Wynberg Boys' Schools Magazine 1969

ANNUAL

MAGAZINE

OF THE

WYNBERG BOYS' HIGH

DECEMBER, 1969

SCHOOL

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PRINTED J.

RYAN

WOODLANDS

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(PTY.) ROAD.

lTD. WOODSTOCK

SENIOR SCHOOL STAFF PRINCIPAL MR. N. R. BLACKBEARD. B.A.

DEPUTY PRINCIPAL MR. W. LENNOX. B.Sc

Mathematics

VICE路PRINCIPAL MR. S. GILMORE. B.A. ................................................

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Geography

SENIOR ASSISTANTS MR. J. M. BLOM. B.A MR. D. BROMBERGER. B.A. (Hons.)

MR. L. HEATH. B.A MR. J. L. MATHEWS, B.Sc.. B.Ed MR. A. J. A. MORRIS. B.A MR. V. J. PARKINS. B.A

Afrikaans History. English Latin. English Biology English. Geography English. Mathematics

ASSISTANTS MR. MR. MR. MR. MR. MR. MR. MR. MR. MR. MR. MR. MR. MR. MR. MR. MR.

P. R. BREETZKE. B.A. P. BROSTER. B.Sc L. E. CALLAGHAN, B.A K. A. DOVEY. B.Sc A. FOURIE. H.P.T.C P. FOURIE. B.A. (Hons.)

P. JACKSON. Teacher's Cert. (Lond.)

F. A. J. KOOY. B.A I. LE ROUX. B.A T. METROWICH. B.Sc J. D. MILLER. B.Com D. A. ORCHISON. N.A.T.D J. SLATER. B.Sc H. W. THOM. B.A P. H. J. TUCKER. B.A. (Hons.)

C. P. A. VERWYMEREN. U.P.I.M H. GERBER. H.P.T.C. (Itinerant)

Mathematics Science History, English Mathematics, Geography Afrikaans Physical Education. Commerce Woodwork, Metalwork English Social Studies. Afrikaans Science Commercial Art. Commercial Science Afrikaans English Music Woodwork

Secretary: MRS. J. COTTON. B.A. Caretaker:

MR. A. C. BROCKER.

Groundsman: MR. J. PAYNE.

EDITORIAL Just as good literature is necessary to maintain the standard of the English language, so is the use of television, not only as an audio-visual aid, but also as an indirect educational medium.

How much more easily, for instance, would the new Mathematics be understood were it presented on television?

From earliest times man has communicated through pictures and words. Added to this factor are the novelty and interest which a teacher, however dedicated and skilful he may be, cannot continually maintain.

To those who are less concerned with education, there is the huge entertainment value of television.

Unfortunately, too little attention is paid to intelligent and appealing selection, resulting in an indiscriminate waste of viewing time. Then there is the story of the man who was accused by a friend of taking 'horse' (heroin). because he had puncture marks all around his mouth. Denying the charge, he explained that he had been so engrossed in a television programme that his food-laden fork kept missing his mouth!

Which brings one on to the question of drug addiction, where television is the villain of the piece. Happily, only a temporary villain, for it soon becomes yet another facet of every-day life, In fact, so completely is it accepted that we stand in danger, as in advertising, of being brainwashed by its scoffed-at, yet subtle, influence. But these are wayside evils.

Sport? Television is ideal: H.O.'s winning try; Pollock's double century; Drysdale's amazing two-fisted backhand; Karen Muir's world record; Parsons's terrific smashes; Yard's winning goaland then, of course, the myriad test matches and SA Championships.

Imagine having a grandstand view in one's own drawing room! All this would encourage and stimulate scholars to emulate their idols' feats, resulting in an upsurge in sport.

Similarly, the cultural side would not be at all neglected on television.

It would open new dimensions: the thrill of an orchestra's soaring music, Shakespeare's genius, book reviews, art exhibitions, chess, recitals, dramatizations of famous literary works, oratorical brilliance in debate ....

Very closelyallied to cultural activities are those concerning academical themes, Mathematics olympiads, quizzes and television's invaluable property as an educational medium would come to the fore. And then there are the practical and social matters so often ignored by educational syllabi: teenage problems, first aid, electrical and every-day repair work, etc. Would homework and social life be affected?

Not to the farcical degree predicted by some cynics, as long as a family is sensible enough to regulate its viewing time.

Some may contend that the subject of television is hackneyed. True.

But it cannot be stressed too strongly that the art of communication is perilously close to being asphyxiated in this materialistic world where 'actions speak louder than words'. Why do scholars hesitate to speak publiclyon audition for plays? More initiative must be shown in re-discovering the lost art of communication, and television can show us the way.

P,J.A. 1

SENIOR SCHOOL

NOTES

Staff Departures It will be ome time before increased salaries and promotjon posts have a stabilising influence. Meanwhile, we uffer a constantly changing staff, so un ettling to the classes and chool routine.

At the end of la t year we lo t seven of our taff. Mr. de Jongh accepted a post in the northern uburbs, Mrs. Fitzpatrick's temporary appoin.trnent came to an end, Mr. KaUaway succumbed to wanderlust and made his way to England, ostensibly to read for a Master's Degree in History. but really as a first leg of a journey that will take him to the Near Ea t, for which he feels some kin. We shall mi s Mr. Kallaway's enthu ia m and his devotion to theatre, and thank him for all the hard work he put into the school theatrical productions.

Mr. D. Melck made a very brief excursion into teaching, found insufficient financial inducement to prolong his stay, and flitted out into the world of industry again. A great pity. He was a natural teacher and a very valuable member of staff.

Mr. Noffki, phy ical education, sailed for England at the end of last year, where he will not only marry, but engage in a year's post-graduate tudy.

Mr. Voigt, Manual Training, has spent the year gaining an additional teaching qualification at the University of Stellen bo ch. We miss his very able help on the sports field and in the cadet detachment.

Finally, we have had to say goodbye to Mr. Boltman, who made a snap decision early in the year to retire at the end of the second term. Mr. Boltman wiU be remembered affectionately by hi Latin pupils and by the Tennis Club, for whom he djd so much. We wish Mr. Boltman a happy and carefree retirement.

Staff Arrivals There are nine new members of taff. and the first to be welcomed is Mr. Metrowich (Science), who e loss we mourned in our la t i ue. He returns to u after a brief flirtation with Industry.

Mr. Dovey (Mathematics) begins hi tcaching career with u , and spent the first nine month in Littlewood House. He has been a force in our Rugby and has devoted much of bjs time to coaching.

Mr. Slater ( cience) ha taken over from Mr. Dovey in Littiewood House, and has thrown him elf enthusia lically into chool's cricket and hockey.

Mr. Callaghan (History and English) come to us from Hottentots Holland, and has bu jed him elf with rugby during the winter months and is now, too, jn the boarding house.

Mr. P. Fourie ha taken over the school's phy ical education and has been a great help with rugby.

Mr. Tucker (English) is a new arrival with many enthusiasms. He bas taken charge of a rugby team, actively encouraged those with literary learnings by producing a dome tic magazine, and has revitali ed the Music and Dramatic Society.

Mr. Thorn (Afrikaans) came down from the Transvaal but is returning at the end of the year.

Finally, from afar, comes M r. Jack on, to take over the Manual Training. He an wered our call from England, arrived with hi wife at the beginning of the econd term, and immediately engaged himself in rugby - as both coach and player. His Friday afternoon Hobby Class - wben the Woodwork block is open to anyone and hi advice and guidance is to be had for the a 'king - ha proved very popular.

Mr. Gerber, itjnerant woodwork ma ter, has concentrated on introducing the Std. VI cIa es to the necessary basic kills.

Both Mr. Broster and Mr. Breetzke got married at the end of last ycar, and Mr. Heath has ju t announced his engagement. Wc congratulate aU three and wi h them every happines .

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SCHOOL Back

Row:

Middle Front

Row:

D. Blanckenberg, B. de Vries,

J. Ormond,

PREFECTS

A. Visser,

A. Ross, G. des Ligneris.

R. Weilers.

P. Lea, B. Schneider,

Row: A. Kirkwood.

Mr. W. Lennox (Vice-Principal).

Mr. Blackbeard (Principal), R. Burns (Deputy Head Principal), R. Hewet!.

D. Asher.

P. Ander10n (Head Prefect), Prefect), Mr. Gilmore (Vice路

Congratulations, loo. to Mr. and Mrs. Blom. to whom a son was born earlier in the year.

Member of tafT were surprised and delighted to find Mr. Bowden at . chool a few month~ ago. He had been invited down from Rhode ia ague t of honour at the Old Roys' Dinner.

Tributes Once again we have to thank our chool committee: Me r. R. Felbert (Chair路 man). . Myers (VJce路Chairman), R. nedlander (ecretary), Jones, T. awood. A. Oosthuizen and J. A hman. for their vigilance and gUidance during thi important period \ hen our new choo; is being planned.

Our Parent/Teachers' Association (Messrs. D. Barnard (Chairman), S. Gilmore (Hon. ec.), F. Morom, A. Morris, K. Redman, D. Mannington and Mrs. Blanckenberg) has ertled down jn its function and provides an opportunity to develop a clo er understanding of the difficultie of particular boy .

The Tuckshop Motber . a they have affectionately come to be called. have done a wonderful year's work, wbich is deeply appreciated by everyone - not least by the staff, who have enjoyed the hot pie and sausage rolls and the soup during the winter months.

General La t year' examination result were satisfactory: 12 fust cia 's and 52 econd class pa e in the Senior Certificate, and 33 first cia and 69 econd class passes in the Junior Certificate.

We have our highest-ever enrolment in tbe enior school624 pupil.

A new tructure of promotion po ts in a school of our size provides for a deputy principal, a vice-principal and six enior assistants. These promotion are listed on the page giving the chool staff.

The third term was very full. A long-pending panel inspection took place. For the layman a panel inspection involves a group of inspector prodding and peering into all, even the remote t, a peet of teaching and school adrnini tration. lt involve remaining in a tate of suspended Spring leaning for months beforehand, and is very pleasant to have behind one.

The third term wa al 0 di tinguished by a very succes ful Founder' Day ceremony - reported el ewhere in the e page - and by our winning the Inter-School Cadet Band competition. In the la t ten year we have had a run of even consecutive fir t places and three econd places. Mr. Lennox, Mr. Kooy and Mr. Breetzke are to be thanked for the enormous amount of time and the expert instruction expended on preparing the band. Tbe Judo and wimming teams also di tingui bed themselves, the former winning the Western Province School' Judo Competition for the fourth con ecutive year, and tbe latter winning the Inter-School' Swimming ompetition for the third consecutive year.

During the second term Mr. Gilmore went on furlough_ Mr. A. Shedden (Matric.

1964), who ha majored in Geography at U .. T., took hi place_ Recent Oid Boy will remember,Mr. hedden's interest in theatre. and will not be urpri ed to hear that he took on tbe very demanding job of producing the annual school play, tbis year 'The Happie t Day of Our Lives', and made a great ucce of it. We are indebted to Mr. hedden for this sterling effort.

Apart from the school play. theatre i actively encouraged. Both Mr. Tucker and Mr. Parkins have taken group of pupils to intere ting theatrical offering uch a : The Merry Wives of Wind or, at Maynardville; Rosencrantz and Guilden tern are Dead, Twelfth ight. and Hamlet.

The introduction of free tationery ha added an irritating burden to the staff in general, and to Mr. GiLmore in particular, for he is responsible for its issue. All boy now receive all text-books and pre cribcd work and ome tationery free of charge.

Text book mu t last for three years and are handed on from cia to clas , and are therefore not to be marked or annotated in any way (thi ruling is under review), wherea prescribed works become the property of the pupil. The stationery i sued fell far short of requirements. At the moment there are no complaints - certainly not from parents - but drawbacks are likely to become apparent as time wears on.

At the end of la t year a new ience laboratory was built at the back of the chool, roughly between the woodwork block and Oxford Road. This ha relieved pre ure and mak.es it po ible for two ma ter to be holding practical clas es at the ame time.

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Early this year exten ive alteration and additions were made to the Manual Training block. This has made possible the re-siting of power tooi, has increased storage space, provided the instructor with his own office and, in general, given everyone more elbow room.

The pavilion on the Hawthornden field i now complete. lt provide changing rooms, shower and toilets and makes the field an independent sporting venue.

There is little to report about the new chool, except that architects have been appointed. More activity i apparent at the pre ent chool, where the tretch of land beween the chool and Oxford Road is being levelled to provide extra piaying pace for the boy. Old Boy who have not visited lhe . chool recently mu t know that the row of old cottages in Oxford Road has been demolished, and lhe stretch of ground from the end of the enior school as far as Aliwal Road ha come to the boy' chool.

Another recent acqui ition i the valuable property 路路Fairfield路'. above the C field and along ide Littiewood Hou e. Unfortunately the authoritie will not hear of it being used as an additional boarding house, and it seem that thi fine, graciou home will have to be pulled down. and tenni courts laid.

Obituary Geoffrey Docke died tragically in a motor accident on the 5th July, 1969, at the age of twenty. He came to Wynberg B.H.S. in 1962 and remained a student here until he matriculated in 1966.

At week-end. and often during the week too, one would find him on the rock at Kalk Bay, where he lived, with a fi hing rod or pear gun in hi hand and a couple of fish to hi credit.

After leaving Wynberg, he did hi .F. training and wa cho en as a member of the State President' Guard. After completion of his training he wa - empioyed by the Standard Bank at Kalk Bay. Geoffrey was a quiet, una suming young man. He had a most friendly di po ition and was popular with everyone he met.

His early death has come a a great hock to all who knew him, and he will long be remembered by all hi friend'.

Winter Drama School The 5th Annual Winter Drama chool was held thi year from Wednesday, 25th June, until Friday, 4th July, at ape Town High School and at the Littie Theatre.

As a second-year tudent. my life was no bed of ro es a each econd-year tudent had to produce short plays wherein the fir t-year tudent acted.

We started at 9.30 in the morning and finished at about 4.30 in the afternoon.

The morning se ion, from 9.30 to 12.30, wa divided into three periods on different ubject , such as make-up. movement and mime, speech and acting techniques, stage lighting. costume and et design. and production of plays.

After an hour for lunch we adjourned to either the Little Theatre or to the Michaelis School of Fine Art for hourly lectures by such people as Rosalie van der Gucht, Robert Mohr, Helen Rooza. Roger and Val Dwyer. and Pamela Stratford.

Thereafter the second-year had two hours daily to beat their plays into hape. On the final afternoon we all trooped into the Little Theatre for final rehearsal and that night we put on a public demonstration of our work there. I think all even teen producer went home lhank ful that the ten ion of their fir t production wa over.

We alohad the opportunity of ecing play uch as "M" and "People Are Living There".

Jf anyone of the twel e members of staff must be ingled out, I am ure it must be Mr . Susan Broer. ln Mr. Robin Malan' ab ence she took over the rein and a highly enjoyable and successfui time was had by all In conclu ion, I would like to say that it was a great pity that [ wa. the only pupil from our chool attending. and I hope next year will ee a full quota of four from Wynberg.

A. Friedlander.

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COMBINED MATRIC. CLASSES. 1969 Back Row: T. Curr, P. Dowling, D. Reeves, S. Melntyre, C. Lehy, C. Unger, T. Probyn, T. Coetzee, B. Blaine, I. Szake.

Fourth Row: A. Shenker, M. Katz, A. Lategan, E. Gluckman, N. Selby. T. Gibson, R. Foster, R. Pharo, S. Damain-Harris, M. Stalling, P. Furman, A. Basquez, R. Brown, M. Witkin.

Third Row: G. Goles, B. Peters, R. Langley, B. King, R. Dawes, B. Cohen, M. Cohen, R. Carter, P. Buchholtz, A. Dorman, J. Klein, A. Barnard, J. Castle, D. Delbridge, M. Fried.

Second Row: M. Rowe, G. Davis, A. Jacobs, B. Stowe, A. Friedlander, I. Slabber, S. Pam, J. Boland, P. Lea, B. Sacks, C. Barton-Bridges, G. Davis, N. Woodin, V. Hugo.

M. Pretorius, D. Read.

Front Row: B. Schneider, A. Kirkwood, A. Ross, D. Asher, Mr. A. J. A. Morris, B. de Vries, Mr. W. Lennox (Deputy Headmaster), P. Anderton (Head Prefect). Mr. N. R. Blackbeard (Headmaster), R. Burns (Deputy Head Prefect). Mr. J. M. Blom, J. Ormond, G. des Ligneris. A. Visser, R. Weilers, R. Hewell, D. Blanckenberg.

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EXAMINATION

RESULTS, 1968

SENIOR CERTIFICATE CANDIDATES FirSI Class Passes: A. 1. J. Benjamin, P. A. Goodwin, A. H. Goo en. R. Josephson, 1. Katz, R. P. Pawley, R. H. Pogrund, D. Rubel. M. Rubin, I. A. Schewitz. J. E.

Sim', T. A. Wegner.

Second Class Passer: A. M. Arm trong. A. R. Beattie, G. Bioom, J. H. K. Bowie.

D. J.-M. Calder, D. S. arvee. J. C. Cawood, C. J. Clegg, G. J. Connolly, P_ 1.

Corbitt, M. K. Cox_ P. . Cralhorne, A. J. Dollman, A. J. Falconer, T. R. Gildenhuy . D. C. G. Gill, B. R. Gouid, L. B. Hamburger, L. A. Keitb, R. Kent. T. J. Knol, K. R. Kock. A. K. Kole ky, A. J. Levin, G. H. Lip chitz. K. W. Long, S.. Marcu .. M. W. McClurg. H. K. Miller, B. P. Morris, P. R. Mo s, M. Muilwyk . . M OettlĂŠ, D. H. O'Neill, L. . 00 thuizen, T. C. Pawley, P. P. Pickup, D. A. Pratt, C. L. Prie tman, K. Ririe, D. A. Rolfe. B. G. Rookledge. C. A. Scaife, 1. M. cott, R. C. naith, R. G. Spreadbury, F. A. trickland, J. C. Town end.

K. . William, J. S. Williamson. P. M. Wilmot, B. R. Wynton. ÂŁ

STANDARD EIGHT Fiw

Class: B. Barron, R. Blackbeard, H. Bo man. G. Boyce, J. Burger. C. Burke, B. Campbell, . Carter. A. de Groot, K. Fine, P. Gambon, J. Gib on, P. D. Gohl, T. Green, H. Heard. . King. P. Kirby, G. Lowden, D. Maeder. L. Millner, Ram den. G. Ronaid on, I. hmaman, P. helton. A. Silverman, P. Simcock, D. im, M. tein, I. Thom on, C. Tylcoat, K. Vaughan, . Wright, M. Zwahlen.

ecund Class: J. Abel ohn, G. Amyot. G. Ander en. R. Andrews, W. Bailey, G. Barrett, P. Barton, P. Benjamin, R. Blumgart, A. Boltman, D. Brown, D. Butler, G. CantreIl, R. arter, E. a per. . Davi , G. Deveni h, G. Du Toit, C. Earley. P. English, . -wer, . Fine, R. Fitzpatrick, J. Franci . D. Furmage, M. Gluckman, P. W. Gohl, R. Go;dstein, M. Go lett. . Hannock , M. Held inger, J. Hey, 1. Johnstone, D. Jupp, H. Just, D. Kaplan. K. Li ton, D. Mangnall, P. Mann. N. Mannington, J. Margolit. J. Martin, J. Mason, T. Mc ullagh, D. Milford, G. Mo eley, P. Mundell. M. 00 thuizen, R. Pharaoh. R. Pike, F. Pottage, T. Potter, B. Pringle, K. Ro , G. ellars, L. hlomowitz, B. Slater, C. Smeda. J. SomervilJe, D. polander, P. Swift.

P. Thoma, D. Tommey, R. Wadeley, A. Water, P. Weir. W. Wil on, L. Wilson, G. Wi eman.

ANNUAL Gue t chool.

peaker at the 196

PRIZE-GIVING, 1968 prize-giving wa

Mr. M. Wiggen, Chief Inspector

of

Jn hi addre Mr. Wiggett referred with gratitude to the rich and varied and timulating experience~ which teaching had afforded him, not the lea t of them gained In a eventeen-ycar period pent teaching Africans. He then switched lO the difficulties and temptations facing today' youth. Pre , radio, cinema and adverti ement a sail them on all id with invitation to a pleasant, fun-filled life. How mu t they react?

They must have fun, certainly; but the fun must be kept under control. The primary object of their pre ence at chool i to prepare them elve' for the future. Mr. WiggeIt recalled the words of Pre ident Kennedy: 'A~k nol what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.'

And youth can be 1 erve their country, uggested M r. Wiggett, by tak ing full advantage of the opportunitie offered them at hool. td. 6B: td. 6A:

tandard Prize, ocial ngli h Prize. 6A la

tudie Prize. 6B CIa Prize: J. Oosthuizen.

Prize: G. T. Fitzpatrick.

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Std. Std. Std. Std. Std. Std. Std.

6A: Afrikaans Prize: J. H. de Jager.

6A: General Science Prize, Merit Prize: K. T. Hopk.ins.

6A: Mathematics Prize, Merit Prize: D. S. Garisch.

6A: Latin Prize, Merit Prize: L. Schneider.

6B: Commercial Prize, Merit Prize: R. le Roux.

6C: 6C Class Prize: P. Byrne.

6A Merit Prizes: 1. Stephenson, S. Granger, P. Sutherland, S. White.

Std. 6B: Merit Prizes: B. Wnitley and S. Dyason.

A. Brookes-Neill

Std. Std. Std. Std. Std. Std.

7A: 7C: 7A: 7C: 7C: 7A:

Std. Std. Std. Std.

8C: Standard Prize, 8C Class Prize: R. Blackbeard.

8A: Davidowitz Prize for English: N. King.

8C: Afrikaans Prize, Merit Prize: C. Burke.

8A: GeneraL Science Prize, Mathematics Prize, Latin Prize, 8A Clas Scnmaman.

8B: Social Studies Prize: R. Blumgart.

8A: Commercial Prize, Merit Prize: I. Thomson.

8A: Merit Prizes: N. Wright and D. Sims.

8C: Merit Prize: C. Tylcoat and T. Green.

Std. Std. Std. Std.

and

Standard Prize, Mathematics Prize, Latin Prize, 7A CLass Prize: M. Cooke.

English Prize, Social Studies Prize, 7C Class Prize: G. Gillmer.

Afrikaans Prize: J. Wessels GeneraL Science Prize, Merit Prize: M. Henderson.

Commercial Prize: R. Waring.

Merit Prizes: T. Hewett, N. Bradfield, G. Gilbert and S. MacFarlane.

Prize: I.

Std. 9A: Standard Prize, English Prize, Hi tory Prize, Latin Prize. Mathematic Prize, 9A Clas Prize: P. Anderton.

Std. 9A: Biology Prize, Science Prize, Geography Prize, Merit Prize: C. Barton-Bridge .

Std. 9 : Commercial Prize, Afrikaans Prize, 9 CIa s Prize: D. Blanckenberg.

Std. lOA: Standard Prize, Biology Prize, Maskew Millar History Prize, lOA Class Prize: D. Rubel.

Std. IOC: D. F. Marais Memorial Prize for Afrikaan: N. OettlĂŠ.

Std. lOA: Friedlander Memorial Prize for English, Science Prize, Merit Prize: J. Benjamin.

Std. IOC: Mathematics Prize, Commercial Prize, Geography Prize, IOC Clas Prize: T. Wegner.

Std. lOA: Arguile Prize for Latin, Merit Prize: M. Rubin.

Std. lOB: Templeton Prize for Music: A. Goosen.

Std. 9A: Templeton Prize for Music: P. Clay.

Std. lOA: Templeton Prize for Music: C. Snaith.

Std. lOB: Epworth Music Society Cup (Services to Music): A. Goosen.

Std. lOA: Epworth Mu jc Society Cup (Services to Music): R. Snaith and I. Schewitz.

Std. 9A: Epworth Music Society Cup (Services to Mu ic): P. Clay and D. Read.

Std. 6A: Epworth Mu ic Society Cup (Services to Music): R. Pogrund.

Std. 9A: Bevan Prize for English Reading: P. Anderton.

Std. lOA: Bevan Prize for Engli h Reading: M. Rubin.

Std. lOB: Caxton Prize for outstanding effort: B. Gould.

Std. 8A: David Levitt Memorial Pri.ze (Std. VlIl pupil who bas done mo t for the school and rus fellow pupil ): G. Ronaidson.

Std. lOB: Honour Award: P. Baerecke.

Std. lOB: Abelsohn Cup for the Matriculation pupil who has done most for the school): P. Crathorne.

Std. lOB: Life Member hip of Old Boy' Union: P. Crathorne.

Friedlander

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Matric Class prepa"ring"

berwood Forest"

MATRIC DANCE This year's Matric. Dance was held on Saturday, 20th September, in the School Hall and was attended by almost the entire Matric. Cia' and a majority of the master.

Guest of honour was Mr. Fay of the Old Boy' Union.

After much pondering. 'De' des Ligneri came up with the idea of 'Sherwood Forest' for the theme of the dance. At fir t, it was thought that to obtain the necessary effect would be simple, but it turned out to be the exact oppo ite. However, an excellent respon e from the matric an wered the plea for help of the Dance Committee, conisting of Arthur Jacobs, Stirling Damain-Harris. Brian Sacks, Steve Pam and Keith Brown. Work on the hall wa started on Thur day evening and completed on Saturday afternoon. One might think that this was an arduous affair, but it turned out to be mo t enjoyable. To assi t us in our task, mu ic was provided by a transistor, a taperecorder. and we had a maestro of the piano in Danny Blanckenberg. Photograph of the work progres ing were also taken. ln the entrance we had a construction of wire mesh covered by painted tin-foil to resemble a rock formation, from which a continuou tream trickled. The effect was enhanced by fern and branche and by a light thrown upon it. A low ceiling of light and dark green crinkle paper, carefully joined together in the form of checks, wa erected. The friezes depicted typical Robin Hood and Sherwood Forest scenes, and, on tbe wall, artificial torche were fixed to add to the blue light seeping through the 路ceiling'. A castle con truction wa erected on the stage wherein the band played. The band was bathed in blue light which hone tbrough a net hanging above them.

At ten o'clock, Patrick Anderton, the head-boy and ma ter-of-ceremonie, an路 nounced that upper wa then to be served. We proceeded to the boarding hou e, where Patrick, in a short speech, thanked Mrs. Blackbeard, Si ter De Klerk. Matron, and the Mother for their mammoth ta k in preparing the upper and laying the tables, which looked very attractive. He al 0 thanked Mr. Blackbeard for hi co-operation in helping to make the dance a succe s. Mr. 81ackbeard wa then presented with a bouquet, and Si ter de Klerk and Matron with posies. We then at down to a finger- upper of cold chicken and savourie.

Bottle of grape juice added the finishing touch to a very tasty supper.

After upper we returned to the hall, and tbe dance continued. 'The Reflection' provided the music and, after a short while, all trace of nervou ne disappeared a the boys and ma ters let their hair down. The repertoire con i ted of ballroom as weil a 'pop' music, and we were very plea ed to ee the ma ters 'getting with it' and joining in the circle for the Zorba dance now and then.

And so, another ,Matric. Dance at Wynberg ha come and gone, but thi will definitely be remembered a one of the highlight of our School career.

Special thanks must go to Mr . Blackbeard, Matron and Si ter de KJerk for lhe excellent upper, and to Mrs. Damain-Harri and Mr . Blanckenberg for their willing contribution, for, without it, the dance would not have been the succes it wa. Danny Blanckenberg, in charge of the electrical a peet, Dave A her, in charge of the art and d茅cor, and 'De' des Ligneri mu t also be congratulated on their fine job of work.

Mr. Blackbeard must be thanked once more for hi kind co-operation with the Dance ommittee throughout the preparations.

Keith Brown.

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Imagine a i>:-foot-two, blond, blue-eyed boy, of no mean build; imagine a mouth thaI open and word that flow out intere tingly, never-endingly; imagine a keen sen e of humour and a natural relaxed manner - and you have our American Field Service cholar, Jo eph Andrew Krake.

We were indeed fortunate in having Andy Krake at our chool for the fir t ix weeks of the third term. lt wa at all time enlightening to hear of the American way of life in tho e fa cinating phrases.

Andy participated wholeheartedly in school activities, and hi popular talk to different cia e were always enthusia ticaliy received. His pre en ce inevitably led to heightened intere t in lOA' le son, and many an amusing moment occurred when Andy mi under tood an aspect of Soulh African life.

H wa no unusual ight to see Andy sprinting down the wing, crash-tackling mightily, and u ing hi long football throw to dumbfound the opponents. He enjoyed rugby.

In Afrikaans he usually said ju t "Dankie!" lo whatever wa said to him. On one day be wa a victim of Littlewood House' ho pitality, and thoroughly enjoyed it. He aloo enjoyed the piping-hot coffee in the Prefects' Common Room, and in return, donated a huge lin of coffee. He thought we were 'Perfects' al fir ti Would that il were 01 Incidentally, Andy i Pre ident of hi chool' Student Council in the State-, and we are ure that Glendora High chool, in California, will nol uffer under his guidance.

The chool wa privileged to have omeone 0 courteou and entertaining, and it i hoped that Andy enjoyed hi tay here.

P.J.A. A FAREWELL

FROM ANDY KRAIKE

American Field Scholar

A I 'it here writing thi farewell note, I think back, fondly, over the la t two monlh that I have pent here in outh Africa. I remember the stare r received that fir t day in a embly, and how everywhere J went tho e fir l few day' call of "yankee" followed in my footstep.

That tir t practice in rugby where I was put into a tight scrum. then was bani hed to become a back after I shoved my houlder through the scrum. The way all the tandard sixes and seven would top me in the hall and a k me when 1 wa going to come to their class. And when 1 finally came, how they never ran out of que tion. How the prefect and matric made me feel right at home, Ji'itening to my accent, lhen trying to tell me how to ay it properly in Engli h.

Thing settled down the last couple of week of my tay here, and I got the opportunity to examine my urroundings. 1 reali ed the big difference between, outh African schools, and tho e I had attended in the tates. J found that in outh Africa the schools are built on trict di ipline (uniform, tanding to address teacher, prefect. etc.), wherea in the tate it i a little bit freer (no uniforms, prefect, etc.). Yet I enjo>,ed thi time at Wynberg thoroughly.

I'd like to cIo e by extending an invitation to any of you who make it to California to top off in Glendora and pay me and my family a visit.

Thank you, and may God bIe you all.

Andy Krake. ]2

THE SCREAMING WIND A thundering crash! I tir from my deep sleep and then suddenly, as the noi e registers in my dulled senses, I sit up straight in bed with my eyes wide open, staring wildly at the window.

As my mind clears I can hear the mournful wailing of the wind through the telegraph line. Tbe ound builds up to a high-pitched scream. A high-pitched scream?

It is a familiar sound, but not only of ome isolated outpost on the West Coast of Alaska. It i reminiscent of another West Coast far to the East. M y mind drifts back through time, egged on by the screaming of the wind, to some twenty years ago ....

"Rat tat tat tat! . . . Rat tat tat tat!" The stuttering sten gun ent a stream of hot lead up at the diving Stuka. It was like trying to stop a battleship with a catapult.

Then the aeroplane, like some crazed, angry rattle nake, pat its barrage of death at the lioe of men on the beach. As the bullets stitched the sand towards us I dived across to the left, and as the 'plane soared overhead I dared to look round. A man lay on his back on the white sand, drowning in his own blood. A bullet bad torn hi throat open and he lay there, unable to scream, drowning. I turned away and ran down tbe beach to join another line, but tbe sight kept on coming back to me. The man lying on his back, his eye staring at notbing, and his blood dripping on to the clean white sand.

Somewhere a mortar shell bissed and econds later a huge column of and shot straight up into the air about ten yards away. A man dropped to the ground without a sound and lay till. Another nameless victim had died for a cause. A cause? He probably did not even know why he wa fighting. He ju t had to get away from there becau e the people he had been trying to kill were now trying to kill him and had succeeded. But why? Why? For omebody who was ilting safely behind a desk in London? The dead would never know.

The other victim of the mortar went down creaming and clutching his face. The sound welled up in hi throat and then raised itself to a high-pitched yell like the sound of the wind through the telegraph lines. The shrillness of the cream went right through me and ent a cold wave of fear down my spine. He knew he was going to dje, 0 why in God's name couldn't he do it quietly? Still he went on, high-pitched as ever.

Screaming . . . screaming . . . screaming!

I shake myself out of remembrance, The wind has topped. As my head sink slow ly on to the pillow 1 silently thank God that it's all over.

S, Milliner, lOA.

DANCE At evening, sitting at this table, Waiting for the tardy band to arrive....

When tension and anticipation reign Beyond Wynberg, beyond the mountains ol the Cape.

When the weary workmen of Wynberg are in repose between the glowing Red walls surrounding ...

Look up, and you see green crĂŞpe Between the roof and the Iloor.

And you think: 'The orchestra is coming so lateI' Orchestra?

Dark night-life strumming Yet missing the pure beat.

A twitch, a twitter, an elastic shudder in song And silhouettes against the battlements.

Never an orchestra!

A band!

A band, and an uneasy creeping In one's selap.

In the States, a band is symbol of hippiness.

Perhaps for me!

P. J. Anderton,

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lOA.

TWENTY THOUSAND YEARS LATER Excerpts from Log of Select Exploratory Mission "Preliminary ob ervation and exploration having indicated that all life on Earth is extinct:' the directive from the Galactic Council was worded: "You are to proceed at once to the planet of Sol 3 or Earth. Your primary mission will be: J. To verify whether all life is extinct.

2. rf it i , your purpo e will be: (a) To find out how extinction occtlrred; (b) to find out why it occurred.

"We circled Earth and finally landed briefly ju t ea t of what we later learned were the Black Hill of Dakota. We had topped to examine the faces carved into the mountain, from which we inferred that most of the sensitive organ' of Earthman were located in the head. That would eem to render them vulnerable in combat for sight, mell and hearing would be dangerou ly expo ed. We thought at the time there might be extra eye on the body, but this was disproved later by studying skeletons. The head seemed to re t on ome kind of neck, 0 if the neck were ever ed tbe creature would die. What we a umed to be the mouth were exceptionally trong, indicating tubbornnes of character. Within thi opening there were probably teeth uch as the lower animals have, used for masticating food. This was confirmed later by tudy of many keleton . Humans, we found. often had artificial masticating device in tbeir mouth.

0 evidence revealed that they had, a we do, easily digestible vitamin tablets to supply all nece ary nutritive need'. We did not know then how many arm , legs or tentacle they had. We have since found out that they were rather routine bipeds ju t lightly more developed than our own Pegulla.

"We found that mo t of the citie were located on the seaboards, probably for tran portation purpo e , but it will be al mo t impo ible to confirm our opinions.

"We excavated everal cities and found a con eyance of four wheel. This was one of the mo t outstanding artifacts. ft appeared that everybody had at least one.

Million of wrecks were found. The ca ing or bodie evidently collapsed easily so they were discarded after collisions. We reasoned that these vehicles were relied upon by people who lived out ide the city to go to and from work. The communicating highways could not po sibly have handled the number that tried to use them. Everybody et out for hi place of bu iness in the city. The lucky ones reached their objectives, but thou ands fell by the way ide, broke down, or got caught up in traffic jams from which they did not emerge for week .

"Thi conveyance wa found to be a paradox. Tt wa apparently operated by a heat-engine that was inoperable without a cooling y tem!

"Rather idiotically. Earthmen had adopted an arbitrary method of telling time.

From numerou timepiece we aw that they had adopted a twenty-four-hour day, twelve hour of dark and twelve of light. Galaxy time IS logical and accurate becau e it doe not depend on the whimsical movements of any sun.

"We were a tonished when we found that Earth had everal confijcting civili ations instead of one, who trove to impo e their kind of civili alion upon one another. After everal dekachron o( study we deduced that there had been a nuclear ti ion war between these different countries which had de troyed the Earth.

Why, in one incredible moment of madnes had mankind cho en to de troy itself? We now know how, but we till do not know why, and probably never will".

M. Rowe, lOA. THE GRAVE The grey headstone with its final epitaph, The drooping flowers in the small vase ..

These two merge, And together form the cold, bleak atmosphere of death.

N. Watson, 7A.

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OBSERVATION As the 'plane touched down on the runway, I glanced again at my fellow-pa enger.

Yes, there was definitely omething my terious about Mr. Slade, a the air hoste had addressed him. With my nose for the extraordinary, loon scented out his nervous and furtive behaviour.

By profe ion I am a private investigator. and I wa returning home after my usual Miami vacation. I had boarded the Pan-Am BOl!ing to find my elf seated at a window, next to Mr. Slade. A nondescript old lady sat on the ai le to complete our trio.

Of course, I don't base my conclusions merelyon my bloodhound in tinct. I'd observed my seat partner closely from the start because he'd eemed agitated. And he had tripped over the old lady's legs in his haste to be eated. Then there was the incident with the hostess; plashing his brandy all over her suit. She had taken it well though: even smiled forgivingly at him. Oh well, Slade was only about thirty year oid and eligible, I suppose, until he erved hi sentence - that is. the entence he looked as though he ought to be in jail erving.

There were other suspicious incidents too: he kept waUowing drug which were cunningly designed to resemble travel ickne s pills. Then, he had often rudely leant acros me to catch a glimp e of the unending vista of clouds below, as if to ee where we were, and as if he could, by hi sheer mental energy, drive the 'plane on till faster.

And after that, Slade would lapse into weird ilence, taring wildly into infinity, with hi eyeballs gyrating wildly. He seemed to be beset by possible calamitie . On top of aU thi , he smoked eight cigars, a if assuming the role of an expectant father. My attempts at conver ing with him had only confirmed my uspicion.

'Tranquil trip, isn't it?" I'd a ked expectantly.

"Oh, is it? I hadn't noticed really'" He sank back into a quiet reverie.

"I don't suppo e you've travelled much, have you, buddy? Well, if that' why you're so cut up, don't give it a thought. These Boeings are .... ' "On the contrary," Slade cut in curtly, ''I've ju t completed two hundred thou and miles of air travel:' This had allayed any fears that he might be a respectable and innocent citizen, and I settled back to wait for our arrival.

Con equently, I'd resolved to set Larry, my assistant, on his tail after touchdown.

Larry was meeting me at ew Orlean Airport, one and a half hours after we'd taken off.

The plane trundled to a halt, and we di embarked. A it happened, Larry was not destined to "tail" Slade, for as oon a lade' feet touched Louisiana oil, he wa bundled unceremoniou ly into a private ambulance.

I cur ed myself for lo ing a pos ible reward, and later, over a drink, when I'd told Larry the story, he agreed that 1 was getting old. And then we read the evening newspapers.

According to the Press, John Sla de, the heir to the Slade million, had made a heroic dash to be by his wife's ide in her fir t childbirth.

Larry and I are now in adverti ing.

P. Anderton, IDA.

A WINTER LANDSCAPE An e say bearing thi eemingly o路innocent title might contain many twi tso How aboul a winter landscape of now-cru led sand dune in the Sahara de ert or el ewhere the white carpet blemi hed by a few drop of crim on? These are mere fleeting thoughts.

Thi winter landscape shall be a totally alien one; a typical winter panorama on the planet Foz. infinite imal light-year away.

The temperature had dropped radically to -500' during the la t few uncycle as Foz entered it frigid pha e. Mo t of the primitive life form had already ought a warm hibernation near the planet' ever-hot core.

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drew near the limit of it elliptical orbit around it. twin un, ~o thi simple animal became more contented and fuifilled its life cycle.

The scene, at that time, wa one of eternal twilight beauty. Plateau after brooding plateau tood entinel-like. swathed in mi t of nitrogenous atmophere.

The dark mouths of cattered volcanoe! toad during that period, dark and dormant. ow and then an ever-widening crevas would appear and rip acro s the rapidly cooling land.

Static storms illuminated variou part of the landscape. momentarily creating the effect of a colourful. ever-changing kaleida cope.

Beauty takes on many forms, but perhap the 010 t awe-in piring i' that of de oia, tion; a desolation here. so complete .. 0 still. a to be brought almost into relief. The silence wa echoed in the hollows of every unwinking crater. The frozen ea of hydrogen were gulf of. olitude where every la t undulation and ripple. captured. wa a fortre of erenity, and the dwindling un rapidly withdrew their shadowy finger which had long preyed there.

An ecstatic completeness had been reached and wa. heid in reverence unlil once again the traying shafts flickered on the horizon, heralding the other extremity.

P. Dowling, lOA. 'N LEKKER VAKANSIE Dit was die eer te dag terug op kool.

"More kla !., het die onderwyser in 'n grow'v\e tem gedreun.

"More, Meneer!" Die klas het opge laan. ,.Julle het lekker vakan ie gehou, maar nou moet on begin werk. Haal julle Geskiedeni boeke uit en begin op blad y e lees:' En 贸 het dit aangegaan. Maar my gedagtes wa nie by die werk nie. Ek het begin droom.

Droom ... van die lekker vakansie wat ek deurgebring het. an die dag toe on aan wal gegaan het ... van die dag toe die skip by Durban aangekom het.

Ek het die hele vakan. ie oorgelewe - die warm dae op die trand, die lou water en die gevaarlike haaie. Die aantreklike meisie, die smaaklike ko en die luuk e-hotel.

En toe wa dit tyd om terug te kom. Dit wa ook'n pannende ondervinding. Die vlug van Durban na Bloemfontein en toe van Bloemfontein na Kaap tad het ons baie aangenaam gevind.

Terug by die huis het ek my geld getel. " es en twintig!" het ek verbaas uitgeroep.

Ek het minsten dertig rand verwag.

"Ja, Jan, gelukkig i jy reg. Ek het ge ien dat jy weer gedroom het. maar jy het net betyds die regte antwoord gegee:' Ek wa prakeloos, maar later het ek uitgevind wat die onderwyer gevra het. y vraag wa : "Wal is 'n kwart van een honderd en vier, Jan?" D. Delbridge, lOB. MY SCHOOL YEARS IN RETROSPECT When we fir t went lo school. we thought we were big boy. \ hen we got there, we found we were very mall boy indeed.

