The Cantuarian December 1988 - August 1989 by OKS Association

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THE CANTUARIAN

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THE CANTUARIAN VOL. LIlI NO. 1

DECEMBER, 1988

CONTENTS PAGE

THIS AND THAT

THE CANTUAR IAN INTERVIEW

FOCUS

VALETE

REPORTS AND REV IEWS I MUSIC AND I)RAMA II TALKS AND DEBATES

III BOOKS

IV VISITS

HO USE NOTES

IMAGI NATIVE WRITING

TH E SOCIETI ES

SPORT

ACTIVITIES

O.K.S. NEWS

THE CANTUAR IAN

Editors: P. F. J. Brothers, Lara Burch, Rh ian Chilcott, K.S., N. J. E. Flower, K.S., M.S., Jane Griffi ths, K.S., Rebecca Howden, G. P. S. Jolliffe, Carey Kn ight, Maja Liifdah l, K.S., Francesca Snelling. Photographic Editor: A. G . Charlesworth.

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Mr. Marc Dath has joined the Mathematics Department and also has a keen interest in rugby. A graduate of his native Lille, he met his wife when she was teaching English there. He decided that Leeds with Pamela was preferable to Lille without, and he did a teaching certificate there before teaching al the Oratory School in Reading. Dr. Liz Evesham is a graduate of Hull University and researched at Southampton and in Brussels. She is an authority on ants, and her interest in animal behaviour can have left her in no doubt as to her chosen profession. She married during the summer. Dr. H ilary Townsend a lso researched at Southampton and subsequently spent Iwo momhs on board an American drilling ship in the Bay of Biscay as a resident Paleomagnetist. She is no w our part-time one, and is married wit h two sons. Her husband is an O.K.S. T he Governors have appointed Mr. Nicholas Lewis to succeed Captain N. S. Robinson as Bursar, and Mr. Richard Barton , presently Headmaster of Taverham Hall School, Norwich, to succeed Mr. G. Robertson as Headmaster of Junior King's School. Dr. Paul Humberstone has succeeded Mr. Paul Pollak as Second Master. We congratulate Dr. and Mrs. Arnott on the birth of their daughter Eleanor, and Mr. and Mrs. Hooper on the birth of their daughter Daisy . New Appointments

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The first Calvin and Rose G. Hoffman Prize for independent and original research on the work of Christopher Marlowe has been awarded to Mr. David "",., C . Webb of Lancaster University. T. E. Dyson (T) has been awarded a larship endowed by the same benefactors . eha Ihe Canterbury Junior Chamber's fourth annual public speaking competition for schools, IT s. Byrnes (SH) ,:"on the award f?r seniors, and Jacqueline Martin (B) was placed third, S. . s Romanos Dantel (MT) In the Juntor sectIOn. ds

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Initiat ive

T he devastation of the North Sea seal population during the autumn prompted seven members of the school to organize a 24-hour squash-playing marathon to raise money fo r research into the deadly virus .

Felix Summerly's description of the Monastery of St. Augustine sounds vaguely familiar. Since he wrote it some 150 years ago, things have gone from bad to worse. The appalled pilgrim walking wearily down Monastery Street has also to contend with the din of flamen co music punctuated by hysterical barking, possible arrest by ex-W.P .C . Smart, now occasionally in res idence, and even larger numbers of gi rls at the Southern end, to emphasize the misnomer. Eleven of them are now installed nexi door to Bailey House. Pilgrims and others, please note that the Housemistress has a very large dog.

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Pasl Masters .. Old Masters

The Northgate Fri nge of the Canterbury Festi val included a n exhi bition of drawings and paintings by four local artist couples. These included two fo rmer teache rs o f Art at Ki ng's, Ernest Fedarb and George Maynard. T hey are clearly inspired by the longevity of such as Titian: Mr. Fedarb joined the Staff in 1925.

Sir Donald Murray, KCYO, CMG, has been appointed 'Channel Tunnel trouble-shooter ' by the Government. His job will be to deal with protests and grumbles arising from the construction of the tunnel. Mr. Michael Herbert, Ch ief Executive of Madame Tussaud's, is reported as being committed 10 Ihe expansion of the company's leisure interests, described by him as 'the non-wax side.' Nobody, wrote a Daily Telegraph reporter, including Michael Herbert, understands quite why dummies should be such a draw. Mr. Herbert is a School Governor. Mr. Charles Powell , private secretary to the Prime Minister, is said in the Observer to be the SOrl of son she would have li ked to have had suave, charming, bright (King's School, Canlerbury, and New College, Oxford) . .. Slephania Alma nsi has the distinction of being the first non-Soviet official tourist guide to work in Russ ia . Chef Antony Worrall-Thompson claims in a newspaper article that his cooking began at King's, w h ~re his enthusiasm in this field placed him 'in great demand as a fag.' He needed no forma l Irammg between that and running a Knightsbridge restaurant. O.K.S.

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Mr. Jeremy Purseglove has written Taming the Flood: a History and N H istory of Rivers and Wetlands to accompany a T.V. series sho a/u'al Chan nel 4 in December. Wn on T he latest edition of Webster's Wine Guide has been edited by Mr. Oz Clarke. He ob that 'right now the heady combination of fru it blended with the indulgent sweet spice os;rv" is the ultimate high-class "modern" wine.' oak T he Librarian wo uld like to thank Dr. D. M. Arnott, R. Moeder, Miss Anne Oak ley the Cathedral Library, and Mr. P. Pollak for gifts of books. and Capt. J. R. Griffiths, the Schools Liaison Officer, has sent us a copy of The Royal Mari an Illustrated History, by Peter Smith and Derek Oakley . On p.232, there is a Photograph"; the R.M. dance band, the Oceanaires, in action in 1948: our own Paul Neville is featured ~n saxophone . .. Norman Scarfe, O.K.S, has generously sent us a copy of A Frenchman's Year in Suffolk, 1784 This is the j.ournal of Fran,ois de la Rochefoucauld. Edited with wit and scholarship, Superbl ' Illustrated , It provides a fascInatIng and wide-rangIng picture of East AnglIan SOCIety in the lat~ 18th century. Mr. Scarfe has been busy in 1988, also publishing The Suffolk Guide, In Praise of Suffolk and Hint/esham Hall: th e House and its Associations, a nd he tells us that he is al present writing on Some Suffolk Churches . Dr. Humberstone's first publication, Debouches, written for sixth-fo rmers who have embarked on the new A and AS level syllabuses, appeared in November. So far , no copies have been lell in the Undercroft overnight, presumably in anticipation of high ransom demands by the Second Master. Dr. Mallion's latest publication, an article on chemical graph theory in the Journal of Molecula, Structure, was written in collaboration with a professor in Czechoslovak ia and anot her in Yugoslavia. Pupils will now know where to find him if he is not in his classroom. The fi ltythree references include 'P. Pollak and R. B. Mallion, Personal Correspondence, November 1981' which has altered the history of the pub-graph. Books

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D. I. Gower together with a team of O .K.S. went on a two-week crickel tour to the Far East in October. The Daily Te/egraph remarked that the tour would not be plagued by the type of controversy which had been faced by the national side, as the O.K .S. would be accompa nied by their own umpires. A report follows.

Sport

Tim Watson (MT) celebrated leaving school in the summer by getting into the National Youth Orchestra. He just missed their annual appearance at the Proms, conducted by anot her O.K .S., Christopher Seaman, who celebrates this year the thirtieth anniversary of his conducting debut, at a 'Music Circle' concert at the school, condescendingly reviewed in The Cantuarian, but still warmly remembered by Mr. Scott. Helping Leonard Bernstein to celebrate another anniversary, his 70th birthday, in a special concert at the Barbican in October, were the two O.K.S. princip'l1s in the London Symphony Orchestra. The Daily Telegraph praised Paul Edmund-Davies for his ' silvery tone' and reported that Andrew Marriner ' let his hair down to exciting effect.' Helping to keep future promising O.K .S. musicians in order will be O .K.S. Nicholas King. He has been appointed Vice-Director of the Royal College of Music with effect from 1st January 1989. Alan Ridout's Sinfonielta was given its first performance in the Shirley Hall on 13th November, by the Canterbury Symphony Orchestra under the baton o f Mr. Goodes. Musicians

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'Apollo played the liar very well.' ' Hercules had to do his twelve neighbours.' 'Mercury was the god of elephants.' 'Juno was the wife of Jupiter. .. otherwise she had no other major role in the gods.'

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'I am sorry that 1 was not at Rowing today but 1 was hoping to get a ride with Mr. Woodward , and 1 was too late. (I also cannot ride a bike, as 1 live in Hong Kong).'

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BERNARD SINDALL (SH, 1939·40) Bernard Sindall ('Bunny' to his friends) recently achieved some notoriety by having on his sculptures hastily withdrawn from an exhibition at Aldeburgh because of complaint e o~ obscenity from the public, 'Sunbather', the sculpture, is a bronze figu re of a nude \vo~ 0 sunbathing with her legs spread widely apart. ' I can't see what all the fu ss is about _ I ,:n try·to put so,?e fun into my sculptures, but the Mayor said it might frighten the children', ~a~t Bunny, look mg aghast. It was a n answer tha~ reflected hiS vaned and mteresHng life. Sinda~ IS, of course, an O.K.S. but hiS career at Kmg s was shorthved, and unhked. HIS demise bega n when he refused an 'offer' to become a personal fag (the first time this had ever been done and from then on it seems, he was either fighting a boy called 'Startup' or running away \Vhic~ he did twice. On one occasion he offered his services as a cabin boy but was refused on ;ccount of the giveaway wing collar! His art, not surprisingly, did not develop at King's and was not taken seriously by staff or pupils. Yet Sindall had always wanted to be an artist (his father was a painter) and, after serving in the Navy during the war, he wo n the coveted 'Prix de Rome' travelling scholarship which nurtured his Italianate style and established his role models of Rosso Marini and Manzu. From there he returned to sculpting, although he taught part-time in ari schools, 'to support my fishing and grouse-shooting holidays in Scotland'. Now, Sindall spends 8-10 hours a day in his studio. The sculptures themselves are 'post-modernist' and usuall y done in bronze or bronze resin Most of them are of nude female models, usuall y encompassing the sense of fun that he talked of earlier, for instance in the 'Sunbather' and in the 'Fat Lady' which is of an obese woman wearing only a pair of shoes . All the art is an intriguing blend of fine detail and coarse surfaces yet each has its own distinct personality. To view an exhibition of Sindall's work in the Rye Art Gallery was to taste his distinctive style, but to meet the 'artiste' in his natural surroundings was to savour real insight into his character and work. Sindall's haven is a trapezoidal clapboard studio illuminated by a single large round window. It is set next to his cottage just outside Rye where he lives with his wife and assistant J eannette. An unfinished clay figure with a curved metal armature protruding from her shoulder greets visitors. The floor is strewn with bits of clay, plastic for keeping the clay cool, tools and a huge, cloudy (dusty) , gold-framed mirror leaning against a wall. A portrait of a young child wrapped in protective layers patiently awaits the engendering hand of her creator. The sculptor casually smoothed and moulded a hip and thigh as he talked to us. Sindall himself is an imposing man , likened by the Gallery assistant to 'Bacchus on a bad day'! Black, arched eyebrows are his most prominent feature. Nevertheless, he has a smooth, soothing voice and a twinkle in his eye. This appreciation of humour is expressed in his work. (,You don't think it's meant to be serious, do you?') Also, pieces of his work dart out from unexpected places in his home; a naked bronze woman bends over in the garden and several grinning gremlins adorn the loo! Mr. Sindall ~scribes himself as 'one of the thousands of insignificant dwarves in between the gia nts of the art world'. Surely he is too modest. P ATRI CK BROTHERS AND CAREY KN tGHT.

6 BERNARD SI NDALL'S 'SUNBATHER' AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY SUMMER EXHIBITION

(Courtesy of The Times)

FOCUS WILLIAM HARVEY All Account oj a lecture given on 7th October by Kenneth Rose to celebrate the 400th A nniversary oj Harvey 's entry into King's. William Harvey was born in Folkes tone in 1578, the child of wealth y parents. H is famil y had . inall y been sheep fa rmers, but had moved into trade. T hey had pr,?s pered , and could a fford o"~ducate him well : at the age of ten , Harvey became a pupIl at King's, where he remained 10 five years. At the tender age of fi fteen, he went up to Gonville a nd Caius College . T here ~~r followed a varied curr iculum , including class ics, rh etoric,. philosophy, .anatomy and other edical subjects. H Is board and lodging was covered by a medIcal scholarshI p from ArchbIshop Matt hew Parker, a nd a moun ted to the princely sum of ÂŁ3 Os 8d a yea r ! Having graduated as a Bachelor of Arts in 1597, Harvey continued his studies at the Uni versity of Padua, which had already acq uired a reputati on as a centre fo r anatomical studies . In 1602, he received a Doctorate of Medicine, a nd returned to England . Two years later, at the age of 26 Harvey was ad mitted to the Londo n College of P hysicians, foun ded a century before by an~l her former Ki ng's pupil , Thomas Li nacre. Also in 1604, he marr ied the daughter of Dr. Lancelot Browne, physician to Queen Elizabeth and King James 1. His father-in-law wrote several flattering references fo r him but , sadl y, died the next year - das hing any hopes o f accelerated preferment fo r Harvey . Despite this, his career flourished. His private practice grew to include such notable patients as Lord Chancellor Baco n , Lo rd T reasurer Cecil a nd even King J ames himself. It was as a demonstrator in anatomy, however, that he achieved fame. He lectured twice weekly at the College of Surgeons, and performed dissections - in winter months, when the cold weather allowed bodi es to be kept 'without annoy.' These lectures were probably given in Latin : earl y sets of his notes may be seen in the British Museum. T hey are scraw led untidil y in a mi xture of Latin and English, and are almost illegible. From these notes, both his res pect for the Classical physicians and his revolutionary use o f new observations may be seen. When the two conflicted, Ha rvey cautiously concluded that the shape of the hu man body had changed since the time of the Ancients! Later, as he grew in confidence, he was ab le to decla re: 'I profess both to l ea~ n a nd to teach anatomy, not from books but fro m di ssections, not from postures o f philosophers but fro m the fa bric of nature.' Following the death o f James 1, a nd accession of C ha rles, Harvey continued his research, being given unlimi ted deer corpses as a result of the new mona rch's passion for hun ting. His eye for detail was infinite; his experiments were methodical; his findings we re expressed in lucid and elegant prose. Sometimes, in th e cause o f science, he would even experiment o n himself, pri cki ng his own thum b with a n in fected needle to observe the results. It was during Charles' reign that Ha rvey published his most enduring work , De Motu Cordis, or, The Movement of the Heart. P ublished in Frankfur t, written in Latin, the book consisted o f sevent y-two pages of text, two pages o f diagrams, a nd one a nd a half pages of errata : the printers could barely read Harvey's handw ri ting. In it, he put fo rward the amazing idea that the heart was a hollow muscle transmitting blood rrom vei ns into arteries, supporti ng his theories with o bservat io ns of venous valves, th e relative sizes of the ve ntricles of the heart, or o f the veins and arte ries . T hus, in C hapter X IV, he was able to state confidently that' . . . in animals, the blood is dri ven round in a ci rcuit with a n unceasing, circular sort of movement. .. '

Most of the English medical profess ion accepted his conclusions, although he was de rid ed by some foreign physicians, such as J ean Riola n. But gradua lly his doctrine became believed everywhere. He also ad vocated a natural style o f childbi rth , a nd declared both inacti vity a nd overeating to be unhealth y. Ho wever , one of his prescri ptions for a dra ught begins 'Take a 7

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handfull of Bugle and a handfull of Bittany, boyle these in water and whit wyne '. of Macbeth's witches here! .... cchoe, From 1642, Harvey became caught ul? in the Civil War. He showed great loyalty to his and IS reported to have sat calml y read mg a book under a hedge during the Battle of E~atron, with the King's children in his care. When grazed by a bullet he moved them to a f gehill, For hin: , the cruellest blow of the war came in 1642, when a m~b of Parliamentarianss~ er SPOt. his Whitehall apartments, and destroyed his papers and notes. nsacked The King rewarded his service with the Wardenship of Merton College Oxford He resented , however, by the Parliamentarian Fellows of the college a nd ab~ndoned' the was much the Royalists lost the city. post when Arter the Civil War, Harvey was fined ÂŁ2,000, for being a 'delinquent.' He still had a lucr . practice, howeve r, and was able to pay the fine easily. The last years of his life were sh dative by political events, but he continued in his research publishing De Generatione Anima~' awed 165 1. He was well-off, so much so that on his death he left an estate wort h ÂŁ20000 In in years, he be~ame a mild ecce!ltric, and took to strong coffee and to treating hi; gO~t by ;1tt~te on the r.oof m the frost. Hedled peacefull y on June 3rd, 1657, in his 80th year, and his re .ng are bUrIed at Hempstead, m Essex. malOs

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A GREAT KENTISH RACONTEUR . Most of those in the school probably pay no attention to the Dark Entr y as they pass through It. A few, perhaps, thmk brIefiy about the legend of Nell Cook, but how many actua lly consider the man who made thiS legend so well known? The Reverend Richard Harris Barham was born at 61 Burgate, Canterbur y, on the 6th December 1788 , ma kmg thiS year the bicentenary of his birth . His father, of the same name was a Canterbury Alderman, and was reputed to weillh up to 27 stone. Due to his habit or consummg a bottle of port each mght, he died when hiS son was only six years old. It is said that the front door of the house had to be removed to allow the coffin out. Barham's mother was !n poor health, and so he was placed with guardians. At the age of 9 he .was sent to St. Paul s School, London, and it was here he met Richard Bentley later to pub"sh hiS work. ' At the age of 14, while he was travelling back to School arter a holiday, he experienced a very bad coach!ng accident. He almost lost hiS rIght arm, but it was in fact saved, altho ugh permanently crI ppled. It was dUrIng hiS perIod of convalescence that he first began to write serIously. In 1807 Barham moved to Brasenose College, Oxford, where he became well known for his trIcks and Jokes. He bUilt up several gambling debts, but arter a guardian paid these off with hiS own money, Barham started to act mare seriously. After grad uating in 1811 , and a brief period o f studying for the Bar, he opted for a life wi th the church .. He took holy orders two years later, becoming curate of As hford. He exchanged thiS fo~ a simila r post at Westwell, where m 1814 he married Caroline Sma rt, and produced two children. While at Westwell ~ Barham w~ote of local witchcraft, and at two later Parishes, Sna rgate a nd Warehouse, he obtamed much mspIratlOn from the smuggling acti vi ty tha t occurred there. It was in a s~cond I?eriod of convalesc~nce, a fter a second coaching accident, that Barham WIate and pubhshed hiS fIrst novel, BaldWin . Th]S met with little populari ty, but a second novel, My COUSin Nicho las, pubhshed m Blackwood s Magazine, was fairly successful. 8

B rham soon moved to London with his family, having obtained a minor canonry at St. Paul's . avrote many articles for magazines and periodicals, and at one point edited The London ~;"~/licle. He would write for long periods of time, often going to bed in the early hours of

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In 1837 Blackwoods published his lngoldsby Legends, containing the story of Nell Cook and m the King's Scholar, as well as many other references to Canterbury . The legends proved \~ very popular, and have since been published in many different book editions . to Barham died of bronchitis at the age of 57, on the 17th June 1845. The Plaque at Barham's birthplace reads: 'An unrivalled humorist a poet, a genealogist, an antiq uary a clergyman greatly beloved .' E. J. H. PETERS.

VALETE NORMAN ROBINSON K.S.C. 1983-8 Norman Rob inson came to King's as Bursar in 1983, fo llowing his retirement from the Roya l Navy after a long a nd disti nguished career in the Service, covering thi rty-seven years. Rising from officer cadet to the rank of Captain , his career in the Suppl y and Secreta riat Branch came 10 its climax with senior adm inistrative posts, a nd appoint ment as Honorary A.D.C. to H.M. The Queen. As Chief Staff O ffi cer (Administration) to Flag Officer, Portsmouth , he held responsibilities for administering 15,000 men in twelve large.training establishments. As Director of Quartering (Navy) he controlled the Navy Works programme for new buildings and maintenance , with an annual budget of ÂŁ 150 million. His wide management experience a lso included responsibility for the replacement of computerised pay and records systems for the Royal Navy. I am quite sure, though, from what I know of Norman's efficiency, that the problems which now sometimes cause delays of several months in payments to C .C .F. officers, must have begun well after his time in that post. All this experience equipped Norman admirably to be Bursar at King's, especially as he also brought to the task the considerable personal qualities of charm, a relaxed touch and a buoyant spirit. He has had to draw extensively on the last quality in the sort of job which is never-ending in all boarding schools. The light shining from his office window at all hours of the day and night , weekends and holidays included, has been an outward sign of his great diligence. When he joined King's his predecessor had already do ne much to put the administration of the school, particularly the fin ancial administratio n, upon a sound footing. Building upon this foundat ion, and ably assisted by the Acco unta nt a nd his department, Nor ma n has im proved still further these crucia l as pects of the life of the school. His industry, atte nti on to detail , effici ency and introduction of new procedures, in particular even more stringent bud geting, has led to major savings for the school. As a member of the Bud get Committee, which holds a watching brief over the finances , I can testify to this and also to the very detailed a nd helpful preparatory work put in by Norman and his staff before meetings of the Committee. 9

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As a result of this excellent husbandry of the school's resources rna' . e':!,barked tPon, staff salaries raised and improved facilities provided ~~~~~~J~fts Ihave been ? tdwlshe laVe been possible. The particular achievements for which he will l y t Ian mighl InC u e t e enablIng of Improvements of accommodation ( h B e remembered COllages) and facilities (such as the C.D.T. Centre Com~~~ ~~ road dS~eet, Monastery Streel to take place within the limits of normal income at 'K.S.C. and 1 ~";; a~h re-Prep Department) s~lanes and wages for which he has had responsibility has be~n br~ug~rnerallevel?f those t e.natlOnal averages. There has also been an expansion in the sco e m~lre Into I.Ine With holIday lellIngs to increase income, and a steady im rovement in p of outsIde functIons and the excellent cooperation of Gardner Merchant. Tte quality of IW: :~~n~ar~ of ca}~nng, with all !",e~bers.of staff have been greatly enhanced, moreover b h . eac Ing e IClencYof facIlllIes 'YllIch have been installed with Norman's full coopeia;i~nv~~~y-lmprovefrepr?graPhic that all thIs has brought benefits in terms of the level of fees so . Support. ImallIne, too, ' evel yone connected WIth King's has reason to be grateful to him for all he has done. .. Among Norman's other duties at King's has been that of m k' ahrranllements for the reception of distinguished visitors to th~ ~~~o~r"i o~th; admhInlstrative ave. Included the Queen and Duke of Edinbur h th P' . n IS Ime . ere, these PresIdent Milterrand. We have all become fam1li~r :ithr:~~e,~~~al;\,lhe P;lme MInIster and occasIOns as an essential part of the careful planning necessary tar o s emo, put out On Such T at theMse turned out to be such successful and happy visits was i~n~~r~~~flcep~ ~~ the da~. e f orts. . uch of such work has been rather more routine of b r ue to hiS most IntnguIng assignment was to accommodate and ~ , course, ut Norma~ tells me that his they set off in their fu ll regalia on a peace pilgrima~~d t~ Ir~~d~~ty of Bhuddlst monks before

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of the school community as a whole, been p~lvlleg.ed to enjoy their hospitality and friendship ~ilt:r!~3:~i~~ ~~entsi Tho~e who have In endIng thIS tnbute and in wishing Norman and Diana all the b er;." c;n 0 no belter ver~ e~t or t e future, than to quote the words of the Dean who in his valedictor r a Bursar, but Norman has brought to the task energy dev~~~~kaS sdald :d It IS ndever easy being

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REPORTS AND REVIEWS MUSIC AND DRAMA OXFORD CIRCUS: A COMEDY REVUE SATURDAY, 17th SEPTEMBER, IN ST. MARY'S HALL

Apart from the lack of raised seating, which somewhat inhibited the spectators' view, this proved to be an excellent evening's entertainment. Some people had perhaps been put off by the 'warning' given by Mr. Hullah and the School Calendar that Oxford Circus would be in St. Peter's on the following Sunday, suggesting a 'God squad' evening with an underlying moral message. However, the proceedings got underway with the suggestion that we should 'give an encore' during which we should shout 'More! More!' and 'throw credit cards and money'. After this (unorthodox) introduction the 'Circus' started a series of sketches of well-received comedy. Juggling was first on the menu, including juggling on a motorbike . The sketch of the 'Great Gobboramo' was popular, involving some audience participation in a round-the-world gob, and Carey Knight had it through the ears. A comment on modern society was made through the first talking cash machine which consistently annoyed and frustrated customers, eventually trapping their hands. It also became the world's first cash point laundry using the compulsive 'I heard it through the Grapevine' by Marvin Gaye, much to the enjoyment of certain females in the audience. Modern satire slipped in to play an am using part in the proceedings: two members of the 'Circus' were each attempting to juggle for the 'boys and girls' and ' ladies and gentlemen'. After a signi ficant amount of arguing and harrying and dropped balls (sic) the sketch finished with: 'You have been watching a party and political broadcast on behalf of the Social and Liberal Democrats' . Oxford Circus were the three all-male cast stage performers and a director. At the end invitations to a talk on 'What is Christianity?' were issued to all. Attendance was compulsory! GODR IC JOLLIFFE .

A GLORIOUS ASSEMBLY: THE STAFF REVUE FRIDAY, 21s1 OCTOBER, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL

It happened. And only two reviews can give a fair picture.

The first is by the editor of Glasnost. Mr. Henderson found the second gathering dust in the Library. This year's revival of the Staff Revue 'beggared all description' - no review of the revue could do it justice. However a brief summary to re-evoke those vivid scenes cannot hurt. The format was a patchwork: the storyline and the Cinderella pantomime interspersed with what was in fact only vag uely related episodes, designed to appeal to loftier senses of humour. In the main storyline W.R.P. entered as an adorable and endearing Buttons. But the two ugly sisters - who else but R.B.Mi. and J.R.P.? - promptly elbowed and prodded their ways to being the centre of attention. What coordination to be able to ride a bike and drink (water?) at the same time! And everyone wanted to know what was really under l.R.P.'s dress. Yes, Ihey really were an ugly pair. II

The Common Room's cunning plan was to per form just before half-term so masters w not be greeted in lessons the next morning by jeering puerile faces. But who could ever foO Uld S.J .G. 's star appearance as the Fairy Godmother? S/he tip-toed onto stage following a quive'~et lance, pranced about displaying a perfected Dame Edna voice a nd exited amidst thunde;ln g applause . B.J.D. made a splendid footman at the ball and the ending was, as always, movi~u l But the 'best bits' were, arguably, the inserts. Most, like the well-disciplined choir weg. initiatives of the masters themselves. With T.R.H.'s words aptly set to Gilbert and Sulli va n~e 'Let the Punishment fit the Crime', D .P .H . treated us to a 'frisson' of genius. T he grou I conve rsations afte rwards were perhaps both the simplest and the funniest 'act' . Mr. Scott go': his own back, J .S.R. laughed at himself with the well-worn joke about his rather extensive family It was unfortunate that not many except D.J.R.'s economics set understood the play on his idoi 'Keynes' and 'canes', but his manic smile, an attempted antidote to 'taking life too seriousl

set us tingling. The 'bible brigade', or should I say the 'cream cake cla n'? were also willing;o ' take themselves off,' though at first we all nurtured a secret fear that perhaps P.F.J . was nOI actually joking! We could hardly tell the difference between them and the curate-for-the-night S.W.W., complete with benevolent grin. T he other members of his sketch were J.D.P., playing the unlikely part of an impulsive yo ung woman; P .J .B. her jilted fi ance, revelling in the perfeci opportunity to sulk , wear a boyscout uniform (lovely shorts) and go red in the face; M.P.H.D. hopping about energetically; a nd S.E.A ., well-disguised in a becoming hat and dress. ' The three Northerners produced a spirited rendering of the 'When I was young/You think that's bad ... ' sketch. Especially hilarious was the reference to old-fashioned matrons' openarmed attentions. The dialogue reappeared on Monty Python the following evening, but OUr quartet (B .J. D., W.R.P., N.A.L. and J.S.H ., all in eye-jarring ties and waistcoats and chomping cigars) outdid the pros. The can-can routine was also spectacular. It featured nearly all the female (and one unidentifiable male) members of the school. Who would have guessed that Mrs. Hopkins was so lithe? The Headmaster surely must have been clapping with the rest of us, encore-ing Ihe feath er and flounce from his conspicuous seat in Ihe gallery. But wait! Who is thai carelaker with a roving eye and a woolly hat? He was good-natured enough to participate, so let 's nOI embarrass him again. Suffice it to say it was an evening R.B.Mi. wi ll always remember. For all our subtlety in poking fun and coining nick-na mes, the staff are a very percepl ive lot. Who wo uld have expected fri zzy- haired M.J.M. to crawl on-stage with a (studded) dogcollar? Their revue was a courageous production, appreciated immensely by all who were fort unale to attend . As semi-fixer T.R .H. suggested in 'A New Jerusalem' : 'May we long with joy recall T he fruits of this year's Shirley Ball.' CAREY KNIGHT,

ALICE IN REVUE LAND CHAPTER I DOWN THE SHIRLEY-HALL Alice was beginning to get very tired of term and of having nothing to do , when suddenly she noticed a master with a very bright tie disappearing down the Shirley-Hall . T here was nothing so very remarkable in that; nor did A lice think it so very much out of the ordinary to see Ihe master being cheered . But when the master actually took a camera out of his waistcoat pockel a nd sta rted taking photographs, Alice began to wonder what was going on. So, burning with curiosity, she decided to follow him. 12

n down. The Shirley-Hall went straight on like a tunnel for some way. Alice looked Down, dO~ the Hall and noticed that they were filled With boys and gi rlS, and here and there all he s ldetc~ures hung on the walls. Down, down, down. The nOise of laughlOg and cheeflng Ihe sa'\fng louder a nd loude r. . was gel denly, she was in her seat and the fall was over. Alice look~d up, but It w~~ all Then, sud d In front of her was a stage, lit up by a row of lamps hanglOg from the celhng. k overhea . dar I en realized where she was. Ahce 11 II was the Staff Revue.

CHAPTER 2 ADVICE FROM A HULLAHTOLLAH , had never been to a revue before, but she had read abo ut them in books, a nd wa~ quite AhCJ rnd that she knew the name of nearly everyone there. Actually, that wasn t very please tf,? ~ because all the people she could see were called Peter or Paul. ha rd al IfS, d' I t 'th 'ts first one she really noticed was a great big Hullahtolla h! stan 109 on t 1e s age WI I ThefOlded taking not the smallest notice of her or of anythlOg else . T he Hullahtollah and arms d'girls looked at each other fo r some time. At last the Hullahtollah spoke, III a langUId, Ihe boys an sleepy voice. d f 'Diderot', he said. 'Prayers for breakfast, prayers for lunch, prayers for tea, an prayers or dinner.' h S dI k d hind him were the other Peters and the Pauls . The Firstsoon fell asleep; t e econ, 00 e Be . d' the Third sat very ve ry still' while the Fourth qUietly pretended that he wasn t thele. very pame , h h' k ' We need food for thought', said the Hullahtollah. So the Fourt gave I,m a cream ca e. 'Thai was n't quite what I had in mind', said the Hullahtollah, but It obVIOusly was, as he soon began to eat it. I

'What we need is a sermon!'

CHAPTER 3 THE MOCK CHAPLA IN'S SERMON 'W hat a curious feeling!' thought Alice, as the very slill master began to move towards the leclern . He was an abbrev iated chaplain, a nd his idea of a sermon turned out to be somethlOg like this: Esau is brother an My hairy man,

and I

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'This is way beyond the fringe', said Alice. 'Perhaps he's been walking upside down too 'Ouch" This sermon caused a remar~able sensation among the creatures in the HalI, but sudd . alI the lights went out and a plano began to play. enly

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Everything seemed to have changed. The great halI had vanished completely, and Alice now found herself in a pantomime. 'Curioser and curiouser,' thought Alice. Buttons was reading a book on rugby muscles and making bad puns and explaining who everyone was. EventualIy, he introduced the Ugly Sisters and CinderelIa . Tulip had red hair and came in on a bicycle. She spent most of her time knitting and drinking - and sometimes just knitting. She looked at Alice in a helpless frightened sort of way, and kept repeating something in a whisper to herself. Hyacinth was fat and clever, with many books of blue biology notes in her bag, as well as the biggest water-pistol Alice had ever seen. She could also do tricks with scissors and pieces of paper. 'What a great girl you are,' said Alice to herself, 'but then you can't make bricks wi thout balIoons.' The Sisters looked so exactly like a couple of great schoolmasters, that Alice couldn't help wondering if they were the Two Ronnies. WelI, one of them certainly was. 'Curiosa and curiosa,' thought Alice, as Hyacinth carried on ad-libbing and Tulip carried on twitching. Alice felt sorry for poor CinderelIa, working alI day in Hodgson's HalI, while Tulip and Hyacinth had alI the fun. Then Hyacinth began behaving so horribly, even playing a bunny trick on CinderelIa which didn't work properly, that Alice had to hold both her hands over her eyes. When she looked again, Humpty Dumpty was on the stage.

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CHAPTER 5 HUMPTY DUMPTY Humpty Dumpty went up on the stage. Humpty Dumpty had a great custard pie in his face. AlI the King's ladies and alI the Ki ng's men Couldn 't stop laughing as Humpty Dumpty went back to his place again. 14 STAFF REVUE (l.S.H., Andrew Charles worth)

'The last line is t?O long for the poetry,' said Alice, 'and it doesn't even rhyme properly. But .os very funny. "

CHAPTER 6 THE CROQUET-GROUND'S QUEEN When Humpty Dumpty had gone, Hyacinth began to sing. At least, that's what Alice thought he lVas doing, when a ll of a sudden the Queen yelled 'Off wi th his head !' and shot the pia nist. s '1IVant a ham-roll', screamed Hyacinth. But, as everyone knows, the rule is : ham tomorrow and ham yesterday, but never ham today, and certainly not duri ng school hours . Alice was wo ndering about the fairness of this, when a footman in livery came ru nning out of ,he wood. He began by producing from under his arm a great letter, nearly as large as himself, and this he handed over to Buttons, saying, in a solemn tone, 'An invitation from the Prince lO a Ball.' Hyacinth was so excited that she tore up Cindere lla's invitation and a telephone directory, and Buttons recited a poem about the School Rules. 'The questio n is, which is to be lower master - that's all ,' thought Alice. Meanwhile, Ci nderella was being left behind as the Ugly Sisters, in full academicals and in rOlUlus order, went o ff to the Ball. T he poor little thi ng sat down and cried. Everythi ng was happening so oddly that Alice didn 't feel a bit surprised when suddenly a MegaStar twink led thro ugh the curta in and on to the stage. It was a Fairy Godmot her in a discreet litt le number from Trans yl vestia. Alice didn 't recogni ze the Buchess, despite all her buffoonery, until she began waving her C.D.T. wa nd. Then , with the magic words ' Pastoral Care', and one great big flas h, the Buchess turned the catering pumpkin into a magic coach, and Cinders was whisked away to the Ball.

CHAPTER 7 POODLEDUM AND T WEEDLEBEE 'That was rat her sudden,' thought Alice, when a cry of 'The Ball's beginning!' was heard in the distance. Boreas, the North Wind himself, then rolled onto the stage. 'I wo rk for Prince C harming,' he said, 'and before the Ball begins, we're going to have a song.' The stage was getting qui te crowded by now. 'That's the chorus-line,' thought Alice, 'and those twelve creatures,' (she was obliged to say 'creatures', you see, because some of them were animals and some were birds,) 'I suppose they are the choristers.' There we re a Bat and a Bee, a Reed-Warbler and a Tom-Tit, a Poodle and a Dipper, but they all sang together quite beautifully. And when they had stopped singing, they told a lot of bad jokes about cricket and coe-education, and about Key nes and Cornwall . 'It is just like school,' thought Alice. 15 A LI"ITI.E MtLO ENCOURAGEMENT (J.s.H.)

CHAPTER 8 'IT'S MY OWN INVENTION' At last, the Court Marshal, who seemed to be a person of authority among them called 'Sit down, all of you, and listen to me! Let me sing you a song to comfort you:' OUI, 'Is it very long?' Alice asked, for she had heard a good deal of singing that day. 'It's long,' said the Court Marshal, 'But it's very, very beautiful. Everybody that hears sing it - either it brings the lears to their eyes, or else _, me 'What is the name of the song?' asked Alice. 'The name of the song used to be called "A-riding Through a Gate", but it is now called "I ntimate Lardergate". And the song used to be called "If Anyone Breaks a Rule" bUI il . now called "Wonderful Pastoral Care". And the tune's my own invention. And so are ihe dan~! steps. ' So saying, and with a faint smile lighting up his gentle face, he began. Of all the strange things that Alice saw in her journey through Revueland, this was the one that she always remembered most clearly - the mild blue eyes and kindly smile of the Coun Marshal, the soft-shoe shuffle of the pas de deuxieme, and the melancholy music of the song. 'I'm sure those aren't the right words,' said poor Alice, 'and the tune isn't his own invention

But as for the dance -

I liked it very much.'

CHAPTER 9 THE BLACK PANTHER AND THE UNIFORM Alice thought she might as well go back to see how the Ball was gelling on, as she could hear the Baritone's voice in the distance, introducing the guests. One by one, the guests appeared, and greeted the Court Marshal. T hen, there was a pause. In a little while, however, Alice heard the pattering of footsteps in the distance. It was Ihe Brigadier, looking anxiously about as he went, as if he had lost something; and she heard him muttering to himself, 'Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late! Oh my .corps and Walpole! j've lost that piece of paper!' Just at this moment, A lice felt a curious sensation, which puzzled her a great deal until she made out just what it was. T he Baritone footman was having a spot of botha from an Afrikan with a ghetto-blaster who had interrupted the Ball. The guests were trying to decide whet her to impose sanctions, to send him back to Dixieland, or to expel him altogether. 'Stay cool!' said the Tradafarian. 'Don't shoot me, Colonel!' But they marched him off, just the same.

CHAPTER IO A MAD TEA-PARTY 'That was a narrow escape!' said Alice, who now found herself at Gosforth's Fete, not far from Ayckbourn. There was a table set out under a tree, and the Marc Hare was hopping up and down, trying to get things ready for the visitors. , 'AlIo, 'alia!' he said. 'Make some morc tea.' t6

. tched in amazement as five singularly absurd persons went round and round the garden, Ahce wa . ' ., things went wrong tIme after tIme. "hI e fusions abounded . Mrs. P. was the local councillor and a village teacher, but the tea-lady CO~la e teacher was Mrs. P. Just between ourselves, the tea-lady had a bun III the oven, thanks and VI Jarc Hare, who was trying to rescue her from a fate worse than dath III the shape of 10lhebmaster wh ile the St. Stephen's vicar made thlllgs worse by trylllg to be helpful. the Cll ' . ' d .h he end poor Mrs. P. was terribly shocked by It all , and so was the VIcar. It poure. WIt In ~he cubmaster got drunk. The tea-lady cried. And the Marc Hare was left on hIs own raIn. d' d ' en the ban arnve. " I oking apart, it was an ill-feted afternoon altogether '. but there was a general clapping of hands ),. Contrariwise it was the fIrst really clever thlllg they had done that day. at t li S. ' CHAPTER II A FUNGOUS FACE AND A TALL TALE 'SlI ppose we change the subject,' the Baritone interrupted, twirling his moustache and puffing . . 'Once upon a time there were four big old boys, and their names were ObadIah, JeremIah, Nicodemus and Barry, and they had all been to school in the north of Canterbury.

on his cigar, and began to tell a story.

'Things wore bad,' said one . ' It were worse,' said another. 'You were lucky,' said one .

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The story got taller and taller, until there was no room for it in the Hall. 'j've heard nonsense, compared with which that would be as sensible as a dictionary!' thought Alice, and escaped into the garden . CHAPTER 12 THE GARDEN OF LIVE FhOWERS The garden was fu ll of the most beautiful things Alice had ever seen. All the flowers from the classrooms, and the offices, and the laborator i~s, and even the sanatoriums were there, in two lines . Alice could see the pelttcoats and the ffllly kntckers, the high heels and the garters, and the brightly coloured dresses WIth no backs and low fronts. 'You may not have li ved much in the gardens -' said a mocking ~oice: (' I haven't,' sal,d Alice) 'And perhaps you were never even introduced to a blossom - (Altce began 10 say j once picked _, but checked herself hastily, and said 'No, never') ' - so you can have no Idea what a delightful thing a Can-Can is!' 'It must be a very pretty dance,' said Alice. And it was ! (And as she sat on with wide-open eyes, and half believed herself in Wonderland, Alice remembered the happy summer days.) 'She who canÂˇcan can-can,' thought Alice, who knew a lot about teachers, and about Bernard Shaw. 'And she who can-not can-can, lOa,' she realized, as she watched the somersaultlllg Lllcy and the high-kicking Lizzie and all the oth~r flowers capering wildly about. The danclllg got faster and faster and more and more excltlllg, as the flo wers outstepped WIll Kemp, all the way from Towns~nd to Evesham, and Alice's head became so full of the can-can, that she began to feel giddy, and her spectacles began to steam up. 17

CHAPTER 13 KING ANTHONY . . . And when they had cleared again, she could see the Green Cour t cleaner in his bl dungarees sweeping the stage. The cleaner, by the way, was the King, but as he wore a wooNe hat over his crown, Alice began to wo nder whether it really was the King at all . For some tim Y the whole Hall was in confusion, too, as the cleaner began to chase poor Tulip. Eventuallye he caught up with her, and the two of them went round and round, all over the stage as th ' e music failed to get louder and louder, un til they ended up in a heap on the floor.' ' It' s the first position in dancing,' Alice said, but was dreadfully puzzled by it all , wonderin if anything would ever happen in a natural way again . g

CHAPTER 14 BRICK AND SLIPPER Alice was beginning to think that she would never get out of the pantomime. Then, on turni ng a sharp corner, she came upon the two Ugly Sisters again. They had been velY unlucky with their partners at the Ball, and were trying on a slipper, in the hope of better luck at the San. T he slipper, however, fitted Cinderella's little foot perfectly, and so Prince Charming and Cinderella waltzed away together with Tchaikovsky. When Alice thought it over afterwards, it occurred to her that she ought to have wondered at this, but at the time it all seemed quite na tural. Meanwhile, Hyacinth had at last got her ham-sandwich, from the Master of the Rolls. 'If she had grown up,' Alice said to herself, 'she would have made a dreadfull y ugly sister: but she makes rather a handsome pig, I think. ' And she began thin king over other children she knew, who might do very well as pigs.

CHAPTER 15 WHICH REVUED IT? While she was wonderi ng about this, Alice found herself back in the Shirley-Hall. The Handyman and the H ullahtollah were discussing prayers again. 'Tone is all-important in this School,' said the Handyman, turning to the jury. Some of the jury thought it was ' important', and some 'unimportant'. Alice could see this, as she was near enough; 'but he doesn't matter a bit,' she thought to herself. 'It is time for a hymn,' said the Handyman, dreaming of sheets and waving at the golden boyan the piano. 'Let's sing "A New l erusalem".' 'That is not sung right,' thought A lice. 'Some of the words have got altered .' But the boys a nd girls sang with joy their glorious praise, a nd then dispersed midst loud applause. It was a ll over. The quickness of the hands had deceived the eyes . Above the waves of applause, Alice could just see a camera . It was the master with the bright tie - not drowning, but snapping. So Alice got up and slowly walked off, thinking whi le she walked, as well she might, what a wonderful revue it had been. 18

CHAPTER 16 ALICE'S EVIDENCE 'Consider yo ur verdict,' said the King to the jury . lit was such a curious revue,' said Alice. 'All that vexation and silence.' It reminded her of Shropshire Cat. She had seen him earlier that day, but then he had vanished, quite slowly, th~' ng with the glare , which remained some time after the rest of him had gone. She wondered ~~h;t he would have made of it all. Alice thought for a little while - but not for very long - and decided: 'Many hands made the night work. Everybody has won, and a ll must have prizes.' THE END

SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER THE SC HOOL PLAY THURSDAY 1st - SUNDAY 4th DECEMBER, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL Casting about for some detail to open this rev iew of She Stoops to Conquer I fell gratefull y on the phrase 'Oliver Goldsmith's exuberant physical comedy' as the most apt description of Andrew Dobbin 's excellent production. T he play boasts a delightfully silly central premise twO young gallants are hoodwinked into mistaking thei r proper destination for an inn - with, in the time-honoured phrase, hilarious consequences. My own largely unhappy memories of school plays revolve a round inherent inability to speak lines and mo ve at the same time - so I was delighted and surpnsed by the htgh standard of performance, and es pecIall y the amount of warmblooded and confident movement on stage . . Rebecca Howden, who whisked about scene-stealing with great aplomb, deserves first mention as Mrs. Hardcastle. As well as displayi ng a nice line in Act II matronly flirtation with Mr. Hastings (David Bond), who wisely let her have her head, she showed a believable affection for the coarsely engaging Tony Lumpkin, a role executed with gusto by Flemmich Webb, whose acrobatic and enthusiastic rendition of 'The Three Pigeo ns' was greatl y enjoyed. As an amiable Mr. Hardcastle, Magnus Montgomery held hi s own with Miss Howden during their playing scenes together, and revealed a neat comic talent of hi s own during his twitting by the young gallants Marlow and Hastings, and the dr illi ng of his servants at the opening of Ac t II. Penelope Stuttaford as Miss Neville displayed a similar flex ibility, as a spirited best friend to Miss Hastings, and in sly scrapping 'fiance" seq uences with Tony Lumpkin. She and Mr. Hastings provided intelligent foils to Miss Hardcastle (Sophia Paul) and Young Marlow (Ross Dutson). The luscio us Miss Paul gave Kate Hardcastle much well-bred sweetness, being the very model of 'modern modesty a nd old fashioned impudence' during her dealings with the foppi sh, fa ltering Mr. Marlow. Ross Dutson as her schi zo phreni c swain captured the Macaroni manners o f the young man about town exceptionally well . Miss Hardcastle went 'undercover' as a simple barmaid, and provoked a romping storm of compliments a nd attempts on her person by him in Act Ill, proving Mr. Hardcastle's observation that 'girls like to be played with , and rum pled a little too sometimes' . t9

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LINA CRE HOUSE CONCERT SATURDAY, 5th NOVEMBER, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL A stage bathed in soft spotlights, with stands and chairs set up for the House Orchestra, and an audience of parents and friends sitting in anticipation, set the scene for what was to be a varied and interesting evening's entertainment. The Linacre Orchestra consisted of thirteen players led strongly by Ariadne Bimberg. They layed Music/rom the Royal Fireworks Suite by Handel, an apt choice for the 5th of November. fntonation was ve ry good, and the sensitive sound of the flutes contributed much to the mellow, pleasing tone of the orchestra. A composition by Ewan Kerr was well received. Entitled Contrasts, and scored for Cello Trio, it was played by Will iam Henderson-Deeves, Ewan Kerr and Miss Anthea Wilcock. It is always good to hear compositions by members of the school, and this piece was imaginative and entertaining. I hope he continues to develop this interest. Matthew Whiteley then played Alexander Glazunov's Riiverie, Opus 24, with confident ski ll and musical agility. A string trio, comprising Ariadne, Richard Gipps (violins) a nd William Henderson-Deeves (cello) swun g into the spiri t of an arrangement by Professor Teddy Bor entitled Bach at The Double, a potpourri of Bach, ranging from the pure, to a presentation in Boogie Woogie style. The players obviously enjoyed interpreting what Teddy Bor had in mind . I Dreamed a Dream, from C . M. Schonberg's musical, Les M iserables , was performed with feeling. Richard Gipps showed good musicianship by displaying sensitive phrasing and tone from his violin to accompany this popu lar piece, played gently on the recorder by Nick King. Scarborough Fair was well done and presented musically, fo llowed by vocal renderings of I knew !tim so well by Messrs . Anderson, Rice and Ulavers, (I would have thought 'We knew him so well' more apt!) and The Path to the Moon being delivered in fine style . Caroline Baillie and Serena Wilson sang wit h a mature confidence. Sam McCall's electrical amplification was at times a little over-enthusiastic but nevertheless contributed much to the rendition of the song. Caroline's gentle interpretation of The Path to the Moon was well received. Bewitched was very entertaining. Mark Ha ndley's jazz fl ute begu iled us all . It was well done. The Edward ian Palm Court Orchestra, enhanced by costume, make-up, gesticulation and no t a liltle acting presented the T. V. theme from Upstairs, Downstairs admirably . One expected an annou ncement by Hudson himself at any moment. The orchestra, led by Richard Gipps, and consisting o f Andrew Charlesworth, Ben Craddock, Ewan Kerr, Alexander Layfield-Cripps, and David Bywater, produced a ve ry effective, pleasant and well-rehearsed sound, creating the right at mosphere. Tom Peer's direction of Paul Patterson's Rebecca was excellent. Effect s, good delivery, strong narration and spirited projection were a ll present. Sla mming doors, screeching balloons, heads and shoulders disappearing into a gra nd piano resu lting in metallic glissandos of sound plus the sound effects o f a 13-strong orchestra set exactly the right timbre required for this work . It all added up to an unusual and entertaining item which ended the first half of this evening's concert. It was very good fun. Scherzo No.2 Opus 12 by Daniel va n Goe ns was played by William Henderson-Deeves. T his unaccompanied cello solo is a difficult work and was well accomplished. A little more time taken, I feel, would have allowed the sound to soar more, a common impetuousness found in young talented musicians, which rights itself as talent matures. William played very well to an appreciative audience. This House Concert was fu ll of contrasts . A choir consisting of Soprano, Caroline Baillie; Treble, Peter Kenyon; Altos, Ariadne Bimberg and Serena Wilson; Tenor, Tim Jennings, Esq.; and Bass, William Henderson-Deeves, sang two pieces: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot arranged by Hew Roberto n (of Glasgow Orpheus Choir fame) and George Gershwin's It Ain't Necessarily So. The spirit of these well-known songs came over delightfull y. 21

An alto solo followed sung by Ariad ne, and entitled Song oj a Nightclub Proprietress . words by John Betjeman, and music by Madeline Dring. The subtle blend of s leazines~ wllh nightclub atmosphere was cleverly portrayed and musically projected. and The Fantasia in F Minor, Opus \03 by Schubert was to be the technical highlight of the eveni This very demanding Piano Duet was performed by Ariadne Birnberg and William Henders~gÂˇ Deeves. The programme note was a thoughtful touch in that it described Schubert's Fantasryexcellently. Ariadne and William are to be commended on a fine musical performance. la If the musical highlight was the Fantasia, the most entertaining event was to be the Trombon Duet, The Acrobat played by Jonathan Ibbott and Vivian Bennett. I don't think I have se/ this performed so amushlgly.o r with just the right amount of !"usical seriousness. Jonathan'~ long angular frame clad 111 a Jacket three sIzes too small , exposll1g arms and elbows with which he manipulated glissfully and blissfully the athletic variations of sounds in J. A . Greenwood's well known work for trombones, will bring a smile to all present for a long time to come. Vivian's small frame, clad in Jonathan's clothes a nd purple gown offered an excellent contrast. All good House Concerts end with everyone in the House singing. I counted 56 on stage during the rendering of three songs: It's a Long Way to Tipperary , Pack up your Troubles and Kiss Me Goodnight Mrs. Farrell!! (bless the House Matron) . The voice of Linacre fi lled the Shirley Hall to the delight of a happy audience. Congratulations to Randall Thane and Miss Anthea Wilcock, who, through their encouragement, hard work and dedication, inspired everyone in Linacre to produce a very success ful and happy House Concert. W.Mc.C.

L UXMOORE HOUSE CONCERT SUNDAY, 13th NOVEMBER, IN THE SH IRLEY HALL

Luxmoore House Concert began wit h a rousing Brass Fanfare by Mr. McConnell, a suitably military start to the occasion as it was Remembrance Day. This was followed by a group of short pieces by woodwind and brass including March by Beethoven, Marchjor the Prince oj Wales by Haydn, a contrasting Mexican-flavoured Cha Cha Sorella by Walters, and Rondo Militaire by PI eye\. This was an attractive selection of pieces and the mixed bands generally displayed good timing (notably in flute , trumpet, horn and trombone sections). The next item, Rhapsody in Blue by Gershwin, began as a duet played by Alexander Skarbek (clarinet) and Nicholas Plant (piano). The sleazy jazz clarinet introduction developed into an exciting and sensitive performance by Nicholas on piano, which turned out to be one of the outstanding features of this concert. Julian Woodward then played a trombone solo, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot. After a dramatic start, Julian displayed a very pleasant, mellow tone on this instrument, and considerable technical mastery in a jazzier section. The piece was accompanied competently by Nicholas Plant. Likewise, Jasper Beauprez displayed good technical mastery and expressive playing in his performance of the Ballade in G minor by Brahms for piano. He played this piece without music, and his memory only failed him slightly on one occasion. T he String Quartet performed an arrangement of the Serenade by Hofstetter, and included Bronwen Aldridge (violin), Polly Smeed (viola), Jasper Beauprez (cello) and Andrew McNaught (double bass). This piece appeared somewhat under-rehearsed, and a rather tentative rendering resulted . It was kept together capably most of the time by Bronwen on violin , and Jasper was not deterred by the unfortunate behaviour of an uncooperative string! Alexander Skarbek's performance of Polichinelle by Rachmaninoff was lively and colourful, and this Music Scholar showed his capable skills as a pianist. In contrast to this, the more subdued nocturnal atmosphere of Ravel's Piece en jorme de Habenera, arranged for cello and piano, was performed with flair and a mellow tone by Jasper Beauprez. . 22

HEADING HOME (Julian Woodward)

tWO Jazz Duets for Trombones It 's All right with me and Pick Yourself Up displayed The ad technical ability of Daniel Rycroft and Julian Woodward and th is was followed by the gO Thompson's rendering of Etude (Op . 2 No . 1) by Scriab in. T his was expressively played Bonn~ee captured the romantic atmosphere of this piece well. One small criticism is that there andlds have been slightly more variety in choice of solo piano pieces, as three of them were rather ~OU Âˇmilar in style. " I e concert concluded with The Rock Gro up, Daniel Rycroft, Spencer Santry, Edward Tf~rth Alex Skarbek, Andrew Darley and Nick P lant. T hey performed House of the Rising ~'n With' an impressive guitar solo by Spencer. T hen Hotel California, sung by Daniel Rycroft, 1/:; joined by Sholto Byrnes on bass guitar and two saxophonists, Andrew Darley and a colleague an trendy shorts and sunglasses . Unfort unately, most of the singing was obliterated by A. rkarbek's rather over-enthusiastic drumming, and the sound balance was rather off-centre. It .. obvious that there is promise of musical talent developing in Luxmoore, and with the ever~uid ing , helpful hand of Mr. M~Connell and encouragement from Mr. Aldridge, we shall hear cont inuing good thmgs from thIS House . A.N.W.

THE SCHOOL BAND AND SECOND ORCHESTRA CONCERT SATURDAY, 10th DECEMBER, IN THE SH IR LEY HALL

At the end of a long term and after that peculiar cocktail of viruses that can only be called 'Canterbu ry flu', the playing of a ll those involved in this concert came as a refreshingly pleasant surprise. The School Band, led by James Thomson, set the tone of the proceedings by a determined rend ition of the dyna mic theme from the 1963 film 633 Squadron by Ron Goodwin. The piece showed to good effect the Band 's ensemble work under the baton of Mr. McConnell. Then followed a three-movement Trumpet Suite by Handel, wi th Robin Scott providing that fine sound which we have come to expect of him . Wind in the Wood by Ed rich Siebert featured the cla rinets play ing in vivacious style. Harold Walters' Instant Concert next presented a heady, cascading mixtu re of well-known tunes and was well rendered by the Band. A rat her quieter mood prevailed in their final contribution , an arrangement by Mr. McConnell of Sonatina No . I by the Austrianborn Ignat z Joseph P leyel (1757-1831) . Pleyel's great musical debt to his teac her Haydn shines through in his music, a nd the Band demonstrated a good sensiti vity to his sty le. The second section of the concert was a brief one, with the Jazz Club , under their leader Sholto Byrnes (bass), playing three tradi tional numbers: March of the Jazzmen, Dr. Ja zz and Clarinet Marmalade. The unfavourable physical arrangement of the seven members of the group caused them some rhythmical problems, but the spirit of swi ng was there, even if the flesh was looking rat her jaded. The vast Second Orchestra, very ab ly led by Christopher Creissen, began their offering with a rendition of three movements from Handel' s Water Music wit h ge nerally good intonation. This was followed by a fin e performance by Richard Dibley, well supp orted by Robert Heddle and Timothy Marso n with the orchestra, of Jeremia h Clark's well-known Trumpet Voluntary. A rapid change of country now took the orchestra into a sequence of six Scottish fidd le tunes linked and arra nged by Mr. McConnell. One sensed here a sedate Cantuarian foot-ta pping a compliment indeed . T he concert was rounded off in suitably seasonal mood by Leroy Anderson' s A Ch ristmas Festival based on several C hristmas carols. The orchestra played this with obvious gusto and the audience's response was correspondingly enthusiastic. As usual, the concert ended with coffee a nd refreshments, and a collection was taken on behalf of this te rm 's School Charity, the Pestalozzi C hildren's Village. T.T. 23 AWAITING ACTION (Jasoll Night ingale)

ME~TEROMERSHOUSECONCERT SUNDAY, 11th DECEMBER, IN T H E OLD SYNAGOG UE

Immediately before the concert began Mr. Hattee made a brief speech in which he s . the ~o n cer t had a Christmas theme. On gla ncing dow n the programme I noticed tha aId that C hnstmas theme wIth a difference . The performers had the good sense to dispens t ~tlVas a Items as Jingle Bells and include instead origina l choices some of which were nee WIth sUch . ' Wto ~ T he concert opened wIth Scarborough Fair s.u ng by Caroline Williams and Alastai : accompa med by Juhan Cndge. T he pIece was a bIt slow, I thought, with the result that C r H!ne was compelled to breathe In some unfortunat~ places . The performance was otherwise w II ahrahne e p rased and sung wIth very good mtonatlO n a nd dIction. Alex Driskill-Smith then performed the Fantasie-Impromptu of Chopin with a bit too rubato . H owever he. had tremendous command and made a very good use of the edal mU~h hIS oth ~r solo later m the c~ncert - Mendelssohn'S Scherzo in E minor (Op . 16 PN '2as In a both pIeces Alex played .wlth very good phrasing, giving enjoyable inte rp retadons . f)' In ma rvellous pIeces of muSIc. 0 two Considerations of space do not allow me to give detailed commentary on the whole pro Three furth er solo pia no items were. se~siti vely and securely played : Mozart's Sonat:rK~me. 2nd movement by Juhan Cndge, Gn eg s Notturno by John Tegner a nd Schuma nn 'S S' 'l' II , (Op. 68, No . 11) by James Rayner. Alastair Hine's splendid performance of Mendelssohn.'~~7~0 of N ights, an excellent choIce of song, was well m tune, well phrased and with very good ta~e~ Peter Apps (oboe) a nd J ohn Tegner (flute) played respecti vely the Cima rosa Concerto (3 d and 4th movements) arranged by A rthur Benjamin and the first of the three Romance (Or 94) arranged by Trevor Wye. After each of these pieces Dr. Mallion turned to me anJ .~. wIth an awe- fille~ voice, 'He's ~ea ll y got that instrument licked ', with which 1 heartil y co~~~,. Both playe rs exhIbIted the a blhty to phrase properl y and ma intain a sense o f rh ythm. . James T homson in the Prel,:,de by Finzi demonstrated that he deserves a more substantial dec.oratlOn than honorary muSIC scholar, so pleasing was the experience of hearing him la' while the Barbershop (Messrs Solway, Wilson, Cridge and T homson) indicated that the: h Y a particularl y neat choreographer, a nd sang their three items from memory. ad The H o,:,se Ensem.ble appeared t,:"ice in the concert , conducted by Mr. McConnell , with a well-orgamsed selecllOn of pteces, hveltly performed . Ma ny than ks to the members of M 0 for a most entertammg evenmg. . . OSCAR BLEND.

TALKS AND DEBATES IS BRITAIN IN NEED OF CONSTITUTIONA L REFORM? 30th SEPTEMBER 'Is Britain in need of Constitutional reform?' was the question before the H ouse on Friday September 30th. Organizer Eric Moorebravely had concocted an Opposition to be introduced 10 three parts by the leaders o f three dIffe rent opposition pa rties: SLD, Labour a nd Marxist, a nd countered res pectIvely b>: three true blue Tones. There was a record attenda nce as ' MPs' a hgned themselves on both SIdes of the St. Augustine's Chamber, ex pecta ntly. 24

I e Democrat leader Sholto Byrnes opened the debate eloquently with a clear and thorough TIl na tion of why proportiona l representation should replace the current fi rst-past-the-post e'P am of election, which often produces quirks such as the Allia nce receiving 23'70 of votes SYSleonl Y 25 seats out of 650 in 1979, or 22% and 22 in 1983. He dep lored the fact that a ~ut servative govern me nt wi th onl y a mere 40-odd % of the vote a nd a majority in the Lords been able to push through nearly any legislation it has liked for nearly a decade . haOliver Harris as Prime Minister offered a powerful refutation, raising the usual issues of the . personality of MPs not tied to constituencies, and the weak ness of coalition governments that uTI portional representation wo uld inevitably entail. However, he typified P rime Mi nisterial ~~~el iability by fl agrantly disregarding his opening promise to keep his speech short! Addressing the next section of the bill , Alex Chandler, the Labour leader, suggested the bolition of the House of Lords . H is maide n speech was well-received, not least due to the :uthenticity lent by his q u asi -Liverpudli ~n accent, a nd the humour provided by his em phatic 'The only time the Lords bother to attend IS whe n they come mto London for the Chelsea Flower Show'. The only drawback, however, was that he offered no alternative proposal such as, perhaps, a second appointed chamber composed of disti nguished people from all fields and walks of life, ak in to hereditary peers but of course purged of outmoded titles or pretensions o f aristocracy. 'The Honourable Lady-Member for Grange' Clare Burges-Watson, pounced on this shortcoming. She accused the Labour leader of not doing his job properly by just attacking the staLUS quo without havin.g,Plan!,ed or presented a viable a lte~n ati ve . S.he spoke with ~I most Thatcherite clanty and preCISIOn; It was nearly ImpOSSIble to dISagree WIth such hIgh-pItched conviction. Then Eric Moo re spoke as leader o f the Marxists, propounding the case for abolishing the mo narchy. He was well-armed with figures abo ut the exorbitant Civil List (the money granted an nually by Parliament to the Royal fam ily, excluding the Prince of Wales who accrues enough revenue from the Duchy of Corn wall). The only point he could fathom in favour of a Queen in the twentieth cent ury is that she contributes to tourism, and hence the ba lance of payments. He spoke deli berately and lucidly, projected a social conscience a nd was best of the six at emulating the Parliamentary practice of orating not from a prepared speech , but from brief no tes alone. Ben Palmer concl uded the officia l proceedin gs with a staunch , Conservative reply to his opponent's words . Indeed, hardly an eyelash - or a motion sheet - fl utte red when he launched into a Churchillia n draw l. Apologies flowed from hi m rat her more freq uently tha n from a real politician (unless they were inte nded to be laced with sarcasm) . Otherwise , his performance was laudable. His appeal to patriotism, and tradi tional values was strong, a cross between Burke's and Bush's tactics . T he rosette he sported rein fo rced this with a dynamic vis ua l touch. Ma ny than ks are due to the Speaker, Mr. Ross, who managed to th row in a few characteristic quips such as ' If the P.M. insists upon blowing kisses to members of the Opposition, it is not strictly unparliamentary behav iour, though it is exceptionally silly.' Memorable speeches from the floor included those of James Robe rtson, Julien Foster, and Jonathan Walsh, who championed the cause of the Green Party. There was a degree of suspicion aro used when a member wielding a large Soviet flag was cut off at the end a nd not allowed to speak . Still , all good thi ngs must end, and a vote has to be taken. On fi rst impress ions the 'ayes' , that is those in favo ur of Consti tutional reform, seemed to 'have it', but a formal division gave it to the 'nays'. Once again, the King's PolSoe Parliament was a resounding success, with just the right bala nce of drollery and imitation of political practices - although perhaps the lalter includes the for mer. Britain 's opposition parties would be definitely better poised to topple the government if they could duplicate the concerted King's effort to challenge the status quo.

THE LA W AND POLITICS SIR NICHOLAS LYELL, Q.C., M.P. SOLICITOR GENERAL 3rd NOVEMBER Sir Nicholas Lyell, Q.C., M.P., add ressed one of the largest gatherings in the Societies Ro this term. His charisma and ease of conversation , inherent in most successful Politiciaom mainta ined the interest of those present for about one and a half hours, and could easily h;:' done so for longer. e He began by expla ining the role of the Solicitor General in government. He described it as having an ad visory/ quasi-judicia l function, second only to that of his superior, the Attorne General. Together, they act as the Government's principal legal advisors, deciding whet her is in the public's interest to prosecute. He cited the case of an elderly person caught shopli fting' in such a situation, he said, it was not in the public interest to take the offender to CO Urt. ' Next, he dealt with the controversial topic of the Government's strategy on law and order the basis of which is to promote a strong framework, reliant predominantly on the increasing powers a nd numbers of police, supported by society as a whole. Sir Nicholas's easy manner ~ixed w.ith convincing. statistics, might evep have been able to sway a Lib~ral , like Dr. Maltby: mto votmg Conservative at the next electIOn! We were mformed about Improvements in Ihe police force: over the past nine years, there have been 13,000 more police, with an increase of 20,000 more on regular patrols as more civilians take over desk jobs. He boasted a 90-100% detection rate for violent crimes. Sir Nicholas also placed great store by the Neighbourhood Watch Scheme . In 1983, there were approximately none. Now, there are 70,000 . Sir Nicholas devoted half an hour to his ta lk; the remainder of the time was left for questions. Oliver Harris asked about the proposal to change the law regarding a person's ri ght to remain silent. Sir Nicholas's reply was, predictably, in favour of a change. His argument was based on the idea that a jury 'should not be deprived of using their common sense', and they should therefore be able to interpret a man's silence as guilt. In response to Carey Knight's question about the introduction of capital punishment, Sir Nicholas was vehement that most people do not want the re-introduction of the death sentence. Firs tl y, he argued that it was not a deterrent , and secondly that few people would be in favour of so strict a penalty for murders within Ihe fami ly circle, which account for about 60 per cent of all murders committed . There is also Ihe problem of a mistake. He discussed the 'Irish Dimension' and the 'Wearing of the Green and romanticism' , when the convicted people are most likely to be scapegoats, and not the real culprits. Another issue, raised by Simon Roberts, was the Bill of Ri ghts, to which Sir Nicholas was opposed, on the grounds that it would place political pressure on the judiciary. Other questions ranged fro m Stalinist notions of work camps, with prisoners building their own prisons, to the problems of ' lager-louts.' The Solicitor-style General answered everyt hing with total confidence. Sir Nicholas was a relaxed speaker, whose arguments were reinforced by a combination of facts and humour. He was proud of the present government, believing that, if people do nOI like what the government is doing, then 'they can wave two fingers at it: metaphorically speaking!' He is a grea t orator, with a deep respect for the law. He quoted Thomas Fuller, in a bad Hampshire accent: 'Be ye never so high, the Law is above you. ' He is also convinced that we live in a 'truly free, democratic society' . This remains ve ry much a matter of opinion. As the Headmaster pointed out, there are many people in remand centres, not yet convicted, and therefore presumed innocent. Many of these people may be in remand because they are unable to pay their bail. Therefore, it is often the poorest sector of our society that suffers. It is a serio us problem indeed that persons may be placed in remand centres, sometimes for a year or more, without trial, in what purports to be a civilised society. The Headmaster thanked Sir Nicholas for entertaining the assembled group most richly, promising to hold him as a dear friend a nd parent of last year's head girl, Veronica . Nevertheless, the Headmaster aired his disturba nce at the increasing a moun t of V.A.T. that the school muSI pay in the future. He assured the Solicitor Ge neral that King's would be contacting him, very soon!

JANE GR IFFITHS.

THE GLORIOUS REVOLUTION, 1688 DR. JOHN MILLER 11th NOVEMBER John Miller, a lecturer at Queen Mary College London, based his talk around an article Drll' had recently appeared in The Daily Telegraph. wIue ording to the article, the Glorious RevolutIOn . was a , non-event , wh'ICh prove d not h'm.g ~ccas fu ll of 'bloodshed, injustice and repression.' Dr. Miller proceeded to argue agamst thiS anl h':eherence. At that time, England was, by far, one of the most 'enlightened' Euro~ean IVI ulries. Our legal codes we~e the fairest, ve ry few people were actuall y executed, and religIOUS cO~rassment was almost negligible, the DeclaratlOnsof Indulge nce glVlng a guara~tee of toler~tI?n. ~~ arliament was an elected assembly, a nd no mllllster could be entirely confident of retammg .,e ~fice and was thus consta ntly seeking to be seen as 'popular ' ~efore each electIOn. The hiS Ole als~ stated that the injustice, bloodshed a nd repression was mamly due to the autocratic ~~~~y' govern ment. Dr. Miller pointed out that a lot of these Tories, who were supposed to unfailingly support the mona rchs and the C hurch, did not like the high taxes and corporate inO uence of the 'Whig' government, but wo uld never accept the return of J~mes II. HIS reign, . .hich he wis hed passively to reconvert England back to Roman CatholicISm, had been too 1111 mal 'lc and thus they prefered to accept the lesser evil of the Hanoverian monarchy. The Irau, . Church, rat h er t h an t h e 'd"'vme Iy-appolll . ted' K'109 J ames. Tories chose to support thelf Dr. Miller gave an extremely lucid andwell ~repa~ed talk, which! no d~u~t, benefited those embers of the sixth form who are studymg thIS peflod for thelf H istory A level. It certamly m,oved to be of great use to Dr. Maltby, who was seen to bring out his little note-book, and ~Ia'i frantically scribbling some of Dr. Miller's points down! JULIAN CRIDGE AND JOHN WATKINS.

BOOKS A YEAR LOST & FOUND MICHAEL MAYNE (M .O . 1943-9) Darton, Longman a nd Todd, 1987. ÂŁ2.95 People in the public eye often write books about their experiences . Michael Mayne (O.K.S.) fa lls into the category of publ ished personalities. Since leaving King's, he has ,acllleved (lreat success. Now Dean of Westminster, he was form erl y vicar of Great SI. Mary s, Cambfldge, and also Head of Religious Programmes for B.B.C. Radio for seven years. He wrote Prayers jor Pastoral Occasions in 1982, a nd edited Encounters four years late r. A Year Lost and Found is his latest publ ication, in which he writes of 'what a sudden, mysterious, knock-dow n kind of ill ness does to you and your fam ily '. Whi lst sti ll at Cambridge, Michael Mayne became ill , and was incapacitated for a year. A Year Lost and Found IS about Ihis year. He examines his frustrations with himself, friend s, family and doctors. He also reflects deeply on his relations hip with God and at the same time ex plores the experience gai ned from human su ffering. 27

The book is in two parts, followed by a postscript. The first part is devoted to des .. the Illness, a nd only rarely bnngs Into questIOn MIchael Mayne's religious conviction ~Iblng it deals with his relia.nce on the doctors who, in faili~g to reach any fi rm conclusion a~'t ather exactly was wrong WIth hIm , showed a great deal of Ineptitude. After several differing a 0 ~hat as to the nat ure of his illness, Michael Mayne turned to less orthodox cures. In des PInIons he even tried sending samples of hair to a South African clairvoyant for ana lysis . )~r~lton, mcredlble that a pnest should resort to such measures, yet it is in this half of the book eems one sees the man as opposed to the pnest. GIven the cIrcumstances, his behaviour was er that natural. Often one expects men of God to be better able to handle difficulties, but on~ f~~Ctly that they are only human after all. MIchael Mayne may well have believed in the old adage ts God does mdeed hdp those who help themselves. T he various doctors a ll agreed that he wat suffenr,:g from a c~ lpplmg VI ruS w.lth wh ~ch no-one seemed particularly familiar. Left with as alternatIve, he contInued to beheve In God s goodness, until gradually the pain began to disap e no . h' f ' par. Th e secon d part . IS wntten at t e tIme 0 MIchael Mayne' s recovery, in the Dolomites in M 1986. He describes the effect the illness had on his family, himself and on his religious convict' ay T he. result is a good deal of theorising and theology. Amongst the conclusions drawn, the ~~. obvIous one IS that MIchael Mayne's behef In God helped him to cope. His belief in pray St ~nd the necessity of Christ 's suffering is ve ry much apparent. He treats his illness as a 'jou ers, ey Into God' and concludes that all the blows dealt to us in life are simply obstacles to either we:k or strengthen our resolutions. By the beginning of the second part one has been lulled intoe~ feelm.g that thIs book IS unusual, In that It has not gone into great throws of Bible-bashin ReadIn!l the openmg rew paragr~phs, of th~ second part ~>ne feels an impending sense of doo~ that M~cha~1 Ma,Yne IS about to get. rehglOn and what IS more that he will try and give what he has got to hl ~ reader. However, mstead of deep, profound religious theories as to why we should all beheve In God, MIchael Mayne remams true to form and provides a simple analytical app~oach to his feelings about God in relation to his disease. It is clear that the story ~f Christ'S passIOn hada great effect on Michael Mayne's beliefs. 'Why have you forsaken me? ' should sound famlhar to most. T hIs was obvIOusly .a question foremost in Michael Mayne's mind. As a man of God who had dedIcated much of hIS hfe to serving ot hers, it seemed incongruous that he should be suffenng . He suggests tha t maybe it was a test as to just how strong his faith really was . Perhaps, hke Chnst, he was better able to serve others, having suffered. T here may be a certam arrogance about drawing self-comparisons with Christ yet in Michael Mayne's case it has certainly been appropria te. He writes of making sacrific'es and of a need to resist th~ temptation to let the virus get the better of him , especia lly regarding the selfishness which automatically accompanies an illness. . Michael Mayne has set out to write a very personal book about an important period of his hfe. The story ttself IS one of whIch most people have heard variations. The di ffe rence is that it is told from a priest 's point of view. H e shows that me~ of G?d are not exempt from feelings of total fru stratIon . He sh.ows, In hIS exam mat IOn of hIS feehngs, that it is perfectly natural to questIon and weaken at hmes of great stress and anxiety . The book therefore offers consolation to those in similar circumstances .

JA NE GRIFFITHS.

VISITS SPANISH CONFERENCE AT QUEEN MARY COLLEGE, LONDON 21st SEPTEMBER On the 21st September 6a and 6b atte nded a Spanish Conference at Queen Mary College, ndon. It wasn't exactly the most 'delightful ' area in London but we arrived to a welcome Lo of coffee and proceeded to our first lecture at 10.00 a.m . by Dr. V. Bulmer-Thomas on cUPrent economic problems in Latin America . He was a ve ry astute lecturer with a tremendous cUderstanding of the problems. But with Mr. Aboderin falling asleep and Mr. Newbury drawing un lUres of France and Spain, we soon moved on to the Language class conducted by P rof. R. Penny. We learnt some im portant grammar concerning tenses but his accent (which was e~aggerated to say the leasll) soon got the better of us. It was lime for lunch. The afternoo n consisted of two seminars a nd an U .C.C.A. talk . T he first seminar conducted b Dr. V. A. Smith was on Losjunerales de 10 Mama Grande by Gab riel Ga rcia Marquez. We Dmade valuable contributions a nd even Jai ye's only word - 'boring' - was written on the ~ I ackboard. Then it was o ff to see the Careers Officer who was extremely helpful and we found

answers to many of o ur questions.

After tea, we attended the third and final seminar on EI coronel no liene quien Ie escriba (Gabriel Garcia Marquez) (nobody writes to the colonel), taken by Ms. S. Romeo. T his lecture was sup ported by textual references and a task set to everyone in the group . Meanwhile, 6b had all ended lectures on Yermo by Lorca and The Mayor oj Zalamea by Calder6n. We eventua lly found the exit and boarded the coach. Many thanks to C.P.N. and S.M.W . for arranging and lak ing liS on such a valuable and interesting day out. ROBERT W ILSON.

SIXTH FORM TRIP TO ROYAL SOCIETY, LONDON 26th SEPTEMBER 0.00 hOllrs . Rendezvous point - C hemistry Laboratory 3. Mission - a highly intellectua l trip to the prestigiolls Roya l Society in London. Armed with a school packed lunch (a highl y imagi native sd ection of ham sand wiches, crisps and apple), we set off under the direction of Dr. Arnott. After making continge ncy plans for anyone .getting lost (get the next train home) we invaded a train at Cante rbur y East. Arriving in London, we made our way to Carl ton House Terrace and shuffled respectfully inlO the marble entrance hall , hastil y swallowing our remaining lunch under the stern glare of the custodians. Shortly, we were ushered into a lecture hall and the lights dimmed. T he lecture lasted an hour, durin g which five speakers gave us thrilling accoun ts of their work - including one man who had spent two years on an Antarctic base studying the growth rate of mosses onl y to come up with the conclusion that they grew 2mm per year. Following the lectures we were invited to view exhibitions put on by various schools who have had Royal Society financia l help in setting up school science projects. The topics were wideranging, from one school which used filters to discover a woodlouse's fa vo urite colour (blue, they feel more secure) , to Sevenoaks who had built an 8 V, inch off-axis optical telescope, to another school which was designing drugs to relieve rheumatoid arthritis . An hour and a half had been set aside for viewing after which tea would be served . A fter twenty minutes, however , we were all on intimate terms with the colour preferences of woodlice a nd had been lost halfway through the tech nical discussion on the telescope . Dr. Arnott suggested we adjourn to the National Gallery for tea which proved a popular idea wi th the rest of the group, so we concluded the Chemistry trip wit h viewings of Van Gogh 's Sun flowers and a n unfinished Michela ngelo. Our thanks to Dr. Arnott for an enj oyable Chemistry trip. MARtANNE DOCHERTY. 29

THE SHELL WOODSTOCK RESEARCH CENTRE VISIT 6th OCTOBER Basically we had no idea what was in store . 'A research centre', he said. 'Researching what?' I thought. Anyway, let us say that we went with open minds . The weather was drab, wet wind' but the centre generously sent a minibus to Sittingbourne station to pick us all up. (A gO~d thi Y; too, as we were running late for the first lecture .) ng We were directed to a lecture room where we were given safety spectacles and an illustrated lecture, outlining the various function s of the different departments. Then the speaker divided us into groups and gave us to guides. Ours was really very friendly and helpful and took u the least windy route to the herbicide centre (custom-built for the development of weed killer)~ to a place where these chemicals are put into easy to use forms (e.g. quick wetting powders): and to an analysis centre (my favourite). The marvellous room holds a transmission electro~ microscope, a tandem scanning reflecting microscope (I think!) and various mass spectrometers gas chromatographs and ordinary high resolution light microscopes. We were presented With images from these machines and a glimpse at the power available to their operators. Lunch, a splendid buffet, and Jos, Dr. Lamb and Shiao-Yng benefitted enormously from the delicious spread. Then, on to 'field research '; another analysis centre, specialising in gas chromatography; and an 'environmental effects' scanning centre (good for publicity this one!) Then, after returning our plastic specs and waiting at Faversham station for an hour (courtesy of British Rail!) we returned home, considerably enlightened on what this research centre does. KATHERtNE COLQUHOUN.

A VISIT TO QUEST INTERNATIONAL, ASHFORD 19th OCTOBER We arrived at Quest at 9.00 a.m., where we were taken, with a group of about forty people from other schools, to a lecture room for an introduction to the making of smells and colours for foods, washing-up liquids and cosmetics, to mention just a few. After a short coffee break we then had a long set of lectures on procedures and chemistry involved in the process of making perfumes . This included sniffing at the basic odours used, such as jasmine and essence of rose petals! Lunch was of top quality and Julian Morse and I made the most of it, as Dr. Arnott made friends with fellow teachers . Next came the practical sessions. First was to design a plant for forming a synthetic component of some perfumes, as a chemical engineering project. Once designed with help, we toured the actual plant used on the site - not exactly test-tube stuff! Our second choice was to work out the structure of an organic substance, using mass, infrared and ultra-violet spectrometry, together with carbon- 13 and hydrogen nuclear atomic resonance. It was very satisfying actually to be able to see this research in process and then to be able to interpret the results and to find the correct answer for the molecule. We all left pleased with our day, together with 'Quest International' T-shirts and aftershave. (Dr. Arnott took the perfume for his wife!) TOBY YOUNG.

30 WORK IN PROGRFSS: NEW GIRLS ACCOMMODATION (Andrew Charlesworth); DEFENDING THE GREEN COURT (Sam McCall); MOVING THE CAXTON SOCIETY (Nick Flower)

@House VNotes Numbering 77 this term, 'Schoolites' showed an incredible range and depth of talent. We entered the senior house basketball as the defending champions, but lost to Grange in the semi-final. This disappointment was soon made up for by a victory in the senior house hockey league under the guidance o f Fred Hellings. Martin Ie Huray, forsak ing the 1st XV, reached the S.E. U18 hockey team - we hope his career will not end here .. . 'Doive' Hamilton also played for Kent, as his lovely tie demonstrates. On the domestic rugby scene our Anglo-Irish team proved victorious in the Colts competition. However, the senior team was unable to emulate their achievement. Rob 'Tils' Tiley a nd Toby Young have been in action and both qualified fo r the Ul8 National Fencing Championship . Shafik Saba is London junior sabre champion . Daniel Longhurst and Jos Sclater were in charge of providing Ihe limelight for our thespia ns, Ross Duttson, Pavel Barter and Jim Knight. Jim and Ross (and Sammi) also directed two successful house productions. Members of the House have a lso been busy fund-raising for charity. Congratulations to Sholto Byrnes for winning the regional publicspeaking competition. However, despite his eloquence he has been unable to expla in away his frequent absences from prayers. The Oxbridge candidates only stopped working to play 'Scalextric' and blow soap bubbles . On the socia l front the moni tors , J.S.R. and N.L.P. enjoyed a highly entertaining soiree courlesy of Linacre House. T he Scalextric was again in evidence, as was Mr. Ross, trying to race a Ford Escort down the home straight! And at home fixtures it was 'Tils', who provided all the laughs. (Tell us the one abo ut yo ur driv ing lesson Rob ... ). 'Practice makes perfect' Chad enjoyed his favour ite hobby - bird taming. We were very sorry to hear tha t Mr. Ross will be leaving with the monitors, but a re sure that he has a worthy successor in Mr. Dobbin. Finally, welcome to Mr. Phillis and thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Ross and the Ladies for the House's smooth operation . THE MONITORS.

SCl-lOOL HOUSE

THE GRANGE

T he House has adopted well to the new policies of the 'Star C hamber' this term. With ten Oxford candidates Prep has been ' removed' from trouble. Most of the house has been playing rugby. And we contributed five of the 1st XV . 'Porky' Manning, Steve Williams and 'Daffy' Stobbs played for the 2nd XV occasionally, joined by C hris 'Gemma' Job, Akin Tob uku-Metzger and Simon Roberts. Congratulations must go to Des Chum for playing for Kent and getting picked for the South East England 16 Group sq uad at the most technical position on the fi eld - tight head prop. We also found time to come second in the Junior House Hockey League but na rro wly lose in the Senior House Basketball Fina l. The House Drama Competition produced some good performances a ll round, followed up by starring ro les in She Stoops to Conquer by a mature Becky Howden, by Ginge 'winner' Night ingale, and Sim on Roberts, P iers Trussell , Rhian C hilcott , Elo'ise Simeons and

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EloIse also tried her hand at Chinese this term, but her heart wasn't in it and she didn't to want to get to grips with it, and so went on to pursue a more boring activity. The m Setrn of Sophie's leg is a complicated webb, but Porky apparently was not involved. Jim con~~tery to talk to Louise as did Ginge to the 6b 'herd' . I, of course, celebrated one and a bit ye"ed Rhian doesn't want a mention. all. I must thank the Woodleys and all the domestic staff for another successful term, and espcci 1\ Mrs . Shersby who, after three Housemasters and twenty years of life in The Grange is sa~IY leaving us. I hope Mr. Anderson and Dr. Evesham have enjoyed their first term in the' Gran Y and finally thank the rest of the Monitors for a term of little 'Harrisment' and a smoot hly_r~~ house. JULIAN M ORSE.

WALPOLE

As the new boys and girls congregated in the house room on the first day of term, a very famous quote, taken from the movie Ghostbusters, came to mind: 'We've got one!' Indeed we had one - our first academic scholar in four years . Things seemed to be looking up. Also on the academic side we had two prospective Oxford candidates and two for Cambridge We wish them all good luck . An even more sur priSing resuli emerged from the National Mathematical Contest: Liz AYling managed to achieve the second best result in the school. Musically, we have Chris Gray who is in every musical event that is physically possible; Ros Marson and Pete Keeler in the 1st Orchestra; Fiona Shoop is still giving her arias in the 51. Radigund's kitchen (good luck in your grade 8 exam, Fifo)' Tim, OUf most recent music scholar, and the thi rd Marson' plays in the school orchestra, and finally we have Karen Roehni and Marianne Docherty who are both in the school ba nd . On the social side Toby Barker realised that a Morris wasn't just a make of car; Niall ConnonJackson went the 'full-force' way; Amanda Petch has gone a bit Daffy in the head; and the Roedean girls decided to go to Roedean in search of joy. Members of the house have held up on the sporting front really well. We had Jaiye Aboderin, Flem Webb, Chris Hall, and Amit Das on the rugby tour to France, and although the first three were injured for most of the season, Amit held his own against the best of them in the 2nd XV. Kery Mouzourou attained his county colours, a nd Harry Longrigg received his Ist V squash colours. Most of the members of the house played for teams in their age groups, especially in the Shells and Removes. Disaster struck, however, when we learned that from having two oarsmen in the house we now have seven, four of whom are girls. Ros captained the 2nd XI hockey, and she also had Louise Earnshaw-Brown, and Marianne, in her team. Tamsin Pike starred in the 1st a nd 2nd VII netball; and Karen, Alice Cecil-Wright, Alex Morris, a nd Liz, gave up hope and rowed. The highlight of the term came when we brought the Senior House Basketball cup back home to its rightful place on the Walpole House trophy shelf. With all this in mind we must not forget to congratulate Flem on his outstanding performance in the school play. Mr. Vye also performed in the staff revue! Finally we would like to thank Ann, Edie, Lynne, Sue and Pat for keeping the ho use immaculate, and Lorna and Hazel for keeping our clothes in 'def' condition. They are a magnificent seven. A big thank you to Mr. and Mrs. Vye, Miss Burr and all the tutors for keeping us in line, and affording us an enjoyable start to the yea r. JAIYE ABODERIN. 32

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35 NATURE OF GOTHIC IJ S.H.)

~ EISTER OMERS

T he term has been a good one for Meister O mers, if not in ta ngible rewards, certainly in the fun had by all . Peter Apps, when not on the phone to a yo ung lady from Cro ydon, was an im portant member o f the School XV . In betwee n gla ndular fever, ' flu , concussion a nd Oxbridge, the Head of H ouse managed half a season for the Seconds . Mr. Barham's 3rds benefited from the collecti ve skills of Cha rles Stanbury, Anthony Ogedegbe, Peter Davies, and a certai n 'stout oriental male' . With ' Blac k and Blue' T homson jumping for the 4ths, and countless others representing the more junior teams, the future looks good for the M.O.R .F.C. Alex Ellison's victory in the Kent Ul 6 Foil Championshi p, also bro ught a handsome cup for display. A highl y successful H ouse Concert was held at the end of term . All the participants are to be congratulated on the professionalism of their perfor mances and the Ho use would like to extend its thanks to Mr. McConnell for all his help and to Ja mes T homson for his organisation . If the Ho use Concert and the House Party were the high points o f the term, then the low point was the news o f Co;inna Preston's illness . We admire her patience, and ho pe that she will soon be back at Kmg s. The social news in brief. Let it onl y be said that the signals picked up by Pete's Lake-side aerial were false, a nd that Spence is not the Cruiser he appears. Respo nses to Ed 's advert have been sadly lac king - applicants should contact the occupant o f Beau fort for fur ther details. All that remains is to thank the cleaning ladies, Mrs. Johnson and Mr. Hattee, as well as the small mo ni torial elite(!) , for all their hard work . BEN PALMER.

MARLOWE

New heights have been scaled in sporting a nd drama tic achievements this term in Marlowe, crowned by our winning the House Drama Competition . I think that Mr. Reid expressed the House sentiment in this matter when he described O liver Ford-Davis as the best judge the competition has ever had. Our most active sportspeople, Rob in Scott and Annabel Davies, played respecti vely, for the 1st XV, or, as captain for the girls 1st XI. Very best luck to Stu 'pid ' Henderson in his trial fo r the Great Britain rowing squad and congratulations to Charlie Haswell , Giles Darby a nd Justin ' where's H ilary?' Marozzi, who have been judiciously selected for the hockey squad to play in Barcelona in January . T he strong mili ta ry prsence in Ma rlowe has been strengthened by Ada m Watts ' promotion to a ra nk , I' m told, even higher than Oliver 'what lammed' Scott's. Never mind Oily - you' re still more importa nt tha n he is in real life. Frances 'motherhen' Sayer, who codi rected the cuties ' effort for the Shell Drama Competi tion with Clare Lissaman, has shown herself to be a fathomless well of pastoral care in Stud y 1, especially with Oily who has been going all out for female enfranchisement for moni tors . Many congratulations to all the Shells who took part in the competition a nd offered an enjoya ble, and at times a shade risque, COntri bution. Well done also to the Ho use League Hockey team who reac hed the semi-final and to the House Soccer team who also did admi rabl y. 37

6b's social activity seems lively enough, except that Haley Wetts when Adam Patts. Peter' ferret' Stevens has turped the Beth .'bath'. Tapp; unfortunat~ly she immediatel y started runni the Matt Gore has been wIth us mostly In SPIrIt, although a rare sIghtIng was made of hIm in assem~f' the other day . Y Congratulations to Dr. and Mrs. Arnott on the arrival of their first daughter, Eleanor a thanks to all the tutors and especially Mr. and Mrs. Reid for their usual support and kind'nend We all welcome Mrs. Davis who has joined us this term . SS. Finally, I'd like to dispel all rumours that Marlowe is harbouring a certain E. J. Thribbs_ purveyor of poor poetry to Glaznost. DAVtD BOND.

LUXMOORE

The new regime settled in com forta bly and under its supreme leadership the House no w has enough silverware to cover the cost of the trop hy cabinet. Luxmoore was well represented in ru gby at all levels; Babs Epega managed to heave his hulk down the wing for the First Fifteen while Ed Hughes, Magnus 'The Moose' Mo ntgomery and Al 'Landstalker' Sk arbek played ded icatedl y for the 2nd's. Even Jim 'Wood head' Woods got promoted to the 5th XV to dazzle them with his (lac k of ?) ability, and Toyin Fadeyi sho wed slightly more sparkle by making it to the Kent side and the South-East trials. The football team (all its members being captain except 'Woodhead') ye t again terminated a ll opposition to reta in the League cup : goals for: 47; against: 3. T his te rm the ladies have found a surpri se new attract ion in Luxmoo re - John 'Ughh' Gane who has managed to att ract girls from as far away as Mitchinson's and Wimbledon Common. Commiserations to Scott 'If at first you don ' t succeed ... ' Friedlander of whom it can no t be said he didn't try, and our resident Cha pel Council representative Ian 'The Mo nk ' Monkhouse who had a n earl y fling but Bailled out before the going got rou gh. The house drama entry was run by our two thespians Magnus a nd Adam 'I have played for the chess team' White, who both also gave excellent performa nces in She SlOOps 10 Conquer. Nick ' Loadsamoney' Plant organised(?) the House Concert which turned out to be a relaxing low-keyed affair until Dan Rycroft tried to pretend he could sing! We were delighted to welcome the first Luxmoore Housemaster , Mr. Dartingto n, to the concert. He pronounced it 'unique'. It has to be said howe ver tha t the highlight of the term was 'The Great Egg Race'; the occasion on which the entire house gathered to marvel as elastic band powered vehicles carry a golf ball from one area of car pet to another (congrats. to the winner, Christos Rodopoulos). As usual the amicable and humane side of the house was demonstrated by our participation in two sponsored events and late night shopping for the elderly. Finall y I would like to thank Mr. a nd Mrs. Aldridge for guiding us smoothly through the term as usual, Mrs . Beddoes for her kind concern and calm temperament, and also the domest ic ladies, who suffer constantly looking after us. The house gathered to make a presentation to Paul ine, who left after many years of service. E D HUGHES AND MAGNUS MONTGOMERY.

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participation in school events. On the sporting front Galpin's members have been as evident as eveL Tony Brown, Ed Floydd and Bill Ballenden a ll represented the 1st xv rugby, Dan Morris the 2nd XV until in the penultimate match he injured himself, putting his arm in a sling. We now know this was on ly a sympathy ploy (which didn't work! ). Toby Wi lliams had the effrontery to challenge ML White on the basketball court, and ended up in a sling too. Ph il Rogerson played for the 4th XV, Andy C urlewis, Ed Griffin and Toby Williams the 5th XV. Angus Hu lme, Max Wi ll iams, John Rhodes and Toby Ballenden all represented the Colts, a nd 'Bess' Bessarat and George Bruxner played U 15 'A' rugby. Ed Beaugie, our resident Captain of Boats, won some Heads, but Tony came out on top by being appointed 'head' of crickeL In between appeari ng in She Stoops to Conquer Penny Stuttaford organised both Junior and Senior House drama entries ; both were very go~d, well up to Gal!?in's established standards in this field, wIth Oilvla Stewart-LIberty dlScoven ng a talent for actmg neither she nor anyone else knew she had. Julian Astle decided he wa nts to spend his honeymoon in Iceland watching volcanoes erupt; Sammi isn't so sure! Meanwhile Ed cashed in on success . Barnaby Tower became affectionately known as Doctor Death by the Shells, and setting trivialities aside, David Hemsley had a haircut - a disaster, he clai ms. As ever, thank s are due to Maureen, Mary and all the other lad ies for putting up with all our mess; also, to Mrs. Bennett for her conti nuous supply of honey and lemon, and to ML and Mrs. Duesbury for seeing us through the long and exhausting term. THE MONITORS.

LIN ACRE

The year started in impressive style. T he Captain and ViceCaptain of school, Sophie Paul, Sergeant Luke, and Dr. Humberstone, in his new role as Second Master, a ll joined the school hierarchy. The major event of the term was the house concert. The whole house contributed to a superb occasion but special congratulations must go to Billy Deeves and Ariadne Birnberg on a fine duel. Linacre's artistic talents don't stop there. As well as taking a lead role in the school play, Sophie Paul directed our entry for the house dra ma competition. Ariadne, Jim Robertson, Florena Wilson, Sophie Colyea r-Walker and Tiffany Millbourn also took part in the school play. Nick Mitchell culti vated the Shells' thes pi an ta lents: they won the j un ior d rama competition. W hile the Shells dominated their A's and B's with Jim 'Lad' Ra wlings as captain, the seniors maintained their stranglehold on the 4th XV. Dave 'Finesse' Godfrey had a fin e season for the 1st XV before finding love in the N.RS. A superb victory 39

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h t Ihere was more on offer at Oxford than the prospectus indicated. The G.C.S.E. results I are also impressive with Hugh Hawkins attaining a staggering nine' A' grades. we . f On the sportlllg ront, Broughton has showed off its colours, with three 1st XV players (" eluding Paul Jessup, who wanted a menhon!), and many 2nd XV representahves. Overcomlllg ':~nesses, the junior House Sevens team, aided by Charles Lecklider, also proved triumphant. :..s for the SenIor team, they conquered the flu and one or two other minor obstructions to retain he Senior Sevens Cup. The UI6s won two tough matches to get to their final, but let School House borrow the Cup for a year. The Shells have made a good start to their time in Broughton. A successful play, organised by Ihe 'Young' Carey Kn ight and helped by Joby Andrews, displayed their talent when coming firsl equal with Linacre in the Shell Drama Competition. The House hopes to continue its natural run of success through the rest of the year, and wish Craig 'Dapper' Downie, Tom 'you know who' Baker and Henry Hawkins the best of luck on Iheir hockey tour III Barcelona. Also, good luck to Jenny 'legs' Barbour in the House's first ever concert - another assured success? Our matron, complete with lamp, has worked hard to keep as many as possible away from Ihe san, but Craig managed to reserve a bed to gain his rather extortionate hours of sleep. Well, here we are at the end of the first term in a new era, and our thanks must go to Mr. and Mrs. Graham, Mr. Hutchinson and all the cleaning ladies for their organisation and support, and we look forward to next term, wit h Imperial domination going from strength to strength. MARK STAFFORD.

TRADESCANT

Christmas Term, 1988, welcomes the Dixes to Tradescant and wishes them all the best in the years to come. We are also delighted to have Mr. Miles as our new resident tutor. Trad has been dominant on the sporting front throughout a ll the ages. Several of our Shells were regular members of the U I4A Rugby team; they a lso reached the final of the Junior Hockey League with flying colours. T he Removes, fortified by the arrival of C hris Pearce this year, performed well on the Rugby field too, and ambidextrous Nick Shepley continued to smash opposition in the Kent Tennis Squad with many a powerful forehand. Jerome Kemp and Nick Musson must be noted for their prominent parts in the 2nd XV . Our budding Squash players, Matt Willifer and Nick Daley (pre-shorn), both ___- ....~'-"., managed to procure 1st Team Colours, whilst the ominous . '. . . grunting and sweating coming from the changing room was merely an adj unct to the newly formed Pugh/Littlejohn Weightlifting Club (next along from the Valentino Cocktail Bar), Socially, we all had a hard job keeping some couples apart. However no one could con Don Bray into mak ing a Baillie alliance, so the job fell to Giles Hogben's gifted hand, who managed 10 Pik Kuen of the 6b-ers. Sylvia engaged in some Tom-foolery; that is, provided we could tear Quentin away f~om the organ in the Upper Chapel. Last but not least, white turned purple, bnngmg colour IIItO the Head of House. M.J.M. added to the ever-present canine element in Trad, already graced with Katz and Frogs. Many thanks to Ted George for organising the two House Drama Competitions, and to everyone else fo r their participation and support. Tom Dyson brought great credit on himself by winning the Calvin and Rose Hoffman Essay Prize, while Hugo Stevenson made his way at break leg speed into the National C hildren'S Orchestra . 41

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After the lo ng summer brea k, members o f the Ho use came back , refres hed and rari ng to go. Our illustri ous Head of HOUle had been parti cular ly conscienti o us during the holiday, trying to Im prove m-Ho use relatIOns, provmg that o ne can Pierce the 'North '-South d ivide after all. She has now progressed 0010 inter-Ho use/pur ple relatio ns. (Tha nks , J ane !) Down to more serious things , na mely d rama. We mUSI congratula te Burt, As hcroft el. 01. for their in teresting rendilion o f Cinderella . Well do ne to the Shells in Tom Sawyer, especially James Gree nwall , who stepped into the lead part at the lasl moment. T hanks must a lso go to Ama nda Monk fo r all her help . T he Shells a lso wo n a decisive victo ry in the Shell Observation Competitio n. J ac kie Marti n a nd Rom anos Daniel must a lso be commended for their third places in the Public Speaki ng Competition . On the sport front, well done to the girls who have regul ar ly played in the Netball Teams this term, and of course to Ma rk ' God I'm so handsome a nd cool, can't you just see my head swelling' No rtheast, fo r his brilliant contributio n to the I st XV . Firs t Co lo urs is his just reward. O ur Golden W 'Eady' C hild has been joined in the dizzy heights of Monitorial responsibilily by AI MacClymo nt (a small reward fo r his hockey heroics). Similar congratulati o ns muSI go to And y Warren, who is no t only sportin g a new tie, but has a lso passed his d riving tesl. We would like to take this opportunity to praise Dave Q uin fo r his attempts to help Emma Hulburd settle in , a nd to th ank Hugh Clayton for provi ng wro ng the old adage that ge ntlemen prefer blo ndes . We feel it necessary to chast ise a member of Marlowe 6a for corru pting a younger member of our Ho use. We never realized that cradle-s natching was his forte. However, the 'Tapp' da ncing lessons sho uld pro ve useful fo r the Leavers Ball , Pete ! Added to this our ' public address system ' has been play ing musical studies , whi le Jez 'Polak ' Ma rtin has been cruising through his middle-aged crisis o n a skate- boa rd. Fina ll y thanks must go to Pam and Gloria, to o ur House T uto rs , and to Dr. a nd Mrs. Malt by for all their help and support. We hope they have sett led into their new home a nd wish them good luck wit h their imminentl y ex pected a rri va l. Happ y Christmas to all , with lots of love.

L EIL A AND JANE.

'The Terrible Twins' P .S. T ha nk yo u fo r your inundations in reply to o ur Glaznosl ad vertisement. Special tha nkS to Mr. Parker, but we intend to return your photo, as unfo rt unately the age li mit was set at 30. 42

THE SOCIETIES A fter hav ing ' learnt the ropes' of how to cope wit h the crowds that flock to the

Amnesty meetings, we were able to keep up the writ ing campaign this term. Letters have been wri tte n and an ex tremely in terest in g talk on the concept of Amnesty In te rnati onal was given by Mrs. Ethne Grant at the beginnin g of te rm. Thank you to all those who do come to support and people who have drawn a poster to help adver tise Âˇ event each wee k. liS h Please remember.. . ALL WELCOME. R OSS D UTTSON AND JI M LAN DALE.

No t only was the Autumn te rm long academica lly but it was also one of th e mos t productive for some time as regards printing out put. Hav ing Mr. Miles back full time meant the room co uld be open that much more and encouraged a large number fnewcomers. Will iam Foster has joined the Society, carrying on fam il y tradition, th ough not yet ca rrying ~rf the cup. Peter Kenyon wo rk ed most co.nscientio usly throughout the term ~u t espec ially in the I ~st week: ot only did he print some exce ll ently deS igned letter heads but he also herOIcally worked on unlii thrown n I by the remova l men in order to fin ish a very complex calendar. Other creations of note included some f~pressi ve Christ mas ca rds pri nted by M.J .M. and bookmarks by Nick Flower. All the equipment has now been moved to B1ac kfriars (no thanks to Hilderstone) where we hope to resume normal operations as soon as possible.

