The Suttonian 1976

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T H E SUTTONIAN

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1976

COMMEMORATIVE 1976

ISSUE

EDITOR: ROBERT DES TROIS MAISONS

EDITORIAL COMMITTEE NICK DICKENS CHRIS BERINGER WILLIE KNOCKER ANDY BETTS GRAHAM SAGAR

The Magazine covers depict "Renaissance"and "The Modem Age" by M.P. Smith (from his "Four Centuries of History " Quatercentenary Feature).

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Editorial Note Having no particular axe to grind and deeming the rattling of literary sabres to be inconsistent with the festive temper of the Quatercentenary celebrations, the Editor has declined to exercise his accustomed prerogative, namely the tossing of brick-bats at all those good old Aunt Sallies which have always served for editoral targetpractice. Therefore no Maoist manifesto, no cries of 'Down with Skul!" and, certainly, no self-congratulatory pat on the back. The "Suttonian" Committee hopes that this conmiemorative issue will mark the occasion of the School's four-hundredth birthday with a suitable "splash"

and would like to take this opportunity to thank publicly all who contributed to the magazine. A special debt of gratitude is owed to Mr. Grierson Rickford, who laboured long in bringing this issue to press. His help and guidance were invaluable. Thanks are also due to Mrs. Dring who typed much of the copy, and to Messrs. Chance and Beaman for their eagle-eyed work at checking the proofs.

Readers may also be interested to know that for the first time the "Suttonian" is printed by the Doveton Press, which is owned by C. Doveton-Gerty, an Old Boy of the School.

Masters - PrefectsMASTERS Headmaster: M.R. RICKETTS, M.A. Second Master: P.S.W. MacILWAINE, M.A. Assistant to H.M. : R.P. COUTTS, M.A., F.R.G.S. Assistant Masters D.A. SIMMONS,

D.L.C. (Hons)

A.G. FOULKES, M.A. R.E. H O R N , M . A .

A . R. D O U G L A S , M . A .

B. D. W A R B U R T O N ,

B.Sc.

M.H. F A I R B A N K , M.A. F. R. B A L L ,

B.Sc.

R.F. B A T E S ,

B.Sc.

R.D. CHANCE, M.A. M.F. B E A M A N , M . A .

J. M C C O R M I C K , B . A .

K . M . S M I T H , B.Sc, D.W.

M.I.Biol.

TAYLOR

G. G. A B L E , M . A .

B . J . L I T T L E , B.Sc,

A.F.I.M.A.

Bursar

C.R.G. SHAW, M.A. B. R. DAY, M.A. A.N. GRIERSON RICKFORD, M.A. I.H. MARTIN, B.A. W.K. PIPER, B.A., B.Ed. J.S.E. FELTWELL, B.Sc.,Ph.D.,F.R.E.S.,F.L.S.,M.I.Biol.

F.R.R. JACKSON, G.R.S.M.,F.R.C.O.,A.R.C.M.,L.T.C.L. Major J.B. HUGHES, B.A. M.E.F. PETTMAN, M.A. C. H. THATCHER, B.A. The Rev. D.J. BARNES, Dip.B. and R.S. Mrs. M.A. POPAY, B.Sc. Mrs. B.J. PIPER Mrs. M.S. ABLE, B.Ed. Mrs. M.P. PETTMAN, B.A. Lieut. Cmdr. T.P. HALL, R.N. (Rtd.) PREFECTS HEAD OF SCHOOL

Ciiristmas and Lent Terms: G.M. SHARP (F) Summer Term : N.A. SMITH (L) SCHOOL PREFECTS: S.F. BATES, (F) M.K. EDWARDS (F) M.HARFOOT(M) P.V. HO AD (W) S.J. KEEBLE (C) L. KUNG (W) T.I. WEEDON (L) HOUSE PREFECTS: Comwallis: R.D. DES TROIS MAISONS A.C. GRANT-MORRIS N.J. DICKENS J.M. BAULF P. KELLER D.C.G. FOSTER W.I. KNOCKER St. Margaret's S.J. CAMPBELL P.J.S. HIRST M.K. INGLIS P.C.E. PRENTIS R.J. SCOTT-WILSON D.J. WEBB M.R. BENSON I.M. SUTHERLAND M.C.S. WELLS

Founder's: J.E. BENT A.A. MOLE M.N. PHILLIPS M.G. SMITH J.D. ANDERSEN J.P. COOTE

Lambe's J.P. ANDREWS T.G. BENNETT C.J. BERINGER CD. FERMOR M.D. PEVERETT C.J. WAIT G.D. CHILTON Westminster: P.J. BOTTOMLEY M.R. DAY I.e. PALMER M.J. WITT M. BROWN R. BROWN J.R.E. LOVELACE

Valete CHRISTMAS TERM 1975 BAX P.V. ( 1 9 7 1 - L ) ' 0 ' levels. 2nd XV Rugby. U16 X I Hockey.

BISHOP S.R. (1972-L) ' 0 ' levels.

HART G.L. (1972-C) ' 0 ' levels. 1st XV, Rugby. 1st X I Hockey. 2nd X I Cricket. Senior Basketball Team.

Capt. of Judo (colours). Duke of Edinburgh Silver Award. Goes to Geelong Grammar School, AustraUa. O'BRIEN R. (1972-M) ' 0 ' levels.

PEVERETTM.D.(1971-L)'A'levels. House Prefect. Foundation Scholar.

RADFORD N . (1972-M) ' 0 ' levels. U15 X I Hockey. Goes into building.

LENT TERM 1976 SHARP G.M. (1969-F) ' A ' and 'S' levels. School Prefect.

Head of House. Head of School. 1st X I Cricket (halfcolours). 1st X I Hockey. 1st X V Rugby (captain and colours). Clothworkers Prize. Scholar. Address: Swiss Cottage, Staplehurst, Kent.

COLLINGWOOD (1974-F) K A Y E M . H . (1975-C) SPICE A.E. (1973-L) SUMMER TERM 1976 ANDERSEN J.D. (1971-F)'0' levels. House Prefect. Crosscountry Team (captain and colours). Senior Swimming Team. 2nd X V Rugby. U15 Cricket Team. Hon. Sec. Soccer Society. Address: Court Lodge Farm, Harrietsham, Kent.

ANDREWS J.P.D. (1972-L)'0' levels. House Prefect. Senior Athletics Team. 2nd X V Rugby. Address: Halfways, Smarden, Kent.