0\ that we have only a few more weeks of chool before u , we once more think we are big boy, and .l'm certain that when we are let loose in the world, we will once more be cut dra tically to ize. ome cholar think that mo t of the thing we \ ork so hard to ma ter are irrelevant. Thi j, of cour e, true in its narrower , en e, but what have we really learnt from chool? It i extremely difficult at thi !>tage to reali e the full extent of our education. We have learnt to under tand many ba ic principle: we have learnt the importance of etiquette and tact (even if ome of u don't realise it); we have learnt what we are capable of doing and what we are best at; but above all, we have been hown how to think for our el es.

We have learnt a little about judging people. Faced with a 'new' teacher, there i hardly a boy who will not begin to urn him up, and it will not be too long before the cia begin to te t him. What he <;ay and doe in the next half-hour will mo t certainly tip the balance (temporarily or permanentl ), and a en e of humour can be a great a et a far as the direction of the tipping is concerned.

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At chool we've learnt to be rea onably re pon ible and mature, and have learnt how valuable co-operation can be. Thing like this cannot be taught as such, but rather 'rub off' on to us, who at our age are ca ily impre ionable. This show why a good headma ·ter will be careful about the type of people he ha on his tafT. Headmasters seem rather awe-in piring and unfathomable to us at fir t, but I think that we all have a grudging admiration for their efficiency and ense of di cipline.

It mu 't be an extremely difficult job. for he must tand aloof among all the boy, the teachers get to knowalmost per onally.

I have tried to how that I appreciate a liltle of what the chool has done for me. but feel] have done it rather inadequately. To lIm it all up, if omeone were to meet me lying in the un, with my urfboard nearby and my sunbleached hair curling in my neck and ask me if it wa. all worth it, I would appear to con ider a while before answering ·ye·. But that would be because r wa bu y trying to wallow the hard lump that uddenly appeared in my throat.

Ward, lOA. JULY CEDARBERG TRIP During the July holiday I made a trip to the Cedarberg range near itru dal. Our party con i ted of eight. even of us _choolboy from variou ape Town chool.

This i not to be confu ed with the chool Mountain Club, as none of u belong to the re pective club of our chool.

We arrived at edarhoutkloof at midday on Friday, the 27th of June, expecling our donkey to be waiting for u , but they only arrived at II o'clock that night, 0 we had to sleep there. The cold was inten e, only about 6 degrees above freezing, but we omehow managed to pack and made an early . tart up the kloof, arriving at the neeuberg hut al about a quarter pa t one in glorious sun hine. We went traight out to collect cedarwood to roast our chicken and keep u warm during the night. We expected now in the next few day • but unfortunately it did not now at our level. only higher up on the upper iope of the neeuberg.

On unday we set OUI to climb the neeuberg, but we were driven back within 900 ft. of the ummit by high winds and lee!. On M onday we were confined to the hut by the weather. but on Tueway we climbed the neeuberg under now and ice.

A we came around the ea tide of the mountain we were met by a wonderland of ice-enca ed branche, ugar-frosted rock. and amazing ice waterfalls. ome of \ hich were thirty feet high. We reached the summit at about four o'c1ock, and found the beacon enca ed in a 'ix-inch-thick casing of ice. From there we went traight lo the Kromrivier cave, mO'itly in the pitch dark. where our donkey-boy wa wailing. When we arrived, we were fascinated by the huge domed roof of the cave. lt i a mystery how It came to be formed. but it might have been by the action of water, a a 'mall ..tream flow past the one corner of the cave.

We pent the next day, Wedne day. the 2nd of July. climbing rock pitche and ab eiling in brilliant un hine. There are a few Bu hman painting on the wall, a cro and a few outiine of hand, in an indelible red pigment.

The next day we packed the donkey and hiked to the Riff farm by way of the iewoudt' farm and anddrif. a di tance of about twenty-five miles. We slept in the middle of the cedar plantation where it was amazingly warm.

Wasting no time the following morning, we ent the donkeys off to Welbedacht and set off for the Wolfberg Peak. \l e spent the better part of the day ab eiling down the centre of the rch, whi h i really an exhilarating experience as one dangles piderlike on the rope, floating free. seventy feet from the ground. nfortunately the gathering clouds and cold put an end to the e activities and we pressed on to Wei bedacht cave.

Wc pent the ne t few day at the cave before going home, ab eiling, climbing rock pltche for practice and hiking here and there.

On the Monday ....e dolefully pa ked up. and hiked down Welbedacht kloof. climbed into the car and headed for civili ation, having reached the end of one of the mo t enjoyable trip J have ever made.

M. Rowe, 18

LAPID~R Lapidêr i die k uns om edeistene te slyp en te poleer. en het y oor prong uit die dae van die ou Egiptenare. want gepoleerde edelstene is al in die Piramide ontdek. Dit i 'n kun wal baie tyd in be lag neem, maar dit i die moeite werd.

Ek wa onlangs Suidwes-Afrika toe om lene te gaan soek. Dit i. etn van die rykste streke ter wêreld vir edelstene en baie van hierdie tene word na ander lande uitgevoer.

A 'n men byvoorbeeld 'n ring in 'n juwelier winkel gaan koop, kan dit moontlik twintig rand kos. maar om dit self te maak, alowat vyf rand ko~. Ek maak. onder andere, ringe, oorkrabbetjie, armbande en man jetknope van edel lene.

Die eer te pro e in die maak van 'n arlikel is om die -teen te kif; en te oek vir moontlike bar te, want as daar 'n bars i , moet daardie deel wegge-ny word. A jy tevrede met die sleen is, word dit va geklem en deur 'Jl saag waarvan die tandjie uit 'n diamantlagie be taan. ge ·ny. Terwyl die aag draai, word die steen deur 'n mengsel van lampolie en motorolie, wat op die aag drup, verkoel. Die tydperk wat dit neem om deur die teen te sny, hang af op die grootte en geaardheid van die teen. adat dit min of meer tot die regte fat oen ge ny i . word dit tot pre ie die regte grootte ge Iyp. Hierdie pro e. is baie langdurig, want nou moet die krapmerke deur waterpapier verwyder word.

Die poleerpro e i taamlik moeilik maar die steen begin nou na die eindproduk te lyk. Die ou growwe klip verander mettertyd in 'n blinkgepoleerde . teen en daar is nik' wat meer plesier gee as om 'n tui gemaakte ring aan iemand e vinger te sien pryk nic.

D. Blanekenberg,

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Die on het helder geskyn. Die wind het stilletjie uit die uid-oo te geRuI ter.

Dit kon nie beter gewees het nie. Die water was 'n helder blou en kole klein vis ies was oral.

Op die kim het dit net begin lig word toe die eer te lepel in die water laan. Dit was om sewe-uur nog til. maar die \l eer was heerlik en die hengelaar hel erder vi gevang. Om half ewe het die mee te an die hengelaar gaan it om hulle toebroodjie en koffie te geniet. Dit wa toe eville William die eer te i va geslaan het. Dit \ as 'n klein tunatjie. maar ongelukkig het hy dil by die kanl erloor. Binne minute wa al die vi lermanne op hulle plekke. Later het die geelsterte in groot kole by Rooikran verby ge wem. Elke man het 'n paar vis e a geslaan.

Op al die rotsly te het hengelaar tywe en ekelslokke gestaan. Daar was niemand om die vi 'e te gaffel llle, maar gelukkig wa daar nie groot geel terte of tunas nie.

Om halftien het die laa le vis van die more gebyt. Op die rot e het meer a tagtig geel terte en dertig kalonkel- gelê. Om twaalfuur het eville William , tweede luna an die dag gehaak. Dit het nege en dertig pond geweeg. Om eenuur kon daar nie meer a veertien hengelaar gewees hel nie. Die vi e het erdwyn en die me te an die hengelaar ook. Benny Buhr het alle n op Bo hoff e punt ge taan toe hy y tuna gehaak het. H is vinnig gegaffel en geweeg. Dit wa,> f en v ftig pond. adat hierdie vis geland was. het meer van hierdie baas egter gebyt. Hulle i goed ge peel. maar het die lepels uitgespuug.

Aan die einde van die dag het hengelaar met ~ aar akke en ligte harte die k ran. e erlaat. Di 'n dag wat ek nie maklik ~al vergeet nic.

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Beyond Earth, Beyond the Moon and the other moons: Oberon, Miranda, Titania.

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But how to get there?

What incredible power will speed men to the stars?

"Go forth and multiply ... " But where?

Per ardua ad astra. . . . But how?

C. Davi .9A.

THE LONG

VIEW

He sat ilently and watched the ~ea many feet belO\. He \ as bruised and cut in many place. His hand were raw. He could _cc the tiny specks which he kne\ to be fishing boats far out in the harbour. He had tried \\aving hi arms. but he kne\) it was u cics. Again t the lime-mottled face of the cliff no one would ever notice him. a mere speck. from the sea.

Hc glanced at his dog lying next to him. It seemcd miraculou:; that the dog was till alivc. He glanced upward then downwards. There wa definitely no e'cape. He ",ould star e to death before an one di co ered his pre ence on the ledge. It was fairly wide and there eemed no chance of falling or being blown off. There seemed nothing on it that could be used to help him to ecap. just a few \\~nd-pilted ~ton s, and ome 'eabird droppings which seemed to tain the entire clifr face. He picked up one of the rocks and, lying down with his head projecting over the edge, threw it, He watched it tumble briefly before tarting its downward plunge which ended in a 'mall white pla h far below.

"How', it eem?" There ....as no an wer, ju t th ea roaring. "f don't really know. f'm uppo ed to be intelligent .. , but I'm afraid .... " He glanced at hi dog: he liked the dog. and he had almo t killed it. Perhap. he would have to yet. Just then a new thought ftruck him, Perhaps. , .. He did not know much about judging heights. It wa already late afternoon; tomorrow wa another day, and now he needed to re t.

The night was cold and lonely. The -tar' ~eemed frozen to the ky. When eventually the un rose far acro the 'ea. throwing the fir t ray of light on to the ledge, the fishermen were already OUt in the harbour. He warmed him elf by pacing up and down the ledge a few time. The dog eyed him in fear. \] ell, thi \ a as good a time as any. He picked the dog up firml . Tt wriggled violently and tried to bite him; it had never done that before. He threw it 0 er the edge and watched the low tumbling body hit the 'ea In a froth of white. Then the \ ater cfosed again. ft seemed a though a long time pa ,cd. Then the dog urfaced, its forepaw thrashing the water.

0 it was po' ible.

He waited till noon, then stripped, completel . He hut hi eye a he jumped.

Jf he was going to die. he did not feel like watching it happen. He felt the impact of the water ting hi body and burn his hands: he kne\ II had worked. He rounded lhe clill' In an hour and \ a re cued b ome fishermen. Y . they had found the dog wa hed up on the beach. Ye, they knew it to be hi . that wa why they were there. here \ as it? "Oead:' the aid.

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WINTER LANDSCAPE 'There eems to be little chance for thi one to get through.

That bullet really did more than we had estimated.

What' hi pulse showing?"

"Very feeble, doctor.

If hi heart lows any further, be11 ce bis wbite ghost soon."

"Nothing much more I can do for him. But if he ha lived the way it appears he did, he had it coming to him. What i hi name?"

"Wbat was the name?

John Despatch.

He' gone, Doctor Newman .... " John De patch felt a numbing impact as hi white ghost glided over the bleak. landscape that throbbed erenely before his dim eyes. There were no rocks jutting up to cut the vastne of the white ground that tood before him. He stood lonely, surveying the emptiness of his new world. A few tree clutched hopelessly at tbc flat ky.

Why hadn't he listened to that preacher guy? He felt ure he wouldn't be able to tay here forever.

But where to go? Ju t whiteness, and nothing.

He tarted walking.

And he walked.

Later he came lo a tree, lightly more fruitful lhan the one he'd passed.

He went toward it, but then he aw a wrilhing serpent-like cloud fl.oating above it. He pas cd on. s he walked, the land eemed to become whiter.

He sat down on a rock from which he had scraped the snow. Was it alway like this down here?

Wa n't there anyone else who had inned?

Perhap thj was the lonelines and emptines of human relations that that preacher guy had mumbled about.

He wondered whal weather Eddje wa having down hi way. 'co he ure as heli wa n'l a good guy, and he knew lhat he al 0 packed it. Well, they couldn't all live forever.

He looked around.

He gue cd that the bumps in the now were the other rock that must be there. Then he aw the fruitful tree again.

But why was il '0 near to him? He wa ure he had walked further than this from it. A he looked, the branches eemed to mile horribly and ome force made him dizzy. He tarted towards the tree.

He could not top him elf. What the devil had got inlo him? A he approached the tree, he thought he 'aw a plaque on it. He moved to read it: "Thi tree was planted by JOH' DESPATCH." What the devil was wrong with him?

He walked away from the tree. nd salon hi rock looking at it.

N. Wright,

9A.

GISTER Gi ter was hy en ek nog groot maats.

Ek was geheg aan Jan omdat hy altyd 0 vinnig kon dink, en wanneer on spelelji~ wou speel of êren heengaan, was dit maar altyd Jan wat eerste kon voor tel wat ons moe doen.

Hy wa on rugbykaptein, en die pan het altyd gespeel om Jan tevrede te lel.

Hy was wakker en kon y pan lei 00 min. Hy wa die taatmaker in die span. Hy het altyd eer te in on kla ge taan. en wanneer Jan 'Jl vraag moes beantwoord, wa dit altyd goed en bevredigend. aterdagmiddae het on altyd op on branderplanke gaan ry. en ek kan nog ien hoe Jan. e blonde hare in die wind wuif wanneer hy blitsvinnig verby my op die golw!! ry. Hoe lekker het die roomy gesmaak na daardie vreugde in die ee. erlede naweek wa dit 0 lekker waar vyf van ons cun by die rivier gaan kampeer het. Hoe mooi het Jan e tem geklink toe on almal oom die kampvuur liedjies ge ing het, en hoe lekker het on gelag toe die reën neer ak en die tentvloer onder water was omdat on vergeet het om 'n loot om die tent te grawe. en hoe gou on' 'n plan mo maak. al was dit dan net om ons ko droog te hou.

Hoe lekker het ek en Jan vroeg in die oggend met die pad langs die voet van die berg op on fietse gaan ry. Hoe mooi wa die dou op die bome en plante en hoe lekker vars wa dje geur van die varing.

Hoe het die koel luggie deur on hemde getrek od3.t ons nie moeg en warm kon word van die trap op dje fiet e nie.

Dit was gister.

Vandag i Jan se le. enaar leeg. en y branderplank weggebêre.

Jan i k:ielik: gi teraand oorlede.

M. 00 thuizen, 9A.

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THE SHADOW

OF DOUBT

INSANE: 0' those crumbling cathedrals that collapse before my eyes, lighten me into a realm of content; yet ... now ... my vision strains for unpossessed pleasure that must be experienced by the creator. I am not one but all ... and all is not one without me.

So march on; make haste, for the world beckons my insanity and welcomes me with golden intake. I shall recast the world into an Eden for followers of cause, and it's this cause that will guide us whenever marooned in the oceans and seas of troubles.

I am proud and thus independent.

I boast and thus receive credit.

I yield not and am thus preserved.

I am King and thus to be followed.

I am the Divine and thus to have disciples.

I am crystal clear of all uncertainties and fathomless to all; but me, myself and I. The core of the earth attracts at my command.

Rotation is one of my many followers, Rivers flow in the direction I point.

Seas reflect upon my immediate da~ command, Plants and trees flourish to blossoming capacity Whence I cast my orders to all nature.

I am the reincarnation of the absolute.

SANE: Charred bodies in furnaces of smoked shame, Air of gaseous displeasure, Physical distortions engraving revenge, Yet fences for all to enclose.

For many of those that life has lived, shall a burial not diminish an infinite flame of remembrance; So let mental disorders be your enemy for a body with a cruel soul can render no life.

REVENGE: Yes, you succeeded where others left off. and they left off for others to succeed, Yet the bell of exchange must sound for us all.

The history of this nation shall be mirrored by all deeds done; and all that has been done will mean another deed to do So, Continue to disrupt humanity, to devour the beauty of lifetime enjoyment, to reconstruct jagged and distorted edges throughout domains of life, to uproot all nature by your advancing devouring steel and to encamp all brothers of men; But your mind shall wear the mask of an Iscariot.

DOUBT: Whether to yield or to follow, to abide or to reject, My line of action will not be drawn until the drawer is an artist in his field of definite arrangement.

Promises of fulfilled accomplishment render only wary uncertainties; Thus decision awaits circumstance.

MISTRUST: In the beginning we possessed a culture now culture is only a bond which binds us by . . . lust.

Is this what we have been degraded to By a man for men to follow?

I curse thee 0' Thirty Nine of Alpha.

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INSANE: Traitors; eventual traitors, conspirators. sordid vexatious rogues; Enough of this torturing torment.

I abide to will's wish. yet why this sudden decay after a decade of trying.

We'll echo beyond ... beyond ... beyond; For when we awake from our conquering sleep, the world will be ours; do you hear? Ours, ours, ours ...

EVA BRAUN: Shall we not on some winter's marn wed, Adolphus?

For the war shall not last forever, Adolphus, Not forever.

D. Kaplan,

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BLACK AND WHITE When I wa a boy our family lived in a rambling old hou e which was invariably falling apart. Ours wa a big family.

0 it wa hard to find any privacy.

T was a quiet boy with a rather vivid imagination and liked to it for hour ju t thinking about anytbing. I u ed to neak down into the cellar and into a little cubbyhole clo cd ofT b crate.

Tacked on to one of the crate was a picture.

It wa of two nuns in black and white habit. playing chess on a black and white board with matching piece.

Illlng on a chair wa a black and white cat with a er playful glint in it eye.

The trange thing \ a that the background of the painting wa done in vivid colour-.

It \ a hideous!

But it kept the fire of my imagination burning brightly.

That cat really played on my mind. It 0 obviou ly fitted into the colour cheme, but tho e eye were completelyout of character with the nun.

I tried to imagine what that feline mind might be thinking.

T did not know much about ches', but even 1 could see a few obviou . devastating moves. But if the cat had alo een them he would have had a look of pity or uperiority.

The black and white parts of the painting were done in minute detail 0 it could not have been a chance reflection.

J thought the cat might have been thinking of a magpie omewhere outside in the garden.

Ioon di mis ed thi becau e he wa obviously in the cene before him. I thought that he could. perhap , ee hi reflection. but the table was of rough wood.

I set up a light 0 that it hone on to the painting.

The black and white dominated the painting and began to dominate my life. J n the outside world I u ed to tudy anything that wa black and white. l even took to writing with black ink.

The fir l time my si ter' boyfriend came to pick her up, he wore evening dre . r wa told to make polite conversation while ue wa getting dr cd. He talked; I at and looked. l. did not even notice when he taned to fidget with hi jacket and tie.

Finally he aid in de peration, "Right!

What is \ rong with my jacket?"

"Wrong?" ''Ye, wrong.

You have been taring at it for ten minute," Ju t then ue came down and they Jeft. he wa rather cool towards me the next da .

Eventually I had a brain-wave. r remo cd the painting from its hook and took bearings from the cat' eye.

I could have burnt the tupid painting!

My line intersected near a ro ary which, r think. the ani t intended to be waying gently.

D.

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THE MOON "Thi is Sputnik vr to Vladivostok. Ve haf chust landed in the Sea of Tranquility and are floating. repeat. floating. Ve are returning with ome of the liquid.

Over."

"Failure will mean Siberia, omrade. Out.'路 "Read all about it! Ru sian land in ea of vodka, AstronauL~ refu e to return.

Read all about it! Fir t landing on the moon."

Of course we all know that thi is fiction likely to appear in over-imaginative pupils' e ay only. But of what is the moon made?

0, not chee e.

Although it would not be a bad idea to have a cheese factory up there. No chance of it ever going mouldy, but then again there i a nag (and it i not tran port -that" all arranged with LP.O.P.P. - Inter-planetary Organi ation of Pasteuri ed Products), and that is that if there i no atmo phere it would not mature. Perhap one of the most u eful of all the po sible indu trie would be a ball-bearing factory a few miles from the moon where the lunar gravity ha little effect. Here one could measure an amount of molten metal and merely to it out into the vacuum. The atom would cau e it to contract into a perfect phere, omething not achieved on earth. A minimum of staff would be required because as the bearings cool they continue at the ame velocit_ (there is no air re istance to slow them) and could be collected at a di tance when they have cooled. Advantage - no cooling conveyor belt.

Walking is a problem. It takes quite a few tep to top and Paul Nash at hi fastest would probably take a hundred extra yard to top. Hm ever, mountainet:r would make hort work of Table Crater. Their packs would weigh only a ixth of their earth weight while they them elve would have only a sixth of themselve to lug up and down. What a di advantage to '"Tiny" Neethling though. He needs hi other five- ixths for rugby. Of cour e a strict diet of moon chee e would replace ome of his lo t weight.

More seriously, though, 1 cannot ee any advantage in populating the moon for a number of reason: Groote chuur charge ix rand for a twenty-four-hour upply of oxygen, and thi i co t price. Neil Arm trong earn thirty-five thousand dollar .. p.a. and he would have to ave for twelve years to buy his own space uit. A protective dome containing oxygen i pos ible only at great expense; more than any ball-bearing factory could pon or. pace travel co Is too much and would take too long to convey a large number of people. Unie' earth' gravity was duplicated by ome means, man would. on returning to earth, find it extremely difficult to walk as tbe action takes le effort on tbe moon and his mu cle would became weak and unable to upport him.

On the credit ide, 1 can only justify the co t by the fact tbat: American women pend more on dre alone than is pent on the progn,mme annually while American men spend more on cigarette each year than i pent on pace exploration; the space programme budget is only one-tenth of the defence budget.

And Mar? Alma t impo ible! The boa ter to re- tart the cap uie after landing would have to be alma t as powerful as the present atum V which would have to more than double it thrust to carry 0 much fuel and machinery.

0, of what is the moon made? lt could be paper mach茅 for all the u e it i to u Mind you, you can't leave footprints in paper. ongratulation America!

G. K. Ronaid on, 9C.

SCARAMOUCHE Norman Tran er was fifty-four, fat and balding. No one, not even hi elo est friends, would de cribe him as handsome, but he had a cheerful per anality which anyone talking with him would oon become aware of. Now he was on Flight 958, Pan-Am. Airway, travelling to Buenos Aires, and he did not feel at all cheerful. orman Celt ick. He looked at hi reflected in a mirror. lt looked terrible.

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"Fasten your safety belts and extinguish your cigarette please." The loud peaker crackled.

Ten minute later orman was walking out of the gate marked in large red letters-IN ONLY. "Hello! Can I help you?" A young fresh-faced girl was looking at him. To orman's aged eyes she looked beautiful.

"Mmm ... weil, no, not really," be aid quickly. but he wa already flagging a taxi. A battered Ford pulled into the bay opposite them. He got in and bent over to thank her but she was sitting down next to him. he a ked which hotel he wa taying at and repeated the name to the driver. As they drove through the weaty LatinAmerican treets he asked him hi name (hers wa Jill Reeve ), what he wa doing in Bueno Aire, bow long he wa staying. When they arrived at the hotel he was still talking. She talked him right up into his room. Flu tered, Norman at down on the couch. Jill flopped down next to him. lorman wa too urprised to say anything. He tugged at his collar, he wa per pi ring freely. Sbe leant over and put her head on hi shoulder.

Suddenly she shouted," ow!" and pulled bi head do~ nand kis ed him, holding him again t her. He vaguely beard the door open and then he heard a serie of quick clicks.

"Phew! " She untangled herself and stood up, moothing her dres down. orman looked up. Two men tood by the door. One pulled a piece of card out of the camera he was holding. The other man held a bright trobe-light on a tel copic arm, Tbe camera-man peeled tbe card apart and handed half to Jill. "Look at this," she said, showing him the photo. He recogni ed himself and her on the couch and looked away, sickened.

"Okay, How much have you got?"

"How much . . . got?"

"Money, you fool. Hand over your wallet. lf you don't, tbis photo goe to Hazel Tran er, 123, 12th Street, The Bronx, New York:' Norman looked dejected. He wondered.

0, he could never do it. Hazel ~ ould kill him. Why did he marry a 300 pound Amazon? With a sigh he pulled his wallet out and handed it over.

"Cut!" People appeared everywhere. From behind door and furniture. From the other room. From under the couch.

"Okay (olks, show's over. Thanks Norm, you were great. Ever thought of going to Hollywood?"

"But what ... wbo .. , ?"

"Relax Norm. We're from Paramount Film.

We're shooting a film down here and we needed omeone who didn't know what was happening, someone natural, "Oh." Norman brightened up con iderably. "Do I get paid?"

"Yes, you get paid. Meanwhile, come down with me to the re taurant. They have some great Ala kan crab bere. They're delicious:' "No crab, thanks. They give me pots."

T. Green. 9 .

IF I HAD MORE TIME Jf I had more time ...

1 would laugh, dance, ing; do everything I had previou ly not dared to do. Throw off ociety; become a hippie, mi ionary, truck-driver, pre ident; ee the world on foot or on a bicycle; commit a murder; dine at the mo t expensive restaurant and refuse to pay: drive a ten-ton truck through the bigge t window in town (that is omething J have alway longed to do); and perhaps end it all with a beautiful dive (rom the top of the Empire tate Building (that would be wonderfultime uspended - painl s too. Think of the ensation!) lf only I had more time ....

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INTER路SPACE TRAVEL-A

PEEP INTO THE FUTURE

,. 'Little Joe!' Young' 'Little Joe' can blast off now. Have a good trip, and contact ba e before you re-enter the atmosphere." Three minute later we were on our way to pend a holiday with my aunt on Mars.

"Thi trip bore me," remarked Janice. my younger si ter. "and there isn't even anything worth watching on televi ion".

"That is only becau e you pend all your pare time watching television, in tead of finding more intere ting way of amusing yourself. Obviou ly it will begin to bore you after a few month ." I countered.

It wa' then that r became aware of a craft which eemed to be following our flit cope. On crutinising our "tail", I recognised it a belonging to the pace Patrol.

T glanced at the peedometer. and aw that I wa excet:ding the speed limit. Back at Wynberg pace Centre J would have to pay a fine.

A few hours later we arrived at the space re taurant, which wa midway between Earth and Mar. Iordered seaweed with barnacle auce, and crushed ant for des ert.

We re: umed our journey. feeling refreshed, and Janice and [ decided to play cards.

After some di cu ion, we agreed upon "Old Maid", which. even in the year 2969. wa still a favourite game among many people from Earth.

When we had fini hed a few game, r decided to take a re t.

"Trevor Young. all you ever do is leep," complained Janice. "Why don't you lhink of me for once in your life? You know how bored] get." Without commenting, however. [ lay down on my bunk and fell asleep almo t immediately.

1 was woken by Janice's hand on my houlder.

"Come on, my darling brother, we're here."

I glanced out of the window. to 'ee, below us, the landing ground of Mar. ] fired the retro-rockets. and we settled to a mooth landing. A man hurried toward us.

"You are Trevor Young, aren't you? Well. your aunt left a mes age for you. he has gone shopping on Venu , and will be back in three day.

Meanwhile. you mu t make your elve at home." With thi he hurried off.

"Well. that is very nice. I mu t ay:' ejaculated Janice. "Now I have to put up with you for three whole days."

T. Hewett, SA.

A LONE VOYAGER Ocean racing i the mo t uncomfortable and expensive port there i. Yet yachtsmen remain the mo t dedicated fanatic.

Bruce Dalling' Voortrekker, his porting equipment equivalent to one' tenni racquet or cricket bat, co t no le than R40.000 in spite of the backing of a whole team of helper. To make the front pages of the world' new papers he had to play a game that la ted ten week. and took him over 10.000 mile of ocean. To add to the hardship of thi race it wa decided to ail again t in tead of with the powerful westerly winds which blow continuouslyon the Atlantic. Yachtsmen tried to explain thi by tating that a lot of 'o-called ports are merely pastimes. These yacht men ay that no sport is a real he-man port unie s il involve ri k and real hardship. One can just imagine how ali f ing it mu I have been for Bruce Dalling to know that after forcing hi way to the front of the world' toughest ingle-handed ailor, 14 day later there were till 17 le er men de~perately truggling merely to get to ewport. To make it till more atisfying, everal of the e experienced ingle-handed ailors had to be rescued, or had retired. [n the ordinary way, a hip like the 50-foot Voortrekker would be raced with a crew of eight. Thi i not only becau e of mu cle-power. but ju t the impie problem of getting in enough leep and enough quare meals.

On everal occa ion the Voortrekker has hit 20 knots, the fa test a O-foot ocean路 racer has ever ailed. The six and a half ton Voortrekker i no more to the ea than a bottle-cork. he can be flung off cour e with lhc ulmo t ea e. Tt i po sible that when

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in the deep stormy sea one can be confronted by an almost vertical falling wall of water.

0 yacht can tand up to this. The yacht will merely get buried a the huge wall of water closes over it.

Dalling musi have been terrified when he fought the Voortrekker through the great Atlantic gale of June 12, which he ha de cribed a the worst he had ever witne sed. (Bruce Dalling has witne ed ome bad storm in the past.)

During the cour e of thi voyage he had to sleep. eat, navigate, repair and make new sails. write up the log and plan the following day's cour-eo Jn other word, he had to be everywhere, alway .

B. Dyer. 80,

BY DIE SUIPPLEK "Soel kom nie saam nie, of hoe?" het Piet opgewonde gevra. " ee. Kom ons loop," was my antwoord. Ons hel in die bakkie geklim en ek het tot aan die einde van ons plaaspad bestuur. Ek en my broer het ons gewere geneem en toe deur die veld geloop.

Toe ons vir omtrent anderhalfuur geloop het, het ons skielik ons gewere vaster gehou en doodstil gestaan. a'n paar minute het ek begin vryer a emhaal, want on het geen verdere geluide gehoor nie. Uiteindelik het on die suipplek bereik, en in 'n groterige boom geklim om te kyk wat sou gebeur.

Eers het on twee kameelperde ien drink, en toe 'n paar duiker.

Hulle was nog nie daar weg nie, toe Piet 'n beweging in die bo ies raak ien.

"Kyk daar!" het hy geftui ter.

Ek het in die aangeduide rigting gekyk. maar kon niks buitengewoon ien nie, Toe het ek dit ook gesicn. 'n Leeu wa be ig om die duikers te bekruip!

Dit was verba end om te sicn hoe hy van elke bossie gebruik gemaak het om onopgemerk nader te sluip. Toe hy omtrent vyftien voet van die bokke af wa , het hy gereed gemaak om te pring. H wa nie meer as dertig voet van ons skuilplek af nie. alig onbewus hiervan het die duiker nog teeds gedrink en 'n paar het naby die water gestaan.

"Daar gaan hy!" het ek opgewonde geftui 'ter toe die groot roofdier met 'n gebrul van die ander wĂŞreld 00 'n pyl deur die lug getrek het. Die bokke het vir 'n oomblik ver krik gestaan. Toe het hulle 00 blits verdwyn; almal behalwe een. Die leeu e tande het diep in y nek gesak en hy het inmekaar gestort. On het verbaa gekyk hoe die groot leeu die duiker maklik optel en wegdra.

"Dis vir jou 'n ideale troeteldiertjie," het Piet opgemerk toe ons die suipplek verlaat het.

T. Hewett, A. A PARKING

LOT ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON

The sun beats down. Silence reign upreme.

0 living oul can be een, just the bare pace, the battered "Parking" ign. Papers ru tie against the fence. A tumbleweed rolls along like a hedgehog, bumping and craping. It come to rest at la t, next to a guard of rubbi h bin, each wearing his hat at a rakish angle, protesting again t the heat.

Yesterday's newspaper ri es from the ground and, propelled by the never-ending breeze. staggers like a drunkard across the open quare. A har h cacophony of ound splits the tranquility as a tin rallie along the gutter. Silence eHle once more. A whirlwind scurries acros the lot like a frightened mou e. Dirty water trickle down the drain, gurgling and muttering.

The lonely parking lot i a far cry from the crowded one of the week, where but a day before were a thou and car is now only emptin . The fence hangs loo ely. supported only by a trand of wire. The attendant' green hack look even more dilapidated than u ua!. Tyre track cri ss-cross the ground forming a pattern of confu ion, ome teil a tory of disagreements. other of hurry, still more of fru tration.

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Up again t the fence tands a wreck. Ru ty brown; tattered seats; its life is over.

The doors arc jammed open permanently and shattered glas lies on the grass which has grown up around it. The ear is perched on bricks, long since having had it wheels stolen. On the bonnet i a liquor label. Two bum come round the corner. They make for the rubbish bins and then go to the car where they lie. botlle in hand. Their hats cover their eyes.

Ants trail from their ne t to the bins and back again in a never-ending stream. struggling with their loads. A cat hops onto a wall. Its fur i dull. Rib how, yet it manages to have a haughty, proud appearance as it talk over to its "guard of honour", scavenging.

For one day "peace" reign upreme; then comes a metamorpho is to the bustling noise of the city.

M. Cooke, 8A.

ONS NUWE INRY路BIOSKOOP Almal in ons distrik het uitge ien na die openingsaand van on nuwe inrybio koop.

Dit was die eer te inrybioskoop wat ons ou dorpie gekry het. Toe die groot aand uiteindelik aanbreek, het die toue motor al drie路uur in die middag gewag dat die hekke oopgemaak word. Ja, 'n outyd e nagmaal het nog nie so baie men. e gehad me. atuurlik was ons ook daar.

Toe d.ie hekke oopgaan, het ons 'n mooi plek naby die kerm gekry.

00 die meeste men e, het my moeder 'n mandjie vleis gepak omdat daar groot rooster agter die skerm was waar 'n mens braaivleis kon maak. Terwyl my vader die vleis gebraai het, het ek my jonger boetie na die speelparkie geneem, waar h en sy maats baljaar het.

Om agtuur het die rolprent begin. Dit was 'n regte "cowboy" prent. Toe die kietery 'n bietjie kwaai raak, hoor jy net dowwe gille van men e wat nik' gewoond i nie. Toe die skurk uiteindelik sterf. het die boere ommer die toeters gedruk.

On ou dorpie het die ge kenk van hulle lewe gekry, maar ek wonder wat die dominee sal s锚....

R. Bai e. 7C.

THE SILENT POOL The small party of five scouts battled through the thick undergrowth.

It was the school holidays and they had obtained permis ion from their parents to go on a hike together. "lt looks as if there is a clearing up ahead," aid Tommy Bole. "It may be the ideal place to pitch our tents."

As they reached the clearing, they were urpri ed and pleased to ee that a fairly large pool was situated on one ide of it.

"It' very silent around here," remarked Joe Armstrong, -.;ho wa leader of the group. The other members of the party con i ted of Joe' younger brother, Pete, "Buteh" Ander on and Kevin Miller.

After pitching their tents and building a afe place in which to make a fire, the changed into their swimming gear and ran to the water' edge.

"I'll see how deep the pool i ," said Joe as he dived head first into the cool water of the pool. He was Soon enveloped a he di appeared into the depths of the pool.

The other followed suit and plunged in. Being the fa te t wimmer, Butch oon overtook Joe a he was about to return to the urface for air. One and a half minute had elapsed before Butch broke the urface to meet the worried look' of the other four.

"What a pool!" he exclaimed when he had regained hi breath. "There' no bottom to it. I went down a far as I could and still did not ee any sign of the bottom," With this they climbed out, dre sed. and cooked a meal on the open fire. A the darkne s elo ed in around them, they decided to turn in.

The following morning, when they awoke, the sound of oft rain pattering on their tents reached their ear.

At fir t they did not notice tbat Pete wa ml mg.

However, when it was di covered, they panicked and thought only of ru hing back to the neare t town and getting a search party.

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"Wait." aid Joe. "Lel" not be ha ty. Thcre may be a impie explanation:' When the rain ceased. they ventured out of the tent and eparated in earch of him.

'Tve found omething,"' aid Kevin. The other crowded round him and he proudly displayed the handkerchief with the initials 路'P.A:路, which he had found. Joe confirmed lhat it was Pete's handkerchief but how it got near the edge of the pool was a my tery. uddenly an ear- plitting 'cream tilled the air. They ru hed in the direction of the ound and found Pete struggling with a hefty. un haven man. ln lhe hart truggle that followed. the boys overpowered the man and tied him up with rope which was lying in the mud nearby. lt wa then that they saw another hole much like lhe fir t.

Only the second was empty. They moved cia er and saw that metal rungs projected from the side of the haft. Making hi ~ ay lowly down the rungs, Joe, who \ as leading, came to a udden halt and called to the others to do the same.

Far below a light hone in the darknes.

After receiving a unanimous "yes" to the question whether they hould go further. Joe proceeded with the d~cent.

Upon reaching the bottom they immediately darted back up the lengthy shaft after hearing only a few words (rom a room hewn out of rock. "Those kid camping above will have to be bumped off."'

Back at ground level, Tommy was elected to go la the neare t town and call in the police. He left immediately and crashed hi path through the undergro\ tho Less than an hour later Tommy returned with four con table. who caplured the thug by ~urpri ing them a they emerged from the shaft.

Later in lhe day it wa di covered that the underground rooms were actually the headquarter of a worldwide smuggling racket and the deep pool along with the shaft wa part of an old mine. The thugs had an ingenious method of getting the mugglcd good to the headquarter without actually giving its secret away. The article placed in a waterproof. lead-lined box and then thrown into the pool. where the to the bottom and were ucked into a tube which depo ited them near the leader" Although they did not do much to catch the 'muggler, Joe and his friends were given V.J.P. treatment. After a week of luxury they rt!turned home and related their experienc to their parent", who were mo t concerned to know what had happened to them.

B. Whitley, 7 .

THE umber 1913 murmured

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BIG WALK a~ he sped by, peeling the

mall orange that in the Big Walk, were triving to reach ape Town where the ec ta y of a pint of deliciously cold milk and a comfortable chair awaited them.

The grey clouds banked up. and soon an ugly grey ma s had formed overhead.

It wa drizzling now. the type of weather that every walker dream 0(. Onc mall ooy came gliding along. hi hands winging like pi tons. All hape and ize. came panting pa t. Three army boys lramped by in their heavy boots. wearily inging a song, and I pu hed a few naartjie into their hand.

Old women, young men, old men. young girl, all came pa t in a ea of bobbing head. fat girl came teaming pa t. her face crea ed in determination.

And then the la~t of the walker receded into the di lance.

A terrible ight waited the lonely treet weeper. who wa tanding in the drizzling rain, taking in the ene with a inking heart. Onc lone figure among t all the orange peels. Orange peel, orange peel, everywhere you looked you aw orange peel . One orange ma. lowly he began his tcdiou job and ] watched him, with pity in my heart, but finally I turned my back on the mi ery of the lonely treet- weeper, and walked home with my hands tucked into my anorak pockets, and with the drizzling rain pattering on my face.

R. Yeomans, 7A.

r had pu hed into his willing hand. He. and all the other competitor

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A VISIT TO JERUSALEM Entering this historic and religious city from Tel Aviv, one is immediately able to view the awe ome buildings made solely of pink Jeru alem tone. We drove through the buzzing streets of ew Jerusalem, past the Kne et, which i the Admini tra Lion Building, and the Museum with its white dome roof to the Dama cus Gate, where we tarted our walk through the Old City.

We soon reached the Arab Market Place, which is a long winding alley with toreowner ' buildings flanking the ides. They sold everything, from the late t headgear to a pair of second-hand sandals. Twenty minute later, after tramping through the half,lit market, we reached the exit. The Western Wall ro e ahead of us and our guide led us to the three-thousand,year,old Wall of Solomon's Temple, where we saw archaeologi ts excavating, and men praying. The wall has an additional top portion, placed there about five hundred years ago, to top Arabs throwing refu e onto the praying Jew below.

Immediately behind the Wall are two famous I lam Mosques, the larger being the Mosque of Omar, which is exquisitely adorned in gold and blue. On the right, facing the Mosque of Omar, is the Mosque of Aksa. This Mo que i not a decorative as the other but has more religious significance.

The site upon whkh these Mo ques land is religious not oniy for Mohammedan but is also the most Holy of Holy sites for the Jew, Eventually we reached the Via Dolorosa which is famous because Jesu Christ walked along it nearly two thousand year ago. We passed through Dung Gate and the market place on our way to the car.

We had a quick bite at the King David Hotel and after being revitalised, we made for Vod Vashem, which is ituated upon Mt. Zion. Fir't1y, we aw a hall bearing the names of deceased persons killed by the azis in the Second World War, Further on I aw a model of a sewer and bridge in the War aw Ghetto with photographs of children being taken to the gas chamber.

Afterward we vi ited the Holy Land Hotel. This i a perfectly calcd miniature of Jerusalem at the time of the Second Temple, lt hows the Via Doloro a, the walls of the city and other important landmarks. From this point one i able to ee the Mount of Olive with the Tomb of Zechariah and Ab alom. This mount ha the famous Continental Hotel. which wa in Arab hands before the Six-Day War. 0, Yach, 6A.

THE CHILD Peter was in bed and asleep, while hi parent were di cu ing an intricate problem, "Peter i now ten, going on for eleven years. I think he should know'-' "r don't agree with you," replied Mrs. M--, who had been trying all evening to bring her hu band to reali e ... that . , . "He is too en itive, no one knows how he may react."

The fire crackled quietly a the two parents spoke, and then the room wa iIent.

The sleeping boy's father tared grimly into the fire, hi face wa et, and he stirred nil; his wife sat ilently in her chair lo t in thought. She hut her troubled eyes for a while and then her husband' voice spoke softly. "I will tell him. He often speak about his lovely home, hi friends, his dogs and how happy he i , and that he could wi h for nothing better. Leave it to me."

The following evening was warm and still. The star and moon seemed to light up the garden with a glow, a Peter and hi father walked to the tream running through their land and began to cro s the wooden footbridge to the other ideo At the middle, father and on topped, and the boy' parent turned and gazed into the moving water, Peter and he barely made out a stone lowly tumbling from oft and into the water; it then moved away ... into the night. A frog croaked, and the man began to speak.

