The Suttonian 1954 (Christmas Term)

THE

SUTTON IAN

CHRISTMAS TERM 1954

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CONTENTS PAGE

Editorial ..

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School Officials

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School Notes

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Valete

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Salvete

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Chapel Notes

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Library Notes

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Our Contemporaries

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Hunting Society ..

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Carol Service Lectures

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Cinema Club

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Clubs and Societies

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Sixth Form Conference

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"Adventure Story"

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Scout Notes

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Swiss Holiday

C.C.F. Notes

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Corps Camp, 1954 Shooting

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Original Contributions

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Rugby Football . .

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O.S. Notes

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Births

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Marriages

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Deaths

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0.S. Cricket Week

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0.S. Golfing Society

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THE SUTTONIAN CHRISTMAS TERM, 1954

No. 225 (No. 7 of Volume XXVIII)

The Missing Element

O N reading through this edition of

The Suttonian an unbiased reader might

well be tempted to say : "Well, after all, it's only a school magazine."

What should a school magazine provide for its readers ? A magazine such as The Suttonian must not merely print concise reports of the activities of its school and of the School's Old Boys—it must be a magazine that can and will be read with interest and entertainment. Ways of fulfdling this aim include that of bringing out the amusing and interesting parts in a report, and a certain amount of interest lies in reading about what one has done, or what one's friends have done, during the term. A glow of satisfaction is felt when one sees one's name set down in print, but this and amusing prose is insufficient to make the magazine interesting and entertaining for everyone who reads it. Something else is needed.

Contemporary school magazines achieve this interest and entertainment. What, then, does the reader find when looking through them ? He encounters lists of official appointments, " valetes " and " salvetes," reports of school plays and outings, and reports of matches and other news, as he would expect. But he will also find a number of articles headed "Original Contributions "—essays, short stories and poems, which do make up the necessary interest and entertainment. In this magazine can be found only two original contributions. It is small wonder if The Suttonian is "after all, only a school magazine."

In the past original contributions have been a notable feature in The Suttonian, and an important part of it. Of late, their number in each succeeding magazine has been growing smaller. May there be more in the next edition,

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School Officials Head of the School : M. A. Maberly School Prefects : C. R. G. Shaw A. H. W. Jones R. A. Griffin B. G. Keeble E. M. Hollingsworth M. D. Grundy P. N. Goddard House Prefects : Westminster : St. Margaret's : P. L. Vinson R. E. B. Craven R. G. Stubblefield P. A. Aisher C. S. Powell J. P. Gleave J. F. W. Ingram C. E. Slater T. M. Chastain W. E. Ellis Lambe' s : F ounder' s : R. N. H. Douglas M. E. C. Rayner C. D. Gerty J. R. Hedges A. T. Stimpson A. J. Slee J. G. Winter C. M. W. Kempson Sports Committee : The Headmaster (President) R. L. Kay, Esq. M. A. Maberly E. A. Craven, Esq. B. G. Keeble N. P. Bentley, Esq. M. D. Grundy J. W. Thomson, Esq. C. D. Gerty Rugby Football : B. G. Keeble (Captain) A. H. W. Jones (Vice-Captain) R. G. Stubblefield (Hon. Sec.) Shooting: A. H. W. Jones (Captain) P. J. J. Herbert (Hon. Sec.) Library Committee: The Headmaster (President) L. N. Harvey, Esq. (Librarian) C. R. G. Shaw (Hon. Sec.) R. G. Stubblefield J. L. Sharpe E. M. Hollingsworth P. N. Goddard R. B. Lake B. P. Davis Suttonian Committee : C. E. Slater (Editor) E. M. Hollingsworth J. L. Sharpe R. G. Stubblefield C. R. G. Shaw P. J. T. Herbert T. M. Chastain

School Notes M. A. Maberly has been appointed Head of the School.

A. H. W. Jones has been appointed Head of St. Margaret's.

C. R. G. Shaw has been appointed Head of Westminster. .

R. A. Griffin, B. G. Keeble, E. M. Hollingsworth, M. D. Grundy and P. N. Goddard have been appointed School Prefects.

P. L. Vinson, R. G. Stubblefield, C. S. Powell, C. E. Slater and W. E. Ellis have been appointed House Prefects in St. Margaret's.

R. E. B. Craven, P. A. Aisher, J. P. Gleave, J. F. W. Ingram and T. M. Chastain have been appointed House Prefects in Westminster.

C. D. Gerty, A. T. Stimpson, J. G. Winter and C. M. W. Kempson have been appointed House Prefects in Lambe's.

R. N. H. Douglas, J. R. Hedges and J. A. Slee have been appointed House Prefects in Founder's.

The Committee apologises for the omission in last term's issue of the appointment as School Prefects of C. R. G. Shaw and A. H. W. Jones.

B. G. Keeble, M. D. Grundy and C. D. Gerty have been elected to the Sports Committee.

E. M. Hollingsworth, R. G. Stubblefield, P. N. Goddard, B. P. Davis and R. B. Lake have been co-opted to the Library Committee.

C. R. G. Shaw, R. G. Stubblefield, T. M. Chastain and P. J. T. Herbert have been co-opted to The Suttonian Committee.

We welcome R. H. Hanworth, Esq., B.A., as an assistant master.

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THE SUTTONIAN Football Colours have been awarded to : A. H. W. Jones, M. D. Grundy, J. P. Gleave, R. G. Stubblefield, R. A. Griffin, J. M. Wilcockson, W. E. Ellis, A. F. Pearcy, R. E. B. Craven, P. N. Goddard, P. L. Vinson, J. S. Andrews, M. A. Maberly, A. T. Stimpson.

Second XV Colours have been awarded to : E. M. Hollingsworth, C. R. G. Shaw, A. C. Nash, J. A. D. Croft, J. R. S. Bailey, R. J. Ashby, J. R. Hedges, C. D. Gerty, C. S. Powell, A. I. Lawrence, K. A. Crawford, P. A. Aisher, B. D. Bone, C. S. S. Furneaux, J. G. Winter.

Colts Colours have been awarded to : A. C. B. Lister, J. A. Harrison, W. R. V. Archer, J. R. Starkey, P. A. B. 'Birch, K. Kemsley, P. A. Selby, C. H. P. Ashby, N. J. Gordon-Smith, R. P. Hollingsworth, W. R. Chamberlain, A. J. Parker, J. McNair, A. W. Jones, D. P. Douglas.

We are pleased to have with us another American scholar, T. Chastain, from the Hill School, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, under the English Speaking Union Exchange Scheme.

We congratulate Miss M. E. ScottWilson, Matron of St. Margaret's, and R. E. Horn, Esq., St. Margaret's House Tutor, on the announcement of their engagement.

The Captain of Football wishes to thank all those who have helped with the games this term.

The Editor and Committee of The Suttonian wish to thank all those who have contributed to this term's magazine.

Val ete C. S. POWELL (H. and St. M.-1950).-1952, Junior Athletics Team, House XV ; 1953, G.C.E. (" 0" level), Cert " A " (War), House Life-Saving and Swimming Teams, R.L.S.S. Bronze Cross and Bar to Bronze Medallion; 1954, Sit. in C.C.F., 2nd XV, House Prefect.

E. D. CHANTLER (F.-1948).-1951, Under 14 XV ; 1953, Cert. "A" (War) ; 1954, Cpl. in C.C.F., G.C.E. (" 0" level), House Athletics Team and Drill Squad, Signals Classification, House Prefect.

D. J. GAMBLER (F.-1948).-1952, Cert. " A" (War) ; 1953, Cpl. in C.C.F. ; 1954, G.C.E. (" 0" level), House Athletics and Swimming Teams, Signals Classification, House Drill Squad, House Prefect.

A. J. SLEE (F.-1952).-1953, Colts XI, House Drill Squad, House XV ; 1954, House Athletics Team, House XI, G.C.E. (" 0" level), L/Cpl. in C.C.F., House Prefect.

R. C. BRITTON (H. and W.-1951).-1951, Colts XV Colours ; 1953, 2nd XI Colours, R.L.S.S. Bronze Medallion ; 1954, Colts Fives IV, Athletics Team, Kent Junior A.A.A. Championships, Swimming Colours, G.C.E. (" 0" level), 1st XV, Cert "A" (War), L/Cpl. in C.C.F., House Athletics and Swimming Teams, House Drill Squad.

I. D. JOHNSTONE (L. and W.-1948).-1950, Under 14 XV ; 1951, Head of Lambe's, House Shooting VIII; 1953, R.L.S.S. Bronze Medallion, House Drill Squad ; 1954, G.C.E. (" 0" level), House XV, L/Bdr. in C.C.F., Cert " A " (War). (with Credit), Arty. Classification.

R. L. E. WILKINS (H. and W.-1951).-1953, House and Junior Athletics Teams ; 1954, Cert. " A " (War), L/Cpl. in C.C.F., G.C.E. (" 0" level), House Drill Squad. Goes to Cirencester Agricultural College in 1956.

R. S. MUMFORD (F.-1950).-1951, Junior Soccer XI; 1953, House Swimming Team and Drill Squad ; 1954, Cert. " A " (War), L/Cpl. in C.C.F., Colts XI, Signals Classification.

Sal vete VI.—T. M. Chastain (W.).

UPPER IV.—D. L. Davies (H.), M. A. Elmitt (Bt.), B. P. Marsh (L.), R. H. Palmer (St. M.).

LOWER IV.—J. C. Allwood (L.), M. G. Crutch (W.), A. P. Fortescue-Thomas (F.), M. J. R. Gammie (Bt.), M. J. Hills (W.), J. C. Jones (W.), S. P. Leventon (W.), D. G. Watkinson (L.).

FoRm III. R. G. A. Craven (H.), P. M. Jansen (F.).

FORM II.—F. Atchison (H.), R. A. Baron (H.), R. Battle (F.), S. H. Brown (H.), A. S. Byng-Maddick (F.), P. Charlton (F.), P. V. Clegg (F.), G. M. Dunk (F.), C. T. Edbrooke UPPER

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(Bt.), H. H. 0. Edwards (Bt.), N. B. Excell (F.), G. G. Fothergill (Bt.), G. J. Heaney (Bt.), W. A. Hubble (F.), D. R. J. Hunt (Bt.), D. M. Kershaw (F.), D. M. O'Brien (F.), J. A. Rivers (H.), R. C. G. Smith (F.), A. Tomassi (F.).