BARRY J.R.F.T. (1973-C) ' 0 ' levels. Cross-Country Team (half-colours). Senior Athletics Team. Lance-Corporal in C.C.F. Address: Brisley Rise, Willesborough Lees, Ashford Kent.

BATE G.I. (1973-C) ' 0 ' levels. Senior Athletics Team.

Address: 4 The Rise, Sevenoaks, Kent.

BATES S.F. (1969-F) ' A ' levels. Head of House, School Prefect. Senior Basketball Team (half-colours). 2nd X I Hockey (captain). 2nd X I Cricket (captain). Duke of Edinburgh Silver Award. Address: Co'rnwaUis House, Sutton Valence School, Kent.

BAULF J.M. (1971-C) ' A ' levels. House Prefect. Senior Athletics Team (captain and colours). 1st XI Hockey (colours). 1st XV Rugby. U14 Cricket. Capt. of Judo.

Junior Fencing Team. Junior Basketball Team. Guardian of the Gavel to Hunting Society. Hon. Sec. Conjuring Club. E.S.U. Scholar. Goes to Holderness, U.S.A. Address: Cromlie Lodge, Summer Hill, Chiselhurst.

BEDFORD P.R. (1970-M) ' 0 ' levels. 1st X I Cricket (halfcolours). 1st X I Hockey. 3rd XV Rugby. Address: 6 Hartley Close, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire .

BENNETT T.G. (1969-L) ' A ' levels. House Prefect. Senior Cross Country Team. 3rd XV Rugby. Senior Athletics (half-colours). Hon.Sec. History Society, Chairman of Conjuring Club.

BENT J.E. (1970-F) ' A ' levels. House Prefect. 1st XV Rugby. Goes to Miami University, U.S.A. Address: French House, Lympne, Kent.

BERINGER C.J. (1973-L) ' A ' levels. House Prefect. U16 Fives. 3rd XV Rugby. Head of Drama Society.

Suttonian Committee. Distinction and History Prize.

Address: Patterdale, Newick, Lewes, Sussex.

BEST S.P. (1973-C) ' 0 ' levels. Choir. Music Scholar. Goes into Hotel Management. Address: Ridgewood, Fawkenham, Dartford, Kent.

BOTTOMLEY P.J. (1971-W) ' A ' levels. House Prefect. 2nd XI Hockey. 3rd XV Rugby. Cross Country Team.

Exhibitioner. Winstanley Prize. Goes to Naval Architecture. Address: 3 Upper Mill, Wateringbury, Maidstone, Kent.

CALVELEY S.C. (1971-F) ' 0 ' levels. Judo Team. Address: Edingtune, Kingswood, Sutton Valence, Kent.

CAMPBELL S.J. (1971-M) ' A ' levels. House Prefect. 1st X I Cricket. 1st X I Hockey. 1st V I Tennis. 1st V I Badminton. 2nd XV Rugby. Hon Sec. Mahjongg Socciety. Address: Regent Estate, Batang Melaka, Negeri, Sembilon, Malaysia.

CHAMPION J.R.M. (1972-M) ' 0 ' levels. Senior Athletics Team. U15 XV Rugby. Address: Down End, Elmfield, Tenterden, Kent.

CLARKE P.S.C. (1971.B and F) ' 0 ' levels. Goes to M and M Tech. College. Address: 5 Elvington Close, Queens Avenue, Maidstone, Kent.

COLEMAN J.D. (1974-L) ' 0 ' Levels.

COOTE J.P. (1970-F) 'A' and 'S' levels. 2nd X I Cricket.

3rd X I Hockey. Hon.Sec. Soccer Society. Music and German Prizes.

COSSHAM N.H. (1975-W) U14 X I Hockey DAY M.R. (1972-W) ' 0 ' levels. House Prefect. 2nd XV Rugby (captain). 1st V I Tennis Team. 3rd X I Hockey.

Cross-Country Team. Address: 9 The Ridings, Sandy Lane, Cobham, Surrey.

DES TROIS MAISONS R.D. (1972-C) ' A ' levels. House Prefect. 3rd XV Rugby. Capt. of Chess Team, Bridge Team. UIV and Vth Form Prizes, Distinction Prize, Bloxham Prize, Wheeler Prize. Scholar. Goes to Oxford University. Address: c/o J.D. Stanway, P.O. Box 315, Knowlton, P.Q., Canada.

DICKENS N.J.A. (1970-C) ' A ' levels. House Prefect. 1st XV Rugby (half-colours). Capt. of Shooting V I I I . 2nd X I Hockey. Duke of Edinburgh Silver Award. UIV and V Form Prizes. Address: Greenshill, Oakhill Road, Sevenoaks, Kent.

EDWARDS M.K. (1969-F) ' A ' levels. School Prefect. 2nd X I Cricket. 3rd XV Rugby. U16 Hockey. IlIrd and Vth Form Prizes, 3 Distinction Prizes, 2 MacDonald Current Affairs Prizes. Exhibitioner. Goes into Chartered Accountancy. Address: Pinkhorn Farm, Headcorn, Kent.

EDWARDS P.A. (1971-F) ' 0 ' levels. Goes into Farm Management. Address: Pinkhorn Farm, Headcorn, Kent.

EL-TAYEB A . I . (1972-C) ' 0 ' levels. U19 Basketball Team.

Senior Athletics Team. 2nd XV Rugby. 2nd X I Hockey. Address: 16 Montpelier Sq., London S.W.7.

FERMOR C D . (1970-L) ' 0 ' levels. House Prefect. 1st V I Tennis Team (Capt. and colours). 1st V Squash (halfcolours). 1st X I Hockey. Address: Culls Farm, Dean Street, East Farleigh, Maidstone, Kent.

GENTRY G.A.B. (1973-L) ' 0 ' Levels GRIMWOOD P.C. (1973-L) ' 0 ' levels. 2nd XV Rugby.

Senior Swimming Team. Goes to Celtic College to read Building. Address: 13 St. Julians Farm Road, West Norwood, London.

HOAD P.V. (1972-W) ' A ' levels. School Prefect and Head of House. Cross Country Team. 3rd XV Rugby. 3rd X I Hockey. Sgt. in C.C.F. ' 0 ' level Prize. Goes into Management. Address: 19 Coney Acre, West Dulwich, London.

H A L E K . E . ( 1 9 7 3 - W ) ' 0 ' levels. 1st V Squash, 1st IV Fives.

Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award. Address: 17 Woodlands Road, Bickley, Kent.