"Son, that frog we heard, wa once in an egg laid by its mother. It hatched and grew up by itself to the adult which you have just heard croak. Jl never knew its parents but fended (or it elf."

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Just then, the frog jumped into the water and, as the stone had, it disappeared with the current.

'That frog has just gone, where the stone went. The stone was andy, but the water cleansed it. The frog and the stone are both heading for a place where we all go. ometime, and live together in eternal peace. You must forgive, as the stone wa clean ed, and go on, a the water carried it. Forgive your parents Cor deserting you; but go on in life with us, your fo ter parents, who, like the water, will carry and guide you to the eternal place." '路Dad. thanks for the peech, bUL Mom told me I was adopted thi morning."

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M. Herber/ (Ma/ric. 1966), holder ot Argus Bursary tor English Teacher, mul winner of class-medal for English I al U .C.T ~ writes /0 explain the difference between school life and 'Varsity life.

John Blankett, wben at Wynberg a few years ago, looked much like any other schoolboy - he could hardly help that, with his regulation uniform, correct width trou ers with turn-ups, toecapped shoes, sbort-back-and-sides-and-top haircut - a little neater looking than some of his fellows, perhaps, but on the whole a standard schoolboy.

John is next seen, armed with hi Senior ertificate, at the University of Cape Town.

He i somewbat changed. Grey flannels have given way to the tightest of jeans, poli hed black toecap to tattered sand hoes, his hair curls voiuminou ly around his neck, with muttonchop sidewhiskers replacing the pink cheek of the year before. He is a little scruffier路looking than ome of his Cellows, perhap , but on the whole a tandard student.

The above example, drawn from life and by no means exceptional, illustrates rather sharply the metamorpho i which tend to occur when the SChoolboy becomes the student. This cbange of outward appearance is an indication of the differences between the scbool and the univer ity. For one thing, it shows that the unjver ity, with its lais ez-faire policy, is comparatively easy-going on its members, whereas the school how' more concern in more matters in the life of everyone of its members.

All this has, of cour e, a great deal to do with the respective ize of the two in titutions: the lecturer deals with what i really an audjence of, say, two hundred faces; the teacher deals with a couple of dozen individuals. No lecturer bother to check whether John Blankett attends hi classes or not, while his old teacher made it their bu iness to check that he did attend theirs.

But there is more to it than mere phy ical ize. The whole spirit, almost the whole philo ophy behind the university is different from that of a school like Wynberg, though both are tate-aided in titutions. Lt may be thought too facile to explain thi by ome fine-sounding dictum like, "One goes to school to be taught; one goes to the university to learn", but this ort of thing doe how tbe more active r6le demanded on the part of the student for a ucce ful univer ity career. chool children tend to become passive recipient of "the gen" needed to pass the next examination hurdle.

They have to be able to memori e, certainly, but have little or no need to think, and they certainly have no need (nor yet the time nor inclination. 1 would sugge t) to do any re earch on their own, not even of the most elementary kind. The very idea of consulting any authority other tban the prescribed textbook would eem olio e in the extreme, a well as highly dangerou in a subject lik.e history.

And here one might note, a corroborative evidence, the function of the library in the univer ity a contrasted with that of the library at, say, Wynberg Boys' High. At any univer ity the library i the academic centre of the campu, of indi ptmsible importance to everyone from fre. her to profe or. What of the scbool library? As our educational authorities demand no special u e of the library as an integral part of a choo!' academic curriculum, a oppo ed. for example, to the "project method" u ed

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in many choolover eas, it i not surpn ing to find that. far from being a centre, the library is a backwater hole. True, it erves a valuable function in fulfilling the pupil' need for magaz.ines and other mainly recreational reading matter. as well a a refuge during break (and at other le s legal times). But the e. though they are indeed important, are extra-curricular benefit. The library is not inseparably integrated with chool life. It i certainly not regarded as having an important part to play in their chool career by any of its u ers or non-users, and no fortnightly "Iibrary period" i enough to make them think otherwi e.

Apart from the academic di tinction between the univer ity and the hool, one find quite a few ocial di tinctions. For one thing. the univer-ity ha a large eating and meeting place in it. Students' nion, which ha no school counterpart. and never will have unies the tuck hop is vastly enlarged 0 a to permit chairs and table. The Union. together with the adjacent Jame on step, i the social centre of the campu.

Some of what appear to be emi-permanent inhabitants of the Union, will tell you, over interminable cup of coffee (the staple beverage of tudent from ape Town to ambridge) that, although they seldom attend uch mundane thing' a lecture. they learn a great deal imply by talking and li tening to anyone they can engage in conversation. whether they discuss the late t philo ophical trend, educational reform, Harold Wil on. or the relative virtues of peneer and Milton. Too lax an attention to the more orthodox ide of their tudie, however. especially when the corollary i an overacti e social life. i apt to give students poor academic results. and i onc of the eau e of the mammoth first year failure rate.

Thi brings me back to the whole attitude to di cipline in chool and univer ity re pectively. It reflect it elf in everything we have looked at really, from the regulation eighteen-inch grey nannel at school to the liberty given la the 路tudent to decide whether to sit and talk in the un on the Jameson tep or go to his Economic Hi tory I lecture. lt i een in the poon-feeding and the elearly defined homework at chool. a contra ted with the tudent's imlividual re earch and his deci ion about the amount of work he doe- or doe not do. At chool, in other word, the di cipline i imposed" wherea at the univer ity the guiding principle i elf-discipline. On thi hinge one of the main difference between the e two corner tones of the educational trueture. and it I a ubject of end le debate whether the independent pirit in the university could or even should be introduced at chool, or alternatively. whether "tho e lay-about hippie al "Var ity" hould be given ome of the necessary chool-type di cipline.

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LlTTLEWOOD HOUSE This year, a in pre 10US year, Littlewood House ha played an important role in the life of the hool. not only in the academic and sporting pheres, but admini tratively a well. I wouid like 10 thank all the boarder who have helped (willingly or unwillingly) ~ ilh the somewhat te{1iou~ dutie that aturday mornings offer during the rugby ea on. The ballroom taff, headed by "Whitey", who 0 ably controlled the u e and di tribution of rugby bali; the cricket- hed talf. who packed the bags and allocated equipment; and all the other boarder who helped in ome way or other with the organisation of School port.

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We have been well represented in the School' extra-mural activitie and can boast no fewer than four first-fifteen players: Weilers. Hewett, Pretorius and Dunster, with Milford and Theys occasional repre entatives. "Rocky" Sleigh honoured the econd team with his pre ence a few times, and the rest of us have very ably brought up the rear.

Cricket has also played an important part in our lives - our two stars being David Pretorius and "Planky" Johnstone. Certain teams, notably the fifth, consisted mainly of boarders, and we left our mark on those wc! played against. The Schooi' fir t hockey team had Good and Stalling among their number, and the second and third teams were both well represented. The Judo Club had its hare of our "prepbunking" boarders, including Milford, We cl and T. Hewelt, all of whom fought in the Western Province Schools' Championships. Wessels emerged champion in hi weight group, and Milford and T. Hewett were elected to fight for Western Province at the South African Games. Milford had the honour to be declared champion of champions in his weight group (W.P.), and John tone came econd in his weight group (W.P.).

We have a piring tennis players, cross-country runner, soccer players, swimmers (not forgetting our regular surfing community), and the School band draw heavily on Littlewood House.

Academically speaking, we boarders are unfathomable, but we are all very much above average, and we have the odd genius with us. As an example we can add one American Field Scholar to our list oei Oettl茅. We hope that he enjoys his stay in America and we wish him the be t of Littlewood luck for the coming year. On the cultural side we have up-and路coming "actor" who played an important part in this year's theatrical production.

We have been lucky enough this year to have Littlewood House re-decorated.

Moreover, the furniture in the senior common room ha all been re路covered, and we are all very proud of our "new home".

Our in.formal Sunday night meetings beid by Jock Schoeman, Phil de Wet and Stan Jenning are of great value to us and are much appreciated, and we would like to thank them for giving up their free time, and hope that they will carry on the good work.

Thi year's Littlewood Hou e prefects: Allan Vi er (head), Roy Hewett (vicehead), Richard Weilers, eil Selby, Michiel Stalling and Charle Barton Bridge have enjoyed their duties and found it a mo t rewarding year. Our thanks go to our three housemasters and Mr. Blackbeard for their friendly upport, which made our ta k so much ca ier. To Matron. Mrs. Krau e, who has ju t joined us, and to Sister de Klerk, may we expre our thank for the attention and kindness they have shown u . Without them Littlewood House could not operate, and ick little boys would have no one to turn to. Our thanks must also go to the competent kitchen talf who so readily make our tay a pleasant one.

Thi year ha provided u with three "brand new" masters who, we know, have thoroughly enjoyed themselve. Mr. Heath remain our cornerstone and eems to have put the fear of Littiewood into Mr. Breetzke, who ba left u to marry and settle down.

We wish him and hi wife good luck for the future. We would also like to thank Mes r . Dovey and Slater for their ever-ready help and for the interest they have di _ played in u. Mr. and Mrs. Blackbeard have, a u ual, done a great deal for the boarder, both a a econd father and mother to us, and in the running of Littlewood Hou e, and we do appreciate their concern.

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JUNIOR SCHOOL NOTES STAFF ln January this year we welcomed to the taff Miss D. Pridham Jone to td.2A. Mr. Norman Hoy (a Wynberg Oid Boy) to td. 38 and Mr. R. Cooper to td. 4A. Mi s R. Maclear took over the work in Remedial Speech and Hard of Hearing. and Mi Giles ucceeded Mr . Markowitz in the peech Training lasses.

On George, memory flower

Parents' Day, 1968. we were deeply moved to rccei e from Mr . BarweIl, of a special va e of flower to be placed on the Hail piano at the concert, in of her late daughter, Mr . T. androck, who had arranged a similar va e of there a year previously.

We expres ed our great appreciation

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We hould like to congratuiate Mr. orman Hoy on hi recent marriage to M i Faith Bester. Our be t wi he to them both for a happy future together.

To the po t of enior A i tant this year, Mi P. Watter appointed, about which fact we were greatly plea ed.

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Messrs. M. K. Pretorius and K. Hutchison After all material for the 1968 School Magazine had already gone to Pres, came the news that Mr. M. K. Pretorius had been appointed to a vice-principal hip at Human dorp, and Mr. K. HUlchison to a pending vice-principalship at the John Graham Primary School at Plum lead.

0 it ha been left to thi 1969 is ue to carry the notice referring to their a ociation with W.B.J.S. It was certainly with great regret that we bade farewell to the e two teacher from OUI staff in December. 1968. though we congratulated them heartily upon their wellmerited promotions.

We now record our thank to them both for their exceedingly hard work, in the cia room and extramurally. They pared no effort on behalf of their pupil, and on behalf of the porting team they coached.

M r. Pretorius ha left an indelible impre ion on both Cricket and Rugby. He spent hour on et con truction for play, and was a superb stage manager at performances. He tarted our tuck hop. and in hi early day a re ident ma ter in the hostel, he provided much excellent week-end activity for the boarder.

He also undertook several very succes ful Under 12 Cricket tours to Biocmfontein and other centre. and on one occa ion mo t ucce fully refereed the Old Boy' Rugby match at hort notice. He wa a mo t congenial staff member and wa extremely popular with staff, pupil and parents.

Mr. Hutchison was al 0 an excellent rugby coach. and he made a name for him elf and u in the tenni elle world. When the new cience our e was recently in tituted.

Mr. Hutchison made it a subject of hi own. and wa appointed to the Departmental ub-committee for the Science our e. Ali hi activities were characteri ed by a meticulou ness of method and planning. He. too. wa a mo t congenial taff member, re peeled by taff, pupil and parent alike.

We have been delighted, during 1969, to have had regular letters from Mr. Pretoriu , who is busy building up the sport in hi new s hool, and who tran lated our 1968 operetta "Aladdin" into Afrikaan and produced it him elf in that form in Human.sdorp.

Our contact with Mr. and Mrs. Hutchi on has al 0 remained unbroken, and we have been 0 plea cd to ~ee them at choo1 functions, and in our home and their during the year. It ha meant much lo "Wynberg" to have had uch men on our ¡taff, and we thank them once again for their notable contribution to our chooi' hi tory.

GENERAL The year began with a full complement of pupil. but b July lhe school had become over-full with 550 on the roll, the larg t ever. and beyond which, with pre ent accommodation, it i impossible to go.

Major change in routine included the provi ion of free books and tationery by the Education Department and the introduction, throughout. of the new Mathematic and Science cour es.

In the first term. our new Circuit Jn peclor, Mr. G. H. Winckler, paid hi visil lo the School.

During the fir t term. we welcomed a large crowd of parents "new to the School" al an informai galherin6 when we detailed school routine and howed them lides of chool activitic .

In March, the Annual Parent v. Junior cricket and lenni elle matche were played. when parents. willingly or unwillingly, again pruved their uperiority.

At the Annual 1=0rlS in March, De Waal Hou e were the winner.

The Annual wim ming Gala brought Van Riebeeck Hou e a winner.

We should like to acknowledge three new wimming trophie . the "Ben Gould" up and the two â&#x20AC;˘. harie Miiler" up, and to expre our thank and appreciation once again to Mr. and Mr . Gould and Mr. and Mrs. Miller for their valuable gift .

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Our thanks, too, to SheU Company's Public Relations Dept. who enabled Miss Aurik to coach a group of 40 swimmers weekly - and thank to.M iss Aurik for her excellent instruction and great interest.

Many thanks also to Mrs. Nicolson for so kindly as isting with wimming instruction to the Std. I classes.

Mi s P. Watters took over the organisation of tennisette this year from Mr. Hutchison, and is to be congratulated on a lively and successful ea on. ]n the realm of Cricket, the Under l2A remained unbeaten in the first term. Boys had the advantage of special coaching by Mr. A. Oakman and Mr. Taylor.

The Under l2B Rugby Team was the mo tucces ful team this year and eventually won the trophy recently pre ented by Mr. Sam Katz.

The Under 10 Rugby Tournament on August 30th was a very worthy innovation, and the even schools which participated had an interesting serie of hort matche.

Our thanks to .Mr. F. Smith for his excellent organisation, and to parents who provided and served the refreshments afterward.

As part of Primary School ricket Trials to elect a Western Province team, an invitation team played against Clifton Prep. School from Durban. We were honoured by the choice of Anthony Vann a captain, and Kevin Morris a one of the team.

The 15th Annual Hour of Mu ic by the School Orchestra, Soloists, Junior Choir and Recorder Concert took place in August. Details appear el ewhere in this magazine.

Jn August, too, a group of Standard Two and Threes attended the Theatre for Youth's production of "Oid Cape Scenes".

At the Annual Reading Competition in Engli h and Afrikaans in eptember, our adjudicators were Mi A. Seeliger (English) and Mi S. Goldblatt (Afrikaans). We should once again like to offer our thank to them, a well as our great appreciation.

Our congratulations to Owen Roger and Louis Goldstein for obtaining Honour in their piano exams, and to Miss Liefman, their teacher.

To Mr . E. Jennings and the Choir, go hearty congratulations for their Ei teddfod ucce es, in which they won four cup.

We have, a u ual, supported the Cape Penin uia School Feeding A sociation, ivilian Blind, and sent clothing, toys and food to the Child Life Protection Society, "Carol by Candlelight" and "Care for the Aged". Many thanks to all parents who made this possible.

Our half-yearly performances to parent路 by piano, violin, 'cello and recorder pupils took place in the As embly Room in June and December.

On the final chool day of 196 , the School held its final assembly under the trees when book award and trophies were handed to uccessful pupils.

The following boys won special awards in December, 1968: 1.

RAVETE NISEITE CUP (Singles): M. Venter.

2. PACHTERTE ISETTECuP (Doubles): M. Venter and A. Hendrikse.

3. CRICK.ETBn: A. Valw.

4. TE NIS RACQUET: M. Ven/er.

5. CRICKETCAPS: A. Van", T. Cfeery, K. Morris.

6. ATHLETiCS: FRIEDLANDERCup: G. Cawood. BA KIN UP: M. Cawood.

7. FRIEDLA DER HOUSE SHIELD: Van Riebeeck.

8. SPEAR ENGLISHREADrNGCUP: P. Williams (Sub A).

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II. DAVIDO\ ITZ E 'GLI H A\>VARD: D. Chait, S. Behr.

12. FEITELSO AWARD: D. Vice, G. Breit.

13. AM KATZ RUGBY CuP: Under t2A.

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JUNIOR SCHOOL CONTRIBUTIONS FREE WRITING FROM SUB. A1 A tori of the men gowin two the moon. The apollo 11 bllastded of on Wensday and the eagull went to the moon and to a tronotorats .. ckorlld n arm troog and e alldrin the got ourt. bi four they got awt lhey checkt awll. they got sum roock of the moon and oyll of the moon they are coming down two us and last nit the rocket plashd down.

Andrew Simp on, Sub. Al. I had the prutist little hip with sayls as wiytc as now. I went down to the river sid to sal it to and frow but oh a puff of wind came bye and took my hip a way.

I wunda if its ailing now a pan the wid blow ea.

Zalmen AUas, Sub. AI. (From the poem "My Little hip.)

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I help my Mommy with the wo hyn and with the goddn and T help her with the and he lets me and I wunt toa.

Hartley Pieter e, Sub. AI.

My pUpl Ips in my bedroom and I fid Ilim efi monin and thn I let him haf a play and thn I go. I luf my little puppy. Wen I go to cool my i ter and I ay good bye to my puppy I put him in the yard andtil I cum home from cool.

Clifford Hopkins, Sub. Al.

SUB.A2 TEACHER'S INTRODUCTION tories in the Kindergarten take the form of "free writing". Thi means that the children spell according to the way they sound the word. Thi. of cour e. lead to many strange and amu ing peiling mistake.

For example, a Sub. A child will often peil "make" mAk, u ing a capital letter to give the a ound.

A. Coop.

FROGS AND TADPOLES 1 am a tadpole

hoo ar you I am a frog. o my mother is a frog and she i out of the water.

J. Fick.

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THE ASTRONAUTS the astronauts are redy too go one two go boom J went too ce it it mayd a very lowd boom the astronauts are oL W. Derman, ub. A2.

AT SCHOOL I come to chool bie a car wen we gel to line and zen we come in to chool and first we and zen we do ow writing and zen we doowow we play very nisc gaem and zen the bell wil chool and we doow urn mor writing and i practs and zen we go hom.

school we line up we hav a very Ion ay ow pers and we go on to the mat Math and zen we hav ow brac and rin and \i e wil haf to go in to ow like writing 3nd zen we hav concert B. Ty on,

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SUB. B1 SPACE 5 4 3 2 bla t 0[. Apollo Jl is on its way. The pace men were peeding pa I the stars. Ifs on its way to the moon and I'm in it. ow l"m ready to land on the moon, now the rocket i on the moon. We are now getting out and will collect some moon du t, C. Merrington, Sub, BI.

THE OLD COUPLE Once upon a lime there lived a man and hi wife, they were very poor and the lived in an old hou e, They wished they had a child, Then one day a child was born and they were very glad and they all lived happily ever after.

G, Durrans, ub. BI.

COWBOYS One day ome cowboy went in a wagon and they met ome Indians and they started to fight. The cowboys won the fight and when they gOI home they saw that their rriend had arrived and they had a party. . Sander, Sub. 1.

COWBOYS ome cowboys lived in America. They had trong hor e and they used to fight again t the Indian.

As the cowboys took the cattle some 1ndian sprang out from behind a bu h and killed the cowboy.

C. A hman. ub. Bl.

SUB. B2 THE GREEN ELF Once upon a time there lived a poor little man and his wife. One day the little man aid that he mu t go to the woods for food 0 the next day the Little man et oII for the woods. Then uddenl ju t in front of him stood a little green elf. The elf gave the man a cloth and the little man aid "Why did you give me that little cloth?" and the little green elf said "Becau e it can wi h you thmgs:' and the little man lived happily ever after. p, William, ub. B2.

THE APOLLO II The Apollo IJ landed on the moon and Armstrong wa fir't to walk on tbe moon and Edwin Aldrin was econd to walk on the moon, eli Armstrong and Edwin A Idrin put the American Flag there and the a tronauts left in truments on the moon and cameras.

Then they went to lhe Eagle and they went to leep and when they had had a good leep the Eagle bla ted off and they docked with the command module and they came to earth and the President of America was waiting on the warship and the helicopter put lhem on the war hip.

M, Hill, ub, B2,

ON THE MOON When the Eagle landed on the Moon Neil Arm trong wa the first lo walk on the Moon then Edwin Aldrin wa the econd to walk on the Moon. The Ru ian landing craft had a crash. When the agIe took off they took ome oil back from the Moon and they left a flag, Keith umming, ub, B2,

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STANDARD 1A THE MAGIC CARPET Many year ago there lived a king. This king had ruled over the city for many year now knowing that it wa near hi death day. He caUed his three ons and they came as be had commanded. They a ked him why he wanted them. The king gave a little mile then said: "You know that it is near tbe day that I am to die:' They answered, "Yes, our fatber and it g.rieves us mucb". Then the King said witb a sigh, "To my elde t 1 will give the casUe and to you (he said. to the econd one) I will give you tbe jewels". Then he aid to the youngest that be may have half of the gold and that the other half must be used to build tbe King's grave. Then saying tbat, he died and great was tbe grief of tbat city. Now the first son was just the same. Now the youngest was gentle and loved the animals and people very much. lt happened one day that lhe eldest wanted to be the king. The people aid ye becau e he is the eldest and he must be king. So the eldest brother was crowned. ow there was an old man in anotber city wbo had a Magic Carpet. Tbe new king went to try h.i luck. Tbe old man was very wise and as he saw the eldest brother coming be ran out to meet him. The king jumped off his borse and asked if be could have the Magic Carpet. Tbe wi e man laughed and said, "You think I would let you have the Carpet (or nothing?" The king knew he would not get the Carpet. So he said, "How much do you want for it?" The wise man thought, then he said, "A hundred thou and gold pieces". The king tbought, then he aid, "Alright," thinking of the youngest brother. So be went back and stole the youngest brother's money.

Tben off went the wicked king to the old wi e man. The wi e man knew that the wicked king bad slolen the money. Now the wi e man knew magic, so he put some magic in the Carpet 0 thal it would go to tbe right man. So when Ihe king bad taken the carpet and was full of joy because be had al Last got the Magic Carpet, his youngest brotber wa - meanwhile weeping in his hou e because he had lo t all his money.

Suddenly a carpet appeared at his feet. ow thi had happened from tbe wise man's Magic. Tbe young prince oon brightened up when he found oul that it was a Magic Carpet. Now as tbe wicked king rode along be ordered a servant to get him the carpet. When the ervant brought him the carpet, he commanded tbe Carpet to make them move faster. But what a urpri e he got when he found out that he did not go faster. You ee the wi e man bad put the magic tbat as soon a he commanded for something or for anything, it did not happen. When the wicked king got bome be was in such a rage that he tbrew hi gold cup and his hoe at the people. Then one day while the king wa having a troll up on a cliff, he fell down and that was the end of that king.

One day the younge t prince commanded the Magic Carpel in bi gentle voice that he would like to go to the land of witches.

0 of[ went the brother to the land of witches. Wben he got there he put the Carpet under his arm. Tbere be met the fir t witch he had ever seen. She wa very ugly and had very sbarp nail and also had tangled hair. He went to rescue a little fairy who bad been caught by the ugliest witch in the land. When he had rescued the Little fairy by the help of the Magic Carpet, he returned home, a very rich and bealthy man.

P. Ashman,

LA.

THE NIGHT I WAS LOST IN THE FOREST The Rus ian government bad become jealou of the outh African one. So one day they decided to have a war. I had to drive an aeroplane and there was another driver to help me. Until the war had tarted my pal and 1 had to go tearing along in truck to get ammunition. The queer thing about it was that we had to cro s a very dark forest.

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Tt was raining and just as we got to the middle of the fore t J nearly fainted.

We had been blown down by the wind and thunder! Suddenly we cra hed. My poor friend had died. He was such a good frieod. Now wbat was I going to do? I bad no olher person to help me. lt was getting colder and colder. J nearly froze to death that night. The army had found oul what happened. I thought it was too late for me to be aved. It was thundering and lightning. Then ome army men came to fetch me.

And r aw my dear old mom and dad again and told them all my adventures.

R. Davies, lA. ROBBERS I wa walking home from school one day when uddenly ... bang, crash, bang ... a car hot traight past me and nearly knocked me down. J looked at the man and this i what 1 aw: A man dres ed in black with a black carf acro s his moulh. As I was only five years old I did not know that the man wa a robber. I quickly ran home and told my mother. he aid it sounded like a robber, but a I wa only five she did not believe me. Four years pa ed and for my ninth birthday I got a bicycle. lt was in the holiday one day and 1 wa standing outside with my bicycle when T saw the man with the black carf in a car. Luckily my bike wa licen ed. I hopped on my bike and followed him. It was very, very exciting. We went through bumpy lanes and andy roads. At la t we arrived at omething which seemed to be a hou e for robbers! I then turned back and pa sed the sandy roads and bumpy lanes and went home. r went again and again la the robber's hou e and then ... I went for the fifth time. This time I went into the hou e. I looked in every room. In one room I found the box. Inside wa treasure. [ raced home. Next morniog my name was in the new paper. What a lovely ending to a mystery.

P. Malbin, lA.

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A SURPRISE I was walking home (rom school one day when uddenl a man pulled a gun on me. I was 0 hocked that T nearly jumped out of my kin. [ tayed stilJ. The man tarted to walk toward me. When he wa near enough, I dived at hi leg. I craped my knees, but I managed to get him down. I held him. I earched his pockets.

1 found a mall box. lopened it. I found a couple of uncut diamonds.. I found a length of rope in his other pocket. 1 used it to tie him up. r didn't tie his legs. I picked up his gun and told him to get up. When he did, I marched him off to the police station. When we got there, the ergeanl aid that he wa a victim that had escaped from a lunatic asylum and they bad nol been able to find his hide-out. They gave me a reward of R200 and then drove me home. The man was enteneed to 30 years in prison.

J. Green, IB. THE MAGIC CARPET One day I was unbathing al Muizenberg beach when suddenly a big carpet came flying over and J called to it. Luckily there was a man on the carpel and he aid, 路'Zoom. Zam top!" and the carpet flew down 10 the ground. I aid to the man, "Where arc you going?" He aid, "1 am going to swect land," So I aid." May I come with ou?" and he aid, "Ye , you may. Jump on." We went ailing through lhe air and it was nice. J saw all the sweets. The trees were made of yum yum pancakes. The branches were of chocolate and I ate and I ate until I could eat no more. We went back to my house and the man flew away and I went to leep in forty wink.

N. Kamp, IB.

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A CLAY FIGHT Once my friends and I went to the river. We were playing on the clay. Then some boys came. They had some rope. One boy climbed a tree. He made a swing.

Then he swung acro s the river and they got ome clay.

They began to throw clay and one boy aid "00 you want to have clay fights?"

We aid "Yes," so I got some clay. One boy got a stick. He put some clay on the tick and threw the clay 0 bard that il hit me in the face.

G. Couzens, IB. STANDARD

2A

TABLE BAY I arrive at the harbour. The warehouses are gruesome and black·looking. ] ce grim tanker.

There are some melly fi hing boats. The cranes look like ladders floating in tbc blue ky. The sailors are dres ed in black and white uniforms. The water is oily and slimy and stagnant. Tbe rope are glued to the quay. The train are clanging together with force. Tn the harbour yard there are rotted car and steel and metal. The eagull are weeping free above the slimy ea.

C. Morri, 2A. MOON VENTURE Tbe rocket is just pulling out of the earth's atmosphere. In space it is dark and eerie. A tbey near the moon the more ten e the astronauts get. They are oon hovering over the moon. ''Time to land," said the commander.

They landed and explored. The moon wa dry and the air was stale, Suddenly the commander began to ink. A tronaut Glen managed to pull him out of the inking and. They ran to the spacecraft and clambered up the stairs, They landed in the roaring ocean and a hip came to pick up the courageou astronauts.

P. Greenberg, 2A. DRIE BROERS Eendag ê een van die broers, "Ek gaan na die bos, ek wil 'n boom af kap," sy vader sê, "la". Hy gaan na die bo. 'n Ou man ê, "Gee vir my 'n tukkie brood a eblief'·. Die broer sê, "Ek wil nie 'n stukkie vir jou gee nie". Die tweede broer ê, "Kan ek as eblief na die bo gaan?" Sy vader sê, "Ja". Hy gaan na die bos, 'n Ou man sê, "Gee vir my 'n tukkie brood a eblief', Die broer sê, "Nee, ek wil nie vir jou 'n tukk.ie brood gee nie". Die derde broer sê, "Kan ek na die bos gaan?" Sy vader sê, "Ja", Hy gaan na die bos en die ou man ê, "Gee vir my 'n tukkie brood."

Die broer sê, "Ja, jy kan 'n stukkie brood hê", Die ou man ê, "Daar i' 'n boom, en onder die boom i 'n verba ing vir jou". Hy kap die boom af en daar sien hy 'n goue kuiken.

E. Yudelman, 2A. STANDARD

2B

THE SLY FOX There was a sly fox, And sly was he.

He lived in a box Under a tree, He caught chickens and hens Out of farmyard pens, But, alas! One day he was caught, And a good lesson he was taught.

In a trap he died.

And nObody cried.

G. Brown, 2B.

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I am a boot and I once belonged to a oldier. I wa hiny from being wellpoli hed every day. Then one day the oldier went aboard a hip to go and ee his wife and children in another country. But half-\ ay there a torm arose and suddenly there wa' a tremendou era h and the ship collided with some sharp rocks. The hip 'ank and the oldier wa drowned. I floated in the sea for ix days and then a trong current came and w;u:hed me a hore.

I wa very lonelyon the beach until a tramp came along. He picked me up and looked lO ee if I was till in good condition. He put me on and hobbled through a wood until he reached hi hut. I lived with my new owner for three year. Then one day he threw me in a meadow. ow I was really lonely. T lay there for many day.

One morning I head 路tweet-twee!'. l aw two robins. They circled above me and flew away. They came back. with bits of gra s in their beaks. Soon the nest was built and the mother robin laid three egg. A few weeks laler the baby birds hatched out. The mother looked after them until they were big and trong and then the day came when they flew away for the la t time. r was very ad.

I lay in the field for many month.

One day the I.:ouncil men came to clear the meadow to build hou e and flat. They picked me up and threw me into a lorry with the other rubbi h. They are burning me now, and oon J hall ju t be a heap of a he .

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Ten thousand men stood still and tense, In a cloud of smoke both thick and dense.

As the rocket took off on a tail of fire, They watched it plummeting higher and higher.

Through the atmosphere they hurtled fast, To be free of earth's gravity now at last.

In the black of space their goal shona bright, Like a truly tremendous ball of white.

The moon drew nearer - were their fears true?

Was the moon Quicksand, or sticky like glue?

Would there be monslers, or little green men?

Perhaps they might never get home again!

They bid Collins farewell as nearer they swept, And with a last wave, into Eagle they crept.

Mike pressed a button - the rocket ships parted, Like a meteor, down to the moon they darted.

They gazed in wonder at a sandy waste Which was not very much to the earthman's taste.

There were craters biting into the moon, Each one shaped like a giant spoon.

And then they stared back at the beautiful Earth, Where every human has his birth.

And they thought of their firesides, warm and inviting, While the frost outside was cold and biting.

And of how they would bring their continent glory, With the opening up of a new space story.

D. Heymann, 28.

A VISIT TO THE CIRCUS "Ladie~ and gentlemen, here we have The greatest how on earth.

The acrobats arc hair-rai ing.

With our clown you'll die of mirth.

Our elephant will do a dance, Our poodles jump through hoops, Our brighlest banner are unfurled.

For wc're the be! I clrcu in the world! ,.

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The ringmaster bowed and walked off. I looked at the programme.

Itread: First act. hor es and bareback rider.

Then in came the pure white hor e. their purple and gold plume waving. and began trotting teadily around the ring. A each horse pa ed the actor' entrance, a rider, man or woman. leaped up onto its back.

The hor cs went on trotting. Then the rider threw omer'aults, stood on their heads, walked on their hands and did cartwheel.

Of cour e, the women moved more gracefully than the men. The hor e moved most gracefully of all. When their rider" aid â&#x20AC;˘. p' they ro e on their hind leg. After balancing like that. their front leg de!>cended and after the rider had bowed and curtsied, they trotted out of the ring.

Then came the acrobat and trapeze arti t . It wa a very exciting act. ext came the lion who did their act very haughtily, narling all the time. The final act wa the clown who made everyone laugh. I really enjoyed my vi~it to the circu .

D. Heymann. 28.

STANDARD

3A

A THUNDERSTORM People hurried for their wa hing and other for umbrella and raincoats as the thunder truck up a merry tune. The clouds which were cattered acros the k were waltzing to and fo.

Tben the rain began to fall in torrents and telephone pole wa ed in a most dangerou manner. People ran for helter a the rain just poured and poured.

Gutters could not hold all the water a. it gushed and gurgled. oon lightning appeared, hooting acros the ky. hildren ran to window in awe. uddenly the thunder died down and the lightning di appeared. People came out a the louds thinned awa .

G. Leih, 3A. MY HOLIDAY It was the beginning of the holidays and we were enjoying a holiday in the Kruger ational Park. While going on a tour lhe fir t day, we saw a rhino charge, a chimpanzee. and a pride of lion I ing leepily in the shade of a willow tree with the carcase of a zebra in front of them.

In the evening we climbed lo lhe top of a tree to . ee the animal- come to the waterhole. They came a few at a time until they were all there. My father pointed to the gras. About fifly yard away wa a leopard stalking up to a zebra. He was about ten yard away when he pounced. The re t of the herd cattered in all direction. while the huge yellow cat devoured its kill. There were many other e citing e ents, but I think that wa the best of all. . Olivier, 3A. MOON MISSION The astronauts have gone to the Moon.

And they' II be walking on Mars quite soon.

We salute these famous three, Whose names will appear in history.

STANDARD

3B

ONCE BITTEN, TWICE SHY Ever sin e 1 wa a very young boy, my parent warned me not to go to the bottom of our garden.

One day curio ity overcame me. 1 tood up from the log on which T wa itting and walked carefully down the old path leading to the bottom of the garden. It \\a

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overgrown with weeds and gra . ] wa thinking about Rover, my father's dog, who was nowhere to be seen that day. when to my utmo t horror and disbelief, a trapdoor opened up underneath me. I fell for what seemed to me to be twenty feet. Luckily I landed on some oft mo s. To my great joy, Rover was there too, unhurt.

I took Rover by the collar and pulled him along with me. We followed a long passage that led us to a kind of cavern. We looked around and came upon a chest.

The chest looked old and the bras shone in the light of my little pocket torch. I heaved open the chest and suddenly I felt faint, for there in front of me was the most fascinating treasure. There were brooche , rubies, necklaces. cups. coins. parchment, gold nuggets. pearls, sword, shields and a mall crown :tudded with diamonds. r hurried on to another part of the cavern. There we found the skeleton of a lion or some other big cat. I touched a bone and almost turned green when a mechanical hand grabbed us by the scruff of our necks and threw u into the air. We landed in our back garden, and without topping to think, I ran into the house.

L wa running down the passage when my father caught me and a ked me why L was running. I sat down on the couch and related my story to him, but he said that 1 had been daydreaming.

Neverthele s, I shall never go to the bottom of our garden again and never ever will you find me disobeying my parent again.

T. Ea twood, 3H. THE MAGIC BOOK There is only one real witch left. She is very old. with little round gla e which balance on the end of her no e. Her name i Brumble. ow Brumble wanted to frighten all the people out of the little village, Tantoo.

There was a girl in Tantoo who could also do magic, and her name i Carol. uddenJy Brumble thought of a way to frighten all the people out of Tantoo. he waddled along to fetch her speIl book. When she had found it he turned right to the back of the book. Du t came out from all side of the book when he turned its yeIlow pages. When he had found the place, she chanted, hA bit of tring and a bit of cork, all the animals in Tantoo now hall talk."

Back in the village people were getting the biggest frights of their live. When Mr. Brown asked his canary to sing a ong, it aid." ing one your elf". All the animal in the village were being rude and talking to their ownc:r . arol' ears were ringing, and that was a ure sign that Brumble wa at work. he tarted running to the cave where Brumble lived. On the way he met Mr. Higgin. "What are you doing in that bucket?" "Bes ie my cow kicked me out here and her the quiete t cow in all Ireland." Carol aid how orry she was and ran on.

When he came to the cave she picked up a few little pebble.

Then he went in ide the cave. Brumble was itting there asleep. Carol went to fetch a can from the back of Brumble' cave. he dropped the tone in the water and tirred the water until it was boiling. Then he began to cast a spell. The peIl was that all the people would forget that their animal could talk. arol walked lowly back to the village.

O. Roger.

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LOST IN A CAVE Tim wa a very clever twelve-year-oid boy. Tim wa trong, with a medium build.

It wa one riday evening during the holiday when he and hi brother Tom decided to go climbmg. Tom wa ten year old and wa also very clever, but of a lighter build. They were to go up Table Mountain. They packed their haversack with lunch, con isting of andwiche, ham, and a big bottle of cold drink. Tim carried a coil of trong rope and Tom took a safety kit, in ca e they fell or hurt them elve~.

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ix o'clock the next morning they set off. Tim in the lead. When they started they each tied an end of the rope round their tomach . At ten 0 'clock they were near the top of the mountain. When they reached the top they found a uitable pot beside a tream. which wa four to fi e feet wide. They had some lunch and left their haver· acks in a safe place. Then they went exploring. While they were exploring they found a big entrance to a cave. Then uddenly it tarted raining and they ran to fetch their haver ack . They planned to seek shelter in the cave. When they returned they went to look around the cave. They aw a tunnel leading off from the main cave. and went down it. It wa' like a loping pa age. At the end wa a fork. They took the righthand fork. In the cnd they had gone through 0 many fork. they could not find their way back. They realized they were lost. They tried to find their way out for t\ 0 hours.

In the end the decided to find a place and .Ieep. for it was getting dark. At five o'clock they were awoken by a re ue party \! ho had left a trail of chalk. After that Tim and Tommy till went climbing. but they ne er went in trange caves.

A.

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THE STORM lt wa ghostly quiet in the fore t, where I wa walking with my dog. ot a sound could be heard, not even the 'weet chirping of the bird. I had walked about ten yards when I felt a breeze. and noticed the gra and the tree waying from ide to ideo A blinding na h of lightning followed by a deafening cra h of thunder cau.ed my dog and me to run for heiter. Great piece. of hail tone came tumbling and rollmg down from the sky. nfortunately a harp piece of hail hit the ide of my dog, and ripped it open.

For ten minute it wa howling in pain. I wa hed it with ome water, then put a piece of gauze on it. or two hour. we had been lying under the rock. My dog wa very re tIe . and I wa beginning to think that omething wa '\orrying him. uddenly I saw a nake. I drew my knife from my heath. I wa' ju t about to throw it, when a fta h of lightning struck a tree nearby and it fell on the mamba.

In tantiy it di appeared.

I decided to proceed to my home becau e my dog was frightened. It took us half an hour to reach our plot. After a few month my dog was healed and could lie on Ihe wounded ideo I. Stewart, 4A.

STANDARD 48 THE NIGHT RAIDERS The train thundered onward, breaking the 'ilence of the moonlit night. The long ~hadow <;tretched qUivering on the plain as the train wept by. Jn hi dimly-lit compartment. a man peered nervously out of the window.

He wa a red-bearded foreigner and" a the a complice of a gang of raider. The gang had planned to raid a pa enger train becau e of a priceles cargo it carried.

They planned that the accomplice would pull the ripcord and Ule raider would ru h the train. The robbery wa to be carried out at midnight.

Midnight came and there wa a screech of brake as the train huddered to a hall.

There were cream and hout from the pas engers. uddenly ma hine-gun hots ~hattered the silent night and the foreigner kne~ it was time to clear out. When he leapt into Ihe cold night he saw ilhouette ru hing to the neighbOUring fore t. A the di appeared into the gloomy forest, the hrill shriek of a police van filled he air.

The raider grabbed a much goods as they could carry and ru hed through the eerte forest. They ame upon an old de rted 'hack, half hidden by undergrowth. hey ru hed mto it and prepared for a baule. About a quarter of an hour later they saw .llhouettes of policemen dashing through the fore t. uddenly the police captain caught <;Ïght of omething 'parkltng in the moonlight. He lold the other and they

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rushed to the old dilapidated hut. They looked round the hut and found nothing.

The caplain decided that he must have been eeing thing and they raced off into the fore I. After waiting five minute the gang crept silently toward.> the railway track.

When they caught ight of the police van the moved outhwards along the tracK. After they had travelled for many hour they saw a de erted railway junction in the distance. When they reached it. the leader mounted the tair and opened the door.

It creaked open and he peered in ideo and there on a bunk lay their accomplice. The leader alled the other and they put the stolen good' in lhe cobwebbed room. They radioed wme friends in Ala ka and a~ked If they would come and fetch them and the good.

Two day later they could ee a mere peck of an aeroplane on the horizon. Later they heard the drone of the engine a it came nearer. lt landed moothly and lid to a halt. 1 hey greeted one another and quickly packed the tolen goods in the luggage section. They took off smoothly and glided outhward~. their mission completed.

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THE STORM The scene i a mal1 farm on the Eastern Highveld. The farm i peaceful. but in the we t there i a udden clap of thunder and the quiet i di turbed by a threatening treak of lightning. wild wind roll the cloud across the ky. [orming a dark thick blanket of never-ending darkne. uddcnly it ~tart to rain and all themal1 animal . eck . helter in the clump of bu hes.

The ~ ind and lightning plit many tree and they come cra hing to the ground.

The sand and leave bounce along the track leading to the house. Many shutter are blown elo ed and now and then the ky turn a pale white and revcai part of the black ominou mountains behind the habby house. The gutter carry a ful1 torrent of water and the water gu hes out, almo t flooding themal1 courtyard. A creeper i wept off the wall and the wind knock it about mockingly. A dog bark at the clap of thunder and run 10 'ide the hou e.

