The Cantuarian December 1960 - August 1961 by OKS Association

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THE CANTUARIAN DECEMBER,

VOL. XXV III No. 4

1960

EDITORIAL SELF, SER VICE, OR SELF-SERVICE?

Ma ny socio logists have noticed that o ur society is based on acq uisiti on. Most peop le a re motivated by the des ire to acquire money, status, social prestige and positio n ; a nd o ur society is aftluent enough to allow them to fulfil thi s des ire- in fa ct, the pro mi se of such fulfilment is the most solid plank in the platform of politica l pa rties. Our society- let us face it honestly- is tendin g more and more to set up the ideal of "self" : the first questio n peo ple ask themselves is " Wha t can J get o ut of it ?" or " Wha t's in it fo r me?". We are a lso fo rced to recogni se tha t this idea l is utterly op posed to the traditi ona l ideal of the pu blic schoo ls, the idea l of service. Any ind ividual achievement, acco rdin g to thi s idea l, should be co un ted as somet hing donejor society, not as something in virtueofwhich the ind iv id ua l feels entitled to get so mething out oj society ; a nd any ind ividual talent is so mething which strengthens the society as a who le, not a mea ns whereby the individua l can shin e. We wish to a rgue that the idea l of " self" is not o nly wrong : it is foo lish, short-sighted, a nd ultim a tely d isastro us. T here a re a lready symptoms of its foll y observable in society. Certa inly, we a re amuent a nd (apparently)

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secure: yet there is more juvenile delinquency, more crime and more mental illness than ever before. However well individuals may do for themselves, as a society we are weak, and growing weaker. There is nothing like the same cohesion, the same communal feeling, the same desire to serve, as there was in the dark days of 1940. It is stupid to think that we can survive intact without this cohesion. We are all links in a single chain: and though some links may seem to do well for themselves by turning to gold, that does not make them any stronger. Any society-a house, a school, a church or a whole nation-becomes decadent in the twinkling of an eye, if it does not preserve the idea of servIce. The ideal of "self" is doubly foolish , moreover, because the individual needs more than his own selfishness. can give him. Affluence, prestige, power- none of these are any substitute for the joy and the psychological and spiritual security which he can only gain by looking outside himself, by devoting himself to serving others. There is no economic reason why we should have more delinquents and more neurotics than we used to: the reason is a spiritual one. Our society now offers people 110 ideal to live up to, 110 framework of life in which they can escape from their own desires and fears, no commonly-accepted values which take the ideal of service for granted. Even if one starts by wishing simply to serve one's own interests, it soon becomes evident that the best way is to serve other people's. The service of others turns o ut to be self-service, too. Are the public schools giving up the ideal of service? Are we more interested than we used to be in our own ambitions-in the money we can get for a scholarship, for instance, rather than in the winning of it? For the money is our own: but the winning is the end-result of a communal effort by the School as a whole. If we in these schools are yielding ground, there is nobody else who will make it up: nowhere else in society can we look for the ideals which we, by tradition and profession, are supposed to practise. It will be a bad day, not only for the public schools, but for society. as a who le, if these ideals are allowed to lapse. 262

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EDITOR IAL ... THE SCHOOL SA LVETE VIRTUTE FUNCfI MORE PATRUM DUCES VALETE THIS AND THAT ... "THE TIMES" AND THE NATIONAL DAILY PRESS LECTURE REPORT DR. JOHN PAXTON MR. TED HUGHES LADY VIOLET BONHAM-CA RTER CHRISTOPHER HOLLIS ... THE AMADEUS STRING QUARTET ... TOLERAN CE AND RELIGION ... LECTURES ... THE MUSIC CIRCLE TH E ORCHESTRAL CONCERT ... THE CA ROL SE RVICE ... THE CO MM UNAL RECORD ... ROST 1960 FRENCH AND SPAN ISH PREHISTORIC CAVE PAINTINGS THE HOLE .. . SCHOLARS' GO WNS RUSS IAN DIARY .. . BUT MY GR IEF WAS RAISING THE CU RTAIN THE SEDUCTION OF THE FEATHERLESS BIPED ANTI-SOCIAL CHRISTIANS AND THE BOMB WALK ALONG THE FRONT PO ETR Y IN THE SCHOOL THE CA LL OF THE PRIMITIVE A " HIP" HIP ... LOS ANGELES H.M.S. "BERM UDA" THE ANNUAL C.C.F. CA MP GUTERSLO H C.C.F. NOTES CAMBR IDGE LETTER THE SECON D ORCHESTRA THE FIRST ORCHESTRA THE SOCIETIES THE GOLF CLUB RUGBY cOl/tilmed overleaf

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THE SCHOOL Captain of the School: G. C. PRITCHARD G. C. PRITCHARD Head of Luxmoore House H. A. RUDGARD, K.S. Head of Walpole House P. R . ATKINSON Head of Linacre House C. G . LEWIS, K.S. Head of The Grange C. R. BARBER Head of Marlowe House D. A. YOUNG Head of School House ... R. A. P. CARDEN Head of Ga lpin's M. M. G. STANLEy-SMITH, K.S. Head of Meister Omers SCHOOL MONITORS G C PRITCHARD H. A. RUDGARD, K.S., G . N. SALMON, K.S., P. R. ATDKIN~ONY;~N~' .' C R BARBER R M K CAREY T. G . BEWLEY, K.S., . . , LEWIS, K'SÂ· 'A. j. AODIS, K.S.', R: A. P. CARDEN, M. M. G. STANLEy-SMITH, K.S. HOUSE MONITORS The School House: J. A. MACKIE, J. F. MATTHEW, R . A. NEIL, K.S. P. F. ALLEN, K.S., D. E. BAKER, J. P. D. PATTRICK, M. A. SHARWOODThe Grange SMITH, K.S., D. O. TAYLER . H. GALLWEY, M. M. HALL, J. J. R. C. HARSTON, J. K. KHA NNA, P. Walpole House: A. R. MAYBURY. H. R. CARTER, P. CONSTERDlNE, H. W. GOLDSMITH, W. D. Meister Omers: MAYCOCK, M. J. PARSONS, J. P. SCRIVENOR. N. A. S. BURY, C. LAWRENCE. Marlowe House: Luxmoore House: D. R. L. EVANS, K.S., H. LANGRIDGE, D . J. MILLS, A. W. PENGELLY, A. D. STEWART, K.S., r. F. R. STEWART. r. A. M. MCCLURE, K.S., J. W. R. MOWLL, A. C. PARSONS, Galpin's : D. J. T. WEBSTER. M. H. KING, K.S., M. W. LEE, K.S., J. E. SCOTT, K.S., P. SNUGGS, Linacre House: P. STOCKDALE, P. A. RAWLINGS. G. C. PRITCHARD Captain of Rugby Football P. CONSTERDlNE Captain of Cross-Country Running H. W. GOLDSMITH Captain of Fencing I. A. M. MCCLURE, K.S. Captain of Squash Rackets G. D. SCOTT Captain of Shooting

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SALVETE R . J. Anthony, J. M. A. J. Ar mstrong, R. J . Ashwor th, G. A. Bailey, T . M. Bale, C. Ilarn de n, T . P. Becken, R. Boyd, A. E. Bragg, D. N. Bunce, A. J . W. Campbell , P. J . Carrell , P. J . Cattrall , P. A. Church, A. R. B. Cla rk, R. A. Cook, A. A. F. Craig, R. J . Craven Gree n, J . J. T. Cronk, D. W. Cutts, G. A. B. Day, J . R. Dea n, D. J. Dennis, W. A. D. Double, C. J. Eaton, P. J . Eckersley, P. R. Faithful, S. J . F. Fosbury, I. A. M. Fraze r, P. M. Ga rel-J ones, R. W. J . Goche r, D. W. Gostling, N. H. G oulde r, J . C. Hall . F. J. McC. Hazeel, J. H. A. Hazeel, G. M. A. Heaton, C. B. Henderson, D. P. R. Hews, P. S. Hind s, P. W. Hodges, C. S. Hudso n, D. G . Irwi n, A. J . Ja nco usky, D. M. M. Kenyo n, P. R. Kermode, A. Kypris, W. R. Lock, T. M. McCarthy, R. F. MacM urc hy, N. G. Majo r, R. E. G. Man, M. G . S. Ma nsergh, J. Masters, A. T . Maynard, A. B. Meikle, J . M. Mi ller, P. D. Mi ller, J . P. Morris, S. J. Nicholas, J . A. Norwood, N. J . Pa ul, P. E. Pea rce, D. N. Petersen, 1. E. Pollet, P. M. C. Randru p, A. M. J. Robbi ns, R. L. Robbin s, W. G . Rowe, J. R. Sa lmon, H. D. C. Scla ter, P. D . G. Scott, N. Scott Will ia ms, G . L. Singleton, S. G. F. Spackma n, R. M. Spence, N. B. Spi ller, J. D. Sta rkey, M. M. Steer, J . D. Stokes, J. St urgess, P. J . S. Su therland, R. P. H. Swann, R. J. A. Ta lbert, C. R. C. Taylor, N. A. M. Thompson, D. C. J . Tun, A. D. Van del' Meersch, J. B. Whitaker, W. J. Wolsey, J. J. Woolf, J . F. Wright.

VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRU M D UCES ANDERSON, D . R. S.- Entered School, Sept. , '54 ; Ex hib. , ' 54; Ha n. K.S., '55; Head of School House and School Mo nitor, '58; 2nd X I Cricket, '60 ; Lance-Sergeant, C.C.F., '58 ; Hon. Sec. Ha rvey Society ; U pper VJ. AYLI NG, M . R.- Entered J.K .S., Sept. , ' 53 ; Ha n. K .S., '59; H a n. Senior K.S., '60; Walpole House Monitor, '60 ; 2nd At hletics, '58; A.B., Nava l Section, C.C.F., '57 ; Upper VI; State Schola rship, '59; Open Ex hibitio n to Lincoln College, Oxford, '60. BATCHELOR , J. B.- Entered Scl1001, Sept. , ' 55 ; K .S., '55; Ha n. Senior K .S., '60 ; Galpi n's Ho use Monito r, '59; Lance-Sergeant, C.C. F., '59; Bunce Ex hi bitio n, '60; Editor of The Canluor ial1 ; Hon. Sec. of Glee Clu b and Chora l Society; Upper VI; Open History Schola rshi p to Magda lene College, Cambridge, '59. BA XTER, P. I .- Ente red School, Jan., '56 ; Grange House Monitor, '60 ; 1st X I Hockey, '59 ; 1st X I Cricket, '60; 1st XV, '59 ; 1st Athletics, '59; Hon. Sec. Hockey, '60 ; La nce-Corpora l, C.C.F., '60. BROWNE, P. W. F.-Entered School, Sept., '55; K.S., '55; Hon. Senior K.S., '60 ; Ma rl owe House Moni to r ; Shooting Team, ' 58; Sergea nt, C.C.F., '60 ; Upper VI ; Open Classics Scholarshi p to Christ's College, Cambrid ge, '59. BUSSELL, R. B.- E ntered School, Sept., '54; Walpole House Monitor, '59; 2nd VIII , '58; Upper VI. COLLI NS, R. A . .F.- Entered School, Sept., ' 55; K.S., '55 ; Ha n. Senior K.S., '60 ; Linacre House Monitor, '59 ; 1st Fencing, '59 ; Capta in of Fencing, '59; Upper VI; Open Ex hibition to Corpus Christi College, Oxford, '60. 264

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. STEI< H. L.-Entered School, Sept. , '54; Head of Ga lpin's House a nd School Monito r,

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!lAM C F - Entered School, Sept., '54; Head of G range, ' 58; Captai n of School, GRA''5' 9 ' 2'd · V, ' 59 ,' C .PO n X " , Naval Section " C.C.F. ' 59 •' Rose Exillbitlon ; Ed itor of COlllUorioll (ex-officio) ; Upper Vl. ntered School, May '55'I, Ma rl owe House Monitor, '60 ; Swimming INGRAM, D . L. -E I Colou rs, '60; La nce-Corporal, C.C.F., 60. 'TON N . H.- Entered School, Sept., '55; K.S., '55; Senior K.S., ',58; Marlo.we lIVIN~S se 'Monitor. '59; School Monitor, '60; Head of Marl owe Ho use, 60 ; Shooting C~I~ urs '59' L'eading Seaman , Naval Sectio n, C.C. F. , ' 58; Hon . Sec. of the M ar~we Society;' St~te Schola rship, ' 59 ; Upper VI ; Foundation Scholarship (Mo ern Languages) to King's College, Ca mbl'ldge. MAClwo W1E, J. D.- Entered School, Sept., '55; Lord Pl e nd~r Schola r, '55; Lu x l11~o r~ House Monitor, ' 59 ; Vice-Captain of Luxmoore H o~se, ,59; 2nd XI Hockey, 57, 2nd Xl Cricket, ' 58; 1st Hockey XI,. '60 ; 1st XI Cn cket, 60 ; Able Seaman, Naval Section, C.C.F. ; K. E.C. Higher Ex hl b.; Up per VI. MAN, J. A. G.- Entered School, Sept." '54; Wa lpole House Monitor, '59 ; 2nd Ath letics; 2nd XV, '59; Captain of Tenllls, 60; Uppe r VI. RAWLI NSON, H. J .- Entered J .K.S., May, '50 ; Linacre House Mo~itor, '59 ; Scl;ool Mo nitor, '59; Head of Li na~re House, '60; 2nd XI Hockey, 59; 2nd XV, 58 , 1st XV, '59; C.S.M., C.C.F., 59. RODWELL J.- Entered J .K .S., May, '52; 1st At hletics, ' 58; Captain of Cross-Country a nd Captain of Shooting, '59; Sergeant, C.C.F., ' 59; Upper VI.

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SEAMAN, C. B.-Entered School, Sept. , '55; K.S., ' 55; Music Scho la~, '~ 5 ; M a rlow~ House Monitor, '60 ; Drum-Major, C.C.F.; Hon .. SenIOr ~. S . , 60 , ~ ppe~. ~ I : Gilbert and Sheppard Exhib. ; Open MUSIC Scholarship to KlIlg s College, C<lmblldge, A.R.C.O.; A.R.C.M . SELMAN, A. T.-Entered !J .K.S., May, '49 ; Meister Om~rs House Monitor, :58 ; Head of Meister Omers, '59; School Monito r, '59; Vlce-Capta lll of S~h o~I , 60 , 2nd VIII Rowing, '59; 1st VIII Rowing, '60 ; War rant ORker, C.C .F .,. 59, Ha n. Sec. of Military Band, Music C ircle, Choir, Choral and OperatIc Soclelles , Wadd ington Gift Prize. STEVENSON, M. J.-Entered School, Sept. , '55; Gra nge House Moni to r, '60 ;C ~t Y~61 Rowing, '59; 2nd XV, '59, and Captain ; C. P.O., Naval SectIOn, C . . . , , Upper VI. STROM-OLSEN, J . O.-Entered School, Sept. , ' 55 ; K.S., ' 55; M~ist~r Omers H o us~ Monitor, '60 ; Lance-Sergeant, C.C.F., '59; Sta te Scholarship, 59; U pp,er V I , Open Exhibition in Mathematics and Physics to C.C.C.c. , and Ha n. Parker Exlllbltlon, '59. THOMAS, D. L. M.-Entered School, May, '57; Music Schola r, ' 57; Co rpora l, C.C.F., '60 ; Open Chora l Scholarship to King's College, Ca mbndge. 265

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TUQI"Y, M. R.-Entered School, Sept., '54 ; K.S., '55; Ma rl owe H o use Monito r '59' 1st X I Cri cket, '59; 1st X I Hockey, '60 ; 2nd XV, '58; La nce-Cor poral, C .C.F.', '60: Upper VI ; State Scho la rship, '60. TUI< NER, R. H.--:-Ent~red School, SejJt., :55; K_S., '56 ,. Ha n. Sellior K.S., '60 ; Linacle Ho use MOllito r, 59; 2nd Athletics, 58 ; 1st Athlet ics, '59; Capta in of At hletics '59' La nce-Sergea nt, C.C.F., '60 ; Welsh Foundatio n Scho larship to Jesus Coilege' ' Oxford ; Uppe r VJ. VAR~OE, J . P.- Entered School, Sept., '55; Music Scholar, '55; G ran ge I-louse Mon itor. 59;. ,A,bJe Sea m,a n, '~aval Section, ~.C.F. , '59; I-Ion. S~c. or Madriga l Society,

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VEITCH, T. D. A.- Entered School, Jan. , '55; Meister Omers I-lou se MOllitor '59' School Moni tor, '60 ,' 2nd X I Cricket, Calnain ,' C.S.M., C .C . 1-., - '60 , A nd'erson, M emoria l G ift, '60. VENN, P'. F . W.- E ntered Schoo l, May, '54 ; Wa lpole Ho use Mo ni tor '58 ' School !"I0llito r, '59; Ca ptain of Ho use, '60; 1st Rowing Co lo urs, '59; Capt~ in of Rowing 60 ; Upper VI. ' WATSON, W. M.- E ntered School, Sept., '55; K.S., '56 ; Galpi n's Ho use Monitor '59 ' 2nd XV, '58 ; Captai n of Squash, '60; Tennis VI, '60 ; Lance-Sergea nt C.C.F.' '60 ~ Upper VJ. ' " WI< IGHT, J. R. C.- E ntered School, Sept., ' 54; K.S., '55; Ha n. Seni or K.S. , '58' School Mon lt,?r, '59; 2nd X I H ockey, '58; C.Q. M .S., c.c. F. , '59; Ed ito r of Tile C":lIl1ariali' I-I o n. Sec. Som:,er. Society; Bunce Exhib., '60; Upper VI ; Trevelya n Scholarship ; Open History Exilibilion to Merton College, Oxford.

VALETE ~. H. Ackland , M . R. A llen, S. M. Band, S. J . Mac M. Barnetso n, A. Barslay, R. F. Bell,lIlly- O,own, R. M. Bennett, R. G : Blilley, A. W. Olaxlan d, D. W. Bristow, M. H. Cald wel!, A. W. J . Ca ron, S .. D. Challis, R. E. T. Clark, R. T. Clill'k, I. E. Cole, D. A. Cooke, r. J . ~a l e, N. J . Da Vies, G. M. DaVIS, R . Dawso n, R. G. Eden, N. T. Edwa rd s, M. Ell iott, J. S. Essa me, N. J. C. Gent, R. A. Goodman , N. H. de G. G ri mth, R. D. B. Hmdley, W. L. Ho lt, W . E. G. I-I o usden, C . F. S. Irwin, J. P. Leach , J. St. C . Lecky, G. K. LeVitt; M. J. Lindley, P. R. C. Loadman , S. J. Ma wford, A. R. Mulford, G. C. Musso n, J. Noms,. W. E . R. Oatl'ldge, M. T . Ie F. Payne, R. J. Perci val, R. P hilpott, M. J . P"tchard, J G. Rivett, C. C. Rose, M . H. Scho neld , R . J. Selma n, P. Y. Sher we ll, D. C. M. Std es, C. J. Stl'ln ge r, M. R. Stoekell, P. M. StrudWick, C . R. Suarez, A. J. H. Swallso n, R. H. Tatchell , M. H. Turner, R . .I . T urn er, A. E. N . Watk ll1s, R. M. Watso n R. M. Weller, O. J. C. Weth ered, D . M. Whewell, J. E. T. Wild ing, C. L. Will iams, C. Yates.

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THIS AND THAT The Headmaster received the follow ing letter ea rly this term. Dear Dr. Shirley, In accorda nce with the reso luti on passed at th e meetin g of th e G ove rning Body o f the Ki ng's School held o n the 25th October, r a m writin g to co nvey to yo u a nd t he Teaching Staff th e Gove rn ors' grea t pleas ure at the co ntents of the Annua l Repo rt wh ich you submitted to t hem. They wis hed me pa rticu larl y to refer to t he ou tstanding resu lts in the U ni versity Scholars hip List, where they noted, not onl y the reco rd number of Open Schola rships il\varded, bu t a lso th e wide var iety o f subj ecls in which they had been gained. T hey noted furth er with satisfactio n th e co nsiderab le number of F irsts obtained by O .K .S.

during the past yea r at Oxford nnd Ca mbri dge. These remarkable successes, reflecting the high standard of educa ti on received at the Kin g's School, constitute a high tribute to yo ur in spira ti on and leadership ancl to th e devoted wo rk of the A ssistant Masters.

It was suggested t hat it wo uld be All ing if a copy o f thi s letter co uld be printed in the next issue of the Cantuarian.

Yours sincerely. 1. G. PEMBROOK, Clerk to the Governors . The Observer paid th e Headmaster the very different tribute of a "Schoo l Repo rt" ; his fellow scho lars were o ther Headmasters. The "report" menti oned ho w Canon Shirley had brought Ki ng's into the elite in ed ucation. Wh y th is should have been considered "di sturbing" the Edito rs cannot im agine! Cnnon Fred

Long Illay he cont inue "to break all the rules", "to boast abo ut his Second in History and Law" and to "invent" (in its original scnse) trad itions. During the third weck in November the Headmaster was secn disclissing vari olls measurements of the lawn outsidc thc Great Hall with "an offi cial of the Kent Archaeological Society", or so it was thought at the time. The res ult was a short, informal ceremony outside the Hall on Saturday, Noyember 20th, when Ca non Shi rley and his wife each planted a plane tree, "Fred mul Dorothy"

presented by the StaR', in appreciation of the wo rk of the Headmaster and Mrs. Shirley during the last twenty-five yea rs. In rep ly to a speech by Mr. Paynte r o n behalf of the Staff, the Head master and Mrs. Shirley thanked a ll conce rned and then planted "Fred"

and "Dorothy" with a sil ver trowel, inscribed: ."Scholae magistri prospera regiac post lustra pignlls, cum domina, tibi donant, lit hos annos vigin ti quinque duae . platani celebrent". We hope Canon a nd Mrs. Shirley and thei r "doubles" will be in o ur midst for a long time to come.

Mr. Wilson was away for much of the term with jaundice. We The

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Another book from the School for the School has appeared; last term, Mr. R. W. Harris's Science, Mind alld Method for the historian and scientist in particular and this term , A Basic Latill Vocabulary by C. Parsons and Mr. J. B. Wilson: Mr. Wilson is also preparing another book of his own.

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In this issue there appear reports of the Lofoten Islands and Let's Go, Ma n Go Moscow Expedi ti ons, not to menti on the Naval trip to Lagos and . . Lisbon a nd the R.A .F.'s jaunt to Germany. There were a lso par~lCs touring Greece and ltaly at Easter and, last January, there was the usual ski-ing holida y o n the continent. Where wi ll in itiative, inspired by the lecture on Schoolboy Explo rers, lead us next? There a re vag ue rumours of a jeep trip arou nd the Middle East but I~ot as yet of volunteers forth e U.S,. "Man into Space Project". We hope this give; the lie to the reporter of a National Dail y who descnbed Canterbu ry'S ach ievements as vi ndicating "the lea and cricket values" of Rupert Brooke. To G. C. Pritchard, M. R. Tuohy (O.K.S.) a nd C. R. Barber on their selection for the Kent Young Amateurs Cricket X I, last August ; N. H. Griffith (O.K.S.) who has gained entry to the Royal Navy as a Cadet on the General List; and M. A. B. Morpurgo on being selected as the best schola rsh ip candidate to R.M .A . Sand hurst over the last two years. This has earned him a visit with one R.A.F. and one R.N. cadet to India for the Republic Day Celebrations from January 20th to February 10th. Congratulations

This term's spate of new boys has resulted in amusing blunders and shrewd first Fags impressions let slip in an un guarded moment. They vary from the innocent who wanted to know Fred's nick name to the cynic who realised "all rugger fiends went to Walpole." In c id ent a ll y~ one periodi~~ I '.s columns were observed to contain the shatteri ng news that two R.u s~ lan teachers vlsltmg Rugby h~d ,Proposed a plan to "revolutionize" fagging. It seems tillS IS the latest attempt of the SOCialist State to do away with the Public Schools ! Death of â&#x20AC;˘ 'Former It was with regret that we learnt of the death in Winchester on Headmaster's Son September 13th of G. H. Blore, M.A., son of the Revd. G. T. Blore, Headmaster of King's from 1883 to 1886. . The w~tch less few were hard struck this term . Since our very first day here, On Stnke the chimes of the Cathedral clock have been annoy ingly silent. This has not stopped the. Bell ringers from creating the usual cacophony. We wish they could have devoted their energy to a more useful cause-an hour-striking rota . It is expected that 1961 will hera ld the new (or rat her, repa ired) chimes. United Nations' On Saturday, October 22nd, the School's Military Band played at Tower Ho use when the Mayor, Cou ncillor T. McCallum opened Week United Nations' Week in Canterbury. ' 268

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are told, are not to be tolerated at school. Consewas interesting to hear that C. Graham, ex-Captain has unearthed a statute of privileges, stating, among arc allowed half a pint at lunch!

Last Summer Term, the School was issued with a new School Prayer Book, printed in Holland owing Lo the printing strike. As a companion volume, the School received the new Hymn Book at the beginning of term. This con tains a larger selection, chosen by the Headmaster, together with the music. Th is is an excellent idea since many can read music though, for the uninitiated, who won't be able even to pick Ollt the Chaplai n's notorio lls snatches or jazz from the weird hieroÂˇ glyphics, this seems a luxury.

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"Dear Sir, Please could you tell me iI', as a prospectIVe modern languages scholarship candidate, j am required to take two literature papers, or only one, and/or two essays or only one, or one of each or two of both ? Or neither of either? Yours sincerely, ..... .. R.S. V.P.

On October 4th the Canterbury Rotary Club was addressed by Robert Canterbury Harvey, O.K.S. He was talking about his impressions of the King's ExRotary Club pedition to Moscow, of which he had been a member. Like Anthony Rockley, organiser of the expedition and contributor to tltis edition of Tile CanlUarian, he felt the curtain between East and West was not so much one of iron as of ignorance. Afterwards the speaker was thanked on behalf of the Clu b by Ro tarian Edred Wright. Since there has been a resident Art Master, Mr. Bennett (O.K.S.), on the stafT this term, an art room has been opened at the top of the Palace. Not only is there now art on the time-table for some of the lower forms, but art. classes for all are being held out of school hours. This new feature in the curriculum, together with woodwork, which began in September last year and bookbinding, provides an added attraction for the "arty" type, who, it is hoped, will soon be as prominent as the sportsmen, intellectuals and musiCIans. Arl and Craft

On Friday, October 7th, a Conference for Sixth Forms from schools in Canterbury, organised by The Student Christian Movement in Schools, was held in the Great Hall. The Revd. Stephen Mackie, the Study Secretary of the Movement, spoke for 40 minutes, taking as his theme "A New Kind of Faith in a New Kind of World" . The meeting then split up into Discussion Groups, made up of one or two people from each school,'and discussed variolls religious questions. After tea, we returned to the Hall to listen to a panel of speakers who discussed comments from the groups and answered questions. The schools represenled were: St. Edm und's, The County Tech nical School, Simon Langton School and ourselves. S.C.M.

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A few terms ago, Ih~ School sa \~ a trucÂˇlife lilm 11,e Living Desert. Vanishing On November 12th.. Its ~e9uel , 111e Vanishing Prairie, was shown in Prairie" the Great Ha ll. With bfllli a nt co lo ur photogra ph y, it showed a nimal life through the seasons on the North American Prairie.

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The m o nit orja~ body of Meister Omers, after considerable and expensive Interesting research, h asd l ~cove red that the average boater contains no Icss than 4 1&feet Statistics of straw; bflngll1g the total length 111 lhe Precincts 10 lhe frighlcning sum of 26,000 feet-or five miles a nd 192 yards. The on ly conclusio n that can be drawn from this, however, is that Meister Omer mOllltors have a great deal of time on their hands. Comment

O n lhe T utor Card of a Most Im portanl Perso n :-" He is po litely tolera nt of our efforts to improve him ."

On September 23rd, in the Societies' Room, Ad rian (I don 't normally Modern Poetry wear a lie) Mitchell, after read ing an attractive selection of his own . p~ems) talked informatively and amusingly to an audience which thoroughly enj oyed Itself abo ut th e perils of j ournalism a nd poetry today. . This was followed 011 OClober 14th b7 al; assessme nt of lhe trends in English verse sll1ce the war, given by Anthony T hwal", one .of the Christ Church poets, who now produces many ~e rse broadcasts fo r the B.B.C. 1 hlrd Programme. Although one writer has descl'lbcd thiS generation as typified by the five B's ( Brecht Beat Becket Buddhism a nd Branda), Mr. Thwaite felt the last decade sbowed a retur;, to ; more do nservative trend 111 poetry. ThiS thought-provoking ana lys is was concluded by the speaker reading a few poems, some of them Ills own. The Dean and Chapter have decided to ho ld the service at 5.30 p.m., as is the ge nera l practice In Cathedra ls 111 Sout!,.c rn Engl.a nd , instead of at 3. 15 p.m. , Evensong fo r th e. convenl~n ee of th e lay clerks. I his Inevita ble change makes th ings . ea Slet fOl ~he C(l ~hed l:a l a uthOrities, but It IS a Pity that many tourists may now miSS th e opportunity of hstenlllg 10 a Cathedral Service. ~athedral

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During th e term , A. G. Wickens gai ned a Distinction in the top M usical Successes G rade (V II I) of the Associated Board Violin Examinations, wh ile . for pla no, F. R . Hammersley passed Grade VIII with merit, S. R . DaVies,. Gradc VII With Mel'lt, and M . J. Well s, Grade VI wi th Di st inction . The total ;; sults I,'; Associated ~oard Examinations were: two "Distinctions", seven "Merits" four Passes and three fa ilures. ' Dr, Ruth Railton (Founder and Director of the National Youth Orchestra) VISited the School o n November 25th to hold an aud ition for prospective members of the Orchestra for next season . A record number of 14 boys from the sch.ool was heard. There were apparently very few vacancies this year and at the time of wl ltll1& It IS not known how many of our applteants have defin itely been accepted. D r. Ratlton, wh,? c?ncluded her to ur of Public Schools wi th her visit to Canterbury, said she th o ught KlI1g s was the most mUSical school in Great Britain. N.Y.O.

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We offer a lii' congra tu lations to MI'. R. D. H. Ro berts o n his marriage The Bachelor to Miss W. Mount las t A ugust. We wish him a nd his wife man y yea rs of happiness and success. Also we wo uld like to congratu late Masters? Mr. C. D. E. Gi llcspic on his engagement to be married (in December), and wish him every future happiness. At the end of last Summer Term we lost a number of masters, Mr. A. B. Staff Whitehorn , Mr. R. M. Marsh,and M r. R. H. Prior, D.F. C., who had been wit h us since the outbreak of the last wa r and left Meister Omers to be a Head master in Nigeria. Th is term we welco me Mr. R. A. L. Ba ld win of Balliol, Mr. R . P. Bee of Selwy n, Mr. D. C. G. Bradnack of Brasenose, MI'. D. B. Geo rge of St. Peter's Ha ll , Mr. C . D. Juckes of Pembroke, Cambridge, M r. R. D. Sm ith of Queen's, Cam bridge, and MI'. A. G. Bennett, who will tea ch Art. We hope th at they feel wclcome a nd wi ll enj oy being here. The School had the pleas ure of listening to several visiting preachers in the course of the term : the Revd. H. E. Root, Dean of Emmanuel, and the Revd. Dr. V. A. Demant, Canon of Christ Church, ca me do wn from Oxbridge; in contrast, sermons were given by three local Churchmen, the Rector of Littlebourne, tl,e Revd. S. B. R. Poole-a familiar fig ure- the Revd. L. M. Schiff a nd Canon A. K. Cragg, both the latter from St. Augustine's College. T he Revd. B. J . Tidball visited the School o n November 20th and preached about the British and Foreign Bible Society; late r in the evening, he held a more deta iled discussion with a seclion of the School and showed a film a bout the Society. Finally, on the last Sunday of term, we heard a se rmon from the Very Revd. J . A. H. Waddingto n, instead of the Headmaster, who was saving his vo ice for his part in Peter and tile Wolf later that evening. On behalf of the School we wou ld like to congratulate the 1st XV on being The Fifteen unbeaten by schools for yet another yea r. Their achievement is made more notable on account of thei r Northern Tour, and the atrociolls condit ions in which they usuall y played. If they had becn luckier with the weat her, lhe stron g outsides wou ld have had more opportuni ty to show thei r power and speed. Evensong P reachers

TheIe is a fullÂˇsea le repo rt elsewhere in thi s issue, but the Ed itors feel they should thank a ll those who made it such a success. For Mr. Edred Wright it was a personal lour de fo rce, since he conducted the Military Band , the Chora l Society a nd the First Orchestra. The excellent narration of Prokofiev's Peter alld tile Wolf by the Head master brought a brilliant conclusio n to a most enj oyable evening, made possible only by hou rs of hard practice-so hard in fact that at one rehearsal the cymba ls turned inside o ut. Temporary chaos ensued in the timpani section! Last term, the Editors were pleased to welcome an Oxford Letter. We O.K.S.Oxon hoped that this wou ld rouse Cambridge to emulate this achievement; and Cantab as our readers may see, O.K.S. Cantab have risen to the occasion, and have informed us of the many happen ings in Cambridge but alas, Oxfo rd has retu rned to its old ways and we remain ignorant of its doings. A matter of much controversy. Yet another experiment was \I o'clock C:tthcdnl l tried this term : a service in the Nave, with combined School and Mattins Cathedra l C ho irs. This was a popu lar improveme nt.

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Festi va l in 1962 may I C Y per olmances 0 Oil ef Lun"ere on the North side of '. t 1e athedra l. This fascinating spectacle I ' F . !ts dellghtful,.chateall x and Italy, where it has been conve rted "P~P~ ar '" rance, ~Ith IS a compa ratI ve novelty in this country but two yea rs ago the ~n/ Too;,' Ea~ ef Lun"ere, sp",ct acle at Greenwich a nd last summer the No rwich Ca tl~/~J'ra l e ~~~7(~~I~poSn sored UIJlI e, e was most successful Tn Canterbu ' 'f ' b ( S 011 e l a rr~ngements in the Green Court may m ~~ ;h~s sure to e a Igre~t altracli.o n but sea ting f H owever, the colourful "Son et Lumiere"

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We congratulate the following on their awa rds at Oxford a nd Cambridge :-

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CAM P . I . . . arns 1 M. J. G. Robiette A, T, Moon B. H. Shearing M. H, King C. J. Tavener R, C, Brown T, G. Bewley

Open Sch,?lar~hip. in Phrsics to New College, Oxford . Open Ex hlblt~on '.'1 SocIal StudIes to Merto n College Ox ~ d Open Exl1Jbltlon 111 Mathema tics to Corpus Christi 'Coileogre 'C bndge. ' a mO~e n Ex hibition in Natural Sciences to King's College C b 'd ~II1OJ: Scholarsl1J p 111 Mathematics to Pembroke Colleg; C~~b~ldge. Exl1Jbltlon 111 MatbematJcs to Queen's College C b 'd' I ge. MaJo' S h I h' . , am n ge. I C. 0 ars Ip 111 Mathematics to St. John 's Colleg C b 'd Sch.olarsl1J P 111 HIstory to C hurchill College C'lmb .'d e, a m n ge. Ope n E x I11'b"ItI O ~ ". ,1 SCl.enc~ to Trin ity Hall, "Ca mbridge.' " ge Ford ScholarshIp '.'1 ClaSSICS to T rinity College, Ox ford, 272

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Apart fro m the absence of a n Annual General Inspection, this passed a lmost unnoticed at King's, To ma rk the occasion, a boo k was compiled of the histories of all the c'c'F. Units in the country ; this was presented to the Queen on July 22nd, 1960, when there was a Royal Centenary Pa rade in Buckingha m Palace Gardens, One Royal Nava l, four Army and two R.A,F, Companies paraded; these were made up of representatives of the individual c, c, F. Units, At the parade, King's was represented by R, B, Bussell of the R,N, Section, T, D, A. Veitch of the Army Section and A. J. Selman of the R,A ,F, Secti on, After the parade there was a Service in Westminster Abbey, Finally, the Canll/arian has printed reports of c'c'F, Ca mp acti vities in the Centenary Year: the R,A.F. Ca mp at G iitersloh, Western German y, the Army Camp at Callerick and the cruise of H,M,S, CentelJ:lry of the C.CIi, 1860-1960

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'''THE TIMES" AND THE NATIONAL DAILY PRESS' A L ECT URE BY MR . JOH N HtLLS ON FRIDAY, 21 ST O CTOBER

711e Times has a_n unfair reputation for stu ffi ness, but Me Hills did much to dispel it in his lively talk , He spoke with speed and cla rity about modern conditions in the newspaper wo rl d, mixing wit and information in proporti ons that were much to the taste of the delighted a udience, a nd- unlike some lectu re rs-eagerly answered questions on every subject, In fac t, his actua l lecture was short, a quick survey of the historical background with specia l reference to the issue of The Tillles that anno unced Trafalgar and Nelson's death (the a nni ve rsary of whic h coincided with the date of the lecture), a nd then a summa ry of the more important paper today, He di vided them into two kinds ; those concerned primaril y with news, The Times, 71le Daily Telegraph and The Guardia/l, and those with large headlines a nd circulations. Most of the time was taken up with questions which ranged from a discussion of strip cartoons to the solvency of The Times , Some strange facts came to light ; Carol Day's att raction for the male readership, and that of Rip Kirby for the women ; the Daily Mirror's usc of an obscure article in the Woman's Page of The Times about conveniences in London termini, which it copied in its entirely, merely adding a new headUne-"The Times spends a penny"; the dependence of The Times on its subsidiary, The Times Dlucalio/lal Supplement, which has a monopoly of educational advertisements and large profits as a result ; these were just a few of th" di versions included in this fascinating talk, Mr. Hill a lso discussed the position of agencies like Reuter in modern news papers, the composition of the staff of The Tillles, whose correspondents also remain anonymous, although he recommended the Nottingha m corres pondent for inter., ' , and the methods by whiCh the news is collected, while he scorned the news-value of photographs, as they merely show the house of the murder and not the corpse itself. He discussed the economics of The Times, expla ining how advertising has to cover the discrepa ncy between the actua l cost of a shilling a copy and the selling price of fivepence, a nd he compa red the ra tes of advertising in Tile Times favourab ly with those of other papers, In the course of the lecture, Me Hills also put forward two questions for disclission afterward s: "Can a journalist be a gentleman 'l" and "Docs the public like intrusions into private lives?", He himself was clearly a gentleman, as befits one of the Top People, and the School enthusiastically appro ved his willy lecture, 273

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LECTURE REPORT "WHAT HAPPENS IN A COURT OF LAW" By Mr. Michael Chavasse, on Saturday, October 22nd ~s

Mr.

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indicated at the beginning of his lecture, it is a difficult task to talk

to ~ school audience . about th~ Law C~:H1rts, and hold everyone's interest and attentio n

This many of us reailsed, and It was with pleasure that we listened to the speaker's brief but able and lucid account of the Courts. He clearly defined the vario us types of La Courts, gave a summary of th e procedure in

e~ch,. and

the cases th ey dealt with.

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legal terms and methods, such as cross-Cxam llHltJOIl, were explained. The comparative!

short length of the ta lk enabled a now stimulated audie nce to ply Mr. Chavasse with many 1I"terest lllg questions w.h~ch vaned fr0111 technical enquiries to queries about the speaker s own career as ,3 so liclt?r. I n the course of the questions, he informed us how farc murd~r cases and vlOl,ent c.fI~11e cases are, referred to the functions of the Solicitors'

rrade UllIon, a nd gave hiS opllllOns about the outcome of an action then in progress s we all know now the verdict was not as he predicted. Even so it was an entertaining'

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DR. JOHN PAXTON At 8 p.m. on Sunday, November 6th, members of the Sixth Forms assembled in the Great Hall to welcome Dr. John Paxton , and to hear him speak on "Schoolboy Explorers" Dr. Paxton IS a schoolmaster who has led several expeditions for boys, to countries a~

far .away as ~orway, RUSSIa, YugoslavIa and Morocco, and It was with reference to these vaned expe~'l enc~s that he gave us general advice on cheap travel. His audience therefore

was only mildly IIlcred ul o us when he said that money is almost unnecessary for a holida . with hiS gUidance, boys have travelled to Gibraltar for £5, and even to Brazil for £3~' While travelling expenses can o nl y be reduced, hotel expenses should be eliminated al togeth~r, either uSlllg bo~rowed C.C.F. tents, or, more satisfactorily, by li ving in Dormoblles. The staff of life becomes the Biscuit, adorned with margarine and tea ' this diet IS s u ppl~me nted .only with food donated by benevolent orga nisation; . Judeed' th e three underlYlllg principles of cheap travel are: Beg, Borrow, Do it yourself. ' . On les~ material but equally im»ortant matters, Dr. Paxtou st ressed the need for care III chooslllg members of the expeditIOn (particularly wi th regard to self-control with the communal stock.of food). Detailed plans are only necessa ry for the outward and homeward J.ourneys; It IS better to be free of schedules elsewhere. The only disadvanta e of tra;elllng behllld the Iron Curtalll IS that offiCial guides are apt, politely but insist;ntl to accompany one at Just the wrong (and most interesting) moment. y, D~ .. Pax!on's ~dvice and ,reminiscences stirred the imaginative and inventive faculties

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MR. TED HUGHES Mr. Ted Hughes is a yo un g modern poet whose work has won awards both in America and in this country. He has written a radio pla y, and is at present writing for radio and television. His two volumes of poetry, The Hawk ill the Rain and Lllpe/'ca/ (publi9hed by Faber, of co urse) have been successful, as slim volumes go . And o n November 30th quite a large a udience assembled in the lib rary to hear him read some of his poems. Mr. Hughes first spoke briefly of what he co nsidered a poem to be- the expression of a

man's total response to experience, a response which he divided roughly into three parts, however inextricably connected th ey might be. He stressed not only "the emotional being and the discursive intelligence, but the animal being- l30 Ibs. of flesh and blood". "A poem about a cat can on ly be complete a nd successful when the animal has flowed through you r veins and become part of you, yo u know? The bodily awareness is as important as

the other two kinds of awareness." The sa me idea expressed in more particular terms concerned his poem Meeting, and I ca nnot do better than quote what I can remember

of his own words. "This poem is about a meeting face to face with an animal or bird-sayan owls'

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wink ing stare, you know? and you feel that you are up against something bigger than yo urself in a way, a single-minded intensity with no doubts and confusions such as we are troubled wi th, but a great certainty- it knows what it wants-and it wants you ... " Mr. Hughes' ex pressive hand crooked like a talon, a nd the idea behind the poem was vividly recreated. It is impossible, of co urse, to do justice to an occasion like this. Just as "Poetry is not the thing sa id , but a way of saying it", so with these brief poetic explanations; one had to be th ere. Mr. Hughes read a number of his poems, giving before each one a brief insight into the theme, mea ning or setting, and these prefaces were often as vivid and telling as the poetry. A poet is not always the best reader of his own work, but Mr. Hughes' vo ice, rugged yet sensiti ve, seemed perfectly adapted to the suppressed vio lence and power of the images. Q uestio ns were asked- did M r. Hughes think of his audience when he wrote a poem? No, thi s was not a socially-m inded age, the poet was not, as in the 18th centurY,the spokesman of society. He ta lked rather of the revolt of men of his generation against society, of an inst incti ve distrust of social and politica l systems that had become corrupt, of the ep hemeral and relative va lues that society had produced. These were of interest to the mind , but did not engage the who le awareness o f the poet. He was trying to write from a deeper, more instinctive level. Mr. Hughes agreed that one wrote poems to get something o ut of one's system. It seems a ppropriate to quote D. H. Lawrence: " One .... repeats and

presents again one's emotions to be master of them". Mr. Hughes spoke with transparent sincerity and spo ntaneity. One gained the impression of a man of quiet ass urance and complete integrit y. The aud ience seemed appreciative-and th ey might well be.

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LADY VIOLET BONHAM-CARTER As the daughter of a Pdme Mi~ister at one of the most critica l periods of our history, and as one who a ll her life has li ved amongst the fam ous, Lady Vio let Bonham-Carter IS particularly able to talk of " Great Figures' :' for she has know n and met them personall y, and at first hand wo uld tell. us m~ny of their sayll1gs a nd dOll1gs unpu blished elsewhere. To the youngest of her a udI ence It must have seemed man y pages back in history when Lady VIOlet began by a nno un clflg that she had once lunched with Glad stone- as a littie gI rl , dlsa ppolflted because, contrary to legend , he d idn't chew his food, but wolfed it ! She enchanted us for over an hour, wit h quick portrai ts and un expected views of Chu rchill as a somewhat arroga nt (or self-confident!) young man, of the exqui site Henry Jamesand an un comf?rtablc lun ch when the two met- of Theodore Roosevelt, and Bernard Shaw (bathing In Cornwall Ifl a long-sleeved Jaegar costume !), a nd of th e fo rmidable Kltchener, surprisinglY ,unprincipled at leas t once, in his acquisitiveness. Of her father Lord Oxford and A squith, she t<;>ld us only the characteristic story of his writin g a letter: at the age of 12, In defence of hIS old fnend, the apple-woman, d ispossessed of her pitch Ifl Palace Yard. It was a delight to hear, not mere ly the unusual stori es, and the humou r with which they were told, but such eloquence and literary Âˇart, of a style which a lready seems to echo the splendour of another age. We are gra teful indeed to Lady Vio let for making so real to us th e great names, and th e manner, of the EdwardIan era. F.H.V.

CHRISTOPHER HOLLIS On Tuesday, October 18th, Mr. Christopher Ho llis, form crl y an M.P. , gave th e who le School some observations o n the English Public School System. He showed that the modern concept of a Pu blic School was tota ll y different fro~ that of the eighteenth centu ry, stemming as It dId fro m the huma llltanan outlook of the mIddle of the nineteenth century, and made a few conjectures about the future of the system. Havi ng ela borated this theme, Mr. Ho llis Illvlted members of the School to ask him questions o n any aspect of Publ ic Schools. Several questions of burning importance, such as the future of the C.C. F., smo king and dnnking, schoolmasters' pa~ a nd ~o-educati onal schools, were raised, but Mr. Holl is ~~emed to fijlht s hy of commlttll1g lumself too deepl y for, as he put it, he did not want to breed s~dJtlOn In the very presence.of the Headmaster". This was a pity. beca use otherwise the evelllng could have been very lively. 276

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THE AMADEUS STRING QUARTET What can one say about the Amadeus String Quartet? 11 would be presumptu o us to attempt to criticise them, if by cri~ icism one means critici s~ lInra voll~'ably, because It \Va,s obvio us to all who were present III the Great Hall o n Fnday evcnlllg, .llth Novembcl , lhat here were masters. For members of the s~ h oo l orchestras It was ~ n. IIl va luablc lesson by fOllr men who we re both masters o~ thel,r instrum ents and l~llI.s l cla ns , top. Expcrt I1ngering Hnd bowing were ba cked up by Intelligent and sympathetic mterpretHtl On. The Quartet wa s a teaIll , each co.-operatin g in every ba r with the others, keeping ~n eye on one another to ensure unanll111ty . . TI~ e~'e wa s no one star who shone out while acco mpanied ~y the oth.ers; all had an IIldl vldual part to pla y and each was .cq t.l(\lI ~

important. It IS a surpnse to learn that th e fo ur mcmbers bad not played togethel rOl some time bccause of the illness of o nc o r thcm. Such team 1V0rk app iles eq ua ll y to cho ll' work as to playing in an orchestra and every member of a chOI r or of an orchestra ought

to have before him the hi gh stand ards of co-operati o n set by the Quartet. Their interpretation arose out of a genuine feel in ~ for an~ unders~a nding. of the music; they wc re not merely playi ng n?tes, but \~ere plaYIl1~ mUSIC, speak ing their pl~rases and scn tences with proper punctuati on, the right inflectIOns and- generall y- putllng across

IVhat they had to say as an accomplished speaker wou ld deliver a polished add ress .

It does all the good in the world for learners of instruments to have set bcfore them rrom time to time standards of the highest professional class. The faint-hearted may

thin k that such standard s are far beyond th eir reach , but the keen Will persevere an~ will still stri ve up wa rd s in a conti nuing effort to do better and to approach profeSSiona l standards.

T he rcci tal included Haydn 's Qua rtet in G majo r, 01'. 54 No. I, Mozart's Quartet in B nat, K.S89, and D vo rak 's Quartet in F major, <?P. 96, "The Am erica n".' a cho.lcc

which showed something of th e development of the string quartet and gave an lI11crestlllg va ri ety to an evening of music which !nig.ht quite well . h.avc been solid farc. At th e ,:nd

th c School rcceived the playe rs enthUSIastIcally and nOIsily. It appea rcd to bc a ge nlllne apprecia ti on of artists or the rront rank.

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TOLERANCE AND RELIGION ~r. . Polack, a former Hou sem~ster <;> f Clifton and now working with the Council of

Chnstlans and Jews, brought to his subject a sympathetic and understanding approach. Emphasising the concept of the "plural" society in a contracting world, he appealed first for an abandonment of the attitude of indifference to the beliefs of others and then went on to suggest some of the historical causes for intolerance but laid more stress on the

psychological ca uses and in particular the mere power of words such as "black" . "white" "Jew" to set up irrational prejudices. ' In suggesting remedies for all form s of in tolerance, whether racial or religiou s he urged th e I~ eed for an und,ersta.nding of ~I~e te r~l1 " race" in its .biologica l sense, a de~per

understandin g of the sociologica l condition s I II O ll f own neJghbo urhoods and closer study of comparati ve religio n. He closed with so me interesting observations on the development within Judaism towards tolerance Ihrough the rabbinica l teachi ng of the "Talmud" .

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Mr. Polack's answers to questions were marked by an equally balanced and practical approach. He did not reject the idea of seeking to convince others to one's own standpoint provided that there was respect for the other's views. On the subject of inter-marriage between the races, he felt Ihat if there was understanding of all that it involved it could be successful. His fa ith in the young gene ration to dea l with the problems of intolerance and to make a multiform society work evoked a warm response from his audience. R.A.C.M.

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LECTURES MR. TOM DR IBERG,

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On Friday, December 9th , a sma ll selecl ion of the school had the good fortune to atte nd a lecture on Russia by Mr. Tom Driberg in the Societies: Room. Mr. Dri berg held his audience enthralled unti l one bega n to fear tha t the occasIOn wo uld be made memorable to some not only by the excellence of Mr. Dribcrg's add ress, but also by the lateness of the hour a l which they wentlo Âˇbed. Mr. Driberg began with a li vely account of the local scene in Moscow, well illuslrated by some a musing anecdo tes and coloured by a wonderful eye for small details. He then ranged over a number of aspects of Russian life, foremost amongst which was the diflerent allitude towards the crealion of boarding schools in RUSSia, where they are for the under-pnvlleged, ralher than, by implication the overprivileged . The eveni~g developed into a lively and informal discussion of topics ranging from the Polans mIssile to the posllIon of the church 111 face of the decline in morals at the present lime, and at every point one was impressed by the humanitarianism and fundamen tal idealism with which Mr. Driberg approached the problems placed before him. If Mr. Driberg could not, perhaps, hope to find in the school many converts to the prInCIples of SOCiaLIsm, he must, at the least, have left behind him a lasting impression of a Christian's view of communism stated with a depth of understanding and breadth of outlook that must always be associa ted with Ilis name by his a udience that evening. W.D.C. 278

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THE MUSIC CIRCLE OCTOBER 16TH

The secretaries are to be congratulated on getting together such an interesting and entertaining programme so early in the year. Fou.r ~ines from Horace's Carm~n SaeclIla.re . set for S.A.T.B. by G. N. Salmon, made a n ongll1al prologue to an evellIng featUrIng the double bass and the flute, and music from Bach to Bartok. Mr. Bald win responded to a last minute call for help and, with Mr. Davies, .played the Bach Flu te Sonata in E nat with an ease of manner that belIed the conSIderable control needed for thiS ard uo us task. Bartok 's Sonatina for piano followed immed iately. Here was a piece that looks easy on paper, but is by no means easy t~ play or interpret successfull y. R. K. B. Halsey knew what he wanted, ancl. put It over WIth COlwlctlOn, ~o rrectl y dlsregardtng any wrong notes- few of them a re notIced. Sa lmon and J . D. Hamllton-Pater<o n then played Mozart's G major Violin Sonata, in two movements, a perennial favourite. This was a stylish performance from both playe rs. The violinist was occasionally obl iged to make haste to preserve unanimity with the pianist, who played from memory. The double bass then took the fl oor, and S. R. G. Carrington showed that it had a right to be there. Four short pieces by minor Hunga rian composers provided illustrations of the expressive possibil ities of th is instrum,?nt- not on ly. for comedy. F. R. Ha mmersle~ gave good support without overp~lV_erIl.,g the ~OIOISt, who played m tune. Carrmgton then accompanied K. Manes III Samt-Saens Concertstuck for horn. and plano, an entertamll1g work which they performed mUSically. A Passacagha for VIOlIn and keyboard by Handel brought deserved applause to Wickens a nd Soar, who played Tchaikovsky's Melody as an encore. The violinist obviously enjoyed making a rich sound and, apart from one uncertain phrase, he played with uninterrupted fluency and a sense of rubata. Again at short notice the Revel. A. B. Curry, wi th :Mr. Goodes at the piano, sang three songs by Hely- H~tchin so n : 71le OIVI alld the Pussy Cat , The Table and the Chair (vividly accompan ied) and Old Mother Hubbard, sLIng with fine Handelian pomp. R.P.S. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13TH

A Bach flute sonata once aga in opened the evening, this time played by G. D. M. Parry, accompa nied by S. R. Davies (piano) and A. F. Polmear ('cello). It was a polished and sympathetic performance, the soloist in part icular showing considerable insight into the phrasing and expression. A String trio- Spackman, P. J. P. Wachsmann (viohns), and A. F. Polmeal'- provided the next item, a carefully prepared three-part Fantasy by Gibbons. Spackman, our latest addit ion to the vio lin section, then played Ravel's Habanera with understanding and skill, accompanied by S. R. Davies. A very impressive performance was given by a brass quartet-M. J. Tester, D. G . va n Asch (trumpets), R. J. M. Collier (trombone), and K. Maries (horn)- who played an arrangement of two eighteenth century pieces. There cannot be many schools in this country that can provide a brass ensemble with such spirit a nd accuracy as this group exhibited. This bodes well for the future of the brass sections of the Military Band and Orchestra. G. S. Westrup and S. R. Davies' rendering of Moskowski's three Spanish D ances for Piano Duet was plca,ant c" ou:lh. but Iber!'s Aria for flute (G. D. M. Parry), clarinet (A. Maries), a nd piano (Mr. R. P. Scott) was marred by one of the instruments being out of Illne. This was a pity. for otherwise the playing was technically perfect .

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Undoubted ly the finest performance of the evening was given by Jeremy Polmear (oboe) who, acco mpanied by F. R. Hammersley, played the first movement of a Loeillet Sonata and Malcolm Arn old 's SonatinG . His tone, phras ing and technique were reall y magnificent, as befits a member of the National Youth Orchestra. The eveni ng ended in a light-hearted vein, with a close-harmony group singing arrangements of Nigh' (Jlld Do)' and Summertime. They seemed to be beset with inva lids- o ne was on cru tches, one appeared to have tooth-ache, a third had to have a substitute (in the person of a very Eminent Musician) after a spell in the San.!- but th is d id not impair their efforts. They were certainly equa l to the accuracy required in this type of singing and were give n an enthusias tic and well-deserved reception. NOVEMBER 27TH

The major Music Circle concert of the term was held in the Great Ha ll a nd, although the variety of items was narrower than usual, it was a most enjoyable evening's entertainment.

The Second Orchestra sta rted the concert off wit h a Handel march, which was admirably played wit h plen ty of attack and a good deal of noise. The balance between the strings, woodwi nd and brass departments was very well hand led. Th is was followed by a clever piece of mock Bra hms by Mr. Curry with the nursery rh yme Hlish-a-bye Baby threading

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certainty from the woodwind and they managed it well. Mr. Curry is to be congratulated on his well-drilled orchestra. Four songs with Edward ian connections followed , sung by the Glee Club. They were great fun and the highest praise must go to N . D . S. Curtis for his excellent solo in the song Silent Worship . His voice control was perfect, es peciall y in the long, quiet notes towa rds the top of the tenor register. Edred Wright interspersed the songs with anecdotes about the composers, though stressing that he himself was not an Edwardian. A. G. Wickens gave a masterly performance of an E minor Violin Concerto by Nardini, accompanied sympathetically, but with a fe w inaccuracies, by the Second Orchestra. The doub le stopping in the cadenza and the coda to the last movement a nd his forthright attack showed how sk ilful this young player has become. The cadenza was written especially by R. J. Morris. Three Eliza betha n madrigals and a charming Benjamin Britten pa rt song followed, again under the direction of Edred Wright. The early works were varied in style, being properly, an Ayre, a Madrigal a nd a Ba llet, and they were a ll sun g with obvious enjoyment by Ihe members of the Madrigal Society. The concert ended wit h three works played by the Chamber Orches tra, conducted by Mr. Goodes. The first was a suite by Corell i, the type of music that Mr. Goodes conducts so well and this was another of his polished, impeccable performances. Two Bra hms minuelS followed, more romantic in style and played more lyrically ; and lastly, some Rouma nian Folk Dances by Bart6k. These were full of gaiety and cheekiness, with some interesting gypsy type violin solos for G. N . Salmon and Mr. Robertson, a nd boisterously rounded off a very fi ne evening. All concerned are warmly congratulaled on their performances and they can rest assured that all their hard work was appreciated by the audience. P.G.W . 2RO

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THE ORCHESTRAL CONCERT .' I" week of term slarted with the Schoo l Concert, in which the Band, the Choral I hc ~st Ihe Orchestra all took part. That there should be in Ihe last three weeks of socletyMand C' cle concert and a full School concert, together with the normal Cathedral term a USle If ' . 't ellts and a Carol Service is a remarkable achievement. com nll m · ' C I 'd T I T I Band opened with Ihree short works, Le Caprice de Nalillette by 0 el"l ge Hay ~ri ) lC . _d from Le Roi s'AlII lIse by D eli bes, and a Beecham arrangement of the an ~ ~ a I as~~;",eGods Go a-Beggillg. These fulfilled their funclion excellently, both as an apel"l~l f sU ite . '. tad as co mpeten t performances in themselves. The Ultonallon was to th~ ma l:1 ~ e~~~ sO I~e of the entries were ragged but one was left with a feeling of pJe~sa nl SO t1~ e~ lI~l~S 51 ~a iltllis was the band (a body whose appearances in most school.s are restricted , ,~ntl c:Pdt~~~t' of reasons to the General Inspection), the orchestra prom~ sed w711. The 1~~li~~~ il~ particular w~s given a lighlness of touch which is hard to acilleve with brass instruments. , 0 I N xt ca me the Choral Society a nd Orchestra, wh~ l'erfo nned Elgar s SOIlf! l~O(" Ie

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s which S~UI which made the more precise timing neces~ary for or~heslral mstrum~nts ~~~,eslt(~b achieve ' but Ihe balance was excellent. Sometimes the chOir appeared sl'llfglsh, I lCU . ntri'es and their changes of dynam ics, but the performance had Sll.· clent ~~tI1n~' s~~~"~I: and joie de vivre 10 dissipate some .of the December fog, a nd the nchness of~lgar's melodies was well expressed by both chOir and orchestra. . . • . II e orchestra alone the choir having reversed their chairs and the!f fa les, .. ~IIl~llly, tl~ree works~ Mendelssohn's Fingal's Cave, an oboe concerto b.y Cllnaros~, !,olfo lln:d I I , WolfbY Prokufiev. Although they have losl several outstandmg membelS and Pt~y/el t;:~fr I~:rformance remained one which ca n be crilicised by profeSSIOnal standdafd~ reeell " . ' t an cas work but was performed With enthUSiasm and verve. an. 1a The ~ve l tli le IS no f e~ci tel1lent and brilliance. Jeremy Pol meal', the solOist 111 ~he C~~l~I!~,~I~::1 i~n(~~l~~:~:ta~lding musician : his tone, hi s pl~rasing, .his ~ensitittt his i l~tona~:.T~ . d his il;,peccable precision and confidence made . th IS the 11Ighhght 0 . t lel~ ve nmg. ., e .I" I' d b'd l or even moderately can be palilful to hear but th IS p ay ll1g was ,IS ~b~~Sl a:'~d s':ee{ as nectar. The concerto itself is a charming wo rk, and has occaSlf l1f1 t~~hl1i ca l dilliculties, particularly of "tongu ing":. all dilliculties we re so success u y . overcome that one found it hard to beheve Ihey eXISted. P r (llid the Wolf was embellished by the paternal periods of ItS narrator, the licadmas~~~. Light music this may be,. dbut !t Presentlts coOnbsOI~C~~bll~~'~~~~tle~h~o ;l~~is\'~~Yb~l All 11 e solo Illstruments wele a mila b Ie . 1e . ' I beauti~'u l tone of the horns as the wolf, the acrobatics of the bird (flute), a nd th~ ve vc t~ ' n;oothness of the cat (clarinet); while the slrings a nd brass p.layed wllh enthUSiasm a n S b . . e 1t This brought to an end an evening of vaned and excellent entertall1~e~~u,~ne~~YJ~~e~l1~nt for which the energy and inspiration of Edred Wnght IS once more 10 be praised. R.A.L.B .

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THE CAROL SERVICE This was, as usual, held on the last evening of the term, and the Choir of the Cathedra l wasl'acked. Ralllerless than half the Service was sung by the choir alo ne and included familIar and unfam ilIa r carols a nd hymns from the School's new hymn book. Ra llied to a final effort at the end of a hard week's singing by the energetic direction of Mr. Edred Wnght, the school chOir was in fin e form. After the crisp Pasl Ihree o'clock in which the congregation sang the refra in the choir gave a movlllgly delIcate performance of Berlioz's delightfu l Shepherd's f{lr~",ell. The phraslnl\ and balance of the choir were also very pleasing, th o ugh tbe tempo seemed rather h~lrne~ 111 I~ea rsa ll ' s or~gll1 a l arrangement of 1~1 dl/lei jubilo and Ding, DOl1g! merrily On /1lgh, to, whIch th e sprIghtly ,organ accOmpan lll1Cnt added a charmingly eH-in effect. In Good KlI1g Wel/ceslas the solOists were S. R. G. Carrington a nd D. M. G. Pa rry; this time the accompanim ent proved to be rather distracting. One wo uld li ke to have heard mo re of the chOir smgl,llg llnaccompanie~. as it did in All my heart Ihis lIig/tt rejoices. POlilene's Mo/el for C!ms/mas was sung with verve a nd precision by the Madrigal Society : this was the ~ll1 l y ca rol by a contemporary composer sung this yea r. The musical highlight of the servlc~, to ~)UC listener at least, was Tchaiko wsky's Legend, in which the choir seemed to

excel Itself 111 an unexceptionable performance. The congregation's singing was less vi~orous . than it millh t have been, tho ugh whether from ;nd-of-term exhau ~tlOn, unfamillanty with the musIc, or defeatism in face of the o rga n s blast, IS uncertam! What could be called the "staging" of the service was also dlsa ppoll1tll1g: with a httle more imagination the service could surely be given more form and drama, together with a less perfunctory religiolls basis? The ann ua l carol service should not be a llowed to become just a nother part of end-of-term rou tine a cross between a choral .r~clta l and the usual "Cath" service. The ch o i l"~ contri bution, h~wcvcr, left Iittlc to be des ll~d, a nd we should be gratefu l to them a nd to thell' conductor for the high standard of the Sll1glllg with which they once again feasted o ur ears. G.J.T.

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THE COMMUNAL RECORD The Minister of Production and Propaganda, Lui Hun T'san , was addressing the People's Union of Songwriters : "I think that the People of China ought to be given a greater incentive to work tha n mere hatred of imperialists. We must use more persuasive methods to co-or~m ate their efforts. In order to do this, we wi ll use the Western type popular song. That IS why I am speak ing to you today. I know all about the present state of popula r songs, about such songs as 'Drive the Imperia lists Back Into the Pacific Ocean' and 'Let Chll1a Stand ~s the Bulwark of Asia fo r Ten Tho usand Yea rs'. But such songs thrive only on tl~e nationalist passio ns of the peo ple. If the peo ple suddenl y beca n~e pacifist? Well, T don t know what might happen. We obVIO usly need songs that remalll perennially pop ular. "Now in the West there lives a class of person who are called vocaLists. To be a vocaHst, one must have a voice and, far more important, as far as 1 can gather, an army of fana~!Cs . These latter dote o n a vocalist and make it their goal to emulate him as far a~ possible. We have no equivalent of this in China, but th in k ! If we set up a. vocaHst who hked work, then all his fans wo uld li ke wo rk too! If yo u can find an at hletIC, handsome, Il1dlVldual, bring him to me. As for the songs, you will write those. The idea is to write one Westerntype love song a nd one worki ng song for the other side of the record. "Of course the introduction of the Western popular song will, as you all reaHse, debauch the people. But what does that malter, as long as they work, and yo u don't debauch the

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, " I' ve th o ught of a song, Sir," said the excited voice over the telephone. "Ah, magni ficent, Comrade!" replied Lui Hun T'san. . " And , Sir, I' ve combined both love and wo rk in the same song. It goes lIke- shall I sing it, Sir?"

"No, thank you, Comrade. The words are more important than the music." "Yes Sir. Well it goes:' Love Is like a rose petal Which fades Away But work Is eternal Our Country Everlasting' . . ... .. . . Is it good, Sir?" " Well Comrade, it may be good, but it won't do for o ur purpose. The song is highbrow. It doesn't rhyme. It a ppeals to no base instincts. No, I'm afraid it won't do . Sorry. Goodbye." Lui HUll T'san rang off. "I sincerely ho~":! the next one knows more about songwriting," he sighed. Again the telephone rang. "Hallo, the M inister speaking." 283

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"Oh, Sir, I've just written a couple of songs a nd also, by a stro ke of luck, I've discovered the perfect vocaltst." "That's good. What's his name 1" "Wo-Ding."

"Bring him over here tomorrow. I'd li ke to look at him . And now the ~ong~?" "One goes:I gota gita, You gota gita, Lez go git 'er-." "That's very good ," said Lui Hun T'san, when the other had given the recital. "What'~ the other one 1" "That goes:'Work! Work I Work! In order to free all the world of Imperial sway Workl Work! Work I So hard that a year of your labour's fulfilled in a day. All the night yo u must work and not sleep To help give your country this final 'great leap'; For every year of work there'll be A thousand years of luxuryWork, Work, Work, till we fall; Soon our great China will rise over all.' I was going to put 'over the Wall' but I remembered that our grea t brother was there." "Jt's just as well you did remember, Comrade," said Lui Hun T'sa n. "But they're both excellent songs. Have you any morc 1" . "Yes, S~r. L,ots. There's one called, 'Working in the Rain,' and another, 'I love working In

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, "Excellent, ,Comr~de. I will hear them all sometime. Incidentall y, yo u don't like this Ive gota glta rubb Ish do you? I mean, you'd never dance to it, wou ld you?" "Oh, no, Sir. In matters of dancing I move essentially in square circles."

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!lAnd what's all that screaming, too 1" "Oh, that's meant to represent the fans. We hired two professional screamers." "They certainly did their job well," remarked Lui Hun T'san grimly. " I, myself, would never buy this record. I can only hope the majority of the Chinese are not like me." "They aren't, Sir," replied Han-Tu.

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Han-Tu was right. Within days a million records had been sold . In a month twenty-live million. And as the masses of China toi led at their occupations in time with the swinging rhythm of "Work, Work, Work," vast increases in production were recorded. Among men the increase per head was 20 %, among women 92 %. A new impetus had been added to China's rush for world domination. Every day the " People's Daily" would tell of WaDing's achievements, about how Wo-Ding had volunteered to help build this project, or how he had sung to children in some hospital. And still the increase in production grew larger. Wo-Ding had become a national institution. He was showered with honours and wealth. But, unfortunately, intelligent enough to realise the ephemerality of money in a Communist State, he invested in a small a nd unostentatious house in Hong Kong and he looked for a wife to share his nest and help him read his fanmail.

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"Sir! Sir, there's been a catastrophe!" " A catastrophe," repeated Lui Hun T'san, far less calmly than he would have liked to. "A catastrophe! What's happened? Has Wo-Ding died?" "No, Sir," said Han-Tu. "At least if he'd died people would still be buying his records. No. He's done the worst thing possible. He's married. " " Well, good lord, a chap's allowed to marry, if only once. It's his right. What's so wrong in that?" "Every wo man in China had hopes of marrying him. Now they all feel as if they've been jilted. They're committing suicide by the thousand. And, worse, they've stopped buying records." "Keep ca lm, Comrade, we can always remove his wife, or get a law permitting bigamy passed so that every woman feel s she can at least have a chance." The telephone rang. Han-Tu answered it. When he put the receiver down he was almost in tears . "Wo-Ding's just fled to Hong Kong," he announced . "'Now we've lost all our chances of saving the situation." "Never mind, Comrade. It wasn't yo ur fault." "Oh, thank you, Sir! Thank - .. " But I'm not going to pay the penalty." R.C.c' 285

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ROST* 1960 It has been said, and no do ubl it will be said again,rlhat a School Expedition is just a way of getting a cheap boliday. It is partl y Ir ue in fact : if on ly for the reaso n that it . In the nature of a School Expedition tllat it will form part of the holiday of those who g~S Nevertheless, thIs IS no argument agamst gOll1g. Nor does it matter particula rly what one does on the Exp.edition, provided that it is wo rth while in some way. For the purpos~s of any venture.of thIs sort are to go to somewhere inleresting, to do something which one would\;not normallYLbe able"to do and thereby to gain some useful experience from life. The object of ~ndertaking vario us projects is therefore mainly to fulfil the second of these. three. Few hrms can Im agrn~ that their &enerosi ty in providing baked beans to sustain you IS lIkely to lead to an~ slgnri'lcant sClenllfic results. Neither do the firms themselves gam very much pubhcJt>:, If any at all. How often docs one see even the Transantarctic ExpedJtJOn being adverllsed as usmg, shall we say, NescafC ?- yet no doubt they and many .olher ?expedltJOns, do use it as we did. Why then are so many firms prepared t~ hel expedluons. (If anyone doubts that they are, It may be mentioned Iha t nearly fortP helped us). Presumably. It !lluSt be because they hope to foster public relations: to creat~ the Impress!on that theIr Jum IS of the sort with which one wo uld like to be associated Be tba t as It may, there IS no doubt that very few expeditions could take place without theIr &eneroslty. This giving is not confined to food, although needless to say more expensIve. Items of equipment, such as microscopes, tape-recorders and cine-cameras are not g.lven away, but ralber loaned, or sold at a concessional rate. The members of the expedluon are, therefore, still left to pay something themselves- as of Co urse they should. The grea le~ amount of tIll S, In our case, went to the purchasing of film , and on travel,?ver £ IOO .m each case. We were extremely lucky also in being given very substantial financml aId both b>: the governors of the school, and by the North Sea Foundationwhich eXIsts pnmanly to foster AnglO-Norwegian goodwill. We were thercfore ver lucky to be able to go on this expedition for only £30 each: had we had to pay in fuil for everything, the sum wo uld certainly have had tbree figures. . It is easy to reflect like tbis, back in the peace of Canterbury, when all- or nearly a llIS oveJ and done; but what actually waS the expedition like ? Wbat if a nything was achieved? . - •

Rost is a small island by a ny standards: in length, breadth and height. Rising to a summit of 39 feet at ItS hIghest POlOt, It might seem at fi rst sigh t a n uninteresting place ror a .1 7-d~y exped ~t1 on ; especmJlr as nowhere on the island was more than a mile or so from ItS hIghest POIllt. When we 11I'st heard that Rost is the most famous sea-bird nesting ~Iace I~ Norway, we looked up some maps of the region : at the Roya l Geographical SocIety s bead'!uarters 10 London (we couldn't find a ny elsewhere); and it SOOIl became apparent that It was not, stnctly speaking, Rost itself wbich would be interesting but some of the off-Iymg Islands. ' Standing on tbe highest point of Vedoy-some 600 feet a bove sea-level- the whole group of Islands could be ~een: tbree hundred and sixty-five of them, at high tide. Tbey were a very mIxed bag, as Islands .go : large a nd small, high a nd low, craggy and smooth Rost Itsell was tbe largest, StorfJeli second and Vedoy third. These last two both bad high clIffs, partICularly Vedoy where they were three or four hundred feet in beigbt although the Island was scarcely half-a-mile long. ' • Pronounced Rcrst. roughly.

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This is where the sea-birds nest, and was the place of chief interest for the ornithologists, Mr. and Mrs. Pomeroy and N igel Edwards. Kittiwakes, those graceful but vocifero us gulls which arc abundant in a ll northern waters, were occupying every square inch of cliff ledge with their nests. Even ledges two inches wide and sloping downwards, had nests stuck on to them, precariously perched high up on the cl iffs. Of cou rse, if the nest did fall off, it would be all right for the parents. . . . . Ceaselessly wheeling along the nesting-cliffs were the white-tailed Eagles which nest on the least accessible cra~s, and wh ich raise theIr yo un g on the remallls of you ng gulls whIch have farled to survIve the first haza rdous weeks of life. And if the Eagles miss anything, there were plenty of Ravens to collect the scraps. Puffins were there in countless numbers: according to the official tourist guide, three million of them nest there, but this on the whole seems unlikely. Nevert heless, on some of the isalnds the steeply pitching turf WaS riddled with their burrows. During our stay, many of the yo un g Puffins, togetller with their larger relatives, the Razo rbills a nd Guillemots were leaving their nests a nd making for the sea. There they would sit all day, occa;ionally diving for the innumerable fi sh that make up their diet, or watching any passing boat with idle curiosity. The curiosity of the Puffin has to be seen to be believed. This makes them ideal photographic subjects, as one has only to select a suitable rocky ledge in the midst of their colony, and they will soon alight on it and eye the intruding photographer with interest. If he keeps still, they will, after a few minutes, waddle a little closer to have a better look-and, with pat ience, they will approach to within eighteen inches- too close for photography! If the ledge is nar row, they take it in turns to come up-each coming for a minute or two-and then fl ying off and being followed by another and so onl We were left in no doubt as to the adaptiveness of the Puffin's beak for fishing. We had set up our catching nets on Trenyken, the isla nd with the greatest numbers of Puffins on it, and we re wai ting to see what happened, when in flew a Puffin . By the time we had reached it, the net had become well and trul y entangled in its wings, tail, feet- and beak. During the summer, the Puffins beak is gorgeously striped in orange, blue, white and black: but it rapidly lost its appeal for those of us who struggled to release it from the net, for it soon became apparent that the main feature of Puffins' beaks is not their colour, but their strength . This particular bird bit so fiercely that it took nearly half-an-honr to extricate from the net. Each time it took a bite, the pain was so agonising that considerable self-control waS necessary to prevent droppin g it completely-which in its turn wo uld have meant starting the process of disentanglement all over again. Fortunately not all birds are quite so ferocious as the Puffi n, and we were able to use the nets successfull y to catch a large number of Kittiwakes, and a couple of Ruffs. The nets we used were sixty feet long by nine feet high, and made of extremely fine black nylon. When set up vertically in front of a shaded cliff face, they become virtually invisible, and, with luck, the birds don' t see them either. They fly stra ight into the net, become entangled and hang helplessly there until released . Before releasing them of course we marked them with specia l, numbered, a luminium rings, giving the address of the Stavanger Museum. No ne have been recorded as yet, but we live in high hopes. Most of the four hundred which we ringd we re nestlings of gulls a nd Arctic Terns, which nested abu ndantly on the remoter isla nds. However, to protect themselves from possible predators, the chicks are well camouflaged, and finding them involved quite a lot of searching. 287

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Apart from ringing birds, observations were made on immigrating species, many of which come from the tundra regions to the north and east, and are on their way to such places as Britain and Spain. Many unusual species were recorded, and we were very pleased to discover that, of the forty-nine species we recorded, eight had not previously been seen at Rost.

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The weather was, on the whole, ideal for outdoor activities. We had a good deal of sunshine and the temperature rose as high as 80Â°, which is quite impressive for somewhere well inside the Arctic Circle. The sea was not so wa rm, but (following a bet) two members of the party swam in the sea, although the period of total immersion was fairly brief! Nevertheless, the effect on the rest of the party was such that in the end, all but three claimed to have swum in Arctic waters. In the care of Julian Harston, Mr. and Mrs. Pomeroy and Michael Dick, photography flourished in such conditions- both still and cine. Making a film is a difficult business, especially when one is not very experienced at it, but the results surprised us all by their quality, and even some who had not been with us seemed quite impressed! We were, unfortunately, too late for the midnight sun, but when we arrived it was scarcel y more than half-dark, and even when we left, sunset was after tea. The long days were a considerable help to the marine biologists of the party, Richard Brown and Guy Doust. They were interested mainly in the various forms of life to be found on the shore, from seaweeds to sea cucumbers and cockles to mussels. All these animals and plants live in the inter-tidal zone, and can therefore be seen only at low tide. Since low tide can occur at any time of the day or night, they were able to make full use of the long days to work at the most convenient stage of the tide- even though their meals had sometimes to be taken at odd moments. As well as studying certain particular species of the shore fauna and flora, a general survey was made to compare the situation at Rost with that at other localities up and down the Norwegian coast. As a matter of fact, a rival party, of which Mr. George was a member, was carrying out the latter project- and, by a remarkable coincidence, they had visited Rost only three weeks before us, on their way to the really far North. Their arrival on Rost, however, was unintentional: in their eagerness to get north they had caught the wrong boat! So we were able to carry out a much more detailed survey than they. One aspect in which we were exceptionally fortunate was camping. Although we were fully equipped for living out of doors, we were offered, whilst still on the boat to Rost, accommodation in a "fisherman's rest", This consisted of five rooms in the upper storey of a shop, and it was used by the fishermen who come in their hundreds to Rost for the cod-fishing season in the early spring. It belonged to Mr. Olaf Pedersen, who seemed to own a good deal on the island, and was certainly extremely kind to us. Although he spoke no English, we were able to make ourselves understood largely through his IS-yearold son-also called Olaf-who spoke what we thought was very good English. Even when Olaf junior was not about, we got on very well, his father talking in Norwegian, and we in English. Somehow we managed to make sense of it all, amidst much laughter. Food presented few problems for Guy Doust, our chief cook-all the packets and tins were covered with instructions and our greatest crisis was, inevitably, losing the tinopener! We cooked on gas, and took it in turns to do this and the other chores which always accompany camp life because, even though we had a roof over our heads, we were still camping in effect. 288

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Some members of the expedition were a little put off their food by the fact that our zoologist, Geoffrey Musson, kept returni ng to camp with large, hairy spiders but this was quite intentional on his part, for they were part of a collection he was making of this aspect of the fauna. It turned out in fact that the spider-collecting was one of the most useful things which we did (scientifically, at least), and his collection was highly commended by the expert to whom they were sent for identification. To complete our field work, we hod two botanists, Roger Bussell and Oliver Wethered. Their main concern was the Âˇ:.aKing of a collection of plants for the British Museum. This is not as easy as it r"ay sound , for the specimens must be fully dried out in order to preserve them : ir : h,s is drne properly, they will then last more or less indefinitely. The drying is achieved by placing each specimen between sheets of what is, in effect, blotting paper. These sheets are changed daily, and gradually the moisture is drawn out of the plants which, to hasten the process, a re placed in a special "press" to flatten them. Unfortunately, the last specimens collected were still rather moist when we left Rost, and hence 011 arrival in London were found to have grown a good crop of mould. The plants were impressed, but the British Museum were not. Nevertheless, all the specimens were good enough to be identified, and a good number went into their permanent collection. 289

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Thi.s account is n~cessaril y ve~y incomplete. ~or in stan~e, it does not record ollr many

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of meetmg Norwegians und er all kll1d s of circumsta nces. They were at all times very fri endly, and always interested in what we were d oing-~nd in the latest "pop" records. These, a nd a couple of football matches, seemed to enli ven o ur stay on Riist more than somewhat. But the final wo rd must go to our numerous benefactors, to all of whom we owe a great

debt of thanks. Of them, al tho ugh not mentioned previously, Sta ndard-Trium ph In ternati o na l were in some ways the grea test. No t onl y did they provide us with a n excellently equipped vehicle and trailer, but they had them pain ted magnificen tly in the school colo urs. Many No rwegians will now think- favo urably, we hope- of K.S.C. when English schools are mentioned.

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FRENCH AND SPANISH PREHISTORIC CAVE PAINTINGS Goethe once declared, "Mankind mo ves forward, but man remains ever the same".

There is certainl y one way in which man remains the same ; that is in his love of imitation and in his love of art. Take whatever age or civilizatio n you li ke, and yo u will fi nd this i ~ tru e. It is equally as tru e of prehistoric man . T he great age of prehistoric art is to be foun d during and after the last ice age, or WUrm glaciati on, which ended some 10,000 yea rs ago. In this age there occurred these peri ods; the Auri gnacian is the first; then the Solutrean which was followed by the earlier, midd le an d late r Magda len ian peri ods ; and lastly th~ Azilian age, which is post ice age and hence Mesoli thic, while the earlier periods are Paleolithic, or Old Stone Age. The painting of these pictures is not wholly expla ined by man's desire to imitate. There is a religious significance. Archaeo logists believe there was a belief in some sort of supreme deity, a nd that as a sacrifice to this God, hands were mu tilated and then painted on a wall. That wo uld have occurred even befo re Aurignacian ti mes, but as time progressed, large caverns became covered with drawings and pictu res, a nd such places were used strictly for religious purposes. This is proved by the fact that no domestic rema ins are found in the caverns, which were usually some distance from the cave entrances, where prehistoric ma n li ved. Prehisto ric man's great worry was his food. It was in his in terests that the bison, mammoths, and other beasts multiplied. T hus by the demo nstrati on of reproductivity in the cave it was ho ped that the anima ls wo uld multiply. Indeed, at the Tuc d'Audoubert cavern in France, male and female bisons are modelled in clay in an attempt to increase the number of bison in the hunting gro und . T he pa intings that have been found a re th o ught to be for a similar purpose (fertility magic), and often when a particular painted animal has been successful, other pictures are pa inted o n top of it. Furthermore. above a wall of pictures, a Shaman, 01' wiza rd in animal's cloth ing, is often depicted, driving the a nimals to the nearby la nds. T here is, therefo re, a defin ite connecti on between art, religion, and surviva1. The pictures themselves are of two types. Either they a re pa intings, or they a re drawings. If they a re drawings, they are no mo re than engravin gs . The pa intings, however, a re much 290

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more complicated. Firstly an o utli ne wo uld be made with a br ush, which wo uld then be engraved aro und. In the area which has thus been marked ofT, a basis of oil fat, and some other substance, possibl y blood or ho ney, was laid. O n thi s would then be blown, thro ugh a bone blow pipe, powdered colours. which came from red ochre, black manga nese, iron oxide or cha lk. T hey had yellows, reds, browns, a nd black, but there is a no ticeable absence of blt;es and greens. This is what we might call "Stone Age technique". The Aurignacia n age was essentia lly the age of straight fo rwa rd o utlines. At La Pas iega in Spa in there a re 263 paintings a nd 36 engravings, a large number of which are Aurignacian. They are easily recogni zable by the ir o utl ines, which a re sm_ooth and ~ i m ple, a nd b eca use "shading" is very rare InSide those outlmes. At Cabrerets IIlI~ ra nce we fmd pre~Aun gnacla n paintings as well. These are, in fact, no more than fin ger scratches on the cave wa lls which proba bly developed from the claw marks of wild beasts o n the soft clay. Nevertheless, despite the date of these engravings, it is generally accepted that the first real a rt belongs to tbe Aurignacian age. Tbe M id-Magdalenian peri od is, bowever, the era of the greatest prehisto ric paintings. Hubert K Ulm writes, " You will find the pictures are do ne with due rega rd fo r perspect ive, and tbat they have depth, and a marked plastic q ua li ty" . T he cave a t Alta mira is the "most beautiful and tbe most spacio us of all the prebisto ric painted caverns of ice age times". T he artists of these paintings are masters. They used the irregula rities of the surface to convey relief. We see a bison struck by a spear ; it is the image of life itself. There is no ne of the stiffness a nd awkwardness of early class ical painting abo ut it. The outli ne of the Aurignacians has disappeared, and instead we see a com plete pictu re. The runn ing boar, or a bison crumpli ng into the d ust ; both arc absolutely realisti c. The movement is caught by the camera, and in this sense, the paintings are "im pressionistic" . Les Trois Fn!res caves in France conta in many fin e mid~M agda leni a ll works but here they are all drawings (engravings) with the excepti on of the " Sha man", who dri ves the an imals, which are depicted "i ll a most natural and vivid manner". At Lascaux, KUhn says, "the brilliance of the colo ur is incredible", where there are pa intings of the same peri od, as at Niaux and at Bedeilhac. Wild horses, boars, bison, reindeer, mammoths; these were the subjects of the prehistoric artist. Just as today we can see developments in post-Renaissance art, so we can see changes in prehistoric art. From the wonderful p ictu res of the mid-M agdalenian peri od, the laterMagdalen ian era of painting turns back to the old outline. From impressionism we co me Lo expressionism. It has been said of the Langerie-Basse cave paintings, "with a few strokes all the essentials are represented". It is now not eno ugh to gain as much li fe-li keness as possible, but to represent merely a fo rm . Such pa intings are also fo un d a t Font de Gaume, at Lcs Combarelles, and at Les Cabrerets, where we actually see POillliflisle paintings; that is to say, the picture is made up of little do ts, and of this KUhn writes, "Styli stically speaking this prehistoric painting is in the same class as a work by Signac or Seurat". All the pain tings we have so far discussed belo ng to the Fra nco-Cantabria n gro up of artists but after the ice age we find the Levantine-Spanish gro up, which belo ngs to the Azilian period . The art has become even more stylized, and the expressio nism has continued. Furthermore, there is no appearance of depth , and the subjects have changed. We find men and women, hunting or dancing, but their forms are most unreal. 111 some of tJle Minateda cave pa intings, or in those of the Valletorta Gorge. we even see a Cubist element, for there are squares and triangles, a tendency which was completed in the Bro nze Age. 291

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Impressionism-Expressionism-Cubism. The development is identica l to that of modern Moreover, as we have seen, us. As Goethe said , "Man remains ever the same", and we arc in a similar position to the cave man in that we look for a God, but can not discern what he is. Are we, then, any nearer the truth than prehistoric man was? R.P.W. ~rt. Prehistoric cave painting is not, therefore, a simple subject. It had a purpose and a meaning. ft also has a significance for

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THE HOLE Everyone down so uth has heard of Lorokwet because no one wants to get posted there but still no one knows quite where it is- "it's just out in the blue up north somewhere". Yo u need a special permit and a Land Rover to cross the 256 miles of stunted scrub, boulders, lizards and locusts which separate Lorokwet from tbe nearest cold beer. On the journey up, the odd gazelle or lopwg black hunter help you preserve your salllty. Apart from them there's nothing but sky, sun and dust- and flies. The first yo u see of the place is its wind pump shimmering in the haze. That wind pump is very important in Lorokwetmore important than God or Allah even. For if it broke down the scrawny little community wo uld die and bush and heat would be masters again. Except for human skins, everything in Lorokwet is dust-smeared or faded. T he on ly two splashes of colour in the place- a red coca-cola sign and a yellow petrol pump- are attached to Jaramjee Vashtajee's general store. This wizened little Hindu fro m Bombay is everytiling from grocer down to jeweller; you can put a tin of frankfurters and a bangle on the same accou nt. In the doorways of the hovels on either side of the store sit or lie heal-drugged bodies swathed in white. Occasionally a limp hand is raised to flick away the Hies. Down at the waterhole a Turkana herdsman waters his li vestock in order of importance--cameis, goats, ch ild ren and wives.

Like bis favourite camel he is tall, lean and arrogant, and except for a pair of hide sandals and five earrings, the sweating herdsman is naked. He leans languidly against his 7 ft. spear and spits as a Somali passes. The Muslim spits back. Even the Union Jack up at the police post droops in submission to the sun, while a tame Turkana "askari" in kepi and slarcbed khaki stands guard outside. Inside the post, Ridley stares vacantl y out of his office window at the flag. He is about the only person in the town who ever looks at the Hageveryone else stares at the pump-after all, water is more important than Pax Britannica. The chaps back at H.Q. think Ridley nice enough-" ... but he's a bit weird, yo u know . It's not surprising. Poor chap, be's been at Lorokwet for eleven years. Last leave he was crazy enough to get married to a frail little thing from Wimbledon aboul twenty years his junior. Apart from a French caravan holiday with Daddy, she'd never left England". Although Ridley's brusque ruggedness scares her, she is devoted to him. Betty had become pregnant eight months ago and that was why Ridley was digging the hole. It had become rather an obsession- like most things with Ridley. He was determined to stop the stock-raiding, the tribal wa rs and above all to capture Telek-ole-Mundek. He was also determined to bave the hole dug before Lorokwet's annual drizzle- "tlle rains"arrived. As soon as they knew of Betty's pregnancy, he had suggested she ought to go home to have it. Loro kwet was no place fo r babies. There were no trees, no places to walk, too many scorpions and too much fever; but they couldn't afford the fare to London. The birth of baby Ridley would have to be entrusted to old Dr. Lorenstein and his pitifully ill-equipped hospital. Under a corrugated iron roof the old refugee had battled for twenty years against gangrene, syphilis, elephantiasis and ignorance; and had got nowhere with any of them . Since the child couldn't be born and brought up in England , Ridley was going to try and make Lorokwet as bearable for it as possible. He'd start with a tree to shade the pram, because even the cactus in the garden was stunted. He was going to plant a big, sturdy fever-tree, a species wbich thrived in the so uth, but the only snag was it would need a lot of watering at first. It was some time before he decided on the exact spot for the tree because the back of the house faced the road and the dust wo uld blow on the pram. If he dug in the front, Betty would never be able to see the child while working 293

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in the kitchen, so he eventually decided on the east side, because three windows looked on to it. He'd begun digging two weeks ago, but the ground was stony and china-hard and it was taking bim longer than he bad expected. He wouldn't lei any of bis Olen do it. It was bis baby, his tree, bis bole. It bad to be a fairly large bole as Ridley had ordered a fairly large tree; no yo ung tree would bave survived Lorokwet. A few days laler be had to go on a long patrol into the Rendille country to settle a camel dispute and to try to capture that elusive devil, Telek. He went from waterhole to waterbole, from wadi to wadi, trying to track down Telek's camels and find a trace of his peculiarly-shaped sandals, but it was hopeless. The co untry was too big and the people were too ignorant and if you weren't careful they'd spear yo u. They didn' t understandand neither did Ridley at times-why a man had come all the way from a cool country just to stop their ancient and honourable sports of camel thieving and tribal fighting. StilI less could tbey understand wby this white Inan gave them a bouse which didn't let in the rain and free food for committing wbat he called "a crime". You only had to hit Vashtajee rather bard and steal some salt to earn six months in "King George's Hotel"and wbat was six months out of a life-time? Women were always being born. Yet Ridley, despite years of disappointment and disillusionment, was still dedicated to his work. He believed in doing a job really properly, although the nationalist politicians were going to tluow his kind out of the country and put degenerate southerners in charge of these bardy northern tribes. Unfortunately, bis type was about fifty years out of date now. The digging of the bole and the planting of tbe tree, Ridley tllOught, would symbolise all his efforts in Africa and also the efforts he would make for his child. It wo uld validate his existence. The powerful action of digging and moulding paralleled Ridley's methods as policeman and local magistrate. The Somalis also thought him mad. He was too energetic, too keen and too temperamental for them and they couldn't understand why he worked so hard. It was too hot to do anything but eat and sleep and have children. The tree was due to arri ve by lorry on the 15th and the baby any week after that. The tree would bejust tall enough to shade the baby. Ridley wanted to plant the tree at roughly the same time as the baby's birth so that they would grow up side by side. It was already the 5th and the hole was not quite finished . On the evenings he wasn't out on patrol, Ridley sweated and dug. On the morning of the 10th a perspiring tribal policeman ran in to say Telek had been seen in a village 47 miles south of Lorokwet on the previous day. Accordmg to the runner he was tired and hungry and wo uld therefore probably stay in his brotber's hut for at least two days, so Ridley set off immediately with four askaris. At 9 p.m., Betty suddenly felt very weak and could only just tell Lokitong to run for Dr. Lorenstein. The baby was premature and the old doctor did his best, but tbe child was still-born. Ridley had always said Lorokwet was no place for babies unless you were black or brown. Ridley got back tbe following afternoon witho ut Telek because his witch doctor bad advised him to leave tbe village early. Vultures bad been seen flying nortb at dawn. Although it is four montbs later, tbe hole bas not yet been completed and tbe tree which the lorry delivered died long ago. Ridley's youthful successor never planted it because he couldn't alford to waste good water on a tree. His name is Warner and he is keen and optimistic. He got off to a good start with tbe capture of Telek, but a double murder up in tbe Rendille is now giving him trouble. No-one seems to know anything about it, but Telek's cousin is under suspicion. M. M. HALL. 294

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SCHOLARS' GOWNS The Observer of October 2nd did a skittish page on half-a-dozen present-day Headmasters whom presumably they thought it worth while writing about. Tn their estimate of our own Headmaster, among some inaccuracies, one in particular should be dealt with Fred-as they referred to him- did not invent the purple gowns. They were inve~ted by whoever was in authority abo ut the year 1540 a nd had royal favour or approval. The Henrician Statute 32- "Of Liveries"- prescribed that each Scholar should have annually 2t ya rds of cloth for a gown at 3/4 a yard- the same, in fact, as the under-cook. The Lower Master was to have 3 yards at 4/6 a yard; the Higher Master 4 yards at 5/-. It appeared to have been a matter of dignit~, not of physical size. The gowns are, therefore, ancient ; the colour is not prescn bed III the Statutes, but there IS no doubt It was purple. Young George Gilbert entered the School in 1808 and remained until 1814, after becoming Head Boy. He went to Corpus, Cambrid~e, became a . cle~gyman-cum-~choolmaster at Grantham and, in 1860, a Prebendary of Llllcoln. He d!ed m 1874, ,?ut m the last years of his life he wrote a MS. volume of Rem!niscences. This book was 10 the ~brary of St. Augustine's till 1926 when it was placed III the Cathedral Library, where It IS now: It was edited by the Headmaster, printed and published in 1938, and copi~s were given to all House Libraries. Today it would seem that not a boy knows of the eXistence of this small book which shows so much of the School's life in the years which exactly covered the Peninsular War. In these Reminiscences, Gilbert gives first-hand eVidence that the Scholars wore purple gowns. For example, on page nine of the printed edition you read, "When T was a boy at the King's School , the Scholars wore purple stuff gowns . .. Dr. Birt [a new Headmaster], to flatter Dean Andrews who had been of W~stminster School, introduced the black cloth gown . . . wishing to adopt the Westmmster habits and customs." Dr. Birt arrived in 1816. Describing a Confirmation (page II) Gilbert remarks, "We, King's Scholars, knelt at the upper end in our purple gowns." In 1936-7 the Headmaster told the senior boys of this book and of the undoubted fact that originally their gowns were of purple; and asked if they would like them to be brought back into use. They did so like ; and rule was made that Senior Scholars and School Monitors should go in purple, while the black gowns-in use here since 1816-should be retained for the ordinary King's Scholars. The first occasion when the purple was worn in 1937 when the Duchess of Kent opened the new hospital, and King's Sch~lars and Monitors-pleasi ngly clad in magenta-shaded purple-were among those who recclved her. T hat same day, after the ccremony, the late Reverend C . E. Woodruff, a scholar and distinguished O.K.S. who was then a Six Preacher and Cathedral Librarian, marched into the Headmaster's study carrying a large and slightly gloomy thistle, saying, "You have got the wrong colour ! T remember my father said the purple was the colour of this thistle." So here was further evidence: for C. E. Woodruff was then abo ut 82-he had been Captain of the XI in 1874-and his father, John, came to the Sch~ol in 1814, while his Ulicle, Crayford Woodruff, was an exact contemporary of George Gilbert.

