bremen 77; West Gennany; Sept; '83; W; Band; Symphony Orchesl .

(2nd eals.); to school III Bremen. ra, Penanc ESSANI, Y~s m in. 22 The Rise , He m'pste~d. Gill ingham! Kent; Chat haI!' Grammar School fo r Girls; Se I • . Hon. MusIc Scholarship; O.K.S. MUSIC Pnze; House MOnitor; Choral Society; Se<:retary of Chamber Choir'~' ~2, Sli; Secretary; C hamber, School and Madrigal Choirs; Sympho ny Orchestra; Ba nd; Crypt Choir; Treasure 1~/an"J. S Weft ojGerofltills j Creatioll; Oklahoma!; Pirates of Pellzance; G irls' Swimmi ng Team ; to read Dentistry at Guy'S Ii D'!O'", EVANS~ D. O. 2 Manwood Aven~e. C.anterbury, Kent; J .K.S.; Sept. 'SO; L/MR ; Fencing (Secretary), (1st Cols ),OSPtttl. Chemistry at Sout hampton Umverslty. . , IOr~ EVERETT, Alexandra , J. H. School House, Tonbridge School, Tonbridge, Kent; Tonbridge Gram mar' Se t '8 Debat ing Society; School C hoir; P,rates of Penzallce; Treasure Island; WIld Oals; Oklahoma!. ' p. 2, S~ EVISON, G. L. G. Havenfield Hall, Alkham Va lley, Nr. Folkesto ne, Kent; Wellesley House; Sept. '79' W· H Monitor; Tenn is 1st VI (Capt.), (1 st Cols.); Squash (1st Cols.). ' , oU\ot FENUCCI, C. F. 6 T he Chestnuts, C1~erry ~ree Hill,. London , N2; Yardley Court; Sept. '79; L/GL; House Monitor' C C (Navy); Secretary of P hotographic Society; W,ld Oals; Sweeney Todd; Rugby 4t h XV; Rowing 3rd VIII.'t . .F English at Southamp to n U niversity. ' 0 read FOR RESTER, A. M. Thane, IS Callis Co urt Road , Broadstairs, Kent, Oaneshill School ; Sept. '8 1; LX' C.C F (A P hotographic Society; to st udy Catering at T hanet Technical College. ' ' . rmy); F RAPP ELL, N. E. 18 River Reach , Teddington , M id d lesex; H olmewood H ouse; Sept. '79; MO; House Mon't . C.C.F. (Army) ; Cross~Cou ntry (2nd Cols.) ; to read Business Studies at City Polytechnic. lor, FURNEAUX, J . Polla nd's Farm , Four Elms, Edenb ridge, Kent; New Beacon; Sept. '82 ; L/LN . GARRETT, D. J . M. T he Old School House, Barfresto ne, Nr. Dover, Kent; Hersham House; Sept· '79' L/MR/8' M usic Schola rship; Monitor for Music ; Sacristan, Symphony Orchestra (Secretary/Librarian); Ch~mbe~ Orchesl (Secretary/Librarian); C h amber, Madrigal a nd Crypt C hoirs ; Ba nd ; Pirales of Penzance; Bassoon/Composili: Scholarship at Gu ildhall School of Music and Drama. n t

GHARAGOZLOU, A. N. 4 Weavers Lane, Alfr iston. East Sussex ; St. Bede's School; Sept. '79; GR; House MonilO' C .C.F. (Army); Caxton Society; Hockey J . Colts 'B'; Rugby J . Colts 'B'; to Bank ing. r, GIBB~, R. J. C.h er~yTree Cou age, Vi~arage Road, Yalding, ~r. Maidstone, ~ent ; B ~ ambletye; J an . '80; L/GL; School

ChOir; Bookbmd mg; The Down~Go",g of Orpheus Hawklfls; Le BourgeOIs Gentllhomme; The Talismall' SV.'ttflt, Todd; Squash U. 14 ; House Tennis and Sq uash; to study Hotel Management. ' G ILES, Caroline A. 12 Bishopswood Road, Highgate , Lo ndon N6; Chan ning School; Sept. 'S2; GL; Hon. Choral Scho la rship ; Chamber, School and Crypt C hoirs ; Mad rigal Society; Oklahoma!; Pirates of PenZQnce; Sweeney Todd' The Talisman; to read German and Ita lian at Bristo l University. I GO RDON, Sha ro n K. E. Stragollen Ltd ., P .O. Box 41 375, Nairobi , Kenya; Hillcrest Seconda ry School ; Sept. '82 ' LN' to retake 'A ' levels; hopes to read Ma rine Bio logy at University. ' , GREGO RY, N. J . A . I Kellett Vi ew~ 65-69 Mt. Ke ll e ~t Roa~ , The Peak , H o ng Kon~; D~l w i ch College ~rep a ra tory School; Sept. '79 ; LX ; H ouse MOUltor; P hotographic Society; Rugby 2nd XV; SWlmm mg; H ouse SWimmi ng and Water P o lo (Capt.); to Mander, P ortm an and Woodward . GRIGGS, M. I. S. T he Warren, Summerhill, Harbled own, Canterbury, Kent; J .K.S.; Sept. '80 ; MT; House Monitor' Rugby 2nd X V (Capt.), (Cols. ); Hockey 3rd X l ; Cricket 3rd X I; H ouse Golf; h opes to study Estate Managemeni a t a Polytechnic. HAM LI N, J . C. B. M .M. Unipress, 3501 Queen Palm Drive, Tampa, Florida, U.S .A. ; J .K.S.; Sept. ' SO; T; House Monit or; C.C.F. (Army); P hotographic Society; Rowing 2nd VllI (Capt.), (2nd Cols.); to read Law at University of Florida. H ANCOCK, S. O. 5 , West Dumpton Lane, Ra msgate, Kent; J.K.S.; Sept. '80; T ; King's Scho larsh ip ; H ouse Monitor; King's Week Secretary; Football 1st X l ; Rugby 3rd XV; Swimm ing 1st team; to Bristol to read Engineering. HANDY, R. M. P. 'Oakfield ' , Misling Lane, Stelli ng M innis, Nr. Canterbury ; Dover College Junior School; Jan. '82; M R; to Sir Roger Manwood 's School, Sandwich . HANSEN, P. J . Bletchi nglye Farm , Rotherfield, Sussex; Holmewood House; Sept. '79; L/LN ; C.C.F. ; Beagling; 1'1lt Alchemist; Romeo and Juliet; Rowing 3rd VIII ; Rugby 2nd XV; Ca noeing; Natio na l Engineering Scholarship. HARRIS, R. R. 'Homeleigh ', No. 1 Corfe Castle, Wareham , Dorset; T he O ld Malt House; Sept. '79; L/SH ; Treosurt Islalld; Saili ng; to read Geography at Loughborough Un iversity. H ARRO LD, T. M ynydd Ednyfed , Criccieth , G wynedd , No rth Wa les ; Sto ke Brunswick; Sept. '79; L/G L; Caxton Society (Secretary/Treasu rer); Sympho ny O rchestra ; Band; H ouse P lays; Rugby 3rd XV ; Row ing; to read Law at University Co llege, Lo ndon. H EL L YA R, Susan C. 116 Beltinge Road, H erne Bay, Kent ; Ash ford Schoo l; Sept. '82; MR; Gi rls Hockey ; Netball 1st a nd 2nd VII ; Tennis 2nd VI; to read E nvironmenta l Sciences a t Lancaster University. H ILLS, R . A . 58 Holly Lane, Cli ftonville, Margate, Kent; Sept . '79; GL; Head o f House; Capta in of School ; P hotographic Society; School C ho ir ; King's Week Commando; Captain of Boats (1 st Cols.); O .K.S. G ift; to read H istory at King's College, London.

SON O. N. Ballards Mead , Ballards Lane, Lim psfi eld , Oxted . Surrey; Hazelwood; Sept. '79; L/LN ; C.C.F. Social HOD 'ees: Bookb ind ing; Beagling; Tomkillson's Schooldays; The Down~Going of Orpheus Hawkins; The Talisman; St""e.v . 'House Rugby, C ricket and Football ; Ca noeing. /tfon J' MBERSTONE, L. P. Bicelle, Sandyhurst Lane, Ash ford, Kent; J .K.S.; Sept. '80; L/LN; e.C.F. (Navy) Petty Officer; H~encing (2nd Cols.). NTER Kathryn S. IS Minter Close, Densole, Nr. Folkestone, Kent; Ash ford School; Sept. '82; GR; Tennis Team; H~uash Team (Cols.); Netball (Cols. ); to read Econo m ics and International Relat ions at SI. Andrew's University . UNTER-CRA IG , F io na M. P ittyfield H ouse, Wray Lane, Re igate, Su rrey; Dunotlar School; Sept. 'S2 ; B; Shooting H (SeCretary of Girls Shooting); Symphony Orchestra ; Netball 2nd VII; Tennis 2nd VI; House Tennis; to read Art History al university. ENNESS P. J . T he Coach H Ollse, East Kent Stud, Smeeth, Nr. Ashford, Kent; Friars; Ja n. 'SO; MR; Ho use Monitor; J C.C. F.; 'to tutoria l college; hopes to read Business Studies at university or polytechn ic. ERRY P. J . R. SOllth Bedales, Lewes Road, Haywards Heath, Sussex; Great Walstead ; Sept. '79; LIT; H ouse Monitor; KC.C.F.; Tile Down~Going o/Orpheus Hawkins; Romeo and J uliet; Football 1st Xl (Cols.); Rugby 2nd XV; Cricket

2nd XI. KRUGER R. C. A. T he Square , P enton Mewsey , Nr. Andover, Hampshire; Lambroo k; Sept. ' 80; B; Exhibition; House Monito;; Cricket 1st X I (2nd Cols.) ; Rugby 2nd XV; to read Biochemistry a t un iversit y. LAM, J . 51 Wilmington Avenue, C hiswick, Londo n , W4; J .K.S.; Sept. 'SO; L/LN; House Monitor; Socia l Services; symphony O rchestra ; Football 1st X I (M inor Sports Cols .). LANGFORD, Ellen R. 1949 East bourne P l. , Jackson , Mississippi 392 11 , U.S.A.; St. Andrew's School , M ississip pi ; May '84; MT . LARK, S. J . S. Pippins, Toys H ill , Westerham, Kent; Hazelwood; Sept. 'SO; L/SH ; Ho use Monitor; Head of Lattergate; Head of House; Cricket 1st X I (lst Cols .); Rugby 2nd XV ; Hockey 3rd Xl ; Footba ll 2nd X I; Oolf; hopes to read Geography at Exeter . LEATHEM, M. J. R. Fla t 11 , 27 Cleveland Square, London , W2 600; J .K.S; Sept. '80; L/GL; Music Scholarship; Exhibition; Jazz Club; Symphony Orchestra; Band ; Dream of Gerontius; Creation; Canterbury Psalms, Wild Oals: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Rugby 1st XV (team Cols.); 2nd X I Cricket; At hletics ( 1st Cols.); Cross-Country (1 st Cols.); Hockey 3rd XI; Football (M inor Sports Cols.); to read Histo ry at university. LERCHE, S. R. Beeches, Ruxbury Road , C hertsey, Surrey ; Scaitcliffe; Sept. '79; B; H ouse Mon itor; School Monitor; Vice Captain of School; O .K.S. Gift; Headmaster's P rize; C hamber C hoir; Golf (Capt.), (1st Cols.); Rugby 1st XV (2nd Cols.); Hockey 1st Xl (2nd Cols.); A thletics Team ; H ayma kers; to read Geology a t university a ft er Davies's College. LEWIN, T. R. J . 14 Southway, London, N.W . ! I; T he HaU; Ja n. '79; GL; House Monitor; to read French and Philosophy at university. LINNEY , A . C. S . Rocks Hill , Westerha m Road, Limpsfi eld, Nr. Oxted , Surrey ; H azelwo od ; Jan. 'S t ; L/ LN; C.C.F. _ C/Sgt; C ross~Cou n t ry (Cols.). LOW, R. J. 17 Sum mer Hill , Harbled own , Canterb ury, Kent; J .K. S .; Sept. 'S2 ; LI T ; C.C.F. (Navy and Army); Photographic Societ y; Schoo l C hoir; Squash ; J udo; Canoeing; Rowing ; House Rugby. MACKE NZIE , D . J. N . C ranworth House, C ranwo rth, T hetfo rd , Norfo lk; To wn Close House; Sept. '79; L/SH ; Treasure Island; Hockey 1st XI (Cols.); Cross~Co un try (Cols.); Cricket 2nd XI; to read Philosophy at Sussex University. MACKENZIE, S. M . Cranworth Ho use, Cranwort h , T hetford, Norfolk ; Town Close House; Sept. 'S I; W; C.C.F.; Colts Hockey. McMURRUGH , M. C. J . Glenfield Livery, Mead E nd Road, Denmead , Portsm out h; Twyford P reparatory School; Jan. '80; GL; Badminto n (Capt.); Sweeney Todd; Down~Go ing of Orpheus Hawkins; Le Bourgeois Genli/homme; One Way Pendulum; Cricket 2nd X l ; Hockey 2nd Xl ; Golf Team; Squash (1st Cols.); to Royal Agricultural College , Cirencester . MAAMARI, E. A . 12 C heyne Walk. Lo ndon, S.W.3; Ashdown Ho use; Sept. ' SO; LIB; The Lady from Maxim's; Ath letics (2nd Cols.); Rugby; Tennis; to take 'A' levels at Dav ies's. MAAMAR I, R . A.

12 C heyne Walk, London, S. W .3; Ashdown House; Sept. 'SO; LI B; to St. Paul's Sc hool, Londo n.

MAHTAN I. R . L. 22 1 ~223 Oxford Street, Sih Floor, London , WIR l AE; Quainton Ha ll School; Sept. 'S I; LX; e.C.F. (R .A.F.); Stage Hand for Romeo and Juliet; Wild Oats; Football U. I 5; Tennis U .1 5; to Business College. MAITLAND, A lison C . 50 Stan ford Road , Lo ndon, W.S; St. Mary's School, Wiltsh ire; Sept . '82 ; W; Photographic Society; Swim ming Club; Shooti ng Clu b; Wi/d Oals; Oklahoma!; Epsom Downs; T ennis 2nd VI. MALYON, D. Beechbrook Lodge, West well , Ash ford, Kent ; Dulwich College P reparatory School; Sept. '79; MR; House Monitor; Football 1st X I (Cols.) ; R ugby 5th XV; to read Management Sciences at U .M. I. S .T. MANN ING PRESS, S . J. 53 Main Road, Long Benn ingto n, Nr. Newa rk , Nott ingha msh ire; King's Grammar School, Grantham, Lines.; J an . ' 81; LN; Lattergate Monitor; H ouse Monitor; Sailing; Caxton Society; Beagling; Des ign and Print; Canoeing; T rain ing O rchestra; MOlley; C ricket 3rd XI; Rugby 4th XV; H ockey 3rd X l.

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MARLAR, Annajane B. Abbot's Place. Putley. Ledbury, Hereford; Windlesham House and Cheltenham Ladies' Sept. '82; 8H; ~onorary Choral Scholarship; B~nce Exhibi~ion; Mary Newell Prize; School ~Onitor; Chamber~ and Crypt Choirs; House Plays; School Musicals; Tenms 1st VI (Capt.); to read Vetermary Sciences al A~ University. U.S.A. u~ MARRIOT, Joanna, M. 95 Queen's Road. Richmond. Surrey; Putney High School; Sept. '82; MO; Netball 2 (Capt.); Ten Times Table; Wild Oats; Oklahoma!; Swimming; to read Medicine at The Royal Free HOSPi~ 'II) MONDADORI, P. Via Cappuccio, 9. Milan, Italy; Selwyn House and 1.K.S.; Sept. '79; T; Head of House- F . 1st XI (Cols.); Tennis 1st VI; to read Economics and Commerce at Bocconi University, Milan. ' 00tbaI MORTLOCK, M. A. 1 Pilgrims' Cottages, Pilgrims' Way, Doughton Aluph, Ashford, Kent; 1.K.S.; Jan. '80' O.K.S. Leavers Exhibition; Head of House; Fencing (Capt.), (lst Cols.); Football 1st XI; Cricket 3rd Xl' R. tttR; 4th XV; to read Chemistry at University College, London. ' utb, MOSTAFID, A. H. 865 Comstock Avenue, 18B, Los Angeles, California 90024, U.S.A.; King's College School Cambridge; Sept. '79; LX; Head of House; Rugby 3rd XV; Football 1st XI: to Medical School. • NEWALL. 1. W. M. 'The Tentermeads', Mayfield Road, Rotherfield, Crowborough, East Sussex; Brambletyc' Sept ..,.. B; House Monitor; ~chool Choir; The Lady from Maxim's; Romlfo and Juliet; Wild. Oat~; Oklahoma!; A Midsu';' 'T, Night's Dream; Cncket 2nd XI ; Hockey 2nd Xl ; to read Enghsh at Dundee UllIverslty. nrtr NOAKES, C. H. Trottenden, Goudhurst, Kent; Wellesley House; lan. '80; L/SH; Computing; Electronics' 10 r~ Computing Science at Stafford Polytechnic. ' NORTON, M. W. 1 Du nstall Road, Wimbledon, London, S.W.20; OMS; Shiplake College; Sept. '82: B: House MOnitor. Vice-Captain of Boats; Rowing (lst Cols.); Rugby (l st Cols.). . OYLER, 1. F. 7 Addison Bridge P lace, London, W I4 8XP; Marlborough House; Sept. '79 ; L/GL; House MOnitor. C.C.F. (Army) Sgt; Shoot ing (Secretary); Rugby 2nd XV (Capt.), (2nd Cols.): Rowing 2nd VIlI; to Sandhursl.· PHILLIPSON, T. R. 1. 40 Bekesbourne Lane, Littlebourne, Nr. Canterbury, Kent; 1.K.S.; Jan. '80; L/GL; MUSic Scholarship; C.C.F.; C horal Society; Orchestra; Band; Choir; Football 2nd XI; to study Design at Canterbury Colleae of Art. PICKSTONE, Margaret, L. J. IO Crowstone Avenue, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex; Culford; Sept. '82; B; King's Weft Assistant; hopes to read Chinese at Edinburgh University. PITKIN, A. D. 24 Winton Court, Winton Road, Petersfield, Hampshire; Holmewood House; Sept. '80; L/SH' Exhibition; Oklahoma!; Stage crew for A Midsummer Night's Dream; U.14 Rugby; Fencing; Canoeing; 10 read M~ at St. Thomas's. POCOCK, M. 1. Bullbeggars, Bullbeggars Lane, Godstone; Streele Court; Sept. '79; W; House Monitor; Caxton Society; The HUllIing of the Snark; Cross-Country (Cols.); Rugby 5th XV; to read Geography at Liverpool University.• PRESLAND, C . A. M. R. Ickham Hall, Ickham, Nr. Canterbury , Kent; Detteshanger; Jan . '80; MR; Newell Prize; The DowlI-Goillg o/Orpheus Hawkins; l azz Club ; Swimming; to Christ Church College, Canterbury, to read Radio, Film and T .V. Studies. PR IEST, Charlotte. 100 Add ison Gardens, London W . 14; St. Mary 's School, Caine. Sept. '82; LN; De Beers Diamond Scholarshi p; Photographic Society; Shooting; Social Services; Girls' Swimming (Capt.), (Cols.); Tennis 1st VI; NetbaU Team. PUGH, J. R. Army Legal Aid, B.A.O.R., B.F.P.O. 39; J.K.S .; Jan. '80; B; C.C.F. (Army) Corporal; The Ladyfrom Maxim's - stage crew; to read Classics at Southampton University. REAV ILL, A. SI. J. c/o Lt. Col. D. R. Reavill, H.Q., B.A.O .R; B.R.S.C. (Log), B.F.P.O. 40; J.K.S.; Jan. '79; LlGL; Headmaster's Prize; House Monitor; C.C.F . (Army); Canoeing (Capt.); Football 2nd XI; Badminton; Rugby 2nd XV (Capt.); Hockey 2nd XI (Capt.), (2nd Cols.); Squash U.14; to Sandhurst. RICHMOND, A. C. 39 Busheyfields Road, Herne, Herne Bay, Kent; J.K.S.; L/MR; Head of Pottery; Design and Print ; to study Hotel Management with the Savoy Group. RIDGWELL, D. B. 135 Elm Park Mansions, Park Walk, London, S.W. IO; Holmewood House; Sept. '79; B; Head of House ; Rugby 1st XV; Rowing 1st VIII (eols.). ROBSON, Charlotte P. 63 Drayton Gardens, London SWIO; Sherborne School for Girls; Sept. '82; SH; Honorary Choral Scholarship; Chamber, School and Crypt Choirs; Madrigal Society; lazz Concert; to read Law at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. ROGERS, A. IS Abbots Place, Canterbury, Kent; J.K.S.; Sept. '79; B; C.C.F. (R.A.F.); Socia l Services; Arsenicofld Old Lace; Hotel Paradiso; to read Biology at King's College , London. ROWE , Alison J. 69 Tankerton Road, Whitstable, Kent; Simon Langton Girls' School; Sept. '82; MT; House Monitor; Tennis 1st VI; Squash 1st V (Cols.); Netball 2nd VII; hopes to read Chemistry and Law at Exeter University. RUSHTON 1. P . Stonyfield, Great Baston, Dunmow, Essex; Widford Lodge, Chelmsford; Sept. '79; GR ; School Choir; The A lchemist; Pirates of Penzance; A Flea in Her Ear; Rlllg Round the Moon; Cricket 3rd XI (Captain of 4th XI); to Tutoria l College and C hartered Surveying. RUSSELL, 1. 1. 83 Wainsford Road, Pennington, Lymingto n, Hants; 1.K.S.; Sept. '81; MO; C.C.F. (R.A.F.); Rugby Colts 'A'; Cricket Colts 'A'; Sailing; to Broekenhurst College . 88 '"

NES W. H. A. Witherenden Farm House, Stonegate, Wadhurst, Sussex; Rose Hill School; Sept. '79; L/SH; Monitor' Rugby 1st XV (2nd Cols.); Tennis 2nd VI. House ' . . '8 S p Melinda 1. 25 Warwick Road, Walmer, Deal, Kent; Wmdlesham House School, Cranbrook; Sept. 2; H; sHA~'Monitor; School C~oir; Pater Society Secretary; King's Week Secretary; Dream o/Gerontius; to Christ's College, Ho bridge to read ClaSSICS. a C : A C Dunedin, High Elms Road, Downe, Kent; Bickley Park; Sept; '79; LIMO; House Monitor; C.C.F.; Stage StlA 'e~ of Junior King's Week Play; King's Week Commando; Rugby 1st XV (Team Cols.); Swimming (Capt.), Manag (151 Cols.). LEY, R. A. Pinetrees, Chapel Road, Wes~well, Ash~ord, Kent; Fria~s School; Sept. 'SO; MR; House Monitor; SH~~.F.; to tutorial college; hopes to read Busmess Studies at Polytechmc . RT J . N. W. lay House. Deanwood Road, 10rdans, Nr. Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire; Hordle House; Jan. SMA. MO' House Monitor; Shooting; King's Week Commando; Hockey 3rd XI (Capt.); Rugby 3rd XV (Capt.); School 'SO'd' Ban , Pirates of Penzance; House Plays; Tennis (1st Cols.); At hletics; C ross-Country; Fencing; to University of East

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MSlia. M1TH R L. Ninn Lodge Farm, Great Chart, Ashford, Kent; Fria rs School; Jan. '80; GR; House Monitor; Ring S R und tile Moon; Hockey (2nd Cols.); Golf (M inor Sports Cols.); Badminton Team; House Football a nd Rugby (&pt.); to read Geography at Liverpool University. SOLE J. E. 7 1 High Street, West Wratting, Cambs; J.K.S.; Jan . '82; LX; C.C.F. (R.A.F.); Wild Oats; Romeo and Juliet; Rugby Colts 'B'; Sailing Team; to Sixth Form College. SPR INGHALL, 1. B. E. The L~ne House,.Rotherfield, Sussex; Marlborough House; Jan. '79; LIB; C.C.F. (Army); Be:agling; Judo (Capt.); Shootlllg; Canoeillg. JOHN PARKER, Lucy Arabella. Lacies Court, Abingdon, Oxfordshire; Oxford High School for Girls; Sept. '82; SIChoral Scholarship; GL; Chamber and School Choirs; Band; Pirates of Penzance; Dream o/Gerontills; The Creation; 10 read History of Art at Manchester. STRANGE N. J. Hillmead, St. Stephens, Canterbury, Kent; Wootonley House School; Sept. '79; MT; House Monitor; Boat Cluh Secretary; Sailing (Capt.); Rowing (Cols.); to read Chemical Physics at Reading University. TAPHOUSE P. 3 Teesdale Road, Dartford, Kent; Grenham House; Sept. '79; LX; Barker Prize; House Monitor; Wild Oots - st~ge manager; Rugby 2nd XV; Football 2nd Xl; Tennis 2nd VI; Hockey 3rd XI; to read Engineering at Imperial College, London. TAYLOR, Celia M. A. Cricket House, Cricket Street, St. Thomas, Chard, Somerset; SI. Mary's Wantage; Sept. '82; LX; Social Services; Epsom Downs; Tennis 2nd VI; Netball 2nd Team; to study Estate Management at Cirencester. TAYLOR, 1. 1. A. Cricket House, Cricket St reet, SI. Thomas, Chard, Somerset; Beaudesart Park; Sept. 'SI; L/LN; Photographic Society; Romeo alld Juliet. TAYLOR R. H. 'Fairways' , Dudley Avenue, Westgate-onÂ·Sea, Kent; 1.K.S.; lan. '80; L/SH; House Monitor; C.C.F.; Junior Play; Hockey 3rd XI; Rugby 5th XV ; to read Business Studies at Brighton Polytechnic. TEES, J. A. Seacroft, 50 Royal Esplanade, Ramsgate, Kent ; St. Lawrence College Junior School; Sept . '79; B; House Monitor; Romeo and Juliet; Wild Oats; Antigone; Hotel Paradiso; The Lady from Maxim's; Rugby 4th XV; to read Biochemical Engineering at Imperial College, London. TEWUNGWA, A. D. Ministry of Regional Co-operation, P.O. Box 44 11, Kampala; Edinburgh House; Sept. '79; LX; House Monitor; Rugby (1st Cols.); Ath letics; Tenn is; to Mander, Portman and Woodward. THOMAS, E. H. 30 Park Town, Oxford; Dragon School; Sept. '81; B; Hockey (2nd Cols.); Ath letics (2nd Cols.). TURNER, A. A. 3 Montrose Place, London, SW IX 7DU; Temple Grove; lan. '80; T; C.C.F.; Photographic Society; Cross-Country; Rugby 5th XV. URSELL, P. G. Highmead House, Summer Hill, WiUesborough, Ashford. Kent; Friars School; Sept. '79; L/OR! ~ouse Monitor; C.C.F.; lunior and House plays; Rugby 2nd XV; Hockey 2nd XI; Golf Team; to read Medlcme at SI. Mary's Hospital. VALE, A. B. Toll Cottage, Butchers Cross, Mayfield, East Sussex ; 1.K.S. ; lan. '79; LIB; Canoeing; Beagli ng; Army; Fencing (Colts Cols.); Rugby 4th XV; to read Agriculture at Wye College. VAVASOUR S. M. A. Magpie House, Magpie Hall Road, Stubbs Cross, Ashford, Kent; 1.K.S.; Sept. '79; MO; House Monitor; d.C .F. (R.A.F.); King's Week Commando; Romeo and Juliet; Wild Oats; A Midsummer Nigh/'s Dream; The Government Inspector; Rugby 1st XV (Cols.); Hockey 3rd XI; to Davies's College. VINE, E. A. Rolles Court, Church Whitfield, Nr. Dover, Kent; Tormore; Sept. '79; GR; Printing Society; Film cameraman of interviews a nd plays for the School; Video-film Archives; fi lm cameraman for the lazz club, 1983 and 1984; 10 read Electrical Engineering at North Stafford shire Polytechnic. WAKEFIELD, N. 1. Greenlands, The Lees, C hallock, Ashford, Kent; J.K.S.; Sept. '79; LIMO; House Monitor; C.C.F. (Army); Rugby 1st XV (2nd Cols.); Football 1st Xl (Capt.); C ricket 3!d XI; B~sketball 1st Team; Cross-Cou ntry; Ath let ics (Cols.); to read Japanese at the School of Onenta l and Afncan Studies, London . WAITS, Francesca. Pax, I Harold Street, Dover, Kent; Mayfield Convent; Sept. '82; LN; Sen ior Scholarship; House Monitor; Girls Hockey (Capt.); to read Medicine at Jesus College, Cambridge .

WILLIAMSON, S. R, J. The High House, South Harting, NT. Petersfield, Hampshire ; Christ Church Calhed

Oxford; Sept. '79; L/SH; Music Scholarship; House Monitor ; Symphony Orchestra Secretary; Chamber ti) ~ Chamber, School and Crypt Choirs; Verdi Requiem; Dream o/Gerotllills; various school productions; OrganSc~C~ to read Music at Hertford College, Oxford. ~ WILSON, M. E. A. Brook Cottage, 34 The Beach. Walmer, DeaJ, Kent; Tormore; Jan. '79; LIB; House Monito. (Army); Down-Going of Orpheus Hawkins; Hotel Paradiso; The Lady from Maxim's; Shooting (Capt )r. ~~~.f. Sports eols.); to read Geography at King's College. London. . \lYJlno, WINCH, Rebecca. River HaU, Biddenden, Kent; Ashford School; Sept. '83; MT; House Monitor; School8and' co. and Chamber Choirs; Hockey Team; Netball Team; to read Music at Exeter University. ,~boot WOOD, Catherine A. 20 South View, Bromley, Kent; James Allen's Girls' School; Sept. '82; SH; Crawford Histo . King's Parliament; Debating Society; Choir; Treasure Islalld; Swim ming; to read History at Trinity College, Ca~bZ: YEANDLE , S. P. The T hatched Cottage, Chestn ut Wood La ne, Borden, NT. Sittingbourne, Kent; Eylesden C Sept. '79; L/GL; C .C.F.; Tomkinson 's Schooldays ; One Way Pendulum; Sweeney Todd; Le Bourgeois Gel/Who Dun; Squash 1st Tea m; Cricket 2nd X I (2nd Cols.) ; to read Chem ical Engineering a t U.C.L. I

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Sqn. Ldr. B. A. James, M.C. (1932) copies of whose book Moonless Night, concerning his wartime exploits as a P.O W in Germany, have been placed both in the Walpole Collection and the School Library, has been made Tech nical Advhtt to Colombia Pictures fo r their mak ing of the film Jerry's War a four hour fi lm to be shown on T.V . worldwide. a true story of Sta lag IVB. M . S. Spark (1941) has recently moved to Burley-in-Wharfedale, Yorkshire. where he advises there will be spare bedrooms avai lable for any of his school contemporaries. M . Gordon (1946) has been appointed Deputy Cha irman, Tay lor Woodrow Management Ltd. The Hon. Mr. Justice A. A. Kneller (1946) was appointed a Judge of the Kenya Court of A ppeal in April 1984 by P residen t Moi. R. D. F. Bream (1953) was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant fo r the County of Leicestershire, o n 19th J uly, 1984. D. A. R. Poole ( 1955) has recently been a ppointed to the main board of Blue Circle Industries, with special responsibilities fo r all company operat ions in the Western Hemisphere. A. J. R. Adams (1957) now lives on the Costa del Sol where he owns a success fu l real estate business. He wo uld be very pleased to hear fro m any O.K.S. contempo ra ries in the a rea either o n holiday or permanently. Dr. J. R. C hcnevixÂˇTrench (1964) is now on the Staff of Glenalmond College, Perthshire, teach ing Biology. G. S. Busbridge (1972) is now Organist and Choir Master at Bedford School, where he joins R. A. Eadie (1967) who is a lso o n the Staff there. Sub. Lt. R. J. M. Willi amson R.N. ( 1980) has been posted to Hong Kong as Gun nery Officer on board H.M.S. Starling. Sub. Lt. T. J. L. Williamson R.N. (1982) is studying for a B.Sc. at the Royal Naval Engineering CoUegeat Manadon near Plymouth . O. M . Seymour (1980) has completed a B.A. Honours Degree in Archaeology at Reading University, and has dcddtd to emigrate to find 'adventure, fame and fortune' in Ca nada, as a professional pilot.

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RUBY WEDDING Worsfold-Lloyd Tanncr.-Christopher Worsfold (1922) to Leslie Lloyd Tanner, o n 2nd September, 1944, at St. Nicholas', Pyrford.

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Noel Howlett (1920), o n 25th October, 1984, aged 82. _Eric Oliver Harris, MB, BS, FRCS, (1922) on 29th September , 1984, aged 79 . ~"_Cyril Edward Latter (1925), o n 7th November, 1984, aged 77. J,IlIt ft._Cecil Hugh Barnett (1925), on 25th December, 1983, aged 76. :;::ft._Edward Hardy Brenan ( 1933), aged 70. ..,..ttr.-peter John Leader ( 1960), aged 38. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;˘ .on _Lee Paul Robinson ( 1978), aged 20.

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ERIC OLIVER HARRIS F.R.C.S. (School House 1918-22) After a short but serious illness Oliver Harris died on 29th September, 1984. He trained at Middlesex Hospital and specialised in E.N.T. Surgery. For many years he was in private practice in Harley Street and was E.N.T. Consulta nt to the Middlesex Hospital Group and the Royal Masonic Hospital of which hospital he was on the Board of Management. On retirement from private practice some years ago be became Senior Lecturer in Anatomy at the Royal Free Hospital. At this ti me he was ab le to devote more time to his great hobby of golf and purchased an apartment at Radlett largely because it overlooked the local Golf Club of which he became Captain . He held high office in the Grand Lodge of England and was Master of the Cantuarian Lodge in 1959 and 1960. He lived his life to the full and was a kind and generous man who will be greatly missed. He kaves a widow I Hilda, affectionately known to all their friends as Poppy.

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APRIL 1985

CONTENTS PAGE

THREE GUEST EDITORIALS

THIS ANO THAT

CHAPEL FUND

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FOCUS

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NINETEEN OUT OF TWENTY

104

CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL'S UNIVERSITY STUDENTSHIPS

110

BOOK REVIEWS

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THE CANTUARIAN INTERVIEW

115

HOUSE NOTES

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REPORTS AND REVIEWS MUSIC AND DRAMA

127

TALKS

150

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VISITS

155

THE SOCIETIES

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IMAGINATIV E WRITING

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S PORT

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LETTERS TO TH E EDITOR

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THE SCHOOL

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OXFORD AND CAM BRIDGE AWARDS AND I'LACES, 1984

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SALVETE AND VAL ETE

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C.C.F. NOTES

189

O.K .S. NEWS

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CAPTION COMPETITION

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THE CANTUA R1AN

Editors: D. M. Andrews , K.S., Lucy E. Charrington, K.S., P . H . McCleery, K.S., M.S., M. J. Nash, K.S., J . P . H. Nicholls, K.S., P . E . H. Paines. Photographic Editors: M. J . Smith, R . E . Strive ns, K.S., M.S. Senior Editor: P. J. Brodie, M.A.

OUR CONTEMPORARIES We acknowled ge wit h thank s the receipt of magazines fr o m the fo llowing schools : Aldcnham, Bedford, Bryanslon, Campbell Co llege, C ra nbroo k, Dover College, Durham , Eastbournc. Fclstcd, Gresham's, R.G .S . Guildford , Harrogate College, Kenton College, King's ParramaHa, King's Rochester, Marlborough, Rugby, S1. Augustine's College, Westgate, Sulton Va lence, Tonbridgc, Westm inster.

THE CANTUARIAN APRIL ,

VOL. XLIX No.2

1985

THREE GUEST EDITORIALS Tile Editors planned to take a little break, disguised as an opportunity for others. The response was remarkable, not perhaps for the number who felt they had something to say but for the shored perceptions of those who did. It may be that only would-be editorial writers feel this way - or think they ought to feel this way - but it may also be one oj, or the, authentic voice o! tllose who do a bit of thinking at King's. What do you think? Near the end of each Cantuarian lies one of the most imposing pages contained within it. 1I lists all the school and house monitors, the captains of the varying sports and other officials. To O.K.S. and parents these will be merely names; to pupils they are the very real people who represent the big shots in the framework of the school. This hierarchical system at King's could be accused of hindering one of the most important objectives of education: that of cultivating mutual respect between human beings. This may seem to be a bold and paradoxical statement, as a 6a boy in a purple gown gliding across the Green Court can hardly fail to arouse respect in even the most self-assured of new boys, but whether the former also respects the latter is another question. Respect here needs to be defined. It is the ability to appreciate the worth of others, whether it be similar or opposed to one's own, and whether one considers the person to be better or lVorse than oneself. We are all entitled to have our own opinions of others, but the fact that lVe may consider someone inferior to ourselves does not mean that they playa role in any way less significant in the framework of society than we do. The all-consuming life we lead at King's can act as a screeh from the society into which we will be thrown at the end of our time here. It is easy to put concern into our voices as we lament about the numbers of people starving in Ethiopia, but how much more concern we show if the fags haven't delivered our bread in time for a piece of toast at break . This is putting it in very Slark terms, but it is vital, whether it be only a glance through the papers, or a weekly session at the local hospital, to look beyond the school at the world, of which we are all equally a part. I do not want to decry the authority and responsibility given to pupils by the appointment of monitors and captains of sports . It is needed to retain the structure of the school, spread the burden of administration, responsibility and discipline, and add incentive to encourage improvement in pupils; it also gives experience of dealing with other people. [ merely wish to question whether the outward signs of it are really very important, and warn against the danger of becoming preoccupied with one's own importance. Will future friends and colleagues really care whether you wore a purple gown, played rugger for the first XV or could walk across the Green Court? Or alternatively will they care if you were a born rebel and broke every rule in the Rotulus? [ dare to presume they will not. That which will be infinitely more important is IVhether you possess the ability to work constructively with them, to coexist genuinely with them, be they fellow O.K.S. or representative of a differing upbringing, education, attitude or race. LUCY CHARRtNGTON. 93

DAVID GOWER CELE8RATES WINNING THE SERIES AGAINST INDIA (Associaled Press)

The event which dominated the headlines throughout 1984, the miners' strike, is fin all and as Mr. Scargill leads his sullen miners back to work, Tory voters are claiming a Y.OVtr, of management over the unions. Considering that the unions are the workers' represen;,ctory this translates into a victory of management over workers. Yet this question must be atlkVes, why must there be a conflict at all? as ed: Britain's record in industrial relations over the years has been an unenviable one and from this conflict between employers and employees; she would do well to observ~ and ~te",s learn from the countries where there has been more success in this field - for example Gern? to the United States or Japan. any, I freely admit that I know next to nothing about German industry; in Japan, however I kn that their excellent record in industrial relations - by far the best in the world - i; mai based on a sense of harmonious community in the large companies. This is partly engende n y by the completely meritocratic way these companies are run, by the way each employee is gi~ed an equal chance; those who make it to the top do it the hard way, through talent and induSl: n not Oxbridge. Every candidate for promotion is carefully considered, deviously observed the unsuccessful, the company is still faithful; bonuses and pensions are good, management 'an~ workers often dine in the same cafeteria; in (for example) Nissan, the company's luxurious COUntry club is open to all employees, both managerilent and workers, all the year round. As a result many Japanese workers spend their entire working life with one company, very rarely take mor; than half their paid annual holiday, and almost never go on strike. The employers respect and are loyal to their employees, the employees loyal and respectful to their employers. The United States is no industrial relations paradise, bia here and there are examples which should be followed. I am not saying that they occur only in America; they probably occur almost as frequently throughout the Western world. But America is very much more a land of opportunity than anywhere in Europe; there an entrepreneur with a good idea, talent and the capacity for hard work can set up shop and make his business successful. His workers will respect someone who - as in Japanese industry - has made it to the top on his merits. A good employer will spend much of his time on the factory floor, and actually understands what it is like to be a worker: that is crucial. In Britain too many Oxbridge graduates step straight into the top levels of a business without any knowledge of the business; like Plato's Guardians, they have had an abstract training of the mind, and no more. How can anyone blame the workers for not respecting this sort of management? And considering how badly the Oxbridge system has been abused, who can blame them for banding together to secure their needs? Yet this is how the management versus workers conflict, which has caused British industry so much trouble, came about. It is the same with Governments. Only two American Presidents had an Ivy League (Oxbridge equivalent) education, out of the forty there have been. How many British Prime Ministers Itave not had an Oxbridge education? I am afraid I offer no solution , only this destructive criticism; I have, however, tried to hint at where a solution may be found. Success can only occur when the North and the South, the rich and the poor, the Oxbridge and the red brick, are united; when Disraeli's 'Two Nations' are one. BRETT ARENDS.

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. h k band 'The Smiths' seems to sum up the attitude of many King's pupils lyriC from t e roc ~er well: today that life is simply takmg . ' . rat and not gIVIng. 'I decree . . , nd is mine and it owes me a hvmg! . Engla . , eo Ie don't tend to realise how different we are. We tend to consIder on the wh~le s~~?~ ~:Or'::,. Whilst literally hundreds of thousands of people of our::Fe wÂ°ctr y e Sl~ a~~u~~~~th~OO~h:~ oursel~~~St~e~ can make ends meet until they get their dwole mondey , w about h ld have in the house soccer team. e ten no t t 0 n . bout whom we s ~u d n't even care. 'Poverty' has no real meanmg to most o! us poverty, on morke dthanOiust an . . a country that is far closer to the scenes evo e m rwe We hve m . . . ht well Imagme. hId Vie mIg . . he oor" but I believe we tend to be rather s e tere I am n~t SfY!f'~"~~~ ~~ ~~ÂĽ~ ~~~?h~O;roJem i~ through changing deep seated preiufices; in the sc 00 . ore aware of the world around us and not look upon people of lower c asses we must f"s'rbe :nrferent order who should be treated with contempt. The. school must tate

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Dr. J. M. Hammersley, FRS, has retired as representative of Trinity College, Oxford, having served on the Governing Body for ten years. He was especially interested in the development of computing in the School (starting with great foresight by being mathematics tutor to Mr. Cooke), and the far-ranging, almost Utopian, seminar he and Professor Hoare, FRS, (GR 1947-52) conducted on the subject a year or two ago is still vividly remembered. He is succeeded by Dr. R. J. Popplewell, who has the right idea of his responsibilities, according to happy King's hockey players whom he entertained during the Oxford Festival. Their coach was heard to mutter about 'S-Ievel goat management'. The proportion of girls in the School is once again reflected on the Governing Body by the arrival of Lady Lloyd: she joins Mrs . Leigh-Pemberton to give women something over 100J0 . Lady Lloyd, whose husband is a Lord Justice of Appeal, is a social worker and teacher of family therapy. Her educational background is Oxford and L.S.E., and she pursues her relaxations of gardening at her home in East Sussex, of theatre at her London home, and of cooking at both. The Governors

Mr. Arthur Gore celebrated at the beginning of this term an anniversary which may not find its match ever again: fifty years' service to the School, unbroken pure except for the war. We understand that ways of marking this occasion are in ation delayed by the characteristic silence on the matter on Arthur's own part. In the prepatrlme V:e record our gratitude and admiration, and affection. lIlean Gold

We congratulate Mr. and Mrs. Reid and Dr. and Mrs. Maltby on the respective arrivals of Rupert David Bretherton (7th February) and Moille. . hdays 8rrt Frances (12th February) : all are well. Somewhat further along the road IS he Revd. Peter Allen, whose 50th birthday on 13th January was the occasion of probably more T . s than we know about His House certainly gave a good one, and there was a very pleasant partie . , . dinner at St. Augustine s. . . We are sure that his many friend s and past pupils. - .one includes the other. - will like to t that Mr. F. H. Voigt will be 80 on 17th June. He IS sull at 6, Marlborough Villas, Menston, fl~l~y, Yorkshire, his and his sister Helen's home for 70 years. Invis~ble

The School group (Galpin's really, bar one) Invisible Sun m~de its debut 'Live in the Shirley Hall' on Monday, 25th March. The evemn~, dlfected musically by Andrew Fordham and mother-hen ned by Dr. Mallion, was a sell-out, characterised by some of the most disciplined raving ever observed. Nelghbo.urs had been crawled to but in fact it was all considerably less obtruSive than bell-nnglng practice. The Archbishop ret;eated to Lambeth, gamely sending good wishes as 'the father of the manager of Harvey and the Wallbangers'.

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The field for Music Scholarships was one of the strongest ever, and certainly the largest. Altogether seventeen awa.rds were made, to candidates. from fifteen different schools, and the deCISIOns were not easy. MUSical activities are reported fully elsewhere in this issue but it is perhaps not invidious to mention tW? outstanding ones here : the concert at St. Lawrence Jewry in the City in which 65 boys. and glfls took part on Thursday, 14th March, and a Meditati?n in Wo,:ds and MUSIC In the QUlfe of the Cat~edral on Tuesday, 26th March. This was a chain of readings linking the Feast .of the Annuncl~uon with Passiontide, chosen and read by Mr. Allen, Interspersed a.nd Illuminated by beautifully sung choral and solo pieces . It is greatly to be hoped that thiS Will become a regular ending to the Lent Term . Not only making music but making what it is made on is Jeremy Poole (MO 1962-67). A double-bass player at King's (and with the National Youth Orchestra), he confessed to The Times that what he really had to have was a harpsichord , price about ÂŁ5-10,000. Since underwater acoustic engineering doesn't pay that sort of money he deCided to make one. It took 18 months and a more reasonable ÂŁ1500, and looks marvellous in the photograph. And it sounds good enollgh for the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields to have borrowed It for the Chichester Festival. Real Music

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By a satisfactory coincidence the same issue of The Times had more about unusual music-making. Reporting on his Pilgrimage to the heart oj England Michael Watkins was struck by the remarkable parallels between ways of getting cash off tourists in the Longmarket and in the Djema'a el-Fn~, 'that sCIuare in Manakesh': buskers strummers drummers child-acrobats whlfling to narcotic clapping and stampmg .. . Mr. Co;ner tells us 'that enquiries for Canterbury Pilgrimages, the holiday enterprise he runs for the School, rose dramatically almost at once. 97

Stills From ~ A King's sixth-former in Birmingham for an intervie Horror MovIe of c~urse) thought that Redbrick, the student m: g(:~~rettable deviant e there, see ' . famlhar. A closer look confirmed that the feature a· and Oxbndge had been illustrated entirely with Cantuarian hot rtlcle On Public Sch~ed ~~ f~78d ~3u)t JoJly Old Rugger Machismo and The OutstandiniKin~gr;~~!iZ~~q~ality was~~ . an Bruce Watson (W 1977-82) to be identified in the·1I 0 A a ert Dennoa" was dIsclosed: not only did Dulwich and King's send 'a staggeri~~ 5{Y. .fad state of affaitl add to th~, '40places reser~ed for Eton' but ' at King's students are PUpl s to Ox bridge' I to locals. I thmk that's quote fair," said Mikaela, an Australian at threpnman?,ed, for talkinO pubhc school m ,t,he count~y and I don't think we should mix with the r~~~~~oi· lit s the oldes~ ~ogo to Oxfo!d ,saId MIkaela, who IS now a medical student there This· a ~ays expecled :~:~ ~~~i~u~~f~~~dg omxabs~dhoO! ... where boys write poems ·associating deatha~i~~'~:i1,:rrogance n ge . ng 10 get Isis, Oxford's Redbrick, researches more serious to i . P d · voted 'second prettiest girl at Oxford'. Get cracking,P~~·ile;~ ence Dalley (MT 1982-84) was Mr. G. D. Lindley (1943-48 , Wand founder-member LX) I amazmgly detaIled letter recalling the School's wartime C l!,~ sent us an sch ~olboy perspective is well conveyed: 'On M 1 ornls days. The announc~d t~ our dorm Itory that Hitler was dead. The war ended on 7~~ Mst B. AInsWOrth two days hohday. On 8th May we sang Now thank w /I G d d ay. e were granled I th~ught'pLuther's hym n Ein' jeste Burg. After COII:c~in~~~m~ w':W ~~~;:f:~~ :~co~~ruOUSIY war son ar Moor I went home. When I came back I . . d th G . e c lOa-clay Mr. Voigt said 'Schliessen Sie die Tiir, bitte'. In the ~{t~~~~on ~e ~~~~~~I:~i'~s.9range Hall. VE-Day 1945

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Sport in the early part of the term consisted mostly of looking at the snow, till a Can luarian initiative populated Birley's for a Grand Inter-House sport Snowman Building Competition. Though the rule that' All snowmen must . the best possible taste' left some teams unable to start, the competition was pursued be '~iOuSlY by the rest; Mitchinson's won. As the cold weather continued the old desperate plan Ingeul a dyke round the Green Court and flood it for skating was remembered. A few trials 10 Pe made and it worked: the thaw set in immediately. wef ' Indoor sport continued unhampered, except by lac k of space. We congratulate Mark Adamson MT) on winning all three individual titles - foil, epee, sabre - at the Kent Junior Fencing hampionships. We understand that he is the first boy to achieve this distinction, though two Ihree other King's fencers have paralleled it at a more senior level. We also congratulate the ~~sketball team on their ingenious idea to visit the sun-drenched Channel Islands at half-term, here 'all went well' according to a bland spokesman . Lastly in our indoor sports file we have wn account of a reinaugural dinner held at St. Augustine's by the Canterbury Pilgrims Boat ~Iub. The Pilgrims, with a so far rather comet-like propensity to come and go, should, under Ihe patronage of the Headmaster, the presidency (a well-deserved honour) of David Goodes, Ihe chairmanship of Richard Roberts (SH 1945-5 1) and the acting secretarys hip of Peter Ament (GR 1952-57), enjoy a period of well-guided success. Their aim is to support the School's Boat Club and, perhaps, have a paddle themselves occasionally. King's paddlers have also been doing well disguised as the Canterbury City Canoe Club, Chairman Richard Appleyard (MT 1980-84). Dominic Vye and Hugh Pritchard (both MT) were respectively first and second in the Invicta rankings, and Hugh won the gold medal at Hambleden Weir as 'first youth' - an age-bracket , not a tableau vivant. We were intrigued to read in the World Hockey Cup News (the World Hockey Cup for Men will be competed for in England in 1986) that 'Michael Bailey and his committee have developed a firm outline for the tournament' . An accompanying photograph showed Mike Bailey's (W 1950-54) outline much as usual: the reference was to a Veterans' Tournament to be run, or held, concurrently with the World Cup. Each team on the field must aggregate 450 years, which sounds impressive till one remembers (and who wouldn't) that a rout , or whatever they come in , of len Morris dancers who performed before Charles I aggregated over 1000 years . Also on the organising committee is Peter Holmes-Johnson (LN 1954-59).

Eating Hedgehogs ' A recruit gets up and says he is "into survival and living off the land: I eat Is Wrong hedgehogs" . The next two men, however, are both the typical class o f HAC men . Wellington and King's School, Canterbury, they have in common an obvious but unexpressed regret that their schooldays have come to an end.' Hardly surprising, as 'the run and accompanying PT in the dark are reminiscent of a punishment inflicted on the whole house by a sadistic housemaster. There is much shouting of 'Go, go, go !' The hedgehog-eater didn't make it - he worked in a shop - but the others were in, stripping off their 'Lloyd's sweat-shirts'. Is this the sort of stuff the Honourable Artillery Company really needs to be associated with? But perhaps it is just that journalists know what sells magazines ... Intending soldiers who have studied the Arnhem battle-scene in Mr. Hattee's classroo m will not be surprised that its joint-donor - with Major W. N. Hayes, MC, DL (SH 1933-37) impressed at Exeter recently. At the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment tercentenary parade, 'I was especially pleased to see Brigadier 'Speedy' Bredin leading his Dorsets, umbrella at the port, moustache at the quiver, bowler hat judiciously unrakish'. That's it - judiciously unrakish. Brigadier A.E.C. Bredin, DSO, MC, DL (1 924-29) commanded the 1st and 5th Dorsets in 1944-45 in NW Europe, and was Colonel of the Regiment 1967-77 . 99

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We are pleased to lea rn that the Parker awards at Corpus Cambr' be available to King's boys and girls accepted by the Coliege wh~d~e, wiU use the time between sc hool and university constructively', This see P an 'to a substantive way of continuing an o ld connection, and one that reconciles present no~s to bt eq uity and tried notions of benefaction, Ions or A list of scholars whose might-have-been successors lost out to policy changes appears' , iss ue, We are indebted to Dr. Charles Knight~n of Magdalene College, Cambridge, for reco~n thl! the names of those whom the New FoundatIOn at Canterbury sent to Oxford and Camb enng till Henry VIII relieved it of this responsibi lity and of the rel evant endowments , Old r:l~ge, of The Cantuarian will remember the lists of King's Scholars gathered by the late Dr. Urr/( erg Brian Jeffery - now Dr. - (GR 1950-57), who has also been consulted by Dr. Knighton) /nd figured in all send-ups of The Cantuarian: but in their own right (rat her than as source_m~tehe~ for social history) they are undoubtedl y one of the parts of permanent value, as will be ~a Knighton's list. r, Surfacing in the present, we congratulate Anthony Musson (T 1979-84) on winning the FiSh Selb y History Prize with an essay on 'The Impact of Wilkes on Kent', Toby Miller (SH 1978.8~; on his First in Classical Moderations, and Mr. Peter Murray Jones (MR 1964-69) On hi appo intment as Fellow and Librarian of King's College , Cambridge. I Scholars

'As an educational publisher, my belief is that we are all in the business of roundabouts and pendulums, but that wherever in the circuit or in the arc we must take up th e challenge of current chan ge'. This quotation from ~ recent circular is irreleva nt to what follows but we wished to share the uplift of an heroic thought with yo u, Certainly neither the publisher nor the readers of Medieval Medical Miniatures, by Peter Murray Jones , are ex posed to any risk of deja vu, whether cyclic or oscillatory. All freshly gathered from unpublished manuscripts, th ese miniatures (some of them not for the weak stomached) are rivetting. We are grateful to Dr. John Lipscomb for his review, RabbI Dan Cohn-Sherbok's The Jews of Canterbury contains a full account of the history of our Old Synagogue Recital Room , as well as much other newly researched matter. The book is illustrated by Mr. Pragnell , and a review of it appea rs in this issue, Associated with our Blackfriars Art Centre is A Family from Flanders, by John Peters. This family were the de la Pierres, refugees from religious persecution in the Low Countries, and through them Mr. Peters, a descendant bearing the anglicised form of th e name, tells a wider story of much fortitude and resilience, The de la P ierres li ved in the Blackfriars, where the initials of some of them can be seen carved in the riverside buttress; several of their sons came to King's, The book is reviewed by the present occupant of de la Pierre House. 'What Robert Houdin was to magic in Europe, Robert Heller was to the United States. He gave to magic and magicians a standing in America which previously neither had had, Earlier performers had not his finesse, his cultured manner .. .' That gives it away: 'Robert Heller' was, in fact, William Henry Ridout Palmer, a pupil at King' s in 1844, and a fine concert pianist as we ll as 'one of the greatest international stage magicians'. A well-researched booklet telling the story of this unusual man has been published by Mr. Frank Koval of Oldham, Lancashire, who has kindly presented a copy to the School Library. New Books

We welcome Mrs, Pat Hopkins as Headmaster's Secretary, in place of Mrs, McMillan who had to leave for fam ily reasons. Mrs, Hopkins tells us that there were two irresistible reasons for coming, one of which was the view from her office windo w, Also new is Miss Rosemary Gann, her predecessor Miss G lover having finally opted for Amsterdam. We hope both Mrs, Hopkins and Miss Gann will be very happy at King's, Welcome

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SUPERNATURAL INTERVENTION IN A BATTLE (Robert Cooper) 101

fOCU0 SOCIAL SERVICE REPORT VISITING THE ELDERLY IN THEIR HOMES

Every Thursday afternoon, I visit Mrs. Doxford in her house. She is almost totally bl" and so I help her with things that she is unable to do herself, like gardening and reading Doxford has kindly agreed to the publication of an account. . 13

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Clang! A pause of five minutes. Then footsteps. The door creaks open slowly. A wrinkled face out at me. For a moment she doesn't know who I am, but 1 say a few words to her; she su,dd.,nt' reali zes it's me and says eagerly: 'Well, well. If it isn't Julien. Well why don't you come Her accent is broad Scottish. I walk into the dreary hall and she leads the way into the living room, an oppressive place full of heavy furniture. She is talking all the time as she lowers herself into a large armchair: 'I was just rememb'ring it was Thursday and you'd be coming round. And then I heard the bell and thought: "Who could that be?" And then 1 opened it and you were standing there What a coincidence! Moby seems very excited - he was dashing about in his pool. 1 think ~ knew you were coming!' 1 laugh with difficulty. It is hard to feel happy when 1 visit Mrs. Doxford . There are no lights on, and Just lookmg at Mrs. Doxford makes me feel depressed. It IS so appalhng to realise that there are so many old, physically handicapped people who live all alone with the company 01 no one, except perhaps a home-help twice a week. Mrs. Doxford is still talking. She mainly talks about past events: about her house in Scotland and glorious holidays in France. She is full of memories and loves to talk about them. She paus~ for an instant, and I take the opportunity to ask her if there's anything she 'd like me to do. 'Well .. .' she says, hesitantly. 'I got a letter from my friend Margaret today. Do you know her? Oh, of course you wouldn 't. Could you read the letter to me, do you think?' I start to read slowly to her. All the phrases are totally meaningless to me: 'Anne's getting married . . .' 'George is going to college,' but the way in which her cracked face lights up, it shows me that letters mean a lot to her. When 1 have finished the letter, I ask her if she'd like me to do anything in her garden for her. 'Ah . .. ' she says. 'I was just wondering if. .. out in the front there's a bush which 1 think looks very untidy. Could you dig around it do you think, just to make it seem as though somebody cared.' She points out the bush, and 1 fetch the fork from her 'chalet'. She always says, when I'm doing any digging: 'My husband always says that a fork works much better than a spade.' 1 go through the door and set to work. Once or twice 1 look up and she's watching me out of the window, and 1 wave to her. When 1 have finished the work, 1 go back into the house. She looks at my work and thanks me very sincerely. I look at my watch. Quarter to four. 'Well, I'm very sorry Mrs . Doxford, but it's time for me to get back to school now.' She says 'All right. 1 understand. Good-bye then.' 1 walk through the front door and mount my bicycle. 102 SNOW MEN (Richard Strivensj

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'Goodbye!' I yell. 'Bye!' U next week" . â&#x20AC;˘5ee yo d ' 'Yes - on Thurs ay . h'zZ down the drive. Just before I turn the corner, I look at her. She's still waving fervently. I Ws~e walks back into the house, and shuts the door. Then JULIEN FOSTER .

DOUG WRIGHT AND ALAN EALHAM Ki ng'S cricketers are singularly fortunate in having two ex-Kent cricket captains to coach and ourage them throughout the winter months: Doug Wright and Alan Ealham . Doug Wright's en~eer spanned the quarter-century from 1932-57 and he was without doubt the most exciting ca d controversial bowler of his day. H is bouncy run-up with its whirl of arms ensured that he ~s frequently likened to a kangaroo, yet from his high action he bowled his leg-breaks and WOoglies at a pace unattempted by his rivals. In his day he was quite unplayable, a fact attested ~y his record of seven first class hat tricks, while the ball with which he bowled Lindsay Hassett in Melbourne in 1951 was so 'perfect' that it is still talked of with reverence. His 2056 wickets in first class cricket were gained at an average of less than 24, but in Test matches his tally of more (han 100 wickets cost as much as 39 runs each. However, this is a faulty guide to the danger and penetration of his bowling. No matter how many runs he conceded he always looked as if he was going to take a wicket, and, along with Bedser, he was the English bowler to bear the brunt of Bradman' s barrage, confronting him in no less than three series. Furthermore, the speed at which he bowled and the amount which he turned the ball meant that he was liable 10 beat bat, wicket, stumper and everything, and thus he often missed his due reward. With no lillie reason was he cited as England's unluckiest bowler. Alan Ealham never played for England, though he did field for them once . He scored over II 000 runs for Kent in first-class cricket and over 5,000 runs in one day matches; however, he' was handicapped by the strength of the early Kent batting which ensured he seldom batted above number five, and often had to sacrifice his wicket in the chase for quick runs, which he did with carefree abandon. A fast scorer and fine stri ker of the ball , he played like an amateur in a game which was becoming increasingly cynical and money-orientated. It was this quality which made him such a fine leader when he took over the captaincy of Kent in 1976, leading them to victory in the championship in 1978. Yet, above all , he will be remembered for his fielding. At a time when the one day game was in its infancy, a new generation of spectacular fielders emerged, of whom Ealham was arguably the best. King's cricket has benefited enormously from the invigorating efforts of these two distinguished cricketers, whose enthusiastic coaching has been a constant source of inspiration to those who all end the nets at St. Lawrence Cricket Ground and has done much to contribute to the success and enjoyment of King's cricket in recent years. ROBERT OLIVER.

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NINETEEN OUT OF TWENTY N ineteen out oj twenty people oj school age do not go to independent schools. Thr O.K.S., Jeremy Wright (MR 1977-81), Frederick Dove (W 1977-80) and Lisa Candy (ne:e60~'R LN 1975-77) have written Jor us about their experiences in the 'maintained' sector. aWes,

PIMLICO COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL T he tutoring scheme that I was involved in began in 1975176, when twelve Third-year Eleclr' E ngineering undergraduates from Imperia l College visited The P imlico School, London 10 hC~1 with the teachin g of combined science to third-year pupils. Since then tutoring has been ~xlenJ~ to three other London comprehensive secondary schools and o ne primary school. In the academ' yea r 1980/8 1 the 'Pimlico Connection', as the tutoring scheme has come to be called, beca~~ a society of the Impen a l College Swdent UllIon, with a. team of stude~t~ .helping with th, ad mmlstratlon of the proJect, recrUltm g tutors and co-ordmat mg their activities in the schools in collaboration with the teachers. I was involved in tutoring maths to second and fifth formers. The system of teaching used is considerably different from that of King's in that there is no ' blackboard ' teaching done by the teacher. T he pupils have work cards which explain the basic principles behind a certain topic so that, as the pupils work through the exercises on the work card, it is assumed that they will become fam iliar with th e topic and in this way ' learn' the subj ect. The role of the teacher (and the tutors) is to circulate, sorting out problems, clari fying points on the work cards and often explaining in greater detail the ideas that the wo rk cards are trying to convey. Such a teaching system is employed as there is no real strea ming of the children and so in this way, more intelligent children in the class can advance at a faster rate than the others.' In addition, this course work counts as a significant percentage of the 'CSE' or '0' level examination so there is an incentive for the pupils to persevere and progress . T he teachers seem to favou; this system, although I did not feel it had a considerable amount to recommend it. Many children manage to complete a work card without understanding fully th e ideas behind it , either through help from their friend s or through using the a nswer books (which are readily available as Ih' pupils mark their own tests) . As a res ult, I often found that many of the basics were nol understood, despite the fact that the child might be on quite ail advanced work card. Furthermore, as the course work is assessed, there is a natural desire to hurry on and do as ma ny work cards as possible, and consequently much of the detailed work is glossed over. In th e particular fiflh form class I was tutoring (15 - 16 year aids), which was of average ability for Pimlico, much of the maths that th ey were doing I had covered at prep. school, so there was a strikin g contrast between what I had initially expected to tutor (CSE , 0 level) and what I found I was actually tutoring . The classroom discipline is also considerably different from that at King's . Although the teacher I was ass igned to was the strictest teacher in the Maths Department, many of the pupils were able to chat to their friends or generally waste time for the whole lesson so that some of them did practically nothing during the two terms I was there. The teacher's role seems to be to maintain order in the classroom so that those who wish to work are ab le to; there is no effort made 10 make sure everyone works, it is up to the indi vidual pupil to decide really how much or how little he is going to do. The second form class was different, however, in that as th e pupils were mu ch younger it was up to the teacher to ensure everyone at least attempted to work. (Besides, the second form were naturally keener to lea rn and to progress than the cynical fifth fo rm and so there were fewer pupils who resisted being to ld to get on a nd work. ) 104

There was a general feeling amongst the staff of the Maths Department that the Supply Teachers hO came in to help out were of poor quality. Certainly during the one day when I was assigned 'Ii lulO r in a flfst year class bemg run by a supply teacher I came to the same conclusion. T he 10 ply teacher considered the teaching of maths below '0' level standard as no t his responsibility, su ~ sa made no effo rt to answer the questions of the pupils about the elementary work cards a~ey were stud~ing. For forty n:tinutes he sat at the front telling th e children to quieten down I d ignored thelf questions. If thiS particular teacher was representative of all the Supply Teachers, ~~en Ihe Maths Department is certai nly correct in its criticism of them. When I first went to Pimlico I was told it wou ld be a considerable shock after being at a ublic school, yet I did not find it so; o.bviously there are n:tajor differences between Pimlico ~nd King's, but, prOVided a pupil IS motivated or self-dlsclphned enough to work, the eventual slandard of education reached (at least fo r Maths) is not all that far removed from that of King's. The problems. arise because the majority of the pupils do not have the necessary self-motivation 10 continue With the work a nd there seems to be no effecti ve mechanism available to the teachers 10 ensure that such pupils progress at anything other than a sna il' s pace. The maths system evolved at P imlico is designed to cope with mi xed ability classes. In some respects it works well as many of the brighter children help the less able, yet in other respects Ihe system fails in that the maths learning progression is heavily dependent on the motivation of Ihe individual pupil and this motivation is understandably missing in many of the children. JEREMY WRIGHT.

AYLESBURY GRAMMAR SCHOOL The first time I walked into Aylesbury Grammar School I was st ruck by the similarity to King's. Of COllrse, it was a day-school; and it was a state, not a public school. But nevertheless it had Ihe atmosphere of a school like King's; the boys all wore the same uni fo rm, stringently monitored for things like badges, with different insignia to indicate prefects and sub-prefects, i.e. monitors and school-monitors. Apart from that there were other similarities , li ke the school canteen, the classrooms from which teachers could be heard elucidating th e intricacies of Latin grammar or Ihe subtleties of Shakespeare's imagery in Julius Caesar, the corridors down which drifted Ihe sounds o f pupils practising on various musical instrum ents, the school photographs on the walls from bygone days, the lists announcing th e teams for the next house or school match . While, of course, the buildings were different, the sense of the past watching you not quite as in Ihe Precincts, the feeling of space and of a close-knit community not quite so noticeable as during assembly in the Shirley Hall or lesson chan ges when observed from the Green Court, yet nevertheless the same basic structure was there. A.G.S . is an a ll-boys schoo l, though the girls' gra mmar school is next door; the boys are all in one of six ' houses' - not buildings , but ' nominal communities' - and in those they belong to one of six tutor-groups; the boys for one reason o r another come from predominantly middle-class backgrounds, which - however you want to look at it - does provide a strong influence on a school's atmosphere; above a ll, the elhos upon which th e school bases its aims is the same as at King's : to provide the facilities, opportunities a nd encouragement for boys to develop their own personal skills and talents, to create a stimulating enviro nment in which individual personalities could thrive. I had never seen a grammar sc hool from the inside before , as apart from King's I had never attended a school in Britain, hav ing been educated at schools in Germany, Holland and overseas at foreign schools in Nigeria . From what I'd gathered in the run -up to my teaching practice which I was to do at A.G.S. grammar schools were daunting traditional places retaining traditional - or outdated, however you want to look at it - values, where schoolmasters trod the corridors dressed in severe suits and wearing the gowns attained at university. I expected the same stereotype 105

school as people envisage when they think of boarding-school without having seen the f the inside. But my expectations were to be proved wrong, for I found a teaching-staf~ r~rn was generally a joy to be part of. Of course, they were all rushed off their feet for all the wWh!Ch hours of the day, but nevertheless they were always welcoming, helpful, ~exible and encour:k•ng I needn't have worned about havmg to wear a stnngent 'teachers' umform' of jacket an~mg. yes, ties were desirable, but if you felt that a jacket was not to your liking for teaching in t~·e; nobody was going to force you to wear one. At this point I have to emphasise that my impr~s. en are those of someone teaching at A.G.S., not of someone who actually has to spend six ~ons as a pupil there. I have heard comments from boys which were entirely unflattering to the s~h arl and its ethos; descriptions like 'exam-factory' and 'slave-drivers' have come to my aUenti: But then again, who as a schoolbo~ or schoolgirl really enjo~ed being worked hard? I don~ · thmk I d.d; I was much happ.er bstemng to mus.c on the old h.-f. or even more so playing football or cricket with the 'lads', and come to think of it, I would still be now! But now one has to see it from the point of view of a mature adult (!), of an educationalist, of someone for whorn parenthood is no longer a million miles away. Now one has to think of 'their own good' . After all, 'in a few years they will look back on these years as the happiest of their lives'. I guess teachers and taught will never really see eye to eye. But back to A.G.S. and on the very first day I was amused when I witnessed two teachers in the staffroom - respected 'pillars of virtue' to those outside - assaulting the coffee-vending machine, because it happily 'munched' lOp without releasing the desired cup of coffee. I wonder what boys would have been told by any master seeing them bash a vending-machine in the corridors ... 'Smith, you are old enough to know that hammering upon this piece of machinery will make not a jot of difference in getting you your cup of coffee; you should be responsible enough to see that this is a bad example to your juniors ... ' Pretty quickly I settled down to become one of the teaching-force; soon I didn't even notice that I was now 'Sir' not 'Fred' or 'Dove'. The boys seemed to have no problems in coming to terms with having a handicapped teacher lecturing on German or French grammar; probably the fact that I was obviously sharp-eyed enough and sharp-witted enough to know when someone was mucking around in the classroom helped me in establishing my 'authority'. What has perhaps impeded me most of all on the side of discipline has been my willingness to laugh at jokes made in class, something the old adage 'Never laugh during teaching practice until half-term' would disagree with, but something I am not prepared to sacrifice. I wouldn't be able to cope with life without a sense of humour, and if a pupil has said something of genuine wit then it would be wrong not to acknowledge this. I'd rather a class of mine erupted into laughter now and again, than that it became a therapeutic haven for incurable insomniacs. At A.G.S., of course, one has a level of intelligence amongst the boys which is likely to produce people with incisive wit and sharp minds. I have found that the boys are very quickwitted, they spot any error one has made, be it on a worksheet or on an O.H.P.-transparency or in the marking of their homework. This one has to acknowledge as well - pigheadedness would only produce unnecessary antagonism and not reward those who have been attentive enough to spot errors. But, on the other side of the coin , these little 'devils' are also clever enough to spot loopholes in anything they might be called upon to do, they will also talk themselves out of trouble. 'Jones, why haven't you done your homework?' is not answered by 'The dog ate it' or 'I forgot', but by 'But, sir, I put it into your pigeonhole this morning' or 'Sir, I'll have to copy it out for you, because it is too messy'! Of course, this is not always the case, but generally speaking they can be incredibly cunning and devious. Then again, one cannot say on the one hand they must learn to think for themselves and on the other criticise them when they are genuinely using their wit. On the whole, I think that A.G.S. does provide a breeding-ground for individual development; it has a very high academic record, with 8.5 '0' Levels per pupil and a yearly Oxbridge entry of over twenty, but that to my mind is not the ultimate test of a school's success. Extra-curricular pursuits shape the mind just as much and provide the pupil with experiences to contrast and balance with heavy academic demands. A.G.S. has extremely good sporting facilities; four squashcourts, an indoor riflerange, an indoor swimming pool, sports pitches and tennis courts. 106

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These are. made use of properly, both at inter-school level and at inter-house lev I sharp remmder of King's for me. The boys are generally keen in this field' every da anolher squash rackets poking out of schoolbags, for example. In terms of mu'sic and t~e c~ee COuntless the school is less successful; this coul d be due to the headmaster's opinion that physi e~tlve ans, are of greater benefIt; however,thls IS not to say that culture is a dirty word at :;..a GpursUits s from It. There IS the ':louse Musl.c CompeutlOn (wIth those notorious house-songs) aÂˇ . ., far the moment prep~ratlOns are bemg made for a school-opera to be performed next :d JUSI al I saId e~rl!er, mUSIC can be heard frequently drifting down the old corridor outside the eek. As and pa~ntJ!1&s adorn many of the walls around the school. So all in all most thing staffroom; to the mdlvldual taste or talent. , s are avallablt . I have - I think - enjoyed my term at A.G.S.; yes, it has been tiring Thou h h . It must be for. regular staff o!" full timetables I shudder to think. Everyb~dy do:s oow tiring patches m whIch one IS heartIly sIck of having to be where one is and this does g I Ihrough to and pupils of A.G.S. alike, including student teachers such as myseif. But after the~d yk slafr have. dnfted elsewhere and ~:)ne IS oneself again, I think that upon clear reflection ~~e clOUds admIt that bem!! at A.G.S. IS by no means an unpleasant experience. Looking ba k I has 10 the same for Kmg's, Canterbury. c, can sa)' FREDERICK DOVE.

ST. NICHOLAS' SPECIAL SCHOOL, CANTERBURY St. Nicholas is a school for pupils with severe learning difficulties. There are 56 pupils at I' wIth .an .age range of 5 to 19 years. The school is divided into five age based classes ' ~lrnt 5-7, JUniors 7-11, lower semors 11 - 14, upper seniors 14-16 and lea vel's 16- 19 Th ~ lams multI-aged Special Care Unit which is my responsibility. . ere IS a so a ,!he overall aim of t~achers in a school such as St. Nicholas is to teach the pupils to becom as mdependent as pOSSIble. There are fIve core curriculum areas: gross motor fine mot e use of h~nds and fmgers, cogmtlOn, e.g. basic reading, writing and number self-ca~';; ::. commumcatlOn . The word communication is used i~stead of language because' some childre~ may not be able to speak but co~~umcate through sIgns. We use the Makaton Signing S stem througho~t the .school as an addItIOnal as well as alternative means of expression. It is based or the Bntlsh Slg~ Language but has been adapted for people with mental handicap. There are a so the usual penpheral curnculum areas as found in any school such as art and craft P E and mUSIC. The fIve core areas apply throughout the school, but the emphasis of activities'va;i'; thro~gh the classes; for example, m the self-care area at in fant level the emphasis will be 0 lelarn!ng to dless, to wash and to feed, but at leavers level it will be shopping cooking washinng c othmg etc. ' , The Special Care Unit is quite different from the main school. There are now two classes of five pupils m each; one IS for chIldren in wheelchairs, the other is for those who can walk T he age range at present IS 5- 17 years. All theyupils have multiple handicaps; in general thes; are profound mental handlca~, e.g. the top .ablhty IS approximately 18 months, sensory handicaps - there are two blmd and SIX partially SIghted pupils - and physical handicaps. Althou&h I have overall responsibility I take the 'wheelchair' group. Obviously all the pupils h a~e multIple phy.sl.c~1 handl~aps and therefore much of my work is physiotherapy under the gUIdance of the vls ltl~ g physlO. I also have the two blind pupils and the other three all have VIsual problems. Teachmgtherefore presents quite a challenge in finding ways round the additional handIcaps as well as copmg WIth the mental handicap. The fiv e core curriculum areas al~o apply within the unit, but our base line is much lower. The self-care area for example WIll mvolve teaching activities such as chewing or opening Ihe mouth for food. We are baSIcally teachmg actIvItIes that a baby picks up within its first few months. 108

e methods of teaching in a special school are very different from general teaching. In essence 'n;s with mental handicap do not learn through expenence but must be taught everythmg. PUPdd'tiO their capaCIty to learn a new skIll IS hmlted so each skIll to be taught must be broken In a !nton tiny steps and each step taught separately until the pupil can put the whole thing downh~r They also have problems general ising new skills, so time must be taken to ensure a 10gei k'II'can be performed in different situations. Each child has different problems so all tea~hing new s Ibe done on an individual basis . Thus when one hears that there are only ten pupIls m has \~s as opposed to thirty in a primary class one has to remember that is ten individual teaching Ihe c ram in five main curriculum areas and that there is a lot of prel?aration and recordi!,g mes prog'red Recording must be done dally as progress IS usually slow and It IS only through dally :~~;ding that an increase of, for example, tracking time from five to ten seconds may be noticed . Our day is similar to any 'normal' school and our term times the same length. Most of. the h'ldren live at home and are transported in dally. We partIcIpate m the usual school actIVIties c Ih as swimming, riding and using the sports hall. I am responsible for, in addition to Special Sucre the supervision of drugs and first aid and art and craft for the school as a whole. The ~~rk is hard, tiri~g and demanding but thoroughly worthwhile and satisfying, and I wouldn't swap it for anythmg. LISA CANDY.

INTER-HOUSE ACADEMIC CHALLENGE This year's competition began with a preliminary written test which eliminated Broughton, Luxmoo re and School House. The matches now occurred in St. Augustine's. The new location deprived some houses of the capacity audiences usually attracted to the Shirley Hall, but thereby created a more tranquil atmosphere for stalling memories, and racing pulses. In the first round Galpin's beat Tradescant (320-200), The Grange comfortably beat Linacre (500-160), Meister Omers beat Mitchinson's (340-200), while Marlowe was defeated by Walpole (360-160). The scores for the semifinals were The Grange v. Galpin's 270-130, and Meister Omers v. Walpole 210-170. Thus the two finalists were The Grange and Meister Omers, who had overcome the current IiI Ie-holders Mitchinson's. The Grange won the competition 290-140. It is incidentally a shame Ihat there were not more specialised rounds of questions. These rounds give a team a chance to collect a lot of points, or lose them, thus making the competition taxing and more unpredictable. The more general rounds are set by the judicious and experienced B.J .D. to whom we are all very grateful, as we are to Dr. Bridge and his helpers who set up the fiendish apparatus! . STEPHEN TAYLOR .

t~,~~m((nJ) @~ ~~IITm@@111 ~((nJ)@JJ ~~IITm@@111 m@((nJ)m~@~$W ~llWJ~llWJrm((nJ) III~~~~ Answers: (left to right) (top) Lucy Flint, Richard Briggs, Peter Barry, (m iddle) David Riggs, Russell Philpott, Piers McCleery, (bottom) Justin Weston, Rachel Davies, Guy Seymour, (top) Robert Oliver, Richard Strivens, James Seagrave, (middle) Matthew Justice, Patrick Stur!, Stephen Hodgson, (bottom) Lisa Valpy, David Miller, Sebastian Taylor up a gum tree. Winners: S. A. Wright and G. F. Hall (LN). Most beautiful baby: P. H. McCleery. 109

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CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL'S UNIVERSITY STUDENTSHIPS UNDER HENRY VIII T he dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII involved the re-organisation along sec I lines of those cathedrals - Canterbury among them - which had hitherto been mon U ~r institutions. At Canterbury as elsewhere the cathedral school to which the king now gav~~I.C name was an integral part of the new foundation. In addition to the resident King's Schol U the cathedral body also at first included a number of students at Oxford and Cambridars supported by the revenues of the Dean and Chapter. This arrangement lapsed after only a f~e, years; but surviving records in the Cathedral Library and elsewhere provide the names of somw of the uni versity students and allow us to trace some of their later careers. While it was intende~ that the university students should whenever possible be chosen from among the King's Scholars the scheme did not last long enough for this aspiration to be fully implemented. It cannot b' assu med that all those whose names we have were Canterbury scholars; but they clearly hav: an association with the King's School which merits their being recorded here. The support of scholars was mentioned in the act of Parliament by which Henry VIII was enabled to create new cathedrals. Canterbury, which had the largest complement of all the new foundations (including the largest number of King's Scholars), was charged with supporting twelve men at each university; Westminster, the next largest foundation, provided twenty places in all while more modest foundations such as Rochester ran to only four. No copies of the Henricia~ statutes for Canterbury are extant; but since we know that statutes were issued in common form to all the new cathedrals in 1544, it is fair to assume that the regulations for the university studenls maintained by other cathedrals were equivale nt to those on the Canterbury foundation. Those chosen were supposed to be between the ages of fifteen and twenty, 'poor scholars' , wilh preference to those who had attended the King's School. The Dean was responsible for their boarding at some college or hall and for paying their stipends - these being set on a sliding scale according to their academic status (the Canterbury students receiving between ÂŁ6 and ÂŁ10 a year). Although sometimes referred to as 'divinity students' several of those supported by the cathedrals were lawyers or medics. Of eighteen Canterbury students who can be identified in university records only four were graduates on appointment, but the remainder took their B.A. by 1545, most of them in 1542/ 3. But it should be remembered that we have names of the Canterbury students only from c. 1540 to 1543, before the statutes were issued; it is therefore not to be expected that the first students would have necessarily been of the age or academic status which the statutes subsequently required. At Canterbury as in the other new foundations many of the university students first chosen had been monks of the dissolved cathedral priory (just as more senior monk s were transformed into deans and canons under the new regime). Canterbury had a particularly well developed tradition of association with Oxford (at Canterbury College); and the new system may be seen as a perpetuation of established links. At the dissolution two Canterbury monks were said to be then at Oxford and another at Paris . The Parisian and one of the Oxonians were among those originally selected for studentships; but of twelve monks designated, only seven appear in the first list of payments (1 54112) and just one survived into the following year. T here is also only one King's Scholar (John Callow) who can be seen to transfer from the school to the university studentship . The first students were for the most part already launched on their academic careers. Some of them may possibly have been pupils of the monastic schools - several had Kentish connexions. But evidence from the other foundations suggests little association between the students and their supporting cathedrals. Had the scheme endured no doubt such associations would have developed. However, within two years of the issue of statutes in 1544, all the participating cathedrals had made surrenders of lands to the Crown in exoneration of the responsibility of supporting university students. It seems likely that this was in part to prepare for the much grander educational foundations which Henry VIII made in the last year of his life - T rinity College, Cambridge in 1546, Christ Church, Oxford in 1547. A significant number of the former cathedral students was to be fo und in these new colleges; o f the Canterbury students 110

fi e were appointed to Trinity and three to Christ Church. As the brief biographies which follow .Idicate many of those once supported by Canterbury Cathedral went on to enjoy ecclesiastical In d academic careers of distinction. an

THE LISTS

List of monks of Christ Church, Canterbu ry. with comments, perhaps prepared for Thomas Cromwell: P(ublic)

~l~ord) O(ffice), State Papers. Henry Vlll, SP 111 16, fols 44·6; calendared in L(ettersond) propers, Foreign and Domestic. Hell'Y VIII), ed. J. Brewer &c. (1862·1932), xii(I), no. 437; printed in Canterbury Col/ege, Oxford. iii, ed. W. A.

p' IIlin (Oxford Historical Society. new series , VIII (1950),

151-4. Ascribed to a date after 8 Feb. 1538, but possibly later.

(!, List of monks of Christ Church, with their offices, rewa rds and pensions (awarded 4 Apr. 1540): PRO, Exchequer, Au'gmentations Office, Miscellaneous Books, E 3151245, fols 78-9 (LP, xV, no. 452( 1»; printed (inaccurately) in J. Dart The History . . . of tile Cathedral . .. of Canterbury (1727), appendix, p. Iv, no. XX, and elsewhere. (3). List of monks pensioned, 4 Apr. 1540: PRO, E 3151245, fo l. 76 (LP, xv, no. 452(2»; printed in Dart, HlstorY,appendix,

r4t~a~~~r;u~!·cat.hedral

Library, Receiver's Accou nt , New Foundation 1 (1 54112) (no pagination/fo liation) . T his f sl has not been prmted. (5) List of members of the Henrician foundation: Canterbury Cathedral Library, DE. 164(ii) ; printed by C. E. W(oodruff) in Canterbury Cathedral Chronic/e, XXXV II (Sept. 1941),9-13, and by B. K. J(effery) in The Cantllarian, XXV II(I) (Dec. 1956), 42.

