AN INCANTATION We have lost the sun, We have lost the sanctity Of black and white, We have lost the relief Of conception By dividing By parting By partly living And partly dying; We have lost the core, The solidity of earth, The muscular ties between Sun and earth; We are living And partly living And there is only Partial ecstasy; There is Incompleteness And shading No tremor Of full realisation.
THE MUSICAL SOCIETY The Winter Term has seen the continuation of the weekly gramophone recitals on Wednesdays at 12-30 p.m. in Big Hall. They have been very successful. Recitals have been arranged by :R. M. Booth and E. G. Thompson. D. P. Norwood and R. J. Frater. D. A. Haxby and R. Hawkins. M. W. Sanderson and D. C. Jack. I. S. Berg and D. J. Osborne. R. A. Jackson and R. F. Wyman. J. M. Smithson and P. McL. Walshaw.
Two Saturday evening recitals and an informal orchestral concert by the School Orchestra are reported below.
ORGAN RECITAL by MR. FREDERIC WAINE On Saturday, 6th November, Mr. Waine gave an Organ Recital entitled "Borrowed Melodies". With the exception of the first item, which was in the form of variations followed by a fugue on the theme of the chorale "Vater unser im Himmelreich", the programme consisted of chorale preludes. In his introductory remarks Mr. Waine explained how the need for these chorale preludes had been felt in 29