There i a break in the dark ma . and a wel ome raining. and the lightning and thunder cea e . The sky i run oul ideo barking at the now happy bird. The wah:r of the gutter and it is no\ relieved. In the biue heaven' of different colour. and once more everything return to

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un show it face. lt top' no\\ clear and the little dog has now !>lopped pouring out there i' een a beautiful arch normal.

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SA VACATION

ummer holiday my father came home with the exciting new that he had pecial leave and ould. therefore. like to lake u on a three-week trip.

There wa great excitement a the family rushed about electing to play. clothing Ullable to wear at the different tO\ ns and place we photographic equipment for photographing cenery. hi torical building fter an e citing evening and thrilling dream. I awoke to the touch hand on my houlder.

toys with which were to visit and and monument.. of my mother'

1lle un' rays appearing over the horizon ent an opaque firework display of gold. ilver. purple. and a fountain of yel10w gliding through the air. lighting the till drow y earth inlo a plendour of golden je\ el . A we eloff towards lhe airport my father e plained our itinerary. Fir t we were to fly to Johanne burg where we would 'lpend a week of our trip with my i ter, and then travel by train to Durban where we intended to tay in a hotel for the econd week of our holiday.

From Durban we re er cd seats to ape Town aboard the". aa誰'. The car lowed. and I a\.\oke lo

realise that our holiday wa only tarting. and we were at the airport waiting to board the aeroplane for the Tran vaal.

Arriving at tbc airport. our luggage was taken by two porter to the scale. where it wa weighed and tacked with the other luggage for our aeroplane. While enjoying our tea, a voice came over the intercom drawing our attention to the fact that our aeroplane wa to depart, and 0 we tarted to make our way to the aircraft.

The jets revved, and lowly the great bird lid forward and within second hot forward into the wide expan e above the earth' urface. The intercom crackled and the voice of the air ho tes announced that Jan muts airport lay beneath us.

We were met at the airport by my i ter. with whom we spent a lazy week of our holiday in Durban. The train journey la~ted one day, and from Durban tation we hired a taxi to a hotel on the eafronL where we had a fine panoramic view of Durban and the sea. After a week of bathing and game in the un, we took our .eat on the ... A. aal" and prepared for our relurn voyage to ape Town. Our holiday had come to an end, but our thoughts were centred upon our vacation.

B. Hack, 5A.

ASSIGNMENT MOON About a month ago, two a tronauts achieved world history by being lhe fir t human ever to land on the moon.

The co t of this fantastic operation amounted to million of rand. Thousand of people worked for year to make thi epic flight a reality. Many people do not real i e the amount of work that wa carried out for this operation. Scientists. workmen and space research men worked virtually twenty-four hour a day to send three men to the moon.

The three men cho en for the moon flight had to be one hundred percent fil.

Soecial uits were made to ,hield theIr bodies from pace infection. The two men who were to land on the moon, 'Buz' Aldnn and eil Arm trong. wore uits to protect them from 2()()O F of caring heat from the un during the da . and 2()()OF below freezing point at night. Michael ollin would be the loneliest man in pace. He would circle the moon while hi colleague walked on it. On collecting amples of rock. the moonmen would leave twenty-eight million rand of eqwpment on this ea of tranquility. They would board the 'hip (the lunar a cent module) and later dock with the mother craft which would carr them ba k to earth.

The huge Saturn V rocket in ented b the brilliant German cientist, Wernher von Braun, weighed hundred.~ of tons. Thi mas ive tructure carried three American to the moon. dream that began eleven year ago had at last become a reality.

A. Burman, 5 .

STANDARD 58 THE UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENT It wa a warm ummer's da in witzerland when my companions and I tarted up the -lopes of a high mountaIn. The previou day we had to go on a climbing expedItIon, and now it had begun.

Il went well until after we had lunched on a few large rock. The weather wa., deteriorating rapidly.

All at once we heard a clap of thunder and the rain came down In torrents. We decided to descend the mountain a quickly as po ible. because our clothe were drenched and our bodJe were oaked to the kin. In our hasIe, Johnn}. who wa a das mate of mme, lIpped on a wet rock and fell down a twent -foot cliff. lowly bul urely we climbed down the cliff over whIch he had fallen. V hen we reached the bottom of the cliff we could not ee at all becau e of the darkn and the mi t that the torm had brought about. Only the con tant moaning of Johnny told u where he

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uddenly 1 tripped over

omeone.

lt wa

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We had found him at

That night we did all we could to keep him warm and comfortable.

It wa a terrible night. and the wind was ho\ ling above u. Luckily the clifT face erved a a helter for us. Eventually the mist cleared and the rain cea ed. It was morning. and we set about constructing a trctcher for Johnny, who had a broken leg. Al last we reached home. and our patient wa< ent to ho pital. Thi i a mountain climb I hall never forget.

M. Morris. SB. THE EERIE FOREST The hunter tarted! omething wa following him. He quickened hi pace and darted among the tree. He topped again. The ound wa nearer. Ha til he ear hed for 'ome mean of escape, but he earched in vain. for urrounding him wa a ol id wall of greenery. and the trees eemed almo t to taunt him. He ran forward. weat pouring down hi face. He wanted to cry out. but no. that would ha ten hi end. The animal was clo e now.

But what wa that ahead? He looked. and where the tunnel ended, a horrible ight met his eyes. Jn front of him lay a wall of creeper.

He looked at the eemingly impenetrable ma . He prang forward. ripping. tearing, truggling. He could hear the animal. very near now, cra hing behind him. Eventually. hi hands raw from hj ordeal, he leapt through the gap. What peril lay ahead? The animal might have traver cd the wall and be waiting for him in the eerie twilight.

He stalked ound clo e by the hut. Would dragged himself

cautiou ly forward. peering. had reached hi ear. He ran he reach it? The di tance elo in, and fell exhau ted to the

ever peering. 8ut what wa that? A forward. and there in a clearing he aw ed. and at la t he pu'hed open the door.

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SCHOOL

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Under the dedicated guidance of David Read the library has provided a haven and a wide range of reading for the literate. However, only a mall proportion of tho e who entcr the library go beyond the magazine di play t varied and attractive, it mu t be admitted) to the open helve. This i a great pity. There i cxcellent reading matter in the library, both fiction and non-fiction. and a ufficient flow of the late 1 publications - in attractive dust jacket - to entice a wider circle of reader.

The tory of the library over the pa. t two ear i largelyon account of Head Librarian David Read' enorm ou effort. Furniture and helve were re-arranged. fresh ections and das. ification arranged, helpful tencilled guide to ection pinned on helv . a y tem of book re er ation introduced ... and alway the enthu ia m and zeal that in pired hj fellow librarian.

Mr. Fourie, too, did a great deal of work in the Afrikaan section o( the library during the year, and was often to be found bus at cia ification or labelling till late in the afternoon.

If the chool i fortunate thi may the la t tribute paid to ma ter or pupil for ser ice in the hbrary. A new post ha become avatlable: that of Teacher-Librarian. and the incumbent will pend three-quarter of the chool day in the library. What i more he, or he, \\ ill have a profe ional qualification in librarian hip.

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HOUSE

Housemasters: Mr. Blom, Mr. Orchison, Mr. Breetzke, Mr. Thorn.

House Captains: N. Woodin.

Secretary: P. Anderton.

Committee: A. Vi er, R. Hewett, D. van Gysen, R. Gluckman, S. Damain-Harris.

Once again Van Riebeeck has come through the year very creditably. The enthuiasm generated by M r. Blom and his team, and the committee, has carried Van Riebeeck to the fore. Our thanks go to them. We regret the loss of Mr. 00 thuizen, but know that he till maintain a keen interest in Yan Riebeeck affair.

RUGBY: The following Van Riebeeck boy repre ented the Ist XV this year: E. Rijkers (loek), I. Brownlie (prop), S. Currie (flank), R. Hewitt (prop) and R. Gluckman (wing).

Congratulations to E. Rijker ('Moose') on repre enting Western Province in the Craven Week, held in Pietermaritzburg.

As expected, Van Riebeeck won the inter-hou e rugby competition by a clear three points from De Waal. Congratulation to Van Riebeeck forwards and backs for their spirit, fire and skill.

CRICKET: Our Hou e cricket team seems destined to win the Inter-House Cup for the second year running, thank to tbe pirit and talent di played by the players concerned. . Woodin (vice captain), D. van Gysen, D. Ander on, M. Gluckman and A. Lamb all found regular places in the 1st Xl. ATHLETICS: Fortune frowned on Van Riebeeck again, carry off the cup. But our determined elIort, which gained us is due to the famous house pirit. Mention mu t be made of Mo eley, Pharoah, Kuun and Oosthuizen. The committee is their organization.

and we could not quite a merited second place, pecial performance by to be congratulated on

SWIMMI G: Invincible Van Riebeeck!

Once again Van Riebeeck won the Inter-Hou e Gala in fine tyle. Especially in lhe Junior age group, Van Riebeeck was particularly trong. Mention mu t be made of Yach, Perry, BriekneIl, Rixon, Curr, Prey er and Tyler. Perry and Yach mu t be congratulated on their respective Blues and Colour awards.

TENNI : The house games are presently in progres , and Van Riebeeck boys are performing with their u ual keenness. Van Gysen, hlomowitz, Hewett, Venter and Anderton have been prominent in representing the School.

BADM[NTO : The School Was represented by P. Anderton, A. Fuller and the Gohl brothers. Congratulations to Patrick Anderton on hi being chosen to captain the W.P. junior badminton leam.

HOCKEY: Van Riebeeck wa weil represented in the 1 t XI by D. van Gysen (captain), N. Woodin, . Damain-Harri.

R. Good and William on. Final trialists were N. Woodin, D. van Gy en and R. Good in the W.P. Hockey Trials. Congratulations to eil Woodin, who wa cbo en to represent We tern Province School' Hockey.

ULTURAL AcrlVITT Theologian, Climber, Golfer chool activities.

PREFEcr

: P. Anderton

Van Riebeeck and Photographer (Head Prefect),

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Grand Masters, Orators, Actor, were prominent in all sphere of

R. Hewett,

A. Vi er, D. van Gy en.

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WELLINGTON HOUSE House Ma!i1ers: Mr. D. Bromberger, Mr. J. Slater.

House Captain: D. Asher.

Vice Caprain: A. Ro .

Secretary: D. Blanckenberg.

Committee: P. Lea, J. des Ligneris, A. Jacob, B. Sacks, M. Oosthuisen.

D. Steadman, D. Milford.

Thi year we ay welcome to Mr. Slater a he replaces the gap left la t year by Mr. Hopk.in . We wish him a long and happy stay with Wellington and hope that he will help to hold the spirit of our House up high. Once again the enthusia m of our members and the uperb leadership of Me r. Bromberger and Slater has been the formula for the strong competition we gave the other hou es. Thank.s go to them a well a to Dave A her and hi committee for setting the pace in all spheres.

ATHLETICS: Great pirit was shown by all member and our athletes gave of their best. It wa a clo e competition until tbc relay events, when we dropped to third place. Congratulation go to Brian Sack who came very clo e to winning the Victor Ludorum.

SWIMMING: Many of our poiots were gained in the team events again and our senior freestyle relay and individual medley tearns came first in the Inter Hou e Swimming Gala while we came 3rd in over-all po ition. Congratulation go to A. Hammond on being cho en to represent the W.P. team at the outh African Game.

RUGBY: Thi year we were represented by A. Ross who captained the team, J. Abel ohn and al 0 A. Jacob who played the occa ional game. Congratulation are extended to AndrĂŠ Ro s on being elected as vice-captain of the We tern Province Craven Week. team. In the Hou e game we were well represented, but only managed to gain third place.

J DO: D. Milford and B. ack acquitted them elve well in the chool' 'A' team, and congratulation go to D. Milford who wa cho en to fight in the W.P. team at the outh African Games. There wa a poor turnout for the Inter-House competition in comparison with the other House, but the team did well to come third behind powerful De Waal and Van Riebeeck team.

HOCKEY: We have been fortunate to have both coache in our ranks. Congratulation mu t be passed on to M. Reyneke who reached the earlier trial for the W.P. choots team, and to G. d Ligneri and M. tailing on reaching the final trial.

P. Buchholtz captained the econd team, with a strong quad of Wellington players under him.

RICKET: Jn thi year'~ Fir t Eleven we were represented by G. des Ligneri .

A. Jacob, M. Reyneke, T. Bakkum and M. Porter. with Bakk.um and des Ligneris serving on the committee. As yet the Hou e matche have not been completed.

TEl: David A her and Stuart MacFarlane were the only two Wellington reprCl entatives in the I t League. De pite thi fact, we. through the excellent performance of the e two player. were the victor in the Inter-House competition. We hould like to congratulate D. Asher once again on representing Western Province Junior team.

TABLETEI: rn the enior chool' league team we were repre ented b B. ohen, and in the junior team by Walsh and Van Tonder. ohen wa selected for the \ .P. Junior team. Well done! We won the House matche through the tout efforts of ohen and Wal b.

ADETS: ongratulallon to Peter Lea on achieving the highe t rank possible in Ihe School detachment and on commandmg the battalion so well. He commanded 'A' ornpany mto a good econd po ition in the cadet competition.

PR F BODY: The Prefect Body was well repre ented by D. A her, A. Ro .

D. Blanckenberg, G. des Ligncri and P. Lea. Wellington Hou e has alway been known for it pirit, and member hould bear in mind that if everyone participate and doe hi hare, we will be well on the road to ucce . We WI h all member every ucce for the year that lie ahead.

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DE WAAL HOUSE House Masters: Mr. J. Mathew. Mr. P. Bro ter.

House Captain: R. Burns.

Vice-Captain: T. Wilmot.

Committee: B. de Vries, R. Weiier , H. Dyer, P. Weir.

ATHLET拢CS: After many years of being the "underdog" in athletic. De Waal came out on top in thi year's meeting. Special congratulations must go to De Vries, the Victor Ludorum, and to Bluff who was awarded the Macdonald Trophy for the best performance of the day. Others who di tingui hed them elve were: M. Cawood, Robb and G. Cawood. Above all, the honour go to our relay tearns who clincbed the day for us. With the amount of potential amongst the junior teams, De Waal House i confident of a succe sful future.

TENNIS: Although the inter-bouse competition bas not been completed at thi stage, De Waal feels sure to be succe ful. De Vries and Wilmot repre ent De Waal in the 1st team, whicb ha only lo t one match so far. Both player have been awarded colours.

CRlCKET: This year' team was not quite able to retain De Waal"s very higb standard of the past, but nevertheles , the keen support of M r. Mathew helped retain a good pirited side. We were fairly well represented in the 1st xl by Pretorius, B. Dyer and Horton.

SWIMMING: Tbi year we were unable to do better than 3rd place in the gala.

Tbose wbo excelled for the House were P. Weir (Under 19), M. Rowe, who won tbe Under 19 diving, and P. William on, Under 16. Special congratulations go to Weir who wa elected for the W.P. School team and also represented Western Province in the Currie Cup team.

RUGBY: This year we had comparatively fewer representatives in the 1 t XV than la t year' eight. Tbo e who were regular 1 t team player were B. de Vrie , A. Wilmot, R. Weilers and K. Horton. R. WeiIer proved to be a competent vice-captain and pack leader. All four of the above-mentioned reacbed the semi-finals of the raven Week trial, but none were fortunate enough to make the team.

BADMINTON: A. Wilmot (Cap!.) wa only repre entative of the Ist Team. We congratulate this team on again being unbeaten thi year.

HO KEY: R. Burns and R. art er were the only representatives of thi year's 1 t Team. Both accompanied the team on their tour of Natal. We would like to wi b the team good luck in the forthcoming inter-school' tournament.

J DO: Congratulations to the Judo team who won the inter-house competition.

We are very proud of you. Tho e who excel for De Waal are Thomp on. Peers and Hargitai.

A A DEMIC: If we did not alway hine in port. we were definitely well repreented in the academic side of chool and we wi h to congratulate the following on achieving alt cla pas for td. la t year: D. Sim, C. Ram den, Burke, De Groot, Lowden, Maeder. King, Carter, Bo man and Schmaman.

PREFEcrS: We were well represented tbi year with R. Burns (Vice-Head), R. Weiier , J. Ormand. A. Kirkwood. T. Wilmot and B. de Vrie .

R.B.

RHODES HOUSE House Masters: Me r. L. Heath. K. Dovey.

House ap/ain: B. Schneider.

Vice路Cap/ain: D. Hugo.

Secretary: P. urman.

Committee: A. Barnard, M. Cohen, R. lark, T. Dun ter, J. Emm , G. Goles, F. Kali. J. Margolit, T. Probyn.

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Rhodes, although not being as succes ful this year as in previous year, alway howed Hou e spirit. This spirit was fostered by Mr. Lionel Heath and his new recruit Mr. Ken Dovey, to whom we should like to extend a hearty welcome. We would alo like to thank Mr. A. Morris for all the hard work he has done for us in the past.

Thanks al 0 to Bernard Schneider for keeping the House running smoothly.

SWIMMING: Rhode swimmer were this year a rare commodity, and though the team tried hard, they failed to gain a place at the gala. We have, however, to congratulate Gerald Goles on being selected as swimming and water polo captain.

RUGBY: Emms, Dunster and Margolit held 'regular first team place, and congratulations must go to both Emms and Margolit on being selected to represent Western Province during Craven Week. Once again Rhodes suffered from a Jack of players, and they held much more powerful teams to narrow victorie ; they tied for third place in the final Inter-House log.

Awards: Colours: Emms, Dunster, Margolit. Blues: Emms, Margolit. Honours: Emms, Margolit.

ATHLETICS: Rhodes again learnt the importance of the relay races, it was the hard way. We came fourth with De Waal the eventual winners. gratulations to them. G. GiUmer, a promi ing athlete, deservedly won the championship. H. Oblowitz also ran well to win the longer distances in the ection. F. Kali once again represented Western Province at walking. Our lations to him on hi fine performances throughout the ea on.

Awards: Colour: B. Schneider (re-award), H. Oblowitz, G. Gilmer and

but alas, Our conUnder 16 Under 16 congratuF. Kali.

CRICKET: With one more Hou e match till to play. we eem to be set for econd place on the final log. First Eleven representatives were: R. Clark and T. Probyn. ongratulation to Roy Oark on being appointed captain of the fir televen.

Awards: Blues: R. Clark.

BADMINTON: G. Goles, R. Clark and A. Barnard repre ented Rhode in the hool' fir t badminton team. Our congratulations mu t go to Roy Clark on being elected as captain of the We tern Province Junior Team. He was selected for the We tern Province Hockey team so he could unfortunately not play as the two tournaments were being played at the ame time.

TABLE TE IS: P. Furman and A. Werbeloff were in the first table tennis team.

Furman was elected to play for We tern Province "B" and Werbeloff plays first league table tenni.

Our congratulation to them. Rhodes obtained a econd place in the Inter-House table tenrn champion hip .

TE [: A. Barnard, R. Blackbeard, G. Davis and A. Werbeloff all played first league in the inter- cbool ' competition.

Awards: Colour: G. Davi , A. Werbeloff, R. Blackbcard, A. Barnard.

BA 0: M. Cohen, I. Emm , G. Davis, . Gibb , T. Probyn and T. Robertson were all members of the band. We mu t congratulate the band on coming fir t in the Western Province Command inter-school' competition.

Congratulations al 0 to T. Probyn and T. Rober on on winning their respective section, and to 1. Emm on gaining a econd place in hi ection.

HOCK Y: R. Clark: and T. Probyn were the only member of the uccessful fir t team. We mu t again congratulate R. lark on getting into the W tern Province hool' "B" ideo hools' team, and then the South African Awards: Many Rhodes boy took an active part in cultural activities and B. Schneider represented Rhodes Hou e on the Prefect body.

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CAPE TOWN CONCERT CLUB For some years now we have been the only chool with member hip tickets (four in number) for the Cape Town Concert Ciub. Thi Club, numbering over 1,000 ubcribers. brings to it members about twelve performances a year by arti ts of international standjng. Thu our own music pupils and orchestra members have been enabled to hear such famous players as Pierre Fournier (celli t). zeryng (violinist), the Beaux Arts Trio, and more recently the Koeckert Quartet and the Paris Chamber Orchestra and Berlin Octet.

Besides the fact that the e occa ions are always most enjoyable at the time, they have helped our boy to experience the highest standards of performance, and - so important in thi age of canned music - eeing and hearing the performers at first hand.

A. Lorie.

FIFTEENTH ANNUAL HOUR OF MUSIC The fifteenth Annual Hour of Mu~ic by the School Orchestra, Soloi ts, Junior Choir and Recorder Concert took place in the chool Hall on Friday 22nd and Saturday 23rd Augu t. There wa , as usual, a very varied programme, and one witb much of intere t and a chance for tbe young performers to gain fir t-hand knowledge of the composers.

The programme opened with a horale by Cruger - the fir t round played by four junior 010 violins Peter Jones, Owen Rogers, Colin Yate and Kevin Siattery.

The econd round was sung in four part by twelve junior inger, and in the third round the Orchestra joined all who had performed already - altogether a successful arra ngem en t. ext came the first movement of tbc Schubert Sonatina in D for Violin and piano played by David Pogrund and Mr. Loric. Thi is a bright movement and David played with plea ing tone and good rhythm.

There followed a Rondo (based on an old folk tune "The Ploughboy") by Dussek, and compo ed for piano and orchestra. The 010 part wa played by twelve-year-old Clive Stock weIl, who is to be beartily congratulated upon a clear, steady and lively account of the music.

Bach' Concerto in D minor for two violins and Orchestra, one of the great works of musical literature, found a place on our programme this year through the kjnd ervices of our "Old Boy" violini ts Neville Pa vol ky and Arnon Hurwitz, who sustained the two 010 part. Thi was an ambitious undertaking, but it gave the orchestra a chance to become thoroughly acquainted with the Concerto during tbe six-month teady rehear al - and the actual performance was steady, convincing and plea ing. ext came a pecial arrangement by Dolmetsch of the "Green leeves" tune in a eries of variations for recorder and keyboard.

Clive StockweIl agrun showed his musical and executive ability in playing these tricky variations to the accompaniment of Mr. F. Smith at the keyboard.

Four 010 violini ts, Neville Pa vol ky, David Pogrund, Jeffrey Ronaldson and John heppard then lined up to take the 010 parts in Vivaldi' oncerto in E minor for four violin and orche lra. This i a pleasant work with much mtere ting interplay among the performer , and it received a sound rendering.

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Hurwitz (violins) and .M r. Lorie (keyboard). Gary CatteIl bas worked hard at his recorder tbi year and made good tride.

The next item was a most interesting and entertaining group of three piece for recorder consort to which Mr. Smith added giocken piel, triangle, drum and melodica.

The composer, Salkeld, certainly set out to provide some gay tunes for tbe younger players, who obviously enjoyed them elves, a did the audience too.

On to the choir steps tben mounted the ingers who had been 0 succe ful at tbis year's Eisteddfod. while their director and accompanist, Mrs. Elsie Jennings, took her place at the piano. They gave us four songs, each one a musical gem, and performed with the intense musicaiily, beautiful tone and genuine enthu iasm which is a regular feature of our junior choir. We can, once again, only expre s our great appreciation and admiration of all Mr . ]ennings' fine work for the school. The ongs were "The Fair" by Rathbone, "The Lark in the Clear Air" arr. Fiske, "1 waited for the Lord"

by Mendelssohn and ''The Feast of Lantern" by Bantock.

The final item on the programme wa a Garland of Folic Songs for Orche tra (a) Now is the Month of Maying, (b) Gan to the Kye, (c) lt wa a Lover and his Lass, (d) Greensleeves, and (e) The Mallow Fling.

Thus ended another quite memorable occa ion. Tbe name to be entered on the Epworth .Music Cup tbis year are eville Pa vol3ky, Arnon Hurwitz, Eddy Malinaric (Old Boys), Jeffrey RonaIdson, David Pogrund, David Read and Gary CatteIl (High chool) and Ciive Stock weil (Junior SchooI).

A. Lorie.

36th JUNIOR SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENT 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 27th October On these four nights in late October, the 36th Junior School Entertainment provided a very varied and interesting programme.

The ub A cla s opened the programme with a delightful ketch entitled "Pookie Believed in Santa Clau n. The story, narrated via microphone by Mi Coop, told of the doubt of many animal regarding the existence of Santa laus, and their change of attitude when he actually appeared on the scene. Spontaneou acting and inging gave great delight to the audience, and Mi s Coop, producer, and Miss Hayne at the piano are to be congratulated on a mo t ucces ful item.

The Sub B class followed this with a dramati ation of "The Elephant's Trunk" from the "Just-So Storie" of Rudyard Kipling. The poken parts were exceptionally clear, and the acting of the elephant child, H. Ram den, and rocodile, R. Herold, de erve pecial mention, a did the mo t amu ing Elephants' Dance, and the actual creation of the elephant's trunk. Miss Liefman, Mi G. Burger and Mr . Hewitson, producers, de erve hearty congratulation, and 0 doe Mi S. Kacev for her excellent "elephant's head" backdrop, and Mr. Rautenbach who provided a realistic accompaniment at the piano. ext came a short play, "The at Prince ", by K. illington, produced by Mi A. Giles. Here wa incorporated the old tory of an impoveri hed king with three on of different dispo ilion . Of the three on it feil to the lot of one to redeem the family fortune by winning the hand of a prince . A. Paver, K. Ryan, 1. Kaval ky, J. Goldtein, G. de Beer. J. Pam, A. heel, M. Holloway, L. Fletcher, . Davi and 1. King comprised a lively and enthusia tic ca t, and the production a credit to Mis Giles.

This year' operetta, HA tatue for the Mayor," by H. ole, became the fir t production at Wynberg Boy' Junior chool by Mr. Forbe mith, and a mo t auspiciou fir t production in the event. The tory was an original one, of a mayor full of hi own conceit, who decide lo have a tatue of him elf erected in lhe market place, and who, therefore, by means of his tO\ n crier, proclaim a competition among sculptor far and wide. for the de igning of a worthy tatue. The artists ubmit their design, but none i con idered good enough by the haughty man. At lenglh the sailor decide lo

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humble the mayor, first by presenting him with a superb de ign and then putting hi pet monkey on the pedestal to be unveiled before a furious mayor. laughed to corn by hi impatient citizens.

As the mayor, Gareth Ro iter provided an excellent tudy of dignity and haughtine . Bryan Hack wa a jolly sailor, Clive Archer a lively town crier. Daniel Heymann a wily monkey, and Barry Goodman. Owen Rogers and hri topher Edgar characteri tic market women. The mayor's advisers were a crafty bunch, and the culptors and leepy children pleasing portrayal.

The choir below lage added volume lO that on Lage. Mr. Smith achieved an excellent production. Mi ~ Coop provided a beautiful backdrop of the mayor' hou e. and Miss Liefman and Mr. Rautenbach excellent piano accompaniment.

To Mr. Lazzarich we are indebted for great assi lance with lighting. and to Mr . Fay, Mrs. Stander, Mi s Jones and Mr . Bell for assistance with make-up.

The stage hands D. and P. Merrington, J. Pam, P. Jone and P. Blackbeard, dId ex el路 lent work.

One near-misfortune occurred this year. when Mr. Elsie Jennings. who had 0 ably trained the Operetta ingers for 0 long. became eriously ill during the final week of preparation and had to enter ho pital. This might have brought the mu ic to a full top. had not our piano teachers M is.

Liefman and Mr. F. Rautenbach immediately and determinedly stepped into the breach and picked up the work where it had been left oii. We cannot thank them enough for the extra hour and day they spent in the extra work.

It remains Cor u to thank all parents who provided co tume, upported the 'how or helped in the dre ing room. The play are an integral part of our education, and have been both a plea ure and a benefit to all who were privileged to take part.

Mr. Lorie.

THE HAPPIEST DAYS OF YOUR LIFE The annual chool play wa held in conjunction with the Girl' School in June this year. The play wa 'The Happiest Day of Your Life', a farce by John Dighton. lt was an uproariou ucce.

The tory takes place at Hilary Hall, a boy' chool in ngland. A girl' school, t. withins, ha been allotted accommodation there by the M ini try. An amusing ituation evolve with each school trying to get rid of the other, both on the talf level and on the pupil level. A romance blo om between one of the masters and a mi tres from St. Swithin.

Further con ternation i cau ed by the arrival of parent of a boy and parents of a girl. When events cern to be resolving them elve at last, 250 pupilof the chool for Backward Boy and Forward Girl arrive. All i confu ion a parent. teacher and pupil fall over them elves lo barricade door and windows to prevent the new chool entering.

Patrick Anderton portrayed the flu tered, energetic headma ter, Godfrey Pond, very well, while Robin Burn gave a good performance as Dick Tassel. the romanti young teacher. Sandy riedlander was well ca t in the difficult role of the cynical mi ogyni t, Rupert Billing.

Pauline Grant must be congratulated on her excellent performance as M i E elyn Whitchurch, Headmi tres of St. Swithin. (lt ha been rumoured that he is a likely succe or to Mi Urie.) The two mi Ire es, Mi Go sage. and Joyce Harper, were well played by Pamela van Minnen and Dianne Yach re pectively.

Robin Friedlander, a Hopcroft Minor. and Bridget ollie. a Barbara Cahoun. were everyone' idea of mi chievous schoolchildren trying to get rid of the unwanted chool. Both portrayed their parts very well. i ky Fine was very down to earth and true to life as the school porter, Rainbow. igel Wright and Alyson Dawe ,a the aggres ive Mr. and Mrs. SoWler, and Mervyn tein and Annette Joffe, a the nervou Rev. and Mr. Peck, portrayed their roles well.

71 The School

Play

The tandard of aCllng was very high and Mr. hedden must be congratulated on hi production. The et, which wa' firm and ub tantial, and quite the b~ t the chool ha had for many year. owes it erection to the effort of.M r. Jackson, who exerted him elf uncea ingly.

In conclusion our very grateful thank mu t go to Miss Uric for the 'loan' of her girl, and to Mr. Blackbeard for hi continual support and encouragement.

Other to whom we are indebted are detailed below.

Stage 1anager: Peter Furman.

Lightillg alld olllld Effects: Dann Blanckenberg.

Prups: la tair and eil Kirk'> ood.

Stage ASlistantl': Chri Cummings. Robert Good, Brian ack. hris Tommey, Richard \ eder, Debra Katz and Gill Gow. Make- p: Cednc Peter en.

Prompt; Roy Hcwett.

Mr. Orchi on and Mr. Jackson are to be incerely thanked for their invaluable a i tance.

A.F.

THE JUNIOR SCHOOL CHOIR

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Tne Junior School Choir - director IInd IICCOmpllnist Mrs E Jennlngs - sings lit the Eisteddfod Prozewlnners' Concert In th. City' Hall in Jun.

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FOUNDERS' 17th

DAY

SEPTEMBER, 1969

The 12 th anni ersary of the Founder,,' Day took the form of a tnbute to the School' dead in two World Wars.

Before a large audience of parents and pa t ~cholar and well-wi her, including ol. and Mr . Bredenkamp. repre enting Western Province ommand, Head Prefect Patrick nderton read the Roll of Honour in cribed on the War Memonal gate .. whereafter the La t Post was ounded and the flag lowered.

Dr. mold Katz, pa 1 cholar and immediate Pa t Pre. ident of th Old Boy' nion. delivered the addre .

Two entrie!. arm rever ed. had tood guard at the War Memorial, and were then replaced by a fre h guard of two td. IX adet - ymboli al of the handing over of ~fe-keeping to next year" enior boy.

During the singing of "Abide with Me", wreath y,ere then laid by Mr. H. Fay, President of the Old Boy' Union, and by the head prefect.

A march-past by the Cadet Detachment. led by the chool band - 'Which recently \\on the Inter- chool' adel Band Compeition -completed a mo ing ceremony.

The ceremony In this present form wa' inaugurated three )car ago.

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THE PROGRAMME The A embly i reque ted to tand as the Guard, escorting the Colour, approach the Memorial precincts.

l.-HYMN

No. I

(Assembly Standing)

o God,

our help in age past, Our hope for year to come, Our helter from tbe stormy bra t, And our eternal home. o God, our belp in ages pa t, Our hope for year to come, Be Thou our guard while life hall last, And our eternal home!

2.-THE

LESSON

cclesiasticu 3.-PRA (a) (b) (c) (d)

(Assembly Seated) Daniel to 15.

44, verse

Blanckenberg

YER (Assembly Seated) By the Headma ter.

For the choo!.

For tho e from the School who laid down their lives in the World Wars, 1914-191 and 1939-1945.

For our ountry.

Tbe Lord' Prayer. (All unite in aying prayer.)

4.-READlNG OF INS RIPTIO 0 Head Prefect: Patrick Anderton

MEMORTALS

5.-THE LA T POST THE REVEILLE

(Assembly Standing)

6.-THE AD DR Dr. A. Katz 7.-THE

CHA

(Assembly Seated)

(Assembly Seated) Gl

(Assembly Seated)

G OF THE GUARD

.- THE LA yr

G OF \ REATH (Assembly (Hymn to be ung during the laying of wreaths.)

Abide with me; fa t fall lhe eventide; The darkne deepens; Lord, with me abide; When other helper fail, and comfort flee, Help of the heipie ,0 abide with me.

Hold Thou Thy Cro before my elo ing eyes; rune through lhe gloom, and point me to the kies; Heaven' morning break, and earth' vain .hadow flee; In life, in death. 0 Lord, abide with me.

9.- THE MAR

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Standing)

TE TO THE MEMORrAL (Assembly Stands ar Colour passes.)

SUMMARY OF DR. A. KATZ'S FOUNDERS' DAY ADDRESS There i only one school in outh Africa older than Wynberg, now celebrating it 12 th anniversary. Our chool opened in a group of charming cottage on Waterloo Green. whi h are till to be een and are in an excellent tate of repair. Perhaps mething should be done about acquiring them for the School or the O.B.U.

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The O.B .. is. naturally.

Golden Anniver ary next

younger year.

than

the School.

Founded

in 1920. it celebrate

De pite the inadequacy of the pre ent buildings, Old Boy<; will be ad at the move to a new ite. Over the years Wynberg has acquired that indefinable quality called character. and it i this character that make for the Wynberg tradition which we are now honouring.

In an extended medical metaphor.

Dr. Katz then compared the coming tran fer of the enior School to an organ tran plant: "To do a ucce ful tran plant it i very nece ary to maintain the very finc-t and tendere t of the root and tendril.

The tran plant in our case will be that of the enior chool. and in order to en ure the continued success of the take and to prevent rejection, il is very nece ary to maintain the umbiiical cord connected to the Junior chool.'

The ceremony concluded with ihe march-past and 'alute to the memorial.

Gue IS then made their way to Littlewood Hou e for refreshment.

Founders' Day came to an end with the chool rugby and hockey team playing matche again t the Old Boy<;.

ART Art i not a matter of ma terpieces but normal people.

If thi i a true definition, others not? There can be no ouch thing a or emotional. but it i either a work of art

rather a normal per i t..-:nt activity engaging then why are ome works termed art and good or bad art. It can be de-per onalized or it i not.

In painting, art can be defined as a per onal experience of a peculiar emotion, produced by ignificant form. in which lines and colour, combined in a particular way, stir our aesthetic emotion.

It create a new world of experience. lt do not reproduce the emotion of every-day life.

There i no mention here of reali tic detail or that which i recognizable.

A painter can produce a technically kilful and highly reali tic work, which lacks the ability to move the beholder ae thetically.

Thi i not art. ln the same way, non-figurati e paintIng can how by line and colour the chao of a painter's mind at that particular m ment.

The intention is not to promote aesthetic emotion, bUl to convey information. eeing the ubjeet i probably the mo t important part of painting. lt determine the approa h. technique and content of the work. lt rai e the \~ork above the merely technically proficient.

Yet Malroux state- that, "The fir t creative impul e of every painter ne er comes directly from nature, but from ome preceedmg work in which nature has alread} been Interpreted.

0 that without a Cimabue, there \ ould ne er ha e been aGiotlo."

In order to paint weil, we must fir t learn to ee. lt i at thi- point that art cea es to be a normal activity, for normal people look without seeing. The arti t'. mind and eye are attuned to colour variations, structural and textural qualitie , which are not normally comprehended.

Painting is a controlled and mtelligent re\ponse to stimulw interpreted in a i ual language.

A~ the foilowing extract from F. L. Alexander' introduction to the opti and kinetic art exhibition points out. painting. or ulpture. need not be an emotional re pon e to tlmuli.

Alexander wrote, "The arti t!> introducing optic and kinetic art peak little of their emoLion.

They regard the per onal chara ter of their art as unimportant.

Like cienll ,they try to make new dl coverie~ In the realm o( eeing and percei ing, colour. pa e and movement:' The re uit i in fact a ynthe i of cien e. mathemati ,and the creati e ability, which produ C! a erie of eye- hatterIng experiences.

Time alone can be it true judge.

HI~tory will be it condemnation or praise.

<ID hituaru Peter Conzius van Blommestein Peter van Blomme 路tein died in a road accident on 26th October. 1969, near Mooi River in atal. He was 22 years of age at the time of his death.

After being at school at Villier dorp, Peter came to Wynberg as a day boy in 1963; in 1964 he became a boarder in Litllewood Hou e where he tayed until the end of 1966.

Peter was an all路round port man: he played golf for the fir t team; he wa awarded rugby colours in 1965; he played cricket for the econd XL he swam for the chool; and in 1966 he wa awarded a Blue for Judo.

Tn 1967 he joined the .A. Navy and remained a member of the permanent force.

However, hi father, wanting to train him to run the family bu ines , bought him out of the Navy ju t before hi dealb.

Peter wa a pleasant and friendly young man who was liked and re pected by hi companions and by the taff at Wynberg. Hi' death came as a profound shock to all those who knew him.

DEBATING SOCIETY Chairman: P. Anderton.

Secretary: P. Furman.

Committee: R. Burn~, . Fine, A. riedlander, A. Kirkwood, . Thom on.

Master-in路Charge: Mr. Kooy. ]t must be apparent to all that communication i an art, and alas, a much-neglected art. Once a student can overcome hi initial fear and tand behind that rostrum and peak. the world i within hi gra p. The same principle applies a when a small boy make hl fir t plunge off the high board. Jnitiative is what i needed.

We had a mo t entertaining evening at our i ter school, wrestling with a quotation from Byron: 'Man'. love i of man' life a thing apart, 'ti woman' whole exi tence'.

Thi year we mixed the team with one boy and one girl on either ideo P. Anderton and Mi L. Metodi propo ed the motion: P. Furman and Mi hiat were the opposer.

Our thanks to M i rie, M i Lombard and the girls for an enjoyable evening.

In lhe Inter- chool' Forum Dl cu ion, organized by S.A. .E.E., we gained more upport and were able to enter two team, one of which tied for first place. The succe ful peaker were T. Curr, A. Friedlander, A. Kirkwood, N. Mannington and G. Ronaidson.

Our next debate, against Westerford, wa unfortunately cancelled by them because of exam. difficulty. ome lime later P. Anderton and P. Furman lied for econd place in the Inter路School debate organized by Jaycee. They ~poke on the difficult question of a Bantu language being introduced into outh African chool in place of ome Romantic language.

An interesting evening resulted from the annual debate against the Old Boy. onsi ting of Or. Webb, Dr. Kaval ky and Mr. laden. they comfortably defeated the motion that 'Television is more of a blessing than a cur e'. A usual, the debate provided moments of extreme merriment.

Mr. Blackbeard del erves our gratitude for hlS interest and patronage. Finally. ~hould like to thank my committee and Mr. Kooy for their uppor!.

P.l.A.

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SCIENCE Masters-in-Charge: Chairman: Secretary:

CLUB

Mr. Metrowich.

Mr.

later,

Mr. Bro ter.

M. Witkin.

P. Furman.

Committee:

P. Anderton.

D. Read.

C. Tylcoat.

Thi year the cience Club has made con iderable progress and there has been a teady growth of ideas and intere t. This i largely due to the split which ha been implemented.

There i now a Junior Science lub compri ing tandard Six to Eight. fn order for this Club to function well. r recommend that in future year there be a Matric pupil to act a liaison between the junior pupils and the ma ter-in-charge.

Being re tricted to fewer and older pupils, the Senior Science Club ha been able to conduct its activitie on a more intimate and higher level.

In order

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identitie

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hip cards

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di tributed

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ACTIVITIES Doctor Marius

Barnard.

After the magazine went to Pre at the end of last year. we were privileged to have Doctor Mariu Barnard address the entire chool under our pon orship.

He gave an enlightening talk, illustrated with lides. on the organ tran plant.

Thi wa the highlight of la t year' activities.

Film Shows.

The u ual quota of film ho\ s wa hown. A film on the Apollo Xl programme was 路creened.

The A tronaut were interviewed and we were overawed by the amazing amount of re earch that goes into pace travel.

There was a very good attendance when we showed a film entitled "Man and Radiation".

It was an animated film dealing with the beneficial u es of radiation. re 'earch in variou countries and the scope and potential of radiation for nuclearpowered machine, hips and aircraft.

The Club i greatly indebted to Mr. Bro ter for having obtained the latc t film on the Moon Walk and Apollo xr pace programmc.

The film made us reali e the remarkable prog res of cience. and it leaves u wondering to what height man can still rise.

Fisllmeal Factory

Ship.

A very comprehen ive tour of the factor hip, the Willem Barend z, wa arranged

by Mr. A. Milliner.

We were shown the entire proce by which fre h fish are tran formed into dry ft. h meal.

The fre h1y-caught fi h are dropped into a grinding apparatu resembling a large- cale mincing machine.

The ft h are ground. steam路heated and dried. The product at thi ta ge i till ver coarse.

Tn the following tage it i' refined and the fi h oil are extracted for itamin food by a centrifuge.

We were hown the refined product, a very high oxidizing agent. tored in the hold.

Here the only chemical, a reducing agent, i emplo ed, while the holds are pumped free of oxygen during storage.

Humphrie

and

unrise

weet and Chocolate Factory.

Jn the last week of second term and with the kind help of ome parents provided tran port, twenty-three of the cience Club weDt on thi excur ion.