Chapel Notes The new hymn- and psalm-boards have now come into regular use in Chapel and help to preserve the continuity of the services. Our grateful thanks are due to Mr. George Keeble, 0.8.

The Harvest Thanksgiving Service is becoming an accepted and valuable tradition on the second Sunday of the term. There were fifteen grateful recipients among the older inhabitants of Sutton Valence Parish (including Mrs. Matum, the bed-ridden widow of a former School groundsman and cricket coach). The produce was taken round by the School Scouts.

We have welcomed the following as preachers in Chapel : the Revds. R. S. G. Bradshaw, Vicar of Cranbrook, C. Paton, C.B.E., R.N., Senior Chaplain of the R.N. Barracks, Chatham, and T. Vickery, Vicar of Staplehurst. The School attended Matins at St. Mary's Church, Sutton Valence on October 31, when the preacher was the Vicar, the Rev. Canon C. W. Norwood.

A noticeable feature has been the increase in the amount collected for various charities. The sum of £13 19s. 3d. for the Earl Haig Fund was greater by £.3 than that raised last year, which itself was more than ever raised in previous years.

The annual Carol Service took place at 3 p.m. on December 12 and the choir later visited Bearsted Church for a recital.

Library Notes The following books have been purchased from the Library Fund this term :— " The Words We Use," by Dr. J. A. Sheard ; "A Constitutional History of England, 1642– 1801," by M. A. Thomson ; "The Oxford Junior Encyclopmdia—Vol. XII ; "The Second Tory Party, 1714-1832," by K. G. Feiling ; " Wolsey," by A. F. Pollard ; "William the Silent," by C. V. Wedgewood ; "The British Isles," by L. D. Stamp and S. H. Beaver ; "Europe," by J. F. Unstead ; "Strafford," by C. V. Wedgewood ; "Gladstone," by Philip Magnus ; "The Tropical World," by P. Gourou ; "Introduction to Human Geography," by D. C. Money ; "From an Antique Land," by Julian Huxley ; "Roman Literature," by Michael Grant ; "The Struggle for Mastery in Europe, 1848-1918," by A. J. P. Taylor ; "Talking of Shakespeare," by J. Garrett ; "The Mind and Art of Jonathan Swift," by Ricardo Quintana ; "Tudor Constitutional Documents, 1485-1603," by J. R. Tanner ; "Thomas More," by R. W. Chambers ; "A History of the Tory Party," by K. G. Feiling ; "English Constitutional Conflicts of the Seventeenth Century, 1603-89," by J. R. Tanner ; "The English Revolution, 1603-1714," by I. Deane Jones ; "The Reformation in England," by Sir Maurice Powicke ; "The English Reformation to 1558," by T. M. Parker ; "The Winning of the Initiative by the House of Commons," by W. Nostestein ; A Latin Dictionary (Lewis and Short) has been rebound.

Our Contemporaries The Editor gratefully acknowledges the receipt of the following magazines and apologises for any omissions :— The Aldenhamian, The Blundellian, The Cantuarian, The Chronicle, The Cranbrookian, The Dovorian, The Edward Alleyn Magazine, The English Public Schools Association Journal, The Fettesian, The Gresham, The Lawrentian, The Portcullis, The Roffensian, The Rossalian, The School Tie, The Sermockian, The Tonbridgian.

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Hunting Society President : The Headmaster.

Vice-President : The Rev. J. E. C. Nicholl.

Chairman : C. R. G. Shaw.

Hon. Sec. : C. E. Slater.

Clerk of the House : P. J. T. Herbert.

Committee : E. M. Hollingsworth.

Guardian of the Gavel : M. E. C. Rayner.

THIS term has been much more successful than many old members expected, as ' so many good speakers had left at the end of last term. One or two people have helped in this term's meetings to make a debate better than seemed likely.

D. F. Eltringham, in particular, has been extremely helpful.

The General Meeting was uneventful, as usual, with everything turning out as expected. In its by now traditional place, the " Boomerang " session was held the next week. However, the speaking was not as good as had been expected, apart from the old members who were present. Nevertheless, the first routine meeting was probably unique in that it had all four maiden speakers. The subject : "This House is of the opinion that Association Football is a better form of Sport than Rugby Football," though somewhat trivial, attracted some seventy members and non-members.

None of the speeches was outstanding, and, as was proper for a rugby-playing school, the motion was defeated, but only by a small majority.

Two guest speakers were invited for the following meeting, P. S. W. MacIlwaine, Esq., proposing, and N. P. Bentley, Esq., opposing : "This House is of the opinion that the Classic Languages are redundant." A fine maiden speech, seconding the opposition,

by E. M. Hollingsworth, probably won the day, because the motion was defeated by a substantial margin. Unfortunately a parachute debate scheduled for the next week had to be cancelled owing to lack of enthusiasm.

The President, backed up by the Clerk of the House, spoke against A. R. Douglas, Esq., who was ably assisted by our transatlantic visitor, T. M. Chastain, the motion being : "This House is of the opinion that Censorship of Publications would be in the Public interest." After first-rate oratory by all the principals and a few well-judged remarks from the floor of the House the motion was defeated by a very large majority.

Certain amusement was caused by the appearance of some "Horror " comics, obtained for the occasion by the opposer.

On November 16 the Society heard an extremely interesting and entertaining paper on Caricatures, given by Otto L. Shaw, Esq., who has recently become a Governor of the School. His talk was admirably illustrated by valuable Historical Caricatures he has collected, many of them by Gilray. The Society is indebted to him for giving such an interesting evening.

At the end of term it was hoped to hold a mock by-election with a Conservative, a Utopian, and an Independent contesting for the vacancy left by the retirement of our last Conservative M.P., Mr. T. G. Booer, but lack of support caused it to be cancelled.

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The Chairman would like to apologise for the omission, by a person or persons unknown, of Hunting Society notes in last term's Suttonian. In addition to the General Meeting three Routine Meetings were held ; one was the inevitable " Boomerang " session, the second was a paper by Mr. T. Lumbard on his Continental travels, which was well illustrated with film-strips and photographs, and the third a debate with Benenden Girls' School.

This last meeting was held in the Almshouses at the end of the term. "This House is of the opinion that the emancipation of women has led to the enslavement of man," was the motion. After some good speeches by the major speakers, M. J. W. Duncan and A. L. Trippett for the Proposition, and Miss Susan Swaffield and Miss Susan Hickman for the Opposition, there was also a lively interchange of views from the body of the House. The two Susans triumphed by seven votes out of a total of about seventy, and this close result proved to be a fitting climax to an enjoyable evening.

No retrospect of the Society's business during the last year would be complete without some mention of our Chairman, M. J. Bartlett, whose "tact, self-control, and handling of difficult situations proved him more than capable of carrying out the duties of the office to which he was called so many times." Our thanks are due to him.

Carol Service Service, held on the last Sunday of term, proved a great success. The THEchoirCarol was well disciplined, but it was felt that the trebles could profitably have put more body into their singing. The diction was admirable throughout, especially in the "Citizens of Chatres," where full emphasis was given to the witty rhymes.

The Service was well balanced with the varying rhythms, together with the spoken word of the Bible, going to form a pattern of melody and speech which gave the right note of rejoicing and wonder associated with Christmas.

Tribute must be paid to the skill and enthusiasm of the choirmaster, who in a short space of time raised the standard of the performance to so high a pitch as to provide us with an enjoyable hour's singing on a bleak mid-December afternoon.

Lectures FORTUNATELY, the quality of this term's series of three lectures, which covered industry, wartime intrigue, and religious education, quite closely approached in degree their apparent diversity. The only thing which we might have had but did not was more attendance at the last and only non-compulsory session.

The particular industry which Mr. J. D. C. Woodall discussed with the Sixth Form on October 15 was that of gas production ; his position as area manager of the South

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Eastern District of this nationalised enterprise qualified him to speak on the subject with authority, which he acknowledged and did. In logical order Mr. Woodall first described the history of the development of this essential commodity, then the complicated processes of its manufacture and the organisation of the present-day industry, concluding with a statement of the many opportunities for advancement presented to the enterprising young man by this business, despite, in his opinion, its government ownership.

Some listeners criticised the illustrated lecture given on October 30 by Colonel Spencer Chapman entitled" Behind the Enemy Lines in Malaya "for lack of substance, but those are not logical grounds, since he never pretended his talk to be anything other than an interesting and exciting yarn about his experiences as a spy and saboteur against the Japanese during the last war, about which he has written a book. It was a source of amusement to the audience how he and his two colleagues between them managed to blow up a railway in fifty places, destroy about forty supply trucks, and kill from 500 to 1,500 enemy soldiers, which deceived and disconcerted the survivors into calculating their opposition to number some 200 Australians instead of three lone Englishmen. At the time of his leaving Malaya, Col. Chapman had spent a total of three and half years navigating dense tropical jungles, with their leeches, insects, and stagnant pools, and outmanceuvring the enemy.

For some reason schoolboys seem to think that anything touching upon religion automatically holds no interest for them, hence the disappointing turnout of not more than fifteen school members at the Rev. Kenneth Small's talk on the work of the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge, held on November 18. This unfortunate prejudice deprived many boys of an interesting and often amusing evening devoted to four film strips produced by the S.P.C.K. and accompanied with a running commentary by the organisation's Assistant Chief Organising Secretary, Mr. Small. The discovery that Mr. Small had all the while been reading his speech provided only a momentary disappointment ; more important was a description of the Society's work in spreading Western, technical and religious knowledge among the Eastern and African peoples, thus contributing to the " Winning of the battle now going on for the souls of men . . . We must combat unsound literature with better literature . . .

Only a missionary society such as the S.P.C.K. can accomplish this purpose."

Cinema Club If the system of sound reproduction could be improved to the point where dialogue was understandable and music undistorted, more entertainment would be derived from such excellent films as we have had this term ; as conditions stand, the some dozen members of the Cinema Club can still pride themselves upon having

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done as good a job as possible in showing " Scaramouche," with Stewart Granger and Eleanor Parker ; "The Sound Barrier," with Ralph Richardson ; " An American in Paris," with Gene Belly and Leslie Caron, and "The Titfield Thunderbolt," with Alec Guinness.

Clubs and Societies THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

On the whole the Society's activities this term have been few, although five hundredweight of potatoes were lifted and a thousand winter lettuce planted during the first half. The Society would like to thank Mr. Craven for his kind loan of the School tractor, which enabled the necessary cultivation to be done with more speed and thoroughness than normally.