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Alth ough there have been no competi tions this term it is worth pult ing in a report because in many ways the Club is seeing a revival. We started the term with a good number of novices, who learn t ras t enough under the capable tu itio n of Peter Stevens, Dav id Everist, and Domonic Burdess to pass their nov ice test by halfterm. Laler a number we nt on to lake Ihe official B.C.U . One-Slar test. There was a considerable amoun t of canoeing on the Stour, but in' November, in response to great demand, we made fo ur trips down to the sea at Folkestone to tryout a differe nt medium. The en thusias m and increasing sk ill shown on these outin gs make us feel that we have the nucleus, especia ll y in the fi ft h-forms, of a good future team that can go to B.C.U. slaloms. Three of these fi ft h-formers, Jones, P itta way and Turner, have also attended canoe-rolli ng sessions at the Canterbury baths on Thursday evenings and it looks as if we sha ll have a core of canoeists who will be able to transmit this skill to others in our own swimm ing pool in the summer. Finally, interest is bein g shown in the use of Kl s as well as slalom canoes, and it may be that we shall enter for marathons and sprints also. M.l.V. CANOE

This ter m, only an U 16 team was entered in the Kent Schools League, since all but one of las t year's Senior team have now left the Schoo l. The U I6 team did no t, on paper, loo k at all strong, so prospects for the first match, aga inst old ri va ls Simon Langto n, did not appear good. However, the match was played during the 'flu season , and Sim on Langton unfortunately fo und themselves two men short atl he las t minu te. Our top three boards, alt hough playing far from fau ltless chess, were ab le to convert this ini tial advan tage in to a 2 to I win in games ac tua ll y played, giving us - wit h the two defaults - OUl' first wever win over Simon La ngto n at th is age-group. So mllch for predic tions . Two more matches are due to be played next term. CHESS

The Club itself has been a litt le less mo rib un d than usual, with a few boys want ing to take Chc a Duke of Edinb urgh ac tiv ity. This is a welcome development, alt ho ugh there are still a number of pss ~ who could well be an asset to the school team, but who are never seen at the Club. It is hoped that a C~15 Ladder will begin next term, and perhaps that and the I nte r~House compet itio ns will inc rease ent husias~~ RESULT

Kent Schools' League - UI6 v Simon La ngton (A). Won 4

A.R.A.R.

T here were two official Harvey Society lect ures thi s te rm. T he School's Own Dr David Arnott talked on the theme of 'Va mpires, Plants a nd Crazy Kings o' Chem ist ry a nd the Pigments o f Life'. He exp lained so me of the chemistry behind t he te trapy rrolic mac rocycles, essential structures for life as we know it, and associated wit h many of the natural colours we are so familiar wi th. T he detailed organic chemistry became a little tough at times but Dr. Arn oU's account o f hi s own contri but ions to resea rch in the field in terested everyone and gav~ a clea r impress io n of what three years' wo rk for a P h.D. can be li ke. Later in the te rm we we re honoured to welcome Professo r Lou is Wain, C.B.E., F.R.S., to King's. Professor Wain is a world authori ty on plant growth ho rmones and the title of hi s lecture was 'Controlling plant growt h with Chemicals'. He charted the histo ry of the subject from its si mple begi nnings to the sophisticated work being do ne LOday, much of it by studen ts and depa rtments wo rking under the supervision o f Professor Wain hi mse lf. He explained just how essential some of the develop ments have been to increasing the world 's food prod uction and in timated that exciti ng new discoveries arc about to bring sign ificant fu rther progress. Parties also attended the two Christmas Science Lectures, sponsored by Pfizer Ltd., given at the University o f Ke nt. Dr. Bria n Iddo n, Univers it y o f Salford, gave his well~ k nown l ec t ure~de m o n stra t ion 'The Magic of C hem ist ry' , which fu ll y li ved up to its title. T he presentatio n was co ncern ed large ly wit h the properties and prod uct io n of po lymers and included a wide ra nge o f expe rimen ts wh ich the Chemistry staff will be keen to try in the future. Mr. Ken Sharples, from Sharp les Stress Engin eering Ltd., spo ke on the titl e 'Wi ll it creak or crack? - T he use of Po larised Light in Eng ineering'. Photoelastic stress a nalys is is a fascinat in g tec hn ique which enables engineers to obtain accurate informatio n about the stresses in struct ures and components, by building scale models in epoxy resin and o bserv ing them in polarised light wh ile they are in var ious states of tension a nd co mpression. Mr. Sharples illus trated hi s talk wi th ma ny pract ica l demo nst rations a nd examples or real problems that he has solved. His tremendous enth usiasm fo r his subject and for his ca reer was transmitted to his audi ence and both the Christ mas lectures were excellen t adver ts fo r science as a whole. Small groups of studen ts also attended th ree ot her in terest ing events, The Roya l Society Open Day, an Open Day at Shell Researc h, Sitt ingbourne and a visit to Quest International, specialists in the fragra nce industry. Repor ts of th ese visits wi ll be fo un d elsewhe re in the magazine. Next term we look fo rwa rd to the visit of Pro fessor Dav id Dennison, President of The Harveian Society, who wi ll be spend ing a who le day wit h stud ents and teachers in the Biology and Che mi st ry Departments. It is also hoped that lecture topics wi ll incl ude snakes and nuclear energy.

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tandards, March <?! The Jazz Men, Doctor Jazz, ~nd Cla~'inet MarmaJade . Wc prepared and rehearsed th reeS r usual ann ual st mt In Mar ks and Spencer's d ~rmg their lat~ open mg for h ~ndl.capped an~ elderly for OU s on Wednesday Novem ber 23rd, bu t a last-mm ute stock~deh very at the cruCial time of our mtended sh~PPf~1 the store (and the lack of an electricia n to chec k our equ ipment and thus fu lfil Marks and Spe nc~r's arnva Ily very stri ngent fire~ regulat ions) caused the ente rprise to be cancell ed at less than 24 hours' notlcc. currelldlY this was the first year since 1983 that we had not played at the late opening of either Ma~ ks SOd ~ en~er' s or British Home Stores. On the positive side, Sholto Byrnes (ably ass isted in the b rass seC llon an Pmian Simpson and with the saxophones by Mr. McConnell) has already started rehears ing the Big bY ~afor an intended repeat of last Feb ru ary's successfu l Big Band Concer t fo r the Mayoress's Charity. Ba~ 's to take place on Saturday, February 11th a nd will this yea r be in aid o f Amnesty In terna tional. ThiS I

R. B. MA.

T he Murphy/Lyell duo is a truely to ugh act to foll ow, bu t we're trying our best, and approaching this year's debat ing with a renewed deter mination to put the science back in to 'Sci' and the philosophy(?) back into philos. We' re st ill wo rki ng on it. The so le debate of this term set the preceden t of having a master as o ne o f the fou r mai n speakers, and we wou ld lik e to tha nk Mr. Phillis fo r hi s help and his brave ry. The disClission was of religio n, bu t it frequentl y turned into a debate abo ut Marxism, eve n wit hou t a ny prompting fro m the chair. But it was a good occasion. ~r. Phillis ~as ent husiastic, Dave Bond was condemni ng, Jacqu ett a Gray was confused , and Ca rey Kl1Ight was q UIte fran kly superb . Our thanks go to all who a ttend ed, and fo r those who are cla mou ring for more, may we just add t~ at at this very moment our researche rs are digging thro ugh vast to mes, searching for a controve rsial motIOn (we promise!), and we hope to organise at least two debates next ter m. ERIC MOORE AN D MA JA LOFDAHL.

SCIPHILOS

T he main, in fact the on ly, Polsoc event thi s term (due to Oxbri dge and other equally pathetic excuses) was the King's Parliament , which discussed the issue o f consti tutional reform. Thi s was welcomed by a sat isfy ingly large turn ~o u t, which warmed the hea rts o f all the o rgani sers. In spite o f a dazzli ng li ne~up on the opposi tion benches, which represented many di ve rse poli tica l groupings, the Conserva tives wo n the day in the end, largely due to a sti rr ing speech by Ben Palmer (complete wit h ari stoc rat ic accent) and an excellen t su mm i n g~ up speech by the Pr ime Minister, Oli ver Harri s. We will ente r unto the breac h aga in nex t term with another Parl iament, and hopefull y also a debate to discuss Mrs. T's more dubi ous deeds. My thanks go to all who have helped wit h the organisation o f the Polsoc thi s term, especiall y Mr. Ross. POLSOC

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SCHOOL XV

'There are lies, damn lies - and statistics ' - a well-worn cliche, but most appropriate a n epitaph to this season. After a disastrous start, the side rallied to the extent that, had theas been a total of ten minutes less playing time in three of the games, its record would almost exact;' have matched that of last year's XV . This was no mean accomplishment for a side that hardly of gargantuan proportions, and contained only one player of real first team experien/ from the previous season. e

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RESULTS

Pla yed I I , Won 4, Drawn I , Lost 6. Points for 132, Points agai nst 132.

v Sevenoaks. Lost 7Âˇ28

v Felsted. Won 10-3

v Duke of York 's. Won 20-0

v Dulwich. Lost 10-13

v 51. Paul' s. Lost 0-36 v Berkhamsted. Won 22-0 v K. C.S. Wimb ledon. Lost 4-10 v Eastbourne. Won 38-0

v Tonbridge. Lost 6-25 Epsom. Lost 8-1 0 v Cran leigh. Drawn 7-7

2nd XV 'Spon,' said a celebrated Victorian sc hoolmaster, 'is the enjoyable but ephemera l aspect of school life.' Certainly, unless one is an Obolensky or Oti, the mudd y glories of the rugby field are all too transitory. yesterday's dashing wing transformed by a year or two of ta ndooris into the plump ent repreneur of today. So one is left wit h enj oyment as the real justi ficatio n for playing the game, and on that count thi s season 's team must surely have fe lt their time well spent. First year sixth formers in thc Second XV hope to mak e next year's first team. Ed Burt. Rick Rinaldi, Giles Andrews and. Alex Ska rbek all did their chances no harm at all , Ed with his aggressive work rate, the others with thcir tough, ~tr a lgh.t ru nning. James Linforth , Amit Das, Jerome Kemp and Joe Stobbs will also play good rugby next year, Amit In particula r demonst rating intelligent ski ll this season. But it was really the senior players who held the team toget her. E~ Hughes led magnificently, showing skill, determination and stro ng leadership . Mark Mil hench harried the forwards wI.t h equal fire and resolution. Outside, Tom Ward, Hugo Philpott, Nick Musson and Danny Morris showed increasing s k~1l and never-nagging energy. In the fo rwards Jaiye Aboderin exerted a massive presence, supported by the sw ifter ski lls of Magnus Montgomery. Ben Palmer, Steve Williams and Jason Manning. The thank s of all of us are due to Messrs. Milford and Reid for their usual im maculate refereeing.

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With up to cleven replacement s in the team , the last two matches were d isastrous, but before tha t the team had . fair share of well-deserved success. The best match was the narrow defeat by Tonbridge; the worst the windswept d. then on t he cliffs above Dover. Between them came a rugby lesson fro m St. P a ul's but also handsome Victori~-Sa.\ttr Berk hamsted, K. C.S . Wimbledon, Eastbourne and Felsted. The game with Sevenoaks was chaot ic, and t hat with DUlo~a un fortu nately resemb led a McG uigan bout mo re than a rugby matc h. wu:h Nevertheless, t he dominant spirit t hroughout was one of good humour al.1d enjoyment. from the nOHo-be-ultc td too·loud move ca lls to the way the team accepted defea t when they recognised a mo re talented opposit ion. Pract~ . often threatened to collapse with hi larity a nd I could not have asked for a more pleasa nt squad wit h whom to cn/'~ rugby coaching at King's. The last word is probab ly best left wit h the referee of t he Tonbridge match, who in worn) that fo rm a fittin g epitaph to t he whole season, wrote to the Hcadmaster after the game: 'This gamc was a very compcrt~~S on:, both sides wan ting to win, and was played cx tremely ha rd, but in a spirit that was a fine cxamp le o f Rugby FOOtlb':U at ItS best.'

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Played II , Won 5, Lost 6. Points for 99, Points against 152. Sevenoaks (H). Won 19-15 v Felsted (H). Won 12-4 Duke of Yorks (A). Lost 18- 10 v Dulwich (H). Lost 6-0 SI. Paul 's (H). Lost 22-0 v T o nbridge (A ). Lost 12-8 lJerk ham sted (H ). Wo n 7-3 v Epso m (H) . Lost 32-0 K. C.S. Wimbledon (A) . Won 26-6 v Cranie igh (A). Lost 34-7 Eastbo llrne (H) . Won 10-8

3rd XV Alth o ugh t he final record o f the tcam was fairl y good, it cou ld have bce n a lot bcll er. Apart fro m the heavy de feats aga in st Epsom and St. Pau l's every other match cou ld have been won. T he fa il u re to win ga mcs was pri maril y due to the failure to score trics: there were many examples of the team being pract icall y encamped in the o pposi tion's hair yet fai li ng to score . Th is led to defcat aga inst Sevenoaks a nd the lack of any comfortable victories. O n t he ot her ha nd the standard of kicking was exceptionally h igh. C hris J ob's punt ing repeat edly relieved pressure and he won the match against Wimbledon wit h a late drop-goal. Meanwhile, Chad Schafer, the captai n , entrusted hilllseir and Eliot van Til wit h the p lace-kicki ng. T heir co nsistent ly high standard was typified by the match against Cranleigh where bo th o f t hem scored with very difficuilt kicks to decide a close game. The front row, apart from the enigmatic Eliot (who, apart from his kicking , scored two tries), consisted o f tho~ solid p ro ps Ed Hoga rt h and Dob Ferrari. Their co nsisten t effor t was rewarded by Bob's 'bullet ' try against Cranlcigh. The seco nd row was perhaps the biggest probl em of t he team, constantl y chan ging d ue to injuries in h igher teams, and Nick J amieson was t he only really regular member of t he tea m. This led to a fcw difficult ies in the lineout, due to lack of support fo r our No.8 P addy Lenox-Cony ngham, who, o n his day. dominated the lineout. The flankers also cha nged regularl y. yet a ll perfo rmed with grea t det ermina tion a nd pace, making up for their sl ight lack of height. Jo Price, Ed Unfort h a nd Bruce Ashcroft were the main cont ributors in this depa rt mellt. In t he back s, aftcr a very promisi ng performa nce against Sevenoaks, Ed Cargill was un fo rtunately sat on by on.e of o ur props a nd was perhaps fortu na te to esca pe with just a bro ken ann. He d id howevcr, show great team spint in returni ng to t he tea m for the last match. We were lucky 10 have such an able deput y as Simon Roberts, who sco.red o n hi s debu t and p layed brilliantly throughout the season, t horoughl y justifying his se lect io n for t he 2nd XV agalOst Cranleigh. The li ne's st rong poin t was its d efence, and it relied too much o n Ton y Ogedegbe for it s penetration (abl)· supported by C had a nd Aki n Tuboku-Metzger). At full · back Charli e Stanbury adapted well 10 h is new position and became a very sec urc defender (n o tab ly by two concuss ion-inducing tac kles against Berk hamsted) .

1hanks must go first of a ll to our coach , Mr. Ba rhan~ , who not only managed 10 smi le at our darkest moments but I engineered the excellent end-or-season pa ~ty for which our heartfelt thanks go to Mrs. Ba rham, a nd Mr. and Mrs. D!~h . Chad was a thoroughly conSlst 7nt capta m , often insp iratio na l by h is kicking. F inal tha nks to o ur numerous guest layers, listed below.. who a lways Ine~ hard and withollt whom many of the matches wou ld have been lost. (These nkS go out especia ll y to Ed Bea llgLC~, whose shecr presence was eno ugh to help.)

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PETER D AV IES AND CHA RLES STAN BURY.

Team : R. W. H . Sc hafer (Capt.), 13. As hcroft , P. G. Davies. R. F. Ferrari, E. L. Hoga rt h, N. A. J a mieson, C . J . T Job, N. D. Lawrence, P. W. Lenox-Cony ngham, E. J. Un fo rth, A-E. O. Ogedegbe, T. D. McK. Parker, J . R. p~ice, 5. W. Roberts, C. R. Stanbury, A. T ubok u-Met zger, E. K. van Til.

A Iso played: E. J . Beaugic, D . P. Bray â&#x20AC;˘. E. R. Cargi ll~ A. M. H . Darlcy, C. I. Frew, M. R. Handlcy, H . L. Hawkins, D. E. Jevons, J . E. Kemp, J. S. Marozzl, D. P . Morns , C. F. Paine, B. M. Rayment, L. R. Salerno, S. D. Sant ry,

J. J . f. Stobbs, T. J. Ward, P . J . W. Woodward.

ReSULTS

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P layed 11, Won 5, Lost 5, Drawn 1. Points for 7 1, Poims against 123. Sevenoaks (H) . Lost 3-6 v Felsted (H). Won 10-9 C h islchurst & Sid cup (H ). Wo n 7-4 v Dulwich (A). Lost 3- 12 SI. Pau l's (H) . Lost 6-28 v Tonbridge (H) . Lost 7- 12 Berk ha msted (A). Drawn 8-8 v Epsom (A). Lost 0-28 K.C.S. Wimbled o n (A) . Won 6-3 v C ra nleigh (A). Won 12- 10 Eastbourne (H) . Won 9-4

4th XV An enterprising season. from th7 4th s sadly re~u il ed in only onc victory. However, an cxcellent team spirit was sustained throughout the season, If anyt hlllg morale bemg highest al the season's lowest. Beginnil~g wit h a 12-3 victory over a slight ~y disorga n.ised Scvenoak s, w~ were looking confidently a head for many more of tillS sort. However, after ra ther drast iC cha nges m the 3rds and the 4ths, the futu re had a few su rprises in store fo r us! Our next matcl~ vs. Duke of York's started well (winning 3-0 at half time) but the ra in in the second half seemed 10 d~mpen our enthUSiasm a,nd after Redfern' s injury, shortly fo llowed by MacDonald-Bell's, t hey scored t hree tr ies despite our excellent fu ll :back s cffons ('"!andley). Our next three matches , vs. St. Paul 's. Berkhamsted and SI. Augustine's, saw us comp~cte ly domlllate~ a nd heavily defeated , Far from giv ing up, o ur follow ing match vs. Eastbourne saw two of the best tries we scored tillS season. Both resu lt ed fr o m the effort a nd ruckin g technique of our fo rwards: a superb dive from Salerno and the momentum of Darley gave us o ur u nfort unately unconverted tries. One must a lso mention a very brave att:l!lpt fro lll T ho mson wh ich result ed in a fi ve yard scrum. Th is boosted o ur confid ence vs. Felsted. O ne of th~ m?st exc ltmg ga mes of t he season: we scored three tries and so did t hey, but they ma naged to con vert one o f them. Tnes by Sa lerno, Darley and T russell . The fo llowing ga mes vs. Dulwich and Tonbridge saw a no ther two heavy ddeats. Our last ~ame of tl~e seaso~, whic~ we lost 6- 18, was in fact quite close. We spent a great deal of time in their half but never qUIte made II to their try Imc .

The sight and so~nd of the scrum heaving to their war cry of "M ickey, M ickey, Mou se!' will linger a lo ng time in the memory of their coach a nd of each member of t he team ...

Team from: H. L. Hawkin s (Capt.), D. P. Bray, A. M. H . Darley. C. 1. Frew, M. R. Ha ndley , S. Ha rt. W. J. M. r eTdcrson-Deeves. D. E. J evons, N, D. Lawrence, R. A. McCa rthy , J . G. MacDona ld -Bell. T. D. McK. Pa rker, CÂˇ. \~.y~~I~ner, R, J . Redfern , P . C. Rogerso n , L. R. Salerno, J . R. P. Th o mson, P. R. Trussell , A. M. J . Wa rren,

R ESULTS

Played 10, Won 1, Lost 9 .

5th XV Whoever fllns Ihe 5t h XV at King's needs a considerab le SC!l SC of humour, a couple of free ,hours every Frida

before a match to spend on the telephone, and a large capacity for pr~yer. Prc.'!1~tch planning, was difficult ~nlahl one never knew who the personnel would be on malch day. There were signs of abthty and commitment in some 1aUlt but at the end of the day (good sporting cliche!) tack ling let us dow!} - because we didn't tackle! Oppollcnf aYm in confidence as games progressed when they saw our lack of resolve In that area of the game. After gOing daws ~ev. to St. Paul's, we did score points against Cranbrook a nd 51. Augustine's but were barren against Dulwich Ton~' 10

and Epsom. We lost all matches handsomely. Toby Williams was our lOp scorer; he crossed the opponents' Iry lines I~~~

Team from: J . C. E. Hold ing (Cap/.J, T. C. Baker, N. C. Beechey, M. D. W. Bowker, S. D. Bowker, J . R B H. R. C layton, S. R. Cole, A. M . Curlewis, R. S. Dib ley, C. P. Dwyer , J . A. Eddiso n, B. A. Epega, E. A. 6ri:~' B. Hardy, J . E. D. Kn ight, A. E. C. Lacy , T. J. Locking, J . H . Night inga le, W. R. J. Osmond, B. Pelit, F. E Pink' J. H. Robertson, D. J. Rycroft, D. St. Joh n Parker, W. F. SCOII, A. P. Thomas, T. J. Williams, A. J. G. Yo . un g. (With apologies 10 anyone omitted). ".J .D .~

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This was a cha llenging seaso n for the Co ils 'A' XV. With a series of close results, but injuries taking a heavy toll, it might have bccn a di smal end. In fac t we finished with two excit ing wins, includ ing a victory by four tries 10 on~, when we were the o nly King's team to beat Epsom, never an easy side 10 defeat on their home grou nd. C hris Hall, the man our opponents seemed most pleased to miss was confined to the touch line, wrist in plaster, fo llowing his very first trial for the 1st XV. Andrew Hyatt played hard with a niggli ng shoulder problem unti l half-term and the Easlbourne game, when he too was obliged to aba ndon the field ; '~ne armed' H yatt , however, was not easy to res.lrain. Alistair C larke converted himself from hooker to full-back, but Just when we seemed to have the player for this key position, injury again perversely intervened. By the end of the Duhv i~h game we had lost twp !1l0re. The captai n, Jonath~n O'Mahony and No.8, Harry Rossiter, were both concussed. Tlus meant for the remalnmg three matches the en l1r~ back row had to be reformed. Fina ll y, we lost Miles Thomas, an agile and determined sc rum-half. Consequently a large number of squad players played for the 'A' XV. The experience did, a t least, provide a valuab le lesson in the i~lpOrlanCe of coachi ng the colts as a sq uad. Here I must thank my fellow Colt s squad coaches, Messrs Jackso n and Milford, for their advice and help. It was a pity for the 'B' XV, after some promising wins, that their best forward s, Chr ist ian Dwyer. John Moss, Max Wi ll iams and Andrew Cun ni ngham became the replacements for the injured A's. The depleted '8' XV then stood lillie chance aga inst the tough fixtures in the fi na l weeks. For a ll the term's d ifficulties, the' A' team fin ished on a fir st class note wit h brisk victories over Epsom and Cranlcigh. It was not until then thai we were really ab le to see how much the team's ga me had improved. We began the season as a group of talent ed, but incohesive , individuals. By the end the Co lt s' A' XV, steeled by inju ry a nd some un neceSSlll)' de feats, ca me through to show real commitment to working as.a unit. Ironica lly, the one l?ame we lost by a.lly great margin o f poi nt s, 0-25 to Dulwich, was also the game when fight-back began. The DulwlCh game saw a flrst-:lass performa nce from the pack. In the depths of adversity,. wilh scores ag~instt h e nm of play and the c.apl!lin off the fl.cld, the team forged a fierce determination to go ou t a nd wm. We played wuh much greater verve and dnve m the Tonbn~ge match when the second half was held at 3 po in ts to 4, than in eit her of the relatively easy matc hes won in the first half or term (Duke of York 's and K.C.S. Wimbledon). 50 defeat was the source of final victory and we bounced b~ck at the end with a n outstanding display. I only wish it cou ld have been done without a casualty list matching the First World War.

Th potential of this team may be gauged from the selection of four talented players, Karey Mouzourou (hooker), cond Chum (tight-head prop), David Hamilton (fly-hall) and Toyin Fadeyi (wing) for the Kent Co unt y Ul6team . [)eS~esc outstanding players King's provided the single la rgest contribution from anyone Kent sc hool. For Kent they In I on to play excellent games against Eastern Counties and Surrey. Desmond Chum was further selected for the London "'.t~\n. At fly-half, David Hamilton showed enormous talent, his kicking under pressure is quite superb and he is dl\'IS~le of incisive running. Karey Mouzourou fini shed the season playing scrum -ha lf, although his energy, skill and \"3P:ession can be deployed in almost any position he choses to play. lJ~hrOughout the term the forwards were a lways impressive. Messrs O'Mahony and Hyatt, flankers in the 'pre-injury' were especially rampa nt about the field. They both cover the ground and know how to put in a crunch tackle; ~ea:~~ a great shame their se~son was curtai led. The front row finished with the union of Messrs Moss , Williams (both 11 whom filled in very effectively from the Bs) and Chum. Desmond scrum mages as the best of props and plays about o:~ field as Ihe best o~ flankers. Christian Dwy~r a~ld William H~ rris w~re the power-house at secOi.ld row, both totally t mmilled and very fme forwards, the laller wl!1mng good ballm the hneouts and capable of kickmg more goa ls than cO was called on for. Jonathan Grimes and Harry Rossiter also teamed up welt in the back row . Harry wi ll be young h~ou~h to play in the Co lts again next year. One of the great discoveries of the seaso n was the success ful transfer of ~ncli ng captain', James Waddell, from prop to No.8, where he played three stormi ng games, inspiring the tea m by exa mple and word. Indeed they will fo llow him anyw here, especially to Epsom. T he coach was very fort unate to h~ve such fine captains as Messrs O'Mahony a nd Waddell. Both incidentally are members of School House, as is David Hamilton who took c har~e of th.e back~. To even things up. J:1amilton was made capta in of the School H ouse U 16 team, which cruised home to victory 111 the Inter-house competition. By the end of the season the back line too was playing well. Passing a nd tack ling improved no end. John Rhodes, promoted from the Bs, became established at outside-centre where his tackling made a ll the difference after the narrow mid term defeats. Fauzi Fahm became a great competitor; by the end of term his passing was also very slick and this mranllhe speed men on the wings could really take flight. Both Toyin Fadeyi and Ben Young were potent ia lly dangerous. The occasions when they got the ball and were able to demonstrate their speed were, a las, too few . Both nonetheless scored some fine tries and in our best game they had two each. Kolarele 50na ike played mostly in the line, but finally filled the hole at fu ll-back: a versati le ball player, he has excellent posit io nal sense and played very well, especially against Tonbridge and Cran leigh under a lot of pressure. AI the outset we had high hopes, but Sevenoaks quickly showed us no game cou ld be taken for granted, victories had (0 be worked for and earned all the way. In the circumstances the results were by no means bad. The Colts A '(V finished as a determined and committed team, a ll the stronger for a tough season when they came through the ....Âˇorst to win.

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Team from: D. K. Y. Chum, A. J. R. Cla rke, A. C unningham, C . P. Dwyer, O. A. Fadeyi, A. F. A. Fahm, J. M. Grimes, D. T . Hamilton , W. J . C. H arris, J . C. Hyatt, K. M. Mouzourou, J. W. L. Moss, J. S. O'Mahony (Capl.), H. B. Ross iter, J. J. Rhodes, K. O. O. Sonaike, M. O. A . Thomas, J. R. A. Waddell , M. R. Wittiams, B. E. W. Young. Also played: W. J. H . Davies, A. C. Hulme , W. A. Man ning, 1. D. J. McH. Overton, P . C. Pacaud.

R ESULTS

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Played II, Won 4, Lost 7. Points for 83, Points against 147. Sevenoaks (A). Lost 9- 19 v Felsted (A). Lost 6-1 1 Duke of York's (H). Won 6-0 v Dulwich (A). Lost 0-25 St. Paul's (A). Lost 12-36 v Tonbridge (H). Lost 9-23 Berkhamsted (H). Lost 0-6 v Epsom (A). Won 20-10 K.C.S. Wimbledon (H). Won 6-0 v Cranleigh (H). Won 11-9 Eastbourne (A). Lost 4- 12

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The squad started the seaso n fu ll of optimism and the first hal f of term brought some very good rugby With performances of the forwards outsta nding. However, both 'A' and 'B' XVs suffered badly from injuries a'nd ill tht and the tcams for the laler malches were pale ~hadows of the strong m,les fielded i~ t~c first, two weeks; Was lo~' that 29 boys could represent the School. but tillS played hav~c wit h lactiC,s and continUity.) I Imp,ly no C~1I1 Cls m of Ih~ who d id playas the spirit was good throughout and no-one did less than hiS best. However, attackmg options disapJ>ear as the better'players were promoted \0 fill vacancies in the 'A ' s and we were forced to tackle hard and often 10 ketCd scores-agai nst to respectable levels. P From the outset it was o bvious that the st.rengt h of t he .s!de would be in the ~or.wa rds, and a fr o nt row of. Jon Mos\ Max Williams and Pau l Pacaud was a fOrtlll da bl e prOpOSI{101l fo r a nyone. Clmstmn Dwyer started as captam but \\ ' soon at second -row for the 'A's, to be replaced by Max. He did a nne j ob in moti vat ing the sid e and in o~ganisi~~ the pack , and we were never the same ag~lll after he, too, h a ~ moved upwards. An gus. Hu lme took o ver the caplainc and did well to keep things going when It seemed d o ubtful If we would be ablc to fIeld a team o n some occaSion) I. The o nl y perso n to play in a ll elevcn ma!ches wa s ~ h a rl es Veitch ..His t a~ k l in g at full-bac k was exe mpl~ry and , ir he ca n pick up a little pace, he will mak e a fllle 1?layer 1ll the future ..O ll ver Hlnto~ w~ s a fearless and aggreS~1Ve serum. half ancl he was sadl y m issed when ot her com mllments prev.ellt ed hll~l fr o m plaY1ng 111 the lat er matches. lalll Overton was a tower of st rength in the second -ro.w and A ndr ~w Cu nn!ngham, 11.1 a varIety of roles. proba ~l y made more progre\\ than anyone else during the season. F1l1all y a spec1~ 1 mentIon fo r BII I .Scott, who C:l1ll y occasIOnally made the team, but was a lways willing to be replacement or touch Judge a nd never m1ssed a pracllce. I ho pc that everyone who played for the lea rn fo und enjoyment in Iheir rugby and that ,they do no t fcel ~oo disheartened by the unfortunate ci rcu mstances t hat led to the poor r esu lt ~ after h alf-~e rm . Th e~e 1S a lot of, p,ro~Tlls.e, part icularly among the forwa rds, and the senior teams will do well next year, If the season snood of Illnesses and lllJunes 1S not repeated C.l.R.J.

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Team/rom: C, P. Dwyer, A. C . Hulme. M ..R. Willian~s, (aI/ O'ptaiIlS), T. Da llenden, G . J. ~ellicre, S. D. l3o",ktr, A. J . R. Clarke, A. C unningham. W. N. H. Dav1es, R. S. D1bley, A. S. Frew, P. J . Goliop, O. H. Hmt on, J. C. Johnstoor, W. A. Manning, J . W. L. Moss, I. D. M. McH. Overto n , P. C . P acaud , S. L. G. Pattul lo, B. C. Peachey, U. Petit, J. M. Press, J . J. Rhodes, C. K. Robinson , W. F. Scott, J . H . Turner, C . E. A. Veitch, R . H. Wallace, B. W. W. Yau

RESULTS

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Played 11 , Won 3, Lost 8. Points fo r 58, Points a ga inst 153 . v Sevenoak s (A). Won 14-4 v Felsled (A). Lost 4- 18 v Duke of York's (H). Won S-O v Du lwich (A). Lost 0-15 \I SI. Pau l's (A). Lost 4-24 v T onbridge 0 -1). Lost 0-32 \I Berkhamsled (H ). Lost 4- 15 \I Epsom (A). Lost O- IS \I K.C.S. Wimbledon (1-1 ). Losl 12· 14 \I Cra nlcigh (A) . Lost 0- 13 II Eastbourne (A). Won 12-0

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The stat istics suggest thai th is was a terrible season, that we played poor rugbr,.a l~d had ~ bad time. On th e contrar), it was a good season , we played go od rugby, and there was a t remend o us Splfl t III the s1de. It was a sid e that contain ed seven chan ges from last season that took the field against Seve noaks. George '5pi l ~re' Druxncr p laycd a t prop, and was litera ll y head and sho u lders above the rest of t he scru m in the rucks and mauls ..Agmnst Duke of Yo rk's. Oshunkoya was ta ken off with a brok en ~nk l e, 11 0t to re t ~rn for the rest of the season. T ins wa ~ a psychologica l b low to the side as they saw th e fa stest boy 1n the yea r, poss1bly the school, d1sappear from thc t e~~. T h is lack or speed mcanl that for the rest o f the season t here was no one who could effectively tu rn the man y opport UI11I IC5 we had into poinls. Aga inst St Paul' s we took 45 m inutes unneccssaril y to shak e off thc b us journey and then in the fina l Quarter ~ e p layed good ·rugby. T he fo rwards set up much g~od ball but a~ain we c? ul d not push home t he ~dva n tage .. DespIte Rurfell 's speed of pass at inside centre , a nd l-I a l111lto n '~ deternu lled run1l1ng , \~e fell short of t he 111~C ev~ry tUlle. w~ held Derk ha msted fo r much o r the game but slack tac khng gave a rather flattenng seoreh ne. It was 111 tillS ~lateh Iha Bessa ra t proved what a forceful a nd e ffec ti ve f unner he can be wit h the ball. Fifteen sto nes of Bess runnl1lg al you is not easy to SlOp.

. 1st Wimbledon we batt led hard and sho uld have scored more points. It was a great test of their determination

A8~~raeter to hang on to a 3-0 lead for mOSI of the match, particularly when the Wimbledon kicker could kick half andt gtil of the pitch! Ousey, the most improved player of the year, hurtled around the pitch tackling everything in ,~e ,cnand in attack always managed to get to the end of the line to support the backs. ~18h ',he first fifteen minutes vers us Eastbourne the team played brilliant rugby. Then, with five players o n the field .In cd we lost the edge in a remarkable way and our defence faltered in the face of a faster set of backs. After Hamilton Ll11~~he' pitch. they lifted their spirits and played hard organized rugby and scored once and crealed other chances. Ie r first game in the Kent Cup was against an unbeaten Crown Woods side. With Rossiler as No.8 and Bagshaw O~ond row (we had lost Bessa rat with a broken finger) the pack set up excellent ball fo r (he backs. Their passing as S superb and set up two startl ing tries. Webster as prop scored a fi ne try and worked hard, as he did a ll season. ~1~SNaughl at second row SOOIl fitt ed into t he side a nd improved as a player all season. Against Dulwich we played with gri t and determination. The pack totally demoralized the o pposition by pushing m off (he ball al most every time . They did not have a bell er game a ll season . It was on ly two la pses in t he last ten th~ ules that gavc Dulwich the victory. Crossley, switched from wing forward to outside centre, linked wilh bot h wingers 011~ tionally well to give us severa l scoring cha nces that we could not take. !-Ie is a very promising centre. Postans e'(~d~ several penetrative runs and improved so t hai by Ihe end or t he seaso n he was tack ling e ffecti vely and ru nning rn ch more strongly. For a player who could not see the ba ll, Kerr, at full -bac k , cou ld catch a ball well and developed :~ns~ of attack from defence that was inspiring to see. Georgiadis, taking t he p lace of Crossley, was man ic but terribly dftc\l ve. The game against Tonbridge was important but we went into it without two key players. The backs defended brilliant ly but agai n lacked force in attack. The forward s played 100 tight a game a nd failed to make use of the opportunities Ihey created for t hemselves. Skelton as hooker p layed a good game in the scrum as he d id for mueh of the season . Andrews at scrum-half serviced well a nd proved himself to be a tireless worker lack ling players twice his size. Ridings, at ~econd row, was a very solid mem ber of the side a nd a very reliable player. During the Epsom match Pall man showed an abi lity to run t hrough severa l of the opposition and if he can develop t his ski ll he could be a devastating centre. Going into the last game against Cranleigh our spirit s were high, as t hey had been all seaso n. In a great game of rugby we were unlucky not to score. Dav ies at full bac k linked superbly with Hawki ns when covering and as a result we could attack from defence in a very threatening m anner. Hawkins. who played yet anot her good game, was o~'erw helmingly voted p~ayer o f the season . ~ is kicking gav~ heart to the entire s!de when we were under pressure: ~is co\ering in defence. parllcularl y versus Tonbfldge and C ranle1gh , was superb a nd IllS control over Ihe backs and all ack 1llg initiative began to show maturity as the season went on . Bagshaw as capt ai n led by example. He worked hard and very trfeclivcly. Bill Beaumont-like he was nearly always Ihe last person up from the maul or ruc k. Much of h is work was out of sight, but without him we would have lacked power a nd st rength. He led with increasing aut hority and wisdom. This was an immensely enjoyable season. In the face of much adversity they showed treme ndo us character. It was a pleasure to coach them. My sincere t hanks to them for maki ng it such fun a nd to the grou nd smen, to May (an understand ing replacement), to D. J.R. for taking charge of our games so p rofessio nally, and to the parents ror their support. N. L.P. Team: T. E. Bagshaw (Capt.), J. S. Andrews, A. Dessarat, G. H. A. B ~u xner, S. A. Crosslcy, V. J . A. Georgiadis â&#x20AC;˘ M. J. Hamilton. H . F. C. H aw kins, E. C. Kerr, A. F. McNaught, B. L. Ousey, C. A. L. Pattman , C. J . E. Postans, A. J. B. Ridings, T. R. Ruffell, G. S kelton, G. R. W. Webster. Also played: A. S. Davies, A. Hart. B. N. May, T. Paxton, G. J. TeSler.

RESULTS

Played 12, Won 2, Lost 9, Drawn 1. Points for 60. Points against 176. II Seven oaks (A). Drawn 0-0 v Crown Woods (A). Won 35-0 II Duke of York's (H). Lost 8- 10 v Dulwich (H). Losl 4- 13 v 51. Paul's (A). Lost 0-29 v Tonbridge (A). Lost 0-16 II Berk hamsted (A). Lost 0-16 II S1. Olave's (A). Lost 0-27 \I K.C.S. Wimb ledon (H). Won 3-0 v Epsom (H). Losl 4-19 v Eastbourne (A). Lost 6Âˇ22 v Cranieigh (H). Lost 0- 11 v Felsted (A). Lost 0-19

Junior Colts 'B' XV

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Thirty three people played at least one game for the Junior Colt s 'B' XV this season. While it was mOSI elieo . to see players mat ure and move up to the 'A' XV it became difficu lt to maintain continuity with so many ch uralillt personne l. Fly-hal f is a key posit ion in any side and we benefited from Steve Davies 's skill in the carly games I~ngr in from hi s ability at kick ing when against King ' s Co llege School Wimbled o n he co nverted a try by McNauglu'loO I, taw match a few minutes fro m the end. Craig Feria was an able replacement and was particu larly good a t attacking k·Il~.lht as demonstrated against Epso m and C ra nleigh. Thanai Paxton was a spectacul arly fa st winger who was wen Ie In•• by James DOUSI as olltside centre. A particularly thrilling try against Cran leigh came from a superb pass by ~r\'~ Feria to Doust who set up t he overlap which allowed Paxton to score in the corner. J a mes Doust was the to Ox to and p layed determinedly in most ga mes, but it was so frustrating to see him kick the ball instead of rllnnin P:or~1 in t he match against Oulwich when he would have scored a certain try. If ever there was a ga me which we Sho~ld '~ II wo n then this was it. We were in their half for three quarters of t he match but a coup le of fu ll -back mistakes led \t the score going in their fa vour. It was a similar story agai nst Epsom whcn wc were in the lead at half-lime . That .10 we did suffer so me heavy de feats at away matc hes after long bus journeys. Although the half-t ime score at Easlbosald , was only 14-0 we lost heart in the second ha lf and the occupants of the house opposite the grou nd were kept busy rctri~~1'It the ball fo r us as Eastbourne scored goa l after goal. inK . And r e\~ H.a rt was a quiet but. reliable ca ptain , a po w ~r fu l .rUl.lIler in ~ttack and a brave tack ler, Toby Cox fou like a terner III mat ches a nd C hrIS J epp as full-back, despite hiS Size, put III so me spectacu la r tackles against Cranlei~1 Havi ng lost Gcorge Skelt o n to the 'A' XV we were short of a hooker , but Luke Klugma n, a use fu l full-back fou d that he was happier in the scrum . We si milarly lost Andrew McNaught but Richard Gosling was a p leasantly a&8ressi~ replacement No.8. Si mo n Dowse, C hris Pearce a nd Zabeer Khan were all stal wart props. Alber! Power was a determine: second row forward, but we were ge,~ e rall y s l~ ort of p layers. with t he right build ~or this pos.itio l~. Oa ~ id Goggins and Joh n Grant were capable nankers, but It was a Pity that due to Illness Graeme Tester did not play III thiS position moreortcn. I would like to t hank all the boys who p layed, N. L.P. and S.M.W. for their collaboration , O.J.B. and D. J. D. for refereeing, T. T. and S.M .W. who travelled with the team and the parent s who supported. D.M.A.

Team: A Hart (Cap l .), T . A. Cox, A. S. Davies, J. G. S. Do ust, S. C. Dowse, D. A. Goggins, R. C. Goshng, J. J. Grant, C. l. J epp, Z. M . Kha n, L. R. Klugman, B. N. May, A. F. McNaught, T. Paxto n, C . J. Pearce, A. J PalAte. Also played: R . C. McN. Campbe ll ,~.~. C ha llis , R. J. T. C raig, J. P. de Haan, M. R. Davie, A. L. F. Epps,C. J . FerIa, O. H. Fraser. V. J. A. Georgiadis, A. H . Homan , E. C. Kerr, C. Lam , H . P. G. Langton, N. J. Rodtn. T. R. Ruffcll . G. Skelt o n , G. J. Tester.

R ESU LTS

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Played II, Won 2, Lost 8, Drawn I. Point s fo r 57, Poi nts against 268. Scvenoaks (A). Wo n 12-0 v Felsled (A). Lost 4-36 Duk e of York's (H) . Wo n 7-4 v Dulwich (H). Lost 6- 14 SI. Paul 's (A). Lost 0-44 v Tonbridge (A). Lost 0-50 K.C.S. Wimbledo n (H). Draw n 10-10 v Epsom (H). Lost 4- 14 Berk ha msted (A). Lost 0-24 v Cran leigh ( H). Los! 14-26 Eastbourne (H). Lost 0-46

Junior Colts 'C' XV I

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With fi ve convincing win s 0 111 of cight, we can clai m a degree of success thi s seasoll. Defcats at the skilled hands of St. Paul's, Dul wich and Epsom were more than counterbalanccd by rive comfortable and at ti mes thrilling victories. The team, ' B' injuries permit tin g, was morc stable t han usual and a certain esprit de corps st retc hcd throughout a long season.

S.M.W. Team: M. J. Howard (Capl.), R. C. MacN. Ca mpbell , T. A. Cox, C. M. Crowe, M. R. Davie, C. J . Feria, R. J. Francis, R. C. Gos lin g, S. J. Gu ndry, J . P . de I-Iaa n , A. H. Homan, D. L. Howard , C. I. J epp , J . D. Jevons, O. J . C . Kcn nerlcy , Z. M. Khan . C. Lam, H . P. G. Langton, N. J . Lockyea r, J. R. Loder-Symonds. A. P. Mercer, A. F. G. M um ford, J . R. E. Parkcr, N. J. Rodell , R. E. T. Wi ll iams, W. T . Williams, N. J . Workman.

FOOT UP (Jason Nigh/ingale)

Under 14 'A' XV

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IS' Report. ~~d the questions care/lilly and choose the most suitable answer,'

Which was our greatest loss th is season? I. Stvenoaks â&#x20AC;˘ b) the 9 games we lost, c) Raw li ngs missing Tonb ridge, d} no ne , as we played weU in every game, e) ~~rn _ a game we shou ld have won. Which was our greatest win this season? 2. D kc of York's, b) the 5 we won, c) having an unchanged side for two consecut ive games, d) none, as it was an ~n~ur to play in them all , e) Du lwich - a game we were not expected to win.

Why did we lose so many? I), The olher sides scored more points. b) not good enough. c) too many si ll y mistakes and too many changes to the ~,d) docs it matter!, e) they have on ly played together for one lerm. What improvements could be made? .j Play weaker schools, b) train them twice a day, c) fitness and knowledge of the laws, d) more love and attention, ~lIer food a nd earlier nights, e) a matu re atti tude to traini ng. Why do we play rugby? ~i Tradition, b) makes boys into me n, c) encourages. teamwork and gamesmanship, d) J have often asked the same â&#x20AC;˘ ueslion, e) keeps masters, mat rons and boys occupIed. q What will happe n in the seasons following co-ed ucat ion? 6) No change, b) sta ndards will drop with less boys and more d ist ract ions, c) mo re ent husiasm as boys are keen to impress, d) mixed rugby sounds q uite fun, c) wait and see.

Answers below: Ir you chose mainly: I) Straightfonvard approach, no no nsense, just get o n with it. Unfortunately U.14's are not thaI predictable or injury-free. b) A rugby supporter through and th ro ugh. 1 admire your bound less enth usiasm and wonder if they will ever match your slandards. Would you like to referee? c) The duty-bound , long suffering supporter o n the touchline who manages to learn most of the names a nd encourages both sides in every game. d) Always optimist ic but suffers every tackle and contact a nd longs for the summer and a more gentle contest. e) The trai ner 'S viewpoint - encou rages the side a ft er de feat a nd reserved praise after a win. Hopes the son of the parent s stand ing near docs not make a ca tastrophic mistake! Finally, my sincere thanks to; .) all the boys who played in the team fo r the effort and ent husiasm. b) Drs. Lamb and Hands fo r their ti reless enthusiasm, support and pat ience. c) All parents, gra ndparents, and members of fa mil y who come to sup po rt o ur matches bot h ho me a nd away. d} James Rawlings , as capta in for the example he set o n the fi eld of play. e) Jolomi Irone, fo r playing in every match in any number of positions. All the boys who helped touc h-j udge and escort visiting teams. A season in which we reached the semi-fina ls of the Kent Cu p and beat Dulwich cannot be too unsuccessful. I am sure wi th a more regular and settled side they will improve as they go up the school a nd I wish them a ll luck for the next rugby season.

S.E.A. Team: J. A. Rawlings (Cap t.) , N. J . Cole, B. W. M. Craddock. B. J . Da rlaston, H . W . S. Dobbs. M. T. Ed lmann, S. N. Freeman, R. H. E. Gardner, J . E. Irone. N. R. Johnsto ne. L. M. Katz, C. D. P. Kent, R. J . Norris, M. I. Odgers, O. J. Quin. E. P. G. Sayer, G. E. Tennick, L. A. Willi ams. Also played: S. T. Carey. P. M. Dupuy, J. S. Evans, S. D. B. Guthrie, D. I. Ha ndley. N. D. G. Komn inos, L. I. H. Madueme, M. P. de V. Rinaldi, H. L. Stevenso n, A. P. Woo lnough.

55 ANNABEL DAVIES, 1ST XI HOCKEY CAPTAIN (Clare Lissaman)

R ESULTS

P layed 14, Won 5, Lost 9. Point s for 86 , Points aga inst 183. v Seve noak s (H). Lost 0-28 v Pelsted (A). Lost 4-24 v Duke of York's (A). Won 16-0 v Dulwich (H). Won 4-0 v SI. Pau l's (H). Lost 0-24 v Tonbridge (A). Lost 0-24 v Ber khamsted (H) . Lost 4-8 v SI. Du nstan's (A). Won 10 -0* v K.C. S . Wimbledon (A). Lost 7-26 v Epso m (H). Lost 4-6 v EastbOl1rne (A). Lost 6-22 v SI. Olave's (A). Lost 3- 17* v Chatham House (H). Wall 14-4 v Cran leigh (H). Won 14-4 *U. 14 Kellt Cup Competition.

Under 14 '8' XV

Despit e the inevitablc odd frustration ca used by injuries and last minutc reorganisations, overall this has been enjoyable and memorable seaso n. The sidc were the most success ful at this level for many years a nd a number of t: stronger schools wc play were beat en for the first time. There were a few important factors in thi s apparent re\'e~ of norma l fonunes. The partial sq uad approach adopted by S.E.A. meant that strength in depth was developed and I perso na lly lear ned more about coaching skilful rugby fr om S.E.A . in two weeks than in my previous two years The s i~e was ~lso fon unate in having an.outstanding captain. J~me~ Evans epit.omised the ty~e of I?layer the game will fl~Uri1h wIth: poilte and courteous off the fI eld and controll.ed tern~r : hk e aggre ss l~)Il coupled with sktlfu l technique on the lield James and a hard-core of ever-presents gave the SIde a Spiri t and commllment that gave LIS the vita l edge in sorneof the closest fought games, and when we were out -gunned meant an honou rable defeat rather than a humiliating rOllt. Ru gby - even at thi s lcvel - is ca pa.ble of !?e n~ratin g .a ll manner of emot io ns and this season was no exception There was the sheer dram.a of the last mInute wlllnll~g try In tl~ e cor~le r to defeat.St ..Paul s, ~nd the heroic defence of a battered and del?lete~ SId e to prevent an outstandmg Tonbn~ge SIde fro.m reglstermg a Cri cket score. Finally there was the sheer exllliarallon of the seco nd -half performance aga in st Cra nl elgh, when the full strength side finall y CUI loose and produccd some wonderful, opell , running rugby. Und oubted ly the strengt h of the side was based on a very good set of forwards. Leo n Kat z was an excellent mauler o f the ball and superb at the front of the line: he deserved ly finished his seaso n in the 'A' team. Stephen Carey was st rong o n the burst a nd David Handley was excellent at tidying the ball up from the ground. Paul Dupuy was kePI out of the 'A' team by a faster hooker but his loose play was very impress ive and he threw the ball in well. Michael Cotton adapted well to NO.8 and Ben Cassens proved to be a mobile prop. Peter 'Pacts' Whittlesea was a solid scrUlllmagtr and a co nstant source of enjoyment / a nnoyance verba lly. Behind them was the ever present dim inuti ve figure of Vivien Bennett at sc rum -ha lf. Vivien' s pass was always subject to debate but what wa s nevcr in question was the gutsy \\ a)' in which he dealt with much bad bal1: nobody fell on the bal l with more conviction or bravery. We struggled to produce a back li ne of sufficicnt talent and consistency. The quality player here was Andrew Woolnough: he adapted wel1to fly -half but he tended to be injury prone. There was a posit ive po licy o f giv ing so me of our talented forwards an o Uli ng in the backs and the most successful were James Rayner a nd Bruce Darlaston, who both shoY<ed some penetrat io n at cent re. Bruce's exira pace later earned him an 'A' team place. James Lamont was rather inconsistent, particularly in defence, but underlined his attacki ng potent ial on the wing wi th a hat-trick of tries agai nst Cranleigh. Wissam Su ltan was positive on the wing whcn he had the ball, but unfortunately thi s was not often, as catching the ball remai ned a problem! The ful1 -back position was occupied by H eron McCo nnell: his hand ling was sometimes erratic but he was powerfu l when counter-attacki ng and turned lip at a most opport une moment to score the winning try agai n~t Eastbour ne. One player cannot be easil y catergor ised. Aydi gan Yo lacan became the 'Mr . Versatility' of the sid e, playing at cenlre, second row and prop! Such a player is of immense va lu e to a side co ntinually having to cope with injuries - the coach eve n rec kons his best position is flanker! I woul d lik e 10 thank T.R.H. for hi s co-operat io n in the ever fr aught business of bring ing players up now and again and for maintain ing the standard of these players - Doug las Mullen (one of the best tacklers in the year group), Alastair H ine (speedy a nd improving), Ralph Singh, Tim Marson, Mark Weston, and Chri stian Ball a mongst ot hcrs. In add ition there were others who would probab ly have played more but for injury sllch as Simon Guthrie (a strong scrummager), Marcus Rinaldi, Henr y Gage and A lex Layfield -Cripps. I wou ld a lso like to thank the man y parents who made it to the touch-line to support the team - this is always much appreciated. There arc times duri ng a long term such as th is, particularly with respect to injuries (although the o verwhelming majoril) a re minor, if not trivial), when as a coach you begin to wonder abo ut the merit s of the game. However when fift een boys leave the field at the end of the last mat ch of the season, flu shed with sllecess and disappointed there is no rugb) next week or next term, thcn yo u know you have not entirely wasted your and everyon e else's time. NAi., 56

The/olio wing played ill three)or more games: J. S. Evans .rCapt.), V. H. J. Bennett, .S . T. Carey, B. M. J. Ca ssens, J CotlOn, B. J. Dariaston, l . M. Dupu y, S. D. B. G uthrie, D. I. Hand ley, A. M. Hme, L. M. Katz, H . J. Lamo nt, \f. Âˇ Layfield-Cripps, H. J. S. McConnell , D. J. Mullen, J. B. Rayner, M. P. de V. Rin a ld i, W. Sultan , G. E . Tennick, r ~' J ' Whitlles ea , A. P. Woolnough, A. Yo lacan. p . RESULTS

Pla yed II , Won 6, Lost 4, Drawn I. Poin ts fo r 99, Point s aga inst 96. v Sevenoak s (H). Won 29-0 v Felsted (A). Lost 8- 16 v Duke of York's (A). Won 16-6 v Dulwich (H). Won 4-0 v St. Pau l's (H). Won 4-0 v Tonbridge (A). Lost 0-32 v Berkhamsted (H ). Drawn 0-0 v Epsom (H). Lost 0- 18 v K. C.S. Wimbledon (A). Lost 0-24 v Cran leigh (H). Won 34-0 v East bourne (A ). Won 4-0

Under 14 'C' XV -;or most o f th.e ter!l1, I thought that this side defie~ ~I eseription, .bu.t I fina ll y came to realize thai it resembled nothing SO much as a VIctorian novel: talented but not ulllfled, oft en flzzmg with energy , but a lways di srupted by illness. imultaneously the best of teams and the worst of teams, th is was the veri table team of two psyches. To asse ~ t that thi.s w~s a better set of p l ay~rs than last re~r '~ record breaking side is immediately to create th e necessity orexplai nlllg why It dId worse. Every yea r IS a yea r of m~lInes, but never ca n there have been a yea r of injuries more perverse . At on.e stage there were. t1~re~ complete fr~)I1.t f<?WS m the U 14 year group off-ga mes, none with a n injury sustai ned on the s p~rt.s flcld . T here were lI1!urles here and lI1JUrles there, there were inju ries pretty well everywhere. Incred ulo us \\hen recelvmg o ne Off Games shp from an apparently hea lth y Shell , I telcpho ned his matron to fin d o ut that he had strained a muscle going to the lavatory . Nex t year's traini ng programme may be alt ered in the light o f this ex per ience. Consistency was thus a problem, and the team accord in gly fun ctioned as individuals rather than a unit. Backs and Forwa rds, mag.ni fi c~ n t in so me games (~ut never simultaneously) did not communicate welt , a nd there was a humoro us or even leth ~rgle at ~ilude to some pract ices ~nd pre-match warm ups which cost LIS dea rly. Thus most of th c bcst rugby lias played In the final half or Quarter: agamst an excellent Epsom team where there was no sco re in the second half and against SI. Pau l's, when we ended the game manifestly on top, despite playing uphill , and with on ly thi rteen men: The h~ gh poi nt s of. the sea sof! were the v!sit to Tonbridge, where this team became the first o f its kind to. get into double fIgures (I parlleu larly ~ nJ oyed watchmg Rodop~HlI os, o ur prop, slot a conversion), and the exceptionally gu tsy encount er at WImb ledon, ag.amst an u~d~fea t ed a nd hI ghl y ra ted t ca l~l known as the Red -Hot s. Our makeshift pac k, though outclassed, a nd lackmg a specialist fr o nt row , held on magmficen tly, a nd our backs were always superi or. ThaI the.team did not ~o worse when under g~eat pressure was due to the clear head and clean boot o f the captain, Weston. It IS UI1lISll~l t o fmd so you ng a player WIth so clea r a tactica l brain. Ald rick partnered him very capabl y. In the centre, Gage and Ziegler too rar~ly played together, and?n the wi ng Madueme and Willis saw too little ball, though they tackled exce Jl ~ ntly o ~ occasIons. B~lI, a n excellent kicker a nd handler, should perhaps try a position other tha n rull back, where 1115 lackhng wa.s so metImes suspect. Th ough the line out s a re best not mentioned, the scrummaging was excellent. Dc Burca was a skilfu l hoo ker and Webb a courageous deputy' Rodopoulos and Gormand gavc excellent 5uPPOrt, and Si ngh, ~a ll and Ki ngsland were powerfu l in the Second Row'. The latter two were bot h new to rugby, and have much prom Ise. Marson , the pack leader, said 'Sir' very loudly, but li tt le else . He m ight think about a ca ree r in the Sc.ots G ua~ ds, where h is speed and aggress ion wou ld a lso fi nd a welcome. Heddle, despite his size and his yearnin g forsc ulhng, put m many superb tackles, and Henderso n did m uch amiable tidying li p. Mullen was unlucky not to retain his place in the Bs, enj oying several barnstorming ou tings . M.r. Anderson coache~ the year rather t~an th is tea m, a nd cannot be thanked enoug h for it. Dr. Lamb has more passion than anyo ne else 111 a headband o utsIde Apache territory, and helped unse lfishly; and Mr. Wen[ey kindly refereed all the home fixt u res. I shall look back on this team with some frust rat ion but much enjoyment. They will play lots of excellent rugby furt her up the school.

T.R,H, Teo~II.r.rom: P. S. A ldrick, C. W. K. Ball , R. C . Coolin g, N. A. Crumpton, G. D. De Burea, H . W. Gage, N. A .

GeorgIadiS, M. P. Gourma nd, B. M. Hall , R. S. Heddl e, E. M. Jennings, J . Kingsland , R. J. Henderson , A. M. Hine, H. J: Lam ont, D. Lenander , H. Madueme, T. R. Marson, D. J. Mullen , C. G. Rodopoulos, D. A. B. Sa lm on, R. D. Smgh, W. Sultan, G. R. Towlson, W. M. Webb, R. J. Weston (Capt.), .I . O. Willis, A. Yoiacan, C. J . Ziegler. RESULTS

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Played 9, Won 2, Drawn I, Lost 6. Sevenoa ks (H ). Won 42-0 v Fe lsted (H). Lost 0-32 Duk e of Yo rk 's (A). Won 39-0 v Bethany (H). Drew 8-8 51. Paul's (H). Lost 0-32 v Tonbridge (A) . Lost 14-24 Berkham sted (H). Lost 4- 14 v Epsom (H). Lost 0- 16 K.C.S. Wimbledon (A). Lost 0-4

Under 14 'D' XV Thai everyone who wants a game will get one is often the desire but in evitably rarely the practice of Games lea h Mr. Anderson determined that this year the principle would if possible be put into practice, and for the firSI I~ ttl. King's Ul4D learn look the fie ld . Irne . The sole fixture, under the exemplary leadership of C reissen. agai nst a more experienced Duke of York's side '~ ll lost. But history. indubitabl y and enjoyab ly, was made. TÂˇ ~. H

Team: P.~. ~ldrick, C. W . K. Ba ll , C. J. Crcisscn (Capt.), N. A. Crumpt on, R. C. Cooling, J. A. N. Faulknn N. A. GeorgiadIs, M. P. Gourmand, R. J. Henderson, W. Rosato , T. R. Ruffell , A. 1. Sout h, D. M. H. SWcny G' R. Towlson, W. M, Webb. ' .

RESULT

v Duke of York 's . Lost 0- 16

Girls ' Hockey 1st XI This term's hockey has been one of the most success ful ever, with wins in nine o ut of OUf Fifteen ma tches. including wins over Cranbrook and Simon Langton SchooL The defence was particularly strong with the vice-captain Cat herine Goodman and Hayley Petts playing to a consistemly high sta ndard a ll term. Kate Knight and Nicola Bains demo nst rated random posit ional play but with some excellent tack les by Kate. OUf goalkeeper, Carey Knight, was new to the sport but continua ll y surprised us with her natural ability to save ma ny goals. Victoria Batty and Hilary Breeze were outstanding fo rwards whose e fforts resu lted in many goals, oflcn foll owi ng excellent crosses by Seli na Doyle. After a brie f sojour n in the 2nd XI, Sarah Cla rke returned to score some goal s. Li z Ames a nd Liz Wilson adapted well to the variety of positions in which they were asked to play . Next term we look fo rward to mo re matches and hope for better integrat io n of the forward s. On behalf of the team I would like 10 thank Mrs. Woodley and Mr. Henderson for their dedicat ion and va luable support. ANNABEL DAVI ES

Islleam players: Annabel Davies (Capt .), Cat herine Goodman ( Vice-Capt.), Carey Knight, Kate Knight , Nicola Bains. Hay ley PCltS, Scli na Doyle, Hilary Breeze, Vi ctoria Ba it y, Liz Ames, Li z Wilson, Sa rah C larke, Lisa Bla ke. RESULTS

v Simon Langton School. Won 1-0 v Eastbo urne. Won 2-0 v Christ C hurch College. Lost 0- 1

v Cranbrook. Won 1-0 v Dover. Lost 0-2

v Sir Roger Manwoods. Won 1-0 v Kent College. Lost 0-2 v SI. Lawrence. Won 1-0

v U.K.C. Won 3-0

v Sulton Valence. Won 1-0

v Cran leigh. Lost 0-3 v Kent College, Pembury. Won 2-0

v Ashford. Lost 0-1 v Scvenoaks. Lost 0-2 v Epsom. Wo n 2-0

Kent Schools Tournament: v Queen Elizabcth 's Sc hool. Won 1-0 v St. Lawrence. Drawn 0-0 v Ashford. Drawn 0-0

v Sir Roger Manwood 's. Drawn 0-0

Quarter-finals v Ashford . Lost 0-1

~XI 'fhe 2nd XI hockey team has had a most success ful season. In the past, the 2nds have failed to win, so this seaso n, having won twO mat~~es, drawn o ne and lost four, has madc h istory! Praise must go to all thc team for a great e ffort and there is some prollllsing new ta lent from 6b. Thc match against Sevenoa ks. was probably the most n~emo rablc . Ha ving to play with on ly nine players and, because of illness, no go~l keeper , we tned our best but after bell1g 3-0 down at ha lf time we ploughed through the mud and uring rain unlll thc score was 7-0!

po,,",owcver, everyone has ~njoyed thcmse lves despit c the weather and exam pressure. Thank s must go to Mrs. Woodley and Mr. Henderson for their encouragement and support especially Mrs. Woodley's Minibus driving and Mr. Henderson's ~ere n ity during often ten se mome lll s of play. Ros MARSON.

rhe te(lm was: .Marian ne Dochert y, Clare Lissaman, Emma Hulburd , Anna Patten, Lisa Blake, Beth Ta pp, Ros ' 13r50n (Cap'.), Fiona Clarke, Frances Sayer, Anne-Laure Bryan, Alex Brown, Penny Stulla fol'd , Lou ise Earnshaw-Brown . RESULTS

v Cranbrook. Won 2-0

v Ashfo rd . Lost 0-1 v Chrisl C hurch Collcge. Lost 0-2

v Dover College. Drawn 1- 1

v Kent Collegc. Lost 0-1 v SI. Lawrence. WOIl 1-0

v Sevenoaks. Lost 0-7

1 should like 10 add my congrarulations o n both teams' successes this lerm. Perfect I.lockey weather a ll lerm has a ll owe~1 us to practise regularly and the girls' cons istent and increasing effort and cnthusl<lsm have been a pleasure to work wu h. Moreover, they have had the imeresting experience of playing matches on gr~ss, on our ow n all-we~the~, and (at Cranleigh) on ~st roturf. 'The team made a very good start to the season defc~lIng Cranbrook - , the flrsl time. for tl~e 1st X I and the ,rlfSt-ev.er Will for thc 2nd X I! In October we also did notably ....cll m the Kent Schools tournament III winch we succeeded III commg through our group and reach ing the quarter-finals. Olh~r good win~ fo r Ihe 1st X I w.ere agai nst Simon Langton School and U. K.C. For three of their matc hes, the tea m \tons without captam, Annabel Davlcs, who was representing Kent. Playing a brill ian t game the team managed to beat U.K.C. wit hout her, but we certain ly m issed her agai nst C ran leigh. At centre-ha lf, she w~s able to move around the pitch. covering gaps and hel pi ng out in defence or attack where necessary. Her grcat strengths are her stamina her ballÂˇconl rol a nd her we ll-timed tackles. ' I am also grat~f~lt o Ros Marson for the qui et a nd confident way she has held the 2nd X I together. T here has been

a tremendous sp l.nt amongst the team a nd they have supported each oth er well. I a m very gra teful too to Mr. Peter

Uend~rson for hl ~ enormous su ppor~ this term. H e has umpired all the 1st X I matches, both home and away, thus allo\;III&me to enj oy the ga mes and give support from the sidelines, where I was glad to have the com pany ofa number of gi rls' fathers.

J .A.W.

Badminton In an interesti ng and varied term, our tea m, managing without it s key players of last season, performed well. We opened with an 1.!. 19 fix!ure against St. Lawrence College, which we losl narrowly in the doub les mat ch, althoug h ....e av~nged ~urselves In the Âˇslngles games played afterward s. Martin and Yeoh (l st pair) d ispensed easily with both 0PPoslllg pairs. T ~h~s pairing was b rok en when we p.layed Do~er College at ho me, Dalamal partnering Martin; a nd Tower, Yeah. hiS IS always a keen mat ch , and we Just won It o n games. Dover sought redress later in th e term. \',' A YOlll.lg and inexperienced team was put in against Sevenoaks, who were st ronger than they had claimed. Although e lost, It was a very honourab le d efea t, and good ex perience for the players. The tea IW~ matc~es ~gainst Sutt on ,vale nce each went 10 the home side (ou rselves o nl y once). Agai n we sent in a second I m agalllst their fi rst, and the different sort of shuttlecock used affected the visit o rs' play each ti me. At least our OSs was narrower than our wi n, and a ll the players enjoyed the matches.

At the Dover College Tournament, opposition was extremely varie~, ~nd with bOlh our .fir~t ~air players (Martin and Da lama l) being in 6b we were gratified to get through to the semi-final s, although an mVlnclb le Gravesend slde for the second year running ensured that we progressed no further. Our last mat ch, against Seven oaks, was easier than a nticipated, and gave us revenge for our earlier defeat. The participation of Martin and Yeah in the North F~rela n d ~ournament was an interesting excursion into non. school competition, and being placed 3rd in our group with the dI sadvantage of feathered shuttlecoc ks was 1101 had. All matches fini sh with regret about having won too few a nd wasted too many points, but \~ith regular practice Il the only remcdy it would be good to see more commitment from marc players: tcam, potenlLals and ot hcrs. Every term we thank our coac h, Pat Davis , but every term it is heartily meant. We have surely the best coach in Kent, a nd maybe soon even a sports hall ! Team Players this Term: J . L. Martin (Capt.), K-W ..Yeoh (awarded colours), M. Dalama l, B. G. T. Tower, J. E. D. Kn ight, M. L. J. Willifer, J. P. de Haa n, M. A. Dil iot and N. S. Shepley. R,J,M

Boat Club Th is term has seen the beginning of a resurgence in the fortunes of the Boat Club with a few disappointments but a lso a fair degrce of success being enjoyed at a ll levels. We returned eager for act ion at the begin ning of term, to find James Br~lI, Ben Ha rdy and Ben.Long already baek in training for the Boston Marathon. The marathon must rank as. on~ of sport s toughest events and tl\ls was a trclllendou\ achicvement by all three, especially Ben Long, who Wa ll the JUllIor sculls . TI bgi nn ing of term a lso saw a large lI umber o f girls taki ng to the water. At lasl girls' ~owi ng seems to be tak ~ ng off a\e Ki~lg'S and alt hough it is too early to think about serio us compet it ion, by the summer girls shou ld be representmg the school at the regattas. Ou r fir st Head was on Ihe Medway at MaidslOnc where Stu J-Iend~rsC?ll. was vi~toriou s in j un ior sculls. The following week we travelled up to Weybridge where, although therc were no IndIvidual Wll1l1ers, we took the team trophy - or vc bl" alas the trophy had been lost. The last race before half term was Marlow where 1 took an early bath wou Id I1a " . . J 14 II but Paul Haswe ll mai ntained the club's pride by Wll1 l1 l1lg. SCli s. The first weekend after half term saw us at two Heads. On the Sa turday, Pal~gbourne produc~d some encouragc~enl for the quad and a medal for Nick Prince in J . 13 sculls. Sunday startcd off as a d isaster but turned mto OllT most ~ucccssrul o t"n Havin run out of petrol we arrived lat e to find that the start had been delayed for ~s. After rushmg to t~e s t~r\ !'e mana:ed four victories, Paul Haswell in J . 14 scu lls, Tom Filby in J . 15 sculls, myself III J .16 sculls and agam wit h Ben Long in Senior 2 pairs. .. The following weeke nd proved again to be very fruitful with three victories agains~ some very laugh oPPOSitIOn. a~ Hampton James Brett and I won the coxless pairs whi lst Den Long, Den Hardy and Bill Swanson won the c~xed. N~e. P;inee wo'n J.13 sculls and a specia l award for I?lonkers of the term went to the j . 14 quad who managed to eave t tiT riggers behind. Our thanks go to K.C.S. for kllldly lendmg us a boat. . A co nbination of exams and the end of term led to disappoi ntin g resu lt s at the last Head of the term, Walton. T~I~ was no: hclped by my entering of people for th ree divisions. It was too much for me and, I expect, others too. I apologise for this as it was a disappointing end to a good seaso n but al least we had a go. At the end of every term there are many people I'd li ke to thank. First.ly o~r va1ia\~t band of c.oach~s, G. W. H., ~.JI;~~; S. W. W., R. I. R. a nd R.M.H., who turn up rosy checked day after day III ram or slune. Sometimes II m~kes me. \ ~ . nd if they're stupider than us. Secondly I'd li ke to tha nk our loyal band of supporters who keep us gOlllg dunng, a ~ancr, ' hc~

T hirdly I'd like to thank the Pilgrims, not only for a tremendou s day's races a nd ~it~ncr. but also for their eonstf:b support, both mora lly an~ financially . Finally thank s, of (;Curse, must go to Mr. Wil li s WIthout whom the boat c would surely fail to functIon.

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As usual, the competition provided e~citement an~l.skill in good measure, not least in the fin~1. As an!icipated, the lI.round skill of Walpole, With Aboderlll (a compet itIon record of 78 pOlilt S - and on ly ha lf-fll!) So nalke and Gray â&#x20AC;˘ the fore, proved too much for everybody. In the final itself, Grange, with Marquis in inspired mood in the first ~If and Morse scoring high ly, ran them close indeed, but a late surge saw Walpo le homc. It might have been even closer had Ososanya been fully fit. My thankS as ever to all Hou ses for their organisation, and to S.E.A. for assistance with rcferceing.

RESULTS

Preliminary ROUlld: Meister Omers 33, Mit ch inson's 22; Marlowe 6, Luxmoore 26; Broughton 24, Linacre IS.

Firsl Round: Walpole 40, Meister Orner's 16; Galpi n's 46, Lu xmoore 30; School House 40, Tradescant 10; Broug hton 17, T he Grange 43.

Semifinals: Walpole 66, Ga lpin's 33; School House 29, The Grange 41.

Final:

Walpole 47, The Grange 39.

Fencing This was a fairly hectic term with te n competit ions ove rall. Our first match was against Ollr old riva ls Roc hester: the first team were beaten by o ne hit but overall the juniors brought up the lotal number of wi ns, beali ng them by 14 fight s. Another early start was needed for the Shropshi re Open Compet ition. But that d id not stop o ur girls from coming 3rd, K. Kn ight coming tenth in the Ladies Epee. T. Young reached the fina l for 6t h place in the Men's Epee. The S.E. section Epee went well in the U.16, gaining 2nd and 5th place (A. Ellison and J. C rawfurd), and 5th place U.IS for T. George. In the Whitstab le Junior Foil, A. Elliso n and J. Crawfurd d id it again with 2nd and 3rd place. Two weeks passed before having the next two competitions over one weekend. First was the Kent U .1 6 Foil at Sutton Valence where A. Ell ison and J. Crawfurd dominated the com petition coming 1st and 2nd respectively. The other was the S.E. sect ion U.16/U. IS Foil where R. Tiley fen ced brilliantly to reach the fina l for 6th place and T. Young came 5th in the U.18. To retain our cup in the Kent Schools 3-Weapon Teams we had to put up a pretty good one, as this time Rochester ....ere also present. But all pulled off well, our A team coming 1st, C team 3rd and B team 71h! Next came the Sabre competitions. Th e Kent U. 16 and U.I S went well: A. Ell ison 1st , S. Saba 2nd in the U.16 and P. BTOIhers 4th U .I S (of course if D. Friston had not been ill he wou ld have won this easi ly). Then the London Section Sabre brought a good victory for S. Saba winning the U , 16, not forgetting A. Ellison coming 4th and R. Tilcy coming U. IS 4th, obtaining his London Section colours.

~inally was the Leicester V.13 / U.15 competit ions where our J .K.S. boys came about 30th out of 60 entries and A. Ellison and J. Crawfurd pu shed up their nat io na l ra tings aga in, coming 11th and 15th respectively. Other successes included A. Ellison 3rd and J. C rawfurd 6t h place nationa lly at the Leo n Paul Junior Foil Tournament in London and an excellent 14th place, gaining the highest place for a fo reig ner, at Boulogne V. 15 Foi l l nlernationa l for J. Crawfurd . Many thanks go to Mr. T. Jennings and M. P. Romang for organising and getting us to and from competitions. Congrat ulations go to D. Friston for being awardecl first colours, P. Brothers for second colours and A. Ellison and J. Crawfurd for their colts colours. The Hildiek-Smit h cup went to John Berry for his grea t devotion to the club. T. J. YOUNG. 61

Squash We were not expecti ng 10 do ve ry well this term, as our first three stri ngs fr om last year had le ft and there se -.. to be a shortage of lOp class players to replace them. cllled It ca me as a very pleasant surprise, then, when we won our fi rst five malches wit h co nsiderable case, St. Edm 51. Lawrence Rumsga lc . Kent College, Harrow a nd Felsted on ly ma naging to win three ties between them! \Veun~ beat Wyc College, b Ullasl 1-4 to T o nbridge in the Nat io na l Compet it ion, and to Epsom. Even in these malches t~ was some consolat ion, because bot h had beaten us last yea r, and against Epsom nobody had won a game. ere O ne o f the reasons fo r our success was the enthusias m with which the learn p ract ised a nd the regula rit y with wh' h they played each ot her. Co mpetit ion fo r places was as kee n as I can remember a nd Ha rry Lo ngrigg at firth siring hCd to be o n his toes to wa rd orf the challenges of Dav id Friston a nd Will ia m Davies , He ac hieved our o nly wins aga' a Ton bridgc and Epsom with im mense ly gritty disp lays o f thinking squash . At 4th strin g Nick Daley was a rev~latil;\I Having no t played co m petit ively fo r ove r a year , he quickly go t int o his stride and thoug h hi s fo ot work was usual~' wron g on th e forehand , he was, none th e less, fa r too cunnin g fo r most of his o ppo nent s. Matt Wi ll ifcr at third str" Y was a vast improvemen t o n tas t year and lI sed his drop shot with devastating e ffect o n o ur slippery floo rs, When I~I stamina :'1I~d physiquc improve h~ w,iII be o utsta nding, David Godfrey, this term's Capt ain, was always keen a nd sUPPOrt i\'~' Though IllS appeara nces were IU11I ted , because o f the dema nds o r ot hcr spor ts, there was no doubt that hc Illadc a' eno rmo us di frerence to thc qua li ty o f the side when he d id play, Fina ll y Ed wa rd J ones-Th omas has the uncnviablc task o f playin g firsl string a nd though he played far bett cr tha n last year, his resu lts suffered becausc of the q ualit y or hi\ oppo nents. He d id rema r k~b l y well !o beat the Ha rrow 1st ~t ril~ g al~d to ta,kc a game off the Epsom first string. Ne~1 year he cou ld become the first captam of squash to lead a wlll l1lng side aga lllst the fu ll st rength of Tonbridge ror Over a decade! With junio rs o r the ca li bre of Milcs Thomas, Peter Kenyon, Willia m Davies a nd Matt hew Odgers developing .... el1 the ru ture looks very rosy indeed . '

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ACTIVITIES C.C.F. NOTES ARMY SECTION Th tcrlll began in a very encouraging way, with a large intake of se nior recruit s. including six girls. Th ey proceeded derg o all acce lerated programme of training, of onc term's lengt h, which nevertheless managed to incl ude ca noeing IOul~e Stour and an afternoon on the Uni versity climbing wall led by Dr. Pickering. on raining for the AMS ~quad a nd the APC ~qtlad was un fortu nately rest ricted as our training area wa~ bein g used The Fusilicrs in preparatIon. for

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November

â&#x20AC;˘ Other problems were illness a nd a very fu ll rugby season for many cadets: two night exercises therefore had to be cclled. However, o n the last weekend of term an Army Sect ion tea m took part in the In ter-Sect ion Night Exercise. ~s involved bui lding a rope bridge across the Royal Military Ca nal, infilt rati ng int o hostile territory o n the Roughs, ~in isteri ng first-aid to a casua lt y, a nd tracking down information over a wide stretch of count ryside. Map-reading ~as shown to be in need of att enti o n, b ut the cohesion and determination.of the le.am, led by Cs.~ Henderson, gained ~ufficie nt points on the ot her tasks to p ull them ahead of the RAF sect ion to Will the competition. Bolh AM S and APC squads too k to pat rolling practice wit h enthusiasm, and they provided volunteers to act as enemy for Ihe above competition. Because o f their performa nce then and o n other practices we feel that King's should enter a Icam for the nat io na l Cadet's Patrolling Competition next year. Our Field Day in Octo ber involved an O rienteeri ng Competit ion in Denge Woods. Although the weat her was good, the grou nd was boggy after rain and it was a demanding course. First prize was won by C pl Clayton and Cdt A lice Ceci l-Wright. We plan to mak e thi s com peti tio n, with accompanying trophies, a regular feat ure of the autumn term. Next term's Field Day will see Ollr new organisatio n put into practice. The Army Section will be organised as a company, ,dlh everyone including REME and Signals allocated to a particular platoon. We hope th is will engender a spi rit of competition that wi ll help training. Finally a word about ca mps in 1989. A t Easter Adventurous Tra ining wi tt take place at Loc h Ewe in the Highlands of Scot land . Accom modat io n is in the huts o f a former RN base o n the shore o f a sea-loch , and there is im mediate access to some of the grandest mountains and wildest terrain in the British Isles. The progra mme will include hill-walking, climbing, and camping. In July, immediately after the end of the summer-term, we go to Longmoor Camp in Hampshire ror Annual Camp as guests of the Army.

M.J.V.

NAVAL SECTION This term started off under new leadersh ip. We were pleased to welcome aboard Mr. McConnell, who has injected In enormous amount of enthusiasm int o the section and has spent a busy term learning the ropes. We spent the first few weeks canoeing in the Stour. With sa iling out o f act io n and the secti o n all keen to get on the water this was an ideal time to im p rove our canoe skills. Field day saw the first of what we hope will be many trips to Gilli ngham watersports which was a fun day out for half the sect io n while the ot hers spent the night out on tmeise. The weather ensured they a t least came into contact with water. The village hall provided convenient shelter. Now the colder weat her has set in, we have reso rt ed to dry la nd . A fascinati ng lecture o n diving, shoot ing, a talk on the role o f the Navy, a buffet lunch, and - the highlight of the te rm - the visit of a Gazelle helicopter and trips over Ca nterbury , made up the rest of an enjoyable term. Our thanks must go to Mr. McConnell for organising so much fo r us for this and the comi ng term s and we look forward to the arrival of the section 's ow n display. TOM PEER.

AVY SECTION FIELD DAY On Wednesday 12th Octo ber, a gro up of young Naval cadets and three NCO 's set Ollt for an orienteering 'night exercise,' which wou ld join o nto a field day the next day. Our grou p cons isted of A ndrew Charlesworth, Hugh Milward, Dominic Burdess, Pelham Higgins, Rory Campbell, Giles C handler, Christopher Thompson and Henry Shelford. We "'ere planning o n overn ighting in tents and ge neral ca mp ing gear behind Mr. McConnell's house at Broad Oak. four Or five kilometres out of Canterbury, but prob lems awaited us: while pitching tent, the ra in pelted down. So we had 10 abort the idea of ca mpi ng ou t for the night. Having had a cup of tea each at Mr. and Mrs . McConnell' s house, thanks to Mrs. McCon nell , we were informed that the Vi llage Hall was vacant, and made our way there. The Village Hrall met ollr des ires, with kitchen facilities and ha lf a d oze n heaters sca tt ered around, the hall. After a hearty supper o ' rations' , we set off o utsi de for a midnight pat ro l - very tactical. Basica ll y, we were taught by o m leading NCO, Andrew Charleswort h, how to take cover and hide in times of need. 63 Ht E C.C.â&#x20AC;˘' . IN ACT ION (Michael Gillespie, Simon Bowker, Kel/tish Gazelle)

Eventually we rugged up o n the Village Hall noor in sleeping bags for a night's sleep. At about 6.30 a.m., Mr. Mce woke us up and the NCO's prepared another delicious breakfast of rations. ooncu The next day's act iv ity consisted of solid orie n teerin~. We were div,ided into tw~ g~oups. We had to fi nd OUr to a certain point in the fores ~ a t Blean for ly nch! havlllg taken beanngs at cer ~alll tllnes ~nd places ~Iong the y/:*:Y T he lunch spot was about 7 k tl~metres wa lk.lng d istance fron~ Broad Oak. H avlllg had a hght lu nch, It was back y. Broad Oak, o n different routes, III order to pick up o.ur belongmgs, then .back t~ sch~ol . Altog~t her, we had aUwalk to about 18 kilometres in that one day: a thoroughly enjoyable day and a n IIlterestmg mght exercise. Many thanks to Meet and Mrs. McConnell for their help. PEl.HAM H IGGI~'

ROY AL AIR FORCE SECTION We welcome eight new recruit s. Cdts. Victoria Milner-William s, P~ lIy Smeed, S. R. Cole, M. D. A. Willis.Jonco. B. Sun, A. P. Mercer, C. J. Pearce and J . H. Turner. C p!. !. A. Cndge was promoted to Sg!. and became Head or Section, Cdt. M. Stafford was promoted to Cpl. and Cdts. P. Plttaway, N. Turner and S. Bowker were promoted tOJ .CpI. T he highlight o f the term was Field Day. We were picked up frolll Birley's by a Chinook helicopter piloted by Gp.CaPt Day O.K.S., who is Officer Commanding Royal Air Force Odiham. We \~er e tak~n o n a low-Ieve~ flig ht round Keni to R.A.F. Mansto n. We had a fu ll day nying ~hipmunks at I Air.Expenence Flight and a surprISe 2 hour Oight in the Wessex helicopter of the Air Sea Rescue Flight for Cd ts. Hawkms and Bowker. We have had three other trips to I AEF this term. A n afternoon o n the range saw J .Cpl. N. Turners q ualify as ~~ ~ ksma n , !.Cpl. S. ~ow ker a n ~ Cd!. M. ~owker as 1st C lass shots a nd Cdt. S. Tester as 2nd Class shot. Ot her acuv ll le~ have L nc! ud~d pl s ~ol s ho~t lllg, c~n?elllg, cycle. powered orientecring and dril l. The final act ivit y of the tcrlll was a Night Exercise m volvlllg a bndge blllldmg exerci\t. D.l .B.

O.K.S. NEWS Major B. J . Sililier (1923) will be 80 in February.1989. His son Nicholas, who was at the school in the sixties, has a son in Brought o n and two more sons at the JUllIor School. E . E. Wen ban (1923) has been a self-employed horologist sinee 1969. J. Deighton (1934) ret ired from being an active magistrate fo r Hampshire in 1986 aft er 30 years as a Justice of the Peace on the Lymi ngton Bench. K. R. Henshaw ( 1937) is still Chairman of Middle East ~a~igational Ai~s S~rv ice ~vhic h tak.es hil.n. out t~ the Pe~sian Gulf every year, where the company is responsible for provldmg all the navigational aids for sh ips sai ling on InternatIOnal waters. D. M . D. EVIl IIS (1941 ) is a co nsu lta nt pathologist and has j ust retired from the N HS a nd is President of the British Society for C linica l Cytology unti l September 1989. C . A. D. Clemelson (1942) has written a three-volume text entitled "Vitamin C" which is to be published by C.R.C. Press of Boca Raton, Florida in December 1988 and January a nd February 1989. M. Charley ( 1944) returned from Sa udi Arabia in 198.6 after n inc years, in~luding a.rinal ye~ r work.ing for a .Saudi lawyer. Si nce 1986 he has been working his sma ll farm In S~ roud a nd developmg a cablnet-ma kLng busmess . He IS also deeply involved in district council work and wou ld be dcllghted to see a ny O.K. S. (045-36-4780). P. H. Man (1950) is now President of the Central Veterinary Association, an elected membe.r of the Roya l Co.lle~e of Veterinary Surgeons and an elected Fell ow of the Roya l College. He feels he owes much of Ius success to The KlIlg s Sc hool. M. R. Moo re (1953 ) is a chartered acco un tant and a research ass~ci ate with the Int ernational Bureau of Fiscal Documentat ion in Amsterdam, specia lising in intern at iona l tax treaties. M. E. C . Brown (1955) is coming to the end of hi s career in the Royal Navy and is at prese l~t ~tat ione~ at Batl.l with the Ministry of Defence, an appointment which means he has become a member of thc transat lantiC Jet set WIth Washll1glO n D.C. and San F rancisco as his normal ports of call. I. McL. Young ( 1955) ret ircd carlyo n medical grounds but is now fit and 'busier than ever' and thoroughly recom mends retirement. D. M . Morrison ( 1957) is a lecturer , teacher. cri tic a nd pianist. Has given .~aster classes and performa~ce se minars and recent ly completed a biograpl~y of Liszt; !s a jury. me":,ber for competitIOnS, broadcasts and has wntten a large number of a nnotations for recordmg compallIes. He li ves m London. M. Hlldfield (1958) and P . D. C. Scott (1965) arc bolh li vi ng in th e Isle of Man a nd arc planni ng a Manx O.K.S. Dinner for the Isle of Man residents. A R Clarke (1958) An independent finan cial adviser based in Warwickshire. His work is in volved with both individuals, el;lpl~yed and self.employed and all corporate work. For a full range o~ detai ls contact him on 0789 7302.12. H~ ~as had many years experie nce in marketing a nd is the re~ore adept at presentmg p roposa l.s for con~pany fo rmation, ralsmg of finance a nd ma ny ot her a reas. H e wou ld be delighted to see a ny O.K.S . bascd III the Mid lands . 64

Chesshyre ( 1959) Chester Hera ld at the College of Arms. Appointed Secretary of the Order of the Garter p. fl· B:ved the Badge of Office from the Queen at Buckingham Pa lace on 9t h June 1988. Officiated at the Garter .,.dreC~1 June 1988 and has lunch with the Queen and Knights of the Garter in the Waterloo Chamber at Windsor ser"lce ~iS nephew William Brya nt (now in Grange) was singing in the Choir of 51. George' s C hapel on that day. A lso Casll~. d Hon. Ge nealogist to The Royal Victorian Order a nd was made L.V.O. in the Birt hday H onours 1988. He .pPOl!ltC,',e Bach Choir and the Choir of So uth wark Cat hedra l. tiftSs III J Will iams (1959) In January 1988 appointed Headmaster o f Wells House School, Mal vern Wells, from being A· A· ~aster and former Head of ~conon.li.c~ and Business. Studies at Clifton Co llege. ~as set up two .companies House do with letting out the sportmg fa clht les to local reSident s and the other to do with sheep and pI gs ! Would be o~ I~ted to welcome a ny O.K.S. dtlll R (o'owler (1959) Is just starti ng a new appointment on promotion to Brigadier as Director Operational Requirements I'~he Minist ry of Defence. Wou ld welcome any O.K.S. fr iends (0722 780519). Itt lEA . J. Gardener (1957) has been Brit ish Defence Attacht':, Cairo, since December 1988. Co~ ~ Seward (1960) has been appoi nted a J ust ice of the Peace for the Folkesto ne and Hythe Division. His daughter. ~~~c~, joined Sc hool Ho use in September 1988. Colonel W. J. Chesshyre (1961) has learnt Ru mania n and is now our Defence Attac ht': in Bucharest. L~ M. H. Chesshyre ( 1962) is a G.P. in Highgate and lives with his wife and three daughters in Muswell Hi ll. D Hardy (1962) In Janua ry appo inted to the post of Command Adviser in Ge neral Denta l Practice B.A.O.R. and J. es'pOlisible for the postgraduate trai ning o f dental officers. In J uly 1988 he success fully passed the Diploma in Forensic Odontology (Dent istry) of the Lo nd o n H ospital Medica l College. J. F. Cundy (1963) is now Assistant Night Editor of the Daily Mirror and lives in Kingston-on-Thames, Su rrey. J F Chessh yre (1965) is the National Trust Historic Bu ildings Representative for the East Midlands and lives with his ~ife and twO sons ncar Newark. T R. Carver (1968) Currently a B. B.C. parli amentary repo rt er (TV a nd rad io) with responsibility for the north ·west of England - an im me nsingly sa tis fying job bu t wi th high ly unsocial hou rs. Prior to that he was in Afghanistan and ,,"ustralia as a free lance doing pieces for Rad io 4 on tl~e Russian wit!ldrawa! a nd the Australian Bicentenary respectively. Would be int erested to hear from any contemporanes or fellow Journahsts. R Elliot! (1968) Mystole Horsedrawn Vehicles - will supply singles, pairs o r a team of matchi ng grey horses fo r weddi ngs; choice of tradit ional carriages fo r picnics, ou tings et c. T. J .•' reeman (1968) In 1984, he a nd a colleague for med a partnership and they have p ract ised as chartered accountants in Leices ter since 1984. Dr. A. K. P. Jones (1970) Appointed Senior Lecturer in Medicine, Hon. Consultant at SI. Bart holomews and Middlesex Hospitals. M. G. Stainer (197 1) who lives in Fol kestone. is a landowner wit h an increasing bent towa rds property developme nt in the wake of the C han nel T u nnel and he aspires to both his so ns bcing cducated at King 's in the late 1990's. J. M. R. Waller (1972) Has worked abroad since 1980 wit h OTIS Internat ional for three d ifficult years in Beirut through the war, then in Paris and now in Kenya . He married Shei la in 1985 and has two smaJl sons, Anthony and Nicho las. W. Stevens (1973) appoi lll ed sub-post master for TeYll ham and has expanded his business p rem ises to accommodate the post office and his ph armacy. M. D. L. Ba rker ( 1973) is current ly wo rk ing in Ipswich as Group Treasurer fo r the Courtship Conta iner li ne group. Qualified as a chartered accountant in 1983 and joi ned the shi pping group as European group accountant. Married Jacqueline in 1986. Is in touch with S. Grenha lgh (1971), M . F. W hitby (1974) and C . Lawden (1974). P. S. Kershaw (1 974) is now P ri ncipal engineer with the Ministry of Defence. A. M. Wen ban ( 1977) is now married and lives in the U.S.A. Dr. K. Wendy R. Mackay, nee H ild ick-Smith (1 977), is now a medical registra r and has passed her MRCP , and she and her husba nd, Dr. A ndrew Mackay, (whom she marr ied in 1985) are livi ng in London . H. M. Wen ban (1979) is engaged and works for Barclays Bank in Cambridge. Dr. Phili ppa M. H iidick·Smith (I979) is doi ng a yea r's hospita l work in paediat rics and livi ng in Wimbledon. J. D. Snoxall (1979) is working for J o hn Swire a nd Sons in Hong Kong and is aboul to ma nage one of their companies ~ hich dea ls in computers from Sweden. On 3 1st December 1988 Just in married Charlotte Tatham at SI. Clement Danes In the Strand. M. J. Carbon i (1980) is now manager of Press and Promotion, Classical Division at EM I records. He used to run mu sic festivals near Sevenoaks, a nd is in his spare time at the moment trying 10 set up cOllcert s allocal Nationa l Trust properties. ~ nn a K. Carboni, nee Yo ung (1 98 1) is now a solicitor at Li nk laters a nd Paines. She is joi ning an Italian law firm for m: months in Turin from Janua ry 1989, befo re returning to her department at Link la ters. She sings regularly with the London Chora l Society under Jane G lover. S. L. Lewis (198 1) achieved a degree at Card iff a nd is now working on an oil rig. Sarah Snoxall ( 1981) is based in Ho ng Kong, workin g for J. Walter Thompson.

Nicola Steven (at school Di xo n) (198 1) is a trainee accountant. S usa n R. Denl, nee ives, (1981) now li ves in Burton -on-Trent and has two children. C. Beechey-Newman (1982) recently graduated from Queen Mary Co llege, University of London and is now Ii vi worki ng in London. n&and D. Warr (1982) having initia ll y started in t~l e rina~lce indus.try il~ the C hannel Isla nds, has now tak en OVer the fa . busi ness (tea and coffee merchants) of which he IS managlllg director. milt O. Hildick-S mith (1982) is a medical st udent at the London Hospital. R. G . H ill (1983) has successfully completed the Diploma for the In st itute of Bankers in Scotland. P. O. J. Reed (1983) is livi ng and wo rking in Bru sse ls as a foreign exchange dea ler for the 'Banque Bruxelles Lambert.' S . O. Hancock (1984) graduated with a 2(i) in Civ il Engi neering from Bri stol University a nd is now pursuing a ea in ma nagement consultancy. rttr

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DEATHS Stainer - Peter Stainer (19 18) sudden ly at home on 22nd November 1988. Braidwood - Geoffrey Lithgow Braidwood (19 19) on 29t h October 1988. G raves - Dr. Philip Rutland G raves (1925) in September 1987. Jordan - Richard Leslie Jordan (1925) suddenl y at home on 9th November 1988. Evans - Geoffrey V. Eva ns (1935) on 5th May 1988. Kent - Major Joh n Victor Kent (1935) on 20th February 1988 after many years of suffering. Madge - Desmond Stan ley Madge (1940) on 18th March 1988. Hearne - Neville Leslie Hearne (1940) o n 10th April 1986. Harland - J ohn Lindsay Harland (1941) in April 1988. His widow writes ' He a lways read wit h interest the repons ~m o ut by the O.K.S., though for hea lth reasons he was unab le to participate as often as he wou ld ha ve wished.' Huntbach - Sta fford Ga rner H unt bach (1948) suddenl y at home on 30t h Sept ember 1988. He had been in pOor health for some time, a nd was well -kn ow n and highly respected in the retai l trade in North Staffordshire. The Reverend John Porter (1952) co nducted the fu nera l service. C legg - David E. H. Clegg (1951) died recently. Bhtckmore - Timothy J a mes Black more (1980) on 6!h December 1987 . Tragica ll y ki lled in a car crash in South America. Kn ight - Rupert S. Knight ( 1976) in December 1985. Kemp - W il li am Thomas Kemp (1 983) on 18th August 1988 as the result of a road accident.

ENGAGEMENTS Rownlrce - Cli ve Rowntree (1973) to Susie Theobald. Brash - Andrew Brash (1974) !o Edwina Wright. W illi:lmso n - Lieutenant R. J. M. Will iamson (1980) to Veronica Brogde n. Backhouse - Michael Backhouse (1981) to Lisa Hamber. Methven - Crowe - Simon J . Methven (1982) to Nicola Jane C rowe (1982). Hill - Robin O. Hill (1983) to Fiona F. Allan. Mow ll - Benjamin Mowll (1985) to Annabel Tull berg.

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Stevens - to Willi am Stcvens (1973) a nd hi s wife, a second daugh! cr in A pri l 1986. Pengel1ey - to Mart in Pengelley (1976) a nd St icks, a dau ghter, Kat riona Emi ly Claire o n 6t h December 1987. Powles - to Simon Pow les (1 976) and Mary, a son, Alexa nder Edwa rd John, 0 11 8t h November 1988. Robson - to Rupert Robson (1979) a nd Alison, a so n, James, on 28th June 1988 . Pawley - to Matthew Pawley (198 1) and Judit h, a son Thomas Bernard on 21st J une 1988.

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I', n Gavin F. Wilson (1970) to Liz Hobley on 30th July 1988. Wls o -

\ClrBain - James Q. C. MacBain (1975) to Philippa Allington on 8th October 1988. . I )' Felicity Pawley ( 1979) to Neil Alexa nder Croc kett o n 14th May 1988. PI'" e obinson - Rae-Sm ith - Mark Lovell Robinson (1979) to Amanda Nancy Rae-Smith (1979) o n 9th April 1988. II Ildkk..s mi1h _ Dr. ~r'yonr Hildick-Sm ith (l98~) to Dr. David Ni~o!ls on 29th October 1988. Both ~re working at Salisbury ~eneral Hospital, hVl ng m Manod, and domg three-year trauli ng schemes for general pract Ice.

O.K.S. MAIL Mrs Barbara Sli mmin g kindly offers that she will be glad to forward mail to O.K.S., if sent clo 25, The Precincts, Cantc;bury, CT I 2ES, and clearly marked 'O. K.S. Please Forward.'

O.K.S. CRICKET TOUR TO MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE 301h SEPTEM BER Âˇ'61h OCTOBER '988 'Welcome to The Old Kin g's Scholars'. This was the message printed on a board at one of the numerous functions laid on for us. Although the cricket was highly enjoyab le, it was really the people and their hospitality that made the tour such an unfo rgenable experience. It all started during a meeting between two O.K.S. late on in 1987: Pete Ja'affer (Tunku Imran) who lives in Kuala Lumpur and Chris Ki lbee who currently lives in S i~ gapo re. They put t ~gether an it inerary w hi ~h was pl a n ne~ at a time when David Gower was not expected to be bobslelghm g or playmg cncket for England. C hns cont acted 1115 brother, John. in England who called a meeti ng or O. K.S. in May thi s year. Although he was sadly unable to come himself, there was suffic ient interest to sta rt organising the tour. Thc results show that we were unbeaten, winni ng fi ve a nd drawi ng two. The fi rst two games werc played at the Kilat Club where a nash of lightning struck a nearby tree, se nding a shoc k wave through a number of us while we were fi elding, and actually knocki ng me to the grou nd . Ironically, wc were to find o ut later that Ki lat is the Malay for lightni ng! We were un fo rt unately unable to play T he Royal Selangor C lub at 'The Dog' because a car pa rk is being built beneath it. Right in the hearl of Kua la Lumpu r, the backdrop and pavillion are q uite spectacul ar and we hope the ground returns 10 its former glory soon. The match at Seremban did not reach a conc lusion bccause of a two hour luncheon interva l. Howcver , it did show us how quickly night fall s in these sunnier climes. The J ohor game involved crossi ng the Malay-Si ngapore border twice in a day which was quite a n achicvcment when a game of cricket was a lso invo lved. The Singapore game was made a bit special by their inclusion of Bill Athey and John Lever, who flew over especia ll y to play. The venue was The Padang, another spectacular ground which is well known a ll over the world. A brief visit to Penang did not prevent the tour party from experiencing the delights of this beautiful isla nd. The game was played on a ground with a very Englis h sell ing in conditions more su ited to rugby . The final game at Kuala Lumpur was characterised by II very weary eyed cricketers. At tea , we were in awful trouble but Ihe bowlers and fie lders st uck at it and eventuall y we won by 22 runs . Thcre were ma ny fine ind ividual performances bUI the most memorab le were Charles Rowe's styli sh 63 against T he Ro)'a l Sela ngor C lub; David Gower and Ma rk Ryeland's 100 partnership aga inst Tunku Imran 's XI; Dan Pritchard's 4 wickets in one over whic h turned the game at J ohor; J on Taylor and Dan Pritchard's part nersh ip at Si ngapore which so ncarly brought us victory; Piers Sm ith's aggressive middle order balling in the fi rst and last games; a nd , fina ll y, John Young's spectacular catchin g. Other high lights off the pitch werc: the O.K.S. Disco tea m; Pau l Sherida n (Chicago), Henry Tall ersfi eld (Taipei) and Chris Wheeler (H iroshima) who made a specia l effort to be with us; Richard Bennett who somehow managed to capsize a catamaran: Mark Ryeland who seemed to buy half of Singapore a nd then escape UK customs while Stephen Lark had his Su nday Express confisca ted at customs during an earlier journey; J ona than Davies, who appea red to be preparing for his st udent days by not gell ing up before midday a nd Andrew Crickmore, who joined us as part of his rOund the world tour.

So where docs O.K.S. cricket go from here? II is a pity that little has been organ ised over the years but a\ fixture list for the 1989 season has been arra nged. A future tO Uf is very probab le. The same venue is the ma rea,d) I given the contacts established there but it wou ld probably lack the same spOlllcnaiely. Hence, changes wou,/~ hkdy be made to the itinerary to involve places such as fpoh and Ma lacca. Another possibility is East Africa and Mik 10 wou ld be pleased to hear from anyone with cricket contacts there . e ret, II wou ld obv iously be impossible to thank everyone ind ividually for their efforts but I would like to single some II was lovely to have Dav id Gower wit h us. His p resence on the field and in the bar helped make th is tour sOUl. unforgellable experience. Sid Gale (Umpire) ca me from Bangkok (h is winter residence) to be with us. Most of us rcmuCh~ Sid. who has umpired at Birley's for many years. 1.ane Xoung, Susie Rowe •. Alyson B~nn~tI a nd Vicki Stcwar;mug delightful. supporters; Tunku Im~an .an~ Tunku Naq ulyuddm (Pete: s brother, BI.II) a nd Chns Ktlbce organised the itin \litrt and prOVided tremendous hospitality m Kua la Lumpu r, respectively; a nd Nick and Elsa Gent received us so w~ry their Kuala Lumpur residence one evening. t al Finally. a special menti o n is due to Mike Press (T o ur Manager) - who spent hours be for e. during and aftc tfit? to ensu re it was a success. Without hi s effort s. the tou r wou ld surely not have been as troub le- fr ee and e njo;a~~: as 11 was. P . G. BROMlf.V

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Tour Party: Mike Press (W) 1958-63. 10hn Young (S I-I) 1957-63-67, Cha rles Rowe (MO) 1965-70, Richard Ben (MO) 1966-7 1. Dav id Gower (L N) 1970-75, Pau l Shcrid an (LN) 1971 -76. Piers Sm ith (LX) 1977-82, Ch ris Whec1crO) 1977-82, Paul Brom ley (B) 1980-82. Dan P ritchard (MR/MT) 1973-78-83, Stephen Lark (SH) 1980-84, Henry Tallcrsfi Id (G ) 1974-80-84, Mark Rycland (B) 1981-86, 10 n Taylor (B) 1981 -86. 10nathan Davies (SH ) 1983-88, T unku Imran 1956-62-66. Tun ku Naquiyuddin (MO) \956-6 1-65, Chris Kilbce (LN) 1968-73 , Nick Gent (LN) 1954-60. And rcw Crickmor (MO) 1980-84. lane Young, Susie Rowe , Alyso n Sennell, Vicki Stewart. t

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The Roya l Sela ngor C lub 76 (30.5 overs)

154-5 (45 overs) C. Rowe 63· P. Sm ith 32· KHat Club 4t h Octobcr - Won by 44 n ms

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Tunku Im ran's X I 167-8 (45 overs)

The Sultan of Negri Sembil a n's X I 11 1-8 (38 overs)

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133-7 Dec D. Gower 47

168-9 D. Gower 3 1 J. Taylor 36 D. Pritchard 36 Won by 39 ru ns Penallg Crickel Association 96 (31.4 overs) J . Dav ies 3- 12

135-8 (4 5 overs) P . Sheridan 4 1 C lu b Arnall 14th October - Won by 22 rllllS

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Federal Territories Stat e X I 142 (4 3.3 overs) J . Davies 4-35 H . Tattersfield 3- 13

164-9 (4 5 overs) s. Lark 42 P . Smit h 36·

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THE CANTUARIAN

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VOL. LIll No.2

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VISITS ANn TllIPS

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THE CANTUARIAN

Executive Editors: Lara Burch, Jane Gri ffith s, K.S. Editors: Jen nifer Barbour, K.S.; Rhia n F. C hil co tt, K.S.; N. J. E. Flowe r , K.M.S.; C . .I. D. Hodges; Carey M. Knight , K. S.; G. P. S. Jolliffe. Photographic Editor: A. G. C har leswort h . Senior Editor: T. R. Hand s, B.A., A.K.C., D.P hil. 69

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Ca non Alexander Sargent died in Canterbury on January 5th a t the age of 93. A sermon delivered at his funeral by the Archbishop o f Canterbury is printed in this edition of the Canruarian . The Very Reverend Ian WhileThomson, who first met Canon Sargent in 1928, writes: 'Alec entered the Junior Departmenl of King's School, housed in those days in Walpole, at the age of ten. Our closest links began when I became Dean of Canterbury in 1963 . Alec's love for the School, his caring concern for generation a fter generation of King's boys, was obvious . He became a member of the Governing Body on his appointment as Archdeacon of Maidstone in 1939 and of Canterbury in 1942, and remained an active member until he retired in 1968. Alec was an excellent chairman of meelings, especia lly difficult ones. Firm, fair, decisive, at all times he exerted a stabilising influence, and was widely respected for his wisdom and sound judgement. He was a great reader, especially of biographies and diaries. Many of his friends will perhaps remember him best as an engaging raconteur a nd an excellent mimic and a ge nerous host. All his friends will remember him as having a most infectious laugh . Alec was a happy man; happy in his life here, happy in his firm belief that a far greater happiness was awaiting him in the Life to come.' Corinna Preston died on 14th February 1989 in Harefield Hospital after heart transplant surgery. She was 17 years old and had joined the Sixth Form last September as a boarder in M.O. living in Bailey. Several members of staff and girls from Bailey attended the Fu neral Service in South Croydon and later took part in the Service of Thanksgiving which was held in the Upper Chapel of St. Augustine's on March 15th. Her Tutor wrote at the end of her first term Ihal Corinna was becoming 'an ebullient, articulate and confident' member of 6b. Her enthusiasm and positive outlook were infectious qualities even when she was awaiting major surgery: something of the sheer joy which she felt for life will long remain in school. Requiescat

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The Precincts, the Cathedral, St. Augustine's and St. Martin's Church have been designated a World Heritage Site. There are fourteen such sites in the United Kingdom.