HARFOOT M.D. (1972-M) ' A ' levels. School Prefect and Head of House. Senior Swimming Team. 2nd X I Hockey. Senior Athletics Team. 3rd XV Rugby (capt). Fencing Team (capt. and colours). Sgt in C.C.F. Goes to Plymouth Polytechnic to read Estate Agency. Address: 14 The Crescent, St. Stephens, Canterbury, Kent.

HARTLEY P.E.(1975-B) HAYWARD P.M. (1972-C) 'A' levels. Badminton Team.

3rd XV Rugby. 3rd X I Hockey (captain). Cross Country Team. L/Cpl in C.C.F. Hon.Sec. of Astronomy Society. Captain of Chess Team. Bridge Team.

Scholar. Address: c/o Mrs. M. Craft, Terlins, Mill Lane, Long Parish, Andover, Hants.* HIRST P.J.S. (I971-M) ' A ' levels. House Prefect. 3rd X I Cricket. Choir. Address: 70 Bow Lane, Finchley, London.

KEEBLE S.J. (1971-C) 'A' levels. School Prefect. Head of House, 2nd X V Rugby. U16 Fives, Fencing Team.

Sgt. in C.C.F. Exhibitioner. Goes into Accountancy.

Address: Nightingales, Tintelles Lane, West Hoarsley, Leatherhead, Surrey.

KELLER P. (1971-C) 'A' levels. House Prefect. 1st XV Rugby. 2nd X I Hockey. Senior Swimming Team.

Senior Athletics Team. Senior Basketball Team (captain and colours). Duke of Edinburgh Silver Award.

Goes into Civil Engineering. Address: 46 Shoot-up-Hill, Kilburn, London.

KIRBY M. (1974-W) ' 0 ' levels.

KUNG L.L.C. (1973-W) '0'levels. School Prefect. 3rd XV Rugby. Fencing Team. Judo Team. Chess Team. Goes into Chartered Accountancy. Address: 134 Tin Ham Temple Road, Apartment 5 (Band C), Hong Kong.

INGLIS M.K. (1972-M) ' A ' levels. House Prefect. 2nd X I Cricket. U16 XV Rugby. 1st IV Fives. Senior Swimming Team. Sgt. in C.C.F. Duke of Edinburgh Silver Award. Address: 7 Mayfield Park, Wadhurst, Sussex.

LAMPARD C.J. (1973-F) ' 0 ' levels. U16 X I Hockey. 3rd XI Cricket. Crosscountry Team. Address: 35 Marston Drive, Maidstone, Kent.

LONG P.G. (1970--B/F) ' 0 ' Levels. 1st XV Rugby.

LAW

S.J. (1971-M) ' 0 ' levels. Address: Meadow Lea, Harrietsham, Maidsone, Kent.

MARSHALL P. (1973-C) ' 0 ' levels. Bridge Team. 3rd X I Hockey. 3rd X I Cricket. Address: P.O. Box 1596, Lusaka, Zambia.

MOLE A.A. (1973-F) ' A ' levels. House Prefect. 1st XV Rugby (half-colours). 2nd X I Hockey. Economics Prize. Address: 20 Lancet Lane, Loose Maidstone, Kent.

MONTGOMERIE A.R.M. (1973-M) ' 0 ' levels. 2nd X I Cricket. 2nd IV Fives. Goes into Farming. Address: Preston Farm, Shoreham, Kent.

MYERS R.W.N. (1974-M) ' 0 ' levels U15 X V Rugby. Senior Athletics Team. Goes to Judd School. Address: Woodhorne, 87 London Road, Tonbridge, Kent.

PALMER I.e. (1972-W) 'A' levels. House Prefect. U16 Cross Country Team. U16 Athletics Team. Goes into Teaching. Address: 91 Marlborough Crescent, Seveno 3.1cs ICs n t PHILLIPS'M.N.'(1971-F) ' A ' levels. House Prefect. ' 0 ' Level Prize. Goes to Nottingham University. Address: Mantles Farmhouse, Firs Lane, Ashford Road, Hollingbourne, Kent.

PRENTIS RC.E. (1972-M) ' A ' levels. House Prefect. 1st VIII Shooting. Sgt. in C.C.f. ' 0 ' level Prize. Goes to Leicester Polytechnic. Address: Steam Farm, Peasmarsh, Rye, Sussex.

PRESTIDGE R.A. (1969-W) 'A' levels. Head of Art Society.

Art Prize. Goes to Ravensbourne Art College studying Graphic Design. Address: 68 Manor Wood Road, Purley, Surrey.

PRIESTLEY C.deB. (1973-W) ' 0 ' levels. U16 V Squash, U16 Cross Country Team. Senior Athletics Team.

Address: High Standings, Sandhurst, Kent.

RUSSELL-VICK P.G. (1974-C) ' 0 ' levels. U15 X I Cricket.

U15 XV Rugby. Goes to Sevenoaks School. Address: Ameroak, Seal, Sevenoaks, Kent.

SALIGUPTA A. (1975-L) SAMAD I . (1974-W) 'A' levels. Goes into business. Address: Arcott House, 14/A/K.D.A. Scheme No. 1, Karachi, Pakistan.

SAWYER N. (1975-B) SAWYER S.(1975-B) SCOTT E.M. (1971-F) ' 0 ' levels. 1st XV Rugby. 2nd X I Cricket. Senior Athletics Team. Goes into AgricuUure.

Address: Ibornden Farm, Biddenden, Kent.

SCOTT-WILSON R.J. (1969,-M) ' A ' levels. House Prefect.

1st XV Rugby. 3rd X I Cricket. Junior Cross Country Team. Goes to Newcastle reading Avionic Engineering. Address: Tor Top, Cobden Edge, Mellor, Cheshire.

SMITH M.G. (1969-F) ' A ' and 'S' levels. House Prefect.

1st X I Cricket. Vth Form Prize. 2 Distinction Prizes.

Wood Prize. Kitchener Prize. Hon. Scholar. Address: St. Margaret's House, Sutton Valence School Kent.

SMITH N.A. (1969-L) ' A ' levels. School Prefect. Head of House. Head of School. 2nd XV Rugby. 3rd X I Hockey. "Suttonian" Committee. Duke of Edinburgh Silver Award. Distinction Prize. Headmaster's Prize.

Goes to Heriot-Watt University to read Architecture.

Address: 8 Priory Gardens, Old Basing, Basingstoke, STEPHENS G.J. (1973-C) ' 0 ' levels. Address: Ringlestone Farm House, Ringlestone, Harrietsham, Kent.

