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NOVEMBER,
1930.
Editors :-Standard
[X.
CONTENTS: Editorial
1
The Depredations
I Jefsonalia
4
The K路rsch
6
of Depression
of Realism
Tbe House
\\' arming
7
The Bridge
Drive
8
Customs of Three CountriesEngland Holland South Africa ..
8
Old
The Dehatinj!
Society
The Coteries Tile Footballer Applied
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II
Tbe Boarders'
Olel floys'
12 13
Qnotations At Home
ShoJlld Work bl' Abolished iu our Schools and Universities?
Rovs' Match, Dinner, and 'Smokiug Concert Dance ...
The Old Roys' UJlioll The Rugby Cadet
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Notes
Season
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20 21 22 22 2a 26 28
Editorial. Summer anc! the end of the year have come. and with them a more vigorous daily use of pads-and pen -; for 'tis the season, too, of cricket, exams and lhe Magazine. Each year as it passes seem to have an identity, a predomi. nance of this characteristic or of that, by which it comes later to be recognised. This complexion. texture, or general disposition of the activities of any year is, naturally, differellt for every person 1
THl~
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\\"ho surveys it: for each Ol' ns attends to and rel1len~bers those a~pect,; of it which are imporbnt in his OWI1 life. But where man)' persons live a corporate life, the events that happeu in common to the members of the body they form affect the impression wl1icb lhe year 111.lkeson each anel in the end all have very llIuch the SLlllleimpression. Some years are uneventful and have seemed to be lived through almost on snfferance; others have been cro路.vdcd with in:::ident. One has become known as the flrst year of the Dehating Society. (lr the building of the Junior School: another as the year in which our sport '.vas first throughly organised. 1930 has been as signiticant a'i any of its predecessors and richer in promise. This year, we have every reason for hoping, will long be remembered as a full, productive year in which OllT school activities were as thorough as those of any other year that we can point to as having been particularly sllcces~flll. and in which other activities, lying unde\"eloped and lateIIt in the growth of any school, have been born-all crowned with tIll" achievement of an Old Boys' Union. In our daily life, though \\'e may be in error in regardillg the ~uccess of tile Matriculation class as the success of the school-a schoolmaster's fallacy-we are loo'~ing to the present class to win high honours: and even if on paper-for \yt have wit enough to know tllat the ., !:choolmaster's fallacy" is a fallacy-they may prove in the (:-l1dto nave been unexceptional, the members of the staff will look back the boys of this year's 10 as a class whom it has been a pleasure to be associated with and to work harder than ever for thongh their successors. immediate or remote, may have re 15011 to deplore the excellent record of this year's f!;iants of study.
on
On the playing fields the year has been interesting and the standard of play high. In football, though we have had 110 "super "-team, and though we may hanker after a different set of agf'-limits, we learned that ollr fears, almost of disaster in the Under 19 competition, were groundle,:s and that om sen ior team could play excellent football. Indeed. we always put fairly strong teams in the field in al competitions, and, we believe, had more teams playing football than at any time in the past. It is too early in the cricket season to review onr doings: but, possessing a number of keen cricketers. we are looking forward to a fi1le season and perhaps to a high place in the Schools' Championship. Writing before a single match has been played, we can predict 2
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nothing. '"Vc only have noted the keenness at the nets, and. as at foolbalI, congratulate Mr. WaltIon having as many teams as will give as many boys as are keen a good game and fille training. fn tennis, which before the erection of lhe ne\V courts wa~ the Cinde~ella of our games, we have some good performers and many keen ones; amI though, since schools tennis is unorganised, we can hope for no inl'er-school championship. \l'e are not sure that it is not better so. We are sure that Mr. IVlcCall will endorse our view that this ye2.r路s gymnasts have been as keen and by the end of the year as proficient as any other year'!,>, anel, remembering the boxing tournament, iu \l'hich mally nOli-gymnasts gan' as good as they got, we imagine that al~o in the gym, classes the year has been an exceptional one. Last year saw the founding of an eflicient Dehating ~()ciety, which cOJ~pleted its programme triurnphantly. Everybody, however. must have had some ulleasiness; for any society of which tl,le ~hillil1g-lights are Malric. boys is IIl1certain of it~ future. and, though 1\1r.Thorp may again h~ve heell visited b'~' mi~givi11gs al the clo~e of the recent ses~ion, this year's debates have been as successful, the experiments have beell satisfactory, and the indivi(htal speaking as eloquent, and another year has been added to the tradition. 'fJIllS far our normal standanJ has been maintained or advallceel. In the extension of our after-school work we have an achievemel1t to be proud of. The li brary, provided and moved into last April or May, has been organised and the patronage it bas received proves lhe need we have had of an adequate library for years, That it is not yet adequate is true; but our experience has been that one cannot legislate for a boy's library in advance. The librarian must, sometimes in surprise, listen 'to the requests that are made and revise the list of books that he thought boys ought to read. Then 01l1y can he consider himself competent to decide on the authors that will be in demand Unfortunately, and after t.he event, he finds him3elf, deceived before by the plenitude of books on tbe sbelves, without the funds for purchasing those daily asktd for. For all that, the library is being used, and, we are glad to llote, by the jllllior forms. The room itself. furnished and beaulified kindly and quite spontaneously by Mrs. Clegg. is a. very attractive one and concluces to that hesitation between voiume and ,'olume, alld the selection, usually, of the first, which often am oys a libraria.n but eems to be the prerogati \'e oE all true library-users; and a library 'public is growing. 3
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1,'jna1Jy, the Old Boys' UIlion, the first meeting of \vhich we recorded in our last issue, is fiI mly established and has several activities to its credit, so that in efI-iciency, though not in membership, it is 1I0t distinguishable flom that of any otber school. We tllink that we are right in aC~{Jlmvleclgil1gthe i::ldebtec1ness of the school to Granger of last year's Matric. , who interested a few old boys and ci rcularised others and was thus responsible for the 'genesis of the Union. and in congratulating on their activity the cOlllmittee and their honorary secretary, Felbert. The Union, besides legislating for a tie and colours to snpplement the blazer, has assllmed the responsibility of the Old Boy:;;' Match and supper, lias org~nised a dance, and-an indication of its interest in uur school-work itself-has provided a Best Speaker:s debatillg prize, and will very soon provide as large a reading public for the magazine as the school itself does. In truth, this year has beell our golden year. .It is dilticult to see what new activities await liS, beyond, what is missin路g in all schools. a "careers faclllty," tl!ongh we are sure that the bringing of our older Old Boys into touch with present ones will serve tIle purpose informally and as efficiently as an official committee might. It only remains for the Editor to express the hope that what seems to be a tradition of hard work, vigorous play, wider interests and devotion to the school will be handed down, and the pleasure it has been to record the story of an excellent year.
Personalia. So much for Ollr " Annus Mirabilis," our panegyric on which a host of readers-including our at present most distinguished Old Boys, Cottam and Curtis-\vill endorse, as "idly-busy rolls their world along" in daily revolutions; but let us pllt our skates away anel chat abont our friends before the Christmas holidays come. Congratulations to B, FalTtll of the 1928 class on winning the 13est Speaker's Medal at the University Debating Society. Those who remember his performances at school, as all absurd rrish11lan III a little play in 1927, in his opening of the jo'He in 1928, and bis general contro\'er~ial demeanour, are not surprised, The notice that his small part in the University" Othello " received from the press was also very pleasing to rEad, though we had hopes of Chalier passes! 4
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also to Cocdon Allan on his recent marriage.