Among the recent visitors to the School from overseas was a delegation of V'silo rs Educationalists from the People's Republic of China. After being shown I round the School, they were invited to question the Second Master, through heir interpreter, on the history and nature of public school education. Fortunately, Meister Omers traduced a Mandarin speaker in the shape of Kheng-Wei Yeoh, who managed to translate some ~f Ihe more parochial references. They then went to school lunch, after presenting a threedimensional depIctIOn of two pandas. A rather less taxing journey brought a class of pupils from Hersden Primary School to the Precincts for a guided tour by Dr. Maltby. He received a deluge of fan mail as a consequence of this, from which it transpired that their abiding impression of King's was his account of the ghost in the Dark Entry.

Another letter of thanks was directed to the School but has not yet reached its rightful recipient. [t expresses gratitude to a Canadian pupil or recent expupil of King's who was on his way to Heathrow Airport at 3 a.m. when he stopped to help a lady who had had a puncture on Rheims Way. We should love 10 know who was on Rheims Way at 3 a.m . so that we can deliver the letter, which was written by the lady's father. He concludes: 'Usually the pupils are a great credit to the School.' Knight with the Tyres

Penguin Books have published a paperback edition of The Levels by Peter Benson. The subject is a boy stranded .in the transitional period between adolescence and manhood, and the author, who was a member of Walpole, is accredited with 'hair-trigger sensitivity'. Edward Lucie-Smith has contributed to an 'exceptionally useful and informative catalogue for an idiosyncratic and highly individual show of current figurative art which is touring America' . Entitled The New British Painting, the book argues that British achievement is maverick, beyond Literate O.K.S.

the cosy consensus of modernist internationalism.

The Times Literary Supplement of February 3rd 1989 bears the name of Richard Murphy on the cover with the tantalizing headline 'Poetic Graffiti of Old Sri Lanka.' His collection of poems entitled The Mirror Wall was inspired by late 5th century holographs on the curving parapet wall of a footpath half-way up the rock fortress of Sigiriya. The new chairman of the Poetry Society is Sebastian Barker. He has worked out that about half a million people in Britain have some interest in poetry. The membership of the Poetry Society is 2,500. He is wondering how the Society can 'honour those stirrings' among the other 480,000 and gu ide them to 'that Just State of Poetic Enlightenment no honourable citizen is excluded from'. Suggestions on a postcard, please ... Nobody could accuse O.K.S. writers of being stereotypes. A member of staff recently found a Substantial article by Bruce Urquhart in Sporting Life, entitled Injury-hit Old Dundalk eyes Haydock target. 71 JUNE WOOD (Andrew Charlesworth)

ALEC SARGENT AND THE ARCHBISHOP (School Archives)

Robert Franklin is to deliver the Dr. Urry Lecture on May 16th . The su bject is 'Be k France' . C et and Tristan Garel-J ones, a gove rnment whip and Comptroller of Her Majesty's Hous a founder member of th e exclusive Blue C hip Tory dining club , which has recently had aehOld, is of the 16 ~embers painted by Rose Cecil , aunt of James Cecil (SH). Th~ Sunday Times POrtrail obsessed wIth the salmonella scare, reported that the most Important quahfication for me~ha!'l is being a good egg. "hIp

The Calvi n and Rose G. Hoffman Prize for distinguished work on Ihe w . . of Christopher Marlowe and their relationship with Shakespeare ha2~ awarded to Mr. David Webb of St. Ma rtin 's College, Lancaster. The pri worth £6,000, was presented by the Head master in front of a large galhe .u, of members of the School who had come to hear Mr. Webb deliver a lecture on Dr. Fau;,~8 The School has provided the venue for th e launching of the Betjeman Society. The Honora Secretary is Mrs. P hilippa Davies, who would be happy to hear from anyone interested in jOinini Her address is 2, The Crescent, Canterbury CT2 7AG . . Mr. Michael Robinson, a dealer in rare books in New York , has presented the School wilh a front edge drawin g of the building which was known as the Almonr y, and th e Green Coun Gate, depicting the School as it was before 1860. The Librarian would like to thank Mr. William Honey for a copy of The Life, Loves and Achievements of Christopher Marlowe, and Mr. David Davison, O.K.S., for a copy of his definitive three volume work on The Barracks of the Roman Army from the 1st to the lrd Literary and Library

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T he concert give~ by the Symphony Orche~lra and St. Cecilia Slrings in October 1988 In aId of the Canterbury HospItal Cancer Appeal raised well over £3,000 . BBC Radio Kent recorded the event and broadcast Ihe performa nces in two programmes over the Christmas holiday. The Big Band Concert given in February in aid of Amnesty International rai sed a profil of £325, of which 20070 went to the school Amnesty group to support their activities. King's Social Services have become headline news. Donald Bray (T), who has been helping at Parkside Primary School, intends to raise £20,000 with his Campaign to Involve Business in the Community so that facilities and eq uipment at the school can be improved. The Headmaster of Parkside, Mr. Len Harrison , told the Kentish Gazelle that he was 'amazed that someone from a public school should recognise the vast differences in education in the slate sector'. The paper's editorial comment declared, 'There can't be much wrong wilh our much-maligned youlh.' Still in the realm of Thursday afternoon activities, we congratulate Annabel Davies (MR) on gaining a Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award. Helping

Over a period of 30 years, official school photographs were taken by Mr. W. 1. Entwistle . He has generously given four boxes of negatives, which, the Archivist enthusiastically commented, are magnificently indexed . We are further indebted to him for endowing a school prize for photograph y. The School has acquired another photographic archive in the work of E. K. Barber whose tripod was set up between 1901 and 1907. We are most grateful to Mr. A. J . Reed for this gifl. Long Exposure

T he King's School Shop has been sold . Built betwee~ 161 2 and 161 7, it underwent alterations in the early 19th century, when a flfeplace and passageUnder the way were built into th e chimney stack. T hIS was "roba bly the cause of the tI"",mer lean to th e North, which has recently made the bUIldIng unsafe. It has been a local electronics firm. \)OUg hl by

Five present and past members of the School (tMee members of the Veitch

fam il y, and Messrs Costain a~d Dove) took the fIeld In the 1988 Khartoum Cricket Club C hristmas SpecIal. the School was represented at th e Kent Sports Council 's Celebratio n of Sporting Nearer hom~r. R. C. White a nd three pupils who have distinguished themselves: Alex Elhson Excellence b Y furd for Fencing and Jod y Mycroft fo r Rugby. The latter played for the Kent d James C law an 18 team against Middlesex. Under . I Huray became the first current Hockey In ternational the school has had when he Marl IO e for the Engla nd Under 18 team. Never before has the school had so many was selected la ers in a nyone year: Martin Ie Huray, Tom Baker (South East Under 17), ive represe ntatk' sP(S~uth East Under 16 and Kent Under 15), Roger Gardner and Andy Woolnough Henry Haw 10 (Kent Under 14).

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T he Revd. Peter Hullah had an article o n School C h apl ai nc~ published in The Times in Janua ry . He has recentl y been elected C halfm an of the

0111 Co",mo n Ro .llls' Conference for t he comlllg " yeal. C hapla bies to report but a review o f last year's news reveals th at there we re There are nO new ba . I .

ve n Common Room offspnng - a ll glfls. . ' Ie The Editors wo uld like to thank Dr. T ho mson for hi s considerab le help WIth proof-readmg.

Chopel Fund

Donations have been sent to the foll owing charities during the academic year:ÂŁ 775 C hristia n Aid 75 The Pilgrims Hospice 75 U.S.P.G. 50 The C hildren's Sociely 850 T he Pestalozzi Children' s Village 50 The C hurch Urban Fund 50 Message . 50 Toynbee Hall . 50 Medical Aid for Palestme 50 The Cyrenians (Canlerbury) . 500 The Armenian Ea rthqua ke Rehef Fu nd 75 Church Missionary Society 15 Bethany Leprosy Village (So uth Indi a) 550 The Lo rd Mayor's Christmas Gift Fund 50 The Goodwill Children's Village (India) 50 The Bridge Project

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'I just came to do the catalogue,' co n fes~es June: That was in 1968. And if it is difficult to imagine that there could ever have been any library without a catalogue, then It IS equally difficult to imagine the School Library now without June Wood. She was the first 'Assistant Librarian' a nd over the years she has seen through three 'Librarians', and gradually taken Over almos; every as pect of the running of the Library, so that today it is very much hers. The Rotulus is thus misleading: the 'Assistant Librarian' in fact does all the work; 'Librarian' is merely an honorific title. In twenty years, the Library has been transformed. Much of this work has not been apparent to the casual observer. The catalogue is now complete; over 12,000 new books have been added to the shelves' whole sections have been reclassified to accommodate changmg syllabuses or new departments; 'and the business of rep.ai.r and replacement has been unending. All this, and much more, has been done quietly and efficiently. Yet even more signIficantly, June has always been supremely patient in dealing with boys (and also - much more diffIcult - with members of staft) as they seek information on matters Importa nt, unImportant and obscure .. All librarians are professionals in knowing where to find things out, but June can also astonIsh by reciting the appropriate lines to the seeker after Barbara Fnetchle as well as remam calm when asked about that old Irishman Di O'Cletian . The last book entered by June in the Accession Book is entitled 'Landscape and Communil y in England' - appropriately perha ps for a farmer's wife who has played such a part in the life not just of the King' s School but of St. Stephen's and Ca nterbur ~ too .. We are sorry to be losing her, and our warmest good wishes go to Jack a nd June m their retIrement. P.O .H.

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Alec Sargent has been the Great Arc hdeaco n of the Church of England. The note written by Randall Davidson when Alec presented himself as a candidate for dination is revealing. 'A quiet, delicate man with refined manners and a certain look of ~rstinction. He will do well if his health improves.' Mercifully for us, it did, and he was not l'ng in the breezy parish of St. Margaret at Cliffe before he was training the young at Cuddesdon. ~e never lost the influence of those formative years and his Principal, Jimmy Seaton, whose hOlograph always had pride of place on his table, was his example of godliness and contentment p It was as Chaplain to Archbishop Cosmo Lang that he will be remembered as much as for I is archdeaconry. H is notes of those days in the archives of the Lambeth Library are a model ~f clarity and good sense . On the state events he is particularly memorable and it is clear how much he cared for the great ceremonies, like the coronation and the marriage of Princess Marina, not out of show but because of the devotion and dedication which they stirred. When the day of the Coronation was brought to a triumphant conclusion he retired to Lambeth and records ' Like an over excited schoolboy I was sick'. When approval was sought for him to stand for election as a bishop in South Africa, Lang's understandably dissuasive note put an immediate end to the matter. He was the kind of Chaplain who didn 't obtrude his own needs or his own agenda. He didn't demand a great deal of others, but he was given a great deal because others wa nted to look after such a selfless person. When in 1982, we assembled all the living ex-Lambeth Chaplains we could find, Alec Sargent was the iife and soul of the party. He was senior by far but, all would agree, the wittiest, most urbane sharpest in memory, most eager to bring himself up-to-date with the changes at Lambeth and fi~d out what the housekeeper, or the modern equivalent of the footman thought about them. He didn't bask in nostalgia, but rather encouraged a young successor by describing Cosmo's parsimony with the telephones, and how he stood over him each time he made a call. [t was characteristic that he so enjoyed the day out at Lambeth that, by way of return, he arranged for one or two old servants of the Palace, with whom he had kept up, to pay a similar visit and to be received there . Of course he held very strong views a nd did not enjoy change, whether it was moving the High Altar and St. Augustine's Chair or the words of the Prayer Book or the Authori zed Version of the Scriptures ; he had been well trained in the Cuddesdon motto, 'Keep watch over what has been entrusted to you' . But he had that detachment and sense of humour which keeps self and circumstances in proportion. He knew how to distinguish things temporal from things eternal. To be Arc hdeacon of Canterbury was the delight of his life, as Cosmo knew when he bestowed the archdeaconry upon him . He now had space and opportunity to give his affection as well as his efficiency to the diocese. He answered his many letters in his own hand and almost always by return of post. He never drove a car and, after the death of his sister Dorothy, relied always on public transport. T his enabled him to see the countryside, to absorb the beauties of Kent, the fields, the hedges, the farms, the chu rches. He gave the impression of never being in a hurry. He liked to get to a village early so that he was able to get the feel of the place . He told someone rather charmingly that when he had visited their village church he had sat and listened to the call of a partridge . ['m told his addresses were orthodox and appropriate and always worth hearing. He knew what his sermon was going to be about. When he had finished, the congregation knew what the sermon had been about. I first set eyes on Alec in 1944 and am largely dependent on others for the wartime and immediate post war years. He was enormously respected by local clergy . He could be cross part icularly if he felt tradition or loyalty were being set at nought. He cherished the deepest loyalty to the Dean and Chapter. 'Trespassers will be prosecuted' was a wa rning to any who tried to usurp their a uthori ty - even archbishops. [ was told he was so conscientious that when he was in residence he wouldn' t even leave the Precincts to go to the bank. His first earthl y love, his greatest love, was surely this Cathedral. The School came a fairly close second. How he loved to have King's School boys as lodgers unlil the time came for him to leave the Precincts. One of them has written to me to say how they grew to love him as a father, 75

visited him regularly since school days, and still sought his advice on careers or oth and remained impressed to the end by his ability to complete The Times crosSword ber malters . Alec would not claim the title of intellectual but he had a well stocked mind y;ldd ay . Judgement. When I visited him he was always eager for the news, not above mak~~ sound proposal. for prefer,:"ent. We always recommended each other books and one which g a W!se great delight was RIchard Mabey's Life oj Gilbert White and Se/bourne . It brought gt~ve hllll so much of hIS klVes - the natur~l world, the flowers and gardens. Like so many others I e;ether the sunn ~ eveHlng talh wIth hIm amIdst the roses and delphiniums. I recall a fasci JO~ed conversatIOn between hIm and one of the Cathedral gardeners on a rare bird recentl natlng by both of them in the Precincts. y SPOtted He was always a good pastor - he really thought and cared and prayed about oth cared dally for the form Idable Canon Shirley in his final illness. Alec was the one ers. He wanted to see. He noticed people's needs. Not a man of earl y wealth himself he w~erson he generous and there are many here who know how much good of this kind he dl'd b s qtulel tly . y s ea th One of hIS most remarka?le achievements was his readiness to accept and enjoy and kn . t~e meaning of the word rettrement. He was not eager to accept what he regarded as co f ow ttties. He preferred to be a worshipper again and keep alive the daily round of the Cat~ ~cted Th,atwas prtvllege enough. Even at 80 he was going round visiting where he felt he mighteh;~1. It s. Important as people get older for them to remember the past happily', he would sa' p. of hImself, but of someone rather older than he. Hence his fondness of reminiscences. He ~id~~: smooth (:lYer what was rough In the past. He could tell uproarious stories and had the abilit of t?e mImIC to the end. He was clear eyed about human foibles, his own as much as anYon~ else s. He enjoyed a gOSSIp, but there was nothing corrOSIve about his conversation. He made this discovery that so often eludes people, and that is how to live life contented/ So he was very hal?PYin h}s final home at Red House, a nd to everyone's astonishment qUiC~; became the hub of ItS family life. He knew It from of old when it was the vicarage for SI Dunstan's, and was delighted to find the daughter of the vicarage in residence when he mov d' there. e In the end he was ready to die and said that the more he thought about it the less he minded the thought of dying. It seemed to him to be completely natural. . I have told but a version of the story - some of it inevitably second-hand. But I can't end wlthouta personal testImony 10 how much his experience, san ity and encouragement have meant to me since I became ArchbIShop. So I preach not only out of duty but out of eagerness to Illustrate how great our gratItude to God must be for this dear man. . One who cared for him to the end said, 'You cannot grieve for him . You miss him but he IS where he wanted to be'. ' So. let us commepd his soul to God. W~ brought nothing into this world and we can carry nothing out. God/mess wIth contentment IS great gain.

FOCUS PREPARING FOR CONFIRMATION Each year at The King's School we prepare about fifty boys and girls for Confirmation, and ach year some attempt has been made to provide a time away from school for reflection before ~he confirmation Service. Groups have been taken to monasteries and convents, and had study dayS with the Franciscans. This year we changed the title from a quiet day retreat to that of pre_confirmation exploration . Sixteen miles away from Canterbury there is the Parish of St. John the Baptist, Margate. This is a parish of seventeen thousand people in the centre of Margate, and within the parish boundaries live old, retired people as well as many yo ung unemployed and homeless. There are a large number of people living permanently in bed and breakfast accommodation, and in many ways the Parish is deprived. Links were established with the Vicar, his Curate and the lay team, wh ich produced the possibility of visits and study days. Groups of fifteen pupils spent from before lunch to after supper in Margate on one occasion before their Confirmation. During that lime they had lunch with an old people's lunch group at the Community Centre and visited various projects in which the members of the Parish were involved. These included T he Doris Pargeter Home for the Mentally Handicapped; The Charlotte Centre - a Mental Health Association Day Care Centre; the St. John's Workshops - a small business enterprise unit; and the Royal School for the Deaf. Pupils spent time having tea in small groups with parishioners, and then engaged in discussion reflecting on their experiences. The exploration concluded with supper in Margate, followed by worship in the church. The reactions to the exploration have been very positive. Pupils have said that they learnt something of parish life, were able to become enthusiastic about the care of the handicapped, and were encouraged to talk to and share experiences with a wide variety of people. Life in central Margate seemed very different from life in central Canterbury. However, when experiences were carefully evaluated, it was discovered that there were many similarities. Anxieties and fears abound in both places amid signs of hope for a better world. Pupils, staff and many members of the parish made small yet significant discoveries about the need for co-operation and understanding as both communities in some way depended on each other for survival and growth. The Curate, the Reverend Clive Gregory, came to speak to the Confirmation candidates before Ihe exploration began, and was present at the Confirmation Service in the Cathedral. The Vicar, Canon Norman Baldock, travelled to Canterbury to give a pre-confirmation address and they have both expressed positive reactions to the link. Parishioners felt able to be generous to the pupils, and that generosity helped evaporate suspicion, anxiety and prejudice. The danger with such a link is that it is very short lived and lacks sufficient deep roots. This may be a justifiable criticism. However, the pupils themselves want to return and deepen the friendships made. They wish to invite people to Canterbury and they are willing to say to their friends who are not confirmed, that next year in confirmation classes there will be the Margate link to enjoy. Thank you, St. John's Margate. PH ILIP VAN NOTfEN, LUCINDA NORRIS, P.F .H .

CHARITY SHA VE

During morning break on the last day of term Mr. Reilly lost his beard for charity . It his 6a Geographers who persuaded him to have his first shave for 17 years on the understand~as that they would raise £200.00. The team of nine fund-raisers was led by Andrew Charleswo,ng who alone collected over £100.00. The money raised will be used to buy a microwave oven? the Muriel Leslie Gamage Ward and toys and other equipment for the Nathan Ward of t~r Westminster Childrens Hospital, where the Reillys' daughter Emily spent almost six mouths las~ year. Emily is now a very healthy little girl thanks largely to the sk ill of her surgeon Mr. Jerem Lawson, an old boy of the school. Y Stewart Ross used six razors, a carving knife, a pair of scissors and an electric trimmer to remove the beard. The moustache was saved by a large donation from Mrs. Reilly. . Neighbours of the Reillys in Bossingham, a~d local firms that deal with the school, chipPed in to ensure that the target was exceeded but in fact over £200.00 was raISed from pupils and staff. The total at the last count stood at £253.00.

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Having practised hard throughout the Winter term, 14 players were finally picked for the tour squad , of which eight had represented the 1st Xl in 1988. We left in the capable hands of Mr. Phillis and Mr. T hane. On arrival in Barcelona, the Span ish proved frustratingly disorganised, No-one knew when or where we were playing. After checking in at the Hotel Zenit (more promising than its name suggested) we threaded our way through the city and eventually reached the Real Club de Polo. Mr. Phi llis immediately swooned at the sight of the magnificent clubhouse, swimming pool and expansive views onto tennis courts and a massive polo field. We were, indeed, lucky to have been invited to such a prestigious tournament in which the best sides in Spain were playing, so thanks must go to N.L.P. for his 'Hello, Nick Phillis, King's School, Canterbury' rout ine which was responsible for our being there. Many of the team felt, perhaps, that the tour was going to be a very relaxed affair. Not so. Within minutes of arriving, we were put through an unfriendly training session which had some adverse affects upon us all (captain excluded, of course). The same afternoon we began our rivalry with Manwood's in the first of several practice matc hes. The tournament, organised by the club, pitted two of the best Spanish youth teams, and a (deliberately?) weak rabble who were barely a team, against three English schools, ourselves, Manwood's and an aloof Cheltenham side. Our first match was against F.C. Barcelona, a side boasting three internationals . The defence was repeatedly tested and finally crumbled, but what was more encouraging was the two goals scored, notably a breathtaking score from 'Petal' Le Huray . After more training on the club's vast astro-turf, and a much needed day off sightseeing, during which various individuals developed an interest in the bliss fully cheap champagne, we played by far the strongest side of the tournament, and eventual winners, R .C . Polo. On grass (to our advantage) the team played with admirable determination against a much more skilful side. Unexpectedly we came close to scoring on a number of occasions but, although awarded several short corners, we were unable to convert them and force a draw that our pressure made possible. The final score of 4-1 was an excellent result. 78 GEOGRAPHY FIELD TRIP (Andrew Charlesworth)

once this hardest game was over, Giles Bones, Scott Friedlander, and Bob Wilson turned ., attention away from hockey to other, even more pleasant activities. T he latter was not Iheluccessful but, using their nigh fluent Spanish with great ap lomb, Giles and Scott made two ,0 Spy acquaintances. Meanwhile, the rest of the party prepared fo r the tournament dinner. After haPoying the superb food a nd hearty songs, we stepped onto the sweaty disco floor until Ben film er decided it was time to round everyone up for bed (gladly usurping Suhul Bocresion's ,ole of mother hen) . The following morning, under a scorching sun , we staggered onto the pitch for the last time, Âˇ,ed but reso lute. Strong words from the captain stimu lated a certain eagerness, and after a ~ighl Y embarrassing start, goals eventually came, four from Palmer, one from an exhilarated Bones and another superb effort from the captain. 6-0, however, proved one goal too few. The c~p for the best English side went to Cheltenham, much to our disappointment. O n the fi nal day we were lucky enough to meet Sean Kerly and John Shaw, England Internationals whO were playing for Southgate in the senior to urnament. Sean Kerly gave a short , colourful , eech to us which was both useful and enjoyable, recounting the story of the World Cup and Ihe Olympics. Hours later we were walking up the stairs to the aircraft, tears in our eyes, looking away across the vast horizon, drowned in the fiery, rosy twilight. It had been a highly enjoyable lour preparing the team for the season ahead in an exclusive club with excellent facilities . Many Ihanks to the tireless masters in charge, Mr. P hillis with hs youthful energy and humour and Mr. Thane for his no t quite so youth fu l energy a nd his boundless stock of wit. JUSTIN MAROZZI.

CONFERENCE: THE FRENCH REVOLUTION FRIDAY 10th MARCH In its bicentenary year the French Revolution was the subject of a Sixth Form Con ference held at the Senate House, University of London on 10th March. Three of the key lect ures give n in the day's progra mme are featured in the follo wing review. The first lecture 'What destro yed the Old Regime?' was give n by P rofessor William Doyle (University o f Bristol) . Professor Doyle made the interesting point at the outset of his lecture of distinguishing between two distinct aspects of the Ancien Regime. One was the poli tical system of the Ancie n Regime, an 'absolute', but tempered monarchy; the other, the socia l system of Ihe Ancien Regime, which was evident in privilege , feudalism and the absence of common law. Doyle suggested that these two sides of the A ncien Regime were destroyed at different times; Ihe first in August 1788, and the second a year later in August 1789. Doyle argued tha t the poli tical system of the old regime was destroyed by a fi nancial crisis, wh ich was a product of the high cost o f France's wars in the 18th century. He rejected the Cobba n thesis, which att ributes the downfa ll of Lo uis XVI's las t ministry to a noble reaction led by Ihe aristocratic par/emen/s. The govern ment , he arg ued , could deal with opposition, including Ihe nobility and the par/emen/s, as Ma upeou had shown in the early 17705. In May 1788 the government of Lou is XVI again tried to use 'Maupeou methods' . It thought it could silence opposition a nd put a reform programme through. However, in August, confidence in the government collapsed; fina nciers refu sed to lend money and the Ancien Regime was destroyed . Professor Doyle admitted, however , that the reasons for this colla pse of con fidence have yet 10 be fully expla ined. One factor he pointed to was the freak hailstorm of 13 July 1788, wi th hail stones big eno ugh to kill horses (true! ), which destroyed the harvest and caused financiers 10 cancel loans since they kn ew that tax revenues would not be fort hcoming from the depressed peasantry in 1789. Was the Ancien Regime, therefore, destroyed by a n Act of God? Doyle then mo ved on to 1789. The destruction o f the Ancien Regime as a socia l system was a consequence o f the power vac uum left by the collapse of government in 1788. The stru ggles which took place during the first weeks of the life of the Es ta tes General released all sorts of social antagonisms, which migh t not otherwise ha ve been expressed. in eco nomic circumstances 79 GEOGRAPHY FIELD TRIP (Andrew Charlesworth)

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of hardship a,nd widespread tension, In thi~ highly charged atmosphere, with the Bastille s at Pans and msurrectlons 10 the countryside, Doyle argued the social system of the old t~rll1ed was destroyed 10 the night of August 4th 1789. In a burst of altruism the National A egune a bolished feudalism, privilege in all its form s, the tithe and the sale of office . This a~Sell1blY to the sweeping away of an entire social system and an attempt to create a new socie?Unted T his was an enthusiastic, clear and well presented lecture, which offered us a distilled}' . of Doyle's published work. He was fo llowed by Professor Gwynne Lewis (Universit y of Wa erSion on'The French Revolutio." and the Modern World'. In case we were wondering wheth;~ICk) hltmg Welsh lecturer had bItten off more than he co uld ch~w he immediately excused his arro athlS over the chOIce of subject matter on the grounds that hiS race, no longer reigning Supre g nee the rugby field, has instead turned its conceit to the field of revisionist historical thought. Ho~c On as it proved, his endeavour was well justified. ever, Lewis's central theme was the living link b~tween the issues that fired the French revoluti and those of modern socIety . The compatabllity of freedom and property was the concer o~ 0 Jacques Roux when he said in the manifesto of the enrages , 'Liberty is but a vai n phantom \~ one class of men can starve another with impunity'. The course of the French Revolution pro vee~ the difficulty of implementing abstract ideas of freedom as the balance between the maintena of property rights (an integral I?art of the Constitution of 1791) became impossibe to uPh~f~ ~ I thm the context of the Jacobm Ideal of glvmg dI gnity to poverty . The Constitution of 1793 IS often re¥arded as the most democratic ever to have been de.vised,. yet the mere fact that it was n ~ver ~~troduced, not even by. the hIghly IdealistIc Robes plerre, IS a condemnation of the unattamabllity of the Utopian society required for any form of direct democracy. The key to Gwynne Lewis's argument lay in his belief that these issues thrive not simply in the forum of abstract political debate where th~ supporters o f Rousseau are attacked by the practIcality (or rather cYnicIsm). of Hobbes, blH m the actual events of today. Those attacking our own pohtlcal system are 10 fact assaultmg a property holding democracy. But mOre s i.g~ificantly the French Revolution 'placed freedom and democracy on the agenda of the world' vIsIble today 10 the Charter '88 movement .and the appeal to universal ri ghts, which, in OPpositio~ to property ownmg mdlVldualism, rem am at the core of political debate today. This was a stimulating lecture, which presented the relevance of the political issues in the Revolution to the political agenda today . From this highly conceptual talk, interesting for political theorists nokss than histodans, we turned to the question, 'What Destroyed the Revolution?' by Dr. Cohn Lucas (Balliol College, Oxford) . This lecture foc~ sed on the Directory (the government of 1795-99), whIch, Lucas argued, was seen as the direct heir of the Revolution of 1789. It aimed to repudiate the double instability of the Terror and Counter Terror to rebuild France on the basis of a property owning democracy and the rule of law. The Terror was downgraded in significance as being a non-integrated part of the Revolution. 1793-94 was seen from the perspective of the Directory as a period of extreme division, extreme illegalism and the negation of the true principles of the Revolution. So why was the parliamentary democracy of the Directory abandoned with Napoleon's coming to power in I799? Part of the answer was that the Directory itself resorted to illegality by annulling elections in an attempt to prevent the election of extreme candidates to its assemblies. In so doing it undermined the constitutional basis on which it purported to stand. This in turn served to heighten fea ~s of a return to political e.xtremism a~d violenc~. By 1799 the double threat of popular radIcalism and counter-revolutIOn was agam threatenmg to engulf property owning society. A series of military defeats were accompanied by explicitly royalist insurrections. It was like 1793 all over a gain as some demanded another Terror and others were determined to avoid it. The solution took the form of Bonaparte. Napoleon represented the defence of the nation wit hout the Terror; order and stability without restoring the old regime. The coup d' etat of Brumaire, 1799, ended the Revolution by ending the process of Revolution, Terror and Counter-Revolution. Thus Dr. Lucas's talk provided a symmetrical bala nce to that of Professor Doyle offering further ' insights into the Revolution from the perspective of its termination. ER tC MOORE, JONATHAN IBBOTT AND ROBERT WtLSON, 80

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REPORTS AND REVIEWS MARLOWE HOUSE CONCERT SATURDAY, 4th FEBRUARY, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL It was good to see so many members of Marlowe tak ing part in the Concert on February 4th

the Shirley Hall . From the opening Brass Fanfare, the first performance of a composition ~y Mr. McConnell , the whole concert was marked by vigour and enthusiasm as well as talent _ its joyful aba ndon neatly reflected in Edward Pentin's programme design! An orchestra of nearly thirty players, rehearsed and conducted by Mr. McConnell, performed a pleasing selection o f m usic from Purcell to Scott Joplin. T he Marlowe Choir sang the difficu lt harmony and rhyth ms of Paul Simon's 'Under A frican Skies' very effectively, and the Marlowe SiogerS - a larger choir of over twenty - obviously enjoyed their performance of two Beatles songS . Between these group items there was an interesting range of solos and duets . The house is lucky to have two excellent trumpeters in Damian Simpson and Robin SCOll; the violin duet of Peter Cairns and James Gooderham also produced some lovely tone. In their different ways (WO other contributions had great charm : Adrian Pay's harp solos, and the 'Summertime' trumpet and song duet of Robin Scott and David Bond. David also sang Elton John's 'Candle in the Wind', his song about Marilyn Monroe. Katharine Byrom's piano solo was beautifully executed, and - again a Marlowe 'first' the mother and son performance of movements from a Handel Oboe Sonata by Sebastian Dawson-Bowling and Mrs. Elizabeth Dawson-Bowling was anot her high point of the concert's '0

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BIG BAND CONCERT SATURDAY, 11th FEBRUARY, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL The evening started in good Big Band style by the elegantly attired Sholto Byrnes introducing his players individually as they took their places, Magnus Montgomery stealing the limelight by appearing ably disguised as the Hofmeister Lager Bear. Number one on the musical feast was the Glenn Miller rendition of Joe Garland's famous ' In the Mood' , which got the joints jumping. Special commendations to Eli Corp and Barnaby Stevenson, who respectively played out the Tex Beneke and Al Kl ink tenor sax battIe. It was interesting to note that qu ite a few of the aud ience fell into the usual premature applause trap at the end of the arrange ment. 'My Blue Heave n' was the next item. This came across very sweetly and it took a while for the writer (w ho as a yout h had been fortu nate enough to see the Glenn Mi ller orchestra live) to realise that the only Miller tone missing was the clarinet, which was used by the 'Master' playing an octave apart from the tenor sax. 83

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Whilst dedic.atio?s w~r~ being offered, the 'Big Band' continued with 3 Count Basie nu the flf~t of whIch, Culle was speCIally. for Doctor Mallion. Possib ly, the second numb~b~r~, Dariin would have been more appropnate, as he had made the evening get together'S I ' LII was a n excellent choice to end the first half of the programme with. . P anky' The interva l gave the opportunity to extol the ~nanner in which the 'Basie' style had b emulated, from the staccato passages to the tmkiing notes on the piano which Basie usedeen play hImself. All power to the clever arms and hands of the Big Band pianist, Dave Everi:ta Part two of the programme started wIth a Fats Waller number 'Ain't Misbehavin' Th' s·mger 0 ave Bon d th . a P eter Sk e II ern version of the ' song. It was a pity. theISbgave . e c h ance to gIve drowned hIm out m the second chorus. and The ,slow mellow St. Louis Blues received the Miller 'pep' and became the 'St. Louis Blues March whIch m turn came to BIg Band and was admirably treated. It had a great opening a d a great closing, but was a little foggy in the middle _ but not for long. n T~e great moment then arrived for the modernists. Alex Skarbek led the small band , consistin of JIm Waddell on rhythm gUItar, Spence Santry on lead guitar and Jules Moore on drums. g ~wo of the . lead~r's own numbers, 'The Famous' and 'Cocktail Bar', fOllowed by Booker TI,~ Gree~ Omons. What lessons, one wonders, s~ffered for the time that must have been spent to attam su.ch excellence? Perhaps Jules could adjust hiS volume down occasionally: the percussian was sometImes overpowenng - a lI ttle more brushwork too please. The ev~ning was due t? end ~ith the Big Band performing 'Tin Roof Blues' fOllowed by Sho lto. leadmg hiS trumpet sectIOn bnliiantl~ m 'Doc' MallIon's favourite 'Bugle Call Rag'. But there was no way that the !Iudlence was gorng to let the Band go now. We wanted more and the Band responded bravely wIth a repeat of' Ain't Misbehavin'. Again, the Band swamped Peter Skellern - ~orry, Dave Bond I~ the second chorus, and fina ll y an extra delicious helping of ' In the Mood'. ThiS was a gra nd fm lsh to an excellent evening: Bravo, Band! Medals, please, for Ed Burt's team on the lighting: they managed excellent ly with the equipment avaIlable to them. Food for thought: could the Band have a little more professional back up with music stands and back drops? They deserve it. ' As a final victory for the evening, the magnificent amount of £325 was raised for Amnesty InternatIOna!. R.F.G.

THE SCHOOL HOUSE CONCERT WEDNESDAY, 15th FEBRUARY, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL

Any concert given,by the School Housemust surely be a daunting affair for its participants, tha.nks to the Hous.e s rep,utatIOn for mUSical excellence and the subseq uent high expectations of Its audience. ThIS term s performance rose admirably to meet these standards, and parents and pupils a lIke enjoyed ~n evenrn g which was both entertaining and tho ught-provok ing. Praise IS due. m partIcular to ElInor Corp for her splendid organisation and apparently inexhaustible capacIty for hard work. 84

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n of Mr. McConnel!. T he ch.oice of the Andante from Mozart's First Symphony (K. (6) Ihe erhaps a little conservative, but It was nevertheless. delI vered WIth a qU,let charm and featured was ~ impress ive playing, particularl y from the woodwmd: The Orchestra s rendltl,?~ of extracts som ÂŁine Kleine Nachtmuslk was both precIse and senSitive, and prOVIded a promlsmg openIng from what was to be an exce IIent concert. to The third movement of Beethoven's Piano Sonata in C minor (Op.13) was performed with rtain reserve by Matthew Belliere, but nevertheless displayed his very competent technique. ~ C~owing this, the Wind Quintet played an elegant and melodious piece of Danzi's (the 2nd ad 3rd movements of Op. 56 No I), achieving a good sense of ensemble and some delightful a~rasing despite a few initial tuning problems . This item, however, must surely have been eclIpsed ~ what 'was, for many, the most admirable performance of the evening, and certainly oneof t~e most musical: Elinor Corp's account of Lalliet's Carnival oj Venice, capably accompamed b a flexible Sholto Byrnes on the piano. Elinor's playing was notable in particular for its {nsitivityand range of dynamics, and her technique allowed her to run effortlessly over several ~ifficult passages. Subsequently, Kate Scarlett and Rebecca Se~ard's ba.ssoon duet, .whilst no~ as ambitious as Elinor's performance, was nevertheless executed WIthout mIshap and WIth a pleasmg lOne.

The School House Baroque Trio gave a charmingly authentic rendition of Loeillet's Trio Sonata No 2 in F: Ben Young's recorder playing was particularly impressive, with continuo of spmet and cello (Sholto Byrnes and Marcus Hamilton) a~d E linor (oboe) making this an unusual ite,;" which provided a welcome and well-executed vanatlon to the pro~ramme .. Martrn Ie Huray s solo horn piece, Vinter's Hunter's Moon, was a hauntingly evocative ~nd htt,le-known ch~l ce, accompanied by Martin's father. Other items included an urbane selectIOn of mstrumental jazz from Elinor and Sho lto Byrnes (saxophone and piano) and several imaginative songs written and played by Ben Young and James Waddell with a flair which impressed everyone . The evening ended wit h a slick and well-rehearsed vocal jazz group comprising Eli nor Corp, Kate Scarlett, Oscar Blend and Sholto Byrnes : several stylishlÂĽ-su ng barbershop arrangements furnished a suitably hu morous and unIversall y muc h-apprecIated frnale to what had been a genuinely first-rate concert. JENNIFER BARBOUR.

CHAMBER ORCHESTRA THURSDAY, 2nd MARCH, ST. LAWRENCE JEWRY CHURCH, LONDON

The Chamber Orchestra made its annual pilgri mage to the City of London on 2nd March for their concert in the Church of St. Lawrence Jewry next Guildhall . An uneventful journey to London was bri ghtened by the sight of H.M. Yacht Bri tan nia at anchor in the Tha~es as we passed over Tower Bridge. Many happy memories fo r the conductor! The orchestra enjoyed an interesti ng rehea rsal in the Crypt of the Guildhall wit h its unusual acoustics and gave the lunch-time concert in the adjoining church before the return to Canterbury. The programme included works in preparation for the visit to Rheims the fo llowing week and in additio n to the Symphony No. 83 in G minor by Haydn and Handel's 'Entrance of the Queen of Sheba', Peter Apps and Elinor Corp perfo rmed the Albinoni Concerto for two Oboes a~d N I ~hol as Goodwin the First Movement of Alan Ridout's Flute Concertmo . It was somewhat dlsappomtmg that the audience was so small, no doubt due to the inclement weat her. Perhaps city gents no longer carry brolli es! P.N. 85

MITCHINSON'S HOUSE CONCERT SATURDAY, 4th MARCH, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL

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T he concert ope~ed with A Song oj Pal,:iotic Prejudice, va li an t ~y led by Ben COOper; h' conducting served liS purpose. With the enllre house Involved, the intonation was well co~ with, though the diction was often slack and uninterpretable. Schubert's quartet Death and the Maiden (first movement) was an ambitious choice b ha ndled extremely well . The taxing first vio lin part meant that Charles Davies was not able ~t convey easily the sense of climax or destination achieved, and though dynamics were there, balan 0 and emotional expression were rather inhibited or perhaps not thought out enough, though t~ performance settled better towards the end . [t was the Rabbit Song that transformed the concert into one of enthusiasm and fun. The good articulation and intonation, performed at a good volume, deserved the praise it received. So what did happen to Short People? T here seemed to be quite a lot of them. An excellent I played violi n duet occurred instead: Michael Chesterman (still in the Shells) and Bronwe~ Aldridge. There was a real feeling o f harmony and intense listening. The intonation was goOd and tec hnique almost faultless in When the Saints go Marching in. T hen six people came on to play some of Handel's Water Music. T hey lacked confidence and therefore gave little support to the oboist, who had reed problems anyway. However the baroque style was well caught. The sixth item was Eleanor Rigby sung by a girls' choir. It was one of the most sensiti ve pieces in the concert, despite my doubts whe n [ saw the ampli fication against the little harpsichord. However it proved most effective . The soft singing of the girls tended to turn things nat and the words lacked diction at times. The Chamber Choir was next, gallantly introduced by Myles Bowker on the piano. The song lacked life due to the large vocal range needed, and the ending did not really succeed in capturing a Jamaican Calypso style because of the absence of a strong bass . Well tried, but perhaps a more suitable choice could have been made. I felt that between items a little less time could have been lost wi th better stage management, particularly finding a nd giving out the music, some o f the mecha nics being qu ite complicated. Michael Chesterman now played some of the Zigeunerweisen by Sarasate, accompanied by Mr. Scott. Good tone, vibrato and intonation coupled with sensitivity to the romanticism of the piece produced one of the highlights of the concert. The development of the arpeggio section lost a bit of con fidence , but he handled the difficult harmonies well. Potiphar arranged by Ben Cooper was well brought off, with a star appearance by Tom Parker. When the oboe came on, the music created a completely different form, suitable, I thought, as an overture to The Ugly Duckling. A red light came into play to set the mood for some gentle rock, but not enough was made of the piano solo, due to the lack of amplification. All the requirements were there, however, but balance was poor. A nother highlight of the concert was Sky's arrangement of Bach's Toccata in D minor. After a long wait the drummer began to get impatient. However, it proved worth waiting for. After the exposition, the drums and lead guitar burst into actio n. A fine steady and rhyt hmic beal provided the foundation for piano and guitar. Morgan Clarke's solo was of high calibre, matched by everyone else, but unfortunately yet again the piano was not amplified. With no rhythm guitar, harmony was virtually absent. Despite problems of getting back to tempo the piece was broughl off with great finesse. T here are signs of great potential for Morgan. Drums, played by Alastair McClymont, and bass by Ben, were of equally high standard.

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haps it was an anti-climax to end with the item they did Basin Street Blues. But it was per priate to end with the whole house. Because of the quantity of voices, diction and rh ythm apr~d precision, but it was a good tune backed up well with Myles on the piano . lac. ally Dr. Maltby gave well deserved praise to Ben Cooper and Myles Bowker. Time had :~nfOrgotten because of th e pleasure given in this House Concert of such a high standard a nd variety.

QUENTIN T HOMAS.

TRADESCANT HOUSE CONCERT SATURDAY, 18th MARCH, IN ST. AUGUSTINE'S REFECTORY I was very surprised to be approac hed to write this review, because by the standards of this school, I have little musical ab ilil y. [ apo logise in advance therefore, if [ failed to notice any sublle musical nua nces in the pieces [ heard, and if many of my comments have nothing to do wilh Ihe musicality of the evening. The venue of the concert was St. Augustine's Refectory; [ thought this an excellent cho ice, because apart fro m th e beaut y of the place, its size meant that it was packed o ut; a 'full house' is I am sure, more pleasan l to play 10 than a ha lf-full Shirley Hall complete with echo ! Ow ing td Ihe speed o f the chair brigade a ft er the concert, the room doub led as a ' reception area' for drinks. Nick Goodwin gave a few wo rds of int roduction, informing us that it was the ninth Tradescant co ncerl , a nd Mr. Di x's first. The co ncert began with va rious items by the House Orchestra. Although the pieces (by Bach, Leopold Mozart and Handel respectively) were new to me as were a vast number of items duri ng the evening - I tho ught th ey so und ed suit ab ly majestic and li vel y to start the concert. I was im pressed by the fact Âˇthat an o rchestra o f such size was produced. The Clari net Quintet in A Major (first movement) by Mozart (Wolfgang, [ presume) followed. Barnaby Stevenson played the clarinet very clearly and flu ently, [ thought. One of the ho use lutors said to me afterwards that it was the first lime that he had heard the piece accompa nied by a harpsichord - a unique occasion, perhaps? Giles Hogbe n played Praeludium and Allegro by Kreisler, one of the few pieces I recognised, and one wh ich I like tremendously. I am told that this is an extremely difficult piece, and [thought Giles played excellently, seeming to grow more confident as th e piece progressed. Nick Musson sang Go Lovely Rose by Quilter. His intonation was very clear with good contrasts between loud and soft throughout. I think it must be especially dauntin g to sing a solo at school , and Nick sounded very confident. [ must a lso congratulate the pia nist, Quen tin T homas, who played a splendid accompaniment. Simon Mohr followed this with Clair de Lune by Debussy (who called his cat. ..) o n the pian o . I liked the atmosphere of this piece; it was very haunting. Then there was no o ne o n stage. What had hap pened? The mystery was solved, as th e strains of 'St. Anne Fugue' sounded fro m the next-door St. Augustine's chapel, played by Quentin Thomas. This would not have sounded out of place in the Cathedral. Quentin , who played at least three different instruments during the concert, deserves special congratulations for his maj or pari during the evening. Eve n the slamming doo r could not put him off durin g the organ recital! 87 ROCK STEADY POP CONCERT (J.S. H .)

I was pleased that the concert featured a ' junior group' consisting of John Grant L and Guy Towlson . Too often, during house concerts, I think that the less-experie~ce~on Kat z are elbowed out of the way and the evening is dominated by seniors. I enjoyed the twdunlors by Pleyel and Handel which were very exuberant a nd showed sparkle. PIeces Fau.'e:s Le Pas Espagnol was played on the piano by Quentin Thomas and Shiao-Yn C han. Even If It had not stated In the programme that the piece was from the Dolly Suite ha ve guessed. I thought thIS was another outsta nding item in the programme to the e~t mIght my feet started tapping. ent thaI

. Jazz now seems to be an essential part of any House Concert , a nd we were not disap . In Alex C handler wh~ ",Iayed Primitive Blues by Pepper on the saxophone. Some drum~%~ted have been a nice addItIon, but I thought Alex blew with great verve . ght . If featured in a House Concert, the House Song usua ll y stands out as the least musical In the programme, as everyone in the house is involved. Not so the case with Tradescant's Spevendl Âˇ 0 f 'ConSl'd er Y ourse If' f rom L'lOne l B ren d enng art' s " Oliver. ThIS song was an ideal cho' Inte f ~ Hous~ Song, ,,:ith its slight raucous element. Diction was beautifully clear, and everyon~C~a Or In on tIme and In tune, aSSIsted ably by conductor Nick Goodwin. me The followi,!g number was a contrast to the last: Rustle of Spring was played on the piano wIth g~eat feelIng by Peter Pugh. Someone told me tha t it had become rather unfas hionabl but It IS clearly now back In. e, Then there was an addition to the programme . .. A House Choir came on, and afte r we were assured by QuentIn Tho~as tha.t It would not cause offence, which caused some members of the audIence to wnggle s hghtly In their seats, we were treated to a song entitled Short People got no reason to live; It IS debatable as to whether the song. sends up short people or prejudice! I thought that the SIngIng compared favourab ly wIth the KIng's SIngers version of it that I had heard prevIOusly. Nick Goodwin fluted in Mozart's Concerto in D Major; the piece sounded suitably difficult wIth many fast passages whIch NIck tnpped over. Peter Pugh and Nick Musso n then took the stage to pla~ 'Foxtrot, Charleston, Foxtrot' , 3 piano duets by Seiber. I thought the pair could have done wIth a page-turner, and It was a shame that the piano was so hidden from the audience but this did not mar the sound , which was excellent. ' T he high ~pot of the evening then came for me: Nick Goodwin sang Tom Lehrer's song PO/~on mg Pigeons m the Park. The sheer brilliance of Lehrer's lyrics coupled wit h Nick's breezy SIngIng got cnes for an encore from the audience, Unfortunately, Nick did not respond. The concert concluded with pieces by Delibes and Corelli , played by the orchestra. It might have been better for the concert to end on something lighter like the House Song but I thoughI the pIeces were extremely well-played . This was due mainly to someone who \ have not yet mentIOned, Mr. W. McConnell , who both conducted and played the violi n during the evening and deserved his special mention at the end. ' Congratulations to the whole house for a concert of ' infinite variety'. Nick Good win head of house, deserve~ an.other mention, as he organised it. The first concert under the Dix (egime was very ImpreSSIve Indeed. JULI EN FOSTER.

WA LPOLE HOUSE EVENING OF MUSIC AND LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT SUNDAY , 19th MARCH , IN TH E OLD SYNAGOGUE

I was amazed at the variety a nd talent that came out of the smallest House in the school. I knew that three Music Scholars came from Walpole, but there is yet more talent hidde n a bove Ihe Music Rooms, which must have aided the musical development. The evening began with prose rather than music, with Toby Barker doin g a n extremely clever and funn y piece about the House. It was centred around the P.O.W. (Prisoners o f Wa lpole) ~nd mentioned such famou s names as Jaiye-gantic. It was well studied and led in well to the re laxed evening that was yet to come . Musicall y it was divided between singing and playing. The playing was mainly Jazz with Chris Gray and Tim Marson playing pieces by Carl Poole (two trumpets). We were warned that it might be disorga nised, but in fact the bulk of it was good, with o nl y the edges in need of some polish. Blue Clarin et featured Jai ye Aboderin looking very mellow on the drums, T im Marson on trum pet , Marianne Dochert y a nd Ka ren Roehm on clarinet , and Goetz Triebel on pia no . The same points as the previous jazz piece could be made. Jai ye returned again with Sax A ppeal, with a cool pose he had obviously been practising. The piece seemed , I do not know if it was, simple, but it was played well. On the classical side we had Goe tz Triebel showing what an excellent musician he is. I was very impressed by the Spring Sonata by Beethoven (first movement) which he and Peter Keeler played. Beet hoven's Pathetique Sonata (fi rs t movement), a lso played by Goetz was complex and once it got going full o f feeling. Duos abeeedaires by Mazas was played by the remaining Marsons, T im a nd Ros. In spite o f Ros' tiredness this was an enj oyable perfo rma nce . Kola Sonaike played the more modern Ne w York, Ne w York on the pia no, which was note perfect but lac ked depth. What would you do if I sang out of tune? , the first line in one o f the three Beatles songs, was sun g by Godric Jolliffe, Jim Ma rtin, Ka ren (Derek) Roehm and Goetz Triebel. The words were a bit muffled, but a little more confidence would have made the pi ece . Amanda Petch sang Bri tten's arra ngement o f Down by the Salley Gardens, also a little lacking in confidence, but capturing the mood well. Chris Gray sang Samantha twice, due to a n enco re, proving wh y he is a Choral Scholar in one of the top Cambridge choirs. Fiona Shoop with Puccini' s a mio babbino COl'O and Un bel di hit the top notes with ease. Although som e o f the low notes lost the energy o f the higher ones, the top was clear with a beautiful vibrato. Ariadne Birnberg (Linacre) played the piano perfectly to acco mpany the three singers.

On the comedy side C hris Gray and Go rdon Newell did a wonderfull y funn y sketch abo ut Fatal Beatings. As with Go rdo n's Th e Third Lesson which was brilli ant, they we re parodies of Rowan Atk inson sketches. T hough not origina l they were certa inly humorous. The final two acts o f the evening were ones which the rest of the school may have seen, or will be seeing. First came The Real Inspector Hound, with Flem Webb, Eric Moore, Toby Barker (whose hunch-bac ked butler was well acted) , Tamsin Pike and Louise Earnshaw-Brown. I was not very fond o f the play, though it was a udi ble a nd the acting was fin e. T he house song, Who wall ts to be a millionaire? still has overto nes o f house song about it ! It got everyone involved and ro unded off the evening nicely. The progra mme was lively a nd I think the orga nisers (Chris Gray, Ros Marson, Mr. and Mrs. McConnell a nd Mr. Vye) and the performers shou ld be ve ry pleased with their efforts. It was a pity that the event clas hed wi th the School House show and the few empty seats we re not filled . V ICTO RIA M ILNE R-WI LLIAMS.

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TUESDAY, 21st MARCH, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL

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Our expectations of an al!'ateur concert were proved wrong as soon as the show began ShIrley Hall was tmmersed m darkness, smoke covered the stage (and the singers!) Ihe d' Th. began to beat and then, as the audience erupted into wild shouts of app roval tile hallrum, illuminated by strategically placed lights. This high standard of lighting and sound ~as mainl Was throughout the evening. atned T he conce.'t opened with a well-kn?wn song, 'Pe te~ Gunne' wh ich encouraged the lively tn wh tch prevatled over the show. The Blues Brothers numbers were very appropriately Sun ~ t he Scott brothers, even though Ollie, who was eu"horically high, was fl yi ng low. The dan~e y were twee but effectI ve, certamly appeahng to Juhan Astle, who was determined to find r, if their underwear matc hed their bla~k outfits. T he next two roc k'n'roll greats, 'Johnny Be Go~! and 'JaIl House Rock' were energetIcall y performed , makmg a good contrast with the final so of the first se~tion, 'Th~ House of th~ Rising Sun': Alex Chandler excelled on the saxoPho~! whde Kate WhIte and Anadne Blrnberg s styhsh backmg, matched by theIr outfits, gave a polished touch to Rob's solo smgmg. T he next s.ect,ion definitely c<?nt,ai ned the. b.est performa~ce of the evenin.g - Folu return ing to hIS roots m I shot the Shen ff with An Ylke a nd Jalye s dancmg showmg how it is meant to be done. We were then treated to two instrumentals composed by Alex Skarbek, 'Cocktail Bar' catchi ng the mood exactly and 'The Beautifu l' revealing the full extent of his talent. Dan RycrOft must get a mention for singing 'People are Strange' (very apt, if one may say so .) The most popular songs were performed in the final section - Ada m White and Spence Sanlry paying tribute to Pink Floyd's 'mother'. Adam's rendition was quite outsta nding. This was followed by 'So Lonely' (The Eunuch' s Chorus) sung by Alex Skarbek in a sui tably high voice which was received with great enthusiasm by the a udience . 'Running to Stand Still' was made by Pete Apps on the mouth organ. Undoubtedly the most am using performance of the evening was 'Sisters a re d o i~ g it for themselves' by Kate and Ariadne. Their singi ng was excellent but unfortunately attentIOn was dIverted to the four hunks(?), scantil y clad in clinging black shorts . (Folu assures us that he wasn't wearing socks. ) The extremely high standard of the performers and musicians - Julian Moore on drums Spence Santr y, Jim Waddell and Sholto Byrnes on the guitars - led to dema nds fo r an encore: An impromptu and exubera nt performance of 'Denis, Denis' by Serena Wilson was the final demonstration that the girls' singing was equally as impress ive as the boys' - more female performers next time, please . The repeat of 'Don 't yo u forget abo ut me' (or should it be 'Don't you forget the words') ended the concert memorabl y. C red it must be given to every single performer and to all those involved off stage especially Mr. Brodie and Dr. Mallion. This was a perfect preparation for the end of term . Well done, Alex and Adam ! CLA IRE HANCOX AND SERENA WILSON.

HOUSE SONG COMPETITION WEDNESDAY, 22nd MARCH, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL

As last year, there were very few even minor hitches in the performances and even the less polished productions we re enjoyable and appeared to be sung wit h enjoyment.' Tho ugh it is fairly easy to distinguish the secure from the insecure interpretations, picking a winner or arranging a n order is ve ry difficult and a lmost inevitably SUbjecti ve. This yea r we were most unlucky nol to have the former Director of Music at King's, Edred Wright, to adjudicate' his immense experience of choi r train ing, success as a voice trainer and understanding of t h ~ essentials of vocal expression would have at least added considerable authority to the assessment of the 90 ,I

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D. J. C . Even st

D. E. J . Bond

Katherine Byrom

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Empty Chairs at Empty Tables

Luxmoo re Milchinson's

The Two Grenadiers A Song of Patrolic Prejudice Consider yourself at home

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Q. P. Thomas

(Oliver) W. J. M. Henderson- Ariad ne Birnberg Deeves

Linacre

If I were a rich man

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A. S. Michael

Alix Baird

The Orange School House

Hey! Mister Tambourine Man Theme from Cheers o Fortuna!

Rebecca Howden O. S. Blend

O. H. Hinton S. T. S. Byrnes

Walpole

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G . Triebel

MeiSler Omers

D'you ken John Peel?

J. R. P. Thomson

J. A. Crid ge

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(Carmina Burana) millionaire? (High Society)

GRANGE HOUSE PLA Y: A SNAKE IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN TUESDAY, 141h a nd WEDNESDAY, 151 h FEBRUARY, IN ST. MARY'S HALL

A rusty gramophone smooch il y declares the songs of the 1920s, from a room furnished in Ihe fairly forgettable style of the traditional English country home, or in this case, castle. Enter Ihe Earl of Emsworth , family patriarch and figure of aristocratic authority, engaged in the arduous lask of locating his glasses . Two minutes later the Earl stumbles upon the errant pair dangling around his neck - a witty a nd so phisticated anecdote, shrewdly surfacing the play' s co ncern wilh appea rances, blurred vision and blind behaviour. For, unknown to the absent-minded Earl, Ihe Iranquillity of his aristocratic repose and his inoffensive de light in pig fancying will be merci lessly interupted by an insidious web of familial intrigue, dastardly duplicity, suave sleuthing and inherent inheritances that leave no stone unturned - no, not even a Dulworthy diamond .. . 91

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· Jason Nightinga le,. as the Earl, acted the pa rt of an unlikely father of Fre . who In turn embraced his role as a high-class play mate fo r E~dle Bosham , alias re IS .or evcIl: Jam, be~ nng In mind her role as preserves heiress . Dreams of m ,Dl se ~I(neons wi! seem mcreasmgly un hkely as Lady Emsworth , p layed theatricall y and with ant al bhss,. howev.,h Rebecca Howden , demes them the signature that wo uld ac tivate Freddie' . ~o~e fa mlharil y b' a successful wedding between pig fa nciers a nd jams. s m erItance and secur~ Introductio n to the sub-plot: not to be stopped by the fearful Lad E tones were sharply compleme.nted by the cutting edges o f the Dul wo;thymJtOrth ct whose haughty couple contn ve to steal the dIamonds from Madame Emsworth's I a~o n s'. the amorou her a nd thus ensure the deciding signature. pear y nec ,ret n eve them fo~ P roblem : who will steal the dia monds? Solution : none other than the illustrio us Psmyth the das hin Et' .. dehghtfu l debona ir fas hio n by Piers T russell , who brought a li~elY ~~~~n;od~~lcIOUSIY played in to the hearts of severa l members of the a udience . By do ublin g as Wis e production and McTodd, Psmyth can steal the d iamonds throug h the use of a · . . consm s leading Poet blossoming relatio nshi p with Eve Halliday, played by Lucinda No~~li~t~~ ~~ence, and develop hi; Enghsh rose. Will Psmyth convince a ll as McTodd with h' A . enchanting, mIldewed B ru~sels Sprouts (effecti vely conveyed by Julia n Mo~seJ? Ad~ ~~r~cab acc.efnt and dislike of to hIs ma nly adva nces? . WI e eautl ul Eve capitulate

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More characters suddenl y appear a t Blandings castle def i ' . thmgs get ve ry confused indeed . Vicky Ingham convin~ed :s ~~ ~~;n:~~ate ~~ters . At once, a~ ethe~eaOI and vacuous. poetess, 0l!l y to switch wi th dramatic style to the ~Lrils~n/e~~~y cnmma . nce she was m league wIth the notorio us Psmyth th d' . a IC Icago true ta lent. Both were commendable performances . T he conve;sio~ ~~ ~~nce wltness~d Grange's sharp-to ngued hoodlum was accompa nied by the arri val of Eddie C ~Ieen P~~vey mto a tough a has J oe Stobbs. His laid-back performance was well r h 0 0 es , a Icago ga ngster, mar kedl y less tha n tha t o f Vicky, despite surprisi ng dePt~ ~~r~~1c:.nd moderately hard , bUI Considerable credit has to be given to the less rominen t h . Folu .Ososanya, who a long with the ticket barrie'pma naged t~ ~~f~te~~ m the play, especially uttenng a word . T his humorous to uch 0 ened the g e h ouse down wllhoUl Pa terson ~ave us a brie f glimpse of ta lenftha t may ~c:~: ~:e~I~~~~~:~ and gladi oli. Gemma Morse , with theIr bawdy A merica n acce nts provided us with . posed. She a,!d Juhan a~cents o f the majority of the cast. Piers unha ltingly kept up th s~,,!\rehef J om the. anstocrat ic wIth the 'Reform Club ' sign , and fight with a glasses case T h: n s pace esplte hIs enco~ nter secretary, julIen Foster, competed well in dramatic exits w't h Rh' as~~eland desperately efflcle", loved relati ve' who had to be rest rained from di ' I Ian I cott (Ethelberta, a 'much bel?ved rela ti ve's' back.) Julian's fina l sneeze Iinger~~I ::;t~e;s em brholdery need les into her ' much waIl . muc persistence as Rhla n's forceful As for the plot, everything worked out just da nd y ' th d Th were retrieved, a lthough a short period in a fl ower potl~nd ~:~ation :,~~Ien Dul worthy diamonds the neck o f a stuffed bear, gave them a deceptive pearl-like ap pearan ~~dy Emsworth, around as best we know to America whilst Simon and E I . ce o e ga ngs ters ret urned, fortunes included. Des pite ac'c usations from the tri~~epl;:~;~d thta t lovpe conquers ~II , fam ily the hea rt o f Eve. ecre ary, smyth men ta bly won A nicely wrapped present a nd a bouquet o f flowers mus t also h . eCnlerbgetlc performa nce , success full y converting the original scen;fn:~ ~ ~i~~a7eb ha nds fRor ftheIr u ,and outh ouse Parllcula r congrat ulations t o N' k B h f earner , e orm shuffle (a new danc~ for the 90s perha ps)' Jaso n M~c . eef ey ?r d evel? ping the Hays tack ~hair, and J onatha n Walsh for ~ain taining the dance R~~~gat~ wa tzm~ w~th a n a ntique arm· Imagmallve stage ma naging assisted with the unravelli ng of an ex~:~~ell e 10 hfls DJ . EffICient and Wodeho use fa rce . e y con us mg, bu t amus mg AMANDA PETCH AND AR IADNE B IRNBE RG.

NG'S YOUTH DRAMA: ANTIGONE BY JEAN ANOUILH

SATUR DAY, 41h AND SUNDAY, 51h MARCH, IN ST. MARY'S HALL

Having watched the first performance of the play, I waxed lyrical to one of the producers II hoW much I had enjoyed it, and as a result , was commissioned to wr ite thi s rev iew. I ~Ou\d have watched the second perfo rmance as well , but British Rail stopped me in my tracks. I lYas impressed by the fact that the directors chose a play which was not simply designed a peal to the lowest com mon denominator in the school (as Mr. Pollak would put it, subtOve(yn Waugh comedy), but one which can be labelled as 'serious'. T he casting was obviously Earefull Y worked out; characters fitted their parts beautifull y, I thought, in looks and voice. ~here are clearl y adva ntages in getting people to pretend they're a n apple at a n a udi tion. I haven't yet wo rked out what the chess board set was meant to symbolise (perhaps the conflict bel lYee n Ant igone and Creon?) but [ thought it was suitably profound . St. Ma ry's Hall , with 'IS pi nk lYalis and basket-ball nets, does not lend itself very well to Greek tragedy, and I thought :he designers overcame this problem very well . I also thought the cast did extremely well not 10 be put off by the constant sound of traffic outside the hall and the sound of late arrivals clomping up the steps to ftnd theIr seats. David Bond and Rebecca Howden played the chorus. They conducted the set-piece a t the start very lYell , in which Antigone sat on a pedestal in the centre, Greek statue-li ke, surrounded by Ihe rest of the cast. Resplendent in capes, Becky and David looked li ke benevolent Draculas, as Ihey glided from character to character. I liked the way in which as each character was mentioned, he o r she would 'come to li fe' from a frozen posi tion . Sophie Colyear-Walker in the title role perfo rmed excellently throughout, wi th an almost waiflike appearance. She gave a freshness to the lines which she must have repeated countless times in rehearsal. The directo rs had clearl y spent muc h time a nd effort in developing cha racter, and I liked the contrasts in her manner of speaking, varying between wildness and a cryptic, teasing air. Sophie Paul shone in her part as Antigone's sister, Ismene, at one point succeeding in send ing a shi ver down the spine as she cried' And they will go on rising li ke a screaming voice . .. ' . Ilhought the rela tio nship between the two sisters was part ic ularly well-presented . Similarly, the love affair between Haemon and An tigo ne wor ked well ; Eric Moore had the difficult part as Anligone's lover, and managed to show yo uthful naivety along with joyous love fo r Antigo ne. Even the anac hronistic glasses fitted in with a play in which someone refers to 'a fil m without a soundtrack Oscar Blend as Antigo ne's uncle, C reon , ac hieved the ri ght bala nce between bewilderment and cruelty . H is sheer amazement tha t anyone wo uld disobey his comma nds was coupled with Ihe sly grin he wo re, par ticula rl y whe n twisting Antigone's ha nd. O n a more prosaic note, a mot her commented at the end: 'How did he learn a ll his lines?' He ma naged to sustain his part for about th irty minutes in the extremely long scene with Antigone. The great debate was very effective, particularly when one thinks that there were onl y two characters o n stage for about Ihi rty minutes. I felt the directo rs had worked ha rd in sustaini ng interest throughout a play which depe nds very much o n language rat her than action. The so-called minor cha racters were eq ua lly effective. T he three guards, Rob in Scott , Ted Geo rge and A ndrew Ho ne were suitably thugg ish (type-casting, perhaps?) . Rob in Scott was particularly good as Jonas, showing his ne rvousness when faced with Creon. In the fina l scene wilh Antigone he maintained both humour and pathos while talking to her. The stubb le was very realistic too . Tom Wa rd was the messenger and told his story of Antigone's death extremely vividly, seeming gen uinely horrified ; and Creon's page, Ben Petit, had a ve ry to uchi ng shu ffle. Gemma Paterson played Antigone's nurse with a suitably bossy, gently complaini ng voice. Mention should also be given to Eurydice, played by Vicky Temple, who had to sit and knit throughout the play and leave al the end. She must have had the time to knit at least half-a-dozen sweaters. I â&#x20AC;˘

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SCHOOL HOUSE PLA Y: OLIVER SATURDAY, 18th and SUNDAY, 19th MARCH, IN ST. MARY'S HALL Despite the absence of a ny mention of C harles Dickens in the programme, last term's interpretation o f the well-known tale of Oliver Twist on the part of a large contingent of SchoOl House actors, singers a nd musicia ns proved to be an authentic, am using and at times triumphant rendering. A large and enthusiastic cast of workhouse boys, urchins and Londoners suPPOrted several excellent leading actors, and the action was offset by impressive scenery, chiefly conSisting of a stylised city landscape painted in smoggy yellow, evocative of a Victorian London perhaps apocryphal but nevertheless vividly-remembered. Music was furnished by a small orchestra, chieny consisting of players borrowed from other houses under the sensitive and stylish baton of T.R.H. The performance opened with the traditional orphanage scene, featuring Alex Homan as an apparently endearing Oliver amo ngst suitably wide-eyed , ragged orphans. Here, as elsewhere the grouping of the cast on the stage provided a pleasing overall visual effect, thanks to A.H.D.'; excellent direction. Oscar Blend and Misty Gale made a very amusing and convincing Mr. Bumble and Widow Corney respectively, with Oscar gallantl y attempting to overcome his accen t as the Cockney workhouse-keeper. Notable performances were also delivered by Ben Rayment, whose delightful smugness and rich fun eral voice made him an excellent Mr. Sowerberry, a nd Kate Scarlett, assuming a cat-like screech as a credible Mrs. Sowerberry. T he play's lighting came into its own in Ben and Kate's eerily grim funera l song, in which R.P.S.'s piano-playing proved indispensable. James Knight was a superb Fagin, complete with sinister stoop and evilly twirling ha nds, and his troupe of boys wor ked as a cohesive a nd interdependent group , providing some interesting background actio n. Arlene-Marie Searle starred as Nancy, displaying her stunningly powerful music-h all voice in some very ass ured solo passages, and managi ng to combine convincing coarseness and hard edges with a certain pathetic, half-broken di gnity suitable to her part. Other notable features included some moments of suspense which were pure theatrical effect and added greatly to the impact of the performance, such as the shooting of Mr. Ross as Bill Sykes, and the scene on London Bridge which teetered towards the edge of farce with imaginative intent. Several minor flaws, such as a lack of animation on the faces of extras which was probably due chiefly to self-consciousness, did little to mar an excellent production which entertained a nd even delighted its audience, and did credit to all who took part. JENN IFER BARBOUR.

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THE PRISON SERVICE Mr. D. M. TWINER GOVERNOR OF H .M. PRI SON, CANTERBURY 26th JANUARY

' Imp risonment is no triflin g matter' stated Douglas Hogg, Junior Home Office Minister, on

a visit to Canterbury prison before C hristmas. With a maximum capacity of 42,000 prisoners, the 120 prisons existing in Britain hold a n asto unding 50,000 prisoners - 11 ,000 of whom are unsentenced a nd 9,000 of whom are under the age of 21, with a range of crimes from refusa l to pay rates to fraud , rape and murder. Such figures lead one to question whether prison really is a punishment or deterrent. Mr. Twi ner to ld us tha t Canterbury is a local priso n ho lding 350 prisoners, looking after those who are den ied bail , receiving everyone newly sentenced and dealing with the transportation o f prisoners from an d to the courts in Maidstone, Canterbury and Rochester, and between prisons in places as far away as N.E. London. Prisons are categorised from A to D relating to the degree of security they provide. Category A contains prisoners whose escape wou ld enda nger national security or the communi ty. There arc seven such Category A prisons existing in E ngla nd. All local prisons such as Canterbury arc Category B. Security has to be such that possible escape must be made difficult because prisoners may have the will and means to effect escape . Catego ry C prisons arc those where prisoners arc unlikely to have a particularly good esca pe method . Category 0 are open prisons cach containing 300-400 prisoners with 12 officers on du ty at anyo ne time. The growt h in crim e is greater tha n the growt h in prison numbers. Other features of se ntences were discussed by Mr. Twiner. Every prisoner can be released before the end of his sentence as he is entitled to remission of one-third of the sentence for good behaviour. Ti me spent on remand is deducted from the sentence im posed. Prisoners serving li fe sentences are not usually professional criminals; most

arc young men in their twent ies. In terms o f efficiency and effectiveness their imprisonment is th e hardest to justify for, paradoxicall y, th eir crimes are th e least likely to be repeated, but they are put away for th e lo ngest time. Eac h prison has two outside bodies who have an interest in th e prisoners. First, there is the Board of Visitors, a gro up of people (usuall y ex-magistrates) who are concerned with the welfare of th e inmates a nd who a lso have a judicial fun ctio n of hei/ring the less serious charges brought against inmates under the ru les for prison discipline. They can enter a prison a nd see any document or person at any time and a re ab le to report independently to the Home Secretary. Seco nd ly, th e Local Review Commillee considers eligibi li ty for parole and release of ' li fers'. It is a common saying in th e Prison Service that 'Imprisonment is a punishment and not/or punishment'. It certainl y enta ils the loss of libert y which affects fa mil y ties, mar ri age, homes and jobs to say nothing o f th e loss of a good name . The Headmaster concluded by stating th at he had come to lea rn how to be a horrible governor and that King's School was probably in the 'C' Category. [n retrospect, he looked idealistically to the Old Testamen t where offend ers we re simply sto ned or let off! This was an extremely informative and educat ional talk on a ve ry topical a nd problematical issue . R.I.W . W tLSON.

COMPUTERS AND THE BIBLE THE REVD. P. F. JOHNSON 6t h FEBRUARY 'After length y study of the Iliad, he came to the conclusion that it wasn't written by Homer, but by another person of the same name!' 95

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Such a quote, attributed to Mark Twain, seemed aptl y to sum up Mr. Jo hnson's tI I . talk . leo Oglcal The computer is apparently used for much detailed a nalysis of original biblica l texts ' to build up dat.a bases containing ~oncordances , manuscr ipt fam ilies, and so on. It' ~~norder measure the indIces of stylistIc behavIOur, and the kinds of vocabulary, in order to try and id also enhfy the author of a particular text. . However, according to Mr. Jo hnso n, the computer's use fulness is lim ited , as is the r I information obtained, and hence the cost.of such projects is unjustifiable. Because they ar:b~~anl mac hln ~~, computers cannot read intelligently, a nd so translate In a very li te ral way. Henary ambIgUI tIes - for example, hope spnngs etern a l, or Ihe spring well - need human interve .ce, a nd analysis. nllOn T hi s human interve nti on was at the heart of Mr. Jo hn son ' s conclusion : the use o f su sophIstIcated computers was rather pomtless. H uma n beings had to feed the info rmatl'oll . ch ' f'IfSt d eSlgne ' d a Ioglca . I progra mme to accept it. Huma n beings hadIIIIhI0 t IIe m~c h'mes, .h aVlng hlstoncal a nd hteral b ackground kn o:-,",Iedge the computers lacked . And, fi na ll y, Ihe com plll er~ gave no flfm conclusIOns, onl y numen cal data from WhI Ch, once again , hu man beings mUsl dr aw the relevant conclusIons. T his was a very thought provoking talk, questioning an age in which we increasingly aSSllm that computers are ind ispensable. e L EI LA JEMMEl'T.

WORKING IN FILM AND TELEVISION Ms. KATE STABLES HEAD OF DRAMA DEVELOPMENT, CENTRAL TELEV ISION AN D CENTRAL FILMS 271h JANUARY

Ms. Stables set out in her talk to give the a udience just what they wanted: a comp re hensive gUIde on how to get into Television, its pros and cons, a nd the numerous wangles attached to help .one up a n ot h ~r run g of the ladder. The societies room was fi lled with a gen uinely eager a nd mterested a udIence whose a ttentIOn never seemed to stray during the ta lk du e greatl y 10 the dr y, direct a nd witt y style it was deli ve red in . ' Ms. Stables began by setting out the type o f world Television is today, a nd how the radical cha nges currently being introduced will a ffect those wishing to ma ke a career out o f it in the future. Television companies who traditio nall y concentrated on programme prod uction such as the BBC, a re not following lT V's lead a nd are converting int o purc hasi ng franchises :Vhich act as cha nnels for progra mmes produced by free lance compan ies, ego Tyne Tees Television the obvious exam ple bei ng Channel 4 w~ich onl y produces one of the several hundred programme; !t tra nsmI ts each w~ek , the res t hav mg been bought from ot her TV companies. Wi th the mt ro du ctlOn o f satellite TV a nd a far more extensIve cable TV networ k, the Television company a s we know It wlil dIsappear , a nd therefore a ll the o ld jobs and ro utes into the trade for yo ung peo ple WIll dIsappear too. T herefo re her talk was mostly co ncerned with the structure and ways into indepe nde nt TV companies. Television production is di vided into two categories: faclual programmes such as the news a~d sport, a nd ' features' a nd documentaries, which include drama. T he struct ure is roug hly hIerarchIcal, and Ms . Stables next set out the wo rk a nd req ui rements to manage the lOp posts o f DI.rector a nd P roducer. T he P roducer, the. most powerful post, finds projects, negot ia tes their fundm g, a nd baSIcall y asse mbles a nd orgamses all the people involved. It was ma de clear thai ~ hi s is .a job which requires a tremendously organised and cunning person , part icularly as one IS dealmg ':'It h huge a mounts of other r;eople's money .(on average £v, mi ll ion per hour a film), who must literall y put a pmt o f blood mto each proJect. T he Di recto r's role is closely linked to the Producer 's, although he wa s described as mo re ' the visua l techni cian ' who set the lOne of the film. 96

As Ms. Sta bles went o n to describe ways in to th is system, it became clea r that there were two basic requi rements fo r the job-seekers: firstly they m ust love the work they do a nd therefore ave the utmost commitment , no matter how bad it can get, Ms. Sta bles pointi ng out ho w the ~' Im-sets which once held such fascination for her now seem cold and negati ve; secondly, they ~ uSI be openly res ponsible and orga nised , in other words show others they have someth ing to offer a compan y, a nd, by gaining its trust , be given more import ant jobs. Originall y there were two routes into Television: the 'softwa re' and the ' ha rdware' route. The creati ve 'so ftware' route usua ll y involved some sort of script read ing, a n essential job when you consider that 3,-7 ,000 scripts a re received each yea r. From here one moved o n to script editing, and so up the ladder on to the Assistan t Producer level. The ' hardware' route consisted of li terally slarti ng at the bottom as a ' ru nner', and wor king your way up through Floor and P rodu ction Manage rs 10 Assistants to the Produ cer or the Director. Nowadays however, although these routes are still lucrative, yo ung scriptw ri ters are emerging who can step into the system at the top and with the ability to ma ke one's own fi lms on video , young people ' s advanced talents ar"being sna pped up by the fil m companies without the usual hierarchical climb . To heighten the practicality of the talk Ms. Stables dec ided to end with a quick lesson on how to write letters asking fo r a job . Wha t clearl y ca me across was the need to make the letter organised a nd direcl, a nd not to be squeamish about ma king the most o f a ny contacts yo u have or of ex perience gained which is relevant. 'Sell yourself as best yo u can' was the general message , and she finished by suggesting several books and magazines invalua ble both to the film -buff and the job-seeker. Questions at the end mainly concern ed the value of journa list or writer 's training when entering TV , but the clear answer was that any ex perience was an extra rung on the ladder, Ms. Stables herself being a good example, hav ing star ted out producing airline safety videos, scripting a nd Ihen play ing the ai r-hostesses herself. O ther questions centred round producing, and when as ked how much it pa id , Ms. Stables replied tha t, at the top, she was 'not jealo us a ny longer o f my cil y fri ends.' Thanks to Ms. Stables fo r a most Ihorou gh, usefu l a nd fascinating la lk, which offered a lanlalising insighl into the world of television which doub tless made everyone present reconside r choosing it as a career. T ED G EORGE.

DEMONSTRA TION OF BOOKBINDING TECHNIQUES Mr. GEO RGE KIRKPATRI C K 2nd FEBRUARY On 2nd Februa ry Ihe bookbin de rs we re privileged to receive a VISII from Mr. Geo rge Kirkpalrick, a widely recogni sed binder. He no w li ves locall y a nd lectu res in Gra phic Design aJ Canterbury College o f Art , bul grew up a nd tra ined initiall y in Ulster, then learn ed Bookb inding under Roger Powell , a no ted ex pert a nd cousin of Lord Bade n P owell. Mr. Kirkpa tr ick showed a la rge gro up o f bookbinders a nd non-bookbin ders pho tos of some of Ihe many jobs done by himself a nd his pupils, a nd others o f restorati o n wo rk in whi ch he helped in Florence. When the Ri ve r Arn o fl ooded Ihe cit y in 1967 many of the boo ks in li bra ries were ru ined by Ihe water a nd furt her damaged by clumsy attempts a t first a id. A la rge learn o f foreigners sel la work disma ntli ng, res toring and carefull y re-mak ing man y o f th ese unique pri celess earl y pri nted vo lumes . A s we ll as the board co ver o f one of th ese , give n him as a sou ve nir, Mr. K irkpatri ck also

broughl ma ny exa mples o f his ow n wo rk , not o nl y book s, but a lso olher o bjets d ' art. He had bound one pa ir o f boo ks s uperficiall y the same, bu t specificall y to show Ihe e ffec ls o f using paper and board with Ihe grain runni ng Ihe ri ght way a nd the wro ng way. 97

Napkin-rings, book-boxes, jewellery-boxes, tubes for diplomas, and kaleidoscopes We exhibited, together with photographs of books made as commissions for speci fic indivi~e ali or institutions, including royalty and the Royal Ulster Constabu lary books of rememb ra~~ls W ith each of these varied objects even the non-b inders could appreciate much of the e ,e. of Mr. Kirkpatrick's craftsmanship . Years of patient training have taught him such m~s~'US of his materials and tools that o ne thing after another left us asto nished at its perfection :r y at the ingenuity of its design, since many were innovative designs, especially for th is purpo~d Bookbinders or not, we a ll had our eyes opened to the many possibilities of the craft. Com e a nd give it a go, more of you. RÂˇJ.M.

CHRISTIES AND THE ART MARKET Mr. J. A. LUMLEY DIRECTOR, CHRISTIES OF LONDON 3rd FEBRUARY

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'The art world is very glamorous,' stated Mr. John Lumley . He omitted telling us that he had lunched in Switzerland before coming to talk to us in the evening! Associated with Christie's Auction House, he warn ed us from the start that his speech and the two videos he wou ld show us would be biased; most could be applied to Christie's top rival Sotheby's as well. But by Ihe end of the colourful visual display we were led by his hypnotic voice to believe that Christ ie's is indeed special: 'an education , a museum, a parade.' During the reign of George III the elegant, astute Mr. James Christie established an aucti oneering house in premises in Pall Mall . It specialised in disposing of members of the gen try's estates, and wor ks of art were the main stream. A collect ion of 178 paintings was even bought by Cath erine the Great. In the 20th century, Christie's is even more of a n international household name, with complements in New York, Rome, Amsterdam, Glasgow and Ge neva. Open to the public, C hristie's displays and auctions everything from heraldic items through Indian ceramics and Ming vases, to dazzling (and very real) jewellery or Faberg" eggs. T he recent sale of Van Gogh' s Irises from Lady Chester Beatty's estate provided a focus on Impressionists, a nd anyone who had strolled in wou ld have gasped at the feast of Cezanne, Degas, Renoir, Monet etc. But how is a wo rk prepared for auction, behind the scenes? First, someone brin gs in a piece o r rings up and tries to describe what they have. 'It is harder to estimate th e "value" or what the object is likely to fetch, without th e luxu ry o f books and consultatio ns' , said Mr. Lumley. ' l ance saved the day by stalling for time, bluffing as it were.' When there is more time, though, the employees can consult extensive arc hi ves and libraries. An art history background (deg ree) is a 'tremendous help,' for those who deal with clients, and virtually essential on the academic side. No client can hold C hristie's to their estimate, but the figure given is important; too high and false expectations will be raised , too low an d the client may try a nother ho use, or keep the wo rk on his wall. Still, if an object is accepted on both sides it will be cleaned up , catalogued a nd , if it is of great prestige like the Irises, packed up with infinite care and displayed in galleries around the world. The goal is to gain the most possible expos ure, so it will fetch the highest possible price at the imperceptible winks and hand movements of determ ined bidders. For after all , th e ar t market is a business, both for a uctioneers (incidentally, a job undertaken by ' duk es a nd dustmen' alike) and for dealers who fo ray into garage and ant ique sales, trying to find a treas ure a mongst the tripe, balancing risks with potential reward. 'Markel psychology' dictates th a t a rt values probably will appreciate inde finit ely, 'but not without a few di ps and blips,' Mr. Lumley cautioned. CAREY M. KNtGHT. 98

BOOK REVIEW

DEATH ON THE CARDS

RICHARD GRAYSON (Macmi llan, 1988) (RICHARD GRINDAL, H, 1931-9) 'Death on the Cards' is the seventh novel written by Richard Grayson (in reality, Richard Grindal - forme rl y of Meister Omers, now a Consultant to T he Scottish W hisky Association,) bout Inspector Gautier, a detective in the Paris of La Belle Epoque. It is a li vely book, with ~ot one but half-a-dozen deaths. T he plot is somewhat complicated, as it is based around a malhematical pattern known as Pascal's triangle, but it works o ut perfectly in the end: I am in the process of re-reading it, to spot the clues that I missed the first time around. Some of the characters in the book are rather improbable, such as the P rincesse Sophia Dashkova, the mysteri o us but attracti ve T urk , rumoured to have escaped from a harem. T he sett ings are luxurious, and meticulously described . Mr. G rayson has clearly made great efforts 10 create a historically acc urate tale: if the insertion o f details of the time is rather contrived, il st ill makes the story ri cher a nd m ore vivid. From the Parisian telegram-system to the cult of lesbianism, a ll is painstakingly researched and worked in. This is just not a murder story, it is a lso a roma nce. These two strands work well together to keep the pace of the book going constantly: a lack of progress on the investigative front is always more than compensated for by a new twist in the Inspector's love li fe. Above all, it is /1111 . It is wonderful escapist literature. Mr. Grayson's tendency to use adjectives only in groups of three is part of the enjoyment: Colours are brighter, emotions are deeper, life is more varied here than in our boring exitstences. If you wis h to read something undemanding which can transport you away from the reality of your situatio n, this book is perfect. I've j ust started 'The Murders at Impasse Louvain ,' by the same author. RHIAN CH ILCOTT.

THE SOCIETIES T hi s term we were lucky enough to have the support of the Big Band Co ncert which

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raised a substantial Slim for the organisation. Ethne Grant, the loca l representati ve, spoke briefly to the audience.

A video lent by Miss Grant gave a poignant insight into the pl ight of prisoncrs of conscience; and of course Ollr weekly meetings continue. Thanks once again to the regular members and Mr. Woodley. Ross DUTTSON AND JIM LANDALE.

T he CaxLOn Society has rcsumed normal operat ions over in the Blackrriars basement. The faciliti es are great ly improved by the enl arged space, and we now have all the machinery in one place. New members th is term have included W illi am Hague, Aaron Birks, and, most notably, Barnaby Stevenson. Shiao-Y ng Chan and Victoria M ilner-Will iams have reope ned the distaff side o f the society after a thin space .

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All the machinery is worki ng despite the move and we are well on the way to reviv ing the seco nd Heidelberg. Many thanks to the C lerk of Works and his starr, in part icular for the amp le shel ving . It is so much nicer to have leisure faci lities en suite: coffee and music on lap, not forgetting the garden and the river.

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Nick Davies is well under way with his classical bookplates, and I have finally finished p( {' of t.he 1636 School Statutes . Only the sewing r.emai~s to be done .. ~essrs. Miles and Matl~~\~~l'l=vbooklel the ir way Ihr.ough nearl y a ll of a rather stale pie which had been n smg for innumerable yea I ~ ealen be much eas ier 10 prevent the ex pensive type from being damaged, rs. I Wi ll now Many tha nk s also of course to George Neeve fo r his guiding hand. N ICHOLAS FLOWE

We must congratu~a.'e Ni~k ~Iower .yet again for being awarded the Co les Award for YOun . R. of the.Year ~y the B!ltlSh PrlI1tlI1g Society, and thank Nick Davies and him for their many ho g Pfflntcr work 111 gettlI1g stra ight after the move. urs 0 hard M.J .M., R.J.M.

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This term saw th e two remain ing matches in the Kent Schools' League for the J . CHESS CLUB team. Unfortunately, the advantage gained last term by beating Sim on L 1111 10r . could not be capitalised on: first, a somewhat lacklustre performance againsl ~~~ton resulted m a narrow loss, and then we were comprehensively beaten by a strong King's Rochesle den although one or two boards did put up commendable resistance There has also been ~ friendly r team, against Whitstable Chess Club, which was we ll -fought despite Ihe result. match , . It has again been I~ter-House Comp.e~itio n time this lerm: the smooth beginning was ominous, and indee pi ob lems ~egan to ar~s~ as the competitIOn deve loped (exacerbated by a n admin istrative sl ip!), so Ihal onld In the Jun](;)[ compet ition has there been an end resu lt. He re, Linacre beat Broughton in the fina l b Y ~ames to nil. In the Se ni o r co~petitio n , a jubilant Me ister Omers are assured of a place in I h ~ fil~a~\('·o I~ hard t? r~mem ~e r the last lime M.O. \~on a mat ch at all ), but their opponents are as ye t llndecide~~ eit her Mltch mson s. or Broughton co uld wi n a hard f?~ ght semi-final match , and the final will now h av~ to take place early III the Summe r Term. The competitIOn has been pleasing for the way in which Ho unac~ustome~ to success in chess have emerged this year: not on ly M.O., but also Broughlon have excee~scsd prevIOus achleveme nl s. e RESU LTS

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T he C hapel a nd Crypt C ho irs have don e a 101 of hard work over the lasl two ter ms. As can .be seen fro m the pr~g ra mme be low, we have bee n asked to cover a wide r~pert OJre of styles a n.d penods. Last year we also contr ibut ed to the o pen-air ~emem brance Day ~ervl ce . The Chapel ChOir num be rs over 70, ce rtain ly sufficie nt to lead the singing 111 the Cat hedral wh.lch we ~n~ so ~ortunale to be ab le to use. Thanks 10 Christop her Gray. our Chora l Scholar, for help wit h admll1 lstratlOn, and of co urse to our hard-working cond uctor Michael Harris.

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R.P.S. The follow ing ant hems have been sun g by th e chapel cho ir in the last IwO terms : Praise 10 God (Campbe ll ) (II Sep). o HolY Glorious (Harwood) (25 Sep). o Clap YOllr hands (G ibbons) (9 Oc t). And I saw a new heaven (Bainto n) (27 Nov). And Ihe Glory (Handel) (11 Dec). llook from afar ~P~lest rina~; Apple Tree Carol (Picco lo) ; There is a flow',. (Rutter); III dulci jubilo (arr. Pearsall ); Glona In exce/SIS Deo (Wee lkes); A babe is born (Mathias); all at the Carol Service on 14 Dec. There shall a slar (Mendelssohn) (15 Jan). 100

h I thaI go down ~o the sea in ships (S~msio n ) (5 Feb). 1/)" Salleli NieolOl (Haydn) (Confirmation, 26 Feb). ~ ISSort1l1l Animae (Stanford) (5 Mar). ~iSl,,"I"IO Ihe Son oj David (Wee lkes) (19 Mar). G~:I sa loved Ihe 1V0rid (Stainer) (19 Mar). . And these anthems have been sun g by the Crypt ChOIr : Ave Verlllll (Byrd) ( 18 Sep). Jllsli (Bruckner) (2 Oct). E:llltale Jllsli (Viadana) ( 16 Oct) Sel me as a seal (Walton) (6 Nov). lVe lVili remember Ihem (El gar) (13 Nov). Loells Isle (Bruckner) (22 Jan). Chrisl llS Faelus Esl (Bru ck ner) (12 Feb) (19 Mar). Dill oj Ihe Deep (Matthews) (12 Feb). Solos have been sun g by Ca rolin e Baillie, Sho lto Byrnes, Fio na Shoop and Caroline W illiams.

The term was dominated by the visit of Professor David Dennison, Director of the HARV EY Department of Clinical Physiology at the National Heart and Lung Institute and President of the Harveian Society. He spen t a fu ll day with us and talked with pupils or all ages o n a wide va riety of topics, such as the surv ival of seals in the Antarctic, the physiology of nying and div in g, recent dcvelopments in the fie ld of ar tificial blood and heart and lung disease. Everyone who had the pleas ure o f meet in g him was capti vated by his tremend ous knowledge and enthusiasm. For all those except the faint-hea rted, who must have been worn out by just listening to the physical and mental ~hallenge he has bee n in volved wi th, the flame and inspirat ion to carry out scien tific research must at least havc flickered and the who le day was a great boost for the Biology and C hem istry departments. We hope thaI Professor Dennison will visit us again before too long. Dr. David Lives ley, Senio r Scientific Officer in the Materials Physics and Metall urgy Division at U.K.A.E.A., Harwell gave a lecture entitled lParticies in Particular'. He outlined the work of the Atomic Encrgy Authority and the problems, man y of them associated with unders tandable lack of com prehension and conridence in Ihe population at large, whi ch the Autho ri ty must try to overcome. He we nt on to ta lk abollt his own field of stud y, in volvin g the speed and size o f particles in, e,g., aerosol sprays and various powdered products, show ing how lase r light-scatterin g techniq ues can be used to make important measurements. Dr. Livesley's de livery was precise and well-ordered and the physic ists, who fo rmed the bu lk of the audience, we re able to see how so me of the relatively sim ple princ ipl es introduced in the lA' level course a re of fundamental importance in research. A small party of staff and pupils attended the Henry T izard Memorial Lecture at Westminster Schoo l. They enjoyed an excellent lecture by Professor Malcolm Longair, the Astronomer Roya l for Scotland, on 'The Origin of the Universe'. With a lot of scientific interest being shown by thi s yea r's 6b, I am ce rt ain that the Society will enjoy some successful occasio ns in the next few terms. C. J.R.J.

The Jazz Club, under the musica l direction of Sholto Byrnes, has had a busy Term, the major eve nt of which has been the Charit y Big Band Conce rt that was held in the Shirley Hall on Saturday, February 11th, in a id of Amnesty Inter nat ional. Led by Damian Si mpson (trumpet) a nd di rec ted by Sho lto Byrnes (bass), the Band cons isted of Robin Scott, Chr is Job, Chris Gray, and Richard Dibley (t rumpets), Dan Ryc roft, Jules Woodward, Alex Hardy and Magnus Montgomery (trombo nes), Eli Corp, Ben Eato n, Lawrence Epps, Barnaby Stevenson and Mr. William McConnell (saxophones), Dave Ever ist (piano) and Jules Moore (drums). Dave Bond was the vocal ist for Ainl Misbehavin' and there were also so me memorable piano contribut ions from Alex Skarbek. The Concert raised ÂŁ325 for Amnesty Internat ion al, of which 20070 went to our own Group and the rest to the local branch. JAZZ

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We are very grateful for the support of the Headmaster a nd Miss Ethne Grant, repreSentativ Canterbury branch of Amnesty International. I am enormously grateful , also, as are all Membe C of the Cl ub and the Big Band, to Mr. McConnell for his never-failing encouragement in the saxoPhon~s of ~he and to th~ Big Ba~d as a wh?l,e, and we further thank Mr: Brodi~ a~d,his King's.Week box offic~ecllon for all the.1f expert ise an~ efficiency. We also !Duch appreclat~ the mdl vldua l cont nbution of Nick Fltearn who, at virtuall y no notICe, produced splendid posters and tickets at the Caxton Society Dave E o~er Dominic St.John Parker, Stephe n Connolly and Mr. Martin Tennick concerni ng the so u~d prOduve~lst, and Ed Burt, ~os Sc~ater a nd paryiel Longhurst an~ helpers,.and. Mr. Joh~ Eva ns on the Iightin ~Ion, whom showed mcredlble conscientious ness and devotion to their skills. The Big Band is now well est~br l~ of and we hope to feature it more prominently in the forthcoming King's Week Jazz Concert. IS ed The 'co re' Traditional Band, directed by Sholto Byrnes, did one ot her engagement this Term - a 'M' Le~t Soiree' on Sat u~day, March 4t~ in the Broug~ton/Tradescant.oining H~II, or~an i sed by Mrs: Jan: d. Re id under the auspices of the Pansh of S1. Martm and S1. Paul m conn ection wit h their Diocesan r c: with Madagascar, an event that raised over ÂŁ350. The personnel were: Damian Simpson (trumpet) ~n Rycroft (trombone), James Thomson (clarinet), Dave Everist (piano), Sholto Byrnes (bass) and jules M~n (drum s). There was also a brief appearance (direct from the Tandoori Restaurant, as Sholto Byrn re (accurately) put it in his introduction) from Alex Skarbek, which included a mag ical, spontaneou s pia es d uet between Alex Sca rbek and Dave Everist, thankfully captured on film by Pau l Solway, to Who~~ am very grateful. I should also very much lik e to thank Robert Wilson for filming the Big Band Co ncert and Mrs. Sue M~Conne !1 fo r a particu larly successful so und record in g of it, and Mr. Dix for kind ly (and frequentl y) loanmg eqUipm ent.

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Eager to perpetuate the thirst for understanding, although hopefully not the diabolical leanings, as~ribed to.our patron's most famous hero.. the Marlowe SocielY met upon three occaSions dunng the past two terms to conSider works as diverse in form and content as in aut horship. First to come under scrutiny was Iri sh poet Seamu s Heaney's mosl recent volume, The Haw Lantern. Dr. Hands capably deli vered a fitting ly imaginative and thought-provoking int rodu ctory talk, doing justice to a collection unanimously lauded as combining depth a nd subtlety with lyri cal beauty and freshness of perception. Less enthusiastically received, however, was o ur second book : D. H. Lawrence's Lady Cha((erley's Lover was introduced but not altogether justified by Ms. Exelby who battled nobly aga inst an audience unitcd in its distaste for the text and indeed in its outr ight scorn at some of the more leaden-footed Lawremian cliches. The maj ority failed to be either impressed or outraged by the most infamous scenes, whether through members' soph isticatio n, broadness of mind or failure to actually read the nove l; a nd Lawrence found few devoted advocates among the assembled company, perhaps an ironic echo of his own iconoclasm towards the anomalous beast of established literary tradition, Numbers dwindled to a se lect but indomitable few Marlovians for the fin al meeting of the term in which Mr. Brodie introduced Dickens' last, unfinished, nove l: The Mystery oj Edwin Drood. Several plausiblc so luti ons to the riddle were mooted and although, after fairly rigorous testing, no indisputable answer was formulated, an interesting evening was had by all in discussing a book notab le for its literary merits and its treatment of themes pertinent to contemporary society as well as for the intrigue of its plot. Gratit ude is due to Ms, Exelb y for her ever-efficient organization, and to the members of the English departmcm brave enough to face the critical horde and the daunting aegis of ou r distinguished namesake. O n 28th February, Mr. Duesbury kindly arranged for a talk fo r 6a by Professor Michael Irwin o n Graham Swift 's Water/and, an A Level set text. Professor Irwin spoke witt ily and fascinatingly not just about Swift but also about modern fiction as a whole, concludin g that Water/and was a good novel most of all because, like Lloyd Webber's Requiem, it keeps on rem indin g us of things that are better. JENNIFER BARBOUR. MARLOWE

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A selec t few members went to Cambridge o n I st March to see Bacchae perfor med in G reek. After watc hing flesh a nd blood thrown round the G ulbenki an earlier this year, we thought we we re ready for anyt hing. It was non e the less a shock to find . nysoS cast in female form (taking to extremes the hints in the text of sex ual indeter minacy) and virtually DID cing Pentheus into wome n' s clothes: (s)he was ve ry good, limber and aut ho ritative a nd convincing ly hdl~t The Chor us, that Ac hill es' heel of restagings of Greek Tragedy, was treated imaginatively: whirling . u~s ~nd whisking hair were easy on the eye, while the Greek came ove r with unusual clar ity. Full-face IIIt1sks were used, and were among the best I have seen. The set a nd lighting were much more li vely than ~amost undergrad uate prod ucti ons, and there was a sp lendi d drum-beat introduction. I Thc follow ing wee k we en tertained Dr. Chr istop her Wilson, Head of Class ics at Tonb rid ge School. He kc most engagingly and with great authority on Aeneid IV, peeling back layers of symboli sm and metaphor ~irc Dido's own search for, enli gh ten m ~n l in th e guts of catt le - which points us not on ly back to Bacchae but fo rward to next term s Roman dmner. M.l.T.

