The Cantuarian December 1992 - August 1993 by OKS Association

THE CANTUARIAN

DECEMBER 1992

THE CANTUARIAN VOL.

LVII NO. I

DECEMBER,

CONTENTS I'AGE

THIS AND THAT

OBITUARIES

VALE

FOCUS

MUSIC AND DRAMA

TRIP

HOUSE NOTES

THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

SPORTS

ACTIVITIES

O.K.S.

THE CANTUARIAN

Editors: Francesca K. Beauman, K.S.; Geoffrey D. de Burca, K. S.; Luke T. Singer, K. s.; Susanna M. Warner. Photographic Editor: James A.. L. Bridges. Senior Editor: T. Thomson, M.A. , D.Phit.

1992

No Strings Attached! Let the Army fill your GAP. "The most unforgettable and probably the most valuable 6 months of my life'.' IAN MURRIN

Farnham Sixth Fom1 College

"I have done things that most people will never do _ parachuting, abseiling from ~elicopters, s ailing, living m s now holes. I have been to a wide range of countries -and I have been paid for it!"

"The list of things I have gained from this Commission is a lmost endless ... leave the Army a far more confident and knowledgeable young lady'.'

GRAHAM MORRIS

SAM ANTHA EAST

Tonbndge ScOOol

Clarendon ScOOol

The quotes are. from some who gained a SHORT SERVICE LIMITED COMMISSION m the Army between school and . .t . between 4 and 12 months.and there is NO ~y afterwards: It proVldes TRAVEL, VARIETY and RESPONSIBILITY . pay at approXImately Â£8,000 p.a. To find out more about the CHALLENGE mvolved please contact. ..

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T he death was announced in September of Major-General George Payne, 0. K.S. (SH 1925-29) , sometime Director of Ordnance Services in the Ministry of Defence. He was Pres ident of the O.K .S . Association in 1973-74. He is \urvived by two O.K .S. sons. An obituary of him appears elsewhere in this issue. Just after the last ed ition of The Cantuarian had gone to press, we learned with sadness of lhe death of Do nald Leggat whose initials appeared beneath innumerable reviews of school musical cvcnls. He worked in the Music Department from 1977 to 1982, and was a distinguished musician of wide and varied experience who brought the highest standards to rehearsal and performance. He will be remembered also as a warm and convivial colleague . Mrs. Eve Carter, who was matron of Broad St. fro m 1990 to 1992, died on 30th October. Her funeral was attended by matrons, tutors and girls fro m the House. We extend our sympathy

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The King'~ School ope~ates .u nder Royal Chart~r. Until November 1992 were certam shortcommgs m the Charter, or m the manner in which itthere being observed, in the light of developments in recent years. The Junior)(' w~~ School was not included; nor was the actmission of girls. On 16th November, the Lord Lieut~ng ~ of Kent, Mr. Robin Leigh-Pemberton, presented ~Supplemental Royal Charter to the Dean n~t was escorted from the Dark Entry to the Memonal Court by the Headmaster, Lower MaÂˇ e King's Scholars and Headmaster of the Junior King's School, and was welcomed on behaner. the pupils by the Captain of School, Cheyney Kent, the Senior Girl, Katherine van Berckel or a senior pupil of the Junior King's School, Kayode Akindele. 'and Charter

The presentation of the Charter was followed by the official opening of Jervis House by M Leigh-Pemberton. A commemorative plaque was unveiled in the courtyard, sheltered by a marq:\ from the downpour which went on all day. After speeches by the Housemistress, Mrs. Victo ee Browning, and by the Headmaster, the youngest girl in the youngest House, Sarah Lindfie[~a presented Mrs. Leigh-Pemberton with flowers. She responded by presenting the House Monitor' :With their l~pel pins, the design of ~hich is an Athenian owl. The .idea for this stems from a~ ttem found m the house once occupied by Douglas and Nora Jervis, whose generosity to th school made the construction of Jervis House possible. A toy owl was found by the latter's bedsid~ after her death , and is now in the Housemistress 's study.

We welcome as the first Housemistress of Jervis House Mrs. Victoria Browning, who also joins the Mathematics Department. A native of Gateshead she studied wjth the Open University and at Homerton College' Cambridge. In the days when she used to have spare time she indulged in theatre and cinema: going, opera and jazz. She comes to us from Cobham Hall, as does her husband William Browning, who te!lches E!Jglish. He was edu~ated at Kin8swo.od School in B~th. and too.k his degree at Cambndge, gomg on to further studies at the Umverstty of Sydney. Hts Interests mclude cooking and refereeing soccer, the consequences of the former passion increasingly hindering the latter. Common Room

Mr. Peter Cordeaux studied graphic design at Middlesex Polytechnic after leaving Marlborough College, and then worked for six years as an Art Director in various London advertising agencies. He now works in Blackfriars as a member of the Art Department and is a Tutor in Walpole. â&#x20AC;˘ His wife is Head of Biology at Francis Holland School in London. Also a new Tutor in Walpole is Mr. Stephen Davies, a graduate in English from the Universit} of East Anglia with a particular interest in literary theory. His sports are rugby and squash and he also plays the guitar. He bought a television set when he arrived, no doubt in the belief that he would have time to switch it on , a belief that has apparently been challenged by experience. Miss Anna Price trained as a P.E. teacher at Bedford College of Higher Education. She count\ O.K.S. among her uncles and cousins. She has become the Resident Tutor in Luxmoore, and is another recruit to discover that time does not hang heavily on one's hands at King's. Her list of recreations is hence the most realistic we hever ever received in the context of term-time life: sleep . Also enjoying the leisurely life of a Resident Tutor, this time in Tradescant, is Mr. Nicholas Sellers, who has joined the Modern Languages Department. He was brought up in Oporto, Portugal but attended a small preparatory school near Ascot and a large public school near Slough, from where he went to Oxford to read Spanish and Portuguese. He brings to King's considerable experience of rowing, and it remains to be seen whether he can combine intensive training of a crew with his love of water-skiing. 4

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~f years be or a Ion -standing commitment to the Scou~ I?Ovement and IS .a~ so an accomp IS e. School. He h~s He Yists his most meteoric success as nsmg from the positiOn of scorer for hts that of umpire at university to the captaincy of his College team. Haymakers, '·hurch ·hOOI IorgXanlts\ st VI

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Mr Woodley has been elected chairman of the Independ~nt Schools <:Jrou~ · of the Association of Teachers and Lectures (lately Asststant Mastel s an In The ChaJr Mistresses Asociation or 'AMMA'). This committ~e represents some 15,()_00 · the independent sector ' the only sizeable group to do so m any of the three maJor teachers m . . teacher assoctat10ns.

We congratulate Canon Derek Ingram Hill (GR 1925-31) on thHe.c e1ebrattt.ohn · b f h. 1· ht' th b' thday He and Mrs. Ingram 111 were e Eighty Years m the. President, Mr. Millar, presented him Young ~th book tokens and invited colleagues to drink his health befo~e he rushed · ment He continues to leap up and down Bell Harry Tower JUSt to I?ake off hishenex.tllengagFe . ld doubt it . It was good to have an opportunity to salute a true fnend. 'uretothat stt can. ew wou

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The Common Room has acquired a portrait of Mr. Pau~ Pollak, who retired as Second Master in 1988, and Mr. Paul Wenley, who rettred as Lo.wer Ma~er in 1989. The portrait was painted by Mrs. Ishbel Myerscough, mece of r . and Mrs. Clarence Myerscough. Profiles

Dr Mallion's first-ever Shell tutee, Jonathan Evans (BR 1976~81), tho~8h~ that his former Tutor should ~e better i_nformHed habo~t a sub~e~~ t~;ll:~n o· h · ht not have given suffictent attentton. e t ere ore sen . · . omgs a~~~~ from The Times City Diary (M r. Eva~s is. now th~ ma~agt~g director of a 'rising name' in eq~ity ma~kets) a~out the plan to enabl ~~~~hw:~ei~e~~~~ ~~~\~~~~~;h~n~~ Sea surrounded by dolplhdt~s. Tht~ exh~e1dnbe:nrtc~bwyo~l~k?~g lpuWr:~sonic contact with the unborn c~ild. presence can ease foeta tstress m c 1 1 d ( 'th me rehef?) Just as R. B. Ma. had finished stamping the correspon~ence a~~ returne WI th~oex erime~t to his stamp collection, it was an~ounched t hbat thhe Israe:It a~~~ 0J~~~~r~:~~l~~~~~hen h~ learned and that the baby had been born m a ote1 at · 1magme . h · _ 11 that the Evanses had ~n fact ?efied the ba~ and sn~aked down to .the ~eef 0~:. ~~d t~~:r~aas~~!n~e constructed tank instde whtch the dolphms provtded encouragmg nudg which was decl~red to be 'very soothing'. Ooctorial

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edtt1on to mark the fortreth an.niversary of the publication of the latf Profe:s~: ~~ommernoratj: bo.ok. Valence. ~e also contnbuted two papers in collaboration with schola . a~es Coulson·e p~mtmg o,f a s~Jtable photograph of Professor Coulson required 'some t hs. ml ortugal. 1'h I wrzzardry . Thrs was provided by Thomas Jennin K S (G ~c ~rca photogr e institution are acknowledged in the journal. Fo~~~ot~· ·MrL)Paw~~e f 0~tnbutlon and educa~~~ at Oxford during the war for one term. . . u o a was taught by Coulson

We congratul~te ,Andrew Hone (LN 1985-90) , who was Head . final year at. Kmg s, on being awarded a Scholarship at Balliol Co~cholar mhi\ 1 (after James Ford, on her election to a Ford O.K.S.

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· . · IS space. arm a.nd m.telhgence by the truckload ' is a description not uncommon) p~eshent pupr,ls ahke, ~nd was applied recently to Rupert Miles (LN 1970-7?) used hof past ~nd o t e latter s translatiOn from the directorship of advertisin ~ on t e occasion El~e t~ the senior management echelons of the TV Times 'Itg or the glossy Fr~nch magazine Mile~ rs \- .. )a ~raduate of King's School, Canterbury and .Mag~~~~~~0~f sur~rsebth.at Rupen The lifestyle su1ts the man who has built up are utati ~ b . e.ge,. am ndge. (... 1 ~esearched sales technician rather than an aggre~sive opnhoonr- elmg a pragmathrc, mtellectual, weiJ. lt. ' e s arnmmg mac o posturer. • We like d · · · · Charles Booth-Clibborn (SH 1980-8 1) also ha publishing .. He took a full page in the Spectator in ~o~e~~~~ td~~r~s~hm ~~l~vrsron-orientated A l'fasty Piece o( ~ork' which tells the 'disgraceful and often hila~ious~ st nstmfasRmarket for co-.ounder of Spittmg Image Spectato d · . ory o oger Law th~ book 'would not consist m~rely of do:,~a~r~t~~~~~ ~~~s;o~c~~~e~h~~ebwte;e guarafnte~ that dnvel and cheap filth as well'. Please allow up to twenty-eight da~~s for ~elfv~~ty o mmdle~~ For all the accolades bestowed upon o f; 1 ·1 f · y. one O.K.S. has occupied more column i~~h~2~aa!~f~e~so ~II generatiOns,~~ is P.r<_>bable that CGantuarian, the M.C.C. is embroiled in an unprecedented ~ra~g~~ b~~~~~~ t rs. e~rtJOnfoDf T~e ower from the forthcoming England tour F . omrssJOn o avid suppression of individuality, flair and the degr~e ~f e~~:n~~~~ J'~!e~~':fh correspo~dent, 'the eTxhtent, ~choed.in the in.sidious spirit which welcomes the homogenisa;i~n o?~ ~~.rese.nht .rs,Eto so~e e Daily Mail proclarms: 'If Shakespeare had b prt m wrt m urope. have had to compose a sonnet about it' (No r~~f around to see Gower at the crease, he would 0 the year the papers were delighted to r~port 'bow::nscl ~ ~ ?ee grobably has.) But earlier in as they covered extensively his marriage to Miss Thoreucnne Naosrht. e mW~tchhthat recally matters' m me ester athedral. The School's annual match against th 0 K s G If · Golf for the fi rst time at Tenterden Golf CI~b tha~k~ tooth mkg. Sdocrety. was pfiJayhed Brett, O.K.S. (MA 1934-39) H e m ausprces o o n · ~and ~obe~ Tragett, O.~.S. (MO 1945-47) had proposed this venue but sadl Robert w realised. He had been a longstandi~g member~~~~ d~ Ka~hg ~hrs year and drd .not see his plan over the years despite ill-health. e · · · · · and had played m many matches

The School would like to record its thanks t J h B ~ match which resulted in a friendly but hard-fo~gh~ cfra~~tt or so generously sponsoring this Canon John Edmunds will no do bt 1· 11 · · · Higgs (LN 195 1_54) when th 1 t~ eca grvr!'lg a. 2. to Richard Monr?· Goodes has identified h · e a er was. ~~ Satisfecit m 1952. Mr. Dav1d was found behind a blackboard in the Geiosgarnadphall Dthe other mitials on the Satisfecit card, which y epartment. Bene Fecit

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Eric Gill's black marble sculpture 'Deposition', which dates from 1924, has been lent by the school to the Barbican Art Gallery, which is holding 'the first exhibition to attempt a retrospective' of his figurative sculpture.

One of the highlights of the Canterbury Festival was an exhibition of the work of Louis Laurent Raze. He was art master at the school from 1842 to ){at 1865 and is best known for his many prints of the Cathedral and the ·nets. Several items came from our own collections, including his view of the 'New School Pr~fd in s • of 1855. Also on display were watercolours and sketchbooks from his various tours Brf~uro~e and especially of Italy, that had recently been discovered in France. The landscapes ~n particuiar showed him to be a far more substantial artist than had hitherto been suspected.

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The Librarian would like to thank Stanley Archer for a copy of his Richard ibrary Hooker, donated while he was in Canterbury researching Somerset ~aug~~m; 1· Mr. J.P. Ward, father of Tom Ward (BR 1984-89), for a copy ofh1s cntical tudy of As You Like It; Brian Olver (H 1924-28) for several books presented on a visit to the \ool during the term; and the Headmaster, Rhone-Poulenc, John Towey of ISIS, Mr. M. J. ~files, Dr. T. Thomson and J.K.S. for gifts of books. We hesitate over saying goodbye to Mrs. Min Barham, Assistant Librarian since the summer of 1989. She is only moving about 100 yards as she takes up an appointment at Christ Church College, and she .remains part of th.e comm.unity as bo~h wife and neighbour .. She is a~so continuin.g 10 work in the Library on a part-time basis for a while before a new appomtment IS made. Th1s does however, seem to be the appropriate moment at which to record our thanks for what she ha~ done - not least in helping establ ish the books in their new home at St. Augustine's. She ha~ managed the Library with quiet efficiency, brightened it with her thematic displays of books, and brought us the benefits of her wide-ranging expertise. Her contribution has been very much appreciated. We are most grateful to Mr. Nicholas Flower (MO 1940-44) who has sent us a copy of the Report on Natural History ' produced by the Natural History Society in Cornwall days . It is a remarkable piece of work, not least for its detailed and comprehensive recording of observations. Mr. Flower was the Report Secretary of what was clearly a flourishing society . We are also $fateful to him for his help in identify ing his father in a photograph published in The Cantuarian 10 the 1970s. One of the advantages of co-education is that brothers and sisters can be taught side by side. The publication of Bridget Hill's biography of Catharine Macaulay (The Republican Virago) has prompted speculation about those girls who missed out on this opportunity in less enlightened times. Mrs. Macaulay (1731-91) , who wrote a distinguished History of England and engaged in pamphlet debate with Edmund Burke, was the clever sister of the radical M.P . John Sawbridge, O.K.S . A near-contemporary Elizabeth Carter (1717-1806) was, it is said, suspected of having done her brother's work, it was so good! She went on to become a noted Greek scholar and a poet, as well as a prominent member of the Blue Stocking Circle. The connections of Aphra Behn (1640-89) with the school remain to be investigated and confirmed. It does seem probable, however, that some relatives of this feminist luminary were at the school in the seventeenth century. Black and Blue Stockings

Whatever the results of recent sports encounters with Westminster School, we Ahead Of Both can cla im an earlier, decisive moral win. On 13th November 1932 Anthony Sampson (GR 1932-36) wrote to his parents: 'On Tuesday I went to a meeting Westminsters of the Debating Society. The motion "that capital punishment ought to be . abolished" was passed 18-12'. Peter Ustinov (Westminster School 1935-40) in his autobiography Dear Me recalls a debate at least three years later: 'I made what I deemed was an excellent speech 7

against the .death sentence, but such was the bloodthirsty tern er of th · overwhelf!Itnp v~te .in favour of retention,. It took the Hous/of Com~~~~es that t.here Was vote as Kmg s did tn 1932! (The Cantuarian of December 1932 ive th over thirty Years an does not report abstentions. A later debate on the motion 'that the Rogyal ~ e vhote as 18-IJ bto was lost 5-43.) avy s ould be scrap~! The following is the text of a letter published in the Ch · At Prayer October 1892 and reprinted in the Church Times of 9 thuorch TJmes of 7th · I S Ir, . - attended evensong last Saturday at Canterb c ctober 1992: ~Istress~d by the irreverent behaviour of many of the boys belonging to u[~n ~thedral, and wa tn su.rpl!ces, I presume the scholars and probationers used the k g s School). Som . pro.vided for them by the Dean and Chapter, but the ma!orit nee 1ers as well as the chai/ entirei:r the purpose of the kneelers. Some sim I satJ doj'n s~ii~roughout th~ prayer~, ignonn act.of ~~reverence; others assumed a modified ftJtude of devotio~u~ attemptmg to.d isguise th~ the ir. th~ghs , and .supporti~g their ch~ekbones with the palms of thei/hf~~nti~ their elbow~ on o~ Kmg. s School JU~tified m encouragmg the boys entrusted to their spirituals. r1I the authonlie c arge m abandonmg the recognised attitude of worship during prayer t~sA~~i;ht~~:~naJ

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, My attention has just been drawn to the letter of 7th October 1892 re d d· d pro uce In your column 100 Years Ago,. I don 't know whether m Folkestone, but a century on the boys (and ~o~e i~l:ssor Thomas Field replied to M.A. of their prede~essors. Indeed in a Cathedral devoid of kn~e~~~f\~~~nsa~e posture/or prayers ~ norm , not JUSt for the King's School but for all worshipper; at :h~ Co~~erdayelr Aas blecome the young were ahead of the times. ra · s a ways, the Yours etc. ANTHONY PHILLIPS

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Sir Charles Powell (GL 1955-60) is a · · · · as the sixth form can confirm (s n Ird)reri_ve speaker .m his own right, find a piece on which he worked ine~&· R . ~ 11 no surpnse, ~herefore, to Speeches. In his own revi w f e eng~m ~ok of Twen_tJeth-Centul} speech'' he even revealed somethin of how Mr~ T~a the ~ook, entitled How to wnte a Thatcher ~n when speech writers were firsf employed Mr ~~eV ~o~ds were qrafted. He ~lso speculated m a letter to The Times: according to Tacit~s a ·spee~h~~ ~~ w~ ~u1hk to provide an answer T e Ivere . Y t e Emperor Otho in 70 A.D. was probably written by one Galerius T 'h to the speechwriter's fear for himself Sir C~ca Ia 1u~. hbe ~od eration of the speech is attributed · res IS o vwus y made of sterner stuff.

The anniversary of Christophe M 1 ' d · · but interest in the subject IS ~r ~we.s eath IS stiii.sev~ral months away, work. Meanwhile a sch I a rea y ottmg up. The histonans have been at wa~ invited to attend a performance at 'stratfo~~ ~~~r~r ~der th~ watchful eye of Mr. Dob~in. !·eviewed. elsewhere in this issue. This dramatic blend f Felan s ne:w play The School of{'JJg_ht IS of particular interest because of its use of spe I t' o bactdand fictw~ about Marlowe s life who was Shakespeare It 1 fl h . c~ a IO~s ase on Calvm Hoffman's The Man that links the two Eli~ab~~~nr~g:~ts6u~r :~~~~t~tl~n w~th d3c~eption, both political and literary. 1 e IS w ette or a year's engagement with this elusively ambiguous King's Schol~r.

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The literary achievements of Marlowe's s · many recent publications are three books of ~cessc;>rs c;};y.nue to attract at~e~tion. Among the concluding volume of Michael Powell's remark ehloirs. b' J JOnhDollar !vfovJe IS the second and a e auto wgrap y; Chnstopher Hudson's Spring 8

summer is a fict ion about a young man ('let's call him C') who travelled throush North \/~~in 1976 and returns thirteen years later; and David Gower has written an AutobJOgraphy .\lfl'h does not, we sincerely hope, conclude the story of his test career. Other works we have ~h 1 Ced include James Hamilton-Paterson's Seven Tenths , described by one reviewer as ' a Shandean '11~ 1 c biY of (more or less) sea-related digressions', and Sebastian Barker's The Dream of ''/~gence, a sustained r~flection on Nietzsche that prompted the Spectator to include that 'English [nte ry is alive and well .

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In a trial match between London (South East England) Schools' Under 18 and Kent Schools' Under 18, Myles Orsler (LN) represented London , and Jolomi Irone (T) and Alex Ogedegbe (BR) represented Kent. AS a result of their performances, Myles was chosen to play for London against New South \\ales on 9th December, and Jolomi was chosen as replacement. Matthew Edwards (GL) and Steven Lau (MO) have represented Kent Schools' Under 16 this e~ and following his excellent performances in all three games, Matthew was selected for 1 the London XV on Sunday, 6th December v South. The 1st XV won five of their games by record margins, and the 81-0 win v K.C.S. was the ~ 1ghest margin ever. Co-ed: we have put out 4 sides on 4 occasions this year in the Shells. In the Marlowe Young Musician of the Year competition, Alexander Driskili-Smith (MO 1987-92) and Kate de Lotbiniere (BS 1990-92) reached the final, which was in the form of a cOncert during the Canterbury Festival. The orchestra which accompanied the concerto soloists was conducted by Paul Neville. Lucy Clayton (MR) and Richard Hagan, M.S. (LN) successfully auditioned for the National Youth Choir, Camilla Pay, M.S. (MR) has become a member of the National Children's Orchestra. Pfizers held a scientific Blockbusters quiz which was won by the team from King's: Dr. Arnott (who took part in the 'Gold Run'), Adam Fendius, K.S. (LN), Owen Buckingham (MT) and Charles Drury (J.K.S.). T he School also won for the second year running the Royal Society of Chemistry 'Top of the Bench' competition and our team has been asked to represent Kent at the National Finals. In this team Messrs. Fendius and Buckingham were joined by Thomas Tallon, K.S. (SH) and Mark Will iams (J.K.S.) For the fourth year in succession we have been successful in the sixth-form section of the Jowett Sendelar essay competition in Classics: Christopher Creissen , M.S. (SH) and Timothy Marson, K.S. (TR) have been awarded prizes. congratulations

On Monday, 19th October, the King's Traditional Jazz Band (under the leadership of Timothy Marson) played a lunch-time session for the Canterbury Festival, at the Festival Club in St. Alphege's. This was recorded by B.B.C. Radio Kent and, as a resu lt, the Band had a half-hour (entirely unedited) broadcast on the station that same evening.

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Chance Encounter

What is the mathematical probability of a recent 0 . K. S. discovering one of his teachers eating a large and vulgar ice cream in Prague and further establishing that they are residing in the same accommodation? Answers on a post card depicting St. Vitus, please. 9

James Drever and Eliot Shrimpton (GL), chaperoned by their noble a spent Bank Holiday Sunday in Dorchester, where Dr. Hands gave a talk ~ent~. Thomas Hardy Society to mark the publicatio n of a new companion t~ ~ Church. The pair per formed eight readings by Hardy and those associ t t with him , including an extract from a letter by Arthur Shirley, the vicar who had baptised li:t~d in this church , and who was a direct fo rebear of M iss Chafy (an anc ient friend of the schr ) and no stranger to this column), who was driven from Sherborne to attend . The accompan ~I 1 photo shows Miss ChafY beside one of her family's graves in the Stinsfo rd churchyard, accomp~ -08 by Eliot and James. Afterwards both boys visited the principal sites of Dorchester - those associa:: with the Galpin family, that is. The second photo may be simply explained by Galpin's birthpla hav ing become the Dorset Headquarters of the Cheltenham and Gloucester Building Societ cc no reference to the pasto ral methods of their Housemaster (even despite his being the photographeis tho ught to have been intended . r1 Messrs. _M acmillan held a party in the Com Exchange D?rchester in July for their Hardy author, T hey published Dr. Hands A Hardy Chronology (a sltp of a study at ÂŁ3S) the same month but chos~ th~ party locatio n totally ~y accident_. Mayor Galp i~ , fa ther o_f the Headmaster, had adorned 1t w1th a clocktower known m the locality, because of 1ts propo rtiOns , as Galpin's folly T he j unior accommodation in Galpin's was being altered at roughly the ti me of this part} and beyond, and its naming will now be awa ited with interest. ' Wessex Connections

Anxious to conform to the latest educatio nal Pattens, Dr. Hands began the term with some spelling tests. Taking sixteen misspelt words (e.g. amazing be ing, rebellious, disappointed) from the coursework of Sa, he asked a~ upper-band 6a English set to spell them. Two out of seventeen got full marks, two more than Sa, where the girls fared less well tpan the boys. Among the words misspelt was 'English'. Sir - I appologise for no t attending the Oxbridge lesson but I hit my head and had to have it checked. Found on the floo r of the Undercroft : ' When he says Differentiate, put your hand in the air like this (look at me)' . Half-Term Circular to Shells: Give details of achievements, events, etc. Reply: 'Being aloud tuck'. Cacography

Albeit entirely by chance this term 's Sixth Form Talks have had a global perspective . Sir C harles Po well , O .K.S., o nce descr ibed by the International Herald Tribune as ' the Cardinal Richelieu of Downing Street', gave the first of the new year. A brief, witty, and even at times moving account of diplomatic and political life held the attention of the Canterbury audience, whilst, aro und the world , the ears of many a politician must have burnt elegantly . Cardinal Richelieu left us for Ho ng Ko ng and China; we are most grateful to him fo r this tour-de-force of a re-visit. Jo hn Blashfo rd-Snell , explorer extraordinary, entertained a large audience unusually drawn fro m many age groups with an account of his own travels past and his plans for others to travel in future. His highly visual presentatio n incl uded footage of an orang-outang leaping from the bushes to investigate the existence of a young explo rer. Some members of the Remove were seen to quail visibly. Sir Alastair P ilkington, F .R .S. expla ined the history of glass-making and how he himself c~me to in vent the float glass process . Lady Pilkington revealed that the latter had rea lly been insp1~ed by assistance with washi ng up , and that the restlessly inventive Sir Alastair is now desigmng Talks

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rnputer-controlled method of watering their bonzai garden by way of seventy sprinkler outlets . a~oh luck the availabi lity of such a machine is not yet known to the Kent County Fire Officer. 11 \\ De;ek Ingram Hill kindly showed the Pilkingtons around the Cathedral glass prior to the talk. 00 (anead Scholar Robert C lay ton is thought to be the only member of the school with a desire ~ang the national flag from his study window on St. George's Day. His father Dr. Tony Clayton, 10 â&#x20AC;˘ rer at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst , showed us the larger commonwealth block 10 II!' nsible for the production of this particular macro or micro chip with a comprehensive survey ~~~ritain's Colonial Record '. In the excellent question session which concluded the proceedings, 0 parts of the empire, even those known o nly to James Drever , seemed knowledgeably to be 11 :cached . The Headmaster afterwards took Dr. Clayton to George's. Readers who fear that talks may be becoming too backward-looking may be re-assured to know !hal Bruce Kent has agreed to speak next term .

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OBITUARIES MAJOR-GENERAL GEORGE PAYNE

. (K.S.C. 1925- 1929) Repnnted from the Daily Telegraph of l ?th Se b . ~a.Jor-General George Payne who has d' d ptem er 1992. 8 wh1c~ he began with the Royal Le'icestershir ~ ~ged .I • ha~ a long and varied militar e egiment m India and ended as Director ofQY career. Services in the Ministry of Defence . ~Q After retiring from the Army he became . . ce Service, for which he raised large sums of ~cfeal~ director for the National Council of . of the London branch of the Soldiers S .1 ney • a~d then served as cha irman and S~1a1 In 1952 ' a J ors and Air Force Association presJdenr . , as secretary of the Army Dress C . · to Kmg George VI in order to di ommJtee, Pay~e was obliged to pay a m . from a speech impediment always ~~~~~):!"oposed changes m. uniform. The King w~~thly VIsit at a mutually satisfactory' pace ayne easy to deal With, as their conversations p suffered p . roceeded ayne recalled that when Mess Wellin tons were . and economic design, on the lines of a !hukka boo~ei~g phas~ out for a lighter, more comfortabl should be called. The King suggested ' the Geor ' tb e q~estiOn ar?se of what the new footw . e k ge oot ' re~arkmg that, since he and p ear shared the same Christian name, it would The King and Payne also had to a e an app~opnate tribute to them both . ayne ungl~morous clothing worn by the wo!:fen' e a ~~w umfor.m ~o replace the serviceable acq uired distinctly unromantic nicknames. s Auxiliary Terntonal Service, parts of which ~a~ George Le Fevre Payne was bo rn on 23rd J E. L. Payne , and ed ucated at King's School u~, lt9 1~ , son of a distinguished Lambeth docto Commissio ned into the Royal tiecestershi~e an e.r ury '. and Sandhu rst. r. ~~~hfrn Ireland, and two years later joined the ~:tgb7:t~~r m .19~ , Ihe served in England and Jon m u tan , Punjab, and served at u u pore among other stations. . Although an excellent all-round athlet p mvalided o ut. In !938, though, he joine~' th!y~~y~f~dogg~ by ill-health and was eventuall) went to France With the B.E.F. - o nly to be once mrmy. rdiJ!dance Corps and the next year On his t h f ore mva 1 ed home re urn orne rom France in 1940 he held . . . Responsibilities for the corps at that t.' . I dvanous posts m England and Northern Ireland U 'ted K' Ime me u ed m k' ·· · th~J 'T Jh9~omd .and s.upplying material and ammunition fo~ th~gJr~~~~':l for the d~fence of the . ~ ~~~an campaign, including o re an mgs m 1942, and for the D-Day land. Payne's next task was to provide for theN mgs m rance. m June 1944. !~2ot~~ Burmahcampai.gn , which were all run~[~~ ~~~tu~r~~~fe camhpaignh, the ~talian campaign r mg to t e terram. Y• eac WJt spec~al requirements After 1945 Payne had to oversee the requirem ~ . . ~he meas ures. necessary to counter the potential ~hts to!.tramhmg for.National Service, and take mto the Berlm Blockade. rea tom t e Sovtet Union , which escalated

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He was deputy director, Ordnance Services at H Q ·h · B.A.O.R. from 1952 to 1954 and then served at the War Office from 1955 to 1957 'F ~he .Central Ordnance Depot at Chi Iwell aft~r ~~ .the hext two years he was Comm'andant of out years as Deputy Director of Ordna~ce Servid~s. e returned to the War Office to spend In 1963. he was appointed commander of the Stor 0 . . became Dtrector of Ordnance Services In th 1. es. rganisatton at Didcot and the next year U.S. and Canadian Armies and of the. Aust . s ~apactty he toured the ordna~ce facilities of the L d . . ta 1tan army and u K Ea t 0 n h ts · · s ern an Forces. rettrement in I 968 Pa ne be y came Colonel Commandant of the R.A.O.C. in which post he served for four years. t2

J-{e was appointed C.B.E. in 1963 and C.B. in 1966 . tall good-looking man , George Payne was ineffably kind and had a pleasant sense of humour. A rvlce in the Army covered a period of many changes, all of which he coped with apparent ease. J-{J~:eschool he had been in a rugby XV and was captain of Fives; later he hunted and rode in nt 10 points. He was passionately keen on racing and cricket. po~ne of his earliest memories was overhearing his father (a most erudite man) fulminating: The boy's a fool.' T his insu~t seemed OJ!lY ~o have spurred .him on. His coll~gues came greatly dmire his remarkable sktll at orgamsatton and his meticulous punctuality. 10 :n medical terms, his sur~iva! into his ninth decade was considered astonishing; his family ut it down to sheer determmat10n. p Payne married, in 193?, Bett~ Maud Kellond-Knight,. who died i~ 1982; and secondly, in 1990, Georgina Mitchell. He ts survtved by two sons of hts first marnage. ÂŠ THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LTD.

EDWARD ROBERT CECIL DARTINGTON (K.S.C. 1945- 1970)

E.R .C. Dartington, who died on 16th November 1992 in his eighty-sixth year, came to King's 10 1945 when the School returned to Canterbury after its wartime exile in Cornwall. Possibly uniquely among schools returning home, King 's had g rown and an additional boarding House was needed. It was named Luxmoore House, in honour of Lord Justice Luxmoore, a great supporter and loyal son of the School, not long dead, and 'Peter' Dartington was appointed to be its founding Housemaster. Here a digression on names is perhaps needed. ' Peter' was the name used by his wife Margaret, other relations and friends outside the School. At King's, to boys and colleagues alike, he was Darts - a Jucus a non lucendo invention , since his very deliberate manner, in ,peech and motion , and his stocky figure, suggested neither miniature missiles nor minnows in a brook. Still , Darts he universally was; and it is quite likely that the disclosure above, of what E.R.C. stood for, is news to most readers of this notice. There was, indeed, speculation o n the poi nt from time to time, fancifully drawing on the family's Italian roots. Was not Donati, the origin of Dartington, the name of Dante's - not Beatrice - but still , wife? The nominal riches was increased by Richard Paynter in his speech on Darts's retirement: the honorand was throughout addressed as Eric, an innovatio n which provoked a virtuoso display of a kind of rapidly repeated horizontal corrugation of the forehead which Darts used habitually to express a whole spectrum of emotions. Luxmoore's first Housemaster had had a distinguished and somewhat unusual academic career . Born in London , he was educated in the state system fro m which he won an exhibition to King's College, Cambridge. A double First in the Mediaeval and Modern Lang uages Tripos brought an appointment to Highgate School, where he eventually became Senior M.L. Master. A certain social idealism led him to return to the state sector. In the course of his duties he had occasion to punish a pupil. The father , a journalist on The Times, demanded an interview and extra slow speech so that the incriminatory matter might be taken down in writing. The move to King's ~ollowed hard after. The incident is an interesting gloss on the bien-pensant dogma that the mvolvement of middle-class complainers would benefit the state sector. The new House quickly developed a distinctive feel and style. Its basis was Luxmoore's distance f~om the beautiful but crowded and circumscribed Precincts. This led to self-reliance and physical v1gour (four or five miles' tramp daily to and fro, home-scale cooking and space to let off steam), saved from Philistinism, in most cases , by the influence of a humane and civilised Housemaster and wife. At the end of Darts's tenure, in 1955, Luxmoore was what a good House should be a distinctive part contributing a varied but coherent whole. 13

The rest of Darts's time at King's was largely devoted to his M .L. teaching. He was a sensÂˇ. and precise user of language (f~w who hear~ his discussion of the terms 'in-liver' and 'out-litltv~ during a Common Room meetmg on salanes had suspected that such depth of analysis w ver be demanded) though probably only his more patient pupils would have appreciated it. But teach~ld has its pleasant surprises as well, one never knows. He was the first - and self-taught_ Russ~ng teacher at King's and he kept up his study of that language to the end of his life. â&#x20AC;˘an After his retirement he and Margaret continued to live in Canterbury but when she died . 1987 he moved to Hertfordshire to be nearer some of his family. The move did not answer htn expectations - possibly increasing disability played its part in this - and he returned to ths neighbourhood of Canterbury, living in a succession of retirement homes. A pleasant incide e during this diminuendo period was his visit to a Luxmoore House concert, when the affection! and ~onsiderateness shown him clearly touched him. It was almost certainly his last visit to th~ Precmcts. At the funeral service at St. Vincent's Church, Littlebourne, on 26th November, the congregation heard an address composed by his son Tim (MR 1957-6 1) which was a model of filial affection and understanding. Only a good man could have brought up a son so. To T im and the other members of the family we offer our sympathy.

P.P.

(Abigail Mance!

VALE CHARLES CRACKNELL, M.B.E. (K.S.C. 1981-1992)

In his orchestral days C harles C racknell was one of the most distinguished bassoonists of h. generation. After his wartime military service in Algeria with the Royal Signals, he was elect IS by John Barbirolli to be the principal bassoon in his reconstituted Halle Orchestra in Manchcst ed a position which he was to hold for over thirty years. T hey had a heavy schedule - someti~r, over two hundred concerts in a year- but under the g reat 'J.B. ' it was a vintage period f~s this fine orchestra . C harles built a formidable reputation both as performer and teacher and aft/ his retirement from the Halle in 1977, his services to music were crowned with an M.B.E / 1980. After such a career it was indeed a fortunate day for King's and its music when Cha~le~ accepted Paul Neville's invitation in 1981 to become the bassoon coach here . . 'Once bitten by th~ bassoon b.ug there is no kn<?wn antido~e': his own comn:tent c~pt~res admirabl h1s complete devotiOn to the mstrument and 1ts repertOire. Such enthusiasm IS mfectious an~ has insp1red many pupils in his time at Kin~'s . The bassoon is a demanding instrument and Charles is a demanding teache~ , but one blessed w1th seemingly endless patience, and t.he results achieved by players such as D1ccon Garrett and Jonathan Fmn have been amp le testimony to his skill His technical knowledge of the bassoon goes without saying but for Charles, technique has alway~ been the means of making fine music, not an end in itself. Few people outside the music department know how many patient hours he has also spent mak ing reeds individually suited to h1s pupils or repairing a troublesome key o n a wayward instrument. T hroughout his time at King's Charles has enhanced the Symphony and Chamber O rchestras with his playing, sometimes j ust supporting good pupils and sometimes in leaner years playing princ ipal bassoon himself. H is extel)sive know ledge of orchestral repertoire and experience of different conductors have made him a rich source of musical wisdom, freely but modestly available to players and conductors alike. Much of the spadework in a school orchestra takes place in sectional practices and in woodwind sectionals Charles has been a tower of strength, meticulous over detail and insistent on accuracy of intonation and phrasing. Every King's Week in the last ten years there has been ev idence of his coaching, but it is particularly worth recalling bassoon concertos by Gordon Jacob and Alan Ridout and some fine woodwind solos when the o rchestra performed Rimsky-Korsakov 's Scheherazade. Of his own playing, with its golden tone and beautiful phrasing, many magical moments come to mind , most recently his immaculate 'grandfather' in Peter and the Wolf last King's Week. Charles has had the devoted support of his wife Pat and his daughte r'Gill , herself a music teacher here for several yea rs, and they have been welcome supporters of King's music. His company will be much missed and not only by the musicians, for his warmth and good humour have made him many other friends in the Common Room. King's School musicians past and present have good cause to be grateful to this fine musician and lovable man and wish him and his fami ly many more happy years together.

D.S.G.

FOCUS ADMISSION OF SCHOLARS SUNDAY, 6th SEPTEMBER

o ur Jesson, taken from Matthew 25. 1-13, tells the story of ten girls chosen to escort the b idegroom to the ~edd ing house . ~iv~ of the bridesmaid.s are described as foolis~ and five wis.e r for while the w1se take extra oil with them, the foolish take no such precaution. They fall -anticipate that the bridegroom might be delayed. Had they had the advantage of co-education, :~ey would have realised that his male friends might well want to give him a good send-off. This parable is a typical Heb rew story. For the Hebrews wisdom does not necessarily mean ntelligence - the ability to pass A-levels: rather it is nearer to our idea of common sense. The ~ise are those who see t~e order .in thi~gs, ~ow. one thing.relates to another. The~ observe w~at at any given moment or m any given Situation IS the crucial element, and act on It. In changmg a fuse or making a souffle, the wise would understand the properties of electricity or eggs and neither blow themselves up nor produce a sunken offering. It is the fool that cannot discern how people, objects and ideas fu nction - who cannot grasp the essential issue which confronts him. No doubt the girls were over-excited at the honour done them. But as time passed, and the bridegroom did not come, they fell asleep. Suddenly they are awakened by others announcing that at last he is approaching. But horror of horrors! The lamps had burnt low and the five foolish bridesmaids realised that they had no means of refuelling them. They seek help from their colleagues who refuse them: 'Perhaps there will not be enough for us and for you: go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves'. So at the crucial moment five of the girls are missing and by the time they return it is too late. Having insulted the bridegroom, he was in no mood to admit them to his feast: 'Truly I say to you, I do not know you' . Terribly they are sentenced to the darkness of the night. The parable ends with a p ious injunction to watch, wh ich we should interpret in terms of the scouti ng motto 'Be Prepared!' But the concluding injunction was not part of the original parable and if we interpret it by this generalizing summary, we are in danger of missing its particular significance. Clearly the key to the parable is the bridegroom 's delay - but fo r whom was that significant? Scholars have shown that the parable is the work of the early church. It reflects the theological concerns of the Christian community of Matthew's time some forty to fifty years after the Christ event. The author is struggling to reconcile received theological teaching - the promised return of Christ in ~lory - with the fact that this has now been long delayed. The same issue concerns St. Paul in h1s two letters to the Thessalonians as Christians began to die before Christ' s return. The author of the parable still asserts that the bridegroom Christ will return - that the end of the world will be, as Jews have long expected, the Messianic banquet. But that will not be without long delay. The important thing for Matthew's generation was what one did while waiting. In other words the emphasis of the gospel shifts from the triumphant return of Christ to the daily life of the Christian community. While the expectation of Christ's return was part of Christian hope, it was not the fait h itself. That was experienced by Christians in their daily witness to the crucified and risen Christ whose return they awaited, but whose delay did not invalidate their fa ith. As a result, listeners to the parable fi nd themselves readily condemning the five foolish b~idesmaids for failing to imagine that the bridegroom might not be on time. Of course there Will be a delay. Of course they should have made provision. They are rightly rejected from the feast. . What has the parable to say to us on the occasion of the admission of new scholars - the highest honour in this school? First, Hebrew wisdom may not be the same as straight intelligence, but no scholarship will succeed without the ability to see the order in th ings. Successful research depends on seeing things that no one has seen before - making the right deduction, the right connection. One can know 17

WING COMMANDER SPILLER, O.K.S. MEETS DAVID GOWER, O.K.S. (R.A.F.)

al.l there is to know and still fail to discern the tru h W . d1scovery being made by accident 't . . t · ~~I.e there are fascinating stories of . - I IS m recogmzmg what chance has brought bSCientific wisdom is excercised. a OUt th . Ou.r scholars then will need to have their wits ab . at mtelhgence which God has given them When S yut them If they are to do justice to that and he se~ected wisdom, it was discern~ent whic~ omon was ~sked by God to choose onnatu.ral scholarship will prove bankrupt. God gave h1m. In the end without th' e ~~.ft. Is abllu Second, some of you may have thought that h · · } out t~e e~tra op they had brought. Even if thet e Wise gl~lks were very unchristian not to h wasn t this a n sk that should have been tak re was a n s. that all the lamps would r s are excuses to cover their selfishness? en by decent girls? Indeed aren't they maku.n out. . . · mg u . For. the Jew, th1s IS pure sentimental mishm h Th · p gEtrls nghtly exerc ise it. What point is there in ~e · ~r~ ~~ a pr~per selfishness and the . ach has a duty to be there and that duty to If m a n s mg. bemg excluded from the fl Wise two men crossing the desert. One has a w se must .cof!Ie first. There is a Jewish st east? other s ide; the other has none and asks for a ~~i~~owe .wit~ Just en~ugh water to get him~;;' hor than that both die? · e IS re1used. Is It not better that one .t e . . surv1ve\ Stmtla~ly we must not be afraid to exercise r · the most tmportant decis ions we make - mar .P oper selfishness. Usu~lly this is called fo . may hurt others, often parents. But our dut [ta~e , career, where we hve. All these decis{ 10 For unless we fulfil ourselves we will be y s trJt to ourselves and our own self-fulfil on\ ~t ~as to be applied with the sam'e self-dedicati~~ g3e~e:· ot~ers. Tdhi.s is true too of schola~hrpt. It IS n~t to be exercised at the ex ense of h ' ma ton an s~ngle-mindedness. Of co . ~bo.ut pursuit - and it may nfean deny~~ge~~h~~;~~~slr or greedtly. But there is a selfis~n~: a.sidcab y rellasonable . In a school with many calls on a ~c~oonl ---; ~v.en whhen what is asked means mm y a . ar s ttme t at needs to be born . F' em mally, the parable itself shows that ~cholarshi . ~:1 a~thor knew that reality no longer fitted th!t~~~t n?t ~etfratd to challeng~ received opinion. If ented. Hence he created his story to make the faith ofca ra~ework ~hat ~IS community had o the delay. Far from his questioning destroying fu~t~va~t to ~f ~~n ttmes m the new situation All ~isciplines must not be afraid to challen e r . ' ~ .ena e It to be reaffirmed. By domg so the author of the parable was e~etved opm10n - to question established 'truth ' we have no means of knowing when and how o separ~t~ w.hat c~nfronts us now from whai must wrestle, .knowing fu ll well that whatever.i n ~he end It ~s life as It IS with which scholarshi the delay c<?ntmues nothing is finally fixed ~~~~~overed Is not the .end of the story' that whil~ to lead us mto all truth. w Ic IS one way of saymg tha~ the Spirit continues Scholars have the privilege of la in · i~ which we are all engaged, for wtfet~r go~~!i~~u~ar part in tha~ search - but it is a process dJ~ce~nment, proper selfishness and theg uesti . ngowned,. we tg~o~e the necessity to exercise thts [ 1g<?rouds aJ?p~oach, we shall certainly fail to ~~~~~v~ft~~~et~f~w~;n10n at ~ur peril. Without re.slul ~s m a mtsston to the bridegroom's feast - that It' se - 1f t m~nt which in poetic terms WI 10r us all. u Imate se -satisfaction which is God's

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A. C. J. PHILLIPS

CHAPEl CHOIR VISIT TO REIMS FRIDAY, 23rd OCTOBER .

SUNDAY , 25th OCTOBER

just after 12 noon on Friday, 23rd October. Most of the choir and the coach are outside

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Std tWO or three members of the choir are a few beats late for departure at 12.30 p.m. A fine , an n day and a calm sea seem to be a fine augury for the choir's concert in Reims as part of ~n c~lebrations commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of the twinning of the cities of Canterbury 1 e Reims. Alas, it was not to last, and as we headed inland from Boulogne and along the A26 andReims the sky coloured over and the rain began to fall. We arrived just three minutes late to the co~ered market in the centre of the o ld fortified Roman town to meet our hosts for the a:eekend. What was an unus~ally ~ffic.ient operation. to pair up hosts and guests must have seemed \ any passing an~ unsuspectmg Remo1s to be a med1aeva~ slave market, as names wer~ alternately 0 ~ailed out in English and French and the former bundled mto cars by the latter and whtsked away! Further overnight rain gave way to a bright and sunny but somewhat cold Saturday morning Reims. We were not due to assemble for the final rehearsal in the Basilica of St. Remi until 10 11 a.m. Some, at least, of the adults in the party were given tours of Reims by their hosts . This one had a comprehensive perambulation of the market with the inevitably obligatory degustation at every stall - legumes, fruits, (romages, poissons, (ruits de mer--: a.ll had to be tasted â&#x20AC;˘. followed by a visit to the cathedral and 1ts museum. We arnved at St. Rem1 to find that a fairground , no less had been set up outside the Basilica. Inside, a sma ll amount of tiered seating had been ~et up for us at the cr~ssing, from which th~ v ie~ west~ards was obst.ructed by the most enormous chandelier, shaped like a crown and carrymg nmety-stx cand les wh1ch, I was to learn later, was one for each year of the life of St. Remi. It was surprisingly dark inside the Basilica, and even with some lighting on that staging it was not easy to read the music; a minor disaster was the falling of one of the lights off the organ console before the start of the rehearsal. It was also very cold inside, as no heating seemed to have been ava ilable. Nevertheless, we went through the programme and emerged fo r lunch to find that the sky had clouded over and more rain about 10 fall. After lunch the fairground came to life; could we really be expected to give a concert w1th loud 'music' blasting away just outside the door? Le roi Etienne thought not, and threatened to cancel the whole thing unl ess something were done to quieten things down. One of our hosts negotiated with the owner of the fairground and all was well . Returning to the Basilica after lunch, we found that more illumination had been provided than was availab le for the rehearsal, but it was still cold inside the Basilica. I feel it would be wrong for this writer, being a participant, to write an account of the performance, attended by the Lord Mayor of Canterbury and the Mayor of Reims, together with an audience of about 300. However, many laudatory comments were received from both French and English listeners, not only after the concert but also later in the evening at a reception given by the twinning committee at one of the champagne houses. Certainly a further concert seems a very likely possibility . The day after a concert is always an ant iclimax, and Sunday, the day of our return to Canterbury, was no exception. Dull, wet and cold , the weather portrayed the mood as we reluctantly bade our farewells to o ur hosts, not at the market in the centre of the town, but, because the Reims Marathon was being held that day and required much of the city-centre to be closed to traffic, at the supermarket on the outsk irts of Reims. As we approached the coast, the rain and wind mcreased in strength, and we arrived in Calais to find the boat had been delayed by the bad weather. If the weather was bad in F rance, it seemed to be no better in England and it was clear when we arrived in Canterbury that heavy rain had fallen for much of the day. It wou ld be wrong to end this account without a word of thanks to those who helped in the preparation and execution of th is tour. It is often taken for granted that a coach will turn up, ~cats wi ll be provided, beds will be available to sleep in. Thanks , therefore, are due to Mr. Pmnock and his Secretary for doing a great deal of spadework before the tour to ensure that noth ing is left to chance, to Mr. Harris for accompanying the cho ir , to the catering staff for providing meals at peculiar times during the day and a half of rehearsals at the beginning of 19

helf term, to Messr~ Robin Mc~eish and Sebastian_ Da~son-Bowling (O.K.S.) f?r augmentin the tenor and bass hnes respectively, the former with his top As and the latter with his 32-foog Ds, to Mrs. Creissen and Miss Price for looking after the girls, and, not least, to our hosts. t Re ims, without whom our visit would have been much less informative and pleasurable th~n it actually was. n

R.V.J.B.

THE SUPPLEMENTAL ROYAL CHARTER MONDAY, 16th NOVEMBER

King's prides itself on the ability to adapt and change which has enabled it to survive for nigh on fourteen centuries. Its narrowest escape was at the Reformation, when the old monastery school emerged unscathed thanks to a new Charter from King Henry VIII and a change of name to match. However , its most recent innovation - the highly successful move to co-education two years ago - placed the school in a potentially embarrassing situation: nowhere in King Henry's Statutes or in King George VI's Royal Charter of 1946 is there any provision for girl pupils or female members of staff. The Equal Opportunities Commission, which is keeping a close eye on the school during its transition period , could have had a field day . King Henry's Statutes required that 'there be always in our Church of Canterbury fifty boys poor and destitute of the aid of friends' - yet nowadays many scholars' gowns are, as we all know, worn by young ladies. If any scholar was found to be 'remarkable for a natural distaste for learning' he was to be 'despatched elsewhere, Jest as a drone he devour the honey of the bees ' - this can still alas occur, but what if his sweet but idle sister is equally disinclined to study? The Royal Charter of 1946, presented in person by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, with Princess Elizabeth in attendance, granted the school a measure of independence from the Cathedral foundation but now contains many anachronisms, not least the freq uent mentions of the 'Head Master' throughout. What is the Governors wished one day to appoint a lady to the post? Could they do so without being guilty of 'fraud or wicked guile'? And so, to repair these deficiencies, a Supplemental Royal Charter was applied for and graciously granted by Her Majesty. As we eagerly awaited its delivery by the Lord Lieutenant we wondered what it would say, hoping that it would avoid the pitfalls encountered by other earnestly egalitarian decrees, such as: ' . . .In this document for all practical purposes the male gender shall be taken to embrace the female .. . '. This no doubt explains the Senior Housemaster's Freudian slip in his otherwise meticulous plans for the occasion: ' When the Lord Lieutenant arrives, clasping would be appropriate' . In the event all was well: the Charter was all-embracing without being all-embarrassing, and polite applause greeted the arrival of the Lord Lieutenant. He was magnificent. Protected from the drizzle by a superb cape, he presented the Charter in style, reminisced about cricket (thrashed by King's when playing for an upsta rt school in the Windsor area), and smiled heroically through numerous photocalls for the benefit of television and the press . King' s was legal once more; we could breathe again.

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20 (T. R.H.)

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A FORTNIGHT IN ALSACE-LORRAINE A recent art icle in The Times Saturday Rev iew declared that Victoria Coach Station in London . ne of those places that offer easy pickings for actuality photographers who want to depict 1 ~ ~an deprivation at its most dispiriti ng . Unfortunately I was completely obliv ious to this fact urhen 1staggered, with a rather reluctant cousin, into the station's departure hall , overladen like " e Livingstonian baggage po rter on a humid July evening. What then, you may ask, was the ~o~ive for entering a place of such human dustbin status? Well , the answer lies with my thoughtful n~~ents who (opting for cost rather than enj oyment, in my opinion) decided that two weeks at ~aremot~ 'archaeological workcamp' in A lsace-Lorraine would do me no end of good, and what ~ner way to get there than by a marathon coach journey courtesy of Eurolines, the European express coaches. Looking back on it now, the coach journey d idn't seem too bad, despite breaking down in Canterbury and a Channel crossing on a ferry which seemed to have all its publ ic conveniences constant use; or was it just because some rather ingenious French boys had discovered that 10 Âˇou could actually Ioc.k the door of each W. C. fro~ outs id~ that cubicle si~ply. with the use ~lf a swiss Army penkmfe. After exactly fifteen hours JOurney time the coach arnved m Strasbourg, my disembarkation point, and after praising the driver on his excellent taste of music and suggesting that maybe next time he should play Abba constantly for the full fifteen hours instead of only thirteen, I staggered o nce more to anot~~r huma!l dustbin - Stra~bourg train s~ation, a pl~ce where it seems to me that the local authont1es find 1t extremely amusmg not to provtde any seatmg 10 the departure hall , so that anyone who has to wa it four hours for a train has to somehow find a way of sitting which w ill not b ring the person into contact with the inch-thick layer of cigarette bulls and ash k indly dumped, so I was told, by Strasbourg City Council. After a p retty non-eventful four hours squatting by a rather revealing French advertisement, my cousin and I boarded our tra in to nowhere and about 45 minutes later arrived there, or what 1thought was there, only to discover that, owing to my poor comprehension of the French tongue mixed up with feeble French bureauc racy, we were left the rather daunting task of climbing what looked like Mont Blanc. However , we were not to be alone in our despair, having bumped, quite literally, into two Ital ians who were suffering from the same plight. So off we set, guided by helpful locals and two ho urs later fo und ourselves at our destination, a collection of wooden ~hacks and a Nissen hut s ited between two ruined medieval castles - lovely! Welcomed by a 'Woodstock extra' that time had forgotten, we were shown to our living quarters. Indeed mine was living - there seemed to be some sort of ant convention going on. Fortunately there was an alternative, a wooden shack set back from the other buildings with the added amenity of a roof like a large sl ice of gruyere cheese! ! Hav ing un loaded our backpacks, we then wandered about looking for c ivilization. After about two hours we gave up and instead were given a brief tour (well, there wasn't much to see) of the site by ' Mr. Flares' himself. The biggest building was the kitchen w hich also d oubl ed as female liv ing quarters (these French certainly get their priorities right) and like every other build ing, had no electricity nor running water. The other Important places that we were shown were a watering can (our shower) and then what was supposed to be two cesspits but seemed more like cessheaps. Following this and ou r declared vows to go on hunger strike, we were then shown to the place where everyone went in their spare time - 'the sp ri ng' . Having hacked through about half a mile of dense undergrowth we arrived at our goal which unfortunately has all but dried up. So in high spirits we walked back to the site and met up w ith some more new arri vals. For the next two weeks there would be eig hteen of us working on the site - five Spaniards (four girls and one boy) , fo ur Italians (two g irls and two boys), two French (a boy and a girl), three English boys, even an Irish boy, the French supervisor and her two ass istants. The plan was that you got up every morning at 8.00 a.m., d id six hou rs work for six days a week and you could choose whenever you wanted to have a rest day - simple, really. 21

(James Bridges)

The first day's work came as a bit of a shock. Expecting to be searching for mediaeval artefact we were promptly informed that we would spend the next ten days constructing les toilettes, Disappointed at first , we then realised that if we built them quick enough, we would be abf" to use them and come off our hunger strike. So for the following ten days of solid work I shifte~ vast quantities of sand, g ravel, cement, water, breeze blocks and wood 500 metres along a track and all this in temperatures of over 30Â° C. During this time the castles were actually open 1 the public , so there were times when I had to explain , in pidgin French with lots of gesticulatingo what I was doing pushing a wheelbarrow full of breeze blocks back and forth. ' <?utside worktime ~e amused. oursel':'es by trying to ~ick a football. o~er a cast!~ wall and sittmg around a campfire attemptmg to smg what seemed like Julio Iglesias g reatest hits, thanks to the rather enthusiastic Spanish contingent. We also managed to leave the site a couple oftimes and on one occasion we walked three miles to the nearest village only to discover that anythin mildly associated with nightlife had closed either temporarily or permanently (again owing 1 ~ feeble French bureaucracy). We never did fini sh les toilettes but on the last few days of our stay we were finally let loose on the excavations. However, the only thing which we found of interest was a twelfth-century golden clasp which , unfortunately, was rapidly taken away from us by the supervisor. Our day of departure finally came, bringing with it the welcome prospects of life with mod. cons. but, in a way, it was quite sad as I had quite enjoyed myself, despite the primitive conditions and the slave labour that I had endured. The best part about the two weeks was the fact that everyone got on really well with each other despite language impediments and had faced the living conditions and work in good humour. There was a true feel ing of camaraderie. Hav ing said our goodbyes to everyone, my cousin and I set off into the sunset, with our considerably lighter backpacks, to Strasbourg where our coach patiently waited for us. Fifteen hours later we arrived back at Victoria Coach Station and, yes, it hadn't changed! J U LIAN TYDEMAN.

MY GAP YEAR WITH THE ARMY ANDREW THOMAS (LX 86-9 1)

I was first introduced to the SSLC scheme in 1989 whilst at school and my original aim was to obtain a commission with the Royal Marines. Having passed selections during March and July of 199 1, I was then told that owing to the limited places availab le tQ.ey would not be able to offer me a place . I then wrote to my Army Schools Liaison Officer who referred me to Major Hartley at the Light Division's Regimental Headquarters in Winchester. I was subsequently interviewed on 16th August in o rder to form my plans. Owing to short notice, I was unable to attend the SSLC course that autumn, so I opted for an '0' type engagement at the Light Division Depot followed by Battalion visits before starting at Sandhurst in March 1992 if successful at RCB. T he eight weeks I spent at the Depot turned out to be a v~~y edu~ational experience. I arriv~d with little knowledge of what to expect or the ways of military hfe. I was soon enveloped m the hectic life of basic training. Lessons in weapons training, drill, NBC, first aid and basic fieldcraft have all proved to be of great value. However, I personally feel that the most useful aspect of my '0' type engagement was meeting, living and working with recruits . I had never really mixed at length with similar characters before , and I feel the experience taught me a lot about people and myself. The lesson has been of great benefit throughout the year as without it I am sure that many private soldiers would have intimidated me at first. I now know that an aggressive exterior may often cover a friendly character, and that a sense of humour is almost always at hand . T he ins ig ht into the ways a soldier thinks has also he lped when it comes to talking and communicating with them. 22

final week was spent at Cap~! Curig with the Exte~Âˇnal Leadership wing .w it~ several ?~her MYtial Officers. As I g reatly enJOY the outdoors, the time spent walkmg , chmbmg, abseiling, Po~r~g and gorge walking was good experience and most enjoyable. ca fter success at RCB, I visited . 2LI ~t Tidwo~th in J.an~ary 199~. F ive w~eks of Northern ~ nd Training followed, along with an mtroductwn to life m a workmg Battalion . I then moved Ire 1 on 14th February and immediately embarked on exercise Lakeland Sumo with the Mortar 1 to won for another week of the outdoors, this time in Cumbria. T he next two weeks were spent f~aBulford , ~nd involved the recollection of many war stories by those who had recently returned from Brunei. My SSLC course at Sandhurst started at the beginning of March, and I consequently reported Dettingen Company Lines, Old College. F rom start to finish the course was enjoyable. More ~0 owledge was gained, and the aura of Sandhurst did not fail to impress, I then returned to Bulford ~d prepared to depart for Belize with C Company. a Belize has proved to be a memorable experience in many respects. Concerning the continuation of my military learning, I have been able to put into practice tacti~s and n:ethods Iea11_1t at Sandh~rst and Jungle School and e~perienc~d some level of comm~nd with soldiers. Learnmg. somet~mg of the running of a battalion and Its suppo~t on an operatiOnal tour has also proved mt~restmg. Experiencing the peop!e and places of Belize has proved to .be an eye~opener from which I feel r have certainly benefited, and all have helped me to contmue learmng about myself. r now start to think about university and after. I will leave the Battal ion hav ing experi~nced many worthwhile and varied experiences ~hich ~as my main aim from the start. I have .enJoyed the army lifestyle and made some good fnendsh1ps. I n'?w plan ~o. apply for a.Ca~etsh1p at the end of my first year at Aberdeen and woul.d very muc~ like to reJOin t~e battaiio~ m the future. It only remains for me to thank the battalion fo r the mvaluable expenence, their warmth , and the happy memories I will leave with.

(Aaron Birks) 24

MUSIC AND DRAMA INFORMAL CONCERT

MONDAY , 14th SEPTEMBER, IN THE OLD SYNAGOGUE

Williamson

·sweet and Low' Peter Lambert (Treble) ·Voi che sapete' Georgeanna Williams (Soprano) ·The Roadside Fire' ·The Vagabond ' Cheyney Kent (Baritone)

Mozart Vaughan Williams

INFORMAL CONCERT

MONDAY , 21st SEPTEMBER, IN THE OLD SYNAGOGUE

·Lord God of Abraham' from Elijah Cheyney Kent (Baritone) ·Et in Spiritum Sanctum ' from Mass in B minor Thomas Tallon (Baritone) Sonatina - Last Movement Michael Peat (Recorder) 'Frankie and Johnny' Daniel Bartlette (Piano) 'Rccordare' from R equiem Vanessa Linforth , Lucy Clayton (Sopranos)

Mendelssohn Bach Leigh Traditional Jazz Verdi

INFORMAL CONCERT

MONDAY , 28th SEPTEMBER, IN THE OLD SYNAGOGUE

Beethoven

Sonata in G major - First movement Conrad Krawczyk (Piano) Prelude Fran~a i s Annabelle Stratenwerth (Flute) Sonata No. 5 (First and Second Movements) Tom Goodman (Cello) Sonata in D (First and Third Movements) Michael Peat (Recorder) Trumpet Concerto (Last Movement) Matthew Brown (Trumpet)

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CHAMBER CONCERT

SUNDAY, lith OCTOBER, IN THE OLD SYNAGOGUE

The first chamber music concert outside King's Week for a number of years drew an enthusiÂˇ . audience of parents, staff, pupils and friends to an evening of music which was marked b a~tJc enthusiasm and dedication of the performers in responding to the challenges presented by ~0 he me demanding and varied repertoire. Corell i's Sonata No. 2 in G major played by Matthew Brown, Michael Peat (treble recorder~) Alice Lascelles (cel lo) and Jeremy Bines (spinet) opened the programme in stylish fashion th Âˇ players dealing well with the demands of ~ubtle alterations of te~pi between. the movem~nt~e The baroque sound of the recorder, of whtch hopefully more wtll be heard m such concert~Âˇ w~s co~trasted in the f?llowing piece, FaunS's Fanta[sie , Op.79. for flute .and piano, played b ~ Ttll Tnebel, accompanted by Stephen Matthews. Thts was playmg that dtsplayed considerabl~ variety of mood, handled with sensitivity and dexterity. One of the main demands of chamber music playing is the maintenance of ensemble, and this is perhaps nowhere harder to achieve than in string quartet playing. Sarah Petrie, Tessa Coombe (violins), Jeremy Bines (viola) and Nigel Field (cello) showed that they could produce some playing of considerable confidence and promise in Schubert's Andante from his String Quartet in A minor Op. 29. The contrast in programme was nowhere more apparent than in the transition from th~ delicacy of the Rosamunde theme of the quartet to the Gershwin-like witticisms of Three Episodes for Brass Quintet by Harniess, played by Matthew Brown, Matthew Hillier (trumpets), Tom Wacher (horn) , Alex Neame and Nick Tattersall (trombones). This was played with panache to the evident enjoyment of players and audience al ike. Michael Chesterman's performance of Kreisler's Bachian Praeludium and A llegro for violin and piano provided some of the most intense listening of the evening. This was a work that needed great technical command of the instrument as well as musical insight , and the listeners were rewarded with some playing of considerable depth. Lied ohne Worte (Op. 33 No. 1) by Klengel prov ided the opportunity to hear some quartet writing of a rather different nature, namely for four cellists (Alice Lascelles, Laura Marshall, Luke Jamieson and Jo Chesterman). Here the players bathed themselves and their listeners in some warm romantic playing which made considerable demands on intonation and made full use of the sonority of the instrument. Contrast of sonority was very evident in the next combination of instruments: !bert's Entr'acte for flute and harp was given a wonderfully inspired performance by Nigel Field (flute) and Camilla Pay (harp) , who together produced some beguiling sounds with great sensitivity. The finale to the programme saw the piano as the equal partner ratht!r than accompanying instrument in Beethoven's Allegro con brio from his Trio in B flat, Op. 11 played by Richard Hagan (clarinet) , Laura Marshall (cello) and Matthew Bell iere (piano). While this was music that demanded much from each player individually, one felt that the players were sufficiently at ease with the technical demands to produce some very refined ensemble playing. The intensity of concentration was a hallmark of the whole evening's entertainment; to~ether with the players' evident enjoyment of performing, this meant that the audience was left wtshing for more, perhaps the best reward for all the hard work put into the preparation of such an event by the pupils and Mr. Sheath. Hopefully this is an event which wi ll become a regular part of the musical calendar. B.J.H.H.

26 (T.R.H. ; James Harvey)

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TRADESCANT AND BAILEY HOUSE CONCERT SATURDAY, 7th NOVEMBER, IN ST. AUGUSTINE'S DINING HALL

With School and Oxford exams within halitosis range I had prepared myself for a rather attenuated evening's m~ s ic. H_owever, by the en~ of the eve~ ing I had nothing but contempt for my lack of faith, havmg enJoyed a great evemng's entertainment. The string quartet of Antonia Zalewski, Tim Marson, Dan Katz and Alice Lascelles showed reat competence and musical cohesion, starting the concert with Mozart's Eine kleine Nachtmusik ~nd providing a well-controlled Pachelbel Canon as the penultimate piece. Emma Bell and Annabelle Stratenwerth approached their excerpts from The Magic Flute with an initial caution but always an uncompromising full tone. Before the Mozartian theme could begin to dominate the concert, Mr. David Sheath made his first appearance, bringing an insane number of people (in James Longstaffe, James Firth and Tom O'Sullivan) on stage to play Gautier's The Secret. Where this Jacked in co-ordination it certainly made up for in wit. Yet more Shells- Simon Pel (recorder) and Nick Hopkins (oboe) _ joined Mr. Sheath on the stage to play Boyce's Trio Sonata in B flat. Though the (younger) performers may have Jacked the confidence of previous performers, they held the form well. Alice Lascelles had chosen Menuets I & 2 from Bach's Suite no. I in G as her solo cello 1tem. Technically this performance bordered on the perfect but I found that I was hard-pressed 10 find the musical polish that I had been expecti ng of one so accomplished. Tom Grant, Dan Katz and Clare Lang played the trio 'Lift thine Eyes' from Mendelssohn's Elijah wh ich came across as a good ensemble even amidst some dubious clarity. Worries expressed to me about the vocal quartet piece Christus factus est by Felice Anerio seemed totally groundless; the ATB parts of Sam Davies, Simon Peel and Tim Marson laid a sure foundat ion for Annabelle Stratenwerth 's pretty soprano voice. Gus Wilkinson provided vocals of a less formal nature with a Lennon/McCartney number Blackbird. Playing the guitar and singing simultaneously seems quite tricky and he has a great voice. There are three other items for which I have reserved comment until now that made a lasting impression on the evening. Hugo Stevenson had elected to play Monti 's virtuosic Czardas -on the xylophone. As if the piece was not going to be made hard enough with mixture of cadenza and allegro/presto movements, stick changes had to be made throughout. Showing some incomparable technique, speed and dynamic sens iti vity, he produced a truly stunning performance. A feature of Tradescant/Bailey house concerts has always been the range of genre included in the programme - however, I suspect that few had prepared themselves for the idea of Music for Pieces of Wood by Steve Reich. Dan Drury, Tim Marson and Mr. Sheath took to the stage armed with claves and Hugo with a woodblock. After Mr. Sheath had enlightened us with the delights of minimal ism, the quartet set about the complicated score, written in a terrifying array of times to emerge faultlessly with a converted audience, the simplicity but effectiveness of the piece show ing that modern music need not be as esoteric as it appears . Finally the houses' song; an encore demanded of the toothbrush-wielding Nick 'Bernstein' Johnstone highlighted the enthusiasm shown not only by the audience but also the performers. I remain full of admiration for the time and effort put in by Antonia, Tim , Hugo and Mr. Sheath that made the evening such a success . CHEN EY KENT.

27 (T.R .H.: Robert Justice)

DRACULAR SPECTACULAR

THE GRANGE AND WALPOLE JUNIOR PLAy SATURDAY, 7th NOVEMBER AND SUNDAY, 8th NOVEMBER, IN ST. MARY'S HALL

John Gardine_r's Âˇ~~dead musical ' takes us back not to the nineteenth-centur Tran . of Br?m Stoker s on gmal, _b~t to the even more sinister early 70s world of th/ rock sylvania pecuhar genre that was def1mtely not opera and not quite rock e ither. It was the woodopera: a through the ~eart of Andrew Lloyd Webber which finally ended the reign of terror ofth. en .stake IS particular type of mus1cal play. . The plot centres on a group of wide-eyed well-scrubbed wholesome as a le Âˇ . h1gh s~hool kids vacationing in Dracula country. This, for purj,oses of easier na8gnaf;~~men_can has sh1fted westwards from the Balkans to Bratwurst and beer-swilling Bavaria Harr" t ~typmg, P!ayed the school maam as a sort of mid-west Joyce Grenfell , leading the school trie ~rgess v1gour of a m<?ral crusade. Her you_ng charges were the amiable philistines of thosf N~~~ the Lampoon mov1es ~nd they stay_ed w1th _a Fa~ltyesque inn-keeper, played by a lithe and ona/ hose~ed B~n Mass1~gham and h1s teutomc Syb11l , portrayed with terrifying conviction by p 1.ed_erParnsh. Nick Bra_y s Count Dracula was a moody and mesmerisin affair ar uabl a t nscllla classy for the confmes of the material. Sqot Wiseman was a butler i~ the best ~arr/0 ~u~~ !00 ?nd Ale~ ~earson represented the blond , neutral hero in best B-movie st le A nov~ ~a IliOn m the ongmal_nov~!) twist is th_at_ this Prince of Darkness is a hen-pecked o:e ~Chloe O;k-~ n?t Countess Wra1th skilfully combmmg the speech patterns of the mother in Bread with them s ~II 5 and dress sense of Kate Bush. annensms The ~umerou~ interludes were well executed, thoug h th is was definitely mere John and !ohn E!1ot _Gardmer cou~try. As ever, Stephen Matthews performed miracles of continuit not 1mprov1 s~t1o~ on the pub JOanna. The staging was well thought out. I especially enjoyed the !o~~d and c?nvmcm~ 747 - and the~e were many examples of neat and econo mical solutions to c Mary s perenn1al pro blems. W1th n6-one above the fifth fo rm invo lved and most of th t St. made up _of Sh~lls and _Removes, Dr. Allday is to be congratulated on m'arshall ing such: 1earn and relati vely mexpenenced cast. argc S.M.W.

INFORMAL CONCERT

MONDAY , 9th NOVEMBER, IN THE OLD SYNAGOGUE Sicilenne and Allegro from Partita No. 2 Richard Peat (Recorder) Sonata in E minor Tom Goodman (Cello) 'Boog ie by Candlelig ht' Daniel Bartlette (Piano) Allegro Simon Peel (Recorder) 'Linden Lea ' F iona Adams (Soprano)

Telemann Vivaldi Booth Hook Vaughan Williams

' Im "Land zu Wirtenberg - Der ander theil from the Neue Teutsche Liedlein, 1567 Recorder Quintet Michael Peat (Descant) Nicho las Tattersall (Treble) Julie von Dalwigk (Treble) Matthew Brown (Tenor) Beverley Sharp (Bass)

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GRANGE AND WALPOLE HOUSE CONCERT SUNDAY, 15th NOVEMBER, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL

he concert opened with Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance, the combined Grange and Walpole T e Orchestra, conducted by Beverley Sharp, filling the apron of the sta~e. It was a httle Ho~~tious for an opening item, but it did give all the performers an opportumty to warm u_p to 1 am ccasion. The intonation was mainly good, but the timing went a little awry at some pomts. ~:v~rtheless, the overall performance would have given a French provincial band a good run for its money. Mozart' s Adagio in E minor followed, played by Andrew Saunders, Emma Pyke, James Capel . d wtlliam Bryant. Unfortunately, the quartet sta~ted ~efore all the _orchestra had t~ken their an ts in the audience, so the first couple o~ bars were maud1ble to th~ rev1ewer. The fl~ut1st (E!llilla p;ke) played with good control and phrasmg. The other parts occasiOnally seemed a httle hes~tant. William Bryant then forsook his bass clarinet for a seat in front of middle C on t~e p1ano, dwiched between Philippa Gort-Barten and Bever ley Sharp to play Leonard Gaut1e(s The 5~a~ret _ Intermezzo , a somewhat riotous piece for , seemingly, as many hands at the p1ano as \ ossible to get performers to sit in front of it , which was played with great gusto by all ;~; pfayers. At least all six hands reached the finishing post together, and much fun seemed to have been had by their owners by the end! . . . William Bryant's 'anchorman' role for the first part of the concert contmued w1th a solo ~tern and his third instrument in as many pieces, the_ second ~o_vement of Poul~nc's Sonata. f<?r Clan net, Âˇccompanied by Mr. Michael Harris at the p1ano. Th1s IS not an easy p1ece, but W1lham played ~ confidentl y and with good intonation and phrasing. A choral item, part of Offenbach's Les Contes d 'Hoffman, followed, sung by ~my H~rmonÂ Taylor and Helena Ancock, both of whom had shown their vocal prowess at Re1ms dunn~ t_he half-term exeat, accompanied ~y Mr. Michae! H?rris. Perh_aps because <?f the cl_ose prox~m1ty between the audience and the smgers, Amy d1dn t seem qutte so secure m the h1gher reg1st~r, but this was nevertheless a very polished performance from two members of the Chapel Cho1r. It is always pleasant to have a~ item sui~able f?r _perf~rmers in the Shell forms, and the next piece. a trio by Johann Quantz, f1lled the btl!. Th1s 1s a p1ece for three recorders, and they were played by Shell performers Mary Stevens and Annabel Whibley, together wit~ the ind_ef~tigable Beverley Sharp. All three members of the trio were well together, played w1th conv1ct1on and con fidence and didn't let the more fl orid passages run away from them. A lull in the proceedings ensued whilst the massed ranks of the orchestra took their pla~es on the stage, together with their tutors for a rendition of Sullivan's 'Behold t~e Lord H1_g~ Executioner' from The Mikado. The senior members of the orchestra entered mto the spmt of the piece, 'play ing the ti mps and percussion, more or less in time apart from the occasional missed beat on the triangle and a reluctant rattle in the charge of an even more reluctant football fan! As a complete contrast, Peter Capel gave a fine performance of the second movement of Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 4, accompanied by Anna Lewis of Mitchinson's, followed by M_ary Stevens and Fran Budd play ing Barzanti 's ~onata No. 1 o~ the recor~er ~nd ce_llo respectively. They achieved a good balance between th1s somewhat unlikely combmatwn of Instruments, ~nd _Mary Stevens' playi ng showed great promise; I' m sure we' ll hear much more of her playmg m the years to come. We were then treated to Benjamin Godard's Suite des Trois Marceaux by Michelle Traylor on the flute. She played with much expression and feeling for the piece, and showed very good command of the instrument. To round things off, the massed house choirs of The Grange and Walpole, which seemed to consist not only of those who could s ing but many who thought they couldn't, sang We all stand together by Paul McCartney. As there were so many performers and so little room on the stage, the front row actually sat together on the edge of the apron. A fine performance, with a f~w rough diamonds thrown in, sent the aud ience off home happy. And at the end, stand they d1d . All. Walpole and The Grange. Together. R.V.J.B. 29

THURSDAY, 26th NOVEMBER -

CABARET

SUNDAY 29th NOVEMBER, IN T HE SHIRLEY HALL

The choice of the Brandenburg Gate as a backdrop gave an apt clue to the treatment directo Stephen Wainde had decided upon for this perf~rmance <_:>f C~b!lr~t . The imposin$ columns a/ meant to convey the sense of a well-ordered soc1ety, but 1mpltc1t tn that message IS the idea tha~ the structures that hold up a society can crumble and decay . So it was with the colourful world of the Kit Kat Club, superbly introduced by the Master of Ceremonies, played by the talented Eliot Shrimpton . From his first song, 'Welcome to the Cabaret', he conveyed a real sense of sophisticated, exciting and ultimately dangerous decadence that existed in ~erlin in 1930, ' having one final party before the horrors of Nazism', as the programme put 1t. While j aded , bej ewelled Berliners sipped cocktails served by muscled waiters, the Kit Kat girls themselves appeared, strikingly poised between the columns. T heir d ress - or perhaps it would be fairer to say their state of general undress, in an assortment of bras, camiknickers and black stockings - was shocking and titillatingly sexy in its unexpectedness. C uriously , the shock value disappeared when later they appeared in matching red corsets _ proof that uniform can give respectability to any gro up. This turned out to have uncomfortable echoes later in the play, when from the moment they started wearing uniforms, the Nazis appeared as a more cohesive, irresistible force - charmingly and menacingly headed by Julian Kingsland in the role of Ernst Ludwig (his character was straig ht o ut of Allo, Alia). ' The costumes, organised by Sheila Bennett and Juliet Vigano, and the set, by Jean Coates Peter Cordeaux and Stephen Wainde, all had a bold assurance, the more effective for not being overly complex. These were ably backed up by a professional lighting job by John Evans, John Alcock and Henry Murch, and sound by Martin Tennick. But when the Kit Kat girls moved, an unevenness showed itself which turned out to characterise the cast as a whole. T hough all played their parts well , there was a difference in the degree to which they threw themselves into the role. Some went through the movements while sending out the message that they were still members of the King's School, thank you very much; others were Kit Kat girls for the duration of the performance. Suzy Madigan spark led among them. And so it was with the principal actors. The best, like Eliot Shrimpton, didn't drop their characters once during the entire show. James Rawlings, as the struggling American writer, Cliff Bradshaw, sustained a convinc ing air of home-spun boy drawn to, but ultimately disgusted by, the racist razzmatazz of prewar Berlin: 'I like this whole damn city. It's so tacky and terrible and everyone's having such fu n' . His accent remained impeccable throug hout. His infatuation with Sally Bowles, slinkily played by Lucy C layton, was also very naturally conveyed. Lucy herself had a hard act to follow: Sally Bowles is, after all , the character that Liza Minelli made world-famous in the first version of Cabaret. But this Sally shimmered across the Shirley Hall stage with panache, and she sustained a pleasant, liqu id voice fro m her first provocative song 'Don ' t Tell Momma'. Only occasionally did she deliver a line too fast to give time for audience reaction : as in 'I'm shocking you' , she rapped out to Clifford. Essential , as a counterpo int to the younger characters ' more frivolous preoccupations, were the middle-aged characters of Clifford's landlandy, Fraulein Schneider, played by Helena Ancock, and the good-hearted greengrocer, Herr Schultz, played by Tom Jackson. Their personalities were implicit in their songs: 'You have to settle fo r what you get - so what?' sang Fraulein Schne ider. ' If I could , I would fi ll the entire room with pineapples', sang Herr Schultz, by way of a love offering . The timidly burgeoning love between these two characters was tender, thoug htful and moving. Appropriately , the two actors together were greater than the sum of the parts. T heir roles were the lynchpin of the show, and they had the strength to carry this off: through them, the whole horror of Nazism grew closer and more menacing, affecting their happiness as two ordinary individuals - one of whom, Herr Schultz, just happened to be Jewish. 30

sa sa Jot for the cast as a ~hole, not forgettin~ the .com_ic cameos of the ta~t, Fraulein Kost Linforth) and her sa1lors, nor the effective d1rect10n of Stephen Wamde, the superb ( a ic directed by Stephen Pinnock, and the choreography of Anna Price, that the menace of rnusNaz 1 movement, after the tinsel of the Kit Kat C lub, was so effectively conveyed. You could the the hai r rise on people's necks, d uring the sinister rendering of 'Tomorrow Belongs to Me', se~t before the interval. JU We gained an insight into how ordinary Germans were able to become supporters of the Nazi vement because it was the mainstream th ing to do. And, of course, there was an uncomfortable 111 ~nection with the present , namely the growth of a violent neo-Nazi movement in modern day berrnany. 'Here life is beautiful, w.e have no troubles now', sang the Kit Kat Club as they blinkered themselves to the dangerous realtty. 8 begui ling us and enterta ining us, Cabaret also managed to broadcast some home truths bott human behaviour that surely li ngered with the audience for at least as long as the evocative ~usic danced in the memory afterwards. It's a daring and difficult play to produce- and therefore a testament to the intell igence and ability of all involved that it worked so well.

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SUZANNE ASKHAM.

ORCHESTRAL CONCERT

SUNDAY, 6th DECEMBER, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL

The audience who braved the rather inclement weather on the last Sunday evening of term were rewarded with a fi rst-rate concert which showed off to perfection the extremely high standard of corporate mus ic making at King's. T he evening featured the King's Sinfonia, the Concert Band, the Symphony Orchestra, and, adding to the variety, a Brass Octet. The first g roup on stage was the King's Sinfonia, who tackled the Ballet Music No. 1, from Rosamunde, by Franz Schubert. T hese comparatively inexperienced performers produced a firm martial start and were basically secure: there were some good contrasts of tone and the music Âˇnowed' effectively, achiev ing an attractive lilt which conveyed the dance mood well. There were a few blemishes of course, with the str ings not quite managing that effortless synchronisation which is the hall mark of a really cohesive and proficient ensemble, and the oboes were pitching below the note at times, but the young performers showed much promise, and it is clear that there is here an excellent tra ining ground for future Symphony Orchestra members. There followed a Brass Octet, with the Sonata Pian' e Forte by Giovanni Gabrieli. The piece depends for its effect on the contrasts between two g roups of four instruments, and in this performance the two groups were wisely placed o n opposite sides of the stage. Also essential for a convincing performance is the realisation that the music is about sonority, not melody, and clearly the young players had grasped this, for there was a most pleasing blend and balance m both groups, with the full tone of the brass instruments penetrating comfortably in both the loud and the soft passages. I thought the tempo was perhaps a trifle on the slow side, making it more difficu lt to achieve the sparkle and attack a professional group would have had, but it was a most enjoyable performance nonetheless. The first half of the concert was rounded off by the Concert Band, who played the first two of the four pieces by British composers which were featured in the programme: 'Elegy' from A Down/and Suite, by John Ireland, and the William Byrd Suite by Gordon Jacob. It is hard for a large group to be precise enough over the shifting harmonies of a slowish piece like this del ightful Elegy, and the Band made a brave attempt . It would certainly be good to hear more of Ireland's music, which is to many an almost unknown quantity. The William Byrd Suite seemed to capture the imagination of the Band more effectively: the first movement, The Earle of Oxford's March, had a realistic Renaissance feel with its typ ical d rum rhythms and repeated chords on woodwind and brass; the contrasting Pavana was also communicated well, with the woodwind 31

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and brass answering each other in finely-delineated blocks of sound ; whilst I thought that Wolseyâ&#x20AC;˘ Wilde was perhaps the most accomplished performance so far in terms of effect, it being vc ~ easy indeed to close one's eyes and picture a dance out in the open with limbs flying everywhcr~ I was most impressed too with the accuracy of the percussion , who desp ite their great distanc. from the conductor were spot-on throughout. The occasional inaccurate note was in evidencce but such things can be forgiven . e. The first half of the concert has been most enjoyable and had set a high standard both of technic accomplishment and musicianship, although inevitably the youthfulness and inexperience of thl players showed through. The arrival of the Symphony Orchestra for the second half, thou he brought an .extr~ polish and precision to the evening wi.th playing of a very hi&h order indc~dÂˇ whose quality slipped but rarely. The Orchestra began w1th Malcolm Arnold's Little Suite. Here' there was a sweetness of tone and a crispness which held the attention easily throughout the thre~ short movements: the atmospheric Dance was particularly well executed with the airy melod being given a suitably jaunty feel, while the final March movement had much vitality and energ/ culminating in an exciting rhythmical ending. T here followed A Marching Song by Gustav Holst' a piece which seemed to me to have, on a first hearing at least, less to offer. At the openin ' too, the lower strings and woodwind were not in total harness, although as the interest mov~ upwards through the orchestra more cohesion was achieved. For the penultimate item in the program the string section came into its own with the finale fro m Tchaikovsky's well-known Serenade for Strings. The opening, especia lly, calls for a high degree of accuracy and sensitivity, and it was no real surprise that this was not quite pulled off, with a few slight intonation flaws as well: There w~s then.(despite a very clear beat!) s~me initial uncertainty at the. change of tempo, and m the mam sectwn of the movement the rap1d runs were not always cn sp; but this is an unforgiving piece of music to tackle, with the slightest inaccuracies being clearly noticeable and in spite of a few minor imperfections it was a most enjoyable performance. The last itc~ of all was the ever-popular Finlandia by Sibelius: from the nerve-tingling staccato brass figures - which were extraordinarily precise - to the gorgeous, and crystal-clear, low bassoon notes it was a most accomplished exhibition which the orchestra clearly enjoyed , and it brought the evening's music making to a rousing climax. Besides being a celebration of the abilities of the young musicians at King's, the concert also marked the retirement from the school of Charles Cracknell. Charles, the former principal bassoon of the Halle Orchestra, has for more than a decade given freely of his time to coaching in the woodwind section, and has been more than happy to play in the Symphony Orchestra. A true gentleman and excellent music ian , he will be missed by many, both pupils and staff, and we wish him well in his retirement. It was fitting that the audience were able to give Charles a special round of applause, and that the Sibelius enabled us to hear clearly just a few of the last notes he produced in the Shirley Hall : his rich round tone sums up Charles in a â&#x20AC;˘way in which I, for one, will like to remember him . A.R.A.R.

TRIP 'THE SCHOOL OF NIGHT' BY PETER WHELAN

WEDNESDAy ' 4th NOVEMBER. AT THE OTHER PLACE, STRATFORD-UPON-A VON

they who love not tobacco and boys are fools' . & tl ' All 1 'th R'chard McCabe's Marlowe praymg 1erven Y Peter Whelalnd's ~nt c~~DocOiaGst,i~ ~~~ ~r~~of;~ts :~me~t on it is immediately apparent that we are . persona e l y ' f . to h1.5 ~ a cosy evening of B.B.C. costume drama actwn. not tn or . Ib lace theory that Marlowe's murder was The pl.ay investif~~~~~hs~~~~~~i~~ve;:~ion~~e~o~~de~p-seated at~~istic beliefs rathe~ •ranh~s due to hiS rampan b I 'Th I sources combine tradttlonal Marlowe s~ o.ar~ 1p a result of a ~oeA~~~~t~C~Iv[~H~ffm!/:?osc connections with King's resulted in our mvltatton. with the v.le~s . I d with tremendous conviction, ranging fro!? the 'erotic an,d

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an~~~~:~· ~N.IGHT, LUKE SINGER AND SIMON JOHNSON.

(Francis Summers)

Vlfouse ~otes Tired and weary from the endless nights of careful study and Supermario II, the abstaining monks of School House have finally paused to reflect on some stunningly witty puns, the editor's red pen and the thought of how we'd ever survive without the sobering influence of Dave and Craig. Our thoughts turned naturally to our amoebic place of worship, the place where reputations are gained and lost on a single night's vegging ... the T.V. room. Not only was it graced by 'new' furniture but we found a whole, unborrowed, unbroken , unadulterated, new T.V. (Is there any chance of a banana house?) Such luxury was matched only by the replacement of our aged, ailing phone, or did it just break down from overuse, Chris? However the house's achievements were not solely confined to the daily (well, hourly really) pilgrimmage to the T.V. room. Ed, Matt B. and Cheyney 'Captain of school, nice to meet you' Kent produced a suitably suave Palm Court evening which exuded talent from start to encore. Our talent didn't end there with most of the Jazz Club made up of School House men (namely Chris, Matt x2, Ed, Bones, Bruce and C .D.P.K., M.S.) and numerous actors, musicians and stage crew in Cabaret. Contrary to reputation sport in School House is flourishing. Rob et al. led the 2nd XV to victory, well some anyway. Matt B. helped the badminton team win the East Kent cup and the other Matt is still captain of squash with Jay and Andy still playing in the l st V. No wonder the House Squash Cup resides in School House. Hal's Game Boy records were surpassed only by Fraser's fencing performances, becoming South East foil champion and gaining first colours, as did Ray Uoining School House's 'exclusive' first colours club!) Meanwhile, Simon became involved in a Webb of confusion watching Dev chase fairies around the bottom of the garden, or was Ed just hallucinating? Was Cheyney or Jay our resident Scarlet Pimpernel: 'They seek him here, they seek him there, those damn girlies seek him everywhere'. More to the point, why weren't the rest of 6a in such an enviable position? Probably because we had to pester Chris into letting us use the phone. All that remains is to thank Mrs. Vigano, the cleaning ladies , Jervis for their 'old' chairs, Mouldy and Connie and of course our illustrious Housemaster for making our lives liveable.

scHOOL HOUSE

THE MONITORS .

THE GRANGE

As. nearly fifty of.our ?Omrades bravely continue to fi losmg battle, we m th1s bastion of The Grange like t~ht the that we have everything firmly ur.der control This th 1nk discovered fragment says it all: Âˇ recenu~ As Providence enthuses, The secrets of the Muses Are to us imparted. Brave and strong-hearted We go forth to achieve Triumph in the Rugby league. But 0, The Grange ways! How cataclysmicall y it pays To express dramatic skills in plays. Making with our sister house, Creating with our homely spouse Dionysian devilry And Euphonium revelry. If music food be the food of love Play on, and that we did with glee For no damsel did us flee. As fate is controlled from above May the Gods render us pensive For bragging it seems is offensive. Tradition a~d excellence we persist to employ, Merry-makmg we resolutely enjoy, F<;>r when a Grange boy goes out to play 'Naughty naughty', we all say, As proper merry-making is not for breaking - It is for this we live on! Our warm thank~ to Mr. Aldridge for all his work this term, and the monitors would wish to thank Mrs. Ald ndge too for her excellent cooking. Many thanks to Mrs. Smallwood whom we welcomed this term; she has settled in marvellously well and looked after us all. Thank you too to her army of cleaning ladies for all they have done. Thanks too to Mr. Parker who is of course, still not a second out. ' THE MONITORS.

Some are born g reat, some achieve g reatness, some have greatness thrust upon them, but to Walpudlians it all comes naturally. Hello and welcome to a fl ying tour of our stately pad. Competition is rife both in and out of the House but Lydi.a is content with her desk tidiness award. Sally EDged her way mto the I st XI and Kent U 16Bs. Gazza Lancaster and Gary Richards have led the House football teams to a splendid string of victories. As always Walpudlians fill and capta in many successful sports teams. Congratulations to Lydia, Katie and Bev for being captains of major sports - keep trying, Katherine. What a tremendously SHARP evening's entertainment o ur House Concert was, and Bev also conducted herself well on the hockey pitch, orchestrating a first-colours award congratulations also go to Sinead , Miriam and Mel. The rformances in the Walpole/Grange junior house play were so. spe~tacular that Kate Emerre ~ . led into BRA Yving Dracula. A round of applause to our buddmg s1xth-form actresses (sorry, ~tÂˇ~on) who almost managed to learn their words and give a serious performance, unlike Helena ~0 succeeded on both counts in Cabaret . W.P.C. Oakshett has nobly taken charge of the Shell d\rama squad. Flowing o n to all our little fis~es in the Walpole/Grange dip - a s~ecial men~ion 10 Jane Gann who outswam most of us by m1les and to Jenna who was not far behmd and ra1sed a fortune. ÂˇWOAH' Priscilla, watch those heights on the top in Everest. WHO IS THAT MAN WITH THE HAT? On to the bottom kitchen where somebody is o n the rampage with a magnet - where has he put all our cutlery? Now that the boys are no t allowed in the kitchens, who is going to cat all our bread and drink our surplus juice? Continuing drinking matter~. Amy has excelled th is term by singing her way to the offer of a choral award from Cambndge. Queen Katherine blew her crown jewels. Vicky put her faith i~ HINEsight ~:mce aga in. ~~~ia decided to skip GOURMet food for something more CHUNKY ~h1lst Karen deSII'es ~o fL_EXtblhty outside Linacre. Philippa has a sense of HULMEr. Meanwhile Bev has kept thmgs m order. AlacaBAZa- Akabussi insists on smooth dining (Stuart and Fiona). Press NOUG~s w~at she wants but how long did it take for Dan and Jess to go out?. . . Well , how long IS a p1ece of \tring? ... Nearly as long as the C laire/Kenny Olive/Chris double acts. A big big thank you to L?rna, Hazel's .ho~ver - and its owner, Sheila, Sue, Tina,. Michelle and Diane who all face a daily challenge ltke 1t or not, to Mrs. Behrens our day and mght nurse, to the invincible Mrs. P. and the tutor gang with a special welcome to Mr. Cordeaux and Mr. Davies ... hope you can keep up with the pace. THE MONITORS.

MEISTER OMERS

The Secret Diary of Alastair Hine, aged 18t;.a

· . This morning that nice man Mr. Miles from do . m and gave.me a purple gown. He told me that th-nstaJrscarnc ~was no~ m charge of the house! I worried ab~~ meant that or a while, then went to some lessons. t my spot\ Tuesday .Played I~Hs of sport with all my friends I . With Char~Je Doust, but big 'Bazza' Ron is in am m the 2nd\ I have n?tJ?ed that Rahul, Hans and Geoff ar~h~/~ts already• and JamJe IS Captain. Steve, Raf, Pau l, Luke ~d~~ the 3rd\, and Matt W. are all in A teams and we' ' Je, Rob S • ve got ever so young Bs. S teve even goes away to play for K t rnan} Cod~y have been showing a keen interest in wate~sn ~ Dave ~nd r~mmds me, we won a funny Soccer shield thing PI rt~. WhJ.ch ~onday

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road in lodgi.ngs is in the fifths. and I nearf!Y forgot: as I was saymg the other night. we are a 11 Jt and sporty m this house VVednesday ' I felt particularly intellectual this mornin a I 1 · Although he didn't comment on the chances s . got a etter fr~m a fnend_ly man in Cambrid e perhaps I will be on Radio 4, like Malcolm J~~tgmg.~oem~pu.bhCshed, he did ask for an intervi!w· mtervJews at Oxford - aren 't they clever. en ge. ram han and Matthew already hav~ Thursday . Rahul and I - note g rammar! - were in Cabaret I 1 d · h~e he always does. We put on a very interesting proa a{~ ~y c~nnets, and Rahu l j ust acted wm, but when I asked the judges what they thought ~he JOn or t e. House J?rama. We didn 't Friday ' ey were vet Y complt mentary.

Am feeling rather depressed. My friend Chris L bb k · real.Iy fancy him and all want to go out with him o t' efp~ telhlmg me how all t~e girls in Bailey I wtsh I h~d his looks and charm. ' par tcu ar y t at rather attractive German one. I have dtscovered that this is quite a friend) h going in and out. David was seein a nice o~ ouse. There always seem to be a lot of girls seemed a little reticent. I was a bit ~orried ~he~gi ~~~y • but whenever I ~nquired about her he someone who was also called Charlie but the tscovered that Charlte was going out with for <;harlotte. But in that case why is 'he calle~ som~one told me that Ch,arlie is in fac t short lookm~ foreign g irl has been visiting Mr. Miles<;sh~ lo tte Doust? I have. noticed that a sweetabout It, he muttered something about 'German Ia~ on da ,r egul ar b~sis. When I asked him Saturday ora s ' an ooked famtly embarrassed.

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~IS mnocence. My friend Dara told me that he i 1 c d ut Mr. Miles s~epped in to preserve m young g irls. 'Yes,' said Hans, and then sudde~l~ ~set W~ee Rahul takmg a ~ealthy interest rath~r upset and mumbling something about a irl c:ITeJ St o ughtful , and hu rned off looking

Smce the start of term I keep gettin visit d b g arah · skirt. I asked Mr. Miles about this ~ut h e ·~a strange man in a funny collar and long black to it. He said it was o ur duty to in~ite hi~ si~Ito ntho t to worry and that I wo uld soon get used e warm. S und ay Today I found a strange note on my desk It said 'Th k 0 Mrs. Young, and all the Tutors and C leani~ L . an .Y U very much to Mr. Miles and love you dearly.' I thoug ht this was a bit od8 asa?~~ f~r d~ng Sl;lch a wonderful job. We all of the. others, so I tore it up and put it in the bin. ot r. Miles, or Mrs. Young, or any I thm k I feel a poem coming on THE NON-MONITORS.

As the Christmas tree and tinsel go up, so the adrenalin and blood pressure levels of Marlowe's members come down: it has been a busy and exhausting term. Busy doing what? Well , we've worked and we've shirked; we've run, sung and swum; we've slaved and we've raved. We've made toast and played host. Trumpets have tooted , horns hooted, Giles saluted and we've all disputed. We've (deep breath) exercised, revised, capsized, compromised, and realised ... perhaps we'd better expand on that slightly: Ed Sayer (but seriously Ed, how could we forget you wearing THOSE socks?!) must be the first in the field of sport to be congratulated on gaining Rugby First Colours, making him the first in the year to hold triple First Colours (and hence the socks). James Murch has also proved his tackling skills in the 1st XV . . and has been awarded team colours. The juniors have followed suit in terms of rugby spmt: we have two Remove Junior Colts ' A ' members and several keen Shells. In the _inter-house competitions the Removes were victorious, the Shells settled for second and, er ... f1ths, where were you? On (and, on occasions, in) the water Giles Tennick, Rob Heddle, Nick Shaw, Ben Loxton-Edwards and Gumbie have sculled for school teams, whilst Kate captained the girls. The football ' lads' have been practising their ball-control and dribbling throughout the term: notably the infamous Pett Brothers and Bill Hague. As for the girls, Catherine wielded a hockey stick, Charlie made a racket on the badminton court and Lucy was squashed. A cultural interlude. Marlowe musicians have strummed, bowed and blowed instruments of a bewildering variety of shape and size this term, in bands and orchestras of similar diversity. Matthew Brown (whom we congratulate on his Grade Vill distinction), Rob Heddle, Giles Tennick, Luke Jamieson, Bill Hague, James Murch, Tom Wacher and Camilla Pay have taken part regularly in the Symphony Orchestra. We can boast nine players in the Wind Band. 'Bob's Hot Five' (completely indigenous to Marlowe) have jazzed things up. And Curzon Rolla and Tristan McConnell ... ummm, CAN you call it 'music'? Many of us have also sung in choirs, and several visited Rheims with the Chapel Choir at half term. Life is a Cabaret . .. and Barry Cameron and Tom Mackenzie's legs ... well, what can we say: our 'Two Ladies' certainly stole the show. Bruce Goldin banged away endlessly, often well into the night, to bu ild a brilliant set, Tom Aldridge helped in the stage crew and Daniel Bartlette and Bill Hague played in the orchestra. Oh, and Lucy was involved somewhere along the line too. Gossip. Where to start? There's so much of it ... our heads are spinning ... hey, it'S a , crhEd Rush, man. Alright, so it wasn't a very clever pun: we didn't think so either- Katie was thoroughly apPauled and even Giles got Haughty ... Shawly a certain member has munched his way through Frankfurters, EClairs and tasted fo rbidden fruits, and, continuing the culinary theme, it seems a member of study 5 has discovered an appetite for Donna Kebabs. From cookery to the economy: Dom 's interest rates appear to be rising, but he's checking his credit level carefully before proposing a contract, whilst Lucy, having discussed exchange rates with her associate in Jervis, made plenty of Mares. Meanwhile Alice went down on Bended knee, and Charlie also Neiled. Turning the Camera on study 2 briefly, Barry found his wonderlands in Alice 'n' Alison, James' love life is Arn o ld story and as for Katherine and Tom, well, what can you do with names like Po rges and Aldridge, so we'd better leave it at that. All that rema ins is to thank heartily Trevor, the tutors, 'Miss G.' our new Matron 'morning all!' and of course Mr. and Mrs. Reid for all their hard work and support this term. TH E M ONITORS.

Once upon~ tiJ?e. far away among the Kentish hops lived fifi seven beauties m a house called Luxmoore; these precious g ty. were very tal~nt~d and wo~ all sorts of illu~trious prize:~ hockey, both JUniOr and semor, ably led by Kirstin their pr'ct and joy who also played for the county , while Sarah sco; e on the academic front winning a Hoffman Scholarship. Jened picked up Anna's foil as Captain of Fenc ing, while the rest ~ 6b stroked their way to victory at Cambridge - following Âˇ the Removes' tradition. In These little petals blossomed in the House Drama as Dais pulled it off, a!ld we wo~ the cup with ol!r. talented cast Luxmoore Luvhes- Saskia, Isabel, Alex, PIXle, Kirstin Ness George and C lare, but Millie won the Oscar. All was achieved with a great flourish of legs and hockey sticks. C lare and Anna continued this show of leg in Cabaret , but Vanessa exhibited her talents elsewhere. To accompany them Lau ra and P ixie plucked and bowed their way through the performance, and C lare Eliot sang her way to the B.B.C. With the opening of a new school year, Mr. Jackson, Miss Price and Mr. P innock joined usÂˇ as a show of house support S.D.P. attracted many of Luxmoore's new faces to the choir - and the orchestras rounded up the rest of the small fry . Socially, Fairfax has been the Mecca and had its fair share of visitors, but we just had to Grin and bear it . Louise finally made it to Number 11 , whilst Millie and Tessa braced themselves to meet the new boy. F iona's Bird flew the nest, so she converted to Linacre. Antonia's shampoo got in her eyes , so has now walked into a purple haze, as Kirstin walked out. Claire saw the Cooler side of life, but eight out of ten Luxmoore girls prefer Katz, and C laudia continued to make Hay, especially when the sun 's not shining. Alex Hard lie out of Pampers is already in lodgings, whilst Kate toddled over t6 Galpin' s. Lizzie 'Tripper' Rob inson worked hard at the biology, and Ness frequently fraternised with Big Bad Dom - but Isobel F itz.-O'C ., Susie '61h hours' Warner, and Fizzy 'I never want to see another Dutchman' Sampson kept their noses to the grindstone - and once more as the winter draws in Nicky's ha ir extensions have kept us snowed in . But we really think Miss Price should get ONE good night's sleep a week. Our happy little bunnies have been looked after brilliantly all term by the lovely and longsuffering (and this time we really mean it) cleaning ladies; and our thanks go to Mrs . Creissen (and her paracetamol gargles), to our tutors for knocking ten times before entering, and to Miss Price for waking up the Removes in time for P rayers - and of course our greatest thanks go to Mr. and especially M rs . Tennick for all her extra efforts this term.

LUXMOORE

THE MONITORS.

P.S. T here's no moral to this story .

The House has been in fine form this term academically, socially and cultu rally. Neil Cole and Julian Lewis-Jones both played for the successful 1st XV, with Dom Cockl in, Tom Jackson and Haggis McGregor in the 2nds. 6a also provided the backbone of the 5th XV with 'Lemmon' Groves, Ollie Dean and 'Lofty' Goulden rediscovering the art of rugby. We had both captains of the Colts teams in Matthew Edwards and Hamish Lemmens; Superstar, although caught in the webb, still found time to captain U 16 Kent rugby, as well as playing for London Division. Lower down the House, Nigel Field and Elvis Roman l~ 'fte their game enough to join Andrew Brice in the As this ye , whilst whenever the Colts Cs won (which wasn't ~ often) , J ice was there to get a try for them. In the Shells, _ _ Tom Martin got into the As, and at one stage there were six "'Âˇ Galpin's lads in the Cs - not even Bessarat can say that standards are dropping. Unfortunately, however, the house football team (to the embarassment of the H.O.H.) failed to win a game, mainly owing to Jules Kingsland's being more of a hindrance than a help. Richard, however, redeemed himself with the close support of Andrew Groves in winning the golf. The house also had the lead role in Cabaret, with Eliot Shrimpton as a superb Master of Ceremonies, followed by convincing performances from Jules, Hamish, Tom Jennings, and Wacko Jackson. Nigel Field and Till Triebel were in the pit, and Jon Alcock was there to let there be light. Many of these had also taken part in our House Drama entry , on which Andrew Groves subsequently gave a House assembly which the Headmaster could have been proud of. Things weren' t too bad on the academic front either: we have three new scholars - Tom Jennings, Leo Fransella and James Miller-Jones - and head scholar Bob C layton came first in the school' s entry for the National Mathematical Prize. We end with what house notes may really be for. Jules' job with Berkers took him to the bank, whilst at the same time he and Ricardo both certified their claim to be truncheon-heads. James Grindley ran out of luck , Elliot hitched a ride to Hamlyn, and Haggis wants to ford the gaps with Arnold . Jules Wooderson was planted with his cup k, L-J went fishing with some success, but all Dom could catch was the Loch Ness monster. As Tom's rowing twice went waggy, he now needs stern support. Bob, having survived the fire , turned to communism with Ollie, sharing in all forms of 'amour, just like S imon and Duncan. Special thanks to the cleaning ladies and linen room who retain the coffee drinking challenge cup. Thanks also to Dr. and Mrs. Hands, who is to be congratulated on a new book to add to the collection and of course Mrs. B., without whom . . . THE MONITORS.

Autumn. noun.2. a period of late maturity. Linacre prob bl th~ most mature hou.se i~ th~ world, blossomed and flouri~ Y w1th everyone contnbutmg m all areas of school life this te ed For this is how we, a~ Liber~l s, vi~w life in Linacre. But ~~Âˇ assured that whatever IS mentioned m these notes will be argu~ abo~t . by our resident Marxist fighting for the equality f 0 mus1c1ans. Square. noun . l. a plane geometric figure having four equal ~ides. and four right,ang\es ..... 9. Informal. a ~ard worker or mtelltgent person. It s natl-b1tmgly close now to mterview time so best <?f luck to those Oxbridge candidates, Steve, Chunk' Doug, S1mon and Engels. Best of luck to Adam Fendius wh~ goes off soon to the Natio nal fi nal for being good at answering q_ue~tio~s about Chemistry. Finally, Ben did work out how to fill m h1s P.C .A.S. form . Now all he wants to know is what it stands for. Rugby. noun. l. Game, derivation of football using oval ball. One of our especially stron departments, hav ing five members of the 1st XV, who all now wear white sweaters. Congratulation~ to Chunk, Steve and Jim, our honourable capta in Benny and Myles (one of our internationals) who just punished the enemy. Andy W. and 'Ludlow' Mclean played for the 2nds and Doug Simon, Theo and Oily make up the hard core of the 3rds and 4ths . New arrival, Lex, went fo~ a sympathy vote with his neck, but we hear it 's getting better. James played for the Colts As and Rob, Mike and Alex appeared in the Bs. The Removes set a fine example with a large pari of the A team containing Linacre. The Shells had a fair splattering of players in all teams led by Damian, while Mojo fitted between them all. Row. verb trans.l. To argue. 2. To propel (a boat etc.) by means of oars. Moose, our other internatio nal, did more of the former than the latter while Dave ruined the term 's fitness in one evening. T hilo, our German acquisition, has made a big impact at the Lakes, although he is still trying to mend the British economy with his pocket money, after that telephone call to the Bundesbank. In the world of fencing, Ray has taken the county by storm, winning medals galore and a sweater. Act (verb from Latin actus, actum) 1. Process of doing something. 2. a performance of part of a play. Whether behind the scenes or on the stage all lead roles were Linacre. Cabaret was the main event of the term with Jim, Lex, Theo and Moosa performing, Viv building a fab set and moving bits of furniture, Adam lighting and Jo nny Shaw fitting tiny mircophones into people's ears. Trotsky Hagan played in the pit and made the Natio nal Youth Choir and the Kent County Youth Orchestra or something like that anyway ... On another note Charl'ie Aitken played his way into a Kent piano competition but to no avai l, altho ugh we think you are great. Michael Peat won an Honorary music scholarship and Tom Goodman has been thumping out toones on the fro nt hall piano, just like Liber Ace. Snog. verb. Informal. Oral contact normally between man and woman. Who wins the prize for Mr. Casanova Autumn '92? Well , it certainly isn 't T im Palmer who was chucked three times in a week, but he did make the Kent hockey XI and the school academic team. Serious contenders are Lex, Alexis, Alex, A. Roxburgh. Everyone's standing by their girls, with notable exceptions but here especially for you is the Linacre social team: Emma, Antonia, Laura, Anna, Charlie, Georgie, Ish bel, F lossy, Lauren. Substitutes: Lydia, Elly . Lucky old Doug Mullen is still seeing C indy C rawford most weekends and Richard Stalin and Glenda Jackson are now an item. Chunk, however, has absolutely no idea and so he wins Mr. Misogynist Autumn '92. Harmony .n. pl. nies I. agreement in action, opinion, feeling. How could we achieve excellence without being looked after in an excellent fashion. Mary and Glenda and the rest of the cleaning lad ies have done a fine job, and so deserve a big thank you. Well done to Mrs. White who has made it through the tough term, and the rest sho uld now be plain sailing, and finally Mr. and Mrs. Thane, who have kept all of us sane through fo urteen tough weeks.

LINACRE

HAMILTON .

It has been a testing time for the disciples of Roger the Good. Gadget and Pod were last for most suppers. Keith and Adam tried to turn water into wine but it fai ls with apple juice. Bob and Andy burned and crashed and went off to worship for the feast week of St. Spension. The pilgrims' progress only got as far as Chilham, where the clouds of incense rising heavenward attracted too much attention; on their return the Emperor G. threw them to the lions. Then Mr. Phillis tried to find bread for the five thousand , only to discover that three disciples had already gone onto the wine. More lion-fodder, but apparently ear-rin9JS are O.K. In ~ Coliseum meanwhile, Caesar Stephen's blue and white army of glad iators crucified all opposition at all the levels we could manage, unashamedly carrying off the booty of rugby silverwear yet again. The Judge captained the 5th XV but, alas, vas unavailab le for the House matches, so our barbarians from the 1st XV had to be selected ~nstead. The Linacre Vestal Virgins didn't prove Myles better after all and were soon overwhelmed. Keiron Murphy captained school chess, we think. (So where's the trophy, then?) Now the scandal. Roger says he doesn't care anyway- do Natasha/Hannah/Antonia/Jenny. Yogi scored lots of times on the rugby pitch. Aaron didn't really . Judge ... what an alarm clock was unsuccessful and James 'Arnie' Evans shot two with his U21 9mm. Ben had fun down ~~ ilie farm and gave the head girl to a men:tber of Galpin's: Harry Dobbs g~t ~II c?lours andshowed a useful knowledge of how to cure car Sickness. Rob h1t the 6bs who d1dn t h1t back; Paul and Katie (we don't really care, but what a nice new sweater), Josh Cool and the 6bs got off to a good start but won't shut up about it. No one was in Cabaret, but wait till next term's Aaron J . production. In the realms of academe Doug stamped his mark on Cambridge. Andy 'U .C.C.A. form' Woolnough was the las~ in. the school to get it in , Mr. Phillips took up Swedish and we've still three scholars, even 1f ltttle Mike seems to have given up the chocolate poetry for rugby. Now as the service draws to a .close, the candles burn low as our Temple is cleansed of our evils spirits; a prayer is offered: Mr . and Mrs . G. for giving us Courage; to ma~ron for our strength; to Phillis for spiritual guidance and coffins ; to the cleaning ladies for keeP.mg us pure; to Tony for mending our ways; and to the fags (community carers?) for our da1ly bread.

ROUGHTON B

THE MONITORS.

It has been a term of change with the arrival of Dom D four new microwaves and Mr. Nick 'I'm running a ti h 0 Yie. tonight' Sellers. Kipp Mesmari brought new develog t \htp especially to the fringes, and P .J. was left scratching Ph!l1enl\. . IS tuft On the sportmg front Trad. confirmed their unriv supremacy. We mopped up the U 14 and U 15 House Rua11ed with chief caretakers Chris, P .J., Ed and Tommy p. stamg~y 路 their a~thorit~ o n the Ul5~s, a~d Tommy D. (untiiPmg promotiOn), N1~k Ly nch, Dav1d Sm1th, Ben White, Adam Tht\ and Leo Komnmos on the U14As. The U16s, inspired b ~rr silky skills of Dunstan, were forced to concede a heroic dlfe he Congrats to Jollers who not only helped power the 1sr XV ~t their most successful season for several years, but als~ represented Kent and the South East. (Terry Lamont also boasted 路 county status - this time in Hockey). The 2nd XV were boosted by the presence of Plant, Kipp, Te~ry ~nd Quin~y, whilst the 5ths were swelle~ by a star-studded Trad. cast: U 14 100-metre champiOn Grampa J. rolled back the years, g racmg Birley's in hi\ testimonial year; Hamish Pritchard ; Tim 'I'm gonna get really angry' Marson; Gary ' Why d~ I have to fake a limp, Sir?' Towlson ... all backed up by Neil, Mahoney and Gus. Away from Rugby, the Senior Ho use Basketball was retained in emphatic fashion, with Dunstan in fine form and at the half-way mark Trad. are top of both the U 14 and U 15 Indoor Soccer Leagues. 路 The main cultural event of the term was the House Concert, inspired and directed by Tim and Hugo (in association with Bailey - with many thanks to D.S.S. Esq.). It was good to see some fresh talent gracing ~he s~age at the lower end of. the Hou~e, whil~t at the other end Hugo stunned all and sundry w1th h1s deft xylophone techmque (wh1le batthng to keep the hair out of his eyes; finally vanquished, however, oy the fatal words, 'Git id cut! ') . Cabaret was another feast fo r the Trad. culture vultures. While Hugo and Tim orchestrated from the darkest recesse~ of the pit, Nick Hopkins and Simon Peel starred on stage and were ably lit and ampli fied by Simon Cook, James Morgan and Jimmy Longstaffe . In King's Parliament Trad. - the safe seat - recorded a resounding victory with Terry at the helm ably assisted by his side-kick Gramps, while the bells tolled for both opposition and clergy. In the Oxbridge stakes Cotton, Pritchard and Stevenson took the easy Cantab. option, while Toolkit, Timmy , Terry and Arnie dreamt of dreaming Oxonian spires . Socially we experienced our ups and downs. Fat Piggies lived up to its name, but Danny soon moved on to 'Whoa , Jessie!' . Hugo , what have you been up to with Lucy, Freeman, Radcliffe and finally Hayter ... Terry never could choose. Dan Drury Leighped at, the chance of giving Laura new life, but suffered at the hands of the more profitable Plant after turning Pykey. Gus discovered that Barney has a sister. However, relationship of the term belonged to Neil, but now it's off. Steve Adams has never been mentioned in House Notes before. Many thanks as always to our stalwart cleaning ladies, Dick the painter, Tony (and their merry crew), the unbeatable Miss Brine, and, of course, the Trad 1-2-3 of Messrs. Dix, Teeton and Sellers, not forgetting 1b (Mrs. Dix) and 2b, the German flavour of the month. Finally a message to our forebears: Keep up the strict Trad behaaaviar!