Present boys \"ill llol remember A. R. Tlldhope at school, but will have cause to do so SOOll ; for we take this opportullity of acknowledgillg his handsome gift of books tCl tbe school lihrary. The books are Sir Rohert Ball's .. \~-onders of the Universe," The Times' Historv of lhe War" ill se\'en vol\1mes, and .. The Standaru English Dictionary" in two. H
Many happy returns lo hric Boudlet. who cal1le of age on tIle 20th October. He has won his place in the University Fjr~t Team and playp.d an excellent game in the match against Hamiltons. in 'which his team won the Grand Challellge Competition. We welcome Mr. A. Roux, ""lw in onr hour of need has joined the staff for six months to ease the difliculty of organisation caused by the ~eriolls illness of Mr. Mitchell. To Mr. Mitchell wc extend our sympathetic interest. We were very plea:::ed to scc' him about alld active again after rt short month of illness. May the end of his sick leave vacation sce him tit and vigorolls. Mr. Volschenic returned lo us in August after a month's absence spl'nt in enjoying alld recovering from an appendicitis operation. He !tas told us that he will never let it happen again. In his place we had Miss I. A. Sawyer \I路itl1 us, and in the place of Mr. McCaffin, who however, makes no promises, Wf' were pleased to welcome Mr. M. Giffen. Jn JUlle we said good-bye to Mr. King, our obliging secretary and end-of-term tyrallt, who had bee1l with IlS, ensconced in our bijou book-cupboard, for several years. \Ve welcome Miss L. Twycross to the new and larger quarter. facing the drive. The Old Boys' Section in this issue has resolved itself into a list of names and addresses. We hope to provide greater publicity in the future, in the desire as well as offering interesting reading to our new subscriber,;-to secure all Ol(l Boy intelligences for our own COlt111UlS and th\1s exclude the pre~s. We desire to do this chiefly to avoid in the future wllat we thought to be a series of errors in taste that have C(,)lueto our notice this year. VVerefer to lhe publication of a certaiu photograph and Some irresponsible courting of publicity ahout Old Boys-both well-intentioned, but lInnecessary. Indeed. the presence of reporters at school matches might well be considered by the schools' committee. We should like again to request our readers to patronise the fi rms that advertise in our magazine; for without their co-ope ra5
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Lion we should be hard put to it to appear, deserves another.
MAGAZINE.
and one good turn
We beg to acknowledge the receipt of tIJese magazines :-- 1'111> R. B, H S. Magaziup, The S A.. C.S. Magazi/le, The Plumlrpp. Schonl Ma(/azil/e. Th(' Dioceslln Colle(le llt[(/(/azille, and Thp 8t. Andrew's School Magazine (Bloem/onfpiu).
The Debating Society. Tbe Best Speakers' Debate on Friday. October 12th marked the end of a ,'ery sllccessf111debating year. It is a fitting reward to the inaugnrator-Mr. F, G, Thorp -that the Debating Society has IXlssed throl1gh its ., infant" stages aud is nO\~ a fIouri!'hing institution. The aim of tbe Society is to Illake flue speakers from fine thinkers, The thinker ma\'. wil-hollt experience, lack the faclllty of ordinary expression; he may b:! llllable, without practice to put his thoughts into intelligible ,yords. Such hindrances to fine speaking are felt severely in later life and it is the Society's duty to train its members for their social obligations. There can be 110 greater misfortune to auy mall than that he should speak from the crad le to the tomb ancl never speak well. There have been three or [Oll r Ilovel meetings of the Society this year, which have proved an excellent departure from the stereotyped method of debate. A" Colloquium" was held at whiciJ such Bolshevistic subjects as "Should one man have authority over another" were discussed. A" Hat Night" gave scope to some twenty-two speakers and much rapier repartee. The :\1ock Parliament was as much enjoyed by the "honollrable members" as by the audience themselves and the spontaneity of iUlpersonations was much to be commendeel. A team of Old Boys comprising Messrs. C, Key, Cook all(l Granger spent an enjoyable evening debating the Socialistic topic .' That all men, hould receive the sallle wages"; the school breaking all rules of Debater', I~ti(lllette and voting, fl.d ?tl/UIII. for their own side. The school was ably represeuted by Williams, Pickup antl Betts and the !'peaking on both sides was excellent. The Debating Society has turned out a number of successful speakers this year and it was a difficult task which was set to the 6
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J udges-!lTessrs. Clcgg. Arguile allel TllOrp - (,11 the lIight of lhe ., Rest f:peaker's." The subject was" That speech is Golden" and the speakers were Smith, 'vVilliums, Pick up. Harn路y. I~etts and Key. The judges after a ten minutes adjou II:ment decided to award the first pri/.e to Key: Belts anu Smith tieing for !"econcl place. The prizes were presented by !Ill'. Clegg. The committee of the Debating Societ~' would finally like 10 place on record its thanks for the advice and as~i-;tance received from Mr. Bobbins: the kindly interest ~how11 in its activities hy the Old Bo\'s' l.'nion : and the arti~tic poster~ turned out by r\. \iVilljam~ on e\'ery occa!"ioll.
a.c.o.
K Il:Y, HON. SEC.
The House Warming. The completion of the IJ.CW wing which is such a great :l~set to tile Boarding House \\'as celebrated Ly a dance, which took place in the spacious lie\\' dini11g路room on June 19th. The floor, which but a fel\' clays before had been polished with a special machine, lefl lIot11ing lo be de irecl. whilst excellent music was provided by Mr. Ciegg's radio-gra:lIophonc. The guests were given an opportunity of seeing the addition::, to the Boarding House, the fiue new dormitory being used as a cloakro01'n for the gentlemen. Mrs Clegg :\'Iiss Mann and their helpers had as usual pro\'ic!ed an appetising anel pientiful SUppCl p.nd this was parlaken of in the old dining rooln (no\\' the boarders common-room). As tbis room was lIot large enough to accommodate all the guests, tIle older people were invited to bave their stipper first while the youth and brauly continueel to dance. At the" ;;ecour] sitting" conditions were reversed, and after it wa~ ()\'er the dancing was res\lmed ~\'ith renewed vigour. As the dance took place on a Thursday. and not as boarding honse functions usually do, on a Satu I'day , an en ioyable evening was 'not spoilt oy having to iJe brought to a suelden end, and, though most of the guests left considerably earlier, dancing continued till close on one o'clock. F.G.O. 7
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The Bridge Drive. A Bridge drive to raise funds for the upkeep of the tennis courts was held in the schonl hall on Saturday, May 17th. As IIsual a great crowd arrived to spend the evening playing War Bridge. While the Bridge was in progre!'s, those wbo cOllld not join in were th:>roughly enjoying themselves at " Rummy." Mrs. Clegg and :\Jlis5 lVIanl1 had prepared e&:c~llent refreshments. alld these were served during the evening. The pla~' stopped at about 11.30, when the prizes were presented. These, consisting of a book trou~h and an ash tray had beea nnde ill the woodwork room by tbe pupils thernseh"es. A box of sweets hael been presented by :\Ir5. Skeeles, alld during th路~ evening this was raffled. 2.\-1r. Lincey was again asked 1.0 take over the raffle, which he very kindly did. A great share of the e\'ening's enjoyment was due to 1\1r. :\IleCall, who acted as M.C. in his umal cheerful way. After continuing for Mr. and happy and
the prizes bad been distributed. dancing commenced, until 12 o'clock. TJlree hearty cheers were then given Mrs. Clegg, a!1d the guests depa,"ted having spent a very enjoyable evening. Over 拢28 was taken.