THE YOUTH HOSTELS GROUP AND CYCLING CLUB The group is able to report another active term. Visits have been made to Youth Hostels at Goudhurst and Doddington, and indoor activities have consisted of the showing of film-strips on the subject of the History and Organisation of Youth Hostels, and talks given by members about their tours during the holidays. A party of eight toured for five days during the summer, visiting Hostels at Arundel, Chaldon, Dorking and Patcham, a trip which met with great success and enjoyment.

A short tour has been arranged for January at two Hostels, and several members are planning a Continental trip next summer.

THE CHRISTIAN UNION The Union has continued to hold two meetings per week and has been pleased to have Mr. Cardell-Oliver, Dr. Bird, Mr. Bayes, Mr. Dent and Mr. English as speakers.

Although numbers have increased this term, more members would be welcomed.

THE CONJURING CLUB The Conjuring Club reports a successful recruiting campaign for new members (there were only two original members left at the beginning of term), their strength now being up to five. No external shows have been given, but meetings have been held regularly, in which the new members were instructed and helped in the art of magic. It is hoped that next term the new members will be proficient enough to take part in the Annual Guest Night.

THE MODELS SOCIETY After last term's very successful exhibition the society has not been so active and less has been accomplished owing mainly to examinations, although a few have been working hard. It is hoped that next term, with the examinations over, members will be able to devote more time to the society.

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THE ASTRONOMICAL AND METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY

The society is very grateful for the gift of a telescope from M. Howard, Esq. (a governor of the School), which, with the other telescope, has been put to good use for observation work. The society is also grateful to the School for repairing the observatory which was previously in so poor a state of repair as to let in the rain. The Meteorological Society has continued to post its daily weather report on the School notice board.

THE STAMP SOCIETY The Stamp Society has done very little this term, with only a few meetings, attended by the more ardent collectors. Membership has diminished ; many who collect stamps seeming rather reluctant to join again.

THE JAZZ CLUB This term must rank as one of the greatest in the history of the Jazz Club.

On October 23 a hundred members of the School heard the Band give a concert in the Almshouses, with Antony Cowles, Bass, as the guest artist. R. A. Griffin and R. G. White, a new performer, on trumpets, P. A. Aisher, clarinet, J. A. D. Croft, alto saxophone, J. R. S. Bailey and Griffin, piano, C. S. Powell, guitar, and N. L. Sarony, drums, made up the Band. Unfortunately, C. S. Powell is leaving ; he has added much to the overall sound of the Band and has never lacked enthusiasm since the foundation of the group.

The Sixth Form Conference N Thursday, October 21, eighteen members of the Upper Sixth attended the Sixth Form Conference, held this term at the Simon Langton School for Girls at Canterbury. After about an hour's journey we arrived at nearly 11 o'clock at Canterbury Cathedral for the customary service preceding the conference. Afterwards we repaired to our hostesses' very up-to-date and well-appointed school to hear an illuminating and informative lecture on Juvenile Delinquency, the subject of the conference this term, by Mr. Taylor, himself a Prison Commissioner. Those present then adjourned to their discussion groups to digest their lunches and possible questions for the Brains Trust which was composed of people all intimately concerned with the problem : Mr. Taylor, a female J.P., the Canon of the Cathedral, who had previously given us a sermon at the service, the chairman of a Juvenile Court, and a Probation Officer. After an enlightening series of answers the conference was called to an end, with a vote of thanks to the Trust from the Headmistress, Miss Campling, and one to our hard-working hostesses from the Rev. J. E. C. Nicholl, and the Sixth Form Conference was closed for another term to the farewell roar of departing coaches.

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Swiss Holiday, 1954

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LL present at Folkestone, and although rather uncomfortable in many ways across Channel, it was certainly a high-spirited party which fought its way into the train at Calais. Bound for Basle, and then Lucerne, we would be on the train for some thirteen hours. The night passed pleasantly enough for some, however—sleep is

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not impossible, even travelling third class in France—and soon, after a breathtaking journey across the lake from Lucerne to Beckenried, we found ourselves firmlyensconced in the Mond, our headquarters for the first week.

And what a week it was ! The first day was spent strolling along through woods and meadows, high above the lake, to Seelisberg, a mere eight miles or so, in preparation for the following day (a rest day), when, for reasons perhaps best known to Bill, we climbed the Oberbauen in a clammy mist, which, as well as making the going very slippery, completely obscured any view which we might have had. However, it was well worth doing, even if the little girl in the "soap box" did look a great deal more at ease than some of us.

The rest of the week soon passed—a week of new places and strenuous exercise.

Rigi, and the infamous drop to Gersau were rendered the more beautiful by gorgeous weather, and during the ascent the almost tangible beauty of the " nebelmeer " over the lake was a sight never to be forgotten.

Brisen and Schwalmis—both were climbed, and Freddie Amstadt paid us the compliment of his presence on our visit to Burgenstock. Thick fog lay all around us on the lake as we hooted our way mournfully across. Our hopes of a collision were unrewarded, however, and we had a lovely walk down to Buochs after the ascent on the Burgenstockbahn.

So ended a glorious week at Beckenried. Everything that had been done before was done again, and much new ground was covered as well. It was with real regret that we said goodbye to Freddie and his staff, who had treated us so well. We sailed sadly away at 7.15 a.m. on a cold Wednesday morning. Freddie waved to us from the wharf, and a pillowcase flapped spasmodically from one of the upper windows of the hotel . . .

Wilderswil and the Baren awaited us, however, and before long we had settled into the rather more strenuous routine which awaited us there.

Much could be written on this glorious week. Perhaps a chapter should be devoted to the events of the first day, when we looked down upon Saxeten from a vantage point hitherto uncharted, and we blazed a new trail to that outlandish settlement.

The weather was magnificent. The sun would shine benignly in the mornings, and, as the day wore on, the elements seemed to gather themselves together ; at about four o'clock the sun would rapidly vanish, a wind would spring up, and the afternoon would culminate in a crashing thunderstorm. Three unfortunate figures actually encountered one of these freaks on top of the Bellenhochst, but emerged unscathed, dripping and very surprised to be alive.

During the week, parties visited Harderkulm, the Jungfraujoch—blessed this time with better weather—and Giessbach Falls. A wonderful walk from Mannlichen, above Wengen, over the Lauberhorn was enjoyed by those who did not ascend the Jungfraujoch. The avalanche which they had been promised arrived on time, and they were all there to see it, despite the drowsiness of one member.

The Schilthorn, a testing climb, and the Faulhorn, a long but rewarding shag, rounded off a holiday of shags and bodwegs.

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It is difficult, terribly difficult, to write down just what it is that makes Switzerland the most marvellous place in the world. Perhaps it is the freshness of the atmosphere, the essential tidiness, the like of which is to be found nowhere else ; or perhaps it is those things which are peculiar to the country : the ringing of the cowbells, like a jangling coppery surf beneath you as you climb, the voice of a yodeller through the mist on a lonely mountainside, the awful stillness of the Mountains themselves, each a dark challenge, lasting forever. Or perhaps again it is the people ; a more friendly, understanding race it would be difficult to find . . . However, enough of this, the holiday is over, and the Fiihrer stands, a lone figure on the platform, as our train pulls out of Basle station. Perhaps next year, dear father, do you think . . . ?

"Adventure Story" HE production of" Adventure Story" makes an epoch in the history of the School Dramatic Society. There has been a change of producers—the first since Christmas 1925.

The programme gives some indication of the people called upon for help ; for loans—a ring here, a curtain there ; for decor and stage ; for lighting ; for costumes and dressing ; for make-up and hair styling ; for prompting ; and of that large number of friends thanked by the producer in his italicised safeguard on the programme.

The programme, however, gives no indication of the vision, energy, enthusiasm, quiet persistence, talent and histrionic ability of the new producer, Mr. J. B. Simpson, the inspirer of this triumph of collaboration and co-operation.

The costumes were lovely in colour and appropriateness. Some were hired and some—a new departure—made by a very willing group of dyers, stencillers and seamstresses, and if at times the Greek soldiers' tunics in their freshness and flimsiness suggested the gymnasium rather than the battlefield it must be remembered that there was no Darius's treasure chest to dip into. The Queen Mother of Persia raised no protest that her very becoming gown had to do duty for ten, or was it thirteen ?, years.

The wig question was simply and ingeniously solved by letting the principals, with the uneasy compliance and connivance of their House-masters, take an almost Nazarite vow for the term and then turning them over to the ministrations of two unsuspected but highly gifted perruquieres.

The lighting was in capable hands, but until money can be spent to give greater flexibility it will be impossible to use lighting as it can be used by a skilful producer.

The new pelmet—a welcome addition—threw a dangerous shadow on the cyclorama, so too often significant remarks were made from a stage penumbra.

But of all the activities ancillary to the acting the highest praise must be given to those responsible for the decor, under the direction of Mr. D. A. Simmons. The Dramatic Society is fortunate in having in him one who can and will and does place his gifts of imagination and execution at the disposal of the Society—whether it is the Oracle of Delphi, a massive statue of Apollo (not quite Belvedere), a rock-strewn battlefield and a broken chariot—surely the most satisfying set of all—or the tent of Darius that did its best to outshine "the wealth of Ormus or of Ind."

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And so to the acting. The producer's stagecraft was equal to the demands of the play. He used his space well and the grouping of the characters was satisfying—none more so than in the scene in which Alexander unfolded his battle plan to his officers.

Movement was natural and significant, and when actors had to stand still they stood still. The fight in the tent and the killing of Cleitus reached a very high standard in the realistic, particularly on the last night. Here at last was the Alexander, the Alexander of " I must have action ! " Until then Winter had not quite commanded the voice and demeanour of the Master of the World. There was a little too much of the suppliant of Delphi, of gentleness, even of humility, here and there a note of querulousness in his voice. The text suggested at first a gay bravado and towards the close that " torture of the mind," that " restless ecstasy" driving this hate-ridden megalomaniac implacably and ineluctably to his doom.

It is impossible to particularise where the general is so high and where excellence kept breaking through. There remain in the memory the lovely lilt of Alexander's blank verse line, " So this is what it is to be a king," his delivery of, " I will not steal a victory" ; the voice, gesture and stance for every mood of the Queen Mother ; Philotas's nonchalance, if it did not quite rise to the gaiety of throwing "away the dearest thing he owned as 'twere a careless trifle" ; Bessus on the battlefield dispatching Darius ; Cleitus's sustained attack and ebullience and in particular the restraint in the drunkenness of his last scene and his death ; the misfortune that gave Stubblefield one performance only as Darius and the masterly performance of the Producer as his understudy at three hours' notice ; the imperturbability of Mazares ; the quiet dignity but unfortunately the refusal to let us see the dying Alexander's face ; and finally and personally the nubianising of the Persian Slave.