(6). Canterbury Cat hedral Lib rary. VMA.40 (Treasurer's Account 154213), fol s 2-3; printed in C.E. Woodruff and H. J. Cape, Schola Regia Calltuariensis (1908),62-3 and by W. Urry in The Cantuarian, XX III(3) (Ju ly 1949), 248-50. OTHER SOURCES

C Cambridge University Library, University Archives, Vice-Chancellor's Court, Registered Wills. DNB Dictionary of National Biography. E A. B. Emden (ed.), A Biographical Register of tlte University of Oxford, A.D. 1501 to 1540 (Oxford, 1974). " C. 5. Knighton, 'Collegiate Foundations, 1540 to 1570, with special reference to St. Peter in Westminster' (Ph.D. dissertation. Ca mbridge University, 1975). S \Y. G. Searle, 'List of the Deans, Priors and Monks of Christ C hurch Monastery'. Cambridge Alltiquarian Society publicatiolls, XXXIV (1902), 153-96. T \Y. W. Rouse Ba ll and J. A. Venn (ed.), Admissions to Trinity College, Cambridge, 1 (Cambridge, 1916), II (Cambridge, 1913). V J. Venn (cd.), Alumni Calltabrigiellses, part i (Cambridge, 1922-7). \V C. E. Woodruff, 'The Sacrist's Rolls of Christ Church, Canterbury', Archaeologia Calltiana, XLV III (1936), 38-80. THE STUDENTS Beckett, Thomas. Monk , professed 1527 (S). Aged c. 32 at disso lution; sub almoner; 'wiuy' (I). Designated scholar

(2) but not otherwise recorded. Best(e), William. At Oxford paid £ 10 in 154 112 and 1542/3 (4, 5, 6). Bond(e) (Bollllde), William. At Ca mbridge; ? paid £6 in 154112, £7 in 1542/3 (4, 5, 6). B.A. 154213, licensed in medicine 1549, M.D. 1555; practised medicine in Cambridge, where he died l573(V). Collow(e), Johll. King's Schola r (the only one identifiable for cerlain as such) and then a t Cambridge; paid pari of £6. 10.0 in 154213 (6) . . Chomber(Chambre, Chumber), William alias Richard. At Oxford; paid part of £6 in 154112, part of £6.10.0 in 154213 (4, 5, 6). Cobham, George. At Camb ridge ; ? paid in 1541 12, £7 in 154213 (4, 5, 6). Venn (presumably knowing only li st 6, which does not give the Christian name) identified him as William, son and heir of the 9th Lord Cobham, pensioner of Queens' Coil. c. 1544; but this may be discounted. Crosse, John. Monk, professed 1524 (S). Priest 1532/3 (W). Aged c. 29 at dissolu tio n, when scholar at Oxford; 'willy' (I). Fellow of Canterbury College 1538-40 (E). Designated scholar (2). At Oxford; paid £10 in 154112 (4). Cryer(Cryar), Johll. At Cambridge; paid £ 1.10.0 in 154 112, part of£6 in 154213 (4, 5, 6). Queens' Coli., B.A. 1539/40, M.A . 1561. Possibly rector of Southchurch, Essex 1550-6 (V). Rector of Bircham, Norfolk at death 1568; buried in Cambridge; benefactor of 51. Catherine's and Queens' Colleges; will also mentions unmarried sister at Tu nbridge, Kent (C). Edit/ill/des, Thomas. At Oxford; paid £5 in 154112 (4). Faversham (Fallersham(e), Feversham), Thomas. Monk, professed 1521 (S). Priest 152617 (W). Aged c. 32 at dissolu tion; sub fraterer; 'good man' (1). Designated sc holar (2). At Cambridge; paid £5.10.0 in 154112 (4). Frellch(e), Paul. At Oxfo rd; paid £6 in 154112, £7 in 154213 (4, 5, 6). Born c. 1521; B.A. 1542, M.A. 1545, fellow of All Souls Coli . 1547-52; rector of Litt le Witten ham, Berk s 1552, canon of Windsor 1560 to death, rector of Boy ton, Wilts 1565 to death, canon of Canterbury 1566 to death, canon o f Lincoln 1588 to death, 1600 (E). Frevell, George. Monk, professed 1527 (5). Aged c. 30 at disso lution; 'witty' (I). Designated scholar (2). Fyssher, Thomas. At Oxford ; paid £10 in 154 112 and 154213 (4. 5, 6). B.A. 1542, M.A. 1545 , chaplain of All Souls Coli . 1543/4 - 4617; rector of Ulcombe, Kent 1560 to deat h, by 1569. Goldwell, Stephen. At Oxford; paid £6 in 154112, part of £6.10.0 in 154213 (4, 5, 6). Owned 1483 edit ion of Pius II 's Lellers, now in British Library (E). Gwyllym (GlIylyn, Gwyllyn), George. AI Oxford; paid £10 in 154213 (6). B.A. 1542, M.A. 1544; rector of Good nestone, Kenl 1551 (E).

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Gyles (Gylis), Stephen. Monk , professed 1534 (8). Aged c. 25 at dissolution ; 'good man' (1). Designated sch I At Cambridge; paid part of £7 in 1541 12 (4). oaq2) Harris (Harres), George. At Cambridge; paid part of £7 in 154213 (6). B.A. 1543/4, M.A. 1545, B.D. 15S1 b . before admission; fellow of Trinity Call. 1546, died 155 1 (T, V). Bequcathcd many books, including Bullingcr Ut died Anabaptistas (C). co"'''' HOlIghe, Robert. Monk, designated scholar vice Odiam (q. v.) (2). Not otherwise known as a Canterbury monk Or of the new foundation. membu Kemp(e), Jolin alias AllthollY. At Oxford; paid £3 in 154112, £6 in 154213 (4, 5, 6). Two entries in E. but prob b the same man as he is John in 4 an~ 6, Anthon y in 5. Ent ry as John has him as. B.A. 154 1, of All Souls Coi l. 154a I~ rector of Clan fi eld . Hants 1546, stili there 1555. rector of Gatcombe, I. of Wight 1567, rector of Freshwater II.), Wight 1575. • . or Langley, Peler. Monk , professed 1527 (S). Aged c. 30 at dissolution; 'witty'; already scholar at Oxford (I). Designa scholar on new foundation (2) but no further record. ted London, William. Monk, professed 1524 (S). Aged c. 30 at dissolution; sub cellarer; 'good' (1). Originally chose scho lar, but deleted frolll list (2). nil Leeds (Ledes, Leedes), Edward. At Cambridge; paid £6 in 154 112, £7 in 1542/3 (4, 5, 6). Born Benenden, Kent. B t 53213, M.A . 1545, LL.D. 1568; rector of Little Gransden, Cambs. 1548-53; incumbent of numerous livings in Cam"'" and I. of Ely; chaplain to Archbishop Pa rker 1559, precentor o f Ca nterbury 1560; master of Clare Call., Cambridbs• t 560-7 1; precentor of Lichfield 1560- 1; Master in Chancery; purchased manor of Croxto n, Cumb., where also rect~ fro III 1573; died and buried there 1590. Benefactor to Clare and Emmanuel Colleges (DNB, V). Lovelas (Loveles(sse)). Regillald. At Cambridge; paid £6 in 1541 12, £7 in 1542/3 (4, 5, 6). B.A. 1542/3 , M.A. 1545' ? vicar of Ched iston, Suff. 1566 (V). ' Lymiter (Lymyter), Peter. At Oxford; paid £10 in 154 112 and 154213 (4, 5, 6). Born Kent c. 1513. Student of Christ Church 1547-?50; B.A. 1542, M.A. 1544; rector of Gravesend, Kent 1549, depr. 1554, rest 1560-8 1, vicar of EaSt Kent 1561-7; charged unsuccessfully with unlicensed pluralit y 1567; chaplain to Bishops Jewel of Salisbury and Sc~ of Hereford (E). Marckwyck (Margwesl, Markwest, Marqllyle), Edward. At Oxford; paid £6 in 154 112, £7 in 154213 (4, 5, 6). B.A 1542, M.A. 1547; fellow of Merton Coil. by royal leiters patent 1547 (E). . Marshall, Richard. Monk, professed 1534 (S). Aged c. 21 at dissolution; in deacon's orders (I). Designated student (2). At Ca mbridge; paid £5 in 154112 (4). Perhaps B.C.L. of SI. Nicholas's Hostel 154011 (V). Not to be confused with man of this name who was later dean of Christ Church, Oxford - at this time student on new foundatio n of Westminster (K). MascaJl, Thomas. At Ca mbridge; paid £6 in 154 112 (4,5). Master(s) (Moister), Richard alias William. At Oxford; paid part of £6 in 1541 12, £10 in 154213 (4 , 5, 6). Bom Willesborough, Kentc. 1515. B.A. 1533, M.A. 1537, B.M. 1545, D.M. 1555, M.D. Cambridge incorporated 1571, F.R.C.P. 1553, president ofR.C.P. 1561; fellow of All Souls College 153 1-4 1; leased site of Ca nterbury Coli. for ten years 154)student of Christ Church 1547- 155213 ; rector of Black Olanstonc, Kent 1539, rector of Great Chart, Kent 1540, cano~ o f York 1563 to deat h; physician to Queen Elizabeth and Lord Burghley ; died London 1588 (DNB, E). May(e), George. At Cambridge; paid part of £7 in 154112, £6 in 1542/3 (4, 5, 6). B.A. 154213. licensed in medicine 1544 (V). MortOIl (Moretoll, Murton), Nicholas. At Cambridge; paid £6 in 1541 12, £7 in 154213 (4, 5, 6). B.A. 154213, M.A. 1545, B. D. 155 3/ 4, later D.O. Rome; fellow o f Tr inity Coli. 1546; vicar of Milton nex t Sitti ngbourne , Kent 1556, rector o f Pluckley, Kent 1557; six preacher of Canterbury Cat hedra l 1556; wenlto Rome after Elizabeth's accession; apostolic penitentiary ; in volved in 1569 rebellion of northern carls; arrested in Rome 1580; sent to England by pope in 1586 (DNB, V, D. 1. Hi ll , The Six Preachers 0/ Canterbury Catlledral 1541 -1982 (R amsgate, 1982),28). Nevinson (Nevynson), Stephen. At Cambridge; paid £3 in 154 112, £6 in 154213 (4, 5, 6). From Cumberland or Westmorland. Christ's Coll. , matric. pensioner 1544, B.A. 1544, M.A. 1548, LL.D. 1553; fe llow of Trinity Coil. 1547; ordained priest (London) 156 1; rector of SaJtwood and Hythe. Kent 1561 -80; canon of Ca nterbury 1562-80; rector of Westbere, Kent 157 I; died 1580 (DNB, V). Ne wman (Newenhame, Newnam), James. Monk, professed 1527 (S). Aged c. 29 at dissolution; petty sexton , 'good' (I). Designated scholar (2). At Cambridge; paid £5 in 1541 12 (4). Odyam alias Langdoll (Odiam, Odyan). Thomas. Monk , professed 1534 (S). Aged c. 25 at dissolution ; 'good' (I). Designated scholar but then deleted (2) - presumably in error as his replacement Houghe (q. v.) is otherwise unrecorded; Odiam was at Oxford, paid £10 in 1541 12 and 154213 (4, 5, 6). Petre (Peter), William alias Robert. At Cambridge ; paid £6 in 154 112, £7 in 154213 (4, 5, 6). Randall, Thomas. At Oxford; paid part o f £6.10.0 in 154213 (6). Born Baddlesmere, Kent c. 1525. B. C. L. 1548, D.C.l.. 1566; notary pub lic by 1548; student of Christ Church 1548, still there 1552; principal of Broadgates Hall 1549·5); rector of Benefi eld, Northants, vac. 1557 (E). Slidburie (Slibbery), William. Monk, professed 1527 (S). Aged c. 28 at dissolution; petty sexto n; 'good' (1). Designated scholar (2) but otherwise unknown. Siokes (Stokys), John. At Cambridge: paid £3 in 154 112, £6 in 1542/3 (4, 5, 6). B.A. 1540/ 1, M.A. 1544, B.D. 1549, D.D. 1564; fellow of Queens' Coil. 1543 -60, president 1560-8; nominated fellow of Trinity Coli. 1546 but did not accept (T); chaplain to the university 1556·68, universit y libra ri an 1556-68, vice-chancellor 1565-6; archdeacon of York 1560·8; cano n of Southwell 1564-8. Died Cambridge 1568; benefactor of Queens' Coli . (V). Wade, Brian. At Cambridge; paid £6 in 154112, £8 in 1542/3 (4, 5. 6). B.A. 154213 (V). Wyar (Wyer). John. At Cambridge; paid £3 in 154 112, £6 in 154213 (4, 5, 6). Wyl/ryd(e) (Wil/ryde, Wyl/ride), Thomas. Monk, professed 152 1 (S). Priest 152617 (W). Aged c. 34 at dissolution; scholar at Paris; 'w itty' (I). Designated scholar (2). At Cambridge; paid £5 in 154112 (4). 112 'A PENNY FOR A SONG' (Richard Strivens)

(Wylshowe). Henry. At Cambridge: paid £6 in 1542/3 (6). Born Derbys c. 1506. B.A. 153617. M.A. 1539, tf'jLs'h~;~6!1' fellow of Queens' Coli. 1537-46; origina l fellow of Trinity Coli. 1546, but doubtful if he accepted; vicar B·~v' bish 'Essex 1547-92 ; rector of West Grinstead, Suss. 1558;? canon of Lichfield (or his father) 1553-63; died of \ I~enef~ctor of Queens' Coil. and Pcterhollse (T,V),

Il~\m indebted to the Archivist at the Cathedral, City and Diocesan Record Office, Canterbury

heip in locating documents and provision of copies; to Dr. B. K. Jeffery for allowing me for se his unpublished 'Notes on the History of the King's School' (which established the dating I~ ~he lists of scholars); to Mr. P . Pollak for his advice; and to the Editors of The Cantuarian Of Iheir hospitality in accepting this biographical notice. C S K or . . NIGHTON, MAGDALENE COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.

BOOK REVIEWS 'THE JEWS OF CANTERBURY 1760-1931' RABBI DAN COHN-SHERBOK (Yorick Books 1984, £3.50) This monograph traces the rise and fall of the small community of Jews who were resident in Canterbury from the late eighteenth. cent~ry until the period ~etween the two World Wars. It i ~ primarily based on a collection of manuscnpts discovered and examined recently by the author, Rabbi Cohn -Sherbok. In order to put the work into a historical perspective it shou ld be pointed out that the Jews (including the rich and long-established Cante rbury community) were expelled from England by Edward I in the thirteenth century. They were allowed to return by Cromwell in the seventeent h century, and have subsequent ly grown in number, mainly as a result of persecution in European countries such as Spain, Russia, Poland and more recent ly Germany. During this period they have made valuable contributions to the intellectual and the commercial li fe of Britain, both in metropoli tan centres such as London and Ma nchester and in the provi nces. A considerable proportion of the book is co nce rned with the construction, in 1847-8, of the Synagogue that st ill stand s in King Street. It was built in the 'Egyptian style', not unpopular in the ea rl y nineteenth century and deriving ultim ately from Napoleon 's Egyptian campaign, but chosen in thi s instance (so it is said) to avoid the associati on of persecution carried by the more ecclesiastical Gothic style. After the dispersal of the Canterbury Jewi sh commu nity in the 1930s the Sy nagogue was put to a number of uses, !ill it was refurbished in 1983 by the King ' s School as a recita l room. T he book contains several sensitive drawings of the Synagogue and the adjacent ritual bath-house hy Hubert Pragnell . The laying of the corner stone of the Synagogue and its later consecration seem to have been important occasions for both the Jew ish commun ity and the City. Amongst the importa nt visitors at both of these events was Sir Moses Montefiore, a reside nt of Ramsgate, who was one of the most influentia l Jews of the period. He made a fortune in the City of London when he was relati vely you ng and decided to devote Ihe rest of his life to good works. He was wealthy, philanthropic and internationally active. His diplomacy can be compared with that of Terry Waite, the present Archbishop of Canterbury's envoy . In 1846 he journeyed to S1. Petersburg to persuade the Tsar to rescind an edict against the Jews. He was successful in this task. Although the Jewish commun ity in Cante rbury prospered and grew in the mid-nineteenth century, it waned within a few decades. I believe this was due largely to the coming of the railway, linking Ca nterbury to London, which broadened the horizons of the community. The other remaining monuments are the ir burial ground and the tomb-stones to be fou nd behind Hilderbrand's Removals, almost opposite St. Dunstan 's Church at the beginning of the Whitstable Road. The book records, in the Appendix, family trees of a num ber of Jewi sh families in Kent in the nineteenth century and provides some stati stics and other in format ion . It is interesting that one of those fam ilies, that of Alde rman Hart of Canterbury, sen t its son to the King's School. Those of us that live in the C ity, or have had associat ions with it, will welcome this opportun ity of appreciating with Rabb i Cohn-Sherbok the 'imprint' left by this community on our City. DR. C . ISENBERG.

II I 'A PENNY FOR A SONG' (Richard Strivens) THE CONFIRMATION SERVICE (Kentish Gazette)

'A FAMILY FROM FLANDERS' JOHN PETERS

(Col/ins, ÂŁ/2.95) The exodus of persecuted Protestants from the Netherlands in the sixteen th century and their settlem in England are the themes of A Family from Flanders, themes pursued through research into the ance ent of John Peters' family. the de la Pierres . Stry The book provides a detailed account both of the feelings of the refugees and of the nature of the socief they traversed. It shows how large scale political events affect the lives of individuals in practice. In h:S method, the author reveals how much an enthusiastic historian can find out about a distinctive com mun'tlS in a distant century. In his subject, the author depicts a brilliant and moving portrayal of the sufferi~ y of the refugees and of their resilience in survival. It has a sad relevance to the persecutions of the twentie~ centu ry. For us, there are two main local interests. First, the acceptance by Canterbury of the influ x of refugees . Seco ndly, the acquisition by one of the Wa ll oon fami lies of the Blackfriars . In 1567, the Court of Berghmote agreed 'to receive a company of Strangers to li ve in the liberties of this city'. And in 1568, Archbishop Parker grant ed the Walloon immigrants the use of part of the crypt of Canterbury Cathedral, to serve as a school and for the practice of their religion: an unprecedented gesture of generosity in a century of sectarian hatred. Within the city, the Walloons were noticeable not only for their numbers, their language and their Calyinism, bl:lt also.f~r their un -English indus~ry. Of course, there were resentments: the fear that the large sIze of theIr famlhes would swamp the natIve population and the susp icion that the new arrivals would br in g infection with them, especiall y the plague . Yet they\vere accepted . For example, the Walloons earned credit for the way in which they helped their own poor. The Kent justices of the peace urged that the Walloon system should be used as a model for poor relief in England. And the fortunes of the immigrants improved. They settled; they married; they bought property. They worked as weavers, silversmiths, lawyers and doctors. Some of their children came to King's. Peter Peters, for instance, entered the school in 1668 and became a doctor: 'He was an excell ent doctor who took great care of other people's health and seriously neglected his own.' A city of refuge gained its reward in the virtues of its new citizens. One such new inhabitant succeeded in buying the ancient Blackfriars . In the previous century, the

B1ackfriars had been owned by the family of Richard Hovenden, O.K .S. - Warden of All Souls, Oxford for forty-three years. But a Flemish surgeo n, Peter de la Pierre, bought the building on 29th November 1658. Peter de la Pierre divided up the premises for his three sons and two daughters, and set up an Anabaplisi Meeting in the Refectory. In addition, he built a house at the south end of the hall for the ministerthe present De la Pierre House: then 'a house of four rooms and two attics, with good woodwork and attractive iron frames, and latches for the windows'. Elsewhere in the Blackfriars, carved in an archway by the river, are two sets of de la Pierre initials, IDLP and POLP: a simple memorial to a courageo us emigration from Flanders and a generous response

by the city of Canterbury. G.H .

'MEDIEVAL MEDICAL MINIATURES' PETER MURRAY JONES

(The British Library in association with the WeI/come Institute for the History of Medicine, ÂŁ/2.95) This is a beautiful book, to read and to handle. Its alliterative title gives us an idea of what to expect, and the dust-covers, front and back, define the limitations in diagnosis, prognosis and treatment imposed upon our medical forefathers . The author, Peter Murray Jones, was at King's in the late 1960s and proceeded to Oxford on a history scholarshi p. He is sen ior researc h assistant in the department of manuscripts at the British Library, by which, in association with the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, this book is publi shed (the geographical proximity of these two institution s and their staffs being a crucial and acknowledged factor in its production). Recently he has been appointed Librarian and Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, the latest in a distinguished line. 114

ThuS li ving and working among this vast mass of material, he has chosen a neatly defined subject for ur inst'ruction and delectation. Medieval Medical Miniatures really needs two reviewers; the first would ~e an expert in the field of manuscripts; the second an 'o rdinary reader' preferably with a medical bias; I come in the latter category and have found the book most enjoyable read ing. One does not have to be a palaeographer to get !he poin.t, because i ~script i ons are. full y and fr~e l y trans lated . Peter Jones h~ s n easy literary style whIch IS neither pedantic nor pedagogiC, and an enjoyable sense of humour. Of IllS ~ery numerous and well-produced illust rations, my favour ite is a A plan' portrait, depicting melons, from ,lie herbal made/or Francesco Carrara II, Lord oj Padua, c. 1400.This is a highly sophisticated work, whereas many of the same date are extremely primitive: the illustrations of Roger Frugard's text-book of surgery are reminiscent of a chi ld 's comic-st rip. -r:he chapter on Diet, Regimen and Medication puts ideas into my head but it would be unfair to equate it with current concepts of 'alternative medicine'. The practising doctor might be glad to have this book on his consulting-room table, if only to reassure his patients. t~at medicine and surgery have progressed: but, alas!, I fear that such a desirable object wou ld soon go mlssmg. DR. JOHN liPSCOMB.

CJhe CantuariaIL GJnterview Mr. BARRY ROSE 1.

How much singing did you do when you were at school?

None. I was made to sing in school music classes and some of the class (not me, of course!) spent the time chucking books around . I realized I wanted to be an organist when I was ten. I went to Sunday School, where there was a beautiful girl playing the piano and I fell in love with her from a distance!

Has your style of teaching changed during the years in which you have been taking choirs?

No. I'm doing exactly the same here as I always did at St. Paul's, and at Guildford before Ihat. The approach is just the same in spite of the different age groups.

What other choirs do you conduct?

I am a conductor of the B.B.C . Singers, a group of twenty-eight professional singers who perform all types of music. 1 conduct others as and when 'I'm called to do so, but I don't like taking choirs that are not my own; until a choir is your own you can't flicker your eyebrows and expect it to know what to do.

What are your special memories of the Royal Wedding?

One of my abiding memories is getting home in the evening, absolutely flaked out, and finding a telegram, signed by Charles and Diana, thanking us for some wonderful music. The other memory is of the media harassing us, to the extent that it became hard always to be polite to them. The wedding was of course special for the choir and the cathedral, but as we had to sing every Evensong in the same way in which we sang at the wedding, there was nothing to worry about.

5. What kind of work does your job as musical adviser to the Head of Religious Broadcasting at the B.B. C. involve? I've had this job since 1971, and am only the third person since broadcasting began in the 1920s to do so . It takes up a lot of time and means I arrange and often produce Choral Evensong Iwice a week. I also direct the music for the Daily Service three times a week which means a lot of early morning travelling, and [ also do some music writing, which I find comes relatively easily, when I am able to catch the mood of what is required. 115

We are told your recreation is running a record company. What does that entail?

It is a hobby that has got drastically out of hand, and I would describe it as small but '[' we make two or three records a year. It was founded in 1967 while I was at Guildford e lte: the name 'Guild Records') after being suggested by my brother-in-law, who is a sound_enihence I enjoy the challenge of making a choir sound good on a piece of wax. I have no other ~neer. hobbies, though since I came to Canterbury I have learnt a great deal about Do It Yo~r~~r.

Do you watch 'Top of the Pops'?

Yes, I do, if I have to. I've been involved in a lot of pop music: at St. Paul' s we did albu with Elton John, Paul McCartney, and the Frog Song that was out recently - on which Jamms Gumpert sang Treble and I was allowed to conduct the orchestra and The King's Singers Pael McCartney conducted the St. Paul's Choristers! . u

Do you think that performing pop music helps in the performance of religiolls choral music?

Oh yes: this, I think, is what the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's found hard to accept. The fact is it gave the choir tremendous joy to go and do something different. To be fair, some things they hated doing, but most they enjoyed.

Do you have a particular cathedral in which you especially enjoy conducting?

There's no particular building; I take each one as it comes. I'm just beginning to find my musical feet in Canterbury Cathedral. You have to let the building speak to you in order to decide on the speed to take pieces.

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Could you pinpoint the main faults of amateur choirs?

They are not used to performing in rehearsal. I try to make every note and phrase an occasion at all times and not just save it for performance - if you're lucky.

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Have you had any major funny or embarrassing moments during your career as a conductor?

There is of course the famous one during the Royal Wedding when, in one of the pieces, 1 did a massive upbeat, and knocked one of the lampshades flying. It was neatly caught in the slips by one of the clergy. I'm told the Royal couple were quite amused.

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Why did

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come to King's?

I think Col. Neville and Alan Ridout prompted the Headmaster to invite me to come. One of the attractions is that there is a great deal out of the ordinary that can be done here. The choir has considerable potential, but I must start with the important routine things, and make the singing on Sunday mornings as good as possible.

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What are your bad impressions of King's?

My first criticism is that some of the boys and girls are rather laid-back. It is not that they can not achieve things, but that they do not automatically try to do so. They think that if you let yourself go, and show some emotion in music, you might be regarded as rather odd .

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What are your projects for the future?

Everything revolves arou nd making the music in the cathedral my first priority. I care that Sunday mornings are good , as they are one of the public faces of King's, and am determined that we shall have something of great value. However, there is nothing, chorally, that this school couldn't do, and I reckon we can make as great music here as I have made anywhere, but I need to carry the choir with me and they must trust my musical and artistic judgement. t t6

A VIEW IN PARIS AFTER CHARLES MERYON - LE PETIT PONT (Alexander Redmall)

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This term has seen an abundance of inter-house competiti but unfortunately our usual silverware collection has ns , limited by a certain lack of success . I must however mentetn the much-dreaded cross-country, with our last surviving ei~n juniors managing to come home second. This term we ha~ t fair representation in the 1st Xl hockey: Nigel, Dave CI a and myself, and fencing appears to be the fashion on NO~thg~~ nowadays. Well done to Toby, Ben, Martin and Ben On ou'r only victory of the term in the junior cross-country relays, doin far better tha n our semor team, who all managed eitherto ge~

lost or to run the wrong course! However, not even Ji m's

mighty leadershi p was enough to inspire us to victory in the six-a-side football, although good fu n was had by all and congratulations must be in order for Benjamin Finn, who now knows where Birley's is! Our junior basketball team was unable to repeat last year's success, despite Nigel's expert coaching, whilst we waited in vain for the U. 14 sevens to add to our trophies . Our disaster with the academic challenge can only be matched by our hockey efforts: talent without res ults. Our greatest achievement, however, was undoubtedly with Blithe Spirit , most professionally, indeed dog-matically produced by Mr. Miles, with invaluable help from Crac and Nic. T hanks to them all and the superb actors (Charlotte, Sophie, Lucy, Sophia, Kate, Omar and Crispin) for a wonderful evening, and we look forward to the House song under the inspirational di rection of Crac, with monotone accompaniment from Ant. Congratulations too must go to Jonathan Finn on his winning through to the international selection trials in the Mathematics Olympiad, and to Ant on his unprecedented hat-trick ! Nigel has decided that' A' levels are too much hassle, a fter getting into Cambridge, and has duly given up work for Lent. However, we end the term wonderi ng what one does call an adolescent rabbit, and whether J on really had to drive two hundred miles the following day! Our thanks, as always , to Mr. and Mrs. Sugden, the tutors, Miss J . and the cleaning ladies for all they have do ne, and thanks also to the whole House for the enthusiasm, if not the final success, in all the various house events . GARY SMtTH.

THE GRANGE

For some of us, term started early as rehearsals fo r the house play finally got underway (hic!). The play was a great success, especially Beechey's walk, though Palace Street still bears the scars of the stage crew's late-night trolley races. Many thanks to our producer, Mr. 'Let me show you, Owendalen,' Allen, to Mr. Trowell for all his hard work, and to Mrs. Woodley for providing 'tea for the producer'. Despite the plans to partition our celebrated bathho use, that bastion of house spirit, there has been cause fo r singing this term in our victory in the Soccer Cup (we beat Linacre 2- 1 in the semifinal and Tradescant 1-0 in the final) and in a vigorous performance in the Rugby Sevens, where Broughton defeated us in the final only by one conversion, 12-10, after an exciting match. We were fi nalists also in the six-a-side soccer. Piers 11 8

.ned First Colours for soccer; Andrew Preston and Peter Giitke were awarded cross-country ga:ours Âˇ and for the first time for many years we provided one-third of the 1st Vlll (mathematians, COte') for the Head of the River, in the large shapes of Adrian Leach and Simon Gerrish and n~e smaller figure of James Del Mar (cox) . We have also had seven rugby players representing I he school in Sevens tournaments, and Jeremy Gordon and James Nevile have been selected }or Kent 'B' XV (16 Group). And Sophia was Captain of Netball . . . Culturally, we performed respectably in House Song Competition (particular thanks to Stephen Taylor and to Tanera), but our best achievement was recapturing Academic Challenge and the handsome print of St. Augustine's that goes with it. Piers McCleery knew the Third Division football grounds, Stephen Taylor the opera houses, and Andrew Preston the Star-Spangled Banner. SociallY, The Grange pursued the serious matters of life energetically. Nick showed his robust side his little brother nearly got lost in the Gym, Mark was never at a Luce end, and Tim was kee~ to have the air Vent on. Our resident freaky art student, Sophia, stumbled on an R.S.P .C.A. meeting in Tony's study; Abby was last seen aping a donkey (or was it the other way round), and the two 'Iayabouts', Satan and head of Vice, were thrown out of the Durnford. The Knobbe caught a pox, Clint is rumoured to be heading for the Vatican, and Dr. Watson, M.A., was caught mak ing ostrich noises where he shouldn' t have been. Mrs. Lin Bubb and Mrs. Grace Kelk leave us at the end of term: our best wishes and thanks go to them and to all the domestic staff for keeping up our reputation for hygiene, and to the woodleys and Miss Delafons for making it all possible (if it is ... ). THE MtNT.

The Lent term saw Walpole reassert itself at the very pinnacle of achievement, with the 'Dee-EEfense' encouraging forms of latent athletic prowess. The six-a-side football team emerged victorious after a hard-fought battle with T he Grange . The Walpole amateurs picked up their hockey-sticks and made a euphoric dash to the finals, only to find themselves facing the fi rst Xl masquerading as Broughton. The result, a 1-0 victory for Broughton, was avenged in the footba ll league fi nal. This took the form of a Gentlemen versus P layers game, with Broughton playing very hard . T he epic battle was decided, after extra-time, on the penalty spot, with the spoils of war coming our way. A special mention must go to Bruce Shilton, whose finger-tip saves and rib-crushing dives paved the way for victory . Sivarana Vijayanathan spurred the table-tennis team to yet another ultimate victory, with Luxmoore winning a rare consolation game. Kolapo's killers reached the final of the Junior House Basketball Cup . Walpole's cultural talents were awakened by a House Concert pioneered by Kate 'O.K .-we'llgo-from-B-for-Barbour' Fall. Sibby received warm applause for her rendition of 'How to tune a guitar in five minutes' , and then gave way to Josh Hendrix whose self-styled composition of 'Peace, Love and the M2' went down like a dose of acid. Chris, Toby, and Mr. T . bravely provided a jazz interlude of ear-shattering magnitude. Our thanks to Kate for making a successful concert possible. Socially Walpole moved into overdrive, with Ade Jackson discoveri ng the contact side of basketball on the dance 1100r, and Strings reachi ng parts of Guernsey the Luftwaffe hadn't known existed. Andy, Tie Dunn and Adam all seem to have established firm foundations, with Adam John looking after the Cayman legacy. Harry finally emerged from suspended celibacy, prompted by the pleasures of a lighter relationship - he decided to study ornithology at Hull . Magnus 119

found love was a bit of a paine, as his ears were still ringing. Philip and Simon Condu experiments to discover the tensile stress of glass, with rather adverse results. Cted I would like to thank Mr. and Mrs. Vye on behalf of the House for their guidance and h 1 and Miss Burr who must have distributed a record amount of Actifed - and Brasso for et~' new silver, and Di's Angels. e So after several cups of coffee and logical consultations with the monitorial body I thi k I'll beam back up to the Enterprise . ' n JAYESH GOPALJI

The Meister Omers Campaign waltzed on through the term providing tough competition in all events. Although the numbe of cups on our shelf is becoming rather scant it is not through lack of effort. On the sporting front Hugh Girling and Joe Wrench were in the 1st XI and the Juniors reached the finals of the indoor and under-I5 hockey. competitions. They also have a good chance of wmmng the league. The Seniors had a quiet term though the Academic Challenge team, led brightly by Andrew Murdoch, has at the time of this report reached the semifinal due mainly to our strong man Richard Reed. We also performed a successful play this term. Despite the fact that costumes were conspicuous by their absence twenty. four hours before the first performance we played to a warmly appreciative audience with many hitherto hidden talents revealed (the stage hands were particularly impressive in their unexpected spot of limelight). Our thanks must go to our joint producers Mr. Durgan and Mr. Wainde for all the time and effort they gave to the production and to Mr. Trowell for invaluable work on the set. Despite these artistic pressures Judith 'Fifi' Reed continued in her role as Race Relations Advisor whilst James Dawkins, even with the tension of 'A' levels, was firmly rooted to the T.V., leading the way in the h~rdworking tradition of 6a. The House Concert before half term was equally successful and credit must go to Luke Goss and Lucy Flint for their work behind the scenes to produce a varied menu of music. The completion of the play left us only four days to prepare our entry for the House Song and 10 be placed sixth was no disgrace. All in all then another enjoyable term of achievement thanks to the guidance of Mr. and Mrs. Craik and the support of our loyal domestic staff. MEISTER OMERS

PETER BARRY.

MARLOWE

Though our usual high standard of sporting achievements has not quite been maintained this term, it has not been for lack of trying. We have turned out for all events, but have failed to win many, partly as a result of having often to field teams well below strength, owing to illness or other commitments. Our major achievement was beating Luxmoore in the Soccer Cup, but then we failed to make it to the Semifinals. Our overall seventh place in the cross-country was commendable and the fifth place of the Intermediates even better. Tim and Si Turner have played for School footba ll teams and rowing has been represented by Jon Phillips, Charles Gooderham, Ben Lynch and the Head of House. Our congratulations go to Tim Turner for Minor Sports Colours in Soccer and to Jonathan Barton for First Colours in Fencing. 120

On the social side a certain egotistical monitor has had a constant ringing in her ears from the M.O. direction, but has found that when it comes to gardening, 'Tradescantia' is difficult o grow! The questions being asked are: 'Will the Grange guitarist get to pluck Emma's heart \rings , and will Elizabeth 'Newton' Michael and Tim 'Travolta' Mitchell open their own dance 'tudios?' Sara and James have been putting in lots of extra work in the Quiet Room, and Kate ~nd Olivia have had their journeys to school made more interesting by an anonymous admirer. John 'Let's toss for it and if I win you run round the Green Court ten times' Whittlesea has revealed a unique flair for dealing with juniors, and Olivia has provided the cabaret spot when reading the grace in Marlowe lunch . Much attention has been paid to the House Play, to be performed next term, and to the House Song (in which we did well). Our thanks go to F.E.T. and Tessa respectively. Finally, our congratulations go to the Reids on the arrival of Rupert, and our thanks to Joe for all his help in Marlowe. RICHARD COLLYER.

LUXMOORE

This term Luxmoore has continued to uphold its high intellectual tradition, being knocked out in the first round of the Academic Challenge (congratulations to the Oxbridge candidate who scored a magnificent two points), but there is hope for us yet, with the juniors winning the Chess Shield, and the seniors reaching the final. On the sporting front , Luxmoore II reached the final in the six-a-side football (due, no doubt, to the brilliant captaincy of Clive 'It is cool to collect bottles' Nix and Andrew 'Why should I go to assembly' Gillespie-Smith). Irithe Rugby we were unlucky enough to be beaten by Broughton in both the Junior and the Senior Sevens (in the Semi and Quarter-finals respectively) despite Oily's determined coaching, but our Juniors salvaged. some respect by winning the cross-country relay (congratulations to l'!ick Henry for his first team colours), and the Table Tennis team were narrowly beaten by Walpole in the final. The painting of the House, although causing some confusion (Nick seemed to have trouble finding his own room!), has not subdued the Luxmoore social scene. Ivan has decided to take up mountain climbing and is taking great pains to follow up his interest. Cyril, the painter, has struck up a good relationship with 6b (cough, cough) while Big Jon laments his loss to M.O. Stef found A. Hope in Galpin's, but was beaten 40-love, and Mike had to ask R.B.Mi.'s advice on keeping his rabbit amused. Is Jakob's Sure love his true love? Did Angus really take up Karate to defend himself from Lisa's charms? What does Nick find so fascinating about the Orient? Does anyone know the answers to these questions? The recovery of the Luxmoore video camera has led to the discovery of a wealth of new talent, with Andrew's moving Floyd videos and Stef, Luis and Oily's original productions of 'La Bella Bestia' with a cast of just three proving a huge success. Also on the cultural front, our House Song Man is for the Woman Made (Purcell) while not quite giving us first place, was enough to restore the wooden spoon to Broughton. As a final note I wish to mourn the passing of our colonial cousin Rachel, congratulate our new monitors (all eight) and to thank the House, Mr. and Mrs. Aldridge, Mr. McConnel, Mrs. Beddoes and the sewing and cleaning ladies for all their help and support. GUY SEYMOUR.

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GALPIN'S

The New Year had seemed to give Galpin's a clean swe we had been lulled into a false sense of security; the ~Pb~'U\ were soon back in force, let alone the quails and Ita Madame Woodward is considering starting an 'A' level 0 uC.kl. in French Farming Techniques. This term we welcome ElllOQ Floydd, Flemmich Webb and Toby Williams from LaUerWarcl Three weeks into term the Headmaster was shown roun~ate. house to approve an idea first conceived when 6a were in :~e HaUs. Immediately, the Halls and Dormitory were converted e two smaller halls. This term has seen a wealth of competitio to and at one point the Galpin 's machine, a lready in over-drivDS was unable to cope. Mr. Sugden has been particularly g~ at red istributing our silverware this term. The most successful age-group was the Juniors, who managed to win the Basketball and League Hockey competitions. Arthur 'Tom Mbu' Vigo nOl only figured regularly in the Junior teams, but also a ided the six-a-side Hockey side to draw (many thanks, R. W.T. ) with Broughton in the final. Congratulations to our captain, Bill Murch on his appointment as Hockey Club Secretary. Andrew Vinton continues to flourish in the squash world. Des O'Conor, Dave Taylor and Thomas Grieves dominated the Inter-House Chess while the Academic Challenge team reached the semifinal, having almost missed the first round. There have been endless football, rugby and hockey competitions which managed to fill in time between Big A I rehearsals. After two years of accum ulating ideas for the House Musical, 'Broadway Brodie' returned David Lean-style, to direct yet another spectacular; our thanks go to him and the lead roles' Steve Martin and Lucy Charrington, for a very enjoyable production. ' Among Galpin 's comings and goings, Lucinda took a 'ml' approach at The Grange Urselline Convent, deciding that she preferred to stutter at St. Augustine's. Midge carried out deep and probing experiments into contagious diseases, but he drew a blank. Alex Johns took full advantage of being on No. 84's backdoor-step; poacher turned gamekeeper? Meanwhile, Chris and Lucy look forward to their an niversary and Josh Mowll found new attractions in visiting the Headmaster's house. We thank Mrs. Jones, the sewing a nd cleaning ladies who battle not only against great odds but also illness, King's boys a nd ... Finally, my thanks go to Farmer Woodward and his wife for keeping the Galpin 's machinery oiled even in the hectic week of Big AI. May the Galpin's machine rumble towards time immemorial. . . until a quail gets stuck in the works.

RICHARD STRIVENS.

LINACRE

At the beginning of the term, the extension was deemed habitable along with the deluxe super-large wardrobes and the soft beds (seats!). Over the first week-end back our housemaster reached his half-century, only to be knocked out by a vicious bouncer at half-term. Meanwhile, back at the pavilion, life went on in the knowledge that Dom had an exhibition and Tash a place at Oxford. However, there was a table-tennis table for Cocky and Vetls to dominate (in between Cocky's paddling off to the Video shop). Most impressive of a ll was the excellent performance of the senior cross"country squad, who not only won, but also broke the school record by having six in the top ten (for once Fast Eddie lived up to his name, preceded by J.D . and Lippy, the captains of cross-country, and Dobber, Campbell and Steve) - the inters and juniors also ran well. T he juniors did exceptionally well to win the six-aÂˇ side hockey tournament. 122

'THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST' (Richard Strivells)

CJ'HE qMPORTANCE OF GJJEINQ GEARNEST

In Linacre terms, football was a minor disaster: we failed to win any trophies despite the resence of Middle Stump Mike, lain and myself. The House Sevens was yet another semifinal Pffort along with the six-a-side football, the 'cup', the hockey and the squash, where AI McFie 'wung us into the final only to be yorked by Broughton. I must congratulate Mike for his First ~olours in football, J.D. for his in cross-country with Dom, Campbell and Mike getting seconds (bad luck Simon!). Despite varying success on the games field, we made up somewhat by coming second in the 'splendid' house song, under the unrestrained libido of Barry Evans-Pughe. Back on our own strip, affairs were domina.ted by 'the Gospel according to lain Linney,' Max (the 'Graduate') and his hehcopter ImpreSSlOns, Matey's football SkIlls, Benaud and Karsten wIth theIr varymg ability to speak English, Vanessa's girth rate, Simon's love for 'Chinese' flagons, Jim Bensted and the three-figure bill, the Tyler/Nicholls duo, Steve and his 'wings', Sandy's problem is back, LUcy's promiscuity, the eternal Linacre/Luxmoore 6b love-match, and my handling of the house. At the forefront of the love struggles was Pughe, who weighed up the right with the left and ended up with a fidd ler in the second desk of the violin section. Nevertheless my sincerest thanks must go to all those who braved the elements and competed weekly for the house, whether in football, cross-country or rugby and to all those who supported, to the monitors, the cleaning-ladies to whom we are ever-grateful, to Mrs. Birley for her constructive criticism as well as her sympathy and finally to our housemaster, who managed to get most of the way through Lent, put up with us and also had five eighteenth birthdays to cater for - thank you. JAMES SEAGRAVE.

BROUGHTON

The Empire has struck back! This term we can boast seven cups, seven captains of sport and four Kent players. For the first time, we picked up both rugby sevens cups : a well-fought battle against The Grange won us the senior title and then Hugo scored a cheeky winning try against Galpin's in the junior final. Matt Durham broke a few strings in his crucial semifinal match against Walpole on our way to winning the squash cup another first for us. The juniors put in a sterling effort to win the junior cross-country while, in the senior event, Gobber started his running career in style and deserves congratulatio ns for his first-team colours. Under the capable leadership of Phil, we won the junior six-a-side hockey (our first ever hockey 'pot') and then Mark led us to victory in the senior eleven-a-side game, although 'flu caused him to duck out of the final thereby giving Walpole a sporting chance (not to mention his own chances in economic history - thank you D.J.R.). We were forced to share the senior six-a-side hockey with Galpin 's after a string of penalties. This was not to be our year for soccer and penalties denied us the league CUp late in the term. Ayo led his team on a successful basketball tour to Guernsey over halfterm and Edwin collected sundry trophies along with his first colours for fencing. After three years at a high cultural level, the wooden spoon for both the House Song and the Academic Challenge brought us down to earth again. Like our penalties, these will surely improve - but that's enough of that. Poor Woody has lost his 'globe-trotting madam' while C.J. had to call off his Dorset field trip for fear of being too lovesick. Edwina had a Bash in Walpole and skilfully evaded checkmate in Luxmoore although Ali remains the magnet to Mickie's metal. Baggy found the Snow and Gails too much to handle and Alex has had a few problems with his Bedstead. The bottom floor of Temple enticed Andrew Walker into headstands on his upper bunk thereby forcing his feet through the ceiling, while Ka-Yee has been struggling with his weights - apparently he may be able to lift one of them by next term. 123

'BLITHE SPIRIT' (William Gordon-Harris)

The Monitors entertained Linacre to drinks and, against the odds, Patrick ended up b away with Dr. Humberstone in a very high quality darts match. Our thanks to Mr Walllin, and Andrew Harding for having. us to drinks and we were most grateful to 'muscles" M OOdley for tearmg hImself away from hIs bull worker to lower the tone of the evening. In a bu CCletry we even had to act as a field hospital when the lights went out all over Tradescant. Man/ihlenn must go to the domestic staff, to Mrs. Rye, to Mr. Hutchinson for putting up with us anks top floor and to Mr. and Mrs . Hodgson who keep the House running smoothly at all ~i:n~e ALEX KNIGHT:

TRADESCANT

Firstly I would like to fuank Patrick, my predecessor fo welcom ing me into my new Post, and I, in turn, congrat~lat; him, together with Dan and Vicky, on their awards to Oxford following Tony and Brad's earlier successes. ' This term in Trad has been eventful, to say the least Our most notable feature being the annual house concert. Alex Slun and the members of the house gave the audience an evening to remember. Particularly praiseworthy were the solo performances by Peter Pugh, Sarah Pendlebury, Josephine Won~ and of course Alex. This period, however, was plagued by mIsfortune - 'The Power cut' . It is at a time like this one needs complete co-operation, which I am glad to say was more than there. We had a smooth running 'Exodus' and .. . " . . . . fortunately, before long, the power was back and we were 'coming in from the cold'. Our thanks to all the houses that took us in . Earlier on in the term, during arctic conditions, we had a chance to unveil our 'Super Bear' which came second by a mere half-a-point in the Snowman Competition. Jeremy, the brilliani designer, proved to us that he's not just a pretty face. As the climate improved the house setlled down into its normal way of life. The relaxed atmosphere prevailed, especially with Sarah: she was taking a slightly less Stearn outlook on life. More success followed when we found out thaI our intermediates, who won the cross-country cup, were 'Born to run'. Our status in this field was reinforced by the fact that we were 'runners up', to Linacre, in the Senior cross-country relays. There was a similar state of affairs when we narrowly lost to The Grange in the well foughl final of the football cup. Chaz consoled the team with the fact that we had previously won Ihe six-a-side plate. As the term gradually drew to a close there were a few more surprises in store for us: both Jon (fencing) and Simon (cross-country) were awarded first colours, and Andy (fencing) seconds. Finally came success in the house-song competition. It was in this, that Ihe Sturt-Musson combination was re-lived by Sturt jnr. and Musson jnr. Our rather 'grainy' sound (care of John and Chaz) won us the cup. Last of all, there remains one thing left for me to say: thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Wetherill, the tutors, Miss Brine and her army of Ladies who put up with our whims so understandingly. Also a very special thanks to Mr. McConnell for his invaluable help and support for the concerl. RAFFI ASSADOURIAN. 124

~IITCJ{INSON'S

The House has never been so enterprising as it has been this term, but I shall start by congratulating the academic achievements from last term, namely both Steves', Emma's, Caroline's and Richard's Oxbridge successes. Bad luck to all those who came so close ... It was clear from the start that our stage success last term with the House play was going to be continued again this term with the House concert, and indeed it turned out to be an extremely successful and enjoyable evening. The highlights of the concert were of course the performances of Jadd's 'pedal extremities' and of 'Sweet Christina Brown'! J.R.P.'s frontal extremities will also not be forgotten in quite a while. Sarah, Emma and Natascha all displayed wonderful feline prowess, which flowed beautifully with AI's suave solo sax. Everyone ;,~~ributed to the evening must be congratulated for making it such good fun, and I would. .. ecially like to thank Christina for her patient and hard work during rehearsals. The evening esps capped by several vivacious parties, which supplied a perfect finish to a splendid concert. ~~orllY' afterwards our rendition of the Warthog brought us within a whisker of winning the House-Song Competition; in the event ~e finished an honourable third. However, our 'greatest uccess' this term was the trIumphant vIctory of our snowman bUlldmg team. After several cold ~nd hard working hours we were rewarded with first prize. Congratulations to all those who skilfully managed to create an edifice fit for Mitchinson's stature. On an internal level, congratulations go to Mark for winning both the sn?oker tournament and the billia)d tournament. Sarah and Al have both managed to hIde theIr respectIve lIghts under respective bushells; perhaps they could spare a bushell or two for Fa Fa. After theIr attempts al creating a dry ski slope last term, our 'miscreant fags' see~ed bent on destr,?ying what was left of their abode thIS term . On a SImIlar note, we have notIced how many gIrls outSIde the house make a convenience of us! The academic challenge team's unfortunate loss in the semifinal stage of the competition to M.O. (Yes, M.O.!) was more than adequately made up for by our dominance over the chess board. Congratulations for retaining the trophy, even when some members couldn't make it 10 F.5. On the sports field we might have had more success, had the lady hockey players been allowed to participate in inter-house activities. Our soccer teams tried hard , and put up some good performances before falling for the might of The Grange. Overall it has been a thoroughly successful and enjoyable'term. Thanks to Lorraine and Pam for keeping us in order, and I would like to thank Mr. and Mrs. Turner and the tutors for all Iheir help this term. DARREN EVERHART.

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LATTERGATE

In a short but characteristically eventful term, the new boys were quick to settle down and become an integral part of the house. Snow disrupted everything at first, especially on the sporting front, but once the weather did improve there was certainly a good deal of activity. Giles Bones, 'Beam us up' Friedlander, Dave Godfrey, Craig Downie and Matt Nickolls all represented the V .14 'A' hockey team, whilst many others played regularly in the House League hockey, with Lattergate II reaching the final. As goalkeeper for the V.15's soccer, Jody was not exactly amused after letting in eight in one match, while 'Dead-eye' Dave Hemsley was often busy on the range. There were those, however, who were not regular visitors to Birley's,

finding the computer room rather more cosy . The latter part of the term seemed to be dominated by 125

rehea~sals .of the house song, kindly run by Natalia-with-Gerard. Most convenien . lost hIs vOIce at the last moment, but proved an accomplished mud-slinger W . t1y BIlly Dee. you to all those who participated for the effort they put in. . e ISSue a big than~ On the subje~t of effort, .'Salami' Simon found that bed-making was really a rather . and costly affaIr, yet consIderably more effort was expended in the pursuit of .paInStakina the names of the girls. gettIng to kno"

Life in the infamous monitors' study was habitually hectic. 'Is there any br d I frequently asked question - 'Loaf' was not amused by the various insinuati~ns eft?' Was a dIsappeared In th,: afternoons to conduct guided tours of Canterbury's coffee sho made, and only!). Dave put hIs nose to good use on the hockey pitch for the 1st XI while Ge (females some of the school' s heavier items, at the expense of our nicest armchair Mat[,ar entertained head of house w~s occasionally queried with regard to height, but generail y the s credIbility as full of good SPIrIt, partIcularly on Matt's birthday. mOnItors were

We wish the best of luck to Dave, Sam and Vernon as they leave for their senior houses . however, our thanks are due to Mr. and Mrs. Ross Mrs. Maitland and the dom t' . FInally, keeping the house ticking over so smoothly. ' es Ie staff for THE MONITORS.

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REPORTS AND REVIEWS

MUSIC AND DRAMA CHAMBER CONCERT SUNDAY, 10th FEBRUARY, IN THE OLD SYNAGOGUE

This concert contained several ensembles of varying constitution . This is good for the players, as it develops their musical empathy : it is also agreeable to the audience, as it gives them interesting variety. It could indeed be said that concerted music, like the quality of mercy, is twice blest: it blesseth them that give, and them that take. Admittedly such co-operation can become perilous if pushed to extreme, and the Zanzibar Boat Song for six hands on one piano promised excitement, for here were thirty finger nails working in a confined area. But Christina Albin, Darren Everhart and Luke Goss finished the course unmaimed, and the incomparable Percy Grainger emerged well served by them. Mr. Stephen Matthews introduced an unusual ensemble of flute, clarinet, violin and cello for the first performance of his evocative Tarn Hows - Beaumaris. Played by Lucinda Miller, Sarah Pendlebury, Anthony Evans-Pughe and Tanera Dawkins, this had a lyrical style that could qu ite naturally incorporate a folk tune. It was interesting in form and well judged in imaginative instrumentation. Abigail Willis (flute) and Lucy Flint (piano) gave the first performance of an Elegy by Lucy Flint. Abigail Willis played with well nourished tone, and the piece was melodically pleasing if harmonically wayward. A movement from the Brahms Cello Sonata in E minor was given with refined tone and commendable acc uracy by Tanera Dawkins with Richard Strivens at the piano : a sensitive, intimate reading by these players, leaving room for further growth in amplitude . Kate Fall 's account of Poulenc's Flute Sonata (first movement) was shapely and nuent, though limited in tonal variety. A noteworthy merit of the performance was the excellent unanimity between flute and piano (Mr. Stephen Matthews). Frank Bridge's rather dated Three Miniatures were ably played by Anthony Evans-Pughe, Tanera Dawkins and Richard Strivens, who shaped the pieces neatly, though their playing, like the music itself, lacked sparkle. The concert had opened boldly with the first movement of the Waldstein Sonata, no less. Nicholas Baker approached this daunting task with notable strength of technique, but undisciplined rhythm. He bore the disadvantage of an out-of-sorts piano, its indisposition caused no doubt by the Siberian weather of February. A little later in the programme David Watkins mounted the same deceptive instrument for another form idable challenge - the Revolutionary StUdy. He rode it hard . Both these pianists deserve credit for tackling very difficult music so courageously, and sympathy over the odds against them. Jeremy Avis's musicianship shone clearly in the opening bars of Rachmaninov's lovely Me/odie. He promised well, but unfortunately became insecure as he approached the music's climax, and was thereafter somewhat unsteady. Was it perhaps under-prepared? A pity, for it had the makings of a sensitive performance. A guitar solo from the works of Ferdinand Sor was given by Melanie Fall with musical shaping and good tone control. Two arias (Handel and Mozart) revealed a very promising singer in Natalia Fetherston-Dilke, though her word colouring could have been more lively. The piano accompaniment was over-discrete. t 27

For some years now we have become accustomed at these concerts to hearing good work the Bassoon Quartet; but on this occasion, bassoonery was not on the bill. Happily ho from it was replaced by a quartet of horns so excellent that one hopes it will become a regul~r f:;ev er , Luke Goss, Don Roberts, Martin Ie Huray and Benjamin Finn played a Bach Fugue arr: ture . the programme confided, by Mr. Lockwood. This was potentially a winner. What it just mnged , - and only just, - was that bonus, sometimes given to well rehearsed ensembles of the :SSed exceeding the sum of its parts. Vaughan Williams has expressed this phenomeno~ in a si Ot~1 formula: 2 + 2 = 5. Here each part was beautifully and firmly played, and added up m~ e correctly, to 4. As these gifted players work together more, and with further coaching' i~~~e architecture of the fugue, they can achieve 5. I hope they will . e D.L.

MEISTER OMERS HOUSE CONCERT WEDNESDAY, 13th FEBRUARY, IN THE OLD SYNAGOGUE

When reviewing a house concert, one has to be careful not to be too critical. One has to remember that this is the work of perhaps twenty people from a house of about fifty. The Meister Omers .conce~t was enjoyable, but to my t~ste its presentation was a little too info~mal, lacking the pohsh which helps the performers and mcreases the audtence's enjoyment. Havmg said that the music was generally of a good standard. ' The concert started with L~c~ Flint's arrangement of the Can-Can . Apart from. the beginning bemg rather unsteady, the plantsts gave a good rendition of a near-hackneyed piece. This was followed by the Allegro from Canonic Dance No. I by Telemann, for two trumpets. Jo Wrench's playing was precise and he was ably supported by Mark Majurey. The overall impression was pleasant, but lacked contrast. Hugh Andree and Luke Goss played the Menuet and Trio II from C larinet Quintet by Mozart. The interpretation was good, but there was a lack of nuance, especially in the Trio. After this tame the most ambitious piece on the programme: Paul Solway, Lucy Flint, Luke Goss and Jo Wrench sang T homas Morley's April is in my Mistress' Face. In such a small group intonation is vital, and it was a brave attempt at such a famous song. This was followed by Good King Kong Looked Out by P.D.Q. Bach. The rhythm was good, but the humour was lost, inasmuch as the singers could not help smiling throughout. Nicola Nelson-Smith and Debbie Aldridge played the first two movements of Sonata in D minor by Paisible. The phrasing was very good, and the careful use of dynamics made the piece stand out: clearly a well-prepared piece. The wind quartet followed with Three Dances by Claude Gervaise; the playing was of a high standard, but one extra rehearsal would have made this the peak of the concert. The long-awaited Elegie for flute and piano came next and one could tell that the players felt at home with this piece. The use of unusual harmonies raised it from what could have been trite romantica to a warm sad melody. In contrast was Mr. William McConnell's arrangement of Caledonia; the lack of direction spoilt a piece which would have given us a taste of the Highlands. Luke Goss and Lucy Flint returned to the platform once again to give a thoroughly enjoyable rendition of Allegro Spirito by Senaille. Ends of phrases were perhaps rather blunt and sometimes the left hand of the accompaniment seemed a little too heavy. The Meister Omers Jazz Band followed this and the front line was very impressive, especially the quality of Jo Wrench's playing. Sandwiched in between was Mr. Duncan Craik's arrangement Cocktail Time. It is a refreshing change to see a member of staff performing at a house concert. T he piece was pleasant to listen to, and Mr. Craik' s clean pedalling deserves comment: pianists take note. In all I was pleased that I went to this concert; it was a nice change from the more serious chamber concerts put on at King's . R ICHARD STRIVENS. 128

SECOND ORCHESTRA, JAZZ CLUB, BRASS QUARTET THURSDAY, 7th MARCH, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL

considering the unusual choice of day for a school concert, there was a good audience. to r this varied musical fare, though, perhaps because It was a Thursday, almost no non-playmg he:mbers of the school were there. M~mbers of The Grange, Walpole and Lattergate. however m uld certainly have heard the opentng tUtti of the March from SCIPIO (Handel); It was an wO ropriately bold start. From the gallery the Second Orchestra came across in a confident and ~PI~_bodied manner. Throughout the evening there was very little tentative playing, and considering ~ost of the players have probably not been learning for long, it ,,:,as all remarkably well in tune. A preliminary count from the programme promISed fortY-S Ix m the orchestra, and a careful umeration on the ground revealed - forty-six performers. However, there was not a one-fore~e correspondence; illness had caused several last minute substitutions, though as far as I could Â°ee none of my colleagues' daughters was absent, and there was certainly a goodly number of :hem, all string players or flautists. After Mozart's Sleigh Ride, the strings performed two folk songs arranged by Rory Boyle (The Wraggle Taggle Gypsies and Blow away the Morning Dew), well chosen, being within the tec hniq ue of nearly everybody, and giving scope for more expressive playing. The Brass Quartet now made what I think is their second appearance. They are becoming a well-knit group . The Motet (Absalon Fili Mi), like most early polyphonic writing, was full of treacherous time t~aps .. This will ~ot have be.en the first Quartet to have. lost it~ way in the plelhora of interweavmg hnes, when It IS so difficult to get back m after a bit of mls-countmg. The Fanfare under the same title seemed more testing technically, but on this occasion came off better. The sound these players produce was splendid for this ideal brass ensemble music. I hope they will soon be able to manage unconducted, but during the three BeatIe arrangements by Malcolm Gosden they showed that they can cope almost as well with sustained slower music as the sprightly number. This year's Jazz Club followed on with four numbers; South Rampart Street Parade, Black alld White Rag, Tishomingo Blues and Kansas City Stomp . Their leader (Andrew Fordham) gets plenty of opportunitie~ to hear my vie:"s on their performances, so I will just say that I thought this was a good chOice of mustc to give vanety wlthm the almost mevttable two-m-a-bar monotony of the repertoire. The Club is getting better at avoiding a monotonous sound (the drummer has a big responsibility here), working lIluch better together as a group; and they are beginning to project a more buoyant rhythm. We were spared over-amplification of the bass guitar, though I think an amplified ' live' double-bass tone would sound much better in this 'straight' jazz. The whole group can now play very loudly, so I hope they wtll not assume that a continuous fortissimo leads to continuous interest for the listeners! Fortissimo is an exciting effect, but only in short bursts . They took the opportunities offered by the third piece to experiment with a subtler balance and interplay of parts, with a wider dynamic range and better ear for precise accompanying chording. Incidentally, we heard the pianist to reasonable advantage, but can we see him next time? The Second Orchestra returned to round things off with three pieces. Joplin's Entertainer, well pointed and not too fast, was followed by Mr. McConnell's imaginatively scored Rantin' Tltairms, traditional Scottish Rants played with a pretty tight hold on the jaunty running passages, so easy to hurry. All sections had something interesting to play. I noticed some good solos; there may have been others I missed, from the leader (Christopher Whiteley), the violas (Ben Rayment and Jonathan Ibbott), the flutes (in the Rants), the clarinet (James Thompson in The Entertainer) and the bassoon (Nicholas Musson), all confident and well-articulated. Finally we heard (twice) the Russian Gopak by Darrell Wade. The cossacks advanced and retreated with stern intent and terrible mien, bringing to an end a well prepared and staged concert (thanks to the conductor and secretary, Mr. McConnell and Andrew Wickerson), and there was an immediate consumption of coffee and biscuits in a pleasantly convivial atmosphere. R.P.S . 129

CHAMBER ORCHESTRA AND CHOIR THURSDAY, 14th MARCH, IN ST. LAWRENCE JEWRY, CITY OF LONDON

The Programme of this concert was cast, appropriately, in ternary form the Cho' '. parts one and three, with the Orchestra devoting the middle part to a single'substanti~1 gIVIng . . ~ Th roug.hout parts one and three, the ChOIr enjoyed the advantage of Mr. John Scott's . accompanIment at the orga.n. While his re~istration judiciously matched the dynamic of S::~thrl.y at all pomts! he dId not 'Ylthhold the thnll of Full Swell whenever appropriate. His f1exib' o" and unanImity WIth the smgers suggested thorough rehearsal instead of the brief topp' lIlly tailing he presumably had. 109 and The Choir immediately demonstrated a remarkable advance in the basic skills of cho r Mr. Barry Rose, in the short space of a few weeks, has revived the positive merits of rhyt~a Ism. phrasing, sound chording, focussed tone (if not yet evenly distributed) and word signific~lcal The Agn.us Dei from Schubert's Mass in G brought forward two well-toned, capable SOI~i~~' m NatalIa Fetherston-Dllke and Jonathan Wrench, and a first performance of Give Re I s Chnst mtroduced a composer from the ranks of the choir, Benjamin Finn. This anthem I'mp s 0 . spacmg . 0 f h'IS six-part " resses by the composer ' s accomp I'IS hed and expressive ChOIf, and some fine po' of emotIOnal release brought about by enterprising modulations. On the other hand it occurlOtJ to me that the general balance of keys was less assured. Thinkling back over all the choral wort r I find the word 'metamorphosis' suggesting itself. As a technical term this word has been faml'l , t o mUSICIans .. f rom t h ' f L' ' e tIme 0 ISZt. Now perhaps a new meaning may be attached to it by Thlar Kmg's School ChOIrs; for Mr. Rose, building on a foundation firmly laid by Mr. Scott is bringi e about a metamorphosis in their work - no less. ' ng Moza.rt's A major Symphony (K.201) was written at a point in the evolution of orchestral composition where symphOnIC f~rm was movmg from the conventional Italian Sinfonia towards a drama of tonalIty. In this work, tonal tensIOns generate variety of mood and movement wilhin UnIty of for.m to a degree qUIte unusu~1 in 1773. To put it another way, the symphony is no kmger a refmed backgr0.und to sophIstIcated occasIOns: It IS a work of importance in its Own nght, encompassmg a WIde range of feeling, from ruminative meditation to lucid exposition: from b,!collc come~y t? dark questIOnIng. Mozart was eighteen years old at the time of its compositIOn, and With It he may be saId to have come of age as a symphonist. It is therefore reasonable to view the work either as a splendid fulfillment of.youthful zest and charm or as a questing work, reaching out to'Yards the masterpieces. that were to come. No one interpr;tation can reveal all facets of thIs mUSIC. Colonel Paul NeVIlle's reading emphasized its firmness of structure and logic of argument. With clear direction he secured an accomplished performance from hIS players - in no ~ubstantial degree invalidated by some unexpected unease among Ihe oboes and horns. The stnngs gave lovely warm tone with good intonation in all sections. D.L.

MITCHINSON'S HOUSE ENTERTAINMENT OR THE DARREN EVERHART ROAD SHOW FRIDAY, 15th MARCH, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL

Th.e ~vening of Light Entert~inment which Mitchinson's presented in the Shirley Hall convmcm&l>: demonstrated the WIde-ranging musical interests and abilities of the House. Any House actIvIty, whether sporting or cultural, is inevitably an Anthology of Available Talenl, and true to type a lot of the pleasure of this evening lay in the guest appearances of people nol normally reckoned to be ~art of the mighty ~(jng's musical machine. The outstanding appearance was certamly Mr. P~rker s - hIS pleasant lIght ban tone revealing a particularly well developed chest regIster, makmg Dolly Parton seem very small beer. A pity that most of this moving 130

forrnance took place on the floor of the Hall, depriving those further back of much of its per siderable visual impact. And I hope that someone was at hand to give Jeremy Tagg a soothing CO~gle after the last item; he seemed to have gargled with nitric acid before it. gaAS is usual on such occasions, the 'professionals' showed considerable versatility, none more h n Christina Albin as she made a rapid transformation from vamping Georgia Brown to the I ~Ie precision of a harpsichord continuo . Jeremy Cooper's trumpet playing was fluent and chsured in this selection of pieces by one-time Cathedral Organist Orlando Gibbons, though fcouldn't help wondering if Adrian Cruft had arranged them as a special penance for trumpeters who hate playing scales. Jeremy was well supported by Matthew Forbes's clear 'cello line. There was a good selection of vocal items. The girls' choir was well prepared and their rforrnances - especially Phyllis Tate's arrangement of Old Macdonald - benefited from the ~emplary accompaniment of visiting guest star Luke Goss. Luke also conducted the Madrigal Group's Geographical Fugue with clear precision; this was the most ~ssured perf?rmance. of the evening. A PIty that they dId not feel able to dISpense WIth hIS servIces on the plano dunng 'Thule, the period of Cosmography' . Perhaps next time a simpler piece ... Incidentally, I was delighted to see that the programme confirmed a long-held suspicion that nearly all Tudor music was written by E. H. Fellows. Of the other songs the last-minute inclusion of the Cats' Duet could explain why these three mogg ies sounded a trifle inhibited. The cheerful absurdities of Flanders and Swann are always a good choice for a House Song, and Mitchinson's Warthog was tuneful and well polished. It was however, too introspective to be really convincing. A good performance should make every me~ber of the audience feel directly involved. Mind you, not everyone wants to stand up and lell Ihe world that he has perfumed here and there and lustre rinsed his hair, and as several members of the choir came close to cracking up at this point, a deadpan delivery was probably safest. Two groups brought the evening to a cheerful end. Alistair Craik blows a cool alto sax, and what little could be heard of the Big Band behind Jeremy Tagg's 'vocal' made one want to hear more.

No House event can happen without a good deal of effort on someone's part. Impresario, compere, composer, arranger, conductor, singer, bassoonist, pianist, synthesiser-ist, House Captain Darren Everhart deserves much credit for putting this entertaining evening together. H. D. WATSON.

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TRADESCANT HOUSE CONCERT SUNDAY, 17th MARCH, IN ST. AUGUSTINE'S DINING HALL

Despite power cuts that had resulted in the House's being evacuated only a few days befo the Tradescant House Concert went ahead optimistically, as planned. re, To one who, like the present reviewer, is essentially a devotee of the eighteenth century wh it comes to orchestral music, the opening could not have been more welcome: Haydn's Ma: n For The Royal Society of Musicians. This was a nice, spirited performance by the House Ba~h (which, I noted, contained seven clarinetists - nearly 11 V, % of the House's roll and, I suspee~ many times the proportion of clarinet players in the population as a whole!). Continuing th' eighteenth century mode, Mr. William McConnell also conducted the House Band in a statel e piece by Mozart (Sleigh Ride) - which included some very entertaining facial expressions fro~ the cow-bell player! This splendid portion of music from the truly classical period was maintained into the third item, Quantz's Sonata In E Flat (Third Movement) . This was an intricate and well-controlled eighteenth-century baroque item, confidently rendered by Nicholas Goodwin (flute) and Alexander Sturt (piano). Josephine Wong then led us gently into the nineteenth century with a mellow and evocative Chopin Nocturn (In E Flat), and immediately put the audience at their ease with a broad smile. Somehow, the Dining Hall of the former St. Augustine's College with its portraits of Victorian Wardens staring down from the walls, seemed an entirely appropriate setting for this piece. Item five brought us (I almost said 'rudely') into the twentieth century with Denes Agay's Three Movements From Five Dances: Waltz, Tango, Polka. ThiS is not a composer I was fami liar with before, and it has to be conceded that Haydn, Mozart et al. are a hard 'act' to follow. Certainly, this listener had to work harder for his enjoyment in this piece, than in the others despite the fact that the musicians played very well indeed. They were Nicholas Goodwin and Alexander Stur! (flutes), Sarah Pendlebury (clarinet), Peter Pugh (horn), Nicholas Musson (bassoon). The Tango didn't bear much resemblance to the ones I remember from youthful ballroom dancing classes, but the Polka did have quite a bit of life to it. It was back to 'the real thing' with the next three items by Purcell and Mozart. A brave treble solo by Peter Pugh, accompanied by Alexander Sturt (piano), (J Attempt From Love's Sickness To Fly), was followed by the latter, solo, with Mozart's Sonata in B Flat (First Movement). This displayed deft and delicate fingering and was very confidently presented. If I had to declare the item in the whole programme that I enjoyed most, this would be my choice. Mr. McConnell then returned with, this time, the House Choir, giving a very full sound to Mozart's Ave Verum. Pianist Sarah Pendlebury followed with a pensive, relaxing, and very short, piece - Philomela, by Spelling. For the next two items, the twentieth century again was highlighted, this time in the form of two composers of which even this eighteenth-century-minded reviewer highly approves Scott Joplin and Benjamin Britten. Ragtime, that strange mixture of the discipline of classical style and the syncopation of what was later to be called jazz, always seems to me to be so evocative of a transient period in turn-of-the-century America. Sarah Pendlebury and Andrew Greenleaf (clarinets), Alexander Sturt (piano), and Max Francis (drums) did Peacherine Rag with good, foot-tapping syncopation - restrained, though, as ragtime should be - with clear and crisp clarinets. Alexander Sturt then conducted the House Choir (a cast of thousands!) in Britten'S The Ploughboy. Britten's tongue-in-cheek lyrics were handled with delightful good humour and, later in the week, this rendition impressed a far more knowledgeable critic than your reviewer when Dr. Allan Wicks declared it to be the winner of the House Song Competition. This most enjoyable programme was concluded by the return of Mr. McConnell and the House Band with two of Mr. McConnell's arrangements: a sixteenth century piece, pleasingly ponderous, emphasising the four flutes, and, as an appropriate finale, St. Patrick's Day (it was, on the day of this Concert!), an arrangement of traditional themes that displayed nice, lilting flute, firm bassoon and (as in the first item) some cheerfully delivered timpani. t32

VIEW FROM BECKET 3 (Sibylla Martin)

Âˇ After the Concert, Mr. and Mrs. Wetherill. hosted a convivial reception in the (tern . Illummat~d) Gateway Chamber. ThIs functIOn (complete with celebratory cake') poranly opportumty to meet the performers (as well as some of the distinguished guests _ amo'n gave an I was very glad to see Mr. Edred Wrig.h~, Director of Music, 1954 - 1979. Mr. and Mrs. ~!tWhom and Alexander Sturt, the musICal dnvmgforce behmd the whole operation, are thankedhenit, much for gomg to so much trouble, at a tIme of some domestic upheaval in the House t Very us such a pleasant evening. ' 0 gIve

R. B. MA

WALPOLE HOUSE CONCERT SUNDAY, 17th MARCH, IN THE OLD SYNAGOGUE Walpole parents and friends heard about a third of the House play the programme belo

Man~ thanks to Catherine Fall for persuading everybody to play at half a term's notice, a;,j remammg calm when the response of mUSIcIans to her efforts fell short of expectations. Unde the pressure of the approaching z~ro hour respectability was attained, and some performance: were well polIshed. Joshua Ra~lI~son played hi~ own composition effectively, and though a few performers were suffenng dlstmctly from the mclement weather, all the items went through as scheduled. R.P .S. Trumpet Concerto (2nd movement) Haydn Christopher Gray Rosa und R6schen (flute, clarinet, piano) Pohl Catherine Fall , Andrew Bush, Clarissa Price Prelude from Suite in G for solo cello Bach Sibylla Martin (guitar) In the Mood (2 trumpets, drums) Glenn Miller Toby Barker, Christopher Gray, Jai Aboderin Folksong from Somerset orr. Vaughan Williams (Come all you worthy Christian men) House Choir (conducted Catherine Fall) Cordoba (Chants d 'Espagne) Albeniz Clarissa Price (piano) Andante (arranged for clarinet and saxophone by Bach William McConnell) Andrew Bush, Nicholas Young Serenade (formerly from Op 3 by Haydn) Hofstetter Bruce Marson (violin), Catherine Fall (flute) Christopher Gray (violin) Clarissa Price (viola) J ames Sharp (cello) Music by Joshua Rawlinson (guitar) Flute Sonata (1 st movement) Poulenc Catherine Fall (flute) Mr. Scott (piano) 134

HOUSE SONG COMPETITION FRIDAY, 22nd MARCH, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL After some years of adjudication by a 'committee' of the music staff we turned to an outside d'udicator again this year, and were very fortunate that Dr. Allan Wicks was free and willing 30JslIOuider this task at fairly short notice. As ever his advice was pithy, pertinent and practical, Iod he summed up with all his usual clarity and humour. The first three houses were Tradescant (I heir first win), Linacre and Mitchinson's. T he songs were: The Ploughboy arr. Britten Tradescant (Alexander Sturt) All Schwager Kronos Schubert Linacre (Anthony Evans-Pughe) The Warthog Swann Mitchinson's (Darren Everhart) Pall is Angelicus Franck Galpin's (Richard Strivens) Erlkonig Schubert School House (Caractacus Downes) arr. Sharp Meister Omers (Luke Goss) o Waly, Waly The Grange (Stephen Taylor) Schubert DoS Wandern Purcell Luxmoore (Luis Fernandez) Mall is for the woman made Kenneth Long Lattergate (Natalia Fight the good fight Fetherston-Dilke) arr. Sharp Walpole (Catherine Fall) Come, all you worthy Christian men The Policeman's Song (Pirates of Marlowe (Tessa Williamson) Sullivan Pellzance) The farmer and the cowman (Oklahoma!) Rodgers and Broughton (Philippe Lacamp) Hart R.P.S.

ORCHESTRA AND BAND CONCERT SUNDAY, 24th MARCH, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL After the staff had successfully repelled a Napoleonic invasion in the Shirley Hall for two nights running, it was with some pleasure that on the evening following the staff play French innuence was finally permitted to triumph. Offenbach might no t be the most intellectually demanding of composers, but his bright overture to La Belle Helene was ideal to start a lighthearted end of term concert. The orchestra coped well with the vigorous rhythms and performed with more joie de vie Parisienne than most of us were able to summon up at the end of a dark, snowy term of epidemics. The same alertness was carried on to the selections from Carmen, and for their performances in both pieces the yo ung percussion section - even if a little overvigorous at times - should be commended for their concentration . Some of Bizet's solo demands were taxing too; the trumpets and flutes played their parts with admirable dexterity . The concert began with French music, moved to a French opera set in Spain, and neatly rounded off with Two Spanish Dances by Granados. This unfortunate composer died at sea, which is where I found myself when trying to identify the dance content of his music. The orchestra played well, but the recipe was a little stodgy after the souffles which had preceded. Nevertheless, we had been provided with a delightfully happy and professionally- performed concert, which sent me back to report-writing in a far more generous mood . - Thank you. The band's contribution to the programme got off to a rousing start with Lustspiel, an overture orginally scored for orchestra, and now popular as an arrangement for band. This was followed by Rhapsodie Modernata, a typical American band piece by Albert Davis, which was performed with precision and a good sense of balance. 135

Timothy Watson was the soloist in Track Three by Simpson, a piece for xylophone and b Here Timothy displayed his technical skill and flair for the instrument in a lively perform and. with sensitive accompaniment from the band. A slight tendency to rush on the part of the sani ~e, added extra excitement to this item! a OISt Th~ band c~mcluded with a spirited performance of The Blue & the Grey, a collection Amen can CIvIl War Songs arranged by Grundman. The obVIOUS mIlitary experience of Ih ~f conductor, Col. Paul Neville, was evident throughout in their polished performance. err J.S.R. AND A.N.W.

KING'S ROCK MONDAY, 25th MARCH, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL I don't know how much money was raised for the victims of Ethiopia's famine on the evenin of Monday, 25th March, but I suspect that a sizeable part of the proceeds from the sale of tickets went to pay for the hire of amplifiers, speakers, lights and smoke-machine. Yet eve if the members of Invisible Sun cannot claim to be the Bob Geldofs of East Kent, they did mak~ a mark on the history of King's. Although it is over thirty years since Bill Haley took the world by storm 'rocking around the clock' and although it is almost as long since Elvis shocked first middle-aged America and then parents throughout the world with his overtly aggressive and sexual 'rock 'n' roll', no pupils at King's had ever put on a 'rock' concert for the school. Each young generation since the 'fifties has sought to ry:write its rebellion against authorit y through its 'pop music'; in the 'sixties, the Beatles, the Stones and the Who, in the 'seventies Sid Vicious and the other exponents of the lumpen culture of the football terraces . Perhaps it is the rebellion latent in 'pop culture' that has prevented its exponents from being allowed to exhibit their talents to their peers here. However, the rebellion of pop culture has ever since its foundation, been tamed by the lure of 'filthy lucre' (let's face it, Pete Townsend was always able to pay for the hotels he wrecked) and it is dubious whether a 'pop concert ' would ever have resulted in scenes from If being enacted at King's. On condition that the audience remained seated, a young group of musicians was allowed to entertain their contemporaries with a gig that included numbers from the 'sixties (Under my Thumb), early and late 'seventies and 'eighties, including four numbers composed by the group's keyboard player, A ndrew Fordham. Invisible Sun had little rehearsal time and even less time to balance their array of audio technology, now so necessary it seems to the production of pop music; nonetheless they produced an enjoyable and competent performance. It was a shame that the stage act of the lead singer, Chris White, was marred by the distortion of his vocals, but that technical problem did improve during the show. One of the problems of the improvisation inherent in pop music is that it can lead to long passages where the music seems to make little progress and this would be my main criticism o f many of the numbers played by the group . In both senses of the word they seemed to lack direction. In two separate numbers the group had 'guest' artists, AI Craik on the saxophone in Same Old Scene by Roxy Music and Lucy Amos singing in Andrew Fordham's Another Look. Al Craik seemed to entertain the crowd while Lucy Amos's singing was of high quality, although I felt that the audience, bemused by seeing a female on stage, did not receive this number with the credit it deserved. The standard of Ben Mowll's drumming was good throughout the gig and it was a shame that he was not given greater opportunity to display his virtuosity in more solos. Andrew Fordham played keyboards to great effect and probably served to give the group the cohesion that it had. I feel he deserved to take a less reticent part in the stage show than he did; after all it would seem that he was a major moving-force in getting the event to happen at all.

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Chris Walker did his job from behind his mop of hair, like some latter day Beatie, most ffe<:tively and Adrian Leach, turning his hand from oar to guitar, seemed to fit the bill of playing t h.chever guitar Chris was not, and. certainly appeared to be enjoying himself on stage. His VI ~ vocal number slightly lacked the punch of the original (Under my Th umb) or is it merely O~e nostalgia of one who believes that 'sixties pop has never been surpassed that brings this t omm ent ? In any case the dedication was very much appreciated. c perhaps the highlight of the whole gig was the Led Zeppelin number, Stairway to Heaven this was performed powerfully a nd coherently and provided an example of what the band ;ight achieve with more rehearsal a nd direction. I hope this first in the School's history is not also a last; the a udience was well-behaved thrOUghout and at least one member of staff enj oyed himself, had even bought a ticket and in no way really felt he was also there as a bouncer, a hopeless task for someone of his size anyway! Thanks must go to Dr. R. B. Mallion whose head would have fallen had the revolution come, but who now ought to feel proud that he is not just a Jazz impresario but a 'rock' promoter as well. If future concerts can build on the, sometimes imperfect, standards of this one, 'rock at King's' could well become a most enterta ining fringe activity. A. FAN

BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY, SUFFERED UNDER PONTIUS PILATE TUESDAY, 26th MARCH, IN THE QUIRE For this yea r's Lenten meditation in music and words Âˇwe found ourselves, not in the crypt as formerl y, but in the great quire of the cathedral. The cold, drizzly evening seemed very far away as Pachelbel's timelessly beautiful prelude on the Marian canticle - the Magnificat - broke the awaiting stillness of the cathedral. The sequence of readings, hymns, carols, anthems and motets had been most imaginatively put together by The Revd. Peter Allen and Mr. Barry Rose. The readings spanned the whole spectrum of Christia n writings ranging from a meditation on the Cross by Paulinus of Nola - six centuries older than the cathedral itself - to the twentieth century Innocen/'s Song by Charles Causley. The music comprised some fi ne congregational hymns, a richly expressive organ prelude on 0 sacred head sore wounded by the contemporary German composer Heinrich Wiedermann, and above all , motets and anthems for the fi fty-strong school choir to sing. The first half of the medita\ion dwelt upon the theme of Mary and the Christ child. The choir began by singing Britten's magical A Hymn /0 the Virgin from the apse behind the High Altar. Next came a medieval carol sung antiphonally, the two soloists most effectively stationed in the orga n loft, the choir on the steps below the High Altar. Two settings of Ave Maria gratia plena followed, one by the 16th century Italian, Arcadelt, the other a 20th century song for sopranos and trebles by Simon Lindley, organist of Leeds Parish C hurch. The 'nativity' group ended with Poulenc's challenging and very lovely, Quem vidis/is pas/ores, sung with an effortlessness that quite belied the motet's formidable difficulties . The Meditation then centred upon Christ's sufferings on the Cross, represented by Wise's moving The ways of Zion do mourn, John Blow's poignantly chromatic motet, Salva/or mundi, Handel's well-known He lVas despised and Stainer's God so loved the World, from the Crucifixion, a piece that in the context made a remarka bly strong impression. Finally, after a hym n and concluding prayers, the choir retired to their opening position behind the High Altar to sing Bruckner's austerely memorable Chris/us est factus pro nobis obediens usque ad mar/em. The occasion was offered as an act of devotion, the congregation being asked appropriately to respond in silence. It was a memorable one, in which the sum of the several parts added up to something unique. Not a word or note during the whole evening seemed out of place. There can be no doubt that the congregation left much the richer for the experience. PETER LE HURA Y. 137

GEOGRAPHY FIELD TRIP (Jollothall Foard and P. W.D.)

'THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST' THE GRANGE HOUSE PLAY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY , 2nd AND 3rd FEBRUARY, IN ST. MARY'S HALL

The Importance 0/ Being Earnest in some ways is not a very good choice for a h since it can onl y inv~lve a few members of the house on stage. However, when o~se Play productIOn of such a hIgh standard, you tend to fo rget such qualms and simply enjoy thY u see a path of Wilde's int rigues through which the actors lead you. e arnusina The performances were as elegant and nicely finished as the set. From the start Steph (Jack/Ernest Worthing) and Andrew Harding (Algernon/Ernest Moncrieff) caught the en TaYlor atmosphere of refmed banter perfectly and used Wilde's sparkling wit to amuse the ~e~vasII't 'My dear fellow, the way. you flirt with, Gwendolen is perfectly disgraceful. It is almos~ ;e~ce: S as the way Gwendolen fhrts wIth you. We soon see the rapport which exists betwee E ad (or Jack 'in the coun try') and Gwendolen (Abigail Willis). However this is thwarted by t~ rn~t infle~ible Lady Bracknell (So phia Baker) with her exotic hat, crisp tone and menacingelr:&Id, condItIOns, one of whIch reqUIres her prospectIve son-m-Iaw to have more relations tha n t or a Gladsto ne bag. Th~refore Jack's plans for happiness with Gwendolen are impeded rnerehly moment, but as he hImself says: 'The very essence of romance is uncertainty'. Or t e Jack's search for relatives ~akes him down to the country where w.e meet the rest or th characters of the play. There IS Dr. Chasuble (WIlham Hawkes) who IS required to perfo e two chrIstenmgs for people wantmg to be called Ernest and who has a mUl ti-purpose se non for every occasion, which was in fact used in the next sermon in the cathedral by the prolurno T he Reverend P. J. D. Allen. Dr. Chasuble is destined to find marital bliss with a certain :r, PrIsm (played by Deborah Colman who made a very good schoolma'am figure) who also PI;~ her role m the eventual sIgmflcance. of the Gladstone bag. Miss Prism is also the governess ~r MISS Ceclly Cardew (played by a s Ul ta~ly alluring Samantha Hardingham) to whom Algernon Moncr.leff ls fmally engaged. However, smce Ceclly and Gwendolen both have a peculiar penchant for bemg engaged to a man named Ernest, this leads to delightful confusion and the scene in whIch Gwe~dolen and CecIly archly arllue over the 'smgle' man whom they imagine to be Ernest untIl they dISCOyer that neIther of theIr prospective husbands is called Ernest. T he beautifully balanced arguments of both women believing that they are engaged to the same Ernest are ended by Gwendolen with the s up~rb Iin~: 'I am ~ Ia~ to say that 1 have never seen a spade. It is obvious that our socral spheres are WIdely dIfferent. Fmally, the two prospective Ernests reveal themselves as Algernon and Jack in the denou ement, but only to be thwarted once more by the obstreperous and ICY Lady Brack nell . ResolutIOn IS fmally reached when Jack traces his lineage through the famous Gladsto ne bag as being respectable even by the high standards o f Lady Bracknell. To complete the plot Jack finds out that his name really is Ernest and emphasises the delightful vem of deceit in the play by declaring how mortifying it is to find that one has been speaking the tru th all the time. A flock of marriages ensues following the resolution of this neat plot which was in turn followed by duly. appreciative applause from the audience congratulating The Grange on an excellent productIOn . DOM INIC ANDREWS.