C. S.
METELERKAMP.
The Coteries. Dusk having fallen across tbe broad plain, the darkness. deepened by the cumbrous masses of clouds above, made it almost impossible to see what the long level stretch of grolifld contained. Alone visible against the grey sky stood two tall objects, seeming in the perspective to tower above tbe distant tree-tops. The occasion was the evening after the Old 13oys' Match. T stepped cautiou,;ly iu the dil11 light up towards tbe hall end of the scbool chive. As T approached the seat beneath the rugged aiel pine, I percei\'ed tllat it was already occupied by two as yet unrecognisable figures, the more eccentric of whom I heard saying. S
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" III truth it is a pleasure little known To meet the boys we almost had forgot: That I've left school I always do bemoan, Although the masters bothered us a lot. True, Maths and l.atin are all tommy-rot; nut seeinf! all you fellows is a thrillThough somp are gone, which gives my joy a blot,Of old acquaintances I've bad my fill And each doth keep a place in my affections still" With tintinnabulatory gusto and iu emulation la Ilguid Spenseriall ~ibillaI1ts the second responded,
of the other's
" I'm sure you will forget it. notAs if it were a ruleYour scholar's days with all their joys Wire spcnt among the happy boys Of Wynberg Boys' Hi~h Schoo1." finding that I had suprised D. Gr-lIg-r and Br--路r, 1 t.urned aside hurriedly, to look across the (-jeld. Por a moment the clouds overhead parted, allowing a flood of gre:v light to reveal coteries of pasts and present dotted here and there over the grounds. Passiug down the drive, just before the clouds closed in again, I intercepted a furtive wink路 that passed between two diminutive personages. whereupon I approached another group whence dulcet tones, interpenetrated by a certain dilettante emotionalism, told of D. Mc C,rm-ck and C. M-t路l-rk-lup in earnest cousultation upon the latest Bond Street topics, their dignified dialog-ue flmning somewhat thus: M, " What by the way is your opinion of this new theory of cotour-blending? "
Mc,
"Oh. a neat pin-stripe is all the vogue in esoteric circles
in Japan." M.
"Japaa?
,.
Mc, "Oh yes, Japan, I believe, is the modern spiritual home of the bon ton. But what line in neckwear do you think barmonises willI mauve trousering ? " M. ]vlc,
"1 would suggest "Well-I
AU1'07'a.'/I,"
prefer Hp.sper-ia7l."
A daillty figure hove in sight at this moment, and with their perplexity resolved in tile presence of superior wisdom, they hailed 9
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undisputed
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Not waiting for his. probably s(){ljtit i(/t, adjudication in this knotty probleIlI. I strolled down the dri\-e, to come UpOll yet another circle -of lwo clrcles-路the language of each unit of which. lhough mnre pleueian than that of tbe former group. was yet fraught witl! all the admirable bOil (lG('(}rd of Wynberg scholars as they deliherated with gustatory elllplta:贸is 011 \',uious feature's of g<lstronOlll\' with special reference to our refector~--路the renJez\'ou~ of the great mujority of our a/nil/iii at reces:;;. The discourse rall 0:1 th.:se Iines,"
K. "l)o they still keep plenty of ::-Jo.-I in stock-in , where I long to be' ? " K.
this place
bet; but I pref"r 10. 'l'uere's far llLo.re substance in them nutt~' stick-jaws tba,l the suc:(ers And tlle sherbet! It's a new line these days. We have cJmpetitions here now, and r\'e cat more of them TIill's packets thall any ill the w;lOle institutioll -from scralch, too." "YOLl
K.
"Bravo, lad; but, by th:! way, d 'ye thiuk manage fifty of them wine-geUlus yet? .,
ye
could
"What? Fiftv! I tucked in sevent\'-five since lunch time to-day. Gosh, I'm-hl1ngry. Couldn't we b~eak ill ? f(.
K.
(admiringly) "Good, m'lad, that's fine. Dut somebocly here. You are keeping lip the best tradLtioas school most excellent! "
there's of the
Leaving these two to their reminiscences and intentions, I approached the two towering objects which I had remarked before, aud which I now recognised as the figures of d- T--t ancl I~. L-nc-y, who were presently joined by thei r pateljltl1liLias C-I-n K-llg. I now wandered round the back of the buildings, where. in the neighbourhood of the bicycle sheds. I discovered a crowd which had clustered about a most entertaining p::tir. whose conversfltion showed them to have little respect for the amenities of controversy. " No, you're wrong! " declared of the head. " I tell \'on I'm right,"
B-tts with an emphatic
rejoined H-y-s in boisterous
shake
style.
Tbe repeated interjectior:s of Vl-k, who strongly supported H-y-s for hi!" own private reasons, together with the timely encouragement of the dispute offered by Mc L-r-n and C. -sk-\\' :served to keep the leaders going, while among the lesser fry 1 10
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observed that H-ft. Scr-mg路--r. and. 路rch-d--c-Il- played no meal I part in adding t() the general cOllfusion. Fearing the application of the new" H iotous A:st:mblies Act" to this group. I made a timely retreat by ;,trolling to the top of the drive agaill. thus completing my peramblllation. \\Then I arrived there, I heard from out of the shades of the now fallen darklless the cultured tOlles of one who in patriciall accellts hailed a killdred spirit. Flutelikenay. birdlike-;md sweet, with a soupcon of that condescending precision alld charm that mark the diction of the delicatessen of Wynberg-c\1m-Oxford, they conversed. the baritone of one responding courteously to the ripping amiahility of the other. Entranced, 1 lis1ened. till the last faint echoes of the voice. receding towards the Boarding House filtered thro11gh the gloom; and bidding good-baye to the precincts ay hayed me home to sllppah. A. A. GIBBS. Std. 10.
The Footballer. He came on the field dressed witll fastidious care. His jersey was new and bright, llis shorts were S110W white' and his boots shone like a boarder's face when he hears the prep. bell ! Tbe teams took the field. On the left wing our hero was conspicuous in his new garb . The referee blew his whistle and tbe ball was kicked ofi. Now was his chance to show them what he could do! Play was at his end of the !leId when the ball was hooked frOlll tIle scrum and passed with monotonous precision along the three-quarter line to the left wing. He had his chance at last. Only the' full-Lack to beat. Even as be sped along, in ddeuce of his line, our footballer side-stepped him neatly and rau down the op.en field. Now he was going to show them! Spnrred on by cries frolll the tonch line, he rau faster and faster. Would the line never be reached? Witb his eyes 011 the ground he raced on. The line at last. \Vith a spectacular dive he flung himself on the ground with the ball beneath him. As he lay there, panting in bis triumph, no cheers greeted his achievement.
he wondered
wby
TIle footballer sat up and gazed round. Even as the fullback kicked the ball from under him, he realised that he had scon~d on the twenty-five line. R. CAltSTENS, Stel. 811. Il
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Applied Quotations. The 1930 boy-" W-ts-n
A Kllight on Wlleeb."