SUTTON D.J. (1971-F) ' 0 ' levels. Cross Country Team.

Athletics Team. Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award.

VAKIL-MOZAFARI A. (1975-L) WEBB D. (1969-M) '0'levels. House Prefect. 1st XV Rugby.

WEEDON T.I. (1969-L) ' 0 ' levels. School Prefect. 2nd X V Rugby. 2nd X I Hockey. 3rd X I Cricket. Clerk of the House to Hunting Society. Address: 16 Elmstead Lane, Chiselhurst, Kent.

WITT M.J. (1971-W) ' A ' and 'S' levels. House Prefect. 3rd X I Hockey. Goes to West Kent College. Address: 27 Woodfields, Chipstead, Sevenoaks, Kent.

WOODRUFF M.E. (1972-W) 'A' levels. 1st VI Tennis (halfcolours). Senior Cross Country Team. Address: Grey Beams, Leigh Place, Cobham, Surrey.

WRAIGHT P J . (1973-M) ' 0 ' levels. Senior Swimming Team.

L/Cpl. in C.C.F. Goes to Canterbury College for . OND in building. Address: 36 Woodstock Road, Sittingbourne, Kent.

YOUNG J.F.(1975-W) GRANT-MORRIS A.C. (197-C) 'A' levels. House Prefect, Head librarian, Hon. Sec, Astronomy Soc, Biology Prize.

Goes to Imperial College. Address: 57 Rodenhurst Road, Clapham Common.

Salvete CHRISTMAS TERM 1975 Lower VI Form V

Upper IV

Lower IV

.

Ajmal, M. (W) Ip,S.(C) Cheung, D.Y.M. (C) Eid,N.O.(W) Evans, D.A.P. (C) Hughes, M.P. (F) Akhlaghi, F . (C) Bishop, T. (F) Rochanapruk, T. (L) Saremi, K. (W) Alexander, C.T. (L) Baldwin, R.A.J. (L) Bearman, T.V. (W) Beckett, G.P. (W) Buckeridge,J.C.M.(C) aifton,A.M.(M) Cossham, N.H. (W) Cumberlege, C M . (C) Dean, S.S. (F) Dickens (mi), A.Q. (C) Dismorr, M.J.P. (C) Dodson, T.K. (M) Eraser, A.S. (W) Harris, S.R. (C) Hichens, J.B. (W) Hodges, J.S. (F) Hughes (mi), R.C. (F) Kershaw, S.A. (M) Khan, 0 . (L) Lewis, G.M. (L) Ucence, S.P. (C) Manning, M.N. (F) Morgan, A.J. (M) Mountjoy, M.C.H. (F) New, P.G. (W) PhiUips, T.R. (L) Read, W.H. (F) Richardson, D.I. (L) Rosenwald, J.P. (W) Rowe, J.I. (F) SaUgupta, A. (L) Storey, N.C. (M) Swatland, M.R. (L) Taylor (mi), S. (C) Thomas, S.M. (W) Thorpe, N.S. (L) Tissiman, D.C. (L) Vakil-Mozafari, A. (L) WaUer, J.A. (M) Ward, A.J. (M) Waters, J.R. (C)

Form III Form II

Watson, J.T. (W) Wheeler, J.E.R. (L) White, P.G. (L) Whitehouse, A. (L) Williams, T.O. ( L ) Butler, A.J. (H) Best (trts) D.G. (B) Butterworth, A.P. (B) Chantler, E.J. (B) Copson, A.M. (H) Davies, A.M.J. (B) Dean (mi), R.M. (B) Fermor (mi), R.F. (B) Fowle, D.J. (H) Gibson, M.P. (B) Hartley, P.E. (B) Hole, P.H.C. (B) Hopley, L.J.C. (B) Hughes (trts), J.P.C. (B) Jacobs, R.J. (B) Jones, S.G. (B) Norris, S.J. (B) Plommer, M.J. (B) Ricketts, (mi), J.R.E. Ruxton, J.A. (B) Thurston (mi), C.S. (B) Turton, R.M. (B) Wait (mi), S.T. (H) Watson (mi), J.R. (B) Winch, T. (B)

LENT TERM 1976 Lower VI Lower IV

Form III

Leow, C.K. (L) DorUng, D.B. (M) JaUad, M.E. (L) Kelsey, R.B. (W) Mardam-Bey (ma), A. (C) Melikian, K. (M) Morgan, R. (M) March, LP. (L) Novi, D.C.S. (W) Shimwell, J.G. (L) Mardam-Bey (mi), I. (H)

SUMMER TERM 1976 Lower IV

Harding, R.W. (C) Needham, A.S.J. (L)

NOTEBOOK Among a multitude of notable events in a busy Christmas Term a few deserve special mention: The First XV travelled to Yorkshire to play a 'Centenary Match' against Giggleswick School. The tour was rounded off by a game with Ashville College, Harrogate.

The School Play this year was Arden's "Serjeant Musgrave's Dance".

The annual industrial lectures were given by Sir Derek Ezra, Chairman of the National Coal Board, and Mr Tim O'Leary, O.B.E. The Royal Navy Schools' Presentation Team paid us a flying visit in November, when the highlight of their display was a dazzling piece of showmanship by the helicopter pilot, who 'waggled his tail' between the uprights of some handy rugby-posts.

The term ended with the traditional Advent Carol services in Chapel.

The Founder's Day Service was held on Monday, 9th February. The lesson was read by E.A. Craven, Esq., President of the O.S.A. Sutton Valence played host to two groups of young musicians during the year: The Director of Music, Mr. A.G. Foulkes, conducted the S.A.T.I.P.S.Orchestral Festival in Hall on May 17th. and the Chapel was the venue for the Festival of the Royal School of Church Music on 24th June.

Members of the C.C.F. and participants in the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme betook themselves to the airy regions of Snowdonia where they underwent a suitably 'arduous' week's training. R.F.B., J.B.H., and B.J.L. managed to survive the rigours of the local ale!

Parties visited the Aldwych, the Vies (both Young and Old), and the Marlowe at Canterbury to sample the predominantly Shakespearian fare.

The Lent Term brought with it the visit of Brother Samuel, S.S.F., who spent several days helping us to prepare for Easter. His evening talks were well attended but perhaps the most valued part of his ministry here was the time he spent in the Houses, chatting informally with boys, who were able to tackle him on their own terms. His quiet conviction made a deep impression on all who spoke with him, and we owe him a great debt of gratitude.

Early in the term, the Revd. David Barnes was formally installed by the Bishop of Maidstone as Chaplain to the School at a special service in the Chapel.