Such a performance augurs well for the future. What will be the producer's choice next year ? We might have asked the Pythia.

THE CAST Characters in order of appearance :— Perdiccas .

• M. A. H. AYRES . J. S. ANDREWS Philotas .

Ptolemy .

• R. G. STUBBLEFIELD . P. NEATE Darius .

Mazares . .

P. J. T. HERBERT R. D. M. CLIFFORD Prince Bessus .

Alexander . .

• R. T. EVANS . .

J. G. WINTER Queen Statira of Persia The Queen Mother of Persia R. H. H. WHITE . .

M. A. WALTER Princess of Persia Roxana . .

C. S. POWELL .

R. T. EVANS • .

Persian Slave .

The Pythia . .

H. W. SAUNDERS Cleitus • N. L. SARONY An Attendant . .

R. N. H. DOUGLAS • G. D. COTTLE Parmenion .

Hephaestian . . . J. H. M. BOOTH .

Official . .

C. M. W. KEMPSON Greek and Persian Soldiers : C. H. P. ASHBY, J. C. JOHNSON, P. A. DE PINNA, A. J. PERKINS. T. E. BEECHEY, J. R. TYRRELL, J. H. HAYNES, K. G. LEWIS, P. A. GRIMWADE and J. MCNAIR. Stage and Decor : Mr. D. A. Simmons, G. Bateman, R. J. Edmonds, G. K. Horner, M. J. Redman, J. L. Sharpe.

Lighting : Mr. B. D. Warburton, C. E. Slater, P. L. Vinson, R. A. C. Dandy, T. M. Anderson.

Make-up: Mr. E. E. Bailey, Mr. A. B. Derrick, Mr. J. W. Thomson.

Dressers : Mrs. A. G. Foulkes, Mrs. B. D. Warburton, Miss D. A. Warren, Miss M. E. Scott-Wilson, Miss M. A. Worswick.

Prompter : C. R. G. Shaw.

Producer : Mr. J. B. SIMPSON,

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Scout Notes THERE has been the usual influx of new recruits into the Junior Troop this term ' and much of our time has been taken up with Tenderfoot training. Mr. Douglas has been running a Morse signalling course and good progress has been made with the First Class First Aid test and the First Aid Proficiency Badge.

We have had one expedition to King's Wood, and on another afternoon Colonel J. S. Wilson gave a most interesting talk on the adventures of many allied secret agents in Norway and Denmark during the war. He could speak with great authority on this as he was responsible for all their training and activities. We hope that he will be able to give a talk on a similar subject to the Upper School Scouts at a later date.

The Patrol Leaders in the Troop this term are T. B. Tribe, J. E. Harvey, T. 0. R. Shaw, A. T. G. Smith, R. A. J. Davies, B. R. Pennington, and M. J. R. Gammie, who is acting as P.L. for the Bennett House Patrol.

The Upper School Scouts have met regularly on Society Saturday evenings and have combined revision of basic skills in knotting and lashing with escapes from the Lambe's P.o.W. Camp, against guards armed with flour bombs.

We had a most successful camp for five days in September, at Frensham, near Hindhead. There we were very pleased to see Mr. Byrde, who had found us a most excellent camp site. Despite the uncertain weather, we had three excellent whole day expeditions, during which we walked to the Frensham Ponds, Hankley Common, the Devil's Jumps, Gibbet Hill and the Devil's Punchbowl. We took advantage of the one wet day to visit Haslemere Museum, which was well worth the visit, as was "Dial M for Murder," which we saw in the afternoon.

The standard of camping in general, and cooking in particular, was high, and this proved itself to be one of the most successful of these camps.

C.C.F. Notes E welcome to the contingent Lieutenant R. H. Hanworth, late Royal Artillery, W who has taken over the supervision of drill. The increase in Officer strength (although still below establishment) has led to a much smoother running of the general training. This improvement is timely since the new Certificate " A " syllabus exacts a much higher standard of training than has hitherto been the case.

The Artillery Section continues to flourish under the guidance of R.S.M. Jones, R.A., Kent Yeomanry (T.A.), and the Signal Section has taken a new lease on life.

It is hoped that the number of Classified Signallers in the contingent will shortly be increased.

We are sorry that Mr. Bubb, who formerly taught the flute section of the Corps of Drums, has had to retire owing to ill health ; we wish him a speedy recovery. We welcome, as his successor, Mr. A. Brunsden, M.B.E., A.R.C.M., Bandmaster, late the Seaforth Highlanders.

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The drummers are becoming quite professional under the expert tuition of Drummer Lees. We express our thanks to him and to the C.O., the Depot Bu., the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Reg't. for all the help given in this direction.

PROMOTIONS With effect from September 24, 1954.

To be Sjt. : Cpls. Hollingsworth, E. M., Vinson, Bailey, J. R. S., Rutter, Powell, Croft, Craven, Rayner.

To be Cpl. : L/Cpls. Bailey, W. D., Wilcockson, Pearcy, Hedges, Keeley, Gleave, Chantler, Stubblefield, Keeble, Ellis, Waite, Smyth.

To be L/Cpl. : Cdts. Anderson, Booth, Cromie, Jeffery, Lake, Britton, Sarony, N., White, R. G., Evershed.

With effect from November 1, 1954.

To be Sjt. : Cpl. Haynes, J. H., and to be i/c Signals Section. Cpl. Gleave, and to be Orderly Room Serjeant.

The following have passed the Signals Classification Test : Sjt. Haynes, J. H., Cpl. Winter, Cpl. Fmmeaux.

CERTIFICATE " A " RESULTS The following were successful in the Certificate " A " Examinations held on Tuesday, November 23.

PART 1

Cadets Archer, W. R. V., Carr, Capon, Cotton, Evans, Gilham, Harverson, Hollingsworth, Hovell, Holmes, Knight, Martin, McNair, Norwood, Olsen, A. J., Selby, Walker, Parker.

PART 2 Passed with Credit : Hardy and Radford.

Passed : L/Cpls. Aisher and Britton. Cadets Andrews, Ashby, R. J., Ayres, Beechey, Benaim, Block, Burrell, Catt, Child, Clifford, Day, J. P., Day, P. G. M., Frost, Hastings, Jordan, Kempson, Lawrence, Lewis, Maberley, D. J., Mills, Nash, Neate, Perkins, Prior, Sharpe, Stoffel, Tyrrell, Vant, Wade.

FIELD DAY For the first time in the last four years Field Day was almost spoilt by rain.

The fact that it wasn't quite was due in part to an early finish to the proceedings and in part to a very spirited final assault when the bitterly cold rain was just beginning to make things unpleasant.

As King's Wood had again been denied us at the last moment we were forced on to the area below East Sutton Park. Here in the morning St. Margaret's and Founder's platoons occupied defensive positions around Drivers Farm. The attacking force under Sjt. Craven was divided into three sections. A main force was to assault frontally after attacks had been put in from the north by Sjt. Rayner and from the south by Cpl. Keeley. The northern force ran into considerable opposition and was deemed to be decimated. The frontal assault would possibly have succeeded if the south force had made contact in time, but it did not.

After an early lunch Sjt. Croft led his combined platoon against the School Armoury. The perimeter defence found it difficult to cover every approach. An assaulting force coming down the side of B.M. was held up by a Bren firing from the White Gate but was well timed with a similar attack down the main road. The tour de force, however, was the attack through the village by the main body five minutes after the subsidiary attacks had drawn the defence northwards, which was resisted only by a handful of recruits. The rain then could, and did, do its worst.

It was not the ideal time to learn military tactics but at least we saw the advantages of the use of surprise and accurate co-ordination in the attack.

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Summer Camp, 1954 E arrived at about 5.30 p.m. We had marched to Headcorn, taken a train to WLondon Bridge, tubed our way, more or less successfully, as far as Liverpool Street, been deposited at a station whose name I forget, and had finally been ccmpletely and irretrievably lost in the middle of 100 square miles of nothing—it was also raining hard.

Nevertheless, having been shown the ropes by the advance party—a race apart— we soon settled in. There were friends in the N.A.A.F.I. who played our sort of music, and others who sang our sort of songs. The lorry drivers drove very fast, the haybox rations were palatable, if not over-generous ; and the demonstrations were extraordinarily good. The drill competition got along nicely without us, and despite the obvious limitations of the area, our spare time was amply occupied.

Whatever may have been said at the time, however, we spent a very profitable week at Buckenham Tofts. Convincing demonstrations of section and platoon in attack were staged, and a remarkable mine-laying machine, which ploughed its own track, laid its mines, and then pushed back the earth, all in one operation, paraded before us. Worthy of note was the spectacular cratering demonstration, and the static display by the Royal Engineers and the Royal Signals.

The week was climaxed, however, by the parachute and air-land combat display.

We saw parachute drops, and watched a jeep and gun trailer crash to the ground, its parachute mechanism having failed to function. The remarkable composure of the commentator during this poignant moment should be mentioned. Several members of the contingent took the signaller's course with varying degrees of success, and many useful lessons were learned during the practical training periods.

Finally, some brilliant negotiating by the powers that be enabled us to get away a day before everyone else. Corps Camp hadn't been so bad after all.

Shooting Notes

Tins term we have experimented in our shooting programme by only undertaking

fixtures under N.S.R.A. conditions—in order to obtain uninterrupted practice for the N.S.R.A. schools shoot, and the Kent T.A. and A.F. match. Our results were not up to our hopes however, though the standard of shooting in general has been higher than in previous years.

The VIII was unplaced in the N.S.R.A. school's shoot, although M. A. Maberly has reached the second stage of the individual competition with a score of 99.

The standard of shooting among the younger members of the VIII, however, is exceptionally high, and our hopes, therefore, for the Country Life Competition are correspondingly optimistic.

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Original Contributions To a Sailing Vessel that lost its struggle with the Sea

How sadly lies the conquered hulk in mud, A soft, unwanted bed on which to sleep For ever, in the twilight of the deep ; A sight forlorn for those to see that would.

How gracefully she cleft the waves in might, Until the day of reck'ning did arrive.

