It soon reopened though, using a revolutionary medium: the Junior School's radio relay system, operated by Granada. The system was very successful, so during the 1969 Christmas term, a new studio was opened and lines put out to the whole School on the West side of the main road. Finally, the fateful Monday arrived and at 4.00 p.m. Grove, School, Queen's, Temple, Rise, San and all the Junior School switched on to hear an interview with Jimmy Savile, which had been recorded by Mr. Anderson at Leeds Infirmary. But what about the future? We plan to broadcast only seven hours a week at present, but during the Easter term we hope to increase this time considerably. The programmes that fill up this time are produced by both the Junior and Senior Schools and they cover a wide range of tastes (including music, documentaries, news, and interviews) and are of an extremely high standard. By the time the next Peterite is published, Radio 5 should be a well established feature of School life—almost entirely run by the boys themselves. G.S.Y.
I.C.A. BUSINESS GAME Money came to the School this term in the shape of £20m. worth of I.C.A. computerised capital. As one of the 243 "companies" taking part in a National Business Game we were floated with assets of £16m. and the Board was asked to make as much profit as possible in competition with our two rival companies—schools at Stowe and Swanage. Allocating suitable sums of money to advertising, plant-investment, production, research and development etc., we sought to out-manoeuvre our competitors in four markets (each company having a home market, the fourth being common). The board of directors, divided into various departments, studied in detail the requirements and implications of their own section of the company. These were discussed by the directors at frequent board-meetings, when the advice of certain members of the maths. department was considered (and often rejected!). Profits, at first, were only average, and there was little to choose between the three companies. When the result came, after the third play, we found ourselves with a mere £200,000 lead, and this was being reduced. An all-out attack on our nearest competitor was decided, and from that point our profits soared. Two plays later, the game finished with our total profit (after tax) at £2,750,000, giving us a lead of nearly Elm. We look forward to similar success in the Easter term, as a win in the next round will leave us in the last twenty-seven schools. The final will be held in London towards the end of term. BOARD
P. R. Haigh-Lumby (Managing Director), M. G. V. Stephenson, C. A. Myers, S. Foster, M. J. S. Muncer, T. J. Young, I. A. Gill, G. S. Yule, R. Ashburn, J. C. W. Williams, R. A. Exell, N. W. S. Blitz.
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