this. Hornby, Cameron, Muncer and Place all managed to come second in their events in the Sports. On a School level, the House was well represented in the Hockey teams. At the end of the term Lockwood and Fisher were awarded their Senior, Heddle, Hornby and Shepherd their Junior House Colours. The House began the Summer Term without Heddle, who has gone to Boulder, Colorado for a term. In the Music Competitions the singing was won by Temple, who sang the set piece 'Old Folks at Home'. In the instrumental competition we were, despite popular opinion, second, playing an arrangement of Lionel Hampton's 'Flyin' Home', a jazz piece, following last year's precedent. In the Cricket the Senior team finally managed to win the Cup for the first time. In the first game Bowie and Burrunston-Williams had little trouble in dismissing Dronfield for 28; Bainbridge and Burrunston-Williams soon got these runs. In the final Queen's were also easily dismissed for only 44 on a tricky batting wicket, which was made to look even trickier by the Temple batsmen, who lost 8 wickets in beating Queen's total with 4 byes! The Junior team lost in the first round to Grove, Janes and Adam bowling well, considering their comparative inexperience. In the Tennis competition Queen's were easily defeated in the first round, but we lost to Manor. Senior House Colours were awarded to Bainbridge, Burrunston-Williams, Hall and Robinson, Junior to George, Cameron and Sargent. A.S.B. THE NON CONFORMIST -
From 'Education', 10th September, 1920
Among the medicinal virtues attributed to tobacco when it first reached Europe was its supposed value as a preservative from contagion. So at the time of the Great Plague in 1665 all the boys at Eton were obliged to smoke in school every morning. One of these juvenile smokers years afterwards declared . . . that he was never so much whipped during his whole time at Eton as he was one morning for refusing to smoke.
C.C.F. NOTES The most spectacular innovation in 1970 has been a military band, as distinct from the drum and bugle band with its long tradition in the Contingent. With enough enthusiastic musicians, and instruments from various sources, most of them on a generous long term loan from the Yorkshire TAVRA, the Band came into existence under the guidance of Mr. K. R. Pemberton, the School's Director of Music, who has kindly brought his skilled enthusiasm into this venture. Resplendent in blue uniforms, the Band made their first appearance for the March past in the Annual Inspection, and did very well; perhaps not every one realised that, wearing one of the uniforms and playing a French horn, was Mr. Pemberton himself, giving the new Band confidence on this important occasion. We are very grateful to him, and we hope that the Military Band will become part of the tradition of the Contingent and the School. 24