At first it seemed as though she might survive, But then the chance was lost—and so the fight.

How long, through days and nights, the battle raged, The sea both whipped and lashed by driving gales Which slowly were shredding the useless sails ; Until, at last, the breath of life expired.

0 how sad is that remembrance of thee Who rode in grace and pow'r upon the sea.

MENANDER. Words . . . For words, like Nature, half reveal And half conceal the Soul within.

Tennyson, In Memoriam.

What do you read, my lord ?—Words, words, words.

Shakespeare, Hamlet.

We have always used words and always will. Beyond that state we are not human beings, for our difference from other creations is that we think or speak (perhaps we have souls : I have no intention of entering into a religious controversy). Words do not suddenly die like last year's skirt-length or bust shape.

They are not the private possessions of scholars, journalists and lawyers. The English language belongs to every subject.

(Irony here : they are the one common possession in a capitalist state and that which is most restricted in a communist one.)

Words are the matter with which we think and speak ; only when we have thought or spoken (thinking is not necessarily a preliminary to speaking) do they form any meaning. Charles Williams said : "The imposition of form on matter makes the actual." Before they are moulded and joined together they have only feeling, either soft, warm and soothing, or rasping and acid. " Morn " and "yule," "elm" and "tome" have a rich, mellow effect ; " zealot " and " violet," " glazier " and " agate " are of the tingling type, such as to put the teeth on edge. Or words are the offspring of dog-Latin in the form of -isms and -ations, which despite their ugliness have a certain strength and conviction ; or they are the multitudinous tumultuous sort which rise and fall with grace and rhythm ; or they are homely words like " chores " and " quash" and "thrum."

They are to be revelled in and treasured, as they glow or blaze or flicker or flare.

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Words are jewels such as have glittered in an imperial crown or bedecked a begum's brow. They wait at hand to enter into new symphonies : we are all prospective Beethovens. But try to fit them together, to mould them into melodies, and one finds their rigidity, their limitations : some of them are mere mortar, holding together the priceless bricks, weighty setting holding back the gems aspiring to the stars. Try to give beauty and the words clutter themselves up in inclarity : try to give simplicity and they stand there stark naked. A compromise has to be found between rhythm and reason, cantabile and coherence.

One is ever seeking to impress the reader with the effect of a phenomenon of nature without weighing it down with words. Oh for telepathy ! The woodenness and forwardness of words, their obstinate impersonability, turn the writer back from the straight and narrow path of beauty and force him to hack a way through the rambling, inconsequent undergrowth, or trek across the barren desert. They are there to be loved and to inspire hope, and yet they are the enemy, irresponsible brutes. We have to fight against shapelessness, lumpishness, sluggishness : the dullness that dogs with " which " and " this " and "heretofore," and yet on which the foundations have to be built. How much matter and how little form there seems to be in a comprehensible action of words ; yet in the perfect book the matter is not done away with, but is animated by form to as great an extent as possible

However, despite all the difficulties by which we are beset, the perversity and waywardness of words, we occasionally amalgamate a few of them into a thing of beauty. We at last achieve a glorious light which by its brightness does not blind : compose something comprehensible and comely. And all the toil is recompensed, all the tedium repaid.

Rugby Football School v. Tonbridge Club Colts Played on the Upper on Saturday, October 9, and won by three goals and a dropped goal (18 pts.) to nil.

The first match of the season is always of special interest, and the critics are all out to find room for improvement. But this match provided nothing but encouragement for the School supporters, for there was plenty of open back play and good performances by the forwards.

The scoring opened when Craven, cutting through, passed to Britton, who in his turn gave a good pass for Stubblefield to score, Keeble converting. The introduction of Pearcy as an extra man in the line brought the next score, with Britton passing over Stubblefield's head for Griffin to touch down wide out, Keeble again converting.

In the second half, against the wind, the School still pressed hard, but it was a good run by Griffin from behind the halfway line which was the next score. For the third time Keeble converted with a good kick. Another very satisfactory effort in the closing stages was a welljudged drop-goal by Craven, which made the final score 18-0.

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yet it was also good to see that he was well supported.

Team : A. C. Nash ; R. A. Griffin, Et. G. Stubblefield, It. C. Britton, A. F. Pearcy ; It. E. B. Craven, B. G. Keeble ; P. L. Vinson, A. H. W. Jones, C. S. Powell, M. A. Moberly, P. N. Goddard, M. D. Grundy, J. M. Wilcockson, J. P. Weave.

School v. London Scottish Extra " A " On the Upper on Saturday, October 16, and won by the visitors by two goals, a try and a penalty goal (16 pts.) to two tries (6 pts.).

This match found out the weak points that the first match had disguised. It was too much to expect Keeble to carry the whole side on his shoulders, and he certainly couldn't add any needed shove in the set scrums.

After being really rattled in the first few minutes the forwards never settled down, and at the end of the second half they faded right away. Notable exceptions to this were Grundy and Gleave, both in attack and defence, and Goddard in the line-out. Only once did the ball go cleanly down the three-quarter line, and then a try resulted, for Keeble had difficulty in finding Craven and the centres overshot the mark.

The scoring opened when a kick for touch by Craven turned into a kick ahead, the full-back was wrong-footed, and Griffin was able to touch down in the corner, the kick for goal failing. But a penalty for lying on the ball and faulty handing by the School which led to an interception, made the score 3-6 at half-time.

Despite the opposing wind the School scored first in the second half when Grundy broke away from the line-out and the ball travelled down the line to Griffin, who scored, each centre drawing his opposite number well. The kick again failed, and the forwards seemed to lose

grip. First a Scottish forward was not held up and the result was a goal ; but the final ignominy was a clean push-over try by the Scottish scrum between the postE, making the score 6-16.

Team : A. C. Nash ; It. A. Griffin, R. G. Stubblefield, It. C. Britton, A. F. Pearcy, It. E. B. Craven, B. G. Keeble ; P. L. Vinson, A. H. W. Jones, C. S. Powell, M. A. Moberly, P. N. Goddard, M. D. Grundy, J. M. Wilcockson, J. P. Gleave.

School v. Dulwich College 2nd XV Played at Dulwich on Wednesday, October 20, and won by the home side by a goal, a penalty goal and two tries (14 pts.) to nil.

Perhaps the least said about this match the better, for Sutton were not outplayed, but just could not penetrate far enough to score. Dulwich had a very fast full-back, who played an extremely fine game and probably saved his side several points. For most of the first half the game was very even, but towards the end of the half Dulwich took the lead with a goal. From a scrum near our line the ball went straight to the fly-half who, going at top speed, cut through to score near the posts ; the kick succeeded.

Sutton supporters were hoping that this setback would rouse the team to action, but nothing seemed to go right.

After a few minutes a kick ahead over the centres' heads enabled the entire Dulwich three-quarter line to sweep through and an unconverted try resulted far out. This was followed by a penalty for an infringement in the scrum, making the score 11-0 against Sutton. To conclude the scoring, a large Dulwich forward burst through after a loose maul in the visitors' twenty-five.

For the losing side, Keeble played his usual fine game, especially in defence.

The other outsides, in most cases, were

THE S UTTO N IAN slightly weaker than their opposite numbers, mainly because they lacked penetration. In the scrum, Jones's hooking was as good as ever and the back-row forwards all played good games, with Grundy outstanding both in attack and defence.

Team : A. C. Nash ; R. A. Griffin, R. G. Stubblefield, R. C. Britton, A. F. Pearcy ; R. E. B. Craven, B. G. Keeble ; P. L. Vinson, A. H. W. Jones, C. S. Powell, P. N. Goddard, M. A. Maberly, M D. Grundy, J. M. Wilcockson, J. P. Gleave.

School v. King's School, Rochester Played on the Upper on Saturday, October 23, and lost by two penalty goals (6 pts.) to a goal and a try (8 pts.).

This was a good hard-fought game throughout and as level as one could wish, for the winning score came in the last few minutes. The result also was just, since King's were more experienced, but Sutton did have enough chances early in the game to have put the result beyond doubt.

With a breeze at their backs the Sutton team pressed and attacked for most of the first half ; and they were rewarded with two good penalty goals credited to the foot of Goddard. There was plenty of open back play, but defences held until a short while before half-time. With his own opposite number assisting in a scrummage and the Sutton full-back well out of position, the King's School right wing got a clear run from half-way, scoring an excellent try. His acceleration over the first few yards carried him well clear of any would-be tacklers. As this try was converted, Sutton crossed over with a mere point's lead and the second half to play against the wind.

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and much-improved defence, until at last their large and dangerous left wing eluded many clutching hands to score wide out just before the end ; this try clinched the result. Previously Sutton, although mainly on the defensive, had almost scored on two or three occasions.

Pearcy and Britton failed only by inches to get over in the corner, while Griffin on the other wing also made desperate efforts on several occasions.

Several changes had been made for this match, some at short notice owing to an injury to Keeble on the morning of the match. Nash went to scrum-half, which he found far more energetic than fullback, but he never let his side down.

Pearcy, going to full-back, played an aggressive game, attacking when he could from a seven-eighths back position ; his place in the centre being taken by Ellis. In addition, Gerty and J. R. S. Bailey came into the pack, the former with Grundy and Gleave playing extremely well.

Theoretically a nuisance, these changes need be no excuse, for everyone played well and it was mainly lack of experience which cost Sutton victory.

Team : A. F. Pearcy ; R. A. Griffin, R. G. Stubblefield, W. E. Ellis, R. C. Britton ; R. E. B. Craven, A. C. Nash ; P. L. Vinson, A. H. W. Jones, C. D. Gerty, P. N. Goddard, J. R. S. Bailey, K. D. Grundy, J. M. Wilcookson, J. P. Gleave.

School v. Cranbrook School Played at Cranbrook on Wednesday, November 3, and won by Sutton Valence, who scored two tries (6 pts.) to one try (3 pts.).

From kick-off to no-side, this was an evenly fought game with neither side ever being in a commanding position.

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of three points. This came from a try

by Stubblefield, ably assisted by Griffin, who was by some feet per second the fastest player on the field and must have given Cranbrook some uneasy moments.

Sutton had perhaps the better of the scrums, but Cranbrook's line-out work was very good indeed. Craven was closely attended by the home team's forwards as the service from the scrum to fly-half was somewhat slow. However, to match this, Cranbrook's fly-half was being severely harried by Gleave, Grundy and Wilcockson, all of whom played excellently. Neither pair of centres could make such headway by passing, but a few kicks ahead by Stubblefield towards Griffin's wing always spelt danger ; in contrast, however, the defence on both sides was first-rate.

