School Notes

the scriptures of western religions. Would it have been more acceptable if he had read: "He causeth the night to enter in upon the day, and the day to enter in upon the night, and He hath given laws to the Sun and to the Moon"? He would have been reading from the Koran.

Then at the high point of the decade, one of the excellent men was ready to walk on the Moon. No computers now; just hands and feet for motive power, and one of man's basic inventions, a ladder! Before going to the ladder, the man asked for radio silence, and it was not known until later why he asked for it. He had taken with him to the next planet Sacraments previously blessed by his minister on Earth, and he wished to make his Communion before he stepped out into history. "What a piece of work is Man!" wrote one of us who achieved unequalled fame without giving offence, and Who made his money without a muck-rake.

Congratulations to the following on their successes in the recent examinations for entrance to Oxford and Cambridge: — AWARDS

M. J. Black, Open Exhibition in Mathematics, Worcester College, Oxford; R. J. Brockbank, Open Exhibition in Engineering, St. John's College, Cambridge; T. M. Day, Paddy Organ Scholarship, St. John's College, Oxford.

PLACES

A. S. Bowie, Emmanuel College, Cambridge (Modern Languages); R. M. Cooper, Clare College, Cambridge (Natural Sciences); J. Fender, Brasenose College, Oxford (Mathematics); D. F. Harding, St. Peter's College, Oxford (English); J. R. Lund, Balliol College, Oxford (Classics); D. Pollard, Christ's College, Cambridge (Mathematics); J. R. Williamson, Emmanuel College, Cambridge (History); S. P. Withers, Trinity College, Cambridge (Engineering). * * *

A remarkable lecture on the "Great Abbai Expedition" was given by Captain J. R. Chapman, M.B.E., on September 18th.

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The Royal Navy Presentation Team arrived by helicopter on September 23rd, and gave a most polished and concise presentation of the work of the modern Navy, and all were delighted with the display by the helicopter over the cricket field. * * *

Captain R. Baker gave a talk on the Merchant Navy on September 29th. * * *

On October 18th and 19th several Headmasters and representatives of preparatory schools attended a conference in the School. 2