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RUSSIAN DIARY NOVEMBER, 1958. The idea of going to Russia is born, and the cost is fixed, after defluctuation, at ÂŁ55, including a one-twenty-eigthth share in an East Kent bus. JULY, 1959. By now everything has been organised by the efforts of Don Ande rson, and free seats, roof~racks and so on obtained from firms, as well as advice from the East Kent Company. Various helpers have contributed to the success of the expedition, ranging fro m Mrs. Morgan to Colgate-Pa lmolive, a nd some rather biza rre problems have been solved. JULY 27TH. En route from D over to Ostend with 26 boys, two masters, two drivers, a single-decker bus and Mr. Bullard's Dormobile. JULY 28TH-29m. The bus cruises across E urope in wet wea ther (its to p speed, 49 m.p.h.downhill). The days spent in the bus, the evenings in the tow ns, a nd the nights in Youth Hostels. JULY 30TH. Arrival in Berlin , weather beautiful. We find a great contrast between the opulent West a nd the dull East (t he difference was especially noticeable in the lighting at night). AUGUST 1ST. Left the hostel at 8.35 a.m. Went through customs fo rmali ties. Left Berlin 1.20 p.m. This we found was typieal of communist bureaucracy, which also kept us waiting two hours at the Polish fro ntier. On this day, which was very dry, we travelled for some hours without stopping, and were constrained to drink Polish beer, revolting under normal circumstances, but welcome then. We sang Auld Lang Syne in the square, then someone ill-advisedly offered an urchin a sweet, and we were forced to distribute many mo re, and had a tail of abo ut 40 children when we left. We reached Pozna n at 11 .30 p.m., but could not fi nd the hostel. AUGUST 2ND. Go t water from sten-gun-bearing policeman for coconut sweets, had a meal on the pavement, and went on to Warsaw. Then the Dormobile broke down and had to be left. AUGUST 4TH. Left Warsaw. Roused Customs-Officer from bed . Entered Russia. AUGUST 5TH. Tn Minsk, capital of Byelo-russia. Some of us listened to a Ukrainia n pilot singing a marching-song (solo) in a tra mcar at 3 in the morning. AUGUST 7TH. Reached Moscow. A taxi burst into flames as we arrived (coincidence?). AUGUST 8TH- 11 TH. Tn Moscow seeing sights and people. We travelled in by a trai n wit h wooden seats, with an ice-cream seller, occasional d runks and beggars. [n the city we were free to do as we liked a lthough there were some poor guided tou rs. AUGUST [4TH. Arrived in Leningrad. It is a most impressive city with the largest art gallery in the wo rld, and although it is as far No rth as the north of Scotla nd, the Baltic was warm enough for midnight bathing. AUGUST [4TH-21sT. In Moscow again. Most of us managed to get to the Bolshoi Theatre, a splendid building with excellent prod uctions. We all tried caviare a nd vodka (the effects va ried), a nd several of us bought long-playing classical reco rds-very cheap. For the first two days the Powers Trial was "on", and the Co urthouse could be seenfrom a distance. AUGUST 22ND-24TH. Across three countries to Warsaw. 296

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AUUUST 25TI-I-26TH. After Russia, Warsaw was a strange contrast; neon-lights; night-

clubsÂˇ Nescafe on sale in the shops. The Poles arc said to be very skilled mechanically, and ti1CY made a back-axle for the Dormobile while we were in Russia, a considerable feal. AUGUST 25TH . The Canadian Charge dÂˇafi"aires in Wa rsaw invited us to a n even ing mea l. We were most charmingly entertained and the offer of "have another steak" will long be remembered . AUGUST 21ST-SEPTEM BER 1ST. And so to England . 30 prod igals in bea rds and fur hats we re met by the B. B.C.-and pouring rain. R.A.A.

BUT MY GRIEF WAS But my grief was, and I never heard That very selfsame cock crow Mocki ng thrice. For Tonight I betrayed yo u, Tonigh t I den ied you, That lest my love be kn own of them [ slighted that very flesh so Beloved by me. But my grief was, and I never thought ; [, enraged, yo ur very self condemned , Swearing thrice. So Tonight I disowned you, Tonight I forsook you, That lest my love be mocked of them I despised your very self so Adored by me. And my joy is; but I never hoped To be forgiven in the spirit for a deed So thrice-turned evi l. And Tonight [ behold yo u, Tonight [ embrace you; That lest my love be hid fro m them I cry yo ur very beauty so Hurtfu l to me. 297

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RAISING THE CURTAIN Visiting Russia It seems to be a very popular pastime nowadays for journalists, authors, celebrities

and j ust ordina ry people, to dash beh ind the Iro n C urtain for a few da ys a nd then return to explai n in outspoken terms j ust how the Russia ns are right, wrong or diffe rent. With such people in mind, I attempted an objective o utlook thro ugho ut o ur visit. Looking back on it all, I am sti ll struggling to get in to perspective a new idea of Russian life. Russia ns are und o ub ted ly indoctrina ted (either deli berately, or by sheer ignorance) and have so me ve ry wild ideas a bout "capita list" co untries, but the fri ghtening thing is

that many of the Russians have a saner idea about how we live, than most of LI S have about Russian life. In some way there must be a steady flow of no nsense, backed by ignorant and frightened prejudice th at d istorts our ow n o ut look- call it indoctrinati o n if yo u like. F irst Impressions The most stri king fact abo ut a Russian is his self-respect. T he Russians are a people who look solemn, but not unhappy, when they have nothing else to ex press. In con-

versation they arc prepared , but reluctant, to cri ticise their own co untry, because there is a ferve nt nati onal spirit (they trea t the police almost with contemp t so metimes). As several university students explai ned : th ings were better th an eve r before, and were im provi ng every day. Being an "angry young man" is neither fa shio nable nor, apparently, is it necessa ry. In many places there is a most surprising dignity. Self-ridi cule I fou nd nowhere, even though every other form of humour was apparent. I n many ways of course they are very much the sa me as any other European nation.

T he new generat io n are full of ideas, are pampered by the state (more so eve n, than in this co untry) and fi nd the mselves with a fai r supply of read y cash, and plenty of leisure time. There are th e in te llectuals, the playboys, the id le ri ch, the rogues a nd even the beatniks

with their craving for western clothes, ciga rettes and jazz. While in Russia, we were easily recognisable as fo reigners because we wore ties. They always have open necked shirts with the collar stu ck inside thc j acket. Other distincti ve features of the men's d ress a re the sui ts. These are often navy blue or grey, and cut genero usly to some western tastes. On the head they often sported very ull-Russian looking hats : a cheap straw-colo ured trilby sun hat, often made of perforated plastic. T his made them look mo re li ke trippers than we d id ! Everyday Life in Russia T his new Russia has vast economic problems still to solve, not least that of consumer goods. Lack of capitalist incentive has produced a d ifferent, tho ugh not very much lower, standard of shop goods. M ulticolo ured glossy fini shes, free samples, lurid ad vertisementsnone of these are necessary. T he accent is on the functio nal and on the mass-produced, but many of the househo ld goods would be readily acceptable in British ho mes, especially

as some of the prices are lower- cookers, mixers, refrigerators, etc.-although the finish might be rather sturdy and slightly unattracti ve to western taste. Clothes are inexpensive and of good qua lity. A lot of money has recently been po ured in to consumer-goods prod uction a nd the demand fo r weste rn luxury goods is now bei ng met. Gay sweaters and hats are appearing in G um (the fabu lo us three-sto ried cross between Paddi ngton Stati o n and thirty acres of Supermarket). H owever, the shop fronts are generally very 298

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un glamoro us; but the displays vary fro m the thi rd-rate provincial shops to the main sto res wh ich a pproach western displays 111 sli ck ness. There are no advertisements of the kind, "Buy Softee Soap", because it is all a matter of supp ly and demand in this eno~ m ou s Sociali st State. However,. there are vast

hoa rdings with posters-colourfu l, naive and forcefu l. These have a different message: "Get Culture" or "Get World Peace" or "Strive to Exceed your Norm". [d on't suppose many workers take them very seriously, but they are harm less-and even beneficial. Public services are very cred itable. There is a n incred ible accent o n the clean a nd the hygienic. Never a speck of dust o n the Metro or the roads. Sweepers, mecha nical and huma n are at work all the time. The Metro is a great triumph, combining the fun ctional and th~ aesthetic. Its marbl e hall s seem a bit vul ga r but tremend ously impressive~ h a n delj ers, statues, stained-glass, pai ntings. The trams and 'buses and the Metro all operate with alarming vigour. The national health service, education and other public services a re often described in glowing ter ms by the visitors and rightly so. One of the most impressive sights is the Lenin Library in Moscow with twenty-one millio n books. (" If it's printed, it's here"- but alth ough I co uld get The Times, Daily Express a nd Life, Dr. Z Mvago was un o bta mable!) Officialdom, Censorship and Restrictions O ur first, a nd last, impressio n of Soviet officia ldom was at the customs. First the 'bus was driven over a n inspection pit. The official cl im bed out obviously d isappoll1 ted at find ing no gold bars slung und erneath the chassis; meanwh ile we fi led in to the most luxuri ous custo ms house, sat in the lo unge a nd declared our belongings. Eviden ce of a police state was ex tremely thin . T he traffic police are the most im pressive and the most respected. Da re to put a foot off the pavement anywhere but at the official

crossing and an ear-splitting whistle makes you leap back. Owning a car is a big responsibi li ty. T he dri ving test invo lves a th oro ugh med ica l check, an examinatio n in th e mysteries of how, and why, the car works; and then, of course, driving it ! An Englishman resident in Moscow to ld me he had o nly a slight scratch o n the side of his car after scraping a lamp-post, but he had been stopped fo ul' times that day and ordered to bring his car up to th e immaculate condi tio n requ ired by the law. Despite all th is, there is a lot of traffic in the big cities, and crossing th e road is often o nly possible via a subway-of which there are many. T he other blue uniformed police are no t so im pressive, and apparently their prest ige is about as low as their appearance. T he system in the trains is such that payme nt for tickets is unsu pervised . Only occasionally an inspector wa nders alo ng the corridor of a trai n to check. I saw this ha ppen once on a main line train runni ng out of Moscow to thc north. Several times the inspector challenged passengers: some were poli te, some even had tickets. Those that did not dutifull y paid up a nd were du ly warned. But then [ saw a strange sight: a group of wo rkers return ing from so me sort of a celebration told the inspector (in effect) to run away and play. After some argument he did! T heard ta lk of secret police agents : "One in fo ur of yo ur friends can't be trusted" ; but thero is n') substantial evidence fo r th is. Officialdo m worried us very little. There were few rest rictions imposed on us. When travelling o n the main road betwee n cities, we could not branch off dow n minor roads 299

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wi thout soon being stopped; but otherwise we could travel more or less where we liked . As fo r photographs, only once or tw ice were any of us worried by officia ls. On one occasion a member of the party was escorted away fo r levelling his camera in a quaint ma rket place a t Novgo rod. The Russians are te rr ified of pictures appeari ng in the western press and magazines with captions such as u a typica l Russian market-place". The censorshi p is 3 n unco mplicated, and unsophisticated suppression of much that would be harmful- with no embarrassing problems o f the idea ls of free speech. If " freedom from" was accented more than "freedom for" in this country, we might understand the Russian view. A British national daily reporter in Moscow told me about the harsh censorship that he had to endure by contrast. He might wait from half-an-hour to two days before hi s articl es for L ond on, in tripli cate, were retul'I1cd. " Inaccurate" passages wo uld be elimin-

ated : describing Pasternak's fun eral, he reported that a crowd of several thousand students followed si lently in procession. The censors corrected this to "about a thousand ' stude nts. Telephoning London was a lso difficult. He co uld not spea k to the offi ce in Fleet Street until the Russian " litera ry adviser" was on the excha nge. If he persisted with undesirable remarks, the line would be cut a ltogether. T he repo rter expla ined that there were many restrictions kept on residents in Russia- li fe fo r a tourist was very different. In common with the citizens of Moscow, he had to obtain a permit to leave the city for any other town. Often when he motored he was fo ll owed, and sometimes when on foot. Problems Confronting the Regime The black-ma rket men give considerab le trou ble to the a uthorities. T hese wo uld sidle up to us in the streets: " You a rc English 1 You are tourist 1 You have pounds 1" The black ma rket is not so much a symptom of a low standa rd of li ving a nd a n unstable economy but a process of buying pounds and dollars for Russian people travelling a broad. This is because the State allows such a ridiculo usly small a mount of Russia n money to leave the country with tourists. I met a student who had been in gaol for eight months. He had a lot of money a nd had made most of it buying and selling pounds and dollars, and speculating. Vodka is also quite.a problem in the U.S.S.R. The state is alarmed by it all but it is not desperate. On statio ns in the evening there were sometimes wo rk ers, happily dead to the wo rld, sprawled aga inst the railings, on the platform ; but it is easy to exaggera te a ll this. The sa me student involved in the black-m arket told us a joke a bout this drun kenness. "when Kruschev was in America, he invited Ike to Russia. The latte r decla red he could not visit Russia beca use it had too many dangerolls dru nks; in America there were none. 'In fact, you can take a gun and shoot any you find here', in vited Ike. That evening K. went out with a shot gun looking for drun ks. H e returned later very satisfied with for ty heads to his credit. Next day the headlines in the newspapers read: ' Killer Gunman Wipes Out Entire Staff of Soviet Embassy.' " Russia ns have a sense of humour. In contrast to England , Russia n Trade Unions pose no problems but in fact help to control the two mentioned. A un iversal 40-ho ur week a lready operates and is a bout to be cut still more, a nd the wages a re good (a nd rise accord ing to the effort a nd initiative of the individual). Small groups from the T .U .'s fo rm in the factories to make a specia l time and motion stud y of their wo rk a nd to read as widely as possible to find new and better tcchn.iques. The Unions playa large pa rt in organising leisure time acti vitiesorchestras, athletics, clubs and culture groups. They take their spare time seriously-at 300

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Meeting People What are the people really like 7 On the exped ition we were very fort unate to meet, quite un officiall y, man y Russian people and talk with the m. The majority of students spoke quite good English. as it is a compu lsory subject in the schoo ls a nd universities. OUI' command of Ru ssian was not very great: two or three members of the party we re

fluent ; but there was no language barrier. "Meeting the peopl e" was the great aim a nd we were very successful. Our encounters var ied from chance meetin gs in the street to lo ng

discussions with workers and intellectuals. After meetin g these people, I was just beginning to sort out characteristics that in some way typified the different sorts of Russians I saw. A young Russian joined us one evening in an exciting food cellar in Moscow. He came

from a working famil y, and had not been to University. He explained he was earning 3,000 roubles a month, hi s mother earned 1,000 and his father 1, 100 roubles. Thus the family' s income was about ÂŁ50 a week. Even so he had some grudges against life. He had lost his ri ght hand in an accide nt and was working as a furniture salesman . It was important to be diplomatic on a ll occasions. Outside one of the [ntourist Hotels I suddenly found myself surrounded by a hundred or more eager and curious workers. Through an interpreter they asked us what we thought of the U.2. We replied that the Americans were ignorant of many things in Russia. That ignorant people are often frightened people, and frightened people do sill y things. We suggested that perhaps there were even Soviet spies in America that they did not know abou t. (No protests.) They asked us about English working conditions and our way of life a nd were tremendously excited to discover the same am bitions, pleasures and setbacks were met in capitalist

countries as they found at home. Football matches, the television bug a nd pretty girls were popular conversational topics. When we sa id we were hoping to take some Russian girls home with us, there was wild applause.

Talking to an intellectual Communist was an illuminating experience. He was a keen party member, and the editor of The Moscow News. After brief formalities, he queried: "Aren't you terrified by the way Americans fly over yo ur head loaded with H-bombs 7" He was shocked to find that we had hardl y given the matter a thought, and that if it was necessary for peace then we accepted it. The fierce Russian patriotism he put down to the seven year plan for rebuilding a great new co untry. He had thought a lot, but nevertheless produced slogans like: " A worke r should work according to his ability, and be reward ed according to his need." He explained that Russia is not yet a Communist country, as the people are not yet ready for it: for instance, people attempt to avo id paying train fares- not communal behaviour. Present day Socialism in U.S.S.R. demands state control but gradu al decentralisation paves the way for the time whe n the State will no longer exist and the people will organise themselves and work in co mplete mutual co-operation. We suggested that the censorship was rigid for an intelligent people: "Look at America," he challenged, "and see what 'free speech' has done for YO LI there-corruption, decadence, violence, undisciplined living, immorali ty and pornography." We then proposed that virtue was only obtainable when man could choose between right and wrong. "You just don't realise", he retorted, "that we are a people whose heritage is Âˇoppression, slavery, poverty and a bloody revo lution.

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THE SEDUCTION OF THE FEATHERLESS BIPED One thing in life is certain; man is rarely a rational being- and when he tries to be one, the results are either disastrolls, or better still, ludicrous. Some of the more ambitious a ttempts at definin g him come in prefaces to classical textbooks of logic; "Man", they happi ly assert, "is a featherless biped". The 20th century feathe rless biped rather prides himself on his powers of deductive reasoning by which he first ana lyses and then sells in ever increasing quanti ties his merchandise to all the other fea therless, a nd appa ren tly bra inless, bipeds. T he essential requisite is to stun, shock, impress (wi th or witho ut dece it or fa lse logic)-and with luck occasionall y to convince. T he la test of these exploits in scd uction by adve rtisement comes fro m a solid a nd eminently sensible li nn of fea therless bipeds, who make watches. T hey have appa rently d ropped one of these watches out of a helicopter o n to concrete 400 feet below; a nd it surv ived unscathed . (One hates to think what happened to the model they dropped from 4 10 feeL) Nevertheless, despite the ceiling height- which in the age of the rocket is admittedly rather low- this is o bvio usly first-rate work, and before long further research will almost certainly raisc the ceiling indefinitely. We can rest assured, therefore, that British industry has triumphed once again. Think of the vast potential world markets that await exploitation, a mo ng helicopter pilots who suffer at odd moments from Parkinson's disease, and who are in the habit of leaning out of their cabin windows to wind up their watches; at, we must hope, relatively low heights. But this is not all. The eminent watchmakers add at the bottom of their advert isement- in minute type, of course, as befits British national modesty-that an identical watch has had its waterproofing tested at a depth of 660 feet. For the type therefore who disli kes coucrete hovering, there is the pleasant alternative of a sea-trip ; though in this case of course they will need to p urchase not o nl y the watch but a lso the deep sea dive r a nd salvage tender which are supplied as extras .

But, of co urse, this is all quite lInf~dr, and in case any featherless manu fact urer takes such com ments abo ut his highl y etfecti ve campaign too JIl uch to Ilea rt, let me say right away that the remarks about palsied- or perhaps me rely seas ick- helicopter pi lots were q uite unjustifiable. J kno w that anyone with Park inson's disease wo uld never be a llowed to have a pi lot's licence-and if by some ministerial error he were to get hold of one, he would of course never be such a fool as to open the window whi le he was winding his watch. What the manufacturers rea lly have in mind are the frequent cases of watches falling out of helico pters on to solid concrete whilst still around their owners' wrists-at which times they are obviously an inva luable asset. Apart from the sheer scientific interest they would provide for the enthusiast in timing his descent, it shows that und o ubtedly British watches li ve up to their name. In the advertisement it is pointed out that this product is "every inch a man's watch"-and it wo uld indeed be a ve ry ou tsta nding featherless biped who could retain a real interest in the time of day aner such a fall. In fact the question now is-ca n England produce a man who can live up to the standards set by her wa tches? T he next time a helicoptc r is fo und to be hove ring at 400 feet above a piece of strategically placed and surgically clean concrete, the experiment might 303

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prove an inlerest ing one. Should volunteers be wanting, there is a lways the featherless biped who thought the whole thing up in the fi rst place. This species of advertisement is at least an attempt to impress by genuine qualities in the product- which is considerably more ethical than some modern techn iques, which seek to creep under the feathe rless sk in of our biped-to find some more subtle means of sed uction. The blatant statement of this method comes in tbe declaration by an advertising agency trying to advertise itself; it reads: "People are onl y huma n. Let's keep them that way. Let's resist any suggestion that they are stati sti cs or cardboard cut-o uts or unseen unknowns. People arc people.

Oh , yes, men are sometim es the smiling, extrovert athletes who look out on LI S from hoardin gs and ca th ode screens.

But mostly, remember, men are home lovers and

gardeners; they visit their parents and play with their children ; they sing sentimental songs in the pub, a nd they know the taste of fear. Oh, yes, women are someti mes the smiling, porcelain fi gures who look out on us

from beside the a thletes. But mostly, remember, wo men a re mothers a nd housewives; they visit the shops and play with their children ; they sing sentimental songs at the sink, and they know the taste of tears. These are the people (there are no others!) we must needs reach wi th our prod ucts, our services, O Uf ideas. . There's nothing unreal or unfa thomable about people. They're only human." The especially nauseous outpourings of a rather emaciated social-realist, who wants to reduce our feathered biped to just the cardboard cut-outs he so abhors. Let us stop to examine thi s descripti on "in the flesh"- or rather on "lndependent" Television, 1965 : The scene is the Crumbles' home in Bermondsey. Mrs. Crumble, with granite complexion and standing 6/1. 3 in. ill her boots, in SUfi glasses to avoid snow-blindness /1'011'1 the weekly wash in Atomo (by Radioactive Washing Products Ltd.), bends over (he sink. singing a senti-

mental song. The camera plays gently round the domestic scene- alighting regularly and for lengthy periods on various tnak.ers' names.

MRS. CRUMBLE (ill foghorn monolOne): " Myoid man's on the Assistance, And my three sons are in the Scrubbs, But I attribute my personal freshness To Aerosmog in the 50-gallon tubs." Enter Mr. Crumble- a seedy, anaemic little 7-slone introverl, jusl returned from Jpending

his last felV coppers in the local pub. MR . CRUMBLE (indistinctly, but sentimentally) : "Oh, I've never, never had it so good, For the Government's money's just stood Me the cure to all sorrow, The drink of tomorro wBlenkinsop's Ale, T he brown a nd the pale, In which I now happily wallow." 304

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MRS. CRUMBLE (menacingly) : "Well, you horne-loving ga rdening fan, where have yo u been 7" MR. CRUMBLE (muffled): "I've been visiting my children, and playing with my parents." MRS. CRUMllLE (advancing): "You've been to the pub, that's where you've been isn't it, Albert Crumble?" ' MR . CRUMBLE (increasingly indistinctly): "I'm only human , Ada ; ['m no unseen unknown, no cardboard statistic ; I don't horde cathode screens, by Hypnovision Ltd." MRS. CRUMBLE (violently): "Swilling Blenkinsop's, the triple tested ale that's what you've been doing. While I slave at home wit h the was hing, with my Thunderftush spindryer by Wunderwurler Ltd. " MR. CRUMBLE (backing): "Don' t hit me, Ada. [ can taste fear already' it's just like Gutrot Indigestion tablets." ' MRS. CRUMBLE (exasl!erated): "There yo u go again-whining as usual; do [ complain about my aches and pams ? If only [ could afford a rheumatic horse-whip by Bonecrakl e and F ibercrunch, I might cure them . Oh, you men, you're a ll the same!" Fade

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"Yes, Mr. Crumble is ri ght; Men ARE a ll the sa me, Women too that's their charmordinary people, shallow and fathomable, natural and real. ( Holding ;IP a hygieniC polythene pack of Mr. and Mrs. Crumble)-Wh y not try an economy-sized human being today!!" We can only hope that this trend will, or can, never get as far as this. Ad vertising agencies increasingly tend to treat their public as brai nless " simple souls"-featherless bipeds in fact ; and operate on the principle that the bigger the lie, the more chance there is that it will be believed. P.S.

ANTI-SOCIAL "Seianus statim solus, et in subita vastilate solus . . . ."

Tractless, the sudden desert hugely stretched Heavy with hush, away, complete. He stood Etched in shock, as still as fossil wood, Breathless with livid shame which sharply fetched Raw bitterness upon his face. He felt Against his skin, the sun which could not hide Nor melt the guilty mark the deed had dyed Deep on his brow for all to see. He knelt. On trembling knees, in silence, stunned, he wept For punishment too great for him to bear : Condemned for life by momentary whim ; Aghast, from whom an alien world had crept. Intent on ruin, tireless in the air, Nemesis' shrouded wings awaited him. 305

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CHRISTIANS AND THE BOMB As the autumn season of politics opens, the question of the H-bomb again c~>nfron~s all thoughtful citizens. Particularly it challenges Christians. It dwarfs all the routllle busllless of the Church . What does it matter whether or not one's canon law is revised, if one does not know what to say to a generation in agony of conscience about the bomb? B~lt somewhere in the Church's life and message there is the clue to the answer. Perhaps, If the. clue appeared, the Church might make a contribution to society as great as any III her history. Many Christians believe that the only right cOIHribution is to procl~im to society that all nuclear weapons must be aba ndo ned-by Bl'ltlsh un il ~tera l ~ctlOn If necessary . . No.wadays, in Britain , the majority of you nger Christia ns see kll1~ sel'lously to rel~te thell' fa ith and their political responsibility would probably take th !s VI ~W . Canon Collins has ma ny sympathisers in the older generat ions, and m~ impression

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worried in conscience if they do not support hiS Nuclear Disarmament Ca mpaign. Very simply, they have in their bones a fear that this may be what the Lord wants. Canon Collins has made a big impression on the trade union movement The whol~ of the Left is in ferment and the Labour Party may well be forced to change Its offiCial lille. This autumn will perhaps see the beginning of a sllstained effort to bring Canon C:ollins's fellow-Churchmen into line with the Socialists. lfso, the effort will be completely legitimate, for the campaign is intensely moral. (Indeed, through it many who share our age's bewilderment in their personal ethics have recovered a grasp on the moral absolute.) One clear point which the campaign ought to hammer into ou r consciences is tha.t the Christian way of life cannot be defended by the H- (or A-) bomb. The life of love, nounshed by belief in the heavenly Father of all, would be fatall y polluted by the monstrous evil of the bomb even if the bodies of the Christians escaped the radIO-active dusts of death . Christianiiy can, and does, survive under Commun ism. As a faith commending itself by its ethics, it cannot survive Christian use of the bomb. One prays then that this autumn's discussion will greatl y increase the Church's horro r of the bomb: And yet ... ma ny of us are not convinced that it is our Christian duty to oppose all nuclear weapons. We are not pacifists. We believe t hat mil it ary force. under political control has its place in the ways planned or permitted 111. the DI~lIle prOVidence. And we know that, if we are not pacifists, we must be realistiC 111 thll1kll1g through the problem of what is military force in the nuclear age. The result of this non-pacifist attitude is that many of us accept the possession of nuclear weapons by the West, pending a general disarmament. Some of us do, a nd s?me do not, accept the British H-bomb. Argument rages as to whether It IS I'lght for Bl'ltalll to possess and to test its independent " deterrent". Argument also rages about the weapons deSITable in other Western countries.

But such arguments are not so important as our common acceptance of the fact that the Western alliance at the moment has nuclear defences. In practice, tills means acceptll1g the American big bomb as the shield of the West. It also means accepting the spread of smaller nuclear weapons among most of the forces of the West. And that is our uneasy position. t believe that in the great debate the non-pacifist position needs clarifying and strengthening; otherwise it must appear as morally confused beside the prophetic "Thou shalt not I" 306

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of the Nuclear Disarmament Campaign. I want to submit threeclarilications. They concern problems more important than Britain's deterrent, which usually steals the horrific limelight. But, ill case anyone is interested, I think that Britain (a) does not need, and (b) is not able, to be independent of the U.S.A. in this field. First, I believe that we must be much more open in saying that the H-bomb is possessed, and if completely necessary tested, only in order to deter enemy use of the same bomb. Almost certainly the Americans will keep the bomb because they can never be certain that the Russians have given theirs up. We are their a\lies, and thus involved in their policies.

But no American President wo uld unleash agony on the cities of his own land in order to save Berlin or Formosa from Communist occupation. Although we threaten to do so, no one believes our blulf -which is a relevant strategic consideration. What matters mos t to Christians is that our threats are unnecessarily more sinful than our real intentions. Secolldly, 1 betieve that we IllUSt say clearly that some of the smaller nuclear weapons, terrible as they are, are a legitimate part of modern defence. If the war is just (as it would be if the Russians were seeking to occupy a country where the people had not invited them), then nuclear weapons of limited range need not be condemned as a means of waging that war.

I have heard it argued that ordinary people cannot distinguish between the great and the limited nuclear weapons, so that Christians must protest against them all. But this seems to me to be branding Christian propaganda Witil unrealism from the start-and incidentally to be a libel on the intelligence of ordinary people. Filially, I believe that it is a sin for the West to rely so extellsively on nuclear weapons. Under the defence policy formulated in 1957, this country is abolishing conscription because nuclear weapons are a substitute. Proba bly conscription is an outmoded means of defence. But that does not justify our allowing our forces to run down to a weakness where any serious trouble must be met by the H-bomb. "Conventional" forces could cope with many bush tires if properly armed. The armament must, 1 have conceded, be nuclear in part. But many mil itary experts

seem to agree that improved "conventional" weapons could do many jobs at present being assigned to tbe new nuclear devices. We have got ourselves into the position of having to be the first to use nuclear weapons, s l~lall and great. Many experts seem aweed that it would be possible to get out of tlus posItion. 1f It IS pOSSible, then the conscience of the nation must demand tbat it be done. No political party wants to tell the nation that it must spend more on armaments. The tendency of the Left today is to revert to a muted pacifism. The tendency on the Right is to rely on military science to see us through without taking too many resources from our affiuent society at home. Nuclear defence attracts because it is defence on tile cheap. The consequence is that we are today living in luxury bellind a wall of horror. I ask: may it not be the duty of non-pacifist Christians to declare that, if we want defence against Communist aggression round the world, we must pay for it-and that the bill in the 1960s is likely to be heavier than in the 1950s? And conscription? If pay and conditions in the Forces were really competitive with ind ustry, we might get the men we need. We are a long way from that yet. No one wants to see the old system of conscription back (1 write with feeling as an ex-conscript). But a 301

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return to conscription would be morally preferable to our present position of having to be the first to use nuclear weapons which every conscience must abhor. Perhaps the Church is the onl y body i~ the country with the courage to say so. It wo."ld not be so dramatic as "Ban the Bomb!' It nught make more sense to those responsIble for our defence. I work as a part-time curate at SI. Martin-in-the-Fields.. On two Easter Mondays r have stood on the steps of the church watch ing the N uclear DIsarmament del!'Onstrat<;>rs arter their march from Aldermasto n. It is an ImpressIve sIght. One feels gU Ilty m not beIng more impressed by the speeches addressed to these demonstrators. One reels uneasy when one reflects that perhaps the demo nstrators do not really care what the politicians and generals turning up next morning to work in WllItehall WIll thmk or the polICIes advocated by the speakers. But we need a policy which will cut ice in Whitehall. After all, the men i~ Whitehall work there on derence problems because yo u and I pay them to do so. Ir we thm k they are wrong, we had better be constructive and say, III broad but realIstic terms, how they can get themselves right. [We gratef ully acknowledge permission to print this article from the R evd. D. L. Edwards, and the Editor, "The Church Times".)

. WALK ALONG THE FRONT This is the sad , sweet music or the fishing boats, The rocks and their weed, and the grey sea On its ruffled back over the mud. Stiff onshore wind, yet the mind burns inward . Amid distraction. Among the forest or masts A slack halyard is playing, rading, playing still. Funny, how life can bring the cynic To penance, to an understanding or our wea kness In the simplest or ways. A certain way she inclines her face; Look away, look again, that deep smile back A smile of the alien fourteen-footers' .

The occasional drop or rain lashes the cheek A sympathetic gesture of the gods by whom . Departure is decreed. TblS IS the song that the wllld And the sea are singing to me. 308

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POETRY IN THE SCHOOL It has often been said that the English are a natio n of poets, and this is certainly borne o ut by the remarkable number of people in the school who feel an urge to write verse. As can be seen from past numbers of the Calltual'ian, there have always been wo uld-be poets in the school, but at tbe moment poetry is particularly Ii la lIlode. It has been greatly encouraged by the talks gIven tIllS term and last by a number of " real live poets" including George Barker and Ted Hughes. If they have done nothing else, these poets, by appearing m the flesh, have dISpelled the generally held impression that there is something vaguely effete about poets, and this is one of the most difficult obstacles to overcome in getting poetry accepted. One of the most common remarks heard after these lectures was "Well I didn't quite understand it all but he does seem to have got something". ' , The 'luestion then remains, " Why do people in the school write poetry?" The main reason IS that It IS not untIl they come here, very often, that they are first introduced to poetry, apart perhaps from learni ng The Daffodils by beart at their Prep. School. A very large number, of course, remain entirely indifferent to poetry, or at best like only poems such as The R~venge, but there ar:e m~ ny others who find that poetry can be interesting, excltlllg and stlmulatmg. From this It IS only a short step to the desire to " Do it yourself". The actual motives which make people write verse vary, of course, very widely. Some Slm~ly begm WIth a deme to get sometillng mto the Cantuariall, others just enjoy writing CO nllC poems. A few mtend to start a new literary movement, and in more recent times, a good many people have been started on a poetic career by being ordered to write a twelve-line poem for prep. (after all, poets bave claimed before that this was the way tbey began) . . Once started, .most of them begin to turn out poetry in fairly large quantities, as they dIScover that It IS not, mltrally, so dIfficult as had appeared. To begin with, the subjects and forms of these poems are of a pretty standard type (the number of sonnets on the Cathedra l written in the last fifty years is quite remarkable), and tbere is often a feeling that a poem which does not rhyme .or scan according to generally accepted standards IS, III some vague way, cheatmg. This causes a large amount of extremely stilted verse in whicb a rchaisms and inversions abound. The experience of trying to get such a poerr: mto the Ca~t,!a/'lan, however, usually, cures these particular faults right away, and if this faJl s the denSlve comments of other' poets", or, even worse, laymen, invariably succeed. If, after both these ordeals by criticism, one still has enough self-confidence remaining to contmue wntmg, the results are much more satisfactory. It soon becomes obvious that the stuff one has been writing before has no originality in it at all, and that it was nothing more than a pastiche of other people's ideas and also that one has chosen one's subjects just because they seemed " poetic" and not from any real desire to write a bout these particular thi!'gs at all. Although this realization is painfully humiliating, it is also bracmg, because wltb It comes the realIzatIOn tbat poetry, if it is to be any good, must be the best pOSSI ble expresSIon of something that one wants to express very much. This is m fact what all the poet-lecturers of the last two terms have stressed, that for them poetry IS largely, though not only, a way of defining and crystallizing an idea and sometimes a way of getting rid of tbe idea . It is at this stage of development that the audience for a poem ceases to be an all-important consideration in writing it, and it becomes altogether more personal. On the otber hand , tltis carries with it the disadvantage that one can easily become obsessed with one's own cleverness, and cease to pay enough attention to the element of communication in a poem. In this way, some of the poems produced by 309

â&#x20AC;˘ THE CANTUARIAN people in Ihe school who have been writing for some time, degenerate into little more than riddles completely incomprehenSIble unless one happens to know Ihe abstruse key to them, and frequently so even then . Fortunately, ,these exlremes are also exposed to ridicule and so eradicated, but a sad desire to wnte complicated poetry often remaills. In spite of all these vicissitudes, a good many people do ma.nage to get sometlllng from writing verse while at school, even i.f i~ is on ly abuse. An aud ience IS,. of co.~r~e, a l w~ys a great help especially if it is appreciative, but a very. great deal of pUlely pllvate pleasure can alway's be obtained from putting down one's Ideas, In a few neat and expressive

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R.M.F.

THE CALL OF THE PRLMiTiVE The call of the primitive draws me away From the slum of etiquette; From the pale-faced dandies that co uldn't say boo To a flea, let alone to a goose; . From the aftern oon teas that taste. of silence; From the offensive polished politeness; . From the dried-up scholars who've read all OVid (Except of course the Amores); From the symphony concerts to which a ll must go But no-ooe has to attend; From the frowns of formality when yo u say Something not proper, not E ng~ sh. . It draws me away, from England's dark saIH nlc land, From all that is England, it draws me away, Back to the land of no pretences Back to the home of primitive truth. And is the gulf between the primitive and cu ltured So broad and deep and unbridgeable? And are we not all primitive From the worst to the best of us? And are not the advances of o ur modern wo rl d Less than a pinprick on the clIshion of inlin ity? And is what we believe in Any more thao vanity? 310

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A "HIP" HIP I work as columnist for a prominent Sunday newspaper, and lise the pen-name of

"Brebuck". 1 answer questions put to me by fru strated patrons of the same paper. Life is very uninteresting editing this column and I am forever referring to the Medical Dictionary 10 find cures for the va ri ous ills from which my correspondents suffer. On Monday last, however, a most interesting letter arrived whose contents ran as follows:My dear Brebuck,

T am much dislressed about my pet hippopotamus " BO". About four days ago I heard stran ge so unds fro m him and I must confess they were somewhat remarka ble.

I went to his bathing pool and the re he was, lying on his back with a n evil glint in his eye. He was, ho wever, looking very ill. He stayed in this positi o n for two days, refusing to eat anything but Maltesers, of which he is very fond . Recently, however, he has had spasms of leg-kick ing a nd runs a very high temperature. What shall I do? Yours hopefully, [ORIS FLEMINGTON-OWEN (Aunt). P.S. -He is very fond of Modern Jazz. Does this help?

J decided that [ wouldn't publish this letter, interesting though it was, but would investigate the matter myself. My client turned out to be an old lady who li ved in a small house with a large ga rden in Dorse!. I had told her beforehand that I was coming and when 1 arri ved she salu ted me on the cheek with splattering affectio n and ordered me to come in, sit down, and have some coffee. [did . After telling me how kind I was to go to all this Irouble to help a poor old lady with a pet hippopotamus, she led me into a large, round room in the midd le of which was a large, rou nd pool, in the middle of which was a large, round hippopotamus. "How

strange", was my first reaction, but L soon found myself thinking that it wasn 't quite so very strange. After all, hi ppopotami aren't so rare as a ll that. The old lady's voice inten'upted my thoughts. "Sweet isn't he 1" I looked again and remarked that he wa.l" sweet; and th ought again. "I think," I said, "that it would be best if we tickled him on his stomach so lhat he wou ld lose his balance and roll over. " T he old lady said nothing. "With that brush over there." We followed this course of action ; the hippopotam us gru nted and o bediently turned over on to its stomach. "Now why didn't I think of that before," she said. The hippopotamus clambered out of the pool, shook itself, scratched, and went over to the record player. It extracted a record from a stand and put it on the playe r. "Can't stand all this jazz stuff myself," said the old lady. 311

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The atmosphere was having some effect on me, but why should it? Af~r ~II , everyci . . I I th n noticed that it was nearly tIme for my tralll. s prepare :~lr!.'::~I~u:~ea~~~~~;e ver; much. for all f had done and told me an y time that I was in this area to call on her and Bo aga m. "Of course," said I, and proceeded on my philanthropic way. The fo ll owing Monday I received this letter. My dear Brebuck, . Yesterda y my mistress tripped over and fell into the pool. She struggled for a bIt and then lay still. She has been like thi s for four da ys and does not ma ke a soun d. Does this help?

Yours hopefull y, "80,"

M.B.C.

LOS ANGELES Deirdre of cities you should be With a clear sorrow of the sky. White before the calm of the western sea , Spanish and sad you should die. The bells ring high across your na me; Yours is the cry of the might have been . Unearthly sounds-echo and are the same; No harshness mars your dream . Mourn 0 sweet water in the west, For fol'ly of mankind .. Of old Conquistadors rode hI ther on some quest And found the angels. Gold Brought ruin to the angels. Fled, They shelter in the azu re surge. Only a name's pure beauty. is ~ ot dead , While the waves sound therr drrge. 312

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H.M.S. "BERMUDA" Last holidays six cadets from the Roya l Naval Section were lucky enough to take part in an official visit to Portuga l to commemorate the fifth centenary of the death of Prince Henry the Navigator. We started off on Tuesday, August 2nd, when we arri ved at Plymouth and were taken on boa rd H.M .S. Bermuda. We were shown to the Royal Marines' Mess, part of which was to be our home for the next fortn ight. The conditions were fairly cramped but the food was good, which counted for a great deal. The next day, Wednesday, we sa iled to Portsmouth and anchored at Spithead, where we picked up the Admiral whose flag we were to fly, a nd were joined by two frigates, Wakeful a nd Lynx. Later that day we steamed past the royal yacht at Cowes and headed for Portugal. There were twel ve of us in the Mess : McClure, Dibley, Redpath, Clark, Cole and Pa rrish from King's, a nd six others from Whitgift. Lieutenant-Commander Ball was in cha rge of the group. We had a liaison officer, Sub-Lieutenant Percival, and a leading hand to look after us, Leading Seaman England. When we were at sea we spent the greater part of our time being shown rou nd the ship by vario us specialist ratings, and by the time we had fi nished we had learned a great deal. We we re particularly impressed by a damage control Chief Petty Officer who took a lot of trouble to make it a ll extremely interesting. Bermuda is a cru iser, which is just about the most genera l purpose type of ship the Navy has, so that we were a ble to learn more about ho w the Navy works in her than in any other type of ship. We reached Lagos, in the south of Portugal, on the following Saturday and entered the harbour early that morning. We were allowed ashore on that day ; Lagos is a very beautiful town with some extremely good swimming beaches nearby. That evening we wa ndered a round Lagos, which was crowded with members of the crews of the fort y other ships taking part in the visit. The following day, Sunday, we left Lagos for the steam-past at Sagres Point where Prince Henry once had his navigation school. We steamed past in two vast col umns, last seen in that part of the world when the Gra nd Fleet visited Portugal in 1909, and we fired a twenty-one gun sa lute as we passed the point. The ships' companies manned the gua rd ra ils, and when the Presidents of Portugal and Brazil steamed up between the columns, we gave three hearty cheers led by the Commander. That evening we anchored in Cascais Bay, and the next morning sailed north to Lisbon, which we reached a t about ten o'clock the sa me morn ing. That afternoon we, and several other members of the crew, were given a free 'bus tour of Lisbon, and in the evening we had free tickets to a gala bull fight. Th is was extremely picturesque a nd great fun ; the thousand-odd seamen there seemed to enjoy the evening thoroughl y and added to the fun by shouting at the bull and the matado r at all the wrong moments. fn Portugal the bull is fought on horseback, with the matadors in seventeenth century costume ; and the bull is not killed in the ring as it is in Spain. While we were in Lisbon harbou r we went over the U.S.S. Des Moilles, the flagship of the U.S. Sixth Fleet. She looked extremely clea n, efficient and modern, a nd just about every moving part appeared to be fully automatic. We a lso went over Lynx, one of our 313

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rt frigates. The highlight of our stay in Lisbon was a mass par~de of contingents mall1 streets of Lisbon with bands playing and colours flying. . We found Lisbon an attractive city; food was good and extremely cheap Tath the ng~t . . 've allowing great freedom of movement. e peop e ~:~:sfrfe~~ I~a~:~d \~~r~o:~r~~P:~:;yb'Ody was in a festive mood , so we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. We left Lisbon on the Wednesday, and had a good trip back although most of us felt a little sea-sick in the Bay of Biscay in weather that was not as good as on the way out. TI 11 incident· I and one of the Whltglftmns had boughta bottle of l~[e w~s t~nt~:;n~ome having had permission from the li~!son officer. This" how~ver, pOl ea~ d cd by the Commander as the "proper channels and there was qUite a lOW, ~,~S ;:~iso~e~fficer on who m ;he fillal responsibility rested Ibein ver Y per:urbed . ~;; Ball, however, stepped into the breach aT~d everythlOg was c calc up aImas III a ma t

~r~':s a~s~~e ships' companies. marching down the

of minutes and we heard no more about It.

The days at sea were spent as before and we arrived at Portsmouth on ~ridaa' AugU;l

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C.A .M.P.

THE ANNUAL C.C.F. CAMP The Annual Cam was held this year at Waitwith C.C.F. Camp at Catterick in Yorkshire About eighS cadets attended. We set out, armed with stones of leaky tents: orps inedi'ble food freezing nights under the stars and the prospect of se~el~ .glonr ed days to begin'the summer holidays. However, by the end of the wee t liS rat ler g oorny outlook was, for the majority, completely dispelled. . After a long tiring journey the party eventually arrived, intact, at Cattenc~. There dvance a;t showed us to our quarters; these turned out not to be tents . ut. ~om an a. I c~sh Yhuts wi th comfortable beds and, if you were lucky, leak-proof ceilings. ~~~atI;~Jded ~t another surprise, for there was a ch<?ice.of dishes whose quality surpassed man~ school ~eals; and this standard was fully mall1taliled throughout the week.

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lJ1Ifortunately, the first exercise mis-fired because of a fault in one of the trucks we were using and a misinterpretation of orders; but after these teething-troubles, the organisation settled down and ran very smoothly, a nd provided us with a most enjoyable week. However, there was one disappointment when a demonstration of a parachute drop had to be cancelled because there was too much wind but this was compensated by an excellent Fire Power Demonstration which necessitated a coach jou rney of about forty miles over the moors. This was organised for the whole camp. The most elaborate operation in which we took part was to have been a twenty-four hour exercise; but this was split into two halves because of a heavy storm on the afternoon on which it was planned (though the night turned out quite fine). Thus the evening was spent on patrolling and reconnoitring enemy positions; on the follow ing morning there was a mock battle which was almost unbelievably successful! It provided a very fitting climax to the week. One afternoon earlier in the week was spent attempting to surmount an assault course, wh ich, though managed with enviable ease by the instructor, was not so easily accomplished by the majority of us (nor, indeed , by all the officers who tried it I). In fact it claimed several victims including a torn ligament and a broken wrist. On the other hand, the initiative tests devised by our own officers (to demonstrate our lack of initiative), and attempted on another morning, were luckily injury-free, although at least one of the obstacles might easily have brained an unwary cadet. However, this demonstrated how sound was their confidence in our wariness. The .303 shooting demonstration required a whole day on the range. Trouble with one of the trucks again led to a certain amount of confusion; but this was sorted out and the whole day went off smoothl y. The remarkable fact was the high percentage of people who gained badges, and hardly anyone's score was below double figures-a quite exceptional state of affairs. The Sunday was free from military operations and after a church parade in the morning, we were free. The time was spent on such diverse activities as hitch-hiking to York and watching polo on Catterick Ai rfield . These were the main features of the week . Inevitably the question is asked: "Was it any use?" At the outset, doubtless the majority would have thought it had little use, especially after thirteen weeks at school; but mature reflection shows that the very fact that many people were doing what they at first did not want to do, makes it a valuable contribution to the strengthening of one's character; but besides this, the week proved to be enjoyable and entertaining. The factors which contributed most to the camp's success were first of all the good food which, even if it was sometimes on the short side, was always of high quality; second, that we lived in huts, which assured us of comfortable nights ; third , the weather which was genera ll y good (indeed excellent when compared with the rest of the summer); and finally, the officers whose tolerance and enthusiasm set the spirit for the whole camp. T.M.P.

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GUTERSLOH A town of 30,000 people, slightly industrial, 100 kilometers north-east of Koln, 60 kilometers south-west of Hannover: here, one officer and thirteen cadets spent a week 10 Germany from August 5th to 121h. R.A.F. Glitersloh was actually a couple of miles outside the town, and we lived in comfortable officers' quarters, each cadet with his own room; we red in lhe Officers' Mess. The whole trip was rree, apart rrom a small "messing" ree, payable on any camp. When we left Manston in our Valetta on August 5th, there was a reeling of apprehension owing to worry about air sickness, for we were warned Valettas were good sick-making maclunes. However, the ilight was a good one in clear conditions and ouce we touched down in Germany, having !lown in over Antwerp and the Rhine, the atmosphere was set for the rest or the camp. R.A.F. Glitersloh is one of three key fighter stations in Western Germany, known as R.A.F. Germany (originally 2nd T.A.F.). Together with a handful of American and French bases these aJrlields constitule the entire air derence of N .A.T.O. in Germany. During the last few years, N.A.T.O. forces have been much reduced in the area but at the same time made tactically more etlective. R.A.F. Glitersloh (Gutterslo' to all R.A.F. personnel) was originally a small training airlield of the Luftwaffe, with only a grass runway. Mucb Improved by the R.A.F., it is now a fighter/reconnaissance station with a squadron of Swirts for low-level photographic reconnaissance, and three squadrons of hunters (two of which are to be withdrawn provisionally in January, 1961). In spite of this, it sull has only one 2,000 yard runway, barely long enough for the Swifts unless they use their after-burner on take-oftÂˇ. The fighter squadrons always have two planes ready ror scrambling, in case any plane enters the A.IJ.l.Z. (Air Derence Identification Lone)- an area enctosed by a hne running parallel to and 15 miles west of the Iron Curtain into which no planes are allowed. 'lhe pilots on an average have to get in 30 hours tlying lime a month- a minimum for maintaining their high standards. The Swift Keconnaissance Squadron do almost entirely high-speed " hedge-hopping" and practise photographing anything from bridges to radar stations. Their photographic section is nighly organised and can produce a photograph from a plane's film for the C.O. exactly 27 mIDutes aller the plane lands. During our stay, the friendly attitude or the officers above all enabled us to glimpse every aspect or leA .i-. life in Germany. We saw the pilots' brieling rooms, talked to them a bout tneir lire as I1ghter pilots and were shown fi lms or their training and gunnery practice. In addition we were taken round the Control Tower, Photographic Section, Rescue Station and the Ground-to-Air COJJlrol, which talks pilots in to land over the radio by means of radar. AJl the servicemen seemed very content with life. On the station you have a cinema, swimming pool, tennis co urts, cflcket ground and a gliding club for spare time activities as well as most types or sporl. The oHicers themselves nave periodIC "Mess Nights", while as a bar they still use the old German Bierkeller, which was at the base of a tower in the Otlicers' lVIess, where Goring at one point had his headquarters. Although the personnel are limited m cons umption of cigarettes and alcohol, these commodities, as well as watches, jewellery, perfume and radios are much cheaper than in this country. For example, a bottle of gin costs 4* D-marks, or about 6/6. 316

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many ~?m~lai nI S ?~ the behaviour of America ns stationed in thi s country d . er expel J ~ncll1g a VISIt to an R.A. F. stati on in German th t

sta~d what the SItuatIOn of the serviceman based in a foreign co~ntr; i~~fk~a nOll1 t~r statloll , all cle~n crs, ga rdeners or servants of any kind are German The ' . n lC ruthlessl~ effiCIent and most obseq ui ous to all th e British. We lear;lI thai t~;,~~r.ll~~ ~r Enghsh hre III the mIddle of Ge rma ny got on comparati vely well wit h thc " loca ls" There had been a sh&ht sIgn ? r anlllH?Slty when o ne wee k a has tily ro rm ed band had mar~hed u) a ~~ ~.o\~n ou tsl~e the camp perimeter, maklllg as much noise as possible in the midd le or th~ ~I~l F ut, not 1I;1 ~ more. senous than thIS has occurred. The main problem confronting . . . PCI SO !lI1C 111 GCllnany seemed to be the roads. Germany has the hi hest road

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OWlllg to the lalge number of accIdents, especially on the autoba hns (w here tram ~ moves s~ ~ast that a slllgie crash can ea~Jiy lllvolve a dozen ca rs), a ll hitch-hiking was rorbidden Near Ie J a m p ~ates was a traffic hght which shines at red fo r 72 hours after an accident 'o n tile roa s

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vlng ca mp pelsonnel. Dunng our week it was on ly at green on one day.

A week is not lo ng to get ver~ widely-based impressions or G ermany. One da was devoted to a tnj) to the new Mohne Dam (rebuilt after the " Dam busters" Raid) and Soerst, a provlllCla1 Cathedral town . Every eve ning, yo u cou ld go into Gilterslo h proper eat dor ,go to, the .clIlema, whIle. a c~ uple o~ afternoons were avai lable for seei ng lh~ own ur~ng SlOPPing. hou rs. First ImpreSSions from these opportun ities of seein

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every-day lire were or pros perity, clea nliness, progress in modern build in g

especlal~ flats and houses. All th e ca rs o ne sees are post-war, everyone wea rs fash ionabl~'

~ay c o~ e~, the ~t re~t s and shop~ are clean, bu sy, modern and attractive. You seldom sa\~ the polI ce 111 their olive greell. Uniforms. Agricult~lI·e, however, was unimpressive: farmin

seeme~ ~f a poo r.standard , WIth the corn badly laid and consequently d ifficult to harvest i~

spite 0 t l ere havl~ g been .no very heavy rain . Thi s seemed stran gely inefficient for Oerma'ns ~vho by co.ntrast In th e cillemas have the ti cke ts effi ciently marked with row and sea t a~ ~n an English theatre. Alth~ugh touri sm is n ~t such "big business" as here in Ca nterb~,r

il'a~sJma~ye~rplaces y~u saw klUck-kna cks and gimmicks displayed to catch the tourists' ey~: nll~gs, e aborate pIctures, toy anlll1a l ~ . Maga zines, too, we re to be had in plenty:

an . wa r ston~~ were common, usuall y Ameri ca n or in imaginary se ttings, The

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un.1 orm o utSide camp was forbIdden), you were a lways recognised as British and most d I as.Slstants knew a smattering of English Nevertheless at camp we had b we were in a foreig 1 c t ' I b' , cen wa rn e t lat ' bl I o un ry, Img 11 e associated wi th bad memories a nd shou ld always be wa ry 0 r trou e. ( This was the R.A.F. Camp at Gtitersloh. We had little flying- we were warned not a I gOt~d wbeek tasting R.A. F. life in Germany with all the G . . 0 on y IS, ut ma ny of us had a bnef g!Jmpse of the new ermany, .Prrogresslve, prospero us, vIgorous, and had the opportunity or meeting a few G erman s J one was prepared to go 0 t f ' . ' I' . . , ~I 0 one s way and make conversa tlOll- not always easy. Although the VISIt was pnmanly concern ed with the R A F I'll G e 't very sat" r' t b bl ' . . . rman y, I was , IS ylllg 0 cae to see a hule of o ur host nation as well as the R.A.F.

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ROYAL NAVAL SECTION In the summer holidays parties uf C<.ldets \VenIta Portugal in H .M.S. /Jermut/a, to U.R .N.C.â&#x20AC;˘ lJartmouth and to H.M.S. Dolphill, the submarine base at Portsmouth. In olTering such splendid facilities as these the Royal Navy nol on ly provides us with first class tm ining, but a lso gives intending naval officers the upportunity of dec iding whether or nOI this is the life for them. Qur training during the term has followed the morc proS<lic course of the Proficiency ExamimHions, in the praclic.lI part of which we obtained our best

resuhs ever. In the interests of efficiency. the Section is now limited to 50, and there is likely to be severe competition for places for another interesting "Camp" in the Easter holidays. D.W.S.

CAMBRlDGE LETfER H is true to say of people at Cambridge that so me achieve something, some think they do and ot hers do nOl even ",spire to thinking. I should li ke to st;ut by apologis ing to any O.K.S. who fec i that they huve done anything noteworthy and who find themselves unment ioned, and to those who have not and who arc mentioned .

O.K.S. do not appear prominently in any of the debating or dramatic societies, but perhaps Ihis is made up for by the number connected with musical activities . . A well-tailored Chris Bayston is directing the musical activities of Christ'S College. David Chessyre is House Managcr of the University Opera Society, and hns been elected to a Choral Clerkship at Trinity; he can sometimes be seen looking rather out of con lrol on his large and powerful motor- bike. Innes AlIcn sings in the SI. John's Choir. Salmon, Seaman and Thomas all make music, the last combining this with architectural studies. II is still possible to see J. R. Frew with B. D. Foard (Estate Management, Jesus); the former will, we very much hope, be rowing in the Blue Boat this year; he was recently reported in lhe Un iversity newspaper 1O be rowing with "t remendous power". Jan Balkwill has at last arrived at Jesus, where we presume he is upholding the King's-Jesus rowing tradition. Also frolll. Jesus, Peter Allen has now joined o ther successful onrsmcn on the bank, resplendent in pink. He has now entered Westcott House, the Cambridge theological college, and has a room fu ll o f large leather-bound books. He tells us he enjoys singing church music very much.

Those who knew him, would find Colin Vernon-Smith very little changed . We are hardly allowed to touch anything in his styl ishly furnished room in St. Jo hn's, from which he directs the activities of the Moral Sciences Club and where he docs the work which has brought him academic success, Others who did well in the exams. include: Pringle, King's ; Alan Robicttc, King's; David Bree, Caius. who a lso does light ing work for the Amateur Dramatic Clu b, ,lI1d sails; unci Guy Hetcher, who tells me he is still work ing hard fo r Tripos al the end of this year. After doing research at Harwell, he has decided to take up teaching. The inimitable Dr, Malcolm Burgess has bought himself a house which is now, not unexpectedly, exquisi tely furn ished. Although appearing always to do nothing, between taking superv isions and Miller's Wine Parlour he has designed the redecoration of Curpus Christi hall. This work has just been finished. and the result is extremely elegant and attractive. Earlier this tcrm 1 received a very profitable "tip" from David T horpe, who intcrrupts the study of form to attend classics lectures. He was last heard of at Newmarket trying to buy a horse. He gets on very well with his supervisor, who bought and runs his 1934 Rolls-Royce with money won at Ihe races. Continuing the money-winning theme, the last time 1 saw J. C. Cook he WHS bemoaning his luck, his landlady having just won ÂŁ500 from a Premium Bond. I heHr occasionally of Philip Green, who is now a leading light in the judo world. Another old Mariovi1m, Nick Livingston, can be met in the international Centre, an institution established with the purpose of exchanging cultuml backgrounds and fostering international good feeling between undergraduates and the numerous fore ign students. If excuse were needed, he claims Ihat it is good for his study of modern languages. I never seem to S\.."C Chris Maloney anywhere else but at parties. I do not go to many; perhaps it is just coinci dental that we should go to the same ones. i f 1 InHY just extcnd a belated welcome to those who have comc up this term, and also say tbat 1 hope that any K.S. among the scholarship candidates just arriving will have had their efforts rewarded by the time this appears. O.K.S. CANTAD. 319

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ber 27 th 'Uld at the Junior School on December 6th.

The Orchestra pe rrormed tnl ! c a on. oVAe~d rew Wick.ens who played Nardini's Violin Concerto. We were able to present Ii so OIst once agam- I â&#x20AC;˘ . k .r h h I work he put in to make this possible, also to R . J. Morris, Our thanks arc ?lIC to WIC ens or t c, ar(. and of course to the Chaplain who composed Hush-a-bye who wrote an admlntblc cadcn~adat it ~eck s nOlb~C'parI S A lso to all ot hers who have assisted us in any w;.\y. BflIhms. cond ucted us and

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T he concert is reviewed elsewhere III th is Issue. Our immediate aim is to regain for the fifth time in succession the Kent Music FCSl iv.tI Cup. Our cond uctor will be G. N, Salmon. p.e.

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Tne. P ATER SocIETY.- On 26th November the Society mel 10 hear a tho ught-I)rovoking paper by Mr. A. S. Mackintosh, entitled "The Study of Current Affairs" . In a six-po inted nttnck on the study of current affa irs (except for the strongest and c le.1rest minds), his principnl argument was the extreme d ifficulty of acquiring information, manifested for example in the fift y-year rule for publicat ion of Cabinet Documents. and the reluctance of fi rms to release detail s of ownership and market agrcements: coup led with this is the unwelcome excess of d istorted information and padding in the Press, frolll wh ich few are capable of ext ract ing the important points relevant to any part icular subject. Mr. Mackintosh provoked a long d iscuss ion when he referred to the Oxford course of Philosophy, Politics and Economics, suggesting that th is was inferior to most other courses, particularly that of Econom ics at Cambridge, on the grounds thatlhe man with n 3rd in P.P.E. was capable of warn ing in essays, but in fact knew preciolls little about anything. But generally, the audience accepted Mr. Mack intosh's main thesis " lyin g down" , with the result that many who had intended to read P.P.E. found themselves re-t hinking. The Society wish to thank Mr. and Mrs. Wilson for their ki nd hosp itality. A.C.P. THE OIORAL SocIETY.-Although we no longer have sllch a mammoth task as The Messiall on o ur hands. nevertheless we have had another very active term, rehearsing a group o f songs by Elgar entitled From fhe Bavariall High/ands; we are performing these with the Orchestra in the School Concerl (a report on which appears earl ier in this issue). It is an attractive group o r songs, al l of which arc quite d ifferent in style and have been very pleasant to re hearse. Altendancc has been quite good, and we had an enco uragingly large in nux of trebles at the beginn ing or term; yet, at times, the proportion or the volume to the numbers o r the treble line has been alarmingly small . Our thanks are due once again to Mr. Curry for accompanying us at rehearsals, a nd to Mr. Wright for his dynamic leadership. S.R.G.C.

R.K.S.H. TH E MADRIGAL SOCIETY.-This term we welcome to the bass line C. G. Lew is and Lane: to the a lt os. Halsey. Wells and Van Asch; and to the treblcs. Steer and Bragg. We regret that Curt is is Icaving bUI we hope to have him back fo r the performance of the Bach SI. Maflhew Passion, which the Soc iety, enlarged, would like to give next term instead of the usual Wood . Our Music C ircle programme cons isted o r: Fille Knacks/or Ladies, by Dowland; Wi lbye's Sweet "'oneySuckillg lJee.f; Wee lkes' 011 the Plains; a nd the Successioll of FOllr Sweel MOUflls, by Britten. The concert went q uite well , but the second treble line was considerably weakened by the absence of Wood ho use. who was in hospital. We trust that he will re turn to o ur ranks next term. F.R. H. THE H ARVEY SOCIETY.-The Society he ld the first meet ing on Wednesday, October 5t h. H. E. V. Swann was elected Secretary by a very small majority over n. H . Shearing. R. C. Brown gave the first lecture wit h slides on Tuesday. October 18th. T he subject was the "Lo foten Islands Exped ition" , of which the speaker had been a member. He described the journey 10 the islands a nd the party's work there. R. D. Nei l followed with a talk on the School's exped ition to Russia. Neil was able to give the Society a very good p icture of life in Russia today and revealed that the Russians are rollowing many Western ideas. He told us of the Moscow Underground in which payment was voluntary as well as describing the architecture of the Russian temples and Moscow University. Lnter in the term M. H . King and B. H. Shcnring gave a lecture and demonstmtion on the osc illoscope. King showed the Society the theory and wide uses of the oscilloscope; e.1.eh point be ing ably illustrated by experiments. The fina l experiment was the reprocluction of Illusica l notes on the School's osci ll oscope. The climax of the term's meetings was on the 26th November. when Captain E. Palme r gave an excellen t lecture on Asdics. C'lpta in Palmer revenled all the problems that raced the Navy in thei r effort to detect submarines, finally showing that sound was the on ly phys iCo'll property that could be used efficiently. He described the work ing of the transducer as well as telli ng us of the problems or refract ion o r sound waves. An interesting film on the Navy was also shown and the Society was very pleased with the lecture. Thc ~oci ety is look in g for wnrd to a lecture o n photography rrom R . A. Kenchingtoll.

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11 be ft f most of our trebles by the end of the Summer Term THE SCHOOl: CHOIR. -Wc.are genera,! rc ided to a ropriatc an unusually large number from the and so, adoptmg a .ne~v policy, Mr. ~ccalelY thi s~~cans we have had to limit the altos, teno rs and n or un. c.~blc propo rti ons as otherw ise that sense o f unity so auditions at the beglllmng o f the year.

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essenti <al to < a good choir is •lost. . be . • • • th is term have been Where n . lOlI Relgliesl. by .Sch urt, Two int~rcstlllg new ,ad(hl,IOns t~ m~r rCdl'C,1 t~m~ Wright 's hope that the School will be i\blc to take part and Walmlslcy's Mag"ifica/ III D 11111101 . an It IS r. . the School morc into the tlrst Sunday of the month in the latter at a la ter date . On one occasion this te rm , in order to I C"11c<?r~ora.teg in the Nave Moreover the Precentor thought this service, we combined with the Cathedrl l<?lr 0 Sin • . , scrvice so s\lccessful that he wa nts to repeal II. . .. ) . .. r i c I Service (of which we hope to make a report elsew here III th is Issue. We are now pracllslng o r t 10 aro God is a Spirit (Stel"lldafe Bel/llert) Anthems sung this term ; Let all !h.e World (C/U/fmlO lI ) I heard a Voice (GOS.f) Thou vlslles! th~ earth (Greene! Dlessed a rc the men who f('a1" Him (Melldeissolm) Where Tho u Relgnest (Sclll/belr) T ) To G od give thanks and praise (Bach) a come, ye servant s of t l~e Lord ( ye (accompanied by two oboes) Yea, though' walk (Sftlbl'flll) Turn back, 0 Man (Holst) Lc.1d me. Lord (WeslcJ:') Re'oicc in the Lo rd (Purcell) The Lord hath been mmdful (IYesley) . R2 0 iee in the Lord (Red!ord) At Thy Feet (Bach) (accompanied by strings) Mign ificat in D minor (Wallllisfey) A'icribe unt o the Lord ( T r a l ' c r s ) ' S.R.G .C.

h fi meeting of the term R . D. H. Pcrry and R. R. C. Butler \~ere THE PliOTOORAPl-lI C; SOCIIITv.-At t e rst d and conseq uent ly the membershi l> large. We gained elected to the Committee. T~e attcn~ancc wasn~ib~e to devote the term to initiati ng them int o the art of so many new men;bers that. It sceme most se III lecture before going to press has been a slidc show and Developing and Pnntlng their own fil' ms , s~ t,he lind s Expedi tion which was much appreciatcd by those lecture by J. J . R. C. Harston o n t 1e L0 . 0 en s < , ,

who attended. . . I subscri tions, were devoted to repairing the enlarger and to The fund s ~vh lch are lar~c as a l ~suhlof.td1e 'be' g Slat having learnt to pr int, members should have the buying an .a~Just!lblc I~egaltve carner, t 1e I ea III • right condlll ons III wh ich to work . R.A.K.

A M Roche was e1ectcd as our new Captain , C. S~vel~ new members wcre elected at the beginning Lawrence as Secretary and C . C. L. Dunn as re< 't hank s to the co-operat ion of several of our more of this term, who have all made. very good rrof~he~~ time to teaching them. Thanks are especially due to experienced me!nbcrs who have given up dml1cl ~ a kecping up the ent husiasm of the Society. new Captam who has done a great ea m I our • , I' . o f the pouring rain was a great success. As usua The out ing took place on the 29th 9~tober all( , ~~v~~~tduring the day: Litilcbourne, Wingham, Minster, it took the f~rm of a tour and ,:,e ~Islted seven t . let- rin in for about aile hour in each. We were ~ery Eastry, St. Nleholas:at-Wade, Ulrch.lIlgton and Ch.;s 0 K S ~ndgN. J. Davies, O,K.S., who were responslbl.e fortun ate to have wuh us once agam N. J. Mu lle, ~nd '~ho d id much to make the out ing a success thIS for the creation o f th~ ~ociety some. thrcc ;ea~ ~g~;rnetson-Iast year's secretary- whom we were glad to year. We were also vIsited one evcn mg bY . . ' • 'T'J.1t! BELLRlNGlNG SocIF.Tv.- At the end o rT as~s~~:e~

see again. . devoted to hand-bell ringing and most members of the Society A good deal of our l1~e recent ly has been h . bell Whether or not our newer members will be able to are now capable of nngtn g a few changes 011. t ese . s. en rin g the same changes 0 11 the to.wer ~lIs. s~llI re~aJns ;~k~~ s~r·. Meredith (our President) and th~ .Revd. 1 am sure the rest of the S.ocle!y Will JOin !llC III th I aysg a great interest in thc Society and glvlllg us G . W. L(\ughbo rough alld ) llI s Wife for showlIlg, as a w ., ' so much support this term . C.L.

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I U ~ SUMNt:M. Suclt: rv.- A t a l)lI:i IIlC!;S mccllng on Wednc.'iday, 28th September, C. J . Tavencr was elected Secretary ami R. 51. J. Stevens, Treasurer. We had hoped 10 vis it Sir Kenneth C lark's pri v<\le urt collection at Salt wood Castle, but as we were unable to get in touch with him, we had 10 arrange an outing elsewhere. We visited Walmer Castle lo r the Ilrs! ti me. It was o ne of the th ree shore forts built by Henry VIIi over~ looking the strait confined by the Goodwin Sands, and is the residence of the Lord Warden o f the Cinque Po rt s. It is full o f curious and beautiful furnilUrc- a wig stand, Pitt's back-to-front working chair, and a superb Sheraton s ideboard fo r instance-and the walls are studded with fascinating prints of eighteenth and nincteenth century personalities- Napoleon, Pill, Fox, who might we ll have rivalled Fredcrick William I ro r ro tu ndity, ancl even our infamous O.K.S. politician, Lord Chancellor Thurlow. The later part o r the afternoon was spent at Sandwich G uildhall , which on a prev ious visit to Sandwich we had been unable to enter, as it was being used as ,1 po lling booth. It is a fascinating museum ofS;.\ndwich il nd the Cinque Ports. Sandwich still keeps many o ld customs a li ve; we were shown the black thorn rod which is cut ann ua lly for the Mayor as a protecLion against witches. On the 4t h November, M. A. L. l3atchelo r gave a fir sl~ hand account o f the resto rat ion work at lona , wherc he actcd as a guide during the summer ho lidays. He gave a skilful survey of the hisLOry o f theabbey, and made the who le lecture clear with a fund of illustrat ions. It was interest ing to sec the art o f so many differe nt societies and ages mixed in one spo t. The Soc iety was vcry well entertained . It is hoped that before the end of term the Secretary will give a paper on "Archaco logy and the Ang l o~Saxons". We must thank the Canterbury Archaeological Soc iety for letting liS attend more of their ad mirable lectures. Some o f U'i a lso went to a meeting of Kent fie ld-archaeo logists in the Beaney, where we heard the report'i on last sunmler's diggings. I would also like to thank Mr. Voigt for his sk ill ful pres idency and for the entertainment he provided on the o uting, and to pay tribute 10 our former Secretary, whose zeal and efficiency it is hard to emulate. C.l .T. THE NATURAL HISTO[W SocIErY.- ln terms of outings and members, this has been oneoft he best terms for a very lo ng lime. Six outi ngs wcre made, two be ing duck counts at Whitstable, one to Dungencss, o ne to Fordwich, and two to Blean Woods. As a result of these outings, o ur bird records are richer by live species seen fo r the first time by the Society, which is no mc.1n achievemcnt as our li st includes nearly o ne hundred and ten species. The plant records, started last term, now ho ld over two hundred and fifty species. Thcre have been three indoor meet ings th is term : the first a general mcetillg to work out plans and enrol new members. The next was a lecture by S. R. Neill o n " Havergate Island", the o nly colony of avocets in the Country, .tnd the third, also a bird lectu re, o n the "B irds o f East Kent " , by Mr. D. E. Pomeroy. Both of these were most interesting and we a re vcry grateful to those who look so much trouble in giving them. There \vill be one mo re lectu re this ICI'Ill , by I>. S. Murch, o n " [>ond Life", which will be illustrated by a short mill and personal experiences. T here Illay be ano ther out ing this term, to Stodmarsh, which has as yet been sad ly neglected. We have" vcry full progntmmc for next tcrm, including, we hope, the Shcll-M ex lilln , The IVI'al World~· . A num ber of lec tures postponed from this term and severnl o llting:, have also been plunned. The second mUlllal report will probably be prod uced some ti me next term . It will be a l;uger publi catio n than il s predecessor with articles on fun gi and snakes as well as the usual bird and plant reports. Much of the success of the Society Ih is term is due to thc Vice~Pres i den t , Mr. D. E. Pomeroy, and we a rc also grateful to Mrs. Murch and Mr. Po llak for their kindness to us. l .R.P.

THE GLEE CLuo. -Qur rehearsals th is term were for the main Music Circle Concert on Sunday, 27t h November. The programme began with Bairstow's sclli ng of Shelley's poem MII.\·ic, whell SO!I voices die. Th is was fo ll owed by Frederick Bridge's Bold IlIl'pill- Sam Weller's "wild and beautiful legend" from Pickwick Papers; and Silelll Worship, in which the Glcc Club were proud to accompany N. D. S. Curtis's singing of Handel's lovely melo.dy as one of his last sol os 11.1 the Schoo l. The H llilfillg of the Snail, it del ightful nursery rhyme by Walfo rd DaVies, ended the programme. Mr. Wright's amusing anecdotes of the Edwardian Knights (B..1.irstow, Bridge, Somcrve ll ,md Davies) co nnceted with the four items, produced the informal atmospher;: that helped tu m;lke the performance a success. We arc very so rry 10 be losing Curtis and J. W. R . Mowll from the te nor and second bass li nt!s, und thonk them both, and of cou rse Mr. Wright for all their hcl p this term and ill the past. ' A. l .A.

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lion 10 lhe pl~Y by ~1 r. DaV Ies" l~.tJ~~f rca\~:~ I :~lian Renaissance Paint ings. Dcailllg nl.iU.nl~ W l t~l

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agai n with slides, given b~ MI. e ,' ..' on < 111 ca rl )ainlings o f the Mado nna to Ihe scuylUi cS ~ Byzanti ne pcriod , thc subJecl Il HlttCI 1,II gcd brro1 0 ltir,lI\lI Y a ltemplin g to cmulate that o r thIS IectU!~, Michelangelo . The standard thcn:artcr . l~S . eCI. c ~r .\ I;nster!y and well-delivered paper by GroSSI11111 and 8 o'clock on C?eccmber 4th saw the cglllnm g , , Oil Maltese Press hi story. M I ' II New Ye'\f will include a visit to the It is to be hoped thallhc Soc iety's o ut i!lg, pl<ulIlcd r~r , a~~111~10Id Vic's pr~d~lctiOn o r Henry I V Part 1\ M . the tllorntng and a matmee 0 Victoria and AIbcr~ . . uscum 111 b ' r II 'md entertaining programme. MN in the a ft ernoon. I Ills loo ks to c <l U • • '

. . 'd est Christ mas card was becoming very trite, accor~ing TH E CAXTON SOCIETY.- As the usual dle-sl,lmpc i r . I e Mr Bennett our new art master, orgalll~ed to some cri tics, this YC.. \ f we dccide~lto mak~ <l COIllI: ~t~v~~~~711~d ac~eptable.' H owever, hc made a draw mg a co mpet ition with priz.es! but unt or.lUnate ~ nOI;~II~lk and we h~pe the card will sell. o r an amusing stonc-ca rvlllg bclo nglll g to r. : h' I '",nUXo r new members the rlltul"e o r the , . I .", ··,sen and WIt o ur amlU'.1 ' I ' b ,s'" ,e's The standurd o r a~ I .o ur pnn tlll g ~'~ I ,< I ' 0) m rtunit y o r saying that because we are n~ a . . \ Society is very p!·omISlng. I~would like to t~~,~ ~~_o~~rative spirit , and 1 wish illYsuccessor the achievement cOl~cer~ ,.thc S<?c letr.~epend:s on ev~ry mev~~h the invaluable help o r Mr. W. E. Peett. . . d· 1U 'md 'llso the Carol Service sheet, a o r IIlstlllmg thIS SPl1 ll llltO the Soc lcty, ' This term Ollr work will have included the Chnstmas mner mel " • job which we have not had ror several years. J.B,P. _ . ' r rmed in the public Music Circle C?_llccrt ? n Noven~ber TH E C! IM.1BER OHC HESTRA.- l ~e o ,rchestra per O~I.t6k 'S Roumanian Fo lk Dances. th ese I.alter re~Clve? 27\h a Co relli Suite, two Brahms MlIlliels, ~n~ , .1 1 involved in getling co pies or\he.ll1usle; .~atlock s o nly three weeks' ~'chears~lI as the.re W<lS .some ~~171l:S~ looked at a Byrd nvc-,Part Fantasm and hlll.shed the Capriol Silile was III l:cad! lless a.s <l lutr:~~\f~c ;rhird Brandel/b/lrg C,oncerto agam. Our thanks as evel are due tcrm's rehearsals by l eaG(hllgdthI OrU ~ \ 11 his hard wo rk and enthusIasm . G N,S. • 10 o ur conductor, Mr. 00 es, 0 1 , . '1 ommiued this \erlll. It had three cnga~enlC.nt s, nw MILITARY BI\ ND.- The Oand has been . he<l.~~ r).~'lolLr when we played for the o pening <:1 U lllt~d all of them successrllL T he first w~s ~. th~ M~,Y0 't acc~mp.u; ied the congregat ion in the Memonal <f0Ult , N'\l ions Week. On Remem brance SUIl ,ly tiC . ,\Il (. 1 cccss O ur last engagement was the end-o -term al~d surmounted the d ilficulties o f t h~ o~)CR f \~·c:~i~I~\~orly~lhrec members. Wc would like La than~ Mr. conce rt at which the Band was at last ,1t u . (.).. and I must also thank the Band ror rehcarsmg so Edrcd Wright for his encouragemcnt and pelsevel,lllcc" diligently thro ugh the term. N.D,S.C. Wei hI to thank N. D. S. Curtis ror ~is keen and 1 would like, on bch~lI r o r the Band and ,Mr. ~~~re~e un~to~btedIY helped Mr. WriJtht t~ raIse the Band c1licicnt organisatiOl~ 01 the Band ove.r thfY,lbt y attained during the year and we wish him thc very best to the high and efficlcnt standard wl~lch las een or luck at the Royal College of MUSIC. C. M. EAST.

GOLF CLUB h' term our activities have been restricted . However, we must Owing to the inclemency.or the we:llher I I! k to give c~aehing to enthusiasts. P,I-I,G. thank Mr. Qu igley ror commg over every we

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RUGBY RETROSPECT, 1960 An idealist would probably say that alt hough successful to the tune o r be ing undereated in its school matches, the XV has, in fact, just failed to reach the heights expected or it. Surely, however, the ma in reason for this was the appalling conditi ons in which nearly al1 of thi s season's rugby had to be played and in which it was often quite impossible fo r the players to get a firm grip with either reet or hands. Besides prod ucing a type orrootbal l in wh ich individual sk ills cou ld not be ful ly exploited, and whi ch in conscquence deprived the cleverer o r raster side or it" advantages, it caused a slight loss o r confidence in players in themselves and in each other. These factors certainly accounted fo r the absence or dummies, scissors movements, and other variat ions which ca n make the game more attractive and enterta ining to watch, but to have attempted such embell ishments under the exist ing conditions would have been suicidal. The outsides included several players who have strength , speed, we ight , and some experience on thei r side, and it is lInro rtuna te that there were occasions when these assets were squandered by clumsiness o r by allowing the movement to drin across the field. To take ancl give a pass in one stride wi ll o rten serve a side better than to run ten yards d iagonally with the ball , but it should also be appreciat ed that ror a standoff half to make the outside break, which, ifsuccessrlll will orten lead to a try, he must perforce run diagonally . Naturally enough there were plenty or mistakes made by probably every member of the XV and that wi ll always be the case in every school team anywhere, The offence carclessly committed and giving away a penalty was too common , particularly in the first hair of the season. The rull-back was known to have been caught in possession and the sr.rumÂˇhalf to rail back instead o r go ing down for the baH , but it wou ld be unkind and unfair to dwell too much on these shortcomings instead of giving praise all round for the efforts which have resulted in such a successful season. To have played 9 schools without defeat and to have scored 11 7 po ints, with the 17 po int s aga inst includ ing on ly 2 tries, tells its own story of how good the defensive play has been . The covering has been excellent and the tackling and falling very good and in this respect R . M . K. Carey and P. R. Atkinson were always most prominent. The captain and fu ll ~baek , G. C. Pritchard, was a tower o r strength and some of his kicking has been qu ite phenomenal in length . However, he still requ ires to show a greater sense of urgency when the occasion demands and to play safe when under pressure. He showed a healthy inclination to join in the attack and when he did so his position was well taken by N. J. de Jong from No . 8. Tn the last few games, Pritchard played superbly, Both w in g~threequar te rs, J. K. K hanna on the left and C. Barker on the right , are extremely good players and Barker's st rong running which he combines so well with his side-step and han d-off, brought him many tries. Barker always made the most of the chances which came hi s way but it should be remembered that the ball had first to get out to him and the credit must orten be shared with o thers, especially Carey, some of whose passes were finely t imed . It is unfortunate that a player so rull of fight and football as Khanna has had many fewer chances than he deserves, though he did score twice aga inst both Tonbridge and Dover. The whole three-quarter line has been made up o r good individual ists, all of whom have done well on many occasions and it was C. R. Barber's strong and thrllstrul running that enabled him to rescue the XV in the Ampleforth match. This Nort hern Tour was an eno rmous success from every point o r view and culm inated in a fine win at Sedbergh. If the weather and ground co nditions have made it a difficult senson ror the three-quarters, they often made it nearly impossible for the half-backs. As it was they really did very well and C. S. W. Wright at serum-half shows considerable prom ise and has a long pass, wh ile the good hands and quick acceleration of D. R. L. Evans enabled him to make a number of good outs ide breaks. There were days when more tactical kick ing might well have produced more tries but the desire to piny really open football is an ideal wh ich commends itself to many. The forwards have all acquitted themselves well . Height, weight and speed were blended in a pack which at least held its own with all ot her school teams, though early in the season they seldo m managed to get really on top o r their opponents until well into the second half o r each game. The hooki ng of A. K. P. Jackson appeared to improve as the season progressed and G. D. Williams and R. B. Britton fi lled the prop positions to make a solid and comfo rtable front row, comrortable that is for the second row stalwarts, H. A. Rudgard and M. J. Parsons, to shove against. T hese last two were con sistent and effect ive li ne-out players and Rudgard is to be commended on ili'l lead ing o r the serum .

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At open-side wing-forward Atkinson's speed was invaluable and de Jong showed ad mirable rugby sense in his positioning while A. R. Maybury let lill ie pass him 011 Ihe blind-side. All the pack worked well in the loose, they were intell igen t and mobi le, and their spirit and stamina were quite admirable. This was particularly eviden t in the later matches, by which lime Ihey had adapted themselves 10 the wet and muddy grounds and pos itively revelled in the mauls and rushes called for by these cond itions. The loose sCfummaging improved tremendously, as d id thei r qu ick ness ont o Ihe ba lJ. They seldom had more than the ir fa ir share of the bal l from the light but with possess ion so often a liability this did not prove detrimenta l to the XV. Compared with last season, this has been remarkable ro r the absence o r injuries to the members o r the 1st XV. Barber, Kha nna and Maybury alt mi ssed a match or two when their places were very welt taken by B. P. Wooderson and J. A. Mackie, bot h o r whom should do we lt next yea r. Although the past term might best be remembered as the wettest term ever, it will also be well remembered as a most exci ting, interesting, and sllccessrul one by those n igger en thusiasts who braved the clements to watch and encourage th is good team, and it is certain that the players themselves will have storcd up many happy memo ries which wi ll stay with them ror a very long time to comc. To have been wi th thcm a ll the time has been a very happy experience and it is hoped and indeed expected lhat mllch mo re will be heard o r some o r this XV in the Un iversi ty and C lub rugby world later o n. SCHOOL MATCHES.- Played 9, Won 6, Drawn 3, Lost 0, Po ints 117, Against 17. ALL MATCHES.- Played 13, Won 8, Dra wn 3, Lost 2, Poi nt s 143, Against 54,

1ST XV MATCHES T HE KINO'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY

THE O.K.S.

Played on SI. Stephen's on Saturday, October 1st King's, 12; O.K.S .,8 The O. K .S. soon showed the school that th is year they intended to beat a school side that in practice promised very well. It was outside the scrum that the schoo l dominated and as Jackson gave us a good service from the set scrums the three-quarters had plenty or the ball. Unrortunately, bot h the giving and taking o r the ball was rault y and a number or chances were squandered . The Schoo l opened the score with a penalty but the O.K.S. we re soon back o n terms with a fine dropgoal rrom outside-hair. Just berore hair-time Barker broke through o nly to bc brought down just short o r the O.K .S. line, A penalt y was converted into a goal just berore haIr-time by Pritchard . The second hair began with renewed vigour and the O,K.S. were quick ly press ing, Ashenden had soon crossed the line near the posts for a goal. Soon the a.K,S. gave away anot her penalty and the schoo l regained the lead . This was rurther increased whcn Britt on was up to finish off a fin e effort of Ca rey's, Although the gamc had its disappo intments, it was nice to know it was the best players who were railing. THE KINO'S SCHOOL, CANTER BUR Y V BLACKHEATli R .F.C. Played o n SI. Stephen's on Sat urday. October 8th King's, 3 ; Blackheath , O It has been two years since Blackheath have last been defeated by a school side. In some ways a draw

rnight have been a rairer result, but Black heat h sq uandered their chances while we made the most o r ours. We gaincd very little possession rrom the set serums, but rrom the line-outs, Rudgard and Parsons red the three-q uarters with sorne excellent jumping, Although we saw li ttle or the ball, both the three-quarters and rorwards were sw iftly up on any mi stakes. It was Carey and Kha nna pouncing o n a dropped pass and laking it o n with their feet who enabled Khanna to score an unconvert cd try. In the second hair we managed to gain more possess ion or the ball rrom the "sets" and the play became rnore even, with King's possibly having the edge ror the first 25 minutes. but towards the end or the game Blackheat h stormed back and it was only due to fine derensive wo rk that we retained our slender lead ,

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TIU:. KINO 'S SC~IOOL, C .... NTERBURY v K .C '" S W IMULI:UON . Played at Wimbledon on &~turd"y, Oclober 151h

KINO'S, 16; K.C.S., WIMB LEDON, 0 II ':Vas no t wi thout misgivings tha t we saw a dr itch d . an a dry ball a t Wimbledon, ro r there was rain in the air, bUl this luckily did not ra il till the end oYrP'1 . , Ie game. KlIIg s were soon on the attack and pressing thc Wi bl d . . quarters. King's look the Icad when Pritchard kicked a III e on lllle wl.t h powerful running by o ur threeafter n fin e rUIl down the wing. The lead was rurthe " pe~?It~goal. T illS was followed by a try by Khanna rnent. r mcrcclse when Ba rber went over after a good moveThe sc rum was effecti ve without be ing dangcrous in '\1 . 'k . tended t<:, drift in an attempt to find opcnin s, W d • t~c.: a nd 111 the second half the three-q uarters two fin e rllns on the lert wing which nearly resulted 111 tTles. In the end, the Wimbledo~ defe~~c cbsor h,'ld I the final whistle, ro e ,lIle anothcr try a nd a goal were added berore

KING 'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY

ST, P.... UL·S SCH()(H.

Played at SI. Pa ul 's on Saturday, OCtober 22nd King's, 3; SI. Pau l's, 3 At . t~e last mOment SI. Paul 's switched the game rrom the S surprl smgly good condit ion considering the ra in th'lt 11'ld bee clt.ool . to Osterley, where the pitch was in a r~ always a good s ide and it was with that in mind 't in; w w n rallmg IIIcessantly ror three days. SI. Pa ul's a live ~IS bOt!1 sides laullched attacks. It was mai nl a'ror! ' enl on to the field. The game was immediately wer<: II1credlbly heavy, our rorwards gave as gaol as th arc! b,a tt:e and~ alt hough the St. Pau l's fo rwards service. ey got .1I1< provided the halves with an adequate King's opened the scoring when Wright tOok the b'llI " '. lInc.onvcrted try. SI. Pau l's immediately reta lia tcd <lnd 'a lign I Wlth hi S reet, Wlnlllllg tllC touch down ror an all-Important to uch down The second half ro ll owed 10l they pressed, they were unable to make the end to the ~ ~her. Finally, the SI. Pau l's o utside half ph:~1UJ ,1 t 1e sa/Ie pattern ~vith the ball gOing rrol11 one out o r posillon.. the winger ran over for an lInCOI1 Verte~ ~;ebcelll, cross-kick ~nd catch ing the full back made the Opellll1gS necessary ror a try but a draw . ry. .lr r and Barker III the centre very nearly , • was a Just resu lI.