The group was plit up into two section, each with an official guide and ection went 'eparately through different factory plants.

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We aw the actual making of chocolate from the ground cocoa beans. powdered milk. cocoa butter and cane ugar. From thi plant we were taken to the chocolate vermicilli plant alongside the former one. The molten chocolate is extruded through a tainle . teel-holed plate. dried. and the long strand. are broken up to the desired length by varying the speed of the centrifuge into which it i placed.

In another plant, molten chocolate wa pumped up through steam-heated pipe to where it was u cd to make labs of chocolate and u ed for coating chocolate centres.

We were amazed to learn that each chocolate is individually poli hed before it is wrapped.

A super-cooled liquid nitrogen refrigeration plant is u ed in facilitating the olidifying of molten chocolate into the olid tate that we are familiar with. and we learnt that almo t twelve tons of chocolate and sweets leave the factory in one day!

We were al 0 shown the making of toffee. jelly bean, sugus weets and the everpopular "Dime ". To -ay the lea t. it wa a very educational excur'ion and our per onal thank go to Mr. J. White. the managing director of this oncern, who made it po sible for u to come.

Lectures and Discussions.

During the latter part of the year, Mr. Bro ter kindly took it upon him elf to give two talks on Co mology. The first talk was on the origin of the world. We were intere ted to learn of the three theorie put forward by uch great men as Ein tein and Edwin Hubble.

The first theory was the "Steady路State" theory which ugge ts that the univer e ha alway exi ted and, though ever-expanding. has alway had the ame appearance.

A the galaxie fly apart, new one are formed to fill in the gap.

The "O-cillaling" theori t claim that the univer e expand after a big explo ion then contracts to an extremely den e tate. then explodes and expands again in a never-ending rhythmic cycle. The "Big-Bang" theory. which recent finding eem to upport tate that the universe wa born ome ten billion year ago. with the enormous explo ion of a hot, den e blob of matter. The fragments of the explosion will continue to move outv ard forever.

The second talk was on the end of the univer e, a very controver ial topic ind ed.

Tbe talk were both extremely intere ting and timulated a lot of us into thinking a bit more about the world around u and our urvi al.

Michael Morris Computer Centre.

On our arrival, Mr. Jone explained to us ver briefly how a computer We were then led into the computer room and faced with control panels myriad of dials, witche and fla hing lights. It was demon trated how the operated once "punch路cards路' were fed into the receiving end. We were "memory bank" and the printing machine which works together with machinery. This printing pres can type up to three thou and lines a minute fifty per econd!

We were very lucky to ee the e computer working out tran action of ation of the stock market of today.

function. with their computer hown the the other - a mere the flu tu-

Metal Box Company.

The excur ion to the Metal Box ompany was most interesting and enjoyable.

We were hown into their research ection which deal with the tudy of reaction of metals and metal container with foods and chemical.

A very comprehen ive tour was provided by Mr. Hunter. The "ex plo ion" of bacterial activity in a tin i one of the study te ts undertaken here to determine the uitability of different metal to hold certain products.

Finally, I hould like to thank Mr. Bro ter, Mr. Metrowich and Mr. later (or all the help they have given the commiUee to make the year 0 ucce ful.

Michael Witkin.

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MOUNTAIN

CLUB

Presidenr: Mr. P. Cronwright.

Chairman: Mr. A. Morri. ecretary: B. ampbell.

Committee: R. Hi eman. O. Jupp,

O. Pringle.

ince the club",; inception i year ago. th~ year" member hip ha onl been bettered by that of the inaugural year. 1963. With climb almo t every \\eek-end, one can 'lurely <;ay that the club i one of the most active '\chool societies.

Many mterC!>ting route, ranging from easy 10 dltllcult. have been ascended, among~t them some of the old cia ic'l on Table Mountain. including Valken Buttress, prlng tcp-over, Right Face and K loof Corner. Once again the highlight of the year wa the edarberg tnp in pril. For eight day a party of fourteen boy thoroughly enjoyed themsel e'l hiking and climbing from Pakhuis Pa to anddrif.

Thi year' fir t organized function wal> a work party at the Du Toif Kloof Mountain lub hut. Expecting a turn-out of half a dozen, everybody was very urpri. cd when fifteen boy were pre ent for a hard day" work clearing fire-breaks. limbing activities of the club tarted with a "B" tandard climb, Ferny Dell. Owing to the large number of new omers to rock-~ ork, the climb wa completed with much ado. and It wa~ not until 6.30 p.m. that everybody arrived bad. at ewlands Fore t . tatlon. p to this point three enjoyable week-end have been spent climbing in the We tern ape. The'le tnp have taken place In the \ emmer hoek, Bain's Kloof and Kouebokkeveld district.

During the June holiday two Wynberg bo were fortunate to accompany Mr. ronwright and Mr. Morri on a trip to the \ artberg where one peak wa climbed. he Cango a e'l and De Hell were also vi ited.

Becau e of lhe age restriction on M. . . . Ro k Meets, these climb have not been very well attended, wherea the attendances on chool climb have been abnormally high. More dillicult climb C"E" tandard) have now been introduced into our chool club. Before doing an "E" a boy mu t climb ix "0' ... Two "E'" hich ha e appeared on the programme are Arrow Final and Jubilee Buttress. notable feature of the third term wa, the inclu Ion of a caving expedition. The club did ome underground climbing In the Wynberg ave.

The fir t evening meeting of the club was addre ed by Mr. . Mc rac, who does "E" and "F' climb although he ha an artificial leg. He gave an e cellent illu trated

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talk on the subject "Cedarberg and all that"'. During the second term. Dr. andall. who spoke on "First Aid and nake Bites" and Mr. R. Reyneke, who e subject wa.~ "Rope Technique and Safety", were the gue ls of our mountain club. During the third term Mr. Cronwright entertained the club with some of his high路c1ass lides of the Cedarberg and Swartberg. On behalf of the members of the club, I wi h to thank these four climbing gentlemen for giving up their time and enlightening us on ubjec~ concerning mountain路climbing.

Thanks are due to Mr. Cronwright and Mr. Morris for their organization. intere t and support, without which the club would most urely die. Mr. Lorie must al 0 be thanked for permitting u to u e the Junior School Hall on numerous occasion.

The School Mountain Club badge for 1969 ha been awarded to B. Campbell and B. Pringle. who are warmly congratulated.

Cedarberg Trip - April, 1969.

Starting at Pakhuis Pa s in the Northern Cedarberg. the party of eleven Wynberg boys and three We tern Province Preparatory boys with Mr. Cronwright leading. et off on a memorable eight-day trip traver ing the mountains towards Sandrivier. After leaving the pa ,we were oon followed by the heavily laden donkey and the pleasant donkey boy, Paul and Frederik Joubert, who are famou for their activities in the Cedarberg.

Moving from day to day, we were able to take in many a pecls of the urrounding mountains. Six peaks were climbed by mo t of the party. tho e not going lazed around the camp site and swam in the nearby ice路cold river'.

Whether our time was pent slogging up the infamous Hartseer with its long winding path or riding in the back of a fore try lorry. after hitching a lift. whether it was wa hjng billie-cans in a cold river near Crystal Pool or tanding on the ummit of Sneeukop, whether nibbling lunch roll or devouring macaroni and chee e. every moment of the Cedarberg trip wa enjoyed. Many memorie will be engraved onto our mind, among which will be the monumental Tafelberg. the majestic Wolfberg Arch and the my teriou cracks.

The trip ended in the central Cedarberg on the farm Dwarsrivier, through which the winding and rivier flow. Before returning to Cape Town, everybody refre hed themselve in the wiftly-tlowing river.

B.C.

STUDENTS' GROUP Chairman: Alastair Kirkwood.

Vice-Chairman: Tony Ba quez.

General Secretary: Peter William on.

Advertising Sec.: Roberl Good.

Mas/er in Charge: Mr. P. Broster.

Thi year has been one of few changes. but the success of meeting could nol have been achieved without the committee. Mr. Bro Ier, who i always ready to give us a hand, and the help and advice of numerou other.

For the fir t time ever. we held an introductory braaivleis for all new members to the School. Tbe aim of introducing the boy into the variou societie in the School was achieved. The entbu iasm which the idea parked off. make it a mu t for future years.

The meetings during the fir t term were led by Mr. Bro ter who showed everal "Fact & Faith" film which were of great piritual value; Mr. Mathew who howed us lide of hi trip to I rael and the Biblical town, and Mr. Thom who told u about ome of the work being done in the Transvaal.

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"Girl !., The word immediately pread excitement as plans for a combined braaivleis were formulated. The braaivlei " held at Trevata, was a great uccess and we are greatly indebted to Mr. Coate for the u e of her home and pacious grounds.

A further meeting was held after chool at the end of the term.

Leadership camps introduced some of the chap to new ideas and technique and resulting from these, we had Mr. Eric Jurgen en and Mr. Peter Holgate to peak to u. Mr. Ian McDonald, a familiar face to .e. . member, gave us an insight into lhe excitement and worthwhileness of M i sionary work and we are looking forward to hearing him in tbc near future.

At present we are following a erie of topics sugge ted by a book. 'Di cu and Di cern', and we would like to thank the Rev. R. Douglas, Mr. Bro ter, Father Gaybba and Mr. F. Retief for the valuable spiritual information which they imparted to u .

Members will be pleased to know that another meeting with the girl i ju t over the horizon, so keep on climbing!

On behalf of the committee, 1 would like to take this opportunity of thanking the Ma ter for tbeir invaluable a i tance and alo the boys who attended our meetings this year.

God has pro pered the work of the Student' Chri tian nion and has bIe ed u in every step we have taken. We have aimed at trengthening and establishing Christians and at haking up the idea of non路Chri tians.

"For God loved the world so much that he gave hi only on, 0 that everyone who believes in him may not peri h. but have eternal life."

A. Kirkwood, Chairman.

PHOTOGRAPHIC

SOCIETY

Chairman: D. Blanekenberg.

Secretary: K. Fine.

Commillee: J. Hey. P. Hargitai.

La t year's excellent progres in all field of the society wa temporarily halted thi year, mainly becau e the darkroom had to be moved from the master' changing room. Mr. Blackbeard has. however, very kindly given us far belter quarter in the pavilion, which we hope will be permanent. We have blacked out and burglar-proofed the windows and are at present in the proce of moving our equipment lo the e premi es. We are fortunate in that electricity and water are already laid on.

Although the number of our member ha dec rea cd. largely owing to the lack of darkroom facilities, a few of the more active have acquitted them elve well outside the School and have had prints published in the Pre .

On Wed ne day, 3rd August, 1969, we held our annual Jnter- chool' Competition in the hall. It proved to be a mo t enjoyable and worthwhile evening and a wide range of refre hments was 'erved. ix other chool took part, namely: Rondebo ch, We terford. Plum lead, .A .. S.. Bishop and ape Town High. Over 150 prints were exhibited and 100 lides screened. All prints and slide were of a very high tandard, giving our judges a difficult ta k in deciding the winner. ln thi re peet we would like to thank our judges, Me sr . Bob Ad hade, Jim Mc lagan. and Ray Ryan. Jim Hey of Wynberg gained top honour in the Land cape ection and Kevin Fine came third in the Still Life ection. Congratulation go lo them.

We would alo like to congratulate our chairman on his fine peech at our annual function and thank him for hi organi ation. Thank go to the committee but especially to our. ecretary, Kevin Fine. for all the effort he put into the organization of tbc chool' Competition.

La t, but by no means lea t, we mu t thank our master-in-charge, Mr. P. Bro ter, for hi guidance and a i tance. and Mr. Blackbeard for hi co-operation and undertanding at all times. We look forward to a ucces ful year during 1970.

K.F.

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THE CADET BAND

Back Row: G. Rixon, J. Somerville, K. Bremer, Cpl. G. Davis, B. Connor, Cpl. I. Emms.

M. Waters.

Third Row: S/Sgt. D. Jupp, D. Milford, D. Gargan, G. Buchholtz, B. Johnson, R. Wiese.

Second Row: I. Gibbs, R. Weilers, S. Gibbs, Sgt. Rijkers, S/Sgt. T. Coetzee, P. Buchholtz, C. Blakemore.

Front Row: Capt. W. Lennox, W.O. II T. Robertson, W.O. II M. Stalling, W.O. I A. Visser, W.O. II T. Probyn, S/Sgt. M. Cohen, Lt. F. Kooy.

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CADET BAND The standard of the Cadet Band remains high as in previous year. Many hours of hard practising were required thi year to reach our previou year', level of efficiency.

It was doubly difficult in that, besides having learners to train, the band mmic was completely different from that of the previous year and many new tunes had pain takingly to be learnt. We are proud this year, and rightly so, to put on record that the Band was placed first in the Western Province Command Cadet Band Competition and in so doing goes forward to represent the ommand at the National Competitions to be held in Natal in October. We also have plea ure in congratulating: 1st place solo drumming: 1st place solo bugling:

T. Robertson.

T. Probyn.

2nd place tenor drumming: 2nd place ba

drumming:

J. Emm .

E. Rijker.

For the e excellent results I wi h to thank DIM A. Vis er, TIM M. Stalling, BIM T. Probyn and W 10 T. Robertson, without whom we could not have ucceeded, and no less I must thank every band member for his un tinting upport throughout the year.

Finally, I should like to extend my thanks to Lt. Kooy and Mr. P. Breetzke for their interest and help in building up and making this year's band such a success.

W.L.

CADETS During the last three weeks of the tl1ird term the cadets were exceptionally as all three major events of the year were squeezed into this period.

active

The first of these was the annual Western Province Command company competition where A Company performed well but were beaten by the only other competitor, Bishops. I should ljke to congratulate S/O's P. Lea, R. Burns, D. Hugo and G. Gole , W 10 G. Ormond, the sergeants and the cadets, e pecially tho e called in at the last minute, on their spirit and their willingn s to attend extra parades. After all the effort it seems a pity that the company had to parade on a minute gravel patch far from the main arena at the same time as the band. Most parents did not even know the company was performing.

The Founder' Day parade went off well in pleasant weather. The Guards, trained

by Mr. Dovey and under the command of SlO Burns, performed credjtably, and the march-past by the battalion provided a fitting conclu ion to an jmpre ive ceremony.

The inspection had to be cancelled at the la t moment because of rain. However, the inspecting officer, Commandant Slabber, addre sed the officer and band in the cbool hall.

A new booting range has been constructed thi year and we look forward being able to u e it next year when rifles have been provided.

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Lt. Bromberger and the armoury staff have kept the armoury running moothly thi year, wbile Messrs. Broster and Slater have spent the year moulding Band Companies into efficient military units. To all the above-mentioned master, the Student Officers, particularly SlO P. Lea, the Warrant Officer and sergeants a well as the cadet. I hould like to expres my thanks and appreciation for their assi tance and co-operation during the year. La t, but by no means least. J should like to thank Capt. Lennox for all the work he puts into the cadets in spite of all hi dutie with the band.

L.H.

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The School XV is to be congratulated on the very high standard of rugby played this year.

Before matches started many worried entbu iasts wondered bow many games would be won, because, on paper, tbe team did not seem strong. However. keenne and determination more tban made up for the weakness on paper and the team became what a First XV should always be, the pride and inspiration of junior teams.

good spirit. Weil led by the captain, Visser, the forwards were frequently as good as, if not better than their opponents. The weakness that could not be overcome was the lack of truust in the back line.

The team frequently lost players to the second team and Davis, Basquez and Bremer are to be congratulated on their improvement in this team.

Mr. Tucker is thanked for all the hard work he put into coaching the under 19C.

With every player making his own valuable contribution the team overcame certain limitation and developed into a side to be re pected.

Much credit (or this outstanding achievement mu t go to Andre Ro s (Capt.) and R. WeiIer (V. Capt.) and to other members of the Senior Rugby Committee. aturally the person who is primarily responsible for the high standard and fine pirit is Mr. J. F. Oosthuizen, who i thanked for his wonderful contribution to the game o( rugby at our School. and also in the We-tern Province.

The Aim At the beginning of the season the aim of the under 16A and B was to enjoy their matches by getting fit and playing hard, clean, attacking and, if possible, winning rugby. At the same time the teams hoped to improve both as teams and as individuals. In these aims the 1969 A & B teams were successful. Fine team spirit and a grand approach to the game gave many an enjoyable Saturday morning both to players and to wbat must have been the keenest group of supporters in the Scbool.

The A pack improved tremendously and became excellent carriers of the ball and intelligent ruckers. Only lack of size prevented the pack from becoming completely dominating.

Tbe backs were magnificent defenders and they showed a maturing sophistication on attack.

The School is always proud when honour comes to its members. Blues have been awarded to: I. Emms, J. Margolit, E. Rijkers, A. Ro s. K. Horton and R. Weilers. The highest honour that the School can give, the Honour Award, has gone to I. Emms, J. Margolit, E. Rijkers and A. Ross who were selected to represent Western Province during the Craven Week. J. Margolit brought furtber honour to the School when be was selected to play for the Western Province under 17 side against the touring Australian schoolboys.

Tbe Second XV bad a good sea on altbougb their form was somewhat erratic. The pack was strong and provided a plentiful supply of good ball which was not always effectively u ed by tbe backs. The spirit of the team was, however, high and the boy enjoyed their match~.

Anderton was a good captain and received WIlling upport from his team. A happy season ended with an excellent game against Sacs.

Mr. Dovey i thanked for the hard work he put into his coaching and for the valuable assi tance given to the First team.

The B team started off poorly, but after positional changes in the back ~ne became more effective. The pack, learnlOg to play together, became a successful unit, while the backs were always eager to run and to stress attack rather than defence. After losing 0-13 to Sacs in the first round the B team, with 14 players drew 3-3 at the end of the season.

The A & B teams were essentially happy teams whose enthusiasm and approach to the game were a credit to their parents, their school and especially their coach. Mr. Broster has given a tremendous amount of thought and enthusia m to his coaching. He is thanked for thi. The School was proud of the way in which the A team came through a particular ordeal. The truly magnifkent spirit of sportsmanship evinced on that occasion redounds to the credit of the team and Mr. Broster. Win-

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ning matches is important, but other qualities inculcated on the fields at Wynberg are more important by far.

As is usual with the lower teams, the under sixteen C team chopped and changed consider路 ably during the season. Fortunately there was a core of "regulars" around which the team could be built. One of these was tbc captain, Geoff Amyot, who captained the side efficiently in all the games.

The team played eleven matches, lost seven of these and won the other four. Tbe players seemed to become dispirited once they found themselves losing and this resulted in sound defeats in some of the games. However, when they were holding their own, tbe team played with more determination and this was particu路 larly evident in tbe last match of the season where some of the best rugby was played.

We hope that tbe members of this team whicb ended the season on a high note will provide next year's senior teams with many keen players.

and keenness of Mr. le Roux who is singled OU! for special thanks.

Casper, Brown, Allan, White, Snowball and Bloor are compLimented on tbeir good captaincy.

The under 14 B also bad a good season and beat strong teams like Sacs, Rondebosch and Jan van Riebeeck. The team played hard at practices and tbus gave the A team sound opposition. From the A side and from their coach tbe B's learnt much technique and, by the end of tbe season became good rugby players. Mr. Fourie is thanked for his excellent work with these boys.

Tbe under 14 C and D teams had a fairly successful season. Fortunately they were little disrupted by vacancies in the A and B sides.

The keenness and regularity with which players attended practices are fine reflection on the coaching and organization of Messrs Breetzhe, CalJagban and R. Katz wbo are thanked for all they did. Congratulations go to Katz on coring 74 of the C team's points.

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Tbe under 15 group of players, superintended

by Mr. le Roux, fielded no fewer than five teams tbat had regular fixtures. This alone is of great credit to Mr. le Roux and the under fifteens.

P.

W.

12 11

7 4

D.

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F. 123 119

A. 100 109

Tbe underl3A team started the season by losing 0-22 to Paarl Boy's High, then after beating Bellville, tbe team lo t to Sacs. However, the tide began to turn and all the remaining matcbes except one against Paul Roos were won. In the second round Paarl Boy' High was beaten 11--0 and in a glorious game Sacs was beaten 17-3. The under 13A cored 247 points during the season, 66 being cored against them. Their use of their backs is indicated by tbe following: E. Robb (wing) scored 54 points, S. van Ernbden (centre) scored 53 points and P. Mauger (wing) scored 51.

Tbe A team had a successful season although two centres were lost after the first half. The three quarters lacked some punch but never gave up trying and made tbe best use they could of tbe "clean" ball provided by the small but highly efficient players in the pack. The A team lo t only four matches, three of these by a margin of two points.

The boys in the under 15 B team were always keen and played enterprising rugby. It was due to their stiff opposition at practices that the A team was sO successful.

The under BB team was not as successful as the A team but tried their best. This team too, started by losing to Paarl (3-16) but in the second round won an exciting game by 10 point to 9. Bath matches against Rondebosch were won, the first 9--0, the second 17--0.

This shows that this team, too, improved, and if improvement has taken place, much ha been achieved.

Tbe D, C & E teams had good matches and a successful season despite tbe fact that they had to play against A or B teams of smaller schools.

The spirit prevailing in these three teams wa splendid. This was due to the enthusiastic coaching of Messrs le Roux, Blom, Metrowich, Pfuhl, Jackson and Slater who are sincerely thanked for the valuable work tbey did. Wynberg has probably never bad five teams entered in the same age group. This fact, the success of the A team, the success of the otber under 15 teams and tbe eagerness with which tbey all played are largely a cribable to the experience

The under 13 A much benefit and Fourie's coaching. his enthusiasm and

and B tearns have derived much enjoyment from Mr. He is warmly thanked for for his hard work.

The under 13 C and D teams had some good games and some severe defeats. They showed good spirit and played with enthusiasm and

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improved con iderably during the second half of the sea on, and in their final match against Sacs, showed their real potential by running out easy winner.

The under J28 proved very ucces ml, losing only 2 of their 12 games played. Some of the e games were won by large margins, the final tally being 160 points for, and 29 against.

Messr Hoy and Just are thanked for what they have done for their teams.

The under 12 C and D tearns bad a fairly ucces ml eason, and though lo ing more games than they won, they nevertbele played with enthu iasm and enjoyment. Mr. Cooper and Mr. Smith are thanked for coaching and encouraging these important players.

The remaining under 12 player in the E & F tearns had tbeir regular practices but did not play matcbes. These boy too, enjoyed tbeir

enjoyed their matches. Captains Jennings and Wheeler gave good service to their teams. Tbeir captaincy on the field of play, their organization and their belpfulness were much appreciated.

Messrs Thorn and Brukman and van Vlaanderen are thanked for their coaching of these important team. Their efforts are much appreciated.

This year, becau e of the large number of team (23) playing regular matches, we were fortunate in being able to get the a istance of students. We thank Messr Pmhl, Brukman, Katz, Hammond and van Vlaanderen for helping us. Their assi tance and their knowledge were mucb appreciated.

The under 12A team enjoyed a seawn of fair success. Thougb strong 00 attack, the team's tackling often lost them the match. They

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AWARDS AND TROPHIES Colours are awarded to those who have played at least half of the under 19A matches.

Blues are awarded to those who, (a) in the opinion of the Blues Committee are good enough to be selected for the first team of any of the local schools and distinguish themselves in those team, and,.

Cb) in the opinion of the staff have a satisfactory atitude toward their team and the school.

practices and improved under the watchful care of Mr. Rautenbach who is thanked for his work with these young players.

Mr. Blackbeard and the members of the School Committee take a real interest in our games and in the condition of our fields. These gentlemen are thanked for what they are doing.

Wynberg is indeed lucky to have Mr. Payne supervising the maintenance of our field . All who use the fields appreciate what he is doing.

It would be impossible in a school of thi size to run extra-mural activities without the aid of many responsible boys. Members of staff never have to worry about providing or pumping balls. This year' equipment men, D. Milford, T. Dunster and A. Sleigh have done a splendid job in coping with the requirements of 23 teams playing matches. To the e boys go the thanks of coaches and players.

An Honour Badge is awarded to (a) a boy who has already been awarded a blue, (b) a boy who has been selected to play in the Western Province Craven Week team.

The following awards have been made for 1969: Honour Award: 1. Emms, J. Margalit, E. Rijkers and A. Ross.

Blues: 1. Emms, K. Horton, J. Margalit, E. Rijkers, A. Ross, R. Weilers.

Colours: J. Abelsohn, 1. Browntie, S. Currie, B. de Vries, T. Dunster, 1. Emms, R. Gluckman. R. Hcwett. K. Horton, J. Margalit. D. Pretorius, E. Rijkers, A. Ross, R. Weilers and A. Wilmot.

This year the Azriel Fine Trophy, awarded to the mo t improved under 13 or under 14 rugby player goe to Robert Schuman who started the sea on a B team flank or fullback.

Soon he was asked to hook for the under 13A team. Hi hooking, his play in tbe tight and in the loose improved greatly and were of tremendous value to hi team.

Thi trophy was presented to the school by Mr. A. Fine to commemmorate tbe years at and the contribution to Wynberg of the Fine family.

The P. de V. Wahl Trophy was presented to the School by Mr. . im in memory of the late Mr. Wahl who taught at Wynberg (rom 1925 to ] 953. Many people believed Mr. Wahl to be among the finest rugby and cricket coaches in the peninsula at that time.

This year the Trophy goes to J. J. Wes els of the under l6A team. La t year Wessels played for the under 15C team until injury stopped his rugby for the season. Thi year he was selected for the A team. Hi play was barelyadequate, however, by the end of the season his di tribution, attack and defence

To Sandy Friedlander, our Hon. Secretary, who did a tremendous amount of work pleasantly and efficiently both for Mr. Oosthuizen and for me, go my personal thanks and the thanks of people who benefited by his work.

C. Cumming is thanked for his duties as Results Secretary. Geoffrey RonaId on has done excellent work as the Press AttachĂŠ. The crisp style in the match reports is a credit to him. I thank GeofIrey very warmly for his work.

For carrying sand, water and oranges we thank the following boarders: C. Doig, I. Smith, C. Earley, 1. Bennett, G. Ander on. N. Selby, P. Taylor Smith, S. Whatmough, C. Blakemore, L. Smit, S. Elms, S. Jack on, J. van der Hoeven, J. Barton Bridge, P. Mann, and T. Earley.

We have been depending more and more on outside referees to help us with our Saturday games. Without them we would have to cut down severely on the number of teams playing at school. lo this connection we thank Or. Katz, Messrs. Max Baise, Ger, Doug Hopwood, McEwan. Lou\:, Crathornc nr.. rathorne Jnr., Melck, Hirschberg, Probyn, Bastin and Lt. Commander Morgan.

The ladies of the P.T A. do a tremendous job for Wynberg.

Player, pectator and referees all appreciate what they do. These ladies are all warmly thanked.

This year we had three team from Natal staying with parents of Wynberg boys. The school thanks all tho e parents who were ha ts to members of the three touring teams. We are fortunate in having such co-operative parent.

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had improved so much that he wa one of the be t crum halves in the under 16 competition.

The Brian Stey{ A ward. During 1957 Brian teyl, a promising young rugby player died of polio during the epidemic. Thi award was presented by Mr. C. C. W. Steyl in memory of his on.

This award goes to the most improved senior player.

R. Gluckman wins tbe award for 1969. He started the season in the B team as a centre.

When he wa a ked to play on the wing for the A team his game began to develop. He i now one of the mo t valued member of the chool XV. The Eric Tasker Trophy is awarded to tbe House winning the Inter Hou e Rugby Competition.

The chool i grateful to Mr. A. Fine for presenting this trophy to keep alive the memory of Mr. Ta ker who did so much in the academic pbere and also in the athletic and rugby pbere at Wynberg.

Tbis year the Trophy goe to Van Riebeeck House - overall winners of the competition.

(wing) linked to gain 60 yard bringing them to within 10 yards of the tryline.

Half-time core: 8-3.

After a clever kick-off by Wilmot and upporting play by Ross and Jacob, Wynberg were stopped ju t hort of coring. Play became crappy and Northlands forged into an attack which had tbe back defending de perately. umerous attempt at goal were squandered

by Northlands, but they were eventually re\ arded when Wal h ( o. 8) went over near tbe po tso Higgs converted. Wynberg fought back through their forward where Rijker and WeiIer gained 50 yards before feeding to Abelsohn, who broke, and only good defence prevented De Vrie from crossing the line.

Higgs finally clincbed the game with an ea y penalty in the la t minute. Final core: 8-11.

W.B.H.S. v.

DURBA BOY' HIGH SCHOOL, Saturday 12th April, 1969.

In an exciting game Wynberg defeated tbe visiting Durban team by 13 points (two goals, one penalty) to 6 (a penalty and a drop-goal).

O.B.H.S. kicked off and attacked right from the beginning. Wilmot was prominent in tbe Wynberg defence with anticipation and safe tackling which held tbe opponents. It took Wynberg 5 minutes before they cros ed the half-way line and it wa then that Emms kicked asbort upand-under, which he collected him elf; he pas ed out to Curry (8th man) who dived over.

Horton added two points with the conversion.

Durban High attacked again and again and were finally rewarded after 20 mjnute when We tray goaled a penalty from 25 yards. Wynberg pres ed strongly and were awarded a penalty whjch Horton converted witb a splendid kick from the touchline. O'Connor, the Durban fly-half, caught Wynberg napping with a neat drop-goal near hali-time.

Hali-time score: 8-6.

The econd half belonged to the Durban team, but they lacked fini hand uperb tackling

by Wynberg kept them at bay. Finally, 3 minutes from the end, the ball spun along the Wynberg backline and Ro s cleared tbe way for De Vries (wing) to score behind the po tso Horton converted increasing the lead to 13--6.

Final core: 13-6.

The Senior Rugby Committee The following boy erved on this committee: A. Ross (School Rugby Captain), R. WeiIer (Vice-Captain), 1. Brownlie, I. Emms and A. Wilmot. Sandy FriedJander was tbe Rugby Secretary. G. Ronaldson was tbe Pre attachĂŠ.

These boys are all thanked for their service to rugby at Wynberg.

A.J.A.M. W.RH.S. v.

ORTHLANDS B.H .. (Durban) Thur day 10th April, 1969.

Northlands kicked off and after only two minute were awarded a penalty 25 yards out.

Higgs at fly-half made no mistake. Three minutes later Ro s broke and pa sed for Emm to score in the corner. Horton narrowly mi ed the conversion. After a movement, when the bail wa pun along the lengtb of the backline, a grubber kick rebounded off an opponent.

Ernm collected it and went over for hi econd try. Horton did weil to convert [rom the touchline. Higgs bru hed the near upright with an attempt at goal and from the resulting drop out Honiball (centre) topped Jacobs elo e to the Northlands line. The Wynberg backs dominated play througbout the first balf. Half time came as Gorven ( crum-half) and KnowIes

W.RH.S. vs. PAARL BOYS' HIGH, Saturday 19th April, 1969.

Wynberg and Paarl Boys' High played to a 3-3 draw in another crappy opening fixture at Wynberg. Steadman replaced Jacobs on the

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left wing and showed exceptional pace at times.

Wynberg try line was the target for a relentless on laugbt in the first few minutes of the first half. Paarl surged forward u ing their superior pack to the fullest advantage. After only 3 minutes the barrage of penalties started when Wynberg went off ideo The Paarl O. 8 was just wide from 35 yards and 2 minutes later [rom only 25 yards in a goalable po ition.

Up to this poiot Paarl bad booked three times against tbe head. Wynberg began getting the ball from the loose and Curry and Pretorius emerged with it more than once. Horton fielded well and pushed Paarl back with many long touch kicks from within his 25. Jn the tenth minute the Paarl forward linked together in a forward rush which resulted in one of their props going over for a try which was not converted. Soon afterwards tbey were awarded a penalty 35 yards out and 10 yards in from toucb. Tbeir 8th man failed with his fourth kick of tbe day. Just before half-time Horton just failed to goal a penalty from 40 yards.

Half-time:

the po-t. Horton converted. (8-5).

Wilmot played the ball on the ground and Scheepers goaled easily. Scbeepers put Bellville into tbe lead when, under pressure, he put over a neat snap-drop.

Half-time: 8-11.

Milford began to find Wilmot, but the combination never really developed and all too frequently passes went astray. Wynberg showed their fitness in the second balf when their pack dominated with Rijker and Curry featuring prominently. Horton goaled one of the three chances he wa given to level the cores at Il all. Wilmot kicked deep downfield from his 25 and De Vries, coming up at full peed, snatcbed the ball one-banded from hi unsuspecting oppe ite number and coasted the remaining 40 yards to score behind the posts.

Horton converted. Wynberg surged forward and from a lineout Wilmot was brought down 5 yards from the line. The forwards rallied around and Dunster dived over. Horton increased the core to 21-11. After a line movement De Vries cross-kicked and collected in front of the posts without slackening speed to score his third try which Hort.on converted.

Wynberg were over路eager and were penalJsed.

Scheepers missed from 35 yards, but made amends three minutes later wben he goal ed a 50 yard penalty with a uperb drop-kick, bringing BeJlviUe's and bis own, tally to 14 points.

Final score: 26-14.

0-3.

A bad pass from Wilmot broke dowo a dangerous movement wben Emms had only the full-back to beat. However, Wynberg set about making amends for their poor first balf and Ross broke to find Wilmot in support, but Wil路 mot was brought down un upported. Margolit hooked against tbe head and the ball moved along the backline to Emms who found the gap and dived over. Horton was only just wide with tbe conversion (3-3). A few minute later be was just wide with a penalty from 35 yards, as was tbc Paarl kicker soon afterward.

Paarl came back near tbe end, but were unable to break Wynberg's solid defence. Final score: 3-3.

W.B.H.S. vs. BELLVILLE HIGH Saturday 26th April, 1969.

W.B.H.S. vs. BISHOPS, 1969.

Saturday

3rd May,

Wynberg met a strong Bishop combination in their first away fixture and came off commendably. As in previous matches, Wynberg dominated backline play where the centres, Ross and Emms, combined well. Though our flanks were a little slow off tbe mark, 8th man Curry emerged as a player to watch. The equal of bis positional play and tackling has not yet been seen in any opposing loose forwards. Except for a short period in the first half when Ross was off the field and Pretorius joined the backline, the Wynberg backline excelled. Horton. though un ucce sful with his goal-kicking, put up the u ual safe display at fuU-back and topped an almost certain try when he brought off a good tackle.

Day, of Bishops, started in this manner and had Wynberg defending desperately.

Then Wynberg forwards pressed and fed to Abelsohn for Ross to go over in the 8tb minute. Wilmot had taken the pass and slipped round Emms

CHOOL,

Bellville wasted no time and went ahead after 2 mioutes when the blindside wing joined the backline enabling Scheepers (fly路half) to take the gap and score under the posts. He him~elf converted. W nberg were awarded a penalty oon afterwards which Horton goaled magnificently from 45 yards. The game continued througbout at the same furious pace in whicb it started. BeJlville were penalised on tbe Wynberg 25 and Milford gave it to hls tryhungry backline. Ros punted abead and De Vries put his head down and caught up with tbc ball wbicb bounced conveniently for him and he continued in full cry for a try behind

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UNDER 14A RUGBY TEAM. 1969 Back Row: L. Venter, A. Blackbeard, R. Louw, A. Oliver. R. Bailey.

Middle: H. Roup, K. Bluff. D. Doveton. R. Payne, I. Gibbs, H. Mattews.

Front: D. Bradlield.

J. Bruwer. N. R. Blackbeard (Principal), G. le A. J. Fourie (Coach).

D. van der Byl. T. Page.

to the second centre posItIon where he took a pa to give Ro s the overlap.

Ithough W nberg won 5 tight heads to nil in the first half, the Bi. hop forward dominated in the loo e to feed good ball to their back. who in turn quandered their cbance .

Half-time: 3-0.

The scrums broke about even in the .econd half and the tempo of play increased. Bi hop' missed a penalty soon after half-time. but 3 min~ttes later Day took a long pa from Pitlard ( crum-half) to core an un:onverted try.

Ten minute later Horton failed to goal. The Wynberg backs came under heavy attack as the Bi hop forward pressed dangerou ly and came within 5 yards of the line. De Vrie and Steadman, the two wing, rarely attacked in tbis half and were actively engaged in defence.

Final core: 3-3.

Roux

(Captain).

W.B.H .. v. S.A.e. " Saturday 10th May. 1969.

Wynberg made change in the pack and backline, adding mobility to the forward.

Both teams had light packs, and SA found the Wynberg weaknes in the Iineoul. Morrt on. at fly-half for AC, cut the Wynberg back line to piece and te ted Horton al every opportunity.

Jn the first minute AC were up to Wynberg's tryline. but the home plck proved its strength with Margolit (hooker) at the fore. Wynberg were awarded a penalty and Horton wa ju t wide from 45 yards after five minutes. Joffe (fullback) tackled well to top De Vrie in fuH cry for the line. From a 25 drop out Horton shaved the po ts with a drop and a minute later threw away a penalty from a goalable po ition. Wynberg tarted exploiting AC weakness. which lay at o. 7

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in the lineout, where Pretorius was giving good

drop-goal rebounded off near the upright. A minute later he was short from 35 yards out.

Then, after the ball has spun along the backline, De Vries rounded his opposite number, beat the fullback, and scored an unconverted try in the corner. Paul Roos came more and more ioto the game and from this point took control of the lineouts, but Margolit (hooker) excelled io the tight and took many a tighthead ball away from his opponent. Paul Roos were awarded a try, but after the referee had consulted the linesman he changed his decision and Wilmot cleared from the ensuing lineout.

As with the previous try, the ball spun out to the wing, Gluckman, with the fullback dragging behind him, cut the line in the corner tor an unconverted try.

ball. Too often Morrison shook off weak tackles from Wilmot and only good covering by the loose forwards limited his freedom.

After 15 minutes Wynberg opened the scoring when Emms grubbered through for Ross to cross midway out. Horton converted. Morrison retaliated soon afterwards and broke through to score an unconverted try.

HaU-time: 5-3.

Wynberg applied full pressure in front with Brownlie iinkmg well. From an up and under Horton was bowled over and left tbe field.

Pretorius took over and left no vacuum in the pack which held firm. Morrison threw a long pass out to the wing, who went over near the corner. (5-6). Two minutes later De Vries tore down the touchline and was tackled by Joffe close to the line. Ross picked up the loose ball and flung himself over. De Vries raised the flags from the touchline. Le Bruhn (scrum-half) goaled from 40 yards (10-9).

Curry left the field brieflyand Horton returned.

The Wynberg centres exerted maximum pressure and, after moving the ball from the loose each time a man was tackled, moved play into the SACS 25. Morrison booted, but Wynberg were awarded a penalty for offside with which De Vries made no mistake. With time running out, SACS tried hard from behind, but lacked tbe fire in front, and safe tackling by Emms, Curry and Dun ter smother d aU hope of penetration. Throughout Abelsohn gave a steady service to Wilmot who sent his peedy centres away on the hunt at every opportunity. Final score: 13-9.

W.B.H.S. vs. PAUL May, 1969.

ROOS,

Saturday

Half-time:

6-0.

With Abelsohn and Wilmot combining well, the Wynberg backline moved well except for handling lapses by Emms, who had fingers on one hand strapped. Gluckman, finding his path blocked, gave a neat inside pass to Ross who scored ten yards in from touch. De Vries hit the cross-bar with the conversion (9-0). Then Ross broke and only a good tackle by the fullback prevented further addition to the score.

After a long rolling ball appeared to have gone into touch, the Paul Roos fly-half picked up and cross-kicked to his wing, who, with a centre, arrived simultaneously with Horton and Gluckman, only ten yards from a try. A stand full of Wynberg supporters breathed a sigh of relief as Horton cleared. With Paul Roos applying full pressure, the Wynberg defence buckled under the onslaught, and an opposing wing collected a well-placed cross-kick to score behind the posts (9-5). In the dying minutes of the game, Paul Roos broke through for a try in the corner. The deciding conversion failed, and left Wynberg tbe victors. Final score: 9-8.

17th

Wynberg started in grand style and had they continued in this manner would have won comfortably, but the sodden field took its toU and slowed the game to almo t a stand till at times. Wilmot kicked off down the blind side and pressed to five yards from the Paul Roos trytine. Then, penalised for over-eagerne s, they were sent back by a long touch kick, but undaunted, the backs regained the lost ground and actually went over. The try was disallowed and from a five yard scrum were awarded a penalty. The ball was thrust on Abelsohn, who tapped and found himself completely unsupported before he di appeared beneath eight Paul Roos forwards. After three minutes Horton collected a punt ahead and his attempted

W.B.H.S. vs. J. G. Meiring, Saturday 24th May, 1969.

In a thrilling game involving two unbeaten sides, Wynberg continued in their winning run by beating J. G. Meiring by 12 points to 11.

With J. G. Meiring off to a Lively start, Wynberg were soon defending and only good handLing and kicking by Bakkum, who gave a good account of himself throughout, kept them out.

Rijkers and Weilers did weU in the lineout, especially when deating with Bekkers, who towered above both, and was a constant th.reat with his long range penalty kicks. De Vrie

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shoulder, but refused the ambulance and returned to the game just after half-time.

Rondebosch had, meanwhile, missed two penalties from 25 and 30 yard respectively.

goaled ea ily to open the score for Wynberg after eight minutes. Four minutes later from a similar po ition he again raised the flags.

Hennie Bekker retaliated with a penalty from the touchline on the twenty路five.

Half-time:

Half-time:

6-3.

From a brilliant cis ors movement that cut through the Wynberg defence, Paterson (centre) scored behind the po tso They returned to camp in lhe Wynberg half and Pater on fluffed an easy one from 35 yard in front.

The Wynberg backline wa' elo ely marked and seldom moved far. Horton clinched it with a good 45 yard penalty that crept over the bar only minutes from time. Final score: 9-5.

Minutes after the interval a J. G. Meiring wing scored in the corner and Bekker added two points with the conver ion. Weilers and Margolit were prominent in a forward rush up to the J. G. Meiring tryline, only to be sent back 75 yards by a Bekker penalty. Bakkum ran back to collect it and regained 60 precious yards after running and a good kick. De Vries weaved his way through and scored in the corner, but Dr. Katz ruled the ball had been lost. He goaled from 40 yards soon afterwards.