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Julien Foster (Sha) drove at evening through the hushed Vosges. The car radio, glimmering, received broken from the horizon of storms. The rain, spitting down, was reflected in the headlamps. .'u...., .an outcast, as his car sped along the mountain road, its engine purring like a ~.I••""O cat. road was stony, and he often jerked up and down on his scat, He glanced I bls watch: 6:07. He was a little behind time; should he increase his speed and risk it? Would ~y be watching him even now, would They be watching the red needle as it quivered on forty/lf ? They'd give almost anything to get him now, he thought bitterly ... e lie decided to risk the consequences, and pressed down on the accelerator. Good. He was jpCCding along now. 'Shouldn't be long before the turning-off,' he said ungrammatically. His IIms were sweating, and drops of perspiration glistened on his forehead. • In the headlamps, he suddenly noticed a fox, dashing across the road. He managed to miss II but the incident left a nasty impression on his mind. Suppose They had carefully trained the to wait by the road and when any vehicle came past illegally, somehow to send a radio signal \lick to Them. He WOUldn't put it past Them. He wouldn't put anything past Them. Once, he ~.d bought some sausages from a 'travelling butcher'. He had cooked them and given a fairly burnt one to the dog. The dog had gone into convulsions and then died. That was a painful lIemory. He sighed. There had been many painful memories and they were starting to flood \lick. That was the trouble with his memories. However hard he tried to keep them out of the allnd they always came back again, bringing him pangs. A saU tear ran slowly down his cheek. lie Ii~ked it off and stared at the open road. The windscreen wipers were like quarelling children, be mused. One made a neat semi-circle and the other rubbed it out. , . He watched them, bypnotised. On and on ... past cragged mountains, past gushing rivers, past pine trees. No sign of any d.llisation at all; but did civilisation really exist? What was civilisation? Was civilisation just eating, drinking, sleeping, watching the television and meditating? Surely there was much more to life than that? But he supposed that there was more to life, only They had taken it away. Stolen it, out of meanness and greed. They had turned a world into something cold and harsh. They had brought lerror, so They could live freely and how They wanted ... Suddenly, in the darkness, he saw a light. 'And the light shone in the darkness and the darkness comprehended it not.' Where had that come from? His grandmother had taught it to him, he remembered. But that was meaningless to him. He liked the flow of words, though. He feU Ihey came from a better world. They also expressed how he feU ... The light was growing bigger: it was not a wel~oming light, the sort of light that had shone In his house after a hard day's work - it was a blue, cold, unwelcoming light. It was Their light... Instinctively he turned off his headlamps, and then lurned Ihem on again, realizing it was no use. This was whal he had been dreading all along . He was done for. He cursed, as he thought about how well it had gone up to now. He had escaped at just the right time, no one had seen him , except his neighbour, whom he had told he was going to the office: no one had seen him on Ihe journey, so what could have gone wrong? Did They realise it was him? Of course they did. Would They stand on an open, wind-swept road just to make a routine check? 'Stop,' barked a voice, and he stopped. What else could he do? His heart sank as he recognised Ihe voice of his district officer... mind you, all Their voices were the same; unfriendly and cruel. 'What is your name?' He bit his lip. If They knew it was him, why were They asking these questions? Why weren'l They ordering him to step into T heir car? Either T hey were being deliberately sarcastic, and trying to make him feel he was safe, and then suddenly giving the order of arrest, or They had not yet realized ...

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'Compton', he answered briefly, then cursed himself for being such a fool. No w Th think he was a spy, giving false information, and torture him. He could by giving h' ey .. oOld have just got off with being shot. Still, it came to the same thing in'the end . . .IS real nallle, 'Your card, please, Compton.' He fumbled about in his pocket to gain time. Was the man saying 'Compton' i th to~e bec~use he knew? H.e slow~y flicked O?t the red ide~tity card and handed it ~o t: 1 Slilll, ThIs was It... He loyed wllh Ihe Idea of turnmg on the engme, and dashing lowards Ih fÂˇ lIIaa. No, he would probably be shot, and that would mean a dislocated jaw bone before ~ ~Onller. out of his misery. ClOg PUI The man glanced at the card for a few seconds and then suddenly lossed the card back Ih the window and said crisply: 'Drive on.' rough He could only stare. If a card had a different name on it from Ihe one that was said the .v.ery least that wo.uld, happen was that one would be lortured, and Ihen shot as as ' Ih.a fuglhve ... But he dldn t need to be told twice. Hc lurned on the engine and shot forl PYhlnd . What had happened? Why hadn't he been put in Their car, and driven back towa d headq.uarlers? Then he suddenly k~ew. T~e men were putting on Ihis act 10 be deliberal~1 s ~he revoltmgly mean. They would let hIm get jusllo Ihe frontier and Ihen give Ihe 'Arresled' nd or even worse, shool him Ihere and Ihen, jusl when he kne')' he was safe. He drove even r'g~al, nOI.bolh~rin~ a~oul Ihe facl h~ was now doing ninely miles per hour. They were probably 1:" behmd hll!" jokmg and laughmg .abo.ul Ihe .'man who .Irie~ .10 calch us oul bul failed.' Shou~ h~ crash hIS car on purpose and kill hImself jusllo aVOId gIVIng Them Ihe salisfaclion of k'm hIm? Bul he ~new Ihal he could n~ver bring himself 10 do Ihat. No, however close The~ ~, 10. h.'m, even If Th~y slarled shoo ling, h~ knew Ihal he could never bring himself 10 COIII~1t sUIcIde. He would jusl go on and on, unhl he was dead, and Ihen They would gel salisfactio n. He was nearly al Ihe fronlier. They would probably slarl shooting now. He gritted his leelh for Ihe ordeal thai was to come... faster and faster .â&#x20AC;˘. He. kept his hands ~n the --:h.eel and. soared through the barrier ... but. .. where was Ih. shoolmg? Why weren t They fmng at hIm now? Why had They let him go through? They knew that once he was past the fronlier, They couldn't touch him. For a nasty moment he Ihoughl that may~e he wasn'! past the frontier yet. lV!aybe he had taken the wrong turning. Bul no, he couldn t have. BeSIdes, all the dreadful poles Ihat dotted the roads in France were now gone He was safe! It was a miracle! . He began to sing a song his Grandmother had taught him: 'You and me, in a little toy shop, Bought a bag of balloons with Ihe money we'd got .. .'

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It Was Now or Never

Oliver Harris (Shx)

The Irenches were gaping monuments of war - bitterness, hardship, pain and death. The r was cold and soaked through our rotting bools, trousers and puttees. There was mud. ",leas under the water, stained dark with gun oil. It was oozing and squelching, making life II ; oSI intolerable. The pumps had. broken; the water was, in some places, at waist height. , ISialioned in the salient of the British trenches, we were expecting a retaliation in reply to o?r . ing ground. Alone, in our position between the canal and the Bethune road, we waited m g,;nearlY hours of that January morning, not daring to. put o,!r heads abov~ the wall ?f. t.he :~nch. In vain, I again attempted to look through the mme-perlScope 10 momlor the actlVlhes f Ihe enemy. The attack would come soon. It had 10. o I lold myself they would attack at dawn. They would be able to see the wire then. The moon h d already sunk below the horizon. I let myself contemplate the only beauty apparent in that a ful place: Ihe moonset. The clouds were lit and silvered. The scene could almost be a painted '~Iure. The shadow and highlights, the blending of grey and silver, the sharp and rounded edges, ~ere all there - perfect, the ideal medium. Is that the only beauty in war? I asked myself, the d wn and setting of the moon and sun. What had become of the glamour and romance? Where ~re Ihe deeds of heroism that we sought, setting out from England, smiling and excited, carried :IOng on a tide of illusion. And what of t~e evil intent of the 'Hun', screamed at us fr?m ~he media and Ihe ruling class? Were we not gomg to defend our country? Were we not to extmgUlsh Ihe evil generated by the Prussians? Nollwo hundred yards away was the enemy, rustling, preparing and always fir.ing shells. T~ey .. ere constantly sniping, sapping. The attack musl come soon. I had three enemIes to cope WIth _Ihe political, the natural, the social. The first was the Germans. The second was the weather. How winter raged - the snow, the ice, the rain, the mud and the wiud. The third was the rank and file. There was the constant battle, still fought in peace-time, to earn respect, to swamp Ihe biller resentment shown to an officer. I perspired. My head felt tired under the helmet and I wanted to collapse on to a bed and cry. I did not sweat with heat or anger, but with plain unadulteraled fear. Cold droplets of water dripped from beneath the rim of the helmet on to the bridge of my nose, down my chapped cheek and rolled off my chin. The waiting was worst, not just for me, but for everyone: everyone except Charlie. He was a conscript, fresh from school. He sat on his mound apparently unperlurbed by the water, the mud, the rats and the imminent attack. He wore round-lensed speclacles and had three prized possessions - his Bible, his prayer book and a volume of poems. He peered through his mud splattered glasses at his rifle, laid across his lap like a child. Waiting was the most fearful. When fighting there is no time to feel scared. The questions never answered accurately before an engagement multiplied themselves, chasing each other across my brain. How many? What fire-power? When?- Are they going to blow up the trench? The altack had to come soon. The first shafts of sunlight turned the clouds a paslel peach. Dawn. If they did not attack now they never would. The stark 'no-man's' land was strewn with barbed wirc and shell holes. Liltered all over the ploughed mud wcre bloody, mutilated bodies and abandoned rifles ..The blasted trees, standing motionless in the wind, wcre disquieting. I became acutely aware of hme, cold, fear and then - nothing. The light was almost too light for an attack, an attack that had to come. I threw some ammunition to Charlie who passcd it down thc trench with a messagc, 'Get ready'. All along Ihe Irench, soldiers checked their rifles and primed grenades. I examined my only clean possession - my pislol. The cord was slimy, dirty and coarse. It was tethered to my neck Iikc an albatross. Time took on another dimension, wherc seconds were elongated 10 minutes and suspense was perfect. There were no distractions. All were alert. It was now or never.

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My Most Powerful Memory

Jonathan Walker (Shq)

I was four when it happened; an incident so horrible, so powerful to me at the time th has ever since branded an impressiolT'on my mind's eye, as when you stare at a light for a lat It amount of time, then, when you close your eyes, the bulb is tattooed on your retina; Chanaral going, then coming back again, so vivid, so haunting. Dg, For many weeks afterwards I woke up early - two to four a.m., finding myself sweaU Sometimes I had screamed, causing 'all hell to break loose' within the house, and someli~gÂˇ - although not so commonly - my bladder had opened involuntarily, and I spent the rest ta, the night changing my bed. This is my story. . . 0 I used to live, and still do, in a three-storey building in the suburbs of Haarlem, Holland It was late October, and winter was settling down to her dictatorship. Almost overnight I . had uncannily fallen on the canal, killing the water's miserable beauty. Whitish-grey snow eng~ll~ all houses and buildings. Cars refused to start. Winds blew .â&#x20AC;˘. and blew ... and blew. My parents were off on a holiday in America, and a certain 'Mrs. Holl' was baby-sitting for US. It was early morning. As was my custom, I rose at six or seven and crept stealthily downstairs to sample the biscuits, eying the liqueur tray while I was about it. I dressed quickly and slid into my skates, and waited patiently for my elder brother. Outside, some older children were sliding up and down 11 narrow slice of ice that was thick enough to permit human weight to stand, jump, and skate along it. For a while I stuck to this cramped space with the others. But, as was to be expected in my young and innocent years, a sense of weight and support was not one of my strong points, and I soon began to venture further and further downstream. As I skated along, I began to take in the fake beauty around me. I grew interested in that bird on Mevr. van den Berge's roof-top. Its wings so perfect, so jet black, silhouetted against the snow. That roof-top - I could see a gap in it through the snow, revealing the orange, wavy tiles. As I thought and concentrated, my spirits were lifted and I started humming; I thought I was not bad at skating. Then it was dark. Cold and dark. I was confused, muddled - I did not notice my body's blind struggling - aliI knew was that I was cold, very cold. Ideas, theories as to my whereabouts flooded into my brain almost as fast as the water flooded into my mouth. Then there was light. Two hundred yards away the lads stared at me, their jaws open wide, their legs apart - paralyzed in dreaded fear and excitement; in that crowd, I saw my brother. Once again I was pulled down, weed wrapped round my white skates. My mind went berserk. I did not notice my lack of oxygen, or the black waters rapidly suffocating me - or the cold. All I saw was 'me'. My tiny body lay at the bottom of the canal, enveloped in mud and faeces, both human and animal. My face and hands (the only visible parts of my corpse) were rottea and parched, a vile yellow colour like copper or gold. Many fish fluttered over me, nibbling, squabbling, devouring me, as they had my eyes. My hair floated in the water like kemp, going to and fro, to and fro. It was two weeks since I had fallen through, and yet I was alive .. . alive ... alive ... 'AIR! I MUST GET AIR! I'LL DIE, I'LL DIE!! I'LL DIE!! I MUST GET AIR! AIR! AIR!. . .' Then, once more, I surfaced, coughed, and went under again, taking large crusts of ice with me. Under water I choked - then surfaced. This time, subliminally, I made a desperate effort; I lashed out at the surrounding ice, but every time I made contact, it broke; the ice actually broke! I could not believe or accept this fact in my frenzied state of panic. Movement - movement to my right. 142

A girl of about sixteen or so was sitting on the bank, sticking her left leg out to me. I doggyddled closer to her and grabbed her red boot with such vigour, letting out all my relief, that P:e almost fell into the black and evil water herself. But she did not. s She wrapped me up in a warm blanket and her mother drove me home. On the way they chatted I t to me about friendly things, trying to calm me, to make me laugh. But I did not hear. ~ c~uld not. I was in a state of shock. That night I awoke. It was dark all around, very dark. I was hot and clammy and shaking. I noticed my bed was wet, but I did not dare move. I was scared, and I knew that I had had â&#x20AC;˘ nightmare. This continued for over two weeks or more, and then it gradually subsided, and I almost forgot the whole incident. Almost - but not quite.

Jeremy Barnes (Sha)

The Childhood Paradise I wonder. Is it ever possible To re-Iive the days When pens could transform, With the slightest effort of imagination, From a writing implement To an aeroplane? Or are the days gone, When 'Dinkey' toys were bigger than life And a bicycle was the fastest machine on the road, With me behind the wheel? Can my imagination ever be rekindled? Has my pen ceased To amuse in the way it was wont? Can I break the sound barrier on my bike? I think not. Ever.

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Someone's pulling your leaves off

Guy Dunn (A6b)

My life transforms when you appear, No rain does fall but sun does shine. I long to hold you close and near; The stars, the moon, the world, all mine. Your eyes so clear, so dear to me, Your face, your skin, so soft to touch. Your lips near mine, why can't you see I love you dear, is that too much? Away from you will I be missed? The thought of love remains all day. And to that last time that we kissed To be returned would be sweet play. 'Up yours,' you said, with angry heart, 'You just want sex and I'm no tart.'

Luke Dunn (Sha)

A Schoolboy Hero Rows of little boys line up in a corridor, Like stretched fishing line they stand, Taut, tense and silent, but for the occasional kink, In the form of an unwittingly conspicuous whisper Or a giggle. Wearing authority like a tight collar, The monitors stand, or pace, occasionally stopping And correcting a kink. 'Go and wash your hands', 'Comb your hair - it's awful.' At this, the small eyes Are lifted up reluctantly and momentarily they catch The eyes of the false God. Then they return their sojourn to the floor And the silence is broken by footsteps, The gush of water, and the noise of a towel on a rail. The boy returns to the queue, The monitor strides away, smiling conceitedly At his small exercise of authority. Many eyes follow him, reading his smile, Misinterpreting it. Subconsciously they note Anything he does, later to copy it In their own movements. For everything he does is right He is the hero. 144

TWO Souls, Not One

Nicholas Goodwin (Sha)

In those forgotten years, when time stood still, I played with my Action Man, called Bill. fie was thin and small like me. But he was grown-up too. Tim. was confusing and so was life. Bill had a kit, a gun and tools, And to me war was exciting. I watched films of men killing .. And dying. I knew that no one really died; Life, death a.nd .w."r were one big Action Man, With immobile Jomts and A grim face. But I was wrong. Bill was invincible, 'cos I dropped him from The top of the house. Then, I did not know I was experimenting with life. Would I become a future Pavlov? He wasn't hurt, but he wasn't real.

Once, I left him next to the boiler, And his hand melted with the sheer intensity of the heat. I remember seeing the stub of his arm, And screaming. He was life and life was him. One day I came from school, ()ressed in my uniform, eyes twinkling, face smiling, Ever expectant of life. I rushed clumsily up the stairs to find Bill. He was gone. My cries reverberated round the house, And came back, sinister in their magnitude. I caught a few hazy words through my screams, And tears. 'Given ... to boy ... across road ... at school.' Mummy told me the boy was poor and needed toys. I hated him, oh how I hated him. Today my sister has an Action Man; I .asily forget that day, And ridicule her for playing with these childish things. If only I could realize what a hypocrite I am being. But that is a consequence of Time, And the break from childhood.

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Jeremy Avis (A6b)

Endings

It was a fitting day for a funeral, I suppose. In the pale light of a mid-January dawn I my back propped up against the cold, hard marble of Mr. D. W. Brogan's graveston~. SIt, The epitaph read: 'He lived for the good of the world, But greatness was not in him.' It was the same old story - another of life's mediocre mishaps - few would miss him anoth lemming would slot neatly into his place - a new treasurer would be found for the Waierbrid: Conservative Club. The relatives would not cry for long. The snow was falling too. The sky, a gradually deepening orange-grey, cast a weird aurora of light on the graves around me, already covered in a light dusting of the snow. In the valley below hung a thick mist of low cloud, blurring horizons and making the once sharp outlines of land mass and sky into no more than a faint perception of the real and tbe imagined. Far below I heard the sound of an impatient motorist leaning on his horn, stirring up emotions and creating disruption in the well-ordered life of some unfortunate being. I craned my neck forward to hear more, but beyond that there was only the dull hissing of the void around me. Time was standing still - waiting for something - I was sure of that. Flakes brushed down the side of my face, their cold female fingers leaving only a vague impression of wetness as each crystal melted into formlessness. I turned my face, allowing the snow to enter my mouth, nose and eyes, to settle in my hair and caress my ears. Then as the sensation became unpleasant I turned away again, looking instead towards the granite facade of St. Mildred's Parish Church. The snow, silver and dark, drove obliquely against the stained glass of the windows. I felt my own identity fading and mixing with the other elements around me. The solid world itself in which the dead, lying in the earth beneath me, had at one time existed, was dissolving and dwindling. The papers had been right; the snow was general all over the South - it was falling in every part of the Thames basin, on the treeless Downs, falling softly over the suburbia in which I had spent my youth. Further south it would be falling still, into the dark and spume-tipped waves of a now deserted English Channel, and it was falling here upon every part of the lonely churchyard in which I was waiting to be buried. I had climbed up to this sanctuary as soon as I heard that the bomb really had gone off. I couldn't bear the thought of being part of the panicking p~pulace below, trying to save my own skin for the sake of having nothing better to do. The fall-out continued; it lay thickly drifted on the crosses and headstones, on the spears of the little gate, and on the barren and lifeless trees. It was falling for the last time on both the living and the dead ... I stood up, took a final glance at the world below me, removed the last of my clothing and lay down, totally alone.

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'BLITHE SPIRIT' THE SCHOOL HOUSE PLAY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, 12th AND 13th FEBRUARY, IN ST. MARY'S HALL Blithe Spirit is on one level just an improbable farce in th ree acts, as it was described in the rogramme. But it also has a haunting, disturbing, serious side to it: does Elvira come back fo plague Charles because he is unable to accept that she really is dead, making frequent unfavourable comparisons between her and his second wife Ruth? Certainly, Coward is underlining the deep rifts which lie behind the happy facade of many marriages . The feature which first struck me was the excellent set: meticulously constructed, it was almost langibly real, enabling the audience to appreciate the fo urth wall effect. My only small criticism on this front would be the placing of the low table so far dow nstage, which made it harder for some people to see the seance properly. Of the four main parts, only two lend themselves to exciting dramatic performances. Without any doubt, Kat herine Kelly and Charlotte Bishop made this production come alive. As Madame Arcati, Katherine acted With sparkmg vivacity, never lettmg the exuberance of her performance flag. She brilliantly evoked the mannerisms of an impassioned, soulfu l, well-intentioned, middleaged spinster, onl y one step removed fro.m genuine mad n~ss. Charlotte's role as Elvi ra was made considerably eaSier by her make-up, which us ually estabhshed her as other-worldly. She draped herself seductively over the furni ture, sang with open sensuousness (if slightly insecure pitc h), and demonstrated a superb ability to ' float' across the stage . What was most pleasing about her performance, however, was her awareness of the meaning of the language: her intonation and expression were suitably varied. Of the other characters, Sophie Lumsden th rew herself into her part with characteristic enth usiasm. She skilfully captured the nervousness of someone who isn't quite sure of what is happening around her, and emphasised the aristocratic trait of speaking with rapt earnestness one moment, yet apparent boredom the next. Omar Madha evoked nicely the attitude of a man torn apart by conflicting loves and loyalties, but showed occasional disregard for the meaning of his lines or dramatic variation in what was, admittedly, a marathon rOle . In a play where the humo ur is predominently intellectual, the moments of coarser hu mour involved Lucy Dixon-Clarke as Mrs. Brad man and Sophie Eynon as Edit h. Lucy put everything she had into her part, and was prepared to laugh not just at the other characte rs but also at herself - a vital ability for a comic actress. Sophie was the quintessential frightened maid, overawed and confused by the play's events. ; The overall production was lively and most enj oyable to watch. Although the music conveniently filled the gaps between the action, I felt that the Coward songs skilfully arranged by Mr. Stephen Matthews were perhaps a little beyond even the impressive School House orc hestra. T here were few moments when the slickness of the play faltered, a nd these could perhaps have been completely eliminated, had some more adve nturous cuts been made. All these are minor qui bbles , though, in a production which bore witness to the sharply rising standards of the House plays at King's. Much credit is due to Mr. Miles fo r overcoming the usual problems facing a producer, and for devoting so much time to the play. I hope he feels it was worthwhile - I do. M ICHAEL NASH.

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'BIG AL' THE GALPIN'S HOUSE PLAY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, 1st AND 2nd MARCH, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL

Molls and mobsters, cakes and corruption, ballads and bullets - Big AI had the 10 gymnastic jazz-op~ra, flavoured with 'Some Like It Hot' scenados and some fine pairs of It. A thIs was a productIOn that never relented from ItS crackIn)l pace. Some found it overwhel~~' and everyone revelled In a thoroughly sltck and Itvely evemng's entertaInment which oozed ~.nb& vitality and variety. 11 The stor~ does not need elaboration , for it follows the rise an? fall of AI Capone in the a of ProhIbItIOn In ChIcago. After a warm musIcal IntroductIOn, tne play exploded into life wi~h a melt!e of gangsters and girls. And then came AI - mean, suave and utterly convincing Qui apart from the stunts and gymnastics, Stephen Martin 's performa nce gave the play sUbs lan~e and powerful credibility. His timing was consistently excellent and he managed to give all bie actions and words a real sense of purpose and con fidence. Changes in mood were deftly handled too, and his relationship with Mae (Lucy Charrington) more than anything else brought OUt the mixture of glamour and brutal reality that ran through the play. 'A sweet potato', Mae Could flirt as well as love, hate as well as cry. Her singing was superb and the last scene showed a very considerable degree of feeling and finesse from both her and AI. Around these two a vast complement of policemen, bible-bashers, lawyers, gangsters molls and prisoners grinned, snarled, smarmed and growled - and a lot else. Lucy Harland' was a fine Italian 'Momma', staunch and protective, while Huw Beaugie doub led up strongly as her husband and Johnny Torrio, a controlled yet thoroughly ruthless gang-leader, with a fine voice to match. The production took fu ll advantage of Thomas Grieves's versatility - from pipsqueak to bodyguard to gangster he jumped with lightning speed and ability from role to role. Adam de Linde was equally impressive - his thuggishness and the relish with which he disciplined his prisoners were extremely natural. The success of the play lay in its vigorous use of aClors in a rapid kaleidoscope of scenes, adopting different roles and stances with ease and pace. It is no small achievement to involve every member of the house , yet the play never got oul of hand or became ill-disciplined, and it is a shame that a short review like this cannot give due credit to all the actors. The Cultural Creepess (Lucinda Miller) handled her bible-class smoothly, and with a fine blend of scorn and tolerance, whilst Alexander Morgan's timing and command of his role also helped make this an enormously popular scene. Liberty (Annabel Roberts) and Lily Lush (Natalia Fetherston-Dilke) displayed remarkable aptitude for their parts, while Chris White gave a fine ballad-style rendering of 'Poor Little AI' ~s well as dominating in his gangSle, role, and cringing as Diamond Jim. Lucy Amos as Goldilocks immersed herself most feelingly and entertainingly in her role as the dumb sidekick moll to Johnny Torrio. The list of characlers goes on .. . but perhaps they are best remembered by the stunts they performed, and for the full-blooded enthusiasm with which they slinked, danced, wiggled and leapt around the Slage. The director exploited the possibilities of the play to the full, without ever over-stepping Ihe mark - chairs were whisked away from under their occupants, a most impressive birthday cake produced an assassin, doors appeared and disappeared and even a ticker tape machine emerged. Hardboard cars, brilliantly painted, like the set, by Mr. Oliver Trowell, moved around the slage during the rousing song 'Drivin' Along On Love' and there were countless other touches Ihat all contributed to the flashy, yet very illusory and decadent glamour of the Chicago underworld. The choreography was very impressive, the girls' costumes beautifully made by Mrs. Toni Maitland, and the sound effects were well timed and brought out the humour of many of the scenes very appropriately. Words were not consistently loud and clear enough, but that is partly due to the acoustics of the Shirley Hall. Throughout the play, the band, which was ably led by Andrew Fordham and Richard Strivens, helped build up the atmospbere which made the action and songs wholly credible and impressive. It kept the pace of the play going subtly and with it the zest and vitality of the performers. 148

'BIG AL' (Michael Smith alld l.S.H.)

What impressed me most of a ll was the sheer output of the production in warmth, wit and nergy. Mr. Peter Brodie should be congratulated for a rousing, sensitive and disciplined ~roduction, which harnessed and directed the considerable amount of talent in Galpin's House to its full degree. PIERS MCCLEERY.

'SHERLOCK HOLMES' THE MEISTER OMERS HOUSE PLAY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, 16th AND 17th MARCH, IN ST. MARY'S HALL

Meister Omers's rendering of Sherlock Holmes fo llowed the traditional approac h to house plays, stressing enthusiasm and giving the majority of the house an opportunity to air their talents whether dramatic, musical (Luke Goss and Lucy Flint) or even muscular (Hugh Girling and Nick Wakefield). Although the plot became slightly elusive in parts, Michael Smith's (Holmes) consistently cool composure held it together well and the atmosp here of London in the 1890s was effectively created and enhanced with a good set and imaginative use of the urchins and policemen in the brief street scenes. In a play such as Sherlock Holmes it is important to capture the sense of humour and caricature in Ihe writing, without turning it into a complete farce. Some of the actors took their parts rather 100 much at face value, but caricatures were created especially well by the viciously evil Moriarty (Richard Reed), the coquettish Therese (Judith Reed) and the 'bonnie' Scots Dr. Watson (Andrew Murdoch) whose discreet retreat at the advances of Madge Larabee (Francesca Beard) had everyone in hysterics. Jonathan Wrench coped admirably with a more serious (and therefore more difficult) part and was a convincing James Larabee in the face of imminent disaster in the form of the house lights coming on mid-scene and the enthusiastic back-stage crew who unintentionally took part in some of the mainstream action. In fact the mishaps only added to the humour of the performance a nd most of the actors managed to keep thei r concentration throughout, which is difficult at such close quarters to an audience who are receptive to both intentional and unintentional drama! An especially successful scene was the one in the Stepney Gas Chamber where the balance between the sinister and the amusing was captured well. Nicola Nelson-Smith (Alice) showed genuine emotion when threatened by the 'thugs', who in turn caused laughter at their unashamed 'thuggishness' and cowardice in front of their boss, Moriarty. Prince the handy-man, Forman the blood - stained (ketchup!) butler and Bill the messenger boy also gave good performances and the musical interludes helped to weld the scenes together. Overall it was a lively play and the participants transmitted their sense of enjoyment to the audience, which made up for the lack of co-ordination and resulted in a very amusing performance. DEBORAH COLMAN.

t49 'SHERLOCK HOLMES' (Bell Davies alld lall Gardener)

'A PENNY FOR A SONG' THE STAFF PLAY SATURDAY, 23rd MARCH, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL 'People like me tend to get laughed at.' Mr. Durgan's (Edward Sterne) line illustrates Ih courage of the Masters' Common Room in mounting this production, but any fears were tot lie unfounded, since the hugely appreciative audience responded to the polished and hig~IY professional performance with obvious enjoyment. y Although in some cases audibility was a slight problem, the play. was excell.ently cast: Dr Humberstone was a very conVInCIng Hallam Matthews, plaYIng the Jaded, sensitive yet selfish literature-loving man with ease, and his pained expressions at the various French accents thaI were indulged in were particularly amusing, as was Mr. Gales as the manservant Breeze who captured the air of a rather attentive hairdresser perfectly. Mr. Durgan and O.K.S. LJcinda Galloway (upon whose entrance an entire row of Shells eagerly scanned their programme to discover her identity) played the less comic, and therefore more difficult parts of Sterne and Dorcas with confidence, coping well with the more sentimental moments. Mr. Tennick and Mrs Cohn-Sherbok made the most of their roles, but for sheer comic brilliance Mr. Milford (as Si; Timothy Bellboys) and Mr. J. Parker (Humpage) undoubtedly stole the show. Mr. Parker's success in remaining on stage (and up a tree) for the entire length of the play and acting with superb expression and timing throughout was a major achievement in itself, and Mr. Milford displayed a similar degree of professionalism: as someone commented - his enthusiasm on the rugby pitch is nothing compared to the eagerness he showed whilst masquerading as Napoleon! The motley 'Home Guard' provided much amusement, particularly in the non-speaking parts of Dr. Poots and Mr. M. Parker (attired in a very fetching shade of peach ... ), who added a whole new meaning to the term 'country yokel' . . . Mr. Ross, as the earnest and pedantic preacher, made the most of some excellent lines, and Mr. Hooper was a suitably 'keen' leader ever confident in the talents of his men. ' Although the play did bring out the political element to a certain extent (,Democracy . .. We all believe in it dear, but some of us are too well mannered to practise it') at times the more serious moments were overshadowed by the farcical nature of some scenes. However, topical details were incorporated into the play with skill: Dr. Humberstone's frantic brandishing of the infamous '1000 French words' book brought many a familiar groan from the audience, and was a nice touch. The 'special effects' were very impressive, particularly the skilful balloon simulation when Mr. Milford was hoisted into mid air, plus of course the presence of a 'real tree' with which to support Mr. Parker's delicate frame! Congratulations must go to Mr. Dobbin and all involved in this extremely funny yet admirably controlled production, which combined technical flair behind the scenes with an amazing display of hitherto hidden talent on stage! ABIGAIL WILLIS.

TALKS RELIGION AND CULTURAL CHANGE PROFESSOR p. E. NINEHAM (Professor of Theology, Bristol University)

'What must the truth be, and have been, if it appeared like that to men who thought and wrote as they did?' These famous words by Professor L. Hodgson were the theme of the instructive and entertaining talk by Professor Nineham on the cultural changes which have affected the approac h of modern thinkers to religion. ISO

tie explained in a lighthearted manner how changes in society affect the way we see things. Drawing analogies from everyday life to illustrate his more complex points, Professor Nineham Iraced the changes in religious views from first-century Palestine to the present day. 'If a friend of yours suddenly fell off his chair in a diabetic coma, what would you do?' he asked us. Modern-day medicinal treatment would be able to restore the friend back to health in a matter of minutes. But what would they have done in Shakespeare's England? A gruesome explanation of the healing qualities of blood-sucking leeches followed, much to the cringing audience's amusement. 'Not very optimistic', he added ... God doesn't change. It is merely our picture of Him that alters - each culture produces different viewpoints, and as time progresses each culture believes its own theory is correct. .. until a future culture proves it false. This talk, although originally intended to be aimed towards those members of King's who are particularly interested in religious thought, concluded by being more universally helpful. If the opening quotation from Professor Hodgson is applied to literature other than religious writings, the result is equally successful. Thus Professor Nineham succeeded in educating his audience in an enlightening and entertaining manner, which left us 'answered' yet still ready to 'question' our views. CHARLOTTE BISHOP.

GERMAN LITERATURE IN THE 20TH CENTURY: RILKE, MANN, KAFKA PROFESSOR J. P. STERN (University College, London) Professor Stern began by analysing Rilke's Rdmische Fontane: ttiis is a poem on the subject of a very early Renaissance artefact, and is in essence a work of art about a work of art. He drew our attention to the completeness of the poem, with no pending infinitives being picked up later, and to the complexity of the syntax employed by Rilke, in a poem whose subject matter is on the verge of breaking up. He emphasised Rilke's capa.city for creating new words, making his poems virtually untranslatable. Professor Stern saw Thomas Mann's mention of history in the first few pages of Death in Venice as highly significant, highlighting the connexion between man and his environment. Written at a time when Europe seemed to be on the brink of war, Venice is portrayed very much as a scene of great moral disillusionment, where even the hitherto excessively self-disciplined Aschenbach succumbs to the temptation of relaxation. The fact that Kafka was a reluctant lawyer by profession explains his obsession with the fabric of law in The Trial. In many ways, Kafka was ahead of his time, in describing in 1914 a man who is being persecuted by an unknown law - his crime is never revealed to him. . The talk was an unusual mixture of language appreciation, with Professor Stern being especially mterested in what he termed 'language consciousness', or the different meanings of words according to their context, and background facts. The works were carefully and perceptively analysed and also put into a wider literary and historical perspective. Professor Stern's huge enthusiasm for his subject and his extensive, though in no way ostentatious, knowledge was what brought his talk alive for me; we are extremely grateful to Professor Stern for giving up hiS weekend to us, and for making literary criticism seem both challenging and ultimately very rewarding. MICHAEL NASH. tSI

POLITICS TODA Y THE RT. HON. FRANCIS PYM, M.C., P.C., M .P. Mr. Pym gave a most stimulating talk to a packed Societies Room. He ranged over the wh political scene in Britain todaY,supporting this policy! condemnin&thatdevelopment, alw~le original and mCISlve, and offenng a valuable mSlght mto the relationship between party YS government. He was not afraid to criticise the government (usually referred to as 'She') w~~d he thought it n~cessary, but his talk was not predommantly cntlcal. On the c~mtrary, Mr. p n demonstrated his full polltl~al talent and expenence m his constructive suggestlO~s which ran:~ from political econ?m ~ to mternatlOnal relations (the latter mcludmg the fostermg of the Third World, peace-keepmg m the Middle East, Amencan-Sovlet relatIOns, and the alleViation of the ever present Irish problem). After the talk ! questions were asked by the audience on ~n informal basis .. Mr. Reid asked the question which he had aired to some of us m his 6b history set the prevIOus lesson: was the Conservative. Party, in view of the raising of prescription rates, a caring party? Mr. PYm replied that the n se was not the act of a canng party, yet It was not representative of the wishes of the whole. Mr. Pym also agreed with Mr. Turner's compa rison between Mrs. Thatcher and the nineteenth-century Liberals. In response to a question by Timothy Ball, Mr. Pym absol ved Lord Carrington from the shame for the Falklands invasion . Replying to Lucy Charrington's question, he explained that in a perfect world the electorate should vote fo r mdlvldual candidates not for parties; but our world is not perfect. Inevitable (but amusing) questions about personal political ambition were parried with the skill of an old campaigner swatting away schoolboy flies. Only Tara Usher's questlOnmg showed the tenacity and mtellectual ruggedness of Robin Day - politicians of the twenty-first century beware. Mr. Pym's talk well illustrated the reasons for his prominence in politics today. It also afforded an interesting example of how a politician can be so much more effective before a live audience than before the T .V . cameras - it was little wonder that Mr. Pym bemoaned the decli ne of the public political meeting. Those present felt that they had received an important insight into the opinions and motivations of a man surel y destined to continue his life in the public eye for some time to come. BREIT ARENDS AND WILLIAM HAWKES.

THE PARLIAMENTS OF THE EARLY STUARTS: MODERN OR MEDIEVAL? DR. G. L. HARRISS

(Magdalen College, Oxford) On 1st March, Dr. Ha rriss came to King's to deliver a lecture entitled : The Parliaments of the Early Stuarts: Modern or Medieval? Although his particular field of expertise is the late medieval period, Dr. Harriss has written a book on seventeenth century parliaments, and found, during the course of his research, thai the parliaments of the seventeenth century bore a marked similarity to those of the fourteenth century. His talk outlined these similarities in a lucid and fluent way and provided those studying the years before the Civil War with valuable and interesting pa rallels with the earlier period, which has been somewhat neglected by historians. Dr. Harriss emphasised that although 17th century politics were more complex than those of the 14th and 15th centuries, and new ideas we re being explored, 17th century parliaments looked to earlier records for their precedents, and were greatly influenced by the records lef! to them by their parliamentary 'ancestors' . This, said Dr. Harriss, was not idle antiquarianism, 152

t a genuine respect for past values and a strong feeling for tradition. 17th century politicians bUd a profound reverence for the struggles and issues of by-gone years, and in the parliament he 1610 alone, 33 rules and 66 statutes of medieval parliaments were quoted. o The powers of 17th century parliaments too, were essentially medieval: the king had, as in e 14th and 15th centuries, the absolute right to summon and dissolve parliaments, and in all th peets, legislative, political and legal, parliament's powers stemmed from medieval precedents, a~d few significant advances had been made. Even the 17th century electorate was largely the :a me as it had been for centuries, confined to the 40/- freeholders . At the end of Dr. Harriss's talk, one was left very aware of the fact that, in essence, a parliament of the early 17th century was much as it had been in the 15th century, and this failure on the art of parliament and the king to adjust their positions in relation to each other, in the light ~f changing circumstances, must have been a major factor in the troubles of early 17th century .rliaments and the eventual clas h of the two sides in 1642. Failure on the part of historia ns fo draw comparisons between period~ of history has undoubtedly led to many n:isinterpretations and ill-judged conclUSIOns. Dr. Harnss's talk outlined the value of these hlstoncal compamons very clearly, and I would like to thank him for delivering a superb lecture which made a great impression on all present. MARK BURGES WATSON.

FROM FINANCIAL CRISIS TO REVOLUTION IN FRANCE, 1787 - 1791 DR. G . ELLIS (Hertford College, Oxford) Dr. Ellis managed to portray what is a well researched topic, in new light by the introduction of two main themes: the structural and conjunctural causes of the Revolution. Basically, he attributed the Fall of the Ancien Regime to the immediate context, or conjunctural reasons, and to the Bourbon King's inability to persuade the privileged orders of the seriousness of the financial crisis and to force the inherited institutions to accept a small increase in tax. He said that the fundamental cause was the ineffectiveness of the institu tions in obtaining France's 'untapped resources'. Dr. Ellis went through the history of the financial crisis, from its initial build up in the preceding centu ry in the form of a national debt of 11 2 million Iivres by 1786, to its development into a political crisis as early as 1787 . He also drew an interesting contrast between English and French fiscal positions and pointed out that England actually had a debt of ÂŁ250 million; substantially more than France. However, Pitt was not faced with such dogmatic conservatism as Lo uis XVI was and, hence, alleviated the problem by the institution of a consolidated fund . By 1788 50.5OJo of France's annual expenditure went on servicing her immense debt, yet the Assembly of Notables and the parlements refused, as did the provinces, the institution of a General Land Tax . Feudal funds were quite clearly incapable of fulfilling the modern needs of France. The Revolution was further accelerated by the unfortunate coincidence of major conjunctural problems. Two bad harvests of 1787 and 1788 led to vast inflation with grain prices rising by 69%, and wages by only 22%. Revolution was secured by the reactionary nature of the Estates-General, convoked in the vain hope of a settlement. Factionalism and political rancour dominated the proceedings which quickly turned into a stru ggle against the Ancien Regime. The debt had itself grown by November 1789 to 400 million Iivres, and drastic revolutionary measures were taken by the largely middle-class T hird Estate. One thing led to another and by 1791 the revolution turned on Louis, who was no longer capable of stemming the revolutionary tide. Our thanks go to Dr. Ellis for delivering an insight into the immense complexities of France's financial crisis, in what was both an interesting and entertaining manner. PATR ICK PAINES . 153

KING'S PARLIAMENT The Clerk of the House's (Piers McCleery) call of 'Hats off! Pray be upstanding for M Speaker' opened another session of debate within the Chamber of the King's Parliament motion was a topical one of censure on the Government's handling of the economy. A si;"i1 e ar debate had been held the previous day in the 'pretend' Parliament at Westminster. The House was sharply called to order at 7.30 p.m. on Friday 1st February, and the Ri h Honourable Leader of the Opposition (Emma Risley) opened the debate. Her case was the us~al criticism of the all too familiar high level of unemployment, coupled with government c0I!'placency and lack of feeling. Reducing inflation to aid reflation was said to be a na'ive philosophy, and It was pomted out that the cost of mamtammg the dole could well justify a policy of capital injection. Monetarist policies were ridiculed and neo-Keynesian economics was heralded as the only way forward. Short-term policies for increasing government funds, like de-nationalization, were attacked as only benefiting the well-to-do, and the Government was reminded of the limited duration of North Sea oil. Without more growth, within fifty years we could be ranked amongst the Third World nations, the Right Honourable lady warned. She ended by stating that the Government's policies had not yet worked, nor were they likely to and a radical U-turn was required. This could only be engineered by a Labour Government: The Right Honourable David Watkins, Prime Minister, then rose to his feet amidst a cocktail of parliamentary noises. He was quick to alert the Opposition to the economic damage caused by the miners' dispute, which he accused the Labour Party of propagating. The Prime Minister demonstrated by throwing some coins on the floor of the House that the Labour Party's policy of massive investment would just be throwing money away by servicing a deficit. He pointed out the problems which President Reagan faced having been confronted with a deficit of $180 billion. TheÂˇPrime Minister then asserted his full confidence in the Government's economic policy, the continuation of which he believed would lead Britain out of recession and equip her with a new, self-sustaining economy. The main speakers were backed up by the Chancellor (William Hawkes), the Home Secretary (Brett Arends) and their respective shadow cabinet opposites, Paola Wilson and Jeremy Cooper. The speeches, if at times somewhat incoherent, were of excellent calibre, with Jeremy Cooper demonstrating a very fine line of argument. The enthusiasm of the speakers was unparalleled and unfortunately led to the Right Honourable the Home Secretary being asked to leave the Chamber by Mr. Speaker. The evening was rounded off with some speeches from the floor, the foremost of which came from the Honourable Member for the Common Room (J.S.R.), a Scottish Nationalist M.P. on loan to the S.D.P .-Liberal Alliance. The Alliance was well supported, though still not proportionally, by speeches from Honourable Members for Walpole, Linacre and Broughton. The evening was brought to an end by the vote, in which the 'ayes' (supporting the motion and not the Government) seemed to have it.

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VISITS UNDER-19 BASKETBALL TRIP TO GUERNSEY Rumours of St. Valentine's day behind us, the 'punk' and 'Trilbied' effervescent team set off into the sunset to Guernsey, to enjoy a variety of pursuits, and even play some basketball. A great atmosphere prevailed in the minibus, enhanced both by G.P .G. 's 'exciting' driving, and Ihe stories of his cannibal university friend s. Arriving at Portsmouth in good time, we embarked on a somewhat roller-coaster seven-hour crossing, which everyone, we are glad to say, survived; though only Ade knows what he was doing in the wrong lavatory! Six o'clock, on an icy Guernsey (a good 5Â° warmer than Canterbury) morning, brought us to St. Peter Port, and our quite impressive hotel. After a couple of hours' recovery, we met Mr. Gales's friend, Martin, who gave an introductory tour of the island. This was followed by a practice in which the pace of the balls was just too fast for Ade. That afternoon (still the same day) saw our first match against Guernsey Grammar School, in the large and, to us, spectacular, Guernsey Sports hall, which we used for all three games. We won by a sound margin , and the confidence and team spirit of the squad rose appropriately. The evening was spent investigating the nightlife in St. Peter Port: Ayo went blonde, Ade went black and Strings had a headache. Saturday saw a harder fixture against Guernsey Schools Under-19 Group, which was, despite a strong start, narrowly lost, as the opposition rallied and the after-effects of the night before look their toll. Morale suffered a noticeably low blow in this, the team's first loss since its birth eighteen months ago. But we kept our spirits up, moving out into the town , with the penguined A-team of Ade, Ayo and Strings vanishing into the night to return with stories of some new success. Entertainment was provided by Ade's repeated attempts to play squash - he 'struck-out' for a second time. A match against a Guernsey first division side had been arranged and in the first five minutes King's were twenty points down, against an obviously more experienced team. Thanks to G.P.G.'s encouragement, the demoralised team gritted their teeth and held the final score to 22-50. The effect of three matches in three days (with only half an hour's sleep in Strings' case!) showed, and all credit is due to the captain for setting a fine example in consistent form, and hard work - perhaps he deserves a white jumper tq keep him warm this summer! The last evening featured a cheese and wine party (kindly laid on by our host, Martin) which everyone thoroughly enjoyed. It starred Ade, resplendent in Nigerian national dress. Throughout, Ihe tour was characterised by a relaxed atmosphere, and no one will forget Mike 'J've got to ring Alison' McCullough's endless phone calls (which were 'free' for a while), Nigel's useful contributions, Jim's 'basketball boots' mystery, or indeed Tim's mysterious Norwegian night. There was also the subdued Pete Barry, the very able vice-captain, Gav's persistent ' quacking', alii 'David Bailey' Adegboyega and last but certainly not least Bertrand, whose English and dancing improved considerably! But who knows why the captain was reported fuming when he confronted G.P .G. while investigating the nightlife? Mr. Gales rode the occasionally stormy waters at supper well, apart from being lost for words as Ade 'tuned his radio' to break his 711427 code! Thanks are due to Mr. Gales and Ayo for restarting basketball at King's, and to Marlin for co-ordinaling the tour. We hope future teams will go to Guernsey and enjoy the same invaluable experience that we did. 'Maintenant Ie ressort est bande. Cela n'a plus qu'it se derouler tout seul.' The former having been now well accomplished, the team hope that basketball will continue to thrive at King's. THE 'A' TEAM. ISS

THE RENOIR EXHIBITION: THE HAYWARD GALLERY The Renoir Exhibition, at the Hayward Gallery from 30th January to 21st April 1985 is of the most highly acclaimed and also highly criticised exhibitions this year. It houses o~er y~~ of the master's works including two sculptures, ranging from the most famous 'La Loge' the relatively unknown paintings from private collections . The Gallery has brought togeth to paintings from all over the world - from Canada to Spain - so that most of his major work' are now under one roof. This in itself must be a first in the history of Impressionism. s Having expected to queue fa, at least. ten mmutes to get into the exhtbllton It was a pleasant surprise to discover that you could walk straight in; out of the cold into the warmth of the Gallery and the gentle blue, red and green hues of Renoir's works . The first painting set the style of many to follow - a little girl, impeccably dressed smiling sweetly at all those that passed - and the exhi bition was set out in such a manner that it was very easy to stroll around absorbing the beauty of his prolific works. The exhibition, though, was not set out in any particular order, which made it somewhat confusing and difficult to compare the artist's works for impressionist in fluences . These, however, did become more visible as the exhibition progressed. By 1870, the brush strokes in his works were much more visible - as in 'Madame Clementine Stara' . In addition the,e were several paintings of Monet, the other great Impressionist leader, such asÂˇ 'Monet painting in his garden' and others of his wife. T his showed the fr iendship and infl uences that the two artists had on each other. The most im mediately noticeable feature of Renoir's work is the realism with which he portrayed people - the skin tones and the expressions that give each person life - the hurt look on one little girl's face gave the impression that she had just been hit by her sister, and released t he floodgates of c hil d h ood memories. T hese characteristics became clearer and (Sanjay Wicker)

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progressed . It became obvious that Renoir's ability lay in portraying the huma n for m - clothed or otherwise. The exhi bition did not include a ny background information on the artist, which in many ways was a disappointment. J ust one board giving a brief outline of the artist's life and work, as t56

Âˇn the Royal Academy, would have been enormously helpful in assessing and comprehending ~any of his works. Several of his paintings such as 'Gathering flowers' (known as 'In the 111eadow') show two young girls in various activities. These are rumoured to be his daughters and lengthy discussions as to their origin could be heard throughout the Gallery. A footnote to the paintin~ as to this question would have been helpful - or maybe even the experts themselves

are uncertam. controversy and discussion also broke out in Âˇ the Gallery over 'The Umbrellas'. Here the discussion was not on the origin of the models but as to whether the umbrellas were being put UP or down. M.any minutes were spent searching for that elusi~e raindrop, or hidden puddle _ neither, 1 might add, was found, and the controversy remams. Renoir clearly had an immense fascination with the human form, and in particular, the female kind preferably undressed. Many of his works were portraits of small children, nudes or 1110Si famous ly - couples dancing as in 'Dance at Bourgival' . Gasps of recognition could be heard as this painting was spotted for the first time. H is experimentation and then success in painting flesh could be followed through the exhibition. Impressionists were a very controversial group of artists because of this experimental nature and many of Renoir's works were refused by the Paris salon for being indecent. These included 'Blonde Bather' where he had just begun 10 experiment with the play of light on the bather's skin, giving it realistic qualities that were almost unknown previously to the salon. When bored with the sweetness and gentle colours in many, if not all, of Renoir's works a quick visit to the John Walker exhibition, also at theHayward, made one long for his femininity again. Hornflc black and mud-green modern crealtons adorned the walls, each followmg the same pattern with variation only in the shades of colour used. Measuring about twelve foot square they were not something the eye could avoid, however much it wanted to , and relief came only with a return to the more dulcet tones of Renoir. The Gallery also sported a tiny coffee shop that was so tiny and so popular that there was standing room only. However, the freshly ground coffee and homemade cookies more than made up for it! The staff who accompanied us, and in particular Mr. Pragnell , must be thanked for such an enjoyable and worthwhile visit. VICTORIA WILSON.

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THE SOCIETIES The Society has had a busy term, with several new members and thus we are at slightly larger Society. This term we welcomed J. A. S. Fo;ter (GR), D. Coy JlrCsent a N. B. Prescott (W), A. J. C . Rattray (W), C . J . R. Tothill (LN), T . D. Watso~ng (8), T. J. Weller(T) and C. M. Whiteley (LN) . Nick Preston (B) was made a Committee Member in Nove(MTj, and smce Jommg the Society fourteen months ago, has completed very effi cien tly a large number other, " ' dcoce, .J onat han Wl.. O ur programme~pnnte.r-m-res~ lh ams (W) has completed no fewer than four HJobs . play programmes, mciudlOg th e Impressive two-colour Ga lpin 's House play programmes which ouse up co~ pletel r b~ h~nd! a 'several late nights' job . About 120 jobs have been printed d~ring th~V~~ set !erJ!l s â&#x20AC;˘. mcJ udmg m VHatlOn~ for ho~ se plays and concerts, the usual fileheadings, letterheadings and ~nler mVltatlons, ,as well as some mterestIng Jobs we are doing for Downing College Cambridge May Ball th ther Stephen Pame (O.K.S.) We have also made a good start with the tick ets for King's Week since Jo ro ugh and I will be taking 'A' levels next term. ' nat han Since our last report we have in vested in another large item of equipment which we have bought seeo dh from the University: a paper-plate-ma ker and litho machine. This means that we can make plate~ and cheaply and simply. more CAXTON

~ext term , in between the King's Week tickets, we plan to revive an o ld trad ition of holding a wayzgOOse This _ _t.akes mn . the form of tea and short speeches by members of the Committee, and should be an ellJ'oy bl '

We are very grateful, as a lways, to. Mr. George Neeve, who is always ready with an answer to any probl when he appears on Thursday evemngs. On behalf ~f the Committee, I would also like to thank R.J .~m and M.J .M. for the many hours of work they put m to ensure the smoot h running of the Society. . MARK HUMPHR ISS.

T his year's Inter- House Chess Competitio ns ran tolerably well: there were some tight games CHESS CLUB and. matches, ~~d one or two rueful. faces, but the final winners - Mitchi nson's in the Selli or competition and Luxmoore 111 th e Junior - deserved their success in the end Luxmoore thu s beca me the first holders of th e new shi eld for the Junior competit ion. . l~ the Kent Sc hools' League, neither team managed to reac h the knocko ut stage: even a 5-0 win by the Sellior tea m agai nst St. .Lawrence was not s,ufficient to make up th e ground lost last term , and the Under 16 team were not ~xpenenced enough to gr md out the po in ts needed against the Herne Bay teams to give us a chance of go mg through. Two friendl y m at~hes w~re p l ~ye~ during th e. term : .against a strongish Canterbury team, the overall performa nc~ wa~ a little dls~ppomtmg, but ~gamst Bndge, all the stops were pulled out: this was only t~e se~o nd tllt,'le III th e last nill e years that a six-boa rd match had been won so comprehensively, and the flTst time agai nst a n ad ult team. . ~n enjoyable innovation (apart from t~e ~ondit i o.n s on the b~ck seat alo ng the Sturry Road) was the vlSil by a learn of O.J .K.S. ~oys, now at KlIlg s, to.Milner Court to face the might of the young. Naturally, the ? Id er boys felt constramed to encourage their successors, but were perhaps a little over-generous. C Uri ous ly, the precise score seems to have been mi slaid . A.R.A.R. R ESULTS

Kent Schools' League Senior: v St. Lawrence. Won 5-0 Junior: v Herne Bay ' B'. Drawn 2Y2-2Y2 v Herne Bay 'A' . Won 4- 1

Friendlies v Ca nterbury C.c. Lost 2-4 v Bridge C.C. Won 6-0

Th is term has seen an expansion in the activities of the Society. We have held three excellent ta lks; Dr. G. Ell is (Hertford Co ll ege, Oxford), on 'From Financial Crisis to Revolution in France', started the term in the usual French Revolut ionary vein . Then Dr. G. L. Harriss (Magdalen College, Oxford) spoke on 'The Parliaments of the Ea rl y Stuarts' and , breaking Oxford's DURNFORD

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onopoly, as well as heralding a f~ray ~nt o a new field, the Society joined wit h the Canterbury Histori~al ~ssociati on to present an Eco nomic History talk by Professor T. C. Barker (L.S.E.) on 'The lndustnal evolution - what it was and what it wasn't'. These exceptional lectures were augmented by the first ~urnford Society Debate: we extend our thank s to Mr. Ross for his introduction of the motion 'Brave eW World - quickly'. This was regarded as a great success and it is hoped to hold another next term. Nhe Society Dinner was held in the annexe of the School Dining Hall. An excellent meal was preceded ~y sherry and followed by a brilliantly enter taining after dinner speech by John White-Thomson, the Guest of Honour. We wou ld like to thank Dr. Maltby for his active support of the Society this term and we hope to continue our successes next term, with many new plans coming to fruition. WILLIAM HAWKES .

This term has seen ex tensive activity in the greenhouse,.where our crop of lettuce has been GARDENING seeded. However, the Cellarer's Garden is still overgrown, although we hope that M.R.G.P. wi ll take the rotavator to it over the Easter holidays, in preparation for planting at the beginning of next term . Many ideas have been floated for further crops, yet to date little action has been taken. Our thanks go to M.R.G.P. for hi s assistance throughout the term. PATRI CK PAI NES.

The Harvey Society has had three excellent meet ings this term. T he first lecture was delivered by our own Dr. Mallion. His topic was 'Quantum Mechanics', and his superbly lucid explanations removed much of the myst icism from the- quantum world . His reference to the cas ual use of operators on passers-by brought humour to the complex mathematics, and a great deal of interest was aroused in the subj ect overall, as shown by the zealous questioning. The second talk of the term was given by a team from Harwell, on 'Nuclear Power'. After showi ng a very interesting slide and tape presentation, they answered questions. The quest ion session went on for an hour, which was a sign that the fasci nation of the subject had been suitably amplified by the presentation. The questions were mainly about the process ing and disposal of nuclear waste, and the var ious types of reactor. Queries about contamination were very effectively an swered by the team, who showed practically that the soil from a well known 'contam inated' site was no more radioactive than much of the 'normal' world around us. The final lecture was given by Dr. A. R. Rees, th e Biochemistry Fellow of Christ Church, Oxford. Dr. Rees talk ed most interestingly on a relati vely new and very topical field, 'Genetic Engineering' . He showed slides illustrating the prob lems involved, and talked on many aspects of the subj ect, indicating, with the aid of a video, what new lines of research are currently being investigated . Next term, amongst other things, the Society will be visitin g the National Physical Laborato ry at Teddington. Many thanks to Mr. Jackson fo r organising so many of the events and for starting the distri bution of copies of the New Scientist to a large number of Sixth Formers. PAUL CHANTRY. HARVEY

The Jazz Club this term has comprised the follo wing personnel: Andrew Fordham (Musical Direction & Bass), Ben Mowll (Drums), James Lawrence (Trombone), James Gumper t (Trumpet), Alastair Craik (Saxophones), Hugh Andree (Clarinet) , and Nick Baker (Piano). Elaine Oliver has occasionally also con tributed, on saxophone. The term has largely been spent conso lidating the repertoire, and becoming familiar with some of the new pieces we obtained last term. Two of these (South Rampart Street Parade and Tishomingo Blues) were aired at the one public performance of the term - Mr. McConnell's Second O rchestra Concert in the Shirley Hall on 7th March. Several Members of the Band also performed jazz in two House Concerts - M.O. (13th February) and Mitchinson's (1 5th March) - as well as in the Galpin's House Play. JA ZZ

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Once again , I am very gratefu l to Mrs. McConnell for audio reco rding; in connection with the filmi ng f the Second Orchestra Concert, referred to above, I shou ld like to thank Jakob Kidde-Hansen for his Â°eTvices as cameraman, and Mr. Aldridge and Mr. Jackson for kindly loan in g equipment. We are also STateful to Mr. McConnell for his inv itation for us to perform in his Concert; fina lly, we should li ke to fha nk Mr. and Mrs. Woodward, and the Members of thei r House, for putting up with our weekly invasion of Ga lpin's. R. B. MA. This ter m has seen a flourish of new mem bers flocking to the small oasis in a dry, almost arid , environment. 'Silly Hat Night' on two Tuesd ay late sess ions was well attend ed, alth ough rumours circul ated that Roger Waggott missed both. Fear was expressed that A levels could reduce numbers next term, but James Booth-Cli bborn is having exams that clash with t h ~ early J ,C,R. sessions re-arranged. T he Ju nior Common Room J uni or C~mmittee cons ists of the fo ll ow ing gentlemen: M. Edwards, Head Server, E. J. T. Brett, J. H. Booth-Chbborn, P. E. H. paines, 1. D. Bags haw, P. H. McCleery, K. S. , M.S. The Junior Committee wishes to record a vote of thanks to the Senior Com mittee, and Senior Servers, for the effort they put in to ensure the safe running of th is vital institution.

JUNIOR COM MON ROOM

P ATRICK PA tNES.

T his term was a fairly qu iet one for the Pater Society. Neve rtheless we enjoyed a very in teresting and informative talk by Dr. Alan Beck from the University of Kent on three Horace odes from Book"'I of Horace's Odes - o ur 'A' level set text. The other ve ry enjoyable event of this term was going up to see a production of Thesmophoriazusae, by Aristophanes, in the original Gree k at King's College, London. It was a valuable insight into how the ancients wou ld have watched their plays and into some of the stagecraft which they would have used. All thanks fr om the partic ipating classicists mus t go to Mr. Tennick fo r organising these lectures and trips and we already look for ward to more, including a trip to Italy and a sy mposium with o riginal Roman cooking next term.

PATER

DOMINIC ANDREWS.

T his term we welcome Mr. Barry Rose and his family to King's to take up the post of Master of C hoi rs. The choir awaited its first rehearsal with Mr. Rose in varying degrees of awe and trepidation. By 2.30 11th Janua ry. a mo re real istic opin ion of Mr. Rose reached the minds of most, although there were still those who awaited the call to sing a solo in dread. It was certainly a hill start for Mr. Rose thi s term; we returned to school on a Frid ay morning and had to prepare for Matins. His effervescent nature and professionalism soon pu t the choi r back on the road. It has been a busy term for the renamed Chamber Choir. As well as preparing for Matins serv ices ' the Choi r' has sung in the Confirmation Service and 'the Chapel Choi r' has sung at ;St. Lawrence Jew ry Church, and, as we write these notes, we are prepar ing fo r a service on the last evening of term. It hardly needs saying that Mr. Rose has dramaticall y improved the si nging at King's, within the space of three months and the confines of the school's traditions. Indeed most would be worried if there had been no change. This co uld be put down to his serio us yet humorous approach to singing, a combination which pervaded even the House Song Competition. Having said that, the cho ir ca nnot rest on its laurels, since it may find that there is not hi ng to rest on. Always wi lling to give an objective view, Mr. Rose has noticed that the approach to rehearsi ng in thi s school is less than satisfactory. To quote Dr. Wicks at the house song competition, digging below the surface is required; thi s undo ubtedly will be Mr. Rose's objective. As is customary here is a list of the anthems that the Choir has sung this ter m:011 this Day Stewa rt Quem Vidistis Poulenc Zadok the Priest Handel Ave Verum Elgar SOlletus and Agnus Dei from Mass in G Schubert Give Rest a Christ B, Finn Hym n to the Virgin Britten Our thank s go to Oscar for bein g a co ntinu al source of entertainment. STEP HEN MARTIN AN D RICHARD STRI VENS.

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Hockey

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The worst weather for some twenty years dominated the season. Three spells of snow to mention the frost and the rain, meant that hockey could not be played for much more't not a fortnight at a time. This, and other 'acts of God', meant that half the fixtures were cancel~n and that those that did take place were played on a variety of surfaces - tarmac, WeI r ' frozen grass, the hard pitch ... It is pleasant to be able to report, therefore, that the l~t~i has shown itself to be a side of considerable skill and much promise. Particularly impressiv victories were achieved against Canterbury H.C., St. Edmund's and the immense experien/ of the O .K.S . The only disappointing performance was against Sutton Valence, when brilIi an~ goal-keeping secured the visitors a surprise victory. With eight of the team available next year even the limited experience of this season should prove valuable, though the players still hav~ much to learn before they can face the best school sides with real confidence. Nonetheless, lves and Murch developed a useful understanding at the back and were sOlidI reliable. Ironically, Girling found that this made life harder for him than last year: with oPPonenl~ entering the circle less frequently, concentration and practice proved more difficult. In midfield the experienced trio of Cox, Smith and the captain, Edwards, were the driving force of the side' covering assiduously and inspiring most of the attacks. With Stocks very reliable at righl haI r' they provided the basis of the side's success. The fo rwards were individually skilfu l, but did not find it easy to combine effectively, nor to convert territorial superiority into goals. Ursell was the most impressive and should be invaluable next year; Clements found it awkward being tightly marked, but still managed to score in half the games; and Lake was intermittently forceful and dangerous on the left wing. The right wing position was difficult to fill, and the attack was somewhat imbalanced as a result. In the end, Wrench and Bocresion shared the spot and should have found the experience valuable. As the rains wash out the last match of the season, and we prepare to leave for the Oxford Festival, we must look on the bright side . Blore's has rescued much this term, and continues to assist in the development of skilled young players. And finally, thanks are due to the ground staff, and above all to those masters who have continued to spend time and energy organizing teams, so that hockey may continue to flourish despite adverse circumstances.

P.G.H.

Team: H. W. Girling' (Vice-Capt.), W. J. Murch (Sec.), D. M. Ives, D. G. Stocks, M. Edwards' (Capt.), J. N. M. Cox', J. D. MeL. Wrench, A. Bocresion, M. W. Ursell , A. M. T . Clements, G. S. Smith', N. T. J. Lake. A lso played: O. Adegboyega, E. J. T. Brett, P. 1. Q. Greenleaf, R. E. Patterson, M. R. Peterburs, D. R. Watkins. 'A warded or re-a warded Colours. RESULTS II

Duke of York's. Won 2-1

Dover College. Drawn 2-2 Canterbury H.C. Won 3-2 Rugby. Lost 0-2

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Sutton Valence. Lost 2-3 v 51. Edmund's. Won 7- 2 v O.K.S. Won 3- 1 II

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HOCKEY XI (Standing) O. O. Stocks. M. W. Ursell. A. M. T. Clements. N. T. J. Lake, J. D. MeL. Wrench, D. M. Ivcs.

(Sitting) J. N. M. Cox, H. W. Girling, M. Edwards, G. S. Smith, W. J. Murch. (P.W.D.)

~ Sadly, we've had a very

mu c ~ sho rtened season due to the weather, seven out o f eleven matches being cancelled because f Ihe snOW or waterlogged pitches . o Many of last season 's team will probably d ie o f a mazement when they hear that we actua lly won three of o ur fi ve Iches and who would dare to pred ict how we'd have done in a full season? The 1st X I looked tremendously strong ~ ear' and I was lucky to pick up some players who could normally have expected to be playing fo r the fir sts. Indeed m'S~ard 'Strivens, who played for them all las t season, joined us at the back this season, and along wit h Gi les Elliot cr;atcd an almost impregnable defence. our first match too k place almost before we'd been able to have a real practice. We travelled to R.M.S. Dover to ay on their tarmac parade ground - drains and a ll . There was obviously a knack to this rather fast surface a nd despite pl r forwards scorin g twice we lost. It sho uld be noted from the start that o ur two Captains, Eddie Breit and Dave oUal kins played a vital role in the middle, holding the team together. Eddie was able to slow the game dow n a nd make ~tal inci'sive passes which set up many an att ac k, while Da ve would often dr ibble the ball over half the fi eld, usua lly V~rough half the opposit ion, before switching the ball to the other wing. David' s o peratic interludes in the middle of ~atches were an inspirat ion to us a ll, a nd certa inly did nothi ng to help the opposit io n. our second match was at home to Dover College on a very sticky Birley's. Christophe Brandt scored tw ice to give us a win , the goa lkeeper actually helping one goal in with his kickers. Our forw a rd li ne was now beginning to look quite strong. Mi c~ ael Vale \~as .always ent husiastic.. running after every ball , and sco ring when others, incl udi ng the opposition , had given up thmkmg the ba ll was gomg out. Brandt's st ick work improved noticeably, with a n unfortunate hiccup mid-season when he sta rted aimi ng at the side bOards rather than the goal. Surprisingly we won our third match as well , in the mud at Sutton Valence. They were quite a strong side, but o ur courageous goalkeeper - Peterburs - insisted on lying do wn in front o f the ball and blocking a ll attempts. G uy Dunn also helped o ur defence and leapt in fr ont o f a well struck ball , wh ich hit him on lhe leg. His remarks cert ainly extended my vocabulary . At last we beat S1. Edmund's a ft er last year's disappointment. Brandt , Sherwood and Hedd le again played a vital role at the fro nt, going after every o ppo rtunity. We had, I think , one of the stro ngest 2nd XI fo rward lines for some time. Our last match against Kent College was a disaster. At ha lf time we were 2-0 down, when we deserved to be drawing, \\e'd had multiple short cor ners and shots off the post, but in the second hal f we collapsed, in a ra re display of lack of confidence. It was a sad end to an otherwise successfu l, if short, seaso n. Ment ion should be made before I finish of Bocresion who played exceptionall y, only to be taken by the firsts. I'd a lso like to thank people like Alex Knight a nd Jo Wrench who came in and helped o ut when we needed them. R.W.T. Many thanks to everyone who made this such an enjoyable season.

Team: E. J. T. Breit (Capt.), G. M. Dunn, G. Elliot, M. G. Va le, D. R. Watkins, A. H. C. Sherwood , A. J. Heddle, M. R. Peterburs, C. E. 1. Brand t, A. 1. H. Knight. Also played: A. Bocresio n, S. R. Gancz. R ESU LTS

v v v v v

v v v v

Chatha m House (H) . Cancelled Simon Langton (H) . Cancelled Duke of York' s (A). Lost 3-2 Dover College (H). Won 2- 1 Cranbrook (H). Ca ncelled v St. Lawrence (H ). Cancelled

Com mon Room (H). CanceJled Sutton Valence (A) . Won 2-0 SI. Edmund 's (H) . Won 3- 0

O.K.S. (H). Cancelled

v Kent College (H) . Lost 6-0

v Sir Roger Manwood's (A) . Cancelled

3rd XI Bad weather has li mited our inter-school fi xtures to two , though it hasn' t prevented the regular Friday match with the girls. The fi rst match was against Dover College, when Nick Briggs in goa l used his kicking boots to good effect 10 keep dow n the score, against fast-moving oppo nents, to 3-5 . O ur ot her match, also away, was a successfu l one, with a 1Âˇ0 victory over Sutton Valence. The team was potentially a good one, with in pa rticular Mike Camburn strong in attack, Gerard Mo rris act ive in mid-field, and Ph il Warner-Smith sturdy in de fence. But there were good players all a round them too . I'd like to thank Mr. Woodley for being ilc 3rd Xl , Mr. 1. R. Parker for umpiring our second match, a nd Mrs. Woodley fo r regu la rly umpiring o ur Friday games . We wish nex t year' s 3rd XI better weather! N ICOLAS P APAC HRIST IDIS.

Team: N. H. Briggs, P . L. Wa rner-Smi th, N. A . Papachristidis (Capt.), M. 1. Smith, G. L. Morris, A . M. Bronimann,

S. H. Yap, D. A. Stea rns, M. Camburn, P. E. Ootke, M. 1. M. Nevile.

163 '.;5~;.,;D~',e:S'';Li nney, J . C. O. Gordon, P . H. McCleery. M. Zamblera (Capt.) A. A. Bush , E. O. Mbu.

K. .

Urselt .

O. Gordon, N. H. Briggs, I. D. S. Linney. McCleery, E. O. Mbu .

Colts XI The terrible weather, illness and the mismanagement of dates by some o f our opponents resu lted in a rather disap . . and depleted season. However, for a learn, who the previous yea r had not been accustomed to winning to ~]~IIO& season with four wins out of four must overcome some o f the disappointments. • n Ihe The basis of success was a very solid defence, who played the ball quickly away from OUf da nger area into the 0 .• ha lf to keep the pressure on our opponents. Everyone played the basics well, and fo llowed a policy of safety R~SllI0~ the game was firm ly in the o pposition half. Until Wallis and G reenleaf for med a convincing pair of fu ll-backs and only rarely a llowed Bu tcher to come under pres but he made several good saves when needed . PaHerson showed considerable potent ial at centre~hal f and was ably ass~ute, at left~h al f by Lacamp, who on Barron's departure to Ge rma ny took over this di fficu lt position most successful! ISled fo~wa rds lac ked the eX Ira drive needed in the c!rcle t<? be a successful goal scorin~ machi ne. Gardener, with spe%d The Skill , produced ma ny good attac ks down the n ght wmg; And ree , Henry and Veitch possessed su ffi cient stiekwo nd set up ma ny good moves, but only Veitch possessed a fir m shot. r to Overa ll though, the team showed plenty of spirit , and there is a nucleus of good players fo r the senior teams in fUI yea rs. It was di sa ppointing that the poor weather didn't a llow a ny ' B' XI fi xtures this year, as there were again sev ur~ good players not in the 'A' XI, altho ugh some - Duthie, Pugh a nd Hu ghes - played quite regul arly and suecessf~~f for the 'A' tea m. y

A.W.D. Team: C. E. Butcher, P . J. Q. Greenlea f, R. R. Wallis, J . R. Dun ning, R. E. Patterso n (Capt.), A. J . Barron p P. Laca mp, I. E. ~ard e n e r, N. C. Henry, H . J . Andree, J . C. A, Veitch, P. A. Ha milton , Q. C. Hughes, O. W'. S· Pugh, T. J. Dut hie. . RESULTS v Duke of York 's. Won 4-0 v Sutto n Valence. Wo n 2- 1 v Dover Co llege. Won 2- 1 \I St. Edmund's. Wo n 3-0 Cancelled: C hatham House, Cranbrook, SI. Lawrence Co llege, Kent College.

Junior Colts XI There were two good performances with the remainder being somewhat indifferent in this truncated, weather-disrupted season. We defeated a good Sutton Valence side by a single we ll ~ tak e n goa l on their own ground and o nly lost 3-S 10 a n exceptionally strong Kent College team on the aJl~ weather pitch. O n both occasions we were q uicker to the ball and played with better anticipat ion than in the other matches . No in spiration was evident in the two drawn games or the last second of the match defeat by the Duke of York's . Against St. Edmund 's some good goals were taken especially one scored by Davies O . Linforth showed na tural abilit y in his first season in goa l and Vigo was o ut standing as Captain at centre-half. He was the d riving fo rce behi nd many of the goals. At bac k Greenleaf a nd Pullen combined well with Epps and Ralph subst ituting adeq uately o n occasion. Harland Fairweather and W hite were tenacious and useful w i ng~ h a l ves. Of the fo rwards, Giding was the most impressive when he was on ga mes and availa ble but both Davies O. and Davies 1. made their marks a t inside- forward . T o pham on the right-wing was even persuaded eventually to centre the ball to the top of the D. Three general fa ults were: excessive and sometimes sel fi sh drib bling by some members of the team, too much attack down the centre instead of the wings and inadequate use of the left to right pass. Time did not permit these to be corrected, but we hope that next season the weather will grant us more hoc key, and more coaching time. The ' B' XI played o nly two matches, but did well to win a t Sutton Va lence a nd only lose by four goals against Kent College with o nly ten men. The 'A ' Xl had to borrow one man, since one of their regular for wards had gone off 10 play rugby witho ut informing the Master in charge. 1.1.D.C. Teams: A. R. Linforth , B. C. Pullen , A. 1. Greenleaf, J. R. A. Ha rl and Fa irweather, A. O. Vigo (Capt.), T. SI J. White, 1. L. Topha m, O. W. H . Davies, I. C. Girling, J. R. Davies, M. J. Cumber , J . M. Lawrence, S. M. Beaugie. T . A. F. Epps, 1. P. E. Ralph. Also played: S. A . B. G uthrie, W. H . C. Eag le~ B ott , I. C. Sloggett. '8 ' XI: S. A . B. Guth rie, C. W. A . Vavasour, A. Wilk ins , A . La ll , J . R. Beatton, J . W. Mennell . G. 1. R. Purnell, E. F. Valpy , I. C. Sloggett , P . A. A. Foot (Capt.) , W. H . C. Eagl e~ B ott , C. D. Boorma n.

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RESULTS

'A' XI: P layed 7, Won 2, Lost 3, Drawn 2. v Duke of York's. Lost 3- 4 v Dover. Drawn 3-3 v Sutto n Valence. Won 1- 0 v SI. Edmund's. Won 4- 0 'B' XI: Played 2, Won I, Lost I. v Sutton Valence. Won 4-2

v Simon Langton. Draw n 4-4 \I Kent College. Lost 3-5 v Sir Roger Manwood's. Lost 1-2

v Kent College. Lost 0-4

QRder-14 XI A seaso n of such poor weat her is bound to be disappoi nting, but this gro up cou ld become as good as any other in the future. T here is plenty of ta lent and a considerable dept h of competent players. It takes longer for us to get under way because most of our opponents are in their third season toget her. In the past King's have made up for this by a ~ower ful team spirit - unfortu nate ly this year there was a tendency fo r a few players to hog play and grouse; and ~ad lY we simply did not have eno ugh pract ice games to iron o ut such fau lts so we played well on ly in patches, and did not turn press ure into goals. But everyone must be encouraged to go on playing - they will do well in futu re a nd we may even get good enough weather fo r o ur pitches. I wou ld li ke to thank Mr. McConnel for his help and Mr. Wen ley a nd Mr. Parker for taking the team to the SI. Lawrence tournament (where we held the even tua l winners to a draw) wh ile I was il l. H.E.J.A.

The following played regularly for the 'A' X I:

J. Aboderin, 1. Marozzi, l. J. Udoyen, M. O. Ososa nya, 1. D. Godfrey, M. G.le Huray, C. N. Downie, G. A. Bones, S. L. Friedlander, B. E. Palmer. M. l. Holden , M. L. Nickolls. Also played: B. D. Johnson, M. 1. C. Pollitt, J. G. Wright, P. E. Jessup, R. J. Kabban, N. E. S. Marsh, C. R. Sianbury, T. J. Will iams, W. Ba llenden. III addition the 'B' X I contained: A. G. West, A. J . McClymont, D. P. Morris, P . J. N. Stevens, P. 1. Pugh. D. McDonnell , S. H. McCa ll , R. W. Girling, A. M. Olby, W. J . Derouet, C. I. Frew. RESU LTS

'A ' Xl:

v Sutton Va lence. Lost 1- 2

v Kent College. Lost 1-7 v Holmewood House. Draw n I - I v Si r Roger Mamvood's. Lost 0-2

v Sutton Valence. Lost 1-3

v Kent College . Lost 0-7

v Duke of York 's. Lost 1-5 v Do ver College. Won 2-0

'0' Xl:

House Matches The snow provoked the first inter-house tournament of the season - a junior indoor four-a -side competit ion in the gym. Much enthusiasm - a nd a great deal of noise - was generated as an eager Linacre fought their way to the final, where they overcame the more subt le skills of Meister Omers. Meister Omers also fo und themselves in the final of the junior six-aÂˇside competition. There they faced Broughton, who had narrowly defeated Tradescant in the semifinal. W ith Lacamp particu larly prominent, Broughton were able to win a hockey tro phy for the first time. The senior six~a~s i de competit ion took place on a wintry afternoon. In the top half of the draw, the favour ites, School House, were unable to reply to an early goal by Galpin's, as the holders defended tenaciously against the combined might of Sm ith, Stocks, Clements a nd Lake. Meanwh ile, Bro ughton came from behind to defeat Meister Omers 2Âˇ 1 and establish themselves as the new favourites. In the fina l, they had the better of the game, but Murch and Strivens defended with authority and determination, so that neither side had scored even after extra time. In the ensuing penalty compet ition, only Edwards and Beaugie fou nd the net, and with the teams still tied , it was agreed to share the trophy. The house matches themselves produced a series of su rprises. Walpole, skilfully marshalled by Cox, put School House oul through a goal by Cox himself in ext ra ti me, a nd Linacre overcame the holders, Galpin's. The prescnce of G irli ng in goal enabled Meister Omers to squeeze past Tradescant despite some fi ne play from Bocresion, while Bro ughton easily overcame T he G range. Bot h semi finals were one~si d ed with Broughton and Walpole coming through to cont est the final. The ill ness of Edwards mea nt that Brought on cou ld not counter Cox's midfield dominance, but their a ll ~ rOund superiority was a lways li kely to sec them th rough. In the end, however, only a fine goal from ives separated the two sides, and Broughton had secured al least a share in a ll three hockey trophies. P.G.H.

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Association Football 1st XI

With only two regu la r members of last year's high ly successful side back, the o mcns were not good and in match, against Wye College, played in dreadful conditions which cruelly exposed Ollr defensive inexperie~ce and fOur lif\! the greater physical st rength of the st udents, we were sou ndly beaten. Yet it was clear immediately that there !VQurect talent in the side, if only it could be developed quickly. In OU f next game Stafford House failed to provide an as.ra... opposition, and we won easily. However, the forwards fo und the confidence which stems directly fro m goal; ast~ous defence, in the absence of a ny real pressure, took the opportun ity to settle down and learn the basics of their ~ Ihe After a shaky start against the O.K .S. - a match arranged for the first time, largely on the initiative of Stephen Krade . (Ol, 1975-80) - we pulled back to 3-3, and onl y an unfortu nate error lost us the game in injury time. enny By the time we confronted our sternest tests of the seaso n, Sevenoaks and Westminster, we were look ing a side. In the game against Sevenoaks we played supremely well and won perhaps more comfortably tha n the SCOre su gOOd For the game at Westminster we were missing one or two key players and yet played very well again, with Si mon Stut~r~ showing promise in midfield and C has Simeon scoring a good goal. We lost to a goa l which looked off-side to every~r except the referee who overruled the linesman. ne We travelled to Wye confident of avenging ou r earlier defeat. The strong wind rather spoiled the game, and when with the score at 4-4, the wind beh ind us, a nd two of their players hobbling with cramp, the final whist le went nin' minutes earl y, we fe lt mildl y disappointed. By now however we were a very good team. We were sorry that both H arv~ O.S. games had to be cancelled, but in our last three games we scored a devastating 24 goals. St. Augustine's joined us in a carefree , open game, Archbishop's presented no serious opposit ion, and in the final game of the season plaYed in the sort of conditions we had encountered in the first game, we overwhelmed a spirited but disorganised Kent ColI~ge side. The defence did not always prove entirely wat ertight, but Piers McCleery at its heart had a magnificent season. His tackl ing was tremendous, his com mitment total , and his leadership exemplary. He richly deserved his First Colours At sweeper Mau ro Za mblera learned the game quickl y. Even if his tack ling was at times indecisive he was always verY quick to the loose ball and he began to read the game sensibly from the back. Stephen Burt, a lthough right-footed played very well at left-back and made several vital covering tackles, but he a lways looked sounder o n the ground tha~ in the a ir. lain Lin ney a t right-back played cauti o usly and sensibly throughout the season, alt ho ugh in the last game he began to display some attack ing talents learned o n the right-wi ng a t prep school! In goal Simon Turner, still only in the Removes, was a revelation, displaying confidence and courage that belied his age. He timed his rushes to perfection and proved ext remely reliable on the ground. He looked vu lnerable in the a ir ea rly in the season but a clean calch rrom a swirli ng cross in the dread ful cond it ions of the Kent College game typified the improvement he had made by the end . He is rapidly becom ing a very good goalkeeper indeed. Simon missed three games through illness, and we are very gratdul to Neil Bradley and Tim Briggs who deputised so effectively. At the beginning of the season the midfield looked decidedly shaky, but Matt hew Durham, a lso a right-footed player, settled down at left-half and had a n excellent season , He even discovered that he can play in wet condit ions! On the right, Nick Wakefield, once he had achieved match fitness, complemented his dazzling ball-control with some tremendously hard work , and often looked the best player on the field. In the centre T im Turner got better and better. He found his confidence in the Sevcnoaks game, and thereafter he began to do minate games wit h his crunching tackles, impressive head ing and thunderous runs from midfield. His goal aga inst Kent College was one of the best of the season. James Seagrave proved a more tha n adequate replacement when any of the midfield was ill or injured and he scored twO outstanding goals against Wye College. We were disappointed that he did not play in our final ~a m e. Ja mes Cox left his hockey stick behind to make a guest appearance in one game at left-half, and he scored an outstanding goal. Up front the goal scoring was dominated by Mike Nash and Ade Adebajo. Nas h scored 15 goals last season - this season he notched a prodigious 22, including two very good ones with his head wh ich he had previously only ever used for thinking. His speed was awesome, and the precision and power of his shooting extraordinary. He too was a very worthy recipient of First Colo urs. Adebajo scored to, many of them superb. He also missed a number , often as a result of hasty or casual shooting, but his serpent ine runs from the right fi a nk mesmerised many a defence. His attitude too was much improved this season, and, for the most part, he fitted in well with the rest o f the team. On the left wing Rasheed Williams scored some good goals and occasiona lly played very well , but he spent too much time on the periphery of games , and he missed too many matches to have made a major contributio n to the season. Darren Q'Conor deputised effect ively and at times very sk ilfully. I have come to expect a very high standard of team-spirit and conduct, both on and off the Âˇfield, This year I was not disappointed . We enjoyed our soccer hugely , comm itted ha rdly one foul all season, a nd impressed a ll our opponents with our att itude and behaviour as well as ou r ability. Th is is how sport should be played.