The Cranbrook pack had the better of things during the second half, their teamwork being as good as one could wish. They had a greater share of the ball than Sutton and used the hill well, but despite this and because of continued good tackling by everyone, they never quite dominated the game. For a long time a score seemed very likely and about halfway through the half it came ; a fumble near the line giving them the touch down. At three points all it looked all set for a Cranbrook win, but from one of our infrequent heels, the ball reached Griffin about halfway across the field with room to move in. Outpacing his opposite number and the full-back, he just reached the corner for a try, the kick again failing owing to the heavy ball.

Cranbrook redoubled their efforts but the Sutton defence held safely.

Defences generally had the better of the attackers, who, Griffin apart, were a little slow ; on both sides the tackling was very hard and good. Sutton just

deserved their win, but only just. The game was refereed by Peter West— normally a commentator of this sort of event—who showed that his knowledge of the game was not confined to the broadcasting box. To conclude, this game was played just as Schools' rugger should be.

Team : A. F. Pearcy ; R. A. Griffin, R. G. Stubblefield, W. E. Ellis, J. A. D. croft; R. E. B. Craven, A. C. Nash ; P. L. Vinson, A. H. W. Jones, M. A. Maberly, P. N. Goddard, J. It. S. Bailey, M. D. Grundy, J. M. Wilcockson, J. P. Gleave.

School v. Tonbridge School 2nd XV

Played on the Upper on Saturday, November 6, and lost by a penalty goal (3 pts.) to a goal (5 pts.).

It was unfortunate that the match had to start some forty minutes late, partly because the Tonbridge coach was stopped for speeding on the way over. This did not put either the spectators or the Sutton team in the best mood. The continued absence of Keeble meant that the team remained the same as that which narrowly beat Cranbrook the Wednesday before ; the conditions for the game and the weather were otherwise good.

The School kicked off with the wind and pressed almost from the start, but despite a fine break by Stubblefield and some useful kicking by Craven, no movement was quite finished off. Then suddenly an appalling lapse in defence occurred, which enabled Tonbridge to score under the posts ; the easy kick made the score 5-0 at half-time.

This reverse shook the home team into life, but nothing more. Again in the second half it was mostly Sutton but they just seemed unable to score. Once Ellis broke away well only for Wilcockson to be forced into touch by the speedy Tonbridge full-back. On the other wing

THE S UTTON IAN Croft had insufficient speed to round his opposite number and never had a chance to get going. Thus it went on, until at last Goddard kicked a penalty goal for "foot-up." He had previously failed on two or three occasions. Amongst the forwards Grundy was ubiquitous as ever but apart from him the play and the result were depressing.

Team : A. F. Pearcy ; R. A. Griffin, It. G. Stubblefield, W. E. Ellis, J. A. D. Croft ; R. E. B. Craven, A. C. Nash ; P. L. Vinson, A. H. W. Jones, M. A. Moberly, P. N. Goddard, J. Et. 8. Bailey, M. D. Grundy, J. M. Wilcockson, J. P. Gleave.

School v. Dover College

Played at Dover on Wednesday, November 10, and won by Sutton Valence by a try and a penalty goal (6 points) to a try (3 points).

The conditions under which this match was played were deplorable. A stiff wind accompanied by driving rain blew straight down the ground in the direction of the slope giving first Dover, and then Sutton, an immense advantage. With the elements against them the players put up a very good performance, although orthodox Rugby was practically out of the question. Most of the good football came from Sutton who just deserved their narrow victory.

Dover generally kept the ball in our half to start with, but failed to score more than one try, a wing-forward going over wide out, late in the half. Sutton had put in a number of fierce attacks which heartened their supporters as they nearly scored on a couple of occasions. A mere three points lead looked far from enough, as Sutton's defence had been very good and thoughts of a comfortable win loomed large.

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slippery ball, left the winning of the game until the last few minutes ; Goddard kicking a penalty goal and Maberly scoring a good opportunist try. After this it was all Sutton, but the lead was not increased.

Stimpson, in his first game for the fifteen, fielded the ball well at full-back ; Pearcy, on the wing again, did a number of resounding tackles and had his opposite winger well under control. In the scrum the appearance of Andrews—a fine debut this—produced another fair head to match that of Grundy, who as usual played extremely well. Ellis and Stubblefield both tackled well and did a certain amount of good passing in the centre, while Griffin had few chances on the wing.

At no-side both packs of forwards were practically unrecognisable but one felt that both had done a very good afternoon's work.

Team : A. T. Stimpson; It. A. Griffin, it. G. Stubblefield, W. E. Ellis, A. F. Pearcy ; It. E. B. Craven, A. C. Nash ; P. L. Vinson, A. H. W. Jones, M. A. Moberly, P. N. Goddard, J. S. Andrews, M. D. Grundy, J. H. Wilcockson, J. P. Gleave.

School v. Cranbrook School

Sutton Valence beat Cranbrook at home on Wednesday, November 17, by a goal, three tries and a penalty goal (17 points) to a try (3 points).

At last Keeble returned to the side after four weeks absence through injury, and in this game the School's performance was very good. It took some time for the School to settle down and during this phase of the game Cranbrook scored a welt-deserved try, when a forward, unmarked in the line-out, went over wide out. This roused Sutton and a good run by Griffin from halfway, in which he rounded both his opposite number and the full-back, resulted in an unconverted

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try ; (Griffin seems, in part, to be a worthy successor to Anderson, our chief points scorer two years ago). A few moments later Keeble broke away from the base of a scrum and fought his way over the line for our second try.

In the second half Sutton kept up the attack, and eventually scored again when Craven dropped a penalty goal from a close angle. This seemed to inspire him, and, cutting through, he broke clean away for Ellis to score, Goddard this time converting. The last score came when Stubblefield kicked ahead and Griffin, charging down the full-back's kick, scored in the corner.

The result was encouraging from every point of view, and especially as we saw the Keeble-Craven combination restored, which seemed to inspire new confidence into the rest of the backs. The forwards played a good game, but again relied far too much on Grundy in the loose.

Team : A. T. Stimpson ; R. A. Griffin, R. G. Stubblefield, W. E. Ellis, A. F. Pearcy; R. E. B. Craven, B. G. Keeble ; P. L. Vinson, A. H. W. Jones, M. A. Maberly, J. S. Andrews, P. N. Goddard, M. D. Grundy, J. M. Wilcockson, J. P. Gleave.

School v. H.M.S. Worcester Played at Greenhithe on Saturday, November 20, and lost by a try (3 pts.) to a goal, two tries and a penalty goal (14 pts.).

With a good, firm pitch and a calm day we expected to see the backs dominate the game, but it soon became clear that the main struggle was to be in the scrummage.

Play began scrappily, with Sutton brought back for offside at the kick-off —an unnecessary infringement, which was later repeated. There were forward rushes and desultory passing by both sides before Worcester went ahead after about twenty minutes ; a kick by

Stimpson was charged down, and the try converted. Shortly after this they went further ahead when the ball appeared unexpectedly on the blind side of a loose maul near the touchline.

Before half-time the Sutton backs looked distinctly better than their opponents, and soon after the interval a good passing movement gave Griffin the opportunity to round his opposite number and score a fine, orthodox try on the right, such as we all too seldom see. After this, however, the heavier Worcester pack began to gain the advantage in the tight and loose scrums, they were slightly the better in the lineout throughout. Sutton defended dourly, aided greatly by Keeble's placing, both of himself and the punted ball ; but they dropped further behind through a penalty goal and a good try. By this time both sides must have been ready for the end, which was not long delayed.

Not only were the " Ship " forwards heavier, but they were also much fitter than the School team. They also played a type of rugger that Sutton is not used to, the policy of kick and rush being preferred to orthodox passing. However, among the forwards Maberly and the irrepressible Grundy both played very well ; and Gleave did an adequate job in covering the fly-half, despite the scrum-half's long pass.

Team : A. T. Stimpson ; R. A. Griffin, R. G. Stubblefield, W. E. Ellis, A. F. Pearcy ; R. E. B. Craven, B. G. Keeble ; P. L. Vinson, A. H. W. Jones, M. A. Maberly, J. S. Andrews, P. N. Goddard, M. D. Grundy, J. M. Wilcockson, J. P. Gleave.

School v. St. Lawrence College, Ramsgate Played at home on Saturday, November 27, and won by three goals and two tries (21 pts.) to a penalty goal (3 pts.).

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THE SUTTONIAN The score in such weather conditions as this match was played in, was extremely satisfactory. The School lost the toss, and to their surprise, were given the advantage of the elements in the first half. This advantage was an extremely fierce wind coupled with a driving drizzle.

Sutton, though not dominant in the scrummage, used the wind to such good advantage that most of the play in the first half took place around the St. Lawrence twenty-five. After about a quarter of an hour, in which both sides were sizing up each other and the conditions, Sutton opened the scoring with a try by Griffin. This was swiftly followed by another two tries, one by Grundy and the second by Griffin again.

All three were converted by Goddard, who lifted the heavy ball over the cross-bar with apparent ease from wide out.

St. Lawrence still attacked in the second half, but could not cross the line, although they came very near on two or three occasions. They did score with a penalty goal about halfway through the half. But the Sutton backs, although they got less of the ball than their opponents, looked far more dangerous ; however, it was two pieces of opportunism

by Maberly and Grundy which brought the Sutton tries in this half. This time the gale narrowly defeated Goddard's valiant efforts.

This was a most heartening win for the home side, despite their slightly adverse struggle in the scrummage, which amounted to little in the circumstances, for Beeble was on top of his form at scrum-half, and the rest of the outsides all played very well. Griffin showed he was faster than all of his opponents, while Ellis, Stubblefield and Pearcy all tackled extremely fiercely. In the scrum, Grundy and Andrews were both very conspicuous,

but nevertheless the whole pack played well as a team.

Team : A. T. Stimpson ; R. A. Griffin, R. G. Stubblefield, W. E. Ellis, A. F. Pearcy ; R. E. B. Craven, B. G. Keeble ; P. L. Vinson, A. H. W. Jones, H. A. Moberly, J. S. Andrews, P. N. Goddard, M. D. Grundy, J. M. Wilcoekson, J. P. Gleave.

House Matches St. Margaret's v. Lambe's and Founder's There was a surprising result in the first House Match, played on B.M. I on Saturday, October 30, when Lambe's and Founder's beat St. Margaret's by a goal (5 pts.) to nil.