I n spite of a temporary lack of chairman, the Polsoc debate on whether OJ' not Britain needs a Bill of Right s was fairly successful. The attendance was somewhat sparse, but thi s rather added to the homely atmosphere of the deba te (but, please come next time.) The spea kers were all of high ca li bre (of course), but primus inter pares was Rhian Chilcott, who cla imed Ihat a Bill of Rights would be positively damaging to the tender British const itution, althou gh she cond cscendingly pointed out that those who favoured a Bill of Righ ts were simply misgu ided democrats ralilcr than hell-bent evil -doers. This was reassuring news to the lik es of myself and Mr. Walsh who had proposed the motion. The debate on the whole was a good o ne, a lthough some people seemed to leave in a greater state of confusion than when they arrived. As usual my thanks go to all the peop le who have supported Polsoc thi s term, notably Simon Roberts who wants a men tion. J7inally, I would like to dispe l all false rum ours about Ben Palmer becoming a Liberal. POLSOC

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Yet again, we offer our apologies for our disorganisation and utter in co mpete nce; because in spite of all our rash promises for more, there was only one Sciphilos debate this term. But , what we lacked in quantity we made up for with quality; with a rather cliched debate on whether the arts or the sciences a re of mo re benefit to mankind. The artists' corner was championed by Jane Griffiths and Becky Howden, whilst the scie ntists were more than capably represented by Tom Peer and Andy Hone. Incidently, the latter has bee n awarded the prestigious (and completely fictitious) prize for the best speech of the term. He spoke with great spontan eit y and greater wit, and he deserves full credit for explaining the origins of chemist ry so simpl y that even the most up-in-the~air artists could underta nd it. After all, as Mr. Hone pointed out, C hem ist ry all began when cavemen started cook in g their rabbits (apologies to R.E.B. and the rest of the departme nt). However it was not at all a one man show. Tom Peer was as eloq uent as eve r, a nd The Artists defended thei r side savagely with a fierce strea m o f quotes from var io us arty so urces to suppor t th eir po in t of view. On th e whole it was a close run thing, and as usua l, no clear win ner emerged - a phenomenon which ic; very much in the spirit of Sciphilos. Finall y, we would like to rain the obligatory thanks to all those who have suppo rt ed Sciphi los th is term, and most especially the spea kers. SCIPHILOS

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' Yo ur child ren a re not your children . T hey are the so ns and dau ghters of li fe longing for it I You may have their bodies, but not their souls, for their so uls dwell in the ho use of tomorrse r, which yo u can not visit even in yo ur d reams' . ow, Quoting these words from The Prophet by Kahil Gibra n, Bisho p J. V. Taylor reminded in a prophetic sermon o f the need to take respo nsibility for the future. We are capable of becom' us visio naries and th e future develo pment o f th e community a nd the pla net is (o r should be) :~g wo rking agenda for all religious a nd edu ca tio nal acti vitY. e This term we have looked far and wide in an attempt to discern how we may affec t the future Many pupils have expressed an interest in wo rk ing or studying in the Thi rd World before gain' on to un iversity and to ex plore those possib ilities we have heard ta lks from George Kent of th! Internati o nal Goodwill Village in India a nd Kenneth J ones (throu gh whose know ledge of India three p upils may be enabled to visit and work in Bhopal). Our six representatives on the World . Schoo l Partnership Scheme have met and plans are being made for their wo rk in Ind ia and Z imba bwe . Oli ve Snelli ng gave us a personal testimon y from South Afr ica a nd her plea that we shou ld assume a greater degree of responsibility for the ac ts of cru elty committed there roused m a ny to action . One member o f th e school has been selected fo r Project Trust work and many others are looking serio usly at work camps in East Africa, teac hing o pportuni ties in India, work with th e poor in Brazil and places on a kibbutz in Israel. We have not neglected possibili ties which exist in this country: several ma y join Jo nat han Roberts fo r a sho rt stay in Durham. He visited the school and talked o f groups functioning within th e ur ban areas o f the North East which were attempting to understand and help solve some of the social problems which exist there. Our pre-confirmatio n exploration took place in Margate a nd through this experience candidates encountered first hand some of the difficu lties o f socia l development. O n the day of his confirmation, one boy appeared to make a disco very: 'I now belong to a very large world community. T hat's going to be demanding, if I take it seriously.' T here have been changes wit hin school. During las t term we have been unab le to use the Memorial Chapel as bui lding work is in progress to redesign a nd redeco rate th e old building ve ry close to th e Min t Yard . T herefo re, all da ily services have been held in the Lower Chapel at St. Augustine's a nd the th eologica l college atmosphere o f that Chapel with its memori als to the sacr ifice called for by world wide missio n in the last cent ury has become ' home' for servers, sacrista ns and those who participate in the dai ly school eucharist. Praye rs for year groups in school have taken place on a reg ular basis in th e Crypt. To date, twent y members of staff have become involved in presenting themes designed to encourage thought and reflectio n . Many have commented tha t the worship in th e Crypt provides a posit ive, new dimension to our School P rayers. O ur tas k is to become transfigured in our q uest to define priorities for the future, noted Canon Christopher Lewis in his sermon at Mati ns, and while that co ncept may seem a t first sight difficult to grasp, it is simply a com mand to exam ine carefull y our thoughts and our actio ns in the light of the Christia n texts, trad itions and community which we encounter at King' s. Looking ahead, our themes for Schoo l Prayers next term incl ud e the fo llo wing: Easter and Res urrection, St. Philip a nd St. James, th e Verd i Requ iem , Julian of Norwich a nd o ther saint ly folk , Christia n Aid Week a nd the la na Stor y. If we can drin k deeply from those topics we shall have learned something of o ur res ponsibilities fo r the fu ture. P.F .H.

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Chris Creissen (Sha)

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del ached sarI of way. The wind seemed 10 whisper Ihe words which I had scribbled in an 10 put all my Ihoughls and feelings on Ihe now yellowing paper; I couldn'l find a new of course; everylhing had slopped now. Life had reverled 10 primitive slales. It was cold . In Ihe Easl Ihe sun had jusl climbed over Ihe dull, dislanl horizon, Ihough il barely visible and made no impressionable difference 10 Ihe cold complexion of I~e land. I had Irodden , Ihe frozen, rigid grass sIems had been flallened, showing Ihelr green ~:~~~:~~:s, which had nol been open 10 the frosl, and Ihey Ihus drew my foolprinls over Ihe â&#x20AC;˘

Then Kalhy my only real friend lefl in Ihe world came oul of Ihe collage which we now lived c1olhe~ made me sad. I remembered when she had come oul 10 dinner with me and my Iwelfth birlhday; she had worn a low-necked while parly dress and her firsl pair hi~~h-I~eelleo shoes. Now she wore a faded yellow frock of a non-existenl cuI. She had made herself after we had burned all our old c10lhes because of Ihe radiation Ihey musl have picked up while we had been moving Ihrough badly-affecled areas. The book I was holding was a record of whal had happened 10 us before we had found somewhere safe. I opened Ihe fronl cover for Ihe lasl lime and re-read it. 'I am writing Ihis in case somebody, some day, mighl somehow find il and learn.whal really happened. If Ihey do find itlhen it will probably be far inlo Ihe fulure and there will p~obably be no olher sources for Ihem 10 know whal happened, so suddenly, 10 our world, which was once so beauliful.' Then Kalhy inlerrupled, 'Why did you write iI, Bas?' she asked. 'It really hurl you 10 remember all Ihe Ihings Ihal used 10 mean so much; your family - and lillie Billy.' 'I had 10 pul somelhing down; had 10 Iry and come 10 lerms with it all, to Iry and explain 1110 myself; I know it doesn'l make a 101 of sense, bul I had 10 '. She walked towards me and held my hand. II was only Ihen Ihal I realized how cold I was, how much I was shivering, as Ihough I had a fever. We were slanding nexl 10 my brolher's grave. The radialion sickness had finally gollo him . ThaI's whal had happened: Ihere had ~een a war, Ihey had dropped bombs on us, fired missiles, and now Ihere was complele devastahon, everywhere. ThaI's whal I had wrillen about. Kathy held the book, gently pulling it away from me like laking a plaslic loy oul of a sleeping childs' arms. She pul il carefully in a tin safely box and Ihen dropped it inlo Ihe ha lf open .gr~ve at Billy's feet. I wiped a sally lear off my dry face and then we both lurned and wenl IOSide leaving Bill with Ihe book cool in his ha nds.

Last night. the willow (in memoriam C. Preston)Tom Ward (A6a) Last night, Ihe willow and I alone, stood still, And walched an unknown man Pul out a lighl Beyond Ihe valley's farlher side. The slream was hissing, and cold, and sad For nol one howl before, Ihe same small streIch Was labouring inside the sun's embrace, And I had missed Ha lcyon's urgent , break-neck race, Controlled and blue. 105

1 stoned the deep and placid pool below: Still stubborn it refused to paint her face But another's weeping in my place Told me red-eyed that there had been Goodness, full-blossomed and flushed, Like spring. 1 turned and went inside. Behind, A silent creature sniffed the grass, and crouched, and Then was gone. And blank-faced moon no longer shone Oh dew-filmed fur.

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Edward Sayer (Sha)

James had just arrived at his billet house from Highgate in London. The person who was going to look after him was in fact his aunt . He was very lucky because lots of boys of his age had to stay with people they did not know or even like. He wearily walked up the drive and cautiously knocked at the mansion's huge front door. After a few seconds the right door opened and the butler said, 'And who might you be, young sir?' 'I am James and my parents sent me from London to stay with my aunt Matilda,' replied James. Aunt Matilda emerged from behind the butler, and was filled with joy to see Ja mes. She gave him a huge hug and whisked him off in order to show him his bedroom in the easl wing of the prestigious house. She also introduced him more formally to the butler, Robin, who had only recently started work there. Then she left him to unpack his case and put his clothes into the large cupboards. That evening, his aunt told him all the rules of the house but James did not really listen attentively until she said, 'You must never go into the attic'. At this he perked up, because he was filled with curiosity, but he forced himself not to go against her word, and he listened attentively to the rest of what she had to say. About half an hour later when his aunt had stopped preaching the rules of the house, he we nl to bed, but he stayed awake for a little while as he thought about what might be in this allic but because of his long journey he was soon fast asleep. He awoke quite late the next morning but he quickly got dressed and descended the two flights of stairs to get to the kitchen and had his cooked breakfast. After that he returned upstairs to read a book, but after about ten min ules be became bored and began to wander around the east wing of the house. He explored ever) room, finding nothing of great interest, until he realised that there was of course another wing to the grand house. On his way to the west wing he remembered the attic that his aunt had talked about last night and forbidden him to enter. It seemed to draw him against his beller judgemenl. He made his way around the wing looking for some hidden stairs or a hatch in the roof. Afte r searching for twenty long minutes, he discovered a concealed door behind a large cupboard in a room at the far end of the wing. With great effort he succeeded in moving the big cupboard just enough to enable him to squeeze past to the door behind. He unlocked the door with ease, which he was rather surprised about because people do nol usually go into forbidden attics, and he expected the lock to be stiff. He climbed up the stairs, there was then another door at the top of the stairs which he also unlocked without difficult). As he began to open the door he noticed that a light was on and that the room seemed to be quite warm, but he did not think to take much notice. When he reached furthe r into the room he could hear some rustling, so he began to walk to the source of the noise and as he continued further into the room he noticed a large armchair with the crown of a head abOve it. He was then reluctant to advance, but suddenly he trod on a loose floor board which crea ked rather loudly, and at this, the person in the chair jumped up with fright. They both began to slare at each other with interest. 106 WIN'IERS OF T HE GOLD NOSE AUCTlO:\ U.S. H .i

The man was old, with grey hair and deeply wrinkled skin. He was of medium build and height nd his eyes were white with terror. James was equally frightened. Then without thinking he aan out of the room over to the door and down the stairs not bothering to shut the doors behind ~im. When he reached his room he paused to think and immediately wondered what he would say (0 his aunt considering she had forbidden him to go into the attic. He decided that the best thing to do was to go and explain to his aunt what had happened, so he made his way to the drawing.room where his aunt was reading a book. As soon as he had told her the story she did not seem to remember what she had said to him the night before about the allic, but instead just called for Robin the butler. Robin said that the boY was probably making it all up and that it was nothing to worry about. So James's aunt 'ust pushed Robin out of the way and strode off to the door of the allic. She then proceeded go up the stairs and into the attic where she followed James to the room where he had seen Ihe old man. There she saw the man! She immediately sent James 10 call the police. She had had no idea that there was anybody in the attic. She had told James not to go up there because she considered that the flooring up there was unsafe. She certainly did not think it strong enough 10 support a person living there for weeks on end. Suddenly she heard a yelp from the bollom of Ihe attic stairs, so she ran to the aid of James, but on her way she was able to lock the second of Ihe attic doors. She had in her hand a huge lead candlestick. Robin, not knowing where Matilda was, did not expect a hard hit over the head and he was immediately knocked out! But Matilda slayed behind to make sure Robin did not come round, so James rushed down stairs to telephone Ihe police. About ten minutes later the police arrived and took Robin and the old man away. Just as Ihey were handcuffing Robin he came round but he was too dazed to know what was going on and went back into his trance. II turned out that the old man was in fact a German spy and that Robin had been conspiring with him by feeding him. They were waiting for a moonless night when the old man would travel out to sea in the old dinghy lying on the shore of the sea at the south of the manor estate. He would be picked up by a ship in deeper water. The next day his aunt gave James a treat: his favourite meal and a visit to the beach. She never did punish him for disobeying her orders not to go into the attic!

'An endless search for knowledge'

lara Burch (A6a)

Light gushed through the mesh curtain, imprinting a circular design on the rabbit's fur. The rabbit closed its eyes, waiting for a sound to disperse Ihe fog of silence. 'So, you left university this summer?' The voices drew nearer. 'Yes, [ left Oxford in July. [ was offered a position here straight away, bul [ wanted a break before starting work.' The professor nodded, glancing along the row of cages before commenting, 'Yes, quite sensible ... some new blood is just what we need in science these days. Too many youngsters opt for Arls instead of doing something useful with their brains. Such a waste.' His companion readily agreed, eager to make a good impression on his first day. The caged animals studied Ihe humans nervously from the rear of the metal packages. The professor examined one of the rabbits before ticking off various boxes on a nearby chart. Outside, snow continued to shroud the country. Families were winding Ihe finallinselled cards around their Christmas trees; hanging another couple of baubles from already drooping branches. The Laboratories were almosl deserted: most of the scientists and their assistants had taken some time off to enjoy the festivities. 107 CHARITY SHAVE (l.S.H.)

As the professor filled plastic containers with water and placed them in individual cage, h asked, 'So Britewater, you don't mind working over Christmas. Might as well get used to'th t odd hours right away, , s'pose. That's the spirit!' Britewater had already conclUded tha i I t professor was the sort of person who was perfectly capable of holding a conversatiou with himst~; and generally regarded other people's comments as interruptions, so he said nothing. Th I conversation continued: er 'Highly fortunate, your coming here. Faxmas Laboratories have a very strong repulalio n Wide-ranging research and all that. Great opportunities for gaining experience. One of the larg""i centres in the country, you know .. ,' Now that Britewater was relieved of any conversation' l duties, his thoughts skipped from one topic to another. He visualised a passing image of Ih~ professor standing on a verdant fairway, brandishing a number four iron and Slicing t he ball into the woods. " think the best idea is if ,just show you round a few of the Labs. Point out the most impo rlant experiments and all that. We'll work our way along the corridor one, , think.' Britewater's Co mic portrait vanished as his attention focussed again on the rabbit at the end of the row. Its cars framed a blank face, the motionless nose pointing towards some sparse bedding. Britewa lt ~ suddenly saw a blue shadow fall across his mental imagery. He followed the professor into a long corridor, lit by the same harsh lighting which scorched the Laboratories. They entered a room on the left, containing only four cages, Âˇeach arOu nd five feet high, fastened to the floor. Surveillance cameras poked out from the ceiling, observing the cages' occupants impartially. 'Highly interesting experiment, this. Each primate has an electrode inserted in the brain. Research is still in the early stages of course, so I've no definite results to show you yet. Great potential for experimentation though, you must agree.' Britewater nodded, but could not help feeling a slight pity for the animals, though he knew it was a foolish response. He was Sure that it was only through such research that true knowledge could be gained. If a few an imals had to suffer, then the final results would easily justify their discomforts. The professor nol iced his companion's concerned expressions and hastily led him back into the corridor and in to a more expansive laboratory. 'Ah , yes. Rather more mundane research here. Mainly toxicity tests. Equally essential, of course.' The ranks of rabbits stretched the length of the room. Each rabbit was positioned in an individuial cage, almost clamped motionless by the narrow metalic walls. 'I'll show you the results of some previous tests', the professor stated, scanning a vaca nl worktop for the records. He spotted them next to a dissection kit and handed them to Britewaler, who opened the thick book roughly in the middle and began to read: 'A single dose of ethyl paracedine (400 mg/kg up to ',130 mg/kg) was force-fed to 100 rabbits using a stomach taste. Toxic effects leading to death included lethargy, loss of muscle control, difficulty in breathing, bleeding from nose and mouth .. .' Britewater closed the book. T he professor noticed his frown and explained, 'Yes, I know, we shouldn't leave such important information lying around. But I left a few of the records out just to show you today. Makes interesting reading, doesn't it? Vital discoveries on every page.' Dritewater decided he must have read one of the less important notes. He glanced out of the small window on the opposite side of the room. The drifting snowflakes had mutated into a dull drizzle which gradually cleansed heaps of frozen snow from the perimeter fences. The sky remained the same: milky mocha, bitter enough to spoil any feslivities. The professor had been grumbling quietly for some time . He now adressed Britewater mo re directly: " think you made a wise move joining medical research. The cosmetic side is under a lot of pressure now, thanks to those blessed Animal Rights people. Mind you, I'm sure the fuss'li die down soon. Of course, , still think both types of research arc equally justifiable, but there yo u go. No pleasing some people.' Britewater nodded and tried to look sympathetic. He didn't agree with the professor, but thought it best not to start an argument on his first day. 108

'Well 'think it's about time I showed you the really important experiments. Lab 109 might " go~d place to start.' Britewater was led along the corridor to a bright red door, covered :e various warning noliees. The professor handed him a surgical mask from a hook on the wall, iced a mask over his own aging features and opened the door. An assistant raised a pipette pa reeling. Britewater glanced around the room. The cages were widely spaced, the majority ," ;taining rabbits, but a few at the far end held primate specimens. As Britewater walked towards CO e of Ihe cages, the assistant handed him a pair of surgical gloves. After putting them on, he on ened one of the records which lay beside a microscope. Under the heading 'Journal of ~~perimental Pathology: Microbiological preliminary experiments' he read: 'Summary of experiment 23. Monkeys were injected with the bacteria. After 3 days large onounts of mucous fluid ponred from the animals' eyes and noses. They developed high fevers, ~,sllheir appetites and had difficulty breathing. They were left in this state until death occurred n the fifth, six and seventh day.' Britewater turned the page in search of a conclusion, but ~ound no further notes. The professor explained that the experiment would be repeated several limes to ensure accurate results before any conclusions were made. Dritewater moved towards the row of rabbits and then took and involuntary step back as he aW Ihe film of blood which was being secreted from the facial sores of one of the specimens. ~'e diverted his attention towards another rabbit, which showed no apparent signs of disease. A notice beside the cage claimed that it was to be use in research on a common virus. Dritewater looked at the professor. 'A sort of "Bugs Bunny .... he grinned. The professor gave a rather gruff laugh. The rest of the morning was spent on a continued introductory tour of the various research units. At the end of the circuit the professor asked if Britewater had any further questions. The graduate's only thought was about what happend to all the dead animals. However, he knew Ihallhis was a trivial concern, so instead he queried the progress of DNA combinations following Ihe genetic engineering of a sheep/goat chimera. Dv the time Christmas day came, Britewater was already settling into Faxmas Laboratories. The Âˇbuilding and its inhabitants were unaffected by the nation's festivities. Britewater had become involved in some of the primate psychology experiments and no longer had time for such trivial concerns as what happened to the dead animals. There were more interesting discoveries to be made than the fact that a laboratory animal dies every six seconds.

Matthew Willifer (5d)

The taking of the Tablet

Clinton Appleby stared impatiently at the clock in the doctor's waiting room. The clock hands wearily reached five past three and almost simultaneously a small, mechanical buzz vibraled around the room. The green light next to 'Doctor Riplington' was illuminated and Clinton rose, pushed open a dull door and walked at a brisk pace to Riplington's room. He knocked with a lired hand. 'Come.' The word was deep and very long. Appleby entered nervously. 'Good afternoon Doctor.' The doctor grunted and motioned for his patient to lake a seat. 'Hello again Mr. Appleby. If' remember correctly you arc dying from .. .' he checked his file and continued bluntly, 'Pelistic Rockanarics. Yes it is a very unusual case.' A smile which was distinctly lacking in humour spread across his face. 'Yes, it must be very painful.' 'Yes Doctor Riplington,' Clinton confirmed, 'Very painful.' 109

The 'Appleby' line contained many heroes. Indeed bravery and gallantry were commo attributes for an Appleby. It was widely believed that St. George had held the surname of ApPlebyn and the character 'James Bond' was based upon the antics of the late Tobias Augustus APPleby: Clinton Appleby was an exception. He was a short, lean and rather pale man. He Wore large thick purple-rimmed glasses and a brightly coloured, repulsive shirt with matching tie and sOCk~ all of which he had obtained in a jumble sale some years before. His dark, thin hair had receded nervously from the top of his head, and his scalp turned a curious pinky brown where he had lavishly applied 'Brasso' mistaking it for hair restorer. Clinton had extraordinary pointed ears which wobbled amusingly as if they were separate beings from the rest of him. A more normal person would have been teased continuously if they were in possession of such unfortunate ears Appleby, however, had so much else that people could expose to his disadvantage that his ea~ had been overlooked by the teasing, vulture-like eyes of others. He spoke feebly and inhaled heavily after every word, but this was, probably, because of his ailment. 'Doctor, please lell me Irulhfully, is Ihere anylhing you can do?' 'I really don'l Ihink so,' Riplinglon replied cheerfully. 'There is a drug Ihough, nol quite perfecled, which is meanllo cure Pelistic Rockanaries. As, however, only one small Indian boy has ever suffered from Ihis disease before you and he died before we could give him Ihe drug I very much doubl if we could prescribe il for you.' ' 'Bul I'm dying anyway,' Clinton wailed. 'Thai's true,' agreed Ihe doclor. He paused momentarily. 'Look, I'll see whal I can do.' Riplinglon slood up, glanced al his walch with a practised nod of Ihe head and opened Ihe door. 'I will, of course, notify you immediately if Ihere are any furlher developmenls. If Ihere are nol Ihen please relurn in a week ... if you are slill with us. You can make Ihe appoinlmenl al Ihe desk.' The Doclor smiled suddenly. 'By Ihe way Ihere is one olher Ihing, Mr. Appleby. You should al Ihis stage be preparing yourself for dealh; writing your will elcetera ... 1 jusl Ihoughl I might as well tell you.' Clinton Appleby might have been near death but he was also of nervous disposition, and as he left Riplington's room he was very close to a complete breakdown. When Clinton neared the main doors of the surgery he was shaking so violently that he had to ask a man in a wheelchair to open them for him. The man happily complied. Then Clinlon thanked him, walked through the doors, lurned left and set off in the wrong direction. Doctor Riplington hurried Ihrough his next Ihree appointments, assuring alllhree people Ihal they would feel fine having taken Iwo aspirins and lain down for an hour. When the last, confused palienl hobbled out Doctor Riplington threw on his large, brown overcoat and ran from Ihe bleak, brick building. He would have 10 hurry if he was going to be back for his afternoon appointments. Riplington decided to go and see an old university colleague who specialised in obscure diseases. Riplinglon knew that he, if anyone, would have Ihe rare drug to cure Pelislic Rockanaries. The Doctor's new, red Mercedes drew up outside the house of Doclor Reggie Bloomingbald Ihirty five minutes later, owing 10 Riplington's talent of driving well over the speed limil withoul worrying in the slightest. Also it appeared thai Ihe Doctor had never believed in the theory of Iraffic lights. . Reggie was an amiable fellow. He was a black haired, white clothed hunchback and he welcomed Riplington wilh a friendly yet crushing handshake. Reggie peered at his old friend over his half moon glasses as Riplington revealed Ihe siluation. 'Pelistic Rockanaries, eh?' marvelled Bloomingbald pouring himself a double whisky. He stopped, lemplation won and he added a lillie more. He lifted the glass shakily to his lips and drunk thankfully, his double chin vibrating slightly in the process. 'I seem to remember thai you don't drink. 1 am correct aren't I, old boy? Now where was I? Ah yes ... you're looking for the cure, aren't you?' His hand reached round and rubbed his hunchback. 'That is correct. I

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'Jiang on Riplington, old boy.' Reggie Bloomingfield vanished into an untidy room and began rummage through a pile of small carboard boxes. At length he re-appeared with a satisfied 'Yes here they are. Do be careful with them because I am meant to be putting the finishing to their molecular structure at the moment. Between you and me I regard the disease obscure that making the tablets is not really worthwhile. I'm quite sure they will be though, and I would wager that they could arrest a bout of Pelistic Rockanaries completely a month.' Dr. Riplington thanked Reggie gratefully and presently he was heading back to his place of with the precious tablets safely in his pocket. He felt them happily as he accelerated his through a set of red traffic lights. When the Doctor entered the surgery he immediately placed a call to Clinton Appleby. The persisted ringing for a minute before the receiver was finally lifted from its cradle. 'Good iftl"nclOn Mr. Appleby.' 'Hello,' replied a hoarse whisper. 'Who is it?' 'This is Doctor Riplington.' 'Riplington,' exclaimed Clinton. 'Thank God!' He clutched the receiver tighter in his frail 'Have you any news of the drug which cures Pelistic Rockanaries?' 'Calm down,' instructed the Doctor brusquely. 'As a matter of fact I do have the drug and Is in the form of tablets. I could give them to you if you would come here after working hours flOltlgtlt. Shall we say .. .' he paused as if thinking hard, 'seven o'clock?' 'Yes yes, thank you so much; you've saved me. Don't worry Doctor I'll be there tonight at , After Clinton had put the phone down he knelt down and uttered the first sincere prayer had ever offered. At six thirty Clinton Appleby decided that the clock hands would decide to hurry themselves he waited in the Doctor's clinic. So he started his car and drove in an elated state of mind, '\~P!:~~;,,~f,or any pedestrian who was faintly near the kerb just in case they wished to cross. il at ten minutes to the hour and waited a joyful yet anxious five minutes before he Riplington marching into his room. 'Come in Mr. Appleby, come in.' Clinton followed the casual instructions but stood rigidly by the threshold of the door whilst RIIIIi.,gtcl. sprawled himself out behind a desk. 'I'm not meaning to rush you or anything Doctor, may I have the tablets now? As you might have guessed I am very anxious to have them my possession.! 'Of course you are Mr. Appleby. And as our meeting does solely concern the tablets I think I had better make my intentions perfectly clear. As I went well out of my way to come into possession of these rare tablets .. .' he held up the proof in his right hand and shook it slightly 10 the contents collided invitingly with the perspex case, ' ... 1 was expecting perhaps a little recompense. ' 'I don't want to feel that you went out of your way Doctor. I'm sure, however, that fifty pounds will cover all possible expenditure, such as petrol. Now, may 1 have the tablets please.' Riplington leant back and emitted a long, false laugh which could perhaps be compared with a snarl. He stopped abruptly and stared suddenly into Clinton's beady eyes. 'I want one hundred and fifty thousand pounds please Mr. Appleby.' 'What?' Clinton reached a note that he thought had long since vanished from his repertoire. He was twitching in disbelieving astonishment. 'One hundred and fifty thousand? 1 haven't got that sort of money!' 'Wrong,' contradicted Riplington. 'Unfortunately for you 1 have been doing some research Into your family. 1 happen to know that your late father earnt over one million pounds for his Ingenious fly spray in Angola.' CROSS COU~TRY (Lisa Blake, J.S.H .â&#x20AC;˘ Rick RinaldI)

'Yes,' agreed Clinton miserably, 'But when he died he left all his money to an old home. He left me nothing. I mean he wouldn't even speak to me after I betrayed the family by publicly admitting that 1...' 'I want the money please Mr. Appleby. This is blackmail for God's sake not a sob I want from you one hundred and fifty thousand pounds or the tablets which I hold in hand will be burnt and you, I'm afraid, in a very short time will die of Pelistic R(,ckan;lrii He flaunted the tablets in front of Clinton. Suddenly Riplington's patient stood up. 'That's it,' growled Clinton with unch'lracterbl menace. 'Here I am on my death bed with some rare and fatal disease and all about is money. I'll show you money you .. . you . . .' His voice was rising on every sylllal,le: The once gentle patient had now been transformed into an unrecognisable maniac and jumped cleanly across the oak desk. Before Riplington could do anything or say anvth,lnn stop him, Appleby had fitted his dainty hands around the Doctor's head and was stranllTlu him, fuelled by his passionate anger. 'I must have the tablets,' he murmured, dribbling Riplington, 'I want to live.' Appleby felt the bones surrender suddenly, and they were crushed beneath his fingers. drew his hands away and Doctor Riplington's body was limp beneath him. Appleby forced himself not to think of what he had done. Without formulating any except to remove himself from the scene of the crime, Clinton frantically grabbed the and obeyed what panic dictated. He sprinted from the surgery, and the only reason the at the door did not attempt to question his actions, was that she was attending someone had lost his thumb whilst dubiously trying to obtain a lemonade from a drinks dispenser. Clinton started his car, and contrary to his previous journey he skidded speedily around first corner. He left the surgery car park and headed for his small flat in the suburbs of LO"dol. It would have been an uneventful journey for most drivers; in fact, it would have uneventful journey for most drivers who had just committed murder. Clinton, as always the exception. Although no police seemed to show any interest in him Appleby into an uneasy sweat, pulled up nervously and began to read a newspaper whenever he policeman. This made him more obvious and if any police had actually been looking they have caught him because of these antics. At last Appleby arrived at his destination - he had made it safely home. He, Clinton AllDll!DY.' had survived In typical Appleby style. He had proved Riplington wrong as well as all the doctors who had been convinced that he would die. He threw open his front door and it crashed noisily against the wall as appleby rapidly as,:ended the stairs, attempting three at a time. The murder that he had committed was for from his mind. Instead he was thinking of his life and his future; his freedom from Pelistic Rockanaries. Now surely his brothers would accept him back into the family. Clinton was, after all, the only Appleby ever to have survived a fatal disease. He reached the bathroom. It was a cramped, yellow painted room with an ill-fitting cast Iron bath which had been coated with rather lurid green paint. Clinton poured himself a half glass of water and with trembling hands he spilled the large tablets into his hand. He put two of them carefully aside and picked them up, having placed the others back in their perspex case. Clinton Appleby placed them gingerly in his mouth, swilled them back, choked on them and died.

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lIouse ~otes it has been a busy but success ful term for School House . One House Concert, a House Play and numero us sportmg ac hievements th roughou t the term have added to our success. O n the sporting front, we have had captains o f fo ur major sports this term, one of whom, Martin Ie H uray , qualified fo r the U IS England Hockey team. We wish him the best o f luck. Chad Schafe r triumphantl y led the First XI Football to its first ever unbeaten season , and Ben Rayment captained a very promising Cross Country team . We hope that l im Eddison wiii step into his spikes. Ben Hard y, the Vice Captain of Boats, has been training hard fo r the regatta season. On the musical front Elino r Corp orchestrated a superb Ho use Concert, featuring a memorable performance from Ia n Milwa rd's bagpipes . Coincidentally the House P lay was also a musical with Dan Longhurst and l os Sclate r provid ing the limelight for our thespians. Arlene Searle and lim Knight stole Ihe show wi th performa nces o f a commendably high standard , while 1.S. R. rev.ealed h,s true colours(?) as a persuasive Bill Sykes . We wo uld especIally lIke to thank Mr . Dobbm , Dr . Hands and Mr. Scott fo r their help in Oliver, described by one master as 'The be~t house perfor ma nce I have ever seen'. We would also like to th~ nk Oscar for his e~ergetl c a nd ~nforgettable performance in the H ouse Song. CongratulatIOns are also due to sIlky smooth Byrnes and 'whiskers' Waddell for invigorating bass and rh ythm guitar performa nces in 'Rock Stead y'. Sociall y we kicked off with a surly performance from Ben Rayment --:hich ~as closdy followed by a short , simmering relatIonshIp fo r Ben Hardy. Despite a slIght hlccu'! m Blfmmgh~ m the head of house managed to get his feet wet but now is home and dr y. Nea ~mg Valentme ~ D~y, Martin Ie Hura y's futur e looked decidedly rosy, but he was soon left wIth questIOns rIngmg

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Finally we would like to tha nk Miss 1 and the cleaning ladies for their c',lIlstant care for the house and its inhabitants. Tha nk you also to Mr. Ross, Mrs. Ross , the BIshop of No rthgate and the monitors for their unflaggi ng atte ntion and concern. C H AD SCHAFER.

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The Grange continued to flourish under the 'Star Chamb ' even though Folu Ososanya had trouble getting up in r morning while Rhian ' Job ' Chilcott just didn't bother . eh he Job and Eliot van Til formed the cornerstone of the 1st ~s a nd house soccer team, getting fi rst colours at the end of theI unbeaten season and helping us beat Broughton in the fin~~ of the house soccer cup. Valiant performances were given b the whole team (and supporte rs!), Broughton not being ablY to put a ball past O. Hinton in goal a nd succumbing to a wel\~ stru ck shot from Eliot's right foot. Through perseverance and talent (and some luck) the junior basketball team, led by C Pattman and complemented by T . Cox, G. Tester and OÂˇ Fraser, triumphed in the final over Luxmore by 48-24 and ou; hockey team narrowly missed the fi nal. Still on the SPOrting front, the house provided half of the U I9 basketba ll team at times (four of us getting colours) - Ginge sti ll managing to sneak a place. The 'B' rugby's sevens team won a cup with Grange representation high, hav ing four mem bers in either the 'N Or ' B' teams. T he house play produced some inspired performances from Piers T russell and Simon Roberts while Folu 'shin y' Ososanya, obviously on a YTS scheme, provided a comic scene, delivering his lines bri lliantl y. Gemma 'Deeves' Paterson and Becky 'reliable' Howden went on to star in a very well-acted and directed Antigone production. On the social side, Victoria Milner-Williams'S 'Gray' affairs blew up in her face and J. Osmond enjoyed having a ginger beard. Claire busted into Li nac re while Vicky Ingham attracted attention in the County, with her mountaineering interests in the 'Andies'. Simon offered his cut ie his 'rose' and now they definitely only have a name in common, but Bola insists he is cool as he now desires Liberty's clothes. I hope that Mrs. Kelly has enjoyed her first term in the Grange and we must all thank the domestic staff, especially Matron and Mr. and Mrs. Woodley, for a ll their help in making the house run smoothly.

THE OLD GRANGE.

WALPOLE

The key event in Walpole's activities this term was our house concert, which was cunningly unadvertised through the fear that someone might come to it. As it turned out, we were inundated with support anyway (or at least seven nonÂˇ Walpudlians) and the event was a great success. Our than ks go to the McConnells for all their help and for putting up with our complete lack of talent. Also, to the Vyes for being their usual helpful selves, and finall y a big 'thank you' to Ariadne Birnberg for bailing us out at the last minute. Also on the cultural front, Eric Moore performed admirab ly in the King's Youth Drama's production of Antigone, and it seems that he is still performing admirably opposite the leading lady, from what we hear. Also the Bodder Rocked Steadily. As usual, Walpole's sport has flo urished this te rm . Our domination of Basketball continues, wi th the house providing the captains of the U I9, U I6 and the UI4 teams. We were almost equall y strong in the Boat Club, with three out of the Girls' 1st IV , Ben Long in the 1st VIII, Nick Hill in the 2nd VIII and Chris Hall in the J 16 VIII. We have to confess, however, t 14

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that as M.J. V. put it, we came 'slightly last' in the inter-house Cross Country, although Roger Gardener put up a good fi ght a nd came first in the juniors. Incidentally, he is a lso a new add ition to the Kent Schools UI4 Hockey team . Congratulations! Last, but certainly not least, Flem Webb has played a scorching season for the 1st Xl football, scoring a total of four goals, and deservedly securing his first colours. He also wants a mention since he is still continuing the Clark connection . On the social side, the top corridor is doin g very well indeed, with only one bachelor. Niall connon-Jackson is plann ing to move his study nearer the phone to continue exploiting the Folkestone factor, whilst Toby Barker, a Folkestone boy himself, remains firml y attached to Radigund 's . Louise Earnshaw-Brown was temporaril y Lev-itating to Luxmoore, until Nick Alcoc k went to Wimbledon (and on the very next day, he was caught Monk-ing around). Alice CecilWright is giving flying lessons in Galpin 's, a nd has 'bin ' there all the time. As far as genius goes, congratulations to C hris Gray for obtaining his choral scholarship to Cambridge, and to E ric Moore for breaching the 'Ford. As usual, all our thanks go to the Magnificent Seven (they know who they are), to all the tutors, to the omni-present Miss Burr, a nd the omniscient Mr. Vye and his wife, for making our term ' totally sponditious.' JAtYE ABODERtN. PS: Finally, I would persona ll y li ke to thank Eric Moore for being an utter mug a nd writing these House Notes for me.

MEISTER OMERS

The maxim that 'quality is better than quantity' has once again held true fo r Meister Omers, and the House has blossomed intellectuall y! Three Oxbridge successes have walked our ha llowed halls, and it has become obvious that Caroline Williams' English essays a re admired by the dons of Christ Church a lmost as much as by the school photocopier. On the sporting side, the House Hockey XI led by Ben Palmer, Robert Wilson, and Charles Stanbury, with the omnipotent Hogarth up fron t, were narrow ly defeated by (yes, yo u guessed it) Broughton in the final. The Soccer XI did not do quite so well , but Peter Davies should be congratulated on his colours. Edward Cargill was an inspirational 3rds Captain from left back. Our resident Paul Solway has run very well throughout the term and his resu lt in the House Cross Count ry was a personal triumph. The House has also mo ved towards a more refined recreational curriculum, with the addition of chess to our repertoire. The Gra ndmasters of Beaufort and Odet have battled away to th e final of Mr. Rooke' s tournament - we wait ex pectantly for the result. Indeed , chess seems to have rep laced cards as the dom inant 6th Form activity. Bob Wilson, it should be noted, has not been involved in such merrymaking, preferring to re-e nact the plot of Star Wars with a

Mil chinsonian Princess. Musicall y, the House looks forward to the Song Competition - with thanks to James Thomson - and we can be proud of Spencer Santry, our answer to Eric Clapton, with his Rock Steady group. A dinner was held for 6b in St. Augustine's - a nd a good time was repo rted to be had by all . K. W. Yeah was not available for comment. It is hoped to repeat the event for 6a next term ; perhaps we could persuade Jim to wear one of his famous dress shirts. tt5

IIOUSE SONG (J.S. H .)

Our thanks go to Mr. Hattee, and to Mrs . Johnson and the cleaning ladies for all th . work. And the study corridor has a special message for 'the sheep': 'Don't m~ke so mu e~r hard when you come to collect your milk in the mornings'. c nOise Fina!ly, we all extend our ~ympathy to Mr. and Mrs. Preston and their family On the of Connna . We remember with gratitude the time that she spent with us and her trem ddeath bravery. en ous BEN PALMER

MARLOWE

This has been an exceptionally busy and successful ter m f Marlowe in which a very enjoyable house concert was rehears oJ a nd performed, and in which the genius juniors secured t~ tenure of the inter-house Cross Country cup . e Hockey a nd Row ing a re our most subscribed sports and Mariwegian stars have featured on pitch and water throughout the term. An nabel Davies has captained the Girls Hockey i an excellent season, Justin Marozzi and C harlie Haswell hav~ played consistently for the 1st XI hockey (after their very successful tour of Barcelona, which also featured Giles 'blow dry' Darby) , and a Stu 'te' Henderson and Tom Filby have be~n powering the 1st VIII through many a 3000 metres. Without the Removes, the J I 5 rowing VIII would be a II (I know that Joe, whose usual patience and hard work have kept the house spotless, wishes their study could be as clean as their catches.) On the music and drama side of things, the new found talent of Robin Scott made directing Kin~'s Youth Drama's Antigone": pleasure. If the audience enjoyed it as much as we enjoyed puttmg It on, then a West End run IS defml tely m order. Damian Simpson dragged himself away from the ta ngled Webb to play even higher and more fiendish solos in the Big Band which he led in their latest concert. ' Stud y One now contains three Bananarama boys from Rock Steady and if Oli 'aginous' Scott's singing is anything to go by, the concert wi ll be very popular. T hanks, as a lways, to Mr. a nd Mrs. Reid and a ll the tutors for their good will and kindness durlllg the term, and very best of luck to Mr. Hartridge in getting the black B.M.W. meanmachine started again. DAVID BOND.

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Dear Fans, The term has been a relatively quiet one for Luxmoore, most 6th forsaking sport for work in the afternoons. Whether this time has been well spent will be seen when the August results determine the winos from the winners. Alex 'Schwarzenegger' West and 'Dago' Friedlander had good seasons in the 1st XI hockey and Al Skarbek and Rik 'Ladies Man' Morley played 2nd and 3rd XI football. Most of the sporting life was displayed in the junior years, Ben Ousey captaining the football U15. Steve 'Interesting' Davies and Fred Oshunkoya also played (Fred's skill with balls was also revealed in the school basketball team). The lower li fe forms were well represented in various school sports, while 5th former Harry Rossiter made the commendable achievement of rowing in the 1st eight. It cannot be said that we attained great heights in house competition this term; the spirits were willing but the flesh was weak in the House Cross Country; if th is was a disappointment, then the hockey skirmishes were an utter disaster. However the multi-skilled players advanced further than the qualifying round in football and basketball. Under Adam (no girl in this school is good enough for me) White's captaincy the charismatic chess team attempted new wonders in bored strategy, and lost to an extremely desperate M.O. badly in need of cups. The social scene continues to be dominated by Andy 'The Multiplier' Darley, Felix 'Nibbler' Pink and Polly Smeed who decided to stay in Luxmoore for a price. Meanwhile the Hughes/Hancox marital advice bureau ... Yawn! ZZZZzzzz. Need we say more except that LOUIse Earnshaw-Brown lost agane but curried on anyway, and Jon was Russelled up for once in his life. Congratulations to Adam and AI for their efforts in organising the first S.A.N .E. rock concert, and to the insane Magnus 'The Moose' Montgomery for passing his physical (death) Marines entrance exam. Thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Aldridge, Mrs. Beddoes and the cleaning ladies for keeping Luxmoore chaste and free o f deviants. Remember fa ns: be pure, be good, behave!

LUXMOORE

MAGNUS MONTGOMERY AND ED HUGHES.

GALPIN'S

A short term but an eventful one. The house's sporting achievements were overshadowed by that world-renowned mathematical entrepreneur, Giles Bones, who performed bl indingly (blindly?) for the 1st XI and 2nd XI hockde y , afnd played like a dream when inspiring us to a first-roun d e eat 0C'l in the house matches. Dan Morris and Bill Ballenden also .J...!~HII!Il~ represented the 2nd XI hockey, Dam St.John Parker and Jules Moore (the two-day wonder) the 3rd XI, and Jo Grimes and D!:1 ' Simon Triggs (and on one occasion Rodney Jackson) played ~ for the 4ths. Ed Floydd and Tony Brown were promment members of the undefeated soccer I st Xl. Other house representatives in school sides were 'Bess' Bessarat, Neil Cole, ~, Steven and Marcus Connoll y, Angus H ulme, Tom Ellis, Jim E;; Aitchison, James Tory, Simon Gund ry, Chris Jepp, Mark - =", Dobell , Julian Kingsland, James Grindley and Oliver Dean. Ed Beaugi'; rowed a lot along with Max Wi lliams, George Bruxner and Tim Davies . 'Big' Bob Clayton coxed the JI4 2nd VIII. Toby Ballenden ran as fast as he could round fields for the

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school and Bin Tower hit a shuttlecock over the net for the 1st IV. Toby Williams was I b seen frequently 'rappin' on down' for the basketball team. Kate Knight played 1st XI G~ e hockey and other people did all sorts of things but all these names and sports confused miris' much that I can't even remember Giles's middle name ... oh yes, I can, it's Ashley... e so The outstanding performances of the term were in the Junior Hockey tournament where reached the final before losing to Broughton, and the House Song Competition where we ca We second; in each case, considering the lack of brilliant individuals, the corporate effort was mme commendable. OSI Jules Astle and Dave 'The Ayatollah ' Hemsley, The Man with the Action, started an intens' fitness course under the coaching of Ed Beaugie. Jules is still at it, but Dave gave up after findt e he couldn't move the morning after the first session. Barnes is taking lessons as a World w~g One pilot while Dan has taken up detailed oriental studies . People keep on saying Dam Burdess' Ed Griffi n and Jo Grimes to me, so I presume they've made some headway somewhere b I' don't ask me where. ' U Rehearsals for our house extravaganza 'Grease' have taken up much of the term. Giles Bones of course, with his devastating good looks and angelic singing voice stea ls the show; he is only outdone for natural rhythm by Ed Beaugie. Jules As tle and Olivia Stewart-Liberty produce Some very interesting (?) combinations on the dance floor, while Giles and Pippa Munro do produce a very interesting combination on a park bench in one scene. All that remains to say is ... Giles Bones. And if all this doesn't secure me his coffee percolalor next term and stop him whingeing for no t being in the house no tes, nothing will . Our thanks go to Maureen, Mary, Joan, Rosemary, Julie, Linda, Jane and Sylvia for cleaning up after us, to Mrs. Bennett for her never-ending patience and to Mr. and Mrs. Duesbury for managing to put up with us, somehow, fo r yet another term . .1

BILL BALLENDEN.

LIN ACRE

The Easter term is by nature q ui te a du ll one, and it is perhaps through desperation that this is the ter m when Linacre traditionally takes to water. Bill Swanson and J ames Brett made it into the 1st VIII while almost the entire Shell year could be seen daily heading off towards the lakes. Elsewhere Dave Godfrey and Mark Handley played for P hillis' Flyers while Sam Satchu put in an appearance for Dix's Dreamers. Dave Jevons enthusiastically captained the 3rd Hockey XI, ably supported by a band of Linacre men. The cross-country saw some sterling performances, notably Doug Mullen (2nd) and Dave Handley (3rd) in the Juniors, and Piers Gallo p (3rd) in the Intermediates. The Junior team captained by Paul Winchester stormed 10 the final of the House Chess and were ahead at the time of writing. Sophie Paul, as well as captaini ng the Girls Netball team, directed Antigone, with Sophie Colyear-Walker in the lead giving a riveting performance, supported by Andrew Hone. Serena Wilson won the Headmaster's poetry prize for the second year running, while still finding time to survive a gruelling three day job interview in the Outer Hebrides. 118

The Easter term weather seems to have affected some people who started acting very strangely. rS. Thane bought a car to drive R.W .T. and Hannah around in, while Luke Williams turned ~'er a new leaf, and rode off into the Knight. Dave Godfrey set up his own laundry service Â°UllOUgh customer dissatisfaction at 84 seems to have been appeased. Guy study kept at it with ~or Bretty and Claire Burgess-Robertson being almost permanent fixtures, while across the corridor our Head of School Emma-nated calm and control. The House notes would not be complete without a mention of last term's Don Juan award winner. Bill Deeves roused the House to new Choral heights with 'If I were a rich man', while doing some extra interviewing for Glaznost - all looks set for a grand finale this summer. Many thanks to the Thanes, Mrs. Farrell and the ladies for making the House run smoothly and happily for another term. TOM PEER AND DAVID GODFREY.

BROUGHTON

Despite this being a short term, the Empire has managed to prove (if anyone wanted proof) its sporting capabilities and even shown extra talents. These, under the guidance of Mike Holden, were kind ly exhibited to the rest of the School - the House Song must now surely be a walk-over. From culture we must turn to intellect (of course this is still Broughton). Our Chess Team is now in the Finals of the House Chess contest - good luck to K-G and his lads of the little grey cells. But perhaps we should just mention sport.. .We lived up to our reputation by retaining the House Senior, Intermediate and Overall Cross Country cups, under the leadership of the aerodynamic vice-Captain Hugo Fatpott. Our gentlemanly instincts persuaded us that it was proper not to be too greedy, so we loaned Marlowe the Junior Cup - they'll have to buy a cabinet now. The girls must be thanked for giving up the afternoon to complete the course (mostly). Hockey? The II-a-side team retained the Cup (despite fielding 3 Shells against our much more experienced a rch-ri vals, MO.) T he Junior 6-a-side also retained their cup - aided by (some of) our Kent County players, Henry Hawkins and Andrew Woolnough. We wish the Senior 6-aside luck for a hat trick. (PS. - they did it!) Soccer was not quite up to the mark; we were knocked out in the Finals by a goal from a member of the I st XI defence(!) which was squeezed past our full-bodied goal-keeper. (Sorry Jody, but you wanted a mention). In other areas congratu lations must go to Tom Ward, for his brilliant work for K.Y.D. and his Oxford place, and to Katherine James and Maja Lordahl on keeping him company there. Maja took the opportuni ty to move into the fast lane with her Morris Minor. Also well done John Berry on achieving his ambition at last and for being awarded the H ildick-Smith fencing cup. On this sore point, Dave 'where have you gone' Friston got his first colours and quickly moved in to do football. Selina NF Cox passed her fitness test , despite suffering from a Vulcan death-grip, but we're not sure about Ed's result, which may be a record. Socially C4 - the Cobham 4 - seem to have worked hardest this term, fixing their blind dates. The frequent visits by our new Brawt'n ManitouI' have resulted in a new duty rota 'Pleasurable Knight time Walkies'; a hit with 6a, especially Paul Jessup. The match with Linacre was another victory, beating them home and away. But much social activity has been interrupted 119

in Tem ple by 'Dick ; Removals, stripping and decorating'. It all looks superb - old Broughto nia will be a mazed . However Mar k Milhench and C ra ig Downie managed to get thei r unexpeci ns Wednesday a fternoon visits, not to mention Bill Derouet's frequent 8 mile runs in his slu~d - tra ining for the rowing? (Had to get in the sacred Word) . y All in a ll a good term. As ever our thanks must go to all our hard-working Ladies (we d keep them busy), to Tony fo r repairing the damage that somehow happens and to Mr. H utchi nso~ a nd Mr. and Mrs . Gra ham for all their orga nisatio n and sup port in keeping the old Hous flouri shing. e

MARK STAFFORD.

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Despite the ter m's com paratively short lengt h, Trad has ma naged to fi t in, as usua l, a great deal o f ac ti vity . Sportswise we have been ve ry successful: Nic k Musson scored 15 goals in 12 ga mes for the 1st XI Foolball a nd was awa rded Firsl Colours; Nick Daley, Mi ke Jorda n and Ma tt Willifer all played regu larly f or the 1st V Squash! o n In te r-House Cross-Counlry Day we did well , with Matt WIlhfer wrnnrn g the Inte rmediales and Simon Ha rt coming thi rd in the Seniors; and the Trad Fencing tradition is being perpet ua ted, tha nks to the sk ill of Ted George's and Alex Chandler's flas hing sabres, nOI 10 mention those of several Shell and Remove members. Ben May led the U l 5A Hockey a nd Mike Cotton the U l4A Foolball , whilst the Junior Basketball team reached the semi-final ofl heir competition, onl y to be kn ocked ou l by the favo urites. Well do ne to all involved . A fter some local juve niles fo rmed a n affinity for the P .A.E.D. collect ion of sil ve r trays li ni ng his stud y walls, law and order was promoted by Donald Bray who managed a smile for the Ken/ish Gazette who interviewed him in relation to his ÂŁ20,000 fund-raising ap peal for a local primary school. We all wish Dona ld good luck in his venture. Quentin T homas a nd Gi les Hogben surv ived a 72-hour sponsored fast , again fo r cha ri ty. Congratulatio ns to Ihem too. Trad 's nin th House Concert was a lso a huge success . Caterin g for all ages a nd talenls we provided enterta inment for a large a nd ap preciati ve audience in the Refectory . Well do ne 10 a ll involved on a fine performa nce, a nd tha nks to M r. Bill McCo nnell for his very hard wo rk a nd Mr. Dix for his administrative organisation. And , o f course, we achieved success on the Ox ford fro nt with places going to Nick Goodwin at Oriel, Alex Chandler at He rtford , a nd Ti na Ericsson at St. H ilda's, whilst Suhul Bocresion a nd Francesca Snelling did very well to receive Cambridge offers in the face o f sti ff com petition. On the social side, Selena ma naged an undercover bond wi th Marlowe, Donald a n Italian connection , Liz Wilson (stimulated by P lato) joined wit h Broughto n , Jerome survived a brick thro ugh the wi ndow, and Jari 'Water-Bed' Worsley ... well. ...Of course we can't fo rget Wyman's street-wise affai r. Finall y, our thanks go to Miss Brine, the cleani ng ladies and the porters for all their hard wo rk , and , of course, Mr. a nd Mrs . Dix for a nother very successful and organised second lerm . THE NEW GU INEA ROOM. 120

This ter m saw the house members stagger optimisticall y back into a new yea r, a fter a fun filled festive season which seemed full of 6a members celebrating new found adulthood ! On the academic side, UCCA envelopes fl owed thick a nd fast, while Leila , Jane and Sara have given the guys 'a quick guide to Oxbridge success.' Our chess playe rs have proved to be a very successfu l intellectual challenge too. Roma nos Daniel must also be congratulated on wi nning the Headmaster's Junior Poetr y P rize. As far as sport goes, this term has been fairly quiet, although ; both hockey a nd soccer teams have played well in the various Leagues. We hope Luxmoore are grateful fo r our generous contrib ution to their 2-0 soccer victory! Mark No rth east , p lay ing for the 1st XI, is reputed to be wo rth aroun d half a million in transfer money. Persona lly, we wo uldn 't pay SOp for hi m, but if anyo ne wo uld li ke to ma ke a reasonable o ffer ! (Only joking, Mark. ) Helena Parsons, Jackie Martin, Leila , Beth Tapp and Emma H ulberd have all regularly played for the 1st and 2nd VII Netball teams again th is term . Also, well done to J on Hudsmith, Ed Burt, and Duncan ' good morning head of house' Cox, who have all played soccer for the 2nd Xl. The House Concert was, 'qui te frankl y' , outstanding: the just culmination of much hard work . To name but a few, Michael Chesterman's violin piece was stunning; the men's 'Mafia' choir very entertaining; while M r. P arker's timely interrupti on of O liver Nas h a nd Helena Parsons' piano duet reduced all to tears. The musical range o f the concert was vast, from a rock rendition of Sky, to the string quartet playing H andel's Water Music . Congratulations to all , especiall y Ben Cooper a nd Miles Bowker, whose inspiration was the bac kbo ne of this concert. Socially, little has changed. However, ' Garibaldi ' Martin is rumoured to have become a ' Batchelor' boy; H ugh C layton wishes to 'Marry Anne'; while Ma rk and Helen wander ' Northeast' into the ora nge sunset. F inally, M .O . has ' Rob ' bed us of our pur ple ' Jem' mett , wilh no immediate prospect of return .

MITCHINSONS

We are no w plann ing to purchase a cabinet to accommodate our Ho use Song T rophy, and wish to congratu late the whole House fo r their va liant effort , es pecially as we no longer need Galpin's cups for our House photograph! As ever, thanks must go to the House T utors, Pam and Gloria , and to Dr. and M rs. Maltby, who must also be congratu lated on the birth of their baby daughter, Rosalie, on C hristmas Eve . LEILA AND JANE, 'THE TERR IBLE TWINS'.

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This has been one or the most historic seasons in King's Hockey. Martin Le Huray became the first cut:rent Internatio I the School has had when he was selected to play ror England V18. We have had more representatIve players in :: School than a t any other time: T. Baker (South East U 17), Henry Hawkins (South East U 16 and Kent U 15), R. Gardn e a nd A. Woolnough (Kent U I4). The School was invited to, a nd per rormed very well in, one or the most presti ocr International Hockey tournament s in Europe at Ba rcelona; and the Governors have given us the go-a head ror ~s ~s have our own artificia l grass pitch . ' 0 T he results show that the lsI XI have had a nother good season losing on ly rour ga mes in thi rteen matches. It is a measu re or the expectations or Ki ng's Hockey that many within a nd without the tea m round the results slightl disappointing. On paper it looked as ir the tea m wo ul d have a good seaso n: o n the pit ch we were capable or beati/ every team we played a nd could have beaten those we did by an eve n bigger margin. That we did not is due 10 severa~ things: lack or consistent delennination , lack or team play, little luck, a nd a ra il ure to convert the myriad or chances we had into goals. At Duke or York' s, rour matches into the season, our hopes were dashed. We never mastered a very wet and bump pitch, the poor condit ions ravouring the home side, We were unlucky not to be awarded two penalty nicks after a l~ or sk il rul work in the circle. The low point or the season was the perrormance against Sf. Lawrence, which was gutless and ragged . The match agai nst the Count y C hampions, Kent College, could have gone either way aner a very spi rited comebac k when we played organi zed hoc key in the second halL In the Frank Mason Tournament we played ou r besl hockey (and were arguably one or the two best sides there). A quirk or the weather, reducing the games to fi fteen minules each a nd cutti ng out one round, den ied us the chance or a place in the fi nal. Fast penetrative passing, aggressive ru nn ing, a nd rearsome tackling reduced all sides we met to on ly a rew rorays into our ha lf. Hawkins, a Remove, im proved immensely duri ng the season a nd more than coped with Senior hoc key. Once he and Marozzi on the right wing had worked out how to beat a derence they were a very errect ive combination. In no game did they play beller than agai nst Sutton Valence, when we were all over a weakish side. Marozzi, arter a lull at the start or term, matured into his position and became a dangerous player. Despi te play ing on grass in our firs t match arter the tour, we dominated St. Ed mund 's, Palmer maintaining the strike rate he established in Barcelona and scoring a memorable hat-trick. Sadl y that rorm di sa ppeared as the seaso n went on. Against Simon Langton , back on artificial grass, we played superbly ror the first fiftccn minutes, prompting anot her sc hool's coach 10 bring up hi s Junior players ea rly to see how to play the ga me. Despite creating enough pressure to score a goal a minute , we did not score at a ll and by the time the ot her sc hool arrived we had sli pped into a rather disappointing pattern or play. A draw is not t,1e result we should have got. At least we did not lose, as we did agai nst Sir Roger Man wood 's. Again we did all that was necessary to win but ma naged to lose. Goals when they came were spectacular. God rrey's diving goal orr a cross rrom Marozzi agai nsl C ra nbroo k would have gladdened the heart or Sean Kerly. Le Huray scored severa l impressive individual goals. On two occasions he dribbled rrom beyond the ha ir-way line, round the midfield a nd the derence to pop the ball into the net. At centre ha Ir he was one or the top scorers a nd held the leam together but sensibl y neve r all owed himselr to dominate , so that il did not become a one-man show. At the start or the year we were unsure about playing a sweeper - there was no obvious ca ndidat e. Downie began 10 play the positio n in Barcelona and grew into it marvellou sly. But ror him we wou ld nOI have been ab le to attack so errecti vely out or derence. By the end or the seaso n he was one or the most dangerous players 011 the pitch. Without Wilson at cent re back we would have had more goals scored against us. His tackling was very use rul. West, coming in to the side as a rorward and remaining as a bac k, had to learn his position, a dirricult task which he did well. When Fried la nder co mbined his abi lity with determi nation a ncl com mitment he was a dangerous midfield player and had no better ga me than against Grammaria ns in the Fran k Mason Tournament. Haswell , coming int o the side ror the first lime, qu ickly learnt what he had to do as right back. He attacked and derended with sk ill. Baker in goa l, arter a jittery start , soon began to take charge or his circle a nd showed real class on an increasing number or occasio ns. My thanks and congrat ul ations go to Martin Le Huray, Ca ptain ror the second year. His knowledge or the game proved to be very userul in coaching situat ions and matches. His departure wi ll certainly leave a big gap next season. Thanks too 10 Tom Baker (Vice-Captain) who erricient ly organized two six-a-si de tournaments; to the ever patien t and talented regu lar reserves, Bones, Van Notten, Handly and Darby; to R. W .T. ror his patience wit h the 2nd XI; and to the Groundsmen. Fina ll y to the team. There was the odd occasion when I wondered 'was il all worth it?' (post SI. Lawrence) but it most certainly was. I have enjoyed coaching them, ma ny ror two years, and wish them well. N.L. P.

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Team:M. G.leHuray(Capt.r, T. C. Baker (Vice-Capt.r, C. N. Downie·, 5. L. Friedlander·, D. P. P. Godfrey·, J. Haswell , H. F. C. Hawkins, J. 5. Marozzi·, B. E. Palmer, A. G-West, R. I. W. Wilson·. Also played: W. Ballenden, G. A. Dones, G. H. Darby, M. R. Handley, H. L. Hawkins, P. W. F. van Nolten. RESULTS

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P layed 13, Won 7, Lost 4, Drawn 2. Goals for 26, Goals agai nst 20. 5t. Edmund Edmund's (A). Won 4-1 v Eastbourne (H). Won 1-0 Simon Langton (H). Drew I- I v Canterbury H.C. (A). Won 2-0 Chatham House (H). Won 2- 1 v Kent Police (A). Won 4-3 Duke of York's (A). Lost 0-2 v Sir Roger Manwood's (H). Lost 0-2 Cranbrook (H). Drew 2-2 v Sutto n Valence (H). Won 3-0 St. Lawrence (A). Lost 1-3 v Kent Po lice (H). Won 4-2 v Kent College (A). Lost 2-3 8, Godfrey 8, Le Huray 7, Fr iedlander 2, H. r. C. Hawkins I.

2nd XI Over the past five years the 2nd XI has been qu ite a successfu l team having played 35 matches and on ly losl 8 of them. This year's team, though, must rank as one of the most successful, a nd on an artificial surface they looked almost unbeatable. Three regular members of the team had been out in Barcelona fo r the hockey tournament and their fitness and experience certai nly gave us a head start in Ihe early part of the season. Our first match was on Blores against SI. Edmund's and Bocresion found his form in a goal bonanza. Suhu l has proved to be a very dependable captain, smiling through every match, and producing a well orga nised team. In our second match against Simon Langton, again on Blares, we seemed unable to get into our st ride and were o nly 1-0 up at half time. It was typical of this season thai we played much beller in the second half, co ntroJi ing the game and peppering the goa l with shots. Charlie Stanbury at centre-ha lf worked extremely hard as usua l, and commanded the mid-field. His sk il ful and imaginative play made an enormous difference to the team. Having scored ten goals in our first two matches we felt confident about Chatham House on Birleys. We soon realised however that grass did not suit our style of play. We cou ld not play the short tight passes and we were not reall y st rong enough. Again we got into our st ride in the second half but we could only pu ll one goa l back. Don Bray, our Berm udan international goa l-keeper, played well as lIsual, and remained confident under pressure, pulling off some remarkable saves. We were st ill finding it hard to ada pt to grass when we mel Duke of York 's. We missed many opportu nit ies but managed to remain on top beca use o f our so lid bac k line who kept out a plcthora of short corners. Dill Ballenden. Ollr roving bac k, made ma ny a good brea k from a defensive move a nd Mark Ha ndley improved steadily this season to become a very solid player. J o Stobbs and Ja mes Woods also played at the bac k, a nd usuall y ma naged to interrupt any dangerous a tt ac ks by the opposition. Apart from o ne disastrous ma tch, the backs on ly all owed fi ve goals in, during eight matches - a n im pressive record. Our match agai nst Cranbroo k on Bir leys is best forgotten . We were very deplctcd hav ing four of our norma l players missing, includ ing ou r goal keeper, and once again we were on grass. We were too relaxed at the start and they scored three goa ls in the first twelve min ut es - we did n't kn ow what was happeni ng. In the second half we were very positive having at least fifteen short corners and a penalty but we on ly scored once. In many o f our mid-season matches we simply couldn't fi nish off our attacks. We were back on Blares for ou r malch against 51. Lawrence , a nd looking more like our old selves. We were playing the ball back a lot, a nd square. Th is fr ustrated the opposition and they resorted to a very aggressive approach. Despite our four goal victory th is was not a very enjoyab le game. We played Sir Roger Manwood's o n Blores in the rain. They went one goal up early in the second half, a break-away over almost the length of the pitch. We were sti ll having problems finishing but Giles Bones and Dan Morris managed to pull two back. Having moved the halves a nd forwa rds around during the season, they seemed slowly to be settling into their positions. Giles Boncs was always on the verge of playing for the I st XI, as was Giles Darby our other winger. They were both able to carve through the opposition and were a delight to watch as they'd somehow mai nta in cont rol of the ball and rocket it across the '0' - they gave us so many chances to score. We were now starti ng to make more use of our sk ill s and had litt le problem against Sulto n Va lence. Hugh Hawki ns was proving tenacious as a hal f, and when Ph il van Notten was released by thc 1st X I we had a formidable ha lf line 10 feed Morris and Bocres ion. Da n may not always have been that orthodox but he always work ed ha rd, and was often in the right place at the right time. And so to our old rivals Kent College. We had not beaten them fo r at least five years, but perhaps we could this season. Once aga in in the second half we too k cont rol wit h Stanbu ry dom inat ing the cent re. Goetz T riebel had played wit h enormous skill all term, but had never seemed certain of making the pass at the end of a move unti l this match when he fou nd his target. Bocres ion hit form and scored a hat-t rick to win the matc h. Beati ng Kent Co llege was proof of this team's abili ty a nd was a great way to fin ish a most enjoyable season. R.W.T.

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Team:S. Bocresion (Capt.), W. Ballenden, G. A. Bones, D. P. Bray, G. H. Darby, M. R. Handley, H. L. Hawkins, D. P. Morris, C. R. Stanbury, J. J. F. Stobbs, G. T ricbel, P. J. Woods. Also played: D. St. John Parker, P. W. F. van Notten, L. G. D. Williams. RESULTS Played 9, Won 7, Lost 2. v SI. Lawrence (H). Won 4-0 v SI. Edmund's (H). Won 6-0 v Sir Roger Manwood's (H). Won 2-1 v Simon Langton (H). Won 4-0 v Sutton Valence (H). Won 4- 1 v C hatham House (H). Lost 1-2 v Kent College (H). Won 3-1 v Duke of York's (A). Won 2-0 v C ranbrook (H). Lost 1-5

3rd and 4th Xl's The sheer vol ume of hockey played, a nd the numbers involved, ~ere the fir st fea tu res of the 3rd X I game this year. We started - a tribute to the success of House Leagues on B10res III the Autumn Term, as well as to good coaChing lower dow n - with no fewe r than 58 players, who were di stilled , after nearl y a fort night or trials, into some 30 who were serious cand id ates for a team place, a nd for whom there were rurther practices. Once a group o r about 15 players had established themselves as 3rd XI players, everyone else was exercised by a league system on Mondays and Tuesdays a nd we are grateful to Messrs. Wenley, Wetherilt , Maltby and Miles for va luable service in umpiring these matche~ and checking players. Like the league players, the team players owed a great deal to the unusua l benericence of the weather, which made it possible to play three times a week, and sometimes four. From the start, David Jevons, the on ly member of last year's 3rd XI still with us, took a firm grip on the captai ncy, and he gave vigorous and purposeful leadership throughout the term from inside left. O ur one other 6a player was Oliver Harris, who improved as much as anyone in the COurse of the term, and as centre-back was particu larly distinguished by his clean hitting of the stat iona ry ball. All the other event ual players were 6b, and it was an unusual experience to find four members of last year's Colis A available to play in most matches ror us. In Dom inic SI. J ohn Parker (who played with particu lar class), Jules Moore and James Marli n we had a most ta lented half-back line, all of whom should move on to higher things next year, as surely wi ll Matthew O'Sulliva n, a tenacious and skilful right -w inger. Very good value too were Neil Shah in goal (most appreciated!), Fred Hellings and Richard Redrern 's steadiness at back, Simon Roberts' spectacular reverse stic kwork at left wing, and Jim Robertson, our snapper-up of unconsi dcred trines int o goals. T he season began with o ur o nly school defeat, before the team had sett led dow n, a nd ended with a cracking gamc agai nst the Com mon Room, whose wi n owed somet hing to a 1st XI right bac k and something aga in to an umpire's ind ulgence (as well as to their ski lls!). This fi xture, a regular fi ftee n years ago, must be reinstated as an annu al one now. S.C. W. T he 4t h XI played o ne ga me, with some sk ill and much good spirit. 3rd XI team: D. E. Jevons (Capt.), O. C. C. T. Harris, R. A. Hellings , J . W. Martin, J. J . L. Moore, M. P. O'Su llivan, R. J. Redfern, S. W. Roberts, J. H. Robertson, D. SU. Parker, N. A. Shah. Also played: T. J. Locking, P. N. D. Medawar, A. M. Olby, T. H. Peer. 4th X I team: A. M. Olby (Capt.), S. J . A. Bird, A. M. H. Darley, J. M. Grimes, N. Jasani, P. N. D. Medawar, J. H. Night inga le, N. B. O'Connor, J. R. Price, D. J. Rycrort. Also played: W. R. J . Osmond. 3RD XI RESULTS Played 6, Won 3, Drawn I , Lost 2. v St. Lawrence (H). Won 3-0 v Sulton Valence (H). Drawn 0-0 v Common Room. Lost 1-2

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folts XI The unusually dry and warm weather at the start of the term enabled a far greater number or practices of both team 1110ves and individual sk ills to tak e place. This undoubtedly contributed to two encou raging results ca rlyon: a 2-2 draw at Chatham House, which could easily have been a victory. but for giving away two soft goals in the last five minutes, "nd a 2- 1 victo~y over Duke o~ York's. However, th e following Satu rday at Cranbrook we made a disastrous sta rt a nd were 3-0 down 10 under ten mmutes . Although we never recovered rrom this, everyone battled to the end, but we were well beaten by a much qu icker and more sk ilful side. In the last match before ha lf term at SI. Lawrence. we didn't play well and in the second half a ll owed SI. Lawrence to dominate the middle of the field and exert co nstant pressure which eventually resulted in them winn ing 2-1. The next match wasn't for another five weeks, which was far too long a nd a difficult period in which to keep up the motivat ion and interest of the players. Not surprisingly a lack of sharpness was ev ident in the next fixtu re agai nst St. Ed mund's 3rd XI a nd a match which should have been won was lost 2-1. In the rinal match of the seaso n against Kent College we were 3-0 down at ha lf tim e and st ill 3-0 down with fifteen mi nut es to play, but then playing probably the best hockey of the season and moving the ba ll quick ly between the fo rwards and parti cu la rly to the ri ght wi ng, we scored three goa ls to draw the match 3-3 and refl ect on wha t might have been if we had played like those last fi fteen minutes fo r the rest of the season. It really showed the value of quick thinking a nd quick pass ing, which at present is the weakness of mostlllembers of the team. Alt hough they have all worked hard duri ng the season to improve thei r skill levels, it is this extra speed which they wi ll have to add to thei r game if they are to be success rul players in the future. A.W.D. Team: C. E. A. Veitch (Capt.), D. M. Atkins, S. B. Co nnoll y, M. L. Con nolly, P. L. Grove, A. C. Hulme, J. C. Johnstone, W. A. Manning, W. R. J. Osmond, B. Petit, J. M. Press. Also played: J. E. Bailey, R. S. Dibley, E. N. Peer, T. R. Rurfel!. RESULTS P layed 6, Won I, Drawn 2, Lost 3. v Chatham House . Drawn 2-2 v SI. Lawrence. Lost 1-2 v Duke of York's. Won 2- 1 v SI. Edmund's (3rd XI). Lost 1-2 v Cranbrook . Lost 1-9 v Kent College. Drawn 3-3

Junior Colts 'A' and '8' As a squad, this year's Ju nior Colts were probably the most talented fo r many years. It was there rore a continuing di sappoi ntment to wa tch the team lose mat ch after match - often after displaying skills a t least as impressive as those of their opponent s. Admittedly they were unfortunate to have to play half the matches in very wet condit ions - a remarkable circumstance granted tha t no ga mes were lost because or the weather - as their size a nd skills were bette r su ited to artificial surfaces. Nonet heless it must be said that they underachieved. The team contained several very capable players. Ruffell on the right wing was often outstanding, and more use should have been made of his attacki ng fla ir. Doust, on the left wing, was also impress ive in that difficult position. Kennerley at centre forward had fine sti ckwork and a fierce shot, but was a little shorl of pace, and Skelton, Hodgson and Crowe all contributed wholeheartedly as inside fo rwards. Pallman in midfield was the most energetic player, though his distribution and strategic sense were ult imately a little disappointing. At the back, Kenyon, Workman, Shepley and Postans all had their moments of glory, though they never quite worked together as a derensive unit. Craddock, who replaced Crossley in goal , made a number or fine saves, but was too often left exposed. Finally, the Caplain , May, developed into an increasi ngly forceful and dominant cent re-half and deserves credit for keeping calm despite the occasional air of panic around him . In the end, it was perhaps a lack or st rength and pace that let them down. Too often the midfield was surrendered and the defe nce was left vulnerab le to counter-attacks. A lack of confidence was reinforced by defeat, despite the ract that the side was never outplayed: instead they played just as well as their oppo nents, however good they were, but never well enough to domi nate. Even in the so le victory, agai nst SI. Edmund's, a goal was conceded ea rly on, and the eventual success was greeted wit h stunned surprise, rather than with relier or jubilation. Undoubted ly the success or the season was the 'B' team. Not only did they play well a nd success rully, but they were always enthusiastic and cheerful - indeed there were invariably more eager players than could be accommodated in matches a nd practices. They played to no set patt ern. Instead, they worked o ut a plan on the spur of the moment, and had the con fi dence to modiry it as the game proceeded. The abidi ng memories o r the season are of G undry sc uttling down the right wing; Homan foraging in the centre; the Howard twins freewheeling around the midfield; Mumford coolly dependable in defence; Svasti-Salee calmly mopping up at the back; Dobell keeping goal with some skill and bravery ... and above all, of a great deal of sk ill a nd enjoyment.

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'A' team: M. R. J. Craddock, N. J. Workman, N. S. Shcpley, C. J. E. Postans, B. N. May (Capt .), P. T. Kcnyon, T. R. Ruffell , C. A. L. Patlman, D. J. C. Kennerley, D. M. Hodgson, J. G. S. Dou sl. Also played: S. A. Crossley, C. M. Crowe, A. H. Homan, G. Skelton. 'B' team: M. V. L. Dobell, M. R. J. Craddock, G. M. Armstrong, D. Svast i-Salee , A. F. G. Mumford, C. M. Crowc J. P. de Haan, S. J . Gundry, G. Skelton, A. H. Homan, D. L. Howard, M. J. Howa rd, L. R. Klugma n, C . 1. Jepp' W. M. S. Foster, D. M. Hodgson, C. M. M. Walder. ' RESULTS 'A'TEAr..', v Dukc of York's. Lost 2-3 v C hatham House. Lost 0-2 v SI. Lawrence. Drawn 2-2 v C ranbrook. Lost 0-3 v Su lton Valence. Lost 1-4 v Sir Roger Manwood's. Lost 2-3 v Kent College. Cancellcd v SI. Edmu nd 's. Won 2- 1 'B'TEAM v SI. Lawrence. Drawn I-I v Dukc of York's. Drawn 1- \ v Kent College . Lost 2-3 v Sutt on Valencc. Won 3-0

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A scason in which on ly onc game is won can hardly be anything .but d isappointing. However, due t? the weather and N.L.P .'s organization, a ll 39 boys managcd to play at least three tllnes a week th roug~ou! t.he term. T ~lIS has enabled the beginners to master the basic skills while the more experienced players developed better mdlvldual techmquc, especially with the regular usc of an astroturf pitch. Playing o n an all-wcather surface has allowed the smaller boys to competc morc favourably than when faced with larger opponents on grass. The whole group were coached as a squad, of which 16 played for the 'A' team and nearly everyone had the opportunity to play for the school during the course of the term. There are a number of skilful players in the group, around which the 'A ' team operated, and by their example they helped raise the genera l standard of play. It was their lack of organization in play tha.t kept us at a ~isadvantage against many of the schools this being the first time these boys had played toget her. The fir st game agamsl C hatham House was a good example', where, man .for man, we were thcir.equa l., but posit ionall y \~e lost our way and let in a singlc decisivc goal. The sa me can be sa id about the ga mes agalllst Sir Roger Manwood s and Sutton Va lence. The 'A' team started to take shape against Duke of York's whcn the midfield trio of Norris, Woolnough and Wi11iams kept the opposition in their own half for 90010 of the game and dcspite many chances crcated by Gardner on the right wing, it was Craddock who managed to break the deadlock with a single goa l. Cooling in our goal had just one touch of the ball. This was soon to change, for no sooner had Ollr goa lkeepcr padded up, thal~ C~anbrook pushed back and were 2-0 up from short-corners before we had mental1y got off the coach. It was two superb mdlvidual goals by Woolnough from the edge of the D and by Gardner from the half-way lin~ that kept us i l~ the game despit~ ~ bun~py, slop!ng pitch. C. Ball at right back had a very difficult job and stuck to IllS task well, with Sayer a nd Wilhams ttlterceptm g many of Cranbrook's attacks. At SI. Lawrence, Grindley was moved to right back a~ h7 has a very st rO!lg hi~ , idea l on grass, a n ~ Z~igler JOi!lCd Dupuy and Craddock in attack. Aga in , Ki ng's had the maJonty of the posse~slon With Woolnough dOllllllatlllg midfield and Gage and Grindley covering at the back. It was through too mu.ch attacki ng that. \~e were caught o ut by a brcflkawar goa l but it said much for the team that they camc back and equahzed, through Wlll lam~. The game could eas.'l y have been won had it not been through dangerous play that Woolnough had to leave the field aftcr a blow to IllS knee. In the East Kent tournament it was our inability to score goa ls despite having many chances that led us to draw fivc games and so lost out in the final game by a. matter of seconds when Roger Manwood 's equalized and denied u~.a place in the semi-final s. In the last ga me agamst Kent Co llege, bot h teams playcd some good hockey and the spmt of the side helped them pull back two goa ls, both excellentl y converted short-corners by A. Woolnough. There was some fin e courageous goal keeping by Cooling. The team showed great improvements in the short season and sIJC(:ial mention must go ~o R. Gardner.and~. Woolnough who gained representative honours for Kent with Sayer, Craddock, Gage and Coohng all allendmg tnals. The 'B' team had so me good performances and progressed wc!I, several of then~ having opportunities ~o play f,?r the 'A's and Jackson was quickly promoted from reserve to play III the 4th X I, agaillst Sutton Va lence. WlthÂˇGut l.me shouting encouragcment frolll the goal as well as being. a reliablc keeper, Wa~ner, also an able ke 7pe.r, acted as an effiCient sweeper, allowing Waddell and Dean to cover the wmgs. South was a sohd defel~der. TI~e midfield ~arelY set~l~d duc to inj uries to Lobb and Rayner, but Bal1 and Rinaldi co~tro\led the ball we11 wh.ll.e the tireless runll1ng of Wil lis was always in support. With Webb attacking down the right wlllg there were opportUll1tlcs for Odgers and Shah to connect, which Matthew managed somehow against Duke of York's. Ovcrall thi s was a season where al1 players improved a nd there is a basis fo r two goocl teams as they progress up the schooi. The smaller playcrs had a n opportunity to play against a J .K.S. team when they were able for once to look down at thc opposition and felt pleased with thcmselvcs in securing a 4-1 victory. I wou ld like to thank: the boys for their punctuality a nd sensible behavi.our in I?ractice.s; Edward Sayer for his sound captaincy and hard work both on and off the pitch; H:~.J.A ..for al1 hiS hell? In sharlllg the learns; ~ . L.P. for the support and daily organization; members of sta ff for dnvlllg dUlles; and, especially, the many loyal famlltes that ca me to give their valuable support at every game. S.E.A. 126

'A 'team: E. P. G. Sayer (Capt.j, C. W. K. Ball, R. C. Cooling, B. W. M. Craddock , P. M. Dupuy, H. W. Gage, R. H. E. Gardner, J. B. W. Grindlcy, J. Kingsland, R. J. Norris, L. A. Williams, A. P. Woolnough, C. J. Ziegler. Also played: O. C. Dean, S. D. B. Guthrie, M. P. de V. Rina ld i . RESULTS Played 7, Won I, Drawn 2, Lost 4. Goals for 8, Goals against 14. v Chatham House (A). Lost 0-1 v Sir Roger Manwood's (1-1). Lost 1路2 v Duke of York's R.M.S. (1-1). Won 1-0 v Sutton Valence (H). Lost 1-4 v Cranbrook (A). Lost 2-4 v Kent College (A). Drew 2-2 v SI. Lawrence (A). Drew I-I '8' team from: C. W. K. Ball, O. C. Dcan, S. D. B. G uthrie, A. M. Hine, C. A. J. Lobb, J. D. Mitchel1, M. I. Odgers, J. B. Rayner, M. P. de V. Rinaldi , S. Shah, R. D. Si ngh, A. J. South, A. C. N. Waddell, M. A. Warner, J. O. Willis, W. M. Webb. RESU LTS

P layed 4, Wo n 0, Drawn 2, Lost 2. Goals for 3, Goa ls against 7. v Duke of York's (A). Lost 1-3 v Su ton Valence (A). Lost 0-2 v Cranbrook (H). Drew 1路 1 v Ken t Col1ege (A). Drew 1路 1

GIRLS' HOCKEY It has b~cn another successful term's hockey: we havc been unbeaten in our fivc matches. Cat herine Goodman, our vicc-captalll, played spectacularly throughout the whole season, with excellent tackling and stickwork. Victoria Baity scored most of the goals and this included two brilliant hat tricks. The opposition were regularly prevented from reaching thcir goa l by the s.kilful defence work of Nicola Bains and Katie Knight. Our goalkeeper, Carey Knight, saved more goals than she let Ill, and some of the lalter were from difficult angles. The forwards integrated much better this term with Liz Wilson, Selena Doylc, Hilary Breeze and Sarah C larke all contributing towards the team's succcsses. Lisa Blake improved more and more each game and played consistently well. Unfortunately, Hayley PCItS missed two of the games but was able to play in our final match against the School Monitors which was predictably amusing. Our most compet it ive mat ch was against the Univesit y 2nd XI and our on ly match on Astrot urf was the opening onc of the term against Sir Roger Manwood 's. The season finished with an enjoyablc day out at Wembley to watc h England beat West Germany. I should like to thank Mrs. Wood ley and Mr. Hendcrson for their umpiring and advice thi s term. ANNABEL DAVtES.

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Played 5, Won 3, Drawn v Sevenoaks. Drawn I- I v SI. Edmund's. Won 3-1 v Sir Roger Manwood 's. Won 1-0 v U.K.C . 2nd X I. Won 3-2 v Christ Church Collegc. Drawn 0-0 As Annabel says, the lSI Xl have had another remarkable term. They have managed to maintain their standard of last term despite having to play all their practice games on grass at Birleys. They have been hclped enormously by excellent weather all term and by the challenge from 3rd/4th X l each week. Their games were well路balanccd and equal. I should like to add my thanks to Annabel for her captaincy this year - she should feel well-pleased with the performance of her learn - and to Catherine who was vice-captain. To have two such oUlstanding playcrs in the team has been a g~cat st rength and they have well deserved thcir 1st Colours. Girls' Colours have been awarded to goalkeeper Carey Kntgl.lI who (after a bit of persuasion) decided she would 'give it a go' at the beginning of the season. Wc're so glad shc did as s.he proved to be of th~ stufr the best goalkeepers a re made of - reliable, determined and unnappable! A lso awardcd Glrl.S Colo~ r s are Katie Kmght for. hcr remarkable pcrformance in defcncc, and Hilary Breeze a nd Selena Doyle for theIr altackmg play on the forward !tne. Thank you, once again, to Mr. Peter Henderson for his hclp this term. J.A.W.

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1986 - Played 8, Won I, Drawn 4, Lost 3. 1987 - P layed 10. Won 5, Drawn 0, Lost 5. 1988 - P layed 8, Won 4, Drawn 2. Lost 2. 1989 - P layed 12, Won 9, Drawn 3, Lost O. Such is the record of the 1st XI since Soccer became a Major Sport and the fixture list was upgraded four years a The improvement in basic technique a nd the increase in enthusiasm have been there for all 10 see, and the magnific~O' season that the team has had this year bears eloq uent test imony to the excellent coach ing and the selfless devOti on~} those who have taken the junior sides over th is period.

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AI the sl art of the season we knew we cou ld count on the skil l and experience of three or four players from lasl year, but it seemed ot her positions would be difficu lt to fill . From the very first practice, however, one could sense a spirit and a wi llingness to train that was to be the hallmark of this year's side, and somehow it came as no surprise to win our first mat ch agai~st V ..C.S. 4-0. On the ~oUowin g Tl:'esday we scored another 4, this time a~ainst old sparring part ners SI. Edmund's, with MIke Holden notdllng a hat -tric k to match that of fellow centra l st nker Nick MUsson in the first ga me. Mark Northeast scored with a beautifully struck ha lf-volley from outside the area, and possessed as he is of a wonderfu l shot, he will su rely score ma ny more than just the one goal next season. The next match was against Dulwich in the mud. A keen tussle saw tiS finish the more effectively to run out 2-0 winners wit h Peter Davies, o ne of the rinds of the season, scoring one of the goals. The most thrilling game of the season followed against Maidstone G.S., who had won the Kent Cup in the Autumn Term. 2-0 down at half-term, defeat never entered our heads, and we surged to a 3-2 lead before co nced ing the draw with an unfortunate defensive error minutes before full-time. A feature of the game was the hugely effect ive marking job Giles Andrews did on their centre-forward who was but one of three Kent V 19 players they had in their side. On the Satu rday we faced a highly talented side from Brentwood, yet another of the two-term Soccer schools on our fixture list. Again and again we repelled their insistent attacks until the defences were breached and a goal was conceded. With 10 minutes to go it looked all over, but cometh the hour cometh the man, albeit a little one. Left-back Eliot van Ti l latched onto a loose ba ll all of 35 yards out, a nd with a shot that belied his stat ure he fired the equaliser past an astonished goalkeeper to the ecstatic delight of team and supporters. Eliot regaled all those unfortunate enough to have missed it with the tale long into the nighl...and the next day ... and the next. The first half of term we then rounded o ff in style with a n emphatic 5-1 win over a previously unbeaten K.C.S. Wimbledon side, with Nick Musson scori ng another hat-trick. On our return from exeat we learned that a supremely fit and skilful side from Sevenoaks, who now play Soccer as their only Lent Term Major Sport, had demolished Brentwood 4-1 earlier in the term, and we had to meet them in our fir st away ga me of the season. Our ow n fitness was never in doubt during the term - windjammers anyone? - but we d ispelled any half-term cobwebs wit h an in tense fit ness session on the Wednesday, and then Ollr reward on the Saturday. In appalli ng condit ions on a quagmire of a pitch we surv ived a first-ha lf onslaught, thanks not least to some splendid goal-keeping by Ch ris Job and magnificent sweepin g by Ed Floydd, whose mighty clearances were such an im porta nt feature of the whole season. Mike Holden snat ched an opportunist goal just before half-time, and in a titanic second half we drew on every ou nce of stamina and spirit until Mike made it sa fe with a second goal a minute from the fina l whist le. It was the match of the season and the o ne that co nvinced us that all unbeaten record was really on the cards. Against Dover College we scored another four. Mark Nort heast won the Borough Foods Man of the Match Award, and Flem Webb got a goal. He got another one o n the following Saturday in the most remarkable game of the season. We travelled to Colfe's without Mark Northeast (suffering the effects of an excess of junk-food) and in the knowledge that they still had eight of last year's powerful side . Almost incredibly we were 2-0 up within the first few minutes or the game, a nd, as a poorly disciplined Co lfe's side disintegrated, we scored another six. Mike Holden and Nick Musson, who had caused major problems for most defences all season, ran riot, scoring seven between them and reducing Danny and his mates to rage and despair. The Blue and White Army returned to Ca nterbury in triumph. Three days later it was away again to London - this time to play Westminster, a graveyard for visiting teams. The Manager was unavoidab ly detained, and in his absence the team drew a game they shou ld have Wall. The forwards missed chance after chance - yes, even Flem - but still we went into a 2-0 lead, on ly to give away a soft goal through an uncharacterist ic mistake by keeper Chris J ob, and to suffer that familiar reverse, the Westminster penalty. The disappo in tment was intense - anyone would have thought we had lost. The dreadfu l revenge was wreaked, however, in the next game, as SI. Augustine's were put to the sword. Mike Holden added another four to his ta lly, Flem Webb hit the target twice - yes, in one game - and super-sub David FriSian made up the seven, as he dcputised for the injured Nick Musson.

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And so the climax of the season approached, as the O.K.S. marshalled their serr ied ranks; Briggs was there - as ere Kerry, Leathem, Attwood and Norris. The large touchline crowd, scenting victory, gasped as the Old Boys powered ~ to a 3- 1 lead, with the slope and wind favouring them in the second half. The fightback, however, was li ke the season ~n miniature: fitness, finishing power, and a n absolute refusal to lie down and die. Mike Holden notched two before tony Brown, keeping his head admirably, slotted a penalty to equalise. With minutes to go we won a corner, and Ed floydd, soaring majestically above the defence, headed the ball firmly into the net for the winner. What a season it had been. The most significant factor in our tremendous success was probably the electric pace nd lethal finishing power of Mike Holden and Nick Musson, who scored an astonish ing 35 goals between them, but ahe midrield were pretty effective too, especially in the second half of games, with Mark Nort heast a player of real I bility. The defence was far better than I ever dared hope, and if an opposing forward managed to escape destruction 8 the hands of Ed Floydd, he still had to score past Chris Job ... and didn 't van Ti l do well ! To have conceded just t ~4 goals in 12 games was quite remarkable. But let us not underestimate the part played by Chad Schafer, the captain. His calm and unassuming leadership was a significant fa ctor in the team' s whole approach, and it was a very great pleasure worki ng with him. He also won the toss twice as o ften as Simon Turner ever did! Finall y my thanks go to J oe Musson for all his help and advice, to Nevile Float and his groundsmen for the excellent work they did on the pitches, to Stuart Sm ith a nd his Kitchen staff for the match teas, 10 all the parents who supported uS throughout the So ul h-East (with a specia l mention fo r Ch ri stian Webb who witnessed his brother's every miss), and 10 ail who have taken the School's othe r sides this yea r. This was my last season with the 1st XI, a nd what a wonderful wa'y to go oul. I will long cher ish the memory of the good humour, the friendliness. the sportsmanship , the singing _ oh yes, and the talent - of this year's side, and I a m deeply gratefu l to them all for a truly wonderfu l season.

P.A.E.D. Team: R. W. H. Schafer (Capt.), G. B. Andrews, A. J. H. Brown, P. G. Davies, E. R. S. Floydd, M. I. Holden, C. J. T. Job, N. F. Musson, M. G. Northeast, E. K. van Til, F. G. Webb. Alsop/ayed: N. V. Da ley, A. Das, D. I. R. Friston, D. T. Hamilton , A. J . W. W. Skarbek, P. J. N. Stevens, S. M. A. C. Satchu. First Colours: R. W. H. Schafer, A. J. H. Brown, E. R. S. Floydd, M. I. Holden, (re-awarded). C. J. T. Job , N. F. Musson, M. G. Northeast, E. K. van Til, F. G. Webb. Second C%llrs: G. B. Andrews, A. Das, P. G. Davies, D. I. R. Friston, J. G. Hudsmith, P. J. N. Stevens. ReSULTS

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P layed 12, Won 9, Drawn 3, Lost O. Goals fo r 46; goals against 14 . V.C.S. (H). Won 4-0 v Sevenoaks (A). Won 2-0 St. Edmund's (H). Won 4-1 v Dover College (H). Wo n 4-0 Du lwich (H). Won 2-0 v Colfe's (A). Wo n 8-2 Maid sto ne G.S. (H). Draw n 3-3 v Westminster (A). Drawn 2-2 Brentwood (H). Drawn 1-1 v SI. August ine's (H) . Won 7- 1 K.C.S. Wimb ledon (H) . Won 5- 1 v O.K.S. (H ). Wo n 4-3 20, Musso n 15, Webb 4, Floydd 2, Brown, Davies, Frislon, Northeast , van Til.

House Football The seeding comm ittee's instincts were thorough ly vindicated in a Competit ion that saw the favourites Grange li ft the Cup with a 2Âˇ0 win over Wa lpole in the sem i-final and a 1-0 victory in the fina l over Broughton who had seen off the chal\enge of a li vely Luxm oore side in the other semi-final.

2nd XI Usually we start this repor! wit h the number of ma tches cancelled becau se of adverse weather conditions. This season has been exceptional in the fact that not one practice day or one match has had to be cancelled. There was o ne cancelled match. Westminster cancelled because oft ranspor! problems; their coach was considered unroadwort hy a nd not allowed 10 continue the journey. As always a 2nd XI has to put up wit h changes while su pporting the 1st XI wit h players and we were only able to field the same team on two occasions. The defence developed into a st rong unit and changed little during the season. The mid-field was always changing a nd this, I fee l, was the reason why the team never rea lly played to its true potential. The forwa rds had individual skills bu t did not blend together or look very dangerous in front of goal. N. Daley was a com petent a nd courageous goalkeeper but as a mem ber of the squash team we rarely saw him fo r practices and it showed occasio nally on match days. S. Satchu, J . Hudsmith, E. Linforth and B. Peachey made up Ihe back four and at leasl 3 of them shou ld find a place in the 1st XI next seaso n. A. Das wil1 probably fi ll the one gap in the 1st XI midfield next season, alt hough A. Skarbek and P. Stevens will be in st rong contentio n. Alt hough the 1st XI will be losing all their forwards this year I thi nk the 3rd XI forward line who have played toget her for th ree seasons will be a better combination than a li ne which d id nothing to frighten the oppos it ion this year.

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Now to mention a few of the highlights of the seaso n. The best goa l of the season was by P. Stevens against D I . - a shot from just inside t he penalty area which was st ill risi ng as it hit th e back of the nel. The most importanUt wlch of the season was by J. Hudsmith , aga in st Wimbled o n in the last minute of th e mat ch. The miss of the scaso gOal by A. Das - a penalty against Maidstone G.S. The lueky esca pe of the season was a draw against Brentwoodn '*a~ coldest p layer of the seaso n was A. Woolston wit h gloves, a thick pair o f shorts and an ext ra shirt to keep him ~a;he Team: J . G. Hudsmith (Capt.), D. J. Cox , N. V. Daley, A. Das, D. I. R. Frislon, D. C. T. Hamilton, E. J. LinfOrt~' n. C. Peachey, S. M. A. C . Satchu, A. J. W. W. Skarbe k, P. J. N. Steve ns, A. J. Woolston. '

Also played: P. H. Apps, E. W. Burt, J. G. Flynn, S. R. Maggs, J . A. N. Morley, J. C. Ousey, P. C . Pacaud, D. J . J . Sargenl. D.l.O. R ESU LTS

Played \0, Won 2, Drawn 4, Lost 4.

, U. C.S . (A). Lost 3-5 v Du lwich (H). Won 6Âˇ4 v Maid stone a.s. (H). Lost \ -3

v Brentwood (H ). Drawn I- I

v Scvcnoaks (H). Drawn 3-3

v Dover Co llege (H ). Drawn I- I Colfe' s (H). Lost 1-3 SI. August in e's (H). Lost 2-4 v Kent Co llege (1-1). Won 2- 1

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3rd XI 'Chop Big Ron' screamed the tabl o id s, '3rd XI mig ht seck cha nges at the to p' suggested the qualities, 'What is the Doc doing?' queried GlaZllost. After a 0-8 defeat o n the fir st day of the season the press was aski ng questions and the public demandcd answers. '

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Was there any panic? Did the manager listen to t he seducti ve voice of Rea l Margate, the peseta milli onaires? NC\'crl Perseverance was in order, and persevera nce it was, togcther with a lillie co nst ructive re fereeing, which brought aboui a change in fo rtunes a nd a 5-5 home draw with SI. Augustine's. Success breeds success, and another home draw, 3.3 with Maidslone G.S., was followed by the first win of the season, 2- 1 against Brentwood in an ill-tempered gamc. Thing~ wcre o n the up : Simo n P a ttullo m issed 'Neighbo urs' to " isit the s po rts sho p a nd buy some new boots; Brian Yau wa ~ see n running; and John O'Mahoney turned up for practice. This level of commitment was bound to payoff, and W imbledon wcre thc ncxtto suffer, goi ng down 0-2 to goals fro m P at tullo and Ch um. Un fortu natcly, ovcr-conl1dence gOI the bctter of us. On a p it ch that resem bled a hybrid betwecn a MOllc-and-Bailey castle a nd a Colombian land slip, Sevelwaks just sneak ed home 6-0 , despite a shinin g performanec by Ollie Hint o n in goal, and Colfc's came to Birley's and scored 5 again st Brian Vau' s one (though ours was the most spectacular) . Rumbli ngs were beginning to be heard aga in, but the lad s responded with a 4-2 win aga inst SI. Augusti nc's, des pi te Bill Seo ll 's att empt to even things lip by g iving away a penalty . The final game of the season was p layed on a dark a nd storm y Tuesday, and resulted in a 2-3 loss to Kcnt Collcge. Pattullo a nd Maggs, the IllOSt consistent scorers of the seaso n , nctted again. So it's back to the drawing board. Will Ed Cargill head the ba ll nex t season? Will Kola Sonaike lea rn to pass? Can we arrange our fi xtures not to coincide with Oggy's excats? On ly ti me wi ll tell.

Team: E. Cargill (Capt.), D. Chum, O. H inton, S. Maggs, J . O'Mahoney, A. Ogcdcgbe, P. Paca ud , S. Pattullo. W. Scott, K. Sonaik c*, J . Wors ley, B. Wyalt, B. Vau, K. Ycoh. Also played: P. ApI'S, J. Flynn, A. Hyatt, J. Morse, B. Palm er, S. Satchu. (*penolty misser) W.R.P. RI!SULTS

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v Sevenoaks (Al. Lost 0-6 v Col fe ' s (H). Lost 1Âˇ5

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v SI. A ugustine's (H). Won 4-2

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v Kent Coll ege (H). Lost 2-3

(Maggs (2), Pattu llo) v Brent wood (H). Won 2-1 (Pallu llo, Maggs) v K.C.S. Wimbledon (H). Wo n 2-0 (Pattullo , Chum)

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of IwO halves, Jimmy' , The famous old say ing was so true of so many of our disappointing defeats this We defended well in a goallcss first half in the opening game against U .C.S. on ly to lose 4-0. The second ga me se~inSI S1. Augustine's saw some fine first-ha lf forward play from Langton and Feria, but we failed to convert our a~ances whereas SI. Augustine's took all of theirs to lead 6-0 al half-lime. With Jonathan Parker marshalling the defence C; looked very tight a,gainsl Brentwood, but gav~ away some silly goals. Simon Crossley marked his relUrn 10 soccer ; ainsl Wimbledon WIth a love ly goal from outside the box, but alas we conceded a lale goa l. \ve travelled to Scvcnoaks for the next game, dominated the first half but again did ourselves an injustice by o nl y oing in 2-2 at half-t ime. Then the slope, the cold and the rain got the better of our players and Sevenoak s scored 4 goals in as man y minutes at the slart of the seco nd half. We frust rated Colfe's for a half, showing them how well we ~u ld defend but fe ll apart in the second half and despite a laudab le effort from Tester in goa l, lost 5-0. There was another heavy defeat agai nst Westm inster, but cred it to Ousey and Parker, who kept tackli ng ferociou sly. We had our chances, especially in the second half, but to no avai l. Then came Kent College and wit h a slight ly slower paced ga me we really started to play some sweet footba ll , playing the ball 10 feet, running into spaces and worki ng nice tr ia ngles. Fine performances from Crossley, FerIa and Langton helped us at last 10 a well deserved win, a nd li ke Welsh rugby, all was not lost! SOIl.

C.P.N. Team from: B. L. Ousey (Capt.), J. S. Andrews, T. A. Cox, S. A. Crossley, A. S. Davies, A. L. F. Epps, C. J. Feria, D. H. Fraser, D. A. Goggi ns, M. J. Hamilton, E. C. Kerr, H. P. G. Langton, O. O. Oshunkoya, J. R. E. Parker, T. P. Paxton, A. J . Powe r, G. J. Tester. RESULTS

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Played 8, Won I. Drawn I, Lost 6. V.C .S. (H). Lost 4-0 v Sevenoaks (A). Lost 6-3 St. Augustine's (H). Lost 6-1 v Colfe's (A). Lost 5-0 Brenlwood (A). Lost 4-0 v Westm inster (A). Lost 5- 1 K.C.S. Wimb ledon (A). Drew 1- 1 v Kent College (H). Won 5-3

Under 15 "B' XI Well , the season started li ke a bad dream. Despite our efforts to remember o nl y Macey' s goal against U.C .S ., the follow ing the word 'lost' did not look too good on the board. Never mind : we a ll knew we were slow starters. Our second game was slightly more encouraging. SI. Augustine's was a BIG side and they thought they wou ld slaughter us. They nearly did! However, the Ca ntcrbury rain a nd the mud o n our pilch started to underm inc their con fi dence. After missi ng a few golden opport uni ties , we ma naged to score two well deserved goals, thanks to Wi ll iams a nd F rancis, while they scored four. Our next match was awaited wit h apprehension as Brent wood plays soccer in both the first and second terms. Losing 0-4 against them was, in a way, a n honourable defeat. O ur hour of triumph was at hand. Playi ng away at Sevenoaks, wit h the rain fa lling heav il y on our shoulders, we fought unt il the end . We started badly. losing 0-2 after only ten mi nutes ! At half-li me, however, we were only 1-2.down, having had the wind and rai n against us. After half-time, we somehow regained energy a nd scored three goals in the second ha lf while they on ly scored one. Power, Francis, Wi lliams and Bessa rat were the heroes of the day , d renched but happy scorers. Our last match, against Colfe's, seemed, a t the start, like a repeat: losi ng 0-1 al ha lf-time against rain a nd wind. The o ranges d id not do the Irick this time and we losl 0-2. We would have preferred to win more matches, but, on the whole, we made some p rogress this season. There was noticeable improvement from George, Pearce and Besseral in defence, Paxton and Power in midfield, Williams and Francis as forwards. and Fraser as goal-keeper. M.P.H.D. Team from: A Bessarat (Capt.j, R. J. T. Craig, R. J. Francis, D. H. Fraser, B. K. T. George, V. J. A. Georgiadis, R. C. Gosling, Z. M. Khan, D. T. Macey, T. Paxton, C. J. Pearce. A. J . Power, J. M. S. Rigden, R. E. T. Williams. ~ven

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It would be easy to say what was wrong with the team, but severe criticism would not be fair, as, with a eh . hockey. soccer a nd rowing available, it would be unrealist ic to expect to find cleven players good enough to c~lce of with the rca I soccer playing schools lik e Colre's and Brentwood. The result s in these two matc hes refleci what m~te gu lf in abili ty ex ists al the junior leve ls. a wide

The other malches were worthwhile however and, although outclassed by Sevenoaks, we battled hard to lim' . ~coring opport~n i lies. Chris~os Rodopoulos made ~ome exc~l1el!t saves and, if he can speed up around his arcH their If he grows a bit too) then his naturally good handling and klCklllg should make him a morc t han useful keepe ~ (and f fut ure. Of the ot her players, Mike Cotto n developed into a strong-tackling a nd tho ught fu l cent ral defender and the Lamont show~d some useful touches in ~id-fiel.d a nd, with better conce~tr~tion a nd composure on the ball , will be:-mes a rea lly effective player. Up fr~mt, D~llIel QUi n looked sha rp on the limited o~casio ns that he got good service orne he scored a well deserved hat-trick agamst Kent College. Jalo me Iro ne worked lirelessly fro m the fir st kick-off as. ~nd J .K.S. ~o the fina l whistl~ against Kent C~l~ege and re~eives vote as joint ' pl ayer of the season' with Mike Cot lnSt Un luckiest player was Nell Cole who was Injured ea rly In the Wim bledon match a nd had to sit o ut the next two fi xt ton . His enthusiasm and determ inatio n were badly missed a nd , with Daniel Q uin also side-lined by injury for the Wimbl~es. encounter, a match that could have been won slipped from our grasp. The other eight who played for the team al va . On times all tri ed their best and made some valuable contrib utions. fl OUS The whole squad was pleasant to coach, as, despite mo dest overall ability and some potentially demoralising result nea rly everyone remained keen a nd cheerful. H owever, if performances are to improve in their Under 15 seasOn theS, will have to learn to be meaner in the tackle. to mark more tightly a nd to work harder. Ball skills need even more atle~lio y as t~e lack of coord ination, ~specially in ~ea~ing and. in first~ti me intercept ions a nd p!,sses, was rat her em barrassi~g' at times. However, the most Im porta nt th ing IS to enJOY playmg soccer a nd I a m confident that a fair number of th sq uad will do tha t o ver the yea rs to come. e

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Played 7, Won 2, Lost 5. , J.K .S. (H). Won 3-0 v Sevcnoa ks (H ). Lost 0-5 v University Co llege School (A). Lost 0-1 v Colfe's (H) . Lost 0-12 v Brentwood (A). Lost 0-12 v Kent Co llcge (H). Won 5-3 v K. C.S. Wimbledon (A) . Lost 1-3

Under 14 '8' XI T he death rattle of U I4 football at King's was very much in evidence in a poor q ualit y B side . The small squad had precious litt le ab ilit y in depth and as a result match results against strong footba ll play ing schools were lillie short of disastrous. Despite the constanl maulings, we a lways managed to ra ise a side (somet imes despera te ly! ) which is more tha n can be sa id for some schools against whom we might have had realistic chances. However it was not all gloom, and a small ba nd of dedicated lads seemed 10 enj oy o ur practice games with the A's (as d id I!). Irrespecti ve of the heav iness of their defeats, they kept tryi ng in a serio us manner and so d id not embarrass themselves or myself. In turn ing up to practices and matches and doing their best they will have matured. Sadly there were ot hers who found hab itua l excuses not to tak e part, and who hid thei r failings with mis placed sarcasm a nd ribaldry - they have a lot of grow ing up to do. Than ks are due to C. J .R.J. for the overall running of the squad and for the parents who bravcd the tOllchline in support. N.A.L.