Team: A. A. Adebajo, S. W. Burt. M. D urham, I. D. S. Linney, P. H. McCleery (Capt.), M. j. Nas h, (Vice-Capt.), S. R. Turner. T. j. Turner , N. C. Wakefield , R. A. Williams, M. Zamblera. Also played: O. Adegboyega, N. C .. Brad ley, T. P. Briggs , j. N. M. Cox , O. M. Dunn, C. A. S. Kidson, D. R. O'Co no r, M. B. Ryeland, J. R. Seagrave, C. j. B. Simeon, S. P. Stuttaford. First Colours: P. H . McCleery, M. J. Nash .

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M inor Sports Colours: A. A. Ad b' S e a)o, . W . Bu rt , M. Durham , I. D. S. Lin ney, S. R . Turner, T . J T C. Wake fi eld , M . Zamblera. . . urner, N. R ESU LTS

v v v v

Played 9, Wo n 5, Lost 3, Drawn I, Goals for 48, agai nst 23. Wye College (H). Lost 3-6 Sta fford Ho use (H). Won 11-0 v Wye College (A). Drawn 4-4 O. K.S. (H). Lost 3- 4 v 1t A I bl~gUst ll,l e's Coll ege (H) . Won 7 4 Sevenoa ks (H). Won 2- 1 v rC I lshop s (A). Wo n 7- 1 West minster (A). Lost 1-2 v Kent College (H ) Won 10- 1

Scorers: Nash 22, Adebajo 10, Will ia ms 4, Wakefield 3, Turner 3 Seagrave 2 M C I 0' , , C eery, Conor Si , meon , COl{.

2nd XI Bad weat her a nd illness cut the 2nd X l's seas 0 n . 1-3 to Sevenoa ks. C. J Brooke scored our I 1 to Ju st two ga mes. In the first we played well bu t ev in the 3-3 d raw with Aug usti ne's. goa. uthe second, D. S. Taylor ca me o n as substit ut e a nd score~ntulall)' 1?5t a laHncl

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Under-IS XI A scra tch un der- IS X I played two games aga inst St Au u ti ' . g s ne s Co llege. In th e fIrst we sha red a 4-4 dra\ .. A. J . H .. Brown scoring two and B. C. Marso n and E R by the size and speed of our Oppo nents a nd lost F~y~d OI~e eacdh'pln the second encounter we wereoverw~~t llh . . . om s a n . O. A. Thomas scored Our goa ls. med

S. 2-S' P

House Football Bad weather a nd o ne waterlogged pitch resulted in a truncated H were played, a nd in the play-off between the two league wi nners ~u~e L~ague p~ogramme. Two mini-.league compet it ions In a CUI? Final dominated by T he Gra ng e a a lla nt a po c ea~ ro~gh ton (~n ~cn a lt lcs) to win the lit Ie. playcd a vita l role, fina lly succum bcd to a Sing'c goa l ~rya~e"cSCrSanM' cdCcflcncc, Ifn whIch Chri s Kldson a nd Jan Gardener ' . . eery a ter a determined n b M k Tit e slx-a-slde flllal between Wa lpole and T he Gra n e III Y ar Ursell . Ursell a nd James Co x. Wa lpo le, lo ok ing ma rgina lly thge ~~~ve:o~e gOO~ fjO tball an~ outs tand ing goa ls from Mark won by Tradesca nt I who defeated a plucky Lu xmoore 2 in t h~1 ;i'n~j~ t lC Cup wit h a 2-1 victory . T he Plat e was

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I would like on ce again to ex press my heartfelt tha nks II I . a ho use league game o n a cold winter's a ft ernoon is not t~\~a w;o ha;e h.elpeel wit h the so~cer this term. Refereeing you t? O to Mr. T o ny Newington wh o refereed most of the I ys un , ut It IS muc ~ apprecIated by the boys . Thank and hIS groundsmen fo r their excellent prepara tion of the pitche~ta~ 1 ~fme hm.atclhes thIS sea~~n a nd to Mr. Neville Float we as t elr c lccry and wI lling Co-operation at all times, P.A. E. D.

(Jonolhon Foord)

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Basketball

'The fact Ihal the team only lost two o f Ihe squad from the previous season undoubted ly contributed to this year's cesS. With the prospect of a Lent tou r to Guernsey, and some quality fix tu res, the team, which was again ca ptained ~~c R. A. Willia ms, were looking forwa rd to their first match.

fhe fi rst twO ga mes against SI. Lawrence and Kent Co llege saw King's dom in ate the opposition bo th in o ffe ncc and dtfence. Home advantage helped and M. Kostering, who excelled unde r the angled backboard, and A. Adebajo, who broke well down the right, were the top scorers in bolh matches. Although R. Williams never fou nd his scoring touch, he ,"oved the ball ext remely well. T he third game, agai nst Dane Court, who a rc probably 'The Basketball School' in the area, saw King's comP7t}ng against Ilu.merous club players and t.hrce girls. The ~ery fact of the girls' ~ nclusi~n i l~d ica~ed hoW confident the OPPOSitIon were of vIcto ry. H owever, at the mterval and WHit Dane Court playmg theIr fi rst five thrOUghout, King's found themselves six points in front. Midway thro ugh the second half King's extended their lead and it was then that Dane Court bro ught some of their bench pl ayers on. Although Da ne Court forced their way back intO Ihe game, King's eventually won 43-38. After these three enco unters spi ri ts were high a nd a ll of the team, includi ng myse lf, were looking forward to the lour. In terms of basketba ll it was ext remely useful in that the team had to adapt to various defences a nd a change in surroundi ngs. Having played a ll ou r games in our gym the switch to a full court understandably caused a few problems. The first game was a patchy affair and it was obvious that the long jou rney had had its effects. Although Ki ng's won convincingly it was not a particu larly good game. T he second malch saw King's dominate throughout but so me referee decisions affected Ihe team a nd they threw the game away. Alt hough rather disappoi nting it was invaluab le experience. Gucrnsey bei ng a small island , the news travelled fast tha t King's were in town a nd on the Sunday a match was arranged against the island's leading men's team , a daunt ing task to say the least! Ini tially King's were completely overshadowed by the more experienced team, and within five minutes King's had conceded twenty po ints. However , as the game progressed, King's realised that they could compete al this level and in the second half looked just as good as the opposition. Thc scorel ine of 50-22 docs not do them just ice. The next two games were away to Wh itgi ft and Judd. Aftcr a poor start in bot h games King's took cont ro l a nd eventually proved wort hy winners. During these two games T. Murrell a nd O. Adegboyega played partic ularly weU, As the season progressed both had more a nd more court time as they improved their ind ividual sk ills. T his was particularl y evident in the Sevenoaks game where O ily had his best game of the season. The Sevenoaks match was yet a not her challenge for the team. Unbeaten in six yea rs and wit h many o f their players playing league basketba ll , this was probably their toughest fixture. King's had a dream start, goi ng five points up after two minutes. However , playing zone defence in a large sports hall , they cou ld not stop Sevenoaks's 6' 6" ' Dunker' . King's struggled in that they cou ld not domi nate under the backboards. A t last, K6stering, Barry, Dawkins and Adegboyega had met their match. Ne ither one could SlOp his reboundi ng and a ltho ugh achieving mi fl ima l success in offence, it was not enough to stop Sevenoa ks extending their lead. After a while, King's switched to a ma n to man defence and altho ugh rela tively inexperienced with such a system Ihey were extremely success ful. G. H all a nd N. La ke were o lltstand ing in defence and in the second half King's cl osed Ihe gap. However, the beller learn won and Ki ng's came away beaten but not disgraced . Those who have played this year have participated wit h great cnthusiasm. Consequently the standard of play a nd their appreciation of the finer poi nt s of the game have improved considerably. T his has been part ly reflected in Ihe enormous interest which has been show n in the H ouse Ba sketba ll competi tio ns . The post players wh ich included M. Kostering, P. Barry, J. Dawkins and O. Adegboyega provided the team with numerous points duri ng the season. Depth in th is particu lar positio n has been one of the main reasons fo r Ihe team's success. Each player has strengt hs and weaknesses which made the team flexib le. Darry and Daw kins were good soli d blocki ng dcfenders a nd alt hough they penetra ted well in o ffence both tended to be rather one-sided. Adegboyega was a more contro lled player by the end o f the season and although li mited in offence he was a 111 0St effective man to ma n defender. M. K6stering was the post playcr of the season wit h the highest points tally. Considering he is a relative newcomer to the game, he has been quite except ional. 'Stri ngy' will undoubtedly be a crucial and invaluable asset to next year's team. Of the guards, A. Adebajo (alias Michael Jackson) was a prolific scorer and devasta ti ng on the fas t break. H is natural gift for basketba ll a nd his witty charm made sure that there was never a du ll llloment. M. McCullough was a leading poi nts scorer last year, but a lthough he was as reso lut e as ever in defe nce, he could not recapture his att ac ki ng fo rm. T. Murrell was o ne of the most improved players of the season, and he forced his way int o the starti ng five on numerous occasions. He worked hard on his jump shot and gave the team balance on the left which was unfortunately lack ing last year. G. Hall and N. Lake have probably been the most indust rious players this season, and although not receiving much court li me have contributed a great deal.

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Finally, the capta in R. Will iams has been an excellent leader and an inspiration to others. Not only has he bee for the development of basketball at King's, but he has a lso been an o ut sta nding player. I cannot thank ~~CSpoll5iblt for all his effo rts. Overall this has been an extremely rewarding and enjoyable seaso n, one of the many highl!"h enou&h the successful tour of G uernsey. I wish future teams the sa me success. Ig Is ban,

G.P.G Team: A. A. Adebajo, O. A. Adegboyeg!'-,. J. R. Dawkins, P. N. Barry, G. F. H all, M. Kostering, N. T J . M. McCullo ugh, T. J . Murrell, R. A. Wi lhams (Capt.). . . lake, RESULTS

v v v

Played 9, Won 6, Lost 3, For St. Law rence. Won 73-3 1 Kent College. Won 7 1-28 Dane Court. Won 43-38 Guernsey G ra mma r School. Won 5 1- 16 Beau Camp. Lost 36-39

445, Aga inst 325. v Guernsey Select. Lost 22-50 v Whitgift. Won 7 1-24 v Judd. Wall 44- 32 v Sevenoaks . Lost 34-67

Under-15 . The pr~sent underÂˇ15 team h.ad a t o~ghe r introduction to. co mpetiti v:e b~sk~t~a ll th a~ any of t~e previous teams Smce .Chrlst mas the two lunchtime sessions were taken up wu h developmg mdlYldual skills and trymg to establish a~ crfectlve system . The fir st game was against Sevenoaks who have always produced good tea ms in the past, but although the oPposition were more experienced, King's played some splendid basketball and completely d omi nated the game. R. Morse and A. Vigo both played ext remely well. The Judd match was rat her d isappoi nt ing in that King's made too many crucial errors. They gave the ball away in midcollrt and failed to block out under the backboards. Judd took control and their three tall post players limit ed King 's to outside shots. The match against Kent College was not as outstanding a win as the score suggests. King's took a long time to assert their authority a nd most of the sco ring was left to R . Morse who had anot her fine game. The next two games were again st quality sides in the fo rm of Sir William Nott idge an.d Dane Co u~t. In both ga~es King's struggled carly on a nd then fought back st rongly. The Dane Court game was part icularly pleasmg. After a terrible start where King's looked almost d isi nterested, instead of res.orting to individual attacks which they had been prone to do in the past when under pressure King's played some controlled ' team' basketball and consequently cut back into the opposition's lead. S. Fredricks R. Kher and A. Vinto n had a marvellous last ten minut es a nd at the fina l whistle Ki ng's had come from 20 pointsdow~ to draw level, 62-62. In the fi ve minutes of overtime the game could have gone eit her way and unfortunately King's jusllosl. This yea r' s team was drawn from a squad of fourteen players and it was surprising that many of them developed so qu ick ly considering the limited time availa ble. R. Morse pro ved to be a fine capt a in and led by example throughom the seaso n. Having the experience from last year certainly improved his game . As for .the rest of the team, many of them a re still learning and will have to continue to work hard if th ey a re to challenge the better learns. In offence G. Evans, I. G irling, E. Valpy and S. Fredricks could be extremely useful if only they could vary their options and be more confident under the backboards. J. Ralph a nd J. Davi es a rc fine attac king players with good ball control, but they need te improve their defence. On the other hand, R. Kher and A. Vinton are probably the best defensive players in the squad, although more composure is required on the ba ll if they are 10 challenge for a place in the fi rst fi ve . A. Vigo has enormo us potential, but he mu ~t learn that aga inst good opponents o ne man cannot win a game on his own. Others who have played include H. Williams, who is extremely keen a nd a (ast improvi ng player, and K. Phillips who has shown an interest this year a nd cou ld be quite useful if he puts his mind to it. Lastly there is the young and talented Aboderin . He is without doubt a fine player and the experience he has gained this year will certainly benefit the 'mini' underÂˇ 14s next year. Overa ll this has been a fine season in which the team have lea rnt a great deal and they are developing into quite a useful side.

G.P.G. Team: J. Aboderin, J. R . Davies, G. J . V. Evans, S. M. Fredricks, I. C. Oirli ng, R. Kher, R. J. Morse (Capt. ), K. O. Phillips, J. P. E. Ralph, E. F. Valpy, A. O. Vigo, A. T . Vinton , H . A. Williams, RESULTS

Played 5, Won 2, Lost 3, For 272, Against 219. v Sir William Nottidge. Lost 42-44 v Sevenoaks. Won 31 - 16 v Judd. Lost 47-55 v Dane Court. Lost 62- 62 v Kent College. Won 83-3 1 (68- 64) a.'.L 170

colts

Oll1tll1 note when our only home game of the season saw a us our o nly defeat.. . of giants rom en That we were able to Will our first game, agall1st fll tca d'd not, however, detract too much from a successful :easonOer man 'import', B. Plassmann . HIS height, alhed 'ftIs I. ed Sevenoaks team, was due 111 no small measure 0 our dame The improved baseline play .of J. tfle~pe~e~~hnique, was invaluable there! and at Hartsdo"dn ~n ~~~t~e~~r~or~led ~e\l 'lI1slde'. T Briggs was a tower lo5 0un nd M. Adamson served. us well III later games,/~ 'hall sharpened up his game immensely as playma~er, (jOrdan ~h in defence, and steadied the pla¥ 111 atta~k. 'd ars deft touches' 1. Gardener had few chances to shme, of strCd~d o. Teferra, while 1. Ve~tch occasionally s fwe sfme 11 season no't least against Whilgifl. A. Barron and as tOO I well out of defence, which was a feature 0 our P ay a , but broke Iso had few OpportuOltleS , but supported the team well . R.C.W. ~~a II CO Gordon M . S.Adamson,A.O.J.Scott,T.P.Briggs, J. M.Marsha, The/ollowing playeBd: B. Plals can~, JVeitch ' I. E. G~rdener, R. J. Morse. , ,., referra, A. J. arron, . . '

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RESULTS

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Played 4, Won 3, Lost 1, points for 167, points against 128. v Whitgift. Won 46-29 v Sevenoaks. Won 39-32 v Kent College. Lost 24-29 v Hart sdown. Won 58-38

under-14

. f Under 14 side out of a very large sq uad of enthusiastic players has been a new departure, and The formation 0 an • ' the popularity of the sport. . f d· confIrms .' h at Geoffre Chaucer. After the usual period a a Justment Limited in pracuce tl!1~e.' the team play~d Y,nI Y O~~smh~U the effort le;s dribbling skills of M. Ie Huray, F. Ososanya our teams face when ~ I Sltmg. a not her sC O? ,s sdPo . c~ of the boards led to an easy victory, and the team, played and E. van Til, combmed \~ I th J. !,~o d crln. s amman , with no little style considenng their l11expenence. R.C.W. Ososanya J. H. Nightingale, J. Aboderin, T. J . W illiams, E. R. S. Floydd, J. J . , . Montgomery, W. Bal\enden, E. K. van TIL ReSU LT

Team' M . G . Ie Huray " M .0'

Morse,

v Geoffrey Chaucer. Won 26- 12

Junior House Basketball Competition

b r of matches of a high quality. There were a lso some very This was again well ~upported~ and thCrle were ~ nhum I ~ouse The Grange v. Walpole), and Walpole also scraped close games: two went mto overll me (Mac O\v:e v. C 00 , home against Meister Omers by onl.Y .one POIllt. I la ers made them favourites from the start, and they The strong Galpin's squad, con~amm~ a ~~n~:Lo~~~~~~, ~n~he'other hand, had only onc easy game and a re to

;~r~o~~e:ndeea~I~~x~efi~:dte:~a~~f~~t~~nr:aching the final,

and doing so well .

My thanks go to all H o uses and Housemasters for their support , and to G.P.O. for assistance

. If' re er~~C~W.

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RESULTS

1st ROllnd: Marlowe 24, School House 26; Tradescant 8, Galpin 's 40; Meister Omers 42, Mitchinso n's 12; Lattergatc

I O~,:~~:I;d~6SChOOI House 10, Galpin's 26; Linacre 28 , Broughton 18; Luxmoore 18. The G range 41; Meister O mers 27, Walpole 28. Semifinals: Galpin 's 44, Linacre 10; The Grange 20, Walpole 22.

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Galpi n's 26 ,

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Mom Scorers: Oa 1pill s.

14 . Valpy 38 Ralph 26 Vinton 14; Walpole: Rotimi 50, Aboderin 22 , Ph illi ps 16. 59 IgO, " , 17 1

Boat Club

A lake, frozen twice. left us nowhere to tra in except a sometimes equally frozen Pluck 's Gutter. It was n . t after ha lf-te rm tha t WCSlbere Lake was fi nally u nfrozen a nd, by that time, the Head seaso n was upo n liS ::I1.,..cU were woefu lly short of both ski ll and endurance. We seemed to suffer worse than most schools and with ~o ala cr~ form of endurance train ing available (Kingsmead poo l being closed for repairs. and cycli ng and funn ing bc~crnall~t fairly undesirable for safety reasons in the snow and ice) I fear we will just have to live with the conscquc Lng both into the regatta season. nees"'eIl Perhaps worst hit of a ll our programmes was the novice training, although under the leadership of Mr. G. \V Han' a newcomer to the ra nks of the coaching staff, the depradations of the weather were, by the end of term, being ov ndae. with great enthusiasm. ercome

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The Junior Under ISs coachcd by Mr. S. J. Graham and land-trained by Mr. Hart ridge managed to get to the Sch Head looking adequately proficient, but they fai led to take on the challenge of a race and, rowing at a rate orOOls' below 30, were only slight ly better placed tha n this figure. T hey will have to learn to pu ll wit h fa r more determin ",:ell in .tI~e sum mer. At least at this young age long term endurance is not so import ant and I hope that they develop a ligh!:on SPlI'L t next term . na T he J unior Under 16 VIII undoubtedly has potent ial, but the winter left thcir tra ining in chaos a nd 7th in J 16s the Schools' Head was disappointing. Their resu lt in the Head of the River of 162 was one position up on last'yea ~ 2nd VIII and th is plus the fact that half of them are going on the 1st VIII training camp st ill leaves me hoperul TO} a good placing in Colt VIlis at National Schools' Regalia. We a lso had a J.16 IV but its performance was unremarkable largely because of freq uent injuries and illness in the crew and in the VIII for which it always acted ~s a store of resen.es: The 1st VIII is largely made up of last year's high ly successfu l 2nd VIII and wilh S. A. Wright (LN) (Captain) Ihe on ly member of last year's 1st VIII left, the crew had to face an uphill struggle 10 maintai n last year's high standard Regrettably, the struggle proved too much at Ihe Schools' Head and we dropped from 5th to 11th. In the Head or the River we a lso dro pped from 38t h to IOlth a lthough an unfortu na te stoppage at the Black Buoy , just before the fin ish of the course, probab ly cost us at least ten places. I hope Ihat Ihe training on the Sa rnersee will do much to imprOve the general standard of the crew a nd I look forward to the VIII being a worthy nagship for K.S.C.B.C. I must , however pay tribute to all members of the top squad; they faced the problems of this winter wit h great fo rtit ude and I h o~ that we can have a reasonab ly satisfactory regatta season . I have two less gloomy matters to report. First , February of ihis year saw the refound ing of the Canterbury Pilgrims Boat C lub . Last in existence in the early '50s, the club has been revived as an Old Boys' boat club to provide sUDPon both financia l and moral, for K.8.C.B.C. Alt hough fu ll membership is confined to Old Boys and Staff, Cadet membership is availab le to present School oarsmen and Associate membersh ip to anyone concerned with the welfare of the School Boat C lub. I particularly hope that parents will join this section of the Club and I hope that this section will , in time, lay on certain fu nctions, pa rticularly at some of the regattas we go to. Parent al support fo r boys in the Boat Club is rea lly so important and I hope tha t this can be fur ther encouraged through the Associate membership. I must thank Mr. P. C. Ament O.K .S. fo r being the fo undi ng acting-secretary of the Pilgrims and for a ll the very hard work that he put into launching the Club so successfully. T he inaugura l meet ing was held in London Rowing Club and was follOwed by a most enjoyable supper at L.R.C. The Pilgrims' second func tion was a dinner on 16t h March given in honour of Mr. David Goodes who, thirty years ago, took on the adm inistrat ion of the School Boat C lub though he had been coachi ng School 1st Vilis before this. Our other guests at the dinner were Mr. Ronnie Howard of Radley and O.V.B.C. and Mr. Kern Gross, represent ing the O.K.S. T rust Fund which had done so much to make the new Boathouse a possibility. At the dinner bot h Mr. Richard Roberts (O.K.S.) and Ronn ie prov ided us wit h remin iscences of David and the dinner culm in ated in a presentation to D.S.O. of a cheque and a Victorian silver salver to mark the apprec iation for what David has done fo r K.S.C. B.C. So ty'pically of D.S.G., his thank you speech was marked wit h both modesty and hum o ur. In the a ft ernoon of the din ner the School scored victo ries over two Pilgri ms Vili s with the lSI VIII and the ColiS VIII. Finally, [ must thank a ll my colleagues in the Boat Club, P.J. D.A. , S. J .G., G.W. H . and S.W.W. a nd, of course, Mr. Peter Will is , boatman ext raordinaire. who has , since the last report, fi nished two coxed q uadruple scu lls and almost fi nished another of two ' light pairs'. For a ll the prob lems of th is term, one thing is clear: K.S.C.B.C. will soon be o ne of the best equ ipped school boat cl ubs. Fu ll crew lists will appear in the Summer issue. R.M. H.

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BASKETBALL TEAM IN GUERNSEY (O/ado/un Adegboyega) WESTBERE PUDDLE IKem Gross)

Canoeing The Canoe Clu b h,as been less active this term because of the bad weather. Nevertheless, the competitive members 'e kept in tollch, with gate tra in ing mosl Tuesdays. and one excursion to Cha rtham Weir. We have been able to ~~\drcuil tra ining twice weekly since hal f term , and are grateful to the Boat C lu b for allowing us to use their equipment. The Club has ta ken d~livery of two po lylhene BATs, and an~ther Dancer, cont inuing,the, policy, of r e~lac~n g the f1ett of fibreglass boats With the far stronger polythene ones. The ftb reglass boats arc becommg IIlcreasmgly dilapidated, and major. repa irs will have to be carried out soon , or we shall find o urselves without eno ugh boals to cater for next term'S begin ners. The Kent Schools' Canoeing Association results were finall y calculated: D. S. Vye tak ing the overall Kent Sc hools' championsh ip title, with H . D. Pritchard second. As for this term 's RC.U. competitions, Pritchard took 8th place at the Hambleden Division 1 Slalom, winn ing the youth section, and giving good promise of what may happen at the select ion events in the holidays. S. Rowsell competed 3t the Division 4 Slalom at Yalding on 24t h March. This term has scen an improvement in the training performances of all the regular canoeists, and we are hopcful of good results in Divisions I, 3, 4 and Novice next term. HUGH PRITCHARD.

Cross-Country The Club has performed well th is term, improv ing greatly on last year's weak results, and talent has been spread through all the age-groups instead of being concentrated in one. A steady showing in our first race, The Knole Run, saw the emergence of Simon Attwood as a good senior runner; he and our othcr leading inter, Nick Henry, have pla yed an important part in o ur improved showing in open races. Having performed soundly against Tonbridge and a weakened Ski nners' team, we then ran (or shou ld it be swam) away with the District Championships at Senior and Inter levels . Coventry, St. Albans and Oxford saw the C lub developing an impressive relay squad , who in the latter race at last came into contention for the medal placings before fading away on the last lap. After triple victories over R.M. S. Dover. the Seniors fi nally hit fo rm, narrow ly losing out on medals 31 Merchant Taylors and coming close to a totally unexpected victory in the Five Schools with only half our regular team, the arrival on the scene of Mati Fenn amply compensating for the Captain's temporary loss of fo rm. Mediocre performances at Coulsdon were then followed by excellence at Borden , where, for two and a half laps, our Inters led, followed by our Seniors; two K. S.C. teams leading the whole race was quite a sight. Despite the Seniors slipping back to fourth, Inters and Juniors duly won their cert ificates and the season ended wi th comfortable senior and inter victories in our o nly home match. Consider ing the amou nt of illness and injury we have had to face this term, the record emerges as very cred itable indeed, due mainly to regular training and the maximum use of the talent ava ilable. In the Seniors the Capt a in has been followed home by Andy Preston (until his injury), Pete GOlke (when available), Matt Fenn (latterly), Hugh Pritchard (on loan from the canoeing club), Dom And rews, Simon Brook, Campbell Donald and Omar Madha. All have steadily developed over the term, as the Five Schools showed, thus making up for the loss through injury of our potentiaJly quickest man Simon J ackson. Behind Simon and Nick, an impress ive inter four has been made up by Crispin Flower (in excellen t form until he fell ill) and Paddy Greenleaf, well backed up by an impressive SCI of first year inters, Jason Mycroft, Ben W rench, Anthony Gillespie-Smith, Tim D'Offay and Gareth Evans a nd occasionally James Galloway and Richard Edmonds. Josh Lumley has led the juniors throughout by example, recording several impressive results and being followed in by Jeremy Rowsell and James Morley, who both look most promising, even if they have a 101 of growing yet 10 do! Behi nd this trio, Messrs. Barker, Floydd, Scott, Hodson and occasionally Rayment have all had their moments, whilst Messrs. Gray, Musson, Eaton and Eady have also filled in when necessary. In short, respectable depth at a ll levels, even if not quite in the top league. Thank you very much to Messrs. Pa rker, Ellis, Cooke and Rooke for helping out this term. I must make it known how very gratefu l we are to Mr. Sugden for al1 he has done both this term and in the past fo r the Club. I wish him well for his year away next year. His will be a hard act to fol1ow, but I am sure Mr. Parker and Mr. Ellis will rise 10 the task admirably. JONATHAN WRIGHT.

Comes the hour , comes the man. The revela tion of this term has been the emergence, not just as a runner of talent but also as an inspirat ional leader, of our new Captain Jonatha n Wright. In a term plagued by illness he has kept everything going admira bly a nd turned a relatively un im pressive team into a highly competent one whose results have begun to remi nd one of those of four or five years ago. Hard work and commitment have led to success a nd I am sure this can be built on next year. T hank you, J onatha n, well done and good luck. J .B.S. First Colours were awarded 10 JOllathan Wright alld Simoll Attwood.

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IAbove) FOOTBALL 1st XI Back: A . A. Adebajo, R. A. Williams. M. Zamblera, M. J. Nash, T. J. Turner, I. D. S. Linney , S. R. T urner. Frollt: M. Durham , P. H. McCleery, N. C. Wakefield, S. W. Burt, D. R. O'Conor. (Below) L'APREs-MIDI n'UN FAUNE (Andrew Prestoll)

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RESULTS 12th January. T he Knole Run at Sevcnoaks 1, King Henry VIII , Coventry , 158; 2, Shrewsbury, 205; 3, Bradford G.S., 210; K.S.C. 21st 786 ' 28 tea in. 74th, J. D. Wright. ' , ms c10std 19th January . Sellior: 1, Tonbridge, 50; 2, Skin ners, 59; 3, K.S.C., 64. {Iller: 1, K.S.C., 40; 2, Tonbridge, 58; 3, Sk inners, 75. Junior: I, Tonbridge, 42; 2, K.S.C., 64; 3, Sk in ners, 72. 23rd January . 51. A ugustine's District Schools C hampio nships Senior: I , K.S.C., 67; 2, Simon Langton, 73 ; 3, Kent C., 9 1; 5 teams closed in. Illter: I , K.S.C., 56; 2, Kent C., 11 6; 3, Geoffrey C haucer, 138; 7 teams closed in. Junior: I , Sim on Langton, 80; 2, Herne Bay, 143; 3, Sir William Nottidge, 155; 4, K.S.C., 16 1; I I teams closed in 26th January. The St. Albans School Relay . 1, Ski nners, 121.5 1; 2, Dr. Challo ner's, 122. 19; 3, S1. A lba ns. 123.29; 12, K.S.C., 133.29; 19 teams closed OUI f 0 26. J. D. W right 10.08. 30th January . The King Henry VIII School Coventry Relay 1. King Henry VIII , 72.55; 2, Caldy Grange G.S., 73.30; 3, St. Alba ns, 74.03; K.S.C., 30th, 79.40. 44 schools clOsed' J . Wright , S. Attwood 12.57. In. 5th February. U. 16: I, Sulton Va lence, 45; 2, Judd, 60; 3, K.S.C., 69. 9th February. Senior: 1, K.S.C ., 54; 2, St. Edmund's, 124; 3, R.M.S. Dover, 126. {Iller: I , K.S.C., 88; 2, St. Edmu nd' s, 156; 3, R.M.S. Dover, 164. Junior: 1, K.S.C., 33; 2, R .M.S. Dover, 47. 13th February. Kent Schools First K.S.C. home were 1. D. Wright in the Senior and S. J. Attwood in the Inters, bot h in the 30s. 20th February. The Tortoises Relay at Oxford I, Rochester Math., 59.57; 2, R.O.S. Worcester, 60.37 ; 3, Kingswood , 61. 15; K.S.C., 10th, 64. 14; 35 teams finiShed. S. J . Attwood 15. 17. 27th February. The Merchant Taylors' Sc hools Race I , Dr. Challoner's , 26; 2, Se A lbans, 27; 3, Haberdashers, 74; 4, K.S.C., 80; 5, Scvenoaks, 81; 18 teams closed in. S. J. Attwood 2 1.26. 2nd March. The Five Schools Races at Fclsted Senior: I , Berk hamsted , 60; 2, K. S.C., 64; 3, Felsted, 103; 4, H ighgate, 118; 5, H arrow , 125 . Inter: 1, Highgate, 57; 2. Felsted, 58; 3, K. S.C. , 85 ; 4, Berkhamsted , 110. Jllnior: I , Highgate, 38; 2, Harrow, 89; 3, K.S.C., 98; 4, Berk ha msted, 127; 5, Felsted, 16 1. 9th March. The Densham C up 1, Skinners, 2 1; 2, Purley, 44; 3, Kingston G.S., 70; 5, K.S.C., 86. 10 teams closed in. T he Lemon-Norris Cup (fillers); I, Ski nners, 31; 2, K.C.S., Wimbledon, 42; 3, J o hn Fisher, 56; 6, K.S.C., 87; 9 teams closed in. 13th March. The Borden School Road Relays Senior: I, Maidstone G.S.; 2, Rochester Math.; 3, Cra nbrook; 4, K.S.C. IlIler: I , Sk in ners ; 2, King's Rochester; 3, K.S.C. Junior: 1, Rochester Math.; 2, K.S.C. 23rd March Senior: I , K.S.C., 46; 2, Bethany, 62; 3, R.M.S., 80; 4, Kent C., 131; I , Attwood 28.5 1. Illter: I , K.S.C. , 30; 2, SI. Ed mund's 60; 3, R.M.S., 89; I, Henry 21.38. Junior: I, Bethany. 40; 2, K.S.C., 61; 3, R.M.S., 75; 1, Lumley 17.14. The Inter-Ho use C ross-country Championships Senior: I, Linacre, 32 (record); 2, Broughton, 74; 3, Mitchinson's 187 ; 4, Oalpin's, 189; 5, Walpole, 192; 6, School H ouse, 193; 7, T radescant, 257; 8, Marlowe, 365; 9, T he Grange ; 10, Luxmoore; II, M.D. I, Wright J.D. (L N) 30.50; 2, Jackson (LN); 3, Fe nn (ll) ; 4, Gotke (GR); 5, Andrews (LN); 6, Wright S. (LN); 7, Pritchard (MT); 8, Brett (LN); 9, Durham (B); 10, Do nald (LN); II, Ll oyd (B); 12, Brook (IV); 13, Vale (B); 14, Nash (LN); 15, Kosteri ng (W); 16, Petersen (MT) ; 17, Lake (SH); 18, Priddle (B); 19. Mad ha (SH), 20, Bishop (B). {liter: 1, Tradescant, 87; 2, Linacre, 126; 3, School H ouse, 144; 4, Ga lpin's, 192; 5, Marlowe, 206; 6, Mitchinson's, 210; 7, Bro ughton, 226; 8, Luxmoore, 258; 9, M.D., 292 ; 10, Wa lpole; II , T he Gra nge. I . Attwood (1') 24.25; 2, Henry (LX); 3, Greenleaf (T); 4, C umber (W); 5, Flower (SH); 6, Gillespie' Smith (LX); 7, W rench (SH); 8, Dya s (LN); 9, Sma lman -Smit h (0); 10, Mycroft (LN); II , D'Offay (MO); 12, Murch (SH); 13, Evans (T); 14, Gardener (T); 15, Ed mo nds (MR); 16, White (GL); 17, Overton (B); 18, Barron (LN); 19, Elam (SH); 20, Stearns (T). 174

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I , Broughton, 11 3; 2, School House, 131; 3, Galpin's, 161; 4, M.D., 200; 5, Luxmoore, 213; 6, Mitchinson's, 22 1; 7, Linacre, 225; 8, T he Grange, 232; 9, Walpole, 254; 10, Marlowe, 272; 11, Tradescant, 284. I , Lumley (MT); 2, Philpott (B); 3, Rowsell (B); 4, Morley (LX); 5, Rayment (SH); 6, Floydd (GL); 7, Musson (T); 8, Scott O. (MR); 9, Ballenden (GL); 10, Hodson (MT); II, Barker (IV); 12,Ie Huray (SH); 13, Solway (MO); 14, Virani (SH); 15, Stanbury (MO) ; 16, Nickolls (8); 17, You ng (SH); 18, Kemp (T); 19, Montgomery (LX); 20, Jackson (LN). I, Linacre 383; 2, Broughto n 413; 3, School House 468; 4, Galpi n's 542; 5, Mitchinson's 618; 6, Tradescant 628; 7, Marlowe 843.

fhe Inter-H ouse ~elays . . â&#x20AC;˘ Senior: I , Lmacre 40.30; 2, Tradesca nt41. 55; 3, Milchmson s 48. 11. Inter: I , School House & Luxmoore 48.53; 3, Bro ughton 49.07; 4, Linacre 50.08.

Fencing The term was hardly forty-eight ho urs o ld when, rusty with inactivity, we were in the thick of the Kent Schoolboys' Foil Champio nship, and had to give best to King's Rochester, who won the Team Trophy. Regretfully, neither the triangular match wi th Haileybury and Rochester, nor the Westminster match were able to take place, so we packed our things for the a nnual trip to Eton wit h keen ant icipation. O ur first Foil Team (E. Lloyd, 1. G. Bendien a nd M. S. Ada mson) fought off a strong challenge to win 7-2, selli ng us well on the way to victory; whilst M. C. Francis, J. J . C. Rawlinson and B. M. Rayment won a ll their fights in their respective fo il pools. Then we hosted the Kent Schools' 3 Weapons Championship, in which no team member may fight more 'than one weapon. This stringent cond ition exposes tea ms to a searching scrutiny of their a ll-round sk ills and throws mavericks intO the contest. Our senio r team, listed below, fought sharply and courageously, winning the C hampionship with 30 out of a possible 36 fi ghts. So , the ensuing Kent Schools' Epee Championship saw us in fine fett le. Our senior epee-ists had had the enjoyable and inst ructive experience of practice bouts with Mr. Ralph Jo hnson who recent ly retained his British Nat ional Epee Championship title for the fourth year running, to whom we are greatly indebted for his kindness and active interest. All ou r epee-ists rose to the occasion a nd got through to the fina l pools, where they took all the medal honours in both final s (except the Jun ior Pool Bronze meda l) winning overall by 64 points to 44. Lastly, we were to meet in friendly rivalry wi th th e Tenterden Swords Fenci ng C lub. H ow would we do? Last year they were just too go od for o ur first team, and so it was again: they won by just one bout. The contest had been do urly fought, none more so than M. S. Adamson's fin e epee victory over G. Williams (Tenterden) , a fight so excellent a nd susta ined that at its end clapping broke out. The 2nd Teams, cont inuing the suspe nse , d rew, - and all depended upon our 3rd Team who fought well and won 7-2, giving us victory. It was also a pleasure to see the way our sabreu rs settled down to give a really good accou nt of themselves. They have had the eagle eye of Mr. Norcliffe upon them in sabre lessons recently and the benefits are there for all to see. This has been an enjoyable term of good fencing in the matches a nd the pre-match pract ices, and the juniors have made good progress, especially those who have gai ned Colts Colours (P. F. J. Brothers, I. Cawley, D. H . Hodgson, J. I. Manning, B. M. Rayment a nd D. C. Yule). Particularly no table contributio ns have been made by J . G. Bendien , J. M. Barton, A. J. Wickerson, J . J. C . Rawlinson, C. Majomi, B. M. Rayment (in his second term here) a nd M. S. Adamso n who, during the year, won the three individual Kent Junior Schoolboy C hampio nships (for fo il , epee and sabre) and foug ht regularly for the first team. Much credit must go to Mr. Gambrill 's patient coaching and to those seniors who not only enjoy their ow n fe ncing but also find time to bring on the juniors - a nd this is vital in this type of sport. O ur thanks go, too, to Edwin Lloyd who took over the captaincy at the end of last term. It is not always easy to fight at one's best as a capta in and he has always given of his best. it was a fittin g reward that he should not only lead us to such a thorough victory in the Kent Schools' Epee Championship, but should also become the 1985 Individual Epee Champion himself in that competit ion. W.J.R.H-S. RESU LTS v Etoll. Wo n 35- 19 1st Team (F.E .). Won 14-4 2nd Team (F.E.). Won 13-5 1st Junio r Team (Foil). Lost 1-8 2nd Junior Team (Foil). Won 7-2 v Tenterdcn Swords F.C. (Club Match). Won 30-24 1st Team (F.E.S.). Lost 14-13 2nd Team (F .E.). Drawn 9- 9 3rd Team (Foil). Won 7-2 175

C O UNTY COMPETITIONS Kent Schoolboys ' 3 Weapon Cha mpionship 151: K.S .C. ' A' Tea m, 6 poin ts; 2nd: K.S. Rochester 'A ' T eam, 4 points; 3rd K.S. Rochester '8' Tea m; 4th : K.S.C. ' B' T eam.

K.S.C. 'A ' Team: J . G. Bcndi cn and 1. M . Barto n (Foil) E. Lloyd a nd J . J . C. Raw linson (Epee) J . Cousins and M . S. A damso n (Sabre) E. Lloyd and J . 1. C. Rawlinson were undefeated a l epee wit h 6 victories each. Kent Schoolboys' Individual Foil Championshi ps Senior Event 4th, E. Lloyd (K.S.C. ); 51h, J . M. Barton (K.S.C. ); 81h, J . Co usins (K.S.C.) . Junior Event l SI, M. S. Adamso n (K .S.C.); Slh , J. J . C. Rawli nson (K.S.C.); 6t h, A. J . Wickcrson (K S C) Undcr-t4 Event .. " Final Pool, Elimi nat ion Barrage: 51h = B. M . Rayment (K S C )· (P F J Brothers (K S C ) al h Team Troph y . . ., . . . . . . so reac ed the I1nal DOoI). l SI, King's Rochester; 2nd, King's, Ca nt erbury. Kenl Schoolboys' Individ ual Epee C hamp ionships Senior Even. 1st, E. Lloyd (K .S .C.) ; 2nd, J . O. Bendien (K. S.C. ); 3rd, J . M. Ba rt o n (K.S .C.) . Ju ni or Even. 1st, M. S. Adamson (K .S.C.); 2nd, C. Majomi (K.S.C.)· 4th J . J. C. Rawlinson (K S C )· 5th A J W' k ' , ... , '" Ie erson (K.S.C.); 6t h, B. M. Rayment (K.S.C. ). Team Trophy 1st, King's, Can terbury (64 points); 2nd, King's, Rochester (44 point s).

lsI C% urs were awarded to: E. Lloyd (Capt.), J . G. Bendie n ( Vice-Capt.), J . M. Barton a nd M. S. Adamson. 2nd C% urs were awarded to: A. J . Wickerson .

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the Fairservice Game

~ch of the season was spoilt by unfavourab le weather a nd fi xt ures agai nst Sim on Langton O.S . a nd Chislehurst ~

SidcuP G.S. were left snow-bound and abandoned. r he six matches played were enjoyable a ffairs a nd the players were well led by their Captain , Jo nat han Gard ner. ular senior players lend to give-way to younger a nd ambitous foot bailers who gain good match-ex perience in readiness r~sell i~r rugby honours the following September. Such pla yers as Nicholas Briggs, Andrew Bush, J onathan Wrench, , O'n Linney , Timothy T urner , David Laurence and Jeremy Gordo n di d well a nd theirs and everyone's perfo rm ance \illS â&#x20AC;˘ noted an d apprec 'iate d. RESU LTS

Played 6, Won 4, Lost 2, Po in ts fo r 151, Poin ts against 36. v Geoffrey Chaucer. Won 60- 0 v Bet hany. Won 19-4 v Dover G.S. Won 38- 0 v Christ Church. Lost 3-6 v SI. Mary's, Sidcu p. Won 27- 10 v Maidstone G.S. Lost 4- 16

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.!!ousematches Broughto n gOI 'The Do uble' : J unior and Senior Cups won in two cntertaining Sunday aft ernoons of open, cnterprizing play by all Ho uses.

The School Seyen Maidstone G .S. Sevens King's relinqu ished the C up th is year, losing to The Judd School in the fi nal. RESU LTS

v Rochester. Wo n 34- 0 v Dart ford. Won 16- 10

v Maidsto ne. Won 22-4

v J udd . Lost 10- 12

The 2nd VII won two of their fo ur games and were energetica ll y led by Piers McCleery.

Kent Schools Sevens The Slart of the big co mpetit io ns was'bedev illed wit h problems tha t lasted un til the end of term .. . players missing players inju red .. . players playi ng olher games ... O h, the cost o f soapfla kes ! R ESU LTS

v Howard . Won 26- 4 v Chatha m Ho use. Won 26-0

v Ma idstone G.S. Lost 0-22

The 2nd VII wo n two ga mes against Sir J oseph Wi lliamso n's School a nd SI. A ugustinc's Co llege.

Surrey Schools SeyenS Ki ng's were fort unate with thc draw and won their group th ro ugh determi natio n to win . RESU LTS

v Wim bledon. Wo n 14- 10

v Beverley. Won 34-6

v Windso r. Won 18-6 The VII lost na rrowly to Purley School in the q uarter fina ls (10- 14). Credit must go to the team, their Ca pt a in, Piers McClecry, for his inspirat ion a nd to Nicholas Briggs, who picked- up seven tries d uring the afternoo n. ConSider ing fo ur fi rst-choice players were not in the VII , the tea m was very successful on the day . As the season developed King's 1st VII looked more like the 2nd VII . and Ihe 2nd VII , more li ke the 1st.

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Oxfordshire R.F. U. Schools Sevens The topsy-turvy term did nol help the VII get very far in this tournament. Clifton College's absenc on ly played two games: winning one and losing one. e meant Kin&:" RESULTS

v Latymer Upper. Won 32-0

King Henry VIII, Coventry. Lost 6- 10

Rosslyn Park R.F. C. National Schools Sevens Thu rsday, 27th March, 1985 was an unsuccessfu l day for King's. RESULTS

v Arnplcforth. Lost 4-22 v Truro. Lost 4- 16 v Barnard Castle. Lost 4- 18 v BryanslOn. Lost 6-18 The VlI was not a str.ong one; but the group and t~ams.played againsi were. T here was an atmosphere which su we were only here to fil l up the cry. As for my nOises, Just reca ll what J ea n de La Fontaine says in The Tor ggCSlt(J the River: 'Beware of people who are quiet and ca lm: T he noisy ones won', do you any harm', rent Qnd BryanslOn won the group, but eventually lost in the fina l to Epsom College, the 1985 win ners. R.B .Mi .

Colts Although the season prom ised more, there was at least one outstand in g performance, which gave eonsiderabl satis faction. For the first time since its inception, the King's School won its own tournament, one that includes mo ~ of the best sides in the Coun ty, plus our old riva ls, Dulwich, from Surrey. S In difficult cond itions, the whole side worked well and showed great sk ill , allied to determination and the will to win. N.owhe r ~ ~v~s th is shown more dramatically .tha." .in the match. ag~i n s~ !onbridge, where the team overhauled a ten pomt deficit m the second half. It would be mVldlous to ment ion mdlvlduals, fo r all played their parI. It was a great pity that injury, ill ness and other commitments prevented this squad fro m adding to this success.

R.C.W. Team: A. G. J. Scott, P. J . Q. Greenleaf, J . C. O. Gordon, M. W. Ursell, P. P. Lacamp, E. O. Mbu, T. P. Driggs. RESU LTS

Final Positions, Group A: I. Dulwich, 2. Duk e of York's, 3. Sevenoaks, 4. SI. George's, 5. Maidstone. Filial Positions, Group B: I. King's, 2. Tonbridge, 3. Elth am, 4. SI. Mary's, 5. J udd, 6. Chislehurst and Sidcup. 3rdl4th Place Play-Off: Tonbridge 10, Duke of York's 8. Final: King's, Canterbury 20 pts., Dulwich 4pts.

Shooting This term has seen some good shooting, a nd with the appearance of David Hemsley we now have a respectable team. T here has been a good improvement from John Wh ittlesea a nd Andrew Clements and steady scores from Bill Murch. Ou r range is st ill out of act ion, and we a re therefore st ill shoot ing at SI. Edmund's, but the school range on Blare's should be fin ished by September, when the .22 shooting restarts. We look fo rward to next tcrm a nd the full bore 7.62 shooting on the full size ranges at Hythe; wit h the added prospect of some 9mm pistol shooting it should be most interesting. Congrat ulations go to Cam pbell Donald fo r scoring a n excellent 99 in the match, for which he has been awarded Minor Sports colours. Our tha nks go to our coach R.S.M. Boot h, and to SI. Edmu nd's school for allowing us to use their ra nge. This term's averages were: Gerard Morris (Capt .) 95.09, Campbell Donald 95.0, Nick Papachristidis (Hon. Sec.) 93.86, Bill Murch 91.5, David Hemsley 91.33, Daniel Morris 89.75, Andrew Clement s 87.75, J ohn Whittlesea 87.43. GERARD MORRIS.

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The first five had their best season for somet ime, winning in all seventeen matches, and losing only four. The four loSSes included two against Tonbridge, who reached the fina ls of the national tournament, one against Cranbrook, whom had beaten twice previously this season, and one against Eton, when we were missing three of our first five. It must VoleO be pointed out that though Tonbridge were undoubted ly better than we were, they did have the advantage of playing a S their courts on both occasions . Our wins included a famous 4-3 win over St. Paul's, Concord, who had beaten Eton o~ the day before, and Eton had reached the last eight of the National Tournament! We also beat Epsom 4-1, and ~psom were arguably the strongest school in Surrey. On this occasion however, they were without their first string. Other wins this term included, Harrow 5-0, Sutton Valence 5-0, St. Edmund's 5-0, Cranbrook 3-2, Brighton College .2 St. Anselm's 5-0, Ardingly 4-1 a nd SI. Lawrence, Ramsgate 5-0. T he total of seventeen wins is a record for King's, ~hO~lgh it must be admitted that our great sides of the mid sixt ies and early seventies did not play quite so many matches. Individually, McFie with sixteen wins and three losses had the best record , though Gary Smith (11 /4 ), had much sterner opposition at first string. He fi nished with an emphat ic 9/0, 9/ 1, 9/0 win at Epsom, thus completing a career for the fi rst V that started in 1979, in the most convincing way possible. The captai n, Jayesh Gopalj i (lOI5), was a tower o f st rength at second string, and lower dow n the order Matt Durham (912) and Dave Laurence (6/1) gave us great hopes for the future. Mention must also be made of Rodney Bysh (6/3), whO forced his way into the side with a succession of drop shots that devastated most of his fifth string opponents. James Cox (5/6) was the only player to lose more than he won, but he never played below 3rd stri ng, and hockey took up much of his time. Our 2nd V won all their matches, including a 312 win at Tonbridge, showing that ou r reserves were stronger than ever. In every way then it was a most grat ifying season, not least because the behaviour was generally first class, and I can't remember a single occasion when an umpire's decision was questioned . I must thank Jayesh Gopalji for the part he has played in making the season so enjoyable. He was prepared to play with a temperature, with a cold, and even before his broken leg had fully mended. He was also superb at getting players out at a moment's notice when regular players w~re req~ir.ed elsewhere. If Jayesh returns. next Sel?tember for <?xbr.idge he \~iII co~!inue as capt~in, but if not, Alastalf McFle IS ready to take over, and he Will have five players with fm! team expen ence to help Ium .

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Under-16 The Colts and J unior Colt s both played rather fewer matches this season than usual, partly through our dropping some of the weaker fixtures, and also because for each team two ma tches were cancelled by our opponents. The Colts beat Ardingly, Brighton, Christ's Hospital, Dulwich, Elon, Harrow, St. Edmund's and SI. Lawrence, and lost to Tonbridge 2-3. Edward Dykes played several times at NO.5 and won each time. P hilippe Lacamp played a lot of squash at the beginning of term, but when the snow cleared and it became possible to play hockey he was unavailablc too often and suffered from lack of practice - earlier he had played some matches at NO.3 and did very well consid ering how li tt le he has played squash in the past. Stuart Lacy improved a great deal as the term went on, and he developed into a thoughtful, confident player. Jeremy Bartlett began the term badly, but eventua lly picked up the pieces and towards Ihe end was playing much better: he rea lly ought to believe that a d iscipli ned approach pays off. Andrew Vinton, alt hough still a Junior Colt , played most of the season at No.2. His concentration sometimes lapsed, but he could be devastating, especially with the drop volley . He think s hard abou t the game, and has improved enormously in the short time he has been playing . Simon Stuttaford missed several matches through unfitness, but in the end deserved to play at No. 2 again . David Laurence met some very good opponents at No.1, and lost only twice. Errors crept in from time to lime, but he was often brilliant. His enthusiasm for the game, a nd his helpfu lness, have been a great help to the team and to myself, and we owe him ou r thanks for that. These players rarely losl: all the matches which we won were 4- 1 or 5-0. A fixture muddle also brought Ihe Colts a match against Sevenoaks 1st V: we lost, but there were some close malches. The Junior Colts beat Ard ingly, Brighton, Christ's Hospital, Dulwich, Harrow, St. Edmund's, SI. Lawrence and Tonbridge and lost only 2-3 to Eton. The team was rather unsettled for various reasons. Chris Mitchell won some matches, the last one without losing a point, and then rather unaccountably disappeared to row. Stephen Ca lthrop took advantage of this and played several games at No . 5, winning all but one of them. He hits the ball hard and low, and has a drop ShOlllOW, but needs to be quicker. Paul Norris recovered quick ly from a term of rugby, but lack of concentrat ion caused him to lose more matches than he shou ld have done. He has such a good eye, and several good shots: I'm sure he' ll do better next year. This yea r Neil Bishop looked rather sha ky at No.3, the main problem being a te ndency to play the ball rather weak ly into rhe middle of the court, but he usually struggled through to win. Rikk i Kher won all but one of his matc hes at No.2: he plays his own ga me very well, with a lot of good low angle shots, but he ought to Iry to get more variety into his play. But he was a very strong No.2, and could have won many matches if he had been playing at No. l. Peter Thomas was the No. I: his speed around the court, and his ability to hit the ball very hard made him excit ing to watch, and few of his opponents had any answer, though he generously gave some of them Ihe third game in a 3-1 win . The Junior Colts also played some 'arranged ' matches with Wellesley House and Holmewood House: the team usua lly incl uded some under-14s. One was won and the other losl. 179

The Under·14s beat Ardingly, Brighton, Epsom, Harrow, SI. Edmund's, S1. Lawrence and Tonbridge a d I to Eton on a day when they were without their regu lar Nos. 1 and 2. The team divided into two parts: Ih~~ OSt Only played quite a lot before (Nick Daley, David Godfrey and Chris Calthrop) and those who hadn't (James lan~ who had Brown, Stephen W illiams and Michael Jordan). David Godfrey was not often available, hockey being his mal.e, Tony th is term, but be had a couple of good wins at No.2. Nick Daley was the No. I : he kept us in Suspense rar sPort when he should have won much sooner (the most memorable occasion was an afternoon when he WOn two 00 oftrn in the fi ft h game, 10-8 and 10·9). Chris Ca lthrop usually played at No.2, and won when he fe lt con fi demmalchr, concent rated on the game . James Landale got into the team at about half-term, and worked his way Upwards band hr was lillie to choose between him and Stephen Wi ll iams and Tony Brown: at Nos. 3, 4 and 5 they rarely losi ~.thrrr Jordan a lso played in a few matches, and usuall y won. . Icharl

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Table Tennis The scene: a mid-January afternoon in the Maugham Library. The fo recast: existing ice and snow would be aCCCntuatrd by a heavy blizzard that wou ld sweep up from the South-West to engulf the South-East the next day (it hardly gOt beyond West Coker, actually). The news: no end yet in sight for the coal strike. The first Housemasters' Meeting of term was bent on decision-making. What should be planned for a winter like '63, alleast, if not '47? T he plan spectacu lar: bui ld snow-banks round the Green Court and turn it into a skati ng rink" Or the plan simple: revive the Nick Bee Inter-House Table Tennis Competitio n, never played for since The Grang~ won the inaugura l event in 1981? Or both? The upshot was not Fin nish, but rat her a period of sustained ta ble tennis over the next few months that finally led to a ha nd some victory ror tl~ e i n~ ernat i ~nal all-~ta r s of Wa lpole I , ~y h o ~onceded no rubbers in ~ h e i r group or sem ilinal a nd o nly one, that at 3rd st n ng, III the fm al agai nst Luxmoore. RaJlv VIJayanat han must be entIt led to consider himself the unofficial school champion, after losing not a single game in the compct ition, whilst Kostering (who d ropped games only in a 3-2 win in the final over Adegboyega), Bysh, Cox and Gopalj i completed a strong team. Losing semifinalists were Mitchinson's a nd Walpole II. S.C.IV.

Girls' Games HOCKEY Bad weather early in the term and a couple of other cancellations limited matches to three, and we werc particularly sorry that snow and icc discouraged King's, Peterborough from making a tpuring visit to us. Practices consequently have been relat ively hard to sustain, though we have enjoyed a fair number of games against the 3rd XI. In the matches played, co ntaining U.K.C. to a 3·0 defeat was a good performance, suggesting that the team had the potential to blend together well. Simon La ngton played a fa irly young team agai nst us, though it contained some promisi ng players, a nd agai nst Kent Co llege scores were I-I at ha lf- time, but after that our relative lack o f fitness was exposed . J'he season was rounded off by a visit to see England v. Scotland at Wembley and by a seven-a-side tournament orga nised by the K.W.H.A. Of our 6a players, Sarah Holden has been an outstanding captain and midfield player, and fully deserved her school First Colours for services to girls' hockey. I would find it hard to praise too highly the enthusiasm and leadership she has brought to the game. Judith Reed and Lucy Flint have been consistent ly steady and reliable at full-back as has Emma Risley at half· back. There has been play or considerab le enterprise from Christina Albin and Sophie LUlllsden in the fo rward line a nd Natascha Engel at ha lf-back: aU three have given qua li ty to our attacking play over the past two seaso ns, and will be hard to replace. We may be lucky enough 10 have a cou ple o f the above back in the Aut um n Term, when the full Kent Schools' Tou rnament is next due to be played, and we shall certa inly have a usefu l group of 6b gir ls to form the basis of the team. Sophia SI. J ohn Parker, Lucy Hoare a nd Kat ie Woodcock have shown themselves to be lively attacki ng players, and Catherine Walsh effect ive in defence, but perhaps the outstanding 6b player th is year has been goa lkeeper Katherine Kelly, a convert from lacrosse whose positioning and bold kicking have been excellent.

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unfortunately no 2nd XI mat ches have been possible this term. Teo m: Katherine Kelly, Lucy Flint, Judith Reed, Emma Risley, Sarah Holden (Capt.), Natascha Engel, Sophia St. hn Parker, Katie Woodcock, Christ ina Albin, Sophie Lumsden, Lucy Hoare, Cat herine Walsh. • Also played: Lucy Ch arrmgto . n and Ta• ra Usher. First Colours (Ire awarded to: Sarah Holden. Girls' Colollrs are awarded /0: C hristina Albin, Nalascha Engel, Sophie Lumsden. Hol/-colollrs are awarded to: Judith Reed , Lucy Flint, Emma Risley. RESULTS v University of Kent (H). Lost 0-3 v Kent College (A). Lost 1-4 v Simon Langton' A' (A). Won 2-1 Seven-a·s ide KWHA to urnament: Drawn I, Lost 2

NETBALL -;;isappointi ng though the first half of term was due to ca ncellatio ns by weather, the second half saw a great deal of activit y, with a number of close a nd excit ing matches. The closest of allmalches were those against Queen El izabet h' s, Faversham, when only one goal separated the teams in both matches. This was in early February, and the enforced break that ensued seemed to leave us sluggish in both trams against Ashford. One of the most enjoyable fixtures was that against Barton Court, drawn al 1st VII level, and this was followed by Ihree successive victories against schoo ls before the seaso n ended with the O.K.S: fi xture . By Ihis time very good teamwork had developed, and this was notably effective against an O.K.S. side which itself ~as full of good individuals. Sophia Baker has been a vigorous captain, and has given excellent leadership both in matches and in practices. I amvery grateful for all her help and as a player she has shown a distinctive understanding of the game. She has been "cll supported by the whole team, among whom Va nessa Wright has made the greatest improvement, especia lly in the accuracy of her shooting. Sophie Lumsden has been swift in the cent re, and shown very good ball -control; Lucy Harland has been strong and reliable at Wing-Defe nce; and Annabel Roberts has marked well and blocked st rongly in defence. The twO 6b girls Sophia St. John Parker and Charlotte Hare, have shown a good deal of promise and should develop "cll next year. There has also been some enthusiastic netball played by the 2nd VII, whose standard improved and for whom Katie Woodcock, Tara Usher and Lucy Dixon-Clarke (all of them centre-cou rl players) were consistently good. 1st VII: Vanessa Wright, Sophia S1. John Parker, Sophie Baker (Capt.), Sophie Lumsden, Lucy Harland, Annabel Roberts, Charlotte Hare. Also played: Sa rah Holden, Katie Woodcock, Tara Usher, Helen Davis. 211t! VII: Helen Davis, Tessa Williamson, Lucy Dixon-Clarke, Katie Woodcock (Capt.), Tara Usher, Catheri ne Walsh, Joanna Whittingto n. Also played: Amanda Hope-Maso n, Deborah Colman, Caroline Simpson. Colollrs are awarded 10: Sophia Baker, Sophie Lum sden, Annabel Robens, Lucy Harland, Vanessa Wright. RESU LTS 1st VI! 2nd VII v Queen Eli zabeth's Faversham. Lost 13- 14 v Queen Elizabeth's Faversham. Won 19-18 v Ashford. Lost 7- 19 v Ashford. Lost 4- 17 v Barton Court. Drawn 15- 15 v Barton Court. Lost 1- 6 v St. Lawrence. Won 18-16 v Dover College. Won 15-13 v Kent College. Won 13-6 v O.K.S. Won 14- 6

SQUASH Amanda Hope-Maso n and Caroline Simpson have led the squash team this seaso n energetically, and bot h deserved their award or Minor Sports Co lours. They have been well su pported by a mixture of 6a and 6b girls, and among the latter Charlotte Hare, lana Hay and Julia Pears will make a good basis for next year's team. There was a nice balance of wins and defeat s in the matches played, and every fixture was enjoyed and played sport ingly. Team: Amanda Hope-Maso n, Caroline Simpson, Charlotte Hare, Tessa Wi lliamson, Julia Pears, lona Hay. Also played: Joanna H ulburd a nd Tara Usher . RESULTS v J.K.S. Won 5-0 v Sevenoaks. Lost 1- 4 v Kent College. Won 5- 0 v Ardingly. Lost 1-4 v SI. Edmund's. Won 4-2 v O.K.S. Lost 2- 3 J.A.W.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Friends of Canterbury Cathect II B, The Precin;aJ ' t Canterbu s,

26th February, 19Z' Dear Sir, This year the Friends of Canterbury Cat hedral will be celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the performance of Murder in the Cathedral by T . S. Eliot. This was written especially for the Friend r~st performance in 'The Canterbury Festival' 1935. I did not fully appreciate your 'This and That' r: Or on The First Canterbury Festival in te nded to provide 'pleasure and enrichment for local inhabitantsPO~ visitors alike' in September 1984. I would guess it might by now have come of age -

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Canterbury Festival!

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Yours fait hfully, CHARLES BARKER, STEWARD OF THE FRIENDS.

We are very pleased to have provided Mr. Barker with an opportunity to tell our readers about the Friends' plans, and if he cares to write at greater lellgth for our ever-renewing readership about who the Friends are and what they do we shall be glad to print it. It is, of course, true that the Friends ran a series of distinguished Festivals of Music alld Drama fro", 1928 to 1949 as part of their annual gatherings at Canterbury. But the September 1984 Canterbury Festival was independent, secular and self-contained, and First as such. And we liked the chiasmus;'1 the brOChure

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Kent. 3rd March, 1985. Dear Sir, t am repeatedly assured that Beagling at King's continues to t hrive, principally as a Thursday afternoon alternative to Corps, and as I refuse to believe that all Beaglers at King's really are illiterate, I would appreciate at least an annua l accou nt of the Season's spo rt with the Blean. Very few people are aware that the 19705 were a vintage era at King's for the production of hunting talent, with the following especially notable:- Michael Bax (1972) past huntsman, B1ean Beagles; Bob Balicki (1977) past whipper-in, B1ean Beagles, sometime Master, Wye College Beagles; Bruce Urquhart (1977) past whipper-in, Blean Beagles, now assistant tra iner in Lambourn; Guy Hindley (1979) past whipper-in and huntsman, Blean Beagles, sometime Master, Trinity Foot Beaglesj Geoffrey Neame (1979) past whipperin, Slean Beagles, now Farming Correspondent for Faversham Times; Anthony Talbot (1979) past amateur Field Master, Blean Beagles, now an expert on primates, residing in Lo ndon. I hope that a school which has produced such hunting legends will enco urage the em ergence of a few more , especially at a time when hunting is repeatedly under attack, by its wholehearted suppor t for the "noble science" through the publicatio n of a Beagling Report in The Cantuarian. Hoping that matters will soon be rectified, Yours faithfully, 'RANTER' (W 1973-77). Sometime Whipper-in, Royal Agricultural College Beagles.

Loppylugs replies: It is pleasing to see Ranter still in full cry. He need not fear: beagling still flourishes at King's. Indeed, these days it is hard to gel near the minibus for the crowds of Hans, green hunters, Barbours and flat hats. Great figures such as Guy Hindley and Geoff Neame (not, alas, Ranter - "hy not?) return to instruct the young, and I suspect that A. R. Ball may prove the fanatic of all time . .. As well as that, the hunting is such that the Anti-blood sports League could subscribe to our meets without any worries at all. The teas are splendid, and the countryside still pleasing (if you turn your back to the pylons, motorways, etc). But don't expect regular reports - the beagling motto remains 'Beaglers do it, they don't talk about i/': still less do they write. t82 Emma Risley, Sophie Lumsden , Catherine Walsh, Nataseha Engel, Luey Flint. Christina Albin, Sarah Holden (Cap t.). Lucy Hoare, Judith Reed.

Kingfisher Cottage, Stouts Hill, Uley, Near Dursley. G loucestershi re .

6th March, 1985.

DeaTSir. I wondered if your schoo l magazine would be wi lli ng to include a few words for former pupils of Stouts Hill preparatory school, as some came on to King's between 1936-69. The school closed in 1979, a nd it is not easy to get in touch with all the Old Boys. R. W. Angus, the founder and headmaster of Stouts Hill preparatory school 1936-69, died in January at his home, Stouts Hill Close, Uley. in the place he loved and where he was much loved by his fa mil y. His wife J03n still lives here, overlook ing the lake and woods, a nd is always glad to see or hear news of Old Boys. Yours faithfu lly, PATRtC tA SCOTT-C LARK (MRS.).

Walpole House, The King's School.

21st March, 1985. Dear Sir, We would like to draw your attentio n to the sexual inequality which ex ists at this school. In an age where sexual equa lit y is greatly stressed in all wa lks of life, the injustice prevalent at this schoo l is anachronistic in the extreme. This is particu larly evident in the way that various masters treat gi rls' misdemeanours somewhat more lightly tha n those comm itted by boys. These misdemeanours range from arriving late a nd missing preps to 'jock ing' full periods. Perhaps if so me of these social injust ices were terminated (and some of th e sillier girls sloaned down a bit) the n the school woul d be a better place fo r all . Yours fai th fu lly, AOEK EYE AOEBAJO AND PAUL C HA NTRY.

P.S. We are not misogyni sts, but mere ly detached observers.

9, Larch D rive, Wood ley, Reading, Berkshire.

21st March, 1985. Dear Sir, I fin d it very irritating to read in The Cantuarian abo ut all the exciting PAST events that I have missed - especially when they have been near me! I have suggested before, and would like to repeat, that The Cantuarian should be issued at the sta rt of term and di stributed with the calendar for the new term. This way there is a chance that I (and other O.K.S.) migh t be able to support the School at away events like Reading Head of the River, or make a pilgrim age to Canterbury for a conce rt or play. Yours fait hfully, R. M . BLAeKALL (GR 1949-55) . P.S. Please ask why the O.K.S. are no longer invited to demoralize the Sc hool at C ross~count r y!

The School calendar is available from the School Office for O.K.S. and anyone else interested in forth coming events. We understand that the O.K.S. have not been asked recently to demoralize the School at cross-country because of lack of support on the last two occasions they were asked. - Ed. t83 (Charlotte Bishop)

Meister Om The Ki ng's Sch ers,

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Dear Si r, From all sides exhortations have come thick and fast to put more effort into scientific research to I science from th e age of fi ve in sc hools, put women in to engineerin g, and promote computing. W~ are ~ach th at Br itain led the industrial revolution, and we must not fall behind . Techno logy has never seemedOld important , so prestigious, yet even now an Oxb ridge grad uate with a D.P hi l is -discussed in the sa So condescending tone as a car mechanic - an engineer. Science is seen either as dirty and unacademicme pursuit of plodders noting colours, or as ge nius unaccountable to the wo rld, invent ing ways of destrOYing" II . A school such as this has the resou rces to turn out what Mrs. Thatcher wants, more scientists. The are no shortages of textbooks or good teachers. But in the sixt h form 'artists' convincingly out num~e 'scientists', the very well-equipped computer room is left to the 'vegetables', and upper school hisloria r sneer at sixth fo rm chemists . What is it that has caused all thi s? In the Shells, you are often asked 'Ar~s or Scie nces?' and many people do choose at thi s age. The main factor whic h affects this choice is ~ it should be, the enjoymen t of one over the ot her. As the scie nces require an initially good grou'ndln they ask for a su bstantial amount of learni ng of basic facts compared to, jay, history. Thus the drOPPi:' of a science will considerab ly lighten the work load in the Removes and Fifths, and science in Ihe lowe~ and middle schoo ls is, quite frankly, borin g. The outcome of this is that many people have given up One or more sciences by the time they reach the end o f the Fift hs, o r dislike the sc ience subj ect they are doing . This is why many do arts, not sciences. The soluti on to this is si mple and radical: make science more interesting at lower levels, and more general This cou ld be done with mo re Nuffield type co urses , and enthus iastic teaching of them. Also the facluai detail needed should be reduced, and more emphas is placed o n understand in g. Thi s is the way to produ c~ more engineers , not exhor tations from high. I am afraid that I have mount ed my own hobby horse here, but I hope that somewhere, somehow, it wi ll be noti ced, and noted.

Yours faithfully, RI CHARD REED.

Broughton House, The King's School. 241h March, 1985. Dear Sir, We write co ncerning a subj ect that has reall y come to a head this term, occasioning rash comment s and leaving people unhappy: namely the quest ion of how many 'Major' sports we should have each term . Surely it is time that this problem was se nsibly disc ussed and sett led? We are sure that this view is shared by the maj ority o f games players, especially the versat ile ones who find themselves un der unreaso nable pressure.

Yours fai thfully, J EREMY BAGSHAW AND M ARK E DWARDS.

The Maste rs' Common Room, The King's School, Canterbury. 241h March, 1985. Dear Sir, On 16th Ma rc h it was my great privilege to be honoured by a dinner and presentation by the recently reestablished Canterbury Pi lgrims' Boat Club. It was an occasion which I shall long remember with gratitude and affection and I would like to place on record my thanks for their kindness and generosity to the organisers o f this happy occasion, to all those who atte nded and to many more o ld members of the Boat Club who were unable to be there in person. Yours faithfull y, DAVID GOODES.

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THE SCHOOL Captain oj School: P. H. McCleery, K.S., M.S. SCHOOL MONITORS P N. Barry, 1. R. Seagrave, M.S. , R . E, Stri vens, K.S., M.S., Lucy F. Flint, K.S., M.S., G. N. 1. S;ymour, 1. Gopalji , K.S., R. Assadourian, A. 1. H. Knight, D. C. Everhart, M.S., 1. D. Bagshaw, p.. W. 1. Harding, G . S. Smith, M . 1. Nash, K.S., C. R. 1. Collyer, Abigail B. Willis, M.S. HOUSE MONITORS

sc/lOol House: G. S. Smith, N. T. 1. Lake, K.S., A. L. Odgers, K.S., Sophie I. Lumsden, 1. H. Booth-Clibborn, M.S., R. D. C. Downes, M.S., 1. L. Aylott. A. W . 1. Harding, P. H . McCleery, K.S, M.S. , Abigail B. Willis, M.S., A. T. The Grange: T. Preston, M . E . Burges Watson, Sophia A. Baker, 1. D. Foord, 1. R. G. lob, S. D . Taylor, K.S., M.S. 1. Gopalji , K.S., 1. N. M. Cox, M. 1. L. Bashaarat, 1. H. Williams, loa nna /Valpole: S. Whittington. Meisler Omers: P. N. Barry, Lucy F. Flint, K.S., M.S., 1. A . Price, A. D. Coulter, A. I. M. Murdoch, T. Neame, 1. R. Dawkins, L. C. Goss, M.S. C. R. 1. Collyer, Olivia Goulden, Katherine Hardwick, K.S., 1. R. Whittlesea, Marlowe: Tessa Williamson . G . N. 1. Seymour, S. Gambini, M. F. McCullough, C. W. Nix, F. T. L. Phang. LlIxmoore: R. E. Strivens, K.S., M.S., B. N. B. Mowll, A.F .G.A. Gulam, O. B. Morgan, Galpin's: H . MeN. Beaugie, A. C. de Linde, S. H. Martin, C.S., Natalia E. FetherstonDilke, M.S., Lucy 1. Harland. 1. R. Seagrave, M.S., G. F . Hall, M. 1. Nash, K.S., E . 1. T. Brett, A. 1. EvansUflacre: Pughe, M.S., 1. N . W . Cunliffe. A. 1. H. Knight, 1. D. Bagshaw, M. Edwards, P. E. H . Paines, M . Zamblera, Broughlon: C . 1. Brooke, Sarah C. Holden. R. Assadourian, 1. G. Bendien, 1. E. Hughes, C. 1. B. Simeon, C . H. Brindley, Trodescant: C . 1orda n, S. Wicker. Mitchinson's: D. C . Everhart, M.S., S. W. Burt, Emma Risley, Christina Albin, M.S., 1. C. Orr. Lallergate: M . Durham (B), G. L. Morris (GL) , N. A. Papachristidis (SH), D. G . Stocks (SH) .

CAPTAINS OF SPORT

Boals S. A. Wright Soccer P. H. McCleery, Crickel 1. R. Seagrave, M.S. K.S., M.S. Swimming H . McN. Beaugie Canoeing H. D. Pritchard, K.S. Girls' Swimming Lucy Dixon-Clarke Basketball R . A. Williams Alhletics 1. D. Bagshaw Netball Sophia A. Baker Cross-country 1. D. Wright Tenn is G. S. Sm ith Fencing E . Lloyd Girls' Tennis Annabel E. C . Roberts Golf 1. N. M. Cox Squash Rackets 1. Gopalj i, K.S. Badminton G. S. Smith Girls' Squash Rackets Amanda 1. Hockey M. Edwards Hope-Mason Girls' Hockey Sara h C. Holden Sailing 1. W. Gosling Rugby Football 1. P . Gardner I. Linhart Chess Rugby Sevens 1. D. Bagshaw Monitors Jar Music: L. C. Goss, M.S., A. 1. Evans-Pughe, M.S. Head Sacristan: 1. R. G. lob 185

OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE AWARDS AND PLACES, 1984 ANDREWS, D. M. C HANTRY, P. A. COHEN , B. R. D. GOSS, L. C. HEPBURN, D. C. M ILLER, P. D. MUSSON, A. J. SAMUELS, CARO LINE, L. STURT, C. P. H.

Open Exhibition in Classics, University College, Oxford . Open Scholarship in Natural Science, Christ Church, Oxford Sir William Paddy Organ Scholarship to read Music, St. JOh ' n, College, Oxford. Organ Scholarship to read Music, St. Edmund Hall, Oxford Open Exhibition in History & Economics, University cOlie Oxford. ge, Choral Scholarship to read Theology, Girton College, Cambrid Choral Scholarship to read History, King's College, Cambridgge. Open Scholarship inÂ· English, St. John's College, Oxford. e. St. Cyre's Scholarship in History, Christ Church, Oxford .

OXFORD APPLEYARD, R. J. CONYBEARE, CATHER INE M. DUTHIE , FRANCES T. W. GALLOWAY, NATASHA C. HODGSON, S. C . KAYE, VICTORIA E . LLOYD, E . MADIGAN, C. M. RISLEY, EMMA C. STR IV ENS, RICHARD E. WALTERS, P. W. WHITTINGTON, J OANNA S.

Exeter College Corpus Christi Wad ham College Lincoln College St. Edmund Hall Trinity College St. Anne's Keble College Christ Church New College Worcester College Somerville College

Natural Science Classics Chinese English Geography Modern Languages Engineering & Management English History/Politics Natural Science Geography P.P.E.

St. John's College Newnham College Pembroke College Queens' College Jesus College Peterhouse Trinity College Gonville & Caius Trinity Hall Jes us College Trinity College Jesus College Trinity College

History Economics Economics Natural Science Law History Economics/Maths Law English Classics English Medicine History

CAMBRIDGE BURGES WATSON, M. E. DAVIES, RACHEL S. S. FARRELL, S. M. LAKE, N. T. J. McDONALD, I. J. OLIVER, R. W. G. READ, M. J. ROBSON, CHARLOTTE P. SHANKLAND, A. J . L. TAYLOR, S. A. J. TAYLOR, S. D. WATTS, FRANCESCA A. M. WOOD, CATHER INE A.

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SALVETE - JANUARY, 1985 ~ p 'f. Barter, O. S. Blend, D. C. Boyle, Nicola K. Bradley, W. J. Derouci. R. F. Ferrari, C. 1. Frcw, S. L. Friedlander, ~:dreggio, o. C. C. T. Harri s. P. E. Jessup, D. E. levons,~. D. Johnson, R. J. Kabban, J . L. W. Liley, H',J. J. igg O. McDonnell, D. J. Marshall. R. A. Newall. M. L. NICkolls, P. E. B. No rth, N. J. Palmer. E. M. Penlm, Lonf C. 'PoJlilt, J. P. Powis, P. 1. P~gh, T. P. Rose, R. W. H. Schaefer, P. S. H. Solway. S. R. Spa lding, P. J . ~: Stevens. B. O. T. Tower, J. R. Wickham.

VALETE - DECEMBER, 1984 J\LLEYNE.OEE, T. Q. Old CaBow Down Farm, Wigans Lane, Bledlow Ridge, Buckinghamshire; S1. Michael's College, Tcnbury, Worcs ; Sept. '79; LX; House Monitor; Symphony Orchestra; The Visit; The Talisman; to read Italian at Uni versity. AMOS O. B. II Mays Hill Road , Short lands, Bromley, Kent; Du lwich College Preparatory School; Sept. 'S2; L/GL; Music Scholarship; Orchestra; Chamber Orchestra; Cross-Country team; Athletics team; to Sevenoaks School. APPLEYARD, R. 1. 20 St. Stephen's Road, Canterbury, Kent; 1.K.S.; lan. '80; L/MT; House Mon itor; Captain of Fencing (Cols.); Canoe Club Official; to read Chemistry at Exeter College, Oxford. BERGSTROM, E. 1. P.O. Box 1683,. Grand Cayman Island, British West Indies; 1.K.S.; lan. '82; W. BRIGGS, R. H. 41 Green Lane, Eastwood, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex; Alleyn Court; Sept. '79; GR; General Exhibition; House Monitor; Head of House; House Play; Athletics - capt. of 1st team (Cols.); Football- capt. (Cols.); Rugby 1st XV (Cols.); to read Law at Warwick University . COHEN , B. R. D. I Darley Road, Man ly, 2095, Sydney, Australia; Sept. '82; T; Hon. Senior Scholarship; Choral Scholarship; Music Scholarship; House Monitor; Editor of Cantuarian; Pirates of Penzance; Oklahoma!; to StJohn's College, Oxford as Orga n Scholar. COLEMA N, Diana E. 41 Lily Close, St. Pa ul 's Court, London , W14; Ashford School; Sept. '82; GR; Ho use Monitor; Ring Round the Moon; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Hockey 1st XI (Cols.); Tennis 1st team; to read Hi story at Edinburgh University. CONYBEARE, Catherine M. 74 London Road, Can terbury, Kent ; Simon Langton Girl 's School; Sept. '82; MR; Music Scholarship; Honorary 7th Term Scholarsh ip ; House Monitor; Pater Society; Symphony, Chamber and School Orchestra; Dream of Gerontius; The Talisman; Senllet Sounds; Antigone; Pirates of Penzance; Band; Squash, to Corpus Christi College, Oxford to read Literae Humaniores. COrrON, T. C. Edbury Cottage, 42 Wolsey Road, Esher, Surrey; Milbourne Lodge; Sept. '79; T; House Monitor; Pater Society (secretary); The Three Sisters; Football 1st XI (Cols.); Rugby 4th XV. DAV IES, Rachel S. S. Snoadst reet Manor, Throwley, Faversham, Kent; ' Howell's School, Llandaff; Sept. 'S2; MR; Honorary Music Scholarship; House Monitor; Head of House; Symphony and Chamber Orchest ras; Chamber and School Choirs; to read Econom ics at Newn ham College, Cambridge. DUTHI E, Frances T. U.N. Village, 49, Seoul 100, Republic o f South Korea; Brighton and Have High School; Sept. 'S2; B; The Lady from Maxim's; Oklahoma!; The Three Sisters; to read Oriental Stud ies (Chinese) at Wadham College, Oxford. ELLIOTf, A. R. W. 9 Enmore Road, Putney, London, SWI5; Cranleigh Preparatory School; Sept. 'SO; L/GL; King's Scholarship; Chamber Choir; Beggar's Opera; Sc<:ond Orchestra; Choral Society; Rugby; Hockey; to read Economic History at Bristol Un iversity. FARRELL, S. M. IS Leycroft Close, Canterbury, Kent; Betteshanger School, Sept. '79; MR/MT; Greaves Scholarship; Honorary Scholarship ; Honorary Senior Scholarship; to read Economics at Pembroke College, Cambridge. FENN,lu lia. Meadows, Church Road, Smeeth, Nr. Ashford, Kent; South Hampstead High School; Sept. 'S2; MO; Ten Times Table. aUIGNARD, M. A. M. 58 Avenue Maunoury, 4 1000 Blois; France; at King's for one term only. HAWKEN. J. S. S. S4 Wincheap, Canterbury, Kent; 1.K.S.; Sept. 'SI; MR; CCF (Army); Basketball; House Football: Cricket; Swimming; hopes to join Army . HEPBURN, D. Rowans, Battery Hill, Fairlight , NT. Hastings, Sussex; Westerleigh; Sept. '79; T; Se nior King's Scholarshi p; House Monitor; ; Academ ic Challenge Team; Exhib ition to University College, Ox ford to read History. HODGSON, S. C. Rose Lodge, Nack ington Road, Ca nterbury, Kent; St. Christopher'S; Sept. '79; L/MT ; House Monitor; Head of House; Photographic Society; Fa irservice XV - capt; Rugby 1st XV - (Cols. ); Cricket 1st XI (Cols.); Go lf team (Cols.); Hockey 3rd XI; Squash; to read Geography at SI. Edmu nd Hall, Oxford. 187

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JUSTICE, M. O. 'Rutland', 5 Mapleda le Avenue, East Croydon, Surrey; Downside; Sept. '79; LIMO- Head f Vice Captain of School; Editor of Call1llorion ; The Three Sisters; Rowing (151 eols.). ' 0 Hou\t; KA YE, Victoria E. 'The Lindens', 64 Sheephousc Road, Ma idenhead , Berkshire; easlertan School, Kirkby' Sc King's Scholarsh ip; Ho use Monitor; Modern Languages P lay; A Midsummer N igh t's Dream; produced '82:T; to read Modern Languages at U ni versity College, Ox ford. use Play; KELLY, T. M . 'Oreystoncs'. Stat io n Road , Pluckley, Kent; J .K.S .; Sept. '80; MR; King's Scholarship; House M . Pater Society; Cricket I st X I (2 nd eols.); Cross-Country ( lsI team Cols.); to read Class ics at King's College LonuOr; . ' ondo n " KINGS LAND , J . M. c/o Noble Denton , 580 West Lake Park Bvd., SUit e 1240, Ho uston , Texas; Caldicolt· S W; CCF (Navy); Canoeing; Sailing. ' cpt. 81; LANGMUIR, P. B. P.O. 1853; Dearborn, Michiga n 48 12 1; U.S.A.; King's College Schoo l, Cambridge' \V. H Monitor; Orchestra; Secretary of 2nd Orchestra ; to read Medici ne in U.S.A. ' , OUst

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J. 74 C:astell a n Aven~e, G idea Park , ~omf<?rd, Essex; Hazel.wood J:>reparatory School; Se I ' L/ LN; Kmg's Scholarh lp; House MOOitor; Douglas JervIs Society; Marlowe Society; Bndge Club; Catering Con~~' 80; Head Scholar; Cri cket 4th X I; Choir; Hockey 3rd XI; to re<ld Law at J esus College, Cambridge. IU(t; MATSAERT, F. R. J . 'Th e Old Rectory', Mayfi eld Road, Rot herfield, East Sussex; Rose Hill; Ja n. '79' T' H Monitor; Chora l Society; CCF; Wild Oats; Oklahoma!; Arms and the Man; Boat Club; to read History at 'Edinb OU~ U niversity. ur6'1 MILLER, P. D. Ashcro ft, 30 Silverda le Road, Burgess Hill , Sussex; Clifto n Hall; Sept. '79 ; L/G L; Honorary e ho I Scho la rship ; House Mon ito r; Captain of School; Edi to r of CanlIIarial/; School, C hamber and Crypt Cho,ra. Harlequillade; Oklahoma!; various School product io ns; Choral Scholarship to G irton College, Cambridge. irS, MUSSON, A. ~. Co ni s to~, 100 Sa ndwi c~ Road, Eyt~o~n e, Near ~over, Ke-:-t; Westmi-:-ster A~bcy Choir SchOOl; Se '79; T; MusIc Scholarsill p; House MOllltor; Bookbmdmg; Catenng Comnlltlee; Madngal Society; New Music Soci~,: Crypt, School and Chamber Choi rs; Band; Concert, Symphony and Chamber O rchestras; Much Ado About NOlhin : Beggar's Opera; Pirates oj Pel/zallce; Oklahoma!; A Tomb with a View; composed music for Weevil a nd AI/tigon!: Cricket 3rd XI; C ho ral Scholarsh ip to King's Co llege, Ca mbridge to read History. ' OLIVER, R. W. G. G reyslOne; 69 Blue House La ne. Oxted , Surrey; H azelwood Sc hoo l; Sept. '79; B; House Monilor' H ead of H o use; Social Services; Captai n of Cricket; (1st and 2nd Cols.); to read Histo ry at Peterhouse , Ca m bridg~: PHILPOTT, R. J . L. 'Cambria', 47 Haslemere Road , W hit stable, Kent ; J .K.S.; Sept. '80; W; King's Scholarship' House Monitor; H ead of H o use; Rugby 2nd XV; Athletics ; to read Econom ics a t Exeter Universit y. • PRI CE , R. S. J . 28 Betstyle Road. New Sout hgate, London , N il ; Dover Co llege J unior School; Sepl. '79; lIGL' CCF (Army); Bookbinding; Caxton Society; Choral Society; Th ree Sisters (stage crew); to read Elcttrical Engincerini at Bristol or UM IST. READ, M. J. 'Eydons', Beech Drive, Kingswood, Surrey; Aberdou r, Burgh Heath; Sept. '80; B; Top King's Scholarship· to read Economics at Trinity Co llege, Cambr id ge. ' RIGGS, D. J . 6 King's Keep, Put ney Hill, Lo nd o n, SW I5 6RA; 51. Pau l's Cathedral C hoir School; J an. 'SO; lISH ; Honorary Music Scholarshi p; Head of House; Secretary of Schoo l and Chamber C ho irs; Orchestra; Crypt Choir; Dre(lm oj Gerolltius; Creation ; Treasure Island; Pirates oj Pem,ance; Oklahoma!; Rugby 5t h XV (Capt.); to read History at D urham University. SAMUELS, Caroline L. Windy Ridge, Nort h Forela nd Avenue, Broadst airs; Clarendon House: Sept. '82; MT: Honorary Senior King's Scholarsh ip; H ouse Monitor; Ed it o r of Cantllariall; Scho la rship to SI. John's Co llege, Oxford to read English. SEYMOUR-URE, Kirsty V. 122 Old Dover Road. Ca nterbury ; Simon Langton Girls' School; Sept. '82; MT; Honorary King's Scho la rship; H ouse Monitor; Girls Shooti ng; to read Engli sh at Durham University. SHA NKLAND, A. J. L. Birch Grove, Farmhouse , Ncar Horsted Key nes, Sussex ; Bramb letye; Sept. 'SO; L/GL; King's Scholarsh ip ; Senior Scholarship; Marlowe Society - secretary; Editor o f Cafltuarian; Har/equillade; A Midsllmmer Night 's Dream (stagec rew); Three Sisters; to read English at Trinity Hall , Camb ridge. S H IR IAN, S. c/o 9 Lewis Road , Sidcu p, Kent; Vineha ll ; Sept. '82; S H; T ennis; Basketba ll ; return ing to Iran. SHORTEN, J. B. 3S Archery Sq uare, Walmer, Deal , Kent; Torm ore; Sept. '79; LlGR; Honorary Music Scholarship; House Monitor; Harvey Society; Sympho ny O rchestra; Band; Jazz Band; Capta in of Tennis; Squash; Cross-Country; to read C hemistry at Bristol. SMITH , J. C. 12 Keymer Close, Hastings, Sussex ; Vinehall School; Sept . '80; L/S H; King's Scholarship; House Monitor; C hess Club; Love's Labour's Lost; Beggar 's Opera; Stage Manager of Oklahoma! , A Midsummer Nig ht's Dream a nd Three Sisters; Canoe C lub. STU RT, C. P . H. 7 G ra nville Road, Walmer, Deal. Kent; Betteshanger School; Sept. '79; MR/ T; Music Scholarship; Honorary Senior Scho la rship; H o use Monitor; H ead of House; J azz Cl ub; Sympho ny and Chamber Orchestras; Band; W ind Q uintet; School, Chamber a nd Crypt C ho irs; Pirates oj Penzallce; Oklahoma!; schola rship to read History at Christ Church, Oxford . TATTERSFIELD , J . H . 60 Faversha m Road, Kennington , Ashfo rd, Kent ; Friars School; Sept. '80; GR; Ki ng's Scholarship; House Monitor; Cricket 1st X I (Cols. ); Squash 1st team (Cols.); Hockey 1st X I (Cols. ); Badminton; Go lf; Tenn is; to read Chinese at Edi nburgh University.