The winning try was scored early on by Pearcy in the corner, after a long individual run, and was converted by Goddard. a similar run by Pearcy nearly led to another try, but he was tackled into touch by Clifford, and from the ensuing scrum Winter was held up just short of the line.

The rest of the match developed into a typical House Match dog-fight, in which the forwards were evenly matched and the close marking outside the scrum prevented any three-quarter movement from gaining impetus. It seemed that St. Margaret's used the blind side in attack too frequently, and Ellis and Stubblefield in the centre had few chances, though the latter was nearly clear once when he was brought down by a despairing flying tackle.

Towards the end of the second half St. Margaret's had two scoring chances from penalties for off-side, but neither was successful. Despite heroic efforts by their pack in the last few minutes the Lambe's and Founder's defence held out, and enabled the combined Houses to record their first and well-deserved win in a rugger House Match.

Teams : Lambe's and Founder's: A. T. Stimpson ; A. J. Siee, J. G. Winter, K. A. Crawford, P. D. Jordan ; A. F. Pearcy, J. R. Hedges ; D. A. Frost, A. I. Lawrence', B. S. Bloodworth. M. A. Maberly, P. N. Goddard, A. J. Perkins, M. E. C. Rayner, C. D. Gerty (Capt.).

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St. Margaret's : R. D. M. Clifford ; J. A. D. Croft, W. E. Ellis, It. G. Stubblefield, C. S. S. Furneaux ; E. Si. Hollingsworth, A. J. Stoffel ; P. L. Vinson, A. II. W. Jones (Capt.), N. L. Sarony, C. S. Powell ; J. R. S. Bailey, J. Si. Wilcockson, C. E. Slater, R. J. Ashby.

St. Margaret's 2nd XV beat Lambe's and Founder's 2nd XV by two tries (6 pts.) to one try (3 pts.).

Westminster v. St. Margaret's Played on B.M. on Wednesday, November 24, and won by St. Margaret's by two tries (6 pts.) to a drop-goal (3 pts.).

A fair result on the run of play, although with the School centres, Keeble at scrum-half, and a good pack of forwards, St. Margaret's seemed to be stronger ; but how rash to forecast the result of a House match.

The ground was wet after heavy rain, but the ball was not very slippery. It was not until the second half that St. Margaret's scored when Stubblefield saw half a chance and burst through. Seconds later, from a great rally by the Westminster forwards, Craven received the ball with time to spare and dropped a fine goal. A great battle now raged between both packs, but again the ball reached Stubblefield when he had room to move and he crashed over for his second try.

In House matches " unknown " elements usually excel ; as examples of this, Barrow, a Westminster centre, and Clifford, the St. Margaret's full-back, both played extremely well. Nash and Keeble had a grand battle at scrum-half, while Grundy (Westminster) and Wilcockson (St. Margaret's) were the most conspicuous forwards.

The referee said after the game : "It could not have been a more delightful game to referee ; it was as fierce and

hard as these encounters always are, but there was a spirit of offensive friendliness on both sides which made refereeing as easy and as pleasant as could be."

Teams : St. Margaret's : It. D. Si. Clifford ; J. A. D. Croft, W. E. Ellis, R. G. Stubblefield, C. S. S. Furneaux ; E. Si. Hollingsworth, B. G. Keeble (Capt.) ; C. S. Powell, A. It. W. Jones, P. L. Vinson, J. R. S. Bailey, P. A. B. Birch, P. J. T. Herbert, J. M. Wllcockson, R. J. Ashby.

Westminster : W. G. Fulljames ; R. A. Griffin, J. J. E. Keeley, J. R. J. Barrow, J. R. Tyrrell ; R. E. B. Craven, A. C. Nash ; J. C. Johnson, D. Si. Child, J. S. Andrews, C. It. G. Shaw, P. Neate, Si. D. Grundy (Capt.), P. A. Aisher, J. P. Cleave.

St. Margaret's 2nd XV drew 6 pts. all with Westminster 2nd XV, each side scoring two tries.

School v. Old Suttonians In this game, played on B.M.2, the School wound up its pre-Christmas rugger on a high note by defeating the O.S. by three goals and a try (18 pts.) to a goal (5 pts.).

Rain, followed first by frost and then by a thaw, made the surface somewhat treacherous and it was most surprising that so good and open a game was played. The School continued their improvement since Keeble returned to scrum-half and captaincy a few matches back and played, under the circumstances, quite an impressive game against their seniors.

The O.S. were much the heavier in the scrum and although Jones, for the School, hooked excellently, most of the heels came from a scrum being pushed backwards and consequently there was some delay. Keeble, however, got the ball away well in the end and the School had most of the organised attacking. For the O.S. Bartlett, Walter and Hart were swift to pounce on mistakes and gave a lot of trouble to the School defenders.

The first score, after about fifteen minutes, was a try by Griffin, who dribbled

THE SUrfONIAN over the line. This was soon followed by a score for the 0.8. by Wiggins who just beat the full-back in a most thrilling dive —he has not lost his acceleration. Both of these tries were converted and halftime came with the scores level at 5 pts. all.

During the second half the School had the advantage of the slope but still the greAter poundage of the 0.8. forwards kept the young boys moving backwards.

The game see-sawed the twenty-five yard lines with an occasional concerted movement by the School countered by an individual run by a" Senior." The School scored the first of their tries after half-time by a good forward rush culminating in a lucky bounce into his " tummy " for Wilcockson minor to go over—his elder brother, leading the 0.S. scrum, had a fraternally offensive comment to make on the subject—and this finally doomed the 0.8. Later on Pearcy scored a good try after five backs had handled and in the last minute Gleave took a leaf from Wilcockson's book and finished off a forward rush with a try under the posts.

Goddard converted, thus bringing his total to three for the afternoon.

This storming finish with 13 pts. in the last fifteen minutes showed that the School was fit and enthusiastic and not overawed by age. So many concerted efforts were made that individuals will not be mentioned where the main theme of the side was "team-work."

On the 0.S. side a lesson in positioning and coolness was given by John Gray at full-back. His catching and kicking were as near faultless as could be, and his return of service should have been a lesson to all young watchers not to kick direct to one who is an expert in these matters.

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Teams : 0.5.: J. H. Gray ; R. Kingdom, C. L. Hart, J. R. Walter, C. P. Wiggins ; M. J. Bartlett, C. H. Sloan ; J. Overy, D. A. Potter, J. Bassett, B. H. Lewis, I. Lyle, J. K. Randall, I. N. Wilcockson, R. Overy.

School : A. T. Stimpson ; R. A. Griffin, W. E. Ellis, R. G. Stubblefield, A. F. Pearcy ; It. E. B. Craven, B. G. Keeble ; P. L. Vinson, A. H. W. Jones, J. S. Andrews, M. A. Maberly, P. N. Goddard, D. G. Gleave, J. M. Wilcockson, M. D. Grundy.

On a neighbouring pitch the School 2nd XV defeated the 0.S. 2nd XV by 18 pts. to 11, thus making a successful double.

Results

vx Nov. 13 An " A " XV v. King's School, Canterbury, 2nd XV. Home. Lost 3-24.

2nd VX Oct. 16 v. London Scottish " C " XV. Home. Won 33-6.

Oct. 20 v. Dulwich College 4th XV. Away. Lost 0-20.

Oct. 23 v. King's School, Rochester, 2nd XV. Home.

Won 8-3.

Nov. 3 v. Cranbrook School 2nd XV. Away. Won 5-3.

Nov. 6 v. Tonbridge School 3rd XV. Home. Lost 0-23.

Nov. 10 v. Dover College 2nd XV. Home. Won 9-0.

Nov. 17 V. Cranbrook School 2nd XV. Home. Won 22-0.

Nov. 27 v. St. Lawrence College, Ramsgate, 2nd XV. Rome. Lost 6-8.

Dec. 11 v. Old Suttonians 2nd XV. Rome. Won 17-11

Colts XV (Under 15) Oct. 9 v. Tonbridge School Under 15. Home. Lost 3-28.

Oct. 13 v. King's School, Rochester, Under 15. Home.

Won 28-9.

Oct. 27 V. Sevenoaks School Under 15. Home. Won 11-5.

Nov. 3 v. Cranbrook School Under 15. Home. Lost 0-5.

Nov. 10 v. King's School. Rochester, Under 15. Away.

Won 11-0.

Nov. 13 v. King's School, Canterbury, Under 15.

Away. Lost 3-14.

Nov. 27 V. St. Lawrence College, Ramsgate, Under 15.

Away. Won 13-8.

Dec. 1 V. Cranbrook School Under 15. Away. Won 6-3.

Dec. 4 V. Eastbourne College Under 15. Home.

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Oct. 13 v. King's School, Rochester, Under 14. Home.

Won 19-0.

Oct. 27 v. Sevenoaks School Under 14. Home. Lost 3-15.

Nov. 3 v. Cranbrook School Under 14. Home. Lost 5-9.

Nov. 10 v. King's School, Rochester, Under 14. Away.

Won 23-3.

Nov. 13 v. King's School, Canterbury, Under 14.

Away. Lost 5-9.

Nov. 27 v. St. Lawrence College, Ramsgate, Under 14.

Away. Won 9-8.

Dec. 1 v. Cranbrook School Under 14. Away. Lost 0-11.

Dec. 4 v. Eastbourne College Under 14. Home. Lost 6-14.

Junior XV Oct. 20 v. Hill Place XV. Home. Won 18-0.

Nov. 17 v. Hill Place XV. Away. Won 21-6.

Junior Soccer XI Oct. 9 V. Merton Court, Sidcup, XI. Away. Won 8-1.

Nov. 20 V. Merton Court, Sidcup, XI. Home. Won 2-0.

Dec. 13 V. Eylesden Court XI. Home.

O.S. Notes A. F. S. Cotton (1922) has been elected a Member of the Council of The Law Society.

J. K. Reuterdahl (1924) has left Gothenburg and is now at the British Consulate-General, Dusseldorf, Germany, B.A.O.R.4.

C. G. Hodgson (1927) has recently returned from abroad and is living at 305 Hood House, Dolphin Square, S.W.1.

R. M. Warrick (1929), who has been farming since the war in Queensland, has experienced a disastrously wet summer. His interests are : cattleAyreshires—pigs and chicken ; his troubles, besides torrential rain and bleaching drought, snakes, dingoes and farm wages at £12 a five-day week— if labour can be afforded. Despite that, he had two awards at the Rockhampton

Show for the Champion Canadian Berkshire sow and the Champion Pig of the Show. His address is Bimbi, Marmor, N.C.L. Queensland. He cannot imagine why any O.S. should want to come his way, but if they do, they will receive a very warm welcome some twenty-five miles south of Rockhampton.