TRADESCANT

THE NEW GUINEA ROOM.

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' Variety is the spice of life' and Mitchinson 's has pr_o ved th is spo rt ingly, academically and culturally. On _the sp<_>rtmg front, Stu, Giles and Rob graced the 2nd XV _w1th th~1r pre~ence. Congratulations to Rob and Giles on the1r new ties! M1ke D. and Laurence played 3rds and Jon, Charles, Billy and Chris played 4ths. Also Laure~ce found the time to pl~y 1st V while Lucy H. captained the G1rls 1st XI to one of the1r best seasons ever! We reached the House basketball semifinal only to be narrowly beaten by The Grange despite valiant effo~s from Billy Rosato and Giles Hay. Harry and Joss kept pullmg long and hard ~wn at the lakes and Owen _and 9raeme fenced th~ir ~ay to tli'e"'t op and Tom C. is still sw1mmm~. Ma~y of ~he JUmors have found their way to the sports fields mcludmg M1ke, Parry, Tomx2 , Espin, Leig h, Justin and Richard. The continued cultural success of Mitchinson 's was highhted by M ike C. leading the o rchestra, well supported by Jo, Mike D., Jeremy, Oli and ~ick ~~~ h Laurence and Graeme on stage in the School's performan_ce of Cabaret. CongratulatiOns Wl~ll the musicians for their hard work. In the House drama K1eron, Jasp_er and Jon produ_ced to ood sketch, although their lines seemed to get the better o~ them, wh1ch for~ed them mto fJmediate improvisation and Jo n's laughter took over and prov1ded great entertamment for the audience. . Academically, eleven of o ur 6as have been dying under the huge stress of O_xbndge an~ a 1 rge number of members of the house topped the exam results, most ~otably Chns K. and B1lly ~ing the best biologists in the Sixth Form. However, Stu keeps trymg to master the ethos of work. Good luck to all those waiting to hear from U.C.C.A. Socially Mitchinson 's is not a hive of activity. However, we still manage ~ur fair sh~re of acquaintan~es. Naylah realised that GalpinÂˇ~ ~as well within h_er reach - tw1ce! She_ still has that same fee-ling and Harry found some gn ss1l one Saturday mght. Laurence found ~1s purp~e 100 nutty to chew and study 2 seems to have gained an extra member. . . Kenny still has h1s alder woman and Jon kept trying with his sister's friends. On 23rd September, we celebrated M itchinson's House Day with a B.B.Q. which was thorou~hly enjoyed by all. Finally, a big thank you to the cleaners who ~an~ged a mam!lloth_ task, the mon~tors and tutors, and our marvellous matron who proves that the b1omc woman st1ll ex1sts, and espec1ally to Dr. and Mrs . Maltby and fa mily .

~tJTCHINSON'S

THE MONITORS.

Welco.me to the house of fun! Bailey's back - the the thm , be~utiful, permanently content, well-beh house of tearless. We ve been doing a bit of everything th' avect and Th . IS term ... . e new bu~s are restormg Bailey to its former s orf with Dawsey m. the first eleven (congratulations ~n fing glory colo~rs), Tony m the second eleven and with old cadlrst tearn captam m the net (more congratulations for well-deservJankers colours), .the, blonde bombshells Clare and Sam nett" second and we dldn t even come last in the house hock mg balls Lucy. ey - cheers,

BAILEY · ~ ..

"W_e put on the Ritz with Trad. and our stunnin I b . mus1c scholars stole the show, with a little help fro~ efr~ttful - hwell sung, Sam, well blown , Bell Annabelle e~rnd tends ore estrated, Aunty! ' well

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L · · - -'--~, Kl~ thff s~~fl drama produ.ction Sam and Rat got their KIT eyed but with blurred vision and Toni a~d ba~a ~ddf~we.~~~hm. the ~orner' ~a~kers sat starry~ drama Bailey revealed the true Importance of Being Earneswt' lalthoeg In the ulrhs~tnngs 1 was aanb?tt JUftce! o a drag for house some! S tep h ' Bankers and Ta, our poor Oxford candid through the recession and, to tell you the truth we~~i b~tsured that the local coffee factory got 1 for Hazell! ' nutty - not that that's anything new t

Moving swiftly on ... GOSSIP. The 6bs didn' t tak 1 · ·· 6a never quite reached competition standards. Clare ~ipopn;dt? ~ettl~OtDo bold tradttwns, although 0 LEX check out the Broughton GADGET and h , m a. ut then thought WOW into JAY's ne~t •. whilst TOM, JAY, DAN, BILLa~~dt ~~o~ed back s.mce. Three o~ the ~ock flew Pemberton. Ltvmgston showed a pref~rence for birds b t ~heckedl md (a~d out!) wtth Mtss Leighoh , and Neil and Tash - yeah well! . u as sett e wtth a more meaty option,

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Congratulations must go to Toni for CAREYin for 1 has SEAN off any King 's connections_ ~ood mov~(?) o~g.h A hopelessly devoted Davies but nothing came of it. Emma's been livm in a · ' noma. as been DIGGing GARDENS feathery friend on to Ta, who in turn hand!d dow~u~~e~~~G~* JC1ME~ and ~as passed her on Lady Wootton's Green and DAN it again a week later. Rat' · ara. ound It hard to c~pe the works. Bankers got as bit of the same DOUSTi t s been DOUSTmg and RUFFELLmg and turned her starry eyes to JULES Talkin f ~g reatment but found the water LUKE warm and back, eh! · g 0 s arry eyes, Jacey and HENRY- to the moon Huge amounts of thanks to Mrs Bootton for k · h h · · clearing up. And last but not least ·many thanks t~et:;ng.fhe ousce alive and to the cleaners for on our behalf this term. s. omas tOr all the work she has put in THE MONITORS.

And God said, 'Let there be light' and lo the doors of Jervis House were opened. 'Gosh, we're all really impressed down J here, I can tell you' and before us stood Mother, Son and Holy Ghost. The Mother (well, all is equal at King's isn't it. .. ?) handed out sparklers to her chanting flock, to light St. Peter's fire. The Son opened a flap to purgatory where all those thirty second late sinners were admitted, before they could return to either the heaven of Happy Hour or the gating of hell. Mean~'le on the Elysian Fields of Birley's, Helen and Janna represen e the I st XI, Lucy Andrews, Lucy Eynon and Waggy the 2nd . n the holy waters of Westbere Charlie, Gill and Emily were in the sculling squad while Tania, Ana-Maria and Olivia rowed in novice crews. T he Removes also did a bit of - ~- b sport notably Max and Sarah P., although mainly with the Broughton Boys, while Beth, Estelle and Zoe played netball and Beth and Rose hockey. The official opening of Jervis was an uplifting experience, which was followed by the House concert organised by Holly. Resounding praises were also sung to Julie, Bug, Sarah P, Kate,

ÂŁRVIS

Laura and Waggy. Dramatically, well. .. Four fingers of the Kit Kat. .. Not bad, but what does this say about the future of Jervis!!!? Charlie P .-S. and Waggy sang while Lucinda played! Of course it goes without say ing that we should have won the House Drama competition. The never-ending quest for that Supper Leave slip deepened and our eyes were opened to the Gospels (at the threat of it being the last Supper) . The Gospel of St. Matthew led Saskia into worship while Belinda read St.MARCtoUS, havins broken the Law. St. Luke sang Louisa's praises but she was more interested in St. Gian. Waggy mstilled faith in Doubting Thomas while Helen pursu~~ her SAYc~ED religion. Natasha dis~overed the Garden ofEden.and Laura's BENevolent disposttton was pra1sed. Jo kept up the Ton-Bndge between us and the outs1de world. Holly preached about the virtues of non-committal but went Bjorned a joke (as did Lucinda) but Nicked a Fifth from M.O . instead. Danielle and Liz snatched little boys from mangers in The Grange. Janna frightened everyone to death but was given a ÂŁ5 note and a lump of cheese to shut her up. Charlie's feverish tendencies were Doust by soothing Holy waters. As the Crowe flew Myles away Charlie and Ellie Carted off into the Holy Trinity which was blessed by the Bishop. We can 't keep up with the rest of the 6Bs but they certainly got off to a good sta.rt. Finally many thanks to the cleaners for all they've done, of course to Mr. and Mrs. Oath for all their help and support in 84, Mrs. Bellairs for all the vanilla sponge, cough mixture and T.L.C. Mr. and Mrs. Browning have had to endure so much and have been so kind and welcoming in such a long first term . Thank you both so very much for all you've done.

THE MONITORS.

(Aaron Birks)

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THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES T he season has not been a pa rticularly successful one . Last season the Senior team qualified for the knockout stage o f the Kent Schools' League despite needlessly cHES throwing away several points: this habit has still not died out, and with one more . strong team in the section this year it ~s proved a terminal handicap. By fa r the worst match in ~tte es ect was the crucial one against Harve Grammar School : having lost narrowly to Simon Langton t 1 ~eften St. Edmund 's roundly (for once, n nsolicited gifts were made in this match! ), the team stood an 1 better at one stage, and m ight even have won all the games with some luck. They could quite clc~.rs~cally have won by four games to one, but two games contrived to slip away a nd a third was donated ~ca 1 horrendous oversight , leaving us smarting a nd with just two draws fo r our pains. T he result of the J1~ 1a match, against Dover G rammar School, was a fa ir one against well -prepared opposition . ll is disappointing to have to record yet another season contai ning some below-par perfo rmances. In th. though, unless a nd until it is possible for the team to gain si ~nificantly mo re competitive experie~ce, :~y will continue to let what should be won games sltp through thetr fi ngers and to make generous donattons opposing teams t.hrough simple blunders. T he provision o~ tournaments. spec.ifically for J unior players 10 ~eems to be improv mg m the county . If the standard of chess m the school IS to tmprove, our own players need to be there. A.R.A.R. S

RESULTS

Kent Schools' Chess League (Senior)

Simon Langton (H). Lost 2-3. St. Edmund's (A) . Won 5-0. Harvey G rammar (A) . Lost 1-4. v Dover Grammar (H) . Lost ! '12 -2'!2 .

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Thi s must go on record as being the busiest te rm fo r the choir fo r a very long time. After the initial round of auditions the target was to learn new repertoire and reach a standard which would be good enough for our important public performance in St. Remi , Reims during half te rm. We knew from the outset that this would be a very important occasion as it celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of the twinning between Reims and Cante rbury . From about the second week of te rm it became inc reasingly clear that we could not possibly get the programme ready by half term without going into extra rehearsals . I am grateful to everyone for accepting the situation with such understanding and can only say that it paid off because by half term we had turned a host of raw recru its into a very good c hoir. The Reims trip is reported elsewhe re and so I will not go into details except to thank everybody and say that the standard was excellent and the concert was well received by our hosts and audience. It must go on record that in Mozart 's Coronation Mass Amy Hermon-Taylor sang the 'Agnus Dei' with exceptional sensitivity . A soprano of her quality does not come up every year and we are very lucky to have her. Well done indeed! The whole tour was great fun with a wonde rful family atmosphere from departure to return. And so we came back with a host o f re perto ire under our belts and did not have to worry about new pieces for Mattins Sundays. It was a matter of all syste ms go for the Carol Service. At the time of writing this we are some three days away from this important event but I am able to say that the standard of the choir has ~ reatly improved partly owing to the tour, and it would seem that we are on course for our best carol servtce ever. It is worth noting that our run of Mattins anthems finished up with This is the record of John and Hele na Ancock sang an outstanding alto verse. She pleased the congregation and her colleagues tn the choir with a quite exceptional account of the work , particularly from one who was on the verge of her fifteenth birthday. Many congratul at ions! My usual thanks go to Michael Harris for his support on the organ and fo r taking nume rous sectional rehearsals. Also, to my colleagues who atte nd the rehearsals week in, week out and support me and the ch01r with continued loyalty. I am indeed luc ky and grateful.

CHOIRS

The repertoire for this term was:

Let all the world in every corner sing A Choral Flourish (Exultate justi) Exultate Deo Justorum animae Holy is the true light Ave verum corpus 0 Lord God Deus in adjutorium meum Sing ye praises to our King Hymn to King Stephen This is the record of John Rejoice in the Lord alway Coronation Mass, K.317

Vaughan Williarn Vaughan Williarn~ Palestrina Stanford Harris \Jerald Hendrie Richard Marlow Britten Copland Kod;Uy Gibbons Puree[[ Mozan

Kyrie Gloria Sanctus Benedictus Agnus Dei The repertoire for the Carol Service was:

Ad vent Mattins Responsory Exultate Deo Our Lady and Child Mary's Magnificat Coventry Carol As I outrode this end 'res night Ding Dong merrily on high Hodie, Christus Natus Est

Palestrina Palestrina Philip Moore Andrew Carter Anon. Gerald Hendrie Traditional W illiam Mathias S. D.P. C rypt Cho ir has had another enjoyabl~ and rewarding term. W hile our main purpose is to provide the musical element in the Sunday Sung Eucharist in the C rypt , we often take part in other events, and have a secular side to our repertoire as well. This term the choir also sang for the Eucharist held in St. Augustine's upper chapel to celebrate the silver jub ilee of the Headmaster's ordination. W ith many new members this year much of the e ffort in rehearsals has been directed towards learning to s ing as a small group, something which requires considerable technique and concentration. Much has been achieved , and it is good to see members coming from a wider cross-section of the school, something that has come about with the advent of complete co-education; in the end this should lead to greater stability among the membership as members stay longer and gain more experience than was the case when the choir was almost entirely composed of sixth-fo rmers. While much of our work has been concentrated on the Sunday repertoire - and learning to produce the high standards necessary on the minimum of rehearsal is a new experience fo r many - we have also been preparing some secular pieces that wi ll have an airing hopefully sometime next term . This term's highlights have incl uded a very stylish perfo rmance of the 'Agnus Dei' from Mozart 's Coronation Mass with Amy Hermon-Taylor as the soprano soloist and a very well controlled version of Juan Esquivel's

Ego sum panis vivus.

Finally I must thank all the members o f the choir fo r their hard work and enthusiasm , as well as their continuous sense of humour du ring rehearsals, and also Mr. Pinnock for play ing the organ, and Dr. Hands fo r singing with us . The term's repertoi re was: Sunday , 13th September Maurice Durufle: Notre Fere Oculi omnium C harles Wood: Sunday, 27th September 0 Sacrum convivium Giovanni Croce: Sunday , I I th October W. A. Mozart: Agnus Dei Ego sum panis vivus Sunday , 15th November Juan Esqui vel : Sunday , 29th November Boris Ord: Adam lay y bounden

Arr. Allan Wicks:

People look east M .D. H.

50 KING'S PARLIAMENT (James Bridges)

Good use was made of Kent University for lectures this term . Parties attended two VEY Kent Physics Centre lectures. Dr. Cyril Isenberg, U .K.C. , unwrapped a brand-new ffAR lecture entitled 'Our Solar System'. His voyage of discovery highli~hted the most . esting astronomical phenomena and was packed with novel demonstrations. In 'Lookmg Inside The 111ter an Body' , Dr. William Vennart, of the University of Exeter, gave an entertaining review of the principal H~~ing techniques currently used in medicine, setting them firmly in their physical science origins. 111 The Christmas Science Lectures again featured Dr. Isenberg with his famous 'Soap Bubbles', and those f us who had seen it before were delighte~ to see one, o_r two new, and e~en more impressive, 0 rooostrations. The other presenter was Dr. Bnan Bowers, Senwr Curator at the Sc1ence Museum, whose dele was 'Lengthening the Day'. He described the history of artificial lighting, from the oil lamp and candle :~ the most modern of compact fluorescent tubes. Dr. Max Perutz, the world-famous scie_ntist, described his now ~lmost sixty years o~ research ende~v<;mr. The title of his lecture wa_s 'Haemoglobm ',. the structure of wh1ch he ':"as re~pons1bl e for determmmg, brioging him the Nobel Pnze for Chemistry m 1962. More recent work IS leadmg towards the large-scale maoufactur<:: of ~ynth eti c haemo~lobin , which may ~nabl~ blood transfusions to be carried out with artificial blood, elimmatmg the severe nsks of passed-on mfectlons such as AIDS. Parties attended the two Open Days at Shell Research, Sittingbourne. They were introduced to a handful ofthe research projects and service teams and picked up a good understanding of the centre's contribution to environmental control. (Sadly even Shell are suffering from recession and it appeared that the immediate prospects for recruitment are bleak.) our teams have been very successful in two Chemistry Quiz Competitions. We came first in a ÂˇBlockbusters' Quiz held at Pfizer. The team was Adam Fendius (LN), Owen Buckingham (MT) and Charles Drury (J.K.S.). (D.M.A. took part in the 'Gold Run ' and came third - but the questions were difficult!) We won the Royal Society of Chemistry 'Top of the Bench' competition for Kent, with a team of Messrs. Fend ius and Buckingham, joined by Thomas Tallon (SH) and Mark Williams (J .K.S.). They will go forward to the National Finals for the second year in succession. C.J .R.J.

The Jazz Club has had a fairly gentle term, with the Big Band being directed by Chris Creissen and the Traditional Band by Tim Marson. The personnel have been: Big Band: Tim Marson, Rib Heddle, Matt Hillier, Matt Brown (trumpets); Giles Tennick, Alex Neame, Nick Tattersall (trombones); Till Triebel , Ed Millard (alto-saxophones), Richard Hagan, Cheyney Kent (tenor saxophones), Ali Hine (baritone saxophone); Matthew Belliere (piano), Chris Creissen (bass and musical direction); and Hugo Stevenson (drums). Traditional Band: Tim Marson (trumpet and musical direction), Alex Neame (trombone), Richard Hagan (saxophone), Ali Hine and Billy Bryant (clarinets), Matt Belliere (piano), Chris Creissen (bass), and Matt Odgers (drums). Our other pianist in the Big Band, Aaron Birks, has been absent through illness for some of the term, but returned towards the end to make his contribution; Bruce Darlaston has also made contributions to the tenor saxophone section of the Big Band. Our only engagement as a Club during the term was one from which the Trad-Group Members gained much pleasure: we played as guests of the Canterbury Festival at one of their lunchtime sessions at the Canterbury Festival Club at St. Alphege 's. This was on Monday, 19th October, and the proceedings were recorded in their entirety by Radio Kent, and broadcast, virtually unedited, the same evening. The 'name checks' at the end caused especial, and simultaneous, amusement along the top floor of School House! Preparation is now beginning for a Jazz and Big-Band Concert at the end of next term which is to take place on Saturday, 27th February. R.B.MA.

JAZZ

51 (T.R.H .)

The Ma rlowe Society met once thi s te rm to di scuss The Magic Toyshop by An cl Ca rter. An impressive number of A- and AS-level English students turned ou~ ~ talk about a book which had previously been unfa mil ia r to most, incl uding several o f the teache rs fro~ the Engli sh d~partment. It was an inforJ!Ial gatherin ~ in the comm.on-r~om o f Jervis surrounded by Chnstmas decoration , although even they d1d not outs hme the spa rkling discussion! ' I hope that not too many people were d isappointed to di scover that it was not Angela Carter herself who was to oversee the evening but our very own head o f English instead , owing to the fact that Angela Carter died in February of this year. Following an introductory talk by Mr. Brodie, we split up into smaller gro~ps to .discu~s the n~v~l , aided. and abetted ~y M r. Brown ing a nd M r. Dav ies. Aft.e r nearly an hour of hvely d1scuss1on, we JOmed agam to pool our 1deas. We talked about whethe r the e ndmg was optimistic or pessimistic , and also about the reasoning be hind the titl e o f the novel. T he fe minists concerns and the exte nsive imagery in the book were discussed , as well the question ' Is it simply an extended fai ry-talc?' The Oxbridge candidtes were in evidence he re as they attempted to discover the sources o f the literary all us ions . The last two words o f the book provided some disputation: could the words ' a wild surmise' be replaced with 'a wi ld sunrise', 'a wild surprise ', o r even ' a wild snog' as M r . Davies suggested? Altogether it was an eve ning of interesting, perceptive and thought-provoking disc ussion. I'm sure that eve ryone who atte nded will be looking forwa rd to the next meeting o f the Ma rl owe Society, whe re Oranges are not the Only Fruit by Jeanette W inte rson will be under scrutiny.

MARLOWE

F RANCESCA B EAUMAN

The Society has made three dashes to Lo ndon . A particularly select group of us enjoyed Sophocles' Antigone and Oedipus at Co/onus in the Royal Shakespeare Company production at the Ba rbican: memorable features of a powerful evening we re the e thnic treatment o f the Chorus and that balloon (even the most pro fessional of producers can have some scatty ideas) which floated on the periphery of our vision. More down to earth we re the productions of Euripides' Medea and Aristophanes' Women in Power at the Shaw Theatre, to which rathe r a large group of us made our way . As usual , the re seemed to be mo re e nthus iasm for the comedy, whic h the actors played for real live twentieth-ce ntury laughs . F inally Mr. Ho ll a nd led a small group to a series o f lectures on Satire: we wait with bated breath to see' if the British Rail surcha rge will materialise. M.J.T.

PATER

LETTER TO THE EDITOR The Archi ves Room, The King's School, Canterbury. 19th No vember, 1992 Dear S ir, In your last issue you kindly published an appeal from me for a copy of :he Christmas Term 1955 Rotulus, the only one missing from the School's collection. Your reade rs may be inte rested to know that almost immediately I had two o ffe rs . Since the pre-re~ uisi te~ fo r rr:'ak.ing the m we re a certain pie_tas _in ke~p!n g such ancie nt docume nts, a h1gh degree of orgamsat10n m retnev m~ the m , a generos1ty of spmt m dec1d1~ g to part with the m and unu sual e nergy in carry ing this intenti on 1nto action , those who know them w1ll not be surprised to read that the offers came from F rank Stanger and Ken Yates . Many thanks to them. Yours faithfully , P. P OLLAK. SCHOOL ARCHIVIST.

(Francis Summers)

Rugby Football THE SCHOOL XV . At one stage the performan~es ~f this XV had people researching library co~ies of The Cantuarian, in order to com tt wtth the best 1n the school s h1story. In the end, ~chad to be content wtth a season that d1d not quite produc~re all-tunc rc~ord , but wh1ch was amongst the best ever 1n terms of matches won and the hcav1.ncss of scoring- rcmarkablan five v1ctoncs were by record scores agamst the schools concerned, and one was the h1ghest ever in any game. }. As a springboard for the season, the tour to F~ance ~rovided j~ st the right mi xture of ru.gby and fun , and mo than fulfilled our expectatiOns. It began somewhat mausp1c1ously w1th our fledgling full-back mforming us just before we left that his passport was in a hired car heading back to London. At that time we were not to know that, fortunatelre Oggy's decision-making and timing were to prove better on the field than off. Cave paintings and plastic woolly-mammot~ Âˇ provided light relief, with a pleasant five-hour paddle down the Vezcre, the highlight of several interesti ng diversio \ from our exertions on the training pitch. At the t1mc the practice matches seemed unsatisfactory- we could never envisagn\ scoring so many points in our 'proper' fixtu res! Nonetheless, we returned in good heart . e Our opening game against Chislehurst and Sidcup brought ten tries, three for Oggy on his debut. Pleasing thou h this was, the team was not tested defensively, and met with few serious tackles throughout. The following match w~\ expected to be much more difficult , for Sevenoaks had been on a 'world ' tour in the summer. Prchaps this match othcr.wisc unexceptional,. dare I say ~ncharac!cristically boring, in one sense reveal~d the shape of things to come: Leadmg by only three pomts at hal f-ume, havmg had the benefit of the slope and hav mg thrown away two gilt-edged chances, the team defended extremely well , keeping Sevenoaks well away from the '22'. They did, however score - and when they did, our response was immediate, by virtue of the one really high-qual ity bit of play in the ;,atch We hung on to win, probably deservedly, though it has to be admitted , by courtesy of the home fu ll-back, who dropped the ball over the line. Duke of York' s were then emphatically beaten, but the performance of the season came next , at St. Paul's where we controlled the game from the kick-off and played confident , polished, pacey, attacking rugby, scoring six tric~ and having two others disallowed. It was, I thi nk, taking all into considerat ion, the best all -round performance I hav~ seen from a K.ing 's XV. At Caterha!ll we made (literally) ~ eavy weather of w i nn~ ng, but still produced tri e~ of quality, 1n d1re condtt10ns . The d1splay agamst K.C.S. was stunnmg - non-stop aggress1ve runmng to clock up thirteen t rie~ shared among eleven players. After that it was likely to prove difficu lt to keep anyone's feet on the ground, and ii was at this point that more experienced members of the Masters' Common Room got excited. The team could not avoid the inevitable comparisons between it and the 1963 team (the only one never to lose a match against the opposition) and started to worry about maintaining an unbeaten run. If this brought pressure, then it also brought relief, as a vel) determined and organised East bourne team took advantage of a sluggish start, and although a ten-point lead was overhauled, two late penalties were conceded, and the game was lost. Fortunately the half term brought the opportunity to stan again, and against Dulwich we re-established some of our pattern, to win a highly entertaining game. A Ions-awaited home victory against Tonbridge in another high-class game - holdi ng out for the second week runn ing aga mst some intense late pressure - did wonders for morale. Confidence was high once more, but soon deflated: for some reason all my sins are vis ited upon me at Epsom, and for the th ird visit running to their ground we were to unjustly lose an encounter by one score, despite almost total domination, amidst a welter of disallowed tries and missed penalties. We returned to winning ways at Cranleigh, though the performance revealed the standards we had set during the season - a comfortable win against trad itionalfy difficult opponents in a mudbath was considered inadequate- but there was fu rther disappointment in the game against Felsted. We ought to have won- we agai n dominated territory for most of the match, only to concede soft 'breakaway' scores and fa il to capitalise on possession and penalty chances. A frantic assault in the last ten minutes brought one try, but could not pull the game out of the fire. The vis1t of Woodridge College from South Africa gave an attractive opportunity to finish the season in winning style, but once again, despite dominating the game aga inst a physically formidable side and playing some very good rugby, our scoring touch had deserted us, and we mi~ht well have lost it at the very end , when their kicker, stand ing in front of the posts, allowed us to charge down h1s conversion attempt. What , then, were the virtues of this team? It lacked vast experience - only seven had been resu lar players in 1991. It was not unduly large - the pack was considerably smaller than most it encountered - and lmeout ball was never in great supply. It did not possess a consistentlY. good goalkicker (indeed the lack of one almost certainly cost us victory in all three defeats). It did, however, have skil l and pace throughout the team, which was most in ev1dence when the grounds were firmer. It was also extremly tit - and so the support fo r the ball carrier was frequentl y overwhelming, and we were able to keep the ball alive for long periods; meanwhile the opposition were always operating under intense pressu re. Allied to this was ru~by intelligence, eagerness, and the sort of team spirit that is very rare. This could not be doubted by anyone who wttnessed the ferocity of the defensive effo11 when it was really needed - in key spells in three of our victories- and at these times the tackling was almost literally devastating. There was, too, a little luck, to go with the careful physical preparation, which meant that until the last game of the season only ONE player missed a game through injury or illness. And what of the players themselves? Alex Ogedegbc was a revelation; notwithstanding the fact that he is older than his fift h form peers, it can rarely, if ever, have happened that someone (especially so short-sighted!) has stepped into the team from Junior Colts rugby to play such a leading part in the School XV. His attacki ng play is instinctive, and occasionally brilliant, and he scored some quite beautiful tries; defensively he is not totally without blemish, but th is aspect of play has already improved greatly (probably thanks to a combination of 54 THE SCHOOL XV (Mike Wlllerman)

. and fami liarity with contact lenses), and we look forward with relish to even better things to come. A promment pracuceneedless to say an ex-forward) likes to refer to wingers as ' Rodneys' - the pin-up boys of the team. Roger ,,IJ~ (r fits only part of the bill ; he scored (nine) tries, and they were often spectacular: rarely were they a matter Gar n~in in from short range. ~e was hard~y ever, if at all , matched for pace, and ~ever beaten defensively; his ol runfaulf lay in an unhealthy deme to occasionally spm uncontrollably amongst the b1ggest cover tackles he could mJ 10. order to stay in field , only to be submerged. The other wing spot was shared by the diminutive Neil Cole, who find '"lanced runner and competent footballer, and his physical opposite, Luke Williams. Neil ran in some very good 1' J babut took a buffeting occasionally (philosophically, it has to be said), meanwhile Luke, who also played centre, tne'Âˇ ain a formid able runner with ball m hand , frequently rampaging through defenses like a runaway bull elephant. "_a,~~ he were to use his strength as effectively in defence! In midfield, the latter combination of Julian Lewis-Jones II ~'J. 1 mes Bishop was defensively very secure, though their hands might have been quicker; Julian ran the straighter, 30 'h James was capable of the longer break, and eventually learned to fashion h1s dummy to such an extent that th~~;ught the excit ing winn ing score against Tonbridge. At serum-half, James Murch deserves great cred it for learning 11 ew position in his fi rst season _in the XV ; his pa~s was long,_and although unorthodox , quick ~h rough the air _off an cr handÂˇ this was a v1tal mgred1ent for us to susta m our attackmg play. He has shown welcome s1gns, too of addmg Cll~is repe;toire, which can only improve his game. The loose head , Jim Rawlings, was an inspirat ion. Off the field cheerful wit enl ivened many an occasion; on it he was tireless - probably one of the qui_c_kest props around , often 1 be seen in support or cover defence. It was a bonus that he was able to take the transitiOn from flanker, where he played in last year's XV, in his stride. The newcomer at tight-head, Richard Hume, revealed his simple philosophy f rugby in the Dordogne, and put it into practice throughout the season. There could be no more popular scorer of ~he final try of the season, and the awareness and turn of speed he showed in charging down and chasing spoke volumes for the improvement he had made since September. One had to look very hard in a game to find the hooker, Paul Dupuy apart from when he was throwing the ball into the line-out. He was, simply, usually at the heart of everything, bcavering away- although he made some crucial tackles, and once, against K.C.S., retrieved a missed touch k1ck and launched a counter-attack' Steve Carey exhibition similar qualities, as one of the smallest second-row pairings in schools rugby; an unsung hero of the side, his enthusiasf!l a~d tirelessness, allied to speed and ability in the. tackle were priceless. \1eanwhile h1s partner, Ed Sayer, performed m like manner, but also managed to take occas1onal ball at the front ~f the line-out, and burst into play with the ball in hand at pace in a more direct profitable way than had been the ca'e last season. Our back row was inspirational. James Evans had only two chances, but wou ld have been a regular 10 any other year; Harry Dobbs was inexhaustible, and probably covered more miles than anyone, at speed. He showed mcreased strength and popped up regu larly to support his own players or rob opponents, but importantly had the rugby mtelligence to run on lines that compensation for the occasional absence of the other flanker, Jolomi lrone. Jolomi 's 1mportance to the team was , however, impossible to estimate. He was a consistent source of lineout ball , against much bigger opponents. He spurned rucks and mauls, ~~ing interested only i~ using the ball , but this he did m~g nifi centl y: consistently he would fearlessly take on the oppOSitiOn, breach the gam li ne close m, and get the team mov mg forward. He had the ball in his hand perhaps more than any other player in the team, but very rarely lost it. Meanwhile, his tackling improved out of all recognition, and some of his ' hits' made a big impression. Dynamic tackling was, amongst other things, the hall mark of the number 8, Myles Orsler. I can give no higher praise than to say that his play throughout the season was consistent with the standards of the international player that he is. He set standards for others to follow 10 every respect - ski lls, fitness, and attitude. He was prominent in so many games, but his combination in attack with Jolomi at St. Paul's was unstoppable, whilst their tackl ing against Tonbridge was inspirational. I have , as always, deliberately left the captain, Ben Craddock, until last. It goes without saying that for the team to have done so well , it must have had a good leader. Given that Ben's season was so short last year owing to injury, he had little experience to draw upon ; th1s was of little consequence. He, does not look the archetypal fl y-half, being tall and languid in his movements generally, but he is blessed with excellent ball skills- almost flawless hands, and a long, accurate kick from his hands - and when he chooses to run, he effortlessly creates space, either for himself or others. On and off the field , he had the confidence of his players, and knew how to draw the best out of them. His quiet unflappability (apart from two kicks for touch against Tonbridge!) set the tone for a team that simply went about its business, and was happy in its work. He can be very proud and must look forward to the Sevens season. As always, I would like to offer my thanks to all who have helped the rugby in the school , and perhaps particularly those who have previously coached those who have appeared in this year's side, for it is their good work and the standards they encourage that has laid the foundation for any success. I should like to thank R.B.Mi and M.C.L. who accompanied us and assisted in the Dordogne, R.B.Mi . (again) and P.A .E.D. for their support and understanding in the way they run the 2nd XV , and K.E.J.M. for his support in allowing me to take an outstanding fifth-form player into the first XV for the second year runnin~. A very b1g thank you must go to Teresa and her helpers in the F1rst Aid station, to Stewart for his help and effic1ency, and last but not least to the groundstaff for prov1ding a beautiful surface upon which to play our rugby this season. R.C.W. Team from: Ben Craddock (Capt.) +, James Bishop, Neil Cole, Stephen Carey*, Paul Dupuy*, Harry Dodds*, James Evans, Roger Gardner*, Richard Hume, Jolomi Irone+, Julian Lewis-Jones, Alexander Ogedegbe, Myles Orsler +, James Rawlings*, Edward Sayer*, Luke Will iams*. Also played: Robert Swanson. + Re-Awarded First Colours. *New First Colours.

55 EXPECTATION (Terence Loo)

RESULTS Played 13 , Won 9, Drawn I , Lost 3 . Points for 335, Points aga inst 77. v Chislehurst and Sidcup G .S . (H). Won 64-0. v Dul wic h College (A). Won 20-13 v Se venoaks (A). Won 10-5. v Tonbridge (H). Wo n 12-5 Âˇ v Duke of York 's (H). Won 45-0. v Epsom (A) . Lost 3-6. v St. Paul 's (A) . Won 32-7. v Cranle igh (A) . Won 25-3. v Caterham (A). Won 20-3 . v Felsted (H) . Lost 7- 14. v K.C. S. Wimbledon (H). Won 8 1-0. v Woodridge College (SA) (H) . Drew 5.5 . v Eastbourne (H). Lost 11 -16.

v Lalinde . Won 8 1-0.

Dordogne Tour v Montig nac. Won 56-0 .

2nd XV The 1992 season began in the holidays . The tra ining camp in France included several 2 nd XV players whose expcricnc. enabled the team to be formed quic kly in earl y Se ptembe r . c G ood rugby between wort hy opponents evens out during the course of play, and in many respects the 1992 season as a whole resembled a typically well-foug ht game. King's ente red the first half of the season with someencourag ing wins: Duke of Yo rk 's (16-0) ; Sevenoaks (7-3); K.C. S. Wimbledon (15-7); and Caterham (27-0). Afte r th1s run of good fortune, the team we re defeated for the remainder of the season. The results were di sappointing in some games: St. Paul's (0 -5) ; Eastbourne (5-8). These two pre-half te rm matches were competit ive and the team played extre mely well , especia lly in mid-fie ld defence, where Giles HayÂˇs and Jul ian Le wis-Jones ' tackli ng was outsta nding. Between them, they sto ne-walled everything in the centre of the field. In one sense , it was p l eas in~ to see J ulian promoted to the 1st XV where his skill and authority was firmly established. Neverthe less , he left a hole m the 2nds three-quarte r line that was ha rd to fill. Without him , the backs' confidence was weakened and defence became prog ressively less e ffec ti ve. The losses against Dulwich (3-22) ; Ton bridge (0-41): Fe lsted (6- 10); C ranleigh (3-3 1); and Epsom (7-22) were hard to accommodate. Although statistics alone never entirely e xpress the rewards ga ined from playing rugby, the re were moments when the team struggled a fter half term. The forwards fo rmed the most stable unit in the side. In the fro nt row, Robe rt Adams hooked e ffectively, and his props, especially Benjamin Cossens, we re a lways rel iable . In the back row, James Evans set an exa mple for the pack as a whole ! All played consiste ntly we ll a ll season. At lock, James Lamont enjoyed success in the li ne out in many important games . Andrew Wil son was the most improved player of the season and 1s a very capable, committed player. All the othe r regular playe rs deserve to be acknowledged for giving their best in practices as well as matches. Robert Weston captained the team for the season. He set high standards and kept a cool head from the No. 10 position. As a we ll-organized and effic ie nt person, Robe rt made carefu lly-considered decisions whe n se lection became troublesome with numerous inj uries, which necessitated so many e nforced c ha nges to the team. Despite not presiding over a stable XV , the capta in pe rsonified reliabil ity a ll season . Look ing bac k, all players will re fl ect on what was personally memora ble. For me, the last match against Felsted was the best experie nce of all. I had the honour of re fe reeing the last matc h, a nd it was a cracke r - 2nd X V rugby pa r exce llence! I know I speak fo r my partner, Mr . Pete r Dix , when I say it was, arguably, the most thrilling game of the season. Well done eve ryone, and many tha nks to Mr. Di x for great training sessions, to parents fo r supporting us, and friends, ho me a nd away. R.B.Mi. RESULTS Played II , Won 4, Lost 7. Points for 89, Points against 149 . Play ers who represented the 2nd XV: Robert Weston (Capt.)* , Robert Ada ms, Adam Bissill , Dominic Cocklin , Benjamin Cossens*, Harry Dobbs. Kipp EI-Mesma ri, Stuart Freeman, Thomas Grant, Gi les Hay*, Alasta ir Hine*, Thomas Jackson, James Lamont*, Giles Macey, Scott Mac lean , Alasta ir McGregor , Da niel Quin , Alexis Roxburgh, Luke Singer , Jay S pencer, Robert Swanson, Andrew Wil son *, Andrew Woolnough*. * 2 nd XV Colours. 56

3~ ~rd _KY-.

· · two · sta rt to the season aga inst Sevenoaks was due to overexcitement w1t· h.m the s1·d e a fte r sconng A dl~appoln~m;alf. We were the n overwhelmed in the second half by a side determined to win. Duke of York's 1nc' 10 the fi rst · g improvement with a substantial v ictory o ve r our local n vals: the moves we had rehearsed worked ,.a, an cncoura~~ran them. Our forw ards held on despite losing Dom Cocklin, one of our props, at the begmmng Jnd our bac~shalf. The re was to be anothe r d isappointment ~efor.e half term against St. Paul 's . Although well-dnlled, "'the seco.n and lack of commitme nt lead to a result wh1ch d1d not reflect our true standard . tack 11ng ' J"10r e icked ourselves up a nd faced Cate rham , a new fi xture, who gave us the c hance to show ~>Ur t~am Howcve~, wso~e individual n arc and initiative, na mely from ' Pod ' Swanson and Jay Spe ncer , both scormg tn es . ~Jme but a~~ an evenly matched K.C.S. Wimbledon s ide . Tempers fla red a little during the match but we kept ours \ext we fac 1 ~d snatched a pe nalty in front of the ir posts fi ve mmutes before the end of the game. The next encounter under controE astbourne a strong side all round. It looked as if the ir skill and organization would eventually over -run \1-3~ agal ~~t ~eer bone' crunc hing tackling from everybody we managed to pa rry the ir attacks. After half-time, we '"but wit~ ~rb opportunist try: an inte rce ption in our half by Lawrence Potter c ha nged the. match. Eastbourne tn ed ":ored a slYpbut our increased pressure was rewarded by another try : G1les Macey, s1de-steppmg tw1ce a nd dummymg, 11~.,peratc d right under the posts. ,.ore encouragi ng victories be fo re half term (witho ut conceding a point) led us into the dreaded ' three we.eks Thrc~ce'. During this time, however, we played our best rugby of the season. T he fi rst of these matche~ was agamst exper!ch (Dele nearly missed the coach!) . Although the score sounds a substantia l defeat, 1t was ~nfortuna.te ctr.cumstances ()uiW ICk us down. Tonbridge was anothe r sup~rb show at defenc~ m an Ill-tempered 1_11atch, wtth Tonbndge JUSt commg 100 that 1 The highl ight of the match was G 1les Macey's try bnng mg about a sendmg off, followed by~ c onversiOn. out on {1~·i s time Dele turning up with the wrong shirt) was played very hard in dreadful weather condtttons and we Ep>om lucky not to come out on top. We were graced by Ali Hinc and Kipp 's presence (they . had come down from "er~ ~; XV) but only ended up with a ~raw, a (comparati ve ly) respectable r~sult. At C ranle1g h, the match lo~ked th~tc even for a long time but two of the1r three tnes, stemmmg from blindmg mtercept10ns, were very opportums.tlc ~~d badly affected our morale. We ended up o n a high note with Felsted : four converted tnes from Doust, Dele tw1ce and Macey (again). This matc h demonstrated how well we could play as a team . 11 is impossible to pinpoint any individuals as outstanding (but the 2 nds regularly borrowed players!) . Everyone had his moment of glory and created chances and fe lt he had improved his game at the end of the season. Finally we would like to thank Mike Davies for his infectious laugh , c reating a high spirit within the s.ide, a nd 10 ·Th'e Manager' : Grant Chum. We would also like to give our warmest thanks to Mr. Stewart Ross for hts expert refereeing throughout th1s season . J AMIE RAYNER AND M.P.H.D. Team from: Jamie Rayner (Capt.) , Omatayo (Dele) Alakija , Adam Bissill , Ol iver Carte r , G rant Chum , Dominic Cocklin , Michael Cotton , Michael Davies, Geoffrey de Burca , Charles Doust , M 1les Ed l m~nn , Thomas Grant , Gtles Macey, Heron McConnell , Alexander Macdonald-Bell, Alastair McGregor, Theo Moore, Dame! Qum , Alex1s Roxburgh. Also played: Simon Cook, James Devera ll , Kipp E I-Mesmari , Nicholas Georgiadis, Alastair Hine, T homas Jackson, Hans Madueme, Ra hul Singh , Jay Spencer , Robert Swanson . RESULTS Played 11 , Won 5, Dra wn I , Lost 5. v Sevonoaks (H). Lost 10-26. v Dulwic h (A). Lost 8-20 . v Duke of York's (A) . Won 27-5 . v Tonbridge (H) . Lost 7- 15 . v St. Paul's (H). Lost 0-28 . v Epsom (A). Drawn 5-5 . v Caterham (H). Won 34-0 v Cranleigh (A) . Lost 0- 19. v K.C. S. Wimbledon (A). Won 3-0. v Felsted (H) . W on 28-0. v Eastbourne (H). Won 12-0 . 4th XV The season began with a n e nthusiastic squad fu ll of old and ne w players: the Wi.ll is- Ros~to relatio_n~hip re kindled with Lawrence Potte r in the centre showed excitng displays of change of pace twmned wtth rare v1ston at 4th ~V level, Tom Aldridge and Mike Webb contested fo r full back, both very reliable and solid under the h1gh ball. W1th an age i n~ Shephe rd a nd Madue me fi lling the wings, we were provided with an a rray of exce lle nt a nd well-deserved tries dun ng the season. Our serum , form ed of sometimes re laxed but dedicated forwards played to their best, tackling and driving hard throughout the season a nd coming o ut on top. Wiggy Dr inkwate r prov1ded the team wuh excellent k1cks, both from his usual serum-ha lf position and from the fl y-half position which he tried out towa rds the end of the season. Our fi rst matc h, aga inst Sevonoaks, was cancelled. Duke of York's, our seco nd fi xture, wa.s a good win at . 17-0. Ou r backs were never re ally tested in defence but supported o ur forwards t<? victory . Aft~r snoozmg for twenty mmut~s at the beginning of the game, St. Paul 's a woke us at 17-0 down. Ha ns, m top form , mtercepted and stole a class1c 57

sixty-yard try . With two more to follow , he complet.ed a superb hat-trick •. s~owi ng amazing change of pace determination; final score 17- 17. Yet another cancellation, from Caterham th1s time, came as a great disappoint 3 nd However, our fo llowing victory over King's Rochest~r·s third XV added to the ~earn's ~ver growing confidence. ln~ent it was Charlie' s turn to score a hat-tn ck after havmg scored the first try w1thm thi rty seconds of the kick-off.Ced, The arrival of half term and Eastbourne at ~orne (relief!) spurred us into a very enjoyable match. An opening by our skipper was to ~et the ~xample ~nd , with only 14 men at the end of the game , we rounded up this first htl) of term with a 20-7 wm, makmg our s1de unbeaten so far! all Our lack of fit ness after half term c~mb ined w.ith an away fixture resulted in our firs~ defeat against none Oth than Dulwich. The game was unnecessan ly .agg ress1 ~e and tempers lla~ed. Next stop: Tonbndge ... They played amaz.~r rugby, smas hi n~ us 68-3, thanks go to Dnnkwater s penalty k1ck Without wh1ch our slate would have looked prcng clean! No crit ic1sms here: King's produced a ~terling effort but where simp~y o~tclassed .. We blame our next derelt against Epsom on a badly depleted t eam from •llness. w_e chose to go dow!lhlll w1th the wmd m the fi,rst half in order to have (we thought) the psycholog•cal advantage of.havmg scored a few tnes but, despite Dnnkwate_r s (again) expen kicking, we went into the second hal.f w1thout a pomt to .boast of. .. They then scored three. Cranle1gh was our third and last cancellation of t~e season. Ram an~ waterlogged pitches .were not to depnve us of our last g!lme ~gain st Fclsted this was a clean and enJoyable match wh1ch enabled us to fimsh the season as we had started It, with a victory. · We all enjoyed the season and would like to thank Mr. P. W. Fox and to Mr. D. J. Reid for the ir expert refereeing throughout the season. JONATII AN WILLIS AND M.P.H.D Team from: Jonathan Willis (Capt.), Stephen Adams, Simon Cook, Bruce Curzon, William Drinkwater, Nichola\ Georgiadis, Christopher Kenwnght, Hans !"fadueme, Ch nstopher Milne, Douglas ~ullen , T1mothy Nea l~n . Lawrence Potter, Christos Rodopoulos, Ben Rolfe, W1lllam Rosato, Charles Shepherd, Ranul Smgh , M1chael Webb, S1mon Wrighl Also played: Anthony Cornish, Geoffrey de Burca, Mark Gaskain, Marcus Rinaldi . RESULTS

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Played 8, Won 4, Drawn I, Lost 3. Sevenoaks (H). Cancelled. v Dulwich (A). Lost 5- 15 . Duke of York's (A) . Won 17-0. v Tonbridge (H) . Lost 3-68. St. Paul's (H). Drawn 17-17. v Epsom (A). Lost 0-2 1. Caterham (H). Cancelled. v Cranleigh (A). Cancelled. King 's Rochester (H). Won 27-5. v Felsted {H). Won 22-7. Eastbourne (H). Won 20•7.

Colts 'A' XV This was a tough but very enjoyable season in which success must be viewed in terms of the development of the individual players rather than the team record. The opening game against Sevenoaks was the first of many in which we were physically smaller, man for man. and we had to rely upon brave defence to limit the damage. Matthew Edwards proved to be a very capable player and tackles from Paul Perrin, Dunstan Kamana , Joshua Cole and Sahir Jeelani each saved certain tries. Against Duke of York's we showed lack of organisation in the first half and went into the interval 10-0 down . The second half sa11 Rafael De Haan Michael Haswell and Michele Rosato working very well in the loose and Matthew Edwards, Duns1an Kamana , Joshu~ Cole a~d Andrew f'1cGregor showing outstand i ~g ~kills in bot~ attack and defence. The highligh1 of this game was a llowmg mo~e wh1ch began with Steven Lau n ppmg the b~ll m a tack I<: m ou r 22. The ball then passed through six or seven pa1rs of hands before Dunstan Kamana beat the1r last defens1ve player to score. St. Paul 's proved to be too strong for us up fro nt and their backs produced overlaps at will to beat us comprehensively in a seven-try rout. We thoroughly enjoyed our new fixture with Caterham . Not because of the win , but mainly because of the friendl>: atmosphere both on and off the pitch. Ma~th~w Edwards showed good )lace to beat men i.n the ce~tre to score. Fern• Fadeyi fin ished in style after good work ms1de and Joshua Cole sold s1x dumm1es, dece1vmg the1r defence and our support players alike to score under the posts. Tom Stazicker produced a brave last man head-on tackle to save a certam try. Henceforth we played with more confid ence, safe in the knowledge that Tom would cover any break-away. In an exc iting game against Wimbledon Sahir Jeelani had a fi ne game on the left wing and on seve r~) occasions he fed Femi Fadeyi on the right .wing - once producing a try: Tom Stazicker produced another breathtakmg head-on tackle. Jam ie Nicholson found h1s man w1th a d1splay of stylish passmg from serum-half and Steven Lau and Russell Hewett were always busy in the loose. Matthew Edwards stamped his personality on the game with fi ne attackmg and support play. After half term we returned to concede fourteen tries in two games, fi ve came from Dulwich without reply but agai.nsl Tonbridge Matthew Edwards' indomitable spirit forced him over for a fi ne individual try. Tonbridge were an outstandmg team and we learned much from the experience of playing them. We were evenly matched at Epso.m and eventually the home team won by two tri~s to on~ . Against Cranleigh .we were disrupted by injury. Andre W1gley had a .very sound game at lock ~nd Benpmm l\:fassmgham was outstandmg at fu ll-back , creating a try for Fem• Fadey1 w1th a pacey counter-attackmg from deep m our own half. 58

Fclstcd was one way or anot ~er the most disappointing game of the season. We were not at full strength, but that Sahir Jeelam the Op)JOrtunny to show fine sk1lls at !Tanker to crown a very good season on the wing. Paul Perrin ~a'c.1 10wer of strength m the pack a!ld James Stevens had an outstanding game. During the first half we were by "a'1he superior side and. M1chael Dav1es controlled the play with excellent decision-making at outside-half. By hal ffMJC we had, however, failed to sco.re and our supenonty was all for nought. In the second half Felsted grew in confidence, 110 encouraged by an opportunist score wh1ch was agamst the run of play and won in a lack-lustre second half --~ . . . This has, then, been a season durmg wh1ch players have developed their individual skill s and became more aware lhe structure and the demands of the game of rugby. I feel confident that each player is now better equipped to 1 ~nler upper school rugby . and the future of the I st XV looks bright over the next two years. During this season Matthew Edwards and ~t~ven Lau were both selected to play at County level where they both layed commendably, Matthew earned the add itional honour of captain ing the Kent County side. Matthew was further ~dcclcd to play for the London Divisional team and I wish him well in the future . K.E.J .M. Team from: Matt~ew ~wards (C~pt.) , Jos~ua Cole, Michael Davies, Rafael DeHaan, Femi Fadeyi, Michael Haswell , Ru~~cll f:!ewett , Jul~an. Hmv~s. Sah1r Jeel~n1, Dunstan Kamana, Steven Lau_. Hamish Lemmens, Andrew M~Gregor,

Janue N1cholson, Jarme Pans, Pau l Pemn, M1chele Rosato , Thomas Staz1cker, James Stevens , Andre W1gley. R ESULTS

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Played II , Won 2, Drawn 2, Lost 7. Points for 88 , Points against 2 17. Sevenoaks . Lost 0- 12. v Dulwich. Lost 0-33. Duke of York 's. Won 19- 10. v Tonbridge. Lost 5-55. St. Paul 's. Lost 0-39. v Epsom. Lost 5-14. Caterham. Drawn 10- 10. v Cranleigh. Drawn 10- 10. K.C.S. Wimbledon. Won 17- 13. v Felsted. Lost 0 -12. Eastbourne. Lost 8-14.

Colts 'B' XV ·1 wouldn't expect any results i.fl were: you •. if you' re taking over THAT team •. So I was told in early September. THAT team had ma~aged two wms , agamst nmeteen defeats, in their first two years in the school. Reviewing their 1hird season, at Chnstmas, therefore, there is no little reason for satisfaction . The technique was never very impressive , but the determination in the tackle was usually pretty wholesome as the 1cam ground their way to three early-season victories and a fighting draw at Sevenoaks. In the second half of the'season 1he accumulating reverses did not diminish some determined play, led by skipper Hamish Lemmens · and with a little more fortune at least two of these results might have gone the other way. ' There was never any lack of steel in either division. In the forwards the tackles of Michael Preece and Patrick Osmond and Jamie Paris's surges were strongly supported by what was often well-drilled play in the loose. Frequently enough 1he team rolled the maul well , but never managed to win quite enough clean ball nor to progress very far in second or third phase play. The backs were well n~arshalled by Ben Massingham , who developed into a very thoughtful fly-half. He was supported by some good handling m the th ree-quarters from Seb Vance and Curzon Rolla. Tristan McConnell on the wmg had \peed, but seldom opportunity to use it. A~ve all , however, they were a gutsy bunch. They never fa iled to give of their best. Even the biggest defeat, against Tonbndge, was a good performance overall. The team defended resolutely to keep the score to 0 -12 at half-time. The noodgates opened later. The high spot was proba~ly the Wif!1bledon gal!le. Th.e team was 0-7 down at half-time, but a change of tactics a1 the chan!leover and a policy of movmg everythmg sw1ftly down the back line brought three sparkling tries. The other two wms were commendable for some .sterling defence in holding on to a grittily earned. lead. Memorable moments were a ~llchae! Preece try at Felsted foll owmg strong forward pressure, Charlie Bell 's try m the corner at Eastbourne after bcmg switched from flanker to wmger, and Curzon Rolla's brace of tries against Wimbledon. M.R.J.B. The following played in fi~e o.r more games: Hamish .Lemmens (~apt.) , :Ben ~assingham (Vice-Capt.), Charles Bell! Tom. Buc~er, Rodolphe d ArJuzon, P~rry Clarke, RanJit Gamd, N1ck Jenkms, Tnstan McConnell , Patrick Osmond, Jam1e P~ns , M1chael Preece, Robert Rawlings, Curzon Rolla, Corwin Roman, James Smith, Seb Vance, Andre Wigley Sqot W1seman. ' The following also played: Alex Bingham-Wi lson, Michael Davies, Hugh Gledh ill , Julian Hinves, Kingston Hu i, M1chele Rosato, Dylan Wyn Pugh. RESULTS

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Played II , Won 3, Drawn I , Lost 7. Points fo r 85, Points against 225. Sevenoaks (A). Drawn 17- 17. v Dulwich (A). Lost 0-39. Duke of York's (H). Won 17-5. v Tonbridge (H). Lost 0 -45. St. Paul 's (A). Lost 0-38. v Epsom (A) . Lost 7- 15. Caterham (H). Won 5-0. v Cranleigh (H). Lost 0-15. K.C.S. Wimbledom (H). Won 21 -7. v Felsted (A). Lost 5-17. Eastbourne (A). Lost 13-27. 59

Junior Colts 'A' XV Won 7, Lost 4 is a good record and matched that of the previous U 15 'A' team. Six of the eleven matche decided by just one score, such is the evenness of the sides at this age group. Twenty-three players represen~~cre team and 11 was the strength in depth of the combined 'A' and 'B' squads that was an important factor in the su the of the ~~ason much affected by_ injuries. Bot~ players and the team coped remarkably well with the constant cha~cc~\ of positiOns and adaptmg to d1fferent captams and partnershipS, as well as the new laws. gmg It was a very tentative side that lost in the openi ng game at Sevenoaks where the wind and lack of practice n . that mistakes were frequent. Jonathan Murch however had an excellent debut at full-back catching the many kcakt confidently and James Goodman st~rted the season well with the first try on the win&. J:I~nry Roberts suffered a recurr~c \ of a fracture to his lower arm dunng th1s match but only realized the extent of h1s IllJUry on the coach home' 1\ga·nce Duke of York's the understanding of Chris North at serum-half and Qin Wiseman at No. 8 led to a quick ·tr f •n\1 a penalt~ cancell ing ou! the opposition's s7ore from an intercepted pass in t~e centres . This did not stop th! b;~~ from trymg moves and 11 was a .back row p1ck-up that led .to Luke Tayler ru~nmg Ill on the blln~-s1de wing for a 11 worked try after Ben Smllh-Lamg had taken a hook agamst the head. Chn s North's leadership was in evidence e1 was his tactical kicking, but unfortunately he sustained an injury to his thumb which kept him off games for the nca\ three months. For St. Paul' s changes were therefore necessary and Richard Clarke enthusiastically trained to hoo( and Adam Williams filled the gap m the centre caused by Edward Radcliffe's shift to serum-half. All best-laid plan were interrupted before the kick-off when ' little Ed' impailed his arm on a railing collecting conkers and my vis~ to the hospital was an early one. Tim Palmer assumed the role of serum-half but before returning with Radcliffe stitch~ up, James Goodman had left the field with a broken collar bone. It's not surprising that we were 14-0 down at half-time and had to play without a win~er, but the team showed character by batt ling back under the new leadership of Edward Rice in the second-row. Agam Qin Wisema~ was on hand to score our second-hal!" try, but further injuries to Sam D1gney and N1ck Puleston-Jones rounded off one of those days where nothmg went nght '. Patched up and with several more changes, the side used their stren~th in the pack to good effect against Caterham. Brice, Clarke and Roman were proving to be a soli? front row and F1eld , Goodman and Wis~man a mobile back row , providing more posse~Mon for the backs. Radcliffe at serum-half bravely charged down a k1ck from Caterham 's full-back to start the scoring and Tayler's strong running on the wing was rewarded with his second try of the season. Not to be outdone, Tom Partridge scored after llood work by Tim Palmer joining the line from fu ll-back, and with confidence growing it was good to see Lewis Mitchell run in two tries on the other wing against K.C.S. Wimbledon, after the forwards had shown great improvement in their rucking technique. Eastbourne was a much more competitive match as our opponents were unbeaten and flushed with success against Tonbridge. In a very close and hard match both sides tackled well but it wa~ our sustained pressu re, capi talizing on Eastbourne's mistakes, that led the ever-present Nigel Field to pick up a loose ball and score the only try of the game. Chris North and Nick Puleston-Jones directed play well from half-backs and Tom Partridge coped well in the unfamiliar position of full-back as Qin Wiseman was always nearby to help with the cover. It was a brave performance and a well-deserved victory as Eastbourne never looked liked scoring a try thanks to the solid tackling in the mid-field by Murch and Williams. Discipline was also the key against Du lwich where Jonathan Murch punished our opponents by converting two penalties from outside the 22, whereas their kicker had missed two similar opportunities. Wiseman put the game out of their reach when he scored from a two man line-out. This game was prehaps the highl ight of the season as the side really showed their potential and individuals displayed both na1r and good techn ique. Chris North was adapting to unfami liar surroundings at fl y-half and Puleston-Jones likewise at fu ll -back. With Adam Will iams returning to flanker and Ben Smith-Laing making a guest appearance at hooker we had our fair share of disruption , but with Digney and Rice competing well in the line-outs and dri ving forc ibly into rucks we gained useful possession. The decisive facto r was the number of players we managed to have at a breakdown situation and the will ingness to cover and support one another. Against Tonbridge this was not enough as , although we matched them in most areas of the game and managed to put them under a great deal of pressure, we did not take our chances as kicks were missed and passes dropped. Neverthel~\ Wi lliams scored a typical crash ball try and we were the only side to have points on the board away from home. Thing\ might have been different if James Goodman and Nick Pu leston-Jones had been available but we wi ll have to wait till next year to gain revenge for such a narrow margin of defeat. Preparations for Epsom were made complicated by Ed Radcliffe's period in the San. over exams and Chris North \ concussion result ing from being given the bumps in Tradescant. Tim Palmer was again a most capable replacement at serum-half and Tom Dean moved up from the U.l4 As to play at full -back. That would have been fine had it not been for Alasdair Roman and Richard Clarke both having to leave the pitch owing to injuries and a hasty reshufne in the front row in the first five minutes! Henry Roberts at prop and Nigel Field as hooker did tremendously well against a physically strong side. The disrupt ions never deterred the players who stuck to their task well and in poor weather were unlucky to lose by a s in~le try. The positions were reversed the fo llowing week at Cranleigh when Wiseman popped up to score the only points m the game after Puleston-Jones had kicked ahead and Mitchell had forced their winger to make a mistake. P-J had actually ran half of the pitch without a boot and was fortu nate to find it in the mud. Edward Rice had an excellent match and was findin~ it easier to captain the side as well as packing down in the second row with Andy Brice who was replacing the inJured Sam Digney. Andrew will remember this game for his effective runs and handing off a would-be Cranleigh tackler in such a forceful way that the opponent ended up on his back in the mud. Wet conditions also greeted us at Felsted where again changes were forced upon us with !he Trad. half-back trio all unavailable, and Tim Palmer pairing up with Jonathan Murch at ny-half. In a ~a m e in wh!ch we had most of the play and were unlucky not to be awarded a try after several groundings over the1r line the s1de showed character and support for their 'groggy' captain by not giving up and providing an opportunity for Wiseman to score and Palmer to convert to round off a successful season with a well-earned victory.

60 CHUNK (Terence Loo)

House Sevens competit ion Tradescant were eventual winners, beating Linacre in the fi nal, havi ng escaped Jo th~ ·n semi-final against Meister Omers. ' na•l-b•IIC~pel (Grange) won the Junior goal kicking competition in a closely-contested fin al with Jonathan Murch James l~larlO'~~iike to thank all the players and hope they realise that they are now a little more experienced and hopefully I "'0 uan at the beginning of the season. Spec ial mentions for James Goodman who missed virtually the whole season ..,•...:~ th came to practices and supported the t~m from the touchline, as .did the luckles~ Captai~ , Christopher No~ h. tMJI ":~to cope with the frustration of not playmg and yet remam enthus1as11c. I thank h1m fo r h1s support and advace, ,.ho ~is absence I was very pleased to be able to rely on Edward Rice who took on the captain's role so conscientiously !101 1 ~ e a true leader set an excellent example both on and off the pitch. 'Big Ed ' was voted by the team as player Jnd~•\eason. Congratulations also to Qin Wiseman for notching up thirty-five points in total being ever aware of ,,f 1 c ntial scoring opportunities even though he has a tendency to kick ahead too often. J ~enk you to D.J.R. and N. L.P. for refereeing. Your efforts were much appreciated by the players and most welcome a We also valued the loyal support of so many parents both home and away, and for the advice and encouragement b) me. . . 1 i ~ so read1ly g•ven. 31 th would like to add my personal gratitude to M.C. L. and S. H.D. for their enthusiasm, humour and help throughout 1 the ,cason. S.E.A. Team from: Chris North ( Capt.), Edward Rice ( Vice-Capt.), Andrew Brice, Richard Clarke, Sam Digney, Nigel Feld Thomas Goodman, Lewis Mitchell , Jonathan Murch, Timothy Palmer, Thomas Partridge, Nicholas PulestonJ01nes' Edward Radcliffe, Henry Roberts, Alasdair Roman, Luke Tayler, Adam Williams, Qin Wiseman. A ts~ played: Simon Bi rd, Thomas Dean, James Goodman, Simon Peachey, Ben Smith-Laing. R ESULTS

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Played II , Won 7, Lost 4. Points for 95, Points against 53. Sevenoaks (A). Lost 7- 13. v Dulwich (H). Won 11 -0. Duke of York 's (H). Won 15-5. v Tonbridge (A). Lost 5-8. St. Paul 's (A). Lost 5-19. v Epsom (H). Lost 0-5. Caterham (A). Won 15-0. v Cranleigh (A). Won 5-0. K.C.S. Wimbledon (H). Won 17-0. v Felsted (A) . Won 7-0. Eastbourne (H). Won 8-3.

junior Colts 'B' XV This has been an excellent season for th is group of boys whose results represent the best in the school in terms

of number of games lost. The success of a B team at any level indicates a broad base of able players within the age

group and , with thi s year's Junior Colts, this is certainly the case. With the exception of a handful of outstanding players in the A XV , the boys who made up the two XVs were all of similar abilitY. , which bodes well for the day when those held back by a lack of bulk or height and not skill level, has grown , and w1ll be vying for the 1st XV shirts. One could pick any one of the victories and recount the scores and the thrill of winning but, as ever, it is the close games that stay in one's mind and , in particular, I remember the fortnight in which the team played Epsom and Cranleigh. After having taken quite a beating against a superior Ton bridge XV, the team was faced with another tough match against Epsom which was lost only by a whi sker. A week later, and faced. by a similar situation at Cranleigh: a score down, with the conditions and the watch against them, the boys produced a rivetting and devastating display of character and ability to take the game deservedly. It is very hard to select individuals from a group that has been so pleasant and enjoyable, but a couple of names do warrant a mention for their contributions to the successess of the season. In the ' players' player' vote at the end of the season, two players totally dominated the voting, taking well over three-quarters of the votes between them. The verdict was almost too close to separate them fairly, but Ben Smith-Laing fin ally edged Chris Mounsey-Thear by two votes. Both of these players had dominated loose play all season and the combination of the pair of them had often just been too much fo r the opposit ion. I would like to add a personal note of thanks to these boys and the parents who have regularly turned out to watch them, for this has been a thoroughly enjoyable season and one I shall not forget in a hurry. M.C. L. The team was chosen from: Chris Mounsey-Thear (Capt.), Mike Baughan, Simon Bird, Keith Bolshaw, Espin Sowder, James Car el, Barnaby Cowin, Tom Dean, Tim Dowse, Leigh Fitchie, Tom Goodman, Alex Gort-Barten, Alastair Irvine, Phil Lobb, James McNaught, Lewis Mitchell , Tim Palmer, Tom Partridge, Simon Peachey, James Piper, Marcus Pyke, Henry Roberts, Ben Smith-Laing, Flabbi Sonaike and Paul Wharton . R ESULTS

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Played 8, Won 4, Drawn I, Lost 3. Sevenoaks (A) . Won 55-0 . v Dul wich (H). Won 12-5. v Tonbridge (A). Lost 0-42. Duke of York 's (H) . Won 64-0. St. Paul's (A). Abandoned . v Epsom (H). Lost 0-5. Caterham (A). Won 17-0. v Cranleigh (A). Won 7-5. K.C.S Wimbledon (H). Won 27-5. v Felsted (H). Won 22-5. Eastbourne (H). Won 13-0. 61

CHARGE (James Bridges)

Junior Colts 'C' XV Thebes~ way, I think, to consider the way our season went , is to compare our two matches against Duke at the begmnmg of the season we lost badly (thanks to an mabillly to tackle) , but by the end of the sea .or York路 improved enough to beat the same team. This latter game was indeed a thriller, won by a try from one ~7n we ha.J improved players, Robert Justice. It also proved that C team rugby can be rewarding and enjoyable some o~r lll<hr both coach and players found difficult to rmagine immediately after the Eastbourne game. Although 'there lhmg th;u pleasant about suffering at the hands ofTonbridge, Dulwich , and Epsom, it does provide experience and tacklin~s nolhrn~ By the end of the season, thanks to some blatant financ ial incentives, I am pleased to say that the enlire 1Jractr(t tackling well - Andrew Wilson, Daniel Bartlette, Alex Walker, Rob Thomas, and James McNaught deserve m.wert praise here. The season ended with a convincing win over Felsted, and to prove that we could score tries Nkt"Bculo~r fearsome when he ran straight , ran in three. In fact, Nick's partnership with Tom Kenwright was ofte~ deli h ale\. effective. Richard Ashenden too, deserves praise for his will ingness - he is now confid ent enough to be a gooi lfull) and Adam Wrlton was a qurelly reliable and hard-workmg hooker throughout Ihe season. But if there is an yo P1a}er should be singled out it must be Tom Collins, our part-timer; Tom was voted player of the season by his lea;:_e who and no-one could deny the furious impression his dedication , fitness, strength and positive attitude made on the unfonmale opposition. The lesson to be learnt then, is that at this level you get out what you put in. My thanks to that dcdiunalc core who made a difficult season worth continuing with , none more so than the captam , Adam Chataway whose un~aled enthusiasm and commitment is a model for those who might care to take heed. ' rrrng

S.H.D

Those who play ed: A~am Chataway (Capt.) , Richard Ashenden, Daniel Bartlette, Nick Bates, Mi.ck Baughan, Ma ~

Belsey, James Brssrl , Nigel Boardman, Espm Bowder, James Capel, Tom Col lins, Charlie Curlewrs, Simon Fo anr路 Simon Garnett , Robert Gaskell , Alistai r Irvine, Robert Justice, Tom Kenwright, James McNaught , Matt Mohr A;d j路 Price, Tim Ridges, Robert Thomas, Gordon Yaines, Alex Walker, Andrew Wil son, Adam Wilton. ' 1\ R ESULTS

v Sevenoaks. Drawn 12- 12. v Duke of York's. Lost 5-57.

v Dulwich. Lost 65-0. v Tonbridge. Lost 0-60.

v St. Paul 's. Lost 37-5 . v Caterham. Lost 0-62. v Eastbourne. Lost 0-102.

v Epsom. Lost 0-22 . v Duke of York' s. Won 10-5. v Felsted. Won 41-5.

Under 14 'A' XV The season started on a very high note with a resounding win over Duke of York's. A remarkable feature of1he game was the confident manner in which the players ran at the opposition. The second game v St. Paul 's was a well路 contested affair, with the visitors stealing victory by virtue of a conversion. In very wet conditions we overcame a high-spirited Caterham side who, if they had elected to run at us, could have narrowed the scores quite considerably K.C.S. Wimbledon were our next opponents. Our forwards were severly tested , especially in the loose, where 1he Wimbledon side were able to ruck and rob the ball very effectively. However our backs, especially Simon Ginin\ in the outside centre position , tore the opposition 's defence wide apart . The long coach trip to Eastbourne was rewarded with a fine victory . An abiding memory is that of serum-half Adam Tarr breaking from the base of the serum on our twenty-two, dummying three or four times and then outpacing the opponents to run in a try under the posts. The first game after half term was against Dul wich. For the first time we were truly outplayed by a physically larger team. Matters were not helped by the fact that our tighthead prop Charles Munday was Ill . Added to this the qualit) of the defence was woefully inadequate. This was to be a feature of most of the remaining games. Tonbridge were a touch nattered by the thirty-six points they scored against us. Terrible tackling allowed the opposition to score counties\ tries, sometimes without a hand being laid on a red and white jersey. A failure to make the ball available by the forward> resulted in the Epsom and Cranleigh games being lost. If we had found the form wh ich characterised the first half of the season, I think that these two games would have been won. Fortunately some of that grit and determinalion surfaced in the final game against Felsted. A well-deserved victory was the result . My thanks go to the rest of lhc Under 14 coachi ng staff without whose cooperation little would have been achieved this season. P.T Team from: Matthew Appleyard, Thomas Dean, Simon Gittins, Leandros Komninos, Nicholas Lynch, Charles Munday. Chrislopher O 'Neil-Dunne, Alexander Pearson, Tristram Standen, Damian Stewart , Robert Sixsmith , Dav id Smith, Adam Tarr, Matthew Wall , Benjamin White. The following also represented the team at least once: Babaj ide Adesanya, Angus Blackburn , Charles Ejimofor. Thomas Martin , Michael Ziegler. RESU LTS

v Duke of York 's. Won 54-0. v St. Paul 's. Lost 5-7.

v v v v v

v Caterham . Won 15-5. v K. C.S. Wimbledon. Won 4 1- 10. v Eastbourne. Won 24-1 7.

Dulwich. Lost 0-36. Tunbridge. Lost 0-36. Epsom. Lost 0- 10. Cranleigh. Lost 5- 12. Felsted. Won 12-5 .

der 14 'B' XV . .. ~ all spirit and no size. What size we had came in the shape of Charlie EJimofor - the only

Thi'> was ~u~ into a charging Tunbridge serum with a grin on his face. Our 'secret weapon', he was wrthout doubt ever 101he serum and learnt much about the game throughout the season. Jfl a.,;el ~? ·n start 10 the season came with a narrow win over Duke of York 's. T hey were camped on our try-li~e ..\n cxcrll hg second half. Some superb tackling, notably from James Clarke, kept them out. A loss agamst St. Paul s, ror rno>l ~f t deat half-time, betrayed some critical fau lts in defence, so we repaired to the drawmg-board . The result .J<:>P''c 3 :~arned win at Caterham, with two outstanding tries scored by Jide Adesanya, the fastest man m the squad, ,.a., a we 11 ut his mind to it. Memories from this match mclude a tackle by James Holloway. on a man four times h1s .,hen he P rou hl tears to the eyes of all watchmg. On to Wimbledon , where we were outsized, outmanoeuvred and thai b ~mbered A loss included an end-to-end try by Peter Phipson: a feat he would repeat agamst Felsted. bably ou1n · · pro e produced a very good side - a loss was on the cards but we did hold them out for most of the second Ea~lbo urn d ' f B, then alas, the damage was one. hJI · >. h w~re vast; they were also very good. A lacklustre performance led us to a crushing 0-57 def~at. This at Dulwrc balanced by a 61 -0 win over Felsted at the end of the season. Tern fie tnes were scored .m this game by I'J'1.'1 hale-Jones, Michael Ziegler, Tom O'Sullivan and Malcolm Todd - undoubted,ly the most rmproved player Edwar , ·on. In this game, Tom O'Sullivan had finally moved to nank~r after a season s excellent service at serumof 1re~~a~vas replaced in this position by Stephen Bushnell - another fmc prospect for the future. hal · fi1 est game was a narrow (0-5) loss to a vastly superior and larger Epsom. Strong marking and hard tackling r.:d~~~d ~heir planned route to a marginal victory from a breakaway try. . . . . . 11 an inconsistent season. lnJunes m the A XV meant the constant disruption of a unit that was mouldmg mto In a · by team. There are too many individuals to mention in this report, but my congratulations to them all: therr a fi ne ·1~1he face of unsurmountable odds was inspiring. They will all, I am sure, be an asset to rugby at Kmg's. 'p!lll I N.C.W.S. n\311

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Tear.n from: Tom O'Sullivan (Capt.) , Peter Phipson (also Captained) , Jide Adesanya, William Bax, Angus Blackburn , Sle hen Bushnell , James Campbell , James Clarke, Dale-Edmond Jones, James Day, Henry Eccles, C.harlle EJrmofor, Pcl~r Henry-Taylor, James Holloway , Richard Homewood, Tom Martin, Peter Mayberry , Jonathan Norns, Alex Pearson, \ lex Reynolds. James Rock , Ed Stock, Malcolm Todd , Johan Wyn Pugh, Mrchael Ziegler. RES ULTS

v v v v v

Played 10, Won 4, Lost 6. Points fo r 93, Points against 2 11. Duke of York's (A). Won 5-0. v Dulwich (H). Lost 0-57 . St. Paul's (H). Lost 5-22. v Tunbridge (A). Lost 0-42. Caterham (A). Won 2 1-7. v Epsom (H). Lost 0-5. K.C.S . Wimbledon (A). Lost 5-2 1. v Cranleigh (H). Won 22- 19. Eastbourne (A). Lost 0-24 . v Felsted (H). Won 61-0.

Under 14 'C' and 'D' XVs There is little point in playing rugby, or indeed any other game, if it is not enjoyable, and we were very lucky 10 have such an enormous pool of enthusiastic players from which to select the U 14 C and D teams. As the term progressed we, inevitably, lost players to higher teams, rarely receiving any in return (where do they all go?). but there was neve~ a problem in gett ing fifteen (or thirty) players onto the field, though exactly which fifteen .(or thrrty) was not always clear until minutes before the kick-off. In terms of results thrs can hardly be regarded as a vmtage season: but m.t~ rms of experience gained, everyone emerged better players by the end of the season, not least because of the additional incentive of starring in the leagues on Mondays and Wednesdays . It IS mterestmg to note that thiS rs the first lime 1hat 1here has been a regular U l4D team at King's, arranged in response to the players themselves: an unexpected benefit of co-educat ion? The increase in the value of the try to fi ve points made score differences look bigger than they would have done in previous seasons. The larger defeats were not the mis-matches they mrght appear on paper: we generally played well for most of the time but against the stronger schools s1ze and speed told m the end . A successful tackle a~d they would be held-up for several minutes; a missed tackle and they would score. It was unfortunate that the wmnm& run was interrupted by half-term for momentum was lost at the very time it needed to keep gomg. The C team persisted and ended with a good victory: the Ds were very unlucky not to beat East bou~n e as for the most of the game they looked the better side, But Eastbourne used their Wits to score a runaway try JUSt b.efore half-time to take the lead and , eventually, the match. The final match of the season was cancelled but the spmt of the teams was Illustrated by the fact that most of them (including Charles Fordham and Patrick Gill who had not taken the field for erther srde earlier) chose to play in a mi xed-up ' Barbarians' v 'Savages' match. 63

With so many players participating it may seem invidious to pick out indi viduals. Nevertheless menr made of several memories. Jamie Cooling's constant batt ling and Leo Fransella firing headlong i~to theiOn mu\1 be Pete~ Hunt 's good work at No. ~ event!Jally rewarded in t~e last ~ate~ . The elusive (but not quite elusi~Ppo\Jtioa runnmg of Segun Lawson and the mcreasmgly powerful runnmg ofT1m M1tchell and James Patrick. The fearlec cnou8hl of James Miller-Jones and Conrad Krawczyk (even if the latter was sometimes a little high). The developm ss tackhna Tsergas's tactical kicking. Aristide Muganda 's line-out work and Tom Harrel 's mauling. The will ingness ~?t of P1u) players to try a different position for the benefit of the team. The pitch that sloped up at both ends. The beard ~~ llllny The parent whose vociferous support almost certainly saved a try when Caterham were encamped on our ~ 'N1n1 overall the cheerfulness and eagerness to learn , in matches and practices alike: and the fact that the managemen:lne. BUa the season as much as the players. enJoy~ G. D.W. AND A.GJ S · Those who p layed: Paul Bainbridge, Matthew Berry, Felix Boon, Adam Brown, James Campbell Piers Cl Richard Coll ins , Jamie Cooli ng, Edward Curzon Lewis, Edward Dale Jones, Thomas Edmunds, Rams~y EI-Mcsough, James Firth , Leo Fransella, Justin Gardner, Thomas Harrel, Richard Homewood, Nicholas Hopkins, Peter Hunt c~"· Krawczyk, Ol~segun Lawson, Jam~s Macadie, Peter Mayberry, James Miller-Jones, Timothy Mitchell , Aristide Mu anfld Jonathan Nom s, James Patnck, R1chard Peat, Alexander Reynolds, Damel Robson, Thomas Savage, Will iam Sh~ ::::a· Michael Smith, Paul Stephenson, Edward Sterck, Timothy Strange, Pau l Tsergas, Max imilian von Hurter Mi~h 111 Wharfe and Adam Withrington. ' lie1 RESULTS C Team Played 9, Won 4, Lost 5. D Team Played 4, Lost 4. v Duke of York's. Lost 0-20 . Lost 5-39. v St. Paul 's. Lost 5-34 v Caterham. Won 12-7. v K.C.S Wimbledon. Won 12-8. v Eastbourne. Won 5-0. Lost 10- 12. v Dulwich. Lost 0-48. v Tonbridge. Lost 0-48. Lost 0-48. v Epsom. Lost 0-26. Lost 0-39. v Cranleigh. Won 36-0. Captains: C Team Peter Capel, Michael Zeigler. D Team Christopher French, J.D . Stazicker.

Badminton Congratulations to the teams on a memorable and impressive season! With the full team, the U 19 Boys did not lose a match, the girls had an unbeaten record, and the U l6s were defeated only once, and that by a narrow margin. With the same team as last year we had a lot of match experience behind us, and this stood us in good stead. The first pair (Chris Newberry and Matt Belliere) lost only three matches out of twelve, and James Grindley and James Greenwall only three out of eleven. Even when a full squad was unable to play, others- ' Douglas' Forrest, Mike Davies, Charlie Ait ken and Tak-Loon Khong - ensured that we gave a good account of ourselves. The girls' team, with Charlotte Morgan (Captain) and Maxine Ford, were able to deal decisively with their opponent~. and the same is true of mixed doubles. However, with Charlie Aitken and Tak-Loon Khong spearheading the U16s, there is no reason why this term's standard could not be equalled if not surpassed in years to come. The highlight of the term was, nevertheless, the East Kent Independent Schools Tournament. With a fu ll team out we always had a chance of doing well , but with thirteen other pairs against us it was going to be hard work . But James and James, on sparkling form during the round robin, managed to win thei r pool, and Chris and Matt lost only to St. Lawrence ( 17-2 1). The rules meant that our two pairs clashed in the semi finals, and the first pair won 2 1-8. Then Chris and Matt went on to win the fina l against St. Lawrence (21- 1). So the shield for the best school and the cup for the best pair both returned to King's after a six-year absence, ready to grace the new trophy cabinet. R.J .M., CHRIS NEWBERY AND MATT BELLIERf.. Played: Chris Newbery + (Capt.),Matthew Bell iere +, James Grindley*, James Greenwall *, Nick Forrest, Mike Davies, Charlotte Morgan§ , Maxme Ford, Charles Aitken, Tak-Loon Khong, Chris Ioannou, Jonathan Norman , Kieran Murphy. Minor sports colours * awarded and + reawardcd. § Team colours. U 19 Boys Result analysis: Won 5 Lost I Played 7 U 19 Girls 2 2 0 U l9 Mixed I I 0 Ul6 Boys 3 2 I 64 THE FIRST XI (James Bridges)

The Boat Club ternational Rowing 1992

I :!!---92 has proved to be an exceptional year not only because of the number of our athletes who represented Great 1\

atjumor level (four) but also because one of them brought home our first ever medal from the World Championships

Bnt~~niors - and it was of the right colour!

)orWe are most fortunate in that Fred Scarlett, who missed a place on the World's team by the narrowest of possible ins but won two silver medals in the lead boat at the Coupe de Ia Jeunesse, and Robert Swanson , who coxed "tfvorld's four to fourth place , arc both back in our fold for the 1993 season. They have already done much positive 1 \k in the search for more speed for the 1993 men 's first boat and, in particular, as Captain of Boats, Fred has proved ;,~self almost indefatigable. Seb Dawson-Bowli ng rowed in the World's eight which was eventually placed fou rth . It is pleasant to report that h has gone on to further success with a w in at the four 's head and is also conlributing to the sport by takmg on a cb in South Africa for his 'year of f' involving, amongst other things, coaching rowi ng. We w ish him well m that ~~~ and hope he goes on to follow a potentially exceptional career afloat. Pride of place must , of course, go to N ick Price, winner of a gold medal as stroke of the cox less four at the World 's. He has proved himself to be an exceptional athlete who also benefitted the club greatly in h is reign as CaJ?tain of Boats. Prchaps the rest of us could learn from the key to his success- utter commitment to every moment of his trainmg and racing. Of course , the achievements of all four of our Great Britain representatives rest principally on their own talent and their approach to training. However, the rest of 1992 top men's squad , especially those who just missed out or who "ere too old, must know that they made a significant contribution by competing and pushing them hard in training, and by providing a good deal of motivation. None of our successfu l candidates would have made it without the support of those around them. The club 's international record this year is something which everyone who rowed should take pnde in; for everyone has helped towards its achievement. T.J .P.

Henley Royal Regatta 1992 We were unlucky in the draw for the Princess Elizabeth Cup this year, but the crew al so under-performed. The VIII had the best 'stars' in it that we have ever had and the 'supporting cast ' was certainly no worse than usual , but the crew never quite gelled and was too prone to make mistakes. At Henley actual errors were avoided but cohesion that should have come from confidence was never achieved . On Wednesday Bedford School provided l ittle enough opposition and so on Thursday we were faced with Westminster, who the day before had beaten the favourites, Hampton. Westminster had proved to be slightly better than us at National Schools, but not by very much, and there was a real hope that we could beat them. The verdict of one-and-a-thi rd lengths belies the closeness of the race. On at least th ree occasions K ing's, having let Westminster take a lead, came back and al most broke ou r opponents but the crew never stayed together long enough for any of the attacks quite to work and , in the end, we had no more to give. It was a good race and one which could 'o easily have gone the other way. The pity is that had it done so we would almost certai nly have had a second finalist crew in two years, but we must now look to the future . R.M.H.

Sculling Squad Thirteen weeks, one day; I think the sculling s9uad have achieved a great deal in not only surviving this term but also managing to fit in almost every piece of traming. We have had a varied season, but again very successful. Maidstone (the aperitif of the season); thanks to the reliable lack of competilion, yet again we managed to return home with a higher number of wi nners. Charlie Heise managing to snatch the j u nior shield, with a reallY. nippy time, beating all of the others in the King's floti lla. Dave Handley and myself drew on the J 18 and Lyd ia Wtlson charged (111 her own tender I rish way) the course to 'obliterate' the rather 'scarce' opposition , one of whom was found halfway down the medway , slightly wetter than desired, testing a new (and somewhat faster) method of propulsion (the girls' captain of boats) . And Lucy Heise followed the example of her brother winni ng the women 's Jl 5 division . The second race of the season was W ey brid~e . and despite the injury (leading to abstention) of some members of the club, Charlie Heise stormed to w in his divtsion ; an impressive achievement considering the field . Dave Handley excelled hi mself in coming third overall , w hich really was a superb performance. By the time Kingston came we were ru nning a fiecely competitive squad ; the senior squad stormed to victory over potentially very fast K i ngston and Winchester quads.

65 DOWN, BUT NOT OUT (Terence Loo)

This season we have had relatively few races befo re half term. The usual half-term venture to Marlowe h never matenallzed (thanks to the secretary). Once back the ram started to fal l. Extensive currents owing 10 ih owcvcr, of water fl owing at Pangbourne r_esulted in ca~cellation, so i~ a mad panic everyone (almost) was bundled ~f~mount Docklands with another sup~rb dtsplay of ment ; Dave and Gtles. won. both double and pair events, (only just ~0 ~he Ben Loxton-Ed wards and Rtchard Tozer by two second~). Charlte Hetse won again, as did little sis. The girls d attng managed to pull off a ~m as well , whtch ts _muc~ to thetr. cred~t. Also the new girls' coach 'Andy' (our vtsitin ouble Zealander astrophystctst studymg at the umverstty) wellled ht s way to victory in the novice event. g New Since Docklands little has happened; Walton and Hampton were cancelled leaving us to organise an inform 1h at Putney (a lesson to us all ; if everywhere is flooded and unrowable go to 'the roughest stretch of the bigge ~ .cad in Britain!). The result of this will not be known before going to press. s nver Which leaves me to sum up. The results, as ever, are good, the standard of scull ing better. This is thanks 10 M Parker, who has never failed to drive us to any head races, put in more time on the rowing squad than all the r. first. team coaches put toget~er, whether he be pla~ning traming, coaching, driving us to races or looking aft~~her at tnals, and gtvmg us that ltttle btt more, whether 11 be fundmg, talkmg to our subj ect masters or just simply be" us there to talk to. I personally have a great deal to thank him for this term alone; he has always been there 10 r tng and help. I look forward to really getting the squad going next year. tsten Then t~ank ~ to all of the parents who braved the cold to see their little. ones charge past (if you were lucky enou to rec?gntz~ htm/her at t_he ltme), Dave Ha~dley (the l st VIII veteran for hts help and example), likewise Giles Tennic~h Charlie. Hetse for ~orkmg v~ ry hard at hts secr~ta n al JOb (though not always getting it right). The National Rive Authonty for run~t~g the enlt ~e South-East scullmg season, the London fire brigade for destroying one of Mr. Willi~ boats and Mr. Wtllts for puttm& 11 bac~ a~a m , as well as relentlessly repairing, creating and maintaining the boat Many thanks to R.M .H . for bemg an mdtfferent person to talk to. s. Finally we have to say goC!dbye to Richard Tiley who, although only having taught and coached at King's for on term, has had a tremendous tmpact on the club, and a great deal of the enthusiasm of the juniors is due to him. H~ has been a great asset to the club; ,we have enormously enJoyed ~ Âˇ s company and appreciated his help (last year as well , although he was not at Kmg s). We wtsh htm all the best m whatever he chooses to turn his hand to do. I wish the Club the best in the New Year, and appreciate the promise shown by this term. ALEXANDER SCARLE1T

J14 Sculling Squad It took a while to get the sculling squad .started. There was a race for all rowers who wanted to get in the squad as there was so much competition. The race was over 4000 metres; that meant twice up and down the lake with a one minute rest at each end for those that wanted one. On Tuesday 22nd September the race took place and the results did raise one or two eyebrows as the results in the first divisiOn (for girls) showed. Lucy Heise sailed into top place, Saskia came second (only rowing for a term) and Lucy Canney took third place, unfortunately meaning that Tessa was not able to row. Thankfully she had a successful and enjoyable time playing hockey (she said). The boys raced in the second division and Danny and myself sailed into the top two places, while Charlie, Keith, and James had their times messed up by a 'Phantom Sculler'. Those three raced on the next day and Keith crashed into one of the many branches sticking out of the water in the last 1000 metres, which cost him his place in the squad. James managed to beat Charlie by two seconds fo r his place in the fabled Scull ing Squad. The first race was Maidstone Head and with boats allocated, Danny, Lucy Heise and myself set off for glory. Unfortunately - for the boys - we did not achieve much. Danny did the course in 18: II minutes, I managed to do it in l7:40 but we were completely beaten by the U 14 winner (Angus Warner), who happens to be in Maidstone Invicta Club and who got a time of 15:54 minutes. Lucy won the WJ 14s by beating ten L. E.H. girls, fastest of them by over a minute. Next Danny, James and Lucy Heise went to Reading and did very respectfully in their groups, but I never got the results of the head. Next o_n the list was Weybridge Sculls, wh_ere ~ll six of us went and thankfully we did slightly better than before. Lucy Hetse, of course, ptcked up another wm with a lime of l 9:22. 10 over the 3.5 kilometre course and she was only 2 1:90 seconds behind Danny. Saskia managed to prove she was sti ll better than Lucy Canney by getting a time of 2 1:59 .20 with Lucy coming in with 22:23.70. From the boys we had a shock from Danny, who only got l 9:00.20. James overtook him with a great 18:49.50 minutes but I managed to beat both of them with 17:07.70, only 1.40 seconds behind Richard Tozer, one of ou~ Jl5. Unfortunately we saw we still had a long way to catch up as a Jl4 Dulwich Rower fintshed m 15:59.70 , beatmg Charlie Hetse by 7.50 seconds. All six of us were then entered for Pangbourne Sculls . It was our first big head and unfortunately it was cancelled. Thankfully we were all entered as late-comers to DockJands Small Boats Head and we had mixed results like Maidstone again. Lucy Heise won as usual and came 82nd out of 95 with 19:39 and Saskia also did well with 20:54 coming 88th. I got a time of 18: 12 coming 7 lst and Danny got a brilliant time of 18:25 and came 73rd. James, Lucy, Lucy and Sas~ i a were to go to Hampton with Charlie who, after working and rowing well th roughout the term, was given a place m the squad . Unfortunately tt was also cancelled. Our last head was Walton and all of us except Charlie were entered, and yet again it was cancelled due to high water levels. Many thanks go to Mr. Parker and Mr. Willis for helping us at the boat house and on the lakes, and also to Mr. Tiley who really got us working , especially the Tuesday runs. GEORGE STILL

~ .. h tc sculling', she muttered between clenched teeth as she wobbled away from the landmg-stage mto the November

'I. a le and gloom. But even if some of the squad could not help regarding sculling as unpleasant medicine to be taken

drt~e they were allowed back mto sweep-oared boats, they made noticeable progress in this difficult and precarious

bef~ In addition they positively enj oyed the relative ·security of double-scull ing as well as trying their hand at quads

)J>d pairs, not to menuon the joys of running, stretching, multi-gym and 'ergs'.

an Under Andr~w·s patient persuasion and caj oling, th~ squad improved in fitne~s and tech_nique a~d were rewarded . h victories m three small-boats Heads. CongratulatiOns to Charlotte and Lydta on wmnmg Novtce Double Sculls WI1 Reading to Gill and Solange on winning the same event at Docklands, and to Lydia again on her victory in Junior ~~Sculls ai Maidstone. Congratulations also to Kate on some impressive Ergo sco res, and commiserations to her and J sica on their unscheduled swimming practice. Finally, to prove the benefit of the medicine, the squad fo rmed a e~atch VIII for the Cambridge Winter Head and beat several College 1st crews to come 9th out of fourteen in Senior S~udents Women's VIlis . Meanwhile a keen group of Novice 6bs were training in VIlis and double-sculls. They also went to Cambridge fo r heir first-ever event and, rowing with great spirit and determination despite the miseable conditions, stormed home 6th out of twelve in Nov ice Student Women 's VIlis, a great achievement which promises highly for the future. Heartfelt thanks to Andrew Taylor fo r his inspiring coachi ng and infectious enthusiasm and to Peter Willis for his unfailing material and moral support. s.w.w . Sculling Squad and A VIII: Emily Pullen (Bow), Solange Fontana, Kate McPartlin, Charlotte Stern, Elizabeth Robinson, Gillian Luther, Lydia Wilson, Jessica Potter (Stroke) , Timothy Ridges (Cox). 8 VIIl: Tania Still (Bow) , Olivia Homan, Fiona Townend, Antonia Harrison, Claudia Ludbrook , Harriet Willis, Ana Maria Lei, Harriet Lester (Stroke), Naylah Hamour (Cox).

Fencing ·AAAARGH!' Ah yes, there's nothing like the unique whirring sound of a flying sabre. After Rochester deliberately arranged their fi xture early on in the term, we beat them. And it's funny how they want to always get their hands on our rugby shirts. This match was Jennie Arnold's debut, other stars rejoined us after a break in their sword-waving careers: Sam Khemani and Francis Kenny. Particularly impressive were the 1st, 2nd Foil and 1st Sabre wins . The girls made a very close fight of their section. We conti nued strongly in our home county with results from the U 16/U 18 Kent Foil. Greame Parkin , using his 1950s style won the U16 event and the U 18s held 2nd , 3rd and 4th places (F. Hughes R. Fu, R. Man) . King's Rochester go1 back at us by taking 1st place in the U l8s. Stunning performances gave us 1st, 2nd and 6th places (F. Hughes, R. Fu, R. Man) in the Kent Open competition. One couldn't help but ask: 'was it really necessary to nail them to the floor, Ray?!'. At this point in the term Charlie Crowe dismissed himself from the club fo r a while by snapping his wrist during one of our warm-up games of 'k ill the guy in front of you' footie, rules a Ia Oli (Vander Broucke). A repeat performance from Frazer put him 1st in the South-East Foil , with Ray Man and Ray Fu, 5th and 6th respectively. Thanks go to 1he 'old boys' for coming down to support. In a weapon not usually practised here, except by Ray Fu, we had 2nd, 3rd, 5th places (F. Hughes, Ray Fu, Alex Maines) in the U l8 Kent Sabre . Graeme Parktn won the U l6 Sabre, will he win the Epee next term? Alex Maines and Ray Fu succeeded in defeating all adversaries in the Sabre section of the Kent 3 weapon team competition, helping our 1st team to beat King's Rochester. The next weekend was also completely occupied with competitions. On Saturday 28th November the Kent Senior was held at Ashford. Ray Man made it to the last 12, just missing promotion to the last 8. Frazer Hughes was beaten in 3 very close fights (5- I , 4-6, 3-5) by Alex Ellison (a Ieaver from last year). On the Sunday a few of us attended lhe South-East Epee and Sabre competitions. Frazer Hughes qualified for the nationals in Epee (finished 6th) and he and Ray Fu missed out in Sabre. Well , we have had a very successful first term despite having lost three of our best fencers and sadly also the support and liveliness they never ceased to provide. The only problem is that we meet them in Open competitions around the country. We would also like to add that the club continues to go from strength to strength. Our first Memorial Court colours session. Well , it is the most successful sport at the school! We also thank Frazer Hughes fo r an everlasting array ?f jokes which revved everyone up before competitions, and Alex Maines, also Ray Man for the Santa Joke, Penulttmately: whose notes could be complete without a proper mention of Graeme Parkin? Thanks to all those whose hard work and time ensured the smooth running of the club , especially Mr. Jennings, Andy Nicholls and the caterers. The last word must go to our coach Paul Romang , who has always trained us to the htghest of our abil ities, producing results that are amongst the best in the country, his dedication is limitless. THE MANAGEMENT

lsr Colours: Frazer Hughes, Raymond Man, Raymond Fu. 67

1st Team Ties: Charles Crowe, Andy Nicholls.

Girls' Hockey 1st XI This term we have enjoyed one of the most successful seasons ever, with only two losses and even then w with great matu nty and determmatlon, espectally for such a young teat:n. With four members of the fifth forne1 ~la~Cd played together fo r two years already, the co-educational nature of Kmg's has certainly benefitted the hock avmg wtth these players demonstratmg great teamwork. ey club, . As our first match of the term w~s canc~lled, we were able I? have an extended period of trials and from the It can be seen that we came up wtth a wmnmg formula. Mmam Lwanga in goal had a great season con res~lt\ the defence and pull ing off many a spectacular save, especially against Kent College when she kept u; in thmandtng winning sev~ral 'one-to-ones'. ~elen mastered goal-side marking this term and hence became a very reliable decFramc, and al<!ng .wtth Anna Record thetr co~bmed tackltng .kept the defence tight. Sally 'baby' Lewis-Jones pia ed a Cnder role with tmpresstve matunty and :v•t~ ~er superb dt~tnbution of the ball , tackling and marking , she w1u no ~cntral contnbute even more to hockey at Kmg s m her remammg three years. She had many unenviable tasks marking st ·~ubt, especially the junior England contingent of the Sir Roger Manwood's team. rt er\, Lucy Dawes addedextra impetus to every attack. Ever i~ support , she is a determined and fas t player, ideal such a posltton and with Smead, who cut out many threatenmg balls, we had a strong line of defence . The forwa~or notched .up a total o.f 45 goals ..Top scorer Ktrstm showed great s ktll and speed and her stnking power was immen d\ Jo combm~d well wtth Ktrstm, mterchangm~ frequently and causmg many defenders great problems, as did the dyna~· duo of Ptxte and Bev. Ptx.•e made many twtstmg. runs down the nght, showing excellent stickwork. During the termc the quality of her .crosses m c ~eased greatly, ptckmg out Bev m space, who f~equent i X made penetratin~ shots on goal' Bev managed to shrug offm any a defender to make runs mto space, creatmg openmgs m the oppositiOn's defence It ts JUSt a ptty that thts pamng only lasted one season because thetr 'one-twos' and interchanging were definitely 111 • • factors in contribut ing to the team's success. aJor The best match of the season turned out to be that against Kent College. We played as a team, fo rming many shon sh.arp passes and constantly wrong-footmg ~het r defence. Our supenor speed, fi tness and defensive play was reward d with two well-taken goals and a des.erved wt.n. However, the highlight of t he term was indisputedly the U 18 K. W. H.~. tournament, whtch we narrowly fatled to wm, losmg on ly by one penalty-stroke to Str Roger Manwood's in the final Loutse Hayter played superbly throughout the whole tournament, demonstrating great speed and awareness and throughoui the season she proved to be a valuable sqlJad member. Finally, I would like to thank N.L.P., J.D.P . and P.G.H. for their umpiring, Bev fo r her support as vice-captain and S.K .M. for all. her time, coachmg and advtce. If th is season is anything to go by, I think King's hockey ha~ a very bnght fu ture mdeed. LUCY H UDSMITII

This resume of the. season would certainly not be complete without reference to Lucy's captaincy of the side. It has been he~ unw~ven ng enthustasm and commitment whtch has c~eated such tremendous team spirit. She has inspired everyone wtth a dtsplay of excellent tndiVIdual sk tll and determmatlon. We shall certainly miss her presence as sweeper next season. However, all is not completely over for 1992/93 ... In particular, I look forward to the Kent Ul8 VIIs tournament next term . We have a fast, fit, skilful and innovative side - we were runners-up last year ... Can we go one better thts season?. S.K.M. Team : Lucy Hudsmith (Capt.) +, Beverley Sharp (Vice-Capt.)*, Rosamond Bennett *, Lucy Dawes, Kirsten Gaymer, Loutse Hayter, Joanna Houghton , Sally Lewts-Jones, Mmam Lwanga, Sinead O'Callaghan, Anna Record, Helen Rushman, Janna Schultz. + First Colours Reawarded * New Colours RESULTS

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Played 13, Won 8, Drawn 3, Lost 2. Goals for 45, Goals against 14. O.K.S. (H). Won 4- 1. v Eastbou rne (H). Won 2-0. Kent College (H). Won 2- 1. v Geoffrey Chaucer (H). Won 4-2. Simon Langton (H). Won 10-0. v Sutton Valence {H). Drawn 0-0. Dover College {H). Drawn 1-1. v Sevonoaks {A). Won 2-0. Cranbrook (H). Won 5-2. v Dalriada (Ireland) (A). Drawn 0-0. Sir Roger Manwood's (H). Lost 0-3. v Cranleigh (A). Lost 0-1. Felsted (H). Won 4-0.

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UlB Toumam ent Pool:

v Sir Roger Manwood's. Drawn 1- 1. v Beaverwood. Won 2-0. v Tonbridge. Drawn 0-0.

v St. Mary and St. John. Won 2-0. v Dover Grammar. Won 2-0.

Qu;mer-finals: v Kent College. Won 2-0. Semi finals: v Tonbridge Wells. Won 1-0. Final: v Sir Roger Manwood's. Drawn 0-0. Lost on penalty strokes 1-2.

~ This season has had its fair share of ups and downs, losses and wins , as well as a few temporary inj uries. The squad

a; larger than last yea r which meant that Mrs. P. and I were somewhat spoilt for choice as we arc very grateful "' ;hose who did not get many games as they would have liked, yet sti ll trained throughout the season as hard as the t~gular team players. Miss Mills' and Mrs . P's new fitness campaign and extensive stick work practice paid off throughout ~he season and was certainly instrumental in our particularly impressive win over Cranleigh. Everyone played well and trained hard during the season and the sense of commitment was good as was the team determination, and I am very grateful to all players. Lucy Andrews played ltke a demon down the left wmg - and ~o mc matches everywhere else on thcy itch as well -and was instrumental in most of our goals, although Toni's 10 hard hits also sometimes found the larger. We had a choice of two fast right-wingers- Katherine and Isabel; the other forwards worked hard and were often in the circle but needed to show more aggress ion. Priscilla , Lucy Eynon and Melanic were useful and hardworking halves and Waggy and Mi ll ie played well when health and fit ness permitted. were overcndowed with able backs and Sarah, George, Aly and Michelle all proved strong and reliable. 1would like to thank the entire squad for all their commitment and good humour - even when their captain's was lacking. Finally, a huge thank you must go to our coaches Mrs. P. and Miss Mi lls for all their support and help throughout the season, not to mention their umpiring on wet and windy - and dark - days . Thanks al so to Mr. Henderson for umpiring in emergencies and supporting.

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ANNA BANCROFT

Team from: Anna Bancroft (Capt.), Lucy Andrews, Samantha Curlewis, Isabel Dean, Lucy Eynon, Annabel Gillespie,

Louise Hayter, Melanic Luther, Sarah Mullen, Priscilla Parish, Emily Phipson , Kathryn Porges, Georgina Salmon, Albon Seward, Antonia Steinkrugcr, Amelia Stewart, Sarah Thackwcll, Michelle Traylor , Katherine van Bcrckcl. RES ULTS

v Sutton Valence (H). Lost 2-1. v Sir Roger Manwood's (A). Lost 2-0. v Kent College (H). Won 2-0. v Sevenoaks (A). Lost 5-2. v Simon Langton . Won 5-0. v Cranleigh (A). Won 3-0. v Cranbrook (H). Drawn 2-2. v Felsted (H). Lost 2- 1. v Eastbou rne (H). Drawn 0-0 Coach's footllote: My spec ial thanks to Anna fo r being such a wonderful and inspiring captain. Not only has she ~hown full commitment and improved her own skills, she has given constant support and encouragement to her team and from her vantage point in the goal has bellowed advice, praise, and criticism, as appropriate, throughout every match. I congratulate her on her Second Colours and also Lucy Andrews, Lucy Eynon (reawardcd), Louise Hayter - whom we too often lost to the 1st XI - , and Melanie Luther who seems to play better hockey with every match. J.D.P.

Under 15 XI This has been a season of mixed fortunes and mixed emotions: on the one hand, this was a very skilful side who deserved to do well but generally drew when they should have won and lost when they should have drawn; on the other hand, their cheerful enthusiasm meant that they always gave their best and even defeat was enjoyable! The team motto mtght well have been 'Never a dull moment': practices have always been lively and matches full of incident (tf nor. of goals 1): Clatrc's destructive P-tlick , Katy 's 'headstrong' tackles, Harriet's unique ability to wind me up , an cxcttmg amount of blood at Cranbrook, some wonderful carols (with descants) in the coach ... the list is endless. If enjoyment is success, thi s was a very successful season. Some restructuring was necessary at the beginni ng of the season following Sally Lewis-Jones' promotion to the 1st XI and the firs~ match was a scrappy affair, largely through several players adapting to new positions and a total absence of grass practt ce. Thts was a very important factor throughout the season: the team practised its skills on art ificial ~urfaces, but fou nd it difficult to adapt to grass pitches and all three losses were away against teams used to playing on grass. A fine 5-0 victory against Dover College followed, with Madeleine Preston scoring a hat-trick, before the team settled into a rather dull run of tigh tly - fou~ht but uni nspired performances resulting in two goalless draws and two narrow defeats. However, the team saved thctr best for the end of term with excellent games against Sutton Valence, Scvenoaks and St. Edmund's, the latter a particularly fine showing against a team consisting mostly of sixth-formers.

Everyone in the squad worked very hard during the season and improved both their individual skills and th . sense. The forward ltne were never afraid to use the ball but were not always aggressive enough in the circle tachliJ Susie, Madeline and Kate played consistently well , scoring all but one of the goals between them while 0 ~ 1 OY.cvcr Sarah, Charlie and Anna developed their positional sense fu rther and put in many a fi ne cross. In the mid-field~ Wrn~ Katy and Fiona made a strong unit both in attack and defence: Katy controlled the distribution well in her first axrnc at cer:ttre-hal_f and q~ickly became a ~ey playe~. At the back, Harrie~ an~ Claire were rarely be_aten and cleare \Ca1o the crrcle wtth effic rency and enthusrasm, whrle Helena was rock-lrke rn defence and aggressrve in attack 1d from to 'stick-stop' for short corners and even scoring her debut goal! Finally, Deborah tried to keep warm in goal i~ ~arnrn~ some excellent saves: it is a tribute to her increasing skill that only the very best shots passed her. IY.~n The final record for the seas? ~ reflects little of what h as been achieved: the team-work and reading of the . has improved out of all rccognrtron as they begun to thrnk about an overall plan and understand their own ro~alll( it. Crucial to this process has been Susie Tydeman who as Captain has always worked hard both on and off the ft1 1n 1 I would like to record my thanks to her, to S. K.M. for her organisation, to P.G .H., N.L. P. and J.A. W. for ump~cd and to all the team for a very enjoyable season. rrn~

Team from : Susie Tydeman (Capt.), Fiona Adams, Claire Alder, Katy Aldrick, Helena Ancock, Charlotte B~~~ S Harriet Burgess, Kate Cuppage, Maxine Gibson, Deborah Kenyon, Anna Lewis, Sarah Petrie, Madeleine Pre, 1 ~~Âˇ R ESULTS

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Played 10, Won 2, Drawn 5, Lost 3. Simon Langton (A) . Drawn 0-0. v Sir Roger Manwood's (A) . Lost 0- 1. Dover College (H). Won 5-0. v Sutton Valence (H). Drawn 1-1. Chaucer (H). Drawn 0-0. v Sevcnoaks (H). Won 4-0. Ashford (H). Drawn 0-0. v St. Edmund's (A). Drawn 1- 1. Cranbrook (A). Lost 0- 1. v St. Lawrence (A). Lost 0-2.

Squash At the half-way stage of the season we have won four and lost two of our matches against other schools, but ha1 c also lost to the Jesters, the Escorts and the Rec. Centre staff. In the two matches we lost we were not at full strength but in neither case would it have affected t)te result. Matt Odgers at first string won his fi rst fou r matches, but then lost against Sevenoaks and Felsted , and Lauric Potter won half of his six games at second stri ng. Chris Newbery won three of his fiv e !lames at third string, but his mobility suffered towards the end of term, and Jay Spencer lost onl} once at fourth strrng. Finally Matt Edwards won on every occasion that he represented the school. Next term we have seven more fi xtures but , sadly, we were not sent an entry form for the National Competit ion so have not been entered We could still win the Kent Tournament which wi ll take place on our courts in March, but we wi ll need luck and not a little determination to achieve this goal for the fi rst time. I must finally thank Matt Odgers fo r his enthusiam and efficiency which has kept King's among the top Kent Schools at squash for the last few years. We beat Mill Hill 5-0, Harrow School 4- 1, St. Lawrence College, Ramsgatc 4- 1, St. Edmund's, Canterbury 4- 1. and lost to Sevenoaks School 2-3 and Felsted 0-5 . R.P.B

Yachting The great step forward this term has been the rise in number of people interested in taking up the sport. My onl} regret is that there have not been any girls and I would emphas ise that 11 is open to all and is not simply the province of men. However, I think that some fiftee n or sixteen people had a sail in Dover harbour this term on the farnou1 Wongga which we arc privileged to use. It is an ideal place in which to train students because the area is enclosed. well patrolled by the harbour's launches and for more advanced people a trip out into the Channel is possible (providing one does not venture out in spring tides). We had some six or seven Satu rdays at sea before Wongga was hauled out of the water fo r its winter refit. Next term we start our annual overhaul of her as part of the deal wh ich we have with Dover Water Sports Centre who kindly let us use her. For a few people, Navigation has been a Thursday activity and I hope that the help that I have been able to give has enabled the handful of people who own their yatchs the chance of mastering some of the basics of this essential skill. We are now in our second year of Yachting at King's and we feel that it is well establi shed as an acti vity. We long to own our own boat but I suppose that we must take our place in the queue for the many demands on the school'~ fin ances. One day, perhaps, we shall .get somethi ng, but in the meantime we thrive on the kindness of those who.do own their own vessels and we always ltke to hear from people who would be prepared to lend us or charter us somethrng with which we can widen our horizons. Finally, my sincere thanks to Dr. Maltby who once again has been a marvellous second mate and to Mr. McFall who has joined the team . Yachting is indeed a growing area of activity. S.D. P.

70 MR. SPEAKER (James Bridges)

REVENGE

ACTIVITIES C.C.F. NOTES ARMY SECTION This term _w_c said_goodbye to the Queen's Regiment. The last edition of the regimental magazine, containin a on our actl~tttes wntt~n by S.~. Paul Dupuy, came out m October, and the long-standing link between th~ C~n and the reg tment, whtch has gtven us to R.S.M. s, came to an end . However sadness about that was count · J pleasure at knowing that the battalion in Canterbury of the newly-formed Princess of Wales Royal Regimeered b) which the Queen' s have merged, is commanded by Lt. Col. Mike Cooper, O.K.S. We were very glad that he a nJ-.~nto Cooper were able to attend the school's Guest Dinner in November. n " 11' Another, internal change which occurred during the term was the switch to the new cap badge. In place of the h nondescript metallic badge we now have a woven one, modelled on the old brass emblem. rat er There were two main events. In October, after fou r weeks training, the whole Section took part in a canoe . and sho?t competition , involving a race down the Sto~r to Fordwich •. a speed march up to and round Scotland 'Hi[ch ~first a_1d practical, the assault course, an~ then shootmg on the 30-mmute range. This was thought to be a succe ~'i ~nnova~ton , and consequently we shall do It n~xt year, an~ probably award a cup for it. The only criticism to be~~~ IS that 1t showed up the need fo r more attention to be p~td by cadets to the ~rst aid trai_ning wh ich they receive: Lte Saunders ru ns a good course, but the response to the sttuatlons presented m the practical was lackmg in urgenc Just before half term we combined night exercise and field day to make possible an ambitious escape and eva/ sch~me which ranged over much of East Kent's countryside. Having been captured in Canterbury , and stripped'~'[ eqUipme~t . cadets were llbe~ated near Waltham ~nd then had. to make their w_ay past road blocks to Lyminge Fore~t. The section leaders took t~etr fieldcraft very senously. despite the wet condtttons, and all sections arrived safely 10 the Forest. There was a slight problem over the safe harbour used for bivouackin~. as the regular army had booked it for tactical tra ining, and the ~.0. had to sw~t ch into diplomatic role next mormng, but we were able to continue and by early afternoon all sections had made It to the beach at Hythe . · We_ hope for a good intake ofrecruit_s next te~ . All cred it toW. 0. Viv Bennett for organising shooting, and woodland exerctses for shells who showed an mterest m the C. C. F. - let us hope that his initiative has paid off in term~ or numbers of entrants. Finally, camps. Easter adventurous training will be at Loch Ewe, from Saturday 20th to Saturday 27th March. In the summer we have been allocated an attachment to the Royal Tank Regiment in Germany. from Friday 9th to Saturda) 17th July. M.J.V.