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Played at Amplerorth on Saturday, October 29th King's,6; Amplerorth, 6 '" Again, as had been the case two years ago Kin ' s w before ~mp!efo rth took the lead wi th a penal'ty c!l Tll~e v~ry s low II1to their str!de an? it was not long werc sllll .hemg o ut-manoeuvred. Midway th rouS'h the fi s (h ~ 1101 seem.to be the II1Cent lve needed and we half and Il was only then that we got into o ur st~ide B'lrs~ halr'lIAmplelorth te,:"porarily lost their ou tside ahend expertly and , rOllowing up the ball, touched it do~;n ehi~~elf'Cd the ba llm the centre, placed a kick T!le ground hnd s uffered considerably during the first h' Ir . but It was i.tftel' the intcrvalthat the game rea lly li ve 1C I ,I Balld the Ill ud made accurate passi ng difficult ?nd it was nOl l.ong befo re they again too k the Icad fro~nuP. IY now .AmpleroTth were ~ack at rull strength a spell of restra mec! press ure by Amplerort h Kin 's b k a.no~ ler pen.llt.y. ThiS gave KillS'S a jolt and after eventua lly rewarded with ano ther Barber try W~iCh rB,\ek<l,~'ty a n~ bes le~cd the Amplerorlh line. Thi s was • r cl a n ly Just rai led to convert.

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S EO BEKG' H S C I-IOOI.

Played at Scdbergh on Monday. October 31st King's, 6; Sedbcrgh, 0 d In and it was obvio lls that a first-class, effort :-vas Scdbcrgh 'Ire renowned for lh~lr excellent fo~w~~,tr~s ~erc soon gaining predomi nance both 10 th~ !tneneeded from the forwards. Thus II was that, th: 0 ~d took the lead carlyon wi th a penult.r goa~. This was o uts and the set were so~n atta~ Ib~oke th rough many tack les, finall y throwing himself over flln by Ba r cr, W 0 soon foll owed byserums. a superb We .

for an unconverted try. . . 0 way is ' I reflectio n o n the play. Bot h sides wcre arnc_ , bu\\ tl~l: ~~I~e was pla~cd at a tremendo lls pace. Both defences There was no funher scorin g in Ihis,c passing the ball around incessan tly an, as a reSli , ro rwards continually red liS with the ball , we were lOO to have the upper hand and t'llCOUgh ;hc solid tackl ing or the Sed burgh o rthodox and as a result were um\~le to Je,l lll,r . Ily enough proved that o ur fitness was at its peak y This game, was played. withanaddtowar r ~ad s J~h~l:d we cam~ very near to increasi ng our lead. because it waswhich Sedbcrgh who lIrcd

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SCHOOL, CANTER BURY

RICHMOND R.F.C.

Played at St. Stephen's on Saturday, N ovember 51h King's, 5 ; Richmond, 17 ichmond sent down a strong s ide. Although pl.t)'ccJ under After being ~~rc'\lcd ror t~e I~st two Yedrsit~, the game produced open rootball. . I desperate fa llin g that saved our Ime. Eventu~ atrocio us condit ions and on ,\ waterlogg P , Richmond immed iately launched an ~lItack ?-nd ~ I If~~g"P~d a fi ne goal. This was soon fo llowed by an ally they opened scoring unconverted try. the It was then when tha t wethe~r hit out~lde·d bac an aeven Iu.~IlY Barker , after ro unding their full back, scored

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under the poSIS. " . KI.n , h in down the slo pe . However, the The were second hair too wasclever a mo re h k . $ s ~h{m ~ qu ick service, it was only a mailer o r time backs a lillie andevel~ withaffair thell..wl~ P,IC glvmg berore they broke through .

T~m K INU •s SC HOOI. , CANHRBURY •

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Played o n SI. Stephen's on Sat urday, N ovember 12th King's, 5 i Eastbourne, 5 . . . d 't was no surprise that the gmne was played on a water· For many days it had ~een ra ill!ng steadily ad t I lay open football and to some extent succeeded . Ba ke and it was not long before Barker was logged pitch. Despite Ih lS, both sides attempte 0 p Ki ng's main strength lies in their wings, Kha!lna ~~ode~so~' in the centre, was also ~reaking through bund led into touch just short o r the. Eastbourne I~ll~able yards. Khanna opened the seormg. He gathere~ and with his great burst or speed $amed us many ~ run scored under the posts ro r a conver:ted try. East on the half·way li!,e and. a supedrb w.eavA~ out , they scored a co nverted try followmg a very fine the ball then bourne rallied and with thei rInrorwar s gomg

bec.·\I~se thethe second co rner fla g hair

foot rush. . . ' a ain was only den ied a try another fine Trun beror~ halfrtlhlC Kil~$'sgt hree-quarters was superb and hadBarker been had brought down. he handling 0 t e

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we very nearly scored th ro ugh Khanna o n the left w~ngi d be . 1 'Ilrocious bo th sides had enjoyed a very The score was to stay 5- 5 and a ltho ugh thc weat er ta CI. , good game in the mud .

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However, there was not enough urgency in the King's piny and severn I times good opportunities were wastedpenalty. . The 1e.1d was increased to 9-3 before half-lime, when Darker scored a try follow ing a swiftly-Iaken short

In the second half, King's were again on the attack but unfortunately midway through Ihis half Felsled lost a man with a broken nose. Barker opened the scoring in the second half when, getting the ba ll o n the right wing, he wro ng-footed the whole Pelstcd defence, running across to Score a try undcr the posts. The score was increased when Pri tchard scored an unconvertcd try and Evans crossed ror One wh ich was excellently converted from the touehline by Barker. SCHOOL, CANTERtlURY I' ST. LAWRENCE COLLEGE, RAMSGATE Played at SI. Stephen's o n Thursday, December lsi King's, 35; SI. L<'lwrence, 0 For the first time since October 8th we were able to get on to the 1st XV pitch. This was a great boost to morale and it soon resulted in Ou r attack ing strongly. The scru m was giving the threc.quarters n fine service. Khanna opened the scori ng. When recover ing a back pass he d ived over for a Iry by the corner flag. This was SOon followed by two tries by Barber. The pressure on the Sf. Lawrence line was kepI u p and then followed a seq ucnce of fi ve tries by Barker, who wit h his speed and hand.off was virtua lly incapable o f being brought down. n l F. KING'S

At the beginning o r Ihe second half, Khanna ret ired wilh a cut eye and it was surprisi ng that we scored liS many I>oinis as we did with on ly fourteen men and with Ihe SI. Lawrence three.quarters lining up at every opport unity.

v nIB HARLEQUINS R .P.C. Played at SI. Stephen's on Sat urday, December 3rd King's, 3; Harleq uins, 12 For a game that was to be played in mud an d with a slimy ball , Harleq uins sent down the idea l XV. Theirtheir passtact ing ics waswere short and accurate, every member o f Ihe side, includ ing the forwards, had good ha nds and direct. TH E KI NO'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY

Despite the size or the o pposition's serum, the forwards played an adm irable game and even though they were the lighter pack, they pushed well in bot h tight and loose. H arleq uins scored their first try when, after feintinl1 10 the open, their outside hair went bl ind and scored an unconverted try. The preSSu re upon the King's !tne was enormous but il took a well comb ined forward rush to penetrate Our derence for the second try.li ngDefore went further ahead after a fin e run by their left winger and some poor tack by thehalr-time,Harlequins King's defence. After the interva l, K ing's played with more resolution and were often pressing the Harlcqu in's line. Th is preSSure resulted in a fine try by Carey after Evans, with a superb dummy, split open the Harleq uins' defence. Before the close, Harlequins increased their score with <'ll1other unconverted try. KING'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY v TONBRIOOE SCHOOL Played at SI. Stephen's on Saturday, December 10th King's, 12 ; Ton bridge, O Although played in al rocious condi tions, th is match proved 10 be the highlight of the season. The ba ll went from o ne end to the ot her with the fonvards of both s ides fighting a tremendous battle for possess ion of a ba ll wh ich to less experienced sides would have been ;1 liabili ty. TH E

Playing with the wind and ha il at their backs in the first lm lf, King's Soon were pressing as a result of sens ible tack ling. A serum was forced five yards from Ihe Tonbridge line, we won Ihe ba ll and with Wright

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going blind, Khanna received his pass for an unconverted try. Tonbridgc then came back and their forward rushes were at times highly dangerous but eventually judicio lls touc h ~ kickin g ra ised the siege. Khanna also scored t he ot her try before half-lime when he beat a number ofTonbridge defenders for the touch down. With the clements favouring Tonhridgc after half-time, o ur forward s had to fight to keep the ball from the opposing halves. This they d id in a magnificent fas hion and their sw iftness upon the loose ball caused Tonhridgc a greaL deal of worry. T hree-quarters of the game had gone when Barker made a run that wi ll remain in the minds of many people for years. (-Ie gathered the ball in hi s twenty-five and after fighting off a t least five would-be tack lers with handÂˇofTs and recovering tw ice aner he had been brought down, he scored in the corner. The scoring of this magnificent match was completed when Pri tchard landed a penalty goal. KI NO'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY v D OVER COLLEOI: Played at D over o n Wednesday, D ecember 14th King's, II ; D over, 0 Once again it was very wet and heavy underfoot and as a result the effectiveness o f our three-q uarters was slightly reduced. Neverthe less, again the cross-k ick was our most effecti ve weapon, wit h the wingers Barber an d Khanna ve ry fast o n the ball. Dover, wi th a spirited pack , made o ur forwards fight every momcnt fo r the ba ll. T he first try came a ft er a scramble on the right; the ba ll was immediately swu ng out to Khanna on the left, who raced over fo r a fin e try which was converted. Barber made it 8-0 before half-time when he crossed over by the corner-flag. The second half was played in fading light and as a result the standard of pJay went down. Even so, we kept lip the pressure on the Dove r line witho ut scoring u'ntil towards the end o f the game when Evans, go ing blind , sent Khanna ove r for anot her unconverted try. T I-IE

THE 2ND XV Once more we have just fai led to complete a season without defeat bu t our onc lost game was no di sgrace, being against a vcry strong O.K.S. side. J. P. D. Pattrick has lcd the XV very capably througho ut the season and has set an admirable example in sJ)eedy coverin g in attack and in defence. In the serum, Munns has been a tower of strength, hooking very sllccessfully and battling ferociously right to the final whistle. He has been ably supported by Scobie and 1. D. Mackie and fi rmly pushed by Beaugi6 and Cavend ish-Sm ith. The latter was last year's lock and he retained the inst inct of a lock to cover in defence and saved the situation many times. The back row were ve ry rast and determ ined and ruined many oppos ing threequarter movements. Maycock was very lively and J. A. Mackie had been good enough to play for the 1st XV before injury. Press was a very able deput y and was very unlucky not to have a permanent place in the side. Swann at serum-half gave the long service that Campbell prefers a nd also made many elusive breaks by himselr. Campbell, Morpurgo and Swete all played well, though their p.1ssing was 110t up to the same standard as their taking o r p.1sc;es. On the right wing, B.:1 ker has developed well and is now prepared to fight his way through , and C lark o n the ot her wing ~ howcd that he can run powerfully. At full Âˇ back, Boyle was safe in defence but was too oflen caught in possession or the ball . In o ur first match, close-fought against a st ron$ O.K.S. side containing two of last year's 1st XV in the outsides, we were un lucky 10 lose a prop (Mackie) in the first half and we lost by 23 (4 goa ls, 1 try) 10 18, our goals being scored by Swete, Evans and Baker, plus a penalty by Baker. Against K.C.S., Wimbledon, the serums were evenly matched but ollr outsides showed mo re pene tration, though there were tackling weaknesses on bo th sides. Our score, 17 (aga inst 6), was made by Morpurgo (2), a push-over try and two Baker penalties, Kent College sent a very strong side and the batt le was fought in deep mud . King's always looked the more dangerous side but the pass ing a mong the backs was fau lt y and many scoring chances were losl. We on ly drew level in the last seconds o f the game. Scores: 6- 6, our tries by Press and Ca mpbell . 330

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Against East bourne the pitch W.lS even more wi.l(er-I d b I' . . ~upcrbly and, ~wete ~specially, played intelligently m<lki~e u! t lIS~ th,,: outsides hall~lcd the ba ll Judged cross-kick wluch hit the Eastbourne g0.11-post wh 01?C11I ~gS or t e WI/lg5. Baker dtd a cleverlyforwards, Munns a nd Scobie. Our score 25 (to 3) w' ere II w.tS pounced upon by the two front row 8!ld ScobIe. Thc outsides tried the same sort of a~cn~adt;! by Clark. (3), Maycock , Campbell, Morpurgo did no t come off. The forwa rds b.1ttled it o ut furi~usl . gamst R.M.S., D over !he fo lJowmg week and it game 10 the conditions which allowed R M S to SCO/ II,n !he mu~ but the outsides were slow to suit their probably touched dOW;l by lleaugie. '" e lClr try. core: 5-5, o urs being a push-over try,

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The SI. Lawrence match was the first d ry one for a I ' . play. The ~orwards worked as ha rd as usu,ll , espec?~If/ I~~ and k ,alllly the tC<1,,!1 was ull.fit for faOit, open but the o utSides seemed 10 lose the ir verve after a short time It yeoc , ' I~' A. ~a~kle, Pattnck and Munns, thro llg!l Morpurgo (2) a nd a Baker penalty. The pitch WI.;S wwas .l ~ lsapPolnung match, but we won 9-0 and th lllgs went better. The forward p lay was excelle t et agam when we played H .M.S. Worcester ~f the Worcester three-quarter moveme~ t s before the~ d~1 dlthc~at~c~ed the whole time, strangling most limes all the right wing and Camp bell and Swann found g~~ o)).e " ' ad ~r had a good gaJ'!le, scoring three 12- 0 by Baker (3) and Campbell (d.g,), • ps III t le clence to make telhng runs. Score : We had tho same muddy conditions for the Dover C II churned l!P, the o utside:s made some intelligcn t an d well.71' e~1111<Uch: bl~ 1 be~ore. the fie ld ~vas complctcly ~onstructlve play was difficult and the pack battled 0 . I e( mO\~s lesultlllg III three tnes. After thai , 111 the va n. Score: 12-0, by Baker (2), Morpurgo ~~~; ~~e~e~om, with Maycock and J . A. Mackie a lways

The fo llowing played at least fOllr times'-C EB B I ' D S. G. C!ark; ~. M. Campbell, N. M. Swa~n; T. ·M· SC~bic p 'C· ~aker, P. G. Swete,. M. A. B. Morpurgo, Cavend lsh-Smuh , W. D. Maycock , J. P. D. Patlrick' J A Macki' unns, l. D, Mackie, W. Bcaugie, C. H. have been a regular member except for injuries in the 'Ist andI M. P. Press, B. P. Wooderson would Wcbb (I ). . so p ayed:-N. K. Maybury (2) and P. D .

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T HE 3RD XV There. has been a weal.th of talent this year, so that man membe _, 3rd o r, III Ihe c(lse of wmg forw'mls the 2nd XV f y rs of the 4th XV wou ld h<lvc gr'lced the the pack, in which Ga ll wcy, Webb L~a Maybury 'I ~d ~m, years. We have been particularly fort~nate in Charna ud and Clark in the ccmre: and 'To~l1son .:nd C.~~~tr .\.yere all o uts~ andi ng> While Stewart <It fly-half, players. Stokes developed into a qu ietly efficient full b: k 10~le ~n the wlIlgs were all very good thnlst ful we were un~aten in ma.tchcs apart from nn cI1'o ab le dC , an .' wll h such a XV! it wa~ not surp;is ing that to our surpnse to be Sir Roger Manwood 's sfxv g~ne arr.anged at sho rt notice agamst what turned o ut when we scored two goals and a try ( 13 poin ts) .,rtc· b l~r C 1°2seSI rnatch was against Dane Court 1st XV • r emg - nil down ' The follow ing represented the 3rd XY '-5tok . . . Cawthorne, Radcl iffe, Kenney, Press; Stewart e~ 1>wl~on (Ca~talll), Charnaud,~Clark, S. G ., Ba rtley ~t~urR'Carden , Murch, P. S,' Dowd, Roche; 'W~bb"L~1t~ay?~CkAP'NJ ';MM aYbury, N . .K., GaHwey: . ., eeson, E nsor. ' " r, . ., orcom-Harnels, Chesshyre, R esu lts of matches were as follows :_

3rd XV v Sir Roger Manwood's lSI XV LosI0--26 3rd "A" XV v Canterbury Extra " A" X·V. Won 26- 9 3rd XV v Dane Court 1st XV. Won 13- 12 3rd XV v R.M.S., Dover. Won 28-0 3rd XV v SI. Lawrence, Ramsgatc. Won 23-0 4th XV v H.M.S. Worcester. Won 5-0 4th XV v Sir Roger Manwood's 3rd XV. Won 14-0 D.W.B. D .B.G, 331

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T HE COLTS' XV For the second year funning the Colts have wall all their matches and m,lIl for mun this years side' is stronger than last year's. Had they played as well as a team as last year's side did, they would have scored even more points, but the appulling cond itions made it very dimcult to <lequire lhe mobi lily and cohesion one would have liked. They played orthodox rugby and were good in every department. The fo rwards, led by Selby. were remarkably ferocio us al1d in every game established their superiori ty by power play. Every forward played well. The halves were extremely good, Davies supp lying a long pass to Tester, who had the li ne runni ng well . or on severa l occasions used the metical kick ahead ski lfully and prolitably. Kick ing can be discase, but in the cond itions preva lent th is year, with deep Illud and strong winds, it WilS orten the most effective way of gaining ground , a nd Tesler exp lo ited this properly. More than anyt hi ng, it was this tha t gave us superiorit y over the previo usly unbeaten K.C.S., W imbledon side. The three-quarters, pal'l icularly Heyland at ins ide centre, K Olin , and Ridley on the wing, wcrc infi nitcly superior to any opposi tion they mct. Thcy wcre all unusually fast, penetrat ivc and, by the end of the scason sk illrul in the technicali ties of hold ing and l iming a pass and their Hickling as a line was for midable. ' We were without a recognised full back. Barker and Weller, who we re ofT~gamcs the cnt ire term, would probably have Hlled the g<\I>, but Strachan took the position, and perfo rmed lldmirably. H is tack ling and falling were beyond reproach, and at times his kicking to touch from difficult anglcs showed u nexpected

fi nesse. Selby capta ined the side well , and our only regret is that we rarely saw it playing under normal conditions. The fo llowing were awarded Colours:-D<lvies, Harvey, Hessey, Heyland, Kain, Lovegrove, J . d'A. Maycock. J .P. McClure, J . B. Newell, J. R. Paul, R idley, SelbY, Slraehen, Tester, Turner. Methven, Thomas, Maltby and C lark, R. W., also played.

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REsULTS Won 6, Lost 0, D rew 0, Points fo r 106, Po ints against 13 Kent College 24--{) R .M .S., D over 26--0 Eastbourne 9--0 Felsted 14-3 K.C .S., Wimbledon 6-5 Sl. Lawrence, Ramsgate 27- 5

THE J UNIOR COLTS Last year it was sa id of thc Ihcll Under 14 game that despite their successful season, they were far from a good team. This yea r, with the removal of Heyland to the COlIS, where h is outsta nding speed could be matched, every wcak.ness 0 1 the side has been systematically exposed. The main difficul ties lUlVC la in in gelling a pack to play with any so rt of spirit and determination but there are signs thnt, with tbe inclusion of a lot of backs in the serum who have enough speed, the pack are beginn ing to find themselves. Carter has been a tower of strength here, a lways keen, and a good examp le to a ll. His role as leader of the forwards has. however, passed to Austin , who is rather more vocal. A ustin, as a hooker, is learning fast, although he is not really sound enough in the loosc, where his compan ions in the front row, Kent and Wells, are both improving tremendously. Wells. especially, is learning to play with real spirit and his extra turn of speed, previo usly employed Oil the wing, helps him to ba<;.k up wel l. A compan ion for Carter in the second row has been a problem, as Webster has disappointed this year, l hope on ly temporarily. Young, who has come o n a lot since the beginn ing of term, tills the position adequately. 1n the back row, Ped ley has been a recent add ition and is picking up the problems of forward play we ll . His height can be very useful in the line-out, when he jumps, and his speed is an advall tage in the loose. Halsall is coming on well as blind side wing forward, while Wright, on the open side, has a lwilYs given a line ,perfo nnance, and can be a tremendolls asset where morale is concerned. Outside the serum., Low, ill the ccn tre, has the greatest physiC<l1 advantages in size and speed, which he sometimes puts to goocl eflcct, and he has bccn the backbone of the who le defence. As a captain, h~ h2S been very steady and can usually be relied on to makc the right decisions. Brock has bccll nis partner ill 332

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with greatSlone determin ation 't he alt'~~1I~I1 Il C IS . the the centre, playing ofT mark. On the wings, has been hand icapped as a centre by a lack of speed slartt:d the season on Ihe o ther wing, because of hi~I~:~~lfessflll t~~rer and runs most elusively. Redman who IS fas ter. Rose and Paul have been the half-backs th cnL tac mg, but hc was later replaced by Ryan ~ I? latter removed fl'<?m the front row of the scrum! Both have been given a hard time by their forward haye shown promi.se in adverse circumsta nces. A~ 7l~~:~bna~cqbuate p:otccllon and slow heeling, but bot h l>c 1l1 8 the more ol h Fisher and Eves have played • Fisher ~ rehable, alt hough Eves' kiek 'lng ca ll be a ac, great asset. Howeve r, IJ1 a season o f team building Wi Lh constan t Ch d I an~es, the . progress of the team depends more than usual on the willingness of the game a's a wh I and, o n occasions, some competent ~ppo(sit10n °S~~a n Ct b'~ s l~e have ~ I ways given the teumloya l support and Oldham, amongst t.he outs ides, all show ~omi~~e whi 1 S t e mcnt lon o f many, but Hubbard, Bridge, Cooke should not go wlthollt a ment ion fo r S,eir cOI;sistel~ ~orwards, Bennett , Jackson, Walter and n of en (tlhe lUSJasm. { PI ayed 7, Wo n 2, Drawn 2, Lost 3', Po int s I' Ior 41, A gamsl ' 71. ReSlIls:

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There difficulties forming thethat st ron,gesl, posslb. ' le team earl y III . the se.1son a nd it was not until ~rter we arc had always been beaten by R in .M.S., Dover li sted below. We beat Rochester Kent Colle e ~1~~lts~mLfi n<lllY seulcd down to. the powerful combinati on were unable to avenge ourselves 'on R M S h awrellce, Rumsgatc With increasing ease but we which cancelled this and other match~ .. , over III t e return game because of the adverse co'nd ilions

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SQUASH RACKETS · . The ~n os t exciting news for a long t ime is that the tw they will be opened with a suitable fl ourish With fo 0 new courl s Will be ready for use next term when and we hope 10 discover some unexpected As many more people will be able to p:actise years with P. D. MaeNe ice and I A M Mcci I ~s, w~. ave a bctt.er team than we have had in reccnt summarily der~ated 4:-2, and we 'only jus t lost ~~ea °K~~~n 1I1g on the ir d~y. A strong O. K:S. s ide were good start agaillst WlIlchester by winn in g the top m'llel bCou nt~ S. R .A. Side 2-3. MacNelcc gave us n beat liS 4-~ , . but MacNeicc and McClure bot h play~d \~eJlu t ~st tlhe .mateh 2- 1. !V1erchant Taylo rs' and entert ammg match. w 11 e Just os lng, so that thiS also was a close

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SHOOTING D espite inadequate lighting foul weather and initiall d 'l reasonably competent, althou'gh only two "poss ibles" Yw I .at ory .a~tendance, the scores this term have been new.telescopes has improved the fi ri ng-point cond itions ;~~si~~~~biyby Chater. The recent advent of two this termItby fi rsut ' 22 s IlOll Id er-to-sho ulder . match versus St. Ed mund's. We Histo was created theryscores being 777-710. hasour been won, s ggested that we ret urn the match next term with our 2nd VIII under COllI/try Life co nd itio ns. Gro\lp D have has been this term by a b<a tc11 0 f new talen t from the lower school, and the scores and attendance beenenriched very reasonable. The following shotA.for the School term ' -G S . Chater, A. Wright, Rooke T E this Swete p ' Ba.' tCO~, T. D. Hamilton Paterson, R. Crichton J A· P. M. B. Hinchy. ' .. , . < lIle t, . A. D. Freeman, J. P. G reen, R. A. Z~nt'ner, The results of matches so far shot this term : K .S. v KINO'S, TAUf'.fJ'ON. Lost 758-718 K.S . v,. MARLBOROUGH. Wo n 769- 775 K.S. V, KINO'S, ROCHESTER. Wo n 695- 773 K .S. v ETON. Los( 780- 778 K .S. v W ELLINGTON. Lost 782-762 O.D.S. 333

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. We won both our malches: versus Wyc C,?lIcgc on In spite of Tugger we, met regul arly thi S tc;:t ~em ber 26t h. P. Stockdale. something of a (hscovery. November 16th and W inchester College on 0 ber is J ' D H. Baker. OUT new Sccrct~ry, C. A R. L. ran well- a pity he is leaving. Our ot hl~ ~c~v !cabllds~i,~ for lh~"C'lu b' his mllput o f lelters IS phenomenal. Kinghorn, wo rks hard and keenly. w llC 1 Is _a 0 K S team ;,ow n with the Sout h London Harriers )(1 hope to have an . . ' • I k 0 vs ') We have four fixt ures ',lexl term aT r Herb Elliot pull ing in a star appeamllce-W 10 n \ . . on February 4th- there I S even talk 0 • • charge o f the C lub pc. Our thank s to Mr . K. Dickson who, as last year, IS III <

BOXING CLUB .

il ions wcrc held this !cnn . It was (h.sapp01l1111l~

Doth Senior and Ju nior Int~r:H ousc B,OX;.~l' ~f~~P~I\c rc~soll or another l.o attend the rC('IU.I~·cdI1ll11l1~ed lhal some boys who. showed abi lity last. bl,tr, a ~ ,~~c part. H owever. once agnln there were O\CI a lUn( Ie o r instructi onal pe-:'l?ds and were not ,\ e o . entries and competit ion was keen. . ', h'n a rew po int s or o nc ano ther right up to the In the Junior event, G range, Linacrc an~ Gf\~~~~ \;~i~;d' a ~veh-d eserved win by one po int rrom Linacrc. last twO bOlllS where Galpins, who had tra~ne( 1, , . d' g Icad and were never se riously c1~allellged. In the Sen ior Com petition, Linacre buil t up a con~~~~1 ~:~d ev~n bouts which ir not always skllrul were

;C~~~il~l~r~piri~~J~le~ ~~~~~~\ i~,~~~~~:~~~;~t \:~!~ ~~~~~~~ ~~r~u~~~(~~,~~gtl~~~~e~~o '~?ll~J~r!I~~s~c~~~i

and there were a number o r proml smg JUllI ors. . Doxing Cl ub nex t term. . . Evans or the Royal Marines added much to the success or The syml?~thet ic and efficient rcrereelng o r Sgt. • M.E.M . the competition.

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eliti on teams tra ined hard and the .gener~1 standard Once again. in the Junio!, ),-I?lIISC 113a::S~~~~1~~~~rse beat Wai l101e and .Grange WOIlTahgall:~~\:;g~\~~~s\\r~~~ "r p lay was high . The scml-llll<\ s W le . . h he minimum o r bod ily contact.. C I, lhe most attractive to watch. Ph~y wfs .ne<~.r;~ t~ mOVC swirtly and inlelligently InlO the open space. and accurate, the dribbling shOW in g t lel r a I ~ ers tended lo cancel one another Oll~ by very close T he final was a dOll r st.ruggle wh~r!e ol'Pgr;~,~ /IS~h~OI I-louse deserved thei r narrow wild ~ ~~? ~\~~~

~:~~i':~::i!&~~~,~~~~,~a~~~~~ii~~~;01~~~}i~~;id~~I'~~~~il~~::~~rc~~~irl~:ir~~:~~:~~:,sdr~~~::~~~~~~~~~,; :~fl~~;~h~~~ behmd. rorwards supplied with stream accU\ute lMsses. GI-\ o,eever at the end they were oil ly onc goal even in the second hair and passes tended to go ast.ra y. , Reslllt : School House 29 po ints, Grange 27 POlilt S. M.E.M.

THE LIBRARY \I . ._ The

Headmastcr, S. S. Sopw llh , O.K.S., We arc vcry graterul rOf the gi rt or books fro!" the rO O}VIRg ·C \-1 arslon, P. C. V. Law less, O.K.S., J: S. J Miss G ibbs, C. Fai~'s~rvice, E!Cj ..' .R. ~:brl s~ic~'tfh~ United Slates inrmmati on Servicc, A. Watkins, Linnell , O.K .S., The British and I~ ol ci gn I e , O.K.S., Erie ..Collier,.:.Esq.

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O.K.S . NEWS (/It/orllllllioll for il/clusiOIl ill the O.K.s. News will be welr.Olllcd by the fl oll . Secretary of the O.K.S. ASJociatioll, A. D . WILSON, 25, DERKULE YSQUAIU~ , LoNDON , W.I. CHANGES Of ADD ltESS AND ALL ENQUIIUES AUOUT "Ttu:. CANTUARIAN" SHOULD DE SENT TO HIM AND NOT TO HIE EDITORS.) Oxrord O .K.S. Dinller The OxJord O.K.S. Dinner will be held on February 16t h, 196 1. Anyone who has recently gon\! down rrom Oxro rd and who wo uld li ke to attcnd, is <lskcd to write to R . O. LINi'Ol<T11 at St. Edmund Hall. .~

Old "Cunluarians".- The Canterbu ry City Librarian has a set of Calltllarialls in the loca l history section of his rcre rcnce li brary. It is <II present lucking Vols. 1-11 ; Vol. J2, Nos. J, 2, 3; Vol. 15, No. 12; Vol. 17, No.4. l ie would be very gratefu l fo r do nat ions o r any o r the missing cop ies. R. G. LCAD III!ATER (1939-4J) is in charge of firc Hnd accident cla ims with the Alliullce Assuntncc in Yorkshire. SIR GOlt DON COVELL (1 898-05) has recently been awarded bot h the Walter Reed Medal or the A mcricun Society o r Tropical Med icine and the Darl ing Medal and Prizc or the World Hea lth Organisation. The firs t was ror hi s contribut ion to tropica l medicine and the second fo r his work in Malario logy. W. E . GOODA Y (J 905-06) has rctired from mining in the Transvaal and is living in London . He rem.'lins the London committees of several South Arrican gold mines and also undertakes independen t tcchnical trans lation rrom F rench and Roumanian . He is a l-ellow or the Institute of Linguists.

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PADDY ROIJERTS (192 1- 27) in an interview ro r The M elody MakeI' declared: " My singing i.. oO'-key reedy and breathless. However, J've always li ked the sound or my own voice". Neverthe less, since, writ ing Soflly, SoJtly for Ruby Murray in 1954, he has sold over 70,000 E. P. in a most s uccessrul carecr. His latest E .P. is Paddy Roberts Tries Agllill, where he is uccol1lpanied by the Dennis Wilson Octet. Now Chairman or the Songwriters' G uild, his delinit ion or the key to SliCcess in song-writing is " Knowing the right people; having a thick sk in; be ing able to write lyrics .. . . Strictly in that order". A younger O.K.S., RoGER IlH.OWNE (1953- 59) rcatured as a trumpeter in the Public Schoo ls Traditio nal Jazz Band, discussed by Paul T;:lIIlicld in the Daily Mail recently. Unfortunately he o nly plays in the vacation, since he is at Trinity, Dublin. In a very d ifferent corner o r the Illusical world , R. A. O. HALSEY ( 1944-47) and the El izabethan Singers IUlve been very active. During the autumn , they gave three concert s o r sacred music by Brit ish compose rs, notably JJyrd, aL Wcst End or London churches. ROGER LUNN (1 952- 58) is working wit h the Bournemouth Sympho ny Orchestra. C. G . A. PARIS ( 1925- 30) is Vice-President or thc Humpshire Incorporated Law Society, also its H Ollomry Secretary and Tre<tsurer. L. F . PARIS ( 1898- 1903) is a lso an o nicia! or the S<UllC Society.

H.ll. WAYN I'OR'1I 1(1 950-55) is work.ing at the Courtau ld institute or Bi o-ehemistry, Midd lescx Hospital. CAPT. P. CHARlG, R.N. (1924-27) has retired at his ow n request, while COLONEL C. C. SMYTH E, O. II.B., M.e. , D.L. (1 909- 12) has been promoted C.B.E.

.Ln the Chu rch, the Revd . D. G. WH ITEHEAD (1936-41) has moved to a living in Kitwc, Northern Rhodesia. At home, the Revd. R. F. CAR'IWlt IGHT ( 1927- 32) hilS been appointed an Honorary Canon of Bristol Cathedral ; K. AGNEW (1946-53) Ims been o rdained and R. I ~ARD ( 1945-47) accepted ro l' training tiS an Ord inand . Among various distinct ions gRillCd by O. K.S., D. PESCI-II:K ( 1946-5 1) has been appointed research assist;ull to Lhe Gren ter London Group at the London School o r Economics ;Uld Poli tical Science ; Major-General

E. D. IÂˇANSIIAWl;. (191 1- 13) has been elected Sheriff or Northalllptonshire ror 1960-6 1; R. M. BLACKALL (1949-55) has gained his B.Sc. rrom King's College, Lo ndo n. JOHN DUNN (1947- 53) was one or eight of the B.B.C. Announcing Staff who were seen at the Radio Show, broadct\sting the Light Progranune's hourly news bulletin . He joined the ll.B. C. in 1956, artcl' three yeurs ill the H. .A.r., and became an announcer in 1959.

JOli N BLACKf-,IOH E, LH.J.U.A., A.A. DIPLOMA ( 1935- 39) has been writing fo r th ~ )'ork~hil'e I'ost abou t " Planning the New Hospitals", in which he disc usses the great problems conrronling the Mini stry or Il ca lth as it s lowly begins to solve the chronic shortage o f h ealth facilities.

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.., I ' the rowing world Ap.ul from the distinctions in O .K.s. l~avc c<!ntinucd to dlstl!1gu lsh l~he':llSC vej lit FREW (1952-59), ut Cambridge, has been rowing the OlymP.lcs whl~h we rc~rted.1I11. ourh ' las~ l~fuc6xford Junior Trials. S. C. FARMER (l953-59) has stroked in the Cupid boat In the VIII sTria s, W Ie 111 l C one of the VlII's. • . I I' 1954-59) played in the Freshmen s Tria sat ... uggeT. Also at Oxford, C. O . R UDGARD ( .' I h' d h t 1937-45) in his design for decoration of Corpus Chnst l hall laS ac (eve w a DR . MALCOLM BURGESS ( .' t"v effcct at the trifling cost of £4,000", The beams are Varsity describes as "an. cxtraordl;~ar~~ pror~,~ ~e~1tury floral design, with dark-bluc corne~s, "sprinkled red, black ~nd gold, willie tMhe \Val s ,\.vc " some OI)Posilion now appear to approve of tillS dcslgn. ost (ons, ,\ rte I ' . 't h N'ltivlty Play stars". WI < E I T(1955_ 60)hasbeen se lecledaso ne oftwentycandldates Finally, among the most re.cellt 9· KrJi' , M ~ Ll't older a new a,;prent iceship scheme, which includes three to en ter the. Pos~ Office Engll~ecrlllg cpar ~~;~ aureHo",: student , has begun a survey of bells in ~ent parish years at University. ~ .. I?AV('"9·S5(5195650-) ~), ccessful in entry as a naval cadet on the General List, after a churches. N. I-1. 01l1FH1 1-1 I wassu . dRAF competit ion last May fo r cand idates from the A rmy, R.N. an . ..

ENGAGEMENTS W tt (1933 39) to Dr N Patricia Raitt. WA'ITERS- RAI1-r.- Roger ~Is . 1- J. rman (1947-51) to Salty Watson-Williams . JARMAN-WATSON-WILLlAMS. lfIstop ler 9 '~7) to Amanda Mary Legge. NORTH-LEG~E'~l?csm~~C:;~tJ~I~O{~};r~~g4Sainsbury (1951-55) to Vanda Walney . SAINSBURY- 1 NEV 0 Whitelcgg (1952-56) 10·Jennifer Anne Parkcr. WHITELEGG- ARKER . . ·w r h ( 1950-55) to Frances Sharp. WAYNFORTH-SHARP.-Bryan ayn ort