The Summer Term saw the wheels of the 'Quatercentenary Machine' grind into motion. The Pageant, 'A Madrigal for Master Lambe' by Tony Brown, was in vociferous rehearsal on the Headmaster's Lawn from the first week much to the distraction of the Shows in St. Margaret's and Westminster (at least that was the excuse they gave when faced by magisterial demands for tardy preparation work!)

A marquee of mammoth proportions heaved and humped its way into existence on the Lower, where its tortuous birth pangs may have served as a useful model for those geographers whose topic of the moment was 'orogenesis'.

What the biologists thought of it is not on record.

The morning visit by Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra on Thursday, July 1st, was a wonderful opening to the celebrations of the Quatercentenary of Sutton Valence School. Jupiter Pluvius treated us kindly, as indeed he did for most of the cricket season, and went to rain on the Cote d'Azur!

The annual Preparatory Schools Athletics Meeting was held on the afternoon of the Royal visit, and was well attended by prep-schools from all over Kent.

This 'annus mirabilis' ended on a note of high festivity with Speech Day, a Service of Thanksgiving and Rededication, at which the preacher was the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Prize-giving, where the guest of honour was Sir Charles Groves, O.S. The Quatercentenary Ball was held on the evening of O.S. Day, July 10th.

It is with deep regret that we announce the deaths during the year of two governors of the School, Mr. Robin Johnston and Mr. Otto Shaw. We extend our sincere sympathy to their widows and families.

Happier news was the arrival of a brand-new addition to the Able household, Lisa Maria by name -(that's Lisa with an 'ess', not Liza with a 'zed'); and we offer our warmest congratulations to G.G.A. and to Mrs. Able.

R.D. des Trois Maisons and G.M. Sharp are to be congratulated on gaining places at Exeter College, Oxford, and St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, respectively.

W.I. Knocker also deserves our congratulations on his award of an Army Scholarship to Sandhurst.

CONGRATULATIONS TO: Mr. and Mrs. C.R.G. Shaw on the birth of their daughter Amelia Charlotte.

Mr. M.H. Fairbank on his election to the Maidstone Borough Council as member for Sutton Valence and East Sutton.

Mr. F.R.R. Jackson on his marriage to Miss Maureen McAlUster, on August 27th, 1976.

T.J. Clarke on his selection for the Kent Schools U16 and the South East U16 Hockey XI M.R. Hart on being selected for the Kent Schools U16 Hockey Team.

M.R. Benson on his fine century for the Southern Schools at Eastbourne which gained him a place in the Public Schools XI. Mark also played for the English Schools Cricket Association, was captain of the Kent Schools U19 XI and appeared at the Oxford Festival for the A.K.C.C. UI9 XI. D.C.G. Foster was also selected to play for the Kent Schools U19 team.

J.E. Skinner played for G.H.G. Doggart's XI against the E.S.C.A. Under 15X1.

A.J. Foster was selected for the Kent Schools U14 XI. We are pleased to aimounce the award of Junior Colours ties to the following: J. Allison N.R. Shaw N. Butler M.D. Smith C.M.T. Ricketts J.C. Wickens (Thisaward was inaugurated in 1972 to recognise outstanding contributions to School sport at Junior Level.)

'0' L E V E L AWARDS AND PRIZES Scholarship:

A.J. Betts

Exhibitions:

I.M. Hajjaji J. Lebon I.M. Sutherland

Prizes:

J.E. Burnett M.H. Coote M. El-Guindi T.S.T. Foulkes A.D.E. Moony N.R.M. Politzer M.P. Smith

ENTRANCE AWARDS Major Scholarship: S.D. Courage

King's Junior School

Minor Scholarship: R.R. Orpin R.R. JCnocker

Friars' Pembroke House, Kenya

Junior Scholarships: D.O. Machin P.J. Banks J.H. Marriott

Headcorn Primary Tenterden Primary Staplehurst Primary

Ave Atque We At the end of the Christmas Term, we were sorry to say goodbye to the Reverend Bryan Armitage after what had been a comparatively short stay as Chaplain. The School community owes him much in the way of gratitude for his ministry here; we wish him well in his new appointment as Chaplain to Queen Ethelburga's School in his native Yorkshire.

Miss J. Terry, S.R.N. has left after a year as Sanatorium Sister. Mrs. Anne Allen relinquished her duties as Assistant Secretary to the Headmaster at the end of the Lent Term.

Miss Susan Renshaw, Caterer since 1968, has also left us for pastures new. We offer her our sincere thanks for all the hard work she put into the business of keeping us healthy and well fed. Our menus were the envy of all who visited us, while many a sigh of relief was heard from returning Suttonian teams who had sampled the fare of schools less fortunate than ourselves. Sue's expertise will not easily be replaced.

New faces in the Common Room this year include Mr-.i C.H. Thatcher, B.A., to teach German and French; Mr. M.E.F. Pettman, M.A., who joins the Mathematics department, and Major J.B. Hughes, B.A., to teach Mathematics and Economics. The Revd. David Barnes has also joined us during this year, and takes over the Chaplaincy. Mrs. M.E.F. Pettman, B.A., is now guiding the foreign students in their mastery of the intricacies of English, and Mrs. J. Dilnot has, taken over as laboratory technician.

We are pleased to say, also, that Miss L.C. Emmett, S.R.N., who coped magnificently with the ' f l u epidemic in the Lent Term, has agreed to take over the reins in the Sanatorium on a permanent basis. Miss V.M. Gardner is the new Matron of Lambe's, and Mrs. K. Dovey is Matron of Westminster. Mrs. J. Hunter has been appointed Headmaster's Assistaiit Secretary. We extend a warm welcome to them all, and trust that their stay will be a happy and rewarding one. We are grateful to Mrs. Horswell for her efforts as temporary caterer in the Summer Term.

PS.WM. All those who were at Sutton Valence in the early 50's will, I take it, remember the slogan "Pub pinches Periwinkle's pushbarrow". I arrived at the School after the event itself, but it was still very much in the air. The nickname - could it have been a mis-reading of Patrick's signature? - did not survive, but the catch-phrase lingers on, and its relevance to my present purpose is that it provides a link between two Second Masters. In a vvay of course the meaning has been reversed, as it was Patrick who "pinched" Norman Bentley's "pushbarrow", i f the burden of office can be so described.