NAVAL SECTION Last year the Naval Section presented a cheque to The Goodwin Sands and Downs Ladies Lifeboat Guild as a result of a sponsored walk of fifty miles along the Saxon Shore Way. This tem1 the link with the Walmer lifeboat has strengthened. We were invited to be present at the naming ceremony of their new ' Atlantic 2 1' lifeboat - the 'James Burgess'. This connection has lead to the Section traini ng with the lifeboat crew. as part of the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme. To date they have spent a session being introduced to all the equipment associated with a high-S(Jeed inshore lifeboat, and another on first aid with specific reference to accidents at sea. Next term when they have gamed a more thorough working knowledge of this craft, they will take turns to accompany the crew on training runs out to the Goodwin Sands. Our Field Day was spent as guests of the Royal Marines School of Music Sailing Club at Deal. After the sheltered surroundin~s of Portsmouth harbour and Westbere the sea off Deal provided a challenge they had not expected. The beach conststs of steep shingle steps, and with a strong on-shore wind and associated waves. there was some question as to whether we would be able to venture out. The Bosuns were stable craft, although a little difficult to control when full of water. Toppers are the opposite! Very easy to launch, but exciting and unstable. We lost count of the number of times Tom May got soaked before his rudder broke. However, thanks to his wet suit and the sk ill of our instructor C/Sgt. Roy Keaghan, he was still smiling at the end of the day. It was an exciting experience enjoyed by all. In November Lt. David Westley, R.N .• a helicopter pilot, came to talk to the Shells and demonstrate his safety equipment. Where possible he allowed his audience to try out the lifesavinl? kit both in and out of the pool. Some took advantage of this offer, others just collected handfu ls of pens and key-rmgs in response to questions asked. We look forw ard to many of these Shells joining us next term. Our Coxswain , David Bird, is to be commended for his efforts in running the Section du ring this, his first term in office, and to Amy Shepherd for her valued support. Sarah Tyler will be ask ing you all fo r B.P. petrol tokens in the new year as part of a national fund-raising campaign by the R.N . L.J. S.M. 72

OY AL AIR FORCE SECTION R first week of the summer hol iday

nine members of the R.A.F. Section spent a week at R.A .F. Scampton In the·ven below). J/Cpl. Ryan Mannering successfully completed the strenuous Leadership Course at R.A.F. Hereford. tl1!p0r1 g~bers of the Section, Cdts. Richard Ashenden, Alexander Gort-Barten, James Harvey. Thomas Morton and fi•C meStill have decided to leave. The Head of Section, F.Sgt. Andrew Groves has taken a term off to play golf GCO~et Robert Clayton was made Head of Section in his absence. ___,/ 3 ~Vcgs;arted the term with some shooting on the school range. The foll owing qualified for badges to wear: xander Perkins 76 Marksman ~ 1cdrew Brice 74 1st Class c~arles Foinette 72 I st Class Oliver Jackling 60 2nd Class Ve have had an excellent term for flying and have logged 25 hours 25 mins. in Ch ipmunks and 3 hours 19 mins. \dcrs J/Cpl. Steven Cowling successfull y completed his Initial Gl ider Training Course. The hovercraft, fully repaired, m& \n aciion on Blore's. Other acti vities during.the term have been dri ll~ weapon safety, Pt. II training ~nd we finished h~'tc rm with a trip to the Dry Sk t Slope at Gtllmgham. Our thanks agam to Wg.Cdr. P. Wenley for Ius dn vmg sktlls ~nd hi~ do-it-yourself repat r kit for the hoverc raft. D.J.B. sUMMER CAMP 1992- R.A.F. SCAMPTON At the beginning of the summer holidays, nine members of the R. A.F. Section (Sgt. Robert Clayton, Cpl. Guy Towlson. J/Cpl. Ryan Mannering , Cdts. William Welbourn , Douglas Morrison, Daniel Pullen •. Charles Foinette, Alexander Perkins and Jan S~nd t) spent a _week on camp at R.A.F .. Sc!lmpton m Lmcolnshtre. W~ e~Joyed_ many vanous ·cuvitics duri ng the week, mcludmg flymg at nearby R.A.F. Fmnmgley, a navtgatlon exerc tse m whtch we had to find our way around the Lincolnshi re countryside and a night exercise. We were also shown around the Red Arrows, which arc based at Scampton and were able to watch one of their display performances. We visited R.A.F. Waddington 10 ~ee the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight and R.A.F. Cranwell. where potential R.A.F. officers are selected and trained . Other activities included swimming, ten-pin bowling, exercises for testing qualities of initiative and leadership and other rather dubious night exercises. As well as enjoying the programme laid on fo r us, we were able to meet people and make friends among the C.C.F. cadets from other schools, including Feltes College in Edinburgh and Felsted. They even enlarged our vocabularies, a\ we learnt, among other things. a new meaning for the word 'shark ' (put into practice by s~me more than <;>thers Ryan). It only remains for me to thank Flt.Lt. Bradley and Plt.Off. Bradley for accompanmg us and helpmg to organise the week. ROBERT CLAYTON .

(A aron Birks)

O.K.S. pRESIDENT'S NOTES

1 write another year draws to a close, in which we have again had a high level of O.K .S. social activity. Our Afargcst sporting cl ubs, the Pilgrims and the Golfing Society, continue to th rive and expand their numbers (to over and more than 100 members respectively) and fencing has become firml y established as an O.K.S. sport. The - eers Day in March was probably our best to date and thanks are due to the O.K.S. who took part. Of particular Car the Cantuarian Masomc Lodge held its 200th meeting and most generously funded a Bursarship at the School n~~e~lso made a gift to the School's Bui lding Fund Appeal. 3 Going out with the Annual Report soon will be an Addendum to the O.K.S . Handbook and Lisy{r Members (the ndbook was reprinted in 1990 and the Addendum contains I ,000 new and updated names and addresses); and we 3 ~ ,e invested in a new computer and software programme in order to extend and improve the O.K.S. database at 25 The Precincts - do make su re your own details are included in it! In 1993 social events will inc lude an O.K.S ,. cricket match and lunch for cricketers and non-cricketers at Hagley Park in th~ West Midlands in June and a Ball in Canterbury, for Pilgrims in September- all O.K. S. will be welcome. We are very keen to develop O.K.S. music activities and those who are interested should contact Marius Carboni (address a~ 10 the Handbook) or myself. We would also like to develop rugby, tennis and soccer on a more regular basis and Stephen Lark or myself wou ld like to hear from those interested in playing. My thanks to all the Committee members for their valuable efforts and to Barbara Slimming and Kem Gross for their constant help and support at the Canterbu ry end.

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MIKE BROWN.

CANTUARIAN LODGE Membersh ip of the Lodge is drawn from old boys of the school, their sons, fathers and masters of the school. The current membership list spans the years 1916 to 1982 although we have seen an encouraging growth in recently left O.K.S. The Secretary is John Stonehouse of 43 , Upper Tilehouse Street, Hitchin, Herts , SGS 2EE. (Telephone 0462 452269) who will be pleased to deal with any enquiries.

REGIONAL MEETINGS On 18th September, there was a barbecue evening at the Gi n's Farm Boathouse of the Royal Southampton Yacht Club on the Beaulieu River attended by twenty-three O.K.S. and partners. We were somewhat unlucky in having seven last-minute cancellations for unavoidable reasons, but despite reduced numbers had an excellent and very lively party. There were thirty-seven regrets from O.K.S. unable to attend. Congratulations to Bill Bishop for a most enjoyable event. On 27th September forty-six O.K.S. and guests attended a buffet luncheon at Lacies Court, Abingdon, by kind courtesy of Michael and Annette St.John Parker. It was a splendid day and Michael is to be congratulated for the second year running in producing a lovely sunny day! We received twenty regrets and thanks are due to Alan Wilson for organising a very successful get-together. On 5th December Michael Hill organised an O.K.S. party of twenty-seven to attend a performance of Handel 's Messiah in Worcester Cathedral. This was preceded by a buffet supper and we were indebted to the King's School, Worcester fo r allowi ng us to use their Governors' Room for this. Our thanks to Michael: he is also organising the O.K.S. cricket match and social gatheri ng planned fo r 20th June.

THE O.K.S. TRUST AND BURSARSHIP SOCIETY At the November meeting of Trustees, Michael Herbert, C. B.E. retired as Chairman of the O.K.S . Educational and Benevolent Trust and the O.K.S. Bursarship Society. He remains as a Trustee. In his ten years as Chairman, Michael has given inspi red leadership and a very strong commitment to the work of these two charities and both the Association and the School owe him a very strong vote of thanks. Peter Valpy takes over as Chairman. Also in November, Kem Gross became a Trustee, handing over the role of Hon. Secretary and Treasurer to Mike Hodgson . Kem had been Hon. Sec. and Treasurer since the initial formation of the O.K.S . Trust in 1965 and his contribution over these twenty-seven years has been enormous. Kem has produced a history of the charities , which we reproduce below. The O.K.S. Trust and Bursarship Society exists mainly to assist parents, not necessarily O.K.S. , with school fees, and to help in some cases with fu rther educat ion. Any reader who feels that they , or someone of their acquaintance, may qualify for assistance are asked to make contact, either through the Headmaster or the Hon. Secretary (see below for the address). 75

THE O.K.S. EDUCATIONAL & BENEVOLENT TRUST 1965 - 1992 The O.K.S. Trust was founded in J?ecem~er 19~5. with fi ve Trustees, headed by Reg ~ i sher, whose gift f started the whole thmg, Douglas Jerv1s, the •mmed1ate past President of the O.K.S. Assoc iation, and SirLes~· £IO,O(wJ the current President. I was appointed Honorary Secretary and Treasurer, a post which I am now rclin ·~Jo't(lh Mike Hodgson, and it seems an appropriate moment to record the achievements of the Trust over these twenty-~~~;10g 1" The original gift was augmented by an appeal to O.K.S., organised by areas. I was given the job of run . )Cal\ and with hindsigh~ it would have produ~ed m~re under a fund -raiser, but at greater cost; and fund-raisin n•ng th11 then as well-established an occupation as II has smce become. Over the years 242 covenants have raised with~~3 ' "'~ tax, about £45 ,700, and uncovenanted subscriptions and gifts, and one two legacies, have added a f~rthcr £ 3 ~ At the last valuation, in late October 1992, the Trust 's assets stood at £226,000, which is a tribute to the consc3 1 '."""' policy of the Trustees over the years, and the expertise of the Trust's broker, Bobby Richardson (LN , 954).ahlr . From that fi nancial base, the Trustees have made c haritable di sb~ r se m~~ts as follows. To the School, forth hke the O.K.S. Room, the boathouse, a sports centre (m 1979), B1rley s paviliOn and many smaller projects _ £30 gSf,' to this must be added £56,250 for scholarships, £ 18,000 to the present Appeal, and £ 11, 130 to the Bursarship s<X · making a total to the School of £116,230. •ety. Further Education, like professional courses and some medical 'electives', has been supported with £15 720 School fees have accounted fo r £ 16,970. Other grants, mainly of the benevolent category, have totalled £10 4oo 'r'hll<J gives a grand total of disbursements of £ 159,320. ' · 11 Since 1986 the Trustees of the O.K.S. Trust have also managed the O.K.S . Bursarship Society, with its inco of about £6, 100 and assets of about £95,500. During these six years it has disbursed bursaries or loans totalling J~ under £27,000. " During the twenty-seven years and incl uding the Bursarship Society since 1986, the total expenditure on administratJo has been £9,130, which is 4.9% of the disbursements. n If any of the above moves you to wish to support the work of the Trust, which works in conjunction with the Bursa11>hlp Society, the Trustees would welcome new covenants, and Mike Hodgson will be glad to send a covenant fom1. H ., address is 40 Moor Park Road, Northwood, Middlesex HA6 2DJ, and his phone number is 0923 824723. KEM GRO\\

SPORT PILGRIMS Henley and Canterbury were the two foci for our most recent events. We had another thoroughly successful drink\ party on Henley Saturday out of Peter Ament's car boot. The event was oversubscribed despite the poor weather perhaps as the racing fell short of last year's excitement when King's stayed in the hunt up to Saturday. The best re~uli for us was a win in the Grand by Jam ie Stearns' U .L.B.C. crew - a welcome return to the title after twenty-one year1. The races at Canterbury against the school showed a new generation of O.K.S. getting a bit wide round the turn - we drew at one race each , thou~h our verdict of one length was better than the reverse half-length later on, when the O.K.S. stamina was showing s•gns of all the wrong sort of alcohol at lunch. An excellent day was topped off by dinner in St. Augustine 's, with Steve Gunn , the coach of the Olympic Gold Coxed Pair, as guest raconteur. Finally, here is early notice for the Pilgrims Ball , to be held in St. Augustine's on 4th September after the Pilgrim1 Regatta at Westbere Lakes v Colet, Elizabethan, and Viking Boat Club. All support for both events is most welcome folfowing a fant astic event two years ago. EWAN PEASRO\ H ON. TREASURlR

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The Society has enjoyed a good year. Membersh ip is over one hundred strong. Our meetings have been better attended this year, since we have widened their scope. We enjoy a close association with the school and we are trying to fi nd ways of !liv ing more encouragement to golf at the school. We are looking forward to having talks with the Headmaster about thiS shortly. A full programme of events is already planned for next season. We look forward to welcoming school leavers to whom we offer a subsidy in their early years and O.K.S. golfers who are not yet members, to join us by writing to the Hon. Secretary. A full report of our year's activ ities will appear in the O. K.S. news shortly.

•NUAL DINNER 1993 .r\~ c is 19th March. As last year, it

will be in the Middle Temple Hall - a marvellous location which we all

Th~Jf~st year. Notices and application forms wi ll be going out with the Annual Report. Do come. Book early and

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fl)TURE EVENTS

S London Supper 18th February. OK· · Annual Dinner 19th March. 5 London Supper 13th May . O~'·s·

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o.K.S. LONDON SUPPERS

Since the last report we have had two London Suppers in September and November with attendances of thirty-five .nd forty respectively. The next two Suppers will be on the Thursdays 18th February and 13th May, 7 p.m. onwards. Because we have a wide age range attending no-one suffers the embarassment of ' not knowing anybody'. It is easier tor administrative purposes to know who will be attend ing but all O.K.S. are most welcome if they find themselves Jt a loose end on the above mghts. The venue is the pri vate bar at The Grange Brewery 37-39 Pi mlico Road, London SW I. Please call Richard Wilson on 08 1-446-6611 or fax 081 -446-3534.

AUSTRALIA LETTER WESTERN AUSTRALIA Colin Porter (MO 44-48) is still retired , but doing part-time consulting work in connection with plann ing appeals and some hydraulic engineering work. He is presently building a 22 ft. l au~ch , similar to those on the Thames. He thinks it will be un1que m Australia, when completed. Sounds a busy retirement. George Wiseman (H 24-29) writes that, owing to ill-health , he has not been able to keep in touch with local O.K.S. Peter Harbin (MO 45-51) and his wife run a holiday resort in a fine setting overlooking the National Park. He has become interested in breeding Brahman cattle and hopes to show shortly. He also seems to get involved in unusual events like plastic duck races and mid-year Christmas festivities. John Price (GR 35-39) attended the 50th anniversary of El Alamein, where he served as a subaltern in the Buffs. A very good friend of his Peter Bowman was sadly killed in the attack. (The Cantuarian of 1943 gave an extract of a letter from Peter's Colonel , clearly indicating his fine character. ) It was a moving experience for him , particularly paying his respects to Peter whose name is recorded at the Commonwealth Cemetery. VICTORIA Peter Weatherherd (S H 37-42) is still alive and trying not to let the parlous state of our Government interfe re with his enjoyment of life. He is busy recording for his family letters written between his parents, when his father was serving in Uganda. Roger Sutton (WL 50-56) has been in Austral ia since 1983, employed now with the leading cl ient brokers in Melbourne. Roger is a very keen golfer and on his last visit to the U.K. was surprised to be runner up in the Dorset Seniors Championship. He and his wife arc members of Royal Melbourne and would like to hear from any O.K.S. to challenge on a great course. Robert Davies (LX 1958-63) came to Australia twenty-fi ve years ago and from 1967 to 1983 was involved in farmi ng rrom Jackaroo to Farm Manager of an Agricultural College. Now for something completely dirferent he is in electronics a~ a director of a retail and service electronics business. Also much involved in Rotary and amateur dramatics. On recent visits to the U.K . he regularly meets with William Large and Paul Slater. The latter runs a guest house in Sussex. TASMANIA Peter Grant (MO 38-42) transports himself round Australia in his own plane, doing G.P. locums. Peter also flies as a ghdmg instructor and tug pilot and , much to his surprise, is sti ll alive after fifty years fl ying. 77

NORTHERN TERRITORY la in Rae (LX 6 1-65) w_as appointed Director an~ Chief Fire O~ficc_r of theN:~. in Jul y 1992. Thi~ cove r~ an , . 1.3 mi ll ion square kilometres. To travel to hts furth est station mvolves a JOurney of I ,400 miles. arc4' 1 David Curl (MA 75-79) writing from the wilds of Kakadu, is completing his Ph.D. and filming the wildlife in th, He meets more fri lly-necked lizards and crocodiles than O.K.S.! c P•rl

QUEENSLAND R. H. Ferguson (GR 28-3 1) reports little contact with other_O.K.S. th er~, now that Ri~hard Ken~hington has 11101 c Canberra. Highly recommends_Queensland to any potentml O.K.S. mtgrants - a climate and lifestyle hard to be~ 1 a fact that softens the depress ton. Patrick Murray (G R 45-5 1) heads.a truly international family now with a Slovcnian daughter-in-law, N.~. and l:n h, sons-i n-law and sundry ·~dopted student daughters from Japan, South Afnca an_d Denmark. Patr!ck still play\ t!nn, as vigorously as an agcmg body allows, and an tntcrcst tn photography contmucs from Kmg s m 1945. INDONESIA Peter Cranfield (LX 62-67) spent eight months of last year on a mining exploration assignment for an Indonesian compan The changes taking place in Vietnam arc interesting to those unaccustomed to the ~Social ist_' world. Hanoi is a dcltght and he recommends a 'cyclo' nde, before motor traffic takes over. He ts also hclpmg hts wtfc wllh an export bu\mc involving hand-made pottery from the local vt llagcs.

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NEW SOUTH WALES C harles Charnaud (GR 57-60) runs a customs brokerage company in Botany. Much of his spare time is involved in tit Pony Club movement , and in various equestrian events, in which his daughter is competing successfully. He rcccmh took the N.S. W. Prince Philip Games team to Perth to compete. His father, John Charnaud (H 26-29) recently vi\Hcd Nigel Bacon (GR 64-68) has lived in Australia fo r_t h ~ last fourtcc t~ years, and with his wife, runs a bu~y general pratul, in Grafton in the north of the State. He wtll be vtsllmg the U.K. 111 1994 to sec hts eldest son, who wtll be there helptn out at a school (on the Rent-a-Roo scheme). Andrew Civil (WL 76-80) and his wife Kate have been living in Goulburn for the past year, where he is cmpln}co by Barclay Mowlem on the construction of that city's by-pass. _The com pa ~y then moves on to construct a by-p;t,• for the worst section of road between Sydney and Melbourne. Thts by-pass wtll be 30 kms. long and cost $151 mtlhon Anybody who has driven the Hume High)Yay will certainly benefit from all this improvement. His wife has been teachm, and con-tributing an arts section in the local paper. '!hey expect to move to Canberra sh_ortly, where Andrew's compan) is bidding for various projects. He regularly sees Ntck Wells (WL 73-77) who ts workmg for the world news secuon nt the Sydney Moming Herald. Ewan Pearson-Marlow (MA 75-80) is coming here shortly on a trip. He would like to know the address of Nick Wal\on (WL 75-80). Patrick Williams (GR 45-48) now in his twenty-seventh year with the A.M.P. Society and by chance and a little dcStgn. has had a ~ood year. Patrick and his wife Jane arc to spend Christmas and the New Year in Hawaii, and arc also to VIl li the U.K. 111 May , 1993, fully intending to visit Canterbury this time- hav ing fai led to do so on prcv iou ~ trip'>. A.C .T. Michael Tatchcll (WL 60-65) his wife Mary and two sons Jeremy and Benjamin continue to live, work and enjoy lifcm Canberra, the nation 's capital. Michael is a director in th~ national hca~quartcrs of the Pharmacy Gui_ld of Aust~aha He and his wife arc active in the local mustc scene appcanng regularly m opera, mustc theatre, oratonos and recnal'

CANADA LETTER 1 owe everyone an apology, as it is several years since I last put together a newsletter from Canada. However. th< response to my annual mailout has recently become so meagre that there has been little news to relay. A few O.K.S always keep in touch, while the overwhelming majority prefer to remain silent. Every year, too, Canada Post Corporauon returns a handful of letters marked 'Moved' or ' Unknown.' Therefore, I have to make my usual plea for O.K.S. aero" Canada to contact me and let me have their news and current addresses. They can write to me at 5407- 188 Street. Edmonton, Alberta, T6M I Z4 or telephone my office at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (403 47 1-8897) 1 would be happy to let them have. the nam~s of any othc~ <;:>. K. S .. in _thei r area. My r~cords show that there. arc current!>_ thirty-eight members of the Assoctatton rcstdmg (or rccctvmg mat!) 111 Canada (Ontano 17, Bnllsh Columbta 10, Qucbc<: 6, Alberta 4, Newfoundland 1) , plus two more O.K.S. in Ontario who write faithfull y even though they arc un;urc whether or not they arc actually members! To be accurate, most Canadians are aware that one of these Ontario residents, David Halton (GR 54-57), is actuall) living in the United States fo r the time being, for he appears nightly on our telev ision sc reens as chief Wa shmgt ~n correspondent for the Canadian Broadcast in&Corporation. Until recently, David was based in Ottawa as the C. B.C.' chief pol itical correspondent after vanous stmts as_a_forctgn corrcspond?nt 111 Pans,_ Moscow and London_. _H_c wr~ICI that he finds Ottawa a pleasant place to ltvc , provtdmg one ca n escape lis cocoon-ltke atmosphere of poltttctans ,tnd civil servants from time to time. The only other O.K.S. David has come across is Nigel Wcnban-Smith (LX 50-55). who has been serving as British Deputy High Commissioner to Canada.

cnior O.K.S .. G~orge Battcrbury (25-29) of Vi~toria, wrote recently that he and his wife were ccl ~b rat in g our '!den wedding anntvcrsary. George was 'wtstfull y hopmg to shoot hts age at golf, but would have to tmprove th~'~,ÂĽ~ strokes to do so! 11 "' l.er British Columbian O.K.S. David Huxley (LX 53-57), has been serving with Canadian International \n,ot~lllent Agency (C. I.D.A.) in Bangladesh on a crop diversification project. At the time of writing, he was on ~~dbo' 10 go to Sri Lanka on another agricultu ral development project. He was there before in 1985 and loved the tJII. >0 he is looking fo rward to going there again. David also writes that a former resident of the province that f'la<h ~ering Prairie dwellers call 'lotus land' (and, incidentally, my predecessor as Hon. Local Sec.), Roger Mitton ~~ 'SJ-57), has returned to East Africa (Tanzania), where he is currently involved in the tourist industry. 1 \ other returneee to East Africa is Moez Jamal (LX 73-76), who has left his job as chief financ ial officer with ada-wide company_ headquartered in Richmond, British Columbia and has moved to K~nya with his wife and J artcr to join the fam tly bt smess founded by hts fath er some 25 years ago. He wol.lld be mtcrcstcd to hear how w~f/o . K .S. arc doing and may be reached at P.O. Box 30789 , Nairobi , Kenya . . / 111 \flcr a distinguished medical/surgical car~cr, Peter Porritt _(W 37-~1 ) has fina lly lc~t Winnipeg an_d retired to the 1 . ntch peninsula on Vancouver Island. Hts mvolvement wtth mtcrnallonal hockey contmues: he offictatcd at the Pan ~a crican Games in Cuba last year, where he was re-elected secretary/treasurer of the Pan American Hockey Federation. H~ youngest son recently retired from the Canad ian team, having played in two Olympics and garnered no fewer than ten international caps. After graduating from high school in Montreal , Carey Knight (BR 87-89) was in the sixth form at King's and has nowreturned home to Canada. She describes her two years at Canterbury as 'wonderful,' and says it would be nice to be in contact with other people who know what we mean when we say ' penguin ' . A regular correspondent from Newmarket, Ontario and a veritable mine of information, Richard Baker (G L 5 1-57) \lfliCS at leng~h that, despite his bus>: life running a b~ s in ess, looking after the ~us i cal n~~d s ~f Tri~it y Church, Aurora Jnd maintain10g a summer cottage tn New Brunswtck, he managed to find lime to vtsll K10g 's 10 1990. He knows of two other O.K:S. in Ontario:. Tony Mulford (MO 49-55-60) in Kanata and Ian Sadler (W 7 1-75) in Stratford, "ho sometimes gtves organ recitals 10 Toronto. Barrie Robinson (W 45-5 1) writes from Markham, Ontario that he is deeply involved with classic car restorations, "uh a 1967 Austin Healey nearly complete, a 1957 Aston Martin to start on next , and a 1966 Maserati behind the \\ton! He also owns some other beaut~es, I gather; he says he simply can~ot stop ~ollecting the things an~ they make a terrific investment. He ts 10 touch with two other Walpole contemporanes: Davtd Balfour (W 45-50) 10 Aukland, 'lew Zealand and Patrick Story (W 45-50) in Petersfield, Hants. Finally, your Local Hon. Sec., Adrian O 'Sullivan (W 5 1-54-57), has been out of Canada for quite a while on longterm leave, living in Germany. During my time in Europe, I was fortunate enough to stay with Hugh Barker (W 5-I-58) at his home in Folkestone, and we spent a wonderfu l day together wandering around J.K .S. and King 's, rev isiting Walpole for the last time before it became a gi rls' house, and having tea at Fordwich at the kind invitation of Kem Gross (Staff 45-69) and his wife. This summer, I am looking forward to another visit to Canterbury , to show my 14-year-old daughter around the school. I am still in touch with the old Walpole friends: both Michael Johns (W 52-58) and Roger Lunn (W 52-58) write regularly from England.

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HONG KONG O.K.S. DINNER The dinner took place at the Hong Kong Club and eleven old boys took part - namely Mike Lovatt SH 40-44, Kit Villiers W 57-62, Richard Gocher SH 60-65, Peter Hodson GL 65-69, Malcolm Kemp LX 67-72, Trevor SeymourJones LX 67-72, Paul Whitaker LX 69-74, Michael Leven GL 69-74, Mark Newman LX 74-78, Kevin Ng T 77-80 and Just in Weston GR 79-84. Colin Bosher SH 63-68 was going to come along and had paid his dues for the meal but at 6.45 on the even ing of the dinner, someone he knew won third prize in the local government lottery and totally forgetting about us all , he went elsewhere to celebrate. It was a very enjoyable evening and Justin Weston astounded us all by reading the school grace fl awlessly. Of course a~ none of the attendants were Latin scholars, he could have been speaking Dutch and we wouldn 't have known. The only disappointing part of the whole affair was the number of O.K.S. who didn't attend. We have tracked down m ~xcess of fifty O.K.S . in Hong Kong of whom less than ten are still 'studying' and thus only here occasionally durmg the year. Whilst we all know that business is of paramount importance in a recession, I would have thOujlht th~t with three months notice, more of them would have been able to avoid fl ying out of the country or cntertain10g chents on the one night every two or so years that we manage to organise a dinner. Hopefu lly when we get around to organising the next dinner a few more old boys AND girl s will be able to attend. 79

O.K.S. NEWS

J. D. MOSS ( 1939) In September the Nfllal Mercury reported: 'There's no business Iike show business for n stage and rad1o personalities John Moss and w1fc J1ll Fenson ... who leave Durban to sett le in England ~cd Nat•J the move foll ows twenty-two years as Napac's head of drama and a year as deputy chief director. In that t.imor John responsible for staging some eighty English plays and bringing more than forty Afnkaans plays to the province c v.. afield, he is best known as South Africa's "Mr. Panto" . his seven pantomime productions having scored not Urtht, Durban but in other cantres as well. In her twenty years in Durban Jill has combined stage work ... with rad'only rn as actress and writer of thirty plays, six serials and several dramatisations ... The Moss's new home witt be iro, both Hove or Chichester. Both hope to continue their acting and writing careers ... ' Crthtr J , C. Delahay-Jones ( 1947) has retired from Barclays Bank in London and is presently engaged in consultancy both in this country and abroad. ~~' 0 rk The Reverend D. I. B. Balfour (1950) is now co-vicar, with his wi fe, of the Parish of Rangiora in the South 1 1 of New Zealand . \and

N. H. Nicholls (1956) has left the Min istry of Defence to become Clerk of the Privy Council. B. H. Stokes ( 1961) recentl y elected to resi!ln his position as Budget Director of the African Development Bank in 0 d to return permanently to Europe and jo111 a fam ily-owned financial services company located in south-cast K~ cr as Finance Director. He looks forward to renewing acquaintance with some of his O.K.S. contemporaries. nt. H. Godwin (1968) now works in the Department of Planning and Transportation at Leicestershire County Councrl A. J, Tracy ( 1977) has left the Royal Air Force after twelve years, having nown Hawks and Harriers, instructed 00 both aircraft types and served a tour on loan to the Royal Navy. He has joined Cathay Pacific in Hong Kong as a Frr 1 Officer nying Boeing 747-2/300 aircraft. K. A. Arends (1979) had been running Hanson's acquisitions department for four years after spell s at Oxford, Harvard Law School and the Financial Times. After leaving Hansons he assisted Bill Clinton ·selection efforts in New Harnp~hrrc' At Bunzl he is effectively in charge of strategy and acquisitions. M. S. Mohamed (1980) recently achieved the Fellowship of the Royal College of Su rgeons and is now working as surg 1c4l registrar at King 's College Hospital London . N.J. Bee (1982) is now Head of History at Beeston Hall Preparatory School, West Runton , Cromer, Norfolk. M. j. L. Percival (1982) on leaving King's completed a degree in Mineral Sciences at Jesus College, Cambridge whrch he followed with a Ph.D. in Mineral Physics. Since May 1990 he has been working for the Ceramics and Compositc1 Group in Roll s-Royce pic. currently jn Derby. He was married in June 1987 and has two sons. A. J. Redman (1989) graduated from Durham University in 1992 and is now worki ng at the House of Common, as Personal Assistant to the Rt. Hon. John Gummer, M.P. MARRIAGES Golden Wedding Batter bury-George Anthony Batterbury ( 1929) to Leonara Marsham in Holy Trinity Church, Winchester. Jackson- Nicholas W. Jackson (1966) to Sophie Mengin in August 1991. Gower-Dav id I. Gower (1 975) to Thorunn Nash on 18th September 1992. Marlar- Katharine D. Marlar ( 1980) to Francis Carter in May 1992. Maynard-Julia Maynard ( 1980) to Dr. David Williams on 5th December 1992. Mohamed-Mohamed S. Mohamed (1 980) to Wendy Jane Watts. Bee-Sara Anne to Adam Fawcett on 19th December 1992. BIRTHS Cranfield-to Paul (1 975) and Ace, a son, Adam, on 20th February 1992. Lewis-to Caroline (nee Bensted) (1982) and Merlin , a daughter, India, on 29th May 1991. DEATHS Worsfold-Christopher Worsfold (1 922) in his 97th year, on 25th August 1992. Payne- Major General George Payne (1 929) in September 1992. An obituary is printed elsewhere in this Cantuarian . Longford- Ronald Terance Longford ( 1942) on 16th June 1992. Pearce- Guy Pearce (1967) on 31st July 1992. Dartin~ton-Edward Robert Cecil Dartington (Staff 1945 - 1970) on 16th November 1992 at the age of 85. An obituary is pnnted elsewhere in this Cantuarian . 80

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THE CANTUARIAN

APRIL 1993

THE CANTUARIAN A PRIL, 1993

VOL. LVII No. 2

CONTENTS PAG E

THIS AND THAT

FOCUS

BOOK REVIEW

MUSIC AND DRAMA

VISITS AND TRIPS

113

THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

116

HOUSE NOTES

121

CREATIVE WRITING

123

SPORT

142

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

165

ACTIVITIES

167

O.K.S.

169

TH E CANTUA RIAN

Editors: F rancesca K. Beauman, K. S. ; Benedict D. T . Shankland , K.S. ; Luke T. Singer, K.S.; Susanna M . Warner. Photographic Editor: James A . L. Bridges. Senior Editor: T . Thomson, M.A., D.Ph il. 81

No Strings Attached! Let the Army fill your GAP.,.,-~.., "'"". ""The most unforgettable and probably the most valuable 6 months of my life': !AN MURRIN Farnham Sixth Fonn College

"I have done things that most people will never doparachuting, abseiling from helicopters, sailing, living in snow holes. I have been to a wide range of countries -and lhavebeenpaidforit!" GRAHAM MORRIS

"The list of things I have gained from this Commis· sion is almost endless .. · leave the Army a far more confident and knowledge· able young lady'! SAMANTHA EAST Clarendon School

MITED uotes are from some who gained a SHORT ?ERYICE ~I ~tMMISSION in the Army between. school and umver~tbJ~f-!:E~¥ between 4 and 12 months and there IS ·~0 F¥~~ft VARIETY and to the Army afterwards. It provl es . , b the RESPONSIBILITY- and pay over £9,000 p.a. To fmd out more a out CHALLENGE involved please contact.·· Infi t' Office Tonbridge School

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The School community has been sadly diminished by the deaths of two exemplary members of the works staff. Mr. Merrick Lockyer, gardener, died shortly before C hristmas, aged 56. He had worked for the School for ove r fourteen years, though his quietly busy figure seemed timeless. Even on his motor-mower he would not have looked out of place among his confreres in the background of some quattrocento painting. Mr. Arthur Holness, prince of cleaners, d ied at the age of 70 in January. He had been mretirement for some five yea rs , after ten years' service. He was one of those people who make one wonder whether our society arranges its rewards all that well - a thought that wou ld never have entered Arthur's head, though he was nobody 's fool. We extend our sympathy to both bereaved families. Requiescant

In January we welcomed to the staff Miss F iona Phillips, a classicist f Common Room New College, Oxford with a special interest in Greek Archaeology a sub·orn . on. which she has d?ne post~graduate w.ork. Her study ~f Classic~! Art ~ect her recreatiOnal pursUit of costume design qualify her admirably to help with Design and pa~ in Activity time, and she is also keen on cooking. nnt Our Australian links are maintained for these two terms in the person of Miss Kathryn O'Br· who comes from Daramalan College in Canberra. Her role is primarily to help with sport not~~· coaching netball , swimming and water polo , and she intends to use the opportunity to travel Y widely as possible on this, for her distinctly chilly, side of the world. as We welcome back Mrs. Davis after her maternity leave. Mr: Joh~ Pidou~, w~o covered for her duri~g her absence, leaves us to teach English in France We wish him well m his new venture, secure m the knowledge that he has a bearable environmeni to go to in Burgundy , and that he will be back from time to time to keep an eye on the progress of his two daughters who are at J.K.S. We congratulate Dr. and Mrs . Arnott on the birth of Thomas David Hugh on 16th March. Father John Thackray was admitted by the Dean as an Honorary Minor Canon of Canterbury Cathedral on 20th March. At a recent exhibition of Canterbury artists' work held in the Slater Gallery above the Beaney Library, exhibitors included Mr. Jonathan Barnard (MR 1970-74) and Mr. Hubert Pragnell. The latter was amazed to hear that he had been seen on Tower Bridge, while preparing a painting for the exhibition, by Mr. David Entwistle (MO 1973-78) who happened to be passing in a taxi.

Myles Orsler (L,N) was selected for the England 18 Group XV to play Wales in February. Of sixty-eight players from Kent Schools teams to gain full national honours in the Unde r 16 and Under 18 age-groups since 1954, when representative games began , only three have gained caps in both . One of these was Bruce Watson (WL) in 1980 and 1982. Only one Kent player before has gained caps in the two age groups in consecutive years . In rugby, Myles has also been selected for the England Schools tour party to New Zealand and Samoa later this year - although this will mean that he misses the school tour to Australia. He was part of a spectacular School success when the King 's VII won the Rosslyn Park event in only our third appearance in a final there (our last success was in 1964). Details appear elsewhere in The Cantuarian. Probably for the first time, we have a Kent Junior Cross-Country Champion . Malcolm Todd (TR) has become the Canterbury District Junior Champion, the Kent Champion, and the first Kent competitor to finish in the England Schools' Championships, despite having just had 'flu for a fortnight. No doubt this story will run on. A clear first, this time on the musical front: a King's String Quartet has been selected to represent the South East in the Final Concert of the National Schools Chamber Music Competition. The players are Sarah Petrie (JR) , Tessa Coombe (LX) , Jeremy Bines (MT) and Nigel Field (GL). Only six ensembles from the whole country in each group play at this event.

Congratulations

Mr. Harry Christophers (MR 1967-72) has conducted The Sixteen choir in recording for the third volume of Collins Classics' Eton Choirbook The review in The Times describes this as the most musically taSICJnlllllll as well as the best performed and recorded of the series, and praises ' the refined blend, the tone , the shapeliness' shown by the choir.

O.K.S.

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somewhat less eclectic vein, twins Catherine and Melanie Fall (WL and GL 1983-85) are Inrted by the Daily Telegraph regula rly to burst into musical duets on the London party circuit. H~ever they are not earn ing a living by the flute and the guitar respectively: Catherine prepares 0 eches 'and policy documents for the C.B.I., while Melanie is a researcher for the B.B.C . ~pe ramme On The Record. Commenting o n their schooldays, they are quoted as saying: 'The pro;dard was appall ing (absolutely appalling?) and it was very violent. ' The reference was not ~~\ing's, b~t to the International School in Moscow. As far as we can tell from the heavilyÂˇdited intervieW. c Determined to promote the image of King's as an institution which produces excellence in e widest possible variety of fields, the same newspaper published a photograph of Dr. Richard ~ile (MR 1978-82) alongside a lengthy article entitled 'Scientists apply to treat skin cancer with ene therapy'. T he Imperial Cancer Research F und has made this proposal to the Gene Therapy ~dvisory Committee on the basis of research carried out by Dr. Vile and a colleague, Dr. Ian Hart. The Housemaster of L inacre, Mr . T hane, was recently the guest of the President of the Oxford Union namely James Robertson , his Head of House in 1989-90. The President was subsequently invited by the Daily Telegraph to comment o n the forthcoming appearance at the Union of pop star Phil Collins. He declared firmly: 'He'll be taking questions on the music business. He should go down well. We don't want any of this awful teeny-bopping stuff'. The singer David T ho mas (WL 1957-60) said a handsome thing when guest of the Spirit of the Age programme on Radio 3 in March. 'After St. Paul's Cathedral Choir School I went to King's, Canterbu~y, ~h~re my. music mas~er was Edred Wright: a wonderf~l teacher and an inspiration - an msp1rat10nal figure.' Dav id Thomas also recalled how, havmg won a Choral Scholarsh ip at King's College, Cambridge, on a trial run, he had to explain to Dr. Alec Vidler, the Dean, that he could not come up to Cambridge earlier than planned because he had to be in Iolanthe at school. We have received from The King's School, Parramatta notification of their Old Boys' Union Centenary Dinner , at which, alas, we were unable to be represented by a current member of staff or pupil. This disappointment was attenuated for the local participants by the assurance that the highlight was 'a commemorative address by Brigadie r-General Sir Edw in Hake, a cousin of Denys Hake from England who will bring greetings fro m The King' s School, Canterbury'. The School Archivist tells us that this particular Hake was a Hoax .

Out of Plaice

Mr. John Goudge (SH 1935-40) has very kindly deposited in the School archives an almost complete set of his letters home from school, neatly arranged in fifteen term-by-term bundles. Not only do they contain a fascinatingly changing view of school li fe , as the writer progresses fro m new boy to glory (and a certain degree of worldly wisdom), but they also illuminate the wider scene: 'Sunday, 8th March 1936. Last Tuesday the first eleven played a team of tour ing Germans and managed to beat them 3-1. Before the match they all lined up and sang Hael H .... r , which made us all laugh.' H .... r had re-occupied the Rh ineland the day before (7th March) declaring that he had 'no territorial demands to make in Europe'. One wonders if the news of this had reached Canterbury before Sunday letter-writing time. And how many members of the Raffelberg Hockey Club were as enthusiastic ten years later?

As We Were

Day pupils have been placed on the spot by one of their number in the context of leaving prep. at home. Mr. McFall pointed out that the pupil could perfectly easi ly send the prep. by fax if he had problems over rememberi ng to bring it to school. Five pages duly arrived by fax. The Head of Department, Dr. Mall ion, has not yet indicated whether he is considering implementing a 24-hour service whereby such preps , are marked immediately and faxed back. Fax and Figures

PURPLE FOR A DAY (T.R.H.)

6th February saw the forty-first anniversary of the Queen's Accession. Fo one may not be a figure to set the pulse racing, but James Drever (GL~~more sensitive than many to these matters, and successfully requested thl\ the flag be flown over the Schoolroom and at St. Augustine's. He has also written to a lar at number of schools in order to initiate an confe rence. on the subj ect of the Commonwealth. ~e admits that the response has not been overwhelmmg . However, .undau~ted , h.e set off foe Westminster Abbey on Commonwealth Day together w1th Dr. Mallion, Eliot Shnmpton (GL r Saskia Webb (JR) and ~iranda Scott-Barrett (JR) ,, confident that .they w~u~d be among frienJ~ there. They were seated m the front row of the QUire, suffused w1th patnot1sm and aching With antic ipation, when it was announced that the Queen (or as R.B.Ma . pithily put it: ' Herself Who is on the Stamps') was going to miss the service for the first time in forty years because she had ' fl u . However, their journey was not in vain. The Dean of Westminster, The Very Rev'd Michael Mayne, is an O .K.S. (MO 1943-49). He sought out the King's contingent and welcomed them to the Abbey. James Drever had done his research: ' I met Mr. Pollak this morning _ 1 believe you were his fag ' . Diploma tic Bag

T he Independent on Sunday has carried a fierce argument about the identit . of the Saint of St. Johnstone . Was it St. John of Beverley or St. John th~ Baptist? Was the former Celtic or English? At the r isk of stating the obvious to those who are already thinking of the image of St. John of Beverley in the East Window of the Memorial Chapel, we can confirm that he was English, was educated in Canterbury, that he orda ined Bede, was skilled in medicine (the ~indow depicts him holding an alb.arello, or drug jar), was called upon by Henry V to help at Agmcourt, and became the patron samt of the deaf The correspondence also contains an informative account of the influence of Mirin , the seventhcentury Irish missionary, on the fortunes of football in and around Paisley . Controversy involving Sir Charles Powell and Mr . Andrew Mackintosh has also been raging in the press . Where is the earliest reference to a speech writer? mused Sir Charles in his revie" of The Penguin Book of Twentieth-Century Speeches . The first exlplicit reference , wrote Mr. Mackintosh in a letter to The Times , is in Tacitus, Histories I , chapter 90 . Sir C harles wrote to thank M r. Mackintosh , possibly aware that he ought to have remembered this from his lessons at King's . Two other Times corespondents then pitched in with the rejo inders that the emperor Otho was dead in A.D. 70 and therefore could not have given a speech, and anyway what about Antiphon 's speech composed on the murder of Herodes over four hundred years before Christ? Debates

A Canadian scholar' s enquiry at the School has revealed that George Smythe, later Lord Strangfo rd and the model fo r Disraeli 's Coningsby , first ran up his ' Young England' colours at the King's School Feast Society's 1839 meeting. The mellowed diners saluted them enthusiastically and helped to elect the young man (he had j ust reached his majority) as Member for Canterbury a year or two later . Canterbury had been a Strangford fami ly s~at but reform was !n the air: it ~ight pay to cultivate. the, electorate and, indeed , George and h1s father were the h1ghest subscnbers to the Feast Soc1ety s fund for poor scholars (easily beating the Archbishop) on that occasion. An earlier Smythe - the Elizabethan 'Customer' - largely re-built Sturry (now M ilner) Court. His and his wife's initials, j oined by a lover's knot and dated 1583 , may still be seen there. Vote Early

The History of Harbledown Cricket Club , referred to previously on the~c pages, was written by M r. Silvester Mazzarella (GR 1950-56) who, as h1s name suggests, was the founder of the Helsinki Cricket Club , and , as his c redentials proclaim, was sometime a member of the School Archivist's Tutor Set. The author records that the Rev'd . H. B . Biron was probably the first O .K .S. to play for Harbledown. There were , at the last count, six generations of Birons at King's , including one of the first girls to attend the School, Elizabeth Mary (SH 1975-77). Also in Victorian times the team included the Rev 'd R. G . Hodgson , who played cricket for Kent and later became Lower Master. It is after him that Hodgson 's Hall (25 The Precincts) is named, and at his expense that the Green Court was turfed in order to provide an adequate practice ground fo r cricket. Bat and Pad

A regular member of the te~m in the early y~ars of this century was Percy Godfrey, the first, and highly successful, mas.te r m ~harge <?f mus1c. Wh~~ he could get some time off from playing cricket, he managed 1? ~ m an mternat10nal competitiOn to compose a Coronation March for Edward YI~. He also ms1sted that a ll folk songs performed at School concerts should be sung in the ongmal language, Z~lu among them. In those days, King's 2nd XI regularly played Harbledown, and no other v1llage team, on Blare's, precisely on the spot where now stands the Recreation Centre opened by ... David Gower. T~e Librarian would like to thank Dr. A. L. Rowse, one of the School's oldest Library fnends and benefactors, for a C?PY of ?is Th~ Sayings of Shakespeare; Galpin's Ho!-'se, fo r a copy o~ Robert H1chens autobiography Yesterday (Hichens was . brother-m-law of Galpm, and the book IS ded icated to 'my sister Millicent Galpin') Âˇ John Davis (GR 1949-53) for a book presented in memory oflan Fraser (GR 1945-50); and Mr. M. J . Miles, Dr. T. Thomson, M r . G . D . Wood and J. K.S. for other gifts of books .

Hubert Chesshyre (GR 1954-59), Chester Herald at the College of Arms and

Ordinary. and Extraor dma r y

Secretar~ ~f the Most t:J'?ble Order of t~e Garter! has kindly sent us a copy of th~ Dictionary of Bntish Arms, Medieval Ordmary, Volume One, edited

by h1mself and Thomas Woodcock. This remarkable work enables the researcher to .discover, from a descriptio~ of a coat of arms, who the bearers were. It has already taken some f1fty y~ars to rea~h publicatiOn, and the remaining volumes are eagerly expected . (The eagle-eyed will also no,t1ce th.at amon~ the many who helped in the project was Anthony Cussans (W 1939-4 1) who complied deta1 ls of monuments in some Cornish churches when evacuated there at school in World War II' .) . James Cooke (~H 1959-64) has draw~ our attention to an article on Fred Dove (W 1977-80) m. Peter Roebuck ~ Tang led Up In White. The author met Fred playing cricket in Khartoum. It IS a remarkable p1ece on a r~markable young man - an example, as Roebuck says, 'of towering courage rarely encountered m sport or anything else' . Another interestin~ book to come our way ~as bee~ Parliament and Politics in the Age of Baldwin and MacDonald , ed1ted by Stuart Bail. T h1s IS the fmt published volume of the diaries of O.K.S. Cut hbert Headlam (1890-93), covering the period 1932-35 when he was for most of the time M.P,. for Barnard Castle and a j unior minister. He had sta;ted keeping a diary when he arrived at Kmg's,.and.from 1910 onw~rds he recorded his thoughts and deeds with remarkable regularity. Among h1s fnends and associates was Harold Macmillan: 'Somehow I doubt whether he will ever make much po~ it~cal progress . He bores people too quickly and has little or no sense of humour. However, 1t IS never safe to prophesy about anyone' s political prospects and Harold may yet come out on top ' . A second volume, on the years 1935-51, is in preparation. Regular readers of t~e Peterborough column in the Daily Telegraph may have noticed a reference to, an unusual productiOn o~ Shakesl?eare's sonnets at Cambridge. This dramatic version included a Dark. Lad~ as a cabaret smger, w1th feather boa, who sings songs such as I Ain't Got Nobody'. The art1cle d1d not reveal that the Da rk Lady was none other than Susie Tray ling (BS 1990-92) and the poster for the event featured a photograph of Susie and Albert Power (TR 1987-92):

Errata

In our pece~ber issue we did not intend to imply that Miss Price has connectiOns w1th Hever Castle, nor did we wish to suggest that Nick Prince has changed his surname to 'Price' .

(Benedict Shankland)

FOCUS THE KING'S SCHOLARS' DINNER SUNDAY, 24th JANUARY

Headmaster, Lower Master, Colleagues and King's Scholars: 1feel very honoured to be the first female to be asked to propose the toast of the King's Scholars . d I am especially delighted to do so in the first year that there are girl Scholars in each of a;e five year-groups, and, of course, in the first year that all female pupils - and indeed female ~mbers of staff- have been legitimised with the handing over of the supplemental Royal Charter. Although the thought of addressing such an august gathering has been with me all evening could not spoil the enjoyment of a wonderful meal , for which, on behalf of us all, I extend 1 :hanks to our catering manager David Holdstock and his team. Intelligence - and its measurement and meaning - is my topic this evening. In The Descent of Man publ is~ed in 1.871 Chare~ Dar~in wrote: Âˇ~o one, I presume, doubts that the la~ge roportion wh1ch the s1ze of man s bram bears to h1s body, compared to the same proportiOn fn the gorilla or orang, is closely connected with his mental powers.' He would undoubtedly \dY the same today as he recognised that the prerequ isite for what we term intelligence is a brain that is not only large in the absolute sense but also large in relation to body size. Modern man' s brain weighing in at approximately three pounds, is about one fiftieth of total body weight and the s~rface of the forebrain - the central cortex - is bent into folds or convolutions enabling greater complexity and capacity for collecting, processing and integrating sensory information . Biologists are fond of throwing out facts and figures about the human body. (I apologise to the Lower Master fo r the following anatomical details.) We each have eight metres of intestine to assist in the processing of the dinner now sitting in our stomachs; we will need a mile of extra blood capillaries for every one pound of fat we lay down as a result; the thin folded cortex of our three-pound brain would cover the area of a pillowcase if it were spread out flat. Other animals have bigger brains - th irteen pounds in the largest elephants and up to nineteen pounds in the largest whales - but the size of the bodies those brains have to deal with is enormous. In only one direction does man have a possible rival - some dolphins and porpoises are no heavier than man, yet have bra ins that are larger and more extensively convoluted . There is increasing evidence that dolph in intelligence is comparable to our own and that they have a speech pattern as complicated as our own. Thirty years ago Isaac Asimov wrote: There can be no question that dolphins, however intelligent, lost their opportunity to translate that intelligence into control of the environment when they readapted to sea life . It is impossible to make use of fire under water and it was the discovery of the use of fire that first marked off mankind from all other organisms. More fundamentally still , rap id locomotion through a medium as viscous as water requires a thoroughly streamlined shape. This has made impossible in the dolphin the development of anything equivalent to the human arm and hand with which the environment could be de licately investigated and manipulated. More recently, the novelist Douglas Adams offered an unscientific, but possibly fairly accurate view of the debate about dolphin intelligence: On planet Earth, man has always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he has achieved so much - the wheel, New York, wars and so on - whilst all dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man - for precisely the same reasons. ~ntelligence is one of the most important concepts in pyschology - and one of the least understood bemg unobservable and unmeasurable by any direct means. The scientific study of intelligence was pioneered in the mid-nineteenth century by the British scientist Sir F rancis Galton, a cousin 89

of C harles Darwin and a great believer in the power of nature over nurture, of genes environment. Nowadays there is increasing scientific evidence for , and fortu nately recog ?yer of, environmental variables that influence intellectual development and the expressi~ 1 110 n intelligence. These environmental factors - nurture as opposed to nature - include ethn·n or social class, chronological age, race, nutrition, education, general health and specific child-r~crt.ty, practices. tng If different races or sectors of society have poorer living conditions, higher unemploym and inferior health care and education they are. likely to achi.ev.e low scor~s on standard 1ent tests geared towards the educated Westerner. It IS extremely dtff1cult to devtse culture-fair t~Q that assess verbal, reason ing, numerical and spatial ability . For example, the idea of draw·Sh on pap~r is outside ~he expe~ience of many f\~rican tribespeopl~ and they ~ay fail to recosn\"g a drawmg of an obj ect that IS perfectly fam1har as a wood or tvory carvmg. Muslim relt prohibits contact with graphic art, so on the standard draw-a-man test used with primary sc~oon childre~ Arabs and Africans could b.e d~eme~ to s~ow inferior intelligence. D!fferences in spac~ perceptton depend on whether you hve m a c1ty w1th skyscrapers or a tepee w1th oblique angles. Sex differences in intelligence are almost as difficult to isolate as those attr ibuted to race. Some differences have been discerned in specific aptitude and ability patterns. Males generally tend to score higher in tests of gross motor skills, spatial orientation, mechanical aptitude, and numerical reasoni ng; females excel in perception of detail , verbal facility and memory. It is impossible to determine how much these differences reflect differences in social expectations and child-rearing practices. Do boys gain spatial awareness from their Meccano sets and mechanical skills from helping their fat~ers fix the .car o~ motorbike, while girls ~re encou rage<;~ (or con<;~itioned) to develop other sktlls by playmg wtth doll s perhaps, or helpmg to memonse shoppmg lists? In Victorian times women were thought to have smaller brains and therefore less intellectual potential than men. Educating girls was thought to damage their health as adolescence was the time when their reproductive organs were growing and so, the argument went, rest was essential. Oxford did not allow women to tai(e degrees until 1920 and the Board of Education published a report in 1923 on the differentiation of the curriculum for boys and girls respectively in secondaf) schools. It was concerned that 'old and delicate graces had been lost and the individuality of womanhood had been sacrificed upon the austere altar of sex equality' . It took a further twenty· four years before Cambridge finally agreed to award full degrees to women - the last University to do so in 1947. The King •s School Canterbury admitted the first girl into the sixth form in 1971 and twenty years later became fully co-educational with girls in all year groups. The Senior Mistress at Clifton College has collated much of the published data on the differences between boys and girls at school. The bad things about g irls are that they: bear grudges; burst into tears; are ill a lot; use periods as an excuse; are sexually exploitative; distract the boys from working; get pregnant; are more dextrous; are good at languages; have smaller brains. The list could go on but these all add up to mean that girls are difficult to handle. The good things about gi rls are that: they work hard; their work is neat; they revise; they are quiet in class; they are good up to G.C.S.E. ; they play female roles in plays and class activities; they are more mature than their male counterparts; they are a good influence on boys; only the good girls do the difficult subjects; and , in conclusion, they are rather boring. In fact only one of these ste reotypes is true. How about the boys? The good things about boys are that: they get down to work at A-level and get good grades; they write shorter and more succinct work - less marking ; they don' t have excessive about exams; therefore boys are successful. The bad things about boys are that: they are easily distracted; they have a scruffy d"'"'·""''v~· they present work poorly; they are noisy, energetic, eat like horses; in sum they are an handfu l. Again I leave you to separate the fact from the fiction.

90 COURSEWORK: THE PREPARATION BEFORE (T.

There are certainly equal opportunities for, and equal expectations of, boys and girls here at . 's In terms of academic performance they are similarly spread across the ability range, J(l~~n ierms of performance on the Schooi i.Q. tests the Scholars are widely spread across the d~ ibution curve for the whole school . Of the nineteen pupils tested last year for the MENSA Jstr under the auspices of Mr. Martin, the six who were King's Scholars came I, 6, 7, 12, 16, 1.~· 7 in rank order out of I 9. So, although you are the creme deJa creme in one of the country 's an schools and should wear your Scholars' gowns with pride, you should not wear them with toreeling of superiority that leads you to belittle or discriminate against others. The possession a0 f intelligence does not always result in intelligent behaviour. Edward de Bono, world-renowned for his work in the area of creative thinking, has concluded hat many people with a high intelligence actually turn out to be poor thinkers. In his latest book I . he wntes: Money is useful when you want to buy a fast Lamborghini or Ferrari. Genes are said to be useful when you want to be intell igent. But having a fast sports car does not automatically make you a good driver. You may have a powerful car driven badly; someone else may have a more hu mble car driven well. The horse power and engineering of the car provide the 'potential' . It is the skill of the driver that puts the potential into operation. In the same way 'intelligence' is the potential of the mind and the way this is put into operation is thinking skill. There may be powerful minds used badly and more humble minds driven well. 1 hope you will all operate your intelligence to develop not only your thinking skills but also your people, survival , time-management and happiness skills. 1 am not alone in Walpole in being the type of person that does 90% of tasks in the last 10 % of the time available - oh, if only we could manage to do the same 90 % in the first 10 % of the available time! Negative emotions such as greed, envy, jealousy, discontent, anger and stress can reduce the quality of life of the most intelligent of people . Perhaps the dolphins as they muck about in the water having a good time with no need at all for arms, hands, fire or the wheel, regard the sapiens of Homo sapiens as a misnomer. The word ' fool' comes from the Latin foJJis, meaning bellows, obviously implying that a fool is someone whose words, though many and loud, are so much empty air. The slang expression 'windbag' is the exact equivalent. 'Stupid' is from the Latin stupere (to be stupified; to be rendered speechless). Here the implication is of someone without words. Apparently for someone to be intelligent his or her words must be neither too few not too many. I fear mine may have already been too many and I ask the Headmaster, Lower Master and my colleagues to rise and drink the toast of THE KING 'S SCHOLARS.

J.D.P.

Reply of the Senior Scholar: The Headmaster te lls me his mathematical ability at prep school, by coincidence the same as that of my father, was not very great. He will excuse me if I point out that little has changed. This is in fact the sixth , not the fifth, modern Scholars' dinner. The Headmaster clearly does not conform to Mrs. Pickering's model of superior numerical reasoning among males. At the first modern scholars' dinne r in 1988 the speaker, Mr. Pollak, spoke almost entirely in Latin, leaving all but the most educated far behind. I would like to thank Mrs. Pickering for speaking in English. Sorry, Dr. Humberstone, but I am not even going to quote in Latin, French ?rany foreign language- includ ing German, Mr. M iles . Churchill said, 'Naturally I am biased m favour of boys (and , M rs. Pickering, the harder working girls) learning English. Then I would let the clever o nes learn Latin as an honour and Greek as a treat'. Churchill would not have advocated learning German, Mr. Miles. As Mr. Dix could tell you, I declined the honour in the Shells. 91

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T he last time we all m~t to&ether was .fo r the presentation of the r:ew Charter, in the . T he old o ne it replaces, wn tten m 1536, satd that the scholars should be poor boys, both de ':'ltn of the help of friends, and endowed with minds. apt for learning: . I ~ope. o nly the Iatte~tnu~e appl ies. I must add that the Headmaster of the ttme ended up bemg tmpn soned in the Tono-. of London. He is the only one, so far, to meet such an end. Wer I do not intend to toas.t Oli~er Holmes, who said , :The ~orld:s g reat men hav~ not commo been g reat scholars, netther tts scholars g_reat ~'!len , but m fa trness to M rs. ~tckering 1 m~ly add that this refers only to men. Co-educatiOn wtll eventually tell us whether thts applies to both sexes. I also hope my words are ne ither too few no r too many . I will end by asking you all 10 join me in d rinking a toast to the health of the School. ROBERT CLA YTo~

I T HE KENT SENIOR TEAM FOIL TROPHY SUNDAY, 28th FEBRUARY

The 1st Team foil fencers, Ray Man, Ray Fu and myself attended the Kent Senior Team Fori Competition in London . C lubs from Kent enter any number of three-m.an ~earns (~o age limit) We won this event last year, so the re was a lot of pressure on us to ma mta m the htgh standard We passed the first round with relative ease, but the fi_rst match in the second round was much more difficult. I was beaten in a close bo ut (4-5) by thetr top fencer. It ended up that Raymond Fu had to beat the same person in order to win the match again~t ~he team: Half-way through the fight a dreadfu l thin~ happened . Raymo~d. suffered a .severe InJury. to hts left knee: lu~kil) it was only temporary h1s k!lee carne o ut ? f JOint for a spltt second. T h.1s was extremely pamful for him for about half a mmute. He dectded to carry o n. When the ftght resumed he lost the next two hits. We all thought it was lost. But if there is anything Raymond does not lack, it has to be determination . He won the next two hits to make it 3-3, the opponent won the next. and Ray, the one after that , making it 4-4. Ray then used the best of his ~bility to ma~e a ' flying riposte' and win the fight. He came back to beat someone who anyone wtthout a handtcap would have been pressed to beat. For the rest of the seco nd round Raymond Man and I beat the o ther teams straight off allowing Ray Fu to rest his knee and have it strapped by Dr. C rawfurd . We used the sam~ t~ctic in the semifinal to get us through. Ray Fu had to fight once, and would have had to fight agam tf Raymond Man had not come back from 4- 1 down to win 5-4 in o ne of his fights. For the final we had to fence Blackheath A team who were beaten by King's last year. We won the first two fights but lost the next three. I was convincingly beaten by someone called Steven Hughes who was a superb fencer. The match ended up at 4-4 with the deciding fight between Ray F~ and Steven Hughes. We all urged Ray to .take ca~e ?f his .leg owing to his limited chances aga inst a more abl~ opponent. T he o nly ~ood thmg the tnJury dtd fo r Ray was to force him to rely solely o n thinkmg strategy and techntque because of the 1mpeded movement on~~~ feet. T he fig ht went to 3-3 . Ray allowed hi~ opponent to attack him, a~d by. using the same 'fly1~g riposte' put himself ahead by 4-3: T~e te~s10n was unbear!ible. By takmg hts op~one!lt by surpn~ Ray attacked him, sco red the wmnmg htt and on stumblmg backwards to regam hts bala~ce h11 knee went, and he collapsed . Luckily it stayed in joint , the pain passed and the fi rst thmg he asked was whether he had won! King's reta ined the Kent Senior Team Foil T rophy. F RAZER HUGHES

cHRISTOPHER MARLOW E AND THE KING'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY Christopher Marlowe "Yas one of the most distinguished of Old King's Scholars so it is natural that the School should wtsh to play an appr<?Pr.iate part _in. the qu.atercentenary ~vents focusing n his death on 30th J\:fay 1593. These "Yill mclude (jomtly wtth the Dean and Chapter) the ubcing of a comrnemorattve plaq~e on the Stt~ of the former Almon~y buildi.ng in the Mint Yard, fn which the Sc~ool ~as ,located m .l'-1a~lowe s .day, an~ a productton of hts play Dido: Queen f carthage d unng. Kmg s Wee~. It IS mterestmg at thts t1me to reflect upon his education at King's and how th ts may have mfluenced his later life . In fact, very litt.le is kno~n for c.ertain of Marlowe as an individual pupil at the School. Indeed, (most the only direct archtval ev 1dence that he was a pupil at all is that of his name in the list ~f Scholars (where ~e appears as 'Christofer Marley') in the contemporary Cathedral Chapter Accounts, from which we know that he w.as e.lec.ted to a scholarship around Christmas 1578. He was then about 14 years 1 ~ months ol.d, JUS~ InSide the age limit for the admission of Scholars. He must have had so~e p_re~ tous educatiOn, smce scholarships were awarded only to those who were both.poor and ~I th mi~ds born a~d. apt for learning.' This in practice meant both literacy and an ab1ltty ~o recite a vanety of r ehgwus texts. It is quite possible therefore that Marlowe had been previOusly a commoner at the School, though how his father John, a shoemaker of limited means, could have afforded the fees is not clear. In contrast, quite a l?t is known abou~ life at the School at this time, especially from the Cathedral Statutes of 154 1 relatmg to the establtshment and end<?wment of th~ King's Scholars by Henry Vlll. Even though these we~e prob.ably not enforced m every particular, they do give a good p1cture of th~ sort of. educatiOn which Ma~lowe m.ust have received at King's. The day began at 6 a.m. , w1th mornmg prayers, and contmued with lessons until 5 p.m., the time of evening prayers. From 6 p.m. the lessons of the ~ay were repeated in the presence of masters (a form of prep) before the d~y ended at 7 p.m. ~~nng the day there were intervals for meals and recreation. \feals ~ere taken m a communal ~mmg hall , together with all members of the Cathedral Foundatton, except the J?ean and sen.wr Canons, and. evidence exi~ts to suggest that mutton, peas and prunes for~ed a typtcal menu, with fish every Fn day. The puptls were not allowed to practice ·any games whtch are not for a gentlemanly appearance and free of all lowliness' and they were rn~tructed to play together to prevent them from 'wandering about here and there' which might le~d to 'som~ loss of character '. pav id Edwards, an histo rian of the School, has ~uggested that th iS may be mterpreted as the o ~tgm <?f compulsory games at King's . The Statutes also insisted that boys shou~d converse only m Latm o r Greek, a rule which is known to have been enforced wherever possible ..Other. breaks from class were afforded by services in the Cathedral, of which there were many, m which all Scholars were required to participate. So far as the curr iculum was concerned the School was divided into six classes the lower three to be taug ht by t~e 'Usher' or .Lower Master, the others by the Headmaster, 'though the latter, (who was permitted to s.tart his day a!!- hour later. at 7 a.m.) was required to visit each cla~s ~eekly and to test all pupils regularly h1mself. Pupils began by learning English, took up l..atrn tn the seo_nd .class and we~e expected to devel.op this. to a very high standard, including the study of Latm hteratu~e and the faculty of speakmg Latm' , by the time they left the school. Greek,. though not prescnbed: was almost certainly taught to the more able pupils. Boys found to be wholly unfit for letters co.uld be ~xpelled. T here is evidence that Greek and Latin plays may have been performed by puptls and, 1f so, they :would have presumably have been of interest to Marlowe. There was even an attempt by Archb1shop Parker to secure the introduction of a ~ystem of personal tutors for the pu~i ls~ th<:>Ugh this prob~bly failed owing to the reluctance of lhhe Dean and Chapter to co-operate With tt, smce the Archbishop's expectation was that the canons t emselves should act as Tutors, fo r which they lacked the time. Scholars received free tuition? an a nnual allowance of cloth for their purple gowns and £1 quarter to .meet t~e cos~ of their ~ood an~ other expen~es. This was a substantial sum, estimated t~ Charl~s Ntch~ll m the Introduction to his controversial book The Reckoning to be equivalent ( £500 m today s terms. It may be compared with the £20 annual stipend of the Headmaster and the £400 of the Dean) and was comfortably above the wage of working men locally. In

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addition to the Scho lars, the School contained a number of commoners, whose fees suppl the incomes of the Headmaster and Lower Master, who in turn seem to have accomemenled some boarders in what was predominantly of course a day school. This last fact makes it pa~Odated appropriate that the first Day Ho use at King's should have been named after Marlow~cularty . It is not known with certai~ty when Christopher Marlowe .left the School, but his name aÂˇ m the Buttery records for M 1chaelmas 1580 of Corpus Chnst1 College, Cambridge the P~rs to which he went havi ng been awarded one of the scho larships fo unded by Archbi;hop ~? kege This l!le.ans that he may have been .at King's for perhaps no m<:>re t~an twenty-one monthar er eve!! If 1t was for such a short penod the School a lmost certamly mfl uenced him greau;Âˇ.Yet vanety of ways. In a Simply to have been exposed to such a rigorous classical education must have stimulated Marl intellectually and infl uenced his later w riting. Moreover, he was for tunate in hav ing for owe of his time as Head master, John Gresshop, a man who held the post fo r fo urteen years but al:: who m very lit~le is known ~xcept that he had an e.xtensive pri v~te li~rary, compris~ng some thr 1 hundred and fifty volumes m such fields as C lass1cs, Reformation Literature, Medicine Histo; E ng lish, Poetry and Ed ucatio n. Accordi ng to the late William U rry, this libra ry was l~rg~r a more comprehensive in scope than almost any other private library of the time, outside the hou;:! of no blemen, and suggests that its owner must have been a very scholarly man (as was true also of the Lowe r Master, Robert Rose, himself an O.K.S.). It is known that G resshop's books were housed close to the classrooms and so may have been available to Marlowe. Some of the volumes can be shown to have influenced his plays, though he may of course have come across them elsewhere later. His everyday environment at school may a lso have influenced his work. For examp le, there is a reference to the 'dark entry' in The Je w of Malta, and mentio n of ' lead pipes' in Tamberlaine may recall those installed by Prior W ibert, with which Marl owe would have been fa miliar. In the same way, passages in both Tamberlaine and Dr . Faustus seem to d raw heavily on the deep impression which the Q ueen's spectacular visit to the c ity in 1573 (dur ing which she received in The Precincts an ad dtess of welcome on beha lf of the School, del ivered by 'The Grammarian', thought to have been a King's Scholar) must have made upon the young Marlowe then aged nine . ' It must be remembered, too, that Marlowe grew up in an age of turbulance, from which Canterbury was not immune. Relig io us and pol itical uncertainty and d isorder characterised the city, as elsewhere, du ring Marlo we's youth. T he parish of St. George's, in which he grew up was at the heart of this turmo il and it was, a fter all , o nly a few yea rs since Protestants had bee~ marty red in W incheap in 1556. Thi s was, mo reover , a time when his fam ily was beginning to make some social progress within the community and for this reason, too, a cautious approach in these matters was therefore sensible. In the words of Andrew Butcher , Marlowe's education may the refore have 'supplied to new vocabulary and a new range of images with which to come to terms with contempo rary upheavals. It is not di fficu lt to see the impact of such a school in such a city as being a powerful and even a trans forming o ne. T he intimate inter-penetration of school and city life fo r a young shoemaker's son must have intens ified his self awareness and increased his perception of the significance of his own world relative to national and international affairs, while g iving him an additional depth of histor ical perspective'. Yet, as Butcher goes on to say, Marlowe's was clearly a partisan , Parkerian education, in strong reactio n to the Catho lic pressures of Queen Mary and Card inal Pole, and we are faced with the paradox of how - hav ing gone up to Cambridge ostensibly to train for the ministry - he came to be accused of crypto-Catholicism and, later, atheism . The answer to this may lie partly in d isenchantment with the Church on Marlowe's part, as he observed at first hand abuses wh ich are known to have existed among some of its senior members in the Chapter , though th is is purely conjecture. It is more likely that he was influenced by some of his contemporaries at school. Much has been discovered about these and most, it is true, went on to lead conventional lives as clergy (includ ing Roper Blundell , Cho irmaster of Rochester Cathedral and Benjamin Carrier , Canon of Canterbury), gentlemen , lawyers and yeomen . However, others pursued much less orthodox careers, most notably Samuel Kennett, who went to Rome via Rheims in 1583 94

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eventually became a Benedictine monk . At the other end of the religious spectrum, the re and Henry Jacob who became a Congregationalist and established a settlement in Virginia called wa.s bo olis. Marlowe would certainly have known these school contemporaries and it is quite Jacoibl~ that his later religious ambi valence dates from these contacts, as well as possible po~~ections with other O.K.S . and later Catho lics, such as William Weston . T homas Hinde, co~he most recent history of the school, suggests that, at the very least, the fact that such men 1nâ&#x20AC;˘re known by Catholics abroad to have been educated at King's ' must have made it easier to wl~Y the part he was almost certainly to play (as a spy), of another Catholic defector ' . Marlowe P1 ust also have know n another O.K.S. and near-contemporary , Nicholas Faunt, a member of ~ veil-known local fami ly. Faunt also went to Corpus Christi College Cambridge and may later ~avve played some part, as Francis Walsingham 's secretary, in the tragic last chapter of Marlowe's life. Given that Marlowe had such a short life, and was achieving both fa me as a ' play-maker' and notoriety in other ways within a ~ery few _years o~ leaving school, it is more .t han mere peculation therefore to suppose that h1s educatiOn at Kmg's must have profoundly mfluenced him in these ways, fo r better o r for worse. The School is therefore proud to be a focal point of the commemoration of the life of o ne of the g reatest figures in English literary history. D.J.R.

EGG ON CHIPS AND MERINGUE GLACEE Families are good at reminding you of regrettable incidents in your life , like the time when

a' a child I washed my clothes in Ajax, thinking that I was being helpful. I can' t say which was worse, the itching or the embarrassment. Other people can also make you recall significant moments from your past. A few years ago I met a woman at a party, dressed in purple crimplene, who played the following game o n me. She asked me what my first memory was, and I to ld her. At the tender age of four I got up from my knees, put aside the sticks I was using to make a shelter for some black beetles that I imagined were destitute, surveyed the Limesto ne Cause around Les Cirg ues des Navacelles, and declared to my family that 'France was a very stony place'. AImost before I had fini shed my tale she asked was I a Geography teacher o r a social worker? She was certain I must be one of the other. When I admitted to being one of them her eyes flashed with satisfaction . Her theory had been confirmed yet again . Now , at a riper age, I can declare without much fear of contrad iction that 'Canterbury is a very old place' - and life at King's is leading me to believe that I am not a Geography teacher or a social worker, but both . My grandmother introduced me to the historic buildings of Canterbury at an early age. She loved the Cathedral and Precincts. She li ved in Dover, a place that held little real allure fo r her, and would make excuses to visit Canterbury and take her g randchildren with her. Her favourite claim was that she could not buy celery salt in Dover. Who were we to argue? Her biscuit-making was legendary and this was a vital ingredient. We used to make a bee-line fo r the Cathedral. My grandmother seemed to know every inch of it and was able to point out the exact spot on which Thomas a Bec ket was murdered . My brother was especially taken with the Black Prince's Tomb which in those days was festooned with old hangings that looked like decaying lime leaves, pale and skeletal. I liked playing o n the Norman staircase. I vividly remember looking out over the Green Court from the Dark Entry and thinking how enormous it was, and what a long way we had walked from the Martyrdom. It is interesting how one's perception of s ize and distance changes as one gets older. Sightseeing always gave us an appetite. Our favourite eating place was the Castle G rill. It was as much a place of pilgrimage as the Cathedral. Invariably we would order Egg on Chips and Meringue Glacee. Those were the happy days before we were cho lesterol-conscious. 95

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Canterbury must have had a formative influence on me. This is the third cathedral city h lived in during the last fifteen years. Maybe I can't live too far away from the smell of 1 ave wax, the sounds of Evensong and the kaleidoscope of colours that play on the pillars whcandle sun pours through stained glass windows. I never cease to get enjoyment from walking then the the Precincts . Sometimes when the sun is o ut and I see the neatly-mown grass of the Green ~Ugh spread out before me, I wish I were a gymnast able to cross this exercise mat in a series of st ~un somersaults and make a perfect landing. It amuses me to see that the Dean and Chapter al Ish to forbid men from walking on the lawns in the Precincts but, according to the signs a !lear to place no. such r.esti:ict~ons on wo_men. Maybe I w.ill test th!s theory one day . I also' thoughtful sign which mdicates the d1stance to the pubhc convemences. It tells one with compenthe accuracy that they lie seventy-two metres ahead. mg Recently I. was rassing the pillar box set into the. back wall of the Deanery when a choirbo . aged abo~t eig ht with grubby knees and~ cheeky gnn , appe~red on~ ne~rby step and in a perf~Âˇ tr~b!e voice sang out '.I ~m a teddy bear! and then raced off m t~e direction <?f the waiting school m1mbus. It was a thn ll mg moment. If the sounds of the Precmcts are at t1mes exquisite sot0 are the s ights . I love watching the changing moods of the Cathedral and am trying in a modest way to paint a series of pictures of it, in the style of Monet. He would sit in a cafe opposite Rouen Cathedral and pull out one of his half-finished canvases and add to it while a particular light lasted. 1am enjoying this activity as it is so much easier to do in my head than on paper! I have a number of favourite canvases. One is of a mushroom-coloured sunset that is blushing a delicate pink another is of a g round-hugging winter fog, as dense as the smoke from a canon on a battlefield. and a third is of a winter's night with the Cathedral bathed in s ilver and amber light, the tree~ of the Green Court swaying restlessly and light clouds scudding past an icy moon. The last scene reminds me less of a painting and more of a film set from Gone With the Wind ... ! suppose 1 must just be an incurable romantic.

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BOOK REVIEW THE RECKONING. THE MURDER OF CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE CHARLES NICHOLL (Jonathan Cape, 1992) On 30th May, 1593 Christopher Ma rlowe was stabbed to death at Deptford. Of this we can be reasonably certain. But, as Charles Nicholl shows in his fascinating and readable book The eckoning, it is one of the few th ings in Marlowe's life about which we can be certain. Piecing R ether the story of a sixteenth-century violent death is a difficult business. For a start most tf~he pieces are missing and many of those surviv ing contradict each other. Even identification 0 f personnel is difficult as spelling was not then as uniform as it is today and trivia like Christian ~ames are sometimes incorrect ~ the 'ffrauncis ffrezer ' of the Deptford parish register ~eing the ..ame person as the ' Ingram Fnzer' of the coroner's report. And many of the people mvolved were spies or ' intelligencers' or 'espials' or 'projectors' as they might have been called at the time: by their ve~y nature spies do not leave neatly docketted r~cords of. thei~ ~ct~vities . .Thus, though it is possible to reconstruct some events, even to demolish theones, It IS Impossible to be precise about causes and purposes . Christopher Marlowe, poet and playwright , was, it is generally recognised , the 'Christopher Marley', son of a Canterbury artisan, educated (probably briefly) at King's and then at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. There is a portra it of him there. At least, there is a portrait of a oung man aged 2 1 painted in 1585 which would fit Marlowe's age. (I wonder how many students fn his position had their portra its pa inted.) Then, as now, Cambridge was a recruiting-ground for spies and Marlowe became some sort of Government Agent in about 1587, possibly introduced into the Walsingham network by Nic holas Faunt, O.K.S., pretending to be a Catholic in order to find out more about genui ne Catholic English subversaries on the continent. The evidence for this comes both fro m a Privy Council memorandum and from Marlowe's considerably increased spending in the College buttery. For the next six years he wrote plays, became famous, went on missions (as Professor R. B. Wernham discovered in 1976, he was caught counterfeiting money in Flushing in 1592, counterfeiting be ing a capital offence, was deported under escort to England to be questioned by Lord Burghley and was let oft). He became acquainted with Sir Walter Raleigh with whom he had the common interests of poetry and atheism and they probably smoked a pipe or two together. He became involved in brawls in both London and Canterbury and in 1589 was actually imprisoned after a sword fight which resulted in the death of an innkeeper's son. Thus it is hardly surprising that the literary gossip, Francis Meres, was able to write in 1598: 'Christopher Marlowe was stabbed to death by a bawdy serving man, a rival of his in his lewd love.' Mr. Nicholl does not accept this. Neither does he accept the more traditional story that Marlowe was killed in a tavern in a quarrel about the bill. He is certainly right about the tavern. As the late Dr. William Urry has shown, the keeper of the 'tavern', Eleanor Bull of Deptford was the widow of a minor official and gentleman, and she herself had connections, albeit distant, at court. Her refreshment ho use was almost certainly on a higher plane than that of a common tavern . Furthermore, there were apparatently only three other people present, Ingram Frizer, Nicholas Skeres and Robert Poley. All were secret agents of one sort or another, the former two part of the fac tion of the Ea rl of Essex, the latter part of the Raleigh faction, and in 1593 Essex and Raleigh were arch if not dead ly rivals. T hey were at Mrs. Bull 's from ten in the morning until the evening when, according to the official version, Marlowe tried to stab Frizer with Frizer's own dagger. 'And so it befell, in that affray, that the said Ingram, in defence of his life, with the dagger aforesaid of the value of twelvepence, gave the said Christopher a mortal wound, of the depth of two inches and the width of one inch,' (Coroner's report) from which Marlowe died instantly. W ithin a month Frizer had received the Queen' s official pardon as he had been acting in self-defence. 97 (Terence Loo)

Mr. Nicholl makes much of the fact that there was a closely-orchestrated campaign ag . Marlowe - in order to discredit R~leigh , it is tightly argued but so_me of the eviden~ln\t questionable. For example, a report agamst Marlowe was prepared by one Rtchard Baines claim~ " among o ther things, that ' Almost into every company he cometh , he persuades men t~ athe_lng, willing them not to be afeard of bugbears and hobgoblins,' and that he claimed , ' St. Joh~srn. Evangelist w~s bedfell(_)w of <;:h~ist, a~d used hin:t ~s the sinn~rs of So~om_a.' Heady stuff, ~he that is not qutte the pomt. Thts Note has an offtctal annotatton showmg tt was handed to tht authorities on Sunday, 27th May, 1593 - three days before Marlowe's death. But the annotati e also says that it was handed in on Whitsun Eve (which was 2nd June and therefore three daon after Marlowe's death) . Mr. Nicholl prefers the former date as it supports his thesis. Howev/' if the date really were June 2nd much of the argument on pages 322-23 would collapse. An~· as John Bossy has pointed out, if th~ latter date were corr~ct , the 'note' could well have bee~ part of a plan to prophesy Marlowe s downfall retrospectively. One must also ask quite how the kill ing of Marlowe would have discredited Raleigh. What was the role of Robert Poley? Why were the four of them at Deptford_ on 30th May, 1?93? yve ca~not be sure. But one thing i~ certain. If Marlowe was murdered tn an attempt to dtscred tt Raletgh , the plot was unsuccessful· Ra leigh was not discredited until the next century, and then for rather different reasons. · Mr. Nicholl has researc~ed his subject w~ll. T here are fe~ obvious errors, though I was a little surprised to see Calvtn Hoffman descnbed as a Canadian scholar (page 6). He has used an historian's skills to piece together a tapestry from a collection of those threads. It is a book to be warmly recommended to historians, fans of Marlowe and addicts of detection. But it mu~t be read critically. Mr. Nicholl himself writes: 'I am not the first to doubt the "official story" of Marlowe's death. Most of his biographers have expressed some unease with it, but they have ended up accepting it for lack of any prova~le alterna~ive.' M_r. Nicholl 's own cas~, though vel) well argued, can hardly be descnbed as provable . He dtscounts other consptracy theorie~ convincingly (pages 343-44). But I cannot help wo_n~ering whet~er, after all, Marlow~' s death was not simply the result of a drunke!l brawl, albett tn an establtshment rather more htgh-clas~ than a tavern . G.D.W.

MUSIC AND DRAMA MARLOWE HOUSE CONCERT SATURDAY, 30th JANUARY, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL

On appr_oaching the Shirley Hall I was ~!let by the cheert:u l personalities of Rupert and Benedict Reid offen~g me a prog_ramme ~nd cre~tmg at the same ttme a homely atmosphere to what was be an enJoyable even mg. Instde awa tted a prepared stage complete with harp and flowers ... 10 Mr. Reid warmly welcomed the assembled company to the eighth of the present series of \lfarlowe H<?use concerts an~ then handed the presentation of the concert over to the two comperes for the evemng, B~u~e Goldtn and Barry Cameron . They proved to be a very entertaining double act somewhat remmts_cent. of Mor~cambe and Wise. Their first duty was to introduce the House Orchestra under the dtrectwn of Btll Hague who then conducted the Orchestra through their three ttems: the Muppet Show theme, an ever-popular tune heard many a time in this hall; the Brideshead Revisited theme and And rew ~l oyd- Webber's Mem01y. The intonation was generally good. The brass sectio~ dese~ves a spectal mentio n for maintai ning a good rhythm, clear brass sound and effective arttculattOn. through? ut all three pieces. Percussionist Jonathan Norman performed confident ly and I particularly It ked the cow-bell effect in the Muppet theme. It was commendable 10 see such a large orchestra from one House and conducted by a Music Scholar from the House. In complete contra~t Camilla Pay 9elighted her aud ience with two items on her harp: Au Bard du Ruisseau ?Y Rente~ ~nd Two Guitars ~y Wood. Both were well-rehearsed and well-played, particularly, ~n n:tY opmton, the secon_d ptece which was very evocative of Spanish guitars with excellent proJectiOn of the lower reg tster of the harp bringing out the main theme. Vivaldi has always been a favo urite at House concerts and this concert was no exception as we were treated to the sounds of Rober_t Heddle and .t:Jatthew Brown performing the Allegro frO!f! the co~certo ~or two trumpet~. Thetr trumpet play mg was thoroughly enjoyed, particularly th~tr good tnt<?natton and rhyth~tc contrast~. yve were brought back to the twentieth century wtth the ,next ttem as saxophoms~s James Btsstll , Jonathan Murch, and Chris Ioannou played J. Powe~ s Rock and Rjlythm. T hetr mellow sounds were punctuated by an effective blues rhythm, and whilst I would hked to have he~rd a little less hurried performance it was nonetheless competently played. It was encouragmg to hear Chris Ioannou projecting a matured sound. The Wind Quintet, Adam Bissill (Flute), Lucy C layton (Oboe), Bill Hague (Clarinet), Tom Wacher (Horn), and Matthew Alabaster (Bassoon) performed two works by A. Agay, Polka followed by B~lero. We. were treated to an interesting contrast in sound colour, resulting in a commend~ble mterpr~tattOn ofth~se two woodwind pieces. All played well and blended together, and I parttcularly enJoyed Lucy s performance on oboe, and Matthew's bassoon playing. Danny Bartlette pl~yed Boogie by Moonlight on the piano, a piece by F. Booth, followed by a trad. number Fran~~e and J~hnny. These were entertaining pieces, well received, and certainly prO!f!Oted th_e versattltty of th ts young member of the House. We were to enjoy his musicianship agam later m the programme . . The follow ing item was announced as the low spot in the evening's entertainment. The original ttem had been abandoned owing to illness so a quick 'filler-in' had to be found . Found it was in the shape of Bruce Goldin, Giles Tennick, and Bill Hague. They were announced by our suave comperes as the 'Shrunken Shadows' altho ugh a wit in the audience, on seeing what they each earned, renamed them 'Shrunken Guitars' .. .In their hands were ukeleles. We were to be given a taste of George Forr:tby_'s I'm Forever Cleaning Windows. Definitely not a low spot as we were transported back m ttme to the days of that famous performer by the presentation, humour and characters of the three players. Can't Help Lovin' That Man came off qu ite well. Lucy Clayton interpreted this well-known Jero!lle K~rn n~mber in good style. The Shirley Hall , however is a difficult place to project a prectse arttculatton and on occasion the excellent quality of her voice lacked this important aspect, but the general performance was in character with j ust the right portamento where expected. Messr~. Goldin an~ C~meron thorough ly enjoyed themselves introducing the Toy Symphony. Could thts be the begmnmgs of a Staff Orchestra - I wonder? Bill Hague, Adam Pett, Rebecca 99

Bussey and Charlotte Mo~gan proved an excellent ensemble. on cla~inets ~hilst staff memb of the House contributed m great form. There was Mr. Wh1te- b1rd wh1stle, Mr. Frankscr~ toy trumpet , Dr. Arnott- triangle, Miss Francis a~d Mr. Pragnell - cuckoo, and Mr. R :performing in virtuoso style on rattle and Swanee wh1stle . T he work was expertly held togethld by Matt Brown who conducted this talented ensemble. It was obv iously enjoyed by perform er and audience alike. It was well worth the encore to which we were treated. Leopold Moza~~~ Toy Symphony was, until recently , attributed to Haydn. It was good to see Mozart's name i~ the programme. Camilla Pay, Hannah MacKenzie, Kathry n Porges, Lucy C lay~on, Thomas Wacher, Matthc\\ Brown Barry Cameron, and Thomas MacKenz1e formed the cho1r for an unaccompanied setting of Jesu: The Very Thought of Thee by Bairstow. The balance was commendabl~, the sound most pleasing and in all ~ep received: There followed the seco~d .~ppe~r~nce of Dame! Bartlette, who display~~ hi~ versat1 lit~ by play~ng t~~ Allegro. from Tartlm s V10lin Con~e~~o .No: 3. This was a prom1smg mterpretat10n and h1s ab1lity ~o proJeCt a good sound fr~m Tartm1 s mtn cate position work in the allegro showed excellent apt1tude. He. well deserved h1s rou nd of applause. Bizet's Petit Mari, Petite Femme was performed on the p1ano by Lucy Clayton and Charlotte Morgan. After a somewhat tentative start, the performance warmed. Now to the last of the evening's solo items . We were treated to Matthew Brown's most musical and sensitive recorder playing in a rendering of Handel's Sonata in C Major. The ease with which Matthew adapts from trumpet to recorder, displaying an equal 9~ality of rine musicianship, is remarkable. His performance on recorder possessed tone, sens1t1ve phrasmg , good articulated rhythm, and an effective projection. This was a sound which delighted the audience. The Hunting Song and Be Prepared by Tom Lehrer was announced as ' Biggles and the Boys from the Mess' . Each member was introduced by the compere as: Squadron Leader Bruce 'Biggles' Goldin ; Major William 'Biwl ' Hague; Flying Officers Adam 'Ginger' Bis~ill ; Giles 'Bertie' Tennick; Adam 'Algy' Pett; M ike 'Ace of Spades' Webb; Rear G unner 'B1g Dom' Pett; and Air Commodore David Sheath. Once the motley crew had settled, singing commenced. A little fast on ' take-off' perhaps causing crackling and distortion to diction, but o nce a 'desired altitude' was reached a jolly and entertaining 'fly past' was achieved. Bob's Hot Five completed the evening with a confident presentation of two evergreen numbers, Johnson Rag and Clarinet Marmalade. Bob Heddle led on trumpet, William Hague and Adam Pett on clarinets with Giles Tennick performing on trombone alongs ide Matthew Alabaster on bass guitar. This was good Dixieland music delivered in a li vely and cheerful style. The trumpet led well and the trombone was effective with glissandos in just the right places. C larinets chirped away h~ppily with a strict steady beat from the bass guitar which, I was delighted to hear, was never overpowering. A House concert of this quality does not happen by accident. It not only reflects the spirit of the House and the encouragement given in support, it also reflects the hard work obviously put in by Mr. David Sheath who accompanied all solo items ~ens itively and professionally. ~is hand could be seen in many aspects, not least the presentatiOn. Many thanks must go to h1m for a very successful evening, and to all who took part, in giving us a most memorable House concert. W.R.M.

THE SECRET DIARY OF ADRIAN MOLE THE GRANGE AND WALPOLE HOUSE PLAY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, 30th AND 3 1st JANUARY, IN ST. MARY 'S HALL 'Are you going to see the play sir?' 'Well , actually I've been asked to review it?' 'Only there's this really good bit with a bed that does your head in ... ' T here is a really good bit with a bed that does your head in. T here is a really good bit with a bed that does your head in. 100

Thus it was t~at I sat sll!ugly amongst. the audience at the Grange and Walpole production ÂŁThe Secret D1ary of Adnan Mole, confident that among them I was the only one blessed with ~he knowledge that ~ was about to have my head done in by a bed . The 'bit' in quest1on turne~ out to be a very clever piece of stage adaptation. The item of f rniture had been placed vertically on the set, so when two of the characters retreated to their ~ck bed all they had to do was stand alongside it and draw the cover around them so that the s~dience could stil.l see them perfectly. This led to one moment that looked like something out ~fan Escher drawmg, when th.e characters in the bed were being passed medicine by an everhelpful Adrian who was standmg next to the upright bed. Perspectively challenging. Even if Ben Massingham could not act, and he can, he would have had to have been cast as Adrian Mole. I h?pe that he will.forgive me fo~ say in~ that he only had to put on the spectacles to become th~ ~h uteen-year-old mtellectual. H1s playmg of the part was perfect, moving from a longing to JOin the adult world to a total exasperation with it as personified by his parents. The parents were not easy pa~ts to fill either. George Mole - a harried and confused father 100 drained to exl?ress any emot10ns other than confused exasperation and mounting despair at his wife's be~av 1.our - was. successfully taken on by Henry Gage whose mute stares of incomprehens10.n mto the aud1ence ?ecame quite harrowing at times. Adrian' s mother Pauline was an equally d1fficult part, played with enthusiasm by Chloe Oakshett. It is Pauline's determination to progress fr?m the boredo~ of .h er housewife's life that takes her through self-assertiveness courses and fmally to move m w1th another man, in the hope of finding something different that forces Adrian and his father to fend for themselves. ' The other man in question, Mr. Lucas as played by Miles Edlmann, is a sort of D.I.Y.ing enthusiast/in~ompetent and on~ has ~o wond.er w~at Pauli.ne sees in h!m. The huge gulf between him and Adnan IS shown by h1s trymg to g1ve h1m a Sw1ss army kmfe as a present. He cannot understand why the young poet finds this to be a totally alien object. I wis~ that Mrs. Luc~s h~d been a larger part. Marvellously played by Emma Pyke, her little cameo p1eces were the h1ghlight of the play for me. Self-sufficient, active and rather contemptuous of her husband, we never really find o ut what happens to her in the end. The descript.iC?n so far mu.st make th is sound li.ke a depr.e ssing play, however it was extremely funny. The wntmg was spnnkled throughout with 'one-lmers' many of the best of which went to Adri.an- 'When~ is your mother?', 'Feeding the dog an aspirin'. Adrian, the thirteen-yearold trymg to be an mtel~ctual and a poet struggling to keep his home in order, also runs into problems at school. Falling foul of the school tough, Barry Kent alias Anthony Cornish, he is fo.rced to earn mon~y from a paper round. His attempts at social work bring him into contact w1th Bert Baxter (Richard Henderson) an elderly gentleman who seems to exist on Woodbines and beet~oot (another lovely part very ably filled). Bert starts of suspicious of Adrian, but willing to use h1m as a dogsbody, but gradually a real friends hip grows up between them. I must menti?.~ Nick Bray's dancing talents, first seen in Dracula last term, but now fully developed -:- N!Jmsky would have wept. Nick played the part of Adrian's school friend Nigel whose contmual battle to be cool attracts Adrian and baffles him at the same time. Both fall for the teenage love interest in the form of Pandora (Victoria Broom), but in the end it is Adrian who wins - we can see that this is a perfect match - Pandora to Adrian: ' Are you clever as well as being intellectual?' In a play with lots of characters it is difficu lt to mention all - Bjorn Hall as the headmaster (future JOb??); Queen!e, Kate Emerre (a little diversion for Adrian's father), Doreen, Claire Alder; the Matron, Jane V1rden; assorted schoolboys and an electricity board official (a powerful performance by Chris Ziegler) all played their parts well. Mention must go to the stage cre.w ably led by Alex Maines, who had to orchestrate a dizzying round of scene changes, the set builders under Marcus Riccoboni and, of course, to the lighting and sound teams. Another successful production for Wainde Inc., and I did not mind having my head done in. J.A. 101

BONE-CHILLER THE BAILEY AND BROUGHTON HOUSE PLAY SATURDAY AN D SUNDAY, 6th AND 7th FEBRUA RY, IN ST. MARY'S HALL

' The play centres o n the struggle to decipher the will of Uncle Josiah! But nothing is . what it seems !', to quote the p_rog ram'!le no tes .. ' The pl~y centres on the struggle to kec~~he cupboard d<?or shut! But t~~ d1alogue IS not qu1te w~at 1t se~ms ! ' may be an unfair rcnditi e of the last mght, altho ugh 1t 1s probably what the cast 1tself w1ll remember. James Bridges' a 00 made as many unscripted appearances as there were transitions from Act T wo to Act Three arrn back aga in. However, all went well o n the night : it is g reatly to the ir credit that the combin~ fo rces of Bailey and Bro ughton kept the plot on the road and the audience enterta ined. T~e c~oice of pl~y was vindicated : ~hat was billed as a 'comed ic mystery-thr iller' lent itself to w1tty 1mprov1sat10n and some amusmg cameo performances (who can forget Charlie Bell' inspired ad lib as he drop-kicked his glass of g in?). The mi xture of fast conversation and fas~ killing was well d irected and staged. Emma Bell and Aaron Jarrett, with additional inspiration from Mrs. McGuire, handled a potentially too c rowded stage sens ibly . Commendatio ns? Josh Cole provided an impressively volatile chef in the best traditions of Anatole; Pooja Ghai was an admirable foil. Charlie Bell 's mastication g rew in effect; Natasha Beloff displayed rare talent. Guns were handled deftl y by Aaro n Jarrett and Marcus Rinaldi Ottav ia exuded fore ig n mystery to the manner bo rn ; Emma Radc liffe was especially imprcssiv~ as an agitated spinster. Andy Ruffell and Mike Dav ies per f<?rmed demanding par!s ably; Abigail Mance and Francesca Beauman effaced themselves appropnately. Samantha Davtes was suitabl] ingenuously naÂˇive. The murde rs were indeed we ll-staged: fu ll credit to the back stage crew. A parti cular mention is due to the executors of the all- impo rtant rebus. The evening was redolent of positive co-operation . A good aug ury, it is to be hoped, of the phys ical swapping of the two Houses this summer: if not as comic, it sho uld be as slick. To have seen the play on the first night was to have seen a fast-paced, well-received performance. To have seen it on the last nig ht was to have seen a fast-paced, well- improv ised perfo rmance: it was deservedly equal ly well received.

J.A.T.

JAZZ CONCERT SATURDAY, 27th FEBRUARY , IN TH E SHIRLEY HALL

'He llo, good evening and welcome to Question Time . My name is A . Reviewer and this week we are at The King's School, Canterbury, where we have assembled an illustrious panel to answer your questions on th is term's Jazz Concert. And to night we have: Mr. Timothy Marson, trumpeter. singer, classical scholar and waistcoat wearer extraordinaire, perhaps better kno wn as the 'Jed' of Jed's All Stars; Mr. Chris Creissen, player of many basses, director of the King's Jazz Orchestra and holder of the world record for Tunmg a Bass after Knocking it off a Music Stand ; Mr. Richard Hagan , saxophonist , clarinettist and singer , of whom The Times once wrote: ' If he ever lets anyone else play a solo , we will know the end of the world is nig h'; and finally, M r. Paul Teeton. economist and well-known member of the Conservative Party, who has no qual ifications whatsoever fo r be ing here except that he was sitting next to me in the concert. ' ' And our first questio n is: how good really was this concert? T im Ma rson .' ' Well , I thought it was quite good really. The outfits made by Barney and Hugo's mum looked ve ry nice, and I thought the standard of waistcoats was higher than in any pervious year. Mr. Teeto n's hat looked good, too, until it mysteriously vanished half- way through the concert. Barney's beard rather spoilt things, but you can't have everything . Finally, I thought the lighting was brilliant - effic ient , appropriate and subtle .' 'Chris C re issen? ' 102 (James Bridges)

•Yea well, the Band was half-asleep at the beginning for A String of Pearls and Ja-Da, which s why I knocked my bass over, to wake them up . But Ed Millard and Jed here played some wa at solos. Later on, everyone got onto the groove a bit more and, yea, well , they were quite gg~~d reallY . ' ·Richard Hagan.?' ·Well I had more solos than last year, so that's got to be good, hasn't it? I thought Till was e as w'ell, and Ed and Cheyney and Ali and, er , well, everyo ne really (or at least, all the Sax ac , section) . 'And Paul Teeton. ' 'Brilliant. Mrs. Thatcher would have been very pleased with it.' ·Thank you, gentlemen . Now to our next question: for a Jazz Concert , were there enough vocal items? Richard.' ·Well I thought that Cheyney's close harmony group were pretty wow - all those funny actions and the~ pretending to go off stage - I thought they were much better than last year, but then , other people probably didn't, so there you go. I wasn't so sure about Summertime - Jenny Arnold was brill , but it would have sounded much better on, say, a clarinet, wouldn't it?' 'Thank you, Richard Hagan, for that unbiased account. Tim?' ·well , I am much too modest to talk about the close harmony, but I thought Lucy C layton's version of These foolish things and Tom Jackson in It had to be you were absolutely wonderful . they reall y understood the style and sang from memory - definite highlights.' ·Chris.' 'Yes.' 'And Mr. Teeton?' 'No. of course, when the Chancellor reduces the tax on vocals in the Budget. .. ' ' Yes, thank you , Mr. Teeton. Now, the next public topic under discussion is : who were the real stars? We' ll start this time with C hris.' ' Well , being serious for a moment , I thought that the trumpet section were real stars. Especially in the Count Basie numbers like Corner Pocket and Fantail, where they really did produce the authentic Big Band sound, and there were some really splendid high notes in It had to be you well done Jed, the two Matts and Rob.' ' Ricardo? ' ' I wou ld single out the trombones: G iles, Alex, Nick and Stephanie were really with it for this concert, constantly enriching the textures with subtle but e ffective counterpoint. (That's just to prove I really do do A- level Music with Mr. Matthews.)' 'Jed? ' 'For me , it was the rhythm section that made the concert. Matt and Aaron on the piano and Huge and Matt in the kitchen department were real pros, always knowing what they were doing but not stealing our, I mean, the limelight. Huge also organised 'Fat Man and his Jazz Funketeers', who were the best modern jazz group I have heard at King's, and that's saying something (to say nothing of them not playing for too long!). And, of course, Maestro Creissen himself on two different basses - good stuff.' 'And lastly to you, Mr. Teeton.' ' Urn , well, in a classless society it would be wrong to pick out indi viduals, so I shall just mention anyone who is a member of Tradescant.' Thank you. And finall y on Question Time tonight, how can we sum up this clearly excellent concert? Tim Marson .' 'Really good. It was the music chosen as much as anything - The Pink Panther, Pennsylvania 65000, Splanky - it 's all such g reat music that, well , you can't fai l to be impressed.' 'Chris Creissen.' 'I _thought the high light was the view of the top of Ali Hine's head that we got when he was playmg for Jed 's All Stars - it takes g reat ski ll to be ab le to play like that (sorry, Ali!) .' 103 THE SECRET DIARY OF ADRIAN MOLE (lames Bridges)

'Richard Hagan?' 'In my opinion , the encore- Neal Hefti's Rangers, Mash and Peas - summed up the wh concert: exciting, precise, loud and absolutely brilliant (especially me).' ole ' Paul Teeton.' ' As Richard says, brilliant. In fact, it was so good, I think the Government ought to privatise 1.t . 'Thank you, gentlemen, for answering these questions on the Jazz Concert. Next week Âˇ shall be at Henley , asking: why do people come here just to watch lots of masochists get 'w:te tired and depressed? Until then, goodbye .' Âˇ This programme was brought to you in association with Teeton Investments pic and a tube of Smarties.

CHAMBER CONCERT

L.s.

THURSDAY , 4th MARCH , IN ST. LAWRENCE JEWRY

On a cold Thursday morning we left Canterbury armed with stands, recorders and Milhaud (amongst others) to embark on a less than epic trek to St. Law rence Jewry to perform a distilled mix of chamber music. Having dragged Tim 'twelve offstage horns' Marson away from studying 5.5 billion dollar deals be ing clinched outside Venezuelan building societies we went in to bask in the wealth and cleanliness of the chapel leaving D.S. ' Buff' S. and M.D. 'SONY Mini Disc ' H. to discuss the relative merits of the Wagnerian beam that was to serve as the organ. Rehearsal followed to acclima~ise us to the new acoustic --:- except T.R. 'David Bailey' H. who prepared the Fleet Street gutse; may we suggest 'Bella smgs Brahms? ' . Then, finding the institute meeting in the vestry too claustrophobic, it was off into the concrete jungle to find a half-time sarnie. Richard 'subhuman bottom B flat' Hagan and Bill ' Bully ' Bryant managed to avoid the comings and goings of peach-jacketed floor traders and ended up in London's only Mafia-run cafe, whose chicken tikka proved a bargain for Don Bryant who made them an offer they couldn 't refuse (or perhaps they felt guilty at having poisoned the Diva's sandwich). The concert was of exceptional quality, enhanced through slick and instantaneous programme notes c/o our very own Stanley Sadie and Percy Scholes. The programme began with the recorder quintet of Michael Peat, Julie von Dalgwik, Nick Tattersall , Matthew Brown and Beverley Sharp showing a well-nurtured precision in the five-movement sonata by Vitali. Jeremy 'Durufle' Bines put the organ through its paces with a selection from Couperin's Messe pour /es Paroises next with typically meticulous technical attention. Suitably inspired, M.D.H. took Helena Ancock, Laura Marshall , Matthew Brown, Julie von Dalgwik and Alice Lascelles into the loft to tackle John Blow's Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell - an admirable performance of a work whose difficulty can be underestimated. The highlight of the concert (general consensus) was the Andante from Schubert's A minor 'Rosamunde ' string quartet with Sarah Petrie, Tessa Coombe, Jeremy Bines and Nigel Field. It comes as no surprise to learn that they have reached the final of the National Schools' Chamber Music Competition. The Crypt Choir mopped up in the closing stages with three songs from Brahms' Sieben Leider fiir gemischten Char a capella and some Milhaud about a country as hot as bread, where you find irritatingly pretty butterflies, featuring the special appearance of our guest conductor, Dorothea Harris. (Miranda is sti ll convinced that Annabel is a relation!) Contented with our efforts we waited for the coach, whilst Richard 'talk to my agent, Simon Rattle' Hagan and Bill found the Lord Mayor and drove him out of the Guildhall to give us a regal send-off. We raced back to Canterbury, partly because we wanted to tell everyone what an exciting day we' d had but also because we were worried about Bella becoming a duck, Lucy, a lion, and Bill ' my name is Mikhail Lupov' being sensible. We had established that Richard's father doesn't sell sausages, Julie von Dalgwik's great-grandfather used to shoot pool with Brahms (or something) and that chamber music can be as sensational as the Count Basie orchestra. Many thanks to T.R.H. and especially D.S.S. and M.D.H. for something a bit special. CHENEY KENT. 104

MITCHINSON'S HOUSE CONCERT SATURDAY, 6th MARCH, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL

At their House concert the members of M itchinson 's demonstrated both their talent and the very extensive range of musical interest that there is within the House. The concert began with the Overture Gradus ad Sinfonium by C. P . E. Bach. The pretentiouslytyled Grand Sinfo nia Concertante soon settled down to a fi ne performance, with a good balance ~tween the strings and the wind instruments. It is, I suppose, a fact that these days anything which is played by black and white keys, other than a pianoforte, is called a 'keyboard', and the 'keyboard' accompaniment , played by Mr. Pinnock, proved to be a synthetically-produced harpsichord; three cheers for Phystcs! The second piece, The Acrobat, by Greenwood, was preceded by some minor acrobatics with the pianoforte, manoeuv ring it into the correct position for performance - this was to become a regular occurrence. Nick Tattersall, on the trombone, had a slightly shaky start to this wellknown piece beloved of Music Hall aud iences, but the trombone is a very exposed, and exposing, instrument when the o nly accompaniment is the piano, played on this occasion by Oliver Nash. Nick soon warmed to the piece, and played the g lissandi in the second and fourth sections with confidence. I' m sure we will hear more of him o n this instrument in the future. The modern id iom was represented by the thi rd piece, Time after Time by The Beloved , sung by Kieron Mohindra who accompanied himself on the ubiquitous keyboard which had metamorphosed from being a harpsichord into something that thought it was a 'group'. Although not exactly my kind of music, I have to ad mit that I do have a certain admiration for those who can sing and play simultaneously, and this came off very well, although the voice part was occasionally somewhat hidden by the accompaniment. The audience was then treated to a very polished performance of the Thi rd movement from Brahms' Sonata in G major, Op 78, given by M ichael Chesterman, accompanied by Mr. Matthews at the pianoforte. The classical mood continued with an arrangement for four hands at the pianoforte of the Ballet from the Petite Suite by Debussy, played by Jeremy Bines and Nick Tattersall, who gave a reall y quite accompl ished performance for two of the younger members of the House. It is not often that one hears the classical g uitar at a House concert, but Tom Robettson followed with a performance of Diabell i 's A ndante Sostenuto, played with much sensitivity and feeling. A touch, o r rather more than a touch, of what was intended to the comedy followed with Aaron Birks and O liver Nash play ing- or, more correctly, performing (and choreographing)- a medley of arrangements for four hands of a number of mainly classical items, entitled Classical Upheaval 3. I am surprised they survived the fi rst two upheavals (assuming the title to be an accurate description of their progress to date), with Ol iver 's somewhat unorthodox ascent to the stage for the opening bars and his subsequent antics with the pianoforte which turned what would otherwise have been undoubtedly a deservedly amusing and light-hearted item to round up the first half of the concert into something more suited to the circus ring. Afte r a sho rt interval, the modern scene was represented by a performance of Faith no More's Easy, performed by Graeme Parkin, Leo Bowder, James Greenwall and Kieron Mohindra, and wh ich was much apprec iated by the audience. Back to the classical scene with Debussy's Beau Soir played by Joanna Chesterman, accompanied by Mr. Matthews. Joanna's tone was occasio nally a little thin in the upper register of the cello, but was otherwise beautifully sonorous, and I'm su re we will be hearing more of her during the next four terms. The 'Senio r Member 's Slot' on the programme (or , in this instance, not on the programme) was gamely, and very wittingly, filled by Mr. Parker , who, after a convoluted preamble played a piece which eventually reluctantly revealed itself as an approximation to Rossini's Overture William Tell , accompanied by a mountain quail (!), two cuckoos and a nightingale! t05

(T.R. H .)

T he lighter mood continued with All your Loving, by Otis Rush , played by Aaron Birks Tom Robertson on the (electric) guitar and Nick Tattersall on the ubiquitous 'keyboard' L~kd a ll the lighter pieces, it was enthusiastically acclaimed by the audience. Âˇ 1e Following which , a prod igious performance of Khatchaturian ' s Toccata was given by Jere Bines, who played from memory and produced a generously r ich sound from the pianoforte alll~ demonstrated his mastery of the instrument. n As a complete contrast, the slow movement from the 'Death and the Maiden' quartet by Schube was played by the str ing quartet comprising Mike Chesterman, Anna Lewis, Jeremy Bines a ~ Joanna Chesterman , who performed superbly as an ensemble. n To draw the proceedings to a close, the House sang Cecilia by Simon and Garfunkel accompanied by Aaron Birks and Michael Chesterman, with Sally Hamour, as conductor' responsible for keeping the show on the road . I felt that some of the members of the House lacked j ust a little conviction in the singing of this piece. All in all , though, the concert was a fine testimony to the depth of talent and desire to make music - and to make it at as high a standard as possible - amongst the members of M itchinson 's . Well done!

R.V.J .B.

WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? KING'S YOUTH DRAMA SATURDAY AND SUNDAY , 6th AND 7th MARCH , IN ST. MARY 'S HALL

If, as is the current penchant, people are beginning to complain that the problem with the Sixth Form is that they have far too much done for them, too much handed on a plate , too much help generally (when we should be preparing them fo r the helplessnesses of the adult world), then this production answered back with power, humour, and some very worldly-wise ideas and themes. Albee' s play is, quite simply , stunning in its ability to numb , to enrage, to amuse: it is not comfortable , despite the jokes, nor doe's it fit into any easily-d ismissed critical categories. Because of these f~ctors it is an _extrel!lely di_fficult play to pr? duce, dependi~g very much on the intensity of the actmg, contrastmg wtth a still and naturalistic backdrop. It IS also long . A brave choice then was made by this brave group of young actors, thinkers, designers and technicians, and the production itself, acted and directed with skill and subtlety, des igned with originality and intell igence, was a delightful and disturbing success . The story centres on two couples, both of whom are afra id not so much of V irginia Woolf (although many are) but of the truth - a point obliquely reflected in the wallpaper of the livingroom which consisted of sheets of newspaper (real issues) washed over with a baby-boy blue paintbrush . As Ika Will is, the bra ins of the operation, describes things, the production ' tried to concentrate on the (imaginary) " son" and on the way George and Martha had built a world for themselves' . The plot then progresses, with Nick and Honey acting both as butts and catalysts, in tortu red and drunken fashion , towards the destruction of George and Martha's fa ntasy world. What was particularly enjoyable about this production was the way the dynamics of the play were managed - the audience often found itself in mid-laugh, only to be cut short by the considerable force of Eliot Shrimpton's voice as it articulated a moment of agony or anger, or both . The episode with the 'fake jap ' shotgun, levelled from behind at Martha's head, was extremely well-handled : it is a moment when all the power of the play explodes (just as the gun does not). The cast were all excellent and acted with commitment and power - none of the parts are easy and perhaps Matt Alabaster, as the all-too-straight Nick, had the most difficult task, but it was well-executed . As Ma rtha, Vanessa Linfo rth balanced the wit, the pain, and the sex, while sav ing her most powerful moments for the conclusion ot the play. Honey, played by Suzy Madigan, was as dizzy as Martha was witty , but, again, when the tr uth was revealed, the depths of the characterisation were laid bare impressively. F inally Eliot's George, who shuffled around the stage with the weight of the History department on his shoulders, was remarkable in his ability to transform weariness into anger . Jon Alcock, said the director, ' was absolutely brilliant' it goes without say ing that efforts backstage were slick and professional. 106

(T.R.H.J

Perhaps some of the scenes were a little static- there was much clinging onto sofas and chairs; ha s also the scenery could have been pushed more towards naturalism (on top of its newspaper rar k/round) because the stage felt a little bare at times . The ending of the play was deliberately a~i uous - leav ing us to g uess whether the ghost of the 'son' has truly been exorcised (rather a~ n1ust exercised) - but, again, perhaps it is the duty of a production to make a decision either 1 rather than to waive it? But fo r future K. Y .D.s a high standard has been set - perhaps w/could even look fo rward to a contemporary play, rather than one from the recent past, as ~ is inevitably was, al th?ugh it was extremely effective in its disturbing condemnation of dreams ~nd unrealities of all kmds. Except for the stage, of course. S.H .D .