(during Latin)" I would I had bestowed that time in tbe tougues that 1 have in fencillg, dancing and bear-baiting. n
d-T--t" He strides among the tree-tops and is taller than the trees.' ' The banc1-"
Such music, as'twas said, Never before was made."
K-rscb--" What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? Ste!. 9, between periods-"
"
May'st hear the merry din."
M路ll-r (B)"Now, J ove in his next cOffimoJity of hair send thee a beard." ? (in 10)-" His eyes do show his days are alm~st dOlle." An)' master to Std. 9" I have said too much unto a heart of "tone." K-pl-n-"
K,1rel, droom jy nog van gisternag."
Std. 10.-"
Geduldig, gedienstig, gedwee."
Stus. LOand 8.-" Mr. -rg--l--"
With beating hearts the dire event tbe" wait, Anxious, expectant for the birth of fate."
Oh to be in England"
B-rr- to B--ch-r-"
A hit, a hit, a very palpable hit."
At Rugby Lecture--"
Soothed with the sound, the King gre\\' vain, Fought all his battles o'er again."
Mc C-rm-ck, at Mowbra)'at 2 p.m.--" A cricket cap was on his head and his slep, seemed light and gay." at 2-1 p.m.-" The Ploughman homeward plods his weary way." \1-1,:--" Why sholde he studie and make himselven wode ? "
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The Boarders' At Home. On Saturday the 20th Septe11lber the Boarders Ollce again entertained their friends in the Hall. The guests were seated on an improvised stage beneath the clock, the floor was given over to Mr. McCall's gym. class. and we were treated to a display of skill such as a stranger would hardly ha\'e expected schoolboys to possess. 'l'houghout the evening mere physical strength was not discernible, the movements on bellches and bars being performed with an ease and rapidity that arglled the absence of any strain on the performers, but which to the experienced eye merely cloaked the great muscular power necessary in some at least of the, to the e~'e, pmely aesthetic evolutions. During the progress of the parallel bar work a human interest was importee! into the spectacle by the fallibility of one of the performers.-Alas, poor Yorick!evidently, from his unconventional attire ane! patronising assistance, a novice, who certainly desern.'d his extra rol1nd of applause at the end of an extremely diAicult performance. In spite of the delightful foolery of the cIO\VIl, we were hardly prepared for the lIovelty of seeing a band of sinister-looking pirates, complete with dirks and pocket Howitzers, who gesticulated to music and at each other with clubs; but, knowing the exotic tastes of the Boa rders, ,ye were 1101. surprised at the invasion of Spanish Grand<:es that followed, evidently aIter all unprecedented era of bankruptcy in Madrid; for, prosperous as they appeared in their cloaks and hauteur, they had landed at Cape Town that morning seeking employment as Toreadors without a bull. It was, then. surprising to note to what far flung shores the cult of the club has found its way, these sons of Castilc menacing us with weapons no more deadly than the pigmy pirates had. Strangest of all was the apparent foreknowledge each band 'had of the other; ulIlcss ;n the genial atmosphere that prevailed friendship!" ripeued in an hour: for before the night was over, linking arms or ,,,,heeling abn"ast, crossing each other in courteous forbearing, and threading imaginan' mazes that stretched bcwildt'ringly路 across the floor of our staid altI gym. patrician::; and the flotsam and jetsam (If the earth revelled in an unqnestioning democracy, before marcbing out to a fairy-land of lights and angels' food in the new dining-hall. where both parties turned out after all to be merely waiters-and extremely good waiters attthat, 13
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So athrill with excitement was the evening that events come crowding in all the mind with no seC)uellce. Between the display of authentic gymnastics nnd the Kaleidoscopic figurt>-mnrching Wt were introduced to the dignity of fencing-a sport \"hich seellIS, if the Boarder's display was representative, to embrace the fierceness auel thrill of boxing with tbe delicacy and finesse of a batUe of \\路its. The rhythm of the salute.-the poised guard, the gleaming foil; tben cut and thmst, and the combatants were in and away again in tbe twinkling of an eye: the stately acknowledgement of a .. hit" and the wheeling vigilance again, during which each of the duellists seemed to be intent on fascinating the other into a moments' fatal carelessness The display with foib was succeeded by bayonet-fighting, quarter-staff clldgellilJg and sword and epee fencing. all in the most detcIDlined. graceful and bloodless style. Then the supper; and the dance: the renewing of friendships; the enjoyment that it gave our hosts to ha\'e us with them and to serve us; the congratulations to IVfrs:Clegg andl\'fr. McCall; the melting away of the guests. and \l'e suspect a disordered dormitory, the C'omparing of notes. .. and sleep. The Boarders' At Home 'v\'as over. G.n.
Should Work be Aholished in our Schools and Universities? (Prom .. The 'V-,;lIaueIdiot.")
Authorities, and (otherwise) people, seem to be undergoing great mental stress in these troubled titnes. They think, discus::" and write to the' Times' in an attempt to separate the unfortunate student from bis play. Their eternal song is that there is too mucb sport in our schools and universities. If, howe\'er, this play were of a secondary, minor, and unimportaut nature-like Maths.-or if this play were uninteresting and unintelligible-like Cballcer's epic Epic, one could understand the above mentioned authorities (and otherwi~e people) worrying their grey matter in a 14
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vain attempt at spoiling sport. Vain attempt; for sport is the life and soul of the nation; tIl<' very, undermining blessing which alleviates our drudgery; and the very essence of marble playing. What does a student go to 'Varsity for, if not to be coached by ~ de V.? What doe:-; :1 schoolboy 'creep like a snail unwillingly to school' for, if not to play . Rok-bok' in the Interval? Just as sherbert is the s01ace of the spring afternoon periods, so is the Inter-'Varsity match the goal (not· dropped 'they come from Sea Point) of the student's ambition. Did T say that· drops' come from Sea Point? Yes,' drops' do come from Sea Point, as also do other things, inducting buses, that is, if they are going the right ~av. These extremists, authorities, and, othen\"ise people '(1 mention these because a nice chap wrote to the' Argus' recently, and, although he is a very nice chap, presumably, r sh0i.J1dhe~itate to designate him an authority) are taking an extreme \'iew, and advocating the abolition of sport, but, being a moderate. and onc who dislikes extreme ideas, I advocate the abolition of workthat blessed (in the second sense) nuisance; that name under which torture has continued to exist; that bugbear of our happy, youthful sporting days. But for work a boy would run to school with the utmost willingness; with sport the only subject, youths would adore lectures. With work to confront him a boy is disheartened, and hi sportiveness leaves him: witbout sport to think about, students would actually attend to the lecturer. Let us have no more work! cl rudgery. Let us pass exams. have had en0ugh of Latin tests. Let be? '
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\Ve have bad enough of this 011 sporting prowness only! "Ve
play' like Gods together!'
• Why should life aJllabour
Shall they abolish sport? Verily. I say unto you: wragtie nie! For sport, like the slide in the magic lantern, stains the white monotony of life. (N.B.-AII due apologies to P. B. Shelley.) ,'hall they abolish work? know!
Or rather
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of Depression.