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Badminton V Ie term got under way wit h an easy victory against Su lton Valence. Mahesh Dalamal and Ken Yeoh were dominant l fi rst pair and showed no mercy. a O IT next match was against o ur regular opponents Kent College. T his went the same way, even with Alex Skarbek's . Âˇu;cd wrist, which unfortunately plagued him for the rest of the season. lflJA few days later we went to SI. Lawrence but without . . an d so not surprlSmg .. 1y Mahesh. The team was short 0 r practice OUT performance was weak a nd we had our only UI9 loss of the term. In Sevenoaks things were close. Nearly all rubbers w!!nt to .three ga~es. Tv'!"ahesh and !os M.arti n narro\yly defeated h ir first pai r, and Ken and Barnaby Tower played adm irab ly III defeatlllg their seco nd pair, which resulted In an overall ~i~lOry for King's in one of the closest matches of the term. Because of the unavailability o f St. .Mary's. Hal! it was a n .unpr~ctised and pessimisti~ team that went to Graves~n.d. the first pair (Jos and Mahesh) had an lllterestlllg firs t rubbcr III which they managed to WUl one game from a 3-12 deficit! Missin g Barnaby with in jury we o nce again met Kent College, and with Jim Knight filling the gap we gai ned another (not 100 ard uous) victory. The term finis hed as it startcd, against Sutton Valence, but with a great ly reduced tcam o f Ken and Barnaby at first air and Matt WiU ifer a nd Nic k Shepley, who are still only pari of our UI6 team, as second pa ir. The who le team ~Ul 1n an outstanding performance, allow ing Sulton Va lence to gain only one game in four rubbers. The UI6team also acq uitted themselves well. Their first match against a strong Gravesend side gave them much to be proud of. A lthough they failed to win a rubber, four of the rubbers went to three games. Josh De Haan and James Doust seem to be a promisi ng pa iring for the future (with pract ice!). Their other two matches against Kent College were both casy victories. Once they are ab le to play regularly in o ur new sports hall, they look as if they will prove 3 threat to our opponents. The ter m has provided cxcellent resu lts for both teams, particularly the U 19s. All except one of the current U 19 team arc available next year, and we hope to enjoy an even more successful season tha n this, and perhaps find places in the Kent team. As always thanks must go to Pat Davis whosc expertise has been invaluable to those who have been present .. Mahesh? Other co mmitments mean we cannot have school fixtures nex t term, but the Ha ll will sti ll be open for ordinary play, and of coursc the open and junior house matches. J. L. MARTIN, M. DALAMAL. U/9 Team from: J. L. Martin (Capt.), M. A. Billot, M. Dalamal, J . E. D. Knight, A. J. W. W. Skarbek, B. G. T. Tower (awarded colours), K-W. Yeoh. U/6 Team: J . P. De Haan , J. G. S. DOtlSI, N. S. Shepley, M. L. J . Willifer.

Basketball Last seaso n's unbeaten seaso n for the Senior team prompted hopes of a repeat performa nce this year, especia ll y in view of thc fact that so many of the squad were still availab le. Unfortunately, these hopes were not realised: as in most tcam games, successful play depends not only upon the abilities o f the players within thc team, but the balance of the learn, and its effectiveness as a unit. For a ll the talent within the squad, it has to be sa id that this ba la nce was missing al times, especially under pressure, where the cohesion is even marc vital. Nonetheless, the season has been success ful, and would have been even morc so had two sides not cancelled fixtures on the very day of the match and more sides been willin g to play us! Victories against an O.K.S. side and the Common Room were predictably easy , but fun, nonetheless; agai nst Sutton Valence the slenderest of margins secured victory, thanks to a last-second basket by - guess who? - Aboderin. Against Kent College, wc at last scored some points in their SpOrts hall in a victory which was more comfortable than the final margin might suggest. The two defeats came against a very experienced, and much older, Christchurch College team in a new fixture, a nd in what was easily the best game of the season against Sevenoaks, where our Nigerian flair was outgunned by Puerto Rican efficiency. 133

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This year will see the departure of a number of fine players who have performed so well over the years: M. Ososa J . Morse, J. Nightingale, B. Rayment, T . Williams. I hope none of these will mind me giving pride of place how nYa, to the ca ptai n, J. Aboderin. Jaiye has been the single most innuent iai figure in sc hool basketball from th'c daycver, he arri ved at King 's. A gentle giant , never at home unless he has a basketball in his hand, he has demanded the hig~hat standards of h~ms~lf and ~the:s in the team - a nd tl~uall y got them. As capt~in , h.c has been utterly reliable and hest been faultless In IllS orgamsat lon - a necessary reqUirement when the coach IS trymg to do so many things at on a~ More than this, he has show n a concern fo r st andards lower down in the school a nd spent many hours coaching soce . very promising younger pla yers. The school basketball club will continue to thrive - as long as S.E.A. a nd I can st m~ the pace - for ma ny years to come, thanks to his example a nd that of the others in the Seni or squad this year~n Congrat ulations to all the jun ior sides, who of necessity do not pl ayas mllch basketball as they obv iously WOuld like;'a common feature of all our sides is the ball skill of our guards - Sona ike, T homas, Pau man, Tester, Oshunkoy et al. - which is a delight to watch. I wonder what will happen to the King's style of play, in the wide open spac a of Ollr own sports hall! es Congratulations also to the Grange, winners of the Junior House competition, beating Luxmoore 40-27 in an entenaining: fi nal. Thanks as always to those who organised and coached their House teams. New Minor Sports Colours were awarded to: B. A. Ma rqui s, J. J. Morse, J. H. Nighti ngale, B. M. Rayment T J. Wi ll iams. R.C'WÂˇ Senior Team: J. A boderin, B. A. Marquis, J . 1. Morse, J . H . Night ingale, M. O. Ososanya, B. M. Rayment' K' O. O. Sona ike, T. J. Williams. ' . Also played: A. F. A. Fahm, A. J . W. W. Skarbek, M. O. A. T homas, A. T uboku-Metzger. RESULTS Played 6, Won 4, Lost 2. Points for 377, Poi nts against 318. v Sevcnoa ks. Lost 50-62 v O.K.S. Won 89-40 v Kent College. Won 79-7 1 v Sutton Valence. Won 62-6 1 v M.C.R. Wo n 67-32 v Ch ristch urch Co llege. Lost 30-52

Cross-Country This has been a most encouraging season, wit h important successes ach ieved by both the Scnior and Intermediate teams, as well as some notable individual performances. The season began with the usual shock to over-i ndulged systems the Knole Run on the third day of term. Rayment (72nd) and Edd ison (125th) could be pleased wit h their performanc~ in a field of 270, while Solway, Philpott, Cole a nd Knight were well gro uped in the middle of the field. King's athletes have a remarkable inability to train during holidays, compared with ot her schools: sure enough, by the end of term we had caught up and beaten schools which had come as high as 14th at Knole. Ha rd interva l tra ining (which never fa ils to elicit compla ints) soon developed a respectable team. Rayment cou ld be relied upon to be o ur match winner. when, that is, he did not have conflicting co mmitments in music, d rama or the Casua lt y Unit. His finest runs were his victory at the Five Schools' Trophy, and his 6th place at the compet itive Bru invel's T ro ph y. Eddison established himself as the team's No. 2, and as the results sllow, achieved consistent ly good placi ngs th ro ugholl t th e term. From the very first match , Phi lpott, Solway, Jessup, Knight, Hart and Co le produced a so lid bloc k in the middle of the field, and secured our wins over Sevenoa ks, Ki ng's Rochester, Duke of York 's, Highgate and Ha rrow. Most impressive of a ll must be the 3rd place at Bru in vel' s Trophy (where we beat Tonbridge with ease, who had defeatcd us earlier in the term ), followed by another 3rd place (and medals) at Coulsdon. The latter race was when the team was dep leted, which indicates its gro wing strength in dept h. Later in the season we also saw the emergence of Knight and Hart as o ur steady 3rd a nd 4th scorers: both improved tremendously over the term. Hart su rprised ma ny (and perhaps even himself?) by coming 3rd in the Inter-House event, while Kn ight gradu ally closed the gap between himself and Eddison. His best ru ns were his 23rd at Bruinvel's and 14th at Cou lsdon , both large-scale fixtu res. T he team would not have been the same without the stolid su pport of the less regular, but equally courageous mem bers, Walsh, Mitchell. Will iams , Thomas and even the occasional flash in the pa n from Ballenden. Walsh was a part icularly cheer ful addition. usually hauled from a play-set at short notice. T he intermediates had a n excelle nt season, as the resu lts indicate. The first two matches were resou nding victories over four normally formidab le schools, with Overton, Go llop, H yatt, Ensor and Sha ri ff establi shing themselves as the regu lar scorers. Sc1ater, Beckett and Hart ran less often, but made a vita l contribution, particularly Hart who has another year in the team. The cl iffs of Dover were a stumbling block, but thi s proved to be only a tempora ry set back. The Inter-House threw up (so to speak) two additio nal runners of note: Willi fe r a nd Dib ley joined the tea m (as Hyatt left it with an unfortunate injury), and helped take it on to greater heights. Fine runs by Willi fer, Overton, Gollop, Cole. Dibley and Shariff secured the Five Schools Troph y, for the first time in recent yea rs . This more than made up for the loss of the Senior trophy, a nd is encou raging for future years. Willifer achieved the most impressive feat of the term in wi nning the Intermediate race at Bruinvel's Trophy, a highly competitive event. Bu t this should not overshadow Overton or Gollop, who bot h ran extremely well there. The team had further success at the 'Coulsdon races , where WiJlifer added to his medal hau l by coming 2nd, while the tea m was a cred ita ble 3rd. T he fi nal fixt ure at Highgate proved a tough o ne, yet the tea m still fin ished 5th in a stro ng field. Willifer ran well to come 4th, while Go llop overhauled Overton, who made amends by becoming a connoisseur of the East End's 'Fantasy Centers' (sic). T he Icam has trained wit h impressive commitment, and has built up a good spiri t which shou ld carry them o n to further succesS next year. 134

Mention should be made of the valiant Juniors from other sports who ran in several of the larger matches, and supported Creissen and Dc ButTa, ollr rat her isolated Shell runners. Needless to say, without regu la r training the results were not ood , but at lcast we have proved that by the 5t h fo rm year, our runners can hold their heads high. Many club members ~elped officiate a~ th~ home matches,. in a!1 weat~ers~ ~or which thanks are d~e. A.R.A .R., W.R.P. ~nd J.D.P .. ~ave nade a vital contnbulton on the coachmg Side: theIr willingness to suffer alongSIde so ftens the blow of ngorous trammg! !J~e results this season have proved conclusively that Cross-Country is not on a level with knitting, as one Matins preacher put it. The Headmaster of Highg,lIe would add that our tea ms excel in courtesy and affability, as weU as athletic prowess.

C.T.H. Teams from: Senior: B. M. Rayment (Cap/. r, H . P. Philpott (V-Capt.)·, P. S. H . Solway·, P. E. Jessup·, N. J. Mitchell, J. \V. Walsh, L. G. D. Willianls, S . ~Col e· , .I. A. Eddison·, S. Hart·, J. E. D. Knight·, Q. P. Thomas, T. Ballenden. In ter: I. D. J . Overton (Capt.) ·, D. R. Beckett, T. J. N. Brown, R. S. Dibley, B. J. Ensor, P. J . Gollop· , A. J. C. Hyatt, M. J. Sclater, S. S. Shariff, A. Hart, M. L. J. Will ifer·. Junior: C. J. C reissen, M. R. Ha ndley, H. J . S. McConnell, D. M. H. Sweny, G. D. De Burca, A. M. Hine, W. M. Webb, G. R. Towlson, O. C. Dean, A . S. Ruffell , A. T. Layfield-Cripps, N. A. D. Prince, R. S. Heddle, D. A. O. Salmon. Girls: M. Docherty, K. J. Scarlett, R. J. Seward, V. A. L. Batty, M. Clitherow, N. C. Bains, S. K. Cox, A.-M. Searle, E. A. Ames. • = Co lours

RESULTS 14th J an uary: Seniors 20th out of 35 schools at the Knole Run. 2 1st J a nuary: v Tonbridge and Scvenoaks : Sen: 1st T onbrid ge 42; 2nd K. S.C. 67; 3rd Sevenoa ks 76 (Eddison 3, Philpott 8, Cole II , Jessup 13). Inter: 1st K. S.C. 4 1; 2nd Seve noak s 64; 3rd T onbridge 75 (Knight 2, Overton 4, Gollop 6, H yatt 7, Shariff 9). Jun : 1st T onbridge 25; 2nd K.S.C. 67 (Ha ndl ey 3, McConnell 10). 28th January: v Dover Co llege and Kin g's School Rochester: Sen: 1st Dover College 43; 2nd K. S.C. 52; 3rd K. S.R. 88 (Rayment 2, Eddiso n 4, Knight 10, Philpott 11, J essu p 12). Inter: 1st K.S.C. 42; 2nd Dover Co llege 6 1; 3rd K. S. R. 69 (Overton 2, H yatt 3, Gollop 4. En sor 9, Shari ff 10). Gir ls: 1st Dover College 28 ; 2nd K. S.C. 54. (Docherty 4, Scarlett 6, Seward 8, Batt y 9). 4th February: I' Duke of York's and Kent College: Sen: 1st K. S.C. 30; 2nd Duke of York' s 62; 3rd Kent Coil. 97 (Rayment I , Eddison 2, Knight 4, Solway 6, Hart 8). Inter: 1st Duke o f York' s 36; 2nd K.S .C. 49; 3rd Kent Coil. 82 (Gollop 3, Hyatt 6, Overton 8, Enso r 9). 15th February: Senior IVs 16t h and 25th Ollt of 31 learns in the Tortoises Sc hools' Relay, Oxford. 25th Februa ry: Fi ve Schools' Trophies, v Felsted, Harrow and Highgate: Sen: 1st Felsled 45; 2nd K.S.C. 69 ; 3rd Highgate 79 (Rayment I, Edd ison 6, Kn ight 12, Hart 13, Solway 18). Inter: 1st K. S.C. 42; 2nd = Harrow, Highga te 82; 3rd Felsted \07 (Willifer I, Overton 3, Go llop 4, Cole 9, Dibley 10). Jun : l SI Highga te 26; 2nd Harrow 60; 3rd Felsted 95; 4th K. S.C. 162 (Dean 2 1, C rcisse n 23 ). 4th Ma rch: Bruin vel's Troph ies, Leatherhead: Sen : 3rd o ut of 15 schools, beh ind Winchester and Haberdashers' (Raymen t 6, Edd ison 18, Knight 23, Solway 44, Hart 55, Philpott 62). Inter: 5t h out of 16 schools, bchind Winchester, Epsom, Bradfield and C ran leigh. (Wi llifer I, Overton 12, Gollo p 19. Co le 46, Ensor 62, Ha rt 67). 135

11th March: South London Harriers Schools' Races, Cou lsdon: Sen: 3rd out o f 8 schools behind Ski nners and Lancin g (Edd ison II , Knig ht 14, Hart 17, Solway 19). Inter: 3rd out of 8 schools beh ind Epsom and Skinners (Willi fer 2, Overton 12, Go llop 13, Dibley 19). 18th March: Bagna ll T rophy. Highgate: Sen: 7t h out of 10 schools (Eddison 13, Ha rt 16, Solway 36, Mitchell 49). Inter: 5t h out of 9 schools (Willifer 4, Gollop 22, Overton 24, Dibley 3 1).

Inter House Cross-Country T his yea r's competition was great ly improved by the glorious weat her, which helped to mak e Scotland Hills see more attractive to most of Ihe contes tants. On the ot her hand, there's nothing lik e a good bit of sleet to ensure Ih In th e runners keep movin g! School House mounted a strong challenge 10 Brought on's incredib le record (overall winn3t 10 times in the past 12 years, and 2nd the other two times), a nd certa inly on paper seemcd to have the edge. Howevt Broughton's strengt h across the age-groups (among the boys, tha t is) proved to be as impressive as in the past a:ci ~ of the 5 .cups re main in Broughton. Sc~ool House had to be cont en., wit h the Girls' cup, but nevertheless came 'clost In the Selll ors. Marlowe ~ u n ne rs excell e~ 111 all age:group~ bar the Selllors, a nd will surely have a good chance in fu ture, as th.ey beat Brc;Hlghton mt o 4th place In t h ~ JUlllors. LlOacre a.nd .T.radesca.llt tea ms deserve commenda tion for such consistent runnmg throughout. Co ngratu lat ions are d ue to the mdl vldu al wmners, particu larly Rayment and Willirer for 'course best' times, and also 10 W. R.P. whose third place in the Senior race just shows how far many of the boys have to go! Once again , the event could not have occurred witholltthe help of so man y staff, who at least were rewarded by the sunshine.

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Gardner W Mullen LN Ha ndley LN Teams:

MR LN SH B W

T GR GL MO MT LX GIRLS Clark SH Davies MR Docherty W Teams:

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16.53 17.49 17.50 94 109 11 5 146 187 217 265 272 274 329 353

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INTER Wi lli fe r T Overton B Gallop LN Teams: B

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MR SH T LX LN GL MT MO GR

18.46 19.33 19.45 70 124 130 143 183 243 262 283 314 318 443

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19.23 21.28 22.00

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13 30 43 44 48 61 63 63 74

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77 77

Senior CliP: Broughton Infermediate Cup: Broughton

JUllior CliP: Ma rlowe

Girls' CliP: School House

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SEN IOR Ra ymen t SH 19.40 Eddison SH 20.47 Hart T 20.50 Teams: B 70 SH 100 LN 126 GL 150 T 182 LX 269

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283 311 312 386

OVERALL Broughton 349 School House 358 Marlowe 544 Linacre 555 Trad esca nt 587 Galpin's 745 868 Luxmoore 907 Meister Omers 968 Gra nge Mitchinson's 1000 1046 Wa lpole

Fencing -With at least one competition per weekend . and the strain on eq uipment a nd the fencers them se lves associated with the build-up to the Public Schools' Fenci ng Competit ion, this was a term which was to prove more cent red on the individua l's performance than on th e team's. as can be seen by the few team-matches this term. The success o f the captain , T. Young, was limited to the first half of Ihe term, exams and inju ry dragging him away; but they did not prevent him winni ng the Kent Epee, nor from securing 2nd place in Ihe Plate Compet ition of the Nationals, while everyone else was wait ing around in the mi ni-b us fo r him to be knocked out. J. Craw fu rd also achi eved an astou nding se~ of result s, winning both th ~ UI4 Section ~oi l , a~d more si~ nificantl y com ing 1st in the Ashton- under-Lyne U I5 Foil. Other pe rsonal successes mcludc Kathenne Kmght 's 5th III the UI8 Girl's County Foil, S. Saba's 7t h place in the Great Brit ain Nationa l Sabre, a nd E. George's 2nd in the Kent Epee, though not without misfortune, his Gold-winn ing hit declared invalid. a nd then his silver medal temporarily stripped too. The few team mat ches offered mi xed success. Away at Ela n new fencer s were impressed by the advanced fencingistes with a ut omatic scoring and ceiling spool-im placements, bu t sadly Eta n's teams didn't qu it e come up to the sa me revel. The all Epee Match against King's Rochester was worryingly close righlup to the last round , which was disast rous, particularl y for ou r B team, but was marked by Toby Wtinscher's elated success al delivering an 'u nexpected blow' 10 onc of their A-team fencers, a nd thus winning his fi rst matc h fight. This term has been special in several ways. T he fi rst is in the emergence of two effecti ve girls' fo il teams, which secured 2nd and 3rd places in the Kent Foil. The second is in the appea rance of the K. S.C. Fencing Minibus, 'luxury equipped' according to Mr. Romang, which shou ld greatly aid transport of equipment and fencers to the Publi c Schools' at Crystal Palace. This competitio n has been the focu s of thi s term 's training, and the ensuing tremendous strain on equipment has been a major concern . It is therefore very necessary to thank Dr. Bridge for his hours of thank less work making-up blades, Mr. Romang for supplying a nd preparing usable swords, and J. C raw fu rd and J. Berry for giving up hours of fencing time to make-up swords for ot her fence rs. Thanks also to Mr. Jenn ings for his concise organisation thi s term, a nd fo r the Sundays he has uncomplainingly given up to drive ou r tea ms to their venues. T ED GEORGE. 1st Team: Epee: T. Young, E. George , R. Ti ley. Foil: T. Young, R. Ti ley , P . Brothers. Sabre: D. Fristo n, P . Brothers, J. Berry. 2nd Team: Epee: J. Berry, E. Moore, T . WOnscher. Foil: E. George, J . Berry. Also Fenced: D. Bond, J. Crawfurd, A. Ell ison, S. Saba, B. Sun, O. Van den Drucke. Ul6 Team: Epee: J. Craw fu rd, A. Ellison , O. Van den Brucke. Foil: J. Crawfurd, A. Elliso n, B. Su n. Sabre: S. Saba, A. Ellison, O. Van den Brucke. Girls VI8 Team: 1st Foil: Katherine Knight, Ca rey Knight, Ama nd a Petch. 2nd Foil: Clare Lissaman, Rhian Chilcott, Karen Roehm. RESU LTS Gi rl s V I8 Co ulll Y Foil (A): 5th Katherine Knight. U I6/UI8 Kent Epee (H); U18: Is, T. Young, 2nd E. George. U16: 2nd J. Crawfurd. A.F.A. Nat io nal Foil (A); UIS Plate: 2nd T. Young. K.S.C. vs Eton (A); 28-17. Won. K.S.C. vs Kin g's Rochester Epee (H); 36-45. Lost. A.F.A. Nationa l Sabre (A); U16: 7t h S. Saba. V IS Foil Co mpetition (A); 1st J . C rawfurd. Kent Mixed Team Foil (A); U16: 1st K.S.C.a. Ladies VI S: 2nd K.S.C.b.

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Lacrosse Despite the fact that our team choices were made fro m an eli te of players, we found thai a n emphasis on cnjo meant Ihal victory was cou nterba lanced by spectacular defeat. ymcnt We opened the seaso n with a convi ncing win but subseq uent ly our form showed we needed to refine references 10 Claire B-W) in the face of cou nty-standard opposition.

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Ariyikc's den underarm shots tended to su rprise our opponen ts a nd with the support of Helen Blakcborollgh our defeats morc respectable, while C laire B·W·s growling technique became notorious. In our final mal ch of the s;ade o ur much-ad mired goalie. Ca roli ne, suffered a fr act ured arm in her desperate (and successful) attempt to save a ason in the National Sc hools Tournament which was held for the last time at Merton. ' goal Ca roline a nd Tina's squeals helped to urge on the team a nd maintained the necessary 'g irl ie' image of the game \ h'l Lucy a nd Alex demo nst rated much needed tactical ski ll. v Ie I wo.ul d like to. than k Mrs. Woodley for being o ur dedicated coach and cab-driver. I hope the 6b's will COntinuc play WIth enthuSIaSIll . to Team: E m m~ Colquhoun, T~ n~1 Ericcson, Caroline Baillie, Beth Tapp, ~lex Mitchcll , Caroline Williams, Serena Wilson Lucy Lake, Claire Hancox, AnYlke Oshunkoya, Helen Blakeborough, Elinor Corp, Cat herine Goodma n Claire Bu • Wat son, Ch loe Webb. ' rgcs· CLA I R~ H ANCO'< RESULTS

v Eastbourne. Won 5-4

vCranbrook. Lost 1· 17

v Benenden 2nd X I I. Lost 3-6 NATIONA\. SCI·looLS TOURNAM~NT

v Atherly. Lost 1-4 v Lady Eleanor Holies 2nd X I I. Lost \-7

v Bolton. Lost 1-4 v SI. George's Harpenden.

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Netball 1st VII Art er an init ial problem or nine players being good eno ugh ror seven places (resolved by Sophie Bessemer Clark breaking her leg under rat her susp icious circumstances!), we succeeded in having a very impressive seaso n. Hila ry Breeze held th e centre together, undaunted by the height or some or her opponents a nd never losin g a toss-up. Ca roline Baillie orrered a valuable lin k into the circle, a nd , having recovered rro m gla ndular rever, Helena Parsons reround her rormcr accuracy. The defence was very stro ng; I sym pathise with anyone who a tt empted to get past Seli na Cox's blocking! Philippa Smith played consistently well, a nd her ran club at Sutton Valence led to Oll r toughest and best-rought malch, wh ich ended in a victo ry or 18-17. Serena Wilson's ba la ncing technique was admired by a ll (especially the su pporters!). The introduct ion or a pre-matt:h practice added a se nse or co hesion wh ich had been lack ing ror our three dereats. The high light or the seaso n was winn ing the Eastbourne In vitation Tournament ror the second year running. Ariyike Oshunkoya and Bet h Tapp bot h played at Easlbourne, showing remarkable ability to adapt to Ihe team so late in the season. Lastl y. all our thanks go to Mrs. Wood ley ror her time, e rro rt and palience. SOPIIIE PAUL Team: Caroline Baillie, Hilary Breeze, Sel ina Cox, Ariyike Oshunkoya, Helena Parsons, Sophie Pau l (Copt.J, PhilipP3 Sm ith, Belh Tapp, Serena Wi lson. RESUL.T S

v Queen Elizabeth's Faversham. Won 23-12 v Dover College. Won 22· 17 v Simon Langton G.S . Lost 6- 17 v Sevenoaks . Lost \\-21

v Ashrord. Won 7-4 v Su tton Va lence. Wo n 18- 17

v Kent College. Lost 10-26

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v Lancin g. Won 9-3

v East bourne B. Won 7-5

v Epsom. Won 6·5 v C ra nleigh. Lost 6·7 v Haileybu ry. Lost 6-7

v Bri ght o n. Won 5-3 v Eastbourne A. Won 10·3

Filial: Ki ng's beat Eastbourne A 5-3. 138

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~he 2nd VII team have had a mixed season, wit h fewe r win s than deserved. However, the team must be praised for ils great effort a nd determination. Problems mainly stemmed from a n irregula r learn content , especially in defence, which led to a lack of team coordination. Despite th is, ind ividual improvements were outstanding. Beth Tapp .in de re ~ ce, a nd A~ i r i ke Oshunkoya, as cent re, .also playing f?f the ~ ir s l s, werc. outstand~ n g . Lucy ~ake. fter playing In a variety of pasillons, proved to be a fa ntast ic centre. Jackie Marlin and C la ire Pa naYldes. feet fma ll y :1o_ordinated. were very reliable a nd litera ll y im proved with every match. Gemm a Paterson has been a qu iet and efficient ' hooter and Emma Hulburd was new to defence, but soon got used to blocking. I hope eve ryone enjoyed the season, ! nd wo~ld like to than k Mrs. Wood ley and Sophie Pau l fo r their dedication and support. LEI LA J EMMETT. Team: Beth Tapp, Jackie Martin, Emma Hul burd, Claire Pa nayides, Leila Jemmeu (Capt.), Gemma Paterson, Ariyike Oshunkoya, Lucy Lake, So phi e Bessemer Cla rke. RESULTS v Ashfo rd. Lost 2-8 v Dover College. Lost 6-22 v Sutton Valence. Lost 7- 17 v Simon Langton. Lost 6-9 v Sevenoaks. Lost 4-31 v Kent College. Lost If you write a report you don't get mentio ned in it , but much sho uld be sa id a bout Sophie Pa ul who has been netba ll captain this year. She has been a n ou tstanding capta in, to tally committed to the task in ha nd despite bei ng involved i~ many other aspects of school life. Her ent husiasm, her dete rmi na tion to do well a nd to try to improve on each performa nce has helped the team to achieve successful results culmina ting in win ning the Eastbourne Invitatio n Tournament fo r the second year run ni ng. T his was a tremendo us achievement and my congrat ula tio ns go to the w h o l ~ team. The shield will be d isplayed in Li llacre. Girls' Colo urs have been re-awarded to Sophie Pau l and Helena Parsons and awarded to Hilary Breeze a nd Caroli ne Bail lie. I should a lso li ke to add my thanks to Leila J em mett fo r captaini ng the 2nd VII. A ltho ugh the team didn't q ui te gel their act toge t~ e r , they were, never t helcss~ wellÂˇ mot ivated with good team spi rit and were cheerful in de feat. Good experience was gaI ned - and matc h teas enjoyed !

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Rowing This ter m's report must surely begin with our congratulations to Mr .'a nd Mrs. H ooper on the birth of their fir st child, Daisy. This left us with a red eyed R.M.H . who was anxious to dispel a ny preconceived ideas as to the composition of the crews. The to p sq uad was shaken dow n into th ree eights, First and Second coached by Mr. Hooper a nd the Colt s eight under Mr. Reilly. The JI 5 eight was delivered into the capable hands of Mr. Wood ward a nd the JI 4 sq uad was lefl to be transformed by Mr. H a rtrid ge a nd Mr. Willis fro m a ragamu ffi n bunch o f Shells into an 'eli te ba nd of fit, lean, honed at hletes'. T he girls have a lso prov ided us with a new branch to the clu b. Coached by Mr. W illi s, they have had a successful first season.

Junior 14 As mentioned, the term has been preoccupied with creat ing oa rsmen from those selected from the uned ucated masses. Fitness was ascertained by using extens ive ergometer testing, the results of which proved embarrassing fo r the top sq uad. Thanks to the mild winter, the lakes remained unfrozen a nd training was possible throughout the term . Under the upwardly mobile Mr. Ha rtridge the squad's progress was so ra pid that it exceeded the bounds for which O. W .H .'s Basic Modera ted Work programme a llowed. By the start of Marc h the crew was sufficiently competent to enter the Schools Head of the River Race fo r the first time in many years. They achieved a superb second place despi te rowing against crews wit h twice the experience. A JI 4 quad was a lso tra ined under the watchful eye of Mr. Willis . Th ey progressed well a nd also entered the Schools Head a nd rowed very competently. It should be remembered Ihat scullin g is the bas is of ro wing and the experience tha t the Q uad gained will certa inl y stand them in good stead in years to co me. 114 VI/I: BowB. J . Darlaston, 2 D. I. Handley, 3 S. T . Carey, 4 L. D. J . Jam ieson, 5 G. E. T en nick, 6J. A. Rawlings, 7 H. W. S. Dobbs, Stroke H . J . S. McConnel, Cox A. S. Ruffle. 114 Quadruple Scull; Box N. B. Shaw , 2 J . M. E. Tydema n, 3 J. S. Evans, 4 M. J. Alabaster, Cox J. S. Keeli ng. 139

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Th is age group has tried very hard, but its efforts have been severely hampered by the small size of the squad wh o has resulted in a lack of the in terna l co mpeti tion to put oarsmen in perpetual fear of places in the crew . Th is a .~Ch however, they have ma inta ined good hum ou r and under the guidance o f Mr. Woodward (the ma n with the va~; e, eight was formed tha t competed at ma ny Head races. an Jl5 VllI: Bow M. P. Lissama n, 2 T. M. D. Dav ies, 3 D. F. Hulla h, 4 G. H. A. Bruxner, 5 S. J. Dawson-Bowlin 6 Q. R. W. Webster, 7 P. R. Haswell , Stroke N. A. D. Prince, Cox A. A. a. Driskill Smith. g,

Junior 16 This is a squad of exceptional size and weight. It shows much potent ial; however. this has not been fulfilled. Th have learn t tha t nothi ng is sacred in rowing and that any assumptions as to who fi lled which place are on ly corr: after racing ev idence. They are a power ful and technically competen t crew a nd will, hope fu lly. learn to build on th t success o f last year. Some of their more accomplished oa rsmen have been ta ken for the First Eight which shows th: level of competence. The trai ning camp at Vichy should produce a hardened crew for the impend ing Regatta season. JJ6 Vlll: Bow M. R. Williams. 2 A. P. Thomas, 3 W. J . C. Harris. 4 T. E. D. Bagshaw, 5 C. D. K. Hall 6 R H. Wallace. 7 C. K. Robinso n. Stroke J. R. A. Waddell . Cox V. H. J. Bennet. ' .

2nd VIII After a hopefu l start (4t h at the Hampton Head) the crew suffered losses due to ill ness, notably Adam Walts. This led to the introductio n of novices to the crew which proved difficult at fi rst; but they soon gained experience, although they were unable to make up fo r the three years lost experience . T hc crew tried ha rd and persevered throughout the season. T his was rewarded with a good resu lt at the Head of the Ri ver race. 2nd VllI: Bow B. Ashcroft. 2 N. Hill , 3 A, J. B. Ridings, 4 A. S. Frew . 5 O. P. Sim pson, 6 W. J . Oerouet , 7 N. A. Jamieson , Stroke J. a. Macdonald-Bell, Cox I. C. Milward. Also rowed: A. N. Watts, M. Bowker.

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T he 1st VIll has undergone many changes th is season. This , however, is not a sufficiently good excuse forthe generally poor performance throughout the tcrm. The attitude of the crew has lacked the fu ndamen tal drive and will to wi n necessary fo r the high level at which they compete. This aside the crew undoubtedly has the a bi lity to produce good results. Several of the crew trialed. unsuccessfully, for Oreat Britain but Will Swa nson, the cox, was accepted for the Easter training camp. An unconvincing row at Hampton left morale low. Bu rway a nd Ki ngston produced good rows a nd useful experience. The Schools' Head was an unmit igated disaster. The lack of commit ment and toughness resulted in a disgraceful perform ance. After a lill ie genlle chal from Uncle Richard the crew took new life producing a different race the next day at the Head of the River wit h power on demand - for a change. All is not gloom as many lesso ns have been learnt and prospects for the summer term, after train ing at Vichy. look somewhat brighter. 1st VIII: BowT. D. Filby, 2 M. W. Stafford, 3 S. T. Henderson, 4 B. Hardy. 5 J. R. Brett, 6 E. J. Beaugic, 7 B. Long, Stroke H. B. Rossiter. Cox W. J. Swa nson. Thanks are due to ou r resident and visit ing ba nd o f coaches tu rn ing up tirelessly come rai n or sh ine and providing encouragement a nd instruction a t all times. Orca test thanks must go to gua rdia n a ngel Mr. Willis, who maintained t he equipment a nd stil l ma naged 10 build two su perb coxed fours. Without him the Boat Clu b would simply cease 10 fu nction. BEN HARDY AND J AMES OREn

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Girls' Rowing -;:here has been a rumour o f girls rowing at King's, and we are writing this report to confirm the suspicio n. Having arrived at the lakes in September, with no know ledge of the sport, we decided to 'make a go o f it' and after a few changes to begi n wit h we sett led inl o our present crew. Our first head was al Hampto n, where we gained va luable experience, and picked up racing tactics. Then, at Burway, Charlotte decided to put these to usc, and made us Kent County Champions by eliminat ing the opposit ion. OUf next head was at Maidsto ne. Here we proved our potent ial by wi nning our class, and coming 2nd overall. Last ly, we went 10 the SchC?o.ls' Head at Putney. where we had great fun batt ling tida l waves and gale-force winds, and thanks to skil ful steering, fllllshed a very respectable 4th. We also suffer the 'side effects' of rowing, including an incomprehensible dedication to the weights room, much 10 the amusement of various ma les, who with much encouragement persuaded us to don rowing shorts. We'd like to thank Mr. Willis, for all the time and effort he has put into our crew , and for runn ing lip and down tOw-pathS after us with our wellies! We have thoroughly enjoyed a success ful season, and look forward to the regattas next term. THE CREW.

Girls' Coxed IV: Bow Karcn Roehm, 2 Alice Ceci l-W right. 3 Chloe Webb, Stroke Eli zabeth Ayling, Cox Cha rlotte Prag ne1 1.

Rugby Sevens This Sevens season for the senior sq uad proved to be highly enjoyable, even if unprod uctive in terms of tourna ments won. Much good rugby was played, a nd valuable exper ience ga ined - indeed one of the most rewarding aspects of this four week period was the way lessons were learned and performance s improved. The display at the Su rrey Sevens encapsulated the qualities of the team: there we lost our first game, won the next IWO, the second against the team that had defeated our conquerors in the first game. We then defeated those first opponents to join some very illustrious names in the quarter final s of the competition. One had the feeling Ihat we co uld beat any opponents - but also that we could lose to anyone. One needs to ask why this should be. T he learn secured set piece possession efficiently, with a remarkably high return on its own kick -offs; the ba ll was retained well , a nd hand li ng skills were generally good; on our best days. defensive pressure on our opponents was fi rst-rate, and forced many opposit ion errors. On the ot her hand, one sensed always a certain vulnerab ility, that alt hough the defence was well -organised. someone might fatally miss a tack le; moreove r we were required to work very ha rd to compensate for the lack o f a real 'flier' or any great physical presence. To ana lyse indiv idual performances is invidio us, since the team function ed essent ially as a complete uni t; however, I would like particularly to praise the efforts of Edwa rd Floydd, who was tireless in defe nce and attack, and as our most potent runner, emerged as easily Ihe top try scorer; I would also single out the efforts of Robin Scott, who recognised his own limitations as a runner, but worked tireless ly as a link man and prompter to others and defended aggressively, often winning valuable loose bal l. The team functioned noticeably less well when he was not playing. This mu st not in any way detract from the cont ribution of the others in the squad however, for each member had a vital part to play. 1st VII (from): J. A. C. Landale (Capt,), W. Ballenden, E. R. S. Floydd, D. Godfrey, M. Holden, M. Northeast, R. C. Scott, S. J . S. Ursell , I Wilkinson. Also played: B. A. Epega, P. Jessup, N. Musson. 211d VII (from): W. Ballenden, A. J. H. Brown, A. F. A. Fah m, D. P. P. Godfrey, D. C. T. Ham ilton, E. H. Hughes, J. D. Mycrofl, M. O. Ososa nya, A. R. Ri naldi, A. J . W. W. Skarbek, A. Tuboku-Melzger, S. Will iams. RESULTS (PRINCIPAL T OURNAMENTS)

Kent Sevens: 1st VII Wo n 32-0 v St. Dunstan 's II . Won 22-0 v Sevenoaks. Lost 8-14 v Dartford

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Squash W ith a stronger fi xture list, t his term' s resu lts were bound to be infe rio r to those of last term , and so it proved ;;; the th irteen matches the 1st V p layed, six were won and seven were losl. However o nly Lancing, Epsom, and Tonbridg were vastly superior, and all the oth er games cou ld have been won, had we been able to p rod uce o ur full 1st V eve e ti me. Both of o ur firs t two strings, Edward Jo nes-Tho mas (t he captain) and Matt Will ifer (t he secretary) will be ba~ next yea r. J .T. won 5 of his 12 ga mes which is a fair ly moderate record, but he is gett ing better the who le time and had 10 play. S? n:te exceptional. oppo nents. Certai.nly his court behB;v iour was exem l?lary a~d his ent husiasm for the game undimini shed. Matt Wl lhfer at second st ring won seven of h iS games out of Sixteen , If U I6 ga mes are to be included On two occasions he had to play twice in the same afternoon and on each occasion he won bot h matches . When h~ gets a little stronger a nd learn s to take the ball eart ier he will become a form id able opponent. Nick Daley at th ird string won seven of his last ten gam es after suffering the indignity of not getting a single point at Epsom. He also came wil hin a whisker of beat ing the Poc klington thi rd string, who had been unbeaten in 14 school matches at that poin t. David Godfrey at fou rth string made o nly occasio nal appearances because of hockey, but when he d id appear it meant that Harry Longrigg could play at fi fth st ring, which was h is favourit e position. H ere Ha rry was his usual reliable self and he showed immense spirit by overcoming an attack of asthma at Wye College for the crucial wi n that clinched the match. On four occasions over the two terms Harry was o ur only winner in a school match and he full y earned full colours. It was tragic that his loss at Sevenoaks cost us t he match. When David Godfrey cou ld no t play hi s place was usually taken by Mike J ordan who won three of his fo ur games at 5t h st ring using his own unique style and formidable stamina to very good effect. T he 2nd V and the U l6 and U I5 teams each lost o nly o nce and our Juniors showed much promise for the fut ure, winni ng t heir last five matches, all against presen table opposition.

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MaUhew Odgers wo n fi ve of his seven matches and P eter Kenyon won four out of five. If Miles Thomas can be restored to fu ll fitness, next year's team would be the best of the decade, and the followi ng yea r cou ld be even beller! Finally I must t han k Jasper Cooper for all his help with the coaching, Mi ke Wetherill for runn ing Act ivities Squash, Peter Hullah for doing some elementary coaching o n Tuesday afternoons and fi nally kitchens for maintaining the very h ighest sta ndards th ro ughout t he year. 1ST R ESULTS (SI NCE C HRISTMAS) Wins: Borden Grammar School 4- 1, M ill Hill 3-2, Sed bergh 4- 1, Cra nbrook 4- 1, Kent Co llege 3-2, Wye College 3-2. Losses: E psom 0-5, Brighton 1-4, Sevenoak s 2-3, Lancing 0-5, Cra nbrook 1-4, St. P auls, Concord U.S.A. 0-7, Pock lington 1-4 . Full Colours were awarded to: M. Wil lifer, N. Daley and H. Longrigg. First team colours were awarded 10: S. Wi lliams and M. Jordan. R.P.B.

Girls' Squash Due to t he in termittent illnesses and physical disa bili ties of the two capta in s, girls squash this year has been a rat her d isorganised affair. With the excep tion of Becky Seward, who has shown remarkable stami na throughout, playing in every match and improving stead il y, the team has never been t he same, containing a variety of diffe rent players, often cajoled int o playing at the last moment. This is obviously ren ected in the resu lts. Yet despi te the prevalent attit ude that the idea o f girls play ing squash is a complete joke, we did win ha lf o ur matches. A nnabe l Davies, when she could be d ragged away from her hockey team, proved a very com petent player a s did Carey Knigh t and Cla ire Hancox o n their occasional appea ra nces. Hilary Breeze was exceptio nally ent husiastic a nd of course competent , es pecially in t he fi nal match of term agai nst Felsted which she lost on ly by the na rrowest margin, achiev ing the greatest acco lade of praise from even a couple of superior ma le players. 142

Next year it wo uld be nice to see even greater dedication a nd interest from a ll players, whatever the standard - and the excellent coachi ng given by Mrs. Davies, to whom we are all very grateful, is well worth taking advan tage of. Finally we would li ke to t ha n k everyone who played and made t he effort to come dow n and of course to Mrs. Woodley for organisi ng all the matches . SOPHI E B ESSEMER CLARK.

Team: Becky Seward, Annabel Davies, Sophie Bessemer Clark , H ilary Breeze, Rhian C hilcott. Also played: Claire Ha ncox, Carey Knight, Claire Lissama n , Katy Byron, Ariy ike Oshunkoya. H elen Blakcborough, Hayley Pelt s, Lou ise Everi lt. RESULTS Played 6, Won 3, Lost 3. v Epsom. Wo n 2-1 v Kent College, Lost 0-5 v St. Edmund's . Won 3-2 v Sim o n Langton. Lost 2-3 v Brighton College. Won 2- 1 I' Felsted . Lost 1-5

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Marlowe House, 24th February 1989 Dear Sir . On p.42 of t h e Decembe r 1988 Cantuarian. I h ave found a la rge m istak e . Why are th e M itc hin son's HOllse Notes put w it h the Lattergate door?

Yours faithfully, DANIEL H ULL A H .

The Editor offers a small prize for the best justification submitted.

ACTIVITIES C.C.F. NOTES ROy AL NAVAL SECTION Despi te the mild weather the water th is term is a lways too cold to get in or o n , a nd the section was con fin ed to land for Thursday a ft ernoons, a lt hough a F ield Trip to Portsmouth provided tri ps on rough seas in inflatable boats, a ll participants being d ressed in o ne p iece ru bber suits. ~s well as the dingh y tr ips the fie ld day included a trip to sea on o ne of the Navy 's new Fast T rain ing Craft a nd a tn parou nd H.M .S. Victory. Du ring the term we got our bridge building act together, despite the lack of waler, and the d ry skiin g was enjoyed by a ll. We look fo rwa rd to next term and warmer weather and hope to spend as much time as possib le o n the water. O ur thanks to Mr. McConnell fo r running the section so smo ot hl y and with such ent husiasm. TOM

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field trip to Portsmouth At about 2.00 p.m. on Thursday, 9th March, the Royal Naval sect ion of the cer, numbering fift een in 101al, sct off for Portsmouth. After a short stop at Gui ldford on the way, we arrived at Portsmouth at 6.00 p.m. Supper was waiting for us on arrival at the R.N. base on W hale Island, known as H.M.S. Nelso n. After we had sat isfied ou r appet ites, we got back on to the coach, a nd were driven 10 H.M.S. Kent , a n old destroyer permanently out of service, and now used fo r accommodati ng cadets. Nobody was impressed wit h the living arrangemcnls, but for most people, it was an experience. After co llecting sheets and organising bunks, we had a couple of hours free to wander a round the ship. Lights out was at 10.30 prompt; here, the sect io n can be divided in to two groups - those who went straight to sleep, and those who did not sleep at a ll. Fortunately, I went straight to sleep. We were wo ken up abruptly at 6.00 a.m., supposedly to be ready fo r breakfast a t 7.15! We managed to show our su perior marching sk il ls to another sect ion of cadets on o ur way to breakfast. At 9. 15, we were pic ked up by two fast Patrol boats, H.M .S. H unter and H.M. S. Dasher, fr om H.M. S. Kent. Just as we reached the Isle of Wight, one of the engines o n the smaller boat broke down , and it had to turn back. Its cadets wcre fer ried across to the other boat, in a Gemini, a rubber motor boat. When this had been done sa fely, we took it in turns to go ou t in the Gemini, properly protected with survival suits. W hile this was going on, several people revealed that they did not have such good sea legs after all , the wcat her and sea being both windy and turbulent. After lu nch on H.M.S. Kent, we had a qu ick tour of Nelson's famous flagship, H.M. S. Victory, fo ll owed by a visit to the Royal Navy Museu m. We managed to fit in time for a hot mea l on H.M. S. Nelson, the shore base, and then we retur ned to Canterbury. We fin all y arri ved at sc hool a t 8.30, tired out. We would like to thank Mr. McConnell fo r organising an excellent field day. DAN MILWARD.

ROYAL AIR FORCE SECTION We bid farewell to Cdts. R. D. Herbert, D. C. R. Bywater, N. J . H. King, W. T. W ill iams and S. C. Tester, who have decided to try a no ther act ivity; a nd welcome fi ve new recruits: Cdts. J . A. L. Bridges, R. A. E. Clayton, N. P . W. Spi ller, G. R. Towlson a nd N. J . Forrest. This term we concent rated on prepari ng individuals for the Part 2 and Advanced Examinat ions. The Part 2 Examination requ ires indiv id uals to have some basic knowledge of Nav igat ion, Propulsion, P rinciples of Fligh t, Aircraft Operations and A ircraft in serv ice in the RAF. T he Ad vanced Exami nat ion requires deeper kn ow ledge of a to pic concerned wit h fl ying - there is a choice of eight topics ranging from Principles of Flight to Space Vehicles. A prov isio nal su rvey of the a nswer sheets suggest that a ll candidates were successful. To complete the Part 2 Exam ina tio n, candidates a re required, like many G.C.S.E. subjects these days, to complete a project . These should be organised and completed next term . By the end of term we will have had 3 visits to No. I AEF at R.A.F. Manston fo r C hipm unk flying. Everybody has had at least one fli ght , usually lasting about 30 minutes. For the more experienced, aerobatics are usually very popu lar whereas the less adventurous fly rou nd the coastline, have a loo k at Dover or a fa irly close look at the cath edra l and school bui ldings . We spent one afternoon shooting a nd the best eight shots completed the Assegai Trop hy Compet ition targets. The best score was achieved by Cdt. J . Hawk in s: 9 1/ 100. T he Hovercraft had a br ief outing but now needs fur ther repairs. It should be back in fu ll service early next term. Also we might have a radio-controlled aircraft in operation. It is being pu t together by J /Cpls. P. Pittaway and N. Turner. For Field Day we went to the Imper ia l War Museu m at Duxford. There we saw aircraft in worki ng order dating from World War I, aircraft retired from the R. A.F. such as a Meteor, Lightni ng a nd 2 V-bombers, a nd a static d isplay of one of the fir st Concordes to co me off the very limited prod ucti on line. The winners of bo th the Senior Quiz and the Junior Quiz were Cd ts. R. Clayto n and N. Forrest. Finally we must co ngratulate Cdt. M. Bow ker who has been awarded a Fly ing Scholarship. H e will spend fo ur weeks of his summer ho liday at a Fly ing Club near Canterbury lea rni ng to fly. He will be given 30 hours flyi ng free of cha rge and he can then pay for a not her 10 hou rs to qualify for his private pi lot's licence. We must a lso co ngratulate o ur team in the .Night Exercises at the end of last term. The result was: 1st, Army Section 2 18 points; 2nd, RAF Section 212 points; 3rd R.N. Section 62 points.

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A. J. M unro (1936) wri tes· .. .l enclose E.P.'s address and may it reveal his present whereabouts to many of his fe llow scho la rs: E.P.(Bill) Wiseman, 31 Abbots Park, London Road, St. A lbans, Herts. I would a lso add for the benefi t of the younger O.K.S. you see over half a century later we do stay in touch with as ma ny O.K.S. peers as is possible with the passi ng yea rs.' J . D. Moss (1939), recent ly appointed NAPAC's Deputy General Director. was H ead of its Drama Department for twenty-two years. As such, he was responsible in 1974 for bringi ng pantom ime back to Durba n with his product ion of Cinderella which established a never-to-be-beaten attendance record for NAPAC a t the Alhambra Theatre. He fo llowed th is with other pantomi mes. Writ ing and p roduci ng pantomime have been only one aspect of a lo ng and varied career - he has been an R.A.F. pilot and nying inst ructo r, an ice-skater and producer of ice shows and a West End stage dircctor. N. Scarfe (194 1) will receive the honorary degree of Docto r of Leiters (Lilt. D) of the U niversity of East Anglia in June 1989. (So will A rno ld Wesker). M. S. Spark ( 194 1) ret ired fi ve years ago a nd has set up as a dealer in second-ha nd books on rugby foot ball. 'O raylings' Niddside, Darley. Ha rrogate. A. L. Wylso n ( 1948): current act ivities incl ude pro fessio na l, commercia l, ho usi ng a nd leisure p rojects in U.K., Jordan, Nigeria a nd G reece. J. T. 8ennet( ( 1954) is currently managing director of Davies Design (interiors and graphics) based in Soho. Lo ndon. D. W hite (1956) recently ret urned fro m South Africa where he was First Secreta ry in the Brit ish Embassy, responsible for· covering parli amentary po lit ical a ffairs. blac k tow nship polit ics in the Eastern Cape and other political developments. It was a fasci nat ing period, wit h visits to nu merous black townsh ips being of particular interest. He is now back in the Foreign Office, with a continu ing respo nsibi lity fo r South Africa. R . J. Snell ( 1956) has retu rned to Ho lland to ru n Ama ri's Dutc h operation. He is still act ive in cricket, squash and skiing. H is most recent sport is speed skati ng. R . A . H. Clarke (1958). After spending eighteen years in marketi ng, seven of wh ich were with Procter and Gamble, he has been a n independent fi nancial adviser fo r the last three yea rs. He a lso ed its the British Institute of Management newslett er wh ich goes out to top management throughout the M id lands. T he Reverend R . W . 8 roekm an (1959) is now on the Newto n Committee of the Billy Graham Mission 1989. B. H . Stokes (196 1), after spending over twenty years with P rice Waterhouse, fifteen of them in Africa a nd twelve as a part ner, realised about eigh teen mont hs ago that a change of work environment a nd pace was necessary. He is now in cha rge o f budget and financial policy matters of a US $20 bi llion dollar m ult ilateral development bank whose activ it ies cover all the count ries of Africa. Being based in a French-speak ing coun try, he docs not sec all that many a nglo ph o nes, but is always hopeful o f comi ng across a wa ndering O.K.S. N. K. Mayb ury (1 962) is now a consu ltant general surgeon in W igan. La ncash ire. R. D . Rawlins (1 963) is a consulta nt ort hopaedic surgeon in Bed fo rd where he is also Cou nty Surgeo n for SI. Joh n's A mbula nce. He fo unded , a nd has been President o f, the British Orthopaedic T rainees' Associat io n for the past two years. N. D. King ( 1968) was appointed Vice-Di rector and Director o f Stud ies , Royal Co llege of Music in J a nua ry 1989. He has co mpletcd a reco rd ing fo r Sympos iu m Records o f the o rga ll / pedalier works o f the enigmatic F re nch composer, A lkan, a nd gave fi rst-known Brit ish performances o f many of these works d uring 1988. S . C. G ilchrist (1 968). After fifteen years in the fa mi ly p rinting com pany he emba rked on a career in agricultu re. He bought a 420 acre hill fa rm in the North Yorkshire moors National Park. He sees Robert Su mmer (1968) quite regularly. 146

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p R. O. H ughes (197 1) works as HM Immigration Officer a l Heath row Airport, Termina l 3. He would be delighted 10' advise a ny O.K.S. and looks forward to renewing old acqua intances and forg ing new ones. M. W. Iliff (197 1) spent eighteen mont hs at the Price Waterhouse Technology Centre in Palo Alto, California. He is JlOw back in Londo n in charge of the Technology-Based Training Unit. He a nd Naomi have a son, Feli x, and a da ught er, j oyÂˇ

5 R. Wigfall (1 97 1). Is now a se nior fu nd manager with Fuji International Finance Ltd. in the C it y. He has two ch ild ren, 4'a nd 2. Hc plans to nm in the Lo ndon Marathon thi s year; a nd is also a mcmber o f the Pi lgrims Boat Club . C. M. O. Ellis (1 973) is a lcct urer in American History at the U ni versity of StrathcJyde a nd is a tt empting to make a cOllle-bac k .in Scottis.h fenci ng .. Last year he was the U.K. representative on a U.S. I. A. multi -regional project o n the 1988 Amen can elecuo n campaign. p. R. Sherid an (1 976) is now a qu alified solicitor and a partner wit h the Lo ndo n fi rm , Fox and Gib bo ns. N. R. Jorgensen (1 978) is a photographer at Rex Fea tures Ltd, a n in ternati o nal photographic agency based in Lo ndon. His photographs a rc published in magazines throughout the world. 5. J. Will iams (1978) joi ned the Foreign Office in 1979 and has se rved in the Philippi nes and Swaziland. He is currently posted at Kaduna in Nort hern Nigeria. K. A. Arends (1979) recentl y returned to London to head the Mergers a nd Acqu isitio ns department at H anson PLe. After taking a First C lass degree in PPE a t Keb le College, Oxfo rd , he worked for the Financial Times fo r several years a5 a journalist in both New York and London. Arter leaving the IT he attended Ha rva rd Law School, graduating in June 1988. Lieutenant M. P. L. Dowie, RN (1979) now at Brita nnia Royal Naval College, has co me across his former H o usemasler, Robin Pitt man, whilst visiti ng RN undergraduates at the university of York. In August he wilt be married by T he Reverend A. B. Curry (1950). The Reverend J. H. S. Steven (1979) is now in the middle of his first curacy in a parish in Welling, Ke nt. E. R. Holland (1 980) now li ves in Cardiff and is Historic Buildin g Inspector at Cad ur - Welsh Historic Monuments. H. Robinson (1980). Since leaving Oxford , where he read Physics, he has spent nearly five years wit h GEC making elect ronic chips. H e is now at University Co llege, Londo n, doing a Ph.D. in integrated optics. J. C. Wil kinson (1981) works fo r IBM in Manchester as a marketing representat ive. Charlotte Ba ines (1983) works as a fo recasting a nalyst for Rimmel lnternationa l, having gradu ated from UCL in 1987. P. D. J. Reed (1983) graduated in chemical engineering from Exeter Uni versit y and is now a currency opt ions trader at the Banque Bruxelles Lambert in Brussels. P. A. A. Foo l (1986). After takin g BTEC Bui lding Studies at Folkestone College, received Student of the Year Award in 1988. He is now readi ng for an H o nours Degree in Building Surveyi ng at Reading Universi ty. H. J. Andree (1 987) is presently at the Royal Military Academy , Sandhurst and wi ll jo in the Queen's Regiment in A ugust.

ENGAGEMENTS Brockman - Ralph W. Brockman (1959) to Ki-Ja Song. Beechey-Newman - Dr. Nic holas Beeehey-Newma n (1 977) to Nicola J . H ughes. Dowie - Lieutena nt Ma rk Peter Luden Dowie (1979) to Hazel Fiona Mc Len nan . Wilkinson - J ohn Wil kinso n (1981) to Alison Robe rt s. Baines - Charlotte Baines (1983) to Si mon Davies.

MARRIAGES Bennett - John T. Bennett (1954) to Emily Dean in May 1989. Sleven - The Reverend James H. Steven (1979) to Rachel Ru therford on 27 th March 1989. 147

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BIRTHS Holdstock ~ to Henry Holdstock ( \966) a nd his wire, a daughter, Ha nnah, on 20t h Oc lober 1987. Jorgensen _ to Nils Rasm us Jorgensen (1978) a nd Hi lary, a son, Mall hew Axel, on 30th August 1988.

DEATHS Sargent _ Th e Reverend Canon Alexa nder Sargent (19 14) o n 5th J an ua ry 1989 . PeUm an _ Lt. Colo nel Walter Edgar Charles Pctlman ( 1917) o n 151 May 1988. Mather - John Va ugha n Mather (1920) on 151 Octobe r 1987. Wacher _ Dav id Muire Wacher (1920) on 91h J a nuary 1989. Spiller _ Major Bertram J . Spiller (1923) on 7t h Februa ry 1989. T opliss _ Kennet h Jvor Topliss (1923) on 31s1 January 1989. T urn er _ Hugh Wyn n Turner (1923 ) on 9t h J a nuary 1989. Hodso ll _ William Thomaso n Hodso n (1927) o n 31st January 1989. Q uested _ Major David Ladd Quested (1947) o n 9th February 1989. WAtt . George Millar Wall (1949) on 29t h December 1988. Ryela nd . Roger Banfi11 Rycland (1949) all 4th Janu ary 1989. Brcaly . T imoth y Angus BreaJy ( 1986) on \4th February \989.

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AUGUST, 1989

CONTENTS PAGE

THIS AND THAT

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OBITUARIES

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VALETE

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THE CANTUARIAN INTERVIEWS

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FOCUS

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CHAPLAIN'S NOTES

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HOUSE NOTES

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REPORTS AND REVIEWS

189 I MUSIC AND DRAMA II VISITS AND TRIPS

III THE SOCIETIES

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SPORT

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SPEECH DA V 1989

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KING'S WEEK 1989

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ACTIVITIES

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O.K.S. NEWS

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THE CANTUA RIAN

Editors; Jennifer Barbour, K.S., P. F. Brot hers; Lara Burch; D. J. Cox; A. Das; N. J . E. Flower, K.M.S.; Jane Gri ffit hs, K.S.; G . P. S. Jolliffe; Carey Knight. Photographic editor; A. G. Charlesworth . Senior Editor; T. R. Hands, B.A., A.K.C., D.Phil. 149

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O nl y a few months after the passing of Canon Alexander Sarge nt O.K .S. the School has lost another good friend who was a distinguished ecclesiastic, Bishop Harold Isherwood. Much of his ministry was spent on the continent of Europe whe re the C hurch of Engla nd has mainta ined for man y years chapla incies to minister both to English residents and summer visitors . Harold Isherwood was sent to Brussels to uni te Ihe two churches of the Resurrection a nd Christ Church and out of two congregations of different ecclesiastical colours made one worshipping body housed in a new church dedicated to the Holy Trinity. Consecrated assista nt bishop of the diocese of Gibraltar in 1974 he and his wife Mary ret ired to live in a flat in Burgate Street, Canterbury, in 1977 and soon became very much part of the li fe of the Cathedral and Diocese. Canon Peter Pilkington drew him into the life of the School as well and he became an invaluable member of the Governing Body bringing his wide experience and flair for fina nce to the help of the Governors at the time when the School Appeal was in full swing. A fter several years, as his health began to fail, he became a n emeritus governo r but remained a famili ar figure at school functions till shortl y before his death last April. At the funeral service in the Cathedra l the Archbishop spoke with great wa rmth and appreciation of his ministry, the School being represented on this occasion by the Headmaster. By his ma ny friends Harold will be remembered as a man small in stature but full of dy namic energy and great cheerfulness whose love for cricket and music were among the varied interests Requiescant

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of a many-sided priest. The Editors of the Cantuarian wish to express their sympathy to M his devoted wife and support in all his undertakings. ary, As the magazine went to press, news came of another loss in the death of Canon Joseph P I (SH 1922-8), a former Head of School, successively Precentor of Canterbury and Cove~~ e ry Cathedrals. Obituaries appear later in this issue. Memorial Chapel

The Archbishop of Canterbury conducted a service of rededication of th resto~ed lI:1~morial Chapel on Sunday 25th June. Fuller details appear lat/ In this edlhon. r

Five into three won't go without division, and as no members of the Biology Department were willing to submit to their own perverse practices Ihe alternative solution of 'more space' was adopted. After six months d~ring which the Mint Yard closely resembled Passchendaele, Barwicks of Dover moved out in April and left the School in proud possession of a magnificent suite of Biology laboratories and prep rooms (five of the former, naturally, and two of the latter). The atmosphere in what was once the pigeon-dominated roof space of the Parry Hall is now more conducive to learning due to the use of ion-releasing hardwoods and ozone friendly adhesives, although the enclosing of the once exposed balconies has brought home the full import of the greenhouse effect to pupils waiting patiently for lessons to begin. Labor ergo Laboratories

A century of service to King's is the accumulated debt we owe to those who leave us this year. Mr. Hutchinson has been appointed Head of Classics at Uppingham. He has been the resident Tutor in Broughton and a most energetic organiser of Activities, replacing the famous banda sheets with computerised lists. His expertise as a photographer is well documented in The Cantuarian (among other places), and his spectacular collection of ties has helped the Second Master to popularise the wearing of photochromalic lenses. We wish him every success in his new post. Mr. Trowell retires from teaching to embark once again on his previous career as a freelance artist. He has presided over the institution of Blackfriars as the Art Department, where many have been able to admire his exhibitions of pupils' work. His self-effacing manner belied an unstinting commitment to his work, as well as his willingness to help with set-painting for many drama productions. It is with every confidence that we wish him a creative retirement. Colonel Neville merits the same optimistic vale. His retirement from the post of Director of Music heralds the foundation of a new local orchestra which already has performances planned for later in the year. Those who heard the school orchestra perform his composition Sword oj Honour at the last Symphony Concert will have recognised the essence of his success. The same purposeful energy has been communicated through a vast and varied repertoire over the years, and his many admirers will look forward to his future performances in the area. Mr. Ross is leaving School House and the History Department to concentrate on his already well-established career as a writer. It is difficult to define the role of a boarding school teacher without thinking of him. Efficient and entertaining in the classroom, rugby coach and producer of plays, Thespian and entrepreneur, he has brought energy and enthusiasm to many aspects of life at King's. Lucy Ross has lived and worked in the Precincts for most of her life, and they are both so much a part of the community that we can only hope that we shall continue to enjoy their company as often as possible in the years ahead. Mr. Cooke, an O.K.S., leaves us to become Head of Computing at Cranleigh. It is in this field that he has made an invaluable contribution to the School in recent years, designing and To Pastorals New

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THE NEW BIOLOGY LABS, GLIMPSED THROUGH THE MUD THEY CREATED (Michael Gillespiel, POETRY PRESENTATION (Kemish Gazelle), MEMORIAL CHAPEL (T.R.H.I

lanning the introduction of courses in Computing and presiding over the installation and ~peration of a vast and constantly used battery of screens and printers where, not so long ago, was the Recital Room. He has also made a significant contribution to the religious life of the School through the Christian Forum. We wish him and his family success and happiness in their new environment. The Reverend Peter Boyden, in his last sermon at Sung Eucharist, defined the role of the School Chaplain in terms of commending the Christian way of life to his pupils. In his ministry, both at King's and at Milner Court, he has done exactly this through his teaching and example. His selection by the Warden of Radley for the post of Head of Religious Studies comes as no surprise, but leaves a gap in Canterbury and Sturry which will not easily be filled. At the very end of term, Mr. Hattee was offered the post of Principal of Collingham Tutors in Kensington. He leaves the History Department, the Housemastership of Meister Omers and Ihe job he has performed with such distinction for several years, that of Cathedral and School Press Officer. We are also indebted to him for organising the visits of many distinguished speakers 10 give Sixth Form Talks. Whilst we are still recovering from the news of his sudden translation, his many sartorial admirers have helped us to realise that he could not turn down a post which involves working so much closer to Savile Row. The dilemma of the author of these pages in coping with the retirement of the Lower Master, Mr. Wenley, is mercifully relieved by the knowledge that a full appreciation of his 37 years of service to King's appears elsewhere in The Cantuarian. Housemaster, Commanding Officer of Ihe C.C.F., bassoonist, race starter, tireless purveyor of theorems, Lower Master, owner of George and his predecessors, so kaleidoscopic is his career that we can only express our admiration and gratitude and wish him well. We also say affectionate and grateful farewells to Mr. Michael Lund (School Shop), Mrs. Vi Gridley (Broad Street Matron), Mr. Bill Redwood (Accounts) and Mrs. Alison Weaver (Headmaster's Office). Paul Pollak's predecessor as Housemaster of Marlowe, Joslyn Owen, who left the staff in December 1958, has recently announced his retirement from Devon Education Authority. Described in Education magazine as 'one of the evergreen giants of the education service', his remarkable career began al Chigwell Grammar School, from where he came to King's as a Housemaster, 'for that was the idealist's happy hunting ground of the day'. Stewart Ross's predecessor as Housemaster of School Ho'use, John Sugden, who left the staff in 1985, has been appointed Headmaster of Leicester Grammar School. The Leicester Mercury, reporting his appointment, mentions that he is an opera fan and a sportsman as well as being a well-respected modern linguist. [n a tribute to Cambridge University worthy of Harpers and Queell, the paper announces: 'Mr. Sugden read Modern Languages at St. Catharine's College, and his love of foreign tongues has stayed with him.' Thomas Cranmer was the predecessor of another notable local figure. He was born five hundred years ago this term, on July 2nd 1489. Readers who wish to recall his enthusiasm for King's might consult David Edwards's history of the School. Tongues and Fire

1989 is the centenary of Somerset Maugham's departure from The King's School. This anniversary, and the publication of Professor Robert Calder's biography Willie, have encouraged us to take a closer look at the contents of the Maugham Library. The results of these researches are published separately. The School has also managed to acquire a first edition of Liza of Lambeth - Maugham's first novel - to join the manuscript in the Walpole collection. We are now looking for a first edition of Of Human Bondage, and any other items of Maughamiana would always be welcomed. Somerset Revisited

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Mr. Henry Hutton, father of Stephen Hutton O.K.S., and father-in-law of Michael V . O.K.S., has most generously presented the School with a copy of the Perry Edition of the Facs~'".r Domesday Book. Only 29 examples of this limited edition, produced in 1986 for the cXX:t e anniversary, were available for sale in Britain. The splendid pair of volumes is bound in ~ and has a William I penny - minted at Sandwich - set in the front cover. It is in itself a beautO; object, as well as being of great historical interest, and will be appropriately displayed in 'l\~1 School. e The Librarian would like to thank Mr. Walter Annenberg, the former U.S. Ambassador t Britain, for the gift of a book on Westminster Abbey, and Jeremy Mallinson (M.O. 1950-54) for a copy of his latest book Travels in Search oj Endangered Species. ' The death was announced in May of Major-General John Witt (1909-1914) He was commissioned in 1914 into the Army Service Corps and became' Captain at the age of 18. In 1918 he was awarded the Military Cross faa outstanding gallantry. An excellent horseman, he met his match in the sha ~ of a mount requisitioned for a parade in Cologne. It had been a circus horse, and when touCh~d underneath would promptly lie down. Witt stood up in the stirrups to make sure his column was moving properly and touched the critical spot with his toe. The hor~e remained seated While the B.A.O.R. was moblhsed to contact Its former groom, holder of a VItal secret. Witt survived the experience, going on to achieve the unique distinction of being the Director of Supply and Transport successively in the General Headquarters of the Rhine Army, the Far East Land Forces and the Middle East Land Forces. Another O.K.S., holder of the Military Cross, Squadron Leader 'Jimmy' James, has taken part in a ceremony at the R.A.F. Museum at Hendon to honour those who did not survive the Great Escape from Stalag Luft III forty-five years ago. While under sentence of death at Sachsenhausen, James comforted himself by thinking about the Cathedral and the School. Winning their Spurs

The Cantuarian has already recorded the fact that O.K.S. Ivan Hart-Davies who joined the School in January 1894 and died in an accident in 1917, stili Highroad â&#x20AC;˘.. holds the Motor Cycle and Light Car records for the journey from Land's End to John O'Groats. O.K.S. Hugh Edeleanau, no doubt realising that today's speed limits make an attempt on this record impracticable, has done the journey in a custom-built turbo JCB, of which he has an important collection in standard form . Brigadier Ted Bredin, who was Lance Sergeant in the School's Officer Training Corps in 1929, was interviewed by The Daily Telegraph in May about the report of the National Audit Office calling for a review of the structures of the British Army's regiments. He defended the notion of the regiment as a family, and pointed to the fact that other nations have sought to emulate Britain 's regimental traditions, recognising the benefits in terms of morale, recruitment and fighting spirit. He asserted the continuing importance of such attitudes in today's 'high-tech' Army. I '\I Take the

O.K.S. Hugh Honour has published The Image oj the Black in Western Art, described by The Daily Telegraph reviewer as 'sumptuous'. The recently published second novel of O.K.S. Peter Benson, A Less Dependency, concerns Diego Garcia, a forgotten island in the Indian Ocean, sold by the British to the United States in 1966 for the contruction of a gigantic naval base. The novel depicts the disintegration of one family, forced to abandon its home and be shipped to Mauritius. In a country full of readers and writers their illiteracy and inarticulacy leads to madness and starvation . No such problems, we trust, for O.K .S. abroad. The bulk of five distinguished collections of poems by O.K.S. Richard Murphy have been published in a volume entitled New Selected Poems. They are described in The Sunday Times as being 'lewd, lamenting, wrathful, joyful, satirical, sad, amusing'. Variations and Enigmas

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A contribution to Elgar studies has appeared in the form of Gerontius by O.K.S. James Hamilton-Pate.rson. Chara~tensed by ~he T.L.S. as 'modestly speCUlative fiction', it traces Elgar's voyage on a SIX week crUIse to BraZIl and up the Amazon in 1923. Sotheby's Head of Music, O.K.S. Graham Wells, was left holding a 1743 Guarneri del Gesu violin, unsold after a final bid worth about a quarter of the firm's valuation. It had been rumoured Ihat the violin was a 19th century forgery. Mr. Wells has subsequently been proved to have a sharp eye, and his critics flat feet. A minatory article in the Daily Telegraph warned readers recently not to forget the 150th anniversary of another O.K.S. writ~r, Walter Pater. The article lengthily traced Pater's influence on 19th century educatIOn and phIlosophy. We should perhaps be even more churlish not to mark the publication of Young Words, including a Cadbury's prize winning poem by Rory Campbell (LN). A photo faces p.152. Following the reinstitution by the Headmaster of the Scholars' Dinner, Elinor Corp (SH) represented the view that the Music Scholars should also be fed . As the Statutes took account of the gastronomic entitlement of Kings's Scholars rather before Music Scholars could be included, it was agreed to hold a self-supporting event for Sixth Form Music Scholars which duly took place in May.

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Dr. Arnott has contributed his Ph.D. research to a recent publication in the Journal oj the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions I. The title of his paper is 'Synthetic Studies Relevant to Biosynthetic Research on Vitamin BI2, Part 9: Synthesis of 20-Methyl and 20-Cyano Isobacteriochlorins.' Newly-ar rived Miss Eleanor Arnott shows the benefit of parental guidance over her vitamins: a healthy portrait faces p.156. Dr. Mallion has not only been down under - an inimitable report follows - but has also been translated into Russian. He gave a paper at a conference in America in 1983 which was published in Amsterdam in a book reporting the proceedings. The publishers Elsevier have now issued a Russian translation of the book. Their translator was defeated by only on; item: in the acknowledgements on page 320, the opaque Christ Church term 'Research Lectureship of the House' appears in English. . One of the chapters of Dr. Mallion's Oxford doctoral thesis formed part of a presentation '" Oxford to mark the 60th bmhday of Professor Coulson. The work was done in collaboration with Dr. Mallion's former supervisor in the University of Wales, Claude Haigh, and the two scholars resolved to publish thei~ wo~k in tribute to the Professor. It has now appeared, but regrettably Professor Coulson dIed fifteen years ago, three years after the presentation. Dr. Mallion confesses that he and his collaborator have been rather busy lately. He adds somewhat dolefully that the research in question was done before membe rs of his present 6a were born. Sub specie aeternitatis ... Carry On Mallion

We congratulate Mr. Martin Vye on his election to Kent County Council as S.L.D. Councillor representing Bridge. He defeated the sitting Conservative. In the same poll, O.K.S. Robert Balicki, Conservative, was elected to represent Ashford East. The two Councillors have collaborated in C.C .F. night exercises, before one of which they watched together The Fall oj Tobruk.

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Donald Bray (T) has launched a venture to raise ÂŁ20,000 for facilities and equipment at Parkside Primary School. His Campaign to Involve Business in the Community seeks the support of local industry and commerce. The money will, in the words of Parkside's Headmaster, enable the school to get off to a fine start when the National Curriculum is introduced in September. Resonant words. Brays of Bonny Doom

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An account of the many other fund-raising activities undertaken by King's pupils fOr ch . appears in the Chaplain's Notes. arlly The latest member of the School to represent England is fencer James Crawfurd (LN). Nick Daley (T) and Martin Le Huray (SH) scored centuries for the 1st X and were duly presented with bats on Speech Day. Two other 1st XI players also made thr. 1 figure scores: Mike Holden (B) for the Haymakers and Ben Cooper (MT) for the Beverley 3~ Xl. The Master in charge of Cricket (97 not out for the Common Room) only failed to Âˇo~ his charges because the match (against the K & C Consultants) was limited to 22 overs a iide~ Craig Feria (SH) achieved the remarkable feat of scoring all of the first fifty of his team's runs in the Junior House Match semi-final. When the target of 93 was reached, without loss he was 89 not out. Luke Klugman's was the equally remarkable innings at the other end. ' Preparations are in hand for the forthcoming ~ugby tour to New Zealand, Australia, Fiji and Los Angeles. On Saturday 16th December, a Dmner-Dance and Auction are to be held in the Rose Room at Twickenham to help raise money for the event. Guests will include Nigel Starmer_ Smith, Gerald Davies, Nigel Melville, and Will Carling. Tickets for this extravaganza, priced at ÂŁ50, are available from the Master in charge of Rugby, Mr. White. Sabre Youth

Harpers and Queen have produced profiles of schools that might suit different Horrorscope: types of children. We were not considered suitable for Emma (likes sewing Gemini and ballet, academically mediocre), Jamie (a short plank off the old MacThick .. block), Tommy (shor~ of i".laginatio,:, and hopeless at both a!t an~ music), Mehssa (ttchy feet, flashmg eyes and floatmg haIr), or Juha (both parents beheve fIrmly m singlesex education). We are recommended for twins Lucy and Sam, both bright, outward-going, energetic, pretty good at everything they do. Splendid, as long as such excellent publicity is not limited to Harpers and Clone ... No similar accolade from twenty visiting Austrian secondary school teachers. Their review in the local press of their experiences in various schools singled out the lunch at King's as the memorable feature. Harpers and Queen please note when placing Hans and Heidi.

The English Department has recently acquired two word processors for pupils to use in their coursework. The built-in spelling checks are as yet little acquainted with Shakespeare. The nearest they have to Banquo is Banjo, and the suggested substitute for Macbeth is Machete. Alexander Redman unfurled a 350 foot montage of ink-pen work he has done since the age of 10, in the Chapter House at 2.30 on Tuesday, June 27th. Done on joined together computer paper, and representing many hours of work done over an eight year period, it stretched 2Vz times around the perimeter of the Chapter House and featured entirely imaginary architectural constructs, reflecting Alex's interest in, and fascination by, cosy, old-world pre-supermarket concepts such as small, individual shops and inviting, reassuring pubs of charm and character. King's Week excursions went ahead in defiance of train strikes and traffic jams. Dr. Hands and Mr. Scott (riding shotgun) found their minibus performing an unrehearsed rallentando followed by a spectacular morendo in an A2 contra flow . A gallon of petrol in these circumstances proved to be expensivissimo. We invite suggestion as to the preoccupation of a tourist standing in the Green Court who was heard to say: 'I don't think anything will ever move me quite so much'. One of the term's Loser's Cups must go to the Shell boy who returned from a weekend at home with a very black eye. He had been given a boomerang to play with. Witches' New Spell

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Top Left: MISS ELEANOR ARNOTT (J.S.H.); Top Right: COINS ROUND THE GREEN COURT (Kemish Gazette); Middle Right: DOC. MALL. DOWN UNDER (See p.17S) (R.B.Ma.); Boltom Left: DOC. MALL. BACK UP AND THINKING (J.S.H.); Boltom Right: DILL REDWOOD (T.R.H.)

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OBITUARIES THE RIGHT REVEREND HAROLD ISHERWOOD Reprinted from The Daily Telegraph oj 22nd April 1989

The Right Reverend Harold Isherwood, who has died aged 81, gave 38 years of remarkable service to the Anglican Church in Continental Europe. He was Chaplain at Helsinki, Oslo and Brussels, then Vicar-General and finally Assistant Bishop of the diocese of Gibraltar in Europe. Isherwood was a well-known and highly respected figure in most of the English-speaking communities and embassies of Western Europe, and underneath his jovial, Friar Tuck-like exterior lVas a deeply spiritual priest who also had a gift for finance and administration which saved his own diocese and some other Church institutions from imminent catastrophe. The development and present strength of the Anglican Church in Europe owes much to him and he remained one of its auxiliary bishops until his death. Harold Isherwood was born in Lancashire on June 23 1907 and spent some years in business before going to Selwyn College, Cambridge, and Ely T heological College to prepare for ordination. He was a curate at Beeston, Notts, from 1939 to 1943 and then undertook war service as Chaplain of the National Nautical School at Portishead. He remained in this post until 1951 IVhen, to the astonishment of his friends, he became chaplain to the small English-speaking community in Helsinki. This was a difficult and lonely job and also involved periodic visits to Moscow to minister to the embassy staff there. His aptitude for this kind of ministry soon became evident and in 1954 he moved to Norway where he not only served Anglicans in Oslo exceedingly lVell but also established four subsidiary chaplaincies in other parts of the country. In the meantime a serious problem had arisen in Belgium where two Anglican churches in Brussels - one evangelical, the other Anglo-Catholic - were at daggers drawn and resisting all attempts to unite them. Isherwood was despatched in 1959 to deal with the situation and after much hard and painful labour - on one occasion he was locked out of his parsonage he united Christchurch and the Chu rch of the Resurrection, enabling it to become the present flourishing Holy Trinity Church, with the fine hall built during his time as chaplain . Here, as in all his other posts, he established close and cordial relations with the other Christian churches and, although he was sometimes careless of the requirements of the civil law, his popularity in Brussels spared him a multitude of parking tickets. . When Bishop John Satterthwaite was given the task in 1970 of uniting the Anglican jurisdiction in Europe (which was still under the Bishop of London), with the Mediterranean diocese of Gibraltar, he made it a condition of his acceptance of the appointment that Isherwood should become his Vicar-General and share in the pastoral and administrative demands of the new and vastly extended diocese. The partnership grew to be highly successful and after four years Isherwood, who had become a Canon of Gibraltar in 197 1, was consecrated as Assistant Bishop of the diocese. Only three years remained before his retirement, though he continued to serve as an auxiliary bishop for another 12 years . His decision to retire to Canterbury where he was a much valued assistant bishop was not unrelated to his abiding love of cricket and soon he was a popular figure on the St. Lawrence ground as well as in the pavilion at Lord's. He was appointed L.V.O. in 1955 (following the visit of the Queen to Norway), and O.B.E . in 1959. He is survived by his wife, the former Mary Walters. There were no children of the marriage. ÂŠ Daily Telegraph.

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ENTRANCE TO OUR LADY UNDERCROFT (AlltOIlY Frew)

CANON JOSEPH POOLE Reprinted from The Times of 14th July 1989 Canon Joseph Poole, Precentor of Coventry Cathedral from 1958 to 1977, who devised magnificent consecration services of May 25 and 26, 1962, has died in Coventry at the age of ~e When in 1958 Joseph Poole joined the new staff team of Coventry Cathedral his career h . been deeply rooted in the best traditions of the Church of England. He had been a choristad of St. George's, Windsor, head boy of King's School, Canterbury, organ scholar at Jesus CoUet Cambridge, Precentor of Canterbury and Rector of Merstham. e, The mood, however, just before the new decade, was expectant of change and Basil Spence' cathedral became a symbol of all this. The pressures on the staff were twofold and they wer! very great - to change radically the traditional image of English cathedrals, or to be faithful to that tradition hallowed by centuries. The new precentor dId not have a free hand and at times, discussions by a cathedral team on the emerging liturgical pattern were turbulent. It ;'as not that Poole was inflexible but that he was determined to build the liturgical structure On Ihe tested foundations of the Book of Common Prayer and the uncompromised faith of the Church of England. It was a measure of hIs greatness that he was able to create a patter~ of liturgy which acknowledged both the changmg needs of the new generatIOn and yet remamed rooted in the Prayer Book. He once said : 'Whenever the Church of England is unsure of its faith, its uncertainty is reflected in what it does with its liturgy.' Poole spared no detail to achieve excellence . Every service was a masterpiece of precision so that no unrehearsed error came between the worshipper and God. His control of liturgy was such that everyone could give entire attention to responding to the presence of God and the detail of the service flowed unobtrusively so as not to get in the way . Joseph Poole was before all else a faithful priest. As precentor he was often quite frightening but as a priest he was greatly loved . That he had his eccentricities was a part of the delight he gave to those who knew him. But his memorial is in the tradition of excellence which he left behind when he retired in 1977. He was a Fellow of the Royal School of Church Music and contributed several original Festival books for it. He leaves a widow, Judith, and four children. ÂŠ Times Newspapers Ltd.

VALETE PAUL WEN LEY (K.S.C. 1952-89) You know how easy it is to hit good golf shots when the professional is giving you a lesson? When 1 was discussing Paul's 'Valete' with some glib ex-obituarists in the Common Room they made it all sound so straightforward, but now that I have sat down at a typewriter it seems to have become suddenly as difficult as hitting that golf ball straight once the pro has left you on your own.

Should I begin by describing how Paul came direct to King's from Corpus Christi, Cambridge looking just as he does now (with one or two minor adjustments such as that R.A.F. moustache and an extra inch round the midriff)? Or should I remind you that, on his retirement this year, he joins surely an elite of schoolmasters who have given totally dedicated service to a school for over 35 years and in Paul's case 37? From the word go he was a Tutor in Meister Omers, 158

der 'Sam' Prior the ex-R.A .F. bomber pilot from World War II, and it was not long before

~~ was wooed away from the khaki uniform he had worn in the R.E.M.E. whilst serving his

ountry for two years before going up to Cambridge . The R.A.F. Section was lucky indeed to ~ave a man with so much practical talent join its ranks and go on to become the much-loved 'WingcO' of recent years. There cannot be many entitled to wear the Cadet Force's Medal and three clasps. And what are his own feelings about long service in the Corps? 'I've loved every minute of iI' he said at this term's C.C.F. Officers Past and Present Dinner held in his honour in the Gateway Chamber. Generations of O.K.S. will always remember Paul not in isolation but closely accompanied by a handsome golden retriever - first Ch loe, then Ben and now George. George was frequently present at Housemasters' Meetings in the Maugham Library where, after an appropriately short time (coached by his Master?) he would make yawning noises or snore musically, effectively providing much needed 'detente' when discussion was becoming too intense. Inseparable too is the Volkswagen Dormobile which, on so many occasions, was packed with spotlights and electrical equipment for countless plays. At the busiest times he would make the journey to London followed by hours of painstaking work getting it all ready. Many will recall Paul in action on Birley's - one can see him with starter pistol raised and, after the bang, his dog leaping in the air long before any runner was on his way. Or perhaps it will be the track-suited rugby coach running the 2nd XV or refereeing a hockey match. Paul is a lover of the outdoor life whether it is on the games field, walking his dog on Dover Cliffs or on numerous Arduous Training Camps. The latter were not without their moments such as the occasion when Paul's van accidentally knocked down a deer. The local Scotish butcher would not have anything to do with it as he would be done for poaching but recommended Paul and Bill McConnell to visit a 'poacher'. He agreed to fix it up and all on the camp enjoyed an unexpectedly good meal, at the expense of a dent to Paul's vehicle. Before he became Housemaster of Meister Omers in 1960 another outdoor activity had become one of Paul's pet loves. This was the new glider given to the R.A.F. Section by the R.A.F. Paul had gone on a course for this and many boys had much enjoyment with this toy on Birley's . This was later superseded by the hovercraft. As I have already mentioned, Paul helped run the R.A.F. Section with Sam Prior who recalls an occasion on their first day at an R.A.F. camp. The C.O. of the station was starting his opening address when Paul uncharacteristically arrived about two minutes late. 'Why are yo u late?' snapped the C.O. 'I am sorry, Sir,' replied Paul, with a disarming smile, 'I was just adm iring your charming Âˇparade ground outside.' The C .O. made no reply. Paul was then, as now, very much liked and respected by all. After completing his tenure of Meister Omers, Paul deputised as Housemaster for a term in both Linacre and Lattergate before he became Lower Master in 1976 and shouldered the many administrative duties without which a school cannot run properly. Typically he carried out these assignments in a quietly efficient and not officious way. Paul did much work behind the scenes for which he received no applause but if this work had not been done many more glamorous things would not have been able to happen. Paul often had to liaise with the Precentor or Head Verger of the Cathedral when scholars were needed as volunteers for various reasons. He always did this without fuss and in a friendly and diplomatic way . [ think we will all remember him for his unassuming modesty and a reassuring composure and social aplomb which put you at your ease. Indeed he seemed to me to have the bearing and attributes of a diplomat and this inspired respect and affection. The same respect and affection were to be found in the classroom where he had the gift of being on the same wavelength as his pupils, especially those of average ability. He was able to commun icate and explain the more difficult aspects of mathematics and countless boys and girls have reason to be grateful to him for his patience and guidance, frequently given o n a one-toone basis in his own time or wh ilst on duty in M.O. in prep. Paul was the only expert in the school on Mechanical Drawing and derived much pleasure in teaching this, especially to the more able boys. 159

After caring for and guiding several generations of boys in M.O. through some of the diffi 'flowing locks' times of the 60's to the more recent crewcuts, Paul himself always 100kedC~t same on House photos. Few of his charges would have failed to realise that he could sum tht e up and knew them better than their parents did. As his successor I was envious of his nat ern skill in writing testimonials and he had a !emarkable memory for detail of what each boy hr~ done. Even now an engagement or marriage of an O.K.S. IS rarely mIssed by his eagle e a When he had to leave 6 The Precincts recently, he chose to buy a house at the apex of a tria:;' - is it an isosceles one I wonder and did he ponder over Pythagoras' Theorem when he purch e it? Once again his practical skills have come to the fore and a carefully planted and tended wis~ in the garden can be admired by the girls in Radigund's and the drunks opposite . To hark bac: to his diplomatic role his n~me is well known in Hol.'and, for each year Paul arranges the visit to the school of Dutch TraInee Teachers. For them It has become the Ascot-cum-Wimbledon_ cum-Henley event of the year and, in appreciation of what Paul does for them it is rumoured that he now has the largest collection of ashtrays in the shape of Dutch clogs in Canterbury. By now I hope you have some idea of Paul's wide ranging interests and contributions but I h~ve not finished by.a long pi~ce of mathematical chalk for his musical activities have pl~yed an IncreasIng part In hIs school hfe. He had played the bassoon at CambrIdge and on retirement from M.O. his love of mechanical contraptions led him to resume his manipulations of this instrument and become Charles Cracknell's largest pupil. Now a member of the First Orchestra the Chamber Orchestra and the Band, members of M.O. have been delighted to have him i~ House Concerts where he also acted as a double bass on some occasions as we always lacked one. Of course I have failed to mention his involvement in the J .C.R., two Enthronements , the preparatory work for self-service in the Dining-Hall, arrangements for helicopters for numerous Royal visits, his voluntary work as a night stand-by emergency driver to hospital, the organisation of the 'Rogues Gallery', Cathedral seating and Sung Eucharists and transport of golfers to Sandwich Bay - the list is endless. It is service of his calibre which is the life blood of schools such as King's, and with Paul's departure we lose a man of immense stature whose loyal service will be sadly missed. Fortunately he will still be around to be in charge of the C.C_F. until M.J.V. retires from Walpole. And what of the future? My most knowledgeable informant assures me that he could, by his picture framing skills alone, make another fortune with the greatest of ease - there are many examples of his work amongst the M.O. House photos although he tells me they were his first attempts. Well, as I feared, I have hooked and sliced without professional help but, after all, this was my debut as an obituarist and I have felt immensely privileged to have been invited to try and do justice to Paul's quite outstanding career at King's. I know that I speak for everyone involved with the School when I express the wish that the extra freedom he is to enjoy will allow him to see his large family more often and that we will still be able to have the pleasure of meeting him around the Precincts and the City. J.J.D.C.

GERALD HATTEE (K.S_C. 1968-89) Gerald Hauee leaves King's to take up an appointment on September 1st as the Principal of Collingham Tutors, Kensington. This move follows a career of twenty one years at the school, but is surprising only for the suddenness of its timing. A scholar in History at Keble College, Gerald came to King's directly from Oxford in 1968. He has been a mainstay in the success of the History department ever since, also teaching Politics 160 GERALD HATfEE (T.R.H.I

at A level. In more recent times he has assisted fully with the changes brought by G.C.S.E. contributing a valuab le section on International Relations to the department's core notes. It seems Gerald has never had any great interest in becoming a Senior Subject Master, but has always been a inspirational teacher. I suspect Gerald's distinctive style and flair, not forgetting the constitutional benefits of his punishments ('circumnavigate the Gre~n Court. . .') will re!llain, for his puptls, the most memorable part of hIS lessons, the thmgs wh Ich made G. H. HIStory enjoyable and remarkable, and that are remembered long after the exam syllabus is forgotten. Gerald's skills of organisation, communication and public relations, must have been fully evident at the outset of his King's career. Within a year of starting he was appointed Master in Charge of Speech Day. From 1971 he was also School Librarian and continued to hold these tWO posts until 1987 when he became House Master of Meister Omers. Two years represents toO short a period for any conclusive assessment of a Housemastership. However one thing that can be said is that under Gerald Meister Omers has been transformed by the conversion of former dormitories to bed sitting rooms. With the benefit of such modernization, while retaining its medieval character, M.O . could hardly be a more attractive house. Other positions held by Gerald during his 21 years at King's are those of resident tutor (or 'assistant house master') in the old Luxmoore House, founder secretary of the J .C.R., President of the School Tenterden (Debating) Society, Treasurer of Charity Appeals and a staff member, in the pioneering days of the early '70s, of the Social Services Unit. In all the above respects Gerald has brought his distinctive, civilizing, contribution to school life. However, the Gerald role which I personally will most treasure is that of Presenter of School Lectures. King's has had the benefit of many talks given by distinguished persons in public life and Gerald, over the past decade, has been chiefly responsible, on behalf of the Headmaster, for in viting them. To mention just a few, school lectures have been given by Lord Carrington, Edward Heath, Jo Grimond, Len Murray, Alastair Burnet, A. J. Ayer, Dr. Coggan,and Leon Brittan. What was so much admired, by both colleagues and pupils, was the marvellous G.H. facility of summing up so adeptly and perceptively, with a lightness of touch, often a very amusing lOuch, which, for sheer cleverness, paid a real tribute to the speaker. The full significance of Gerald's contribution to King's, however, cannot be fully appreciated without recognizing the relationship between his activities within the school and those outside as Press Secretary to the Dean and Chapter and as a former City Counci llor (1976-9). Uniquely, G.H. succeeded in effecting a vital link between a ll three of these entities, School , Cathedral and Council , around which so much of the future of King's revolves. During the Pilkington years this link, especially the connection with Canterbury City Council, was particularly valuab le at a time of major planning developments. In this and in his management of public relations the School has much to thank Gerald for. Since 1983 he has been Publicity Officer for the School as well as the Cathedral. Gerald has succeeded in establishing an excellent rapport with both the local and national press. Whenever one read, 'A spokesman for the King's School said .. .' one knew that the well chosen words emanated from G.H. No doubt the greatest P. R. highlight for Gerald came with the visit of Pope John Paul 11 to Canterbury in 1982. More recently the very full entries given to King's in the Good Schools Guide and the publication in national newspapers of a number of photographs, including for example, Sir Georg Solti at a rehearsal of the school orchestra in 1988, owe much, again, to Gerald's P.R. sk ills. Tutor, House Master, Administrator, P .R. officer, Gerald takes his professional expertise to direct one of the 'big five' tutorial colleges in London. He a lso takes his enlivening personality, entertaining conversation, and tremendous sense of humour. I shall miss Gerald very much, but feel sure we shall be hearing a lot more about Collingham Tutors in the future than hitherto. H.R.O.M.

t6t JAMES COOKE (J.S.H.)

JAMES COOKE (K.S.C. 1972-89) James came here in 1972 from Bradfield. He is one of the few ~ith a double claim to the O.K.S. tie, as ex-pupil and as long-servmg master. Dunng his flfst mcarnatlOn here he was a member of School House (from 1959 to 1964), from where he moved on with a scholarshi to Trinity College, Oxford. P For his first few years he lived in Walpole as a loyal and conscientious resident tutor to RObin Pittman. His accommodatIOn was a room with boys above, below and on bot~ Sides, so it is small wonder that he was the first master (at least for a long lIme) to move without the lure of wedding bells into a house in town. He almost left us years ago, and not necessarily bound for anywhere special either, When he observed to Canon P ilkington at High Table once that a certain Japanese film-crew here at the time had only interviewed him because he would fit neatly on to their small TV screens. Shortly afterwards he did take a year off, or at least out, when in 1981-2 he took the Diploma in Computing at the University of Kent.. It was after thiS that h.e was able to develop the Computing here, weathering all the difficulties that come With the settmg up of a new department. The old Music Recital Room turned mto the Computer Room, and later James managed to obtain permission to instal a network to improve the facilities. The new ~ubject was not an unequivocal blessing, however, given the deme of many boys to spen.d mnumerable hours 'vegging' away, which meant long days for the master m charge. Also as EllIS Committee supremo for Computing he organised various meetmgs for teachers from other schools. But Maths was his first subject, perhaps because of influences from two directions, for his father was a professor in the subject (and thus able to furnish him with ma~y puzzles on request) and his ex-Housemaster also taught Maths. It was that Housemaster, Richard Paynter, Who later appointed James to teach in his department. For many years James helped with the Cross Country team, and was frequentl~ to be seen bespattered with mud arriving back in the Mint Yard. He was able to keep uP. With the best of them, and it was surely not the fact that the odd Shell boy e-:entually gave him a. close run but rather the unfamiliarity of the new course that fmally made him hang up his runnmg-shoes. For even longer, he was part of the cricket scene, for he was a stalwart Haymaker: almost the only one, it seemed at times,. when other masters ha<! such heavy team commitments on Saturdays. At an emergency meetmg after a bleak season m 1984 James ag:eed to be secretary for a further year, and the result was the first u~beaten season for them smce the War,. after which James retired honourably from active service . He was a vigorous batsman who did not like being tied down, yet once batted through .an innings to s~ve th~ !"atch. No one was safer in the field under a skier or played the game m a more genume splnt; he even once chided a colleague umpire for not giving him out l.b. w. That integrity sprang and springs, from his deep personal faith which has motivated all he has done. Most of the w'ork in the running of Christian Forum has been his, in both good years and lean years. On many occasions his ability to bat on sticky wickets has been transferred to this realm too. Many pupils owe new insights on life to what they heard from James, and hIS patience, humour and friendliness came acro~s strong~y ~ver many years. Several who have passed through the group have since taken up full-time ChnstIan work. On many occ.a~lOns he has also helped in the summer and Easter camps at Iwerne Mmster, which meant glvmg up much of his holidays, and latterly he has been a churchwarden locally. Now that Nicola James and the girls are going to Cranleigh, all our best wishes go with them. By the way, if anyone wa nts a house in Canterbury, they are still trying to sell! R.J.M.

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PETER BOYDEN (K.S .C. 1972-89) Peter Boyden came to King's as Chaplain in September 1972, from the staff of the parish f Wimbledon. He has a distinguished academic record, with first class honours in Chemistry o( (he University of London and second class honours In Theology at Cambndge. He was ordamed a 1966 to a part-time curacy at Cambridge, in conjunction with which he completed a dissertation ~n the thought of the well-known American theologian of Christianity and Society Reinhold Niebuhr. In the year he arrived, there were five girls in the school. Football was then run single-handed by a colleague of even longer standing; but Peter was able to give a hand, holding the distinction of being the first F.A. qualified referee on the staff. Initially he was a tutor in Lattergate, but in 1977 he joined The Grange, whose Housemaster writes that his years there 'can best be characterised by his faultless sense of service. Everything was always done well, but unobtrusively, and he had the joint virtues of a Christian care for individuals and utter dependability in matters of organisation. His twelve years with The Grange included a month in Lent Term 1981 as acting Housemaster, and both then and subsequently he was meticulous in every way. Many of his tutees will besides be conscious of gratitude for his wise and patient counselling.' In his teaching he has straddled the divide between science and humanities. Until a year or (wo ago, he taught Chemistry as well as Religious Studies. Lately, however, the demands of (he new G.C.S.E. course in Religious Studies have required his full-time attention as head of (hat department; and he has also regularly taught A level biblical studies and ethics. Nor should we forget all the teaching commitments with Religious Studies periods in the lower school. That has not always been an easy task: it is difficult to maintain continuity with a class seen only once or twice a week, and there have been shifts of policy on general Religious Studies teaching. For many years, Peter organised the subsidiary subject scheme in the sixth forms. That scheme is an attempt to offer pupils options which will extend their three-subject specialisation. It involves much detailed work, particularly in the first months of the academic year, and a good deal of patience . The job was done quietly and efficiently, without benefit of computer. Coaxing colleagues to take on a weekly 'Religious Studies' class in the sixth form, or to supervise a general bathe, has also been Peter's lot at various stages. In this, as in many other ways, he has shown himself as one of those people without whose unobtrusive reliability things often taken for granted would simply not occur. . In his work as Chaplain the same quality of quiet caring has been apparent. Such work is in its nature frequently umecordable or unheralded, but there are many past and present members of the school who owe him much for a friendly word, a quiet chat, or simply example . He has also been the effective and effectual Chaplain at the Junior King's School; the confirmation classes have grown, and his talks and addresses have been noted for their simplicity and direct engagement with junior boys. Those who have heard his sermons at Mattins in the Cathedral or the School Eucharist will have noticed a similar directness and clarity, a great gift. For Peter it is good that a new challenge and opportunity in his professional career has arisen. We lose, and Radley gains, a loyal and utterly reliable colleague, a faithful priest, and a skilled (eacher. We offer to him, Jennifer and the children our best wishes as they begin this new stage of their life. P.F.J.

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STEWART ROSS (K.S.C. 1974-89) The great-grandson of 'Saladin' , the renowned Victorian atheist, came to the hallowed precinct of Canterbury Cathedral from Saudi Arabia in 1974, as the result of a chance conversation at an illegal party in Riyadh. Stewart Ross had not seen the School, nor had the School seen Stewart but questions were asked, telegrams were exchanged, and Peter Newell's last appointment turned out to be a man more various even than Zimri, and with a dynamism that is to be measured on the Richter scale. The King's School has been quaking ever since. The ~implest way to describe. Ste.wart wo.uld be to turn to Roget's .Thesaurus, look u 'enthusIastIc', and reel off the adJectIves. He IS mdeed full of beans, bracmg, enterprising ahead ... Sadly for us, however, he is now going ahead - leaving to take up writing as a 'full. time career. The announcement came as something of a shock, but on reflection we should feel grateful that we have been able to enjoy his stimulating presence for so long. His teaching career has been distinguished by any standards, and both pupils and colleagues have been fortunate to benefit from his manifold talents.

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For several years he directed the main King's Week play, and many will remember The Merry Wives oj Windsor, or The Merchant oj Venice, or Richard III - witty, imaginative and moving productions that were among the dramatic highlights of the 1970s. In addition there were several house plays - starting with Ross, of course - and the zestful Oliver - an exhilarating change from the tradition of Gilbert and Sullivan. Nor has Stewart been afraid to put his directorial preaching into practice on the stage. In Goodbye Mr. Dean, therefore, he delivered a 'sermon' - a novel way to court the Dean's daughter - and was a larger-than-life Ollie Hardy in an unforgettable rendition of 'The Trail of the Lonesome Pine'. More recently, he was a fearsome Bill Sikes in the School House Oliver. There has never been any danger that he might become type-cast. Stewart has been equally active on the games field , where his great love is rugby football. He has been up early in the morning to watch the Lions, off to Twickenham - or even Parc des Princes - at every opportunity, and still found the time to be an invigorating coach . The Under 14s in particular, but also the Junior Colts, the monster 3rd/4th/5th game and finally the 2nd XV, have all at vario us times responded to his intense but sensible passion for the game. He was an excellent player in his day, and his forceful presence in the Common Room scrum in the epic matches with the 3rd XV still brings a shudder to the memory. And in the gaps between rugger seasons, he has helped with the athletics, and made some dramatic appearances on the cricket field for the Haymakers or the Harvesters . (His running between the wickets brooks no argument.) It is easy to forget, in a boarding school, that teaching is our main occupation, but anyone passing within earshot of Stewart's classroom could not have been unaware of a vigorous educator in action. He is primarily a historian - specializing in the Tudors and Stuarts, but equally at home in the twentieth century - and it is as a writer of history books that he has already made his reputation outside the School. Some of his colleagues are fervently hoping that he will produce the ideal G.C.S.E. textbook as quickly as possible. His pupils already have cause to be grateful for his capacity to present his subject in a lively and memorable fashion.

Characteristically of the way things are ordered here, Stewart soon found himself teaching Politics too, and characteristically of Stewart he quickly established himself as the pivotal figure in that department. His own involvement in the evolving Centre - proving that to be an active moderate is not a contradiction in terms - has given his teaching an added spice, and his sets have most regularly visited Parliament and his pupils have benefited from invitations to Hansard Society functions. The King's Parliament, too, has developed largely under his influence, and, in recent years, a majority of those who have gone on to read P.P .E. at Oxford were first encouraged and enthused by his teaching. t64 Top: STEWART ROSS (T.R.H.); Bottom: PAUL NEVILLE (f.S.H.)