H.M.S. PINAFORE THE GALPIN'S, JERVIS AND SCHOOL HOUSE PLAY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, 13th AND 14th MARCH, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL One of the g reat things about a Dobbin and Hands production is that, however well one knows the piece they are performing, one can never be quite sure what is going to happen next. Thus the Galpin's-Jervis-School House production of H.M.S. Pinafore kept the audience awake and alert from its opening chords to its closing cheers and a very satisfactory evening was had by all. It was good not to hear too much of Gilbert's awful dialogue (a pity that more could not have been cut or rew ritten) and the skilful transposition of some lines to other characters and the division of several roles into more than one part meant there was ample opportunity for the abundant talent of the three Houses to come to the fo re . It was a bit of a pity that some of the musical numbers were lost. I found the ending of Act I rather abrupt and musically unusual, but I must not go on about th is as I do not want to be accused of being pretentious. I could not count the cast on the stage as they kept o n moving about , and it is always unwise to trust the programme in these circumstances, but the players must have numbered more than seventy. As a resu lt there was always plenty going on in the big chorus numbers though some of the imagery _ such as the fondling of the semi-erect gu n - might have been taken a little further; there is, I suppose, a limited time in rehearsal to develop such tantalising ideas . The number of sailors m ig ht have been unmanageable had they not been divided into goodies and baddies, clearly discernible by the ir distinctive uniforms, the former singing in the manner of their leader Ralph Rackstraw (sensitively played by Tom Jackson: how rare to hear an amateur G. & S. tenor lead so well sung), the latter echoing the far from dulcet tones of their leader, Dick Deadeye, (witt ingly and convincingly played by Chris Creissen). Cheyney Kent's Captain Corcoran was of the standard we have come to expect, powerfully and accurately sung and clearly enunciated, though sometimes conjouring up a cathedral rather than a submarine. The division of Sir Joseph Porter was, I suppose, intended to be symbolic of the increased bureaucracy at high levels over the last century . It certai nly worked well in his opening song and gave James Drever and Julian Kingsland an opportunity from which neither should look back. James Phipson, the ' real' Sir Joseph, revealed parts of the First Lo rd's character I have always suspected but never before seen so blatantly expressed on a stage, and the assistance of Eleanor James, Suzy Madigan and Peter Lambert as Think Tanker, Typing Pool ist and Office Boy meant there was always something going on in the Sir Joseph sextet. Eliot Shrimpton's hornpipes added that extra soupron of je ne sa is quai. The splitting of Little Buttercup was less convincing, partly because the split was so uneven. Jane Wigan was rather splendid and overcame what is often rather a problem in portraying Gilbertian contraltos by ig no ring traditio n completely. She obv iously could not compete with the likes of Bertha Lewis or Gill ian Knight and wisely was not required to do so. The result was a character who was obviously even more welcome in a submarine than the original would have been in a Man o' War. Josephine, another demanding role played by Charlotte Piper-Smith, sang prettily but might have benefited from mo re direct contact with the audience: the closing bars of her Second Act aria, directed directly at us, showed us, I thi nk, what we might have missed . Hebe 107 (Jmncs Bridges)

be must be one of the non-parts of all time, yet Annabel Gillespie made it her own. Hel being given some extra lines she emerged as a dominant character and sang convincingly )ed by confess I wished I were Sir Joseph. The chorus of relations looked delightful and. though ~UM intonation was sometimes a little suspect, they provided an admirable foil to the men. 1 e1r The singers were well supported by the orchestra and by the ever-youthful Robert Sc the piano . The musical arrangement was ideal, always complementing, never competing~! 1:' the singer.s. J\nd how well played! For me the m~sical highlight ~as Nigel.F~eld's flute Entr'a~t · The set, llghtmg , costumes and props were all s1mple yet effective, combmmg to give a visu :~· well-balanced evening. Great fun. I look forward to the next. Utopia Ltd.? a Y

G.D.W

LOOKING ON THE BRIGHT SIDE THE GRANGE HOUSE ENTERTAINMENT MONDAY, 15th MARCH, IN THE PENNY THEATRE

To ~elebrat~ the coming of pensionabl.e. age of Th~ Grange •. the pr~sent inmates staged an entertamment m the Penny Theatre, compnsmg an evenmg's kale1doscop1c concatenation of song scintillating wit and coruscating _repartee in the ~tyle of a 1928 Music Hall programme, helped along by some of the Walpole girls and the audience, many of the latter adding verisimilitude to the proceedings by attending in an array of 1920s dress. It was a pleasure to welcome as gueM of honour, though he could have claimed to be there as of right, being one of the 1928 Found~r members of the House, Canon Derek Ingram Hill , now in his eighty-first year, accompanied by Mrs. Ingram Hill. The show commenced with The Grange Lyrical Singers, singing , in a sort of unison The English are the Best (though one was .left wit~ t~e impression that the~ felt that. it was ;eally The Grange that are the best) accompamed by Wtlllam Bryant, who took his place wtth the Singer~ for the next two items, Always look Ofl the bright side of life and One hundred years from now which, as with all the remaining vocal items, were accompanied by the incomparable and indefatigable Mr. Pinnock. This was followed by a spoof News Item as might have been broadcast from 2LO in 1928, with Alexander Maines as what would nowadays be referred to as anchorman, with his rov ing reporter Henry Macdonald. It was a salutary experience just listening to the sort of th ings that were making the news, or were in vogue, in 1928 - Louis Armstrong, the Charleston (illustrated for us by The Miss Anna Price Academy Dancers), Prohibition in the U.S.A., the GrafZeppelin's first transatlantic flight , the discovery of penicillin, the first women to compete in the Olympic games - and the purchase of Birley's as well as the founding of The Grange! Following which, we were treated to an amusing dead-pan 1928-style edition of Tomorrow's World , anticipating the things that wou ld make the news in the 1990s. The first appearance (of several) of the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Grange Philarmonic (sic) Choir ensued, singing There's a rainbow 'round my shoulder, the Ladies section, plus William Bryant, singing the verse parts. Then came the World Premiere of that most distinctive of Operas (mainly because of the extravagent irridescence of the costumery, and not simply because there isn't a single word that is actually sung) , Sempre /'Ottimista , directed by Mr. Stephen Davies, with the demanding orchestral score in the safe hands of Maestro Peter Capel who kept the minimalist orchestra of one triangle and, at one point, a trombone (I think - I haven 't actually managed to buy a copy of the score yet, so great is the demand for the score of this exciting new musical experience that the whole of the existing print-run had been snapped up by the orchestra) together. The musical aspect of this work is so coruscating1y convoluted, and so well-known is the innovative musical tradition of T he Grange, that they were fortunate enough to be able to procure the services of Michael Ziegler, who was released from his duties at the Royal Opera House specially for the evening. The first half concluded with the Grange Philarmonic (sic) Choir singing three more items: Tiptoe through the tulips with me, Somebody loves me and You're the cream in my coffee. 108

After the interval, the audience began to _lose SOf!le of its inh!bition~, and jo.ined in the singing ue Music Hall style as the Grange Phllarmomc (SIC) Ch01r contmued with some more old

ra:~urites: Me and my shadow, I'm looking over a four-leaf clover, Yes Sir, that's my baby d rea for two.

anA non-musical interlude followed, beginning with an amusing sketch in the style of Bertie wooster and Jeeves â&#x20AC;˘. with the latter adv ising Woos~er hov.: to get himsc::lf put into detention to oid having to run m a cross-country race, followmg which was a vanat10n on a well known avrd trick but played with sausages (have you ever tried shuffling a pack of sixteen sausages? ~~just tried saying 'sixtee.n shuffle~ ~ausages'?) . . . The Choir returned to gtve a renditiOn of Bye bye blackbird, after which a spoof travelogue bout Kathmandu was enacted. The well-known links between The Grange and this outpost of ~he Raj were well brought out. The Grange Tutors then treated the audience to 'Twas on a Monday morning, a song which typifies to this day , just how diffi cult it is to get something put right when things go wrong. As an dncore, they sang, to the same tune, of a pupil whose Tutor Card is so bad , he sends it to the laundry in the pocket of his shorts; but all is well, since the following Monday comes round before he has had time to get it filled in because the replacement he didn't get until the end of the week, and no teachers are around at the weekend ... The final spoken item was a rendition, by the Removes, of The Legend of Nell Cook written in the metre of a well-known and rather risque Ballad concerning another Nell, of North American origin. The final appearance of the Grange Philarmonic (sic) Choir on the stage gave us Three 0 'clock in the morning and The best things in life are free, after which they were joined by the Grange Lyrical Singers to recapitulate the opening of the entertainment with Always look on rhc bright side of life and One hundred years from now. The Grange is to be congratulated on the originality of this celebration of its sixty-fifth anniversary. It was light-hearted and, in places, robust, yet it never breached the bounds of what is generally considered to be acceptable, nor at any point did it become risque. The breadth of talent was evident not only in the production, but also in the preparation of the original items, and the audience enjoyed every minute of it. Well done, you Grangeites. In fact , very well done! You have indeed earned your pens ion. R.V.J.B.

HOUSE SONG COMPETITION MONDAY , 15th MARCH, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL ADJUDICATOR: TRACEY CHADWELL

The Grange Michael Flanders and Donald Swann

The English are Best Accompanist: William Bryant

Linacre

Gilbert and Sullivan

Policemen's Song Conductor: Micahel Peat Accompanist: Charles Aitken

Luxmoore Irving Berlin

There's No Business Like Show Business Conductor: Vanessa Linforth Accompanist: Laura Marshall

School House

Michael F landers and Donald Swann

The Gas Man Cometh Conductor: Ed Millard Accompanist: Matthew Belliere 109

Tradescant (2nd) Ain 't M isbehavin ' Conductor: T im Marson Accompanist: Matthew Belliere Meister Omers ( 1st) Devonshi re Cream and Cider Conductor: Alastair Hine Accompanist: Bryan Chan Walpole (3rd) O ne Cond uctor: Beverley Sharp Accompanist: Philippa Gort-Barton Jervis Danny Boy Conducto r: Annabel Gillespie Accompanist: Lucinda Joh nson Marlowe Summer Nights Conductor : Bruce Goldin Accompan ist: Daniel Bartlette Broughton Men of Harl ech Accompanist: Jeremy Bines Bailey Fever Conductor: Antonia Zalewski Accompanist : Justine Goh Mitchinson 's Cecilia Conducto r: Sall y Hamour Accompanist : Aa ro n Birks

Razaf, Waller and Brook~

Wilfred Sanderson

Merrin Hamlisch

Fred E. Wheatherly

Warren Casey and Jim Jacob\

Peggy Lee

Paul Simon

WORDS AND MUSIC FOR LENT AND PASSIONTIDE FRIDAY, 19th MARCH, IN THE QUIRE

This beautiful service gave the perfect opportunity to set aside the hectic rigours of the end of term and the feverish planning for the Easter holiday . The choice of readings and music compiled by John Thackray and Stephen P innock, their assured performance by members of the school and the C hapel C hoir and the wondro us setting of the Cathed ral Qui re all conspired to make a truly though-provoking and enriching experience. The pervading to ne was reflective rather than d ramatic, the programme being constructed around the theme of the Reproaches. James Drever and Eliot Shrimpton read their alternating verses with clarity and restra int, allowing the damn ing indictment of humanity to speak for itself, while the choir sustained extraordinarily well the long Palestrina anthem, making full use of the contrast between the voices of the men , emphasizing the battle fought and won , and those of the women, expressing most movingly the fo rce of love:

Sweetest wood and sweetest iron , Sweetest weight is hung on thee. 11 0

(Conrad Krawczyk)

The service was introduced by Thomas Tallis's In ieiunio et fletu, sung from behind the High Altar and making fu ll use of the superb acoustics of the Quire. Despite its words, this piece is re contemplative than bewailing and the same atmosphere was admirably recaptured by Annabel d~lespie in her reading of In the Wilderness by H. W. Longfellow With its strikingly human 1 esentation of Christ as he waits for God to declare himself 'in soft tones of sweetness and pr . , persuasiOn . Thomas Morley's Out of the deep, with its evocative use of the alto voice alternating with horal responses, continued the reflective theme, butS. S. Wesley's Cast me not away from ~hy presence, after a beautifully balanced lead by the upper voices, rose to a masterfully handled ote of optimism sung by the whole choir. Matthew Knight's clear and controlled reading from ~~ Luke brought out the strength, courage and emotion of the Entry into Jerusalem, a journey which was swept along by the rhythmic refrain of Charles Wood's Glory and honour and laud be to thee whose ringing Hosannas sent a thrilling echo round the Cathedral.

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Ill (Adam Fcndius)

VISITS eUROPEAN ECONOMICS CONFERENCE AT ALDEN BIESEN SATURDAY, 6th FEBRUARY- SATURDAY, 13th FEBRUARY

Let's be honest, wou ld you rather stay in bed until some civilised hour or get up at four o'clock th~ aim of meeting some foreign jo~nnies in .an old Teuto~ic castle? In the ~est traditwns of knowmg what one wants to do and defiantly domg the opposite, twelve brave souls left our ha llowed cloisters befo re the sun had even risen and set out towards Dover and thence Europe. Thanks to good old 1992 the party whizzed over the Channel and across Europe to Landcommanderij Alden Biesen, a castle burnt do:v~ twenty years ago and reb1:1ilt to the peak of twentieth-century standards as a conference/actiVIty centre. Rooms were assigned, luggage dumped and the other participants on the course were met. There were Dutch , Belgian and Greek schools represented, all of whose English was embarrassingly fluent compared to most of our French, thereby teaching us our first lesson about Europe. So what did we do on our week in this Belgian castle? Well , we worked and quite obviously we played. Perhaps the work sho uld be described first, not because it wasn' t fun but because it was a hard slog. A presentation of the school was made, but only the uniform of the fairer sex was modelled owing to a slight commun ication problem between the two prospective male models that resulted in neither bringing a uniform. Multi-national discussion groups tackled issues like the expansion of the E . C. and the E. R. M., the latter being presented by King's in a masterly exposition of its mysteries and arcane complexities, .. .and all in French! The culminatio n of these debates was a mock Council of Europe, where half of our group took on the role of the United Kingdo m and half Spain. The realism of the proceedings was rather shattered by the way in which the U.K. abj ured the use of the veto and actually managed to agree with the rest of the Community. Where are you now, Mrs. T.? P.M. Forest struck blows for the less developed countries of the Community, whilst a breakaway faction of Ando rrans tried to elevate their country to the high position it deserves . If this was not enough , a visit to a Dutch newspaper o ne morning led to the production of the Alden Riesen Gazette, though not without a frantic afternoon of writing and editing. So much fo r the work then, now on to the play, which included trips to Maastricht and Brussels. Pride of place must go of course to Leuven and the visit to the Stella Artois brewery there. Not only did we learn about Belgian beer but also we mana~ed to drink some of the stuff, for free too, a temptation that stretched self-discipline to breakmg-point. There was a revue as well, organised by the Belgian contingent. Although the enthusiasm made up fo r the lack of rehearsal there was still a gap to be bridged between Belgian jokes and humour, but we managed. There was sport as well , co-educatio nal football, which was won by the British side, of course . At the risk of sounding like a cliche facto ry, we all learnt much from our stay in Alden Biesen. The contact with European people gave us a better feeling of being part of something that transcended national boundaries. It wasn't all that deep, we had fun and made friendships that really might last and lead towards a more united Europe. Thanks must be given to Mr. Turner and to Mr. Vye, without whom we would have got a lo t more sleep one morning and without whom we would have m issed a week that really is something worth telling to our grandchildren. Thanks agai n and if you, the reader, ever get the chance to go to that Teutonic stronghold in Belgium make sure you seize the moment.

Âˇn the moi:ning with

THEO MOORE.

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6A HISTORY DEPARTMENT VISIT TO PARIS SATURDAY , 13th FEBRUARY- WEDNESDAY, 17th FEBRUARY

'As an artist a man has no home in Europe save in Paris ' (Nietzsche) . Donn.ing our b~r~ts ~s we embar~ed for Pa~is ~n the trysty minibus , we ~ros.sed the Chan frlled wrth the antrc rpatron o~ spe~drng Vale~trne. s Day rn the mo.st ro.mantrc crty in the wor~~l As a group composed of Hrstonans, Art Hrston ans and French lrngursts of the highest calib guided by the streetwise expertise of Mr. Burton , Mrs. Hopkins and Dr. Maltby, we found Pare, lived up to all expectations. rt\ We stayed in the ~entre Inter~ational ~~ S~jour 'Âˇ conveniently situated ~e~r the peripheriqu. and the Porte d 'Italre metro statron , facrlrtatrng tnps both around and wrthrn the city. c Fo.r those who ha~ studied the .French Rev~lutio~, Paris encapsulated the. struggle between localrsm and centralrsm and we frnally apprecrated JUSt how much palaces lrke Versailles and Fontainebleau cou!d .be s~ch symbo!s of resentment. T~e majes~y of the bui!di.ngs and.the grandeur that decorated the rr rntenors were rndeed overwhelmrng and rt was not drffrcult to rmagine hov. remote court life was without any instrusion of the 'outside world ' . The perfection of Marie Antoinette's ' petit hameau' - a village she designed herself based on her assumptions of peasant life - exemplified this isolation. The charm and beauty of her creation, though far removed from the stench and squa lo r of the capital, did indeed prove hypnotic . Fontainebleau, seventy kilometres down the R.N.7, is also a monument of its time. The vaM collection of Napoleonic memorabilia displayed within the buildings provided further insight into a period that shaped so much of modern Europe. Perhaps most astonishing of all was the vcr) size of Napoleon's clothes, lending credence to the view that small men can cast enormous shadows across history. Other excursions took us to the Concjergerie, the prison which housed the revolutionaries before their execution . Carefully preserved inside were a wealth of documents written by some of the best known personalities of the French Revolution , including Marie Antoinette, the Girondin~ and Robespierre, each deserving special attention and deft skills of translation. For non-linguist\ visual accompaniment was at hand as the cells, ranging from those occupied by the rich able to afford a bed , to the much less hospitable quarters of the common prisoners, evoked a sense of the Terror and the stoicism of its victims. From the Conciergerie we followed the route to the Place de Ia Revolution , across the Pont au Change and along the Rue St. Honere , pausing at no. 398 where Robespierre lodged, which was the last journey of those condemned to the guillotine. The Louvre and the Musee d ' Orsay granted us respite from the violent images of the Revolution, paying homage to the Mona Lisa, of course , but the Impressionists were favourite with the majority of our ~roup . Unfortunately no length of time spent in either of these wonderful museums could do justrce to even a selection of the works within. We left , planning a return visit. Perhaps the most captivating experiences of all , however, were the views of Paris from the top of Notre Dame and Secre Coeur in daylight, and from the Eiffel Tower at night. The two churches, both so different from an architectural aspect, are supremely beautiful buildings. On venturing inside both , and especially Notre Dame, we took in the atmosphere that so deeply evokes Catholicism, as well as features such a the intricately detailed stained-glass windows. From the towers of both churches we were able to survey Paris bathing in the February sun , with a light mist completing the romantic setting. The bright lights of Paris by night were provided by yet another promenade up the Champs Elysees to the Arc de Triomphe and , not to be omitted, a quick sortie to the Moulin Rouge. As the French are renowned for their cuisine and Dr. Maltby for his knowledge of restaurants, an essential dimension to our visit was provided by eating in establishments of such character as the Chartier (Rue Montmatre) or Le Drouot (Rue Richelieu). Steak au poivre-pommes [rites (45 francs) was complemented by an atmosphere encapsulating Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite. 114

BY the end we. were replete with culture, in all its manifestatio ns, and happily exhausted. 'Pour faire t'histoire, rl faut marcher.' There is no substitute for discovering a sense of place. Many tha~ks must go to Mrs. Hopkins.â&#x20AC;˘ Mr. Burton and Dr. Maltby , for the ir generosity, nd for the trme and effort spent on ensunng that we should enjoy Paris. We had a wonderful :irne a~d .some gr~~t moments.to rem~mber, ~uch ~s.Anna's caricature at Notre Dame and our car-splrttrng rendrtrons of I will surv1ve, whrle dnvrng up the autoroute. By the time we had arrived back, we had all decided that Paris is definitely somewhere that we would love to return to. EMMA BELL AND ROBERT WESTON.

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THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES With no participation this year in the knockout stage of the Kent Schools' Lea interest focused solely on the Inter-House Chess competition. There was a some&hc. . . . disappointi~g !eve~ of involvement by the girls' .H.ous~s. with only two of. the potcnllat fi ve teams matenallsmg - and th1 s despite the generous offer of trammg m off-the-board sk1lls from thl Master In Charge of Chess. e In the Junior competiti?n, Linacre proved ~orthy ~ inners, dropi?ing only half a point i~ their t~ree matche, and certainly Marlowe d1d not trouble them m the F~nal . The Semor contest saw a few mterestmg struggle : the Semi-Final participants (LN, T, M.O., SH) will .be happy that the stronge~t four teams r~achcd th~i stage (although Broughton would not agree), and the Fmal was fought between Lmacre, who agam dispo~ed of all opposition comfortably â&#x20AC;˘. and M.O. , who had ha~ to battle rather harder to get there. The final score of 3-1 to Linacre seems a fmr reflect1on of the relat1 ve stre ngt hs of the two teams. CHESS

A.R .A.R

This has been an interesting term because of the introduction of some new and somewhat unusual repertoire. The first was the setting for choir and congregation of the Te Deum by Victor Yates, sometime music master at St. John's, Leatherhcad I have felt fo r a long time that our congregational settings of the canticles have been restricted to Stanford and I stumbled upon Yates' setting of the Te Deum quite by accident. It gave Congregational Practic~ a specific goal and the school. responded. very well indee? .to the c~a llenge. It is a good s~ttin.g with some exciting moments, very muc~ m the English cat~edr~l tra~1t1on. Havmg put a great deal of time mto teaching it to the school and the cho1r, we shall be usmg 1t agam next term. I am very grateful to my colleague Mr. Butt for introducing me to two works that were not in my repertoire. They are Glory and honour and laud be to thee by Charles Wood and The Reproaches by Palestnna. Mr. Butt is an ex-cathedral chorister of Peterborough and sang under the famous and much-respected Dr. Stanlc) Vann, who introduced him to these lovely works. Both are not heard very much these days and it is difficult to understand why they have been all?wed to sli p from. the repertoire. Gl~ry and honour and laud be to thee is fo r divided and the n double cho~rs and the Palestnna. 1s r~ally somethmg that ~u.ght .to be sung cvcl) year at the service of Words and Mus1c for Lent and Pass10nt1de as an annual trad1t1on m the same way that the Advent Mattins Responsory is sung at the opening of the Carol Service. The Confirmation service is always a major occasion. We all felt very sorry for Amy Hermon-Taylor who was due to sing the 'Agnus Dei' from Mozart' s Kronungsmesse only to find that she had a bad throat and was unable to do so. Her place was taken by Annabel Gi llespie who acquitted herself with distinction. Many congratulations to her for the splendid performance she ga~e of this tax.ing solo. A number of the congregation commented to me after the serv1ce that they were 1mpressed w1th her . As usual, the service of Words and Music for Lent and Passiontide is on the last night of term and so it is impossible to report it at the time of going to press. It is reviewed elsewhere in this issue. My usual thanks go to Michael Harris for his work on the organ and for accompanying all the rehearsal~. I felt rather bad about asking him to play 'Lo, star-led chiefs' down a semitone in order to suit the tenor~. but he did so without batting an eyelid. Finally, to the choir members themselves, my continued thanh for thei r loyalty. They give up a lot of time and I can only say once again that I appreciate all that they do. The repertoire for the term was: Crotch Lo, star-led chiefs Stanford Benedictus Mendelssohn Say where is he born Wood Glory and honour and laud be to thee Yates Te Deum (for choir and congregation) Haydn Mariazellerm esse Mozart Agnus Dei (from the Kronungsmesse, K. 3 17) Tallis In ieiunio et fletu Morley Out of the deep Wood Cast me not away Palestrina The Reproaches S.D.P. CHOIRS

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This has been one of the busiest terms ever for the Crypt Choir, and we have certainly thrived on it, some very fine singing resulting. On just three-quarters of an hour's rehearsal a week we have managed 111'th develop a very well ~blended sound which is proof of the hard wor~ put in by all the members. It .has ~en particularly pleasmg to watch the development from the embryomc stage of a totally new tenor Ime, always the keystone of a choir's sound, as they have gained considerably in confidence. At the beginning of term there was a rare opportunity to take part in a celebration of the Eucharist for he feast of the Epiphany on 6th January, which usually falls in the Christmas holidays. This was only 1 he second evening of term, but it certainly got us kick-started bearing in mind that the qu ite dry acoustic ~f St. Augustine's Upper Chapel is not easy to sing in. While our raison d 'etre is obv iously the Sung Eucharists in the Cathedral, we have managed to develop a certain amount of secular repertoire in the last few years, and this term in the spirit of European unity we embarked on some French and German repertoire, sung in the original languages. This we produced for the Chamber Concert in St. Lawre nce Jewry in the City of London on 4th March , where the partsongs by Brahms and Milhaud were enthusiasticall y received. The term's repertoire was as follows: Wednesday, 6th January Omnes de Saba Jacob Hand! Sunday, 17th January Three Kings from Persian lands afar Peter Cornelius Sunday, 31st January Anton Bruckner Locus iste Sunday, 28th February Thou knowest Lord Henry Purcell Maurice Durufle Tantum ergo sacramentum Sunday, 14th March Beati quorum via Charles Stanford In the Chamber Concert at St. Lawrence Jewry on 4th March the Crypt Choir sang: No. 2 Von a/ten Liebeslicdern Johannes Brahms No . 3 Waldesnacht No. 4 Dein Herzlein mild (from Lieder fur gemischten Chor a capella) Quatrains Valaisans Darius Milhaud M.D.H. The lect ures this term were given by three membe rs of our Physics staff. Dr. Ja mes Bridge explained the concept of 'Chaos', demonstrating his talk with a series of computer prog rammes that were both scient ifically fasc inating and aestheticall y pleasing. Dr. Jonathan Allday took the theme of ' Digital Audio', explaining the way that present gene ration CD players work . He reviewed likely future developments and also convinced some of us that Paul Simon and Genesis are better than ever when heard through state-of-the-art equipment! Mr. Raymond Butt introduced us to ' Black Holes', reviewing some of their more unusual properties and including a recipe for making one. He produced compelli ng evidence that the origin of the 'Big Bang' was a black hole. Our sincere thanks to all three of the lecturers. The evenings were much e njoyed by enthusiastic audiences. Our 'Top of the Bench' Chemistry team (Adam Fendius, Thomas Tallon, Owen Buckingham and Mark Williams, from J.K .S.) did not win any prizes at the national final held at the Science Museum, but had a thoroughly enjoyable and stimulating time. Amongst the celebrities who attended the day were the astronaut, Helen Sharman, the Tomorrow 's World presenter, Judith Haan, and the science-promoting personality, Johnny Ball , who presented the prizes. Those team members who arc still eligible are determined to do even better next year. C.J.R.J . HARVEY

Our activities this term have been devoted entirely to preparation for the Jazz Concert that took place in the Shirley Hall on Saturday, 27th February , in aid of Canterbu ry Oast Trust. Th is is reviewed elsewhere in this Cantuarian . The Big Band, the King's Jazz Orc hestra, led by Chris Creissen, consisted of Till Triebel (flute and alto saxophone), Ed Millard (alto saxophone), Richard Hagan and Chey ney Ke nt (tenor saxophones) , Ali Hine (baritone saxophone), Matt Brown, Tim Marson, Matt Hillier and Rob Heddle (trumpets), Giles T~nnick, Alex Neame, Nick Tattersall and Stephanie Rooke (trombones), Matt Belliere and Aaron Birks ~pmno), Chris Creissen (bass and leader) , and Hugo Stevenson (drums). Tom Jackson contributed a vocal 111 the piece It Had To Be You. JAZZ

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The Traditional group, Jed 's All Stars, was d!rected bX Tim Marson, and consisted apart from himself (trumpet), of Ali Hin~ and Billy Bry~nt (cl~nnets), Rtchard Hagan (tenor ~axophone), Alex Neame (trombone), Matt Belltere (ptano) , Chns C retssen (bass) and Matt Odgers (dtums) . New this year was Hugo Stevenson's F.M.J.F. in which he , on drums, led Matt Brown (trumpet), Richard Hagan (tenor saxophone), Aaron Birks (piano), and Chris Creissen (bass). Lucy Clayton sang, on The~c

Foolish Things.

Close harmony was prov ided by a group led by Cheyney Ke~t; this was a barbershop guartet which also comprised Tom Jackson, Ali Hine and (the man who was m every event of the evenmg!) Richard Hagan. An expanded vocal group, aug_m~nted by J~~ny Arnold (solo soprano), Lucy C layton, Sam Davies and Tim Marson, performed Gershwm s SummeJtJme. Technical expertise is as important an ingredient in an event _like this as the musical content. For tht~ we are all very grateful to Jon Alcock, Simon Cook, Adam Fendt us, Paul qaskell and Mr. Evans for thetr excellent lighting. O n the sound side, I am immensely gr_ateful to Mr. Tenn~ck for the many hours he spent on the set and for the able support of Oliver Nash (at a ttme whe n he had hts ow_n Hous~ Concert to worry about , th; fo llowing week), Grant Chum, and , for ' twiddling the knobs' on the ntght , M tchael <;:hestc_rman. Finally M r Brodie and hi s front-of-house team have these events down ~o a fine art no":', ~Emtly Phtpson, Ben M~nk , ·Kieran Murphy , and - the kin~-pin of the ticket sales - . Ntck Clar~) and tt tS l~rgely thanks to them that the concert was such a fin anctal success. One <?r two btlls have sttll to come m,_yet, ~ut it is likely that the amount ra ised for Canterbury Oast Trust wtll be o f the order o_f £700 +. Chn~ Crctssen and Tim Marson and a ll of the bands are very much to be congratulat.ed _on thts excellent achtevement. I should like to thank Mr. Sheath for his behi_nd-the-scenes, bu~ au~hontattve, surport to the bands, ~nee aga in, this term . I am most grateful to Stephante Rook_e for steppmg mto the b:each m the trombone sectton. Thanks are also very read il y offered to Mrs. H~pkt~s, of _the H~admaste~ s Office,. and Mrs. Elwood , of the Music Department, for the ir excellent contnbuttOns wtth thetr respecttve, splendtd wor~-processors! Next term, we are looking forward to p~eparing_ for an 'awax match' as the guests of~.r. Mtchael Lewi~. Musical Director of Simon Langton Boys , at the tr Jazz Evenmg, _on Saturday 24th Apttl , and , of course, to gett ing ready for the King' s Week Concert , to be held on F n day 2nd July. R.B.MA

The Marlowe Society met five times this term. The first meeting, on Oranges ~re not the only fruit by Jeanette Winterson, was hosted and presente? by Mrs. _Tenmck in the Common Room of Luxmoore. As it had been ca~celled twtce, w~en tt ~nally took place it was third time lucky and certainly worth .the wait: Mrs. Tenntck_beg~n t~e dtscusston by relating the novel to her own childhood in North Yorkshtre, drawmg par~llel s whtch ht~hltghted the_ extent of the reali sm employed by Winterson. T he contrast between the realtsm and the fatry tales whtch are interspersed throughout the book was pointed out: and it was suggested that perhap~ the fantasy wo_rld reflects her need for escape. Mrs. Tennick also considered the use of humour, and scrutt~tsed some. rev~ltng uotations from a radio interview with W_interson , su~h as ' I wa~t to make people stt. up an~ ltsten and ~I want you to question the certa inties' . Wmterson obviOusly constders herself to be a_p_tOneer m the. world of modern literature. T he almost belligerent ~lance s~e take~ on the subjects of re~tgton an~ lesbt~ntsm suggest her individualism , but is she r~ally as mno:'attve and mdependent as she clatms?_ All m all, t~ was an inspiring, informative and most ~nJoyable evemng, and our thanks go to Mrs. Tenmck. The frutts of her labour were very much apprectated. Mr. Woodley 's talk on Georgian Poetry proved to be a fascinating ins ight into the subject and he spoke with authority when giving his commentary on the works of poets such as Edward T homas and John Davidson. Those asked to read a poem included_members o_f Galpil_l's, School ~ouse, T he Grange and Jervis and all were provided with copies, ensunng the audtence s mvolvement m what. p~oved to b~ reveai'ing and uniquely personal talk. Poems such as •Adlestrop', which features a d~scnplt?l_l of a bne sto at a long- forgotten Home Counties station of the type onl_y now seen m. nostalg tc tel~v tston dramas and railway histories, told of a time free of faceless co~uter trat_ns a_nd. drab, d_trty _urb~n stat tons. Adle~tr~p is described as a place of nature and sensation , though whtle beauttfu_l m tiS ruraltty, tts ptcturesque t~anqml~tty lasts onl y as long as the train pauses and the po_et can remember tt. Mr.. yvo<?dley produced a~ mtngumg study of a subject that often does not receive qutte the amount of recognttt?n tt deserves, and hts Marlowe Society lecture was an excellent introduction to the poetry of a much-mtssed golden age. We are most grateful to him.

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The thi rd meet ing of the Society was entitled 'Lear or not Lear- rewriting Shakespeare '. The evening nsisted of an introductory talk by Dr. Hands , then a readi ng of a shortened version of King Lear , in c~ ed ition produced by Nahum Tate. Tate's adaptat ion of this great tra~edy was the only version of the 1~ erformed in this country between 1681 and 1838. Afterwards we dtscussed this extraordinary script 1Âˇfcfation to the original. T he reading was lively and enjoyable, partly as a resul t of Dr . Hands' inspired P 10 sting. Chris Cre issen and Esther Gottschalk were, appropriately, cast as the lovers Tate created in Edgar ~ad Cordelia. Mr. Davies (not so appropriately?!) read the part of the Bastard, while Mr. Brodie's rendition his four lines as Ruffian I illustrated the artistic potenttal in even the most insignificant of characters. 0 We then discussed the principal differences between the writing of Shakespeare and the writing o f Tate. Tate's aim appears to have been to improve the play as a crowd-pleaser, particularly by adding a happy nding. In doing this he alters other parts of the script as well. The fool and the King of France are completely ~mitted. The character of the Bastard seems more prominent than that of the king; as a result someone )Uggested that a more suitable titl e might be The Bastard instead of King Lear. Love is handled differently, perhaps more crudely. The emphasis of morality also varies. The fina l three lines of the revised version read: 'Thy bright example shall convince the world/(Whatever storms of fortune are decreed)/That truth and virtue shall at last succeed.' Th is was certai nly a more socially acceptable idea than Shakespeare's loom. The death of characters li ke Cordelia and Gloucester implies that Shakespeare does not bel ieve ~n the idea that â&#x20AC;˘... truth and virtue shall at last succeed'. Controversy is an integral part of the play but Nahum Tate appears obli vious of this. This was a most innovative meeting, a fact reflected in the unusually large turn-out. Many thanks must go, of course, to Dr. Hands for organising such a fascinati ng and entertaining evening. The general consensus was that the standard of Shakespeare's work can never be reached. His ideas cannot be compromi sed. The fourth and fif1h meetings of the Society involved workshops by Flipside Theatre Company on Measure for Measure and King Lear. From the very start of their seminar on Measure for Measure it was evident that the play was to be given an innovative appraisal. Using the novel technique of an appearance of intense mutual hatred carefully balanced with percepti ve insights into the text , the trio of actors wittily analysed the play in a manner that created both amusement and genuine interest. The fi rst minutes were occupied by an impressive solo performance feat uring ' Duke ' II fix it ', a kindly sort of Viennese Jimmy Saville grant ing the wishes of hi s adoring fans, like some frilly-shirted genie. It was hi larious to watch, but real thought lay behind this portrait: the audience was made to consider the character as a universal benefactor. However, a different vtew was also given: that the figure of the duke should be interpreted as a dark-humoured practical joker, manoeuvring his subjects into agonising s ituat ions w ith Beadle- like glee. A central aspect of Flipside Theatre's reading of the play's characters was that , th rough the presentation of both schools of thought , the audience was never left with a one-sided view and criticism and question ing o f the performers' views was constant and constructive. There fo llowed more critical anal ysis of the play's other characters; the purity of Isabella, for example, was called into question when her apparent morality was contrasted with suggestions of a deeper knowledge of the more intimate of human relatiOns and the fate of Lucio was lucidly discussed. The presentation of the play in this e ngaging form made for a pleasant and instructi ve afternoon far removed from the impenetrably high-brow lecture that it might have been. The Flipside Theatre workshop on Lear gave those sixth-formers lucky enough to attend it a chance to see scenes from one of Shakespeare's greatest plays represented in an orig inal and exciting way wh ich challenged us to question our interpretattons of the play. The three members of Flipside T heatre started off by play ing the scene in which Lear asks h is daughters to quantify the ir love for him in two very different ways . The first approach involved an extrovert Lear as a game show host and James Drever as Goneri l's husband. It was both very witty and engaging. They then presented the scene as a very personal and intimate family conversation , and we all disagreed on wh ich portrayal was more appropriate. We then watched two completely d ifferent blindings of Gloucester, the fi rst acted in the dark with Gloucester being blinded by cigarettes, whereas in the latter the torturers were simply overcome by anger and desperation and surprised themselves with their barbaric act of violence. These scenes were interspersed with debates between the actors and the audience in which we di scussed how we thought various scenes should be represented and how the play should be interpreted. These discussions were of a very high calibre and the myriad views surprising both in number and in the striking contrast between interpretations. After the talk some of us chatted to the cast over drinks which gave us a great chance to take part in deeper arguments and to ask about Flipside Theatre itself. We look forward to seeing Flips ide presentations agam next year.

FRANCESCA BEAUMAN, BEN SHANKL AND AND LUKE SI NGER.

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We have manifested ourselves on occasion this term , but are planning a mor . life for Pater next year. Our outing to Dulwich for their Classics Confer~ acllvc Greek Comedy was well-attended (we even had a coach) but did not inspire ra ~ce on e nthusiasm. We were working under distinct disadvantages, though, for George Forrest (new! P urou\ hospi tal) had to employ a reader (who duly read) and rarely sank to our level; Michael Sil k, desple out or material on imagery, ran short on fa ntasy; and Angus Bowie, with perhaps the most stimulati ng ~scful had to bat at number three. C. T.H. took a group to h1s alma mater for a lecture on Virgil by Ri~r. Jenkyns, and this was felt to be useful. As I wnte these notes P.A.E.D. has another group in Londrd being thoroughly lectured on Home r. Look fo rward to a home-grown performance next term . on PATER

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VHouse V'Notes T he abstaining monks of School House can now retire and contemplate a term in which everybody mourned their Oxbridge results. We shall , instead , go to Br istol or Durham and mutter for th ree lo ng years ' I never wanted to go to Oxford anyway!' Apart from the heady heights of academe, most members of the ho use have moved from Supermarioland II and the botto mless pit kno wn as the T.V . room to some great sporting achievements. Frazer continued to fence but unfortunately just m issed out on the England squad. Matt gained an unprecedented fiftieth cup fo r the squash team whilst 'James' Waddell received his 2nds Hockey colours posthumourously (sic). After years of dedication to the Swimming Club (Catering Committee), Ph ippo finally gai ned the accolade of a stripy, non-monitorial tie, as did Jay and Dev. Congratulations must not only go to C hr is fo r turn ing up to Cross Country once this term but also to Angus Blackburn fo r winning the j unior section . Not content with mere spo rting achievements the house turned its attention to music and drama, notably the Jazz Concert in which most perfo rmers seemed to belong to School House, and the superb combined prod uction of H.M.S. Pinafore . Captai n Cheyney abandoned his headed notepaper to don the ski pper 's cap whilst Phippo didn 't need to do much acting!! Wh ilst in Paris, Rob found a bell at the top of the Eiffel Tower. Still in Europe, J .J . received a German carnatio n, but not the o ne he wanted and Luke continued his passion fo r Greek girls. Having watched Ed and Lucy study together for a long time, Jay decided to stop sampling and settle down with his very own vintage. BPJCe has taken the vows of the Abstaining Monks a little too ser io usly, un like Cheyney who's musical feti sh developed in a most unexpected fashion - a romantic 'entanglement ' . Finally a big thank you to Mrs . Vigano and the clean ing ladies for keeping us alive, clean and tidy, to our ill ustrious Housemaste r, Mr . D. and of course to Phil fo r keeping us all amused.

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THE MONITORS.

THE GRANGE

T his ha.s bee':! a busy ten~ wi th Adrian Mole and Lookin The Bnght Side. T he JuniOrs have been a spirited lot fi ~ 9n hard in the j unior house hockey , soccer, and academic ~haiT ling Much promise fo r the future house? W ho knows. The r1ge. have been up to the ir usual antics (or lack thereof) and ~ t~s time .will tell how mu.ch of these ant ics was work. We ~ Y certamly say that Darnn Woo hasn't done anything: he sec an to have been o n the phone at least twice every day, every w m~ to Ho ng Kong (then he gets transcriptions through the post ee)k We can' t say any thing about 6b , not because there's nothi. Âˇ to say, but because if we put a foot wrong we' ll get lynche~g But we suppose we must j ust mentio n 'Evolution' .. . and talkin Âˇ of rock bands, after the performance of the Remove band a~ the house fete , I think Simon Fogarty should learn the word to a.n.o theJ: song . .. Th~ 6as: ah well , they' re o bviously ~ trad JtJOnahst lot. They ve returned the house to its o riginal stand ing, having turned all d iplomatic efforts on their heads; at least we've d iscovered that someone in. the. ho use has. a P<?Ssible career as ~n artist. B.ut we are a .talented lot afte r all : we did come th1rd m the Sw1mm mg, and second m the semo r Acadam1c Challenge, and win the House Badminton , not surpris ing cons idering we had the capta in Chris Newbery fighting hard on our s ide. A nd it was a pity abo ut the X-Country team being d isq ualified. Many , many thanks to M r. Aldr idge for keeping us o n the Straight and Narrow (and that's in writing ... ) , M rs. Aldr idge for keeping M r. Aldridge on th e Straight and Narrow so that h~ could do the same for us, Matron for curing all the house ' s injuries and of cou rse Mr. Parker T he Estimator. He said he'd be back, and he was, and the 6as were still up 3.26912 minute~ after the ir bed-time. 'Go to bed , if you want to live' . However even this could not curb the 6a spirit and the ir crav ing for late-nig ht T.V. Even The Estimato r had to admit , in the end that it cured A-level stress. ' ' But j ust wait until next term: Chris Newbery, Ben Massingham , Henry Gage and Bjorn. We've got the tenn is sewn up. As fo r cricket, watch out School Hice, he re come Chr is Ziegler and Mark ' the Cane' Gaska in , all by themselves if necessary . TH E M ON ITORS.

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Tim Gomersall

fhe Irony Of It All When I was younger, I remember clearly iving to stick out, and be my own, ~perate to be seen as someone different. dressed and ate, and generally behaved 1As somedne individ~al, a!ld quite unrivalled, Rebellious, attemptmg thmgs That no-one else would try. That was then. But then the fall occurred, and turned the tables. 1 was twenty, still so much of life to sample, So much undone I now can't dream of doing. The irony of it all is now, in my wheelchair, 1 strive to be the same as those around me. The seas of people, queueing to help me, Engulf me as ~hey would a s~~rving puppy , Drowning me m my own fuhhty. This is now. 1 cannot step outside without being sure That soon I will be swamped in looks of sympathy. 1\fv back has left me, but my conscience stays on, To feel the pain of each intimidating stare. How many times must I calmly explain to the deaf world, 'I do not need your help' or 'I can manage.'? The statements never make it past their ears. â&#x20AC;˘He's crippled, therefore he needs help.' - I am an object, Upon which to display one's charity and kindness. 1 sometimes think of ending it, but accept That this would be the ultimate confession, Admitting myself to be as they see me Too weak to take it - someone who needs extra help, Allowing them to accept what I stand up against. 1 would have weakness carved upon my gravestone. I do not need your help. I can manage. I think. When I was younger, I remember clearly Striving to stick out and be my own. That was then.

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Francesca Beaurnan

The Cathedral dominates the walk back to the house. It app~ars i!lu~inated ~nside a pale ora.nge mi~t ~s I come ?U~ of supper. I have finis my mamc soc1ahsmg sessiOn for the evemng. It IS hke a ternfymg drmks party: ever·.hed drifts from group to group, attempting to intercept the desperate flow of conversati~one can now recover back at my boarding house, a place which signals the presence of n. I the closer friends, almost the elite of my companions. As I walk through the Preci:~l) darkened in shadow, I can make out the shape of a Benedictine monk in his brown haV· He is standing by the Dean's Steps, perhaps just absorbing, as I try so hard to do, the carefu •t. intertwined aura of religious and absolute beauty. The scattered floodlights create a shad~ly looming over me, separate and on its own. It feels as if silence is the building's natural stat" in direct contrast to the boys' house which I am about to pass. Music sweeps its inesca abr· influence over the surroundings, congruous with the bright lights and shouting from wf.hine In the gardens outside it and the Cathedral, the crocuses are promptly closing up fo · the evening, as if after a strenuous day. They are certainly not encouraged by the coldr After every breath my mouth apparently emits smoke. My school books are held close!~ to me as some kind of protection - from whatever. My long school coat weaves its ~a\ gently around my ankles. In the inclemency and the emptiness the Cathedral is able to ~>Verpower anything else, though stil! comi?Iemented by its environment. It may act as a JUdge for the town, now mostly emptied as It recovers for the next thirteen hours. A lesser judge approaches. · 'Hello, sir.' 'Goodnight.' His briefcase slides past my thigh. I flinch naturally. The tower rooms of my boarding house are in the line of vision now. There is a personality sitting on 'the bench beside the path. I walk past him, glance at him, forget him, while his life goes on, and on, as does mine, and everyone else's. My stream of consciousness shifts. There is a boy probably three years below me in the school, some distance in front. I do not know him, but as I happily walk on my own I am secure in knowing that spirit will soon be all around. Unlike day-school there is no feeling of finality when one leaves school at six o'clock. It continues until whatever time one feels the need to end it; friends stay around. A couple is saying farewell for the evening next to the traffic lights. It is so dark, but extensive sources of light clash in the road. Moonlight is no help; it has been crushed bv clouds. Cars swerve around the corner, escaping from the scene before me. As I wait to cross the street, I turn round to glance at the highest extremity of the city's pivot: the Cathedral appears to have been born determined to stay in view. And I reach the other side of the pavement, stepping over a small puddle. My shoulder brushes against the leaves of a silver birch tree. I turn round, yet again, to see the Cathedral once more. And it is so beautiful, even from this distance. It is such an integral and essential part of my school: not so much from a religious angle, but more simply its basic, if unnatural, existence. It is present, inevitably, at every happening, or every lesson; in an English classroom opposite it we discuss poetry written in 1799, which happens to include the expressive lines, ' ... 1 held intercourse/With the eternal ~eauty, drinking in/A pure organic pleasure ... ' It is so complete!)· relevant, always so unconscious. I can already find the high-pitched voices of friends as I walk up the garden path to the house. The front door has been left ajar. The sounds of Cathedral bells are following my entrance. The Cathedral dominates my thoughts on the walk back to the house.

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The Magic Horse of Ku-suk-seia

lan Mackay

A long time ago, before the white men drove them away to Oklahoma, the Pawnee Indians r,ed in Nebraska, where their sworn enemies were the Sioux. There they lived all the time i~ villages, where they were skilled farmers and potters. In one of the Pawnee villages lived a poor woman with her grandson Ku-suk-seia, which eans 'left-handed'. She was a helpful old soul, and the boy was pleasant and friendly. ~et the two of them were not well thought of in the village, for while there was no shame Âˇn being poor, there was no glory either. And they had practically nothing: no horses, no 'Âˇattle nothing worth mentioning at all. Their clothes were clean enough, but much patched. ~\'he~ Ku-suk-seia's father had died in a hunting accident, he had no fine head-dresses to leave his son. Even their tent was small and badly patched, and when Hotoru the storm ~od swept over the prairie the modest shelter shivered on its poles as if it were going to collapse at any moment. As soon as the bison began to move in the autumn, the Pawnees went hunting. For the northern winter would be long and bitter, and before it came they must have enough dried fish, meat and bison skins to see them through till spring. So when the chief gave the order to set off, the Pawnees gathered together their tents and everything they needed for the journey. Even the old woman and her grandson tied up their few belongings. They had neither a mount nor a beast of burden, so they loaded their baggage onto their own shoulders and trotted after the long caravan of people. They were so poor that the people would not let them join the caravan. Instead, they trudged miserably along a little way away. Humans can be very cruel, and the contempt of their people weighed heavier on the couple than the burdens on their shoulders. The Great Spirit could not be very kindly disposed to them if he let them suffer so. One cold and frosty morning, the rest of the group left the camp site before the poor couple had gathered their belongings together. The old woman was nearly dying of hunger, so her grandson searched through the site looking for cast-off food. At that moment out of the mist appeared an old woman, leading an old and broken-down bay horse. Before he could say anything the woman had disappeared back into the fo~, leaving the horse looking at him. When he came back to his grandmother she looked at It. The poor creature was half-blind, deaf, and lame. His ribs stuck out under his dull stained coat, which was covered with sores. 'What a pitiful sight,' thought the grandmother to herself. 'The creature is as useless as I am!' But the animal would not stray more than an inch from her side. 'Son of my son,' she confided at last to her grandson. 'We are going to keep this old nag and feed it. With two of us already starving, a third poor wretch won't make much difference.' Ku-suk-seia and his grandmother began to load their baggage onto their shoulders. But the horse bent down and began to whine. 'Just look at that!' laughed the boy. 'I think he wants to make himself useful, the brave animal.' So he put the baggage on the horse's back, and the beast followed them at a gentle trot, limping all the time. The rest of the tribe had disappeared long ago, but the grandmother knew the way of old. When they reached the plains the rest of the Pawnees had set up camp on the river bank earlier. Scouts had been sent on ahead, and in the evening they returned. 'There is a big herd of buffalo moving westwards,' they reported, 'and a white female is close behind the leader of the herd.' This was exciting news. The skin of a white buffalo was the most precious thing an indian of the prairies could imagine. White buffalo were very rare, and no Pawnee had ever been known to fell one. 125

The chief of the Pawnees prayed a long time, calling on the spirit Asman and beu . "Ring all the other gods to come to his aid. 'He who brings me the white skin shall have the hand of my daughter,' he promised h' people. 1s The next morning the hunters scattered far and wide over the prairie to hunt the wh't1 female. e Ku-suk-seia too mounted his skinny horse, but the warriors mocked him. 'Just look at this hot-headed steed, everyone!' they jeered. 'Which is carrying which th horse or the rider?' And they elbowed each other in the ribs, laughing fit to burst.' e Their jeers cut Ku-suk-seia to the quick, but he did not show it. He lagged behind paru to escape the taunting and partly because his old mount could go no faster. All alo~e the~ sauntered along through the high grass plains of the prairie. Âˇ Suddenly, the horse began to talk. 'Take me to that little valley,' he said. Ku-suk-seia was startled, but he obeyed. A talking horse was certainly out of the ordinary, but who knew what the Great Spirit might have in store? Soon they came to a stream. 'Cover me with mud!' the horse ordered his rider. 'Not a tuft of hair must show, or the spell won't work.' Puzzled, Ku-suk-seia did as he was told. 'Now climb on my back,' said the old nag. 'But don't move yet. Let the hunters go on ahead.' The Pawnee warriors ~alloped after the buffalo in a cloud of dust. Then they split into two groups and rode off m different directions, to surround the buffalo and cut out som': of the herd. At that moment the horse began to move. Hurling himself onwards like a tornado, he charged the herd from the side. The warriors watched open-mouthed. Wasn't that Ku-sukseia on his blind old nag? What magic made it gallop fast as prairie fire? The horse forced his way straight to the white female. Ku-suk-seia's spear shone in the morning light. He took aim calmly and hurled it with all his strength. The white buffalo sank to the ground, and the horse ~ave a whine of victory. Ku-suk-seia jumped down and dismembered the dead animal, whde the rest of the herd fled in all directions. He loaded up the meat onto his mount, wrapping himself in the white skin and rode back to the camp. The news of his triumph had reached it ahead of him, and the chief was waiting in front of the main tepee. 'Ashuan was with you,' said the chief kindly. 'The spirit brought you luck, or you could never have felled the white buffalo. Give me the skin.' 'All in good time,' replied Ku-suk-seia. First I must go to my grandmother, for she is hungry.' It was not a wise thing to say to a chief, and an angry face followed him as he rode over to his tepee. He unloaded the meat himself, although that was usually squaws' work. 'A miracle, a miracle! cried his grandmother, clasping her hands. 'H'uraru the earth spirit must have been with you, my brave boy. Now we sha'n't be hungry any more.' 'Cook us some meat, grandmother,' said Ku-suk-seia, while I give this horse water and something to eat. For a rider must see to his mount before he thinks of himself.' The horse gave a whine of contentment. When it had eaten its fill, it watched Ku-suk-seia and his grandmother feasting on buffalo meat. Before he went to bed, Ku-suk-seia walked over to stroke his mount, and it spoke again. 'Tomorrow, at sunrise, the Sioux will attack the camp. Ride me right into the enemy. Have no fear, but kill the Sioux chief, and hurl yourself at the enemy three times. Nothing can hurt you. But after that turn back, or one of us will die.' 126

Everything happened as the horse had said. At the first glimmer of dawn, the Sioux war n rang out. An army of braves had surrounded the Pawnee camp. c 'rhe boy mounted his horse and rode him fearlessly into the enemy ranks. Arrows and Âˇpears hailed down on him, but some unseen shield seemed to be protectin~ him. He rode ~p to the Sioux chief, brandishing his tomahawk and killed him with a smgle blow. Twice more he hurled himself on the enemy, killing many of the Sioux braves. But he became over-confident, and forgot the horse's advice. A third time he spurred the horse on and now the Sioux weapons met their mark. Riddled with arrows, the horse sank to th~ ground. Ku-suk-seia escaped, but his brave mount was dead. When he reached his tent he threw himself down, beating the ground with his fists. Why, oh why, had he not taken that advice? Now he had lost his companion forever. The Sioux cut the magic horse into countless pieces, scattered them to the high winds, and fled. Weeping, Ku-suk-seia searched the battleground from top to bottom. He gathered up all the pieces and collected them on a heap on a hill. Then he sat down beside them and ,Happed himself in the white buffalo skin. His heart breaking, he prayed to the Chikoos, the forces of nature. He called to Tirawa the great spirit and to the helpful spirit Ashwan. He cried to H'uraru the earth spirit and to the harvest goddess Uti Hiata, on whose fruits he had fed. Suddenly the sky darkened. Lightning flashed across the clouds, and a great storm raged. Volleys of hailstones came crashing down. It even snowed: something unheard of at that time of year. For three days and three nights Ku-suk-seia sat there under the skin of the white buffalo. Then at last the veil of darkness was torn apart, and night gave way to broad daylight. And there in place of the scattered bones stood the bay horse, strong and healthy. 'Tirawa, the Great Spirit, has brought me back to life,' he said to his master. 'Why did )OU disobey me?' 'I forgot, and I am truly sorry,' replied the boy. 'Tell me what I must do.' 'Promise to follow my counsel at all times, for it comes from the great spirit himself,' said the horse. The boy promised gladly. He handed the white skin over to his chief and received the hand of his daughter. When the chief died, he himself became a famous chief. He followed the advice of the bay horse at all times, and ruled the Pawnees with wi~dom and skill. At last Ku-suk-seia died. The Pawnees intoned their death chants, wrapped their chief in the white buffalo skin and laid him on the alter of the dead. But when the warriors went to find his horse, to kill him on the alter of the dead so that he could go to the happy hunting grounds with his master, the bay horse had disappeared.

In Praise of Deer

Paul Wharton

As they drift aimlessly through the fields of heaven-high grass, You see their ever-so-elegant forms appearing and Disappearing among the undergrowth. Silent as ghost-ships slipping through Calm seas of brilliant blue, they pass from Tree to tree, like phantoms from Another world. So enigmatic are they, and so breathtakingly Perfect, that you wonder whether this is Real, or just Lucy in the Sky with Deer. 127

Diary of a young girl somewhere who wants to be a boy Leo Fransella Today. They were celebrating today. Marcus went with them. I was left here in this toad-hot I hate the city. It smells. e. I am a girl of fifteen. I must be like mother. Ladylike. And Marcus goes off on escapades. He stayed in Rome with his friends. I tell myself 1 wouldn't like it, because it smells. But I have spent my whole life here. In the countrv It smells here too. 路路 Actually I don't know if the city smells. I've never been there. But Marcus likes it and comes back smelling, so it must really stink. Even Rome. ' Anyway they went off today. South. In Rome they are celebrating the suckling of Romulus by that wolf. She could go out and do boy things. I followed Marcus today. 路 I did. I was even in disguise! It was great. I've never been in disguise before. I looked like a real Knave. Marcus got in fancy dress once. I didn't. My mother wouldn't let me. She is old. I bet she was in fane, dress once. But she wasn't a lady, and I am, and I can't if you see what I mean. 路 I had to sprint to keep up with them. Then I got lost, sat down, and I ate some raspberries. They were foul. I started to cry because I am a girl and then I walked on and I saw Marcus lying on the floor under a tree. There was a man near him counting some money and laughing. He looked quite nice a bit like a happy man. No. That's silly to say. He looked like an evil happy man. ' Anyway I walked up to him and asked if Marcus was sleeping. To be really clever I said it in a slave accent. I thought that was quite clever. I have quite short hair, and I am rather like a boy. That rnight be why Mother wants me to be a lady. The man seemed to recognise me, and shouted at me. He had a real slave accent. I didn't understand, because I was watching a beautiful glint in his eyes. Then he jumped at me. I was already tired. So I just let him tie me up. It was a lovely game, anyway. I went to sleep because it was so nice under the tree and because the man hit me on the head. Actually it wasn't really a game. I found that out when Marcus told me to duck down. He cut the rope and pulled me up. I think my brother is strong. He felt drowsy so he shouted at me. He ran, so I just followed him. I was so tired. We got home after we ran for hours and hours. I think someone hit me on the head. I smelt like Marcus did sometimes after going away. I smelt like the city! I don't think I like being a boy. I'm too tired now. Goodnight.

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Ottavia Moll

School It 's difficult to think That while the sun is painting Gold each line and each chink Of this grand Gothic feinting; or while a joke is told Between gowned boys prancing over ground, hiding cold Earth, near girls who are dancing To the rhythm of school; That somewhere - perhaps lying A soft child breaks the rule, Quite simply by crying.

Drinking and Driving

Conrad Krawczyk

Wide eyes sparkle her laughing red lipstick. His blurred speech stares and a round clown goes. With carefree talk and gestures suggestive His fumbling fingers turn the key in the d~or and audible purrs the engine alive. Wide eyes sparkle headlights, A scream from within, a scream from without ' Her frail body hovers briefly in time. Long golden hair cascades down the windscreen and random bounces her body behind. Dishes are done with dull lifeless eyes. The morning after the mother is mourning, The empty household and laughter no more. Forever the unsolved blood on his hands and scared, haunted eyes live on.

Unseasonal

lka Willis

Grey sk~es and the sudden taste of cold: the first edge of 1ce advances: the first days of October and the earth has tilted and o from some cold star fr~st comes silting up and drifting, '~mter comes, and the cold winds like endless wakings as you fight against (while they blow all the deaths away) on~ gust and then another, leaning into nOJse, snatching painful breath, as life claims you. 129

The Fear

Mary Stevens

I cannot remember how long I had been an observer; I hardly even remembered wh My range of swimming-costumes was extensive; none was ever wet. I would recline in u{Âˇ sun, stretched out as a sun-warmed cat, cocktail in hand at the edge. I kept up the prete e for years, hiding behind the expensive shades. But for whole holidays spent at the pool si~ce not even a toe would ever protrude into that artificial blue. e, I think it was the fear of being completely at the water's mercy. The thought of be' dragged under into that mass of surrealism where nothing has the same perspective m~~g my courage, what there was of it, tumble like a row of dominoes. It seemed as thou e thousands of fingers, with the honesty of illusions, were drowning me in those depths thg~ sapped all that I contained. For me, water was the ultimate nightmare. a And then I met David. We met in a hotel lift and from then on we were inseparable He was the only person I have ever known to whom I was more than a burden. When i was depressed he always knew what to say; he made me feel much better about myself gave me that confidence that had always been missing. He genuinely cared, which flattered me past being able to express it in words. We met in Spain and spent a whole month together there. On our last night we were talking on the balcony, watching the sunset in the horizon of a peaceful sea. 'We will still see each other, after we leave, won't we?' 'Of course. ' But I could tell he wasn't listening, his mind was miles away, beyond the breadth of the ocean in front of us. Suddenly, he turned to face me, fixing his eyes with mine. 'I think I should tell you something.' A long pause followed. 'You see, it's not just me back i~ England, I've got two kids to think about and .. .' 'You're married, I should have known.' 'No, no, it's nothing like that I just thought you should know. They'lllove you I am sure ... ' Two years later we were sitting on the beach, I can't remember where; to me it could have been paradise; the sun was throbbing, the sands were almost deserted, the sea as clear as the edge on a freshly-cut crystal. Three dripping figures raced towards me up the beach, spreading a trail of telling footmarks up the golden dunes. I meanwhile pretended to not notice, to hide my all too revealing face. 'Mum, Mum come and join us! Please... ' They were so full of life, bubbling as if having sipped some of the sea's endless elixir. But I could take in nothing more than the atmosphere, for the words just washed over me to face the boundary of my fear which they could not surpass. Two salty hands grabbed me and started to pull me down as I bounced over the uneven sands. That journey seemed to take a lifetime, though little more, in reality than a few metres. I imagine my screams of terror were lost in laughter at the time; to me they were more piercing than I would ever have believed. It is all still clear in my mind, as if in slow motion. As they dragged me in, as the ocean began to lap at my ankles, I have never felt such a sense of relief . Amongst friends, the water was my heaven, I had never felt more at home. I realise now the basis of my fear; to give oneself up entirely to water requires trust, something I had never known before I met David. Nothing really scares me now; I have my trust and my ally, water.

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We had (at least) three inter-House sporting victories. Once again Gazza Richards triumphed, as the Removes retained their five-a-side title. Twinkle, twinkle all the Walpole stars - Katie shone as captain of netball, inspiring victories in both senior and junior inter-House tournaments. The Walpole fishes excelled themselves agai n, led by our grand little shamrock Lydia, sharing the inter-House Gala trophy with Jervis. Katherine came third in the cross-country and, in spite of Charlie's detour, the House came first overall . Lydia came third in G .B. rowing trials (if you believe that you 'll believe anything), Jessie P. went mad on the ergot , Charl ie ran in the Kent Cross Country trials, and Jane. Virden showed her flexibility in the gym and on the stage. On the academic front, Amy's personal study plan in physics was proved successful, George's persistence was rewarded and Mel and Priscilla were well pleased . All our 6as have now got offers for the fut ure, Jess and Vicky are fighting over light and dark blue, Katie's artistic talents have, at long last, been recognised, Fiona's for the bar, Katherine is uncertain, Bev and Aly aim to look afte r man and beast and Lydia's Irish . But we are not just pretty faces, despite our intellectual caning in the Academic Challenge (one up on last year , tho';lgh, as _one of our teams did make it beyond t~e fi rst ro~nd). The faces behind the nonexistent m1rrors d1d help to encourage sales of the Valentme CarnatiOns to a record 1 060, meaning ÂŁ730 more to the Leon Katz Trust. Liberated we may be, but not afraid of being s~en to be competent in the kitchen. The culinary skills of many Walpudlians, but expecially the Shells, helped to bring the total on fete day to ÂŁ200 for Shelter, the charity of the term. How well did Vicky, Lydia and Katherine do in their Public Speaking Competition? - well , how long is a piece of loo-roll? - not long enough in Walpole. As a lorry full of Compact Quota drove through the ever-efficient Walpole gates a workman was heard to ask: ' How do these girls get through so much fo ur-ply?' Chloe dug herself into a hole in amost convincing performance as Pauline Mole in the Grange play. Vicky was an orange ' brillopad ' Pandora, Kate was regal, Helena in her dotage once again but will be shedding the years to look on the bright side - watch this space. Emma wasn't too bad either ! Adam Williams wins the prize for being our favourite Remove. Selwa, our guest from the other side, wanted Moore and got it. Karen, who doesn' t just settle for the desk tidiness award but has to attract the attention of the H. M., couldn't Work it out so decided to Cool it off. Katherine turned down No. 1. The Shells and Removes looked amazi ng as they left for the Luxmoore disco - and even more amazing when they returned! Special congratulations to Claire (or rather Mr. A.) for her prizewinning outfit - and a special mention of Arsene whose visit was another highlight of the term. Thanks to M rs . Pickering (pity about the mobile phone - keep try ing) and Mrs. Behrens (pity abou~ the scones - keep trying) for their endless help and support, and to the tutors - we couldn't do Without you. Thank you Lorna, Hazel' s hoover, Hazel, Sheila, Sue, Tina, Michelle and Diane.

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The Secret Diary of Alastair Hine, aged 18%. Monday I love toast, don't you? I eat it every day. To<Ia for example, as I was eating m~ t.oast, I ~iscove_red that we ha~ Âˇ won the House Song CompetitiOn agam . Th1rd time in fo e years! I was so proud, and as I sank my teeth into the cris ur toasted slices of Mother's Pride I reflected on what a great toa~i eating house I live in . Because we almost won the House Swimming, too. Not that we're really upset about the 'almost' whe~ we can pop back to the house for some more deliciously 'namegrilled bread! Tuesday Vicki came round today. I gave her some toast and told her how our magnificent consumption has led to great sporting prowess. Charlie D. has his First Team Colours for Hockey and Jamie, who gets through almost half a loaf a day, has cap: tained the Seconds through a spectacular season of successes. Rahul and I should perhaps move on to wholegrain as we are only in the Soccer Fourths, but at least Hans and Matt H. are both scoring well forth~ Seconds. Naturally, Hans was too busy buttering the thick-sliced at break to turn up to collect his colours. Our Remove Soccer finalists , bouncing with farinaceous energy -note smart vocab! - supplied Paul , Si and Nigel.to a sup~rb team effort in the Seni<?r Soccer. Meanv.;hile, Swimming triumphs have gone .on w1th Ed R1ce and Matt Wall becommg Ken~ Sch<?ol~ Relay champions and Matt G . breakmg records. The toast of the School! After a wh1le, V1ck1 started asking me if I was feeling all right. Wednesday It 's not fish that's good for the brain, it's toast! Only today .we munched our way to victory in the Academic Challenge. Well done Duncan, Graham, Chns and, of course, me! It's also good for staying power: five of our Fifths - Tom, Steve, Steve, Ben and Danny - have got their Bronze D. of E. â&#x20AC;˘ Thursday I had some pasta today . I didn't like it. Feel I should have known to stick to toast like Dave and Darren. It's certainty put colour as well as energy into them, and Darren's brilJiam result in the Knole Run testifies to the powers of everyone's favourite food. Shame it doesn 't improve his sense of direction , though! Friday Horror! T hat nasty man from the premises department has taken aw.ay our toasters, muttering something about fire. I was on my way to buy a candle and a toastmg fork when I fell over a strange new room on middle floor, with - would you believe it? - a six-position toaster in it! That must be why there are always so many Shells from other houses there after supper. Memo: re-read Tom Brown. Saturday Scandal day! I have calcula.ted that house bread con~umption .h as dr~pped by almost 4%. Some of my friends seem to have d1sappeared , and Matron IS cancell~ng the1r b~ead orders. I ate four loaves this afternoon to try to keep the quota up . Less worrymgly, Chns Lobb has been partaking of so much toast of late that all of Bailey are after his Sunblest - but Vicki is still attached to Mother's Pride-bloated yours truly. Other stout bread festishists such as Rahul, Charlie and Luke also attribute their powers of attraction to that steam-baked miracle we call toast. Mind you, I see my young friend ChrisT . stil.l isn't goin~ out .with Emmanuelle ~eart. He is, I think , a iming a bit high for someone who cla1ms not to ltke gnlled bready comestibles. Sunday Matron came to see me today and tried to take my temperature. But I had my mo~th full . Crumbs! (Joke). Anyway , I thanked her for ~andling the br?ad supply, ~nd ~lso the La~1es for cleaning out my re-located toaster. Also that mce man Mr. M1les for p1ckmg d1scarded sltces up off the floor. I am now being taken to the San, as the doctor says I need a bit of a lie-down. I do hope they have toast there, too! THE NON-MON ITORS.

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Relax. Concentrate. Dispel every other thought. Let the world around you fade. The T.V. is always on in the next room . Tell the others right away. 'No, I don't want to watch T.V. I want to read about the thrills and spills , trials and tribulations of Marlowe House.' Firstly, let us welcome Heron, who has just returned from a short enforced holiday ... welcome ! Ed is still every Shell's sporting hero. Tom and James have done wonderful things with hockey sticks, while Simon and Charles have been chosen to play for the South hockey team for their age group. Kate, Lucy and Charlotte have proven themselves natural leaders - and we did not get beaten in the first round of the water polo! Giles and Rob have enjoyed paddling up and down the Westbere lakes with the 1st VIII ... until Giles jumped into a bonfire. Ben L.-E. deserves a mention, but Arbie - where is your 'oar? Footy is not only played in the corridor, Adam's ball skills have paid off. Barry and Alex have enjoyed stripping off and getting wet most days as well. Hooting, tooting and strumming have continued. The House concert was a thundering success _well done Bill. Lucy has opened her mouth wide and Jet sweet harmonious sounds drift out. Three of the intellectual glitterati got into Oxbridge and Matt Alabaster impressed us all inK.Y.D. Bob's Hot Five took to the streets and Alice got into drama school. Lucy got bored with the munch bunch jokes. Heron's lapping up the Randell scandal. Patie and Kool. Dan and Camilla got their strings twisted. Barry wants to go sea-ward, but it's too cold. Ben is Granny-bashing. Giles and Luke and who? Donna romped through the hay looking for the tooth fairy. Alice it's a record isn't it? Charlotte has been making Saturdays a TRADition. Kate Porges and Aaron Jarrett. Katie, have you ever sat on top of a Christmas tree? Adjust your light so that you don't strain your eyes. Do it now because once you are absorbed in reading and re-reading this paragraph there wilJ be no budging you. Thank you Mr. Reid. Thank you Mrs. Reid. Thank you Bridget. Thank you Trevor. In fact, let us take this opportunity to thank everyone for everything.

_MARLOWE

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Dear Mummy and Daddy, How are you? I am fine, but I miss you both ahho h ' ug Luxmoore is one great big happy family. It's such a lovely place but sometimes I get so intimidated because everyone in the house is so multi-talented . We ca second in the House netball , led by Louise and helped b ;:e 1st netball players Pixie and Kirstin, and lots and lots of~thur people. We did really well in the House swimming with Clatr and Jenny, and my friend Laura swam in the team; Lucy Hei~e and Saskia (they' re in the next-door study) came third and founh in the Gi rl 's C ross Country making Luxmoore second overall Wasn' t that brilliant? Âˇ Luxmoore Removes make up most of the U 15 hockey and lots of those. big girls row, Harriet and Elizabeth (one of our House Momtors) who get up ever so early to train. Fizz captained the Lax team and, along with Louise and a few other! managed to win a couple of matches. ' Amongst other dramas in the House, Ika (who is a very clever girl , and is going to Oxford) directed Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?- sta rring Vanessa and prompted by George; and Nicky went all the way to London to do her Bronze Prose and Verse Medal. Mummy Tennick tried to develop our musical talents with a piano practice rota; I don't know if it's just me, but I haven't noticed much improvement, although Tessa Coombe made it to the finals of the National Chamber Music Competition, but come to think of it that was on the violin. However, academically we were on top form , th rashing Mitchinson's in the first round of the Academic C hallenge - who needs scholars anyway? - and we have Isabel our doctor-to-be to prove it . All my admirers can only hang around by the noticeboards but two very unsavoury men, one with a ponytail , have been hammering their way very slowly through the House and picnicking in Coryndon for the past four weeks all in aid of the Children Act - will they return to do our banana house? We were all very J?leased because we've managed to ra ise ÂŁ 1,000 to pay fo r a cot for 'Life fo r Laura'; the final btt was raised by our discovery of the 60s buzz at our disco with the Removes. Action started promptly, except for a few late arrivals, with Fiona who Bowed to her new arrival, Madeleine and Lucy opted fo r the St. Augustine's gatecrashers, whilst Kate faced North, and Alex. Things cooled down when Claire crowed for her latest conquest, Antonia stuck to the straight and narrow, even if it meant getting up at 6.45 every morning! Amelia caught a Jay in her well worn butterfly net.

LUXMOORE

L OTS OF L OVE AND KISSES, W ENDY.

PS. I wish we had such lively, brilliant cleaning ladies as the ones we have here. T hey are just so good to us. PPS. I do like Mr. and Mrs . Tennick and M rs. Creissen, I know they do so much for us, and I think they should get a massive great big thank you. PPPS . I'd phone you both - but Fizzy always seems to be on the phone.

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After another term the management would like to thank the following for their contribution to both the school and Galpin's. Roll the credits: Alcock John A successful play. Night Exercise with Clayton. Brice Andrew East Invicta Swimming. Bushnell Stephen Academic Challenge leader. Clayton Bob 1st Hockey (and Lauren). Cole Neil Davies William Hall Official. Dean Oliver 3rd Hockey and 1st V Squash. Drever James Met the Queen. Edwards Matt As ever. Swimming and Music. Field Nigel An academic. Fransella Leo Gomersall Tim Junior academic boss. The Fat Controller. Goulden Richard 1st V Squash. Groves Andrew Harvey James Business sense. Jackson Tom Rowing (and Waggy). Swimming (and fidelity). Kingsland Jules Lewis-Jones Jules 1st Hockey. McGregor Alistair Hall Official. Miller-Jones James 'Bravo' . Mitchell Jod 1st V Squash. Mitchell Tim East Invicta Swimming. Petrie Duncan 2nd VIII. Rock James Hula (sic). Shrimpton Eliot Met the Queen and K.Y.D. T riebel Till Music and ruining the economy. Hands Dr. and Mrs. Thank you for everything and congratulations. The Greatest of Matrons . Mrs. B. Those not mentioned may have risked termination of employment.

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As Linacre and I emerge from the April showers and ho of French tourists, the days darken earlier, the work rdcs gradually reduces and R.W .T . gains more colour. Fortun oad as the journey lengthens my recollections of the once-m~hly Linacre on the sports field are proved correct. Having Ia ty for England, Linacre's friend Myles has regressed throtgh~hd divisional trials. Linacre always claimed he 'd succeed. Te e showed great potential at Easter by being only the second per~i' to have swum 100 metres in under one minute in our 001n Linacre thinks at New Year he will have reduced his ti~e t Âˇ 1.08 . I know Linacre likes football. Ollie and Ben have ha~ a steady season. The .more unfit th~y get ~ the colder they feel The hoc~ey se.ason ~mll end romantically m Barcelona. Linacr~ h~pes Tim w1ll bnng him some P.hotos for ward. His small fn~nds won ~he ,cross-country; their pre-race tension was in ev idenc~. I didn. t re~ll~ want to col!le to Scotland Hills. It's . . . . cold but Lmacre said It was Important. W 1th foresight It d1d a lot for h1m. Strangely his middleyear friends complain of drawing away from their exams. How do you motivate a person, especiall if their run of examinations becomes history? Linacre's father has got hard times ahead. At leait he'll. be pl~ased they are pl~y ing less and les~ matche~ for the ~?Its ~s. Ri~hard , Linacre's best musical fnend , played bnl!Iantly (for a classically-tramed musician) m the Jazz concert. Richard finds. the pieces. m<;>re difficul~ daily but the~ I suppose ~ would. After a grea.t start in winning the fmal of the JUniOr academic challenge, Lmacre has h1gh hopes of success m the first round. Chess seems more simplistic to Linacre as he gets younger ; so does the opposition. Moose handed back his seven carnations and only received three slips. Likewise James Stevens was reduced from thirteen to one. I know life is unfair; Linacre is always telling me that His friend Lex claims he's going to leave the C .C .F. I can guess what his life will be like without a military structure. However I do pity partakers of Pete Fearn 's curries. After hours of pain and regurgitation it must be cooked , marinated and finally bought. Life is bizarre! Linacre gets on re.ally well with girls, ~o he tells f!le. His best girlfri~nds ar~, ' Antonia , Lydia, Laura, Cindy, Harn , Flossy, Theo 's b1rd , Charlie and the mystenous girl on the end of Jonny Norris' telephone : ... Goodbye J onny.' As the health and safety inspectorate relinquished their directive on hygiene I can see life for the Linacre's cleaning ladies becoming a lot easier but Linacre says they keep him very clean. Linacre tells me his mother, father and nanny have done a wonderful job. He's sure they always will . As our Christmas tree progresses to its planting he wishes you all the best for 1992. H AMILTON. (BEFORE TIME'S ARROW BY MART IN AMIS)

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Music ... fade .. .5;4;3;2; 1.. .Good evening; and now for the Broughton News. Comic Relief got off to a shaky start this morning when Dupers took Red Nose Day far too seriously; however the day was saved when news came through that Keiron Murphy is still Captain of Chess. Hurrah! Reports just in highlight a new housing crisis . For a House which is supposed to be closing down we still seem to be swelling in numbers. Speaking from his (crowded) study last night a Mr. Jenkins said 'Yeah, well, I mean, Broughton is, like, much better than M.O . '. On the U .F .O. front many soaring pieces have been reported, but S .J. G . has assured us that they are nothing to worry about - just Ben Goggins off on exeat. Whilst we mention the Party Leader, we must issue a denial of the rumour that he snores; Marcus, who's on top of him, assures us that this is unfounded, as is the rumoured sighting of Ben Monk. More reliable information comes to hand about Spiller and Dohbs, who have taken AGES to get this good but have not let their work get in the way (photos in the post to J. H .W .). Film news: Tom Court starred in T2, even though he is still plastered - bad luck . And on T.V. some remarkable programm es. At 10, You've been Framed- Roger stars and proves to be more developed than Jeremy Beadle. At 11 , the late night film Nightmare in the Shirley Hall _ blood and gore with Crumpet and Rinaldi's horrific (and only) appearance. 1.00 a.m.- Nature Watch: Spiller suspects there's a hedgehog in his drawer and almost splits up with Alice. And now over to our Sport correspondent. 'Degbe, Wiggy and a host of others played school soccer- though 1st XI training seems not quite tough enough to enable 'Degbe to get round the cross-c.ountry course. Again. But our big little ones stormed round to grab their cup by a huge margm. Another hearty cup for Bailey . The bent stick brigade proved as emotional as ever -Andy's off in a huff again but Roger's still Captain; Jolomi and James Lamont also did well. (Better get them in as they spend more time here than in Trad. How sensible.) On the water Pod contented h imself with mere G .B . colours; Arnie lost to Bish for the stroke seat in the 1st VIII, but at least got Clare Postans. Marcus is now doing more sport than ever in his life to reduce that belly. O.n the Arts sid~, the House play ran and ran (for two days) and a good time was had by all, particularly <;>ttav1a who re-wrote t~e play as she went along on the last night. Super, darlings! The Academic Challenge was provmg laughably easy, until P.J .B. set a totally unfair question - 'Where is the Mitchinson House Library?'. Half our team thought it a trick questionÂˇ the half that turned up lost by one point. Ah , well. ' And fi nally, the awards. In a recent poll , 8 out of 10 people said House prayers weren't good, they were great. N .L. P . romps home wi.th the religious broadcast prize. James Bridges wins the camera work pnze; Tony and the ladies the Strength through Cleanliness award and Sarah McGuire the Keeping Sane against the Odds trophy, for yet another year. And, last out of the envelope: - yes, for another year Stephen Graham wins the best Producer/Director Award. 'Luvvies', he said, 'this really is a prize for all of us, particularly .. . ' Music up, fade into credits ...

BROUGHTON

THE MONITORS.

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TRADESCANT

As we said goodbye to the lovely carpets- they will be sor missed - there was no prize for guessing what the Shells e1Y for Christmas, but the horticulturalists were not in festive spi~ft Trad house spirits brimmed over, however, as Guy and Dol. made a better-late-than-ever addition to the initialled elite. Soom however, it was down to some serious sporting activity as th' results began to pour in. With two County champs in our midste in the shape of Julian Hinves and Malcolm Todd, the overali Cross-Country trophy was secured for another year, even thou h Malcolm chose that week to go into the San. Among our juni~r Hockey ranks there have been several successes. Jimmy Morgan was omnipresent in the U 16s, and with the dynamic Shell duo of Dave Smith and Jimmy Holloway and the virtuoso quanct of Tommy, Chris, Barney and P.J. illuminating the U 15s the Junior Hockey trophy found its place among its cupb~ard companions for the first time in its history. Stormin~ for the 1st XI were Terry and Plant (now boasting three sets of First Colours between the~) With Chris and P.J. making their debut appearances. On the footy front Jailers, Dan and M1ke provided the backbone to the 1st XI, whilst Jimmy, Danny and Dunstan complemented the 2nds. The Junior Indoor trophies (U 14 an~ U 15)_joined the cupboard club thanks in pa~. to a miraculous moment of Matt Mohr magic. Ne1ther s1de lost a match throughout the competitiOn- and the U ISs have been undefeated for two whole years. Turning to the artistic and intellectual, the successful jazz concert (co-directed by T.R.M.) featured the Fat Man being fat and flaying the skins, and starred Jed blowing his horn. Simon Cook provided some sensitive lighting for this and several other events this term. Drummer doubled as D.J. for the Junior Disco (shades of Radio Cheese?), while the Trad posse strutted their stuff. In the Academic Challenge the Juniors,lost on their first outing to the eventual winners Linacre, though the three Shells in the side augured well for the future, while the Seniors, after seeing off Bailey , fell prey to the astute ~ca~emics of The Grange. Jesus was not tempted by Brother Michael while other Oxo-Cantabndg1an eggs were not successfully scrambled, though the only three boys in the School tackling.the E,E challenge this Summer all cam~ from withi~ our w~lls - congrats to Arnie, Gary and T1mmy. H.J.L._Ios~ some.sleep over a proJect ... but he 1~ catchmg up! Hamish and Gramps worked hard on the1r f1tness Improvements, but to no ava1l. ' Vivamus atque amemus': .. speaking of which,. at the_Jun~or social event of th.e ter!TI Radcliffe purloined his study-compamon's possessiOn wh1le Chr~s st1ll. had more Cupps m mmd. ~ut for Dunstan it was Moir of the same. A fateful Webb awa1ted h1m who hopped onto the tram, and while Hugo Luced his purple passion, Terry turned serious with a Teddy-twirling temptress from Luxmoore. We are indebted as ever with gratitude to the cleaning ladies, to Tony, Dick and the lads, and of course, to Miss Brine, Mr. Teeton and Mr. Sellers, and Mr. and Mrs. Dix without whom ... THE NEW GUINEA ROOM.

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Perched above the Chemistry Labs is that increasingly aesthetically-pleasing structure Mitchinson 's which has experienced yet another term of riotous revelry. Fit and keen members abound, including Rob in the lst football, Mike and Giles in the 2nds, captained by Bill 'it was 40 yards into the top corner' Rosato. Jon played some hockey with the l sts and i:8= got a shell suit out of it, while the cross-country team was led to even greater heights of excellence with Charles. Luce 'killer' Hudsmith defended the 1st VII and Mike R. and Tom C. went 'wet and wild' in the swimming team. Tom also found time to become a County Champion, again! Richard H. and Chris ! played Ul4 hockey, Espin and Leigh U15 and Adam U16. Meanwhile, down at the lakes, Parny, David, Priyan and the 6b girls made a great impact pulling long and hard (again!) Congratulations to the Senior Boys who cruised to second place in the House X -Country. Music goes from strength to strength with large numbers in the Symphony Orchestra, band etc ... Nick and Aaron starred in the Jazz and Oli directed the House concert which comprised many notable performances, not least of which was the fabulous House Song - Many thanks Sal for those brilliant rehearsals! Congratulations to Leo for that improvised guitar solo and did James actually play a note? Academically , Mitchinson 's remains unsurpassed with ALL the girls and three of the other species heading for those hallowed Oxford Halls, (Stu didn't need to prove himself) and an exalted standard was maintained throughout the house, led of course by 6a ... but what happened to The Academic Challenge??? What remains to be said? Stu and Fi (yawn), Esther and Chris (bigger yawn). Jon TORe off connections at King's, much to security's disappointment and Rob lost his Ginger Bagel. Jasper gazed skywards and Lucy P ... With the joys of Spring Harry took up long-distance running but was it for England? Bill continued to indulge his fetish for Walpole girls, BERT with some success th is time. Lucy H. is still tuned into F.M. and Lawrence keeps trying. Our warm thanks to the cleaners and their hoovers, Jasper, who was promoted to toast monitor after the repeated fire alarms, the amazing M iss Goodge, and of course Dr. and Mrs. Maltby for all their hard work and support this term. THE MONITORS. P.S. As we write these notes we are setting off for the House Walk, around the Kentish Countryside to raise over ÂŁ2000 for the Leon Katz Trust Fund - let's hope for a fine day!

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BAILEY

'Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play it is bou with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness and disregard 'for all the ndl up (Orwell). Whilst most of Bailey don't understand the coru es' of serious sport, and have only ever got as far as Sainsbunc~pt Lucy Dawes is definitely good at this. County Lacross ry s, First colours, County Hockey and first in the House and Country - the list goes on, but we won't. Clare and Ta ross deserve mentions for Netball and Lacrosse. The House ge~lso pat on the back for coming nearly last in Netball and for sa being able to swim like fish. not 'Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quÂˇt the occupation of an adult' (Poe). Some of us found ourselv~e juve~ile eno~gh t~ join in the Bone~Chiller extravaganza, whichs despite act-Jumpmg and collapsmg scenery, was definitely enjoyed by the cast; even if the audience couldn't take their -'-~, I eyes off our Flame. 'The Gospel of Christ knows of no religion but social; no holiness but social holiness' (Wesley) The Bailey God Squad is expanding, with three newly confirmed members of Father John's club - Sam, Abbey and Anna. 'To be carnally minded is death' (Romans). So, as Bailey is the gateway to the cemetery how close can we get?! Relationships this term can be categorized as the following ' Meaningless, Anna and Lex. Short, Antonia and James. Devotion, Toni and Steve. Lazy, Jacey and Henry. Yawn, Hannah and Gus. Blossoming, Tash and Marcus. High-flying, Emma and Rob. Cradle-snatching, Sam and Digger. Competitive, Emma L. and Andy. Long-distance, Ratty and Percy. Temporarily on different sides of the world, Dawsey and Daz. 'A joyful and pleasant thing it is to be thankful' (Psalm 147). And joyful and pleasant as we are, we give thanks to the kleaning klan and to Mrs. Booton for being gorgeous and to Ms. Thomas for all she has done for us this term.

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RVIS

1 got busted. 2 Zieglers left the Grange family to join Jervis. 3 gave up on Broughton. 4 went rowing, and went with them. 5ths, well although we don't have any of our own yet, some from other houses were made honorary members. 6 hours of detention for a certain Remove ... 7 played lacrosse but 7 wouldn't play water-polo. 8 days till the end of term, and counting ... 9 Removes won the business competition. X country; the seniors won (as usual) and the juniors came second . 11 1 starred and 1 was sound for the brilliant production of Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? 12 tons of water flooded through Mr. and Mrs. Browning's ceiling and electric sockets ! 13 inches. 14th of February: too many carnations to count ... 15 hours of work a day?!! 16 6as had 42 songs. 17 doors were taken off their hinges and put back on again for no apparent reason. 18th birthday celebrations - they go on and on and on .. . 19 6bs had 6 snogs. 20 cheers for the school shop. 21 copies of Roger Rabbit on video. Thanks Shells! Anyone want them? 22 different noises from each radiator in 89. 23 adoring fans listened intently to Marky Mark's lyrics , but couldn't quite comprehend them. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. 25 metres; backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle was swum and WON. (Well, joint with Walpole). 26 people in the house were involved in the production of H.M.S. Pinafore. 27 congratulations to our expert violinist, who has reached the finals of the National Schools Chamber music competition. 28 hope to be married with 3 kids. 55 out-of-tune admirers of Danny Boy! 1000s of thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Browning, Mrs. Bellairs and the tutors for putting up with the 55 of us. And equally, goodbye to Julie who's leaving at the end of this term. We'll miss you, but hope you have a good time at school in Germany .

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Hockey 1ST XI A sense of real anticipation at the start of the season and a splendid Frank Mason tournament at the end h many in the 1st XI feeling a little disappointed with what we achieved. All involved know that we could andavh left have done better. How d? we know that? N? one who. saw the first match of the. season against Chatham Hou \ 001d South of England champ1ons, could have fa1led to not1ce that we had the defens1ve system and abilities 10 co se.' the very good side and an attacking structure that on the day produced the better team attacks. Despite Chatham Hnta•n .a three outstanding (potentially international) players the defensive sk ills of those set to mark them rarely broke ~uo,c \ It took real class fo r them to be beaten. Up front , although we had chances, we did not have the fire power or ace own. of shooting to convert them into goals and this was a problem we faced throughout the season. The tone of the conver~ac) at the post-match social was very encouraging (though many were ruing the three penalty decisions that went ag· hon us at crucial times) for we knew we had played well and, with a little tightening up , could have had a good sea~~\t But things began to go wrong in our ne~t match a&ainst Gore Court and de.spite a successful Kent Cup run throu n. to the Quarter Finals on the back of a pOSitiVe goal difference of 17, thmgs d1d not really p1ck up until the th ird wegh after half-term. It is never easy to maintain morale in a side that is losing and one that on occas1ons thought that luet was not running its way. Undoubtedly it was not but we did not help ourselves. All in the side can look back to amc that we lost and perhaps should have won if players had been able to put behind them off-pitch disagreemcnf5 a~d dislikes and had been wi ll ing to dowse their own sense of self-importance and worth for the sake of the team. Spon is littered with many stories where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. The team can be a very potent force There was no greater demonstration of that than the Frank Mason tournament and particularly against Sutton Valence (a ~ood side unlucky not to have won the Kent Cup). The King's defensive system relies heavily on teamwork and individuals working to make the tackling easier for others. This match was a splendid example of how such a sy~tem can work successfully. Tim Palmer in his first full season with the Firsts marshalled the defence quite superbly. Playing his hockey of the season he made some ma~nificent tackles against international and divisional players. He was abl) suppo rte~ by _James Cheeseman. who , movmg back from the forwa_r~ line, managed to pul away ~is wood axe and replaced It with a surgeon's kmfe- such was the new-found prec1s1on and dextenty of h1s tackling. But it wa\n't just the backs who worked as a unit. The whole team did. The link between defence, mid-field and fhe forward line presented us with many attacks and several chances that were put wide. Julian Lewis-Jones showed to full effect 10 this match how his spatial awareness had developed throughout the season. He put himself in a position on the left wing to receive many a penetrating ball from the right flank. But not only that, he was a consistent and pacey pusher· out of the ball at short corners and grew in sk iI), developing the most unorthodox right-shoulder shimmy as a dummy It seems fitting that the contribution of others in the side should be considered against the backdrop of the lllO\t enjoyable and arguably most successful day of the season. (We returned unbeaten having played six and won three games conceding only one goal. ) Simon G1ttins is a young and talented player. As a Shell he is one of the best five players in the side and was neither daunted nor outclassed at any stage. Tom Aldridge found it difficult adjusting to a s1de that had been on a successful week-long pre-season tour to Barcelona but as the season went on he proved to be a determined and increasingly able player as he learned the defender's trade. I wish that all defenders in the school could have seen the defensive performance of Tom Grant. (one of the characters in the team) when marking some very good players against Sutton Valance and Reed's earlier in the term. He knows how to shadow a player and the time to make the tackle. Any goalkeeper would feel safe with him marki ng a centre fo rward. In the early part of the season Charlie Doust and Jul ian Lewis-Jones shared the left-wing spot until Charlie was struck with il lness and latterly injury. Towards the end of the season he was a loyal substitute as were Jamie Murch and Andy Wi lson. Chris North and Nicholas Puleston-Jones, two talented Removes, played a couple of games for the Firsts. I am certain that Birley\ will see their skills in later years. Six young men who have regularly played fo r the side will be leaving the school. The seventh though must surely be the unluckiest player in the squad. In his own right he is a good goal-keeper and would be the 1st XI keeper in most other schools; that he was not ours is due to the competition but never once has Matthew Belliere given up or lost his determination and drive to improve. His amazing reflexes and courageous one-on-one tackling should sec him through to a very decent standard of hockey. Jon Will is was unable to develop his true potential through some ill health and rarely completed a full match for the Firsts. Keen and able, he probably had the best eye for a Jon~ ball out of defence of all the back line. Neil Cole was keen and determined to learn the role and skills of a right-wmg and how well he learned them, frequently driving towards the by-line and unselfishly pulling the ball back for others to have a crack at goal. Such was his selflessness that he never scored, seldom tried and probably had the best miss of the season driving a scorching ball a couple of inches over the cross-bar from the edge of the circle. Andy Woolnough has been a stalwart of King's defences for four years. For three of these four years there ha~ been no-one on the circuit to match his tackling. It is possible to count the number of miss-tackles for a season on both hands, they are so few. He has an outstanding ability to read a game. There are many at Ki n~'s who wi ll miss the advice he can give (both on and off the pitch). An accomplished County player, he has never qu1te had the breaks in divisional trials to test his skills against the very best. If he had he would not have been found wanting. Ed Sayer loves scoring goals and is not surpriSingly top scorer. The combination of his dribbling and powerfu l running has made many a defender quiver this season. His versat ility as a player (he can tackle as well as he can dribble) has made my job as coach much easier (at times). Tactically no side can ignore him and varying his position during a match from right-back (arguably the most dangerous place to attack from) to cent re-forward has frequently given us the edge. He is also a very successful taker of penalty flicks. 142

1ST XI HOCKEY (Richard Bennett)

James Lamont approached me .th ree years ago as a very raw goal-ke~per and asked to be coached. Within six w~e~s vas the first cho1ce keeper wh1l st m the fifth form and coped exceptionally well on the Spamsh tour of 1991. Wnhm he' ears he was playing fo r the Senior County Youth side. He has given an enormous amount to King 's hockey . 0 H'' i~ enthusiast ic, concerned and the possessor of a lively and entertaining character. He could yet make a bigger . e r~ssion on the hockey world . This has not been an easy year to be Captain and I am sorry for Roger Gardner 1 tl;ere was not g reater team success. Of the Captains I have had I can think of no one who could have coped with tie situation better, being d iplomatic and conc iliatory wherever it was needed. He has had a big impact on King's ~ockey as one of the top players in the 1st XI for four years and , as an inspiration to others through his talent. Thank you . King's hockey remains strong. Several teams ha_ve had one. of their most success~ul. seasons for several years. Congratulations to them and to the1r coaches. Nor 1s success hm1ted to the team. IndiVIduals have gamed a whole hatful of representative honours. The following were selected for the Kent Under 18 side : Roger Gardner, James Lamont, Ed Sayer, Andy Woolnough. For the Kent Under ISs Tim Palmer and Simon Gittins. For the South East of England nd Kent Under 14 side Simon Gittins (Captain of both sides) and Charlie Munday. This is a remarkable achievement ror a school whose players do not play club hockey as do most of those with whom they compete for County places. At the end of a season t ~ere are 1_11any people to thank: the coaches for al~ their time and efforts, to those who have accompanied teams and dnven mm1buses (S .H.D ., J .R.P., M.J .V., R.B.M1; T .T. and J .J.D .C.); the groundsmen for working on the pitches in what has been a wet season; catering staff for the teas and P.T. for his time and patience in the 2nd XI. A spec ial thank you to D.S.S. who has given much of his time to the School's hockey and leaves this year. N.L.P . The First Eleven: Roger Gardner* (Capt.), James Lamont* (Vice-Capt .), Thomas Aldridge, James Cheeseman, Neil Cole. Charles Doust, Si mon Gittins, Thomas Grant* , Julian Lew is-Jones, Timothy Palmer, Edward Sayer*, Jonathan Willis. Andrew Woolnough* *First Colours. Also played: James Murch, Chri stopher North, Nicholas Puleston-Jones , Jay Spencer, Andrew Wilson.

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RESULTS

Played 13, Won 5, Drawn 0, Lost 8. Goals for 35 , goals against 33. v Chatham House (H). Lost 0-3. v St. Lawrence (H). Lost 2-5. v Gore Court (A) . Lost 0-4. v Eastbourne (A) . Lost 0-3 . v Cranleigh (H). Lost 1-4. v Chatham House (H). Lost 1-4. v Skinner's (A) . Won 8-1. v Sir Roger Manwood's (H). Lost 2-4. v C ranbrook (H). Won 3- 1. v Reed's Cobham (H). Won 2-1. v Wildernesse (H). Won 8-0. v O.K.S . (H). Won 7-1. v Duke of York's (H). Lost 1-2. Goal scorers: Edward Sayer 17, Roger Gardner 8, Julian Lewis-Jones 7, Andrew Woolnough I, Thomas Grant I, James Cheeseman I. Frank Mason Tournament Played 6, Won 3, Drawn 3, Lost 0. Goals for 5, goals against I.

2nd XI 1993 was indeed a vintage year in terms of results, goals and team spirit. The nucleus of the team had been members of last year's very successful Colts team. The only disappointing aspect was that the end of the season came so quickly. The team was ably captained by Jamie Rayner. The first game of the season is always a testing experience, especially for players who've just come off a rugby pitch. We were up to the challenge and recorded a 3- 1 victory agamst an agile Chatham House team. A rare inability to find the back of the box until well into the second half and a rather tame goal conceded in the last five minutes resulted in us drawing with a Cranleigh team who visibiX ran out of steam early on in the game. Cranbrook presented us with some extremely tough opposition. This game wil l be remembered for the superb goal scored by Sanam Shah in the last minute of the seventy minutes. Duke of York's presented us with tougher opposition than expected. After going down a goal we clawed our way back into a dominant position. The mid-week fixture against St. Lawrence proved to be a rather physical affair. A typical Spencer goal just after the break rattled the opposition to such a degree that they posed few dangers for the rest of the game. The fi rst away game of the season proved also to be our first defeat. We took too long to adjust our game to the g rass surface. However, after going down two goals within the first fifteen minutes the character of the team began to display itself. Two break-away goals put us back in contention. However injuries encountered duri ng the course of the game and the ensuing disruptiOn to the structure of the team allowed Eastbourne in to score two rather impressive goals. After a long break caused by bad weather we overcame a young Sir Roger Manwood's side by four goals to mi. Jay Spencer pulled off a hat trick, something which he had been threatening to do all season. Over-confidence was our downfa ll in the defeat inflicted on us by Reed 's. The result could have been so different if we had converted the penalty fl ick awarded early on in the first half. As it turned out, the opposition made up for thei r lack of pace with very impressive positional play. The team went into the O .K.S. game knowing that it was imperative that a respectful performance was needed. All the admirable features of the season were on display o n that unseasonably warm afternoon. At one time or another a sizable number of the team were called on to play in the 1st XI. It is quite probable that many of the 6bs will represent the school at this level in the 1994 season. Many thanks must be extended to Mr. Phillis who allowed us to play most of our games on artificial surfaces. P.T. 143

THE LEADER (J111nes Bridges)

Teilln : Jam ie Rayner (Capt.) , Matthew Belliere, Simon Cook , Neil Crumpton, Alistair Curzon, Paul Dupuy Ja ' me, Murch , Edward Millard , Tim Nealon, Jay Spencer, Sanam Shah, Andrew Waddell , Andrew Wilson. A lso played: Charles Doust, Christopher Kenwright, Julian Lew is-Jones, Jonathan Willis, Luke Wi lliams. RESULTS Played 9, Won 6, Drawn I, Lost 2. Goals for 18, goals against 12. v Eastbourne. Lost 2-4. v Chatham House. Won 3- 1. v Sir Roger Manwood's. Won 4-0. v Cranleigh. Drawn 1- 1. v Reed 's. Lost 1-3. v Cranbrook. Won 2- 1. v O.K.S. Won 2- 1. v Duke of York's. Won 2- 1. v St. Lawrence. Won 1-0.

3rd XI The Thi rds at King's by tradition are a cheerful, if not necessarily polished , bunch (perhaps such is to be expected with a diet of gri~:SS ). This year 's Thirds were no exception. They e~1j oy ed the matches a great deal, the practice, a little less so, and 111 the end the harvest of two w1ns was perhaps less 1mportant than the cheerful nature of the passage through the season. At the centre of much of the fun was Viv Bennett, captaining the team from a position which seemed to be a combination of cent re back, centre half and centre forward. If his individual strategy for halting the progress of an opposing forward was memorable, so also was his goal against Reed 's from the most astonishingly oblique angle, virtually on the byline at the edge of the 'D'. The top scorer, and one of the team's most skil fu l players, was Phil Aid rick, who regularly ghosted past opposing defenders. His goals against Kent College and Reed's were c rac~ i ng strikes into the roof of the net. Sanam Shah wa, the other prime goal scorer, when not called up by the 2nds. H1s neat work on the left wmg was a constant punic for the opposition. Perhaps the real revelation was Theo Moore, who volunteered to play in goal and made some super saves, improving. fast as the season progressed. It would be impossible to better his record on penalty nicks: two faced, two saved In the backs Gus Wilkinson, Mark Gaska in. an~ Oily Henry were sure and mostly secure, .in midfi el~ Chris Kenwrisht was quietly efficient and showed a lot of sk11l 111 spreadmg the play to the forwards, wh1le the ac!lve Tony Corm~h complemented the prime strikers well at the front. The whole team consistently compe!ed hard ~ specially .against a well-organised C r~n l ei gh side, and in an energysapping mudbath at the Duke of York s. The l:irace of wms after half-term was a fi ttmg reward for the1r endeavour throughout the term . M.R.J .B. Team from: Viv Bennett (Capt.), Phil Adrick, Tony Cornish, Neil Crumpton, Oli ver Dean, Mark Gaskain , Oliver Henry, Tom Jennings , Chris Kenwright , Thea Moore, William Wclbourn , Gus Wilkinson, Julian Wooderson. Also played: Alistair Curzon, William Davies , Kipp '?1-Me.smari , Mark Harris, Edward Millard, Tom Moore, Henry Murch, Tim Nealon, Sanam Shah, Ben Shankland, Till Tn ebel. RESULTS Played 8, Won 2 , Drawn I, Lost 5. Goals for 8, goals against 16. v Eastbou rne (H). Lost 0-3. v Chatham House (A). Lost 0-2. v Cran leigh (H). Drew 1- 1. v Kent College (H). Won 1-0. v Duke of York's (A). Lost 3-6. v Sir Roger Manwood's (H). Won 1-0. v St. Lawrence (A). Lost 0-1. v Reed's (A). Lost 2-3.

Colts A XI What a difference a year makes. This squad had fai led to win a ma.tch last season and ~ad lost several players since then. This season, however, there was a fa r greater degree of com1mtment and of cohes10n, so that although the fi rst three matches were all lost, they were well contested until the very end. The deserved victory eventually came at Duke of York's. This gave a considerable boost to the team' s confidence, and wins were later recorded against St. Lawrence and Reed's, Cobham. More signi ficantly, the side was never outclassed, never gave up, and with a little good fortune might have had an even better record. Almost every player contributed something to the success. Alex Bingham-Wilson in goal could sometimes be brilliant. but above all he mstilled confidence in those in front of him. Tom Bucher and Adam Jackson at the centre of the defence were perhaps the most improved players! ~nd .their solidity was t~e key to tl!e team' s pro&ress. Tom Wacher showed great skill and a remarkable sense of ant1c1pauon at left back , while Sqot W1seman and Mike Preece were se~ure a~d sometimes imaginative on the right. James Morgan was the surprise of the term: his unorthodox style was allied. with great energy and enthusiasm, so that he made the inside left position his own. Ed Sebline on the right wa.s qUieter. but more subtle in his distribution and made great strides over the season. Andrew McGregor was someumes very lonely on the right wing, but w h~~ he was given the ball his ~peed ~nd skill proved ve r~ dangerous. On the left, James Smith was given more opportun111es, and ended as the team s leadmg goal scorer. Sah1r Jeelam was a dnbbler rather than a shooter, but two goals in the final match showed what he could do as centre forward. The captain, James Munday. 144

laycd in the centre of midfield, but he covered every inch of the ground with skill , tenacity and tremendous determination.

~is example kept the team going throughout the season.

Practice games with the 2nd XI showed all too clearly that, despite the progress, some major weaknesses remain. In particular, several players still need to learn that hockey is not a game of mdividual skill ; it is a team game and 't is'a passing game. Even more could have been made of the talents available if a greater sense of positioning and ~f teamwork h~d been developed. The .team. should nonetheless feel pleased with what they have achieved ; some of them will, certamly go on to greater thmgs 111 the future, and they should have learned some valuable lessons from this terms expenences. P.G.H. Team: James Munday (Capt.), Alex Bingham-Wilson, Thomas Bucher, Adam Jackson, Sahi r Jcelani , Andrew McGregor, James Morgan, Michael Preece, Edouard Sebl ine, James Smith, Thomas Wacher, Sqot Wiseman. Also ph1yed: Richard Clarke, Barnaby Cowin , Adam Fendius, Mark Harris. RESULTS Played 7, Won 3, Lost 4. v Chatham House. Lost 1-3 . v St. Lawrence. Won 2- 1. v Cranleigh. Lost 0-2. v Eastbourne. Lost 1-3. v Cranbrook . Lost 1-2. v Kent College. Cancelled. v Duke of York's. Won 3- 1. v Reed 's, Cobham. Won 3-1.

Colts B XI When the fifteen of us met in the early days of January it became obvious that we had lost some of last year's more skilful players to football . Despite this exodus the results were not as bad as the previous year for the simple fact that when players were given the opportunity to represent the team they rose to the challenge. Against Cranleigh, the team competed well and thanks to some good goalkeeping by Kingston Hui the score was only 1-0 at half-time. Unfortu nately despite two good attempts to score through Adam Fendius on the left and Tristan McConnell on the right flank we could not score, and Cranleigh 's centre fo rward began to cause problems fo r Mark Harris and Jonathan Shaw in the defence. The game against Duke of York's was a very different matter, being on grass and where we had the majority of possession and scoring chances. The combination of Charles Aitken and Alex ÂˇHacker' Neame led to a well-taken goal a nd the promise of many more in the second half. This however was not to be the case as we were caught on the break a nd Kingston Hui was left stranded in his trainers as the opposition managed to push two goals past him. We were very unlucky not to score near the end when the Duke of York 's goalkeeper made fi ne saves from Charl ie Bell , Tristan McConnell and in the last minute from Charles Aitken. This result was perhaps the low point of the season as we had looked the better side and had many opportunities, but a case where the passing game lost out to the hit-and-run tactics of our opponents. For the game against Eastbourne on Blare's, we decided to put Mark Harris at centre- forward owing to his direct style and strength of hit and move Charl ie Bell into midfield. However we were outclassed and Mark rarely received any passes wh ich he could turn into scoring chances. The ti reless running of Paul Gaskell and Alex Neame in midfield was very much in ev idence. The improved play of Ross Wingfield and Thomas Moore in defence did a great deal to keep the score in single figures. The final game against Epsom was cancelled as the grass pitches were unfit to play on but the team had shown improvements in the term. Alex Wald ron and Ross Wingfield improved their awareness and consistency in defence, while the midfield was complimented well with Aitken's positional awareness, Neame's tenacity and Gaskell 's persistence. Up front McConnell was able to use his speed on the right wing when he was given the ball and Alistair Hawkins, when not offside, supported well down the left-hand side. As captain this season I thoroughly enjoyed myself, though some would say I was too vociferous in my approach, but when a team is not playing to the best of its abilities, then it can be very frustrating. Some members of this team had never played for a school team before, so it gave them that opportun ity and taught them that with perseverance and a little coaching their skills can improve dramatically. I must thank Mr. Anderson for his help and dedication to this not the best of sides, but we had fu n. CHARLES BELL AND S. E.A. Team from : Charles Bell (Capt) , Charles Aitken, Adam Fendius, Paul Gaskell , Mark Harris, Alistair Hawkins, Kingston Hu i (Goalkeeper) , Tristan McConnell , Thomas Moore, Alex Neame, Jonathan Shaw, Alex Waldron, Ross Wingfield. RESULTS Played 3, Won 0, Lost 3. Goals for I , goals against II. v Cranleigh (H ). Lost 0-4. v Eastbourne (H) . Lost 0-5. v Duke of York's (H ) . Lost 1-2. v Epsom (H). Cancelled. The_ report wou ld not be complete without congratulating all those who turned up regularly to practices and, despite somet_1mes being outclassed, kept persevering. This was very much due to the drive and inspi ration of their captain Charlie Bell who entered into every game with a positive outlook. I thank him for his efforts. S.E.A. 145

Junior Colts A and B XIs After a very s uccessf~~ season as Under. 14s, this was a year groul? which was expected to do well : several talented players, an additional year of playmg together and greater skill suggested that some Impressive result~ very possible. In fact, although the season proved to be very enjoyable, it was only moderately successful - not th were any lack of effort by the squad but through a variety of other factors. We were very fortunate to have the almost excrough use of Canterbury Hockey Club for our training, allowing us to develop skill levels on astro considerably ~nd to ~\~ve the 'A' and ' B' sides as one squad, a policy which soon proved beneficial. ram The first problem to be surmounted for the 'A' side was the loss of last year's centre-half and captain Tim Pal to the 1st XI. Whilst this allowed other players to come through, it left a tactical space which took so1~e time to"fi~l· 1 although this was not im~ediat~ly apparent m the fi rst match.against a weak Chath~m House team. The second probl · was to develop a formati on whtch best ~sed the play~rs avatl.able, rather than trymg to. fo~ce players into roles whf~ were not natural to them. Th ts resulted m some expenmentatton and two rather unconvmcmg draws against Cranle \ and Duke of York 's. The team's best hockey was probably against Eastbourne, a very strong side to whom we w~g pleased to lose by only two goals. Then, j ust as Chris North had accustomed himself to the role of lynch-pin are mastermind , he was also promoted! However, by the second half of term the team had settled into a unit and play~~ some excellent, exc iting hockey with notable victories over Kent College, Reed's and Sir Roger Manwood's. At the front , Richard Clarke and Adam Williams occupied the wing positions throughout the season. Both arc quick an~ with .g_ood ball cont~o l and aggression both in attack and .defen ce (nice Green Card, ~~am 1 ) but need to develo thetr pos1110nal sense still furth er. Chns Mounsey-Thear clatmed the centre-forward posttton after some impres~tv~ performances for the 'B' team early in the season and his determinat ion to put himself on the scoresheet as often a, possible was a great asset. His hat-trick against Manwood's was a fitting end to his season. The inside forwards Ed Radcl iffe and Tom Dean both contributed much throughout the term , with Tom especially excelling in the role of play· maker and scoring some valuable goals in addit ion. Our de~is i on to play two centre-halves proved (after som.e ini ~ial problems) very effective, especial ly. as it disrupted the opposttton markmg. Jon Murch worked hard to establish htmself m the more defenstve role of thts position and in his qu iet, unobtrusive way was able to provide both solid defence and good distribution. The more attacking role was shared between Chris North and Nick Puleston-Jones: both are first-rate players, with enormous individual skill pace an~ vision. The freedom to roam the field which the fo.rmation allowed them pr<?ved a thorn in the side of man) opposlltons. They also shared the Captamcy and I would like to thank them for thetr hard work and leadership b) example (most of the time!) throughout the season. Chris thoroughly deserved his mid-season promot ion to the 1\t\ and I am sure that Nick will soon fo llow. The d~fen s i ve work in the side w~s shared bet~ecn Barney Cowin , Qin Wiseman, Espin !3owdcr, Tom Kenwright and Lew1s M1tchell . After some mtstakes early m the season, they were rarely beaten easily and worked well in a variety of groupings. On a good day, all could turn in very fine performances. In soal, And i Wilson, and, later, Qm Wiseman were never afraid to throw themselves at anyth ing that came their way and wtth hard work could turn themselve, into fin e goalkeepers. The ' B' team benefited from the same training sessions that the 'A' side were put through and contained several players who, in another year group, might well have been in the higher side. Chri s Mounscy-Thear and Lewis Mitchell were both promoted early on, allowing other players their chance, althou(lh injuries and other events meant that the side was never really settled. However, particular ment ion must go to Jamte Goodman on the left wi ng, the hal f- back comb ination of Marcus Pyke, Umar Shariff and James Capel (who also captained the side th roughout the season). the solid defence of Leigh Fitchie and Adam Chataway's vocal contributions from the goal. The final results from both sides are perhaps slightly disappointing but in many ways this season has provided much grounding for future years: both teams now play more as umts and every individual has worked hard to raise his skill level and tactical awareness. They should go on to greater things next year with a sense of purpose and enjoyment. Finally, particular thanks must go to Mr. Andrew Mair for his expert, patient and good-humoured coaching throughout the term: the squad undoubtedly benefitted from having a true professtonal to work with them. May I also thanl< my colleagues S.C.W. , H.E.J.A., J. R.P. and P.T. for help with umpiring, R. B.Mi. and M.J.V. for acting as chauffeur\ and especially N.L.P. for umpiring, advice, encouragement and the occasional pitch. D.S.S. R ESULTS

'A'

T EAM

Played 9, Won 4, Drawn 3, Lost 2. Goals for 18, goals against 9. Played: Chris North, Nick Puleston-Jones (Capt.), Espin Bowder, Richard Clarke, Barney Cowin, Tom Dean, Simon Garnett , Tom Kenwright, Lewis Mitchell , Matthew Mohr, Chris Mounsey-Thear, Jon Murch, Tim Palmer, Adam Wi lliams, Andi Wilson, Qin Wiseman. ' B'

TEAM

Played 5, Won 2, Drawn I , Lost 2. Goals for 5, goals against 8. Played: James Capel (Capt.) , Adam Chataway, Leigh Fitchie, Simon Garnett , Jam ie Goodman, Tom Goodn~an , Tom Kenwright, Richard Letts, Lewis Mitchell , Matthew Mohr, Chris Mounsey-Thear, Simon Peachey, Andrew Pncc. Marcus Pyke, Umar Shariff, Paul Wharton, Andi Wilson. 146

OUCH! (James Bridge\)

Onder 14 A XI ~is season's results will

reveal that the under-1 4s have been a force to be reckoned with . With . tu~ne defeat, suffered to a school outside Kent, they have proved to be a very able hockey side. JUSStarting at the back, with the priceless Adam Withrington in goal. He was solid and decisive in his saves and tackles d kept our goals-against record to under half a dozen . He was truly a great asset to the side. Moving up into our dn ~ neeÂˇ with Patrick Gill on the right, safeguarding it from any attacks - a real pillar of strength. Then onto the e ~ cairn stickwork o f Dan Broom, always there to clear up the occasional mess and the 'Wild Thing' Chris O ' Neilrme who continued to display his skill of hitting the ball very hard! Also , the determination of Mike Wharfe, thoroughly renect~d the feelings of the whole team. In the middle of the fie ld, R ichard Homewood p_roved invaluable. at centre-h~lf, a.cting in a sweepi~g an~ att~ck~ng le covering every square mch of the fie ld. At nght-half, the sohd Robert S1xsm1th showed h1s ab1lity m bnngmg r~e ball up from defence and competently distributing it to the forwards. The left-hand side was electrified by the exciting t kills of Dave Smith, who often baffled h.is oppo~ite n'!mbers . Charl ie t-:1unday, who began the season a~ centre-half, Cthen moving to centre-forward) showed 1mpress1ve sllckwork and prov1ded a number of goals for the s1de, although .t has 10 be said that sometimes he held onto the ball a little too Ions! He had the opportunity to lay the ball off to :he talents of Jon Norris and Ed Dale-Jones, both of whom scored Impressive goals during the season. This side definitely proved their status as one of the best under-14 hockey teams in Kent. They showed strength, ability and above all , determination - they are a team to look out for.

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CHARLES M UNDA Y.

As part-time coach of this team , I should like to add briefly to Charlie's resume of the season. They are a most enthusiastic and determined collection of individuals and each and every one of them ought to be congratulated for the part they played in form ing such a successful unit. Special mention must be made of Adam Withrington's outstand ing season in goal and of Charlie Munday's success in being selected to represent the South-East at under- 14 level. We wish him luck at this level and hope that he will be successful in future trial situations . It is a truly impressive achievement. The team report would not be complete without mention of the players who have been drafted into the side on several occasions. James Holloway and Leo Fransella played regularly and made select ion of just eleven players for each match a very difficult task indeed. For the team itself, even greater heights will be attained next season with an emphasis on increased ball speed and it is this which all indiv iduals must now focus on as their target. 1 wish them luck. S .K.M . Team: Charles Munday (Capt.), Daniel Broom , Edward Dale-Jones, Patrick Gill, Richard Homewood, Jonathan Norris, Christopher O'Neil-Dunne, Robert Sixsmith, David Smith, Michael Wharfe, Adam Withrington. Also played: Leo Fransella, James Holloway, Christopher Howard. RESULTS

v Chatham House. Won 3-0. v Cranleigh. Won 4-0. v Cranbrook. Won 2-0. v Duke of York's. Won 2- 1. East Ken t U J4 tournament

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v St. Lawrence. Won 1-0. v Duke of York's. Drawn 1-1. v Sir Roger Manwood's. Drawn 0-0 .

v Harvey. Won 1-0. v St. Edmund 's. Won 1-0.

St. Lawrence. Drawn 0-0. Eastbourne. Lost 0-3. Reed's. Won 2-0. Sir Rpger Manwood's. Won 5-0.

Semi-finals:

v Chatham House. Lost 1-2 on penalty strokes.

Under 14 B XI The season looked to be a good one, with a promisingly high standard in the early sessions, Ul'til on a cold Saturday afternoon we found ourselves outplayed by a stronger, better-organised team. Having lost the first match, however, and having our next match cancelled, we faced a weak Duke of York's side with more confidence, both in defence, where we had al ready established the combination that would last out the season , and in attack, where we had added speed and decisiveness since Cranleigh. This victory, also on a cold Saturday afternoon, could and should have been the first of three or four, but against Eastbourne, d isrupted by injuries in the 'A' XI, we salvaged a draw, with excellent sweeping by Ben White and superb goalkeepmg from Damian Stewart. Yet then the fortune changed. Even though Henry Eccles and William Bax provided powerful support for Michael Ziegler up front, our inability to break the defence of a Kent College Under 13 team and a shaky Reed's team, left us with a very average season. 147

THE CAPTAIN (James Bridges)

All through the season though, Ben White and Jide served well in defence a nd Chris Howard was a user 1 . player in the attack. Little need be said about the rest, since all helped save a draw or push on a victory , with oruw~Utck success . Uhout LEO FRANSEt L.\

In typically modest fash ion, Leo has failed to mention his contribution to the team. With only a very basic h Âˇk background, he showed such commitment and determination to improve and help the team to success, that he immect~ ey stood out as the obvious candidate for captain. Despite being drafted into the 'A'team on several occasions htatfly the Bs with maturity and enthusiasm throughout the season. He ought to be congratulated . ' e ed

c~:M.

Team from : Leo Fransella (Capt.), Babajide Adesanya, William Bax, Edward Butler, Peter Capel, Jamie Henry Eccles, Ramsay EI-Mesmari, Thomas Everett, Dominic Fendius, Ja mes Holloway , Christopher Howard Thotng, O'Sulli van , Tristram Standen, Damian Stewart, Paul Tsergas, Benjamin White, Michael Z iegler. ' mas RESULTS

v Reed 's. Drew 1-1. v Kent College . Drawn 0-0.

v Cranleigh. Lost 1-5. v Duke of York 's. Won 5-0. v Eastbourne. Drawn 1- 1.