Major F. W. L. Carslaw, R.A. (1930), is now stationed at Tunbridge Wells.

Address : 455 (M) H.A.A. Regt., R.A., St. John's Road, Tunbridge Wells.

T. F. Edwards, R.A.S.C. (1932), was promoted to Lieut.-Colonel in April this year.

Rev. C. M. Wedgwood (1935) has been appointed to the Vicarage of Christ Church, Claughton, Birkenhead.

Commander H. J. Lee, R.N., D.S.C. (1935), who is Commander of H.M.S. Gambia, recently met Major J. T. 0.

Waters, R.M. (1931), in Malta. The latter has also met Lieut. M. R. Marchant, R.M. (1949), when in the 3rd Commando Brigade. Marchant's service address is now 42 Commando, R.M., C.S.R.M., Bickley, near Plymouth.

R. A. Dick, M.Arch., M.R.A.I.C., A.R.I.B.A. (1936), is an Associate Partner in the firm of Marani and Morris, Toronto.

He will be pleased to learn of any O.S. coming to Toronto. Home address : 245 Glenrose Avenue, Toronto.

A. Day (1937) and P. Tipples (1939) won awards at the Marden Commercial Fruit Show in October.

Dr. J. M. Davis (1938), who has been at Addenbrooks Hospital, Cambridge, since the war, has been awarded a scholarship to Harvard. The Peter Bert Brigham Hospital, Boston, Mass., will be his address for the next year, and hopes that O.S. in America will get in touch with him.

THE SUTTONIAN P. K. J. Lindsey (1940), has had to resign his Colonial Office appointment in N. Borneo and is back home. AddressLindwood, Folders Lane, Burgess Hill, Sussex.

J. D. Webster (1940), who has been working for some years with the Shell Co. of Columbia, is back in England until February. His home address is 43 Lonsdale Road, Oxford, and in London, Stores Dept., Shell Petroleum Co., Ltd., White Kennett Street, E.C.1.

D. R. Urry (1940), passed the Final Examination of Chartered Surveyors Institute in 1951 and is with the firm of Messrs. Nightingale, Page and Bennett, of Kingston-on-Thames. AddressGreenways, 82 Manor Road North, Hinchley Wood, Surrey.

R. J. Burns (1941), who is working for the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario was on a short visit to to England in July.

P. D. MacCorkindale (1942), was A.D.C. to the Commandant at Cranwell in August.

F. Lieut. K. Stevens (1943), is flying Canberras. Address-12 0.M.Q., R.A.F., Binbrook, Lincs.

A. G. Bedford (1944), is captaining tlie Woodford R.F.C. C. W. J. Scoble-Hodgins (1948), has passed the Law Society's Final Examination and been admitted as a Solicitor.

N. P. Peerless (1949), gained a First Class in the Law Society's Intermediate Examination in March, and was awarded the annual prize of the Sussex Law Society and that of the Worthing Law Society. He met M. G. Hogg (1947) and I. N. Wilcockson (1951) at the T.A. Camp at Sennybridge, Brecon, this Summer.

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J. M. Judd (1949), has taken a post with I.C.I. (Metals Division) in Birmingham. Address-34 St. Bernards Road, Olton, Birmingham.

A. K. Bartlett (1951), is captaining St. Thomas' Hospital 3rd XV. S. W. T. Cullen (1951), had a bad crash recently from 1,500 feet in the New Forest, but has made a rapid recovery. C. R. G. Cullen (1953), expects to be back from Kenya by Christmas. J. Harbott (1951), is in Korea.

M. St. J. Candy (1952), is doing his National Service at Hazebronck Barracks, Arborfield, nr. Reading in No. 5 Trg. Bn., R.E.M.E. He has been running in his battalion Cross Country team.

A. M. Patton (1952), and J. B. Poole (1952), are at Cambridge. D. S. Prentice (1952), is in Egypt.

P. R. Anderson (1953), is with the 2nd Bn. Nigeria Regt., Eneu, Nigeria, and in spite of all the jobs a subaltern is given to do, finds time for cricket, golf, tennis and swimming, and has had no small success as Bn. Sports Officer.

P. J. Stubblefield (1953), who is at Guys, broke his left leg in October playing rugger.

E. D. Harrison (1954), is at Les

Sorbiers, Bretigny Sur Orge, Seine et Oise, France.

O.S. Dinner 1954 We apologise for the omission of the name of S. H. Smith (1887), who was prevented from being present at the last moment. His address is now Broadland Cottage, Barton Turf, Norfolk.

O.S. Dinner 1955 This will be held on Wednesday, April 27, at the Windsor Castle Hotel.

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A. L. Vidler, J.P. A. L. Vidler (1878-1886) who died in Rye on October 9, was the only surviving freeman of the Antient Town and the borough's historian. He was the founder and hon. curator of Rye Museum, which contains a collection of unusual medisaval pottery which he excavated from Rye Hill. He served for ten years on the Town Council, being Mayor in 1928 and 1929. He wrote " Riddles of Rye" and "A New History of Rye." A third book, " The History of the Rye Volunteers," will be published shortly. His memories of Sutton Valence in the seventies and eighties provided much first-hand information to Mr. Blatchley-Hennah, when the latter was writing his History of the School.

His brother, 0. Vidler (1877-1886), now 86, is living in Dorchester and is an authority of the history of the district.

His son, Dr. A. R. Vidler (1918) is a Canon of St. George's Chapel, Windsor, and a well-known writer on Church History, and editor of theological magazines.

Births GRAY.—On August 8, 1954, at Carshalton, to Angela Cooper (née Clibborn), wife of J. H. Gray (1939), a son, Peter John Clibborn.

BARCLAY-JONES.---On July 16, 1954, at Masons Hill, Bromley, to Alison (née Wright), wife of Martin H. BarclayJones (1945), a son, Peter.

STEVENS.—On August 7, 1954, to Jean, wife of Fl.-Lieut. K. Stevens, R.A.F. (1943), a son, Jeremy.

TAYLOR.—On September 7, 1954, at Canada House, Gillingha.m, to Betty, wife of C. Taylor (1929), a daughter, Vivien Jane.

URRY.—On February 19, 1953, to Eileen (née Leedham), wife of D. R. Urry (1940), a daughter, Linda Joy, a sister for Susan.

BENNALLACK-HART.—On September 4, 1954, to Corin, wife of N. J. Bennallack-Hart (Master since 1950), a son, Jeremy John.

Marriages MADDISON-FULLJAMES.—On September 4, 1954, at St. Peter's Church, Cambridge, Roger Robson Maddison (1942) to Christine Elizabeth, daughter of Group Captain R. E. G. Fulljames (1915) and Mrs. Fulljames, of Summerlands, Curdridge, Hants.

MORRISH-MONCKTON.—On September 19, 1954, at Holy Cross Church, Bearsted, Peter Morrish (1943) to June, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lance Monckton, of Bell House, Bearsted.

Deaths DANIELS.—On November 5, 1954, C. H. Daniels (1953).

VIDLER.—On October 9, 1954, Leopold Amon Vidler, J.P. (1886), aged 84.

O.S. Cricket Week (1954) We never seem to do things by halves during the O.S. week, and 1954 proved no exception, apart from the fact that almost fifty per cent. of our cricketing time was spent watching old man irrigating our wickets.

Two complete washouts opened the week, and all we could do with the 0.M.T.'s and the Kelly Ramblers was to beat them at Fives ; after which

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THE SUTTON IAN hostilities ceased and fraternisation began. Cricket was possible against Cranbrook Lynxes, to whom we lost on a declaration, and against the Bluemantles, when we failed to win owing to a rather late one. The Thursday match against the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment was also rained off. But the weather relented on Friday, and we had a good win at Ashford. On Saturday the combined Village sides registered their first win against the O.S. in this series of games.

The seal was finally set on the week at about 4.10 p.m. on Sunday, when rain came down on the Dragons with such tropical intensity that by 4.12 p.m. the ground was flooded and further play for 1954 was out of the question, and the week ended as it had begun.

All this interruption was a great shame, as we had quite a number of young players for whom a week's cricket would have been a new and useful experience for the future. At various times we had the help of four members of this season's School team, and we hope that 1954 will not cause them to give up playing for the 0.S. There was, too, the usual collection of Old Suttonians in varying stages of decrepitude ; yet, despite the weather, most were able to get exercise in their own ways : golf, tennis and fives helped to while away some of the day, and for some reason or other the evenings didn't actually hang fire.

Our thanks are due to the Headmaster and others at the School who are so helpful to us during August, and it is worthy of record that our stay in the Sanatorium caused little comment of a detrimental nature.

So look forward to 1955, when the same teams will be met on the same days of the week commencing on Sunday, August 7,

at noon, versus the Old Merchant Taylors.

Results :— Sun. August 8 v. 0.M.T.'s : No play— rain.

Mon., August 9 v. Kelly Ramblers— no play—rain.

Tues., August 10 v. Cranbrook Lynxes— lost by 2 wickets.

Wed., August 11 v. BluemantlesMatch drawn.

Thurs., August 12 v. Queen's Own R.W. Kent Regt.—no play—rain.

Fri., August 13 v. Ashford 0.0.—Won by 8 wickets.

Sat., August 14 v. The Three SuttonsLost by 2 wickets.

Sun. August 15 v. Dragons—match abandoned—rain.

O.S. Golfing Society The Autumn Meeting was held on Sunday, October 10, at Bearsted.

The Stableford Competition was won once again by J. W. Thomson with a score of 34, E. A. Craven being runner-up with 32i. The pairs against Bogey was won by E. A. Craven and A. A. Trimming 4 up. Runners-up were J. W. Thomson and A. R. Douglas.

Others taking part were L. M. Apps, A. C. Chapman, P. W. Grafton. J. F. Gulland, G. T. Hardy,' R. J. Martin, P. S. Morrish, B. C. Norman, G. A. Reynolds and J. Wilsher.

Despite a drizzly morning and the poor light afforded by a full moon in the final stages this was another very enjoyable meeting.

Sunday, May 15, is the probable date of the Spring Meeting.