1 had been reading the paper. It is surpn:;lllg from wbat prosaic and comparati\'ely cvervdLI)' tllings the breatb of inspiration springs. However. I do not plead guilty to any crime but the somewhat enigm:ttical one of reading the paper. I had turned the pages aimlessly, and Oil every page I could see tiguring largely talk of the depression . . . . "The financial world is topsy turvy .. .. the affairs of the company are disordered oIVing to the irregular and uilsound bllsiness conditions . . . . Mr. -OIl how to regaill trade stabilit~·," ... etc. I glanced up with a start: the liré was burtling low. The hands of my watch pointed to quarter to tweh·e. Nearly midnight ~ .. Time for bed," I muttered. TwelJty minutes later, cu n:fortably ellscollced ill bed, switcued off the light, settled myself sl1ltgly down to sleep, alld . I was walking up the school drive. From some problematical spot came the mournful sOllnd of a bell. r automatically quickelled ll1y pace, and iu a few moments fOltnu myself seateel at llIy old desk in the matriculation classroom. r saw my former comrades seated all around Ine, sOlne al ready working industriously, the majority indulging in those little l('L('f; il LiHl' without whicb no ::;choolroom scene would be complete. A dapper figure swung briskly into the room-the science master. Die! I !lot know perfectly well it was the English period! "'et it caused me no surprise to find him there, merelya' \'ague premonition tbat the edllcational world mltst have been affected-·or infected-by the unr~st that was spreading through the commercial world. The pedagogue opened a book and placed. it ill such a positioll that he could easily glance at the contents witIJout appearing to do so. "The subject of our discussioll this mornï'ng will be tbc imlllortal play Hamlet. written by the greatest of poets, Tennyer (with a glance at the book) Sbake!:ëpeare. in t.be year--aben! ! perhaps you had all better look up the year to-night. Now I want you to cOllsider tbe simulated madness of Hamlet. Let us 16
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approach the matter in a scientific l1lanner. Let ltS apply the fornnla n-~, From this we call deduce whether Hamlet's mac1ne!" was purely reianed, or whether it Iras partly il hE'r('ditary taint by forming a equation, 1\1 alld \' being gi,'en quantities, supplied by Polonil1s, It \Yas not till three blackboards
w('re cOI'ereel with tIle mystic sigIIs of :X, y, p, d, \'" Hamlet, PoloIIius; the latter ill one placeno doubt oll'ing to hurry-spelt with an e in place of tlt(, 11-:1lld tlte pre.;piration poured from the scicnce master's brow as he nobly sought to rench !tis ideal that the sallle: ])('11 rang, and a minule later the tall form of the English IlIaster glided gracefully into the rrlom 011 a pair of skates, coming neatly to a full stop in front of the class, In lIis arms lie clutcher! a relort, some test tllbe~, a, fc\\" hottIes, and sltndry other s ientific apparatu!'i, The scienti!3t facled discreetly :1\\'a,', leaving his colleague a clear field of action, \Ve did 1I0t ha,'e long to wait, "I intelld to demonstrate the experiment of mixing in certain proportions the metal copper-copper wilh the pungent and pyrotic acid H1'\O:3, I shall elucidate the experimellt during its perpetratioll, and ,,,hile yOll watch I expect yOLl la listen to lily expo~itGry peroration," Tbe deaf hands of the English maslel' mo,'ed swiftly, There carne a hissing sOllne! a~ the acid was poured over the 1l1ct:11. The master faced ns with almost a light of fanaticism in his ryes, The li(juid in the retort bubhled and foamed, "Obsen'e the emication of the res\1lting effulgent liquid," hegan the preceptor. "Note tbc effervescence" , , , , there came an ominous sound of cracking from the retort, "Fore," sllouted the m.aster, a~ he glided away from the propinquity of the retort, Crash!!! , , , , I fouIIt! lTlyself lying on the floor next to my bed
nllsively me,
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\fter all, everything bas itc; compensatiolls, Tbe depresssion is t ' ')lame for the fact that this pot-ponni has ever seen the light of rt is with this con oling thought in milld that, fee:ling mysel jre from personal violence, I dare to sign 111y name as R. T, FELBERT. l誰
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The K - rsch of Realisrrl. .. The SUlI shone from a dondIe,;,; s~y :lI1d Ilatltre smiled UpOIl the world. A Iight breeze sti 1 red t~nder g-reell I 'aves ancl th~ tinkling of t.h~ stream upon nystal pebbles phlyed all accompalliment to the gentle ceoing of a dove " '1'11('Senior 1IIatriculation cIa",; \\':1'; at Kirstenbosch, driven thither by the in"piratioJl of the English lllu,;t茅r. The class for years had written upon the vague and hackneyed subjects that had con;;tituted hi" repertoire: The soldier and the red-cheeked apples .... ; Arctic cbocolate .... : A thullderstorm .... : The la:;!. fin: minutes of a fontlnU IllatTh .. . and the Burglar. All had gOlle well. and the usual slap-da.sh edorts had beell submitted to the ill-advised master, \lntil olie fateful night \'l-k llad distuI bed a real burglar at his work alld with heroic courage had rOtl::;ed the house with hi::; screams. The next day VI-k startled the :::chool with a reali:itic and brilliant essay on "lIow to capture Murderer::;," amI henceforward realism with a capital R had become the English master'::; code. And realis1l1 had gripped the school. The trip to Kirsteubosch \\'as an incielent typical of lhe spirit of the Matriculati0n class and the visit, like the many other excursiolls undertaken in the illtere ..ts of direct observation and Truth to Nature, had been all overwhelming success. Latent talent was aroused iu the breast of B-tts, touching sentiment was found to come as second nature to \\'--d, ",hile L--w brought tears to the eyes of masters and fellow-pupil::; alike those SoutIl Africans brands . No essay \\'as ever written that was not founded on fact, no story but \\'as transcribed f.fol1l life; and the "Sjambok" and the " Burger" e!lj0)'ec1 such a period cf prosperity as a result of the brilliant contributions they received from tbe new school of neo-realists 1uat the editor::; 'were abie to take a trip to view once 1110rethe olel" Plaas" on the Karroo. But the following incident best illustrates tbe enthusiasm of the writers. One bright Wednesday the English master stood staring blankly before him while the seniors ate wine路gums and pen. They lacked inspiration and realism. However, tbey were abfllptly arou;:ed from their lethargy by lhe appearance of a white faced Freddie, who had rusbed over from the Boardinghouse with the news of a fight on the Cape Flats between a 18
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coloured voter and his wife. \Vilhin a minute the class had c,)mmandeered every availahle conveyance ill the neighbourhood, and were soon at the scene of action, with pencils flying over tilei r pads, just out of range. The excitement readIed a climax when. near the end of the last round, B-tts with Yl-k on his eack, and a dripping fountain pen iil his left haml, utterly exhausted. staggered into view, in time to \I'itness one of the most beantiful and decisivC' efforts in knife-craft on record. In recog1lition of his feat, \誰-k was given a lift home by car. With the next subject, however, difficulties arose. Matriculation were required to descrihe a mallgled body .... and a 11lang!ecl body was not to be found. A11the morgues were visited and Rugby practices frequented. with sma11 succes,>: the right typE' of body was elusive. True, tile desired ob;ect was almosi. recognised in one that hael been founel in standard six class-room the morning after a certain lurid detention; but n. leg and two anns were mISSI1lg. Howe\'er, several valuable suggestions were maele: oue, that the school should staud by while Fr-s-r and W-ll--m5 blew up the lab.,-a promising idea, the only drawback being that two mangled boelles would then be obtained. whereas only one was needed, and, what was more important, a great scientist would be lost to the world; and another, that \'oll1nteers should be calleel for to stancl in the \vay as the 'fuck shop window was let down. Bnt volunteers seemed to be as elusive as the pronullciation of " Zo11verein " ancl " Wyoming." There was ol1ly onc alternative. Force must be resorted to. cl-Toot and B--ch-r one dark night .. , ., Ponr K-rsch. A.. MCCORMICK, STD 10.