W.B.H.S. vs. PLUMSTEAD, July, 1969.

A minute later Bekker goaled from 40 yards in front to keep them in the lead 芦11-9).

Abelsohn broke from loose play, but bad bandling by ~ntre prevented a try . .Margolit raked cleanly against the head, and Ross fed to Gluckman, who dotted down five yard in from touch. De Vries was wide with the conversion. On time, Bekker was ju t hort from 65 yards. Final score: 12-11.

W.B.H.S. vs. RONDEBOSCH. June, 1969.

Saturday

~.

Saturday

20th

Wynberg started at a fast pace and opened their scoring in the first minute. Ross broke and made 45 yards before exchanging passes with De Vries and going over. Horton converted from the touchline. Edminson goaled for Plumstead after missing earlier from a similar position, 30 yards out. Horton replied three minutes later also from 30 yards to increa e the lead to 8-3. With both ides making mistakes freely it was a relief when Abel ohn broke and fed to De Vries wbo dived over in the corner. Both teams' kickers squandered their chances until finally Edminson reduced the deficit from 40 yard.

11-6. Ros and Emms prevented a dangerous movement by good tackling and were re pon ible throughout for Wynberg's controlled defence.

8th

Witbout any doubt this game belonged to full-back Kenny Horton who played an excellent game and scored all of Wynberg's points.

Rondebosch dominated all phases of forward play and can be COD idered a little unlucky not to have won. This they certainly would have done had they fielded an accurate goal-kicker.

Half-time:

11-6.

It became evident after the fir t few minute of this half that Wynberg intended to build up tbeir core. They dominated almo t all departments and camped in their opponents' half.

Horton wa just wide with a drop from 40 yards, and from the dropout Dun ter and Pretorius, buried under a dozen forwards from both sides, were awarded a try after an inspiring forward rush. Horton goaled. 16-6.

Ross forced his way over from a five yard scrum and again Horton added the extra points.

Wilmot broke clear, but found himself un upported and was caught near the line. Rijkers broke round the back of a lineout and pa sed traight to Ro s who scored his third try. Horton raised the flags easily, 26-6. Then. just before the final whistle, Rijkers and Pretoriu helped WeiIer over for the final try, Horton converting. Final score: 31-6.

Rondebosch moved quickly on the loose bali and had two hook against the head notcbed against Craven Week hooker, J. Margolit, after as many scrums. The speedy loose forwards accentuated Wynberg's half-back weaknes and used the advantage to the full. After a good cross from Wilmot, Gluckman was brought down just hort of the line. Through continued miskicking by Bolus (Rond.) Wynberg were able to regain lost ground. Ross cut the line after good supporting play by Gluclcman, but was called back. Rondebosch were trapped off ide and Horton goal ed from 30 yard. Three minutes later he repeated tbe performance from a similar position to increase the lead to six nil. Six minutes before half-time Rijker left the field with wbat looked like a dislocated

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point the faults of a losing team, but perhap the only real reason was over confidence on the part of Wynberg. Rijkers was guilty of some pointle s tapping when he could see that Abelsohn was slower than the opposing loo e forward. Indifferent tackling from the backs let them through and cri p first-time tackling noticeably up et the entire backline. JVR scored in tbe first minute when one of the props went over under the poles. The fly-half, as if disbelieving his good fortune, mis ed the conversion. Ross broke a minute later and sent De Vries away for an unconverted try. Curry saved when JVR broke through, but Bakkum went offside 20 yards in front of hi own post and the JVR flank, entru ted with the kick, goaled. 3-6. Horton was wide from 35 yard soon after. Bakkum livened up play considerably when he broke and, with good up port from Theys and Weilers, came close to scoring.

Rijkers broke round the front of a lineoul and fed Weilers who dived over for a spectacular try in the corner.

24th

Truly a disappointing game for those who came expecting good, fast, running rugby. The Wynberg play was marred by handling mistakes and errors not becoming to School's fir t team rugby. Too often, when Wynberg were in a scoring position, they were blown up for offside and other petty errors. Bakkum entered the side on the withdrawal of Emms, with Wilmot moving to centre. Wynberg pres ed from the first minute and a try look.ed imminent when the forwards were penalised and sent back fifty yards by a good touch kick. They returned and then Wilmot was penalised on the line. Hilton dominated in the Iineouts and throughout the match Wynberg were able to collect the ball cleanly only twice in this department. Abelsohn attempted to get the game moving with a series of succe sful up and unders, one of which Curry natched and was brought down inches from the line. Abelsohn switched to the break and sent De Vries away only for him to drop the ball. Soon after De Vries dashed fifty yards for a try, but was recalled by the touch judge to a point where he had been clear and should not have put his foot out. Just before half-time Horton missed a penalty from a goalable position.

Half-time: 0-0.

Only a minute after the interval Horton goaled from 40 yards. After a break by the scrum-half Wynberg came close to scoring when Curry and mo t of the backline bandIed. A Hilton centre dropped a k.ick ahead from Bakkum behind his tryline and Gluckman pounced on it for an exceLlent try which Horton converted. 8-0.

Bakkum cro -k.icked and when the opposing wing overshot, Gluckman wasted no time and fed to Wilmot who scored an unconverted try. Hilton raLlied and the forwards crashed through a flimsy defence for the scrum-balf to score in tbe corner. A minute later they missed a 50 yard penalty narrowly.

From a loo e scrum on the Hilton line Dunster picked up for another three points. Horton added another two with lhe conversion. Ju t before time Hilton goaled from 35 yard. Final score: 16--6.

W.B.H.S. vs. JAN VAN RIEBEE 26th July, 1969.

Half-time:

6--6.

Play tightened on both ides and it was fifteen minutes before De Vries increased the score to 9-6 with a good penalty on the touchline. The JVR backline overwhelmed Wynberg and one of the centres broke through for a try at tbe posts. Tbe fly-half made no mistake thi time. Many times JVR came close to increasing their lead and fully deserved to, but de perate tackling all round kept them at bay. Just on time De Vries failed from 40 yards, leaving Wynberg with tbeir second defeat of the season. Final score: 9-11.

W.B.H.S. vs. HOITENTOTS Saturday 2nd August, 1969.

HOLLAND,

Wynberg, though little improved from their display the previous week, were far superior and were never really tested to the full. Hugo played a storming game at loek where he replaced Weilers wbo moved to flank in place of tbe injured Pretorius. Wilmot returned to the fly-half berth for Bakkum. HHH fielded a team of athlete and had three extremely fast threequarters, but were still unable to break tbe Wynberg defence. This asset certainly contained tbe Wynberg wings to the point that De Vries, even with a few yards start wa soon caught from behind. Horton was wide from 40 yards in the fir t minute. Abelsohn nipped round the pack and with good support from Currie made precious ground. Wilmot

K, Saturday

A really fast game in which Wynberg failed to make use of the ample ball they received throughout the game. It is always easier 10 pin97

settled down and two Wynberg penalties went astray. Horton played weil under pressure and after collecting a higb up-and-under be made ground before grubber kicking tbe ball out near tbe Rondeboscb corner flag, so gaining about 50 yards. They struck back and after an overlap Paterson sprinted away to put them further abead. 3-11.

Just before half-time Horton goaled from far out.

broke away close to the line, but was unsupported and the HHH loose forwards watched him carefully from then on. Wynberg pressed but found the HHH defence flawless. Ross booted ahead and Currie picked up to go over far out. Horton converted. Horton then. with a very stiff breeze behind him, ambitiously attempted a kick from the half-way line_ lt fell short, but Ross, following up, intercepted and put De Vries away. He was tackled feet from the try-line. Abelsohn dummied outside and tben in and after being swung around by a defender dived over tbe line mid-way out.

Horlon failed with the easy conver ion. 8-0.

He made short work of a penalty from a similar position a few minutes later, ju t before half-time_ Half-time:

Half-time:

Though Wynberg had the territorial advantage in this half they were unable to turn it into points. Rondebosch missed a chance and tben after eight minutes Horton decreased tbe deficit by three points when he goal ed from 35 yards midway out. Witb tbe home side pressing tbe opponents made use of an opportunity from 40 yards, but were unsuccessful.

Just before time Horton bad tbe ccowd on its Ceet as be sbaved tbe upright [corn 30 yards.

Final score: 9-11.

11-0.

mm, now playing with the wind, flew into their opponents and from a forward rush they reduced the deficit by a try from a prop. 11-3.

Wynberg retaliated and when under pressure from Wilmot the H.HH fly-half dropped tbe baLI for Dun ter to <live on it. Horton goaled, 16-3. For the re t of tbe half HHH pre ed and during this period missed a number of goalable penalties. Eight minutes from time they goaled one from 30 yards and seemed to relax after this_ Wynberg forwards came back strongly and gained 50 yards. Final score: 16-6.

W.B.H.S. vs. RONDEBOSCH, August,1969.

Saturday

6-11.

W_B.H.S. vs. PAARL August, 1969.

GYM,

Saturday

16th

A <lisappointing end to a di appointing day's rugby. Perbap least said soonest mended though the sooner tbis sort of play is stamped out of all rugby tbe better and the place to tart is in schools' rugby.

Wynberg enjoyed free ball from the tight and Margolit acquited himself weU and must be congratulated on earning his W.P. under 17 cap against the touring Au tra)jan Schools. As in a large percentage of tbeir former games, the forwards failed dismally to take the ball from the Iineouts and thus intensified the truggle. Play began at abri k pace and both ets of forwards flew into the loose. Horton played a useful game at full-back although till a Ijule off form with his place kicking.

Paarl were penalised for a late tackle and Horton goaled from 30 yards. They fought back and two minutes later a flank dived over. The conversion nit the cross-bar and bounced over to give them a 5-3 lead. Tbe Paarl 8th man was just wide with a useful kick from 50 yards.

Horton replied oon afterwards with a penalty that touched the upright and was pushed wide.

Paarl came back trongly and when Wynberg went off ide Paarl made no mistake (rom 30 yard . From a heel again t the head Wilmot broke and mis ed out Ross with a long pass out to De Veie on tbe wing who was clear.

Horton converted from the touchline. He struck again with a penalty for of[ ide minute later.

9th

Wynberg, despite their second balf revival, were unable to break through con istant fir ttime tackling by the oPPO ite backs. The forwards aquitted tbemselve very much better than in tbe previou encounter. Rondebo ch came expecting nothing less tban victory and brought their point home after only three minutes when a clearance from Wilmot failed to reach touch and wa snatched up by the wing whose peed carried him through a crowd of players. The conversion from the touchline was successful. Wynberg fought desperately to break through when a kick ahead by Wilmot was picked up by Gluckman, who flicked it out to Ro . Horton failed to convert. Almo t immediately Rondebo ch retaliated with a forward ru h that was saved only by the superb covering of Currie who, <living at the feet of tbe advancing opponents topped an almo t certain try. Wynberg were pena)jsed and the full back goaled {rom 35 yards. Both team

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TEAM

G. Botten, A. Askew, K. Ryan, P. Jones, A. Vann, M. Cawood, L. Thackwray. P. Blackbeard.

R. van Zyl. D. Anderton. E. Katz, Mr. R. Just (Coach), A. Knight (C.). Mr. A. Lorie (Prin.), J. Pam. Mr. N. Hoy (Coach).

M. Blencowe. J. B.-Bridges

Half-time:

11-8.

wi e did not really look like Final core: 11-13.

Wilh Paarl dominant in front throughout th~ half, Wynberg saw preciou little of the ball and when they did gain po es ion they frittered away their chances. Gluckman came cIo e to coring when he followed up his kick ahead and collected a convenient bounce before being tackled five yard from the line. A Paarl flank hrugged off numerous tackle before going over midway out. The th man con erted easily to take them into the lead. 11-13. Paarl missed one more kick before time, but other-

coring again.

W.B.H.S. vs. S.A.C .. , Wednesday 27th Augu t, 1969.

Thi game wa played midweek to en ure that both team were at full strength, the Au tralian-W.P. match being on the Saturday. Although torrential rain fell for much of the game it wa played in the best of pirits. Wynberg failed di maUy in lhe Iineout and paid the penalty as A came away with the ball time and time again. Wynberg had elected to

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play with the wind io the fust balf and even with this advantage made little headway. De Bruin failed after three minute with a very beavy ball [rom 35 yards. However, ACS heeled against tbe head and, with Joffe in the line, looked certain to score, but he cho e to kick abead and it was gathered safely by Horton. Wynberg were let off again when, with Le Brun placing only 27 yard away, the ball blew over. After twenty minutes Horton goaled well [rom the twenty-five near tbe touch-line.

From a loo e scrum inside the SAC half Abel obn scored in tbe corner after an excellently timed break around the blind ide and a 30 yard run that fouod both Le Brun and fullback, Joffe out of po ilion. Morri on broke cleverly and created an overlap for Pro ser to score far out.

Half-time:

COMPLETE

P. 17 Horton

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CRAVEN WEEK raven Week wa introduced six year ago as a means of improving the tandard of South Afriean School' Rugby. Tt ta k wa to get boys together both on and off the field and tho e who did represent the different provinces will agree that this was accomplished.

The W.P. team this year included four Wynberg boys, A. Ross, I. Emms. E. Rijker and J. Margolit. The team this year was highly prai ed by Danie Craven as the best team ever to represent W.P. Schools. The team played good open rugby winning two out of the three matches: I) W.P. Schools 14, atal 6; 2) W.P.

FIUENDUES :

ortblands (Durban) Boy' High V . Hilton ( ata!) _'" V . Old Boy' Team.

P. W. L. D. 4 2 2 0

U19 Rhodes De Waal Wel1ington Van Riebeeck

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D. P.F. PA. 2 217 165 _ 92 (22 Conversions, 14 Penalties, 2 Tries.)

De Vries 41 (1 Conversion, 5 Penalties. 8 Tries.)

Ros ....._. __ ... 27 (9 Trie .)

Gluckman _._. 15 (5 Tries.)

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Dunster 9 (3 Tries.)

Abel ohn _ _ 6 (2 Tries.)

Currie _. .. _ 6 (2 Tries.)

Weilers. . _..... .._. 6 (2 tries.)

Pretorius 3 (I Try.) Wilmot.. . __ 3 (1 Try.)

Playing in heavy rain in this half, both ide struggled to get the ball moving, SACS being the more successful. wingIer ( o. 8) forced his way over after a number of backline mi takes. Le Brun converted. Ju t before time Pro er da hed away for tbe winning try. Horton and Currie deserve mention: the former for his safe handling and kicking of a very wet and slippery ball and the latter for his CODi tant cover play that saved Wynberg on various occasion. Final score: 6--11.

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Schools 6, N. Transvaal 9; 3) W.P. School 17, E. Province 6.

On the days that the W.P. team did not play they were coacbed by their Springbok "stepfathers" as they were called. In the case of W.P. it was Mr. Chum Och se, and the e men managed to give a great deal of individual attention which was greatly appreciated by the members of the team.

Off the rugby field our time wa fully occupied and the entertainment consisted of rugby films of past Springbok Rugby Tests. On Friday there were no matches and we travelled from Pietermaritzburg to Durban to attend a Police Show staged at Kings Park. That night we returned to Pietermaritzburg to have team photos taken.

AndrĂŠ Ros wa selected a vice-captain of the Craven Week team. We would again like to thank the Shell Company who sponsored this week. pecial thanks mu t go to Mr. Oosthuizen and Mr. Povey for their enthusiastic and expert training that helped 0 much towards OUI selection.

1. EMMS.

Rondebosch Paarl Boys' High Jan van Riebeeck Hottentots Holland Higb ...._ Rondebosch ._... _.. _....

Paarl Gym S.A.C.S. ._.. ..._ _

172-27.

UNDER 10 RUGBY This has been a good sea on for the team.

All the matches were "friendlies", and in each we saw that there is a great deal of potential in the team.

During the second term Rondebo cb organized a friendly Round Robin Tournament, in which seven schools took part. This proved very succe sful indeed, and Wynberg organized a similar tournament on 30th August. A large crowd of pectators enjoyed tbe good standard of play and sportsmanship, as well as the refreshments provided by the "rugby mothers".

Mr. Smith has done a most important job very well. Looking after juniors in any sport is of paramount importance. Mr. Smith, and A. Jacobs and M. Reynecke of the enior scbool, are thanked very sincerely for the entbusiasm and proficiency engendered in under 10 players.

UNDER 14A The under l4A team was undoubtedly tbe team of the year. It wa unbeaten for the econd con ecutive ea on de pite trong oppoition from Bi hops, Rondebo ch and Sacs. The fact that the team has changed little in its composition during the two seasons bas resulted in the development of an exellent team spirit and in the development of a splendid standard of technical ability.

Owing to the players' keenne to maintain their unbeaten record, the rugby played during the earlier part of this season was not as attractive as it should have been, but their enthusiastic and knowledgeable coach, Mr. Fourie, soon overcame tbat problem. Mr. Fourie i thanked for and congratulated on the remarkable achievement of baving bis ide undefeated for two years.

Parents of boys in this team and all other teams are thanked for their loyal support on Saturday mornings. Their keeness has encouraged teams to give of their very best.

Under 14A results.

Vs. Paarl Boys' High Bellville High School Bishops S.A.C.S. Paul Roos J. G. Meiring

Won 11-3.

Won 19-6.

Won 11-5.

Won 3O-D. Won 14-11.

Won 14-D. Won 12-6.

Matches Vs. Monterey S.A.C.S. __.

Bishops .__.

Monterey Paarl Gym S.A.C.S. __.

0-14.

6- 3.

6- 3.

3- 6.

8- O. 8- O.

The first tOUInament at R.B.H.S. Vs. Golden Grove ..__ 5-0.

O-D. Western Provo Prep.

S.A.C.S. ..._. ..._ O-D. Rondebosch 0-9.

The second tournament at W.B.H.S. Vs. Paarl Gym 14-D. Vld Stel O-D. Rondebosch O-D. Monterey 3-6.

The younger juniors once again enjoyed and learnt much from their Friday afternoon games. enior boy A. Jacob, M. Reynecke, Woodin, W. Bailey. V. Potter, J. Abelsohn, 1.

John on, D. Sim , A. Dormon and P. Thomas are warmly thanked for their valuable coaching.

A. Jacobs, under the supervision of Mr. Smith, acted as coach-manager.

Won !!-D. Won 14-3.

Won 8-3.

Won 6-0.

Won 9-6.

Won 2O-D.

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W.B.H.S. vs. OLD BOYS, September, 1969.

Wednesday

17th

Again Stewart broke away and this time Badenhorst was on hand to add to the score. He converted himself. The Old Boys thundered forward and after most of the team bad bandied, lively MalcoLm Emms scored. As the final whistle blew Hopwood was heavily tackJed and all the players gathered round but he rose to his feet and tbe School congratulated their worthy victors. Final score: 23-32. Ref.: Dr. Katz.

This light-hearted game, the finest for many years, produced exciting running rugby and yet again the Old Boys proved their superiority.

Fielding a strong side, including Springboks Doug Hopwood, Dave Stewart, Lionel Wil on and baseball player lan Scott, they were always ready to throw the ball around. The Scbool followed their style and played their most entertaining rugby of the season.

M. Emms and A. Turvey linked well and sped through, but the cover defence proved safe and soon tbe School were attacking. Currie forced his way over, but was penalised for playing the ball on the ground. Hopwood fooled his way forward and gained valuable ground. Rijkers and Weilers dribbled ahead, but when Dunster stooped to pick up the ball he knocked on. Wilmot kicked into the goal area and Pretorius was just beaten to the touchdown. When a clearance kick failed to reach touch, Horton collected and dashed through a gap to score in the corner. Ross kicked ahead on his twenty路five and collected himself. After exchanging passes wIth De Vries he cut the line midway out. Horton converted. 8-D. De Vries broke clear, but was unable to outpace Scott (full路back). The School scored again when Gluckman threw in quickJy to Horton who returned the pass and then took the final exchange before going over, with Pretorius on his outside. Wilson dropped a penalty goal to open the Old Boys' score. Turvey ran well, but his "try" was not awarded. From the dropout Hopwood collected walked through the pack and when finally downed, Duk was on hand to score.

CRITIQUE OF 1ST XV A. ROSS: A captain wbo gained the respect of his fellow players through his own high standard of play and fitness, and inspired them into a team whicb played attractive and successful rugby. A player of great ability and promise wbo should do well in senior rugby.

Was vice-captain of the Western Province Craven Week team. Awarded Honour Badge and Rugby Blue, 1969.

R. WEILERS: A very fine pack-leader wbo gave his captain excellent support. He matured into an outstanding forward who was at his best wben the game was hardest. Awarded Rugby Blue, 1969.

1. EMMS: Fulfilled the promise of last year and developed into a top-class centre. His intelligent play and superb defence earned him a place in the Craven Week team. Awarded Honour Badge and Rugby Blue, 1969.

J. MARGOLIT: A fast-striking, intelligent and hard-working booker without equal in Western Province Schools' rugby. Represented Western Province at Craven Week and against the Under 17 Touring Australian team_ Awarded Honour Badge and Rugby Blue, 1969.

E. RIJKERS: A strong, rugged lock-forward whose excellent all-round play earned him a place in the Craven Week side. He must, however, improve his line-out play if he is to succeed in senior rugby. Awarded Honour Badge and Rugby Blue, 1969.

K. HORTON: A player of undoubted ability wbo e all-round performance improved with each game tbat he played. One of the finest full-backs in school rugby, he bas safe bands and kicks equally well with both feet. A player of great promise. Awarded Rugby Blue, 1969.

B. DE VRIES: A fast and intelligent wing with an eye for an opportunity, he must, bowever, watch weakness in defence.

R. GLUCKMAN: Tbe most improved player in the team. Light and not powerful, be forced his way to the top with determination and highly intelligent play, he has that rare quality of never dying WIth the ball.

Half-time: 13-6.

Malcolm Emms flung off Abelsohn on the half-way line and sped away for a try under the posts. Wilson converted.

13-11.

Klein barged over after Hopwood had gained ground and Calder goaled from the touchline. 13-16.

I. Emms pushed through a neat grubber kick upon which Gluckman pounced abead of the defence. 18-16. Turvey bur t through and outstripped his opponents for a try which he converted himself to put the Old Boys' back in the lead. 18-24. Pretorius picked up a loose ball and ran 70 yards before he was caught by Probyn on the line. Gluckman was on hand to place the ball over the Line. Horton converted.

23-21.

Here the Old Boy' took complete control and went abead when Stewart broke and threw out a long pass to Duk: who scored.

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T. WILMOT: A player with the making of a fust cia s fly-half. He has an eye for an opening, excellent hands and feel. However, unie he constantly believes in him elf he wiJl not reach the high standard of which he i' capable.

J. ABELSOH : A promi ing and hard路 working crum-half. He must get to the tackled baLI more quickly and develop hi' kicking. A good prospect for next year.

1. BROW LIE: A trong and knowledgeable front-ranker, whose all-round play was of a con tantly high standard.

D. PRETORI : One of the hardest working forward in the pack. A big hearted player wbo never gave up trying. He matured well and played his best rugby towards the end of tbe season.

S. CURRiE: A fiery, hard working looseforward with a deva tating tackle, who plays at a consi tently bigb tempo throughout the game. He must, however, overcome a tendency to "die" with the bali. An out tanding pro pect for next year.

Dovey goaled. 3-0. Neither side was willing to give an inch, but terling work by Mr. Bro ter (hooker) in the crum~ and Mr. Heath (lock) in the lineout enabled the Masters to obtain a greater share of the ball. After a lucky hook again t the head, M r. Jack on broke away and fell over lhe line. The Second rallied and chneider made no mi take with a penalty from 25 yards.

Half-time: 6-3.

Tbc econd were being nuffed out in the midfield play and teadman was fed traight [ram a crum and he ped away lo score.

Schneider converted well. 6-8. Mr. Dovey replied quickly with a penalty to regain the lead, 9-8. With Mr. Fourie (gym), the outtanding player on the field, tackling hard and quickly the econds' backline eldom gal moving. Milford and Theys at centre hawed touche of intelligent play, but were unable to break through. Finally, Mr. Gardener who is to teach at Wynberg next year, broke through and cored under the po t. An unknown U .. T. fly-half was unable to convert. Final core: 12-8.

Mo t of the Ma ter were in thot?) water afler the game and Mr. Tw;ker' flne路;t print wa the one that beat Steadman to the Boarding Hou e where he claimed diplomatic immunity. Mr. Metrowich disappeared oon after the final whi"t1e to recover hi pectacle. A late replacement for the Ma ter was Master Arthur Jacob who bared their fate.

Unless otherwi e tated Geoffrey Ronaldson wrote the match reports.

R. HEWETI: A great-hearted front-ranker who at all times gave of hi best, and toward tbc end of the eason was playing e cellent rugby T. DUNSTER: A tireless worker in the tight and loo e, he is fa t developing into an excellent flank but he must however, infu e more fire and devil into his play.

2nd XV v . The Masters' nder 65 A Team After an extremely hard game lhe Ma ters came away (wet), luckily, with a narrow four point win over the 2nd team. After warming up with two ten yard trots and a pres -up each, tbe Masters trickled on to the field after their captain, Mr. Jackson. Both teams looked the picture of confidence as Mr. Dovey stepped back to kick off. A loose crum developed where Potter had collected the ball and it aan became apparent that Mr. Metrowich wa mi ~ing hi gla cs, however. Mr. Dovey directed him towards them where Mr. Miller was forging ahead. Potter tried to belp the ball out of the scrum with hi hands, but Mr. Metrowich stamped on him. Both player~ were warned by the referee. M r. Tucker burst through, but the referee wa unable to see whether he bad cro cd the line and a 25 wa ordered. With the Ma ter piling on the presure they were awarded a penalty and Mr.

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SEVEN-A-SIDE TEAM Winners of Inter-Schools Tournament at Brookside K. Horton, B. de Vries, D. Pretorius, I. Emms, S. Currie, R. Hewett, Mr. J. Oosthiizen (Coach), A. Ross (Capt.), Mr. N. Blackbeard (Headmaster), R. Weilers.

"The Magnificent Friday, 19th September.

We entered two teams in tbe even-a- ide competition organi ed by Villager club at Brookside. The tournament wa ma terminded by pringbok John Gainsford and Dave Stewart in an effort to encourage choolboys to continue playing rugby after they leave school.

Their aim was to bring the young pro pects into contact with the enior rugby club 0 that they might not be lo t after they have left school.

Twelve of the major .chool of the. outhern uburbs took part and the tournament w~ very interesting. ome fine. running rugby was produced. There were several di tingui hed

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rugby players among tbe pectators. All the teams were well upported. Our B team beat St. George's before being eliminated by Cape Town High. Our A team re ult were: Ist Round: Wynberg14, S.A.C.S. B 3; 2nd Round: Wynberg 11, Bi hop 5; emi-final: Wynberg 11, St. Jo ephs 5; Final: Wynberg 14, S.A.C.S. A 8.

At the conclusion of the tournament we were the guests of the Villager club at a function where tbe Villager captain, Alii ter Thorn, a Wynberg Old Boy, pre ented our ide with a floating trophy and miniatures for member of the ide to keep.

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Despite the lack of our own track and the facilities we can again look back on a very successful athletics sea on. With an InterSchools Cro Country competition also tarted, it is my sincere hope that more and more boy wiU in future participate in athletic .

Perhaps next year ,an under eventeen agegroup can be introduced.

It is a pity that 0 few boys take part in athletic â&#x20AC;˘ as it is such a rewarding sport. Boys hould reali e that speed is not essential to the athlete: it is fitne that counts and if one is not a sprinter, one may weU be a good hurdler, discus thrower and so on.

Come on boys, it is up to you to make athletic at school a succe and with your support so many other events can be introduced. With so many otber athletics meetings you can make this your summer port. Couple this with cross country and you can do it the whole year round.

This year two new age groups were introduced, namely under thirteen and under fourteen, and the experiment proved a great succes .

Each boy competed onJy in hi own age group, as in the past, and therefore a great many more boys took part in the ports than ever before.

Cross-Country Thanks to Mr. Satti of Jan Van Riebeeck High Scbool, an inter-schools league was introduced this year. It has been a tremendous success and boy from all school in the W.P. have competed.

Our very keen Junior team did very well and at one stage looked set to be winners of this ection. Unfortunately our star athlete, B. Kuhn, lost his way on one occasion and because of illness could not run in the la trace.

However, he repre ented W.P. schools against E.P. and won his event.

It is a pity that I had to truggle with and beg eruor boys to compete. These meetings were held on Wednesdays and in no way interfered with senior rugby. Jf a school like Jan Van Riebeeck can enter ix teams, all boys rugby players, nothing should prevent our school from entering at least five teams. (Surely a rugby player must be fit to play rugby??).

P. Weir was our outstanding enior athlete and also represented W.P. schools against E.P .â&#x20AC;˘ coming fifth in his event.

Tbe future looks very bright and perhaps those boy not interested in rugby will consider getting fit in future by joining our crosscountry team.

WINNER

Annual Championships The Athletic Championship took place on Frida ,28th February, under fairly favourable conditions. Morning heats were run against a

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slight south easter which unfortunately gained force in the afternoon. The venue was once again the Garrison Grounds and we extend our sincere thanks for the use of these ground to the Military authorities concerned.

This year two new age groups were introduced - under 13 and under 15. lt will be three years before any times and distances in events in these age groups can be recognised as records, as is also the case in events where metric mea urements are being used for the fir t time.

Two records were broken this year: Pharoah broke the under 19 discuss record by hurling the discuss 100ft. 4t inches, and K. Bluff took 1.1 seconds off the under 14 200 metres record to win the race in 25.1 seconds.

The Victor Ludorum wa~ won by Brian fie Vries. G. Gillmer became the under 16 and K. Bluff the under 14 champions. The Cawood brothers, Mark and Grant, became under 12 and under 10champions respectively. The Macdonald Trophy for the best performance of the day went to K. Bluff.

We wish to thank Mr. I. le Roux and Mr. Fourie for organising the meeting and Mr. J. Oosthuizen and Mr. P. Bro ter for starting aU the track events. Our thank al 0 go to the time keepers (too numerous to mention) and to all the others who made the meeting a success.

B.S. DETAILED Under 10: 50 m.: 1.

(D.w.); 75 m.: I. (O.W.);

200 m.: I. K. Bluff (DW.); 2. D. Daveton (V.R.); 3. P. Byrne (DW.). 26.5.

Long Jump: 1. H. Katz (R.); 2. 1. Rubin (W.); 3. T. Earley (V.R.). 14' 8".

High Jump: 1. N. Snyman (D.W.); 2. J. Bruwer (O.W.); 3. D. Bradfield (R.). 4' 10".

Under 15: 100 m. Hurdles: 1. R. Le Roux (W.); 2. S. Casper (V.R.); 3. P. Mauger (O.W.). 16.8.

100 m.: 1. H. Damain-Harris (V.R.); 2. J. Oosthuizen (V.R.); 3. R. Le Roux (W.). 12.7.

200 m.l. H. Damain-Harris (O.W.); 2. J. Oosthuizen (V.R.); 3. R. Le Roux (W.). 26.2.

800 m.: 1. B. Kuun (V.R.); 2. A. Moseley (V.R.); 3. P. Zwick (V.R.). 2.15.7.

Long Jump: 1. J. Oosthuizen (V.R.); 2. R. Le Roux (W); 3. E. Coffin (R.). 17' 9".

High Jump: 1. J. Oosthuizen (V.R.); 2. E. Coffin (R.); 3. S. Casper (V.R.). 4' lOr. Uoder 16: 100 m. Hurdles: 1. M. Gentz (R.); 2. ,M:. 00 thuizen (W.); 3. J. Wes els (V.R.). 14.95. lOOm: 1. G. Gillmer (R.); 2. N. Fine (V.R.); 3. M. Gentz (R.). 12.2.

200 m.: 1. G. Gillmer (R.); 2. M. Oosthuizen (W.); 3. M. Gluckman (V.R.). 25.5.

400 m.: 1. G. Gillmer (R.); 2. M. Gluckman (V.R.); 3. H. Oblowitz (R.). 55.00.

800 m.: 1. H. Oblowitz (R.); 2. B. Peake (D.W.); 3. M. Gluclcman (V.R.). 2-9.1.

1500 m.: 1. H. Oblowitz (R.); 2. B. Peake (O.W.); 3. K. des Ligneri (W.). 4-37.

Long Jump: 1. M. Oosthuizen (W.); 2. N. Bradfield (R.) 3. G. Gillmer. 17' 3t".

High Jump: 1. D. Spolander 0N.); 2. ,M. Kirkwood (O.W.); 3. R. Whitehead (V.R.). 4' 10".

Shot Putt: 1. R. Bailey 0N.); 2. 1. Craxton (V.R.); 3. N. Fine (V.R.). 33' 2t".

Discus: 1. E. Coffin (R.); 2. J. Wes els (V.R.); 3. N. Mannington (W.).

RESULTS

G. Cawood

(O.w.); 2. T. Knight (R.). 7.6.

G. Cawood (DW.); 2. T. Knight 3. A. Kavalsky (R.). 11.4.

3. S. Schneider

Under 12: 75 m.: 1. M. Cawood (O.W.); 2. E. Katz (W.); 3. Van Zyl. 11.4.

100 m.: 1. M. Cawood (D.w.); 2. E. Katz (W.); 3. Perry (V.R.). 14.25.

Under 19: 100 m. Hurdles: 1. D. Steadman (W.); 2. B. De Vries (O.W.); 3. B. Schneider (R.).

100 m.: 1. B. De Vries (D.W.); 2. R. Elliot (R.); 3. B. Schneider (R.). 12.0.

200 m.: 1. B. De Vries (D.W.); 2. D. Asher (W.); 3. B. Schneider (R.). 24.0.

400 m.: 1. T. Coetzee (D.W.); 2. F. Kalis (R.); 3. D. Asher (W.). 54.5.

800 m.: 1. F. Kalis (R.); 2. N. Woodjn (V.R.): 3. A. Wilmot (D.W.). 2-11.

1500 m.: 1. A. Moseley (V.R.); 2. F. Kalis (R.); 3. N. Woodin (V.R.). 4-39.5.

Long Jump: 1. B. Sacks (W.); 2. C. Smedley (R.); 3. P. Anderton (V.R.). 18' 10".

Under 13: 75 m.: 1. E. Robb (D.w.); 2. B. Gibbons (W.); 3. M. Preyser (V.R.). 10.5.

100 m.: 1. E. Robb (O.W.); 2. M. Pryser (V.R.); 3. B. Gibbons (W.). 14.3.

Long Jump: 1. L. De Wet (R.); 2. P. Retief (R.); 3. Cleary (W.). 13' lot".

Uoder 14: 75 m. Hurdles: Roux (V.R.); 100 m.: 1. K. (V.R.); 3. M.

1. K. 3. D. Bluff Curr

Bluff (DW.): 2. G. Le Bradfield (R.). 12.6.

(D.W.); 2. D. Daveton (V.R.). 12.6.

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High Jump: 1. B. Sacks (W.); 2. B. De Vries (O.w.); 3. P. Anderton (V.R.). 5' 4i-.

Shot Putt: 1. B. Sacks (W.); 2. J. Margolit (R.); 3. A. Ross (W.). 30' 9t"路 Discus: 1. R. Pharaoh (V.R.); 2. J. Ormond (O.W.); 3. A. Visser (V.R.). 100' 9t".

Dr. Bobbin's Cup: Open 100 m.: B. de Vries (O.w.).

Ryan Cup: Open 200 m.: B. de Vries (O.W.).

Open Sholt Putt Cup: B. Saeks (W.).

Open Discuss: R. Pharaoh (U.R.).

Under 13: 100 m.: C. Robb (O.w.).

Under 15: 800 m.: B. Kuur (U.R.).

Junior Relay: Under 10: De Waal.

Junior Relay: Under 12: Wellington.

Al/en Newan Cup: Under 14 Relay: De Waal.

Macdonald Cup: Under 16 Relay: Van Riebeeck.

David & Salkow Cup: Open Relay: WelJington.

Old Boy$' Cup: Winning House: De Waal.

Victor Ladorum: B. de Vries.

Macdonald Trophy for best performance: K. Bluff.

Relays:

Under 10: 1. De Waal; 2. Wellington; 3. Van Riebeeck. 31.5.

Under 12: 1. Wellington; 2. De Waal; 3. Van Riebeeck. 42.5.

Under 13: 1. De Waal; 2. Van Riebeeck; 3.

Welljngton. 57.0.

Under 14: 1. De Waal; 2. Van Riebeeck; 3.

Wellington. 53.7.

Under 15: 1. Van Riebeeck; 2. Wellington; 3.

Rhodes. 51.5.

Under 16: 1. Van Riebeeck; 2. Rhodes; 3. Wellington. 50.0.

Under 19: 1. Wellington; 2. De Waal; 3.

Rhodes. 47.2.

Non-Competitors 1500 m.: 1. Wellington; 2.

Rhodes; 3. Van Riebeeck.

Sub A: 1. G. Laporta (V.R.); 2. N. Hare (R.); 3. B. Cawood (O.W.). 7.6.

Sub B: 1. G. Mattheo (O.W.); 2. C. Ashman (R.); 3. C. Buchanan (V.R.). 7.0.

Overall Results: Ist De Waal 2nd Wellington __ 3rd Van Riebeeck Rhodes _

_ _._ __ ._ _ _ .._._ __ __.

Record Holders: Under 10: 50 yds. N. Denison: 7.0, 1947.

7.0, 1947.

B. Weinreich: R. Skeeles: 7.0, 1958.

J. Bland: 7.0, 1959.

J. Oosthuizen: 7.0, 1964.

75 yds. B. Weinreich : 9.9, 1947.

J. Oosthuizen: 9.9, 1964.

Under 12: 75 yds. S. Versveld : 9.2, 1942.

120 yds. M. Oosthuizen: 15.0, 1965.

Under 14: 100 yds. P. Lowry: 1l.5, 25.1, 200 metres: K. Bluff 75 yds. Hurdles: N. Riley: 11.3, 18' lOr, Long Jump: L. Shapiro: High Jump: J. Leeson: 5' ot-, 00 metres: B. Kuun: 2: 26.7.

Under 16: 100 yds.: L. Shapiro: 10.4, 220 yds.: L. Shapiro: 23.6, 440 yds.: B. Schneider: 54.1, 880 yds.: L. Raymond: 2: 5.0, 110 yds. Hurdles: C. Rossolimo: 15.5, Long Jump: L. Shapiro: 20' 6t", High Jump: A. Elliot: 5' St", Shot Putt: A. Caxton: 34' 7".

Discus: R. Pharaoh: 126' Open: 100yds.: S. Shapiro: 10.4, 220 yds.: S. Shapiro: 23.2, 440 yds.: C. Filbert: 53.0, 880 yds.: C. Filbert: 2: 2.2, 1 mile: M. Allis: 4: 36.3, 110yds. Hurdles: L. 00 thuizen: 14.5, N. Riley: 14.5,

137 points. _ 127 points. _ 121 points.

101 points.

Cup Awards: Friedlander Cup: Under 10 Champion: G. Cawood (D.W.).

BarkewCup: Under 12Champion: M.Cawood (D.W.).

Barlin Cup: Under 14 Champion: K. Bluff (D.W.).

Dry Pycraft: Under 16 400 m.: G. Gillmer (R.).

C. E. Filbert: Under 16Champion: G. Gillmer CR.).

Neville Riley Cup: Open Hurdles: D. Steadman (W.).

Tayjie路dCup: 1500 metres: G. Mo ely (U.R.).

Headmarler's Cup: Open 800 m.: F. Kalis (R.).

Wool/aslon Cup: Open 400 m. T. Coetzee (D.W.).

Duncan Taylor: Open High Jump: B. Sack.

(W.).

Stanley Lewis: Open High Jump: B. Sacks (W.).

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1952.

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Long Jump: B. Weinreich: High Jump: W. Hutton: Shot Putt: D. Whitfield: Di cus: R. Pharaoh: on-Competitors 1500 m.: B. Peake: Under 10: 220 yds.: Van Riebeeck: Under 12: 330 yds.: Van Riebeeck: Under 14: 440 yds.: Wellington: Under 16: 440 yds.: Rhodes: Open: 440 yd.: De Waal:

20' 9", 5' 8 ", 36' 8t", 100' 4~",

The following standards have been set: Blue Evellt C%urs 11.4 100 m.

11.8 23.3 200 m.

24.0 52.9 400 m.

54.0 4:20 1500 m.

4: 30 5' 8" High Jump 5' )" 20'6" Long Jump 19' 6" 39' hot Putt (14 lbs.)

37' 12S' Discu 115' 14.5 100 m. Hurdles (3') 14.9 Under 16 & Under 17: 42'6" hot Putt (12 Ib .)

40' ISS' Discu 145" 14.0 Hurdle (2' 6") 14.4 Secretary: D. Blanckenberg.

Committee: P. Anderton, A. Barnard, R. lark.

Chairman: A. Wilmot.

Ma ter In Charge: Mr. P. Fourie.

1954.

1956.

1961.

1969.

4 : 41.1, 1968.

30.5, 1964.

42.1, 1964.

53.5, 1956.

48.3, 196 .

47, 1968.

W.P.S.A.U. Championships: Zwaan wyk High chool were again hosts for this meeting (held on March 14th) and our thanks go to tbem for their efficient organisation.

Best performance of Wynberg athlete were tho e of: H. Oblowitz who ran a very good 800 metre and came econd in 2 min. 5.7 ec.; M. Gents, who ran well to win the under 16 100 metres burdles in 14.5 sec .; K. Bluff who won the under IS lOO metre and came third in the lOO metres hurdle; H. Damain路Harris who took third place in the under 15 100 metre; and G. Gillmer wbo took nr tand econd places in the under 16 200 metres and 100 metre races with time of 23.9 and 11.9 second respectively.

Colour tandard were achieved by H. Oblowitz, B. Schneider and G. Gillmer.