;-_ R

MARRIAGES

. J R (1949-53) to Miss M . Bell. CAI'URRo-I3ELL.- . . lPurro . F . (1948-53) to Suzanne Pl islcr. F ltEVER-PHSTER.- C ha ries W~n d.11oIm I rcycl(19 -0-53) to Coral Elizabeth Maste rs. BARLTROI.-MASTERS - Petcr Colin Bar trop;:' M Ball

~~~E ~;;~~-;M~!:~fJ JH!~~~S~~[~h(lr~3~~~ t~o ~:~~JElai~~YMorley.

. * A V T DC'lIl ( 1909-18) to Ed ith Mny ones. DEAN-.J ONIM:S ,. . D'r F' L Whalley (1939-43) to J a ne Alison Meryoll. We l"I ALLEV- ESE.RYORN'- L . Dr'ees'e (1942-45) to Miss Anne Shires. REESE-SHIR . - . J . .

BIRTHS "60. to Evelyn, wife of C. McK. C ray (1940-45). a second daughter, Catherine

CltAv*.- On 3rd Junc, 17

H~~;!~*.-OI1

15th November, 1959 to Irene wife of P. C. 1-1. H olmer (1937-4 1), ~ Is)econd sO'~i on NEWSOME*.- On 18th Fcbruary, 1960: to Doro'thY, wife of F/Lt. P. Newsome (1945- • a secon s , Richard James. be 1960 Norma JOY (lUte Fallet), wifc of R . O. Leadbcater (1939-41), LEADDEATER.-On 22nd Seplem r, , to

~ ~h~g~~i~o~C:~~I~i:~ror o mitting these announcements from

Vo l. XXV Ill , No. 3.

DEATHS I h 1960 D It Haines (1922-30) at Torqu<lY· .. HA INES.- On Decem ber I t , I [; d' ~lar~ld Edward Alsion Horn (1903-07), former Vicar of StamHORN.-On November 30th, I lC "cv . bourne, Esscx. 336

THE

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O.K.S. Canterbury Dinner When the idea of an O.K.S. Can terbury dinner was first debated by the committee, graduate members unanimously spoke of thc greater enthusiasm for college association dinners when held in the collegc compared with evcn the most splendid li ve ry hall in London. On 1st October, two hundred and fift y O.K .S.. maste rs and senior boys sat down in the Oreat Hall to prove that O.K .S. dinners run true to this form . The County l-Iotcl lOOk over the whole o f the north entrance to the Oreat Hall for it') hot-plates and thus succeeded in providing the feast of five courses from kitchens and cellars half-a-mi lc away. Complaints o f food less than hot wcre astonish ingly few. The dinncr started with a beautiful sung grace fro lll the galle ry and indeed the beauty of the whole evcning was its no table feature: the Grea t Hall it self, the nowers on every tablc provided by an anonymous donor. thc noodÂˇlighting of several parts o f the School. The dinner was served expeditiously and the speeches were both br icf and a model of what such speeches should be. As an experimcnt, Ihe Association's Presiden t invited an out side speaker to propose the toast "Floreat Schola Regia". Si r Aynsley Bridgland dea lt fac tuall y wit h the School's performance and added some personal views about the good fortune tha Lattended boys in a school like K ing's. In the Headmaster's abscnce Ihrough ill ncss, Archdeacon Sargcnt had thc un4 enviable task of replying. He bravely don ncd his govcrnor's hat (hc is also an O.K.S.) and gave a reply that had bo th scholarly wit and import. From his vantage point o f one o f the last Green Court houscs not (yet) annexed by the School, he was well-placed to watch the School's thriving li fe. He al so lodged a dormit ory of new boys. This microcosm showed him that the School's characte,. was happy, he..1lthy and friendly and encouraged the initiat ive without which discipline is worthless. For those with a m ind for figurcs, these have been worked out about the attendance: WH ERE THEY CAME FROM (0. K.S. & MASTERS)

THE

C'lnterbury and district K.S . Masters (including O.K.S.) Rest of Kent .. . London Surrcy .. . Sussex .. . Hants . .. . Essex .. . Birmingham Leics .... Ot he r places

YEAR TUBV LEFT (O.K.S. ONLY)

1900-10 1911 -20 192 1-30 1931-40 1941 -50 195 1-55 (5 years) 1955-60 (5 years)

6 29 14 9

8 4

6 5 14 10 12 IJ 42

3 2 2 10

100 %

T hose present were (w ith date of leaving in brackets): (60) R. Baker (57) (04) I. B. C. Balkwill (57) (57) D. W. nail (Master) (60) D. G. Barber (55) P. W. Barker 58) (57) J. E. Barren 58) (60) (08) L. J. Bassett (17) P. J. Baxter (60) (46) J . M. Bcaugic (57) (51) R. M. Bcaugic (59) ( ) A. G. C . Bcnnett 28 ((57 (58) M. J. Bibby (07) J. Bickersteth (Governor) (60) (23) J. S. Bi1I inghurst (17) M. E. Billinghurst 58 (58) P. B. Billingh urst (25) W. H. Bishop (59) (43) J . W. Blackmore (37)

M. H. Ackland T. S. Adams A. J . Agnew M. R . Allen P. J. D. Allen P. C. Ament D. R . S. Anderson G. R. M. Apsey B. H . Arnold P. H. Arnold D. Ashenden D. s. C. Ashenden H. C. Ashenden M. R. Ayli ng D. E. Bacon I. M. Bacon N. V. Baco n M. G. Ba ke r

337

J. G. Blake G. F . Blume r J. A. B1undcll P. F. S. Blunt J. M. Bodger F. C. Bovenschen H. K. Bray R. D . F . Bream M. E. C. Brown H. A. Browning R. H . Browning A. C. Budd C. H. Budd A. W. Budgcn R. B. Bussell M. H. Caldwell O. W. M. Carter D. H. B. Chcsshyre

(55) (29) (39) (58) (54) (03) (59) (53) (55) (22) (59) (19) (04) (59) (60) (60) (27) (59)

THE C ANTUARIA N (55) (59) (59)

J. L. D. Radcl iffe H. D. C. Rapson J. S. Reacher

(22)

(25) (34)

O. B. Jackson

(58)

D. D . Rennie

P. G. Reynolds

(58)

A. Jacob D . J. B. Jervis D . D . Jcvons'

(25) (23)

J. P. Richardson

(44)

G. L. Clarke (4 1) S. Collier (54) E. H. Cornelius (43) A. B. Curry (50 & Master) J. A. Cushman (43) O. R . F. Davies (57) E. S. D awkins (24) (56) R. H. T. D awk ins

H. R. J. Hoare

K . A . Dickson K. B. Dickson C. G. L. Dodd

H. L. Joseph D. H. W. Kelly L. A. Kenny

(Master) (06) (57) (57)

J. M. Draper D. J. East (58) J. H. Edmonds (Headmaster J.K .S.) P. R. H. Elliott (27) (26) W. E. Elvy A. A. Elwort hy (58) (48) A. Endersby D. J. Evans (58) (59) J. B. S. Fielding F. F. Finn (13) P. D . Finn (26) R. A. Finn (1 8) C. Fish ( ) (18) R. C. U. Fisher B. D . Foord (58) A. Fox-Male (26) J. R. Frew (58) (40) D. H . Freeland N. H. Freeman (56) P. H . Garwood

( Maste r)

J. H . P. Gibb H. H. Goldsmith D . S. Goodes P. H . Gordon W. H. P. Gorri nge c. F. Graham D. C. Graham P. J. B. Grainger M. J. Gregory L. Grimson R . F. W. Grindal K. A . C. Gross J. C. Gunner J. Hadfield P. C. Hammond F. R . Hamp S. C. H ardisty J. L. H arland E. O. H arris J. B. Harris R W Harris R : M: Harvey D. R . Heygate D . I. Hill S. W. Hinds A. T. H irst

(39) (24) ( Master) (59) (16) (60) (55)

(59) (56) ( ) (39) (Master) (57) (54)

(46) (28) (56) (41) (22)

(59) (Master)

(58) (56) (31) (33) (59)

P. H . Ho lmes~John son P. W . H ope-Jones G. M. Housden

R. C. Killin D. H. Ki ng F. J. D . Lambert C. E. L1tter P. H. Lec1 R . F. LUIlJl G. M. Lynch J. D. Macildo wie P. R . Mallorie. J. A. W. Martm

W. d'A. Maycock A. R . H . Mi leson

E. A. Mitchell . B. E. Money J. P. D . Moore D. K . L. Morgan R. B. M organ

D . T. Mortimer E. W. Mowll W. R. Mowll A. R . Mulford C. J. Mulford A. J. Munro

1. A. Murdoch G, C. Musson J. D. Neil

1. Norri s F. G. 1. N orton H . W. Osmond

H. V. Page P. S. Paine C. G . A. Paris J. E. Pawseyl R. H . Pawsey J. R. E. Paynter H. L. S. Pearse J. R. Pearson M. H. Penn R . J. Percival J. D . PeHifer J. Polglase

(56) (23) (53) (37) (40)

(58) (60) (25)

(46) (58) (55) (60) (40)

(59) (29)

(59) (56) (07)

(56)

(48)

(Master) (57) (22)

(27) (60)

(59) (36)

(59) (60) (26) (60) (51)

(Master) (24) (37) (30) (54)

(58) (Master) (1 6)

(19) (40)

(60) (39) (59) (46 & Master) P. Pollak (51) A. B. Pollock (45) R. G . Powell (42) F. C. Pratt (60) M . J. Pritchard (47) C. R. Quested

338

(59 ) (39)

R. D. H. Roberts (5 1, Master) F. A. Rockley (60Âť c. N. Ryan (11 D . C. Ryeland (53) R. ll. Ryeland (50) A. Sargent (14) N. H. Scott (Master) P. J. Seymour (59) J. C. G. Smith (59) (56) R. J. Snell D. A. Somerville (27) S. S. Sopwit h (05 & Master) F. Stanger

R. F. St iles P. D. V. Straller C. B. Stroll ts R. G. Strouts R. P. G. Sturgess N. A. J. Swanson M. T. Thorburn W. O. Tilton B. J. Tomalin H. D. Townend J. C. Trice A. J. Trousdell M. R. Tuohy

( Master)

(31) (39) (55) (1 8)

(51) (56) (56) (35) (48) (10)

(56) (06)

(60)

A. Turner H . A. Turner

(58) (41)

M. C. Turner

(54)

P. F. Va lpy P. F. W. Venn

F. H . Voigt G. M. A. Wallis D. J. Walter A. T. Webb H. J. Wenban P. G. Wenley

O. J. C. Wethered D M Whewell J. White R. G. Whitelegg C. M. J. Whittington S. C. Wilkinson G. Willsdon A. D. Wilson R. F. L. Wood C Worsrold H' G. Yc."wood T ' G . Yearwood 0'. A. Young J. G . Young W. C. Young

(57Âť

(60 (M aster) (57)

(56) (57) (17) (Master)

(60) (60) (56) (56) (57) (57) (40) (40)

(59) (22) (37) (38) (32) (29)

(38)

T H B C ANTUA tU AN

OBITUARIES OLIVER FRANCIS H UYSHE, M.C., B.A. (1899- 1904) J. TwellsÂˇGrosse, O.K.S., must have been one of many who read wi th deep regre t in Tlte Times of Augwt 28th, of the death of Oliver Huyshe. Son of Canon Francis John Huyshe, he was born on July 26th, 1885. He entered K ing's in' 1899 and rapidly earned ,a reputation on the spon s' field. He was a member of the 1st Cricket team for four years, and Captain in 1904. As well ns playing in the Rugger XV for three seasons, he was awarded his Spons Colours in 1902. Next yea r he entered the VJ Form, was appoin ted a moni tor, and became Capta in o f Games, a posit ion he held for two years. His contemporary, J. TwcJls. Grosse, writes; "My most vivid recollections of him arc of his coming up smiling and muddy from under a serum , beckoning im perio llsly with very large wicket.keeping gloves to a fielder o ut of his position and running in, appare ntly quite fresh, .. fter 15 miles o f cross.country" .... "no one could have been more unassuming. He seemed to lake everything in his st ride ." Oliver o r "Squish" went up to Keble in 1904. His great persona lity and spiri t stOod him in good stead there, for he o btained hi s B.A. ill 1907, in additio n to running for the University I-l ares and Hou nds I' Cambridge from 1904 until 1906. In 1905 he gained a full Blue and also played in the Freshmen's Cricke t Match; the fo llowing two years he was in the Seniors' Tria ls. During the Great War he was conuniss ioned in the R.A. S.C. and was awarded the Military Cross. At the time of his death he was Lord of the Manors of Sand and C lyst Hydon. "He never made an enemy and never lost a friend". We extend our sympathy to a ll his relat ions and friends.

FRANCIS HERBERT CAMPION HARRIS,

F.C.I.S.

Francis Harris, whose death at the aged of 83 occurred on 5th October, 1960, was Bursar of the School rrom 1945 to 1948, his period in this position covering the difficu lt time of the School's return from Cornwall and the re-establishment in Cante rbury. Mr. Harris, who was educa ted at the Grocers' Company's School, had had a long business career as a Chartered Secretary and had served in the London Volun teer Riflcs during the South African War, at the Ministry of Munitions in tbe First World Wat and at Royal Ordnance Factories during the second, but it was as a friend that he joined the staff, since he had a c lose interes t in the School through his longs tanding friendshi p with H. J. Cape, the co-a uthor of Schola Regia Call/uariensis . He took an act ive part for many years in the Boy Scout Movement and was a Commissioner. Those who were members o r the School in the immediate post-war period wil l re membc,' Mr. Harris's unfailing courtesy and kindness to all those with whom he came in con tact; he seemed completely impertu rbable, however difficult the circ umstances might be. Alt hough he took a pos t as Librarian to the Institute of Cost and Works Accountant s when he left the School, his inte rest in it conti nued right up to the time or his death and he was all avid reader of the Call/uadau. Our sympathy is extended to the members of his family in their loss.

LLEUTENANT MICHAE L DESMOND BRISTOWB,

R.N.

(1944--1947)

Michael Bristowe en tered the School in May, 1944, during its exi le in Cornwall and, on its return to Canterbury in 1945, volun teered to leave School H ouse and he lp as a young pioneer member in the establishment of Luxmoore House. Michae l was a shy, modest boy, without robustness of hea llh o r apt itude for games, but with a warm, affectionate nature and a marked sense of service to his fellows shown in his readiness to answer every call made for assistance in those .austere days. His hobby of pho tography and desire for a full life of service wi th adventure led him to exchange a Solicitors' Articles for the career of Royal Naval Photographer and later to serve as such for fifteen months in Korea. His ent husiasm for flying brought him later a pilot's commission and service in H .M.S. Vie/orious. His flying skill and pcr~ sonal qualit ies led to hi s select ion as an Instructor at Lossiemout h, whe re he was engaged at the time o f his dea th in training N.A.T.O. pilots. Michael was ki llcd ins tant ly on Octo be r 18th wit h hi s trainee, whi le flYing a Vampire which exploded shortly after take oiT. The School and Luxmoorians of his generation extend their deepest sympathy in his untimely death to his wife, his parents and young family.

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T HE CANTUA IU AN SIR MORR IS CARTER,

C.D.E.

(1887-1892)

WiJl imn Morris Carlcr, born in 1873, d ied 0 11 September 22nd. Entering the Schuol in IK87, he became a Scholar in 1889 and wus in the Sixth the next year. A Monitor in 1891, he became Captain of School in that ycar, and was in the X I in 1891 ,lnd 1892. He lert with a Rose Exhibition to B.N.C., where

he had obtained a Hu lme Exh ibition. I-Ie look a th ird in Classica l Mods., a second in L'lw, and proceeded

further to the n.c.L. Admitted to Lincoln 's Inn, he gained <l Certificate of Honour in the Bar exams., and the Special Prize of the Council o f Legal Education in Colonial and E ngl ish Law nnd Legal History. In 1902 he became Magistrate in British East Africa (Mombasa); and next yeaI' J udge of H.M.'s High Court of Uganda and of H.B.M.'s Court o f Appea l for East Africa. In 1912, Mo rris Carter was made Chief J ustice of Uganda and nine years later of Tanganyika, after which he was President of the Court of Appeal for East Africn from 192 1 till his retirement in 1924. In these busy years he had found time to be jointauthor of The-Laws of Ug(ll/da a nd to reyeal hi mself as an expert on nati ve land tcnure. During the F irst Wo rld War he served as Captain in the Uganda Volunteer Reserye, and us Lieutenant-Colonel in the Uganda T ransport Corps, and Wi.IS mentio ned in despatches in 19 17. 1n 19 18 he W<lS made a C. B.E. and Knighted in 1919. Though retired from the UIW, Sir Morris returned to work as hairman of the Southern Rhodesian l a nd Commission ( 1925) .md, in 1929, he went to Uganda as Cha irman o f a Commission all the Cotton Industry. Three yem s later he wus Cha irman of the Kenya Land Commiss ion and in 1936 was a member of a Royal Commission to report und advise on the pos ition in Palesti ne. In late years he Iiyed in Oxford , and attended the only Oxfo rd O.K.S. Dinner after the Second War which thi s writer remembers to have been held until 1959. A thick-se t, genial man o n whose health hard work never seemed to have made ravages, Sir Morris auendcd the annual O.K.S. Dinners in Lo ndo n not infrequently lip to the outbreak of the Second War and perhaps once or twice after the war; but not recently for a good many years by reason of age and health. Till the Second War he had a lways been an active man, keen on golf and tenn is, a member of the M .C.C. and a frequent visitor to the Riviera. For some time he had- in the 'twenties and ' thirtiesmaintained a residence ilt Le To uquel. Few o f his School contemporaries survive-though happily Dr. Charles E theridge and Somerset Maugh<lm arc st ill with .us.

ROGER MOORE (194 1-44) Roger Moore's contemporaries will be saddened to learn that he died on January 28th of this year after an illness which had lasted fo r some years and was courageously borne. Indeed , he renmined at workas a solicitor in Dover- to wit hin <l fort night of his deat h. Roger Moore was at School entirely in o ur Cornwa ll epoch , his father being a distinguished s urgeon in St. Auste ll. He left wit h the in tent ion o f making the Royal Navy his professio n, but dOUbtless delicate health dictated .mother calling. Those who were in Cornwall with him will remcmber him as a slender-bui lt , dark-haired I"d wi th a kind and attract ive personality. They will be sorry to leurn of his decease but gratefu l for hav ing known h im. To his wife and to his mothcr we extend our respectful and sincere sympath ies.

WILLI AM AUSTIN A familiar figure to many generations of boys o f this School, Mr. Austin died on August 23rd last at the age of 93. He came to work on the do mestic statr in 1893 during the Hcadmaste rship o f Dr. Field, and served faithfu lly until he retired ill 1934. In his later yea.rs he was much incapacitated, but his memories a nd thoughts were always with the School and the happiness he had found in his working life among its

boys. R.I.P. ETHELBERT BERNARD HOSKI NG ( 1904-09)

â&#x20AC;˘

Ethelbert Bernard Hosk ing was a Scholar here from 1904-09. He then went to Oxford, where he was a Scho lar of Wadham Co llege. On Boxi ng Day. 19 13, he left for Kenya, where he had a dist inguished career in the Administnttive Service, becoming Chief Native Com missioner in 1937 till hi s retirement in 1944. Since then till his sudden deat h on September 29th o f this year he and hi s wife continued to live there. The foll owing is an ex tract from a loca l paper : " He was not only an able admini strator but he was loved and respected by all [aces. He retained his passionate concern for the rights of the individual to the end of his life and no-one ever came to him for help or advice in vain . Hi s deat h will leave an irreparable gap in the Mo ibeu district .... His wit was a delight and his book Kiselln was a best-se ller in its way". Sir R ichard T urnbull , G overnQr of Tanganyika, wrote: " There we re hundreds of liS who were brought up under hi s wise guidance and who lea rnt their trade from him . There can never have been a beller teacher; he instructed by exnmple and by comment that was so general and so kindly that one never realised until later that one was meant to profit by it and it was largely through him that the Kenya Adm inistration developed such a grea t Ila me for itself".

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THE TONBRIDGE MATCH

THE CANTUAR I AN THE REVD. THEOPH ILUS WINGFIELD HEALE (1897- 99) The Revd. Theophilus Heale, son of the Rcvd. James Newton Heaic, M. A., was born on August 12th, 1887. After staying at King's for two years, he gained an Exhibition at Brasenose College, Oxford, in 1899. In the years preceding World War It he was awarded his B.A. and was ordained. After becoming an M .A . in 1915, he went to Clifton College as an assistant master. However, two yC<1TS later he became a Chaplain to the Forces, and was Mentioned ill Despatches just before the Armistice, while with the 1st Division, The Royal Artillery. From 1920 to 1925, he wao; Chaplain at R.M.C. camberlcy and aga in from 1933 to 1938. The intervening years he spent in Jama ica. In 1938 he became Conduct and Maste'r of the Choristers at Etan and in J 943 was made Senior Conduct and Assistant Master, a post he held until four years later, when he took over the parish of Eridge G reen, Sussex. When he retired in 1959, the Revd. Heale went to li ve at Tunbridge Wells, where he died in October. We ext end our sympat hy to all his relations and friends.

CORRESPONDENCE To Ihe Edito"~' O/THE CANTUARIAN Dear Sirs" J gal~er that the Revd. D. L. Edwards' article "Christians and the Bomb" in The Church Times is to be reprinted in your current issue. J hope you will allow me to comment. He says that uno American President would unleash <lgony on the cities of his own land to save Berlin or Formosa from Communist occupation. Alt hough we threaten to do so, no one believes our blufTa relevant strategic cons iderat ion". 1 do not believe that either of these statements are true. If an America!) President thought it necessary to unleash the bomb in order to prevent the same agonies fa lli ng ultimately upon the cities of his own land, he would do so. Further, no one who has heard any of the Commun ist broadcasts in English commenting upon world affairs, or rc.1d orthe Communist propaganda at the time of Dien~B i en~Phli or in Polynesia since 1945, and seen how infinitely more subtle, simple and ~ suitable it is than our own, can doubt that enormous populations in Asia, both those under direct Commun ist rule and those submitted to fa r more realistic and ruthless propaganda than ours, DO fear that we would lise the bomb. I submit that much of the policy of our strategists wou ld be impossible were it not for the subconscious knowledge that "we've a lways got The Bomb", Again : " I have heard it argued that ordinary people cannot dist inguish between the greal and the limited nuclear weapons, so that Christians must protest against them all. But thi s seems to me to be branding Christian propaganda wit h unrealism from the start-.md incidentally to be a libel on the intelligence of ord inary people". Not on ly cannot "ordi nary people" make such a dist incti on; neither can the specialists. The reason is that the total effects of their usc cannot be experimentally determined upon human beings and therefore the implications of the uses of large and small nuclea r weapons can nOl be differentiated. The comment that this argument is "branding Christian propaganda with unrealism" is no argument. It is a description and probably a true one. Finally. a genera l point. He says that the "campaign (sc. for uni latera l dismmament) is intensely moral". He docs not answer the campaign's argumen t. Those who would say that no one in this world can keep their hands clean do not answer the a rgument , nor can such arguments either absolve us from trying to keep them clean in every possible way or excuse us if we deliberately dirty them. Any policy wh ich allows the public avowa l that nuclear weapons may be used is guilty of the possible and probable effects which will visit children unto the third, the fourth and many future generations after their use by anyone else upon anyone, since it will have helped to generate the atmosphere in which their use is possible. The moral point seems to be thal only if a major power which has the bomb has the courage to say outright, "We will NEVER use the bomb in any circumstances", can anyone else begin 10 act as though they NEED not. The consequences may be appalling but if mora l arguments (opposed by "a creed which recommends itself on ethical grounds") are accepted as valid in this context, surely it must be clear that the moral victory secured if we could command belief in such a n unequ ivocal declaration would im~ measurably improve the atmosphere in which to fight the dangers to which we would expose ourselves. There could be no more st riking proof of our integrity to provide a basis for negotiat ion; nor does there seem to he any other ae' : quate proof. Yours fa ith full y, H. M. P. DAVIES, 0,

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THE CAN TUARIA N Park Grove. Lye Green,

Withyham,

Sussex. 271h October, 1960.

To 'he Edilors Dear Sirs,

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O.K.S. Colours In The Call1llorian of November, 1911, there was a n account of a meet ing of O. K.S. held at the 15choo1 on Speech Day of thaL year, to decide o n new O.K.S. colours, to replace the previolls "enti rely unsuitable"

ones. Mr. Latter, then Head master and himsel f an O.K.S., was in the Chai r, lind C. N. Ryan (Captain of the School) was also present , and as a result o f the meeting the Cambridge O.K.S . colours were officially adopted

for use by O.K.S. gcners lly, consist ing of the School co lours, blue, white and blue, d ivided by broad stripes of reddish-brown (maroon),

In the account of the meeti ng I am described as the originator of the colours. This is no t qu ite true, though I took the lcad ing part , being at the time Secretary of the Cambridge O.K.S. There were twenty~one of us, and being dissatisfied with the then offic ial O.K.S. colours we called fo r deo;igns from A. W. Sm ith, the o ut fitter in King's Parade, and from them chose the present ti c and adopted it as the Cambridge O.K.S. tic . I have oft en been asked why we chose maroon fo r the add itional colour. There was no significance in it. We told A. W. Smith we wanted the School colours divided by some su itable colou r and, of the various coloms he showed us, we tho ught the maroon was the best and most d ist inctive. C. J. N . Adams from Oxford thought we should have had green instead of maroon, thus anticipating by forty-eight years the present O.K.S. golf Lie, but the meeting tho ught the maroon su itable and thz choice wac; made. I am sorry now that we did not think to choose blue in place of maroon, as in the "Town tic" recently devised by John Jervis and the present O.K.S. Committee and, if O.K.S. show a preference fo r the bl ue. I for one wou ld be in fa vour of its adoption as the official O.K.S. tic for all purposes cxcept golf, lett ing the maroon t ie lapse when present supplies are worn o ut or exhausted. You rs faithfully, H . D . TOWNENO ( 1905- 10).

OUR CONTEMPORARIES The Editors acknowledgc the receipt of the following magazines and apologise for any omissions:Th e Ample/orth JOllmal, The Barroviall, The Bellelldell Magazille, The Bradfield College Chrollicle, The Campbelliall, The Cambridge UlliI'ersity Medical Society Magazine, The Cholmeleiall, The Crallbrookiall, The Decalliall, The Dells/olliall, The Dovorial1, The EaStbOIll'lliol1, The St. Ellward's School Chrollicle, The Elizabethall, The Epsomiall, The Glellolmond Chrollicle, The Gmmmarioll, The Gresham, The f1aileyburiall ,1IId 1.s.C. Chronicle, The Hurst Jol",iall, The Impala , The Kellt College Magazine, The King's School Paramotra Magazine, The Lancillg School Magazine, The Lalymeriall, The Lawrel11ian, The LorelfOl/iall, The Ma/l'el'llioll. The Ma11l voodian, The Mar/burian, The Meleor, The Mill Hill Magazine, The Milner COllrl Chronicle, The Ollsel, The Radleiall, The Rep/olliall, The Roffensiall, The School Tie, The S tonyllllrst Magazine, The S toff/ort/iall, The Sun Ol/ian, The Tllfmt/erer, The TOllbddgiall, The Upper Canada College Magazine, The Wish Stream , rhe Worksopioll. 342

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CONTENTS E DITOR IAL ... THE SCHOOL SALVETE VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES VALETE THIS AND THAT "BUDDHISM AND CHRISTIANITY" ... MR. E. PRINS DR. ERIK ROUTLEY SCHUTZ'S " MATTHEW PASSION" "JOURNEY TO FORMOSA" POETRY LECTURES THE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC EXHIBITION THOMAS LINACRE WH ITHER, 0 SPLENDID SHIP? THE WOEFUL HISTORY OF KONG HO " TANGENT"

RUNDOWN ON BROADWAY SERGEANT MARSHALL ... THE FEAST SOCIETY AFRICA, PAST, PROBLEMS AND POTENTIAL THE RAILWAY AGE HE RE AND HEREAFTER THE SAND ... CANTERBURY REBUILT LETTER FROM NORTH BORNEO NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OUTING HOUSE PLAYS INDIAN DIARY MUS IC CIRCLE CONCERTS EA RWIGS IN A PADLOCK OXFORD LETTER ... THE LIBRARY THE SOCIETIES THE SECOND ORCHESTRA THE SCHOOL CHOIR CHAPEL NOTES e.e.F. NOTES HOCKEY THE BOAT CLUB RUGGER

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THE CANTUARIAN VOL. XXVIII No. 5

APRIL, 1961

EDITORIAL THE SHADOW OF THE CATHEDRAL

There are many schools in Britain which maintain a close connection with the Church, and not a few which are cathedral foundations: but there is perhaps none which is so closely bound up with a cathedral of such spiritual dignity as our own. Yet this tie is something which we tend to take for granted. The Cathedral and all that it stands for may exercise an unconscious influence on our minds: we have often heard old boys of the School saying- sometimes in a tone of slight surprisethat "what really sticks in their minds is the Cathedral". This is not mere sentimentality. What they remember is not the scholarships they won, the teams they played in, or the honours they acquired; perhaps not even the masters and boys with whom they were contemporary: but the Cathedral. Even though we take it for granted, it exercises its pull upon us; on any account, it is a force to be reckoned with. From this even the most irreligious of us may gain some notion of how immense that force might be, if we would only use it consciously. We are, after all, the inheritors of an educational tradition sponsored by the Church. Not only our own School and many others, but the universities and colleges to which many of us will go, are Church foundations: and though 'they have outgrown the monasteries which gave

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them birth, they still stand for those two ideals, "godliness and good learning", which must ever remain linked if any educational institution is to be a power for good within the state. Nothing that we have written in these columns before about the importance of service, of unselfishness, and of loyalty can mean anything whatsoever, if it is not supplied with that spiritual background which alone gives such ideals meaning and force. For we do not go to school to acquire learning merely, as if we were only intelligent apes being taught to use a typewriter or activate the controls of a space rocket. It is this sort of lea rning whi~h has placed in the hands of human beings powers which they seem incapable of controlling. No: we go to school to acquire good learning. And "good learning" is meaningless without the concept of godliness: for it is only by worship and prayer, by coming to understand the nature and the will of God, that we can hope to know what is good and what is not. For no learning- nor power, nor success, nor honour- is good in itself: even the ability to speak English allows us either to bless our neighbour, or to curse him. Religion is not a part of our lives at school: it is-or it should bean aspect of our whole lives. It is not something which we do when we are not playing games, or working, or singing: it is something which ' should inform and spiritualise all our activities- something which should shine through them and in them. The Cathedral is not just a building which we go to on Sundays: it is an integral part of our life, and should dominate our life as its structure dominates other buildings. We all know, in our heart of hearts, the supreme importance of this: but it is only by unremitting attention to it, by making ourselves as conscious and willing as possible to playa full part, that we shall ever come to reap its full benefits.

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THE SCHOOL Head Head Head Head Head Head Head Head

Captain of the School: G. C. PRITCHARD of Luxmoore House G. C. PRITCHARD of Walpole House ... H. A. RUDGARD, K.S. of Linacre House ... P. R. ATKINSON of The Grange C. G. LEWIS, K.S. of Marlowe House ... C. R. BARBER of School House D. A. YOUNG of Galpin's .. . R. A. P. CARDEN of Meister Omers M. M. G . STANLEy-SMITH, K.S.

SCHOOL MONITORS G. C. PRITCHARD, H. A. RUDGARD, K.S., G. N. SALMON, K.S., P. R. ATKINSON, C. G. LEWIS, K.S., C. R. BARBER, R. M. K . CAREY, T. G. BEWLEY, K.S., A. J. ADDIS, K.S., D. A. YOUNG, R. A. P. CARDEN, M. M. G. STANLEy-SMITH, K.S. HOUSE MONITORS The School House: H. R. FAIR, C. J. F. KENNEY, J. A. MACKIE, R. A. NEIL, K.S. The Grange: P. F. ALLEN, K.S., D. E. BAKER, J. P. D. PATTRICK, R. M. STOWELL, K.S., D. O. TAYLER. Walpole House: P. H. GALLWEY, J. D. HAMILTON PATERSON, A. R. MAYBURY, C. A. M. PARRISH, K.S. Meister Omers: H . R. CARTER, P. CONSTERDINE, H. W. GOLDSMITH, W. D. MAYCOCK, M. J. PARSONS. Marlowe House: N. A. S. BURY, T. C. C. DARTINGTON, K.S., C. LAWRENCE, T. M. PARTINGTON, K.S., B. H. SHEARING, K.S. Luxmoore House: D . R. L. EVANS, K.S., H. LANGRIDGE, D. J. MILLS, A. W. PENGELLY, . A. D. STEWART, K.S., I. F. R. STEWART. Galpin's : I. A. M. MCCLURE, K.S., A. C. PARSONS, P. D. WEBB, D. J. T. WEBSTER. Linacre House: J. R. BENNETT, A. K. P. JACKSON, P. A. RAWLINGS, P. SNUGGS, D. J. G. WARDROP. Captain Captain Captain Captain Capta in Captain Captain Captain

of Hockey of Rugby Football of Boats .. . of Athletics of Cross-Country of Squash '" of Fencing of Shooting

G. C. PRITCHARD G. C. PRITCHARD A. R. MAYBURY P. R. ATKINSON P. CONSTERDINB I. A. M. MCCLURE H. W. GOLDSMITH G. D. SCOTT

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SALVETE Ash, N. A., Band, N . B., Beckett, J. L., Bishop, T. J. A., Channon, W. R., Day, J. R., Deighton, I. J. E., French, L. A. P., Gordon Smith, S., Graves, P. R., Guest, C. A., Hemingway, P., Heslop, R. X., Jaafar, T. N., Kaye, R., Kilbee, J. R., King, C. J. H ., Medhurst, J. S., Morris, H. J., Nassif, I. P., Nodlema n, P. H., Pitkeathley, J. J. S., Pringle, C. A. B., Rae, I. L. S., Ralph, P. J., Reeson, M. R. F., Reynolds, P. F. W., Robinson, C. G . F., Rouse, D., Sheppard, C. M., Stanley, R . A., Vaigncourt-Strallen, A. A. , Villiers, P. J., Watson, D . J., Whiles, J. G ., Whiston, J. H ., White, C. M., White, P. H., Williams W. H., Willis, N. T. G., Wood, W. J., Wyatt, R. V.

VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES HALL, M. M.-Came Sept., '55; House Monitor, '60; 2nd Coxing Colours, '58; Corporal, C.C.F., '60; Upper Vlth. HARSTON, J . J. R. C.- Came Sept., '56; Vice-Captain of House; Captain of Swimming; Corporal C.C.F., '59. . KHANNA, J.-Came Sept., '55; House Monitor, '60; 1st Athletics, '58 ; 1st Ru gger, '60; 1st Swimming, '59; Corporal C.C.F., '58. LEE, M. W.-Came Sept., '55; Exhib., '55; K.S., '56; House Monitor, '60; Sergeant C.C.F., '60; Treasurer Walpole Society; Upper Vlth; Open Exhibition in Social Studies to Merton College, Oxford. MOWLL, J. W. R.- Came Jan., '56; House Monitor ; Drum-Major C.C.F. PATERSON, J. B.-Came Sept., '55; KS., '55; House Monitor; Sergeant C.C.F., '60; ' . Hon. Sec. and Treasurer Caxton Society; Upper Vlth. TAVENER, C. J.- Came Sept., '55; KS., '55; Corporal C.C.F., '60; Hon. Secretary of Somner Society; Editor of The Cantuarian; Upper VIth; History Scholarship to Churchill College, Cambridge. KING, M. H.- Came Sept., '56; Hon. K.S.; Senior KS.; House Monitor, '60; C.S.M., '60; Upper VIth; Major Scholarship in Mathematics to St. John's College, Cambridge.

VALETE C. A. Anderson, W. McM. Beaugie, R. M. J. Bury, R. S. Cawthorne, N . D . S. Curtis, M. J. Dick, A. R. Douglas-Jones, R. C. Field, R . A. Geddes, M . J. Herbert, A. M. C. Luxmoore, J. F. Matthew, E. J. Pugh, T. D. Ratcliff, J. E . Scott, J. P. Scrivenor, P. A. L. Seward, D. H. Sharpless, M. A. Sharwood-Smith, ' D. W. Squier, D. C. P. Stedall, P. Stockdale, A. N. Taylor. 348

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THIS AND THAT The 'isms of politics often cause quite a lot of confusion, and so we would like Politics to suggest the following formulae, to help-or completely bemuse- the bewildered:If you have two cows, you give olle to your neighbour. Socialism: Communism: If you have two cows, the state takes them, and gives you the milk. If you have two cows, the state takes them, and sells you the milk. Fascism: If you have two cows, the state takes them, and kills you. Nazism: New Dea/ism: If you have two cows, the state takes them, kills one, milks the other, and throws away the milk. [f you have two cows, you sell them and buy a bull. Capitalism: The Library has recently received the final volume of The Times Atlas of the World and we would like to thank Miss Constance Brown, who has very generously given us the set in memory of W. N. Goss. "Nat" Goss, as he was known, was Second Master here from 1908 until Mr. J. B. Harris succeeded him in 1928. The handsome, and expensive, set of books is already much in use and widely appreciated.

Former Second Master

Many addicts of the "goggle-box" doubtless saw J. B. Harris and his wife on "Tllis is Your Life" last holidays. The programme, which was devoted to the distinguished career of Squadron Leader William Simpson, O.B.E., D.P. C., O.K.S., showed that 'J.B.' has lost none of his vitality and sense of humour in retirement. Squadron Leader Simpson was obviously genuinely delighted to see him and his wife. Their delight rescued the programme from any possibility of sloppy or sentimental traces which might, as the Kentish Observer put it, "merely embarrass those of us who are either too self-conscious, or too cynical to be stirred by tales of love and sadness, courage and J.B.'s Pupil

adventure" , Another old Master to be in the news recently is Mr. Lawrence, whom we must congratulate on his recent appointment to St. Peter's College, Adelaide, as Deputy Head Master. Many will remember being taught here by Mr. Lawrence up till 1958, and especiaUy those in Luxmoore, where he was Housemaster, as well as being School Organist. A less recent member of the staff, Canoll Richard Wootten, M.B.E., who taught here 1936- 39, is also to be congratulated on his appointment as Principal of the Church Army Training College. Other Masters ill the News

Despite the many accusations levelled at us of being "strictly for the longhairs", The Cantuarian has at last reached the columns of the international press. The Kelllish Express, in an extremely flattering article, of January 25th, reviews the School through the eyes of this "bright periodical" which gives "a wide spectrum of views, activities and experiences enjoyed and endured by Canterbury's best known scholars", as well as " some captivating literary flights of fancy"- (you must have missed them first time through i). Appa rently the impression the outside world gets is not only "bright", but also "proud a nd slightly mystifying". We can only hope that the pride never becomes, or has to become, the arrogance of inferiority, nor the mystery a fa,ade for hollowness. Pride and Mystery

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Our sister school at Parramatta, Australia, seems to be undergoing King's, Parramatta

a more drastic programme of reconstruction and expansion than even

we have experienced; nothing short of building an entirely new school on some 500 acres of land, which have been purchased about two miles from its present site. The foundation stone for the first stage of the new school was laid last December by the Australian Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, and will cost something in the order of ÂŁ392,000. Tbe scheme is in four stages, tbe first being the classroom and administrative blocks, which, it is hoped, will be in use by September t11is year. The architecture of the new school is daringly modern in conception, though the positioning of the buildings on the site follows the traditional precinct planning of universities. Each section of the school is separate and distinct, designed around the particular requirements of its teaching function, and each with its own courtyard. This is intended both to allow room for future expansion, and to build up atmosphere in each teaching department. According to newspaper reports, "the approach to tbe design of the new buildings has been a bold one. It does not compromise in any way between building methods of the past and present. "However, in their contemporary form, the buildings with their pre-cast panel facings of crushed stone and light steel framework with generous roof overhangs, recall the colour of the sandstone and the verandas of early Parramatta, whilst the projection of columns above the eaves line is of Gothic origin and contributes to an ecclesiastical atmosphere". We learned a good deal more about King's, Parramatta, from the visit of Mr. Keith Asboe, who teaches music there. He writes that "when the scheme is complete, all school houses will be all the same site, which, due to increased numbers, has not been possible hitherto. At present only two boarding houses, Baker and Forrest, are within school grounds; the others, Old Government, Thomas, Macarthur, and Broughton, all being at varying distances of up to two miles from classrooms, laboratories and sports fields. What will happen to the unique and very beautiful Chapel is not yet known. Suggestions have been made that the existing building be moved and incorporated in a new and enlarged Chapel; but t11is may prove to be uneconomic, in which case an entirely new building will be erected." From a conversation with him we gathered that much more emphasis is put on military activities at Parramatta than here in Canterbury. Apart from that, however, the two schools differ very little in anything but details. Mr. Kent has apparently settled in very well; and is as popular and energetic as ever. Since the comment in our last issue about the spare time activities of Meister Omers monitors, they have been inundated with requests for help in various interesting fields of research. Not least of these-apart from preps., bicycle punctures, and aero-modelling- came from two new boys on the second day of term, who wondered if they might care to undertake to discover the average age of the writers in the Hymn Book. At the time of going to press, however, no figures were forthcoming for publication.

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Political Comment

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On Sunday, March 19th, about twenty of the more politically-minded members of the School met in the Societies' Room to hear the Wilton Park Brains' Trust. Despite the name, the Brains Trust was informal, and did not consist of a committee of any sort. About twenty-five members of European Governments came in, while a silence descended upon those in the room. The silence did not last long; within seconds the room had burst into life, and a vigorous conversation began, while the light refreshments provided by the catering staff acted as a very efficient catalyst. So for the next two hours there was an informal discussion between diplomats, members of the School and Staff, on a wide variety of topics, such as the Six and the Seven, the position of Europe in the world, and the Cold War. Apart from the informality, what made tbe evening more than usually interesting was the diversity of nationalities, and the fact that the members of the Brains Trust were of such a rank that their statements were authoratative. It is not often that a watch and clock enthusiast can discuss his subject with a Swiss diplomat, or an amateur economist learn from some of the most experienced economists in Europe. Their side must have learnt a great deal about us, and it was a privilege for us to bear the views of the members of the Conference, such as a University Professor from Austria, the General Secretary of the Building Industries' Trade Union in Germany, the Chief of Division in the Ministry of Trade in Norway, and the Procurator Fiscal at the German Central Court of Justice, to mention just a few of the visitors. We hope very much that they will come again next year. The Wilton Park Braius Trust

[n something like eighteen hOllrs "King's, Canterbury" may be reduced to a twisted and jumbled mass of metal. This is because with the coming of electrical and diesel locomotion, increasing numbers of steam engines are faced with redundancy and the scrap yard. Originally some forty express locomotives of the Schools Class were built, designed by an Ashford man, the late Mr. R. E. L. Maunsell. When they first appeared in 1930 they were the most powerful 4-4-0 engines in Europe. Now some twenty are to be scrapped. The "Harrow" has already been broken up; the "Blundell" is next on the list, and "King's, Canterbury" may well follow them. They are among some three hundred locomotives of all classes which have met their fate at the Asllford depot since the early part of the last war; fifty of them in the last year alone. Only the nameplates of the Schools Class will survive intact, in the British Railways Museum at Chatham. The End of "King's, Canterbury"

The first British Medical Association conference to be held in Canterbury for a hundred years took place in April, and sat in the Great Hall. The first day opened with a choice between a symposium entitled "Aye, there's the rub . .. "- concerning the relationships between patient, practitioner and consultant- and a tour of ancient medical documents in the Cathedral Library, conducted by the archivist, Dr. William Urry. Tbe highlights of the conference were the colour television demonstrations of surgical operations from the Kent and Canterbury Hospital which were screened in the Great Hall. B.M.A. Conference

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Mr. Hollis, who gave a lecture to the School last term on the English Public School System, has recently published a new book on the history of Eton. This has been reviewed at some length moreover by Sir Shane Leslie, one of our more regular lecturers and an old friend of the School, in the Dublin Review. Mr. Hollis goes very fully into Eton's history, illustrating the historical background to the great wealth of tradition and prestige the school has accumulated over the centuries. It is a history of the struggle for survival, achieved with the help of royal support and aristocratic patronage, often based on the Vicar of Bray's policy, through the dynastic rivalry of York and Lancaster, the financial deprivations of Henry VIII, the Civil Wars of the Cavaliers and Roundheads, the more subtle political manoeuvres of Whig and Tory under the Hanoverians, the class conflicts encountered in the 19th century between the titled aristocracy and the rising merchant interests, and finally in our own day the cheap sensationalism of film and newspaper interests. "Mr. Hollis", Sir Shane writes, "has not only collected the School Annals, but has discussed such Etonian 'arcana' as the ancient festival Cad Montem'," mysteriously men~ tioned by Sheridan in The School for Scandal, "and the origins of the Wall Game .... The foreigner who is told that in all the matches since 1840 only twice has a goal been scored is inclined to think that the rules were devised by Lewis Carroll." "It is", Sir Shane continues, "his eloquent history of the school in the last century which places Mr. Hollis' book at the top of all modern 'Etonia' .... Eton's prestige has been such that she has survived difficulties and even disasters, rebellions and troubles, which would have overwhelmed any other school. Her chroniclers have not hesitated to give them full discussion and description .... Even today, if her excellent headmaster were convicted of high treason, her Bursars thrown into prison for embezzlement, Lady Chatterley read aloud at Sunday Private, and the pick of her masters bribed to transfer their services to Harrow, her numbers would not diminish, nor the loyalty she inspires

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lessen." During the Christmas holidays, M. J. Parsons played for the English Holiday Rugger Public Schools XV against London Irish Public Schools XV and also for Oxfordshire Public Schools; D. R. L. Evans played for London Welsh Public Schools; C. Barker played for Middlesex Public Schools; H. A. Rud gard played for Kent Public Schools; R. B. Britton played for Sussex Public Schools; M . P. Morpurgo played for Hertfordsllire Public Schools; R . M. K. Carey was selected to play for Kent Public Schools but could not play because of injury. G . C. Pritchard played for the Kent Public Schools, Captained the London Welsh Public Schools and played for the English Public Schools XV against the Scottish Public Schools. As usual, he distinguished himself by his kicking. At Easter, C. Barker has been selected to play for the London Schools XV against Glamorg.n at Twickenham on Easter Monday and, with Pritchard, to play for the Public Schools against a Schoolmasters XV at Richmond. "They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old, Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn .... " Familiar enough words, for they are repeated as the British Legion Exhortation at Remembrance Day services throughout the country and Commonwealth every year. They were written by Laurence Binyon in the First World War, and are part of his poem, For the Fallen. "Age sball not weary them"

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Actual copies of the poem in the poet's own handwriting are not unnaturally rare, though one such hangs on the North Wall of our own Memorial Chapel; it is somewhat faded, but still legible. It reads quite clearly moreover "Age shall not weary them". A second copy has recently been presented to the Legion, however, in which "wither" is substituted for "weary". Since this is to be sent to the Legion Headquarters in London, it could happen that the word "weary", memorized by so many thousands of ex-Service men and women of both wars, will be displaced.

Headmaster's Birthday

Confirmation

On the 24th February the Headmaster celebrated his seventyfirst birthday. The School was granted a whole holiday in honour of the occasion.

On Saturday, March II th, the present Archbishop conducted his last Confirmation Service for the School; one hundred and ten boys were confirmed.

Heartiest congratulations to the 1st VIII on becoming Head of the River for the second time in succession; a splendid achievement. They were again asked to pace the Oxford University crew in training, which they did on April 23rd.

Putney Triumph

N.Y.O.

Alan Maries, clarinet, has joined the contingent of five already in the National Youth Orchestra.

From April 12th to the 19th, six members of the Biology Sixth Coastal Ecology Course are attending a coastal ecology course at the Fields Studies Centre at Siapton Ley in Devon. Material and notes collected on the course may be used as a basis for a fieldwork file to be submitted in the biological subjects at "A" level in July. For the past two terms the Biology Department has had an almost complete herbarium, or collection of pressed plants, in its possession. It was started in 1899 by person or persons unknown, one of whom had copperplate handwriting. If anyone can add to this meagre information, Mr. Wilkinson, Mr. Pomeroy or J. R. Palmer would be glad to hear of it. It is weIl-known that Mr. Somerset Maugham's schooldays here were far from happy. Nevertheless his generosity to the School as an Old Boy has been magnificent. He has already contributed generously towards a boathouse, and the new physics laboratories, and now plans to leave his priceless library, coIlected over many years, to the School in his will. And since we have nowhere to house such a precious coIlection, he has provided too for a building to contain the books. There will be about five thousand volumes in all, and at present they are being sorted out. Besides mallY Maugham first editions there are a great many by other authors; it is a splendid coIlection.

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We congratulate the following on gaining their awards:P. M. B. Hinchy, Scholarship in History to Worcester College, Oxford; S. R . G. Carrington, Choral Exhibition to King's College, Cambridge; T. C. C. Dartington, History Exhibition to New College, Oxford; C. M. Price, Scholarship to read Statistics at the London School of Economics; H. A. Rudgard, Exhibition in Natural Science to Corpus Christi College, Oxford; R. J. Dibley, Choral Scholarship to Caius College, Cambridge; P. F. Allen, Abbott's Scholarship in Classics to St. Edm und Hall, Oxford. Scholarships

Apology

We were very grateful to Mr. Ian Ball for allowing us to use photographs of the Tonbridge match in our last issue and are sorry we did not make due acknowledgement at the time.

"BUDDHISM AND CHRISTIANITY" On Saturday, January 29th, an open meeting of the Walpole Society was addressed by George Hamber, O.K.S. , who has just qualified as a surgeon, and is going to work in the Far East. This quiet-spoken lecturer, slightly leisurely but none-the-Iess sincere in his delivery, began by explaining his interest in Buddhism; how a sense of failure after Higher School Certificate led to his rejection of Christianity, as inadequate for his needs; how he found Buddhism mentally and spiritually satisfying, but impractical in application; how when in the Army it was this last fault of Buddhism, together with his experiences in a wider life, which brougbt about his return to Christianity. In bis discussion of Buddhism as a religion, George Hamber revealed that since 1900 it has been replaced as the most popular form of wors hip by Christianity. However, like Christianity, it has many divisions and va riations such as "Therawada", "The way of the elders", the nearest form to Buddha's teaching, written in Pali, and Mahayana, written in Sanskrit, the form of Buddhism followed by all Buddhists outside India. He then explained the composition of "the Pali Canon", or Buddhist Bible, which exists in 136 volumes, divided into three sections: rules for Buddhist Monks, the teachings of Buddha, and later metaphysical works. The whole was brought together about 450 D.C. and written down just before the birth of Christ. After explaining the background to the religion, Mr. Ham ber concluded with a history of tbe life of Gotama Buddha (born in 583 D. C.), his noble birth, ascetic life and search for Nirvana. At the end of this search he was enabled to formulate the Four Noble Truths: life is suffering, suffering results from desire and the will to live, the key to putting an end to all tllis suffering, and an explanation of the Noble Eigbt-fold Path (right understa nding, rigbt action, meditation, recollection, etc.). The cbief teaching of Buddhism, he pointed out, was that the individual had Âˇto work out his own salvation or Nirvana; tbis Mr. Hamber believed required tough moral fibre, and in the army he had found he lacked sufficient fibre, .and had reverted to Christianity. After this sincere, and well-planned talk, in which Mr. Hamber made use of placards for all his technical terms, and showed us Tibetan prayer wheels and flags, there was a general discussion, whicb satisfied the curious about such diverse topics as statues of Buddha, and the Dalai Lama. It was a quiet but thought-provoking evening. 354

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Those who had been present at Mr. Prins' lecture of some fifteen months ago knew that the evening of 13th February would find them bubbling over with enthusiasm for whatever the subject of his talk would turn out to be: his own etan and sincerity seem able to raise any mass beyond its critical condition. The lecture was abo ut Rembrandt: a nd it would have been a tenacious, not to say stodgy, realist who did not nod bewitched in the kind darkness when at one point Mr. Prins told us that we really ought to fly to Holland one week-end- it was quicker than a trip to London- to see one of Rembrandt's great works there. Mr. Prins began by conceding once and for all the supremacy of Italy in the artistic achievement of Europe. But there was an apostolic succession: Rembrandt was the pupil of Lastman, who himself was the pupil of Caravaggio; he possessed works by some of the great Italians (including Giorgione and Rapbael); and though as a young man be refused an opportunity to go to Italy, it was on the gro unds that the great number of Italian pictures in Holland made the indispensable stud y of these acknowledged masters possible without leaving home. And indeed Rembrandt's reputation by the time he was twenty-eight in 1634 was high enough to provide him with a very comfortable home, a patrician wife, Saskia van Uylenburch, and commissions to pick and choose. Of these early works we were shown monochrome slides of the Nunc Dimittis, wit hits great shaft of light piercing the convulutions of a baroque temple to fall upon the principal figures and a couple of old beggars alike ; and the Anatomy Class, where the beautiful hands of the dandified Dr. Tulp work the dissected tendons of a cadaver indifferent to his elegance. These two paintings already sho:w Rembrandt's double power: to analyse a cha racter or a situation, and to epito mise it in pa int in terms of light and feature. The development of this power and the interaction between it and the events of Rembrandt's life were traced for us in Rembrandt's treatment of one or two recurring themes. We were shown three versions of the Supper at Emmaus. The first, while "their eyes were holden", direct and good, but not reaching much deeper below the surface of the event than did the housewife, seen against the light in the distant kitchen, preparing a meal for what might be a nuisance of a guest. The second, "when their eyes were opened"-but not those of the down-to-earth serving boy; and the third, in which He will soon have "vanished from their sigbt". Mr. Prins invited us to consider the parallel development of Rembrandt's life. There were the eight happy and successful years of his marriage with Saskia; tben tbe unsettled but creative period after her death, with Hendrickje, in which he reached his full power and began to meet incomprehension and criticism : and finally those strange thirteen years between his bankruptcy and death (1669) during wbich his insight into men and events imbued every scribble of his pen or needle with meaning, and simultaneously inhibited him from answering the questions so raised in the facile way of some of his contemporaries, and ours. Rembrandt' s self-portraits seem to support this interpretation, as we watch the jaunty and none too sympathetic face of the earliest gro w into that of his last illness, flabby and podgy, with marvellously seeing, sad, undespairing eyes. A review of the customary length cannot report more than one or two of the theses which Mr. Prins developed or suggested during his lecture of nearly two hours, illustrated by perhaps sixty slides of pai ntings, drawings, and etchings. His hearers had glimpses of Rembrandt the child-psychologist (in drawings of street incidents), the evolutionist (an Adam and Eve like a superb illustration to some anthropological treatise), the technical 355

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wizard (a sea-shell shimmering nacreously in the black and white of an etching), and other facets of his intensely human genins. There was material here for several lectures and (not always the same thing), for much thought. We sincerely hope Mr. Prins will come again soon and, in treating us to the one, persuade us to the other. P.S.

DR. ERIK ROUTLEY It is not often that the School is addressed by someone so well-known as a master of

his subject as Dr. Erik Routley is of hymns and hym nody, so we were especially pleased to hear a lecture from Dr. Routley on February 19th. Dr. Routley began by complimenting the School on its singing, which sounded "crude and barbaric" after the "angelic" singing of the choir. In a more serious vein he went on to explain the purpose of hymns in the service. They served the dual purpose of making the services less formal, and also reinforcing the lesson-reading by references to the Bible. In view of this we were urged not to use a hymn "as a table or a chair", but to understand the full implications of words and music. Watts and Wesley provided the most inteiesting and powerful words, and in general the eighteenth century had produced the best words. Dr. Routley then told us of the evolution of the hymn tunes from the "not very respectable" early tunes of Luther to the great hymn tunes of the eighteenth century, and the great Welsh hymns. He tried to explain what made a hymn tune popular or unpopular, and came to the conclusion that it was partly a question of the key in which the hymn was usually sung. Certain keys repelled the listener : others encouraged him. Dr. Routley made mention of the new Hymn Book several times during the lecture, and congratulated the editors on their choice of hymns. He found few faults with the book, and any weaknesses lay in the omission of good bymns rather than the inclusion of bad ones; but then, as he pointed out, no hymn book could include everyo ne's personal favourites. Dr. Routley certainly achieved his goal of making us more aware of the hymns we sing every day of the week, and we have to thank him for opening our eyes to the beauty of a form of religious expression some of us had somewhat overlooked before. 356

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SCHUTZ'S MATTHEW PASSION MARCH 8TH, 1961 One of the advantages of living in the middle years of the twentieth century, an era of comparative musical enlightenment, is that it is possible to hear performed either in church 01' concert hall (or over the radio) works of great beauty and interest that were only names to our grandfathers. The choral works of the mid-seventeenth century German composer Heinrich Schlitz are gradually becoming familial' in this way to many people and are seen in performance to have a charm and beauty all of their own, apart from any influence they may have had on the Passions of J. S. Bach written a century later .

The singing of the Matthew Passion of Schiltz in the Eastern Crypt by the School Madrigal Society for the second Lent in succession was an event of the greatest interest, since for many hearers the wo rk was no longer a novelty but one which on a second hearing moved one yet more by the dramatic force of the "Turba" choruses and the beauty and fluency of the unaccompanied reeitative narrative. The smallish forces of the choir (about twenty voices) were admirably suited to this kind of music with its liturgical atmosphere and in the ideal surroundings of the Early English Crypt, which fitted the music like a glove, the control exercised over his forces by Mr. Edred Wright was complete. The solemn opening and closing choruses of this work prepare one for the vaster musical canvases of Bach, and the narrative unfolds simply, undisturbed by the chorales interrupting with comment or the arias of meditation of the later baroque age. Richard Dibley sang the exacting part of the Evangelist most movingly and was fittingly partnered by the "Christus" of the Revd . A. Curry, who repeated his fine performance of last year. One of the advantages of this work is that it gives small but rewarding parts for several soloists, outstanding among whom were Simon Carrington as Pilate, Robert Hammersley as Peter, Martin Lane as Judas and Christopher Lewis as Caiaphas, not to speak of the two young singers of the canonical duet between the false witnesses. The congregation as well as the soloists (though for dilTerent reasons doubtless) were grateful for the two or three fine hymns which broke into the flo w of the work and were admirably accompanied on the organ by Mr. Robert Scott. Two reflections are worth adding to a first rate evening. How much one would like to hear tllis work given in the Quire above as part of a liturgical service in Holy Week (Palm Sunday !). And what ajoy it wo uld be to hear another of Schlitz's works given by the Choral Society in lUng's Week or at some suitable festival or concert. The Christmas Oratol'io next December or the Resurrection music in the spring of 1962 ! What about it, Mr. Wrigllt?

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"JOURNEY TO FORMOSA" Few of the School will forget Mr. B. Newman's "chef d'reuvre" 011 Tuesday, March 14th. The Headmaster introduced our lecturer by saying that for two hours of his life he had never been so fascinated as in those spent talking with Mr. Newman. For even the cynics this sounded promising. The whole audience was quickly on its toes, taking in all that this exhilarating speaker had to offer-a sensational opening (a smashed jug and water all over the floor), likeable good humour, dynamic expression, provoking ideas, and brilliant photography. The Headmaster had warned us that Mr. Newman was an experienced world-wide traveller, much of his touring done on a bicycle, but this was to do him an injustice. From the impression made by him on the audience, one would have thought he would be at home in any corner of the world. In spite of the title of the lecture, we were taken first to India and Pakistan, and were constantly reminded that altllOugh much poverty, and bitterness between Hindus and Mohammedans, still exist, we were in a land of colour, beauty and ancient civilizations-

all these qualities being combined in the Taj Mahal. As well as recounting how in the Khyber Pass district the boys are given rifles at "the age of disgression",(IO), so that if a bullet shoots past one's nose, one must realize that it is only a yo ung native examining the refinements of his new acquisition, Mr. Newman made some penetrating comments on

the political state of affairs in the continent, including a striking appraisal of Mr. Nehru. Eventually we reached Formosa. Here Mr. Newman's survey of the people, their life, customs and environment, was as varied, as interesting and as competent as that of India .

After a few minutes on Quemoy, Mr. Newman brought his talk to a close with some brief but informative comments on the political situation in which Chiang-Kai Shek's regime is involved. One of the most striking pieces of information was that the standard of living in Formosa was the second highest in Asia. Nonetheless, on the whole the great division between the European standard of living and the Asian, is too great to be safe and it is up to the coming generations to tackle this problem quickly, effectively and tactfully.

POETRY LECTURES It was a great pity that both Donald Davie, whose latest opus, The Forests oj Lithuania, promised an excellent lecture, and Cecil Day Lewis were unable to address us through illness, especially as they both have difficulty in getting here. However, Alistair Elliot and Geoffrey Hill made up for the deficiency. Mr. Elliot read a selection of poems by men like Philip Larkin and Ted Hughes; Geoffrey Hill, dealing with his own work, also talked about the role of the poet in the modern society, contrasting it with previous ones, and this provoked a heated discussion about wbether the poet had a right to expect any more than the unimportance Mr. Hill suggested be possessed. We hope the lecturers who could not come will be able to visit us next term. 358

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THE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC EXHIBITION . The recent a~quisiti?n of an art room, and instruction i!l art on a reasonably large scale, IS a welcome mnovation, and one whIch has already stimulated an enthusiasm for this subject in some quarters. We hope to exploit that enthusiasm in future issues by the inclusion of more drawings and at the same time to encourage it by keeping the School more in touch with current events of importance in the art world . We shail begin therefore with a review of the Toulouse-Lautrec exhibition recently held at tbe Tate Gallery. Toulouse-Lautrec's life has become crystalUzed into a legend-and a pretty notorious legend at that-which has distorted him and our attitude to his work. No great artist's creations can be bracketed with, and judged by, his private life; and Lautrec is no exception. True, he broke both his legs in youth, which left him a pathetic and stunted caricature of a man; true also that he loved the sordid Parisian night life, and often lived in brothels wh~re he was accepted by the other inmates with a certain feeling of sympathy for a fello~ SOCIal reject; true, that he portrayed and cancatured with ruthless, unabashed and- to some- cynical, accuracy; and true, finally, that he drank bimself to a premall;re death. All of which makes splendid material for a Hollywood treatment of his life; but whereas Hollywood looks for, and thnves on, the sensational, Lautrec always rather avoided it. That in itself might seem difficult to establish, when his own mother destroyed many of his paintings after his deatb as pornographic and indecent; and the general opinion of contemporaries, especially in England, was of a cbeap and rather vulgar sensationalist, out to shock. At the end of the only exhibition he held in England, in May, 1898, the Lady's P~clorial pronounced what amounted to tbe funeral oration of Lautrec's reputation as an arltst: "M. de Toulouse-Lautrec's exhibition is finished; for which relief much thanks. Once more the pictures of Corot, Daubigny, Mauve, Maris and Swan hang here to delight us instead of to affright us; despite his cleverness, the art of M. de ToulouseLautrec is revoltingly ugly- there is no getting away from the fac!." Admittedly his attitude to art was a daringly new one. In a period when artists were chiefly concerned with a delight in visual appearances, he shared with Daumier, Van Gogh, and the early PIcasso an mtense mterest 1Il the pathos and humanity of the social misfitÂˇ while at the same time he exploited Degas' preoccupation with the momentary attitude~ and gestures of everyday life. He subordinated these elements in his work, however to a general scheme of colour, limited by expressive silhouettes, and an absence of light and shade that he took from the then popular Japa nese woodcut. Yet in spite of his links witb his contemporaries he is a solitary figure outside the main stream of his period . His strong individuality-one could never confuse him with any other artist-stemmed equally from his choice of certain aspects of Parisian life, including the circu, and music hall and from his humorous and unsentimental self-identification with these scenes. ' Looking at him in perspective, as we now can, he does not seem to have the same stature as some of his contemporaries like Degas, Manet, or Cezanne; nor did he have any influence on future artistic development, apart from Picasso before his Blue Period. But there can be no doubt of the great interest he has for us today as a commentator on the manners of his time. He has done for the latter part of tbe 19th century what Hogarth and Rowlandson did for a similar period in 18th century England. . He was not therefore a mere sensationalist. He rates amongst the very best Impressionists III the sensitivity that he shows towards life and its experiences; and his very greatness 359

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lies in his refusal to allow sensitivity to become sentimentality. He was ruthlessly truthful, classical rather than romantic in the dispassionate way in which he looked at his subjects; and yet he never reduced them to types as Degas often did, but sympathised with them and added a personal touch which makes them spring to life. H e fi lls his canvasses witb a pathos that never turns to disgust, and a sense of drab boredom in his portrayal of society's freaks that never turns to lifelessness; and he makes a tarnished scene beautiful without baving to add to its lustre-as in the Salon in tbe Rue des Moulins, one of his largest and best-known fini sbed pictures. The exhibi tion at the Tate in fact dispels once and for all any illusion tbat he was some cynical little monstrosity, out to revenge himself on society by mercilessly caricaturing it. Certainly he used caricature and was brilliantly skillful at it. His hand never for a moment hesitates and in a few strokes be can mysteriously conjure up from a blank piece of cardboard a face-so that we hardly notice that it is "unfinished". Lautrec's caricatures in fact can pass for the most observant kind of portraiture, because they a re executed with such delicacy, creating texture, colour and form with an absolute minimum of effort, and letting tbe onlooker do a good dea l of the work quite unconsciously for himself. Moreover, the lack of encumbering detail, even in his completed paintings, makes his art much more powerful and direct; tbere are no friUs to distract our attention from the whole, but only incisive, vigorous and often swirling lines, beautiful because tbey are simple. The actual exhibition at the Tate was botb Âˇ eye-opening and, from the more practical viewpoint, slightly disappointing. There were many works from Lautrec's birthplace at Albi, which we do not often have the chance of looking at; and from them we could assess cbronologically and easily his development from the orth odox impressionist style, to bis own very personal and appealing methods, wbich are almost post-impressionist. Yet there were not really enougb of his most fa mous works-his posters for the Moulin Rouge and tbe Folies Bergeres. These marked the ultimate in his bold and simple designs and colours that managed to combine real artistic expression with good advertisement. Nor was the exhibition very well hung-certainly nothing like as well as that of Picasso. A great number of pictures was crammed into th ree rooms, which made viewing extremely difficult, especially with the ever-increasing crowds that are being drawn by exhibitions. Neverth eless, a visit was well worthwhile, and helped to put this much misunderstood artist into proper perspective. This review could illustrate that misunderstanding far more easily, of course, by direct reference to some of the paintings in the exhibition; but since we a re unable to provide actual reproductions-and mere titles usually mean very little-it has been necessary to stick mainly to generalizations a bout the artist, which were definitely underlined by tbe works in the Tate.

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THOMAS LINACRE 1961 marks the quineemenary of Linaere's birth in 1461, and the following article is an attempt at an accurate biographical sketch of this eminent Old Boy (assuming he \Vas such, since many sources seem to be either vague or extremely doubtful). Thomas Linacre, or Lynacre, was a most outstanding figure, and one of the leading lights in England of the cultu ral renaissa nce stemming from Italy. Born in 1460 or 1461 (the exact date is un known), he founded the Royal College of Physicians and was its first President, became physicia n to Henry VIII, was a distinguished scholar of Latin and Greek, and in later yea rs a priest into the bargai n. T he combination of his knowledge of Greek, Latin and Medicine contributed most to his fame. The first well-attested fact of his life is that, in 1484, he was elected fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. However, Caius calls Linacre, Cantuarensis; and altho ugb this does not necessarily mean tbat he went to this School, it might well be that he li ved in the vicinity of Canterbury. It is not im probable that he atte nded the school of the Priory of Christ Church in Canterbury, and was educated by William Selling (later a Prior), with whom he went to Italy in 1487. He may have descended from the Linacres of Lynacre Hall, in the county of Derby, or from those of Linacre Street in the Pa rish of Eastwell. The latter is more li kely if he hails from Canterbury. It is unknown whether he first began to study the Classics or Medicine at Oxford, but there were opportuni ties in both these fields. Possibly he studied G reek there witb Cornelio Vitelli, then a resident at Oxford, who was probably the first teacher of that language in England. He certainly met William Latimer and William Grocyn, who were both to be Greek scholars of repute. Linacre accompa nied Prior William Selling to flaly in about 1487, when the latter was appointed ambassador from Henry Vll to the Pope. It was not until 1499, however, that he settled down in England, and during the intervening years he had worked in the wider cireles of the revival of learning. In Florence, at the court of Lorenzo tbe Magnificent, he learned Greek from the best masters. In Rome he served for a year as warden of the English Hospice, and there met Hermolaus Barbarus, an eminent scholar, from whom he probably acquired a special interest in Aristotle, Dioscorides and other medical writers. In Padua he took his degree as a doctor of medicine, and lived for several years in Venice in the house of Aldus Ma nutius, the greatest of all printers of classical texts. In the Dedication of one of the volumes of the first ed ition of Aristotle in Greek, dated February, 1497, Aldus refers to, "Thomas Anglicus", as a wi tness of the d ifficu lt operation of the printing of Greek. Linacre devoted himself especia lly to the manuscripts of Greek scientific and medical works. and when he left Ita ly, he was the recognised authority on them, having completed his first published work, a Latin translation of the little treatise of Produs on the terrestial globe. Once back in England, he was one of the leaders of a remarkable circle-Grocyn, Latimer, Colet, Erasmus, Thomas More and their friends, who began to revive the study of Greek in England. He lectured on the scientific work of Aristotle, but his published work dealt mainly with Galen, who was considered at that time to be the most important of the Greek medical writers. Galen's works were published in Greek in five large folio volumes by the successor of Aldus in 1525, and Linacre made a careful recension of the original texts, whicb helped to establish the first sound text of modern times. Linacre . translated two of Galen's major works into Latin, a nd his translations were standard works, often reprinted in various continental cities. Erasmus said that Linacre's Latin 361

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versions of Galen and Aristotle were better, and showed more grace of style, than the Greek originals. This was the culminative importance and feature of his knowledge, combining the two classical languages and Medicine, for, as a physician, he was better qualified than his contemporary translators to interpret medical works. III Henry VIII's reign he also wrote an elementary Latin grammar, which was used for some time in England. London, unlike most of the great cities of Europe, had, in his day, no organised body of physicians. This does not mean that the doctors were undisciplined, as they were bound together by ethical and educational traditions. A system was needed, however, for the granting of licences to practise, and for repressing quacks ; and these activities were to be directed by the Royal College of Physicians. The Co llege was not meant to be a teaching body, as Linacre conveyed estates to Oxford and Cambridge for that purpose. On his return from his travels, Linacre settled down in the "Stone House" in Knightrider Street close to St. Paul's Cathedral, and not long after this, in 1500 or 1501, was called to the court as tutor and physician to Prince Arthur, who died in 1502. In 1509 he was appointed physician to Henry VIII, and visited Paris in the suite of the King's sister, Mary, in that capacity. But his great achievement was the foundation of the Royal College of Physicians, when, in 1518, through his connections with Cardinal Wolsey he procured the King's letters patent (which were confirmed by Act of Parliament) for its foundation, becoming the first President. Meetings were held in his house in Knightrider Street which he later bequeathed to the Society with his library. In Henry VIII's reign, Thomas Linacre bought "Frognal" or "Frogenhall", in the parish of Newington, and "Levenoke" Manor in tlle same parish. That same monarch, moreover, on October 12th, 1524, granted Linacre licence to found three separate lectureships of medicine, two at Oxford and one at Cambridge, which were called "Lynacre's Lectures". The two estates mentioned above, along with some others, were left in his will for the purpose of founding the lectureships. In the later years of his life Linacre was ordained, becoming Rector of Mersham, which is in the Diocese of Canterbury, on October 23rd, 1509. Soon afterwards he resigned this living and became a Prebendary of Wells. He held the same office, in 1517, at the Chapel of St. Stephen, Westminster, and, in 1518, at York, in the following year becoming Precentor of York Cathedral. The end came on October 20th, 1524, when he died in pain, aged about 64, and was buried in St. Paul's Cathedral by the north door. Several years later, Dr. Caius erected a monument there, to his memory. It is not known what Linacre thought of the religious movement then under way in Europe, but it seems that he used his learning and wealth in the ways that the ideals of his early life dictated, before his journeys abroad. He played a considerable r61e in the scientific advances of the Italian Renaissance, recognised not only in England, but in Europe generally, both as a great scholar of Latin and Greek and as one of England's outstanding physicians, the founder of tile Royal College of Physicians and of three lectureships in Medicine; and it is interesting to note that he was a fellow pupil of Pope Leo X who contributed greatly to the revival of the study of Greek in England. P.I.P.W.

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WHITHER, 0 SPLENDID SHIP? She was beautiful. The tip of her nose-cap towered a full hundred feet above the white expanse of the concrete launching pad; a hundred feet of gleaming metal standing on the horizon like a solitary pin in the cushion of Australia's Western Desert. The scientists called her a triumph; there could not possibly be anything in her that would go wrong. After all, they had made five others li ke her ; there was no lack of experience, and yet even the fifth had failed to return. Five men had successfully landed on the Moon, and five had failed to return. He had known them all quite weU; had trained with them all and he was the last. One of the scientists had his own theory about the succession of failures; it was something to do with the fourth dimension; you could only travel one way in Space, you could land on the Moon, but when you tried to get back you were taken back in time or pushed forward; it was about the way Space was "bent". The astronaut could not understand it and hence did not believe it; neither did anybody else. There was only an hour left before the final count-down. The base commandant was there at the foot of the lattice-work structure that supported the lift up to the astronaut's tiny cabin in the nose-cap. He did not say anything; he did not ask how the astronaut felt; he knew that everything that could be done had been done. He just gave him a tired smile and held out his hand. The astro naut took it, grinned, and stepped onto the lift platform. As the lift sped up inside the lattice work, he felt a sudden desire to go back; he wanted to shout to the operator to reverse the lift. What was he doing this for 1 Where was he going 1 Back to the Stone Age 1 Once inside the cockpit, he relaxed. He was busy checking his instruments, watching the multi-coloured array of winking lights. The monotonous voice ofthe take-off controller chanting the checking procedure filled his ears. There was no time to think for himself. Dimly, out of the corner of his eye he saw tile lift moving away, and the count-down changed from five minute intervals to minute intervals, and finally to seconds. The acceleration during take off was the same as that which he had been used to in the training laboratory at the base. His weight was increased to nearly six times the normal; he could not move, and his eyes felt like billiard balls in their sockets; but aftera surprisingly short time the first and second stages fell away and the acceleration decreased until finally he felt his body weightless under the straps which held him firmly in his shock-proof couch. Then followed three nights and two days of waiting. There was little for him to do; occasionally he would run over Ilis instrument board, and once every hour he would be called up by the base, and asked various questions about his health and mental stat. so that the physicists and psychologists could see how space-flight was effecting him. At last the time came when the Moon entirely filled the little observation window in the nose cap. Soon after, the pre-set gyros slowly rotated the ship and the Moon slid out of sight until the ship was now travelling tail-first towards the Moon. Gently at first, and then with greater and greater power, the retarding rockets fired, and he was once again pressed far into his couch as the forces of deceleration came into play. With a slight jar, the ship came to rest in a huge crater known as the Sea of Calms. As the scientists had predicted, nothing had gone wrong. In fact, it had all been absurdly easy. He wondered what he would find outside; the wrecks of the other five ships as they had been lying for months after failing to take off? All the others had been sent to the 363

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Sea of Calms, each successively in the hope of finding what had happened to the others But each pilot had reported a safe landing, had left his craft and had never been heard from agam. H~ unfastened his straps, adjusted his suit and opened the small hatch to the new world outsIde. He radIOed to Earth that he was leaving the ship, glanced out of the observatIOn wllldow at the Earth herself, and slowly eased himself backwards out of the hatch. As he descended the rungs attach~d to the ~hip's side, the real feeling of reduced gravIty came over hIm for the first time; It was as If he had had just too much to drink' he felt the same lillht-headedness and the same sensation that he was treading on air: Idly, he wondered If he were 10 fact drunk, and angrily tossed this absurd thought away. He stepped off the last rung and turned round to survey the Moon for the first time. They were beautiful. The tip of each nose-cap towered a full fifty feet above the white expa.nse of the vast crater; five shi ps of gleaming silver-coloured metal. He stared at them stupIdly for a full five minutes and then set off in a shambling trot to the nearest one only a few hundred yards away. It was dIfficult at first beca use of the gravitational effects but he soon mast~red the effects and mana~ed a half-run, half-trot which eventually took' him to th~ first shIp. He clambered up the sIde and peered through the open hatch. Everything was III perfect order; the ship could have been launched back to Earth in five minutes. A mood of the most complete depression filled him as he climbed down the ladder' he was not really thinking about ~h at be was doing and he slipped and fell thirty feet t~ the ground. As he fell, he automatIcally pushed lumself away from the ship. He landed with a soft tbud twenty yards from It. Of course, tbat was how yo u moved 011 the Moon' you dId not walk, you made a series of long jumps. As he covered the half-mile to th~ next ship his depression cleared. He inspected each ship in turn, not because he thought he wo uld find an>: 1.lfe, but because that gave 111m an excuse to tryout his new jumping techmque. HIS Spirit soared WIth elatIOn like that of a child wbo bas finally mastered bis roller skates and can now go anywhere on Ius wonderful wheels. He wanted to jump up as far as he could ; WIldly he looked around hIm and saw the side of the crater rise out of the plain a few miles away. He bounded away and as he drew near could see a sort of natural pathway, impossibly steep for a mountain path on Earth; but this was the Moon! ~ow he. could climb mountains as easily as stairs! He leapt up the path made WIth the JOY of hIS new-found power over natural obstacles. What a view when he reached the top! He was the most powerful man in the Universe! He never saw the ravine that yawned before him. His spirit was still full of elation as he plunged thousands of feet into the absolute blackness, to join the bodies of his five predecessors. C.A.M.P.

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THE THIRTY-SIX INCH REFLECTING TELESCOPE OF KONG-HO The great question in the New China was whether you fell into the category of rich peasant, poor peasant, or landless tenant, or whether you just fell . Unfortunate landowners fought for the privileged status of rich peasant with the same tenacity of purpose with which these aimed for the title of middle peasant, etc. Everyone was frightened of the cadres. For the cadres were there to incite attacks on land lords. Everyone who was a land lord (except Kong-Ho) feared the cadres. Yet no one had more cause to fear the new regime than Kong-Ho. Still, this gentleman, in spite of his ownership of countless square Ii of land , was not perturbed. Kong-Ho's house was neither particularly impressive nor was it very inconspicuous. It contained enough room for Kong-Ho himself and a few servants. The rooms were furnished in a Western style with polished, shining tables and parabolic armchairs. But this was not really strange, for most of the bourgeoisie try to imitate the ideas of the West. What was unusual abou t Kong-Ho's home was that, a few hundred ya rds from the house, there stood a large, ugly, grey dome-shaped building. Few knew the function of this edifice. It was rumoured in the village that, since the only time the building showed any signs of life was at night, some form of imperialistic magic was practised there by Ko ng-Ho. This air of mystery abo ut the domicile of Kong-Ho seemed sure to attract the attention of the members of the ne w regime sooner or later. Kong-Ho was well aware of this. He was therefore not surprised to see, one morning, two soldiers and an officer walking up the drive towards his door. Soon the expected military knock reverberated through the house, and he rushed to the door and opened it, inviting the three members of the military in. "Welcome, Sirs, to my home. Please come in and sit down." "Thank you, Comrade Kong-Ho", replied Hsien-Pai of the 3rd Swatow Rifles. "We have come to make your acquaintance and at the same time, to ascertain your position in our new society." Kong-Ho smiled, and ushered them to the parabolic wicker armchairs, praying once more that they should be seated. But none of the three comrades of the 3rd Swatow Rifles had ever seen such chairs. Lieutenant Hsien-Pai took the initiative as the commanding officer, and, with a "do or die" expression on his face deposited himself gingerly on the chair. He sat stiffly upright, with dignity if with embarrassment. In the back of his mind was the fea r that, were he to allow himself to lean back, the contours of the ridiculous chair would prevent his righting himself. The soldier on the right upturned himself by sitting on the edge. His comrade in the ranks took fright and sat on the floor. At last when the assembled company had made itself comfortable, Kong-Ho said: "Gentlemen, can I offer you sometlling before we settle down to our business ... Tea 7" "No, thank you, Comrade", replied the Lieutenant hurriedly, with visions of tea being sucked up thro ugh a tube. "I think we'll get down to business straight away, Comrade, if you don't mind." "Certainly, Lieutenant. And bow can I help you 7" "Well, Comrade, we wish to make a note of all your possessions." "I see. Very well. Are we ready?" 365

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At this point, both privates drew forth large and conspicuous wads of note paper. Hsein-Pai sat upright in his chair, trying to dissociate himself from this bureaucratic action. Kong-Ho politely waited until the soldiers were ready, and then began: "Seven thousand square Ii ofland, with thirty thousand tenants; this house; two cars; two Ming vases; various other antiques; forty chairs; seven beds; thirty-three servants; assorted crockery; cutlery; furniture and a 36 inch Cassegrain reflecting telescope." "What's that?"

"Oh, a very special powerful telescope by which I can see the moon and stars very clearly." "I suppose it's housed under that dome 1" "Yes, that's right."

"Is it useful ?" "Very useful. That's why all the big powers of the world have them. But this is the only one in China, and I am the only one who knows how to use it." "Thank you very much, Comrade. Your co-operation has done you credit. I fear we must go now, but I hope we'll be seeing you soon ." So saying, Lieutenant Hsien-Pai raised himself out of the parabolic armchair and, saluting marched to the door. The three soldiers stepped out and Kong-Ho closed the door behind them.

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Captain T'ang Po of the 3rd Swatow Rifles, Commander of the social readjustment scheme in Kwangtung Province, was listening to a report from a subordinate over the telephone. ........ and a 36 inch Cassegrain reOecting telescope." "A telescope, eh, Lieutenant? Well, that'll be worth getting. I suppose you've enough agitators? If not, I can always send you a few. And remember, make sure it's the peasants who fina lly condemn him. It looks bad if the cadres do all the work." "But, Sir, it's a reflecting telescope."

"What's the difference 7 It's the same as half a pair of binocu lars, isn't it?" "No, Sir. That's just the point. It works on some strange principle, and it's much more efficient. But apparently he's the only man in China who knows how it works." "I see. You'd better do what you think best. See if you can find out how the telescope works."

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"Yes, but I'll want a guarantee in exchange." "Oh I What will that be 7" "That 1 should be given a managerial post in some company. To ensure my safety, I will witllhold my technical knowledge of reflecti~g telescopes. So if I disappeared:.'hould something go wrong with the telescope, no one WIll know how to put It fight . ...

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THE "FEATHERPRUFE" PILLOW The First Communal' Justice of China, Lo-Pun, was worried. But these torments of his able intellect arose rather less from the case in hand than from the fact that he had not made a joke much less a quotable remark, for three weeks. In fact his last remarks, three weeks ~go had been of the poorest quality. The People's Daily had gIven the case an obscure colu~n on the middle page, with the headline: "You Ought To Be In Pnson:'First Justice. Lo-Pun realised that soon another, perhaps more promment, headline, might appear: "You Ought To Be In Prison First Justice". Already dark, mysterious rumours were going round the communal clubs: u , •• • • • La-Pun losing his grip ...... " u . . . . , . Hasn't made a Joke . .. .. ." " ..... . Much better m3.gistrates . ..... " " ..... . Soon be repJaced ..... ." It was little wonder, then, that Lo-Pun was worried. At that very moment he :vas making up a decent remark. He'd bring one in tI,is case, even if he had to release the prISoner .... Meanwhile, in spite of the inattention of the Great Man of the Court, the case was continuing. A witness was just being sworn in. "Captain Hsien-Pai-3rd Swatow Rifles. Do you swear to tell all the truth necessary?" "I do." "Very well-teU it." (We must all join in COmmending the Chinese Ministry of Justice on economising so drastically on all the archaIC JudICIal verbage that slIlllmpedes the proper functlOrung of our Courts of Law.) Captain Hsien-Pai began. "On the third of May, at 0920 hours, it was my duty to superintend the regimental bayonet practice-" "You are sure of tills time?" enquired a lawyer.

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"As far as you know. We're not concerned with what you know. It's what you ought to know that matters." No party having anything to say for, or against, this argument, Captain Hsien-Pai continued. "Part of my duty is to set out the bags for the practice on posts. Now, because the bags were soaked in rainwater, they were unfit for active military service. So I had to find a substitute. I looked around for anything suitable-" "And what did you find?" asked another lawyer. "Nothing at all that would serve as a bayonet target, except-" "Not even a Western Imperialist ?" "No. Nothing exce pt the troops' pillows. On exam ination, I found that the pillows' which had been manufactured by the Slepe-Tite-N ite-Rite Siumberware Company, bore the mark 'Featherprufe'. And since they, unlike the bags, were not soaked with rainwater-' , "Ah, Weatherprufe as weU", said a yo ung lawyer, to tbe amusement of the Court. "Order!" said Lo-Pun, furious at having been outdrawn . The young lawyer muttered an apology, and slunk away under the formid able glare of the Great Man. When the Court had recomposed itself, the Captain went on: "I resolved to hang these pillows on the postsÂˇ instead of the bags. I had assumed, of course, that the company was stating that its pillows were actually impossible to puncture. Imagine my surprise, therefore, on finding, when the practice was over, feathers from the pillows strewn all over the courtyards of the barracks. In consequence of this, I had to order thirty new pillows from the military supplies. When, on enquiry, my superiors discovered the facts of the incident, 1 was court-martialled and punished." "How?" interposed Lo-Pun. (Tbis might be the chance for a joke.) Captain Hsien-Pai winced visibly, but, having gathered enough courage to recall the painful incident, said: "Twenty strokes if taken all together, or, on the new plan, ten the first week, and five on each of six subsequent weeks." A very embarrassed silence followed. " I see. Please go on." (Not much chance of a joke there.) "After this I decided to sue the firm that had imposed on me and caused all the trouble. So here I am." "Are you?" said Lo-Pun. Nobody laughed. "Thank you", said a ]awyer. "Thank you, Captain. Next witness." "Comrade Kong-Ho, Director, the Slepe-Tite-Nite-Rite Siumberware Company, Peking. Do you swear to tell all the truth necessary?" "I do." "And do you plead guilty?" "Guilty? Of what ?" " Of false pretences, Comrade. Unless you have any preferences. But aU our crimes have the same punishment." 368

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"I plead innocent of the charge of false pretences." "Then what do you plead guilty to?" "I am not guilty of anything." "Comrade", explained the lawyer gently, " J see that you do not understand our system of law. Whereas in other countries you are innocent until you are tried and proved guilty, in China you are guilty until you are tried, and then you are proved dead. This makes for efficiency, of course, for all we need to know is yo ur crime. So surely there is something you are guilty of?" "Well, I did exceed the speed limit just outside Peking on Wednesday." "Good. You've pleaded guilty to the charge of speeding. But first we'll deal with this charge of false pretences. I'll ask you a few questions. Do you make 'Featherprufe' pillows ?" "My firm does." "J see. And are these pillows really featherproof1" "As pillows, certainly. In three years, we have not had a complaint from any ... ." "Yes. But if one bayoneted one of your pillows, the feathers would come out 1" "Probably. But one does not bayonet one's pillows." "One does not call one's pillows featherprufe, when they are not featherprufe, or even featherproof. So you are in fact guilty of false pretences. To say nothing of perjury . ... " "Yes, but you will agree that 'featherprufe' is not a word." "Of course it's a word, how . . . ." " You certainly won't find it in the dictionary." "True." "Therefore, it has no specific meaning. Now, I made it up, and am entitled to give it a name." "Yes. But where is all this getti ng us?" "I give the word 'featherprufe' the meaning of (pillow) whose feathers will not come out, jf treated normally. And since my pillow is 'featherprufe', I am innocent. So I can gocan't 17" "On the contrary, Comrade Kong-Ho. On Wednesday, yo u were exceeding the speed limit just outside Peking. This is correct?" "Well . ... surely . . . ." "What's the sentence, Sir?" asked the lawyer of Lo-Pun. " Oh .... life imprisonment, I'd say. In order to create an example." "Life imprisonment!" ejaculated Kong-Ho. "Life imprisonment", repeated the Court. "Oh!" said Kong-Ho, "I wish J hadn't said that-I wish to hell I were out of hereif only I could .. . ." "Come come" said Lo-Pun. "For you, this should be a time for aspirins-not for aspiratio~s!" , The Court laughed. 369

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The People's Daily gave the trial front page headlines: BRILLIANCE OF PEOPLE'S JUDGE ILLUMINES CASE ASPIR INS, NOT ASPIRATIONS.

La-Pun stayed many more years in office. As for Kong-Ho, his sentence was secretly commuted to exile in Britain which, some said, was just as bad.

"TANGENT" my name is period xerxes q period some of you may have heard of archy once a human verse libre bard now a cockroach of archy and mehitabel inc well i am much the same only i live in the age of the h bomb everyone makes an incredible fuss over the beastly bomb but it hasn't altered things much life my friends my enemies stopped reading this tripe some time ago life is still a mixture of tragedy and comedy the comedy lies in things like the story of the chap who was arrested for making shepherds pie he got ten years you see he used real shepherds the tragedy comes afterwards when no one laughs period as archy once said quote the important thing is whether the stuff is literature or not unquote it is clear to the most intellectually putrescent pseudo that this remark has something but what it wo uld be hard to say not even the jury who acquitted lady c could answer that one and the result is that chaps like me can get away with muck like this period A.D.D.K. 370

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RUNDOWN ON BROADWAY One evening around II, I am standing on the corner of 52nd and 74th Street, right under the Chaucer Chop House sign, when who do I see but Two Tone Schmoo and Meat Plates Gonoph. Now these are 2 parties with whom I wish to have no truck whatever, since they are both undoubtedly extremely hot characters, and maybe hotter. Two Tone gets his name on account of his eyes- one a kind of purple and the other green. This makes him all confused about his colouring; red, orange and mauve checks not being everybody's idea of the well-dressed male. He measures about 63 inches, and has bandy legs on account of his doing too much weight-lift ing when he is younger. Meat Plates Gonoph gets his nomer from his hands; he is abou t 78 inches high, weighs 230 pounds and is in building demolition during the day-only he doesn't bother with any tools. Now I know for certain that the gendarmes have the heat on these two parties because of their uncommon impatience with hesitant bank clerks who do not wish to give away their money to strangers. So I am about to melt into the side walk when Two Tone comes busting up and gets all social; and not wanting to appear unfriendly-especially when I remember how temperamental Meat Plates gets with unfriendly acq uai ntances-l wish them good-day, and say as follows : "Well, Two Tone, and Meat Plates, how is it with you? You look kind of restless." Now of course I don't care a chicken's hooter how it is with Two Tone and Meat Plates, but I am worried more than somehow about their restlessness. Anyway, at this Two Tone relaxes no little, and says I am to have a drink with them and so, not willing to appear unsociable, I say why I'd love to. My blood pressure goes up quite a few pegs though, since I realise Two Tone means to make an evening of it, and after a while he tells me why he is in town. It appears that he and Meat Plates have a scheme for making plenty of coconuts-but they need help. This puts my pressure up a whole lot more, but I sit still and listen. Well Two Tone says that as I know there are very many old dames up and down the country with plenty of coconuts, who get all kind of sentimental about the past, though why they do he, Two Tone, can never personally understand, since he usually prefers to forget it. Anyway it transpires that he and Meat Plates meet up with a certain Professor Gerald D. Beersfeldt, who invents a liquid which melts cement as soon as look at it. Professor Beersfeldt moreover is on the point of giving them some of tllis very same liquid, though he does not yet know it; and then Two Tone, Meat Plates and I are going to get rid of all the cement in some old ruin, so we can get the bricks out. Well I ask what we want with ruined bricks, at which Two Tone gets very excited and puts my blood pressure up quite some again, and says to sell it to old dames of course, to build genuine old-fasllioned summer houses with. Naturally this seems to me to be a more tban somewhat crazy scheme, but I remember how temperamental Two Tone and Meat Plates are, and I say nothing. It seems kind of harmless anyway, so I agree to go along. Well right after tbis we all leave and take a short to 23rd Street where the professor lives. The jockey seems to go awful fast and I ask him to slow up, since my blood pressure is by now up another two dozen pegs; but it seems to make no difference. Finally when we are on the corner of 28th and 34th Street, Meat Plates gets all temperamental and yells to the jockey to haul up, which the guy does. Then Mea t Plates gets out and the following conversation ensues: 371

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"When a customer asks you to take it easy, why do you not be nice and take it easy, huh? Now see what you get,"- and with this Meat Plates ha uls the guy out by the collar and tosses him through the nearest store window. Then he gets back into the cab and we dri ve to 23rd Street, though it seems to me we go no slower. The Professor is a fun ny guy with a Van Dyke beard and cauliflower ears, who says he has no wish whatever to give us his liquid. Well at this Two Tone outs with the old equalizer, a nd the Professor seems to change his mind , and gives him a large green bottle. Then we climb back into the taxi and drive straight to the Central Bank, which is a very ancient ruin indeed. Here Two Tone produces a paint brush, a nd carefully daubs the stuff all along the cement between the stones. After waiting a wh ile Meat Plates then tries to move the wa ll by hauling off and catching it one with his fist. But nothing happens whatever, except that maybe Meat Plates gets a sore knuckle or two. About this time Two Tone decides that Professor Beersfeldt gives us the wrong bottle, and it is probably by no means a mistake. So we all get back into the short a nd go busting back to 23rd Street. Meat Plates drives on the one clear principle of never looking sideways and ignoring any red lights on the way, but he only manages to put my blood pressure up maybe about 3t pegs, because I'm near all used to it by now. Well when we arrive at Professor Beersfeldt's we find he expects us which, as Meat Plates observes, proves he must be crossing us, since he has half the city's gendarmes with him. Anyhow at the sight of so many sawn-off shot Âˇguns Two Tone and Meat Plates get all kind of beadstrong, and out with their equalizers and go root-a-toot-toot at anything they can see dressed in blue. Well tbe gendarmes get very nervo us at th is attitude, and several of them leave through the door, which they forget to open, and Wllich Professor Beersfeldt later charges them up for, since this is very great carelessness. Anyway with all this lead flying a round, pretty soon the place looks like a tea strainer and before long, Two Tone, who forgets to bring his glasses and can't see so good, hits a large bottle on a shelf; but nobody minds abo ut this for the moment since it might be them next time. Finally, though, the other half of the city's gendarmes arrive, and Two Tone and Meat Plates have to call the whole thing off, and are looking pretty glum because this means a long rest cure at the State's expense for both of them . Then suddenly there is an unexpected development. The bottle Two Tone smashes turns out to be the real cement dissolver the Professor wants to horde, a nd before you can stop a stool pigeon singing, one wall of the laboratory is in rubble a nd the other three are looking li ke they want to join it. This does not create a good impression amo ngst the gendarmes; in fact they all get very worried and start run ning about and cursing each other, so as we hate crowds and bad language we figure it's time we get some air and slide out the door to the short. Two Tone and Meat Plates drop me back at Chaucer's Chop House a nd decide to put some distance between them and town, so I say good-bye, and they start right off, at which my blood pressure cools off quite some. The last I hear of them, they are in semi-retirement and living off a ring of phoney bousey-housey joints. As for the Professor, he loses his laboratory and his formu la for the cement dissolver; so bank stocks stay safe and sound.which many citi zens consider to be a very good thing. P.S.

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SERGEANT MARSHALL Forty years ago the School Corps, or O.T.C. as it was then called, was as different from its present-day counterpart as the School of 1921 was from the School now. There were fa r fewer Cadets, as there were far fewer members of the School, though till 1927 most of the School were members of the O.T.C. So for something approaching 200 cadets there were no instructors from outside military establisbments, except tbose for the band, and most of the organisation of the corps was run by one man, R.S.M . Marshall. Sgt. Marshall came to the School as Sergeant of tbe O.T.C. and also as a qualified P.T. instructor, to run all the School's physical training, on March 31st, 1921. He was soon promoted to Warrant Officer rank, though no-one ever called him anything but "Sgt. Marshall" : " R.S. M.'s are remote and awful beings but Sgt. Marshall has never been either remote or awful. He was a quiet and self-effacing sort of person, qualities not usually associated witb a field instructor-which perhaps is why he was such a very good one." Sergeant Marshall soon became a sta ndard of reliability and efficiency in all the fields of school life in which he played a part. The contents of the armoury were always in a condition which would satisfy the most severe inspector. He took a personal pride in the cleanliness of equipment. "One of the few times he became really angry was when a few juvenile conscripts sought to enliven the tedium of a field day on Scotland Hills by loading rifles witb blank cartridges and rabbit droppings and discharging the latter in the face of tlle 'enemy'. He was not particularly concerned with the faces of the 'enemy' but he deeply resented the fouling of his rifles." No-one ever became respected or liked by virtue of a reputation for cleanliness and efficiency, and the universal respect and esteem for Sergeant Marshall felt throughout the School is a testimony to his qualities of thoughtfulness and concern for the welfare of all the Cadets under his cb~rge. Mr. Reynolds, his second C.O., said of him that " to the young initiates he was a tower of strength, and if anyone wanted anything Cat Corps Camp), Sgt. Marshall brougbt it." He was nicknamed " Barch" by all, because of his tendency to order the Contingent to "Quick Barch". Such was his popularity in the School that he almost succeeded in making P.T. palatable. He used to stand in front of the whole School on a bench and take a mass P.T. period. P.T. was in those days a para-military activity, for the O.T.C. was connected witb the P.T. team in much the same way as the C.C.F. is connected with shooting. It had its own P.T. team. During the War, when tbe School was evacuated to Cornwall, it fell upon Sgt. Marshall to see to the moving of the equipment of the Armoury to tbe School's new home. Although he "just threw everything into the train, and off we went", one can well imagine the organisation required to move several hundred rifles and sets of clothing three hundred miles in the middle of a war. Yet everything went with the School. In Cornwall the O.T.C. was taken under the wing of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, where it almost took the part of a Home Guard Regiment. The senior N.C.O.'s would go the rounds of the local Home Guard posts, giving instruction to tbe recruits! Althougb Sgt. Marshall enjoyed his stay in the West Country- he was lucky enough to find a cottage near the School for his family- he finds Kent infinitely superior. 373

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In 1954 Sgt. Marshall retired from the post of R.S.M. which he had occupied for thirtythree years, but stayed on with us as a gardener. Gardening had always been his chief hobby; he rather regrets not having had more free time to indulge in it. So, as Sir Thomas Scrivenor says: "Sgt. Marshall is an inseparable part of the background at School, and it is very good to see him there still ; no longer with the same linear profile that he had forty years ago, but still unmistakeably recognisable, and looking as fit as he ever did in front of a P.T. squad in the Mint Yard."

THE FEAST SOCIETY Readers of past Calltuarialls will recall that the Feast Society was established about 1712, much about the time that Commemoration and thelAnniversary Sermoll'became;traditional. This King's School Feast Society met once a year for a banquet, generally held at the Fountain Hotel in St. Margaret's Street. 11 was not a Society which originated from within the School or was composed of Old Boys. Rather it was an annual gathering of "notables" of Kent, presided over by Stewards of considerable social eminence-for example, the Duke of Wellington some years, Lord John Russell later, and so forth. The purpose of this Society was to raise money with which King's Scholars might proceed to Oxford and Cambridge. Here is the origin of what came to be known as the "O.K.S. Exhibitions"-not Exhibitions from O.K.S. but for them. The funds are still existent, though now contained within other benefactions, and these are administered by the O.K.S. Exhibition Committee which meets every St. John Baptist's Day for the purpose. The Feast Society continued annually until some year within the 1880's, when it ceased. One remarkable feature is that the honorary treasurership was held all that time by the family of Wight wick-all O.K.S.-without a break . In July, 1939, the Feast Society was revived at a grand banquet in Lincoln's Inn Hall by the e/forts of Archbishop Lang and the Duke of Kent. There, some two hundred "notables" pledged their loyalty and help to the King's School and the Duke accepted the Presidency. Unhappily the war broke out two months later and the Society could never meet again. The greater part of those who signed their names as members of the re-founded Society have in the long interval died. Perhaps in the near future somebody devoted to the School will be able to e/fect a resurrection. Recently a charming menu has been discovered, showing the meal which the Society consumed in 1879. They did themselves very nicely, either at a fixed charge or at the cost of the Stewards, but clearly they had to pay for their own wines. As today we seldom see such a meal, it will be of interest to read what these good men "discussed"-we are transported into another world, suggestive of the days of Mrs. Beeton, the precise wine with the precise eatable. The menu is printed on a four-page card, abo ut four inches by three, silver-edged, and the items in gothic lettering. The printer was "Ginder, Canterbury", of whom this writer knows nothing, not even where his printing-press was-but he could do a choice job. This actual card was found at Riversleigh, the home of Silas Williamson, O.K.S., who died in 1956 at the age of 96. He came to the School in 187 I, and could hardly have been at this banquet, which was not for young men I It may well have been his father's. However, had you been there, this is how you would have fared. 374

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AFRICA: ITS PAST, PROBLEMS AND POTENTIAL In the past, Africa has been regarded as a land of mystery, inhabited by black-skinned races and an abundance of wild animals. However the Dark Conti nent has been opened up during the last two centuries and modern methods of travel and communication have removed its mystery, although it is still a land of change and trouble at the moment. Africa's past and the part it has played in the development of man are thus of great relevance and the problems they present need to be examined. Firstl y, although Africa never contributed especially to the discovery of the wbeel, of writing, mathematics and many other milestones in man's development, there is now substantial evidence that it was the birthplace of ma n. The recent discovery of the oldest known human remains- those of Zinjanthropus, in East Africa- have indicated this remarkable proposition. Zinja nthropus is apparently closely related to the fossil remains of the ape-like Nea r-Man, found in South Africa a little while ago, and it wo uld seem that Africa was the scene of the most important step in animal evolution, the stage when man first used crude stone tools and penetrated the sphere of consciousness a nd thought. Moreover, man's development was centred in Africa for about 600,000 years, a significant section of his over all development which has now taken about a million years. For the first 400,000 years there was little change in tbe primitive Oldaran culture but afterwards no less than twelve separate cha nges can be traced in the development of the next 300,000 years, when waves of migration swept out of Africa into Europe and Asia, which must therefore be indebted to that continent. In addition, there is evidence that the first weapons for long-distance attack were of African origin and the "bola" and primitive spear-head gave much increased efficiency to the hunter. However, development then shifted to Europe and Asia, and after 3000 D.C. Africa passed into a period of stagnation, Wllich lasted until the coming of the white man . The stagnation was not, however, caused by any inherent fault in the African. It was not un intelligence but desert wastes that prevented the assimilatio n of other cultures into his own development. The narrow Nile valley, partly closed by the swamps of the Sudd, was the one link with the rest of the world. The climate also was un favourable, for the heat produced a lush vegetation a nd a vast number of animals, thus avoiding the need for agriculture in the struggle for survival. Biologically it is natural for life to take the easiest path possible. The climate furtber prevented the development of the African by nourish.ing all kinds of disease. It is well-known that malaria ca n reduce a person's efficiency, and repeated attacks result in a sluggishness of which the white man has often complained. The stimulus of invasion and the advance of medicine have combined to remove this last defect, and there is no reason to suppose that the African is naturally less intelligent than the European. The potential has been obscured by formerly uncontrollable factors. Although the African has been forced by his environment into an inferior position, especia lly in cultural fields, he has made great advances in social affairs. The social structure of African tribes has always been very stable, well-organised and happy, and class distinctions were never so strong that a poor man went with.out his food, while the "civi lised" races are on ly begin ning to real ise the importa nce of a ba lanced social life. Fam il y planning, for instance, used to be an established law in most of the Bantu tribes to prevent under-nourishment and unnecessary suffering. The death penalty also was unusual in African justice, and only the habitual murderer was executed, as it was realised that murder is usually provoked and unplanned. 376

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Unfortunately, Western races have not fully re~lised the .vast differences between black d white peoples in their dealings WIth the AfrIcans. DIfferences of skin and features a~e obvious but less obvious have been the differences of mental approach. [n the late ~evelopment of the embryo babies of white races, t~le brain developes at the expense of the body, whereas the African embryo devdops phYSIcally for a longer perIod, .and .the ape develops more than either and IS thus bIOlogIcally the most mature. T~e AfrIcan IS theref e in this sense more mature than the white man, and in favo urable condItIons should r~~ch a greater height. Moreover, this greater maturity n~ed n?t be at the expense of the brain, for anatomically the brai ns of white a nd black are IdentIcal, but It probably me~ns that the African's brain works very dIfferently, especIally after the long perIod of stagnatIon it has undergone. . These differences prevent the African from responding favourably to the edu.catlOnal methods of Europe. If classroom educ~tion cannot make him into a black verSIOn of a white citizen neither can an AfrIcan polItICIan expect great suceess If he attempts to ap ply European m~thods of government in Africa . . The problems are immense. Tn the past it has been the custom for the older and wISer men of the community to govern, but in the last half-century the yo unger men have moved Âˇnto the towns from the surroundi ng country to take work a.s clerks, house boys, shop~eepers, and labourers, and it is this m.inority that has bee~ gIven the benefit of a 1I1,"!lted franchise . The more conservative and wiser members remam In the country, unenfranchised. Also the awakening of Africa must necessarily be a troubled time, for the cultu~e evolved by five thousand years of Western development is nOW being forced onthe AfrIcans m a concentrated form that is hard to take. These dIfficultIes are mherent m the ~roblem of Africa today and only the most short-sighted observer.canafford to overlook the s lgn~ncance of both the African character and the strams to whIch It has been subJ e~ted . Afllca has great potential, but it is not the same potentIal as that of Europe, and It should be encouraged to develop smoothl y accordmg to Its own nature. P.R.A.

THE RAILWAY AGE Many modern science-fiction writers have written stories about a futu re ,:"her~ man is subord inate to machines. T his idea is entirely illogical. Firstly, the most VIVId mmds find it hard to imagine men standing in a factory and producmg sWISs-roils, whIle machl'.'es are watching football matches and waiting to go home to c~nsume the sWISs-roils whIch the men have made. Anyway, if man has any sense at all, wh!ch he has, at least ~here hIS own comfort is concerned, he will build a machine that can thlllk and then teach It how to think that man is its master. This machine will then teach all future machllles to thmk this and all "revisionist" machines will be liquidated, and the molten metal re-moulded and'taught to think properly. Man, in this society, will have no work, or. none of wha t .w.~ call work since if a machine ever breaks down, another machmewIlI repalf It, and then If a repairing:machine needs mending, a repairing-re pairing machme WIll do the Job. But what will man do? He will no longer have to live, because the machines are doing this for him; but he will be in serious danger of becoming mechaniscd himself. In order to pass the tllne, everybody will take up a hobby, and since they will have nothing else to do, they WIU become obsessed 377

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by it. Thus, fut ure existence will be like this : machines will do all the work, as has been prophesied many times, and every man will be diabolically pursui ng his chosen hobby. You may laugh at this, but the symptoms are already showing in one hobby which would appea l to the mechanised mind: electric trains, or indeed model trains of any sort. [n Britain people travel by road, but they used to travel by train, and therefore this train hobby does and will appeal to the British mind , even when automation takes over. I shall take the norma l history of a model-railway. At abo ut the age of seven a boy is given a modern train set which consists of twelve curved and twel ve straight rails, two carriages, and a locomotive. He makes an oval track around which the engine runs for three days without stopping, and when the three days have passed, the boy has reached the crucial stage of his life. Will he become a model-ra il way enthusiast? He can either get bored with his train and forget it or buy new accessories. If he chooses new rolling-stock, the situation is not dangerous; but it becomes so if he is led 0 11 to buy more rails. Oncc " the line begins to expand , enthusiasm grows more and more rapidl y, a nd the line begins to spread . The fata l stage is reached when the boy lirst gets points, because even one set of points offers vast opportunities for expansion, and calls for new rai ls to exploit this opportunity. With the lirst points the tentacles begin to spread and now not hing can stop them; soon they will be stretching over a large area . Not even a solid wall can stop the momen tum of the advancing track. The line, on hitting the wall, will crumple up, points will appear and the tracks will agai n start spread ing out, parallel to the wa ll, some making a complete turn back to the starting point. [f the area which contains the rai lway becomes congested, a line will tentatively look for an opening into a wider space, pass thro ugh it, and the stagnant track will blossom out into a huge network a nd relentlessly proceed towards the horizon. In some ways a model-railway resembles a newly-discovered country in which the first settlers arri ve. At first there is a period of expansion which is followed by the organisation of the country and the introduction of an orderly way of life. [have described the early expansion of the railway. This will continue; but it needs organisation and it falls upon its creator to fulfi l this task; but the situation is now different. The model railway begins to shape the life of the being that created it, and it demands orga nisation. Houses appear a long the li ne, and the red and green gnomes fishing round the garden-pond are replaced by gaswo rks round a civic boating-lake with trains rushing past. The goldfish are electrocuted by the electric line, roses are smashed down by the adva ncing chai n of sleepers. Our quaint, rustic garden in the suburbs is replaced by a model of the roaring industrial life of 20th century Brita in . The linal stage has not yet been reached. The cloud-cuckoo la nd built up laboriously by a suburban dweller has been overrun a nd ruthlessly destroyed by the rai lway, and the boy who got his tra in set ma ny yea rs ago now has his wi ll regulated by it. To complete Ilis demoralisation, the sadistic track demands a time-table. Realism must be ach ieved, and the train enthusiast unwillingly and laborio usly works one out. He is compelled to run his own day to the time-table which his ra ilway has fo rced upon him. He must send off the midnight train and sleep for half-an-hour before the departure of the early morning workers; and then he must not forget the 8.2 from Surbiton to send the business men and office workers to London. The Model Railway has enslaved its own creator, a nd it has triumphed over all obstacles in its victorious advance. C.H.I.

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"Take that; and that. I'll teach ye t' disobey ye father." The man Ilit him once, twice. The son cringed by the armchair. It was big and strong, its long grey arms stretchmg out to him offering a place of refuge, away from the next blow. The man brought down the heavy leather strap again . It missed but cut a deep slit in the side of the chair. "Thank God" the boy whispered , glad of a few seconds' respite. A flash of pam ran acr?ss hIS back' the buckle hit his head and nicked his shoulder. He put his hand to the pa m and drew' it away sharply. It was red: He saw his father, a rm ra ised above him, but dnn ly. He fell a long, long way but only mto the arms of the comfortlllg grey chair. Pa in ran through the man's body. It came from his left shoulder and quickly ran over his chest to the other shoulder. He felt cold and gasped for breath. He sucked down a mouthful of air but just as quickly let it out again. He moved his head to suck in another, better volume of air but his body was moving too. He felt himself falling and could not push ~ ut his arms to save himself. His ar ms we re heavy and the pain . . . . No. 11 eased. Now he could get up. " Where is the belt? I must have dropped it." He reached o ut for the belt and was surprised to see Ilis arm still by his body. The slop, slop of a woman walking in carpet slippers sounded in the hall outside. The wo man came in the doorway. "Albert! What's all the bloody row?" she demanded, eyes on the mirror as she put yet another dab of rouge on her old, worn skill. "Albert!" (louder this time). She turned round at the silence. The boy was still strewn over the chair a jumble of bones thrown out by a graved igger as he prepares a new grave. A casua l glan'ce and she turned to the mirror again. " What's that slut been at now?" The stillness blanketed down on her. "She' ll come now", the man thought. He called out again-shouted " M~be~! " . No sou o~ c~me to the wo~an's ears but ~~ she ~ lIrn~d ,~ga lll she noticed a leg stlckmg out questlOllingly from behmd the sofa. What s tillS? she said less a udibl y. She walked over to the other side of the room. The man was Iymg face down between the wall and the sofa. "Drunk again, I suppose !" she thought. "Get .me up, woman, don't just stand there", he said. She kicked him. " Hell , woman, what do you think yo u're doing?" He cursed to himself. " WhJ: didn't she hear ? Why didn't she help ?" The woman was puzzled, she bent down beSide the prostrate body. She ran out. Out of the house, into the street. The door banged below. " Why did she do that? What's wrong with her ?" He tried to reach out his arm to get up but it would not move. "That pain ", he remePlbered, "wa~ tha~ deatl~? N? It coul~n ' t be. I am alive. No angels or any of that nonsense ! [ can sl1ll thmk. I m stilI breathmÂĽ. My heart is beating." He had a heart condit ion which made it possible for him to hear IllS heart-beat, usually. He listened for the next beat. He Wai ted a long tllne. The door banged again below and voices walked along the corridor to the room. The doctor entered, did not notice the boy still in the armchair. He bent over thc man, grasped his wrist and listened at his chest. "There's nothing I can do for this one. You had better get the undertakers." "Undertaker ! Undertaker ? Then I rea ll y a m dead! Or is it a mistake? I thought there were meant to be angels and things taking yo u up to heaven . Dead! I don't seem to b e dead!" .He heard a sob. Mabel was leaning over him, tears tnckhog from her eyes like soda from a nearly empty bottle. He had never seen her lIke tlllS before. 379

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"Does she rea lly care for me then? r never gave her much cause!" She touched his forehead but he did not feel it. She lowered his eyelids. Darkness. "Hell, it's worse now. It was much better when I could see. What did she do that for? I'll get her for that!" He remembered. "What's bappening? I can't see. Please, God, I know I have done wrong but help me now." There was no answer. The stillness, the blackness shut off everything. He was a lone. A lone ! He wanted to hea r Mabel say something. She had been pretty once. When he had married her, she had looked beautiful at the registry office. She had on one of those grey suit th ings with a spray of pink carn ations in the buttonhole. Then there was Chris topher. He was a good lad rea lly, but he had been angry today. Steps again . Two men talking. He wanted to hear everythin g they said. He wa nted to hear people talk. He did not feel so alone then. T hey must be underta kers, they were pulling him about. "Hey, stop it !" No, tbey could not hear. He knew that Mabel had n't heard when he had wanted her to help h im. He was feeli ng tired, very tired. It must be dark outside now. He wanted to sleep, to escape from this death. The man heard voices, steps on stone, the metallic clatter of boots. A door opened somewhere behind him and Mabel's voice sounded, hollow in the room . The two men were with her again. Hands tugged at him and he was lifted and lowered into a box. The short, sharp clash of metal on metal as the lid was secured. It's funny, I could never put the lid on a biscuit tin right the first time. The lid! Then he was shut in! There was no escape now; they would neve r take the lid off again . No escape now. He was alone. No-one to turn to. He wanted to pray: "OurFatherwhichartinHeavenHallowedbethyname ... .What comes after that?" He had never had mucb churching, he hadn't thought it wo rth it. He tried to remember when he was a boy. He had been happy then. He had even gone to church once a mon th. What had they said then? He tried again: "OurFatherwhichar tinHeaven Hallowedbethyname .. . . No, it's no use. So long ago. So faded. So distant. It's strange I' ve always remembered those times so well !" The thought came back. " Shut in! " No, r won't thin k a bout that. I'll thin k a bout something else. r know, I'll thin k a bout home. She was a good wife, Ma bel. She a lways did what he said, not like that Christopher. He was a lways off at the pictures, or listening to reco rds with his friends. Never a round the house when he was wa nted. "But the wife, she's always around when I want her; yes, she's a good wife. Hell, what's her na me? I can't even remember the Dame of my own wife. My memory m ust be going. No, it's no use. Jt began wit h B. That's it, Bertba! r remember now. But was it'/ I'm not sure! Anyway, that's what I'll call her. What was it I was going to call her? I can't even remember from minute to minute!" More voices, but the same Ol1es again'. He was lifted and felt the jolt and scrape as the coffin was slid into the car. The door banged and he heard the distant hum of the engine. He tried to follow the turns which he took but after three or four he was quite lost. The hum ceased and again there came the scrape and jolt as he was lifted out. This must be a hospitaL No, that booming noise is an organ ! But even as he listened it faded grad ually but definitely. The voice of the priest, once so clear, was nothing more than a whisper. Now it is gone and he is left alone, silent. He did not hear as the service ended; he was taken out into the graveyard and then buried out of sight and memory. Agai n he dared not tllink abo ut this, his present situation, and sought escape into tbe pleasant past. He wanted to go back and warn other peop!, that this was deat h. Death is Life and Life is D eath. But who should he tell and how? T!lOse who wo uld mourn him ? He had given 380

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no cause for tears at his departure. Anyway, why should he bother about other people? He had never asked for favours and they had never been given him . He had no debts; other people did not matter. People-he was not one of them now. He was dead! "[ never thought death would be li ke this ; a t least, I've never thought about it before." He wanted to turn away his thoughts again, but this time he couldn't. The coffin seemed a prison for Ilis thoughts as well as for his body. "Dead! Alone!" The words kept on repeating themselves in his mind. He wa nted someone to turn to, but there wasn't anyone.

He felt himself shrinking within himself, getting smaller and smaller, his thoughts flaking away crepitantly until there was j ust one left. "Oh, God !" said the man . From a long way off a voice was heard: "That was the only bit worth saving from this one." "SPARKS, "

THE SAND The sands are mov ing, always, always, Along the shore-line, [n the hourglass, Through my fingers, sliding, sliding.

Each particular is single, single, One among millions Moving with them Where the waves are driving, driving. Forces ever, pushing, pUShing. Undertows undo their work Where is tllis or that gain

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CANTERBURY REBUILT . Their chance came in June, 1942 ; for ill that month Canterbury was heavily bombed m revenge for our attacks on Cologne. " They" are the P lanners, a contemporary example of whom has said that in the blitz of 1942 "real opportunities occurred for comprebensive development". This is certainly true, but the immediate attempts of the Planners to misuse these opportunities is shown by the formation , in 1945, of a Citizens' Defence Association: the people of Canterbury thus affirmed unmistakably that they did not wa nt their City "Improved" according to the official plans. The municipal elections of 1945 were fought and won by the Defence Association over the planning issues. Modified plans were however, put forward, and hotly debated, in August, 195 1. By December, 1952, the work had begun III a manner which The Cal/Illaria" of that term called " irrevocable and deplorable", It is now nearly ten years since the reconstruction bega n, and many people look with horror on what has happened to Canterbury. Ten years before it began, The Times of July, 1942 printed two letters : in one, the Archbishop, the Mayor a nd the Dean of Canterbury. wrote of "the wonderful opportunity to rebuild the City with the Cathedral set in it as a Jewel, so that all may share the joy of its beauty . .. . It is quite possible that tl,e result of all Our suffering should be gain. But if this is to happen, . . .. the plans should be designed WIth the adVice of an arllst or artists of rea l vIsIon". In the other, the Chairman of the Canterbury CIty Planning Committee ~ro te that the rebuilding of Canterbury was not merely a question of local or natl~:ma l mterest, but a matter o~ ~'world-wid e importance, a~d on that acco unt cannot pOSSibly be left solely to a mun iCIpal town-planning COOlmlttee". To return to 1961, we lind that in the February issue of the Joumal of the TaWil Plal1l1l11g Il1slllule, Mr. John Derblers, the CIty Arcilltect and Plannlllg Officer, is content to say that for Canterbury'S reconslructioLl "a n essential prerequisite was that the initial plan should itself be three-dimensional in concept and be clearly defi ned in its aims as mdeed was the qu.estion of procedure in implementing the plan". By "procedure': he means the acqt!lsltlOn of the freehold of the land to be developed-a major issue in the mUDlclpal electIOns of 1945. The marked difference between the standards of 1942 and of this year show how the interests of the City have been betrayed over the last ten years. The modern arch itecture of Canterbury must not, however, be condemned out of hand . There IS much in it to be praised. The general situation is this : the outposts of old Canterbury are the fifteenth century Burgate Restaura nt and the old tower (built 1503) of the Roman Cathohc Church of St. Mary Magdalene, to the north-east Âˇ and the Queen Elizabeth Guest Chamber (built 1573) and the block betwee n Mercery Lane and Butchery Lane, to which the mid-fifteenth century Boots' build ing belongs, to the north-west. Southwards from these limits spreads new Canterbury. Burgate House, which is in fact outside these limits, is importa nt in that it was built in 1951, and therefore immediately. preceded the beginning of the main reconstruction plan. It has a clean look, It IS moffenslve, and, like the post-war buildings within the Precincts it has a ~uiet a.nd mell~:v dignity. The pillars of the Arcade in front of the shops are very like the weddmg:cake pillars whIch are pla"."d along tbe new south side of St. George's Street, ,Part of which was bUIlt next. Pncente s new shop on the corner into St. George's Lane gives the relief of a curved cornel' to eyes weaned by cubes a nd rigbt-angles' but this IS a more recent addition. The next to come in chronological order was the Da~id Grieg building. This was designed by MI'. Paine, the head of the Canterbury School of 382

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Architect ure, and won in August, 1954 a Bronze Medal awarded by the Royal Institute of British Architecture. It is certainly the best example of modern architecture in Canterbury today. Furtber up St. George's Street are the Woolworth's and Smith's block, and the building containing Barclay's Bank and the National Provincial. The origina l plans for these were modified by the Town Planning Authority so that they are now large, flatroofed blocks, with little character or attractiveness, except for the beautifully carved wooden panels on the N.P.B. It is difficult to assess the influence of the Town Planning Authority. It claims to have encouraged private developers and their architects to design contemporary buildings varied in form and elevational treatment acco rding to their position, within the framework of the St. George's Street scheme. The Listener has called the result of the Planning Officer'S powers "not a dictatorship but democracy in action, a dialectic of education, compromise, and slow progress" . In practice, the result is a uniformity, for the most part, in Canterbury's modern buildings, which in fact makes them more noticeably apa rt from the older part of the City: there is uniformity, but it spoils the unity of tbe whole. The pa nels carved into classical designs on the National Provincial Bank immediately call for contrast with a mosaic on the corner of the Canterbury Co-operative Society Ltd.'s building, which is the last modern construction on the same side, at the southern end of St. George's Street. This mosaic is so small, compared to its surroundings, as to be a lmost ridiculous. Tbe tbree figures represent symbolically tbe three main branches of Co-operative activity-production (a harvesting figure), commerce (Mercury), and tbe consumer (in yellow). Such a representation is commendable, but its attempt to have "a timeless character to harmonise with the contemporary appearance of the building and the whole surroundings" defeats its own end by its unattractiveness. Between the Co-operative and David Grieg's is St. George's Square. Only the tower of the Cburch, which suffered in the blitz, remains, and this, with a sunken garden la id out in "honestly urban terms", as The Lislellel' puts it, is surrounded by a group of shops, including David Grieg's on one side. Tbis square provides the most, and perhaps the only, successful juxtaposition of old and new in the City Centre, a nd we can be grateful for the preservation of the tower to show that this is possible. Here perhaps I may turn aside to mention the practical value of tbe new buildings in Canterbury. Such Supermarkets as Pricerite and Victor Value, and modern grocery stores as David Grieg's, with their reduced bargain-prices, are a great advance; and these reductions at half-a-mile from the Mint Yard Gate must often tempt more strongly than Mr. Cogger's close proximity thereto. The City has indeed been given an excellent shopping centre; but even so, is it not much morc interesting to shop in Boots" or, for that matter, in the School Sbop, than in Victor Value's? The last building I shall mention in st. George's Street, which is also tbe most recent, is Nason's. Tbis nestles behind the war memorial garden on the south side. In spite of a large sign which describes it as "Tbe G-Plan Centre" (it is almost surprising not to see it spelt "Center"), this shop is well-designed. Bebind an iron-work fence with its gold designs is a court-yard with the L-shaped shop overlooking and with an attractive blue-tiled pool and fountain, the building has the advantage of being dominated by a triangular roof facing the road, whicb is immediately pleasing. If St. George's Street contained the only examples of contemporary architecture, Canterbury would not be spoilt, and the Cathedral and the older buildings could without much 383

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difficult y dominate the new additions. But the new Longmarket has been fini shed recently. To quote the Journal oj the Towll Planning institule again, its significant features are "(a) its position in the main street flanked on the one side by new buildings and on the other by old, and (b) the fact that beyond it to the North, and clearly visible across the site from SI. George's Street is the Cathedral" . The Longmarket was "planned as a pedestrian shopping precinct and conceived visually as a frame to the Cathedral". Tn fact looking across from SI. George's Street, the Cathedral towers look dull and unfamilia; behind the new blocks. Mr. Berbiers, who designed the Longmarket, has said that he did not wish to be "overawed by or subservient to" the Cathedral : has this attitude taken him too far? The Longmarket is a good shopping centre, and, for example, Nicholas K ingsman's first-floor cafe and courtyard has great possibilities fo r the summer; but the tali, .red, plate-glass block overlooking it is bare a nd ugly. On the BlIIÂˇgate side the most uotable feature is a two-storey arch which leads into an un load ing ya rd fo r lorries, adjoining Butchery La ne. The flat top of the arch, at first sight apparently unnecessary, is intended to give unity to the whole bui lding. A square archway is at the best of times un interesting, but in this case the huge expanses of reddish-black brick make it overwhelming and almost frightening to stand under the arch. The Longmarket includes some well-designed and even attractive buildings, but the whole gives an appearance of shabbiness and untidiness which cannot altogether be blamed on the builders. This is a danger with modern arch itecture, for plate-glass and cubes are not enough: we have in Canterbury this example of modern architecture at its worst. Mr. Berbiers defends the new bu ild ings by saying that we could not successfu ll y represent the spirit of twentieth century archjtecture if all of them were as good as David Grieg's: there must be a number of good, bad, and indifferent examples. Even if this is so, which is debatable, the original plan was not to represent every sort of modern architecture, but to build a "lovely city" with the Cathedral "set in it as a jewel". Individually, some of Canterbury's new bui ldings are a success : taken altogether, in their context of an old Cathedral City, they are not. Both the original intention to make Canterbury a lovely city, and the Planning Authority's more recent intention to create a uniform and representative whole by a mjxtu re of good a nd not so good designs, have fa iled. As long as the old barriers rema in, new Canterbury can be kept at bay, a lt hough it will continue to grow southwards. A large departmental store is promised next across Upper Bridge Street from the Bus Station, and nearby will olle day be the site for a multi-storey car park. Canterbury deserves to be saved from such a fate: the parking problems are large and increasing, but surely they can be overcome without th is fina l disgrace. Should the northern barriers begi n to crumble, the owners must follow the example of Boots, who in 1930 recond itioned the structure of their shop while preserving its charm and character. Canterbury has been abandoned to the devices of "plan-happy bureaucrats" . The ideals of twenly years ago are forgotten . The harm is done; but please, no multi-storey car park. A.J.A.

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LEITER FROM NORTH BORNEO President Kennedy's proposal to form a Peace Corps of young volunteers to live and serve in undeveloped countries has drawn attention to Ollr Briti sh equivalent, the Voluntary

Service Overseas (10 Rutland Gate, London, S.W. I). The follow ing letter from Hugh Foster may therefore have a special interest. Foster is spending a yea r in North Borneo before going to Cambridge. Sl. James School, Kudat, North Borneo. 16th Februa ry, 1961. I a m now well into my second term of teaching and find it very enjoyable. I have learnt not to be too disappointed when things don't get across, and when good progress is made, it is really heartening. The main difficulty is to get them to speak freely. They are no longer shy of me, but they are still shy of the la nguage. What they like is to be given lots of notes which they can learn by heart and write out when the exam. comes. I try to get them to work out the answer the mselves, and persuade them to voiee their own opinions

in English. It is a continual struggle. I take four primary schools once a week for Oral English. I have to do the most absurd things to keep them interested. I teach through the window, a nd th row things about, or I get a boy to stand on his desk and a girl to fetch a coconut from outside. If I don't do this sort of thing, they lose interest and go to sleep quickly until it is their turn to answer questions. In the Secondary School (where, although I am a part-time teacher, I take as many periods as any other master) my lessons a re more norma l. It is on ly occasionally that [ have to stand on my head to wake them up. I take no "English" lessons except General Reading, when we read a simplified classic such as The Moonstone or Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Mostly I teach Maths. and Science. One is expected to do a lmost anything here. I found myself conducting carols over Christmas (although J a m practicall y tone-deaf); and I am the leading expert at hockey (which [ gave up in despair at King's). I am now a full Rover Scout a nd have just formed my own Scout Troop of twenty boys-and more recently have been made acting Youth Leader, and C hair ma n of the Kudat Youth Clu b. Last holidays we intended to take a party of boys a ll round the bay we are on, about 50 miles' walk, to inspect the villages and see how the people live. But the rain was so bad that we could only persuade one Ch inese boy and one Malay boy to come. We struggled through thick mud and crossed rivers shoulder-high, and somehow we got round and quite enjoyed ourselves. Some of the people we came across must be among the most backward in the world. Perhaps fifty people wi ll live in one long-home, surviving mainly on fi sh and maize. The people I see most of a re the Cbinese. All the boys in the Secondary Scbool are Chinese except two, a nd tbe townspeople are Chinese. They own all the shops and businesses. They have a great reputation for wo rking ha rd. I have found this to be true onl y when money is involved . They strive to make a good profit, and at school they work hard to pass exams., so that they can get good lucrative jobs. Making money seems to be their one interest in life. They are not interested in games, and their only hobbies seem to be 385

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gambling and drinking coffee in the coffee shops. But there are a few who like to play games and to learn to do other things, and all we can do is to encourage these and hope that others will follow them. The Malays are very different. They are not even interested in money (or very good at making it), but like to play games and enjoy themselves in recreation as much as possible. They are a much simpler (and more barbaric) people than the Chinese, who are rather reserved. If you smile at any Malay, you will always get a good smi le back; if you smile at a Chinese, you get an icy stare in return. The Chinese look down on the Malays for their ignorance, and the Malays think the Chinese soft. The Europeans here change frequently. We have been here longer than all of them except the Police Officer and a Dutch R.C. priest. One hears mention of King's even here. The District Officer is send ing his son to King's, and the wife of the Anglican priest is the sister of a boy who was with me in Lattergate (Stevenson in M.O.). Now I am off to have a bowl of soup and noodles, and then to the cinema, where they are showing a Western under the name of Geronimo. Sounds good.

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HOUSE PLAYS "TOPAZ" (New Boys) In their production of Topaz the new boys gave a gallant performance of a difficult play. The setting requires a vivid contrast between the seedy, institutional atmosphere of the first act and the demi-mondaine sophistication of Acts 2 and 3. The story demands crisp handling to keep up interest in the rather corny melodrama and bring out the funn y lines that abound. TI~e setting was exc~lIently contri ved- flexible, economical and visually interesting. Vertical lengths of washll1g line made a suggestive and adaptable frame, within which a rew well-chosen props and costumes were enough to create the right almosphere throughout the play. The produclion lacked pace, Ihough. Even more drastic cutting was wanted to prevent the last acts from saggll1g. The aclors needed to put more verve into their lines instead of taking their speed from the languid, albeit delicious Suzy. The unvarying ~ir of tired soph istication ended by being monotonous and failed to convey the "french ness" of the play- a quality which mighl well have been more emphasized. With these reservations, the production was enjoyable. Each act was cunningly anttclpated by sUitable music, and the floral turn by a stage hand and the costumes were delightfully evocative of the twenties : Gostling's sack, Gocher's striped "djibber", lrwin's baggy splendour and three heavy watch chains were outstanding, a nd endless effects were obtained from simple adaptations of straw hats, games shorts and other common articles. The Oscar -for the evening must 110 to Talbert for his performance of Topaz. He reaUy succee~ed m puttIng over Ills caflcature of a goatee-bearded French " fonctionnaire". HIs eXit With hat, scarf and umbrella at the end of the first act was professional and he manalled the change of personality in the last act convincingly. Of many good perfo;mances Gostltng's must be mentioned for its picture of sustained langu~>ur and for providing tb~ best moment of the evelllng when he broke absent-mIndedly IIlto a highly appreciated Charleston. Randrup was beady-eyed and unctuous as the headmaster providing a good foil to Topaz. Gocher simpered alluringly, Kypris braggadoccioed mo'ustachily and T utt provided a strangely silent and undulating drunken lady. As for the boys of the Pension Muche, theIr performance was commendably naturalistic-no sense of strain here obviously! _ Mr. Smith must be congraw lated on starting this year's r~n of plays and for his courage m bravIllg the terrors of IllS hrst Great Hall productIOn With the youngest possible cast.

"RJNG ROUND THE MOON" (The Grange) Another difficult play. Ring Roulld tlte Moon has a fundamentally silly plot kept going by clever stage-craft and supremely witty dialogue, put over by stock French caricatures of the Francoise Rosay-Gerard Philippe vintage. The first Londo n production needed a tour de force by Paul Scofield, taking the part of both identical twins, and a domineering comic performance by Margaret Rutherford and her wheel chair to carry it off. The Granile producti.on could not rise to s uch professional heights to carry the audience a lon(l With It. . In the first place the cast did not get the complicated exposition over the footlIghts. ThiS seemed partly due to nervousness and the inability of the acto rs to feel 388

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the words they were speaking, especially to begin :vith, and partly to ina udi bi lity. Secondly, the plot frank ly relies on the charm of the seducttve young girls to convmce the audience of its plausibility, a task which would appear to be beyond the average boy actor. The only female parts which really came over were those of the Aunt (by sheer good actlllg) and the Piano Teacher (by sheer buffoonery). The rest of the girls not surprisingly found theIr roles too hard. The only considerable fault of the production was the general inaudibility a s soon as the acto rs moved away from the front of the stage. The musical background also lost some of its effect by not being loud enough. One is forced to conclude that the present arrang~Â ment of stage and auditorium are partly to blame. Can nothing be done to remedy thIS or must every play remain inaudible unless acted out on the front of the stage? It is a pity to have to say all this, because there were many pleasant scenes and some very promising acting. Pidoux .gave a first rate performance as Madame Desmermortes, dom inating the stage from hiS wheelchaIr, whenever he was on It. Allen managed to con~ey successfully a detached urbanity in a long a nd difficult role, while Hmchy was most am usmg in bis attempts to placate his master, while flirting with the latter's mistress. Chesshyre, farouche and with a splendid mid-Balkan accent, gave a good impreSSIOn of the elderly millionaire who is tired of it all but can't get rid of his money. Roche and Dunn extracted a good deal of farce from their parts even if the former forgot to be. "crumbling". all the time. A word of praise, too, for the pleasant set With ItS exottc ferns and mtrIcate fan-light. To sum up, I think this was an ambitious choice which makes demands beyond the capacity of the ordinary House company, although there were enough good hnes In It to keep interest alive.

"SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER" (Marlowe House) In choosing this well-known play the Dayboys backed a winner. Its amusing situatio ns, its scope for action and changes of scene all help to overcome the obVIOUS weaknesses of amateur dramatics if used rightly a nd in Mr. Mcdill's production they were explOited to the full. Visually the settings of this play were most imaginati~e and sat i~fying. Messrs. Bury and Shearing excelled themselves il~ suggestin(l a charmlllg Ge<;>rglan mten or- a mixture of genuinely distinguished furniture and mventlve fabrIcatIOns such as the fireplace-whose dark panelling set off costumes" of a r~markably hillh standard. The careful groupi ng of colours con~tantly cat~ght one s attentIOn a nd was Itself enhanced by the subtle handling of the hghtmg. The Itghtmg was also used to sUilgest a Wide varIety of effects in the drop-curtain scenes; the garden scene was espeCially effective In ItS simplicity. The elegant a~mosphere obtained was pointed by the playmg of 18th century music in the mtervals, begmnmg With the dehghtful early renderIng of God Save the Queen, which seemed to take the audience by surprise. The acting was in harmony with the setting, being carefully stylised and reminiscent of contemporary opera where separate characters and voices are soon identified and then set in every possible combination wi th each other- a forma l process willch gave ulllty to the production as a whole. Barber gave a splend idl y steady performance as Mr. Hardca stl~, whi le Bury took every opportulllty to extract amusement from Mrs. Hardcastle. Pugh s 389

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Tony Lumpkjn (a most difficult part) .gai ned confidence as the play went on. Partingto n and McDonough were excellent fOPPISh, Egad! as Marlow a nd Hastings, and Thomas managed to make a convincing Kate though he moved a little wooden ly. A word of prais too, to Pinnock for stepping into a difficult female part at the last moment. e, Mr. Medill and the Marlowe actors have .proved how dramatically enjoyable a House producllon can be at ItS best. Perhaps a play IS worth dOlllg for educationa l purposes even If the audIence does n.ot enJoy It. S he Stoops to Conquer certainly proved that the a udience ean have Its fun and Its education at the same time!

"ROMANOFF AND JULIET" (Monitors) With Romanoff alld Juliet Mr. R. W. Ha rris has scored yet another success. We wer tre~ted to. a production of well-nigh profe~siona l smoo thness a nd a general standard o~ acting whIch gave tillS whlnlSlcal play consIderable impact (a nd not only because he had a wIder field of talent to choose from than the three previous productions). The peculiar ment of thIS performance was the way in which the producer brought out the best in every actor, ehmlnatlng a ll apparent weaknesses. The.dialogue was clear, gestures were confident and there was httle of that nervous movement which so often gives an a mateur away. It IS hard to know which performances to single out for praise. McClure as the General appeared first and put everyone on and off stage at ease with his colossal self-ass urance Rawhngs and Young were well contrasted as the rival ambassadors and Young in particula; gave a resonan t and comma nding interpretatIOn of the Russian. As the you ng Romanoff Bewley was self-possessed and clear cut, a nd Cronk, playing the extremely difficult role of Juhet op posIte hlln, somehow managed to look seductively pretty and to sustain a long part WIthout becoming awkward or coy.. Watkins was particularly funn y as the American first lady, not only looking and speaking the part to perfection, but drawing a well observed cancat ureof a type that ever~one has met or read of. Pengelly, too, seemed perfectly at home II~ IllS Amencan part. FlIlally, one ca nnot omIt a word of pra Ise for the fine performances gIven by Hammers le~ as the ArchbIshop and Grossmilh as hi s attendant spy-turnedmauve-monk : n ch, well-tllned burlesque thIS. The set was elaborate and adventurous. If it did not quite succeed in producing a relaxing, Runtaman ~t mosphere, It did provide a remarka ble twelfth century bell tower and clock In full working order, plus a couple of recessed bedrooms. I should li ke to have seen the latter placed further back as they cramped Ihe action and made necessary a rather repetitive senes of entnes and eXIts. (Conversely, It had the merit of pushing the acto rs to the front of the stage, where they were noticeably more a udible.) Lack of space made itself most appa rent In the final scene when the substitution of a real for a dummy couple under the ArchbIshop's nose, was not sUck enough to be plausible. In fact the finale as a' whole was rather an an ti-climax, lacking the crisp timing of the rest of the play. But these criticisms are irrelevant in view of the general excellence of the production. If 1 have not mentIoned the superb make up a nd the apt costumes, it is for lack of a different sort. of space. Clearly Mr. Ha rns and the Monitors gave us the play of the term and the audIence could have left them In no doubt of this, judging by the volume of applause. C.D.J. 390

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INDIAN DIARY (Cdt./Sgt. Michael Morpurgo spent three weeks in India early this year as a n officia l guest of the Indian Government at the Repubhc Day celebrallons, attended by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh on thelf tour of IndIa. Willie III IndIa, he kept a day to. day diary of his impressions of and reactions on official and unofficial, serious a nd gay occ~sl o n s . With his permission, the Editors here reproduce some extracts from thIS dIary.. whIch .we hope in the small space allowed will represent a just cross-sectIon of IllS ImpreSSIOns, whIch we understand could fi ll a whole issue of Th e CatJIual'iall on thelf own!) JANUARV 19TH. BOMBAY

"At Bombay a Major of the Indian Army met us and we h a~e ever since been treated superbly. After lunch we left the a irport for Bombay: The suburbs. of Bombay shocked me somewhat- the dirt, poverty and squalor. The Major who was S!ttlng next to me In the car said that soon there wo uld be no more poverty of this sort. H e IS, I think, characten stlc of the Indian race, kind, hard-working, hospitable, grateful and proud. They are .a people living with a hope: a hope of making India a great, happy and prosperous natIOn. ,,!,he Major took us up to the "Hanging Gardens" overlooking the bay at ~ombay . The vIew in the evenjng twiljght was magnificent. Beneath us, old Bombay WIth ItS. bazaars and beggars and, across the bay, New Bo mb~y -;:ith skyscrapers and neon hghtlllg. We then arrived at our bungalow-a lU XUriOUS sUite. 路 . . . "I can hardly believe that I am here, in India, and I haven't yet got used to bein~ here. It seems that everyone likes us in Bombay. They have been klDd and generous. JANUARY 20TH

路 ... "Bombay is a city of great size and character. The work never stops, the noise never ceases and the city life throbs on. It is faJ' from lovely, but there IS beauty, for example, in the museum and the governor's palace."

路 ... " If thi ngs go on li ke this we sha ll have the time of our lives." JANUARY 21ST. DELHI

路 . .. "We flew into Delhi on the 'plane immediately after the Queen. The whole city population, it seemed, were on the streets-all happy and eager to see he~-the poltce had great trouble in keeping them back. Our treatment here was very dIfferent. We a rrived at our destlllatlon, not as III Bombay III a staff car, but III a dlfty army truck. We were pushed into tents in the National Cadet Corps camp." "However, in spite of all this, the cadets are charmin~. This afternoon they put on a very impressive parade for the IndIan (Honourable) MIJlJster of Defence. The parade was simply superb, young girls of ten to men of nmeteen all Ill .perfect Unison. After the parade we were practically mobbed by the cadets : we were gIVIng addresses and autographs, posing for photos, shaking. ha nds with all and sundry. We met three ge nerals, many officials and the Defence MIllIste~. The cad~ts are a thousand .strong and have been almost imprisoned here for three weeks, III preparatIOn for the Repubhcan Day celebratIOns. We have talked a lot to the cadets who are all very happy and talkative. I was mobbed for about two hours. Then the gi rls went back to their camp and we boys were ordered 391

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back to ~urs. Finally we were left alone in our miserable tents. To make matters worse I had a vIOlent sto~lach upset for tw~nty-four hours. However, the hospitality of Brigad' Perry (son at KlIlg s) relieved our mISery." ler · ... " It was then that I had ~y. fi rst glimpse of New D~lhi. New Delhi is a fascinatin place. The malll government bUildings a re reaBybreathtakingly beautiful. The architectur: IS magnificent. It ,:,as of course especia lly glon ous at thIS time because of the Republic Day and the <;lueen s ylSit The streets were sup.erbly decorated with the Indian flag flying everywhere, Side by Side with the Union Jack. Now SitS expectation on the air'." · ... "Fo~ pomp I have never seen so much in o ne week. The Republic Day Parade was a mag nificent spectacle. Battalion after battalion, troop after troop band after b d they rode and marched past. Th~ drill was at times very impressive. Their c;mel co~n s and cavafl y were the most brillIant. Then cam~ the elephants and floats- beautifully produced, followed by school boys and girls slllging 111 marching column." · .. ." Beating Ret reat was the climax of the celebrations. We witnessed a special performance for the Queen: the three bands were wo nderful to watch and to listen to ' the Camel Corps (Mo un ted) stood on the top of the Government build ings silhouetted agalllst the su nset and on the last note of the Last Post the magnificent lighting flashed on To descnbe thiS ceremony would need a book, a screen and a loudspeaker." . · .. . "In one week I have met several of the people of im porta nce in India The first was the Defence Minister- Mr. Krishna Menon. He appears a very fri ghtening person at first, but after a. light-hearted. comment or two he seems charming a nd a man of tremendous pe r~ona lity . The PreSident was next on our list. He had not been very well and was very q~let, but at the same time very pleasant. It is not often that anyone has been to breakfast with a ~ountry's Prime Minister. We had the pleasure of having breakfast with Mr. Nehru.1Il hiS Palace. Assembled to entertain us there were his relations- among them Mrs. Pandlt. Mr. Nehru has one of the most outsta nding personalities I have ever come across. He seemS very affectiona te and always interested. He has the ability to make people feel relaxed and it is because of tlus and the fact that he is leading India rapidly for wa rd, that he IS loved so greatly in his country." .... NATIONAL CADET C ORPS RALLY

· . .. "I attended the N.C.C. Rally a nd there had the great fortune of meeting the Queen and the Duke . .. . . .. For some unknown reason, when Her Majesty was about 10 yards away from me, my knees began to wobble-I've never been so nervous. Yet as soon as I had met her I felt completely at ease and ready. to meet the Duke. She is rea lly a most enchantlllg lady a.nd has the ability of maklllg fnends wit h people immediately. It is not only because she IS the head of the Commonwealth that people in India by their millions have flocked to see her- It IS also, I a m sure, beca use she is a cha rming a nd gracious lady." · .. . "The Duke also was very friendly. He told me that I was a lucky fellow to be out here, at my age a nd then said, "Aren't yo u supposed to be back at school ?" "Yes Sirthat s one of the best things about it all! " This raised a sm ile and a laugh or two fo; those photographers. · ... "I have ~Iso met and made some very good friends with the N.C.C. cadets. I have

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On the last night of the camp, the cadets celebrated ro und a camp fire. There was dancing and singi ng a nd general merriment. Something was demanded of the Commonwealth cadets so a New Zeala nd prop-forward a nd I decided to dress up in saris and give them an India~ dance. So with a Nigerian on the Drums we rushed off to dress ourselves in saris which we borrowed from the lad ies' camp. At our firs t appeara nce the audience could not restrain themselves. They hooted and howled wit h laughter, boys and girls, privates a nd generals. Then the Nigerian began his drums. The Kiwi and I got to work. He is 6 ft. 2 in ., a real monster, and I'm not too delicate as a dancer. , so we must have looked a sight."

"Some of us felt that prancing round a camp-fire was fun, but not quite enough to show our gratitude for the amazing hos"itality with which we had been received: . So, after some hesitation I found myself at the Inlcrophone actlllg as spokesman for the VISltlllg Commonwealth cadets. It was the first time that I had spoken in public (and this before an a udience of I 500 !) but somehow I was not in the least bit nervous. There was something genuine that'r had to say, and I felt deeply grateful to these cheerful cadets around the fire." "From what I had seen, the N.C.C. is one of the most disciplined units in India. It even has certain advantages over our C.C.F. The organisation has a much more important role to play in the unity of the natio n and in the development of the Army." 路 ... "The evening after the camp-fire gathering we left the N.C.C. Camp. Taking leave of friends is one of the things that I find most difficult, and the overwhelming Eastern sentimentality did not make it any easier. My Madrassi friends (the band of St. George's School) played Colonel Bogey as r left. I had liked it so much when they had first played it for me that ever afterwards they regarded it as my personal a nthem, and played it at me whenever [ went in to their tents." . . .. 路 .. . "It was a cold and wet night when we clambered into our first-class sleeper for the

first leg of our tour-to the Indian Military Academy at Dehra Dun. Every five miles or so we stopped, and, even in the middle of the night, some young boy would stick his head through the compartment window wi th the cry 'Shoeshine, sahib?'." D EBRA D UN

路 ... "Next morning in Dehra Dun it was raining."

"Frankl y I was disappointed with I.M .A ., Dehra Dun. Built in 1932 on the model of Sand hurst, when compared with the R.M.A., it still appea rs insignificant. The buildings are unimposing and in places positively unpleasant. .... But from the windows of our rooms we could see the Himalayas rearing up to an astoundi ng height-and only a bout five mi les away. This is a magnificent sight a nd at sunset different from anything I have ever see and particularly beautiful. The light is wonderful and the snow-clad peaks seem to turn red and yellow." .... JAIPUR 路 ... "We were soon on the move agai n. From Dehra Dun to Delhi we were surrounded by a thick forest, fertile land and dried-up monsoon river beds. Approaching Jaipur the ground became more sandy and trees less frequent. Here our hosts were the 61st Cavalry Regiment. "

"Jai pur, the capital of Rajasthan, is what so many people dream that India is and what so many discover India is not. It is utterly different from any other city I have visited 111 India. Built in 1728 by Maharaja Jai Singh 11, Jaipur was scientifically planned on the 393

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straight line principle with main streets III feet wide. Side by side with surprisingly modernsee.ming planning, there exists a subtle charm which is given to the place by the rose-hued buIldings facing the main street. Jaipur is rich in both history and tradition. Within the old city is the City Palace, which contains an interesting and invaluable collection of Rajputani Moghul paintings, rare Sanskrit and Persian manuscripts, old and beautiful tapestries, arms, and armour."

. Some seven miles outside Jaipur, pictures9uely sited on a ridge at the mouth of a gorge, IS the A~lber Palace. It IS not easy to descnbei a combmatlOn, perhaps, of solid Norman forllficatlOn with the elegance of a French chateau, but Norman converted into Eastern fortress arellltecture, and French chateau touched by the magnificent colours of the East." "Next stop, Agra," .... AGRA

· .. . "Agra means the Taj Mahal, and to the Indian the Taj is what St. Paul's is to the Londoner. One of the seven wonders of the wo rld, I had hea rd much of it from both Englishmen a nd Indians and was expecting something out of this world . With such expectations built up in advance, one can be disappointed, but the Taj lived up to my hopes - and more." "Someone once called it 'a dream in marble designed by Titans and fini shed by jewellers.' From pictures I have seen it w,?uld seem that ther~ are in India bui!dings that .are greater and more elaborate, yet there IS a certam something about It, a kmd of fascmation unequalled by any building that I have ever seen. To see this alone it was worth travelling six thousand miles."

· ... "Agra itself is a dirty town. There a re, in India, some places which are charmingly filthy, but Agra put on a plate before me all the poverty and sickening dirt of which unfortunately there is still so much in India." .. .. POONA AND THE NATIONAL DEFENCE ACADEMY

· .. . "From Agra to Poona was the longest train journey we did-and by far the most uncomfortable I have ever experienced. There were cracks in all the doors and wi ndows. When I .woke up in the morning, after a terrible night's sleep, there was a white circle on the pillow where my head had been- the rest was black with soot." "ButPoona is the most civilised and up-to-date of all provincial towns I saw. And fourteen mIles from Poona is the best military institution in India: the National Defence Academy."

"Completed on ly very recently, the N.D.A. ta~es boys from fifteen or sixteen to eighteen or ",neteen. These boys are a maJonty of India s prospecllve officers for all three services. In their first two years they take ordinary academic subjects with only a small proportion of mlhtary stud ies. In the last yea r there is more emphasis on military studies and candidates for each of the Services branch out into their own professional specialisation . The basic Idea IS that In any combl.ned operatIOn officers will be able to appreciate the problems of the other serVices. What IS more, the officers of all services Will know each other personally. Jn general an excellent idea." 394

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... . "Again the N.D.A. is modelled on an English public school. Discipline. is strict, but there is plenty of scope for ,the .c~dcts' interests : carpentry, art, mUSIC, sWllnmlOg, ~oI0, sailing, athletics, squash, tennis, rIdmg, soccer, cl'lcket, hockey, and more- but, alas. no

rugger. I challenged them to a game of s'.luash. I was soundly whipped for my impudence, but a magnificent swim afterwards made It worthwhile. It was at the N.D.A., too, that I watched my first game of polo, and found it most exciting, not just 'a e10ud of dust on the other Side of the field' as it has been described." ... .

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"So 1 have left India behind me, but retained a wonderful memory which wi ll pr~b~bly never be removed. India i s a co untry which conside~s itself only thirtee~ years old. It is an immense natIOn, fijlhllng for progress under ~ ulllque !~ader. The pnnClpal problem which faces India noW Is-who Will succeed Pandlt Nehru? . ... ." 1 have had many conversations in India with people of all klllds abo ut AngloIndian relations. Some- particularly older bearers m the Army-seem to look back at pre- Independence days with great affection and a certam amount of regret. As for the rest of the Indians (at least those 1 met), all seem to prefer theBnllsh to al?y other fo~elgners . Many Indians told me that though they had resented Bntish Impenahsm, they hked the British way of life and although they were glad to get rid of British rule, they wanted to keep British tradiiions. The British \Indians always say 'the English') they find standoffish but up to a point they rather hke It, and contrast our ways favourably With those of other ~a tions. The English, they say, treat us as they treat each other, and all.ow us our dignity. Other nations-and they usually say the Amencans- treat us hke Chll?ren an~ give us lots of nice toys. But the English understand us. Perhaps a umque relatlOn ~llIp. .. . . " I am quite sure that there are many slllall things that could be done to bUIld on what exists and to improve it. For example, I would hke to see some N .C.C. cadets invited to England." .. "Dirt, smells, poverty, but also magnificence, so me :vond~rful sights, ~nergy! a,\nbltIon

for the country, and great friendliness; these are the thlllgs III remember mlndla. "A night in Aden (cheap shopping and much heat). A wonderful view of the Bay of Naples. The French Alps heavy with snow, and then tbe mists of wonderful England aga in."

P.S.-"If only we had Indian bearers at King's."

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MUSIC CIRCLE CONCERTS SUNDAY, 12TH FEBRUARY, 1961 This concert provided , as usual, a well~varied evening's entertainment. J. K . Polmear led off with two contrasting pieces for oboe and piano, a Minuet and Variatio ns by Kirnberger and one of John Field's Nocturnes. The mood of each was well ca ught and expressed in the elegant phrasing and clearly articulated passage-work we have Come to expect from this player. He was supported by Mr. R. P. Scott's sensitive accompaniment at the piano. Attack and phrasi ng we re equally good in the next item: part-songs by Stanford and Samuel Barber given by R. N. Francis, M. H. Lane, G. N. Salmon and S. R. G. Carri ngton; the body of tone and the conviction given to obscure words made one feel that Mary HYlles would certainly be worth meeting. Two instrumental items fo llowed. In the first, tune-spotters we re ab le to try their wits when Sir Jack Westrup's Divertimento for 'cello, bassoon and piano- an ingenio us a nd amusing blend of well-known tunes both serious and light-hearted- was played by R. J. Morris, J. R. Bretherton and G. S. Westrup. In this work enthusiasm made up for some lack of polish ; in the following one, Purcell's " Golden" Trio, the ensemble was good (save at one moment) J. R. Bennett and M. J. Baker (viol ins) producing some pleasing tone to blend with the confident and judicious piano playing of a new performer here, W. H. Williams.

Another young pianist, P. W. Hodges, tackled Felix Swinstead's Humoresque with a self-possession that more than made up for a hesitant memory; in the event he played the work with considerable agility and an appreciation of the dynamic possibilities of his instrument. Two duos for violin a nd viola followed, in which G. N. Salmon and G. S. Westrup duly produced the bleak tone required for Spa in-Dunk's Oil (he Moor ; the intonation here was a little less certain than that of the Vocal Quartet who now returned to sing with refinement and verve two of Moeran's part-songs. Within the obvious tonal limits of this small gro up this was a telling performance, and was followed by an equally spirited set of variations for bassoon and piano on the theme Lucy LOl1g played by J. R. Bretherton a nd C. M. Price. The bassoon did not seem to be entirely in tune with the piano at first, but it was played with great skill-Bretherton's range of tone, agility and well-judged use of comic effects were most impressive. The event of the evening, however, was undoubtedly A. G. Wickens's rendering of the vioHn setting of Bartok's Roumanian Dances. The piano accompanist, R. J. Morris, found it hard at times to keep up with the firework display in front- and the passion and confidence of the violin playing proved how well the work can stand on its own feet in this nonorchestral version; not that it was all a matter of gypsy Hamboyance, for the etheral harmonic notes Wickens conj ured forth in the work's quietest moments amply sho wed how versatile a performer he is. It is to be hoped we may heal' this item agai n. Finally, there came a fruity rendering of The Cavaliers by Clair Johnson, played by R. J. M. Collier, D. J. G. Wardrop and P. F. Allen (trombones) and S. R. G. Carrington (piano). For all its variety of tone and strong rhythm this was a performance to see as well as hear; it formed an amusing and sonorous finale to an enjoya ble evening's music. H.W.O. 396

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MEETING THE PRESIDENT

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I WITH MEMBEI!S OF THE N.C.C. CAMP

PilI/jab Photo Service

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17TH Clarence and Henry Myerscough very kindly agreed to give at the School a preview of their unique violin and viola duo recital a week before they gave it in the Recital Room of the Royal Festival Hall. That it had been announced that members of the audience might come and go as they pleased was unfortunately only too obvious but at least this meant that there was no-one there who had no wish to listen. The concert, which was sponsored by the Music Circle, was given in the Great Hall. I have termed this recital unique because the Myerscough brothers are fairly certain that theirs was the first recital consisting solely of violin and viola duos ever to be given in London ("and probably the last", Clarence Myerscough drily remarked) . Most members of the audience will, I am sure, admit that they felt apprehensive about their ability to sustain their interest in such an apparently "thin" combination of instruments for more than a few minutes. Anyone who stayed for the full 75 minutes of the recital will say that

it was a most thrilling experience. The power and brilliance of the soloists and the nature of the music they played were deeply satisfying. The evening opened with a gay duo by Mozart, written in the days when this combination of instruments was popular in courtly chamber concerts. This was followed by a sonata by the contemporary Russian composer Shebalin who, we were informed, was a pupil of Miaskovsky (!). After a short interval the next piece played was Gordon Jacob's impressive Prelude, Passacaglia and Fugue which the performers had earlier played to the composer, to the latter's complete satisfaction. The recital ended with the longest work of the whole evening, Martinu's Three Madrigals. In this work the soloists were able to show to the fu ll how great a variety of sound can be produced with just a violin and a viola. We are very grateful to the Messrs. Myerscough for giving us so much pleasure. G.N.S.

,. MARCH 26TH This was a very enjoyable, varied concert which catered for the interests of many different kinds of listener, and which presented exceptionally high standards of playing and singing. The Second Orchestra, led by S. G. F . Spackman, began the concert with the March from Handel's SCipio and Schubert's famous Marche Militaire. Mr. Curry and the Orchestra deserve all praise for a very spirited performance which was all the more remarkable in tbat the Orchestra did not rely as much on help from members of the First Orchestra as it has done in previous years.

The Chamber Orchestra, led by Mr. Robertson and conducted by Mr. Goodes, played Handel's Suite for the Royal Fireworks. There was some very artistic playing in this performance, especially in the slower movements, which were beautifully played . Perhaps the quicker movements lacked a rhythmic vitality which might have been achieved if they had been taken at a rather less hurried and more majestic tempo. Sarasate's Zigeunel'lVeisen for Solo Violin and Orchestra was deservedly encored. Mr. Myerscough, playing the solo part, gave a performance which displayed great virtuosity, but which was always within the bounds of good taste. Few people would call this a great work, but the audience showed its appreciation of some very striking playing. 397

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The Glee Club under Mr Wright sang ~ . . I . Purcell's ever-popular Whe,,',h" cock begj"so,": 1:.~~esT'I~~ u~' ng le bY Henry Vur and as always, excellent, and the balance of pa;ts and dj~tion w~~eopn: t'?11 lan d en sel11bl~ \~ere, T . ' r ICU ar ly good thJS lime. . he concert ended wit h Gershwin's Rho so,h, in 81 I wIth the F,rst Orchestra under Mr Wrighf J-i-, P ~yed by Robert Hammersley to all kinds of music in a most dyn~mic pe;fofl;a~,~:r~~~ ~lOwed h,s great adaptability are to be congratu lated on some excellent ensemble i~ ' a w ~ ~f1grt a nd the Orchestra con.d,l/eto)' and orchestra. T he Brass in particular rose to ~r w lie 1, IS ve~y difficult for ~~~~~~~.crescendos, and the performance was so popular that ;~c I~~~~~~lt ~v~t;~eS~k~e ~~~~

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EARWIGS IN A PADLOCK First of all, when 1 picked up my padlock S'x of them crawl~d out,. horribly, like things Out of a space shIp m sCIence fiction. FlfSt theIr feelers, then their heads a nd clinging Half out and ~al f-way in, across the sheer Edge, they hesItated ' And J waited. ' And then with a sq ueamish flick of the wrist I shook them to the ground. They disappeared At once. That afternoon, between ha lf-past Two and five, twen ty-four in all crawled out I dared not tu rn the lock in case I crushed . Them and they shrieked and died All trapped inside Where the huge lock turns over. j took it Around In my hand in case any more Of the ,Poor creatures, both frightened to death And fflghtenmg to me, crawled out. There are None left now, except the dead one that lies Crushed where the bolt clamps in I need a pin. . 398

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OXFORD LETTER To the ÂŁili/ors O/THE CANTUARJAN. Dear Sirs, [t seems to have become the custom fo r the Editors of The Cal/Illarialf to have a termly dig at Oxbridge O.K.S. for their failure to produce a letter. The reason for th is failu re is that there are now about 80 of us here in Oxford. Do you really expect X. Editor ('00-'0 1) to produce out of the blue an accoun t of the activit ies of 79 other O.K.S. ? If the letter were properly organised, instead of this so rt of haphazard reliance on the initiative and labour of one of us, results might be better. (I) There is no point in having a greal roundM up of O.K.S. three times a year- anyway, it is physica lly all but impossible to do this. A better idea wou ld be to have a shorter, literary cont ribut ion in the Michaelmas and Hilary terms and to leave the round-up fo r the Summer and the Summer only. (2) Ex-Ed itors of The Cmll/wl'jall in their seco nd year here should see that the leHers get written- but not necessari ly write them all themselves. The reason 1'0 1' ex-Editors being respo nsib le is obv ious: they should know what is wanted. The advantages of having a second year man are that he is in the best position for knowing a ll three years and he should have II mat urer view of Oxford than a fres hman, whilst not being burdened with finals. (3) The letters should be signed.

Simply because of the number of O.K.S. up here it has been impossible to contact more than a very sma ll proport ion to see how they react to these proposals. But when this letter is published they have their opportunity to register their howls of protest. If there are objections so much the better: but the important thing is surely to get some form of regu la r basis established. If, however, these proposals escape reasonably unscathed, then we will try to work them as from next term, when Anthony Williams (Balliol) will be organ ising the first roundMup. Yours since(ely: J. R . C. WRIGHT (1954-60). A. A. J. WJ1,L1AMS (1953-59). N . H. NICHOLLS (195 1-6). S C. FARMER (1959-59).

THE LIBRARY We arc very grateful for the gift of books by the following:-The Headmaster, R. M. A. Mcdill, Esq., Miss E. Kerr, D. H. Sharples, a.K.s., Mr. A. Hald of the Norwegian Chamber of Commerce in commemorM ation of the Lofoton Islands Exped ition, The O.K.S. Associat ion, A. T. FJeming-Sandes, v.c., a.K.S., T. O . Bewley, K.S., J. P. McCurdy, O.K.S. (a further instalment from his bequcst), A. N. Taylor, a .K.S., and Miss Sharpless. We arc a lso very grateful to Mr. E. Brown fo r making a very well-turned little book-trough to display new accessions to our stock. H.M.P.D. 399

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~N:,;.sette:' <'!~a?~/~I~:~~U: Bh\'r~~~:j09!~~S~1~rdllh~;~ ~';,'~ ~~~~d~it1.~nnC~:C~~ci~~~nt~~pc~~ elected Hon, Secreta ry and R P W b ::I • • • unn on the Comm ltlcc R Sl J Steve of Society Members, who no~y totaf tht~~y_lfg~~ i~~l~~~erof ~~ this~-ryeeting it was deci'd,cd to keep ~s RV~,i T he term has roved . • em mg new to the soclcty. THE SOMNER SOCIETY -At the first meeting

one by R. P. Jebster ~~ ~~~~u~.e. and with a fo rt night still to ~un. we expect al lenst two more cll to Ea t heI Cathedral Glassworks and to •. as \Vllec Hassa as twoll projected . J 0 mstop

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. • r y In the tcrm there was a joint meeting with the Ph .. . of the French Renaissa nce chatc'lux Later R A . . otographlc Society to see a slide show of so on "Tudor Kent" which' if litt le gave us a most detai led and well timers". In add itio n we have'agai n cn'o ed th .. younger men~bers, was much appreciated by the "old the most outsta nd ing of whicd 1as Societ; With much young blood in the Soc' In Isfarne Gospels. !~~C~ ~fhourbeestudY h.as becn devoted I~~y;,.;~tt\~~~~~~f: :~i~~e~e~~l :;~I~~~O:~nprovS~d thisI term, even though .. ' gy. Ince t 1e Lent Term is so r , I as n decided to hold a few mectin d . M ' r.~~ ~~druscans the p~ssibility of " digging" . Amonrth~;~~~traaIt~~~Sa~?lltb~ t~Op~ple albln uRal °wuting to. Penshurst . er y . . Hams, Esq. on

t~lk pape~s,

tech'nic~J io~enchmglOn inform~~ R.et.rft~~~~~re:l~~~~d~; ,t.'L~ ~~nterbury Arch~l~logical

F in3:lIy, it r~main s for me to thank our President F H V .gt . . execution of hiS duties and for being an inexhauslibl~ fi'o uni forthroughout hiS qUiet but . 0 goo, dEsa" a vice the most term.efficient T . R.ST.J.S. HE PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY.-As a Soci t th Ph ... has very. few lectures). The reason for this i~ {hat ~he ~$~aphl~ Society I~ ncve~ .v~ry demonstrative (it and adVice for any who want it W I~ Y eXists to provide faclittles for photogra he summer. a nd, as this year is one' of which we hold ~r~detlon of exhibition prints and also towards the coilect"ona O~'d n ~Irectlng 0u. r efforts towards the