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AYLOR, S. A. J .. 53 SI. D~nsta~'s Street, Ca nter~ury, Kent; J.K.S.; ~ept: '80; L/ LN; Head of House ; Orchestra; Band; Jazz Ban~, HarlequlIl(lde, MOlley; Murder III the Cathedral; SWlmmmg team (Cols.); to read C lassics at Jesus College, Cambndge.

\!ALPY, Lisa F: ~urnt .~ o use Fa rm, Bu~wash , East Suss~x; Blac kheat~ High Scho? l; Sept. '82; GL; House Monitor; School MOllltor, Ch~~)If, ,Sweelley Todd, Oklahoma!; Wild Oats; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Three Sisters; Pirates of Peflzance; Shootmg 1st VIII ; Hockey; to read Geography at Bristol U ni versity.

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WALT~RS, P. P.O. Box 90 ~ 80, M ~ mbasa, Kenya; Pen~bro~e House School, Kenya; Sept. '79; L/WL; Ho use MOJl1tOr; CCF, Black Comedy, Hill/ tmC of the SI/ark; SWlln mmg (Cols. ); C ross-Count ry ; Hockey _ capt of 2nd XI (Cols); to read Geography at Worcester College, Ox ford.

WATTS, Francesca, A-M. 'Pax', I H ar?l ~ St reet, Dover, Kent ; Sept. '82; LN; House Monitor; Harvey Society; Girls Hockey 1st X I - capt; to read Medlcme at J esus College, Ca mbridge. WEBB, S. W.~. Palmy~a, Longcross Roa~, Chertsey, Surrey; Sca ithcl iffe School; Sepl. 'SO; L/ SH; King's Scholarship; Hotlse MOllltor; Rowmg 1st VIII ; Capta m of Boats; G.B. IV for World Junior Cha mpionshi ps' to read Engineering at King's Co llege, London. ' \VESTO.N, J . E. S. c/o FCO (Cairo), King Charles St reet, London, SWI ; H o lmewood House; Sept. '79; G R; House MO:l1Ito~; Head of Hou se; Hockey 1st XI - capt. (Co ls .); Cricket 1st XI (Co ls.) ; to read English at 51. Andrews Universit y. WOODWARD, ~ominiq lle M. Galpin 's, The King's Schoo l, Ca nterbury, Kent; Sim o n Langton G irls' School; Sept. '82; MT; ChOIr ; a ll Sc hool Co ncerts; House P lay; to read Phil osophy/Psychology at Exeter University. WRENCH, J. ~. E. The Court ~Ol~SC. Bradford-on-Tone, Tau nton, Somerset; Oundle; Sept. '82; W; Music Schola rship; House ~oOltor: Orche~lra (v lol!n); Cross-Country (1st team Co ls.); Capta in of Cross-Cou ntry; to read Medicine at Charmg C ross H ospi tal MedIca l School.

C.C.F. NOTES ARMY SECTION Under the new traini ng system, the rec ruits of a ll th ree secti o ns in the CCF have been given basic milit a ry tra inin g ~ogether ~ver t.'le last t~rm a nd a ha lf; : he army group, com prising twenty-five, has now passed out after taking tests to the baSIC skills of ~n ll , weapon tralllln g,. map a nd co mpass. On Field Day. in additio n, they had their first practice ~hoot on the no. 4 nfle. Ne~1 term they Will start on the Army Proficiency Certifica te proper, will put on a disp lay of f'ield craft for the In spectIO n, a nd then go on to take Ihe map a nd compass test fo r the certificate. Last year's sq uad cOI,npleted a ll items of t.he APC by the end of this term, except for a part of the shooting tesl. MO.51 of the ler.m. was given over to preparat ion for th e Night Exercise and Field Day, which was the culmination of Ihelr patrol trammg. Ther learnt how to cd'nstru.ct and concea l patrol bases , were given basic signals training o n the new ~Ians man ~et s! and Just be fore ,ha lf-term d Id a very success fu l night navigation practice o n Scot land Hills. On the NIght ExerCise II sel.f the squad d~d ~ell : unlik~ last term they found thei r way without difficult y to the first RV, and then after ~ confUSIOn a nd delay III fm dmg their base area, which was none of their making, set up and maintained a properly tactl~a l pat rol ba~e. Three pat ro ls were sen t out, and completed their tas ks success full y. In the morn ing, af~er ~mbush dnlls, they carr!ed. Ollt an ad.vance to contact over the whole training a rea, wit h three or fou r hard-fou ght sklrnllshes on th e way: Desp ite Its small s.lze the squad has pursued the APC course ent husiastica ll y. and it is pleasing Ihat three members Wish to go o n to tram as fut ure NCOs.

The Si.gl~a ls Se,:t ion lOok p~ssession the Clansma n sets, and their value has been proved in night exercises and oth~r trallung se.sslons. At l.ast 11 looks as If ~e have got ~eyo nd our usua l situat ion where planning for communicat ions dllrmg a n exerCIse had to mclude runners III the very likely case that the radio sets d id not fu nction. T.h ~ REME Sect io!1 hav.e ~ Im ost. completed all the possi ble work o n the Landrover. Next term they will take on a n additIona l RE role, III bUl ldmg bndges, as well as poss ibly working o n a new vehicle. The Comma ndo Section followed a normal programme of climbing a nd abseilli ng. l Our co.ngratulations to .RSM B~oth for t,lle effic ient and enthusiastic way in wh ich he took over the new task of training he reCrtllts fro.m. a ll servIces secti o ns. This new arrangement seems to have been a Sllccess, and will become a normal ~.art of ou r tralllm~ programme. I a m su~e he would like me to co mm ~n~ Mor~is., who helped him with this task, a nd Sas made CS.M .tl~ls term. I J?ersonally Wish to commend C/Sgt Gambml ~or hIS ,mva lu ~b le help with the APC squad. gts Papac hnstld ls and Lewlll have led the REME and Co mmando Sections with their usual cheerfu l ent husiasm. M.l.V.

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ROYAL AIR FORCE SECTION Poor fl ying weat her and visit cancellations have caused some disa ppointment in the Section this Ie at RAF ManSIon were cancelled and so was OUf origi nal Field Day venue at RAF Wattisham because r::; . Most slob requ irements at the stalion. Our alternative, RAF Odiham. was also cancelled al the last moment and so OPtra~ionat jaded cadets, led by their intrepid( !) Officer, spent Field Day at RAF MansIon on top of fire-engin'es Wat r::.e decidedly indulging in low-level flypasts. â&#x20AC;˘ C Ing seaaulb The 16m m projector therefore worked overtime on certain afternoons, and the film s shown were aceo . commentaries by Group Captain Tavanyar, who gave a thorough and interest ing talk on the 'RAF tada ";ipanlect by by Flt/Lt Dorey, our Liaison Officer, who recounted hairy experiences he'd had, both in the cockpit ani ' and abo Both Officers were instrumental in arranging a splendid trip to RAF Valley for F/Sgt Sherwood, who should aOb thh' Al. be receiving details of his Flying Scholarship. 0 s or1ly A highlight of the term was the Night Exercise held in a training area west of Dover. A1ltasks were successfully co a nd team leaders must take credit for this. A little canoeing has also taken place this term, but water levels have mpieted, been low, and this has not facilitated progress. The Hovercraft is nea ring completion, and we are all iookingg;nerally to its ma iden ni ght sometime towards the end of next terrn. orward Over Easter three cadets, W10 Willi ams and Cpls Nash and Norris will be in Germany visiting the Tornados l Laa rbruch, and another three, FISgt Sherwood and Cpls Briggs and Webb. will be on the Adventurous Traininag RAF at Loch Ewe. Su mmer Ca mp is at RAF Brawdy and ten cadets have been offered places there. camp We are all look ing forwa rd to th e Summer Term, a nd the programme includes weekend gliding and visits to the O' . Hill Air Show and the International Tattoo at RAF Fairford. l&gIn M.G.D.

ROYAL NAVAL SECTION This term has been rather an uneventful one for the Section . In the first week, we had a snowball fi ght (ot herwise known as a n escape and evasion exercise) with the Commandos up in the Scotland Hills. This was a very interesting experience , resulting in the formatio n of two 'snowmen', R.W .T. a nd M.R.G.P. Next in the Naval calendar was the Royal Navy Submarine Day at HMS Dolphin in Gosport. LS Godley accompanied three lucky volunteers, Bayne, Foot and Gooderham to HM S Daeda lus, where they spent the night experiencing the delight s of a RN land base. The Submarine Day itself was spent in a relaxed manner, doubling around HMS Dolphin , trying not to be late, not to annoy the instructors who were trying their hardest not to let us forget the historical and unique occasion. The CCF Field Day was spent at Portsmouth. On a rriva l at HM S Excellent we fou nd the camp rather tense with RM comm andos running a round with loaded SLR s and rad ios on their backs. Apparently the IRA had heard of our arrival and had decided to plant a bomb. However, being the Naval Section we took it all in our stride and after spending the night, we raised anchor a nd set off into the Solent , dodging the occasional aircraft carrier a nd supertanker. Burrell a nd Brown greatly enjoyed the day , making friends with the local seagulls. a nd even going so far as to share thei r lunch with them. Âˇ Returning to Portsmomh Lt Thane decided that we should practise manoeuvres such as the now dreaded 'Man Overboard'. Everything went like cloc k ~wo r k until the supercouple 'Monkey Man' Palmer and 'Fly-boy' Phillips, took charge of the helm. Instead of trying to pick the buoyancy ring out o f the water, they decided to board an old destroyer, happily lying at anchor in mothballs, minding its own business. Our two Superheroes were charging at 'ramming speed' towards this ancient relic with eighteen inch steel armour pla ting. When we were about twenty yards away from their target, Lt Thane decided to alter course, to the great dismay of all the crew , as we were looking forward to a refreshi ng swim in Portsmouth's cl ea r~b l ue waters. After missing the old bath tub by about four feet, the proud helmsman 'Monkey Ma n' Palmer was persuaded to try his hand at pick ing up the buoya ncy ring. After five attempts, when the crew were just dropping off, we got very close, in fact our bow ra n the ring over. Eventually we got hold of it , just as it was about to sink, and went for home. The rest of the day was uneventful apart from the near collision wit h a small boat, HM S Brita nnia. All in all we all enjoyed the excu rsion. I just hope Her Majesty the Queen wasn't watching. The next event was a personal visit to Dartmouth RN College for LS Godley. There he was shown the ropes of mosl things a Midshipman has to do at College, includ ing the feared P.T. inst ruction and the unequalied parad ing of the Admira l's Division.

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Next the Sch<?ol had a visit by the ~N and RM liaison officers. As usual we showed a dist inct interest in the professional .d of the Section. Out of about t1urty members, two people turned up, one of whom was Coxswain J ohn Whitllesea, SI e esteemed leader. The RMLO turned out to be Peter Macdonald O.K.S. He was better qua li fied to pressgang . .. oor exp lain the entrance and qualities needed of a n RM officer. sorr y... The penultimate week of term saw activity seldom seen before. PO Charlesworth and LS God ley had devised a most thrilling and rather easy cycle o~ie.nteering exercises for the Shell rec ruits and main Sect ion , with the fo llowi ng results: three puncture~, two snapped chams, one 10s tt eam~ l eader, i. e. 'Oh dear, wrong Section ' Montgomery and one rather distressed pubhcan. Congratu lations to Coxswain J ohn Whittlesea on becoming Head of Corps, once again proving the RN Section to be the best. LS GODLEY.

.'I NAVAL SECTION EASTER CAMP We uavelled down to Plt":1out~ by train, expect ing to pick up our boat - a flee t tender - the next morning. But , despite several false alarms, Blbur'y. never t u ~n ed up, and the .c~ t ~hphrase fr~m the R.N. - ' It 's on it s way' - was adopted fo r the week. Instead of sea trammg a senes of other actIVIties were qU Ickly arranged by the energetic Lt T hane. We had an excellent morning wit h the damage contro iunit. where we were pu t in a sim ulated sin king sh ip, and as the water rose in the cabin we had to block the holes wit h joists a nd wedges - all this in the dark, a nd with thunder nashCS gomg off. Our two shell form members, Mark Stafford and Jonathan Drewe were virtually swimming around the cabin by the end, being su rprisingly vocal as we sank further beneath the waves. We followed the Army onto the assau lt co ur s~, and being on a naval base it proved characterist ically wel, with rivers to wade, and pudd.1es to crawl through. We. achIeved a reasoryable time despite Dan Phillips havi ng to leave his glasses behind, and feel hIS ~vay round. We also dId some .22 shootmg that afternoon with a very commanding WREN, but it was a shame we dId not have longer on the range. We spent some tif!1e on the river with a variety of craft. We all had a go with the motorised whalers. throwing the boat around and domg death leaps ashore as we attempted to dock. Steve Shirley proved his surprising agil ity as we arrived slightly faster tha n anticipated beside a slippy pontoon. In th.e afternoon during a ba rrage of quest ions from Adam Oliver we managed to get aboard 'Sparrow', a fast 50' lUg whIch we took up to the Plymouth breakwater. Antho ny Panayides got slight ly excited at the wheel as we passed Ihe pride of the British Navy. and forgot that he was swamping some innocent painters with his wash. Mark Adamso n revealed his great leadership quali ties on the 'Replenish ment at Sea' exercise, wit h bodies flyin g about under his command between shi ps. The c~mp fin i s l~ ed with a look around the dockyard which proved to be a hive of act ivity with up to twenty large naval shIps alo ngSIde. We went on board HMS Batt leaxe, one of the Navy 's most modern type 22 frigates, whic h was packed full of electronic gadget ry, and gave quite a n insight in to the working Navy. In the evenings CPO Cane organised some sport for us, with Sub Lt Durgan showing his abili ty with a footba ll, but opting for the socia l delight s of the Officers Mess when it came to the swimm ing. During the rest of the eveni ng Peter Burrell showed a good working knowledge of the Video ju ke box, havi ng been remembered by the Chiefs for his activit ies with a cer.tain Wren last year. Mike Bay ne also insisted on revealing the female associations of Steve, whic h kept everyone entertamed. At first it had seemed a setback, not to get the 'Bibury', but the week turned out to be extremely enjoyable thanks to the hard work of R.W.T., P.W.D. and the staff of HMS Raleigh. CPO C HARLESWORTH.

O.K.S. NEWS H. C. M. P itts (1914) lives in retirement in Warminster, Wilts. Having served in the first World War with the Worcestershire Regt., he was captured by the Japanese in Malaya in the 2nd World Wa r, and after release in 1946 served with the Inland Revenue in London un til his ret irement. H. P. ~ort ham (I ~39) ret ired from the Headmastership o f Mount House School. Tavistoek, a fter twenty-seven years. He IS now the VIce President and Pre sident~e lec t or the O.K.S. Association. J. M. 8aragwanat h (1954) owns the successful Know lc Restaurant, Higham, Nr. Rochester and will be pleased to see any O.K.S. in the a rea. N. J. B. Wright (1954) continues as a telev ision light in g Director with the B.B.C. where he meets J . P. Roche (1958). D. C. Gra ham (1953), and R. L. Bates (1955) when their act in g engagements bring them together to the B.B.C. Television Cent re.

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D. A. H. Davies (1959) advises that he will be very pleased to playa frame of snooker at the Connaught CI b u ,ertat Queen Street . Holborn. London, with any passing O.K.S., male or female. M . Horlon (1963) is currenlly living in Canada where he is Managing Director of Burson-Marsteller LId. R. D. Rawlins (1963) F.R.C .S. has been appointed Consultant Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon at Bedford G Hospital. eneral A. D. H. Turner (1965) is now flying with Dan Air after sixteen very enjoyable years as a pilot in the R.A.F. His fin I was on exchange with the German Air Force. He continues to live in Gloucestershire. a lou, T. C. G. Hunter (1967) is a Captain in the Royal Marines, serv ing in the British Embassy, Washington D.C., andsculr for the Potomac Boat C lu b. InS Revd. H. Morris (1967) is now a curate in charge of St. Pau l's Church, Great Baddow, Chelmsford. C. Q. G iles (1972) works for the B.B.C. at their Ealing Film Studios, a nd has joincd a pop group call Mcmana H . e is a member of MENSA. M. E . Pengelly (1976) has recently joined the Corporate Finance Dept., o f stockbrokers Wood, MacKcnzie and Compan Y T. L. Ringland (1979) has completcd two years' volun tary work in an East End parish, and is ant icipating a furth year abroad before tra ining for the Anglican minist ry. er J. H . S. Steven (1979) is in his fi rst year at C ranmer Hall, Du rham, training fo r Ordination in the Church of England. F. Dove (1980) was featured in 'A Life in the Day of' in The Sunday Times in February. A. Firth (1980) now works for Lo ndon Wine Brokers at Chelsea Wharf. N. Pye (1980) has grad uated from University College, London, and is now working full-time as parish assistant at Chri\1 C hurch, Coventry. S. M. WhaUon (1981) has successfu lly completed his law studies at Oxford but, preferring the attractions of Wcstminsttt to those of the Temple, is now working in the Royal Parks and Palaces Division of the Dept. of Environment. He is Assistant Organist to the parish of Waterloo where he practises on his way home from work.

ENGAGEMENTS Ayres-Howard-D. J . Ayres (1978) to Donna Howard. Hardy-Reid-Lt. Co lonel J. H. Hardy (1963) to Jean Reid.

BIRTHS W igfall-To Gillian and St uan Wigfall (1971) on 4th January, 1985, a son, Thomas.

DEATHS Graham-Char les Drummond Gra ham (19 19) on 21st February, 1985, aged 83 yea rs. Sampson-LI. Colonel John Edward Pennycuick Sampson (1939) on 12th October, 1984, after a shorl illness.

CARTOONS Much Ado About Nothing (Page 131), Who Says I'm Ugly? (Page 138), Yawn (Page 149), Mondays (Page 154) (01/ by JOllathall Rawlillson)

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THE CANTUARIAN

AUGUST 1985

CONTENTS PAGE

EDITORIAL

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THIS AND THAT

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CHAPEL }'UND

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FOCUS

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THE CANTUARIAN INTERVIEW

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HOUSE NOTES

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VALETE

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IN MEMORIAM

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REPORTS AND REVIEWS MUSIC AND DRAMA

220

TALKS

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VISITS

224

THE SOCIETIES

227

SPORT

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IMAGINATIVE WRITING

239

KING'S WEEK

259

COMMEMORATION AND SPEECH DAY

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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THE SCHOOL

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C .C.F. NOTES

287

O.K.S. NEWS

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Editors: D . M. Andrews, K.S., B. P. Arends, K.S., Lucy E. Charrington, K.S., P . H . McCleery, K.S., M.S., M. J . Nash, K.S., J . P . H . Nicholls, K.S., P. E. H. Paines, R. P . Reed, K.S. Photographic Editors: M. J . Smith, R. E . Strivens, K.S., M.S. Senior Editor: P. 1. Brodie, M.A.

OUR CONTEMPORARIES We acknowledge with thanks the receipt of magazi nes ~ro m the fo llowing schools: Aldenham, Arnplefort h, Bradfield, Brya nslon, Campbell College, Edinburgh Academy. Felsted, Gresham's. Lancing, Marlborough, R. O. S. Newcastle, S1. Law rence, Sionyhurst, Tonbridge. Westminster.

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VOL. XLIX NO.3

EDITORIAL 'G.C.S.E. is the new examination which is to replace G.C.E. '0' level, C.S .E. and Joint 16-plus examinations. The standards expected will be at least as high as in these existing examinations and will test not only memory and orderly presentation of facts but also understanding, practical and other skills, and the ability to apply knowledge. The first G.C.S.E. courses will begin in September 1986.' The Shell intake this Autumn Term will be the first to take papers for the new General Certificate of Secondary Education, the forthcoming amalgamation of '0' levels and C .S.E.s, in June 1988. This in itself should be welcomed: no longer will there be the artificial social divisions between '0' level and C.S.E. candidates (admittedly not present at King's, because we all take G.C.E. exams), and the widely-differing standards required by the present twenty Exam Boards will become a thing of the pas!. What will replace them are five G.C.S.E. Exam Boards whose task it will be to set the papers and award grades (A-G under the new system) accordingly. What is truly revolutionary about the G.C.S.E. exam is that it will be designed to cater for almost all those not regarded as educationally sub-normal; the present '0' level system caters for only the top 25"10 of the nation's population. Herein lies the trap, however: how can present teaching standards possibly be maintained if nearly every level of intelligence has to be catered ror? Although Sciences might not be unduly affected (after all, the answer to an equation is either right or wrong), it is impossible to be so objective for Humanities (hardly surprising, with essays like 'Discuss Shakespeare's use of the mixed metaphor in Troilus and Cressida'): there is no clear-cut right or wrong. Because of this there is a growing fear, among the History and English departments especially, that standards may fall in an effort to accommodate all those the average King's bigot (the pupils mostly!) would think of as E.S.N. - in other words, today's C.S .E. candidates. This is hardly surprising: the absurd incongruity of asking the top scholar (doubtless well-versed in Austen, Eliot, Hardy and the like) to read aloud a short passage of prose taken from Dennis Wheatley or Nevil Shute in order to ascertain whether he possessed the necessary faculty, is on a par with testing the Head of the English Department's ability to cope with the grammatical complexities of Topsy and Tim. This can hardly be taken seriously. t93

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The outcome of the 0 .C.S.E. examination proposals seems likely:o be two~fold. They would undoubtedly be beneficial to all those who leave sc~?ol at sixteen. they would - one hoPet - have a fistful of qualifications gamed under a umfled exam syste~ an,d ;herefore would be immune to the present prejudices of employers (m favour of those with .0 levels) when they joined the UB40 rat-race. However, for those ~ho ~hoose to st~y ~n (If the feared drop in standards occurs) the likelihood of obtamm.g. umveTSlty-standard A lev~1 passes Will fall. As a simple progression from this, the umversltles would haye to lower thelT entry standards to event a sudden drop in their undergraduate intakes, the ultImate result bemg that those emerging Y;om university would be of a lower intellectual calibre than at present. Such an outcome can hardly be the aim of the O.C.S.E. exam system. While in an Editorial of this length I can only scrap~ the surfa~e of the probl~ms facing uniform 16 + examinations (for example, the proposed Ment and DlstmctlO!1 Ce~tlflcates would make it impossible to be taught Latin or Oerman if already studymg Enghsh ,Llteratur.e) I have tried to examine some of the implications of such a revolutionary change. Degrees IS good things because they livils all ranks'. With the advent of O.C.S.E. thiS m~y well becom~ true, but We can only hope that the graduates of 1993 and beyond are more hterate than Fmley Dunne. JONATHAN JOB.

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'Jhis & 'Jhal On 26th June there died Mrs. Vera Reynolds, in her 83rd year. Her connection with the School went back some sixty years, and very many of her friends gathered for the Funeral Service in Our Lady Undercroft on Wednesday, 3rd July. The School Choir sang and the address was given by the Headmaster. A tribute to Mrs. Reynolds appears elsewhere in this issue. Also in June occurred the death of Father Christopher Bryant (SH 1918-22) of the Society of St. John the Evangelist. In an obituary notice Lord Nugent wrote 'His personal life ... was as near perfection as a human life can be and his dedicated devotion and study over many years had enabled him to reach an exceptional degree of spiritual insight and inspiration .' Requiescant

A pair of wrought-iron gates bearing the names of J. B. and Marjorie Harris and of Richard Paynter now forms the entrance to the Masters' garden at the Old Synagogue. An address was given at a brief ceremony on Speech Day by H. P. Wortham (MO 1935-39), President-designate of the O.K.S. Association. The balance of the subscribed money will constitute the HarrisPaynter Memorial Fund, managed by Trustees and employed for the benefit of the School at the sole discretion of the Lower and Second Master. Special thanks are due to Jack Oirling (HH 1930-33) who acted as treasurer of the enterprise, and to Anthony Moubray Jankowski (MR 1960-65) who designed the gates in harmony with the rest of his work at the Old Synagogue. The Harris-Paynter Memorial

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Canon Alec Sargent celebrated his 90th birthday on 9th May. He came to King's 80 years ago, and his knowledge o~ matters Cantuana!' shows Ihat very little has escaped his observant eye smce.. and that ~othmg observed has been forgotten. We understand that a good many of his and his late sister s Grange lodgers had made tremendous efforts to be at the party. . . Mr 0 S. Goodes was 60 on 15th April. This was safely 10 the hohdays, he thought: bUI a splendid dinner was given by the Headmaster and Mrs . PIlkmgton when the start of term flushed him out. . Master Russell William Hartridge was 0 on 30th May, and weighed 91b 13 oz. The Baal Club has shown interest.

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The Headmaster told the School on 2nd Julr that he had been. offered and had accepted the High Mastership of St. Paul s School, startmg 10 Seplember The 1986. The reports appeared in the press the followmg d~y,. with varying y d detail The Daily Telegraph plumped for Canon WIlkmson - must degrees of accurakc an d th; Undercroft telephones _ but its Sunday mate even knew how have been the rac et roun , C R m to get into the Deanery by way of the Masters ammon 00 . d b dl dampened Canterbury spirits though the Headmaster's statemem Ihal The news un au te y. ht' for Kin's and for himself was heard with respect. The len 'ten ye~rsh "etas :~so~~r~l~elebrated at Â§peeches by a Flourish comp,?sed by Dr. Ridout to 'lyrics accomp IS e ye, h 0 n ut it) and sung by a small chOir under and alongside Mr. by Barry Duesbdur y t(as t e deato ge taken by surprise but recovered sufficiently to warn Ihal Rose The Hea mas er seeme 'even' a lame duck can peck.' Headmaster

An unusually large number of people of unusual vitality retired from King's Live Terminals this term. . Mr. 1. N. Wilkinson came in 1955 and for most of the subsequ~nt thl.'ty years . b sides making some contnbutlOn, always mgenIOUS and he has run the BIOlogy dl~partmenje ~f life here in what time he could spare from prinling sui g~neris, to pretty we every Sl 11 r re~iation a pears elsewhere in this issue - here beautifully at hiS Mapletree preshs. ~ f~i~ a~rrhis wife forPth is next stage in a busy and crealive we only add our warm goo d WIS es a li fe . . . d Kmg ' s d h i d etired once if not twice, before: but as he Jome Canon John Edmon s as a rea y r . . e ; thinks it will last _ though who can predicl in 1947 this does not seem excessIVe .. ThIS tT h the Shells' classrooms? Vale atque ave. . d . if Greek distress flares Will not agam nse rom . M J Dowding and Mrs Dorothy Bosley. Deml-mon alOe The laboratories are 10Sm! ;s. oycey d the trust affection and indiscretions of both sides in the best sense of the wor ' t ey ednJo : hopes prop'ortionately valuable, gifts were subscribed in the battle of knowledge. Large, ~n on . . for by pupils and teachers in conJunctIOn. B db'd e have retired from the Tuckshop, after Joml Mrs. Iris ~ettison .and Mrs. DOrt~~u ~o~ir~1 c~urtesy between gnashing teeth and various decades of mterposm~ a g~~les hOOf.s truly felt gratitude accompanied thelf leavmg presenls, sUbst~~c~~~o~rr~tt~:tiis~r:;'wit~ b~st wishes for a speedy restoration to full health. coup . C t King's Mrs Karen Geenty reckons she knows After some three years as ASSistant a~eri~ri~ the truffle-studded world of 'executive dinin~Â enough about cordon bleu cUlshme tto rna ~o Id the executives' food migrate to the walls. ThiS suites' She certamly knows w at a say s u f bE l n Waugh louts now and diSgU~tin; 'a~us~ent~~;~~~U~nl~~t!~j~~~~~~."lbobt!s ta~~ ~~ h-er ~fnie here. We wish her well. then, IS t eon y t m g . d M V rkink and Mr and Mrs. Erickson, wh~nr~~~~~r t~ ~~~eJ~lY~~~~~ ~I~l!~~:de~~tro~~iz~~s (a~s;im~s unexpectedi y), and also to Mr J. A. D. McConnel. 196

A farewell dinner for Mr. and Mrs. Sugden, who leave School House after the statutory twelve years, was held at St. Augustine's on 15th June. Over 40 guests, representing each of these years, sat down after hearing a setting of Belledicat Nobis composed for the occasion by Jonathan Finn, and stood up afler a witty speech b clive Britten (SH 1969-74). In between they worked their way from Potage frappe au cresson It Coffee and Madeira; Chablis of a much sought-after vintage was served throughout the meal. Mr and Mrs. Sugden will spend the coming year in France, at Torcy; Mr. and Mrs. Ross take ov;r in School House (with our warm good wishes) and M. Gama will deputise in the French department. Mr. and Mrs. Wilkinson were eaten out on 6th July, also at St. Augustine's. The subject for dissection, graded 'very severe' by Mr. Wilkinson, was duck. The wine, Chablis again, was considered to have travelled well. Mr. Wilkinson's place as Head of Biology will be taken by Dr Pickering, who comes to King's from Gordonstoun. We hope to write more aboUl him and Dining Out

the other new masters in our next issue.

Mr. Arthur Gore's 50 years of service to King's were honoured by the presentation to him, by the Dean on Speech Day, of the portrait painted by Mr. Trowell. 'Presentation' is not quite the right word, for the portrait was quickly snatched away again in order to be hung in the Shirley Hall . Mr. Gore was, however, allowed to keep an inscribed carriage clock. Gifts from present members of the School and also from the O.K.S. Association will be handed over early next term. The season of House Jubilee celebrations, which we predicted in our last issue, has indeed got under way. On 25th May Walpole held a Reunion attended by former members of the House and others associated with it. Pride of place must surely have gone to Mrs. Reynolds at what was sadly to be her last public engagement. Three former housemasters (none below Ihe rank of headmaster) re-visited the lower rungs, though Mr. R. Groves, Walpole's first housemaster, was unable to come. We understand that Marlowe and Meister Omers have ideas for 1986. Jubilations

Our appeal for enlightenment regarding the origin of the Carolean staircase in The Grange has been answered by Canon Sargent. He well remembers this handsome staircase in its present position in The Grange early this century, and also the tradition of Austin's taking it from the ruins of Archbishop Laud's palace. Furthermore, Canon Sargent recalls the division of No. 11 into flats after the 1914-18 War, when the slaircase there wffs taken down and stored, to emerge in Ihe 1950s as the Priory classroom staircase. The gainers in the whole saga are, first, the Truth; and second the restored No. II, which will have slairs copied from the unrelated but much smarter ones in The Grange. Grange Stairs Doubters Slammed

Royal pregnancies but nothing else can compele with public schools when continental magazines probe England for their readers. King's wilh its beautiful setting, its romantic antiquity and its handiness for Ihe Channel ports, gets probed quite often. We have not seen the issue of Italy's Vogue Bambilli for which Messrs. Bendien, Brooke etc. 'jumped about in the Dark Entry' but the report by Robert Floris (the chocolatier?) in Welt am Sonntag did reach Canterbury. A superb photograph shows two fencers on the Green Court Sportplatz: Bell Harry, 'the most ancient of the school buildings, 12th century', presides over a scene antedating 'by a hundred years the conversion of the Friesians on the other side of the North Sea'. Despite progress - Weiblichkeit has breached some walls - it is plain that Kipling would have no difficu lty in recognising the schools 'immortalised by him in Puck of Pook's Hill'. In some ways this diet is sweet but it is a vinegary thought that our impressions of abroad may be based on reportage of comparable reliability. Eliteschulen

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Superintendent M. Ames, WRNS, carried out the Annual Inspection of King's School CCF Contingent on 22nd May. We understand that th·t~e a national 'first' for a boys' CCF and very much regret that we have's IS been able to obtain a photograph (sufficiently good to print) for our readers. If anyone t not a photograph privately which he (or she) is satisfied with, we would be very grateful to be alIo~ to consider it for future publication. Ay Ay Ma'am

Subtly striking the characteristic downmarket note of the genre with his fused keyword, Mr. Milford produced publicity material which constituted a folk. art form of its own for his superbly organised and imaginatively planned King's Week excursions. It is almost certain that King's Week itself Would not be possible without this provision for the exam·weary 40"7. of the School: but the whOle enterprise is worthwhile for itself. Those who Renault·bussed it to Chatham, or learnt new skills at the WI stand, or merely watched the giant panda chew bal!'boo, and those rid of them, owe a great debt to Mr. Milford. As one of the two parliclpants tn the Great Freedom Run put it 'These excursions are meant to be enjoyed': and they were. ' King's Week invited sponsors for the various events for the first time this year. Eight firms availed themselves of the opportunity, and the discretion of the advertising can only have been balanced in the whole equation by the discrimination of the potential customers. The immediate result, a highly desirable one, was that ticket prices were held to previous levels. While full reports on King's Week appear elsewhere in this issue we should like to make special mention of the exhibition Michael Powell, Carol Reed and Charles Frend· O.K.S. Film Directors. Put together after immense research by Mr. Henderson, it was a real contribution to the history of the Cinema, and to British Film Year within which it fell.

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Mr. John Goudge (SH 1935·40) has very kindly given a copy of his recent book of verse, October Sun, to the School. Observant of himself and of others, Mr. Goudge in some of these poems shares with his reader bitter· sweet intimations of mortality; others are translations from Aragon and Baudelaire. Mr. Goudge has also sent us an earlier book of his translations, Selected Poems oj Baudelaire. For his version of the famous Albatross we leave the reader to walk to the Library, or better still to buy his own copy (Outpost Publications, Walton·on-Thames, 1979). Here we give the last stanza in Kingsley Amis' Cockney version: A long· 'aired bloke's the sime: 'ead in the clahds, 'E larfs at arrers, sups 'is cupper tea: But dahn to earj in these 'ere bleedin crahds Them 'uge great wings balls up 'is plates, yer see. (Le Polite est semblable au prince des nuees Qui hante la tempete et se rit de rarcher; Exilri sur Ie sol au milieu des huees, Ses ailes de geant I'empechenl de marcher.) Mr. John Batchelor (GL 1955·60) has not, so far, sent the School a copy of his latest, a revaluation of H. G. Wells (C.U.P.), but a review will appear in our next issue nevertheless. We are also grateful to Professor Forrest D. Burr of Texas for a copy of his new W. Somerset Maugham. Professor Burr orbited the Maugham Library in an if·it's·Tuesday·it's·Belgium fashion but he promised himself and us a proper visit soon. New Books

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To Miss Esme Chafy of Sherborne we owe the much decorated but otherwise substandard mathematics paper reproduced below. Her grandfather, William Kyle W~st:-V0od C~afy, was at King's from 1852 to 1859, and was defeated by. Euchd ~ notonous Pons Asinorum (Bk. I Prop. 5) in about 1855. He nevertheless made It to Chn~t Church, Oxford, and to a good living in Worcestershire later. The Chafys were a Dorset f~mlly but several of them came to King's. There is a street named after one tn Sturry, a!1d WIlham Chafy (K.S. 1788) became Master of Sidney Sussex and ViceÂˇ Chancellor of Cambndge Untverstty . Sadly, MISS Chafy writes that she is the last of the family. An enquiry from Santa Barbara, California, concerning 'a house near the west end of the cathedral' led to the discovery that Nos 6 and 7; now sheltering Mr. Wenley and Dr. Mallion, already housed a - or more hkely the - Ktng s School 'mathematical' master as early as c. 1820. He was Augustus Ambler, and ourco~respondent is a descendant. To have a special master for mathemalics at thIS penod made Ktng s a remarkably progressive school. George Gilbert (K.S. 1808) tells.u s that he 'studied Euclid, Trigonometry and Algebra', but he had to do so privately and 'wIthout Mr. Naylor' s knowledge'. Presumably Dr. Birt who succeeded Naylor as Headmaster tn 1816 gave countenance to the pariah subject: but in some of the larger schools it remained such for much longer. " Bridge ToO Far

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Miss Norah Jervis has presented to the School, in memory of her b Douglas (LAN 1916-23), a large beautifully engraved salver, once the pr~Other of their mother. We were very pleased to see Miss Jervis with us On SpDerty

Dr. A. L. Rowse, whose definitive talk on the Sonnets was hugely enjoyed two years has kindly sent a cassette to show how his 'conservative-preservative edition' works. Thi~g.o, of course, Shakespeare with the unresonant archaic vocabulary replaced. It would be sPlend~ if Dr. Rowse, who divides his time between All Souls and California, could manage anoth' er visit soon and obliterate the obfuscators . Mr. Stewart Edwards, C.M.G., (LAN 1928-33) has given to the Modern Languages Libra a fine collection of French and German works, including a complete Voltaire and the famo~y Grosse Duden. Mr. Edwards is going to live at Royan, where he hopes it will be warmer bu: ' King's Week concerts may tempt him over to Canterbury, he says.

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really does describe the typical King's parents but there was an Opportunity to carry out research when a party of prospective parents from Bickley Park Preparatory School came to Canterbury on 22nd June. Reciprocally, a number of the parents said that they had already visited 'most of the schools in the South-East'. If they got lunches as good as here one can see the attractions of making sure that Johnny is suited exactly. It was a good day, impeccably organised by Mr. Hodgson. Given just ordinary food - it's a matter for fine judgement - were H .M. Inspectors Who spent the day at King's on 25th June. Although this was not the full-scale inspection of former times it will be followed by some kind of report. One of the Inspectors was a specialist in music. On 4th May the School gymnasium gave shelter to quite a large number of saffron-robed Buddhist monks of the Japanese Nipponzan Myohoji Order. They slept or perhaps meditated there till rather early the following morning when they greeted the approaching day with vigorous drumming on the Green Court. Then they set out on their way to London, where on 14th May a Peace Pagoda - the gift of their Order to the people of London - was inaugurated in Battersea Park . Our Japanese visitors were impressive; their Western penumbra inspired less confidence. Later the press reported that Mr. Ken Livingstone had led the procession at Battersea mounted on an elephant. Mr. Bob Geldof of Faversham received his Master's degree from Kent University at the same ceremony as Mr. Hubert Pragnell but Mr. Pragnell had had to write a thesis for his. It is entitled The Towns oj Chatham and Learning Rochester in the 18th Century: a Study oj Naval Administration and Social History. A Doctorate of Music was also awarded, not to Bob Geldof but to Dr. Allan Wicks, the Cathedral organist. It' s his second one. We congratulate them all. Timothy Boyle (GL 1970-75) has also gained a doctorate - the first one ever awarded in forestry at the University of New Brunswick. His thesis, The Mating System oj Black Spruce, sounds promising but is probably about trees. Another Galpino, Chris M. Bloor (1978-79), back home in the USA, has been honoured by the Newcomen Society there for his work on 'alternative methods for the alleviatio n of world poverty'. We may ask if he will enlarge on them for The Canluarian. A considerable distinction has gone to Mrs. Ann Campbell whom many will remember as the sister-in-charge at the Sanatorium. She has been selected for one of the four Lederle Oncology Nursing Awards given by the Royal College of Nursing for original papers on the nursing care of chemotherapy patients. Mrs. Campbell is head of the nursing staff at the Pilgrims' Hospice. Finally, Mr. Woodley will be President of the Kent branch of the Assistant Masters' and Mistresses' Association for the coming year. Perhaps this is only just on the edge of the world of learning: but the union is a moderate one. The World of

200 MEDIA REACTIONS (Above) By kind permission oj John Manfling, 'The Times' (Below) Richard Slrivens and? (First correct answer 10 reach tlte Editors will win a prize)

The Kitchens produced the now traditional festival of junk food on 4th July, much appreciated by the un silent majority, but they surpassed themselves a week or so later when they featured 'Dishes from fifteen Mediterranean ountries'. Even without the cuisines of Andorra and San Marino it really is possible to reach ~hiS total, and it was a fine spread. The more timid consumers were reassured by a large Union Jack hanging from the minstrels' gallery. A very interesting Culinary Exhibition was presented in King's Week, unfortunately only for a rew hours on one day. As Mr. Corcoran truly said, 'skills not usually seen by the School were on display'. We also congratulate the ten members of the Servery staff who with tuition from Mrs. Geenty gained their City and Guilds Certificates . salami Aleikum

King's scribblers - their own word - have won the Best School Entry ÂŁ250 award for the second year in the Cadbury's National Poetry Competition. Jeremy Barnes (GR), Luke Dunn (B), Tim Weller (T) and Chris Calthrop (LX) will appear in print. They have also won the ÂŁ100 School Entry award in the W.H. Smith's Young Writers of the Year Competition. And just before you - there were over 30,000 entries in each of these competitions. King's singers in the voices of the Chapel Choir sang the BBC Daily Service from 6th to 11 th May. The rehearsals and balance tests took place in the Crypt, and these were followed by live transmission on Radio 4. One broadcast was recorded and one was sung by the Junior King's School Choir. Mr. Rose directed the music, Mr. Allen and Mr. Boyden led the prayers and Mr. Stephen Oliver produced for the BBC. Kristian Belliere (SH) and Mr. Stephen Matthews each had a composition premiered at a supernumerary King's Week concert; and Mr. Andrew Briscoe (MR 1975-79) now performs with Academy, a gro up described by Sounds as 'a miracle cure for all disillusioned disco boppers'. Words And MusiC

Hugh Pritchard (MT) spent an energetic two weeks in Europe as a member of the British Youth Slalom Team - kayaks, not skis. Racing and training on the Isere (France), the Drance (Switzerland) and the Noce (Italy), he did especially well on the Drau (Austria), where he was placed 26th out of 111 competitors from some 20 countries in the European Championships . Nearer home , at Lydden, Andrew Walker (B), Jeremy Nicholas (T) and Hugo Barton (MO) were placed 2nd in the Over 15 team cycling races for the National Circuit Championship. They think that with more training and perhaps better mechanical luck they can take the trophy next time. It is encouraging that individual enthusiasm - cycling has no official status at King's has shown itself to be sufficient for reaching a recognisably high standard. There are full - even extended - reports on sport later in this issue; but we must congratulate Jeremy Bagshaw (B) and Edward Mbu (B) on throwing the discus for All England Schools and Gary Smith (SH) on taking the tennis team through to the quarter-finals of the Youll Cup. For this, at least according to the Daily Telegraph, he had to beat Adrian Mole: it will be interesting to read the consequent heart-searching in the Diary. Ewan Pearson (MR 1975-81) and C. Riches won the Silver Goblets at Henley for the second year running. There is some feeling that they were unlucky not to be given the chance to represent Britain at the coming World Championships. However, John Maxey (MO 1972-76) has a place in the Heavyweight Eight. Paddling And Pedalling

The subject is 'that strange institution the public school': ' I cannot think that the conscientious and devoted governess method, sublime in its selfThe Bishop Of Durham Hits The dedication and Pharasaic in its scrupulosity, can be altogether wholesome for the development of character.' And that was in the Twenties, before Bull's-eye Oxford and Cambridge became Oxbridge etc. etc.! Hensley Henson, Bishop of Durham 1920-39, was in the news recently when no one could remember if the miners did throw him in the Wear at their 1926 Gala. 201

(Above) THE HARRIS-PAYNTER MEMORIAL GATE (Ken/ish Gazette) (Be/ow) THE PRESENTATION OF HIS PORTRAIT TO MR. ARTHUR GORE (Kellfish Gazelle)

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From the collections taken at the Sunday services following donations have been made:African Famine Appeal Help the Aged Save the Children Bangladesh Cyclone Appeal Cancer Research Cancer Research Campaign Imperial Cancer Research Fund For work with Children and Young People Shaftesbury Society Y.M.C.A. For the work of the Church Overseas Bible Society C.M .S. U.S.P .G. Guyana Diocese Papua New Guinea Church Partnership Ch ristian Aid Week For the Physically Handicapped British Limbless Ex-Service Men's Association St. Dunstan's

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fOCU~ BROADCAST OF THE B.B.C. RADIO 4 DAILY SERVICE 6TH MAY - 11TH MAY The first two weeks of this term were a very busy time for anyone involved with music at King's. One of the major events was the broadcasting by the Chapel Choir of four 'Daily Services' on Radio 4, from the Eastern Crypt of the cathedral. Each service consisted of a reading, some prayers and two items sung by the choir, all of which had to be rehearsed to as near perfection as was possible. For many, rehearsing the Lord's Prayer was a comic experience: for the producer it was as serious as any of the other items performed. It was rehearsed and conducted every day . Hymns are extremely difficult to sing well, as we found during the considerable amount of time we spent practising them. Combined with the challenge of singing a psalm for four million to hear, and the excitement of two anthems, this kept the choir very busy; the concentration required helped bring it to a better feeling of togetherness than ever before. The sopranos and trebles with Natalia Fetherston-Dilke as soloist sang Simon Lindley's simple yet beautiful setting of Ave Maria, in T uesday's service. Many cite as their most vivid memory watching Alan Ridout hear his creation Bread of the World for the first time. This piece was a joy to sing and the choir is very privileged to have been given the opportunity to be the first to do so . All remember the infamous red flashing light, by which it is indicated that one is 'on the air ': when the flashing stops and the light remains on there must be no more coughing, sneezing, giggling, copy noise or scraping of chairs. Any noise wo uld be heard by millions. Nothing was spared in the inte rests of quietness: the producer padded around in his stockinged feet and Mr. Allen's chair and table were balanced on a system of mats and cushions. Broadcasting was for most a totally new experience. T he presence of uncommunicative microphones, the flashing of the red light and the inexorable progress of the seconds hand of the B.B.C. clock on its way to the 11 o'clock news, caused many butterflies in the stomach, which were at times reflected in the singing. The release of tension after fifteen minutes of intense concentration was a positive necessity, relief showing as much on the face of the producer as on anyone else's. As he rather dramatically put it, 'You've only got one chance. If you sneeze four million people are going to hear it.' Fortunately, however, there were no faintings, organ siphons or falling pillars. The broadcasts came off without a 'hitch and were a beneficial experience to all concerned. The B.B.C. should be thanked for allowing us the opportunity to see some of the inside of broadcasting, and fo r being so patient with us whilst we did so . We also feel that the opportunity would not have arisen but for Mr. Rose, whose experience and professionalism were obvious throughout. MEMBERS OF THE CHOIR.

BEAUTY FOR ALL Ask anybody to describe the places in which a Beautician could be fou nd working and the answers would probably cover a range of luxurious salons, ocean liners, health farms, top hotels and many similar places. Seldom would the answer be a Mental Hospital! Most of us spend a surprising amount of time washing, brushing hair, shaving etc., and, for women, applying cosmetics: normal, everyday occurrences which please us and the friends we may wish to attract. These are activities many mentally ill people do not do, simply because they cannot find the motivation. A Volunteer Beautician in a Mental Hospital is there to try to help the female patient find that motivation. 203

I was accepted as a student on a 'Beauticians in Hospitals' course run by the Red Cross. Th courses train students to help mentally ill women overcome apathy about their appearance ~ a potential trainee you have to work in a mental hospital for a few weeks before commen~' s a course - to prove you are capable of coping with the stresses that such an environment ~ng produce. an Beautician students are ta ught basic facts about skin and muscle structure; face, neck and shoulder massage; make-up and manicure. The camouflage of certain disfigurements (such a the 'Port-wine' birth marks) is also part of the training. After passing a practical and writte S examination at the end of a short but very intensive residential course at the Red Cross H Qn near Guildford, I started working at St. Augustine's Hospital two days a week. . . Initially, one other girl trainee and I worked in a screened-off area at the end of an open ward. It proved so successful that, eventually, the hospital authority gave us a small room which became the 'Beauty Salon'. Prettily decorated, with make-up displayed and bright posters on the walls, it was a totally different environment for the patients. They were in fact our 'clients' By persuading several o f my friends to train we also had six beauticians working. . Female patients, not confined to locked wards, could visit us for a massage, make-up and manicure. Some came willingly and often. Others brought to us by the Ward Staff were, at first very suspicious of this new 'Treatment' and would constantly leave the chair and wander around: We would follow with lipstick brush poised at the ready! Time gradually transformed the resentment into a desire to take pains with their appearance again - attractive make-up and clean clothes. On the day of a patients' dance in the Social Club we would have a queue waiting to be pampered for the grand occasion! It's seeing changes in attitudes like this that makes the whole thing seem so worthwhile. Some of the drugs that patients are given occasionally cause a very heavy growth of facial hair which, previously, would have been shaved off by Ward Staff - immensely demoralising to a woman . We (the Beauticians) would also visit the locked wards, to help ladies with this problem by removing the hair with a depilatory cream - not electrolysis as this can be frightening to a disturbed person. But beware the one who thinks it is something new to eat! Bed-ridden ladies would be given a pretty manicure which they could lie and ad mire - not dark red in case they thought the fingers were dripping blood! One very old woman I visited only wanted her hair constantly brushed and tied with a pretty ribbon because it made her feel like a little girl again . We worked a rota system between us, some Beauticians in the Salon and others on the locked wards - sharing out the less attractive work evenly. We also visited the Day Centre in Canterbury to give talks and demonstrations to the people who had left St. Augustine's but still needed help to cope with everyday life outside the hospital support. The work of a Beautician in a Mental Hospital is tiring, occasionally very unpleasant, but it is tremendously satisfying to see that you are making a small contribution to the weil-being of such unfortunate people. JEAN COATES.

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OF ALL NATIONS OF THE WORLD THE ENGLISH ARE PERHAPS THE LEAST A NATION OF PHILOSOPHERS This year a new subject was added to the 6b timetable; Mr. Milford taught a small group fu s Philosophy for two lessons a week as a subsidiary. This caused little stir and was not added o 'n importance by the mammoth size of the set - with only two members, our set could claim ~~~Iusivity; but there is a lot of difference between the unattainable and the undesirable. Philosophy is not a popular subject; if it arouses interest at all it often ar.o~ses derisi?n. But Philosophy is not about pseud Sioanes 10 cravats and Chelsea wme bars, aIrIng thelrv~ews on life, the universe and everyth1Og . Instead, It lS perhaps the purest f~)fm of men tal tra1010g one can have. It is ane~ormous, vaned, 1Oterest1Og and useful dl5~lphne. It 15 not very useful 10 etting a job (statl5tlcS put It at the bottom of the hst) but thlS 15 largely due to the types who ~ick Philosophy degree courses on account of the subject's reputation. It contains topics, however, which are practical; all juniors at ~ing's are taught what compounds are given off (f~)f exam!?le) when Calcium carbonate reacts WIth Hydrochlonc aCId; none are even gIven the optlOn of be10g taught how to think logically, and - for example - spot a fallacy in an argument. Logic, a major branch of philosophy, is very important in life for everybody, especially in a democracy where We the People form the highest court in the land and must regularly judge our elected representatives. An illustration: between 1920 and 1933 Adolf Hitler made hundreds of s!?eeches in Germany, containing many arguments; yet few of these were based on logical argument; 10stead he played on instinct, petty feuds and hatreds (as he himself said, 'In dealing with the people ... instinct is supreme'). He blamed Germany's problems on the most 10credlble groups of people _ the 'November Criminals' who had signed the Peace Treaty of 1919, the democrats and, of course, the Jews. It is the tragedy of the Twentieth Century that he was listened to, and substantiates my point. In our own time, many advertisements, arguments in pubs and Daily Mail leading articles are (again) mainly based on emotion, with little logical argument; yet commercials generally increase sales by enormous amounts, and the Daily Mail sells better than does The Times. Of course Philosophy won't solve this; but the main point of studying any academic subject is not so much the subject but the studying, which trains the mind to think critically and analytically; and at this Philosophy beats every other subject, as mental training reduced to its basic terms. Another main branch of Philosophy is 'Moral Philosophy'; here Philosophy will bring intelligent discussion and logical method to a subject which is at the moment usually a topic often discussed but rarely thought about, intelligently or logically. Philosophy also includes such topics as the natures of knowledge, of aesthetics, of Religion, of language and of existence; it also includes political theory, and all that topic's branches; each of these has its own fascinations and amusements, its own uses and rewards. Philosophy is not only a fascinating study in its own right, stretching right across the field of human learning. Firstly, if society hopes to progress everyone of us can no longer be content to live on an intelligent subsistence level, and to be spoon-fed ideas; it should be society's goal to make every member of it a rational, logical free-thinking person. Secondly, in a democracy, where we are the final judges and arbiters of governments, administrations and our entire society, it is important that every member knows what the questions are and can make his or her logical, independent view. Plato saw the ultimate autocracy as one run by a 'Philosopher-King'; in a republic we must all be 'Philosopher-citizens'. A democracy based on an educated, intelligent people is a safe democracy. Of course I don't mean that Philosophy subsidiary lessons will save society or adva nce civilization ; but those are the aims, at least in part, of the education which we are receiving at King's, and in that Philosophy is - as I see it - the best education, as well as a fascinating study in its own right. I hope by this article to help increase both its supply and its demand at King's, and perhaps put it on the timetable in a more permanent substantial form. BRETT ARENDS. 205

SOCIAL SERVICES REPORT ST. NICHOLAS'S SPECIAL SCHOOL Taking the children from St. Nicholas swimming is one of the oldest projects undertaken b the social services group. The school deals with mentally handicapped children of varied degree y and their ages range from eight to eighteen. Every Thursday afternoon, members of the so/i services group have taken a group of these children swimming at Kingsmead pool. Not o~f do we teach them to swim, but we also assist in the more menial task of changing. Someho~ the children are always swifter getting ready before than after swimming. We have been well supported in the past year with assistance from William Hawkes, Tim Briggs, Tara Usher, and Steve GrImes. Since last Christmas, the pool has been closed for repairs, so the Simon Langton pool has been used instead. The lack of heated changing-rooms at the Simon Langton pool meant that the younger children could feel the chills of winter, even though the pool itself was well heated So only the older children attended, but the cheerful youngsters will be back next term as th~ Kingsmead pool has reopened. Travelling to the Langton caused a few transport problems but these will be resolved next term. ' Every year, St. Nicholas and the Orchard schools hold a summer fete to raise money for the maintenance of their minibus. Last summer, we decided to assist by sending along a band from the King's School. Whilst I rustled up a group of musicians, Mr. McConnell dived into the score store and came up with a rhythmic repertoire. After only one practice session in the Shirley Hall, the band produced a lively and praiseworthy performance, and it turned out to be an enjoyable afternoon for all. My thanks go to Mr. McConnell, without whom it would not have been possible, also to Mrs. McConnell for the transportation, and to all those who so kindly gave up their Saturday afternoon to play in the band. I would like to thank all those who have supported this activity, and send them my best wishes for the future. On Thursday afternoons, I shall think of them exercising their tired limbs in the Kingsmead pool. Finally, I would like to thank Dr. Maltby for his work in co-ordinating social services. HOCK LA! CHAN.

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CJhe CantuariaIL qnterview JUNSEI TERASAWA On Tuesday, 14th May, the London Peace Pagoda in Ballersea Park was formally presented by the Buddhist order Nipponzan Myohoji to the people of London. But what were 100 Buddhist monks in saffron robes doing at King's over thefirst weekend in May? To find out, the editors spoke to their leader, Junsei Terasawa. I.

Where have you come from? Many people have come from different places - Japan, the United States, India and Singapore. These people have met in Canterbury before walking to London on a P ilgrimage of Peace. 2.

Is there a missionary purpose to your visit? Not at all . We are simply Buddhist monks, with our Christian brothers, some Hindus, a Jain priest and Zoroastrians. T hus the mission is not religious. If there is a mission for us it is that we want to demonstrate the prayer for peace, and the possibility of all spiritual faiths.

Can you tell us about the Peace Pagoda in Battersea Park? It will be opened on 14th May. This Pilgrimage from Canterbury is to celebrate,like the Pagoda, the spiritual unity of the prayer for peace of all religions.

Why are you starting this pi/grimage from Canterbury? We thought that this Peace Pagoda in London should be a symbol of the harmonious unity of Christianity and Buddhism. To symbolise this encounter of the two faiths we will combine Canterbury and the Pagoda through this walk of prayer, trying to combine the heart of Anglican Christianity and the Peace Pagoda in the desire for peace. 5.

Are there many Peace Pagodas? There is one in Milton Keynes which was the first built in Europe, and London's is the second in Britain. We have also built a Peace Pagoda in Vienna.'

How did you come to be a monk? When I was about sixteen I was looking for a mission in life, a purpose and true fulfilment for myself. At the same time I could not find satisfaction in the way of society, so it was my spiritual yearning to find a path that I could take. I was fortunate enough to meet my teacher and he showed me the path that I believe brings peace to myself and all the world. So I decided to follow this teaching all my life and I became a Buddhist monk when I was nineteen. 7.

What does being a monk mean to you? It means leaving your family, leaving all the world behind you, with all its traditions. Then

you go and be humble yourself, renouncing all that it is possible to renounce.

Have you ever thought of returning to 'normal' life? I have never thought of it.

Do you see Buddhism as a religion or as a way of life? As Buddhism is a spiritual teaching aimed at all aspects of human beings, it can be said to be a religion. We say that with the power from the teaching of the Buddha, all human beings can alleviate suffering, and bring to themselves eternal peace. 207

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Do you think that Christianity and Buddhism have things to offer each other?

I think that now is the time when the two religions should meet, and this meeting will 0 a new road to bring salvation to the world . pen

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Do you think that the West needs a religious renewal?

I believe that there is a real danger that all life might be eliminated, and the West is the Pia from where this disease has come . Thus Europe must be first to be reawakened, renewed a~~ reborn spiritually in order that humanity may be saved.

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Why do you think Buddhism has spread rapidly in Europe and America?

With the world in its present state, the example of the Buddha gives some hope for peace So some of those people in the West who are seeking peace, turn to Buddha's teachings. .

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Could you tell us about the basic ideas of Buddhism?

It involves the recognition. of eternal divinity and sanctity in all forms of life, so all beings are Immortal. Your code of hfe should recognIse thIS, and revere the Buddha. By following this approach, harmony and peace will be created in your life.

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Does Buddhism recognise Evil?

Evil will always be present to a ugment Good. But through devotion, and sometimes sacrifices we have faith in righteousness, and the power that guides this. Thus evil can be banished fro~ your soul.

15. Buddhism has been criticised for being both atheistic and denouncing the idea of 'Eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we die'. What is your reply to this? Firstly, we realise that this physical and material world is transitory, ever passing by . But ultimately Buddhism does aim for eternal salvation, as for us the Buddha's perfected and enlightened self is eternal salvation . He symbolises the ideal that can exist in all people, and this di vinity and sanctity is a part of the eternal world. In this respect I find no contradiction between Christianity and Buddhism.

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What do you think of the attitudes of Westerners to Buddhists?

I don't know what the overall attitude is, but I know my own experience, living in Europe as a Buddhist monk. Take the Peace Pagoda, in the heart of London; it has been accepted as a gift from us, a symbol of peace, by London's people. This shows the genuine toleration, respect, understanding and sympathy for Our presence here. While we were building the Peace Pagoda, many people, including priests, came to offer help in the form of food or labour, especially when the project was in difficulty. We would li ke to thank everyone who has welcomed and supported us. Our only aim is to remove this great danger that threatens us all, and then this effort in removing the danger will help us find a new path to peace. That is our purpose wherever we go.

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lIouse VNotes Success has not overwhelmed us this term with respect to our collection of pots, despite valiant efforts . The junior cricket team reached the final, against all odds, but we were unable to pull through against Galpin's (despite some fine bowling by John and Martin) . However, our senior team had to settle with giving M.O . a fright in the second round. Our tennis team managed to scrape through to the semifinal , only to lose to Walpole, but this was mainly due to our second pair, Nigel and Crispin, being unable to summon up their usual skill ; face was saved, however, when Dave and Gary beat the Walpole first pair. . .just! There is a different story on the arts side, with Omar, Sophie, Lucy and Kate performing in Hamlet, with the stage crew, consisting of mostly School House, overseen by Crac and Nic. We also have our usual multitude of musicians involved in all sorts of concerts over King's Week. To mark the end of Mr. Sugden's 'twelve year-reign' as housemaster of the oldest house, an O.K.S. meal was arranged by the tutors, which attracted a wide range of Old School House boys and girls, spanning the twelve years. More than fifty people attended this dinner in SI. Augustine's dining room, and the event was well supported by the present monitors and 6a girls, who made an excellent group of waiters and waitresses! Ant has been concentrating more on quality than quantity this term, making plans for his well-being next term, and finding a convenient 'tea-house' at 74! Crac decided that the easy life was more his style, and has consequently put off his A-levels another year, or is there another rcason amidst the ranks of 6b that no one knows about? Jon obviously hasn't realised he is leaving, since he is already looking for better relations with Mr. Ross! Omar has been working hard this term, and, after a brief dalliance relating to an ex head-boy, has discovered someone to do his Maths prep, at least for next term. Clint has given up on his bachelor image, and is looking forward to his next party, while Pete 'come and get me' Elam has taken up Economy and regularly adjusts Da Costa living! Thanks ought to go to Karim for financing the house party this year, and for preventing our lives from becoming mundane. So it just remains for us to thank Mr. Sugden for everything he has done for School House, and wish him and Mrs. Sugden the best of luck next year; thanks also to Miss J and the cleaning staff. Good luck must be wished to Mr. Ross and to Ant, for their respective posts in School House next term. MIDDLE FLOOR.

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THE GRANGE

Whilst 6a troglodytes took their Pre-Matriculation Tension off to the cellars, The Grange continued its vigorous sporting, social and cultural life-style from the Ground Floor upwards. Shogun led us to unfamiliar heights on Sports Day, beaten only by Broughton, with' Justin' Landale, Stephen Williams and their peers being first among the Juniors then and in Athletics Shuttles. Jeremy, Jimmy, Bobby and a brace of Briggs scorched through the water to give us the Swimming Sports for the third successive year, and this time we won Swimming Shuttles too. At Henley Adrian, Simon and James Del Mar stroked their way through a river of Pimms and Champagne (bottles) to their colours, whilst many others graced cricket and tennis teams. King's Week put various talents on legitimate display, with 209

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Tim Briggs transferring his passion to the stage as Laertes and Stephen Taylor suitably dra . as Ghost and First Player. Sam Hardingham's lettering in the Green Court could point the v~atoc also to a commanding Peter Grimes in Edmund Hewertson, to Spanish players and to Su}SItO r fishermen, or even to her own varied drawings at Blackfriars; whilst J ames Lawrence blew :Olk thing in the Jazz and then settled in to a little light Shostakovich with Abigail, Tanera Stephhal ' en, P iers, Adam Oliver and Job minor. Backstage, Knobbe sang the torinents of unrequited love, whilst Abbi revived her interest' rowing. Pete rarely got to coffee in Tradescant, and there were one or two other regular guest'" 'Without whom' department: Miss Delafons, the ladies and the Woodleys, all of whom m s. willy-nilly see us again : fifteen Grange Oxbridge references were conceived, though some of Ih~Y may well be stillborn. e ANDREW HARDING.

WALPOLE The term was quiet with leather on willow, Heads oft grew weary and soon hit the pillow; A-Level pressure had taken its toll And black coffee and Springsteen hit the 'Pole. Johnny relaxed with Caxton and the Test, Magnus flew over the cuckoo's nest, T he manic-depressive went home feeling blue While Chris realised he had much Ado. Box took some tips from those Bodyline folks , But Hulburd survived with some very fine strokes. Boris won Wimbledon - or was it Strings? And we won the Badminton - we're good at these things . Kate entertained us with magical flute And our old friend Natasha discovered a route To Everest's peak, where Adam was waiting Passing the time Veronica-baiting. The ex-Hampton ian lived Au-Naturel While Ade and Deborah nearly heard wedding-bells, The Walpole Players had their name in lights Causing much tension and sleepless nights. Claudius, Osric, Francesco and the Lord With their plotting and violence kept the audiences awed, VJ and Ronnie were proved very brave While Andrew's singing had a close shave . Our thanks to Matron Burr and Warden Vye And to the other inmates we bid 'Goodbye'. And so now we'll leave old Spack in command While the rest of us are let out on remand. RUPERT BROOKE, PH ILIP LARK IN & TED HUGHES .

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As usual Meister Omers cruised through another term with great achievements on all fronts. In sport the Senior cricketers reached the semifinal and, for the School, Jo Wrench captained the 2nd XI and James Dawkins the 3rds. We were placed a creditable third in both the House Athletics and the Swimming Sports. The latter skill was our forte : with James Price, ViceCaptain of School Swimming, in charge, the Seniors came in first in the shuttle relays and James went on to gain his First Colours. Guy Smith earned his First Colours in rowing and represented the School at Henley, where they reached the final. On the artistic side I would like to congratulate Luke Goss on his brilliant performance as Hamlet. In music, we were well .' .:represented i~ the First Orchestra (5), The Band (5) and H ugh Andree dId well m the Jazz Club. MIchael SmIth had the lead part in the King's Week Spanish Play, well supported by Francesca Beard. Best of luck to all those leaving the slab Ie - a grand total of twelve - and let's hope that Jo can keep the ponies well trained . [t remains for me to thank Mr. and Mrs. Craik for their excellent running of the House and Ihe domestic staff for their important contribution . PETER BARRY.

MARLOWE

The term began with our first house play for years, and it showed that acting ability was not necessary for success, though all displayed Ihe ability to make people laugh . Mosl of the house took part in one way or another, including a punk (will he ever get to wear those clothes again , we all ask?) . We musl thank Mrs. Tennick for taking on the job, and producing such a great success, as well as all those who supported it. When's the next one to be? With the onset of summer a large proportion of the house was involved in school sport. Si T urner continued to make big scores in cricket - surely King's' next David Gower. However,

the highly-rated junior tea.m suffered an ignominious collapse when close to victory against School House and never made it to the final. Down on the lakes, Ben Lynch achieved a rating of more than n.n.n.nineteen and found himself being spare man for the [st VlII at Henley. T he Head of House continued to row in the VlII and was awarded his colours. On the tennis side our own Tessa Navratilova led Ihe House team with success, and with the help of her Galpin's coach must surely make it to Wimbledon. Wilh the Marlowe tradition of !urnin.g out in large numbers for sports, we did splendidly in the sWlmmmg standards to fmlsh thIrd overall. Sadly, quality counted for more than quantity on alhletlcs sports day, and the best that can be said is that we were a belter last than the previous year. While many of us leave this year to go our separate ways the House must not forgel Ihe departure of one of the longest-standing lulors and teachers at lhe school, Mr. Wilkinson. He has been a great asset to the community and we will all miss him . We wis h him all the very best for lhe future and hope still to see him about. , Thanks ',flust go to the Reids a nd to the lutors and to Joe for all they have done to keep things shIpshape. Fmally, good luck to my successor and those recent squatters in Stud y 1 - the new mOnItors. R ICHARD COLLYER. 211

LUX MOORE

Luxmoore as usual had an interesting term on all its hori The variations in the 6a would have caused problems in a fo ns . house; however the abundance of monitors kept the h~ser under control. Use This term Luxmoore did not do so well on the SPOrting fr Nevertheless there was the success in the Inter-house golf ~i:~ the JUlllor palf wmnmg the cup . Luxmoore was again draw against Broughton in the senior and junior cricket. The junion match was to be decided in the last over with Broughto r winning by 4 runs. The House turned out in force in thn swimming standa~ds and managed a respectable fifth thank~ to the mters and JUlllors. Socially the house has been at its best with many crises providing mundane houses with something to talk about. Jakob found Sophia and Ivan had 'Lottes' of luck. Charlotte found succour in the Mint Yard and Camilla frequented Mitchinson's. Jon, our resident 'macho man', could not control his 'Whit' but Ali and Mike and Nick 'granny' Rollason and 'Cesca' have kept strong steady relationships going. What have Mike and Paul been getting up to at weekends? Is there an Italian connection? The House provided an evening of entertainment for the parents before half-term and this proved a great success . A wide spectrum of talent appeared. The evening began on a cultural note with a flute and oboe duet with Nicola and Debbie. The first half of the performance indeed showed what a considerable amount of musical ability the house now possesses. Even our revered Housemaster, his wife and our House Tutor provided 'deux chansons romantiques et patriotiques' on the piano. The second half included sketches, with many original and funny pieces ... The junior Hall presented a short play (thanks to Mrs. Tennick) which was much enjoyed. The 'snobs' eventually managed to come together with 'Mad Dogs and Englishmen'. The programme ended with our last house song and a heartily rendered 'Good-bye-ee'. Our thanks to Mr. Scott for his help with the musical items. The house barbecue became a gourmet success with much devouring of poulet ilIa charcoal, saucisses and 'boeuf-burgers' it la Mrs. Aldridge. The evening was rounded off with a much enjoyed swim. The summer term always means exams and for many members of the house this proved to be a traumatic period. Fortunately mass hysteria never really took a hold and the house lives to fight another day . Many thanks must be given to Mr. and Mrs. Aldridge for their smooth running of the house. Mrs. Beddoes for her magical healing touch, Mr. McConnel (with best wishes for the future) and of course the cleaning staff who have laboured hard to keep the House presentable. MtKE MCCULLOUGH .

GALPIN'S

With the threat of public exams facing about half the house, we saw the house library in constant use; a convenient haven for those under these extreme pressures and for those that could not withdraw elsewhere. The juniors noted the embarrassing state of our silver shelf and duly went out to win the cricket cup; the tennis team also collected the league cup, thanks to a hearty 6b contingent. The House's relatively laid-back approach to swimming standards yielded a commendable 4th place, against Houses taking a more cut-throat line in imposing punishments for anything but Olympic swimming. As ever, Galpin's managed to infiltrate every part of King's Week, including the special and not-so-special effects for Hamiel. The end of term saw an uncontrolled immigration of foreigners to the house, followed swiftly by extradition 2 12

rders from various parts of the precincts. The House Party seemed to be a good public relations Â°xercis e ' when the local constabulary appeared, S.W.W. neatly proffered kebabs and sangria ~o smoo'th over any misunderstandings . In the meantime, I wish Gerard Morris the best of luck for next term and as my predecessor would have said 'Maskin av Galpin 's betalar i forskott'. RICHARD STRIVENS.

Summer terms are always chaotic - this one proved to be no exception: nearly everyone was involved in sport, music or drama throughout the term. By Linacre standards we have little silver to show for our endeavours . In the swimming standards we were beaten into second place by Tradescant (and their terror tactics!). Almost all turned up for a dip and many swam well, but a lazy minority denied us victory. We followed this up by coming an admirable second in the Swimming Sports at the end of term. The inter-house cricket was a one-day competition, and despite a close shave against Walpole, we reached the final where we met an incredibly strong Broughton team. In the junior competition a makeshift team under Torsten played well to get as far as they did. The inter-house golf was one of our successes. Eddie and Jelly recorded a superb (?) score to win by two strokes . The house tennis competition was made ours with a great performance from AI, Jim, Adam and Dom. On the athletics front we had mixed success - despite winning the senior shuttle relays, our lack of depth in the inters and juniors let us down somewhat. On sports day we performed well, although there was a hiccup on attendance, and Mike and Jason won their events convincingly - well done! Several Linacre members performed in the King's Week production of Hamlet. Vanessa proved she could 'act' .. . and was a very apt Gertrude; Mates and Dobber were both very fetching courtiers. Edmund and Jon were both extensively involved in The Mayor oj Zalamea, while Torsten and Oily J. both acted in the junior play, Peter Grimes. We can boast more musicians than can be remembered. Jeremy Avis played a solo in the Serenade, the organ voluntary after the last Matins of term and also did very well in his Grade VIII piano. Pughe led the orchestra again and was prominent in the various choirs as were Witless, Lucy and Dave. The choir was on the radio, performing the morning service - and we could all enjoy the sonorous 'velvet voice' of P.J.D.A. People did, by and large, work hard this term - the number of courting couples diminished until the last week! Many good friends are leaving us: we' ll miss Steve and his rowing (especially after a tremendous effort to reach the final at Henley), Eddie's humour and all the rest. It will be very hard to maintain the same standard of commitment in their absence. In the 6a this year, we had no less than seven first colours. However, as always, my thanks are due to the cleaning ladies, Mrs. Birley, the monitors and members of the House and, of course, to P.J.D.A. JAMES SEAGRAVE .

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As usual Broughton has been acti ve on the SPOrting a d front but also, perhaps more surprisingly, on academicn sOCial The 1st XI cricket team has often consisted of Brough7at~ers. plus a few others - congratulations to Mark John a onlans on their well-deserved first colours . T he senior' cricket nd Phil won in grand style despite a valiant effort by Linac~uP Was victory in the athletics was a credit to the organisation ~ OUr as to the considerable ability within the House. We Won Well shuttle relays qUIte convincingly In spite of Matth t~e understandable concern at not being ill. Edward Mbu aChiew.J second place in the National athletics champions~v ~~~g~~ (intermediate age group) with his discus and becomes IPS second international sportsman in as many years M ~ur _ congratulations also to Jeremy on his fourth place in the seni':: event. spite of having no sixth former in the senior tennis team we managed to reach thr final. The juniors did even better by winning the cup and then Sarah and Catherine cruised t~ victory in the girls' final. Skinhead Simon did well to get his first colours half-way through the term. Not surprisingly, the swimming has fallen somewhat short of inernational standard despile the efforts of Eddies and Guy. The self-elected inter-house golf tea m was captained by Patrick and Alex - after a tremendous outward nine holes, they retired for fear of embarrassing the rest of the field . While Edwin already has his Oxford place secured, six others are staying for the last sevemh_ term Cambridge examinations along with several fourth-term candidates - surely an all.time record. Ka-Yee Pong has, in his eternal lust for knowledge, endeared himself still further with his Housemaster by smashing up a 'priceless' mineral specimen. The fifths have worked commendably hard, with lights frequently burning well into the small hours, and they deserve every success with their '0' level results. We are glad to report the validity of the well-known saying 'Le CJ adore La Pia d'Or' (blame J .S .H . for that one). While Phil has been strengthening his connection with Nicky and the rest of the ark, Jeremy (minor) has been changing his taste in Romance from the purely imaginative to the literary. Even Tim has found a new light (or was it just a spark?) in Ophelia. Throughout the term the running of the school has been monitored and probably influenced by Mark, Our resident I.E.E. (information Expert Extraordinaire). Mauro has relished his position as TV Monitor particularly with the introduction of cable - he believes that his position could be further enhanced by the addition of a video cassette recorder as long as R.B.Ma. is willing to advise on the most suitable format! This term has been a smooth one despite the efforts of two eminem archaeologists who ruined their term for the sake of some light refreshment. Broughton has been well represented in King's Week with Julia n in The Mayor oj Zalamea, Sarah and Mark in Hamiel, and numerous supporting roles . Edwin, Nick (Mr. Jazz Piano) and Giles have again done all the lighting, and there have been many musicians and singers. The Boss, Pssss and C . J. helped create havoc with the rest of the King's Week Commandos while Patrick and Pia ensured that the office ran smoothly. My thanks must go to Mr. Hutchinson who has helped us have a 'Reet Grand' term , to Mr. & Mrs. Hodgson who keep the House going even in times of disaster, and to the domestics who do a fine job especially when coping with the mess at examination time. Finally I should like to wish Patrick all the best for next term. ALEX KNIGHT.

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As the sun sets on the horizon once again, another term draws to a close. The members of Tradescant ride off into the distance, some of whom will return and others not. They ponder on the fact that this term has been fairly quiet but extremely satisfying. Primarily the most notable occurrence was the retaining of the Swimming Standards cup for the third year running thanks to Chas for the gentle persuasion and the house for swimming so well. Also on the sporting fro nt Jeremy was awarded his well deserved 1st colours for rowing and Simon his 2nd colours for athletics. T he juniors were runners up in the badminton tournament. The Fencing cup returned. Next followed the controversial Ho use meeting given by Oliver Postgate (the inspiratio n behind Bagpuss and the Clangers) resulting in a clas h o f opinions over Nuclear War. It was, however, a real eye opener, and the arguments continued long after he had gone. We thank him for coming. . The usual hobbies and social activities were pursued with P hil taking a marked interest In Ornithology and other members of the house such as Dominic, Alex and Paddy making their debut in Hamiel. There is one thing left to say before the sun does disappear out of sight and that is a big Thank You to Mr. and Mrs. Wetherilt, Miss Brine, the Tutors and domestic staff for their help and guidance. I now pass the reins on to my successor to whom I wish the best of luck in keeping Tradescant on the correct course. T IV'

RAFFI ASSADOURIAN.

Feverish academic activity apart, this term has been more relaxed and lethargic than last, but no less enjoyable as a result. As with most houses there seemed little sign of life during Alevel and O-Ievel examinations and when school examinations also started there were days when the house was virtually empty. It was noticeable, however, that the house spirit nevertheless flourished throughout the term. The fathers' cricket match, an annual event which never fails to arouse excitement, lived up to its reputation with perhaps the most activity taking place at tea. The boys' team showed incredible strategic genius by putting the fathers in first despite having only nine players on the field themselves! The might J of the fathers' team had obviously been underestimated because ~ '-'--._"~ ~ after only five overs after the tea the boys were 30 for five! Despite this the end result was a draw (I suspect some chIvalry on the part of the fathers here). All our thanks go to Mrs. Turner (of Marlowe) and my mother for preparing a splendid tea and to the captains of both teams. After the examinations it was a great relief to relax again and this was helped by having a house barbecue and swim organised for us. Congratulations to all those involved, esecially Mrs. Turner, Alison and Rosie for fixing everything perfectly - including the weather! It was a very enjoyable afternoon. On the sports front we sagged a little but (remarkably) it was the lower age group in the house which pulled us through. In both the Sports day and the sWImming sports as well as the shuttle relays there were commendable performances but our position in the middle of the eleven Houses could have been even better had they been better supported . Congratulations to Hugh Pritchard for his fantastic canoeing achievements, being selected for the British team in the European championships in Austria. We all wish him the best of luck in future competitions . MITCHINSON'S

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I would like to thank the tutors, Pam and Lorraine, for helping the house to run reason bl smoothly and to express a large thank you to Mr. and Mrs. Turner for all their help. Whe~h y er I return next term or not I wish the House all the best for the future. DARREN EVERHART.

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This has been a long and very strenuous term, with the bo in the house getting involved in a wide variety of activities YS never, of course, with the intention of neglecting the academl aspect. Ed Beaugie, Bill Derouet, Charlie Frew and Angu~ Newall all represented the Junior 14 rowing squad while Moron Mitchell and Dave Hemsley proved competeni coxes The house provided a fair number of cricketers for the u '4 teams, notably Bill Ballenden, Paul Jessup and Dan Mor;is Johnnie Walker (no relation we are assured) found ~ worthwhile occupation in the High Jump and Hugo Matt Nicholls and Ralph all sprinted their hearts out on the' track. T he house concert just before half-term was a great success. Most of the 'Lattergate inmates' participated, both the advanced and less-advanced musicians, and Nick Eddison gave a most competent rendering of the Trumpet Voluntary. The sponsored walk of eleven miles from near Charing to Chilham was also a worthwhile undertaking. ÂŁ675 was raised for the Imperial Cancer Research Fund, and relatively few people got lost in the process. The Woodley girls attracted the attention of some, particularly Giles Bones and Julian Astle (the least said the better!). On the monitorial scene Papa was replaced by Crispin , the former returning to liven up his native School House. Our hopes go with 'Cleaver' Godley and James Charlesworth who will be taking over as monitors next term. Once again we must express our thanks to Mrs. Maitland and the domestic staff for their tolerance and effici ency. Finally we wish Mr. and Mrs. Ross and the children all the best when they move to School House (look out over there! ) after five years in the house. Our commiserati ons are, of course, with the Thanes, who take charge of Lattergate next term ! MATTHEW DURHAM.