Tennisette During the fourth term of 1968 two major tournaments were held. In the first of these, the ape Peninsula Primary Schools' Tenni ette Tournament, A. Hendrik e and M. Venter won through to the third stage. (M. Venter al 0 played in the Penin uIa team wh.ich lo t to Boland). In the second, the Annual School Tournament, M. Venter beat A. Hendrik e, thus becoming the Singles Champion. He wa pre ented with a tennis racquet. In the Doubles Champion hip, Asher and Hendrikse beat Flynn and Venter.

The fir t team of 1969 aw well over 100 boys playing tenni ette although we were unfortunate in losing the whole of the 1968 team to the High School. The new team, however. did their best and won three of even matche .

In the match between boy and parents, parents won by 17 ets to 8 and the Saturday afternoon was much enjoyed by all.

I hould like to thank the parents who played in tbe above match and also those who have provided tran port for "away" matche .

Then, too, I must thank the ladie of the taff who coach the boys each week a alo Mr. Houba who coaches each Wedne day. It i gratifying to ee tbat there are a fair number of boys availing them elve of the opportunity of pecial coaching. Thi certainly brings re ults. Finally, a special word of thank must go to Mr. Hutchinson. His keennes and interest will not easily be evaluated. We look forward to meeting him again in the near future and to playing against teams from his new school.

W.P. Junior Championships: The championship were held at Bellville thi year and the best athlete in the Penin uia and Boland assembled to compete for the bonour .

H. Oblowitz ran very well to reach the final of the U 17 800 m., particularly 0 a he i still only under 16. F. Kalis alodid extremely well and wa chosen for the We tern Province team.

Colour standards were obtained by G. Gillmer and H. Oblowitz.

Athletic Awards: Athlete taking part in any official meeting are eligible for award. To win the e award, they must attain a required tandard as well a meeting certain other conditions. These condition are that they mu t be in Std. 8 or in lhe U 16 or U 19 age group; their form mu t be con istent; and they hould ba ve the right attitude towards sport and chool.

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Tnis year tennis at Wynberg suffered a great loss when our enthusia tic tennis ma ter, Mr. Boltman left half-way through the year.

When Mr. Boltman took over the tenrn ection we were one of tbe weaker teams in the league, but under his guidance we have become one of the top teoni schools in the Western Cape. We should like to congratulate and thank him for all his labours on our behalf and wi h him well in bis retirement.

Mr. Miller took over Mr. Boltman's position in July and he has already hown u that he plans to keep Wynberg's tenni on the crest of the wave. We should like to take this opportunity to welcome him to the tennis section.

nard, A. Wilmot, R. Blackbeard, A. WerbelofI, S. MacFarlane and. L. Venter-were presented by the Old Boy' Dlon with mart and uoeful tennis bags and tennis covers both inscribed with the schools' initials. Wherever we went they were borne proudly and we should like to express our thanks to the Old Boys' Union for these kind gifts.

The tour was a combined one with the hockey team. Mr. Heath accompanied the tennis players.

We first travelled to Pietermaritzburg where we were entertained by Hilton, Michaelhou e and Maritzburg College re pectively. We beat Hilton and Michaelhouse. We then went on to Durban where we stayed at the Durban High School boarding house. We lost to Northlands and rounded off our tour succes fully by beating D.H.S. Thu of the five matches played, we won three.

All in all it was a successful and enjoyable tour and we are grateful to all the schools concerned for their kind hospitality. Also our thank go to Me sr . Heath and Bromberger who accompanied us on the tour and without whom the tour would not have been possible.

League Tennis We had two first teams in the Tenni League and we decided to play the older and more experienced boy in the 1st A Team and tbe younger ones in the Ist B. This would enable the chool's future Ist Team to gain experience together.

The Ist A team lost only one match. to Rondebosch, and it was a much clo er match than the score indicates. The I t B team acquitted themselves well and won half their matches and we are looking forward to a successful sea on next year. The third, fourth and fifth teams also fared well.

There is a keen interest among t the std. ixes and as they are our Ist team of the future, all we can say is, keep it up!

House Matches The hou e teams were fairly evenly matched and eventually Wellington emerged the winners followed by De Waal, Rhodes and Van Riebeeck.

Outside Achievements We were weU represented at the local tournaments and ome of the more succe sful players were Larry Venter, Mark Venter and David Asher. David Asher must be congratulated on hi election for the Western Province Junior Team which played in the Jnter-provincial and National Junior Championship held in Dur路 ban.

During the December holidays tuart MacFarlane and Larry Venter rep re ented the school at the Milk Board Tournament in which we finished tenth over all.

League Results Beat " " ,. " " Jot

1st A Sea Point .

S.A.C.S. Herzlia J .. R. Rondebo ch IB Wynberg JB to Rondebo. eh 1A ...._

6-1 7-0 7-0 7-0 7-0 7-0 1-5

1st B Beat " ..

Lo t "

Tour to Natal The touring team con ists of eight playersO. Ashe (capt.), B. De Vries (v. capt.), A. BarIJ 0

S.A.C.S. Herzlia J.v.R. to Rondebosch lA "Wynberg lA

4-3 4-2

5-2 .

1-5 0-7

1sl TENNIS TEAM SIanding: L. Shlomowitz, R. Blackbeard, G. Davis, P. Anderton, S. Macfarlane, A. Werbeloff.

A. Kirkwood, L. Venier.

Seated: A. Wilmol. R. Hewell. N. R. Blackbeard (Head).

D. Asher (Capt.), D. Miller (Masler in Charge). B. de Vries. A. Barnard

day on a round robin ba i . Each match coni ted of two ingle and a combined double and one point wa awarded for each match won. By Tuesday morning we had won our ection and entered one of the final cctions with .B.. of Kimberley, armel ollege of Durban. Maritzburg oUege. De Aar and Florida. As MacFarlane wa ill on the lasl two day, we only succeeded in gaining three points against the e school.. being placed tenth overall.

During the week many mtere! ting entertainments were provided uch a talks by Or. Danje ra en, a buffet supper at tellenbo ch Univer ity and a trip to Cape Town lo ee the Chrislma lights! Before the finals. which Rondebo.ch narrowly won from C.B ... we were presented with ouveOlr medallions by Dr. raven. and that evening there wa a braai {or all player and manager.

On the whole il wa a very ucce {ui tournament in which we hope lo do better this year.

Unfortunately the match against the Old Boys had to be cancelled beeau e of rain. At the time of going to Press the school champion!.hip were in their final tage but the finals are only expected lo be played early in the fourth term.

Awards A. Werbelotf, R. Hewett, Farlnne, L. Venter and A. Kirkwood.

Blues: B. De Vries.

Honours (Re-award): D. A her.

Colours:

. Mac-

D. A HER. MILK BOARD TOURNAMENT Having won the preliminary round. the Wynberg 15 team. Larry Venter and . MacFarlane. proceeded to tellen bosch for a week in the December holiday to compete again t school from all parts of the Republic.

The tournament began on a Monday morning and each team played two matches each

III

TABLE TENNIS Chairmafl:

P. Furman.

Secretary: B. De Vries.

Comll1ittee: B. Cohen, G. des Ligneri , T. van Gy en, A. Werbeloff, J. Abelson, P. Gohl.

This year the club ba been particularly active. We have a member hip of over one hundred boys, most of whom play regularly.

At the beginning of the eason too, we acquired new equipment, and the tables were rejuvenated which helped u partially to overcome bad playing conditions. namely very poor light in the hall.

High. Detailed re ults played are as follows:

Masters v. Pupils Match Towards the end of the second term, the boys had a very interesting and entertaining match again t the masters.

Youth reigned supreme and the boys ran out convincing winners, nine matches to nil.

Inter路House

v. vs. v. vs. vs.

Tournament

For the fir t time in some year, matches were played, the team being:

We congratulate Wellington on winning the tournament, achieved only by beating Rhodes in a ten e deciding match 3-2. The final log po itions were:

Inter-Schools

3 3 3 3

3 2 1 0

0 1 2 3

Tech.:

the

6-4 9-1 10-0 9-1 4-6

ten

matches

4-6. and and 10-0 and 9-1. and 10-0. and 10-0.

A practice i held weekly for members and prospective member of the school team, and it is very plea ing to see the enthusia m, particularly amongst the juniors, many of whom have improved con iderably.

Two boys. B. Cohen and A. Werbeloff. are now playing regularly for the Mari t Belmont lub I I League team, and have both been uccessful.

Barry oh en and Peter Furman are to be congratulated on being chosen to play in the Western Province Junior "A" and "B" teams respectively. The outh African lunior Championhips were held in Pretoria this year, and both the e teams were placed econd in their eclions.

house

Wellington: B. ohen. N. Wal h.

Rhode: A. Werbelotf, P. Furman.

Van Riebeeck: L. Shlomowitz, T. van Gy en.

De Waal: A. Kirkwood, B. de Vrie~, A. Wilmot.

Wellington ......

Rhodes Van Riebeeck De Waal

ape Town: Oude Molen Sea Point: Rondebosch: Tiervlei:

for

6 4 2 0

Championships

Matches

For the fir t time in some years, the championship was completed.

Over one hundred member took part. The emi-finali ts were: B. Cohen.

P. Furman, L. Shlomowitz and P. Tayler-Smilh.

As WerbeIoIr withdrew in the quarter-final due to injury. ohen took the title reasonably ea ily in defeating hlomowitz 21-10, 22-20.

Another important development thi year, is the reformation of the previou ly defunct chool' League. Al the beginning of the year a meeting was held under the au pices of Mrs. Lulu Levine (we tern Province Table Tenni repre enlative).

Tt wa decided that a School ' League would be formed and ix chools participate, namelyape Town High, Oude Molen Technical High, Rondebosch Boy' High, ea Point Boy' High, Wynberg Boys' High and a combined Northern Suburbs School' team.

Matches were to be played on Friday afternoon on a home and away basis.

The Wynberg team were very succe ful and tied for fir t place on the log with ape Town

Our thank go to Mr. Blackbeard. for hi help and genero ity in supplying u with equipment, and to Mr. Thom, who gave up many Friday afternoons to ferry us to our matches.

We would alolike to thank many other members of talr for their enthusia m and parti i路 pation in the lub' activities.

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FIRST HOCKEY

XI

Standing: D. Jupp, R. Carter, T. Probyn, R. Burns, S. Damain-Harris.

Sitting: M. Stalling, G. des Llgneris, Mr. D. Bromberger (Coach), N. Woodin, Blackbeard (Headmaster), R. Clark, M. Reyneke.

In Front: R. Good.

Mr. N. R.

HOCKEY First Team Matches: Vs. Wcslerford: The two ides were fairly evenly matched but Wynberg without Clark lacked tbc fini h in thi game that Westerford without Smith eemed to la.ck in the return game at lhe end of tbe cason. After ten minute Westerford broke through and cored and then Woodin equali ed with a trong hot from a hort corner. Late in tbe econd half Westerford cored the winning goal. Re uit: Lo t 1-2.

Hockey at Wynberg has come to stay.

Having onlyentered the schools league last year we have this year established that we are at all time a force to be reckoned with. And with our pro peet for next year at least fair to good. it ought to continue thi way.

Evidence of progress are that we won eight and drew one of our thirteen fir t league matche ; lhat two boys were elected for the We tern Province Schools Hockey team. one of whom wa then cho en for the .A. chool B team; that we undertook a tour. if un ucce ful match-wi e, of everal Natal schools; and that three team - not two - represented the school in the league thi year.

VS. Paarl Gymnasium: In thi game the Wynberg side never looked like producing its best. Oefen ive blunders b Wynberg and hard work by the Paarl forward 113

practi ed attack would bave brought even more. Reyneke (5), Clark (3) and Woodin contributed to the total. Result: Won 9-1.

Vs. Pinelallds: Wynberg attacked trongly for the first 20 minutes of the fir t half. Several hort corner were awarded but tbey could not capitalise on these. Pinelands came back trongly in the second half and sCored three time, owing mainly to the gap left in tbe centre. Reyneke cored our only goal from an intelligent short corner move. Re uit: Lost 1-3.

Vs. S.A .C.s.: The game tarted fairly evenly but the Wynberg forwards moved moothly and Clark, in brilliant form, cored two goals in the fir t half.

The defence worked well. Clark cored again after the resumption to complete his hat-trick.

With Reyneke coring a further goal, Wynberg ended up in full control of tbe game. Result: Won 4--0.

Vs. Plumstead: ln spite of poor condition, Wynberg ettled down and commanded play from the start with clever work in the midfield. The score was two-nil at half-time. A po itional change re ultcd in a Wynberg attack with more penetration and ix goal were added. Goal- cores were: Reyneke (4), lark (3) and Van Gy en.

Result: Won &-0.

Vs. Wester/ord: This wa a dull game and neither ide etUed down completely, Wynberg leading 2-1 at change-over through goal by Clark and Van Gy en. In the econd half Wynberg largely took control and three extra goals were notched

by Clark, Van Gy en and des Ligneris. One further goal wa 'cored b Westerford. Result: Won 5-2. ummary: P. W. P.F. P.A. L. D. 13 8 1 4 56 23

brought the visitor three ucce ive goal. Our forward line had ample opportunitie but failed to capita li e ufficiently on the e. Van Gysen being tbe only corer with a powerful shot just above ground level. Re uit: Lo t 1-3.

Vs. Diocesan College: At the We tern Province hockey trials at Pinelands, Wynberg in a half-hour-game completely overwhelmed a bewildered Bisbop defence. Goal by Clark (5). Woodin (3). and Reyneke (2) put the result beyond any doubt, only one being cored against the chool towards the end of the game. Re~ult: Won 10-1.

Vs. Cape Town High: Wynberg had all the chances needed to enure a good win. but failed to capitali e on the e. Our only goal wa cored late in the econd half when lark netted a pectacular one from an almo t impo ible angle. Result: Won I-().

Vs. CB.C.: Wynberg were clearly on top, their goalmouth hardly seeing anything of the ball. Goal

by Clark (3), Reyneke (2) and Woodin from a penalty nick, re ulted in victory for the chool.

Result: Won 6-().

VI'. Fish Hoek: This was a eesaw game if ever there was one. Each time Fi h Hoek cored, Wynberg retaliated, 0 that the core progressed from 3-1 to 4-2, to 5-3, to 6-4. Both defences were badly rattled by the time the forward had fini hed their litUe game with each other.

Result: Won 6-4.

Vs. Rondebosch: Wynberg took command in the fir t half and gave the Rondebo ch defence a hard time.

The econd half was the complete rever e.

Rondebosch improved in the midfield and found many gap in the Wynberg defence.

Thi enabled them to core five goal. Clark scored two goal for Wynberg. Re uIt: Lo. t 2-5.

Inter-School Tournament: Thi wa held at Pinelands on 20th eptember, ixteen chool taking part. We were ceded in the top four and tood a very good chance of winning the tournament but unfortunately a cricket matcb again t a Rhode ian touring side on that date prevented u from ending a strong ideo The occasion wa , neverthele . enjoyed by all, des Ligneri captaining the side in the ab ence of Van Gysen and Woodin. Our congratulation go to We terford who won, and Paarl Gymna ium who were the runner -up.

Vr. Sea Point: Wynberg produced little constructive hockey and many chances were mi. ed by both sides.

Ju t before half-time Wynberg took a onenil lead when Campbell netted a goal. ea Point replied with two fine goal and lark only equali ed late in the econd half. Re uIt: Drew 2-2.

Vs. Technical High: Owing to weak oppo ition, Reyneke and Clark were oon amongst the goal. and a more 114

team. But gradually things cbanged till the score was 5--0 against u , this unfortunately against a side tIlat just was not as good as Hilton.

Next, we travelled by Michaelbouse bus to Queen Elizabeth Park, a few miles outside Maritzburg, where we were met by the Alexandra High School masters. After being bown around tbe park at feeding time, and seeing ome excellent Natal Parks Board films, we were taken to the city where very soon after lunch we were caUed upon to play the local team. Unfortunately the hockey master had been unable to prevent tbe town field from receiving an over-thorough wetting that morning, and the slippery condition of the field, together with other factors, resulted in our playing rather mediocre hockey. We certainly ought to have won this match but spirits drooped and we had to be satisfied with a 2all draw, Clark scoring both goals.

After the match, Alexandra arranged for us to attend an inter-varsity rugby match and a film show in the school hall, but many of our exhausted tour-members had simply to excuse themselves from these functions.

A three-hour train trip to the coa t brought us to our two Durban opponent: Glenwood, a strong side that defeated us 5--0 on the fine Queen mead field where we tried out the 4-2-3-1 formation for tbe fir t time; and Durban High School, whom, with our new formation, we defeated 3--0 for our fir t victory of the tour. Of these latter goals, Van Gysen scored two, Clark one.

The tour ended with a fine lunch laid on for us at the D.H.S. Old Boys' Club. To D.H.S. and in particular Mr. Rowe, go our sincerest thanks, not only for tbe dinner but for the hospitality in general, and also for the arranging of tbe up-country part of our tour in all its aspects.

We should certainly like to return a littte of t!lis kindness sometime and we hope we shall be in a position to do so in the Dot too far distant future.

Provincial Trials and Inter-Provincial Tournament: Provincial trials were held early in May and as a result of our trouncing Bi hops 10---1 before the selectors in a polished di play of hockey, we found seven of our ide among the 48 trialists chosen. Of the e seven, only Mark Reyneke failed to make the grade to the final trials, Wynberg being repre ented in the la t 24 by Clark, Woodin, Good, Van Gysen, des Ligneris and Stalling. This was an outstanding achievement for Wynberg and something of which to feel justly proud.

In the end, only Clark and Woodin played for the victorious W. P. ide in the InterProvincial Tournament held in Cape Town in July. But to make up for this, they both distingui hed themselves, Woodin playing well in the vital centre-half position and Clark notching twelve goals out of W. P.'s total of thirty-three.

They are both to be congratulated on their performances, and Clark on going one stage further and being selected for the S.A. Schools' B side.

Tour of Natal: In the first week of the June holidays, tIlirteen players - the regular first XI players together with Campbell and Williamson boarded the train for Pietermaritzburg in the company of eight Wynberg tennis players. It wa felt that twenty-odd players made a good number for a train party and undoubtedly the partnership worked weU, though it must be accepted tbat tbe tennis players benefitted more from the association than the hockey player.

At Pietermaritzburg we were met bright and early by a Hilton master and taken to the fine wllite-painted buildings that constitute Hilton College, situated as it is on a rise whence can be seen much of the surrounding 3,500-acre estate.

A particularly fine feature of Hilton is it hockey field which i said to be the best in Natal. And it certainly was a pleasure to play on it, if not to lose ~ to a definitely superior team. We did not disgrace ourselves, bowever, and bad some good movement in the course of a game well patronised by pectators.

For the next stage of our tour we were fetched by bus to the redbrick college that is Michaelhouse, memorable to many for its several squa h courts that were notIling if not (over?) used.

The first third of the match against Michaelhou e was very equal and it looked as if we might even have had a slight edge on the home

Friendlies: Four friendlies were played in the course of the season.

Against a W.P. Wedne day XI in early May we drew 3-3. We are very thankful to the club and to Mr. Heatb of the club and our chool for arranging th.is match and for the discus ion and refreshment afterwards.

Against the Girls' School: we won narrowly 3-2 but a pall was cast over tbe match by

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Against the Old Boys: we lost 3-2 in an evenly contested match. We thank Brian McEwan for organising the Old Boy' side and for the refre hments afterwards.

Again t the staff: a Matric XI not at its stronge t lost 5-3 with Mr. Dovey scoring everal goals from the left and al 0 injuring goalie Good! More goal would undoubtedly have been netted by the Matrics had Mr. Mathew not presented a very olid walJ of defence to all corners.

Thanks In conclusion a word of thanks to Dirk van Gysen and Neil Woodin who led their team in tbe cour e of a very succes (uI cason. It was not an easy job on one or two occasion to keep up morale, but Van Gysen and hi vice-captain gave good leadership and are to be complimented al 0 on the hard-working example they et. Van Gy en in particular is to be thanked, for a fir t team captain has numerous small tasks to perform, and he performed them all to the best of his ability.

Thank you Dirk and Neil and all the Matrics leaving u ! Let's see if you can't al 0 leave some impression on W.P. hockey, as others have done on W.P. cricket and rugby before you.

We are grateful, too, to Mr. Slater, both for giving a helping hand with coaching and for introducing everal of our betler players to men' hockey. Hi interest in the club is greatly appreciated.

To Mr. Payne go our thanks for doiog what be could (and hopefully will) (or our hockey field; to Mesdames Blanckenberg, Jupp, Buchholz and others for orange supplied at halftime in home matches; to Messr . Clark, Burn , de Ligoeris (father and sool and Mesdames Clark and Jupp for their frequent support of our teams on Saturday mornings; aod to Mr. Blackbeard for the financial and the moral support that he so willingly gives the club.

To all these our most grateful thank.

Second and Third Teams: The econd team, ably led by Buchholz, had quite a successful season. In the forward line Campbell and Durant (inners) and Somerville and Kirkwood (wings) were the regular' who worked hard and con istently to penetrate often impenetrable defence.

Of lhe halves Buchholz at centre-naIf always hone, as did Probyn who. before long, wa promoted to fir t team left-half. Hyam, Key and Williamon al 0 played well in the middle field. As a back, Lowden defended consistently well, ometime aided competently by William on.

Dawe wore the pads throughout the season and is to be complimented on defending the goals so ably in between his drowsy period.

Of pro pects for next year's J t XI there are among t the forward, Campbell, Somerville and Durant, though it could be that Durant will find a more u eful place in the team as a half. Among t the halve there are Hyam, Key and Williamson to be considered; and either Lowden or William on i likely to partner Jupp at back next year. Fortunately Clark, Good, Reyneke and Jupp o( the first team will be with US again in 1970, and we look forward to seeing what they and the others can do next eason to maintain our nigh tandards.

The third team had a (ew game in the first half of the sea on, and regular league games in the econd balf. Player wbose names are worth mention are De Groot (captain), Hadwen and Coetzee amongst the halves, and Archer, a tower of strength, in the back line. Klopper fared quite well in the goals, though he ha much to learn.

Awards: Colours: R. Burns, R. Carter, S. DamainHarris, R. Good, D. Jupp, T. Probyn.

BIlIes: R. Clark, G. des Ligneris, R. Good, M. Stalling, T. van Gey en.

Honours: R. Clark.

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lished at the Inter-House gala. This justifies the raising to a higher standard of tbe times for colours and blues.

Our swimmers did very well at the W.P. Schools Cbampion hjps this year, and Alan Hammond, Peter Weir, Linton Perry, Derek Yach and Gordon Rixon (diving) were selected to rep re ent W.P. at the S.A. chools' Champion hips held at .Bloemfontein. Alan Hammond and Peter Weir also repre ented W.P. in the Senior Currie Cup. Wynberg retained the Thoma Mitchell Cup for the open school relay at the W.P. hampionships for lhe lhird year in ucce ion.

Awards for this year are: HOllours: A. Hammond.

Blues: L. Perry.

Colours: 1. Thomp on, D. Yach.

100 yards freestyle: Colour: 60.0 secs.; Blue: 57.0 secs.

After having won the 1968 lnter- chool' Shield by a wide margin wc are well on the way to repeating our performance thi year.

For the fir t two of the series of four galas for the Shield we already have a total of 48 points.

Mr. Broster continues to do good work in coaching the swimmers and keeping the team spirit at a high level.

That the standard of our school wimming continues to improve is borne out by thc fact that no less than eight new record were e tab-

SWIMMING TEAM Back: I Thomson, S. Tyler, P. Williamson, M. Cohen.

Slanding: P. Goles, G. Doran, G. Rixon, J. le Sueur, M. Preyser, H. van Zyl. Sitting: L. Perry, A. Hammond, Mr. P. Brosier (Coach), G. Goles (Captain), Mr. N. Blackbeard (Headmaster), T. Curr, J. Klein.

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JUNIOR SWIMMING TEAM Back Row: R. Hoflman, C. Morris, S. Barker, T. Knight, P. Bragg, J. Malbin, A. Greenberg.

Second Row: M. Morris, R. Dowling, R. Bredenkamp, P. Dyer, A. Knight, M. Wiese, D. Hau, P. Nicholson.

Third Row: M. Tyler, G. Peck, Mr. A. Lorie (Prin.), K. Perry (C.), Mr. J. F. Oosthuizen (Coach), P. Greenberg, T. Yach.

Front Row: A. Sher, D. Nicholson, A. Walker.

Water-Polo This sport has become increasingly popular at Wynberg and as a result we have been able to field a 1st team and two under 15 teams.

The steady improvement is due to the regular turnout of so many boy to the practices held three times a week. A schools league has been formed and matches take place every aturday morning. All the Wynberg teams have acquitted themselves very well.

Mr. Melck, our first coach, has left u , but Mr. Broster bas taken over tbe training with much enthusiasm.

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220 yard freestyle: Colour: 2 min. 35.0 secs.; Blue: 2 min.

25.0 sees.

440 yards freestyle: 5 min. 25.0 sec .; Blue: 5 min. 10.0 sec .

100 yards backstroke: Colour: 79.0 ecs.; Blue: 74.0 ees.

220 yards backstroke: Colour: 3 min. 10 ec.; Blue: 2 min.

58.0 secs.

100 yards butterfly: Colour: 70.0 secs.; Blue 65.0 ees. tOO yards backstroke: Colour: 72.0 secs.; Blue: 67.0 secs.

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As 1 write this report the whole world .is anxiously awaiting the reuniting of the moon module with the orbiting command craft. What a stupendous achievement! It i only by courage and determination, aided by scientific technology and skill, that man could achieve such an outstanding performance.

It was the same sort of approach which Eddy Barlow used to force our W.P. cricket team back into the A section of the Currie Cup. Our heartiest congratuiations are extended to him and his team on tneir meritoriou' achIevement. Proudly we associate our elves with, and claim a pan of, this success because our old boy Mike Bowditch and Chris Stephens were two of the more successful member of the W.P. team. Together with Mr. Gavin P(uhl, who bas been doing some excellent coachmg at the school, they made an excellent trio.

Messrs. J. Matthew, K. Dovey and L. Heath.

Mr. Alan Oakman a isted during chool hour as the W.P. Cricket Union's coach, and Mr. Ken Taylor helped the junior boys.

We entered more teams this sea on than ever before in the chool's hi tory. The new teams were an under II, an under J 2 B, an under 13 C, and an under 14 week-day team coached

by Mr. D. Orcruson, making a total of sixteen teams. We have oniy three grounds, but with the re-siting of lhe Hawtborden pitches we snall now have four turf-wicket fields, entitling us to enter 12 learns competing in Saturday morning cricket.

Mr. Alf Morri has enjoyed a fair eason of uccess with nis under 13 A team. Two of hi boy were included in lhe W.P. under 13 team which toured Rhodesia in January. G. le Roux and ,M. Venter repre ented W.B.H.S., the former player being highly commended for portsman hip. In a vital match he 'portingly assisted the umpire by walking after an appeal had been made for a catch behind the wicket, knowing tbat he was out. This incident brought favourable comment from the Pres, the organi er and the pectator.

The pirit of portsman hip is what we at Wynberg ap' preciate. WeU done Garth!

Mr. Dave Bromberger coached the under J5 B, Mr. P. Kalloway tbe under 15 C and Mr. D. Muller the under 15 D. Mr. Derek Kooy supervises the under thirteen teams and with Mr. P. Tucker thi ection erves as the nucleus for our four under fifteen teams. ln tbe Junior School Mr. J. 00 thuizen has Mes rs. Ju t, Smith and Hoy to run tbe under 12 A and B and all the under 10 and under 11 teams.

At the commencement of the new year Mr. J. later joined the cricket club and took over from Mr. J. Voigt, coaching the fourth Xl, whil t Mr. "Boy" Gilmore continue with tbc third XL Mr, J. Blom persevered with the econd Xl and toward the eod of the ea on this team wa doing well. led by their captain Damain-Harris. For the fir t term each year we have five enior team playing regularly. Mr. . Parkin coache the fifth team.

The school fir t team, captained by Morris McClurg, had a very successful sea on. Morris himself wa selected to captain tbe W.P. Nuffield xl. Kelth Kolesky wa chosen as the wicket-keeper and Jobn Cawood a the hock attack seam bowler. Jonn ha improved considerably and seems to nave snaken off the sboulder ailment which pos ibly prevented him {rom being elected for the .A. Nuffield Xl. Here we would like to congratulate A. C. Parker son Andre on being elected as twelfth man for the S.A. Nuffield XI, tbe only W.P. representative to be given this honour. At the same time we would expres our ympathy to Roy Clarke, who came 0 very near to election for the W.P. Nuffield Xl. Excuse, however, never help. We mu t trive for the mastery and must practise with dedication until our products are beyond the selectors' doubts. John Townsend and Neil Woodin, together with PniLip Goodwin, all had a good week trying to di play their be t form, but only lhe players already mentioned ucceeded.

Roy Clark has taken over tbc captaincy and from behind the wickets he i making a bid to improve on the achievements of last year' team. ,Mr. Tom Reddick coached the fir t eleven and the uoder fifteen team, helped by

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Most Promising Cricketer: Ist Xl: R. Clark, N. Woodin.

Under 15A: Alan Lamb, A. Davis, David Sims, M. Bastin.

Under 13 A: G. le Roux, M. Venter, Asher, Lancaster, Cleary, Buxton-Forman.

Under 12 A: Anthony Venn.

Bat Awards (jar 8wickets or 100 runs): D. Van Gysen.

Once again we have two staff members serving our cricket on the W.P. Schools Cricket Union' Committee: Mr. J. Matthews as the chairman and Mr. L. Heath as a co-opted member.

At tbis stage we would pau e to congratulate Bruce Anderson and his team, Cape Town, on winning the senior cricket league. Once more we are proud to be as ociated with top line successes. To Neville Budge and Mickey Giles we would also extend our congratulation for the good captaincy that was displayed by our cricketers.

Our thanks are warmly extended to all the taff members and coaches who 0 willingly sacrifice their time to the succe s of our teams.

This i no ordinary sacrifice. We hope yours will be an unseen reward as well as the atisfaction you have of giving 0 many boys the joy of playing cricket under supervi ion.

The many parents who a i t our teams with transport duties, tuck shop facilitie , teas and lunches are greatly appreciated. In thi re pect we would like to acknowledge the pecial help of Mesdame Probyn, lark. McClury. Rookledge. Woodin, Blanckenberg. and of Matron Mrs. BarweIl and Mr . Blackbeard. The a si (ance of Mr. Cawood the school committee, and last but not least, Mr. Blackbeard, has been invaluable. We do appreciate all the keen follower wbo watch and encourage our player. Mr. Payne, our excellent groundsman, has already endeared him elf to the cricketing fraternity in the school and we look forward to some really fir t class pitches and outfields next eason.

Some of our boy have been keen umpires during the ea on, e pecially Priestman and Ronaldson and some of the parents. For their a sistance in this way, we would like to express our thanks, not forgetting the back-room kit teward John on, Hewitt, Early and supervised by Weil er and Mr. L. Heath. Thank you for your part in making the season so enjoyable and pleasant.

1st XI Captain's Comments: The main reason for the failure of the 1st XI during tills half season was the lack of experienced players. Only four players were left from la t year's ucce ful team.

In many games we were set for a win, thanks to some fine bowling and fielding, but when we went in to bat we failed badly mainly because of irre pon ible batting.

My thanks go to Messrs. Mathew and Reddick, who gave up much of their time to coach the team. Thanks also go to Mr. Dovey who concentrated on fielding, and tills showed up in the results.

My thank also go to Mesdames Clark, Woodin and Probyn who gave up much time to open the tuck shop on aturdays during our games.

R. CLARK. FIRST XI MATCH

SUMMARY

1968 Pre路Season Schools Week

1969 Vs. U"ion High (Graaff-Rei/let). - Draw.

In the fir t match of tbe 1968-69 eason the chooi won by ten runs. Tbe chool batted fir t and totalled 150 runs, Kolesky being top scorer with 45. Union were all out for 140, Oosthuizen taking 5/37.

Vs. Grey (PE.) - Lost.

In a match played at Bergvliet the chool lo t by four wicket . School batted first and scored 116, Goodwin scoring 25. Grey replied with 124/6, Goodwin taking 5/30.

Vs. Queens College (Queenstown). - Draw.

At Tech, the school did well to dismiss Queen' for 104, Goodwin being the best bowler with 5/37. The school looked well set for victory when rain washed out play with the core at 45/1. Game was therefore drawn.

Vs. Dale College (King William's Town). Lost.

In tbe last match of tbe week the chool la t by three wickets. Wynberg batted first and cored 141, Clark and Goodwin each scoring 29. Dale made 143/7, Mc Clurg taking 4/52.

Awards for the Season: Honours: M. Mc Clurg.

Blues: M. Mc Clurg, J. Cawood, K. Kole ky, R. Clark.

ColOllrs: M. McClurg, J. Cawood, K. Kole ky, R. Clark, N. Woodin. T. Bakkum, J. Town end, R. Goodwin, R. Kent, B. Dyer.

David Powell Cup: R. Clark for the best batsman of tbe season.

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FIRST XI Standing: M. Gluckman, D. Sims, A. Jacobs, C. Ramsden, D. Anderson. A. Lamb. A. Davis.

Seated: M. Porter. T. Bakkum. Mr. J. L. Mathe (Coach). R. Clark (Capt.), Mr. N. R. Blackbeard (Principal). N. Woodin, M. Reyneke.

Vs. Bishops. - Lost.

Bishop batted well to score 240/7 decl. in the first match of the eason. Mc Clurg bowled well to take 3/62. chool batted very badly, being all out for 82. Town end scored 31. Wynberg thus lo t by 158 runs.

38 helped the chool to core 218. replied with 184/8. Mc Clurg again brilliantly to take 5/32 in 26 over.

Vs. Bishops. -

.A.C.. bowled

Draw.

chool batted fir t and cored a good 255/8 decl., Mc Clurg 59 and Clark 51, batted well.

Bi hop made 207 f7 al the close, B. Dyer taking 3/50.

Vs. Rondebosch. - Won. In a game which only tarted after lunch becau e of rain, the chool won by 22 run .

Wynberg were 134 all out (Kolesky 46). Rondebosch in reply were all out for 112. Mc lurg bowling excellently to take 6/22.

Vs. Rondebosch.

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Tie.

In a very exciting match played at Wynberg the school batted first and cored 203, Town end 78 and Mc lurg 33 being top corer.

Rondebo ch then al 0 cored 203, Mc Clurg taking 7/52. The match wa tied.

Vs. Pinelands. - Won. Pinelands batted flrst and cored 200 all out.

Mc Clurg took 4/29 in 26 over. The chool cored 204/6 in 170 minutes to win by four wickets. Kole ky 0, Town end 52 and Clark 37, all batted well.

Vs. St. Josephs. -

Wo,..

The chool batted fir t and scored 237/7.

Kolesky scored 59 n.o., Kent 44 and Town end 3 . St. Jo eph's were then di mi ed for 191 with three minute left for play. Clark 3/26 and Mc Clurg 3/43 were the best bowlers.

Vs. SA.CS. - Draw.

In a close game chool won tbe to and elected to bat fir t. Clark 72 and Mc Clurg

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Vs. Plumstead. - Won. In the last match of 1968 the chool had an easy seven wicket win over Plumstead. Plumstead made 123, B. Dyer taking 3/15. It took the cbool only 75 minutes to score tbe required runs for the loss of three wickets. Townsend scored 68 n.o. and Mc Clurg 28.

Vs. SI. Josephs. - Won. On a plumb St. Josepb's wicket, St. Josephs batted fir t and were all out for 121. Van Gysen 4/20 and Woodin 3/26 bowled weU. Thanks to Clark (55) and Jacobs (39) the chool managed to get the runs for the loss of five wickets. We thus won by five wicket .

Vs. Wes/erford. - Los/.

On a humid day the school batted first and were all out for 73 runs. Van Gysen (20) was the only one to core runs. Westerford scored the runs for the loss of three wickets. The chool lo t by seven wickets.

Vs. Old Boys (Friendly). - Draw.

The cbool batted first on a wet wicket and were soon in trouble. We were all out for 55 runs (Porter 21). The Old Boys replied with 84 for 6 wickets declared (Woodin 2/29, Bakkum 2/27). The school batted again and were all out for 99. Porter again making 21 run.

The Old Boys were 41/4 wben rain stopped play.

Vs. Bishops. - Tie. Bishop batted first and were all out for 84 ru os. Reyneke (4/16) bowled weil. Wynberg started off well but collapsed and were also all out for 84 runs (Porter 16, Clark 15). The game thus ended in a tie.

BATTH G I. N.O.H.S. 78 Townsend. J. 12 2 Clark, R. 19 72 0 I Kolesky, K. 12 80 McClurg, M. 59 II 0 3 48 Woodin, N. 20 39 Rookledge, B. 9 0 0 44 Kent. R. II 30 Goodwin. P. 11 0

Vs. W.P. (Wednesday friendly). - Won. The chool batted first on a plumb wicket (Newlands A) and cored liS (Ramsden 34, Woodin 31, Bakkum 28). W.P. replied with 111 all out. Woodin bowled well, getting 6/45. The school thus won by four runs.

Vs. SA.C.s. - Los/.

Owing to bad fielding S.A.C.S. scored 224/9 declared. (Clark 3/50). The scbool collap ed badly and their inning totalled 48 runs. The chool 10 t by 176 run .

Mc Clurg, M. Woodin, N. Dyer, B. Goodwin, P. Clark, R. Cawood, J. Reyneke. M.

Vs. Rondebosch. - Lost.

Rondebo ch batted first and cored 159 runs, Woorun 5/41 and Clark 3/42 bowled weU. The school replied witb 92. We thus lo t by 67 runs.

BOWLING O. M. 236.5 78 226.4 55 66 IS 126 20 217 45 64 9 16.3 3

Total 345 465 241 227 283 114 132 131

A .....

34.50 24.82 21.91 20.06 16.64 12.65 12.00 11.92

Av. R. W. 9.06 436 44 501 33 15.17 220 13 16.95 344 18 19.11 548 23 23.92 5 36.80 184 5 8.30 43

FIELDING Kolesky, K., 8 ct. 9 st.; Clark, R., Bakkum, T., 9 ct.; Jacobs. A., 4 ct.. It.: Kent. R., Town end, J., 5 ct.

Vs. Banks (Wednesday friendly). - Draw.

On this Wednesday afternoon Bank batted first and were all out for 112 runs. Woodin 3/40 bowled well. At the elo e of play the chool had cored 104 runs for the loss of nine wickets. Game drawn.

SECOND XI During the first half of tbe ea on, as can be seen from the synopsis of results, the team had an indifferent season. Theyentered tbe econd half of the season with a po itive approach toward the game and managed to concede only one defeat, that being in the fast game against S.A.C.S. Pretorius, Probyn and Des Ligneri were undoubtedly the most successful bowlers and together with Dyer, Sim, Gluckman and Anderton, constituted a strong and varied bowling combination.

Although the team lacked a consistent runcoring batsman, everyone did rus job. enabling

Vs. Plums/ead. - Draw.

Owing to some bad fielding, Plumstead managed to reach a total of 202/5 declared.

Rain stopped play when school were 30/ I. Vs. Pinelands. - Won. Batting on a plumb Pinelands wicket, the school managed to reach a total of 162/8.

Woodin 48. Clark 36, batted well. Thanks to good bowling by Woodin (6/18) and Probyn (3/17) Pineland were all out for 44 runs. The school therefore won by 118 run .

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the leam to have a very uccessful season.

Hamburger, Williams. Des Ligneri, Dyer, Ander on, Gluckman and Pretorius all howed much promise and all contributed ome very good cores.

An extremely good team pirit prevailed throughout the season, enabling the team to have an enjoyable and ucces ful season.

On behalf of the team, I would like to thank M r. Blom for his assistance and intere t throughout the ea on. lt was much appreciated.

Vs. Bishops. - WOII. Wynberg: 112. (Anderton 41, Peters 22).

Bi bop: 99. (Sims 4/28, Probyn 2/21).

Vs. Rondebosch. - Won. Rondebosch: 73. (probyn 5/19, Pretoriu 4/26).

Wynberg: 76/3. (Reyneke 28 n.o.).

Vs. Cape Town High. - Won. Cape Town: 97. (Des Ligneris 4/26, Gluckman 3/9).

Wynberg: 98/ . (Pretorius 24 n.o., Gluckman 23).

V . Old Boys. - WOII. Wynberg: 157. (Gluckman 45, Johnstone 31).

Old Boy: 48. (Sims 4/8, Pretorius 5/19).

Vs. S.A .C.S. - Lost.

Wynberg: 110. (Pretoriu 28 n.o., Dyer 25). .A.C.S. : 119/5. (De Ligneri 2/22. Van Gy en 2/30).

Drawn Lo t Played Won 5 2 16 9

Results: Vr. Bishopr. - LoSI. Wynberg 32.

Bi hops: batted on 57/7. (Anderton 4/43, Pretorius 3/18).

Vs. Paarl Boys High.

(Rain wa hed out play.)

Vs. Observatory. - Losl.

Wynberg: 57.

Ob ervatory B. H.: 61/2.

Vs. Fish Hoek. - Won. Fi h Hoek: 87 (Pretorius /49, Des Ligneri.

3/3).

Wynberg: 101/3. (Hamburger 49 ,Jacobs 18 n.o.).

Vs. S.A .CS. - Losl.

S.A.C.S.: 190/ declared. (Pretorius 4/38).

Wynberg: 2. (Hamburger 25. Williams 20).

Vs. Bergvliet. - Won. Wynberg: 180. (De Ligneri 51, Williams 28).

Bergvliet: 153. (Damain-Harri 3/43. Dyer 2/14).

VI'. Rondebosch. - Losl.

Wynberg: St. Rondebosch: balted on 204/5. (De Ligncris 2/51 ).

Vr. eo Poinl. - Won. Wynberg: 110. (Horton 24, Van Gy en 22). ea Point: 8 . (De Ligneri'i 5/20, DamainHarris 2/14. Dyer 2/24).

Vr. Sea Poinl. - Draw. ea Point: 142/6. (Gluckman 2/20).

Wynberg: 142/9. (Ronaldson 41. Schouw 28, Des Ligneris 26 n.o.).