Patrick Macllwaine came to Sutton Valence in 1950 to take over the Maths department, and he has always been known to be a fine mathematician, who has been at his best when teaching boys who have been able to follow his thought up into the airy regions of that most exacting subject. He has been concerned from the beginning with the SMP experiment, has collaborated in writing a text-book for it and continues in this connection to develop his ideas, which, as a Chief Examiner on the London Board, he is no doubt able to air in the appropriate quarter.

Patrick's achievement as Housemaster of St. Margaret's was recorded in the Suttonian for 1970 when he left office, but as I was his first House Tutor and have him to thank for my introduction to the affairs of the School — and incidentally to my wife — it is perhaps fitting that I should add my own tribute. I found him then, as I still do, generous and liberal-minded, always concerned for the boys' best interests and roused to anger chiefly by narrow-mindedness or bureaucratic intolerance, whether displayed by a colleague or Her Majesty's Inspector of Taxes.

The part played by Patrick in the introduction of hockey at Sutton Valence received its due mention in the previous article, and it is worth noting that in his time he was also a respected rugby referee. Many generations of chess-playing Suttonians will look back on him as their patron, and some from the earlier days will remember him as an actor, especially playing the Robertson Hare part in "Plunder". Even this was not all: as a cricketer he was the slowest of slow bowlers, so devious that sometimes even the ball itself would not know which way it was supposed to turn, and hesitant, pass straight through, to the amazement of all.

Patrick was Second Master from 1964 and brought to the job his qualities of competence, liberahty and discretion, so that when on occasion he was acting Headmaster he was able to keep things running smoothly enough. He had Uttle liking - and who will blame h i m ? - for the occasional lobbying and in-fighting which are surely to be found in any Common Room, but did his job steadily and honestly as he saw it. He will be much missed as a colleague, though I hope we shall continue to enjoy his friendship.

It would be impossible to say goodbye to Patrick without including Nora, who has served the School so well since, as Sister Daly, she took over the San in 1959.1 remember how worried I was as a very raw Housemaster when my prefects would stay there playing MahJongg until - when was it?

— perhaps as late as eleven o'clock! I t has been very pleasant having her back with us in recent years, helping out in her usual friendly and efficient way. To both Patrick and Nora we wish many years of happiness and activity in retirement.

R.E.H.

The Horns at Westminster Life at Boarding School has probably changed more considerably in the last twenty years than in any other comparable period in their history. Beating by prefects has disappeared, fagging has been largely abolished and a society rigidly geared to a system of seniority is a thing of the past.

It was in 1959 that Richard Horn became Housemaster of Westminster and under him Westminster has been leading the way towards a more liberal regime. It is hard to realize that so many aspects of school life which are now regarded as normal and right were looked on as revolutionary changes only a few years ago and to take the first steps demanded considerable courage.

How do you measure the success of a regime? Victory on the football field would have been a sure sign to "Mr Chowdler" that God's blessing lay upon his House; "Mr. Bent", I feel, would have regarded scholarships v/on and positions of responsibility earned by members of his House as more important. No one would dream of under-rating such things but they are insignificant in comparison with whether or not the community which achieves them is ahappy one. Richard and Margaret have had no doubts about this. The rule has been tolerant; sometimes it has seemed laissez-faire but Richard has always distinguished more clearly than most between those things which are important and those which aren't. Westminster has been a happy community. I can't imagine Richard and Margaret ever being unapproachable or too busy to listen or shockable or unable to understand a problem. I f it has been necessary , they have taken boys to live with- their own family to tide them over a difficult period.

In recent years Margaret has been not only Housemaster's wife but also matron. The sewing room has become what every sewing room should be — a centre of gossip where every boy can find what he wants, comfort, an audience, a mother-confessor. No-one knows what secrets Margaret has been told. Certainly Richard is wise enough to pretend he doesn't know.

A final memory of the Horns at Westminster will be the contented sound of croquet balls being struck on the lawn on summer evenings, — even that most vicious of games took on an idyllic appearance under their regime.

A.R.D.

Not that Richard would ever dream of ranking himself among the courageous or the revolutionaries. His talent has been to look at every side of life and assess its real value rather than the dictates of convention. This is a gift which few possess. So he would see himself as a remover of some of the dead wood which inevitably accumulates over a period of time; certainly he has not sought to impose his own ideas, the notion of 'moulding them into a pattern' would appal him.

Reading this through, I feel I have been implying that the changes have been negative ones; this is not intended.

Westminster was the first House to have a forum and, brave man, Richard has organised meetings of parents to raise whatever questions they wished. This with no doctrinaire attitude of educational reform; the well-being of the boys has been the one priority.

G.C.P G.C. Penman came to Sutton Valence in September 1956.

Always a keep-fit addict, though not gifted as a player, he took full part on the games field: he will be remembered perhaps most vividly here in his participation and encouragement in running, judo and weight training. He was successively House Tutor of Westminster and Lambe's and took a great interest in his job.

Teaching French and German, he was a great perfectionist, particularly in the matter of accent. His insistence on high standards was perhaps not appreciated by the younger boys but in the V I form his teaching was highly regarded.

Rather a shy manner made communication difficult, but those who knew him well recognized his charm and dedication. Walking up from Lambe's with his inevitable Gladstone bag full of exercise books; running relentlessly round the local roads; cycling vigorously to Maidstone: for 18 years he was very much part of Sutton Valence.

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Chapel Notes After four years as a-Chaplain in the Royal Air Force, I arrived at the School rather suddenly at the beginning of the Lent Term. Bryan Armitage, my predecessor, returned to his home county of Yorkshire, where he continues as a School Chaplain - now, however, to the fairer sex at Queen Ethelburga's School in Harrogate. After two terms here, I am beginning to see where the ends of the various threads which I seized (or was handed) in January are leading. It would, of course, be most interesting to be appointed at any time to the Chaplaincy of a community such as this which, paradoxically, is at once close-knit and very diverse; but to join in this incredible year has been a unique experience.

From a Chapel view-point, the highlight of the year — among many bright spots - was the Quatercentenary Service, which did not in fact take place in the Chapel!

However, this is reported more fully elsewhere in this issue.

Preachers in Chapel during the year have included: The Revd. Bruce Hawkins Diocesan Youth Chaplain The Revd. E.N. Phair Vicar of Benenden (and Chaplain of Benenden School.)