VALETE THE REVEREND CANON JOHN EDMONDS (K.S.C. 1947-1956, J.K.S. 1956- 1978, K.S.C . 1978- 1985) John Edmonds and Lyn came to King's in 1947, and lived for a year in School House and then in the Forrens. P reviously John had been for three years in a parish in Northolt, and then for fo ur years at Woodbridge School. He immediately made his impact on the games at King's, for he was the all-rounder par excellence, and was most un fort unate not to get a blue in one of his three games. A Greyhound in rugger, he played for Oxford , as he did also in hockey, getting his Oxford Occasional place and playing also for E ngland against Belgium. T hat year there were six internationals in the B.N.C. 1st Hockey XI, which explains a good deal. In both these games he also played for and captained Sussex . He played for the Oxford Authentics at 216

(Above left) MR. I. N. WILKINSON (Richard Strivells) (Above right) THE REVD. CANON J. H . EDMONDS (J. H .E.) (Below) PRIZE WINNERS (Kelltish Gazelle)

'cket and for the Sussex Martlets, and later here in Canterbury for the St. Lawrence Club. With the writer, he was running hockey here in the annus mirabilis of 1951, when the school ~ contained one future mternatlOnal and two blues; and for some years he was Master m teall' harge of Games. c But his influence on the spiritual life of the school was also great, and he will be remembered by many O.K.S. of that generation for his help and counsel. In 1956 Fred Shirley appointed him headmaster of the Junior School, and he and Lyn spent twenty-twO years there. Previous articles have dealt with his achievements, but to quote one paragraph from the Milner Court Chronicle: 'His aim has been to create and maintain a happy, friendly atmosphere - and how well he succeeded - in which everybody, boys and staff, both domestic and teaching, can work together towards that high level of attainment to which he aspired. He never spared himself, and his total involvement in all he did was an inspiration to all.' Improvements at the school during that time included the Boys' Common Room, new labs, a new swimming bath, and an all-weather pitch, while in other fields one may mention two top scholarships to Winchester, an Ascension Day Sung Eucharist service broadcast by the B.B.C. and the many Gilbert & Sullivan productions of Ted Armitage. The school remained full to overflowing, which is one reason why the Choir School could not be accommodated there. John was 'canonised' by Archbishop Ramsey in 1972. In all his work he had been nobly supported by Lyn who made her own great contribution to the school's happiness; it was very sad when she was struck by a rare wasting disease of the nervous system from which she died in 1983, after their retirement from J.K.S. and John's return to part-time work at the Senior School. But John remarried, and we wish him and Pam a long and very happy retirement in their house in Burgate. K.A .C.G .

I. N. WILKINSON (K.S.C. 1955-1985) One of Canon Shirley's qualities as headmaster was a flair for finding men of proven academic ability with unusually marked individuality of personality. Sometimes the degree of eccentricity proved too strong even for the King's of those days and the stay was brief, but undoubtedly one of his wisest decisions was the appointment in 1955 of Ivor Wilkinson to teach Biology. Now thirty years on, whether as inspiring teacher, patient rowing-coach, signals officer extraordinary or as housemaster and tutor, Wilkie's influence has been incalculable: what is certain is that there are hundreds who are wiser and better people as a result. He came to King's in September 1955 after nine years' teaching at University College School, where he had himself been as a boy. I first met him on the towpath at Twickenham Regatta the previous May where King's were rowing against U.C.S. in one of the finals, and his delight when U .C.S. beat King's in a close finish was only equalled a year later when in the identical fixture King's won by a similar margin . It was largely through the rowing that I came to know him well: he proved to be a skilful and endlessly patient teacher of beginners at Fordwich and for a couple of years he braved the rigours of the bank at Pluck's Gutter in coaching the 3rd VIII. But his major contribution was the complete reorganisation of Fordwich rowing: in those days in the summer in addition to the eights, up to a hundred and fifty boys - 0 tempora et mores! - used to compete in house boating on a river designed by nature for nothing more than a gentle Sunday afternoon skiff. Launching timetables were introduced and the supervision of a daily boat-marshal ensured a high degree of efficiency even in those far from ideal conditions. The same organising ability was for many years behind the inter-house league races and Wilkie's legal mind delighted in sorting out the minor disputes which arose from boys' endless ingenuity in bending the rules to their own advantage. Perhaps what gave him and me the greatest pleasure was his ingenious Novice Fours competition to replace the futile thrashing up and down of youngsters not yet equipped for racing: in a kind of Coneours d'eleganee points were awarded 2t 7 HAMLET (Richard Strivells)

by judges for style and basic skills of watermanship. This very worthwhile scheme undo b raised junior standards and members of the winning crews usually found themselves at'k tedly a year or two later. enley Wilkie has always been the sort of person to whom bizarre things seem to happen which the source of endless stories known affectionately to anyone with half-an-hour or so to spa are Wilkie 'sagas': how his little A30 blew up on the MI - 'Yer oil's gone' was the helpful com re as of his hitchhiking passengers: how after an exceptionally acrimonious row with a nationaTent industry, resolved entirely to Wilkie's satisfaction, a little man in a smart suit and bowle/hed arrived at his house saying, 'I'm the man they send out when we have really difficult Custome ~~ or the occasion on the continent with some colleagues when the driver had to brake shat'sl' on some wet pave with startling results - 'We seem to be facing the wrong way' was Wilki~,Y laconic comment thereby defusing the tension. Many Wilkie sagas concern his long period o} service as Signals Officer in the Corps especially on field days or summer camps. He was one the centre of a six-hour traffic jam in Launceston when his three-tonner fully loaded with cadet~ and equipment broke down and the brakes failed on a narrow and precipitous road: it was Wilkie who undertook the dangerous task of dismantling the hand-brake before the vehicle could be towed away. On the strength of some basic skill with a 'walkie-talkie' he found himself in the odd way that things happen in the army on a Brigade course for high-ranking NATO officers at Royal Signals, Catterick: when trumpets announced dinner Wilkie was the one with his belt upside-down. Yet although there was always more of the Good Soldier Schweik than Sandhurst about his Corps activities, the fact was that under his devoted service the signals did work' the spirit of Certa Cito was maintained and he shared with his first C.O . a capacity for brilhant improvisation which ensured success when supposedly carefully laid plans had gone astray. In his pragmatic way he also made himself responsible for brewing-up on the grounds that even if the radio failed, the news that tea was available would always get through to the cadets. Soon after his arrival at King's he became Head of Biology and it is here that the heart of his achievement lies. Possessed of a brilliant and enquiring mind - he would have made a marvellous barrister - he took a First at Balliol and he combines this with outstanding practical skills in his ability to invent and construct equipment to the highest professional standards. Any visitor to his laboratory cannot fail to be impressed by its efficiency and the meticulous way in which it has been fitted out, most of it due to many hours of his own work. Generations of boys have been fascinated by 'Horasam', a remarkable invention illustrating the principles of servo-mechanism, and it is worth pointing out that a computer was being put to efficient use in the Biology laboratory well before anywhere else in the school. Wilkie is an inspiring teacher who is old-fashioned enough to believe that his job is to teach boys rather than biology and that teaching them how to think comes before facts, important though they are. He has the capacity to catch the attention and enthusiasm of pupils of all ages and levels, but he has probably been at his most effective with the top scholars: they have responded to his breadth of vision and genuinely philosophical approach, amply testified by the numbers who have gone on to achieve distinction in the fields of medicine and biological research. His catholic knowledge has been constantl y shown by his ability to teach a lesson in almost any subject in a colleague's absence - his lesson on 'Beowulf' was one of his star-turns - and further evidence is to be found annually in his skilfully-devised O.K.S. Science Prize paper. He has a formidable knowledge of the botany of East Kent ensuring that biology field-work is no routine bicycle-trip but a fascinating and rewarding experience. With his ability to see to the heart of problems he has always had a special affinity with the 'difficult' or maverick pupil and his end-of-term reports have been masterpieces of shrewd judgement. As much of the foregoing implies, Wilkie, like all good schoolmasters, has a strong pastoral sense. In his bachelor days he had a spell as housemaster of what was then Lardergate waitinghouse - there are a few sagas there too - and as his contemporary at the equivalent Riversleigh House, I can testify through many hours of discussion to his humanity and shrewd advice in dealing with the problems of boys in their first year in the school. Since then his longest stint has been as a loyal and devoted tutor in Marlowe House under three different housemasters 2t8

d his care has been manifested in the hours he has spent on individual boys during the holidays an veil as term-time. His knowledge of medical schools and their requirements is unrivalled and as' one consulting him would get no mass-produced information but meticulous advice ~ nJ;viduallY tailored to that person's needs. One of Wilkie's favourite sayings is, 'You can't In ect to get iJ la carte at table d'h6te prices' but the fact remains that people have had iJ la eX~te from him for many years. All members of the teaching staff have had cause to be grateful CO him in recent years for his work in founding the King's B.U.P.A. group and the increasing ~~mbers who have had to. make use of it know of his tireless efforts on their behalf and the utmost discretIOn WIth whIch It has all been done. For most of his time at King's Wilkie has had the loving support of his wife Jennifer and she and the twins have been a joy and a comfort to him in periods of both success and some sadnesses. Although he goes now for a well-earned rest there is no fear that he will find the time hang heavily: anyone who has seen his incredibly ingenious model railway will know that he will always find something to invent and construct, quite apart from his magnificent printingworkS the source of so much fine artistic achievement. At his leaving dinner the Headmaster rightly referred to Ivor Wilkinson as one of the last truly Renaissance figures at King's and it is with our affection and gratitude that we wish him and Jennifer many years of happiness together. DAVID GOODES.

IN MEMORIAM V.C.R. It is difficult to add to the eulogy of Vera Reynolds written on her retirement in The Cantuarian

of August 1977 by Derek Ingram Hill. Vera's excellence as a piano teacher, of very young beginners up to able eighteen year-olds, was founded on a firm, no-nonsense thoroughness nourished by a real affection and care for her pupils that brought out the best in them. Not surprisingly she continued to be much in demand after leaving King's, and she did teach a select few until very recently. She also particularly enjoyed seeing the old boys of her time in Walpole, and so it was most fortunate that she was able to come to the splendid evening on 25th May when the House celebrated its 50th anniversary. The following morning she still had the energy to entertain Michael and Barbara Foxwell, one of the earliest Heads of Walpole in the Reynolds years, at 25 St. Augustine'S Road. She died a short four 'feeks later. Long may her example be remembered. R.P.S.

HEART OF OAK My first recollection of Vera Reynolds is of her as an enthusiastic supporter of her husband when he first became housemaster of Walpole in 1943. At the time, Walpole was some way apart from the rest of the school, in an old-style hotel in Crinnis Woods, near Carlyon Bay. Vera put her heart into seeing that Walpole was not only distinctive in location and in sport but also in musical and dramatic verve. She inspired and drove what was at the start a somewhat chauvinistic bunch of philistines into enthusiastic and award winning singers and players. It was the first drama competition that turned the tide; Hearts oj Oak was Walpole's entry and it was her heart of oak that characterised her from those early years as a housemaster's wife to the later years, after both the death of her much loved husband and her daughter's serious accident. My last recollection is of a magnificent 'pre-war' style tea in her Canterbury home. She was then well into her seventies. I was proud to meet her again and to enjoy her great pleasure in her daughters' activities and successes, but also in being able still to provide a service to the school. G.L.A. 2t9

REPORTS AND REVIEWS MUSIC AND DRAMA SOLOMON SATURDAY, 11th MAY, IN THE NAVE The tercentenary anniversary of Handel's birth was marked by the King's School Choral Society and Orchestra together with the Choral SocIetIes of Barton Court, Benenden, SImon Langton Girls' School ~nd the Deal and Walmer Handelian Society in a performance of the oratorio Solomon written in 1748, and first performed a year later at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. The oper~ house setting for the first performance was quite appropriate, for, as in other oratorios Handel presented his audience with many operatic conventions, including florid arias and large set piece choruses, but without acting and movement, scenery or props. The forces demanded by Handel to perform this work were large indeed: the score includes seven solo voices, double chorus, and orchestra augmented at times by trumpets, oboes, flutes, horns and timpani. The performance (conducted by Col. Paul Ne.ville) was memorable for. man~ r.easons, not the least important being that we were presented wIth the opportumty of heanng thIs mfrequently performed work. The Sinfonia that begins Part III is of course well known, for as The Entrance of the Queen of Sheba it has been performed many times out of context, whereas the rest of the music was quite new to many of the audIence - Handel bemg heard for the fIrSt tIme! The combined choirs (chorus master: Mr. Barry Rose) sounded and looked impressive, whilst the orchestra played sensitively throughout whether accompanying soloists or ch?rus. The soloists were not given an equal share of the work by Handel, by far the most mUSIC bemg sung by Solomon in this performance superbly executed by Ashley Stafford. HIS fme vOIce fIlled the nave with a sound of pure quality and blended well with Geraldine Hackett-Jones's in the duet Every Joy that Wisdom Knows. The other soloists whilst not so prominent were equally distinguished. Duncan Perkins' only aria Praise ye the Lord was extremely well sung, displaying his rich voice of large compass. The work and preparation required to produce such a high standard of performance are very great, and music being a temporal art form means that the results of such hard work pass very quickly. The setting of the cathedral is very impressive for the performance of such works as Solomon, but the acoustic properties of the nave do !'lean that often words are lost when the chorus sings (especially in eight parts), or the sound IS ):>Iurred when the augmented orche~tra plays. The music then not only passes qUIckly but at tImes mdlstmctly. Would It be possIble for two performances to be given of works of this sort, one of them not in the Cathedral and by so doing allow performers another opp,?rtunity to enjoy the work they have struggled. wIth so long, and satisfy both the aural and vIsual demands of an enthusIastIc and apprecIative aud ience? GRENVILLE HANCOX.

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THE LATTERGATE HOUSE CONCERT THURSDAY, 23rd MAY, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL The lively programme design set the scene for a concert which proved to be enjoyable and a large extent very competently presented. Bearing in mind that the stress was on the 'informal', the standard all round was pleasingly high and must surely bode well for the future. All past and 'honorary' members of the house must be especially thanked for thei r support, which was faithfully canvassed by Simon Blend; the latter, with William Henderson-Deeves, being the notable pillars of the Lattergate team. The concert consisted of twelve relatively small items which were skilfully put together to create a varied programme. The Lattergate Orchestra began with an adaptation of March from The Magic Flute, which was delicately played and revealed a good balance between the parts which was to be maintained throughout all the orchestra's items. Minuet by Handel achieved some difference in dynamics, but this brings to light the only general criticism I would have of the orchestra's playing: more variation of dynamics would have made the playing more interesting. The orchestra later returned to give a very enjoyable rendering of Mr. McConnell's Fiddling on St. Patrick's Day, which effectively captured the necessary Irish atmosphere. The Lattergate strings later made a brave attempt at Space Travellers by Bruce Lawrence, which suffered through slightly wayward tuning - but maybe this would be unimportant to a Space Age orchestra! The full orchestra appeared again at the end to round off the concert with a Latin American piece, La Cucaracha. There were six soloists, who must be congratulated for completing the daunting task of performing alone, without any apparent overdose of nerves, and for giving some very commendable performances. Nicholas Eddison maintained a good tone throughout his rendering of The Prince of Denmark's March by Jeremiah Clarke . This was followed by Julian Powis at the piano, who had obviously prepared his three pieces by Michael Aaron very thoroughly, though the playing of them perhaps lacked a little life. Charles Frew's performance of Persuasive Concussion provided a healthy change of mood, and was very impressive, especially when it was discovered that he was largely improvising. After a minor mishap with the drumsticks he picked up well and by the end of his performance everyone was smiling. Angus Newall gave a sensitive, if a little cautious, rendering of A-Soloing on a resonant guitar with an unfortunately slightly flat bottom G-string. Julian Astle then took the stage to play Carol from Five Bagatelles by Gerald Finzi. Slight nervousness was apparent here, but in spite of this he produced a pleasant tone on his clarinet and was ably accompanied by Miss Wilcock . The programme then jumped back four centuries for two madrigals by Thomas Morley, sung by the Madrigal Group: honorary members were much in evidence here. In fact, this turned out to be the high point of the evening for me; 0 grief even on the Bud and especially Now is the month of Maying were professionally sung, and a warm and vibrant sound was produced under the guidance of Richard Strivens. The audience was later treated to another old favou rite in the first movement of Beethoven's piano sonata in C minor, op.13 Pathtitique, played by William Henderson-Deeves. His performance was impressive and evidence of the hard work put in was shown in his confidence. Any quibble would be aimed at over-use of the pedal, but would be minor. Deeves changed from piano to 'cello and joined Mr. McConnell and Simon Blend in playing Trio Sonata No. 3 in A major by William Boyce. This was a musical performance, and the third movement was especially enjoyable. A very special thank you must go to Mr. McConnell for carrying out the formidable task of organising everyone into action, and putting together such an enjoyable evening, with the very able help of Miss Wilcock. I don't think I would be wrong in guessing that most of the performers were glad the ordeal was behind them, but this appearance in the musical limelight can only make the next one easier. In any case all concerned could down their glass of wine, kindly provided in Lattergate afterwards by the Rosses, with a feeling that they had done themselves great credit. Lucy CHARRI NGTON. (0

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'BEFORE YOUR VERY EYES' THE MARLOWE HOUSE PLAY FRIDAY, 3rd AND SATURDAY, 4th MAY, IN ST. MARY'S HALL

It was unclear from the posters what exactly was going to be presented before the aUdienc ' 'very eyes', and indeed surprise was the keynote of the play: dancing girls, giant ice-cream cones and even the Pink Panther all put in appearances, the Burgate women's knitting circle was revea~sd as a witches' coven , and a cupboard! alleged to contain the King's School orchestra , produC~d regular blasts of Wagner and ChopIn. After an entertaining piano solo by Adrian Norris, the Chairman (Robert Webb) opened th proceedings. His role was a vital one, and he carried it off with flair and determination; backe~ up by the gradual destruction of his desk with his gavel, he held the play together perfect! and lent it a convincingly Music-Hall like atmosphere. After what he described as a 'pyrotechnl~ panorama of prancing pulchritude' , the action began. It was at this point that we first encountered 'the Gang', around whose adventures the play centred. Especially notable among these were the super-cool Phil (Fergus Simpson), the splendidly patriotic William (Andrew Sherwood) and Mildred (Emma Venton), who was a suitably distraught heroine throughout the play. The Gang worked together as a group extremely effectively, and they provided some hilariously comic moments. Their claims that 'Canterbury's just boring' were swiftly disproved by the diScovery of a 'Plot to overcome the world', apparently based outside No . 25 The Precincts. The plot was instigated by the Villain (David Bond), whose description of himself as 'a proficient villain' from whom 'not even the Dean and Chapter' were safe, was to prove remar kably apt. Fro"; the moment of his dramatic entrance he was an impressive figure, and his performance was rendered all the more effective by the ingenious use of coloured lights on his face, and the prerecorded laughter. Amongst such a dazzling variety of spies, Indian braves, babies, oriental dancers etc., it is of course impossible to single out every person, but perhaps Stuart Henderson should be mentioned , whose rapid switches from spy to an Indian chief to a hilariously aggressive baby were especially amusing. Mrs. Tennick' s exuberant production added a whole new dimension to the term 'audience participation' , and included the hurling of teddy-bears into the audience, offers for sale of bottles of silence, and even a brief appearance by the Housemaster himself, dressed as a punk, whose memorable line 'There ain 't nuffink like mud' was for many people one of the most lingering memories of the evening. While perhaps the script itself was not particularly inspiring, it was brought alive by the cast and the producer, and Mrs. Tennick and all who were involved are to be congratulated; the evident enjoyment of the cast was matched only by the audience's enjoyment. JONATHA N NICHOLLS .

TALKS THE POETRY OF EAST GERMANY DR. A. WAGNER (U NIV ERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON)

Dr. Wagner 's knowledge and understanding of his topic was clearly full and widespread; he had first-hand ex perience of the country to supplement the detailed study he had made of its literature. This, in part, enabled him to avoid producing abstract argument so involved as to be incomprehensible. Also, as a West German, he was in a position to relate this East-bloc aspect of culture to a Western equivalent that was more accessible to his audience. 222

His subject was interesting to some extent simply because it seemed so foreign - the conditions h described contradicted our occidental preconceptions of freedom in thought and expression be' ng the viable basis for a society. Yet among this system's greatest supporte rs are those most elected by it, as was explained: the poets who are 'encouraged' to leave by the government re~ain most committed to the ideals of their former country . Poets' work is seen as being able r~ shape opinion and society, and has much prestige attached to. it,. a~compar:'ied by a t orresponding amount of careful 'state gUidance'. We perhaps fInd It dIffIcul t to ImagIne a f-teratu re in which there is 'no place for loneliness or anarchy', a nd there does exist a perpetual dlash between independent thinking and a harsh political regime . .'Don' t the c,:,"straints produce a stereotyping effect?' Apparently not - wIthIn SOCialIst gUidelInes, the IndIVIdual has lIberty to express and experiment with style and language; each poet may try to create a position apart from politics. To end this talk of poetry's general role and status in East Germany came detailed analysis of three poems. Significantly, all were political, a nd showed a common heritage of convention and symbolism, almost reminiscent of Nazi ideals. Dr. Wagner deserves our thanks both for talking so coherently on a subject new to his audience, and for encouraging worthwhile thought on the elusive questions and a nswers he pursued. ADAM BARRON .

THE TRIAL OF GUY FA WKES FRIDAY, 3rd MAY, IN THE OLD SYNAGOGUE

'The charge is that Guy Fawkes did conspire with others to blow up His Majesty the King and his most loyal Parliament'. Thus did the Clerk of Court open the second trial of Guy Fawkes, a trial under modern legal conditions a t the so-called 'Bar of History' . The organisers were very privileged to be able to carry out this second trial of Guy Fawkes in the presence of Judge Sutcliffe Q.C., who added the necessary touch of genuineness to an enjoyable and enlightening evening. Prosecution, defence , witnesses, and the twelve members of the jury were all pupils, and, whereas the jury merely had to listen and reach a verdict during the trial, the others were obliged to put in many hours of hard work researching and writing their speeches. The amount of research was impressive, as was the professional way in which it was presented. '1l!E. ThE

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two witnesses, presented hJs case in a well-prepared and elegant manner, although his slight tendency to nit-pick perhaps

detracted somewhat from his overall performance. However, it must be remembered that his task was perhaps slightly harder than that of the defence, since the final verdict was to be reached not on solid proof, but merely on the balance of probability. His case was based to a very large extent on precedent, referring to the long history of Catholic plots against the crown, and arguing that the plot in question was merely just one more link in the chain of Catholic-instigated conspiracies.

Edmund Tyler's defence was notably pithy and convincing; his good performance must have contributed greatly to the eventual success of the defence. H is case revolved around his conviction that a sham plot existed , initiated by Cecil , Secretary of State. The ' discovery' of this plot would be an excuse to redouble Catholic persecution , since he felt the Catholics were becoming too strong. His case hinged on two main points: firstly, it was unlikely that the Catholics would have blown up Parliament, since such a move would not have brought them the popularity that they desired; secondly, the letter by which the plot was 'revealed' proved upon analysis by a graphologist to have been written by Cecil himself. 223

Everyone of the five witnesses spoke intelligently and with eloquence (Katherine Kell Tara Usher for the prosecution, and Peter Elam, Richard Reed and Jonathan Nicholls f~ and defence). The answers which they gave were obviously well-prepared, but this tended to r t~e them slightly contrived . However, ther~ was no way of gettin.g around this, and the test ~a e for them when they had to answer questIOns spontaneously dunng the cross-examination' duame this, the wit of the scientist Richard Reed was a welcome lightening of the somewhat heavy'bar flng of historical fact. rage The jury deliberated briefly on the question, and returned a verdict of Not Guilty, by a margO of t~n votes to two, meanin~ that they thought it was more probable tha!! not that Fawkes h~n not lOtended to blow up Parhament. The whole expenence, apart from belOg hIghly informatived may well have been invaluable for any aspiring lawyers in the audience, and it was fascinatin , to obtain an alternative insight into a story that has been so well-established for so long g JONATHAN NtCHOLLS, Lucy CHARRINGTON

VISITS NOTES FROM AN EPICUREAN DIARY THE PATER SOCIETY TRIP TO ITALY, EASTER, 1985 DAY I: Inauspicious start. Report of record blizzards in Rome ... near loss of half the party within labyrinthine intricacies of Green Park Tube Station ... disappearance of a boarding pass in departure lounge at Heathrow. Maybe we should have propitiated Janus, god of good beginnings, after all. Alitalia to Roma, where we are greeted by 'Benvenuto' and sub-machine guns. So here we are at last - that textbook land of Caesar and Cicero really does exist! Our first glimpse of flood-lit fountains and pavement cafes. The Pensione Gilda, though, proves no escape from H.M.'s essays. DA Y 2: Brisk half-minute squirms in glacial showers. Short walk to Church of San Clemente, beneath which lie remains of early Christian worship ... and beneath that a Mithraeum, an even earlier pagan shrine. Outside - radiant sunshine. Then to Coliseum, Forum, Imperial Palace and Circus Maximus. En route J.A.D.M. 's wallet intercepted by roving cardboard. An evening of endless 'Tavola calda' s. DAY 3: Off to visit 'II Papa' and Holy See. Drop in on tomb of 4,000 Capuchin friars their bones decorously (if possible) nailed up all over walls. The Vatican: a wealth of classical and Renaissance art - Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel. .. a sight for sore necks . Next to St. Peter's, waylaid by persistent street-vendors with 'Gucci' belts and Camera shades. The Basilica almost oppressively suffused with incense. Amble along Tiber. Cappuccinos in shadow of Pantheon. Last night in Rome: true Bacchic revelry (in moderation, that is!) DAY 4: By rail to Napoli, and from there to Sorrento - an attractive coastal town and home of mythical Sirens. Hotel with verandas and hot showers! Glaring midday sun, but some go out with the mad dogs. Siestas for most. .. catching up on postcards . .. working on the tan. 224 HAMLET (Richard Strivens)

DAY 5: Back to Naples and Museo Nazionale. Bustling city, but often dilapidated and seedy. /'. treasure-house of artefacts from Pompeii and Herculaneum . .. frescoes . .. sculpture .. . ladiatorial weapons ... even bears. Train to Herculaneum, the smaller of two sites, but no fess revealing. M.J.T. demonstrates his shadier persuasive skills, and our 'new' guide takes more than just a passing interest in Signora Angela. By taxi up Mt. Vesuvius (1277m.) - a feat of human compression, sixteen of us in two taxis (ten in one!). Hair-pin bends and near collisions. DAY 6: Sunday, and suitably a more leisurely pace. Morning - pottering about Pompeii, a huge site with virtually intact amphitheatre. Afternoon - sauntering round Sorrento . .. its network of narrow alleyways, hiding all kinds of boutique and bar, an escape from the activity of the main squares. Fine weather still with us. A close encounter with J .S.H. DAY 7: April Fool's Day, as we discover at six in the morning, courtesy of our French friends. By boat to Capri and sheer cliffs rising up from the sea. Blue Grotto - amazing fluorescent azure waters. Freely explore island ... stepped pathways ... orange trees ... white-washed houses . . . Tiberius's infamous palace, though closed, no obstacle to certain stealthier members of our party! Absence of another causes anxiety - drawn back prematurely to Sorrento by irresistible lure of Sirens' song? DAY 8: Coach leaves 3.00 a.m. - some still goggling at T.V . At Rome, all hands on 'dutyfree'. Then goodbye to the land of Vespas, pizzas and piazzas, and back to Britannia's icy shores, with a massive thankyou to M.l.T. and J.A .D.M. for planning and keeping under control a splendidly fulfilling and memorable trip. ANDREW PRESTON.

(SaT/jay Wicker)

225 HAMLET (Richard Strivells)

THE BLOIS EXCHANGE EASTER, 1985 Many were enticed into the French exchange scheme by the prospect of improving Or I written French to gain higher grades at O-Level. This proved to be the case, but the exc~ and also revealed much of the character of France which would not have been visible to a noange visitor outside a French family. rmal Lasting impressions are the culture, architecture, and beauty of France . Depending on th family one stayed with, one either had a view of the modern France, or the mOre traditio e The traditional family I stayed with centred around the kitchen and living room where a ~~1. burnt continuously in the grate. The food was as might have been expected; soup: much bre~~e and two further courses. Regrettably, for the most part, water was drunk instead of wine Th' food itself was delicious - although the French tendency to undercook (or the Briti;h t e overcook!) took some getting used to, as did Whole Heart of Lamb, rather raw, and still complet~ with veins and arteries. The French etiquette of placing used cutlery back on the table was also difficult to accept at first. The region of the Loire near Blois, my French correspondent claimed, had a series of the most beautiful chateaux in France. Not having seen other examples it is difficult to judge but to the newcomer many are absolutely stunning. Luck is also involved, for a chateau looks ~any times more magnificent at sunset or after it has rained with a rainbow over the roof. A short break in our stay in the Loire Valley enabled us briefly to speak English again, before arriving in Paris for a sightseeing tour and a very generous tea at the Marshalls' splendid residence. The most striking feature of Paris, besides the normal tourist sights like the Champs Elysees and the Eiffel Tower, which were already familiar from French text books, was the view from the top of L' Arc de Triomphe. In the foreground, the stone architecture that is more normally associated with France is contrasted with the horizon of tower blocks, steel and smoked glass that is completely incongruous. ' We were fortunate to eat in the Restaurant Le Drouet, a restaurant avec beaucoup d'ambiance, which Dr. Humberstone (and Canon and Mrs. Pilkington) had dined at before. Trilby Tom and John arrived early, and finished off a bottle of wine before the rest arrived. Waiters hurried to and fro with five plates stacked up each arm, and a very satisfying meal, including wine, cost less than ÂŁ5; considerably more reasonable than a comparable meal in England. Once back in the Loire, the French family network of cousins revealed 'the best wine in the Loire Valley' from nearby vineyards, goat farms where the milk was used to make goats' cheese (in conditions that would give a health inspector a heart attack) and a local arable farm which also bred rabbits as a side line. To kill the rabbits for their meat, they were released from their cages in the same courtyard as a large Alsatian. All in all a most enjoyable time was had by the majority of people on the exchange. Thanks to Mr. Ellis for his sightseeing tour, the Marshalls for their taxi and restaurant service, and above all Dr. Humberstone who arranged it all, and our correspondents whom we look forward to welcoming in England soon . PATRICK LIDSTONE.

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THE SOCIETIES

When the King's Week exhibition displays the whole year's work it comes as a shock to realise how much has been accomplished by so few boys. This year in particular the number of items seems enormous, and when one remembers the travail and expletives that accompanied their production, it is a relief to see the finished products. OUf problem remains the same as ever: that with teenage talent we are expected to meet professional standards. Two of our main workers leave us this summer: Jonathan Williams (W) and Mark Humphriss (MT) . Both have slaved away many hours solv ing the thousand snags which plague the printer, and both have doggedly pressed on, with their invariably excellent results only seeming too often to confir m the customer's bland assumption that printing is no more complicated than typing. To both we owe an immense dept, CAXTON

and so do half of the church members of Canterbury, to judge by the number of letter-heads that Mark has 'run off'. So much has fallen on their shoulders that Nick Preston has a high standard to maintain.

Apart from Nick, other fast developing printers are Tim Weller (T). Chris Whiteley (LN) and Steve Bissell (B). Still half the houses are unrepresented in the Caxton room; it really can be qu ite fun, so how about trying it?

M.J .M., R.J.M. This term has seen the relentless expenditure of energy to ensure a decent crop of lettuce, GARDENING which was harvested in June. An influx of new blood has brought a resurgence of interest and broadening of the range of crops to include marrows. The Cellarer's garden was in excellent condition for the masters' barbecue, and some members of the society enjoyed serving at the party. The Garden ing Club also re-assumed the monopoly on strawberry selling in King's Week, the funds from which will be put towards the cost of a much needed rotavator. The elusive M.R.O.P. has been a great help throughout the term, especia lly at the Society's barbecue in the last week of term. Next term sees the return of R.E.B. from America, yet on behalf of everyone in the Society I would

like to thank M.R.O.P. for fulfilling so admirably the role of 'caretaker'.

PATRICK PA INES.

Two events were held during the term. Mr. Arthur Erickson, from New Jersey, U.S .A. and teaching chem istry at King's for the 1984-85 academic year, talked about 'Education in the U.S.A.'. His detailed lecture gave the audience a clear picture of the American system and stimu lated keen questioning. The Society visited the National Physical Laboratory at Teddington where, it seemed, everything to do with our soc iety is standardised, from light bulbs to house insulation. Lecture topics for next term include 'The beginning of the Universe' and 'Soap Bubbles'. HARVEY

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The personnel of the 'core' band has once again comprised James Gumpert (trum James Lawrence (trombone), Alastair Cra ik (saxophones), Hugh Andree (clarinet) ~Ct), Baker (piano), Andrew Fordham (bass) and Ben Mowll (drums). All were musically di'rec,ck by Andrew Fordham. The term has largely been devoted to preparing for the King's Week Jazz Con ted that took place on Saturday, 13th July, and is reviewed elsewhere in this Cantuarian by Mr. Roger Lawre cert We did, however, play one outside engagement - at the St. Edmund's School Parents' Association Barb~ce, on Saturday 6th July, to which we were kindly invited by the Master of Junior St. Edmund's Mr. Da ~e Gahan. Our regular pianist, Nick Baker, was not available on that evening and we are very gratefut: d Mr. Dennis Kiddy, ~usical Director of Junior St. Edmund's, for nobly sta nding in with some deft keYboard~ work on that occaSIo n. In addition to members of the Club Band, many others made valuable con tribution s to this year's Jazz Concert. The Big Band had a veritable 'cast of thousands' and I am very grateful to Jonathan Wrench Jonathan Job, Cri spin Flower and Robin Scott (trumpets), A nthony Gillesp ie-Smith, Richard Preston and Mag nus Montgomery (trombones), Elaine Oli ver, Matthew Hulme, Benjamin Eaton and my colleagues Mr. W iJl~am M.cConnell and Mr. John Parker (sax?p.ho nes), and C:hris Wal ~er (electr ic guitar). Jonathan Wrench IS p ~rt l cu l ar l y ~o be co n g:at u l ~ted for atta l."mg the last, hIgh note In In The Mood, as is Crispin Flower for hIS courage In performmg, m the same pIece, what must have bee n a lonely solo, standing right out in front of the Band. I should also like to make special men tion of Mr. McConnell and Mr. Parker neither of whom was in ve ry good healt h at the time of the Concert but who, despite this, put a tremendou~ amoun t of time and effort into it. One of the most acclaimed parts of the Concert was a very polished Barber-Shop interlude prov ided by Chris White, Jeremy Avis, Andy Bush and Jimmy Gumpert; I am very grateful to Chris White for organi sing that section so effectively. Chris White (vocals), and Jeremy Avis (now on synthesiseI') also featured in the Conte mporary Section (which was essentially 'Invisible Sun' plus a few guests!), as did, very strikingly, Lucinda Miller, with her splendid , husky version of That Old Devil Called Love. The Summer Report nearly always contains a valediction and this year we say goodbye to Ben Mowll who has drummed now in three King's Week Concerts . The drummer does not get many moments of glory (though he did this year, in St. Louis Blues March) but he is vital for the confidence of the front-line players who are delivering the melody, and, on behalf of the whole band, I should like to thank Ben Mowll for his excellent contribution s over the last three years . In his final, A-Level, term Ben lived out of School at home, and was thu s not always avai lable at short notice fo r rehearsals; it is appropriate, therefore, t~ make menti on here of Philippe Lacamp and Chris Walker who kindly stood in on drums on these occasions. I was pleased that A ndrew Fordham thanked from the stage the Lighting men and the Commandos fo r their contribu tions. In particular, the splendidly resourceful duo of Nick Baker and Edwin Lloyd have illuminated their fi nal Concer t for us now, this being the fourt h Jazz Club Concert that they have been in charge of. They were in the Shirley Hall un til the ea rly hours, pointing lights, in the days before the Concert, together with their up-a nd-coming young team of T im Bainbridge, Giles Bird and Christopher Tothill. And, on the day of the Concert (the hottest day of the year), in the Ph hours between the end of Hamlet and the start of the Jazz Concert, they tran sferred and rewired two dimmer packs and poi nted six li ghts obtained earl ier in the day (all of which Ed Lloyd so mehow seemed to com bine with a fencing match goi ng o n simultaneously!), after which Nick Baker rushed back to Broughton, showe red, changed, and re-emerged, looking cool and collected, ten minutes befo re the curtain, ready to go on as pianist fo r the evening! They have shown exceptional initiati ve, enthusiasm and general joie de vivre and I am su re that I speak on behalf of all who have been involved in plays and co ncerts over the last four years when I say that they wi ll be sorely missed - and I know that Mr. Wen ley wou ld be the first to agree. I sho uld also like to thank those who have fi lmed or recorded Jazz Club events thi s term - Mart in Edwards and Jakob Kidde-Hansen for filming, and Mrs . McCon nell , Mr . Pragnell and Andrew Fordham for recording; Mr. Andree has a lso generously made copies of his footage available to our archive. I am most grateful to Mr. A ld ridge, Mr. Jackson and Mr. Dix for kind ly loaning equ ipment, and I very much appreciate the patience and industry of Mr. Mathews, Mr. Miles, Jonathan Williams and Ma rk Humphriss and his team in connection with printing the programme and tickets. The whole enterp rise worked because of the unobtrusively efficient administrative back-up fro m Mr. Dobbin and Jeremy Bagshaw a nd the Com mandos, and from Mr. Brodie and the King's Week Office staff, and we are very grateful to all of them. My final thank s are, of course, reserved for Andrew Fordham, for hi s dynam ic Musical Direction. He has now more than surv ived not only his rock concert , but his fi rst Jazz Concert and I am very indebted to him fo r his dedication as Musical Director. T he Jazz Club is in experienced hand s for next yea r. JAZZ CLUB

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1st XI At the beginning of the season it seemed that having lost many experienced players from th previous year, this would be a year of rebuilding. However, although at times the lack o~ experience of many of the players was evident, overall it was another season of very considerable success with, as last year, eight wins of which five were against schools . The season started with three eight wicket victories against St. Lawrence and Highland COUrt Highgate and Dover College, with the Highgate match being particularly memorable as the xi set to score 107 in 20 overs, on a very slow wicket, reached the required total with eleven balls to spare: Both the remaining games before half-term could have been won, but ended in draws. In the fIrst havIng made 223 for 4 dec. the XI were unable to bowl out Dulwlch, who finished on 95 for 7 and in the second after a very good declaration at 177 for 9 by Eastbourne the XI reached 128 for I but then lost four wickets for the addition of only one run and fi~ally had to be content to play out for a draw, finishing at 157 for 8. The second half of term began with a convincing win on a beautiful day and pitch at K.C.S. Wimbledon, but the following week at home against Cranleigh having lost the toss and thus assured of the worst of a very.wet wicket, the XI did not play. at their best. With Cranleigh needIng only 108 to WIn, an opemng partnershIp of 95 proved decIsIve and although the XI claimed a further four wickets, Cranleigh won by 5 wickets, but if only the XI had made 30 more runs or broken the opening partnership earlier! The final game before the break for the exams, was against the Buccaneers and was a rather dull draw on another very soft pitch. The cricket week began with a draw against the Band of Brothers when the XI were never able to reach the required striking rate and fortunately after probably chasing their target for too long, were unable to save the game. There then followed three good victories against SI. Lawrence College and Sutton Valence, by the quite large margins of 136 runs and 7 wickets respectively, although the latter required some aggressive batting to achieve the total in time, and thirdly against The Stragglers of Asia. This game was particularly exciting as set to make 201 the XI still needed twelve off the last over with three wickets in hand. The opposition captain sportingly kept his spinner on, but the second ball of the over was hit for a straight six. Two singles followed and with four needed off two balls a skier was missed and as our number six tried to regain the strike with a risky second run, four overthrows were given away to give the XI victory with a ball to spare. The O.K.S. match contained much good batting from both sides with each of the first three innings being over 200, but unfortunately several leading O.K.S. batsmen were out cheaply in the final innings and the game died away as the XI were unable to claim the last two wickets needed for victory. The last three games produced one result of each kind. Firstly the XI having been put in by the M.C.C. on a slightly damp wicket were hustled out by some good seam bowling and the match was lost by 9 wickets; secondly a reasonably easy win by 8 wickets against the XL Club and finally a draw against Incogniti when the XI could never reach the required run rate. All but one of the season's victories were achieved by batting second and chasing runs because although the batsmen lacked experience, they were all prepared to hit the ball hard. The bulk of the batting was done by the first three in the order, especially early in the season and although this was good for the results of the XI, it did mean that many of the batsmen in the middle order didn't get many chances on good wickets to establish themselves and playa proper innings. Lacamp batted most promisingly and did very well to score 574 runs in only his first season in the XI; Seagrave proved a hard hitter and most useful run-chaser in the middle order; Taylor, who adapted to the role of opener most successfully and Ryeland both scored over 400 runs and the latter would have made many more if he had found his really excellent form of cricket week a little earlier in the season. Several others contributed usefully and, I hope, will have gained 230

1ST XI (Standing) I. D. S. Linney, E. J. T. Brett, P. P. Lacamp, O. B. Morgan, D. M. I ves, R. E. Patterson.

(Sitting) N. C. Bradley, M. B. Rycland, J. R. Seagrave, J. P. Taylor, A. J. Puieston. (Ken/ish Gazette)

experience for next year. As for the bowling, Puleston, as always, tried very hard and although he took some important wickets, he didn' t take as many as everyone would have liked; Ryeland and Taylor took the majority of the wickets with 40 and 35 respectively. Both showed considerable control of line and length and when not taking wickets were difficult to score off. Brett, Bradley and at the end of term Durham provided some useful alternatives to the quicker bowlers, but didn't possess quite the control of length and line to be really successful. The fielding was generally ood although once again too many catches were dropped in the slips, but this seems a common rault in schools' cricket. Finally I would like to thank Seagrave for his energetic leadership, Doug Wright and Alan Ealham for their continued expert coaching and Neville Float and his colleagues for producing, once the rains of June relented, some first class wickets. A.W.D. RESU LTS

Played 16. Won 8, Lost 2, Drawn 6. S1. Lawrence & Highla nd Court, 129; Ki ng's, 131 fo r 2 (M . B. Ryeland 8.5-0-26-4). King's won by 8 wickets. Highgate, 106 for 9 dec.; King' s, 107 fo r 2 (0. B. Morgan 59 not out). King's won by 8 wickets. Dover College, 136; King's. 139 for 2 (P. P. Lacamp 79 not out). King's won by 8 wickets. King's 223 for 4 dec. (1. P. Taylor 87); Du lwich College 95 for 7. Match Drawn. Eastbourne College, 177 for 9 dec.; King's 157 for 8 (P. P. Lacamp 77). Match Drawn. K. C. S. Wimbledon, 137 (M. B. Rycland 16.3-2-26-5. J. P. Taylor 29-13-53-4); King 's, 141 for 4 (J. P. Taylor 83 not out). King's won by 6 wickets.

King's, 107; Cranleigh, 109 for 5 (M . B. Ryeland 18 ~ 11 ·28~4). King's lost by 5 wickets. Buccaneers , 173 for 7 dec. (E. J. T. Brett 15-0-40-4); King's, 144 for 6 (0. B. Morgan 66 not out). Match Drawn. Band of Brothers, 187 for 9 dct. (J. P. Taylor 19~3~50-4); King's, 137 for 9 (1. R. Seagrave 52). Match Drawn. King's, 207 for 5 dec. (J. R. Seagrave 78); St. Lawrence College, 71. King's won by 136 runs. Stragglers of Asia, 200 for 8 dct.; King's, 202 for 7 (P. P. Lacamp 58, J. P. Taylor 53). King's won by 3 wickets. Sutton Valence, 175 (M. B. Ryeland 15-4-42~4); King's, 177 for 3 (1. P. Taylor 63, M. B. Ryeland 58). King's won by 7 wickets. King's, 221 for 7 dec. (P. P. Lacamp 80) and 203 for 7 dec . (M. B. Ryeland 68); O.K.S., 209 (M. n. Ryeland 16 · 1~68-4) and 110 for 8 (M. Durham 1O~3~37~4). Match Drawn. King's, 78; MCC, 79 for I. King's lost by 9 wickets. XL Club, 11 2 (M. B. Ryeland 20.4-4·34~7); King's, 113 for 2. King's won by 8 wickets. Incogn iti, 200 fo r 9 dec. (1. P. Tay lor 16·2~35 -4); King's, 135 fo r 6. Match Drawn.

I st X I AVERAGES

BAITING (qualificat ion 100 runs)

Innings 16 16 8 17

Not Outs I 2 2

Highest Score

P. P. Lacamp................................... 80 68 M. B. Ryeland............ ...................... O. B. Morgan................................... 66* J. P. Taylor ..................... ................ I 87 J.R.Seagrave.................. ................ II 1 78 R. E. Patterson................................. 9 4 34* I. D. S. Linney.............. ................... 17 5 34' D. M. Jves 12 4 30 Also batted: E. J. T. Brett 6-5 ~ 14 *·42-42, D. G. Stocks 3·2~14*·25·25, N. C. Bradley 3·2·3 *~ 3-3, A. M. T. Clements I ~O~ I ~ I ~ I, M. Durham 2~1~0*-0·0, J. C. Orr )-0·0-0-0.

Runs 574 415 176 468 254 104 220

103 2·0· 13~13 -6.5,

Average 38.27 29.64 29.33 29.25 25.4 20.8

18.33 12.88 A. J. Puleston

BOWLING (quali fication 10 wickets)

Overs M. B. Ryeland .................................. 226 M. Durham...................................... 41. 1 244.4 J . P . Taylor ... .................................. E. J. T. Brett....... ........... ................. 94.3 189.4 A. J. Puleslon .................................. Also bowled: N. C. Brad ley 47·10~ 1 70·9~18.88, J. C. Orr

Maidens 65 9 88 9 58

Runs 519 157 521

345 504

Wickets

40 12 35 18

Average 12.98 13.08

14.89 19.17 22.9 1

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231 ELASTOSTUMP (l.S.H.) THE TRIUMPHANT HAYMAKERS 1985 - WON 6, DRAWN 3 (Standing) A. P. Farrell, H. W. Girling, M. F. Whitehead, J . P. D. Ryeland. J. P. Taylor, M. R. Evison, P. A. E. Dix, Esq.,

D. O. Stocks, N. C. Wakefield , J. M. Cooke, Esq. (Secretary). (Sitting) B. W. Nash, R. P. Bee, Esq. (Chairman), J. N. M. Cox (Chief Waggon"er). M. J. Hodgson, Esq. (Presidel/tj, R. C. White, Esq.

2nd XI With so few of last year's undefeated side returning, it was unclear how we would fare, but the early signs w encouraging. In the traditional pipe-opener against Faversham A lliance, spinners Tom Whyte and Matthew Durh ere helped restrict the club side to a moderate total.. a.nd then the b~lsmen, led by John Pembrook with an undefeated ~~ - his only big score of the season - came wlthm 4 run~ of v l c~ory. I.n the nex t game Andrew C I~menlS took 4-17 to help bowl Highgate out for 82. We passed the total With 8 Wickets In hand, Andrew Bu sh makmg 36 and Dav·d Stocks 27 n.o. The solid batting continued in the next .game. Andrew C lements scored 58 n.o. and David Stocks ~ n.o. as major contributo rs to the ~c ore of 152-2. Des p~te To"! Whrte's effor.l s (3-35) we. only m~,!aged to take 7 of the St. Lawrence wickets. The Du lwlch game was played m freez mg drizzle, and III the appalhng conditions the oPpositio amassed an ungettable 183-5. We batted sensibly to save the ga me, David Stocks scoring 34 and Matthew Durham J~ n.o. to add to his sim ilar contribution in the first match. By this stage of the season only the top 4 or ~ in t h~ o rder had batted and the lack of practice lower do.wn helped exp lain the traumas o f the next few games. Havmg s kl tt l ~d ~astbou r ~ e out for 82 (Orr 5-20) we cc;>llapsed III the face of some accurate spin bowling, a nd at the close we were clmgmg o n gri mly at 69-8. In the game agamst the Haymakers we stuttered to 115 (Turner 30, O rr 23), only fo r a terr ific th understorm to halt procee~i n gs. The Cranleigh match was a disaster. After having them a t 12 for 4 (O rr 3-6), we released the pressure. New skipper J oe Wrench made one Or two errors of judgement a nd we let them reach 123. We lost early wic kets, and once David Stoc ks had departed we shut up sho p but cou ld not stop the fall of wic kets. It was the o nly defeat of the seaso n. Confide nce was restored in the next game. Sutton Valence were demolished by some devastating swing bowling from J oh n Orr (7- 14), who on two or three occasio ns this season was a lmost unplayable. He was well supported by Joe Wrench (3-22). We passed their lowly 41 for just 2 wickets. At St. Edmu n ~'s we am.assed 201-9 wit h a fin e 80 .from guest RObert Patterson, 55 from Tim Turner and 38 from Andrew Bush. ThClr success ion of 1st XI batsmen defied o ur attack and the game ended in a draw. In our penultimate game we dism issed Kent College for 93, with Jo hn Orr again bowling beaut ifully for 5-19. With both regular spinners absent Andrew Farrell took his. chance, bow li ng a ma n .wit h h i ~ fir~t ball of t~e ~eason. and ending a brief spell with 2-0! We passed their total with 6 Wickets to spare but we d id not fmd It easy until, mexphcably, their two quick ish opening bowlers were replaced by somet hing far less demand ing. Colt Andrew Mitchell scored a distinguished 41 n.o. and Andrew Clements made 23 before hitting his wicket in bizarre fashion after hooking a boundary. Our momentum took us through the fina l game against Duke of York 's 1st X I with embarrassing ease. At tea they were 40-7 o ff 38 overs having succumbed to so me lively bowling from Joe Wrench (3-29) a nd Michael Nash who, in what was do ubtless a we lcome break from athletics, took a fine 5-2 1 as well as two catches. Our batsmen then made life in the middle look very easy, and we secured victory by 9 wickets with an excellent 54 n .o. from Andrew Bush, well supported by David Stocks's 20 n.o. T he seaso n's results ultimately were extremely satisfying - especially if one puts the Cran leigh game out of mind ! The side had some very good players, most of whom will be back next year. T he ground fie ld ing was sound, though rat her too many catches were spilled. Tim Tu rner proved a highly effecti ve wic ket-keeper who showed he could bat a bit too, and o nce Joe Wrench sett led into the role of capta in he proved himse lf an inspiring leader, a nd the team's spirit and success-rate im proved d ra matically. I would like to tha nk the various people who fill ed vacancies, somet imes at sho rt no tice, as well as our various scorers, of whom J eremy Cooper was particularly enthusiastic as well as neat and accurate. Fi na lly my tha nks go to the whole team whose li vely h umour and good behavio ur made the season so enjoyable fo r me. P.A.E. D.

Te(lm: A. A. Bush, A. M. T. C lements, M. Durham , A. P. Farrell , W. R. M. Long, J . C. Orr, F. J . G. Pembrook , D. G. Stocks, T. J. Tur ner, T. J . Whyte, J. D. McL. Wrench. Also played: H. J. And ree, E. J. T. Brett, C. E. Butc her, H. W. Girling, G. F. Ha ll , D. M. Ives, S. C. G. Lacy, I. D. S. Linney, P. H. McC leery, A. E. Mitchell, M. J. Nash, R. E. Patterson. 2nd Colours awarded to: A. A. Bush, A. M. T. Clements, M. Durham , D. G. Stocks, T. J. Turner, J. D. McL. Wrench. Old colours: J. C. Orr, F. J. G. Pembrook. R ESU LTS

Played II , Won 4, Drawn 6, Lost I. Faversham Alliance, 150-6 (Whyte 3-19, Du rham 3-46); K.S.C., 146-3 (Pembrook 7 6~, Du rham 34"', Clements 25). Drawn. H ighgate, 82 (Clements 4- 17); K.S.C., 83-2 (Bush 36, Stocks 27·). Won by 8 Wickets. K.S.C., 152-2 (Stocks 66·, Clements 58·); St. Lawrence, 127-7 (Whyte 3-35). Drawn. Dulw ich, 183-5 (Pe mbrook 3-53); K.S .C., 106-4 (Stocks 34, Durha m 33·). Drawn. Eastbou rne, 82 (Orr 5-20); K.S.C., 69-8. Drawn. K.S.C., 115 (Turner 30, Orr 23); Hay ma kers, 32-0. Drawn. C ra nieig h 123 (Orr 3-6, Pe mbroo k 3-25); K.S .C. , 45. Lost by 78 runs. Sulton V~lence 41 (Orr 7- 14, Wrench 3-22); K.S.C., 42-2. Won by 8 wic kets. K.S.C., 201 -9 <'Patte rson 80, Turner 55 , Bush 38); St. Edm und' s, 136-5. Drawn. Kent Co llege, 93 (Orr 5- 19, Farrell 2-0); K.S .C., 97-4 (M itchell 4 1"', C lement s 23). Won by 6 wickets. . Duke of York's 1st X I, 93 (Nash 5-2 1, W rench 3-29); K.S.C., 97-1 (Bush 54·, Stocks 20·). Won by 9 Wickets . 232

3rd XI

This has been another very good season fu ll of competent cricket, good humour, memorable incidents and containing numerouS convincing victories. Jim Dawkins was the ideal captain and had great influence on the course of the team's successes. He showed exactly the right approach, keepi ng everyone cheerful yet demanding high standards. The composition of the team remained relative ly constant and the willingness of other players to f ill in when required was a ppreciated really. Piers McCleery headed the bat ling averages but runs were scored by all members of the team and everyone ~ade important contributions. There was some splendid hitting but this team a lso had the ability to defend when necessary. John Ryeland and Robert Dick son were excellent opening bowlers and enjoyed idea l su ppo rt from Hugh Girling and the deceptive Mark Evison. This attack was far too good for most schools but lacked the ba lance of one or two spin bowlers . The fie lding was better than usual a nd featured some good throwing in although there was a sprink ling of dropped catches. Highgate and Dover College were beaten by some very good bowling but our batsmen made heavy weather of gett ing the runs in the latter match. Bush, Dawki ns and Murdoch bu ilt u p an imposing score aga inst Dulwich and then the bowlers shared the wickets in a very fi ne win. A competent total was ach ieved against Eastbou rne but ou r bowlers did not bowl qu ite well enough td d ismiss their last few batsmen. There was good early batt ing aga inst Cra nleigh a nd they could not offe r much resistahce to o ur bowling which included the emergence of H ugh Girling fro m wic ket keeping. The pitch at Sutton Valence was a strange one and led to cau tious batting until McCleery and Wa kefi eld produced a fin e, unbeaten partners hi p of 62. Once again the bowlers were able to rip th rough sO llle very britt le batting. The o nly loss against a school was on the cards after a nightma re start against Duke o f York's which reduced us to 0-3 after seven balls. A thrilli ng last-wicket pa rtnership of 4 1 between Bronimann and Dickson gave us so met hing to bowl at but luck seemed to desert us and Ev ison in particular was most unfortunate as the ball kept just missing the SlUmps. The team bowled well against M.J.H. ' s X I but the ea rly batt ing again collapsed somew hat inexplicably. However, there was consolation to be found in an excellent buffet supper in the pavilion after the match. The two club matches provided valuable experience and the resu lts were certainly no disgrace. We d id well to take all of No rthdown's wickets but we allowed them to escape from 103-6 and then produced a rather uneven batt ing performance o urselves. The visit was again most enjoyable containing delightful hospitalit y. Nelson were also bowled out, main ly by R. C.W. and Ev ison, but one or two crucial catches were put down. Batting againstlheir attack was not easy but we mounted a valia nt rearguard action which took the score from 91 -8 to 138-9 to ach ieve an interesting and creditable draw. This made for a satisfying end to the season and showed that a draw can be a worthwhile result. Although the d uck chased Jonat han Job out of the team, he did a good job in captainin g the 4th Xl in their only match, against Eastbourne. Edmund Tyler batted well and then Ian Brown produced a fine spell of bow ling which gave the opposit ion some worries before they were able to knock off the runs. We hope it may be possible to arrange a few more 4th X I fixt ures for next year because there is plenty of enthusiasm for cricket at present.

M.l.H. Regular Players: J. R. Dawkins (Capt.), N. C . Wakefield, M. F. Whi tehead, R. A. Dick so n, B. W. Nash (Wicket Keeper) , J . P. D. Ryela nd, M. R. Eviso n, H. W. Girling, G. F. Hall , A. I. M. Murdoch, A. M. Broni ma nn , P. H. McCleery. R ESULTS

P layed 10, Won 6, Draw n I, Lost 3. School Matches K.S.C., 130-8 dec . (McCleery 38); H ighgate, 70 (Dickso n 5-11). Won. Dover College 2nd X I, Ill ; K.S.C., 112-5 (Ha ll 4 1). Won. K. S.C. , 165-9 dec. (Dawki ns 42); Dulwich, 57. Wo n. K.S.C., 144-7 dec.; Eastbourne, 105-8. Drawn. K.S.C., 136; Cranleigh, 49 (G irl ing 4- 14). Wo n. K.S.C. , 149-4 dec. (McCleery 50 n.o .); Sutton Valence , 42 (G irling 4-4). Won. K.S.C. , 108 (B ro ni mann 37); Duke of York 's 2nd X I, 110-7. Lost.

M.J.H.'s XI, 142 (Cox 37); K.S. C. , 99. Los!. Club Matches Northdown C.C., 220 (Ev iso n 5Âˇ64); K.S.C., 127 . Lost. Nelson C .C., 172 (R.C.W. 5-5 1); K.S .C., 138-9. Drawn.

Colts XI There arc many ways to draw a cricket match, a nd this side seems to have discovered most of them. The one th ing carefully avoided was the d ull draw: somehow they managed to make even the most un prom ising sit uation excit ing . At Eastbourne, six wic kets had gone down for just 24 before the twenty overs were due, but Veit ch then played superbly to ach ieve a comfortable draw. Aga inst Tonbridgc, fo ur wic kets were thrown away in the last ten minutes from a very safe posit ion, leaving Butc her to survive the last over. .. which he did by hitting the bOWler over mid-on's head fo r four - tw ice. Against Sussex Schools, the opposit io n started the last over needing thirty ru ns to win, and scored twenty of them, as well as losing a wicket. And against St. A ugustine's, wit h their last pair facin g the final over, a simple catch was dropped off the second ball , and a harder chance accepted off the fifth! 233

The seaso n was always interest ing, therefore, and the players made themselves into a useful side by a . enthusiasm and determi nation. There was no outstand ing batsman, but Lacy, Mitchell , Veitch, Morgan an:r~xture of all played at least one substantia l innings , and Wallis showed a stout defence on more than one occasion W a ~ rence also the best bowler, capable of sustained accurate spells once he was fit, while Andree, Mitchell and Greenle~f a~ls ..... as usefu lly at times. Laurence, too, while a little disappointed at his batting, had the captain's knack of bringi~rh~rmed o n at vital moments and taking valuab le wickets. The fi eld ing, with wicket-keeper Butcher to the fore was Ii Ilm~lf occasionally brilliant. Mention must also be made of the loyal support to the squad of Panayides, Evans an'd VijaY~~haa~d H.E.l.A., P.G.H : Team: D. J. Laurence (Capt.), H. J. Andree, C. E. Butcher, R. T. Evans, P. J. Q. Greenleaf, S. C. G La E. Mitchell, A. J. Morga n, A. P. Panayides, J. C. A. Veitch, R. Vij aya nathan, R. R. Wallis. . cy, A. Also played: A. F. Brennand, P. P. Lacamp, R. E. Patterson. RESULTS K.S.C. 105-8 dec.; Highga te 92-8 (Greenleaf 4-13). Drawn. Dulwich 106 (Wallis 3-15); K.S.C . 76·Z (Lacy 42·). Drawn. East bourne 138 (Lau rence 5-Z 1, Green lea f 3-3 3); K. S.C. 68-8 (Veitch 3Z·). Drawn. K.S.C. 157-3 (Patterso n 6Z, Mitchell 39); St. Augustine's 81 (Wa ll is 5- 18). Won. Tonbridge 159-3; K.S.C. 93-9. Drawn. K.S.C. 146-9 (Morgan 50); Cra nleigh 131-7. Drawn. Kent Schools C.A. 177-3; K.S.C. 77-7. Drawn. K.S.C. 134 (Laca mp 34, Mitchell 31); Sussex Schools C.A. 125-8 (Wa ll is 3-29). Drawn. K.S.C. 44; London Schools C.A. 45-1. Lost.

Junior Colts 'A' XI The Junior Co lts have wo n six , drawn six and lost o nly two, and might have won several more if they had played more posit ive cricket. Only once were they totally outclassed by a strong Tonbridge team, and even then they held the initiative in the field for most of the afternoon. This proved to be the pattern in a number of games; the bowlers put the opposition under pressure, helped or hindered by the fieldin g, but the batsmen have not dominated, though there have been useful individ ual innings. Top scorer over the season was the capta in Turner , who averaged 35.7, scoring the o nly century. Epps also played a number of valuable in ni ngs, and fini shed the season wit h a personal best of 70 against Duke of York's. Davies also batted consistently and Marson, Harland Fairweather and Linforth played good innings. Norris hit the ball hard, while Boorman ca me int o form at the end of the season. Lawrence also scored valuable runs. The bowling depended heav il y o n Davies, whose hau l of thirty o ne wickets reflects a much im proved line. In the later matches he received errat ic suppon from Boorman. The spinners as usual played an important role. Beechey bowled a cons istent lin e and length while Epps proved an effect ive bowler, given a little wind, despite being less than certain about what he was doing; even so he obtained twenty-e ight victims. The fielding was less impress ive; catches were dropped and runs given away with aba ndon at times, even when the sid e were on to p. This was part icu larly annoying in the two matches the side lost. There were a number of moments to treasure - Norris hand s on knees (or in pockets) at sli p, Lawrence lumbering round the field arms outstretched (bu t he at least im proved and too k some good catc hes in the later ga mes) and , of course, Beechey. Usually cheerful and invariably last into posit ion he in trod uced an clement o f the absurd into our fielding. If the image of Beechey in the fi eld wi ll remain in my mind, I dare say the team will remember and imitate the progress of the fa teful finger skyward as yet another batsma n bit the dust. l.S.H. Team: S. R. Turner (Capt.), T. A. F. Epps, J . R. Davies, J. R. A. Harland Fairweather, L. P. M. Bedford, J. M. Beechey, T. SI J . White, J . A. Stern, O. Rotimi, A. R. Unforth, P. A. Norr is, B. C. Marson, M. J . Cumber, 1. C. Sloggen, J . M. Lawrence, A. J. Mowbray-Jankowski. K.S.C . K.S.C. K.S.C. K.S.C . K.S.C. K.S.C. K.S.C. K.S.C. K. S.C. K.S.C. K.S.C. K.S.C. K.S.C. K.S.C.

RESULTS 195-5; Highgate , 105-3. Drawn. 195-4; Dover College, 45. Won by 150 runs. 86-9; Dulwich, 195·4. Drawn. 75; Eastbourne, 80. Lost by 5 runs. 138-8; St. Lawrence, 40. Won by 98 run s. 71; To nbridge, 130-7. Lost by 59 runs. 106-6; Cran leigh, 105. Won by 4 wickets. 133-3; Sut ton Valence, 75-9. Drawn. 121-9; Kent Schools, 125-5 Drawn. 104-6; Sussex Schools, 132-6. Drawn. 75-4; London Schools, 74. Won by 6 wickets. 46·2; St. Edm und's, 45. Wo n by 8 wickets. 143-5; Kent College, 189·6. Drawn. 181 -8 dec; Duke of York's, 107. Won by 74 runs. 234

Junior Colts 'B' XI -The Junior Colts 'B' XI opened their season on a very cold and windy day with a match against Du lwich. It was o cold that ou r scorer had to leave half way through for fear of catching pneumonia. Our bowlers also found it difficuh ~o cope with the condit ions and Dulwich amassed a formidab le total of 205 for 3 dec. Our batsmen cou ld not make much headway and were unable to hang on for a draw, eventually being bowled out for 95. It looked as though the team would be facing another big total against Eastbourne unt il D. Bainbridge returned for a second spell taking 4 wickets for 5 runs in 5 overs, giving him Ihe best bo\~ling figure~ of the season .- 5 for 20 i~ I I overs. U,:,fortunalely the batting collapsed from 37 for 3 to 55 all out. Agamst Cran lelgh we batted fIrSt. An opemng pa rtnership of 47 was fo llowed by another collapse to 62 for 5 but a sparkling partnership of 73 between I. Sloggett (20 not out) and D. Hodgson (46) raised the total to a respectable 145 for 7 dec. We were unable to bowl the opposition out and the ga me ended in a very even draw. In the final game we faced Dover College 'A' XI who had been comprehensively beaten by our 'A' XI earlier in the season. Some good bowling forced Dover to bat on after tea and they eventually declared at 5 .01. with a total of 121 for 7 dec. A disast rous start wit h 2 wickets going in the second over off success ive balls wit hout ~ rull being scored , produced an uphill struggle. The team was reduced to 10 men when T. Mi tchell felt too ill to ca rry on and left. The wickets fe ll steadily d uring the last 20 overs. The last pair defended well but unfort unately succumbed to the last ball of the match. My thanks to T. ("on your toes fielders") Whit e for ca pt aining the side. Alt hough it was not a very successful season, the keen and ent husiastic group madc it pleasa nt and enjoyab le. D. l .B. Team: T. StJ . White (4), D. H. Hodgson (4), A. G. McDonald (4), A. Wilki ns (4), T. Mi tchell (4), J. A. Stern (3), A. J. McDonald (3), I. Cawley (3), C. Majomi (2), E. F. Valpy (2), C. O. Calth rop (2), M. J . Cumber (2), I. C. Sloggett (2), A. J. Moubray-Jankowski (2), D. M. Bainbridge ( I) , O. Rotimi (1), J. W. Muskett ( I). RESULTS Played 4, Drawn I, Lost 3. Dulwich, 205 for 3 dec; K.S.C ., 95. Lost. Eastbourne, 122 for 9 dec. (D. Bainbridge 5 for 20); K.S.C ., 55. Lost. K.S.C., 145 for 7 dec. (D. Hodgson 46); Cranleigh, 133 for 6. Drawn. Dover 'A' XI, 121 for 7 dec. (A. MÂˇJankowski 3 for 15, M. Cumber 3 for 29); K.S.C., 57 for 9. Lost.

Under 14 'B' XI The under 14 ' B's were an enthusiastic bunch of cricketers who fini shed the season all sq uare wit h 2 wi ns, 1 tie, I draw and 2 defeats. Ably led by Jody Mycroft, afte r Andrew Greenleaf had been promoted fo llowing the Tonbridge match, they specialised in close finishes. The first match against Du lwich was a tense affair, played in arctic condi tions, in which Andrew Greenleaf dist inguished himself by scoring 41 out of our tota l of 96. We fought tenaciollsly and only conceded defeat with a handful of overs remain in g of the last 20. The Highgate match was notable for an unbeaten 62 by Paul Jessup which led to his promotion for the rest of the season, and also to a winn ing draw. At Eastbourne, thanks to a remarkable 8 for 27 by James Morley, we coasted home by 5,wickets, and at Tonbridge we went unusually close having bowled them out for 140, thanks to Alex West's 5 for 43. Our in nings was notable for an heroic 36 by the captain , Mycroft, and an ext raordinary decision by o ur number II. He tried to take a quick single o ff the 5th ball of the over, when really he shou ld have been trying to keep away from the bowling, hav ing just come in , wit h only 4 overs left. In the event Jerome Kemp, who had been batting splendid ly fo r half an hour for 16, was ru n out by about half the length of the pitch. There was anot her cli ff hanger at Cranleigh when they dec lared after 41 overs at 108 for 3, and left us 28 overs to reach the target - a very fa ir declaratio n. We went for the runs fro m the start with SCOII Friedlander doing a Boycott, whilst the stro kemakers came and went at the other end. Unfortu nately, li ke Boycott, he was not a good judge of how fast his partners could run, and in the innings there were fi ve run outs! In fairness it must be said that less than ha lf of these were Friedlander 's fault. A middle order collapse was followed by a robust partnership between Edward Floydd and Daniel Morris that took us to the brink of victory but in the end we could only level the scores. Our final fixtu re was against Dover College U. 14 'A' team and this was won thanks main ly to a superb all round performance from William Ballenden who took half the wickets and scored over half the runs. Mention must also be made of Alex West who requ ired two wickets in his last over and duly got them both, clean bowled! Summing up, thcir cricket was never dull, frequently gripping, often absurd, but always a pleasure to umpire. R.P .B. RESU LTS K. S.C. 96, (Greenleaf 41); Du lwich 97-7. Lost by 3 wickets. K. S.C. 124 for 7, (Jessu p 62 not out ); Highgate 96 fo r 7. Match drawn. Eastbourne 64, (Mo rley 8 for 27); K.S.C. 65 for 5. Won by 5 wickets. Tonbridge 140, (West 5 for 43); K.S.C. 11 4, (Mycroft 36). Lost by 26 runs. Cranleigh 108 for 3 dec.; K.S. C. 108. Match tied. K.S.C. 122 for 8 dec., (Ballenden 68); Dover Co llege U. 14 A team 75, (Ballenden 5 for 37). Won by 47 runs. 235

THE HAYMAKERS C.C. The club has enjoyed a signi ficant revival this year and achieved the remarkable, and probably unprecedented fe of an unbeaten season. Many thanks are due to lames. Cox, the Chief .Waggo!lner, for the part that he ~as play~ ~ ensu ring that the team were well-balanced and of appropnate st~c ngth. An Impressive total of 40 staff and pupils represented the club but it was important that a loyal core of capable cTlcketers played regu larly. T he. ~ve r a ll standard was good involving numerous stirring performa nces by young and old, and there were several excltmg last-over fin ishes. ' There was disappointment when Goodnestone ca ncelled the fir st match and when the rain defeated gallant efforts to keep playing when in a st rong position against H icks Fo r s~a l. After an exce.lIent I?avilion lunch t ~e Haymakers batted soundly again st the T rinity College of Music, who then provided some sparkling middle-order battmg before collapSing as they lost their last 4 wickets for 3 runs. The K.S.C:. 2nd XI batted n~odest l y a n ~ th ~ Haymakers, having rocketed to 32 from 6 overs, were again denied the chance o f v.lcto ry by heavy. ram. A real hlghhght of tl.le season w~s the fi rs! win over Adisha m fo r 15 yea rs than ks to some good midd le-order battmg and an ext remely experienced bowhng attack In spite o f Linney's fi ne inni ngs, the total agai.nst Bev.erley lo?~ed fa r too. small while 1 .S.~. was givi ng the visitor~ a hu rricane opening pa rtnership of 54. From t l~l s lUXUriOUs posItion they fa iled .to double their score and were mapped up by Taylor's accuracy. Some competent battmg and bowhng led to a good wm over Geoffrey C haucer, and this was followed by a successful visit to Bekesbourne where the necessary run s w er~ knoc ked o ff ~y Tay lor and P .A.E.D. The main feat ure of the victory ovcr the Diocesan team was an unbeaten last-wicket partnershIp of 51 between Evison and the ageless R.P. B. Th e C hie f Waggonner batted well aga inst Barham but he was not well supported and the innings fa ded out rat her feeb ly. In spite of R.C.W.'s lack of lu ck and 1.S. H.' s lethal spell on a n alarming pitch, the home side could not be wink led out and a draw resu lted. So ended a most enjoyable, worthwhile season . T here has been a good dea l o f inte rest in Haymak ing throughout the term a nd this a ugurs well for the fu ture prosperity of the club . Regular Players: M. J . H. (P resident, 8), R. C. W. (8), H. W. Girli ng (8) , B. W. Nash (7), R. P . B. (Chairman, 6), l. N. M. Cox (Chief Waggonner, 5). l. M. C. (S""rctary, 4), l . S. H. (4). l. P. Taylor (4). M.l .H. R ESULTS

P layed 9, Wo n 6, Draw n 3. Hicks Forsta l, 111-6 det .; Hayma kers, 26-1 (rain). Drawn. Haymakers, 163-9 dec. (O liver 56); T rinity College of Music, 147 (Taylor 5-25). Won . K.S.C. 2nd XI, 11 5; Haymakers, 32-0 (rain). Drawn. Haymakers, 119-8 dec. ; Adisham , 72 (l .S. H . 4- 19). Won. Hay ma kers, 134-9 det. (Lin ney 50) ; Beverley, 107 (Taylo r 6-29). Won. Hay makers, 146; Geoffrey Cha ucer, 99. Won. Bekesbou rne, 67; Haymakers, 69-2. Won. Hay ma kers, 14 1-9 (R.P .B. 38 n.o .); Diocesan, 96 (M.J .H . 4-34). Wo n. Haymakers, 109, Barham, 6 1-7 (J. S. H . 5- 10). Drawn .

HARVESTERS' 16TH TOUR Having enterta ined the Blac kmore Valers during King's .Week, appetites ~o r West Co un t~y cr i ~ke t were duly whetted. An ugly pattern o f depressions and fronts threatened to mcrease the w~lt m g but ~ bl?ckmg high came to our resc~le so that, amazingly, we were able to play all fi ve matches. T he ext r aord m a~y hospltahty .offered ~y the Hatch fa,!, lly was ex tended to bcd-sitters a nd again included splendid breakfasts - su rely thiS must be the Ideal tourmg accommodat ion. Dreary weather greeted the Sherborne Town fix ture, which was sk ippered by R. P .B. in his 50th match . Sadly (he toss was lost and, after only three bails, we were reduced to 0-2. H .M.R. and M.J. Ha. le~ ~ wo ~ thw h.ile ret<?very but the conditions made the timing of the detlaration rather difficu lt. In the event, the OPPOSition hit a n mcreasmgly wet ball very effect ively a nd knocked off the runs in 15 less o~e r s. In spite of thi.s disappoint i.ng ~tar t , a n enjoyable evening fo llowed with Ken Jeffery's presentation for 50 years' service to ~h er bor!le cncket as the I." g hhgh~ . The n.ext day Ca nford opened wit h P. Tay lor o f Surrey 2nd XI, who duly scored an Im preSSIve centu ry. Their capt am, fea ring th.e p~esencc of G.C .A. in our team , balted on relentlessly to set us an una ttain able target. T he excellent te~ was the h lghh ~h~ of the day after whic h we ba tted soundly, pa rticularly P .G. H . a nd J .S. ~ . , t owar~s a so m~w h at pomtless draw .. Bn lilant sunshin e greeted the fo ll owing morni ng a nd enabled us to play go l f,. flVe~, tenms a nd s k l tt l ~s befo re ou r evenmg game aga inst Com pto n House. T he stirring deeds of P .l .~-S . a nd R . P . ~. l!l thiS p~rfe~ t rural settmg are repor~ed elsewhere. G .P .R. marked his 50th tour match with a splendId undefeated mOl ngs wh ich IIlcluded a four a nd a SIX off the last two balls. His shrewd ca pta incy led to a fine win in spite of a spirited r.eply by Ihe home s,ide. In a.1I this was yet a n o tl~er delightfu l occasion thanks to the hospitali ty o f Harry Brewer a nd 1m team . At Sturmm ster .Hmton w ~ met up .wlth the likes of Ma urice Geoff and Dave on a beautiful day which showed the beech trees a nd the views at their magmflcent best. A good openi~g pa rtners hip was followed by a rat her frag ile middle order which was then bolstered by a fighti l~g innings from J .S. H . Im pressive cricket from the Boorma ns reduced the home team to 57-8 but the Farley-Rowe partnership

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rospered for nearly a n hour and enabled them to hold o ul for a draw. Another blazing day of high summer saw us ~eId a batting o rder of decreasing age , with six decades represented, against Cha fyn Grove. T he innings decayed fo rlornly to 44Âˇ7 before the younger members launched a tremendous offensive to li ft us to a worthwhile total. Some competent fie lding and bowling, especially by H .E.J .A., enabled G.C.A. to lead us to a worth while victory . Thus ended another marvellous lour , marked by three partnership records and great friends hip from the Sherborne famil ies - ski tt les a nd lunch for 27 on the Tuesday will be long remembered . The firs t match next year will be our 70lh and we shall be supporting p .W.B. and a .p. R. in their quest for 100 wickets - both have 94 at present.

M.l. H. Touring Party: M. l .H . (Manager), P.G. H., R.P. B., G.P.R. , P.W.B. , M. l . Hatch, H.E.J.A., H .M. RobeTison, G.C.A., P. l . Cranston Smith, 1.W. McK. Newall , 1.S.H. , C.D. Boorman. RESU LTS

Harvesters , 1 42~6 dec. (H .M.R. 46); Sherborne Town , 144-2. Lost. Canford Outcasts, 23 1-8 dec. (P. l .C-S. 4-42); Harvesters, 157-6 (P. G. H . 56). Draw n. Harvesters, 155-3 (R .P .B. 60 n .o., P .l.C-S. 52 ret.) ; Co mpton House, 128-4 . Won. Harvesters, 182-8 (J .S .H . 61 n .o. ); Sturminste r Hinton , 109-9 (P .W.B. 4-2 1). Draw n. Harvesters, 163 (H .M.R. 48); Chafyn Grove, 121 (H .E. J. A . 5-19). Won.

R.P .B.'s 60 not out On the evening of T uesday 23 rd luly 1985 , Bob Bee arrived early at the Compton House cricket grou nd deep in the Dorset countryside to 'soak in the atmosphere'. We sensed that something was afoot. P roudly wearing his new Harvesters sweater, he accepted the invitat ion to open the in nings with a Luxmoore part nership shared by Piers Smith . T here were gasps when, with a shot that exuded confidence and aut hority, he pulled the setond ball to the boundary , thereby launching a record stand for the first wicket. Pie rs retired. Bob tried twice to retire. On the second occasion the sk ipper said ' two more overs' and then fo rgot about it. Slowly and thrillingly it dawned on the spettators that a 50 was wit hi n sight. All other thoughts were ba nished. The tension increased dra matica lly and almost unbea rably, to be released ecsta tically as Bob drove firmly to long on for what must be a fou r. But, horror of horrors , a fi elder appeared fro m behind a tree so that the broad smile and upraised bat acknowledged only 47. T he skipper's son rushed on with new batting gloves to put Bob in the picture. A ghast ly silence descended . T he batsman sensed th is and quickly put us out of ou r misery by cracking another boundary to cruise to the half-century that he so richly deserved. This was his first 50 fo r 24 years, since before he was married a nd before Piers was born . In this most memora ble of in nings, he always had the measure of the opposit ion while he accumul ated seven fours and thirty-two singles. Bob ret urned to the pavilion amid a ra pturou s reception in which Christine Hatch fi gured significant ly. This was a n eveni ng o f broad smiles. cigars and celebratory drinks. We were all proud to be present - a nd so was Eski mo Nell. See you in 2009! M.l. H.

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Athletics With ,O,nly onc week to prepare before our first home match, training starled in earnest, and early signs pointed a promlsmg season ahead. to Considering the lack of pr~season training, in the quadrangular between Duke of York, Kent College and St. Edmund' there were '!1any cred itable performances: D. Everhart. 11. 56 sec 100m; S., Seymour, 16.5 sec Hurdles; M. Zambler 5, 43.3!, Javehn; I. Gardener I S.24 sec Hurdles; E. Mbu, 13.0Im, Shot; C. White, II .S sec 100m; and J. Aboderin 1178 a, m Shot. With the sen iors and in termediates ga ining easy victories. and the juniors defeating a talented Kent COII'egc'tea , by 20 points, the King's athletics machine started to move into action. O n paper the strongest team seemed to be intermed iates, but as the season progressed the seniors proved to be the most successful. Unfortunately, although agains~ local opposit ion the juniors were domin ant, the team lacked depth, and with the exception of J. Landale they also lacked quality. Consequently it was inevitable that our two year reign as overall champions would come to an end .

With a few exceptio ns the first triangular match saw King's and Sevenoaks contest the top three places in each eVent Thank s to A. Adebajo in the Jumps, J . Bagshaw in the throws, and D. Everha rt in the sprints, King's clinched Ih~ match 11 4 to 103 points . In the intermediate age group King's margin of victory was a healthy 37 points, in which King's achieved a first/seco nd double in no less than six eve nt s. Without doubt the best field performance went to E Mbu with 44.79m in the Discus, and 13.24 in the shot. . For those who competed at the Kent A.A.A. at Crystal Palace it was a worthwhi le and valu able experience. Alllhe ath letes reached their respective fina ls, and there were several commendable performances: Seniors: J. Bagshaw 1st Discus; A. Adebajo 2nd (I.90m, a new school record) High Jump; 3rd, Triple Jump ; H. Barton 2nd, Shot; 3rd Hammer~ O. Adegboyega 3rd, Long Jump; Inters: E. Mbu 1st, Discus; C. White 2nd, 100m; J. Mycroft 6th, 4OOm; a nd S. Attwood 7th , 15OOm. The thought of travelli ng to Eastbourne was particu larly daunting considering the senior team was depleted due to a General Studies 'A' leve l. With the likes of Bagshaw, Everhart, Wright and Zamblera all abse nt, King's could nOI match Eastbourne on the day. The intermed iates and juniors, however, mai ntained their unbeaten record by diSposing of Eastbourne and Lancing emphatica lly, the intermediates winning 10 eve nts, and the juniors 11 events. The senio rs, sma rting after their first defeat, were eagerly wa iting to make amends at Parliament Hill. Competing against the might of Dulwich and Highgate a lways produces some fine athletics, and this year was no exception. With the 'A' st rings winn in g 8 of the 14 events, and the'S' strings filling positions second to fo urth on all but two occasions, King 's amassed a huge score of 179 points, and thus easily surpassed their rivals. As far as the intermediates and juniors were co ncerned, it was a d isappointing day . Below par performances in the throws, and an appalling 4 x 100 relay cost the team first place, whi le the awesome junior sides from Dulwich and H ighgate completely demoralised o ur diminutive ju nior team by 85, and 61 Yl poin ts respect ively. Allhough King's suffered their fir st overall defeat for two years, there were severa l highlights. For the seniors, J. Bagshaw 49.14m Javeli n; C. J . Brooke 52.95 sec, 400m; M. Kostering 11.52 sec, 100m; S. Attwood 2.05.05, 800m and 4.20.72, 15OOm, a ll achieved perso nal bests. T he most outstand ing per formance, however , was A. Adebajo with three personal bests of 1.90m (eq ualled school record) High Jump; 6.04, Long J um p; and 13. 18m , Triple J ump. The day was completed with two excellent relay races in which the seniors ca me within 0.05 sec of brea king the 4 x 100m record , and 0. 15 sec from setting a new 4 x 400m standard. Of the intermed iates and juniors, C. White 11. 52 sec, Inter 100m; 23.4 sec, Inter 200m; I. Gardener 14.9 1 sec, Inter Hurd les; J. Mycroft 54.8 1 sec, Inter 4oom; and J. Landale 56.52 sec, (new school record) Jun 4oom ; all produced extremely good results. The first match at Epsom was , as predicted, the toughest compet itive school fixture, and the overall standard was exceptionally high. A. Adebajo had a fine day: 1.80m High Jump, 6.02m Long Jump, and 13.07m Triple Jump, as did D. Everhart: 11.22 sec 100m, 23.3 sec, 200m: and 53.3, 400m. M. Zamb lera 47.52m and J. Bagshaw 45.46m, o nly came fourth and fifth in the Javelin, such was the quality of the athletics. As at Highgate, in the throwing events the intermediates were below their best , and without C. White and K. Phi lli ps in the sprints, King's did well to consolidate second place. Even though the juniors were without their midd le distance runners, B. Rayment and J . Lum ley, they still could not match their opponents. However, it was a considerable improvement from Highgate, and thus some confidence was restored. In the Mil k C up last year King's was one of the top schools in the cou ntry, and a lthough gain ing the tit le of Kent champ ions this year, they could on ly manage sixth in the southern regiona l fina l. Nevertheless, a ll the team competed to the best of their ability, and they thoroughly enjoyed the competit ion. The final school match was the annual Duke of York's cup, a nd with a lmost a full team , King's took revenge for last year's one point defeat from R.M.S. Dover. K. Kostering had a splendid afternoon win ning all three of his events, as did S. Attwood who lowered his personal best by over three seconds to 4m 16.9 sec. Considering he was only running 4m 54.2 sec a t the start of the season, this was a tremendous achievement. T here were also encouraging resu lt s from J .J .C. Rawlinson, who ca me within 2 cm of setting a new intermediate high jump record, and J . Mycroft (inter) who impressed by throwing the senior J avelin 35.60m. TtJe best field performance once again went to E. Mbu, for 42.84 in the Discus, and 13.35 in the shot, which incidentally beat C. Smi th, the Senio r Kent champion.