~~~~~~i~i~~~~~~t;:t~~~s:o: th~xhi~itiO~S eve~ ~th~: a e:u'm~~O~?'~~S~w~ p';1~~: ~~:;S~;~ ~;rO t~le i~7 informal ta lk t~ t~;:,s s~i:i~C~ntct~~~~e~ ~~~s cri~i~i::j to to a very valuable lesson o n exh ibition next term.

Ph~togiaphyan~r ~td~ed I as .

b thebPracbetlca l tiPS he gave, it amounted een a sor d we can expect great things R.A.K.

THE MADRIGAL SOCIETY - The Society has met re 1 I I ' were shfowhll in our r~nderi~lg of the Smut Mal/Iiell' ft~s~~o~ 11yISS~I~~~ andR!hle bdenDe~bts o~ organised rehearsal ance 0 t e Evangelist and Mr. Cur ' i ' z. IC l~r . I ley s masterly performdepth of feeling and significa nce tlm~ !/I~!~~r:~~~~~i~~JI~er~l~ °bJe~us TSPII'ed the work with greater sang .tbrou,gh the Five-Parl Mass of Byrd and We~lkes' GI .'. UEfl~glt ~e course of the term we also heartily enjoyed. ' orw III •xce CIS Deo. These seemed to be R. Freeman has Counter-Tenors rejoined the TenorTh~uS I' a~id we we Icome W. 1-!. Williams to the Trebles and J H A J Armstrong to the that the membership wil l remain the 5.:11lle hisusual faithfu,I support. Jt' is ilOPed er 0 executeforour King's Week obligat ions. ROBERT HAMMERSLEY.

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THE MARLOWE SOCIETY.- Mcmbers have bec b' · .. but before the end oflerm we hope to hear an histo~'~len u}lcr t~as usua l With Untversity Scholarships by C. G. Lewis. We anticipate great activity nextl ter~~per rom . nuggs and a paper on "Existentialism':

N D .W.B HE SOCIETY.- On the tw 0 d d' ... . of the Society Visited Shellness, on the Isle of SI~:~~e~ dn~ t~ beginn ing of thiS term, a few members wader and duck were seen, feeding on or close to the sh • n . t . marsh. At Shellness, vast numbers of sand oystercatchers were seen o n th is occasion Stodm~~~htWas hlgl, tide. An avocet a nd mo re than two thouweather, still very interesting. T he first 'Whit~table-F~v I kp¢Ctacular but, as a result of the cold ~d the n~xt on ~arch 12th. On both occasions a g:rea~~;ri~y ~If cO}lnt was made ~n February 12th lor more mterest mg outings. , . SPCCICS was seen, which always makes

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THE CANTUAR I AN We visited the North Kent marshes o n the whole holiday, travelling in a distinctly alarming hired van. In the morning we visitcd the sea wall at All Hallows and saw large numbers of wader and a few duck. Unfortunately it was almost low water so the wader were spread out over a large area of mudflats. making observations and counting rather difficult. 1n the afternoon we went to the renowned Egypt Bay. On the meadows on the landward side of the sea wall, shclduck and wigeon were especially numerous. A passing lorry driver's report that there were "black and white gcese on them there marshes" proved incorrect. They were shelducks. The vegetation of the salt marshes was briefly investigated and should be even more interesting if visitcd in the summer when the plants are in flowe r. Of the indoor meetings this term, the first was concerned with business. An appeal for records and articles for the an nual report, now to be publ ished at the beginning of the summer term, was made. The somewhat insubstantial funds and suggestions for a whole-day outing next term were among the topics discussed. On February 12th, P. S. Murch gave a most informative and amusing lecture o n "Ferrets", and he brought along nis own fema le, or gill , three-quarter polecat, one-quarter fer ret to ill ustrate his talk. On Friday, March 13th, S. R. St. J. Neill delivered a lecture on "Snakes", using his Indian Sand Boa as an example. This again was a comprehensive talk on what is to most people a subject that brings a certai n sense of revulsion. T he last lecture of the term will be by a member of the Canterbury Bee-Keeper's Club and we hope to be joined by the Biology Club o n this occasion. In spite of few meetings th is term, a large number of new spccies of both animals and plants have been addcd to our records. The value of d istri bution and phenologica l records will, we hope, be illustrated in J. R . PALMER. the report. THE PATER SOCIETY.-On 28th January, Mr. Mackintosh and Mr. Wilson presented opposing views on "History and Prediction". Mr. Mackintosh 5.:1id that we cannot accurately predict future events merely by studying the past; perhaps the study of history is fascinating but it is no substitute for a detailed analysis of each ind ividua l situation with which we might be confronted. Mr. Wilson claimed that in prillciple there was no reason why psychologists-and the rest of theil' psycho friends-should not be able to pred ict everything, once they discover how to analyse human beings correctly. Although this provoked the audience, Me. Wilson, by using such phrases as in principle, had made his position impregnable. Nobody can know what psychologists will be up to in 100 years time. Nine members of the Society attended the King's Collegc, London production of Euripides' Aleeslis. It was an enjoyable performance, perhaps more polished than their presentation of Tlte Dysko!os last year. The chorus did not sing their odes but chanted them in a monotone unaccompanied by any music. T he Socicty would like to thank Mr. and Mrs. Wilson for their kind hospitality. A.C.P . T HE FmsT ORCHESTRA.-The K in g's Week co ncert programme is beginning to take shape. lntensive rehearsal of the overture to Rossini's opera La Scala di seta and Tchaikovsky's 6th Symphony (the Pathetic) has begun. T he programme will probably also include Ravel's PaVfllle pOllr ,me Injallle dJfimle which we have sight-read through. The orchestra's only appearance this term will be in the public Music Circle Concert on March 26th, in a performance of an abbreviated version of Gershwin's Rhapsody ill BIlle with Robert Hammersley playing the solo piano part (see elsewhere in this issue for an appreciat ion of the performance). We arc very grateful to Mr. Wright and Mr. Myerscough for the hard work they have put

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THE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA.-This term has been spent rehearsing Sarasate's Zigellllerweisell (solo violinClarence Myerscough) and Handel's Fireworks Mus;c for the public Music Circle Conert on March 26th. Both works requ ire a large wind section wh ich has doubled the normal size of the orchestra. Once again our thanks are due to Mr. Goodes for aU the time and cnergy he spends for our benefit. O.N.S. THE MILITA.RY 13AND.-The Band has had no engagements this term and has spent its time practising various pieces in preparat io n for its mai n concert next tcrm with the Glee Club. At the beginning of the term Mr. Wright thought it a good idea to embark upon some completely new items fo r King's Week, , and consequently ou r library has been increased by several vcry entertaining works . We are glad to welcome aU our new members and also, once again, to thank Ollr conductor, Mr. Wright, for all the encouragement and attention he gives us. Attendance has been good this term and we look fo rward with confidence to B. H . STO""'. nex.t term. 403

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TRB CHORAL SocrETY.- There being no School Concert at th d fl ' hour somewhat ambitious programme for King's \~~k.o ir~Ss~~~tlwe ~ve .~n a~le to ra • we ope-.'l pcrformnncc of Brahm's Requiem and al r I rt . len glVmg-m the TOlVprd"he Unknown Regiol/, The latter is an especially difficult \!~r'k t~ bO~k by Vaughan Williams earher to the term by being able to hear a record of it. rn, u we were g..eatly assisted

to w II hif unf:ili~g ~US~)k~~i~~' and,ofcourse,

We are particularly grateful to the members of the Staff who hel to Mr. Curry. OUf accompanist at rehearsals, and Mr. Wright for

S.R.G.C. R.K .B.H.

THE CAXTON SOCIETY - Great strides have bee :t th ' . of the printing done. B~ides taking on House PI~ m:~; ea IS term b<?th 10 the quality and the quantity C~u~I, "dan,y smaller jobs h~ve been done, includin~ Me~be~sh~' &~dCsh f~~v31!,%n ll'I:Or~tmbitious than Ftlm Makers. [n fact, there bas hardly been a momen t

no~ b:~n i~leu~~mpstcad

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Earlier in the term we had our ann a l f Th' subsidiary of J . Lyons and Co. at the ukin~i~~ft~tionl~r~rr ~ went t.o the Hogarth d Press, Wi llesdon a · J·wShthIPP. We bhal unch a very d~y' saw some fascinating printing being done and . were also pr~vided I a super andenjoyable tea We h ope to have an t . b'l theI effiCiency of the So~i~t~~SO~r ili~n~ va uable.

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co~~~t~~ ~hh t~~'%I~~~L the Society is wiUiog to undertake any printing job within reason for anybody

N.J.W. THE BIlLL-RlNGINO SOCIETY - This term has been f I weekly meetings, however, has been quite gOOd !?t~n~~fnt aU one for the Society.. Attendance at our members have been the most regular attenders and their y few notable exceptions. Our newest w !lave good cont~ol over their bells a nd c.1n all Plaf~o/ll~ ~~s I~~d gbe~frally ~ood. Most ~f them s IS very encouragmg for the future of the Society. . s Wit oul much difficulty.

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Because of the resignation of C. C. L. Dunn, we shall be electing a new Treasurer at the end of this term. C.L· THE GLEE CLUD.- As last term we performed fo h" was on .S.unday, 26.th March . The 'first, Pastime with (fo~~nt~,,~;a!,ye i~n~l~er:rU~I.c CI irc!e Concert, which 1/' composItion by King Henry VIII' it was followed b Po LOv os ymg y vigorous three-part seventeenth century composer of madrig~ls. After Purcelr~eW"~1 ~iarC { bb .Robert Jones, an early leap.of some three hundred years to fin ish with Vaughan Willia Ie ~c egllls to Crow, we made a Havmg brought these songs to performance standard with so an~usmglsea-shant~ Ward, the Pirate. hopes for another successful concert in July. 1 e re earsa Mr. Wnght can have high A.J.A.

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.. TH~ ::VALPOLE SocuITY.-The term's programme started with M H CI ' Berlm . It was interest ing, in that he did not d I " . . lessyr~ s competent paper on those present knew something , but the whole his~ryJU~ft 7hllhc~tOnt~mhPorrary ~rlll1 , abo~t which most of . elY ng t rom ItS foundation On the 29th of January Mr George Hambe 0 d an open meeting on r~s th~ ~ociety .and others at . "Buddhis~". A cepo;t of [his 'I~~~~~pepcown ars e Ito sewahdd . ere III thiS Issue. The annual outmg on March 2nd differe t f th " 1 Instead of going to see He"ry I V Part On~ i~oilie aft~:~~ma program~e laid out in last term's notes. Cr.:reta!cer-a curiously "different" play but certainly well do on, jethwent m~tead to Harold Pinter's The Vlctona and Albert Museum. . ne. n e mommg, as planned, we visited the Weover are the grateful to our President,Mr well past year. . R . A. C. Meredith, for I00ki ng after the Society'S interests so M.H .B.N.

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THE CANTUARIAN THE HARVEY SocnrrY.-The first meeting of the term was a Brains Trust, in which the team of B. H. She..1ring, D. J. M. Ensor, J. R. Palmer and R. J. Dibley answered questions from the audience. The varied selection of qucstions included the rights and wrongs of vivisection and thought transference, in which the name of Chan Canasta, the Television personality, was prominent. The next lecture was given by Mr. L. S. Snell, Chief Project Designer of De Havillands. This was an excellent talk accompanied by many informative slides on " Jet and Rocket Engincs". In the lecture, Mr. Snell described simply and without unnecesSâ&#x20AC;˘.1fY detail the principles involved in these engines. The Society is looking forward to more lectures, including one by G. N. Salmon on the "Physics of H.E.V.S. Music".

THE SECOND ORCHESTRA We have met regularly this term in order to prepare for the Kcnt Music Festival, and the end of term concert. A wide range of items, inclui ing the finale to Beethoven'S Fifth Symphony, Schubert's Marcile Militaire, and the Marcile Scipio by Handel, has been practised. Some of these are more advanced than anything we have attempted before. The orchestra has settled down well , despite the an nual rcshuftle and turn-over, and there is a sound understand ing between sections, which makes for greater precisio n. Our thanks are due, as always, to the Revd. A. D. Curry for conducting us, as well as arranging and writing parts; and also to O. N. Salmon, who is our conductor for the Kent Competitive Music Festival. P.C.

THE SCHOOL CHOIR In spite of the one or two inevitable gaps in our numbers on account of voice changes, the choir has achieved a sound sense of balance throughout the term, and the treble line has found a fi rm new leader in W. H. Williams, who sang some fine solos this term, especially in Wesley's Blessed be the God and Father and Attwood's Come Holy Ghost, Ollr SOIi/S Inspire. Yet balance is not everything and unfortunately that necessarily individual feeling and inspiration is sometimes still missi ng. On the first Sunday of term the Chaplain sang the baritone solo in Cornelius' anthem, Three Killgs, and in the evening three baritones portrayed the Three Kings in Martin Shaw's arrangement of the famous carol. The additions to our library this term serve as an interest ing contrast to each other. The first, Ollt of the Deep by Morley, is a superb sixteenth century anthem with alternate verses fo r chorus and tenor solo, the latter bea utifully sung by R ichard Dibley. The second, a Lent an them, Evellil1g ~al1d Momillg, by the mid-Victorian composer, Sir Herbert Oakely, was sung at the Headmaster's request. We sang the foll owing anthems this term : Wash Me Throughly (Wesley) Three Kings from Orient Lands afar (Co/'lleUl/s) Out of the Deep (Morley) We Three Kings (arr. Martin Shaw) Come Holy Ghost (Attwood) Praise to God (Campbell) Judge Me, a God (Mendelssohn) o Taste and See (Vaughall Williams) Lord for Thy tender mercy's-sake (Hiltoll) Blessed be the God and Father (Wesley) Evening and Morning (Oak ely) Hear My Prayer (Purcell) Jesu Word of God (Mozart ) Blessed Jesu (Dvorak) Faithful Cross (John IV of Porwgal) Thou Knowest, Lord (Purcell)

CHAPEL NOTES This term we are pleased to welcome the Revd. T. B. Williams as a Chaplain to the School. We hope his ministry here will be successful and happy. On Saturday, 11th March, the Archbishop of Canterbury confirmed 110 boys, of whom ten were from the Junior School. Th is is the largest number that has yet been confirmed here. The new Hymn Book is proving very popular. Already we have learnt many of the new hymns and tunes included in it. Dr. Erik Routley's lecture o n hymns, which he delivered on 19th February, showed us not o nly what an interesting study hymns can be, but also what a fine hymn book we have.

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cause further improvement. There is need for it as ~ er results In the E~pj:e Test, and] ho e ,The Field Day was a varied day's teaioin . • t. e sta,ndard of .22 shootmg 10 the school is Io~v. laid 0 .11 by L/Sgt. Clark and his Demonstr~t~~~the. recnuts bemg .entertained with 3 good demonstrati Ph'0ficlency Groups went to the 4th Ba ttalion Thecl.a0nffi and the Signallers tra ining at home. The Ar~n t ere ; an~ the middle section of the Corps went t~ D~aJs, as usua l a.nd had some very good instrllclio~ !U~-richmh Gun, and they afterwards saw the film of't~~ ~?bt Rneines,s the new Self-Loading Rifle and ) af 1,lult on. Ar~hem. We are very a e u to t e Depot, Royal Marines, as also to the 4th Batta l i~~ ' ~r 1C pmg us 111 thiS way. The results of Proficiency Tests are not e t ' ~oDnW'lfs.M. A. J. Addis, C.S.M. P. ~. ~~tl~~~~·. ~~~ f~lo~ng have .been promotcd to the ranks Pate~onl 3 ~£bSCROU ' A·HR. MMayl:Hlry, J. O. Moore'; Cpl~. 0: J. ~{~~I!~Oi-J L~SV' R. I]iammersley, , " , . X. . artlll, J. A. Chater, S. C. Sherman . "" wann, . HamlltonI WI

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HOCKEY In retrospect two feat ures of last season come to mind. The first is the appalling weather which we had to suffer for the early part of the term, on top of the wettest autumn for many years. Birley's was often un playable, and three of the 1st Xl's matches had to be cancelled, while other less distinguished members of the club had very little hockey at nil. However, this will often be the case in a bad year, as the pitches are so slow to drain, and it was particularly disappointing that the improvement in the weather coincided with the end of the short season, by which time some boys had played only a handfu l of games. Under these conditions it is impossible for them to acqui re more than the rudiments of the game, and it is to be hoped that as many as possible will take advan tage of the expanding facili ties offered to boys in the holidays by clubs, in order to learn under bettcr condit ions what an enjoyable game hockey can be. The other dominant fact about the season is that the 1st xr, for the first time for many years, have won all their school matches. With seven old colours left this was bound to be a strong side, but there were problems to solve, especially at fuJI-back and at cent re-forward, and the weakness of the side has been a failu re to exploit superiori ty by scoring goa ls. Rudga rd deserves great pra ise for the many saves, some brill iant, that he made, and much of the cred it for the side's record is his. Townson and Potter eventually became the fu ll-backs after beginning at w i ng~ ha l f, but were a safe enollgh pair in spite of a natural tendency to be drawn towards the wings; the former has been an opportunist without sacrificing any of the dependability of his play, one of the outstanding members of the side who has a bright future before him, while the latter after a good start sett led in easily to his new position and defended solid ly with an ever improving sense of timing. The halves were the lx'lckbone of the side, carey and Lewis solid in defence while stead ily supporting the attack, with Pritchard a t centre-half the best of them all, ranging all over the field in his efforts to integrate forwards and b.1cks. His short-cornel' shooting has bcen as lethal as ever. The forward line has suffered from the frequent absence of Barber who has given direction and purpose to the attack whenever he played. Doust until the last matc'l has not been at his best, but he is predominantly a hard ground player whose technique is not often effective in the mud , white McClure has not imÂˇ proved significan tly since last year but has been a very adeq uate right wing whenever passes came his way. Stewart was tried in the centre, but was much more effective in nis old position on the left wing, and the vacant place has eventually gone to Stokes who proved his superiority over Tayler late in the season, but it rema ins to be seen whether this arrangement will lead to more goals and compensate for missed opportunities in past matches. The standard of 1st XI hockey at King's has been consistently high for the past five years, and ' think that basica Uy there are three reasons for this. T he first was the success of the 1957 side, ably capta ined by ran Potter who came so near to a Blue at Oxford this yea r; they set a standard fully maintained by their successors. T he second, of course, is the increasing strength of the Colts' side which has supplied good players to the 1st XI and also had an excellent season itself against other schools. Finally, it is more than a coincidence that Pritchard has been a member of the side throughout these years. As a player he has been consistently reli able, whi le the record of cleven school matches won out of the twelve played under his capta incy speaks fo r itself. If he has time to play in the years to come, he will soon make his mark in University and club hockey. Owing to the popu larity of the Oxford Festival. the regular attenders are stand ing down every fourth yea r to make room for newcomers, and this is our fate this yea r. We have inste.:1d been fortunate in being invited by the V.C.L. Club at The Hague to partake in the l nter-Lyceale Festival there from April 4th to the 7th , and the 1st Xl is eagerly look ing forward to this. We also hope to send two sides to a small schools' festival at Tunbridge Wells later in the month. The following are representing the School at The Hague:- H. A. Rudgard, A. R . Potter, B. J. S. Townson, P. G. Lewis, G . C. Pritchard, R. M. X. Carey, A. K. R. Wight, l. A. M. McClure, C. R. Barher, B. H. Stokes. G . S. D oust, A. D. Stewart. G.P.R.

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1ST XI MATCHES THE KING'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY V CANTERBURY

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THE KINO's SCH OOL, CANTERBURY" ST. LAWRENCE COLLEGE Played at St. I;a\,:rence on Saturday, February 4th ' Ra in had ruined the w , ~JUg S 1; St. Lawrence 0 Lawrence kind! invi d t 0 matches aga inst Dover and the H A and i . much and it \;as S~e us over to pl~y on their pitch as Ours was still wate~lnearlY did .so in . this case. St.

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were wasted. The defenre plaY:d~~~ ~~~:;r~tig III front of the goa l, however, and ~o~~~b~: ~f do with In the second hal f King's got more into th ' s pressure, ~ott~r and Townson dOing a lot of gOOdh~~~~ f:~e r~~ltth~ ~?::;ards as a whole combined eJ~cltebe~fer~fJ~~~~~fu~~::,e slowcd the game down to ou; with fi ne shots fro~~~e:e:~~~ ~nweBt dbcal mbore; const ructive. On a few OcCa:s i~~~e~~ess pressure now and (, ar er, ut I t was late in the second I If , came near to scoring goal. It was now St La close with a shot after a btum to pile c;verything on, j n a final bi~1 to t~:!eBt~rber got the decisive A '. 11, ut once aga m the defence held out ( I e game. They came n away WID agaInst St Lawrence is ' . . start to the ruo of schoo l n;a tches which :e{:~~Yfo~rodw~h ls fi ne victory proved to be a very encouraging

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The second ha lf aga in saw K" h slowness in shoottn I . lI1g S on t e attack but they failed to press h . any a ttack St Edmugnd'~C~ t I~y hakd the ball in the circle. Townson a nd pott~me their advantage, due to . ou rna e and the game ra ther petered out with a r 'I\lere capable of stopping goa lMess second half. 408

THE CANTUARIAN KINo's SCHOOL, CANTmUJUIW v AROfNGLY COLLEGE Played at Ardingly o n Saturday, February 11 th King's 2 ; Ardingly 1 Ardingly's pitch is down in a valley and after the rain of recent weeks it was rather wet and soon cut up. As a result the hockey was not of such a good standard as it might have been. King's soon went onto the attack and while the surface of the pitch rema ined true produced some good hockey, inter-passing among the forwards and construct ive clearances by the backs. We opened the scoring when Pritchard converted a short corner. It was now that pressure was needed but there was not enough urgency about o ur play. Meanwhile. Ardingly came more into the game and at fi rst their frequent crosspassing proved to be most effecti ve in gett ing our defence square. However, we soon were two up stick shot after a run by Ba rber from the half-way line. Ardingly when Doust scored with a fine backM now began to fig ht back and reduced the arrea rs with an ably taken goal. T hat was the end of the scoring and the second half was taken up with abortive attempts by both sides to play good hockey. Opportunism was what was needed and though we had a little more than our opponents, we did not have enough. THE

THE KI NO'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY v O.K.S. Played at St. Stephen's on Saturday, March 3rd K ing's I ; O.K.s. I Rarely are we blessed with such a fine day as we had for this match. The O.K.S. had a good side, the pitch was in good trim and the o nly result could be a good game. This it was, between two evenly matched sides whose hockey at times was beautifu l to watch. T he O.K.S. were qu ick off the mark and were soon test ing our defence with their accu rate passes and strong running. It was after a fi ne run down the right wing and an equally fine cross-pass that Jones scored the O.K.S.' goal. As t he half progressed we came more into the game and at times came very ti me we were st ill one goal down. close to scoring, though at halfM The second half too saw the O.K.S. immed iately on the attack and very nearly scoring with the ball hitt ing the post and then being cleared by R udgard who added this to his many ot her good saves of the match. King's equa lised through Stewart who, following in a short corner, fo rced the ball in to the net after Pritchard's shot had been saved by the right back. As the ga me grew older o ur fit ness bega n to tell and towards the end we got on top, but a d raw was a fair result to a most entertaining ga me, so perhaps it was just that we did not score in those closing mi nutes.

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Played at St. Stephen's on Friday, March 17th K ing's 4 ; Balliol 0 After a spell of very fine weather the pitch was very hard and the ball moved with unaccustomed speed. K ing's settled down rather slowly and it was Ba lliol who were first on the attack. They moved the ball well among their fo rwards and their frequent changes of direction often caught the defence fla t-footed. However, when King's fo rward line settled down it looked the more dangerous but it was a little while before Stokes opened the scori ng with a quickly and efficien tly taken goal. Carey was fced ing his forwards with accurate passes and it was not long before one of these produced concrete results with a goal to Stewart, the ball being deflected in off a defender's stick. After our slow start we were now beginning to play quite well and it was pleas ing to see the forward line combining so efficiently. Before half time Stokes fur ther increased our lead with a nother good snap shot. T he second half followed a similar pattern to the first. King's were well on top and their good play nearly brought goals on a number of occasions. It was after a quick change of direction from a movement set up deep in our own half, that a short corner was forced and a goa l resulted . This was a good game but it is still probable that the side could play better. 409

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This year's team, w~th ~ good nucleus from last sea . was a powerful combmatlon which often played fast ~~ld ~~~eU~~;~t t~~cS::SlbJe captaincy o f J. P. McClure, Of the. four matches played three were WOn and one dr . y. b~~~~~~I~~o~~t~o~e aga~lst pover College and TOnbridg:w~il=fi~~t\~~S unfo~tuhnatc that ~ail1 caused the n wea POints of the team was aga inst St. Lawren C ~el an t c one which exemplified ce 0 egc. For most of tbe first half,

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THE BOAT CLUB Conditions for boating have been generally good this term. There has been plenty of water in the river nnd Pluck's Gutter has been relatively free from the high wind s which can make rowing there unpleasant and difficult. It is true that the "towpath" after the winter rain was for much of the term little better than a quagmire, making cycling almost impossible in places ; but cven this dried out quite well at the beginning of March, and enabled the coaches to see more than a passing glimpse of their crews in the last fortnight before the Schools' Head . The crews for Putney followed a training programme similar to that of last year: thus there was an extended period of tubbing and out ings in fours at Fordwich to drive home basic principles of bladework and watermanship, followed by about a month in eights at Pluck's Gutter. With five of last year's 1st Y11I available, the order of rowing in "An crew cou ld be settled fairly early. Training in the eight consisted of plenty of long stretches of firm paddling to consolidate bladework and the Putney distance was covered frequently in one piece. It was soon obvious that there was plenty of power in the crew, though for a while erratic timing prevented it from being applied effectively. But in the ten days before the race when this problem was largely overcome, there were occasions when the boat ran very weU and some good practice times were recorded for this time of the yea r in short pieces of rowing. uB" and "c" crews also covered plenty of mileage before the race and made reasonable progress, though "8" crew seemed to have greater difficulty in getting together. Both "A" and "B" crews supplemented their training with intensive sessions of circuit training which ensured that they were very fit for the Putney cOlirse. The Schools' Head of the River Race was held o n March 14th over the usual two-mi le course from Hammersmith to Putney. Once again the organ isers picked a perfect day and the race took place in ideal conditions. a medium tide and hardly any wind. "A" crew, starting Head of a record entry of 97 crews, had a good, sol id row striking 31 for the most part and finished at 32 wit h the boat covering well betwccn the strokes, though it seemed that the rate of striking could have been a little higher. It was therefore most gratifying to find that the School retained its position at Head of the River in a time of 7 min . 48 sees., on ly one second ahead of Hampton "A" and three seconds ahead of St. Edward's "An. uB" crew by finishing 2Sth in 8 min. 14 sees. conceded a few places from last year, but they were still well up among other "8" crews. "C" crew had a very sound row and finished 320d in 8 min. 18 sees. , an excellent performance for a clinker boat; together with Bryanston "c" they were the first of the "COl crews in the final order. The Crcws:"A" Crew: P.D.Webb,bow; C.J.Grossmith,2; N.K.Maybury,3; M. J.Parsons.4 ; R . D.Britton,S; D. 1. Mills, 6; A. W. Pengelly, 7; A. R. Maybury, stroke; V. G. T. Stainton, cox. "B" Crew: R. F. Morcom-Harneis, bow; C. H . Cavendish-Smi th, 2; U. P. Jackson, 3; M. R. MiJler, 4; D. M. P. Barnes, S; D. J. M. Ray, 6; H . R. Carter, 7; R. A. P. Carden, stroke; S. A. Eastwood, cox. "c" Crew: C. M . East, bow; W. D. Maycock, 2; R. J. Morris, 3; A. J. Knott, 4; J. d'A. Maycock, S; B. N . Redpath, 6; c. R. Paul, 7; G. P. W. Roberts, stroke; C. B. Cain, cox.

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RUGGER 1ST XV THE KINO'S SCHOOL, CAI'ITERBURY V ETON CoLLEOE

Played at Etcn on Thursday. February 16th King's 22; Eton 0 The Boat Club were kind enough to allow us the services of Parsons and Britton and as a result were able to provide a strong side for our annua l trip to Eton.

The conditions were idea l for rugby wi th little wind, a dry firm pi tch and a clear blue sky above. Right from the kick-olT it was apparent that there would be a fine struggle forward, but that Our pack definitely had the edge on its opposite numbers. Almost lhe first lime we touched the baJJ we Scored with Kain making a good break a nd putting Woodcrson away for a converted try. Both Mackie and Press were playing well at wing forward and they were most effective in cancelling out their oPPOsite numbers It was Press who scored the second try aner Mackie had dribbled the ball from a serum. Barber SCored the third try under the posts after Kain had once again made a fine break. The forwards were not having everything their own way and in the second half Eton saw more of the ball, but fine tackling by Mackie meant the ball rarely got beyond their outside half. Barber Scored the fourth try and Press the fifth, but then we lost Kain with a leg inju ry and Barber had to retire to the wing with similar troubles. Barber in the end brought the points tally to 22 after a typically strong run . Th is was a great game, thoroughly enjoyed by both sides, and if the form of those who played in this game is anything to go by, the XV next winter could be most effective.

"Bn XV "B" XV 1I ETON COLLEGE Played at Eton on February 16th King's 18; Eton 0 This game was played under remarkably good cond itions. far better than the tea m had ever encountered at Canterbury. It was outside the serum Iha l the team seemed to dominate and as Gallwey gave us a good service from the set serums, the three-qua rters had plenty of the ba ll. L.:1 Icr. however, the forwards showed grealer sparkle, being fast up on the loose ball and backing lip the forwards remarkably. The back row, especia lly Newell ancl Reeson, were both qu ick in covering and in hampering the opposite fly-half and centres. It was lively forward rushes that won us our first tOllch down by Mackie. After various attacking movements by the three-quarters, Morpurgo SCOred by the posts. Then Barker split open the defence with a splend id dummy and sent Heyland over for a try under the posts. This was followed by a good run by Lea, ably SUpported by the rest of the serum. The second half produced slightly more ragged rugby but Hessey. after a good solo run, scored near the poSls. These Iries only came as a result of good taCkling a nd constructi ve movements by both pack and three-quaflers. The players showed thei r potential as individua ls. Selby kicked a penalty goai. The team was:-8lrachall, Johnson, Heyland, Morpurgo, P. G. Swete. S. S. Barker. N. M. Swann. Lea. GaUwey. I. D. Mackie, Hessey, Selby. F. Reeson, Pattrick (Capralit), J. B. Newell.

SEVEN-A-SIDE KENT SCHOOLS' SEVEN-A-SIDE

Played at Tonbridge on Wednesday, March 15th We had entered two sides of whom much was expected. The grounds of the Tonbridge Rugby Football Club were in excellent condition and some good rugby shou ld have been the product. Our Second VII got a bye through the 1st Rou nd and the F irst VH registered a n easy victory against Gillingham n. In this game straight forward running was all that was needed for the victory which possibly cams too easily to us because in the second round the orthodox running proved inSUfficient against a side

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nents soon scored an unconverted

the attack, but It was t r h ' second round match but in what was a poor .I the runners-up lor tel.! b ~3 P against The Second VI came . han dling and kicking, Dartford got home y . match with a great deal u0 f mlS . of the competition were Eltham College. wmners The ultimate

THE JUNIOR COLTS Record: Playca 3; Won 2; Drawn 0; Lost 1 be a little weaker and consequently the results .. d he second half of the season the OPpos!tlon ten s ~~urt in their first game, they produced some of

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rugby to win easily_ ' . M D . Stone, J. D. Wright, Brock, Ryan, J:I. P_ Rose: The following have played thiS term.-Eves'M j Webster. A. D. H. Turner, Sharwood-Smlth, Langty w.n.c. N. J. Paul, Kent, Austin. Halsal1, W. R. Young, . . Smith, R . P. A_ Wells.

ATHLETICS . ing a11 three senior matches convincingly The Athletics Club has had another very .goot s~as~h~lf~tthe season training was se~erely hampeti nd two out of the three junior matches. Durmg t e rs for a cinder track was once agam strongly e t.d d

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it was disappointing that more Jumhor~ bef~ e matches-more than we have ever a r .

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K S C v EASTBOURNE COLLEGE . . . . h' because of the state of our own ground and '!ie The Eastboume match had to be h~ld away agam t IS ye~ell for us with a first and sec~nd in the Semor were 'pulled a in the 880 ya.\dS, wh,o who' was lacking practice, and Consterdine who won the ml e com or <

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THE CANTUARTAN disappointed in the Javelin but second string Ridley. who has a fine natural style, managed to win with a throw of 139 [t. IJ in. which, as he had only just become a senior, was a good effort. We took first and third places in the 220 yards and Darker, although well below his best fo rm, won the Long Jump. In the juniors, Kain showed much promise with a record win in the weight. With more technique he should do well in the future. Other good performances were put up by Allen in the Long Jump, Tester who threw 126 ft. in the Discus and Thomas and Mayer who were first and third respectively in the 880 yards . We won both relays with very good change-overs and the overall result of the combined Senior and Junior matches was a win for King's by sixteen points.

King's School placings were:SENIORS

100 yards 220 yards 440 yards 880 yards 1 Mile Long·Jump High·Jump Weight Discus Javelin Relay (4 x 110)

1. P. R. Atkinson l. P. R. Atk inson

2. D . E. Baker 3. M. H. Lane

10.3 sees. 23.3 secs. 54.6 sees. 2 m. 5.7 sees. 2. C. A. R. L. Kinghorn 4 m. 40.8 sees. 18 fl. 81 in. 3. A. M. Roche 5 fl. 6, in. 44 fl. 51 in. 122 fl. 4! in. 138 fl. II in.

1. C. A. Villiers 1. Consterdine I. C. Barker 2. P . G . Swete 2.1. R. Dowd I. D. C. Bartley I. 1. G . Ridley I. K.S.C. B. W. Pomeroy, M. H . Lane, P. R. Atkinson, D. E. Baker.

JUNIORS

100 yards 220 yards 440 yards 880 yards Long-Jump High-Jump Weight Discus Relay (4 x 110)

3. C. R. K . Heyland 1 I. I sees. 3. D. W. A. L. Temple 24. 7 sees. 2. B. O . E. Kain 54.7 sees. l. O . D. N. Thomas 3. M. O. R. Mayer 2m. 16secs. I. N . S. Allen 2. R . M. Kinross 17 fl. 6 in. 3. J. A. O. Paris 2. A. E. Redman 4 ft. 8 in. I. B. G . E . Kain 37 fl. 9! in. (record) I. M. 1. Tester 3. S. S. Barker 126 fl. I. K.S.C. G. D. N. Thomas, D. W. Temple, C. R. K. Heyland, G. A. Hessey. Total Points : (combined Senior and Junior) For 96; Against 80.

K.S.C.• TONBRIDGE The weather was also kind for lhe Tonbridge match and there were many very good performances, particularly in the Field Events, where King's took first and second places in every Field Event-8enior and Junior. Two school reeords were broken and one equalled. In the Senior Javelin, Barker found his best form just in time and broke his own record by twelve feet with a magnificent throw of 187 ft. 5 in. Kain added another two feet to the Middle Weight record with a putt of 39 ft. 91 in. and Pritchard equalled the Senior Weight record of 44 ft. 2+ in. with Dowd a close second at 43 ft. 9 in. Atkinson took first place in the 100 yards and 220 yards and although o ur runners were somewhat upset by a steep uphill bend in the track, Ridley and Villiers did well to come second and third in the Senior 880 yards, and once again Consterdine and Kinghorn took first and second places in the Mile. The Senio r High-Jump was won by Swete at 5 ft. 3 in. and he has the ability to go much higher. Paris also jumped extremely well to win the Junior High-Jump at 5 ft. Pritchard won the Senior D iscus, this time with Bartley second and Tester and Fryer took first two places in the Junio r Discus. Allen again won the Junior Long-Jump. For the fi rst time against Tonbridge a Senior Hurdles event was included and Wight who has only started hurdling this season did well to come second. Both relays were again won by King's as were both the Senior and Junior matches. 414

m I THE CANTUARIAN King'S School placings were:SENIOR k' 100 yards 1. P. R . At mson 220 yards 1. P. R . Atkinson 440 yards 3. M. H. Lane 880 yards 2. 1. G. Ridley. t Mile 1. P. Consterdme Long-Jump 1. C. Barker · hJ P 1. P. G. Swete H Ig - um 1. G. C. Pritchard Weight d I. G. C. Pritchar D iscus · 1 C. Barker I ~~~(l!'~s 2: A. K . R. Wight Relay (4 X 110)

3. D . B. Baker 3 C. A. Villiers 2: C. A. R . L. Kinghorn 2. G. C. Pritchard. 2 1 J F S mervlile . . . . 0 2. J. R. Dowd 2. D . C. Bartley . h d 2. G . C. Pntc ar

10.4 sees. 23.6 sees. 55.3 sees. 2 m. 1 J.l sees. 4 m. 40 sees. 20 ft. 5; in. 5 ft. 3 in. 44 ft. 2' in. (record) Y 119 ft. 6 in. 187 ft. 5 in. (record) 164 . sees.

kl~l~';meroy, M. H. Lane, P. R. Atkinson, D. E. Baker.

Total po ints : For 72; Against 32. JUNIORS

100 yards 220 yards 440 yards 880 yards Long-Jump High-Jump Weight Discus Relay (4 x 110)

3 C. R. K . Heyland

2' D. W. A. L. Temple B G E Kain 2: M. 0. R. Mayer 1. N. S. Allen I. J . A. G . Paris 1. B. G. E. Kain 1. M. J . Tester

3. G . A. Hessey 3. D. W. Eustace 3. G. D. N. Thomas 2. P. F . Bowen 2. A. E. Redman 2. S. S. Barker 2. A. R . Fryer

25.5 sees. 57.4 sees. 2 m. 16.2 sees. 17 ft. 9 in. 5 ft. 39 ft . 91 in. (record) 123 ft.

~.~s.~: Thomas, D . W. A. Temple, C. R. K . Heyland, G . A. Hessey.

Total points : For 50; Against 27. K S C • HIGHGATE . . . d ' turned cold and showery but the sc~ool he match against Highgate School the :-veather ha agam n wind which made for slower h~es tr:c~r~as at last hard and firmO and th,: o~~~ ~~~~Ola:!~a~e\::,~ th:ts~nFor match easily but th~ JunliorSs W!t~ . orne of the track events. nee agam d' erformance of the match was 10 t 1e COlO ~~if~'er opposition were narrowly beaten·dTI;e outystya~;~~t~nding ~it h a jump of 20 ft. 10 in. Alkinso Lon -Jump, where Barker broke a recor. a man al;d 220 yards and Ridley with a fine thr~w. a and Caaker took first and secon~ places 10 the 100 yards new Middle Javelin record, came ~econ~. Vtlhers e1 149 ft. 8 in. won the Junior Jave!m. Hessey, wh'bf uP armances were by Swete in the Scmo! Hl gh.Jum!s, again won the Senior 880 yards and oth~r nhotaD .e perr0 d a good win by Mayer in the Jumor 880 yar s. a fine throw of 128 ft. 4 in. by Bartley 10 t e ISCUS an

King's School placings were:SBNIORS

~~ yy!;~:

440 yards 880 yards 1 Mile Hurdles Long-Jump High-Jump Weight

rai!~t!

Relay (4 x 110)

1. P. R. Atkinson I. P. R. Atkinson 2. P. R. Atkinson I. C. A. Villiers 2. P. Consterdme 2. P. G. Swete I. C. Barker 1. P. G . Swete I. G. C. Pritchard I. D . C. Bartley 2. C. Barker

2. D . E. Baker 2. D . E . Baker 3. M. H. Lane 2. 1. G. Ridley 3. P. F . Bowen 2. G . C. Pritchard k' 2. J. P . Per illS 2. 1. R . D owd 2. G . C. Pritchard 3. O. C. Pritchard

~.~:~~diS, M. H. Lane, P. R.

Total Points: For 78; Against 28. 415

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53.3 sees. 2 m. 6.6 sees. 4 m. 28.1 sees. 17.2 sees. 20 ft. 10 in. (record) 5 ft 4 in. 43 ft. 10 in. 128 ft. 4 in. 170 ft 45.7 sees.

Atkinson, D. E. Baker.

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100 yards 220 yards 440 yards 880 yards

2. D. W. A. L. Temple 3. G. D. N. Thomas 3. D. W. A. L. Temple 2. D . W. Eustace 3. D. G . E. Kain I. M. O. R. Mayer

1 Mile Long-Jump High-Jump Weight D iscus Javelin

Relay (4 X 110)

3. A. D . H. Turner I. P. F. Bowen 2. J. A. G . Paris 2. D. G. E. Kain 2. A. R. Fryer I. J. G. Ridley

2. K.S.C.

11 sees.

24. 6 sees. 55.5 sees.

2 m. 11.2 sees

4 m. 56 sees .. 17 ft. 11 in. 4 ft. 10l in. 40 ft. 5 in. 123 ft. I in. 149 ft. 8 in.

2. N. S. Allen

3. A. E . T. Cunningham 2. G. A. Hessey

57.9 sees.

Total Points: For 41; Against 56.

We look forwa rd to au t I . Samuel. Mr. Dickson rna C I against Harro~ next t~rm and would like to thank M Officiating at matches and aU other masters who

ani

in~~e ~~~~ra°irl ~i~~eco:~~h~i~n~nd

h~v~g~l~~d~ P.R.A

CROSS-COUNTR Y We have had a good season We have r

We acc indebted to a hac ~.

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rna c es, fun over two terms, up to seven. the person of C. A. R. L. Kinghorn, to Mr. P. W . Boorman

We f!1ust mention individua lly Kinghorn's n' . ' were Ridley, Swans?n, and Purnell. Other ne:~~~gaUl as a most outstanding runner. Also of merit hwas consistent a reliable tell, as did those of the h r ormances. We trussed , owever, and Darlmgton had to opt out of th Th e team t rough pressure of work . e teams were:-lsl Team: P. Consterdine CAR L . ge'tr~ BrownD, Cri~hton, Charnaud. 2Jld T~all;: i.a~rj~ ~~~'k0r~ iurn~hl, Ridley, S~anson, Pickering ' . . oung, awkms, Stockdale. • • r. a er, omas, Fait, H ough, Taylor:

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a~d

~~)~:t t~~ 171~gth~~,~anpe

Results:-Run 9 ' Won 6' Lost 3 1st Team: Run 6; Won 4,' Lost 2. 2 lid Team: Run 3; Won 2; Lost 1.

. 1ST VUI II WYE CoLLEGE (Away) TIus was an easy win fa K ' , . r mg S over a short ish COurse with some remarkably Result: K.S.C. 30 pts.; Wye College 53.

eep gra lents.

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WINCHESTER (Away)

Another win for King's over a shortened Winchester course (4 miles). The race showed King's form well. It was a very fast race and a great pity that Stockdale had left us. Result: K.S.C. 33 pts. ; Winchester 45 pts.

1ST VUI

SOUTH LoNDON HARRIERS AND O.K.S. (Home)

Unfortunately due to late arrivals the O.K.S. were d isqualified as a team. King's were beaten by a very strong club team in an extremely fast race, though Kinghorn showed himself powerful. This was the first time the second team has raced . We were honoured by the presence or D. A. O. P irie, who would have run , but ror a slight injury. Result: S.L.H. 30 pts.; K.S.C. I 64 pts.; K.S.C. II 129 pts.

1ST AND 2ND VIIT

LANCINQ AND StTITON VALENCE

This proved a well deserved victory ror both first and second teams over a hard course of more than 5l miles of hilly countryside. Lawrie lost his shoes, but nevert heless ran home without them. Result: lsI Team: K.S.C. 146 pts.; Sutton Valence I 60 pts. ; Lancing College 78 pts. 2nd Teams :

K.S.C.

158 pts.; Sutton Valence Il \67 pts.

1ST AND 2ND VIII

TONBRIDGE (Away)

A very fast race over a muddy 5 miles. Kinghorn ran very well, despite an injury three miles from home. The first seven runners beat the Tonbridge "Cras" record . Two close results. Result: K.S.C. I 38 pts.; Tonbridge 140 pIS.; Tonbridge II 110 pts.; K.S.C. 112 pts.

h'T VIU

HARROW, HIGHGATE, FELSTED AND BERKHAMSTED (Away)

King's were heavily defeated at the hands of the four other teams. Unrortunately Kinghorn's injury prevented h im running and Ridley was ro rced to retire-we would otherwise have done well. Driving hail made a fiendishly muddy 5 miles very difficult going.

THE HOUSE RACES These turned out to be two shock races in many ways. There were the usual surprising individua l performances as well as those of the winning teams. Result: Junior Race : School Housej Senior Race: Meister Omers and Walpole. The course record was broken by P . Consterdine by 14 seconds-the time now being 22 minutes 4.7 seconds as against Morgan's 1956 record or 22 miQutes 18 seconds. Kinghorn did not run due to injury and Rid ley retired . P . CoNSTERDINE. Captain.

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SHOOTING CLUB Tbe Easter Term is always the most difficult one for the Shooting Club, mainly because there are so many ot her activities that seem to ta ke precedence over this spo rt. This probably accounts for the spasmodic attendance by some members and the consequently lowering of standards, C hater and Kemsley. however being notable exceptions. ' However, if this term has not been spectacular as regards shooling, it has been sllccessfu l in other ways. Fo r the first time since it was built the range has received a coat of paint. We have a lso managed to prevent the watcr leaking through the roof at a time when most members had taken it for granted Ihat this was one of the rewards for joining the club. Also, the shoot ing team bas been organising and coaChing for the Empire Test on Corps days, although it is extremely difficult beca use of the shortage of time. Two new groups, "e" and "D", each shoo ting on alternate weeks, have been introduced this term enabling us to enlarge the total membership of the club to 45, which is now our absolute maximum. ' In the summer we hope to have .303 matches with Dover, St. Lawrence and Sutton Valence. We also hope to arrange a match versus the O.K.S. All the rifles used by Group "A" were sent to Parker Hales and have been completely overhauled at a considerable expense. It is ho ped that this will pay dividends in the summer. The fo llowing shot for the schoo l this term:- O. D. Scott, J. D. Hamilton-Paterson, 1. R . Chater, R. C. Crichton, A. K. R. Wight, A . M. R oche, T. J. Swete, P. M. Barnett, J . Green, J . G. Kemslcy. The result of matches shot this term before going to press:Agaillst For Result 721 674 Won K .S. Rochester 727 Won Sherborne 736 781 All Ha llows 725 Lost 711 778 K.S. Taunton Lost G. D. SCOlT.

FENCING CLUB On the whole we have had a successful term, culminating in our winning Ule Team Trophy in the Kent Schoolboy's Championship. We beat Dane Court, Wye College and Highgate quite comfortably but only managed to draw against K.S.C. Wimbledon, in a most exciting match. Eton and Harrow both beat us, though we revealed surprising strength in the epee. These fixtures were both away, and we may do better at home against them in future. There are several juniors who have improved enormously. above all Howard-Jones and Baring, who will make a good combination in the future. Attendances at junior classes is encouraging, and some are showing great promise. With a waiting list of more than 50, the club is stretched to the limitj lack of facilities prevents further expansion. As always, the credit for any success we have had must go to Mr. Milner, Professor Mallard, and Mr. Cousin, together with our thanks for all they have done. The following have reprcsented theschool:-M. M. G. Stanley-Smith, S. H. McDonough, Baring,HowardJones, Eiser, Meredith and Pa tterson . H. W. G OLDSMITH, Captaill. 418

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SQUASH RACKETS .

. D MacNeice and I A M. McClure a good deal better The standard has impr~ved t~lIs year, Wi th P. . fire into his' ga~e, and he should be a very. good than the rest. MacNeice III particular hasdrrll~~ui:~y~dale Cup the Public Schools' T ournament , In the

~lt~~ h~fd~~~~' J~r~~~,~vfo~~a~nt~r:n ii~~~:~ ~!~3~~eD~~~~e~l1~t~ ~i~~;~i~ iliish~ta:~id!O~:~dh victories over Westminster, St. wrence, <

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were as follows:9 2-9 P D MacNcice lost to D. W. Dall, Esq. 7-9, 9-2, I: A: M. McClure lost to R. p· ADee~/;n ~9, ~, 6-9·9- 6 10-8,0-9. C S. W. Wright lost to R . M. . e. I . q. 9- 3 9-3 • M. R. Pickering beat R. A,. L. BaldWin. Esq. 9~'-7' . J N P. Low beat J. B. Wilson, Esq. 9-5, 9- , .-4 9-7 Ii. M. K. Carey beat P. H. W. Garwood, Es193~9 9- 5 2-9. o· B. Baker lost to C. D. Juckes,Esq Esq·9~ '9 '9 I' , J'-D. Newell beat W. D. Cous'", • 9_ 2 810: 10-8. M. H . Nixon beat N. H . Sc,ott, Esq. , '9-4 A C Parso ns beat C. J. Millar. Esq. 9-2, 9- 1, 9 6· 1 P: G: Swete beat D . B. George, Esq. 9-2, 9- '-2 9-3 N. M. Swann beat P. W. Boorman, Esq. 9~~ j-9 j-9,9-7. O. C. Bartley beat R. J. Mitchell , Esq. 9- ~ 9:"'3 ' R. I. B. Fisher beat E. Samuel, Esq . 9-7, 9 , . The winners of the House Matches werc:SENIOlt : Galpin's. JUNIOR: Galpin's. The results of the Ind ividual Tournamen~ were -4 9--4 9-3 SENIOR: P. D. MaeNeice beat I. A·dM·9M~ ~ure5 JUNIOR: J. N. P. Low beat C. Cun y, - . - . .

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O.K.S. NEWS (In/ormation for inc/usio" ill the O.K.S. Nellis will be welcomed by the Hon. Secretary of the O.K.S . Association, A. D . WILSON, 25 BERKELEY SQUARE, LoNDON, W.l . CHANGES OP ADDRESS AND AuENQUlR1F8 ABOUT "THE CAN'TUARIAN" SHOULD DE SENT TO HIM AND NOT TO THE EDITORS).

Their Ha!,fcentury. D. H. M.A. Degrees at Cambridge.

CoWIE

(1904-1910) and H. D.

TOWNEND

(1905- 1910) have taken their

JOHN PEARSON, M.A. (1946-51) has Qualified as a Solicitor with Honours (Dublin), while M. S. R. CoZENS (1948- 54) has been awarded a Major Harmsworlh Entrance Exhibition at the Middle Temple.

Also in the legal world is A. KNELLER (1946-47): on February 15th, in the Nakuru Court, Nairobi, he presided over a case involving an election incident, in which Mr. Blundell adm itted that llC " threw a glass of whisky at the audience when a barrage of eggs and tomatoes was unleashed at him". Before leaving the world of law, B. S. LOCK (1948- 53) must be mentioned for his achievement in being awarded the Charles Steele City of London Solicitors' Company Prize. A. ELWORTHY (1953- 58) is in India with Harrisol1s and Crosfield at Calcutta. Tanganyika abounds with O.K.S.: D. B. MALCOM is now a Co-operative Officer in Bukoba; J. F. GLENNIE (1925-30) is Chief Planning Engineer out there and knows R . H. GOWER (1930- 36) and H. ST. J. GRANT (1 935--40). F inally, C. 1. MEEK (1934-39) has been Permanent Secretary to the Chief Secretary and latterly to tht' Chief Minister, Mr. Nyerere,and hopes to continuetoscrveafterindependence. Leading a very different life in industry is DAVID MANNING PRESS (194~52) who is Parts Manager with Rootes Motor Inc., 9830 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles 35, California, while G. M. WAif (194449) is in Malaya working with Sime Darly Ltd. D . G. SIMS (1944--48) is working in a family contracting firm in Plymouth as Contract Manager with J. L. FORSEY (1945--48) who is a Quantity Surveyor. Also down in Devon is J. A. B. DENTON (1946-50), who is a Director of Watermota Ltd., an old-established marine engine manufacturing firm. Roger G . FORREST (1953-56) is typical of the many O.K.S. in the Services who are scattered round the globe. He is a Flight-Lieutenant based with 221 B.V.D., Johore, Bahru, Malaya. DR. A. D. MARKS (1 948- 53) is stationed wi th the R.A.F. at Nicosia, B.F.P.O. 53, and Wing Commander TONY STEFF LANGTON, D.P.C. (1941-44) is with 80 (P.R .) Sq uadron, R .A.F. Bruggen, B.F.P.O. 40. Group Captain O. L. SEABROOK (1 923- 26) has been appo inted Director of Personnel (Ground) at the Air Ministry with the acting rank of Air Commodore. In the Army CHRISTOPHER MANNINO PRESS (1944-49) is serving with the 1st Reconna issance Company (Field Battery) at Kaduna, Nigeria. Further south in the troubled region of the Congo is Captain N . C. G. RAFFLE (1 947- 53) with the 1st P ield Squadron, G.E. (Main) U.N. D.C. Brigade, G.P.P.O. 2. MICHAEL JOHNSON (1946- 50) is serv ing with capta in Rame in the samc force. IAN FOWLER spent a winter camp with half R.M.A. Sandhurst as guests of the Portuguese Army; he looked round the sites of Torres Vedras and Vimeiro (1 808), and then took part in a March Past, a t which the Portuguese Defence Minister took the salute. S. J. M. BARNETSON (1956--60) has just gained entrance to the Academy ; D. C. HAZLETON has passed out. GLEN CoATS (1 948- 51) is in the Royal Navy and serving on H.M.S. Bulwark with 848 Naval Air Squadron. JEFFREY FOOT (1952-57) is on the same ship, and writes "a year in the Far East has been magnificent, especially HOllg Kong". As usual, various O.K.S. have distinguished themselves in one kind of sport or another. J. R. FRBW (1952-58) narrowly missed being in the Cambridge VIII, but has rowed aU season in the Goldie Boat. Similarly, I. POTTER (1952-57) was a reserve for the Oxford University Hockey Team alt hough he played for the first team from time to time, while M. HERBERT (1947- 53) was playing for Oxford and Cambridge Past and Present when they beat Dlackheath 13 points to 8 points. Following "amicable differences of opinion" with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, SIR CAROL REED (1917-22) withdrew from the film he was making in Tahiti, Mutiny 011 the Bounty. K. V. JONES (1 938--41) reports he has had "a most busy year", which included background music for Wessex's Balik of England, Vantagc's Oscar Wilde, Stanley Doren's Surprise Package, Knightsbridgc's There was a C,.ooked Mall. Apart from these film scores, he has recently composed his Symphony No. I, and a Concerto for violin and orchestra. In the New Year's Honours List, N. R. S.lOLY (1 920- 23), who lives in the Lebanon, was awarded the O.B.E., and WILLlAM BAKER, who is at present Director of the British Institute at Wad Medani in the Sudan, received an M.B.E.

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THE CANTUARIAN . . . h BOA C in Kuala Lumpur. while W. SIMPSON (1929;-32) JOHN GIMULElT (1947-:-52) IS workingowlj . , 9th 1961 hc was the subject of t:his i~ your Life ?n 's Head of Public Re~attons at B.E.A. IMl anu~ryMrs' J B Harris appeared to remlOd Simpson (of I I B B C TV Dunng the programme, r. an . , . the . . .. ' . .. fame) of his )ears in Holme House. burnt my Fmgers . ' 2- 57) reading Classical Archaeology. La.st sununer In his first year at c;a?lbndge IS MARn~ p~<?~ ~}9611cen's Cricket Team, and this year IS taking a team he paid a third lon~ Visil to Greece. was ap al to play the Greeks m Corfu. r in Botany bas been awarded DR: R. G. WEST (ll 940-44 b )ih~~~~o~t~IIS~c~~~lf~~ ~i~~~~ribo~l~~:~o the geolog'y and palaeobotany a mOIety of the LyeI p un d .y. of the Pleistocene of the British Isles. 0 al Victoria Hospital, Boscombe, ROGim SPARROW (1 949-54) has b~nt~Orkin~!~~ ~~ rsa:~~:i~~t ~~er~n~ at obstetrics and gynoecolo~Yi Bournemouth, a~ HOllse Surgeon.. \ e mn PETER LUCAS (1934-39) is working at the same hosplta R. but hopcs to go mto general practIce ater. and is very well thought o~. . ' GRADURN (1950-55) is studying hard for a Ph.D . in Over in America, at Chicago u mv(f94~y· ~E)L:SnO~onlrast has just been demobilized from thc U.S. A~my Anthropology. PETER M. KN<?L.L~R . I ~ PULLEN also sees something of North America, and reall y intends to enjoy clvlhaSn hf~'t fR 'f ~~~~~ Shipping Company, and he works on the North for he is now on thc permanent ea a 0 Atlantic run. 57) d J M BROWN (1944--49) are at present abroad Two other O.K.S., ~ICHAEL VbeeINCB~ <,\9~ 1:; Del~Il(Sh~1l Plastics) for a year" at the Hague, but finds 'th osts in Shell Michael has n eXI e l L WI p. t" while the latter is working at Kuala umpur. life very mteres mg. a STOPHER SINCI A1R (1951-55) Finally, back in Bngla!'Ld, .in much the same pa~~t~~ t~~dc~~~t:z£:~~ C.iC~ O. BENNETT (19 ~9-34) who who is acting with the Blrmmgbeha~. RepertS?' ~rlin-in-the-FieldS. Finham, Diocese of Cov.mtry. has moved from Stockton to lear 0 .

ENGAGEMENTS P J Bull (1943-46) to Susan Mary Brodie. BULl.-BRODlE.- . . . T h (1952-57) to Penelope Mary Travers Walton. T CH-WALTON-T. C. J. Chenevlx- renc , . ;:::~:~~~El~L.-Michael Frederick Sparrow (1 951- 55) to Catherine 0 Nedl.

MARRIAGES

th November 1960 at the Queen's Chapel of the Savoy, R . J. L. Breese (19 DREESe-SHIRES.-0 n 10 · . I I 45) to Ann Shires. . A.I 7th 1961 at St. John the Baptist Church, Fiadbury. Leslie George CoLEY- IzoD.-On Friday,. pn , , Coley (1953- 57) to MavIS Izod. be 31 t 1960 at St Mary's Church, Portsea, Hugh S On Saturday Decem r s, , . G~~~ff:;~taTtbr~'inger (1945-49) to Hvallcr~ ~~y S~:~t~;:~n S.W.7 by the Revd. S. B-R. Poole, POOLE_ MALE.-On 11th March. 1961, at o~ {101 y, " David Arthur Ramsay p~dole tOAJ~n14~:1~961 a:~ St. 10hn's Church, C~terham ValleY,Peter Buchanan POOLE-DE WARDT.-On Fn ay, pn , , Poole (1938-43) to Greta Mary de Wardt.

BIRTHS r 1960 to Cora wife of P. J. H. Billinghurst (1947-51), a son. BILL1NGHURsT.-On 23rd Novembe , .r. ' f A J Grey (1936-41) a daughter, Jane Teresa. GRBY.-On 23rd October, 1960 to Maureen, WI e 0 .r.' t' D L Q'uested R M (1 940--47), a son. QUESTEo.- On 22nd February, 1961 to 1.oan M~ry, c0 (i93'1-40), a' s~n: WnsoN.-On 23rd January, 1961 to Shlfley, Wife of A. D. I son

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DEATH WOODRUFP.-On March 4th 1961 sudden! in M . 13), youngest son of the late Canon and Jrs . c . Eg~e odHoSPff A,fthur 0 1mbcrland Woodruff (1906. 0 ru.l t~11 In his 67th yea r.

. . DAVID LESLIE HAINES (1 922-30) A proml,nent sportmg personality in Devon" David H . . }fd ~ortIY~Slx. Born on June 22nd, 1913 the so'n of A1fre~~~~'1l-~u~denIYI on December 10th, 1960 ereI e earnt to love cricket with an ardou r and zeal h' h r ames, Ie came to King's in 1922' d W ,Ie . were never quenched : a lthough not as ' taeu ar performer himself he was alwa k e g30. and was awarded his colours 'ias in 'he Is' Cricke' XI in 1929 d unng, ~he Second World War he joined the R A F . and â&#x20AC;˘tie hayed for the, Kent Young Amateurs.

tw~Sye~ r~:~ni~~h'i::anl~6 r ~ r:l~g~~lb~' .h~e~g~~dp~~y~efgrn;~:~:n~neer: ";,iling i:"i~r~u~r"i~ar:5 ~.f ~AnRD;~~fi-~ar~eb~\\f.~e~ ~velr a10d

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o n all sides he used his onorary Organising Secretary of the Cricketers to Devon. Interested in Rugby viceR~r~i:t:~~~er.fs such k~ br~lIght many dist inguishedR ~sts on R~g~y or Association Football matches Defore his d thor~quaYI t lletlc, he made several broad essrs. Dlckmsons Sports (Devon) Ltd . We 0 er our sympathy ea to , o~ t lrOO ,Years he had been controlling hlS relatives and friends.

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, THE CANT UARIA N THE RT. REVD. C. M. RICKETTS (1 896-1905) On February 28th, the Right Revd. Clement Mallory Ricketts, who was Bishop of Dunwich, a revived Suffragan Bishopric, from 1945 until 1954, died at Madehurst, Sussex, at the age of seventy-five. He had gone there six years ago, because of ill health, and had taken up lighter duties as priest-in-charge. The Archdeacon of Sudbury, who knew him well , described Bishop Ricketts as "a real and valued friend. His life was the embodiment of humility, devotion to our Lord, and a love for his fellowmen . ... a courageolls and outspoken priest." Son of the Revd. Richard Ernest Ricketts, hc came to King's in 1896. In 1908 he took a second in theology at Keble College, Oxford. After a year at Cuddesdon, he was ordained and became a B.A. and M.A. in 1912, up to which year he had been cu rate of S1. Martin's, Salisbury; this was followed, until World War I, by the post of Chaplain to Bishop's College, Cheshun1. Bishop Ricketts then spent nine years in Ceylon, as Vicar of St. Michael's and All Angels, Colombo, and from 1923 to 1936 he was Commissary to the Bishop of Columbo. In 1929 he was the anniversary preacher at the Commemoration Service on Speech Day. On his return to England he was domestic and Diocesan Chaplain to the Bishop of Wakefield , and in 1924, Vicar of Holy Trinity, Weymouth; by 1937, when he also became Canon Commissioner of Gloucester, he had become Rural Dean. O n July25th, 1945,hcwas consecrated Second Bishop of Dunwich in Westminster Abbey; he held the livings of Badmingham and Dennington during these years, and was always well liked and much appreciated by his parish for when in 1945, Dennington Church was " an absolute wreck", the Bishop helped raise some ÂŁ12,000 fol' ils restoration, which has made it one of the most delightful parish churches in Suffolk. Bishop Ricketts leaves a widow, the daughter of the late Rt. Revd. G . R . Eden, Bishop of Wakefield, two sons and a daughter. To them we extend our deepest sympathy in their loss. " So he fed them with a faithful and true heart, and ruled them prudently with all his powers."

FRANK MAINWARING FURLEY (K.S. 1892-97) Frank Furley died at the age of 81 on December 24th, 1960 and in him Canterbury has lost one of her most respected citizcns and the school a loyal friend. He came to the school with a Junior Scholarship in 1892, and gained a Second Class Honours Degree in Law at New College, Oxford. He was articled to hi s father, as a solicitor in Canterbury ; and followed his father as Registrar of the Canterbury County Court , and later became Registrar of the County Courts of Ashford. Folkestone, Margate and Ramsgatc. He was a n enthusiastic and prominent Freemason, and for many years an officcr of the Un ited Grand Lodge of Bn~land. He always maintained his intcrest in the school and was a member of the Exhibition Fund CommIttee to the time of his death.

NORMAN SYKES The death of the D ean of Winchester at the comparatively early age of 63 is a sad blow to his many friends and a great loss to historical learning. I well remember his lectures given at King's College, London, thirty years ago and can vouch for the debl thal many students of history owed to him and the keen and abiding interest he took in their subsequent careers. He opened new windows into people's minds and gave lhem not only a new outlook on the eighteenth century. his own chosen field of study , but o n the whole wide range of English and E uropean history. Besides being an o ld and close friend of the Headmaster, he was deeply interested in the affairs of the School and whenever I met him one of his first enquiries would always be about its welfare. H e was a familiar figure to many O.K.S. for in latter years he was a regular preacher both in the C2t~edral and the School. His learning, his Johnsonian turn of phrase combined as they were with the pleasant but unmistakeable undertones of a Yorkshire accent gave his sermons a special flavour of their ow n. They were indeed memorable performances adorned alike by scholarsh ip, style and human interest. It is a sad thought that S.B-R.P. we shall not hear any more of them .

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CORRESPONDENCE

Dear Sirs,

SMOKINO AND DRINKINO

In our day the School supplied free beer at lunch in Hall to all who wanted it. It was known as "swipes",

Yours, etc., H. D. TOWNENO (O.K.S. 1905-1910).

To the Editors

14 Robertson Street, Greenwich, N.S.W. 28,,, February, 1961.

THE CANTUARTAN.

Dea r Sirs, I am greatly relieved, and 1 am sure other O .K.S. are, to read in The Cafltllarioll just received, xxvn 4 page 295, that the purple gown has historical justificatio n, and was not a novelly (as I must admit 1 had tho ught it to be). Might I suggest that the present generat ion should, in the same spirit of retaining old usage, revert to the practice of calling the schoo l "King's School". and not just "King's" (which is a very recent , and ugly. growth). Ir you look at Call1lloriolls in the early 1900's you will never find "King's", only "King's School". 2. H is unfortunate that the Alcaic at page 267 wa;s marred by a fal se quantity. It would have read beUer: Scholae magistri prospera regiae Post lustra quinque cum domina tibi Dant pignus hat longos ut annos Usque duae platani celebrent. Yours ichabodishly, D. 1. N. LEE (1906-10).

To the Editors of THE CANTUARIAN. The Common Room replies, Si quid in his numeris cu lpas, haec verba sol uta Finge modis: s tud ium signillcatur idem.

["b, reply 10 D. J. N. Lee 's comment 011 Ihe tHe 0/ the IeI'm uKrllrr'r", we w:mld like to poilll oUllhalUKillg's School" ir incorrecl as a lit Ie; 0111' o/Ji:ia/ 1m.,,!! iv "The Ki ',g'S S e/Do/", which beillg 100 drawll Oll! for elleryday lire has ello/lled ill p:Jpular urage to "Kiflg's"- ugly or otherwise accordillg 10 persoltaltaste.The Editors.]

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EDITORIAL ... THE SCHOOL SALVETE VALETE VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES THIS AND THAT ... ACADEMICAL AND OTHER DISTINCTIONS GA INED 1960-61 SCHOOL PRIZES ... THE ENTHRONEMENT ... "ROMANOFF AND JULIET" BRAHMS' "REQUIEM" ... THE BAND AND GLEE CLUB CONCERT ... "MUSIC AND VERSE" .. . "BARBER OF SEVILLE" .. . SERENADE IN THE CLOISTERS THE SYMPHONY CONCERT ... COMMEMORATION OF BENEFACTORS THE HOUSE ART COMPETITION AND SCHOOL ART EXHIBITION THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION THE TAXI SERVICE OF LUI HUN T'SON ... A LECTURE BY A. L. ROUSE ... ALAN LOVEDAY .. . HOUSE MUSIC COMPETITION FRIENDS' FESTIVAL CONCERT BLACKFISH ... THE PRECINCTS WATER ALL SET TO GO .. . ABOU BEN SAIDI .. . CANTERBURY REBUILT- A REPLY IN DEFENCE OF APATHY THE TRAGEDY OF THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH (1727- 88) A HOT AFTERNOON SCHOLA REGIA CANTUARlENSIS OXFORD LETTER ... HOCKEY THE LIBRARY C.C.F. NOTES THE SCHOOL CHOIR THE SOCIETIES CRICKET THE BOAT CLUB ATHLETIC SPORTS SWI MMING CLUB COlllilll/ed overleaf

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EDITORIAL EDUCATION AND CONFORMITY

In the western world generally, a nd perhaps particularly in this country, we are accustomed to regard ourselves as free. Indeed, the English have the .reputation of being in some ways obstinate and stiff-necked in their freedom and their non-conformity. Though law-abiding, they object to being pushed around by any authority in what seems to them to be an unreaso nable way: it is no accident that our largest Christian sect is based on the word "protest". Certainly we would resent it if we were told that we were becoming too conformist, and allowing ourselves to fall victims to anything resembling indoctrination or the party line. Yet this is just what is happening. There are more forms of tyranny than dictatorship and concentration camps: and often the least obvious methods are the most effective, precisely because they are the least obvious. The prevailing moral standards, the tacitly assumed values, the conscious and unconscious imitation of others, even the mere absence of a genuinely critical opposition- all these can be more compulsive than rubber truncheons, and more indoctrinatory than brain-washing. The majority of the members of any society take for granted the values current in that society: but today, in our technological money-making society, it is probable that we are more uncritical than ever, because the society is designed to minister to our own self-centred desires and to stifle criticism.

HIS GRACE THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTEIlOU IlY (Oil. MICHAEL IlAMSEY) ON THE DAY OF HIS ENTI mONEMENT [G. S. WP.l"/rul'

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Our society is Chri stian in name alone. Its va lues are the values of the market-place : a "successful" man is a man who makes money out of his fellows and who th ereby becomes a "top perso n" with an " importa nt" job. It is essenti ally an acquisiti ve society- acqu isitive not on ly of money but of class, stat us, respectability and possessions of all kinds- and ~ great deal of our ed ucation is devoted to putting you ng people in to a tetter position for acquisition. To these ends our newspapers, with their gossip columns abo ut the rich or the high-born, ou r television, designed to titillate the pala tes of millions of people who can not answer back or criticise even if they wanted to, and even our politicians, whose most inspired efforts to capture our imagination amo un t to no more than the promise of a greater flow of consumer goods, aLi minister with the utmost success. To these va lues there is little opposition : the auth orities in all organisations connected with the state-and that includes most organisations which make any pretence of being politically important- are only too well aware that they must not even challenge, much less actually try to change, the standards which sustai n a society of this kind. If they did , they wou ld be asking for trouble. If the public schools conform to these values they are doomed. T hey may survive as a luxury of the upper-classes : but as public schools, schools whose prime function is to turn out people who serve the public, they will vanish. If their members regard their education primarily as a method of improvi ng their status or ability to make money, rather than as a training in the giving of service to any co mmunity in which they find themselves, the whole idea of an integrated school community founded on mutual trust and mutual help falls to the ground . If our intention is to turn out a "public-school type", rather than try to cater for the individual needs of each mem ber, we mi ght as well resign a ny claims to true education at all . For true education consists in givin g people the ability and the critical sense to resist the va lues of the world if they are false, and the enthusiasm and spiri tual power to sea rch for true values for themselves. It co nsists in using the school community, not as a training-ground for worldly success, but as a training-ground for using one's tal ents in an atmosphere of love: "diversity of gifts, but the sa me spirit" . Unless the danger of this sort of conformity is understood and averted, it is not only the public schools but society as a whole that will suffer. Any experienced educationalist knows onl y too well how quickly any community can go downhill once its members become self-centred and 430

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acquisitive: and what goes for small communities goes for large ones too ..We are a l read~ experrencIng thIS in our country, with the increase Jl1 crIl!le and Juvel1lle dellnquency, in the lack of purpose and moral fibre, In the greater numbers of the mentally sick a nd the spiritually homeless. We must get to work before it is too late.

THE SCHOOL Head Head Head Head Head Head Head Head

Captain of the School : G. C. PRITCHARD of Luxmoore H ouse G. C. PRITCHARD of Walpole House. .. H . A . R UDG ARD, K.S. of Linacre House ... P. R. ATKINSON of The Grange ... C . G . LEWI, S K.S. of Marlowe House... C. R. BARBER of School House D. A. YOUNG of Galpin's '" R. A. P. CARDEN of Meister Omers ... M. M. G . STANLEy-SMITH, K.S.

J. A. MACKIE, C. J. F. K ENNEY, H. R. FAIR.

P. F. ALLEN, K.S., D. O. TAYLER, D. E. BAKER, S. R. G . CARRINGTON R. M. STOWELL, R. B. BRITTON. ' Walpole House: A. R. MAYBURY, C. BARKER, C. A. M. PARRISH, K.S., R. C. BROWN, K.S., R. J. DIBLEY. Meister Omers: H. W. GOLDSMITH, W. D. MAYCOCK, P. CONSTERDINE, M. J . PARSONS, H. R. CARTER, A. V. HARDI MAN. Marlowe HOllse: N. A. S. BURY, C. LAWRENCE, T. C. C. DARTI NGTON, K.S., T. M. PARTINGTON, K.S., B. H. SHEARING, K.S. Luxmoore House: D . R. L. EVANS, K.S., A. W. PENGELLY, D. J. MILLS, ALEX V. GEORGIADIS, J . R. PALM ER, B. J. S. TOWNSON, P. L. D. SOUTHAM. Galpin's: I. A. M. MCCLURE, K.S., P. D. WEBB, D. C. BARTLEY. Linacre House: D. J . G . WARDROP, J. R. BENNElT, A. K. P. JA CKSON, C. M. EAST, G. D. WILLIAMS. 431

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Captain Captain Captain Captain Captain Captain Captain

of Cricket of Boats of Swimming of Squash of Tennis of Fencing of Shooting

G. C. PRITCHARD A. R. MAYBURY A. K. P. JACKSON I. A. M. MCCLURE D . R. L. EVANS H. W. GOLDSMITH G. D. SCOTT

The Cantuarian: Editors: T. C. C. DARTINGTON, K.S., R. ST. J. STEVENS, K.S. Secretaries: R. C. CLARK, K.S., A. D. D. KILPATRICK, K.S., W. J. WATKINS

SALVETE J . L. Ard, R. W. Arnold, D . R. L. Bodey, M . J. Carver, K. P. W. Chamaud, P. J. Chester, T. S. Church, A . J. Davies, E. R. Fattal, J. S. Foster, C. N. Gordon-Wilson, R. B. Howard-Williams, M. B. King, G . M. Paine, R. A. Penny, H. B. Poole, J. J. D. Smith, V. H. R. Waine, M. D. Watkinson, R. White, T. P. M . Young.

VALETE

C. I. W. Charnaud, J. P. Daniell, P. H. Gallwey, J. D. Ha milton Paterson, p. M. B. Hinchy, J. A. McLean, R. A. Neil, M. C. Perkins, A. C. Simpson, A. D. Stewart, I. F. R. Stewart, R. 1. G. Taylor, D . J. T. Webster.

VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES LANGRIDGE, H.-Came Jan., '56; House Monitor; 2nd XI Cricket, '60; 2nd XI Hockey, '61; Upper VI. MOON, A. T .-Came Jan., '56; Hon. K.S., '61; Corporal, C.C.F., '6 1; Upper VI; Minor Exhibition in Mathematics to Pembroke College, Cambridge; Captain School Chess. PARSONS, A. C.- Came Sept., '56; House Monitor ; Sergeant, C.C.F., '60; Han. Sec. Pater Society; Upper VI. PATTRICK, J. P. D.- Came Sept., ' 55; House Monitor, '60; 2nd XI Cricket, '59, '60; 2nd XV Rugger, '59; '60 Captain; Corporal, C.C.F., '60; Upper VI. RAWLINGS, P. A .- Came Sept. , '56; House Monitor, '60; Sergeant, C.C.F., '60; Upper VI. SNUGGS, P.- Came Sept., '56; House Monitor, '60; 1st ColoursShooting, '59; C.Q.M.S., C.C.F., ' 60; Upper VI; Ed itor Cantuarian; Secretary MIlltary Band.

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THIS AND THAT Through Timothy Jardine Brown we heard that our article on Linacre in the last issue had to some extent overlapped with a talk by Dr. Charles Newman to the Osler Club with the same commemorative purpose .. The lecture was printed by the London H?spital Gazette, who exchanged copies of thetr ISsue with us. The copy of the Gazette IS now III the library amongst other Thomas Linaere

Cantiana.

Dear Sirs,- I had the privilege to visit Mr. Voigt last week, when I passed through Canterbury. He showed me the April copy of The Cotlfuarian. He did it, of course, for the sake of the survey of the Rembrandt lectures. May I tell you that I felt both humble and elated after having read it: such understanding of one's aims, reached or indicated only, as far as I am concerned a deep perception of the subject ; language matching the beauty of the a rtist's works a~d yet, expressing the modern mind; it made me realise that, with the limited powers Jgivel~ to me, I could not give less than the very best to a n a udience continually fired by P.p. and the Il ke. My smcere thanks to hlm, and, once more, to the Head Master for allowing me to come again. I hope that I shall be tested, once more, in the future. The fire that set Rembrandt's brush alight continually burns, too, in the King's School! A Remarkable Testimonial

Yours sincerely, E. PRINS.

The Rotulus

The school office would welcome copies of the Rotulus from September ' 1935 onwards if any O.K.S. has some to spare.

On Sunday, June 4th Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal visited H.R.H. The Canterbury. Before a service in the Cathedral, she inspected the Oaks, Princess Royal and afterwards attended a tea party in the Green Court as the guest of various nursing and first-aid organisations in East Kent. Croquet

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A new sight on the Green Court has been the croquet; those who play claim with pride it is the most minor of the Minor Sports.

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Archbishops

The Madrigal Society sang at the Civic Service held in Holy Cross Church, which preceded the Annual Mayoral Ceremony on May 27th.

We wish Lord and Lady Fisher a pleasant retirement, and welcome Dr. and Mrs. Ramsey to Canterbury. We hope that they will enjoy a happy relationship with the School, renewing the long connection that began a hundred archbishops ago. 433

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World Tour

From S.S. Orcades, Major Jervis has written about the O. K.S. he has met. J. C. Clark ('52- '54) is a purser on board the ship; Michael Warrender ('5 1-'53) met him at Aden and S. B. W. Grigson ('32-'37) was at Colombo to see him.

was visited by six biologists in the company of M r. D . E. Pomeroy in the Siapton Ley Easter holidays. T his was a week of enjoyment for a ll concern ed and Field Centre any biologist who ca n spare ten pounds fo r a week's entertain men t, the opportunity of mak ing new friends (the re were fifty young people at Siapto n) and learnin g a useful a mount of fi eld biology fo r "AU level, sho uld seri o usly consider going to o ne of the field centres that a re scattered aro und the co untry for their use.

Kent 2nd XI

Fencing

The Kent team that played the So uth Africa n Fezela side at Canterbury included I. Po tter, the Oxford Blue, R. E. F. Minns, who has been playing for the Occasionals, a nd G . C. Pri tchard.

We congratulate H . W. Goldsm it h and S. M . McDo nough on tak ing the first two places in the Kent Schoolboys' .Championship, and thus earning themselves places in the Kent team fo r the Excalibur Trophy in Bath.

Many hund reds of people crowd in to the Cathed ral for the high-class performances of musical works that a re performed there, far more than attend the services. And yet the Ke nt Musica l Society's perform ance one Sat urday coll ected only ÂŁ45, a meagre sum when current cin ema prices are taken as a comparison. The average co ll ectio n at the Enthronement came to about one shilling and three pence, ha rdly eno ugh to cover lhe cost of the excellentlyproduced service sheet. ]f th e country is now enterin g a period of austeri ty, it wo uld seem that church-goers at least arc well -practised in such denial.

H alC-Price in the Cathedral

It is wi th great regret that we record Mr. Curry's depa rture to Penshurst. His lessons, li ke his sermons, have always been fast-movi ng and full of interest, and he can be satisfied that religious feeling in the school is now reviving. In addi tion, his enthusiasm will be missed by those who park their cars in the precincts, for he has always been ready to give advice and to help with the cleaning. Mo re seriously, his influence will be missed in the musical activities of the school and so wi ll bis innumerable unobtrusive ki ndnesses. -'

The Chaplain

We a re gra teful to Dr. A. L. Rowse for the number of books which he presented to the Library (including a number of his own) on the occasion of his Lectu re to the Vlth Form . The Revd . J. R. Powell, O.K.S. has given two large collections of books of very varied interest, p roposes to give liS some more and has made a most ge nerolls bequest to us. We hope very much that we will not receive the latter fo r a long ti me ye t and that we shall be able to welcome him to O.K.S. occasions for many years to come. GiCts to the Library

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We offer our congratulations to Mr. M. E. Milner on his ma rriage to MISS M. Jarrett, and also to Mr. I. N. Wilkinson, on his engagement to MISS J. NIblett, to Mr. H. M. P. Davies, on his engagement to Miss D. E. G IllespIe and to Mr. R . P. Bee on his engagement to Miss M. Williams, wish ing them every happiness after their several marriages this August.

T he Bachelor Masters?

H .M.S. "Challenger"

The volumes abo ut the voyages of this ship have been in the Library for at least 60 years and if a ny O.K.S. happens to know how they came there we should be gra teful to learn.

We welcome Majo r D . R. B. Jervis, O.K.S . to the Gove rning Body this term. He has long been loyal in support of the school and for the past fo ur yea rs has been President of the O.K.S. Association.

Governing Body

T he Memorial Undercroft

The Anniversary

Preacher

I.T.A.

We are very grateful to Mr. H . H . Goldsmith wbo bas given the arcbes and ceiling of the Memorial Undercroft a face-l ift for us. Tbe stonework has been cleaned and tbe ceiling has been considerably Iigbtened by bemg coloured lemon and white with most pleasing effect. This year the Headmaster gave the sermon at the Commemoration Service on Speech Day; we would like to thank him fo r permission to print it in this issue.

The service fo r the Invalid Tricycle Associatio n was held this term, and the Military Band played in the Deanery Gardens while tea was served. The Dean described the occasion as Hone of the fi nest, most lova ble services of the year".

We are very sorry to be losing Sister Grice's care in the sanatorium at the end of this term. She has been in serious ill-health for some time and altho ugh, we are glad to say, she has made a good recovery, she must have less exacting wo rk. Only those who have been under her care know how demanding for herself she made her wo rk here.

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Sermons

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The new filter has been a great success, and the temperature of the The Swimming water has confo unded the obstinate pessimists. Perhaps it is no accident Bath that every House markedly increased its average in the swimming Standards Competition . 435

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I st, Walpo le, 651 pts.; 2nd, Linacre, 623 pts. ; 3rd , Grange and Luxmoore Trophy Marlowe (Tied), 575 pts. ; 5th, Galpin's, 566 pts.; 6th, School 1960-61 H ouse, 526 pts.; 7th, Luxmoore, 514 pts.; 8th , Meister Omers, 501 pts. We congratulate the I st XI on defeating all their school oppo nents this The 1st XI season; they recorded mo re victories a ltogeth er than any previous side. Much of the cred it for this feat must go to G. C. Pritcha rd and C. R. Barber, who are Captain and Secretary for the second year. They were a lso Captain and Secretary of the Rugger and Hockey teams, that were also undefeated in school matches.

The 1st VUI

Once aga in the 1st VIII reached the final of the Princess Eli zabeth Cup at Henley, and once again th ey were defeated by Shrewsbu ry. The fine stroking of A. R. Maybury was reported to be outstandin g in the national press.

The six members from King's (including C. B. Seaman, O. K.S .) have all been invited to the Summer Course which this year is being held in Canterbury and includes a concert in the Cathedra l. Seaman, 1. K. Polmcar, O . N. Salmon and K. Maries have been invited to tour with the orchestra to Germany, Ru ssia, Finland and Sweden . S. R. G . Carrington and A. M aries are first reserves for the tour.

National Youth Orchestra

The Second Orchestra, cond ucted by G. N. Salmon, wo n the School Orchestra class for the fifth year in succession with the unprecedented total of 95 marks out of 100. R. K. B. Ha lsey and D. M. G. Parry were the only en trants from King's in the so lo classes ; Parry wo n two and Halsey was runner~ up in a third.

Kent Musical Festival

It is with pleasure that we record the presentation by Major R. H. L. Boat Club's Carden ofa hand some new trophy for the Boat Clu b. It wi ll serve pri maril y New Trophy as a record of the names and achievements of past and future First Eights since 1952 in th e Princess Eliza beth Cup at Henley Roya l Rega tta ; from 1961 onwards it is to be awarded a nnually to the House considered to have contributed most to School Eights rowing during the year and in particu lar to the First Eight. The School is most gratefu l to Major Carden for his kindness and generosity to the Boat Club. The first holders of tbe new trophy are Luxmoo re who we re presented with it by the Headmaster on Speech Day. This has been as successful as usual in varied ways. While the receipt of custom was organised with ever-increasing efficiency, the number of people moving at speeds faster than sound wou ld appear to have rend ered much of the music-making pointless.

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ACADEMICAL AND OTHER DISTINCTIONS GAINED 1960-1961 STATE SCHOLARSHIPS R. C . DROWN, T. C. C. DARTINGTON, M. H. KI NG, R. STOWELL, M. R. TUOHY

AWARDS TO THE UNIVERSITIES P. F. ALLEN

Open Scholarship in Classics to St. Edmund Hall, Oxford

M. H, KING

Open Scholarship in Mathematics to St. 10hn's College, Cambridge

STOWELL

Open Scholarship in Physics to New College, Oxford

C. J . TAVENER

Open Scholarship in History to Cburchill College, Cambridge

A. T . MOON

Minor Scho larship in Mathematics to Pembroke College, Cambridge

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R. C. 8RO WN

Open Exhibition in Natural Sciences to Trinity Hall, Cambridge

S. R. G. CARR INGTON

Honorary Choral Scholarship to King's College Cambridge '

T. C. C. DARTlNGTON

Open Exhibition in H istory to New College, Oxford

R. J . DlBLEY ...

Choral Ex hibition to Gonville and Caius College Cambrid ge '

P. M. U. lllNCHY

Abbott's Scholarship in History to Worcester College, Oxford

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Open Exhibi tio n in Social Studies to Merton College, Oxford

C. A. M. PARRISH

Open Exhibition in Mathematics to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and Honorary Parker Exh ibition

M. J. G. RODlE1TE

Open Exhibitio n in Natural Sciences to King's College, Cambridge

I r. A. RUDGARD

Open Ex hibi tion in Nat ural Sciences to Corp us Christi College, Oxford

D. H. SH EAR ING

Open Exhibition in Mathemat ics to Queens' College, Cam bridge 437

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A. W. DUDGEN

Ford Studentship in Classics to Trinity College, Oxford Kitchener Scholarship to Keble College, Oxford

R. M . K . CAREY

Vickers Group Scholarship

J. BALKW ILL

Leathersellers' Exhibition

T. G. BEWLEY

AWARDS GAINED AT THE UNIVERSITIES B. K. JEFFERY

Scholar of Christ Church, Oxford;

I st Class Honours, Modern Languages; elected Senior

Research Scholar at St. Ed mund Hall, Oxford 1. C. ST. C . REAR

Scholar of U ni versity College, Oxford ; 1st Class Honours, Jurisprudcnce

W . A. HODGES

Scholar of New College, Oxford; Honours, Classical Mods.

P . 1. FORD

Christ Church, Oxford; 2nd Class Honours in Natural Science, Part n

E. R. G. JOB

Magdalen College, Ox.ford; 2nd Class Honours in History Scholar of Jesus College, Oxford; 2nd Class Honours in History

G. A. G. KIDD

I st Class

C. N. LAINE ...

Ford Student at Trinity College, Ox.ford; 2nd Class Honours in History

D. J. MORTIMER

Scholar of St. John's College, Oxford; 2nd Class Honours in History

G. D. PESKETT

Scholar of Lincoln College, Oxford; 2nd Class Honours in Natural Science, Part II.

C. R. SINCLAIR

Exhibitioner of Exeter College, Oxford ; 2nd Class Honours in History

A. D. A. STEARS

P. J. FREEMAN

A. R. r-,'lORGAN

A. G. ROBIETTE

Wadham College, Oxford; 2nd Class Honours in Natural Science, Part n University College, Oxford; Final Honours School of Natural Science (Chemistry) Exhibitioner of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge; 1st Class Honours, Natural Sciences Tripos, Part II Scholar of King's College, Cambridge; 1st Class Honours, Natural Sciences Tri pos, Part H;

Richards Prize 438

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...

Exhibitioner of Queens' College, Cambridge; 1st Class Honours, Classical Tri pos, Part II. Elected to Foundation Scholarship

M . J. PRICE

...

The Henry Carrington and Betham Dumont Koe Studelltshi p; Penny White Prize

C. VERNON SM ITH

Scholar of St. John's College, Cambridge; 1st Class Honours, Moral Sciences Tripos, Part II. Elected to a Strathcona Studentshi p at St. I ohn's College; Newcom be Prize

C. D, SEAMAN

Scholar of King's College, Cambridge; 1st Class Music Tripos Prelims.; re-elected Major Scholar.

D. S. DREE

Scholar of Gonvi lle and Caius Collge, Cambridge; 2nd Class Honours, Division 1, Mechanical Sciences Tripos, Part I

R. R. DURK

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Scholar of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge; 2nd Class Honours, Division I , Natural Sciences Tripos, Part II

G. C. FLETCHER

Scholar of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge; 2nd Class Honours, Division I, Natural Sciences Tripos, Part II

N. H. LIVINGSTON

Scholar of King's College, Cambridge; 2nd Class Honou rs, Division I, Modern Languages Tcipos, Part I

1. O. STROM-OLSEN

R. G. WEST, M.A.,

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P ~l . D.

MALCOLM BURGESS, M.A ., Ph.D.

Exhibi tioner of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge; 2nd Class Honours, Mathematical Tripos, Part I Elected Fellow of Clare Co llege, Cambridge, and Ulll versity Lecturer Corpus Christi College, Cambridge; Lecturer at Uni versity of London in Russian

SERViCE AWARDS COLONEL K. D, C. HUBBARD

Entry to the Staff College, Camberley

N. H. DE G . GR I FFITH

T . S. HOUGH ...

} Cadetsh ips, Royal Navy

J. A. M. MCCLURE S. 1. M. BARNETSQN

J. 1. BRODIE ...

} Cadetships, R.M.A ., Sandhurst

M. M. G . STAN LEY-SMITH

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FANSHAWE,

Order of Knighthood

C.B., C.B.E. REAR-ADMIRAL C.

n. PRATT

C.B.

C. I. MEEK

C.M.G.

LIEUT.-COLONEL A. D. C. MACAULAY

O.B.E.

N. R. S. JOLY

O .B.E.

W. A. C. BAKER

M .B.E.

W. d 'A. MAYCOCK, M.B.E., M.D.

M.V.O.

W. S. MAUGHAM, C, H .

Companion of Literature of the Roya l Society of Literature; Honorary Degree at Heidelberg University

B. D. S. LOCKE

Charles Steel City of London Solicitors' Company Prize

M. S. R. COZENS

Harmsworth Law Scholarship, Middle Temple

R. G . WEST

Award from the Lyell Fund of the Geological Society

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J . A. GUJLLUM-SCOTT

Lambeth degree of Doctor of Civil Law

W. N. WENBAN-SMITH

Entry to the Home Civil Service

C. B. SEAMAN

A.R.C.M.

I. C. POTTER ...

Awarded Cricket Bille at Oxford Universit y

PRESENT HOLDERS OF EXHIBITIONS ROSE EXHIBITION

R . M. K. Carey to Corpus Christi College, Oxford

BUNCE EXHIBITION ...

R. M. Stowell to New College, Oxford

GILBERT AND SHEPHERD EXHIOITION

A. J . Addis to SI. John's College, Oxford

STANHOPE EXHIBITION

H. A. Rudgard to Corpus Christi College, Oxford

ANDERSON GIFr

M. M. G. Stanley-Smith }R.M.A. Sandhurst W. J. Chesshyre ' J. A. McClure, Cadet, Royal Navy 440

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SCHOOL PRIZES Captain's Prize (Mitchinson)

G. C. Pritchard

Lady Davidson Prize

G . C . Pritchard

Headmaster's Prizes

N. A. S. Bury

B. H. Shearing A. R. G. H.

Headmaster's Poetry Prizes

Senior: Junior:

Classical (Broughton)

K. P. Jackson C. Brown N. Salmon B. T. Clark

W. J. Chesshyre P. W. Hodges T. G. Bewley

Greek Prose (Dean Farrar)

Upper School : Middle School:

R. K. B. Halsey R. J. Craven-Green

L~tin

Upper School: Middle School:

R. K. B. Halsey J. Sturgess

Prose (Horsley)

Mathematics (Mitchinson)

B. H. Shearing

Natural Science (Mitchinsoll)

W. D. McF. Lawrie

Modern Languages (Mitchinson) ...

Upper School:

(Scratton) Reading and Elocution (Harvey Boys)

Middle School:

J . H. Penhallow C. G. Lewis J. Sturgess

Senior: Junior:

W. J. Chesshyre A. R. B. Clark

Latin Verse (BIOI'e)

M. J. G. Yearwood

Greek Verse

M. J. G. Yearwood

Music (Ryley)

Senior: Junior:

S. R. G. Carrington W . H. Williams

Music (Courlney)

F. R . Hammersley

Musical Appreciation (Alan Baker)

J. K. Po lmear

Natural History

J. R . Palmer

King's School, Parramatta, Prizes History (Slanley) (Everill)

Upper School: Middle School:

...

R . S. Norton Taylor R . M. Pollet J. T . Roberts S. G. F. Spackman

Photography (Gough)

Open: Junior: 44 1

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Open: Lower School:

J. R. Eiser S. P. B. Durnford J . S. Medhurst A. M . J. Robbins

Upper School: Middle School: Lower School:

W. D . McF. Lawrie A. Miles R. G . Kaye

Drawing Prizes

Divinity Prizes (Broughtoll) (Marshall Wild) (Lady Hertslet)

Prize for Marlowe Society (Streatfield)

G. N . Salmon

Prize for the Harvey Society (BIO/'e)

H. E. V. Swan n

Merton College Prizes: Classics Mathematics ...

A. J . Add is C. A. M. Parrish

O.K.S . Salvele Essay Prize

R. J . A. Talbert

Gift for Physics and Chemistry (Oliver Johllson)

M. J . G. Robiette

History (H. V. CralVford) ...

Upper School : Middle School:

T. C. C. Dartington J. Sturgess R. J. A. Talbert

History (Johl! CralVford) ...

Upper School: Middle School :

R. P. Webster S. C. Job M. G. S. Mansergh J. P. Morris

Lower School: Archaeology Prize (Geoffrey Wells)

R. SI. J. Stevens

Cathedral Prizes (Miss Dorothy Mills)

J . S. Med hu rst

Pfizer Company's Prizes

B. J. M. Ensor R. D. H. Perry

Carpentry Prize

N. T. Pembleton

The O.K .S. Music Gift

G. N. Salmon

Latin Prizes

Upper School: Middle School : Lower School :

R. K. B. Halsey S. H. P. Taylor M. Jaafar

Greek Prizes

Upper School: Middle School: Lower School:

T. G. Bewley Antony V. Georgiadis A. J . Jankowski

Mathematics Prizes (Harrisoll)

Upper School : Middle School: Lower School:

M. R. Tuohy C. H. Marshall F. M. Hall T. M. Bale

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Modern L~nguages Prizes (Greaves): Upper School: Frellch German Middle School: Frellch German Lower School: French German

C. G . Lewis A. D. Stewart P. C. H. Robertson C. H . Imber A. R. B. Nicholas P. G. S. Sutherland

Science Prizes:

Upper School: Chemislly

H . V. Swann C. A. M. Parrish P. R. Atkinson C. P. Herring P. M. A. Sherwood R. D. Rawlins R. P. H. Swann M. D . Hull A. B. Meikle

Physics Biology Midd le School: Physics Chemistry Biology Lower School: Physics Chemistry Biology

English: Upper School ... Middle School (Galpin) Lower School ...

A. C. Simpson S. R. Davies W. G. Rowe

History: Upper School ... Middle School (Gordon) Lower School ...

T. C. C. Dartington M. G. W. Campbell P. J. Tuohy

Form Prizes: A.VA A.VIl A.Vc A.MID.V. A.V.PRO S.VA S.Va S.Vc S.VPRO A.RA A.Ro S.RA S.Ro A.SH.A. A.SH.D. S.SH.A .... S.SH.D ....

J . Stu rgess M. J. Wells J. Copsey R. M. Pollet M. J. Bake r H. D. C. Sclater R. C. W. Church A. D. Rickards J. A. Chater J. W. F. Kemp P. G. S. Sutherland C. H . Brock R. E. How R. F. Macmurchy W. A. D . Double R. W. J. Gocher J. E. Pollet 443

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THE ENTHRONEMENT On Tuesday, 220d June, Dr. Ramsey was enthroned as Archbishop at Canterbury in the Cathedral. The occasion was important, more Important than the school probably realised and the television coverage made it somewhat frightening as well. The scholars were to'be present, and the Chaplain instructed them in basic deportment and professi?nal technique; mortar boards returned to fashIOn, and surplices wer~ ra,lsed to Just an l!lch below the knee. Real or assumed indifference gave way to genume mterest by the hme court dress arrived, and the day itself was a revelation in many ways. The service itself was a fine spectacle. Bishops of every kind were there, so were representatives of the Government and the Opposition, and every lead ing figure in local society was in the congregation. The Dean and the Archdeaco~ of Canterbury shared most of the strain of the actual induction, and then we heard an Important sermon from the new Archbishop, that was mild in tone and strong in content. The scholars were in an excellent position to see, for they were placed on the altar steps (as they were in the Comm~moration Service). The Cathedral itself had also suffered some changes; there were teleVIS ion stands outside III the precincts; cameras protruded from every angle inside, and monitor screens showed those who cou ld not see at first-hand what was happening in other parts of the Cathedral. Cables lInked the whole network together and the crypt was filled with technical equipment. Scaffolding was erected in the choir aisles, giving the whole a slightly grandstand appearance. Altogether It was a remarkable experience. When the service was over the scholars went to the Chapter House to pay their homage to Dr. Ramsey. This part w~s not televised and was altogether more relaxed. The strain of distracting noises, of clicking cameras and muttering cameramen, of scuffies and confusion, was gone; peace began to return to the medieval walls of the Cathedral. The scholars themselves retired from the public gaze; all they took that was tangIble from the service was the habit of wearing mortar boards and the shortened suplices. But they also took memories of a service, in scope though not in essence such as the Cathedral had never seen before, of a vast congregation, of splend id robe,S,. of imposing processions, of moving moments of ceremony, and of the horrors of televIsIon coverage.

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ROMANOFF AND JULIET The decision to revive Romal/off and Juliet for the King's Week production proved highly successful. It played for nearly a week to full and enthusiastic audiences. The house must often have included many people who were seeing this production for the second time, but if some of them found the central argument of the play somewhat trite, Ustinov's biting dialogue and characterisation carried the day. The situation of the play is symbolic. Russia and America face each other across the buffer state of Never-never-Iand. But Russian boy meets American girl- not unaided by the local President- and love in the cold war wins through. This state of affairs lends itself to a formal, symmetrical stage production- Russians on the left, Americans on the right a nd Ruritanians in the middle, represented by a dotty old bell tower (a masterpiece by Sheering and Bury) from the 13th century. The whole thing might have been very dull but is saved by the author's acute observation of character and steady stream of witty conversat ion.

So all depended on the actors' ability to project these qualities across the footlights and this they managed to do very well. There were few changes from the previous castPugh as a soldier in place of Pritchard, and Rudgard as a new ashen spy-cum-purplemonk in place of Grossmitll. Nor did any of the actors significantly change their interpretation, though most of them had gained confidence and gave more relaxed performances. McClure sustained a long and exacting part without faltering, the Russian group seemed to carry their caviar and confessions with morc conviction this time and the American party appeared more relaxed- Watkins still managed to bring the house down merely by clasping his hands and flickering bis eyelids, transatlantic matron-wise. In particular, Bewley and Cronk had improved and they both managed to put over their potentially embarassing parts with a conviction that was at times genuinely touching-though Cronk still tended to move rather awkwardly. lnevitably there were few changes in the set but they were all for the good. There seemed this time to be more room on the stage so that it was less of a squeeze to get on stage in front of the balconies. The latter had been raised a few feet off the ground so as to make more sense out of the scenes played in them and give more point to the knotted sheets the lovers were told to display on the night of their wedding. This time also the difficult exchange between dolls and actors in the marriage scene was slicker so that the finale came over altogether more effectively. C.D.I.

BRAHMS' REQUIEM This work, surely one of Brahm's greatest achievements, is not a Requiem in the usual sense. Instead of setting the customary liturgical words, such as "Requ iem Actcrnam" and "Dies lrae", the composer has selected passages from the Scriptures which are relevant to the usual themes of a Requiem. As a piece of music, it displays, more than

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sorrow and sublime joy are portrayed with eq ual skill and often with an intimacy of expression which is indescribably moving to the listener. The wo rk is fu ll of typical Brahmsian touches, such as his unique melodies, his use of so mbre orchestral co louring his interest in "inner rhythms" in the accompaniment, his contrapunta l skill, and so on;

yet the effects employed are strictly related to the import of the words and a lways heighten their meaning and significance. Presenting a work of this stature involves enormous technical problems which are made even greater by the acoustical conditions of the Cathedral. Yet the Choral Society and Orchestra more than succeeded in overcoming these problems in the Nave of the Cathedral on July 22nd . The Choral Society, still going from strength to strength, produced a practicall y flawless performance and showed a sincerity of approach less frequently found in professional singers. The Orchestra's achievement was equally impressive; the Choir was never "dro wned" by too much accompaniment, but was always strongly supported. Mr. Wright, as always, deserves all praise for moulding this dynamic performance, in which there seemed to be no "passengers" at all.

It is difficult to pick out the great moments without mentioning something on almost every page. In the first movement (Blessed are they that mourn), the warm tone of the lower strings and brass, and the legato singing of the Choir were outstanding. The second movement (Behold all flesh is as the grass), . beginning as a funeral march and ending triumphantly, conveyed the ideas of relentless Fate and the eventual triumph of God's word with great effect. In Lord, let me knolV my end, Mr. John Cameron put across the tragedy of the words, despite the slight "edge" in his tone-quality. The dramatic outbursts of the Orchestra were outstanding in this movement but the fugue which followed inevitably lacked clarity in the Nave although the tempo was well controlled. The Choir was at its best in HolV lovely are Thy dlVellings fair-probably the most sublime part of the work. The intonation was perfect (indeed, there was hardly a note out of tune from the Choir throughout the Requiem) and the phrasing and dynamic control were just right. Once or twice the woodwind's intonation left something to be desired , but there was much artistic playing in this section of the Orchestra. In Ye now are sorrolVful, Miss Elizabeth Harwood conveyed a feeling of great serenity, although the acoustics of the Cathedra l were not kind to some qualities in her voice. Perhaps Mr. Cameron could have sounded more as if he were really showing us a mystery in the next movement. The most dramatic pa rt of the evening came in the next Chorus section, For behold the Trumpet shall sound. The excitement was susta ined by the Choi r, with much heIp from the Brass and Timpani, and a tremendous climax was reached with th e words Death, where is thy

sting? The Requiem ended on a tranquil note, with the chorus Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord, sung with great warmth, and sensitively accompanied, with so me fine

tone from the trombones. A ve ry deep impression was made on the large number of people who were privileged to hear this work. It seemed as if we had been carried above our material surroundings. Our minds were concerned purely with the music a nd with what it meant to us-the best possible indication of the performers' success. C.B .S.

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THE BAND AND GLEE CLUB CONCERT SUNDAY, JULY 23RD, 1961 The happy description of Barchester, Anthony Trollope's grand invention , as "a midVictorian cathedral city where it is always afternoon" often seems to some of us to apply

to Canter bury in the golden days of high summer and never more so than at the annual K ing's Week outdoor concert given by the united forces of Military Band and Glee Cl ub. T hjs charming occasion, no w usuall y in Ga lpin's Garden between the Norman Staircase

a nd City Wall, took place this yea r again in warm and pleasant weather and a relaxed and appreciative audience sat in this sheltered corner of the Precincts listening happily to light and attractive music with only the quarterly chimes of the Cathedral clock the noises of the birds and the distant tinkle of crockery from the adjacent Dining H; ll to distract attention from the musical fare so tirelessly provided by the inimitable Edred Wright, who moved easily from Band to Glee Club and back again for some ninety minutes, coaxing music from both groups like a magician who had exchanged his wand for a baton, finally uniting both parties into one grand finale for the "Sold iers' Chorus" from Faust. As usual, the first pa rt of the programme was in more serious vein than the last, beginning

with a superb Trumpet Tune and Ayre by Jeremiah Clarke which sounded far more impressive than the overplayed Trumpet Voluntary from the same pen and was so much in the dignified vein of the early eighteenth century that one almost expected to see a procession of the City Fathers complete with Mayor and Mace file along the ancient wall behind the players in ti me with the music. (Perhaps someone will a rrange this piece for organ some time and let us have it in the Cathedral for some great pontifical occasion.) In happy contrast was the evergreen Dvorak Humoresque. In this group, as in a Sullivan ballet suite selection (Pilleapple Poll), the Band worked hard and well, though their best effort musically was the Minuet and Trio from the Clock Symphony. The Glee Clu b, with the care and precision that one has come to expect from it, sang three English glees, one appropriately enough in this setting by King Henry VIII. (Did anyone remember King George VI standing on the steps of the Norman Staircase close by in July, 1946 to co mmemorate the fourth centenary of the School's re-foundation by that same Tudor musician-King?) An interesting novelty by the Glee Club was the Album for Male Voices by Edvard Grieg, fi ye attractive pieces very well su ng with some good solo wo rk by S. R. G. Carrington. In lighter vein the Band gave a selection from South Pacific by Rodgers, and after the somewhat grandiose Creation Ifymn by Beethoven, a very entertaining low-brow

extravaganza called Hunting Scene by Bucalossi which called for a good deal of percussion, some unusual wo rk o n the part of th e euphonium players and some vigorous vocal

contribu tio ns by any members of the band not actually blowing something at the right moment. Apart from a ve ry sentimental glee called The Long Day C/oses, in Sir Arthur Sullivan's best Lost Chord manner, the only other group that calls for comment was the quartet of Negro Spirituals sun g with much feeling by the Club with Mr. Curry as soloistfo r the last time, it is to be feared, before his departure to the secluded charms of a country parish from which we hope it may be possible in future years to lure him sometimes for the events of King's Week, of which in the past in one capacity or another he has been such a notable adornment. D. I NGRAM HILL. 447

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"Music and Verse", with John Villiers at the piano and readings by Irene Worth, the actress, and Christopher Hassall, the poet, promised to be something out the usual, by reason of the distinguished entertainers, and the novel form of entertainment. As Christopher Hassall explained at the beginning, they aimed to delve into four complete literary subjects or themes, interspersed and reinforced by suita ble music. Jn the course of the evening we were treated to a series of readings on the theme of the Fall and the Garden of Eden, and all its implications of innocence and mental poll ution ; the seco nd act of Eliot's The Cocktail Party; a selection of poems, serious and gay, by D . H. Lawrence; and finally, some " eternal" favo urites. The skilful lighting and homely stage-setting, together with John Villiers' overture, Bach's M ortify us by Ollr Flesh, at once set the audience in the correct mood. Thanks to her acting experience, Irene Worth was a ble to put across the footlights the many moods of the pieces she read. She was heard land seen to best adva ntage in the extract from The Cocktail Party : she took the part of Celia with sensitivity, feeling and complete insight into the character she represented . This was indeed one of the highlights of the evening, for she exbibited conclusively the power and versatili ty of Eliot's drama and its verse, which when onl y read seems hard to accept. (The fact that Eliot created the part for her in the original production gave this item added interest). In the excerpts from Ruskin and Traherne, we witnessed again her ability not onl y to capture simplicity of feeling, but colour and luxury as well. Like Irene Worth, Christopher Hassall provided his a udience with some fin e entertainment. His talent was best revealed in the humouros poems of Lawrence, the duologue in What is He ? and two others of Law rence's more serious poems, Work and Bats. The fire of Shelley's Ode to the West Wind and the varying power of the imagery and sombre colour of Spender's The Schoolroom in such a line as "bottle bits in slag" were well conveyed by Hassall's reading, despite several unfortunate misreadings in The Cocktail Party , in which he was overshadowed by Miss Worth , whose deep understanding of her part was a: revealing experience. John Villiers at the piano, pro vided a satisfying bala nce in the programme. He played the Bach with feeling and clearly brought out the fi ne left-hand melodies, which can be so easily left unheard. The Rachma ni nov was most successful in calm ing the mind, after the fluctuations in mood provided by the poems of Law rence. T he Poulenc, the Chopin Ballade with its "great kaleidoscopic passage wo rk" and the Schumann were all i mpressive. The programme undoubtedly had its successes, and the selection of extracts was well balanced in mood, subject matter and style. Readings fro m Dickens, Scott, Hardy, or other novelists whose gifts fo r description and characterisation are well-known, wo uld have been welcome, however, at some point in the evening. It was unfortunate that lines were occasionally jumbled, for these mistakes stood o ut in an o therwise entertaining evening. 448

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BARBER OF SEVILLE Among the h!ghlights of King's Week this yea r were two performances of The Barber of by ROSSIOJ,. gIven by the Sadler's Wells Opera Company on July 24th and 25th. ThIs IS Italtan comIc opera at Its very best and, judicially cut, it forms an ideal entertainment even for th,?se who profess themselves not to be opera-lovers. The wit is sparkling, the plot dehghtfully ImpossIble and the musIc so contagiously happy that given the competence a ~d musicality of the Sadler's Wells singers, the performance ca~not but be crowned WIth success. Se~l/le

Mr. Eric Shilling's Figaro was pa rticul~rly ~ood and his voice was well up to the requirements of thIs exactmg ~ole . Mr. Shllhng IS no newcomer to Canterbury; he sang here so!"e three years ago WIth the Intllnate Opera Company in works by Bach and Menott!.. MIss Margaret Nisbett was a charming Rosina whose vocal agility commanded our admlfatlO'!. O,!e could not fall to note, however, how much more at home she sounded In the one Itah~ n alf of the opera, during the music lesson. The translation into English, although essenttal for the enjoyment and app reciation of the comedy is not at all conducive to ease of vocal Itne. This. drawback was apparent too in Mr. Gerald Davies' performance of Count Almavlva. He would probably have found the smoothness of the Italian phrases much easier to ha n~le. ThIs was not the case with Mr. Berna rd T urgeon's D r. Bartolo and Mr. Leon Greene s Don BastilO. Here was a pai r of comedians par excellence, who gave excellent portrayals of the schemmg, besotted Doctor and his insinuating friend . A wo rd of praise f or the ensemble singing, extremely difficult without a conductor, and for th~ two plantsts, Mr. Tom Hammond and Mr. Rhoslyn Davies who provided the accompamment.

Prolonged enthu.siastic. applause f~om the packed audience on both nights, points surely to the ever-mcreastng popularIty of opera and will we hope ensure the speedy return of the Sadler's Wells Company to the Gre; t Hall wige. ' A.R.

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SERENADE IN THE CLOISTERS This year's Serenade attracted an exceptionally large aud i~nce_ The programme was well-planned and contained a wide variety of items, representmg many different styles of music. The opening work was Ibert's Trois pieces br'ves fo! Wind Qui."tet, in ~hich the players were more than eq ual to the great techmcal difficu lties of the. piece. The rhythm and ensemble were excellent. The rapid passages were managed With apparent ease, and the lyrical parts with great artistry. The Quintet deserves all praise for SUdl a mature approach to a type of music which can so easil y suffer from lack of subtlety In ll1terpretatlOn. The Madrigal Society, und er Mr.. Wright, sang three French chansons and .o ne of di Lasso's madrigals. In all these pieces the mtona tlOn and ensemble were astol11sh!ngly good, the French words well articulated, and the phras ll1g a nd dynamiC control beautifully managed. A further con trast was provided by the Chamber Orchestra's performance of Handel's Fireworks Music under the direction of Mr. Goodes. ThiS festIve work, WrItten to be played out of do~rs , sounded most impressive in the Cloisters .. The rhythm was generally accurate, except for some shaky en semble at the end of the qUick ~ovements. The war!" tone of the strings was outstandmg ID La PO/x, and the woodwmd played the Bourre~ very neatly. Occasionally the texture was dommated by the upper and lower Instruments, perhaps the inner parts could have been stronger. The main work of tbe evening was Britten's Hymll 10 SI. Cecilia. Mr. Wright a~d the Madrigal Society were most successful in bringing out the subtle changes 10 emotIon 111 this piece. Most of the technical difficulties (such as the high notes for the trebles and the problems of intonation presented by ?ontemporary har!non y) w~ re fully mast~;ed. The effect of lightness and breathlessness 111 the sectIO n . begmnmg With the words [ cannot grow" came across well. The imitation of the. mUSical Instruments 1ll the last verse was very realistic. Altogether this was a most movmg performance, and und oubted ly one of the Madrigal Society's greatest acluevements so far. Gabrieli's famo us Sonata piall and lorle fo llowed, played by a double Brass choir. The dignity and grandeur of the piece were well conveyed, although It came da ngerously near to becoming a sOllala semp,-e mezzolorte. However, there was some good rhytbm in the qu icker passages, and the tone was always warm. The Madrigal Society brought the Serenade to an end. In Seiber'S Three Nonsellse Songs (words by Edward Lear) the diction was perfect, and the humorous e~ects never spoiled the accuracy of the sin~ing. The final work of the evenmg wa~ Wllbye s masterly Draw on, Sweet Night, a very l'lsky piece to put at the end of such a d.lfficult programme. The singers were obviously tired at tbis stage, but they. coped s Ul'l~nslllgly well With thIS madrigal. Sometimes the long phrases were not suffiCiently ~ u stalDed, and perhaps the singers could have relished ratller more tlle superb harmOnIC changes, but the overall effect was one of great seremty. This was a most successful evening, thoroughly enj oyed by the !ludience and obviously enjoyed by the performers, who seemed to be equall y at home m at least balf-a-dozen musical styles. C. B.S. 452

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THE SYMPHONY CONCERT As in previous yea!s, the climax of King's Week was the Sympbony Concert, with surely the most ambitious programme yet tackled by the School Orchestra. Rossini's Overture, La Scala di Seta, a brilliant and spark ling work, made a bold opening, requi ring courageous playing from the violins and wood-wind . To start the programme with this wo rk was a daring thing to do but the result completely justified the decision , and the incred ibly high standard of performance which was to be characte ristic of the whole concert was apparent from the first note. Ravel's Pavone pour !lIIe Inlanle Delunle, astringent and coldly beautiful, came next. The opening ph~ase from the horn set the. stage fo r some delicate a nd individual playingthe whole blendlllg together to make a picture of ma ny subtle colours. The major item in the first half of the programme was Moza rt's Sinlonia Concerlante for violin and viola. The brothers Myerscough were accompanied with tact, care and considerable musicia nship. They themselves gave a magn ificent performance. It was as if one man were playing both instruments, so unified was tbe outlook a nd while the viola when alone was gloriously rich and mellow, there were moments when it was difficult to decide which instru ment was playing, so bea utifully graded and matched was the tone colour. It is probably amongst the violin section of the orchestra that the most striking improvement has taken place. It is obvious from the style and attack of their playing that this is largely due to Clarence Myerscough's teaching, and where a short time ago they were carried by his leadership and splendid play ing, they are now a section worthy to be led by him. The Symphony No. 6 in B minor by Tschaikowsky will long be remembered by a ll wbo were lucky enough tt? be present at this c~ll1ce rt as an experience in listening only rarely to be found . That thIS performance was given by a school orchestra seemed unbelievable. There are many individ ua ll y fin e musicians in all the sections and due tribute should be paid to them, but it is the rank a nd file of an orchestra which is ultimately going to make the difference between a good or superb performance, and it is as a complete unit that the orchestra this yea r sho uld be j udged and found outstanding. To look at the score, the d ifficu lties to be overcome must have seemed insuperable, a nd, apart from techlllea l problems, the sheer physical stamina required by the orchestra to keep the intensity in the playing ti ll the last bitter note died away would have daunted a lesser man than Edred Wright. The orchestra discipline and surety of attack never wavered and from all sections came magnificent response, the whole inspired and directed to the final note by a most exceptiona l man. The school must count itself fortunate indeed to have a man of such musica l integrity and sureness of purpose as its Director of Music.

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COMMEMO RATfON OF BENE FACTORS The annual Commemoration Service was held in the Cathed ral on the last Monday of term a nd the preacher was the headmaster. W e arc gratefu l for permi ssion to

print his sermon. "Jesus Christ, the Same yesterday, loday Glld joJ' e )'el'," Hebrews xiii, 8 J. In the last 100 yea rs a grea t many Public Schools have been founded with mottoes giving some conventiona l indicat ion of the ideal of thei r foundatio n. T here is neither conve ntional idea lism, nor ambiguity as to the fo unda tio n of this Schoo l- th e mo tto on its shield (and a shield is for the protection and security of yo ur hea rt ) is simply Jesus Christ : He was the Lord of the fo unders of the Saxo n School- He has been the Lord of the thousa nds of members of the School in the succeedi ng centuries, a nd today He is the same Lord of those whose hea rts are gua rded a nd whose wills a re guided by Him. We have me t to commemorate our F ounders and Benefactors; there a re the famous and distin guished, and "some there be (the vast majority) that have no memoria l, who are perished as though they had never been". This yea r in particula r we lament Theodore Adams and Alfred Fleming-Sandes, in ripe age as in yo uth devoted to their School; yet though F leming-Sandes a t the age of 21 saved the li ves of ma ny when he won the V.C., as is well-known, he had a lready a t School redeemed cha racters, a salvation less widely known . Many such others have there been, known only to those whom in their ge nera tions they helped , and to God, those of who m He says, " They sha ll be mine ill the day when I make up my jewels" . It is the unpublicized loyalty of such to the Lord Jesus Christ that has bonded together this community of Christ down the ages . . T here have been benefactors who have given their estates and their money, a nd righ tl y we hold them in grateful mi nd- but for them, very very ma ny boys once here wo uld never have been able to proceed to university a nd to distinctio n in the worl d . Such bellefactors arc relatively few and their names are known ; but all have been benefactors who have give n themselves to the cause of the Schoo l o r to the need s of its individu als. Very few indeed of these may be named- those who li ved in th is community in obed ience to the scri ptura l behests, " Bear ye one a nother's bu rde ns, and so ful fi l the law of Christ", " While we have ti me let us do good un to all men"- but they a re those who ful fi lled the purpose of th is Foundatio n. 2. The purpose of th is School is in no doubt ; a nd if each of us gazes at that purpose there can equally be no doubt a bout our own individual worth ; stated simply, if we do no t strive to fu lfi l that purpose we are wo rth nothin g. A Pu blic School exists for the public weal; if it does not (first in its own community and then outside it) the Ilame is a mockery and the School a method whereby the wealthier a nd pri vileged classes ma intain their social position. This school foundation's purpose is to tra in not " top peo ple" but Christian boys for Christian service ; and jf it lose the id ea l o f service, it loses its raison d'hre, it forsakes the Lord's way ; who sa id , "He that wo uld be great a mong yo u, let him be your servant". T he School is a Ch ristia n community, dedicated to the Lordship of Christ, wi th the purpose of produci ng moral a nd spiritua l men to meet the needs of the times.

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saw the destruction of Saxon Christianity at the hand s of the Danes-the sUbjugation of XIth century England by ferocious Normans-the glories and horrors of the Midd le Ages, Crusades preached against the In fide l, plagues, squalor and serfdom; the gradual decay of monastic institution s and their ultimate suppressio n- they lived through the savage 30 years of the Wars of the Roses (Edward lV's Great Co uncil at Meister Omers, 1470), the perilous variations of the long Reformation period (a nd saw men and wome n burnt a t the stake here in Martyrs' Field Road)--'and so to the terror of Napoleon's invasion, the economic miseries of the first half of the 19th century, into our "modern times" which began significantly enough with the World War of 19 14-1 8; and today the first and most obvious sacrifice within our memory must be that long roll of O.K.S. who gave their lives for Engla nd; yet such is our 20th centory world that a bare 25 yea rs later the roll was doubled. A succession of Dark Ages; and on to the dark wo rld outside the boys of this School have looked from these very same walls of this ca thedral, their background and support ; they succeeded in meeting the challenges of their day by setting over against the horror of contemporary darknes9 the sovereign Lordship of Christ. By 1935 people smiled at "the shadow of the cathedral", in 1961 they feel the need and the security of it, for it stands witness to the Reality of goodness and the sovereignty of God. 4. In this age of science and of totalitarianism we do not have to look far for threats more horrifying, though more skilfully concealed frolll our gaze, than any faced by our forefathers. But the issue is not simply one of Christianity on the one side and Fascism or Communism on the other. It is the forces of Ch rist against the forces of material selfishness, Mammon , money. and these forces are onen strongly at work in societies nominall y Christian. In a real way the spread of science and material well-being is a far more subtle enemy than Communism. It engenders an atfluent society where the highest idea l is to achieve worldly success, and whe re a man's ch ief e/forts are devoted to attain ing more money, increased social status, more extensive oppo rtunities for pleasure and self-indulgence, more power over his fellows. Paying onl y lip-service to Christian ideals, men lose the ideal of service, in losing the fea r of God. We live in a co untry which has never had it so good, yet juven ile delinquency is a major problem, thousands upon thousa nd s of adolescents know no morality ; sex and jazz are their admitted interests; these adolescents in three or five yea rs will themselves be pa rents; there is divorce in high society and low- broken homes- breakdown of family life, and all forms of spiritual disease and psychological maladjustment exist as never before ; all which evils a re the penalty paid when men attempt to live by bread alone, rejecti ng their divine heritage. The Church and all who believe in God at all face today a crisis more horrifying than has ever been presented to it. Last Wednesday the Principal of Jesus College at Oxford said: "Today moral standards ha ve dropped as neve r before. It is not so much that men fail to live up to them; they openl y doubt whethe r they exist." Some four weeks ago you may have seen on Panorama boys and girls interviewed amo ng 15,000 assem bled for a jazz festiva l, where one boy and girl after another admitted to the interviewer that they had no sense of right or wrong, but only of what was their sensua l and sexual pleasure. If the sense of simple morality-i. e., wro ng re other people-is disappearing, the sense of sin will certa inly more speedi ly disappea r, and if people have no consciousness of sinwhich is wrong against God-they can feel no need of salvation or any Saviour or God ; they will become spiritually non-existent. At Mi la n in 1800 Napoleo n said , "I know tbat in no society can a man be honest and just if he does not know whence he comes and 455

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where he is going. No society can exist without morality- there can be no morality where religion does not exist." 5. How then can Ihe privileged few who constitute a Public School meet this pa rticular and contemporary challenge, this society-worshipping Mammon, spiritually and morally da rker than any ages of vio lence, more frightening even than war because destructive of man's spiritual and moral nat ure? Certain ly many Public School boys wou ld die for their country, but more important today is th e question, How can they live for it? What have they to offer ? In what actual terms can the Lordship of Christ, Who here is professed as our inspiration , be expressed . (i) First and foremost, and let us face this fact together with th e responsibilities it brings, we are a privileged class. A privileged class in a modern world which disli kes privilege can only survive by proving its wort h. Privileged, we do not have to worry too much about money or social status, and we have more influence in society and politics than others have. If Christ is our Master it shou ld be incumbent upon us to choose our professions and work wit h an eye, not on selfis h am bition , but upo n society's good. The choice of job is a moral choice, because it is on his job th at a man lavishes his chief energy and efforts ; a nd if a man is Christ's man he wo uld wa nt to be sure that his efforts were to be expended in the work of Christ, a nd not to suit himself: fo r to choose a particular career just beca use one can make large money is an un christia n admission that we shall devote our lives to our own ends, and that Christ. must find others to help Him. Why should you not serve your Lord Christ in a career? Christian teachers a re desperately needed-you may have read an a rticle on the place of Scripture in Secondary Modern Schools (Observer, Sunday, Jul y 23rd) where the writer says, " Many teachers are neither believers nor willing to pretend to be". There are all too few probation officers; the Borstals and the Prison Service afford wonderful opportunities; the Church itself sadly needs yo ung men. If you become a doctor, yo u can practise yo ur a rt for the love of Christ rather than for the moneta ry reward. If a lawyer, you can heal quarrels and reconcile. Indeed, in what profession or job soever, you can serve the Lo rd: as you ought, first, in gratitude for yo ur own salvatio n, and then fo r the benefaction that you have experienced in this very place ded ica ted to Him. Our greatest privilege is to have been brought up in a co mmunity, and in this particul ar community. (ii) There are very few genuine integrated communities left in the modern world. The Public School is o ne, and is the descendant of the mediaeva l monasteries which fo r centuries were store-houses of Christian life and vi tality and spirituality in a world of equally illiterate lo rds and serfs. The monastery stood, a Christian community, learning and teaching to the brethren- the very names Father and Brotiler indicate the family sense-the lesso ns of loyalty and service and care for the weak, the infirm and the wicked, since all were Christ's brothers; and embracing witilin its care the simple fol k of the neighbourhood . In some of the places where you work and live and sometimes pray, the monks of St. Benedict prayed and lived and wo rked for one another and for the world outside from the 11th century. But in our modern industrial ised society the notion of communal responsibility-that we have a duty towards the less fortunate a nd they have a claim on our concern- has la rgely perished, as the love for Christ has waned and the love of money supplanted Him. We lock our crimina ls away out of sight in crowded and morally unwholesome prisons ; we arc unab le to cope with OUf neurotics in the normal run of life, and so we have institutions and psychiatrists; with the breaking-down of the fami ly we cannot keep o ur children in order, so we in ve nt yo uth clubs and juvenile courts. Such 456

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!s the soc,iety t1~at we hav~ permitted to come into existence that ha lf o ur time and money IS spent ID trYlDg to ret n eve o ur own mistakes;. trying to cope with those for whom socIety has n~ade no place and to whom It has gIve n no opportunity, who never wou ld have fallen VlctlDlS tl? eVIl had they shared the community life you li ve. Small wonder that notIOns of patnotlSm, commu na l loya lty, of sharing, are fast disappearing-a nd therefore no wo nder that people the. wo rl d over fall victim to anyth ing wh ich seems to offer a commuDlty spmt- be the spmt never so IDsane or ho rrifyi ng-the Nazi party Com~oumst party, Klu Klu x Klan a nd the 1,000 societies which hold out hope for th~ IDdlVldual who needs (as we a ll need) a f~amew?rk to li ve in, some terms of reference by lllch to li ve, the moral su"port and friendshI p of hIS fellows. People are lonely and

Isolated and unwanted,; slIIclcies and angry deeds of violence; there is no love for men ?ccau,se no con~ac~ with men; a!1d th o ~l sa nd s moulder away in loveless and neurotic 150 1atl0l,1 ~lIe to lI1dlfTcrence or tJ~e l r own moe!' conflicts. The power of Jesus is all around LI S, but I t I S we who have to provide the channels through which it can flow: and we learn from St. Matthew 25 that that will be the ultimate test of our Christi an wor th: " Tn as much as ye <hd It unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye d id it unto Me". 6. The Public School gives the community life ; dependence on common trust and common und erstandmg, on the care of each for each and the co-operation of each with each,. on. the satisfactIOn of a common purpose which a llows room for the purposes of each mdl~l dual wllh~n the commumty. Boys so brought up are fortunate and privilegednot only In the ob~lOus ways, but a lso ID this, that they are 110t isolated and a lone and completely turned ID upon themselves. In our sprawling cities and su burbs there are co untless tens of thousands who ha~e no such framework and roam restlessly and often destructl~ely around, ID their solltar lDess or ~n tIDY gangs, and the gang is the enemy of commuDlty: Tfthey go to school, the school IS probably regarded as a factory for passing some exan~ m atlO n-a nd they leave It to proceed to factories where men afC little morc th an ma cillnes. As the boy grow~ to a man, his development is more and more controlled by the lIomed .. te IDfiue nce of sllmlar people, and from a distance by the T . V. and the radio and paper-backs- wh lle the ch~a pe r press ho lds up fo r hero-wo rship th e pop singe r, a nd the film star, wIth th e millionaIres and anstocl:ats who figure daily in the gossip columns a n~ whose personal il ves arc ~a n sacked fo r lund details. ft is not surprisi ng that we have sO~JaI problems of such magmtude as to constitute th e gravest menace that the moral and spmtual stabIlity of o ur country has ever. faced : a menace far more terrible than any in Norman IIm ~s and the MIdd le Ages whIch called out knights and yeomen to put the Cross of Chnst over their armoured breasts. 7. The remedy.ca nnot be left to . the Church, for the vas t millions are outside it, and moreover the IflstltutlOnal Church IS not urge ntly miSSionary. Yet the Church includes you a nd me a nd our respo nsibility cannot be shifted to the clergy and there left. What the member of a Public School can do without preaching is to enter the li ves of the less prlVl.leged by way of fn.endshlp, b~ way of a profession, by bringing to them the benefits of hIS own. upbnnglDg Ifl commumty, by making his opinions felt in society in efforts to ~emedy socm l w rongs-lfl~qua hlY, exp lOitatIOn, co lour-bar- to achieve, for example, an enlightened penal system; In these and all such ways recogn ising a brotherhood of ma n. And why sho uld yo u? Wh y should yo u not be content wi th a comfortable life, undisturbed by the sadnesses and sh ames of other~? Beca use Jes us Christ is the same yesterd ay, tod ay a nd for ever- the F n end of man WItho ut respect of perso n- the friend of sinner and social o utcas t, of the ne urotic and the unwa nted-yo ur friend and mine, who washed 457

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t f working-class men- because in the 30 yea rs Hc li ved here He showed you the th e r ,ee 0 ... . I. t bl tie r natu re and character of God- because His Spirit IS Wit lin you 0 ella e yo u 0 IV l<;>r o thers as well as yourself and so to li ve in the For Ever /laIr- because as Judge He WIll b y this est imate the wo rthwh ileness of your hfe; and you mu ~t spend yo ul hfe eIther In His service or in slavery to yourself; and if you thi~k to find JOY ~nd freedom III serv1l1g yourself you will be in error, since it is only the servIce of God whIch bnn!!s perfect free: dom: if He is the measure of all you do, your gaze IS ftxed on HIm, at least, IIlte~mlttentl~, servin g yourself you are your own measure,. your gaze 1; on none but YOlIl self. and Jt IS

a decaying yo urself- 20, 50, 70- and decaymg to what. Whether yo u have left school many a year ago or are leaving now, this cathedral which blesses the School is the grea test thing in yo ur hfe. You may not hve aver~ d.evout Chn stlan life, your fa ith may be stra ined almost to dISa ppearing, a nd YOlll Chdllty may be too much confined to yourself- but come what may, a n~ whatever sort of man ~Otl. may be~ at the ve ry least yo u will sometimes look b~ck on tillS cathedra l of Jesus Chnst 111 HOI?e , you will have some belief that good must tnumph over eVIl , that yo u WIll mean somethmg after your days o n earth , that yo u a nd those yo u love WIll not perISh fina ll y. hk~ antmalsand if yo u hope that, that hope can only rest 111 a behef that Jes u.s Chll~ t IS the sa ,;,e yesterday, today and for ever; and the tiniest bit of fa Ith IS eno ugh If cha nty and servIce to others flow from it; for charity and servIce guarantee falthof some deg~ee, and If our r ·th · o t as stro ng as we co uld wish at least we can say WIth the man 111 the Gospel, lal IS n I· f" "Lord , I believe ; help Thou mine unbe Ie .

THE HOUSE ART COMPETITION AND SCHOOL ART EXHIBITION The House Art Competition was a most impressive corp<;>rate efTor~ in wh}ch .well oyer four hundred boys took part. They showed great enthUSiasm a nd 1I1 genlllty 111 sett1l1g up their exhibits in so sho rt a time and with such IIITIlted maten al a nd the general standard of the work was high. . . We were very grateful to Messrs. D. Stainer, S. H. Loxton and B. R. S1I1dail for their kindness in j ud ging the exhibition . In carrytng out tillS task they were 100k 1l1g fo~ eVidence of ability to express ideas and feelIn gs In Visual fo rm and , III cOllseque~ce, parades. of technical skill shown in the careful copying of photographs or the patIent assembltng of model kits were marked low. Technique should alwa¥s be adequate to get mtentlOns across to the spectator and as exper~en~e in~reases and IS ennched, pro~lded lI1teres~ IS maintained, technical equipment WIll mevltably develop. An emphaSIS o n techmcal virtuosity has its dangers. . If some of the house selectio n comm ittees had been less co nse rv~live and had chosen the more adven turous, if controversial, work they would have gamed more marks. It t d out that when mounting the subsequent art ex hibItion, many pallltl11gs were cho~en t~~~ehouse co~mittees had rejected. These were .mainly the work of yo unger boys whIch normally show a boldness of conceptio n a nd an Imag lllatlve use of colo ur and shape that ften lost durin g later adolescence on account of the emphasIS placed dUring tbat a~~i~d o n the cultivatio n of the in tellect. [t is this .Iack of a balanced d~velopment, of both fhe intellect and the imagination, together WIth IUTIlted scope fOl creattve work, that the 458

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expanding place of art in schools throughout the world is intended to redress-an importa nt objective in U.N.E.S.C.O.'s educationa l aims. Im pressions of the energetic, li vely and tolerant attitude current in the school led to expectations of finding a larger than average number of older boys interested, not in the cri tica l study of art wh ich is of marginal importance in o ur present context, but in the practice of painting and drawing a nd these were not disa ppointed , for the competition showed much latent talent among the older boys which, if given a chance, shou ld blossom during the ne xt year. School House won the competition and, in doi ng so, showed the grea t importance of presentation . Their pictures were well mou nted, carefull y aligned and clearly labelled . The draperies a nd other materials set off the wo rk well and full advantage was taken of their space by the use of a simple plan backed up by a well considered system of lights. D. A. Young was the arch itect of his house's display a nd deserves great credit for its success. No o ther house approached this standard of presenta tion. Marlowe owed its second place to a n enlightened pol icy of selection; their committee showed courage a nd took chances in exhibiting controversial work . This attitude may be asking for a number of "micky-taking" entries. And why not? Not o nly do they put the selection committees on their mettle, but, if they manage to get by these committees, they provide material for discussion that immed iately brings us to the very basis of art appreciati o n. Also such efforts add to the gaiety of the competitio n. Marlowe's exhibition had an effective focal point in N. A. S. Bury's "St. Augustine" . The paint ings exhibited were of a good standard . C. P. W. Innes's contribution of several vigorous, co lourful and imagi native scenes was outstanding, though Luxmoore led by M. R. Miller, J. R. Eiser a nd A. F. P. Gilfi llan, we re strongest as a gro up. Walpole had the most impressive body of paintings by yo unger boys, amongst whom J. S. Medhurst, R. E. G. Man , M. R. F. Reeson , R. C. W. Ch urch and D. C. J. Tutt were pro minent. H. A. Rudgard deserves praise for his encouragement of his house and in leading the way by doing a painting him self- his first since early childhood. Sad to relate his own selecti on committee rejected this ga llant attempt. There we re some good studies in pencil, ink and wate rcolo ur, some of which showed quite a penetrating search for form. There were considerably fewe r models entered this yea r than usua l. P. G. Wear's suspension bridge, D . J. Mills' ba lsa-wood models and B. H. Shearing's "George", which never we nt off the rai ls, a ll sho wed originality and technical skill. All houses except Linacre and Walpole showed well-made exa mples of wood work done during the year. All except Linacre and Lu xmoore had exh ibit io ns of photographs. P. Layfield's contribution to Meister Omers, two of which are reproduced in this issue, was o utstanding. Except io na ll y able examples of book-binding were shown by a ll houses except Linacre a nd Galpin's. The yo unger boys exh ibited some painted cha lk carvings wh ich were li vely if sometimes grotesq ue. Finally, there were a few promising lino-cuts. One particularly good one of a lion was, in its truth of feeling and strength of composition, strongly rem iniscent of chap-book ill ustration of the XVIIlth century. This competit ion was follo wed by a n ex hi bit ion of the best of the work. The object was to mount the pictures with more space aro und them than was possible in the competitio n. Judging from the number of visitors and thei r comments it seemed to have been a success, but as it was known who had o rga nised it, possibly adverse cr iticism never 459

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reached me. When va ri ous parents and members of staff wished to buy some of the work no objection was raised, as it seemed that a demonstration that people were prepared to exchange good money for paintings might impress some of the more materia lly minded. Twenty per cent. comm ission on the ten paintings sold was taken on behalf of the school for the cost of materials. It is hoped that a ll who contri buted will try as far as possible to keep up their interest next yea r and will find time to do some work in the Art Room . It is onl y in this way that, through the interchange of ideas between the liveliest minds in the school, an Art Room can become of sufficient influence to penetrate all corners of Philistinism. A.G.B.B.

THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIA nON The precincts are very quiet when the school is away; to uri sts drift through, ca nons exercise their dogs, and Mr. Curtis looks on with his skeleton staff as the buildings take on new shapes for the coming term. They were a ll disturbed in April by the brief confusion of the fourth annua l clinical meeti ng of the 8.M.A ., which used our buildings to combine erudite discussions with the pleasures of a relaxing fou r days. The doctors ate in the Dining Ha ll; the Grange was Dr. Gimson's headq u<\rters ; Dr. Urry put some interestingly old medical documents on show; the Music Room was filled fo r talks on tranquillisers, maternal mortality, anaemia, and tape-recording in general ~ractice ; an~ the Parry was used for learned discussions a nd medical films. But the mam scene of mterest was the Great Hali, which was linked to the Kent a nd Canterbury H ospital by colour television, so that the audience was able to see with remarkable clarity and unenviab le realism, operations of the most gruesome nature as they were being performed. As a technical feat the occasion would have been unusual enough, but the subject made It a ltogether an unforgettab le experience. The schoo l not only lent its build ings; several local boys acted as ushers to help the smooth running of the meeting. In glori ous sunshine they directed the bewi ldered doctors through the labyrinthinc passages of the precincts toward s their vari ous destinations; they found those that were lost, they interpreted notices that had slipped or fallen, and they received their rewards in the delights of prostatectomy III the Gteat Hall. The su itability of the school in its transformed state for such a meeting was soon evident. Press phones were installed in the Palace class-rooms, the /3ritish Medical Journal was installed in the Music Library, and only the smallest altera tions were needed to suit everyone's needs. The doctors themselves were most appreciative and full of ad miration for a ll the beauty of the precincts, a nd indeed, some were seen to prefer a morning of solitude in the Green Court to a symposium indoors ! The Great Hall was always, however, the centre of interest. The opening address on William H arvey was delivered there by Professor McMichael ; the colour television was always well-attended; there were several symposia on matters of great medical interest by leading authorities; a nd the fina l event of the meeting was a concert by the Boyd Neel Orchestra, which was especially popular. Altogether the meeting was highly successful as a medical and socia l event, a nd it was especia ll y satisfying that the school of Harvey a nd Linacre was in a position to act as host to the British Medical Association while it attempted to find ways to make further progress in the future. 460

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THE TAXI SERVICE OF LUI HUN T'SON On the four hlll~dredth and fiftieth anniversary of the birth of the Gra nd Anarch a

CounCil of Anarchi sts was .summ?ned in ~atim, and an investigation into the state of ihe

country begun. The C~ uncll adm Itted that It had let Nat im si nk into chaos for foul' hundred and fifty years through Its own mefficlency. For two hours the Counci l lashed itself, exposi ng all Its past errors. Then, surpnslllgly eno~lgh,. one practical Counsellor suggested that sometillng b~ d o n~ abo~t It. There was a bnef sIlence. After this, the foremost Anarchist,

fearful of loslJ1g hiS Initiative, sa id III a loud and authorative voice : "It wo uld seem obvious, gentlemen, that a policy of action is the best. " Th is was followed by a thunderous burst of applause.

"B ut what are we going to do?" asked the first Co un sellor The clapping stopped, and the Anarchists looked sheepishly at each other. . "We'll have to decide," asserted the foremost Anarchist through another burst of ap plause. ' After a night of hard debating a nd applause, the Council of Anarchists put forth a Constltullon and a Plan to cat ~h up on the reg rettabl~ five hundred year lapse. Natim was to be governed by a People s AutomatIc DIctatorshIp; a skeleton Civil Service wou ld b~ establIshed and then fore Ign experts wo uld be brought in to do all the work, so a world WIde appeal for experts and equIpment was launched . The . ap~eal was effective. The United States w.as build ing an alarm-clock factory, together WIth a bottlm ~ plant for Coca-Cola. Bntam was providing a printing press for G?vernment forms, whIle Canada was to construct a fish canning plant for fish from the HI ma layan lakes. There we re n o such fi sh, but, as the foremo st Anarchist put it- " It's the thou ght that co unts" . RUSSIa ~as eng~ged in building a system of roads, a nd had signed a t\~o-way trade agreement by.whlch Natllll wou ld supply Yak-Tail Soup in exchange fo r co pIes of the Com mullIst Malllfesto bo und in b lue vellum . No-one in the Anarchy could lead . Nallm contnbuted a Pla nnlllg CommIssIon which formul ated countless One- Twoand Three-Year Plans. After three, the mathematics of most Natims te nded to become unsteady. The Government Printing Press was hard put to it to produce enough form sthe pnmary symbol of good government.

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L~li Hun T'son had just finished his sixt h glass of rice wi ne. In point of fact the lIltox l catm~ propc.rtles. o f 0Tdmary nee Wine had not proved enough to assuage the torments of LUI Hun T SOil S ~rall1, so that he ha~ mixed his usual drink with some charming bevera.ge from some b arbanc West~rn Power III the North of Britain. The reason for th IS mlllor BacchanalIa lay m the bnef message on Lui Hun T'son's desk. All orders from the P~ople's Republic were ~~ief, but this was succinct to a degree. All it said was: "Smash West .. All It meant ,,:as: I f you do n.ot s.ucceed in making of Natim an Autonomous Repu blIc of the People s Repu blIc of Chllla III a fantastically short time . . .. " " It was easier to mean a ll this than to do it," sighed Lui Hun T'son. He could only hope that soonel or later he would be msplI'ed by the Communist Party. " How many experts from the West are there here?" he asked of his First Secretary. "2,3 17, Sir; and we've got to destroy them aiL" "Yes. M arx k nows IlOW we ' re go mg . to do it. Have some of this stu ff." 46 1

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"Thank yo u, Sir." "How are the fund s?" " We haven't quite recovered from the last Ball, Sir." " Well, as long as we've enough ofth i.s", said Lui Hun Tson, swallowi ngan other glassfull of his concoction. His head rolled slightl y, and he begall to see Impellallsts. One .. .. Two . .. . Four ... . Seven. "Lui !" The sleeping Im perialist-Slayer raised his head slowly. . ' . "Yes, dear", he said, rising to his feet , as he saw the vast figure of hIs wIfe before 111m. "What's . .. . Oh, Lui, yo u' ve beell drink ing agai n. You wo rry me. You'll go down with some dreadful fever." "Fever?" said Lui Hun Tson spirituously. " Huh ! Drink will get yo u through anything.

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"Until malaria gets yo u through drink." "Look at this then, Yaa," said Lui Hun T'son, tossi ng the o rder over to her. "Good Heavens ! But it still isn't an excuse for you to get like that. " "Look, dear. You know that if I don' t do something about this, there' ll be a new Ambassador to Natim." "H'mm . So you've got to get rid of all the I mperialists . ... " "Quite. You sum up the position entirely. Now kindly leave me, Yao, I've a great deal

" " Wai t . ... I've thought of something." Lui Hun Tson breathed something about women, but enquired with a degree of sweetness: "Yes, dear?" "Have we enough mo ney to buy a few cars?" "Cars?" repeated Lui Hun T'son. "D o n't be absurd, Ya~. You k now qu ite well that

there are no roads in the whole country. Let alone petrol. "Yaks are the only means of transport, Madam," said the First Secretary by way of reinfo rcement. "Yes" added Lui Hun Tison. " I'll never forget going to present my cred enti~l s on

yak-bak.' Three hours I was on that wretched animal." The Ambassador massaged hImself where he had suffered most'. "I suppose that's how the experts travel to work." "I think we might give them a change." "How?" howled Lu i Hun T'son. "You'll see, Lui."

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"And then those chaps came up and offered to build roads and give us taxis. God kn ows what they use for petrol. Smells like whisky. Chinese Petrol, I suppose. Still, its nice to be able to ha il a tax i. Taxi!n shouted Sir Cuthbert, waving his neatly rolled umbrella perilously near his companion's head. The latte r dodged the weapon with an agility that suggested previous practice in the art of dodging umbrellas. The taxi drew up a nd a neatl y dressed Chinese jumped out and opened the door. " Service!" exclaimed the knight. "They don' t do that in England . Matter of fact, when 1 was at Victoria-you know, the railway stati o n-" " rndeed, Sir," sigh ed the secretary. "Oh, the Cultural Exhi bition, please, dri ver. Yes, Sir." Sir Cuthbert's narration needs, if it does not deserve, a chapter o n its own. " . . .. service

really went down the drain during the War. T hen, a bout 1929, it began to pick up a little . Then, of co urse, thi s Hitler chap .... " "Excuse me, Sir, but I don't ever remember thi s place. Do you thin k . ... "

"Nonsense, Jackson, old boy. Don 't wo rry a bout it. Thi ngs always look different on yak-back. I've not iced so myself. Cars too. Matter of fact . ... " "Indeed, Sir ? . . . . But isn't this rather o ut of the way. I mean . ... n "Nonsense! It's just your imagination! I knew a chap once who had a frightfully active imagi nation. Matter of fact, he used to . . . .n " How amusing, " said Jac kson, with a laugh.

" I say !" ejaculated Si r Cuthbert suddenly, " where are we? Never been here before. These drivers! Driver! I say!n "No spick Engleesh," a nnounced the dri ver, looking back. The car lu rched horribly. "Stop the car, driver ! D'ye hear! Stop it! Reall y, Jackson, you might have told me that this was happening. Can't be expected to sec everyt hing. " " 1'111 sorry, Sir," said Jackson. " L was so amused by yo ur stories that I .... "

"Well, that can't be helped no w. But I wish I knew where this car was going. " Hey, driver !"

In vain did Sir Cuthbert appeal. After five hours of driving the car coughed, slowed do wn, and finally stopped. "No petrol," said th e driver. Then he waved hi s arm airi ly. "India!"

" India?" repeated the two Englishmen. "Your car now! De lhi there. We stop here. Me live here." "Live here? But you're Chinese, and we're hundreds of miles from China."

"Chinese, Natimese- a ll brothers. No petrol. Ten ru pees. Good-bye, Sir." In the interests of the success of British Cultural Missions all over the world, I wi ll leave unrecorded the expostulations of Sir Cuthbert ffrench -Dersingham. His secretary was equal to the situat ion.

" Del hi , Sir, is only four days from the borders of Natim , I believe, Sir, so that it will be quicker than going back to the capital. Sha ll we sta rt, Sir?" 463

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Back in the capital of Natim, Lui Hun 1"soo was explaining the simultaneous disappearance of all the Western Embassy Staffs and Travel Delegations. " .. .. the truth is, Comrades, tbat the Westerners are foreigners to all of us. They do not understand your problems so they pack up and go home. But we Cllinese are of your stock. We must slick together. Join with us, and together we will conquer the world."

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For undergoing the privations of the wine-less and whisky-less months in Natim, Lui Hun T'son was made a Hero of the People's Repub lic, and the Minister for Culture. Sir Cuthbert Ifrench-Dersingham is said to be still on his way to Delhi. R .C.C.

A LECTURE BY A. L. ROUSE, FELLOW OF ALL SOULS COLLEGE, OXFORD Dr. Rouse is now a well-known figure to the historians of the school. His frequent visits have never failed to amuse and interest succeeding generations of potential scholars, and he has never failed to bring out the best in his audience. He himself says he enjoys the discussions that follow his lectures, when he finds himself facing a friendly but keen group of inquisitors anxious to sharpen their wits in conversation with him.

On this occasion he paid us the compliment of rejecting a merely amusing subject and devoted his time to an investigation of the background to Milton's life and works. Dr. Rouse was so undoubted an authority, that no one could presume to doubt his judgement, but questions tested even his insight into the period. Moreover the discussion was interspersed with comments on contemporary hlStonans, that delighted those who had necessarily toiled their way through the works of these men. It was encouraglOg also to see a number of scientists in the audience, some of them taking an active part in the various controversies of the evening.

The school is fort unate that the Headmaster's friend ship wit h Dr. Rouse gives us frequent opportunities of meeting wit h and talking to this lively and famous historian.

ALAN LOVEDAY On Thursday, 8th June, the Kent Rural Music School held its annual Editha Knocker Memorial Fund Concert in the Great Hall. This yea r the solOIst was Alan Loveday, violin, accompanied by his wife, Ruth Stanfield, who also played so,?e piano. solos. Great players sometimes relax at small provincial concerts and do not give of their very best, but in this concert, Loveday was in top form. The aud ience left the hall With the feeling that they had indeed heard an artist that evel1lng. The concert opened with the Prelude and Gavotte from Bach's E major Pa:lita for unaccompanied violin, wh ich was played with more expressIOn and better phrasmg than many of the technical virtuosi of today usuall:t produce. The rest of the, programme .was Beethoven's Sprillg SOllala, LlSzt and Choplll plano solos, Prokofiev s Second VIOIIII Sonala (originally a fiute sonata, arranged by the composer) and fina lly Viol", solos by Saint-Saens, Block and Heifetz (the ar rangement of Dinico's flora Spiccalo). 464

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HOUSE MUSIC COMPETITION The House Music Competition was held this year on the 3rd June in the Great Hall and witho~t any doubt the general standard of singing and playing was higher than ever. The adjudicator was Dr. Ruth Radton, who has probably had as much experience as anybody in judging competitions of this kind and almost certainly more experience than anybody in assessing musical potential. She is the Director of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, which now has a world-wide reputation. Dr. Railton has recentiy acted as adjudicator at a number of otiler good schoo ls wellknown for their music and she told us towards the end of the evening that better and more inspired music was to be found at K ing's than anyw here else. She included Mr. Ed red Wright among the live or so most inspired Directors of Music in the country. Each House presented three items: a song by a small gro up of si ngers, an instru mental piece and a House Song. Thus we had 24 items in all, followed by Dr. Ra ilton's bri lliant summing up, and although all this took well over two and a half hours it is difficult to see how the com"etition can be shortened. Each House must have an opportunity of presenting its vocal and II1strumental gro ups and it would be a great pity if the House Song, in wbich tbe whole House takes part, were abandoned. Some of the items, however, were certainly too long. The vocal pieces were well chosen and were on the whole of a very high standard. Perbaps the most outstanding were Galpin's My Spirit sang all day by Finzi, which was a fine, well-balanced performance, Walpole's Come, Shepherd SlVains by Wilbye, which, although a little uneven, had some lovely moments, and School House's Fai,. Phyllis by John Farmer, which was very sensitively sung.

Of tbe instrumental pieces, one might mention particularly Marlowe's vital performance of Grieg's Dance oj the Gnomes, Galpin's vigorous Scherzo and Trio from Brabms' Piano Quintet, Wa lpole's Trio fo r Clarinet, Viol in and Piano by K hachaturian, and Linacre's Scherzo and Trio by Fibich, a difficult choice which was well tackled. Dr. Railton.thought the g~nera l stan?ard of singi ng in the House Song~ was very high, but she was dlsapPolllted wit h the chOICe of some of the songs. She praIsed particularly the Grange's Malilda by Liza Lehmann, which was excellent in every way, and probably the next two best performances were Galpin's AuJenlhalt by Schubert and Marlowe's The Song oj Ihe Flea by Moussorgsky. The accompaniments on the piano were excellent throughout and the choirs were well rehearsed and well conducted . Althougb the items mentioned above were the highlights of the evening so far as this writer is concerned, it would be quite wrong to give the impression that they were very much better than many of the others. The general standard was very high indeed and almost all tbe singing and playing was sensitive and musical, well rehearsed and presented with enthusiasm and intelligence. It was a most enjoyable and a most exciting evening. We are all most grateful to Dr. Railton for ber masterly assessment and her sound advice. The.result was a win for Galpin's, followed by Marlowe, The Grange, Walpo le, LlIlaere, MeISter Omers, School House and Luxmoore. N.P. 465

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FRIENDS' FESTIVAL CONCERT On Saturday, 17th June, the school's musicians gave a short concert to the Friends of the Cathedral after their tea in the Great Hall. The concert opened with four cha~ber music items, three of which had earlier been performed 10 the House. Mus,'c Competition . The Linacre House Instrumental Group played the Scherzo from F,b,ch s Qu~rtet. The Marlowe House grou p followed with Grieg's Gllome's Dallce. S. R. DavIes (plano) was deservedly given a great ovation for his rendering of Schuma nn's fabulously ~Ifficult Toccata. The last of the Chamber Music Group was the Scherzo a nd TrIO from Brahm s PlQno Qlllntet, played by members of Galpin's House. The concert ended wIth two Items performed by the School Orchestra, Ravel's PaV<lIIe POI/,. line In/allte De/llnte and the overture to Rossini's opera La S cala <Ii Seta. The concert was not ~n un~uahned success. The awkward hour and the after-tea atmosphere made music-makmg dIfficul t but we were glad to be assured that the entertainment was greatl y apprecIated.

BLACKFISH It must have come in the night : we heard it squeak ing, Keeled right over, shattering :-"ith its tail The pool-mirrors of the sea-fibbed sand fiats. Is it a fi sh? Look, it has living eyes, Animal eyes, not the cold dead eyes of fish No scales or gills, but soft warm breath . From its open blow hole, and smooth black skm; A whale for sure. Quick, fish or no fi sh: It came fro m the sea; come on, let's put it back there. We pulled : it slithered , thrashed its tail a nd writhed , Eyefuls of sand , bellyfuls of spray; ~e cursed. It must have weighed a ton: we got It there, through Muddy water lapping the black sand-scraped barrel. We pushed it off, and followed m a dmghy :. It rolled, dived, breached and spouted, overjoyed to feel Once more the yielding clutch of wa ter: so we watchmg thought. Wrongly though; mad panic, not joy was the cause; For all at once it leapt, crashed down, rolled belly up. Dead. We rowed up, prodded. It qUivered, sank. . The waves pitched on; the boat kicked. Came seasICkness. G,R.ST.J.N. 466

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THE PRECINCTS WATER There has been much interest recently in the old water system that used to serve the Precincts but has been hidden in mystery for hundred s of yea rs. This much has come to light. In 11 60 Prior Wi bert obtained permission to install an elaborate water supply and disposal system. The monastery was supplied with water from springs on the hills to the north-east of the city. (There is a diagram of this system in the Great Psalter ill the library of Trinity College, Cambridge.) From the springs the water was piped to a conduit house, and thellce to the Precincts via five settling tanks to rcmove the sediment. The water flowed over an aquad uct spanning the moat, and then underground to the water tower.

From there it passed vertically upwards to the leaden tallk 011 the first floor. From this tank subsidiary pipes led the water to other tanks ill the Precillcts to be run off when Ileeded . Woodell pipes were used for the first hundred yea rs, because the practice of wipillg and brazing lead pipes was as yet not perfected. One of these old pipes has recently been discovered, and although it was completely water-logged, on dryillg it became solid. After the dissolution of the monasteries, Henry VIII gave a grant of forty acres of woodland contailling other springs to the monks. The water tower was later abandoned, and allother rebuilt on the Green Court. This move took place because the prillcipal people connected with the Cathedral had moved to houses scattered around the Precillcts. The new water tower was demolished in the eighteellth century, and the ta nk was moved to the top of the old brew-house (now the Priory Classrooms). The capacity of this tank was 15,000 gallons. It was not removed until the end of the war, to make way for classrooms. There are three sets of springs, two to the right and one to the left of the cond uit house. This house is to be seen to the left of the extreme upper end of Military Road. The manhole ma rking the first set of springs has wantonly been covered by twenty feet of earth put there by the Army. It is connected to another ma nhole near the second set of springs by a brick pipe, similar to those in the Precincts at the moment. The water proceeds from there along a lead pipe to a large charcoal fi lter Ilear the conduit house, and then into the house itself. These springs still work efficiently, in spite of long periods of neglect. The third sets of springs is in a poorer condition, because the wire fence erected by the Chapter to prevent people and animals interfering wit h the water has long since rusted away. The house for that spring has been destroyed, and the water by-passes the charcoal filter and strays on to the road below. Some water, however, docs find its way to the conduit house, but only in a small trickle of about sixty gallons an hour. There are two tanks in the conduit house. The former has a capacity of eighteen cubic feet ; the other, a larger one, of about one hundred cubic feet. These tanks were rebuilt in 1812, and enla rged in the 1920's . Four lead pipes lead into the first tank ; input from the right and left, disused input from the left, and the last passes the water on to the next ta nk. There are four outputs for the second tank; the main output, the output to the stables (now the Garrison Theatre), and two others, either in parallel to the others or disused, for bunging them ma kes no noticea ble difference to the floor . A two-and-a-half inch lead pipe goes under the barracks married quarters to the pavement of Milita ry Road . For the first part the pipe is about two feet underground, and the same distance from the edge of the pavement. It calTies on in this way until it reaches the 467

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churchyard of St. Gregory, where it passes under the church wall and carries on inside the wall until it reaches the corner of Old Ruttington Lane, where there IS a manhole In which are two cocks with a "run-off" pipe in between, so th.at the pipe can be emptied when necessary. From here the pipe runs to its former positIOn un!!1 It crosses Broad St~eet and enters the Precincts. The pipe leads into the Preclllcts under the wall where there IS a stop-cock and a "run-off" pipe. The stones inside the manhole are dated 1809 although the tap was installed just after the war when the tank was removed from th~ brewhouse. The pipe turns right and passes under the brewhouse to another manh<;,le With a control-valve inside. Thence the water proceeds to the taps throughout the Precmcts. At the moment there are thirteen taps in the Precincts Wllich are usable. But the pressure of the water is weak, as it has been deprived of a consider~ble amount of water by the removal of the tank. The following taps are usable III thePreclI~cts III a clockWise dllÂˇectlO~l. One in Marlowe, two in the Deanery, two

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Meister Omers one in the Memorial Garden, one between the Old School House and the new garage, o~e in the Dean and Chapter Yard, one in the Gentlemen'S in the yard, one by the entrance to the Crypt. All these taps could work; most of them do, b~t as the Dean and Chapter have not been able to maintain It, the system IS slowly falhng IIlto dISrepair. The tanks in the conduit house are full of mud and rubbish; one of the houses has been knocked down, the fences have rusted away, the litter beds are saturated and the pipe needs to be blown free of sediment as a result. In the 1930's the water was condemned as unfit for human consumption, but in spite of this the people of Military Road flocked to the Precincts taps when the main water supply from St. Thomas' Hill was destroyed by the Germans dunng the war. When the malll was repaired the system was again forgotten. Now is the time to restore Prior WiberCs water supply system before it is too late and yet another survival of the past IS left to pensh . [For a closer study of the water supply and drainage system the following books shoul.d be consulted. The Cantuariall, Vol. XXV, No.3; The Waler Tower, by W. D. Caroe, published by the Friends of the Cathedral in 1929; Woodruff and Danks' Memorials oj Canterbury Cathedral; Gas/ling's Walk, by W. Gosthng ; and Archaeologw Can lIGna, Vol. VII.]

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ALL SET TO GO For many years the Chapter House was the focal point of the worries and labours of a mysterious group of creatu res who, altho ugh paying their fees as gentlemen of the King's School and having their names entered in the school roll, were seldom to be seen in the traditional dress of the institution. In fact, they were not very often seen at all. They bad, however, a recurrent tendency to make strong and somewhat irregular noises akin to hammering and sawing. On tracing these confusions to their source one would find, wallowing in the murky confines of some paint splattered alcove, a be-jumpered and be-jeaned object whose resemblance to the modern beatnik was entirely intentional. When questioned he would confess to being of the race of set-builders. But now the cloisters have once again relapsed into their state of relative peace with only the tourists to mar their silence, the set-men have left and the Dean and Chapter have given up all hope of ever retrieving their once-loaned flats. The set-builders and stage-hands have moved to their new, luxurious and impressive quarters in and around

the Great Hall. All is light and airy, everybody can see everybody else and one can always leave something somewhere in the sure knowledge that it will have been moved by the time one comes back a few moments later.

This brings me to the most important skill which any potential stage-hand must achieve if he is to succeed in his chosen career; the timing of one's tea-break to coincide precisely with the end of the rehearsal on stage so that one just misses the producer. The technique, as perfected through many years of carefu l tho ught and practice is as follows:Tluoughollt the rehearsal, off-stage noises must be maintained at all costs. A simple rota has been found to produce the most effect for the least effort. Each member of the team takes his turn at remaining behind the backcloth, dropping various objects and creating as much noise as possible, in the sequence : saw one inch off piece of wood

provided; drop saw; take nail from bag of crackly paper as provided; pick up hammer; hammer nail, thumb and piece of wood into suitably finished article; drop hammer on toe; make app ropriate remark; remove nail from wood and leave all necessary tools and implements in read iness for next worker; return downstairs and take over the next man's hand of cards. The over-riding principle in all these rehearsals is that the volume of noise produced must be proportional to the dramatic and emotional intensity of the acting on front stage. This is very necessary to drown anything of the least importance the producer might have thought of saying. Be warned! producers have a tendency to ask or suggest that one might "be perhaps a little quieter?" This calls for direct action. Down tools, advance towards him with a sullen, contemptuous glare and reply: "Of course, if you don't want a set . . ,", As the end of the rehearsal draws near (a point of time easily judged-for the producer sinks a weary, sweating mass into the nearest chair) and the tension mounts, increase the volume of noise to maximum; it is advised that all hands be on stage for this; and just as the climax is reached they enter rear stage left (or right) and, crossing stage, jump off front edge of stage right (or left), completely obliterating the actors from the producer. Finally, make for the fish and chip shop. 11 should be noted that a time is reached abo ut six days before the first night when the producer begins to wonder whether a set is going to be forthcoming at all. A list of professional carpenters who are quite willing to undertake the task is available from the author. GEORGE.

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ABOU BEN SAID! Abou Ben Said i- may his bribe increaseSold all his oilwells, only out for peace; Duly received two cars on golden chassis - But petrol-less- from Mr. A. Onassis. Brown wells gushing in the courts of the sun And the Soldan of Muscoquat is smil ing as they run . There's a strange fo rbidding laughter in that face of high intrigue. It shakes the Turk ish crescent and it shakes the Arab League. For he owns a pocket battleship to make his Sund~y trips, And the inmost sea of all the earth IS laden wIth hIS ShIpS. For fun he is subjecting the Lion's tail to stress; . And challenging the U.S.A . to diplomatic chess. So Britain casts her arms abroad from Cape Town to KuwaIt And calls his Roya l H ighness by names not so sedate. The cold steel of Russia is waiting on the brink; The motto of America is "Think, think, think!" From morning isles disputed rings forth the Chinese gun; And the great Lord of Muscoquat is laughing in the sun . You shady sheiks with double tongues,

Oily monarchs, come not near. Tired we are of Arab wro ngs, Tireder still this verse to hear.

R. C.C.

CANTERBURY REBUILT- A REPLY I feel some reply is necessary to A. J . A.'s article "Canterbu ry Rebuilt" in your last number. It seems a pity that Tile Canluarian should be repr~se~ted 10 the. local press .by an article so confused and reactIOnary III ItS thmkIng. For 10 It AJ .A. gIves explesswn to a negative approach to modern architecture and town plannIng whIch IS q!-"te unable to suggest any alternative a nd tile article finally peters out In a splutter of mvectIve dIrected at plan-happy bureaucrats and multi-storey garages. A.I.A. seems unable to decide what he wants in the new Cant~rbury apart from vague references to keeping "the Cathedral as a jewel". Vet a basIc motIve for urban re-devel,?~Â ment is vital. Presumably everyone will agree that the new town must preserve the spmt of the old and at the same time provide a n efficient up-to-da te trad ing centre for East Kent. Few would deny that the result could and should be visually exciting into the bargain. 470

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Where there seems to be so much confusion of thought is over this question of preserving the spirit of Canterbury. To many this is apparen tly a question of putti ng up mock Tudor/ Georgian dwelling houses, shops, factories, schools, etc. But the spirit of a town lies not so much in the style of individual buildings as in the sca le and setting of whole groups of buildings. The impression one takes away from the old parts of Canter bury is one of people walking through narrowly confined spaces and of unexpected glimpses of parts of the cathedral. Only planning can ensure that this type of town be combined with the needs of a modern trading centre. How else can pedestrian areas be kept se parate from traffic routes? And yet it is the town planners whom A .I .A. most bitterly attacks. The Citizens Defence Association was ap parently opposed to planning because it thought that the town should be redeveloped piece-meal by ind ividual landowners. Yet the Association collapsed from the sheer impracticability of such a scheme. It was found that com prehensive planning alone could reconcile the different needs of a modern town. Canterbury is lucky enough to have its own independent City Architect's Depa rtment by virtue of being a County Borough. I say lucky because architects are trained visually. They don't just have "good middleclass taste": they are trained . And in the present City Architect, Canterbury has a man rated highly in his own profession, if not among schoolboys. Unfort unately he is no bureaucratic tyrant but an administrator much hampe red by lack of positive powers and driven to temper the worst excesses of spec. builders, expanding stores, etc., by methods of persuasio n. But there are areas over which the City Architect has comprehensive control and it is here that there is a cha nce that development, both exciting and in keepi ng with new a nd old Canterbury, may come. The new Long Market has already appeared, has been bitterly criticised and will soon be accepted a long with Greigs, as more truly in the spirit of Canterbury with its peaceful pedestrian precinct, its views of the Cathedral and its long through alley-way, than man y of its more respectable time-serving neighbours. But the trouble is that no one seems to know q uite what is going on. Perhaps this is a fault in publicity arra ngements. At Coventry there is a permanent exhibition room where models of every new project can be seen. This one is enough to inspire many people with a sense of participation and with that excitement which is above all the pre-requisite of good modern building. But it does seem a shame that your magazine, Sir, should appear to be so firmly on the side of ignorance in these matters. Boys at this school should be genera ting new ideas not muttering dismally "No more tower blocks, slabs or garages" . These things have got to come and should be welcomed as an intensely interesting challenge. It is up to us, the general public, to see that the architects are given a chance to make their buildings really new and bold, rather than allow them to be ham-strung by timid subservience to convention or worse still, public muddled thin king.