Under 14 C XI With two out o f the proposed fiv e matches cancelled (mainl y ow ing to other schools' inability to produce a thtrd team of sufficient standard), the season was very sho rt . T he first match, against Cranle igh , was an excelle nt game; the re was a good team spirit, and play was surprisinsl> flowing, considering the team had existed for a matter of days only. Throughout the game, a lot of pressure was apphed to our defensive line, which , I am pleased to say, was withstood with a j ustified confidence. Thetr two goals resulted from very good forward movements, which they pu~ togethe r from nothing. Alt!JOugh ~he goal~ were conceded, 11 was good to see that thef had come from good a ttackmg, rathe r than poor defendmg, as IS sometimes the case in the lower teams. Despite al this, the match was definitely not one-sided. The midfield performed well, creating some good openings, and even though the attack had nothing to show for all their hard work, there were two or three moment\ when goals were very close. As in all sports, a couple of our best players were lost to higher teams very early in the season. Even so, having suffe red another defeat at the hands of a very aggressive Duke of York 's side ( in which the scoreli ne should have been a lot closer), we bounced back to play very well indeed against an amazing Eastbourne side. The Eastbourne match sums our season up very well : tough oppos ition: determination on our part: sound defence, good midfield work , and a hard working attack: but in the end , not quite as strong as the opposition. I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who played for the Cs, and although there a re too many ever to mention individually m this report , Jamie Cooling, Tom Everett , Justin Garde ner and James Stazicker played consistently wel l. Finally, a big thank you to all the staff who helped out, especially Mr. White, and the staff who have given up their time to take the Junior Hockey League. I look forward to next season!! SIMON PER.

Any c red it for the deeds of the U 14 'C' XI cannot in any way go to me, for the sum total of 'C' team 'practices' was three. It is to the immense c redit of the captain , Simon Peel, in particular, but all of the boys, that despite constant disappointments, they maintained enthusiasm. The performance at Eastbourne, agai nst a very much better side, was excelle nt. One or two of this team might well do rathe r well in future. R. C. W. Those who played, with apologies to anyone left out: James Campbell , Peter Capel, Jamie Cooling, Ramsay EI-Mesmari , Tom Everett, Christopher Fre nc h, Justin Gardener, Charlie Fordham, Nick Hopkins, James Longstaffe, Simon Peel, Dan Robson, Paul Stephenson, James Stazicker .

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(Terence Loo)

Association Football tst XI

We had looked forward to the start of the Lent term with a great sense of excitement and high expectation, since he squad of players had assembled in September and we had enjoyed a weekly session throu~hout the Autumn term t the Recreation Centre. Moreover, we managed to retain seven players with first-team expenence from the previous 1 ~ar; we invested in a smart new Umbro kit and tracksuit and made two very promising 'signings' in Matt Edwards ~nd Rob Coohng. At the start of term our preparation looked good but it was not ideal to have to go two weeks without a game, thanks to St. Edmund's who cancelled at the eleventh hour. However, training was fun, Deverall being tackled by a stationary cone and the players seemed fi t. To make up for the disappointment of the cancelled match we had a Cocksworth XI v 'a Newbury XI in which Irone scored an oustanding goal and even old man Father Geoff got on the score-sheet. At last we travelled ~o Leatherhead for our first test of the seaso~ and played some beautiful football; indeed, we looked like the home s1de. Qum was rumoured to have got some hmment on h1s JOCk-strap and consequently gave a sprightly performance, notching the first goal for us. The St. John 's goalkeeper kept them in the game by pulling off a string of impressive saves but we missed a number of clear-cut chances. Our stamina and commitment were exemplary the end of the match, Matt E~wards having a part i ~ularly good second half overlapping up the flanks. It was a 10 disappointment to draw a match m wh1ch we had dommated for such long spells but the lack of composure m front of goal was to haunt us for the rest of the season! Against Brentwood we gave a much better showing than last year and although 5-0 represented a convincing win for our strongest opponents it could have been different : Irone hit the bar with a free kick, Craddock hit a post and we held them at 0-0 for hal f an hour until Bissill fired in a superb 20-yarder to put the visitors 1-0 up! It was an education playing against a team full of boys with representative honours and we battled away honourably, keeping our heads up and trying to play footbal l. Cooling had an outstanding game in goal, Carter was as vociferous as usual and Adams was a stalwart in defence. Dulwich was always going to be an easier encounter but after a first half of great pressure from us (and missed chances) Dulwich were 1-0 up. We needed an own goal to set us on our way in the second half and we were rewarded for our patience and stamina when Ogedegbe popped up for a late winner. It was nice to win, but we should have done so with more style (and by more goals!) The fo llowing Wednesday we entertained Maidstone Grammar with whom we had drawn the previous year. However the opposition were much better this year and a 2-0 defeat was fairly creditable. This was the game in which we probably created fewest chances. K.C.S., Wimbledon had wanted to come for lunch but when they arrived there was nothing left for them! Embarrassed, we marched thei r players, and staff, off to McDonald's! Their boys found the food much more to their liking than school food and went on to hold us to a scoreless draw. Again we had by far the better chances and much more of the play, but we couldn't score. Then came the disaster at Rei gate, against whom we had scored six goals in each of the previous two seasons. To try and bolster our impotent attack, who had scored three goals in five outings, Rob Adams was switched to striker. The Regent's bus took an age to get to Reigate so we had no time to warm up and were 3-0 down in twenty minutes. lrone and Ogedegbe, who had both been dropped, came on in the seco}ld half and we played much more tenaciously but couldn't steaf a draw. We had given away two own goals and had an awful first half, so arguably didn't deserve to get anything out of the game. On the Saturday of half-term we travelled to Colfe's and lost 3-2 but we played with much more spirit and commitment and were very unlucky to lose. Qu in scored a peach but again we missed chances and let the home side back into the match. Irone and Ogedegbe combined well and had their best match thus far. After the half-term break we welcomed Dover College to Birley's and managed to chalk up a second win, with the ever-impressive skipper Craddock scoring the only goal. The foll owing Saturday we journeyed to Sevenoaks and discovered that they had drawn 2-2 with national fina lists Forest. Clearly this was going to be a very difficult outfit from the one we trounced 5-0 in '92. We lost 4-0 so it sounds as though they were a much better side but it was only 1-0 at half-t ime, the game was very well balanced and we went on to have a fifteen-minute spell in the second half of great pressure but again we failed to convert that into goals. If you can't get the ball in the net you don't deserve to win anything! Next we went to Westminster and turned in one of our best displays of the season. The ubiquitous Craddock scored a spectacular goal from the edge of the box but inexplicably we were 2-0 down by that stage, the home referee had disallowed Jrone's goal and the opposition's second goal had come when the ball had been kicked out of Cooling's hands. Maybe it's not all in the winnmg and the players can take great credit for a magnificent display of attacking football. Drinkwater was fast emerging as a candidate for player of the season, with aggressive tackling, Adams marshalled !he defence with aplomb and Cotton tackled ferociously and had become a fine header of the ball. Bissill had grown m confidence, whi le Edwards and Carter were tireless contributors in midfield. Craddock ran the show and Irone was impressive up front, where Deverall battled away energetically. It was a game we should have won, but we came away with nothing (other than the memory of a great display and a great goal). Furthermore it was back to the desperate Robocop on the bus video! 149 1ST XI ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL (Mike Waterman)

Our 4-0 drubbing of St. Augustine's in the next fixture says much fo r team spirit in that they did not disappointment of the Westminster defeat linger, but it has to be said that we didn't really play any better aga路lct the Augustine's; we just. took our chance~! This stands out as the only match this term w~ere this was really th 10 '~ St. Irone scored a very unpress1ve hat-tnck, but he could and should have had several th 1s term. His third oalc ca-.e; scorcher, driven in from just inside the box. The fourth goal was executed brilliantly, with Deverall (yef to hwa\ a bad game) crossing first time from the left using for Craddock to score from the far post with a diving header Rave a selected for his first game, made an excellent contribution in midfield and foraged forward with determinatio.n ?\ato, point chipping the 'keeper only to see his shot hit the bar. 路at one Kent College came with a skilful side but they too lacked punch up front and we were worthy 2-0 winners Dev . scoring a brace and his first goal of the term . ' era1I On the back of these two wins we really should have done better at Christ's Hospital but we seemed to be ate路 that could not t~avel , for we ~ad lost all our a~ay games ~xcept for ~he very first one. This was to be no diffe rcall) However, the lme between VICtory and defeat IS a very th m one at limes, and we d1d have one splendid chanccnt. the first half to jlO 1-0 up, but squandered it. Christ's had only won two matches and would have crumbled accordi In to their master-m-charge. As it happened, they came out in the second half a rejuvenated unit and played ~ome ~wcng stuff, deserving thei r win. 路 et For the fina l game of the season we welcomed back the O.K.S., Ousey, Tester, Davies and Paxton returni ng from last year's successful team. Skipper Mark Leatham was an experienced figure in midfield and showed some delicate touches, but it was burl) James Watson, no boots, who shot the old stagers into the lead. Craddock equalized and Irone put us 2-1 ahe~d wuh a lucky penalty but Leatham scored with a spectacular strike to share the honours. Indeed he Old Boys pressed forward and could have stolen it at the death. This had been an odd term in many respects, for we had a settled team before the term started and actually conceded fewer goals than last year's side, a credit to goalkeeper Cooling who was marvellous, and to the back four of Bi s~ ill Drinkwater, Cotton and Adams. It was indicative of their contribution to see that almost all the votes in the Playc; of the Year ballot went to defenders. It eventually went to the popular choice of Rob Adams, who hadn't put a foot wrong all season! So the main reason for our poor results this term comes from the lack of goals: 17 in 14 game\ in desperate and simply does not compare with last year's 37. I would have to say too that some of the players that we thought would be mstrumental in our success this term underachieved considerably. Nevertheless, it was an enjoyable term, during which we played some good football and had some fun in pract ices. I wish the 6a boys well and hope that they continue in the game. I look forward to a more successfu l term next year with the seven players who will still be here. Many thanks to Andrew and his staff at Birley's and to Stewart and Lisa and thei r staff in the kitchens. A big thank you too to Mr. Cocksworth , Mr. Jackson and M. Oath for their time and expertise with the other teams. Finally, thank\ to those who supported us this term . C.P. N. Team: Ben Craddock (Capt.), Rob Adams, Adam Biss ill , Oll ie Carter, Rob Cool ing, Mike Cotton, James Deverall. Billy Drinkwater, Matt Edwards, Jolomi Irone, Alex Ogedegbe, Dan Quin. Also played: Hans Madueme, Myles Orsler, Billy Rosato. RESU LTS Played 14, Won 4, Drawn 3, Lost 7. Goals for 17, goals against 26. v Dover College (H). Won 1-0. v St. Edmund's (H). P-P. v St. John 's, Leatherhead (A). Drawn 1- 1. v Sevenoaks (A). Lost 0-4. v Brentwood (H ). Lost 0-5. v Westminster (A). Lost 1-2. v Dulwich College (H). Won 2-1. v St. Augustine's (H ). Won 4-0. v Maidsto ne Grammar (H). Lost 0-2 v Kent College (H). Won 2-0. v K.C.S. Wimbledon (H). Drawn 0-0 v Christ's Hospital (A). Lost 0-3. v Reigate Grammar (A). Lost 2-3. v O. K.S. (H). Drawn 2-2. v Colfe's (A). Lost 2-3. First Colours re-awarded: Ben Craddock (Capt.), Jolomi Irone. First Colours: Rob Adams , Ollie Carter, Rob Cooling, Mike Cotton, Dan Quin. First Team and Second Colours: Adam Bissill , James Deverall , Billy Drinkwater, Matt Edwards, Alex Ogedegbc. Second Colours: Nick Georgiadis, Richard Henderson, Hans Madueme, Billy Rosato. The Harold William Warner Cup for Player of the Season: Rob Adams. Scorers: C raddock, Irone 5; Devera! I. Quin 2; Cotton, Ogedegbe I; own goals I.

Inter-House Competitions The girls' Indoor shield was aga in won by Walpole (Removes), wh ile in the boys' competitions Tradescant made a clean sweep by taking both the Shell and Remove trophies. The Senio r 11 -a-sidc Cup was won by Broughton. ISO

EL JEFE (Terence Loo)

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~continually told of the lack of skill in the English game. Such was clearly apparent throughout the 1993 XI'season (King's of course represent in8 'England' - the opposition standing for those foreign, not even colonial, 2ndes that keep beating us by virtue of nothmg else than greater ability). With England losing to India at cricket (and tYPhc time of writing to Sri Lanka), to Wales at rugby, the King's 2nd XI also lost to Brentwood (Brazil), Gravesend at ~ cntina) and Maidstonc (Germany) but also to Col fe's, K.C.S ., Sevenoaks and Christ's Hospital (all one-term soccer ~ti~ns/schools). Thus, here we have another internat ional manager bewailing the lack of basic footballing talent at his disposal. .. Not so. I believe we. h~d the talent, or at least enough talent, and we had the spirit (although spirit in defeat is diffi.c~lt), but something was mtssmg. Naturally, the coachmg was at fau lt. We were never able to find out the best poslltons for individuals nor indeed the best formation to play - too many experiments. Luck did not generally hold: against Brentwood, Gravesend and Maidstone we had enough chances at crucial stages in the game to have secured draws at lcÂˇtst. Matches often tu rn on one or two moments - in 1993 we did not have enou8h of those moments. In addition, ve ,~ere unlucky enough to come across a number of schools which their masters t/c described as having their best 2nd XI for a number of years. However, we should not hide behind such facts and excuses, nor should we panic. Despite the very best of att itudes,. the players who represented King's 2nd XI lacked the basics that only come from playing the game more - the 'first touc h' was missing, 'crossing skills' were lacking and the awareness of angles and the creation of space did not come naturally to many players who had not played a relat ively serious game of football for two or more years. Nevertheless , this season was certainly not a fa ilure. We experienced deserved success against St. John's and Dover College and had good draws against.Dulwich and Wcstminst~r . We all ha~ fun whic.h is the main aim, players gave all and improved enormously, espectally the fifth for mers Mtchael J. Davtes, Sebastian Vance and Dunstan Kamana :_all of whom will be pushing for a I st XI place next season. William Rosato was an excellent captain and scored the best goals of the season. Hans Madueme played very well at times and probably suffered from having to 'sub' for the lsts. Jimmy Dean suffered from injury but gave everyth ing when he played. Richard Henderson was often â&#x20AC;˘10 outrageous goalkeeper, making outrageous saves, the occasional outrageous error and wearing an outrageous hat in the snow against Sevenoaks. Giles Hay ran and fou~ht feroc iously, as did Nick Georgiadis who, more than once, caused his coach to jump two feet into the air to avotd a scything tackle in training. Matthew Hillier and Michael G. L. Davies found themselves playi ng in so many diffe rent positions that they wifl probably be expecting to play goalkeeper next year. Ben Goggins proved to be a rel iable and improving defender. So what's the solution? Players coming through are now not experiencing match-play soccer situations in the Shells and Removes . I am not going to argue that matches in those years should be resumed, only that would-be players recognise that you cannot just pull on the smart soccer shirts and expect to win against players who have played twice a week with continuity. Those who come to King's with soccer sk ills , and there arc many, should take every opportunity to play the game. Practise skills wherever you can - this can be done anywhere - kick rugby balls, kick hockey balls (not too hard), play foot tennis, play head tennis, play on the beach, play in the garden, play wherever possible and wherever allowed, and, when you do play, make demands of yourself. When playing you should not be thinking of sur.per leave, History courscwork or your li nes in the House play that evening. If you are right-footed train your left , tf left train your n ght ; if you don't like head ing, practi se that; if you don 't kick a 'dead' ball cleanly, practise that. Watch football on the television (or preferably go to matches) constructively: the Serie A coverage from Italy is wonderful -go to Italy ... Those wishing to play next season, and I fully hope we keep up the impetus of the last three years, should keep themselves fi t over Christmas and approach next season willing to play a great deal of five-aside practice matches concentrating on one and two touch moves - that's all Liverpool really did in training during their dominant years in the 80s. My thanks go to this year's players. They were a good bunch to work with, I hope those leavin~ carry on playing (even Dicky). I am already looking forward to next season. Challenge arises from adversity. The natiOn's soul is good. G.R.C. The following played more than one game: Will iam Rosato (Capt.), Michael G. L. Davies, Michael J. Davies, James Dean, Nicholas Georgiadis, Benjamin Goggins, Giles Hay, Richard Henderson, Matthew Hillier, Dunstan Kamana, Daniel Katz, Hans Maduemc, Sebastian Vance, Robert Weston. R ESULTS

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Played II, Won 2, Drawn 2 , Lost 7. St. John 's, Leatherhead (H). Won 2-0. v Dulwich (H). Drawn 1- 1. Brentwood (H). Lost 2-4. v Maidstone (H). Lost 2-5. K.C.S. Wi mbledon (A). Lost 0-3. v Colfe 's (H). Lost 0-4. Gravesend (H). Lost 2-5. v Dover College (H) . Won 2-1. Westmi nster (A). Drawn 1-1. v Sevenoaks (H). Lost 0-4. Christ's Hospital (H). Lost 1-4.

3rd XI As fa r as results arc concerned this has not been a successful season, but enthusiasm within the squad has seldom waned and attitudes at practices have been cheerful and constructive. It has been difficult to find a real balance in the side, as there are few natural defenders available and none with the pace, strength and shooting ability to make 151 2ND, 3RD AND 4TH XIs (Mike Water man)

a consistent striker. In addition, six of the regular team are under 16 and we have lacked the physical presen tackling power of many of our opponents. I am certain that the best players have played in the side, but becaus cc and have had to play out their favoured positions, the performances have often been less than the sum of' the pan~ \Oillc at least four players would have loved to have played on the right side of midfield - one did and the others i e.g themselves in defence or up front. OUil\1 The season got off to a good start against St. John 's, Leatherhead, Mike. Webb clinching v!ctory with a fine cr0 shot. A depleted team was then ~oundly b~ate,n by Brentwood. The Dulwtch match wa_s t_erntonally very close we wasted a hatful of chances whtch they dtdn t! The K.C.S . game was generally very stmllar, but again they sho ut finishing power and we did not. Colfe's were a competent side, but our defence committed suicide on at least thcd occasions and our few chances went wide, high, or both. Westminster fielded an 'A' side instead of a 'B' and rcc consequent mismatch did nothing for their techmque, or for our confidence. On the coldest day of the year, the Scvcno!~e game fai led to warm the hearts of the few hardy spectators, but it was close and keenly fought. Just when it look ~ that we would never score again, Josh Cole provided the final touch to an excellent move and we scraped a win ove Kent College in the last few minutes, when we should have been three or four up at half-time. The final match ~r Christ's Hospital brought a much better all-round performance: Dom Pett scored a well worked goal and was unfortuna~t with two other fi ne shots. The bad luck which seemed to dog us all season saw their centre forward score a headc~ winner which would have graced M atch of the Day! All he team have contributed something of worth. Christos Rodopoulos has made some excellent reaction save, to close range shots, while Tom Stazicker and Jamie Nicholson have distributed the ball intell igently from the back Ben Massingham, Ranjit Gaind and Giles Macey have shown some nice touches in midfield, while Adam Pctt ha, worked ti relessly throughout the season and has probably now found his best position at full-back. In attack Dom Pett has demonstrated the best ball skills in the team, Mike Webb has run well into space and Josh Cole has held up and laid off, some _very good balls in t~e lat.ter part ~f th_e season .. I would like to single <?UI one player for special mention, the captam, Aaron Jarrett . Wtth hts determmat10n and hts own brand of crunchmg tackle, he has set the standard for commitment and I hope that some of the others will have learned from his example: you can't play football until you've taken it away from the opposition! An Under- 16 team, with the players selected from the 2nd , 3rd and 4th Xis, played two matches, drawing 0-0 with St. Edmund 's and losi ng an entertain ing match at St. Augustine's 4-6. C.J .R.J. Team: Aaron Jarrett (Capt.), Joshua Cole, Ranjit Gaind, Giles Macey, Benjamin Massingham, Jamie Nicholson. Adam Pett, Dominic Pett , Christos Rodopoulos, Thomas Stazickcr, Mtchael Webb. Also played: Matthew Alabaster, Omotayo A~akija, Robin Ball , Michael Davies, Giles Hay , William Hague, Matthew Hillier, Neil Hopkins, Steven Lau, Jamie Paris, Sebastian Vance, Christopher Ziegler. RESU LTS Played 9, Won 2, Lost 7. Goals fo r 4, goals against 32. v St. John 's, Leatherhead (H). Won 2- 1. v Westminster U l6 A (A). Lost 0-9. v Brentwood (A). Lost 0-6. v Sevcnoaks (A). Lost 0-2 . v Dulwich (H). Lost 0-3. v Kent College (H). Won 1-0. v K.C.S. Wimbledon (H). Lost 0-4. v Christ's Hospital (A). Lost 1-2. v Colfe's (A). Lost 0-5.

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4th XI The 4th XI got off to an excellent start with a four-goal extravaganza at St. John's, Leatherhead: our defence wa!> immovable and our attack swift, with Ed Jennings weavinF deftly around the opposition's defence, and Ranjit Gaind and Humphrey Jones demonstrating 4th XI striking power. This performance instilled in us a feeling of optimism for the season ahead. However, fate had decided otherwise ... After five minutes at Brentwood, we found ourselves in the unexpected situation of being a goal up, which unsettled us somewhat. .. In fact , they scored an own goal after a lot of pressure from our forwards! Not surprisingly, they came back to beat us 9-1, despite an inspiring half-time talk by the coach in which he offered adv ice to ' those of you who aren't used to playing' , referring to, we would imagine, the few who had offered to help out a team stricken by illness and injury. Gazza Jennings was out for a great deal of the season owing to a damaged knee and several of our early squad were abducted by the 3rd XI when it became apparent quite how good they were; oh, and someone left to play badminton ... The spirit with which we attacked Wimbledon and the determination we displayed in the face of adversity cannot possibly be conveyed adequately in the 7-1 scoreline. Thanks to Maurice ' Moz' Fakoury for givi ng us a brief glimpse of the promise we had shown earl ier in the season (he scored a superb goal withi n two minutes of the start of the second half) . Our penultimate match versus Sevenoaks' under sixteens was a qu ite remarkable 10-0 defeat which kept our poor goalie, Neil Hopkins, busier than he would have liked. The scoreline, all things considered, did actually represent the run of play, although we almost scored once ... 152

was full of hope that we departed for Christ's Hospital, our last match of the season. Having psyched ourselves 11for nearly two hours through the many roadworks leading to Horsham, we started the match well. GazzAlabaster, up r captain, scored THE goal from a penalty awarded with in ten minutes of the start. In fact , we scored TWO goals, 0 ~t the second one, a beautiful header from one of our veteran defenders, William Hague, ended up in our nets... ~fter a whole season guarding our goal a~ainst all the vicious attacks our opposit ions cared to throw at us, Bill left the pitch with the bitter taste of injustice 111 his mouth ... The final score of 2-1 was in fact one of our better results of the season! MATTH EW ALABASTER AND M.P.H.D. Team from: Matthew Alabaster (Capt.), Omotayo (Dele) Alakija, Robin Ball, Maurice Fakoury, Richard Goulden, William Hague, Net! Hopkms, Edward Jennings, Humphrey Jones, Timothy Marson, Danny Mudzaffar, Jamie Paris, Alex is Roxburgh, Jonah Wyn-Pugh. Also played: Stephen Adams , Adrian Faulkner, Ranjit Gaind, Alastair Hine, Steven Lau , Nicholas Shaw, Rahul Singh. James Stevens. RESULTS Played 5, Won I, Lost 4. v St. John 's, Lcatherhead (A). Won 4- 1. v Sevcnoaks (H). Lost 0-10. v Brentwood (A). Lost 1-9. v Christ's Hospital (A). Lost 1-2. v K. C.S. Wimbledon (A). Lost 1-7.

Cross-Country Wi~h. the not i ce~ble ~bsence of a training camp .to start the year, the squad turned out for the first session with a wrpnsmg lack of lllJUn_es. The fi~st. week of trammg sorted out the men from the boys, the result of which was the birth of the 1993 first etght , contammg the unbreakable backbone of last year's team - Charles Shepherd and Doug Mullen, the unbeatables upgraded from last year's Inters - Ryan 'keenness incarnate' Mannering and Jules Hinves; two other newcomers to this select group - Darren Kingston, and Nick Clark (both back from last year's retirement) and also two regulars with a ch~onic distaste for training - Dom Sweny and Lawrence Potter. Regularly throughoui the season the S~mor VIII was gtven the valuable assistance of Christian Bottomley and Miles Edlmann (runner/physio and coolness pomts adjudtcator all in one), both showing great dedication to this soul-destroying but character-bu ilding sport. Tl~e Inter team regularly featu red the names of J. P. Sweny, Rob Corbally, Hugh Gledhill and , irregularly, Nick Jcnkt~s; the Jumor team: Malcolm Todd, Ang~ s ~ l ackburn and _Tom Edmonds as. re~ ulars. Meanwhi le Charl ie ' Hot pants Barker valtantly upheld the name of Kmg s Canterbury 111 the world of gtrls cross-country. The first fixtu re was a so-called 'friendly' at Dover College. This was, of course, the most unfriendly course known to man , battling through mud , rain , and hurricane force winds. It was only natural that the real men of King's Canterbury shone through and won. The followi ng week came the District Championships. The senior team had 5 in the first II , which was enough to pull off second J?lacc. Char he Barker came a very creditable third in the Inter girls'. It was here that the human form of the Ferran was unleashed - Malcolm Todd came storming home easily to win the Juniors. That weekend ~arne t~e Knole Run . As last year's veterans came 9uivering to the start line, Darren Kingston did not realtse that th~s was 111 fact a h ~rd race and so went on to finish nmth (out of 267) wondering what all of the fuss was about. In t ~y t~ g to emulate thts performance the rest of the team did surprisingly well , coming tenth out of 35 schools, a l ~o. w m~mg out of the Kent League schools. At this point I would personally like to thank Ryan Mannering for enter~ammg hts fellow competitors wtth his amusing impressions of various aeroplanes throughout the race. Of co_urse thmgs could only get worse. At the home match we had one non-starter, and one non-finisher and a disappointing thtrd pl ac~ over all (tha_nl<s Darren and Cha rles), with Tonbridge and Sevenoaks achieving huge scores in the League. ~n the Ju!ltors the Ferran won by a whole minute, while Charlie Barker and Lucy Dawes came third and fourth respectively m the gtrls' race. Next was the Kent ChamJ?ionships at Chatham and a League race at Rochester. Well done to our two best runners, who were comfortabl y leadmg the race, and suddenly got an attack of the Matt Willi fer syndrome: Darren, running so fast that the course markers were not yet in place, found his way to the M2 when he finally realised that he had gone wrong, whtle Jules, after a brief tour of the north Kent coast, rejoined the race to finish seventh. Darren was lat?r to. con fir":' his total lack of orienteeri ng skills when a training run in Crundale became a three-hour marathon (with hllch-htkmg thrown 111 ••• ). Meanwhile at the Kent Championships Malcolm Todd sprinted round a very tough course to become Kmg's first Kent County cross_-country champion; he went on to the English Schools' championship to ~e the fi rst Kent Juntor team member home 111 86th place. Charlie Barker came 24th at the Kent Championships agamst very strong opposition in the girls' Inters, and gained a team bronze medal. Sutton Valence provided a gentle run around the Kent countryside in which we came second Malcolm Todd winning agai n and Charlie Barker coming fourth . '

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After a week's half- term rest we returned to the fold with a somewhat depleted team: Jules Hinves havÂˇ a ~ip injury! had to miss the whole of the second half oft he season - his absence was sorely felt. He ;.an a:~ rece1vCd with only SIX runn~rs, w1th Ryan M~nne~mg mte rruptmg a three day exercise with the CCF in order to /anbrook sta rted to snow du,nng the ract; Dr; P1ckenng ~as deter~med to de!llonstrate that wearing leggings to kee ,:_n. A~ 11 worth the loss of coolness pomts - we remam unconvmced. As 11 was, the team came second sur risr <~rm wa, the home team, Cranbrook . Individually Darren came third, J .P . came eleventh . You shouldnlt negd tontly behind now where Malcolm came, a nd Charlie came third. e told b~ The following week was the five schools' race at Berkhamsted . After a long and tiring j ourney we arrive that two.of the five schools were not running thus elevating our h~pes of regaining the trophy; however Berk~ 10 lind used the1r home advantage to great effect, w1th first, second and th1rd, so we were once again relegated to seco damMed After the final week of t~ainin~ in glorious sunshine came our busiest weekend of the season: the Kent Colle~e place foll owed by the long awatted dmner, followed by the O.K.S. match. The relays took place in the beautiful relay~. sunny weather with surprising success for the King's teams . The first VI , with the help of Malcolm Todd warm. very strong effort; however, although everybody put everyth ing they had into the race, we were just beaie~ut 111 a extremely strong Ton bridge team. The girls' first IV, having been formed that morning, showed amazing stamÂˇ by an came in third. As for the Juni~r team, even without ~he serv ices of Malcol!TI Todd, they showed a bright fut~~a and cross-country runnmg at Kmg s wtth a surpn smg thtrd place. CongratulatiOns again to everyone who took p e for After recovering from a night of 1:evelry, a depleted first eight emerged to race the O.K.S. VIII , well O.K.San. 1 The match took place on Scotland H1lls under clear blue sktes. The race was won by Matt Willi fer, who surprisin'\ managed to remember the way aro~nd th.e course, and then dec ided to do an ext ra two laps 'just fo r a laugh'. Male; Y Todd managed to come second desplle bemg attacked by a dog on the second lap. The race appropriately ended in a dra: Thanks must go to the whole of the cross-country club for their insane enthusiasm ~or th is most ruthless of s "' to everyone who ran m the teams, espectally those vttallast-mmute replacements; to Dr. Ptcke nng firstly for his invaFuabl~ advice on fash ion in the sporti ng industry, but also for hi s unfailing loyalty to the club. And o f course a very special thank you to the great leader h1mself, Mr. Holland , for his expert coachmg and his ability to br ing out the best 111 a team. So the club moves on towards the 2 1st century with the burden of greatness looking to remain upon its shou lder~... CHARLES SHEPHI:RD

Teams from: Seniors: Charles Shepherd (Capt.)*, Douglas Mulle n ( Vice-Capt.)*, Christian Bottomleyt, Nicholas Clark* Miles Edlmannt, Julian Hinves*, Darren Kingston* , Lawrence Pottert, Dominic Swenyt. ' Occasionals: Michael C hesterman, James Drever, Hamish Pritchard, Marcus Riccoboni, Hal Sclater, Alastair Steven~ Guy Stevens, Malcolm Todd. ' Inters: J. -P. Sweny (Capt.) , Espin Bowder', Robert Corbally, Hugh Gledhill , Nick Jenkins Thomas Kenwright Patrick Osmond, Benjamin Smith-Laing. ' ' Juniors: Angus Blackburn, ~h omas Edmonds , Simon Harmel , Jonathan Norris, Richard Peat, Simon Peel, Peter Ph tpson, Alex Reynolds, Damtan Stewart, Malcolm Todd. Girls: Charlotte Ba rke rt, Zoe Dav ies, Lucy Dawes, Melanie Luther, Anna Record, Katherine van Berckel. *= lst Colours, t= l st T eam Colours/2nd Colour~ R ESULTS

Saturday, 8th January: v Dover College, Kent College, K.S.R . and Sevcnoaks Seniors: l st out of 5 (Kingston 3, Hinves 5, Potter 8, Mannering 9, Sweny, D.l 3, Mullen 16, Shepherd 2 1, Clark 23, Bottomley 24, Edlmann 29, Riccoboni 3 1, Sclater 32, Drever 35, Stevens A. 36, Stevens G. 37). Inters: 2nd out of 3 (Counting 5 finishers) (Todd I , Sweny, J.6, Coarbally 10, Gledhill 17 , Blackburn 18). Tuesday, 12th January: Canterbury District Championships at U.K.C. Seniors: 2nd behind Chaucer T echnology, out of 4 (Hinves 5, Kingston 6 , Mullen 7, Shephe rd 10, Mannering ll , Sweny, D.l5, Clark 17, all into District squad, Riccoboni 21). Inter boys: Sweny, J.l 5, into District squad, Corbally 25. Inter g irls: Ba rker 3, into District squad. Juniors: Todd l , into Distric t squad. Saturday, 15th Jan uary: The Knole Run, Sevenoaks K.S .C . lOth out of 35 schools, 2nd school in Kent, behind Judd. (Kingston 9, Hinves 49 , Mullen 72, Shepherd 105, Manner ing 11 2, Sweny, D. 157, Clark 168. Potter 224 out o f 267). Saturday, 23rd January : The Kent League at home Seniors: 3rd (behind Tonbridge and Sevenoaks) out of 11 (Hinves 7, Mullen 14, Potter 20, Mannering 21, Clark 26, Sweny 3 1, Bottomley 46, Sclater 67, Edlmann 70 out of 85). Inters: Sweny , J. 23, Corbally 29, Gledhill 3 1, Jenkins 44 out of 49). Juniors: 3rd behind Cranbrook and K. S .R. , out of 4 (Todd l , Blackburn 13, Reynolds 23, Edmonds 26, Harmel 36, Peat 38). Girls: Barker 3, Dawes 4 , van Berckel ll out of 26) . 154

wrday, 30th January: (a) The Kent League at King's, Rochester Sn Seniors: lst, Kent College 2nd (Sweny, D. 4, Mullen 5, Shepherd 6, Hinves 7, Clark 10, Bottomley 12, Potter 13, Edlmann 26 outof31). Âˇ Inters: Swcny. J . 4, Corbally 9 out o f 20. (b) The Kent Championships at Chatham Inter girls: Barker 24th , 3rd team medal. Junior boys: T odd 1st, selecllon for the Kent team . S3 turday, 5th February: The Kent League at Sutton Valence Seniors: 2nd beh md Sevenoaks out of 9 (Kingston 5, Hinves 10, Mannering 20, Shepherd 21, Clark 31, Sweny, D. 32, Edlmann 59 out of70). Inters: Sweny, J. 20 . Juniors: Todd I, Blackburn 25, Edmonds 3 1 out of 47) . Girls: Barker 4 out of 20). sawrday, 27th February:. The Kem League at Cranbrook 2nd behmd Cranbrook out of 8 Seniors: (Kingston 3, Shepherd 9, Clark 10, M ullen 15, Mannering 20, Bottomley 31 out of 60). Inters: Sweny, J. 11. Juniors: Todd I . Girls: Barker 3. Saturday, 6th March: (a) The Five Schools' Races at Berkhamsted Seniors: I Berkhamsted 37, 2 K.S. C. 52, 3 Highgate 89, (Felsted & Harrow absent) (Kingston 4 , Mannering 6, Mullen 7, Clark 9, Potter ll, Bottomley 15, Shepherd 16, Sweny, D. 18 out of 22). l Highgate 43, 2 Berkhamsted 44, 3 K.S.C. 109 (Felsted & Harrow absent) Inters: (Sweny, J. 9, Corbally 18, Smith-Laing 19, Peel 20, Osmond 21, Jankins 22 out of 22). (b) The English Schools' Championships at Newark Ju nior boys: T odd 86th. Saturday, 13th March : The Kent College Relay Seniors: 2nd behind Sevenoaks out of ll (Kingston 6, Mannering 10, Mullen 28, Clark 29, Shepherd 35 =, Sweny, D . 35 =, Bottomley 50, Chesterman 72, Edlmann 76, Stevens, A. 77, Drever 79 out of 86). 4th behind K.S.R., Cranbrook, Tonbridge & D.Y.R.M .S. out of 6 (Sweny, J. 15 , Kenwright 21, Inters: Bowder 22, Corbally 35, Gledhill 37, Phipson 44 out of 52). 3rd behind Cranbrook and K .S.R. out of 5 Juniors: (T odd l , Blackburn 12, Peel 17, Stewart 19, Phipson 22, Edmonds 24, Norris 32, Reynolds 35 out of 52). 3rd behind C ranbrook and Dover College out of 6. Girls: (Davies, Z. 5, Luther , M. 6, Barker 8, Record 15 out of 25). Sunday, 14th March: O.K.S. match, Scotland Hills O.K.S. l l , K.S.C. ll. (l M . W illifer, O.K.S., 2M. Todd, 3 T. Dyson, O.K.S., 4 D. Mullen, 5 N . Clark, 6 C. Shepherd, 7 J. Pritchard , O.K.S., 8 D. Sweny) . Term totals for the Kent League, taking the four best results: l Sevenoaks 2590, 2 T onbridge 2853, 3 K.S.C . 2582, 4 Cranbrook 2543, 5 King's, Rochester 2460, Seniors: 6 Kent College 2438, 7 Sir Joseph Williamson's 2417, 8 Sutton Valence 2389, 9 Bethany 2340. Individuals: Kingston 3, Hinves 13, Mullen 16, Mannering 19, Shepherd 22, Clark 25, Sweny 30, Bottomley 40, Edlmann 59 out of 85. Intermediate individuals: Sweny, J . 18, Corbally 34 out of 46. Junior individuals: Todd l , Blackburn 21, Edmonds 29 out of 46. Girl individuals: Barker 4 out of 18.

Inter-House Cross-Country The wet start to the te rm a nd Army exercises on some of the muddier tracks rendered one section of the course but conditions on the day over slightly altered courses were quite good, and the weather mercifully warm. Surpnsmgly no ~ecords were broken , althou~h Darren Kingston's 36-second winning margin was impressive. Malcolm Todd, Kent Jumor c hamp ion, would most hkely have left his mark on the Junior record had 'flu not prevented him from running. For the first time in many years the five trophies were spread evenly around five Houses. The Senior boys' competition was unusually close, the first five teams being within about 30 points of each other. Thus although Trades~ant were fifth in the Seniors, their overall consistency enabled them to retain the overall trophy, some consolation for losmg two fo r indiv idual age-groups. Marlowe and L macre continued their strong tradition of recent years with a trophy each, while Broughton Inters e nded their House's dominance of the male competition over so many years wuh the widest winning margin of the afternoon. It was good to see a resurgence of achievement in the excellent unusa~l.e,

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Mitchinson's Senior team, led by professionals Charles Shepherd and Lawrence Potter, and new blood com路 . School House and The Grange with their good Junior performances (rather putting their older House teams to ~hg Into The Jervis Seniors made an impressive debut in the girls' competition, while Walpole Juniors held their own arne). Junior competition. This was despite losing their spearhead, Charlotte Barker, who was so far ahead at an early In the that she was mistaken for a Senior and sent the wrong way. She will be all the more devastating in the Senior comnn s.t~ge

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The unsung heroes of the day deserve a proper mention: R.C.W., T.T., M.N.W., P.T., M.P.H.D., T .J.P pAW and J .A. T. endured the une~viab le task of standing on ~indswept hi.llsides gesticu.lating wildly to keep warm. S.W.W., D.M.F., R.B.Mt ., J.R.P., and M rs. Magutre coped with the potential and actual chaos at the finish . h good humour, whi le at a safe distance in the warm, Mr. Watmough designed the computer programme to hel r wu the results. Most courageous (or foolhardy) of all were the staff who ran- S.K.M. (1 st) and J .D.P. (6th) in ~tfe ~~s~ race, M.C.L. (4th), W .R.P. (lith), J.A.C.K. (13th) and N.C.W.S. (50th) in the Senior boys' race. H.R.O M ~ 5 spotted urging on his Senior team by doing a laf, a major contributor to their success, no doubt. Mr. Hogston lnte~aiio~ athlete on the Rec. Centre staff, was a usefu 'hare' to prevent Darren Kingston ending up in Thanet. The staff tea incidentally, would have come 2nd in the boys' competition, counting five fini shers ... Being over the hill gets y~' to the finish first, after all. C u

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Senior boys: MR I. MT 2. MO 3. 4. B 5. T 6. LN 7. GR GL 8.

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Junior boys & girls: I. LN 69 2. SH 84 3. T 94 4. GR 201 5. MO 206 6. MR 223 7. w 272 8. GL 278 9. MT 329 10. JR 338 (LX did not have 6 fini shers)

Overall Overall Girls' Result: Boys' Result: I. T 340 I. w 3 14 2. LN 382 2. JR 367 3. MR 477 4. MO 533 5. MT 638 6. GL 774 Broughton does not have any J uniors, so could not score in the overall competition . School House and The Grange fielded only two fu ll teams. INDIVIDUAL PLACJNGS Senior boys: Senior girls: I. Darren Kingston MO 19.25 I. Lucy Dawes MR 20.0 1 2. Giles Tennick 2. Gillian Luther 3. Julian Hinves T 20.52 3. Katherine van Be rckel Inter boys: Junior boys and girls: I. Thomas Kenwright MT 19.35 I. Angus Blackburn 2. Ben Loxton-Edwards MR 19.58 2. Damian Stewart 20.05 T Simon Gittins 3. John Sweny 3. 12. Sarah Petr ie

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Badminton This term was one of building up next year's players . Hockey a nd various indispositions meant that only one of the old team - James Grindley - played regularly, and others therefore got their chance: Nick Forrest in 6a, Matt Knight, Keiran Murphy and Purav Patel in 6b, Charles Aitken, Chris Ioannou, Jonathan Norman and Tom Robertson in the Fifth Form , and Tak Loon Khong in the Removes. There is a lot of talent coming here; next year should be good! Conside ring that the match experie nce of our teams was small , and we were playing some old hands from other schools, our results were often not bad , beating Sutton Valence, and Dover College (U 19) and St. Lawrence, Kent College and St. Edmund's (U 16). We went down against Kent College, St. Lawrence and Gravesend (U 19) and Dover (Ul6). This was largely due to poor positional play and having to play with new partners, i.e. lack o f practice. There' ll be plenty of hard work coming up next year, to get revenge! 156

CROSS-COUNTRY TEAM (M. P.H.D.)

. Is won three of their four fixtures: against Kent College (twice) and St. Lawrence, but losing to Maidstone. Thj8 1 ~rs were Charlotte Morgan and Maxine Ford. The p ~use competitions were well contested, with Chris Ioannou and Jonathan Norman (MR) beating Tom Robertson The 0 Gledhill (MT) for the U 16 cup and only narrowly losing as U 19s to Chris Newbery (who came out of medical and Hu~~t for the occasion) and Tak Loon Khong (GR). The Grange thus retain the U l9 cup for the third successive year! reurem ence Lo (1985-88) and Bruce Marson (Car.tain 1987-88) paid us a visit at the end of term and showed the La~~ers that they had not f~rgo~ten their old SkillS, even if they don 't play a lot now. Then as now, our heartfelt yOU"{ to our coach, Pat Dav1es, mtrep1d as ever. than s R.J .M.

Fencing Another successful term finishes this year's season. There were not so many fixtures as last year but the quality f results was maintained . The challenge was to uphold the standard left by the best team the school has ever seen

~ast year's trio) . There were still a few Kent competitions for Epee and Sabre to decide: Kent team foil, King's won UIS and Ul4; Kent Epee Ul6 - Graeme Parkin 3rd, Ul8 2nd Frazer Hughes, 3rd Ray Fu; Kent Senior Sabre, Ray Fu 2nd. Earlier on in the term Ray Man and Frazer Hughes attended the Great Britain U l8 National Foil Championships, Ray Man made it to the last thirty and Frazer Hughes just missed qualification for the GB team after finishing 9th. Another successful term ran smoothly due to the unending efforts of the 'men behind the scenes': Alex Maines, Andy Nicholls, the caterers, Mr. Jennings and Paul Romang himself; hopefully he will continue to be rewarded with success for his teaching. A report of the Kent Senior Team Foil Competition is to be found on p. 92 of this issue which illustrates the commitment which has won the King's School so much of its prowess. THE M ANAGEM ENT.

Girls' Gymnastics Under 14 In 1957 the Cantuarian notes read as follows .. . 'The recently fo rmed Gymnastics Club has been meeting regularly on the Green Court throughout this term, attracting an interested and amused crowd of spectators at each meeting. In the short time that the Club has been in existence, it has reached a most impressive standard when the scarcity of equipment and the lack of a gymnasium are taken into account. But the gymnasium will be completed by the beginning of next term when we sllall be able to widen our scope. Later this term we are giving a dtsplay of gymnastics to the Junior School on their annual Sports Day. We should like to extend our grateful thanks to Mr. Caswell , without whose help and patience in our training we could never have succeeded with this venture' In 1993 the Gym Club is rather a different affai r. We train in the new Sports Hall and have plenty of up-to-date equipment. The Club was reformed in September and a group of girls worked hard throughout the Christmas term to produce some excellent routines which they were to use in the competition against Chaucer Technical College. Unfortunately a run of injuries on the week of the competition put two girls out of the competition. The remaining team members gave outstanding performa nces and were narrowly beaten. The team are going to keep on competing and I am sure will go from strength to strength. A.M.J .P. Team: Olive Kirby, Jane Virden, Felicity Wacher, Maria DeHaan, Kirstin Bush, Mary Stevens, Hannah MacKenzie. RESULT

v Chaucer, Lost 32 .9- 30.1. 157

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Lacrosse Altho u&h we are constantly reminded by the 'seriously committed' sportspersons of the schoolthatlaerosse Âˇ1 much a mmority sport , we have truly surpassed ourselves this season. We have succeeded in winning four out ~ vel) e ight matches played and those lost were contested valiantly th roughout. The team was strengthened by the ad~~ the of many talented 6bs, most notably Lucy Dawes and Clare Watson, who between them managed to inc rease the nu 1110n of goals scored considerably. Even the 6as managed to drag themselves away from their work to provide swif~bcr skilful a ttacks complemented by impenetrable defence. and The first half of te rm rushed past in a haze of success, as we maintained a n unbeaten season - never mind h 1 fact that only two games we re played! Sadly, the pressure of such glory proved to be too muc h and WalthamM e 0 Hall just pipped us to the post by 9-3! However, all was not lost, for we still had the National Lacrosse Tournam " at Milton Keynes, where true fi nesse was shown. Against some very stiff opposition, we managed to beat two cnt 01 of the five schools, which, aft e r the previous year 's fail ure in every single match , was a triumph indeed! Thanks 111~ go to Miss Mills for her support and encouragement in helping us to reach such achievements. '1 F ELIC ITY SAMI'S0:-1 Team: Felicity Sampson (Capt.) , Lucy Andrews, Lucy Dawes*, Annabel Gi llespie, Louise Hayter , Frances J enning~ O ttavia Moll, Kathanne Press, Natasha Ra ndall , Holly Skelton, Tania Still , C la re Watson , Saskia Webb . Âˇ A lso played: Emma Pyke, Prisci lla Pa rish , Miriam Lwanga. *denotes fir st colours awarded R ESULTS

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Bedgebury. Lost 5-6. St. John 's. Won 11 -7. Walthamstow Ha ll . Lost 3-9. Benenden. Lost 8- 10. Queen Ethe lburga 's College. Won 2- 1.

v Cla remont Fan Court. Lost 1-6 . v St. Mary 's School, Wantage. Won 4- 1. v Malvern Girls' College. Lost 3-8. v No1th London Collegiate. Lost 2-5.

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1st VII

Once again the Netball Term has been and gone, the bibs have retired and we no longer have to cope with the not so tricky sunlight. 'Tricky sunlight ! - no probs'. In fac t the season went so quickly that some couldn' t even manage to ma ke it 10 the practices. Even so, despite the somet imes poor atte ndance (we blame the rowers ... again) T uesday and Friday a ft ernoons went ahead as usual and so did the practices and within the first few weeks emerged the beginnings of a very strong 1st VII . Laura Shelford and Lucy Hudsmith (Thank you Lucy ... nothing like the personal touch) as last year made up the defe nce, and very defensive it was too. The opposition were not the only people to be intimidated. The art of blocking has been mastered. The centre court was controlled by Kirstin Gaymer and Pixie Bennett , a nd as the season went on Pi xie learnt to make less contact with her opponent but seemed to ma ke more with the ground. And as for Kirstin, well who else could provide such cunning and deceptive centre passes, so decepti ve that I don't think she quite knew where some of them were going, let alone the rest of the team. The overhead pass into the circle was a defi nite must and even though Priscilla may not have outrun her opponent she definitely outstretc hed them and shot goal after goal. C lare Watson is to take over the captaincy of the 1st VII and attempt to control the squad. Her understanding of the whole game, not just he r own position and he r accuracy in shooting, I'm sure will e ncourage the rest of the team to contrive to be as successful as it has been this te rm. G ood luck to the 6bs and the Fifths for next year. Wear your new shirts with pride but push those cycling short~ up and who knows, you too may get packed suppers one day. Thank you very much Miss O'Brien for your help and especially Mrs. Woodley . The team has definitely benefited from your encourageme nt and advice. Oh, and a lso to Cheyney: tha nks for coming to watc h.

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I should like to add my thanks to the Captain and Vice-Captain of Netball . Katie Press was an e ffi c ient and relia~lc capta in and in her quiet way gradually developed a cohere nt team with good spirit. She was responsible for the des1gn of the new netball shirts which a re a great improvement o n the motley collection of plain polo shirt , school T -sh1rt and school rugby shirt worn until this term. I relied heavily on Laura She lford's tenacity for keeping netball going whe n Katie was unwell in the Autumn Tern.1. It was difficult to muster enthusiasm in the hockey term despite the incentive of the County tournament, but she d1d a splendid job. The 1st VII has a very satisfactory list of results to show for the ir e fforts. 158

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Kent College (A). Lost 8-27. St. John 's (A). Won 23-15. Wye College (H). Won 29-7. Sutto n Valence (A). L ost 22-24. St. Bede's (H). Won 22- 14.

v Dover College (A). Won 30-16.

v St. Edmund 's (H). Won 28-8. v Walthamstow Hall (A). Lost 12- 15. v Wye College (H). Won 39-8.

2nd VII The 2nd VII have had a very good season, winning all !heir matches except the last one of the season against Walthamstow Hall , who had a strong s ide. A few matches were played last term, but without the hockey players. This term, the team made a remarkable development and gained in stature and confidence. The defence was always stron~ and reliable. For a couple of games Louise Hayter was available to play as Goal Defence, with Jo Houghton at Wmg Defence, and this a rra ngement was probably the best of all combinations, although having Zoe Chamberlin at Goal Keeper and Jo at G.D. was a strong and reliable partnership which prevented many potential goals by the opposition. The high number of goals we scored in every match (except the last) showed the calibre of our shooters. Natalie Freeman particularly is to be con ~ ratu l ated on her accuracy. Her skill in manoeuvring her way around her defence also improved a great deal. Amelia Stewart suddenly discovered she could shoot, and successfully filled the space which became vacant after Suzy Madigan 's involvement with drama. Jane Wigan has been a very good centre court player and both she and Louise have been o n the verge of the 1st VII, standing in whe n necessary. Karen Robinson is probably the most improved player in the team and has helped to develop a good team spirit. The third centre court position has been played by several different girls but Ana Lei Ortis a nd Lucy Dawes particularly contributed well. Each match played was memorable in its way. The Kent College match was played indoors; St. John' s was played on a very slippery gravel court; half the Sutton Vale nce matc h was played with a (reluctant) borrowed player from the opposition after one of our team was inj ured - and we still won! The St. Bede's matc h was played on a beautifu l sunny afternoon when, fo r the fi rst time, a ll our new four courts on Birley's were used . The high-scoring game against Dover was close a nd after such good results, it was a pity to end with a loss in the freezing cold late in the afternoon at Wally Hall. J.A.W . Tile team: Louise Hayte r (Capt .), Jane Wigan* (Vice-Capt.), Zoe Chamberlin , Natalie Freeman, Jo Houghton, Karen Robinson, Amelia Stewart. Also played: Lucy Andrews, Samantha Davies, Lucy Dawes, Miriam Lwanga , Suzy Madigan, Tanya Nash, Kathryn Porges. *Awarded Second colours RESULTS

v Kent College (A). Won 22- 14. v St. John's (A). Won 23-9. v Sutton Valence (A). Won 28- 13.

v St. Bede's (H) . Won 23-6. v Dover College (A). Won 28-20. v Walthamstow Hall (A) . Lost 8-15.

Under 15 VII Whe n this team play well they can asto und . Unfortunately there was the occasional lapse in their standard of play. Nevertheless they managed a n impressive run of results and gave the appearance of really enjoying themselves . Two very different capta ins were chosen. Sally Lewis-Jones quietly organising the team and insti lling confidence, ~elena Ancock giving verbal instructions throughout every game! Both were very thorough in thei r approach to the JOb and thus good results ensued. Zoe Blausten, Georgina Richards, Sall y Lewis-Jones and Maxine Gibson all gave superb performances under the ~o~l post. All able to score from any position, and under all sorts of pressure from their opposition, the four took It m turns to play Goal Attack and Goal Shooter.

159 2ND VII, UNDER IS VIJ AND UNDER 14 VII NETBALL (Richard Benne//)

Kate Cuppage, Harriet Burgess and Hele na Ancock were able to fool th~ir oppone!lts by maintaining very tight centre court play , although there were times when they spent rather a l~t of time la~gh!ng at each other. In fact, it often resembled an exhibition match by the Harlem Globe Trotters (w1thout the dnbblmg.1 ). All in all , a successfu l season for which the fu ll squad should be cong ratulated. A.M.J p Team from : Sally Lewis-Jones (Capt. half season) , Hel~:na A!lcock (CaP.t. hal( season) , Kate C~page, Ha~riet Burge\\. Susie Tydeman, Georgina Richards, Zoe Blausten, Ohve K1rby, Max me G1bson, Deborah enyon, F1ona Adarn\ R ESULTS

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Played 6, Won 4, Lost 2 . Kent College. Lost 15-21. v Dover Coll~ge. Won 17-2. Benenden. Cancelled. v St. Edmund s. Won 28-9. Sutton Valence. Won 16-9. v Walthamstow Hall . Lost 4 -16 . St. Bede's. Won 47-9 .

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Played 7, Won 6 , Drawn I. Kent College. Won 18-5 . v St. Bede's. Won 20-10. Benenden . Cancelled. v Dover Colle,ge . Won 26-1. Barton Court. Won 10-6. v St. Edmund s. Won 19-13 . Sutton Valence. Won 19-5. v Walthamstow Hall. Drawn 12- 12 .

Rowing 1st VIII

r' s crew ex erienced a cold start - frozen lake from. the first ~ay - but there ~as ~o. ~ay !hei~ engi~es _pulhn J rd th th~s ~~~~~f h ~ t deal of hard work, cheerfully undertaken. Some ergo scores ha n Improve , o_ er ' ~o~~~~hl~(e: ;~~~ pleased with themselves, others weren't! Overall , _though, scores see~ed to b~ vet.Y h1gh and soghe wondered wh the rumours of a crew less go~d than usual were nfe. ~he co~ches d1scovere w Y soon enou ' . immediately the lake had deigned to thaw. Sk1ll levels were generally d1sappomtmg. . s· h hin s have changed of course Broadly the positive attitude of the crew, the1r taste for pushmt themselv~ to t~~~f~i:~ntd th~ir willingness t~ learn hav~ gone a. iong way to ~ompenfsate focr initial tefc~nic:l p;ob~eScs~rl~~~~d~~c in the crew' s improvement have been the leadership and expen ence o our aptam ~ oa s, ~e . j row skilful exhortations of our other international, super-cox Pod Swanson. :rhe crew wh1ch , as I wnte , IS short Y to at the Schools Head is simply in a different class to what looked poss1ble early on. · were caused by the seat-races for selection where Ben Loxton-Edwards, Tom Mann and Peter Early exclteme : ed out b Robert Heddle and Charlie Heise. Margins were less than a second and all _three thorough!~ ;:~~~nt;ee~~~~heygwill all i,et as substitutes in the first eight at the Tideway Head . And, ~f cour~e, thm~~dc~~s~h:~~~: Our fi rst event was Hampton Head where, as has ~ecome c~stomary , ~e put o~t a top our_an a can I a d This The four did not have a particularly good row, lackmg cohesiOn, and fa1led to wm by a margm of .. . br e secon · is the fi rst time we have lost this event in three years and it proved to be an omen of further pro ems. ·

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~ess inexperienced members of the crew but the excitement proved too much and a panicky performance produced . . .

the a loss of the event to Westminster by one second! The crew's assets were, however, in evidence. They displayed ye~igh level of fit ness and courage which docs suggest the potential ability to race well in the future. The half-term break proved eventful - Tom Jackson and F red Scarlett trialled for Great Britain at Peterborough . Whilst their pe rfor~ances were ~redit~b l e, To~ 's pairing t~chnique did not survive t~e stress of competition and they .d not gain selection . Meanwh1le, G1les Tenntck was ravmg, so much so that he tnpped over a blade o f grass and dlent off games for the rest of te rm . To lose one o f our top four oarsmen was a serious blow which meant an inevitable w ss of speed . Thankfully , Tom Mann proved to be a big-hearted substitute who never disrupted the rhythm and always 1 ~ve of his best. He could not be expected to match the power or skill of Giles at th is stage in his career but he is ~!earlY a 'man' to watch for the future! The week after half term, Robert Heddle and Charlie Heise paired at the Chester trials where they did themselves Justice by beating a number (admittedly rather a small number ... ) of other trialists. The exRerience they gained should stand them in good stead . Fred changed s ides to row in two scratch pairs and, in the squad s first result of real quality , finished fourth on the Sunday . To perform at this level with a new partner and on the ' wrong' side is a remarkable achievement and most worthy of congratulation . So it was only a week after half term that the eight settled down to some really productive training . To begin with few improvements appeared , the wind blew , the air temperature fell as tempers rose, and too many crew members blamed each other for poor rowing but then, quite suddenly, things changed d ramatically - the sun shone, the athletes took responsibility fo r their own per formance, the stroke, James together with a piece of string. I'm not sure which ractor caused the Improvement but, with only ten days to go before the Schools Head, the crew were suddenly rowing with real rhythm and genuine class and they confirmed this with a sr lendid row at the Putney Practice - thanks to Fred for coming up with the loan of an IC boat when ours were al too firm ly parked on the M25! Overall the crew has little to value in the way of concrete results - so far! But they have achieved a ~ reat deal in terms of improvement. They have moved from blatant mediocrity to a crew which should prove competitive with the vast majority of other school first eights and can look forward to the regatta season with confidence. The crew's thanks go to Fred Scarlett fo r his energetic and positive leadership, to R.M.H . for his organisation and support , to R.I.R. and S.J .G . for their skilful and patient coaching, to Peter Willis for instantly prov1ding a neverending series of repairs, adjustments and good advice, to S.J .G. (again) in particular and the rest of the club in general for their help and for putt mg up with us, and to Charlie Heise for the Secretarial tasks. The fa/lowing were sel ected to row at the School s Head: I. Charles Heise, 2 . Robert Heddle, 3. Thomas Mann, 4. David Handley, 5 . Thomas Jackson, 6 . Alexander Scarlett, 7. James Evans, Str. James Bishop, Cox: Robert Swanson. Peter Cawston and Benjamin Loxton-Edwards will row as substitutes at the T ideway Head. T .J.P. 3

Girls' Rowing 1st VIII With a new training regime and our superfit squad we prepared for the challenges of the season, the first one being Hampton. Unfortunately here was to be the only place where the fu ll Jst VIII were able to row together, because of various illnesses and injuries during the rest of the term; but luckily this race was probably our best, which g ives us inspiration for future rowing. We beat our last year's time by a full minute and a half and lost to St. Paul' s, our nearest rivals, by a mere second . Andy Taylor and his aerobics have provided much entertainment and a break from all the monotonous runs down to the Boat Club. It is no longer fi tness wh ich we lack, but strength (weights room, here we come!) At Burway , with Solange in the stroke seat (while Charlie was away on a romantic weekend in Paris) and Naylah coxing, we had a good technical race to fin ish 7th out of 10 in Senior 3 . Then on to the Women's Head, and yet another race without our full crew, with Fiona Smith having to fi ll in for an injured Solange. There were few practice outings preceding this race thanks to the preparat ions for the GB trials, but we were pleased with our performance over tfie gruelling four and a half miles . Negotiating the deceptive currents of the Tideway takes skill and confidence and Vicky coped very well with the situation (remember the second lamp-post to the left on Hammersmith Bridge!). There were many obstacles along the way including Gill 's seat breaking before the start of the race and then again 200 metres from the finish, Kate feeling pretty ill (ho w could we forget'!) and Jessie's back g iving up halfway through the race; plus, of course, it was Lydia 's b1rthday. After this Charl ie, Lydia, Jessie and Kate travelled up to Peterborough for GB Trials. Our one and only meeting with Mark Banks was not under the best of circumstances, but we needed toothpaste! The actual race was the most exhausting of our lives, over 8km , but the whole experience was benefi cial and we are glad we 've done it, no matter what anyone else says. The Putney Practice - the nicest day ever seen on the T ideway and only one problem: 'What are the boats doing halfway down the M25? ' Fortunately Westminster were kind enough to let us use their boats, so the day was not wasted. In the Schools' Head itself we caught up well on St. Paul 's only to let them slip away in the final stages of the race. We fin ished 6th out of 8 in the Schools/J unior event. 161

Thanks must go to Andy, Mr. Woodward and Mr. Willis for putting up with us all term, to Mrs. Potte ~ kindness in taking us to Peterborough, and to the boys down at the Boat Club who, after a shaky beginning a; ~r her accepting and supporting us. ' e lnally KATE McPARTt tr-;

Crew: Elizabeth Robinson (Bow), Harriet Lester , Kate McPartl in, Solange Fontana, Gillian Luther Jessica p Âˇ ' Lyd ia Wilson, Cha rlotte Stern (Stroke). ' Otter, Coxes: Vicky Spencer, Naylah Hamour.

2nd VIII Despite the inevitable seasonal problems of illness, we managed to send a 2nd Vlll to all four events this te . Hampton, Burway, the Women's Head and the Schools' Head. Coxes and crew-members gained much valuable expcrierm (and many painful blisters) and they performed remarkably well considering that most of them were in only their sec: term of rowing, and some in their fi rst. To complete the Women's Head of the River course over the full Monlake-t Putney distance in a time only I mi~ute 39 seconds slower than. the 1st VIII was an excellen~ achievement (and ~Â beat five other crews!). T he Schools Head also produced a c redttable result - 6th out of te n m the Novice division~ Coxing on the T hames, particula rly the Tideway, can be a hair-raising experience. Naylah and Charlie learnt a great deal about steering, keeping cool under pressure and, we hope, how not to become entangled with other boats! The gave great encouragement to the crew, spurrins them on through the tiredness-barrier. From stroke seat Amy gav~ excellent rating and rhythm which was increasmgly well followed. As we look forward to the training camp and next term's regattas, we thank Andrew for his inspirational training and Peter Willis for all his support.

s.w.w. Crew from: Ish bel Bruce, Jocelyn Butcher, Kat ie Cox, Antonia Harrison, Heloise Hartley, Amy Hermon-Taylor Elizabeth Hunt, Claud ia Ludbrook, Sarah Mullen, Em ily Pullen, Fiona Smith, Annabelle Stratenwerth, Harriet Wi ll i ~: Coxes: Naylah Hamour, C ha rlotte Piper-Smith.

Rugby Sevens The Magnificent Seven (II) The abbrev iated form o f rugby footba ll has its special attraction- and unpred ictability. The season fo r the School VII e ncapsulated this perfectly. It began with a flou rish at Maidstone, in a practice tournament in which an A and a B seven ran up 304 points m winnmg four matches each, conceding only 19, to win a modest trophy . The Kent Sevens the following week were high on our 'shopping list' - however, the early promise of three games won and a points tally of 92-0 gave way to dasappointment as we were edged out of a tense game in the dying seconds by Judd (17-19) in the Semifinal. Disappointment then turned to disaster when at Richmond for the Surrey event a slightly depleted team got off to a terrible start, and we were back in time for afternoon school. Hardly the best of preparation for the National Schools' event to follow. The Rosslyn Park tournament came after the end of term; the omens at its start were no better when the coach, so a nxious that everyone should arrive on time, came off much the loser in the battle with the M25, and entered the ground with our England Number 8 seven minutes before the first game. Fortunately the captain was impeccably organised, and eveyone was prepared. We started a little hesitantly against King's, Taunton, and conceded an early score; fortunately, we regained our composure to come away strongly, demonstrating an abil ity to strike from long range that was to prove very handly in ties to come. Against St . Paul's, we raced into a three-try lead, but relaxed to allow them to come back into the game; there was no such generosity against Gre nville - we scored two tr ies before they had the ball in their hands, and went on to add three more. St. Bee's, former winners at Rosslyn Park, and with tournament wins in the North under their belt this season, had looked very sharp in their opening games. Once again, however, we took command with two early scores, and although they pulled up at one stage to within four pomts, we sealed the game with two further tries. Arriving early at the Park ground the next day, the mood was relaxed, but purposeful. Other teams were heard to utter confident l'redictions of victory in the tournament; our objectives were (yes, it is a cliche) to simply take things one match at a lime. We were now into the knockout stage of the competition, and whereas on the first day each of the squad had played, we were to play our preferred combmation throughout. We began our fift h-round match on the defensive, and had to endure a long ~eriod of pressure from Taunton; however, we stood fi rm , com ing out of that pressure to score three tries. St. Dav ids in the next round were dispatched rather more easily than we da red hope, but then we were to face in the semifinal their fellow-countrymen, C hrist's College, runners-up the prev ious year, who had disposed of the favou rites, Durham, in an earlier round. As in the quarter-final, we had a dream start, as we kicked off, recovered, a nd scored; we scored again, and throughout the game we enjoyed more possession than we expected; though conceding a soft score, we replied almost immediately, and deservedly went through 162 (Gerald Cooper)

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final. There we were to meet Blundell 's, who had earl ier beaten last year's winners, Wellington, and had looked to therful' throu~hout. Fortunately, we had the perfect start yet again, as they kicked off to us and we scored without ~wed being la1d on us. Blundell 's came back, but when we scored twice more to lead 21-5 at half-time, we seemed a han secure. The second half was to prove nail-bitingly exciting, as we yielded more possession to them and had fa 1 1Yfend frantically. One lost count of the last-ditch tackles that were made to restrict the scores to two, the second to. e on the stroke of time. We had held on to win. bC~~c success of this team is monumental, a nd quite literally historic. Kin~Âˇs had appeared only twice before in the at Rosslyn Park- in the Open competition, losing in 1962 and winmng in 1964, after the great unbeaten XV fir~1963. The Festival event , for one-term rugby schools only, was introduced in 1970, and this is our first win; 105 0 s entered. The King's Seven, qu~te simply, got better a nd better. Our abil!ty to win ?all and our scoring power tea~ never in doubt , but where ~reat Improvements were made on the day was m the quality of our pressure defence. weis meant that as a team, the mg redients were right , a nd this was coupled with a definite wil/ to win . Each team T~mber contributed something special to the effort. Myles Orsler was a key man, {>articularly at our kick-offs, where Ill ctacular tackles frequently won the ball back fo r us, a nd when the opposition kicked to us, he was calm and 5 hl~idfn his distribution; we scored a remarkable number o f tries from the very first kick-off of a game. Matthew Edwards <oO idly acquired the skills necessary for a hooker in sevens and worked perfectly with Myles; he also made several ~~-catching textbook tackles and fora&ed well for the ball. The other prop, Luke Williams, took almost every opposin& eeam by surprise - man built like that 1s simply not supposed to run that first, and that elusively! At serum-half, Jolom1 lronc disrupted his opposite number to g reate r effect than ever, and with ball in hand always threatened, but used his skills to free others. The captain, Ben Craddock, played with a damaged finger, but caught everything, and was 31 the hub of the team , always calm. He kic ked conversions in the fina1that were to be vital. At centre, James Bishop tackled aggressively, backed up endlessly, and could run the distance when needed- his rowing fitness came in handy! Every successful Sevens team, however, needs at least one fl ier , and Roger Gardner on the wing ended the tournament with 14 tries from eight games; not only that, but he was absolutely secure in defence - no-one went around or through him . The three players who did mainly reserve duties- Robert Adams, Steve Carey and Julian Lewis-Jones- deserve \pecial m_enti_on for their support over the two days; they each played once only but played well - indeed Juli~n scored 1wo tries m h1s game, as he had done at Surrey. It was a comfort to know that such capable players were on hand 1f needed. One final vote o f tha nks must ~o to all those girlfrie nds, pare nts and O.K.S. who gave us their support - it really would not have been possible Without you. R.C.W. The fol/owing represented the School in the final: Myles Orsler, Matthew Edwards, Luke Williams, Jolomi Irone, Ben Craddock (Capt.), James Bishop, Roger Gardner. Reserves: Robert Adams, Stephen Carey, Julian Lewis-Jones . The fol/owing also represented the First Seven during the season: Harry Dobbs, James Murch, Anthony Ogedegbe, Jay Spencer. The fol/owing, in addition to some of those mentioned above, played for the B Seven: Richard Hume, Giles Hay.

Rosslyn Park National School s' Sevens - King 's Results Pool Matches v King's Taunton . Won 2 1-7.

v St. Paul's. Won 2 1- 10. 5th Round

v Taunton. Won 19-0. 6th Round

v St. David's, Llandudno . Won 35-10. Semi-Final

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R.P.B. The following represented the first V: Matthew Odgers* (Capt.), Lawrence Potter* , Christopher Newbery*, Matthew

Edwardst, Jay Spencert, Gordon Vaines, Henry Gaget, Andrew Groves, Oliver Dean, Dylan Wyn-Pugh, Jonathan Mitchell. * Full colours. tFirst team colours The Girls V played six matches, and beat St. Edmund's, but lost the others. Ably led by Lucy Clayton, they developed a happy team spirit. Lucy won three of her games at first string, and Charlie Morgan lost only once, in her six appearances. Sadly the lower order didn 't do quite so weH, but Emma Pyke and Alison Seward each won at least once. The hope is that more girls will want to play next year so that competition for places in the side will lead to improved standards.

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Swimming For club swimmers, this is the term for championship galas, both at county level and in the East Invicta league. King's has been strongly represented in the latter, both by boys and by girls. Jane Gann achieved a junior placing in the Ladies and Girls Open l OOm backstroke event. Tom Collins has continued to improve and won both the East Invicta 15/16 year and the Kent 16 year lOOm freestyle championships, the latter with a time of 56.45s, only 0.6s outside the national qualifying time. He also was the highest-placed junior in the Kent 200m U 17 backstroke and in two East Invicta open events (200m backstroke and 50m freestyle). This year we decided to start off with a splash by having the swimming sports as the first school event of the season, on the Sunday before half term. The calendar is less crowded then and the examinations do not loom so large. Also, there is the advanta~e that a few extra good swimmers emerge while there is still a chance to get involved in matches. The event was certa10ly successful and well supported and it was nice to see some parents among the spectators. Walpole and Jervis tied for the girls' cup and Galpin 's won the boys' competition, although, owing to a small arithmetical error, Mrs. Phillips was led to present the cup to the runners-up. Better luck next time, M.O. ! It must have been nice while it lasted. We have had two inter-school galas, the first against Duke of York's. This was deliberately organised rather different!Y from previous matches, with just two age ~roups, senior and junior, but with three swimmers from each school m each event. The idea was to g ive more sw1mmers a chance to compete and also to cover for our marked shortage ofU16 swimmers: in fact, at the start of term, we had none. It turned out to be a very close match; King's won overa.ll, by just four points. By the time of the second match, against St. Dunstan 's, we had built up the U 16s to the pomt that (with help from some U 15s) we had a viable team. To the surprise and delight of all , they won! So did the U 15s and the seniors, though in fa irness it must be admitted that St. Dunstan's were without a number of their best swimmers. The Kent Schools' Gala unfortunately clashed with the Galpin's-School House-Jervis play, but we won the lntennediate freesty le relay (Ed Rice , Matthew Wall, James McNaught and Tom Coll ins) and came third in both senior medley and freestyle events (Terry Loo, Ben Rolfe, Dan Drury and Matt Gourmand: Alastair McGregor, Alex MacdonaldBell , Terry Loo and Julian Kingsland). Tom Collins claimed another Silver, for lOOm frestyle, and Julian Kingsland got the bronze in the senior l OOm backstroke . 164

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Macdonald-Bell , Alastair McGregor, James Rawlings, Ben Rolfe, Chris Ziegler. U/6: Ralp.h DeHaan, Ni.gel ~ield*, Stephen Gourmand, Alexis Ochoa*, Paul Perrin, Michele Rosato*, Jonah Wyn pugh* (*indicates Ul5 swimm10g as Ul6). U/5: Stephen Bushnell , Tom Collins, James McNaught, Timothy Mitchell, Peter Phipson, Edward Rice, Tom Savage, Matthew Wall. RESULTS K.S.C. v Duke of York's. Junior: 76:90 (lost). Senior: 102:84 (won) . K.S.C. v St. Dunstan 's. U15: 44:26 (won). U16: 49:31 (won). Senior: 49:28 (won).

LETTER TO THE EDITOR The Grange, The K ing's School, Canterbury.

18th March, 1993. Dear Sir,

O~e .of the many pleasant consequences of Mr. John Pidoux's stay here was the chance to see his two remamt~g coptes of Th e Grang~ Newsletter which fl ourished under Mr. Voigt's housemanship. I would clearly hke to borrow other coptes of the newsletter. They wou ld be copied and carefully returned . May I appeal to former members of T he Grange? Yours faithfully,

H. E. J. ALDRIDGE HOUSEMASTER.

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ACTIVITIES c.c.F. NOTES ARMY SECTION Recruitment of Shells this term was not as numerous as we had hoped although the number of the intake was about era e. What was encouraging was the number of Removes who rejoined, after a term or two away. That makes av fe~ that we are holding our own in the intense comP.etition between Thursday afternoon activities, the range of ~;hich is far wider and more diverse than in other similar schools. We have made two changes in our recruit training programme. First, it now covers two terms, as we have scrapped he probationary term, and asked for a commitment from recruits to two terms to begin with . Second, because of this, ~c have been a~le to.v~ry th~? programme, with. R.N . and R.A.F. sections providing some of the activities, and cadets from those sections JOmmg m our army exercises. The culmination of this was the weekend exercise in late February. Fifty-four cadets from all three sections took part in a tactical exercise against the Canterbury A.C.F. and the Shepway Military Modellers. The date had been chosen to avoid the worst of the winter's weather . After an afternoon o f pouring rain on the Friday, the weather let up enough allow the exercise to start. Then the temperature dropped below zero, and stayed there, with a light covering of 10 snow that gave Reinden Woods atmosphere . T he first mght was taken up with survival, that is constructing basflers to keep out the bitter north wind, and huddl in~ inside them. Morale improved on Saturday, and a full day's training in fieldcraft ensued. By mid-afternoon the contmgent was ready to go tactical. Reece patrols brought back mformation about the location of the enemy; and then at 6.30 p.m. three platoons went out to recover an airman who had parachuted inside hostile territory. Inev itably there were alarms and excursions in the darkness, and one platoon went off course. However, mistakes were put right , and the point platoon engaged the A.C.F. in a prolonged firefight ranging over much of the area, allowing the second platoon to go in and effect a rescue. On the return the rear platoon was ambushed, but they fought through it, a ~d a return match was successfully fought as the Military Modellers were tracked back to their base and ambushed m their turn. I would like to commend Sgts, Cossens, Pritchard, and Sweny fo r the way they led their platoons; and to praise W.O.s Dupuy and Bennett for the thorough and professional way in which they planned the exercise in detail. My thanks too to 2 nd Battalion The P.W.R.R. fo r kmdly providing us with a four-tonner and driver for the weekend; and to Mr. Roy Saunders for the use of his command post. Next term we will be very busy, with the Biennial Inspection on 12th May, and weapon safety test two weeks later. 1am glad to report that Easter Adventurous T raining Camp is a fl ourishing institution, with twenty-five cadets off to Loch Ewe immediately after the end of term. Please note, too, that this year we have the good fortune to be invited for summer camp to the Royal Tank Regiment in Germany. First come, first served! M.J .V.

ROYAL AIR FORCE SECTION We would like to welcome fou r new recruits to the Section, Cdts. Jenna Crouch, James Day, Peter Hunt and Edward Sterck, and say farewell to F.Sgt. Andrew Groves, Cpl. Barrie Goldin and Cdts. Andrew Brice, James Capel , Tessa Coombe, Barnaby Cowin, Alistair Curzon, and Ol iver Jackling . ' As usual, much o f this term has been spent preparing for the Part II and Advanced Examinations which were held at the end of term. Cdts. Mark Belsey, Charles Fomette, Lucy Heise, Alexander Perkins, Daniel Pullen and Jan Sundt sat the Part II Examination and a provisio nal check seems to ind icate that they have all passed. The official results will not be known until early next term. Cdts. Douglas Morrison and William Welbourn sat the Advanced Examination in Principles o f Flight. The weather has been a little unkind to us and has rather curtailed the flying this term. We have just had one full afternoon o f Chipmunk flying and a small part of a second afternoon . We even had to abandon the hovercraft one afternoon due to very high winds. The last outing o f the hovercraft resulted in the disintegration of the exhaust system so some repairs will be needed before we take it down to Birley's next term. For Field Day we j oined the Army and Navy Sections for an exercise that lasted two nights. Everybody learned how to live and survive in the open countryside in low temperatures and snow . Battle and defensive techniques were taught and put into practice with a night exercise with a real enemy - members from a Canterbury A.C.F. I think the battles that were fought with blank ammunition and a few thunderflashes were enjoyed by everybody . Unfortunately shoot i~g at school has been stopped owing to some maj or repairs and alterations to the range. This has resulted in our wuhdrawal from the Assegai Shooting Competition which takes place this term . . Fit. Lt. E. Macinnes, our new Schools Liaison Officer, visited the Section at the be~inning of term and introduced himself to the Section with a general talk about his life in the R.A.F. and the R.A.F. m general. I am glad to report that Wg. Cdr. P. Wenley has had some successful heart surgery and is making a steady recovery. We wish him well and hope to see him back, fully recovered towards the end of next term. We finished the term with another enjoyable tnp to the Dry Ski-Slope near Gillingham. D .J.B. 167 (Humphrey Jones)

NAVAL SECTION Trips continued every week to Walmer lifeboat station, and we have now completed this venture and part Duke of Edinburgh award - although we will keep this link with the lifeboats. It was a great experience 10 .:Cf our to go on the Dover lifeboat and sec how it works. able Next term I was glad to hear that the M.O. Fifths - Rob, Tom, Steve and Chill i - will be back espcciall that the Royal Navy has given us a new motor boat. Keep getting better, Sarah, and we might als~ see yo/ now Although the night exercise was on the two coldest days of the year, it was enjoyed by everyone who went . on 11 . Because we also had to look after the Sh!!IIS (thanks Rich a~d), as well as g~ing to Walmer, the section had 10 mto two. Encouragement was of course g1ven by our old fncnd C. P.O. M1tchell. \p1ll Lots of thanks to Amy for putting up the notices each week and for tell ing me what is going on. Lastly we wo~ld like to thank the lifeboat me.n at both Walmer and Dover, as well as S/Lt. S. and Lt. W. McConnell who orgamzed 1t all. · DAVID BIRO

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This has been an excellent term for the award scheme. We have over thirty pupils involved in the three levels of the award. Many of last year's Bronze participants have now gained their awards and the Headmaster presented seven of these at the end of term to Ben de Haan, James Smith, Steven Lau, Stephan Gourmand, Danny Mudzaffcr Tom Bucher and Adam Jackson. Pupils who have joined the scheme this year are now busy training for their expt{dition which will take place next term. For the first time we have a number of 6b pupils who are working towards the Silver Award . A number of them have been involved in Conservation work at Blcan Bird Reserve every Thursday afternoon and all of them will complete their expedition trai ning and practice expedition at Ashdown Forest d•Jring the Easter holidays. We also have a few pupils who have started working towards their Gold Award. Olivia Homan and Kate WcbMer hope to complete a sailing expedition over the summer when they will sail to Norway. It is unlikely that pupils can complete their Gold Award while still at the school but it can be continued at university or during their 'year out'. Many members of staff have been involved in the different sections of the award scheme and I should like to thank them for their efforts. I ~m particularly .g~ateful to Mr. Brodie for his help with the expedition training and to M r~. Behrens who has superv1sed many part1c1pants through the1r cookery course as well as helpmg me w1th the basic administration of the scheme. P.A.W .

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O.K.S. pRESIDENT'S NOTES W start the year with a good programme of forthcomi ng events, which will be supplemented by further Regional

ia~ gatherings, to be announced, in Abingdon, the South and Solem, the North West and the West Country. Hill (O.K.S. Chairman, West Midlands) has written to me on the subject of skiing. Michael is involved ~travel and overseas property field ; and one of his annual events, I know, is to organise a party to walk up Mount ~~~~~rmanjaro! However, he ts also very active in European ski trips and we reproduce below an extract from his letter to me. I< )think Michael's idea is excellent and it would certainly appeal to my wife and myself- we're social skiers, but e 10 have a go at something different occasionally. We shall develop ideas and canvass support as the year goes Jov but in the meantime, if any reader is potentially interested , please contact Michael on (0562) 883127 or myself 0 ~'(0364) 661348 a nd do talk to any other O.K.S. skiers you know. 0 On a different topic, we have received a good response to the Questionnaire we sent out with the Annual Report nd replies a re still coming in. One of the problems we have, however, is the large number of cases where envelopes arc returned to us marked 'Address unknown'. When people move, they usually notify the Gas Board, but sometimes aor ct the O.K.S. Association! If you know of any O.K.S. who have moved, or who have lost touch, do please ask [he~ 10 give their new address to Barbara Slimming at 25, The Precincts, Canterbury CTI 2ES, telephone (0227) 475565; and do spread the word around. It is very encouraging and I find fascinating to note the growing volume of overseas news (in the last Cantuarian, from Australia, Canada and Hong Kong). Keep it coming ... !

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MIKE BROWN.

ANNUAL DINNER On 19th March, fo r the second year running, the Annual Dinner was held at the Middle Temple Hall . We thou~ht last year that the venue was the best yet, but the writer thought it had mellowed this time. Fabulous ... ! After a conctse but productive A.G.M., 157 O.K.S. and g uests had a very convivial and delicious dinner in the grand surroundings we now take fo r granted. The top table this year (no matter how hard one tries, there always has to be a top table) was a mixture of different groups; and of the three 'wings' below the salt, I noticed a large young contingent (clearly tempted by the special rates available for O.K.S. aged 23 and under) - a Pilgrims group, a Golfing group, some Masons, several O .K.S. fathers and daughters (why not sons?), two recently e ngaged O.K.S. (no names, but is there something in the air in Blackheath Park?) and a further motley c rew who appeared to be enjoying themselves enormously . Guests included the Dean and Chairman of the Governors, the Very Rev 'd . John Simpson, and Mrs. Simpson; and Anthony and Vicky Phillips. The toast to the School was proposed by O .K .S. President, Mike Brown, and the reply was by the Headmaster. Great thanks to Al ison Hunter for nair , hard work and excellent organisation . ..

O.K.S. LONDON SUPPERS The most recent London Supper took place on 18th February with over thirty in attendance. The circulation list is 220 and replies are received from about eighty with each mailing. Please contact Richard Wilson if you wish to be added to the list or if you have not been receiving the invitations. The next two Suppers will be on the Thursdays 13th May and 23rd September, 7.00 p.m. onwards. These Suppers are very friendly evenings with O.K.S. meeting colleagues for the first time since they left Canterbury ten , twenty a nd even in my case twenty-seven years ago. The beer is brewed on the premises and the home cooked food for ÂŁ6.00 is the best deal in SW I. The venue is the private bar a t The Orange Brewery 37-39 Pimlico Road, London, SW I. Please call Richard Wilson on 081-446-661 1 or fax 081-446-3534.

SPORT SKIING I have just returned from a visit to the Alps in Haute Savoie and Switzerland. Over a number of years I have become

~lose)~ involved with a number of ski resorts including Morzine and Les Gets in France, and Les Diablerets and Leysin tn

Swttzerland. 169

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BIRTHS Robertson-to Graham Robertson (1967) and Delia, a son, Alexander Graham, on 12th April 1992. Cheese-to Dr. Nicholas Cheese (1975) and Helen , a son, Henry Edward, on 22nd March 1992. Garbis-to Graham Garbis (1976) and Caroline, a daughter, Jennifer Alexander, on 6th January 1992. Lines-to William Lines (1978) and Sarah, identical twin sons, Thomas and Andrew, in July 1992. Watkins-to Adam Watkins (1982) and Niki (1982) (nee Redsell), a girl, Camilla Charlotte on 24th October l9Cn.

DEATHS Booker-George A. W. Booker (1934) on 8th January 1993, aged 77. George Booker spent much of his life wo k for Dunlops in Malaya . During the war he was a member of the Federated Malayan Volunteer Force was ca ~ 1 ~ at the fall of Sin~afore and for three years was a prisoner of war at Changi. His son, Peter, ( 1969) writ~s 'The ~hr had a very spec1a place in his life. His parents lived and worked in British India and were seldom ho~e on lea001 He always said that King's was his first real home .. .' ve Price-Vernon E. Price (1934) on 28th February 1993, aged 77. Whalley-Ma~or R. S. Whally (1937) on 14th February 1993, aged 74. His two sons, David and Christopher both attended Kings. (1965 and 1968 respectively). Dorreli-Paul Dorrell (1965) (Nodleman at King's) on 19th January 1993.

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THE CANTUARIAN VOL. LVII No. 3

AUGUST,

CONTENTS PAGE

THIS AND THAT

175

VALETE

180

FOCUS

188

MUSIC AND DRAMA

192

HOUSE NOTES

196

THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

210

CHAPLAIN'S NOTES

214

SPORT

216

IMAGI NATIVE WRITING

227

SPEECH DAY 1993

249

KING'S WEEK 1993

264

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

283

ACTIVITIES

284

O.K.S.

286

T HE CANTUARIAN

Editors: Francesca K. Beauman, K.S.; Benedi ct D. T. Shankland , K.s.; Lu ke T. Singer , K.S.; Susanna M. Wa rner. Photographic Editor: James A. L. Bridges. Senior Editor: T. Thomson, M.A. , D.Phil. 173

1993

"The best GAP year of all my contemporaries"

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-~~was very rewarding for me to he ahle to lead my own troop. I feel now that I am ready to go to Universoty as a much more mature, CXI>Cricnccd and t:apahlc young woman,.

'A1><•rt from the ;octto;ol exercos<:s m the Yakoma Desert tllt"rc w;os th<: OPil ortunity for viso ts to Sc;ottl<: and more skiing 111 the C;osc;ode Mountains' .

wanted adventure and travel, an opportunity to llractise Ill)' organisational and management skills, and to be goven responsibility... I honestly don't sec how I could have used my year off in a more complete and worthwhile way, .

' I have done thmgs most people woll never do - llilrachutmg. abseiling from helicopters, saihng, loving on snow holes. I have been tu a Wide range or countries. seen rantastic Norwegian valleys and bleak Joiolkland Island hills - and best of alii have been paod for it!,.

The above quotes are from some who gained a SIIORT SERVICE LIMITED COMMISSION in the Army between school and University. This ca n last between 4 and 12 months and there is NO FURTHER COMMITMENT to the Army afterwards. It provides TRAVEL, VARIETY and RESPONSIBILITY - and pay at over £9,000 pa. The train ing time at Sandhurst is short and consequently the standard set at the selection board is high. Successful candidates usually have high academic ability, they have frequently been prefects or leading members of school societies or sports teams and had wide interes ts and a sense of adventure. If you think you could accept the CHALLENGE involved please contact:

Brigadier John Holman, Schools Liaison Officer, Army Careers Information Office, 2 Roper Road, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7EJ. 174

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On Sat~ rday , 12th June Mr. Ernest Hadingue, one of the Porters at St. Requiescat Augustme's, ~uffered a ~eart a~tack wh ile on duty. Despite the exceptional . . presence of mmd of certam pupils and the rapid arrival of medical assistance, Ern1e .d1ed soon afterwards. _There was a fune ral service in St. Augustine's Chapel on 22nd June, at. ~h1 ch _the add ress was g1ven by Canon George Griffiths, a lifelong friend who had been a mm 1~ter . m the South London c.h~ rch where E rnie had helped to fou nd a youth club when he was m h 1 ~ late teens. Canon Gn ff1 ths desc ribed E rnest Hadingue as a hard worker who always gave of_h1s best and who had been ext remely happy during his ten years at King's. The prayers were sa1d by the Headmaster and the lesso n was read by the Captain of School, Cheyney Kent. 175

Through the generosity ?f Mr. Michael .Peters , father of Edward p (MT 1987-92), all the Shirley Hall portraits now have legible name Pieters with as much detail as space permits . They are the work of Mr. Oliver Tro ates, Two onl y remain unlabelled - one , because everyone knows who the sitter is, the other bec~elL no-one does. use Named

The Librarian would like to thank Nicola Beauman, mother of Francesca (BL) for a copy of her Morgan, A Biography of E. M. Forster , Dr. T. W. Korn Âˇ for a copy of his Fourier Analysis; and Dr. T. Thomson , J .K.S., the Sim~r Community and Mr. C. Igglesden for other gifts of books . n The Marlowe quartercentenary provided the Library with the opportunity to mount an exhibitio on Marlowe and his Successors - celeb rating O.K.S. authors from the sixteenth century to th~ present day . The catalog ue listed over seventy living writers and it is hoped to produce an even mo re comprehensive bibliography at some. future date. T h.e Li~r~ry and the Archives are ve grateful, therefore, to those who keep us mformed of the1r wntmgs, and even more indebt~ to those who send us copies of their works. Library

'Asolo, where the cypresses of her terrace commanded the Venetian champaign from a ledge of the Dolomite foothills , was Freya Stark's home for nearly a century. ' So, characteristically , opened the obituary piece in the Daily Telegraph , written, of course, by Patrick Leigh Fermor (GR 1929-3 1) - one of the great travel writers on one of the great travellers. Another author still going strong is Norman Scarfe (W 1936-4 1). He celebrated his seventieth birthday on May Day and was presented by his many friends with a book of essays, both personal and historical. He has kindly sent us a copy, and we were particularly interested to see the photographs of his schooldays and to read the memories of his cousin, John Pettifer (W 1935-39). Mr. Scarfe promises us that further works from his own pen are in the offing; we look forward to reading them. Men Of Letters

O n 29th April the Senior Subject Masters fo regathered for their hundredth meeting. The Headmaster thanked the secretary , Mr. Butt, for the wit and wisdom that had been evident in the minutes. He thanked Mr. Millar, who had attended every one of these meetings, for his wisdom and tolerance as Master of Studies.

Centennial

This issue's Quiz Q uestion : Who wrote the following sentence in a book review : 'O ne of the Editors, like the present reviewer, took part in the seminal Mtihlheim Conference on Graph Theory of 1975 , o rganised at the Max Planck Institute by the late Professor 0. E. Polansky (himself an autho r of this volume).' The first correct answer will receive a copy of the review, but the winner must supply his o r her own transport for it. Puzzle

Mr. David Goodes , rehearsing even as these lines are written for his fortyfirst King's Week, has taken his final bow as musical director and conductor of the Canterbury Orchestra after twelve years in charge. At his last concert on 9th May in the Shi rley Hall the soloist in Mendelssohn 's Violin Concerto was Nadia Myerscough. Bowing Out

T he Marlowe and Mitchinson's fathers' cricket match made it into the national press this year. Mr. Roger Gale , M.P. was playing and he and his son Jas~er took each other 's wickets. In his ensuing press statement he confessed to bemg out for ' round about' a duck. Bowling Out

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MR. SECRETARY (T .R.H.)

. Major Hugh Robertson (BR 1976-8 1) acted as Field Officer of the Escort, i.e. , the Queen's personal bodyguard, at the 1993 Trooping of the Colour. Far from being a job created by the hazards of modern life, this title dates back to 1659, when Charles II created a royal mounted guard- today 's Life Guards. Major Robertson was equipped with a radio microphone and earpiece to keep him in touch with police in case of terrorist action. He told the gentlemen of the press that he was more worried about the possibility of someone running from the crowd and trying to get to the Queen. He said that his instructions in that event were quite simply to get between the Queen and the assailant, and 10 draw his sword and use it if necessary. We understand that the eventuality did not arise . Group Captain Nigel Day (WL 1962-66) , the Station Commander of R.A.F. Lossiemouth in scotland, has kindly written to point out that there has been other O.K.S. involvement in the Queen's Official Birthday celebrations . He writes: 'Each year the Royal Air Force provides a flypast for Her Majesty followi_ng the Trooping of the Colour. ~ast year the Ph_antoms from R.A .F. Wattisham were chosen as 1t was the Phantom's last year m R.A.F. service. The last R.A.F. Phantom Squadron Commander, who flew in that formation, was Wing Commander Nick Spiller (M. 0. 1960-64). T his year the Buccaneer, which is due to be phased out next April, was chosen to mount the flypast in recognition of its last year in service. For convenience we mounted the flypast from R.A.F. Manston. We deployed twenty-one Buc~a.nee~s to c~ver every eventuality. During the few days we were down there we hosted many VISitS, mcludmg a party [of Grange Shells and Removes including his son, James] from King's.' Mr. Anthony Worrall-Thompson (GR 1964-69), London restaurateur, has been experimenting at home in Oxfordshire and come up with some exciting new recipes for his clients, e.g.: 'Marinade 3lbs. of squirrel joints overnight in extra-virgin olive oil, garlic, onion, thyme and juniper berries. Blend beef stock, wine and pitted black olives until smooth. Pan-fry the squirrel with the marinade until golden and place in a casserole and bake for one hour. Fold in diced tomato and gremolata. Serve with buttered spinach and mash or noodles. ' On the way to perfection is a venison and squirrel terrine, not necessarily to be eaten as part of a ' theme' meal. Mr. Alexander Redman (LN 1984-89), assistant to the Agriculture Minister John Gummer, found himself in the Daily Telegraph Peterborough column as a consequence of an 'entanglement' with some Welsh nationalists. When strolling along Whitehall he saw five men jump over a fence and start painting Welsh graffiti. His attempts to intervene led to his being threatened with a spray gun, whereupon he prudently retreated to summon the police. A number of men were arrested. Mr. Redman is quoted by the columnist as saying that the 'yobs scarpered' - language which he strenuously denies using. He did not recognise any of them.

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The School was visited on 12th and 13th June by the Choir of the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. They visited Canterbury to give a concert as part of their Tercentenary Tour. They also sang at the School Eucharist the following morning. The College has li nks with Tradescant, and it was there that the concert took place. John Tradescant the Younger was a Scholar at King's from 16 19 to 1623, at the time when his father laid out magnificent gardens for Lord and Lady Wooton at St. Augustine's. In 1637 Tradescant the Younger made the first of three visits to Virginia. He was the first gardener/botanist to visit the new 'plantations', and he is thought to have brought home at least the tulip tree, swamp cypress, Virginia creeper, thuja, and Robinia 'acacia'.

Virginian Connections

The campaign by pupils of Lux moore to raise money for Kent and Canterbury Hospital's Life for Laura appeal culminated in the presentation to Sister Pauline McEwan from the special care baby unit of a cheque for ÂŁ 1,000 . Their cookery book containing fam ily recipes sold a thousand copies. According to the reviewer in the Herne Bay Gazette, one Luxmoore parent ('a contributor with a foreign name') produced an amazing recipe for poached eggs for two cooked in a whole bottle of red Burgundy. T he offspring must find the school kitchen's version a bit bland. Haute Cuisine

177

LEON KATZ (Ja mes Bridges)

The Church of England and the Commonwealth have in common Her M . the Queen as their head and James Drever as one of their staunchest su a.Jesty Where more appropriate (and coincidentally convenient) than Ca~rr~el'\. then, to hold the first meeting of the Commonwealth Schools Associat~ry, organised by James on Wednesday, 5th May? Buckin&ham Palace se~~n, message of support, but local schools, alas, were less moved, and the Lancmg contingent a only guests, fitted into the Mint Yard-friendly Peugeot estate. ' 0 ur Ms. Alexandra Jones, Deputy Director of the Commonwealth Foundation, gave pupils in th morning 'A General View of the Commonwealth '. As befitted one of the first intake of womee to New College, one of .the first year to s~udy the ~e"Y c~urse of Mod~rn Languages and Classicsn the first person to obtam a double first m that diSCiplme, and the first female President of th~ Union to come from a 'men's' college, Ms. Jones gave a forceful , lucid and global view. The latter can only have been enhanced by her sighting from the lunch tables of Tuo e Mio of the Prime Minister of Russia, whose car, A1 LMO, precariously negotiated the Mint Yard Gate en route for Lattergate, where the Headmaster was to offer advice on education . In the afternoon, Mr. Peter Hetherington, Deputy Director of the Association of Commonwealth Universities? spok~ on th~ opportunities .for e<;tucation abr?ad which the Commonwealth offers. In a concludmg quiz, devised by James , m which the questions were read and answers arbitrated by the ringmasterly persona of Mr. Browning (himself a former Commonwealth Scholar in Australia) victory went to whichever of Decani and Cantoris sits at the Western end of a converted Synagogue. The questions, comprehensive and detailed , occasionally proved too much even for Simon Johnson (SH) and Theo Moore (LN). Mr. Turner, however, was able to ascertain the answer to a question beyond even Maestro Drever: which Deputy Director of a Commonwealth body, staying in a mixed dormitory on a choir tour of the 1970s with James' future Housemaster ' managed surreptitiously to sew up the bottom of his pyjamas? A Second Commonwealth gathering is expected to be convened .

King's And The Commonwealth

Simon Gittins (MR) has won an England Hockey Assessment this summer. He was awarded it following his performance as Captain of the South-East of England in the Divisional Championship. For the second year running, King 's writers have won first and second prizes in the Holmwood's C reati ve Writing Competition with essays on life at King 's. Francesca Beauman (BR) came first equal in the 14-16 section, and Till Triebel (GL) came second in the senior section . Before he returned to Germany to continue his schooling, Till had time to appear on Radio Kent where he talked about his writi ng and fielded diplomatically questions inviting comparisons between German and English attitudes to foreign languages. The winning work will be published in the Autumn issue of The Isis Magazine.

Optime Fecerunt

The Captain of School, Cheyney Kent, has been taught Physics throughout his time at King's by Mr. Butt. The latter was, forty years ago, a member of the choir of Peterborough Cathedral, which Cheyney Kent will join as a Jay clerk next year.

Cause and Effect

' I am very happy to receive your invitation to come to lunch . I am writing this letter to take up your offer and to say that I would very much enjoy taking luncheon with you and your husband because my Sunday afternoons are usually very boring indeed.' 'I would appreciate a timetable change and confirmation a.s.a.p. to save my Matron from getting on my back about frees.'

Out Of The Mouth ...

178

(Tania Still)

WHICH IS THE TRUE .. .

VALETE BOB BEE

(K.S.C. 1960-1993) Geoffrey Boycott is the only cricketer to have reached 99 not out in a test match. Many belie that Bob Bee, having taught at King's for 33 years, has achieved the same score in ' terms'Âˇ bve we have checked in the scorebook and in fact Bob did reach his century on 8th July 1993 ~} we include his term of teaching practice at Lancing. ' '1 Bob joined King's i~ 1960, from Oxford, having ~a ined a degree at Cambr!dge .. (Has an other member of staff s mce then been accepted onto different courses at both umvers1ties?) H~ was a Shirley appointee and in his first year he found himself teaching both Physics and Chemi~try It was not long before Bob became known as a resident tutor (Riversleigh) who gained the trusi of pupils and to whom they turned when problems arose; all this long before pastoral care became official. Bob knew Martha from Mill Hill days, where her skills in catering matched his deft touches on the squash court. The following yea r they were married and soon became central in organising staff dinners, parties and dances. Bob and Martha were outstanding at Rock'n' Roll and even won a prize for it in an Italian dancing competition at 6,000 ft. The slightly unusual aspect of Bob's dancing is that he is left-handed! It is no surprise to learn that Bob was the driving force behind the Leavers' Ball. Bob's idea of an end-of-term ball and his offer to run it had been turned down until the arrival of Canon Phillips. In 1962, Bob took .over the. Squash C lub and has run it ~ver since, al~ays ~iv ing the younger players a chance to shme. In his day, he was an extremely gifted player. His advice and enthusiasm for the game have done much to produce and encourage many talented players in the last thirty years. In 1971 , Bob became Housemaster of Luxmoore House, taking on ninety-six lively , fun-loving individuals. Soon Luxmoore became the first house to have Christmas Dinners, to hold barbecues parties and dances (thanks to girls bussed in from nearby schools). Even the appearance of~ pair of knickers in the first laundry following a Christmas dance did nothing to stop Bob in his desire to ensure his boys would get the most out of life in Luxmoore. Little did we realise at that time, that this pair of knickers was a sign! The employment disputes of 1974 created nationwide concern and it was not long before Bob was asking the House to pray for, amongst other thin~s , ' the Conservative Government in this time of trouble' . C learly another sign, since at the Service of the Enthronement of Archbishop Carey, the Government again faced a problem. One of their number was unable to take his place in the Quire. This was clearly a crisis and who should fill the key position in the pews, restoring calm and order to the cabinet? Yes, television viewers throughout the world saw Bob Bee confidently take his seat next to Michael Heseltine, much to the latter's surprise. Moving from a house with eleven acres of ground into the Precincts (Promised Land?) was clearly going to be a problem for those who had enjoyed the walk ' home ' every evening. The evening dinner in two dining rooms could be of three or fo ur courses and planned by Martha, who by now had taken over as caterer and matron. It came as no surprise to those of us in Luxmoore that in the 'Great 'Flu ' epidemic of the late seventies, not a single member of Luxmoore became ill , whilst the rest of the school was decimated. In the 'old' Luxmoore days, the house was so successful at sport that it was obliged to enter A-M and N-Z teams in the league rugby competition. ' What do you say to the Housemaster, when your own side is systematically grinding his into the mud and the points are piling up so quickly that you've lost count by half-time?' Bob once asked a House assembly . Could anyone ever forget Luxmoore Christmas Dinners? The House eagerly awaited Bob's review of the year, which took the form of a poem and included everyone, their good points and their misdemeanours. Eventually , the Luxmoore land was sold to build two houses in the Precincts. The boys were concerned, to say the least, at having to move, but Bob engineered it bri lliantly, pointing out to the House that Luxmoore was breathing life into the Precincts and that ' they ' desperately needed 'us'. 180 (T.R.H.)

Let us consider. Bob Bee and cricket. It is difficult to imagine a cricket net at King's, at any time of the year , without Bob lu rking somewhere nearby, and, althoug h his first delivery tends be down the leg side, his le ft arm around-the-wicket actio n made him the grim reaper of many a10batsman. He has assisted with cricket teams throughout his career a nd in recent years has become a talented 'away' umpire. He is the strongest supporter of any King's side, fiercely so for rugby, and always casts .a close eye ov~r junior cricket tea~.s, giving advice and reassuring. any d.uckling that with a stra1ght bat next time, he has the abil1ty to make runs. It was a fittmg tnbute to Bob' that the last Hay makers' match this season was against his own side of fo rmer Luxmoore/Grange pupils. Bob has been the leading supporter of Dav id Gower, O.K.S., hav ing letters published on a number of occasions. Even T im Rice was even fo rced to comment in the Daily Telegraph on Bo b's enthusiasm for the fo rmer England captain . Did Bob take this support 100 far? He was in vited to take two of the last Linacre Ho use assemblies this term and spoke of David's career. 'The hymns have been chosen not for the ir words and music, but because their number s in the King's School hymn book correspond to some of his finest innings'. For the cricket purists, they included 103, 148 and 154. We should have g uessed that Bob's appearances at staff I.T . lessons have been so that , in his retirement, he can collate all the information about King's cricket in o rder to write a book about it. Eventually, in 1983, Bob and Martha left Lu x moore as Housemaster and Matro n. Bob had seen 29 1 pupils, including 5 g irl s, into the house and 23 1 out of it. Over fo rty of these were successful O xbridge applicants. For the last ten years, Bob has continued to play a full part as a tutor in Luxmoo re and , later , T he G range. Bob showed great concern fo r all his young chemists. He always wanted them to do well. He was meticul ous in hi s testing of lower school sets long before testing became fashionable. Retests were always avai lable, not as a form of punishment , but for the pupil to show that (s)he could learn it. Bo b was always ava ilable in any summer term after lunch to sort out the mo le problems for any of his 0/G.C.S .E. pupils and when on duty in the house, to help boost his tutees' chances of coping with benzene. His reports were invariably encouraging and he did much to boost the confidence of the weaker A-level or G.C .S.E. candidate. As a pupil , you did not have to be taught by Bob Bee to be ab le to ta lk to him . Mr. C. J. Millar said at Bob 's Common Room farewell , ' You only have to be walking alo ng with Bob to see how many pupils say, " Hello, Mr . Bee" - a sign of the deep affection in which he is held .' Bob could hold conversation o n many topics: cricket, Arsenal, o rnithology and the Conservatives be ing amongst his favo urites. T ime is a precio us commodity, but Bob always had time for people, whether a new member of staff, (' Hello my dear . Now, are they looking a fter you?'), a dej ected sixth -fo rmer , ('Now come on, Exxxxx, it can ' t all be that bad. ') or in the dining hall ('That lunch was superb , thank you so much .') . In seeing a young person looking down, Bob took it upon himself to reassure them . On one occasio n, a pupil fell on hard times, through no fault of his own . His parents were so impressed by Bob 's handling of the problem , that they made a sum of money avai lable for him to distribute in s imilar circumstances to those who he felt warranted it. Bob is the most loyal suppo rter of the school: whether it was the move into the Precincts, o r the introducti on of coeducatio n, Bob felt if it was good for the school then pupils sho uld be encouraged to see it in that light. You could always count on Bob to play his part in mak ing King's a successful school. Bob and Martha ran very much a fa mily ho use; it followed that the ir child ren, Nick, Andrew and Sara should be educated at King's. It is to Bob's great credit that each of them has chosen to go into teaching. As Ho usemaster , Bob's last piece of adv ice to his house was, 'Never be content in life with just doing what is expected of you, because in that way you become as bo ring as my table tennis and there is no g reater c rime than becoming a bore. What you must do is a little bit more than is ex pected o f you and if you do this you will never be short of friends for the rest of your li fe'. Bob and Martha will never be sho rt of fri ends . T hey remain in Cante rbury at Ll ys y mel, their ' house of honey' on the old Lu xmoore site and we shall continue to see Bob running the squash and helping o ut with cric ket. It will be a new Bob Bee since he will be cycling his new bike, which was a gift from th e Common Room , but probably cycling at the same old speed . We thank Bob and Martha fo r the ir kindness, care and concern fo r staff and pupil s and wish 18 1

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them good health and happiness in retirement. It is typical of Bob that in his speech t0 th Room, he had us all in fits of laughter. We have learned the secret' of the blank e e ~OtnJnon what about the real Bangkok? xpress1on, but As one school monitor reflected on the last day of term, 'You just can't beat Bob Bee•

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. Bob ar.rived at King~s to teac.h Physi~s, only to find that his first timetable contained . e~ght peno.ds of Chem1st~. Th1s dauntmg prospect might have cracked a lesser man b~wen~y his Cambndge Natu_ral Sc1ences ~ackground and unflappable temperament, he settl~d d 1• With make the best of thmgs, somethmg he has now succeeded in doing for 99 terms! own to Happily installe~ in ~hemistry Lab 4 ~or the last twelve years, he has been without the warmest and fn endhest of teachers. Umversally liked by his pupils even the C4 graffir1oubt us in no doubt of their affectio n for him. Entries such as 'Botham fo; England' and 'B \;leave Gower' a~so re~ind us ?f his great passion --:- not that we would ever forget. Bob's pu~ls ~~~s mar~ed h1s retirement m m~ny ways. He Will long.'trea~ure a m!ni cricket bat signed b e 0 of h1s Remove classes and h1s fierce - for Bob that 1s - mterceft10n of a piece of pa e ne passed round during his last Fifth Form period , yielded a specia message of good wtshis femg each member of the set . rom

I know that B?b ~as enjoyed being part of a successful department and we have all reatl valued the contnbut10ns that he has made. Generally happier with the lower sets leavfng thy glamour (?) of top A-level g~ades to others, Bo? ha~ bee.n a ~ost caring and conce;ned teachere always happy to find extra time for those needmg 1t. H1s F1fth Form lunch-time sessions hav~ been very popular- not only for the free cup of coffee and the update on the cricket scoreboard' Memorie~ of Bob in the department will remain a very long time. The daily dash to prayer~ (I ah~ays tned to have my keys handy!), the hole m the tarmac outside C4 from his last thermit reaction , the last batch of G.C.S.E. assessments, wa~hed down with champagne (the man has always had style), the progress ~eports on ~e marsh harners at Stodmarsh are just a few. Essentially though, . we shall re~ember h1m as the kmdes! , wa~mest, mo~t genuine colleague that anyone could w1s~ to have. H1s great good humour and mfect1ous enthusiasm for life will be sadly missed What a .tnb~te to a w.onderful man that a whole new generation of Bees should have chosen~~ follow m h1s professiOnal footsteps. Bob leaves King's with ?ur sincere good wishes for a long and happy retirement. For him a~d Ma_rtha a whole new l~fe o~ grandparenthood has recently started and I am sure that they will be JU~t as successful with this as t~ey have been over the last thirty-three years. Like Hobbs and Sutcliffe they are one of the all-time great partnerships!

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STEPHEN W AINDE (K.S.C. 1985-1993)

St~phen Wainde to be Hea~ of Spanish at Tonbridge, the Spanish With the .depa~ture dep~rtment. 1s ,Ios•':lg an msp_1red teacher whose. enthusiasm for the subject has been infectious. ~upils at K.mg s .will be depnved of a sympathetic , ~elpful and entertaining counsellor genuinely mt~r~sted m thetr w~lfare. T~e Co~mon Room will be bereft of one of its most convivial and uphft~ng members w1th a formtdable mtellect and a uniquely witty - and sometimes outrageously amusmg - outlook on colleagues and pupils alike. The Heads of ~panish a~d ~odern Languages. ar~ at one ~n their opinion that Stephen has ~ade an outstand.mg co~t~1but10n ~o t~e su~stantJal mcrease m the numbers studying Spanish m recent years. Wtth that 1d10syncrattc wtt of h1s and a tirelessly dynamic approach he has stimulated 182

reat number of Hispanists over the years. As a result, pupils have been motivated to carry a gwith spanish into the Removes, they have elected to study it for A-level, and, in a large number 00 cases they have chosen it as at least one element of a degree course. His fluency in the language ofd his passion for contemporary Spain have obviously informed his teaching at all levels, but arong With this goes a taste for the academic side of language learning, with the result that pupils ~ave studied texts that many would reject in favour of something more straightforward, and have found the experience highly rewarding. Stephen is an expert on Golden Age drama and has filled manY of our pupils with a passion for Tirso, Calder6n and Lope. His production ofTirso's Burlador de Sevilla is described by the Head of Spanish as 'a delight'. C.P.N. has also furnished me with the following account, which illustrates the general joie de vivre that one experiences in doing anything in collaboration with Stephen: 'Stephen was great fun to work with, never more so than conducting G.C.S .E. oral examinations. He must be the most unnerving colleague to conduct an oral exam. with, and many's the time the cassette recorder had to be switched off after a faux pas from a pupil had S.M.W. creasing himself with laughter, banging on the desk, stuffing curtains (sic) into his mouth in order to try 10 regain control of himself.' The casual visitor to Palace 3 might be forgiven for thinking, when surveying the unique decor, that only Spanish was taught there. O n the contrary, French has been taught, too, and very successfully at all levels. The other area of King's life in which Stephen has been a major contributor is drama, with some twenty productions to his credit in the eight years that he has been here. These have ranged from Junior plays, House plays, to prestige, full-school ventures, the apotheosis of which was his much-acclaimed Cabaret of December , 1992. Nor have all his activities been on such a cerebral plane. Stephen has participated in sport and, as C.J.M. observed in his Common Room farewell to Stephen, who else but Stephen could call his rather modest j unior rugby team 'The Pathetic Sharks'- and then proceed to make them very un-pathetic, and noticeably 'shark-like' ! The tutorial side of the life of a master or mistress at King's is an especially important one and Stephen has been a very visible presence as a tutor, both in his own House and beyond. One particular feature of Stephen's interaction with members of the School is the way in which he has been of genuine, extended and continuous help to pupils in difficulties who are not necessarily in his tutor set, or even in his House, but with whom he has been able to do useful work because there has been evident a natural 'chemistry'. Members of the School all agree that Stephen really is a master whom one can call on for a light-hearted chat when things are going badly. Stephen has that knack of making a pupil feel on a level plane and, as one put it, ' ... he doesn't look down on you'. He is prepared, to a certain extent, to break ranks and certait:tlY to give a different point of view from what would be on offer from most other sources. However - partly because of a certain volatility in his own make-up - pupils know that Stephen's good nature cannot be taken advantage of or take for granted. Indeed, pupils who have later become genuine friends of Stephen have told mv that, especially when they were in the younger forms , Stephen could be quite formidable and could instantly stop absolutely dead any frivolity that had gone too far. The President of the Common Room summed up well when he said: 'Stephen is, I think, the sort of person that I'd like to be taught by- intelligent, intellectual , amusing and entertaining'. Stephen is a person who immeasurably increases the sheer enjoyment of any occasion as soon as he joins it, and I am always delighted to find myself adjacent to him at a meal or other convivial event. He will be a huge loss to our community, in all strata of it. Tonbridge is in for a treat! I hope that he (and Trug) will soon feel at home there. R.B.MA.

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MICHAEL BURTON (K.S.C. 1990-1993)

In j ust three years Michael Burton has distinguished himself as a superb teacher of histo and a lso as an initiator, educator, sports master and administrator. Mike came into teaching rri'' a previous career in j ournalism, via New Zealand, a first c lass degree at Wolfso n and sub-editinrn the Cam bridge Evening News. He has committed himself to education and, to our good fortuneg discovered his true vocation here at King's. â&#x20AC;˘ To his pupils Mike imparts a command of his subject, which is luc id and stimulating thesis rather than fact informed , analytical without becoming clinical, and fu ll of a sense of prog~ession and development , driven by the dynamic forces and personalities of the period . From the outset he has won his pupils' respect and engaged their minds. M ike instituted the Russian Revolution as a source-based Special Subject, which he teaches quite brilliantly, pioneered the Crusades as an AS course for non-historians, co-established the International Relations paper in the Political Studies course, rev ived the Arab-Israeli topic for G.C.S.E. and brought his expertise in African history to Genera l Studies. Entrusted with much Oxbridge and S-Ieve! teaching, while adept in interviewing candidates on their Individual Studies, Mike ins ists on commitment and hard work encourag ing his pupils to read and to thi nk, to focus on the issues and to write punchy, well: argued ess~ys. In th~ process he builds confidence and s~lf-belief and succeeds in bringing out the best , w1th a dry hne of humour. (If one shares a set w1th a really good teacher, one certainly knows all about it!). H is subject reports are superb. While achieving all this, in each and every term of his three years at King's Mike has coached a team in a major sport (rugby, hockey and cricket). In add ition, he has led expeditions to Russia (St. Petersburg and Moscow), to Madagascar (with Peter Hullah) and (with me) to Paris. He has offered discern ing advice to his tutees and given excellent service to Linacre House. He has fostered pupil-produced j ournalistic entergrises. In recognition of his flawless organisational skills, he was appointed master in cha rge of King's Week in this the 400th anniversary year of the life and works of Christopher Marlowe. Mi ke's unflappable demeanour conceals the imense energy and enthusiasm that dri ves on a virtually permanent Burton revolution. M ike was bound to take on his own department before long and has been appointed , as Head of History at Kings Edward 's, Bath , to run one of the best. W ith him , we also lose his wife Cathy, and little Lucy, who was born at Canterbury and christened in the Cathedral, with new baby Burton , who is expected at any moment. Bath gains an outstanding teacher, an excellent colleague and a very good man . H.R.O. M.