Never one to sit still, Stewart was soon looking for a new challenge, and in the autumn of 1978 he set off for a year as the Gertrude Cole Memorial Scholar at Rollins College, Florida. (Sig~ificantly it took an emeritus professor to replace him.) The challenge was a double one, for in the summer he had married Lucy White-Thomson, whose wide-ranging activities and luminous personality deserve their own bouquet. Most of us lesser mortals are overwhelmed b Stewart's presence; Lucy shines in any company. And so to James, Kate, Alexander and Eleanor - a sensibly ordered family - who have added much to the life of the Precincts . They are high-spirited children, as one would expect, and as some Saturday night baby-sitters can testify. In losing the 'gang', we are losing six of the very best. From the beginning, Stewart was an expert in 'pastoral care' avant fa fettre. Having started off in Galpin's, he became a resident tutor in the new Tradescant, and on his return from America did a brief spell in Meister Omers. Since 1980, he has been a housemaster, starting in Lattergate, where his positive approach, his concern and his wide-ranging interests gave the boys in his care an ideal introduction to the School. Under his aegis, an orderly environment was enlivened and humanized - an approach typified by the appointment of Alison Parrott as the first girl monitor. Then in 1985, the Rosses moved across the Mint Yard to School House. An observant house party sketch portrayed Stewart as a James Bond figure, licensed to smile and armed with a huge video key. Even the most observant boy, however, was unlikly to be aware that the appearance of affability was only possible because of tremendous hard work and an almost superhuman resilience in an occupation that Stewart has described as 'tidying up teenage messes'. The house became his with unusual rapidity, and there is no doubt that today it remains a happy and successful community - and full to overflowing. The large number of parents, past and present, who came to a farewell party in the Lattergate garden was a tribute to the very great respect in which he is held by all. Barry Duesbury, Bob Milford, John Parker and Stewart Ross all arrived in 1974; improbably, it is Stewart who leaves us first. Like the tree in the Mint Yard, he seemed a permanent fixture; in this case, the uprooting hurricane is Stewart himself. We have surely not heard the last of him, however; Bridge, after all, is not so far away. And we shall certainly be able to read about what he is doing: the Kings of Scotland, for instance, are already in the pipeline. More disconcertingly, there may also be a comic novel, based on an imaginary public school, and filled with improbable characters and bizarre goings-on. Reading, however, will be a poor substitute for the real thing, and no novel could re-create the larger-than-life presence of Stewart Ross. I shall certainly miss the weekly challenge of deciphering and interpreting the cryptic messages - 'Nettles is the b.s.', for instance - scrawled for the benefit of the master on duty; but I shall also miss his ebullient vitality, his good advice, his sane irreverence - and that voice. To return to the Roget, he has invigorated, gingered up, enlivened, animated and even fertilized. His parting advice is 'keep laughing'; we shall do our best, but without the Rosses it is difficult to believe that things will be quite so much fun. P.G.H.

PAUL NEVILLE (K.S.C. 1979-89) To contain the arts within a school, and to help them flourish, is not easy. Nor can it ever be, for, as Plato noted, the arts are potentially subversive. All great artists are, by nature, successful revolutionaries: they change our ways of seeing, speaking, hearing, thinking and feeling. But it is also so that the successful practising of the arts demands disciplines quite unimagined by those outside them. Anyone who plays an instrument well is, by the fact itself, a person who 165 PETER BOYDEN (T.R.H.)

has spent hours, days, months and years coming to terms with themselves in SOlitude Th substance of what they study is explosive, intellectually and emotionally; yet their way to s~c e is individual. Individuality tends to become more marked in artists than in others which is ~hs they have always been something of a nuisance in conventional societies. Only when they ha y passed by are they absorbed and appreciated; only the history of the arts is a decent SUb]'eve - never the arts now. CI It has been the measure of Paul Neville's skill that he has been able to contain and dire 1 so productively the many individuals who make up the Music Department. For every proble~ that has surfaced to the eyes of others there have been a hundred difficulties he has skillful\ negotiated and resolved . y Emerging from the cauldron which is the Music Department have been some remarkably gifted boys and girls during Paul' s tenure as Director of Music. Many have started to make their way Whatever their careers, they have much to thank Paul for. His daily insistence on such matter; as the 'right note in the right place', accurate intonation, dynamics, and balance may at times have irked them. Yet, sooner or later, they will have realised that it is only through the meticulous attention to detail which Paul has always insisted on that their imaginations can soar. There have, over the years, been some considerable performances. Vaughan Williams's 'London' Symphony and Shostakovitch's Fifth Symphony come to mind; so does The Dream 0/ Gerontius by Elgar, and the Verdi Requiem - given its second performance under Paul's direction this year. Such performances have never just 'happened' , even given the talented young! Every movement of the bow upon the strings, every piece of articulation on the brass, every bit of phrasing on the woodwind, the intensity of each sound on the percussion, is the fruit of hours of hard labour on the part of Paul - and not only in rehearsal. For behind each rehearsal there have often been weeks and months of careful consideration. Each piece of music on the music stands has been individually marked and aligned by Paul. Each work chosen has been carefully assessed as to its technical feasibility, given the players of the moment. Each boy or girl playing has been graded, encouraged, or goaded into effort by Paul. His or her individ ual teachers have been continually consulted . Every pretty performance has a battle-field behind it. Paul has also quietly cultivated his young musicians, giving some fifty of them opportunities as soloists. That he has been the first to applaud them has shown his genuine concern that they should be given full credit for their hard work. Evident too have been the exceptional standards achieved by the orchestra when accompanying in a modest capacity: their fine playing in some American musicals has been quite startling. Again it has been typical of him that, whatever his young players have thought of such music, he has insisted that there should never be a drop in standards. Paul has never been one to wait around to receive plaudits. T his is not false modesty: he knows what he thinks about a performance and neither needs to be told what to think, nor to be consoled over some detail which has fallen short of his own standards. Such has been his maturity and professionalism. In an insight unusual for a non-musician, Canon Pilkington thanked Paul Neville's predecessor not only for his achievements but for the anguish borne in producing them. Despite Paul's cheery and positive exterior let none doubt that anguish has also been part of his experience as Director of Music. In thanking him perhaps one may also express gratitude on behalf of those who, being young or unaware, will not have realised. One wishes Paul not only a contented retirement from King's, but a most active and successful future with his newly-founded professional orchestra. ALAN RIDOUT.

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OLIVER TROWELL (K.S.C. 1981-89) It's three o'clock in the morning, the security guard is dozing in his hut, even Emmett is aslee In the Art Room the lights are still shining like a good deed in a naughty world. Oliver Trow~i is still at work. It could be painting scenery for members of some Boarding House, who hav left everything to the last minute, as is usual over House plays; it could be lettering for King'~ Week notices; it could be G.C.S.E. moderation. More likely it will be preparation for one of those immensely impressive Blackfriars exhibitions we have grown accustomed to seein Whatever it is, the same dedication, care and unflappability will be accorded the task. At tim:; schools can be manic places, especially as deadlines approach and pass, or artistic and Sporting endeavours reach their climax. Blackfriars, though, under the influence of Oliver, has always :emained a place of calm where the visual arts are to be studied seriously a,!d the meretricious IS to be eschewed. The foundatIOn of all good art IS good draughtsmanshlp, and this Oliver has always insisted on, by example, in his own meticulous work, and by teaching, in his instruction of his pupils. Oliver joined the staff in 1980 as a part-time, temporary assistant to Hubert Pragnell. Arnold Pienne, Oliver's predecessor, had had to withdraw through ill-health; Oliver, already a parent of the School, willingly stepped in. Before that, he had been Art Master of Westminster City School until 1977, and then a freelance artist (his portrait of Sheik Raschid was adopted as the official portrait). When in September 1981 it was decided to split the Art Department into two creating a new History of Art Department run by Hubert Pragnell, Oliver was the obvious choic~ for head of Practical Art. In typical Pilkingtonian manner, the deal was fixed in a couple of minutes on the Green Court. However, it wasn't until the establishment of the Blackfriars Art Centre that Oliver really entered his own kingdom. At last he had a large building that he could call his own, and shape to his own very dear idea of what an art room should be like. Together with George Anderson, who was to use the bottom floor of Blackfriars as the Woodwork Room Oliver set about organizing the move. The sight of a caravan of barrows, trolleys, and smali boys loaded with easels, led by George and Oliver, was one to be treasured. Since the Blackfriars move the reputation of King's Art has greatly increased. The space allowed for much more experimentation of media. Oil as well as watercolour and pen was used. Life-drawing began to make an appearance . A steady trickle of pupils applied for, and were accepted by, Art Schools. Most important for the artistic health of the School, an extremely fruitful relationship between Design and Print, Ceramics and Two Dimensional Art developed. A mark of the respect Oliver is held in by his students can be seen in the number who return every year to show him what they have been doing and to seek his approbation . Although Oliver is retiring from King's he won't be far away. He plans to return to the world of the freelance artist, and to open his lovely house at Braybourne as an art gallery. The kindness and good-humour he has shown to us all over the years will help such an enterprise to prosper. Our very best wishes go to him, Margaret and their children. A.H.D. Last year the centre pages were devoted to pictures by Mr. Hutchinson. The Cantuarian should perhaps earlier have acknowledged an older debt, that to Mr. Trowell, who has helped provide and administer Cantuarian artwork for many years. This year's centrefold shows work by Mr. Trowell's present pupils: a portrait, a pencil drawing of the creative activities which he has encouraged around the Precincts, and a sketch of the river beneath the Art Centre he has helped to create. There is also a photo of pupil graffiti spotted on a Blackfriars arch: 'Goodbye O.B.T. We shall always remember you.' That says a lot: thank you, Mr. Trowell, and apologies for the unavoidable centrefold staples.

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JAMES HUTCHINSON (K.S.C. 1984-89) James is one of those people whom his pupils will remember. Like most good schoolmasters, there is more than a touch of the actor about him. The magnificently horrible ties; the gritty northern 'there's trouble a't Crowther' bit; the generally Eeyoure view of life (particularly at breakfast when his paper had got lost). But at the centre of James's work - and soon clear to all who work with him - is an enormous concern for his pupils. His patience, even with the most persistently difficult young people, is remarkable. He has constantly been in touch with how people feel, how things are going, and when problems are surfacing. Nothing is too much trouble for him and he has been prepared to spend any amount of time trying to help people: many have cause to be very grateful to James. Of course, James can lose his temper in a pretty forthright way. But it's indicative of the man that his temper gets shortest when faced with some piece of bureaucracy that puts the needs of pupils second to administrative convenience. Being a resident tutor is not the easiest of jobs; it involves much of the work of a Housemaster, but without the Housemaster's authority. But James has carried off the job with great flair and skill - he has been a tremendous help to two Housemasters. James came to King's in 1984 from Merchant Taylors' and did not let grass grow beneath his feet. His teaching, like his tutoring, was always thoroughly pupil-centred, and lesser spirits could not but admire a man who actually asked for more teaching on the grounds that he did not care for gaps in his timetable. Apart from teaching enthusiastic and thoroughly professional Classics, he also made himself corners in General Studies and Computing; and successfully introduced Photography as an academic option, and the Duke of Edinburgh scheme as an extra-curricular diversion. He revolutionised activities and thought nothing of running two of his own activities simultaneously. Cricket was and is a passion. As well as coaching the Junior Colts XI, and being a prominent member of the Common Room cricket team, James has been an active member of the Beverley Cricket Club, where he has captained the Sunday 1st XI and the Canterbury Pilgrims XI during the last three seasons, vociferously and forcefully; and his coaching of the junior members of the Club has helped the Beverley to become one of the most successful junior sides in the county while James himself is one of the most feared new ball bowlers in East Kent. With such a man much must necessarily go unsaid. Abiding memories will be, of course, the hat, the photo gear and those ties; but also the affection of his pupils, displayed so graphically on every inch of his classroom, and the affection and supp.ort that he gave to others. He takes with us our very best wishes for his new post at Uppingham as Head of Classics. S.J.G., P.G.H. & M.J.T.

J .S.H. has been an unrivalled photographic chronicler of school life. Bristling with enthusiasm and lenses, he has unfailingly completed a remarkable variety of tasks, from King's Week publicity material, through team and house photos, to grab-shots of antics in the long jump pit, and all with a mastery of technique which has been able to release artistic imagination and humorous insight. With over 12,000 negatives of school life in his 35mm collection alone, there is little chance for Mr. Hutchinson to forget us. We shall certainly miss him. He leaves behind his adornments for Lattergate, a portrait collection for the Common Room, a large collection of prints for the archives, and many issues of lavishly illustrated Cantuarians. It is for the latter that the editors would like particularly to thank him, and wish him many happy hours zooming around Uppingham.

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MICHAEL LUND (K.S.C. 1965-88) Mick, as he preferered to be called, came to King's in September 1965 and w one of the last members of staff to be engaged by the late Harry Curtis, the then Sch as IPSrObably and Shop Manager. 00 teward After his National Ser~ice with the Pay Corps, Mick married and settled in Canter after van,ous temp~rarY.J0b.s can:'e to King's to work in the Shop. His experience in ~ury, a~d wear retaIl trade, gamed m hIS nallve Stockton, and his most cheerful disposition we he ~en s by many pupIls and O.K.S. , both boys and girls. re apprecIated Unfort!-mately Mic~ has had to take early retirement through ill health and we ta . opportu~lty to w~sh hl~ a long and happy retirement with his wife Lynn and his famif e th!s Interest In gardenmg wIth the addition now of a greenhouse will no doubt tak I y. HIS time , as W'11 ' I " ' e up a ot of h'IS I h'IS I ove f 0 gUItar p aymg whIch many will remember with great pleasure. ARTHUR GORE.

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PAUL WEN LEY A Life with the C.C .F. When did the King's C.C.F. start? [ do not know exactly when the force started, but it was certainly in the 19th century and we are therefore one of the early ones. Have any particularly distinguished military careers begun in the King's C.C.F.? [ do not know whether the V.C. winners of the school (one Army in the first World War and one R.N. in the second) were in the cadet force. But if things go according to plan, we should have a notable first soon, since the first Englishman selected to go into space with N.A.S.A. is an ex-member of the C.C .F. R.A.F. section, Michael Foale. When did your own involvement with the King's C.C.F. begin? [ joined the C.C.F. in 1952, when I joined King's. T he Commanding Officer at that time was Major, later Lt. Col. , Gross and when I was asked and showed a willingness, he wondered whether I would help with the R.A.F. section , which had closed a term or two before when no one could be found to help the officer in charge. I am certainly the longest serving o fficer at King's but I suspect there are others around the country who beat me. I know one Wing Commander who flew in the war and it is therefore li kely that he joined a C.C .F. unit before me. We are awarded the Cadet Force Medal after twelve years service and a clasp (bar) for every successive eight years . The clasp is the little rosette which is sewn onto the medal ribbon. I have just applied for my third rosette - so not much of the medal ribbon will be visible. [took over the R.A.F. section in about 1957 and ran it for about 15 years. It was much less integrated with the Arm y in those days and so one had to beaver away, organising Field Day visits to airfields, or map reading visits around East Kent. T he Easter Camp at an R.A.F. airfield was the highlight of the year and certainly gave one an opportunity to visit far off places. T here have been camps in Germany and Malta. Later on, I joined in more with the Army side and have attended every Adventurous Training Camp since about 1965 . What are the incidents during your time in the C.C.F. which 'you look back on with most pleasure? It was during the Adventurous Training camps that we were able to make a bit of a name for ourselves . John Hildick-Smith and I came upon a distressed party of young ad ults, poorly dressed and ill-equipped, in snowy conditions in the Devil's Kitchen area of Snowdonia. We had to lead them down a tricky stretch, one at a time, and we sent messages down by other walkers to alert the mountain rescue team. I well remember one of the shi vering members of the party saying how pleased he was to be in the hands of an experienced mountaineer. I did not explai n that I was an absolute beginner who had never held an ice-axe before that day. Joh n was also in charge when our three parties travelling abo ut a quarter of a mile apart were told of a climber who had fallen off the Striding Edge of Helvellyn. In the cloud a search was launched and the victim found with a badly dented head. We helped the mountain rescue team rush him off the mountain to hospital. He survived and his mother wrote a grateful letter. ... and which incident do you look back on with the most amusement? The trouble about amusing incidents is that they are often at someone else's expense. A new young R.A.F. officer joined me one autumn term. He had failed his flight training during national service but trained as a navigator. Nevertheless, I allowed him to launch himelf in our primary glider on Birley's. Unfortuna tely he mishandled things badly and managed to spin in from forty feet, completely wrecking the glider and knocking himself out. While lying inert on the ground, a boy excitedly told me not to move anything; he wanted to rush back to school to get his camera. J7 J

What directions would you like to see the King 's C.C.F. take in the future? In my opinion, the situation at the moment is far from ideal though the element of choic is obviously appreciated by the pupils. I am attracted to the system carried out in some sChoOl~ whereby every boy does one year in the C.C.F. At the moment we are always on tenterhooks at the end of a term as the next lot of activities forms are distributed and fickle youth changes its mind yet again. I favour making the Remove year the compulsory year but other schools have other ideas. When we go co-educational, I expect girls to join at Shell level, but it is difficult to imagine what effect this will have on overall recruitment. It will be nice to have girl drill instructors. Our only range-qualified and SA 80 rifle-qualified officer is 2nd Lieutenant Sue Johnson!

DORA LARKAN A FAREWELL MEETING WITH THE SCHOOL'S FLORIST Dora Larkan has been arranging flowers for numerous events at King's for nearly 30 years She was first commissioned by Mrs. Shirley to help decorate the newly constructed Shirley Hali in 1960, and the association has been a happy and challenging one ever since. She describes herself as 'a gardener, with an interest in flower arranging.' In fact, anyone who has seen her work will realize that she is a highly talented flower arranger whose work not only enhances the school buildings, but is also a tribute to a remarkable dedication. Miss Larkan has a missionary zeal and loves her flowers. She never considered any other profession, and has been absorbed in growing and arranging flowers for most of her life. She trained at horticultural college in Swansea in 1943, and her first job was in the large grounds of Godmersham Park, near Chilham Castle. Although diminutive in comparison, her own garden provides her with 'a great deal of satisfaction'. Although her floral arrangements mostly comprise flowers purchased elsewhere, she always adds something from her own garden, 'so that each arrangement â&#x20AC;˘ has something of myself in it.' Surprisingly, her lounge remains relatively flower-free (except for a pair of floral curtains, and an arrangement of dried flowers, recently rescued from Marlowe House), but her own garden adequately makes up for what her home is lacking. Dora Larkan's gardening policy is to avoid having one: 'I just put in all of the flowers until it reaches a certain limit, and becomes too overcrowded for any more.' Miss Larkan's greatest passion is for Delphiniums, and she is best known for the blue variety, for which she has won a number of prizes. A pathologist at Ipswich hospital gave her the greatest tribute possible to a gardener - he named a Delphinium plant after her. A member of the Delphinium Society, which she describes as 'a lively society for a lovely flower', she conveys her interest in flowers to others. She is very friendly with Mr. Pollak and Dr. Mallion, and has a new-found amity with Mr. Brodie, who has apparently expressed a desire to nurture Delphiniums. She is also closely connected to the Horticultural Society, and in her spare time she helps elderly people with their gardens, as well as tending her own. Miss Larkan takes a lively interest in the School, and takes great care to ensure that her arrangements are in sympathy with the old buildings. She believes it is important to value the past, and appreciates having had the opportunity to be involved with 'such an old and beautiful school'. Mostly, she is given a free rein regarding the arrangements, making her own decisions as to what is suitable: 'I like to be careful that the flowers don't clash with the surroundings'. The pride she has in her work is evident in the enjoyment she derives from it and she acknowledges that she is a fortunate woman: 'I never minded going to work - not many people can say that'. The King's School will greatly miss her expertise, but she is adamant that she will not sever her professional ties entirely, as she intends to keep in contact with her successor, Joan Bates. Evidently she wants to remain in contact with the King's School: 'Of course, I will miss certain aspects of my job, but now at least I will have more time to see events at King's!' We wish Miss Larkan a thoroughly eventful retirement. JANE GRtFFITHS. 172

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FOCUS THE SPONSORED WALK Sunday 14th May On a sunny Sunday morning members of the school assembled at various points to begin a sponsored walk of five, ten or fifteen miles. All money raised is being given to the Corinna Preston Memorial Fund and the Heart Association. Galpins raised the phenomenal amount of £1 ,300, due to friendly encouragement no doubt, whilst the rest of the school raised £1,435. Congratulations must especially go to Ben Cossens of Broughton who personally raised £286. Thanks go to Mr. Hullah and Mr. Vye (whose brainchild it was) for the walk's smooth operation and running. Also thanks go to the other staff and matrons who helped to make the walk a success, supplying directions, providing much needed nourishment and so forth. The scenic route chosen by Mr. Vye coupled with the good weather made it a day to be enjoyed. Hopefully its success will be repeated again in another year or two. GODRIC JOLLIFFE.

W, SOMERSET MAUGHAM 1889·1989 Somerset Maugham left the King's School in the summer of 1889. A hundred years later, Robert Calder, of the University of Saskatchewan, has produced Willie, the latest attempt to describe and to explain a complicated life that continues to fascinate regardless of Maugham's literary reputation. The result is at once largely sympathetic and most carefully documented - it even manages to include a school photograph not in our own archives (courtesy of the Humanities Research Center Library, the University of Texas at Austin). In his review of Willie in the Times Literary Supplement, Frederic Raphael remarks, 'It is unlikely that anyone will discover anything very much more, in the way of Maughamiana, to confound his diligence.' Such a statement obviously presents a challenge, and, as it happens, we are able to meet it. A careful search of the 1800 or so books that Maugham left to the School has produced at least two new discoveries. In the first place, it is clear that the Maugham Library catalogue, consulted by Professor Calder and others, seriously under·records the annotations and inscriptions in Maugham's books. His notes turn out to be even more extensive and detailed than had been thought. If and when a new catalogue is made, scholars will be at liberty to make what they will of these marginal references on, for example, Melville, Byron, Tillotson, the Goncourts - and Casanova! In a few cases, Maugham even recorded the date: thus he was reading Rousseau's Confessions in April 1894, Montaigne's Essays on September 6, 1901 and Leconte de Lisle's Po~mes Antiques the following day . (He ret urned to the Montaigne in August 1902.) Inscriptions in the front of the books, now fully recorded, show, among other things, the writer's erratic development from 'W.M.' in 1890, via 'W.S.M.' and 'W. Maugham' in the mid·90s, to the fu lly·formed 'W. Somerset Maugham' by the end of the decade. The inscriptions also show that once he had attained the security of this literary persona, he hardly ever again wrote anything at all in the front of his books, and when he did, it was invariably 'W. S. Maugham'. 173 A SCHOOL GROUP, 188S. W. S. MAUGHAM, AGED II, IS FIFTH FROM LEFT (AND RIGHT) ON TH E GROUND. THE BOY WITH WATCH CHAIN NEAREST THE DOG IS MAUGHAM'S FORM·FRIEND I' OR SEVERAl. YEARS. I.EONARD ASHENDEN. WHOSE NAME THE AUTHOR USED IN MANY BOOKS AND STORIES (King's School Archives)

Of greater interest to the pursuers of Maughamiana, however, are some thirty aSSorted it left inside the books themselves. They include several visiting cards, a photograph of the YÂˇ,"s Mauresque swimming pool, and a postcard from Henry Moore, apologizing for missing a pal a y as he was in Florence looking at stone for his UNESCO statue. In addition, there are a frt manuscripts and other items deserving more than passing attention. There is, for exampl:'" press cutting. (the Su'!day Times, September 25th, 1898) from. a cuttings service _ reflecti~ a Maugham's mterest 10 pubhclty from the very begmmng of his career? There is also part g a letter from Mr. Stanhope Sprigg, Literary Agent, dated February 21st 1902, apologizing f~f 'my editor's carelessness'. And there is a souvenir of Viola Tree's wedding (July 1912) safel r tucked inside Ward's The English Poets - perhaps confirming the opinion of those w'ho fe~ that Maugham was a sentimentalist at heart. Most interestingly of all, there is a manuscript of seven characteristic notes on various subjects found in Maugham's copy of A History of the Problems of Philosophy by Paul Janet and Gabriei Seailles. As he explained in A Writer's Notebook - itself a collection of such jottings - 'many of my notes were scribbled on a scrap of paper or the back of an envelope.' In this case the paper was from the London Library, dated June 23rd, 1914, regretting that 'the Library does not possess English translations of the other two books by Knut Hamsun'. These notes have been transcribed and are published here for the first time.

From language - beginning with the cry that was a reflex movement, interjections drawn forth by emotions and the imitation of external sounds to indicate external objects - a practical business for practical needs some have put style, making it for their own satisfaction a thing of beauty. And perhaps as fine style makes language an instrument more fit for its purpose ' so this arbitrary insertion of a pattern into life increases its efficacy. Reading Metaphysics. I remember the exultation, the sense of freedom which came to me when first I had in my youth the first few books of Paradise Lost. I have often read them since in the hope of experiencing again that thrill, but have never regained that early rapture; but I have felt the same in reading parts of the Critique of Pure Reason. It has uplifted me so that it seems to sing in my heart and it has excited me as have no adventures of the body. The Carthusians and insensitivity of animals. They could not have treated animals as automatons and therefore without feeling, if the age they lived in had not been naturally insensibleThe Religious instinct - All the foundations of it can be explained away except the feeling of the sublime, the emotion of the infinite: that does not seem sufficient to alter one's view of life as a job that must be managed within the four walls of sensible things - A man is wise not to state dogmatically that there is no supreme being, but the burden of proof lies with those who state there is, and their only valid argument is the religious instinct. When I read I can only take in what is of importance to me, what does not say anything to me passes me over. I can understand with my personality only. I have not a mind that can grasp all ideas, all points of view, indifferently. Just as in Kant's idea matter alone is formless and weprovide theform, and things obey the laws of our mind, so Ifind in myseifthat my personality takes up what corresponds with it in phenomena, and is blind and indifferent to phenomena at large. I have found in trying to write of these things that my thought is not always so precise that I can hit on the precise word, and so I use two that do not exactly say what I want in order that somewhere between them may somehow convey the idea I seek to express. p 127. It is not strange that a man considering this should be seized with awe and say that only God can account for this wonder, but then he must add that God does not account for it. God only puts the mystery a step further back. P.G.H .

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A VISIT TO THE KING'S SCHOOL, PARRAMATTA In Australian- terms, Parramatta, New South Wales, is not very far (a mere 500 miles or so) from Melbourne, Victoria, where I visited this past Easter holiday. Accordingly, since our sister School (founded at Parramatta in 1831 by the person after whom my own House is named, Bishop Broughton, O.K.S.) has always held a fascination for me, I resolved to fly up to New south Wales during my Australian visit, and did in fact spend a most pleasant and instructive day at The King's School, Parramatta on Tuesday, April 11th, 1989. Parramatta is within commuting distance of Sydney, to which it is connected by a short (though rather unattractive) railway journey of some 30 minutes - a journey which, however, by a judicious change at the Central Station, can be arranged to terminate at the station called Circular Quays, with its spectacular, panoramic views of the Harbour Bridge and Opera House. On the day in question (the first day of K.S.P.'s term), I was picked up from my 'motel' at 8.00 a.m. by Mr. Peter Yeend, whom I can best describe as K.S. Parramatta's equivalent of our Mr. Pollak _ the Archivist of the School and a man who is a complete enthusiast, passionately devoted to, and totally steeped in, every aspect of the institution and its history. (Mr. Yeend and Mr. pollak have in fact met, about 20 years ago when the former was on an 'archival' tour of British schools.) We drove at considerable speed to the School, just in time to see all the boys (for boys it is, only, that they have there) in their splendid, 'mess-style' military tunics, literally 'on parade' and marching, under the keen eye of the Sergeant (about whom more, later) and in time to the accompaniment of a brass band, into Assembly! This was held in a modern hall, similar in capacity and lay-out to the Shirley Hall. Most Masters and Mistresses were on a dais on the stage, though not begowned and some quite casually dressed, while others (among whom were numbered Peter Yeend and myself), who had arrived later, just stood at the back of the Hall. Only the Acting Headmaster, Mr. Hugh Rose (an international rugby player who was a lock-forward for Australia at the age of 19), was formally attired in black suit and gown. The Headmaster himself, Mr. J. A. Wickham, had that very day gone on leave to Europe (on a tour which it was planned would include King's) and Mr. Rose, in normal times the Senior Master, was taking his first Assembly as Acting Head. (Mr. Rose is in the middle of the photo to be found facing p.156, and Mr. Yeend is on the left). Many of the clientele of K.S.P. come from farming families (and the School itself has a substantial farming activity as part of its educational programme) and that is why a good deal of Mr. Rose's fairly extensive address was devoted to congratulating members of School who had been successful in recent agricultural shows, and in commiserations with some of them about the severe flooding that had just taken place up in Queensland. The School moved from its previous, more historic premises in the late 1960's, and now occupies a huge estate of land just outside the city, with everything - including the houses, teaching area, administrative area, common room and catering blocks - purpose-built. For the very first period of the day, Mr. Yeend took me to a place that I have refrained from describing to Mr. Pollak in too much detail, lest he be green with envy: a completely modern, detached, speciallydesigned Museum and Archives Centre! This is the focus of Mr. Yeend's activities and is a veritable Aladdin's cave to the archivally minded. A small group of boys about 5th form age attended, and instead of screening the film Goodbye, Mr. Chips (for the purpose, I was told, of giving the boys an insight into the old-style flavour of British public schools!), Mr. Yeend invited me to chat informally with them about present-day K.S.C. This was highly entertaining (for me, anyway!), particularly as the boys very much thought that there was what they described as 'something suss' about their illustrious founder, Bishop Broughton, who seems there to have the elements of a reputation as a 'ladies' man' that he does not so generally 'enjoy' here! Later in the morning, I was taken to the administrative block (where, to my surprise, I was given, on arrival, a note from Mr. Graeme Gales, now of Tonbridge but formerly of K.S.C., who had himself visited K.S.P. only the day before and was incredulous to be told that another K.S.C. master would be visiting the place the following day.). Here, I was received by the Acting Headmaster (who, newly installed that day in the Headmaster's office, was in the process of fathoming the Headmaster's rather complex telephone system when I arrived), and Mr. John 175

Bradshaw , the Registrar and HousemasterÂˇof Bishop Barker House. Mr. Yeend then took m on a tour of the Library. Leading off the Library was the Audio-Visual Room where 1 w e fascinated to see, any format of video-film could be run and the signal 'piped', by closed:circu~s television, to every classroom in the School! We also visited the C.C.F. building, the sWimminlt pool, the classroom area, and the Senior Common Room (where, I observed, tea and cOffeS and toasted sandwiches were continuously being served by a lady in permanent attendance)e A figure at the School who intrigued me was the Sergeant. He it is who is largely responsibl~ for discipline around the place, and for the way in which the boys conduct themselves as they go about it. This is a full-time job and he has both an office in the classroom area, so that he can keep an eye on movements between lessons, and a house in the grounds where he lives with his family. A Vietnam veteran, he is highly respected by the boys; Mr . Yeend informed me that a glare from him when the School was marching into Assembly, and a boy knows that he will be back in the Sergeant's presence at lunchtime doing marching practice I At the same time however, the Sergeant has an important pastoral rille in the community, the boys frequently confiding in him and discussing problems with him. As a (founder I) member of Broughton House here, I took particular pleasure in being eSCOrted to lunch by Mr. Peter Rainey, Housemaster of Broughton House (who, however, as a gesture of goodwill, was wearing a Linacre House tie that he had been given on a visit to K.S.C. some years ago; I immediately had the idea that, by way of thanking him, I would send Mr. Rainey a K.S.C. Broughton House tie when I got back home. Then I thought better of it when I remembered how thick and 'untie-able' the currently supplied Broughton tie actually is I). In this 'looking-glass' world it seemed strange to be viewing, as we did, a photograph labelled 'Broughton House, 1906', dating from some 70 years before we had a Broughton House. As I explained earlier, however, the House itself is modern (1960's) and purpose built. It is, therefore excellently tailored for its job but one disadvantage, I felt, of this arrangement is that all th~ Houses of the School are of virtually identical design. As a result, although , no doubt, each House does have its own character, as do ours, this would have to be imposed entirely by its members and not, as here, in any way by the individuality of its architecture . After lunch, in the Common Room, I met Mr. John Rae, Head of Mathematics, and Mr . John Clowes, Master in charge of Rugby, who gave me a message to pass on to our Mr. Roy White, in connection with the forthcoming rugby tour. Mr. Yeend then took me to see the Junior School (which is the original house of the estate on which the School is built) and the remarkable School Chapel which, though built in the 1880's, was in fact moved, stone by stone, to its present position on the School campus in the period 1969-1971. Finally, we drove into town and I was shown the original buildings that the School occupied in the 1830's and we at last met up, three quarters of an hour overdue, with a very patient and tolerant Mrs. Oyllian Yeend, whom we were supposed to be collecting from a shopping tripl During the visit, I talked on the telephone with, but did not actually meet, Mr. Bruce Hayman (former Vice-President of the Old Boys' Union) and his son Stuart (former Captain of School), both of whom I met when they visited K.S.C. two years ago. I filmed an interview with Stuart for our Archives, on that occasion, and Mr. Hayman filmed me doing the interview; I was therefore amused that I seemed to be vaguely known to some of the people I met at K.S.P. by virtue of the footage that had preceded me by a couple of years I I was very touched indeed by the kindness shown by all I met at K.S .P., and by the care and generosity shown by Peter Yeend, in particular. He willingly devoted the whole day to making me welcome, and to giving me the benefit of his unique knowledge and experience of the School. And neither did I leave without some very handsome volumes (Lloyd Waddy's The Kings School, 1831-1981, and Peter Yeend's own The King's School Chapel) in addition to the School Calendar, and Diary and the K.S.P. Staff Handbook, all generously furnished by Peter Yeend. It was a most memorable visit, for which I am very grateful.

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LUX MOORE CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS: CRICKET A cricket match was arranged between members and tutors of Luxmoore House and Bislington C C. the village where Lord Luxmoore lived and was buried, to celebrate the centenary of his e~try' to the King's School in 1889. The match was played at Bislington on the village green close to an ancient and tapering monument that had clearly seen better days. Bislington lost the toss and were inserted. After 8 of their 20 overs they had only reached 17 for 3 thanks to some mean and accurate bowling from John Ousey and Alan Olby, but when Stephen Davies and Richard Gosling took over a recovery started that was accelerated when Bob Bee and Seun Oshunkoya produced some unintentionally friendly overs at the end. The final target was 102 and we started well with some brisk running between the wickets by David Bradley and an explosive 27 from Hugh Aldridge. Wickets then fell and by the time Scott Friedlander was out in the last over for 35, the highest score of the match, too much was asked of the tail who could only progress by singles because of the slow ish outfield. Luxmoore finished with 101, just 2 runs short of the target and though it was suggested at the excellent supper after the match that we should check the scorebook meticulously, as the scorers might have been unreliable, we declined the offer and accepted a narrow defeat graciously and in a manner of which Lord Luxmoore himself would have been proud. We thank Bislington C.C. most profusely for taking part in our centenary celebrations and offering us their lovely ground and hospitality so willingly. R.P.B.

LUXMOORE CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS: VISIT TO FINCHCOCKS As part of the Lord Luxmoore Centenary celebrations Mr. Aldridge arranged a visit to Finchcocks for 'The Complete Maestro' - the Luxmoore pianists - and some of their teachers to hear, view and play early keyboard instruments. Several parents joined the party at Finchcocks and we were graciously welcomed to Mr. and Mrs. Burnett's home. Mrs. Burnett gave an introductory talk about the house itself and its history . This was followed by a tour of the house and the marvellous collection of keyboard instruments, all in perfect playable condition. We were then treated to an amusing and instructive recital by Mr. Richard Burnett using about a dozen different instruments, including virginal, spinet, clavichord, harpsichord, chamber organ and several pianos. All the pieces were played on instruments of the correct date and Mr. Burnett explained the limitations and strengths of the instruments and how composers had exploited their special features. We heard, among many memorable performances, the Venetian Gondola Song in F sharp minor by Mendelssohn on a grand piano made by Collard and Collard of about 1840, Adagio for Glass Harmonica by Mozart played on a tiny square piano made by Anton Walter und Sohn in Vienna in about 1800, Pieces for Musical Clock by Haydn on a chamber organ made by John Avery of London in 1793, Souvenir d' Andalucia by Mr. Burnett's favourite composer, Gottschalk, on a grand piano made by Conrad Graf of Vienna in 1826 and, the tourists' favourite, Rondo alla Turca by Mozart on a grand piano made by Johann Fritz in Vienna in about 1814. This last piano incorporates the most staggering array of special effects like a padded beater to strike the soundboard from underneath while three bells are struck and a strip of brass falls on to the bass strings to create a cymbal clash. In the large converted cellar we had a delicious tea before we were all given the opportunity to play our previously prepared pieces on some of the many instruments around the house: Beethoven on a piano of 1800, and Mozart on a harpsichord of 1756. For nearly an hour and a half there was non stop music making all over the house and Mr. Burnett wandered round giving advice. It was a wonderful day and our sincere thanks go to Mr. and Mrs. Burnett for their warm hospitality. JUSTINE PLANT.

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CHAPLAIN'S NOTES The Cantuarian of July 1936 records the dedication of the Memorial Chapel and comm 'It seems fitting that a spot so hallowed by School memories should be made a place of :nts and quiet, where one may pause and gather some of that spiritual strength which has c~ ~ce the School through it~ 1300 years of history.' Durinll the last six months the Chapel has b~!d closed whIle refurblShmg has taken place. The entry IS now from the Memorial Court. wood n n benches around the walls replace pews and a new altar stands beneath the eastern ~rch following text is from a brochure produced this term . . e The Memorial Chapel building largely dates from the days of Prior Wibert about 1160, 'well known in all good works'. He built the nearby Norma~ Staircase and the Strangers' Hall over arcading which stretched northward from the Green Court Gate to the Precincts wall. The Memorial Chapel occupies three sections of this arcading. The Porter of the Green Court Gate had his lodge on the south side of the gate in what is now the lobby of Lattergate. After the Dissolution this was made part of the tenth prebend's house and a new lodge was constructed on the other side of the roadway inside Wibert's arcade. When the Mint Yard Gate was built (c. 1860) the Porter's lodge was moved to it and the vacated site was used by the School, first as a classroom, next as the carpenter's shop, then as the Tuck Shop.(entered, as older O.K.S. recall~ through the north door now re-opened) a.n d fmally, from 1936, as the Memon~l Chapel. It was one of Canon Shirley's flfSt acts after he became Headmaster In 1935 to transform this evocative (and centrally placed) building into a place of wors hip. Its dedication as the School Memorial Chapel by Archbishop Lang took place on 13th July 1936. The Chapel was refurbished through the generosity of a legacy from Canon Alec Sargent (K.S. 1909) and rededicated by Archbishop Runcie on 25th June 1989 at a celebration of the Eucharist. The altar was designed and made in the School C.D.T. Centre by Keith Martin. The reredos from its predecesso: hangs on the west wall of the Chapel. It was deSIgned by George Kruger Gray 10 1936 and shows the Crucifixion the Instruments of the Passion and the arms of Christ Church and of Archbi;hop Lang. The reredos was the gift of Lord Plender, sometime governor. Kruger Gray also designed the stained glass in the east and south windows. In the east window are seen St. John of Beverley and St. Aldhelm of Sherborne, both educated at Canterbury, and the south shows Cardinal Pole and Archbishop Parker, benefactors of the School. T~ese windows were given by Slf Stanford London, once Master of the WorshIpful Company of Glaziers, whose son and grandson were at the School. The small armorial window in the west wall has glass which is probably Elizabethan . The needlework hanging on the north wall draws on Psalm 148 to praise God in his Creation. It is the work of Betty Myerscough. Another needlework by this artist may be seen in the Old Synagogue Recital Room. The Hoptonwood stone Deposition is by Eric Gill. He carved it in 1924 at Capel-y-ffin in Wales and 'of all his works in sculpture (it) was the one he liked the best'. It was given to the School by Sir Hugh Walpole (K.S. C. 1896). The brass altar cross was given in memory of Desmond Revis Minett (K.S. C. 1924); the wooden cross from the La Bassee battlefield grave of Vernon Austin (K.S .C. 1907) - son of the founder of Austin Motors - was brought to the Scho~l wh~n he was buried in the churchyard at St. Martin's; and the hanging cross IS an Iron one from Bnttany. The framed verse from Lawrence Binyon's famou s They shall not grow old is in the poet's own handwriting.

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The communion cruets were made in 1989 by Jack Kenny (K.S.C. 1978), the pupil and successor as School potter of Geoffrey Whiting. At the end of this year we bid farewell to Alex Redman, Head Sacristan . Throughout his chool career, Alex has taken an active interest in all aspects of school services and his work ~ uring this last year has been outstanding. In addition to the day to day business of leading a team of servers and sacristans, he has organised the first Sacristans' dinner, developed contacts with the Cathedral staff (this year a ~arbecue was held for School Servers, Sacristans and the Cathedral Virgers) and shown both mterest and enthuSIasm for the Chapel CouncIl. The Revd. Peter Boyden leaves at the end of this term to take up a post at Radley College. Much will be written elsewhere in thanks for his contribution to the life of the school: through Ihese notes, I would like to record my appreciation for his Chaplaincy ministry. As he pointed out in his sermon at the Eucharist recently , Peter sees the role of the Chaplain as being 'to commend Christ .' This he has done caringly, always in a thoughtful and sincere manner and he will be greatly missed both at the Senior and Junior School. Visiting preachers at Matins this term have included Dr. Edward Norman (who returned to school soon after to give a most challenging seminar) , and Rabbi Julia Neuberger who showed how the spirit of Old Testament prophecy could apply to the issues of today. The Rt. Revd. Dr. R. D. Say K.C. V.0. drew on his long experience of the Diocese of Rochester and the House of Lords to show that the Church is indeed militant here on earth and flourishing throughout the world. The Revd. John Witheridge, Conduct ofEton, preached with great power, overcomIng with ease the thunder and lightning which had caused havoc with the Cathedral amplification system and Dr. Robin Gill visited us from Newcastle in his capacity as William L~ech Fellow in Applied Christian Theology: many will remember that he had great trouble seemg through dirty windows of a train heading for Madras. Only through the open window could 'the real India' be seen 'face to face'. During the term the Jabbok Theatre Company has entertained and under the heading 'Community Service' we have had talks on Sunday for Sixth form pupils by the Senior Probation Officer in Canterbury and a senior member of the staff of Invicta Radio. These notes must end in that ' place of peace and quiet' - The Memorial Chapel. In the few weeks since reopening it has been used for house prayers, a house Communion service, a sung compline and a discussion group, in addition to the early morning Eucharist. The atmosphere has changed and it will be exciting to think of unusual events being held in this sacred place next te rm. One leading violinist has already insisted that unaccompanied Bach be played in the Memorial Chapel and there are plans for a vigil. Included in the rededication of the Chapel by the Archbishop were these words, 'In the faith of Jesus Christ our Lord, we rededicate this Chapel in remembrance of those who have gone before. Though the hfe and death of others, we are given a glimpse of eternal life. Through giving thanks for the service of others, we gam strength to serve . Through unending prayer, this community becomes united as we celebrate the coming of Thy Kingdom. 0 Holy Spirit of the living God, proceeding from the Father and the Son, Spirit of truth and love, the giver of life, sanctify with Thy presence this place of prayer ..... Amen. '

Donations to Charities this term have included: Mustard Seed (£50) The Leprosy Mission (£50) Oxfam (£50) USPG (£50) Christian Aid (£50) and The International Goodwill Children's Village (£50) . Coins Round the Green Court raised £420 for charities nominated by The Lady Mayoress: these were Cot Death Research and The Multiple Sclerosis Society . A photo faces p. 156. Money collected for the Charity of the Term has been given to both The British Heart Foundation and a fund set up in memory of Corinna Preston: this has totalled in excess of £3500. The School sponsored walk raised over £3000 and mention must be made of Galpin 's : pupils from that house alone raised £1400 this term. On behalf of Mr. and Mrs. Preston, congratulations and many, many thanks to all who have given so generously. P.F.H. 179

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The summer term started with a tense atmosphere as A levels and GCSEs were looming only a month away. However time flew by, and soon it was all over. Everyone worked fo; their exams (even Rob Tiley) and on behalf of the whole house I wish all concerned the very best of luck for their results. Work apart, sport was again one of the House's strong features. As ever, we managed to be pipped in athletics by Linacre, in both the shuttle relays and on Sports Day. Despite that, great effort was put in by John O'Mahony and a list of ~ other athletes too long to mention. Congratulations must also T go to Craig Feria who led the junior cricket team to a stunning -. victory in the final against Tradescant. M. G. Ie Huray was ~~~~~J once again (yawn!) in a first team - cricket this time. We even ~ had some rowers who displayed great talents on the lakes, but Arlene and Jim preferred to row in Ramsay. I wish Ben Hardy the best of luck in his position as Captain of Boats next year: let's hope that he doesn't slip any more discs in the same way as Mr. Ross has done! Socially, the fifths stole the show, especially Ben Ensor with his amazing triffid. While this was flowering, Ben Young wooed the girls, guitar in hand, singing love songs out of the window - to Mrs. Gridley? Ben Petit, however, just Misty-fied . Even Martin Ie H. had a BLAK Spot, but we won't go into that, OK Lisa? This year has been a very significant one, as it has been Mr. Ross's last. When he arrived he had two children; four years later he's leaving with four, so he got something out of the House. On a more serious note, he will be truly missed. But he leaves, in the one-and-only Mr. Dobbin, a worthy successor. We wish Mr. and Mrs. Ross and the rest of the rugby team all the best for the future. We would also like to congratulate NLP on his promotion to Archbishop of Northgate. Finally, our thanks go to Miss J. and the lovely ladies for their dedicated service. I wish Angus good luck for the next year, and would also like to express my gratitude to the monitorial body for all they have done to make the year so enjoyable. RICHARD SCHAEFER.

THE GRANGE

The summer term's festivit ies were interrupted little by the strain and toil of A levels, despite Folu Ososanya's pleas not to disturb his 'meditation'. Unfortunately, Eliot Van Til's attack of Whooping-cough after A levels kept Mr. Woodley awake, but amused, and prevented our senior citizen J. Barnes from revising for his King's Week S level. Harris found it too boring in Grange so he brought up his presence in School House only to get carried away. Jon Walsh, too, went a bit over the top in his hunger for crisps. The 'butch' side of Grange continued in fine spirit, with Julian Morse being promoted from 'Fulham Posse' President to Head Commando, presiding over four other Grange Commandos. Julian was also awarded first colours for swimming, and Bola Marquis for athletics (plus the Victor Ludorum for watching the most hours of TV, narrowly beating his arch-rival, Akin Tuboku-Metzger). Although well represented in all sports, Alex Woolston in the tennis, Nick Beechey and Simon Ursell playing cricket (and let's not forget Tony Hancock, one of the best scorers the Firsts have 180 THE GRANGE (Desmond Chum)

ever had), the Grange's forte has been in the water. Daffy Stobbs and Wayne Manning joined Julian in the Firsts and we won both the Swimming cup (for the 7th time in a row) and the House Water Polo cup (for the 8th time in 9 years), back from its short stay in Linacre (serve peanuts while you can, Luke Williams!). With Porky Manning, Julian and 'Waaaayne' powering in the goals and an excellent defence, Linacre were beaten. King's Week also found Grange well represented - and so we should be, with half our cricket ground taken away! Piers Trussell, in one of his first truly cultural activities, landed a big part in Twelfth Night while Jon Walsh (along with Simon 'Harcourt' Roberts) really stole the show building the set. Rhian Chilcott and Gemma Paterson acted their natural characters in Fen and Becky Howden did well in Zigger Zagger, Chris Job played some good jazz and Hilary Breeze put her shapely thighs to action in a stimulating dance routine. Some of us leave a little more materially well-off: Jim Landale won an exhibition, Julian and Hilary (Sportswoman of the Millenium) won prizes, and Julien (,That's with an 'E') Foster, for Social Services, received a special prize. Socially, Grange has become a bit stifled and, frankly, boring. Chris 'I'm free in King's Week' Job has encountered more resistance than the students in Peking, but he's still trying, following the trend set by Jason Nightingale and Fiona Clarke. Bola Russelled up fifty plus while Eloise kept her hands firmly on the Trigger of her new gun. Vicky Milner Williams, in a Gray mood, blew up in the upper regions of the house in the same manner as last term. Many are, however, still at a loose-end - if anyone knows someone over 75 contact Claire, Under 15's contact Rhian. Roberts still insists honestly that he definitely is going out with a very, very good-looking girl (Really!!). Mr. Boyden leaves us this term, and we wish him very well at Radley. Lastly, it falls to me (as Julian's on 'pub checks') to thank on behalf of the house Mr. and Mrs. Woodley, Matron (for keeping us all tidy and awake) and the linen ladies. They, along with the body of the house, have helped ensure that Grange remains truly 'omnipotent'. PATRICK BROTHERS.

WALPOLE

Councillor Vye eyed each of his monitors in turn: 'Well, well, well, we have had an interesting term haven't we? 'We have?' queried each of his diligent band. 'Yes' affirmed the councillor, 'Well, at least, I have. My appointment as ... What was I elected as again?' 'Councillor, sir,' sighed Niall. 'Thank you, Niall. My appointment as councillor has been the highlight of the whole year for me. As for the rest of house, I am not too sure as to the activities of the members. Would you care to fill me in? ' 'No,' sniggered the Webb. 'Only joking Sir. We've had a dreamer of a term, with people like Amit playing a scorching season for the 1st XI Cricket, and I, of course, was a real centre-court stormer for the 1st VI Tennis team.' 'We mustn't forget the rowing' growled Brush. 'I got first colours and all our girls got their colours, and so did Chris Hall.' 'Talking of Colours, Harry got his 1st colours last term and he was offended that we didn't mention his name in the House Notes,' said Jaiye. 'Really, Bodder?' said Harry. 'You are all so uncultured,' sneered Eric. 'Is sport all you can talk about?' 181

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'No, there's always Rowing,' said Brush. 'Well, what about the Arts. Amit was in the play, Ros, Pete, and Jim played in Orchestras. Chris, Karen, and Marianne also played in the band; Fiona and Gotz starred in the Cham be ' Cancer!...' Eric declared. r 'Talking of music, Pete, Fiona and I all passed our grade 8 exams. Then there are also prize winners in the house, namely Charles, Tim, Aaron, Jaiye, and me,' stated Chris. 'Then we also had your members of the House in the choir.' 'So it has been a rather successful term for the house. I will be sorry to see my 6a's leave' said Councillor Vye, with a tear in his eye. ' 'Of course you will,' said Jaiye in that arrogant manner we all know so well. 'But Amit and Karen will be taking over the last and final leg of Walpole's existence as we know it. I'm Sure they'll do a great job, and we all wish them luck.' 'There is one thing we haven't mentioned as yet: romance,' intoned Ros. 'Romance?' queried the Councillor, flexing an eyebrow. 'Yes' affirmed Ros. 'I shall put it all cryptically for you. Toby found that Niall was Ayling and so he left his Morris behind and they went to Folkestone to recover. Louise found some Levies imposed upon her which she dutifully paid; Amanda was caught in a daze and stubbed her toe against a stool in the Vic (which belonged, of course, to Chris).' 'What are you talking about, Ros?' asked Amanda. 'Just forget it,' said Jaiye. 'Shall we call this meeting to an end? I have to go off and write the House notes before it's too late.' 'When you do, don't forget to thank those wonderful ladies who have mended our clothes and tidied our rooms for us, will you?' said Toby. 'I won't' said Jaiye. 'And also thank Miss Burr, the tutors, and Councillor and Mrs. Vye for looking after us and keeping us in line.' 'I won't,' said Jaiye. The Head of House leaves, his term of service almost at an end. He thought to himself: 'Walpole is so damn 'deL' I shall miss this place.' J AIYE ABODERtN. Although the term did not begin with a bang (despite rumours to the contrary) it has nevertheless proved to be an exciting one for M.O. Following the success of winning the Chess Cup, good performances were turned in by the Athletics Team, notably Anthony Ogedegbe in the 100m. and the diminutive Charlie Stanbury in the 200m. The latter will be sorely missed for his sporting contributions over the last five years. The swimming and water polo were also enjoyed and congratulations on this front must go to James Thomson, who has been rea warded his colours. He also won an 'Odet Award' for his success in coaching Julian Cridge into the pool. On the cricket field we were represented by Peter Davies. He assures me that his worrying lack of form towards the end of the season had nothing to do with the popular speculation about his future as Captain of School. Bob Wilson (4th XI Captain) and Ed 'the Window Cleaner' Hogarth also wanted a mention, as did 'Herbert' ... Work that one out! Two dinners, one for 6a and one for 6b, were much appreciated and richly entertaining affairs. At the former, Jules Cridge had to endure a particularly persistent bout of questioning from Emma Colquhoun and Catherine 'Double Colours' Goodman. Perhaps Emma should have been attending the court of King Jon over the road. The House Party was (I hear) a great success - Jimmy Knapp prevented me from attending.

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The 6b visit to Paris allowed Peter intimate contact with Catherine de Quatrevingt quatre. Meanwhile a regular visitor from Ashford to 'Buckingham Palace' gave the Shells something 10 talk about! Academic pursuits were not forgotten either. Even those with the lUXury of a 2 Es offer found il hard not to follow the example of the two learned gentlemen from Bickersteth. And Hogy was persuaded that the 7.30 p.m. bell was not a signal to set out on a social odyssey. A Levels and G.C.S.E.s passed peacefully in M.O. and all seem fairly confident. Only time will tell if Lisa's Physics was as good as expected. It only remains for me to thank the ladies and Mrs. Johnson for their work, and G. H. for his running of the House, and to express my gratitude to the 'class of 89' for their support over Ihe year. We all hope that M. O. will continue to be 'the best' under the new Davies/Santry administration and thenceforth for many years to come. BEN PALMER.

MARLOWE

An extraordinarily successful term ended off an extraordinarily successful year in Marlowe. The inter-house rowing regatta, starring Stuart Henderson and many others, was monopolised by Marlowe, ensuring that should we ever want our own silver sculling boat we could melt down the cups cabinet. Tennis was well subscribed as always this term; Oliver 'Pen Elope' Scott captained the squad, Rob 'elch' Scott played for the first team and Hayley Petts for the girls. This term Marlowe has played a strong role in school drama. Some of the younger members of the house took part in Zigger Zagger (the junior play) and Study One was filled with the sound of Belch and Feste rehearsing those difficult drinking scenes from Twelfth Night. On the musical side of things, Damian Simpson, Rob Scott, Clare Lissaman, Peter Cairns, James Gooderham, James Briscall, William Hague and Luke Jamieson all took part in the symphony concerts and many others played in the Second Orchestra, Band, Jazz and other concerts . On the social scene, the house barbecue was a great success that brought most of the house down to Blares to swim and then eat Damian's hamburgers (usually in that order, although some drownings were reported). Thanks must go to Mr. and Mrs. Reid for kindly entertaining the monitors, the leavers and all Marlowe parents during the term. I'd like personally to thank the new monitors, Giles Darby, Hayley Petts and the new Head of House, Nick Jamieson, for running the house so smoothly (definitely the right word in Giles' case), whilst the oldies chewed their pencils in the Shirley Hall. Congratulations to Katharine Byrom, Claire Panayides and Adam Watts on their appointment as the remaining monitors. I expect them to perfect the Green-Court-Strut over the summer. Thanks to Joe who, as always, has kept the house immaculate, and, finally, thanks to Mr. Reid and the tutors for supporting the house throughout the term and for unfailingly managing to find the time to watch Marlwegians performing in King's Week. As the Dean said on Speech Day, it is the Housemasters to whom praise must go for the smooth running of the school. DAVID BOND. 183

LUX MOORE

The end of an era. As we sit here, white bearded, aged purples, we look back with fond memodes on. a sentence well served. Under the dynamic leadership of Little and Large, the cup cabinet has dwindled to seven cups and one wine glass, but morale has thrived. As you read this we expect to see Doctor Edward Hughes and Nurse Alex West in Medical School, Magnus 'Moose' Montgomery and Sarah (AAA) Clarke at Cambridge(?) and the rest of the crew wandering aimlessly through the oblivion of the A level results. We give many copious thanks to Mrs. Tennick for her dedication to the Centenary celebrations: all aspired and all perspired in the heat of the moment. The visit to Lord Justice Luxmoore's grave provided a suitable epitaph to the day's cdcket against Bislington where, in the great Luxmoore tradition, we lost by one run. Neil Lawrence conducted himself with aplomb, gaining 1st colours in Swimming, leading the House swimming to a rousing defeat and becoming next season's School Swimming Captain. J ames (Rick) Morley, Jon Ousey and Scott Friedlander played 2nd XI cricket. The rowers (Harry Rossiter, Charles Robinson and Andy Thomas) rowed; and Ed Hughes, Mahesh Dalamal and Ben Eaton displayed a few tennis skills. Many skills were shown by the Removes who won the Interhouse tennis cup. The badminton cup was eventually won, we think. Rick tried, failed and left, and failed (Sarah or exams); and Alex 'Hotlips' Skarbek got an Erikson in the form of Tina. We couldn't think of anything to say about Alex West and Leila Jemmett. For some of us, of course, like Scott Friedlander, his time at King's will be a lot of water under the Bridge. Adam decided to remain celibate and went from one cast to another in Twelfth Night in his quest to improve his chess skills. Magnus was typecast as the madly used Malvolio and also participated in the Jazz. To Andy Darley and Alex Skarbek, our intrepid successors, there is an imperial inhedtance to take care of and we wish them and Erik the best of luck. Many thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Aldddge who have made the House what it is; thanks too to Mrs. Beddoes and the cleaning ladies who deal with it when it is as it shouldn't be. ED HUGHES AND MAGNUS MONTGOMERY.

GALPIN'S

The term began in a frenzy of activity with Grease at the end of the first week. With only four days to polish it to performance standard, Mr. Duesbury (among others) was to be seen in the undirectorial position of banging his head frequently on the floor and asking himself why he had ever taken it on in the first place. However, casually casting modesty aside, it was a huge success with queues down to the chip shop on both nights. A very large effort was made by a lot of people in those final days and even though 'Greased Lightning' fell apart with disturbing regularity, we greatly enjoyed performing the show. In sport we were well represented across the spectrum. Lots of people played cricket with Tony Brown at the head as Captain of Cricket. Ed Beaugie was Captain of Boats, steering us to a very successful house rowing regatta. Sports Day saw Ed Floydd, the sporting man's role model, take the Victor Ludorum trophy, while the next day saw more running records broken as people sought to avoid him as he approached, ready to 184

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Ik them through every scintillating step . Mention must be made of Dan Morris, Captain of 60lf, who was awarded first colours halfway through the term, despite the fact that he has been wearing them for the past two years . Barnes Tower has now turned into a flying ace while Julian Astle is finally reaping the benefit afler twO years of proposals, and we all hope that it will curry on for just as long. Dom Burdess and Jo Grimes still seem to be very much attached (not to each other, I hasten to add) and Giles Bones had a brief encounter but decided he was happier at home with his farm animals. The great success of the term was probably the sponsored walk. Over fifty members of the house participated and raised a sum nearing ÂŁ1400. This was a remarkable effort and we are rightly proud of our performance. Almost as impressive was our third place in the inter-house swimming sports with a team of only five. Julian Kingsland won all four of his individual events, Jo Grimes and Robert Craig won one race each, and Neil Cole won the Open Diving. With much of the term otherwise consumed by exams, I can't say I've noticed much else going on although as 6a leave the school after five years I think I can detect a tear in the eyes of so~e ... interpret that as you wish. Our sincere thanks go to Maureen, Mary, Joan, Rosemary, Julie Linda, Jane and Sylvia for doing the jobs everyone takes for granted, to Mrs. Bennett for b'eing Mrs. Bennett and helping us survive, and to Mr. and Mrs. Duesbury for guiding the BILL BALLENDEN. house through a nother term. Good luck to everyone next year. Our last term in command and our last chance to get the House notes right. We started off by giving ourselves something to write about. The Shuttle Relays, Sports Day and two Victor Ludorums were all won by Linacre to swell the trophy cabinet to previously unseen proportions, even prompting Mr. Thane to exhibit its contents during a small celebration on the dining room table, next to the fruit bowl (alias the Athletics Standards cup). And a ll this before we won the Swimming Shuttle Relays and splashed our way to the Water Polo final (to be decided). Jon Ibbott, Tom Peer, C harlie Frew and Mark Handley, Pelham Higgins and Simon Maggs got colours of various sorts and Dave Godfrey ... Well, what need we say. All this and brains too. Well, James Crawfurd (having fenced for England) won the Junior Science prize and it is rumoured 6a are capable of intell\gent behaviour. Richard Gipps was awarded an honorary music scho larship, Ariadne leads the orchestra into King's Week a nd Billy Deeves should be playing as well - we'll believe it when we see it. Sophie Paul is in Twelfth Night, as is Jim Robertson, and five Linacre members were last seen at Fen rehearsals, with a ll the Shells in Zigger Zagger. While exams sent most of the school into manic depression, Linacre men were out completing their education . Consequently those who have continued relationships from last term don't get a mention so we can save space. Dave God kicked off with a certain young lady who we shall hear more about, and whose name is an anagram of Davies Louise. Charlie Frew at last found a meaningful relationship which he had to keep going even when Louise was in the room. Jessica Milton received help with her hard chemistry questions from Andy Hone. Dave 'Long John Silver' Jevons had a small fling with the local bird life; Jon Penner defies words, and Bill Deeves. We don't really want to waste much more paper so that's enough antics (except to mention Nick King and Marguerita C litherow) . And with the 6a dinner still to come, things cou ld get even

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We would like to thank the House for being such fun to run, and Mr. and Mrs. Thane, Mrs. Farell a nd the tea ladies for doing such a super job. We wish Charlie Frew the best of luck in his application to Playgirl, and to the 6b lads who we are sure will think up some sill y name to sign themselves in the Summer term. THE M.D. CLUB. 185

A LINACRE CELLIST: THE OCULAR PROOF (T.R.H.)

BROUGHTON

Mr. Graham's first year at the helm of the Empire has been brought to a close with another successful term. Broughtonians are of course known never to boast of their achievements' however, with the sad departure of the Athletics Cup more tha~ m~de up for by the arrival of both the Senior Rowing and CrIcket cups, consumptIOn of 'Silva' has hit record peaks as we seem to have the Senior Cups for Rugby, Hockey, Cross C<.lUntry, CrIcket and Rowing - all the things a gentleman might be expected to play - as well as many Junior and lnter.mediate Cups. All this despite a third of the House taking publIc exams this term (best of luck with those results!) . Let's start with rowing - what a surprise! History was made m the Inter-House Regatta, with the Open Four (Tim Bagshaw the remarried Bill Derouet, Bill Harris, and Mark Stafford' . coxed by Andy Ruffell) rowing home to victory in a close finai with Marlow~. Unfortunately, the secr~t :weapon of the Junior Double did not succeed, but next year theIr skill will be helpful m obtammg a few more rowing cups. The House Cricket was another success, winning the final in a superb match with Tradescant thanks to a strong all round performance. Congratulations to Mike Holden and Tom Ward o~ achieving first colours after a good season in the 1st Xl, and to Jody the Croft who 'tried hard' and succeeded in becoming Chief Waggoner for the Haymakers. Sports Day however presented the House with a few problems. Under the organisation of Hugo Phil,?ot, the Seniors fought hard to come second, but unfortunately our overall position le~t us m thIrd place. Good luck next year when Broughton will have the joint Captain of Athletics Giles A~~rews to Cox the team on its way (Rowing again chaps!) Well done to Rick Rinaldi on receIVIng fIrst colours; he Almes for a good performance again next year. As always swimmin!l was not a strong point, and the waterpolo did not gain much success. However, congratulatIOns must go to Paddy Dwyer who obtained first team colours for his achievements on behalf of the school. The T~nnis League led by Dinky Dave Friston was won against Meister Omers: neither side could raise a team on the day for the final. The Inter-House Golf however was not quite as successful with us finally gaining fourth place. Internal affairs proved well, with the walls of Temple harbouring many blossoming relationships from top to bottom. The regular visits of Jessica to TI5 became more frequent towards the end of the term - Hugh can .explain. Down the bottom Mark Milhench's door was permanently B~Ird - sorry, b~rred; w.or~mg hard for ~I S A-levels. Followmg the exams, Tony 'the motorist' Michael found hiS post A level relaxatIon best on the hard shoulder or in the garage. Anyway, reaching the end, it only remains for me to say good luck to all those leaving including the unmentioned ones, Paul 'Caucasian' Jessup, Craig 'Dapper' Downie Rod Newall and Clive 'I was not really that fat was I' Paine. All the very best to Mr. Hutchi~son at his n~w post at Uppingham, and to Ed Linforth and his band of merry men (Hugh!) next year who, I hope, will lead the House to further success. Finally, thank you ver~ much to Tony and Dick, to all the domestic staff, and to Mr. and Mrs. Graham for all theIr help, support, and guidance, and we all wish you the very best of luck for the future. MARK STAFFORD.

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Set in the heart of one of Britain's most splendid rural cities, offering extensive garden space, five bathrooms, over 35 bedrooms, breakfast and lunch on all weekdays in the nearby 14th Century Refectory, and the lively or sombre company of 63 pubescent school children, we present you with the chance, through our Lucky Draw Challenge, of spending a week at Tradescant House. As well as having the use of some four Squash courts, a Cricket pitch and Tennis court a short distance away, you will be privileged to be surrounded by the holders of prestigious awards and cups for these respective sports. Walk the corridors with Mike Jordan, Nick Daley and Matt Willifer, holders of First Colours for Squash; dine with Mr. Daley, recently selected for the H.M.C. Southern Schools Cricket XI, and Bard Wilkinson, 1st XI opening bowler and holder of First Colours; and boast of meeting the famous Shepley-Willi fer Tennis Pair, both stars before their time, the former leading the School UI5 team to the Kent Schools Championship and the latter graced with First Colours. Oh, and of course there is Wyman Reid, grafter supreme and holder of the Junior Bodybuilding Muscles Cup . 'The three-nicked world shall bear the Olive freely' - that is, with Liberty. I mention the individuals, but group them together and a formidable force indeed is formed, performing feats extraordinaire and winning, with the banner of the House held aloft: the Senior Tennis, the Senior Squash, the Junior Badminton and the Junior Golf, and taking second place in the Senior Cricket (thanks largely to Bard, Nick and Mike Jordan, who out of pure coincidence was also captain of the 2nd XI), the Junior Shuttle Swimming Relays, the Junior Tennis, and the Junior Cricket. Your stay cannot fail to be exciting. For those prizewinners more averse to physical exertion, intellectual and musical stimulation is provided. Sample if you will the two available pianos, the horns, clarinets, flutes, oboes, violins and guitars, and talk with their players to grasp the wide range of talent with which you will be mixing. Tom Thomas manipulated the keyboard to win the Avery Cup in the Kent Music Festival, whilst Shiao-Yng Chan won both the Open Piano for 20th Century Composer and the Open Duet Award. Tom also cruised the Alan Ridout Mozart Competition with Shiao-Yng Highly Commended . Pete 'Aleister' Pugh's puffing and blowing reflected his exertions for King's Week, for which we supply two free tickets for each performance. Joe Dymott helped to build a stage (watch out for it), whilst Shiao-Yng Chan, Caroline Weller, Selena Doyle and Phillipa Smith performed admirably in the Girls' Dance. Observe too the'other Trad contributors, both musical and dramatic, too numerous to mention. Nick Goodwin and Alex 'RC' Chandler (bottom floor, West Wing) were awarded McCurdy Exhibitions for prowess in various fields (and orchards), and Shiao-Yng won the Mitchinson's Science Prize and the Shell Science Award. The Management wishes Suhul Bocresion and Francesca Snelling all the best in their Cambridge endeavours. Marital Advice Bureau Rep. Michael P. Jordan will 'complete your education' in any way you wish (senorita), and Neil Hindley may Sometimes find a Cure for your amorous ailments at his clinic. We do advise our more sensitive prize-winners not to believe all that is said: rare flashes of White, doubly-locked undercover bathroom adventures and blatant, quasi-universa l affection for Oscar's Ideals are all too fanciful for even the most exotic imaginations. Take heed! The truly unbeatable care and kindness of Miss Brine, who is always cherished by even our most hardened guests, will serve to make your stay as comfortable as possible, whilst our excellent cleaning staff will keep up the hygiene level and dispel bathroom rumours along with the germs within. Finally it will be the executive management headed by P .A.E.D. himself with his meticulously caring eye which will ensure the smooth running of your stay, just like that of the establishment itself. We say a fond farewell to Mr. Miles whose management skills are required elsewhere, and welcome Mr. Paul Teeton to the Board of Directors.

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MITCHINSON'S

This term, as ever, was crammed with King's Week activities

exams, and sport, and seemed a fitting end to a very busy year: Sporting wise, Mark Northeast deserves the highest praise having been appointed Captain of both Football and Rugby' and he is also to captain the rugby side on their forthcoming tour. Ben Cooper and Mark have also played for the 1st XI Cricket team this term. The Shells have provided four of the UI4 cricketers. Our golfers have also flourished - Jon Hudsmith has been appointed Captain of Golf, while he and Jon Hirst won the House Golf convincingly. Emma and Beth have played Tennis for the school, While Sebastian Rosato shone on the athletics field at Tonbridge. The House also took part in swimming standards and the Regatta. With only one accomplished rower - Bruce Ashcroft - we left Marlowe to win the progression backwards! The highlight of this term has to have been the House Play, Noises Off. The 6b team worked very hard and in a short space of time produced one of the best house plays ever. The cast who all acted brilliantly, had the audience constantly laughing. Will the mystery of the 'sardines: and the highly intelligent blond who 'had to get those files to the Basingstoke office by four' ever be resolved? Well done to all, especially Ed Burt, with his excellent design and management of a complicated set. He has also taken a major part in the lighting for King's Week . Well done also to Dave Lewis and Hugh Clayton, who've both been made Senior N.C.O.'s. Several members of the House have contributed to King's Week; Duncan Cox had a part in Twelfth Night; Jackie Martin, Charles Davies, Michael Chesterman, Bronwen Aldridge and Ben Cooper have all been playing in orchestras; Amanda Monk sang in the Serenade; Charlotte Pragnell danced; and Jackie also took part in Fen. Interaction between pupils and parents this term has been very successful. The traditional fathers v. boys cricket match was enjoyed by all on a hot Sunday afternoon. The boys secured a firm victory. Similarly, in the first mothers v. daughters tennis and rounders match, the girls won a narrow victory . Many thanks go to Mrs. Davies for organizing this event, which will hopefully become an annual one. The House barbecue was also great fun, and, fortunately, the girls saved themselves from immense embarrassment, by winning the tug of war against the Shells. Socially, the Mark-Helen partnership remains while Mark thoughtfully decided to do a little inspection and maintenance work in the forbidden quarters of no. 84! Beth and Duncan's 'friendship' continues to flourish, although she flounders under the influence of 'the older man', London, SWI2 . Zelie has been 'Nick'ed by our increasingly elusive goth, while Amanda 'pandered' around with a guy from Kent College, a relationship which soon 'Pete'red out. Despite the persistent suitors, Jane remains elusively single (although there was talk of a Spanish waiter with 'a cute smile!') while Leila has finally flown 'West'wards. We hope Dr. Maltby has enjoyed his first year as Housemaster and wish him well in Mitchinson's. Thanks go to our House Tutors, especially Mr. Parker and Madame Mather for their great support, and to our cleaners, Pam and Gloria. Well done and good luck to John Hudsmith and Jackie Martin who become purples next term. We hope you will find it as rewarding as we have. All that remains to say then, sadly, is good bye and good luck to all of 6a; we'll miss you! LEtLA AND JANE, 'THE TERRIBLE TWtNS'.

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REPORTS AND REVIEWS MUSIC AND DRAMA THE GALPIN'S HOUSE PLA Y FRIDAY AND SUNDAY, 21st and 23rd APRIL, IN ST. MARY'S HALL

Grease, a musical, follows the fortunes of the American youth of the Rydell High Class of 1959. Ron de Christo foro gives the best summary of the setting and plot: '!t's the story of Sandy and Danny striving to regain their summer love, dance contests, graduation, drive-ins and wishing the summer would never end; of fighting and thinking they mean it when all they really care about is making up.' Originally starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, Grease describes the lives of a gang who have adopted the distinguishing appearance of slicked back hair, D.A.s and black leathers and who identify themselves as 'The Thunderbirds.' Their female compatriots, 'The Pink Ladies', share their history of 'gang rumbles', fickle relationships and the cult of the 1950s. Galpin's production of the 1978 film proved to be extremely popular: on both nights, many were turned away from the doors. Lighting was limited by restrictions imposed by the Fire Service several days earlier. Similarly, scenery was almost extinct - only a lone 'Burger Bar' sign and a lamp post had escaped the purge. Notwithstanding the staging difficulties, Galpin's proved that lighting and scenery were not inherent qualities in evoking the atmosphere of the 1950s. Kate White deserves considerable commendation, for a convincing portrayal of the sweet and innocent, though rather prudish, Sandy Dumbrowski. She eventually succumbs to peer pressure when she changes her image to fit in with 'The Pink Ladies' and the leader of the 'T-Birds', Danny Zuko. Her singing too was always outstanding: it was both strong and tuneful. Dominic Burdess, as Danny Zuko, succeeded in conveying Danny's gaucheness, a case of trying to satisfy two conflicting interests - allegiance to the 'T-Birds' and love for Sandy. His voice was melodious but not always very strong or forceful. The leading roles were supported reliably and effectively by 'The Pink Ladies' (Alex Brown, Penny Stuttaford, Pippa Munro and Vicky Temple) and the 'T-Birds' (Ed Beaugie, Bill Ballenden, Giles Bones and Dan Morris). The 'Pink Ladies', worldly-wise and male-orientated, acted as successful foils to Sandy and gave a very harmonious version of 'Freddie My Love'. Vicky Temple carried much responsibility for holding the choruses together with great panache, and Pippa Munro gave a confident solo performance of 'Sandra Dee'. The 'T-Birds' provided the necessary hilarity and raillery and their rendition of 'Greased Lightning' proved to be very vigorous, if sometimes a little raucous. Giles Bones proved well suited to the role of Kenickie, but it has to be said that his car 'Greased Lightning' gave the impression that 0-60 in ten minutes would be a little ambitious. An impressive accompaniment was given by Dave Everist (Piano), Jules Moore (Drums) and Josh Mowll (Bass Guitar). The dancing at the school dance contest was fairly successful, even if Danny did come dangerously close to flinging Cha-Cha Di Gregorio (Alex Mitchell) across the room during a particularly risky manoeuvre . Most importantly of all, the cast appeared to enjoy the performance as much as the audience, which made for an entertaining and enjoyable evening . ANNA PATfEN.

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NOISES OFF THE MITCHINSON'S HOUSE PLAY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, 291h and 30th APRIL, IN ST. MARY'S HALL

Noises Off defies all categories of comedy and farce as we know them. Michael Frayn Wrot a very clever play, albeit using a simple idea, in which a farce is being performed and rehearsede ~een from the front of the st~ge and then from behind it. The play which is being performed IS entttled Nothing On, a farcical account of a house belonging to a tax exile who has returned to England for a while and who is therefore 'Not at home, dear' as the housekeeper tells someon on th.e phone. Unfortunately at the sa":le time. that the tax exile decides to return home With his wife, one of the estate agents, who IS look 109 after the house, decides to make use of the house for the afternoon with an exceptionally stupid Inland Revenue Secretary, played by Bronwen AldrIdge. Noises Offbegan with a rehearsal of Nothing On, but all was not well ... The tyrannical director L1oy'! Dallas, played by Dun.can Cox,. started to shout at Dotty Otley, played by Jacquelin~ Martm, after she had only satd a few Itnes. The entrance of Garry Lejeune (Tom Parker) and Bdinda Blair (Beth Tapp) led to a parody of the kind of speech that has come to be associated with members the actmg fraternlt~. It. emerged that the plll;y was to open the following night, but that was alrIght as It was only mldmght! Loss of the all-Important plate of sardines meant th~t the gener.al dogsbody, Poppy Norton~Taylor, played by Charlotte Pragnell, was called a dlltg.ent, ebulltent character. Bronwen AldrIdge had to walk around the set clad in a slinky, silk negltgee and the rehearsal stopped when she lost her contact lens, only to find that it had slipped around the corner of her eye. The arrival of the tax exiles led to a foreshortening of the estate agent's romp, and meant a general mixture of farcical intrigue. The burglar, played by Bruce Ashcroft in his usual streak of self-a~owed yobbishn~ss, arri,:ed and led to what was presumably the end of an act of Nothing On, with Vicki forgettmg her Itne and nearly washing her contact lenses away again because of the Director's behaviour. During the interval, as we had been warned by a cummerbund-clad Dr. Maltby, the set was compl~tely taken down and p~t up again the other way around. Whilst this cumbersome job was bemg undertaken, for which great credit must go to the set builders and designers Myles Bowker played the piano. ' The second act, now with a completely turned around set, offered a totally different slant on the comedy: we saw a performance of the play, four weeks after the first rehearsal, from back stage. It emerged that Garry had been having a relationship with Dotty, which had now been broken off. Dotty was brought out from her room with much coaching from Frederick Fello~es (Jon Hudsmith) and after a great deal of sobbing was persuaded to go on stage. The re~u1tmg chaos was greeted with much amusement from the audience: things such as doors not bemg open when they were supposed to be; people's shoe laces being tied together; people being off-stage when they weren't supposed to be and so forth. The third act showed the play from the front again. This was set two months on from the previous act and some of the jokes had become a bit tiresome as we had seen Nothing On three times, but this was no fault of Mitchinson's. The play was extremely funny and should serve as an accurate portrayal of Dr. Maltby's taking up of the reins of Mitchinson's. Those from the backstage not in evidence during the main pari of the play who deserve a particular mention are Ed Burt for the design of the set, and the construct?rs Hugh Clayton and Alex Mclean; Matt Billot for managing the stage; and Dr. Maltby for dIrectmg the play. Hopefully future house plays will be able to match up to the high standard of acting and direction attained here.

GOD RIC JOLLIFFE.

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VERDI'S REQUIEM SATURDAY, MAY 6th, IN THE CATHEDRAL NAVE During his term of office as Director of Music at King's, Colonel Paul Neville, following a tradition established some 30 years ago by Edred Wright (in ~ing's Week), has conducted each summer in the fIrst half of Mayan oratOrIO concert, select 109 for performance great clasSICS which demands for their full effect the resources of a large choir, a competent orchestra and experienced soloists. This year the choir was made up of the King's School Choral Society, singers from Benenden School and the Simon Langton Grammar School with some mature voices from the Deal and Walmer Handelian Society. In past years, works by Handel, Bach, Mendelssohn and Elgar have been performed with great effect and, for the last Cathedral concert to be conducted by Colonel Neville before his retirement from the staff this midsummer, a work as impressive and popular as any of the kind was chosen, namely the 'Manzoni Requiem' of Verdi. This masterpiece is not only packed with unforgettable tunes but is written so as to display to the fullest effect the power and expertise of chorus and orchestra alike as well as the vocal techniques and flexibility of each of the four soloists, who have not only a good deal of ensemble work but also solo passages as good as anything to be found in the operas of this supreme master of his art. Of the soloists, the bass Dennis Wicks is probably the most experienced and sang his great solo 'Confutatis maledictis' with aplomb, making the most of the contrasts between the passages marked 'con forza' and 'dolce cantabile' which are such a feature of this solo. Graham Tubb has a fresh tenor voice of real operatic character, taking the top B flat with ease in the solo 'lngemisco' . Both the female soloists, Joan Croft the soprano and Elizabeth Bainbridge the mezzo soprano, hail from the North and (incidentally) the Guildhall School of Music. Admirably partnered in the twO numbers 'Recordare' and' Agnus Dei' where they have a duet together, they sang equally delightfully in their respective solo numbers, Elizabeth Bainbridge giving a fine rendering of the 'Liber scriptus,' a piece well suited to the dark quality of her voice in the lower registers. But of course the great appeal of this oratorio (for it is difficult to think of it as a liturgical composition) lies in its tempestuous choral numbers and the powerful orchestration that accompanies some of the finest pieces. Right at the beginning the trumpets were in great strength for the famous brass introduction to the words 'Tuba mirum', and later on the whole strength of voices and orchestra were unleashed in the exhilarating 'Sanctus' (unlike any other setting of these words, surely, in the whole realm of composition) . This is in sharp contrast to the menacing repetition of the phrase 'Dies irae, dies ilia' which the chorus and orchestra (including the big drum) thundered forth with gusto at the appropriate moments during the evening. Brass and percussion have a wonderful time in this work and for that reason can overwhelm both chorus and soloists, but Colonel Neville kept his large forces well in hand, and as one would expect from a musician who so loves the 'sound of strings', conjured some lovely sounds out of the whole orchestra, wind and strings especially. To think of st ring playing at King's is to think at once of Clarence Myerscough who has led the school orchestras with such quiet assurance through so many concert programmes, and whom we all hope will continue to lead them through many more under their new conductor Mr. Stephen Pinnock. A word of appreciation may well be included on this occasion to the writer of the programme notes and introduction which must have helped not a little to the understanding and enjoyment of those members of the audience for whom the hearing of this work must have been a new and exciting experience. DEREK INGRAM HILL.

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AN EVENING'S ENTERTAINMENT IN HONOUR OF LORD JUSTICE LUXMOORE'S CENTENARY SATURDAY, MAY 20th, IN THE WHITSTABLE PLAYHOUSE THEATRE The thronging canvases of Frith, the historical sweeps of Carlyle, the humour of Thackeray the judicious length and elevating melodrama of Dickens, the melodic rapture and ingeniou; counterpoints of Sterndale Bennett, all adorned and clothed by the costume cupboard of the King's School and graced by the presence of visitors from the newly-won colonies - no Our Right Honourable Friend, the Gladstoneianly-ministried Premiere need not worry that Vict~rian values were not mightily and enthusiastically to be found at this Great Exhibition of an entertainment. Messrs. Jorrocks and Pickwick would have teetered up the gangway of the Whitstable steamer, ordered their pints of spicy warmed punch, and rejoiced. Abbreviation is essential. The themes, as Victorian as the environs and the honorand, were the otherness of foreigners, the individualness of Public Schools, and the advantage of contact with the sea. The National Anthem (abbreviation was not allowed) began it all, before the whole House (well, almost) sang 'The Two Grenadiers' - a reminder to the French of just what does happen in battle - and the band played 'It's a Long Way to Tipperary' - a placebo for dishonourable Fenians like your reviewer, perhaps. Luxmoore does not lack musicians: Maestro Skarbek conducted, and Maestrino Beauprez accompanied, with aplomb . But Luxmoore musicians can also do other things, as 'The Entertainer' reminded us: each of the House pianists played a phrase of Joplin, then did something else as an accompaniment, from fencing through basketball to ballet. It all made the antics of master Wolfie Mozart look decidedly easy and outmoded. Messrs. Hughes and Montgomery were, as comperes, advertisements for what a public school education can do for you, especially in the way of jokes after lights out in the dorms. Not a vicarage maiden in the audience need have blushed: most of the repartee would have been far beyond the comprehension of her mother. The sketches, all excellently performed, reminded us, inter alia, of the excesses of Dr. Spooner, the lot of the tutor, what might happen forty years on, how Somerset Maugham reflected on his schooling, and what we owe to Rugby. The appearance of Mr. Scott posed an alternative - and indeed equally delectable - answer to the last question. A piano rendering of the orchestral part of a well known Horn Concerto - the solo part exquisitely touched in by Mr. Parker on a bicycle frame - split far fewer notes than sides. Remarkable. And so to sea. The girls in bathing costumes were clearly anxious for the nomination of Miss Empire, and Luxmoore were accordingly as ready to man the lifeboat as Mr. Trowell had been to paint the liner. Pride of place went however to the Shells, with their presentation of 'The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter', their hall monitor Alan Olby a tower of strength as the Eddystone edifice, and Mrs . Tennick a co-operating beacon of safety, prompting furiously from behind a conveniently positioned drape. The title of an early sketch, 'The Complete Maestro', might easily have been extended to the evening as a whole. But all maestros need a master, and it was plain that in Housemaster Hugh Aldridge Luxmoore were lucky to have a presiding impressario with patience, industry and Victorian vision . He however would be the first to give the final mention to Mrs. Fiona Tennick, who must surely number this amongst the most impressive and total even of her productions. Luxmoore a hundred years from now will have a lot to live up to. An abbreviated version of the Entertainment was given in the Luxmoore garden on Friday 26th May. The photos facing this page and the next show scenes from both evenings. T.R.H.

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CHARITY CONCERT BY THE BAND AND SECOND ORCHESTRA SUNDAY, MAY 21st, IN ALL SAINTS CHURCH, MILITARY ROAD The evening started with Mr. McConnell announcing that in order to free Robin Scott for a play rehearsal taking place at 9.15, the order of the evening's programme was being interchanged, the King's School Band (Leader: Hilary Rudd; Secretary: Robin Scott) playing first. A selection of the music from Lionel Bart's Oliver was the opener, with a spirited rendition of Consider Yourself, Oom-Pah-Pah (my favourite from this production, which had a very stately ending) then Who Will Buy?, with its haunting Robin Scott refrain, and fine trilling on the clarinets during the up-tempo part. Michael Praetorius' Suite of Dances from Terpsichore, arranged by Mr. McConnell, nicely evoked the Tudor period, the tamborine being prominent; the second , slow part produced a remarkably full sound - I always think of these Tudor-type pieces as being rather 'thin', but that was certainly not the case here. There were several items in the suite, the last being a rather light and jolly one, somewhat in the vein of the first; I liked the way that the trumpets were answered by the flutes, the whole being presided over (sadly, for the last time) by P.G.W.'s bassoon. An unquestionably American flavour pervaded the next offering: this was The Blue and The Grey, with its suggestion of The Yellow Rose of Texas in its opening verse. Then came Marching Through Georgia where the saxophones and Robin Scott's trumpet were prominent. An interesting section was the Elvis Presley song Love Me Tender done largely by the saxophones, though eventually featuring the clarinets as well. Marching Through Georgia emerged again; then John Brown's Body was a splendid, really good 'thrash' at the end! One of my favourite items of the programme came next: Mr. McConnell's arrangement of Ignatz Pleyel's Sonata No. I, with its inescapably Germanic feel right from the opening bars, which were very much in Prussian-march style (and Potsdam rather than Konigsberg ones at that!). The Andante also had a Germanic, though much gentler, theme pervading it; then there was a brisk and uplifting Rondo to finish, resulting in a very crisp ending. Harold Walters' Instant Concert is one of Mr. McConnell's favourites, a ski llful pot pourri of well-known items too numerous to mention and much enjoyed by the players, as well as the listeners, if the broad smiles from Andrew McNaught \vere anything to go by! This must be a very satisfying and exhilarating item for the young orchestra members to play. The Band concluded with Overture: Light Ca valry by Franz Von Supp". This had a 'LastPost' type of beginning with a lot of volume power, nice trumpets and very thrusting trombones; the basses were agreeably featured here, as well, and there was a well-deserved bit of limelight for Leader Hilary Rudd, in the form of a clarinet solo. There was a moment in this piece when the syncopation became a little unsure, but some well-controlled trumpets brought it back into synchronisat ion , helped by some confident drumming from Dave Everist. After the interval, during which the audience were given a moving account of the work of the Canterbury Cyrenians, the K.S. Second Orchestra, (Leader: Chris Creissen; Secretary: James Walters) took the stand to start in regal style with Handel's Marchfrom the Occasional Oratorio, that included some very nice timpani. The familiar strains of The Hunt gave immediate indication of Vivaldi 's Autumn, a piece from my favourite musical period which, despite its frequent airing, never fails to uplift me. There was a huge contrast with the equally familiar, but melodramatic Wagner (Die Meistersinger) that followed as the Orchestra's third item. We then had a Selection of Classical Pieces arranged by Mr. McConnell, amongst which I particularly liked the string part in the middle of Szervansky's Dance Song from the 17th Century, the exciting drum roll from Dave Everist that introduced Schumann's Militiir Marsch, and the stately and poised nature of the concluding piece, Handel's Menuell. 193 LUX MOORE CENTENARY ENTERTAINMENT (J.S.H.)

For a rousing finale, Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture was delivered. This was a preview of What I understand was a very successful presentation of this piece in the King's Week Second Orchestra Concert (which, unfortunately, I missed through being stuck in a traffic jam, on my way back from a visit to Cambridge, that occurred as the aftermath of a rail strike) . This had a nice dignified, slow start, which gave the celli a welcome opportunity to be heard to real advantage: There was a difficult and complex section and then the well-known, exciting 'cannon-firing' ending, in which Hugo Stevenson and Dave Everist were spectacularly engaged . In conclusion I might just record that, when the concert was over, I stayed behind for the clearing-up session; this is a part of an exercise like this that the audience never sees and, I Suspect never thinks about. In fact, Mr. Wenley, Mr. McConnell, with Mrs. McConnell never far away in support, and several members of the Orchestra were manhandling timpani, double-basses, etc., into minibuses and delivering them to the Shirley Hall until 11.00 p.m. or later; I know that Mr. McConnell deeply appreciates Mr. Wenley's unstinting help in this unspectacular but necessary aspect of preparing an 'away' concert as much .as his support in the more pleasurable musical parts. Finally, it is probably inviduous to single out individual boys but I cannot refrain from mentioning Shell Hugo Stevenson and the conscientious way he put his timpani to bed - in the post-concert part of the evening he did at least as much physical exercise as he would have done in a half-hour weight-training session in the gym! R. B. MA.

VISITS AND TRIPS TRIP TO GREECE A bleak morning grudgingly welcomed thirty-seven pupils and staff to Athens at the end of the Lent term. Having been wrested from bed at noon and effusively greeted by our guide for the week, Yiorgos, we visited the Acropolis amid rain which continued unperturbedly to fall on our subsequent visits to the islands of Poros and Aegina (we could not venture as far south as Hydra due to the roughness of the sea) and to the monumental site of Delphi on the slopes of Mt. Parnassos. More empathy could be felt here with the sacrificial goats trembling at their ceremonial besprinkling than, as might have been expected by those fortunate enough to have seen the views afforded on a clear day, with the Maenad dancers at the Dionysia; Apollo's gaze fell elsewhere, as we discovered, driving from Attica to the Peloponnese over the isthmus of Corinth. Having finally fou nd the sun we took refuge beneath the Cyclopaean defences of Mycenae, descending the emergency water cistern, only to find the Ubiquitous Mr. Tennick lighting a puddle of Coke cans at the bottom. After lunch we were taken by bus on to Tiryns, again to marvel at the enormous scale of the fourteenth century walls, before reaching Tolon where the remaining three days were to be based idyllically in the best of weather. What with a full day drive to Olympia, the home of the games from 776 B.C. - A.D. 393 when they were abolished as pagan by Theodosius I, the Roman Emperor, and a trip to the best preserved theatre of classical times at Epidauros, our return to Athens was all too early. While the younger, bibulous, elements of the group may have found rather too close a watch kept on their exploits, others felt in no way drawn from the Renaissance image of Bacchic worship by the ever-probing lens of M.J.T. or their surroundings, and the more original rites of enthousiastic dancing were left to the Shells, keeping Caroline amused on the boat trip. It should be pointed out that any rumours concerning Alexes and bushes are groundless : Mr. T. kept the reins tight throughout. Many thanks to the Tennicks and the Dixes for making such a varied trip so enjoyable for the cultural pilgrim and the sun seeker alike. NICK FLOWER. 194

VISIT TO PARLIAMENT Mr. Ross has instituted an annual visit for his politics sets to the great seat of power. The day pro~ed to be. most enjoyable. After getting through the stringent security checks, more akin to entenng an aIrport than anything else, we met our first guide, Michael Pownall, a friend of Mr. Ross and a House of Lords clerk. As he was slightly late, being involved in Committee corridor, we had a somewhat rushed tour and introduction to the Lords and Commons and adjoining state rooms. A visit to Committee corridor proved to be both informative and exciting, though perhaps a little distressing. Time was wasted with gerrymandering and an attempt to score points off the opposing party rather than debate the clauses of the Bill constructively. The view about a committee involved in the 'opting out' scheme for the government of Scotland, debated by elected representatIves of that country, was completely inverted by the Lords committee. After this we met Tristan Garel-Jones O.K.S., a senior Whip. Mr. Garel-Jones has been dubbed the 'jovial' enforcer: he turned out to be a most charming man, regardless of his political direction, and was most illuminating in his discourse. Not known for his tact, he told Sholto Byrnes of the Michael Mates probable vote against the government, and asked if anyone had a light for his cigarette, presumably a well-used trick, the match finally being supplied by Mr. Ross. Julian Brazier, member of Parliament for Canterbury, had arrived during our talk with Mr. Garel-Jones. He dIrected us to the Speaker's Palace, a place rarely visited by guests, but arranged for us by Simon Cole's father. A brief meeting with the Speaker, who thought Mr. Ross was Mr. Cole's son, was followed by a tour of the apartments. We were given an hour for lunch after which we re-assembled for Question Time. Prayers were saId, the tensIon mounted, and then we were allowed in. Parliament's business began with ministerial questions on issues varying from agriculture to the fishing industry. It was quite interesting to see the faces which normally are only seen on television and heard on the radio. Mrs. Thatcher breezed in, suitably attired in resplendent blue. The competitors pawed in their cages whilst the great Welsh wind-bag addressed himself to attacking T.I.N.A. An anti-climax came in our final visit of the day to the Lords, which was a little boring after the bear-baiting and boorish behaviour of the Tories in the Commons, though I must admit I couldn't see the Opposition then. 'Who can be wise, amaz'd, temp'rate, and furious/Loyal and neutral, in a moment? ' Certainly not the M.P.'s we saw. Hopefully this event will be continued in some form even though Mr. Ross is leaving. It was an extremely interesting day for which we should alllike-to thank Mr. Ross whilst also wishing him a happy retirement. ' GODRIC JOLLIFFE.

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6B BIOLOGY VISIT TO THE SHEPHERD NEAME BREWERY This sounded, to the hardened beer drinkers, the absolute height of school trips, to the place where the reputed strongest beer in the world is brewed. Of course there were not any hardened beer drinkers, and no-one brought ÂŁ5.00 for the samples. We arrived in Faversham to find out that the buildings were a mixture of Victorian warehouses and Tudor houses. It was a shock to some members of the party because 'it didn't look like a brewery'. The buildings were half filled with old teak and copper vessels and then more modern equipment. The brewery was founded three hundred years ago. The artesian well which governed its original siting is still used to provide the liquor (or water to the initiated) which is added to the crushed, malted barley and then heated to 65 degrees for an hour. Hops, brewing sugars and yeast are all added during the next process. Ale is allowed to ferment for four days while lager ferments for longer. We were able to see all these processes in the guided tour and we saw and smelt the whole process, including the bottling plant, and then went back to the bar for some sampling, with about ten different ales, lagers and the like. Some of the members of our group were recovering from a C.C.F. night exercise only the day before, and they thought their recovery would be effected more quickly if they had some liquid refreshment. We were allowed a few halfs to test if we were eligible to be in the J .C.R., and we had crisps to soak up the alcohol. All in all I think the trip was enjoyed by everyone. The use of yeast was a topic I am sure many people had fun studying! Thanks to Dr. Evesham for organising the trip. VtCTORtA MILNERÂˇWILLIAMS.

6TH FORM FRENCH REVOLUTION BICENTENARY VISIT TO PARIS Even though Pete Medawar and Matt Billot arrived dangerously late at Dover Hoverport, and Godric Jolli ffe lost his ticket, by early afternoon we were striking Parisian poses in the Gare du Nord. It was the beginning of a packed and memorable three days in Paris, seeing the sights, mastering the metro and cruising the cafes. After dumping our luggage in the 'exclusive' Hotel Parmentier (with its bijou boudoirs and spacious salles de bain) we set off for Notre Dame following one of Dr. Maltby's diverting short cuts. Of all the sights this first must have been one of the most spectacular and beautiful although our time there was limited. From here we made our way to the Sacre Coeur and the first 'yes,we're-English-tourists' group photos! The breathtaking view from the top embraced the whole of Paris, and from here we descended to Montmartre and its infamous artisans. After another interesting detour which gave Pete Davies and Catherine Owen time to discover their 'mutual love of architecture' the rest of us enjoyed the backstreet nightlife of Rue Montmartre (but where was Pete Medawar?). We collapsed in the Restaurant Chartier, which could belong to a Renoir painting, and there spent one of the most enjoyable hours of our trip. 196

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The romantic twosome held a tete-a-tete in a corner table while Misty gabbled to the garcon. Next was the Arc de Triomphe, although our arrival was delayed as the Vickys and Alex Mitchell got waylaid by a friendly crepe-seller ('very charmant!') The sun setting behind the Arc provided the excuse for another group photo and the day was ended by a twilight walk along the Champs Elysees. Vicky Temple's imagination ran riot and she spent many happy hours later leaning out of the fenetre over the main street, making new 'friends', including the loo-cleaning salesman, Pascal from Pigalle. Early next day after our gourmet breakfast in the plush dining room of the Parmentier, we set off for Versailles . There was a problem for some in catching the train (where was Pete Medawar?) but we arrived nevertheless, and raided the supermarche of its baguettes and 'Perrier' (treS Parisian, n'est-ce pas?). Versailles amazed some and horrified others in its ostentation, but everyone agreed that the gardens were worthy of a group photo. After lunch some of the more energetic members of the group strolled to Marie Antionette's 'Petit hameau', although some of us never actually arrived, despite Matt Billot's stunning mastery of the French language ("Scuse me - Ou est Ie petit village?') Later that afternoon, back at the Parmentier, the more intellectual among us, led by Pete 'pretentious - moi?' Davies, took a trip to the Pere Lachaise cemetery to discover the tombs of Oscar Wilde, Proust, Delacroix, La Fontaine, Moliere and even Jim Morrisson, while we lesser mortals, bound by Beth's blisters, and chaperoned by 'ver lads' (Rikki Bland, Dom SI. John Parker, Goetz Triebel and Godric) played it cool at the Parmentier. That night, bavardants down the boulevards in 'the Latin Quarter', we found another connoisseur's paradise. We arrived at La Petite Hotellerie only to find the staff at no. 25 already in occupation. Then we took an evening stroll along the Seine. As the sun set, the music of the street musicians added to the romantic atmosphere. Yes ... it was time for another group photo. But. .. where was Pete Medawar? Had he disappeared to chaperone that damned elusive duo Beth Tapp and Duncan Cox, or was he with the scarlet Temple? Qui sait?! By the time we arrived at the Tour Eiffe l it was dark, a nd the Tower was illuminated spectacularly. No group photo could ever do justice to the amazing sight of both the tower - happy 100th birthday - or of Paris itself, viewed from the top. We arrived back after mayhem on the metro, bopping with the buskers. Next morning, bright and early , the party split into two . Some la nguished in the Lo uvre (What is the glass thing? Answers on a post-card), while others mused in the Musee d'O rsay . After a decidedly cosmopolitan lunch in the Latin Quarter, stunned again by Matt's accent, Vicky T's Franglaise, and Misty's men (was it the perfume?) it was time to bid. fa rewell to the Parmentier, but Peter Davies said it with flowers. Pete Medawar said nothing at all - once agai n he had disparu! It was a rush for the train (someone was missing but can we remember who?). It was a holiday to remember, and out thanks must go to Dr. Maltby for his organisation o n the trip, and to Mrs . Hopkins, not least o f all for her endless supply of plas ters. T he French Revo lution Bicentenary was a marvellous pretext for the trip. What possible justification can the Durnford Society come up with for a repeat visit next year! VICKY INGHAM, ALEX MITCHELL, H.R.O.M.

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THE SOCIETIES Meetings have continued, though in a disjointed manner. Meetings have also taken place within the Canterbury groups and it is very important to keep this contact. It is good-bye from Jim and I, and onto better things with Marianne Dochert and Andrew Hone. Good luck and I hope that attendances increase to aid this worthwhile cause. Y AMNESTY

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The Caxton Society has continued to operate from Blackfriars this term. Not CAXTON

surprisingly, King's Week printing of tickets and programmes represents a

considerable proportion of production. A.H.D,'s choice of one cover for all the programmes saved some time and expense but we were only ready before the beginning of King's Week due to late night stin ts by M.J .M. and myself. Of course, m~ch other work. has bee~ done about which. I am .rather less qualified to tell you . Barnaby Stevenson has pnnted new parkmg permIts to the controversial desIgn of the Bursar and both he and William Foster have done many of the more routine jobs which keep the society ticking over. The Foster Blake prize was awarded to me, and a special Caxton Society prize to Nick Davies in recognition of all his work, be it culinary or printed. With M.J .M.'s surprise appointment to Meister Omers, the hunt is on for a new member of staff to help R.J.M. and George Neeve to run the society. My thanks to all three and to Nick for making the term so successful. NICK FLOWER.

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A week, as they say, is a long time in politicsi but when it comes to running the Chapel C hoir even a year does not seem very long, parlicularly looking back on il as we approach the end of the Summer Term. Each new school year finds a choir of some seventy voices, with perhaps a quarter of them being new members; this year they had to deal with a new conductor as well . One therefore finds that much of the Autumn Term is spent developing the vocal identity of the choir, the Lent Term is the time to consolidate, and the Summer Term the time to think ahead to the next year, as many of the more senior members become involved in public examinations. The raison d'ctre of both the Chapel Choir and the Crypt Choir is, of course, the need to provide music for the weekly Cathedral services. Much of the material is of necessity repetitive, but all needs to be prepared to the same high standard as the week's anthem, and as though it is always having its first performance. This term we have tackled a wide range of repertoire, ranging from Stanford's unaccompanied double choir motet, Coelos ascendit IJOdie to the more contemporary Let all the world ill every corner sing by Kenneth Leighton. In Ihe latter, the Cathedral Organ Scholar, David Woodcock, who has kindly played for us throughout the year, certainly seemed to be enjoying himself. Our thanks are also due to Dr. Hands for help in conducting rehearsals and services on occasions, and also of course for taking Congregational Practice. Anthems: 23rd Apr il (Matins) Blessed be the God and Father (S. S. Wesley) 30th April (Eucharist) 0 most merciful (Ernest Bullock) 7t h May (Matins) Coelos ascendil hodie (C. V. Stanford) 14th May (Eucharist) If ye love me (Tallis) 21st May (Matins) I saw Ihe Lord (John Stainer) CHOIRS

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1Jlh June (Matins) LeI all Ihe world (Kenneth Leighton) 181h June (Eucharist) Ave Maria (Jacques Arcadelt) 251 h June (Matins) 0 Lord look down from heaven (Battishill) 2nd July (Eucharist) Tu es Pelrus (Durufle) o sacrum cOllvivium (Messiaen) 61h July (Commemoration) I was glad (Parry) M.D .H.