Customs of Three Countries. England. It is a dull grey sky that
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When it has been snowing for a few hours the boughs of the trees begill to ti roop, that is if they are evergreeus, but the leafless trees have the S110Wonly on the top of their branches. It is ver~' difficnlt
for a cyclist to maintain bis balance anel especially if there has been salU::!tobogganing, for after an hour of t.his strenuous exercise tbc sledge has to be dragged up the bank of the road b::!callse it is impossible for anybody to walk up this hill. III London it is quite different. The traffic is too great, and also salld is thrown down on tile roads and pavements. If it is a dnll day (as so many seem to be ill London), the huge shops look very inviting and thp innumerable theatres and cinemas are llsuall y fairl y fli I). J. WILLIAMS, Std. 6.
Hol/and. People in South Africa have no idea what conditions are like in Holland. This is largely the fault of "Travellers' Bureaux," which publish their booklets ill which conditions in Holland are wrongly explained. It is about time that people who have the impression that everybody walks in clogs, that men wear huge baggy trousers and that women wear wide long skirts and have enormous head-dresses, found out that their ideas about Dutch people are wrong. Those dres~es are worn only by the few fisher1l1en who Iino' 011 ~he islands in the 7.uyder Zee; otherwise everybody dresses as we do here. There are many good schools and universities in Holland, which are well-known in other countries as wel!. There are also b~autiful old buildings and mUSel1l11S,which are always a great attraction to visitors and foreigners. The lauguage spoken is High Dutch. as it is calleel; but it i" not spoken as people read it in their bibles here. High Dutch is not the real Dutch language, but it has been used as if it were for many years. nelllish is really the true Dutch; this is the language they use in Belgium. Therefore High Dutch is really a. distinct dialect. . The huge task of dmining the Zuyder Zee is steadily going 011 and already one new province has thus been formed, where about three year~ back the sea still encroached upon the white beach sand. 20
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llnrlt'rtaking is estimated at about Cl gnod deal ha.~ been spent already.
in Hollalld. M. QUERIDO, STD. 9.
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About a month ago I wa,; induct-cl by a friend of mine to practioe UIe art (Jf rolll'f,sk<lling. lt "'as, he a!'smed mE', a rejuvenatiJlg pa~tillle. Accordingly I went to a shop alld bought a pair of ~katt";. The next :-;atnrc1ay. animated L~' a desire lo skate, I set ror the ne<!rl'. t rink, II'hiclt happened to be the Clanmont one. After hm'illg paid tl)(' exorbitant price of '2/-, I was allowed to enl'er. 011 thc' rink were a number of people of al! ages an sizes, with hypocritical looks of elloym(>llt on their faces. The .. art," a~ it appen red lo ml·, wa~ to go aboul two yards in an upright position, then la \\'a\'e the arms wildly about. to bang the feet pIn skates Oil l-he floC'r, as often as pos«ible. and then to fall to the floor gracef ull y. However,1 had made up IlIY mind, After taking about ten lI1inutes lo flx the skates correcLly on my feet, 1 set off, rt was easier than I hael :lilticipnte<I. It came natural to nIe to clout a veller:lhlc old g~nt1el1lan. II'ho did not know tbe first thing about skating, in tJle ear, ~tamr 011 ;:o1l1ehocly's toe allel fall to the floor. It was the la;:t part I disliked, Afler having I'allen about hve tiu1('s, I founr! tllat the other' apprecinted 11l~' e!Torts at lIlasterillg the art; for wherever T I\'ent they took C:l[e !lot to ('ome nearer than six or s~ven feet. This was a c1i~tillct compliment to lily powers -but at last I was forced to retire. T ,yas cloing an extra turn. and managed to stamp heavily on a hefty gentleman';; ioe. He evidently resented Illy fine display, • alld, forgetting that he was tr)'ing to skate, stooped to fOlldle his toe, when a man barged into him from behind. H.I' thi .. time I was giving tIle final on the floor. The hefty one lancled on me, another on llim. and ,0 "ad infinitum," till the cene became reminiscent of a boxing match at \;Vynberg in which a certain youth ill longs participated. I received Cl crack on the head also,
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retired to watch. , , I noticed that, my ackl1O\vledged superiority being absent, the others seemed to kate Illore freely. V. SOUTH, Std. Sa. 21
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Old Boys' Match, Dinner, and Smoking Concert. AugU::it20th provided some excellent entertainment for members of the Old Boys' Union in tlle shape of a Rugby match vs. the School, in the course of wbich the Old Boys justified their name in more ways than one, despite strenuous efforts on their part. The match was followecl by :I dinner for the teams and the committee, whicll all present seemed to enjoy very thoroughly without making the strenuous efforts hitherto demanded, and afterwards a Smoking Concert at which some seventy Old Boys enjoyed the entertainment provided by Mrs. Ceoric Withinshaw, Miss !sabel Brooie, lVIr. Dick Allen, and Mr. Jack Wright and company. Tbe committee is most indebted to the artists, with ""llose co-operation the concert was so successful, and wishec; to assure all those who expressed the hope that this would be but one of a series of such entertainments that every effort will be made to carry out their request.
Old Boys' Dance. On tbe evening of Wednesday, September 01,1 Boys' Dance was held in the School Hall.
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The Old Boys' Union. THE COj\1MITTEE HOII. President: P resiclt'1l t : \"ice- Pr~sidellt : Hon. Treasurer: HOII. fOecretary:
Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr.
FOR 1930-31.
W. A. Clegg. J ,. De Koele C. Scott. J. Du Plessis. R. T. Felbert.
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Mr. E. Houchet, :Iolr. V. CaTlIlichaeJ. Mr. n. Granger. Mr. C. Key. :\1r. .I. McJ)onald, Mr C. Withillshaw Mr. E. Watsoll.
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AckC'T1uan. M., "Sunnyside." elo Main Rd. aud Oak A\'('tlUe, AlIen. D. F. D., c/o SA. Mutual. Darling Street, Cape Town. Arguile, H .. Boys' High School, Wynberg. Askew. C. C., "Frankcliff," l~osscotJImou Road, Clarelllont. Allan, A. R., .. Castle Hill," Kalk Bay.
Kenilworth.