DAVID SHEATH (K.S.C. 1990- 1993)

English cliches speak of people with fingers in many pies. Dutch folklore tells of those with plucky fingers in dykes. D.S.S. 's valete is a Eu ropean tale for a post-Maastricht audience, a collection of many gold stars, all of them gleaming. David has a fi rst-rate musical pedigree as a choriste r at Magdalen College, organ scholar at The Queen's College, and Chairman of the Schola Cantorum of Oxford , for whom he provided many very low bass notes both in this country and abroad, and for whom, at committee meetings, he tyrannised many a fres hperson and wooed his wife (sometimes in one and the same gesture). Dryden 's Ode to Mu sic, as set by Hande l, begins by recounting that 'From heavenly harmony thi s uni versal frame began.' Blind, of course, both creative artists were - and metaphorically so too . Smiling faces on concert platforms the re may be, but music departments and productions (musicians say it is worse in the other performing arts) seem often to create spectacular disharmony in the preparatory phases. David has had to cope with many challenges, and has done so with utter professionalism, great goodwill , no compromising of his very high standards, and only 184

the very occasio nal fo rthright expression of frankly held views. His responsibilities have included the concert band , chamber music, house concerts, A-level and G. C. S. E. teaching, the occasional orchestra rehearsal and cong regational practice, and a King' s Week Dido and Aeneas so successful that nothing followed it. Since David is by training primarily an o rganist and s inger , it is worth noting tha~ he has usually ~een asked to d? what he i~ not specifically tra.ine~ for, .and has set about it w1th g reat good w11l , let alo ne, th1s year, natwnal success - the JUntor stnng quartet. Remove Boys' and Girls' Hockey, of course, helped to keep his m ind off th ings. Hav ing been Head of House at Magdalen College School, and a li ve-in tutor at T he Leys, Dav id had boarding experience to match his pedig ree. On Monday nig hts few parts of Galpin 's have not been carpet-bo mbed with supervisory care . Shells on extra prep - he loved it. Not a significant window went unchecked at 10. 15. T he tutor group flour ished, and their tutor was tremendously popular . The Housemaster, if daring to return to the Ho use before 11 , would find the clinking latch met by, a rush from the study and a gaze first inquistorial then affronted . David usually wore trainers on duty, and o nly fo r the fi rst mistaken weeks did the House suppose that the choice was dictated by comfort. One of his tutees, keen on Evensong, found that, altogether appropriately, least of all in the cathedral could he escape tutoria l care. For David was much in demand as a deputy lay clerk, and managed to fit this into his schedule. Plus Maths . F rom the Head of Department's bunker, sand-bagged with coursework and pigeonrepell ing devices, went out the plea fo r a block of Shell o r Remove Maths, and from the same source has come back a request that Dav id 's total efficiency and reliability be g ratefully acknowledged . Terro rised they may have been, but numerate became. In his last term, David was asked at short notice to fill the positio n of Head of Music at J .K.S. D.S.S. Bilocatio n pic managed the challenge, and the end of term concert, with fly ing colours. This musical got it rig ht: harmony came at the end . And finally there was the harmony at ho me. It is traditional fo r Cantuarian Valetes to mention spouses and to say that we always thoug ht of the couple as a pair. T his Valete doesn 't . T he g uest who arri ved at Dav id and Andrea's wedding in Oxfo rd , to find that he had left the top half of his suit in London and the lower half in Kent, little realised how potent a symbol of things to come he represented at the nuptials. For many mo nths, David and Andrea had to live apart. When they did manage to end up in the same locatio n, it turned out to be in the li vely environs of a boarding house . Thi s you would never have known . David and Andrea entertained regularly, not just pupils but also staff, and especiall y the younger ones, with g reat hospitality and large glasses . Thanks . The Music Department, in a gesture some may fa il to understand , included in its leaving gifts to Dav id an A-Z of Edinburgh . It will not be needed fo r long. King's has lost an immensely street-wise music ian at an earl y age, and Fettes awaits musico-ad mini strati ve fall-out. T une up your bagpipes, Edinburgh . Gardez I 'Ode. T. R .H.

ANDREA THOMAS (K.S.C. 1992- 1993)

T he arri val of Andrea T homas at King's in January 1992 was a tremendous bonus fo r the History department. She was appointed primari ly as Housemistress of Bailey but fro m the beginning it became clear that she regarded the teaching of her subject as a vital part of her life here and she bro ught a welcome breath of femininity to an otherwise ma le-dominated department. Stepping in during an academic yea r cannot have been easy, but her interest in, and knowledge of, her subject meant she soon achieved a rapport with her pupil s. She stood no nonsense and late, shoddy or inadequate wo rk got the treatment it deserved , whether received from a Shell or a Sixth Former. Her meticulous marking, whether of exams, coursework or weekly assignments, was desig ned to correct but encourage, as a contributio n to the learning process rather than a 185

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final judgment. Her suggestions for titles for A-level Individual Studies were always imaginar and her bibliographical knowledge considerable. I have certainly picked up a number ofvaluaâ&#x20AC;˘ve historical points, particularly on sixteenth-century English History, over a cup of coffee in ~~e Common Room. e As an occasional visiting duty-person in Bailey, I was always impressed by the informal structured atmosphere and the air of friendliness in the House, an air reflected when the Ho~: was on more public show. Her concern for the welfare of the members of the House wa considerable and I remember long discussions over choice of college for an Oxford candidates and Andrea's delight when the girl was successful. On the social side one was always assured of warm hospitality in her welcoming drawing room. It is sad that Andrea's time at King's has been so short, but obviously commuting from Edinburgh would not have been feasible. We wish her well with her projected research and hope that s~e will remember her time at King's with as much affection as we have had for her.

G.D.W.

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(Harry Dobbs)

FOCUS C.C.F. ADVENTUROUS TRAINING CAMP 1993 FRIDAY , 19th MARCH - SATURDAY, 27th MARCH

We left Canterbury at 8 a .m. for the C.C.F. Adventurous T raining camp at the R N establishment near Aultbea on the west coast of Scotland . After a long and fairly uneventful joume Âˇ we were driving through rain and gales, within a mile of the base, when a huge gust of win~ caught the 4-tonne truck, veering it into a ditch and onto its side. Fortunately the cadets travelling ~n the back suffere~ o nly from shock with some minor injuries; bl:lt this served as a valuable 1f unplanned, exerc1se whtch bonded the group together and certamly got the adrenalin going fo r the week to come. The Sunday was used to recover from the previous night's follies. We were introduced to the two Royal Marine Commandos who would be helping with the mountain training and would lead the senior g roup on the three-day expedition later in the week. T hey gave us a talk on the use of ration packs, clothing for the hills and packing of rucksacks. The afternoon was spent doing a navigation exercise on the hill s behind the base. Monday brought more ga!es and rai~ but the. afternoon was used for rope wo~k, mainly belaying over steep ground and a qUJck lesson m Scotttsh weather forecastmg. That mght we were given the unexpected joy of testing our ability to put up tents in the dark, and sleep in them despite the odd gale o r snowstorm . ' It's character building!' gleefully shouted the Marines from their heated billets. Tuesday was spent in the shadow of An Teallach. Within a five hou r period we had had snow, hail , rain, gales and bright sunshine with no wind. Scottish weather is unique. T he senior group accompanied by the Marines and Bill ~cConnell, had the thrilling experience of battling ove~ a high saddle, through deep snow and a white-out to a coire. Having enjoyed it so much we travelled round the coire and up to the next saddle and waiting snowdrift, only to be disappointed by the brilliant sunshine that had appeared. Wednesday saw the start of the three-day expedition . With seven sixth-formers and two Royal Marine corporals in the senior group, the lang uage soon turned to semi-English as we left the minibus at Poolewe to start the yomp. We began on flat ground (soon to become a rarity), with weather of 'sunshine and showers', and hoofed it along a valley for about six kilometres. After stopping for a hot wet and some nutty we had the option of going round or over a 2600 ft. mountain. Of course we went over. By now there was some Belsen weather (wind, cloud and snow) so map-reading had to be to pin-point accuracy, which it was. Usually. We dropped our bergens at about 2300 ft. while seven of us hoofed it up the last 300 ft. to the summit. We caught a brief glimpse of the view throug h a break in the clouds, Andy got his video camera out, again, and then we hoofed it back down the way we thought we had come up , but a necessary check of the compass proved us wro ng and another check of the map got us safely back to the bergens. The weather remained fair for the rest of the day as we yomped about 9 more km to our campsite fo r the night: it was next to a lochan and surrounded by c liffs and mountains, completely isolated from the o uts ide world. We pitched our tents, downed our scran and, after some inter-tent darts, chess and snooker, we were asleep by 9 p .m. Thursday was meant to be an easier day so we did not pull pole until 10 a. m. It was a beautiful day - warm sunshine, clear blue skies - we were planning a walk of about 10 km. with at most 450 ft. of climbing. With two Marines such a route was j ust asking fo r a diversion. And it got it. Six more ki lometres via a Munro (a mountain over 3000 ft.). It was a dream come true. After some very steep climbing, a short ridge walk and some more steep climbing we reached the peak. The weather was incredible - not a cloud in the sky and, even at over 3000 ft. hardly a breath of wind. The view was indescribable - you could see at least forty miles in every direction, over the Scottish hi lls , over the Atlantic Ocean - there was absolute s ilence (except for Andy's video camera!), altogether a unique few moments. We then yomped down through endless 188

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. owfields, a couple of valleys and hot sunshine to the first river. After Andy had taug ht us s~e proper way to do a river crossing we promptly yomped straight through two in order to reach ~heneval bothy, where we spent the night with chronic sunburn and very wet feet. Friday. We le ft at 8 a. m . to do a s imple 10 km. walk out, down to the waiting minibus. Just we met Bill McConnell 's g roup Bill slipped and, though we did not know it at the time, he 5 ~roke his leg. Once it had become obvious he would be unable to walk , the stretcher came out which happened to have been made by Mrs . McConnell just two weeks earlier). The following ~hree and half hours produced an outstanding piece of teamwork from all the cadets and staff, as we had to carry Bill fo ur miles to the road where an ambulance was waiting (with the same crew as had attended the accident at the beginning of the week!). With at least eight people carrying the stretcher, therefore leaving their rucksacks to be carried by the other cadets, this turned o ut to be a very demanding day; but it also made us acutely aware of the dangers involved in hill walking. This tru ly was an adventuro us tra ining camp. Even the most experienced cadets found there was a lot more to learn in terms of accurate map-reading, compass work, mountain safety, but perhaps most importantly the thought that ' it could never happen to me,' was dramatically proven to be wrong. Twice. T hanks go to all the cadets for their calm and intelligent approach in some very difficult situations. A n excellent week was rounded off with the traditional games and revelry of the last night of Easter camp . Finally it remains to thank the many staff who sacrificed a week of their ho lidays to share their knowledge and wisdom of hill walking with us. And, to mention but a few names, special thanks go to Caro l Booth for her unbeatable catering and entertainment prowess, to Andy and Dave - the Royal Marines, to the McConnells and, of course, to the R.S.M. and Major Vye for their marve llous o rganisatio n and execution of a very memorable week. C HARL ES SHEPHERD.

THE KING'S EUROPEAN CONFERENCE SUN DAY , 27th JUNE - FRIDAY, 2nd JULY

Maastricht may be a treaty too far , but the languages spoken in the streets of Canterbury, if nothing e lse, should bring it home to members of King 's that they li ve in a European city, and that the nearby bo rder is becoming less and less meaningful. For the last four years we have been taking parties of sixth-formers to Alden Biesen in Belgium to take part in European conferences, with schools from other Community countries. Whatever differe nces of opinion on particular issues were encountered there, everyone has come away recognising the need to resolve them at a European leve l. Sadly the rul es are that any one school can attend only four times. Any further venture of the kind would have to be the result of our own initiative. So, th is summer King's invited thirty pupils of s ixth-form age, from the Aalborgus Gymnasium, Denmark , the Friedrich-EbertGymnasium, Bonn , and the Lycee des Pontonniers , Strasbourg, to a conference in Canterbury. The main business was presentation of issues by the individual schools, followed by seminar discussion. The themes covered were varied: the concept of a Eu ropean culture, whether there was such a thing as a European cultu re, whether there was such a thing as a European identity, how strict immig ration laws had to be. F inally on F riday, thanks to the Lord Mayor , we were allowed to use the Canterbury G ui ldhall for a Council of Ministers role-play. Everyone afterwards agreed that this was of outstanding value: the level of debate was very high , and each natio nal g roup too k its responsibility to seek agreement without prejudic ing princ iple very seriously. Proposals to ban all subs id ies, to exclude motor vehicles fro m all c ity centres, to remove tariffs from all third-world goods, and to harmonise European education systems were defeated , but a Danish motion to ad mit Poland, Czechia , and Hungary to the E. C . , subj ect to cond itions, was passed. 189

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For recreation we exeloited local assets, the Cathedral (and Canon Ingram Hill) Dover C and the Eurotunnel Exhibition. There was a visit to the Houses of Parliament, wher~ Julian B ast!e. M.P. talked about an M.P.'s work, and fielded questions on P.R. and why the House of Co razler behaved like a kindergarten. Finally , of course, there was King's Week: the Serenade ~~ns and a vintage Jazz Concert. ' 1 o, Our thanks to everyone who. made i~ poss!ble: the King'~ boys and girls.who took part, D D D.J.R. and P.T., who he!ped with the discussions, and especially the houserrustresses, house~! Âˇâ&#x20AC;˘ and matrons who took m our guests and made them so welcome. ers B.T. AND M.J.V.

SEVEN MONTHS IN NEPAL MAX DAVIE (SH 1987-92)

It has never ceased to amaze me how quickly I went from student to teacher last July Onl a month after treading the Green Court at that final tea party, I was here, as trained asÂˇ 1 wa~ going to be (i .e. , not at all), and firmly established in the Tukche high school English department I am, in fact, a third of the said department, along with Tim Davies (GL 1987-92) and a headmaste~ obsessed with difficult English , keen to slip 'doing my level best' and ' if fortune favours us' into the most mundane sentences. So faced with thirteen loud but illiterate Class 4 students and an outdated textbook, what was I to do? It was clear from the start that we could expect no educational miracles, and the best w~ could hope for was to live and work among these people, enjoying ourselves and giving enJoyment. Fortunately, this is no problem in a place as 'nice' as Tukche is . Sandwiched between the two great peaks of Nilgiri and Dhaulogi~;i it is clean, small , friendly and as close-knit as nature allows (the norm is to marry your cousin). It has always been a relatively prosperous village. The o ld money of the salt trade, which produced the beautiful old houses, with their carved windows and balconies, and the Buddhist temples, has been replaced by new money from the steady stream of tourists come to see the mountains, which has brought electricity and 'creature comforts'. Just to destroy our illusion of 'roughing it' for a year, we're also staying with the richest family in the village, in their guest house, complete with stereo, hot shower, and endless tea. We can't complain, especially when compared to the mud hut in a steamy paddy field that Mr. Milward (SH 1987-92) was subjected to. However the food is more or less the same, every day, twice a day (rice, lentil or bean soup, curried veg.), and accommodation is fairly basic. Still, it's the people who make the place, and they , like their village, are terribly nice; polite, unassuming , cheerful and really not very exciting. The last is not surprising. This is a farming society; completely settled, with no immediate problems, no need for progress, and so no stimulation , no incentive for creativity. I love them all dearly. They're great to be around, lark about with, work for, wake up to, and we have much to learn from their peace and happiness . T hey're just not very interesting. Teaching, then, is something of a relief, in some ways . Actually getting the students down to work is certainly a challenge, especially as their textbook is about as interesting as some misguided fools find A-level Physics. There are, however, ways and means to make lessons enjoyable, for them and us. Firstly the pupils just Jove talking about themselves. They are even less interested than me in what Ram and Hai (the Nepali Peter and Jane) are up to, or in where Shankar Nath is going tomorrow, but ask them about their families or village and you ' II be there all day. There are, however, problems. No-one is quite sure of their own age, and this causes raging arguments, and when asked 'What is your father?' tailor's children tend to clam up, as an answer would reveal their decidedly low-caste status. Sometimes, for no apparent reason , they will simply refuse to answer a question. (One girl keeps the names of her five sisters top secret). 190

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When they do answer, there is again a certain lack of imagination. Everyone likes rice, everyone wants to be a farmer, everyone likes to wash clothes on Saturdays. Still, any English is helpful, from slagging off the headmaster, to making excuses for being late, even (and especially) arguments, which produce questions like 'Why doesn' t Max want to buy sweets for Class 6? and 'Where haS Lolita left her text book? ' . And then there are games. ' Hangman' soon palls especially after having done 'house' for the fifteenth ti~e, b~t there are word search~s, card g.ames, picture games, codes, and Class 3's favourite, m which the losers get hurled mto the nver (on the blackboard of course). Class 1 are easy: I have only to clap to keep them amused. In fact, I have only to dance, sing, fall over, make a mistake in Nepali or pull a face to keep anyone amused. Or if all else fails , I can keep any gathering amused by whippmg out my photos. particular favourites are my brother ('very, very beautiful'), their school, cows, and one of me topless in a boat ('very bad, sir'). Pictures of King's confuse most people. Which bit is the school? When it comes to exams, though, the students stop joking. The norm is to ask questions on passages in the textbook without showing the passages, 'Where did Sita go after school' and so on , or to copy whole exercises from the book. It was a minor revolution when we refused to write ours that way, and dared to invent questions, just as it was when we refused to teach them the whole book, parrot fashion . Before they can have development in wealth and infrastructure, Nepalis, it seems to me, must have it in initiative and motivation. If I was a highly motivated professional with a head full of ideas and expectations, I would find this a very dispiriting place to work. Fortunately I'm not, so can quite happily blunder through. In any case, we only teach 2â&#x20AC;˘h hours, maximum, a day. The rest of the time is spent entertaining ourselves. We read , a Jot (War and Peace took me ten days), I write, letters or stories about mince pies and gardeners. Most days there' s a game of football or volleyball to be had, and the amazingly sweet little 'uns never tire of playing ' aeroplanes' or shaking hands and saying ' good morning'. In the evenings, we play cards far too much, or visit local tea houses for raxi, the local barley spirit sold for the pricely sum of Spa glass , then sit in the kitchen chatting over 'sisters', denying having drunk anything, shocking them with our loose morals and libertine attitude, and generally amusing ourselves and then till its time to go to sleep for another ten hours. Yes, it's hardly the fast lane, but I've loved (nearly) every minute of it. However, after seven months enough is enough. How ever much I admire the Nepali way of life, I could never live it. So I leave, in three weeks time, sad to be parted from Tukche and its lovely inhabitants, but at the same time looking forward to the first crisis of home.

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(Benedict Shankland)

MUSIC AND DRAMA CHORAL AND ORCHESTRAL CONCERT SUNDAY, 2nd MAY

T he fine concert in the Shirley Hall early in the summer term is an interesting example f the o ld ad~ge that it is an ill ~ind that blows nobo~y a~y good. T he closure of.the Cathedr~ Nave for s1x months for relay10g the floor (fo r the fmt time for some two centun es) inevitabl l caused some readjustment of the usual arrangements for school Mattins on Sunday mornin ~ (Quir~ instead of Nav~) and ~lso the setting fo r the c~oral and o rchestral concert i~volving oth~r assoc1a~ed school chom wh1ch ~a~ become sue~ an 1mport.ant featu ~e of the mus1cal life of the school 10 recent years. The dec1S1?n to ho~d th1s concert 10 the Sh1 rley ~all made it possible to break away from the long-stand10g pract1ce of the performance of a maJor oratorio or largescale mass and choose something of a secular nature by way of a change. This being the case no work mo re suitable to the choral and orchestral fo rces ava ilable could have been chosen tha~ Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, a 'scenic cantata' to quote the composer's own description of the compositio n w hich won instant acclaim at its fi rst performance in Frankfurt in 1937 and which has been a favourite with cho ral societies all over the world for many decades past. The sight of the platform at the end of the Hall packed with enthusiastic singers with a big orchestra with large fo rces of brass and percussion aro used great expectations long before the piece de resistance of the evening was presented to an expectant aud ience. Mr. Colin Metters who conducted had wisely prepared for the first part of the concert a ' low-key' programme. F irst a chance fo r the strings of the orchestra to warm up came with a short suite of three 'Act T unes and Dances' by Purcell from the inc idental music to th ree of the stage plays which were so popular in the London theatres d uri ng the period of the Restoration . (Some of Purcell's most enchanting music can be found in this area of composition which is as rewarding to encounter as are his anthems so popular in Anglican churches and cathed rals today.) By way of contrast to the sound of strings came a very unusual piece, Almand and Canzona for a consort of fi ve recorders by a little-known composer of T udor times, Will iam Brade. This was directed by Michael Harris and gave the young recorder players a chance to show their abilities in the field of wind play ing. The opera Gloriana which Benjamin Britten composed j ust forty years ago to mark the coronation of Elizabeth II is perhaps less popular o r well-known than some of his other operas, but the sympho nic suite fo r fu ll o rchestra was both lively and reward ing to hea r. Befo re the six 'courtly dances' which make up the suite a ' Lute song' from the opera was sung by Mr. Clifford Lister , O. K.S. whose charming tenor voice has been heard before at school concerts in the Cathedral and who has been teaching si nging at the School for some years past. Mr. Lister was j o ined for the performance of Carmina Burana by Philip Lloyd-Evans whose fine and resonant barito ne voice rang out over the full force of voices and instruments. Mr. LloydEvans sings not o nly in oratorio but a lso in opera and has a voice ad mirab ly suited to the part O r ff has w ritten for baritone solo . The soprano solo ist, Julia Kennard, had her opportunity to shine in Part II 'Cour D' Amours', singing with a group of trebles from M ilner Court and also with the baritone, as well as hav ing several solo passages of her own in thispa rt of the work. But excellent as all three solo ists were, the lio n's share of the Carmina goes to the chorus as it thundered forth its invocation to Fortune (or Luck) E mpress of the World . And with what g usto and enj oyment d id the massed cho irs and orchestra perform this lusty, earthy, thoroughly secul ar music producing a most exhilarating effect w hich fa irly swept the audience off its feet and, as might have been expected , brought the evening to an end with rounds of applause. M r. Colin Metters, who conducted the Carmina Burana, is to be congratulated on the mastery with which he both controlled and urged on the large forces arrayed before hi m. As usual the School Symphony O rchestra was led by the ever-reliable Clarence Myerscough and played superbly. But very special praise is due to the chorus masters and mistresses of the six choral groups headed 192 (James Bridges)

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b the School's own Choral Society trained by Stephan Pinnock, augmented this year by the S~hool Crypt Choi r trained by Michael Harris and by a treble cho ir from Milner Court (J .K.S.) trained by Katherine Lewis. (Is this the first time on such occasions that a special group of trebles from J.K.S. has formed part of the choral ensemble?) As in recent years, the choir of the Simon Langton School trained by Brenda Porrer (girls) and Michael Lewis (boys) and the girls ofBenenden School trained by Elspeth Dodson were a welcome addition to the cohorts of King's. One always looks forward each year to the continuance of this annual gathering of local schools for what in fact has become a g reat annual choral festi val occasion . How easily we take all this for granted today and how inconceivable it wou ld have seemed just sixty years ago. D.I.H.

BEGINNINGS AND ENDINGS

THE LIN ACRE, LUXMOORE AND MEISTER OMERS PLAY SUNDAY, 16th MAY, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL

Frankly, it was not in this rev iewer's contract that, when asked to attend an evening of dramatic and musical entertainment, he should , a long with the rest of the audience, be obliged to open the performance by singing Daisy! Daisy!. Nevertheless, after the initial shock, all got going nicely and one realized that audience partic ipation, which was unfortunately to recur throug hout the evening, was an inspired piece of ice-breaking cunning on the part of the directors and Mr. Miles' piano. It created a more receptive audience in front of whom those less experienced juniors could perform positively . The theme of the evening was indeed g roup participation , and , by the time the evening was over, and the technic ians and backstagers had been credited, it seemed that there was hard ly a member of any of the three Houses who had not contributed in some way to the evening. This is what House drama is about. The fact was emphasised, of course, by the ski lful direction of Mrs. F iona Tennick who carefully made sure that the entire cast was on stage through the performance, thus avoiding chaotic entrances and exits, and giving the front of the Shirley Hall a decidedly busy appearance. Even the junior with the bittiest of parts had something to do, was obliged to concentrate, and felt that he o r she was taking part in a performance. A good idea, then, that will be bo rrowed in the future , I have no doubt. The performance, was in fact, broken into two halves . The first half featured a play called Cat and Mouse, and told the story of the suffragettes; the second half featured a version of the Titanic story, called, rather unsurprisingly, Titanic. When one considers that there was singing to be done as well , one might feel that things would have got a little cumbersome. T his was not the case for two reasons: T heo Moore and Duncan Parrish. These two were our comperes for the night and did a remarkable j ob in holding the evening together. T hey were amusing, witty and cheeky (I recall a shaggy dog story involving audience quacking - was there a subtext here?) and effective, and, furthermore, most of the ir lines were adlibbed. Cat and Mouse was informative and entertaining - although rather too many of the audience found the discrimatory comments of the M. P .s opposed to women's suffrage rather too funny. Co-ed has a long way to go before it fu lly penetrates the psychology of many here. Nevertheless, Deborah Kenyon gave a fine performance as Mrs Pankhurst, supported by, among others, Zoe Arthur, who played a terrorinspiring 'General' Flora Drummond. I have to say too, that Oli ver Neame, playing a 'girl' did very well too. Titanic , of course, went down very well. Georgina Plant, who was also Mrs. Tennick's assistant directo r, was all too convincing as a cane-wielding schoolma'am . Furthermore, Alexis Roxborough captained the sinking ship admirably, and Dominic Fend ius was an entertaining Mr. Higginbottom , a self-made millionaire. The cordial singing then resumed to close off the evening- Keep the Home-Fires Burning!was followed by Land of Hope and Glory (which is why all those peop le left England on the T itanic) and then a song called The Titanic which went something like: 193

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It was sad (it was sad), It was sad (mighty sad), It was sad when that great ship went down. Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives It was sad when that great ship went down. Which, to me, embodies the ability of musicals to understate the obvious. Nevertheless th melody swung gently (like the Titanic pre-iceberg), and the evening concluded well. When' one considers the amount of effort, houseperson power, time, and energy needed to get so mane pupils so very much involved in a production, it is extraordinary that this performance evir happened. Every child will have benefitted from his or her experience of drama, and thus the school is made a better place. The particular triangular form co-operation that went on between these three Houses survives and flourishes, and will, I hope, continue to do so.

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Vllouse VNotes So the abstaining monks of School House retire for the last time to contemplate the expectant wide world where people can sit on a bench after 10. 15 and pubs are legal. Having affirmed their vows, somewhat unwillingly, they instead put work before all (exclud ing, of course,. the T.V. room) to try to impress their worth upon the exammers. However, behind this fa9ade of pseudery can lie only talent and effort that has led to a number of cups such that one cupboard :-viii no longer su!fice. They include such h~ad~ heights as the mter-House tenms league (c/o Matt . B), a JUmor rowin~ cup (c/o George Still) , the Victor Ludorum (c/o Jay) and an InterHouse music cup dating from 1964 (c/o someone who was here twenty-nine years ago). The senior house cricket cup, however was lost for the fi rst time in three years, thanks mainly to ~ traditional run-out from the skipper. Other instances of Herculean athleticism were performed by Robbie Thomas winner of the senior high jump as a Remove and by Frazer and Giles in their rounds of 18 holes: Ryan , Jay , Rob and Dell all j oined the exclusive F irst Colours club. As ever King' s Week would not be what it is without the House. One of the finest jazz concerts of recent times was produced by: Bones, Chris, C.D.P.K., Matt (Govt. Health Warning) 0 ., Matt B. and Ed . Star performances by many of these were also made at the Serenade, symphony concerts and many other musical events. The House hit the screen in a big way, our illustrious Housemaster ... er ... performing . . . er. .. in true fashion and Matt and Luke waving strange poles around with Steve Carey. Not content with performing to the millions watching on their screens, many of the House produced and performed Dido in three different locations in the space of a week . So to the soon-to-be-unintelligible social section. Our fifths discovered a taste for older 'women' unlike Jay, who found that Johnson and Johnson is the key to eternal youth. Matt B. kept yoghurts and Danish bacon in his fridge and Tim furthered the cause of Europe. Henry seemed to be living dangerously, whilst Rob was Banking on success where so many others had failed . All that remains now is to thank the cleaning ladies for all their hard work , Matron likewise and our Housemaster A .H.D. to whom the Abstaining Monks will be eternally grateful , and of course Mouldy, without whom our lives would have been much less inte resting!

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PRIZE-WINNING STRING QUARTET: FOUR ...

T he Grange has done well this te rm . T he Captain's log: Recent intelligence reports have confirmed that wh ile our sister ship Galpin's is still bea r ing the brunt of a recent mass Kl ingon invasion, we have suffe red only slight casualties w ith C hris and Henry , who feel they could have done worse anyway. Otherw ise all has been calm, with the te lev is ion receiving its rig htful attention as The Grange continues to boldly go. We stormed the Senior House Tennis (again), the Badminton (again ... sshhh!) and the cadets scored a notable cricket victory over the St. Augustine's 'combined' team. The Swimming Shuttles wou ld have been a formality if we had been there and we might have saved M.O. and Galpin 's thei r squabbl e over the shared cup. T he seni or cricketers should not be forgotten \ hav ing conced ed over 150 runs in ten overs. Corfu C ricket Club 's Nick the Greek was o ur top scorer w ith 7 as we put the pressure back on - another match for Mr. Bee to remember. So before the 6a ente r the ir escape pods there are a few thank yous to be said: namely to the cleaners for all the ir hard work particularly in maintaining the Cantuar c ricket square and for adding extra spice to the marvellous House party. Many thanks to Mr. Parker (who showed his wisdom in adopti ng flex itime for te levision viewing hours) and to Matron for surviving her first year in such c lose proximity to the cadets; and of course our thanks to Mr. and M rs. Aldridge who have stood firm at the helm of th is mighty house. We shall endeavour to recover from losing P.A. W. and R . P.B. We wish them both the best of luck as they move on. F inall y 6a wish to give a special vote of thanks to Christos for securing vital video deals to waste va luable revision time.

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. . . INTO ONE GO BEAUTIFULLY (T .R. H .)

WALPOLE

As the H.M. observed on his annual visit: 'There is certain! a lot of flapping around ~y these Walpol~ ~iris.' Indeed thiy summer term has passed w1th a flurry of actlVIty and intellectu ~ stimulation. Hordes of Walpudlians will be accoladed on ~ Day, although 6b have decided to hide their lights untiFr:xt year. Ou~ athletics ,sh,uttle relay team complied with Vicky 's far-reachmg motto It s better to be strong from behind' as we edged our way to victory. Well done to all, especially Bev and Annabel. Our sporting success continued on Sports Day Katherine jumped ... high, Bev ran and threw, ran and thre~ and then jumped and ran and threw , up to Summit where Sal! and Charlie. wer~ very athlet~c as well,. ~ydia coached anoth!r Walpole sw1mmmg team to VICtory, th1s t1me shared with Jervis and Luxmoore. Well, we don't want to seem overtalented or greedy by winning everything outright. Miriam (couch potato) laughed as Katherine settled down to some hard work(!) setting a good example (as Senior Girl should) for the rest of 6as and fifths Âˇ Good luck to all with the results. Twinkle Twinkle . . . all the Walpole stars are still shining with Chloe in the School playÂˇ Katherine, Kate and Helena in the fringe play (amazing trees, Jess and Press); Mary in the Junio; play, as well as playing the recorder with Bev who also took to Elizabethan Dance while Kirstie and Mary flew overhead; Claire, Helena, Hattie and Amy sang; and Max, Emma, Amy, Bev Mary, Michelle, Sam and Fran made wonderful music together. ' Moving swiftly on to our enviable social lives, starting with the House bar-bi: Katherine managed to warm the 'tines', her tutor, Mr. Barham, flame-grilled the food but poor Michelle found it hard to squeeze a sausage out of him. At t)le end of a most enjoyable evening , Mr. Davies, the kind of bloke you take home to your mother, regaled us with stories of his large spear. Katherine needs someone to Cart 'er away, Karen isn 't short of offers as she is Robbed from Walpole at 9.15 on the dot for some serious Cooling. Lydia is still under the vice's grip, while Philippa cannot untie ~erself fr<?m.Sc?~l House Che:rns. Dunstan still hasn't had enough and keeps c<:>ming back for Mou. Tamsm 1sn t tied up, but Simply keeps a male harem . .. well she does live in Turkey . Olivia lost her purple-tinted Christal ball for a more handsome Swan. In the downstairs common room Tim is still Barking up the same tree . . . Yawn! Penny Lamonted her lack of economic success - pity about the nose. So this is the end for us, after two wonderful years at King's ... Auf Wiedersehen, hasta Ia vista, au revoir, adieu and farewell to the Walpole legend, bravely led by Mrs . P . aided by Mr. B. -our resident doctor, and a battalion of patient tutors not forgetting Lorna, Hazel, her hoover, and the rest of the magnificent seven.

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Counsellor's Case Notes on: Alastair Hine (aged 183,4) First Session: Subject talks repeatedly of coming from the sporting House; obsession with a 48-point Sports Day victory and with beating 'Trad.' (very odd: reference unclear - another boy?). Heightened colour awareness associated with certain names including self, Hans, Robin, Darren, Matt, Jamie, Charlie D . and Paul. Rambling talk of own successful shuttling at the Public Schools, of the record-breaking length of Robin's javelin, and of major track/field contributions from Hans, Tom B., Rob C., Raf, Mike B. and Matt W. Obvious confusion over brilliant athletic performances by Luke T. (known to be off games) and Darren K. (known to be a Tennis star). Return to Shuttling idee fixe with talk of Swimming victory , and setting best standards at the junior end too. Matt G., Paul P., Ed R. and Matt W. figure most in the talk of Swimming, though Piers seems to provide a link to names Alastair associates with Rowing: he is clearly impressed by Charlie Heise being in the 1st VIII, Boat Club Secretary, winner of the Sculling Cup, and Captain of Sculling elect, as well ~s by the pr<?gress. o.f Phil L., MikeS. ~nd the triumphant comeback of Paul and Raf. The mentiOn of canoemg elic1ts proud talk of Ch1lly Chandler's Cup, of Captain Dave B. and Darren (again!? Objective evidence still suggests he belongs with Si Bird and Lenny S. in the Tennis success category) . Alastair becomes clearly emotional over 'Gentleman' Jamie finally achieving double recognition for his cricket, Charlie D. making the l sts and Matt Hillier's superb bowling (more unclear references to 'Trad.' here 'beating an opener with one ball '). T hereafter, garbled talk of F.J. 's boys being successful Cs, though Shells had tried to take up l ocking before finding Table-Tennis. Second Session: A brief, but very anxious conversation today on the topic of work. Worried about Bryan failing in his bid to do twenty-five hours a day, at Duncan winning only four prizes, and at the latter's notorious indifference to being made Senior Scholar. Just as well Tay won two prizes, and Bryan , Si and Ed R. came up trumps . Gets twitchy when A-levels are mentioned. Third Session: Boasting today of a top C at the Triangle plays, upstaging brilliant performances by so many other M.O. boys, especially Duncan. Apparently he went on to become a leather fetishist with the delusion he was Hamlet in King's Week, while his brother (a Moose?) was tied up in a white bow and stabbed in the Arras. Alastair saw M att Wall as a seduced comic copper, before getting funny photos of him as a serenading streaker, no doubt bound for Ant's desk drawer. Amidst other hallucinations, images of Jonah in the Junior Play , Richard Peat as a sinking ship and a Morris Dancer, Matt Hillier singing on stage and trumpeting through Jazz and Symphony , Clym's brilliant poster, Bryan playing a Serenade duet and himself as a Jed 's Jazzman . Âˇ Fourth Session: S~eeping statements about his victorious love life were followed by hysterical laughter accompanying the following incoherent outbursts: Rahul 's garden party , at home to Leo and Alex ... Hans ringing the Bell. .. Charlie making free among the plants and rushes . .. Dave with Darren, sheep and a camel with no hump ... Richard and a bug ... Ali S. and a computer. .. Rob C. and a female Darren ... Duncan and trans-Carpathian beavers ... Raf, Si, Ed, Len and Dylan cl inging on at the Disco ... Piers worki ng up Walpole ... Luke ... Fifth Session: Clear loss of a hold on his environment today: visions of doors disappearing and appearing, smoke detectors multiplying to Robin's dismay, social areas growing like kitche!ls, and table-tennis taking over. Eager to get away, with thanks and goodbye to Tay , t_he_ cleam~g ladies (who so enjoyed the party) , M.J.M. & P.A.Y. (references unclear), and a p1tymg sm1le when talking of all power lying in the hands of new-look, streamlined Ron, a Green File, a Codfish, '4-in-one-night' Moose, a sheep worrier and, not to forget, Duncan. Assessment: Long sessions on the couch have eased of post A-level trauma, and Alastair appears more able to face reality. He should be able to be released from care on 8th July. Postscript: lOth July: found near Chilham Castle out of his mind, and readmitted for observation pending a decision on 19th August. 199

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Now o n a more Shakespearean tone; Kiss me Kate wasn' t Shaw but soon Woolno ugh. Get thee to a nunnery. Depuis o r not Depuis? In a Midsummer Nig ht's Dream king Geer exchanged treasure for pleasure. Saml~t Ben enter th~ monastery although hardly fo r religious reaso ns. Much Ado was made about Nuttmg and Charhe Russelled a ro und fo r a sweet suckling child . Heron V went once mo re to the breech with his dear friend the Beauman; and Charlie M . wanted to bear the Oli via branch freely. Hav ing run out of quotes, Daniel was Nayled to Mitchinson's . . . o r was it the back of the bus? And it seemed for Richard that the only attraction in ' the Pole' was the television. All that remains now is to thank T revor and his hoover, Dom fo r his cups of tea and Matron who~e bubbly personality and endless strings o_f b~ads kept ll:S ticking over. Thanks, Lucy, for keepmg us on an even keel, and to Rupert on hts btke supplymg the ente rtainment and Mr. and Mrs. Reid for their continual support and encouragement. THE NEW MONITORS.

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Another joyful day dawns to the thunderous !lOise in. the co~on room of Izzie , Lizzie and F izzy followmg thetr pumshmg exercise regime. By 8.20, Mummy Tennick herds us out to prayers followed by lessons where Susie, Fiona , ~ixie, ~el.oise, Laura? Ala.nna , Zoe and Oli all managed to shme, wmn mg academtc pnzes. Kirstin ' good at everything' Gaymer was ~warded th~ Cleary Art Scholarship, and also broke the record m the long JUmp on Sports Day ; meanwhile Milly ' Beacon' Stewart also reached her personal best at the high j ump, setting a new school record . Luxmoore's splendid oarswomen in the Removes struck gold at Schools ' Head and bronze in the National Schools' Regatta in Notting ham. W ith a house full of dedicated rowers it's no / surprise that we came away with a colour jumper and two. team colo urs awarded to Lizzie, Claudia and Harnet, respecttvely , followed at the end of term by six 2nd colours, too. Moving from one w~ter sp~rt ,to t~e n~xt we must firstly congr.atulate Claire (Postan~) on her .n~w appoi~tment .as Captam, of Gtrls. swtmr':lm~ and that nice white JUmper that she recetved (to JOm our fnend Ptx. - who s Captam. of Gtrl~ Hockey) and seco ndly Emily and Jennie who also splashed a~ound m th~ pc;>ol and gamed thetr team colours, too. T he j uniors distinguished themselves sim tlarly by wmnmg the Inter-House Tennis. Mrs. T. and George worked wonders directing the Triangle Hou~e pl.ays . In Cat and Mouse Debs starred and F iona flirted a!ld eve.ry ' little on.e ' got i.nvolved . T1tamc saw George. strut her stuff and employ a bit of autho n ty whtle that lasste, SqUtshbel, showed her true Scotttsh blood in her star ring one-liner. While the T itanic sank, nearly ÂŁ300 was ra ised to keep the Royal Natio nal Lifeboat Institution afloat. However we Luxmoore girls need to relax after our hard day ' s work, but Jessica - mind your head ~n ~he snooker table ! Cla~re st~yed in the T riangle while Jo homed in on. St. Aug i The triangle dtsco showed everyone m thetr element and the Removes we.re ':lot dancmg alone. Fifth time round M illy stumbled upon better territory, closely !ollo~ed by Ktr.stm who was tackled and fell for a Linacre lad. Antonia relit the burning flame, wtth Btl! and Clatre found her c.uddly Cassens in Broughton. Laura and Tom slipped quietly away while Harry sat openly o n the Lma~re bench . Meanwhile George likes Raw purples; most 6as played a~ay rath.er than ho me wtth exceptions to Lou-Lou who Lamonted over her A-levels ! Ness watted pattently for. a greater reward and eventuall y went Lenny's way, and Nicky will g ive you tips o n the latest mghtclubs ! We shall miss 6a, and wish them we ll . It's been a splendid term in so many ways for Luxmoore. V;le thank ev~ryo ne who made it so. Last but not least, thanks to the cleaners, especially Ina wtth her mo rnt!lg song, and Mrs. C. for her endless Panadol and patient wisdom. F inally thanks to the Tenmcks and the tutors who've kept us under control. . . most of the time anyway. T hank you all very much 1. P.S. Cheers, Mr. & Mrs. T., fo r the sixth fo rm dinner . . . when's the next o ne? T HE MON ITORS.

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GALPIN'S

Captain's Log; 2nd July, 1993.

The crew and I have realised that we are only a week from our final encounter with 'Sky Fiesta 1.1 '. This has enahlay us to go where no man has ever gone before. . . a ed On the bridge Captain Goul~e~ said of the Klingons, in th words of ~- G. Wodhouse: S,hce th_em where you like e hellhound IS always a hellhound . The Impending mission ' a clear: the Klingons were to be destroyed, and the A-level:~s0 be conquered - certainly easier to say than do! .The ship's social scene has been, at the bes_t of times, pathetic K1~gsland w~s able to board only a~ter bemg freed from th~ Klmgon Mad1g~n. Robert Clayton still endures a tepid cup of tea. We have still not found Dom Cocklin who, it is claimed remai~s held in the Klingon w~bb, like Jacks.on, a victim of the Khngon leader Waggy, while Demelsa still 'clings onto' Matthew Edwards. In short, it would be fair to presume that the Klingon infiltration had come from the Planet Jervis. Int~r-gala~tic ~ompetitions have give_n us !llore and m?re cups. Wil~ Juli~n ever stop being captam of swlffiilllilg?- a common question raised at galactic sports council. Nell captains Universe Athletics and Richard Solar Golf. Vice-Captain L. -J. is leading a search party of Cocklin, Edwards McGregor and Jackson to Thailand, Earth. Ross has enj oyed sailing, although this has proved pretty close to useless in space. Our new replacements have achieved success in rowing (Sterck MacAdie, Martin, Miller-Jones and Harrel) , cricket (Fransella, Mitchell and Bushnell) and tenni~ (Patrick and Rock). The ship's entertainment council has included many of our crew with various productions such as Dido , an early Earth play ; All's Well That Ends As You Like It and Over the Wall. Performers have included Eliot Shrimpton, Hamish Lemmens, William Davies, Tom Jennings, Julian Kingsland, James Miller-Jones, Tim Gomersall , and Nigel Field and Till Triebel have kept tranquillity through their flutes. Till broadcast to part of Planet Earth. The successful running of the ship is due, of course, to the cleaning and linen ladies who have kept us spotless; to Mrs. B. who has cleansed the ill; and to Admiral Hands who has overseen all adventures in the final fu rlong before fatherhood. THE MONITORS.

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I can safely say that the nightmares are over, revealing an unexpected anti-climax; but with only four days remaining, Alevels and other exams all pale into insignificance. However much anyone professes to ' hate the system, man' there is always some feeling of gloom and despondency at losing the proximity of friends - if you have any , that is. As Doctor A.F.Y. Scarlett, eminent biologist lmd social anthropologist of Neanderthal water sports and pectoral muscles, said of A-levels, 'They are far from topping. In fact they're absolute blighters'. Chunk (leader of the Tuba Youth Orchestra) and Steve's work ethic has been most impressive. Doug simply worked on his ethics. Ben spent most of his time in the ethmc's garden and it is rumoured Richard is related to Ethelred the Unready. If, by chance, we fail, there is always Scunthorpe Polytechnic . .. of. . . sorry yes . . . of course it's now the University of the cerebrally challenged. In another academic field Tim Breen won an Arkwright Scholarship, but it must be said that pure academia is not where Linacre has thrived this term. Seldom before have Linacrians been so utterly involved and successful in any one term. Firstly the King's Seven that ~on the Rosslyn Park tournament contained Myles, Tubby and Ben who, incidentally, was captam; Steve was on the bench and the Head of House was lagered up on the touchline (what a boy). Apart from this major success, we now have a whole host of cups as we won the Senior cricket, were finalists in the Junior cricket, won the sailing (thank you, Tom Goodman et al.), were 2nd overall at Sports Day, almost won the tennis league (thank you, Lexy), won the house IVs, and the 2nd VIII won the Marlow Regatta (nice one, Rob and Rod). Moving from the general to the particular, the notable achievements this term are distributed generously to a few. Ben scored 117 for the 1st XI against K .C.S. and earned himself a cricket bat. Tel ~as been made captain of swimming as has Ollie of football. Myles has been picked to tour with the England U18 rugby squad around Australasia. The icing on the cake must go to DoctorS. for captaining the Henley VIII to victory over Shiplake - also well done, Dave. To carry on the cake metaphor, Tubby has been at the Rec. centre twice this term. With King's Week on the horizon Linacre has the two lead actors in the fringe plays, namely Theo and Jim, but the jewel in the crown goes to Steve who is playing Aeneas in Dido, Queen of Carthage. ~om ~arwell is ~irectin& Ros.and Guild. Mike, Charlie Aitken and, 'one of King's most ~mtstandmg wmdplayers Mr. Richard Hagan, A.L.C.M., are all blowing or thumping and we wish them the best of luck. This term's triangularflay The Titanic illuminated the potential form of the young followers of Thespis, i.e., that o very tragic drama. Theo held the show together and Lex's vocal performance has paved the way to a bright and Âˇsuccessful future in Opera. Watch out, Pavarotti. The r~lationsh!p _situation has also been parti~ularly healthy. Steve and Antonia, ... yes yes ... Olhe and M1lhe .. . well . . . Myles and Kirsten . .. yawn ... Tubby and Lydia . . . 'nuff said, and Ben and Lau'ra .. . We have been through a rough patch with the cleaning ladies but they really did do a lot for us so thank you Mary, Glenda, Pam, Joyce, Tessa, Maureen, Hilary, and Daphne. Obvious thanks to R.W.T. and Mrs. Thane and to Mrs. White for making this term so enjoyable and pleasant. Well, goodbye or is this au revoir?

LINACRE

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. BROUGHTON

The last orders bell tolled in the smoky back room of 'The Ol Broughton' . The r~gulars knew it had to happen; there wa d call for an old-fashioned , cheerful place like this in the moJ no world. The new owners were ' re-developing ' and the regulern knew what that meant. ars

~hey looked with affection at the peeling wall-paper. ' Min • a pmt of Graham 's Old Peculiar,' cried Roger. T he barrne s nodded. 'Those new folk won't be serving that here anymor a~ he muttered sadly. 'It's a fine, rare brew ; strong but mild, wh'h a good .head on, It - you ' II have to go up to "The Bailey" to find .this soon. The r~gulars stared glumly at one another m~llmg over the. old times. Ben p~ered .wistfully out of th~ wmdow at the cn.cket square, recallmg h1s great captaincy of the Broughton cncket team - if only his feet weren' t so b' ·-and Aaron only went ou~ for 14. The old g uard mused ov~g . . how they had seen the signs already , what with microwave~ and ~ashmg .mac~m~s. ~he old gadget~ had been pushed out. .. It may take ages to ring home but It was st.Ill bnngm~ m more th~n Its share of glory a.nd prizes - the old shelves creaked unde~ the wet~ht of the silverware whilst Harry and James Bndges won prizes for being aesthet' 11 pleasmg, while Paul' s not. Ica Y

Be~ opened a packet of pork scratchings whilst Evans sipped his beer, but took care not to rus~ tt. T he old regula~s ~It t~e roof, but found new ways to vent their frustrations. Someone

notice that <:;rump~on dtdn t dnnk here any more, having long since gone to the Beverley A - from whtch Bndges was barred. rms

'Come on please , .it's time' echoed round the room as if screamed by the Laughing Cavalier over the mantle, whtch portrayed them. all except Charlie and his new model army . SuddenI the ?arts match erupted as Woolnough got a double score whilst at the slot machine Ruffell h~ the J~ckpot and robbed the bank. He couldn't share the winnings with Spiller and Marcus as they d abandoned ' The Old Broughton '. As everyone 9uietly and sad!~ left it ~as raining - they would have got wet had it not been f<?r the qUtck-wttted_ness of Leslie t~e VIcar who protected them against the evil elements with h1s umbrella. ~~statrs Doug the clairvoyant could fores.ee the _unt.hinkable collapse of an empire and regular tnps to the far east where they sell food m hygtemcally wrapped containers. As 'The Old Broughton' closed that night the ashtrays were emptied and the beer all gone · It had seen the last of the boys with their beer and rugby songs. Thanks to the Landlord and Mrs. Graham; Matron; Tony the handyman and the cleaning ladies. And the best of luck to all the leavers. As the old ~uards strolle~ home, they could see the drays heading towards 'The Bailey' with what looked hke ~ew supphes of the ·~raham 's Old Peculiar'. and. some of the better youngsters were already headmg that way .. . But tt was not for them. Thetr mmds ran on those famous lines: ' I could not look upon death, which , being known, men led me to him, blindfold and alone'. THE MONITORS.

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. As the first generation of Dixie land tho roughbreds go o ut to pasture (though you may find the last male ' Polean crossbreeds in there midst) the quality of the stock is there fo r all to see. While some were engaged in public examinations Tony had to extend further the already extended trophy shelves to accommodate the new additions which have come from the j uni or end of the House, name ly the Hockey and the Tennis (where Ed , Adam, Tommy P. and Chris did the bus iness). An all -Ho use effort was also aga in apparent in the Shuttle Re lays, though Jollers did his best to ensure his own place in the team by disabling our resident O.A.P. Some o ver-confident batonjuggling sought to amuse the a lready vanquished onlookers . Trad has always been a House of indiv iduals, and this year was no exception. Malcolm Todd won the District Athletics Championships at 800 and 1500 metres and then broke the School records at both distances. Messrs . Lamont and Drury strutted across the Memorial Court, and Chris North starred for the Kent U 15 C ricket elite. Jamies M. and N . along with Jules sta rred for the U 16As, and Chris, P. J . and Tommy Dean asserted their mastery in the Ul 5As. James Stazicker spun devastatingly for the U 14As whilst other Shells were dragged to the lakes by the likes ofCawston and Tozer (with a little help from N. C. W.S. ). We came within an ace of winning the Junior Cricket final - better luck next time boys! As G.C.S .E.s loomed Jamie N. and Dunstan continued the ir early morning prepa rations for the Rug by tour Do wn Under. To mmy G. opted for a leisure ly pos ition in the 2nds as he contemplated his new position next year as Captain of Hockey to say nothing of Head of House - we wish him we ll. Anothe r dedicated spo rts man who took a break from A-levels this time to play for the I st XI was Dan, showing commitment the like of which has not been seen for some time. The less athletic amongst us have been passionately involved in King's Week '93, though N.R.J. preferred foreig n shores . Jed and the Fat Man were hits in the Jazz and Symphony Concerts, though Hugo had to rise from his sic k-bed to perform ; J immy Longsta ffe and Simon Peel we re over the moon, er wall , which was foll owed by Neil and Moz on top form. Tommy G. , Jamie N. and DanK . were central to Dido 's success and lots of other people did lots of other things but we can ' t remember them all. Social ly . .. we ll that 's not particul arly interesting any way. Besides, it has been a rather embarrassing period as two membe rs of the 5ths managed more success than almost all the 6ths put togethe r. Last, but of course not least, we (the members of 6a) would like to thank Mr. and Mrs . Dix in particular for all the ir he lp and support over the years, and we wish them the best of luck in the future. It is also a fa rewell to Mr. Teeton who steps down fro m being Resident Tuto r, but remains, of course , amongst the heavy weights o f the Trad hierarchy. We thank Mr. Se llers, Dr. Bridge, Mr. Wetheri lt and Dr. Thomson , the e ffe rvescent Mi ss Brine and her team of merry ladies, Dick. Tony and all the o thers who have made this a g reat year.

TRADESCANT

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As the posters and photos are taken down and the 6as wipe the tears from their eyes, another year comes to an end . Yet again we ~ave excelled ourselves in all circles of school life. Torn I Collms, the most improved swimmer in the school is appr~aching N~tion~l selection. Congra~ulations t~ Mike Ro~ato for hts 2nd Swtm~mg C?lours. <;:harl_t~ â&#x20AC;˘. Bill , Gtles and Lucy i have amazed us wtth thetr athlettc abtltttes (and tracksuits _ well, Luce did break two school records!), while Lawrence Kenny and Lucy have been improving their serve and volleyi '' Jon ' nice cap', Robert, James, Mike and Adam all played schooi ' cricket, and our rowing prowess was illustrated by our junior squad stroking to the final of the school regatta. >- ,. Academically, fifths and 6as have been stressing about exams but Stu calmed us all down with some invaluable revision tips ' . - good luck to all with results, especially that freaky Cambrtdge offers gang - AAAH! Large numbers of the house will be expanding their book collection on Speech Day - congrats to all. Culturally, on St. George's Day we celebrated with a Sixth Form Dinner in St. Augustine's We all thorough ly enjoyed ourselves and were delighted to welcome Roger Gale, M.P. as guesi speaker. The Fathers and Sons Cricket and Mothers and Daughters Tennis was a tremendous success and g reat thanks go to Mrs. Hudsmith and Mrs. Clayton for providing a superb spread of food. King' s Week performances were littered with Mitchinson's members in Jazz Orchestras, Choirs etc. The most notable performance was Mikee C's Concerto - absolutely brilliant, we love you' ' Mike! Socially, with so much revision we had little time for fun. Stu found plenty of time for relaxation. Chris and Esther - take two after taking a time out! Giles continues his interest in kebabs (that was witty!). Bill has never given up and continues his interest in Walpudlians! The g reat success of Mitchinson's this term and throughout the year has been due to some marvellous team work. Great thanks go to the cleaners who have kept us all in order; to Matron who has ensured everything has run smoothly and to Dr. and Mrs. Maltby for everything . I would like to thank all the Monitors for all their help and wish the new monitors the best for next year. We have all thoroughly enjoyed our time at King's and hope that they will too.

MITCHINSON'S

LUCY HUDSMITH.

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Bailey House: born September 1990, died 8th July, 1993. Cause of death unknown (suspected sex-change disaster). The school is in mourning at the news of the sad loss of Bailey after a brief but glorious life. Bailey's final three months have been filled with thirty-two celebrated acti vities, with its spiritual leader, Livingston , leading by spectacular example. The death came as a great shock considering the high level of fitness throughout the house, from sporty Dawes to somnambulant Beloff. When they lowered themselves to make an appearance the school could not help but stand back and watch in admiration , with Clare, Rat & Toni in the First Tennis team, Lizzie H . & Abi with their dedication to rowing and Dawesy panting her way to be Victrix Ludorum. However, Bailey did not excel in sport alone. Early in the - L .. __ term it was celebrating its vitality with a stylish dinner and even ' in the last days its members were doggedly pursuing academic honours through the ordeal of A-levels. The House was also much praised for its cultural successes. Musicians active in King's Week performances included Antonia Z., Alice, Sam, Clara & Clare L. and numbered among its actresses were Pooja, Fran, Abi, Ta (briefly), Selwa, Hannah, Clare W. and Lucy. Of course, Bailey will never be forgotten for its shining ach ievements in the social whirl. In contrast to Livingston 's over-exuberance, this most beautiful set of debutantes managed to charm the most e ligible bachelors Canterbury has to offer: Clare, Queen of Carpets, Dawesy ' s extra history lessons, Pooja's mo rbid interest in g raveyards and Fran' s highland fling immediately spring to mind. Bailey also had a nasty sense of deja vu as Bankers snatched its Purple's left-overs and Sam and Antonia Z. had a stunning final week. Especially missed will be the 6as (may they have peace in their next lives) especially Emma Bell , whose success as the final Head of House will not be fo rgotten. Mrs. Booton will be remembered for he r valiant and much-appreciated attempts to rev ive Bailey in its dying moments. We thank Ms. Thomas and hope she ach ieves g reat success in her future life . Good luck to Mrs. Wakeham in her attempt to re-incarnate Bailey in a new form. Bailey is dead. Long live Broughton!

BAILEY

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JERVIS

'Good Chap' Charlie, kissed by bearded Bill , Rowed to success with Captain Gill. Unl ike Rachel, she passed by Pod , Obviously not every Charlie's God; As the Bishop proved the better one, For others Evans, Jackson and Scarlett were fun. On the courting front; well what a racket. Jervis certainly doesn't lack it ; James, Cuppage, Wigan and Lei, All these girls know how to play! A .D. lost, Z iegler won, Sayer, he only wanted fun. House Tennis was a slig ht disaster, But in the pool we were much faster. We won the relays, we swam in the team, Laura , Pelz and the twins were keen. King's Week: We ll , what can we say? Singers, stringers and the play. Other events included flings, And many other little th ings: Saskia and Dom, Lex and Bel, What will happen, who can tell? O li via went to Paris, Mill stayed in a tent , And for Rachel Gadget was gravely God-sent. Let's thank Mrs. Browning and Mrs. B. And come on Bailey, R.S .V.P. Good luck to you a ll , have fun if you can P.S. 'Monsieur Dath's a very handsome man.' T HE MONITORS.

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THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES The Summer te rm is always a difficult time because of examination pressures so I must record my spe~ial thanks to the 6a and Fifth Form pupils who rnadea~d . . effort to be With us at t1mes .when they must have felt fully occupied with theÂˇ" cons iderable academ1c workload. The attendance th1s term was generally very good indeed. lr We made. the d~cision to s plit ~he rehear~al s on Tuesdays .and F~idays, so that the first twenty minutes were occup1ed w1th Chapel C~o1r reperto1re and the remammg t1~.e went towards preparation for the Serenade. The advantage of domg so was that we cancelled the trad1ttonal Thursday Serenade rehearsal which meant .that people involved in both c~~irs ha~ to a.ttend on only two rather than three occasio~~ per week. Th1s proved to be successful and 1t IS my mtent10n to repeat the arrangements again next ye as the standard of the Serenade choir did not suffer. ar We have .enjoyed a particularly strong .set of voices from the leavers this year and we shall miss the very much mdeed. To them go .my spec1al thanks. Many of them have given outstanding service for~ number of years and we shall rn1ss them. However, a co.ns~ious d~cis ion has been taken to try to spread the talent mo~Âˇe evenly througho~t the year groups and 1t. IS J?leasmg to note that we have a number of very strong smgers, particularly m the Removes, who w1ll g1ve several more years of service. In view o f the ~educed sixth~ form girl intake, we s.hall be recruiti.ng more and more from the lower part of the school m future. Th1s does not mean that Sixth-formers w1ll not be considered for entry far from it but it is likely that younger talent will not have to wait so long for a place. ' ' The performance o~the Serena~e Choir is reviewed elsewhere, but as its membership is drawn exclusively from the C hapel Cho1r, I would hke to record my thanks to a number of colleagues who have g iven much valued ~upport to both areas. To Dr. Thot?son for his help in preparing the Serenade programme as well as for h1~ much valued work on the bass !me, to Mr. Matthews for hi s compositions and also for singing tenor (w tll we ever have an abundance of tenors?) , and t? ~r. Harris for his work as School Organist. He never makes m1.stakes! A~so to ~r. ~utt, not only for s m~mg tenor but for his considerable knowledge o f the church mus1c reperto1re wh1ch IS much valued. He IS a fund o f ideas. We were sorry that the trip to France did not come to fru ition. We have learnt that tours organised just after the end of the Summer term seem not to work. Family holidays often clash and the leavers seem ready to make the break with school. We are looking hard at spreading our wings fo r October 1994 and hope that details will be available soon. Many thanks once again to everyone for their devoted hard work, and I look forward with enthusiasm to September and more exciting choral singing. The repertoire fo r the term was:

CHOIRS

Christ the Lord is risen again Jubilate Lift up your heads Benedictus God is gone up Te Deum Let all the world in every comer sing Benedictus Jubilate (from Collegium Regale) I was glad Te Deum

Fraser Stanford Mathias Stanford Finzi Yates Vaughan Williams Stanford Howells Parry Yates S. D.P.

C rxpt C hoir this term has covered a wide range of repertoire, both sacred and secular. Apart from our contnbution to the .sung Eucharists we have also taken. part in the Mus~c at St. John 's concert in King's Week, where. the reperto~re seemed to de~elop a sort of antmal fla vour, w1th some old favourites, rang ing from El Gnllo (The Cn cket) and The Stiver Swan to an arrangement of The Teddy Bears' Picnic. As ever this has all been achieved on just forty-fi ve minutes rehearsal a week, and many have found their sight-reading improving considerably. Such concerts, though they add to the fun of sing ing in a g roup like ours, are really an addition to the central task of prov iding the mus ic for the services. This term 's highlights have included John Mundy's Rena i s~ance verse anthem .Sing j oyfully ~ith ~he. bass solo part being s~n g very finely by Cheyney Kent , who w1ll next term find h1mself faced w1th s1mtlar challenges on a da1ly bas is as he stands in as a Lay 2 10

Clerk in Peterborough Cathedral for a year. Apart from this anthem the rest of our repertoire has been unaccompanied, as is usual for us, though we look forward to the arrival of the new organ for the crypt which will give us much more scope for such mus ic. The year as a whole has been very exciting, and the choir have worked hard , and very well together as a group . My thanks to them for their continuing efforts, and best wishes to those who are leav ing; this year it seems to be the majority of the basses - last year it was the tenors - so next term will as usual see an influx of new members. Our repertoire thi s te rm was as follows: C rist6bal de Morales Sunday, 2 nd May Regina Cae/i Sunday, 16th May Sing joyfully John Munday (Solo ist Cheyney Kent) Sunday, 12th June Jesus, the vety thought of thee Edward Bairstow Anton Bruckner Sunday, 26th June Os justi meditabitur M.D.H.

This has been a quiet term , but what was lacking in quantity was made up fo r in excellent quality. Professor Richard Gardner, Head of the Mammalian Development Laboratory at Oxford University (and a school fr iend of R.E.B. 's) spoke fluently and clearly about the basic principles of genetic engineering, and its application to stud ies of embryonic development. He also discussed the cont roversial topic of the ethics of research using human embryos, fielding a series of searching questions from the floor with great expertise and tact. Dr. Cyril Isenberg gave hi s celebrated presentation on 'Soap Films and Soap Bubbles' to a large Lower School audience and met with the usual enthusiastic response to his series of scienti fica lly fasc inating, and aesthetically pleasing, demonstrations. On the menu for next term , I hope, many more pupil-led act ivities. C.J .R.J.

HARVEY

This has been a very active term for the Jazz Club. Our first engagement was within a week of the term 's starting, when we were inv ited by Mr. Michae l Lewis, Musical Directo r of S imon Langton Boys' School, to take part in a Jazz Evening that they held in connection with their Music Wing Appeal on Saturday, 24th April. The Big Band played a section and we were very warmly received by Mr. Lewis, and by the Headmaster of Simon Langton Boys' Gra111111ar , Mr. J. Harris. After that, the term was devoted to preparing for the K ing's Week Jazz Concert that took pl ace on Friday, 2 nd July, and is reviewed elsewhere in this Cantuarian by Mr. Reg. Gristwood, to whom I am most grateful. The members o f the Club worked very hard for the concert and I am delighted for them that the large number of leavers went out on a very high note indeed . I was espec ially pleased for Chris Cre issen, who fronted the whole evening, and for Tim Marson, working in the background , that their effort and organi sation were so well rewarded . The Big Band consisted o f Till Triebel and Ed Millard (Alto Saxophones), Richard Hagan and C heyney Kent (Teno r Saxophones), Ali Hine (Baritone Saxophone), Giles Tennick, Alex Neame, Nick Tattersall and Andrew Briant (Trombones), Matt Brown, Tim Marson, Matt Hillier and Rob Heddle (Trumpets), Matt Belliere and Aaron Birks (Piano), Chris Creissen (Bass) and, Hugo Stevenson and Matt Odgers (Drums and Percussion). C hris C re issen conducted and he and Tim Marson directed. Vocals were prov ided by Tom Jackson, Vanessa Linforth , Lucy Clayto n and Billy Bryant, with Dr. Paul Humberstone being the guest vocalist in Chattanooga Choo-Choo; I am most g rate ful to the Lower Master fo r taking part and for getting into the spirit of the whole occasion . T im Marson, as his alter ego 'Jed ', carried on the traditional jazz torch with his ' Jed 's All -Stars', which cons isted , apart fro m himself on T rumpet, of Billy Bryant and Al i Hine (C larinets), Richard Hagan (Tenor Saxophone) , Alex Neame (T ro mbone), Matt Belliere (Piano) , Chri s C reissen (Bass) and Matt Odgers (Drums); Cheyney Kent did a very distincti ve vocal in Tin Roof Blues. The more mode rn aspects were covered by Hugo Stevenson's Fat Man 's Jazz Funketeers (something of a mi snomer in view of its leader 's

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recent and successful dieting! ) . This gro up comprised Matt Brown (Trumpet), Richard Hagan (Te

Saxop~one), Aaron Birks (Piano), C?ris Crei~sen (Bass) an.d Hugo Stevenson (J?rums and Leader). I Innor pay tnbute here to Hugo Stevenson s splendid determmatlon and loyalty to ht s fellow musicians on ~st

day of the concert. He awoke with a stomach 'bug' which cause him violent illness and severe discomfo e After the morning rehearsal, he checked i~to the San.,. w,here he remained until he got out of his sick-b~ for the concert. There, he played drums m all the Kmg s Jazz Orchestra numbers (essentially 'stoppi the show' with his joint drum~ extravaganza with Matt Odgers in Peter Gunn) and directed his F.M ~g group - and then checked back mto the San. at the end of the evenmg. All the Club were fu ll of admirati~ Âˇ for hi s selflessness and professionalism in this dedicated approach. n The now-traditional male-vocal close-harmony contributions to this concert were under the confident and ~ble direction ?f Captain of Scho<?l C~eyney Kent, who o_rganised Tom Jacks.on (Te~or) , ~ichard Hagan (Bantone), and Billy Bryant (Bass) m hts Barbershoppe (sic) Quartet. As an mnovat10n thts time there was a Girls' Barbershop Group, with Vanessa Linforth (Soprano) , Lucy Clayton (Mezzo-Soprano) , Natasha Randall and Holly Skelton (A ltos). An event such as th is depends on the technical expertise of those who do not get the bouquets on stage Oll ie Nash , with the conscientious support of Mr. M. J. Tennick, Jonathan Shaw and Tim Jackson did s uperb things in the sou nd department , whilst Adam Fendius did sterling work on lighting, ably assisted by Richard Collins, Owen Buckingham, Jon Alcock and Mr. J. Evans. I am very g rateful to Mr. R. J Mathews who kindly did the favour of type-setting the programme, and Mr. G . Neeve who printed it. Three of our number this time (Gi les Tennick, Rob Heddle and Tom Jackson) were purs uing the honou~ of the school at Henley and , in the event of their hav ing to continue on beyond the day of the concert we had several people standing by to understudy. For this (although, as it turned out, their serv ices wer~ not called upon) I am most grateful to Mr. Keith Davies, Mr. Steve Young, Mr. Clifford Lister, O.K.S. and Mr. Barnaby Stevenson, O.K.S. T his year we have been short of a trombone and we are all most appreciative of the contributions that Stephanie Rooke has made to our number. Stephanie was not available for the King's Wee~ concert itself and we are all very gratef~l for the reliable and .dependable musicianship of Mr. Andrew Bnant, who took the fourth trombone position at very short nottce mdeed. In connection with the arrangements for all these understudies, I should like here to insert a very warm personal word of thanks to Mrs. Lynne Elwood, of the Mus ic Department , who has been an absolute rock of gentle, efficient , calm and genial s upport throughout the whole business. She has a genuine affection for all the King's mus ic pupils and that this is readily reciprocated was well illustrated by the fact that she very deservedly received not one but two spontaneous votes of thanks from members of the C lub during the concert. Now I come to the saddest part o f these reports: listing and thanking the people who are leaving this year. I should like to thank Vanessa Linforth, Natasha Randall, Holly Skelton and Lucy Clayton for their Girls' Barbershop innovation . Lucy is also thanked for some spendid vocal contributions with the King's Jazz Orchestra and with Hugo Stevenson 's group over the last two years. Someone else who has been here only two years - though, from his immense contributions, his mus icianship and h is well-established musical (and other) sense of humour, it is difficult to believe that hi s time here is so short - is saxophonist Richard Hagan . In h is quiet , low-key way, not only has he made a distinguished mus ical input but has engendered an excellentjoie de vivre that has added considerably to the proceed ings. It is bad enough losing a talented saxophonist who has been with us only two years, but in the case of Till Triebel we have had a tantali singly short (though intense) exposure to his incred ibly high-powered saxophonic wizzardry ; he has essentially been King' s, answer to the late Charlie Parker, but, frustrat ingly, we lose him, as he returns to Germany, at the end of the 6b. Although he has done his fu ll stint in the school , Aaron Birks has been involved in the jazz only since his sixth-form days but, whi lst maintaining his appealingly modest demeanour , he has made some splendid contributions to the Big Band and - latterly - to the modern group F.M.J.F. I personally have also much enjoyed his informal, blues piano playing (and so has Mr. Tennick!). T he Jazz Concert was , for me, an event of considerable nostalgia, for many of the 6a members of the Jazz C lub, whose ensemble was heard at Kin~ 's for the last time that evening, had been playing together s ince their Shell days. The fraternity of Chns Creissen, Tim Marson, Matt Odgers, Matt Belliere, Ali Hine, Billy Bryant , G iles Tennick, Hugo Stevenson and Cheyney Kent has been the backbone of King's Jazz throughout a complete and continuous generation of pupils. It is devastating and deci mating, to the Big Band in particular, to suffer their simultaneous departure and, although we always ask, each year, ' how can we replace the leavers? ', this year the loss is indeed immense. I thank them all for their manifest loyalty to the C lub , and for giving so many pupils, colleagues, and parents so much pleasure over the years. I should especiall y li ke to mention Hugo Stevenson for d irecting F.M.J.F. and C hey ney Kent for organising the vocal aspects of this year' s concert. 2 12

0 e ' Ieaver' this year whom I must thank very warmly is Mr. David Sheath, who ~oes from us to .b ecome . n tor of Music at Fettes College, Edinburgh. He has given a vast amount of mvaluable, behmd-the~~r~~s, low-key support to the C lub, whether it be generously making time available froll_l his own rehearsals sc~ the Big Band found difficulties in establishing a mutually convement slot, or s tttmg m , at the pupllw entors' request on rehearsals and giving authoritative, encouraging- but realistic and honest- adv1ce, ~~~~asked. He h~s attracted enormous respect from Jazz C lub members and I should like to add my thanks for all that he has done. M last words must , of course, be reserved for Chris Creissen and T im Marson. Wha.t .can I say? As 1 ./ friends of long standing, though of very d ifferent temperaments and personah tJes they have ~ Â°~ Jemented each other and got it j ust right this year. Jed' s All-Stars has been ~me of the ~ost p~pul~r dftional groups for years thanks m no small measure to the modest and Jacome presentation of Jed ; tra for the King's Jazz Orchestra with ' Jed' in the background, and Chris fronting with a great deal of as nache assurance and control - admirably doing the balancing act of projecting t.he Band, whilst at the ~=me ti~e establishing and maintaining a relaxed rapport between himself and the audtence- they produ~ed a sound and an atmosphere that completed what has been, for me, on~ ~fthe most enJoyable ye~rs o~ers~e!ng the Jazz Club for quite a cons!~erabl e ti~e. I thank them both for thetr 1mmense contnbut1ons m mamtammg and extending our Jazz tradttlons dunng the five years that they have been here. R.B.MA.

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Funny , frustrating, clever, curious, useless, and insidious were all words which ~ere MARLOWE applied to Calvino's novel If on a Winter's Night a Traveller at the Marlowe Soc1e~y. T he self-conscious style of Calvino's prose irritated Alice Lascelles, who , w1th Francesca Beauman, presented a critical view early on; Francesca fe lt restricted by the iro~ies, parad?xes and misinterpretations which the book aroused. In some ways, the multiple l ~vel s of consciOusness ~ 1 thm A Traveller were confusing and Calvino, the international hero of abstract ht~rary theory, at least m the eyes of other abstracted literary theorists, alienated at least some of hts audtence. Mr. Davies held the other s ide of the debate over the ' quality' of the book, saying that Calvi no scrutinised writing itself, criticising the ' humanistic hangover' in novel writing. Many wide-ranging ideas and opinions surfaced during the debate. The suggest ion that book ~ are no longer sacred , and that to explore the gap between signifier and signified, between ' M~. ~rowmng' ~nd ' Mr. Browningness', to say noth ing of Mr. Browning, resulted in an insurmountable ambtgUt.ty of meanmg and language, a notion which seemed to take some, notably .Reverend Thac.kra,Y, .whose ~tble beca~e a little less specific , by surprise. C hris Tayler told us somethmg about Calvmo s mterest m cybern~t t c~, as well as something about the reader's new importance over the a~thor's. T~ e whol~ a1.m of Calv mo,s witty , intellectual wor~ is to turn literary theory into a ~t~ry, o_rÂˇa senes of stones, aboh shmg the _reader s preconceptions about hterature and, metaphon cally, ktllmg h1 mself, the auth?r. However, ~alv t~o only part ly succeeded in this ambition because, as some reali sed, he is not ' dead ' m the book; he IS Still there to annoy us . The discussion went on to examine the notion of biography, which has an inestimable effect upon a reader's interpretation of a given text: for example, our readings of Lark.i n's poetry as affect.e d by recent biographies of the poet. T hese take different forms: theoliticall y correct btography; the Freudta.n mess-up ; the sexually-deranged pervert version; the 'not-a-very-nice-chap' biography, and so on. But .1f language is so sli ppery , then so must be biography. All of history becomes merely a sto~y; 1t ceases !o ex 1st factuall7 because there are no fixed reference points. Whereas before we had Mr. Brownmg as all as Mr. Brownmg , and Mr. Brown ingness, now we have only Mr. Browningness. Oh dear. Mr. Davies concluded by describing the career of one of the hi~h priests of deconstruct!on, Paul De Man. He claimed that history ' the past, does not exist because there IS n.o rroper referenc~ pomt; therefore it does not matter. After his death, it turned out that the reason for h1 s ms1stence on th1s may have had something to do w ith his ow n, successfu lly concealed , Nazi past. So is there any way forward through this post-structuralism? It seems that even _the defin ition of ~ot defin ing has become too ambiguous to trust. It is difficult to understand and to tell by t~lhng.and under~tandmg - and, besides, just as the t1tle of this talk ('Sexing the Author') 1~ open to mult1p!e mterpretat1~n s, . so perhaps is each and every word of this article. Whether that renders 1t useless or not IS a purely subJeCtive dec ision . HERON MCCONNELL.

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CHAPLAIN'S NOTES At the end of the academic year, my note-book has about it an air of a first draft for an Osc· acceptance sp~ech, bein~ full of reminders.to thank specific people fo~ their wo~k over the yea~r It may be not mappropnate to thank them m the pages of the Cantua nan . So , smcere and warm thanks to the following: James Phipson, of whom I can indeed say that I have never known a better King's School Sacristan. And with him, his cohort (harem may be not quite the word) of servers. To have a Sacristan who is both special constable and company director in my first year is to have an admirably courteous g uide. James's diplomacy has been seen at its best in his strengthening of the links with the Cathedral. Which leads to the next group: the Vesturer and virgers of the Cathedral· who have indeed been positive in their co-operation. It is indeed pleasing that the Nave has bee~ successfully restored; equally pleasing that this means that next term Crypt prayers can resume This leads me to think of: my colleagues who lead Crypt Prayers, the Lower School Service. School Prayers and who chair the Sixth Form Sunday talk. Several have been persuaded to mak~ their debut in leading Prayers this academic year; many more have been those who 'willingly' take their turn each year. A special mention of Bill Browning, in his first year on the staff, who led an excellent week of Shirley Hall Prayers wrestling with the realities of agnosticism. And also of Duncan Parrish , who presaged his appointment as Senior Scholar by agreeing to show that there is life before 9 in leading a week of Prayers next term. Whilst writing of my colleagues I must also speak of those who cheerfully bore the challenge of stewarding at Carols and Commem: ' Smoother than ever!' was the verdict on the influx of the congregation: this speaks well of the tact of the stewards, who include the Purples, who also merit thanks. This must be said especially of those who read in Mattins: the Senior Scholar, the Senior Girl and the Captain of School about whom I wou ld be eulogistic, since he has indeed supported the C haplain all year long of his troublous life . As has the Headmaster,•fellow priest, who last September celebrated his silver jubilee of ord ination . To all of these, and more, my thanks . J.A.T. The following candidates were confirmed by the Bishop of Dover in the Cathedral on Sunday, 7th March: C laire Alder, Anna Bancroft, Matthew Berry, Adam Brown, K.M.S., Stephen Bushnell , M.S., Naomi C hamberl in , Piers Clough, Samantha Davies, James Day , Thomas Everett, K.S., James Firth , Leo Fransella, K.S., Lucy Heise, Alastair Hine, M.S., Lucy Hudsmith , Georgina Le ig h-Pemberton, Anna Lewis, James MacAdie, Justine McConnell , Abigail Mance, James Martell , Timothy Mitchell, James Munday, James Murch, Jonathan Murch, Laura Perrin, Caitlin Prince, Emma Pyke , Georgina Richards, Timothy Ridges, Robert Sixsmith, Patrick Spiller, Edward Sterck, Mary Stevens, K.S., Timothy Strange, Susannah Tydeman , Felicity Wacher, Michael Wharfe, K.S ., Adam Withrington, Anne Wilson (U.K.C.). Amounts given to Charity during the year following collections: Friends of the Earth £750 The Leon Katz Trust Fund £750 Christian Aid £ 130 Poppy Fund £ 150 Health Aid Moyo £ 125 N.S.P.C.C. £ 50 Shelter (from M itchinson 's House Concert)£ 93.28 Shelter £320 2 14

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Cricket 1st XI There is little doubt that this year's side had the potential to be better than last year's unbeaten XI. The diffcrcnc was that the bowling was better, but the batting less reliable and this showed up in the results in that one more victo c was achieved, but two games were lost. The early matches confi rmed the bowling strength as Dover College Highgat7 Dul wich and Eastbourne were all bowled out with Ed Sayer claiming 15 wickets. The runs were scored quite ea~ily to beat Dover, but to make 182 in two hours to beat Highgate required a magnificent century by Ben Craddock off only 85 balls and this ensured victory with 3 ball s to spare. Unfortunately the XI, needing j ust 22 to beat Dulwich could reach only 100 for 7 and the batting frai lties were aga in evident the following Saturday at Eastbourne wher~ the wi nning score of 130 was reached, but only after losing 8 wickets. If a side bat badly batting second they can often escape with a draw, but when it happens batting fi rst then it is much harder to avoid defeat and thus it was again\! Cranleigh that our total of 115 was fa irly easi ly passed and the XI lost their first match for just over two years. Unfortunately the match at St. Paul's was ca.nc~ll cd and ~o with the half-term break and a blank Saturday during the exams, the XI's next match was at the begmnmg of Cncket Week. The whole week was blessed with the moM marvellous hot and sunny weather and although this made play ing so many matches more ti ring , it did ensure some very good batting wickets. The fi rst match- except for a splendid century by Mark Ryeland , O.K.S. - was a reasonably uneventful draw, but the second after, in the circumstances, a too generous declaration resulted in a loss to St. Lawrence College. An exc it ! ~g draw against K.C.S. Wimbledon, in which t~e XI! fin ish ing on 20 1-8, did very well to get ~0 close to the oppos1t1on's 206-4 dec., was followed by a comprehensive VICtory over Sutton Valence With the highl ight of the match being a cen!ury opening part~ersh i p b~tween ~ob<:rt Weston (50) and Julian Le~is -J ones (71). The O. K.S. match followed a fa m1 har pattern w1th h1gh-scon ng fi rst mnmgs and then the O.K.S. bemg bowled out leaving the XI to score 141 for victory in a fairly short time. Last year the XI won with one ball to spare and this year it wa~ with 5 balls left, so let us hope for many more similarly exciting matches in the years to come. After a welcome reM day, poor catching allowed the M.C.C. to score 2 10-2 dec., but at 124-2 at the call of the last 20 overs and with Julian Lew is-Jones scoring freely, the XI had a real chance of victory. However once wickets started to fall the chase fizzled out , leav ing the XI on 186-7 at the close. In the final game of the season the Stragglers of Asia were reduced to 36 for 5, by some fi ne bowling by James Grindley, before escaping to declare at 164-9, but it wasn't enough and the XI won by 4 wickets. â&#x20AC;˘ Certainly the weakness of the XI was the lack of reliable middle-order batsmen and it is clear from the averages how much the XI depended on three or fou r people to score runs and in particular Ben Craddock. His good eye for the ball and natu ral timing resulted in many fi ne innings and to average over 50 with a total of 520 runs deserves a special mention, especially as he often had to bat after keeping wicket for a long period. Robert Weston, with very sound defence, but as yet an inability always to put the bad ball away and Julian Lewis-Jones, who attacked the ball with relish, fo rmed an excellent opening partnership, running particularly well between the wickets and averaging 52 for the fi rst wicket - what a pity they didn't open together all season. Jamie Rayner played several important innings, but the luck didn't run fo r him th1s year and he will have been disappointed not to have turned many medium scores into larger ones. Ed Sayer scored vital runs on several occasions with some really powerful hitting, but unfortunately the middle order rarely made a major contribution. Ed Sayer, with real pace and aggression, sustained for long spell s, was the spearhead of the attack and was the ideal bowler to bring back to fi nish off an opposition innings; James Grindley always bowled a good line and l en~th , but only in the last match was he rewarded with wickets in any number; Andy Wilson with good control and the ab1lity to move the ball was not afraid to experiment and can be pleased with 21 wickets in his first season; Robert Weston prov ided the alternative with his off-spin and he bowled many very usefu l spells vary ing his fl ight well and bowling a good arm-ball . This was the year when several other good bowlers, who would often have been regular I st XI players, were unlucky enough to play or bowl only occasionally or indeed not even get into the XI. Mat Odgers, although not enjoying the best of seasons personally, partly th rou~ h not bowling himself enough early in the year, captained the XI with much good sense and skill - it is an exceptionally difficu lt job with so many options to be considered and fie ld placings so crucial and he deserves much credit fo r the overall success of the season. Linac rc and The Grange won the Senior and Junior House Competitions respectively. There were many notable performances from other teams in the school and in particular the 2nd XI are to be congratulated on an unbeaten season. Many colleagues deserve thanks for long hours spent umpiri ng and coaching the nine other school teams and this year in part icu lar a spec ial thank you to Bob Bee, who, at a moment's notice, has always been happy to umpire numerous house and school matches. A.W.D. Team: Matthew Odgers* (Capt.) , Thomas Aldridge, Benjamin Cossens, Benjamin Craddock*, Charles Doust, James Grindley*, Julian Lewis-Jones*, Daniel Quin , Jamie Rayner*, Edward Sayer*, Robert Weston*, Jonathan Will is, Andrew Wil son*, Julian Wooderson. *Colours

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Played 12, Won 6, Drawn 4, Lost 2, A bandoned 2. Dover College 140 (Sayer 12-2 -24-5, Weston 12-2-44-4); K. S.C. 14 1-4 (Ray ner 50, Craddock 57*). Won. High&ate 181 (Sayer 22-7-37-5); K. S.C. 182-2 (Craddock 11 7*). Won. DuhvJch 12 1; K.S.C. 100-7. Drawn. Eastbourne 129; K.S.C. 132-8. Won. K.S.C. 11 5; C ranle ig h 11 6-3. Lost. Band of Brothers 2 10-6 dec.; K.S.C. 166-5. Drawn. K s.C. 177-8 dec. (Sayer 5 1*); St. Lawrence College 180-4. Lost. K.C s. Wimbledon 206-4 dec .; K.S.C. 20 1-8 (Craddock 59). Drawn. K·s.'c. 226-5 dec. (Weston 50, Lewis-Jones 71); Sutton Vale nce 99 (Westo n 16-6-52-5). Won. o·K.S. 238-6 dec. and 11 7 (Sayer 17-5-49-5, Wilson 11.5-3-2 1-4); K.S.C. 2 15 (Lewis-Jones 66) and 14 1-3 (Craddock 6J Rayner 56*) . Won. M.'C.C. 2 10-2 d~c.; K.S.C. 1 86-~ (Lewis-Jones 60). D rawn. Stragglers of Asm 164-9 dec. (G nndley 14.4-3-38-6) ; K.S.C. 168-6. Won . I st XI AVERAGES Highest BATfl NG Innings Not Outs Runs Score A ven1ge Craddock.... .............. .. .............. . ... 13 3 520 117 52.0 Lewis-Jones........ .. ... .... ................ .. II 0 3 14 66 28.5 Rayner .... .................. .. ............... . .. 13 I 3 12 56* 26.0 Sayer.. ....................... ................ .. 10 4 150 5 1* 25.0 Weston ...................... ..... ...... :.. .. . .. 13 0 223 50 17.2 Odgers .... .................. .... ................ 10 3 128 38 16.0 Doust ........................................ .. . 7 2 70 31 14.0 Willis.................................. .. ....... 10 2 89 20 11.1 Also batted: Aldridge 5-4-28-1 0 *-28; Cossens 1-0-0-0-0; Grindley 5-2-24-12*-8; Quin 1- 1-0-0*-- ; W ilson 2-1-0-0*-0 ; Wooderson 4-0-29- 17-7.25. BOWLING Wickets Average Runs Overs Maidens 18.3 21 32 385 Wilson.. ..... ..... ... ............ .. .. .. ....... .. 133 19.9 459 23 46 176.4 Sayer .... ...... ................. .... ............ 20 .8 4 83 6 Odge rs ...... .................... .... ............ 31 22 .3 16 245 II 80 G ri nd ley .. . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . 24.4 440 18 25 Weston.......... ... ................. ........... 13 1.2 27. 0 135 5 3 Aldridge .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . 31 3 1. 7 3 95 3 Cossens .. ....... . . ... .. .... .. ...... .......... .. 30 44.5 89 2 5 Quin ................ .. .......... ................ 27 Also bowled : Craddock 3-0- 15-0 -- ; Rayne r 4-0- 12-0 -- .

2nd XI At the very first net sessio n it was clear that this was going to be a good season . There were pace bowle rs a-plenty (though precious little in the spin department) and more than enough batting . The problems we re going to be a) who to lea ve out and b) how to ensure that everyone in the team got enough c ric ket. The fi rst game produced a comfortable win over Highgate with Michael Webb scoring a 50 and looking more confident than he ever was last season . Charlie Doust - all hockey-player 's bottom hand and good eye - notched the first of severa l good scores in support , a nd with the medium-quicks Cossens, Aldridge and Hillier in fine form , Highgate fell well short of the ta rllet. Last year we slaughte red St. Lawrence - this year they were saved by M r . Bee's dri ving and Tom Aldridge's nav•gation. Play did not start until 2.50, and despite a spirited 50 from Rob Adams and a n unorthodox but effect ive 30-odd from Chris Mi lne, the re was not enough time to secure the win . Dul wic h have ofte n proved our toughest opponents in the past. This time we gave them a roasting . Messrs Hill ier , Gree nwall and Cossens bowled with g reat verve and accuracy to leave o ur oppone nts struggling on 104-8 at tea a fter 44 overs. There was a sporting declaration followed by a run chase which was slow in picking up momentum , but once O llie Carter had unleashed a mighty six over mid-wicket confidence flooded into him a nd C ha rlie Doust, a nd the T riangle Twins sa w us home with an over and 7 wickets to spare. Eastbourne have a lso posed us problems over the recent past , but this year we were marginally the better s ide in a game whic h ran o ut of steam once we had batted on a fte r tea and the n managed only two opposition wickets at the 20-over mark. Mike Cotton made a sprightly 27 agai nst Cran le igh as we posted the fourth 150-plus ta rget in fi ve games, but despite Wiggy Drinkwate r's inspired spell of 5-22 in 10 overs, our hosts he ld on for the draw at 57-9. Sutton Valence had beefed their side up with a handful of 1st XI players, and despite a major contribut ion from o ne of the m the all -round stre ngth and depth of ou r team triumphed in the e nd as we won by 4 wickets. Rob Adams bowled with venom a nd accuracy for a 5-wicket haul , and C harlie Doust was the pick of the batsmen . We nea rly came unstuck j ust before the half-term break . Whenever we face local I st Xis the re is always the risk of one or two reall y good players causing us problems, and so it turned out on thi s occasion. Having skewered them at 38-4 we thought we had a comfortable 2 17

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win in han~. Master I?uffy of St. .Augustin~·s I st XI had other plans, though , as he c rashed ·a iant 70 f . attac k. Th~1r declaration gave us JUSt 30 mmutcs plus 20 overs, and though of course we we~t ~ th 0 fo ur Wilting of early w1c kcts put the brake on and we relied on a fine innings from Rob Adams i~ uncharact~r. / runs, the loss 1 mode to bat out 16 overs to secure the draw. What a pity he chose to throw his wicket away with · n st callyb defensive · JUS 1wo ails to , · ~ It IS Otten diffic ult to resurrect the team once A-levels have started . Not so th is year. St. Pau l's the . go. beat us last year, came down to face us at almost full stre ngth (though the selectors had by now pluck d C~nlfi Side to from our ranks). They got more than they had bargained for in the shape of Rob Adams who had 0e a r IC Doust that a ll-ro~nders dr~am of. He ~mashed through the Pauline batting line-up, clean-bowl in six of hi~ 0 those days ~nd breakl.n~ the m1ddle stump m the process. Not content with that he went out 10 bat w~th our u e ight VICIJm\ m the paviliOn a nd smashed a spectac ular 38, !ncluding four boundaries off five balls, 10 win the Pf1~e o;?cr back the Man of the !"fatch award ..He then broke h1s finger, went on a n Engineering course a nd reti rei~ hs ~veil as Nothmg hke gomg out on a h1gh note . o r I c season

9u~ vis i! to St. Edmund 's on a swelte ringly hot day resulted in a fifth win o f the season, albeit on an u

art1fic~al w1cket: Juhan Wood.e~son. and Aaron Jarrett occupied the crease long enough to give us a reasonabl nfamlhar

e platform, but with the m1ddle-order fa llmg 11 was left to the Trad. Lads Grant and Quin 10 enable us 10 decl a decent score on .the board. Thereafter it w~s all Ben Cossens.' Bo wling with gr~at pace and hostility ~1~ d'lt tea with the oppositiOn ;nnmgs and we came home with a 49-run win in the bag. And so we faced our last game of th~~hshcd Duke of York s 1st XI chos~ to bat! and bat, a nd bat, a nd whe n we fina lly got to the c rease it was 5 32 cason. Green wa ll had done the busmcss with the ball: 4 -9 in just 4.3 overs- Oliver Carter did it with the iY 1 pAmb. ! ames was enough to see us through to a safe draw , and the unbeaten season was secure. a· nsk 37

. The all-round ~trength of the team with both bat and ball was the prime reason for o ur success. A look at the · . Illustrates the pomt. Thr~e bowlers had averages o f under 10: Cosscns 6.9 1· Grcenwall 8.33 and Hillie 8 6 ftallsllcs A~ams on 1 0.6~ and Drmkwatc r on 12.54 were o nly ju~t over. The strike' rate was excellent too: Gr~en.wait'~~~~~~ Hillier 19. 3, Adt~ms 22.6 and Cossens 22 .9. On the battmg front Tommy Grant proved very d ifficult to d . · ·5· h1s averag~ of92 ~as by far the best.. Charlie Doust was ultra-reliable with 30.4, a nd Rob Adams o n 29.6 /~~~~6 50 that St. As d1sm1ssal , Rob!) and M1ke Webb on 21.6 were also regular contributors. P Y out Anothe r reason was the e~ccllcnt spirit. Sevc~al masters in charge of the opposing sides comme nted how deli htfu our boys were - I replied m each case that thiS was ~s e njoyable a season as I could re member. Bas didn 't ~vim 1 o~t half-w~y t~rough th~ term ; everyone came to practices (mostly!); no-one moaned about anything; people helrJ ~lth. t.h~ kit :-"lthout h~vmg ~o be. asked ; and Ben Cossens. wa.s an outstanding captain. His own performances were msp1rat1on.al, h1~ bo_whng ch,mgcs we re spot-on and, ev.en 1f h1s field placmgs were occasionally a little too defensive for my llk111g, h1s han.dllng of the team was very ~ood 111deed . We also had in Tommy G rant a wicket-keeper whose work with the glo~~s 1mprovcd enormously as the season ':"ent _on, wi.JOse batting was always de pendable, a nd whose ~remendous c nthus1asm d1d much to keep the mora le of the s1de !ug h. H1s whoop a nd charge to the wicket to con ratulatc all and sundry whenever a w1ck~t fe ll was a m~morable feature o ! a wonderful season. A mention too for self-agpointed v1cc-captam.Aaron Jarre.tt . He d_Jd not sto p talkmg all s.eas~n . gee111g bowle rs up, encouraging fellow fielders and gettin ~om~ntum mto a slugg1sh battmg partner. H1s. contnbut10n was substantial. To every member of the team 1 want 1 ~ say. thank you for your courtesy, good humour, 1mpeccable behaviOur a nd excelle nt cric ket - it has been a real pleasure takmg you th 1s season, and I look fo rward to seeing many o f you back next April. It .~ould be quite inappropriate to e nd th is report wit~out s~ying so~ethi~g abo ut Mr. Bob Bee. His help in takin the s1~c on some of the1.r a~ay m~tches a~d. h1s e nthusiaStiC mte rest m the1r cricket has agai n been invaluable. Hi~ unfallmg good hum~mr, h1s fne~dsh1p and wllhn~ness to ass1~t have .greatly enhanced my enjoyment of a hugely successful season. That he will not be wuh. us ~ext year IS a. great d1sappomtme nt, but 1 hope he will always fee l that he will be welcome to come down to B1rley s and turn h1s arm over in the 2nd XI nets. P.A. E.D. Team: Ben Cosscns (Capt.), Rob A~ams, Oliver Carter, Mi~hacl Davies, C harl ie Doust, William Drinkwater Tom Grant, James Greenwall , Matthew H1llle r, Aaron Jarrett, M1chacl Webb. ' Also played :. Tom Aldridge, Josh Cole, Mike Cotton, Aditja Datta, Nick Forrest, Julian Lewis-Jones Chris Milne Dan Qum, Julian Wooderson . ' ' 2 nd Colo'!r~ aw;1rded to: Rob Adams, <?liver .Carter, Ben Cossens, C harlie Doust, W illia m Drinkwater Tom Grant ' ' Matthew H1lllc r, Aaron Jarrett, Dan Qum, M1chae l Webb. 2nd Colours rc-awarded 10: James Greenwall. R ESULTS

Played 10, Won 5, Drawn 5, Lost 0 . K.S .C .. 157-5 (W.cbb 54 , Doust44) ; Hig hgate, 70 (Cossens 4-4, Aldridge 4-22 , Hillie r 2-7). Won by 87 runs. K.s.c; .. 157-4 (Ada~s 50 n.o .. M1 lne 34, G rant 22, Jarrett 20); St. Lawre nce, 50-6 (Cossens 3-25, Hillier 2- 1). Drawn. Dulw1ch. 104-8 (Hillie r 3- 16); K.S. C. , 105-3 (Carter 24 n.o. , Doust 22 n.o .) . Wo n by 7 wickets. K.S.C .. 158 (Doust 28, Cosscns 25, Grant 20 n .o.); Eas.tbourne, 94-7 (Cossens 2- 19). Drawn . ~.S.C. 151-8 (Cotton 27, Adams 23, Jarrett2 1); C ranle1gh, 57-9 (Drinkwater 5-22). Drawn. S utto n Yal~nc~. 129 (Adams 5-3 1, Carter 2- 16) ; .K.S.C., 130-6 (Doust 34, Webb 23, Carter 2 1). Won by 4 wic kets. St. Aug~stmc s 1st XI, 133-9 (Cossens 4-2 1, Hillie r 4-25); K.S. C., 88-8 (Webb 2 1). Drawn. St. Paul s , 97 (A darns 8-28); K.S.C., 98-6 (Adams 38, Webb 24). Won by 4 wickets. K.S.C .. 138 U.arrctt 3 1, Woodcrson 30 , Grant 29); St. Edmund 's, 89 (Cossens 6- 19, Hillie r 3-1 0). Won by 49 runs. Duke of Yorks 1st XI. 153 (Grccnwall 4-9); K.S.C. , 68-5 (Carter 37). Drawn. 2 18

3rd XI

This year we had many good players with Nick and Ma rk playing in their third year for the 3rds and ou r very own T d Dexte r - Dr. Hands allowed youth to flour ish as we found that Venus was the right starsign! The first match . eainst Dover College was dom inated by a hard-hitti ng 45 from Chris and despite a fi ve-wicket haul by Nick they ~g ng onto the draw. Will showed early form (which seemed to disappear later in the season) with a fifty against Highgate. With the prospect of a d raw Purav took four late wickets, but they hung on - just! Simon hit three nice boundaries . nd just ifiably bought a new bat , to spend the rest of the season knock ing it in on the boundary! a After a strong openi ng against Dulwich, with Mike hitting 43 we suffered the 'England middle-order collapse' with the scorebook readi ng I , I , I , I , I . Despite this we rode th ro ugh the rain .V.:ith T im taking five wickets to gain a rare victory. Tim took another five as we bowled East bourne out for 61, w1pmg a few sm1lcs off the faces of the team vho seldom got less than 150. Although we had the whole afternoon and to the fury of Dr. Hands were suffered the ~team collapse' aided by the 'gung-ho, we only need ha lf-an-hour ' attitude of Kicron and the upper order. Matt again produced a solid 20 a&ainst C ranlei.gh aide~ by Mark, who e~entually found form and Gus who clubbed a few at the end. Tim took fi ve w1ckcts - agam, to g1ve us a n 1mpress1ve VIctory . Thanks must go to Dr. Allday for his wit , charm and decepti vely slow quicker ball and to Dr. Hands for his necessary fielding practice a nd Adi our to uri ng fore igner who showed us how cricket is played in Ind ia . Thanks musn't go to the weather fo r spoil ing at least two matches, but neverthe less a good, successful season was had by all. RESULTS

NICHO LAS FORREST.

Won 2, Winning draw 2, Narrow loss I . Tile teilln: Matt Alabaster, Aditja Datta (w), William Davies, Nick Forrest (c), Mark Gaskain, Richard Goulden, Simon Johnson. Tim Marson, Chris Milne, Kicron Murphy, Purav Patel , Gus Wilkinson . Also played: Mike Cotton, Mike Davies, Jasper Gale, H umphrey Jones, Alex Maines.

4th XI Yes. we all wanted to be in the 3rds! However we weren't, so we were the 4ths, and we were, even though I say so myself. pretty hot. Yes , it was a stupendous season, starti ng with an early defeat by Dulwich (and our thanks and a complimentary box o f chocolates go to their outspoken wicket-keeper who attempted repeatedly to convince us we were out. .. every bal l. .. ). There then followed two further defeats, first by Eastbourne, who insisted on playing with 13 a side, havi ng arranged for two athletes who should have been at least in the 2nds to play for them, so that we got a sound whipping, and then by Cranlcigh who were our closest match. We collapsed early, but Cranlcigh suffered a similar fate, until the sixth batsman fe lt obliged to save the match, and succeeded . . . But a fter a ll it 's not the winning but the playing that counts (and whoever thought up that stupid idea anyway?). We were not destined for success: we were the bottom half of the 3rds and the bottom half of the U 16As; thus we felt it was a promotion s ideways to the 4ths. Everyone distinguished themselves on the field in some way - the nets we found meant little. Purav Patel, who had played for the 3rds on several occasions, demonstrated determination, perseverance, a nd the need to blow his nose (now we know how he ~cts that much sw ing) . Humphrey Jones as an opening batsman rewrote all previous opinions of himself, show ing a skil l and j udgement that more than did him cred it; Tom Barwell gave a n exceptional batting performance on all th ree occasions. Tim Nealon came out of ret irement for Eastbourne and Cranleigh a nd made some respectable scores (eh-hem. .. ), at Eastbourne running up a huge partnership with Tom Wacher, who batted with subtlety and fell victim only to the best of balls (unfortunately these seemed to come in unreasonably large numbers). The captain, Alex Maines , deliberately suffered a recurring joint injury, so that he would be removed from the 3rds and could thus continue to play for the 4ths. Alex South provided entertainment and advice at Dulwich despite a scant score, and solid practice for the ingoing batsmen, not to mention very constructive suggestio ns for deali ng w1th the wicket-keeper. Sorry Alex, no chocolates, but our bag of goodies is winging its way to you at this very moment (on the slow boat to Chi na .. . ). James Cheeseman came and played tennis, I mean cricket, for us and played better than anyone else, batting a nd bowli ng (there's no justice, is there?) . So we're not going to give him any chockics, are we? No. Ja mes Morgan kept wicket admirably, considering he got no chance to practise with the bowle rs, and his ba.tting had a definite clarity. Ali Hawkins added a refreshing level of humour and informality to the games as they became increasingly stressful. Our thanks to Alex Bingham-Wilson (close Alex, but no cigar) who demonstrated that a nyone can bowl a nd did, devastating the Dulwich lower middle order in four balls; C lassic quote: 'What's he bowl? Spin . . . Ooo dear me . . . ' My apologies to T om Moore whom I unde rrated from the beginning, and from the beginn ing proved me wrong. Despite not maki ng amazing scores, his ski ll was obv io us . Thanks to Ed Pitt, who gave me a lot of advice without which I might have been even more lost. Fi nally, these notes would not be complete without Pete Fearn and Marcus Riccoboni who were both wi ll ing to give up their free time to play for us: Pete who was asked to play while he was accompanying Tom Barwell o n exeat on the coach, a nd Marcus who volunteered in Saturday mornmg assembly. So it only remains for me to thank, lad ies and gentlemen, the Gentlemen of the Fourth Eleven: Alex (I) 'Leg' Maines, Alex (2) 'Finger' Bingham-Wilson, Alex (3) 'Stomach' South, James 'Stooge' Morgan, Tom (I) 'A certain bird' Barwell, Thomas O'Keelc (Don' t ask), T om (2) ' Hands' Moore, Tom (3) 'Send in the little guy who I made 50 with' Wachcr, Ali 'There in body (rather than in spi rit)' Hawkins, Tim 'Can you stop the coach at my house so I can get my kit?' Nealon, Ed 'Red Devil' Pitt, Ma rcus 'Yeah, sure, I' ll do it ' Riccoboni, Pete 'Has anyone got any spare whites?' Fearn, Humphrey ' If you give me a long middle name, you' ll run out of space, and the article will be cut' Jones, Purav 'Snotty swing' Patel. Thank you a ll again. Close, people, but no c igar; maybe next season, but then we all want to be in the 3rds. don't we?. . . ALEX MAINES. 2 19

Colts XI This was not a very successfu l season in terms of results, but it was better than might have been feared and th were encouraging sig ns for the future in some of the individual perfo rmances. ' ere The batting lacked security. Three playe rs scored fifties - Joshua Cole and Michael Davies in steering the . to vic tory over Highgate, and Thomas Stazicker in a remarkable performance at C ranleigh, when he made 56 ~~~d~ 87 for 7 on a day when nobody else reached double figures - but no-one batted well with any consistency or 0 rest, Jamie Nicholson played several useful cameos, and Adam Jackson showed a promising mixture of co~fide the and tenacity, but weaknesses of technique meant that the tai l seemed to sta rt rather early. nee

The bowling was reasonable, but lacking in real penetratio n. Sqot Wiseman was very steady (but saved his n 10 devastating spells for the Haymakers) , and Julian Hinves was pote ntially the most dangerous. Jamie Nicholson whe~' he turned from wic ketkeeping to opening the bowling, Adam Jackson, with his improving off-spin, and Jonathan N~rmann whose leg-spi n tortured Cranleigh , a ll bowled well on occasion, too. T he fi elding was tidy, with both Nicholson and Stazickcr compete nt behind the stumps . M ichael Davies deserves credit for captaining his crew in a confident and capable manne r. They played with enthusia&m and made the most of the ir abil ities . â&#x20AC;˘ P.G.H., H.E.J.A. Team: Michael Davies (Capt) ., Ben Alexander, Joshua Cole, Matthew Edwards, Julia n Hinves, Adam Jackson ' ' Jamie Nicholson, Jonathan Norman, Thomas Stazicker, James Stevens, Sebastian Vance, Sqot Wiseman. A lso played: Alexander Ogedegbe. RESULTS

Hig hgate 131 -6 dec.; K.S .C. 133-3 (Davies 62, Cole 59). Won. Dulwic h 2 14-3 dec.; K.S.C. 122 (Davies 33). Lost. Eastbournc 169-8 dec. (Wiseman 4-40) ; K.S .C. 7 1-7. Drawn. K.S.C. 93 (Stazicker 56); Cranleigh 94-4. Lost. St. Paul 's 153-5 dec. ; K.S .C. 53. Lost. Kent Schools 125-6 dec.; K.S.C. 87-8. Drawn.

Junior Colts A XI As I sit writing this repon my concentration is distracted by the re-e mergence of English c ricket at T rent Bridge the sixth Australia n wicket has j ust been captu red by the English le ft-arm seame r (aren' t they always the best?) and the sun is shi ni ng agai n. What wi ll tomorrow 's papers say? Perhaps a fter such a d ismal time for the national side, those repo rters (if not the selectors) should have come to sunny B1rley's. The a li-day game against K.C .S. Wimbledon was typical but a highlight of a summer that started slowly but e nded in satisfact ion and success . The K.C.S. captain got things right: he put us in a good wicket hoping to bowl us out be fore lunch. He may well have succeeded: he had a very good left-arm sea mer (of course) at his d 1sposal who, backed-up by keen fi eld ing, took fi ve wickets including those of capta in Chris North ('strangled ' pe rhaps for 8, two blistering hooks), Ma rcus Pyke (4 , his main run-scoring late-cut), Umar Shariff (I I , includ mg two excellent coverd r ives). Afolabi Sonaike (3, full of rare concentration) and Nicholas Puleston-Jones (a feroc ious four-ball 12: 4 , 4, 4, out). Meanwhile, Tim Palmer found himself excellently caught in the gully at the other end (12, including two boundaries over the bowle r 's head). However , the season 's top batsman , Q in Wiseman, was sti ll in, giving the innings much needed stabi lity and gradually gathering momentum. Lunch came and went, so did Tommy Dean (1 2, including one straight-driven four), before Q in finally got out for 55. Chris Mounsey-Thear hit his first ball for six over extra-cover to the long boundary before missing the next seven that he faced. James Sandry batted well (3 not out) be fore a rather disgruntled Simon Peachey closed the innings with its first 'duck' - 140 all out. Rather confident of overhauli ng the King's tota l, K.C.S. gave a bowler the chance to open the batting - he met C.M.-T . in fu ll a nd angry now and saw his off stump knocked back by a none-too-ozone-friendly missile. The opposition captain had one look at this a nd decided to bat from beh ind his master-i n-charge at square-leg and seemed fairly happy to be dismissed a few balls late r. (I believe that he was also immediate ly dismissed as captain .) Meanwhile, leading wicket-taker Afolabi , in his best spell of the season, accounted for the other opener , before the K.C.S. batsmen began to put together some valuable runs e ither s ide of the tea interval. At this stage in an innings, it is important for the batting side to keep calm and for the bowlers to bowl straight. Fortunate ly for us, the latter course o f events happened in this game and, backed up by the ever-keen ground-fieldi ng of P. -J. safe wic ket-keeping by 'Deano' , a nd by some excelle nt captaincy, the runs dried up and the wickets began to fa ll again. Afolabi was rampant in his celebrations and in the absurdity of his comme nts whe n he declared that, with the OP,position needing less than twenty to win with e ight ove rs and two wic kets le ft , the match was bound to be another boring draw'. 'Boring draw' it certa inly was not - the ga me had a ll the best in school c ric ket includ ing the pe rfect ball at the ' number II ', a straight 'yo rker' from the same and , once again, highly exuberant Afolabi. As can be gathe red from the above and from the results table below , this was a very good Jun ior Colts 'A' season. All the top six batsmen scored fi fti es, Tim Palme r 's innings against St. Ed mund 's probably being the best, the rest 220

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v Dover College. Won by 9 wkts (S?naike 3-2, Capel 3-5) . v Highgate. Draw (Sona1ke 4-28. W iseman 47. Norlh 53). Simon Langton. Draw (North 70). ~ Dulwich . Lost by I wkt (North 5 1, Peachey 6-46). v Eastbourne. Draw (Palmer 52). C anleigh Draw (Wiseman). *) ~ S~;ton Va.lence. Won by 9 wk;s (North 4 -38, Wiseman 4-2 1. P.-Jones 58 · . . . *) St Lawrence. Draw (Pyke 60 ). ~ Kent Schools . Won by 8 wkts (North 4-46 , W1seman 3-7. W1seman 57 · , s 1 Edmund's. Won by 8 wkts (Palmer 8~) . . ~ K.'c.S. Wimbledon. Won by 12 runs (Wtseman 55. Sona1kc 6-28) . v Duke of York's. Won by 5 wkts (Shanff 69).

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d numbe r of bodies in various shapes and sizes appea red at the beginning of the sca~on , r ?adyTahned b~~~ i~g 11 10 fo r the XI. Unfo.rtufin ate!y c t;ickeling ta.len t was by 1 was no~ stratght e nough. the le dmg at ~~~es ~"s;e{~iph and 220-6 dec. by K. C.S. Wi mbledon . The batting was opposttlon th~t Id cadn rem?'6,,9b~~~~,~~3~ho ~cnt~o the ~~iddle, 21 returned without troubling the s~or~r and only 17 also a poor stan a r - o _ . ·h ld ve been drawn but the word 'draw d1d not seem to matches Ia ed , 2 were cancelled because of managed to reac h double ltgures. Some of t_he g?mes s ou 1~a be part of the vocabula ry of man~ of tl~e pl ayer~. Alt?gethed 111u:hfor7 the 'B' fhe best batting performance was bad weather (Epsom and St. Paul s). Ntnetecn Payer~ turne 0 1 h innin s He scored the most runs by Nigel Boardman who scored 46 n.o. against ~ranletg~ a nd batteda~h;~';fa~~~~~ Cowin in 6 overs at Cranlc igh. and had the highest average of I ~ .5. The. best bo~ mg per ormance w he batsmen Barnaby took the most wickets It was good to sec some lcg-spm bowh!'f g c reatmg gr~at pr?bl~~ {~;~est bowli ng. average. This went to Alexander ( 16) but h~s average of 13f.252w5as not qulle.gkood t Aend~ug C~oa~:~y took on the task of captain and ca rried o ut the always am Walke r wtth an average o I . runs per wtc e . very difficult task in a very helpful and undcrstandmg way. D.J.B.

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Played 7. Won I , Drawn I , Lost 5 . K.S.C .. 72; Highgate. 75-2. Lost. . . Dulwich 183-9 dec. (Cowm 4-59); K.S.C. 107. Lost. Simon L~mgton G.S., 144 (Cowi n 4 -45); K.S.C. 115-9 (Garnett 3 2 ) . Drawn. K S C 120 (Mohr 43 Cowi n 39) ; Eastbourne , 73. Won. K:s:c:: I ll (Boardma~ 46*); C ranleig h, 11 4-6 (Cow in 4-23). Lost. Simon Langton G.S. , 164-6 dec . ; K.S.C .. 73. Lost. K.C.S. Wimbledon. 220 -6 dec. ; K. S.C .. 68. Lost. 22 1

Under 14 8 XI This was a lalc nled and enthus iastic squad with whom it was a p leasure lo work , and it is a liule odd th .. of !he players were no! bel.le~ refl ected ~~ lh.e resuhs they ach ieved . The team fou nd it difficult 10 bowf's\~c abtltltes the a ll-weather pt.lch, a nd 11 tS perhaps .stgmficant tha i the only victory was o n g rass. The fact that ever cs ouc on bal and bowl a btl mean! !hal the capla m frequently had too many optio ns al his d isposal and il is s· :tF.nc could ' tgnt team !hac o nly twice did a bowler lake four wickets o r more in an innings. The balling rarely failed (except against Dul w ich where everything went wrong) and !he side was a go.od sta rt by th!! contrasting styles o f Peter Cape l and Chris O'Neil-Dunne. David S mith and Paul Ba~br~~y given slabtltly to !he mtddle order, !ho ug h James Holloway, a fter a promising start was never quite the sa fi ge gave hi! on the head a! Dulwich . Tim Mitche ll and Mauhew Appleyard added momen'tum lower down with th ':JC1a ler ~e!ng as d t~ Jo na h Wyn_ ~ugh (who ~I so added defence to his repe rtoire) and Adam Withring lon and Sic hene Bu uscy htHtng constderablc stabtlity lo !he tatI. The only fifty o f !he season was hi! late on by Richard Homewogd in 1 · s~ncll gave for !he !cam after his successfu l spell in the 'C' XI. liS trsc game T he fielding v:as a lv:ays good - all the player~ moved like c ric keters - !hough early on the calchin w· . . !he matches agamSI H tghgatc and Eascbourne mtglH well have been won had catc hes been he ld , seve~ ~fnfall tblc. 111 !he Iaue r game. Bu1 1he p~aycrs worked to tmp~ove and the rea fte r hardly a catch was dropped a nd so g gddown 00 were held, pa rl tcula rly by T tm Mtlche ll , Ben Whtte and Chris O'Neil-Dunne. Behind the stumps Matih~e ~ ones made greal p rogress. A b~e beca~e an excepuona~ event and he he ld some good catches, thoug h taking~he ~p icyard o n the rclrcal made siUmpmg s unlike ly. The htg hlighl of the season in !he fie ld , however, was Adam w·111 .P nne~s work al exira-cover 111 the match agamsl K. C.S. Wimbledon. mngcon s

Of !he f~slcr bowle rs Jonah V:Vyn Pugh was able IO move !he ball in !he air, Tom Edmunds was alwa s stead , Davtd SmHh emerged as. pro~msmg. Sleph~n Bushne ll bowled some excell e n! balls bul pitched coo m~ch 100 ~hnd a nd. Peter Capel and <;hns q Neti-Dunnc ptcked up some useful wickets. The spinne rs, Adam W i!hringlon and B~~ W~Hc tended lo bowl JUSt a little too slowly a nd !he form er in particular suffered from dropped catches. But all work IO tmprove a nd all looked bette r bowlers at !he e nd o f the season cha n al the beginning. ed Ca~laining a side. such as !~is, with personnel cons~amly chang ing is a d ifficuh !ask , and Peter Capel did a particular! good JOb. Chosen tntlta lly s tmply because I . was h ts IUior, he soon showed a knowledge o f and feel for !he Y He wa~ always ready 10 expe nmem , both wtlh .bowling changes a nd fie ld plac ings, and a lso managed to mak~ame. !hal a.ll . or nearly al_l , !he players were brought 11110 each game. He ca lked 10 his bowlers a nd encou raged his fl eldsure workmg hard 10 b nng !he besl o ul of everyone . • cr~.