Vs. Oude Moulen Technical. - Won. Oude Moulen: 49. (pretorius 6/17, Probyn 4/23).

Wynberg: 52/3.

Vs. SI. Georges. - Won. St. George: 47. (Probyn 5/16. Anderton 3/8).

Wynberg: 56/5.

THIRD XI Although our results were not always sati factory we had quite a good eason. All our matches were played with enthu ia m and a good pirit wa maintained al all times.

Van Gy en took eight wicket for 18 run in our first match and was awarded a bat for this achievement. By the end of the ea on he had reached fir t team tandard. He was not our only out tanding player a Probyn, who maintained a high tandard of bowling. also found himself playing for the fir t team.

Ros batted and bowled well throughout the eason and wa a great a et to our side. He was alo our vice路captain. Lea captained our team and proved to be a better bowler than batsman.

Our two top- coring batsmen were Redelinghuys (53) and Peters (49). The e two players put on a hundred partnership again t Pineland .

P. J. LEA. FOURTH XI The 4th team enjoyed mixed fortunes during the ea on. Tn nearly every match the team wa pulled out of the fire by either a good batting or bowling performance. Tho e who were uccessful with the bat were: Hannock (42), T. Hewett (62), Friedlander (54. 48). R. Hewett (72) :lnd Jammey (78). While Anderson.

Dun ter. Hannock.

Lawrence. T. Hewett, Friedlander and Hadwen put in good performances with the balI. Analy i - - - -Played 12; Won 6; Drew 4: Lo t 2.

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UNDER 15A CRICKET Back: L. Venter. G. le Roux. M. Small. G. BriekneIl. A. Kock. P. Tayler-Smith. T. Earley.

Front: A. Davis. Mr. L. Heath. A. Lamb. Mr. N. Blackbeard. M. Baston.

Some of the better performances of the season were: A. Lamb: 46 n.o. v . Wcsterford : 36 v .

Rondebo ch and 2/9 v . Rondebosch.

J. chouw: 6/25 v. Westerford ; 36 v.

Rondebo ch.

I. John tone: 42 v . Bi bop; 22 v. .A.C.S. D. Sim: 4/15 . Bi hop; 6/53 v . Rondebo ch.

M. Gluckman: 40 v . Bishops.

C. Ram den: 34 v. .A.C..

In addition to the above, the following played regularly (or the team: M. Porter, A. Kock, E. Casper, J. Wes el , M. Mauger, P. Sutherland.

Prospects for the 1969 cason looked bright when an under 14 team played Paarl Boy' High at the end of the term and won by 90 run . with Lamb bo .. ling and batting well and Bricknell scoring a good 45.

UNDER 15A Tbe team at the end of 1968 did not go out in a blaze of glory as it only managed to win two and draw one of the eight game played and was soundly beaten in the other five game.

Although there were ome good performances

by Wynberg player. nobody wa con i tent.

Alan Lamb failed to produce form of which be was capable and Charles Ramsden was not over- ucce ful but toward the end of the ea on he played better and was elected for one of the Western Province under fifteen teams lo take part in the Invitation Week held in Cape Town during the holiday.

David Sim bowled exceptionally well in the last two matches of the eason but blo omed too late to earn a place in one of the Western Province teams. Tan John tone' ucce e were also spa modic.

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As the results show, tbe new team in 1969 fared better than its predecessor. There was far more spirit and determination in the team.

A. Lamb batted and bowled consistently well and captained the team until his promotion to the first team. A. Davis, who took over the captaincy, bowled exceptionally well throughout tbe season but failed to produce his best form with the bat. He is a newcomer to Wynberg and a most useful cricketing acquisition.

M. Venter and G. le Roux came up from the under thirteens and took a bit of time to settle down to Under 15 cricket. Undoubtedly the most improved player was M. Bastin whose best performance was 4/0 in his first over against Bergvliet. A. Kock deserves mention for his fine fielding.

A. Lamb was re-awarded his cap and caps were awarded to A. Davis and M. Bastin.

The following were regular players for the team in 1969: M. Bastin. G. Bricknell. A. Davis, T. Dodd, T. Earley, A. Kock, G. le Roux, C. Luden, A. Lamb, M. Mauger, M. Small and L. Venter.

UNDER 158 The Under 15 B's under Ken des Ligneris bad a fairly good season in the last quarter of 1968. Des Ligneris himself, Dodd, Le Roux, Bastin and Kock batted weil and Bricknell, Kock and des Ligneris were the ones to get among the wickets. Three matche were won, one drawn, and two lost.

Vs. Bergvliel. tWo贸 by 39 runs).

Wynberg: 141, (Des Ligneris 52, Kock 15).

Bergvliet: 102, (Des Ligneris 4/37, Kock 4/22).

Vs. S.A.CS. (Drawn).

Wynberg: 118, (Le Roux 38, Des Ligneris 17).

S.A.C.S.: 71/6, (Bricknell 2/6).

Vs. S.A.V./.O. (Won by 5 wickets).

Savio: 55 (Bricknell 5/17, Kock 5/4).

Wynberg: 57/5, (Dodd 24, Bastin 11).

Vs. Bergvliel. (Won by 5 wickets).

Bergvliet: 45, (Bricknell 4/11, Dodd 2/11).

Wynberg: 50/5, (Le Roux 13).

Vs. Rondebosch. (Lost by 7 wickets.

Wynberg: 104, (Dodd 29, Bastin 24, Wessels 25).

Rondebosch: 112/3, (Le Roux 2/16).

Vs. S.A.CS. Wynberg: 136/5, (Lamb 46. Oosthuizen 29, Sutherland 21).

S.A.C.S.: 137/6, (Sutherland 3/31, Bastin 2/19).

Under Robert Le Roux in the fir t quarter of 1969, the under 15 B fared rea onably weU, and one particularly good feature of the matches was the team spirit and leadership of Robert and later Johan Bruwer. Best batsmen by far were Le Roux and Bruwer and Coffin, the Jatter two making frequent stand to save the day for their team. Bowlers were Coffin, Coffin and Coffin with some help from Oosthuizen, Earley and Bensted-Smitb. Results were: Won three, Drew two, Lo t two.

Vs. Pinelands. (Won by 3 wickets).

Pinelands: 42, (Coffin 5/11, Sutherland 4/15).

Wynberg 50/7, (Coffin 17, Bruwer 12).

Vs. Rondebosch. (Lost by 1 wicket).

Wynberg 114: (Schmticker 25, Le Roux 22, Coffin 15 n.o.).

Rondeboch: 116/9, (Coffin 3/30, Oosthuizen 3/10).

Vs. S.A.V.I.O. (Lost by 31 runs).

Savio: 105, (Coffin 5/10, Calder 2/17).

Wynberg: 74, (Tayler-Smith 22, Coffin 13).

Vs. S.A.C.S. (Draw).

Wynberg: 182/6, (Le Roux 39, Bruwer 35,

Results: Vs. S.A.C.S.: W.B.H.S. 110/9, (Lamb 53); S.A.C.S. 83/2, (Bastin 2/32). Drawn.

Vs. R.B.H.S.: R.B.H.S. 93, (Davis 6/29); W.B.H.S. 98/9, (Le Roux 31). Won. Vs. Bishops: Bisbops 83. (Davis 7/18); W.B.H.S. 70, (Lamb 33). Lost.

Vs. Pinelands: W.B.H.S. 162/8, (Lamb 67 n.o.); Pinelands 64, (Davis 4/15). Won. Vs. Bergvliet: Bergvliet 52, (Bastin 4/8); W.B.H.S. 53/1, (Lamb 20 n.o.). Won. Vs. Paarl Gym.: W.B.H.S. 64, (Bricknell 21); Paarl 65/4, (Davis 2/14). Lost.

Vs. Paul Roos: P. Roos 137, (Davis 3/25); W.B.H.S. 138/8, (Venter 28). Won. Played 7, Won 4, Lost 2, Drawn 1.

Davis Lamb Bastin

Luden Lamb Dodd Le Roux G. Davis Bastin

BOWLING O. M. R. 91 28 128 53.3 Il 99 41 4 115 BATTING I. R. 5 21 5 195 4 62 6 77 7 72 5 24

W. 22 12 12

N.O. 5 2

1 3

Av. 5.8 8.3 9.6 Av. 65 15.5 12.7 12.5 12.0

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Coffin SO, Bensted路Smith 19).

S.A.C.S.: 75/5, (Oosthuizen 217).

Vs. Bishops. (Won by 4 wickets).

Bishop: 142/4 declared, (Earley 2/34, Coffin 2/36).

Wynberg: 155/6, (Le Roux 66. BenstedSmith 22, Earley 22).

Vs. Paul Roos. (Draw).

Paul Roos: 217/2.

Wynberg: I SI /8, (Bruwer 53 n.o., Coffin 15).

Vs. Bergvliet. (Lo t by 3 wickets).

Wynberg: 81, (Bruwer 31).

Bergvliet : 85 f7. (Schmi.icker 3/11).

UNDER 15C During 1969, the C team had a good sea on playing four matches, and only lo ing one. The first match of the eason was against Westerford. Westerford batted first and made 66, Smith taking four wickets for IS runs. Wynberg 'cored 67 for 6 wickets declared. winning the match.

Against Pinelands, Wynberg made J 26 for 9 wicket. Cawood 27, Bradfield 27 n.o. Pinelands made 100 all out, Cawood taking even wickets for 39 runs. Wynberg won by 26 runs.

Against Hottentots Holland. Wynberg made 34 all out; Hottentot Holland made 36 for five wickets. Hottentots Holland won by ix wickets.

Again t Marist Brothers: Wynberg made 104 all out, Wal h 40. Rivett 32. Marist made 73 all out. Bradfield tak ing six wickets for seven runs. Wynberg won by 31 runs.

Results: Played 4; Won 3; Lo t I. G. UNDER 150 Ti the object of playing cricket is to enjoy the game then thi objective was attained during the 1968/69 sea on. This team was entered in the Under IS B division with the result that often we had to play again t "B" team and, on occasions, against HA" teams from other chool. I feel that there is scope for a third divi ion in Under IS school cricket. All the boys showed rewarding keenness but the two captains - MundelI, who was captain during 1968. and M. Bloor. the captain for the econd half of the season - deserve special mention.

The re ults were: Played 14; Won 3; Lo t 8; Drawn 3.

were lost, two were drawn and the remaining three were won by a considerable margin.

Asher, Lancaster, Cleary, Buxton-Forman and Kaufman all did weil witn bat and balI. Lancaster was an asset to tne team, being a fine all-rounder. Buxton-Forman bowled well on several occa ions, his best performances being five for 16 and four for IS against Bishop B and Rondebosch respectively. The captain, M. Venter, and T. Cleary batted well in the last game.

The fir t match of the sea on against S.A.C.S. proved the most exciting. S.A.C.S. batted first and totalled 59. We went in to bat feeling very confident, but before long, we were six for 26. Lancaster and K. Morris coming in at seven and eight saved the side and we eventually won by three wickets.

The following boy have been awarded caps: R. Asher, E. Robb, S. Kaufman, R. Lanca ter, M. Buxton-Forman, J. Cleary and M. Venter, during the eason.

UNDER 13C The U 13 C cricket team had an enjoyable and fairly ucce ful season, winning three of their matches, lo ing th.ree and drawing one.

The team tarted omewhat hakily, but worked at their faults. and by the end of the season were a vastly improved side. Fielding was generally of a high standard, and here Arm trong deserve some praise for his excellent fielding close to the wicket. Team spirit was a main factor in the team's succes es.

Jones, Van Embden and Flynn were usually the team's best batsmen, while loffe, Flynn and Van Embden turned in some good bowling performances. A pecial word of thanks i due to Mr. Tucker for the way he coached and in pired the team.

UNDER 12A The first term of 1969 proved to be most ucces ful, for out of the five matches played, only one wa drawn and the re t won by ample margins.

The captain, Anthony Venn, who bas played consistently well during the past two season, led his side admirably and ended with an average of five wickets per match and an outtanding captain's innings of 95 again t Bergvliet Primary.

Con istent uccess depends, in the final instance, on the willingness of every team member to do his best. It was this factor and the excellent team pirit that was always prevalent, that was re pon ible for their final achievement.

UNDER 13A The fir t term of 1969 proved a succe ful one for this team. Of seven matches played, two 1271

UNDER 12A CRICKET TEAM Back Row: I. Kavalsky. J. Homan, P. Jones. D. Anderton. P. Smuts. J. Ronaidson.

Middle Row: R. Farrant. Mr. A. Lorie (Prin.). A. Vann (c.). Mr. R. Just (Coach). M. Cawood.

Front Row: R. Murray. L. Benjamin.

UNDER 11A The Under Il A had a fairly succes ful eason. Practices were well attended, keenness and a fine spirit always prevailed. Tbere are everal promi ing players who, with hard and diligent practice. will improve greatly.

UNDER12B Most of the team at the beginning of the year were 'promoted' from the Junior Cricket group, and they were indeed fortunate to have several coaching sessions with Mr. Taylor.

Several players were cbo en to play for the A team, and several how great promi e. Ty on (appropriately his names are Craig Harvey) proved himself an accurate and dangerou bowler, who i likely to follow in the footsteps of the illu triou cricketers who e names he bear. Another promising bowler i ehri, topher leary. who i alo only ten year old. and David Vann. Paul Blackbeard and Jonathan Pam played regularly for the team and led the younger player with efficiency and enthu iasm.

Of the two.

ix matche

played. Wynberg

5th TEAM CRICKET REPORT The 5th team had a mo t enjoyable sea on.

We enjoyed a fair amount of uccess, winning half our games. Although run were generally low, pirit were always very high. As u ual the 5tbs relied heavily on boarders, some of whom made the more notable contribution to our ucces es. Tt would be unfair to mention any particular members of the team a we all tried our hardest to make our cricket 0 enjoyable.

Tt is fitting, however, to tbank Mr. Parkins for his keen inlere tand upport throughout the cason.

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BADMINTON The Badminton Club has continued to prosper this year owing to the great enthusiasm of it members, but particularly that of its LittIewood House member who played as often as the hall was available. Lack of practice time was again an ob tacle, but nevertheless we were once again able to enter two teams in the _chools league which has grown to fifteen teams this year.

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1st Team Results: Vs. Diocesan College 'A' Won 8--0.

Vs. Plumstead Won 7-1.

Vs. Cape Town High 'A' Won 8-0.

Vs. St. George's Grammar 'A' Won 8--0.

Vs. Rondebosch 'A' Won 8-0.

Vs. Observatory 'A' (won on points) Won 4-4.

Vs. Pinelands 'N Won 8-0.

Vs. Cape Town High 'B' Won 8-0.

Vs. Rondebosch 'B' Won 8-0.

V . Diocesan College 'B' Won 8-0.

Vs. St. George's Grammar 'B' Won 8-0.

V . Wynberg 'B' Won 8-0.

Vs. Pinelands 'B' Won 8-0.

Vs. Observatory 'B' Won 8-0.

Thanks go to Mr. Fourie for all he ha done for the club thi eason, especially on the organi ation side. And for next year we wish the badminton teams as successful a season as this.

Congratulations to R. Clark and P. Anderton who were chosen to repre ent the W.P. Junior team in the South African Junior InterProvincial Tournament held in Pre!oria. Clark wa chosen to captain the team but owing to hockey commitments, had to withdrawand Anderton replaced him as captain.

For the fourth year In succession our fir t team has remained unbeaten and we hould like to congratuiate its member on this outstanding record. Our second team was not as fortunate.

Our annual Old Boys' match was held on the 6th June in the ~chool hall and was a most enjoyable event. Thi was the !rongest opposition the team had yet faced, but the ensuing

Awards: Colours: P. Anderton, Blues: P. Anderton.

GOLF

G. Goles.

CLUB M. Cooke (92-80--172).

R. Langley (87-94-181).

Dur.ing the second term we held a stableford competition at We tlake which M icbael Cooke won with 33 points. On the last day of the ame term our annual ma ters and boys competition wa played at Westlake. Although the score oared, everyone enjoyed the lighthearted manner in which the match was played.

Chairman: R. Langley.

Secretary: B, Barron.

Treasurer: E. Ca per.

Captain: E. Casper.

Once again the Golf Club has enjoyed a ucces ful year. We have held regular competitions which have been keenly contested in a fine spirit.

As a number of our new members wished to learn to play golf, we decided to hold a number of clinic at Hawthornden Fields where we tried to teach them the basis of the game.

This was only possible through the kind donation of 100practice golf balls by Mr. Harry Miller.

One of the highlight of the year was our school champion hips played at the Royal Cape Golf Course. In the morning round, Ca per carded an 84, Langley an 87 and Cooke a 92. Although Cooke improved by twelve strokes in the final round, Ca per wa too consistent to beat. The be t score were: E. Ca per (84-87-171).

Our boys al 0 featured in a number of outide competitions this year. M. Cooke reached the semi-finals of the W.P. Junior Open and must be congratulated on a fine performance.

E. Casper and M. Cooke came third in the Neville Riley inter- chools competition. They were leading after the turn but they dropped too many troke on the back nine to hold on to their lead.

On behalf of the committee thank Mr. Blackbeard for the shown in the club and for his tion of balls which provided competitions.

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I would like to interest he has generous donaprizes for our

CHESS CLUB REPORT Chairman: P. A. Feitelon.

Secretary: D. Maeder.

St. Josephs, won 8-2.

C.B.C., won 10-0.

Daily chess attendance has been high this year as a result, the standard of cbe ha been improved beyond all recognition. A. Etzins, P. Feiteion, F. Kyriacos, D. Maeder and R. Waring have rep re ented the scbool in first league matche . The result are an improvement on previous years.

This year's School Championship was won

by Curly Waring with D. Maeder a clo e second. Congratulations to them.

The inter-hou e competition was won by Wellington. Van Riebeeck, champions for three years, toppled. The results follow.

Wellington beat De Waal 8-2.

Wellington drew with Rhodes 5-5.

Wellington beat Van Riebeeck 6-4.

Van Riebeeck beat Rhodes 6-4.

De Waal beat Van Riebeeck 7-3.

De Waal beat Rbodes 6-4.

An exciting handicap competition is at present being held. For some first team player the handicap has been too great but neverthele s, there should be an intere ting final.

During the econd term a very enjoyable Old Boys' match was beId. Tbe School managed to win by four games to three.

The Junior School played their fir t match again t S.A.C.S. Junior School this year, but unfortunately lost. One young player claimed that he lo t as he knew no tricks.

Later this term, P. Feiteion. D. Maeder and R. Waring are entering the Western Province Junior Championship.

We wish them luck.

All in all, lhi year ha been most successful and enjoyable and we hope that there wiJl be an even greater future ahead for the lub, not only in the League, but aloin the daily participation.

P. FEITELSON.

Against: Bishops, lo t 4--6.

Seapoint, won 8-2. t. George, won 6-4.

Westerford "X", drew 5-5.

Westerford "A", lo t 3-7.

Pinelands, lost 3-7.

Rondebosch, won 9-1.

SA. .S., won 10-0.

Herzlia, won 9-1. t. Josephs, won 8-2. c.B.C., won 8-2.

C.T.H., Groote Schuur, A econd league ha been formed this year.

P. D. Gohl, M. Goldstein, M. Pearce and a promi ing junior, J. Feiteion, have repre ented the school regularly. The team ha done quite well as the following results show: Again t: Bishop, Won 8-0.

St. George, won 6-4.

Pineland , lo t 0-10.

Ob ervatory, won 8-2.

Rondebosch, won 10-0.

JUDO

REPORT team consisted of D. Milford, B. Sacks, 1.

Johnstone, R. Weilers and J. Pears. In the individual contest J. Wessels and J. Daniels won their weight groups while J. Pears and M. Theys were runner -up in theirs.

At the W.P. Judo trials held at the Old Drill HaU in Cape Town, D. Milford, T. Hewett and J. Daniels were cho en for the W. P. team to compete at the South African games in Bloemfontein. I would like to con-

Coaches: Messrs. A. Butcher (sen.) and A. Butcher (jun.).

Committee: D. Milford (captain), D. Thompson.

Keeping up its good name, the Wynberg judo club once again completed the season with an unbeaten record. The senior team won the Western Province Schools Senior Championships for the third year in succession and the junior team won their section. The A 130

JUDO TEAM Back Row: P. Hargatti, D. van der Byl, J. Pears. R. Weilers, A. Botha. K. Pottage.

Middle Row: D. Thomson, N. R. Blackbeard. D. Milford, T. Metrowitch, I. Johnstone.

Front Row: P. Manser, J. Wessels. M. Theys.

gratulate Guy We tmoreland, an old boy, on his fine performance at the South African games. He reached the semi-finals in his weight and received a bronze medal.

The annual schools league has not yet been completed but Wynberg have won the hield ever since it was available for competition and up to now have not lost a match.

Tbe house competition was won by a strong De Waal team with 134 points. Second was Van Riebeeck with 119 points, third Welling路 ton with 73 points and fourth Rhodes with 32 points. In the individual conte t ,D. Robertson,

J. We els, J. Daniel and D. Milford won their re pective weight groups.

We would like to thank Mr. Butcher and hi son Alec very sincerely for the excellent training the members of our club have received [rom them. I am sure tbe club would never have flouri hed as it has without their unflag路 ging interest. Thanks al 0 go to Lilian Butcher and Derek Allen for tbe sterling job of work they are doing among the juniors. La t but not least I hould like to thank Mr. Biackbeard for his support of the club.

D.D.M.

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PARENT I TEACHER ASSOCIATION Reporting on the activitie of the P.T.A. need not take up much valuable pace in the magazine, as my main job, a u ual, i to ay: "Thank you, ladies, for a job well done". The ladies are still the ones who perform the major duty of the P.T.A .. i.e. to cater at the tuck shop and at all sporting and other functions.

During the year we arranged the normal general meetings each term and the most topical wa another talk by Mr. Rupert Hurley on flight into outer pace. After t.he fanta tic moon landing by the Americans, Mr. Hurley's talk wa enjoyed by a large and appreciative crowd. arlier in the year we had M r. George Young from the "Cape Times", to keep us amu ed for an hour. Mr. Young, who is hipping correspondent and also an authority on juvenile delinquency, is certainly a top entertainer and the audience enjoycd his very humorous anecdotes and stories.

Financially the P.T.A. is sound, and it was decided some time ago that profits from any actlvItIe hould be retained for tuck shop facilities when our new school buildings are completed one day. We hope that, at the present rate, a fairly sub tantial amount will be available.

D. F. Barnard, Chairman, P.T.A.

THOUGHTS ON A TOPIC FOR THE SCHOOL MAGAZINE A blank piece of paper stared up at me with an even blanker expression. We were to write an e say for the school magazine during our English period. I thought, mi takenly. that by the end of thirty-five minutes I should at lea t have the outline to it.

I imply could not think of a suitable ubject. Heart Transplants?

T began: "Tbe eyes of the medical world have been focussed on Cape Town over the past two years .... " This is no good! Yet another piece of foolscap found its way into the litter bin.

A rugby essay? Impossible. I can already picture the expression on the editor's face," ot another rugby match!"

By this time I was pretty desperate for a topic. Everyone around me was writing avidly, but my pen lay idle on the de k. A monologue? This is more like it. I thought for a few minutes and then concluded that that idea was beyond my capabiJities. In sheer desperation I a ked my friend behind me, who appeared to be on his closing paragraph. He sugge ted urfing. urfing? Why not? Why hadn't I thought of it?

Already a plan had formed in my mind and I started writing, but after a few lines I lost enthusiasm and crapped the idea. I felt a touch of annoyance towards my (riend for wasting another sheet of paper.

The minutes ticked by. The period could not go on indefinitely. I tried to write on chool life, but that endcd when I realised that everyone had already had an overdo e of that. Poetry? But that was no u c. I imply wa not in the mood.

Outside the window two dove were engaged in a fight over some disagreement, and I judged the larger to have won on point. Then my mind returned to the more important problem on hand.

Thoroughly perplexed, I racked my brain for a suitable topic, but inspiration was elu ive. I wa aved lhe strain by the "Bell", still none the wiser for a ubject for the school magazine.

S. Granger,

With the compliment

of the Platcglass Group. Cape Towll.

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WYNBERG HIGH SCHOOL OLD BOYS' UNION

COMMITTEE -1969

Hon. President: Mr. N. R. Blackbeard, B.A. (Headmaster).

President: Harold Fay. Vice President: Neville Riley.

Secretary: Mrs. Marion Steyn.

Hon. Treasurer: Rodney Burlon.

Committee: M. English, C. England, R. Gibbs, M. Herbert, R. Josephson, B. Kirby, B. McEwan, R. Peck, W. Ryan, R. van Rosenveld.

Representatives: Senior School: Mr. D. Bromberger.

Junior School: Mr. J. F. Oosthuizen.

Official address of the O.B.U.: P.O. Box 111, Wynberg.

PRESIDENT'S

Dr. A. Katz,

LETTER

T write this letter with the memory of Founders' Day 1969 very fresh in my mind.

During this most impressive ceremony the immediate Past President of our Union, Or. A. Katz, paid tribute to our School, the second oldest in the Republic. There was a fairly good turnout of Old Boy, but nothing like the number that should have been there. There is a small hard core of Old Boys whose intere t and enthusiasm in the Union and in the School has no bounds, but in far too many of our members the intere t would appear to be no more than lukewarm. That a degree of apathy may be encountered from Old Boy living at a di tance from Wynberg or whose son attend other schools is to be expected, but that this lack of enthu iasm is found among pa t pupils whose sons now foUow in their footsteps i difficult to understand.

We, who are member of the Union, derive plea ure from continuing the friendhips which were formed during our school days; we look back with pleasure to the time when we were at Wynberg, and we are proud to be as ociated with the excellent name of the chool, but thi i not enough. lt is necessary for us to put something back into the School so that it may be enriched by our efforts.

Our member hip tand at approximately 600. a fair figure, but not nearly sufficient in relation to the ize and strength of our School. Both the High School and the Junior School are on the cre t of a wave, their cholastic and sporting achievements being second to none, but the trength of our Union by comparison can only be described a average. Many "annual members" of past year have not renewed their ubscription even though letters of appeal were directed to them. I am certain that their interest has not completely died. To all you fathers reading your sons' magazine: renew a direct association with the School and join our ranks - we certainly have need of you. To all member of the Union, please help to swell our number by encouraging errant Old Boys to eek membership of our Association.

With a decision to move the High School from its pre ent site to the Labia E tate having been taken. the Union ha embarked upon an ambitious project and has set itself the target of raising R50,DOO. This money will be u ed to establi h a Memorial entre, probably incorporating an Old Boys' headquarters, on the new ite. Thus far we have done very well and have promises to date amounting to close on R7,OOO,but we have a very long way to go. Brochure containing an appeal (or financial as istance were despatched in July to all member.

Plea e do not view this request with lukewarm interest: give it your wholehearted support, and if you have not already responded to the appeal, let us hear from you.

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T take this opportunity on behalf of all member of the Union to congratulate Mr. Blackbeard and Mr. Lorie aDd their taff on the success which the School has achieved in 0 many directions, and we wish all their pupils success in the coming examinations.

To all Old Boys and their families, my committee and I extend our sincere greetings for Christma and the New Year, and may I personally underLine this message when thanking all members of the committee for the tremendous amount of work which they have done and the enthusiasm which they have displayed at aU times.

Haroid Fay, 26/9/69.

WINNERS OF THE O.B.U. SCHOLARSHIP 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 J 963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

Norman Bromberger, B.A. (Hons.) and RSc. U.C.T.) and B.A. (axon).

Mendel Kaplan, B.Comm., LL.B. (U.c.T.) and M.RA. (Columbia).

Eduard van Coeverden De Groot, M.B., Ch.B. (U.C.T.).

David Bromberger, B.A. (Hons.) U.C.T. Robert Kaplan, B.A., RComm. (U.C.T.).

Michael Worral, B.Sc. (U.C.T.), F.F.A. John Webb, B.Sc. (Hons.) U.C.T., Ph.D. (Cantab.).

Jan Linden, B.Se. (London).

Alan Mitchell, RSc. Howard Baker, M.B., Ch.B. Michael Margolis, RSc. Robert Sladen, in fifth year Medicine (U.C.T.).

Erich Tilders, in fifth year Engineering (Stellenbosch).

Vacant.

N. D. Pasvol ky, in econd year at U.CT. A. Hurwitz, in first year at U .c.T. Denni Rubel, in military training.

NEWS OF SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS Ian Linden is waiting to joio his ship, the H.M.S. "Norwich", in which he will serve as a Weapon Officer. He is tationed at Wallsend-on-Tyne where he is messing with tbe R.A.F. who allow him to fly and glide. He is al 0 able to get in some ski-ing, riding and fi hing.

Michael Worrali has been transferred to Johannesburg where he will continue to work as an Actuary. Our three Old Boy Actuaries, Michael WorraLI, Ronaid Faulding and Gerry Jacobson, are all now in that city. Ronaid Faulding is Actuary to the Chamber of Mines.

UNIVERSITY NEWS Two of our Medical tudents, Roland ÂŁastman and Robert Sladen, spent the June vacation working at the Frontier Hospital, Queenstown, and hope to do the same in January. Both are iD their fifth year.

Graeme Slade (1963) has returned from Liverpool University to complete field work for the degree of Ph.D. on the geography of the Orange River Region.

Dudley Tomlin on (1958) recently returned from study overseas to take up a post at U.c.T.'s Ballet School. edric Petersen (1964) complete hi studie this year at U.c.T.'s Michaelis School of Fine Art for a Diploma in Graphic Design. He intends to make a career in the de ign and manufacture of packages.

Ala tair Shedden (1963) was one of the workers behind the scenes at the Maynardville production of 'The Merry Wive of Windsor". He leaves shortly for two years' po t-graduate tudy in Geography at Berkeley, California.

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Dr. Tom Mittag has been appointed Assistant Professor of Pharmacology at the New York Medical School where he lectures mainly to post-graduate students. He was seen in Cape Town during August while on a holiday visit to his parents.

Dr. Leslie Kernoff attended a Medical conference in Prague where he read a paper, the ubject of which, we beljeve, was Nutrition. ¥-

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GENERAL NEWS Barrie Evrard (1963) is making a name for himself in the Cape Town Theatre cene. He played the part of Corporal Nym in "The Merry Wives of Windsor" at Maynardville, and is to appear in "The Rape of the Belt" at the Labia shortly. He and Or. John Webb recently appeared in a play produced by the Pilgrim Players of Claremont. Ala tair Sheddon also helped back-stage. ¥-

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News ha reached u of ome of the members of the 1954-55 classes. olin Friedland, married, with two children, runs a pharmacy in Claremont. Selwyn Schneider, married, with one child. is an accountant with a commercial firm in Cape Town.

Gerry Jacob on has become an Actuary and i working in Johannesburg. He and his wife recently returned from an overseas trip. :(.

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Two Old Boys are working at Kodak. Neil Ross is engaged on the sale of X-Ray equipment and David Barnard i Credit Manager.

Other from the 1950's are Ernest Ford, Reidar Hansen, Peter Pelser and) idore Shifrin, all of whom are practi ing as Architects in Cape ToWh. Rodney Witthuhn hopes hortly to qualify a an Engineer and Leon Goodman is farming in the Malmesbury di trict. Teddy Harman. formerly Branch Manager of the Provincial Building Society, recently joined We tern Bank. Bruce Anderson and Aubrey Luck in addition to their porting successes are running respectively a uccessful wholesale and a legal bu iness. Dr. Frans de Groot is doing specialised study in paediatric. :(.

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"Ginger" Townley Johnson, who has carried out considerable research man paintings over a number of year, continued with the good work winter - but nearly abandoned the venture when the temperature in the dropped to 34°! His earches this year were particularly rewarding. He 22 new painted belters and revisited, after ten years, a further six.

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into Bushduring the mountain discovered

The great discovery came when he found a pot. almo t intact, in a remote kloof, probably just a it was when left by the primitives. We wi h him continued success in this absorbing field of re earch.

Dick Upton (Matric, 1933) in a letter to the Union reports that for the past ten years he ha been General Manager of Garlicks, Pretoria, the company's second largest branch. He is active in the city's commercial life, being immediate past president of the Chamber of Commerce, present Chairman of the Commercial Employer' As ociation and on the national body" executive; also a member of several other committee.

His sport nowadays is golf - handicap 12 - and he captained the Pretoria Country Ciub B League team for four years.

Referring to the School's rugby tour, Dick comments: "When the School team came up this way on their tour last year 1 had the greate t thrill and pleasure to watch them beat Pretoria Boys' High mo t convincingly. It wa rugby of a wonderful calibre - as one might expect of the Old School! I might add. too, that the sight of the School colours again, after very many years, brought back nostalgic memories of my days at Wynberg. Good wishes to the Union and greetings e pecially to myoId colleagues of the J933 Matric class."

Dr. Eric M iddlemost has left Leed Sydney, Australia. 짜-

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Congratulations to T. M. (Tommy) Good on on being appointed a director of Consani's Engineering Works.

The Union's thanks have been conveyed to Glen Harvey for the presentation of a bat to the School. He i a enior engineer with A.E. and Cl. in the Transvaal.

In recent years we have had quite a lot to say about Old Boy artists, and we are pleased to observe that the trend continues.

Neville Dubow reviews art exhibitions regularly for The Argus, and has done for year. In the Argu of 21st March, 1969, we were interested to see two articles side by ide, one byeville headed "Artists' Insight behind the Artificiality", and tbe other

by Eduard Ladan, entitled "Art leaps with and before the artist's time". Eddie has made a wide contribution to art in several media, but we cannot recall hi entering the literary field previously. eville Dubow participated in U.CT.' Summer School early in the year, joining another Old Boy, Dr. John Webb, who lectured in matters mathematical.

Former English master, Mr. Duggie Thompson, was respon ibie for organising the Summer Scbool which, from all reports, reached great height.

Die Ou Kaapse Weg (The Old Cape Road).

This road, which was opened to traffic a year ago, has become one of Cape Town's popular tourist attractions.

Starting at Tokai, the road winds over the Steenberg mountain, past the Silvermine area, and ends a few miles from Fish Hoek. From several vantage points, during daylight and darkness, magnificent views may be obtained.

Tn the early days of the Cape, before the Main Road was built, travellers followed the route of the Old Cape Road to imon town. When the Main Road was built, the Old Cape Road fell into di u e until an enlightened decision decreed tbat the road should be rebuilt and reopened to the modern traveller who in the intervening year had substituted the car for the cart.

Many highly killed people are employed on project of this magnitude and we are plea ed to know that Rory Gilmore was respon ible for the urvey of the route, and for the development and construction of the road.

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Mayor.

In September the news that R. M. (Dick) Friedlander had been elected Deputy Mayor of Cape Town was received by Old Boys with much pleasure, and we wi h him every success in hi high office.

The Friedlander famiiy have been noted for their service to the community and !ti late father in particular was active in a wide range of welfare work, not least for the School.

Dick has followed his father by serving on the School Commi~tee and we are glad that he is following the family tradition of public ervice.

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SPORTING NEWS Johnny Cawood achieved an astonishing feat of bowling when. as a member of the Northern Tran vaal Command Cricket XI, he captured four wickets with four baU twice in one week during the Army cricket tournament. One of his opposing ides was W.P. Command.

Saturday. March 22nd, 1969, might be claimed almost as Old Boys' Day in local cricket with many players ending the eason in a blaze of glory. Bruce Anderson, captain of Cape Town First, took his team to the top of the log. Jack Burt came home with 108 for Claremont and Chris Stephen with 91. Frank Dilk scored 88 for Cape Town, Neville Bidge 54 for Alma, and Derek Louw 78 and Mike Bowditch 77 for Techs. The only sad note was ounded by Fritz Bing, captain of Claremont and W.P. repre entative, who announced hi retirement because of busine s commitments.

Right from his choolday Fritz has betn a sportsman in the finest sense of the word. We recall his "near miss" of the Nuffield captaincy in hi last year at chool and his sub equent progre through first division to Western Province honours. He has hown consistent proficiency firstly a wicket-keeper, and later a bowler, batsman and captain. He can look back with pride to his days of active cricket. Having been appointed a W.P. Selector, he will continue to make his contribution to the game, now in an administrative capacity.

The Saturday which ended the eason was a day of searing. unseasonable heat when temperatures went over the 100 degree mark. Apparently our Old Boys revel in uch conditions. It wa the same day that the School Fir t achieved the unusual result of a tie with Bi hops at 84 run each.

Frank Woolley, the famous left-hand bat man, when asked who the greatest all.rounder was, to his knowiedge, unhe itatingly replied. "Aubrey Faulkner was incomparably the finest".

We preen our elves that he wa an Old Boy and one of the rare cricket Springbok we have produced. J. B. "Jack" Robertson was the most recent - over thirty years ago!

With the crop of recent fellow from Wynberg who have gained Provincial selection we may see a familiar face. in pite of the tremendous competition, in these vintage year of South African talent. Neville Budge. Mickey Gile , Mike Bowditch, Derek Louw, Dave McMeeking and Ken Held inger are some of these provincial repre entatives. Perhap our most successful in his first eason in exalted company, Chri Stephens, may proceed to the highe t echelon. He will have the best wishe from all of us who follow this great summer game.

Jn Rugby we have proudly acknowledged internationals from School. Bennie o Ier and Stanley Osier, Frank Waring, Jock van Niekerk, Frank Mellish, Dave Stewart, Duggie Hopwood. Lionel Wilson (thi trio i synonymous with recent years) and Doug Holton. Ossie Newton-Thomp on (Engiand). brother Chri topher (Scotland) played during the last war while serving over eas. Os ie also repre ented Western Province at cricket, much of which he learnt at Wynberg before he went on to Bishops.

Gordon Bunting became a rare Provincial golfer and Ken Kingma a Springbok surf-lifesaver.

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Yachting now produces, in John Bull, a Springbok from Wynberg. He will be sailing with the crew on "Voortrekker"; a contemporary of his at W.B.H.S. was on "the short li t" as well- Jeremy Townley Johnson - who, however, again received his Western Province colours. We hope to see both of them representing their cOlmtry in the International race to South America next year!

Bruce Clark ha gained hi W.P. badminton colour.

He was an outstanding sportsman at School where he mis ed Craven rugby colours through injury but played for W.P. in Nuffield Week. He also represented Transvaal at Badminton. He join Alastair Thorn, who similarly represented these two provinces at rugby. The latter now captains Villagers, a club with a long Wynberg link. But contemplation recalls that in virtually successive years Wynberg has supplied captains of this famous club in Dave Stewart, Ouggie Hopwood, Lionel Wil on and Aubrey Luck. Now Alastair joins them to complete the quintet.

Duggie Hopwood had an article on rugby in a local paper during the eason, thereby joining a long list of O,d Boys who report on sporting activities. We are also glad to see him regularly refereeing school matches. Brian McEwan also takes the whistle in school conte tso Dave Stewart has been appointed a W.P. rugby selector, and with Fritz Bing a W.P. selector, wc have achieved a rather unusual "double".

Among the spectators Dr. H. M. Bennett, Max illness. Hennie du Plessis, South-West Dirstricts, was

on Saturday mornings we have been pleased to ee Rev. Marcus and Rex Eastman, all of whom recently suffered a Capex representative at Breda dorp who has played for another spectator.

Last year Felix Craye took up bowls, and ended the season in the club pairs finals.

He was also a member of the winning rinks team.

Selwyn Myers has been appointed treasurer of the W.P. Cricket Union. When the visiting Au tralians play at Newlands early in the new year, he will be in charge of the arrangements.

ANNUAL DINNER The annual dinner this year was something of a festival affair, for in addition to welcoming Mr. Bowden who had flown down from Rhodesia for the purpose, the Union used the occasion to launch its appeal for funds to provide a Memorial Centre when the School moves to its new site in a few years' time. lllere was Mount Nelson Union Speakers wa as dynamic spoke regularly

a change in venue, the function being held for the first time at the Hotel. School speakers were Mes rs. Blackbeard and Morris, and were Stanley Lewis and Neville Riley. Mr. Bowden as Guest Speaker, and sincere as we knew him during his Headmaster days when he at our dinners.

Founders' Day. For the first time in three years the weather was kind, and the cerelT.ony was performed in its entirety outdoors.

Guest speaker was Dr. Arnold Katz who spoke impress'vely on the needs and aim of the School and Union. He emphasi ed the laudable desire to acquire Glebe Cottage, wbere the School originated in 1841, for posterity.

After the ceremony, the cadet band, in top form from winning the championship the previous Saturday, gave an entertaining programme of music, including one tune normally played on the bagpipes. In view of tbe excellent performance, we agreed tbat tbe Officer in Cbarge was entitled to slip this item in!

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JIn Jllrmoriam The Union record" with regret the pas. ing of the following Old Boys and extends its deepest ympathy to all who mourn their pas ing.

Henry Victor (Jimmy) Mills.

Mr. Mill died suddenly on 8th February. 1969, at the age of GD. He had retired from the S.A. Railwayonly a few months earlier.

During the la t war he erved in the Tank Corp with the rank of captain. He wa active in the Claremont Ratepayer ' As~ociation and in Western Province Athletics.

Henry (Harry) Linington.

Mr. Linington died about the middle of the year in hi 93rd year. A a well-known Kenilworth family, he became a builder after leaving followed this occupation in Johanne burg wh(;re he pent mo t of hi life. interests was mu ico and he wa a chori ter in one of the Anglican churche

member of chool and One of hi .

LATE NEWS Michael Herbert ga e an organ recital at l. George' Cathedral during the Flower Fe tival held in the pring. He i' the A sistant Organi t aC the athedral. tephen Hunt, having obtained hi B.A. degree and econdary Teacher' Certificate. has qualified as a teacher. In addition to the e ucce" e he has been admitted a Licentiate of the Royal chool of Mu ic a a violin teacher. He spent part of the year at chool a a student teacher. ew has reached u of the Maree brother, bath of the 1936 Matric. class. Marcel i a tudio ma'iter at a Cape Town firm of commercial arti~.

RenĂŠ i a mechanical engineer with Ronden' .

Of the twenty-two player selected to play in the Western Province trials game, even are Old Boy, viz., B. Ander on, M. Gilcs, tephens,.

Budge, M. Bowditch.

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