Hates, A. W., .. Marshlattd," Rosemead Avenue, Kenilworth. Bennett, H M., Aliwal Road, Wynberg l~e\'att, S. T. L., c/o Parry, Leon. & llayhoe, Ltd .. Box :2448, Cape Towll. Bosman. J. A .. Boys' High Se-hool, Wynberg. BouclJet, E., !\lelville Roarl, Plumstead. Brink, L , :\lount Prospect, Cottstantia. Rrown, S .. " Zill11ore." \lpper Orange Street, Cape Town. llrucc-Brancl, A., c/o Health Dcpartulellt, Salisbury, Rhodesia Campbell L., Tmperial Yacht Club, Lakeside. Capel, A., 130x 666, Cape Town Carclittal, S .. COlUmercinl Hotel, Stellenbosch. C:ulI1ichael, V., ., Poynings." 2nd Avellue, Ken:I\\'orth. Cartwright. J., Coustantia Road, \Vynberg. Clark, M., c/o R. M. Ross & Co .. Strand Street, Cape Town. legg, W.A., Boys' High School, Wynberg. Cloete, F. F .. c/o Chief Accountant, S.A.H.., johaunesbttrg. Coates, R., Church Street, Wyubt'rg. Cooll1er, P., c/o Local Accotttttant, S.A.R., Pretoria. Darroll, W. \V., .. Salamanca," Main Road, Viynberg. De Kock, J. 1,., Calder's Chambers, :Main Road, Wynberg.
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HIGH
SCHOOL
MAGAZINE.
De Villiers, nr. J. P .. Calvin l.odge, Upper Bnitcngrachl Street, Dilloll. R. B. H .. Cam and ~'Io!or Minc, r.atlltna, Rhodesia. Ditchficld. P., "Glenvicw." Newlands Roael. Clarcmont. Dougins. \\'. S .. "Tnntallon." Tiver(on Road, Plumstead. Dunn, \V. S., DlI1111'SChambers, Mfl)'nard I<oad, \\'ynberg. nu Plessis, J., .. Sidbury," Hansen Road. :'.lni7.pnberg. Dynlllonel, G .. Avenue Hotel, Clarelllont Dyamoncl, I,., Avenue Hotel, Claremont.
Cape Town.
I·:ddy, C. TI., .. Trclawtlc." Ascot Roael. Wyllberg. Eeldy. H., elo Public Works Department, Pretoria. Eddy,~ .. "The Oaks," Wet(on Road, Wyllbeq~. Feinbcrg, J., ~ayn(lrd Road, Wynberg. Felbert, C. E., .. Pannollia." S1I11lmcrley Road .. Kenilworth Felbert, R. '1'., .. I'allnollio," Summcrley Road, Kenilworth. Fergllson, T. C., ,. Sllnnyside," SlIJnlllerley Roael, Kenilworth. Frank, S., 10', Adderley Street,. Cape TowlI. Fri~dlallder, C. E., .. SilverhilI," (;reenficld Road. Kcnilworth. Friedlander,1. W., .. SilverhiU" Greenfield Road, Kellilwor!h. Gibbons, T. B., elo Messrs. Black & Fagg, AfrÏ<:al.l Life .Buildings, Granger, D. R., ,. Tilston." Mains Avenue, Kenilworth Gray, C. S., 2':, Phoenix Street, Kensigtoll, Johannesburg. Grimwood P., cfo S.A. Mutual, Darling Street, Cape Town.
C. T.
Hall, C., Rosscommoll Road, Herringer, W .. elo W. (;rant,
Claremont. Esq., General Assurance Buildings, elo St. George's & Shortmarkct Street, Cape TOWI1. Heycs, 0., Main Roae!. Wynberg. Horlgkiss, 5., .. Noorwo,)d," Newlands Road, ClaremolIt. Holmes, A., Court Road, \Vyllbcrg. Hopkirk. C. M., Box 52, Cape Town. Horne, \\'. N., "Dullhcved," Main Road, Wynberg. Jlouston, H., Sandhurst Road, Wynberg. rllgs,
J.
(address
Joscphson,
unknowu)
B., c/oMessrs.
A.
J.
Rh'ett,
Wynberg.
Key, C., College House, Breda Street. Cape Town. Kleinman, H., elo 1I1£~srs. Bll:ml erg & K leil:man,
CCT]
cration
St., C. T.
Lalllont, R. B., Erin Cottage, Main Road, \V)'uberg. LategaIl, S., Constantia Uitsig. J,ewellson, M., Box 450, Cape TO\\'n. I,ewiu, M. S.. Straud Corner House, St. George's "tree!, Cape Towll. Lincey, E., BowlVood Road, Claremont Lincey, J. F., BowlVood Road, Claremont. Loubser, J. A., "Stanmore," Belmollt Road, HOlldebosch Louw, P. J., Standard Bank, I,oxton, C. P. l.uman, A., 4 Princess Street, Mowbray.
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Mc Gaffin, KC., Bovs' High School, Wynberg M~isel, K., Main Roád. Wynberg. ~Iathew, E., Goodhope Road, Wynberg. Mathew, J., Lower Piers Roan, \Vynbcrg. Mc Donald, E., \Vctton Roael, Wynuerg. l\lc Donald, J .. Main Road. W\'nuerg. Mc Intyre, N., \\'esscls Road. Kellllworth. Millar, N., c/o ~Ir. J. D. ::Ilillar, fl6 St George's Streel, Cape Town. Miller, A. W .. Camps Bay Hotel. Camps Bay. Moller, V., c/o S.A. ::Ilntual, Darling Street, Cape Town. :lloncrieff, A. H., P.O. West Ni('holsou, Son~hern Rhodesia. Ncsbitt
P., c/o Vacuulll
Oil Co., Boston
House.
Strand
Street.
Cape TolVu.
P~nny, E. J. P., Peuny's Chambers, 45, St. George's Street. Cape Town. Pellll)', M. H. F., " Fresnaye." Oakvale Rd , off Sandown Rd, Rondl'lJosch Perow, J., c/o Abval Raad & Carr Hill, Wynberg. Pienaar, F. T. 13arclay's Bank, V;'ynberg. Posvoletszky, Main Road, Wynberg. l~ifkin, F. ::I'L,University Union. Edinburgh. Riikin. R. ::11.. Main Road. \\·yllberg. Rin~ham. ::1[., elo ~'Leg3r..;.::IL Ringham & Co., Plein Street, Roberts, E. R., " Ryeford," Ro,emead Avenue, Kenilworth.
Cape Town.
Saacb, 0., cia Mr. H. Saacks, :Vfain Road, Sea Point. Scott, C., Main Road, Kenilworth. Setzkorn, P.O. Ottery, \iVynherg Flats. Shepherd, W. J., " Gmftoll House," Bowwood Raad, Claremont. Simmans, S. J. K., Roval Insurnnce Co. Ltd., P.O. Box 83, Cape Town. S11lithers, F., c/o Puller, De K.lerk & Osier. Bureau Street, Cape '1'011'11. Smuts, J. P., "Z0111erlu~t," Constal~tia, Tay!or, W. D., Main 'Poau, Wynherg. Templeton, R. M, Stellcl!herg A\'cnut'. KE'llilworth. Thorp, f~. G., Boys' Iligh School, \\"ynberg. Van Tllerk, S., c/o Standard Bank. Adderley Street, Cape Town. \'an Xiekerk . .1 .. Groot Constantia Estate. Van Niekerk, L .. "lIauptvillE'," Conslnntia. Val! Outshoorn, ~., Riverstone Raad, \Vynberg. 'ïctor, V., c/o lIf(·ssrs. NUlll-lerley & Co., Ltd., 30, Bl!itenkant Street, Wah!. l) de V .. Rovs' High ~('hool. \\'yurerg. W~lker, B S," Rergel1dal." .1 <l('ob's r,acl(ler, St. James. \Vaylctt, C , 2, Lester Villas, Tlenjnmil! Road, Wynherg. \Veeks, J., "Carisbrooke," Kn~'sna. C.P Wel<h, W .. " Kelso," Ist Avenue, Kenilworth. \\ïlding, E., Mains Avcnne, Kenilworth. WiJkins; G., "Kildare," 1st Avenue, East, Parktown North, Williams, E," Hil(hbury," Mnin Road, Wynberg. Williams, L., "Highbury," !\fain Raad, \Vynbcrg. \'\ïl1onghby, C. 1., "Melros~," 131, Vause Road, Dnrban. \\'itbinshaw, C , Main Road, Wynberg. \VoJ111an, M., 27, Pnrliamcnt Street, Capc Town. Wright, J., c/o Atlantic' Refining Co., Ltd., Greenmarket
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THE
WYNBERG
BOYS'
HIGH
SCHOOL
MAGAZINE.