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IN DEFENCE OF APATHY This article should have been written long ago, but I have been refra ined from premature exposition of the .case for ~pathy by a certain quality of indilTerence towards and disregard for any obligatIOn to socIety, a quality whIch throughout my.life has checked me from all unnecessary, and therefore contemptible,. IIldulge nce III physIcal actlvlty and from all dispensable cerebration. I am a fully subscnbed and utterl y mactlve member of the band of Apathetics, which occasionally flounshes, no w and then sulTers adversitIes and decadence, and is sometimes restored to prospenty. Th~ ApathetIC movement today strolls dreamily forward in one direction or another, and q~lIte a lot of us keep step; when nature opens our uninterested eyes and u~repressed conscl ~:)U sne~~ stir,S ol~ r cerebella lI~to

activity, we look forward to "that gray life, that Apat hetIC end wh Ich IS the attrachve prospect olTered to all probationer Apathetics. But recently some spark of II1 telhgence in me did not quench itself wIth customa ry spontanelt~, and as a consequence J abando ned my indilTerence to the good purpose of the Cantuanall and to the PathetlC (a techmcal term, dealt with below) appeals of its Editors for artIcles; J am therefore gomg to p~t to you the case for Apathy, especiall y that Apathy w Ithout whIch no boy can pass hIS schooldays in uninterrupted comfort of body and mllld . The Apathetic, as I have suggested, feel s no obligation, and therefore no care or anxiety for the society in which his existence ta kes place. He IS to be sharply contrasted wIth the over-zealous or "keen" type of bloke; for how ·much less elTort and energy has he t~ expend? And how much more comfort and ease does he enJoy for that ve ry reason. In cross-country he is accorded to one of the last three p~sltlOns. H e has spent between three and four times as long in the fresh aIr of the Kenhsh countrysIde as the wmner, and he does not suITer exhaustion from the run but IS refreshed and mVlgorated by the steadiness of his ambulation. He arrives back at the Ho~se to find the baths free of the water DO longer too hot (so that the transparency of hIS spectacles IS not ImpaIred by condensation while they rest on the bathroom wllldowsli l); m the study he finds that the kettle has just been boiled and still contains enough hot water f? r hIS colTee. In fact, the Apathetie can rest assu red that other people (these are a partlclliar SOCia l group qUIte essential to the Apathetic philosophy) wi ll do a ll the wo rk If they a rc left to It, and provIde all his comforts. The "other people" to whom I have just made reference, are, in officia l nomenclature, known as Pathetics. The tone of this word- contemptuous, mockll1g, secretly grateful but openly indilTerent, and so expressing the enchantingly inde»endent attitude of Apathyis more significant than the meanll1g ordmanly attnbuted to It by the leXIcographer. The Pathetics are not only scorned, but mixed with scorn IS pIty; for they are conSIdered and

consider themselves responsible for their activities,. th~jr scope, p~lrposes and. results.

They cannQt or will not find refuge. and ease of mlDd JO the plausIble and delightfully acceptable theory that men are the vlctllns of thell· psychology, that they are made what they are by their envirQnment which they are unable to change or alT~ct. The PathetIC is punished for breaches of etiquette, rules or prvileges, but the Apathetic claIms the nght to be treated and doctored. Later, I shall show that PathetIcs are, m a way, Important. Next, however, I want to. shQ W that Apathetics do not accept their.ellVironment without any question at all ; indeed, I suggest that Apathy produces a CJuallty and state of mll1d which exhibits a unique propensity for mauguratmg the IIlvestlgatlon of the purpose of each activity in which one is so often required to take part, eIther by circumstances too 472

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fundamental to be ignored , or by Pathetics who consistently claim to possess, by virtue of superior perception, more tasteful, polished, refined or cultured ideas of how we should all live. It is sign ificant that, equally consistently, Pathetics are unable to answer satisfactorily the questions so posed. ("HDW do privileges benefit a society? Surely they impair communications between people ?," etc.). FQr himself, the Apathetic regards such questions as purely rhetorical, though he can, in a moment of unguarded honesty with himself, be made to admit that Pathetics show a greater desire and ability to. penetrate the problems further, and some may even make the senseless and uncalled for confession that some

justificatiDn has already been fabricated for the enforcement and indoctrination Df certain codcs of social behaviour, the fostering of a community spirit and the encouragement of love and respect for other people- all the paraphernalia introduced by the Establishment to. preserve their position and retard the advance of our great ideal of Apathy. TheApathetic would rather save the energy required to engage in the consideration of Pathetic sophistry about morals, God, and responsi bility, for resting.

There is only one snag- but let th is not deter us from Apathy; we must at once recDgnise its presence, and make the best usc of the remaining Dpportunities which lie open to us. The snag is that we cannot all be Apathetic at the same time. There would be no Dne to do the work, no one to come first in cross-country, no one to do everything for us. The Apathetic is therefore a member of a privileged class, whose expansion is restricted by the corresponding approach of its own extinction. You must therefore become Apathetic now, Cantuariani lector; enjoy a few years Df Apathy before you too fai l to resist and repress that vile, spontaneDus, huma n desire to care and to love which lurks in the darkest abyss of every man's heart and which must one day destroy and erase all trace of Apathy in you and in us a ll. E.A.D.

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THE TRAGEDY OF THOMAS GAINS BOROUGH (1727-1788) (Last term "The Cantuarian" published the first of what was hoped to be a series of articles on art . This was with the intention of stimulating the interest of the school in all departments of art so that it will lIot only be possible to glean a little from the articles themselves, but some might be led to find out more fo r themselves, to keep in touch with current trends, and to make lise of the new art facilities in the school. Here is the second ill this series).

Last April, in the West Suffolk town of Sudbury, the President of the Royal Academy opened to the public the much restored and renovated house of one John Gainsborough, a prosperous crepe woollen manufacturer of the 18th century. This had been the home of the famous English portrait painter, Thomas Gainsborough, born in the spring of 1727 in this old East Anglian wool centre. The house itself has enjoyed a colourful history since Gainsborough's yo uth, first as an hotel and then as an antique shop. Today it is open as a memorial to the great painter a nd contains many objects connected with him: a medallion of him, his mourning ring, a snuff box and pipe stopper, as well as some of his works, including a portrait of Garrick, and sketches. However, this attractive late 17th century house is also going to serve as an arts centre, for local painters: the studio of Gainsborough at the rear of the house will be used as a gallery for the work of artists in this region, which produced not only Gainsborough but Crome, Cotman and Constable as well. The area has been compared, in its effects on and inspiration to artists, with Holland, for its large horizo ns, wide windswept spaces, skies seldom cloudless, flat green meadows, winding willow-lined streams, innumerable unspoilt villages, and bleak, sandy coasts, never devoid of ship or sail ; "It is a delightful country for a painter. I fancy I see Gainsborough in every hedge and hollow tree", declared Constable. Gainsborough's house should be taken as a symbol of the new consciousness of people towards art in the area. To mark the opening of the new Sudbury Centre, the Arts Council staged an intriguing exhibition of Gainsborough's sketches and drawings. This cast the mind back to the man, his life and the importance of his art. Thomas was born and brought up in Sudbury, being educated by his uncle, the Revd. Humphrey Burroughs, Headmaster of Sudbury Grammar School. Even at this early period of his life he had a passion for art. He once forged a request from his parents, requesting that he be given a holiday. A good day's sketching was the result, the drawings being so good that his father relented when Tom was caught, saying "Tom will be a genius". His friend, Philip Thicknesse, constantly refers to his "great many sketches of trees, rocks, shepherds, plough men and pastoral scenes, drawn on scraps of paper or dirty old letters". In 1740 he left Sudbury for London, where he learned his trade under Gravelot, a French engrave r. His marriage to an illegitimate and very beautiful daughter of the Duke of Beaufort, Margaret Burr, took place in 1746. At this time he returned to Suffolk until 1759, living first at Sudbury, then Ipswich, where he met Philip Thicknesse. His married life was not altogether a happy one, for Margaret was thrifty, level-headed and devo ted, while Thomas was excitable, often drunk and as much intrigued by society as in harmony with nature: " If I tell yo u my wife is weak but good, and never much formed to humour my happiness, what can you do to alter her?" he wrote to Thicknesse. His daughters, charming and innocent as they appear in paintings such as Mary Gainsborough Glealling, or The Painter'sDaugilters Chasing a Buttelf/y, led unhappy lives. Mary, born in 1748, made an unfortunate marriage and died insane, while her sister Margaret, born in 1752, was said to be distinctly odd. 474

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From 1759 to 1774, Gainsborough lived in Bath, and then until his death in London. At Bath especially he longed to wander in the country, so "brushing with heavy steps the dew away and lingering in the golden light of evening, taking lessons from the sunset clouds." Nevertheless, he found much pleasure in society life, mixing not only with painters but musicians. At Ipswich he met Giardini, and learnt to play the fiddle so well that Thicknesse wrote, "I would have as soon as painted against him as to have attempted to fiddle against him." During his last yea r at Ipswich there were twenty-six concerts and balls, most of which he attended; while at Bath he was a close friend of Johann Christian Bach, William Jackson, organist at Exeter Cathedral, and Garrick. In spite of his constant complaints about being hounded by society, he seems to have enjoyed life, and men only caIled at his house on business, but it was "more than a servant's life" was worth "to tUfn a fine lady away". Such a remark neatly reveals the nature of Gainsborough's life at this period. In the eyes of the art historian, Gainsborough is an unhappy figure: his marital relations were uneasy, his children in later life a source of anxiety; but above all Gainsborough's own nature and art were "torn between his native desire to please, and his instinct as an artist." "Nature was his master, for he had no other", declared Thicknesse, and yet much of his life was spent "in the face-way", producing what he characteristically termed "potboilers". He was an early Romanticist in his appreciation of nature, and yet he was undoubtedly a believer in the Age of Reason, as seen in his balanced style al\d composition. Reynolds, in spite of the uneasy relations between the two artists, declared that Gainsborough would be regarded by posterity as one of the founders of the British School of Painting. No doubt he was then thinking of his part in founding the Royal Academy in 1768, and his very fine portraits. The importance of Gainsborough in the development of art, however, lies in his early appreciation of his nature, his interest in the effect of light on the subject of a painting, and his "impressionistic" technique in his later landscape sketches. His earliest great wo rk, Comard Wood, completed in 1748, indicates his intimate knowledge and love of nature, his interest in light and shade, his "plastic" technique 'of painting; his style is light and delicate, the oil often semi-opaque, and rhythm and harmony bind the whole. In this way he gained that "fresh luminous and atmospheric quality" we find in paintings such as Mr. and Mrs. Andrews, a delightful study of a young rural couple of no social pretensions, set in the enchanting Suffolk meadows. Before he moved to Bath in 1759, his work consisted of landscapes, rural portraits and vivacious paintings of his friends. Anything and everything interested him, "for let the form of an object be what it may, light, shade and perspective will always make it beautiful," he wrote. However, he was out of tune with the views of his society: Macaulay aptly describes the visit to the Highlands at this time ofa certain Captain Burt who described the mountains as "monstrous excrescences . . . . Fine weather" he complained, "only made them worse; for, the clearer the day, the more disagreeably did those misshapen masses of gloomy brown and dirty purple affect the eye." Horace Walpole also indicates how much Gainsborough in his early period was at variance with his age, when he declares that Gainsborough was in part a disciple of the Dutch masters, "those drudging mimics of Nature's most uncomely coarseness." Consequently, when Gainsborough moved into fashionable society at Bath, and then London, he either devoted himself to portraits or small sketches, often made from models 475

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composed of cork, coal, sand , clay, moss and broccoli; these we re primari ly studies in light, compo sition and unity, not representatio ns o f nature. Im pressive as th e po rtraits are, a nd del ightful for the connoisseur as the sketches are, these wo rks of Gainsborough contributed little to the evolution of British art, when com pared with the great strides he could have und oubtedly made towards impressionism in his landscapes. In this later period, more under the infl uence of Rubens and Va n D yc k tha n Ruysdael, he did produce some notable la ndscapes, such as The Harvest Waggoll, 1774, a nd The M arket Cart, 1786 , both of which are rema rka ble for their construction, use of colour, a nd their late reca pturing of Gainsborough's youthful freshness, ligh tness a nd delicacy of touch; these few we re not the usual" 18th century generalised summaries of natura l form". Whi le relishing fashionable society, Gainsborough constantly longed for his Suffolk ways and paintings. He had fa llen into "the national vice" of po rtrait-painting; he was dominated by his patrons : "Damned gentlemen, there is not slich a set of enemies to a rea l artist in the world as they, if not kept at a proper distance," he exclaimed with disgust. On another occasion he complained, "I never could have patience to read poetical impossibilities, the very food of a painter, es pecially if he intends to be kni ghted in this land of roast beef, so well do serious people love fro th ." "Da mned hard ," he called it ; "my comfort is I have five viols-da-gamba ." At Bath in 1766, whither he had moved for more custom, he again grumbles, " if peop le with their damned faces wo uld but let me alone a little I should soon appear in a more tolerable light, but I have been plagued very

much" . . . . .

It was at this time that he yea rned fo r the open la nes a nd fi elds: " I'm sick of portraits, and wish very much to ta ke my viola-da-ga mba and walk off to so me sweet village, where I can paint landskips and enjoy the fa g-end of li fe in quietness and ease . ... damn it, I hate being confined in harness to follow the track, whilst others ride in the waggon , under cover, stretching their legs in the straw at ease, and gazing at green trees a nd blue skies without half my Taste." This dichotomy in his personality gave him much personal discomfort and also distracted him from his work as a landscape painter to which Constable declared he owed his importa nce, fo r he shook England from the grip of the formalized classical landscape, made us aware of the beauties of our own countryside, and in his studies of light and shade was a fore-runner of the 19th century Impressionists. Even before his death, people were beginning to appreciate this. Thicknesse declared: "but when I turned my eyes to his little landscapes I was charmed, these were works of fa ncy a nd gave him infinite delight. Madam Nature not man was then his only study, and he seemed intimately acquainted with that beautiful old lady." His essential connection with and true portrayal of nature was also later realised by Horace Walpole. Writing in 1777 of Returning from Market he declared " th is la ndscape in the style of Rubens is the most beautifu l which has ever been painted in England a nd equal to the great mas ters." Of the 178 1 Ex hibitions at the Acade my he commented, " Gainsborough has two pieces with land a nd sea so natural tha t one steps back for fear of being splashed." But in 1788 he caught a chill at the opening of the Impeachment of Warren Hastings and died a few days later fro m cancer of the neck. His society life had been a triumph, but this had marred his contribution to the development of British art as a landscape painter, which by upbringing and experimental nature was his true calling.

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A HOT AFTERNOON We stopped . The hard-worked engine of the small bush car died down. One could almost feel it heaving a sigh of relief. We had pulled up un der the welcome shade of a tree to quench our th irst.

It was ~ot surprising that it was a baobab tree, as these are all over West Africa. The gnarled, Wne-scarred trun k sprouted saggin!\ bra nches which stretched out as if they were yea rnlllg,. like us, f or a respIte fro m thIS to rnd heat. T he sun, the fl ies a nd the dust seemed to be ulllted agalllst us, repea tlllg "Out, out, out !". Even the crickets took up the cry.

That dust, of all the sights, soun ds and experiences in Africa, the bitter-sweet taste of the ochre-coloured latente dust, IS the one thin g I shall recall most vividly. It represents everythlllg that the co untry stand s for. The mixed, excited, exotic taste of the red dust is li ke th ~ cry of "Fr~ed om". It rushes through Africa, a live a nd awakened, to the pulsating, th ro bblllg fury. It IS li ke. a bush-fi re or the be~ tlll g of the natIve drums ; tearing, plundering, devastatlllg freedom; . Ideas of the centunes whIch have a lways been seeking higher pmnacles, come crashlllg down; the higher, the harde r they fall . Then ,when th,e pa nic is over, ,in contrast the detes tab le, deso late silence greets one with a shockmg finali ty . . And so Afnea settles down. again with a few upheavals, until the next time w ~l en a new Jdea arnves. MeanwhIle, life goes o n as it has been goi ng on for generatIOns.

. For Africa ahead, a nd fo r the wo rl d, there is tha t bu mpy laterite road which stretches red t~ ntacle on and on. It is hard to distinguish details in the shimmering heat, which looks a live but one kn ows even without looking tha t high a bove in the cool air are the

Its

vultu res, hovering, wa iting, wa tching.

The road is narrow, a nd always there are the ugly, sq uat, grotesq ue thorn-bushes ma king stra nge sIlhouettes aga lllst the deep blue sky. Here a nd there a mango tree ca n be seen offer!n g ItS nch, th Ick, SIckly fo liage (0 t he traveller wa nting shade. In the distance goldenred lion gra?s sways In tune WIth the wln ~. ~ h! ~ parrot. A multi-coloured parrot, skims along the dItch, rests on a bush and begms Its dIscord a nt cackle. In the bush a bird has eIther good look s or a good VOIce, but God did not design to give them both . That hot aftern oon had its beauty and ugliness, depe nding on yo ur outlook. Through the eye of a thIrsty boy It can be like a scene fro m Dante's Inferno . On the other hand for ~h e comfortable tra ve ller it can be a paradise rega in ed, possessing a mystic attraction of

Its own.

But it was ho t that aftern oon, ve ry hot. As I got out of the car, the red sand burnt my bare feet. The ants a nd the IIlsects we re everywhere and the water was tepid . Sweat broke out III bul bo us beads o.n my fo rehead. My thoughts were far away from Africa, freedom, commu nist mfii tratlOll and revolutions;

th ey we re centred more on two

stupendous thoughts : d rin k (that is to say, man's prim itive instinct a nd emotion fo r surviva l) and "that hot, oh, so hot, afterno on !". R. M . POLLET.

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SCHOLA REGIA CANTUARIENSIS Canterbury. Summer Term well nigh two-thirds past, and the Archididasculus sitting in Hodgson's Hall. Implacable June weather. As much dust in the streets, as if the Great Fire had but newly showered tbe earth with ash, and It would not be wonderful to meet a Salamander, forty feet long or so, waddling like an elephantine lizard down Mercury Lane. Haze shimmering above the roof-tops, offered as incense, one might imagine, to appease the wrath of the Sun God. Long-tongued dogs panting in the heat. Cars steaming, lorries smelling. Foot passengers, jostling one another's rustling summer skirts and discarded jackets, sucking ices, snapping photos, peering from behind black glass masks. Heat everywhere. Heat up the river, where it withers green aits and meadows; heat down the river, where it beats down mercilessly on straining oarsmen. Heat on the Sussex Downs, heat in the Elham Valley. Heat insinuating itself into every corner of the Precincts; heat in the King's School Dining Hall, heat over the red, blue-postered Deanery, heat at the South-West door of the Cathedral, heat in the brightly lit Quire. Heat making the Lord Chancellor perspire in his full-bottomed wig; heat surrounding the metropolitical throne of the Primate of All England; heat dulling the senses of tired King's Scholars; heat penetrating to the very depths of mediaeval monastic buildings. In the heart of these buildings, in the centre of the heat, sits the Archididasculus in his archididasculan study. Never can ther~ come heat too strong, never 'can there come sun too bright, to assort with the spiritual fire of the Archididasculus, most vehement of empassioned preachers, most terrible of infuriated authorities. On such an afternoon, if ever, the Archididasculus ought to be sitting here-as here he is- with a fiery heat pervading the room, listening to the feeble tale of a hot, terrorstruck boy, pointedly directing his attention to the boy's shoes, where he can see nothing but fog ..... C. G. LEWIS.

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OXFORD LETTER Balliol College, Oxford. 10th July, 1961. To the Editors of "The Cantuarian" Dear Sirs, Here is the first round-up of O.K.S. Oxon. as promised in the last issue.

BALLIOL J. A. COLLIGAN has coxed the 3rd VIII which went up four places in one day. He is going to Greece with R. H. TuRNER in the summer vacation. L. A. WARWICK-EvANS was seen floating down the Seine at Paris on a lila. He has changed over to P.P.P. from Modern Languages. A. A. J. WILLIAMS has become a qualified rugger referee, took a party to Greece last vac, acted in The Tent, which was part of a triple bill the college dramatic society put on in May and has been on the Balliol Players' southern tour III The Plutus of Anstophanes, which had been liberally adapted and brought up-to-date as a modern revue. 478

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CHRIST CHURCH . P. J. FORD visited the U .S.A .. and Canada last summer, spent this year doing research III chemIstry, and IS gOIll.g to VISIt RussIa and Tunisia this summer before taking up an appollltment WIth Shell III The Hague. W. M. WATSON hasbee~ rowing in the first Torpid boat and in the 2nd VIII. He can be seen down by the nver III an adapted school boater and carrying an Upper VIth cane He has also played squash for the House. . . G. W. LANE has taken schools this term. Then he will be articled to a firm of accountants III the CIty. He has sung a lto and bass (not sllnultaneously!) in the New College Chapel ChOIr. O. J . C. WETHERED has been rowin/l. S. J. LAINE has been seen about. J. G. UNDERWOOD leaves tlus term for a possIble Job WIth the House of Lords. CORPUS CHRISTI J .. P. SALE is reading Forestry and is about to become the President of the O. U. Forestry SocIety. He has been CaptaIn of Boats and President of the O.U. Scottish Society. He went to Norway last summer where he grew a beard . R. A. F. COLLINS has been fencing, punting and playing golf. R. E . . F. MINNS has played occasionally for the University and continually for the A uthenttcs at cncket. I. POTTER has been playing cricket for the University and gained the blue he just missed at hockey.

J. F. E . D. HUSSEY has been playing rugger, cricket and squash for various college teams. T. CHENEVIX-ThENCH has been gettmg engaged- a full year's occupation. M. R. TuOHY broke a leg while playing hockey and has got himself a reputation on the hockey field . C. J. HANSON and G. S. BROCK are also at Corpus. HERTFORD T. J. STEVENS h~s been joint organiser for exhibitions of modern art presented by the college Art CommIttee.

J.P. VARCOE has played the organ in 138 services, and has taken part in a large carol servl~e at the e~d of the Mlchaelmas Term and in the College Choral Society's Matthew PassIOn by Schutz. He has also sung in the Bach Choir and the Tudor Consort He is an acltve member of the College Christian Group and spends much time in the Parks or on the Cherwell.

J. B. TuR.NER from being Captain of Boats last year has graduated to President this year and rowed III the Schools VIII. He has been President of the College Dining Club until It was suspended by the S.C.R. because of early morning activities. He has been Oxford correspondent of the magazlIle. Rowing which collects rowing news from various parts. H. DE B. TEMPEST-RADFORD IS to be congratulated on his engagement. JESUS R. H. TURNER has run for the O.U. Centipedes, the college and other colleges. . M. F. SULLIVAN has a ro?m full of hi-fi equipment which makes it impossible to sit in hIS room !n comfort. M~slc, of course, plays a large part in his activities and he is a frequent VISItor to the Balltol Musical Society's Sunday evening concerts. 479

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KEBLE N. J. C. GENT, J. G . MA N a nd A. W. BUDGEN recommend Butterfield architecture as a sui tab le topic of conversation at interviews for rowing men who have no other prospect of entry to University. GENT has played for the college soccer team and intends to conduct buses for part of the summer vacation. MAN has represented the college at rugger, tennis and athletics and has thrown the j avelin for the O. U. Centipedes. He plays the trumpet in the University and Town orchestra and in a trumpet concerto with a chamber orchestra. BUDGEN still claims sporting nullity and has interested himself in dramatic affairs. LINCOLN D . J. EAST: "Schools are quite enough for one year. " M. AYLING has run for Exeter as Lincoln don't have a cross-co untry team. He has played occasionally for his college tennis team. P. J. B. GRAINGER is actively concerned with Lincoln dramatics, photography and the Art Club. G. D. PESKETT and C. F. BLACK are also at Lincoln. MAGDALEN P. A. CAMI'BELL has done sc hools. J. POLGLASE and P. R. S. MANSERGH are also there. MERTON R. M. HARVEY is Treasurer of the hockey club and business manager of the college magazine. He went on the Balliol hockey tour and played against King's. He has been in deep mourning because the Merton Bar VIII failed to get onto the river. J. R. C. WRIGHT eventua ll y passed prelims. , acted in The Tefl / in Merton cuppers in November and in the Merton summer production. He had a good line in the latter, an imitation bull noise, which wou ld have brought the house down had there been an audience. H e has just been elected Secretary of the Merton F loats (dramatic society). O. R. F. DAVIES continued as O .U.D.S. Secretary till Hilary Term, did no acting but was dramatic critic of Isis for the Michaelmas Term. He sat schools in June after which he took the part of D odge r, a professional spy armed with notebook and pencil, in The Shoemaker, the O.U.D.S. summer production. He is taking the leading part in David Caute's new play with the Oxford Theatre Group at Edinburgh. W. E . S. THOMAS continues as Junior Fellow there. NEW I. A. MACDONALD is put off by schools men in sub-fusc, knowing that only a year remains to fini sh or start the history syllabus. W. A. HODGES got a First in classical mods. in the Hilary Term. He spent last vac working in a factory in Birmingham to see what it was like rather than to get the money. (No comments as to what it was like have reached me.) He organises conferences all Ru ssian Orthodoxy and the Ecumenical Movement. A. B. SAVILE reads novels and listens to other people's problems. He is in his second year reading P.P.E. e. C. W. ADAMS has been doing History schools ; S. F. DOCKSEY, F. J. D. LAMBERT, C. D. POWELL are also at New College. 480

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ORIEL . J . L. WALFORD, who has bee n playing hockey for the college, and R. RAI NBOW are both III

residence.

PEMBROKE R. G. ADAMS has taken sc hools in modern Greek and Ru ssian and is getting married

thiS summer.

QUEEN'S W. D. PRINGLE still attends. ST. CATHERI NE'S W. A. H. BODGER is in his second year. K. FENTON has just arrived after throwing up a bu sm~ss career and wants to teach. He, too, is getting married this summer. Con-

gratulatIOns.

ST. EDMUND HALL R. O. LI NFORTH is leaving for a j o b with Bowaters.

C. F. GRAHAM tells me that SIMON FARMER has been rowi ng successfully in the college FJrSt VlIl. B. K. JEFFERY was awarded the Hearn Senior Scholarship at S.E.H. and is pursuing research III French I'hilology. He has played the lu te in many concerts at Oxford and at the Bath FeslIval thIS year and has broadcast several times. S., C. WILKINSON is President of the Hall History Society, has rowed in various Hall VIII s, been awarded his rowmg colours, and has appointed himself as a member of the croquet IV whIch has had honoura ble draws with St. Hugh's and Somerville. G . DOUGLA~ took a p~rty ski-ing and sight-seeing to Norway at Christmas, has grown a beard, got a dlstmctlOn III Prelims. and has changed to P.P.P. 1. A. TuRNER has been working hard for schools, is a member of Vincents and leaves for a Job WIth Bowaters. ST. JOHN 'S N . H. NICHOLLS appeared as the messenger in the O.U . Classical Society's Greek productIOn of Aeschylus' Persae last December. H e has sung with th e college choral socIety and the O. U . Opera Club. R. W. HOUG HTON is Secretary. of the O. U . Association for Youth Work and of th e

Charor~ Club. The club Just lost ItS annua l punt race against Cambridge despite Robin 's 6 ft. 7 Ill. and hIS sturdy puntmg. Youth work is his main act ivity and he spends a great amount of tllne. WIth the Oxford and Bermondsey Club in London wit h whi ch King's is connected . He IS taking them camping this summer. R . P ENGELLY is l!oing to Italy in a party with NICHOLLS this summ er and is looking forward to seelllg hIS brother at Keble next term . ST. PETER'S HALL e. C. F . MATTHEW has finally arrived ~nd refutes any idea of 26 attempts to get in . He has been actively concerned WIt h dramalIcs, college and University (he took a small part III The Shoemaker) and revues. He organised the cabaret for the slimmer dance and is hoplllg to go to Ed in burgh with Aristophanes' Plu/us. 481

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ST. STEPHEN'S HOUSE J. A. FLETCHER (ex-S.E.H.) has moved into this Anglican theological college this year, but still rows in the S.E.H. boats, with SIMON WILKI NSON In the MlChaelmas Term and SIMON FARMER in the Hilary Term. TRINITY R. H. PA WSEY has been rowing all three terms, as stroke in an unsuccessful first boat and in a IV which did quite well in the Visitor's Cup at Henley. D. G. JONES has played hockey and cricket for the college (he is Secretary of the Cricket Club) and occasionally for the Occasionals and Authentlcs. J. STOCKDALE is organising a trip to Greece, Yugoslavia, Turkey and Bulgaria for the summer vac. He spent last vac. in France wIth a teetotal famrly whIch was not at all up John's street. E. J. SMALMAN-SMITH leaves at the end of term and is to be congratulated on his engagement.

Other leavers are H. A. S. BANCROFT, S. C. HARDISTY, F. D. A. MAPLETHORP, A. J. REDPATH, J. D . B. WALKER (complete with beard), C. M. J. WHITTINGTON (who is going to do three years' accountancy) and R. J. B. CLARK. With such an exodus, Trinity can no longer be regarded as an O.K.S. hostel. . C. G. RUDGARD played rugger for the college and the freshmen's Greyhounds. UNIVERSITY P. J. FREEMAN ended his term of office in April as Master of the Winks of the O. U. Tiddlywinks Society. The society has had a s~ccessful season,. defeatmg Cambndge for the first time in tl,ree years, and won the mter- varSItIes competrtlOn for the Pnnce Pluhp Silver Winks Trophy, the first time for which it has been competed. R . C. TOOTH is also there. WADHAM A. B. A. STEARS is concluding his stay at Oxford this term and goes to I.C.I. as a Technical officer at their Billingham division. R. A. LAWRENCE is now married and teaches Matlls. and Physics at St. Edward's. He is, by being in Oxford, able to do a great deal of singing, as a solo tenor; he was the Evallgehst in Bach's St. Matthew Passion and in Abraham and Isaac by Bntten. He meets a lot of O.K.S. at these functions. The King's VIII wins him many a pint of beer as a result of their clashes with St. Edward's boat. He takes the Juniors for cricket and the 3rd XV for rugger. Any inaccuracies in this report are due to the illegibility of the various reports received and the rather tenuous grapevine system . Yours sincerely, A. A. J. WILLIAMS.

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HOCKEY THE V.C.L. HOCKEY TOURNAMENT THE HAGUE, APRIL 4TH-8TH This year the Hockey XI was asked to take part in the V.C.L. Hockey Tournament at the Hague, where we were to play against Dutch schools. On Tuesday, April 4th we made our various ways to Dover and left on the Ostend boat- two players short. Having arrived at Ostend we had two hours or so to wait, which enabled Tayler and Potter to catch us up. They claim they arrived at Dover in good time but were directed to the wrong quay. We left Ostend (complete) and travelled to the Hague by train, where we arrived at 9 p.m. We were met by the Secretary of the tournament, Steven Blickman, who detailed us off in ones and twos to the different families with whom we were to stay. We had arrived half an hour late and it was pouring with rain but everyone seemed very goodhumoured and glad to see us. On the Wednesday we went to Rotterdam by coach and spent the morning driving round the town. Rotterdam is an incredible city. Most of it has been rebuilt since the war, and consequently the modern design of its blocks of flats and offices does not look out of place; there is little of the old for it to clash with. There are wide, clean streets sometimes running underneath towering buildings, and shopping centres where no cars are allowed. Rotterdam has indeed risen like a phoenix from the flames. We were most impressed by the statue in the centre of the town, depicting a man with his heart being torn out-a graphic symbol of the destruction of Rotterdam by German bombs. The visit to Rotterdam was an invitation from the Shell Petroleum Company, and we were entertained to a magnificent lunch and shown a film of the launching of a tanker. In the afternoon we were taken round a tanker and were shown the huge expanse of the docks. Rotterdam is the second largest port in the world, New York, of course, being the largest. On Thursday the Inter-Iyceale Tournament took place. We arrived at the ground, which was some distance from the Hague, at eight o'clock, and after a brief and informal opening ceremony the hockey began. The games consisted of twenty minutes' play, with no half time. There were seven pitches in lise, and to ensure that games finished on time, they were all controlled by a central whistle. In our first game the pitch had a river running behind our opponents' goal and consequently our playing time was shortened considerably every time one of our shots went wide. The style of Dutch hockey took us by surprise: they do not seem to hold with the idea of marking or positional play, but rush around like mad things and achieve remarkable results. They don't appear to use any back-lift when hitting the ball and have an alarming habit of placing first-time shots with deadly accuracy. After five games against Dutch boy schools we finished with a "friendly" game with a girls school from Rotterdam. Anyone who has played mixed hockey will know that "friendly" is hardly the best description. In the evening, just in case we had any energy left there was a dance and party for all the schools taking part in the tournament, held at the ultra-modern building of the First V.C.L., the school which was organising the tournament. Since the Dutch boys' and girls' 483

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d we English were rather out of things on the dance-floor.

~hoois were eq~lal~dr~~~~!f~~: a't the "amusement park" in the basement, which consisted

owe~e r, wedenJohY You bOllgllt a "start-ticket" Wllich you handed to the attendant (' TI ere o f vanous 81 e-s OWS. in char e of each stall, who gave you a score for ¥our perl~rmance . lcs,e scores w g at time~ inconsistent (for instance, twenty fo r gettlll one plllg-pong bhall mto ~c?eu~tk:~ k d . h) b t tl evened out in the end. One a f our company, w a IS pro ~~~t ~hi~I:S t~ I~~S ltit hand to, collected ~ record score for the course and Tayler won a hockey-stick and ball on the "hockey tote held afterwal ds. On Friday we had three full games of hockey. In the last one, against the Sal udth HolI~~d I d we had never played before. They were two goa s own a er Youth Team , wle p aYaendaSat Ilalf tl·me the score was 3-1. Soon after the interval we scored . f It b II a quarter 0 f an 10Ul , again and the final score was 4-2, their second goal resuitlllg rom a pena y u y. The hockey finished in the afternoo~, leaving us ~Sout n ;lOurto ~do~ r,~l~:~!htf!ag~e~

Our hosts kept telling us of all theI tllIngs welslhoaund soe~ S~tu~~~yUSros~ ~arly for ou~ trip F ·d vening we amused ourse ves genera Y ' h h~lm~y ~e said goodbye to our hosts and hostesses and. their sons and daughters w 10 crowded the platform to see us off, with a feeling that tlus glimpse of the Dutch peop e and their way of life had been all too short. On arrival at Harwich we were met by the. Press- at least s~me official looking people with cameras refused to photograph us and dId not seem to believ~ the story that we were the English Youth Team back from a successful tour of the Contment. The following took part in the tour:- G. P. Robertson, Esq., C DC Jucke~ s H A R udgard, M. P. Press, A. R. Potter, G . C. Pntchard, R. M. K. are~ T ·1 . · · P G Lew·ls , I . A.M . McClure , A. D. Stewart, G . S. Doust, D. . ayer, T ownson, . , B. H. Stokes. Colours were awarded to :-A. R . Potter, P. G. Lewis. I.A.M .McC.

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THE LIBRARY . Ih h 't is difficult to keep abreast of acquisitions. For Work has cont inued on ~he re-ca~IOgU1~~i~e~ ~~~ v~ry large collections from the Revd. J. R. Powell, ~vet re craturc in King's Week markedly. We are grateful to T. G. example, as reporte~ clsew ere" Q.K .S., and catalogUing these raise t e. crop . and to many who have given the odd hour or two Bewley for his ungratefu l labohUfs kail LlfbW~~{~~~~~r have given us books: The Principal of The Institute, ~07~~suGr:~,Th~<iJ~~d~a~t:r~ Sir1Thoeodore Adams, C.M.G., O.K.S., p, C. V. Lawless, O.K.S., Dr. A. L. Rowse, A. C. Berridge, Esq., and T. G. Bewley, K.S.

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C.C.F. NOTES THE ARMY SECTION The ea rly part of the term was taken up with preparation for the House Drill Competition, which was timed then so as to lay the foundation for the ceremonial training necessary for the Annual Inspection. The Competition was judged by Major Thorneycroft, The Buffs, an old fr iend of the Cont ingent, who expressed satisfaction with the turn-out and en thusiasm at most of the squads. Certainly the leaders put up an excellent performance, while I feel a special word is due to the Luxmoore N.C.O.s, who, without much experience and with a large and mainly unpromising squad, put up quite a respectable show. The results were: Linacre 76%, Meister Omers 67 %, Galpin's 63%, Grange 62 %, School House 61 %, Walpole 60%, Marlowe 60%, Luxmoore 55%. C.S.Ms. carey and Atkinson of Linacre are to be congratulated on an excellent result. The Annual Inspection was put on with only one rehearsal of the ceremonial- previously we have never had less than three, partial ones at least- and the good result justified the timing of the House Competition. Rear-Admiral Beloe, Flag Officer, Medway, inspected us, and the Contingent did very well; during the forty minutes he took walking round displaying real interest in individ uals, only one boy fell out and the march past was genera lly well done. Nevertheless, there should be none of those slovenly ind ividuals who spoi l a whole squad. His report says that the Inspecting Officer was "impressed by the enthusiasm and keenness of all- both Officers and Cadets" and is generally complimentary. The Field Day, on Thursday, June 29th, consisted for the Army Section of a map-reading cross-country walk in the morning, and a series of agility and initiat ive exercises on the Old Park in the afternoon. Though the deta iled organisation of this left someth ing to be desired and to be improved on another time- great credit is due to L/Sgt. Clark and L/Sgt. Gregg, who mainly were responsible for the ideas and execution, ably backed up by the whole Demonstration Section. The Easter Camp, the so-called Arduous Tra ining camp, was held in the Lake Dist rict, with four Officers and fifteen Cadets. The camp site was two mi les east of the north end of Windermere, and tent-sites had to be chosen with care, to avoid either wind or flooding. In the event a1l were very comfortable, in spite of wet weather at the end wh ich drove one tent to sleep in the lorry. The first two days were beautiful , and day schemes were carried out, involving some long walks across the moors. A very wet night stopped the two-day scheme, wh ich was a great pity, and it was too misty to attempt the Scafell walk, but a lovely wa lk round Grasmere, Dungeon Ghyll and Borrowdale was a respectable substitute. The "compo" rations provided very good food , supplemented from the local farm, and the tents kept out most of the rain. The Sununer Camp is being held at Stanford in Norfolk, and though numbers are small, about sixty, it prom ises to be a good camp, as we shall be mainly on our own. We lose this term some outstanding leaders in the three C.S.M.s, carey, Addis and Atkinson, and two of our three Army Scholars, Chesshyre and Stanley-Smith. They all have been of great help to the contingent, as also have L/Sgts. Gregg and Sawa rd, and we shall miss them. Mr. Juckes has joined the Army Section, to run the Commando Section, and, with Mr. Bee joining the Naval Section, we sha1l have a full establishment of Officcrs- a thing very few Contingents have at presentand we are much indebted to the loyalty of those who help us in this way. K.A.C.G . The following promotions in the Army Section have been made this term to the ranks stated: Sgt. R. C. Brown, H. W. Goldsmith, A. Mc.C. Gregg, M. M. G. Stanley-Smith, G. D. Williams; L/Sgt. A. R. Buckley, P. D. Webb, C. J. Offer, C. J. F. Kenney, S. C. Sherman, D . J. M. Ray, S. L. R. Wellington, B. Himsworth, S. A. Saward, D. J. G. Wardrop. G. C. Pritchard; Cp!. S. H. McDonough, D. F. Hawt horn, A. K. P. Jackson, B. P. Wooderson; L/C pl. D. A. Double, C. Lawrence, T. M, Moss.

ROYAL NAVAL SECTION When an Admiral inspects the Corps the Naval Section is on its mettle and this year Rear-Admiral I. W. T. Beloe, D.S.C., R.N., saw our Cadets being exercised in Rigging Sheerlegs, Ship Recognition, Bends and Hitches, Life-saving, Boatwork and Semaphore. He was finally "piped over the side" as he left by Breeches Buoy. The Inspection Report described our turn-Ollt and efficiency as "much above average".

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. . . H M S Loch Lomond which was undergoing engine trials from On Field Day the Section went to sc; In t' 5'5 but it was ~vell worth it and the Captain and ship's Chatham o n that day. Jt m~ant para II1g a . d~ a success There was n'o part of the ship we did no t officers did everything, i~ their power mak~ the chirts we low~rcd the ship's whaler and fired the saluting see: we plo tted the S~IP s cour~e all r<lda a~l C O~'clevisihn ca me with us, and our Field Day subseq uently ~uns~r~grb~7~r~r:t~:dei ~~die~~si~ntcr~s ~s'glamorous Admiralty poster. ppe . "N I" Lieutenant J E A Havard, R.N.R. In the past four years We lose this term wl~ h great regret ~ur o. • S clion and' to' th~ sailing and maintenance of boats in he h,as given e.ndless tmle aNd en~~1l1~lathmt t~h!I~~rviccs of e.C.F. officers are entirely voluntary in nature, Y e I'ng apersuaded Sub-Lieutenant R. P. Bee, R.N.R., to take over from particular. 1; IS not gC!ledra d !eahlaSV and we are lortunate In ee m , Lieutenant Havard. D.W.B.

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The Royal Naval Section spent this term's Fi~ld Dt~toGiWil~r~at~e ~~i~a~~r7-;c~~~;;I~~~k ~!t~~!~_~f!~ breakfast we lef~;anterbu~:h::e 6\:~j~i~;dd t~:I~d; Lomond. ~he Sect io n was div~d~d into two groups, a ~? NOt" 8 ~,U~Yd a ,~i~~~" group and allocated stations fo r leavi,ng harbou~. The ,onglnal orders shtated ~hat prac Ica n .. . , I k d oceed ing to a fiflng area 01'1 Harwich, but one 0r t e engmes the sh.ip. would be sUllin g at mne 0 c <?c , ~r rrl the afternoon. Loch Lomond is powered by old-fashioned ~ d' ·t f' ate was gtvmg trouble and was not servlcea e I . . , piston engines as she was built during the war m which she serve as an esCOI fig . , • d' 'ded . t lIer parties which were instructed by members of the ship s The pr~ctlca l gr0!JP: was IV! m 0 sn~~in Morse'ftashes, and chartwork, which included fix ing the co!"npany In fl~g-ho lst1l1g, send m~ ~ nd ~ccel we~e taken round the ship and shown the engine rooms and Ship and plottmg clourses. The IVlslltsc efl~~~re These activities lasted till lunch, after which the two groups boIler rooms, the c lart room an( w \ . changed round. d b d I .. "A S hool's At Gi1lin~~am we I~ad been met g~eS~~~\~~n ;~~~~S~;~h~lS'ili~t ~ft:rncio~nth~~rh;~ ~h~I~~portu~ity of ~krn:ts~~~s o~o~ ;~I~:fe 1,~i.~dfiied (Loch. LOlllolld was carrying four saluting guns mo unted on the quarter. . . deck) and of cadets acting as gun's crew III the forward turret. . ddt but could no t ca rry out any tnals because of the limited At half-past. three the ship procce e ad s~~ su Iy informat io n and some of the afternoon was spent tim~. The shRIP'S clo~pa.ny wer ~gout their J~ties wit h the Fleet. Loch LOlllolld was carrying Marines !alkmg.to the oya afll:-es ~11. d to sail a week after o ur visit. The Marines gave talks on the m readl!,es bs "hor the KI'dIWda lt. crKls ls~~il~1~d~h~~eapons they carried, with demonstrations o f how to assemble typeofJo st eywou . .o m u < < < a~nripM~~~~-~n, , , " SI t half past six and the Sectio n was ferned back to Gillingham, Loclt Lomolld relu~l1ed to leernes~ a h N-AAFl C lub, We returned to Canterbury by bus after an where an excellent dmner was eaten In t e exhausting but interest ing day. I.A.M.McC.

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R,A.F, SECTION . . fl ' h th bers being now the biggest ever-59. There are 24 Cadets The Section continues to o~ns , \ ~~~ there is a keen sp irit This term's examination results were who haye pass~d Adv<u~ce~ , d~lc:~~~o:hether we should enter C~dets for the summer examinations in < for the lecLUre progl'anmle. Proficiency results were mo~e rcspecta.ble, not so IInpr~sl re ~nd !t IS fU.l ure as so lilt e ~Imel diS. aval ad"e by Cadets E iser and King the latter after only six weeks In the SectIOn. With seven passes, mc u mg cre IS ' Easter term's results were excellent. h h e of three Chipmunks at Manston for 24 Cadets and the Test For Field Day, we were lucky to ~ve t e u~ b' I' which took a heavy toll on the machinery. carried out a nal~igat~~n.al/n~ap.r~~~~dgi~xGl:~i~~~t ~~~V~i;lge has been disa ppo int ing again and we are 1 am told that a paillcipan.s ~I1J . d Christmas T he primary glider has been used a lot, conmost d~streshsed, t<;' ~earo'nha,lhellclasdCrleO~ton~rseo~~l~tal1 became'proficient a t hopping. Five Cadets are gliding centratmg t e raUllng . ... ' in the holidays and one IS VlsllUlg a Star camp. P.G.W.

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THE SCHOOL CHOIR This year the treble line has been the strongest and securest that Mr. Wright ca n remember and we have been able to perform a wide variety of anthems, which have shown the trebles to best advantage, ]n Travers' anthem Ascribe /11/10 Ihe Lord, all the tenors and basses revealed the tremendous voca l flexibility it is possible to obta in under such a conductor as Edred Wright. Richard Dibley sang the tenor so lo. The addit ion to the library th is term was Schubert's The Lord is my Shepherd, arra nged for S.A.T.n. by Stainer. In company with the other musical societies, the Cho ir owes a grea t debt to the R evd. A. n. Curry for all the help he has given us duri ng the past five years and we a rc very sorry to see him go, but we wish him every happiness at Penshurst. We sang the following anthems this term:o clap your hands together (Vaughall Williams) The Lord hath been mindful of us (Wesley) If ye love me (Tallis) Even ing and mo rning (Oake/ey) Holy, Holy (Gretchallillov) Let all the world in every corner si ng (Chapman) Hymn to the Trinity (Tclmiko vsky) How lovely are thy dwellings fair (Brahms) The Lord is my Shepherd (Schubert) Hail! Gladdening Light (Wood) o for a closer walk with God (Stallford) G lorious is thy Name (Mozart) Give us the wings of faith (Bullock) Where thou reignest (Scllubert) How beautiful upon the moutains (Stailler) Achieved is the glorious work (Haydn) Ascribe unto the Lord (Travers) o praise G od (Dyson) o praise the Lord (Goss) I was glad (Parry)

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ThE NATURAL HISTORY SocnITY.- Our second Annual Report came out at the beginnin g of the term. It is a great improvement on the first issue, perhaps the most encouraging factor being the increase in the number of records from many different peop le. The variety o f interests covered by the Repo rt is also much greater than last year: we ho pe that this wi ll have favourable repercussions o n the attendance sheet. Headed notepaper has at last arrived from the Caxton Society but no information from anyone as to the origin of our herbarium. Outings this term have, as usual, been limited. On the 7th May, the Hon. Secretary joined the Kent Ficld Club on Sandwich Dunes for a very interesting, if a little too technical, afternoon. The annual Biological Field Day for the Biology VIth took place o n the 25th May. In the morning we visited Hothfield Common and Bog, and in the afternoon we went to the Westwell beech woods. A complete species list was made, for the first time. Th is will enable successive Field Days to have more point, comparing species lists and attempting to find reasons for changes in the composition o f the plant communit ies. The outing to Chilham Heronry was on the 7th June. ]n spite of the comparatively large party, we saw many different species of birds and plants as well as one o f the Park deer. Chilham Heronry consists of planted, not natural, beechwood and the presence of several plants alien to a natural beechwood could only be accounted for if they had been specially introduced. After school and G,C.E. examinations a re over, it is hoped that a few o f us will go with Mr. Voigt to the National Pinetum at Bedgebury, near Goudhurst. During the sununer holidays, parties of biologists and natural historians will be going to Malham Tarn Field Centre and to a Reserve in Suffolk. Next term we shall greatly miss P . S. Murch and, perhaps, p, L. Munns. 1f their attendance at meetings has been rather erractic, they have more than made up for it by their valuable work in connection with the Report. J. R. PALMER, THE CHORAL SOCIETY.- Our efforts this term have been devoted to rehearsing for a performance of Brahm's Requiem in the Nave of the Cathed ral during King's Week. ft is a far from easy work to learn, and its high range has been taxing on all vo ices, particularly the tenor line; but we hope to do just ice to ourselves when it comes to the performance. Attendance at rehearsa ls has fluctuated considerably, as is inevitable in a summer term, but our fmal figure should not fall far short of two hundred.

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We shall be s~rry t.o IO,se M~. ;urrp at It e ~n O~c of the secrctal ies, S. R. O. Ca rrington is also \eaying him every happmess In hdls pans ,at ensdf~~ce his colleague would add), to go up to King's, Cambndge this term (after a long an energetlc t crm • in October. . We extend our grateful thanks. as always, to Qur conductor, Mr. Wright. S.R.O.C. R .K.B.H. .

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for external activities and excavation, In this respect

SOCI~TY.-~h ls shoul~ C t 1C iSt~~S~n of Summer Term, 1960, has been comp~ctely reyersed:

t ~e s" but no individual enthusiasm was forthcommg. This year, the term has been a dlsapPOlnt~eft, s~~J~ggmg

at that time we had opportumtY or d to get to grips wi th the past and ga in experience in field the Society has bee~ full of ~ea I an eebnn~l~ankful_bllt we have had no o{ltlet fo r this zca~ : Mr. Jenkins archaeology- for th is of cOlllse we ~lIst e. German carly in the term when we were trymg to arrange of the Canterbury Archaeolo~y Society wa~ d si~C/ It is unfort unate that the Canterbu ry Society's some excavat ion; and nothmg has matena Ize . . field-work usually co incides with the summer vacation. .. .' . . . ade to rovide greater opportU11lties for ~ndlvldual. n~embcrs, Nevertheless, strenuouS effOits are ~CI~g I~ SCh60lS Next term's prospects are bnght, and It IS hoped by means of the Archaeol<?g..~al Af SSOthc\atslon'e~yr to main'tain enthus iasm and keep members more in touch to provide several new activIties or e OCI , with recent progress in world archaeology. . . .' excavation we have had two highlights. The first was a To compensate for the dlsappomtment ov~~ 's Es 'Th is was not only scholarly but most lively: lecture entitled "The Etruscans", by R. ~~ ~~~~~e to\alk about Italy"- we shall take. him up .on ~h is our speaker rema~ked t~at he telCon~ed the Etruscans' origins, their economic and social o rganization , again, I hope .. Thl.S particular ecture race 1an civiliza ti on : we were told that when the. Greek ~ nd and the cont nbution of the Et rus7ans torkR~~s Classical Rome. Mr. R. W. Harris paid special atten tion Etrusca n cultures c1ash~d, the ens~fing sf~ k of prints from excavations in Tuscany, we were able to see ~~e~t~~I~cfriv~lh:~~dWtl~~ ~re~~l~o~~nof th~ art of these mysterious pe~~les. . k I ceo th is year we vIsited Squerryes Court, Westerham, On June 13th, the annual whole-day outmg t~~ngr~Ge~eral of Austral ia, Viscount de 1'1sle, a descendant and Penshurst Place, the home of the ~ew ~o'st When we set out fro m Canterbury the weather was poor, of Sir Philip Sid!1ey, who ~yas born at ens. tit ';C had reached Westerham it was much brighter. Squerr~es with overcast skies and drizzle, but by the time e with its own large estate and fo rmal gardens. lnstde Court itself is a ~i1Iiam a!1 d ~fry ~oh!ltry ~~~l~ remarkably fi ne collection of Dutch, Flemish and English we saw an IIlterestmg selection 0 urnls l!lgs f Wolfe including a letter from the Earl of Chatham. After a paintings for a small ~ouse, a!1 d some rebcs ~cstcrha'm for Penshurst, passing through some fine Kent~sh pleasant h~)tl r or so. III th~ villagCr c~ li~~el1 Pcnshurst Place prov ided a fitt ing cl imax to the day, With scenery, Wit h .a fleetl~g gllmps? ~ ar i ~s cabinets,chestsandchandelicrs, and the armoury ofheim.ets, its lofty burollial hall, Its ~ ne Pt\l1tl1g~i I~xur n00 Ir For the connoisseur there was something of everyt hillg. swords, muskets and Slltts 0 we -01e an l . . d Mr Curry's find church and paid a visit to a rural d Afterwards we strolled in the gardebns, l~oko~r ~~~;h over' the sun-drenched Ke'ntish downs, to the sound of tea-shop. So we returned to cantcr ury III the Test Match! R.ST.J.S.

h oured this term by papers from three visitors and from three THE PATER SOCIETy.-:-'Ye ~ave been 0." activities at U niversity the latter in attaining thereunto. On members, th~ former dlsstm~U1s~ed ~y thp:~fessor o f Ancient History in the University of <?xford, spo~~ 20th May, Si r R onald qlltFe, am e.n famous of Romans was in some ways "not qUite a success . on "Julius Ca~ar", suggest.lIlg that tl~ ls mOi~ted and made morose by the elim u,!ation of his ri.vals, and Caesar, he said, was conscIOUS of, d lsappo fluting the State in whose destruction he had aSSisted. He unwilling to face the enormous tahk ~r re~ns j~bs of Rome < and the fear of assassinat io n which attended was anxious to leave the claustrop 0 IC 0 lce. ' l' " for I·,ttl. J'ustificat ion can be f the war "lwX"/ " G<I K/JQ IIIH'IJ/ll' , . . d d life 111 the City, an epart. or , of ex ediency Sir Ronald surprisingly placed found for th~ proposed Parthian Whar on f gco~:r\ seein~ Alexa~der's statue, and of his aiming at much emphaSIS on anecdotes, e.g., t ose 0 a 488

THE CANTUA RI AN "regnum" as early as 65 B.C.-both in Suetonius (!}- and his reported remark, "Sat is di u vel naturae vixi vel gloriae", He made no rcference to that best-k nown feature of Caesar's appearance, baldness, but after close questioning confessed to an irrational and un historical liking for the myths on this subject. A noisier meeting was held on May 27th, when A. H. Halsey, Esq., Lecturer in Sociology at Birmingham University, spoke on "Class". He considcred Marx's theory of the increasing sepa ration of upper and lower classes. and the reasons why this had not been va lid, not least among which were the inst itutio na lisation of conflict which has taken place in Britain since 1850, and the absence of so lidarity of opinion among members of anyone class. Dr. Halsey incidentally challenged the right of the Public Schools to exist, so lely on grou nds o f socia l justice; members of the audience conccded relucta nt ly the point of justice, but extracted in return thc confession that these schoo ls had at least some connect ional virtues peculi ar to themselves. On May 13th, R. M. Ogilvie, Esq., Fellow of Ball iol, spoke on "Classical Historians". He suggested that of a ll classical writers, the historians were the most outdated. A ll historians scek some justification for their work; that which Thucydides and Livy, for instance, claimed is now out of favou r, o ld-fashioned and scorned. Now, however, we must attempt to see their history from their standpoint, and not be put ofr by their specious reasons for writing it: these a re no t an integral part of their work. On Ju ne 24th, T. G. Bewley, K.S.â&#x20AC;˘ read a most interesting paper on the Cretan civilisat ion. He discussed the mythology, religion, culture, language, military affai rs and economy of the isla nd, its trade and linguistic connection with Pylos and Mycenae, and genealogical relations with Asia Mino r. With rcgard to Pylos and Mycenac. he defended the theories of Sir Arthu r Evans, fi nd ing the philologica l a rguments raised in opposition by Palmer insufficient to east doubt o n the cvidence of archaeology. Two papers were read on July 1st, one by A. J. Addis, K.S., on French adaptations of Greek tragedies. He dealt in particular with the work o f Racine and Mol iere. and of Sartre and Anouilh. He showed with great erudition how speCific adaptation had been made, a nd how these can throw light on the interpretation of the original Greek works, P. F. Allen, K.S., then spoke on "Olympic Origins", giving us a study of the way in which the Greek deities o f Classical times had taken on their familiar forms and characteristics, and what they owed of these to the societies in which they devcloped. A small but discerning audience found much of unusual interest in both these papers. I should like to extend to Mr. J. D. Wilson, our President, and to Mrs. Wilson, very grateful thanks on behalf of all those who have enjoycd their hospitality and welcome at all these meetings. E . A. DAVIDSON. THE PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY.- The term has been one of activity- not ostentatious. for we have only had one lecture, an excellent show of colour slides of India and the East, given by Brigadier Perry. Our activity has been of the productive nature, with several members producing some excellent prints for the Exh ibition. Our Presiden t, Mr. Havard, is leaving. We are very sorry to lose him and wou ld like to thank him for all he has done for us and to wish him the best of luck in his new job.

P.H. K. THE GLEE CLuB.-The Concert of Light Music this year is again taking place in Galpin's Garden, on the first Sunday in King's Week (July 23rd); and again it is shared by the Band and the G lee Club. This is the Glee Clu b's third and most important concert of the year, and promises to be also the most impressive. The progranune is divided by the Band items into four pa rts. The last of these comprises Sullivan's The Long Day Closes and the Soldiers' Chorus from Gounod's opera Faust, which is accompanied by the Band. a nd which ends the concert. The G lee Club first appea rs with a set of three English glees, from the sixteenth, seventeenth and nineteenth centuries: Pastime with Good Company, by King Henry VIII, Purcell's Whell tlte Cock Begins to Crow, and Come, Let Us Joill tlte Roundelay. by William Beale. Part Two consists of a selection from Edvard Grieg's Album for Male Voices. These five songs, and the ot hers in the Album, are based on Norwegian folk- songs, and translated into English by Percy Gra inger. The baritone solo ist is S. R . G. Carri ngton. The third part of the programme consists of Negro spirituals: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, Go DowlI Moses , Somebody's Knockin' and De Battle ob Jerico. The Revd. A. B. Curry is the soloist in the firs t three of these, and tha nks are due to him, to Simon Carrington, and to all the other leavers, for their support as members of the Glee Club. We hope that the Concert of Light music will conti nue as an essentia l part of King's Week, and echo the gratitude of past secretaries to Mr. Wright for making it possible.

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THE CANTUAR IAN h' term has been remarkably good and for the first THE BELL-RINGING SOCIETY ,- The attendance. t iS, d to becancelled through a lack of sufficient ringers. Summer Term that can be remembered no Phracl1aCCSter ~ppeal than ringing in the hot weather. · d· ·og usually have a mue gre . . R OWing an swnnnu < d' irin captain for the last year, is leavl.ng this term, A. M. Roche, who has been a very comp~tsnt~mSa~~~~d-ftle on ly founde r member still left In the Society and so also are C. Lawrence (Hon. Sec.) an C· 'in and Hon. Secretary will have to be elected at, ~)Ur l~st apart from Roche. This means that a new apta . open for some of the people o n OUf waLling list. . d h '\I bably also be a few vaca nCICS meeting an t ere WI pro , Iy offered to treat us to supper at the County Once again the Revd. G. W. LOUghl~oroUdgh tr~: ~i~nde~~~~s that he and Mrs. Loughborough have shown Hotel and we are all very grateful for t lIS an 0 1 to us. d rod uce a concert in the Summer Term (apart fro.m last THE MUSIC CmcLI~.-We have ncve,r manage ~o p tried a little harder than usual. It is probably JlI:st as year's light music affair), although thIs Ybeardwe aN~xt year F. R. Hammersley and G. S. Westrup wlil be well- there is already too much else to e one. G.N.S . the Secretaries. S.R.O.C. d I three rehearsals this term , to refresh our memories of THE CHAMBER ORCHESTR A.-~e hav~ ha . o n \~e erfonned in the Serenade in the C1ois~e~s: We arc Handel's Suite for the Royal FII:ell'ork.s, whhC\ gging in spite of the pressure of other activIties. grateful to Mr. Goodes for keepmg this orc es ra G .N.S.

~ 'd' annual visil to the Kent Music Festival at Ashford. THE SECOND ORCI·IESTRA .- Th~ Orchestra pal ]~ t'he c~m tition- 95 out of 100. Our thanks arc due We achieved our highest score Slncl? .we f~st i~~:r!hich we pirformed, Three Blind Mice (in the style of the bl' shed no small achievement· also for the many hours more than ever to Mr. Curry fo~ writ ing t e p Brandenburg Concerto), which IS shortly t~ b~ pu ] also' due to' Godfrey Salmon, our visiting conductor, he has spent in copying Ol~t parts. Our t ~n s a~e ldsome cup which is to be seen on the top table. ~he as it were. The School rctalnS for t~e fifth time a r ~lnd it is hop~d that it will cont inue as a useful medl~m Orchestra has made great progress In the :ast yea, and preparation fo r promotion to Chamber and FlfSt for first steps in group rehearsal and per ormance, Orchestras. P.C. . Term we have found it difficult, on account ~f various THE MILITARY Bi\ND.-As.u~l.'al in the Summer full ~ehearsals. However, through the lI:nceaslllg attencricketing and Boat Club activIties.. to havehregular ged to assemble a varied and interesting programme lions of our conductor, Edred Wnght, we ~vet:--:i:sue) for our King's Week Concert (see elsewhere III I . t' '. the Dean's Garden now almost an institution, Our Annual Con~ert for the Invalid T~ll~ac;fet:;~~i:edo~ II~tter which praised our efforts highly. . . t ear and a great deal of the credit must go to our went off very well mdeed, ~nd t~e Hea The Band has improved mcredlbly well dunng thlslats I;as been far from easy and I must thank members am so rry to be leaving the Band, but I wish it conductor. The music chosen for these tw~ enr~~e~~~n~ eM: for the keenness they have showed throug ou every success under the new Secretaries, A. and K. anes. B. H. STOKES.

S d of last term a hastily-elected Society. ga~here~ i~ t~~ THE MARLOWE SOCIETY.-On the last atur ay. db P Snuggs It was entitled "Seemg IS Beilevmg , President's room to hear the first paper ,of It he yerr'j~~~riatrel;resentat'ion and perception. He. tri~d to co~er being an attempt at a study of the psyc .ogy 0 as thus tempted to make vague generalisations which the whole of art from the beg~nning o. time .an w He sent some time discussing differen~ attitudes to could not convey much meanmg to, hiS audlenceid be e~plained by differences in psychological make-up. representational art and how these dl:rercesdCb~ the beholder in interpreting the artists' "cryptograms", He pointed out the part that has to Pbayet b 'gu ity and the amount of effort that should be expected and touched on the age-old controversy a a u am I from the beholder. . ' t' 'Room The speaker was C. O . Lewis, who ~ad The first meetin g this. term. ~as held '!l the SO~llicl, as a st~ldent of modern languages, h.e has. st~ldled prepared a paper o n Ex]stentlahsn~, a l?h J1osophy. j:;" rst he dealt with the movement EXlstentmhsmextensively. He dealt with the subject In two sections. I ,

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its chief exponen ts and its modes of expression. Then he devo ted the rest of his lecture to an explanation of the philosophy Existentialism. As its name suggests, the philosophy hinges on an att itude towards the existence of things and humans. Lewis stressed the impracticability of the Ex istentialists' ideas and we were left with an inescapable impression of tortured reasoning which appeared to be to no purpose. At the next meeting, which was held in the President's Room , C. A. M. Parrish gave a short paper on the Public Schools system. He treated the subject historically, pausing occasiona lJy in the narrative to add remarks about the use of and the type of person produced by public schools in each century, dwelling for some time on Arnold's reforms. Parrish also attempted to place the present state of the public schools in perspective and to pro phesy on their future. The discussio n afterwards was extremely lively; the meeting, indeed , did not break lip until it had lasted for over two and a half ho urs, and the discussions were not concluded even then. On June 24th, the Society had the rare occurrence of a talk from a non-member, an expert in his subject. Clarence Mayerscough gave a IllOSt interesting explanation of violin-pl aying and professional violinists. He outlined the anatomical and temperamental requ isites for "a good fiddle-player" and caused considerable amusement when demonstrating the need for a good inst rument. He pointed out the important part played by environment in assisting or hindering artistic expression (he even mentioned how food of different qualities affects a player!). His talk was fur ther illustrated by some records of Hungarian gypsy violinists, examples of rnen with no cOllserva/oire education but nevertheless highly skilled technically. We are rnost grateful to Mr. Myerscough for an informative and entertaining even ing. On Sunday, July 16th, the Society met at the Vice-President's house to hear a paper from G. N. Salmon on Moral Re-Armament. Having justified his cho ice of a little known to pic by reading some of the tributes paid to Moral Re-Armament by many famous statesmen, he gave an outline of the history of the movement from its initiation by Dr. Buchman, through its "Oxford Group" days to the launching in 1938 of the campaign for the rnoral re-armament of the world. He then proceeded to explain how the ideology of Moral Re-Armament affects the individual and professed the opini on that it is in fact "total" Christia nity (as opposed to "Sunday" Christianity). The discussion that followed was heated, but never unpleasantly so ! It is hoped that time will be found for M. M. G. Stanley-Smith's paper on the Common Market before the rush of King's Week makes it impossible. We must tha nk our President, Mr. Ball, and Vice-President, Mr. Havard, for allowing the hordes to descend upon their respective abodes, and Miss Gibbs and Mrs. Havard for the excellent refreshments with which we were provided. O.N.S. THE MADRIGAL SOCIETY.- Th is term the Society has devoted itself to its King's Week commitments in preparation for the Serenade Concert. These consist of: a group of French madrigals-La, la, la, je lie I'ose dire, by Pierre Certon, Qualld je VOIIS aillle, by Jacques Archadelt, La la, maiSlre Pierre, by Jacobus Clemens, and MOil coellr se recommallde Ii VOIlS, by Orlando eli Lasso-Three Nonsense Songs by Matyas Seiber, Hymn 10 St. Cecilia by Benjamin Britten, and Draw 011, Sweel Night, by John Wilbye. The treble line has been strengthened by the most welcome arrival of Ard, Arnold, Waine and Young, T. P. M. Two choristers from the Cat hedral , comi ng to King's next term , will also bejoining us. There are many leaving the Society this term: Richard Dibley and Simon Carrington, whose solos have so enlivened our work, Christopher Lewis, who sang in our first broadcast in the Maida Vale Studios, Barry Stokes, who distinguished himself by sin ging many most beautiful so los for the Society, and Godfrey Salmon, who claims to have Sling solos, but "only in the rests". It is with great regret that we sec these members leave us and we trust that when the Society forms again in the spring it will keep al ive the spirit with which they imbued all that they did. The year has been a most successful and happy one. Chaos has been avoided as much as possible in the practices and we are continuing our policy of starting on time-making allowances for the musician's five minutes, of course. We have, however, had to surrender our aim of keeping the Society down to a really small group as it now consists of twenty-seven members. Nevertheless, the general tone has probably never been higher: this is due to the unending inspirat ion of our conductor and the devotion of the members. R.H. TI'IE FIRST ORCHESTRA.- This term has been spent in preparing for the performance of Brahms' German Reqlliem with the Choral Society and for the Orchestral Concert which concluded King's Week. At this concert we played the overture to Rossini's opera buffa, La scala (/i seta, Ravel's Pal'Qne pOlll" line l"fallle de/tmte, the Sillphollia COllcertallle for violin, viola and orchestra by Mozart (the soloists being Clarence

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and Henry Mycrscough. whom we have been very pleased to welcoJlle fo r a second time) and Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony. Earl ier in the term we played the Ravel and the Rossini in a concert for the Friends of Canterbury Cathed ral (for the Reviews o f these concert s sec elsewhere in 'this issue) . There can be few school orchestras in the cou ntry that wou ld dare attempt La scala di seta, which has the reputation of being the most difficult of Rossini 's overtures. How many school orchestras would try to playa Tchaikovsky symphony complete, with no cuts? Th is summer, the Orchestra has reached an apex to w hich it has climbed over the last few years, first under Licut.-Col. Roberts, then under Mr. Bacon and, since 1959, Mr. Wright. It is larger than ever before, with 67 members, including 12 Slaff, 8 of whom are professiona l musicia ns. It is noteworthy that there are no Staff or professiona ls in a wood-wind and horn section of 19 players. By the end of next year there will be gaping holes in the membership. Seven of the School's leading violinists- J. R. Bennett, P. Consterdine, the Revd. A. D. Curry, R. J. Dibley, C. O. Lewis, O. N. Salmon, and A. G. Wickens- are leaving this term , and yet another during next yea r. This is a very serious setback, and it is hoped that many of the viol inists who arc on the fringe of the Second Orchestra may be inspired to practice sufficiently to bring themselves to the standard of the First Orchestra; the advent of Mr. Morrish next term should contribute towards this. By the end of next year the present viola section will have fallen apart, and while the 'cell i seem set fair for at least four yea rs (o nly R. J. Morris, the leader, is leaving this term, and there is plenty of young blood ready to be infused int o the section), the double-bass outlook at the moment is not encouraging, especially as S. R. O. Ca rrington, a very fine player, is leaving this term. If they can be induced to turn up regula rly. the flutes should present no problems : in spite of the fact that the section is losing two players of exceptional standard, G. D . M. Parry and M. M. G. StanleySmith , it seems set fair for the next few years ; and the enthusiasm of the more junior oboists should see them through. It is not, unfortunately, likely that we shall have again for some time players of the same cal ibre as J. K. Polmear and B. H. Shearing: we are losing Shcaring this tcrm, along with W. J. Chesshyre, who has been a very useful number three, and Polmeal' leaveS nex t year. The clarinets, like the 'celli, should not give any cause for worry for at least four years, but the bassoon section will great ly miss J. R. Bretherton when he leaves and H . A. Rudgard, a capable player who leaves this term. The horn section, which for some reason has seemed more unreliable this year, although it has a full complement , will be greatly handicapped by the loss of C. M. East, who has been in the Orchestra almost as long as some of the "old lag" violinists. The trumpet sect ion is too large as it is, so there wi ll be no difficulty as far as numbers are concerned; but it will take some time to replace A. V. Hardiman's playing. R. J. M. Collier is turning into a competent trombone player who would be even more useful if he could be more reliable in attendance. The other trombone players, D. J. O. Wardrop and P. F. Allen, who have filled in very ably this year, are leaving, but there are some keen young players com ing up who should be able to fill those gaps. The Orchestra will suffer terrible blows in the way of lcavcrs in the next twelve months, but I am sure that the ability and enthusiasm of its conductor, Mr. Wright, and leader, Mr. Myerscough, will produce the necessary response from the School's inst rumentalists to restore the balance. On beha lf of those leaving, I should li ke to express deep grat itude to the music staff, and especially to Mr. Wright , for the great musical experiences and education that they have made possible for us. My thanks are due to G. S. Westrup, who has deput ised and assisted so often this year and who will take over the secretarysh ip next year; and to S. G. F. Spackman, who courageously agreed to submitting himself to the unenviable tasks he incurred on becoming the orchestra's firs t libraria n. G.N.S.

Salmon has pa id just tribute to all those who have played so valuable a part in building up the Orchestra. He can hardly draw attention to the great contribution that he himself has made to the whole of the School's music, a nd in particu lar, of course, to the Orchestra, of which he has been a most able and energetic organiser. His work, too, as a sub-leader has been of incomparable va lue, and he leaves us with our gratitude and every good wish for his future musica l career. E.W. Tl-IE CAXTON SOCIETY.-The Society has done more printing than usua l in a Summer Term; nearly every member has been at work at something in the Print Room at one time or another-q uite a record! As usual, we have prin ted the programmes for the School Play, but unfortunately we were unable to take any other orders for King's Week, owing to a surfeit of exam inati ons. Our thanks must go, as always, to Mr. W. E. Peett, who has helped liS to overcome a ll difficulties. N.J.W.

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CRICKET

BATTING AVERAGES Played 16, Won 10, Drawn 4, Lost 2 Innillgs C. R. Barber .................. . 16 N . J. de Jong ................ .. 15 ~.JC:ri tcha rd .......... .... ... .......... ... . . 12

t.. ~. ~~:.;~> :.>::;::.: ::::: . D' ~.

:,2

gard ..... .. ... . .... ... . ..... . . . a er .. .. .............. ............. .. J. A. G. Paris..................... ..

~: ?·S~T~~~~~;l· ............

J S B Als~ h~II=:Iett..

............. . ......................"....... . .......... ... .. ....... ..... .

4 12 16 15 5 16 6 8 10

g. r ljawthorn ............ .. .............. . G: rio JNl~~~~·.:: : : :::::::::::::: : :::::::::: A. R. Fryer............. .

NOI alit

RullS

I I 2

602 4 16 344 11 8 218 310 262 84 266 51 56 35

6 0

54 3

4 2 0 4

I 0 0 0

I I 0 • Denoles flol oul

I 0

Highesl Score Average 11 5 50. 16 66' 37.82 100' 34.40 36 29.50 55 27.25 79 20.66 58 17.47 45 16.80 68 16.63 25' 10.20 27 8.00 14 4.37 24' 3 I 0

54.00 3.00 0.50 0

Wickets 63 58 10

Average 11.69 12.88 28.50 30.77 32.50 57.00

BOWLING AVERAGES G. C. Pritchard ............ ..

2. ~. ~~r;btt.. ............................. ... .

Overs 268.4 243.3 103 82.4 15 26 18

~:l~~~::y\~://. . /•. ·•·• • ;

Maidens 65 45 29 10 I

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RETROSPECT 1961

Rllns 736 747 285 277 65 114 105

9 2 2

Before this s~asC?n started few people wou ld have r .' o,r broken. While It was obvious that G C Pritcharf, et cted th':lt any 1st XI records would be equalled Side and that his well-deserved reputation' w~uld pO~ibls dast bOI.hn g wou ld he of tremendous value to the the ,?orale of his Own team, few could have thought t~at e~loraf ISle siome of the opposition as well as boost outright. 0 t 1e st Xl School matches wou ld be won These victories were, however, achieved by a team whi I . departments and under any conditions. Althou h it w c 1 proved Itsel f to be very well equipped in all matches were played on wa tered pitches wh ich !ere th as a season of near drought , four of the School These gave J. S. Barrett opportunities of provin h us rob~d of pace and on which the ball turned contribution to the season's successes cannot be g w at a ~pl~nd ld sl,?w left-arm spin bowler he is and hi~ have already attracted the interest of their respecO,v,veer-eCmp a,slsed' 1t . I~ not su rprising that he and Pritchard . olin y aut l10rltles Pri tchard, who topped the averages for Kent 2nd Xlla . .. . go. Although there was support from C R Ba b h st season, IS very fast mdeed when he lets himself from the other end, and J. A. G. Paris who bowfeder,t 0 I.ook some very usefu l wickets with the new ball speed to hi~ stamina to endure some I~ngthy spells ;flb~:i~cket sI C9 u!d be bC! ught, Pritchard had to gear his m<!-tches \ntchard and Barrett each took 19 wickets and th ng. t ,IS !nte~estmg to nO.le that in in ter-school Pntchard S. A glance at the bowling averages w' lI I . atI Barrett s wickets cos t lum 6 1 fewer runs than two. I SlOW JlISt l OW much of the tcam's success is due to these 493

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The overall standa rd of batting may not have been quite as high as some of that in recent seasons, but wi th two such good bowlers the Xl did not need as many runs on the board in order to win their matches. C. R . Barber is a fi ne player fo r whom things have not always gone as well as they might. Perhaps not a lways a confident starter and somewhat tentat ive in his forward defensive play. there were severa l occasions when he looked to be well set for yet another century when the unexpected happened and he lost his wicket. He played some fine innings, however, and his shot through the covers off the back foot is a joy to see. Apart from Barber, from whom many fu ns were expected, the rest of the batting was at first t hought to be suspect. In a good side, however, there is always somebody who will rise to the occasion and if two o r three batsmen fa iled there were usually two or th ree others who came off in each match. Next to Barber the most prolific scorer was N. J . de Jong. This player does not conform to any text·book methods, or to any pa rticular style except his own, bu t his effect iveness and success is recorded in the scorebook. Although lack ing in shots off the front foot, he usually scored his runs at a fast ra le, chiefly by means of hooks and pu lls. H. A. Rudgard, Paris and R. M. K. Ca rey batted most orten at Nos. 1,2 and 3 res· pecti vely and between them usua lly d id rat her more than take the shine off the new ba ll and see the opening bowlers taken off. Rudgard's best innings was that aga inst K.C.S., Wimbledon, when he reached 50 in 53 minutes and hit a six and eight fours in a dazzling display. Carey reserved his best innings for the Dover match and by and large has not made the number of runs one expected of him. His defensive play is a model of correciness but, unfortu nately, his ability to "hole out" at mid·off has no t deserted him. Pa ris has promise of becoming a goodish player, particularly against bowling of medium pace or over, and it is hoped and expected that he will have learned enough during this season to ensure a good one for himself next year. The most improved player in the Xl is probably M. P. Press. H is footwork is good and he has gone from strength to strength as the season has advanced. Next season he will occupy a much higher place in the o rder and so be given the opportunity of playing many longer innings. It has been pleasing to see Pritchard taking his own batting seriously and his in nings of 56 aga inst H ighgate was both timely and good. His ni ne fours and one six were all good clean drives and on this occasio n he got the side out of real trouble. His 66 aga inst Sevenoaks Vine included five massive sixes. Although few of the remaining batsmen contributed much in the way of la rge individ ual scores, this was due to lack of opportunity rather than lack of skill. J. S. Barrett and A. R. Fryer are very competent batsmen who opened the innings when they were Colts and it is to their credit that they continue to play like openers rather than like numbers 10 and I I, which they were this season. Next season they may get more chances higher in the order. The last couple of places in the side were shared by several players and of these B. J. S. Townson had most chances ~because Qf .his fielding and throwing. Towards the end of the term a place was found for S. J. Weaver, a fi fteen-yea r·old left·lmnded batsman of considerable promise, who seized the opportuni ty by playing two very good innings in his first two matches. P. O. Swete and D. E. Baker each played in a few games and alt hough they both made some runs, they failed to ho ld their places in face of such keen compet ition from others. Fryer kept wicket fairly well and missed very few chances. The field ing and catChing improved con s ider~ ably as the season advanced and as success followed success the confidence and spirit of the team became grea ter and grca ter. Pri tchard capta ined the side mainly from the outfield and must have found it very difficult at timcs to know whether to bowl himself or not. With an eye on the future he persevered with Paris's leg·spinners whenever he could and next season's Xl m ight well be grateful to him for this. To Pritcha rd and Barber must go a great dea l of credit for the successes of the Cricket XI over the last three seasons. Bot h can take great pride in the knowledge that in their last year at the Schoo l they have been Captain and Vice· Captain of Cricket, Rugby Football and Hockey teams which were unbeaten in school matches-a truly remarkable record on which they are both to be most heart ily congratulated. They have set very high standards which will be a challenge to all next year's team.

C.F.

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T H E NAVAL SECn ON AT SEA

THE CAN T UARJAN

1ST Xl MATCHES THE KI NG'S SCHOOL, CANTERBU RY

ROYAL NAVY

c.c.

Played at St. Stephen's on Saturday, May 13th Won by 86 flln s One could not have wished fo r a better day o n which to open a cr icket season, the wicket was in perfect order and on winning the toss we chose to bat. Paris and Rudgard were at the wicket for 40 mi nutes before be ing divided and by the time carey came in there cou ld not have been a great deal of shine left on the ball. Paris, after scoring 30 excellent runs, was caught behind and then we saw Barber play some magnificent cover drives in his 48. Baker and de Jong were together a t ilmch and they remained together for more than an hour afterwards. Both played some excellent shots and enabled us to decla re at 216 for 5 with de Jong not out 66. T he Royal Navy lost a quick wicket but then were allowed to consolidate by some mediocre bowling and fielding. Although facing an uph ill task they continued to play strokes. After Cobman (who made 86 fine runs) and Robinson had gone, it was Coulter who stood between us and victory. Ifwas his dismissa l by Press, with one of the best catches seen on Bi rleys for many years, that was the turning point in the game. After this there was little resistance and we thus enjoyed a good start to the season.

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J. A. O. Paris, c Slaney. b Coulter. ...... 30 H. A. Rudgard, c Bailey, b Green 2 5 R. M. K. Carey, b Coulter........................ C. R. Barber. c Slaney, b Robinson........ 48 N. J. de Jong, not ouL......... .. ............ ..... 66 D . E. Baker, b Green ... .......... ............. .... 45 G . C. Pritchard, not out.. ....... .................. 17 M. P. Press } did not bat G. S. Doust J. S. Barrett G. D . Williams Extras............... .. ............................ 3

Coleman, c Pritchard, b Barrett... Dunn, c Carey, b Williams.. ................ Robinson, b Pritchard ....... .. Leach, b Barrett.. ....... ............................. Coulter, c Press, b Barrett...... ... .... ... ......... Bellamy, b Barrett........... ................ Allen , b Pritchard................... ................. Bailey, not out. ............................... .. ..... Pett it, b Pritchard.... ............. ........... ........ Slaney, bPritchard.... ............................. Green, c de Jong, b BarretL ..... ......... .. ...... Extras..... .................... .. ............ .....

Total (5 wkts. dec.) ... ... .. ..... ...... . 216

Green ... ........... .... ... 23 CouIter ................. 17 Bailey ..................... 6 Allen ... ...... .. .. ..... ... 4 R'obinson...... .. ........ 11

8 21 5 1 0 0 0 1 1

TotaL ............ ........ .................... 135

Bowling

86 "11

Bowling M.

3 3 0 0 0

86 57 25 9 36

2 2 0 0 1

G. C. Pri tchard ...... G.D. Williams ...... 1. S. BarrelL ....... O. S. Doust.. .....

15 6 13.2 5

2 1 I 1

33 22 57 22

4 1 5 0

v ST. LAWRENCE C.c. Played at St. Stephen's on Thursday, May 18th Match D rawn Although we lost the toss we were able to bat first and since this was only a half-day game the necessity for quick runs was great. Against some good, quick bowling fro m Spanton, Rudgard and Barber soon settled down, desp ite the loss of Paris early on. Using the bowler's speed they both pushed the score along steadily. Carey, with a brisk 23 set the tone but unfortunately, after promising so much, was bowled. Rudgard departed with four needed for his fifty but Barber continued serenely on and when we declared at 173 for 3 he was 71 not out. St. Lawrence were quickly in trouble and only Perry was able to master the new ball with the result that they were soon 28 for 4. However, in Henley, Perry found a solid partner. Barrett bowled his left-arm spinners well and deserved his first success when Baker made a fine catch out in the deep. Perry continued scoring effortlessly while at the ot her end his partner was less successful. When he was out after scoring THE KINO'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY

495

[W. L. Ellt wistle THE 1st XI Back row; B. J. S. Townson, J. A. G. Pari s, M. P. Press, N . J. de Jong, A. R. Fryer, S. J. Weaver. Front row; C. R. Barber, G. C. Pritchard (Captain), R . M. K. Cmcy, H. A. Rudgard.

THE CANTUARIAN IT we could have still won the match but on an easy 100 excel!enf flIns to ~nother ~oodplay catchh,o Bar~ tt·:npossible and an honourable draw was all we could pitch against some solid derenslve t IS prove I muster. THE KINO'S SCHOOL

ST. LA WRENCH

C.c.

T. Perry. c de Jong, b Barrett; .......... . ........ . 100 G. H. Heyer, c Rudgard, b Pritchard ......... .. . G. McCabe, c Paris, b Pritcha rd ................. . o J . Edmonds, b Williams ... . ........................ . o E. Petti t, b Pritchard ........................ ........ . o S. Twyman, c Baker, b Barrett ................. . 8 R. Henley, c Baker, b Barrett.. ......... , .. II A. J. Took, not out.. ....................... . 12 S. Rogers, c Press, b Barrelt.. .........•...... 4 C. Span ton, not out ..................... ...... . I R. Thomas, did not bat Extras.... . .... ............................ , 6

Total (3 wkts. dec.) .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .... . 173

Total (8 wkts.) ........................... 142

J. A. O. Paris. b Spanton...... ........ ............. H. A. Rudgard, c Pett it, b Spanton............ R . M. K. Carey. b Spanton..... .................. C. R. Barber, not eut.. ............................ . N.J.deJong.notout. ................ ..... ... ....... D. E. Baker ) G. C. Pritchard M. P. Press did not bat G. S. Dousl J. S. Barrett O. D . Williams Extras ......... ................ "" ............. .. .

21 71 16

Bowling C. Spanton .. ..... . " .. R. Henley ............. . E. Pettit. ..... "" .... . ,

o. 18 7

Bowling M. 2

75 43 41

G. C. Pri tchard ...... G. D. Williams ....... J. S ..Barrett" ..... , ... O. S. Doust.. ...... ...

o o

4 0 0 0

46 15 52 23

6 14 4

W. 3 I 4 0

T m! K INO' S SCHOOL, CANTERDURY v KENT CLUD AND GROUND

Played at St. Stephen's on Tuesday, May 23rd Lost by 9 wickets . wicket that was not as hard a~ usual. Rudgard and Once again w,? lost the toss and were put I~ o~ ~rd when Paris was dismissed, caught at forward short Paris opened gaily and thepre ~ere J~huns o~~~o~rd ~lad soon deteriora ted to 43 for 4. De Jong then began leg. Careyidate soonand followed ans 4J an before. e sC he mls . t'lI:ned. a drive and was caught at mid-on. The rest of the to consol had scored

batting showed little resistance and the Side was ~~:l:~;d a~; ~~~~d little to worry them in the opening · ~ short ball from Pritchard, was caught at cover. Catt antdt~ng Chivers Tand opened theBClub bowling. hey Brett had put on 50for when rett, c~ and Chivers then saw the game through to Its mevltable end. THE KINO'S SCHOOL

KENT CLUD AND GROUND

t.AA~R~d~~;J,\DSe~;~ts~~~.~~~t. :: .:. ....... ... ~ ~

17 2 0 0 0 10

B. Chivers, not out. ........ :....................... 40 T M Brett c Baker b Pntchard ........... .... 30 B: W: Catt,' not Ollt ' ......................... 40 B. Luckhurst D . NichoUs D. Baker P. Shenton did no t bat D. Constant M. Deness 1. Prodger S. C. Page 0 Extras ... ... ....... ...... ..................... .....__

Tota!.. .... .................................... 109

Total (I wkt.) ............. .... .. ... .... .. .. 110

R . M. K. Carey, Ibw, b Catt .. ..... ... C. R. Barber, b Catt................................. N. J. de long, c and b Luckhurst...... ......... D. E. Baker, c Prodger, b Luckhurst G. C. Pritchard, c Page, b Shenton............... M. P. Press, c Nicholls, b Luckhurst... ......... G. S. Doust, not out.. ........ ....................... 1. S. Barrett, b Luckhurst... ............. ........... G. D. Williams, c Catt, b Luckhurst....... ..... Extras........... ................ ............. ... ..

476

496

TB E

CANTUAR IAN

Bowling B. W. Cat!.. ............ B. Ch iners..... ......... P. Shenton B. Luckhurst.. .......

3 2 4 2

10 5. 1

22 14 46 17

3 0 2 5

Bowlillg

G. C. Pritchard ...... G. D. Will iams ....... J. S. Barrett.. ......... G . S. Doust .... .. .....

8 3

I I

22 28 46 14

0 0 0

v ETON RAMBLE RS Played at S1. Stephen's on Saturday, May 27th Match D rawn Eton Ramblers sutTered a quick setback but King's were unable to follow up the advantage and Carr and Hill-Wood had amassed 11 3 between them when the next wicket fell. Hi ll~Wood continued to bat attractively and when he was out, last ball before lunch, he had scored 134. Eton Ramblers then sutTered a collapse and their later batsmen were only able to collect 58 nlllS between them. Paris and Rudgard had scored 17 runs before they were parted. Two quick wickets followed but Carey and de Jong batted on unflustered and added 113 for the fourth wiCket; de Jong eventually was dism issed for 56. Baker and Press then mastered the bowling and put us in a striking position, but then three quick wickets and put Eton Ramblers resulted. back in the game. Fryer and Press, who was 52 not out at the end. defended stoutly a draw ThE K INO'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY

THE K INO'S SCHOOL

J. A. G. Paris, b Hill-Wood.. ... .................. H. A. Rudgard, b WOlfe-Murray, 1... R. M. K. Carey, c Eckersley, b Nickerson... C. R. Barber, b Bill-Wood.. .. ..... .............. N. 1. de Jong, c Eckersley, b Robins............ D . E. Baker, b Hill-WOOd .................. G. C. Pritchard, c Robins, b Nickerson........ M. P. Press, not out......................... G. S. Doust, Ibw, b Hill-Wood ...... J. S. Barrett, c Eckersley, b Nickerson......... A. R. Fryer, not out................................. Extras.......... ................... ..... .. ........

1 14 39 0 56 33 6 52 0 0 4 32

Total (9 wkts.) ............................. 237

ETON RAMBLERS

H. Crichton-Stuart, b Pritchard..... ............. R. J. Carr, b Pritchard.............................. P. D. Hill-Wood, c de Jong, b Pritchard ...... A. M. Wolfe-Murray, C Barber, b Barrett... R. V. C. Robins, b Pritchard..................... R. D. Eckersley. run Ollt........................... T. M. E. Pugh, b Barrett......................... J. D. C. Berens, c Rudgard, b Barrett......... J. B. Brooks, b Pritchard........................... J . D. Wolfe-Murray, not ou1..................... M. S. O. Nickerson, b Pritchard.................. Extras...................... ............. .........

o 7 4

o o

20 38 83 51 13

10 0 9

Total. ......................................... 266

Bow/ing

J. D. Wolfe-M urray 4 P. D. Hill-Wood ... 16 M. J. O. Nickerson 19 R. V. C. Robins ...... II H. Crighton-Stuart.. 2

0 36 134 21 16 0 15 J6

Bowling

G. C. Pritchard ...... H. A. Rudgard ....... J . S. Barrett. .......... G. S. Dous!.. .. .......

3 I

19.5 7 16 4

3 0 0 0

6 0 3 0

44 103 19

v ST. LAWRENCE COLLEGE, RAMSGATE Played at St. Lawrence on Tuesday, May 30th Won by 2 wickets St. Lawrence, winning the toss, elected to bat and began slowly, 40 coming in the first hour. l ust as it looked as if the openers had weathered the storm, Hillary was leg-before and Beaumont followed him back to the pavilion six runs later. Barrett was spinning the ball away from the batsmen quite sharply and after tempting Andrew o nto the front foot, had him bowled. St. Lawrence never recovered and were a ll out for 117 with Barrett claiming five wickets. THE KINO's SCHOOL, CANTERBURY

497

THE CANTUARIAN

. . in out fourth ball. Rudgard and carey retrieved the We started rather disastrous~y ~vlt~ ~ans ~ethgwithin two overs, but Barber and de Jong then played situation. Then St. Lawrence d lSll1lSse t 10m ~issed a long-hop and was b,?wled. Barbt?r was out two sensibly though rather slowly, before de JI~ng became a struggle for the victory of which Barber and now , runs lat~r and Pritchard soon after that . Barrett rather belatedly made sure. ST. LAWRENCE COLLEGE

THE K.1 NG'S SCHOOL

J. A. G. Paris, b Wood .........: .... · .. · .. ·· H. A. Rudgard, lb",:, b Marnot.. .......... . .. .... ........ . R . M. K. Carey. b FllIary.. C. R. Barber, not out.. ................. .. N. J. de Jong, b Wood D. E. Baker, b Wood .... : ........ .. ........ ..... . G. C. Pritchard, b Marun .... . M P Press c Kirwi n, b Wood .... . S: Dousi, c Marriot, b Wood ... .. .. ...... .. S. S. Barrett, not out. ...... ···· D. R. Fryer, did not bat Extras ..

Total (8 wkts.) .................... · Bow/ing

o. R. S. G. Wood ... .. . 17 R. F. L. Pride .. . R. D. Marriot ....... .. E . W . l. Fillary .... .. C. J. C. Martin ..... ..

4 10 7

9.3

6 1 2 1 5

24 E. W. Fillary, c D oust, b Pritchard .. 19 R. D. Alored , b Barr'?tt ..... . 3 A. R. Beaumont, b Pntchard ......... .. 7 C. J. C. Martin, st Carey, b Barrett.. A a M Watson run out.. ........ · .. · .... · ...... · o 23 R: S: a.' Wood, ~ Press, b Pritchard 20 R. M, Day, c Paris, b Barrett. ....... . 5 C. Hodder, c Carey, b Prilchard .... . 10 C. O. Marriott, b Barrett .... . o R. F. L. Prior, not out.. ... .. o P. A. Kirwin, b Barrett. .. 6 ... •...•....•.•...... Extras .... .