The Jazz Club's activities this Term have been devoted entirely to preparing for the King's Week Concert, that took place on Saturday, July 1st, and is reviewed elsewhere in this Cantuariall by Mr. Reg Gristwood, to whom I am very grateful. The Club has once again been directed by Sholto Byrnes, and the Big Band has been led by Damian Simpson. The Traditional Band has consisted of Damian Simpson (trumpet), Dan Rycroft (trombone), Eli Corp (saxophone), James Thomson (clarinet), Dave Everist (piano), Sholto Byrnes (bass) and Jules Moore (drums). A group that Sholto Byrnes christened the 'Hard-Bop Band' was featured this year as was a piano-bass-drums tr io, and their inclusion involved the additional appearance of Robin Scoll (Irumpet), Alex Skarbek (piano), Dave Bond (Hammond Organ) and Spencer Santry (guitar). The Barbershop Quartet, led thi s year very individualistically by Oscar Blend, underwent several changes of personnel in its various stages; the day before the Concert it consisted of Oscar Blend, Sholto Byrnes, Dave Bond and Alex Hardy; the night before the Concert, however, it was clear that Sholto Byrnes was rapidly losing his singing voice entirely (and, at one stage, his speaking voice, too looked in danger.) At the very last moment, Chris Gray stood in and did a tremendous job, giving Oscar Blend a sleepless night in the process, but in general living up to the excellent vocal standard he had set in the Serenade two days earlier. The Big Band was again in fine form, as it had been in our charity concert last February, and was boosted by the additional presence of Robin SCOII, C hris Gray and Richard Dibley (trumpets), Julian Woodward, Alex Hardy and Magnus Montgomery (trombones), Lawrence Epps, Ariadne Birnberg and Barnaby Stevenson (alto saxophones), Ben Eaton (tenor saxophone), Mr. William McConnell (baritone saxophone), and John Tegner and Jennie Barbour (flutes). Once again, we are all tremendously gratefu l that Mr. Bill McConnell has provided such magnificent support to the Band, and has given of his time. expertise and energies in coaxing the saxophone section into the most cohesive and unified sound that I have heard the Big-Band saxophone-section give. I am only sorry that he had to be subjected to being on stage dur ing a particularly embarrassing moment in this year's concert! I sincerely hope that this will not diminish hi s enthu siasm for supporting the Big Band in the future. In co nnection with the King's Week Concert I shou ld like to thank all the technical and back-up teams for their invaluable work, without which such an event could not take place at all. These are Edward Burt, Godric Jolliffe, Daniel Longhurst, Jos Sclater and Mr. J. Evans, for lighting; Stephen Connolly, Dave Everist (who somehow manages to comb ine it with being our pianist as well), Dominic St.John Parker and Mr. M. 1. Tennick, for sound; Nick Flower, Mr. M. J. Miles and Mr. R. J. Mathews, for printing (and being extremely patient about my late copy-deadlines); Paul Solway and Robert Wilson for fi lming; Mrs. McConnell for recordi ng (although, for the first time ever, her recording machine broke down this time); Mr. P. J. Brodie and the King's Week Box-Office team and Mr. A. H. Dobbin and his Commandos (leader: Julian Morse) for their support. I should also li ke to thank Mr. Dix and Mr. Martin for kindly loaning equipment. This year a record ten people who featured in the King's Week concert (some of them for the first time) are leav ing. Ar iadne Birnberg has played in the saxophone section thi s year, and was in the vocal choru s last year and is very much thanked for her contributions. James Thomson, without doubt the best 'mover' on the stage, has very much added to thejoie de vivre of the proceedings this year; he started in the Fringe Band two years ago and it was very good to have had the benefit of his musical abi lities and his sense of humour in the 'core' Band this year. Eli Corp has raised the tone musically and decoratively in the core Band this past two years and I am very gratefu l to her quiet and loyal support during her all-too-short time here. Oscar Blend, who, as has already been mentioned, has had more than his fair share of sleepless nights over the Barbershop Quartet, has been a member of the Barbershop Quartets that have performed in the Jazz-Club Concerts for the last two years (though he had a sli ghtly easier ride last year as he was not then responsible for it). Dave Bond has exhibited his extraordinary talent both vocally and as keyboard player in the last two Concerts and he will be just as big a loss to the musical fraternity here as he wi ll be to the drama. (He continues the good Jazz-Club tradition of going on to Christ Church, Oxford!) JAZZ

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Chris Gray has, un fortunate ly, made his va rious talents known to the Jazz Club o nly in the last year I addit ion to his last-minute stand-in with the Barbershop Quartet, already referred to, he was an i m port~n~ member of the trumpet section in the Big Band this year. Qu ite late on in the rehearsals, Damian Simpso very graciously stood down from the solo part in North London Link to let Chris Gray do it, when thO latter showed how well he cou ld perform it in one of the practice plays, and he carried it off Superbl e on the night. There has been a Job in the trumpet section of the Big Band for the last five years: Jonatha~ Job played in 1985, when his brother Chris was in Shells, and Chris Job himself has played in every Conce rt since his Remove days , and ~ ith ever incre.asing a~ ili ty and confidence: Magnus Montgomery has also clocked up four (but non-contmuous) years m the Big Band : he has been III every year, except hi s 6b year since Shells. Two members of the Big Band who have the remarkable record of being in every King's Week Jazz-C lub Concert held whilst they have been in the School are Ben Eaton and Robin Scott, and I should lik e to than k them both for their immense loyalty to the Clu b dur ing that time. They have both made tremendous contributi ons and I should like to thank Robin Scott in particular for being able, right at th e end of a long Concert a nd on a day when he had also been rehearsed three hours in the morning for the next day's Symphony Concert, for being able to give a faultless deli very of the very difficult solo in In The Mood and, literally, to end hi s jazz-time here on a high note by ac hieving, as the very last note of the Concert, the daunting last note at the end of that number. We have been par ticularly fortunate with trumpeters here over the last few years with, in addit ion, people like Jimmy Gumpert and Damian Simpson and I have found it particularly gratifying that trumpeters of the calibre of Robin Scott and Ch ris Job' who could quite easily have been the main trumpeters in the core band, have in no way been 'prima-danna-ish: about the fact that others have had this role, and that is something for which I respect them both enormously. I wish them, and all the other leavers, very well , and thank them for all that they have done for the Jazz Club during their time at School. Sholto Byrnes has had a lot more confidence this year, having been unexpectedly thrown in at the deep end as a 5th former last year and finding that, after all , he cou ld swim. He is now a veteran musical director with two King's Week Conce rts and a Big Band Concert under his belt. He did well to rise from his sic k: bed and direct the King's Week Concert this year. I also congratulate Damian Simpson, fo r leadi ng such a successful Big Band. Sholto, on a miscalculation, referred to this year's Concert, in its opening stages, as being the thirteenth; this was, perhaps, a bad omen. I hope, though, that next year' s Concert - truly the thirteenth in the present series, and the tenth o ne with whi ch I shall have been associated - will be up to the excellent musical standards of this year's, but will be free of any 'jinx' that may be associated with the thirteenth .

R. B. MA.

Exam pressure dictated this term's calendar. We were very fortunate to have a talk from Ms. Jenny Uglow on 'George Eliot and Middlemarch'. a novel set for A Level Paper 2 this year. As author, ed itor, and publisher - let alone as an Eliot biographer - Ms. Uglow showed herself excep tionally in tune with Eliot's character and achievements, and with the massive in tellectual background to her wri tin g. A Casaubon of the mind but a Dorothea of the spirit she discussed detailed passages from the novel in a most illuminating way, and we are most grate ful to her for giving us her time. MARLOWE

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This term we have feasted on high-heaped dishes and running over cups of professional insight and have philosophised over ou r victuals. Professor Donald Russell (St. John's College, Oxfo rd) addressed us on 'Arts and Sciences in Ancient Educat ion. ' It was a pleasure to hear such a di stinguished academic, and in partic ul ar to experience a talk that was so tightly bound in to its so urce-material, or 'witnesses' as Professor Russell would have it. Later in the term , when less ser ious matters seemed appropria te, the fish sauce was brought out yet again for our annual Roman bean-feast in the Chairman's garden. Alex Redman and Caroline Baillie proved stalwart in the kitchen and those who came to do the necessary work of eating did not seem unduly discouraged: so little was left over that the slaves went hungry that night. M.J.T. PATER

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Elesewhere in this ed ition you will be able to read a review of the exhibition dur ing King's Week. I would like to offer my thanks to Robert Tiley and Toby Young for their efforts th is year. Andrew Charlesworth did much to organise the exhibition 'n King's Week, and I wish both him and Cha rles Eady good luck with their Photography A level. They ~olh seem 10 have enjoyed the work they have done towards it . and have learnt a good deal along the way. Several pupils have completed Cit y and Guilds part I. Distinctions were gained by Hayley Pelts for her study of architecture a nd Andrew Cha rlesworth for his landscapes. Credits were ga ined by Richard Knight for hi s project on Autumn. and by Rick Rinaldi for hi s portraits of old men . T he assessor was particularly pleased with these because she felt that Rick had made a considerable effort with difficu lt subjects. Michael Gillespie has continued to impress: his atmospheric photograph from She Stoops to Conquer can be viewed in the Headmaster's office, and he has produced pleas ing views of plays. I hope he does not become too seduced by the moving picture and immed iate appeal of the video camera. This ter m has seen a group produci ng pretentious portraits: some evil you ng ladies had designs on Mr. Aboderin, but he sensib ly kept himself ou t of their hands. They did however get their hands on Matthew Alabaster - as well as posing themselves when the opportunit y was forced upon them. 1 leave the Photographic Society in the capable hands of M.P .H.D. and T .I.1 . They have a selection of equipment , ranging from a Practica SLR to a Yas hica mat 124G. and I hope the trend of acquisition continues. There is much to photograph at King's, especially during King 's Week. I regret that we could not find ti me for colou r work this year, but I am sure that the new management will be responsive should anyone be interested. I have very much enjoyed my involvement in photography at thi s school, and, as others do. owe much to the encouragement of the Cantuarian editors. The School is indeed lucky to have so magnificent a journal organi sed with such sk ill: the opportun ities offered should induce everyone to gel out with their cameras. 1.S.H. PHOTOGRAPHY

T he Wine Society had its first two meetings this term, and the response from those wishi ng to join was so great that a lottery had to be taken . In the first meeting, Mr. Russell Hone (a wine broker in Burgundy) introduced us to the background of wine and showed us how to ta ste it. We tasted eight different Burgundian Wines, and Mr. Hone described them all, making comparisons. Pa rticularly popular was the '86 Chateau Ge rma in and the '69 Mercurey Clos de L'Eveque. After our introduction to Burgundy, the seco nd tasting made a n interes ting co nt rast. Mr. James Brux ner (Chairma n of 1usterni and Brooks) brought a selection of Bordelaisian wines (tha t is, from Bordeaux), and then gave us a tasting competition with two mystery wines. 10 Stobbs was the lucky winner of a bottle of champagne for his mostly co rrect answers about the unkn ow n bottles . Both speakers were impressed by th e interest show n in the wines and by the good behav iour of the members. Many thanks to Messrs. Hone a nd Bruxner. and a lso to Dr. Humberstone for organ ising the Society. WINE SOCIETY

ANDREW HONE AND J AMES ROBERTSON .

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Cricket 1st XI This has been a good season for the 1st XI, but it was also a season during which onc kept thinking of whal mi have been. It was disappointing that the Xl were unable to clinch victory in some of the six drawn games. In th~hl of these games the XI batted first and having made good scores and then reduced the opposition to 8 or 9 wickets dowec were unable, main ly due to faili ng to bowl at the slumps, to secure victories. Recognising the difficulty the XI faced in bowli ng sides out and with a strong batting side, the policy was generally adopted to try a nd win games by bauin second, but chasing runs is often harder than it appears and the XI Jacked a powerful hitler to come in towards th~ end of such chases to score a quick fifteen or twenty. Thus many games which it appeared the XI should have wo ended in draws. n With the season staning on April 22nd there is a lways a chance of bad weather and certainly the lack of Possible practice before playing at Epsom did not help the XI. However, they also fa iled to play to their fu ll potential and lost a low scoring game. With the next week's fixtures against Highgate all washed out, it was a relief to see a dry wicket and the sun both at Dover, and also two days later at home to Dulwich . Both matches were won quite convincingly with good innings from Ie Huray and paley and good bowling performances from Wilkinson and Ballenden. In the next match the decision to ask Eastbourne to bat first looked unwise when they had made 175 for 3 at lunch and 255 - 6 dec. at ten to three. However, an excellent second wicket partnership of 155 between Daley (127) and Brown (39) set up a winning posit ion of 175 for 1, but then wickets fell and a marvellous match ended as a draw with the XI at 233 - 9. In our final match before half term, against Cranleigh, the XI declared at 254 - 4 with Ie Huray 100 not OUI but it was probably too large a target in the time available and the game petered out into a draw. W ith 'A' levels no~ starting immediately after half-term, the season is becoming even more disrupted, but fortunately everyone was available to play in a good all round win at SI. Paul 's. In the first match of Cricket Week, the Band of Brothers, with eight O.K.S., wisely elected to play 12-a-side, as at lunch they were 91 for 8, but they then escaped to 200 - 10 dec . In their turn the XI, Jed by an aggressive innings of 56 by Brown, were heading for victory with 30 needed off the last 6 overs when a careless run out cost them an important wicket and they could only reach 185 for 8. Two days !at~r, though: the run chase was successful as the XI made 174 - 3 off 32 overs to beat SI. Lawrence. An equally convmcmg victory should have been possible the next day against Sutton Valence, who slumped to 47 - 9 in reply to the Xl's 205, but their last pair denied o ur bow lers for 12 overs. T he two innings match against the O.K.S. started positively With a fine 93 by Daley and some excellent bowling and fielding by the O.K.S., but the second day was less dramatic, and when the O.K.S., needing to score runs quickly in the last innings, lost several major batsmen cheaply. the game drifted towards a draw. In the penuhimate match of the season, against the M.C.C ., the XI probably played their best cricket of the year. The seam bowlers contained the opposition before Ward and Daley came on to extract spin and bounce from the pitch. With the aid of excellent fie lding they tied the opposition down and took seven wickets before the declaration came at 202 for 9. In reply, when the 20 overs were called , the XI needed 117 to win , and a ithough the target reached seven an over at one point, Brown led the charge so successfully that with two overs left on ly 8 were required. An M.C.C. young professional gave away only two leg-byes off the penultimate over and with a wicket falling off the first ball of the last over, 3 runs were needed from the last ball, but only 2 were scored, leaving the XI on 202 - 7 and a match they deserved to win was again drawn. Unfortunately, the season ended as it began, with a loss. After a very reasonable declaration at 186 - 5 by T he Stragglers of Asia, only Ie Huray (73) batted well a nd the XI were bowled out for 144. Even tho ugh the season was not notable for the number of victories, it was special in two ot her ways as for the first time for very many years two players made centuries in a season against school sides and Daley's hundred was the second he had scored against school sides. It is unusual to have two such accomplished batsmen as Daley and Ie Huray in the same side and as their skills complemented one another - Daley able to take command against the quickest opening bowlers and Ie Huray, by using his feet to reach the pitch of the ball, a marvellous player of spin bowli ng - the XI were very rarely short of runs. These two dominated the batting, but Brown also played several very skilful and determined in nings a nd in particular latterly showed real aggression in his play, which on its own nearly set up two victories for the XI. Several other batsmen would undoubtedly have done better if they had had a greater chance to spend longer at the crease building an innings, but unfortunately on the occasio ns when they did have the chance. they often failed to take it, although they did all make useful contributions to several of the ru n chases. The three seam bowlers all bowled well at times with Ballenden. who onen extracted extra bounce from the wicket, finishing the season as the leading wicket taker; Wilkinson provided many a host ile start to an innings and , as he learns to use pace, guile a nd movemen t. he will take many more wickets next year. Maggs was genera ll y the steadiest of the three and given the right conditio ns could move the ball away quite appreciably. Of the spinners, Ward started the season badly and only during the Cricket Week did he really find his rhythm and night again and then he looked the good bowler that he can be. Daley was probably under-used, as he showed latterly what a capable slow left-arm bowler he can be . The main fault of a ll the bowlers and especially in the first and last stages of an innings, was not to bowl straight enough and commit the batsmen to play the ball. The fi elding and catching were a lways good and by the end of the term Ie Huray was impressing behind the stumps with several excellent stumpings. Brown captained the side excellently, drawing o n his considerable experience constant ly to make the correct bowling changes and to set ideal fields for his bowlers. Perhaps most important ly though he must take much cred it for the happy and relaxed atmosphere within the team which enabled them a ll to enjoy their cricket.

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On behalf of all cricketers at the school, I wou ld like to thank Nevil and his colleagues for cont inually impro . the playing conditions and this year not on ly the wickets but also the outfields. I congratulate the Under 14 sid; lng a .mo.st successfl~ 1 seaso n and for \~i!lning the East Kent 6.a.side. C~mpetit io n ~t the County Ground; Broughton wlllnmg the SeOlor House Compet itIon and School House for wlllOlng the JUlllor, and last ly and especially Dale Or being selected to play for the Southern Schools against The Rest. This is a major achievement as the twenty.two pliy~n are selected from all the independent schoo ls in the country. rs Team: A. J. H. Brown (Capt.), W. Ballenden, N. V. D~ l er , A. Dus, P. O. Davies, M. I. Holden, M. G. Ie Huray S. R. Maggs, M. G. Northeast, T. J. Ward, M. I. G. Wll kmson. ' Also played: B. M. Cooper, M. P. Jordan.

RESULTS Played 14, Won 4, Drawn 6, Lost 2, Abandoned 2. K.S.C. 106; Epsom College 110-5. Lost. K.S.C. 202·6 dec. (Ie Huray 74·); Dover College 110 (Wi lkin son 10·3·42·4). Wo n. K. S.C. 169·6 dec. (Daley 84); Du lwich College 73 (Ba llenden 14·7-25·6). Won. Eastboll rne College 255·6 dec. (Maggs 17·5·75·4); K.S.C. 233-9 (Daley 127). Drawn. K.S.C . 254·4 dec. (Da ley 54, Das 50, Ie Huray 100·); Cranlcigh 157·6. Drawn. St. Paul's 183 (Ba llenden 10·3·25·5); K.S.C. 184. Won. Band of Brothers 200- 10 dec.; K.S.C. 185-8 (Ie Hu ray 54, Brow n 56). Drawn. S1. Lawrence College 173-8 dec. (Wil kinson 19-5-27-4); K.S.C. 174-3 (Ie Hu ray 72·). Won. K.S.C. 205 (Da ley 63); Sutto n Valence 58-9 (Ballenden 14-7·26·6). Drawn. K.S.C. 167 and 176-7 dec. (Daley 93); O.K.S. 163-7 dec. and 78-8. Drawn. M.C.C. 202-9 dec. (Daley 13-4-40-4); K.S.C. 202-7 (Brow n 59). Drawn. Stragglers of Asia 186-5 dec.; K.S.C . 144 (Ie Huray 73). Lost. Abandoned: Highgate and K.C .S. Wi mbledon. 1st XI AVERAGES BAlTlNG Highest

Illflil/gs Nol 0111 Runs Ie Huray.......................................... 11 3 473 D.ley............................................. . 13 0 591 Brown ............................................. 12 0 350 Holden ............................................ 13 2 192 Ward ........................... ................... II 3 130 D.s............ .. ................. .......... 13 0 204 Nort heast ................................. ... 10 2 97 Davies ..................................... ... .. ... 10 1 80 A Iso batted: Ballenden 5- 1-26-14· -6-5; Cooper 4-2- 16·7·8; Jordan ]· 1·4-4··-; Maggs 5-2-0-0-0;

Score Average 100· 59.1 127 45 .5 59 29.2 39 17.5 39· 16.3 50 15.7 26 12. 1 28 8.9 Wilk inso n 9-5-32-11·-8.

BOWLI NG Daley .. .. ... .. .................................... . Ballenden .................. ...................... . Holden ........................................... . Maggs ............................................ . Wilkinson .. .... ... .... .......................... . Ward ..................... .. ...................... . Also bowled: Brown 4-1 -18-0--; Cooper 2- 1-4-1-4;

Overs Maidens 47 19 135 36 23 3 120 l2 139. 1 30 143 41 Davies 2- 1·8- 1-8; Northeast

Rllns 141 420 88

Wickets II 28

336

18 22 14

437 398 2-0- 11 -0-·.

Average 12.8 15 17.6 18.7 19.9 28.4

2nd XI With seven members of last year's side returning, a golden season seemed in prospect. As itlurned oul, two of them gave up school cricket and ot hers d id not quite come up to expectat ions. Fortunately there were some promising young players who came into the side and produced excellent per form ances wit h bat and ball. After the blistering heat of May and late June it was easy to fo rget the dismal cond it ions that prevailed in April when we lost several games to the weather. When we did finall y take the field in earnest, we saw off S1. Lawrence's cha\1engc 204

CRICKET 1ST XI (Kentish Ga,elle}; CENTURY MAKERS MARTIN LE HURAY (Right) AND NICK DALEY (Left) (l.S. H.)

'th a comfortable 5-wicket win. Old campaigner Scott Friedlander scored 4 1, sharing a substant ial first-wicket partnership W!t h Tom Baker who made 43 good-look ing runs. Pau l Jessup, with a stylish 24 not out, Oatlered on ly to deceive for ~e rest of the season. Our confidence, however, received a set-back in the second fixture when Dulwich demolished I s with only Duncan Cox sa lvaging any pride with a respectable 25 runs. Verdi and injuries had deprived us of six Ul~yers for that game, and we looked much better when we came within a whisker of beating the St. Augustine's College XI. Nick Beechey scored a typically hard-hit 34 not out, and received good support from David Hamilton with 24. James Morley did the damage with the ball, taking 5 for 33 in just 13 overs. After our mauling last year we had a sco re to settle with Eastbourne . The searing May sunshine had broken up the surface of the wicket, and the scene was set for an afternoo n of low scoring but high drama. We had to endure a torrid spell from a very quick opening bow ler: Mike Jorda n was hit in the face and had to ret ire hurt, and several other players were struck on the upper body as we struggled to 73, with Duncan Cox again providi ng the substance with 30 gritty runs. Then it was our turn, and James Morley a nd Mike Jordan used the pit ch sensi bly to bowl them out for 69, just 4 Tu ns short. The Kent College game was a n unsatisfactory affa ir with a result never really in prospect, a lthough Mark Milhench rafted hard for his only decent score of the season , and Mike Jordan took anot her 3 wickets. The less that is said !bout the next ga me the better. Cra nleigh destroyed liS by 9 wickets, with only Tom Baker's 20 to lighten the gloom. Things were a lot brighter in the Sutton Valence match. Mark Northeast, on loan from the 1st XI, scored a powerfu l 61, and Ben Cooper ran into form with 48. John O usey, Nic k Beechey and Dunca n Cox shared the wickets in a match we might have won. The excitement of last year's game against St. Pa ul' s was repeated this year, a lthough on ly half the nu mber of runs were scored. On a difficult wicket the visitors managed j ust 84, wi th Ben Cooper taking 4- 16 in 7 overs, including two spectacular return catches. We seemed to be heading for certa in victory, with Cooper again scoring flu ently, when wickets began to fa ll and pa nic set in . In the end we were 82-9, with last-minute replacement C raig Saunders swinging valiantl y if somewhat hopefully across the line at the last four deliveries! There was another close fin ish in our penul timate game agai nst Duke of York's 1st XI. After rest ricting th e opposition to 156Âˇ8, with Mike Jordan taking an impressive 4-26 in 9 overs, we batted with great confidence and panache, taking our lead from Peter Davies who scored a neat 67. Once again, however, stupidity set in , wickets were given away, and we ended on 143-9, ho ld ing on for dear li fe. The fina l game saw us finishing the seaso n in style. On the tiny ground al St. Ed mund's our bowlers took some st ick, alt hough Ed Burt showed considerable pace and aggression, a nd he looks a very good prospect for next year. With under 90 minutes in which to get 181, we set about the task with a will. Cooper, Northeast and Davies led the way, and in the end the victory was reall y q uit e com fort a ble. It had not been a vintage seaso n, but we had played some good cricket, and the co nt ribut ions of the 6b members were part icu larly encouragin g. Many of them will be in the 1st XI next year, and the rest will be most welcome to join us again in the 2nds. In either case I would ask them to do some work between now and then, and not come along after o ne game next Summer whining about A-Level pa nic. I would like to thank the regu lar members of the side for their dependability, a nd a ll those who stood in, often at short not ice. Finally I would like to ex press my heartfelt thanks to R.P.B. whose help with umpiring and irresist ible bo nhomie made the season all the more enj?yable for me.

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P.A.E.D. Team: M. P. Jord an (Capt.), T. C. Baker, N. C. Beechey, B. M. Cooper, D. J . Cox, S. L. Friedlander, P. E. Jessup, M. L. Milhench, J. A. N. Morley, J . C. Ousey, D. E. Quain. Also played: E. W. Burt, A. Das, P. G. Davies, D. T, Hamilt o n, E.. J . Unforth, S. R. Maggs, N. F. Musson, J . D. Mycroft, M. G. Northeast, S. W. Roberts, D. J . Rycro ft , S. M. A . C. Satchu , C. P. Saunders, K. O. O. Sonaike, 1. H. Watkins, J. G. Wright. 2nd Colours awarded to: B. M. Cooper, D. J. Cox. Old Colours: M. P. Jordan, J. A. N. Morley. RESULTS Played 10, Won 3, Lost 2, Drawn 5. St. Lawrence, 131-6; K.S. C., 134-5 (Bak er 43, Friedlander 41, Jessup 43 n.o.). Won. K.S.C., 89 (Cox 25); Dulwich , 93-2. Lost. K.S.C., 128-7 (Beechey 34 n.o ., Hamilton 24); St. Augustine's 1st XI, 94-9 (M orl ey 5-33). Drawn. K.S.C., 73 (Cox 30); Eastbourne, 69 (Morley 6-31, Jordan 4-11). Won. K.S.C., 108 (Milhench 30 n .o.); Kent College 83-5 (Jordan 3-17). Drawn. K.S.C ., 48 (Baker 20); Cranieigh, 50-I. Lost. K.S.C., 169-5 (Northeast 61, Cooper 48, Hamilton 20, Friedlander 19 n.o.); Sutton Valence, 109-7 (Beechey 3-25). Drawn. SI. Paul's, 84 (Cooper 4- 16); K.S.C., 82-9 (Cooper 27). Drawn. Duke of York's 1st XI, 156-8 (Jordan 4-26); K. S.C., 143Âˇ9 (Davies 67). Drawn. 51. Edm und 's, 180 (Maggs 4-78, Burt 3-42); K.S.C., 183-5 (Cooper 66 n.o., Northeast 48, Davies 28). Won.

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3rd and 4th XIs This was a season of horrors and heroics, with enthusiasm as the common cause of both. Bowling was good . Burt and Rycroft were a skilled opening pair. though field placing and ball chasing did not alwa

cope well with the challenge of what to do when either of them strayed from the line of the stumps' and deciding changes of bowling, with so many aspirants in the field, was never easy . The batting, however. spasmodic With

some excellent individual innings but a general lack of corporate success,

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Ou!right dereat~. and outrig~t victor ies~ were unusual. wit~ s~ore~ h ee t s te!lding t~ espouse the ciiffhanging. James Watkins, commg to at 16-6 agalOst Cranlelgh, took the 3rds Wlthm sight of victory with a splendid captain's 2S whilst at the C ranleigh ground an improbable bowling change to Ed Hogarth brought victory for the 4ths (and kudos'to M C:ooke) by the removal of the Cran leigh batsmen who looked ready to do a Watk ins on us. Dan Rycroft almost secur~ victory against S1. Paul's with an excellent 47, and C harlie Haswell declared blitzkrieg against the Royal Military School scoring 74 in just over half an hour. If talents had not shone singly, as though on a match by match rota results could have been outstanding. But consolidation was never a virtue and neither team ever treated its umpires to the bore of a draw J ames Watkins and Alan Olby shared captaincy of the 3rds very successfully whilst Robert Wilson practised his diplomac~ with the 4ths. Dr. Maltby and Mr. Duesbury helped umpire fixtures at home. Mr. Bee travelled with the 3rds to St Paul's, and f\:fr. ~~.III ~h. with the 4ths to I?astbourne, wher!! the raisin~ of his ~ast?ral index finger to one of his ow~ tutees a~vancmg II~JUd1C10usly down the wicket formed a uOion of blessing and dismissal which no liturgy~watcher could have wished to miss. Mr. Cooke, who shared the running of the teams, ends his long involvement with King's cricket this year. We should all like to thank him for his encouragement and dedicat ion.

T.R.H. Teams f~om: J. H. Watk i!1s and A. M. Olby (3rd Xl Coptains), R. 1. W. W ilson (4th Xl Coptain), E . W. Burt, E. R. Cargill, A . M. Cu rlewls, G. H. Darbr, E . R. S. Floydd, E. C,. George, D. C. T. Ham ilton, C. J. Haswell, D. A. Hemsley, E . L. Hogarth, J. C . E. Holdmg, J. E. Kemp, E. J. Llnforth, J. S. Marozzi, N. B, O'Connor, D. St John Parker, T. D. McK. Parker, R. J. Redfern, S. W. Roberts, J. H. Robertson, D. J. Rycroft, C. P. Saunders' N. A. Shah, P. S. H. Solway, B. G. T. Tower, A. J. O. Young. ' 3RD XI RESULTS Dover College 41 (Rycroft 5-8; Watk in s 3-7); K.S.C. 42-2. Won. K.S.C. 66; Dulwich 67-6. Lost. K.S.C. 33; Eastbourne, 34-3. Lost. Cranleigh 93 (Burt 4-36); K.S.C. 69 (Watkins 25). Lost.

St. Paul's 123 (Olby 4-35, Burt 3-27); K.S.C. 107 (Rycroft 47). Lost. Duke of York's 2nd XI 166-4; K.S.C. 134 (Haswell 74). Lost. 4TH XI RESULTS Eastbourne 145-9; K.S.C. 45. Lost. K.S.C . 137 (Robertson 35, St. John Parker 25, Saunders 25); C ran leigh 87 (Saunders 6-30, Hogarth 2-5). Won.

Colts XI This team did much better than might have been expected, and indeed better than a quick gla nce at the resu lts might suggest. They made good use of limited resources, and proved specialists in contriving exciting finis hes. Dulwich and Eastbourne wo!" only. in the last over, while victorie~ ~ere possible at that stage against both Cranleigh a nd St. Pau l's - although neither Side appeared to be aware of thiS In the latter match! O nly the game against Tonbridge failed to go the distance, a nd the drying wicket had at least something to do wit h that. ~hodes was. the most im pressi~e bats":lan -:- .and the on ly one who could be relied on to build an innings. He was easily ~he leadmg ~u!1-gette r, and It wa~ hiS solidity from Eastbourne onwards. that enabled the side to reach respectable ~ot~ls m the remaining matches. Sonalke was the mo~t natur~lIy tal e nt~d cflck~ter, but never quite produced the big Innmgs that he often threatene~. 9n the other hand, It was Ius responSible batting that secured draws against Epsom and Kent Schools. Of the remammg batsmen, Osmond and Satchu looked the most promising, while Atkins Press Johnstone and Davies each made one useful score, but generally looked insecure. ' , For most of the season Veitch was the best bowler, proving accurate and awkward from left-arm over. Mennell, the other .opening bowler, could move the ball off the seam, and when he found his rhythm at Cranleigh was particu larly effective. Rhodes and Osmond provided the medium-paced back-up bowli ng, but it was a pity that there was no adequate spinner to provide a little variety to the attack. The fielding was g~nera lly safe, wi~h out being outstanding . Johnston.e was the best. fie lder, while Davies picked up s~me ~s~ful catches m the gully. Behmd t h~ stumps, P.attullo ~as a reiJable keeper With a very safe pair of hands, if wuh !tmlted footwork . Satchu marshalled hiS troops With confidence and some tactical sense, and must take much of the credit for an enjoyable season of improving cricket.

P.O. H., H.E.l. A.

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ream: S. M. A. C. Satchu (Capt.), D. M. Atkins, W. N. H. Davies, J. C. Johnstone, D. J. Mennell , W. R. J. Osmond, S. L. G. Pattullo, J. M. Press, J . J. Rhodes, K. O. O. Sonaike, C. E. A. Veitch. Also played: T. E. Dyson, J. G. Flynn, O. H. Hinton, S. R. Maggs, S. E. Mohr, B. C. Peachey. RESULTS

Epsom 154-4 dec.; K.S.C. 97-8 (Sonaike 35) Drawn. K S.C. 61; Tonbridge 62·3. Lost. K:S.C, 85 (Press 32); Du lwich 86-8 (Veitch 4-32). Lost. K.S.C, 130-4 dec . (Rhodes 63·); Eastbourne 131-6. Lost. Cranleigh 125-6 dec.; K.S.C. 123-7 (R hodes 67, Osmond 40). Drawn. St Paul's 154·4 dec.; K.S.C. 145-7 (Satchu 35, Atkins 33·). Drawn. K~nt Schools 197-3 dec.; K.S.C. 102-7 (Sonaike 41). Drawn.

Junior Colts XI This has not been a vintage season at VIS A level, as performances have been too inconsistent. The team has played with some spirit at times, but has not a lways maintained concentration, particularly when batting. The high point of the season was undoubtedly the win against Cranleigh. As so often, our batting let us down, and without a spirited , if not entirely risk-free, innings of 34 not out by Hawkins, the total would have been a very sorry one. The innings ended abruptly when Hodgson attempted to head the ball while playing a sweeping hook. and managed to hit his wicket before this umpire could call 'Dead Ball '. Such was his enthusiasm that he was soon back on the pitch, where Feria produced a hostile opening spell together with PaUman. Hodgson also produced a tidy spell and an important wicket. The last over of the game produced a dramatic climax: a dropped catch, a magnificent caught and bowled by Feria at full stretch, followed by another off the last ball. This was a memorable performance, aided by some outstanding fielding. Not all the matches went so well . The batting cou ld prove fragile, and lack of techn ique and patience was exposed lime and again. Feria impressed most with the bat. He at least was prepared to occupy the crease, and developed more fluent stroke play gradually. Hawkins also played some important innings, while Kennerley, though not living up to last year's promise, was second highest scorer. He needs to think very hard about his basic method, particularly outside the off stump . Mumford too had some good shots, but was short on judgement. He played well against Tonbridge, but too often threw his wicket away. The bowlers were inconsistent. Feria could be hostile, but was too often inclined to threaten second slip, if not gully, and fo und line and length elusive. Pattman battled against a suspect action and has the basic action to develop into a fast bowler if he can iron out his arm action. He also produced late movement. Ruffell broke a number of stands, but bowled too many loose deliveries, particularly short outside the off stump. Hodgson proved exasperating. He could bowl deliveries of impeccable length and line, but, as at St. Paul's, he could begin very badly. Hard work is needed. T he fie lders divided into two groups. On the one hand there were Kennerley, Gosling and 'Speedy' Mumford; but at times the rest could put on a very good show. I remember Hodgson's two magnificent catches against Sutton Valence and some sound ground work. The throwing was not always to the wicket keeper's liking. In this Thatcherite era, when Quangos have been largely abolished or shorn of their powers, I should perhaps not consider too closely the moral development of some members of this team, lest I offend the revived Victorian values. To reflect upon the collective mind (or, to quote the poet Cowper, the 'common and most noisesome sewer ') of this collection of King's kids would not perhaps be out of place in a volume on the theories of Freud. But I prefer to remember Kennerley's witticisms against Kent College, well within earshot of an inspector of police; John Parker's unusual reading material at the nets; Richard Gosli ng's impressions of a whale diving for the deeps in the field, and the gormless grin of Chris Pattman, who in most teams would have been by far the cheekiest - but Craig Feria a lso played, albeit at a whisper.

l .S.H. RESULTS

Played 10, Won 4, Lost 3, Drawn 3. Dover College 6.2 (Pauman 5-24); K.S.C. 66-0 (Kennerley 29·, Feria 28·). Won. Dulwich 2 11 -5 (Hodgson 2-44); K.S.C. 46 (Feria 24). Lost. Tonbridge 114-5 (Feria 2-25); K.S.C . 97-7. Lost. (Overs match). Eastbourne 122-4 (Ruffell 3· 18); K.S.C. 51 (Kennerley 18). Lost. St. Lawrence 110 (Ruffell 3-29, Hodgson 3·28); K.S.C. 113 (Feria 36, Mumford 32·). Won. K.S.C. 83 (Hawkins 34·); Cranleigh 71 (Pauman 4-9, Feria 5-32). Won. Sutton Valence 132 (Feria 4-45, Hodgson 2 catches); K.S.C. 76-9 (Ruffell 28, Parker 20, Hodgson 0*). Draw. SI. Paul's 214-5 (Davies 3-47, Crossley 2-44); K.S.C. 144-5 (Kennerley 27, Feria 54, Crossley 22·). Draw. K.S.C.A. 152 (Hodgson 3-57, Pattman 2-20); K.S.C. 105 (Kennerley 39). Draw. Kent College 134-5 (Pauman 2·35, Feria 2-35); K.S.C. 138~3 (Feria 58*, Hawkins 32*). Won .

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Junior Colts B XI The UIS8 team was drawn from a mixed ability group of 22 boys. Of these, seventeen played one or more mal h for the V I5B leam. Unfortunately. due to weather cond itions, 3 games were cancelled and prevented more of Ihe gees playing in a school malch. In the main, Ihe members of the group were keen, willing and fu ll of fun. Their c ~OkP was played in a rugby style spirit, well orchestrated by their excellent captain E. C . Kerr. riC CI As the results show, the team's performance grew in stature as the season progressed. The first malch against DUlw' h would have been a completely different story but for six dropped catches. As it was, it should have ended in a d Ie but for an inexplicable run out on the last ball of the 20 overs. St. Augustine's were determined not to lose and ~~~ left 30 minutes a nd 20 overs for us to score 168 to win - a draw was always the likely outcome. Eastbourne set Y a big target and hav in g lost the first 5 wickets for 31 runs, it looked as though we were heading for a defeat but ~s n excellen t partnersh ip between L. R. Klugman (40) and C. I. Jepp (27) changed the si tuation completely and at one stage a win was a disti nct possibil ity. A great victory was ach ieved against the Simon Langton G.S. with just 10 balls of th~ match remai ni ng. T he fou nd ation was set by E. C. Kerr (42) a nd J . R. Loder-Symonds (34 not out) and completed by a whirlwind 29 (I six a nd 5 fou rs) by Z. M. Khan. Having proved that our batting was q uite strong, we elected to bat at Cra nleigh. However, ou r batsmen had not faced spin bowli ng befo re and rat her crumbled, losing six wickets to spin. A fine piece of pace bowli ng by S. J. Gu ndry (10 overs, 5- 18) a nd E. C. Kerr (10.3 overs, 5-9) redeemed the situation. Seven batsmen were clean bowled a nd two caught by the wicket-keeper, such was the pace a nd accuracy of the bowling. Our second fixtu re agai nst Simon Langton G.S. was a good fixt ure and the resu lt was in doubt until the very end.

A Jew statistics: Best bowli ng fi gures: E. C. Kerr 6-53. Highest score: E. C. Kerr 47. Best bowling average: E. C. Kerr 12.5 runs per wicket; 19.6 ball s per wicket. Best batting average: L. R. Klugman 33.5 runs per innings.

D.l.B. Team: E. C. Kerr (Capt.), R. C. MacN. Campbell , J. P. de Haan, B. K. T. George, S. J. Gundry, C. I. Jepp, Z. M. Khan, H. P. O. Langton, J. R. Loder-Symonds, B. N. May, P. W. J. Winchester. Also played: J. S. Andrews, J . J. Grant, L. R. Klugman, D. J. Mullen, B. L. Ousey, J . M. S. Rigden, W. T. Williams. RESULTS

Played 6, Won 2, Drawn 2, Lost 2. Dulwich, 168-3 dec.; K.S.C., 83. Lost. St. Augustine's, 167-8 dec. (Kerr 6-53); K.S.C., 11 6-6 dec. (Kcrr 47). Drawn. Eastbourne, 144-3 dec.; K.S.C., 122-9 (Klugman 40). Drawn. Simon Langton G.S., 132-8 dec.; K.S.C., 134-5 (Kerr 42 , Loder-Symonds 34). Won . K.S.C., 124; Cranleigh 31 (Kerr 5-9, G undry 5- 18). Won. K.S.C .â&#x20AC;˘ 140-9 dec. (G und ry 30); Si mo n Langton G.S. 14 1-8. Lost.

U14 B XI I ought to have known that Ihe boys weren't mentall y ready when Webby asked 'A re we playing 4-4-2, Sir?' The season can hardly be sa id to have begun auspiciously - the scorebook records that the first six scoring strokes of the Epsom star batsman were 4.4.4.4.1.61 However the pattern for the season was soon established; Captain Chaney moved fine leg 6mm to the right, pulled in midoff by 1.76m, asked the sl ips to sing 'C lap hands, here comes Charlie' and take one step forward, and prompt ly had the batsman I.b.w.! Despite these manipulations, and an excellent 42 by Freeman, the team wenl down by a niggard ly 20 runs. For our second game, at Dulwich, the major adjustments were the inclusions of Jennings and Woolnough, who responded by scoring 19 and 24 respectively, a nd of Gale, who bowled who leheartedly to take 5-32. Even so, the Dulwich batsmen rather unfa irly kept hitting the ball into areas of the field unoccupied by gallant Kingsmen and our opponents snea ked home by 2 wickets. The Tonbridge game was spoiled by rain a nd by opposition bowlers who kept hitting the stumps so that we had to wait for the game at Eastbourne to record our first win , and what a victory it was, by nine wickets, with Woo1nough an excellent 43 not oul. From that point o nwards the lads never looked back, a nd fo ur mo re victories followed. The season ended on a high note (No-Ed Jennings didn't forgel his box!) with the B team taking third place in the East Kent Schools Six-a-side tourn amen t at the Cou nty grou nd. This tournament was graced by some excellent wic ket keeping fro m Iro ne, who also managed to hit the county scoreboard with one enormou s blow. W.R.P. Team from: C . Kent (Capt.), R. Cooling, M. Cotlon, N. Forrest, S. Freema n, H . Gage, 1. Gale, R. Gard ner, R. Goulden, J . G reenwa ll , J . Iro ne, A. Ja rrett, E. Jenni ngs, D. Mu llen, A. Sou th, M, Webb, J . Willi s, A. Woolnough, C . Ziegler.

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RESULTS

Played 8, Won 5, Lost 3. Epsom 105-6 dec.; K.S.C . 85 (Freeman 42). Lost. K.S.C, 109 (Woolnough 24, Jennings 19); Dulwich 110-8 (Gale 5-32). Lost. Tonbridge 120-7; K.S.C. 55. Lost. Eastbourne 84 (Woolnough 4-21, Jarrett 4-9); K.S.C. 85-1 (Woolnough 43· Freeman 27·). Won. Cranleigh 76 (Kent 3·19, Jarrett 3-25); K.S.C. 79·3 (Woolnough 26). Won. SullOn Valence 70 (Jarrett 4·10); K.S.C. 12· 5 (Jennings 23). Won. St. Paul's 127 (Jen ni ngs 2-10); K.S.C. 13)·3 (Willis 44, Ziegler 19·). Won. Simon Langton 72 (Greenwall 5·20); K.S.C. 73-3 (Willis 28). Won. Parting shot 'Why are you ca rrying three bails, my boy?' 'One for each stump, sir!' I wi ll not embarrass the perpetrator, but wish him luck in an alternative summer sport in 1990.

The Haymakers C.C. This season epitomised, probably to a greater degree than any other in the recent past, the true spirit of Haymakers cricket. A total of forty-seven players represented the side, some of them very good indeed, some of them not-so·good, but everyone of them determ ined to enjoy their cricket , though not in a frivolous way. Remarkably, only two people played more than five games, and forty-three played fo ur or less: we had old pupils, young pupils, staff, form er staff, O.K.S., fathers, fathers and sons , and brothers. There were hard matches, easier ones, and many played in beautiful rural settings, in which there were some good individual and team performances, the occasional poor ones, and several very close finishes indeed. A second·wicket partnership of 133 helped Barham to a healthy score, (especially on their wicket), to which the Haymakers responded by sending in the youngest opening partnership ever. Messrs. Cleobury and C. Pickering, both aged nine, accumu lated four runs before the real matc h resumed, but despite the good stand between Scott Friedlander and Oily Scott, and some firm hitting from Dave Godfrey, the reply was a mere nine runs short. At Hicks Forstal the Chief Waggoner led the way to a good total, and the home side tumbled to defeat, thanks in part to some fine spin bowling, especially from Duncan Cox. A debut century from 1st XI player Mike Holden led the way against Trinity College of Music. Unfortunately. once again the bowling department was a litt le light, and when the batting hero decided that a fourteen ball penult imate over would liven th ings up, the visitors fa iled by on ly four runs to overhau l us. Half· term blues hit us at Goodnestone, where most of the team obviously couldn't get home quick enough, and left the crease as quick ly as possible. The village side were not reall y in trouble in catching up, but in fact, so rapid was the conclusion of the match that a "beer match" fo llowed, thereby scuppering hopes of dashing off. Fortunately we won that, after which we were treated to some original entertainment at the Mary's. R. C. W. then did a Lazarus impersonation , since the rather limited resources com pelled him to bowl unchanged fro m one end. In yet anot her close finish, the last pai r held out for the visiting team to gain a well ·earned draw. In conclusion, tha nks must go to the Chief Waggoner, Jody Mycroft, who did such a n excellent job in findin g boys to play - even if he did seem to think that bowlers were a luxury - a nd allowing so many of those who wanted to play to enjoy this particular brand of cricket. Moreover, the example he set in the field was an inspirat io n to everyone - and co nstant encouragement to the opposition. Seriously, though, I hope that the next person to do th is very onerous job can do it half as well as he has. ' R.C .W. RESULTS

P layed 9, Won 3, Drawn 3, Tied), Lost 2. Barham 165-4 dec.; Haymakers 158 (Friedlander 47, O. Scott 29). Lost. Haymakers 162·8 dec. (Mycroft 44); Hicks Forstai 77 (Cox 4·29). Won. Haymakers 151-4 dec. (Holden 101 n.o.); Trinity Coll ege 148-4. Drawn. Haymakers 81; Adisham & Goodnestone 84-5. Lost. Street End 22 1·6 dec.; Haymakers 160·7 (Ward 51, Holden 34). Drawn. Queen's Regiment 157-7 dec. (R.C .W. 3· 19); Haymakers 160·4 (P. Davies 64, Das 43). Won. Haymakers 148-6 dec. (S. Davies 48); Diocesan XI 73 (D. Hodgson 4·12). Won. Bekesbourne 104 (R.C .W. 5-33, Jessup 4·16); Haymakers 104. Tied. Haymakers 159·6 (Friedlander 44) ; St. Mary's 137-9 (R.C.W. 6·36). Drawn.

Canterbury Harvesters' Twentieth Cricket Tour Flooding on the M25 did not augur well for the twentiet h tour. However, once the tour party had assembled in Blandford square, the weather brightened and soon sett led in to its trad itional best. The cricket , too, proved to be some of the most enjoyable ever, with four of the five matches provid ing exci ting finishes in the last over. It started al Blandford, after P.G.H. (39) and H .M.R. (33) had led a recovery from 13·3, and big hitting from M. J. Ho. a nd J.S.H. had enabled

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a reasonable declaration, Steady bow ling, especially from R.P .B., seemed unlikely to prevent defeat, but two run OUI off the last two balls brought a draw with the scores level. After this, Monday's match was a great anti-climax. Chri! Stone of Dorset made an elegant 107 out of 2034, but although G.C.A. made 44, the target was never within rang and the game petered out tamely. Compton House can always be guaranteed to prov ide excitement. This year thee, excelled themselves. They batted poorly against fr iendly bowling, and when Bombardier Lamb removed their oversea~ player for a duck, they were reeling at 17-6. The eventual tota l of 86-9 seemed modest enough, but our hosts' bowling nearly brought them victory, before M.J.Ha. and M.J.C. sc rambled two off the last ball to record the first tic in 85 Harvesters matches. Wednesday was the hottest day, and G.C.A. smote mightily - four sixes and ten fours - to achieve the second Harvesters'. century, and with s'!PP?rt fr~m P .G. H . (40· ) 201 -5 was re,ached. Sherb<"!rne. Town were then encou raged to chase this target, and as the fl~ldmg wilted towards t.he end, they achieved a sp lendid victory in the final over. And so to Chafyn Grove. G.C.A. agam led the way, and wuh M.J.Ha ., C.J.R.J. and J .S. H. all cOntributing the declaration came at 181-5. The challenge was taken up, even afte,r C.J.R.J. had removed the middle order and the seco nd spells of R. C. W. and J .S. H. , who took three wickets in the last two overs, nearly brought a victo;y. Highlights of the tour included B.T.' s first appearance in the eight ies ; M.J .Ha .'s runn ing - he made 57 runs himself but was at the wicket while 339 were scored - and his fiftieth appearance; R.P .B.' s early morning whistli ng; J . D.P.' ~ jogging ; N.A,L. 's child -minding; R. C.W. 's explanation of cricket in French; several efforts to explain 'Psycho II" the Hodgsons, father and son, batting and bowling in tandem; the tennis, table tennis, sw imming, skittles, and books h~ps' and some geriatric fielding devastatingly exposed by N.L.P.'s at hlet icism. Despite some difficulties arising from th~ pedestrianisation of Cheap Street, this was a most success fu l tour, and we are part icu larly gratefu l to Ian and Sheila Elliott fo r their hospitality in Abbeylands . We all now look forward enthusiastically to o ur twenty-first to ur next year.

P.G.H. TOlir Party: M.1.H. ,P.G. H. , R.P.B., C.1.R.J., B.T., J.S.H., W.R.P ., R. C.W., N.A.L., N.L. P., D. M. Hodgson. Also played: M. J. Hatch, G. C. Allen, M. J. Cleaver, H. M. Robertson.

Harvesters 168-9 dec. r. Sk ipper's X I 203-4 Compton House 86-9 Harvesters 201 -5 dec. Harvesters 181 -5 dec.

RESU LTS (P.G.H . 39); Blandford 168-9. Drawn . dec. (C. Stone 107); Harvesters 129-4 (G. C. A. 44) Drawn. (M.J. C. 3-4); Harvesters 86-9. (20 overs). Tic. (G. C.A. 119, P.G.H. 40·); Sherborne 202-4. Lost. (J. S. H. 36·, C. J .R.J. 36); Chafyn Grove 154-9 (J.S. H . 3-5, C. J .R.J . 3-13). Drawn .

Athletics 'Venimus, vidimus, vict i sum us' (J. Caesar, adapted). A rapid scan of the results below will revea l hat none of our teams has had a particu larly successful seaso n, with only the Seniors showing any competitive edge. But as always wi th Athletics , team disappointments ca n partly be compensated for by individual triumphs: Jaiye Aboderin's victorious progression through every school match in the Shot , culminating in an impressive new school record of 14.19m, which could have taken him to the Nationals; Ric Rinaldi's consistent event winning in Senio r High Jump; Bola Marquis's astound ing double act of Shot and High Jump, which he would consistently win in the 2nd string competition s; Giles A ndrews' 52.8 sec 400m after little training due to a pulled hamst ring; Simon Hart's gradual lowering of hi s times for 800 and 1500m - he would surely have gone lower than 2.03 and 4.24 respect ively had there been further matches ; Seun Oshunkoya's lightning 11.4 sec Inter 100m at the Cholmeley Shield: the list could go on since alm ost every athlete in the club could boast a lowering of times or furtherin g of distance as the season progressed. Why. then, were the team results so disappointing? The season got off to a soggy start , with Birleys waterlogged almost up to our first home match . This inevitably hampered our match fitnes s, and seemed to leave us irredeemably adrift of our competitors with all -weather tracks. We also inherited (from previous terms) some injuries to key athletes, without whom a club of our size cou ld not cope effectively. But the excuses must stop there. It seems that we are receiving fewer 'star' quality ath letes of County standard or above, which is putting more of the onus on the average club members. But the necessary commitment to regular trai ning and the drive to perform to the utmost has been sadly lacking during the season. Only such commitment from a united club will maintain our accustomed place at school fixtur es, especially as there will be no Shell intake into the club as from next season, as co-education approaches. However, since our Senior a nd Inter teams have mainly compri sed of 6b and Remove athletes respectively, there is hope that the same groups, with greater determination, might reap the benefits of their experience next season. After a shaky start against a well-prepared Duke of York 's side, our teams recovered some of their composu re against Sutton Valence and Sevenoaks. Dowse and Bessarat emerged as a useful throwing combinat ion in Inter Discus and Shot, while in the Juniors, Cole, Johnstone and Irone covered the sprints and jumps between titem, cont ributing to a close competition. The club then failed to make adequate use of the breathing space before meeting Eastbourne. More effective hard training in this period would have ensured a close r competition , but as it was, Eastbourne overcame us in all age-groups with ease. Rosato emerged as a promising Triple-Jumper and Hurdler, and went on to become ou r sole 1st st ring track victor at Tonbridge, and the best Triple-Jumper in the club. Singh and Yolacan proved themselves to be willing utility men in the face of Junior team depletion.

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h Tonbridge fixture saw a fine Senior team performance and a more impressive

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T e 'n won the High Jum p, Shot and Discus between them, with Marquis and Epega

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AbO~~~us respectively. Hart notched up two middle-distance 2nd places , while Eddison and Kn!ght fared respectably ~n~le Steeplechase, where Cross-Country prowess was at last rewarded . tn fact, th~ other middle-dIstance men, Skarbek,

Shariff and Goggins put in some usefu l team performances. The 7-strong JUnior team was hopele.ssly <"!ver-stretc~ed ~o ~ompetition requi ring extra event s like the 4 x 400m relay, yet coped .manfully, and at least remamed m .touch ~vlt h

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osit ion scores. An amusing finale to the fi xture came when Crelssen and Suitan, ~ho thought their exertions Ihe oPPver had to re-change rapidly after the 4x400m relay had started . Fortunately their team-mat es ran slowly. ~reO , . ' TI high point of the season, the prest igious Cholmeley Shield, illustrated our baSIC ~eakness when at good quah~y Ie til ions most notably in the Juniors. The Seniors, however, recorded some pleas.mg personal bests: Ogedegbe s c~~~~ loom: lbbott's 6,05m in the Long Jump, while both the A and B relay ~eams gamed 3rd p.lace; Epega m.anaged I 'Om Javelin throw, Rinaldi and Marquis were in the last four of an excellent HIgh Jump compet.'tl,on, and both J,!mped a~ 1 . T his was in addition to the personal bests mentioned in the first paragraph, and Aboderm s usual Shot victory. ~:hC ~ters produced some impressive sprinting (Oshunkoya's 11.4 and 24.1, and O'Mahony's 55 .5 400m), and Fahm high-jumped well . . • , , The season ended with some better team performances m the .two local Derby fi x t.u~es -: the I?uke of York s Cup od the District Team Championships (Remove year). The Semor team had more SPirit to It , whIch ~Imost made ,!P for the loss of fitness due to half term and exams. Our usual 'star' perform ers won th.e Shot ~nd High Jump, while h uest appearance of Godfrey in 200m and Triple Jump helped. Handley threw well m the DISCUS and was unlucky t elu at the last hurdle when coming an easy 2nd . T he team's 3rd place behind Sutton Valence and Duke of York's, ~O s";.,aJler margins than at our earlier matches, was a creditable achievem~nt. The Remove athletes undoubtedly had I:e talent to win their local competition, but lacked the drive and self-belle! to get beyo~d 2nd place . They.. ~nd the 6b Seniors could do well at the top of their age-woups next year, but they ~.1 1l only do so If they apprach tramm ~ a~d ompetition with greater enthu siasm and determmauon. Both of these quahtles were amply demonstrated by ou~ Jovial ~aptain, Jaiye, whose presence (by definition, of c<"!urse) will. be missed.. but we look forward to the leadershIp next year of G. Andrews and B. Epega as Track and Field captams respectively. Our thanks go to the groundsmen, the caterers, and our patient coaches, R. C.W. and N.L.P., as well as to some loyal parents who supported ou r progress so faithfull y. C.T.H.

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Teams/rom: Seniors: J . Aboderin (Capt.r, G. B. Andrews·, P. H. Apps, S. Cole, J.~. Edd ison·, B. A .. ~pega·, A., F. A. Fa~m·,

P P Godfrey, M. R. Handley· , S. Hart·, J . F. Ibbou·, J . E. D. Kmght, B. A, MarquIs, J. S. 0 Mahony, N.

0: F: M~sson·, A. E. O. Ogedegbe·, O. O. Oshunkoya·, A. R. Rinaldi · , S. Rosato·, A. J. W. Skarbek·, A. TubokuMetzger·, S. Williams·. Intermediates: A. Bessarat , D. K. Y. Chum, S. Cole, S. C. Dowse, O . A. Fadeyj·. W. M. S. Foster, D. H. Fraser, D. A. Goggins, M. J. Hamilton, A. Hart, J. E. D. Knight , J. S. O'Mahony· , O. O. Oshunkoya·, T. Paxton, C. J. E. Postans, S. Rosato·, S. S. Shariff, G. Skelton, D. Svasti-Salee, G. J . Tester, B. E. W. Young. Jllniors: N. J. Cole, C. J. Creissen, O. C. Dean, R. S. Heddle, E. Irone, M. Jackman, N. R. Johnstone, L. I. H . Madueme, R. D. Singh, B. M. Stevenson, W. Suitan, A. Yolacan. Girls: Annabel Davies (Capt.), Katherine Colquhoun , Marianne Docherty, Selena Doyle, Carey Knight, Clare Lissaman, Katharine Scarlett, Rebecca Seward. 3rd May: Seniors: Inters: Jlllliors: 6th May: Seniors: Ifllers: Jllniors: Girls:

RESULTS v. Duke of York 's, Kent College and Skinners': I Duke of York's 140; 2 K.S. C. 11 5; 3 Skinners' 107: 4 Kent College 60 . 1 Duke of York 's 129; 2 Kent College 120; 3 Skinners' 11 7; 4 K.S.C . 76. I = Duke of York's, Skinners 137; 2 K.S .C. 92; 4 Kent College 60. v. Sevenoaks and Sutton Valence: I Sutton Valence 126; 2 K.S. C. 80; 3 Sevenoaks 77. I Sevenoaks 105; 2 Sutton Valence 91; 3 K.S.C. 89. I Sullon Valence 119; 2 K.S.C. 11 8. I Sevenoaks 62; 2 K.S.C. 48; 3 Sutton Valence 40.

Seniors: Inters: Jlllliors:

v. Eastbourne: 1 Eastbourne 86; 2 K.S.C. 6 1. I Eastbourne 81; 3 K.S.C. 66. I Eastbourne 82; 3 K.S.C. 62.

13th May:

v. Bishop's Stortford, Brighton, Lancing and Tonbridge:

Seniors: Imers: Jllniors:

1 Tonbridge 213; 2 K.S.C. 180; 3 Brighton 163; 4 Lancing 158; 5 Bishop' s Stort fc;>rd 58. I Tonbridge 17 1; 2 Bishops' Stortford 1~ 3; 3 Brighton 153; 4 ~ . S.C . 145; 5 LanCing 134. I Tonbridge 198: 2 Brighton 151; 3= Bishop's Stonford, Lanclllg 146; 5 K.S.C. 129.

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v. Elan, Dulwich . Felsted. Hig hgate, Wellington: 1 Welli ngto n 115; 2 Felstcd 101; 3 Eta n 99; 4 K.S.C . 90; 5 Du lwich 63; 6 Highgate 72. I Elan 11 3; 2 Highgate 108; 3 Wellington 103; 4 Fclsted 97; 5 Du lwich 63; 6 K.S.C. 58. I Highgate 129; 2 Wellington 107; 3 Ela n 106; 4 Dulwich 95; 5 Felstcd 66; 6 K.S.C. 39. Mi lk C up First Round (Inters a nd Juniors):

v. 51. August ine's , C hislehurst a nd Sidcup G.S. and King's Roc hester: I C hi siehursl a nd S idcup 368; 2 51. August ine's 347; 3 Ki ng's Rochester 346; 4 K.S.C. 333.

10lh May:

Kent Championships: J , Aboderi n 2nd in Senior Shot with a new school record of J4.19m.

O. B. Andrews (Senior 400m) and O. Oshunkoya (Inter 100m) a lso competed. 24th June:

Seniors:

Duke o r York 's Cup, v. C ra nbrook, Dover College, Duke of York's, 5t. Edmund 's, 5t. Lawrence and Sutton Valence: I Sutto n Valence 259; 2 Duke of York's 234; 3 K.S.C, 220; 4 St. Lawrence; 5 Dover Co\[ege: 6 SI. Edmund's; 7 Cranbrook.

28th June: Illters:

District Team Cham pionships: K.S.C. 2nd o ul of I I loca l sc hools.

29th June:

Publ ic Schools' C ha mpionships: J . Aboderin 2nd in Seni o r Shot.

Inter-House Athletics Once again, the gods were o n o ur side a nd the two In ter-House events took place in del ight ful weather. This, and the close nature of the com petition in each, made them the most enjoyab le for a nu mber of years. In the Shutt le Relays. few points separated any of the teams but Linacre and School Hou se stayed a head of the pack with the fo rmer just managing to hold o n to a narrow early lead . A simila r patt ern repeated itself on Sports Day; th ~ same two Ho usemasters found no fi ngerna il s left to chew, but with Linacre winni ng the final relay conclu sively to take the trophy, th ey achieved the dou ble. All those who pa rticipated , especially o n Sports Day. are to be congratula ted on the excellent sp iri t in which the competit ion was fought, and tha nks are due to those who organ ised teams. Part icu lar thanks a re due to the groundsmen for struggli ng against unu sual d rought -type cond itions 10 produce a n excellent slage for the events - a nd to those who risked su nstroke a nd dehyd ratio n to o fficiate. R.C.W. RESU LTS I NTER-HOUSE SH UTTLE RELAYS I . Linacre 56 poinl s; 2 School Ho use 54 point s; 3 The Gra nge 45 poi nts. S PORTS DAY J uniors : 100m: I Johnsto ne (T) 13. 1 sec; 2 Da rlaston (SH); 3 Rawli ngs (LN). 200m: I Cole (OL) 27.5 sec; 2 Will ia ms (LN); 3 Hine (MO). 400m: I Irone (W) 65.2 sec; 2 Handley (LN); 3 Tennick (MR). 800m: I Do bbs (B) 2 min 24.2 sec; 2 Heddle (MR); 3 Mullen (LN). 15OOm: I Prince (MR) 5 mi n 02. 1 sec ; 2 Layfield-Cripps (LN); 3 Gardner (W). Long Jump: 1 Ga rd ner (W) 4.65m; 2 Cole (OL); 3 Rawlings (LN). Triple Jum p: 1 Layfield -Cripps (LN) 1O.23m; 2 Dobbs (B); 3 Ball (MO) . High Jump: I Irone (W) 1.44m; 2 Sayer (MR); 3 Rayner (MO). Shot: t Kent (SH) 9. 12m; 2 Ha ll (W); 3 Stevenson (T) . Discus: I Carey (LN) 23. 18m ; 2 Singh (MO); 3 Cossens (B). J aveli n: 1 Craddock (LN) 28.97 m; 2 Norri s (LX); 3 Katz (T). 4 x 100m Relay : I Linacre (54.8 sec); 2 School House; 3 MeiSler Omers. Inters: 100m: 1 Sampson (S H) 12.7 sec; 2 Sonaike (W) ; 3 Rhodes (O L). 200m: I Hamilton M. (SH) 26. 1 sec; 2 Fly nn (LN); 3 Bai ley (MT) . 400m: I O'Ma ho ny (SH) 56.4 sec; 2 Hart (T); 3 Grimes (GL). 800m: I Ham ilton D. (S H) 2 min 19. 1 sec; 2 Kerr (LN); 3 Shepley (T). 1500m: I Will ifer (T) 4 mi n 40.9 sec: 2 Goggins (W) ; 3 Dibley (GR). Hurd les: 1 Rosalo (MT) 16.4 sec: 2 Fraser (OR) ; 3 C unningha m (B). Long Jump : I So na ike (W) 5.43 m; 2 Hamilto n (SH); 3 Speicher (MT). 212 SEE HOW THEY RUN: I (J.S.H.)

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Triple Jump: I Rosato (MT) 11 .78m; 2 Poslans (LX); 3 Pattman (OR). High Jump: 1 Epps (MR) 1.5810; 2 Turner (MO); 3 Maggs (LN). Shot: I Bessarat (OL) 1O.59m; 2 Harris (8); 3 Manning (OR). Discus: I Chum (OR) 28.42m; 2 Dowse (T); 3 Overton (8). Javelin: 1 Crossley (MT) 31.20m; 2 Bagshaw (B); 3 Skelton (SH). 4 x 100m Relay : 1 School House; 2 Luxmoore; 3 Linacre. Seniors:

100m: 1 Ogedegbe (MO) 11.6 sec; 2 Godfrey (LN); 3 Le Huray (SH) . 200m: 1 Floydd (GL) 24.7 sec; 2 Stanbury (MO); 3 Marozzi (MR). 400m: 1 Northeast (MT) 55.S sec; 2 Williams (OR); 3 Montgomery (LX). 800m: I Hart (T) 2 min 07.7 sec; 2 Rayment (SH); 3 Jessup (B). ISOOm: I Eddiso n (SH) 4 min 42.2 sec; 2 Dav ies (MO); 3 Williams (W). Hurd les: 1 Musson (T) 17.0 sec; 2 Handley (LN); 3 Job (GR). Long Jump: I Le Huray (SH) 5.92m; 2 Marozzi (MR); 3 Metzger (OR). Triple Jump: J Godfrey (LN) 12.66m; 2 Davies (MO); Schafer (SH). High Jump: 1 Rinald i (B) 1.68m; 2 Floydd (GL); 3 McCall (LN). Shot : 1 Aboderin (W) 13.9801 ; 2 Marquis (OR); 3 Wilkinson (T). Discus: I Handley (LN) 29.96m; 2 Epega (LX); 3 Scott R.(MR). Javelin: I Skarbek (LX) 36.62m; 2 Lennox-Conyngham (T); 3 BalJenden (OL). 4x 100m Relay: I Lin acre; 2 Orange; 3 Broughton. Girls: 100m: I Pallen (MR) 14.6 sec; 2 Knight (B); 3 Breeze (OR). 800m: I Hu lburd (MT) 2 min 59.1 sec; 2 Seward (SH); 3 Workman (SH). Long Jump: 1 Lissaman (MR) 4.66m- ; 2 Webb (LN); 3 Thomson (LX). -New School Record. Victor Ludorum: Floydd (GL); Handley (LN); Godfrey (LN); (Shared).

The Boat Club 1st VIII After some very mixed results the Lent term finished on a high. 47th in the 'Head of the river' was a very fine performance and heads were held high as we journeyed down to spend a week of getting rained upon, playing pin-ball, eating nat ura l yoghurts and, most important ly, very intensive tra ining, in Vichy, France. During the camp many changes were made, both to strengthen the crew but also to cover for Ben Hardy who slipped a disc and had to spend the week with the masseur. T he first regatta of the term was at th e London Docks, where in Senior 3 VII I's we were beaten by both Pangbourne and Kingston Grammar School - not the result to kick off with - but things began to improve with some more convincing performa nces at Nottingham Cit y Regatta, where although we failed to make the fina l on either day we were rowing in a higher class. Our term's objective of reaching the fi nal at the National Schools Regatta now looked to be possible. On the morning of N.S.R. we suffered a major setback with Mark Stafford having to step down with posterior problems. Nick Jamieson slotted in as we went out for ou r sem i-final, need ing to come in the top three in order to reach the final. Although some of the crews had squeezed the start, after 500 metres we had fought back and were lying third. Pangbourne and SI. Edwards then dropped back and it was a race between four crews for three places. Westminster stormed through from fo urth to second leaving us battli ng with Rad ley. It was a battle we were dest ined to lose but nevert heless it was a very good row. This just left Henley. Gi ven a bit of luck and a good draw we could have gone a long way. Unfortunately we got neither. First we lost James Brett to glandular fever and then we were drawn against the champions, Hampton, in the fi rst round of the Princess Elizabeth Cup. Our plan was to go off fast and try to 'ratt le' Hampton, but on the day nerves led to sera piness and Hampton wen t off faste r and went on to win by 2 Yl lengths. This season has had several major setbacks due to injury and taking this into account it has not been a bad season. I would lik e to thank all the coaches but especially R.M.H. and Mr. Willis for looking after us so well. I would also like to wish the club good luck for the future. Maybe in a couple of years Hampton will be cursing their bad luck at draW ing King's in the first round. 213 SEE HOW THEY RUN: II (l.S.H.)

The 1st VlII: Bow: S. Henderson· 2: M. Stafford· 3: T. Filby 4: D. Simpson 5: B. Long· 6: C. Hall 7· J Brett. Stroke: E. Beaugie (Capt.)·. Cox: W. Swanson·. . . Nick Jamieson starred as our 'super sub' and rowed in every regatta: in place of Simpson at the Docks Henders at Notts. City, Stafford at N.S.R., and Brett at Henley. ' on ·Denotes 1st Colours.

1st IV At the Docks we entered into the junior quadruple scu lls event and although tech nically we did not scull well we won and decided to enter the crew for N.S.R. At N.S.R. we put behind the earlier disappointment to take the silver medal. Perhaps if we had relaxed a bit we might have beaten Hampton to the gold. Nonetheless it was a very creditable perfor mance. 1st I V: Bow: S. Henderson (Steers) 2: J . Brett 3: B. Long. St roke: E. Beaugie. E DWARD BEAUG I ~.

J.1S VIII Mou lding into a unified crew three distinct groups, each with a different background of experience from the year befo re, and each, shall we say, wit h their temperamental diffe rences, proved a Hercu lean task. Nevertheless, useful stamina train ing was achieved as an VIII in the Lent term, and the crew rose well to the challenges of the Head of the River races at Burway, Kingston and Putney , finis hing about half-way down our age-group in each case. Kingston was notable fo r its climactic ending, our cox cooly steering his way through a shoal of converging crews. We persisted with the VIII until Cambridge Regatta in which the crew were encou raged by a victory over Bedford Modern before succumbing to Oundle in the fi nal, the problem being the lack of experience al keeping calm and contrOlled under pressure. It was then decided to split the VIII into a IV and a Quadruple Scull for the National Schools' Regata in the hope that the two emerging crews would each be relati vely faster than the VIII. Un fortunately the IV was dogged by illness and never properly materiali sed; however the switch paid dividends for the Quad who took up where they left off last year and visibly increased their lengt h and cohesion outing by out ing. T he first race at Nott ingham was in effect a row-over, but the fi nal was a splendid race in which, from fo urth posit ion after a poor start, the crew sculled past two crews to fi nish second behind St. George's and collect well-deserved bro nze medals. Clearly the crew had learnt how to race, and this was again demonstrated at Reading Town Regatta for wh ich they re-formed as a IV. After a comparat ively easy win against Shiplake B, they again found themselves down after a crabby sta rt against Cheltenham, but they kept their heads and rowed past the opposit ion. Alas, Sh ipla ke A proved too strong for us in the fin al. The last chance to gain an outright victory was at Hunt ingdon where, still as a IV, they desperately scrambled home a few fee t ahead of City of Lo ndon, but could not quite match an accomplished crew from Sir William Borlase's in the final. So the Under ISs had to remai n content with fo ur second-pl aces this year, but they have gained great ly in experience and, as they gain more weight and power, they will surely see success in seasons to come. VIlI: Bow, T. M. D. Davies; 2, G. H. A. Bruxner; 3, W. C. Wisbey; 4, N. J. Lockeyear; 5, S. J . Dawson-Bowling; 6, Q. R. W. Webster; 7, P. R. Haswell ; Stroke, N. A. D. Prince; Cox, A. A. G. Drisk ill-Smi th . Quad: Bow, N. A. D. Pri nce; 2, S. J . Dawson-Bow ling; 3, N. J. Lockeyear; St roke, P. R. Haswell ; Cox, A. A. G. Drisk ill-Sm ith . I V: Bow, P. R. Haswell ; 2, N. J . Lockeyear; 3, S. J. Dawson-Bowli ng; St roke, N. A. D. Pri nce; Cox, A. A. G. Drisk ill-Smith (at Reading Town), R. A. E. Clayton (at Huntingdo n) . S.W.W.

J14 VIII T he Jl 4 Eight and Jl 4 Quad had both performed well at the Schools Head back in March and so spirits were pretty high . However, the quad was not making the necessa ry improvement and so it was disbanded, and in order to have as many people rowing compet itively as possible an A and a B Eight took shape . Sunday 30th April : Poplar Regatta, in the Albert Dock, a multi-lane regatta rowed over 1500 met res. Ki ng's had a terrible start and were several lengt hs down , but they rowed back through the other crews to draw level wit h Kingston Grammar School; the fi nal 'go for home' was superb, wit h Kin g's winni ng by a third o f a length . At the T hames Ditton Regatta , rowed on Saturday 13th May past Hampton Cou rt Palace over a distance of 1050 metres, ou r first round was against Shi plake, who had won the Schools Head earlier. T his was a rat her untidy row but King's won by a lengt h. T he Second ro und brought along Winchester. Having got a lead, the Eight then ' blew their doors off' in a totally unwarranted 'go for home', winning by many, ma ny lengths. And so to the fi nal, against Kingston, but the crew had used up too much energy and could not muster the necessary power to get in front over the last 200 metres . Ki ng's lost by a canvas.

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Saturday 2?th May br.ou.ht the Nat iona l Schools Regatta, held at Holme Pierrepont, the internat iona l multi-Jane course at. Nott1l1g ha lT" ~1I1g s wa~ represented by h":,O eights. T he A Eight entered the Simon Sears Cup and the B Eight the NauUcs Cup, wh.. ~h IS for B Eights, and any ~ Eights that have not won anything this season. Both crews progressed IhrOugh the compet it ion te;> re~c h t~e l r respect ive fina ls, the B Eight having rowed particu larly well , showing much con.~dence and ryt hm, wh ich IS so Important over 1500 metres: The final of the Simon Sea rs Cup was tremendously eX~lung. ~t the halfway mark SI. Edwards started to I?ush out 111 front , but the real race was for second place _ this being decided 0!l whoever ~vas luck.y enough to be takmg a stroke as they approached the li ne. Needless to say, there was a photo-fimsh . So-:n e fifteen mmutes later the result was announced: 1st. SI. Edwards 5.05.03, 2nd. King's School Chester 5.09.24, ~rd. Kmgston Grammar School 5.09.75, 4th. King's School Canterbury 5.10.06. T he final of the Nautics Cup was a very fme race, ~ut, there was no need for a photo-finish. 1st. Radley 5.23.70, 2nd. Tiffin 5.27.26, 3rd. RGS worcester 5.30.01, 4t h K1I1g s School Canterbury 5.32.08. The R~a~ing Town Regatta took place on Saturday 24t h June, rowed over a course of just 800 metres. Here there was provISion for A and B c~ews to compete separately; also the regatta allowed weaker A crews to compete in the B class. As expected, the A E I~ht progressed through to the final against SI. Edwards, Shiplake and King's. Shiplake had been beaten at !hames Ditton and so SI. Edmu nds were the crew to chase. But. .. one and a half lengt hs says it all; t~ey ,~ere too big and too goo~ -. nex t year they will be beaten! The B Eight were knocked out by Radley'S A crew 111 a time o f 3.06. T he fastest time m any of the ot her heats was 3.18. A very disappointed crew had been unl ucky with the draw. Hu nti ~gdon Regatta, rowed over a very interesting 990 metres, took place on Satu rday 1st July. The original entry was an Eight an? a Four, but there were: !"I0 ot her J 14 eights. entered, so the crew was split into two fou rs. King's th us had three crews m the J I4 Fou rs compet it iOn, and eventua l victory went to the Stern Four. Also entered were two single scullers, Matthew Alabaster and Nick Shaw, who met in the semi-fina l. Matthew won through but he was not up to the mark of the other fina list, who was also scull ing J 16! Overa!1 th.is has,be~~ ~.very. successfu l season. Th~ winn in~ of many 'pots' is tremendous, but more encouraging to my mmd IS the SPiri t m thiS group of rowers. I Will be takmg them on next year and I have already set my signts . They have been warned. G.W.H.

The Crews: Poplar, Thames Ditton, National Schools and Reading Town Regatta. A-Eight. Bow. B. J. Darlaston, H. W. S. Dobbs, S. T. Carey, L. D. J. Jamieson, G. E. Tennick, J. A. Rawli ngs, O. I. Ha ndley, Stroke. H. J. S. McConnell, Cox: W. H. J. Bennett. B-Eig/~t:.Bow : J. S. Evans, J. M. E. Tydeman, D. A. B. Salmon/H. B. Shaw, B. M. J. Cossens, A. Y. Scarlett, L. A. Wllhams, A. T. Layfield-Cripps, Stroke: R. J. Henderson, Cox: A. S. Ruffell. Huntingdon Regatta. FOllr: B. J . Da rlaston, J . M. E. Tydeman, A. T. Lay fi eld-Cripps, H. W. S. Dobbs. Stem Four: G. E. Tennick, L. A . Williams, S. T. Carey, H . J. S. McConnell. Bow Four: D. I. Handley, B. M. J . Cassens, J. S. Evans, R. J. Henderson. Coxes: V. H. J . Bennett, A. S. Ruffell .

The Inter-House Regatta Tllre~ years ago the House R~g~lta was reintroduced and Linacre has managed to scrape victory against Marlowe by a pomt or twe;> each rear. T hiS time f\:1ar lowe was determined to take the Victor Ludorum cup, and so a mammot h entry was orgamsed usmg every rower m the House .

This year was a fi rst with two fema le events and the introduction of the ergo event. The ergo, or rowing mach ine

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one minute test, is enough to worry a ny rower. Harry Rossiter took on the task of taking the scores and despite the big numbers he managed to work out the winner on his abacus. Race day itself turned out very hot, and one umpire was seen wearing shirt , Leander tie, double breasted blazer and a pair of brown shorts. Maybe it was an effort to Quell the age-old rumour that the Irish are a little eccentric. Captain of Boats, Ed Beaugie, triumphed in the senior single sculls to beat Stu Henderson. In the Sen ior coxed pairs competition, where the favourites fa iled to triumph , the Walpole combination of C hris Hall and Ben Long was beaten by a Marlowe pair of James Macdonald-Bell and Nick Jamieson, who went on to beat another Marlowe pair, Tom Filby and Damien Simpson, in the final. Liz Ayling became the first girl ever to win the new Women's Single competition. T he Junior events this year were much more contested than in previous years due to the large J14 inta ke. The junior single sculls was na rrowly won by P aul Haswell managing to slip past as Nick Loc kyear decided to run hi s scull ashore. T he junior double sculls saw Mr. Gra ham's prodigies knocked out in the first round by a strong double of George Bruxner and Tim Davies who beat Mat Alabaster and Luke J amieson in the fina l. The Junior coxed fo urs performed to a remarkable standa rd and the Linacre fou r who had been out practising for several days a nd consisted of J 14 A crew members were disheartened to be beaten by a scratch Marlowe B crew with a non rower at bow and novice cox This B crew lost to the Marlowe A crew in the fi nal. . The last race of the day was the open coxed fou rs a nd a mighty clash occurred in the fin al: Marlowe versus Broughton. The Marlowe crew , already having won vast numbers of points and cu ps, allowed their gentlemanly inst incts to prevail a nd let Broughton squeeze over the line first to clinch a trophy for the first time in any house regatta. O n points Marlowe gained the Victor Ludorum cup with almost three times as many points as the second place house Galpin's. Marlowe also won the Cu p for having the most members of the Henley crew - four in all . ' I would like to thank Mr. Wenley for presenting the trophies and Mr. Hooper, Mr. Hartridge and Ben Hardy for organising the event. Also thank you to Ed Beaugie our Captain, who won the Lady Emma Gordon Cup for a n outstanding com mitment to the Boat Club . S. T . HENDERSON.

Fencing Although the summer is not an official fencin g term, our fencers continued their good work and have notched up many impressive resu lts. Before the term began the school did part icularly well at the Public Schools' Fencing Championships at Crystal Palace with a record entry o f over fifty fencers . We are now, at last, rated amongst the country's top fencing schools. A solid victory against King's Wimbledon foll owed, a nd then ou r achievements at the Inverclyde Competition, all superbly organised by Paul Roma ng. Alex Elli son is especially to be congratulated on win ning the plate and many fencers achieved good placings in this, a national Scottish competiti on. Our palat ial accommodation by the beach in Ayr Youth Hostel was particularly appreciated and fencers came back proud of their Sllccesses after a n immensely enjoyable albeit tiring weekend. Individ uals have also had great success in ot her competitions: James Craw furd came second in the national Ul4 championshi ps in London and went on to fence for Engla nd - he is now the proud bearer of England colours. We should not forget the efforts people put in all the time to the acq uisition of A.F.A. awards and thi s term's crop is certainly a bumper one: Bronze Sabre: 0 Van den Broucke, E. Moore, J . C rawfurd. Bronze Epee: T. WOnscher, R. Emerre. R. Herbert, J . Berry , C. Kent, E. George. Bronze Foil: A. Yolocan, S. Cowling, C . Lecklider, A. Nicholls, S. Dowse, C. Kent, J . Wh it e, J. Grant, O. Van . den Broucke. C. Knight, P. Aldrick, J. Gale. Silver Sabre: J . White . E. George, A. Elli son, J. G. Wright. Silver Epee: Silver Foil: B. Sun, J. Berry, J. C. Watk ins, Carey Knight . J. Crawfurd. T. Young. Gold Foil: Gold Epee: T. Young. We are also sad to say goodbye to our efficient and a uthoritative captain, Toby Young, who has devoted two years to us and has contributed much to alIT success, a nd to welcome his successor, Shafi k Saba. T.I.l. 216

Top: GIRLS IV (Liz Ayling) Bollom: TOP SQUAD QUAD. WINNERS OF THE LONDON DOCKLANDS REGA ITA

Golf -When I begin by saying thai the 1989 golf season will be remembered for the magni fi cent weather, shrewd readers will at once suspect that this is a report coveri ng up a disappoint ing record - and they wi tl be right. However the Icam was never at fu ll strength with James Woods, Simon Ursell and Flemmich Webb being preoccupied wilh A-levels. I

Carmen Moor was also sadly m issed.

The season began last Autumn when we drew with the Queen's Regiment at Canterbury. fo llowed by a competent performance in the Gol f Fou ndat ion Championships at Lamberhursi. The other pre-season competition was the Geoffrey Young Memoria l T rophy. won by John Hudsmith (seniors) and Ph il Grove Uuniors). I am delighted 10 report that

Joy Young will be able to come and present the trophy this year. In amongst the defeats by o ur strong opponents. Charterhouse, Tonbridge and Cranleigh, there were some fine individual per forma nces on courses not seen before, Da n Morris a nd John Hudsmith conquered the Charterhouse Nos. I a nd 2 and were both o nl y a few stro kes over par on the beautifu l West Surrey Course at Milford. T he C ra nleigh match was played on the picturesque down land at Seaford . a llowing the Master in charge to indu lge in some nostalgia a nd return to a course he had played in his youth - bot h matches were lost 2-4. The rolling d unes and cavernous bun kers of Roya l 51. George's were again the settin g for the Tonbridge match where John Hirst managed to ha lve his ma tch; earlier we had ex perienced the pleasures of Li tt lestone to ba tt le against Sutton Valence. For the first time we played King's Rochester a t Cobham, but even recent acqua intance with this course did not slave off defeat. The beginning and the end of the season were the best moment s, with a thrilli ng d raw against the O.K.S. at Ashford a nd a victory over the Common Room at Prince's. Our thanks to the O.K.S.G.S. fo r their hospitality and the golf balls from Mr. Watts. We are also very grateful to Frank Stanger fo r attending the Inter-House and for presenti ng the generous prizes donated by the O.K.S.G.S. Thank you Mrs. Arnold fo r continuing to spoil the School's golfers with your delicious cakes. The compet itio n was won by Hudsmith a nd Hirst (seniors), May and Walder Uuniors) and Grove and Hodgson (5th). As Captain, Dan Morris had a fine last season, winning seven of his matches. He has been a fi rst-class leader and played for the School for four consecut ive years - his First Colo urs were well and tru ly deserved and earned. In addition to Dan we bid fa rewell to J ames Woods, Simon Ursell, David Godfrey and Flemmich Webb and wish them well in their careers with the O.K.S.G.S. John Hudsmit h succeeds Dan Morris as Capta in fo r next year. J.J.D.C. The Captain would li ke to thank Mr. Craik fo r a ll his time a nd organisation which led to a most enjoyable season. DAN MORR IS. Te(m!: D. P. Mo rris (Capl .), J . H udsmith, J . Hirst , P. G rove. T . Loc king. D. P. Godfrey. Also played: S. Ursell . R. Go ul den. P. J. Woods.

Sailing King's saili ng took off on the fi rst Saturday o f the summer term with the 'Opening Splash' organised by Kent Schools' Sai li ng Association at Westbere Lakes. Fou r ha ndicap races were sailed over a period of seven ho urs in a light no rtheasterl y breeze. King's gained second and fourt h positions overa ll out of a fleet of fifteen. T he five King's helmsmen, racing Laser and Topper dinghies, were Toby Brown, Joss Sclater, Si mon Bird, Simon Bowker and Myles Bowker. The King's Sailing Team are grateful to Dover Water Sports Centre and to Mr. and Mrs, McConnell for their support. M. D. W. BOWKER.

Swimming Swimming in an open-air pool is a great idea in fin e weather . but the sta rt of the summer term was unusua ll y cold and the heating plant was st ruggling to keep the wa ter temperature over 15Â°C. T rain ing was disrupt ed . so that it says a lot for the dedication of th e tea m and of R.E. B. who coached th em that we won our fir st three matches. against Du ke of York's, St. Lawrence and a three-way meeting with Sutton Valence and Ki ng's, Rochester. We also beat Bethany. at the end of the seaso n, but Tonbridge, St. Dunstan's and Eastbo urne a ll asserted their superiority, and, incidentally, the advantages of indoor pools for year-rou nd training. (We look forward to having this faci lity ourselves, fro m September 1990; next summer , though, we will have to survive without a pool of o ur own.) As usual. we were represented at the

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Dath a nd Otter cups meeting a nd the Dishop's Stortford College Festiva l, for VI5's, though without distinction Th wat~r polo team, captained ~y J. J ..Morse, d id rather bett.er , wi!1ni ng fc:>ur o ut of fiv e mat~hes. Our than ks t~ Mre Dav l~ Bart<;,n, \~ h O g~ve up lI.me to ~p~e our team the benefit of, his experience as coach. J .. Kmgsland de~erves speciai ment io n, wu h !1me ~ m s to his cred it In V 1 5.ra~es. Of the UI6 s, C, p, ~wyer, J. M. Gri mes, p, A. H iggins and J J. F, Stobbs gamed flTst team colours, and Hlggms was awarded the Capt am's cup for the second year. Of the senior ' S. Sant ry and K. W. Yeoh gained second colours, J. J. Morse and N, Lawrence full colo urs, while M, Montgome:' broke the record for 3 lengths backstroke, Finally, the Carboni cup was awarded to D. P. Godfrey who, as CaptainY has done a great deal to hold the team toget her and help a new master-in-charge to run the club . â&#x20AC;˘ N.I.B.

Tennis The marvellous weather has bccn matched by tremendo us enthusiasm for playing tennis, both competitively and socially O ur six excellent hard courts have been well used and , indeed, the major prob lem has been in fittin g in enough practice~ in the court time ava ilable. However, I am delighted to report tha t the astrotu rf I dream t a bout last year is SOon to become a reality. Excavat ions are already u nderway a nd seven new court s are due to be opened at the beginning of next term, The various teams will not longer have to fi ght for the use of courts, but merely over which su rface they prefer on a particu la r afternoon. We were u nab le to fi nd a good o utside coach this year, b ut Mr. Wood ley has again made his considerable expertise available to the 1st VI and Mr. Anderson has worked tirelessly with the juniors, who , under his guidance, have had a very successfu l term, which is reported later. Mr. Woodley has a lso had a more tha n satisfactory season playing for the Kent veterans. My thanks to Mr. Wainde who has again watched over the 2nd VI with interest a nd cheerfulness. The ann ua l Common Room ma tch was as usual most enjoyable and we were all delighted that the Headmaster a nd Mrs. Phillips were able to play for the first time . Not o nly did they play, b ut they a lso secured the point that brought the narrowest of victories for the Common Room! The O. K. S. match was a men-on ly one this year and it was fascinating to watch the pai ring of Mr. Woodley and Mr. Woolsto n (Alex's fa ther) st roking the ba ll smoothl y arou nd. They last played together in the Cambridge University team, mo re years ago than they might care to remember! The Inter-Hou se Senior Cup was won by Tradescant, a ft er an exci ting tic-break with Marlowe. T he wea lth of acti vities la te in the term swallowed up the League final and Broughto n v Meister Omers must be played early next term . Next year is unlikely to be a vintage year at the top of the School, a lthough we will have two well established pairings for the 1st VI; but I a m hopefu l that the keen ness and ability show n in the Shells a nd Removes this term will ensure tha t places in the j unior teams will be fierce ly contested . If th is is so, then the standard of those involved will co ntinue to improve.

C.J.R.J.

1st VI Starting the season wit h th ree old Colo urs, the 1st VI gradually evolved from o ld to new with so me nine players ma king a substantial contribution. The best-estab lished pair were O llie SCOII , the captain , and Flemich Webb , and they played some good early matc hes, culminat in g in an import ant dou bles win agai nst Kent College in the 2nd rou nd G la nvill Cup. O llie continued to give part icu larly good service, his hard hilling a nd determined play bei ng a feature also of our 3rd round match in this co mpetition, where he partnered Suhul Bocresion, who h im se lf di splayed a good eye for a ball a nd made a considerable improvement over the seaso n, despite inj ury. Everything is now dominated, of course, by the ea rl y date of exams, co mpelling us to get through the ma in body of fixtures before ha lf-term , a nd I'd particularly li ke to thank our fi ve 6a players for being so willing to turn out and m a int a in our st rength a ll through our regular fi xture list. Besides those already menti o ned, Robin Scott showed both loyalty a nd ath leticism in being p repa red to play 2nd pair with a variety of partners, and Ed Hughes, like his o rigina l partner Suhu l, showed himself capable of playing so me good I st VI ten nis after last years's 2nd VI experience. J ust as new players have pushed themselves through at much higher levels this year, so it was fortunate for us th at 6b's A lex Woo lston and Mahesh Da la mal established themselves to win us some much-needed rubbers at 3rd pair, a nd then show up to advantage against the O.K.S, in preparation fo r the You ll C up, and that Matthew Willi fer a nd Nick Shepley confirmed their promise, Playing in the 1st round G lanville match almost by chance , Malt a nd Nick's singles a nd d o ubles wins were a strong element in our run through to the Kent/S,E, Lo ndon Fin al, and Nic k's achievement o n th e indoor courts at Sevenoaks in beating the Sevenoaks no. 3 and having such a good contest with Dulwich no, 3 was probably the season's best performance. And the O.K.S. match deserves a footnote : not every reader will know that King 's first won the Kent section of the G la nvil\ Cup in 1953, and that our leading player then was Bill Woo lston. This year for the O.K.S. he showed himself still a for midable player, winning five of his six sets, including two wellcontested o nes with son Alex. 2 18

Happily, the four b?ys named. in, t~e parag~aph aboye will a ll be wit h us next season, b ut two will have A Levels, and ollr heavy dereat s III three pairs fixtures wHh DuhYICh, Sevenoa ks, To nbridge and Brentwood sho uld warn us tha t we shall be needmg about a nother fOllr players ready to hold their own at 1st VI level next year,

S.C.W.

/St VI from: O. D: ~cou· (Capt.), S, Bocresion, M. Dalama l, E. H. Hughes, R. C. SCOII. N. S. Shepley F G Webb·, M. L. J. W llhfer·, A. J. Woolston. " . . RESULTS 1ST VI v Du lwich (A). Lost 2Y2-6Y2 v Sevenoaks (A). Lost 0-9 v Simo n Langton (H). Won 6.3 v Eastbourne (H). Lost 2112-6112 v Kent College (H). Lost 3-6 v Tonbridge (H). Lost 1I~-8 Y2 V West minster (A) , Won 6-3 v Dover College (A). Drawn 4I1z.4 Y2 v SI. Lawrence (A). Won 5-1 v Drentwood (H). Lost 0-9 v Sutton Valence (A). Won 5-4 v O,K.S. Won 5-4

1ST IV , GLANV ILL CUP Round I (away) v SI. Edmund's. Won 4-2 v Simon Langton, Won 4-2 v Brit ish School of Brussels. Won on games Round 2 (home) v Kent College, Won 5-1 v Sulto n Valence. Won 4-2 Round 3 (away) v Du lwic h. Lost 0-6 v Seven oaks. Lost 1-5

2nd VI W~en ~vailab le, Den Eato n was the most forceful 2nd VI player, but G iles Bones showed commendable determination and. J -~ and Tom Peer played ~ome ~ood ga mes too, with the latter being the most consistent member of the team; playmg m every matc h and ea rilln g hiS Second Colo urs. Possib ly th e best fixt ure result was th e 5-4 win a t home to Brent wood .

S.C.w. Team: O. A. Bones, A. J. R. Clarke, B. D. Eato n, J. P. Gooderham , E. R. H. Jones-Tho mas, T. H. Peer, RESULTS v Dulwic h (A). Won 5Y2-3112 v Sevenoaks (H). Lost 2-7 v Kent College (H). Lost 112-3 Y2 v Tonbridge (H). Lost 0-9

v Dover College (A). Lost 3-6 v SI. Lawrence (A). Lost 11I2-2Y2

v Brentwood (H). Won 5-4

Under 16 VI Thanks largely to the outstanding ~lay of Matthew Wi~ li fer and Nicholas Shepley, the side has had a successful season losm~ only to Seven?aks - narrO\~ly In an earl.y season fnend ly. and more convincingly in the Kent Cup linal. Particularly'

pleasmg was the wm over Tonbndge o n their courts.

h Matt a nd Nick lost only one set in the friendly matches a nd both played in the senior Gla nvill Cu p team acquitting t emselves so well tha t Ma tt (in the 5th form) received 1st colours and N ick (in the Removes) received 2nd . H.A~e~ an exci ting draw against Dulwich, it was sad that Miles Thomas could not play again beca use of a knee injury. I~ alT w~uld have added to the successes l<;lter on. J ~ss Sclater a nd Oliver Hinton gave 100% commit ment at 2nd t~lr and g~med some goo~ results, ~ ut both wl l.1 need to Im pro~e their consistency if they are to make fu rther progress. .e 3rd pa lT was usua lly Richard Dlbley and Bnan Yau. Both hll many sparkli ng shots and as a pair gained some useful pomts, for the team~ but they a lso need to cut down considerably on their unfo rced erro rs. When the 5t h Formers were ~navbailable, I was mdebted ~o .the youngsters who have filled in so capably, particu larly to Peter Kenyon and Chris ew ery who played 3rd pa ir m our Kent C up side a nd picked up our o nly point in the fi nal. Th is year's ~th Form has not inc!uded manr comp~titive player~, but I hope that those who have played in the matches, orhwh2° have Simply. attend~d pra~uces from lime to time, have enjoyed their tenni s a nd will wish to continue next season T e nd VI, espeCially, Will be ill urgent need of them. .

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Team: M. L. J. Willi fer (Capt.), R. S. Dibley, O. H. Hinton, M. J. Sclater, N. S. Shepley, B. Y. Y. Yau. Also played: C. M. Crowe, P. T. Kenyon, C. D. R. Newbery, O. O. Oshunkoya, M. O. A. Thomas, C. M. M. Walder. RESULTS

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Friend lies: Played 7, Won 5, Drew 1, Lost I. Dulw ich (H). Drew 4Vz·4V2 v Brentwood (A). Won SV1·3Vz Sevenoaks (A). Lost 4·5 v Sutto n Valence (A). Won 6·3 Eastbourne (H). Won 5·4 v SI. Edmund's (A). Won 6·3 Tonbridge (A). Won 6·3

K.C.L. T.A. Ul/der·/6 Cup

v Simon Langton (H). Won 6·0

v Judd (H). 3·3. Won on sets

Filial.

v Sevenoaks (H). Lost I·S

Public Schools' L.T.A. Competitions With the Wimbledon Champio nships being a week later and most of the P ublic Schools breaking up earlier, it was impossible for the competitions to be held at the All England Club this year and Eton was the new , and very satisfactory venue, Unfortunately, however, the dates chosen fo r the Youll Cup and Thomas Bowl correspond with Ki ng's Wcck and this meant that it was impossible to fie ld our strongest team in the Youll and that a Thomas ent ry was not wort hwhile. The sit uation is likely to conti nue for the next few years and I am afraid we mu st resign ourselves to sendi ng players fo r experience rat her than with any realistic chance of success. We were represented by Matt Willi fer and Nick Shepley. and Alex Woolston and Mahesh Dalamal. The first round broughl defeat at the ha nds of a strong Cranleigh , side, who wenl on 10 beat V.C.S. and St. George's befo re meeting Repton in the q uartcr·finals. Ma ll and Nic k were outgun ned by older and stronger opponents, wh ile Alex and Mahesh played well befo re losing in two hard·fought sets. We beat King's, Macclesfield in the Plate Event before losi ng to Hurstpierpoint in the q u ar t er~fi n a l. This was a li tt lc disappoint ing, as Matt and Nick lost fro m 4- 1 up in the fi nal set , but they will have Icarnt a lot about compet itive tenn is from their experience and are unli kely to make the same tactical mistakes again. C. I .R.I .

Under 15 VI Last year's tea m were unbeaten in their school matc hes but lost the Kent Midla nd Ba nk fin al. This year's team lost two school matches but won the Mid land Bank County fina l. The success of last year's tea m meant there was little opportunity for others to play any compet it ive ten nis, and so it was not surpr isi ng that we lost matc hes due to lack of match playas well as an interchange of players wit h the Colts leam. An early season firs t pair ing of Kenyon and Workman looked very strong and wit h Cox and Crowe as a steady second pair, both Dulwich and Sevenoaks proved li tt le opposition. The composition of the third pair varied throughou t th e term and was never satisfactory either because of their inco nsistency or being too ind ivid ualistic in their style of play. The emergence ofC. Newbery from the V I4 team immediately strengthened the squad and Kenyon and Newbery formed a useful pairing, using guile again st more powerful opponents. Workman and Cox as a second pair could on their day be match winners. as Workman 's strong serve complemented Cox's ant icipat io n at the net. However too often they lost concentrat ion and vita l sets th rough unforced errors. Had C . Crowe been regularly fit and available then perhaps with a more mobilc C. Walder the results against Tonbridge and Brentwood might have been in ou r favour. The highlight of the term was the success o f the V ISA team in the Mid land Ban k/L.T.A. League and fi nals. Against Judd and Rochester Maths school, N. Shepley's single play was ou tstand ing and with a much im proved N. Work man he made a competent first pairing. C. Newbery wore down his opponents with consistent groundstrokes and as so often his powers o f concentrat ion and ability to thi nk the game led to older opponents being fr ust rated and defeated. Paired with P. Kenyon they made a very solid team and made up for lack o f height by good posit ioning of the ball. P . Kenyon raised his singles game when faced with stronger opponents and he improved his speed and concent ration when it mattered. We look forward to the regiona l play-o ffs next term . My many thanks to C. J .R.1. for th e endless support and organ ization, to the boys who played and to all parents who ca me to support bot h at home and away. S.E.A.

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Team: P. T. Kenyon (Capt.), T. A. Cox, C. M. Crowe, D. T. Macey. C. D. R. Newbery, A. G. Sciama, N. S. Shepley, G. SkeHan, C. M. M. Walder, N. J. Workman. Also played: H. J. Lamont. RESULTS

Played 5, Won 3, Lost 2. Points for 26V2, Points against 18V2 v Dulwich College (H). Won 7-2 v Westminster (A). Won 5-4 v Sevenoaks (H). Won 8V2-'h v Brentwood (A). Lost 2V2-6'h v Tonbridge (A). Lost 3V1-SV1 Midland Bank/ÂŁ. T.A. League

v Simon Langton 'B' (A). Won 5- 1 v Simon La ngton 'A' (H). Won 6-0 v King's Canterbury 'B' (H). Won 5- 1

v Meopham 'A' (H). Won 5- 1 v Meopham 'B' (A). Won 5- 1

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v J udd School (H). Won 4-2 v Rochester Maths School (H). Won 5-0 The team now plays the winners of West Sussex for the S.E. Regional Fin als in the Aut umn terln. The winners of the Junor Inter-House Tennis Compet ition were Luxmoore, beat ing last years winners Tradescant in the final. Luxmoore's tcam consisted of N. Workman , S. Oshunkoya, R. Gosling and C. Posta ns.

Under 14 VI With only one fixture for the Shells arranged each summer term I decided to enter a B team into the VIS Midland Bank League to give the Vl4s experience and match practice. In the light of the result against Sevenoaks this match play is great ly needed as we were tota lly outc lassed on their indoor courts. However, there is a core of talented and enthusiastic players who ga ined useful confidence and success in their Midland Bank fixtures. A Team: C. D. R. Newbery (Capt.), P. S. Ald rick, R. B. M. Hall , H. J. Lamont, J. D. Mitchell , A. C. N. Waddell. RESULTS

v Sevenoaks (A) . Lost 2 V2-6 Vt Midland Bank League

v Simon Langton 'B' (A). Won 6-0 v Meopham 'A' (H) . Won 6-0 v Simon Langton 'A' (H) . Lost 2-4 v Meopham 'B' (A). Wo n 6-0 v Kin g's Canterbu ry' A' (H). Lost 1-5 B Teams/rom: M. C. BelJiere, M. P. Gourma nd, M. Jackman, R. J. Jackson, C. G. Rodopoulos, D. M. H. Sweny. RESULT

v Sevenoaks B (A). Lost V:-8'h My tha nks to all the boys and parent s for their support. We look forward to the new cou rt s on Birleys for next season.