The Rughy Season. We entered nine teams in the RlIgby bot ball cornpetitio.ls one under 19, three lInder I G, two under l-l and three under I ~L The under 16 B plal'ed 13, won 6, drew I, lost G. The under 16 C played l.t, won 7, drew :~, alld lost路L The lmder 1-l A won only two out of ten and the un.Jer I-! B four out of tell. The under 1:3 A played lO, won S. drew I aad lost 4. Tbe B played 8, 1I'0n .t, drew I and lost 3. The C team lVon I and drew lout of 10. Accounts of the under 19 matches, and the scores of the u'1谩er 16 A 111atches are given below, Hugby colours have been awarded to the following players :-Harvey, Watson. Louw, Pickup, Earry, Mc Cormick, Marcus, Wheeler, GeHand, Betts, Boucher, J. Home, du Toit, L. I-lome and Sl011l0witz.
THE
SCHOOLS'
CHAMPIONSHIP
RUGBY
TE.-\M.
The season opened with a match againt Rondeboscb. The gam..e was ralller of a ragged llatlue and the tackling was not too good. By half-time Rondebosch had a lead of 9 points. On resuming. however, our team il1lproved greatly. Rondebosch 'cored again, alld jnst before the end we scored and converted. Rondebosl'h
RH.S.
12
Wynberg
B.H.S. 5.
The next match was against Bishops. ThL.r pack was far too good for ours, and consequently om backs were starved ami always on the defensive. D.C.30
W.B.H.S.
0
In the S.A.C.S. match which was played during the week we managed to keep S.A.C.S. well in check during the first half. They were ill their own balf the wbole time except for oue break which resulted in a try. After half-time our kicking improved. Our pack played well in the loose and it was nol long before we scoree!. The forwards remained predominant, and we again scored from a forward rush. S.A.C.S. struggled hard and soon equalised. Play was now in our favour and a drop goal gave ns the lead allee more. S.A.C.S. scored and when the final whistle went we were one point to the good. W.B.H.S.
12
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WYNBERG
BOYS'
HIGH
SCHOOL
MAGAZ1NE.
The next match on our fixture was against raar! C~路ml1. Oil thei r ground. Our forwards playcd well. and were efficiently backed by the three-quarters. who scored twice. The Gymn. scored a try and a 1enalty goal and at the filial whistle the scores w:2re Paarl Gym:1. 6 \V.B.H.S.6. In the match again,,;t !'aarl B.H.S. we were slightly off form, and were completE'ly beaten. Our full-back relieved the pre!":3ure time and again by accurate touch-kicking; but P.B.H.S. were persistant in their attacks, antI won bv the large margill of I' points. \Vhen we playe(l Stellenbosch. vve were lll1lucky to lose. Stellellhosclt's weight toh.l greatly against liS, for we opened hah'es in great style, only to be worn down eventually. maroons ultimately won hy 6 points to 3.
The both Tbc
The return match was cancelled Against Paarl Gymn. in thc return match, we showed our supremacy. During the first half neither team showed much dash, We scored however, and at half-time the score was 5-0. In the second half, Paarl, though slightly sUIJerior, spoilt their chance by attempting too many drop路s. W.B.Il S. 10
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Tn t]H' return match against IJaar! B.H ..:. \ye obtained oU[ reveuge. and after a stiff tussle, won by 8 points to 3. The play Oil both sidE's was "lean and really good [or school teams. Against S.A.C.S. at Newlands \Vc lost the return match. We attacked immediately, but were th rust back and S. A.C ..'. attacked. Rad handling, however. prevented their scoring at first. The S.A.C.S. pack \Yas heavier than OUT'; and kept us on the defence . . S.A.C S. 1 1
W.B.H.S 3.
When we pl::l\'ed Rondebosch B.H.S., the UXIX winners, for the second til1le, they proved too great a side for us to defeat, and beilIg ill the best of form were invincible. Final score 16-0. In the closing match of the season we ga\'e Bishops a very clo:"e run, ancl at one time looked like winning. It must ha\'e been a great surprise to them, after their victory earlier in Lhe season, and our team fought hard throughout the \vhole game. D.C. 6
W.B.H.S. 27
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WYNBERG
BOYS'
HIGH
SO-TOOI,
MAGAZINE.
Cadet Notes. The Annual Inspection of the Corps ~"as carried out on the 16th October, 19:30, by Lt. Col. Houwer, Officer Commanding, N? I. Military District. On the 3rd November, 19:10, all the Cadet Detachments of the Cape Peninsula were reviewed by His Excellency, The GovernorGeneral on the Parade, Cape TO\I"n. Several thousand Cadets were present. and \ve were able to see something of the work which is being done by otber Detacbments. Fortunately the weatber prov~d to be auspicious, t-he number of casualties was small and all our Cadets returned in time to enjoy a well earned half-holiday. The efforts of our Band were mucb apjJreciated on this occasion. Tbe Inter-Platoon Drill and Shooting Competition for the 3rd Quarter was won by the De Waal House. The scores were De Wall 70%, van Riebeek 62%, Wellingtoll 55% and Rhodes 53%.
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First Aid-9 Seniors and 16 Juniors took the cou rse and they all succeeded in obtainillg the St. John Ambulance Certificate. Jn order to enable those boys who have taken the course to keep in touch with this mo\'ement a Cadet Division of tbe St. J obn Amhulance Brigade has been formed. Mr. Harmsworth has very kindly laken on the leadership of this division, and drills are being held in the School Hall on alternate friday ev~ning:.;. We trnst our members will give him good support. We wish to thank Mr. A. M. Anderson, Dist. Superintendent, for arranging the course, starting tbe Division, and coming to present the Certificates; also Col. Skinner who gave the lectnres and Mr. E. M. J arvis who so ably assisted him. We hope to bold anotber such Course next year, but unless some 30 boys come forward the subscriptions \'vill not cover the expenses. The fees are :--C:eniors (over 16) 10/6, Juniors 5/-. Tbese are expended in providing an honoraruim for the lecturer ano defraying costs of apparatus and examination. Our Shooting Team received and accepted a challenge from the Old Boys and the match was ti red on Ist Nov., 1930, at the School Range. The teams were (Old Hoys)-Bates 97, Coates 96, Wilding 95, Scott 93, Douglas 90, Hammann 89, Heyes 88, Granger 87.-735%. (Present Boys)-Rac1c1yffe 98, Bree 95, O'Ronrke 92, D. Williams 91, A. Williams 90, Anderson 90, Hancock 89, Bolton 88.-733%. We lJope another sucb match will be arranged eacb year.-K. MeG. 28
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