II was fining, perhaps, lhallhe ':JOSI e.xciting cricket .was lcfl lo !he fin al day of the season. Against K.C.S. Wimbledon we. wcr~ bowled out fo r 120 , whtch dtd no! look qutle enoug h. However whe n !hey were s ix for two we looked 1 be 111 wHh a c hance, bul !hanks to a n excellent (and chanceless) panncrship !hey rece ived 108 for fou r with five over~ logo. Then a wtc kct apte.cc for Bushne ll and Capela nd a (Ja nie run-out meanllhey still needed thirteen off three over~ Four from !he las! over wllh three w tckels stan_dmg looked mte resling. For !he firsllhree balls four men were slralc~ically placed on the boundary, !he others savmg the smg le and only one run was scored (!hough the umpire re luclanlly contnbulcd a wtdc). For !he las! three everyone was broug ht m lo save one and only one run resulted. A d raw with !he score~ level. A fine effo n whc~ qu~rter o f an hour earher defeat had seemed inevitable. W ith tenacio us qualities o f !his sort these players have a c n c kelmg fut ure . G .D.W. R ESULTS

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Played 9 , Won I , Drawn S, Los! 3. King's 146; Hig hgate 100-7. Match drawn. Dulwtch . King 's 72; Dulwich 73-2. Lost by 8 wkls. East bourne. King's 164-3 dec. , (O ' Neil-Dunne 34, Smith 3 1) · East bourne 165-3. Lost by 7 wkts. C ran lcigh . King 's 108 ; Cranle ig h 109-6. Lost by 4 wkts . ' Suuon Valence. Suuo n Valence 39; King 's 42-3. Won by 7 wkls. S!. Paul 's. King's . 124-6 dec., (Homewood 55*); SL Paul's 77-3. Match d rawn . S unon Langton. S tmon Langton 158-9 dec. , (Edmund 's S- 16); K ing's 68-8. Match drawn. Wellesley .Ho use. Well.eslcy House 118-7 dec., (Bax 3-24) ; King's 99-7. Ma tch drawn. K.C.S. W tmblcdon . Kmg's 120; K .C.S. 120-7 (Bushnell 4-34) . Matc h drawn . Hi gh ~alc.

Those who playc_d: Pete r Capel (Capt .), Matthew Appleyard , Pau l Bainbridge , Stephen Bushne ll Tom Edmunds, Jam es Holloway, Rtchar~ Homewood, T tm Mttche ll , Jonny Norris, C hris O ' Neil-Dunne, Robby S ixsmhh , David Smilh, T tm Strange. Adam Wtthrmgw n, Ben Wh ile, Jo nah Wyn Pug h. .The following were broug ht in to strengthen th~ team fo_r one match: Will Bax , Edward Buller, Leo Fransclla , Pal rick G tl l. Charles Munday. Oatm an S tewart a nd M tchacl Z tcglc r.

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Under 14 C XI --:;;a quic k look al !his season's record shows w hal !ale nt , determination , and aggression lie at !he heart of the ~ool's 'weakest team' at c rickeL Five consecuti ve w ins against olher schools is nol a bad achievement considering sc, al che beg inning of !he season we had just o ne player w ho was later to be moved up to !he ' he ights' of the Bs. 1 :ht clthallhese matches were won by a team pe rformance, and not by one of indiv iduals, which is somewhat surprising, bu~ pleasing, for the Cs of any year group. Whal really inspired the team , I think , was Alexander Bland 's amazing calch aga insl Dulw ic h in the opening match . his ave the team a boost in confidence and was the moment when we realised as a !cam !hal we could win matches. ~c sfarted with a run of fou r home matc hes, w hich meant that we went from streng th to slrcnglh , gaining in confidence and experience all the lime. La!Cr on in the season we were o ffe red rematches against Dulwich and Cranlc igh , which we glad ly accepted, happy exwnd our record. Hav ing scored 197 against Cranlc igh a t home , we fe ll on ly slig htly less comfortable !he re. We 10 found whal looked like a piece of hockey a stroturf stuc k in the middle o f the fie ld , whtc h made for a very variable bounce, including some never ~rcv io usl y discovered. Despite !his, we dismissed them for 68, and achieved !he necessary runs having reversed our baumg orde r. Havi ng won a ll o ur matches, we !hen !ravelled to Dul wich where we again faced a bowler in a turban and beard , and whal felt suspic iously like. a B Icam. Confid ence was soaring: unfonunatcly, 100 much. On a very difficult wicket for bowling, we were 49 adnft. It JUSt wasn ' t our day. Top Batting Performances: Simon Peel 60 no! oul , Tom O'Sulli van SO, Ri chard Homewood 43, Mau Wall 40. Top Bowling Performances: Johnny Norris S for 19, Ben White 4 for 18, Chris F rench 4 for 25, Si mo n Peel 4 for 26. Ahhough the above statistics don 't re flect it, Tim Strange consistently bowled well , and Henry Eccles notc hed up uile a few runs. Many tha nks also to Messrs . Todd, Hopkins, Boon , Peal, Longslaffc and Broxup (who produced ~e delivery of !he season: cal your hcan oul , S hane Warne!) especially for !he ir rcliabil ily and sportsmanship. Also , very many thanks 10 Father John, w i1ho u1 who m such a successful and enj oyable season (and !he rcsuhing meal) would nol have been possible' SIMON P EEL. Team from: Simon Pee l (Capt .) , Fe li x Boon, Tom Broxup, Henry Eccles, Chris F rench . Ric ha rd Homewood, Nick Hopkins (w.k.), James Lo ngstaffe, Jonatha n Norris, Tom O 'Sullivan, Richard Peal. Tim Strange, Malcolm Todd , Matthew Wall (w .k. ). Also played: A lexander Bland , James Campbe ll , Jam ie Cooling, James Holloway. Adam Ta rr, Paul T scrgas, Adam Wilhringwn , Be n WhHc, Jonah Wyn Pugh. R ESULTS

v Dulwich (H). K .S.C. 129; Dulwich 76. v Easlbourne (H). Easlbourne 96 ; K. S.C. 97-7.

v Cranleigh (H). K.S.C. 197-7d ; Cranle igh 97. v J .K.S. 2nd XI (H). J. K .S. 116 -4d; K. S.C . 11 7-3 . v Cranleigh (A). Cranle igh 68 ; K.S.C. 69-7.

v Dul wich (A). Dulwich 136-6d ; K.S.C. 87.

P. S. Every team manager says good things aboul his captain . However , Simon was undoubtedly the best !cam captain wilh whom I have ever worked . Not only did he lead by example, bul a lmost every bowling cha nge prod uced a wicket in the firs! over . J .A .T.

Canterbury Harvesters' Twenty-Fourth Tour The twenty-fourth lou r started auspiciously wilh ma ny of the party !ravelling v ia SL Marlin 's School, Nonhwood , 10 join !he celebrations of !he senior tourist's half centu ry. Then il was on lo Blandford f(w the fi rs! mmch. The rumbustious Allen-Lamb opening partne rship broke the to ur record , and w ilh M .J .Ha. contributing a styl ish 56 , the 101al reac hed 198-S a11ea. The Harvesters' attack, with H .E.J .A. and P.T. prominent , chen made inroads into the opposition balling, and R. P.B. took !he first w ic ket by a g randfathe r o n tour when he induced the numbe r fi ve 10 h il his w ic ket in d ramaltc fashion. Thereaflc r the experienced d uo o f Geoff Pike and Dave Farley baucd solid ly 10 hold o u1 for a draw. O n !he Monday the re was a new fixture in !he splendid selling of Monkto n Combe. Ope ners Ox ford Blue Norman Botton (79) and Cambridge Crusader T im Dcwcs (59) wok fufl advantage of dropped cal(:hcs. and despi te a fine spell from J .S. H. and a m iddle o rder collapse !he home s ide cruised 10 228-6. The Harves te r~ were soon in !rouble, and although P.G. H. a nd J. S. H . added a pedestrian fifly in mid-innings, !he inevitable dc fcal could only be delayed. We hope to return - and 10 do much beu er - nexl year. II !hen rai ned o n Tuesday. o n Wednesday. and on T hursday, 100. The tour 1 hu~ (:a me 10 an early end a flcr an unprecedented triple cancellation . Nonetheless. there was plenty of scope for end of te rm rclaxmion with visits lo Salisbury for !he lea shop (l wice) and the stamps; The Assassin in Ycovil; The Browning Version in Sherborne; the !ennis. the bookshops, the skiulcs; and good food eve rywhe re. We arc even more g rateful than usua l 10 Ian and Sheila Ell iou for !heir gracious hospilalily in Abbcylands. and we look forw ard 10 more trad itional Dorscl sunshine in 1994. P.G . H .

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RESULTS

Harvesters 198-5 dec. (M.J.Ha. 56, G.C.A. 46, N.A.L. 3 1); Old Blandfordians 146-6. Drawn. Monkton Combe Cavaliers 228-6 dec. (J.S.H. 4-76); Harvesters 120 (J.S.H. 36). Lost. Compton House, Sherborne Town, G.C.A. 's XI - Cancelled. Tour Party: M.J.Ho., P.G.H. , R.P.B. , M.J.Ha. , H.E.J.A., G.P.R., D.J.R., G.C.A ., J.S.H., H.M.R. , W.R.P P.T. , R.A.M., N.A.L. .,

R. P. Bee's Luxmoore XI v. The Haymakers

July 4th may be extravagantly celebrated by our transatlantic cousins, but I bet hardly any of them were aware or the significance of the events which took place on Birley's on the very same day. If it should happen that you, dear reader, also remain unware let me tell you- 11 was the final 'official' King's cricket match for the soon-to-be retiring R.P.B. Conditions were perfect, and almost everyone had remembered to bring their kit. A rapid head count established that the game wou ld actually be 12-a-side. Mr. Bee guessed right again and the Luxmoore XI took first innings. Their inni ngs pogressed in fi ts and starts, featuring some quality batting from Clive Gilham, some mighty hitting from Dan Rycroft and a rather unsportsmanlike catch by Jamie Rayner to dismiss R.P.B. (fortunately not for a DUCK). Their total of 152-8 always looked to be a good one, but the Haymakers had cunningly arranged fo r a rather extensive tea to be served between innings thus considerably reducing the mobility of R.P.B. 's XI in the field. During the tea interval Mr. Aldidge (for Luxmoore) and Aaron Jarrett (for the Haymakers) each made presentations to R. P.B. and a wonderful bat-shaped cake (eat your heart out, Brian Johnson) was cut up and distributed to players and spectators alike. The Haymakers began their reply cautiously against the vicious openi ng attack of Olby and Rycroft, but were encouraged when the latter fell to the ground whilst trying to bowl a particularly rapid delivery and had to leave the field. The innings was held together by Jamie Rayner and Michael Davies, and the Haymakers began the final over needing only six runs to win. R.P.B. ~ave his trusty team a pep talk entitled 'What rea/Jy happened in Bangkok' , and this proved sufficient for them to ra1se their game and restrict the batsmen to just three. The Haymakers finished at 150-6 and honours were shared. Mr. Bee stood everyone to a round of drinks - a perfect end to a memorable day. W. R.P

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Athletics Fortunately we were blessed with fi ne weather for the vast maj ority of this term , so we were able to fulfi l all our mmitments on a very full fi xture I ist. The first half of term often involved a match on Tuesday and Saturday interspersed ~th hard train ing whenever possible. We are particularly grateful to Leeanne Crutchley (a senior B.A.A.F. coach) and Steve Jones (coach at Invicta A .C.) for their expert coaching of the more technical events. The hurdlers perhaps benefited most from the timely arrival of L eeanne: Tom Bucher and Henry Roberts soon began to look accomplished, Tom attaining a sufficient standard to represent Ca nterbury district at the Kent Schools' Championships, and to enter the Independent Schools Championships at the end of term; freedom from publ ic exams next year should enable him to progress even fu rther . Dunstan Kamana and Hans M aducmc developed into a successful Senior Hurdl ing duo, Dunstan with bags o f potential for the next two years as a senior , and Hans improv ing noticeably to gain the entry standard for the I ndependent Schools Championships where he progressed to the final to finish 7th in a time of 16.7s . L ccannc also coached the jumpers, helping Robert Thomas to become one of the best high jumpers in the club despite his being only Remove age. The throwers benefited most from the experience and expertise of Steve Jones : Robin Ball and Giles Hay, thanks to determined and comm itted trai ning, came from beginners to very creditable Javel in and Discus throwers, ending the season w ith Robin breaking the ~c hool ~ nter javel in reco~d (held si nce ~ 964) with a throw of 47 .42m and Giles throwing a personal best of 30.88m m the d1scus. A ndrew Bn ce and A lasda1r Roman worked hard at learnmg d1scus and shot and have a sound basis for next season as fifth form Inters. With a lot of the I nter team bei ng Removes or in Jide Adesanya's case a very able Shell (particularly i n Long and Triple jump). next year 's Inters w ill be very young, reap in~ the benefits o f this year 's trai ning and ex perience. U nfortu nate~ y this year our !ntcr spr inters ~er~ affected by inJuries - most noticeably absent ':"ere !--uke Tay l o~ and Femi Fadey1; however Fcm1 returned to wm h1s lOOm heat at the Independent Schools Champ10nsh1ps, and fimshed a creditable 7th in the final with 11.9s. Lewis M itchell won the Young Athlete of the Year Cup for his efforts in the club Heptathlon after half term , despite his somewhat failed attempt at master ing the High jump. M alcolm Todd also deser ves mention: w ith very l ittle traini ng he broke the School Junior records at both 800m and 1500m with times of 2: 11.3 and 4:35.9 respectively, and he was only hal f a second off the 400m record which stands at 56.9s. However the Senior team, ably and enthusiastically led by captai n Nei l Cole and vice-captain Charles Shepherd, was the more successful team , putt ing up spi rited per formances to finish 3rd at the two large-scale fi xtures- Tonbridge and the Duke of Y ork 's Cup. Util ity man Cole turned his hand to any th ing: 200m , T riple Jump, H igh Jump and sharp relay ru nnin ~. T he Senior relay team of Cole, Ogedegbe, Hine and Spencer came 4th in the I ndependent Schools ChampionshipS w ith 45.4s (just hal f a second off the School record). Charles Shepherd and A lastair Curzon showed great determi nation in traimng and regularly between them they covered all events from 400m upwards. Best times of 53.8s for the 400m (Charles) and 2:07.3 for the 800m (A lastai r) on days o ften invol ving t wo or even th ree races arc a tribute to thei r hard traini ng. A lex Ogedegbe and Jay Spencer had a l ightnin& partnership over l OOm (e.~. they both got II . I s at Tonbridgc) and at long jump: 3rd in Kent at each event respectively . At the Duke of York s Cup Oggy received awards for the Best T rack per formance ( 11.3s in the 100m), Best field per formance (1 2.37m in the Triple Jump) and the M itchell cup for ' M an of the Match' . A t the Independent Schools Championships Ogg;: and Jay excelled once again: Oggy being 4th in the l OOm and 4th in the L ong Jump, and Jay 6th in the L ong Jump. B1ll Rosato was the backbone of the field events team, throwing the Javelin, Shot and Discus at most of the fixtures . Our parttimers, Darren K ingston ( 1500m and Steeplechase) and M y les Orsler (Shot and 400m), produced some excellent performances, especially when they were really needed in the big fi xtures . Unfortunately there were only two fi xtures where the boys' and girl s' teams competed together but no doubt th is will change with time. The girls team , though somewhat lacking in numbers, contained some outstandi ng i ndi viduals, ably led by captain Beverley Sharp. Both L ucy Dawes and Lucy Hudsmith broke numerous School records, mai nly in the field events. Lucy Dawes has shown hersel f to be an excellent al l round ath lete: at Benenden she won the Hurdles, 800m and Javel in and came second in the l OOm and 200m. While at the Independent Schools Championships she broke the meeting record over 300m with 43.4s and came 3rd in the Javelin with 3 1. 16m. At Inter level, too, we have some good throwers i n Sally L ewis-Jones, Susannah Tydeman and Helena Ancock , with Charlotte Barker runni ng well in the 1500m. Finally thanks go to Lceanne Crutchley and Steve Jones for their superb coaching, to N. L .P. for his ever-painfu l spri nt traini ng/ty re pulling sessions, to S. K .M. , to A.M.J.P. and, of course, to C.T .H . who carefully arranged a very full and exciting fi xture list and w ho managed the teams with never-fail ing enthusiasm and dedication. A final thank you goes to all the staff, athletes and groundsmen who have no t been mentioned i nd ividually but who contributed to a successful and very enjoyable season. C HA RLES S HEPHERD .

Temm from: S eniors: Neil Cole (Cupt .)*, Charles Shepherd (Vice-Capt.)*, Robin Ball 0 , A l istai r Curzon °, Gi les Hay 0 , Alastai r Hme 0 , Dunstan Kamana0 , Darren Kingston °, Heron McConnell , Hans Madueme*, Ryan M annering 0 , Douglas Mullen, A lex Ogedegbe0 , M yles Orslcr , W illiam Rosato*, Rahul Singh, Cu rzon Rol la 0 , Jay Spencer 0 • Intermediates: Robin Ball (Capt.) 0 , Babajide Adesanya , Daniel Bartlette, Michael Baughan, And rew Brice, T homas Bucher, Robert Corbally, Raf de Haan, Fem i Fadey i , T ristan M cConnel l, Lewis M itchell , Patrick Osmond, Henry Roberts, A lasdair Roman, J. -P. Sweny, Luke Tayler , Robert Thomas, M alcol m Todd . 225 SPORTS DAY (T.R.H.)

Juniors: Babajide Adesanya, Felix Boon , Daniel Broom, Alex Coutts, Adam Tarr, Malcolm Todd Max von H • urtcr 0 Girls: Beve~ley Sh.arp (C~pt. ) ? Hele na Anc~k , ~harlotte Barker~ Estelle Davie~, Zoe Davies, Lucy Daweso, Kir . · Gaymer, PooJa Gha1, Maxme G1bson, Beth H1cklm , Lucy Hudsmllh , Sally Lew1s-Jones, Jo Pringle Mary Stev Min Susie Tydeman, Katherine van Berckel, Annabel Whibley. ' en ~. *= 1st Colours, 27th April: Seniors:

Imers: 1st May: Seniors:

Inters: 6th May: Seniors:

Open Girls: Imers: 12th May:

Senior boys: Senior girls: !mer boys: Junior boys: 15th May: Seniors:

Imers: 22nd May: Seniors:

Imers:

Juniors (guests): 25th May: Seniors: U. l 6: U.l4:

= 1st Team/2nd Colour~.

R ESULTS

v Sevenoaks, v Cranbrook (Home): I. Cranbrook Ill , 2. K.S.C. 100, 3. Sevenoaks 9 1. (1 st: Ogedegbe, lOOm , 200m, L-Jump). I. Sevenoaks 108, 2. C ranbrook 104, 3. K.S.C. 83. ( 1st : Fadeyi, lOOm ; Mitchell , 200m; 2nd: Ball , Jav. 38 .83m). v Duke of York 's, v Skinners' (Home): I. K.S.C. 102 , 2. Duke of York 's 61. (1 st : Ogedegbe, lOOm 11 .8, 200m 24.3, L-Jump 6.20m ; Madueme, Hurd . 17 .4; Shepherd , 400m 55.7; Rosato , Jav. 37.69m). (2nd: Spencer , lOOm 11.9; Cole, 200m 24.4). I. Skinners' 11 3, 2. Duke of York's 108, 3. K.S.C. 88. (1st: Bucher, Hurd. 15.8; Farteyi, lOOm , 12.3; Ball , Jav. 34.85).

v Kent College, v Dover College, at K. C.:

I. Kent College 98, 2. K.S .C. 94, 3. Dover College 64 (1 st: Ogedegbe, lOOm 11.7, 200m 24 9· Hay , Discus, 27.05m, Curzon, 800m2. 15.0; 4 x lOOm relay 46.8). · ' I . Kent College 99 , 2. K.S.C. 70, 3. Dover College 63. (1 st: Barker, 1500m 6.04.7; Hudsm ith , Discus 19.20m). I. Kent College 108, 2. Dover College 83, 3. K.S.C. 62. ( 1st: DeHaan , 800m 2.2 1.0; Ball, Jav . 37.80m) . District Individual Championships, at home: The following were selected to represent the District at th.e Ke nt Championships: A. Ogedegbe, lOOm , J. Spe ncer, Long Jump , G. Hay, D1scus, A. Curzon, 800m; L. Dawes, 400m; ' T . Bucher, lOOm Hurdles; M. Todd , 800m.

v Sevenoaks, v St. Edmund's, v King's Rochester, v Sutton Valence , v Worth , at Sevenoaks. I. Sutton Valence 77 , 2. K.S.C. 66, 3. K.S.R. 51 , 4. St. Edmund's 37, 5 . Sevenoaks 36, 6. Worth 34. (1 st: Shepherd, 400m 54.5; Curzon, 800m 2 .07.3; Spencer , L-Jump 6. 13m ; 2nd : Ogedegbe, lOOm 11. 8, 200m 23.6; Kingston 1500m 4.22. 1, Rosato, Jav. 36.97m). I. Sevenoaks 64, 2 . Worth 61 , 3 . K.S.C. 60, 4 . K.S.R. 58, 5. Sutton Valence 4 1. ( 1st: Buche r, Hurd . 15 .6; Mitchell , 200m 26. 1; Ball , Jav. 34.98). v Felsted, Seaford , Mill Hill , Sutton Valence and Tonbridge, at Tonbridge: I. Tonbridge 197, 2 . Sutton Valence 175, 3. K.S.C. 156, 4. Seaford 154, 5. Felsted 128, 6. Mill Hill 96. (Ogedegbe 2nd , lOOm 11 .1, 3rd , 200m 22.9, L-Jump 6.06m; Shepherd 4th , 400m 53.8, Curzon 3rd , 800m 2.08 .0 , Kingston 3rd , 1500m 4.24 .5; Rosato, 2 nd, Jav 39.44; Spencer 1st, 'B' string, lOOm, 11 . 1; Cole, 3rd, 200m 23.5; Orsler, 3rd , 400m 55.4). I. Tonbridge 204, 2. Felsted 175, 3. Seaford 142, 4. K.S.C. 124, 5. Mill Hill 117, 6. Sutton Valence 8 1. (3rd : Bucher, Hurd. 15.4; Fadeyi, lOOm 11 .9; Todd , 800m 2. 11 .3 (New K.S.C. Junior Record), 1500m 4 .39.6; Ball , Jav. 40.53m; Thomas, H-Jump 1.55m . 4th: Mitchell , 200m 24.5, 'B ' string lOOm 11.9; Osmond, 1st 'B ' string Jav. 35.93m ; de Haan, 2nd , 800m 2. 15.3). Adesanya 1st, T -Jump 10.93m , 2nd, L-Jump 4.73m , 2nd, lOOm 12.5, 3rd 200m 26.7; Broom , 2nd , D1scus 22.72m. Girls v Benenden , v Cranbrook, at Bene nde n. I . C ranbrook 83, 2 . Be nenden 73, 3. K.S.C. 53. (1 st: Dawes Hurd. 14.3, 800m, 2.40.8. Jav. 28.90m; 2nd: lOOm 14 .0, 200m 28.2; Sharp , Jav. 17 .1 5m) . I . Benenden 85, 2. Cranbrook, 77, 3. K.S.C. 66. (1st: Lewis-Jones, Jav. 20.57m; 2nd: Tydeman, Jav. 16.26m ; Ancock, Discus 18. 10m). I . C ranbrook 90, 2. Benenden 80, 3. K.S.C. 50. (2 nd : Pringle, Discus 17.20m; 3rd Whibley , H-Jump !. 17m ; 4th Z. Davies, 200m 3 1.1 ).

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Mary Stevens

The Waiting of War

They are wa!t!ng, all through the town They are wa1tmg At the graves of friends, still fresh From the mingled smell of yesterday's turf and blood, For another bomb For a convoy, with luck, bringing supplies And optimism, both sparingly rationed, For news. I am waiting too. It is private and insignificant. I am waiting For my daughter. She was only three when she left, A battered teddy in one hand, a handkerchief in the other. It was just a game to her. She played with the soldier, whose sturdy arms wrenched her from my embrace. She played with the other children on that fateful truck. For her, it was over too soon to understand. For me, it is just beginning. She is coming now. I hear the coach amidst the snipers. The coach comes into view. The children pile off one by one, Nervous and quiet; that is not like them. My eyes cling to the door. I follow each child down the steps. 'She will be next,' I say. They are all off now. I have not yet heard that innocent cry, That familiar pattering of feet. Bullet holes in a window, Blood on the floor. Teddy had lost an arm. There was not time for reaction, It had gone too far. My hands went to my mouth, to block the scream and the fear. They say it was piercing, harrowing, The scream was of the death of innocence. They are waiting, all through the town They are waiting. Nothing changes. It was worthless to them Who have loved and lost far worse than I. I am still waiting too. For my daughter, For an end.

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Supermarket Shopping The double glass doors open themselves With an evil smoothness. 'Please come in,' they seem to say, Beckoning, looking for a victim. Me. I hold my breath, and walk into the very building itself. The Supermarket, father of the Abattoir! I take a trolley, and cautiously slink down the first aisle on guard As a cat, crossing a road. ' ' I shiver as I pass the frozen meats, And the air is rancid and sour by the pickled foods. My trolley slowly fills up. So far, I have been fortunate. But wait! What's this on the list? Marmalade? It must be a mistake! My mother "ould not do this to me! But no. It lies there, in red ink, as bold as brass. My spine tingles, and my hair stands on end. What must be done, must be done. I reassure myself. 'It won't bite!' But you can never be sure, with marmalade. I proceed towards the table spreads section, As a prisoner does, walking to the scaffold. I round the final corner. The shelves loom over me. There they are! The worst of the worst! â&#x20AC;˘ It's just me and the jars, now. Before they can realise, I grab one, with my sleeve over my hand And sprint back, before it can strike. ' I fling it in the trolley. I was lucky this time. I'm still in one piece. I pay, and leave the demonic structure, triumphant. Better luck next time, you crumbling block of cement. Sometimes, to overcome boredom, It helps to act things up, A bit.

In Woolworth's Glinting in her painted hands, I saw them: T.wenty-ont: pence, a note, the receipt! (Coms, beautiful base, coppers; valium?) And on her palm I see tokens for meat. Up her arm my gaze directed; taupe, That glorious shade on her shirt- Cashier Klein? Oh,, Cashier! Ears like Midas, hair like rope, Fmgers grubby, round; bitten nails are mine. Turn the packet, wrap the cube; tissues For my granny, with 'Scent of Peachy-Sea', Like wine adverts, attacking the issues In return for 'some money, just for me!' Leave the store, leave her gaze, I know my fate. (To stalk the streets for women of her weight.) 228

Tim Gomersall

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Peter Lambert

Guided Tour

'Allow me,' snapped the strange little man, 'to introduce myself: Alfonzo Wolf, Chief of the Woods, magician, musician, physician and politician, aristocratic-fanatic-dramaticMayor Extraordinaire. Take a card, please! And who might you be?' I gazed back into the sunglasses. 'I'm Peter,' I said. 'And I think that I'm lost. Do you think you could help me, please?' I felt a little peculiar to be so direct with the man, but I had been wandering slowly round one patch of leaves for so long that I did not want to waste an opportunity. It was true that I had lost my way, so much so that all sense of direction was gone; it was also true that I needed this man's help, however peculiar he might look. I need not have worried though: it seemed clear that I had said JUSt the right thing. 'I see, you have put a step out of line- lost your way- off the beaten track one might say. Well, well, well, I would only be glad to be of assistance. In fact it would thrill me. I find misdirection so exciting, if that makes sense, which I suppose it doesn't.' He spoke so fast that his repetition seemed natural, and he said so much in one sentence that by the full stop he would have to drag as much breath as he could into his lungs. I was startled by his stunning use of the English language and his dramatic sense of vocabulary. It was almost as peculiar as his style in clothes. He wore a large blue duffel coat that trailed past his feet, a blue woollen hat with a bobble sitting on top, and, most prominent of all, a pair of reflecting sunglasses that showed two blurred pictures of a very fat me. 'I am employed by the prince as a tourist official,' he told me. 'Look here, I have the badge, though it spells Wolff with two "f's" which is wrong, as you may have guessed, though I doubt this interests you at all. So what would you like to see, my friend - a bear or some giant or a five-wheeled Reliant, a two-minded cow or Nelson's Beanpole. We have it all here in the woods, sir, oh yes, sir.' I felt a little embarrassed but I answered as best as I could after such a performance. 'I'm sorry but I don't really think I want to see anything- I just want to get back home, and please call me Peter.' 'Oh, I understand, Peter, you are wanting to be back in the House. I see, but why did you leave in the first place, and where did you go, if that is not a personal question, Peter?' I told him why I had left. 'Oh, my dear sir, Peter - thrown out you say - not good; not good. May I be so thoroughly rude and impertinent as to ask why?' I told him why I had been thrown out. 'Forgive me for asking,' he replied, and so I did. He had already started strolling through the bracken, between dark trees and odd clumps of bush that I had never seen before. I stopped briefly to look around, noticing nothing but that however far I turned, I saw only the same thing. I stumbled on to catch up with him and as I did the forest seemed to get darker and all the less welcoming. This had no effect on Mr. Wolf, who continued chatting almost as if nobody was listening and he was just speaking to himself. I caught only a few words; I heard him mention animals and houses and something that sounded like 'nursery' over and over again. I was a little afraid of this man, not because of what he said but because of the way he said it; it was almost as if he were reciting a script that he had learnt many times before. The woods, too, frightened me - I knew that they were quite capable of hiding me from anybody for the rest of my life, and now that I was this deep I was completely in Mr. Wolf's hands. I felt vulnerable, but I had to stay as close to him as I could. I looked at the ground and all there was was muddy brown leaves - no fresh autumn colours lay there. When we came to a clearing I noticed also a hu~e trail of breadcrumbs standing out of the vegetation mainly thanks to their colour. I sa1d: 'Sorry to interrupt, Mr. Wolf, but what exactly is that on the ground? It looks like bread, I think.' 229

'That is indeed bread, sir, though, only our dear Lord in Heaven knows what it is doing there.' As to the last comment, the man seemed wholly unconvincing - I could tell he knew what it was doing there because he paused mid-sentence for the first time since I had seen him He continued: 'But please, Peter, do not interrupt, I do not know why but I cannot abid~ it, cannot abide it, though God knows why. Now what was I saying... ' I listened to him, but at the same time I picked up the pieces of bread and scattered them out in order that the birds might see them to eat them. We went on walking. 'Ah good, I am glad we are here, Peter. As you see we have arrived at a great monument of our woods; this is the oldest ruin we have, you know, and it may just look like a pile of hay, but... Oh no, oh no!' It did just look like a pile of hay. Where I had come from a ruin, however old, would certainly be made of stone and would probably stand more than two feet tall. I asked Mr Âˇ Wolf what exactly had reduced it to this state. 'I believe,' he answered, 'that it was blown down; believe it or not Mr. Peter, sir, I don't know how, but I think it literally fell to bits; you see it was once a whole house, though now it is just a shadow of its former self. If, sir, you cast your eyes ninety degrees you should see another such ruin but now made of sticks. Yes, sir, sticks; it too was blown d~wn.' 'And was that too a house?' I asked. It seemed just as likely as his peculiar hay story. Mr. Wolf said that it had once been a house, and that I had made a very good deduction, and that he would never have made so good a guess at my age. But when he said it, his sunglasses reflected light straight onto me, and stayed like that as long as they could. I was worried that he had too much power all over again. We walked on, past the pile of destroyed wood, until we came to a large line of trees joined together so that their branches and leaves made up a vast bush. The little man stretched out his arms so that he could break a small hole in this wall of plant, and together we passed through to see the other side and all that lay in it. 'This,' whispered Alfonzo, 'is the palace. Look carefully and you will see the finest architecture of our time, the oldest, boldest, loudest, proudest, sir; it is the greatest and the last, sir, it is a masterpiece, sir.' What I saw jolted my eyes more than one might imagine. It was truly hideous. While the same shape, size and colour of a palace, this house was made entirely out of bricks. The roof, the railings, the door, the windows - all were created out of bricks of the same dull rectangular shape. The only way one could see what part was where was by looking at the paintwork - the green of the brick plants climbing the wall, the black of the brick chimney perched on the roof. 'This is vile,' I gasped, not realising the strength of my voice. Mr. Wolf's head jerked round violently as I did, and seemed to come so close to mine that his glasses were pushing against my eyes. 'Please, sir, I implore you not to talk quite so loudly; if the princess hears you say such words about our National Landmarks she will be most upset. Vile, indeed, oh my, oh my.' I apologized quietly and uncomfortably, all the time feeling the sun's reflection beaming onto my face. Mr. Wolf kept muttering away about the princess but he was practically inaudible, so I tried to ignore him and observe the palace. The brick door opened unmajestically and a sobbing young girl threw herself out, wailing as loud as she could. I had little idea what was ~oing on, but from what she said it was clear that a number of pigs had made their way mto her room and stood underneath the mantelpiece. 'Pigs!' she cried. 'Pigs! Why should I have to put up with three bloody pigs? I'm sorry, Charming, but I've had enough! That's it, the end.' She stamped off into the distance, leaving nothing behind but a glass slipper which she had kicked off during her 230

tantrum. Again the door opened, but this time a dashing young man came through, looking both upset and annoyed. He boomed, 'Cindy!' twice but it had no effect, so he walked slowly forward in order to retrieve the slipper. 'Not again,' he seemed to be saying. 'This has happened all too often. If she can't lump it she's going to have to leave or something. I just don't know.' 'What on earth was that about?' I asked, turning to my companion. But he was not there, and when I looked behind me he was nowhere to be seen. 'Up here, sir, Mr. Peter, sir!' he called, and as soon as I looked up his dark glasses became clear amongst the leaves. His coat and hat, however, seemed to have disappeared with the rest of his body, and only after walking round the tree did I notice that they were stretched out along a branch as if they were a part of it. When asked what he was doing so high, he told me that he could not risk being seen by such people, though he did not explain why. After climbing down and straightening his hat, ~r. Wolf took the lead again . .followi!lg, I wondered just whether I would see my house agam soon. Although I had left 1t happily, the idea of returning seemed now far more comforting. I wished too that I had not been quite so rude to my mother - it seemed fair at the time but each crunching step I took made me feel more guilty. Nothing made me happier than seeing two children of my own age running happily across our path. One, the boy, had blond hair, blue eyes and rosy cheeks that seemed almost too classic to be true. His clothes surprised me almost as much as Alfonzo's - he wore a frilly white shirt, brown shorts and wooden clogs th~t banged together with. eve~y step h~ r~n. The girl too was difficult not to stare at; her ha1r was separated at the s1des m two'chJld1sh pig-tails, and she wore a red spotted scarf around her neck that knotted together at the front much like a gypsy's. Both children spoke in a German-sounding accent. 'Oh, ho, ho, Grettle,' said the boy to his friend, 'we fixed witchy, ya? We showed her not to play around wiz ze oven, did we not?' His friend said that they did, and then stopped in front of my companion and me in order to talk. 'You must not carry on, meester,' she said to Mr. Wolf. 'We haf just given hag her comeuppance, you know what we mean.' For once, Mr. Wolf remained silent. It was an embarrassing few seconds, in which I understood little but that my 'friend' had been struck dumb. Eventually I said: 'Sir, are we going the right way or not?' He obviously did not know what to do, and until his mind was made up I simply stared at my feet and smiled sheepishly. In the end he just sh_rugg~d, said yes, pushed his way past the strange children and dragged me by the arm w1th ~1m. I followed without looking back as his nails were sharp like claws and I feared they m1ght wound me as he pulled. He started talking again, first unconfidently but then more and more comfortably until eventually he was his old self, speaking loud, fast and unclearly. We walked quicker and quicker and he spoke louder and louder, until he was shouting and gabbling and almost pulling my tired arm out. 'These people,' he cried, 'do not know what they are doing, they do not understand the woods like I do.' His voice was shrill and excited. 'They do not know, every tree, every path, every leaf. They have not lived here all their lives, they will not try to understand, why should they? I have lived here forever and I will continue to, sir, why not, sir? Why not?' He stopped. All around was quiet; ahead were the browns and blacks of the marshy forest, behind were the leaves and the stocks from the trees. I sensed fear in Mr. Wolf. 'Timber!' a voice shouted, and as it did trees started collapsing like dominoes around me. It was the wood-cutter, and a powerful Mr. Wolf suddenly became weak. He started running frantically in every direction, panicking as if his life was at stake. He soon found a passage that had not been destroyed, but forgetting or ignoring me he sprinted through it, leaving me to follow. It was only after three long minutes that he slowed to a halt. 231

'Well, well, well,' he puffed, 'you have seen the worst of Alfonzo Wolf. I am so so to have upset you like that: just a minor set-back, silly man - unfortunate but his probl~ry not mine. And now, Peter, look ahead and you wiD see the famous woodland House of Sugars} I did look ahead, and before me indeed was the most beautiful house I have ever see The walls of the cottage were not the dull orange brick colour of the palace, but a dC:Âˇ dark brown. The windows, instead of being made of glass, were made of a white puffy materi P which I had never come across before. Trees bore shiny oranges and apples and all aroun~ lay fresh green grass that smelt like mint and herbs. The only unpleasant part, in fact was the pink chimney that gave out a deep black smoke. ' 'Here,' said my friend, 'I will leave you, but do not worry: you will be in the hands of a great friend of mine. Her name is Madame Eviliere and she is sure to welcome a visitor with - with open arms. Now, sir, I would normally charge thirty shekels for such a tour but as you have been so well-behaved you need only pay twenty, please sir, and thank you. l I was taken aback. I had not realised that the man would be charging me for his hel perhaps it was silly of me. 'I'm afraid that I don't have any shekels at all. I'm very sorr/l I said. ' The corners of Alfonzo's lips turned upwards, almost as if he was pleased with my answer Âˇ 'Then I shall just have to eat you!' he chuckled. I laughed nervously at his joke; he laughed too. We laughed and we laughed and we laughed and then he took off his glasses for the first time. I saw suddenly how deeply set his eye~ were; I looked closer and the nearer I got the deeper and the redder they got until eventually they were just two huge beads in the middle of his forehead. We laughed and laughed, although I did not really know why. But my, what big eyes he had.

Thought Travel

Ed Rice

As my mind drifts, Coaxed by the water Slowly downstream to the Waterfall at the end Of the winding river, My thoughts are huddled In discussion over what Lies ahead. One thought speaks In a slow mournful tone. He is old and grey, father of all Thoughts: Wisdom. Beside him, In contrast, a young, lively Thought dances round him. Dream takes the floor and I am lost in the unreal. My travel down the river Has brought me past The many trees on my banks. Their roots are deep inside Me, for I am part of the River's flow. From it we drink. They have watched me grow They will watch me die; 'Death,' Past whispers to Wisdom, And Wisdom nods woefully. 232

Thomas Tallon

La Serenissima venice city of a thousand churches, Who c~n match your tranquillity? WhY must those who visit you Be charmed by all your luxury? Sinking city of a thousand pizzas, Of peerless grace and beauty, Of marble statues, golden what-have-yous And gentle serendipity. Focus of artistic works, Of the world's most cultured nation, we turn to your most gilded face For hope and supplication.

Status -

social or professional

Nicholas Tattersall

You're new today; an eager identity radiating in a profusion of unfamiliarity. Searching glances ignored, you settle in your diminutive position. You've been shown your colleagues. You're familiar today; acceptability with unanimity of personality. Modelled, a clone of convention; from your position of mediocrity, You're shown a new colleague. You're responsible today; a policy creator above the ignobility. Developed for a function; in your influentially authoritative position, You appoint a colleague. You're taking decisions today; another customary formality to be acknowledged, But you disagree; you break free from the production line called professionalism. You argue with a colleague. You're fired today; your purpose served, your replacement lingers. A captive of your own opinion, with an identity scared by blandness, You leave your colleagues. You're alone today. And tomorrow; now your prison is freedom: Your character is unnoticeable in a society of individuals. You have no colleagues We can turn away easily, observing: It must be sad and cold in his corner of the world. The Colleagues.

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Words

James Patrick

Words, The most terrible weapon of mankind. Words, Open to all, for use against others. Atom bombs hang, Suspended by only a few sentences. Sentences to be said in anger, At what someone else has said. Words hurt, Like a white-hot poker Weaving in and out of your brain, Your heart, your soul. Some clever soul managed To invent a language. It worked. Then people began to dream, With those words floating in and out of their heads. They woke up, and started Talking to someone who wasn't there. 'Who are you talking to?' 'God,' was the reply. The Dreamer then began telling others what he thought ' And they began to think it too. Soon he had a large gathering, all believing. Then they met another gathering, who believed also In a God. ' But the Dreamer didn' t understand their language, and he thought they were saying he was wrong, So he organised an attack. And so was the first of an infinity Of religious wars, And religion inspired by belief, And belief inspired by words. We might be better off without words.

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There can be no misunderstanding about what was just said, As no-one knows, Therefore I can't give offence to people to whom I speak. And most important, I cannot lie.

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12th June: senior boys:

Senior girls: Inter boys: Junior boys: 24th/25th June:

Kent Schools Championships at Deangate: J . Spencer, 3rd Long Jump , 6.24m; A. Ogedegbe, 3rd lOOm Final, 11.6; A. Curzon, 6th 800m F inal, 2.07.8; G. Hay, 8th Discus, 24.18m . L. Dawes, 4th 400m Final 62.4. T. Bucher, 5th in Heat. M . Todd, 2nd 800m Heat 2. 12. 1; 3rd in Final, 2. 15.3. K.S.C. He ptath lon competition. I. L. Mitchell 15 1: Jun1or Athlete of the Year Cup; 2. M. Todd 132; 3. M. Baugha n 131.

26th June: Open:

Duke of York's Cup , Dover: I . Sutton Valence 245 , 2. Duke of York 's 243, 3. K.S.C. 225, out of 7 schools. ( I st: Ogedegbe, lOOm 11.3, L-Jump 6.09m, T-Jump 12 .37m: Awarded shields for best track and fi eld performances, and the Mitchell Cup for the overall best performance of the day, for the I OOm).

29/30th June:

London Athletic Club Championships (Independent Schools) at Copthall Stadium , Hendon : A. Ogedegbe,4th in lOOm Final, 11.6; 4th in L-Jump 6.48m; J. Spencer , 6th in L-Jump 6.28m; H. Madueme, 7th in 110m Hurd . Final 16.7; G. Hay, 8th in Discus 30 .88m ; 4 x lOOm relay (Cole, Ogedegbe, Hine, Spe ncer) 4th in Final 45.4. L. Dawes, 1st in 300m Final 43.4 (Meeting and K.S.C . Record) ; 3rd in Jav. 3 1. 16m. C. Ball , 4th in Jav. 47.42m (K.S.C. Record); F. Fadeyi , 7th in lOOm Final 11.9. M. Todd , 5th in 800m Final, 2.12.6; 3rd in 1500m Heat, 4.35.9 (K.S.C. Record), 6th in Final , 4.40.9 ; J . Adesanya, 7th in T -Jump, 11.06m.

Senior boys:

/Iller girls: Inter boys: Junior boys:

Inter-House Athletic Sports Junior Boys:

100m: Adesanya (GR) 12.5 sec. 200m: Gittins (MR) 26.8 sec. 400m: Clarke (MR) 67.2 sec. 800m: Reynolds (LN) 2 min 35.5 sec. I500m: Todd (T) 4 min 47 .3 sec. Long Jump: Todd (T) 4.68m. Triple Jump: Adesanya (GR) 10 .59m. High Jump: Macadie (GL) 1.46m. Shot Putt: Martin (GL) 9. 38m. Discus: Eccles (GR) 21.08m. Javelin: Gittins (MR) 30.38m. 4 X lOOm Relay: Marlowe 54.6 sec.

Inter Boys:

lOOm: Cole (B) 12.0 sec. 200m: Tayle r (MO) 26 .0 sec. 400m: Wallace (B) 58.05 sec. 800m: De Haan (MO) 2 min 16. 0 sec . 1500m: Loxton-Edwards (MR) 4 min 34.4 sec . Hurdles: Bucher (MO) 16.05 sec . Long Jump: Wharton (MO) 5.20m. T riple Jump : Tayler (MO) 11 .06m. High Jump: Bucher (MO) 1.60m. Shot Putt: Stevens (LN) 11.75m . Discus: Puleston-Jones (T) 20 .50m . Javelin : Ball (MO) 40.26m. 4 x lOOm Relay: Meister Omers 50.00 sec.

Open Girls:

lOOm: Dawes (BL) 13. 1 sec. 200m: Gaymer (LX) 28.9 sec . 400m: Dawes (BL) 63.2 sec. 800m: Petrie (JR) 2 min 41.8 sec. 1500m: Barker (W) 6 min 00.5 sec. Long Jump: Gaymer (LX) 4. 70m . High Jump: Stewart (LX) 1.40m. Shot Putt: Hudsmith (MT) 8.62m. Discus: Hudsmith (MT) 23. 15m. Javelin: Dawes (BL) 29.30m . 4 x lOOm Relay: Walpole 59.3 sec. 235

Senior Boys: l OOm: Spencer (SH) 11.4 sec. 200m: Ogedegbe (BR) 23.9 sec. 400m: Shepherd (MT ) 55.3 sec. 800m: Curz:on (G L) 2 min 11.1 sec. 1500m: Kingston (MO) 4 min 33.4 sec. Hurdles: Madueme (MO) 18.5 sec. L ong Jump: Spencer (SH) 6. 14m. Triple Jump: Kamana (T) 11.68m. High Jump: Thomas (SH) 1.68m. Shot Putt: Orsler (LN) 10.17m. Di scus: Carey (LN) 25.66m. Javelin: Rosato (MT) 39.43m. 4 x l OOm Relay: Broughton 47.8 sec.

Victor Ludorum: Spencer (SH).

Victrix Ludorum: Dawes (BL).

Overall Winners: Girls: Walpole. Boys: Meister Omcrs. S~utt/c

Relays:

Grrls: Walpole. Boys: Tradcscant.

The Boat Club 1st VIII The 1993 crew achieved a great deal but enjoyed no great racing success, at least until well past the eleventh hour. Over the season they made significant technical gains, enjoyed their tra ining - much of which was o f high quality - and made many friends on the towpath and amongst other crews. They reall y were superb ambassadors for the school. Unfortunately their sportsmanship all too often seemed to include the gentlemanly pol icy of 'others first'! Training started in earnest at our camp at Pangbournc College, where their excellent faci lities allowed the crew to settle into some useful work . The week finished with a small-boat mini-regatta against our hosts and Shiplake College. We scored many victories, generally seeming stronger than Shiplake and about equal with Pangbourne, so we were able to leave w ith our hopes high. Those hopes were soon dashed, however , when we met Radley at our first regatta, Poplar Spring. Radley were quick to overpower us in the senior 2 final, and our eight were unable to find sufficient commitment even to hold off a weakened Abi ngdon crew. This lack of commitment to the rowing stroke was to hold us back for many weeks. We performed a little better in pairs, taking 2nd and 4th place in the final but the coxcd four ground to a halt half-way up the course in circumstances w hich were unique and indescr ibable (except to say that the crew's stroke was embarrassed). At Nottingham City, the eight engaged in our second scrap w ith Shiplake, one which we contri ved to lose through loss of concentration on a shortened course. The second say wou ld surely have yielded a win in the senior 3 event but Nottingham struck with its famous wind and the regatta was cancelled. Something similar was to occur again. Shortly before National Schools, Giles Tennick 's personal gremlin attacked once a~ain to depri ve him of rowing capability and we were forced to turn to a substitute. Tom Mann rowed nobly but he 1s not Giles and the eight went out ignominiously last in the semifinal o f the Queen M other Cup. And who were just in front of us...? Shiplake! On the Sunday, Nottingham struck with its famous w ind (Haven't I said that somewhere before? Yes, several times over several years!) and our pair were spared the problem of rowing in an event they'd entered by mistake. The cox less four (Scarlett , Evans, Handley, Bishop) , however, showed the first glimpse of the squad's true potential. In their semifinal they rowed through to qualify from a position at least three lengths, down, thereby demonstrating the type of determination missing from the younger and less experienced members of the crew. I n fair conditions they would have had a good chance of a medal. I n the poor lane they drew for the final they had little chance and were lucky even to keep afloat. Marlow saw the advent o f finishing coach, R.I. R., and two defeats at the hands of Pangbourne. But, finally, the tide had quite evidently turned for in the last 500m of the second race against Pangbournc something happened; the crew grew up. For the first time the crew learnt to race, to believe i n themselves, to pu ll hard. They came close to overhauling Pangbourne as a result and they came off the water knowing that, at last, they had understood what racing at this level was about. 236 1ST VIII (James Bridges)

1 suppose it was inev itable that we shou ld draw Shiplake again at Henley but it was a welcome draw because it vas the race the crew wanted , wanted to win . And it was the hunger to win and the confidence gained from Marlow ~11 .11 enabled the crew to row, at last, to thei r full potential - and that was truly fast. They won easily. In the second ro'und we faced Kingston Grammar School, winners of the Schools' Head. On form, we should have got nowhere near them. In practice we moved up from nea rly a length down to within a canvas at Fawley . Although we lost by 213 1ength in the end it was a magnificent row, clearly doing justice to the crew's abil ity. For the second day in succession the crew reached the barrier as fast as any King 's eight has ever done . .. overall, then, the crew came away with no wins but perhaps something more precious- the knowledge that , however late in the day, they had learnt to row, they had performed at a level suggesting they were in the top six or seven in the country and that they. were on a par with any previous King's crew. If only the mental attitude needed had been achieved a few weeks earlier! The crew's thanks go to: R.M.H . for his un flagg in~ support and organisation ; R.I.R. for showing them what selfbelief and rowing doors off can do; P.O.W. fo r putting the bow back on and so many other repair and preparation jobs; S. J.G . and the 2nd VIJI for allowing us to wreck their National Schools by pinching a sub ; and the catering and other support staff at school. T.J.P. Full colours were awarded to: Robert Hcdd lc, Charles Heise, Tom Jackson, James Evans, David Handley, Giles Tennicl< , James Bishop, Alex Scarlett , Robert Swanson. Team colours were awarded to: Tom Mann .

2nd VIII What a season we have had! The Lent term looked rather promising, showing us in the top ten of 2nd VIJls. With that rare combination of a keen crew, a great coach and an amazing cox, it 's no surprise we went on to lose absolutely everything this summer. 'No, Sir, I have no intention of resigning... ' (Cries of 'Shame!' from Hon. Members). Well O.K. , that' s not quite true. At Dock lands the coach 'jocked', and the VIII came down the course with all the dynamism (not to say the speed of) a pregnant duck. But then facing the late coach, who was getting so angry that he might well have become late, they went better in IV and Pair and picked up the odd medal or two. Thames Ditton - St. Pauls put their 1st VIII in our class. Charming. They won. National Schools- well , it was a nasty draw. (Hands up the boy who dared say 'I've heard that one before .. .' .) But hurrah for classy old Marlow. Duncan's intensive bed-based training system nearly cost the J ISs their race (and cost Duncan a lot - T.J.P. is an expensive 16-valve chauffeur). The Public School Vase for School/Junior VIJis is open to any not competing at Henley , so is a sort of Russian roulette- you can get anyone. We got Emanuel in the first round. The boys were so shocked at having a crew behind them that they fell to bits, but still won. In the final they rowed a fi ne start against Shrewsbury - then decided they'd be sporting and fall apart a bit when Shrewsbury counter-attacked. But they held on to their lead and took the cup by two-thirds of a length. Exciting stuff - it justified Coach having to stay till 8 p. m. and drive the bus home. And at least he did avoid all those rogue trees in fog. The Crew thus deserves a mention. Ben Loxton-E. at stroke, his 'all-in-one ' always ready for quick action; Tract. Tozer moaning away at 7: Cawston at 6, always ready to remind us of what Mr. Parker thinks about his T. D. (whatever that is) or was it T.V . - nudge , nudge; Tom 'Brains' Mann at 5, when he wasn 't sneaking off to the 1st VIII no loyalty; Old Man Wright trundling along at 4-A-Ievels called him , so Duncan slotted into the big man's seat after National Schools; Wallace from the Molesey 1st VIJI by the look of his rowing kit (dream on) at 3; little Teddy Rawlings -come back, we like you - at 2; Gallic flair personified with Rodolphe in the bows (his father does deserve a medal - we always have great support from parents, but to drive from beyond Paris to Nottingham is quite an effort! ). And have we forgotten cox? Impossible! Our John has such accuracy that he can spot a buoy on a totally empty lake from miles off and manage to hit it every time. Don't know how he does it (nor why) . You may wonder why the coach is not more depressed by 'only' winning one cup (senile dementia?). The truth is that this lot were, bar one and a bit, a Junior under 16 VIII . And by the end of the season good coaches (R.M.H .) were very impressed by the way they were rowing (and were stroked) . When they lost, they lost only because they simply d1d not have the horse-power of the sixth form crews they were up against. They do need to get a lot fitter and stronger, but if they really work hard , we will have an VIII of very considerable potential. They are also (the two must be linked) tremendously good fun to coach. All of which is why their coach feels very cheerful about them. After all the crew who won that Marlow Trophy last - in 1990 - got to the final of the Princess Elizabeth Cup a year later. So stay with it ; be determined to race hard , and we may be in for treats in a year or so. S.J.G.

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2ND VIII (S.J.G.) GIRLS' IST AND 2ND VIlis (Terence Loo) THE J UNIOR ISs (James Bridges; M.C.L.)

Girls' Rowing . Just in case anyone still neede~ convincing, a clear statement of commitment was made when no fewer than g1rls attended the tra111mg camp !n the last fi ve days of the Easter holiday~. Rejecting Switzerland , Italy and Potwemr_ we settled for t_he lush surroundmgs _of Westbere Lakes as o~r venue, with the home comforts of Luxmoor ~uga • thanks. to the kmdness of Mrs. Tenn1ck. Under. Andre_w's guidance great strides were made in fitness and te ·h0 ~~e. and this ~ct the pace fo r the term to folio~. With a d1ct of two land-traini ng sess ions (aerobics and multi-gec ) 1que four rowmg outmgs per week, not to menllon numerous ergos and runs (including some at 6 a.m ) these 111y111 hand been among the fittest girls ever seen at King's. ·' ust ave . W allin~ford prove~ to be a~ ideal fi rst regatta of the season - an idyll ic setting and, with the 1st VIII double enteri 111 IVs. p enty of racmg pracllce. The 2nd VIII made amends fo r a slow start against Oxford Brookes Univcrs"t bg 1 pull111g out all the stops oyer the s~cond half of the race. They finished just over a length down, but it was a Yo Y fi ght_. ! he I st VII~ had a d1sappo111t111g row aga111st Osier House, but half of them had an eventful time in Novice surv1v111g <~ ramm1_ng attempt by Lady Margaret Hall (promptly di squalified), a _seve~c asthma attack (Harry L., wh\, courageously cont_mucd to race) and a comfortable victory over Southampton Un iversity before succumbing to a t 0 Somerville crew 111 the final. s rong Thames Ditton , a fortn ight later, should h_ave been better sti ll. but the 1st VIII did not manage to retain their le h and tcchmq~c when. und~~ pressure from !--111coln, Oxford, while the 2nd VIII never quite recovered from a jit~~: start follow111g a h;ur-ra iSing encounter With a pleasure-steamer on the way down to the start. Y Unda~ntcd. the crews tr_ained harder s~ ill an~ we were delighted to succeed in our aim to take two VIlis to the National Schools Rc~atta. at , Nott111gham , despite losm~ four n~emb~rs through illness, injury or the Biology Field Tri ChampiOnslllp Girls VIlis at N.S.R. IS now a hi!1h-quailty, highly competiti ve event and we were moreover the onr.· school to enter two crews. It_was. t_herefore no disgrace that neither of our VIlis qualified for the final; both rowe~ well and to the utmost of their ability and effort. On the Sunday our Coxcd IV braved the foul conditions and cam a very creditable 4th in their heat , just missing qualifying for the final. e After the tension of f':lat ional Schools it w~s fun !O enter two 1~1ore regattas towards the end of term . At Horscfcrry ~c reached two fina ls_. 111 Semor 3 JVs a_nd m Novice VIlis, los1_ng by a mere half-length to King's College, London 111 the_ latter. At Read mg _Town our Novice IV rowed past Readmg R.C. to win their heat before losing to Kingston G.S. 111 what was to all 111tents and purposes the fin al. Consdcring how many of the crew-~embers were in only their first year of rowing, they have achieved a great deal. _We owe ~n c~o.rmous debt of gr~lltude to Andre~ T~yl~r for: dev?ting an amazing amount of time and energy to tram111&and msp.m ng _the squa~ . ':"hde someh?w f]tt mg 111 h1s umvcrs1ty research and his own train ing for Henley. He has ra ised girls row111g ~t Kmg s t? new. heights and we can only hope he will still be with us next year. A big thank you too to Peter WilliS fo r all h1s pallence, support and encouragement.

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s.w.w. Ntllional Schools' Regatta Crews: 1st VJII: Claudia Ludbrook (Bow), Harriet Lester, Kate McPartlin Solange Fontana Elizabeth Robinson Jessica Potter, Gillian Luther, Charlotte Stern (Stroke), Victoria Spencer (Cox ). ' ' ' 2 nd VJII: Sarah Mullen (Bow) , Elizabeth Hunt , Abigail Mance, Lucinda Johnson, Isabel Bruce, Antonia Harrison, FIOna Towncnd, Amy Hermon-Tay lor (Stroke), Naylah Hamou r (Cox). c;oxcd I V : Claudia Ludbrook (Bow) , Antonia Harrison, Elizabeth Robinson, Harriet Lester (Stroke), Charlotte PiperSmith (Cox ). A lso rowed: Jocelyn Butcher, Helo"ise Hartley, Em ily Pullen, Tania Still , Harriet Will is.

Junior 15 Boys' Rowing and Girls' Sculling . There arc few sports within ~ing's ~hat offer a cha_nce for a complete co-educational approach to training. Rowing IS one ofth~se and f~r t~c first time this yea~. t~~ Jumor ~ 5 ~qua~ has been tackled as one, being set identical training schedulc::s aimed a~ SII11Iiar targets. All th~ Individuals Within this squad have taken to th is approach with a sense of explo~atl ~n. knowmg th~ t the years _pr~v iOus to them have seen a de~ni tc separation between boys and girls, often rcsul!mg 111 the dev_aluation of t_he girl s efforts. In the _past, much aile~a uo n has come about between the boys and the girl s through nliSundc rsta~dmgs over levels oftrmm~ g and goals being set. It is my hope, as overall co-ordinator of _thc J ~ n1 or 15 age-g_roup .t~I s year, that the positi ve attitude from both the boys and the girls, born from the respect gamed for each oth c ~ 111 trammg. will contmue as they advance up the club. We will then have an atmosphere in which both the hoys and girls can excel at national, and occasionally, International levels. M.C.L.

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With success at two particular events, the Schools' Head in March, and the National S7hools' Rcgat_ta in May, as . rgct the boys' squad convened in January. The first weeks were largely taken up lcarn111g the essentials _of sweepa.•: technique, although some took much convincing that they didn 't know it all already. A strong emphasis was put oa fitness at a very early stage, so that the physical demands of the Head race and rc~atta seasons would not ta~e ?~yone by surprise. Crew disc ipline was clearly lacking in the early stages, but cox T1m Ridges, hav ing found h1s a ct shouted the crew together for the first Head races, at Hampton and then Burway. At both of these, the crew ~~ii~d· to take advantage ?f excellent starts, and let the races run away f~om them. A better performance was recorded . t Kingston , where a stnng of slower boats gave the ~r~w a. constant II!le of targets. By now th ~ crew had settled as a uch as it ever would, and a day spent at Putney, trammg m a Westmmster boat, was to reap Its rewards, not least ~r Tim who steered an excellent course at the Schools' Head race, learning much about the secrets of the tideway. The res~ it was a fou rth place, beating most of the schools who train on the tideway, and certainly our more fancied opposition. The result could have been even better, had the whole of bow side not decided to explore the river bed ~omc one hundred metres after the start. As a conclusion to the Head race season, a sc ratch crew raced in the Head Of The River Race, performing really rather poorly. However, at least they can now say that they have rowed the Boat Race course backwards! The training at the start of the summer term was intense. The target - to compress their efforts over Head race courses into considerably shorter distances. Having found a modicum of mental and physical endurance, _the emphasiS w·Is placed on ratin& control , suitably well handled by the stroke, Keith Bolshaw, and well supported 111 the engme rd~m by Gordon Va111cs and Dan Pullen. Often this crew let their zeal disrupt their concentration, with the result that their progres_s was seen in bursts. In _the firs.t race of the season, t~c crew comfortably beat St. Paul 's at Poplar, only 10 be disqualified fo r a rather dramatiC stecr111g error off the start 111 the final. Although some controversy surrounded the nature of the disqualification, ... well. .. it was our fau lt. St. Paul 's went on to win the fi nal. The crew then moved to Thames Ditton, and produced one of the most appall ing performances imaginable, allowing th emsel v~s to be overhauled by Hampton after taking three-quarters of a length off them at the start. The ghost of feebleness exorcised, they rowed particularly well at the Metropolitan regatta, holding off a strong Radley challenge, and again com~ ng second 10 Hampton. The row was noted for its solid stride, a steady working rating being maintained by the stern pa1r. Clearly the crew had not reached its ~ak. There foll owed a week of hard training, largely defying the traditional ' rest' period before the National Schools Regatta. At this stage the crew (finally) found the required clement of unity, and felt well prepared. In the first round, the crew quali fied in a rather poor fourth place, not really rating high enough, and looking very slow in the water. After a gearing change, they raced in the semifinal , were first to the hundred -metr~ mar:k. but were then passed by the enormous Eton and King's, Chester crews. At the half-way mark K.S.C. were 111 third _pl ac~. when Westminster be~an a surge that pushed past to a third of a length lead. Respondmg, K.S.C. upped their rating a~d came back to within two feet of a place in the final. Particularly fine performances were noted from the bow pa1r, Adam Wilton and Peter Baines. Completely exhausted as the crew was, their place in the final would have been low. They had rowed a very gutsy race. Some minor outbursts from their coach seemed to have paid off. Members of the crew went on to perform admirably for their houses in the Inter-House regatta. Having found their peak, and after changes in the crew, they failed to maintain their momentum for Marlow regatta, where they were pushed out by Eton and Shiplake. Some very exciting pairs racing followed at Westbere. This concluded a season that could be described as colourful, not least because of the characters involved. I should like to thank the whole squad for their commitment to the task, R.M.H . for his help and wisdom, Peter Willis for all that he has done for us (and that's an awful lot!), and fin ally the parents who braved often cold and wet conditions to support our efforts. Such support is absolutely essential in making the Junior 15 squad an effective learning-ground for greater thmgs. N.C.W.S. The Crew: Adam Wilton, Peter Baines, Ben Smith-Laing, Charles Foinette, Gordon Vaines, Daniel Pullen, George Still , Keith Bolshaw. Cox: Tim Ridges. Also rowed: Richard Ashenden (H.R.R. , Marlow) , James Harvey (H.R.R.). Other squad members: Tom May, James Bissill , Phil Lobb.

Girls' Sculling The Lent term, as for all crews, is both the hardest and, in many ways, the most important phase in preparation for the regatta season. The individuals who comprised the Junior 15 sculling squad showed determination and a _willing!less to learn immediately after Christmas. Indeed , when launches were short, they were able to have productive outmgs when coaching input was unavoidably limited. The trainin8, both on and off the water, was hard and was made no more pleasant by freezing conditions, rough water and a trailer that snapped on the way to Putney for the only .chance the crew was to get to practise on the Tideway for the major event of the term , the Schools ' Head of the River. A crew order change put Saskia Stirling-Aird in the stroke seat and this gave the crew a more aggressive attack to each stroke. The race was sculled well , with the plan to sprint fo r Hammersmith Bridge with successive pushes for home from there. Despite the potential the crew was beginnmj; to show, it still came as a surrrise to discover a King's victory (and by no small margm). Th is represents the fi rst victory for King's in a nationa girls' rowing event.

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The summer term began with an earnest discussion about targets that were to be set for what promised to be a ve successful regatta season. This promise was fulfi lled with a blistering three-length victory in the final at Thames Ditt~y against Kingston Grammar School over just 500m. The manner of the race was more impressive than the result: with both crews hav ing a relatively even first twenty strokes, the King's quad showed greater power and aggression to and beyond, the point when the race was decided, as they continued to draw away from the opposition who looked no less technically sound . In contrast, the Metropolitan regatta prov ided a day to forget. A steenng error left the crew disqualified from a final they should have won and it was brou~ht to our attention that the crew would have to race at J. l6 level at the forthcom ing National Schools' Regatta. While thi s sounds not too disastrous, it should be noted that the J .16 category of quadruple sculls is cox less (and so one member of the crew was to have to learn to steer a coxless boat) and that the regatta was but one week away! This obviously meant much disappointment for our cox who was to Jose his seat through no fault of his own. He took such disappointment in excellent fashion and continued to support the crew's efforts. In that week, we were able to train every day and Lucy Canney took to her unenviable task of steering with some reluctance but with no lack of ability. Given the 'Stampfli' coxless four , the crew found run between the strokes so far unseen and considerable improvement was noted each day. The event in Nottingham was raced over a shortened course of IOOOm as a result of a howling head-wind. The start was disastrous and it left the King's quad some three lengths adrift from all the opposition. Immediately after the stride, however, they began to haul the competition back moving eventually into second place only to be pipped to the line , having run out of steam in the last 200m or so and were forced to settle for a bronze medal. This achievement represents the first ever medal at the National Regau,; fo r a King's girls crew but al so the first medal for the club as a whole for a few years. To round off the season, the crew was entered in the Henley Women 's Regatta where, although they were well beaten, they gained not only an i ns i ~ht into the standard of British women's rowing, but al so invaluable experience for when they return to the regatta m more competit ive crews. Credit can be given to each member of thC? group .for the successes of the year for they all gave in their own way to the racing and the atmosphere of the trammg sess1ons. We all owe thanks to a number of people who appear now in no part icular order. R.M.H. , for the confidence in us to give us the best equipment t hrou~hout the season; Peter Will is for looking after the boat and sculls; F.E.T. and C.V.B. for their co-operation at crucml times in the season; M.C. L. and the parents who came to support us when we raced. The Crew: Bow (and steers) Lucy Canney; 2 Sarah Petrie; 3 Lucy Heise; Stroke Saskia Striling-Aird; Cox (unti l N.S.R.) Priyan Landham.

Golf I have been most fortunate in this my twenty-sixth year in charge in havi ng such a helpful and efficient Captain in Richard Goulden and before giving an account of this season, I would like to thank h1m for all he did to make the year an enjoyable one. Much the same pattern repeated itself as in past years, and so we played the Queen's Regiment at Canterbury in the Autumn term. They were lead ing us in the series to date but we squared the account by a pleasing 3- 1 win , giving the new Captain an excellent start to the season. He followed this up by winning the Senior Section of the Geoffrey Young Trophy at Prince's with James Munday being the Junior victor. A second match in one year against St. Lawrence took place at North Foreland wh ich was won 3- 1. Activity Golf at Prince's took place on Thursdays with valuable experience being gained by the ten pupi ls in the group. The Summer term began with two disappointments. Fi rstly Luke Jam ieson, one of the most promising players from last year, felt he could not play in his A-level term. Secondly James Munday was involved in tennis which initially clashed with golf fi xtures. Despite these setbacks we played in quick successiOn Reigate G.S. at Prince's, Tonbridge and Charterhouse at Royal St. Georges and Cranleigh at Royal Ashdown Forest. All these games were against tough opposition and we suffered a series of defeats but they were tempered by some pleasing individual performances. Richard Goulden beat his Tonbridge opponent and Frazer Hughes ought to have won being dormie 5 up. We lost l'h-4 1/2. Giles Macey and James Munday both won against Cranleigh but we lost 2-4. Victories followed versus King's, Rochester 3-0 at the Mid-Kent Golf Cl ub and against St. Lawrence at Canterbury 3- 1. The Inter-House produced a cliff-hanger fi nish with School House (Hughes and Macey) pipping Galpin's (Gou lden and Groves) by one point to snatch the Cup. After half term the Masters fo r once had the better of the School in the annual encounter at Prince's. Hughes, Macey and Rosato were the team in the Kent Schools Team Championship played at Tudor Park, near Maidstone. The winning school out stripped the rest averaging 76, probabl y the best score in the long history of this event. I must voice my growing concern about the fall in numbers joining Canterbury. If this trend continues golf may well cease as a sport in the School and a campaign of recruitment will be mounted next term. We bid fa rewell to Richard Goulden and Andrew Groves who have served the Club so loyally and wish them all the best for the future. Frazer Hughes is appointed Captain for 93/94. J.J.D .C. Team from: Richard Goulden (Capt. ), Andrew Groves , Frazer Hughes, Giles Macey, Michele Rosato, James Munday , Lewis Mitchell , Maurice Fakoury. Full Colours were awarded to: Richard Goulden. Minor Sports Colours were awarded to: Andrew Groves. Frazer i-lughes and Giles Macey. 240

Sailing This has been one of the best sailing seasons for some time. Early in the term there were two weeks of fai rly strong vinds provid ing unscheduled capsize practice for the less skilled and towards half term some splendid sunny weather, ~ess but adequate winds and a surprisingly large number of capsizes in these waters where a bye-law prohibits swimming. over 35 pupils have turned up fo r recreation and learning and a fu rther 24 for the House matches. The House matches were sailed over nine races, one of the nine being discarded for scoring purposes, and no helmsman Âˇ was allowed to sail in more than three. Eight Houses entered under these terms and every race produced its share of close finishes and skilled helmsmanship. The competition was open to the very last race, and Linacre well deserved their win , both from talent and the greater depth of competent sailors. I House/Race 2 4 Total 3 5 6 7 8 9 0.75 4 0.75 2 2 4 2 3 18.5 5 Linacre 9* 0.75 4 5 4 3 2 0.75 2 21.5 Broughton 6 7 28.5 3 5 0.75 0.75 3 3 9 Grange 7 38.75 2 0 .75 IOn 4 Meister Omers 5 6 9* 5 4 6 4 2 4 IOn IOn IOn 46 Tradescant 6 3 0.75 46.5 Marlowe 9* IOn IOn IOn IOn 0.75 3 Mitchinson 's 5 3 IOn IOn IOn IOn 56 9d 3 6 2 5 2 IOn IOn IOn IOn IOn I On 59 Galpins The total scores do not mclude the d1scarded race. *=ret1red d =d1squahfied n=nonstarter

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Cup Winners: Linacre - Simon Garnett , Tom Goodman (Capt.), Adam Fend ius, Dominic Fendius, Jonathan Norris . 2nd: Broughton - Wi ll iam Weibourn , Kieran Murphy, James Bridges. 3rd: The Grange - Guy Stevens, Douglas Morrison, Michael Henderson, Paul Tsergas. M.N.W.

Swimming King's now has a National level swimmer. Tom Collins achieved the <~,uali fyi ng time for lOOm freesty le in the course of the Southern Counties Championships during the holidays . His contributions also significantly boosted our performances in two relay events. In the National Public School Relays, the lOOm freestyle team (Jul ian Kingsland , Terence Loo, Tom Coll ins, James McNaught) improved their time by over 6 secol)ds to 4: 11.03s and missed the final of the Bath cup by just 0.07 seconds. The medley team also improved significantly, from 31st to 17th place overall . The U. l5 freestyle team (Tom Coll ins, James McNaught, Edward Rice, Michele Rosato) triumphed at the Bishop's Stortford festival, bringing home the Bill Clare cup. A new departure this term was that a number of individuals entered the 'Nov ices Tournament ' organised by the Dover Life Guards Club. Terry Loo was part icularly successful with three golds (50m breast stroke, 50m back stroke and 50m freestyle) and a silver (50m butterfly), a fine all-round performance. Terry also established a new school record of 1:09.22s for the senior 4 X25m individual medley. As expected, we were short of U. l6 swimmers this term ; not anticipated was that we would also lose some of our Shell sw1mmers to other sports. An indoor poalturns out not to be a completely unmixed blessing: it is a very attractive option in a cold wet January but can be unpleasantly hot in the summer. However, we retained a core of strong swimmers in the Remove year and the fift h-formers have !rained hard. In all but one of our matches we swam (successfully) either an U.l 5 team or an U. l6 team which drew heavily on U.l5 swimmers. A~ainst St. Lawrence, also fully coeducational, we broke new ground with a mixed boy/girl U. l5 contest. Maybe th1s represents the way forward. The senior team was notably strong and suffered only one defeat. There was indeed plenty of talent to draw on, but alas in swimming fitness is critical and depends on continual training; not all our members have shown the same degree of commitment. At the end of a good season, we are left with a feeling of what might have been ... Second Colours were awarded to Matthew Knight, Paul Perrin and Michele Rosato; First Team Colours to Ell iot Ashurst, Matthew Gourmand, Alex Macdonald-Bell , Alastair McGregor and Ben Rolfe. First Colours were awarded to Dan Drury , Terence Loo and Chris Ziegler. We thank Mr. Barham, Mr. Davies, Mr. McFall and Miss Price for their help with training and running the matches; we particularly appreciate the advice and encouragement of our coach, Mrs. Murray. N.J .B. 241

~cniors: Julian Ki ng~land, Ell iot Ashurst, Barry Cameron, Dan Drury, Matthew Gourmand Terr Macdonald-Bell . Alastatr McGregor, Ed Mt llard, James Rawlings, Ben Rolfe and Chris Ziegle; . Y Loo, Alex U 16:. Stephen Gourmand, Matthew Knight, Paul Perri n* Michele Rosato and John Vc· de (*AI 1 ' ne · so swam With the sentors.) 0 Ul5: Tom Coll ins*• , Nigel Field , James McNaught•, Peter Phipson and Ed Rice• . (0 AJso swam with the Ul 6~.) R ESULTS K. S.C. v St. Lawrence College (away). S: 65:35 (won) U l 5 (Boys and girls): 6 1:37 (won) K.S. C. v Harrow School (home) S: 41:39 (won) U 15: 46:34 (won) K.S. C. v Duke of York 's School v St. Lawrence College (away) S : 86:86:35 (drew) U 16: 9 1:86:- (won) K.S.C. v Tonbridge School (home) S : 50:50 (drew) U 16: 53 :47 (won) K. S.C. v King's School, Rochester (home) S: 69: 3 1 (won) U 16: 99:63 (won) K.S. C. v Eastbournc College v Epsom College (away) S: 39:65 '1z:63Vz U 16: 28:8 1:59 U l 5: 66:55:47

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This year's swimming t~am ~as started virtually from scratch ; the only common members from h st e·!r w and Laura Sh.c lford. Despite thts, we had. a much stronger team, mak ing up for the loss of 8 . . . 'd Lere !l.lysclf nc~ rccr1u11hs. 111h Clha tre P?stans, Emt ly ~htpson, Jenny Arnold and Lauren Davies. In th~ jun i~~\~~m tl~~~tan~~~~ Wt.t ~ ex rcmc Y tg , t e mam members be111g Jane Gann and the dedicated Davies twins. was We made a slow start to the season by losing to Croydon High S h 1 d ~ encouragi ng, but a lack of fit ness showed th ~ough in some. c oo - goo per ormanccs by the 6bs were . . . Collc~c and proved '' l close . one - we 1ost b 4 · · . Our fi rst. match of the . Sum mer term was against St · .Lawrence largely ow111g to the 111nucncc of a former Great Bntam JUntor on 1 c St. Lawrence side! Y pomts, Whcc con~i nucd our d i~coburaginhg pr?gress away agai nst a strong Bcncndcn team despite an excellent performance by 1 JU ntors - we wt cat t em 111 years to come!

0 sK·w~~~: ~Rr ~ x~hC~~~~c~~~r~~~~~~~)~~~~~~J~~i; r s ~ ~~~a~~h}~ r~ ~~~~hc~~~~~~~f~~~~~~~~;ncc~~~!ll:~ ~c~t1n~u;~~x~x~gc!ltns .cnt1 111g s oc ester produced an overall vtctory.

WE·c ebnded thH c .se~son with a n ourish and a tremendous vict.ory over Epsom and Eastbourne in a triangular m·uch at ast ourne. clVtng come last last year we were not cxpect111g an e· · H d ' ~~r standard ~~m ~c Ki~g·s boys Captain 'sealed our resolve! After kce~f~g~~; ~it~~he;~;~:~r ~~~~~~·ie~~~1 ~fe;i~:~r~~~ a ba~u\~~~by tl~l~c bo~~ .' e two relays. We managed to win these with a combined j unior and senior team, offsetting LaLauSehn j~nd dEm~y~avC steadily improved at breastrok~, proving formidable opponents. Jenny Arnold, when available

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she wt ll encourage next year s team to do the same in her role as Captain for ~he coming seasot. Good luc~ropc Thanks to Mrs. Mu rray, Mr. Thane and those who accompanied us to swimmi n h AI h· k . for amusll1g us, and to Terry for hi s continued and comical (?) dcf·tccment of thgc m gartlcs ' cs. . so. t ·111 s. to the boys • ' 1 swt mm tng nottccs .. . .

Colours: Clatrc Postans , First; Lau ren Davies, First; Jenny Arnold Team· Laura

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Tennis 1st VI It has been a fa irly successful season in the friend ly fi xtures and the Gh ndvill Cup The c h b 1· bl d of phyers who comb 1'ned 11 · th · ·· d· ' · r as ccn are ta c squa ' • • • • we 111 ctr pamngs an 111 most cases showed an improvement in the ir standard of play . T~c scas~n began wt.th our ha~dest match , as Sevenoaks have players who concentrate pure! on their tennis and d~sp11~ lcav111g out therr fir~t P.a tr, t~cy stt ll proved to be in a different league. With the cobrebs blown away th~ team t en had a .run of vtctoncs 111 whrch confidence rose and the players made the most pro rcss A ~inst St Edmund's the second pam ng of Potter and Lamont set the team up well in the first match by ovcrto~i~g 3-S deftcit 10 beat

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路r first pair 7-5. This was to be a trademark for our second pair who played well when under pressure. Newbery th~ W路tddell at first pair were a little shaky to begin with but as their services iml?roved so did the rest of their play. anarch' and Massingham l?layed as a pair in the Under 16s and combined flair wtth consistency to win all their sets M~inst St. Edmund' s. Thts convincing perfo rmance prov ided a boost for the Tonbridge fi xture. Again the second pair 3 Ja~1 es Lamont and Lawrence Potter put on a decisive performance to win fou r sets based on some potent servmg, 0 路rh Lamont's reach at the net being a major obstacle for the opposition. The other pairs battled well to ensure a pleasing w~wry. The pairings were then changed slightly fo r Dover College to act as some match practice for the forthcoming Glandvi ll Cup. On the uneven grass courts Murch and Waddell took some time to settle as dtd Newbcry and Massingham who eventually l<?oked convincing. The unchanged pair of Potter and Lamont showed res ilience to win a tic-break after a disputed ltne-call. The first match in the Glandvill Cup was against Eastbourne Col lege and could not have been a more evenly balanced m路ttch. At one stage we looked to be leading in the singles but it eventually took a great deal of determination from t...~wrence Potter to win the third set ~n ~ tie-break to square the match at two all . As the doubles were drawn, the result fell in our favour thanks to our wmnmg one more set than Eastbourne as Ben Mass m~h am gave a fine performance in.thc singles to win two sets to love. The next round was a much less exciting match wtth all six matches being won against Simon Langton. In the meantime a below-par performance on the rubbe r-surfaced courts at St. .Lawrence end<:d the winning streak. The form of Potter and Lamont deserted them but Newbcry and Massmgham tmprovcd to wm three sets. The pairings reverted to their original combi nations, but despite a good performance by Waddell and Ncwbery who was beginni ng to volley effectively, the team lost in a close match to a strong all -round Brentwood side. Waddell unfortunately injured his knee and with exams starting for Ben Massingham, Bjorn Hall and Philip Aidrick were drafted in to play Sutton Valence. The season effectively ended with the fourth-round match in the Glandv ill Cup against Tunbridge. At this stage of term it is very difficu lt to arrange a mutually convenient time and the combination of exams and a three-week absence of match play led to a defeat despite good wins by Potter and Massingham in their singles matches. It was a disappointing way to end the season but there were glimpses of hope in some matches although foot -fault ing needs to be addressed as docs the consistency of the second service. May I thank all the players for their efforts and wish those leaving some success with the tennis in the futu re, especially the captain Chris Newbcry, who although not being on his best form this year acted as a most considerate host to our visitors.

2nd VI The results arc pleasing but mask the varied nature of the standard of opposition . Defeats by Tunbridge and Sevcnoaks were due to the htgher standard reached in those schools as they have much la rger numbers of seniors play ing tennis. When playing Dover College or St. Lawrence, the reverse situation occurred as we were faced with younger, less experienced opposit ion. Nevertheless, two pairs were very much in evidence: Hall and Aldrick and Crowe and Adams . Against Tunbridge, the reliability of Adams at the back of the court and Crowe's service ensured a one-set victory and a close tic-break against their second pair. The only other set won was by Rodopoulos and Dobbs who unexpectedly beat their fi rst pair again in a tie-break. Hall and Aldrick made up for their losses by hitting form against Brentwood and St. Lawrence, showing that they can be potentially very good if they are both play ing well. Several players combined and competed for the third pairi ngs and it was pleasing to see the regulars training and practising often, as th is will enhance the standard of next year's team. I would like to thank all the players for their reliability and wish Hall and Aldrick success in the future. S.E.A. 1st VI Team : Christopher Newbery (Capt. ), James Lamont*, Lawrence Potter*, Ben Massingham, James Murch, Andrew Waddell*. *Awarded First Colours. A lso played : Philip Aldrick, Bjorn Hall. 2nd VI Tea m from: Bjorn Hall* (Capt.) , Stephen Adams*, Phil ip Aid rick*, Ad<:m Bissill , James Cheeseman, Charles Crowe*, Harry Dobbs, Neil Hopkins, Christopher Kenwright , Darren Kingston, Christos Rodopoulos. *Awarded Second Colours. RESULTS

1st VI:

2 nd VI:

Played 12, Won 6, Drawn I, Lost 5. v Sevenoaks (H). Lost 0- 11 v St. Edmund's (H) . Won Il - l v Tunbridge (H). Won 8-4 v Dover College (A). Won 8-4 v Eastbourne (H). Drawn 12- 12 v St. Lawrence (A). Lost 3-9 v Brentwood (H). Lost 5-7 v Sutton Valence. Won 9-1

Played 6, Won 3, Drawn I, Lost 2. v Sevenoaks (A). Lost 1-8 v Tunbridge (H). Lost 2-10 v Dover College (A). Won 12-0 v Eastbourne (A). Drawn 6-6 v St. Lawrence (A). Won 6-2 v Brentwood (H). Won 8-0

'A ' VI : v St. Edmund's Singles (A). Lost 0-12

Glandvi/1 Cup:

v Eastbourne (H) . Won 8-7 sets v Simon Langton (H). Won 6-0 v Tunbridge (H). Lost 2-4 243

The Senior Boys House competition was won in a close final by The Grange agai nst Marlowe. School House w the Inter-House league by beating L inacre. on I would like to thank C.J.R.J. and P.T . for their help duri ng the term w ith teams and organizing practices and t S.C. W : for taking teams away to Eastbourne: Thank~ al~o to the.ground staf_f, the catering dep~rtment and to all parcnto for the1 r support , pl us Mr. Churcher for h1s rc-strmgmg scrv1ces and M1chael Sugg for h1s coaching. s S.E. A .

Under 16 VI ~ ith the s~ct rc of.G.C.S.E.s. looming ever closer , this term is never an easy one for fif~h -fc:>r m sl?ortsmen. The tenms season IS effectively the SIX weeks before half term, with the oldd cup match follow 1ng m a diSJointed way A t least w_e did not have .to contend w ith bad weat~cr th is year a~d. all things considered, I was very pleased with the enthus1asm and commitment shown by everyone m the squad. W ith our best player , Ben M assmgham, being rapidly promoted to the Firsts, it was a tribute to the others that we more than broke even in the friendly matches. The Sevenoaks match was very close ri~ht the way through and was decided on t wo tic-break sets, both of which we unfortunate! lost. A fter a comprehensive victory over St. Edmund's, we could field only a weakened team against a sol id Tonbridg~ side. The trip to Eastbourne resulted in a rare, and fair, draw and j ust about the only rain that affected us all term probably robbed us of a bona fide wi n against Brentwood. T he Sutton Valence match saw all three pairs in good form . The Kent Cup competition , invol ving only four players and allow ing us to bring in Ben M assi ngham for three of the rounds, brought easy wins against St. Edmund's, Dover and Archer's Court. The Hartsdown and Chatham House matches were much closer, but we survived to reach the semifinals, where we were joined by Sevenoaks, Langley Park and Tunbridge. The 'Finals Day' was held at Bencnden and, thanks to an inconveniently positioned French A.O. exam, three o f our good Under- I S players had to be blooded. Relieved to have avoided Scvenoaks in the draw it was sti ll a bapt ism of fire, as Langley Park fielded two national squad players and two County ones ! ' Individually everyone made progress (although by the end of the exams few could see it that way!) and James Munday and Adrian Faulkner formed an effective first pa1r, winning most of their matches by guile as much as by power. Russell Hewett fired down some huge ser ves and his cheerful partnership with A ndy M cGregor brought good results at second pair. Various pairi ngs took the court in support of the fi rst two and Charles A itken, Jam ie Paris and Tom Robertson all had some pleasing wins. I am sorry that Adrian and Jamie wi ll be leaving King's and we all wish them every success at their new schools. , C .J .R.J . Team: James M unday (Capt.), Charles Ait ken, Adrian Faulkner, Russell Hewett , Andrew M cG regor , Jamie Paris. A lso played: Simon Bird, Benjamin M assingham, Jonathan Murch, Edward Radcli ffe, Thomas Robertson, Dylan Wyn Pugh. RESULTS Fricndlies: K.C.L. T.A. Under -16 Cup: v Scvenoaks (H). Lost 4-5 v Archer 's Court (H ). Won 6-0 v Hartsdown (H). Won 4-2 v St. Edmund 's (H). Won 8Y.! - 'h v Tonbridgc (H). Lost 1-8 v St. Edmund's, Dover (H). Won 6-0 v Eastbourne (A). Drawn 6-6 v Chatham House (H) . 3-3. Won on games v Brentwood (A). A bandoned at 5- 1 (rai n) v Langley Park (A). L ost 0 -4 (semi-final) v Sutton Valence (H). Won ?'lz -l 'h

Under 15 and Under 14 Teams I n terms of results and numbers participating in the game, this was a rather successful term. What is all the more encouraging is that individuals who were not necessa rily team members showed encouraging progress. M y only regret is that many of the boys did not get the opportunity to play school matches, the reason being that few schools in Kent are able to field U 14 and U I SB teams. However all boys participated in regular coaching sess ions. The depth in talent is evidenced by the fact that the U I SB team was able to win matches agai nst U I SA teams in the M idland Bank regional competit ion. At the top of the abi lity range John Murch and Edward Radcl iffe combined well in the doubles but still have some way to go on the singles front. Simon Bird and Jul ian K napp and the second pai r showed tremendous promise. Thei r ' never say die' approach proved invaluable in matches. It IS indeed a pity that Jul ian will be returning to Germany to continue w ith his education i n the new academic year. In the U !4s some useful players for the future were noted. Justin Gardner and Edward Dale-Jones moulded into an efficient doubles pai r as did Adam Tarr and Daniel Broom. James Partick and Angus Blackburn arc also players who w ill be in the running for U I SA team places next year. It must be noted that many of the U 14A team represented the school in the Midland Bank competition. The Junior House competition was keenly contested, w ith Tradescant running out as eventual w inners against M arlowe. P.T. 244

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Under 15 A: v Sevenoaks. Lost 3-6 v Tonbridgc. Lost 5-7 v Eastbourne. Won 5-1 v Brentwood. Abandoned Midland Bank Competition: U l 5 A: v Chatham House. Won 5-l v King Ethelbert 's. Won 5- 1 v Simon Langton. Won 5-l

U15 8: v Chatham House. Lost 2-4 v King Ethelbert's. Won 30gs to 29 v Simon Langton. Won 4-2 v King 's Ul5 B. Lost 1-5

v King's Ul5 B. Won 5- l Regional Final: v Scvenoaks. Lost 0-6

Regular Team Ph1yers: Midland Bank U / 5 A: Simon Bird, Julian Knapp , Jonathan Murch, Edward Radcliffe. U/5 8: Edward Dale-Jones, Justin Gardner, James Goodman, Thomas Goodman , Adam Tarr. Other regular team players: Daniel Broom , Henry Eccles, Thomas Partridge, James Partick, Leonard Samuelson ,

Adam Wil fiams.

Girls' Tennis 1st VI This has been one of the most successful seasons for girls' tennis for a I on ~ time, winning five out of our six matches, and we did extremely well to ~et through to the semi fi nals of the Kent reg10n of the Aberdare Cup. Our success has been due to the talent and ded1cation of a large number of players and in particular, Lucy Hudsm ith , Clare Watson and Antonia Steinkruger. Mrs. Woodley's coaching and encouragement has been a tremendous help to us all and we greatly appreciate it. Lucy Hudsmith , plaY. ing in the 1st pair, showed a consistent variety of powerful shots that have repeatedly fooled opponents, and her abil ity to stay calm under all circumstances has been mcrediblc. Antonia and Clare have played very well at 2nd pair and showed great determi nation and a consistent competitive spirit throughout their matches. Antonia's style and Clare's powerful fore hand have been the most dominant aspects of their play. Their record of wins is impressive and they have been very pleasant team members. Toward the end of term, Charlotte Morgan earned her place 111 the 1st VI by playing consistently well and her keenness and willingness to step in at the last minute has been greatly appreciated. Our most convincing wins were against Dover College (9-0) and Sutton Valence (8- 1). Having scraped wins last year we managed to beat them without our full first team. In the Benenden match we were also successful, even though they are renowned to be difficult opponents. Benenden's tennis is very strong and our 6-3 win against their ' A' team was very pleasing. We knew our match against Sevenoaks would be tough b ut we felt we were strong enough this year to have a chance of beating them. Three rubbers were very closely contested and we fi nally lost 3-6, but it was a very good match. Reaching the semifinals of the Aberdare Cup against other Kent schools was a great achievement. Lucy, Clare, Antonia and I played a series of singles and doubles matches. We had a tricky first round against Maidstone Grammar School but managed to win 3-2 as our doubles-playing pulled us through. Kent College and Dover Grammar School matches in the follow ing rounds were easy but in the semifinals against Baston School from Bromley we encountered problems. The pressures of A-levels and a fall caused Lucy to lose heavily at number one singles , but the other three singles played by Clare, Charlotte (Antonia was unwell , so couldn't play) and myself went to 3 close sets, but we lost the match 0-4 to a very good young side. I have greatly enjoyed being captain this season and wish Antonia luck next year. With such talent coming up through the school, the team should go from strength to strength. EMMA RADCLIFFE.

RESULTS

v Cranbrook. Won 7-2 v Sutton Valence. Won 8- 1 v Dover College. Won 9-0

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v Benenden. Won 6-3 v Ashford. Won 6-3 v Sevenoaks. Lost 3-6

Abcrclilrc Cup :

v Maidstonc G.S . Won 3'1z-2'1z v Kent College. Won 4'/z- 'h v Dover G.S. Won 5- l

Scmilinuls:

Ba~ton .

Lost 0-4

Tile tC<II11 wa., : Emma Radcliffe (Capt .)*. Lucy Hudsmith*. Katie Press. Antonia Steinkrugcr•*, Clare Watson••

Charlotte Morgan• .

A lso pl<~yec/: Rosam und Bennett, Louise Hayter• .

* I st Colours, • I st team Colour, Having written thi~ Cimtuarian report , Emma is too modest to include her own contribution to the considerable succc,~ of the Ist VI th is term . For most of the season she played at fi rst pair, providing a reliable, consistent partner for Lucy . They played well together, with Lucy attacki ng from the net and Emma covering the co urt where needed and especially with deep groundstrokes from the baseline, thus forcing opponents into error. At the beg inni ng of the seaso n, Louise Hayter and Pixie Bennett looked potentially an exc iting third pair and h·td the right approach by attacki ng fro m the net, but unfortunately their promise never quite translated itself mto w inni~g matches. They w~reh o wev e r . a strong first pair in the 2n ~ VI. Katie Press, a member of the lst VI last year, wa~ InJUred at the begmnmg of term and never qune got hersel f mto practiCe for our Aberdare Cup team . She is a talented playe r however and played in a couple of matches for the I st VI. My sincere thanh go to Emma for her captaincy and efficient organisation. I have been impressed by her calm and unru fncd manner in the face of A-level pressures; it has been a great pleasure for me to work wih her. J.A.W.

2nd VI The 2nd VI have had a remarkable season , winni ng all their matches by a considerable margin. The standard of tennis played has been high and in another year this team might well have been our I st VI. All members of the team arc to be congratulated on their consistently good performance and their abi lity to win points when needed. Loui ~e Hayter and partner Pixie Bennett have already been mentioned in the footnote to the 1st VI report and they should both be pra ised again for their positive approach to the game. They both play an attacking game from the net. and if they could have eli minated their errors on the volley particularly their place in the 1st VI might have been assured. They have been a very strong first pair in the 2nd VI. Louise, as capta in, commanded considerable respect amongM the girls in the team and, in fact, her contribution to the games teams as a whole has been very valuable - 2nd/1st XI (hockey). 2nd/1st VII (netball), 2nd/1st VI (tennis) - and she has continued to maintain an interest in all ga me~ throughout her time at the school and she is to be admired for that. Another very strong pair was Charlotte Morgan (who subsequently moved up to the I st VI and to the Abcrdare C up team) and Jocelyn Bushell - a partnership be~un early in their school ca reer at Ashfo rd School and continued here last season and hal f of this. Their long li st of wms over two years has contributed greatly to the success of Ki ng's tenn is. Charlotte particularly could always be relied upon to ~ct the ball back over the net and to place it where she wanted, thus wearing her opponents down with her patient rallymg and waiting for them to make the inevitable m i stake~. Jo Cuppagc and Ell y James played regularly throughout the winter, so when it came to the summer term they were already 111 good practice and proved to be another strong pair. They have gained confidence in their volleying and have been tcmr.ted - albeit rel uctantly - up to the net on occasions . Maybe with another wi nter's practice Elly, particularly. Will not be quite so quick and keen to return to the baseline! Ana Maria Lei, Jane Wigan , Laura LeighPemberton and Kathryn Porges also contributed well to matches. Their games have improved from the practice and ex perience of playing matches for the school. The most outstanding wins of the season were against Cranbrook (9-0). Ashford (7- 1), Bcncndcn (7-2). and Scvcnoah (6-3). It is always difficult to compete with these large schools whose strength lies in thei r depth . They can a lway~ provide substitutes of equal standard. Special mention shou ld be made of the match against Sevcnoaks where their girl s have the usc of three indoor courts all winter, so a win against them was especially pleasing. My congratulation~ go to all members of this very successfu l team and my thanks to captain Louise. J .A.W. The team w:1.': Louise Hayter (Capt. ), Rosamund Bennett *, Jocelyn Bushell *, Joanna Cuppagc*, Eleanor Jamc~ * . Ana Maria Lei. Jane Wigan. Laura Leigh-Pemberton. Also pluyccl: Kirst in Gaymer. Joanna Houghton, Priscilla Parish , Kathryn Porges, Amelia Stewart. *2 nd Co lours. RES ULTS

v Cranbrook. Won 9-0 v Kent College. Won 9-0

v Simon Langto n G.S. Won 2- 1 v Bcncndcn. Won 7-2

v Ashford . Won 7- 1

v Scvcnoaks. Won 6-3

v Sutton Valence. Won 7-2

v Dover Coll ege. Won 8- 1

v St. Ed mund 's . Won 8- 1

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Under 15 A and B VIs ---:;:;;;;-Under I? girls tcn.nis team had a s~cc~ssful s7~son , winning 8 out of 12 matches playct~ . However: t~c term . 1 d rather dtsmall y with Cranbrook wmntng dectstvely (7 of the 9 rubbers played). The gtrls soon managed to '~1~ eback . winning the next 5 matches, but then losing to Bcnenden. p A small group of g irls have been taking part in both the Abcrdare Cup and the Midland Bank Tournament. They did v~ry well in the latter, reaching the semi-fi nals, but unfortunately were beaten by very strong opposit ton from Ba~ton School. . . The Under 15 ·A· team played the majority of the matches this term wit~ th~ ' B's only playtng twtce. K<~tc Cuppage . nd Olive Kirby (minus white socks!) put up a solid battle as the 1st pair with Helena Ancock and Sustc Tydcman ~acking them up as the 2nd pair. Claire Alder, George Richards and Deborah Kenyon brought up the rear of a very ~trong 'A' team. The ' B' team put up a very so lid show and won both their matches. They were di ligent about practising and made 1c most of their limited match play. The team consisted of Demelsa Wi lson, Alex Hardie, Zoe Blaustcn , Mclante Harris. Katy Ald rick and Frances Jennings. All in all a good season was had by al l. Both teams were very strong and we were beaten only by the very best of the opposition. A. M.J.P. R ESULTS

v Cranbrook. Lost 2-7 v Maidstonc. Won 6-3 v Kent College. Won 7-2 v Sutton Valence. Won 7-2 v Ashford ·A'. Won 3-0 v Ashford ' B' . Won 3-0

v Benendcn. Lost 3-6

v Dover College. Won 3-0 v Sevenoaks. Lost 0-3 v Simon Langton ·A·. Won 7-2 v Simon Langton 'B'. Won 9-0 v Baston. Lost 0-4

Under 14 A and B VIs This has ben a most successfu l season for the Shell girls at King's. The quality of the tennis played has been excellent. All the girl s have shown commitment and a good competitive spirit. The weather was mostly fa vo.urable, although one match was played in a torrential downpour, albeit under cover in the Scvcnoaks School Tcnms Centre . The fir st couple in the ' A' team were Jo Pringle and Jessica Mary who demonstrated repeatedly good tactics and accurate strokes, winning almost all their games. Amy Joynson-Hicks, Ol ivia Neame, Catarina Cardoso and Penny Dain also played frequently fo r the 'A' team and all performed to a high standard , giving pleasure to those who watched them. A number of other girls played for both the 'A' and 'B' teams. Lucy Newton, Rose Skelton and Clare Eltot all played with considerable panache and skill . Maria de Haan, Tamsin Lancaster, Laura Perrin_. Caitlin Prince and Annabel Whibley played in three matches for the 'B ' team, and all played some fin e shots and enJOyed thctr matches. All the girl s arc to be commended on their efforts thts term. There 1s great promise for the futu re. D.M.F. The Under 14 'A· team was: Jo Pringle and Jessica Mary; Olivia Neame and Amy Joynson-Hicks; and Catarina Cardoso and Penny Dain . Also played: Clare Eliot, Lucy Newton and Rose Skelton. The Under 14 ·s· team was: Maria de Haan and Tamsin Lancaster; Beth Hicklin and Annabel Whibley; and Caitlin Prince and Laura Perrin . RESULTS

v v v v v

Played 10, Won 8, Lost 2. v Dover College (H). Lost 4-5 C ranbrook (H). Won 5-4 v Sevcnoaks (A). Won 2- 1 Kent College (H) . Won 6-3 v Simon Langton Girls (H). Won 7-2 Sutton Valence (H). Won 9-0 v St. Edmund's (A). Won 5-4 Ashford (A) . Won 5-4 v J .K. S. (H). Won 6-3 Bcncndcn (H). Lost 3-6

Yachting Trip in the Solent, 29th May - 2nd June Captain Pinnock and his crew (Adam Fcndius, Alastai r Irvine, Peter Mayberry and Thomas ~vcrctt) set off fro m Canterbury with the storm clouds looming. Things were not looking good for our l?ropos.ed tnp to Cherbou rg. On arriving at Port So lent a few hours later, it was clear that the yacht, a beautiful 37.6 tooter 111 superb condttion, could not leave port that evening. Plans were then made to visit the local shops and cinema.

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We were awakened next morning at 4.30 and at 5.00 were pass ing through Portsmouth harbour Im · got J~to the Solent, the Force 6 wind hit us. Our plan was to go to the Nab Tower, just off the easi coa~~drately we of Wrght. However, It took us three hours to reach the tower and the wind, w hich had been slowly pick· of the I sle we ~tartcd , had. now reached 37-~8 knots. We decided that visiting the tower would be a little uncomf~';fabfc srncc havmg spent thirteen hours crossmg to Cherbourg. Instead, we turned round and headed for Cowes w e after at Cowes at around 11.00, had some lunch and then decided to sail up the Test and past Southampton Th~ 0 ~ anchbrcd was t~at Bram~les Bank was in ihe way and now at low tide we would run aground, so we would have 10 bi:tf~0 lcrn the w md and trde to get round It and mto the Test. We sailed up to Southampton when we all got a cha gblllM the wheel. Afterwards, we had a pleasant sail back to Port Solent in a Force 4 or 5. nee 10 e at We sai led t? Poole on Tuesday and left at 7.00 a.n~. in order to get the tide head ing casually towards the Nee

~hannel m bn~ht sunshme and a ~orce 3-4. By the trme we had done a bit of sightseeing at The Needles and mdle~ rt out mto Chnstchurch Bay the wmd had dropped completely and after an hour or so of tryi ng to move und .ade · ·' I·, we chcated and put on t he engme,. · w r'tl1 no av"' moton·ng most of the way to Poole w here we arrived at 4 er 00wrnd • A pleasant mght was spent moored at the quaysrde and we learnt how to make fender walls to protect us ag·a· p. rhn. bars on the quaysrde. mst t c The next morning we went b;: Adam's ~alculat ions and decided to leave at around 9.00 to catch the tide

Needle~ Channel. T he return sail w.as glon ous rn a Force 4-5 wind. Havi ng passed the Needles we mana ed ~~ 1 ec

the cru rsmg sail up and were travellmg at about 7-8 knots all the way back (even wirh the loss o f the wi nchghandl~/ Th.e holrday was a complete success, and we arc all deeply indebted to Mr. I rvi ne for giving us thi s excellent ch ance to sari. P ETER M AYllERRY

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SPEECH DAY 1993 COMMEMORATION SERMON The lesson was read from the Geneva Bible, the version best known to Christophe r Marlowe, whom we particularly commemorate on this occasion, and to other Elizabethans. (The Authorised Version, most familiar to my generation, was not published until eighteen years after Marlowe's violent death on 30th May, 1593.) What did you make of that reading from the book Ecclesiastes, otherwise called The Preacher, which some of you may know , as it were inadvertently, from Strauss's Four Last Songs? It resonates with the mood of the present day . We no longer expect things to progress and get better. To that extent, the present recession is different from the depression of the 1930s, and actually worse. Our public institutions are all at sixes and sevens. Things don ' t work very well. Looking out at the rest of our planet, President Bush 's phrase about 'a new

world order' has a very hollow ring to it. 'That which is crooked can none make straight,' says

The Preacher, not Mr. Major, not Mr. Smith, not President C linton. 'That which faileth cannot be numbered. ' 'What is it that hath been? That that shall be ... ' 'Is there anything whereof one may say, behold this, it is new?' 'There is no new thing under the sun.' Of course we have high hopes for ourselves, especially if we happen to be schoolleavers. Everything will be new, different and exciting. Ageing academics like myself, who have just seen the latest batch of university students graduate, and perhaps schoolmasters and mistresses too , are more likely to view things as Ecclesiastes views them: 'One generation passeth and another generation succeedeth. ' It is easy to be cynical. 'Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.' It is tempting to decide that pleasure is all that we are here for. 'Take thou pleasure in pleasant things. . . I sought in mine heart to give myself to wine.' That's a popular option , never more so than now. There are some unexpected things in that small library of books which we call the Bible: and nothing so unexpected as this strange book called Ecclesiastes , which contains statements like: ' I hated life'; 'The living know that they shall die, but the dead know nothing'; 'There is no better thing under the sun than to eat and to drink and to be merry' - to which we add the words ' for tomorrow we die', which are not in the original text but are in its spirit. This philosophy is not at all Christian or even Old-Testament Jewish. The world has no beginning and will have no end. Death for the individual is final. Aristotle said some things like that but nowhere else do we find them in the Bible. No wonder Ecclesiastes has troubled orthodox Christians. King Solomon (who was supposed to have written a text which we now know to have been post-exilic) seems to be say ing that only in passin~ pleasure, sprinkled with some wisdom, can any sense be made of a life which is short and ulttmately pointless. Only on a closer reading does it appear that the writer is searching for a meaning somewhere inside the apparent meaningless of things. Just as you don't know how the bones grow in the womb of her that is with child, 'even so thou knowest not the work of God who maketh all. ' Ah! So the writer believes in something or someone called God, who makes sense of the senselessness of this world. You will have noticed perhaps that God was mentioned only once in the passage we heard read. Some of you will share the Preacher's belief in God. Others, like that French philosopher, and for a variety of reasons, may feel no need of that hypothesis. Some of you will be among those don 't-knows whom Thomas Huxley a hundred years ago called 'agnostics' . If you consider yourself to be an atheist or an agnostic, or even if you don't , you may find the way in which Ecclesiastes ends a let-down and a cop-out. ' Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter. Fear God and keep his commandments. for th is is the whole duty of man .' Up to that point, oh Preacher, you were interesting. But what kind of 'conclusion of the whole matter' is that? 'Fear God . . . the whole duty of man '? Most people still seem reluctant to call themselves atheists. Agnostic is safer, more acceptable. In the pre-scientific sixteenth century, or so some historians tell us, it was not so much difficult 249

as impossible to be an atheist. It was a century which wanted to believe, so much so that it co ld not do otherwise. And that was true of the most advanced intellects of the age. A French histor~ has written of 'the deep religiosity of those who created the modern world', adding a les~an ~hie~ students of history ~eglect ~t their peri~. 'They were not us: ' Someone else has writte~~ Athe1sm was not at all unthmkable m the later Sixteenth century, but 1t was almost always thinkabl Âˇ only a.s the thought of another .. ' You are an atheis~. He she or it is ~n atheist. I am not an atheiste But st1ll other students of the Sixteenth century belteve that the unthmkable was indeed thinkableÂˇ We may not know for sure that X or Y was an atheist. But we can be confident that it was a~ intellectual possibility to be an atheist. Much of this discussion centres on that King's School Ieaver of 1580, Christopher Marlowe who like some of you ma~e it to Cambridge, read everything within sight, became a mino; government agent of some kmd, apparently an undercover agent, wrote poems and plays, including one very good play, Edward II, and one great play, Doctor Faustus , and who died in violent and suspicious Circumstances at Deptford, four hundred years ago. Not long afterwards, a clergyman wrote that Marlowe's dreadful ~~d ~as fitting .â&#x20AC;˘ He was 'by profession a s~holar, but by practice a play maker and a poet of scurnhty , who fell to that outrage and extremtty that he denied God and his Son Christ.' Others said that Marlowe not only jibed and jested at religion but had written a book against it. Someone said that Marlowe was able to show more sound reasons for atheism than any divine in England, and that he had read ' the atheist lecture to Sir Walter Raleigh and others.' So Marlowe, according to this testimony, was not a secret atheist but an active apostle of atheism. It was later said of a fellow-student from this school that Marlowe ' made him an atheist'. In the confusing sequence of events immediately preceding his death, the authorities obtained a version of what looks like Marlowe's 'atheist lecture', its bare bones at least. It is an extraordinary document, the earliest coherent and comprehensive rejection of Christianity in modern European history. This is what it says. ' It ain't necessarily so, them things that you're liable, to read in the Bible, it ain't necessarily so.' That lyric was Gershwin 's in Porgy and Bess, but the sentiments are those attributed to Marlowe. The world is far, far older than the account in Genesis would suggest. Moses, who constructed the Jewish religion, was a conjurer and an imposte r. Religion was invented ' only to keep men in awe', that is, as a means of social control , a cynical political contrivance. Jesus was not only not God but a dubious character, the bastard son of a carpenter and bisexually promiscuous, another imposter. 'Christ deserved better to die than Barabbas and the Jews made a good choice.' C hristianity was a second-rate religion, put together by men of very limited talents. If Marlowe were to set himself to think up a new religion, he would make a much better job of it. Did Marlowe really go around reading this lecture? Was he really an atheist? We cannot say. All these statements exist on record as 'the thought of another'. Nowhere is Marlowe heard to say: 'This is what I believe (or disbelieve) .' T he closest we get is a page of notes , said to be Marlowe's, proving from the New Testament itself that Christ was not God, and taken out of a book, a copy of which we know to have existed in the headmaster's study , here at King 's. So headmasters who lend books to bright schoolboys should think twice about the consequences. The butler of Marlowe's Cambridge college shared these heresies, perhaps discussed them with Marlowe, and was burned at the stake in Norwich, an unusual occurrence in Elizabethan England. But of course, as evidence of Marlowe's religion (or irreligion), there are the plays. Tamburlaine, the conqueror, plucked God out of Heaven, and Tamburlaine at once became a code name for an atheist. Dr. Faustus throws away his divinity books which, like Ecclesiastes, tell him that what will be will be, che sera sera, so 'Divinity Adieu!', and Faustus says that He ll's fable. In The Jew of Malta that arch-atheist Machiavelli appears on stage to declare: I count religion but a childish toy And hold there is no sin but ignorance. Plays, of course, are fictions. Tamburlaine and Faustus were Marlowe's imaginative inventions, and we cannot be sure that the lines which these characters are made to utter necessari ly express the ideas and beliefs of their inventor, although they must have been beliefs and ideas which were accessible to him, if only as the thought of another. But if plays are fictions, they are also 250

dventure playgrounds for the mind. And never more so than with Marlowe, who has been called

~ ne of the most highly subjective playwrights of his age', his plays 'mirrors of the thought, 0

arning and character of their creator'. Like Faustus, Marlowe, who as a Cambridge scholar

~ould have be~n e.xpected to become a clergyman, bade divinity adie';l. But the plays are distorting

rnirrors in wh1ch 1deas are refracted and bent. And how was the m1rror framed? Was orthodox Christianity a formal framework in which unorthodox ideas were explored and rropagated? Or vas it the other way round? The trouble is that plays like Marlowe's consist o whole halls of ~irrors. Not unlike Oscar Wilde, Marlowe specialised in being outrageous and serious, but above all he was ironical. Dr. Faustus is the play that matters most so far as the problem of Marlowe's atheism is concerned. It can be read and has been read as an extended commentary on the book of Ecclesiastes, just as The Jew of Malta has something to do with the book of Job. You know what happens to Faus.tus: how he makes his terrible deal with the Devil 's Man-of-Business, Mephastophilis, which gtves hirn that power which is knowledge, Solomon's knowledge-power, which in all his other studies has eluded him ; and how in the end Mephastophilis collects his prize and Faustus is swallowed up into that hell-mouth which was one of the standard stage-props of the time. (In a later version, the body of Faustus is dismembered, presumably in the form of a dummy, and littered around the stage.) Apparently foreign students who first encounter Marlowe's play are shocked, for in other versions of the story , Goethe and Gounod, there is a happier ending. But if Marlowe was an atheist, then Dr. Faustus tells us that an atheist can entertain profoundly religious thoughts. When Faustus asks Mephastophilis why he is not in Hell, where he belongs, Mephastophilis replies that we make our own hells. Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscribed In one self place; for where we are is hell, And where hell is must we ever be. That sounds like C. S. Lewis in our own century and it suggests that Marlowe may have known something about Hell from his own experience. As the fearful midnight hour approaches, Faustus longs for Christian redemption: See, see where Christ's blood streams in the firmament! It is hardly surprising that some critics of the play speak of its 'essentially Christian ideology', or that someone else has written: ' Religion was the core of Marlowe's thought and feeling'. But while Marlowe may have believed in God with all his being, he may also have had a quarrel with God, or perhaps thought that God had a quarrel with him. Faustus may have said : 'Come, I think hell's a fable '. But the play tells us that it is not, and hell is where Faustus finished up. The play could terrify audiences, as in one performance at Exeter, when people thought that they saw an extra devil on stage. On another occasion, both actors and audience were so scared that they spent the rest of the night in prayer. So this was no light entertainment. Some want to link Marlowe's quarrel with God with his homosexuality, which they read into the su~gestive language of the Epilogue when it speaks of ' unlawful things , whose deepness doth entice such forward wits to practise more than heavenly power permits'. Certainly it is sex, rearing its ugly head in the lovely form of Helen of Troy, which seals the damnation of Faustus. (It was in the 1590s that sex was used for the first time in something like its modern sense, in a poem by John Donne.) Well , this is a sermon, not a lecture, still less the atheist lecture, and while I very rarely preach sermons (I think that this is my third or fourth) I know that a sermon should be about the Christian Gospel. Woe is me, said St. Paul , if I preach not the Gospel. So what in the way of Gospel can we extract from that odd book Ecclesiastes and from the strange and tragic life of Christopher Marlowe? Not, I suggest, ' fear God and keep his commandments', not 'the whole duty of man', for that will do only for people who neither think nor feel. It may be the golden rule but it is not Gospel, which the eighteenth century neglected while it went on incessantly about 'the whole duty of man'. Was the idea to keep men in awe? Perhaps there is no more of the Gospel in what I have shared with you than this. Marlowe, in an age of belief, may have wanted not to believe, 25 1

or at le~st to e~c~pe from God, identified with particu la~ religious beliefs which he learned here from hts Calvmtst schoolmaster. If not actually an athetst, he was perhaps dramatising his ow' doubts and fears. You in this different age, an age of widespread disbelief, may on the contra n want to believe in God, and to find meaning in that belief. But you may find it as hard to belie? as it may have been for Marlowe to disbelieve. Dr. Faustus chose to ignore what the Christia e Gospel offers in terms of forgiveness and reconci liation, including that liberation which comen fro~ reconciliation wi!h o~e's own ~lienated self; or, having understood it, Faustus rejected its Don t do that. Or don t reJeCt 1t unttl you have g tven the matter thought, more serious thoughi than Faustus is made to give it in the play , and at least as much thought as your predecessor Marlowe seems to have done, in real life. PATRICK COLLINSON.