The Revd. Dr. Alec Vidler (O.S.) The Revd. Douglas Watson Vicar of Headcorn The Revd. Robert Green Rector of Otham The Revd. Neville Gallagher Asst. Priest, 'The Three Suttons' The Revd. Philip Norwood (O.S.)Vicar of HoUingbourne The Revd. Peter Naylpr Vicar of All Saints, Maidstone The Revd. Ian Ogilvie Chaplain, Sevenoaks School The Revd. William Brewster Chaplain, H.M. Prison, (Maidstone) The Rt. Revd. Stanley Betts Dean of Rochester (and one-time Bishop of Maidstone) The Revd. Canon Michael Beek Rector of Speldhurst and Rural Dean of Tunbridge Wells.

As on many previous occasions, we were also glad to welcome the Revd. Bernard Coote, Vicar of 'the Three Suttons' for the past thirteen years. Sadly, we now have to bid him farewell; and, in thanking him for all the support he has given to the School over the years, we wish him and his wife, Anne, every blessing as they move to Bernard's new appointment at the Royal School for the Blind, Leatherhead.

To conduct the start of our Lenten observances, we were fortunate indeed to have with us-Brother Samuel, of the Society of Saint Francis, Hilfield, Dorset. His informal talks to many forms and groups, and his addresses in Chapel were very well received, and echoes of his visit sound even yet. We hope we may soon be able to welcome him back, and we are trying to think of a way to establish a permanent Unk of some sort with the S.S.F. Twenty-four boys were Confirmed by the Bishop of Maidstone in the Chapel on Friday, 14th May; this year, the Service included the First Communion for the first time, and — as last year — the candidates were presented to the Bishop by individual sponsors. The candidates were: Ian Mark Anderson (B) Keith Anderson (B)

Timothy David Ashenden (M) Simon Maxwell Batten (W) Christopher William Blanford (W) Michael Geoffrey Burge (F) David Charles Charman (W) Robert des Trois Maisons (C) Adrian Quentin Dickens (C) Neil Patrick Farrance (F) Andrew John Foster (C) Peter John Hickman (F) Philip Henry Chandler Hole (B) Rupert Eric Humphrey ( L ) John Oliver Nesbitt (C) Philip Graham New (W) Alexander Otto Plummer (W) Jonathan Leale Rowe (F) James Edward Skinner (C) Andrew Lester Smith (F) Andrew Bryan Strange (H) David John Swarbrick (W) Andrew James Waller (M) Mark Lindsay Winwood (F) We were pleased to have with us for the Service a number of clergy from the candidates' home parishes; it is, of course, most essential that Confirmation is seen as something which relates to the whole of a boy's hfe, and involves a commitment which includes exeats and holidays as much as the time spent at School. I t is good to know that in many instances very positive links with the parishes have been established, and I hope these will grow in strength with successive Confirmations.

In our pattern of worship in Chapel, we have been trying various experiments. We have adopted the 'Series 3' Services of Holy Communion and o f Morning and Evening Prayer, and the liturgical patterns which these new forms provide give us considerable flexibility. We are currently using an arrangement which links the Celebration of Holy Communion directly to the Office — either Matins or Evensong — and an instance of the value of this order was given . on Ascension Day, when 85 staff and pupils received the Sacrament. The experiments will continue here - as in the Church at large - for a few more years yet; and whilst one can sympathise with all who long for stability in form, as well as with those who regret the passing of the old order (and who, in all honesty, can suppress a sigh at the thought tliat the poetry and cadences of Cranmer's glorious prose and of the Authorised Version of the Bible will soon be heard no more in the land?), yet the fact remains that the Church is a living body which has to renew itself in every age. Perhaps it is singularly apt that in our Quatercentenary year we should change from using in our worship the sort of language which was spoken at the time of William Lambe to the use of a language which more clearly reflects the hopes, the aspirations and the theological posture of Twentieth-Century Man. Visitors to the Chapel will notice that a carpet now covers the formerly bare floor of the Chancel and the Chancel-steps, and adds a little colour to the east end; Suggestions for further improvements are always welcome; in particular, the time is rapidly coming when some alternative to the great red curtain against the east wall will have to be found. A stained glass window, perhaps?

The Revd. David Barnes.

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The Library Ernest Hambloch has now given us the majority of his library, a further instalment being collected to coincide with his 90th birthday. This is a magnificent gift and we hope he will have enough books left to keep him busy reading over the next decade.

Shelves have been put up in Room 10, next to the Library and this will be known as the Hambloch Room, which the Librarian will use as a form room. The majority of Ernest Hambloch's books will be kept here, to be taken out when needed: a few will be in the main Ubrary.

We are indeed most grateful for this gift and we hope that Mr. and Mrs. Hambloch will come down to inaugurate the new room in the autumn.

M.H.F.

There has been some expansion this year: 80 books have been acquired, and a new standing bookcase has been bought. By moving furniture the room in fact looks bigger. A.C. GrantMorris has been Head Librarian and I am grateful to him and his acolytes for their help.

We thank the following for their gift of books: P.L. Selfe (O.S.) D.W. Pitt (O.S.) Noel Prokter (O.S.)

For books they themselves wrote.

also R. des Trois Maisons and G. Pember (O.S.)

Music Retrospect Eighty-five boys took Theory Examinations ranging from Grade 1 to Grade 5, more candidates than ever before, and, on the academic side, of the four candidates for 0-level Music last summer (1975) one gained an A grade and the other three were awarded Bs. I would like to thank, on behalf of Robin Jackson, the musicians amongst the boys and myself, those many members of the staff and their wives who support the activities and give so much of their time to us. And we all congratulate our resident soprano, Mary Able, on the birth of Lisa Marie. Congratulations and best wishes, too, to Robin Jackson who will be a married man by the time this appears in print.

Sadder news: George Holley had a slight stroke about three weeks before the end of the Summer Term, but the latest news is that he is making a good recovery and, all being well, will be with us again next term.

Finally: many will remember a pop cantata called 'Naaman the Syrian', words by Horn, music by Foulkes, which the choir first performed in 1966 and again in 1974 in Canterbury Cathedral. In the audience at Canterbury was an American tourist, a member of a choir in New Jersey, who said that she had enjoyed the work and that it was the sort of thing her choir would enjoy doing. So we gave her a copy of the score, asking her to let us know i f it was ever performed. On July 5th we received a newspaper cutting headlined "Choir imports British Musical" which went, on to give details of a forthcoming performance by 'the combined adult choirs of the First Presbyterian Church of Mount Holly'. We are wondering now how the performance was received!

A.G.F.