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Abstract World

Nicholas Goodwin (Sha)

The world is colourful and bright outside, Everything is too good to be true. There are no worries. Little people run about inside my head Organizing my life and mind, But they too grow old and die, Leaving blank holes that are never to be filled. These holes, like gaps in a worn, dusty road Will spread until there is nothing inside my head; Then I shall go mad. Everyone treats me well, as though I am a piece of valuable china That has rare qualities and must not be broken. Myoid friend next door was fragile, And yesterday she broke. I will never be able to talk to her about old times; NoW, she talks in short sentences, the words jumbled up, And I secretly fear that she's never seen me before. She was a year younger than me, but towards the end It seemed that senility was certain, And the little people in her head were dying like flies, Of a disease that no one knew about and no one cared for. Old age was a long way off, Why bother caring? Others just smiled and brought me things I liked. With grandchildren on my knee I realized that I did not want to go, And I feU hopeless, Because I had no power over this death Called senility.

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The Clock ticks Somewhere In the darkness Usually, annoyingly repetitive; Now, comfortingly resonant.

Robert Webb (5p)

Outside (the peace): Silent hiss of distant traffic, Movements of little breezes In the wide expansive dark. Occasional shuffle of feet Sweeping air of passing car With its tired happy occupants To another warm bed Like many a homecoming might. The Darkness outside At once Cool and open, soft and covering, Fills the night air with Its sweet pervasiveness. And little benevolent breezes Move the curtain Brush my cheek Whilst the Clock ticks Beating out the rhythm of the night.

Old love

Jonathan Ibbott (Sha)

They lived on a fairly busy main road, in a dark bricked semi-detached house, with a small back garden for their own enjoyment. They lived for life itself, knowing one day they had to pass away. What they had was their own, and they could call themselves independent. Then their children's advice was to sell up their own, and move to somewhere where they could be cared for properly, to a nursing home or somewhere like that. At the time it seemed the practical thing to do, to go somewhere where they would be safer. But they managed somehow to put their own pride at the back of their minds and to override it with sense. They forgot that the home was their life, their own little hole in society, and that in a nursing home nothing could ever fully be their own. As the selling procedures began, they realised that perhaps they would lose something to live for, something to grasp hold of and say that it was this. They went to stay with their children before they could bring themselves to mix in an entirely new society. In a way they became a burden. Life began to lose meaning; it was now merely a question who'd last longest. They thought the only thing they had was each other, and could not see the rest of the love which surrounded them. At last they moved into a nursing home; they always seemed prepared for the worst for they knew the nurses could not love them, nor could they have anything to love but themselves. He began to fade first, despite his determined attempts to stay to keep her company. She nursed him to the end with her own unfailing love. Once he was gone no more was left for her. It was merely a matter of time until she followed. The question that still sticks in my mind is what would have happened if they had kept what was theirs and been left alone by society. 240

Michael Holden (Sha)

Torture First take ye victim's dandles, And swirkle them up twice, Then ploush them on a twangle And mash them into rice. Next thlung ye by his dangle Till blatam starts to marrse Then raile him to the Seelik And drop him on ye farse. NoW pullock all his billows And knaper into three Then froll fooths from his fauttlich And have them for ye tea. If ye victim walleth not The final blop be this: Ye Sinsy all his adobmen And squookle till they hiss.

luke Dunn (Sha)

The Outsider A small boy stood in the corner, His head bowed, seemingly forced down By the barrage of words Which splashed across the form room Like ugly ink-blots. In the opposite corner A crowd of boys was the source Of the slang-clotted uproar. All seemed gathered around one Whose sizzling narrative continued unhindered: 'So then I grabbed her .. .' A shock wave of laughter caused The small boy to turn his head. Tear reddened eyes reflected his longing For equality and unity with others But his stare was soon cut short By the angry word of another. He felt his face reddening and then, Finally, his anger vented itself In a furious dash to the door, While he shouted, 'You're all the same!' Then he realized that it was true, They were all the same, Infact, he was the only one who was Different. 241

Spartacus

Robert Webb (Sp)

'Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg ... ' He writes (a history essay) 'Led the Spartacist Rising of 1919 .. .' And so on. But Karl, Rosa, who were you? What hopes, aspirations, emotions

Filled your living breasts with excitement beating? Following in the blazen, smoking, trail Of that great, vile, inspirational politician, Lenin.

You were dedicated, full of hope Like Vladimir, and that other demagogue, Spartacus. Devoting your lives! Those two, they followed, like you That eternal bright tradition of shimmering Time, Change. They wanted to change the world! Like so many others ... Marching on behind the banner Of Peace, Equality, Love ... Needing also to prove that smirking, Contemptuous goddess, Fate, Wrong. Proving thereby that they themselves Were masters of their lives,

And not (The dread fear that lurks like the unknown dark) Slaves to Fate. But you did not know and will never know that Lenin, who seemed to succeed, and Spartacus, who seemed to fail, Were, like you, confronted. You and they were thrown against a brick wall Smashing your purpose and brains out on the hard red bricks. Catch-22 again triumphed And Fate remained contemptuous For though eternal change was achieved (as always), Never in the direction that we want Never for the purpose that we need.

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Old

David Bond (Sha)

With her wedding ring loose on a bony finger, fler smile faltering, her greetings faint, That was how I saw, for the first time, My Grandmother. Before, she had been just a face in a photo; She would be raising her hand, Or stroking her dog, but now somehow, For real, she was weak. I tried to seem pleased, that week that I stayed In her jumbled old house, But in myself I was sad that She hobbled and broke things. In my mind I had seen her As sharp and alert. It was never the same, the image of Grandma; Since our meeting her picture flas been warped by my mind. Now when I go to visit my Grandmother, I am scared to ring the doorbell, In case she is dead.

Saying Goodbye

Luke Dunn (Sha)

I am alone. In the sky the stars watch me; All is still. Suddenly it is all gone, And there is only a scream, And a bright white light. Now the light is a figure, Stepping towards me, And the scream a roaf,

Of engines. My frightened mind runs away Leaving my body on its own, Unconscious.

Tentatively I venture back to awareness, To see the light retreating, in turn. I look up, unfrightened, but sad, As my eyes ache with tears That do not fall. Why? Why did they leave so soon? Then I realise, They will be back, Back for good. Smiling, I look up again At the receding light. It will be a long journey, Back to the stars. 243

Spaces

Jeremy Avis (A6b)

Looking back through curling whispered cloud I saw the blue; It was deep and dark and all consuming, Going on for ever,

And yet it's moving far away now Chased by evil dark grey blobs Of septic cotton wool. And all the little people Are spinning on their course; Their eyes are eating me And I am analysing them. There is no key to happiness, There is no key at all, I'm looking through my window, And seeing why I fall. The cloud and blue are rolling still, A paper chain on painted sea And styled proses' Calligraphy An admiration of a man, Admission comes and goes away, Confusion reigns in poetry. The wind has changed But far away there sits A sunlit land of open space And nothingness but pure blue cloud And tinged ochre spaces. The light has gone away now Life's no better. The clouds are moving still. I can sometimes ask from in the darkness What it is to die, But no one dares to give an answer Save the clear blue sky.

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Benjamin Eaton (Sha)

Forty per cent self A grey-brown hand, wrapped, withered around mine, Guided vivid wax crayons over rough grained scrap paper. Two generations apart, the hands contrasted, AS the colours and patterns on the surface differed. Old though she was, she was at the top of the graph; Time had run out. She was to step down from her throne, To slide inconspicuously to the grave, As a leaf falls from a tree to tan brown. Yet she limps along, From home to the main street, tends a cat - her son And complains about the weather. Her roses are in full bloom and so is her mind, ... when she remembers she has one. Times have changed, I guide her wrinkled hand over the fruit bowl, Dull dead colours, just visible in sunlight.

Belsen

Patrick Brothers (Shp)

The Chandeliers glistened and turned to music And while the men danced, Their cups overflowed, And amid the Golden Apple, The core rotted. The huts, drab and grey, Stood lifeless as the bodies, Strewn, decaying like the vanquished, In a sick, pointless war. The silence deafened. Those that walked - alive and dead Spread their skin on their bodies as best they could, Paper people, searching among mounds of dead for food . Caged Humans. Caged Animals. The wind rattled among them, Spitting disease. When the Animals were freed from their cages, When the cruelty ceased, When the huts were burned, Hell remained. 245

Death of a nation

Chris Kidson (A6a)

Echoing across the fields of amber, To the waters far below, As the mirror to the sunrise Hollow night begins to grow. From the shadow something beckons me; Fired by carnal hunger and thirst, I sold the children's darkest fears, Blake's rose lies cankered and burst. Gemini turns on Gemini, Pandora tries to hide. This corrupted youth's ideals Must end, in Genocide.

A Gathering

Edmund Widdowson (5p)

Sympathy drifts in the flowing poppy fields. (Thank you for all the forced smiles.) Will you write from conscience or weep for show? Forgetting fame that was forty years ago In the 120 silent counts of murder, Burying a taboo curiosity that screams 'I accuse men of stupidity, I died for honour and necessity.'

Caractacus Downes (A6b) You talk of mere reality Spouted by old, experienced fools Prolonging their worn philosophy, Cliched ideas their ancient tools, Rusty instruments of torture: Life is transient and will pass. All that is left then is culture, Fermented from so much gas. What of drunken optimism, Love casually relinquished For the sake of realism? At the end, their sanity fissured, Can they really claim to feel good To have lived for their moment, dead? 246

On reflection this has been another successful year on the athletics track. With the seniors only losing to three schools and with only Highgate and Epsom beating the intermediates, King's still remains one of the best schools in the sout h~ast. Other notable successes include Kent Milk Cup champions, winners of the Duke of York's Cup, four new school records and three Kent champions, two of which were selected for the 'All England National Schools Championship'

at Hull. This year we say goodbye to a talented group who have been inspirational to those following in their foo tsteps. Without doubt the two most outstanding athletes have been Jeremy and Ade. They have remained loyal to the club, and dedicated themselves to main taining King's reputation as an 'Athletics School'. They have performed to the highest level and have always endeavou red to set high standards. It is therefore most fi tting that they hold two school records: Jeremy 43. IOm, Discus; and Ade, 1.90m, High Jump. If Eddie and Simon can achieve half as much next year, I will be delighted. As for the other senior leavers, C. J. Brooke, D. Everhart, M. Nash, A. Mu rdoch, A. P reston, J . Wright and M. ZambJera have all performed with distinction, and to single out anyone particular athlete would be unjust. Of those who remain H. Barton, M. Fenn, M. Kostering and A. Walker have steadily improved, and should produce even better resu lts next season. With the powerful intermediates coming through, E. Mbu, S. Attwood, l. Gardener, N. Henry, J . J . C. Rawli nson and C. White ought to provide King's wit h yet another victorious senior team. Although the juniors are not particularly st rong, J . Landale, J . Aboderin, L. Dunn, R. Kabban, J . Lumley, J . Pollitt, B. Rayment, J . Walker and S. Williams, will provide a useful back up to the present Under 15s, who last year were unbeaten. Despite their lac k of experience the firs t year intermediates have competed well , and next season O. Davies , T. D'Offay , N. Edmonds, 5. Fred ricks, L. Michaels, J. Mycroft, A. Nash, M. Overton, K. Phillips, J . Ralph, and A. Vigo should improve their personal bests even fu rther, and, I hope, achieve a few school records. Finally, I would like to thank Mr. J . B. Sugden and Mr. R. C. White for their valuable assistance in coaching the team, and with Mr. P. Newbury back in the fold, perhaps next year could be even better. Congratulations to Jeremy Bagshaw and Eddie Mbu , our two National Athletes, who finished 4th and 2nd respectively to end the year on a high note. First colours were re-awarded to: J. Bagshaw and A. Adebajo and awarded to C. J. Brooke, D. Everhart and E. Mbu. G.P.G.

RESU LTS 4th May Sellior: [liter: Jllllior: Overall:

I, I, 1, I,

7th May Senior: Illter: Overall:

I, King's , 114; 2, Sevenoaks, 103; 3, SI. Lawrence, 68. I, King's, 90; 2, Sevenoaks, 53. I, Ki ng's, 204; 2, Sevenoa ks, 156; 3, 51. Lawrence, 68.;

King's, King's, King's, King's,

162; 186; 151; 499;

2, 2, 2, 2,

Duke of Vork, 127; 3, Kent College, Kent College, 11 8; 3, Duke of Vork, Kent College, 131; 3, Duke of York, Kent College, 366; 3, Duke of York,

117; 4, 51. Edmu nd 's, 57 . 99; 4, S1. Edmund's, 69. 126; 4, 51. Edmund's, 69. 352; 4, 51. Edmund's, 195.

14th May King 's v Felsted v Sutton Valence: cancelled. 17th May Milk Cup I, King's, 416; 2, Hartsdown, 373; 3, King's, Rochester; 4, Rochester Mat hs. 23rd May Senior: Infer: Junior: Overall:

I, I, I, I,

East bourne, 123 ; 2, King's, 100; 3, Lancing, 63. King's, 132; 2, Lancing, 82; 3, East bourne, 70. King's, 130; 2, Lancing, 85; 3, Eastbourne, 13. King's 362; 2, Lancing, 230; 3, Eastbourne, 206.

5th June Senior: Inter: Junior: Overall:

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Ki ng's, 179; 2, Highgate, 133; 3, Dulwich, 117Y2; 4, King Edwa rd, 72!h:. Highgate, 158; 2, King's, 141; 3, Dulwich, 137; 4, Highgate 'B', 62. Du lwich, 17 1; 2, Highgate, 148Yl; 3, King Edward, 95Y2, 4, King's, 82. H ighgate, 439!h:; 2, Dulwich, 425Yl ; 3, King's, 407; 4, King Edwa rd, 168.

8th June Kent Schools Championship, Deargate Senior: 1st, J. Bagshaw, Discus; 2nd, A. Adebajo, High Jump; 2nd, G. Seymour, H urdles. Inter: 1st, E. Mbu, Discus; 2nd, A. Vigo, Triple Ju mp; 3rd, A. Scott, Shot; 5th, M. Evans, Discus; 6th, S. Attwood, 1500m. Junior: 1st, J. Landale, Long Jump; 3rd, J. Aboderin, Shot. 247

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I, Epsom, 169; 2. Wellington, 125 Yi; 3, King's, I13 Vl ; 4, Tonhridge, 73 . 1, Epsom, 137; 2, King's, 12S Vz; 3, Tonbridgc, 112; 4, Wellington, I03 V2. I , Tonbridge, 136; 2, Wellington, 129; 3, Epsom, 12S V1; 4, King's, 88VL I , Epsom, 431 Yi; 2, Wellington, 358; 3, King's. 327Vl; 4, To nbridge, 321. 17th June Milk Cup - So uthern Regional Final I , Ga rth, 477; 2, St. Ig nat iu s. 46 1; 3, Hazelwich. 449; 4, Radcliffe, 442; 5, Alleyns. 438; 6, King's, 435 ' 7 L Park, 423; 8, Beverly, 402. ' â&#x20AC;¢ angley 29th June Duke of York Cup, Dover I , King's, 299; 2, Duke of York, 260; 3, Kent College, 245; 4, Sutton Valence, 243; 5, Cranbrook, 241; 6, Dover C II 22 1; 7, 8t. Lawrence, 192; 8, St. Edmund 's 187. 0 ege, 6th J uly Highgate Relays 2nd. 4x400m; 5th, 4 x 100m; 6th, Medley.

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Inter-House Athletics Competition The 'ne~-Ioo k' Sports Day brought many ~oys down to Birley's fo r a well-supported a nd keenly-fou ght competition Altho.ugh It turned ou t to be one of the fe'Y ram-less days.of t h~ early summer , the weather was not conducive to record: breakmg performances, and only one fell, 10 the Intermediate DIscus (E. Mbu). Nevertheless it was an enjoyable occasion with plenty of good compelition, and Broughton again ran out as easy winners. ' My thanks go to a ll concerned in the event, but particularly those masters who gave such excellent service as officials throughout a long programme.

R.C.W. RESU LTS Seniors 100 METRES: 1, Kostering (W) 11.29 sec; 2, Briggs (GR); 3, Williams (B). 200 METRES: I, Nash (LN) 24.86 sec; 2, Zamblera (B); 3, Barry (MO) 400 METRES: I, Brooke (B) 55.64 sec; 2, McCleery (OR); 3, Watkins (LN). 800 METRES: I , Everhart (MT) 2 min 11.4 sec ; 2, Preston (OR); 3, J ackson (LN). 1500 METRES: I , Fenn (B) 4 min 35.36 sec; 2, Wright (LN); 3, Oerrish (OR). 3000 METRES: I, Henry (LX) IO min 15.72 sec; 2, Ootke (OR) ; 3, Va le (B). I IO METRES H URDLES: I, Seymour (LX) 15.85 sec ; 2, Adebajo (W); 3, Moore (L N). LONG JUMP: I , Murdoch (MO) 5.70m; 2, Ryeland (B); 3, McC leery (O R) . T RI PLE J UM P: 1, Kostering (W) 11.91m; 2, Williams (B); 3, Hall (LN) . HIGH JUMP: I, Adebajo (W) 1.65m; 2, Walker (B); 3, Seymour (LX). SHOT: I , Bartlett (LN) 9.80m; 2, Oardner (B); 3, Leach (GR). D Iscus: I , Bagshaw (B) 40.30m; 2, Ba rton (MO); 3, Briggs (OR) . J AVELIN: I , Zamblera (B) 44.72m; 2, Barry (MO); 3, Smith (SH). 4 x 100M RELAY: I, Broughto n 47.41 sec; 2, Walpole; 3, Linacre. Intermediales 100 METRES: I , Mbu (B) 11.7 1 sec; 2, Rotimi (W); 3, Girling (MO). 200 METRES: I, Phillips (W) 25.99 sec; 2, Barron (LN); 3, Elam (SH) . 4()() METRES, I, MycroFt (LN) 55.47 sec; 2, Nash (MR); 3, G uy (LX). 800 METRES: 1, O'Conor (GL) 2 min 21.33 sec; 2, Gillespie-Smith (LX); 3, Overton (B). 15()() METRES, I, Altwood (T) 4 min 29.15 sec; 2, Richa rds (LX); 3, Flower (SH). 100 METRES HURDLES: I, Oardener (T) 15. 12 sec; 2, Murdoch (MO); 3, Vigo (OL). LONG J UMP: I, Lacamp (8) 5.5 Im; 2, O'Conor (OL); 3, Ga rdener (T). TRIPLE J UM P: I, Phillips (W) 11.60m; 2, Vigo (OL); 3, Barron (LN). HIGH JUMP: 1, Rawlinson (T) 1.70m; 2, Ralph (OL); 3, McCart hy (GR). S HOT, I , Overton (8) IO.77m; 2, Johns (G L) 9.80m; 3, Wheeler (GR). DISCUS, I , Mbu (8) 46.35m ; 2, SCOti (MT); 3, Wheeler (GR). J AVELIN: 1, Oirling (MO) 39.2301; 2, Mycroft (LN); 3, Gordon (OR). 4x 100M RELAY: I , Broughto n 49.36 sec; 2, Tradescant; 3, Linacre. Juniors 100 METRES: I , Kabban (LX) 12.6 sec; 2, Dunn (B); 3, Vavasour (MO). 200 METRES: I , Ursell (OR) 28.34 sec; 2, Polli tt (SH); 3, Montgomery (LX). 400 METRES: I , Landale (OR) 57.85 sec; 2, Philpott (8); 3, Ba llcnden (OL). 800 METRES: 1, Rayment (SH) 2 min 23.65 sec; 2, Floydd (O L); 3, R. Scott (MR). 1500 METRES: I , Lumley (MT) 4 min 59.51 sec; 2, Musson (T); 3, Rowsell (8). 248

80 METRES HURDLES: I, S. Williams (GR) 13.20 sec; 2, Nickolls (8); 3, Godfrey (LN). LONG JUMP: I , La~da l e (OR) 5.43m; 2, Dunn (8); 3, Kabban (LX). TRIPLE JUMP: I , Nlckolls (9) 9.88m; 2, Rayment (SH); 3, Ososanya (OR). I.JIG H JUMP' I, Walker (8) 1.45m; 2, Grey (W); 3, Floydd (GL). SllOT, I, Ashbee (W) 8.43m; 2, Boyle (MT); 3, Hogarth (MO). DIscus: 1, Abodenn (W) 26.47m; 2, R. Scott (MR); 3, Vavasour (MO). JAVELIN: I, Ballenden (OL) 29.4 101; 2, Pollitt (SH) ; 3, Martin (MT). 4 X 100M RELAY: 1, Orange 53.82 sec; 2, Broughton; 3, Oa lpin's. Hou se Championship I , Broughton 186 points; 2, The Gra nge 122 points; 3, Meister Omers 95 points. Vielor Ludorum M. Kostering (W). Alh1elics Standards Walpole .

Shultle Relays Broughton.

Boat Club A full account of the Boot Club's very successful season will appear in the next edition.

Junior Under 15 This season, after some chopping a nd changing, we put out an VIII and a IV at J .15 leve.l. One problem was obvio~s right from the start: the prev ious term, when the Lakes had been frozen for most of the time, ensu red a lack of basIc groundwork in techniq ue - and there were on ly six weeks fro m the s~a rt of term to Nott i ngh ~m: The only .hope was for a tremendous, concentrated effort - and I was far from sure thiS squad could manage It: m the. prevIous term there had been very little sense of crew discipline - of the unselfi sh team-work that must be the baSIS of any good rowing crew. Their attitude was rather too casual and sel fi sh for success a t national level. We thus owe a lot to an Eton J .15. After a pretty shambolic semi final defeat at Cambridge, this anonymous benefactor remarked 'Bad luck King's; pity it couldn't have been a bit closer'. Fro m then on they wanted to win - whatever it cost. And they started to act mo re like oarsmen a nd less li ke little boys. It was st ill a struggle against the o dds. At Thames Ditt o n, they showed they had learned to sprint we ll , but nerves and lack of experience prevented them settling down to efficient rowing qetween sprints. After half-term, ~hings started to look rather belter, with some good work on the Lakes (we ignored the taunts of the 1st VIII whC? cla imed that the coach was using a sun -dial to take the times). Even so , their technique was ha rd ly secure - bu t Nottmgha m was upon us, whether we were ready or nol. The IV had the most difficult ta sk' there was no 'B ' div isio n, so they had to compete along wit h those who row nothing bu t IVs. Not surprisingly, they went into t ~e Litt le Final- but .here, confident that they' were up again.s! crews that were in their class (which ensu red they rowed m a far more determmed manner) they came m second . I thlllk they were a shade surprised by what they could do when they went off the start determined to race to win . With the VIII, the first round was a shade nerve-racking. Would Ch ris Mitchell make it 3 out of 3? Would Keir~n manage to Araldite himself to his seat'? But at least it seemed to work (the glue, too). A good start; an early sprmt took the lead and then they settled down moving away to finish in front by four lengths, with Sh iplake, Pangbourne, Abingdon and Barn Elms disputing the other places. In the semifinal a nice early sprint took them ahead of Hampton, Shrewsbury, Radley and Oundle, and they extended their lead, winning this race too (alas, not enough notice was taken o~ how t.'le ca lm water !n lane I h e lr~ d. Ou ndle to come up to take second place). So we were now favo urites in the FlIlal, With the fastest time of the d iVISion (and one which held up well against a ny in the Shawcross C up division). Perhaps our start was a shade too relaxed - we were 4t h after 250m. Then, wit h some real length through the water, we drew up and passed Etc;)O and tl.len,Oundle. But we had not noticed that Winchester who had drawn the shelter of la ne I - almost out of View of Kmg s - had pulled ahead. 250m from home, with Wi'nchestcr a length up , King's r~ali.sed what had happened: They sprinted; every stroke pulled them further up, and Wi nchester clearly had no reply. But It was too late. At the fllmh Wmchester were still ahead, by just I V2 sees. Frust ratin g - b~t a useful lesson fo r the future. And at.le.ast we had the Runners-up medals (this year struck in memory of Desmond HIli). Everyone had also seen a most ~ hn l lmg race :- !hOl!gh that was small consolation to the crew. More consolation, I'm sure , is to look back and conSider the astoOlshmg Improvement they had made, in only six weeks. Despite the earlier doubt s, they had showed themselves to be a worthy crew. 249

Subsequent plans to pot-hunt at Bedford somehow didn't Quite materialise. Still R.M.H. has suggested that f of the crew get some experience of the National Championships in the new Stampfli coxless Four (their being al1o~ud to use that boat says a lot a bou t them!). e

The Cre ws: The Vlll: Stroke: W. Gordon-Harris, J. Phillips, G. Bird, C. Godderham, S. Welbollrn, K. Allen, C. Mitchell 8 . R. de Giles, Cox: J. Liley. â&#x20AC;˘ ow. The IV: Stroke: T. Bainbridge. C. Tothill. R. Preston. J . Gregory. Cox: D. Hemsley. Notional Championship IV: Stroke: S. Welbourn. K. Allen, C. Mitchell. J . Phillips. National Championships, 1985 The crew named above won the Bronze medals in the Junior Under 16 Coxless Four division of the National Rowing Cha mpionships of Great Britain, 1985. Th is is by any standa rds a considerable ach ievement. I should add two point s; fir stly a cox less IV is not an easy boat to row, and this crew had on ly had two weeks' training: secondly . there is no Under 15 class in the National championships - they were competing against 16-17 year old s. The winners of the silver medals were astonished when they were told the age of the erew who had very nearly caught them. To win a medal in these circumstances is obviously rema rk able - and o f course they wi ll be able to enter the same division nex t year. It's exciti ng to see this sort of talent coming up through the Boat Club.

S.J.G.

Junior Under 14 Rowi ng for the Junior Under 14s was held up by the two freeze-ups of the Lent term. Some Quad-sculling was done but only short outings a nd not very regular. ' Come the Su mmer term there was a fortnight to select, sort out seats, and train an VIII for a regatta at Cambridge. A very inexperienced crew had a straight fina l against K.C .S. Wimbledon, losing by some four lengths. Three Quads, not including those who rowed at Cambridge, had a private match with Bedford Modern School on the lakes at Fordwich. There were some keen races; the A-Quad won one of their races, the B-Quad sculled energetically, whilst the C-quad took a closer look at the bank, several times. Thames Ditton Regalia gave the VIII and the A-Quad a chance to watch crews who had the advantage of running water in the Lent term. A private match with Rad ley gave the crews a nother taste of compet ing against very well drilled crews ... All of the above excitement taking place within eleven days ! After half-term there was exactly one week to prepare for the National Schools Regatta. A decision was made to take an VIII and one Quad. Train ing every day, start ing to look hopeful. .. Co me the big day, the Quad were not able to pull it off and went out after just one race. The VIII rowing in the Na utics Cup for J unior Under 14 Eights, Class B (having not won a regatta) rowed well in their first race and had a place in the final. The li ne up for the fi nal made fo r impress ive read ing; many of the big names were there. After a reasonable start, the crew kept in touch for the fi rst half of the race, and then their lack of time on the water started to show, but they kept at it a nd were determined not to come last in the final - fin ishing a very creditable fifth. There were no more rowing events, so sculli ng, double-scu lli ng a nd coxed-pairs were to be seen with J.14s in them on the lakes most afternoons, trying to improve watermanship and generally move a boat faster than somebody else. Thank s to the ever cool and helpfu l Peter Willis, the J .14s now have two specially built Quad-sculls, which really are Quite superb - I hope those boys who sculled in them appreciated what fine boats they had. I also wish to extend many tha nks to S.W.W. and R.V.J.B. for looking after crews ; never the sa me crew twice, which meant that much patie nce was called for. The sq uad numbers thirty plus, which has made for hard work in trying to get everybody boated on Tuesday, Thursday and Sat urday afternoons, but I feel that many are shaping-u p, and, if they continue next year, will row ont o better things. Good luck.

G.W. H. Crews for the National Schools Regatta: VIII: Bow: C.1. Frew , W. J. Derouet, J. R. Gane, D. E. J. Bond, J. J . Morse, M. W. Stafford, S. T. Henderson , Stroke: E. J. Beaugic, Cox: N. J. Mitchell. Quod: Bow: R. W . H . Schafer, R. E. W. Cecil , T. P. Rose, Stroke: D. C. Doyle, Cox: E. K. van Til.

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Canoeing The main news of the term is the remarkable success of our captain , H. D. Pritchard. Before we report that, however, we should note the ot her act ivities of the term. Because of '0' levels. and the awkward timing of events, our usual su mmer programme of BCU slalom competit ions was drastically reduced - in fact to two Division 3 events at Cardington and Hambleden, in which Vye was the sole schOol paddler. By contrast there were many more visits to the sea for surfing, thanks to the interest and commitment shown by M.G.D. af!d M.R.G.P. In addit ion, A. Martin did valuable work in the first half of term bringing this term's beginners up to novice test sta ndard. We now have a substantia l body of young padd lers, some of whom took part in the Kent Schools' Slalom at Milner Court in June, and we hope to have them entered for BCU Novice events next term. Mart in was awarded Mi nor Sports Co lours at half-term. Following his promot ion to BCU Div isio n I Pri tcha rd competed at Division 1 Slalo ms at Grandtully, Washburn. and Tryweryn. T hese were also used by the selectors fo r the England Youth Slalom team, and as a result of his performance he was selected to represent England at the European Youth Championships. To begin with , there was an international weekend at Thonon-Ies-Bains, where he was placed 25th out of 33. T he fo llowing weekend, however, at the championship proper, at Spittal, in Austria he came 26th out of 11 1, and fourth out of the 12 in the England team. This was a magnificent performance, and means that Pritcha rd has established himself in the top rank of British Canoeing. All of us in the Club offer him our warmest congrat ulations. M. J. V.

Fencing In the Easter holidays Edwin Lloyd, Mark Adamson and John Rawli nson took part in The Public Schools' Epee Championships and acquitted themselves extremely well - and congratulations go particu la rly to Mark and John who came respect ively 3rd and 4th in the fi nal of the J unior Epee Championship. In J une, Mr. Gareth Stafford-D ull, coach to the Na tio nal Epee Sq uad, very kind ly came and ran an epee training sess ion for us which was greatly enj oyed by everyone, especia lly the dynamic strength-and-agility exercises! He left us with much to ponder on for the futu re, and we are greatly in his debt. The annual match against the O.K.s. took place in the lovely setting of the Green Court. Although the O.K.S., captai ned by J ohn Eden, were fewer than had been expected, they were too good fo r a depleted School team who fought very hard , winning the First Epee 7-2, but going down in the First Foil and First Sabre to lose an exciting match by 12- 15. The School second team , despite many very close-fought fight s lacked the experience of the ir opponents and were convincingly seen off in bot h fo il and epee. Both matches were very very keenly contested and gave a great dea l of pleasure to the fe ncers and to the spectators. We were particularly delighted to welcome Mr. and Mrs. Milner who are inseparably linked with the burgeoning and happy story of fencing at King's and our thanks go to Maurice for so kind ly presiding in the First Team Match. This term we say good-bye to Edwin Lloyd, our Captain of Fencing, whose unfailing good humour and notable successes with the epee have made a remarkable cont ribution to our achievements this seaso n. John Barton, a stau nch first-team epee-ist, and Ju lian Cousins, first-team sabreur ext raordinaire, and Fergus Phang a re also leaving. They have all given good service to the Club and we wish them every success in their future careers.

W.J.R.H-S. O.K.S. Match: School: E. Lloyd (Capt.), J. G. Bcndien, A. J . Wickerson, M. S. Adamson, J. J . C. Rawlinson , C . Majomi, B. M. Rayment. O.K.S. J. K. Eden (Capt.), M. Whitehead, M. A. Mortlock, Q-U-A. Rau z, D. G. Evans.

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Golf Another active a ~ ~ reasonab l y.suc~essfu l yea~ has been enjoyed by t h~ Club. We entered the Hill Samuel Seh ' Foursomes Com petition, for the fIrSt time defeat mg St. Lawrence College III the first round and Sevenoaks in the ools T he h~lders, Tonbridge. pu~ ~s out in the third.. but the best, performance was at the Knole. when we won against Sc~~~on~. on thelT home gro und. Activity gol f has continued apace In the Autumn and Summer terms at Prince's which' l oa 5 Golf Fou ndation lesso ns from the Professio nal. OUf match record was better th is season with four 'games \~nc uded three, los,t, onc of t ~e best results being aga!nst C~anleigl.l at Crowboro,ugh Beacon. Mark Ursell distinguished ~i':n~nl~ by wm mng every singles match he played Incl udmg a fme one hole victory over the experienced Tonbridge Ca c. a t ~oyal S1. S'~orge's. Our thanks ~o Frank Stanger a~d Pip Arnold for their help at the Inter-House, and to the o~~a~n Society fo r gIVIng such generous prizes. Some competitors were once again lucky enough to carry off the beautiful c k . bak~d by Anne Arnold, a ~d we must say how very gr~\t~fu l we ar~ .to her for her kindness in presenting them. ;.~! ~e~lO r C~ p was wo n by Lmac.re (Seagr3;ve! Brett) .m difficu lt conditions. It was so wet and windy that some did not flO lsh their rounds, and the Jumors were limited to mne holes. T he Hamp Cup for the best J unior score went to Luxmo for the second year running, with Rowe and Norris repeat ing their victory. ore With the qpen ~hamp i o nship a bout to begin at Sandwich as I t~pe this, a team of fiftee n boys look forward to helpin cont rol the litter m exchange for free entry and some remunerat ion. We bid farewell to the outgoing Captain Jam g Cox, and than k him for his contr ibut ions and also to John Pridd le, J ohn Ryeland and Edward Brett. All are'jo ini~S the O.K.S. Golfin g Society. Mark Vrsell is appointed Captain for 1985-86. g J.J.D.C. The/ollowlIIg played/or the team: J N. M Cox (Capt.), M. W VrseJl , P. J Q. Greenleaf, J. V. Priddle D S Tay lor, J . P Ryeland, S. Rowe, P. A. Norris, Alison Ruckert, E. J T Brett, A. J . H . Knight, P. A, Adam~on: S: G. Calth rop, S. J. S. Ursell , A. P. N. Fullman, Full Colours: J. N. M. Cox, M. W. Vrsell. Minor Sports Colours: J . V. Pridd le. RESULTS P layed 7, Won 4, Lost 3. v Cranleigh. Won 4-2. v St. Lawrence, Won SYi-V2. v Seven oaks. Lost I-S. v Common Room. Won 2- 1. v Tonbridge. Lost I-S. v Common Room. Won 2- 1. v O.K.S. Lost 2-3.

Sailing T he begin ni ng of term brought a bout the overhaul of the fleet. T he severe winter had taken its toll and the boats needed t.h ~ i r annlfal in ~pect i.o~ . Nevertheless with the bas i ~ infrastr ucture of the club set out , the squad was able to sta rt tra lOmg. With this trammg, the team was able to gam some notable victories. In the term we have had seven matches of which three were won. Interest has been generated fo r sailing this term and many n~w ~aces appeared at Westbere. T he new Toppers have improved and developed many techniques and talents a mong the Ju mor members of the club . One of the most noticeable victories which deserves a mention was against Kent College. Sailing in a gusty Force S the team managed to win two of the three races to clinch a victory, thanks to the skill of Adamson and Burrell which they have .shown th roughout the term. Colours have at last been made possible and were awarded to the Captain. Finally, I wou ld hke to than k Mr. Durgan on behalf of the club for all the time a nd effort he has given. JONATHAN GOSLI NG.

The teCjm was drawn from: Gosli ng, Burrell , Adamson , Fullman, Charlesworth, Godley, Morris, McCully, McClymont, Elam, Bird . RESU LTS v Kent College (H). Won 2- 1. v St. Dunstan's (A). Lost 1-2, v Dover College (H) . Won 2-1. v S1. Dunstan's (H). Lost \ -2. v T onbridge (A) . Lost 0-2 . v Kent College (A). Drawn I- I . v S1. Law rence (H) . Won 2-0. 252

Shooting Due to bad weat her earlier this term and then the lack of transport, we only managed to get to the Hythe ranges twice, but it was well worth while. The prospect of having to hit something at three or fo ur hund red yards, instead of twenty-fi ve, came as a shock 10 some people but having shot the now nicknamed 'elephant gun' a couple of times they soon realised that the bullet might actually hit the target. Andrew Sherwood showed us that his .22 shoot ing was nothing to go by a nd promptly prod uced some very much higher scores, Campbell Donald still seems to hit the bu ll most of the time, whi le for some others the extra distance seemed to make all the difference. Entertainment on the journey to a nd from the range was provided by H ugo Barton, who also proved to be a very good shot. At the end of term we see the loss o f J ohn Whitt lesea from the team, but we hope fo r some new recruits next term to help make up an under- 16 team to join the fir st team at Longmoor next term for the big competition there. Our thanks go to our coach, R.S.M. Booth , and to SI. Lawrence College for booking the ranges, GERARD MORR IS.

Swimming Owing to the need for a major overha ul the Kingsmead pool has been unusable since the new year. We therefore arrived back at school after a decadent Easter holiday without the benefit of the usual Lent term training. As if this were not enough the boilers in the school pool broke down in protest a t the weather a nd icebergs began to form on the pool sur face. The Swim ming club, however, is not so easily deterred, and 50, complete wit h wetsuits, we began a nother enjoyable season. Despite Mr. Thane's fitness training sessio ns on land, we arrived at our first match against Du lwich fee ling very unfit and without actuall y having been in a pool at all , Although there were some excellent performances - notably Jeremy Go rdon's I length freestyle record - the overall resu lt was not too good. We lost comfortably in all the age groups except the V.16s which went on to prove to be the strongest team throughout the season, Due to the continued fa ilure of the pool heating it was some weeks before we were able to have any real training, and the ride down to J ,K.S. became a regular fixt ure until their heating broke down as well , Ou r fi rst home match against Westminster had to be staged at J .K,S. a nd we managed to beat them as usual hav ing picked up quite a few points on the shorter events. Bill Murch swam especially weil, despite his shoulder problems, and we were pleased to weic?me. Paul Ch~ ntr y to his regular place in the butter fl y event. In the V. 16 match Steve Grimes began to show his dom ma tlon as a first class breastst roker - he only lost one race all season , a nd this with a n effortlessness which was more than fru strating to many people - especially his captain. The T ria ngular match against Eastbourne and St. Dunsta n's taught us some hard lessons. Despite our new st rip and sw imming caps we were outclassed in almost every event by a series of talented sw im mers who had the great advantage of year round tra in ing facilit ies - the match was really rather emba rrassing. T he Bath Cup this year was not the usual big event. We have neit her the class of sw im mers nor the time to train that we had two years ago when we won. However, it is always a day out for the senior members of the club , and also a cha nce to meet old rivals and size up the opposition. As usual a good time was had by all , T he next match was at home against St. Lawrence, our fi rst match of the season in the Blare's pool, and it rained. Performa nces, however, were in no way hindered , the V .16s winning easily and the seniors by one point on the freesty le relay. Guy Dunn swam a n excellent length of butterfly, beat ing some stubborn opposition, but then fe lt obliged to pull out half way through the indiv idual medley in to the waiting a rms of nearby life guards. The girls, however, were not so lucky, managing to make it through the whole match without winning a race. It must be said, however, that this is one of the most enthusiastic girls teams that we have seen in years. Under the a ble leadership of Lucy Dixon-Clarke many trained in the cold, and Karen Bleasdale proved an able breaststro ke. Our penultimate ma tch was away with our old rivals Tonbridge. They had looked excellent at the Bath Cup and we were not to be disappointed. It seems that at last they have realised what a superb pool they are lucky enough to have, and have decided to make full use of it. One noteworthy performance was that of J immy P rice in the backstroke. Put in as a last minute ext ra, he went on to beat some strong co mpetition: if only he had told us before it might have saved a few headaches. Bobby Morse performed well for the V. I Ss , leading a team which, if not overladen with stunningly good swim mers, is bubbling with ent husiasm, easily the most important attribute of a King's school sw im mer. 253

Our last match of the seaso n was a gentle wind down against Sutton Valence, all teams winning except the U (who lost by only 2 points). Hay was impressive on both breaststroke and butterny. Tim Briggs's results ShoUldl~s mentioned as his backstroke continues to impress and challenge other schools. e Finally, I should li ke to thank Mr. Thane for all the hard work he has put in over the five years he and I have b in the club. It is not easy being the Master in Charge of a major sport requiring as much time as this - his dedicat~en and good humour have been much appreciated. IOn Huw BEAUGII1. RESULTS

U.14. Played 2, Won I, Lost I. V.15. Played 5, Won I, Lost 4. V.16. Played 6, Won 3, Lost 3. Senior. Played 6, Won 3, Lost 3. Girls. Played 3, Won 0, Lost 3. Two fixtures, against Kent College and R.M .S. Dover, were lost due to bad weather and boiler fa ilure. Tlte following colours were awarded: 1st Colours: Jimmy Price, Guy Dunn. 2nd Colours: Sim on Brook, Paul Chantry, Steve Gri mes, Bill Murch, David Watkins. Girls' Colollrs: Lucy Dixon-Clarke. Girls' 2nd Colours: Karen B1easdale, Lucy Flint.

Tennis With a very large number of enthusiastic tennis players, especially in the Lower School, this has been an excellent term, both in the quantity and quality of the tennis played. The Monday coaching sessions have continued to be popular and beneficial, with Mr. Ken Wherry's careful guidance producing top spin backhands from tentative prods and service actions from utter chaos! Sad ly, at the lower end we have not been able to provide for everyone who wanted to play but I am hopeful of acquiring more coaching help next year, which should alleviate the problem. In addition, the Birley'~ courts shou ld be resurfaced fair ly soon, and new courts always bring out extra enthusias m from those using them. The 1st VI has been one of the strongest that the School has ever had. Spearheaded by Gary Smith, winner of the Kent Under-IS title last summer and a county mens' doubles player in recent weeks, the side lost only one of its friendly matches, to Sevenoaks, early in the term and before the best pairings had been found. Even when Gary was not playing, the standard of tenn is was very high. The games of Matth ias Kostering and Simon Stuttaford blended splendidly and they lost on ly twice. Alistair McFie provided excellent support for Gary and they won all their rubbers with something to spare. Alistair also brought the best out of various other partners, who rapidly learnt that unforced errors are just not in his game. We had a few problems findin g a sound third pair early in the season, but James Cunli ffe played enthusiastically throughout the term, and very well in the later matches. Thirteen players have represented the 1st VI at different times, and, with al least eight of them remaining next year, prospects for 1986 are bright. Run basically as a club, with Sunday afternoon practices, the 2nd VI has been represented by a variety of players. All have played well at times and badly at others, but the spiri t has been good throughout. My thanks to Mr. Wainde for his considerable contribution in organising the team and looking after matches, and we all hope that he will be happy to cont inue next year. The junior teams had poor results early in the term, but played much better in the later matches. As most of the players were a year younger than their opponents, due to a lack of good Under- 16s, I am confident that there will be a general improvement next year. Certainly I have never dealt with keener groups than this year's under-1 4s and under-15s, and enthusiasm is the major factor that has made the term so enjoyable. In the Inter-House Competit ions, Broughton retained the Junior Knock-out Cup, with Linacre winning the senior one. The League fu nctioned very well, thanks to the efforts of Mr. McConnel, and the eventual winners were Galpin 's. The season came to an end with two enjoyable, real 'friendlies', both played in superb weather. Despite the heat , a mature Common Room side (some members with on ly loose Common Room connections it must be admitted!) showed the youngsters how to play mixed doubles, but the School evened things up by win ning the men's matches. The O.K.S. match took its now regu lar pattern, with men' s and ladies' doubles played in the morning and mixed in the afternoon. The match provided our first two pairs with excellent pract ice for the You II Cup , and everyo ne with good entertainment and pleasant company. Finally my thanks to everyone co ncerned with tennis this term, especially to those mentioned above, both staff and players, and to Mr. Woodley who has provided, as always, first-class opposition for the best players and encouragement for the worst. C.l.R.l. 254

(Above) THREE IN ONE (James Price) (Below) GIRLS' TENNIS TEAM (Leit to right) Catharine Walsh, Annabel Roberts (Capt.), Tessa Williamson, Charlotte Hare (stal/ding), Christina Albin (seated), Sophie Lumsden. Absent: Amanda Hope-Mason. (Ken/ish Gazette)

Tile following rep!es:nted 'he Scho.f!J: . • . • . • • . 1st VI: G. S. Smith (Capt.j, M. Kostermg • A. J. M. McFle • j, N. W. Cunhffe ,S. P. Stuttaford ,A. W. Hardmg +. A. J . Barron + . D. M. Andrews + . A. Bocresion. A. T. Vinton, P. O. A. Thomas, D. S. Tay lor, C. E. J. Brandt. *)st colours + 2nd Colours 2nd VI: A. Bocresion, D. S. Taylor, D. M. And rews, D. O. Stocks, P. L. Eva ns, O. Elliot, C. P. J. Flower, M. \V. Ursell. P. E. Gotke. M. R. Moore, A. J. H. Knight, p, O. S. Lawton. Colts VI: A. T. Vinton, P. O. A. Thomas, R. Kher, N. H. J. Bishop, C. P. J. Flower, A. R. Linfarth, F. O. Webb, C. M. pope, O. J. Laurence, S. P. Stllttaford. C. H. H. Darley. Jllllior Colts VI: J . J. Lumley. C. M. Pope, F. O. Webb, O. D. Scott, R. C. Scott, A. C. H. Johns, O. J . V. Evans, E. J. Beaugie, J. J . Astle. RESU LTS

lsi VI: Glal/vill Cup Round I (H) v Simon Langton. Won 2- 1. \I S1. Edmund 's. Won 3- 0. Kel/t Filial (A). \I Sevenoaks. Lost 1- 2. \I Eltham College. Lost 0- 3. \I S1. Dunstan's College. Won 2- 1.

Friendlies: v Dulwich (A). Won 5-4. v Sevenoaks (A) . Lost 3 Vz- 5 Y2 . v Simon Langton (A). Won 4- 2. v Eastbourne (H). Won 7- 2. v Kent College (H). Won 6Vz- 2Vl. v S1. Edmund's (A). Won 7 Vl- 1 Vl. v Dover College (H). Won 6- 3. v SI. Lawrence College (A). Won 7-2. v Sutton Valence (A). Won 5- 4. v Tonbridge (H). Won 31h-l Vl. v St. Edmund's (Singles) (H). Won II - I.

2nd VI: v Dulwich (A). Lost 0- 9. v Sevenoaks (H) . Lost 3-6. v Kent College (H). Won 9- 0. v Dover College (H). Won 5Yz-3V:. v S1. Lawrence College (A). Drawn 2- 2. v Tonbridge (H). Lost 1YZ-4 VZ. v St. Edmund's (A). Won 8- 1. Colts VI: K.C,L. T.A. Under-16 Cup

Junior Colis VI: v Dulwich (H). Lost 0- 9. v St. Ed mund's (H) . Won 5 Vz- 3 Vz . v Tonbridge (A). Lost 4- 5.

Round I v Judd (A). 3-3 Won on sets. ROllnd 2 v Skinners (A). 3-3 Lost on sets. Friel/dUes v Dulwich (H). Lost I Vz - 7 V2. v Sevenoak s (A). Lost Vz-8Vz. II Simon Langton (A). Won 4 Vz- l VI. v Eastbourne (H). Lost 2V2 - 6 Vl. v Sutton Valence (A). Won 5- 4. v Tonbridge (A). Lost 4-5.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS' CHAMPIONSHIPS Our excellent record in the Youll Cup (five quarter-finals and one semifinal in the last eight years) was maintained with another run into the quarter-finals. After a straight forwa rd 2-0 win over Wellingborough, we met Tonbridge in the second round. Alista ir McFie and James Cunliffe won the seco nd pairs' match comfortably, but the first pair of Gary Smith and Matthias Kostering met a Tonbridge pair in inspired form. After two and half hours of thrilling tennis, during which they saved two match points, Gary and Matthias emerged as victors, 6-7, 7-6, 10-8. In the third rou nd Sutton Valence were our opponents. Our first pair won easily, but, after winning the first set 6-0, Alistair and James faded and suffe red an unexpected defeat. In the deciding singles Gary overcame the effects of severe cramp to put us into a quarter-final against Nottingham High School. They were able to fie ld the same team that reached the fi nal last year , so our task was formidable. After a spirited fight in the first set, Alistair and James were beaten by an excellent second pair, and Gary and Matthias succumbed to the first pair after three hard-fought sets. Our completely untr ied pairin g of Andrew Vinton and Ricky Kher gave an excellent account of themselves in the under-16 Thomas Bow l. They beat pairs fr om K.C.S. Wimbledon (10-8 in the third set) and Sevenoaks, before losing on ly 7-5, 6-4, in the round of the last sixteen, to a pair fr om Eton who went on to reach the fin al. Gary Smith leaves us this term aft er five years of first team tennis. His high class play has been an inspiration to everyone, and his good sportsmanship has shone out at a time when 'ba ll and racket abuse' have sadly become part of the tennis scene. Th is year he has represented the Kent men's team, and the Public Schools in it s annua l fi xture with the All England Clu b. Our good wishes for further success go with him . C.l.R. l .

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Girls' Games TENNIS After initial hesitation, we adopted the most natural-seeming pairings with Annabel and Amanda Christina and T from last year's learn, and newcomers Charlotte and Catharine . A ll 1st VI learn members were ~f a similar sia dessa and the resu lts of inter-team games reflected this; the order of the pairings was therefore not very important." ard ~nnabel and Amanda ~ I ayed some exciti n~ tennis but sometimes were not secure enough in defence to win the im rta l POints. Too ma ny of their games ended with a double fault or a loose fore hand. Tessa and Christina were pr~ the most consistent pair a nd played some good attacking tcnn is, preferri ng to volley from the net than rally from3 th Y baseline. OU f 6b pair impressed us with their technique and formed a solid partnership. e We had a successful season, winning all but two of our fr iendly matches. In the 1st Rou nd of the Aberdare C we had a very close match with Folkestone G.S. and Ashford but we emerged the winners on games. In the 2nd Roun&> we played Benenden first when they were already warmed u p after beating Black heath High. We conseq uently lost 0 3' but reversed that score agai nst Blackheath when we ourselves had warmed up. - , Our 2nd VI won 3 matches and lost 4. The girls played tenaciously and deserved their wins. T he losses weren't unexpected aga inst Ashfo rd and Benende n, but the games were enjoyed.

The season ended with a mixed match aga inst Simon Langton, the Common Room match and the O.K S match ~hich again was a most enjoyable even t, men's and women's doubles bei ng played in the morning and mixed doubles III the afternoon. JAW. The 1st VI: Annabel Roberts (Copt.), and Amanda Hope-Mason; Charlotte Hare and Catharine Walsh ' Christina ' Albin and Tessa Williamson. The 2nd VI: Sophie Lumsden and Joanna Whittington; Camilla Davies and Edwina Paine; Lucy Hoare and Iona Hay. The/ol/owing also played: Helen Davis, Katie Woodcock, Samantha Hardingham, Veronica Bircher, Katherine Bird, Karen Bleasdale. The Inter-House Cup was won by Catherine Walsh and Sa rah Ho lden for Broughton against Luxmoore. Colours were awarded to: Annabel Roberts, Amanda Hope-Mason, Ch ristina A lbi n, Tessa W illiamson. RESULTS

1st VI v Kent College. Won 8-1. v Sevenoaks. Won 5-4. v Ashford. Lost 4-5. v Simon Langto n. Wo n 7- 2. v Dover College. Won 7-2. v Benendcn. Lost 4- 5. v Cranbrook. Won 2Vl-Y2 . v Q. E. Faversham. Won 3- 1. Aberdare Cup

2nd VI v Kent Co llege. Lost 4- 5.

v Ashford. Lost 1-8 . v Simon Langt o n. Won 6-3. v Dover College. Won 9- 0. v Benenden. Lost 0- 9. v C ra nbrook. Lost 1-2. v Q. E. Faversham. Won 3- 1.

Round J lost to Fo lkeslone 1-2. beal Ashford 2-1. (Winners overall on games).

Round 2 lost to Benenden 0- 3. beat Blackheath H.S. 3-0.

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THE STRUCTURE OF BOYS' SPORT In the April issue of The Contuarion, Jeremy Bagshaw and Mark Edwards wrote to express their concern over the issue of 'Major' sports and unreasonable pressures on versatile Games players. This has been a matter of concern, too, 10 many masters, and had in fact been raised on many occasions during the Lent Term. Subsequently there has been considerable debate, both formal and informal, at various levels, over Games policy, cu lminating in the decision to adopt a structure which, it is hoped, will be clearer for all to understand. Although the issues causing most concern were related to the Lent Term, it seemed appropriate not to view that term totally in isolation, but to put it into an overall context. To begin with , one must have in mind the kind of philosophy one is trying to express. It would not be appropriate here to list all the aims and objectives associated with the Physical Education programme in a school. Essent ially. we are primarily concerned with trying to provide purposeful, structured activity for all boys. There is of course a vast n umber of sports that could be made available, eac h with its ow n requirements in terms of skills, motivation and so o n. There are a lso varying levels of interest, ability and motivat ion among boys, accord ing to the particular appeal, o r requirements of a sport. The constant problem is to provide sufficient scope in the programme for all boys to find an 'out let' in sport, but also to try to ensure that neither the least able nor the most able are neglected. To offer to a ll boys the choice from all possible sports avai lable within the school may therefore seem an attractive proposition. However in doing that one creates an unstable system that fluctuates too easily according to demand and which would be difficult to staff. It is also a system that has a disastrous effect on team standards. Outstanding sportsmen do not just 'materialise'. Although they start off wi th a certain amount of ability, it has to be nurtured. Such sportsmen are at the apex of a pyramid, and to produce them there must be a solid base, in terms of participants at a lower level, particularly in team sports. Also, of co urse, the number of boys within an intake of 120 or so boys who do possess natural sporting talent is limited, and to offer 100 many choices of sporting activity would mitigate against the production of excellence in each sport. One must therefore compromise, between a system geared towards team success in a very restricted number of sports, and one that would offer the broadest possible choice, but where team success is of little consequence, for neither extreme is desirable. Logically one must make awkward decisions about the number of sports one can offer, and at what level. By what criteria, however, does one select a sport as more suitable than another? Relevance to local or national sporting patterns? Degree of expertise of staff? Numbers of staff available to teach/coach? Numbers of pupils that can be accommodated? A properly balanced curriculum? Cost per head? Facilities? The 'image' of the sport? Clearly some are more relevant than others, but all might come into play, perhaps together with others not mentioned. Whichever are chosen, it is important that any sport in the curriculum a llows for boys of all levels of ability. There shou ld be competition at various levels of skill and commitment, from House leagues, through Inter-House competitions, to School teams, the standards of which shou ld be high , a nd then beyond to County, A rea and Natio nal representatio n. There shou ld, however, also be scope for the complete novice to be taught fresh sk ills, and fo r purely recreational sport for those who prefer that approach, particularly in the Sixth Form. With regard to seeking an overall structure, it is felt vital fo r emphasis to be placed on certai n sports, a nd on achieving team and ind ividual success in those, whilst others have the opportunity to nou rish, though perhaps they might have to recognise that their ambit ions may have to be a little more modest. This is the great strengt h of the present situation in the Autumn term. It is also felt vital that boys are committed to a sport, and not a llowed to 'play the fi eld', and 'dabble' at too many. This would appear to be the strength of the present arrangement in the Summer term. That is not to say, however, that a boy should not be able to do more than one sport, which is clearly unfair on the very talented a llrounder. However, his choice should be limited , rather in the way we limit choices in academic subjects by our option schemes, and an order of priorities very clearly established, With regard to the problems of the Lent Term specifica lly, ou r options were: i) Maintain the Status Quo. Very few wanted the present confused situation to continue unaltered. ii) Make Soccer the single Main Sport. This proposition was co nsidered as untenable as maintaining Hockey as the sole Main Sport, for the same reason - that there are not sufficient members of staff available to run the number of teams or groups necessary to just ify its status . iii) Make Rugby the Main Sport fo r two terms, the concomitant of which would be three term Rowing. Concern was expressed at the ethos of the school should th is become reality, but in any case, to have any sport as a Major Sport for th ree terms would be undesirable, for this, together with the loss of an alternat ive to rugby in the Le nt Term, would mean narrowing the curricu lum too far. iv) To make Hockey and Soccer the Main Sports, alongside Rowing. T his assumed that each would work wit h one group of boys in each year, running one, and perhaps occasionally two teams per year up to Sixth form , and a 1st, 2nd and possibly 3rd XI. This makes good lise of the staff presently in the school. Its further attraction is that no sport is lost; the scale of activity of each is mere ly adjusted. Balance and widt h in the curriculum is ma intained, and boys have more choice. It is certain, however, that each sport would have to accept the loss of some talented boys to the other. 257

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Ir has been decided, therefore, to adopt the fo llowing structure from September 1985:

'Major' Sports 'Second' Sports

AUTUMN TERM Rugby

LENT TERM

Hockey Soccer Rowing Cross-Country Fencing

SUMMER TERM

Cricket Rowing

Sculling Athletics Cross-Country Tennis Fencing Swimming 'Minor' Sports Squash Rugby Sevens" Canoeing Badminton Sq uash Sailing Basketball Badminto n Golf Golf Basketball Badminton Canoeing Golf Judo Sailing Ca noeing etc. Judo Sailing etc. Judo etc. . The labelling of a sport as Major, Sec<?nd or Min?r has essentially administrative convenience. They have no Sign ificance 10 terms of colours awards these will be considered sepa rately - nor are they meant to signify that any SPOrt . IS more, or less, worthwhile than another. Their signifi cance is as fo llows:

'Major' and 'Second' Sports i) These are offered as Games choices for all boys in the Shells, Removes and Fifths, who must choose a full-time Sport (There will be no 'Pool' Games). . ii) Priority in selection proced ure is given to the Major Sport(s), who may see all Shell pupils, where necessary and select from them. ' iii) Fixtures in these sports are mainly on Saturdays.

'Minor' Sports i) These ~re included (except Rugby Sevens - see later) , ~n additio n to Major and Second Sports, in the Games options for the Sixt h for m, who are expected to choose a full-time sport from all of those available. ii} For boy.s below the Sixth form, inter-house compet itio ns, school team pract ices and fixtures in these Sports may take place III 'non-Games' time, for example lunch-times, after school or during 'Activities'. iii) Fixtures in Minor Sports will mostly not take place on Satu rdays, and will be limited in nu mber. iv) Minor Sports may also be purely recreational in nature. "Rugby Sevens is included as a Minor Sport only because training will take place for school squads in the Removes and above during Thursday 'Activities'. It is recognised, however, that it is a very importa nt feature of sport for the school and therefore boys from Major and Second sports will be released from other commitments to play in tournaments. (The House Sevens tournaments will take place in the Autumn term). The implementation of th is scheme entails certain provisions: i) Trials and Select ion procedu re in the Shells for Major and Second Sports will be agreed by the Head of Games and Masters i/c the relevan t Major Sport(s}. ii) No boy may represent the school at more than one major spo rt. and at no morc than two sports from any category per term (not including Rugby Sevens). A boy wishing to do an additional Sport to a Major Sport must have the agreemeni of the Master i/c his Major Sport. Where no Major Sport is involved, the Master ilc the Second Sport must agree, and if it is a question (as occasionally, with Tennis and Swimming for example) of two Second Sports, both Masters ilc mu st agree. Majo r and Second Sports take precedence over Minor, but masters in charge of these sports are expected to allow boys reasonab le scope for an additional, Minor Sport, where possible. iii) In the case of a boy being a possible first choice selection for two Majo r Sports, he himself would decide between them, although if he were perceived to have considerably more potential in one than the other, he would be expected to choose that in which he had greatest potent ial. iv) Similarly, a boy who is a 'fringe candid ate' in a Major Sport, but a stro ng rirs! choice in a Second Sport would be expected to join the Second Sport. v) A boy may, exceptionally. ask for a Minor sport to be considered as a full-time Games choice in the Shells Removes o r Fifth . . vi) Any disputes are to be referred to the Head of Games. vii) Having made a decision regard ing a choice of sport. a boy will be expected to keep to it for at least a term. Such a structure tack les the problems of the Lent Term. with the min im um of disruption to the present system. An additio nal concern to all masters has been the overcrowding of the Lent Term fixtures - both at Inter-House and School level. An attempt will be made to reduce the burden on boys invo lved by reducing Ho use competitio ns, or moving them away from the Lent Term where possible. School matches lost to the weather will not usually be re-arranged. Thi s combined wit h the limits imposed on the number of school tea m sports an in div idual can do, should ease the b urde~ of the talented all-round Games player. This is not to say that the needs of others have been ignored however. Adequate provisio n will st ill be made fo r boys of lesser ability - indeed they ought to benerit from the increased cho ices available.

R. C.W.

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KING'S WEEK 1985 HAMLET A successful production of Hamlet depends, above all, on the quality of its leading actor; Ihis one was lucky indeed to have Luke Goss in the title role. Any initial difficulties encountered in taking seriously a teenaged tragic hero clad in baggy black breeches were to be swiftly dispersed. Luke Goss's Hamlet compelled attention from his first entrance onwards, standing alone and silent amongst a crowd of chattering courtiers, dressed in black amidst a riot of colour, staring out at the audience while the others directed their efforts inwards . Luke Goss portrayed Hamlet as a man who, in putting on an 'antic disposition', was seeking not only to mislead the courtiers around him but also perhaps to allay his own doubts about his sanity. This was a Hamlet who had long since lost control. His jerky energy, as witnessed in his furious throwing of a goblet against the wall (a regrettably light-weight goblet) and in his half-angry half-passionate wrestling with his mother upon her couch, seemed to be an attempt to siphon off the strength which should have been used in avenging the murder of his father. Violent sexual energy seemed to pervade Elsinore. Not only were we made aware of Hamlet's incestuous feelings towards his mother, but his paradoxically misogynist desire for Ophelia and her own repressed sexuality (coming to the surface in the mad scenes) were also apparent. The brutal physical reality which persists in breaking through the trivia of court life was a theme near the core of Mr. Andrew Dobbin's production. The gravedigger scene, with Hamlet not only fingering the skull of Yorick but also fighting with Laertes over (in both senses) the body of Ophelia, that in which the fleeing Prince is captured and kicked by the camp Osric (a minor part convincingly acted by Chris Madigan) and finally, the horrors of V.ii. were all vigorously played. And, for the most part, the acting was remarkably good. Perhaps Luke Goss's outstanding portrayal of Hamlet did make the Prince stand apart from the Danish Court even more than could be desired, but as the performance continued, other players began to show more confidence. Sophie Lumsden's Ophelia progressed from a rather mannered beginning to a very powerful presence indeed in the mad scenes . The embarrassment that is sometimes to be seen when young actors are asked to portray the extremes of emotion was totally abse nt here. Darren Everhart's gravedigger was a most assured performance, confident enough to cope with the onset of rain with a wholly in-character shrug of the shoulders. Such minor parts, serving rather to intensify the tension produced by the tragic process than to alleviate it, were almost uniformly well-played. Stephen Taylor's magnificently over-the-top player King, sweeping his cloak about him as he declaimed, was especially memorable. The visual effect of the play had obviously been thoroughly considered. Striking tableaux were created with full use being made both of the stairs and balcony of the science laboratories behind the stage, and of Sybilla Martin 's dramatic hangings. During Hamlet's first soliloquy the rest of the court was frozen on the steps above his head, making visual what was verbal: his alienation from the society in which he lives . Similarly as Ophelia, dressed in white, kneels on the stage pretending to pray, a spotlight played on Hamlet cavorting manically far above her head on the balcony; a juxtaposition which could be read with Hamlet symbolising the forces of energy which, as Polon ius's obedient daughter, Ophelia tries unsuccessfully to suppress . Faults were few, and probably largely attributable to first night difficulties. Some were still gabbling their lines, others finding it hard to restrain their eyes from wandering to the audience . Claudius, while impressively regal, lacked the flexibility to produce a credibly guilt-racked soliloquy . And while the electronic music (composed by Andrew Ford ham) produced a marvellously eerie atmosphere for the Ghost, the electronic treatment of the Ghost's voice rendered it hard to make out what Stephen Taylor was act ually saying. 259

Such minor quibbles aside, this was a very fine production of a very difficult play. Adr . cut, it held the audience's attention even through the showers of rain which punctuated the ~ltly night. IrS[ CAROLlNE SAMUELS.

THE MAYOR OF ZALAMEA Although the seventeenth century Spanish dramatist Calderon is one of Spain's premie playwrights - arguably the greatest - his work is rarely seen in England. His world and value~ are austere and alien, the code of conduct, based on an inflexible hierarchy of duty as subservience underwritten by the absolute imperatives of honour, appears superhuman and unattractive in a liberal democracy. Where Shakespeare's characters are forever questioning and ultimatel insecure, Calderon's are forever affirming and intractable in their beliefs, confident in thei~ identity. Pedro Crespo - the wealthy peasant protagonist of The Mayor of Zalamea, knows who he is. Unfortunately so do all the other characters, and this makes for a theatre that is essentially antagonistic in mechanism and declamatory in style. Equally unnerving for a modern producer of Calderon is the peculiarly hybrid nature of his medium, the comedia: there is a carnivalesque anarchy about the way he juxtaposes types, styles, tones and chords so that the dominant is difficult to define, and the audience, solicited, in quick succession, by so broad a range of sentiment, is wary of reacting frankly for fear of being caught wrong-footed. Here we had the bawdy, the pathetic, the solemn and the irreverent, Isabel's lament after she has been ravished, Don Mendo's ritualistic Platonic eloquence which he and the Captain appear able to turn on like a tap, the whole interspersed with dubious serenades and musical ditties. In the character list we find a rich selection of theatrical types of the day: impoverished Quixotic nobleman, ruffians, cantankerous old soldiers, querulous servants and - in this highly chauvinistic universe - women who are either lovable whores (La Chispa) or virtuous, outraged, and eventually consigned to a convent (Isabel). And we even have the King in person, a ubiquitous pantomime Mr. Fix-it, the deus ex machina who will contrive a tidy ending and stamp the royal seal of approval on Crespo's expeditious justice. The result of all this is that foreign versions of Calderon - and particularly English ones - can only make Calderon palatable by trivialising and deflating. The ponderous character mantle splits at the seams to reveal 'arrogant sons of bitches' , 'tarts', and 's···s'. All eminently relatableto. The original restrained rhetoric - which probably was the only unifying factor - is gone. But the play is still left. And it is, fundamentally, not very funny at all. There may be zest and verve in La Chispa's foul mouth, absurdity (relished and enhanced by Julian Cousins's strutting and flourishing) in Don Mendo's starchy starveling aristocrat, but La Chispa's jokes about torture are sinister, Nuno probably never did get to eat, and Crespo's loss and humiliation are real, as is the garrotting of the Captain, his bloodied corpse making a rather overpowering final tableau. In the resulting amalgam the spectator may find it hard to know how to react and whom to relate to. Where is the centre of gravity of the play? Probably where the enormous soliloquies - here understandably abridged - once were. It should have been the eponymous hero - but dignity and civility are theatrically neutral virtues and his obduracy is irksome. The key to successful character portrayal lay in the fact that the characters are cast as pairs, double acts, . and if they could strike sparks off each other, the rather standard seduction and retribution intrigue of the play would be more acceptable. La Chispa - her name means 'spark' - gutsily played by Francesca Beard, is the saucy and fearless companion to Rebolledo, himself quite mercenary and a servant of others' designs - Tom Whyte rendered his sullen and cynical worldweariness well; Michael Camburn was the solid, stolid sergeant, unquestioning purveyor of his master the Captain's pleasures: a good subordinate. Edmund Tyler, the Captain, sneered and barked a good portrayal, but was probably not odious enough. Nuno, the 'gracioso' or funnyman, part philosopher part stooge, played by Sanjay Vijayanathan, was a good sparring partner to Julian Cousins's Don Mendo, mercilessly exposing his ludicrous pride in his own pedigree. 260 THE MAYOR OF ZALAMEA IM.J. T.)

Julian obviously enjoyed every minute of it, rather upstaging his partner and everbody else with a performance pitched somewhere between Douglas Fairbanks and the more manic John Cleese. There was even pairing between Crespo and the old, swearing and cussing soldier Don Lope: and their reluctant admission of kinship as honourable men who know something of life, in the garden, was discreetly moving. Crispin Flower handled the prickly caricature of Lope well, and Michael Smith did more than justice to the key and complex role of Crespo; authoritative, lough but likeable, teetering between the conflicting duties as father and magistrate, but never losing his dignity. His simple, unaffected 'Let's go home' to his distraught daughter Isabel was one of the rare glimpses of the softer core of the man. Isabel (Veronica Bircher) was suitably demure and plaintive: a woman's role in Calderon is never much fun. But they must have good schools in Zalamea: both she and Ines, her cousin (Samantha Hardingham) had very un-peasant elocution. Juan, Crespo's son , played by Jonathan Nicholls, was hot-headed and a bit of a layabout, reluctantly obedient and quite happy to kill his sister to salve his honour: a bit of a nuisance all-round. Marius Kiely was the brisk 'man from the ministry' -type clerk, bearing good tidings, and Peter Elam was appropriately stiff and ethereal as the King . One point I have always thought of Crespo as a basically quiet man, but here he shared with the rest of the male characters a fondness for shouting their lines: it should be said that the weather on the afternoon of this final performance - with inauspicious clouds and the occasional gust of wind blowing through the superbly bucolic setting of the Water Tower Garden - was unsettling and didn't help acoustics. Mr. Stephen Wain de also had a mob of licentious soldiery and peasantry to muster: they did their raucous job very well, as did the very deft prop hands. The costumes were a real treat - many hired from the Barbican. Our thanks and appreciation for this interesting production go to Stage Manager Martin Birnhak, Sound and Assistant Stage Manager Paul Bushell and Assistant Producer Mrs. Fiona Tennick, who has been extraordinarily busy during King's Week, as tireless and vervy as ever. And especial thanks to Mr. Stephen Wainde, who successfully pulled together the strands of this paradoxical play, produced and directed with a mainly inexperienced but fresh and enthusiastic cast, and who never lost his nerve even when the heavens opened half an hour before the performance began. C.W.J .T.

PETER GRIMES 'You can't lock out your consciences' Boles (a convert to Methodism) Michael Marland's Peter Grimes, a play especially written for a hundred fourth-year pupils at Crown Wood School, Eltham, as part of a literary, historical and dramatic project, was an apt choice for this year's Junior Play in the Lattergate Garden. Based on a story told Over one hundred and sixty years ago in George Crabbe's poem of the same name, the play gives fresh life to the old tale, whilst developing a critical insight into the tragic social conditions of exploited apprentice poor children in the second half of the eighteenth century. The play is a triple tragedy: a tragedy of apprentice boys like Sam, of Peter Grimes himself and of the Borough folk as a whole, whose part in the evil deserves careful pondering. 'If ever one should awkward questions put The proud and hasty Borough cry was shown: "We live and let li ve and leave well alone!" As Blayney and others say: 'Oh, Grimes is at his exercise. So what?' Euphemism often conceals cruelty and sadism when moral guilt is shared around, and like Archer, the acting coroner in the court scene, if we think about it long enough, and say it out loud often enough, we too will come to believe that Thomas Abrahams died in accidental circumstances. I

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Taking life seriously in drama is a very difficult task for young actors, but in this productio many notable young performers achieved marked success . Peter Grimes is a character who .n hard to forget and his story was vividly told by the narrator-poet, Crabbe, played by Richar'J Preston . He recited his massive poetic part (all in rhyming couplets) as story teller in a clear audible and often impassioned way. One sensed the native of Aldeburgh in him; he spoke a; if from experience and the feel for his surroundings gave the play its savour and tang. Peter Grimes himself, played by Edmund Hewertson, looked every inch the grim-minded villain whose upbringing helped to explain his treatment of young apprentice boys. Like most of us he only ever wanted 'Freedom to do things without being got at' in early life. His father, Old Grimes played by Nicholas Eddison, was a gritty little Bible-waving moralist who thought that solution; to suffering came in repaying the teachings he gave his son, by joining him in prayers. Young and old were contrasted and the generation gap grew wider and wider. Jonathan Walsh the fisherman converted to Methodism, spoke with energy and drive. He was right when he ;aid ' 'A Christian Borough should turn against the likes of him ' (Grimes), though a very differeni man of the faith emerged when drink turned 'Old Methody' to women. Stage presence is one of the hardest things to achieve from young actors. In this, Mr. Paul Durgan, the Director, succeeded also with other actors, like Archer the lawyer and coroner. Aloof and impersonal, he sailed through his part with elegance and panache. Sebastian St. John Parker's rendering of Mr. Blayney, the middle-aged aristocrat who flung his fortune away as a 'sportsman and an artist', was another small triumph of casting. He vividly portrayed the necessity Peter Grimes craves for in life. 'He's good company,' says Peter to his father, but he's the 'Harlot's Aid ' in the Borough, replies his Old Grimes. Oliver Harris, the shiftless, insecure Vicar did well, and Boles and Belcher deserve congratulations for their part in the entertainment. In a cast of forty, Mr. Durgan must be praised for including so many performers who acted so well . His toughest, and in many ways, most touching success came from the 'women' in the play. Oliver Jackson, as Ellen Orford, was a marvellous poor widow of about fifty-five and every bit a school ma'am who knew her own mind and was not afraid to speak it. She knew what moral hypocrisy was all about when she scolded the Fishermen: 'Grimes is one of you, but you choose not to see. You use rumours of his actions to wipe your own consciences clean. Those who pretend to care should help, not stand back.' Her voice packed a sting in itself and stuck in the mind. Nicholas Mitchell's Aunty was a ro bust landlady of The Boar who seemed to know about life. As he says to the sanctimonious Boles: 'Fools have no difficulty knowing what is right, but if you'd seen as much of life as I had, you wouldn't be so quick to condemn.' The two nieces, 'so-called', played by Jonathan Drewe and Jari Worsley attracted attention. So much more could be said about so many more lively entertainers. There was music and song and strawberries in the interval to keep watchers perky. The location for the play was a perfect choice. Young voices often carry badly outdoors, but the Lattergate Garden spot was intimate, and all players could be heard with ease. Intelligent stage management made for a shallow platform so that performers were nearly always close to the audience; yet the area chosen was expansive enough to include many scene changes. The genius of the production came in the set. Everything was realistic; there was nothing artificial or phoney about it. No mock-up castles, cardboard walls or painted stone rocks. It was simple realism incorporating three main backgrounds: a medieval church, whose tower represented the higher aspirations of the Borough people (which, in their treatment of others, they frequently ignore); a beach surrounded by nets draped on oars standing out to dry; a projecting quay, capstan and all the trappings of a fishing town, the surroundings of which conveyed perfectly the hard labour and suffering encountered in the fishing life of Aldeburgh around 1800; an entrance to The Boar, a disreputable inn, was set to the right of the village scene. The 'sets' blended naturally and for smaller, more intimate interiors of Grimes's hut and the coroner's court were made to appear in place through a judicious and economical use of props, none of which took long to place and remove for scene changes. 262

Everyone enjoyed the play they acted in and one enthusiastic player told me: 'Sir, I've an amazing entrance and one fantastic line.' I was able to gauge from his excitement at such a minute part, the thrills for those with bigger roles and more to say. And the line he spoke, soaked, muddy and bedraggled: 'The road's flooded. We were nearly drowned.' (Belcher's Driver) had all the zest of a delivered storm in it. R.B.Mi.

THE SERENADE The Serenade this year was particularly well organized. Performers were less ambulatory than on some previous occasions and continuity was firmer; the programme had variety without fragmentation, and the overall length was well judged. The Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Mr. David Goodes, opened With a sUite of pieces from the Fltzwllham VlTgmals Book, selected and arranged by Harry Newstone. Mr. David Goodes secured clear-cut, tidy playing, with beautiful chording, but the sound was bass-heavy in places. Bach's Fugue in A minor (BWV 947), arranged for four horns by Ralph Lockwood, provided the novelty of the evening. Since their previous presentation of this fugue, Luke Goss, Don Roberts, Martin Ie Huray and Benjamin Finn have wrought a sea-change in their performance, and the fugue's formidable difficulties were not so much overcome, as dismissed on this occasion, with the elegant insouciance of a David Gower. Phrasing was beautifully shaped, the music was allowed to breathe, and the playing was alive with buoyancy and nuance. Under Col. Paul Neville's direction, Alexander Stu rt, Jeremy Avis, Caractacus Downes, Martin Ie Huray and Jonathan Finn, with the Chamber Orchestra, played Alan Ridout's Concertante for Wind Quintet and Strings. Written in 1983 for the five players who constituted the School' s wind quintet at that time, the composer had tailored his music to the corporate personality of those five, closely involving the individual characteristics of each. At this concert we heard a new generation of players equally at ease in the work. (Plus fa change . ..) They were particularly successful in blending the many-changing syntheses of their partnership, and in the controlled relish with which each seized opportunity for individual display. The subtle string writing was colour fully realised in a performance lightly yet firmly shaped by the conductor. The Concertante is an enchanting work with a very beautifu l Lento at its heart. Following established custom in Serenade Concerts, the Choir offered the largest contribution with four Elizabethan Madrigals; five part-songs (including the lovely Turtle Dove of Vaughan Williams, in which Jonathan Wrench sang the solo with fine tone quality), and a group entitled 'In lighter vein'. It seemed strange, though, to find in the latter collection a Victorian ballad fami liar to us of riper years : When you come to the end of a perfect day. In your youth , thiS dispiriting trifle used to repose in the musical cabinet (glass fronted), on a shelf en scrolled in gold leaf: 'SEMI-SACRED', a quaint designation for its curious assortment of improving, though unliturgical, ditties such as Watchman, What of the Night? and Friend 0' Mine, solemn it!~s suitable for Sunday evenings. And now, gold leaf tarnished away, up the old dlTge pops - m lighter vein ' (Pas /a meme chose)! But Mr. Barry Rose's arrangement enlivened the staid staves with much imaginative enterprise. He even conjured from his singers a surprising pizzicato accompaniment for the soloist, Natalia Fetherston-Dilke who, discreetly escorted by Darren Everhart, delivered her sentiments with demure propriety. The Choir , which under Mr. Barry Rose is fast developing into a fine choral team, gave confident and sensitive performances of the wide range of styles in their programme. Their renascence was an outstanding feature of this year's Serenade. D.L. 263

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CLARINET RECITAL The Shirley Hall proved to be a most suitable venue for the superb clarinet recital perfor by Nicholas Cox and ably accompanied by pianist Malcolm Martineau, who, despite a disloc~ed ed shoulder a few days earlier, played extremely well. Both musicians studied at Cambridge befo pursuing their careers in the musical world, both winning prizes for their achievements. re The concert began with a Duo written by Burgmiiller, a beautifully lyrical piece by a relativel unknown composer. The clarinettist's rich tone and control, especially in the calmer reflecti/ passages were given ample opportunity by the composer. There followed th~ well-kno~n Sonat~ m F mmor by Brahms, m WhICh a great deal of atmosphere was created, partIcularly in the second movement. A more light-hearted work, Le Desir by Oberthiir, showed the two players displaying a marvellous sense of rapport and enjoyment, qualities apparent throughout their recital. Nicholas Cox's versatility and speed of playing came out particularly in the penultimate piece by Rossi,ni, Introductkm, Theme and Variations on an op~ratic air. The concert concluded with Poulenc s Sonata, an Ideal work wIth WhICh to end, for It was dramatIc and moving the last movement bringing a flourishing finale to an exciting recital. This is a duo to look o~t for in the near future. SARAH PENDLEBURY.

JAZZ CONCERT The mainstay of a King's Week Jazz Concert has (dare I say it) traditionally been the 'Traditional Group' of clarinet, trumpet, tenor sax, trombone and a rhythm section of piano bass and drums. My only previous experience of this event was last year's concert which marked the departure of the three most experienced of the front four players. However, the new front line of Jimmy Gumpert (trumpet), Hugh Andree (clarinet), Ali Craik (tenor sax) and veteran (of one year's standing) James Lawrence (trombone) were more than equal to the test. They began with Clarinet Marmalade, not the easiest of pieces, which gave them each a solo to introduce them to the capacity audience. The front line was fortunate in having an experienced rhythm section , which, though perhaps lacking in variety, gave a really dependable backing throughout the evening. Look At 'em Doing It included a fine break for trombone, whilst a really well balanced four part chord-sequence was a feature of a rhythmically vital performance of South Rampart Street Parade. The group closed with a stylish performance of that hardy annual I'm Shy, Mary Ellen, I'm Shy; it was business as usual. Elaine Oliver (tenor sax) joined the front line for Ellington's Don't Get Around Much Any More, and the additional player and the part-writing transformed the group to a smooth bigband sound. This was rather a fast performance (Ellington's direction is 'Slowly') and the following number, a fine arrangement of Cherish which the band obviously enjoy, suffered from a lack of projection of the main tune (the repeated notes present a real problem to instrumentalists). Possibly the amplification of the piano, which boosted the mid-range chords, but not the treble (where the interest lies), and Andrew Fordham's switch from the more rapidly attenuated double bass to bass guitar were partly to blame. The piano excelled however in Black and White Rag, a fine number which doesn't need snooker to maintain its popularity. Contrast in the first half of the programme was provided by the excellent straw-hatted, whiteflannelled Barbershop Quartet of Jimmy Gumpert (alto), Jeremy Avis (tenor) Kris White and Andy Bush (basses). They sang four well-loved favourites from the Songs of Yale, and really put them across superbly, with well judged and well practised gestures, as well as excellent tuning and ensemble. Jeremy Avis had the melody in My Evaline and the other three balanced his agreeable tenor to perfection . Feats of memory were required to fit in all the names in George Jones, and there was some very good 'acting off the ball'. The lack of a deep bass was for the 264

wostpart offset by the use of an alto on the top tenor part, but Slow Motion Time suffered a little from transposition and a rather fast speed. The group concluded with a rightly encored performance of We Were Gatherin' Up The Roses. The first half was concluded with three blues numbers from the trad. band, the most interesting of which was Good Man where the band sustained, by means of good ensemble, a really exotic wood with striking well balanced piano phrases full of 4ths. Blues in C, renamed Doc Mal Blues in honour of the band's indefatigable figurehead, is another old favourite which the band played superbly, creating a really 'sleazy' mood; a perfect backdrop for an excellent 'wow-wow' trumpet solo. After the interval came the Big Band (it really was big this year, with six saxophones, five trumpets, four trombones and four rhythm) and their playing showed a considerable improvement on last year. They began with Skyliner in which the built up chords from trombones and trumpets were particularly effective, and there was a short but very stylish solo from Jo Wrench, who also triumphed with the final phrase of the next number, In The Mood, in which Crispin Flower played the main trumpet solo with panache. The St. Louis Blues arrangement was well propelled by the percussion with Ben Mowll's side drum along with some virtuoso tutti trumpet runs. I hope this group can keep working together, as there is plenty of potential. Intonation problems in the saxophones need to be ironed out, and the band might find the traditional three row layout (from the front: saxes, trombone, trumpets) helpful to ensemble. The vocal element in the second half came in solos of pieces recently in the charts. Both singers, faced with the problem of whether to sing the song their own way, or to mimic the original, were convincing, but I felt Kris White, singing the Dowland-like Ink In The Well could have benefited from more of his own musical ideas. Lucinda Miller was thoroughly convincing in That Old Devil Called Love. She needs to work on the synchro-mesh to get into that remarkable low gear that she has. The backing in both numbers was quite superb, with particular plaudits to Jimmy Gumpert and to Jeremy Avis who judged tone and volume of his electric keyboard perfectly. The trad. band returned to conclude the evening and were now playing with blistering confidence. There was another good trombone solo from James Lawrence, and Ali Craik excelled in Sensation and Doctor Jazz, which also allowed band leader Andrew Fordham an all too brief break on bass. After Mississippi Mud came the first encore, the old favourite Blue Clarinet, well played by Hugh Andree. The final encore, Kansas City Stomp, saw the band at its very best; any reticence, the result of nerves or inexperience, was gone, and that necessary hint of brashness (without losing the ability to play coolly in ense(l1ble) made this the best number of a very good nigh t. ROGER LAWRENCE (GR 1948-54).