HEADMASTER'S SPEECH Mr. Dean, my Lord Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen. It gives me, my Lord Mayor, great pleasure to welcome you in the name of the King's School. We are very sensible of the honour you and the Lady .Mayoress do us by coming.h~re today. For .us this is. no .mere formality but an expression of our wtsh to be seen as fu ll partlctpants m the hfe of thts ctty. We are very conscious that most of our community are visitors to your c ity and we hope that we are nonetheless welcome for the economic, artistic and social benefits which we bring to Canterbury. Certainly for my part, and I know I speak for my colleagues as well , we much appreciate the great kindness shown to us by many within the city and we have every intention of maintaining our closest links with its life. I should also .like to thank our preac~er, Professor ~atri~k Collinson. He is no stranger to Canterbury, havmg been Professor of Htstory at the Untvers tty of Kent. I first encountered him when I was a student at King 's College, Condon. His appointments have taken him to Khartoum, Sydney, Canterbury, Sheffield and now Cambridge where he is Reg ius Professor of Modern History. We could have had no-one more appropriate to conclude our Marlowe celebrations and we are deeply indebted to him. Incidentally, Professor Collinson was educated at another King Henry VIII school, King' s School, Ely. Perhaps the first thing I ought to report in the activities of what has been a hectic year is that we are now legal. On a miserably wet day in which the o nly colour was provided by the umbrellas, the Lord Lieutenant of Kent, representing Her Majesty, handed to the Dean o ur new Supplemental Royal Charter. In one fell swoop girl pupils, female members of staff and the prep. school became legitimate. That we had lived in a state of sin for so long no doubt resulted in our act of penance in the torrential rain , but I for one was very relieved to see the splendid document with the great seal attached. There are many charming photographs of the occasion, none more so than that of the Lord Lieutenant holding his wife's bouquet as, later that morning, she formally opened Jerv is House. We congratulate the Lord Lieutenant on his peerage and wish hi m well in what I suspect it would be rather euphemistic to call retirement. This year has been personally significant for me too. Last September I celebrated the s ilver jubilee of my ordination to the priesthood - a mere nothingness compared to the ministry of our favourite O.K.S. , Canon Derek Ingram Hill, but nonetheless a milestone in a priest's life. The actual anniversary day fell during the Headmasters' Conference which for the first time was held o n the continent at Bruges, and also fo r the first time included wives. Later that day I was personall y cong ratulated by the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster who preached to the Conference. Certa inly when I was ordained I would never have envisaged that. We need to remember that, for all the hideous religious and racial tensions that all but engulf us, there has also been progress to a greater unity. This has indeed been the most splendid King's Week embraced by superb weather. Music and drama have been of the very highest quality as have all the other fringe activities which make up this delig htful festival. To all who have taken part in whatever capacity, I extend my 252

anks. It is very much a team venture in which each depends ~n all. Th.e .usual highl!ghts ha~e th ·n entranced though in particular I would like to thank the Jazz mustctans, for th1~ event IS aga•.l-based and pupil-directed. The high standard is tribute itsel f to thei~ enthustasm and P~bfessional ism. This was aga in seen in the superb solo performances of ~1chard Hagan and fill Triebel at the Chamber Orchestra Concert and Hugo Stevenson and Mtchael Chesterman at the Gala Symphony Concert. Central to this year's King's Week has been Dido, Queen of<;:a,rthage . w_e have got so ~sed to the splendour, subtlety and sheer dynamism of Andrew Dobbm s pro~uct10ns t~at one mtght be almost excused for expecting t?O n~uch. But that. is never the case. Agam and agam he outdoes an previous endeavour and D1do IS no exceptiOn: I know everyone who saw on.e of ~he e~formances in Cambridge would want to thank M tranda Scott-Barrett for the way m wh~ch Phe read the part of Dido in qu ite unexpected circumstances. She thoroug~ly.deserved her standmg ~vation at the Ma rl owe Society of America conferen~e fo~ her electnfymg performance. We ·n Canterbury would want to thank Kate T horne for playmg Dtdo here. I know the cast eno~mously ~njoyed the experience of acting alongs ide a professional. We must ~I so thank both C~nstopher Richardson for the set and Robin Holloway for composing the mu s t~ as well as Co}m Metters for recording it. And we all owe the actors a very great debt for commg up trumps m what has been a by no means easy week. I hope you were able to see the exhi~ ition in ~he Schoolroom .ce.lebrating Marlowe and. his literary successors. The catalogue alone tS somethmg to treasure, hstmg ~he works of some stxty current O.K.S. autho rs. Peter Henderson, its compiler, tells me that, wtth further research thts summer, he hopes to double the number. One person who wou ld have loved this week is Calvin Hoffman , the .American scholar who believed that Marlowe survived the brawl at Deptford ~nd ,we~t on to wnte ~he plays commo~ly attributed to W illiam Shakespeare. Hoffman left to Kmg s hts esta~e 7 the :ncome. from .whtch partly funds Sixth Form Scholarships and partly is ~se~ for ~ pr~stlgJOus t~ternat10nal literary prize administered by the school. Hoffman set out hts tdeas m ~1s book entttled .The M~n who was Shakespeare which we have long hoped might form the bast s for a play o~ ftlm. Thts hope has at last been realised with the productio n of Peter Whelan's The School of N1gh.t b~ t~e Royal Shakespeare Company both at Stratford and the Barbican. It was good to see Kmg s mcluded in the production acknowledgements, though ·! hasten to add that we are not the sc~ool of.the title. We were del ig hted that Peter Whelan was able to come to Canterbury and gtve a. Stxth Form ta lk, as we have been equally excited by the two King's Week lectures by Charles Ntch?ll, author of The Reckoning, and Professor R ichard Proudfoot and the sermon of the actor-pnest Tenniel Evans. Certainly now no-one can forget that Christopher Marlowe was educated ~t King's, for .the handsome plaque carved by Richard Grasby and unveiled last Saturday by Oliver Ford Davtes, O.K.S., adorns the wall outside Mitchinson's- the nearest spot to where Marlowe was actually taught. The placing of the plaque there was a joint endeavour of the Dean and Cha~ter and the School. I hope we can look forwa rd to more ventures together for som~times I fear we hve separate lives. Though, Mr. Dean, I doubt you would have been altogether t~pressed by our Comm?n Entrance candidate who wrote in his script; 'Canterbury Cathedral IS made of the fine~t wht~e stone imported from Caen in France by William the Conqueror in the II th century. It ts set m the beautifu l grounds of the King's School.' One of the joys of today's service was to be back in the retlo~red nave, a massive project which has been completed with exemplary skill and in excellent ttme. It ~as, howeve~, meant that in the latter part of this term we have had no daily Assembly, the Shtrley Hall b~mg u~ed for examinations and the Cathedral unavailable. It is perhaps only ';Vhen. you los.e sometht.n~ whtch you take for granted that you realise j ust how much you apprectat~ 1t. I believe that tt ts very important that we start each day together for it should make us cons~10us of bot~ our depend~n~e on each other and our duties to every individual who ~akes up thts commumt~ . Whether ·~ !s our lab. technicians, cleaning lad ies o r tutors, all are vttal for the smooth runnmg of a puptl s daily life. 253

Alas, no community finishes a year without sadness . We have suffered tw both sudden a~~ unexpected. The first occurred when our consultant s . o ~ereavemcnts, counsellor, Philip Boyd, was found dead in his London flat He h d h ~ ychiatnst and former When I ca_me to King's Philip used to spend every Thursd~y her: H: a severe heart attack. ~o successive boys and girls as well as member~ of staff and to ~yselt~~s~~:{!ormous help JOur~ey to c;anterbury became too much, he remamed our consultant in Lo~d Y· When the to give advice and to see the occasional pupil. His death is a severe blow ~n,K.1w~ys on hand Lo!ldon, ~t. Paul's, Eton and ourselves for all of whom he worked I was ve~ mg s College, Reid ? Semor Hous~master, could represent me at the funeral and the L~wer M t Y gladh that Da~id Service held at Kmg's College, London . as er at t e Memonal Then after a superb concert by William and Mary Colle e w·11· b · St. Augustine's, a~d in the middle of the staff barbecue, ou~ p~rteir k~~:stuffa~~nthe grounds of dead by some pupils. He too had hac! a sudden heart attack and died insta tl gue was found effort was made _to revive him. The funeral service at St. Augustine's att;nddda~tho~gh ~very of Erne~t from his church Y?Uth club_days, members of the academic ~nd work Y f£ d fncnds an~ puptls, was a very movmg occasiOn. Many of us willlon reme b s sta • matrons Gnffiths, E rnes_t's parish priest whose golden jubilee he had j~st atte~e~ ti~~ ad~~~ss of. Can~n that one recogms~s the _very great privilege of working within a community ~i~h ~U~ts Ike this and warmth and m wh_tch every sin~le member matters. For they are all part of thes !~~)~rt We a~e _today suffenng anot~er ktnd of bereavement for five members of st ff .· us. But It IS also a day of considerable rejoicing for King's for three of them aa ar~ leavmg H~ds of Department in distinguished schools: Stephen Wainde to be Head of s ani he g~mt ~0 be ndge; Michael Burton to be Head of History at King Edward VI School Bath· a~d ~ a~d ~e Head of Musi_c at ~ettes. For a school to produce three Head; of D~ artme~v i . ~ath to ~s \ very g~e~t tnbute mdeed. 9f course it is sad for us to Jose so much fndividu~lt~a~hi~ ~ay tn .t. e end It ~s for the good of mdependent schools that we can furnish them w· h en ' ~~ ~bihty . Both m the arts and in sport all three have served us immensely well Ste~heme~ of this ~r very ~ch longer than Michael a~d David. The absence o f his wit will 'certain)~ ~ai~u~~c th~~t~~; w~f~e:pd~~~~~e~~c~i~~;Ish all of them every success in their new posts and hop~

David 's departure to Scotland means that we also lose his wife Andr Th to he~ for seei_ng our last sixth-form girls' boarding house to a clos~a Aso%~sd ~e are g~ateful ohf B_a iiey she IS assured of a place in our history . We wish her very .well i;rthe ~usseeamrcthstrtehsast s e IS now to undertake. But I am sure none of o~r le~vers woul~ mind if I were to say that our reatest loss is of c~urse, caus~d by Bob Bee s retirement. It IS typical of a man devoted to cri~ket that he sh~ ld ~ oose to retire at the end of 99 terms. Bob has become ever

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w o presided over the move of Luxmoore from the Old D R d h p · a ironically bought a_house o_n the very site of the old Luxmoo~:.eZve l~o~ ~eesh~f{~~~t~~;~A~~n J.he Hayrafe~f wtll certamly contmue to want his presence. But we shall need too to consult . tm regu ~~t ~ we are to keep abreast of the latest records. Along with Judy Woodley Bob ~~ ~~:p~~i~ke~ C~~~h~~~;;~~l~~~~athere will be a bpecial poignancy tonight as we dance no one Ieav~s us ~ith more love and aff;~ti~a~ ~-;~r{hei~hh~ ~\~C:::~~~it~~n assure them that

R I hav~ dehger~t~ly kep~ my re~arks brief. I hate saying good-bye. But I also remember Sir _upert art- avis war!ltn~ ~gamst the use of too many words. Our Lord onl needed 56 in ~:J;~~~~ ~~~~~~;~Je~c~I~ g ~~~~s t~e Ten Co;mand~ents and t~e aut_hors.lf the American fD kE · · e uropean conomic Commumty Directive on the Export o uc ggs contams ~6,9 I 1. D_ucks m~st find it very difficult to know what to do with their eggs-! D I~~ not propose to give a detailed review of the year's activities. The Editor of The Cantuarian f o~son, _ ensu~s that you get that. I must, however, say a word about our progress toward~ u co-e ucatiOn. s you know, we have a Transitional Exemption Order from the Equal

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Opportunities Commission which has allowed us to plan our admission of girls over a ten-year riod. Each year a quota has been specified which limits the number of girls we must take, pesuming such numbers apply and the candidates are of a sufficient academic standard. This ~xemption Order co~es t?. an end in 1999, when admissions will be determined by supply and demand and academic abtltty alone. This year we opened Jervis house, our third girls' boarding house, and we should all like to congratulate Mrs. Victoria Browning and her team of tutors on the smooth way in which this house has been integrated into the school. It is as if it had always been there. In the autumn, Broughton House becomes the fourth girls' boarding house under Mrs. Patricia Wakeham. Then over one-thi rd of the school will be girls. By 1995 or 1996 another girls' boarding house will need to be built. In the autumn our first thirteen-year-old girl intake enters the sixth form, so by September 1994 the whole process of implementing co-education throughout the school will have been completed . No one deserves more praise for the success of co-education at King's than our Senior Mistress, Mrs. Janet Pickering. Not everyone knows that she has acquired a very high profile within H.M.C. circles, where she is held in the highest regard and is in increasing demand as a speaker at courses and conferences. Co-education is not the only new aspect of school life which we are developing. Under the chairmanship of Martin Vye and Brian Turner, we have set up a committee grandly entitled 'The European Dimension'. Its deliberations have already borne fruit, with King's first European Conference last week when pupils from schools in Denmark, Germany and France joined our pupils for a week of discussion and recreational activities modelled on our own visits to Alden Biesen in Belgium, a feature of King's sixth-form life for the past four years. Our conference was a huge success and must certainly be built on. The committee will continue to deliberate on more ways in which this school so close to the continent can realise its essential European role. My Lord Mayor, we continue to value the city's link with Rheims and were delighted that our Choir was able to give a concert there earlier in the year. Michael Harris now plans to take the Crypt Choir to Germany. While we shall of course continue to welcome gifts to our Building Fund Campaign, for two of our projects remain unfulfilled - the theatre and sixth-form centre - today marks the end of active campaigning. Much time has been spent seeking funds and I am delighted that we finish with a total of more than ÂŁ 1.75 million, a very considerable achievement in a time of severe recession. May I thank most warmly all those who have contributed and worked for the Campaign and in particular the two O.K.S. Governors who have so kindly supported me, Robert Horton and Michael Herbert, and also Pamela Dodd the Campaign Officer. We could not have done the other projects if it had not been for the generosity of so many. Last year I reminded you of the prophets of doom who, when we took the decision to go coeducational, imagined that that was the end of King's sporting prowess. They continue with increasing relentlessness to be proven entirely wrong. I could mention all sorts of successes. We continue to produce a string of boy and girl County representatives in many diverse sports with fencing continuing to take innumerable titles under its splendid captain Frazer Hughes. In hockey we have an aspiring international in Shell pupil Simon Gittins, while at rugby Myles Orsler has now played for England both in the under 16 and under 18 teams and will this summer be on the England Schools Rugby Tour to New Zealand and Western Somoa. We wish him well. It means, of course, that he cannot captain our own touring party to Thailand and Australia but we shall look forward to his return to lead our team in the autumn. He will have much to live up to, for, as you all know, earlier this year Myles was part of the winning team in the Rosslyn Park Sevens, only the second time we have won this prestigious trophy. I congratulate all that team especially Ben Craddock the Captain and Roger Gardner their prolific scorer and all who supported them. I was delighted to be able to host our two victorious teams for a supper party which five of the 1964 team with their wives attended under their captain Sebastian Barker, the poet , and accompanied by the indomitable Colin Fairservice. As Colin knows, such success does not come without much hard work and all here would want to congratulate Roy White. No headmaster had been more fortunate than I in his Director of Sport. 255

A sport which is having a resurgence a~ King's is athletics .. At Under 14 Malcolm Todd became the Kent County C ross Country Champ ton and at the Public Schools Athleti cs Championship . we had tw(_!lve boy and gi rl athletes .in the top ~ight of their event - our best ever. Lucy Dawe~ was the wmner of the 300 metres m record ttme. Âˇ In girls' sport there have been notable successes in Under 14 Netball , Under 19 Badminton I st XI Hockey and most splendidly in rowing where the J 15 girls won the Co xed Quadrupl~ Sculls at the Schools' Head. The same g irls had to ~!love up an age group for the National Schools' Regatta where they won a bronze medal - co xed m true co-ed sty le by a boy, Priyam Landham If our oarsmen d~d not quit~ live ~p t? last year's ~ lutch of four pupils g~ining International honour~ at th~ World Jun 10r Chat:nptonshtps m Canada wtth a gold me?al for Ntck Prince, they nonetheless acq uttted themselves wtth honour at Henley, and we all wtsh Fred Scarl ett success in his bid to represent Great Britain this year. He has been a devoted and di sciplined Captain of Boats and that is the key to success in and out of the classroom. What may not be generally known is that King's has already hosted its first internationa l match at the Recreation Centre - volleyball between G reat Britain (South) and Australia . It was one of those evenings where even if you were six foot tall you fe lt decidedly inadequate. I am certain that the building of the Recreation Centre has been one of the major factors in the success of King's spo rtsmen and women in recent years and to Ian Donnell y and his staff I pay special tribute. The new swimming pool and our excellent coach certa inly contributed to the Under 15 boys' winning the important Bishop's Stortford Competition and in Tom Coll ins we have our first qualifie r for the National Swimming Championships for a ve ry lo ng time. On the academic front , King's too, has had outstanding success . In the league tab les we were the only co-educat ional school in the first fifty , coming 18th o r 20th depending upon which part of The Times you read, white o r pink . Our A-level resu lts were the best ever and G.C.S.E.s o nl y a fracti on less successful.than in th~ previous year. A~ l this does.not come without very hard work by the whole academtc commumty under the very wtse leadershtp of Christopher Millar Master of Studies. Incidentally league tables now in volve the staff too . 6a conducted a survey among themselves as to staff inte lligence. It proved a runaway victory for the Lower Master with only Raymond Butt a distant cha llenge r. It is a judgement with which I wou ld certainly not want to qua rrel. It is very easy to overlook the younger member!' of staff, but I should like to take th is opportunity to thank them for the ir enthusiasm and wholehearted in volvement is so many aspects of school life. When I came to King 's, there were very few under-30s on the staff: happily that position has been reversed. As I have often said, every Common Room needs continuity and d iscontinuity if it is to be self-c riti cal while yet maintaining lasting values. Indeed we have taken important steps to ensure that ne ithe r corporately o r individually we become complacent - always a danger in a successful community. First we have restructured our academic year to enable us to begin each term with a training day. In 1993/94 we shall tackle appraisal, bully ing and bereavement. While physical bullying is happil y a thing of the past, there are many other subtle ways in which children can be made to feel excluded, humil iated or of no worth . And , alas, no term passes without a pupil being bereaved. All our tutors need to be able to he lp in such situations, above a ll to know when more professional help is required. Second , the Common Room has adopted an appraisal scheme which wi ll result in all members of staff being reviewed over a three-year cycle. Some of us have this term served as g uinea pigs. For my part I found it both humbling and exhilarating to have to describe my duties, aims, successes and failures for two of my senior colleagues and a former headmaster to review with me. Once you see your life set o ut o n a piece of paper, there is something rather pathetic about it. It puts things in perspective. But I know both for myse lf and the others to whom I have talked that the review process does give a new and added confidence, not least in facing up to things which one tries to avo id . But perhaps what is in the end best is that it deepens relationships with those with whom we most c losely work. For it is in no way a one-sided affair. Both reviewer and reviewee are chall enged: both learn from the experience and are strengthened by it. I am very g ratefu l to those who devised our scheme and to Alan Rooke who is in charge of implementing 256

. It will I believe g reatly strengthen our teaching and.pastoral skills and increase trust among tt. without which no community can effectively functiOn. us That staff are in no way content to rest on their laurels ~s a~ain illustrated by a~other initiative. W have spent much of the latter part of this year constdenng how we can wtden. and deepen he intellectual life of the school. A committee entitled 'Life After Six' has exammed a &reat ~a~iety of proposals and next term we shall experiment with some of them. Our conc~r.n. IS to et away from the notion that education is confined to lesso~s and pr~p~ ~~d J?US~ be staff mttlated. ~00 little use is made of our library and there is insufficient p~ptl mtttatlve. m the mt~llectual life of the school. The publication of the sixth-for~.newspaper 1s ~t least a stgn that thmgs are stirring but we still have a long way to go . As Wtlliam Cory, Asststant Master at Eton •. wrote in 1861: ' But you go to a great School no~ for knowledge so .much .as fo~ arts and habtts; f~r the habit of attention, for the art of expressiOn , the art of en~enng qutckly mto ~n~the~ person s thoughts, for the habit of submitting to ce~sure and r~futatl?n, for t.h e art of mdtcatmg assent and dissent in graduated terms, for the habtt of regardmg mmute pomts of accuracy, for taste, for discrimination, for mental courage, and for mental soberness.' In all this we shall of course count on parental support. I hope none of you her~ think that our only duty is to spoonfeed children into A~level gra~es. 9ne of the most d.amag~ng ~spects of the recent Government White Paper, Choice and Diversity, was the way m whtch 1t dea)t with the relationship between parents a.nd teacher~. I quote: :P~rents knowbest the needs ofthetr children - certainly better than educatiOnal theonsts or admtmstrators, better even than our most excellent teachers'. As the former .Chairman of H.M.C. C?mmented, 'Coul~ s~ch a re.ma~k be made in reference to other professiOns, for example! medtcal , legal, ~nanctal? ·.At Kmg s ~e believe that parents and teachers work in partnership. T~e whole pomt of sendmg your chtld to us is that in certain things we do know better than you JUSt as your doctor or hopefully y<;m r stockbroker does. A Government Paper which proclaims that.teachers Ja:low les~ about educatiOn than parents can scarcely hope to win t~e support of th~ te~chmg professiOn. Inctdentally I would be more impressed by Government stnctures on spelling tf let~ers from the H~us~ of C~mmons did not continue to address me as a big gun. Nor, I hope •. w~ll we ever at .Kmg s fall mto the Japanese trap which apparently believes that its central pnnctple of ~ducatlon can be .summed up with the mantra ' the nail that sticks out gets hammered down'. Certaml~ any CO£ni!lUI1lty ne~ds its rules , but here we do not believe in conformity at any price. That.a~am though ts.somethmg that our ' Life After Six' committee is endeavouring to address, for 1t IS her~ at the mtellectual level that pupils need properly to question, challenge, even rebel, as our tnbutes to Marlowe confirm. Earlier this term Mrs. Diana Collins reminded us of the proverbial ~e~t 'W~ere t~ere is no vision, the people perish'. Our endeavour must be to encourage that Vl~l<?n wtth whtc~ ev.ery child is born and which so much adult effort seeks to smo.ther. F~r the vtston ~oncer~s J,usttce, righteousness, liberty and harmony. These are the true frutt~ of a liberal ed~cat10n . Kmg s must never become one of those self-satisfied communities walled m from the outstde world, but rather a community prepared to change and develop to meet those new sit.u ations ':Vhic~ will inevitably surprise us. If this school is really to be th~ intellectual force whtch I. believe .'t to be capable of being, its future lies not in self-preservatiOn of all we ~t present enJOY, but m abandonment and risk as we adventure to the expression of new truths, tdeas and methods . We have already established King's as the leading co-educational sch?ol : but .t hat is ~ot good en<?ugh. What we must now do by the time we celebra~e o~r 1400th anmversary m. 199? 1s to ensure 1ts place among the foremost intellectual communities m secondary educatiOn m thts country, a school .capable of producing - as it did four hundred years ago - a man or woman of letters su~h as Chnstoph~r Marlowe anJ a man or woman of science such as W illiam Harvey. Celebratmg Marlowe thts week has been enormous fun. We owe it to later generations to e nsure that they too should have the opportunity for enjoying such fun . With your encouragement and support, I know we shall succeed.

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DISTINCTIONS 1992-93 SCHOLARS ELECTED 1993 KING'S SCHOLARSHIPS MARK WILLIAMS ANDREW RIBBANS LUCY BUTLER JAMES BRILLIANT SAMUEL KNIGHT WILLIAM JUSTICE MWAKA KAMANA WILLIAM TALLON CHRISTOPHER PICKERING

Junior King's School Junior King's School Windlesham House Junior King's School T he Hall , Hampstead Dulwich College Preparatory School, London Holmewood House Holmewood House Wellesley House

SIXTH FORM SCHOLARSHIPS ANNABEL BLAIR South Hampstead High School SARAH MULLEN The King's School, Canterbury (Hoffman Scholarship) GEORGINA SALMON The King's School, Canterbury (Hoffman Scholarship) TIMOTHY BREEN T he King's School, Canterbury (Arkwright Scholarship) EXHIBITIONS WILLIAM PRITCHARD RACHEL HILL OLIVIA ARTHUR NANCY COLCHESTER MEGAN MORRIS ART SCHOLARSHIPS SIMON GOMERSALL ALEXANDRA MARDEN MEGAN MORRIS MARK SWENY MUSIC SCHOLARSHIPS REBECCA ARNOLD OPHELIA BEER IONA COLTART ANNE-CHRISTINE F ARST AD EMMA LEWIS WILLIAM TALLON ROBERT VAN ALLAN

Dulwich College Preparatory School, Cranbrook Ashdown House Windlesham House Junior King's School Highfield School , Liphook Windlesham House Cumnor House School High School, Liphook Dulwich College Preparatory School, London King's College School, Cambridge King's College School, Cambridge Junior King's School Trevor Roberts Junior King's School Holmewood House T he Hall , Hampstead

SIXTH FORM MUSIC SCHOLARSHIPS EMILY ELIAS The Perse School fo r Girls, Cambridge 258

aoNORARY MUSIC SCHOLARSIDPS MATTHEW BELLIERE The King's School, Canterbury cHEYNEY KENT The King's School, Canterbury MUSIC AWARDS MATTHEW BROWN MATTHEW BROWN WILLIAM BRYANT LUCY CLAYTON MICHAEL DAVIES ANNABEL GILLESPIE RICHARD HAGAN MATTHEW HILLIER CHEYNEY KENT CHEYNEY KENT VA NESSA LINFORTH LAURA MARSHALL TIMOTHY MARSON OLIVER NASH MICHAEL PEAT MICHAEL PEAT BEVERLEY SHARP

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Corpus Christi College Grey friars Worcester College Ball iol College Hertford College St. Anne's College Corpus Christi College Worcester College Balliol College Ball iol College University College St. Edmund Hall Wadham College Exeter College Jesus College Balliol College Somerville College Keble College Balliol College Christ Church St. John's College 259

Physics Law Biology Medicine P.P.E. French History English Theology English Classics Law Biology Biochemistry Chemistry Classics Biology English P.P.E. Geography Psychology

CAMBRIDGE RORY CAM PBELL MAXW ELL DAVIE MARK DOBELL ALEXANDER DRISKILL-SMITH WILLIAM FOSTER ANDREW HART SHAMEER JASANI ALISON KENNINGTON EW AN KERR ANT ONIA LYON MAT ILDA MITCHELL EDWARD PET ERS ALBERT POW ER PETER SPEICHER SUSANNAH TRA YLING

Robinson College Peterhouse Clare College Gonville & Cai us College Pembroke College Gonvi lle & Caius College Gonville & Caius College Gonville & Caius College Fitzwilliam College Magdalene College King's College Gonville & Cai us College Gonville & Caius College C hrist' s College St. Catharine 's College

OTHER UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES SASSA AMAOUCHE King's College, London JOBY ANDREWS Exeter GREGORY ARMSTRONG Bri stol GABRIELLE ASHTON Hull SALLY BAKER Manchester ARSALAAN BESSARAT Westminster HELEN BIGGS Bristo l ABIGAIL BISSILL Southampton RUTH BRAND Loughboro ugh GEORGE BRUXNER Northumbria DAVID BYWATER Nene EMMA C AMPBELL Sheffield LISA CHANDLER St. George's Med ical School PIERS C HAPMAN West of London KOON C HIU Queen Mary's Westfie ld, London MA RIE CLARK UMIST SOPHI E CLARKSON Bristo l FLORA CO LLI NGWOOD Li verpool JEREMY C RA NE Kingston MARIO N C RONIN Sheffield SIMON C ROSSLEY Manchester LAURA DALEY Newcastle SOPHIA DAV IES St. Mary's Medical School TIMOTHY DAV IES Oxfo rd Brookes PET ER DAVIS Bristol NEIL DAVIS Ed inburgh JOSHUA DE HAAN Middl esex 260

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London School of Economics Edinburgh Oxford Brookes Leeds Newcastle University College, London Newcastle Brunei Aberdeen Edinburgh Queen Mary 's Westfield , London King's College, London London School of Economics Edinburgh Read ing Edinburgh Sheffield King's College, London South Bank Hull Manche;;ter Imperial College, London Manchester Durham Li verpool Durham Queen Mary 's Westfield, London City Manchester Hertfordshire Newcastle Newcastle University College, London Birmingham Sheffield Quen Mary 's Westfield , London St. Martin 's College of Art King's College, London London School of Economics Ed inburgh Leeds Manchester 262

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KING'S WEEK 1993 A CELEBRATION OF THE LIFE AND WORKS OF CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE, O.K.S. What on earth would C hristophe r Marlowe have made of Ki ng's Week 1993? Perhaps we do not know en~>Ugh of his perso~al.ity t.o .be cer~a in . We c.an say, however, that had he been true to a reputatiOn for energy, act tvtty, )Ole de v1vre and wtt, there would have been a big role for him in the arts and mus ic festival during the first week of July. Mark ing the 400th a nniversary of Marlowe's death, King's Week this year took on a d istinctive

Eli zabeth~n fl avour, looking .bac.k in its drama , musi~, a nd .its other ~ r~ative sk ills, to a period

c haractensed by d anger and mtngue, .but also by a n c h art tsttc creattvtty. Ma rl owe mi ght just have fe lt at ho me had he turned to hts old school. At the centre of King's Week was Dido, Queen of Carthage, especiall y written by Marlowe for schoo lboys to perform, although nowadays seldom produced. It was, for instance, the first time that our distinguished speaker , Professor Richard Proudfoot, had seen the p lay performed. Andrew Dobbin's production was, at the request o f the Ma rl owe Society of America, also performed immediately before King's Week at Corpus C hristi College, Cambridge, where Marlowe was an undergraduate. The p lay was accompa nied by music commissioned especially fo r the production and com posed by Robin Ho lloway, Director of Music at Gonv ille and Caius College, Cambridge. The Marlovian theme was to be found in much of the mus ic and drama which made up King's Week; madrigals in the Serenade, Courtly Dances from Britten's Gloriana in the Gala Symphony Concert, costumed Elizabethan dance in the Plane Tree Court (complete with jugglers and presided over by Good Queen Bess), and readings o f period poetry and prose in the Old Synagogue. T he lite rary tradition which has continued at King's s ince th e time of Ma rl owe was also emphas ised in the Canterbw y Tales in the literary exhibition ' Marlowe and h is successors' in the Schoolroom; pe rhaps also in the budding lite rary stars o f the present-day school who d e monstrated the ir wide general knowledge in the special King 's Week literary quiz. Dramatic performances in the gardens at St. Augustine's included productions with some degree of a period flavour, suc h as Mic hael Green 's All's Well That Ends A s You Like It (performed with James Saunde rs' Over the Wall) and Tom Stoppard 's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead . Even Jo nathan Allday's Goon Show tro upe turned the ir thoughts to the Marlovian theme with Doctor Faustgoon. Four distinguished guest speake rs gave us e rudite discussion of differing aspects of the playw right 's legacy. Charles Nicho ll , author of the recent historical study of Marlowe, The Reckoning, discussed the historical background ; The Reverend Tennie l Evans, priest and actor, preached at Mattins and his sermon is reproduced eleswhe re in th is issue; Richard Proudfoot, Professor of English Literature in the University of London, exam ined the literary tradit ion; and Professor Patrick Collinson, Regius Professor of Histo ry at Cambridge, preached at the Comme moration Service at the conclusion of King's Week. His sermon is reproduced in this issue. One of the week's highlights was the El izabetha n Banquet in the Shirley Hall o n Tuesday, boasting pe riod dishes and wines, sere naded by music ians in the galle ry, and presided over by the Headmaster on the High Table . This was followed in the Shirley Hall by the final performance of Dido , Queen of Carthage. A s usual the music ians did the festival proud, w ith muc h that was memorable in the Sere nade, the Jazz Concert, the C hambe r Orchestra Concert, Gala Sympho ny Concert, an a/ fresco band concert , a nd the lower-key mome nts in the Synagogue <tnd at St. John 's Hospital. 264

SHAKESPEARE.. .OR MARLOWE? ( T. R.H.)

Whether the festival mig ht have given Christopher Marlowe pause for thought, or even whether or not it greatly inculcated a Marlovian awareness in the present school, King's Week 1993 will at least leave future generations of King's School pupils with a lasting, tangible awareness of the great man of letters, si nce, as a part of the festival, a permanent memory was provided with the unveil ing of a plaque to the playwright, inside the Mint Yard Gate, on the site of the original schoolroom. M.R.J.B.

THE UNVEILING OF THE CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE SATURDAY, 3rd JULY

The Dean Lord Mayor, Lady Mayoress, Ladies and Gentlemen: Without doubt, Christopher Marlowe is the most outstanding pupil to have attended the King' s School, Canterbury. It was, therefore, with little hesitation that I responded pos itively when, two years ago, the suggestion was made of a memorial to him within the Cathedral Precincts. To have placed a memorial within the Cathedral would not, I believe, have been Marlowe's wish. In his lifetime there was doubt about his commitment to Christianity and, even today, there is hot argument on this issue. It was perhaps fortuitous, therefore, that for some years the Cathedral Chapter has had a policy of no more wall memorials in the church itself - no, not even for Archbishops or Deans. The suggestion then was made that a memorial be placed on the wall in the Plane Tree Court, alongside a plaque mentioning Canon Shirley. Canon Shirley was a g reat Headmaster, and, like Marlowe, still a controversial person. T his suggestion had merit, until some School wag asked whether we were starting a 'rogues' gallery'. Then we hit on the idea of a plaque close to the site of the Almonry Building, a building that Marlowe would have known, since in the late 16th century it was the School. No argument ensued - this was beyond doubt the right site. The Plaque you will see, after its unveiling, the work of Mr. Richard Gras by, is a joint enterprise of the Dean and Chapter and the King's School. It will, we trust, be a worthy memorial to a very great King's Scholar. It g ives me much pleasure to invite Mr. Oliver Ford Davies, the actor, who himself discovered his talent at this school , to unveil the Marlowe Memorial.

Mr. Oliver Ford Davies, O.K.S. Lord Mayor, Lady Mayoress, Dean, Headmaster, I consider it a great honour to be asked to unveil this memorial. I take it as a token, not to myself, but to actors in general, and I would like to think that C hristopher Marlowe was pleased that his memorial was to be unveiled by an actor. I am not totally certain - as you know, playwrights have not always regarded actors as the greatest advocates of their work. Marlowe might be more pleased to have a writer unveil it, though I rather doubt that: a rival. He might himself have settled upon the Head of MIS . I was at school here in the 1950s and I specialised in History under the indomitable R. W. Harris, and in my last year I was lucky enough to be taught palaeo~raphy by the Cathedral Librarian and Archivist, Dr. William Urry. As anybody who remembers BJ!l Urry will know, I immediately caught his enthusiasm for Christopher Marlowe, for his father John Marlowe, for all the Marlowes and fo r Canterbury ; and it was Bill Urry who first pointed out to me how many references to Canterbury there are in C hristopher Marlowe. How the Jew of Malta is really the Jew of Canterbury - there are so many local references - and how the destruction of parts of St. Augustine's Abbey, which Marlowe would have witnessed as a boy, caused him in almost all his plays to include 265 (T.R. H .)

the line 'When papal to';Yers.shall kiss the l~wly ground'. It ~as also Bill Urry who sent off on my first piece of histoncal research which was to go to Wmgham on my bicycle to ch Best's son , the tanner of Wingham, who comes into Jack Cade's revolt in Shakespear~'s He ec VI Part 2: because Bill U rry was convinced, of course, that Marlowe, if he hadn't written Henry VI Part 2, had contributed to the Jack Cade rebellion . So I owe a great deal to him and I nry very happy that his book Christopher Marlowe and Canterbury has at last come out alba'!! posthumously. ' en

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Of course, the quatercentenary has occasioned a whole spate of novels , of biographies and plays, foremost amongst them, I think, Charles Nicholl 's book The Reckoning and a very mterestin play by Peter Whelan called The School ofNight, of which I attended the last performance abou1 a month ago. What struck me particularly about the performance of The School of Night was that the largely youthful audience cheered greatly at the end of the play and I could feel that they were not cheering simply the playwright and the actors, excellent though they were but there is something in Marlowe's character that still catches our young contemporary enthusi~sm . We have, as you know , Marlowe represented at one extreme as a gay, atheistical violent revolutionary minor spy; and at the other extreme we have him represented as a nor~ally bi: sexual, free-thinking, honest, scientifically enquiring pillar of the State. Now, one of these two versions may be true - it may be a mixture of both. I like to think paradoxically, and Marlowe might like to think so too, that both are actually true. Marlowe does seem to me to emerge more than this great contemporary, Sheakespeare, as an extrovert, challenging, contemporary figure much readier than Shakespeare to challenge existing hierarchies. It was Marlowe, after all wh~ wrote 'For what are kings when regiment is gone but perfect shadows in the sunshine day'. We celebrate Marlowe, of course, as the inventor of the mighty line or rather as the inventor of that wonderfully variable, infinitely flexible iambic pentameter, but I think even more so we cele~~ate ~a~l~we the vision.ary. In almost all his plays the esse~tial character is a free-t~inking ambitiOus mdividual who believes, however wrongly, however disastrously, that the possibilities of human endeavour are infinite. And to remind us of the mighty line and to remind us of Marlowe the visionary, a few lines from Tamburlaine the Great: Nature that fram'd us of four elements, Warring within our breasts for regiment, Doth teach us all to have aspiring minds: Our souls , whose faculties can comprehend The wondrous Architecture of the world: And measure every wand' r ing planet's course, Still climbing after knowledge infinite, And always moving as the restless Spheres, Will us to wear ourselves and never rest. .. Christopher Marlowe, at rest these four hundred years but still willing us to have aspiring minds.

The Headmaster My Lord Mayor, my Lady Mayoress, Mr. Dean, Mr. Davies, this is a very splendid occasion. What worries me is, would I or would I not have expelled Marlowe? I think on the whole not, because I suspect that he was a rebel , at the intellectual level, while he was here; whatever he did as a spy later is another matter. But I suspect not, because we also want our pupils to challenge and to question established principles: that is the only basis upon which we can progress. Mr. Grasby is, I want to say to you (he's hiding behind the Lord Mayor), and saving your presence, Sir, the hero of today, because this is one of the finest adornments, ifl may say, Mr. Dean, that we have seen in the Precincts for many years. This is a most marvellous plaque. Everyone coming through these gates will see it as they enter the Precincts, and I don't think any of us - Mr. Dean and I dreamed this up - could have dreamed of anything better. One always longs, you know, for perfection, and very rarely gets it, but I think we have perfection here and I thank you (and I know the Dean does too) from all our hearts . 266

we are enormously grateful to you, Sir, for giving the time to come here and to unveil this ernorial. We welcome you back, we say thank you very much indeed for coming; this has been 111 most splendid occasion . You leave behind a permanent memorial and one which will enhance ~he Precincts for many , many years to come.

CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE: A MATTINS SERMON THE REVEREND TENNIEL EVANS

In the prologue to his rather savage farce The Jew of Malta, Christopher Marlowe, whom we are celebrating this week, gives to Machiavelli this couplet: 'I count religion but a childish toy, and hold there is no sin but ignorance'. I know it is a bit unfair to attribute to an author the views expressed by the characters he invents, but the couplet seems to me to sum up the worldly, iconoclastic, free spirit which was Christopher Marlowe the man. On the other hand, we have inherited Christopher Marlowe the artist, the author of Dido which we saw last night and the other great plays - Tamburlaine, Dr. Faustus, Edward II and the rest - plays shot through with a sense of God, of sin and death, retribution and redemption - but not necessarily a sense of religion - least of all the heavy Christian orthodoxy of his qay. Now someone - I wish I could remember who, but I can't- someone has said that the artist is the mouthpiece of the Holy Spirit. It seems to me that Christopher Marlowe is the ideal focus for a discussion about such a claim. For he has been variously described as an atheist; a drunkard; a homosexual; a blasphemer; a spy, and a generally unruly and violent social nuisance. Bernard Shaw even called him a 'blankverse beast'. It may seem a little surprising then, to find a sermon in his honour being preached from this august pulpit. But if we think of what he has left us - his insight, his craftsmanship, his modernity, perhaps above all of what Ben Jonson called 'Marlowe's mighty line' - the tingling response we feel to such lines as 'Is it not passing brave to be a king, and ride in triumph through Persepolis'. If we think of his works that have survived, then maybe we can hear, rather surprisingly , what I would call the Holy Spirit calling to us. For moments of glory nearly always take us by surprise. I shall return to this in a minute. First, the lad himself - what we know of him. Christopher Marlowe was born in Canterbury in the same year as Shakespeare - 1564. His father was a cobbler, and his upbringing has a Dickensian quality about it: brushes with the law, financial crises, and domestic turbulence seem to have been commonplace. You could say that Kit Marlowe very early became street-wise. Educated here at the King's School, he was awarded an Archbishop Matthew Parker Scholarship to Cambridge, which would indicate that his elders intended that he should take Holy Orders. That's what most bri~ht young men did . Marlowe, however, had other ideas. When he came down from Cambridge m 1587 he had already written Tamburlaine the Great , for both parts of the play were produced in London in that same year. He was just twenty-three. Actually , the University authorities tried to stop him getting his degree, on the grounds that his attendance record had been too erratic. But as the main reason for this seems to have been that the Government kept sending him to France to spy on the Jesuits, it is not surprising that his path to graduation was discreetly smoothed. So even as an undergraduate, the life of this clever street-wise young man was shadowed by the cloak and dagger, and was frequently on the weather side of the law. He was twenty-nine when he died in 1593. No-one is quite sure how he died, whether it was political assassination, plain murder, or an accident in a drunken pub brawl over who should pay the bill. But it doesn't really matter. You see, when Kit Marlowe, the rake, the blasphemer, the degenerate died that day in Deptford , that was , you might say , the atheist's death. But what he left behind was not the work of an atheist - at least not what we think of today as an atheist. For his plays 267

are full of an awaren.ess of God; an Old Test.ament God, to be sure, full of violence, and vengeance and danger. T here JS a God, full of avengmg wrath, from who m the thunder and the lightning break. Not a Christian God - not a God of any man-constructed religion - but a transcendent be ing that needs to be found out about: ' I hold there is no s in but ignorance'. T his was an extremely dangerous thing to say in the 1590s. You were likely to be burned at the stake for saying things li ke that. Perhaps that is why Marlowe put those words into the mouth of Machiavelli , who was popularly identified with the Devil , much safer. But it is the sort of thing that is being said all the time in the 1990s. That's what is so interesting - and it is something all the chu rches need to recognize and sort out, if we are not to become irrelevant. Because we all know now that we have cho ices - and are free to make them . But we can only make them if we know what we're talking about. Igno rance, today, is no excuse, indeed. I don 't think that ' religion is but a childish toy' . I believe that it is a very important part of our lives. Probably the most important. But not when it is an uninformed religio n that is to be swallowed whole - or perhaps more significantly, thrown aside without question, rejected without due enquiry . You see, we have to question - all the time. We have to be sceptical about our religion and our faith. No-one need be afraid of this: it is just as reasonable to say that God exists as to say that he doesn 't. Both as statements of faith , not certainty. But the re have been throughout the centuries, a g reat cloud of witnesses testifying to God's presence. It is, after all ' what the whole of Western culture (Eastern culture, too, if it comes to that) is based upon ___: all painting, sculptu re, music, drama , poetry. It wou ld be as s illy to ditch it witho ut a proper investigation as to accept it lock , stock and barrel witho ut question. So that , w hen we come to make o ur cho ice, our cho ice is properly informed : ' . . . there is no s in but ignorance'. And the mouthpiece of the Holy Spirit? Well - how is it that that odd, rather decadent, little Mozart could produce mus ic of such sublimity; or that Franc is Bacon the painter , who died only recently , who must have been, to say the least, a disconcerting companion, could show, in his every brushstroke, his compassion for humanity , and his unde rstanding of life's g rief and pain and complexity, o r indeed that Christopher Marlowe, spy, blasphemer, degenerate, could w rite: 'Now walk the angels on the walls of heaven , as sentinels to warn the immortal souls to entertain divine Zenocrate'? It is very strange - but actually where do they come from , those moments of transcendent recognition that we can get from a Mozart concerto, or a Shakespeare soliloquy , a Michelangelo statue, or a Francis Bacon painting - or a resounding line fro m Christopher Marlo we - if not from the Ho ly Spirit?

DIDO QUEEN OF CARTHAGE Marlowe 's Dido was both an obvious and da ring cho ice as the centrepiece of the school's quatercentenary-celebrat ing King's Week. T he play, rare ly performed, was written for children to present , by probably the school 's most distinguished alumnus. On the other hand it is quite emphatically not designed for adolescents, nor for co-ed nor, heavily though tickets were subscribed (and an extra perfo rmance necessitated) is it, in the usual sense, good box office stuff. Dido comes before the conventions we a re used to. Few of the characters speak much ; and all of those who do appear deaf. Marlowe's pioneering dramatic approach is not (pace Hoffman) Shakespearean: there is more of an emphasis on rhetoric (which is probably the aspect of Marlowe which the Players are mocking in Hamlet) , as also on visual symbo l. And both of these present problems fo r any production , especially a school one. Andrew Dobbin confidently leapt both hurdles . In a speciall y conve rted St. Mary 's Hall th is was a stunningly visual production. C hristophe r Richardson had designed a set that looked at ho me in three very different buildings (though probably best in the first) , with ingenious props, and a series of effects simple in conception but frequently flamboya nt in execution. Dido 's pyre was a spectacle few in the audience will forget - d itto for example The Storm. It all looked 268 (T .R. H.)

rofessional, expensive; and , if it was so, was certainly well worth it. The challenge of rhetoric ~as understandably less well handled by the cast Jess than by the director: G .C.S.E. stresses e e contact rather than iambics. The longer speeches were divided up, acted out, fragmented ÂˇXw tableaux , etc. etc . It all helped, but more vocal resource would have aided all except perhaps Eliot Shrimpton and Chloe Oakshett. The score, wittily composed by Robin Holloway , and beautifully performed to professional standards by school instrumentalists, along with deft lighting variations by Jon Alcock and his team, helped provide the variety which the text would otherwise have Jacked. ouavia Moll's perfomance stopped cruelly short of the first night. Enter at perhaps five minutes notice Miranda Scott-Barrett. After dreams of making speeches , discovering that you are on stage in a role you are not accustomed to, is, I'm told , the second most classic form of inadequacy n i~htmare . Miranda turned nightmare into dream with happy ending , and the supporting cast ratsed the ir performance to a level it was always going to be difficult to recover. Kate Thorne learnt a major part in three days and needed no prompt even at the first performance. She looked almost pupil ish, and moved and spoke with professional accomplishment. Steve Carey, the fist Aeneas , perhaps, to be unfaithful in triplicate , looked on with what was mostly required, phlegmaticism of temperament, and a talent for looking good under pressure - neither attribute a common one. This was a play for principals really , but one in which the troupe excelled . Dido's court (Olivia Homan, William Davies, Jane Wigan, Lucy Andrews, Pooja Ghai , Tom Jennings) and Aeneas's followers (Dan Katz, Barry Cameron, Matthew Knight, Luke Singer, Hamish Lemmens , Jamie Nicholson) were slick and purposeful. The Gods (Tom Mackenzie , Francesca Beauman, Chloe Oakshett , Miranda Scott-Barrett, Ellie James, Georgina Plant) not only looked excellent, in the costumes manicured in diverse places by Sheila Bennett and Juliet Vigano, but spoke and when necessary sang well too. Eliot Shrimpton and Suzie Madigan were resourceful and technically ingenious , though the deaths (Marlowe's fault?) never quite seemed to work. Peter Lawrence (tended by Abigail Mance), like Marlowe's cast that little bit younger, and trained as musician more than actor, provided in a highly assured performance, perhaps the closest glimpse of what Marlowe may have sometimes had in mind . In more ways than one, Dido proved what it most should have been, a highly Marlovian performance. With all its press and television attention the play bought new prominence to its honorand , and a unique occasion not only for our domestic audience but also for the visitng Renaissance scholars bussed in to both Canterbury and Cambridge to see it performed at Marlowe's school and Marlowe's college. It was however equally good , perhaps even for both parties , to see King's drama reach a new level of presentation in a newly restored venue. T.R.H

ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS AS YOU LIKE IT The play ' s author, Michael Green, originally instructed this pastiche to be performed by 'coarse actors' , and so our casting by director Stephen Davies could have been no more appropriate, including a gravitationally challenged Katherine van Berckel, banished brother Neil (oh woe) Hopkins, the evil Duke Julian Kingsland, and his ever-present clown Tom Kenwright, that beautiful couple Maur ice Fakoury and Holly Skelton with their scheming confidante Elizabeth Hunt and the multi-faceted Jim Rawlings. There was a strong support cast from Henry Gage, Lucy Dawes, Clare Watson, Kate Emerre, James Dean , Dominic Fendius, Helena Ancock, and the ever-sohelpful stage manager Lucy C layton. And not forgetting the French tourists who provided good ad-Jibbing fodder as they stuck their noses through the bars from St . Augustine 's Monastery . After a short speech by 'promoter' Mr. Henry Gage, the characters lurched into the plot: the evil duke having banished his brother (for no apparent reason) is defied by his daughter with help from the resident nun in order that Delia may be re-united with her lover, cousin Dronio, who all meet in a storm on the heath. Suddenly the evil Duke arrives , with a little help from 269 (James Bridges)

Mes_senger (also playing Grot, Mud and fai~ loon Bol_io) and after a long ~ght with the two soldiers the Goddesses of the forest appear, Boho waves his wand and everyone hves happily after. The production was so tongue-in-cheek with its characteristic Shakespearian play within a pia treatment, that one member of staff actually chastised some staged bickering between the calt as the play started! Of course, none of this tomfoolery and merriment could have been achieved without the generous help of Mr. Davies. HOLLY SKELTON.

ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD It was hot. Both the sun and the pace of production. The deft interchange. The use of words. The words of use. Of use the words. Was this Morecambe and Wise we saw before us? Or will Johnson and Moore be the double act to remember? There was a royal court. A softly-spoken royal court, as if reluctant to share with us the secrets which underlie the tragedy. Hannah was demure: after all , Ophelia would like it believed that she is virginal. Ben and Selwa were regal, in the modem Danish fashion. Graham was duly stabbed in the arras, which seemed poor reward for being properly deferential. Duncan as Hamlet brooded (and broiled) in black: he bounded and bounced as well. The coins. Of what the symbol? The dexterity of Theo and Simon was shown. The use of space; the creation by Thomas of a credible stage (even in St. Augustine's gardens) was enhanced by them. The interplay. The play inter the play. All this was done, and 'twas done well. Harry was magnificently Coward-ly. â&#x20AC;˘ A poltroon with a purpose: an entrepreneur with an entr'acte. He managed his troupe, and his moods, with panache. A foil (and indeed he foiled Guildenstern in the final act) for the two heroes: Harry indeed bestrode his stage. And what of the two heroes, eponymous and epic, the epitome of epi-syllogism? Epithets (or even epitaphs) must be epigrammatic: this was an epiphany of their epizeuxis. F loreat! There were the players: theirs was a demanding task, to be present and yet unspoken. Michael and Dominic (to give them their merited blanket coverage); Peter and Charles; Kieran and Mary. This says nothing of John and George. All these responded nobly, SUJ?porting ably. (The music of Mary and Michael was very good, but then that could have been discerned in so many other King's Week events.) To return to the principals . Or to principles. Or even to the Prince's pals. Not that they remained such fo r long. That parting , as indeed the play , was deftly managed . Stoppard's text is not readily comprehensible. It is an ambitious choice for a fringe play. Thomas and Alex are to be congratulated as warmly as the weather on the Sunday for clear direction and production. Indeed, the whole was an event which powerfully supports the case for pupilgenerated activities. Even without the working knowledge of Hamlet which Stoppard so disarmingly assumes; even without the opportunity to make the lighting changes expected in the script; even (or especially) without rather than within: this production was enjoyable, enlightening, entertaining, encouraging. We were rather a warm audience, on the Sunday. Understandably. The last word, though, must be of commendation to Simon and Theo, with an honourable mention to Harry. Commendation. Hot, was it? It was hot. J.A.T.

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DOCTOR FAUSTGOON I spent a pleasurable hour on St. Augustine's lawn watching a reinterpretation of the Goon ShoW, with all the bad jokes and good jokes, the zaniness, the sound-effect surrealism, the improvisation, the deconstruction of formal B.B.C. traditions, and the anti-officer-class mockery which marked the series. It arose from the National Service era, Spike Milligan, the creator, havin~ conceived of the original as an attack on the sclerotic values of post-war British life, and especially the army. Bruce Goldin was a shambling and amiable presence as Eccles, etcetera, Simon Johnson played Neddy Seagoon effectively, Aaron Birks was a fme announcer, and Jonathan Allday, in a natty hat, was good at everything he did, but especially as the Devil, and as an incontinent, loping off stage left in search of a loo. What was particularly impressive was the timing of both gags and sound effects; this kind of comedy, while including a good deal of improvisation and while masquerading as provisional and unfinished, in fact relies on efficient teamwork for its effectiveness. The benefits of having built up a team here showed themselves, and everyone 'backstage' must be congratulated. It is becoming harder to recreate the context in which the Goon Show was written, and context, with comedy, is half the battle. As with some passages of Shakespeare, Goon Show scripts can leave me with the feeling that the structure of the joke is there, but that the lau~hter has gone, and the parts I enjoyed most were more King's School than Milligan. The scnpt was written by Dr. Allday, Bruce Goldin and Oliver Nash , and the more up-to-date it was , the funni<n it was. We were left wanting more, and I look forward to next year's production. Music was provided by Jed's All Stars, who were, as ever, ace. And I thought the coat hanger was funny. H.W.B.

ELIZABETHAN DANCE It was fitting that, in a week of celebrations centring on Christopher Marlowe, we should be entertained by Elizabethan dancing . This took place in the afternoon sun on the Plane Tree Court and involved over twenty pupils. The display began with a procession led by an impressively dressed Queen Elizabeth I, played by Heloise Hartley. A courtier, Duncan Parrish, delivered a clear and witty speech and the first dance, a Pavan, began. This dance traditionally involved the whole court and comprised a series of swaying movements . The object of the exercise was to show how grand your clothes were. Kings, princes and lords often began their festivities with this dance . Our company danced well if a little nervously to start with. They soon got into the swing of it and their costumes and movements then began to work like a kalidoscope, amber and russet intermingling with olive green and ultramarine. The dancers went on to perform a number of other dances , including The Coranto and La Volta, which in essence involved a hop, a skip , and a jump! These were well performed by the dancers: Rebecca Bussey, Fiona Adams, Justine Goh, Katy Porges, Donna Quinlan , Jenny Stubbings, Deborah Kenyon , Nicola Thompson, Beverley Sharp , Laura Perrin, Alice Richards, Katy Aldrick and Isabel Dean. Throughout the performances the dancers wore a look of intense concentration, although at times a wry smile burst through. Jugglers, jesters and acrobats and a morris dance all contributed to the enjoyment of the performance. They were certainly dressed for the part. I particularly liked the floppy yellow shoes which reminded me of those curly paper trumpets you blow at parties! The jugglers put on a fine disrlay, not just with the conventional coloured balls, but also with pats of butter and strawberries. Energetic cartwheels and summersaults added an exuberant note. Congratulations must go to all those involved: Ian Mackay, Peter Lambert, Ben Wyand, Tom Savage, Maria de Haan, Jane Virden, Felicity Wacher, Kirstin Bush, Hannah Mackenzie and Mary Stevens. Special thanks go to Miss Anna Price who researched and directed the display so well. D.M.F. 27 1

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ENGLAND'S HELICON This was a collection of poems and prose from the Elizabethan Age, the pieces written before 1600 and roughly contemporary with the life of Christopher Marlowe. The selection, made by Mr. Browning in an idle moment or two, ran~ed widely, from poems of requited and unrequited love, commentary on English life, and iromc reflection on the state of the world. The world has changed, and has remained the same. Many of the experiences described would have been famil iar to the audience: the English then, as now, were xenophobic, unruly, flashy, inventive wordy and profligate, and traffic in London in those days was obviously as bad as it is now: Other experiences and attitudes, however, seemed strange: randiness these days is not usually expressed in carpe diem verse; dysentery, with the dangers of an extruded intestine, was described as if it was as much a part of infancy as teething problems; tobacco was seen as a spectacular new medicine capable of curing any ill (by the first man thought to have died from cancer caused by nicotine); autumn, instead of being seen romantically, was evoked as the time of the onset of cold , plague, and death; and the poems of mutability reminded us of that life for peasant and nobleman alike could be nasty , brutish and short. One poem of restrained protest describing the inequalities of life from the point of view of a farm labourer invoked the ghost of John Ball and Piers Plowman, and the Victorian socialism of William Morris. E lizabethan lute music was provided by Mr. Jeffrey Alexander and by Tom Robertson. This was Tom's first public performance, and he excelled himself; the duets were the better pieces. The readings were given by James Drever, Annabel Gilespie, Suzy Madigan, Eliot Shrimpton and Jane Wigan. James and Eliot combined very effectively as Touchstone and Corin, and both revealed unexpected depths of pomposity and lustfulness in the ir impersonation of various Elizabethan figures. Annabel read several of the sonnets with clarity and power, and Jane was particularly effective recreating Falstaff's death. My only criticism, conceived in the steamy heat of the Old Synagogue on a summer afternoon, was that the programme might have been a little too long. G.D.

SERENADE IN THE CLOISTERS The success of a thematic concert depends entirely on the variety of its component pieces and how widely the net can be cast in order to give depth and interest. The Elizabethan theme taken for the Serenade was undoubtedly a success, not only for the quality of the performance but also for the wide range of works chosen and the way in which they were put together. The majority of the instrumental works were taken from dance suites, a particularly Elizabethan form , and this structure seemed to permeate the programme as a whole, in which the opening brass works formed the Overture and the closing less formal works the G igue. It was a good idea to begin with a fanfare-l ike piece. The audience were not settled as the concert began and their attention was quickly drawn by the version of Henry VIII's Pastime with good company. The g roup had a splendid command of the style and the changes of rhythmic metre so vital to these dance forms was very smoothly accomplished. Dynamic contrasts were well judged and the high trumpet parts in En vray amoure very impressive. The Choir took a substantial part of the programme, but not an overwhelming one, and showed a nicely balanced repertoire spread through the 'suite' of the evening. T heir opening selection of madrigals gave confidence instantly that they were in full command of the works and had every nuance well prepared and neatl y judged. In all this unaccompanied singing the pitch never once sagged and the phrasing, so vital in such delicately balanced music, was always sensitively done. Perhaps at the start they were a little too concerned to project into the space, as the blend of voices was better when the vol ume level was lower. By the time they reached Sing we and chant it this problem was no longer. 272 (J.ÂŁ. T.)

A recorder consort is a very domestic animal, producing a delicate and soothing sound, without the capability of wide dynamic range. Michael Harris' consort gave a very fluent and sensitive perfC?rmance of Pavanes and Galliards by Holbourne and Melchior Franck, with some very nimble playmg. Benjamin Britten's Choral Dances from Gloriana have recently returned to popularity amongst choral groups and the Serena~e Choir clearly e~joyed the wide range .of colo~rs they contain. The tricky cross-rhythms of Time and the lovely hit and confident chordmg of Time and Concord led to the most successful of all , the Final Dance, in which the confidence in their pitch and presentation could not be shaken even by the Cathedral bell a semitone above! A further example of the medieval feel taken up by a twentieth century composer was ~iven in Peter Warlock's Caprio/ Suite, performed by Bryan Chan and Philippa Gort-Barten m an arrangement for two pianos . Their initial nerves gave way to a nicely balanced account of the latter movements and they will soon acquire that telepathy which duettists always cultivate so that synchronisation is not a problem. There were a number of highlights in this programme, and the performance of two madrigals by Thomas Weelkes was certainly one of them . These were most beautifull y sung; a smart, slick performance, clearly enjoyed by all the singers, displayed the choir as a very cohesive unit having been very well drilled and inspired by Stephen P innock. The task for the brass group was once again to try and settle an obstinate audience. It was a shame that their first team was all but obliterated by talking, despite plenty of bell-ringing and drum-rolling as a warning. Once, by the middle of the second piece, they had the attention of all , their well-balanced, articulated and contrasted Renaissance dances rang around the Cloister to great effect. The four soloists who followed, Annabel Gillespie, Camilla Pay, Till Triebel and Cheney Kent, each showed complete confidence and technical assurance in their polished performances. The singers' diction was clear to the fa r side of the C loister and Camilla Pay's harp pieces were so well poised and projected - definitely another of the highlights. I had wondered whether the piano was an ideal outdoor instrument, until I heard Jeremy Bines and Charles Aitken 's account of Gianoncelli 's Bergam asca, in its most recent transcription by Jeremy . Such was their coordination , presence and panache that I was instantly converted . This was very fine playing and it proved an excellent bridge to the more light-hearted finale of the Serenade Suite . Stephen Matthews' delightful settings of Marlowe and Shakespeare were so well tailored to the choir's strengths that they allowed them to shine in every way. They were confident throughout all the very clever textures and devices; they coped with the complex chords with ease and gave such an eager performance, full of splendid things, that the audience was sent away happy and impressed. This was an enjoyable evening and a considerable advance on last year's programme. I shall look forward eagerly to next year. D.A .F.

MUSIC AT LUNCHTIME FRIDAY, 2nd JULY

The Old Synagogue was quite well filled fo r this, the first of two lunchtime recitals during King's Week. There were a few empty seats, however, and it was a pity that more members of the school did not turn up to fill them. Those who were present were able to hear for themselves the fruits of the work done by both pupils and their teachers, and it was abundantly evident that the Music Department is in very good hands. The standard of performance and musicianship was high , and those who took part are to be congratulated on their solo performances, the preparation for which was, for most, fitted in amongst a host of other commitments. 273

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The first item was the first movement from the Sonata in C minor by Mozart, played by Philip a Gort-Barten. She played with assurance and feeling and the change in dynamic was excelle~ This was followed by the first movement of Elgar's Violin Sonata played by Sarah Petrie. Be~ tone quality was very good on the whole, although just a little 'thin' in the upper register, and the intonation was also good. Back to the pianoforte for a performance of Faure's Barcarolle No. 4 in A flat, played b Laura Marshall. She maintained the tempo, even where there are a lot of notes to be fitted iJ and played confidently throughout. I did feel that the quieter passages towards the end of th~ piece were just a little heavy. Next, Miranda Scott-Barrett played Berkeley's Preludes Nos. 6 and 5 . Her playing was very reliable, and the first of these two Preludes came as being somewhat lacking in expression; on reflection, however, I think the scoring was probably responsible for this, as the second one was much more vivacious and lively, and she coped very well with the change in emphasis near the end of the piece. The concert then moved on to what was very nearly the duet that wasn't. Tak Loon Khong lost his sparring partner, Steven Lau, who was to have joined forces with him in a performance of Beethoven's Rondo in D major, but who was away on work experience; Steven's place was taken by the ever-obliging Mr. Stephen Matthews. Khong gave an excellent performance for a pupil who is only in the Removes, and his playing had an assured quality which belied his somewhat ' ill-at-ease' countenance at the keyboard; perhaps this was just because he was accompanying a professional musician, but he need not have worried on that account. Penultimately, Annabelle Stratenwerth played the first movement of Hindemith 's Flute Sonata. I particularly enjoyed her legato playing, and the control she exercised over the instrument. Finally, Richard Hagan (Clarinet), Laura Marshall (Cello) and Matthew Belliere (Pianoforte) played the first movement from the Clarinet Trio in A minor by Brahms. This is a deceptively difficult piece to get going on, but the ensemble very quickly settled down into some very well-balanced playing . Overall, then, a high standard of performance, upon which the performers and their teachers deserve much credit. R.V.J.B.

JAZZ CONCERT The Orchestra could have justifiably called themselves the 'Show Band' on this occasion . Without doubt this was their finest performance of all time. Chris Creissen and Tim Marson directed the whole Orchestra and the smaller groups in such a manner that they could do little else but give their best. Unfortunately, we shall be losing quite a few of them, but, as ever, King's School's loss is the universities' gain. They began their special evening with a very Glen Miller arrangement of American Patrol that set the standard for the rest of the concert. Number two on the agenda was the Duke Ellington blues Sophisticated Lady, which allowed Matt Belliere to give a fine syncopated piano break. Tim Marson's group then took centre stage and , after Tim telling the audience how he acquired 'Jed' as a nickname, the All Stars took us through excellent jazz interpretations of Ja-Da and

Temptation Rag. The patriotic waistcoat and the regal playing on sax by Richard Hagan and the trombone work by the more soberly waistcoated Alex Neame cannot go unmentioned. 'The Fat Man's Jazz Funketeers' were our next delight, led by that Prince of Percussion, Hugo Stevenson. Their updated rendition of Cole Porter's Let's Do It, with Lucy Clayton giving the vocal, had the audience giving very extended applause. The tempo showed down for Chris on bass, and Hugo's brushwork to sweeten the air with Gee Baby. The Big Band took over up to the interval by playing Perdido, then a dramatic change of tempo to slow rumba in the form of The Girl from Ipanema. 274

Tom Jackson sang Gus Kahn's It Had to be You and caught just the right mood, leaving the audience keen to return to.their seats after the break for Count Basie's Two O'Clock Jump, followed by Flight of The Foo B1rds. Jed's group returned to play Stumbling, Tin Roof Blues and Clarinet Marmalade. The entertainment changed to the singing of the Barbershop Quartets: I love you best of all was the message from the boys, to which the girls responded I've been working on the railroad. So they went Strolling through the Park and the girls Can't give them anything but love. Then - having got the colours of the spotlights to their liking -Mood Indigo. The introduction of a girls' quartet indicates the potential - true integration! The next item, with The Big Band playing Peter Gunn, should carry a Government Health warning . It was certainly not for the feeble - marvellous playing enhanced by the players leaving the stage leaving only Hugo Stevenson and Matt Odgers giving drum solos and duets performances which the audience appreciated very much. The fact that Hugo had left his sick bed to play never detracted from his efforts. (We should all get some of Sister Whitfield's magic potion.) Reluctantly - very reluctantly - the audience allowed Hugo and Matt a moment's respite whilst the rest of the Band returned for the Finale Chatanooga Chao Chao, Dr. Paul Humberstone having been inveigled into giving a very able vocal as 'Tex' . This was supposedly the end, but, to demands for an encore, the Band played In the Mood and again. If the audience had had tJleir way they would still be playing. This was a fantastic ending to a truly memorable evening. It is only fair and proper that all participants should be mentioned, as per programme but Chris, Hugo and Tim, -our thoughts, appreciation and best wishes for the future go with you.

The Personnel: The King's Jazz Orchestra: T ill Triebel and Ed Millard (Alto Saxophones), Richard Hagan and Cheyney Kent (Tenor Saxophones), Ali Hine (Baritone Saxophone), Giles Tennick, Alex Neame, Nick Tattersall and Andrew Briant (Trombones) , Matt Brown, Tim Marson, Matt Hillier and Rob Heddle (Trumpets), Matt Belliere and Aaron Birks (Piano) , Chris Creissen (Bass), Hugo Stevenson and Matt Odgers (Drums and Percussion), Tom Jackson, Vanessa Linforth, Lucy Clayton and Billy Bryant (Vocals), Dr. Paul Humberstone (Guest Vocalist). Directors: Chris Creissen and Tim Marson. The Barbershoppe Quartet: Tom Jackson (Tenor), Richard Hagan (Baritone), Billy Bryant (Baritone) , Cheyney Kent (Bass). Jed 's All Stars: Tim Marson (Trumpet/Leader), Billy Bryant and Ali Hine (Clarinets) , Richard Hagan (Tenor Saxophone), Alex Neame (Trombone), Matt Belliere (Piano), Chris Creissen (Bass), Matt Odgers (Drums) , Cheyney Kent (Vocalist in Tin Roof Blues) . Fat Man's Jazz Funketeers: Matt Brown (Trumpet), Richard Hagan (Tenor Saxophone), Aaron Birks (Piano) , Chris Creissen (Bass), Hugo Stevenson (Drums/Leader) Girls' Barbershop: Vanessa Linforth (Soprano) , Lucy Clayton (Mezzo-Soprano), Natasha Randall (Alto), Holly Skelton (Alto). Technical Team: Jon Alcock, Simon Cook, Adam Fendius, Richard Collins, Owen Buckingham and J. Evans, Esq. (Lighting) , Ollie Nash, Jonathan Shaw and M. J. Tennick, Esq. (Sound). R.F.G.

CHAMBER ORCHESTRA CONCERT Devotees of Mozart' s music who came to the Shirley Hall for the first of the two concerts traditional in King's Week hoping for a whole evening of music by their favourite composer, may have been disappointed to find the whole Symphony Orchestra (trombones and all) ranged on the platform before them and Mozart's Haffner Symphony No. 35 replaced by Brahms great First Symphony in C minor. 275

I y ield to no-one in my devot io n to Mozart but it was a most reward ing evening for anyone who likes some variation in the music that makes up a concert programme, and it would be difficult to find anything more sharply contrasted ~h~n any symphony by Mozart and the .greatest (as well as the first) sympho ny of Brahms. For this IS a blockbuster of a work - fifty m mutes in play in length - and deploy ing the full resources of the nineteenth-century symphony orchestra. Large~ scale symphonies have been heard often enough over the last thirty o r so years since I began coming to King 's Week concerts, but this must be one of the most considerable works as yet tackled by the Symphony Orchestra. Follow ing two Mozart pieces fo r chamber orchestra and solo instruments, the effect of the first movement of the Brahms was electrify ing and exciting to a high deg ree. Under the direction of Mr . Col in Metters every sectio n of the o rchestra responded to the demands of this challenging work, composed a fter a period of gestation running to some twenty years and certainly a work of great maturity. T he power ful e ffect of the opening and closing movements was increased by the more relaxed mood of the orchestra in the two inner movements, but it was the grand final movement with its splendid tu nes and the masterstroke of br inging in , fo r the first time, the trombones that gave the orchestra its real oppo rtunity to show what it could do when asked to tackle one of the g reat masterpieces of the nineteenth centu ry . T he applause of the audience at the end of the concert was clear proof of a most successful perfor mance. It was a happy thoug ht to give two excellent soloists a chance to demonstrate the ir skill and virtuosity as wind players by devoting the fi rst part of the programme to two concertos by Mozart. T he evening began with the opening Allegro movement from the C larinet Concerto in A major, played with great charm by Richard Hagan . At the end of this movement one was left wishi ng that we m ig ht have had the whole concerto so as to have had a chance to hear more of th is gifted soloist and also of a lovely work . But compensation was amply provided by the Flute Concerto in D which followed. This was performed in full with the bri lliant solo part played by T ill Triebel, a young musician fro m Germany who has been spending the last year at the school. His command of his instrument was wo~derfully displayed in the cadenzas which play a part in each of the three movements of this work, the Chamber O rchestra giving loyal support in the background , carefully nursed along by Mr. Colin Metters who moved off the conducto r's rostrum fo r the occasio n, doubtless conscious of the concentratio n and indeed stamina that his players woul d need for the follo wing symphony . All in all , this was a very satisfyi ng evening of music-making and the whole body of the orchestra, the two soloists and the conductor deserved the thanks and appreciation which they received from a large and enthusiastic audience. D. I.H .

MUSIC AT LUNCHTIME MONDAY, 5th J ULY

T he second of the two lunchtime concerts this King's Week was a vocal concert given by pupi ls of Mr. C liffo rd Lister, which was appreciated by a virtuall y full house. T he first half featured some of the best girl singers, and commenced with T homas Arne's settings of three Shakespeare songs sung by Miranda Scott-Barrett , accompan ied by M ichael Peat on the recorder and the redoubtable Mr. Stephen Matthews at the pianoforte. The first two, at least, of these songs are well known - Where the bee sucks and Under the greenwood tree, the third one being Where daisies pied. Miranda's tone was excellent , and she sang these three pieces with tremendous control over a wide dynamic range, and was well complemented by the recorder, the part fo r which had been written by Mr . Clifford Lister. This was followed by five movements from the deeply moving Stabat Mater by Pergolesi, Stabat Mater, 0 quam tristis, Quis est homo, Pro peccatis and Amen sung by Vanessa Lin forth and Lucy C layton, accompanied by a quartet consisting of Sarah Petrie and Tessa Coombe (Violins), Laura Marshall (Cello) and Mr . Stephen Matthews . The two voices were well-balanced, as was the ensemble between the voices and the quartet. I felt that Vanessa was a little breathy in the higher reg ister, but both singers were well in control of the pieces and sang with much sensitivity. 276 ( f.R.H.)

The first half finished with four pieces all sung in German, starting with three songs by Brahms:

In stiller Nacht , Die Liebende schreibt and Sapphische Ode sung by Annabelle Stratenwerth ,

who performed the third song from memory. All were beautifully sung with impeccable diction, as one would expect from Annabelle singing in her native language, and it was thus not an easy act for Annabel Gillespie to follow , with a performance of Schubert's Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, accompanied on the clarinet by Richard Hagan, and with Mr. Stephen Matthews ever present at the pianoforte. T his is an extended piece of music which could be described as a cantata in miniature, and, as well as its length, it is demanding from a technical aspect. Annabel coped well and her range of dynamics was very good , with splendid voice control over the whole dynamic range. T he ensemble between herself and the two accompanists was very well balanced. The second half was C heyney Kent's swan-song. As well as singing two operatic arias, he also sang , with assistance from Miranda Scott-Barrett and Annabel Gillespie, two duets and a trio. He kicked off with an aria for Zorastro from Die Zauberflote after which he changed hats and, with Miranda Scott-Barrett, sang the duet for Tarmino and Papageno from the same opera . Vocally, they are a well-matched pair, technically excellent and both having a rich tone over the whole of their respective ranges. Cheyney clearly enjoyed the next piece from Don Giovanni in which the Don woos Celina, played by Miranda Scott-Barrett, but she was having none of it. Annabel Gillespie joined them for the trio from Cos/ fan Tutte. T he three of them made a splendid ensemble. Finally , one last aria for Cheyney Kent, from La sonnambula by Bellini . By now his voice was thoroughly warmed up, and it was a delight to hear his rich bass-barito ne voice alo ne aga in , yet tinged with sadness that we will not hear it again, at least in his present incarnation . And this, of course, is one of the saddest things about King's Week. For many of the performers, whether solo o r in ensemble, their participation is their farewell to their friends, their peers and their teachers. The high standard of all the soloists (and their accompanists too) is a credit to them and was evident to all who attended the concert. But it would be remiss not to remind ourselves of the hard work that went into the preparatio n of the pieces for this concert, and also for the coaching that goes o n week in and week out. Mr. Clifford Lister must have been very well pleased with the manner in which his pupils acquitted themselves; he fully deserves the ir thanks, as well as the thanks of the School for his dedication to his pupils. R.V.J.B .

BAND CONCERT The thump-thud image of afternoon-in-the-park music is a wholly false one; and there was big and brash about the 1993 Band Concert in the Plane Tree Court. By concentrating on mamstream composers this year, the programme avoided the excessive adornments found in arrangements and medleys o n things ceremonial, nostalgic or simply sentimental. Historically, the repertoire of band music consisted of folk and dance melodies. Gustav Holst's Second Suite in F Op.28, No. 2 (written specifically for wind band) opened the concert by acknowledging generations of traditio n where the standard programme opened with a march . Founded on Hampshire folk songs, the band easily handled the awkward joins found in popular tunes and produced a r ich and impressive variety of sounds. The last improvement, 'Fantasia on the Dargason' , with its six-eight time travelled light-heartedly towards a contrasting mode to be found in Greensleeves and a youthful winterland all sensitive adults cherish in themselves and others. If a devotee was looking for a souvenir of this afternoon in the park, he or she would be unlikely to plump for Denis Agay's Dances for Wind Quintet. Written in contemporary but accessible style , the melodies were delivered with delicacy and the players seemed to warm to their experience of the quintet repertoire . Prompted to embrace anything child-like, it was delightful to hear The Golliwog's Cake Walk by Debussy. Originally one of six exquisite piano miniatures , the rhythm and pulse of the performance conveyed all that is brusque and full of gaiety, droll and even gawkish in character. nothin~

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The musicians had a feel for th~ implanted negro cle~ents alongside the jaz~ and rag!~e influences that made for a da.nce ~f ~trut~mg asce~d~ncy. bot~ light-hearted and comtc~l. Artistic finish and careful psychologtcal mstght mto a ch~ld s mu~d l~es at the h~art ~f the mus1c too. Th.e Golliwog is an impertinent parody ofWagners Tnstan, a hilanously coffilc cancature where the child glimpses the artificiality and pretentiousness of real life. Equally, the players' own apparent innocence and restraint captured an intimate commu~ion. with the c~ild,'s m1nd and touched that imperceptible borderline between the fantasy and reality m the mus1c Itself. John Ireland's Elegy Harold L. Walter's Trumpets Wild and a Vocal Interlude comprised the concert's pot-pourri of short pie~es of contrasting feeling and style. Ireland's Elegy with its rich sonorities transcribed well for wmd band. The sombre mood and sense of country-lore translated well the green Sussex uplands .which inspired the. ~o~k. Slight shift~ .in ~mphasis ma~e for realistic pictures of familiar Bank Holiday crowds. Famthanty and unfam1lianty charactensed the Vocal Interlude. Cheyney Kent, William Bryant, Timothy Ma.rson and ~and Conductor D!'lvid Sheath presented sundry dialogues, ballads and catches for an audience of mild-mannered appetites. Despite the unideal tenor-cum-bass song parts, the Yale Songbook numbers (My Ever Love, We Were Gathering Up The Roses White Shoe Blues, Braceful and Easy (dedicated to Handy Mandy) and Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend were presented with humour and witty understatement: The unexpectedness of the event added to its appeal and success. The concert's heightened sense of architecture and progressive development reached its thoroughly rewarding peak with extracts fro'P William Wal~on' s Fafa~e and George 9ers.hwin:s operatic mastepiece, Porgy and Bess. Walton s Faf8de select1o~ compnsed three of &hth Sttwell s twenty-one poems, declaimed by what the programme d~scnbed as a mystery <;Juest Narrat?r. The Tango-Pasodoble manipulated fragments of old music hall tunes (Oh I do llke to be bes1de the seaside being one) with a li~elier but somew~a! far-fe.tch~ o.ompah dane~ rhxthm. Jodelling Song was played in suitably s~ntu:ne~tal ~ones deptctmg Swtss htllstde scemes ~~th. hmts of cowbells or the glockenspiel, along w1th mtlmatwns of~ 9erman be.er ~arden. The tmptsh f'opular So!lg teased listeners with what we know to 1:1e famthar by remmdmg us to guard agamst the belief in expecting anything of lasting value to come from what falls to easily upon the ear; music which simply tickles the fancy is never too reverent. Appreciation of the nonsense verse came through this unusual combination of textures and sounds where the poetry verges on becoming music itself. Artistic ingenuity arises through wo!dplay and connections by free association, assonance and a harmony of sou~ds, encompassmg the speaker's voice as an instru~ent in the ens.emble. The poems we~e b~auttfully .read m level tones and in strict tune at near-pttchless notes m order to al?pear to dt.sgUtse th~ votce. But who was the M.G.N.? Without need of the megaphone, Ms. Fwna Tenmck read m a monotone. of powerful rhythmic emphasis. Clarity and distinct~ess. wer~ expertly unf~lded a.cros~ the dancmg effects of the entire mad enterprise. The fun lay m hstenmg to somethmg whtch dtssuades ~me from any serious line of thought. Faqade endorses vagueness and prom.otes.the val'!es of absurd tty. However Gershwin's folk opera Porgy and Bess was composed m htgh senousne~s and as Schoenbdrg stated, is full of melodic inventiveness and innovative compositional techmques. As a musical climax to the concert, the Band Master could not have chosen a better work. The players sparkled alongside the originality of songs of supreme ability: Summertime, I've got plen!J o' nuttin ', It ain't necessarily so, There 's a boat dat 'sJeavin ' soon for New York, and ~he htghly emotional Bess you is my woman now. There are umque numbers made tuneless for thetr mast~ry of Gershwin's rhythms and harmonies. In a combination of musical permissiveness and genume passion, the band excelled itself in the finale and clearly saved its most successful performance for the best music of the afternoon. The concert programme was skilfull~ c~osen and the acoustic from th~ s~mi-open bandtent was remarkably satisfyin~. The players pttch, balance an~ sense unammtty throughout was excellent: their concentratiOn, superb. Band Conductor Davtd Sheath s concerts have .always been enterprising- no bits no 'bytes' and no ' hype'- just good popular music and beautifully played to sharpen each individual's tingle factor. R.B.Mi.

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CHAMBER CONCERT AT ST. JOHN'S, NORTHGATE Here was that elusive thing, the King's Week idyll: on a gloriously hot summer afternoon, in the picturesque old quadrangle of St. John's Hospital, a confection of pieces more or less evocative of birds and bees, presented for the gratification of the senses and the intellect with considerable poise and good humour. Nothing too taxing, nor too long, for Miss Dorothea Harris was celebrating her fourth birthday, and we the grown-ups had to confess to an interest in our own little party of strawberries and cream which we had observed being prepared out of the corner of an eye. The first delicacy on the menu very properly reminded us of the context of this year's King's Week. Anthony Holbourne, Michael Harns explained, had, like his better known contemporary Christopher Marlowe, come to a sticky end, dying of a mysterious illness after completing a secret mission for Robert Cecil. He had however, in a tranquil momment, written three pieces of summer dance music for recorders, and these were given a graceful and courtly performance by Michael Peat, Matthew Brown, Mary Stevens, Adam Brown, Nick Tattersall and Beverley Sharp. After this we took a leap forward about four hundred years into a long hot summer, with the first movement ofBorodin's second string quartet, played by Sarah Petrie, Tessa Coombe, Jeremy Bines and Nigel Field. This, David Sheath explained, they had played in the final concert of the National Schools Chamber Music Competition, in which they had won one of the six perfollfting places, earlier in the year - rather oddly no further positions or comments are then given. The piece certainly showed off the understanding and technical skill which must have impressed the JUdges there so much. In Canterbury it is also demonstrated their modesty, for this group is better than its members quite believe yet, and they will undoubtedly come to enjoy playing out to their audiences the more they perform. The rest of this musical repast was devoted to the seriously light-hearted. The recorder group showed that you can be an early music freak and cool, with some stylish jazz numbers, (I particularly enjoyed Andrew Challenger's rift), while the Crypt Choir threw off their Sunday morning decorum and treated us to Bridges' setting of Tennyson's The Bee and a little piece introduced by Michael Harris as Edward's AI Fresco but which sounded to Dorothea to be rather reminiscent of something else. Our own strawberry picnic did not disappoint, and so we went contentedly on our way, with grateful thanks to Messrs. Harris and Sheath and all the performers for a vey pleasant afternoon. JANE HANDS .

ORGAN RECITAL This year's King's Week Organ Recital consisted of a French sandwich with a German filling, played by Michael Harris, the School's Organist, and pupil Jeremy Bines. Michael Harris commenced the recital with Jehan Alain's Litanies. As its name implies, this piece consists of a repetitive motif, rather like the repetitive response in a litany , harmonised m a series of variations. This was a fine piece to start with, as many of the organ's departments are used in the composition. Mr. Harris played incisively and the climactic fmale left one wondering how great a composer Alain might have become had he not been killed in the first year of the Second World War at the early age of 29. .Je~emy Bines then played some movements from another composition by a French composer; th.ts time, late 17th/early 18th century, Fran!(ois Couperin 's Messe pour Jes Paroisses: Dialogue, !1erce en Taille and Dialo$ue sur les Grands Jeux. In this, as in all the other pieces he played, It was difficult to distinguish between the playing of the pupil and his master; in fact, had the programme not given the identity of each piece's performer, I suspect many of the audience would h~ve doubted that there had been any change in the occupancy of the organ bench. Jeremy played With exemplary accuracy and clarity: the parts were always clearly distinguishable in canon, the 279

ornamentatio n was well executed , and the rhythm of the dotted notes in the Dialogue sur les Grands Jeux never became sloppy . We now move on to the German fi lling, represented by the greatest master of them all, Johann Sebastian Bach . Michael Harris played the Prelude and Fug ue in E mino r ('The Wedge') BWV 548. This is quite a robust work, but I felt the Prelude was just a little on the heavy sid~. This was, however, more than compensated for by some very cleanly executed changes of manuals in the middle section of the F ugue. He was followed by Jeremy Bines play ing the Cho rale Prelud~ Wir glauben all , BWV 680 , one of the chorale preludes forming the Dritter Teil der Clavieriibun collection . This particular chorale prelude depicts the affirmation of faith enshrined in the Nicen~ Creed in a ~ i~orou ~ly Pro testant '!1-anner , the i~s ist~nt pedal ostinato representing ~he universality of the Chnsttan fatth as the motif reappears m d tfferent keys. Je remy's rendermg of this was a model o f clarity and attention to detail. And so, back to F rance and t~e twentieth century. Michael Harris a~d Jeremy Bines joined forces to play the rarest of mustcal forms, an o rgan duet, Jean Langlats's Double fantasie. It must be the vision of too many arms ~nd legs getting tangled . up,_octopus-like, that puts many composers off. I had not come across thts work befo re, and was mtngued by the almost mysterious nature of the opening, and the imaginative use of the wide tonal variety that is possible on the ?rg~n - Lang lais, like so. many French o rgan composer~ (and unli_ ke t~eir German counterparts), mdtcated exactly the regtstratton to be used Âˇ- and thts was mamtamed throug hout the piece ' culminating in a brilliantly incis ive finale. T he recital conc luded with two pieces from France's g reatest twentieth-century composer for the o rgan, Olivier Messiaen. Michael Harris played Le banquet celeste, which dates from 1926, being the composer's first composition fo r organ. If Bach's faith was severely Protestant, Messiaen's was sacramentally Catholic, and, as its title impl ies, this is a musical representation of the doctrine of transubstantiation . (Significantly, o ne of the movements from his last Organ composition Institution de I 'Eucharistie from his Livr~ du Saint Sacrament is indicative of his life-lo ng interest in composing works which allude to Catholic mysticism .) T his very slow and quiet work was played with great sensitivity by Michael Ha rris. By way of complete contrast, Jeremy Bines concluded the recital with another of Messiaen's compositions, Dieu parmi nous, the last movement from his suite La nativite du Seigneur. This is a very demanding piece, technically, rhythmically and dynamicall y, and it was with a typically pedagogical ear that I listened for what I imagined would be the inevitable slips. There were no ne that I could detect, and his impeccable performance displayed Jeremy's mastery of the instrument. Well do ne! R . v .J .B.

GALA SYMPHONY CONCERT T he Gala Symphony Concert held o n a balmy summer evening, celebrated mus ical expertise that deserved recognition on a much wider scale than that of the appreciati ve, but confined audience of the Shirley Hall. T here was much fine play ing on display during the concert, testimony to a great amount of hard work individually and corporately since last year , recapturing and reaffirming the standard of performance associated with the orchestra. T he thoug ht came to mind, as Michael Chesterman beguiled us with his violin play ing, of the relationship between the duration of music hea rd and length o f time spent in prepa ration . No simple fo rmul a this, rathe r one that runs into months and years fo r each minute of music presented to the listener . Play ing such an ambitious prog ramme as the one chosen re fl ected these years of work, but also the problems assoc iated with orchestral size and acoustic. The Courtly Dances of Britten demonstrated at the outset the problems of balancing robust brass, woodwind and play ing with the play ing of the (relatively) small string section , for pizzicato string figures were lost in the reverberating wind and percussion sound. Similar d ifficulties we re encountered in the Brahms symphony and one wonders whether an acoustic shield positioned towards the rear of the platform would enhance the balance of the orchestra. When the string section played alone, their sound 280 (James Bridges)

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was warm and rich with passage work immaculately bowed and executed. Perhaps we could hear more of them a lone, as we did with Hugo Stevenson, who delighted the audience with his performances of percussion pieces for side drum, timpani and pitched percussion, reflecting the current interest in such works inspired largely by Evelyn Glennie. I warmed to Monti's Czardas but could have managed without Bobby Christian's Piano which sounded rather like an accompanied exercise. Conversely, I wanted to hear more of Michael Chesterman and his wonderful playing of the Wieniawski second concerto, a virtuosic work demanding superb technique and sound production, both of which we were treated to for only one movement. It seemed strange to cut this work in the programme, both the composition and the player deserving a full hearing. The orchestral accompaniment in the concerto was on the whole sensitive if a little tentative. The concert was thoroughly enjoyable and congratulations are offered to all the players, including the substantial number not appearing on the programme! The orchestra has character and possesses good principal players who played this difficult repertoire with confidence and style. Congratulations too, to Colin Metters who has coached, rehearsed and directed the orchestra with style and musical integrity. G. H.

BLACKFRIARS ART, DESIGN AND PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION As always, the exhibited work at Blackfriars was of a very high standard, with a huge variety both in use of materials and in subject matter, so that the overall impression was that of individual style and expression. To follow through the Marlowe theme on which King's Week was based, there was a display of work on Marlowe, highlighting his linking with Shakespeare. Tania Still's black and white monogram design of Shakespeare and Marlowe, reproduced on p.l79, was simple yet effective and used as a motif for the Blackfriars Exhibition itself. Also in this section Elizabeth Hagel's painting of Marlowe made excellent use of striking colour; his figure contrasted with the haunting dark figures in the background. Marlowe's debauched lifestyle was implied by a devil's tail and he appeared colourfully evil. Harry Dobbs' work on the cathedral won him The Cantuarian Lodge Prize (donated by H. J.P. ); his charcoal and coloured pastel drawings were extremely accurate and professional. A sample of this is to be found on p.l 87. However to me his painting of three crucifixes and the hand of God controlling them by puppet strings was more fascinating and challenging. Jessica Bertram (winner of the Senior Art Prize) showed in her work a cross curricular tendency; her studies of the sea and tide reflected her interest in geography. Her work on movement and illustrating this with a series of still images was very absorbing, displaying a futuristic approach. This was shown in a painting of a swimmer (see p.l95) and in a three-dimensional layered picture of a swimmer constructed with plastic wave-like fragments. Smoking proved a predominant theme: A Marlboro packet appeared in three separate pieces of work: in Ben Massingham's large soft sculpturr; with fabric screen printed design, Melanie Cumber 's three dimensional picture and in Katie Press's soft sculpture constructed with papier mache and chicken wire. This sculpture dominated the exhibition. The figure was lifting the packet to its open mouth and its hollow stomach contained a can and netting; to me this syrrbolised man's wastefulness and ignorance, his continual need to consume. However, it could equally have been seen as a statement on smoking! Katie Press's work provided a very fresh perspective; her study on mould and funghi was presented as depicting organic growth rather than decay. I wish her luck as she continues her studies at Ravensbourne College of Art. Aaron Birks (winner of the Lee Evans Jankowski Prize for Art and Design) produced some very fine work again - his monoprints of arches inspired by John Piper (see p.209) were very 281

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effective and his painting at the entrance to the exhibition of the Christchurch gate and the Butt market offered a confusing challenge as the Laura Ashley sign imposed on the foreground ~.rd 1 not seem to fit in with the position of the artist himself, leaving us to try to work out wheth this was all a reflection in the Laura Ashley window or an inverted view or an artist's jok~~ . There were some excellent studi.es of animal skull~. Janna Sch~lt~ .had ~ven hauntingly su ertmposed her features onto a drawmg of a skull. Thts m the exhtbttton dtsplay was juxtap6sed with a pencil-drawn portrait of herself, enforcing the frighteningly animalistic image she conveyed by superimposing her features on the skull. This skull theme was even carried through to the photographic display in the exhibition where a photograph of Janna was superimposed on one of a skull. The photographic display was ?ominated by Ja'?es Bridges' excellent work; his shots on the theme of ' Busy People' were parttcularly outstandmg. Charles Fordham's 'Midnight on the M I' was cleverly shot with a merging of striking colour. Robert Justice's photographs of Dr. Hands, a man frequently behind the camera but rarely seen on photographs, produced a comical revenge. This year's exhibition saw more Shell work; there was a vivid and eye-catching display of self-portraits some of which proved very like and some individual use of bright colour which gave brilliant effect; there is some great talent here. There were also some attractive fabric prints which complemented the fifths' work of silk-screen printed and beaded cushions well ; these cushions were colourfully and intricately decorated using a variety of techniques such as tie-dyeing and even lino printing. Michelle Traylor (winner of the Textile Prize) produced some notably good work. The sea and marine life was another predominant theme. Sarah Mullen's printed and embroidered picture in deep blues and greens evoked its subject brilliantly with a textured effect worked in beads. John Sweny produced a painting and Charlotte Moor and Nicholas Jenkins screen prints on the same subject. Karen Robinson's hat decorated with shell s and fishes was original and attractive. Hugo Stevenson and Lucy Phillips both produced sea-food menus with delightful designs. The pottery in the exhibition was also outstanding; some eye-catching designs such as Edouard Sebline's work based on a mosque were displayed. Edouard was presented with both the craft and pottery prizes. Joshua Cole produced some interesting bird forms which had been inspired by his grandfather's work. There were also some very professional tea pots and mugs by Sqot Wiseman. The exhibition was both pleasing to the eye and provoked thought with its challenging and original pieces. It was refreshing to see artwork from younger and older pupils alike, complementing and contrasting in style and genre. Each piece was fascinating and it was clear that materials and concepts had been thoroughly investigated and some very hard work had gone into making SUSANNA WARNER. the exhibition the success it was.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Holmstall , F ive Ashes , Mayfield, East Sussex. 22nd June, 1993. near Sir, Under the leading 'Bat and Pad' in the April issue of The Cantuarian, I was pleased to see reference 10 my grandfather the Rev ' d. H. B. Biron as a member of the Harbledown Cricket Club. Your historian Mr. Silvester Mazzarella would be interested to know that he was also a Kent County cricketer and one of the last exponents of the art of lob bowling, as well as a regular contributor to the cricketing column in the Kent Messenger. Until well into this century a photograph of him hung in the pavilion at the St. Lawrence County Cricket Ground. Your refe rence to the Biron generation at King' s is not quite accurate. Eight members of the family have been at King's but so far only four generations - my grandfather Henry Brydges and hi s brother Robert; my father Henry and his two brothers Edwin and Frank; myself; my son John and my daughter Elizabeth. John has already put his son's name down as a potential fifth-generation entry. Your sincerely, TIMOTHY BIRON (SH 1926-30-35)

de Ia Pierre House, Blackfriars Street, Canterbury. July , 1993. Dear Sir, If one looks at the list on p.214/215 of this issue of charitable donations made through collections in the last school year, it may seem churlish to grumble at the amounts given. Considering that many of the House charity events are not listed , the total amount given to charity by our School in the last year is not unimpressive. And , of course, every bit given is that much more than a charity would otherwise have received. However, if one considers the unimpeded passage of a collection-bag along an average row of Sixth Formers; when one sees the high proportion of coins that are bronze; when one looks at the high proportion of the total of any one collection that is in a very few notes then it is clear that many King' s pupils do not feel collections worth supporting. Is this to be deprecated? Charitable giving surely reflects the concerns of the donors. If there be concern, then there will be support. The average Mattins ' take' is ÂŁ150 (from a congregation of c.500); the average Crypt Eucharist yields ÂŁ50 (congregation c. 150). Is it unreasonable to suggest that these figures could be higher? Perhaps the average King's pupil has little spare change, for it may well have been given to the mendicants who throng the streets of Canterbury. Many King's people feel uneasy about the juxtaposition between apparent poverty and relative affluence. How positively to respond to this is a conundrum which has challenged people of Canterbury for many years. Giving money is not a complete answer to either situation. Time and commitment, awareness and proper education need to be part of a fully charitable response. But money helps. Yours faithfully , JOHN THACKRAY.

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ACTIVITIES C.C.F. NOTES ARMY SECTION Wednesday a fternoons this term were ta ken up , until half te rm , wi th preparatio n for the Biennia l Ins pection and the n the Weapons Safety T est. ' T he. Inspection is not just a formali!Y . The M!nist ry o f D~ f~ncc wishes to make sure that cadet contingents are achicvin the obj ectives s~t for them •. and JUStJfy mg the1r g rant. Ong ma lly the person asked to d o tha t was the Brigadier of th~ 2 nd Infant ry Bngade, but m the end he had to go o ut to Bosma, so we were pleased to welcome Col. Linnett. He was g reeted by a Ceremonial Guard , well rehearsed by the R .S .M. The n he d id the tour of the sections. The R.A f displayed the h.ov.erc raft •. new!y recommi.ssioned , a nd dem onstrate~ the ir skill-at-arms: The R.N . Section were abl~ to show off the1r •mprcss ive d isplay of sail mg boats at Wcstbe re. Fmally the Army sect Jon we re seen shooting going over the assault course, and demonstrating battlec raft. Two weeks late r a ll but two of the junior cadets passed their Weapo ns Safety Test. As the C.C.F. 's contribution to King's Week, Mr. Booth is organisi ng a s ponsored march-and-shoot , with proceeds go ing to the Leon Katz Trust. Finally, my very best wishes to our excellent senior N .C.O.s: Paul Dupuy, Viv Bennett, Ben Cossens, Hamish Pritchard Dom Sweny, and G iles Tennick . What a team. · M.J . V.

EASTER CAMP Adventurous Training Camp this year was d iffere nt , both at the beginning a nd the end. To begin with, the nineteen cadets arrived at Aultbea Camp via the front parlo ur of Mr. and M rs. Coull , whe re they met the emergency service!. o f N. W. Scotland. The cause of the detour , the four-ton lorry , lay horizonta l in the d itc h w here a freak g ust o ff the sea had pushed it. Luckily it had take n the main fo rce o f rhc impact, and injuries were minor. The foul weather kept us on or ncar the camp for two days. Then camo the snow , followed by clear skies, and we were able to penetrate the Arctic landscape o f the mounta ins. We had the advantage this year of the presence of two Marine corporals, Andy and Dave, who, once they had taught us the R. M. language, were able to take over the sen ior group. T hey set of for three days from Poole we, via Fionn Loch, and the highest peaks to hand , to R. V. at Shena vall with the intermediates and t he ju nio rs. The return from Shcnavall to Dundonnell is usually stra ightforward , but this year Bill McConne ll put his foot into a ho le and made it d iffe rent. He broke his leg just below the knee - a nd the n c xible stretcher that Sue McConnell had devised shortly before the camp proved itself, as he was carried the three miles to the road. It was a ve ry painful and annoying ex perie nce fo r Bi ll , but a valuable lesson fo r the cade ts who took part in the rescue. We hope Bill has fu lly recovered by now , and w ill be able to join us again next year. M.J.V .

NAVAL SECTION We had another two She lls join the section th is te rm to take advantage of the sailing a nd other water acti vities that arc possible during the summer . The inspection ncar the beginning of te rm went very well under t he helpful eye of C. P.O. M itc hell - who adv ised us o n what we should do. It was then that the j uniors (0/S. Richard Peat, Edward Curzon-Lcwis and Michael S mith) had to practise their first capsize drill with the assistance of Mr. Haswell, who has helped with sailing throug hout the term. A new boat also arri ved near the end of te rm , and so we will be rigg ing it and putting it to use at the beginning of next te rm . Windsurfing, canoe ing and sea sail ing were also enjoyed by those who were able to turn up o n those days. The Navy d inne r at the e nd o f term was a pleasant evening, and we had the company o f Lie utenant Colone l Wair of the Royal Mar ines Mus ic Schoo l at Deal. We say goodbye to three of our members, two of whom (LIS. James C hand le r and LIS. Sarah Ty ler~ a rc go.in& o n another school. T he o ther P/0. C harles Shepherd , who has been a great a s~et to the sectJOn . has fmished his tunc at school. Finally we would all like to t hank S/Lt. S. and Lt. W . McConnell who have managed to sort everything o ut. to

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(Principals of Flight); Douglas Mornson 23; Wtlham Welbourn 21. J/Cpl. Ryan !v1a?ner!ng successfully completed his Flying Scholarship during the Easter holiday and is now in possession of a Private Ptlot s Ltcencc. During the term the following promotions were made: Sgt. Robert Clayton to F.Sgt.; Cpl. Guy Towlson to Sgt.; J/Cpl. Ryan Mannering to Cpl.; J/Cpl. Steven Cowl ing to Cpl.; Cdt. Douglas Morrison to J/Cpl. ; Cdt. Wi ll iam Welbourn to J/Cpl. Most of the cadets have been on the range, in the hovercraft , on the motorbike, in a canoe or in a Chipmunk this term. Most have been associated with all four modes of transport and everybody has improved their skill on the range. Now at least everybody is hitting the target at least once out of fiv e shots. Fortunate ly the hovercraft performed well during the Biennial inspection on Blore's but when we took it down to the freedom of Birley's I am afraid the engine was not happy with its big task of fl ying everybody over a big area and gave up. We hope it will be back with us in full operating condition next term. J/Cpl. Will iam Welbourn has been repairing some radio-controlled model aircraft which we hope to add to next term and under his supervision fly on Birley's. The Biennial Inspection which doubled as our Field Day this term took place on Blore's (R.A .F.), Westbere (Navy) and Scotland Hills (A rmy). We flew the hovercraft and operated the range on Blore's and then joined the Army Section in various exercises on Scotland Hills. Cpl. Ryan Mannering, J/Cpl Dou~las Morrison and Cadets Lucy Heise and Daniel Pullen were part of the Guard of Honour and looked very smart tndeed. F.Sgt. Robert Clayton will be attending an J.G .T. Gliding Course in August and a record number of cadets - II (Guy Towlson , Nicholas Forrest , Ryan Mannering, Douglas Morrison, Jenna Crouch, Charles Foinette, Peter Hunt , Alexander Perkins. Daniel Pullen. Mark Belsey, Jan Sundt) will be attending the Summer Camp at R.A.F. Con ingsby. We say farewell this term to F.S~t. Robert Clayton (Head of Section), Sgt. Guy Towlson, Sgt. Nicholas Forrest and Cpl. Steven Cowling. I would ltke to thank them all , especially Robert , for their help in organising and running the Section. Next term Cpl. Ryan Mannering will be promoted to Warrant Officer and will become Head of Section and Head of Corps. Owing to a change in the Activities system for Shells the number of newcomers joining the C.C.F. could increase by a large amount. It could be a very busy year for Heads of Sections and the S.N .C.O.s. Once again , on behalf of all the cadets in the R.A .F. Section I would like to give a big thank you to Wg . Cdr. Paul Wenley for being chief taxi-driver and for maintaining the hovercraft. D.J.B.

THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD This has been a successful term for the scheme. The emphasis has been on practice and assessed exped itions rather than the service and skills sections. Twenty-one pupils have been involved in the expeditions this term. Seven 6b pupils went to the Ashdown Forest during the Easter holidays on a P.ractice Silver expedition. The weather was excessively wet and the camp site soon resembled a mud bath. But Abigatl Mance, Emma Pyke, Peter Fearn , Joshua Tod, James Cheeseman, Marcus Riccoboni and Bill Vidal coped with the conditions. A number of campi ng, survival and route-finding skills were practised, like pitching tents on waterlogged ground, packing rucksacks so it was possible to lift and then carry them , using a map and compass, preparing edible meals and above all staying dry! They all earned the respect of their instructors. Abigail and Emma were particularly determined, uncomplaining and well organised. With luck they wi ll have dry weather in the autumn ! Thei r assessed expedition will take place in the unfortunately named Romney Marsh area. Fifteen younger pupils ranj:ing from Shells to Fifths have been involved in Bronze Award Practices and assessed expeditions. Stephanie Chadwtck, Jennie Stubbings. Sophie Lamont, Robert Thomas, Alexis Ochoa, Andi Price, Marcus Pykc, Tak Loon Khong. Rupert Mead , Tom Mann, Stephen Bushnell , and Tim Mitchell all did both trips and are well on the way to gaining the award. Dcmelza Wilson, Frances Jennings and Zoe Arthur all took part in a practice round and wi ll do their assessed expedition in the near future. The sun shone for both the gi rls' and boys ' assessed expeditions. The boys had not been put off by being drenched on their practice trip, and made good time walking round their route and came back feeling they had achieved something good. The girls had a number of adventures; falling into a pond , negotiating chin-high nettles, and cook ing an interest ing evening meal , and came back in high spirits. Congratulations to all those involved in the expeditions. D.M.F.

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O.K.S. PRESIDENT'S NOTES No lo ng, lazy days of summer , these, but full of action on the O.K.S. front with a fu rther programme of Rcgi . Meetings, spo rting events a nd a Ba ll in Cante rbury at the beginning of September. ona1 King's is known fo r produc ing spirited individuals; a nd I was intrigued to hear that Bill Young (1938) his w·~ Elizabeth a nd John Dalrymple ( 1944) had recent ly ridden on horseback to Re igate from Winfrith Newburgh i'n Dor~ 1 c They covered 130 miles in fi ve days, staying at fa rmhouse B & Bs alo ng the way. ct. Next, _you r Committee has been stre ngthened by the addition of Dar~cn Evans, Peter v.enn and Peter Valpy as membc..., Darren 1s well known to many as the ma n who so successfull y rev 1vcd O.K.S. fcncmg, and , as he runs a compute. systems company, he is. also the O. K.S. ~omputer expert. The two Peters bring muc h experien~e. a nd Peter Valp; is not o nly a recent Prcs1dcnt o f the Assocmt1on , but recently took over from M1ke He rbert as C ha1rman of the O.K S T rust a nd Bu rsarship Society. · · In a nothe r develo pment, Arabe lla St. John Parke r ta kes over as Cuntuarhm co-ord inato r from Richard Wilson who finds running London Suppers ' too exciting' (Lo ndon in-joke) to do j ustice to both. Arabella is, however, well qu~l ified for this task as she works m publishing . Secretaries ofO.K. S. C lubs and Societies a rc asked to send their contnbution\ to Arabe lla, address as in the Handbook; O .K.S. persona l news a nd overseas news sho uld continue to go to Barbara Slimming in Cante rbury, as at present.

SUMMER LUNCHEON . On 22 nd May, e ighteen O.~ .S. ~rom the years 1940-42 assembled , with the ir wi.ve.s, at ~t. August!ne's fo r a very lively lunch. It had been the mte nt1on to mv1te O. K.S. from 1940-45, but the OmiSSIOn w1 ll be rectified next time. In the event, although numbers were less tha n on previous occasions, spirits were high, the School's hospitality excellent and it was a splendid lunc h in marvello us surroundings. Undoubtedly, the acqu isition of St. Augustine's by the School was a coup; and any O. K.S. who has not visited this collection of lovely, late-med iaeval bu ildings should take the fi rst opportun ity of doing so.

REGIONAL MEETINGS By the time this goes to press •. the re will hav'< been a n O. K .~. c ricket match and socia l lunc h at. Hagley. Park in the West Midlands; and fo r the th1rd year runnmg, a lunch at Abmgdon. The Abmgdon event was o n gmally mtcnded to cate r for O. K.S. in the Cotswolds, but this year as interest spreads, the o rganisers have decided to include those in the Tha mes Valley. Sti ll to come in Septembe r a re o ur usual evening e vent on the Solcnt (this year returning to the Royal Southampton Yac ht C lub); and two other mctings, deta ils to be anno unced.

CANTERBURY PILGRIMS B.C. Westbcrc Lakes may not be Lausanne - unless we do an Eto n Rowing Lake exercise - but the Pilgrims arc set to host an important schools regatta! As reported in these pages, last a utumn the Pilg rims had a n excelle nt win against Colct (St. Pau l's Old Boys) and Elizabethan (Westminster). Th is year, the Pil~ rims a r~ hosting the event , o n 4th Septe mber, and have invited. the Sch?<JI and the Vikings (Eto n) to compete. ExpressiOns of mtc rest have also been rccc1vcd from four other lcadmg rowmg schools, so the entry list may be expa nded. M IKE B ROWN

O.K.S. LONDON SUPPERS Atte ndances a t the Londo n Suppe rs in May, February a nd Septe mber 1993 have he ld up well. I am looking forwa rd to a big turno ut in _Dcccmbc ~ - the beer and food a re excelle nt and reasc;>nably priced, with a casual atmosphere that is ideal for rcncwmg o ld fnends and acqua mtances a nd ma kmg new fn cnds. The next suppe r is on Thursday, 2nd Decembe r in the private ba r at The Orangcric Brewe ry, 37-39 Pimlico Road, Londo n, S.W. l ., 7 p. m. onwa rds . Please call Ric hard Wilson on 08 1-446 66 11 or fa x 08 1-446 3534. R ICHARD WILSON

THE KING'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY MASONIC LODGE Me mbership of the Lodge is drawn from old boys of the Schoo l, the ir sons, fath e rs and maste rs of the School. The current me mbership list spans the years 19 16 to 1982 a nd we have seen a n e ncourag ing gro wth from recent <;> .K..S. a nd thei r fa mi lies, incl udmg three brothe rs and the ir fathe r . The o nly sad note this year was the death of Bngad~er J . M. F. Cartwrig ht , C. B. E. in his ninetieth year . He was o ne of the Founders of the Lodge in 1938 together wnh

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his brother The Rt. Rev .. R. F. Cartwright. Another Founder who was at the School from 1924 until 1928 is F. W. Roberts who now hves 111 Tasmanm. our annual joint meeting and d inner for sister Lodges from St. Lawrence Ramsgate and Dover College took place t Dover and was a highly enjoyable occasion attended by the Headmaster of Dover College. In 1994, by kind permission 3 r our own Headmaste r , the T riennial meeting wi ll be at King 's on 4th June. O.K.S. who arc Masons are welcome 0 attend. but early applicatio n to the Secretary is advised as numbers for dinner which is held at St. Augustine's have 10 .. d to be lumte . The Secretary is John Stonehouse of 43 Upper Tilchouse Street, Hitch in , Herts . SG5 2EE (Telephone: 0462-452269) who will be pleased to deal with any enqui ries about the June meet ing and dinner or membership generally. JOHN STONEHOUSE.

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B H. Arnold (1946) was recently awarded an Honorary M.A. degree at the University of Kent at Canterbury for serv ices 'w the C ity a nd University . J J. C. Mallinson (1954) (Directo r , Jersey Wildl ife Preservation Trust, U.K.) writes: ' Dr. M ic hael Kock ( 1971) a nd I Âˇhave both presented papers and been involved with the o rganisation of five international conferences, here in Jersey last May and in Ha rare, Zimbabwe, in February th is year. M ichael's brother, R ichard ( 1974) was the Curator at Whipsnadc prior to going out to Kenya on behalf of the Zoological Society of London .' c. Stringer ( 1960) has lived fo r the past twenty years and raised a family in Toronto, New York and Vancouver. He founded and developed three internationally operating businesses/companies and presently is President of Canadian Systems and Service International Incorporated, which develops and markets energy-efficient light ing technology throughout Canada and internationally. N. Gor d on-Wilson ( 1965) is currently employed as a G roup Board Director of Control Risks Group, a specialist security consultancy in London, dealing in International Risk Assessment , Corporate Security and Crisis Management. p, Villiers ( 1965) now lectures and writes on leadership and management and trains senior police officers at the national police sta ff college in Hampshire. He would be delighted to hear from other O.K.S. in the area. He remains in touch with his Housemaster, John Wilson, who now lives in Oxford. His older brother, C. A. Villiers (1962) now lives in Tokyo and works as a lawyer for the shipping company Mitsui-OSK . He would like to get in touch with any O.K.S. in Japan. P.M. C . Hodson (1970) who qual ified as a solicitor in 1974, has been working in Hong Kong since 1978. He is current ly Managin~ Director of Pierson Trust (Asia) Ltd., responsible for the development of trust corporate services for Asian based pn vatc cl ients. Home address: A3 Vista Stanley, 20 Stanley Village Road, Stanley, Hong Kong. C. C. Kilbee (1973) is married to Croinnc, has three ch ildren and lives in Singapore. He is Director of Richards Hogg International, Average Adjusters . He still plays c ricket and golf. Dr. J. W. L. Ackers ( 1975) was appointed in February this year to T orbay Hosp ital as a Consultant Anaesthetist. Previously he had been working as a Senior Registrar at Guy's and the Royal Sussex, Brighton. His second daughter, Sophie, was born in October 1990. f>. E. Medhurst ( 1975) would be glad to hear from any other O.K .S. in e ither United Nations or Metropolitan (London) Police. He has just fin ished a tour as Chief of Security for U.N. in Angola; previous tours were in New York, Jerusalem. Damascus, Gola n Heights, Cairo, Amman, South Lebanon a nd Namibia. R. N. Lucas (1976) passed his private pilot's licence (hel icopters) . He left Chemical Bank for Swiss Bank Corporation, London, as an Associate Directo r. Fiona E lletson (nee Ferguson) (1979) writes: 'My husband and I have been living here (Prccsall, Lanes.) for over three years. We have a two-year old son, Alexander Daniel Hope, and my husband was elected as the M.P. for Blackpool North last year. We live both in Lancashire and London. My brother, Alexander (1977) is married and has a daughter Olivia Ma rgaret. Alex works for Reuter and has j ust returned to London to train for Reuter T.V., having worked for the company in Berlin as the Economic correspondent for two years.' A. G. Proda n (1980) has been acting in films and theatre in Italy and has recently submitted a screenplay. Any exchange or co-operation with O.K.S. in the fil m business would be invigorat ing. (Address: Via de Funan 20, 00186 Rome.) J, R. W . G. Smith (1981) is married, has two chi ld ren and is a professional musician and songwriter. Dr. S. M. A. Vavasour (1 984) wr ites: 'On leavi ng King's, I qualified from Charing Cross and Westminster Medical Schools .. . I married Sarah in 1992 a nd moved to Norwich whe re I am on a G.P. training scheme. We arc expecting our fi rst c hild in August 1993. I am still play ing rugby regularly fo r Norwich and for Norfolk and the Eastern Counties.' Arabella St.John Pa rker ( 1984) after working for three years with publishers Phailan Press, has now moved into financial journalism, li ving a nd working in London. Dr. J. R . E. Wre nch (1 984) has, since going to medical school, c limbed extensively in many countries, e.g., British Columbia, Pe ru , Kenya. Since quali fy ing from London University in 199 1 he has continued to climb in the United Kingdom and would be happy to hear of any othe r O.K.S. climbers who might wish to organise a climbing expedition, or take part in one. He would also be will in~ to act as a n expedition doctor. He leaves Papworth Hospital in July 1993 and, on his return from South America, w1ll be working at Addenbrooke 's Hospital , Cambridge, under consultant physic ian, Dr. Webster .

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MARRIAGES Almansi-Stcphania Almansi ( 19?9> to James Taylor at S!· ~ctcr' s Church, Canterbury, on 3rd April 1993. The addrc~ at the marnage serv1ce was g1ven by Canon Peter Pilkmgton. ·\ Finsaas-Karcn Finsaas (1981) to Ernst von Wcyhausen in March 1993. Albin-Christina Albin (1985) to Mr. Murray. Price-Clarissa Price (1986) in J une 1992 to Mr. Rickert. Smalman-Smith-( 1986) on IOth April 1993. Willia ms-Tobie Williams (1988) to Christopher Brcalcy on 19th J une 1993.

BIRTHS Brown- to J. Michael Brown ( 1949) and Mary, a son, Alasta ir, on 1st April 1993. C heesman- to M. G. Cheesman ( 1977) and Caroline, a daughter, Helen Rowena Elizabeth , on 20th March 1993.

DEATHS Cartwright- Brigadier J. M. F. Cart wright, C.B.E. (1922) on 12th April 1993 aged 89. Neii-Dr. J. D. Neil ( 1926) on 25th March 1993, aged 86. Martin-C. M. Martin ( 1928) on 29th April 1993. lrwin- P. J . Irwin ( 1976) d ied recently.

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