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Girls' Games Tenn is and swimming are reported below; both formed part of an enjoyable day for 6b girls at Epsom College after school exams were over, when rounders, volleyball, squash and athletics also too k place, Brighton College being the third participant. Our other successfu l functio n th is term was the Girls' Team Dinner which took place in SI. Augustine's Refectory on April 28th, a featu re of which was the speeches by the respect ive captains in which, amid some drama, they named their successors. This year fencers and rowers joi ned us in addit ion to other games already represented. It was an enjoyable evening and we were pleased to have Mr. Peter Henderson and Mr. Peter Willis wit h us. 22 1 J.A.W. AND THE GIRLS GAMES DINNER (Andrew Charlesworth, J.S.H., Clare Lissaman)

Tennis lsi VI No fewer than twenty-six girls have represented the School in 1st and 2nd VI matc hes this term, and a lthough of this year 's 1st VI were 6a girls there sho uld have been enough ma tch experience gained by 6b to make a good

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basIs fo r next year. S ince most fixtures now have to be played in April and May we were fo~tun ate to have dry weather then, and all but two of the m atches were played by half-term. Contrary to o ur expectations, the 1st VI had a very disapPoinlin season. OUT 1st pair, Fiona Clarke a nd Hayley Petts, played their best tennis in the first week, particularly against stron: opposition a l Sevenoa ks where they drew o ne and won two rubbers, but subsequently d id not do so well and insufficient rubbers were won at first pair. Nevertheless, Fiona C larke d ischa rged her duties as captain well and her volleying and standa rd of play improved. For her part, Hayley Peus did not produce her best tenn is unt il the Com mon Room Mixed at the end of the term a nd we hope her hard-hitting style will be more successfu l next year. The season's best discovery was Catherine Goodman and Lisa Blake who bot h rowed last year, so we were pleased to have them in o ur team and they played with steadiness and determination all term. Like last year, Claire Hancox showed herself a stylish player a nd o n occasions played some good rubbers, whilst it was good to see Soph ie Bessemer C lark back from injury and keen and eager to play. In the re-modelled Aberdare C up, calli ng o n us to play singles for the first ti me, we lost on games only to both Our opponents, d espite winning three of the four d oubles played. T his suggests that we shall need m ore singles practice for this event next year. 2nd VI If our 1st VI results were not as good as we had hoped, the 2nd VI, with a great vari ety of personnel, achieved very respectable results, a tribute to the amount of tenn is that was played this term as well as the keenness of those representing the team. The more notable members of the team were Erik Oshunkoya, who also played so me credita ble 1st VI games a nd showed herself to be a natural gamcs player in tennis as in winter games, and Jessica M ilto n and Victoria Batty, who made a dependable 3rd pair and won a lot of their rubbers. 1st VI Team: Fiona Clarke' (Capt.), Soph ie Bessemer Clark ', Lisa Blake. Cat herin e Goodman', C la ire Hancox' , Hayley Pelts. 2nd VI/rom: Annabel Davies (Capt.), Victoria Batty, Cla ire Burges Watso n, Emma Hu lburd, Jess ica Milton, Ariyike Oshunkoya, Bet h Tapp, Lucy Workman. Also played: Helen Blakeborough, Tina Ericsson , Elizabet h Hunt, Katharine J ames. Lucy Lake, Jacky Marlin, Alex Mitchell, Lucinda Norris, Claire Panayides, Anna Patten, Tamsin Pike, Charlotte Reece. RESULTS

2ND VI Played 8, Won 4, Drawn I , Lost 3 v Kent College (A) . Won 7-2 v Cobham H a ll (A). Drawn 2-2 v Ashford (A). Won 3-0 v Dover Collcge (H) . Won 9-0 v Benenden 4ths (H). Lost 3Y2-5Y2 v Cranleigh (A). Lost 4-5 v Sutton Va lence (H) . Lost 4-5 v Cranbrook (A). Won 2-1

1ST VI Played 10, Won 2, Drawn I, Lost 7 v Kent Co llege (A). Won 6-3 v Sevenoa ks (A) . Lost 3 Y2-5 Y2 v Cobham Ha ll (A). Lost 1-2 v Ashford CAl. Lost 0-3 v Dover College (H). Lost Y2-5Y2 v Benenden 3rds (H). Lost 2Y2-6V! v Simon Langton (H). Draw n 2-2 v Cranleigh CAl . Lost 3 Y2-5 Y2 V Sutton Valence (H) . Won 6-3 v C ranbrook (A). Lost 0-3

A berdare Cup, lsi VI (Round I, Ho me) v Briti sh School of Bru ssels. Lost 3-3 rubbers, 26-29 games v West Heath . Lost 3-3 rubbers, 23-25 ga mes

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Swimming At least we've improved on last year's report and dared to enter o ur result s. Much praise must go to Mr. Thane for his excellent coaching and thanks fo r his swimming club dinner, wh ich certain ly ra ised learn spirit s, most notably those of Margaret. As for the matches themselves, ours was a fun loving leam . However, it was also full o f competent swimmers. Margaret Clitherow proved to be a good frcestyler; Francesca Snelling's breas tst ro ke was good, but elusive; and H elen Blakebro ugh proved much more then just a valua ble underst udy. Claire Burges-Watson did some incredible tidal false starts whilst Anna Patten had already got to the other end of the pool with her unbeaten record for breaststroke. Hilary Breeze took to the water li ke an oller and swam part icu larly well in the b Ullerny at the SI. Paul's match. coming

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a very ~Iose second to a ~ounty sw imm~r. Ca~oline Williams was a steady backstroker a nd thanks are owed to her for arrangmg the match agamst SI. Pau ls III whIch we were beaten by just one poinl. Congratu latio ns to Hi la ry Breeze fo~ her fu ll first co lours a nd to Cla ire, Caroli ne and Anna for their co lo urs. Good luck next year and keep lip the g ruellmg tra ining a nd the party spirit, Anna! CLAIRE BURGES.WATSON.

Team: Anna Patten, Claire Burges-Watson, H ilary Breeze, Helen Blakeborough, Margaret Clilherow, Carol ine Williams. Also Swam: Fra ncesca Snelling, Tiffany Milbourne, A nne Laurie-Bryan, Lucinda Norris. RESULTS

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SPEECH DAY 1989 THE DEAN'S SPEECH Lord Mayor, Lady Mayoress, my Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen, May I welcome you all to another King's School Speech Day, an occasion looked forward to by parents, members of the School, and indeed a wider public. The Chairman's Remarks, at this gathering, are not the simplest task - at least for the Chairman. A Headmaster has the events and successes of a whole year on which to commentÂˇ he can discourse on future developments; he can even give a critique of current educational theory: Such choice is not at the disposal of the Chairman of the Governors. What then should I say? Though not a schoolmaster, I have decided in good school-masterly fashion to say three things. The first, I fear, is sad. Today, Mr. Paul Wenley retires as Lower Master ofthe King's School, a post he has fulfilled with distinction for thirteen years, though Mr. Wenley has been on the staff of the School, teaching mathematics, for thirty-seven years. Being Lower Master, he has been a member of the Cathedral Foundation as well as the School, and in the Cathedral as well as the School he will be deeply missed. Paul Wen ley has given himself unstintingly for King's, and that is not forgotten. He will continue to live in Canterbury, he will continue his association with the School Corps; and we shall continue to call on his knowledge of King's traditions. We thank him and wish him well for the future. My second point is more general. It is saying the obvious to say that education in this country is not in a good state - but it is nonetheless true. The present Government is making strides in changing structures and even content, responding to the cry which comes from industry and commerce: 'Give us better trained personnel'. And we all respond to this. We want our children to know the three 'Rs', to be able to spell and punctuate, to be trained in order to get on and secure the good jobs, money, position. There is no doubt that a school such as the King's School, Canterbury, performs these functions admirably. Academic standards and modes of training are of the highest. But the fact is that, Âˇin its widest sense, education is far, far more than just training. Education, in its widest sense, is the development of the whole personality, gaining an appreciation of music, culture, giving the right equipment to enable boys and girls to learn from mistakes, etcetera, etcetera. Again, the King's School gives such education. This has been its strength in the past and I am sure it will continue to be its strength into the future. Sport, music, drama, community life with its inter-play of relationships, these are vital, and an institution such as King's Week has a crucial role in furthering such education. We congratulate all who have worked so hard to make this year's King's Week a memorable occasion, but, along with many, I hope that changing examination times, alterations in term dates, difficulty in fitting in rehearsal times will in no way curtail this valuable - let me put it more strongly - this essential feature of the educational life the King's School has to offer. Finally, a school, such as this, is judged by how it cares for its pupils. Rightly, pastoral care has to be the major concern of a School. I want to pay tribute to those who have the increasing burden of translating care into action day by day, and night by night - the Housemasters, and I use the word in a non-sexist way - the Housemasters and those who help them. These are the people who have the sensitive task of helping adolescents emerge into adulthood; these are the people whom boys and girls will remember into the future, and come back to for advice and counsel and help and, most important of all, friendship. Ultimately, a school is as good as its Housemasters. Ladies and Gentlemen, as I sit down, I should like you to applaud the Housemasters of the King's School, Canterbury.

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HEADMASTER'S SPEECH This morning was the first time that a Lord Mayor of Canterbury has attended our Commemoration Service, for it is since we last met that this title has been conferred on our first citizen. It is peculiarly appropriate he should be an Old Boy of this School, for indeed I can think of no O.K.S. who has given more to Canterbury than our Lord Mayor and his contemporary at King's Canon Derek Ingram Hill. They have both been properly honoured by the City. I should like to assure the Lady Mayoress that as with her predecessors we will only be too glad to help raise money for her Charity. Indeed perhaps one of the more extraordinary events of the last year was the morning on which we surrounded the Green Court with two pence pieces. Brilliantly organised by the Senior Chaplain, Peter Hullah, the pupils who had surrounded the Green Court knelt on the stroke of eleven, to place their coins. ÂŁ430 was raised for the Lady Mayoress. From the time I took up my appointment I have made it very plain that the School must be concerned in the support of the local community and in charitable work. We who have been given so much must ourselves give to those less fortunate than ourselves. Under Dominique Davies, our Social Services have gone from strength to strength. The Charity walk organised by Martin Vye raised at least ÂŁ2500, and earlier this term those over eighteen in the School gave 120 pints of blood on one day, which Fiona Tennick tells me is double the amount the Blood Transfusion Service would normally take away on an average visit to the City. And these are only examples of what has been achieved. I must confess that I now suffer from a certain nervousness in speaking before Lord Mayors of Canterbury. Earlier this year I was the fourth and last speaker after a Dinner given by the Chartered Institute of Bankers. Just before I got to my feet I received the following note from last year's Lord Mayor: 'Canon, my life may depend on me knowing the length of your speech! P.S.: The shorter the better'. Apparently it is a habit of guests at such dinners to bet on the length of speeches which they have to endure . I had to remind the diners that once a Clergyman gets on his feet, it is always difficult to stop him. However it was not a Clergyman who preached to us today, and all the better for that. I know you would all want me to thank Miss Priscilla Chadwick, Head Teacher of Bishop Ramsey School. She comes of course from the most distinguished ecclesiastical fam ily in this country and it was a great pleasure to those who know her family that her father received a Knighthood in the recent birthday honours. I first knew Miss Chadwick as an und.ergraduate at Cambridge where she both delighted and dazzled us. It was no surprise to any of us that her career has been so distinguished and we are deeply sensible of our debt to her in coming to us today. I do not think any of us in the independent sector of education now rest easy as we contemplate the situation in the maintained schools. I am glad that in so many different ways members of this School are helping in our local schools with all sorts of activities from reading to decorating, and that Donald Bray and other pupils are seeking to raise from local industry a considerable capital sum to help one such school. The problems of education are common to both the maintained and independent sectors and they will only be properly solved as we face them together. The greatest problem is of course the shortage of teachers. Here urgent government action is needed, and it will have to be very much more imaginative than we have so far seen. Like many Headmasters, I have found the autobiography of the recently retired Headmaster of Winchester, John Thorne, compulsive reading. He describes how he was introduced to school mastering by a remarkable but unsung teacher at Clifton. 'As I settled into my job as House Tutor, he made it clear ... that no boy in the House was more important than any other, that time off was something one could occasionally steal but did not have as a right, that if by the end of term one was not completely exhausted then one was not doing one's job, that above all one's teaching - at whatever level it might be - came first, and that one should be ashamed if one gave a bad or inadequate lesson .. . I had drifted into teaching, like so many. He made it clear - not by preaching but by the way he tackled every problem - that it was a sacred 225

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vocation or it was nothing. He made it impossible for me to drift anymore.' A sacred vocation _ that is what teaching is. It cannot be reduced to contractual terms or hours worked. It is a way of life, a giving of oneself both in and outside the classroom. Here in a boarding school it is most totally given by the Housemasters. Perhaps to illustrate what I mean I may quote from a parent's letter written to me after last Speech Day describing his son's Housemaster: 'He would stay on the phone for an hour if we were worried about something and nothing was ever too much trouble for him. We looked on him as a real friend and as someone we could confide in.' What saddens me about contemporary life is the near absence of the idea of vocation. The reason for this is complex but no-one should be sanguine about the loss of so much idealism associated with the much-maligned 60s. By the time I left university to come here, the chief characteristic of an undergraduate's last term was not anxiety over examinations but who was going to earn the largest salary. Those who work in the traditional vocations must be properly rewarded and, even more important, given the tools to do their job. But the greatest reward will always be the job itself, provided it is approached in that full blooded way in which John Thorne was introduced to teaching. Alas, many who have served this School will leave us today. Three retire, and five move to other posts. I do not imagine any of them would wish me to speak their obituaries this afternoon. A full appreciation of them all will appear in The Canluarian . We congratulate James Hutchinson on his appointment as Head of Classics at Uppingham. He has been a superb Broughton House Tutor and master of so many different aspects of life at King's that it would be impossible to enumerate them all. James Cooke who has been both boy and master at King's leaves to join the Computing Staff at Cranleigh; and Peter Boyden, who has looked after the spiritual welfare of both Senior and Junior King's, joins the staff at Radley as Head of Religious Studies. They will be much missed and our good wishes go with them. Two Housemasters leave. We congratulate Gerald Hattee on his appointment this week as Principal of Collingham Tutors, Kensington . I know that you, Mr. Dean, will be as sorry as I am to lose our joint press officer. Stewart Ross is leaving King's to write full time. Together with Lucy he has given so much, first to the boys in Lattergate and then to the boys and girls in School House. That the Rosses will no longer be part of the Precincts seems almost inconceivable, but we are glad that they will be near at hand, and hope to see them often. Oliver Trowell, Head of Art, and Colonel Neville, Head of Music both retire. Their contribution to King's cannot be properly spelt out. Oliver of course has created Blackfriars as our Arts Centre and sent to the Art Colleges a succession of talented pupils. He will be particularly remembered for quite spectacular stage sets both for School and House Plays. Paul Neville has built on the splendid work of Edred Wright and King's music has continued to flourish as very much a jewel in our crown. He has had a triumphant final year starting in the Autumn with the memorial concert in memory of Pat Rake, the Verdi Requiem earlier this term, the visit to Rheims (when he returned burdened by an immense quantity of Champagne) and a King's Week such as we shall all treasure for years to come. But senior to all is of course Paul Wenley, the Lower Master. He has been a master here since 1952, giving distinguished service both as Housemaster of Meister Omers and latterly Lower Master. There are three things he will best be remembered for by current pupils: playing the bassoon; his leadership of the C.C.F.; and George, who has patiently endured as many meetings as his Master. Paul has been awarded the Cadet Force Medal to which he has recently added a third bar. Happily he will for the time being remain with us as Commanding Officer of the C.C.F. It would however be wrong to confine my farewell good wishes simply to the teaching staff, for they are only part of our team. We all know how much we are indebted to Bill Redwood the Assistant Accountant, and Vi Gridley the Matron of Broad Street - they both retire this year - and also to Alison Weaver, one of my Secretaries, who follows her husband to his new job in Leicester. All three in their different ways have excelled in their tasks and we shall miss them hugely. Like the teaching staff they leave us with much affection and good wishes for the future. Finally in this list of good byes I should like to thank and express on behalf of us all our deep indebtedness to George and June Robertson, who retired from Junior King's last 227

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Saturday. Alas they cannot be with us today. George has prepared the way for coeducation at Junior King's and he leaves knowing that next September 29 girls will join the Prep School. That brings me to coeducation. We have of course spent much of this year planning for the future. Not everything is yet finalised, but the fact that we have given ourselves two years to get ready indicates just how carefully we are approaching the entry of the 13 + girls in 1990 One thing I can tell you is that the uniform will reflect the boys', though the wing collar is attached to the blouse. Earlier in the year I was asked by the Daily Telegraph to write an article On coeducation. As I said then it always surprises me that those of us in the independent sector who advocate coeducation are so often called upon to justify our views. The issue is irrelevant not just for most of Europe, but for most of Britain too. Yet in certain circles there is still th~ feeling that the presence of the opposite sex can only distract and disturb with a subsequent loss of good grades . Despite some misleading publicity, there is little clear evidence that in coeducational schools girls fail to do themselves justice. And in this school it is certainly not the case. I should like to congratulate the 19 girls who have got Oxbridge offers this year, and to underline the fact that the year's intake only numbered 48. In any event, as Canon John Fenton pointed out in an article in the Times: 'Teachers know that even the best teaching will not make a good school: there must be more; there must be trust, and affection, and friendship. There must be good relationships. We are influenced by one another, not only through our minds, but in other ways too: by the way people are towards us, in their deepest intentions'. As I have said on many occasions, education cannot be reduced to grades. It concerns the whole quality of life and must result both in an understanding of who one is and the ability to understand others. And that cannot be arrived at in isolation from the opposite sex, intellectually, culturally or on the sports field. Whether the Staff Review resulted in the pupils having a greater understanding of those who teach them I am not entirely certain. I doubt, though, whether anyone will ever forget the ugly sisters Parker and Milford, Mrs. Pickering's inability to master the essentials of her own discipline in the face of the charming Gallic Marc Dath, Tradescant's Rastafarian Housemaster, or Broughton being presided over by Dame Edna. Nor indeed will anyone forget that the female academic staff, lab assistants and secretaries have almost as attractive legs as Mr. Brodie. Indeed being a Headmaster is by no means always dull. Alas, part of the price of being in a community is that tragedies cannot be avoided. Last October, Corinna Preston, who had only been with us for half a term, learnt that her life depended on having a heart transplant. It was not until February that the operation took place, by which time Corinna had launched the Readers Digest Donor Card Promotion with Roger Freeman, Under Secretary of State for Health. Her courage, enthusiasm and vitality throughout the whole long waiting period was an inspiration to all who knew her. Tragically the operation resulted in rejection and a second heart transplant took place which failed. Corinna will always be remembered here, not just through the prize which her Godmother has so generously donated, but as a girl who knew that the important thing about life was that it must be lived, that one must go on to accept whatever challenge faced one however daunting and unpleasant. Her parents whom it is a joy to see here today have established a fund based at Harefield Hospital for research into teenage heart illness. Half the monies from the Charity walk have been donated to this fund. Corinna is greatly missed. So too are those three Senior Citizens who lived around the Headmaster's House and whose funerals took place earlier this year, Alec Sargent O.K.S., Archdeacon of Canterbury from 1942 to 1968; Agatha Norman; and Bishop Harold Isherwood. They were all of a great age and all good friends of the School. Thanks to a legacy from Alec Sargent, a dream of mine on entering King's has been fulfilled, namely the re-ordering of the Memorial Chapel. I do hope that you will visit it today for there we have created an oasis of beauty and quiet right at the centre of the School. Many contributed to the re-ordering which involved the re-positioning of Eric Gill's Deposition, a work he himelf 228

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described as 'the one he liked best'. A tapestry by Betty Myerscough based on Psalm 148 hangs on the north wall. The communion cruets were made by our Potter Jack Kenny, the pupil and successor of Geoffrey Whiting. But most striking of all, the glass topped altar was designed and made by Keith Martin, our Head of COT, in his own Centre in School. Ten days ago our visitor The Archbishop of Canterbury re-dedicated the Chapel whose refurbishment has been surpervised by John Dean, our Clerk of Works, and carried out by our own craftsmen. To them all we are much indebted, as we are to our Architect, Anthony Moubray Jankowski, himself an old boy of the School. Two other examples of his work can be found both in the re-ordering of Lattergate as my office and in the quite sensational new Biology Laboratories built into the roof of the Parry Hall. These will be formally opened next term, but have been in constant use this term and are a fitting tribute to William Harvey, who entered the School 400 years before their creation. Indeed we must thank the Harveian Society for all their help and encouragement in this project. To mark the anniversary of Harvey's entry into the School, Mr. Kenneth Rose gave a lecture which has been summarised in The Cantuarian. However, I suspect what would please Harvey most is that we are again sending this year a Scholar to his old college Caius to read Medicine though he might be surprised to find her a girl. The buildings which I have described have been financed from our own resources, but this School has no endowments and if there is to be any substantial new building then inevitably an appeal is necessary. The Governors have decided that such an appeal should be made next year and preparations are now in hand for its launch. It will of course refer to the development of the School in the forseeable future, but part of that development is already underway at Blore's, where before long excavations will start, leading to the building of a substantial recreation centre, which besides its large hall will include an indoor swimming pool and extended squash courts. Beyond the centre will lie three netball courts. And at Birley's an all weather Astra Turf Hockey Pitch is in the process of being laid. In other words, confident that you and others will support the School, the Governors have not waited for money to come in but got on with the urgent work of improving our sporting facilities ready for September 1990, confident of your generosity. When I think of all the tasks that lie ahead, I suppose at times I must look rather worried. Earlier this year a pupil wrote to me complaining about certain matters to do with his House, and I replied that while his criticism was valid, at this juncture I could do nothing. Later I saw him passing by and commented that my letter had received no reply. After a pause, he looked hard at me and said, 'Sir, do you want a pen pal?' We shall certainly need all our pals if we are to achieve our goal. The School has been the recipient of an enormously generous gift, the facsimile of the Domesday book. Only 29 copies were offered to individuals, one being purchased by Mr. Henry Hutton, father of Stephen Hutton O.K.S., and father in law of Michael Vaines O.K.S. The book is in two volumes and like the original bound by hand between oak boards. These were cut from medieval timbers obtained from an ancient Suffolk Manor House. Inset into the oak are two pennies. The first, a rare William the Conqueror, was minted around the year 1086. Beside it is a 1986 Elizabeth II penny. It is for this reason that the facsimile has been called the Penny Edition. I hope it may be possible to display it in due course, but that will form the subject of yet another project for the future. In the meantime I wish to thank Mr. Hutton: it is only fitting that such a book should be part of the heritage of England's most ancient School - more ancient than the Domesday book by 500 years! Today of course marks the end of King's Week. It has been its usual superb self and 1 know you would want me to thank all those who have been involved both on stage and behind scenes - and that includes Peter Brodie and his box office staff. An immense amount of planning has to go into this great venture. It has been a joy to see that planning so magnificently fulfilled. I must say I was somewhat startled, after last Autumn's play She Stoops to Conquer, to receive a letter from someone who had been in the audience indicating that while he had much enjoyed the performance he wondered why I would only let master's wives play the female roles. 229 'KING'S WEEK .â&#x20AC;˘. HAS BEEN ITS USUAL SUPERB SELF' IAndrew Charlesworth and l.S.H.)

I must though mention one other notable arts event which occurred this last year, namely the award of the first Calvin and Rose G. Hoffman Prize for an essay on Marlowe. The fact that the School has become the administrator of one of the most valuable literary prizes in this country has almost gone unnoticed. Calvin Hoffman left his estate to Marlowe's old school for the income to be used both for the literary prize which is now of a value of some ÂŁ6,000 and also Scholarships for sixth form entrants. Professor Stanley Wells of the Shakespeare Institute at the University of Birmingham acted as Assessor and awarded the first prize to Mr. David Webb, lecturer at St. Martin's College, Lancaster. In accordance with Hoffman's wishes, David Webb gave a lecture to the 6th form which showed what a worthy first winner had been selected. I know the Head of Games sometimes feels that the tremendous emphasis on our artistic life is taken by some to imply that sport does not play its full part at King's. Nothing could be further from the truth, for once again boys and girls here have been able to take advantage of a broad range of activities, and hundreds have participated in school teams - some with conspicuous success. The season for the rugby XV was a modest one though the vice-captain Jody Mycroft represented the Kent under 18 team. Meanwhile four boys played for Kent under 16 and had London trials, one, David Chum, being selected as reserve. Some parents will already know that plans are well ahead for the tour next summer to New Zealand, Australia, Fiji and Los Angeles. The Hockey season began with a successful trip by the 1st XI to Barcelona, following which the upsurge in the sport at King's was amply demonstrated by the selection of five boys for representative honours. Two played for Kent Schools under 14, one represented South East England under 16 and one South East England under 18. But the outstanding achievement was undoubtedly that of Martin Le Huray in being selected for the National side and gaining five England Caps. The best team performance was that of the Soccer XI who managed to remain unbeaten all season playing a fixture list which included several well known Soccer schools. Such was their dominance that they scored 46 goals in 12 games conceeding only 14. This was a fitting tribute to Peter Dix who retired from coaching the 1st XI this season. Under the excellent tutelage of Paul Romang, fencing goes from strength to strength, the School coming second in the public schools championships. James Crawfurd, James Eddlson and Toby Young are all Kent Champions and James Crawfurd, having come second in the under 14 National Championships, has just represented England, winning both his matches against France and Scotland. Toby Young is one of about 30 holders of the Gold Standard Proficiency Award for both epee and foil and I have been asked by the Amateur Fencing Association to present him with his awards. I perhaps ought to add that Toby's ambition is to fence for Scotland in the next Commonwealth Games and we all wish him well. In rowing, our two best performances were at the National Schools Regatta where four boys from the 1st VIII came second in the Championship Quad Sculls and we also gained another second in the Junior Under 15 Quad Sculls. Unhappily at Henley we met Hampton in the first round. In tennis the Under 15 team won the Kent League Final, the Under 16 team were runners-up in the Kent Cup and the senior team also reached their Kent Final. Last week the Under 15A team won the Midland Bank/LTA Kent Final. They play the West Sussex finalists to qualify for the South East final in October. Finally, cricket. This has been another excellent year for King's Cricket teams at all ages and levels. The Under 14s won the Kent six a sides cup. The 1st XI have only lost one school match and this after little practice at the beginning of the season. The XI, which included many excellent players, has had many exciting games and have always played well as a team, but mentIOn must be made of two individual performances. Nick Daley scored 127 agamst Eastbourne College and by doing so becomes the first player since the war to score two centuries against school sides. He has been selected for the Southern Schools in their match versus The Rest. This is a major achievement, as the 22 players are selected from all the independent schools in the country. Martin Ie Huray scored 100 not out against Cranleigh and again this is the first time since the war that two boys in a season have made hundreds agamst school SIdes. In accordance WIth custom, I should now like to present Nick Daley and Martin Ie Huray with cricket bats to commemorate their centuries. Perhaps I ought to mention that I nearly had to present a bat to the master in charge of cricket, Alan Dyer, who scored 97 not out for the Common Room against the Kent and Canterbury Consultants. He ran out of partners. 230

Turning to the girls, I must mention that the Captain of Hockey, Annabel Davies, was selected for Kent, and that the School XI had one of its most successful seasons, winning nine out of fifteen matches before Christmas and being unbeaten thereafter. For the second consecutive season, the Netball team won the Eastbourne Tournament. Half a dozen girls have fenced regularly in competitions and the hope is that more will do so in the future. And the girls have established themselves in competitive rowing, winning their first tankards. All this activity in Music, Drama and Sport must be seen against the background of hard academic work rewarded by considerable success. You have in your Speech Day programme ample evidence for that. And we do not measure our success simply by our outstanding Oxbridge results but rather by what we have been able to do for all pupils in helping them to further education in the institution best suited to their ability. This can of course only be achieved by the dedicated work of my colleagues, in particular John Parker, Head of Careers, and those who support him. I must also thank the O.K.S. for their help. We are delighted that Michael Hodgson, recently a member of the Staff here, has become their Secretary. I should also like to express my particlar gratitude to Martin Miles who has stood in for a year as House Tutor at Tradescant. Having seen Lattergate to Its close, he helped me out of a most difficult situation and I am extremely grateful to him. He will make a fitting Housemaster of Meister Omers. Similarly Michael Harris has earned much praise for acting as Master of Choirs. Both the Serenade and the Service today were testimony to that. As Headmaster, I am enormously lucky both in the support of the Second Master and Master of Studks, whom I sometimes think actually run the School, the Bursar, the Tutor for GIrls, the SenIOr Chaplain, the School Monitors, my Secretaries and of course my wife. I have lost count of the number of engagements we have either hosted or attended since half-term. Yet I know for both of us what we enjoy most is having pupils at home. Our entertaining reached new heights when my wife surrendered her kitchen to two Shell boys for a pasta party which they prepared themselves for ten of their friends. And at the end of the day that's what it is all about - the pupils. Perhaps I may quote from two O.K.S. who recently visited the School. One was a senior O.K.S. who visited a classroom to see a painting which he had given to the School. He was much struck by the appearance of the class and quoted to me the comment of Prince Eugene meeting Marlborough for the first time just before Blenheim. The Prince, after praising the British Cavalry horses and equipment - all expensive - said 'but money, which you don't want in England, will buy clothes and fine horses, but it can't buy that lively air I see in everyone of these troopers' faces'. That I think is the common impression of all who come here - the liveliness of our pupils. The other quotation is from the author Christopher Hudson who did not enjoy his time at King's. Recently he returned to give a talk and wrote up his experience in his column in the Evening Standard: 'I could hardly believe that I had come to the right place. Not only had fagging been abolished and the stultifying hierarchy of privileges. Something far more pervasive in the atmosphere had completely evaporated - the feeling of fear. Small boys strolled across the Green Court and chatted to prefects and teachers with a casual aplomb that would have been unthinkable in the early 1960's.' In a memorable sermon earlier in the academic year, Bishop John V. Taylor formerly Bishop of Winchester, quoted from Kahil Gibran's The Prophet these words: 'Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of life longing for itself. You may have their bodies, but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow which you cannot visit even in your dreams'. ' Our common purpose, as teachers and parents, must be to ensure that the children entrusted into our joint care become wholly themselves, be what it is they are to be, held by our love, but free from all that would enchain them. That is our sacred vocation. There will be disappointment and pain - there must of necessity be a letting go. Whatever we do we must ensure that we do not frustrate, stunt or cripple, damage the realisation of tomorrow's world which is the goal of all education. The future is not ours but theirs, but what it will be depends very much on us. The only thing that is certain is that it will not be what we expect. As a school 231

we on our part go forward with courage, confident that supported by tradition we can em brae change: we ask you parents to come with us to make this School a pattern of community foe all who would seek to be free, prepared for tomorrow's world. For that is where Our Childre~ belong. On all our parts to get there will need both vision and courage. But I can promise you that we shall never do anything more exciting.

DISTINCTIONS 1988Â·89 SCHOLARS ELECTED 1989 L. E. POTTER D. J . PARRISH G. K-L. CHUM C. R. E. MILNE M . G. P. ORSLER T.H.MOORE B. D. T. SHANKLAND L. T. SINGER

Junior King's School Stoke Brunswick, East Grinstead Junior King's School Junior King's School Junior King's School Friars School, Ashford Brambletye, East Grinstead The Hall, Hampstead

EXHIBITIONS G . M. PARRISH J. W. CHEESEMAN B. J. MONK

Stoke Brunswick, East Grinstead Friars School, Ashford Junior King's School

SIXTH FORM SCHOLARSHIPS Sit William Perkin's School, Chertsey RACHEL D1NWIDDY T. E. DYSON Westleigh School and The King's School (Hoffman Scholarship) BEVERLY TARR Cran brook School, Kent (Hoffman Scholarship) MUSIC SCHOLARSHIPS M. G. L. DAVIES J . W. H. FROST ZOE HARMSWORTH (O.K.S. Scholarship) M. P. HILLIER E. C. MILLARD H. L. STEVENSON

Dulwich College Preparatory School, London Dulwich College Preparatory School, London Cranbrook School, Kent Junior King's School Streete Court, Godstone SI. John's College, Cambridge and The King's School, Canterbury

HONORARY MUSIC SCHOLARSHIPS Folkestone School for Girls CLARE GOLDWIN Blackheath High School CATHERINE NEILL King's SchOOl, Canterbury ALIX BAIRD King's School, Canterbury D. J . C. EVERIST King's School, Canterbury R. G. T. GIPPS 232 DISTINCTION (J.S.H.i

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ART SCHOLARSHIP N. A. O. WILKINSON MUSIC AWARDS JENNIFER BARBOUR ARIADNE BIRNBERG ELINOR CORP 5.1. DAWSON-BOWLING T. F. DEL MAR A. A. G. DRISKILL-SMITH A. L. F. EPPS N. A. L. GOODWIN C. E. D. GRAY W. J. M. HENDERSONDEEVES P. KEELER KATHRYN KNIGHT A. S. MICHAEL FIONA SHOOP POLLY SMEED 1. R. P. THOMSON 1. R. WHITE CAROLINE WILLIAMS TOBIE WILLIAMS

Cheltenham Coliege Junior School

Passed Passed Passed Passed Passed Passed Passed Passed Passed

Associated Associated Associated Associated Associated Associated Associated Associated Associated

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VIII VIII VIII VIII VIII VIII VIII VIII VIII

(Flute) Distinction (Singing) Merit (Oboe) Distinction (Oboe) Distinction (Horn) Merit (Oboe) Distinction (Saxophone) Pass (Piano) Distinction (Singing) Merit

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Associated Associated Associated Associated Associated Associated Associated Associated Associated Associated

Board Grade VIII Board Grade VIII Board Grade VIII Board Grade VIII Board Grade VIII Board Grade VIII Board Grade VIII Board Grade VIII Board Grade VIII Board Grade VIII

(Celio) Merit (Violin) Distinction (Piano) Pass (Double Bass) Pass (Singing) Pass (Oboe) Merit (Clarinet) Pass (Violin) Distinction (Singing) Pass (Piano) Pass

1988 LEAVERS ENTERING FURTHER EDUCATION OXFORD 1. M. BEECHEY K. P. BELLI ERE M. D. EDWARDS JOANNA ENSOR KATHERINE GOLLOP S. A. HAMILTON CAROLINE KEPPEL-PALMER LISA LOFDAHL HEIDI LOWE D. MONRO HIGGS VICTORIA PETERSON CLAIRE SIMPER GABR IELLE SOL TI P. J. M. TREW T. D. WATSON KATE WELLESLEY TOBIE WILLIAMS

Christ Church Christ Church University College St. Edmund Hali St. John's Coliege Christ Church Magdalen Coliege St. Hilda's Coliege St. John's Coliege St. Anne's Coliege St. Edmund Hali Worcester College Jesus Coliege St. Anne's Coliege Magdalen Coliege Christ Church Somerville Coliege 233

CLASS OF '89 (G. R. Walsh, J.S.H.)

Englis h Music History Geography English Law P.P.E. Oriental Languages Theology Geology Biochemistry Theology History Medicine History & French History Classics

CAMBRIDGE SARAH BEINART AILSA BUCHAN BEATRICE DEVLIN J. J . W. GUMPERT KATE HAMILTON A. J. OLIVER R. T. PRESTON J. H . PRITCHARD SARAH SARKHEL HARRI ET SHANKLAND ELEANOR TAYLOR C . J . R. TOTH ILL EMMA WASS A. WILK INS D.C. YULE

Trinity Hall Gonville & Caius Coll ege New Ha ll Trinity Hall Trinity College Clare College Pete rh ouse Clare College Sidney Sussex College Corpus Christi College Trinity College St. John 's College Gonville & Caius College Jesus College Trinity Hall

OTHER UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES Un iversit y of Edinburgh KIRSTEN ANDREE University of Durham SAMANTHA BAIN Uni versity of Manchester D. M. BAINBRIDGE Universi ty of Leeds M. W. A. BAYNE Brighton Polytechnic M. 1. BEA RD University of Manchester J. R. BEATTON University of East Anglia S. M. BEAUGIE University of Bristo l G. E. A. BIRD Uni versity of Exeter N. H. J . BISHOP Uni versi ty of Birmingham C. D. BOORMAN London Schoo l of Econom ics M. R. BROOKE Uni versi ty of Bristol G. BUSHELL University College, London S. BUS H ELL London School of Economics ANTONIA BUTLER R. G. BYROM C.G.CALTHROP S. G. CALTHROP l. CAWLEY FIONA CHAFFIN NICOLA CLARKE J ESS ICA COLLINS A. 1. ST. 1. CUNN INGHAM G. 1. CURLEWI S W. J . CUTTER CLA IR E DAVIS

Law History Sociology & Sci. Engineering Theology (Choral Exhi bitio n) Geography (Choral Exhi bition) History Mechanica l Engineering Natu ra l Sciences English English (Choral Exhibition) Modern Languages Electr ical Engineering Modern Languages Medicine Mathematics

Pyschology Biology American Studies Physics Psychology American Studies Economics Ae ro. Engineering

Law & Chemistry Psycho logy/Sports Science Monetary Economics Latin Classics Accou ntancy & Management Science London Hospital Medical School Medicine Queen Mary College, London Mechanica l Engin eering West London College of H.E. Geography Un iversity of Read in g History University of Hu ll Po litics Wye College Agricultura l Econom ics (University of Lo ndon) Uni versi ty of Bristol Modern Languages University of Southampton Business Studies South Bank Polytechn ic Cons. Production Management University of Bristol Geograp hy English University of Durham 234

SHALIN I DAVIS R. M. DE G ILES J. M. DEL MAR CAMILLA DEROUET (1989) T. D'OFFAY EMILY DRIVER CAROLINE EDEN R. J. EDMONDS J . M. ELAM

B. C. MARSON J . W. MENNELL FIONA MILLER-SM ITH

Uni versit y of Sussex Universit y of Manchester Uni versity of Reading Univers ity of Birmingham King's College, London Uni versity of Newcastle University of St. Andrews Uni versity of Nott in gham Ravensbourne College of Design Universit y of Manchester King's College, London SI. Bartholomew's Hospital, London Humberside College of H.E. University of Exeter Un iversity of Readin g Portsmouth Po lytechn ic Univers ity of Edinburgh University of Bristol Universit y of Bristol Queen Mary College, London Un iversity of Birmingham Un ivers ity College, London Universi ty of Newcastle University of East Anglia Uni vers ity of Nott ingham Universit y o f Durham Uni vers ity of Reading Guy's and St. Thomas's Hospitals, London Uni versity of Manchester University of Exeter Uni versity of Manchester University of Hull Uni versity of Bristol University of Manchester Manchester Polytechnic Univers ity of Liverpool Uni vers ity of Southern California Un ive rsity of Durham Uni versit y of Manchester University of SI. Andrews

A. J. MOUBRAY-JANKOWSKI 1. W. R. MOWLL

Br isto l Polytechnic Canterbury College of Art

T. A. F. EPPS G. J. V. EVANS HENRIETTA EYNON M. D. S. FORBES E. O. H . FOX A. P. N. FULLMAN A. C. GILLESP IE-SMITH EMILY GLASS C. R. GOODERHAM LAURA GOODHART W. GORDON-HARRIS A. J. GREENLEAF 1. P. HAY LEY LA HILMI M. J. D. HULME O. J . F. JAC KSON W. J. JOH NSTON E J. C. H. KENNARD A. LALL SARAH LEE-WARNER P. H. LIDSTONE A. R. LINFORTH JANE LOCKETT 1. J. LUMLEY SARAH LYONS A. G. McDONALD A. J. McDONALD C. MAJOM I

235

Psychology Law Land Management French Religio us Studies Medicine Economics Mathemat ics

Design Law Law Medicine Food Science Engl ish Agriculture Business & Finance History of Art Geo logy Russian/Politics Law Com merce Law Archi tec ture Economics History T heology History of Art Medicine Italian/French Electrical Engineering Geography Fre nch/Spanish Geography History of Art Hotel & Catering Management Zoology Business Economics Geography French/Spanish Economics & Internati onal Relations Housing Studies B.Tec Grap hic Design

A. G. F. MURDOCH S. MURPHY J. A. W. MYCROFT A. R. NASH JULIE NOREY M.A . J.McH.OVERTON C.S. PEER M. R. POPE N. J . PRICE B. C. PULLEN G. J. R. PURNELL O. ROTIMI S. F. B. ROWE J. M. ROWSELL GAYNOR SANDERS l. C. SLOGGETT L. F. SMITH

M. D. SMITH (1990) J. A. STERN C. S. TAYLOR SAMANTHA THACKRA Y J. L. TOPHAM S. R.TURNER E. F. VALPY C. W. A. VAVASOUR REBECCA VYE J. R. WATSON T. ST.J . WHITE H. A. WILLIAMS ANNA WILSON GABRIELLE WILSON

University of Southampton

Accountancy

University of Manchester School of Oriental Studies, London

History

Japanese Engineering Management French/Spanish

University of Durham

University of Bristol University of Bristol University of Bristol

Politics

Thames Polytechnic Un iversity of Southampton University of Warwick Un iversity of Newcastle

Queen Mary College, London University of Sussex University of Nottingham

Charing Cross Hospital, London Un iversity of Reading University of Newcast le University of Aberdeen

University of Manchester University of Buckingham University of Durham University of Buck ingham University of Loughborough University of Manchester Kingsto n Polytechnic University of Birmi ngham Un iversity of Newcastle University of Edinburgh London School of Economics University of S1. Andrews University of Exeter

Zoology Estate Management Accountancy & Economics French Spanish Engineering History of Art Law/Politics

Medicine Land Management Engineering Geograp hy Classics Economics Classics Business Studies

Sports Studies Geograp hy Business Studies Economic & Social History Accountancy & Finance History Monetary Economics

English Classics

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TWELFTH NIGHT (Michael Gillespie)

KING'S WEEK 1989 TWELFTH NIGHT 'Why, this is a very midsummer madness,' says Olivia, confronted by her steward, Malvolio, wearing yellow stockings and cross-gartered. Andrew Dobbin's production of Twelfth Night overflowed with midsummer, his Illyria being a clear-skied, never-never land where time is not hard to find, but hard to fill. Moreover this production looked to the far harder task of representing the play's madness as well. Not only madcap madness (the stage saw plenty of entertaining and excellently managed tom-foolery), but also the delusions of its characters: the madness of people living in material Utopia who nevertheless pass their lives in vanity, dispute, cruelty and fickleness. The sources for Twelfth Night, such as the story of Apolonius and Silla by Barnabe Riche, regard the story of courtly love confused as a disturbing fable, rather than simple amusement. Although Shakespeare adds humour to these sources, their morality should not be lost. For the play stands to gain much if the two madnesses, one sunny the other stormy, can be convincingly entwined: if, for instance, the delight of new love is placed alongside the almost inconsequential way love is eventually bestowed; if the prank on Malvolio can clash with the extreme of cruelty to which it is taken; if the delightful relationship between Olivia and Viola is contrasted with Sebastian's negligence of Antonio. With the exception of the performance's final scene, the brew of madness and midsummer here was convincing indeed: a production of which everyone concerned should feel proud. Once again, the summer play made good use of the King's School's unrivalled surroundings. A plane tree in full leaf spread its branches over the stage, situated between the Shirley Hall and the Archdeacon's front garden. The stage's backdrop, made by Toby Young, consisted of a stone wall punctured by a wrought-iron gate. The bounty of Illyria was clear from the greenery and fruit growing up the wall. Every so often during the performance, labourers tend these plants - all the work, it seems, that Illyrians need do. Duke Orsino (Piers Trussell) immediately demonstrated the difficulties of living in such a paradise. His rather surly delivery suggested a man bored with life, forcing his hapless courtiers to indulge his attraction to the Countess Olivia. For her part Olivia (Penny Stuttaford), languorous and slightly arch, was evidently not going to come out of mourning to marry Orsino. This state of affairs might have continued indefinitely without the arrival of Viola (Sophie Paul). From her first appearance Miss Paul breathed life into the play. She has the rare ability to make Shakespeare sound modern and her lines were delivered with absolute clarity. Looking a little like Liberace in mufti, Viola shuttled between Orsino and Olivia, falling in love with the one and becoming loved by the other. Miss Stuttaford fluently and gracefully came alive as Olivia's love for Viola grew. A genuine understanding emerged between the two actresses and the scenes between Olivia and Viola were the most touching in the play. Olivia's kinsman, Sir Toby Belch, and his troupe of drunks provide the relief for all this romancing - the low comedy to balance the high comedy of confused gender. With much falling over and the timely opening of bottled beer the comedy moved apace. Ideally, Belch and his friends would speak with voices soaked in tobacco and liquor. This, one hopes, is beyond a school production. Thus, to see them cast as rugger boors (the roue's precursor) was fitting. This representation captured their comedy, insensitivity and bullying, even if their petty snobbery and the utter waste of their lives were obscured. The comedy was helped by Robin Scott's (Belch) ease on stage and his excellent timing. Similarly Aguecheek (James Knight) for the most part managed to be both winningly unconscious of his own absurdity and also unpleasant when required. Fabian is usually overshadowed by his comrades, but Ted George kept his own and, particularly in his last speech, proved to have plenty of presence. Maria (Vicky Temple), though she sometimes rushed her lines, provided a suitably buxom foil to the men. 237 ... OR WHAT YOU WILL (l.S.H.)

This clique's most sustained c?medy is derived from their encounter. with Malvoli~. The letter scene and Malvolio's incarceratIon and humllatlOn were w~ll ha,!dled. the one comIC, the other _ when Malvolio was strung up from the plane tr~e - d,sWrbmg. The po,:,"er of these s~enes was in no small part thanks to Magnus Montgomery s convmcmg transformatl?!, from ambltl~u s schemer to suitor (one whose self-love had blossomed) and thence to humlhated and bullIed outcast. A special mention must be made of David Bond (Feste). He began the performance playing Anthea Wilcock's soulful music on the accordIOn. As the actIOn unfolded he was alw~ys to be seen fixing the audience with a disconcertingly open gaze. He sang and acted beautifully. It was ~ performance of great maturity and candour. . Like the other main parts, he was helped by the performances of the mm"" characters (Carey Knight Simon Roberts Catherine Owen, Arlene Searle, Alex Hardy, Crlspm Hodges, AmI! Das, Duncan Cox and' Kate Colquhoun). A;ll the way through the play these added to the principal's performances rather than detractmg from them. . ' If Viola is the female principle of change (revivifying Olivia, and touchmg .OfSl.no, so that he can talk about the loneliness) Sebastian is change's male pnnclple. Just when VIOla IS b.ec~mmg enmeshed in the web of confidences and deceptions spun by her love fo! Orsmo, Orsmo s for Olivia and Olivia's for her, Sebastian arrives to cut everyone free . Sebastl~n IS not an easy part; He is one of those unfortunate Shakespearean characters whose role IS to prompt others revelations without having any of his own that might interest the audience. All t~e m~re reason to commend Jonathan O'Mahoney for assuming the part with only a few days notl,ce. Gomg by his performance on the first night (when he was understandably nervous) Mr. OMahoney took to the character well. Antonio, Sebastian's friend and, as this production made subtly clear, his love ~ also, is ofte,n pushed aside by the major characters. Yet his desertion at the end of the play (wIth Malvoho s sworn revenge) counterpoise the play's fairy tale ending. James Robertson spoke wIth touchmg depth, the more so as the play progressed, so that,. by Its conc~uslOn when he stood centre-stage flanked by the lovers, his fate had become genumely troubhng. . . One word about the play's conclusion . From a purely textual perspective,. Act V IS not convincing. The lovers' disturbing readiness to marry the sUItor closest to hand IS glossed over by Shakespeare. How then should it be acted? Answer: wIth complete confIdence -:- for any embarrassment at seeing a woman married to a man she does not know \one who, mCldentally, has dropped his homosexual lover without a qualm), and a Duke hav mg forgotten one love immediately to pledge himself to another (a character he had always beheved to be hIS anservant) any embarrassment at this should be felt by the audIence rather than by. the cast. ~ may have been first-night nerves, but this complete confidence was somewhat lack mg. That said, Andrew Dobbin, his cast, and his technicians are to be ,warmly con~ratulated on an entertaining and thought-provoking productIOn of Shakespeare s most amb,guous comedy. EDWARD CARR.

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ZIGGER ZAGGER With a cast of nearly 70 people, Zigger Zagger really did turn out to be a play 'by the Removes and Shells' as the programme stated, and it was pleasing to see the extent to which everyone was used in it, the crowd of football-supporters frequently hissing the Headmaster or egging on Zigger. The setting of the stage suited the mechanics of the play, Harry's and Les's homes flanking the crowd, who sat on raised-seating throughout the whole performance, although such seating might have been put to better use by the audience, for, as with most junior plays, only normal rows were available, and this caused great difficulty in viewing for anyone sitting several rows back, particularly towards the end of the play when the actors favoured relaxing back into deep armchairs. The play centres around Harry Philton who, on leaving school, is torn between a life on the terraces supporting 'City' and one learning a trade for the future. I thought James Rawlings played Harry particularly well , for, unlike others who would have fallen into the trap of playing the part as the stereotyped ' Kevin', he chose instead to bring out the immaturity and underlying good character of Harry, who only acts tough and unreasonable to suit the crowd. The changes in feelings and decisions were clearly brought across, for example his cockiness fading to teror when detained at the stadium, or his shattered feelings when Sandra dumps him for Vincent. Barnaby Stevenson was suitably unlikeable as Zigger, and was convincing in portraying his total belief in, and dedication to, totally trivial aspects of life. His control of the crowd was excellent, in particular when starting up popular chants, one of which the play was named after. In strong contrast to the younger characters were Harry's teachers and family friends. The Teacher and Headmaster were pleasingly different: Albert Power's increasingly frantic northerner was very amusing and, although the accent slipped at times, he and James Phipson brought over well teachers' obsession with petty details and the importance they attach to them, for example 'the amount the tax-payer spends each year on coat-pegs'. I was also glad to see that James Phipson didn't waste the opportunities to make the most of the excessive cliches teachers use, and of the expressions and smug statements they make. Les and Edna were excellent as the long-married couple, emphasising the indifference and disinterest of the marriage well . Nick King's characterisation of Les was very believable, the flat tone of the voice and the dull insistence of his ideas adding much to this. Beccy Howden contrasted well with Emma Colquhoun's East End Edna, delightfully common and over-reacting just when Harry could do without it. Sandra, played by Arlene-Marie Searle, was suitably rough and was played with good comic timing, for example cutting in Harry's birthday greetings with 'Wotya got me?' as soon as she sees the present ; he's holding. What was particularly pleasing about the numerous cameo roles in the play was how each individual had clearly put a lot of time and thought into the small part he had been given , and I thought several stood out especially: Mark Dobell's Dentist's patronising tone of voice was very dentist-like; Mark Lissaman made a very convincing know-all Yuppie; and Joy Andrews made excellent use of his part to great humorous effect. However, what stuck out by far in the production was the direction of the play, which was excellent at certain times but misleading at others. The scenes in Harry's and Les's homes made good use of the props and positioning, but messy cuts in the script meant that the Magistrate (although from his attire he could have been any smartly-dressed man) appeared at a bus-stop, and then in the next scene the incident is described as happening in the Magistrates Court. Also, scene cuts meant that the ending was rather sudden and unexpected, and led to an unjustly confused applause from the audience. Nevertheless, Carey and James Knights' direction was very well co-ordinated, and it was a tremendous achievement to have organised such a large number of mostly inexperienced juniors into such an effective body of actors. Zigger Zagger was very amusing and well acted for a junior play, and promises potentially excellent performances from many of the cast in future King's Weeks. TED GEORGE. 239

SERENADE After a truly horrible day, the skies miraculously cleared in the late afternoon, giving us a perfect evening for the Serenade. The programme opened with a well-controlled performance of Handel's Arrival of the QUeen of Sheba, in which the chamber orchestra, conducted by Paul Neville, articulated every note with great clarity. The Serenade Choir, conducted by Michael Harris, then performed a group of madrigals: Mother, I will have a husband and Sweet Suffolk Owl by Thomas Vautor, The Silver Swan by Orlando Gibbons, and My Bonny Lass She Smileth by Morley. The choir had been well trained, the sound was clear and the diction good, though the soprano tone was a little thin. For this reason, The Silver Swan was the most successful item, being less taxing for the sopranos, and with a lower tessitura. The Chamber Orchestra followed with a lively performance of three movements from Boyce's Symphony No.4. There was again some good clear string tone, though this time I found the bass section rather heavy - that may have been due to where I was sitting. (Both the Boyce and the Handel might have benefited from a harpsichord continuo, but perhaps this would pose too great a logistical problem.) The movement from the Mozart Oboe Quartet in Fwas characterized by some beautiful oboe playing by Peter Apps. Katharine White (violin) Quentin Thomas (viola) and William HendersonDeeves (cello), also played well, though succumbing to occasional intonation problems. The Elgar Serenade for Strings was the most substantial item on the programme. This is a far more complex piece than the more four square Handel and Boyce, and a few ensemble problems were noticeable. Fortunately these did not spoil what was otherwise a fine performance. The Choir then sang five twentieth-century English partsongs by Frank Bridge and Finzi, and folksong arrangements by D. James and David Willcocks, the latter's Bobby Shaftoe allowing the tenor and bass sections to prove their worth in fine style. The orchestra's final contribution was the last movement of Haydn's Symphony No. 83 in G minor. A few ragged edges did not spoil the overall liveliness and there was some good playing from the woodwind. The concert ended with the choir singing Italian Salad, a 'musical jest' in the form of a string of Italian musical terms set in operatic style. The singers obviously enjoyed themselves, though discipline held firm and words and notes were clearly articulated. Christopher Gray took the baritone solo part with a good sense of the operatic style. K.M.L.

SECOND ORCHESTRA CONCERT For sheer musical enthusiasm there could have been no better start to the 1989 King's Week than that provided by Mr. McConnell's eighty-six strong orchestra. With an immaculate sense of timing it happened to be almost the only wet day for weeks, but there was plenty of brightness inside the Shirley Hall, although the audience was disappointingly small. Handel's Marchfrom the Occasional Oratorio provided an imposing opening, whetting one's appetite with some clean, rhythmical playing from all sections of the orchestra. This was followed by an elaborate arrangement of The Hunt from Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, with the brass providing an extra dimension to Vivaldi's original string version. The Brass section came into its own in the next piece, an arrangement of the march section from Wagner's Mastersingers Overture. Even in this arrangement, in which the Prize Song section of the overture is omitted, there remain plenty of complex passages for all sections of the orchestra, and the players deserve great credit for the way they handled it. By this time also one could sense that the string section, ably led by Chris Creissen, were beginning to enjoy themselves. 240

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One of the problems of running an orchestra primarily for less experienced players is findin g suitable arrangements, and Mr. McConnell is a tireless arranger of a wide variety of repertoire. His skills were to be seen in his medley, Selection of Classical Pieces, which showed off the individual skills of the sections of the orchestra to great effect. There was some stylish solo playing particularly by the flute (Julian Cridge) in J. S. Bach's Muselle. The Handel Menuet displayed some tight ensemble playing from the woodwind, and also some exuberant timpani playing. By way of a diversion we now had the debut of an 'alternative' choir group, The Experimentalists, directed by Quentin Thomas. They chose two items, Hindemith's The Swan, and A Perfect Day, arranged by Barry Rose. This was certainly a promising start and it will be good to hear more of them next year. They coped well with the unfamiliar language of Paul Hindemith, but perhaps slightly underestimated the difficulties of doing a piece such as A Perfect Day that has to sound effortlessly simple, but is in fact very hard in terms of ensemble. The orchestra returned, this time led by Matthew Belliere, for the Larghetto from Mozart's D major Piano Concerto, with Alexander Driskill-Smith as the soloist. His was a highly accomplished performance, with some extremely lyrical playing, carefully accompanied by the orchestra, making it a high point of the afternoon. To finish with, the orchestra returned to its full strength to provide an exhilarating account of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture. The opening of this piece, with all its stops and starts, is an extremely testing one for young players, but for the most part they managed to achieve a good ensemble, though they did all sound happier when the full ensemble section had been reached. By this time the wind and brass sections certainly had the wind in their sai ls, and the percussion section also seemed to be rather enjoying themselves, with David Everist attempting to raise the roof by playing brass drum and cymbals simultaneously. This was a concert greatly enjoyed by all who heard it, and it is to be hoped that next time around more will be there to appreciate the hard work of Mr. McConnell and his promising young musicians. M.D.H.

CONCERT OF LIGHT MUSIC A circling helicopter finally flew off in time for a prompt start to the illuminating Concert of Light Music given by the School Band, conducted by Mr. Bill McConnell. Three foot-tapping numbers from the musical Oliver introduced us to some sprightly playing from the ranks of clarinets while the double-basses tried to retrieve their wind-blown music. March CCF was composed by the conductor for Paul Wen ley as a tribute to his leadership of the School Cadet Force as well as to his bassoon playi ng, and much humorous use was made of the interplay between woodwind and brass and of the contrast of extreme registers. Such was its variety and interest that I was left wishing for more, despite the occasional unsteady passage. Robin Scott handled the solo trumpet part in three dance movements by Handel (arranged Nagel) with agility and a clear tone but some of the longer notes needed to be more fully sustained. A crisp tambourine rhythm electrifed the orchestra in EI Capeo by Antonio Parara. This performance really captured the Spanish flamenco style with clearly-articulated melodic deviations and sparkling flute descants. In his own arrangement of dances from Michael Praetorius' Terpsichore, Bill McConnell demonstrated his fine judgement for colour with each movement opening with a varied combination of instruments. This more exposed writing led to some uncertain moments in faster passages but overall the band succeeded in conjuring up the controlled but festive spirit of the Renaissance dance. Unfortunately the oboes seemed to suffer slight tuning problems. As an interlude, the Meister Omers Barber's-Shop Quartet, consisting of Paul Solway, Robert Wilson, Julian Cridge and James Thomson, proved themselves to be a cut above the rest when 24t

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they appeared in straw boate~s, blazers and cravats. The four voices blended well il! the three songs which were delivered with some appropriate routines. Words were clearly projected and ensemble wo rk very well rehearsed although some chromatic chord changes in My Evaline went slightly astray. Hugo Stevenson was the soloist in the curiously-named Timpat for timpani and band by Robert Leist. This modern work with its angular .melodies was played with great vigou r by all , the timpani outbursts and pounding rhyth":,s re.mInlscent of some Hollywood Egyptian spectacular. The surprise ending left one trombomst high and dry. We were tak~n backto the elegant eighteenth century with an arrangement by the conductor of a two-vIOlin sonatina by Pleyel. There was some mellifluous plaYing and good sense of phrasing here With an effective trumpet ensemble in the slow movement. The side-drum anno unced The Blue and the Grey , an arrangement of American Civil War songs by Clare Grundman. T he band seemed confident a nd relaxed the various tunes being brought out With great Vibrancy, carefully balanced agamst the accomp~niment. The saxophone solo was delicate if rather a shade reserved. T he penultimate item Harold Walters's Instant Concert, was a pot-pouri of thirty or so well known themes ranging fro~ Jingle Bells to Tschaikowsky, peppered .with assorted claps and shouts. Theperformers revelled in this fast moving concoctIOn, over In three minutes, and tackled the qUick changes with assurance. Suppes Light Cavalry Overture was perhaps the most ambitious work on the programme, containing many rapid runs and r~peated notes which required great breath control. Despite some technical problems In the woodWind the overture generated much excitement from the opening trumpet fanfares to the storming trombones. A gust of WInd caught up the last pages from the conductor's stand but the band was by now happily galloping away on the homestretch. Bill McConnell and the whole band should be warmly congratulated on workIng so hard in producing a concert so varied in both style and mood, and in communicating a refreshing sense of enjoyment in the music. S. J.R.M.

SYMPHONY CONCERT I Ross ini's overture to The Italian Girl in Algiers opened the splendid Symphony Concert in the Shirley Hall. The orchestra was conducted by Paul Neville who has trained the players to near professional standa rds - such a large number of people can only play together well when the discipline is strict. T hat the players are not professional was shown in the slil,lhtly nervous start with some ~ntidy pizzicato string chords. However, on~e everyone was settled In we we~e treated to some delightful playing, especially from the woodWInd sectIOn - but then they did get all the good tunes! The orchestra was joined by the pianist Philip Challis for a performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No . 5 in E Flat. They again played well, and it was a pity that their accuracy was not matched by the soloist. Technical errors could perhaps b~ forgiven if the emotional content is there. However, even the lovely muted strIngs at the beginnIng of the second movement faIled to inspire any beauty of tone from the piano. The Tschaikowsky Symphony No.5, which formed the second half of the programme, was, fortunately a far more satisfying experience. There was the same well-disciplined playing, but now the pla'yers could ' let their hair down' and delight in the unas hamedly romantic music. The brass section well and truly made their mark with a strong, grainy sound. The horn solo .at the beginning of the 2nd movement was well played (even the best players crack notes sometimes!) and the horn and oboe duet was beautiful. I could pick around for a few quibbling criticisms _ some woodwind intonation problems in the last movement for instance - but in view of the overall excitement that would be churlish. It was a stunning performance. As a footnote, many thanks to Donald Leggat for the wittily in formative programme notes. K.M .L. 242

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SYMPHONY CONCERT II It would be hard to think of a more fitting conclusion to Paul Neville's ten years as Director of Music at King's. To begin with, a first-class choice of programme; daringly, Tschaikowsky's Fifth Symphony (daringly, because It demands both technique and intense commitment - it is moreover one of the best known and loved pieces in the symphonic repertoire); equally daringly, a new work, speCially Written as a tribute to Paul Neville by Alan Ridout; and then to open with, Rossini's demanding overture L'Italiana in Algeri, allowing no ti me for the or~hestra to 'settle down' , but calling for (and getting) a performance of elegant precision. There were, too, Sibelius's lovely Swan oj Tuonela, almost a concerto for cor anglais, lyrically played by Elinor Corp, and Colonel Neville's stirring concert march, The Sword oj Honour - an intriguing fusion of Elgarian pomp and Waltonesque brilliance. There is. so much that deserves mention: the strength of all the orchestral departments; exciting brass plaYIng of remarkable accuracy; the clarity, tuning and blend of the wind; and the fullness of the strings even when pitched against everything else, as so often happens in the Tschaikowsky. If however one work had to be singled out for mention here, it would surely be Alan Ridout's Summer Serenade, for solo violin and chamber orchestra - reminding us not only of our debt to Paul Neville, but also to the soloist, Clarence Myerscough, who has been such a tower of strength to the orchestra (and to the strings especially) during the past ten years. Nor was this 'miniature violin concerto' (as the composer has described it) simply a piece d'occasion. Its memorable ideas are tautly argued in contrasting textures of great and unusual beauty. It will surely establish a niche for itself in the small but select repertory of violin concertos. The Summer Serenade inescapably leads us outward from the concert itself to a consideration of the very remarkable (indeed unique) musical tradition that King's has built up over the years. On the platform were 82 instrumentalists. 74 of these were boys and girls of the school. It would be hard to overestimate the role that this kind of activity plays within the school: the sheer discipline that is called for to acquire the requisite instrumental skills; the self-control that has to be developed in order to overcome those inevitable (and indeed necessary) 'butterflies' that would otherwise wreck a performance; not to mention the social 'give and take' that enables performers to function effectively as an ensemble. These are all educational and character-building matters of general value, quite apart from the purely aesthetic experience that ensemble-playing affords. How fortunate, then, that the school provides such a dedicated team of teachers and that it recognises musicaltalent so generously. May this long continue, and may Stephen Pin~ock, who now takes up the rems from Colonel Neville, have as impressive a send-off when he retires! PETER LE HURAY.

ORGAN RECITAL BY MICHAEL HARRIS The School has been very fortunate for some years past in being able to draw on to its music staff one after another of the Assistant Organists of the Cathedral. Two of these, Stephen Darlington and DaVid Flood, are now organists of cathedrals, and the third, Michael Harris should certainly follow. His recital in King's Week follows a tradition (which looks like being a permanant one) of an organ recital as part of the musical offerings of the week along with the Symphony and Military Band concerts and, of course, the ever popular Serenade. Michael Harris chose a most interesting programme leaning somewhere over to the French school of composition whose 'elder statesman ' may be said to have been Cesar Franck and a great exponent of modern times, the organist of the Primatial Cathedral of Belgium, St. Ro mbaut of Malines, Flor Peeters (a disciple of Tournemire and Marcel Dupre), who died last year. The recital began with 'Fiat Lux', a robust piece by Theodore Dubois whose music is coming back into fashion with organists today after some sixty years of neglect since his death in 1924. This is straightforward music sho wing off 243

the power and tone of the Cathedral organ; much more subtle and highly developed is the Chorale 2 in B minor of Franck which was given an expressive performance and made it possible to understand why the Three Chorales which were composed in the last year of the composer's life are now in the repertoire of every organ recitalist of real ability . Flor Peeters 'Variations on an original theme' is very characteristic of this composer's highly original style with its well contrasted variations on what sounds like a Flemish folksong using the different tone colours of the instrument and ending with a full blooded statement of the theme. In every well rounded organ recital programme there has to be a major composition by J. S. Bach and this year Michael gave us the Toccata Adagio and Fugue in C major which is now beginning to be recognised as almost as fine a specimen of Bach's organ writing as the better known Toccatas and Fugues in the keys of D minor and F major. This was a straightforward interpretation and with the Sonata Quarta of a little known German baroque composer Michaelbeck provided a more restrained classical element in the programme. In a different mood to end the recital was a charming piece by the now forgotten English composer Alfred Hollins, 'A Song of Sunshine', which makes one want to hear again some of the once popular pieces of this blind virtuoso. Then to end an excellent programme came the fine finale of Vierne's Third Symphony ... great stuff by one of France's masters of this century who dominated the organ world from the console of the great Cavaille-Coll instrument in Notre Dame de Paris for many years. This was played with great skill and panache and won the recitalist a well deserved ovation. D. INGRAM HILL.

CHAMBER CONCERT Few would attend a King's Week concert with the same motive that might take them to the Wigmore Hall. These days professional perfection can be had for less than the cost of a meal. The hidden cost is that we tend to forget how lucky we are, living in the South East of England in the late 1980s, and unless we are players we need the occasional reminder that chamber music is for the participant and not just for the listener. It is written to be experienced from within and to be heard from without. That is why perfection is not always relevant. Go to the Wigmore Hall, or any other haven of the art and you will find that many of the listeners actually play - some well, some less well, in their homes, at summer schools, and even where they work. Every composer whose name appears on the programme for the concert on Tuesday 4th July would nod approval and probably say, 'Of course. That's what it's all about.' And that is one reason why people come to hear young men and young women, in the testing years of their teens, and with maybe no intention of pursuing music as a career, play. Another reason, certainly in my case, was to hear Alan Ridout's new Piano Quintet. The afternoon's music began with single movements from three contrasting quartets. The rationale of the choice for the first two was obvious. Arnold Trowell, remembered nowadays by student cellists, was the father of the retiring art master. That alone might have justified unearthing a quartet, but what the four young players (Giles Hogben, Peter Keeler, Quentin T homas and William Henderson-Deeves) revealed was a movement of considerable fluency that left one wondering what else might await re-discovery. The innocent listener would have little difficulty in placing the work in the England of the first quarter of this century, and recognising in its composer a knowledge of Faure and Ravel. One was at times reminded of a composer whose music had remained equally obscure until its rediscovery and reassessment in the last decade, Frank Bridge. Nice balance and restrained tone from the players suited the reflective character of the Trowell piece, and did more for the music than simply to arouse curiosity . Laid back is the modern expression, and it was a quality more appropriate to Trowell than to Dvorak's American Quartet, for which work the leader swapped places with his partner. The players visibly relaxed and became four individuals whose characters shone through their playing, as they should in chamber music. I had expected more youthful verve in this tuneful and warmly romantic music, chosen possibly to mark the day's relevance to American history, though older readers know this work by a 244

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different and now quite unacceptable title. They played only the first movement, which is more difficult than it sounds, and particularly to start convincingly. Vital notes are sometimes on the beat, sometimes not, and the player whose concentration wanders for a split second is lost. Slight insecurities were quickly overcome, and both viola and cello, who have prominent parts, played musically if a little diffidently. Chamber music is like good conversation. Know when to speak up and know when to pipe down, and always listen to what the other fellows have to say. It's a key to life, and not just to music. The choice of the Presto from Haydn's D major quartet Op. 76 No.5 raised a few eyebrows. Haydn may be the patron saint of the amateur quartet player, but he is difficult to play well, and in this late work he was writing for the best players of his day, and for public performances at a time when quartet playing was vogue almost to a craze . Yet it was refreshing that this young team should attempt such a piece. Heaven forbid that youth should be cautious. A work for two pianos by the very French composer Poulenc went passably well though hindered by the difference in quality and physical level of the two pianos, played by Goetz Triebel and Quentin Thomas, and exacerbated by the lower instrument being placed to project its sound away from the audience. Fiona Shoop then sang Rusalka's Song by Dvorak, not to her audience but to her able accompanist Ariadne Birnberg, because she had forgotten her glasses and chose to read from the pianist's part. What every singer should know is that a piece should be learned by heart, a task the singer shares with the actor. Fiona had taken this precaution with her next item, an aria from Puccini's Tosca, which revealed a strength and maturity of voice that belied her tender years. It would not be unfair on the preceding items to refer to Alan Ridout's new Piano Quintet as the major work. For one thing, it was to be a first performance, and of a full-length four movement composition involving five players. Amongst the things that familiarity breeds is a tendency to under-rate. The benign figure of Alan Ridout could too easily be dismissed as Canterbury's local composer, just as Schubert was once Vienna's. The great do not have to look like Beethoven or Liszt, but it often helps. I am not alone in recognising in Alan Ridout a composer of considerable originality, who is well acquainted with the contemporary musical scene, who studied under Tippett and (to mention another neglected modern) the Dutchman Henk Badings, and who has gone entirely his own way. Ridout's music only ever sounds like Ridout, even if a fleeting passage might suggest Prokofiev or Shostakovich. The first movement, veiled and instrospective, makes effective use of mixing muted (2nd violin and cello) and unmuted strings, and leads to a short, crisp scherzo. Rarely if ever is Ridout Âˇprolix. The third movement, called Threnody (a song of lamentation) was one of those revelatory episodes that bring joy in the knowledge that there is still music of pure beauty to be written, of unexpected shifts of harmony and the natural pacing of triple-time chords cradling a haunting melody of two violins. The final movement provided a complete contrast and yet so successfully completed the whole. Its driving complex (and compound) rhythm set a challenge that the players met with abounding spirit. I was hardly surprised to learn that six hours had been spent on rehearsing this movement alone. I still find myself wondering why Goetz Triebel didn' t use the modern Steinway on the stage, but such thoughts are almost lost in an admiration for the achievements of these young players, many of whom will soon go their own ways, to continue their studies, one to read philosophy. I hope that they will remember this day not as an isolated occasion when they played chamber music, or took part in a first performance. Pressures will increase as the years pass, pressures of time, of stress, of family, maybe of money, in a world that too often puts its onus on intellectual achievement. But a world that excludes music in its pursuit of excellence or affluence is not a world to which the civilised heart should aspire. If any of the young players who brought their talents to light on the 4th of July should one day find themselves saying 'I'm too busy. There's never any time for music,' I would say stop and think. For when there is no time for music something needs to be put right. DON GOODSELL. 245

MICHAEL HARRIS REHEARSES THE CHAPEL CHOIR AND BRASS FOR THE COMMEMORATION SERVICE (T.R.H.)

THE COLOUR OF DANCING Ranging from contemporary dance to gymnastics this year's girls' dance routine proved to be a non-sexist, non-racist event: 'Let's Hear it for the Boy' provided audience and participants alike with much amusement, whilst the skill of Ariyke Oshunkoya, Jaiye Aboderin, Bola Marquis and Fauzi Fahm was clear. Sarah Clarke stunned the spectators with her tumbling - a talent few people knew she possessed. The various girls' routines were well thought out and performed and the simple costumes of coloured T-shirts and black trousers were extremely effective . However, it was the finale, ordering us to 'Lay back and be cool' and starring a 'lady in red' which showed just how good girls' dancing can be. Much time and effort had obviously been spent in producing the routines, particularly by Sophie Paul, the main organiser, and the result was not only immensely enjoyable but also very professional. CLARE USSAMAN.

JAZZ CONCERT Sholto Byrnes rose from his sick bed to get the Jazz Concert under way . He introduced his players in his own style and they appeared in their own choice of dress. Dan Rycroft led in sartorial elegance and Magnus Montgomery exposed his new fiat-top hair style. The concert started with the 'Trad' Band playing E. B. Edwards' 'Sensation' which got away with a strong start but became slightly misty in the middle. Number two on the agenda was really excellent, 'Doctor Jazz', as the clarinet solo (Jim Thomson) and the inimitable Dave Everist's piano work slowed the tempo down and enabled the group to 'get their lip in'. 'Mississippi Mud', the next tune, was a great tribute to Harry Barris the composer. Item four , 'Clarinet Marmalade' was, by inference, chunky and sweet with ' Jam' session solos by Eli Corp a nd Dan Rycroft - very fruity . An excellent drum break by Jules Moore introduced the final Trad item, 'The March of the Jazzmen' - good traditional jazz. What a marvellous future the 'Barber Shop Quartet' has as a King's School spectacular. Chris Gray stood in at very short notice for Sholto Byrnes. The other three singers, Oscar Blend, their leader, Alex Hardy and Dave Bond each introduced a number, if in a somewhat garbled fashion . ' White Shoes' started the feet moving and led us into 'Gathering up the Roses in the Wildwood'. Alex Hardy was then lifted bodily up to the microphone (previously set for the lofty Dave Bond) to introduce 'Yes Sir That's My Baby'. 'My Ever Loving Honey Lamb' was the closing number, dedicated to the Chemistry Department. It seems that Doc Mallion was concerned about the shortage of video tape in his camera, so, as the Quartet's encore they repeated 'Honey Lamb', an octave higher and at twice the normal speed. Hilariously excellent. The first half of the programme ended with the trio playing three numbers. Firstly, Alex Skarbek beautifully arranged and played 'Misty', his excellent piano work ably backed by fine drum brushwork by Jules, and Sholto giving his Bass free rein. Secondly, it became apparent that the length of time spent in rehearsing determined the title - 'Night Hawks' . Lastly 'Hymn to Freedom' , played very nicely in good 'Boogy' te mpo - it was a pity Sholto had his back to us. Fifteen minutes of strawberies and cream set the Big Band up to start the second half of the programme with the classical 'Tuxedo Junction.' How well did the Band play 'Lil Darlin' . The muted trombones, Damian Simpson's trumpet and good brushwork painted a sweet picture. The Duke Ellington arrangement of 'Satin Doll' was done great justice, mainly due to professional work by Eli Corp, a young lady who will be sadly missed. The Ellington piano work, and the greatly improved drum backing all made it a grand effort. 246

The Hard Bop Band then took centre stage Sh It B h d . of the ex-Montreaux festival tune, 'The Them~' ?th°AI yr~e~ ~ kdevISed a pleasant. version really good off beat rhythms It was such . ' WI ex .ar e yet again putting m some a PIty that the syntheSIzer suffered from stick ing notes. Everyone cou ld feel the emb r a rassment created for Dave Bond but he overcame the situation masterfully. As the Cathedral bells chimed ten o'clock the Band t d I ' . . , Simpson a~ain proving his worth with a difficult sol~ a~~e t?f' a ~~und fAlSdnlg~t , Damian Bop Band mterlude Spence Santry 0 B d R b' . un y ung e trut ended the able assistanc e . ' , ave on, 0 m Scott and Dan Rycroft all offering their

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KING'S WEEK EXHIBITIONS This year's exhibition of artwork in Blackfriars attained an admirably high overall standard not only in terms of quality but of variety as well, with several individual items amongst thos~ on display standing out as being particularly excellent. The exhibition was well attended, and deservedly so : the attractive surroundings, the clear presentation and even the tasteful background music all enhanced the displays of photography, pottery, painting, drawing, printing bookbinding, and textiles. ' The work of Andrew Charlesworth stood out among the photographs exhibited: his series of portraits of a gorilla marvellously captured the liveliness and mischief of the subject. His experiments with colour were also highly successful, contrasting with the general emphasis upon black and white, and some detailed studies showed intelligent use of light and dark. Amanda Monk's numerous photographs of King's displayed her ability to encapsulate and convey atmosphere using people caught off-guard in a natural environment, and her feel for using the shapes of buildings. Other notable photographers included Michael Gillespie, capturing the action of Twelfth Night in some dramatic pictures; Toby Young, who also displayed photographs of King's and some excellent nature close-ups; and M.P .H.D., soon to take over the reins of the Photography Society, who included several enlargements of children. The pottery section was dominated by large-scale, bold pots featuring ethnic-style designs and glazes. Much was functional in purpose, including a variety of teapots, some looking more reliable than others. Tom del Mar's were strikingly angUlar, Sebastian Rosato's well-proportioned, and Stephen Preece's very homely, alongside his pleasing casserole dish which had been judged 'the best "thrown" of the year'. Michael Thomas, the Pottery Prize winner, exhibited some huge coil-pots with imaginative designs and interesting decorative techniques; Tim Niven's unusual Eastern designs were also eye-catching, especially a very ambitious but successful Buddah. Julian Sturt's pigs and J. Manuel's delicate candle-holder are also worth mentioning; so too an abstract ceramic design panel by Liz Ayling and O.B.T., which invited visitors' participation in changing its picture to any combination of shapes. The retrospective display of paintings dating back to the early '80s cast an interesting light upon the development of pupils' artwork: although some styles appeared a little dated, the fundamental differences were not large. If anything, the earlier subject-matter was more depressing: aeroplane crashes and killer sharks tended to predominate. The display of G.C.S.E. work concentrated upon several individual candidates, although general patterns were clear: still-life paintings often featured garden tools and a statue of an angel, while imaginative watercolours set in Blackfriars were also popular. The amount of work put in by some candidates was impressive, with several individual exhibitions being quite extensive: Thomas Ellis's was of a very high standard, showing a particular talent for life-like portraits done with a good feel for roundness and intelligent techniques using chalk, pastel and pencil strokes. His experiments in pointillism were also interesting and largely successful; similarly unusual was Desmond Chum 's detailed study of The Grange. Antony Frew displayed a sensitive awareness of shading, and was bold but accurate in his watercolours, while Julian Woodward tended to choose rather macabre subject-matter, but illuminated it by his striking and creative use of colour and range of shading. Sixth Form artwork featured much done in Activities, as a subsidiary subject, or in free time, as well as the usual A-level work. Too much was on display in this impressive section to mention it all, but again the work was of a very high standard, and portraits seemed popular, especially of O.B.T. or of the angel statue. John Watkins's oil landscapes were particularly good and very mature, while Ariadne Birnberg drew with a subtle awareness of the importance of line in the human body, and Toby Yo ung achieved contrast by his bold use of pencil shading. Bronwen Aldridge's portraits were convincing, and her colour derivatives of Bonnie Thompson provided an interesting and original alternative. Hugh Milward's humorous, and characteristic, 'Portrait of the Artist as a Pair of Brogues' raised several chuckles, and Elizabeth Hunt's very delicate, 248 BLACKFRIARS EXHIBITION: CHRIST WOUND UP IN YELLOW TAPE AND NEWSPAPER (80",,;e Thompso")

precise work was also good. The Rock Steady posters designed and produced by Fauzi Fahm were imaginative and effective in creating an impact using strikingly unusual techniques; similarly, Andrea Ward used the apparently less popular medium of oil to display a feeling for texture and grouping and an uncommon insight into the depths of colours . Kate Colquhoun's beautiful watercolour of a stained-glass window well repaid the hard work she had obviously put into it: the painting managed to be intricately detailed and even busy, with its interwoven emblems of Virgin and child, castles, roses, animals, crests and signs of the zodiac, while at the same time pressing a harmonious and pleasing overall effect with immediate visual impact and redolences of much broader influences in the heraldic and medieval traditions. Another excellent large-scale piece of work was Bonnie Thompson's picture of Christ wound up in yellow tape and newspaper: this combined a variety of media with great care, even down to the choice o f newspaper headlines incorporated, and the picture was striking and thought-provoking while remaining intelligent and well put together, rather than sensational, with the inclusion of the artist's hand adding a startling finishing touch. The printing exhibition was extensive, with the usual tickets, bookmarks, letterheads (some with very curious addresses!), invitations and cards all being very well executed and presented, as well as this year's King's Week programmes. An impressive variety of type-faces was used, and this, along with the imaginative employment of colour and design, made the display one of the more interesting. The choice of matter to print was also often unusual or creative: examples included the text of the King's School Statutes and the Beatitudes, and some very good line drawings by Barnaby Stevenson. The bookbinding exhibition, although small, included some lovely ha nd-made papers and leather covers: the marbling inside M.Do's re-bound Greek dictionary was especially attractive, and Robert Clayton's film-cassette box provided an ingenious alternative. The design and print exhibition was one of the most visually appealing: the overall impression given was of a riotous profusion of colour and variety, with bold splashes and vivid sweeps of shade and pattern created by the draping used to display fabrics. On closer inspection, the techniques used seemed in general to have been very careful, and the finished products looked correspondingly professional. Bola Marquis's designs were vibrant, cheerful and fluid , and his silk-painting delicate and pretty. Much of Amanda Monk's work was shown , and was of a high standard: [ especially liked her Gothic lettering on cloth cushion-covers. A range of table-cloths printed and sewn together by Removes were also bright and cheerful, and particularly good were those made by George Skelton, Alex Homan, James Loder-Symonds and Nick King. Hugo Stevenson also experimented with tie-dye and splatter-painting techniques. Jeremy AdamczykMartin's work stood out both for its imagination and for its quality: amongst his exhibits were some lovely, effortless watercolour sketches for designs; while his fabrics included a very effective rainbow motif on sack-cloth; some bright, busy fruit fabric; a pair of tie-dyed shorts, and other clothes. As a final note, [ was pleased to see that the printing, design and print, and painting areas were open to visitors interested in seeing how the work on display had been created. This, along with the generally high standard of presentation, made this year's Blackfriars exhibition lively and interesting, and thus appealing to all. Overall, this imagination a nd skill shown in every field contributed towards the successful cohesion of an exhibition encompassing such a large range of media. JENNIFER H. BARBOUR.

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ACTIVITIES C.C.F. ARMY SECTION EASTER CAMP 'Here the story really begins': the words of Captain Vye as the min ibus came to a hall at the sta rt of our 3 day scheme. 2 officers, 6 cadets and 1 dog clambered out of the mi nibu s into the bright sunshine at Kinlochewe. RSM ('Yes, you probably a re') Booth look the obligatory 'before' photo of us all laden down with backpacks. The object of the scheme was to spend from Satu rday to Monday walking 't he last great wi lderness' in Britain, 45 km. from Kinlochewe to Gruinard Bay. At 10 a.m. exactly we set off alo ng a track heading nort heast along a valley. To our right passed a waterfall, and all around were imposing peaks topped wit h snow and sometimes cloud. We made good progress, crossing the Abhann Glea n na Mu ice river at Ihe Heights of Ki nlochewe, and after three hou rs we could see Lochan Fada shimmering in the d istance. Eventu ally we reached it and sat dow n thankfully to eat our 'biscuits brow n'. Talisker prov ided the musical accompa niment. After lunch the win d seemed cold, and Bob showed off his pretty new light blue balaclava. At the top of the fi rst ridge we came to, lain rushed into a snowdrift to make snowba lls, but ended up having to be rescued (and snowballed). Furt her problems were Adam's knee, whieh he had inj ured befo re ca mp; and a wide river where there should n't have been one. However, these were overcome - the fi rst by true marine gri t, and the second by wading, which proved excruciat ing as it was so co ld (except to Hugh (gaiters) Clayton). At 17.30 we reached a superb place to camp on a mounta inside on the edge of a ravine. We watc hed the sun set on snowy peaks as we ate our compo. Overnight the wind blew up, but the only damage to tents was done by Bob rolling over, not by the wind. Next morning we set off, and found we had taken the wrong turn ing the previous afternoon. However, fortified by Mr. McConnell 's appa lli ng jokes we soon put that right, and had a superb wa lk along a deserted valley to Shenaval bothy. The cadets slept inside th is stone building, whilst the officers, aware of the mice problem, braved the high winds and camped outside. The last day began at 05.45. In biller cold and sunshine we set off on operation 'Claymore Thrust' to go 9 miles by 11.00 to the pick-up poi nts. We waded rivers (th is time only Simon got his feet weI) jumped about in bogs, and fina ll y speed-marched down the side of Loch na Sea lga. We needn't have worried about rushing - the min ibus had broken down, and Mr. Boot h had to cram us all into a Landrover. St ill , as Captain Vye said, 'A bad ride is better tha n a good walk'. Nevert heless, the th ree days had been a very good walk, enli vened by Mr. McConnell's jokes, Hugh's ga iters, Simon's wet fee t, a nd - P lank's howli ng. SIMON COLE.

SUMMER TERM ACTIVITIES Because of A levels our senior NCOs had to take a back scat. However, their example in the past reaped dividends, as the next generation began to take over and run the training. I would li ke to thank Sergeant Major Henderso n, Col.Sgt. Jevons, Sgt. Derouet, and Sgt. Manning for all their ha rd work this year: they leave the Army Section in good shape. The main focus of the term was the Bienn ial Inspection by an O.K.S. (and former pupil of Mr. Wen ley), Group Capta in Day, who arrived at Hythe Ranges by helicopter, and at the end of the inspection whisked ha lf-a-doze n cadets due to go on a biology field course back to Canterbury in his flying machine. The range was perfect for our requirements, enab ling us to show the C.C.F. fir ing the new Cadet Weapon, windsurfing and canoeing, using the radios, carrying out a fie Jdcrafi exercise, and erect ing a jaekstay for shift ing heavy weights across obstacles. The Group Capta in 's report was complimen tary, and renects the enthusiasm and skill of the whole body of cadets. At lime of writing we are taking th irty-two cadets to camp, inclu ding two girls, the largest number in recelll times. A good proportion of these are young recru its, a nd we arc very pleased that the Sectio n is not only att ract ing Shell formers in, but also interest in g them eno ugh to keep them there. T he compet itive spirit has been encouraged deli berately th is year. The orienteering competition was ini tiated last autumn, and that will become a fixture. Likew ise, fieldcraft a nd shoot ing had their part to play in the sum mer competition towards the end of this term, a nd Mr. Booth has kindly donated a shield which will be awarded each year to the pla toon whic h per forms best overa ll. We wish all the best to Sergeant Majo r Henderso n at his R.C.B. in the near future, and to Cpls. Veitch and Wallace who are going th rough in terviews fo r a n Army Scho larship. M .J.Y. 25 1

C .C.F. NAVY SECTION VISIT TO PORTSMOUTH At 6.30 a.m., and in high spirits. we left for Portsmouth , and after a n entertaining journey we were given an enthusiastic welcome by Lieutenant John Barclay who was to show us round our parent sh ip, the Ai rcraft Carrier H.M .S. Illust rious

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area was fu ll , we were treated to lunch in the sh ip's Wardroom. After O Uf visit we had eno ugh time to visit the 'Mary Rosc' or the 'Warrior' depending on preferences. We retu rned in the min ibus having enjoyed a tho rough ly event ful day. HÂŁ!NRY SHÂŁ!LFORD. Having been served a very generous a nd delicious lunch in the 'five-star' surro undings of the wardroom, followed by coffee in the comfortable lo unge, a certain you ng Henry Shelford was ready to swear his a llegiance to The Crown and sail in to the sunset. However, to the accompa nimen t of mutterings of 'This is the li fe' fro m our would-be stowaway we managed to d rag him d ow n the gangway a nd back to the reali ty of the King's School mi ni bus.

W.M. SUMMER TERM ACTIVITIES W ith the weather a llowing o utdoor activ ities, the sectio n spent a n un usua ll y large amou nt of tim e o n a nd over the water, in the fo rm of sai ling, windsu rfing, a nd Jackstay Tra nsferring. A part icularly successful afternoon was spent poli shin g o ur Jackstay Drill across a river. A touch of reali ty was added by transferring the visiting Cricket Team from Dover College Ju nior School fo llowing their match o n the River Field at J.K.S. thus allowing us to practise the art o f 'The J ackstay Transfer' in ant icipat ion o f the Biannual inspectio n. In honou r of a visit by the C.C.F. Boats O ffi cer, Comma nder Peter Ooss R.N.R., an excellent lu nch was provided in T he Societies Room at which the Headmaster, the Naval Section and School C .C.F. Officers were present. Commander Goss enjoyed the opportu ni ty of meet ing the Scction a nd is looking into the possibil ity of us havi ng our own Bosu n Sailing Dinghy if a nd when one becomes availab le. After lunch he visited the sai li ng fac ilities al Westbere. T he C.C.F . Inspectio n went without too many hitches, although a quick change of pla n to the jackstay was necessitated after an init ial tria l resulted in the tem po rary indi spositio n o f a member o f the Army Secti o n. Fi nall y I would like to thank Tom Peer (head of section), Jo nathan lbbolt and Andrew C harleswort h for their invaluable service to the Sectio n and wish them every success at university, and also the Officer Commandi ng, Mr. Bill McConnell, and Mrs. McConnell fo r their hosp itality over the year. NrC HOLAS DAVIES.

C.C.F . ROYAL AIR FORCE SECTION First of all , o ur congrat ulations go to J .Cp\. P . Pitta way and First Class Cadets J. Tu rner, S. Cole, Victo ria MilnerWillia ms, J . Jevons, A . Mercer, M. Willis-J ones, B. Sun , J . Hawk ins and C. Pearce for passing their Pa rt 2 examination. All except J . Hawk ins a nd C. Pearce completed a project and presenta tio n successfully this term and now become Leading Cadets. J.Cpls. S. Bowker, N. Turner and Leading Cadet M. Bowker passed their Adva nced T ra in ing exam inat ion with excepti onally hig h marks and S. Bowker now becomes a Senio r Cadet. Du ring the Easter ho lidays, J. T urner a nd M. Bowker attended a gliding course at 617 Squadron, R.A.F. ManSion a nd J . T urner was awarded his glidi ng wings. Unfortuna tely weather cond itions p revented M. Bowker co mplet ing his solo fli ght but he ho pes to go back o ne weekend to complete the co urse. He will be goin g back to R.A.F. Manston in August fo r h is Flying Scho la rship. Also in August, N. Tu rner a nd S. Bowker will be attend in g glid ing courses a t R.A.F. West Mailing and R.A.F. Cosford respect ively. We wish them al1 a successfu l ti me. T his term we have had 3 visits to No. 1 A.E.F. at R.A.F. Ma nston for Chi pmunk fly ing; a trip on the River Stour in canoes; a little drill ; a nd pistol a nd rifle shoot ing. Marksmen badges were gained by N. T urner, J. Hawk ins, J. Jevons, C. Pearce and M. Staffo rd, 1st class badges by S. Cole, J. Cridge, J . T urner and P. Pittaway a nd a 2nd class badge by Victoria M ilner~Wi 1li a m s. Field Day a nd the Biannual Inspection coincided, a nd consisted of a trip to Hyt he Ra nges (where cadets were put through their paces with the new serv ice rifle) battle drill , and water-sports (wind surfing and canoeing). T he hovercraft was exhib ited a nd had its fi rst fli g ht across water. Under the su pervisio n of Cp\. M. Stafford, the hovercraft has been o perating q uite well this term. T he term ended with a sumptuous C.C.F. Barbecue, supplied, prepa red and cooked b y the R.A.F. Sectio n . Sgt. J . Cridge and Cp\. M. Staffo rd will be leav ing us th is year and I wou ld li ke to thank them for their su pport and help and wish them well in the fut ure.

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SOCIAL SERVICES With the number o f volunteers peaking at 85 this past year, the number of acti vities has had to increase and the main additions have been Mustard Seed , Hersden P rimary School, Kent and Canterbury Hospit al, Age Concern . St. Martin's Hospital and the P ilgrim's Hospice. Hersden P rimary School: Claire Panayides and Hayley Petts repon : 't he week ly visit s to Hersden P rimary School proved to be a worthy and most satisfying experience. E nthusiasm and interest was apparent in most of the children thrOughout the afternoons which were most enjoyably spent playing rounders, reading and most rewardingly the constrllclion of pa pier-mache pigs !' Age Concern : Dav id Beckett reports: 'for ma ny , Sundays can become a boring routine like any ot her day; however. for some members of Linacre house the monotony was broken by helping Age Concern . T his involved collecting people from around Canterbury for a Sunday lunch and chat, something very valuable when one is confined to a single room of Ihe house'. Among the less recent acti vities Ju lien Foster reports on Parkslde where he has been going for the past three years: 'about five of us go to Parkside Primary School every Thursday, thanks to chauffeur Mr. Woodward. 1 generally take a group of four outside the classroom to do activities ranging fr om learnirig how to use a dictionary, to playing Consequences. After play-t ime I take another group to the library for a story, and to talk about topics such as Margaret Thatcher and abort io n. I have immensely enjoyed Parkside. and would like to recommend it as a 'different' activ ity.' St. Augustine's: Andrew Hone writes: 'Many people have been visiting SI. Augustine's Mental Hospit al th is term. We simply talk to the patien ts, if they want a chat. T he large increase in popularity in this act ivity is no doubt due 10 the satisfaction that we get out of talking to people who are a little out of the ordinary - sometimes loveable, somet imes abusive but always glad to see new faces. Of particular in terest is John, in Cedar Ward, who is in constant need of pretty young King's girls who, he says, 'make me feel like I am eighteen again .' ' Mustard Seed: Philip Van Nou en comments: 'Mustard Seed is a centre for those with mental problems, open all day, including the weekend, for anyone to walk through the door. T ucked in the corner of St. John's P lace, better known to most as the P izza Place area, it is relatively unheard of in Canterbury. Since September 1988 a steady stream of King's pupils have been visiting the centre. T hanks to a donat ion and a special mention at a Sung Eucharist, there is a sign that Mustard Seed is being more heard of in Canterbury. Hopefu lly in the fut ure more King's pupils will choose to visit the centre, where their help will be much appreciated.' Umbrella : Peter Davies reports: 'this term fi ve people have gone each week to help out at 'Umbrella', an organisation designed ostensib ly to provide subsidised lunches, without any compulsion on the visitors. In fact its value is that it provides a lively meeting place for people who otherwise might become very lonely. This meant that our task was to talk to the people there which turned ou t to be both in teresting and rewarding, in that indiv idual friendships could develop during the term . Apart fro m this much time was spent being photographical, especially by Peter Apps, who featured in a newspaper article on the group. In September, Umbrella will become the Cha rity of the term.' Many thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Tennick, Mr. Woodward , Mrs . Pickering and Mr. Hullah for their help and support. I hope next term new volunteers will carryon the work of Social Services with as much courage, commitment and enth usiasm as last year.

D.D.

O.K.S. NEWS ' For many pupils this term will be the last one at King's, having just completed A levels or indeed G.C.S.E .s. I would lik e to welcome all school leavers as new members of the O.K.S. Association and hope very much that you will use the Associati on to its full capacity in the future. T here are numerous and varied act ivities which are fl ourishing and it may be use ful for all O.K.S. to be reminded of just a few of these along with the relevant people to contact for more details of dates , locations etc. O.K.S. Sports - incl uding golf, rowing, rugby etc. O.K.S. Careers -U niversity Day - an nually in Cantcrbury O.K .S. AGM & Din ner (fo rmal) - annually in London O.K.S. Suppers (very informal) - quarterly in London O.K .S. Overseas - worldwide contacts. For more informat ion on any of these write to Mike Hodgso n (Secretary of the O.K.S. Association, 2S T he P recincts, Canterbu ry) who will put you in touch with the relevant people running the activ ity. Many O.K .S. will not be aware thal grants are very occasionally available fr om the Associat ion fo r special needs and may wish to write to us for more deta ils. The O.K .S. Handboo k/ Directory (O.K .S. names and addresses) is being published at the end of this year, the last one bcing sent out in 1980. In order to help liS maintain our records, please not ify Barbara Slimmi ng at 2S T he Precincts if the in format ion printed is out of date and supply us with your new address if yo u move in thc future. Likewise if you know of any O.K .S. not in the directory because they have moved , got married etc. then do get them to write and tell us as we would be delighted to re-establish co ntact.

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We welcome all O.K.S. News and have been very encouraged at the increased level of act ivity over the lasl few yea rs and look forwa rd to the Association's continued success. In the meantime please do not hesita te to contact me at any time shou ld you have any questio ns about the Association or the socia l events for the comi ng year. PRESIDENT P ETER VA LPY.

Professo r T. Sta pleto n ( 1938) has been re-elected to the Co uncil of the Roya l Institute of Int ern ationa l Affairs. He delivered the Ten th Ro nald Mac Keith lec ture at Sloke Ma ndev ille in 1988. M . Spark (1941 ) writes 'a ny O. K.S. who has an y archive materia l or personal memories M lhe 1947/8 W allaby Rugby Tou r of Europe, would he conlact me a l Graylings, Niddsidc, Da rley , N r. H arrogate, H G3 2PW. (780792).' J . Watts (l943) ret ired from Meta lbox a few years ago a nd is busy gardening round his house in Mans fi eld, Nottingha mshi re. The Reverend O. W hile head writes that in J une 1989 the Arc hbisho p of Ca nterbury visited Za mbia , with his chaplain, Roger Symon (1954) which brought the tot al of O. K.S. in Zambia to three as E. J . Hockly (1948) continues to fa rm thcre. Mr. Whitehead ret ires as Priest-in-Charge, Livingstone. at thc end o f 1989. G. Fo ulds (1 946) is a Marine Consult ant and d uring a visit to G ibra ltar for work on a fire-damaged vesscl, got in touch wit h A lister Kneller (1946) a nd they had two lo ng evenin gs bri nging o ne a nothcr up to datc on their contem poraries in Par and Cante rbury. M. J . Gordon (1 946). After se rving as Chic f Executivc and Ma naging Director o f the Channel T unnel G ro up. has been appoi ntcd C ha irma n of Taylo r Wood row Management. Lt.-Co lo nel T. H . P ares RA (Reid) ( 1947) lives in Fakcham, No rfo lk where he cu ltivates a la rge garden when he is not run ning conservati o n goups in Ihe county . He has just re-met Peler Leighto n (1947) in Norwich who ow ns the C ro mer Gallery there. R. M. V. Beith (1 95 1) decided , after 3 I years with Fosler Whee ler, to set up his own business in the a rea of enviro nmental cont ro l processes and equipment, a nd would be glad to be in to uch wit h other O. K.S. working in these fie lds. (Oakwood, 22 Rot herfie ld Road, Henley-an-Tha mes. Oxon, RG9 1NN). J . Gim blett ( 1952) is now an airli ne's personnel consult ant and o n a visit to Gibra ltar to adv ise Air Europe's representatives, contacted the Chief Ju stice there, A. A. Kneller (1 946) which led to a stifling dinner in a ma ri na restaura nt. R. J . H . Baird (1 954) li ves in Dulw ich a nd works in the city an d recently clocked up 25 years wit h Impcria l Life of Canada - he is struggling to improve his golf ha nd ica p. N. H. Nicho lls. C BE (1956) has ret urned to the Ministry of Defence after 2Yl years secondment to the Cabinet Office. H is new appointment is as the Under Sec retary responsible for the scrutiny of o pera tio na l requ irement s a nd gener a l co-ordin ati o n of the defence equ ipment program me. M . E. W. Vincent (1957) has recently returned fro m the Eastern front where he was Shell 's manager in Poland . He describes Poland as a Nation of Paradox, full o f ' unconvent iona l po li tical confo rmity.' P. W. Barker ( 1958) emigrated to France th ree years ago, partly to ena ble his two children to o btai n the other ha lf of their intellect ual heritage - a pro per understand in g of French culture. and history - a nd is working a t INSEAD in Fo ntainebleau. H e hopes a n y O.K.S. who go to the ca mpus will contact hi m. M. M . Ha ll (1960) is current ly working in the Foreign and Co mmonwealth O ffice after fo ur years in thc Embassy in Th e Hague. Whilst in the Net herla nds he regularly rowed with all Du tch crews. S. Easlwood (1 962) is Di rector o f Busi ness Developmcnt to the Coca-Cola Company in Africa, the Middle East and Sout h As ia. He is based in Banko k. J . H . A. J . Armstrong (1 964) writes ' It may be worth reco rd ing tha t there have been three O. K.S. together recently in the co rrid or o f W hitehall power: C. O. Powell ( 1960) as the Prime Min ister's P rivate Secretary for overseas affairs a nd N. H. Nicholls ( 1956) as Assistant Under Secretary on secondment from the Ministry o f Defence and me (a Roya l Navy Captai n o n secondment) wo rking together in the Cabinet Office. N. V. W . Hayes (1967) has just beco me Prod ucer of The Wo rld In Act io n . Lt. Comm ander J . Fra nks (197 1). In February was a ppo inted to 702 Naval Air Secti on at Port la nd as the A ir Engineer O fficer and fo und that the Squad ro n Senio r Pilot was Lt. Commnnder S. Isnckc (1 973). 702 is a very busy Squad ron which trains bo th a ircrew and ground crews to o perate the Lynx MK3 Helicopter. J. R . F. Easlon (1972) is at present Assistant P rofessor of opera at the C in cinnat i Conservatoi re of Music. J. Cotto n (1975) is ma nager and pa rt owner of a Rock 'n' Roll Resort Hotel on a n isla nd off T hailand - Pato ng Beach , Phukel. A. M . Winsta nley (1 975) - he a nd Nicky now have three boys. H is wo rk is quitc a cha llenge as he is responsible for a llt echn icai aspects o f C lyde 's exploration and product ion in the Net herlands. T hey would be happy to see a ny O.K.S. passin g through the Net herlands. (address given on request). S. May ( 1977) (Boden C ummins at school) is taki ng a Bookbin d ing Fou ndation course at the Marlboro ugh School in Lo ndon.

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J. M. Evans (198 1) is Managing Director of C ity 'Headhunting Business,' specialisi ng in UK/European Equilie He plays Tugby for Sussex R.F.U . winning five championship caps in the 1988-89 season. s. M. W . Presland (1981 ) recently served a Co mmission in the Welsh Guards in Germany. West Belfast and Londo n the latter involving ceremonial duties at Buckingham Palace. He left the Army in 1988 and is now worki ng fo r â&#x20AC;˘ firm of wine-shippers in London. a R. Kruger (1984) now lives in South Africa and works for Commercial Union Assurance as a trainee systems a nalyst

He plays rugby for Pirates Rugby Club.

H. Pritchard (1985) writes that he recently organised a dinner for O.K .S. in Cambridge: 'It took place in Trinity College on 18th February, and was attended by 21 of the 50 O.K.S. I know to be at Cambridge, perhaps partly due 10 my leaving too lillie lime for the others to reply!' Those who attended were: Hugh Pritchard, J ohn Pritchard, William Hawks, Piers McCleery, Patrick Paines, Andrew Gillespie-Smith David Watk ins, Adam Barron, P ia Lofdahl, Natalia Fetherston-Di lke. Andrew Farrell, Ian Brown. Miranda Merron' Blythe Levett. John Foord. Nigel Lake, Octavia Morley, Christopher Brooke, Alex Vanderlip. Andrew Harding, and J~nathan Aylott, now working in Cambridge , having graduated from Exeter University. Julian Kennard (1988) is skipper of the Read ing-based steamer Mary Stuart. before starling at Read ing University in October.

ENGAGEMENTS Hindley-Guy C. B. H indley (1977) to Betty Ramsbotham. [ vans- Jon athan M. Evans (1981) to Sarah Peasley.

MARRIAGES Blaekall-Rodney M. Blackall (1955) to Penny C. Leech o n 151h April 1989. Franks-LieuLCommander Jeremy Franks (197 1) to Lisa Davies in November 1988. Iqbal-Amer Iqbal (1976) to Anita Alam in March 1989. Willis- John D. Willis (1980) to Caroline Earl on 141h January 1989. Warr-David J. Warr (1982) 10 Pamela Hooker on 18th March 1989. Baines-C harlotte L. Baines (1983) 10 Simon Davies on 6t h May 1989.

DEATHS Will-Major General John Evered Will, C.B., C. B. E. M.C. (1914) in May 1989. Honey- Henry Charles Honey (1927) on 23rd May 1989. Millar-Wall-George Millar-Watt (1949) on 22nd December 1988. Peck-John Russell Peck (1953) on 12th J une 1989.

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