20 25 32 18

o 5 3

1 4

Total .... ................ ........ , ...... . .. .. 117

..... 118 R.

25 7

35 28 13

THE KINO'S SCHOOL,

Bowling M. O.

17 G. C. Pritchard .. 4 H '. A. Rudgard ....... l. S. Barrett ..... , .. 18 5 C. R. Barber ..........

o 1 1 1

CANTER BU RY

6 1 4 2

34 15 46 16

w. 4 0 5 0

V H IGHGATE SCHOOL

Played at St. Stephen's on Saturday. 3ed June Won by 35 runs . . kets down for 26 runs a recovery was needed. Barber and King's started disast rously and w,lth thr:\~~~ the score to 54. This was followed by another collapse, de Jong tempora~i1y stopped the shd.e ap finally amassed 138. but with a last wicket stand of ~3, Kmg s fi b t men either of whom could see them to victory. Both In Dennis and Attwell, Hig.hgate had two h ng aard the'n Attwell and Dennis were together: Dennis \~as the openers were dismissed with 6 runs on t e P~s ~t second slip. AltweH seemed safe agalllst the qUick the first to go, through an excellent catch ~~'\1 he was finally bowled with the score at 86. There followed stuff but against Barrett he scratched aroull ( 1 little resistance and Highgate were all out f or 103 . HIGHG ATE SCHOOL

THE KI NG'S SCHOOL

B. J. S. Townson , c Hays, b Hayes ....... . H P Rudgard c and b Hayes ... : ..... .. R: M. K. Car~y, c Hays, b Sutton .. .. C. R . Barber, c Atlwell , b Bradburn ... . N. J. de Jong, b Hayes ...... . J D G Paris b Sutton .. .. R. p'. PI:esS, c ~nd b Gibbs R G. Swete, st Hays, b Bradburn G. C. Pritchard , Ibw, b Hayes ... .. J. S. Barrett, b Sulton ............. · D. R. Fryer, not OUt. ...... · .. . Extras. Tota\..

G. E. Roberts, c·Fryer, b Pritchard.......... .. I M. J. Woolf, c Swele, b Barber ............ ..... · 4~

~. ~·tc~~i~~l~ ~I~~~:·e~tp~ii~i~~~~i:

::::::::::::: Z. A. Hila1y, c Frycr, b Barbc!'.......

20 16

... : ... ..... ,.. D. St. J. Sutton, b Barrett. . .. .......... "..... P. Bradburn, not Out... D. L. Hays, b BarretL:....... . .. ..................

3 5 0

~I: ~ili~,a~~~e~s?br~!\\~rgtll.~"rrctt

o o

138 498

Gi~~~~~s~~~·~.y' b Pnlchard ..... ::~::::::::::: ~ .............................. 103 Total

THE Bowling

D. St. S. Sutton H. Hayes ............... P. Dradburn ..... I. Gibbs ........

3 3 3 3

10 13.2 \0

41 44 25 23

CANTUARIAN Bowling

3 4 2 1

O. C. Pritchard ...... C. R. Barber ......... J. S. Barrett .....

14.3 9 II

I I

51 31

3 2 5

THE KINO'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY V DOVER COLLEGE

Played at Dover on Thursday, June 8th Won by 145 runs Paris and Rudgard opened carefully and saw the shine off the ball, paving the way for the more prolific scoring of Carey and Barber. Both played well but a little apprehensively, scoring 79 and 50 respectively. de Jong then scored 32 rapidly before hitt ing across one too many. Pres s, too, played a good innings later on, enabling us to declare at 227 for 9. The Dover batting offered little resistance and showed even less aptitude with the exception of Seymour who did try to hit the ball. Paris, bowling his leg·breaks, caused havoc with his wrist·spin, and fin ished with figures of 4 for 18. King's victory was made secure when Barrett took the last wicket in his second over. THE KING'S SCHOOL

D OVER COLLEGE

J. A. O. Paris, bThompson.. ....... H. A. Rudgard, lbw, b Fenton... R. M. K. Carey, b Bart·Smith...... C. R. Barber, c Fenton, b Kilbee. ....... ..... N ' l. de long, b Kilbee.. ................... D. J. S. Townson, c Bart·Smith, b Kilbee ... G. C. Pritchard, c Lyall , b Kilbee... M. P. Press, not out.. .................... P. G. Swete, Ibw, b Bart·Smith............... I. S. Barrett, st Seymour, b Bart·Smith.... A. R. Fryer, not out................................. Extras.... ............ ......... .............

13 10 79 50

227

Total (9 wkts. dec.) .....

R . D. Kilbee. b Pritchard ............... .. P. M. Bart·Smith, c Paris, b Pritchard .. 1. Seymour, Ibw, b Paris .... S. K . Wagslaffe, c Carey, b Paris ... . F. P. H. Lawee, b Pritchard ...... .. M. I. L. Thompson, b Pritchard .. . A. Wilder, not out.. P. Bornet, b Pritchard . .. ... M. G. O'Neill, c Carey, b Paris ............ .. P. Fenton, b Paris .... ...... ............ . D. M. Lyall, c and b Barrett. " ...... .. Extras.......... . ....... .. . .

32 9 5 20 3 0 2 4

P. Fenton .... M. J. L. Thompson P. M. Bart·Smith .... R. D. Kilbce .......... R. B. Burnett ....

16 8 22 22 7

Bowling M.

2 1 6 6 0

47 23 65 58 30

Pritchard ................ Barber ...... ............. Paris .... .. ............... Barrett .......

1 3 4 0

39 3 5

o 3 o 4 I

12 82

Tota!.. ....

Bowling

2 13

14 7

w. 5 0 4

2 0

12 18

THE KINO'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY V THE BUCCANEERS

Played at St. Stephen's on Saturday, June 10th Won by 68 runs Trice opened· extremely quickly. Rudgard and Carey soon being back in the pavilion and Robinson accounting for Paris, the score did not look healthy. However, Barber soon got on top of the bowling which had become short and with vicious cutting had his 50 up in even time and his 100 in 105 minutes. Townson and Press added runs and a declaration was made at 245 for 8. The Buccaneers' innings was one of mixed fortunes. First, Winlaw and Gilbert defied the bowling, then Win law and Herbert, but after Herbert had finally gone there was little resistance. Barrett again bowled well and with Paris again putting his spinners on the spot it seemed that at last we had a balanced attack.

499

THE

CANTUARIAN BUCCANEERS C.C. R. C. Richardson, b Pritchard .......... ····· A. S. R. Winlaw, c Carey. b Barrett ... . O. Lewis, b Pritchard ..................... .. C Gilbert, c Townson, b Barrett ........... · .... .. P: J. H. Lowe, c B~rber, b Barrett ........ ..... .. S. J. Weaver, b P~U1S..... . ... .. ........ . M. Herbert , b Pntchard .... :........... .. o J Evans c Barrett, b Pntchard .... . J H~mbry, deJong, b Barrett ....... . M.Robmson, c Press, b Pntchard .. J. Trice, not out ......... ······· .. ·············· .. ··· .. Extras..... .............. . .. . ... Total .......

THE KING'S SCHOOL

II J. A. Paris, b Robinson .... ..: ... ···· .. ········ 16 H. A. Rudgard, c Weaver, b Tr!ce .......... . 7 R. M. K. Carey, c Weaver, b Tnce ....... ········ 115 C. R. Barber, b Berbcet.. .. 9 N. J. de Jong, run out." ............. ··· B. J . S. Townson, b G!1bert.. ... ': ................ . 274 G. C. Pritchard, c Gilbert, b Richardson ..... . 25 M. P. Press, not ouL .. ..... ······· .......... . 12 P. G. Swete, C and b HerbeeL .. J. S. Barrett }did not bat A. R. Fryer 19

<i.

Extras ....

. ' 245

Total (8 wkts. dec.) ..

Bowling

Bo wling

o. 15 7

J. Trice .... .. M. Robinson ..... M. HecberL .... ...... II 6 R. C. Richardson .... 9 P. Gilbert.. ........ · .. ··

0 2 I

0 I

1\.

68 29 47 44 37

G. C. Pritchard .... .. C. R. Barber ....... .. J . A. G. Paris .... . J. S. Barrett.. .. ..

2 I

11.1 \0 II

o I

1 4

45 29 47 46

59 4

32 2

12 40

o o 4

10 177

o I

THE KINO'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY II M.C.C.

Played at St. Stephen's on Thursday, June 15th Lost by 6 wickets Onl Rudgard and Carey sho~ed a~y real .

ap~~~cial\~~ b~i'i~~e P~~~:'i~nv~~~~~~;:!~f~;;~,~g~~~~::~s~;~~~~d ~~lOad~a~~!:~es~:':~bifil;I:~ :~~

wickets tumbling around him. en n score. 11 f 2 but Dindar and Baraimian stemmed the The M,C.C. innings did ~~t start well and the~ we:king vi~to~y certain for M.C.C.. Ba!rett eventually collapse, retrieving the 1?0SltlOI'! to the ~~~~n}o~ S~mers, the M.C.C. victory was SIX Wickets. dismissed Dindar and With Pans accoun I . M.C.C. THE KINO'S S CHOOL

JAG Paris b Waite ........................ ·· .. .. H. A. Rudgar'd, b Joh~ston ............. · .. · .. · .. .. R. M. K. Carey, b Waite ......... · .... · .... · .. · .... · C R Barber b Waite .................. · ...... · .... .. N' J' de Jomi, b Waite ........... ·:· ·· ··:· .... ···· .. · B: J: S. Townson, c L~ck ,. b Balramlan ....... .. G. C. Pritchard, b Balramlan .... ............ · .... · M. P. Press,lbw, bJohnston ...... ... .. · .... · .... .. P. G. Swete, st Gal.e, b Johnston ........ ......... . J. S. Barrett, b WaIte .................. · .... · .. · .. · .. · A. R. Fryer, not out ..... .. · .. · .... · .. · .... · .. · .. · .. · Extras ......... ·· ·········· · .. ······ ···············

58 A Dindar, c Barber, b Barret.t.. ............. . 4 B: H. Loche, c Rudgard , b Prltchard .... . .. ... ...... . o W . F . Sale, b Pritchard ..... 37 R. Bairamian, not out .................. .. 6 T. M. Summers, c and b Pans ...... .. D. Johnston, not out. ............................... . 6

5 18

o o 3

~. ~':~:Sell ViCk} did not bat J : B:Molyneux

11 14 13 4

E. Samuel A. Waite Extras ................................... ....... .

Tolal (4 wklS.) ........ ·

TotaL ...... ...... ... ........ ................ . 118

500

............ 122

THE CANTUARIAN Bo wling

o. 14.1 A. Waite ......... . 8 A. Dundar .......... . R. Bairamian ........ . 16 D . Johnston .......... . 11

Bowlillg M. 7

7 2

w. O. C. Pritchard C. R. Barber ..... . J. S. Barrett. ........ .. J. B. G. Paris ....... ..

o 2 3

II 5

14 9.4

2 2 2 I

32 14 41 24

w. 2

o I I

K .C.S., WIMBLEDON Played at St. Stephen's on Saturday. June 17th Won by 6 wickets Barber and Pritchard soon had K.C.S., Wimbledon in dire trouble and with the score at 2 for 3 a very small score seemed imminent, but Denny and Cullingford restored the situation, although extremely slowly. Their innings dragged on till tea, by which time the score of 151 for 9 was eventually amassed, leaving us to score the runs at about a run a minute . Paris and Rudgard gave us the best sta rt of the season and there were 54 on the board before Paris was dismissed. Rudgard continued in great form, cutting and driving with perfect timing, Barber also scored swiftly with his powerfu l shots off the back foot and victory was soon ours. THE KlNG'S S CHOOL, CANTERBURY II

K.C.S.,

THE KING 'S SCHOOL

J. A. G. Paris, c Clark, b Paris ... . H. A. Rudgard , b Edwards ...................... .. R. M. K . carey. c Jenkins, b Edwards ........ .. C. R. Barber, not out ......................... .. N. J. de Jong, b Keir ...................... . B. J. S. Townson, not OUt.. ........... . .. . G. C. pri lChard } M. P . Press P. G. Swete did not bat J. S. Barrett A. R. Fryer Extras ......

21 58 II

47 4

Total (9 wkts. dec.) ........

Bowling

J . M. Keir .. C. Cullingford ........ M. R. Hughes ....

o. 14.4 5 2

N. D. Edwards ....

G. R. Clark ...........

57 I

C. Cullingford, c Paris, b Barrett ....... ........ .. 43 1. M. Arnott, lbw, b BarrelL .................... .. o G . W . Watson, b Pritchard ........................ . 11 ........... . J. Spry, c and b Barrett 8 G. R. Clark, b Pritchard ....... .. 14 J, M. Keir, not oul. ................................ . o N. D. Edwards, not ouL. .... .. 3 Extras..... . .............. . 13

...... 154

Total (4 wklS.)

WIMBLEDON

M. R. Hughes, bBarbcr.. ......................... . L. Jenkin, Ibw, b Pritchard ........ ............... .. D. Denny, b BarretL ................. . R. Barber, b Pritchard ....... ............... ...... ..

.. ...... 151

Bowling M.

42 22 16 32 34

2 0

0 I

G. C. Pritchard ...... C. R. Barber .......... J. S. Barrett ........... J. A. G. Paris ..........

0 2

6 4 7 4

22 9 23

46 37

4 0

TI'IE KI NO'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY II SEVENOAKS VINE C.c.

Played at SI. Stephen's on Thursday, June 22nd Match Drawn Judd, who early on was swinging the ball disconcertingly in the cross wind, st ruck three quick blows and it was only when Barber and de Jong got together that the score began to reach the rea lms of respectability. Baker soon followed Barber to the pavilion and the score sank to 81 for 6. Then Press and Pritchard played watchfully and with Barrett, Swetc and Fryer adding invaluable runs, we declared at 215 for 9. Sevenoaks also lost three quick wickets and with the score at 17 for 3, victory seemed a distinct possibility. However, then Smi th joined Golds, and with Golds being especially severe on anything loose, these two put on 73 before Smit h departed. Golds, despite losi ng more partners, continued to score rapidly and when seven th out he had scored 72. Then Smart and Pyle saw out time.

501

r THE CANTUARIAN SEVENOAKS VI NE

TH E Kl NG'S SCHOOL

JAG Paris c Morriss, b Judd .... .. . Ii J' S To~ns·o n , c Smith, b Judd .. ... . . R', M.Ie Carey. c Smith, b Judd .. ...... · C. R. Barber, run OUt. . . ... ··· · · ·· ··•· · · N. J . de l ong, c Smart, b Golds .... .

D. E. Baker, Ibw, b Smart.. ... .. ..... .. G C Pritchard c Golds, R., b Smart.. M.p', Press, c Morriss. b Judd ... . J. S. Ba rrett , b Golds, N .. . .... .. ...... ... R. O. Swete, not out.. ... ···

Bowlillg

K . 1. Smart, not ouL ...... . ······· .. ····· C. H. A. Judd } did not bat E. M. S. Woodman Extras ... ... . ... .... .. ............ .... ...... .

o o

G . C. Pritchard ... .. . 20 8 C. R . Barber. .. ... .. ·· 19 ) , S. Barrett .. ... . . 4 1. A. G. Paris .. .

2 4

21 C. H . A. Judd .. . 12 N. P. G o lds .. .... . 3 p. W illiams ......... . A. E. Morris......... . · 5

Bowling

o o

\0 17

THE KJNG'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY V EMUS

. ....... ..... \38

T o tal (7 wkIS.) . ..

. 21 5 R.

o. K. J. Smart.. ...... .. ·· · 29

R. E. Pyle, not out. .. ·· · .... ,.... . ... .. . .

T o tal (9 wkts . dec.) . ... ······ ·

24 2 2

M. G. M. Smith, c Press. b Barrett ... .. 1. O . S. Fife, C a~d b Barrett .... . p. Williams, b Pntcha rd .. .. . ..... ·

6 12 25 24

E xt ras .... .... ..... ..... .. .

o o

41 23 I 66

A. R . Fryer. not o ut ...... . .

A. E. Morris, b Barher ... . .... . .. ···· R M Atwell b Barber . .. ... ... .. ··· ··· ·· ·· ······ R: N. ·G o ldS, Barber ... .... . . ······· ··· ···· ·•· ·····

. .. .

N. P. Golds, c Fryer, b Barrett .. .

M. 4 4

52 21

I 3

30 32

C.c.

Played at St. Stephen's on Saturday. July 1st Match Drawn

t the 0 cning a tt ack o f the Australia ns a nd that was

Of the first four batsmen only

parishsurhi:fi~:lf~'did scttlePdown w ith

Press, he

Shddc~8~orelcl~br~~~~~

rather the result of luck. J~owever, ~ddr f the bat After Paris was out, de Jong ad c II1va t < d began to hit the ball wIth the flU e o ' ~~d we eventually amassed 173 runs. Th n Gleeson and Elliot stopped the sl j(~e and saved the The Emus opened disast.rously and w~~e 0 f~~ 2. y a ; ossibility. In the end, however, caution won the day ame to the extent of maklllg an Austra Ian VIC or ~nd the game drew out to a rather dull draw. EMU'S C.c. THE KI NO'S SCHOOL

JAG Paris b Rutherford ... . H. A. Rudgard , b Bucknell .... ..... · .. · R. M. K. Carey, b Evans ...... . C. R. Barber, b Bucknell .......... .... .. . .. H. P. Press, c Cross, b Gleeson .. ...... ·· N . J. de Jong, b Bucknell ... .. .... · .... · .. . G C Pritchard,lbw, b Rutherford .. .. . B.- J.'S. Townson, lbw Bucknelt.. ... ........ .. P. G . Swete, b Rutherford .. .. ..... · .... · .. · .. · J. S. Barrett, b Rutherford.... .. A . R . Fryer, not ou1. .... ... .. Extras .. ...

N . FnUlc, Ibw, b Barber .... ............. ......... .

8 4 55 28

24 3

o 2 5

............. . . . .. . J. Gleeson, retir.ed hurt. C. Elliot, b Pans .. ..... · .. · ...... · .. · ...... · W. Bucknell, b Ba~rett ... ... ....... ... ... . R. Scott , lbw, b Pntchard ..... ..... · .. · .. · T. Grosser, not out.. .. .. ...... .. .. D. Evans, not out.. .. · .. .. ···· .... .. ....... . H . Munroe } D. Rutherford did not bat Cross Extras...... .. ........ .... .

Bowling

9 15.3 16 10

2 3 3 I

29 48 39 45

Bowling M. o. 4 \3 6 11

O . C. Pritchard .. . C. R. Darber .. .. J. S. Darrett .. ........ · 14 J. A. G. Paris ... .. ... . 7

I 4 4

1 502

o o

12 16

. ............... \39

Total (5 wkts.) ... ...

.... 173

TotaL. ... ....

D. Evans ....... ... · .. .. W. Bucknell .... .... . . D. Rutherford .. .. . J. Gleeson ....

P. Davidson, c Rudgard , b Pritchard .. ...... .. ..

21 46 24

w. 2 I I I

THE C ANTUARIAN THE K INO'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY V EASTBOU RNE CoLLEGE

Played at Eastbourne on Saturday, 8th July Won by 71 runs After being put in to bat, the early batsmen showed a little too much respect for the Eastbourne bowling and failed to do justice to a number of over-pitched balls. Weaver was the only one to use his feet and his innings showed great promise. But after lunch, Barber, Press and de Jons attacked, and the scoring rate rose steadily, yet when the last three wickets fell cheaply, 193 seemed to be rather meagre. Eastbourne opened disastrously, but with the score at 5 for 3, Burke and Calles came together and survived till tea. Collis departed soon after but Burke rema ined to jeopardise our hopes of victory. Barrett eventually lured him into a false stroke, to be caught at cover. Piets and Stephenson added a few lusty blows but eventually we broke through and won by 7 1 runs. THH KI NG' S SCHOOL

E ASTBOURN E COLLEGE

J. A. O. Paris, c Oarst, b Trigg..... .. . H. A. Rudgard, c Davis, b Burke..... .

S. J. Weaver, st Davies, b Piets.. R. M. K. Carey, c Trigg, b Thwaites........ C. R. Barbcr, b Burke.. ..... .. ... ... M. P. Press, c and b Piets..... ...... ............ N. J. de Jong, not out.. .. .. ..... .... .. .. O. C. Pritchard , Ibw, b Picts...... B. J. S. Townson, run out... ........ J. S. Barrett. e Davies, b Garst... A. R. Fryer. c Piets, b Burkc...... ............. Extras .. .................

28 4 26

I. O. Thwaites,lbw. b Pritchard......

R. Gabriel, c Weavcr, b Barber.... ... M. Parker, c Rudgard , b Pritchard ......... .... .. A. O. Burke, c Pritchard, b Barrett........ A. E. Collis, lbw, b Pritchard.......... T . Freshwater, st Fryer, b Paris...... ............. G. A. S. Piets, run out...... .. .. .......... .. .. P. Stephenson, st Fryer, b BarretL ... .. ... ....... D. A. Garst, b Barret!.. .... ... ...... ......... T. Trigg, not out............ .. ... G. C. M. Davis, b Barrett .. ... Extras...... ........

35 50 12

0 I

Bowling o. M.

A. G. Burke.. ........ . 132 P. C. Slephenson .... . 5 P. Trigg.......... ..... . 21 r. G . Thwaites ....... .. 7 G. A. Piets.......... . 14 D. B. Oarst.. .... ..... . 5

o 5 2 5

22 13 79

Bowling o. M. G. C. Pritchard .. ... . 15 6 C. R. Barber .. .... ... . 8 1 J. S. BarretL ... ..... . 13.2 2 2 J. A. G. Paris .. ...... . 7

10 33

I I 3

32 9 3 28 26

5 I

..... 122

Total.. ..

. ...... 193

Tota L.... ..

0 4

38 18 31

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THE KINO'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY V THE BAND OF BROTHERS

Played at St. Stephen's on Saturday. July 15th Won by 60 runs King's won the toss and elected to bat on a damp wicket and as a resu lt the openers had to weather a few fliers from the opposition's opening bow lers. Rudgard survived but Paris failed to get over one and was caught. carey, playing carefully, also mastered the bowling, which by now had become docile. Eventually Rudgard was caught behind and Barber took his place and attacked from the start. When he was out for 65, King's had enough nms to declare at the respectable score of 201 for 4. The Band of Brothers were soon in trouble, losing three quick wickets. Then MacLach lan, Woodhouse and A. R. B. Neame resisted. Neame was the last of the trio to go, after playing watchfully for his 53 runs. After that there was little resistance and King's were victorious by 60 runs. 503

THE

CANTUARIAN

TH E K ING'S SCHOOL

TH E BAND OF BROTHERS

J. A. G. Paris, c Neame, b Maclachlan . II H. A. Rudgard. c Young, b Fletcher ... . 47 S. J. Weaver, c Young, b Neame. C ............ . 34 R. M. K. Carey, not Ollt.. . ........... . 31 C. R. Barber, b MacL1chian 65 M. P. Press, not ouL ........... . 3 N. J. de long }

G. C. Pritchard B. J. S. Townson did not bat J. S. Barrelt A. R. F ryer Extras ... ................. .

Total (4 wkts. dec.)

B. S. P. Woodhouse 1. MacLachlan ........ R. S. Fletcher .. C. R. B. Neame.. .. A. R. B. Neame ..... C. J. Hue-Wil liams

Bowling o. M. II 2 9 0 14 3 13 2 2 0 J 0

O. E. F. Gross, c Townson, b Pritchard .. R. 1-1. B. Nca mc, b BarbeL......... . .. T. Barrow, b Pritchard ............................ . 1. MachLach lan , c Barber, b BarrelL ........ . A. J. P. Woodhouse, c Fryer, b Pritchard .... . A. R. B. Ncamc, c de Jong, b Barrett ........ . C. R. B. Neamc. c Pritchard, b Barrelt.. .. C. J. Hue· WilIiams, lbw, b Pritchard ........ . C. S. Young, c Press, b Pritchard R. S. Fletcher, c Fryer, b Barrett ........... . J. V. Mayo-Perrott, not out.. Ext ras .....

.......... 201

Total

. . ... . . .......

I 9 21 II 53 15 12

9 2

............. 141

Bowling R.

31 48 39 54

0 2

13 6

0 0

O . C. Pritchard ..... C. R. Barber ..... H. A. Rlidgard .... J. S. Barrett I. A. O. Paris ..........

I I

12.5 5 2 !3

36 19 13 55 10

0 2 0

5 I

0 4 0

R. M . SUTTON'S X I Played at St. Stephen's on Saturday, July 22nd Won by 79 runs Ou r openers were qu ickly able to settle down, since the altack lacked speed, and both were going well when Rudgard was unexpectedly run out. Weaver then came in and with Paris playing very well, the score advanced steadily. Weaver punished anything loose as did Carey when the former departed. Paris was eventually out after scoring 68 but Barber and Press saw no further wickets fall and we were able to declare at 226 for 4. R. M. Sutton's Xl suffered an early set-back and two of their wickets were down for II, but Kelly and Lewis began to attack and saved the situat ion. Lew is went fi rst and then Kelly was lured forward expertly by Barrett, and Weaver made no mistake with the catch. After Kelly's dismissal it was on ly a matter of time before the rest went the way he had gone and we were victorious by 79 runs. T HE KINO'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY V

R. M. SUTION'S Xl H. I. Sutherland, b Pritchard.. 10 J.1. Bell, lbw, b Pritchard ...... O. P. Kelly, e Weaver, b Barrett.................. 49 G. Lewis, c Pritchard, b Paris........... 10 R. Brackenborollgh, ru n oul........... .... 13 B. E. Hughes, Ibw, b Pritchard.. ........ ....... 22 A. Nathan, e de Jong, b Barrett......... ...... 8 A. Page, c Townson, b Barrett .. ........... 4 A. P. Man, c Carey, b Barrett................. ... . 25 J. Markwick, not oul.................... ......... 4 R. M. Sutton, b Pritchard .. ............ 1 Extras ................... I

THB KI NO'S SCHOOL

J. A. O. Paris, c Bell, b Nathan....... 68 H. A. Rudgard, run out ............. " 9 S. J. Weaver, cLewis, b Hughes ................ 36 R . M. K. Carey, c Page, b Man.. . 46 C. R. Barber, not out..... .. ...... 33 M. P. Press, not out............. 11 N. l. de Jong } G . C. Pritchard B. J. S. Townson did not bat 1. S.Barrett A. R. Fryer Extras.... ................ .... 23 Total ............. ..... .

TotaL ........... .

.. 226

504

..... 147

THE

CAN TUARIA N

Bowling

G . C. Pritcha rd .. . C. R. Ba rber." .. . J. A. G. Paris. J. S. BarretL" ::"::::

JO.2 6 6 9

o o

49 19 33 45

R. Brackenborough Ga' Kelly .. ........... . . E. Hughes.. .

I 4

~ . ~Man . ..... ... . . athan .... .. 1. Markwick ..... : . :: . :

BOwling o. M. 16 J 10 3 II I J8 5 4 o

56 27 36 48 22 J4

o o I I

THB KINO'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY Y 0 K S

Played at St. Stephen's on Friday and Saturday J ; 2'8'1 Won by an' . ' u Y t 1 and 29th . Innmgs .and 8 rUllS King's won the toss and elected to bat 0 Cowan and Mac lldowie opened and Rud n wlc~et whIch obviously contained . however, bot h played watchfully add Igar , Pan s an.d Carey were SOon d' . a ~ertaIn amount of life. ~h?se to go, but Barber, first wilh Presse~ ntdo~~ full pUlllshment to any loose Ib~Nss~. Barber and Weaver. }~~n:d by Pritchard and together they P\;t On n TI~h ~e !ong, continued to play weirv~~ ~as the first of . . e In nlOgs was finally closed wi . dong was then . len we eclared at 25 1 Lar~~t~~~d ~nd Barber with their ex tra speed mana ed 1 off his oWI~~~vsli;~med to have the situation under ~Ontr~l ~~~~ the ball. move about off the seam Onl 8O. FOllowing on, fia~fdo~~}~r a~~I~~~gghdif not show much resiSl~~II~~ ~Id~~~e~ t~ fin e ::atc!l b-r Barre?; kept the O.K.S. second in" s ow, was a monument of sf d' . .' . wele dismissed for excellent ball from Ba rrett ~h~1sh~~ h i~lb ke~1. Once again Minns, Re.~ ~~~s~a~n~ Slf?l'm3.culate defen ce

~~~~~t~n~i~~I~gr~i~e[~etf:l~~~el~i!t J~t~m;~ °ka~ ~}. ~1~~~~~rh~~~'t~ ~~~s~~a~nalI:g~~Ea fe~ :~n~a:n~~~h~~ WIC et of the match and his 5811

f 'I 1I va ns succumbed to lOt Ie season.

THE KINO'S SCHOOL

J . A. G Paris, c Yates, b Maciidowie H. A. Rudgard c Mmns R b C ... '" " 18 S. J. Weaver, lbw, b Eva~s .. :'...... ~~an ........... '" .. .. 2 . " " ... .. 20 R. M. K. Care:y:, lbw, b Maclldowie C. R. Barber, hit wk t., b Evans .. . ........... . " . o M. P. Press, e Rollason b Yat' ....... "." 47 N. J. de !ong, c Hembry, b Ro~t~ ·· '" '" o G. C. Pntchard not out ......... ..... . 44 D. F. Hawlhor~, b Rocl;~:.':. .. .......... . .. 100 J. S. Barrett not oul 3 A. R. Fryer' . ............ .. ........... .. 2 S. S. Barker }dld not bat Extras ...................... . J5 Total (8 wkts. dec.) ..... 251

BOwling

M. F. Cowan J. D. Macll d~~·i~ · .. .. M. T. Thorburn ... ..

C. W. Yat

...... .

P-;f;£::::: : .:::: :·:.:::::: 505

16 3 13 9 5.2

I 3

o I o

56 20 64

30 29

w. I 2

o I

THE CANTUARIAN O.K.S. Second IlIllillgs First Jllnings c Frycr, b Barrett ............ .................. _. ..... S. J. Laine, b Pritchard............. ............... 20 M. F . Cowan, b Pritchard ..... .............. ....... 3 c Hawthorn, b Barrett..................... ........... b Pritchard.... ...... ...... ............. .......... ...... .. W. E . 1. Minns, c Press, b Pritchard ........... , 2 Ibw, b Barrett.......................................... R. E. F. Minns, c and b Barrett... ............. 31 c a nd b Pritchard. .. ........................ J. P. Roche. c Press, b Barrett... ................ 0 c de Jong, b Barrett.......................... ..... C. W. Yates, b Pritchard.... ....................... 0 Ibw, b Pritchard..................... ........ ... ... M. T . Thorburn, c Rudgard, b Ba rrett ... ".... 15 b DarretL.......................... . ...... ......... ....... P. W. Rollason, b Pritchard....... 0 c Pritchard , b Barrett.................................. D. J . Evans, b Pritchard..... .............. 0 ............... Ibw, b Barrett........... ............ J. D. MacI ldowie, not out.......................... 2 not out..... .. ......... ................ ............. J. Hcmbry. absent absent D. G. Jones, absent Extras................................ 7 Extras................. ........... .. Total

Tota l. ... .................... .

7 7 0 41 19 5 3 19 14 20 10 18

..... 163

Bowling First J1/l1ings G. C. Pritchard .... .. C. R. Barber........ .. J. S. Barrett. ....... .. J. A. O. Paris ....... ..

15 7 10 3

18 30 18

3 0

Second JllllillgS O.

G. C. P ritchard .. .

o 3 o

C. R . Barber. ......... .. J. S. Barrett ......... .. . J . A. G. Paris ..... .

27 5 29. 1 8

9 3 7 0

53 6 65 21

w. 3

o 7

THE 2ND XI The 2nd X [ have come through the season without being seriously challenged by a school side. In a ll departments the team has proved superior or at least equal to its opponents, and the fielding in particu lar has shown a.welcome and consistent improvemen t after the somewhat patchy standard of the last two years. Although the occasional slip catch has gone down, the ground fielding and cutting off has been sound and often brilliant, with the inevitable result of supporting and tightening up the bowling, which has ma inta ined a good standa rd at a ll times. Hawthorn and Selby have used the new ba ll well, especially the forme r who has been tireless in attacking the stumps and making the batsmen play every ball, and they have been supported by Baker, Ridley and Purnell, a ll of whom have bowled accurately and economica lly from the first. The slow bowling has been mainly in the capable and capacious hands of Williams, who has never been mastered throughout the season, and Swan, who did not, however, get many opportunities owing to the fact that the side tended to fi eld fi rst and make the opposition work fo r their runs, a situation where a leg-spinner can be an expensive luxury. The only cri ticism that ca n be advanced against the bowlers is that they were not sufficiently penetrative to dispose of batsmen concentrating solely on saving the game by defence, as in the R.M.S ., Dover and Eastbourne matches; but on both these occasions the wicket gave help to no type of bowler, and there was no solution available to Morpu rgo, who generally manipu lated his bowlers and set his field with great competence. H is OWll field ing set a good example to the rest, and in spite of losing touch with the bat a t one stage of the season he is mainly responsible for a happy and successfu l season. The batting order has been in constant nux owing to the different demands of the 1st XI, but there has always been someone capable of mak ing the necessary runs. In the first match, aga inst R.M.S., Dover,it was Tayler and Selby in the lower half of the order; in addition to these Hawthorn, Swete, Morpu rgo, Townson, Ridley, Doust, Swann and Webster have all played usefu l innings, while Baker on his arrival from the 1st Xl was a model of consistency, scoring with fluency and ease at all times. His innings against Eastbourne in part icular was a joy to watch. When set a total to pass the batsmen have always gone for the runs, with the solitary exception of the game against Mr. H all's side when no effor t was made (it must be admitted, by a substitute batsman) to score quickly aga in st some friendly bowling by two of the staff. Apart from this unfortunate episode, the runs have been made in t ime, against St. Lawrence, Dover and in the return match against Dover G .S.; in the other school matches we batted first and made enough runs, but having denied the opposition the chance of victory by good out-cricket we were not able to finis h off the last few wickets. This has been the o nly disappointment of an ot herwise good season-this and a lack of suitable matches in mid-season, just when the side had reached its peak. 506

THE

CANTUAR I AN

The fol/owing are the results of school matches' K.S.c., 125 for 9 dee. (Tayler 3 1 Selb 30 .SI. Lawrence, 140 for 9 dec. K SC l~l ~ not Ollt), R.M.S., Dover 65 for 4 ~Sv~ ~~Ibe~e, 91271' K.S .C., '13 j for"7 (Rid?:/3~Dons~n3 i8'BS'kvete '32, Swan'n 20) D' " , or (ec. (Baker 23) Dover G S 8j LIS , a er 21) over G.S., 88 (Williams 6 for 22) K S C '" for 7 (Hawthorn 5 for 33) K.S.C., 158 for 4 (Baker 50 not oui R i(iley" ~f)foEr 3,(bHawthorn 40, Baker 27 not ou t) , , as Oll rne 56 fo r 7 G,P.R.

THE 3RD XI

Our draws out of the eight part of the batsmen H games played can be aCCOunted for b h st roke play. Leeso~ a~;~~~dg~~ne~ an~ Young oftcn looked sct for~~o~ I~~ked ladck of enterprise on the W' ' UI mal/l scorer, has lIsual! J res an produced most of the . nh the ball, Dowen was outstand' d y p ayed far too defensive roles ' Illg an was unlucky tt l . Jaded at the e l f h spi nners shou:~1 be ~i~e:1e~~~e b~~ri~~~AIl~ Pfl~ertiallY gOO~l~ith h~vhi~~1~~t!~;/~~t?nd He became lil Ig11 to be dangerous. Ion. awa rd-lones' Clark, behind the sl . wicket. limps, has played well except for one occas ion wh I en 1e was warn ed by a very slow

';,f'

K S C 109 f RESULTS PW B . " or 9 dec. (Bowen 23 Somers 2 J • • • ~.'1'S, Dover 97 (Bowen 7 fo r 35) K S C lof~ou~'(GSlr R oger Manwood's J 13 for 3 0' ent29, Young 2 1) . · awrenCeCollege27(Bowen6for'6 S· K entCollcge138for6d (II ,Olllers 3 for 19) KSC 30~ 5'(R Dover G.S 44 (Bowen 5 ~~r l'O)\\~r~-~ones 3 for 29), K s' c. ' 111 'for 4°CCent 3~son 20 not out). Chatham House 146 for 3 dec k SC 845 for 2 (Bowen 18 not out). not out). ~:~:g ~~~ ~ ~cc. (RBeeso n '(6): S'lr 'R;g~~r~a(~~~'~9,;~ :l~t 05ut , Howard-Jones 20). r ee. owen 38 not out H d or . lor 5 (Reeson 5 for 57). ' OWa r -Jones 27, Cooke 20 not out) S, L , . awrence College 109

UNDER FOURTEENS

wo:7 lS season st!' rted with a potentially good side c " to lea~nnf~~~l~i~~a~seful cricketers with coaChing. °ot~~~~lfi~~I~ players of gel~lline ability and ot hers who in part for the very I~~a~~~~~~~~u~~ ~f ad.herlc to ~he basic princip/ee ~f~~~~~I;lgW~~h<! ~lalrkebd u~wilJingness It is h . I ay IJ1 t 1e middle of the term III t 1e all accounted 'd h . , owever, to the credit of tl winning the last two m t h b 10 SI .e '. at they overcame this bad . I accurately. aces Y convlncmg margin s, fielding with sg~tk; 3I~d t~at they .finished strongly, r e, attmg senSibly and bowling Til 'II . e 10 owmg have played' th Fa ithfull, P. Hemin wa ' D i n e team: l. R. Kilbee (Captain) K Leeson. R. M. Spengce )i p'~'~' Kenyon, J. Masters, S. J . Nich~las ~.~halrnaud, l. R. Day, P. R. , . . . wann, P. H. White and T . P. M . Y'oung. . . 00 e, P. J. Ralph, M . R . F . RESULTS Under 14 129 (Kilbee 48 R Under 14 IOJ for I (Spe~ce ~Igh 3 1 not out) v J.K.S. 68 for 9. Drawn Under 1496 (Kilb 3 ) not ou', Day 32) , R M S D . , b' W9on by 9 wickets. Under 1444 fo r 4 C(K i,4 ,S35" L1wrence Co llege 105 'fo; i'decovEoslOO b U d 14 ee not ou t) I' Kent C II • Y runs. nder 74 v Dover College 99 Lost b 25 a ege 43. Won by 6 wickets Un er 1450 Chatham H 5' Y runs. . Under 1499 (Kilbee 4 1) vOllSf." 1 for 7. Lost by 3 wickets Under 1460 for 2 (Ki lbee ~e~~tC~I/t)g: ~~ lKilbee 5 for 13). Won by 41 rllns. . aWrence College 59. Won by 8 wickets.

R.P.D. R.A.C.M. 507

THE CANTUAR I A N

COLTS' Pia ed 8 Won 5, Lost I, Drew 2 Xl ~as probably the strongest we have had for a number of years This was a good season, and the Co rvellS collapse. and the least prone to unaccountable ne Weaver secure and a fluent scorer who The opening batsmen wefe C<?llsiSlcnk Cr~l~~ell ~~uf%rS :1~dllF1;her ~cre excellent at 3 and 4, and often thoroughly justified his promotion to ~~n ~o sh~W their ability. left little opportunity for the later bats . P dl and Masterton-Smith were steady openers, , was good if not as reliable as the, battmg. d ~nde~ightcd the ball effectively. and were never The b owIm~ d ,' .. g Fisher and Colher turne and on occaSions evas a In • easy to play. 'b t d to the keenness and hi gh mo rale of the team. . d by McClure who contn u e .h The side was well-captame ' C lIier Fisher, Pedley, Masterton-S mtt . 0 , cClure, Weaver, Campbell, Colours were awarded to: M

It:'

JUNlOR COLTS Xl

I 'ng to T onbndge . fu l season and althoug h bY OSI fi . hed the The Junior Colts' Xl have o nce agam ~agf ~h~i~~decessors over the last two years, they ms they failed to maintain tl~e unbcatet~ r:cor . season by being a much Improved Sid . I ' hed with only Bridge and Bragg. maklbn g ru.~~ I'd as o ne would lave WIS d nly rare occasions, u t WI The batting has not been .as so l fine bat has shown us what he can 0 on °ood innings and hit the ball consistent ly. Turnerh P~i~~~lld l~e ~uccessflli next ye.ar. Tegg~\rt~~ei~t~~;~~~I~bers of the te~m have:jd~ more concentration e (nue to improve his defenSive P a)'1 i Morris brought into the Side for teas very hatrod" beu,"m~u~; ~~~t;ler but not quile .often e "O 1,gh,o'o8 ;~~~frll do well' next season. e h . d b runs a . ·ft d h' seiectlon an d IS , of the season has been dommate Y two matches, has fully JUStl e I t for the latter par . I fine performances, The bowl.ing, of ITa higth st~~~:~1wt~~~b:e~difficult to playdand hd~ays !~~t~~k~~e:e~~ar~ of the wickets. Jackson. HIS fast 0 -cut ers Singleton has bowie stea I .d I w leg-spinner able to keep pa~ticularly agaild~.Ch~~bar~ars~~s~~Od effect an~ in Catt~all .w: ~la~~:~h h~: ~ften demorali~ed opposing BfI~ge has bowlIe ,hiS 0 a rare enough thing in JUnior Colts Cfl~ : 'and taken a number of WIckets. an unmaculate eng , I 0 bowled well o n occaslO , batsmen . French and Turner have as dB' dge has been an excellent captain. l-!~ has ha~~e~ The fielding, except for ~ few. lapses, hds ~~n i~~~iO'n ~hich has contributed much towards .t le succ the side with a firmness, mtelligence an lm g M.E.M. has gained. RESULTS Played 9, Won 6, Drawn 2, Lost I . k t (Bridge 35 ' Turner 4 for 15). v R.M.S. Dover: Won by 3 w~ egsw ickets (Le~gatt 67 not out; Bridge 20). v St. Lawrence College: Won ~5 French 3 for 2 1, Turner 3 fo r 21). v Kent College: ?rawn (B~a~~Ck;IS (Bridge 39 not out, French 29). v D over College. Won by 4 wickets (Cattrall 3 for 7). v K.C.S., Wimbl~on: w~n ~ywickets (Bridge 27, Jackson 7 for 19). v Chatham H ouse. Won Y 3 J ckson 3 for 41). v Tonbridge: Lost (Cattrall.3 for ~B;ida e 30 not oul, Morris 26, Jackson 4 for 26). v Eastbourne: Won by g Wickets 43 T~rner 28, Bragg 24, Jackson 4 for 17). v Kent College: Drawn (Lcggatt •

508

THE CANTUAR J A N

THE BOAT CLUB FIRST E IGHT The 1st VIlt were once again fortunate in being able to begin the summer training at Cambridge, where Jesus College kindly provided us with boating facili ties. Some 70 miles of paddling and rowing were covered, includ ing two long o utings to Clayhythe, and the whole week was o nce more a valuable foundation for the rest of the season. Back at Pluck's Gutter the VIU made reasonable progress fo r the fi rst two weeks, but there followed a succession of setbacks caused by injuries or stra ins to different members of the crew, co upled with a period of extremely low tides at Pluck's Gutter during which outings were considera bly curtailed or even cancelled. AU this rather broke the rhythm of training and by T wickenham Rega tta the crew were not covering much water at a racing rate of striking.

TWICKEN HAM R EGATTA The VIII entered the event for Junior-Senior E ights and were drawn against St. Paul's in their fi rst heat. St. Paul's, rowing more solidl y and with more cohesio n than King's, managed to reta in the lead afforded them by the staggered start and went on to win by two-thirds length. St. Paul's in turn were defeated by a lengt h by Hampton O.S. in the semi-fina l, who went o n to win the final. The School raced hard but they were never together and the bladework was rather ragged.

WALTON REGATTA In the follow ing week the crew suffered the loss of Britton at 5, when it was decided that his back-strain needed prolonged rest; this was a great disappointment to them all , though to none more than Britton himself. The crew had to be reshaped and the main change was that of Parsons, who reverted from 4 to his old posi tion of 5 in the 1960 crew, whi lst Carden came in at 2 fro m the 2nd boat. After three outings in th is order, the VII I was entered for the Junior-Senior event at Walton and, as the luck of the d raw turned out, rowed a succession of school crews. In the first round they had a comfortable win of 2i lengths over Bedford Modern and they followed this by a good win of t length over St. Edward's, Oxford, in which they led fro m the start. The semi-final was against Tiffin, who led the School until the halfway mark; here the School managed to gain a lead of about half a length and thi s they should have been able to keep to the end, but a well-timed spurt up the enclosures by Tiffin resulted in a dead-heat. In a re-row immediately from half-way the 1st VIII made no mistake and won by -i length. This ext ra effort left them very tired and they were not fast eno ugh fo r Hampton O.S. in the final, whose steady and determined rowing gave them a win over the School by 2 lengths. Nevertheless this was an encouraging day in which the School VIII in a tota l of 25 minutes' rowing had gained va luable racing experience against four of it s possible Henley opponen ts.

HENLEY ROYAL R EGATTA In the three weeks between Walton and Henley the Vin wo rked very hard ; the Henley distance was covered at least once at different ratings almost every out ing and ten full -pressure courses were rowed. Advantage was taken of an extra half-holiday to row two of these on the same day. before and after lunch , which proved in the event to be valuable experience for fina ls day at Henley . Individ ual bladework improved considerably during these three weeks and at 'times the boat ran well; but more often than not, there was a lack of togetherness which resulted in loss of power and there persisted right up to the races a sense of strain and rush which gave the impression that far more work was go ing into the blades than the consequent speed of the boat merited. This year for the first time the maximum number of crews able to compete for the Princess E lizabeth Cup was raised from 16 to 32, thus fo r a year or two at least doing away with el iminating races. The School was lucky to 'draw one of four byes out of the record ent ry of 28 crews, which gave them an extra day's practice. The VI II had enjoya ble outings with crews from London R.C., Thames R.C. and Jesus College, Cambridge ; during these the feelin g of rush and anxiety gradually disappeared , though not unt il Wednesday did the crew really show the fo rm which was to take them through to the fi nal aga in.

509

THE CANTUAR I AN THURSDAY: I' T iffin (who had beaten Bedford Modern on Wednesday). After Walton we expected a

tough race and were not disa ppo inted. The School Vi ll had a very good start and first minute, and by the Barrier, reached in 2 mins. 3 sees., had a lead of t lengt h ; thi s was the greatest d istance which separated the crews, for Tiffin in a series of determined spurts red uced the lead to t o r 1 length at times, but the School hung on steadily and won by t lengt h in 7 mins. 8 sees. FRIDAY: QuartcrÂˇfi nal v Rad ley. Rad ley had a very good start a nd led the Schoo l at the first signal and at the Barrier (2 mins. 6 sees.), BUL the School VIII were by now in an excellent stride and rhythm and steadily crept back to take the lead by about Fawley (3 mins. 30 sccs.). It was st ill a very close race at the Mile but a fine, determ ined spurt by Maybury up the enclosures gave the School a good win of I length in 7 mins. 12 sees. In the other quarter-final in our ha lf of the draw, Eton had also recorded 7 mins. 12 sees. in beating St. Pau l's, but the Barrier and Fawley times suggested that King's were faster over the second half of the course. SATURDAY: Semi-fi nal agai nst E ton ColJege II. This was a very fine race, the pattern o f which was very si milar to the race aga inst Radley. Cond itions were slower on Sat urday morning with mo re cross-to-head wind ; Elon led Kin g's ofT the start, despite a shi pw reck on strokeside after abOllt twenty st rokes, and they led by t length at the Barrier (2 mins. 6 sees.). Agai n rowing with great determination and a good stride, the School gradua lly got on terms aga in and from Fawley (3 mins. 26 secs.) to the Mile the crews were virtually level. Here as on Friday the School's finishing spurt proved to be decisive and King's won by t lengt h in 7 mins. 21 secs. In the ot her semi-final, Shrewsbury had recorded the same Barrier and Fawley times in defeating Nautical College, Pangbourne, by I j- Iengt hs in 7 mins . 25 secs., bu t they were not so hard -pressed over the second half of the course. Thus the second year running King's met Shrewsbu ry in the fina l ; their crew, which averaged 12 st. 13lbs. a man, was reputed to be faster than last year's, when they beat King's by 2! lengt hs. This yea r's race was a hard-fought one right to the end wi th Shrewsbu ry ga ining just a fraction all the time; thus they led by t length at the Barrier, by t length at Fawley and they WOIl by 1 length in 7 mins. 7 sees. This was only 3 secs. slower than the Ladies' Plate Final and there is little doubt that Shrewsbury would have had an excellent chance in that event. In a year when conditions were only average, only Shrewsbury, King's and Rad ley recorded times less than 7 mins. 10 sees. in the Princess El izabeth Cup. Th is excellent performance by the School VIn rcflects the greatest cred it o n the individual members o f the crew and especially o n A. R. Maybury for his determined strok ing in the races and for his st ubborn and effective capta incy throughout the seaso n. In view of the series of setbacks earlier this term, it was a sp lendid achievement to be for the second yea r in successio n both Head of the River in the Schools' Race at Putney and runners-up at Henley; discounting E ton I in the Lad ies' Plate, they were without doubt the seco nd fa stest schoo l eight this yea r by the time they reached the final. They were a crew which a lways worked ex tremely hard both in and out of the boat , even during difficult periods when the results were not very reward ing, and it has been a 1110st enjoyable and wort hwhi le experience to coach them . O.K.S. oarsmen figured even more prominently at Hen ley this year than last : in the Grand, Colin Porter rowed for Molesey, Richard Fish lock for Leander a nd M. E. Billinghurst, P. C. Ament, D. H. King and Robin Weller were in the Lo ndo n R.C. crew. S. C. Farmer reached the semi-fi nal of the Lad ies' Plate in the St. Edmund Hall crew and J. R . Frew and J . B. Bal kw ill were st roke and bow of the fine Jesus College eight which reached the fi rst al l-Bri tish final of the Thames Cup since 1953. R. H. Pawsey, R. H . Croxford and J . S. P. Sa le were among ot hers rowing in the Rega tta . D .S.G.

THE SECOND EIGHT The crew spent four days training at London R.c. at the end of the Easter holidays. Here much individual coaching was possi ble on the "tank", as well as in the eight, and general fitn ess was improved by long stretches o f paddling. While at Put ney we had the opportunity of outi ngs with o ther eights, experience which is essential in side by side racing. On their return to Pluck's G utter, only o ne change was made in the crew. Progress contin ued in a sa tisfa ctory way and by Twickenham Regatta the crew were beginning to move the boat quite fa st over short distances. 510

THE CAN TUARIA N TWICKENHAM REGATTA. June l rd . SCHOOL EIGHTS In the first race aga inst St. Paul's more nerv '. Crew held ~heir learl round the bend'and finally d~!~haa;aPhrsIC~ 1 ebnergy was cxpended. Nevertheless the ~ 0 wm y 1j. lengt hs. . ~ he scml~final aga inst Kingston Gram IIlslde of the bend, the crew made up thei/~l~~a~~~ob~ ~~: ~ght was a much improved race. Rowing on the ._ Th.e final aga!nst Latymer Upper 1st VI II Plovided - ay, and eventuall; rowed past to win by t lengto .

3~2~~~~~~;E~d~{~1~~!r:i~~~f~i~~~:1~;P~i~~T:~a~~{;~;i~~:i;;f~~~~h::i~~:;~!~I~~tll~~;fi~~ In the week before Walton Regatta va .

.rowe one prevIOUS race that day.

~ho;vRet;a~tt;~ining progranune and co~seq~I~~~~yC t~~~~\~~!~~ ~~~ rnfk!tunately tOok. place. 00

This slowed IIlg settled aga lll a few days before

WALTON REGATTA. June 10th. SCHOOL EIGHTS round ~gainst V.C.S. 1st eight, the crew m t they gained and lost half a len;&th in . IS event. urse, eventually losmg by Durll1g the period befo M I and th h h re ar ow R ega tta, mOre aUenf . not en[i~~l; Sl~C~~~f~li'natlh~~e b~~h time maintaining a rcal~lfi;~S tfni~i. t~~~C:I~:tibn o f rtheh blade into, 111 ers 0 t e crew were , ere was no doubt about their racing ability.

th~fi:he fi.rst

leng~~ i~"~h~efa~~~rl!~ei~r~oh~ever,

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MARLOW REGATTA. June 23rd and 24th PUlJLIC SCH The crew had o utings on Thursda .' OOLS CHALLENGE VASE were fast on the start ' y and Fnday, and practice starts with Monkt C b ' . . on om e mdlcated they . )11 the firs t round against Radley and OundJc . â&#x20AC;˘ 1~~t t~ le~ of R ad ley and clear o f Oundle. They ~~I'I{U~~r~~ a good start and after the firs t minute were

fini~h ~voneb~ t;~~n~~~ai~ ;~~f~~~tli~~trf;;~~iSa~~el~~~k a gO~~ ~~y~~~ ;bY~~~r~;dr;~dleav~f1:n~f a~a~~l~

After Hen ley and the House Fou th . h . for Maidenhead Henle T rs, e clg t (~vl th J. Parsons rcplacin DB' . won the Ju nior Bigots H~~:~ya ~~wthe RSerpentlile Regattas held durin; t ll~ h~~~e:yast 5) w;nt Ihnto training S n egatta. . 0 lar t e crew has The crew would like to thank Mrs Wllail and Putney respectively such pleasant' and hae;p~n~cc~~:~~~I.l R. C. , who have made Our rowing at Marlow

N. H.S.

THE CANTUARI AN In the subsequent loser's competition, Winchcster were beaten by 2 lengths and this brought us into the final of this excellent repoehage competit ion to row aga inst SI. Paul's. A fine race followed in which we were aga in unable to consolidate a slight early lead and lost by

t a length.

This crew was rather light and the standard they achieved in the summer, though not quite as good as the results in the Schools' Head had promised, was very sat isfactory. They were a lively and co-operative R.D.H.R. crew to coach and they went faster than most school third Vill's.

COLTS' EIGHT There was an embarrassingly large number of novices of similar ability and the business of selection and tubbing took longer than usual, but before the end of the Lent Term the VIII did have a few outings at the Gutter. For Colts the crew was unusually heavy, and unusually clumsy ea rly in training; but when the lesson of

combining hard work with some sort of slide control was learnt, the crew showed that it had the makings of a fast and spirited crew, though progress remained slow.

The first fixture was a new one this year at Reading Clinker Regatta. In Maiden Eights, King's lost by three-quarters length to Radley, the eventual winners, beating Reading University by about three lengths. Two days later, in our private fixture with V.C.S., our Colts rowed against their 3rd VIIl and won by two lengths. With the valuable experience of these races behind them, the crew then had a fortnight to prepare for

Pangbourne. In these last weeks the crew developed well and learnt to command a rating of 36 over the course wit hout loss of form, and to spurt effectively. At Pahgbourne the draw was kind, giving eas icr races first and allowing confidence to build up during the regatta. In the first round, Carmel College were beaten by I t lengths; in the second round, Pangbourne Nautical College were beaten by 1 length. In the final, King's faced Radley and Shrewsbury. King's started well, The Times said, "a t a great pace", but by thc corner King's were half a length behind Radley, who were a few fect down on Shrewsbury. Down the straight these distances increased a lillie, but were then lessened by good spurts by Radley and King's, and the verdict was: 1st, Shrewsbury by one-third length from 2nd, Radley by half length from 3rd , King's. The time in the fina l equalled that in the West Cup Final, and King's certainly produced their best and fastest In allrow. this has proved a successful season, and an encouraging one for the future of the Boat Club. There

were no weak links in the crew and cox was capable and cheerful , but stroke deserves especial praise for his 1.L.G. very comfortable rhythm and racin g determination.

THE CREWS lsI VIII .- P. L. D. Southam, bow; R. A. P. Carden, 2; P. D. Webb, 3; C. I. Grossmith , 4; M. J. Parsons, 5; D. J. Mills, 6; A. W. Pengelly, 7; A. R. Maybury, stroke; V. O. T. Stainton. cox. 2/1d VIIl.- R. F. Morcom-Harneis, bow; C. H. Cavendish-Smith , 2; H. R. Carter, 3; D. M. Ray, 4; D . M. P. Barnes, 5; M. R. Miller, 6; c. R. Paul, 7; N. K. Maybury, s"ok.; S. A. EastwoOd, cox. 3rd VI/l.- C. A. Villiers, bow; W. D. Maycock, 2; R.I. Dibley, 3; A. 1. Knott, 4; 1. d'A. Maycock, 5; B. N. Redpath, 6; c. M. East , 7; G. P. W. Roberts, stroke; C. B. Cain, cox. Colts' VIIl.- H. L. S. Dibley, bow; S. 1. Morris, 2; C. H. Freeman, 3; E. J. H. G. Gully, 4; c. 1. Bailey, 5; 1. C. Lovegrove. 6; D. N. Walton, 7; R. D. Scott, stroke; R. J. Farchy. cox.

FORDWICH AND HOUSE BOATING There has been the usual full programme of junior boating at Fordwich this summer and the league racing followed the pattern of recent years. Outings in fours had to be restricted in the early weekS of the term owing to drainage works which blocked the river for about a fortnight, and this probably accounted for the general standard being rathcr lowcr than last year. Nevertheless, the races were as keenly contested as ever; two strong fours from Linacre won both the "A" and "B" Leagues and a keen young four from Walpole won the "c" Division for Novices. Next year's coaches would do well to remember two points in particular: first, that a high rating alone will not win races and that a crew going solidly at 31-32 will usually beat one 512

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unnecessa~y dan~a f ~o btoa~s ~hat

. ar~ ~~It1(~ Ub~'fiPad the instruction of 11C ' dbto Y poor steering and

scratching the top ofhand the water at h36' coxes in the general lin " second ly, much more attention I also so that. °gC Cblfoa S IS aVOided so .a crew's efforts

one afternoon at G ~~ ;I~~~";;~~~~~I T~:x~~st roun:I'~:'~~;~dLi~,~~~~efo~c~u~~~~~~ed crew ~l:~\~e~/~~I ~~~~e i~: ;;~~';.'a~ heated with Meister Om~~:~'f~:~t Walpole fairly comfortably bui ~~~:er Omer!, Walpole and Linacr~; a rc.l'Ow over half the dislan be s~vcral second s down at the half y determmed Lmacre crew dead·

The Semer House Fours were rowed standard was good and the winn'

IT'

Pluck's

n ' rce less cre~·wh~\a,~a:hwas close:ofLinacre just got home members the 1st rac;,';';":.,~~r~;'~dtlthen VIll u ley were no match g

fo rAthe powerful Luxmoore

s reported e lsewhere more f.u 11 y I he Club .IS now the possessor f . would add its ow farewelllike this10 summcr to n specml thanks to Major Carden for his 0 e a fi ne. new for the 1st VI\[ and it tllnc to the Club and he ~r . E. A. Havard; 10 the past four ~ neroslty. It IS .Wlth regret p that we sa mostkgratefu l for all he been largely htilSe un h s ari!1gly of t lan Mrs. Morgan and D . C ' s !lm every success in h' · or WIC racmg; we are l work in keeping all our for lookong afte, the 1st Yill Vje should also like to

c~p

h~~s d~I~~lea~adst~ih Iy~ars

res~o~ss~bl~ ~~r ~vend

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good co nd,toon a nd man oth'

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'0, hIS contlllued good

his own gratitude to all thos uch for the SPIn.t of the Club. th ers who by. their encouragement at C. A. M. Parrish and the tfor::astcrs. the eights' wnter would like to record of our success. se aptaUls whose continued loyalt'y an d give so, muchare to the the main Club and to enthUSiasm source

e~peclally

D.S.G,

ATHLETICS SPORTS, 1961 and one equalled. TI;ese :f;~hnd contnbuted to good

pcrformance~d~~ ~he weat her was wa rm and dry,

The Ath Sports Fir were held on March 25th this year and for though a littletleicwindy

and the Junior Relay by Sehoot Record.

~~~I;ard~S8e8mor, with ~ very fine win by C~I~~rog~ R~eords .were broken e sees,. whilst W. R . Yo ung equalled er me 2 mms.440 2.2Yard's sees the Junior In

. Other outstand ing performances were b In the Senior High Jump, and Pedley. wh~ ~~~o.~~~~~, ~fr~l:~ i~~lin~~below the record with 5 ft. 5 in. . e Yards Record. Members of the Ath letics tca Javel in (C. Barker was unfort u m lw~r~ well placed in their events Dowd . .

andnfi~ yy'nJdre~

als~

Pritcha~d':hnt

Mi~e ongd~ump

and Swete the High Jump and could not compete) both the Weight and l a Yards, although Kinghorn: who hact";p:' uddles . Consterdine won the and Discus Baker came a close second in both sprints . ' me 1IS oot, was unable to compete'm 't'h .IS event, Ilion and to the 880 Among the Middles ' .s, .performances indicated go d . Pedley should mak fand JU~IOI c Ka\he team, Mayer teams. • " < n. cster and S, Barker all show . .0 'Y I m the middle JUlllor team prospects include Ry h great promise III the fie ld even ts

distance events,

an~ 'hr~~kSP~~~\~r

~enior

~nd'TI:g~~!~ f~~~'~r~t J"ar'sIA~hlclies

:~d Di~c::;o~n~o~e~hl~~a~a~~~a:Jd 2201Yards, Young in the 440 an~

880 Yards, Jackson in the Weight The Athletics Cup was won this year b M. y

"ew 15 fect in the Jun ior Jav;lin.

c lster Omers, and the At hlet ics Standards Cup by G range.

P.R.A. 513

THE CANTUARIAN RESULTS SENIORS-

Baker (Gr)· Wallis (M.a.). 10.2 sees.

100 YARDS - I. Atkinson (L~n.»); ~. B kef (Gr')~ 3 Bartley (Ga\.). 23.6 sees. 220 Y RDS' - l Atkinson eLm.; , a, (L ')', 3' Lane (GaL) . 53.4 sees. 440 y ~RDS:-l : Atkinson, (Lin,); 2)~2C~id~~' (Or\ 3, Villiers (Wa!.). 2 mins. 2.2 sees,·

~?L; ARf.Sco~st;:ili~~(t~~~ ·~·P·~~~II}'fJj~e;l'lt\~I.)r ~~~~n~i~~~,: ~Jai)~·17.3 sees. 120 YARDS HURDLES.- I, Swet~.(M. (Gal')· 3 Perkins (S. H.). 42 ft. 8 111 .. WEIGHT - I Dowd (GaL); 2, lanco d (G~I\ '3 Bartley (Gal.). 127 ft . 3,m. DISCUS ..:.....1, 'Pritchard (Lux.); k'~OW(Gr )'. '3' p;itchard (Lux.). 149 ft. ~ 10 .

JAVEUN.- l , Dowd. (GaL); 2, I. cy Sw~t~ (M.O.); 3, Boyle, (GaL) . 19 t. 6 II~. (Lux.), 2, k· (S H ) ' 3 Somerv ille (LIIl .), 5 ft. 5 m. LoNG JUMP .- 1'sPntchard . . " e 466 HIGH JUMP.- l, wete (M "0)'',2" Per. 2 lOS Meister Offiers; 3, Luxmoor. . sees . RELAY (4 x 1 to YARDS) .- I, ~'d'U1Sge.' 3 Oalpins. 3 mins. 47.8 sees. MEDL~Y RELA~jka~~~·(~.); ~:Prit~h~rd (LUxll·)(;G3')~3et~fMe~(br.). 15 mins. 55.2 sees. PENTA rHLON. , d· (M 0)' 2 Purne . r." THREE MIL£S.- l, Conster me .. "

M[DDLESH i d (M)· 3 Whittome (M.a.). 10.9 sees. 100 YARDS - I Pedley (S.H.); 2'T ey rn(Gr) : '3 Whittome (M.a.). 25 secs. 220 YARDS- I' Allen (S.H.); 2, empe (G·i-:i Lowe (Gal.). 55.9 sees. 440 YARDS:- l: Thomas (Lux:); 2L~~~n(Gat); 3: Wells (M.O.). 2 m~ns. 11 sees.

~?Li ARfsMa~e~~~fJ.)(~·r·8ri~.h~n (E.1~r i' ~~rN::'(Lil~~j\, ~~~~\~:OJ.s·19 sees. la 120 YARDs HURDLES.- l , OeHg I\M') " 3' Revington (S. H.). 38 ft. 2!' m. WEIGHT.- l , Kain (Or.); 2, ar~ey (W·).' 3' Cunn ingham (Lux.). 121 ft. DtScus.- I, Tester (Gr.)); B~r ~\W ).'3 'Campbell (M.a .). 125 3. JAVELlN- l , Barker (W. ; , oSAII ~(SH ) ' 3 Brock (S.H .). 17 t. .m. LoNG JUMP .- I Stone (Lux.); 2, p t; (S·H).' 3 'Tester (Gr.). 5 ft. It m. • HIGH JUMP.- l: Brock (S.H.); 2, lat;.s '. 2' O~ange; 3, Luxmoore. 48.8 sees. RELAY (4 X I 10 YARDS).- I , Schoo ouse , ,

JUNIORSK (M 0)· 3 White (S.H .). 1!.3 secs. 100 YARDS.- I, Ryan (S.H.); 2, mross(S H): 3 Bragg (Lin.). 26.3 sees.

~~g ~~~~~:=l: ~~~'~i~s~d\);Y~~~~\~~ it\~·.V; ~', ~~ft~ i~iH\ 5r~li'.;~i\.9 sees 880 YARDS.- I , Young (S. : i Carter(M.O.); 3, Bennett (Lux.). 35 t. WEtGHT.- I, J aCkson(~~I)·)'2 'Turner (W.); 3, Singleton (Gr.): 9(~/t). 11 5 ft Dlscus.- 1, Jackson. a . , '0)' 2 Jackson (Oal.); 3, Austm r.. . ') JAVELlN.- l , Hem~lmgway (M.): i Bridge (M.O.); 3, Bey~on and Bragg (Ll~ .. LoNG JUMP.- l , Kmross (M.O).. '2 'Redman (Lin.); 3, Wilhams (W.). 4 ft. 7 m. HIGH JUMP .- I, Bennett (Lux., , Equalled School Record. • New School Record . t HOUSE RESULTS . ts' 3, Grange, 93 points. 114 oints' 2 School HOllse, 104 pom, . I, Meister Omers, P "

ATHLETlCS v. HARROW

bl t rlain Harrow on BU'ley s 1 t XI cricket calendar, we were a e to en nately however, the Due to a v3;cant S~trdt~~~I~~~ebr~f Athletics season intoh.tl~ s1fn~bl~'wi~~ o~~ the bCginning of ~he ~~!a:}~~r ~~~ ~~eid:l f~ athletic:s, rdt~ damPa~do~hne~e~f~:\h~gtea~~I~,anaged t~ win most events, puttmg match, Baker won the 100 Yad~:p'i:e the ~dC:e'rse conditions. up quite good performances

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Consterdine and Kinghorn were outstanding in the middle-distance events and so was Pritchard, who won the Weigh t, Discus and Long Jump in the field events. Darker won the Javel in with a good throw of 167 ft., Perkins the High Jump at 5 ft. 4 in., and Wight ran extremely well to win the Hu rdles in a close finish. The result was a very convincing win for King's by 48 points. P.R.A. RESULTS ATHLETICS v HARROW May 20t h, 1961 100 YARDS.- l , D. E. Baker; 2, P. R. Atkinson. 10.5 sees. 220 YARDS.- 2, D. E. Baker; 3, P. R. Atk inson. 23.8 secs. 440 YARDS.- 3, D. C. Bartley. 54.3 sees. 880 YARDS.- I, P. Consterdine; 2, C. A. Villiers. 2 mins. 7 sees. MlLE.- I, C. A. R. L. Kinghorn; 2, P. Consterd ine. 4 mins. 45 sees. HURDLES (120 YARDS).- I, A. K. R. Wight; 3, P. R . Atkinson. 17.2 secs. WEiGHT.- I, G. C. Pritchard; 2, J. R. Dow(1. 42 ft. 8 in. Discus.- I, O. C. Pritchard; 2, D. C. Bartley. 123 ft. 3 in. JAVELlN.- I, C. Darker; 2, J. R. D owd. 167 ft. LoNG JUMP .- I, O. C. Pritchard and Harrow (equal); 3, Swete. 18 ft. I I in. HIGH JUMP.- I, J. P. Pcrkins; 2, Harrow. 5 ft. 4 in. RELAY (4 x 110 YARDS).- l , K.S.C.; 2, Harrow. 47.2 secs. TOTAL POINTS.-For, 77; Against, 29.

SWIMMING CLUB The general standard of our Colts and Junior Colts teams this year has been far higher than ever before. Will is has proved that he ca n beat any Junior Colt o ppo nent in Freestyle, ButterAy and BI:eastst roke and, although his standard at the beginning of term was exceptiona lly high, he has retained this standard th roughout the season. He holds the Junior and Middle Freestyle Record over 661 yards at 39.6 sees. Finn, who improved a great deal in the last few matches, took Willis' 33t ya rd s Record from him in the very fast time of 22.4 sees. In the longer Freestyle races, N. R. Hall has shown considerable improvement and was a close second to Willis in all but one race. Once again A. Turner, who was unable to train as he is a full-time cricketer, returned a consistently high standard in the Sprint Freestyle and Diving. Although our Senior spri nters are quite a bit slower than those of the past few years, both M. Turner and Ensor have recorded wins. In the longer distance we have many above average swimmers over 100 yards course but no-one except ional. This is not, however, true of the Backstroke event, in which A. J. Imber, Dawkins and Gaul have all been producing winning times. As in previous years, the weakest part of the team is the 100 yards Breaststroke, in which Jackson has been the only swimmer to come first or second. He was also the only regula r DutterAy swimmer until Gaut took up the st roke. For the third year, Strachan's preeise diving gave us few anxious moments and many first places. In retrospect, it has been an exciting season and a better one than last year. On this year's showing we should have a powerful Senior team in all strokes for a good many years. The matches against Eton- a new fixture-and H .M.S. Worcester were cancelled but it is hoped that these fixtures will remain next year.

RESULTS Eastbourne 75, K .S.C. 70 City of London 60, K.S.C. 49, Highgate 36 K.S.C. t 19, St. Lawrence, Ramsgate 91 ~ . S.c. drew with Westminster 65-65 Tonbridge 94, K.S.C. 58 5J5

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SWIMMING SPORTS 100 YARDS FREESTYLE (Senior).- Ist, Willis (Gr.), 2nd, Partridge, A. R. W . (Lux.); 3rd, Turner, M. F . H. 66; (Wal.). YARDSTime: FREESTYLE 65.8 sCCS. (Senior).- Ist, Buckingham (GaL) ; 2nd, M. F. H. Turner (Wal.); 3rd, A. R. W. Partridge Time: 40.9 sees. 33. YARDS (Lux.). FREESTYLE (Senior).Ist, Buckingham (GaL) and Essame (GaL) equal ; 3rd, Ensor (Lin.). 66; YARDS (Senior).- Ist, Hall , N. R. (Lin.); 2nd, A. K. P. Jackson (Lin.); 3rd, Zentner Tim e: 18 BREASTSTROKE sees. 66, YARDSTillie: BACKSTROKE (Mar.). 52 sees. (Senior).- Ist,. Imber, A. J. (Wal.); 2nd, Gaut (GaL); 3rd, Dawkins (S.H.). 33, YARDS (Senior).- Ist, Gaut (GaL) ; 2nd, Buckingham (GaL); 3rd , A. K. P. Jackson (Lin.). Tim e: 47 BUTTERFLY sees. LIFE-SAVING Time : 20.8(Senior).-Ist, sees. Stowell (Gr.); 2nd, D owd (G aL); 3rd, Grossmilh (Lin.). Time: 30 secs. FIXED BOARD D IVING (Senior).- Ist, Strachan (Lux.); 2nd, Turner, A. D. H. (Wal.); 3rd, Rose (Mar.): SPRING BOARD DIVINO (Senior) .- Ist, Strachan (Lux.); 2nd, Turner, A. D. H. (Wal.); 3rd, Smallwood 47t points. FREESTYLE (GaL): 71RELAY points.(Senior).- lst, Linacre ; 2nd , Galpin's; 3rd, Luxmoore and Walpole equal. Time : 72.9 sees. MEDLEY R ELAY (Senior).-lst, Galpin's; 2nd, Linacre; 3rd, Walpole. Time: 85 sees. 66. YARDS FREESTYLE (Middle).- Ist, Willis (Gr.); 2nd, Hall (Lin .); 3rd, Revington (S.H.). Tim e: 41.3

33,sees. YARDS FREESTYLE (Middle).- Ist , Revington (S.H .); 2nd, Willis (Gr.); 3rd, Turner, A. D. H. (Wal.). 66;Time: YARDS (Middlc).- Ist, Finn (Gr.); 2nd, H all , N. R. (Lin.) and R alph , R. P. (Lin.) equal. 18.BREASTSTROKE 1 sees. 33,Time: YARDS BACKSTROKE (Middle).-l st, Gibson (Lin.); 2nd, pollet, R . M. (Wal.); 3rd, Irwin (Wal.). 52 sees. DIVING Time: (Middle).21.8 sees. Ist, Turner, M. F. H. (Wal.); 2nd , Oldham (GaL); 3rd, Hubbard (M.O.): 84t points. FREESTYLE RELAY. - (Middle).- Ist, School House; 2nd, Linacre; 3rd, Meister Omers. Time: 79.1 sees. 66t YARDS FREESTYLE (Junior).- Ist, Turner, A. D. H. (Wal.); 2nd, Ralph, P. T. (Lin.); 3rd, Ring (Lux.). 33. YARDS FREESTYLE Time: 41.7 sees. (Junior)._ l st,Turner,A .D.H.(Wal.) ; 2nd,Ring(Lux.); 3rd,Finn(Gr.). Time: 19secs. 33, YARDS BREASTSTROKE (Junior).-ISt, Finn (Gr.); 2nd, White, C. P. (S.H .); 3rd, Pearce (S.H.). Time: 33,22.2 YARDS BACKSTROKE (Junior).-Ist, Willis (Gr.) ; 2nd, Heslop (Mar.); 3rd, I rw in (GaL). sees. (Record).

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23. 1 sees. The final order for the Sports Cup was: 1st equal, Linacre II I points and Galpins III points; 3rd, Walpole 91 points; 4th, Grange 88 points; 5th, Luxmoore 61t po ints; 6th, School House SO. points; 7th, Meister Omcrs 27 points; 8th, Marlowe 25 points. The final order in the Standards CliP was: 1st, Grange 7.37; 2nd, Walpole 7.08; 3rd, School House 7.04; 4th, Marlowe 6.36; 5th, Linacre 6.24; 6th, Luxmoore 6.15; 7th, Meister omers 5.43; 8th, Galpin's 4.15. Linacre drew with Walpole in the WaterÂ·Polo Final 0-0

SHOOTING Although we had one of the youngest Bisley teams in the Club's history , shooting during the term looked quite promising, though it was obvious that lack of experience would tell in difficult conditions. This was perhaps partly the cause of our disappointing results at Bisley. However, Chater shot well in the Ashburto with a 34 at 200 yards and a 32 al 500 yards This we hope will win him a "Schools Hundred" n badge. The team did, however, do quite well ill the postal alld shoulder-to-shoulder matches. 516

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Framl ingham 485 ) K mg 's h s cool 500 CranbrRESULTS k( The result of the shoulder-to-shoulde~ with St O°La 200 Yards o nly) 242, K ing's School 249 Group B has m t I . wrence was ' St L . assistance. this term and we would ;'k . awrence 496, King's School 497. the VIll during the season. a so like to thank on behalf of the l;t for hi s valuable Colours are awarded to th f II . . rt for patiently coaching T e o owmg'- A M R h he following shot for the School th ' ·t . . oc e and T. Swete. . . Roche," T J Swete, P. M. Barnett,IS J .erm:-G. tt J AC crtab'''' R. C. Crichton, R . K. Wight Gosling. Green, J. D G. S~~m;ley A M The Mullins Cup was shot in f . .. ' . . . Tayler, J. S. Christ ie and N. M:

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The Summer Term wa . GOLF CLUB enSlon Competition was played at Prince's, Sandwich. on a ~~~i~~~ASoCne for Day. School golfers. Thenter-House ] 18 HOLES HOUSE CUP - 1 Lux . RESULTS 3, Marlowe (Pottcr and'ca~pente~~~oo,(Ml l ler and Eiser), 92; 2, Grange (Purnell PUTTING COMPETlTIQN.-I Y and Newell , J.), 98; 1..0 D ' oung, M., 2; 2 Barber' 3 P NG- RI VI NG CoMPETITION - 1 B be ' "urnel!. All on 35 dec'd d On June 17th Kin's beat' , ar r, 254 yards; 2, Young, M 252 ard'. I e over last 9. Bury (won), Ei; er Wimbledon at Sandwich The II y s, 3, Potter, 251 yards. .on July 23rd, the Individual' eua m (won), Newell , J. (unfin ished) Young, M. (lost), , at Canterbury. E iser won the Cupn.an d S emoe · Section . With 91, and Nicholas the Junior

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Schools .Foil Trophy ; thi;~!; e Kent Scho~ls Individual Foi l Cham' .P seasons In the history of the Fe nclOg pleaslOg conclusion to what must verY ub Plonshble one and of the thteam won the Kent CI In the Inter-House Fencin C .. ' . e most successful by 6 bouts to 3 in a hard fo~gh~~:lt.ltlon held thiS term Meister Qmers reta ined the Cu P. beat .mg Galpins M.E.M. 517

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O.K.S. NEWS (Illformalion for i"clusioll in the O.K.S. News will be welcomed by the H01l. Secretary of the O.K.S. Associatio". A. D. WILSON, 2 5 BERKELEY SQUARE, LoNDON, W . l. CHANGES OF ADDRESS AND ALL ENQUIRIES ABOUT "THE CANTUARfAN" SHOULD BE SENT TO HIM AN D NOT TO THE EDITORS) .

Cambridge O.K.S. Tie (light blue in place of rcd). Bodger & Co., 47 Sidney Street, Cambridge, the sole stockjsts. announce these prices for the two qualities : silk rcppe, 15/6; uncreasable silk (matte weave), 21 /-. Please add 6d. per order for postage. W. N. WEN BA N-S ~ IITH (1950-55) has passed into the Administrative Class of the Home Civil Service. D. R. L AWRE NC E (1951 - 58) is Deput y Headmaster of The Hutchin's School, Hobart, Tasmania. Ho is very busy and describes his life as like "a prolonged King's Week". The Association co ngratulates these O.K.S. o n the honours they received in Juoe:REARÂˇADMIRAL C. B. POAIT (1921 - 24) a C.B.

DR. W. d'A. MAYCOCK (1925- 29) an M.V .O. C. I. MEEK (1934-39) a C.M.G. The Association was also pleased to hear that the Headmaster of The King's School, Parramatta received the O.B.E. R. M . BLACKALL (1949- 55) is a weather forecaster for, the School of Artillery, Larkhill. He would be pleased to hear from other O.K.S. through Bulford Camp exchange, extension 517.

DR. S. W. HI NDS (1929- 33) represented the U.K. at an International Seminar on Health Education at Ankara some months ago. He also investigated health problems and medical services in Anatolia and maternity and child health services in Greece and Yugoslavia. LT.-CoL. N. F. GORDON-WILSON (1929--40), M.B.E., has transferred from the Buffs to the Parachute Regiment. CAPT. C. D. MANNI NG-PRESS is 2 i/c of the Reconnaissance Squadron of the Roya l Nigerian Army in Kaduna. He is very active in such jobs as contraband contro l, plebiscite supervision and "looking for the lines of flight of the quelea-quelea-quelea bird wh ich causes considerable damage to crops in Northern Nigeria." C. E. VAVASOUR (1 951- 55) is in the same Squadron and M. R. A. MATTHEW (1953- 57) was recently n Kaduna with the 5th Q.O. Nigerian Regiment, but moved to the Congo and was wounded. The O.K.S. Hockey Team reached the semi-finals of the Public Schools Old Boys' Six-a-sides in April. R. M. SUTTON (1945- 56), a Welsh international, played in the O.K.S. side. DAVID FOSTER LEPINE (1942--45), since 1953 Director of Music at Dean Close Schoo l, Cheltenham, has been appointed Organist of Coventry Cathedral and Music Adviser to Coventry City Counci l. He was a music scholar at Kin g's, and went fro m there to the Co llege of St. Nicho las, Croydon, on an eighteenmonth course for Anglican Church musicians. After gaining his M.A. and second class honours in music at Durham University, he became an F.R.C.O. and won the Limpus prize for o rgan playing and, in securing the College's diploma in choir training, won the John Brook Memorial Prize. SIR THOMAS SCRIVENOR (1920- 27) has retired from the Colonial Service and is now Secretary to the Executive Council of the Commo nwealth Agricultural Bureau a t Farnham Royal , Bucks. D . K. CLARKE (1926-30), former King's Scho lar, has been appointed d irecto r of Bristo l University's new Schoo l of Management Studies, the first university department of its kind in the Country. From 1945 to 1951 he was director of the Conservative Party's research department , and among his pup ils were lain Macleod, Reginald Maudling and Enoch Powell. D. K. Clarke was awarded the C.R E. for his services in 1953. K. B. C. HunuARD (1942--46), of The Queen 's Own Hussars, has gained admi ssion to the Staff College, Camberley. J. H. PEGG (1938--48), of the Roya l Horse Artillery, has also gained admission.

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THB CANTUARIAN J. C. CLARK (1952- 54) is a purser's officer on the S SO, d We have also Ie " Ica es. at Colombo. arnt that Mrc HAEL WARRENDER (1951 - 53) is at Aden and J B W G '' " . RIGSON (1932- 37) GE.RALD ALEXANDER LoMAS (1935 39) '.

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MAJOR-GENERAL E D F Y0 etallurgy, studYlOg refractories. PIOUS Y many lands durin tl ' F: ANSHAWE (1911 - 13) received a kni hth d' . djr~tor of U.N.~.~.~. IJ~t t~O~d)VharZ'and ~as had a disting;ish~omimatrhye a~dthdl~y. Hlonours. He saw adlrectoroftheI t · n IS one In Germany fro 1945 poltlca career. Hewas Division Conserv~ti~~a!~;t R,efu;&eefrga':li~tjon in the same ~ea H~:s ~ [rh~ then ulltil 1952 was of Northamptonshire in 1960 momst SsoClatlon, a nd the Pre-Ser~ices Como .nttc alrHman ofth~ Kettering • 11 ee. e was HIgh Sheriff

ENGAGEMENTS

T G EY._ . . Bvans·Pughe (1944-47) to L d FISHER-DE BARNHOLT _ p C E F' h ( ove ay Mary Jane Horsley. . . . . IS er 1944-51) to Jessi Svanhill de Barnholt M ALLINSON-DoDSON R MM ' . .- . . . C. Mallinson (1947- 51) to Sally Dodson. MCDoNALD-DRAKE._ J. K. McDonald (1953- 58) to Rosalind Mary Drake EVANS-PUGHE_ HoRSL

¥OUNo-BAsT._ I. McL. ¥9ung (1947- 55) to Anne Charlotte Bast . MACKLIN- HANCOCK - R M kl' " . . . . ac In to Vlrglma Mary Hancock. SMALMAN-SMITH_ 1£ E LFER._ . J. Smalman·Smith (1950-56) to Mary T I~ STUART- JACKSON ART S e e r. .- . . . tuart (1940-45) to judith Jackson.

MARRIAGES CoLUNGWOOD- HARVE¥.-On 13th Ma 19 London, Rupert Collingwood (1950-~6) t:~a~~J~h~~h~~~v~f S1. BarthOlomew The Great, City of HILL:-DouGLAs.-On 12th Ma I y. Critchley Hill (1950-52) to J~ri~6i;0~~I~~~ Church of St. John the Baptist, Epping, Michael Ernest FOWLER- ALLCHIN On 3 d A 'I .r pn , at Canterbury Cathedral Ian F TILTON- FLOWER._ On 22nd April at Christ Ch , o wler (1947- 51) to Gillian Allchin. urch, Southgate, Bruce Tilton (1937-41) t L o ynette Flower.

BIRTHS LoMAS.- On 15th June, 1961, to G. A. Lomas (1935-39) and his wife ROBERTS.- On 30th June, 1961 . to Wendy wife of R D H R b ' a son. • . . . 0 erts (1945-51). a Son.

DEATHS RlGDEN.- On 1st May 1961 f Rigden (1900-06). ' , a ler a short illness, at Sf. Mary's Hospital Eastbo B ' urne, ernard Loveless 519

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OBITUARIES SIR THEODORE SAMUEL ADAMS,

C.M.G.,

(1894-1904)

Theodoro Adams died at his home in Orchard Portman in Somerset on May 17th. We wish to extend our deep sympathy with Lady Adams and to all those for whom his death will make a gap in their lives. He entered the Senior School from the "Parrots" with a King's Scholarship in 1901. He was a School Monitor and a member of the 1st Cricket XJ. In 1904 he was awarded a "Bible Clerkship" at All Soul's College, Oxford, and graduated with Honours in Classical Mods and Greats. He won a Cadetship in the Malayan Civil Service in 1908, and it was in Malaya that he spent most of his service abroad, at one time as Acting Under-Secretary, Federated Malay States, and later as the British Resident in Seiangor. In 1937 he was created e.M.G. and was appointed as Chief Commissioner of Northern Nigeria. He was knighted in 1942, and retired in 1943. For the remaining two years of the war he worked in the War Cabinet Office so that he could contribute his expert knowledge of Malayan and African affairs; and in 1948 he played an important part- wit h two other O.K.S., Sir Roland Braddell and Sir Edward Gent- in laying the foundation of a united Federation of Malaya. In 1956.7 he was President of the O.K.S. Association. He was a very loyal old member of the School always interested in all that we did, and ready to help in furtherin g the prosperity of King's. He lived fa: a time in Switzerland, and latterly at his home in Somerset. He had always kept up his enthusiasm for cricket, and for many years, when he was on leave and opportunity offered, he played for the Somerset Stragglers. His ashes are buried in his family home at Nettlestead in Kent; and on July 24th (Empire Day) the Rector of Nettlestead in an address spoke of him as one of the vast company of Englishmen who have devoted their lives to the service of those whom they governed , and by whose devotion and quiet and selfless work such countries as Malaya and Nigeria have been enabled to reach their independence and to understand something of the ideal which inspired such men as Theodore Adams. ALAN LEONARD DORNEY SKINNER (1894-1898) Leonard Skinner, the third of four brothers to come to King's, died on April 19th at the age of 80. When he left school he taught in preparatory schools, mostly at S1. Anthony's, Eastbourne, till 1914, when he joined the R .N.V.R. He was commissioned in 191 5 and retired flS a Lieutenant-Commander at the eod of the war. For a short time he was in business in Newcastle-on-Tyne, when he played cricket for Northumberland; but he soon returned to Eastbourne, where he established a very successful cramming school. He continued in this work until his death, and in 1954 published a book of his reminiscences as a crammer entitled Ric" Reward. He served on the Eastbourne Town Counci l for twenty-four years, nine of them as an alderman. When he was no longer able to pursue his main interests, cricket, tennis, gardening and sailing, he spent much time writing; and at the time of his dea th he had just finished writing the life of the founder of the famous Indian regiment, Skinner's Horse. We extend our sympathy to his family. ALFRED JAMES TERENCE FLEMING-SANDES,

V.C.

(1907-13),

K.S.

A. J. T. Fleming-Sandes was born on 24th June, 1894, and won a King's Scholarship in 1907. He was a

School Monitor, and a Sergeant in the O.T.e. In 1914 he enlisted in the Artists' Rifles, and proceeded to France, where he was gazetted to the 2nd Battalion of the East Surrey Regiment. He was awarded the Victoria Cross for his gallant and devoted action at the Hohenzollern Redoubt on 29th September, 1915. He entered the Education Department of tbe Sudan Government in 1919, and was seconded to Political Service in 1924. He was called to the Bar in 1927; was awarded the Order of the Nile in 1931; was a Judge of the High Court, Sudan, from 1935 to 1944, including two years as Judge Advocate-General of the Sudan Defence Force, and was on several occas ions Acting Chief Just ice of the Sudan. On his retirement to Devonshire he was for three years Chai rman of the Pensions Appeal Tribunal for England and Wales. To him, due probably to a simple negation of sel f, the great honour of cfll'l'ying the Victoria Cross was neither a burden nor a boast. It may have given him a quiet confidence, but he remained modest, wflrm and friendly with a basic kindness and integrity of purpose that inspired both admiration and affection. We offer our deep sympathy to his wife. 520 THE 1st VIII [W. L. Elltwistle Back row: Webb, R. A. P. Carden, C. J. Grosslllith, P. L. D. Southam. Seated: D . J. Mills, A. R. Maybury, D. S. Goode.';, Esq., A. W. Pengelly, M. J. Parso ns. Cox: V. G. T. Stainton.

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CORRESPONDENCE Lower Ware, Lyme Regis. Dorset. 6,It May. 1961. To the Editors of THE

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rc "Ginder". page 374 Call1llariall Ginder was the bookseller who supplied, among ot her things, the text books for the King's School in my day (1893-7).

Each book was stamped with the owner's name in gold letters on the cover. One excellent feature of hi s business was that, as one went up from form to form, he was willing to fe-purchase books (at a reduced rate, of cow'se) for sale to new boys, or those who needed a new supply owing to promotion. He had a method of erasing the old name and stamping the new one, which was very convenient, as one could buy second-hand. If my memory is not at fault, his shop was in the High Street on the right-hand side going up towards St. George's Church- but jf anyone said with confidence that it was in Mercery Lane, second shop on the left as one faces the Cathedral Gateway, I wouldn't a rgue. Any other suggestions I would flatly contradict. Greetings, Sincerely yours, PERCY

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Havisham House, Harbledown, Canterbury. 29tll JUlie, 1961. To the Editors O/THE CANTUARIAN. Dear Sirs, You have published two team photographs in recent editions, one rugby and one hockey. Whilst ( would like to reiterate the favourable conunents published in the Nat ional Press and other sport ing journals about the performances of these sides, I deplore the lack of attention paid by some members to their kit. The rugby XV photograph, which appeared in Rugby World, alongside an inunaculate S1. Edward's, Oxford side, would have looked better for a clean set of boots. The Hockey XI photograph amazed me . I hope it is a long time before I see another such disgraceful turnout. I hope also, that the Cricket XI is not inclined to be equally slovenly. Yours faithfully, ROGER SNELL.

[A comment 011 the photograph ill "Rugby World" is impossible as 110 copy is available. We have 1101 been able 10 jilld anybody to agree witli tlie CO~1If1/ellt 011 the liockey photograph, whicll was I(lkell 011 a very dllll day. The printers did their best with 'he block, bllt meteorological difficulties defeated tl/elll.-Ed. ]

OUR CONTEMORARIES The Editors gratefully acknowledge receipt of the following magazines and apologize for any omissions:The Ample/orllz Journal, Bradfield College Chronicle, Cambridge University Medical Society's Magazille, Th e Campbellian, The eftolmeliall, Tlte Col/ege Times, The Crollbrookiall, 11,e DecQl1iall, Tlte Del/stollion, The Dovoriall, The Eastboumiall, St. Edmllnd's S chool Chrollicle, St. Edward's School Chrollicle, The Elizabethan, The Epsom/all, The Felslediall, The Glenalmolld Chronicle, The Grammarian, The Gresham, The Haileyburian, and I .S.C. Chrollic/e, Tlte Hurst-JollI/iall, Kellt Col/ege Magazille, Killg's College School Magazine, The Killg's School, Parramatla, Magazille, Lancillg College Magazine, The Lalymeriatt. Tile Lawrettliall, The Lisgor Collegiate lllstilllte Magazine, Tlte Lorettonioll, Tlte Mallwoodiall, The Marlburian. The Meleor, The Mill Hill Magazine, The Ousel, The Radleiall, Tlte Reploniall, The Roffensiall, The School Tie, The Stony/mrsl Magazine, The Start/ordiall, The SU flollian, The TII/mderer, The TOllbridgioll, The Worksopian .

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