Careers Convention

The librarians have not been idle during the term and have done much towards streamlining the overcrowded Choir Library and to repairing many of the books and copies of music, in addition to their normal duties of putting out and collecting anthems and services.

The music performed during the term was: —

The noble stem of Jesse.

O'er the hill and o'er the vale.

Up good Christen folk and listen.

The Carol of the Star (Noble).

A spotless Rose (Howells).

All they from Saba (7acob Handl). *Walmisley in D minor—Nunc Dimittis. *Vaughan-Williams in D minor—Communion Service.

Lord for thy tender mercies' sake (Farrant). *Naylor in G—Benedicite. *Stanford in B flat—Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis.

Creation's Hymn (Beethoven).

Drop, drop slow tears (Orlando Gibbons).

Ave verum corpus (Mozart). * With the whole School.

F.W.

CAREERS CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION, 1964

Such is the wide range of business and professional openings facing a boy leaving school, that even so successful a Careers Convention as our first could indicate only a section of the panorama of opportunities, and a complementary Convention and Exhibition was therefore planned for this year.

The Trial Examinations over, the School became suddenly the scene of frenzied activity as teaching rooms and the Gymnasium were transformed by a group of enthusiastic boys into display centres and a projection room. Then there was a brief moment of calm before the exhibitors began to arrive. For Mr. Coulthard the careful paper organisation of many months was about to take a tangible form.

The wide variety of the exhibits must have surprised all visitors, and the consultants to whom I spoke impressed not merely by their own enthusiasm and readiness to answer questions (even when the enquiry came from a boy who gave as his reason for an interest in banking the fact that numismatics was his hobby) but also by the unprejudiced approach they showed when advising individual boys, being much more concerned that their answers should encourage sober reflection than that they should entrap the unwary. Some of the exhibits had a popular appeal; from the crowds surrounding the intriguing exhibits of the G.P.O. and the International Computors and Tabulators Ltd., it would appear that we have many embryo technologists.

Despite unfavourable weather, the lectures were mostly well attended, and from subsequent discussion I infer that many boys and parents found great interest in them. It was particularly pleasant to have so many O.P.s returning as representatives of their firms and professions, and to realise that the name of the School is being guaranteed as sound currency by their evident success.

The informal atmosphere of the first session was widely appreciated, and at once we were made aware of the diverse career possibilities in a single business concern. This sense of diversity was further stressed in the evening session. In recent years the changes in the pattern of Further Education have made all our preconceived notions of new universities following established patterns and Colleges of Advanced Technology as mere vocational training establishments appear hopelessly mistaken.

Mr. Stephen Jeffreys, Secretary of the University of Lancaster, was unfortunately unable to visit us, but in Professor Peacock of the University of York, we had a speaker whose personal involvement in the concept of the New Universities and their fresh approach to the possibilities of the first degree course was sharply stimulating.

The third session on Saturday morning provided both factual information about specialisation for the qualified doctor, and, as a more immediate concern, an indication of those qualities which a medical student should possess if he is to be successful.

Mr. Derbyshire's extremely interesting talk about the architectural problems involved in the design of the new University of York would, I am sure, have attracted a larger number of boys had they understood its wide-ranging nature.

The variety of professions covered by the Convention was further extended by the three remaining sessions; Col. Lane speaking of a course in which our boys have been greatly interested and uniquely successful. After Mr. Renwick's scholarly analysis of the various forms of legal training and professional practice, the final session was thrown open for questions, and after everyone had had an opportunity to resolve those doubts which the excellent Careers Room cannot easily settle, it was good to be reminded by Col. Lane of just how remarkable is the School's careers organisation and how much we owe to Mr. Coulthard's outstanding work as Careers Master.

PROGRAMME

FRIDAY, 13th MARCH 2.00 p.m. EXHIBITION OPENED and FILM SHOW started 2.30 p.m. FIRST SESSION Training with Unilever This session was designed to show what is meant by commercial training in industry and it was conducted by Mr. C. G. Booth of the Personnel Division of Unilever Ltd. He brought three management trainees with him to describe their training and answer questions. 4.00 p.m. Tea

6.30 p.m. SECOND SESSION Further Education (a) On making a new University Professor Alan Peacock, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of York. This talk was designed to show what is meant by "The New Universities", by indicating what is being attempted in a particular case. (b) The Colleges of Advanced Technology (CATS) Mr. P. H. Coles, M.A., Head of the Department of Social Sciences, Bradford Institute of Technology. (c) Other forms of further training and education The Careers Master.

8.00 p.m. Questions and discussion

SATURDAY, 14th MARCH 9.00 a.m. EXHIBITION OPENED and FILM SHOW started

10.00 a.m. THIRD SESSION Medicine Dr. T. A. Divine, M.B., Ch.B., Sub-Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, The University of Leeds.

11.00 a.m. Coffee

11.30 a.m. FOURTH SESSION Architecture Mr. Andrew Derbyshire, M.A., A.R.I.B.A., A.A.Dip., Senior Architect, Robert Matthew, Johnson-Marshall and Partners (Architects to the University of York). Mr. Derbyshire talked about the problems of designing buildings in the setting of the University, to show something of the challenge and satisfaction of his work.

2.30 p.m. FIFTH SESSION Engineering Lieutenant-Colonel C. E. A. Lane, Apprentice Recruitment Officer of Rolls-Royce, Ltd. The speaker was accompanied by Mr. P. J. Holmes, 0.P., who is in the first year of a University apprenticeship with the Company.

4.00 p.m. Tea

4.30 p.m. SIXTH SESSION The Civil Service Scientific and Engineering Opportunities: Mr. J. W. A. Chorley, Assistant Commissioner, Civil Service Commission.

6.30 p.m. SEVENTH SESSION (a) The Law Mr. J. Renwick, M.A., LL.B.

(b) Any Questions?

Visitors were invited to put any Careers questions to a panel consisting of :—

The Head Master (Chairman), The Rev. J. B. Boyan,

O.S.B., M.A. (Careers Master, Ampleforth College),

Lieutenant-Colonel C. E. A. Lane (Rolls-Royce), Mr.

J. Renwick, M.A., LL.B., and the Careers Master.

EXHIBITORS

There were about fifty exhibits, the main topics covered by them being:

Accountancy. Advertising. Architecture. Medicine. Oil. Pharmacy.

Atomic Energy.

Police Work. Banking. Post Office Work. Bradford Institute of Rubber and Plastics.

Technology. Surveying. British Railways. Textiles. Building. The Army. Building Society Work. The B.B.C. Coal Mining. The Chemical Industry. Dentistry. The Civil Service. Electronics. The Law. Engineering (all main The Merchant Navy. branches). The Paper Industry. Food Technology. The Royal Air Force. Glass Technology. The Royal Navy. Insurance. Veterinary Surgery. Iron and Steel.

The films shown in the Lecture Theatre covered a similar range of topics.

ASSISTANCE

Many boys gave great help both in the preparation of the rooms and in the less spectacular but equally imperative chore of returning the School rapidly to its normal appearance. We thank them all.

Main Party: Skiera; R. W. C. Clegg; Crombie; Fear; and Oxley. Grayson and Martinson manned the projectors.

Others: J. S. Atkinson; Bell; P. R. H. Blackford; Carlin; Cook; Dingwall; Gagg; T. J. W. Gill; Hodges; A. J. Moss; Ogley; Park; Powell; Pugh; M. J. Thompson; and Tilley. 15