FIRST SYMPHONY CONCERT The programme was one of colourful musical contrast, beginning with Mozart and Schwindel brightly played by the Chamber Orchestra under Mr. David Goodes. The lightness and clarity of Mozart's Impresario Overture and Schwindel contrasted with the richness and warmth of the strings in the Vaughan Williams: Glinka rushed through like a gust of wind, and Shostakovich moved from passionate intensity to an exhilarating and vital finale. One of the highlights of the evening was Catherine Fall's flute playing of the Schwindel Concerto in D. She looked slightly nervous to begin with but the strength of her sound, the clarity and musical sensitivity all made for an excellent performance. The music was full of colourful contrasts of which the last movement's chirpy melody was the most memorable. 265

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The string playing in the Vaughan Williams Dives and Lazarus was full and strong in who h the sections blended superbly and seemed to talk warmly to each other. The violin s~~ accompanied by the harp and the 'cello solo created gentle romantic moments. a Glinka's Russian and Ludmila Overture woke us up again and although taken at a very brisk pace indeed was handled very well. Perhaps the rapid string runs lacked rhythmic precision but the wo.odwind ~nd horns produced some effective staccato playing and the music galloped through WIth excltmg contrasts. Shostakovich's 5th is probably the easiest of his symphonies and is quite popular among youn orchestras. As a school orchestra this was handled convincingly. The first movement was th~ best played and very moving. It takes a long time to build up to its hugely powerful unison climax, but this was effectively done because of the technical brilliance, high strings in tune giVing the moments their tautness, and precise woodwind solos moving very naturally, especially the flute and piccolo. The low horn tune perhaps lacked real impact, although it is a very difficult passage to play. The exposed side drum and trumpet marching motif had real punch and tenacity The transition from the mighty unison to the flute and horn duet is a dramatic moment. . The second movement's success relies on rocklike rhythmic stability and it seemed to lack this. The rendering of the intense third movement, with its many climaxes which fall back to nothing, and then the central climax of the melody as it is taken by the 'cellos, was played with real passion; the muted strings gave the texture of the sound its tension. The finale, normally taken faster, lost none of its vivacity and life due to this. The opening was very loud and, like the rest of the playing, precise. After that the movement hurried through energetically, the orchestra regaining the rhythmic punch of the first movement it had lacked in the second. JULIAN GIBBONS.

CONCERT OF LIGHT MUSIC This year's concert had two things in common with that of ten years ago: one was the selection from South Pacific and the other was the audacity of the conductor's trousers (though whereas Christopher Tinker was a pattern man, Col. Neville is a colour man). However, this piece is not about trousers, so back to the music. It was, in fact, rather more than ten years that the first item took us back: Bela's Lustspiel was an excellent choice to begin a band concert, reminding us of those pre-war days at Marienbad when tunes like that went so well with the Hock and Seltzer - gentle, refreshing and sparkling without getting up one's nose. An Andante for Band by Philip Gordon followed. It included an oboe solo by Dr. Paul Humberstone which was quite tantalisingly short. A march medley by Kenneth Alford, Colonel Bogey on Parade, came next. This was a martial variant of Alford's ever popular Colonel Bogey March, as fresh today as it was on VE-Day. A good number for 1985. Then came the Bluebells of Scotland, Leroy Anderson's arrangement of the traditional Bluebell of Scotland. The South Pacific melodies, though easy to listen to, are exacting pieces compared with ordinary band music. The fine tunes were well played, but now and then, as in the Wonderful Guy, some of the percussion section did seem to be following the rest of the band rather than setting the pace. At other times the band came together really well, especially when there was a strong solo lead. After a short piece by Albert Davis called Rhapsodie Modernata, Tim Watson stepped forward to give us the solo item of the concert, Track Three by Jack Simpson. T he piece was deftly performed and we can look forward to Tim Watson providing the regular xylophonic entertainments that John Smith gave us in former years. Incidentally, all xylophone pieces at these concerts seem to have something to do with tracks. Perhaps it is time to get onto a different line. What about Shooting Stars by Patrick Moore? 266

On the subjects of lines and shooting, the next composer had the unlikely name of Henk Lijnschooten, but the piece, Rhapsody for the Low Countries, seemed to have been composed in all seriousness even if without a great deal of inspiration. The finale was the American Civil War Suite, The Blue and the Grey, last heard in 1980. It was a most enjoyable collection of evocative tunes to end with. The composer, Clare Grundman, J know nothing about; what I do know is that Col. Neville is an accomplished arranger and his audience would be well pleased another year if he featured in the list of composers as well as in the part of conductor. As ever, the concert as a whole was thoroughly enjoyable, and if my commentary has been lighthearted it is because listening to the Band is never hard work. H.H.

CHAMBER CONCERT A welcome addition to King's Week was the Chamber Concert which took place in the Synagogue on Tuesday, 16th July. The afternoon started with a group of early songs; Martin Edwards (Tenor) sang Elselein, Liebstes Elselein and was joined by Lucy Hoare (Soprano) whose clear tone added a lyrical quality to the duet Nerinda Bella. The group ended with When Laura Smiles, the cello played by Tanera Dawkins and harpsichord by Mr. Barry Rose. Then followed a Bassoon Ensemble, Jonathan Finn, Paul Wenley, Martin Edwards and Darren Everhart, who played with precision and a fine resonant tone. The premiere of the 1st Movement of a String Quartet by Kristian Belliere came next played by Lucinda Griffith, Susan Harrison (Violins), Christina Albin (Viola) and Kristian Belliere (Cello) with excellent dynamic judgement. The style of the work, if familiar, showed a good understanding of ensemble writing. One of the highlights of the afternoon was Tanera Dawkins's performance of Gabriel Faure's Etegie, played with both warmth and sensitivity , ably accompanied by Luke Goss. Of the Three Gipsy Airs, the last, written and performed by Darren Everhart with violin obligato played by Anthony Evans-Pughe, was very effective and finished with great aplomb. The concert ended with the first performance of an Octet, First Impressions, by Stephen Matthews . It was kind on the ear yet fresh in approach with a wry humour in Schoolmaster's Scherzo and Magical Montmartre . I think the work will please performers and audiences alike in the future as it did so successfully on this occasion. The octet was played by Lucinda Miller (flute), Sarah Pendlebury (clarinet), Luke Goss (horn), Darren Everhart (bassoon), Anthony Evans-Pughe and Lucy Flint (violins), Christina Albin (viola) and Tanera Dawkins (cello). Congratulations must go to all who took part in the concert and made the afternoon memorable. V.G.

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SECOND SYMPHONY CONCERT This was a great enterprise. An orchestra of 93 players assembled, with its eight horns spanning the platform in majestic crescent. It looked imposing, and appearance did not deceive. The muscular Russian and Ludmila Overture galloped its course cleanly and robustly though in a few places its athleticism had to carry extra weight from overstressed secondary' accents in the brass. Then came the Violin Concerto of Tchaikovsky. Of this, arguably the most eloquent of the composer's symphonic works, Clarence Myerscough gave a masterly reading, a performance of sparkling virtuosity and strong temperament. Overall, he stressed the lyrical quality of the music more than its spectacular brilliance. In this he was splendidly supported by the orchestra's beautifully alive, yet restrained accompaniment, propelling the flow of melody here, lingering a little there, always within the discipline of the phrase and at one in feeling with the solo. Such flexibility is the product of the conductor's empathy, the orchestra's alertness, and the compelling persuasiveness of the soloist. The notorious awkward corners were all smoothly negotiated by the orchestra, apart from a little skidding at the opening of the third movement, and this was instantly brought under control by the conductor. Shostakovich, like Mahler, held that the Symphony should be an expression of the whole range of human experience. This is a tall order for a young orchestra. His Fifth Symphony, a problematical work in any case, extends the imaginative reach of youthful players as critically as it does their technical resource. They are asked to appreciate and disclose the spiritual desolation of the slow movement; to point accurately the satire of the Scherzo; and to encompass extreme tensions, as build up in the first and last movements. The conductor has to exhort all this from his players, and they must be capable of responding emotionally and technically. What took place on this occasion was an outstanding achievement. Paul Neville was careful to keep the contrapuntal writing clear, by securing different levels of tone in the various lines; and with his judicious inter-relation of tempi, to preserve unity of style throughout the contrasting moods that develop in the course of the work. The players gave themselves wholeheartedly to the comprehensive sweep of the music, and principals - everyone of them - shaped solos with refined nuance. The symphony was powerfully, yet sensitively projected, disturbingly beautiful work that it is . D.L.

(Sibylla Marlill)

268 BEFORE YOUR VERY EYES (Michael Peterburs alld M.J. T.)

KING'S WEEK EXHIBITIONS Art As usual, I had the benefit of a most illuminating conducted tour from Mr. Trowell. We started by looking at basic forms done by boys in their first year. This was a montage in pastel and brown Conte crayon, done with the aid of an angl e~poise lamp, with emphasis on Qverlappings to bring out the space between objects; spheres are treated as segments and illuminated according to possible sources of light. The pupils then go on to use imagination and think of subjects large enough to apply these ideas to, building up in paint, strip by strip, each one darker than the previous one, to bring out form. Examples were an underwater exploration theme by O. A. Bones, a ship marooned in icebergs by J. P. Powis; C. I. Frew's frigate sailing in dangerous arctic waters was on a nice massive scale, against the tiny human figures illustrated. Ship and icebergs were excellent. I also liked D . E. J. Bond's study of an up-turned fuselage of an aircraft looping the loop (which Mr. Trowell confided to me was in fact painted the right way up and then turned upside down!), and C. E. D. Gray's vintage sea-plane. This had a very careful gradation from light to dark through the facets and ribbing of the fuselage. J. A. C. Landale's ruins of Zimbabwe was an excellent composition, with tree trunks and bowls similarly treated to bring out the form. There was also good illustration (via the mountains in the study) of recession by diminishing tonal contrast with distance. In this section I also enjoyed M. W. Stafford's old fashioned railway engine with dome, together with adjacent cooling tower. It was a very thorough composition. This theme of cylindrical forms, gradually changing in tone, st rip by strip, was further illustrated in P. S. H. Solway'S parachutes, J. D. S. Williams's aeroplane, and S. J. S. Ursell's RI03 airship. This lent itself particularly well to this sort of study because of the facets on the airship; it also appeared to 'float' very convincingly, in the space around it. Applying the same ideas, C. M. Pope painted giant robots (with miniscule human figures for comparison); these forms also illustrate very clearly the turning of form by light from one side, as did D.A. Hemsley's view of the underworld, with stalactites and stalagmites, and E. M. Pentin's British Airways jumbo jet; the deep space under the aircraft made one really imagine the whole thing flying, and it showed great promise. One of my favourites was a very realistic composition by J. C. Watkins of a vintage locomotive emerging from a tunnel; the scenery and smoke, which, Mr. Trowell tells me, were his own composition, were particularly effective. I also much enj oyed J. K. R. Walker'S hippopotamus bathing. This had very relaxing, pastel shades, and an interesting colour scheme; it was altogether a very peaceful composition. Still-life was looked at next, and Objective Drawings. What really caught my eye was an amazingly realistic pencil composition of a pair of boots, by Samantha Hardingham; thi s was splendid. Other excellent stilllife was done by J. C. Watkins (musical instruments on a chair) , J. P. Gardner's still-li fe, and some by Marie-Fran)oise Woodward, that included white pastel and Conte crayon. S. H. Yap's controlled, individualistic contributions of 'papery' shoes, leaves and boot were very impressive, justifying his award of the 6b Art Prize. I was also quite taken aback by the realism of the sea-shells composition of Sarah Carlisle, and her very sensitive birds eggs composition. A sea shell, together with 'lay' figure and drapery, also featured in the display of A. Caron-Delion . I was very impressed with the sensitivity of Sara Bee's study of an iris, done in a combination of biro and dip mapping pen. A large display of objective drawing had studies of mechanical objects, such as projectors (M . S. A: Wicker and T. St 1. White), a drill (B. Lynch) and a rather fine wrench by Joshua Rawlinson, who also displayed a nice still-life of musical instruments. B. Lynch also showed boots and drapery compositions and there were also studies in this section by S. Wicker (sea shells), Nicola Bradley and Sarah Carlisle. There was also a striking still-life coloured in crayon, by Sophia Eynon. M. Kiely's still-life had a very convincing leaf composition, and I thoroughly approve of hi s very meticulous documentation, that included not only the year, but also the date and even the times between which the composition was done! The viewer was able to deduce from it that it had taken the artist 3 i4 hours to complete the job! I also liked J. Kidde-Hansen's view through a tiny window and Sarah Carlisle's brown crayon work. Pia Lofdahl's still-li fe and painting showed very effective and painstakingly represented fabric, and Lucy Hoare and Marie-Fran~oise Woodward also had very cred itable ex hibits. Drawings were especially fine this year, and I liked J . C. Watkins's drawing of the Crypt; this same subject was studied by J. C . H. Kennard, whose very correct drawing was nicely set in its rectangle, with a very strong pattern from the windows, which was effective. T. J. Young also displayed an excellent drawing of the Crypt; the one chosen was a very difficult view to draw, and was a splendid rendering of it, especially the subtle grain of the vaults. Art Prize winner S. H. Yap's drawing of the Norman Staircase was very delicate and sens itive, and was used as the basis of part of the communal mural project, described later. Also in this section, Lucy Amos had fine views of the Cathedral, and of Mr. Hattee's residence, de la Pierre House, both from the Blackfriars entrance. Moving now to paintings, I saw a pleasing composition, by Sophia Eynon, with David Hockney type influences of a picture of boredom, with a youth and a girl in a quite pleasant, fresh coloured room. 269

THE POETRY OF MOTION (J.S.H. and Angus Macdonald)

Oil paintings always attract my attention; H . Bart0!1's thick-painte~ impasto of. a ~ycle race showed a well composed crowd and good tonal pattern through light and dark. I liked the poetic lIcence of including the Arc de Triomph in an otherwise rural Tour de France scene! H. Barton's item was entirely his Own composition, but also in oils were various compositions based on Old Masters; this is done, Mr. Trowell tells me, with the object of enjoying the painting being copied and at the same time developing the pupil's own understanding of composition. Lucy Hoare's tranquil scene of a family fishing in a mountain~surrounded lake was based on Richard Wilson's 18th century study of Cader Idr is and Snowdo n. A. D. Pugh's view of near what is now the Danielli Hotel in Venice is after not Canaletto, as I had naively assumed but the 18th century Guardi. Nicola Bradley based her exhibit in this section on the 17th century Van G~yen Original compositions in the oil section, in addition to Barton's referred to above, were Pia Lofdahl'~ first oil, of a tiger (very striking), Sara Bee's splendid galloping horse with flo wing mane, exhibiting very spirited movement, A. W. Harding's view of St. Alphege Lane, with the Prince of Wales Public House and the Cathedral in view, and Samantha Hardingham's window, which illustrated very effective recession. Mr. Trowell told me about Mar i e-Fra n~oi se Woodward's study of a rural meeting. One figure was from imagi nation, the background was based on a photograph of the Lake district from the Geographical Magazine, and the well-dressed elderly man in the foreground was based on a photograph of Marshal Petain in exile, from a 1945 Picture Post! Finally, Richard Preston's study of Corfe Castle showed that he is not only a good actor and trombone player; he is a regular artist who, Mr. Trowell informed, lives close to the subject painted and composed the work over a long period from on-the-spot drawings and photographs. Other water-colours that attracted attention were Deborah Colman's waterfront with a fine Scottish atmosphere (it looked like Oban), and very nice stance of the sea-front woman it depicted; Sophia Baker's study of a couple and a little boy, and Lucy Amos's highly imaginative circular piece featuring a sort of dream-world lagoon with setting sun, with a foot and a head embedded into the rocks and serpents surrounding the circle. There was great luminosity from the sun giving an almost supernatural effect. Also interesting were S. H. Yap's ink-drawing with water-colour wash of paddy fields in the monsoon season , and Lucy Hoare's very atmospheric gloomy back street; this latter was a nice little essay, with quite pleasing colour of slate-greys and pinks. This was an imaginative follow-up to the theory of perspective, where the artist has put the principles to use. O. Madha's car park in the rain had a bleak and evocative atmosphere, with desolate aspha lt and wild surrou ndings beyond. Mr. Trowell explained that the effect of puddles is obtained by the device of rubbing on candle grease and then painting over - a technique used by John Piper. Finally, in this section, I much liked J. Kidde-Hansen's tiger, obtained using a reference from the Geographical Magazine and putting it into his own setting. Graph ic Design is done by cutting out letters and shapes for ease of manipulation into an aesthetic form befo re each element is glued into position. It is a test of aesthetic judgement as to where one item will relate best to another. The resu lt (often abstract) of this preoccupation with pieces that may easily be moved by finger.tip co ntrol into a happy relationship with each other is a Graphic Design. Several posters fo r House plays were shown, done like this. T. J. Young's Sherlock Holmes (a nice touch was turning the '0' in Holmes into a magnifying glass !) and F. Webb's Big AI, with large, cut Roman letters, were excellent examples. More abstract graphic designs were from Samantha Hardingham (cut-paper shapes), N. Reid (very carefully considered pattern of right angles and rectangles), and Marie-Fran~oise Woodward . I also liked T. St. J. White's Iliad in Greek letters. The latter had very limited colour, excellent for impact, and a wavey effect to give the idea of travel. More tangible studies in Graphic Design were S. Ursell's Dogs 0/ War, and O. D. Scott's Under Fire. In this splendid collage, the flames seemed to emerge from the scripted Roman letters like a gas burner, the flame centres being of excellent intensity with white on yellow on red . I now mention other paintings and drawings not referred to earlier. These were by A. Redman (Sherlock Holmes) who has had several works in The Cantuarian, R. A. Duttson (,twenties' design of a sleek woman), and a joint effort by R. A. Duttson and T . J . Young. The latter was a very impressive composition of balloons, showing soft, pleasing colour, with not only well-modelled spheres, but well-modelled cones as well (conical mountain tops). In this study the woman passenger in the balloon is being thrown overboard (Mr. Trowell and I discussed the Freudian overtones of this, but I shall not go into those details here!), her skirt was nicely modelled in tonal strips. Nicola Bradley also had a balloon composition, sparked off by Young's work, which had very strong and impressive tonal contrasts. In the same way, W. W. Arnold's space-craft had great clarity and good perspective about it, as did another 'space' theme, F. Webb's monster space men. Finall y, two paintings that I have not so far mentioned were ones that 1 especially enj oyed - a nd they were both by first-year boys: A. G. Charlesworth's Underwater Temple was a wonderfully imaginative composition, with tumbling ribbed column changing colour tone with each strip of it, and its frogman explorer plus shark . It is a measure of the impression the picture created that even now, as 270

I write some ten days after having seen the work, I can visualise it completely. A similar feeling remains about J. H. Night ingale's Tower in the Wilderness (with overtones of Bruegel's Tower of Babe!), which showed particularly fine recession of the hills in the distance with dimin ishing contrasts under an Italian, Bellini-type, sky. To conclude the Art Exhibition I mention the vast montage that constituted the communal mural project, based on over forty cont ributions of individual drawings. Space precludes mention of everybody, but I single out the following: memorial plaque in the West Wall of the Martyrdom (Lucy Amos), statue in the Crypt (Samantha Hardingham), kneeling knight (a three-dimensional construction in the Cathedral, drawn by J. K. R. Walker and coloured by Sara Bee), the Church of St. Pancras (by the young Tradescant duo of J . E. Kemp and M. P. Jordan), rear of the Library at St. Augustine's (N.A.J. Goodwin), Norman Staircase (Samantha Hardingham and S. H. Yap), nice, three-dimensional effect on the Archdeacon's gateway and railing (T. Ward and J. Mowll), very elaborate drawing of Nave and S1. Augustine's Throne (N. Plant), views of Water Tower Garden ruins (F. Webb), view from a window (0. Rotimi), a rose (Pentin). r particularly liked Mar ie-Fran\oise Woodward's boats and her painting of P.W.D.'s car, that featured in the mural. Another splendid car was done largely by J. H. T hompson and E. M. Pentin. Whilst discussing Samantha Hardingham's work, Mr. Trowell mentioned to me that she did the lettering on those splendid, becrowned signposts that gave the Green Court such a delightful 'Festival-of-Britain' look (as H.J.P. described it!) during King's Week. Not on exhibition, but shown to me when the Headmaster and Mr. Pollak came to view it, was a stunningly life-like portrait, by Mr. Trowell, of Mr. Arthur Gore, who has just completed (what will surely be an unbeaten record) fifty years in the service of the School. Although the School possesses two splendid modern portraits (the late Canon Newell, in the Shirley Hall, and the late Mr. Richard Paynter, in the Masters' Common Room), it often seems to me that portrait painting is something of a lost art. However, this affectionate and aesthetic study of Mr. Gore is another exception to this trend that the School now has to put alongside the other two portraits that I have just mentioned and, if Mr. Pollak can organise the necessary shuffling of other items presently hung, Mr. Gore's portrait will be placed in the Shirley Hall next term .

Photography C .A.S . Kidson's in-depth study of a bearded, elderly man was the first thing to catch my eye in this exhibition, as did his sand and cloud montage. I. Gardener had a nice three-part study of steam engines, while F. Jackson had an interesting study on a sort of 'bondage' theme! R. Strivens (Gough Prize), exhibited a few items from what he admitted was his 'bottom drawer' - a photograph of the fairies from last summer's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream that has already appeared in The Cantuarian, and a striking composition of Simon Williamson playing the piano, the main feature of which was a very nice perspective effect from the open piano st rings . M. Smith exhibited some excellent river scenes (including a lock and a scene of Blackfriars), and three compositions of the Precincts at night. The latter is a fairly well-worn theme, but he did introduce novelty to it by means:of pleasing effects from the sodi um lights. B. Davies had some restful, rustic Kentish scenes depicting oasthouses, a boggy wood and a path leading up to a farm gate, and an ancient bridge. I liked his study of a lone tree, in front of part-crumbling wall in a field of wiry gorse-grass, and his cow behind barbed wi re. Also, somehow, a study of a ca mel seemed to get into this otherwise-local theme! Colour was represented by J. Kidde-Hansen's tropical scenes, plus four splendid wild-life studies, of which I especially liked his black swan and very fierce otter. A very impressive section of the Photographic Exhibition was devoted to the work of David Curl, an O.K.s. of some six years' standing, who exhibited recent photography from Australia, Madagascar, Iceland and the United Kingdom. This was an extremely colourful and impressively professional display that included a seag ull strikingly viewed through a spider's web, highly-coloured parrots, a marvellous green toad on a green leaf, magnificent turtle, splendid shell-patterns, koala bear, birds, crustacians, fungi, flying flamingos, butterflies, cockatoos and much else besides. The centre-piece of this amazing display was, for me, a study of birds' eggs with an encircling, flying bird reflected in the shiny shell of one of the eggs. This was a startlingly original composition that the photographer must have loitered for hours to obtain.

Woodwork Once again, your reviewe r, who cannot knock the proverbial two pieces of wood together, was humbled by the talent that there is in carpentry. J. D. P. Ryeland is the winner of the Woodwork Prize, and this was well justified by his beautiful chess table, consisting of chess board with two semicircles on opposite sides of it, with the side of the chess square as diameter (I am sorry, this is beginning 271

to sound like an O-Level geometry problem; the reader may rest assured he will not be asked to calcul its area!). A close second in my view was the magnificent traditional desk of Richard Strivens in Georg:'lte style, that he has devoted the last twelve months to. (Mr. Anderson did point out to me, I shouid emphas~an th ough, that the Gough Prize is for overall activity in woodwork, not for the production of an individ~ei item). I was also very impressed by R. Elliott's splendid corner cupboard (made from rosewood and flo~r boards taken from Canterb ury Drill Hall, I was told !). Another nice chess table, with drawer, was mad and exhibited by A .. Barron, and other chess ?oards we~e by R; J. Kabban and T . G . Wright. One o~ the most Impressive Items was A. J . McDonald s com cabmet - Itself 10 the runnll1g fo r a prize I should have thought, if the prize were for individual items; this one was excellent. I also liked J. D. Gregory's bedside table and tuck box, S. R. Turner's cupboard, T . Williams's solitaire board and bowl, P. A. A Foot's bedside cabinet, W. J. Derouet's dressing-table cabinet, J. Marozzi's cake-s tand, I. 1. Udoyen'~ jewellery box and S. Bocresion's tray. D. P. Morris's bowl had a nice, smooth interior, and some extensive bookcases were displayed by D. I. R. Friston, R. F. Ferrar i and J. F. Ibbotl. Once again, this was a very encouraging and humbling exhibition - all the more so in view of the proportion of Shell boys who exhibited. Pottery Don Roberts, Prizewinner, was the most prolific exhibitor in this exhibition. He showed a very nice jug, a set of fine goblets, a tea-pot, jug with lid and vase, a bowl, more jugs and other vases done on a wheel with very appea ling, precisely cylindrical symmetry . There were many coil pots and urn~ - fro m Katherine Kelly, 1. Ryeland, Josephi ne Wong, Marie-Francoise Woodward, M. Southwell, A. Carr-Taylor, N. O'Connor and A. West (large coil pot, combined effort!) , A. West (small bowl plus coil pot), N. Goodwin, and A. Macdonald-Bell. There was a very large coil pot by J ohn Harman and a vignette of little figures with grotesque faces from Vernon Harman. M. Southwell displayed a large ' Ali Baba' type urn , that was large enough to contain one or two small thieves, while two nice mugs were exhibited by N. Bishop. J . Ryeland's pot was very elegant, and particularly well glazed. I liked M. Southwell's miniature of a lake scene, J. Martin's little vignette of a duck pond , with fine, fibrous effect, A. West's cow, and a pleasa nt, but unattributed, rhino! A fine bowl was by N. O'Connor, while N. Spencer showed an ashtray (J .R.P. will be informed . . . ). The centre-piece of the pottery exhibition for me, as a single item, was S. Wicker's meticulous study of a soldier comforting a dying comrade. As I overheard the Headmaster say, when viewing, ' ... the pottery is getting better all the time'. Design and Print Leading lights in this this year, Mrs. Dix informs me, have been J. Powis and Josephine Wong, both of whom were well represented in the Exhi bition. Cushions were the ' modal' item this year, with ex hibits by J. Powis (one circular, all screen prints and fabric crayon), C. Eagle-Batt, S. Welbourn (large, ' tie-and -dye'), Victoria Wilson, S. Guthrie, W. Cutter, A . Cunningham, A. Jankowski, A. Preston, L. Michaels (with an eye-catching map-of-A ustralia 'flag' motif), T. Kitchin, T . Bainbridge (who also had a tie-and -dye cube). I also liked S. Guthrie's fabric painting, and Josephine Wong's screenprinted duvet cover. I inspected, with Mr. Pollak, a fine screen printed die (as in 'dice'), by my pupil L. Salerno and Mr. Pollak pronounced it mathematically correct in that the right numbers of dots were on opposing sides of the cube - so, at least, something has stuck from my lessons on Probability! There were some fine T-shirts, with screen-printed motifs. P . Trew ('Led Zeppelin'), T. Kitchin ('Marillion') were two, and I especially liked A. Preston's 'Hermes' design (which was rather reminiscent of the head on Greece's first postage stamp of 186 1 - though I much doubt whether that is where the inspiration for Preston's design came from!) Mr. Mathews guided me through this Exhibi tion, and he was astounded to see that Caxton SOciety the first thing I did was to count the number of individual exhibits - it was about 175, rather more than in recent years. Much work this year has been done by Mark Humphriss and Jonathan Williams. Downing College, Cambridge, provided many jobs (via Stephen Paine, O.K.S., Member of that College) in connection with their Ball - there we re tickets, lapel badges, with marvellous inscriptions like 'Second Sitting Dinner. 12.00 Midnight.' There were also many interesting tickets and invitations to several dubiou s-sounding post endwo f-term parties given by Members of School (. . .inscriptions like 'country frolic' ... 'bring a cork with a bottle around it' ; I also liked: 'R .S.V.P. to Raffi (and also enquiries concerning sleeping arrangements, etc.)'; parental influence obviously has some sway at these occasions, though, and I was pleased to see on one' ... Bring a Bottle (No Spirits)' ... ). Other items that caught my eye were C. M. Whiteley's printed heading to his History project, The Race For Space, the Geography Department's astoundingly comprehensive record card (very difficult to print), combined work between the Caxton Society and Mr. 272

Wilkinson (posters fo r Be/ore Your Very Eyes and Blithe Spirit), and Mr. Oliver Trowell's picture for peter Grimes. I also was interested to see a printed pamphlet, written by Mrs. Jenn ifer Vye, fo r Bridge and Patrixbourne C.E. Primary School, called Teaching People To Read, that had three illustrations, including a very complicated (to print, that is, not to follow!) flowwdiagram. The litho plates for Fortnightly Order sheets were on display, as was a complete 'chase' fo r a letter press. Mr. Mathews explained to me hoW the splendid, ornate border was obtained for use in four of this year 's King's Week programmes. Originally in a German book of piano music in Mr. Scott's possession (100 years old, so the cover design, at least, should be out of copy right!), and yellowing with age, it was transformed by the modern miracles of 'sno-paking' and half-size reduction Xerograph y to the very aesthetic fo rm we saw on the programmes. Altoget her, the production was a fine example of the ingenu ity of this indispensable Society. Bookbinding A small, but im pressive, display was given, by the following: J. F. Sharp (New Scientist _ two volumes, Greek Lexicon, and The Golden Book oj Coleridge), A. M. Olby (Bach Chorales), R. A. McCarthy (Bible and Radio Control Guide), and a Dictionary from N. B. Prescott. Note-books were by W. J. Derouet, M. H. Dowler and P. D. J. Price; the latter combined with R. S. J . Price, O.K.S. in a fraternal ventu re that bound Numismata Hellenica (appropriately, since their fath er is a numismatist at the British Museum). Electronics Exhibition

This took place in Dr. Bridge's laboratory in the Physics Department, a nd

f was conducted round the Exhibition by him and his right-hand man on the venture, Patrick Lidstone.

This began with contrasts between valve and transistor eq uipment, old and new cathode-ray tubes and valves and modern semi-conductors. A particularly fasci nating part was to see a 'chip' that one hears so much about these days, under a microscope. There was also a modern piece of equipment on a printedcircuit board, and the inside of an old television; the old television is also built on a printed-circuit board, and has inter-connecting wi res and valves, but the small, modern piece of printedwcircuit board would, if put into valve technology. have the same size as the old-fashioned television. Individual projects displayed were an electronic judge for 'Academic Challenge'; (two teams of four players each have a button and an indicator light. If they can answer the question they press their button; the system lights one lamp for the first person to press the button); a digital thermometer, from P . Lidstone, a burglar alarm, built fo r an O-Level project by A. Bocresion, a moisture detector by R. C. Williams (the viewer was invited to lick a finger and turn on a light!) , an intercom that R. S. Petts has had working at home, and a traffic light built with standard units used for electronics teaching (J. Hope-Mason). J. J. Oliver showed a pre-wired key that makes a set of co nnections to open a lock (display unit by S. D. Jones). In the present exhibit, this was used to activate a relay, but it could be applied to turn on any sort of electrical equipm ent, or open an electric bolt on a door. Fi nally, I liked the arithmetic logic un it in the calculator built by J . F. Sharp, in which, by a series of lights, the numbers involved were displayed in binary, as well as ordinary, arithmetic. It certainly answered the question inevitably asked by Shell and Remove boys when one teaches them binary arithmetic - ' What's the use of this?' All calculators are based on it, and Sharp's rudimentary one clearly brought out this important fact. Finally, one of the best di splays was a decibel meter in which a laser bea m bounced off a mirror and back, reflected in a mirror in the laser, then out again into a light detector; an LED light increased in intensity, and a frantic, almost 'micky mouse' sort of sound was emitted! O.K.S. Film Directors This exhibition was devoted to the works of Michael Powell, the late Sir Carol Reed (1906-1976) and the late Charles Frend (1909-1977). Michael Powell celebrates his 80th birthday this year. I quote from the excellent catalogue that Mr. Henderson, the curator of the exhibition, prepared: 'Between them, they worked on some 150 films, including several of the most interesti ng and important British productions .. . It is remarkable that the three subjects of the Ex hibition all arrived at the King's School within six years of each other ; Michael Powell in 1916, Carol Reed in 1917 and Charles Frend in 1922. That their contemporari es also included Leslie Mitchell (King's 1914-1920), who has his own place in cinema history as the voice of British Movietone News, makes this an extraordinary concentration of cinematic talent in such a small space of time.' Their major films are Fallen Idol (Reed) (1 948), The Red Shoes (Powell, with Emeric Press burger, 1948), Scott oj the Antarctic (Frend) (1948) - all nominated for the British Academy's Best British Film award, 1948. The foll owing year, they were again all nominated for The Third Man (Reed), The Small Back Room (Powell and Pressburger) and A Run For Your Money (Frend). Reed in fact won the award on both occasions, as he had done in 1947 with Odd Man Out. My particular favourites are The Third Man (Reed, 1948) and Powell and Pressbu rger's Canterbury Tale (1944) with, in the last twenty minutes. superb footage of war-time Canterb ury, after the bombing, that includes a sight of the only-recently-vanished tea rooms inside the Cathedral Gate Hotel. 273

As wo ~ld be exp~cted fr o~ Mr. H~nderson, t~e Common Room's resident gold-mine of informar on anyth mg to do wit h the Cmema, this was a metICulously researched and scholarly exhibition with m Ian interesting material, not only about the film careers of these directors (and, in the case of Frend d'istingUis~C~ editor), but also some nice vignettes of King's in the '20s, and in the First World War. I ~as pleased ~ se~ that inclusion was made .of t~e story of ~aro.l Reed and t~e 'stole~' bi~cuits,.told by Leslie Mitche~ (himself 80, on 4th October) In his book Leslie Mitchell Reportmg and In a filmed Interview that he kind l did for our own Archives last year. I was also fascinated to find out that King's had a Jazz Band in 1921 and to see again that well-known quotation from Jocelyn Brooke: 'The worst I had to fear from the Wa' was, that it wou ld be as ba.d a~ going back to the King's School agai,n; but it never was.' The space I hav~ avai lable here ca nnot do JustIce to Mr. Henderson's ha rd work, his research of cuttings and stills from the British Film Institute and the catalog ue and complete 'filmography' (I am assured that that is a word I) that he prod uced in connection with the Exhibition, but I recommend the interested reader to obtain M~ Henderson's catalogue from the Archives and give it the careful study that it warrants. ' R.B.Ma . ~-

Bicycle maintenance exhibition on the Green Court What have the cherub in a stained-glass window of a Stoke Poges church of 1492 and the bicycle-like object on the reverse side of an anatomical sketch by Leonardo in the Ambrosiana Library in Milan, got to do with the Bicycle Maintenance Exhibition on the Green Court in 1985? One answer lies in the story of the rider-propelled vehicles from the sprain-inducing hobby horse of Mo nsieur de Sivrac's celeri fere, to the small-wheeled, light-weight, diamond-framed derailleurs of more recent times. T he 1983 Victorian theme was grotesque: the 1873- 1885 Ordinary, or Penny Farthing, with rear-sprung seat ~~d m oustac~e hand lebars disappeared . This year, the 'cads on castors' image gave way to simple moblhty and a desire for freedom. (Mrs . Sprague, the landlady of an Ockham hotel who declined to serve lunch in the dining room to an elderly woman bicyclist, Lady Harberton, because she was wear ing k':lickerbocke,rs, would have smiled at this year's attempt at emancipation of static exhibits.) Tom Gunn wIthout the violence set the scene for our own: On the move, 'Man you gotta go'. In his wonderfu l book Tools/or Conviviality (Calder & Boyars, Ltd, 18 Brewer Street, London W I. ÂŁ2.25) Ivan D. lIIich explains how the upper limit of transportation technology should be the bicycle. Silent and serene, the cyclist consumes less energy over I kilometre (0.15 calories of energy per gram), than the motor car (0.75-0.85), a jet (0.60), a walking man (0.75), a salmon (0.40), or a pigeon (0.92) . Besides the health benefits studied by Professor Herxhelmer, the U,S. Congress stated that cycling was 'the most efficient means of transportation' and is the only viab le comm uting alternative. Like Mayor John V. Linsay, who led a parade of bicyclists for fo urteen blocks in New York before returni ng to his limousine in orde r to establish 'Bikeways' in America, the 1985 Green Court Ex hibition set out to make cycling a nat ural and humane attribute of the rider, Fresh pneumatic tyres (invented by Robert William T homson in 1846) sped riders for miles at speeds confusing to Zeno, The Flying Coat Tails and smil ing faces showed that L. P. Hartley was right when he said that from childh ood to ado lescence, the bicycle is a frie nd and sharer in happ iness. M~d~ls in motion incl uded a 1940's Low Gravity carrier bicycle by Phill ips with extra large wicker basket, and fI nished in coach enamel Crimson Lake. A gentian blue tradesman's bike finished in Bicycle Maintenance Society nameplate was popular, whilst an early He rcules policeman's machine (donated by Mr. Colin 274

Fairserv~ce), as well as the Spec~al Edition Raleigh 'Elizabethan' of 1953, made riders appear to out-strip the efficlenc:r o~ all other mac~mes as well as all ot her animals too. Sadly though, the Dyas Kart was not out-sh~pped III time ~or the festival. A prolonged rebuilding of the machine by Cycles Durovernum prevented this be~ng s~own. Km~'s Week's Golden A:ge of the Spinning Wheel this year came in the acquisition of an Indian tncycle or nckshaw (complete With a Delhi newspaper under the seat) and kindly loaned to us by The B~rgate La ne Cane Company of Canterbury. Rickshaws and three-wheelers are difficult to r~de and the best hints can still be found in the Tricyclists Indispensible Annual for 1882-83. Our !?bust nders ta'!ght t~emselves in curiously inventive ways and were always courteous to wayfarers, Fa~lhes brou~h! theIr babIes to see, and strangers made conversation. Everyone was riding, everyone was t~lklllg abo.ut It: It brought a sense ~f f~eedom an/~ exhilaration. From the Pashley Workbikes of yesteryear, Blcy.c1e ~amtena~ce hopes to acqUire ItS o~n 54 front wheel Penny Farthing, or 'Excelsior' from OHerton Engmeenng Ser.vlc~s of P!eston ~ Lancashlfe, next year. A tandem is planned and a variety of wei rd nonstarters, or quamt mventlOns Will be developed with help from the new Technology Centre. The sim plicity of the bicycle has made its impact on the world, In 1913, the Surrealist artist Marcel Du~hamp created an, art form called ' readymades', one of which was the front wheel of a bicycle mounted upSide down on a kitchen stool: a touch .of the hand would send it spinning, It was a pleasant gadget, pleasant fo r the movement and freedom It gave, Now has anyone seen Jeremy Martin's 'Double-decker Tandem'? R.B.Mi.

King's Week's opportu ni ty to stretch the legs outside school fo r six days offered a wonder ful and unrivalled choice of excursions for G.C.E .-weary day trippers this year, A choice of five trips each day (11th-17th Ju ly) made destinations holiday playgrounds, and the idea of travel I nothing more than a comfortable seat to sleep the miles away. 1985 Feature-films in Galpin's House Library were laid-on for those with self-dr ive tendencies in life. Each day took excursionists to London. Londoners saw the 65 foot fire-breathi ng dragon of St. George open the Royal Tournament at Earl 's Court. This show of shows ended in the Grand Fina le a celebratory cli max !n which ,the 300th A.nni versary ~egim 7nts of the British Army paraded drum horses, 'trumpeters and ba nds 10 th~ ~Idst of mUSIC, can,n,on fl ~e, fIreworks, a~d all the pride and pomp expected from this spectacle of a hfe tlme, C?ther sh?ws VISIted, hke the Kent Agncultural Show at Detiing, presented exciting entertainment and a rare vanety of nng events: Show Ju mping, Parachute Displays the Pace Aerobatic Team the Gurk ha Rifles and the Hot Air Ballo.0ns . Farm animals prompted a richly-s~u nding re ference book of'competition names: Lamb Carcass and Pig Carca~s Class; Ang.lo-Arab or Part Arab Bred Ridden; Bacon Pig and Porker; Hac ks large and small ... Pony Pairs, and NOVice Donkey. Elsewhere, Traction Engines, Bee Ga rdens, Raffles and Fancy Dress. Wool on the Hoof.

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Londoners who resist the accusation that coach travel induces middle age, enjoyed the Middlesex Somerset champio nship match at Lord's, the Thames River Cr uise and the Tower Bridge Walkway B in June, 1894, the Walkway only opened to the public in 1982 and affords panoramic views of the c~ i~1 1 London Zoo attracted those wishing to get nose to nose with a tiger, watch the giant pandas chewing baciboal. chat to a myna~ a nd wa lk with a little eleph~n! from Sri La~~a . Bears. bus.hbabies, bats, boas - Londoo~ Zoo's 8,000 animals offer the lot. More chllhng was the VISit to the Cabmet War Rooms in Whitehall the underground emergency accommodation for Churchill 's War Cabinet. T he suite of nineteen room~ incl udes the Prime Minister's Room (Room 65a), famous for his radio broadcasts . King's Week Holidays went to sea more in 1985. As part of the Kent Sea Training Project the school char tered a 32ft offshore 'Contessa' racing cruiser. Twelve sea-goers crewed the yacht and braved the stiff winds of the English Channel like capable and regular seamen of the salty deep. The Dover Water Sports Centre proved equally popular and Broadsailers made full use of the Waylers, Magnums and TC 36's' the Canoers, the Norcaps, Soar Valley Specials, Eau Vives and K.W .7's available in the protected condition~ of the Harbour Wall. Sea fishing trips left from Ramsgate this year under Licensed Boatmen (Bob Fisher and Rod Mason) who helped hook plenty of dabs (forty on one sailing) in conditions where anything seemed possible - Wrench and Bottom, Decca, Fish Finder and Zoom . For the less energetic, visits to Leeds Castle, No rman stronghold and Royal Palace under Henry VIII prov ided relaxation within an islanded, wooded and rolling landscape. Amid uniquely restored French and English furniture, tapestries and paintings of the Impressioni sts, visitors could explore the Culpeper Garden, see the cas tle's Great Danes and master the tricky 9-hole golf course. Afternoon teas were taken in the superb 17th century tithe barn, called The Fairfax Hall. With its Duckeries and Av iaries, Parkland and Gardens, Museums and centuries of history, Lord Conway is right in saying Leeds Castle is 'The loveliest castle in the world.' Another local, though mildly eccentric visit, took two parties to the Chatham Historic Dockyard. A tour of the former Royal Dockyard (closed since 1984) revealed fascinating details about a place famo us for the buildi ng and lau nching of HMS Victory and other battleships for over 300 years. Dockyard building still in use, like the Ropery, a spectacular 1140 feet long double ropehouse on two floors, has been weaving ropes in tradit ional fashion since 161 8. The Sail and Colour Loft is supported by timbers and ribs from 17th centu ry warships and the Colou r Loft still produces flags for the principal navies of the world. The Commissione r's House (1703) is the oldest surviving naval building still intact in Britain. Vintage transport featured in the two days in order to seal a flavour of the past and history today. Mr. Derry Williams's 1930's Renau lt 'Autobus Parisien' conveyed amused (and bemused) passengers to Chatham, whilst waiting at Thunderbolt Pier the majestic little Paddle Steamer Kingswear Castle stood ready to ply the River Medway on two two-hour crui ses. Built in 1924 to Victorian design, the steamer's coal-fired engines date from 1904. Removed from the River Dart, the vessel cruises in the Medway and Thames during summer afternoons and passengers were lucky in being able to steer the ship from the Captain 's Bridge on one charter. Sightseers not ed Upnor and Rochester Castles, cargo ships, dock shipyards and sli pways and the rusting hulk of the PS Medway Queen, remembered for evacuating over 7,000 troops on Dunkirk beaches in May, 1940. Many will argue that the Ice Skating at Gillingham 's Ice Bowl was better than skating on thin ice in Boulogne for a day, though reports from cross-chan nellers were pleasant fo r all concerned. The daring went Rock Climbing at Tunbridge Wells, Sea Canoeing at Joss Bay and Pegwell Bay. Some found the I.B.A. Telev ision Broadcasting Gallery interesting and the Natural History Museum absorbing, though sadly there was no chance to fit in the Barbican Centre, Royal Shakespeare Company, the International Air Tattoo at Fairford , or the Hop Farm at Paddock Wood this year, yet again . R.B.Mi.

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WORK, REST AND PLAY (}.S. H. and David Walkins)

(Sibylla Marlin)

THE MANAGEMENT REGRETS It is in the King's Week Office that you truly appreciate the quantity and quality of effort put into the festival. On hot afternoons we could hear chords from the Shirley Hall and shrieks from The Mayor of Zalamea in the Water Tower Garden. Velvet clad ladies of Elsinore tripped up and down the stairs to the Biology labs ' looking happy', while young Mowll perfected the Peter Grimes set in the Lattergate Garden with half the equipment of Kent's fishing industry. The Caxton Society, that hitherto mysterious underworld organisation, reeled off boxes of perfect programmes and O.B.T.'s signposts intrigued the tourists. The fragrance of Commandos wafted past as they searched for their daily cans of coke (which sometimes quenched less deserving thirsts) and Arthur Gulam's suave composure lured unsuspecting female foreigners into the office where Pia Lofdahl - Miss Efficiency '85 - promptly sold them tickets, programmes, King's School Cookbooks and anything else she could manage. If you smelt strawberries then the unacceptable face of capitalism in the shape of purple-stained Harman and Morris was near, demanding change for clutches of twenty pound notes. What they didn't sell , they ate. Bruce Nash was 'sweet' (American tourist), 'wonderful' (the Headmaster) and 'doing a great job' (various). Victoria Guisinger and Patrick Paines managed to look smart even when washing up after parties, whilst Anna Keatinge and Alison Ruckert turned into successful ticket touts and Gerry Morris took up bell-ringing and checked lightbulbs. A.H.D. calmly choreographed the commandos' antics as they shifted thousands of chairs, and Martin Birnhak guarded the carnations in his fridge. The sun shone by day and the heavens opened by night. Magical moments? Mrs. Pilkington's disintegrating chair, Crunchie crunching Claudius in the Hamlet curtain call, the invisible soldier's cue in Zalamea, the disappearing bell and the enduring question - where did the 'alternative' carnations come from? 6 parties, 17 events, 250 cans of coke, 500 ticket applications, ÂŁ2000 sponsorship, 7000 tickets, and ÂŁ 10,000 later what do we feel? A deep sense of team spirit, pleasure at how many people we met and at how appreciative they were, relief that we didn't triple sell the Headmaster's row and a belief in the miraculous. P.J.B. C

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COMMEMORATION AND SPEECH DAY THURSDAY 18th JULY, 1985 The Commemoration Sermon was preached by The Revd .. Richard Harries, Dean of King's College, London. His theme was the search for roots, so wIdespread m socIetIes whIch have, to some extent at least satisfied people's material needs. He argued that even at a place such as Canterbury, and Kin'g's, where at one level the problem of identity was perhaps not a problem at all, yet at a deeper one and for e~ch individual the quest was central. Those who~ it had led to 'the ground of all being' were, m hIS expenence, those who felt that at least the fIrst stage of the quest had been accomplished. Speeches were, as usual, opened by the Dean: or nearly so. He s.aid that 'every ten years we do things a bit differently, and something even better' would come fIrSt. ThIS was a performance of a piece composed by Alan Ridout to words by Mr. Duesbury in honour of the tenth anniversary of the Headmaster's coming to Canterbury, and in lament of his announced approaching departure. The wo rk, sung by a small group under the direction of Mr. Rose, was. very well received. The Dean then thanked Dr. Hammersley, who IS retmng from the Governmg Body, and welcomed Dr. Popplewell, his successor as representative of Trinity College, Oxford, and Mrs . Robin Leigh-Pemberton and Lady Lloyd who had also become Governors. He went on to praise the spirit of freedom in education, which alone could foster true responsibility in educators and sustain creative development in schools. After giving out the prizes the Headmaster spoke as follows:

THE HEADMASTER'S SPEECH We all place great hopes on educational change, but an honest look at past history shows that the more extravagant hopes are rarely realised. Over two thousand years ago Plato's treatise The Republic presented an educational system designed to produce a perfect breed of rulers. Yet when he was able to put his theories into practice by acting as tutor to the tyrant of Syracuse he merely produced an inadequate and cruel ~uler. Over a hundred years ago, the advocat~s of compulsory education forecast that a senSItIve and responsIve communIty would emerge, If only everyone were forced to go to school. Look ~tour community after one hundred ye.ars of compulsion. When I began teaching in the late fIftIes, the advocates of comprehenslvlsatIOn forecast a golden age. It has not yet dawned - we ended selection by ability and now it is selection by house agent. Things never seem to turn out as we hope. Recently at a dinner in London a Roman Catholic nun reI?lying t.o the toast told of a woman who went to a spiritualist meeting and managed to commUnIcate Wlt~ her beloved. Yes, he was enjoying life. Fine views, good food - reg~l~r and frequent; from tIme to tIme he made love; lots of exercise. Where? - he was a rabbIt m AustralIa . One has to be pragmatic, with the after life, and so also with education. I say this b~cause we are moving into a time of educational change. The Secretary of State wIshes educatIOn. to help more in the economic progress of the country - hence the greater emphasIs on craft, deSIgn and technology; also we are to see the end of O-Ievels as w.e have known them and the emergence of a new 16 + examination and there are proposals to WIden the VIth form CUrrIculum. I want this afternoon to look at these proposals as a cautious pragmatist - bearing in mind how extravagant hopes from educational change have disappointed us in the past. A pragmatIst, but, I hope, not without ideals. 278

I think we would all agree that education should contribute to national prosperity. We must also remember that educational expansion is only possible in a wealthy country. The great art galleries, collections and academic departments of the past century were financed by the expansion of English commerce and industry. Further, I would support the widening of the curriculum to include a place for design and practical skills. Yet I hope you'll forgive me if I question whether alterations in the curriculum will in the end advance national prosperity. Also I fear I doubt if it necessarily helps to make education such a utilitarian exercise, although a subject itself is advanced by this concentration of mind. Over a century ago, Newman gave a lecture called Knowledge and Professional Skill in which he said 'If then a practical end must be assigned to a University course, I say it is that of training good members of Society. Its art is the art of social life, and its end is fitness for the world. It neither confines its views to particular professions on the one hand, nor creates heroes or inspires genius on the other. Works indeed of genius fall under no art; heroic minds come under no rule; a UniVersity is not a birthplace of poets or of immortal authors, of foun ders of schools, leaders of colonies, or conquerors of nations. It does not promise a generation of Aristotles or Newtons, of Napoleons or Washingtons, of Raphaels or Shakespeares, though such miracles of nature it has before now contained within its precincts. Nor is it content on the other hand with forming the critic or the experimentalist, the economist or the engineer, though such too it includes within its scope. But a University training is the great ordinary means to a great but ordinary end; it aims at raising the intellectual tone of society, at cultivating the public mind, at purifying the national taste, at supplying true principles to popular enthusiasm and fixed aims to popular aspiration, at giving enlargement and sobriety to the ideas of the age, at facilitating the exercise of political power, and refining the intercourse of private life.' It's impossible to improve on that. Like Cardinal Newman, I feel it is dangerous to be too utilitarian with regard to education. Much would be lost and little gained. Certainly I don't think it would necessarily make the country more prosperous. The final warning on a too utilitarian approach to education was given by Hayek: 'And perhaps no other country provides a better illustration of the effects on a nation of a general and thorough shift of the greater part of its educational system from the 'humanities' to the ' realities' than Germany between 1840 and 1940.' As a pragmatist I also view the changes in the 16+ examination with some caution. Two aims are being muddled - that of providing a standard for every school leaver to reach, and of maintaining standards of achievement which are useful to university selectors, and which help sixth form extrants decide which subjects they should do in the sixth form . The problem is that in all these educational curriculum and examination changes practical realities can be forgotten. I mention three. Money: we embarked on a total reorganisation of the secondary system in the sixties, and to be successful this would have needed massive resources to be given to building, and to attracting talented teachers. The money was not there: egalitarian idealism overwhelmed common sense . The result was split-site schools and a shortage of teachers in certain crucial subjects. Teachers themselves did not always help in that the egalitarian ideal which lay behind comprehensivisation influenced their ideas on salaries, and resistance was shown to extra salaries being given to posts of special difficulty or to the more highly qualified. Thus in this great educational change the end was willed, but not the means. A second determining factor is the nature of the educational system. We have three year university courses - most other countries have four or five years. This means English courses demand specialised sixth formers. Is it possible to combine the two very different demands of a leaving certificate and a test for future specialisations? One questions certain aspects of the new 16 +. Finally, we must bear in mind Time. One can so over-crowd the curriculum that either the pupils are over-scheduled or there are too many choices of subjects. Often pragmatism is just another word for conservatism - let's have no change. I don't wish this - I think education ought not to be concerned only with producing elites and greatness. Resources and skill ought to be given to helping the less affluent in our society, and to enlarging awareness. Yet, it is hypocrisy to fail to face reality and in the end produce systems which lack resources, or fai l to take note of certain problems - for example a shortage of graduates in certain subj ects. 279

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Politicians mouth the language of idealism and rouse hopes which they know they cannot fulfil Somehow, they seem to do it all so much better in France and Germany, wher~ comprehensivisation exists happily with selection as a prelude to university. Rhetoric and sociology rather than common sense and compassion seem to have governed our educational thinking OVer the last twenty-five years. Here, we again had a very successful year academically. Of our 146 applicants for degree COurses beginning in October, 1984,99 were successful and 12 withdrew in order to take Oxbridge in November . Thus out of 146, 35 were unsuccessful, that is 76070 of the year got into university At A-level 50% of the grades were As and Bs, making last year one of our most successful' O-Ievel was also very good - only eight achieved below 50-levels out of around 120 pupils: At Oxbridge 34 gained entry - 9 gained awards. Only Oxford gave awards last year - Cambridge has only kept choral awards. As far as the games were concerned - our eight won the semifinal at National Schools, and got into the final at Henley (first time since 1961): though as on their previous visit they lost to the old enemy, Shrewsbury. Yet it is still a great achievement, and I congratulate them and Mr. Richard Hooper on all the work they have done. Already our new facilities at Westbere are producing results. The cricketers had another very good season. Each of the senior sides has only lost once during its season: 36 games for four top teams, only 4 games lost. The 1st XI continued their good run in spite of having a much younger and less experienced side. Won 5, drawn 4, lost I. We thank Mr. Alan Dyer and also appreciate the expert coaching of former England and Kent bowler Doug Wright and of Alan Ealham. The hockey season was badly disrupted by weather; but a young 1st XI turned out to be one of the most skilful for many years. Seven matches were won and the team created a particularly good impression at Oxford Hockey Festival. At rugby the School played 14 matches and won 7, lost 5 and drew 2. In athletics, Jeremy Bagshaw and Edward Mbu represented Kent in the National Schools Athletic championships. In all, a good year. In the development programme the year has seen the completion of the modernization of the Pavilion. Linacre is largely completed and we are beginning work on our new Technology Centre whic h will be opened by next May. Our new Arts centre at Blackfriars has already proved invaluable. The bringing together of arts and crafts such as painting, woodwork, and design and print has contributed to increased opportunities for learning and for artistic achievement. It is important for the student to be able to express himself artistically and creatively. The potter's wheel or the artist's paintbrush can provide a hobby or an all-consuming interest. The results have been seen in this week's exhibition, not least in the development of the large scale decorative mural projects. The sharpening of perception and the exercise of aesthetic judgement are implicit in these disciplines. In Music, we welcomed Mr. Barry Rose to the School as Master of Choirs in January. Already, he has brought the choral singing to new heights. His work was appreciated nationally with the broadcasting of the Choir by the B.B.C. for a week for the Daily Service, and was appreciated by us especially in the magnificent Serenade in the Cloisters. There have been so many highlights in the musical life of the school, that it must suffice just to mention a few. The lunch-time concert in St. Lawrence Jewry; the performance of Handel's Solomon; and the two Symphony Concerts of King's Week. In all of these we are grateful for the leadership of Col. Paul Neville and for the dedication of the music teachers and pupils alike. Academic achievement, sports, arts, music and development programmes all provide a sense of movement and of progress. But progress to what and to where? It is here that I return to those earlier themes of pragmatism and idealism. At King's, we try to attain a balance: to be both pragmatic and idealist. Pragmatic in that we respond to the skills and standards which our society demands for further education or for careers. Idealist, in that we keep before us the intrinsic value of education: the questioning mind, the search for knowledge, the logical argument, and the humanity, sensitivity, and tolerance which give meaning. 280

The pragmatic and the idealist need not be contradictory. They are complementary. Fused together, they provide an outlook on the world. In our everyday lives we all know that we face many constraints. But we all know that we need to hold on to our hopes, our ideals. So it is at school. Too often we talk of education as a preliminary to the real world beyond. But if we are to fulfil our role as educators, we have to teach that the real world of obstacles and of opportunities is already here - at school. (The Headmaster concluded by expressing his thanks to a number of people connected with the school, and by paying tribute to retiring masters.)

DISTINCTIONS 1984-85 SCHOLARS ELECTED 1985

N. A. JAMIESON A. HONE S. T. S. BYRNES J. H. ROBERTSON P. G. DAVIES A. P. HANCOCK J. E. WATERS D. P. C. BURDESS G.D. HOGBEN

Junior King's School Dulwich College Preparatory School, London Junior King's School

Edge Grove SI. John's Coliege School, Cambridge Junior King's School

Brambletye Brambletye Milbourne Lodge

EXHIBITIONERS ELECTED 1985

J. W. MARTIN M. D. WESTON

Dulwich Coliege Preparatory School, Cranbrook The New Beacon

MUSIC SCHOLARS ELECTED 1985 ELIZABETH ROBINSON Malvern Gi rls' Coll ege AILSA BUCHAN King Edward VI Camphhill School for Girls, Birmingham KATHERINE HAMILTON Westonbirt ALICE COOPER Folkestone School for Girls J. R. SAMPSON Salisbury Cathedral School G. D. HOGBEN Milbourne Lodge Q. P. THOMAS Westminster Abbey Choir School 1. H. TEGNER Dulwich College Preparatory School, London D. P. SIMPSON Junior King's School D. P. RYCROFT SI. John's Coliege School, Cambridge P. H. APPS Reigate Grammar School 281

HONORARY MUSIC SCHOLARS ELECTED 1985 Northbourne Park A. J. SKARBEK Cum nor House N. J. E. FLOWER Junior King's Sc hool S. T. S. BYRNES Edge Grove P. R. TRUSSELL The King's School SARAH PENDLEBURY The King's School CLARISSA PRICE The King's School LUCINDA MILLER MUSIC AWARDS CHR ISTI NA ALBIN TANERA DAWKINS D. C. EVERHART MELAN IE FALL NATALIA FETHERSTON-DILKE J. H . FINN LUCY FLINT J. R. SEAGRAVE S. D.TAYLOR S. D. TAYLOR C . WALKER

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(Piano) Distinction (Cello) Distinction (Violin) Merit (V iolin) Distinction

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FIRST CLASS HONOURS GAINED AT THE UNIVERSITIES IN 1984; ADDITIONAL LIST F. G. DOVE Sl. John's College, Oxford; in Modern Languages (German) Uni versity of Strathclyde; in Mechanical Engineering J. A. HAWKINS Balliol College, Oxford; in Mathematics M. J . LONG Jesus College, Cambridge; in Natural Sciences, Part lA M. J. L. PERCIVAL Corpus Christi College, Oxford; in Psychology and Philosophy A. W. L. DE WAAL FIRST CLASS HONOURS GAINED AT THE UNIV ERSITIES IN 1985 Corpus Christ i College, Cambridge; in Natural Sciences, Part IA S. E. BRADFORTH Trinity College, Cambridge; in Modern Languages. Part 2 J. C. ISBELL Balliol College, Oxford; in Greek and Latin Literature (Honour T. W. B. MILLER Moderations) Jesus College, Cambridge; in Natura l Sciences, Part IB M. J. L. PERCIVAL Trinity Hall, Cambridge; in English, Part 1 E. A. L. DE WAAL

282 SERENADE IN THE CLOISTERS 1985 (Hilbert Pragl/e/l)

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Walpole House The King's School'

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O n reading the letter from Mr. Chantry and Mr. Adebajo in the last edition of The Carztuarian I feel inspired to write on the subject of sex ism in the school. . Messrs. Chantry a nd Adebajo criticised the sexual ineq uality that exists in the way girls aTe treated differently from boys when they arrive late for Ic.ssons. This re~inded me of. an incident last term during the snowstorms when a teacher, who shall remall1nameless.sald that the gIrls could put their shoes On the radiator whilst the boys could not. The matter seems trivial but why did the situation Occur in the firs t place?, Is it t~at t~ e teac h~rs are trying to p~ove ,t hat chivalr'y is not dead, or is it ju~t. a consequence of the unfair way 10 which the girls have been admItted mto our society? Surely when the decIsion to intrOduce girls into the school was taken, the people responsible should have been p repared to accept girls throughout all the years on an equal basis and not just in the sixth form? Perhaps girls are treated differently for arriving late for lessons because of this . T he teachers are used to treating the boys in the shells and removes whilst they only meet the girls as 'mature' sixth formers. If my suggested reforms were phased in, there might be 'inequality' because of people's natu res, but surely it would go a long way in improving the unjust and resented situation that exists at the moment. Let's get cracking! Yours faithfully, GUY DUNN.

11 The Precincts, Canterbury. 9th July, 1985.

Dear Si r, In October 1987 The Friends of Canterbury Cathedral will be celebrating their Diamond Jubilee: sixty years in which they will have donated a million pounds towards the preservation of the Cathedra l, its life and its work. Any of you who feel you would like to help us in this work can join as F riends at No. 11 Th e Precincts. There is also an active Young Friends group, with a programme of expeditions and social events. With help from Th e Friends, The Dean and Chapter have turned No. 11 into Cathedra l House, where the Chapter Office is linked with T he Friends, The Guides, T he Chaplains, The Welcomers and The Education Centre. The top floor is a small hostel for our visitors amongst whom this year have been monks from C hevtogne, English Benedictines, monks a nd nuns from Bee in Normandy, international students helping under the banner of ARC; it is also a King's School House for some o f the girls during the Autumn term . Also thi s year, with the William Urry Memoria l Trust, we have published the first of a series of lectures commemorating this distingui shed medieval historian. The Monks of Canterbury and the Murder of Archbishop Becket by Sir Richard Southern is available from the Friends office, price ÂŁ 1.50 (plus postage 25p). On 1st October we shall be having an Open Evening in the Cathedral from 7.00 p .m. Why not join us? Yours faithfu lly, CHARLES BARKER.

Steward of the Fr iends. Dear Si r, I am nauseated by the pious rhetoric and self-righteous preaching of the editorials. I am appalled by the famou sly unfunny socia l quips and repetitive boas tfu lness of the House Notes. I am horrified to see innumerable write-ups of past events included only for the benefit of participants who wis h to gloat over them. I am pleased to note a generally critical o utloo k in the letters. Basically, I am not impressed by The Cantuarian.

284 (Above) SHARING A JOKE (Peler Barry) (Below) FROG AND CHIPS (Patrick Lidstone)

So that no one can say I am being unreasonable or biased, I give you the chance to defend yourselves. What is the purpose of your magazine? Yours faithfu lly, ANON.

To give our readers enjoyment. - Ed.

The Grange, The King's School. 14th July, 1985.

Dear Sir, I am sure that in a school with such strong historical and ecclesiastical associations many of its ' hierarchy' will have heard of the 1662 Act of Uni fo rmity. This Act allowed the more liberal members of the Church freedom of worship providing they adhered - in public at least - to general Anglican regulations. 'Conformity in outward observances, not doctrine was the objective.' (1) It seems to me that this little Act of the Restoration has had a lasting effect on the regulations of the King's 'Machi ne'. Most members of the school have read the 'sixteen commandments' at the front of the Rotulus. However, I wonder, on seeing that form idable list, how many juniors look forward to the day when they finally reach the top of the school and its monitorial body - and thereby exemption from, or at least a considerably laxer attitude to, these rules. Presumably the reason for publishing the rules is so that they will be obeyed by everyone. But this is not the case. Some rules are inevitab ly disliked, others felt to be unreasonable and many broken, but if any are to be enforced this should be uniformly done in all cases. This includes monitors who should be included in school regulations and ensuing punishments. While it wou ld be an exaggeration to say that becomi ng a monitor is a licence fo r hypocrisy, it ce rtainly gives the people concerned a false (perhaps not?) sense of security. And there is a tendency in some cases for individuals to continue in their own doubtfu l behaviour, while taking every opportunity to punish others for doing exactly what they do. This seems to me to be wrong. I would also like to suggest that there should be an absolute set of punishments to coincide with the rules. This would avoid embarrassing and unfair instances of unequal inter-house discipli ne and personal favouritism. While supporting the preservation of all worthwh ile traditions, I also feel the necessity for a modern outlook o n school li fe . Perhaps we should consider throwing out so me of our less desira ble histor ically based practices : a li ttle more conformity in doctrine and not just in outward observances?! Yours fa ithfully, DEBORAH COLMAN.

(I) J. R. Jones Country and Court.

The Caterer's Office, The Kings' School, Canterbury. 15th July, 1985.

Dear Sir, After nearly four years as Catering Manager at King's I shall be tak ing up the duties of District Manager in our organisation, and I should like to say how much I have enjoyed my time here. I hope that I have made some contribution to the improvement of catering standards at the School, and in this connection I sho uld like to thank everyone for bea ring with my ambitions and experiments. My li nks with King's will not be severed by my promotio n, and I look forwa rd to my coming periodic visits and, perhaps, to lunch at the top table! Yours faithfully, PETER CORCORAN.

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The King's SchoOl' Canterbury' 20th July, 1985: Dear Sir, Now that the Pavilion on Birley's has been refurbished we are anxious to bring its 'Honours Boards' up to date. The last inscription is for 1979. If any O.K.S. or other of your readers know of anyone whose name should be included as having played in national or county teams, or as having been awarded a Blue or some comparable recognition, I should be very gratefu l to be notified of the details. We are very keen that there should be no omissions, so potential inscriptees please suppress modesty.

Yours faithfu lly, R. C. WHITE.

THE SCHOOL Captain of School: P. H. McCleery, K.S., M.S. SCHOOL MONITORS P. N. Barry, J . R. Seagrave, M.S., R. E. Strivens, K.S., M.S., Lucy F. Flint, K.S., M.S., G. N. J . Seymour, J. Gopalji, K.S., R. Assadourian, A. J. H. Knight, D . C. Everhart, M.S., J. D. Bagshaw, A. W. J. Harding, G. S. Smith, M . J. Nash, K.S., C. R. J. Collyer, Abigail B. Willis , M.S. HOUSE MONITORS School House: G. S . Smith, N. T. J . Lake, K.S., A. L. Odgers, K.S., Sophie I. Lumsden, J. H. Booth-Clibborn, M.S., R . D. C. Downes, M.S., J. L. Aylott. The Grange: A. W. J. Harding, P. H. McCleery, K.S., M.S., Abigail B. Willis, M.S., A. T. T. Preston, M. E. Burges Watson, Sophia A. Baker, J. D. Foord, J . R. G. Job, S. D. Taylor, K.S., M.S. Walpole: J. Gopalji, K.S., J. N. M. Cox, M . J. L. Bashaarat, J. H. Williams, Joanna S. Whittington. Meister Omers: P. N. Barry, Lucy F . F lint, K.S., M.S., J. A. Price, A. D. Coulter, A. I. M. Murdoch, T. Neame, J. R. Dawkins, L. C. Goss, M.S. Marlowe: C. R. J. Collyer, Olivia Goulden, Katherine Hardwick, K.S., J. R. Whittlesea, Tessa Williamson . Luxmoore: G. N. J. Seymour, S. Gambini, M. F. McCullough, C . W. Nix, F . T. L. Phang, M. Camburn, L. M. Fernandez, A. H. Gillespie-Smith, P. G. S. Lawton, I. Linhart. Galpin's: R. E. Strivens, K.S., M.S. , B. N. B. Mowll, A.F.G.A. Gulam, H. McN. Beaugie, A. C. de Linde, Natalia E . Fetherston-Dilke, M.S., Lucy J. Harland, R. J. C. Elliott, G. L. Morris. Linacre: J. R. Seagrave, M.S., G. F. Hall, M . J. Nash, K.S., E. J. T. Brett, A. J. EvansPughe, M.S., J. N. W. Cunliffe, M. R. Moore, S . A. Wright. Broughton: A. J. H. Knight, J. D. Bagshaw, M. Edwards, P. E. H . Paines, M. Zamblera, C. J. Brooke, Sarah C. Holden. Tradescant: R. Assadouria n, J. G. Bendien, J. E. Hughes, C. J. B. Simeon, C. H. Brindley, C. Jordan, S. Wicker. Mitchinson's: D. C. Everhart, M.S., S. W. Burt, Emma Risley, Christina Albin , M.S., J. C. Orr, H. D. Pritchard. Lattergate: M. Durham (B), G. L. Morris (GL), N. A. Papachristidis (SH), D. G. Stocks (SH) . 286

CAPTAINS OF SPORT P . H . McCleery, Boats S. A. Wright Soccer K.S., M.S. Cricket J. R. Seagrave, M.S. Canoeing H. D. Pritchard, K.S. Boys'Swimming H. McN. Beaugie Basketball R. A. Williams Girls' Swimming Lucy Dixon-Clarke Netball Sophia A. Baker Athietics J. D. Bagshaw Boys' Tennis G. S. Smith Cross-country J. D. Wright Girls' Tennis Annabel E. C. Roberts Fencing E. Lloyd Boys' Squash Rackets J. Gopalji, K.S. Golf J. N. M . Cox Girls' Squash Rackets Amanda J. Badminton G. S. Smith Hope-Mason Boys' Hockey M. Edwards J. W. Gosling Sailing Girls' Hockey Sarah C. Holden I. Linhart Chess Rugby Football J. P. Gardner Rugby Sevens J. D. Bagshaw Monitors for Music: L. C. Goss, M.S., A. J. Evans-Pughe, M.S. Head Sacristan: J. R. G. Job

C.C.F. NOTES ARMY SECTION We started off the term with good numbers, as we had seven Lent Term recruits to add to the existing squad, and about half the APC squad stayed on after qualifying. The training for the first half of the term was dominated by the General Inspect ion , conducted this year on the 22nd May . The commandos branched out from their usual activities and practised bridge building with new equipment. This went well; they proved that they can bridge a river without the aid of trees on the banks, and we hope to incorporate this facility into a night exercise next year. The recruits began fieldcraft training, and under the supervision of Cpl Wrench, constructed camouflaged hides on the day itself. Cpl Evans. of the Signals Section, took charge of three trainee NCOs and gave them basic signals sk ills on our Clansman sets, so that they could coordinate movements during the Inspection. Down at Blore's. Sgt Lewin, with his REME squad, demonstrated the useful work they had been doing on the Land Rover during the year. After half-term Field Day saw the recruits out again on Scotland Hills, first on a night exercise . where their ski ll in constructing bashers was sore ly tested by a deluge of rain at 4.00 a.m .. and then, after drying out, learn ing sect ion formations and battle drills. The Commando Section embarked on an ambitious Canoe. March, and Shoot, from Grove Ferry to Fordwich, and then across to Scot land Hills and the indoor range at Howe Barracks. In the remaining weeks of the term the Comm andos went to Folkestone twice. for sea ca noeing, and abseiling, while the recruits changed into the new APC Squad, and passed their theoretical and practical map and compass tests. The Commandos also performed creditably in the Senior N ight Exercise against other sect ions o n 6th Ju ly. We have fifteen cadets going to Summer Camp at Longmoor in Hampshire including half the APC Squad. 1 wou ld like to thank Mr. Booth for his hard work preparing for the Inspection. especially in drilling the QuarterGuard, which was excellently turned out. I am also glad that we have CSM Morris and C/Sgt Papachrist idis back with us next year, as they provide intelligent and enthusiastic leadership . M.l.V.

CCF ADVENTURE TRAINING CAMP AT LOCH EWE, EASTER 1985 The Loch Ewe autumn half-term trip has been established for some years now, and its reputation was sufficient to ensure a good number of applicants for places on our first Easter Camp there . Over the night of 27th128th March the party converged on Inverness by different modes of transport, with everyone convinced they had slept the worst. Then the four-tonner and Land Rover took us the eighty miles out into the emptiness of the Western Highlands to the RN Establishment. Aultbea, on the shore of Loch Ewe. After a first afternoon practising orienteering on the peninsula at the back of the camp, the main programme started the next morning in the face of a bitter NE wind that had laid snow above 1000 feet. Two groups went down to Badluchrach to cross Little Loch Broom in an alarmingly overladen ferry-boat. and from the opposite side ascended Beinn Ghobhlach from the west. From the top the Highlands to the north opened in front of us covered in snow and out lined against blue sky . The other group did the walk the ot her way round. On the 30th March an attempt was made to climb Slioch from Kinlochewe. The weather had deteriorated, clouds were well down the sides of the mountains, and it snowed off and on all day. As we came over the first ridge at Meall Each into the basin below Slioch summ it the visibility worsened, and the snow increased in depth, to the poi nt where we had to decide to turn round to give us time to get back before dark. A disappointment for peak-baggers. but it had been a good experience of near Arctic conditions.

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The next day was spent rock clim bing at the back of the camp, and playing rescue games, in which both victims ultimately cheated by leaping o ut of their stretchers and running with their rescuers. It was decided to run the three day scheme through some of the wildest country in the Western Highla nds: twenty miles witho ut seeing a n inha bited dwelling. W hile the juniors followed their own programme the rest were dropped in two groups in Poolewe and walked to Kernsary, and through woods to the side of Fionn Loch . A wind sprang up and it started to rain, and after a very wet afternoon we were glad to reach the bothy on the side of the Carnmore Shooting Lodge. One group slept inside while the others proved the tents by pitching them in driv ing wind a nd rain outside. In the morning the weat her cleared somewhat, and we could see wha t a beaut ifu l place we were in . We were away by 10.30 maki ng for the bothy at Shenaval, where the junior group were due to meet us to spend the next night. In the end it was decided to pitch camp at a deserted farmho use at Larac hantivore, across the valley from the bothy. M.O .D. made the journey to liaise with the other group, fording two rivers on the way in bare feet, probably reducing their size permanent ly. The next day the j uniors made their way back past An Teallach to Dundollnell , while the senior gro ups walked stra ight down the side of Loch na Sheallag to RV with the 4-tonner at Gru inard Bay. The experience of those three days inspired us to think about a n extensio n of the idea next year, with perhaps a six day ex pedit io n north fr om Ullapool towards Cape W rat h. We wil l be so unding out members of the CCF about this project in the autumn . M. l .V.

ROYAL AIR FORCE SECTION Term began with the return of three sen ior cadets from Germany where they had just spent a week at RAF Laarbruch. WIO Willia ms's report follows. A varied programme was then planned and fortunately most events took place. One of the highlights was undo ubtedly o ur Field day visit to RAF Wattisham , our Affiliated Stat ion. Havi ng been persuaded into an overnigh t camp, I contacted a for mer, unsuspect ing colleague in Colchester, who lent us his garden for the night. I don't think either he or his neighbours were prepared for the (very) early morning act ivity of twenty cadets cook ing breakfast a ll over his lawn or the subsequent uniform inspection by Lt Parker - many villagers fe lt they had been invaded . We arrived a t RAF Wattisham and were met by PIO Raven, our guide for the day. We were shown round the new ly re- formed 74 'Tiger' Squadron, allowed to clamber a ll over their P hantoms in the ASF ha nger and some cadets successfully ' new' the Simula tor - others did not. We were briefed on the role of the station (Air Defence) and taken round 25 Squad ron and their Bloodhound missiles. It was a full , exciting day made possible by the friend liness and efficiency of our conducting officer. We have had two days nying at I AEF at RAF Manston, one cadet ma naging a 70 minute fli ght in which he seems to have criss-crossed E. Kent ma ny ti mes. Wg Cdr Wen ley was instru mental in getting eight cadets fl ying at W. Mailing in some of the RAF's most modern gliders, even though the average circu it time was litt le more tha n fi ve mi nutes. Adventurous tra ining has included sea-canoeing, orienteering, and two night exercises. Both of these came to a successful conclusion , a lthough a couple of cadets seem to have collected some bruises in the inevitable, but highly popular, escape and invasion phase. Nobody, thankfully, got lost, which possibly proves that RAF Section map a nd compass work is improv ing. We have also spent one Sunday on the Hythe ra nges firing 303s, and the last Su nday of term saw some of the more enterprising members of the Section 200 miles from the P recincts at 9.30 a.m . (after an incredibly early start!) at the International Air Tattoo , RAF Fairford. We were treated to a superb display and a static park of over 100 military aircraft. By the time this article will have appeared, the hovercraft being built by W10 Willia ms and Cpls Nash and Norris shou ld have ta ken o ff, and the Section been invigorated by the arrival of our first girl cadets.

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On arrival at camp we were ordered into unifo rm a nd marched fift y yards to the mess for lunch . The march, unfortunately, turned into a ramble and our irate officers immed iately added some ext ra drill sessions into the programme. On-camp visits included the Torn ado Simu lator, the Engineering Wing, P hotographic Intelligence and Police Dog Sections, RAF Regiment and two of the fOllr Jaguar and Tornado squadrons. Off-camp visits were to the war museums at Oosterbeck, Overloon, Arn hem, and to the Philips Science Exhibitio n at Eindhoven - all in Holland. Other camp activities included lots of drill practice (see above), a night exercise, an orienteering exercise, a P .E. session, swimming, a nd an hou r with the camp chaplain . A chance - as he put it - to catch up on any lost sleep. Two cadets took up the opportunity immediately. In the evenings, we were free . Optio ns included visiting local villages, going to the camp clubs, playing football or simply relaxing. It was an enjoyable, exciting camp which int roduced us to the demands and variety of life in RAF Germany. W 10 J . W ILLI AMS .

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ROYAL NAVAL SECTION This term has been qu ieter than normal, mainly because we did not get our ~sua l place.s o~ Ai~ and S~a Days, and fewer boys seem to have taken ad vantage of the many camps and courses available. I sl1l1 fmd It surpnsing that w don't have boys queueing up to get on the camps - which include ones for climbing, shooting, gliding, sailing a ~ surv ival, a nd all at a cost of only 28p a day. They a re usually most enjoyable, a nd more boys shou ld take the opport~n~ to participa te while they can. Y The ea rly part o f this term seemed to revolve around preparations for the Inspection. Many hours were spent in the holidays prepari~g the ~l otor boat ~or its launch, a nd while Ihis,project seems to have been going,on for years , We do seem close to Its glorious concluSIOn now. Unfortunately we did not have the boat ready for the Inspection as the grey ti ns of paint we tho ught we had in the corner of the shed turned out to be line marker for the cricket ~quare! P. W.O. took the boys saili ng regularly down at Westbere, and we hope they now at least understand the basics, We are st ill unab le to use Westbere for Windsurfing and so we've had to look fur ther afield for a venue for Our two new boards, At least the sect ion had a good fi eld day windsurfing at Whitstable. Despite the wind everyone managed to get up for a ti me, and hopefully it whetted the appetite, Other activities durin g the term included canoeing, o rienteering and sw imming. We have a good group of boys in the section at present , but I'd like to encourage them to enter into the act ivities with a little more ent husiasm, and to have a go at some of the camps on offer, as I' m sure they'd get a lot out of them, I'd last ly like to thank Charlesworth and God ley for all their help this term, a nd to wish John Whittlesea Success in his ca reer in the Royal Navy. R.W.T.

O.K.S. NEWS Lt. Col. R. A. Finn (1925) writes that there have been eight related members of his fami ly at King's, plus two who are 'k ith but not kin'. Is this a record? A. G. Gordon (1939) was awarded the M.B .E. in 1979. He now has a so n in The Grange. M. J. Gordon (1942) has recently been appointed Managing Director of the Channel Tunnel Group. The Revd P. C. Hammo nd (1946) has moved to Rolvenden, where he is Vicar. R. M. Mills (1948) is Managing Director of Delancourt Ltd. His son R. P. Mills (1976) is an Engineer Officer in the Merchant Navy. C . P. Lawrance (1954) has been in the Royal Navy since leaving school and is now a Captain. Having served prev iously with NATO in Brussels, he is currently Senior Naval Officer in the Falklands which he finds beautiful, a nd where he has met Wing Comma nder R. A. Smith (1955) who commands the Admin. Wing at RAF Stanley. P. M. C. Randrup (1964) is now with ARAMCO , Saudi Arabia. P. J. Stone (1964), having qualified as an Accountant, travelled the Caribbean, gained a degree at Cambridge, a nd been a professional hot-air balloonist , participated in one of the earliest 'management buyouts' in the City, with R. D. Kent (1965) both of whom are now Directors of Merchant Bankers Close Brothers, specializing as lenders of fund s and providers of advice to a number of small and med ium-sized private compa nies. Rod Kent had previously attended INSEAD business school at Fontainebleau where he came top o f his year. Close Bros. masterminded the penultimate 'rescue' of Acorn Computers. T . P. M. Young (1965) has recently been appointed Senior Partner in the Republic of South Africa, of Binnie and Partners, Co nsulting Engineers. N. Paine (1953) is Senior Partner in the United Kingdom, and C. B. Strouts (1954) has been with the same firm for many years. C. D. Rennie, FRCS (1966) has been appointed Consultant Urologist at Bromsgrove a nd Redditch hospitals, cont inuing to live in Sclly Oak, Birmingham. A . L. Ha mmond (1968) is a partner in the Grand Cayma n Office of Deloitte, Hask ins & Sells. He has met B. T. Marsh (1968) and M. J. Cumber (1965), both long term residents of the Cayman Islands. D. J . Iron (1971) has retired from the Royal Navy with the ra nk of Lieutenant Co mmander, after 14 years, and is now with the Stock Excha nge as a project manager in the Information Serv ices Division. C. M. D. Ellis (1973) is Lecturer in American History at Tha mes Polytechnic in London, having gained a PhD a t the University of Aberdeen. M. J. d'A. Sephton (1973) has been working in Portugal as a Chartered Accou ntant for the last four years. Capt. R. M. Iron (1974) Royal Marines is serving in Ulster having recent ly completed a tour in Oman. Judil h Crawley (nee Ma rshall) (1974) no longer 'just' a hou sew ife and mother, divid es her time between running her village playgro up a nd the East Kent Branch of the Embroiderers Gu ild . O. St. J. Kirby..Johnson (1974) is a computer consultant in Swindon, whilst his brother, J. R. Kirby..Johnson (1978) is a civil engineer working on computer software, in C roydon. 290

N. A. Cla.rk (197~). I~ avin.g recent ly completed the Management Development Programme o f Barclays Bank PLC International DIVISion , IS the Manager of the Vanuatu (formerly the New Hebrides) branch. R. N. Pittman (Staff, 1978) is to be Headmaster of S1. Peter's School, York. Sterania Almansi (1979) li ves in London a nd is working as a courier with Thomsons Holidays. S. J. Ba rrow (1979) is wit h ICI, marketing textile dyestuffs in Scot land.

BIRTHS Thol1lpson-To Venetia and Nic holas T hompson (1 966), on 10th June, 1985 - a son, Simon William. Hammond-to Mandy and Adrian Hammond (1968), on 29th March, 1984 - a son, Matthew Scot t. Finsaas- to Fiona and Per Finsaas (1973), on 16th March, 1985 - a son, Manfred Eric, brot her to Bryony.

MARRIAGES Barron-Paekman-S. J . Barron (1979) to Ch ristine Anne Packman, on 18t h May, 1985, a t Ca nterbu ry.

DEATHS Randrup-Sqn. Leader Michael Randrup (1930), on 3rd December, 1984. Jervis-Peter M. Jervis (1934), in Bulawayo, o n 27th April , 1984. Pilcher-Francis Eric Pilcher, M.B.E. (1930), on 21st February, 1985. Pengelley-Edwin Alfred Pengelley (1 934), on 16th April , 1985 . Hill-Alan Lashbrooke Hill (1927), on 29th June, 1985, in Durban. Bryant-The Revd. Ch ristopher Rex Bryant (1922), on 8th June, 1985. Reynolds-Vera Reynolds (staff 1928-77), on 26th June, 1985. Evans-The Revd. Lama n Eva n Cox Evans (1907), at Ro lvenden.

291 PR INTED FOR THE KING'S SCHOOL, BY MARTELL PRESS, RAMSGATE, KENT.

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Opportunities which range from flying If you'd like the experience of working as a Nimrod crew member to operating with a highly professional force, relish a vitally important equipment at ground challenge and have your wits about you. level. The careers available within the . you could well make the 6'Tade. RAF are, as you can see, both numerous " Ask your school careers adviser for and wide ranging. Whatever yow' . . details or call into your local RAF interests, whatever yow' skills, .' Careers Information Office. whatever your qualifications, the ,. (The address is in t he telephone book.) There you can fmd out which RAF has plenty of opportunities for you to make the most of them. positions are cW'I'entiy available.

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