With experienced string players low in number this year, it was decided to concentrate on wind music and a wind 'orchestra' was gathered together. I t consisted of two flutes, two oboes, three clarinets, two bassoons, four trumpets, two horns, a trombone and a euphonium, and as there is, as far as we know, no music published for quite that combination, works by Handel, Scott Joplin and Gerald Gifford, assistant organist of Ely Cathedral, were arranged for it and played in the School Concert in February. The ensemble also played the music which was specially composed for the Pageant which took place during the Quatercentenary Week.

Some young string players have come along this year under our new teacher, Rita Norris, to whom our thanks, and we hope to re-start the full orchestra next term.

The Madrigal Singers have continued to flourish and the Woodwind Quintet (John Coote, Richard Nichols, Andrew Betts, Toby Foulkes and Jonathan Burnett) have been playing well. This group have proved convincingly that music and games are not mutually exclusive by all representing the School, four at 1st X I or 1st XV level (two of them at both); and one of the group set iip two Athletics records and went on to break them, and has also set up a Swimming record.

Individual musicians have continued to develop their technique and musicianship and have been successful in the Associated Board examinations. The results have been very gratifying, particularly those of John Coote, Grade 8 flute, two terms after taking Grade 6, Andrew Betts and Jonathan Burnett, oboe and bassoon respectively, each of whom passed Grade 6 with Merit, and Nathaniel Harrison, who was awarded a Distinction at Grade 4 bassoon just over a year after taking up the instrument.

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spring Concert SUNDAY FEBRUARY 8th 1976 1 2 3 •

WIND ENSEMBLE Cottenham March Sinfonia from Saul PIANO DUET Two Spanish Dances RECORDERS IIA III

4

5

6

Gerald Gifford arr. Jackson Handel arr. Foulkes Michael Coote Phillip Bottomley Now, 0 now, I needs must part.

Tune for I I Now is the month of maying Piece X I I Three Tunes for Recorders and Percussion

Moszkowsky Dowland Foulkes Morley Foulkes Foulkes

L4A MADRIGAL SINGERS Jamaican arr. Foulkes Hill and Gully Thomas Campion Never weather-beaten sail Robert Jones Farewell, dear love Schmidt arr. Foulkes Try to remember Mexican arr. Foulkes Poll-parrot WOODWIND QUINTET Fiddle Tunes arr. Foulkes: Cupid's Waltz - My lodging's on the cold ground Two Waltzes: When daylight shines - The new-rigged ship (Piper's Fancy) Two Jigs: My love is but a lassie yet - Buffalo Girls Two Reels: TRUMPET and PIANO Purcell Trumpet Tune Jeremiah Clarke The Prince of Denmark's March Stephen Best and Mr. F.R.R. Jackson TRIO Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 2 Slow movement Bach Trio I John Coote (flute) Andrew Betts (oboe) Toby Foulkes (violin) PIANO DUET Carl Bohm Grand Military Gallop 'The Attack!'

Messrs. Jackson and Pettman WIND ENSEMBLE Scott Jophn arr. Foulkes Elite Syncopations "TRUMPETS FROM F I V E BEFORE E " OR THE INSIDE STORY OF SUTTON VALENCE "ORCHESTRA" saying that a conductor never smiles at the brass because he always wants them to play louder. Our conductor never smiled at us because we never played anything right - at first. But after much practice, it was as usual "all right on the night". The concert went, I thought, very well. It was a pleasure to see the young talents of our recorder-groups, as well as the new quintet and the trio, and of course the familiar round of the Madrigals. We in the brass are indebted to A.G.F.'s patience and conducting and, of course, to the seemingly indestructible Mr. George Holley, who, while we were all slowly dying from ' f l u regularly turned up every Tuesday to teach us. We are also sorry to lose Stephen Best at the end of the Summer and I only hope that I can follow boldly on in his first trumpet post in the Winter. But there is more fun in hand still this term as we practise the music for the Quatercentenary Pageant.

"2nd Trumpet" J.C. Turner (L.VI)'

This year we found ourselves with an all-wind group, but what we lacked in strings was made up by the brilliance of our lead woodwind players. We were also reinforced in the bass brass by our two "heavies", in the form of Messrs.

Jackson and Pettman, the latter on the trombone, and tifie former switching his skills from the piccolo to the euphonium. Our concert this Lent term switched our musical talents from the Military Band style of "The Cottenham March" (arranged by Mr. Jackson) to the beauty of the first movement of Handel's "Saul", and finally the lyrical, - and often difficult to play - rhythms of Scott Joplin's EHte Syncopations. My title "Trumpets from five before E' refers to a difficult — for us anyway — section in the Sinfonia from "Saul". The First Trumpet plays a short phrase, and this is echoed by the other three trumpets in progressive thirds below. That was the theory. In practice, at first, the first trumpet would play his tune, and then the rest would play something completely different. There is a 13

SUTTON V A L E N C E MUSIC SOCIETY CONCERTS 1;. James Blades O.B.E. Hon. R.A.M. '"' For the first of our njusic society concerts this year we were very pleased to welcome James Blades to Sutton Valence to give a percussion lecture/recital. I t was a most interesting and higlily entertaining evening - for Mr. Blades is not only an excellent musician but also a very competent humorist. With the assistance of Joan Goossens at the piano, he traced the history of percussion from its earliest beginnings in merely tapping stones together and primitive log and membrane African drums through early cymbals and gongs right up to the sophisticated modern orchestral instruments, examples of which he had brought with him. The high point of the evening, in terms of volume, was Mr. Blades's demonstration of the power of the tam-tam gong. By simply tapping the edge of the gong gently he produced a murmur which grew to a rushing noise which in turn grew to the deafening roar of a Jumbo Jet at close quarters. All in aU a most friendly and informative evening.

Divertimento for Flute, Oboe and Clarinet by Malcolm Arnold, Summer Music by Samuel Barber, La Cheminee du Roi by Darius Milhaud, and a quintet by Paul Toffanel.

It was a most successful and highly entertaining evening, bar one nasty moment when the oboist fell down some steps, but happily serious damage was done to neither player nor instrument.

3. The Medici String Quartet The quartet was formed in 1971 when the founder members were at the Royal Academy of Music. In 1973 they played at the Harrogate Young Musicians Series and shortly afterwards they gave their London debut at the Wigmore Hall. They were among the Young Musicians of 1974 selected by the Greater London Arts Association and at the Purcell Room concert given in connection' with the scheme they were awarded the prize for the best performance of the evening.

The programme consisted of the Quartet in E flat major Opus 44 No. 3 by Mendelssohn, the Quartet Opus 4 No. 64

by Haydn and the Quartet in G major Opus 18 No. 2 by Beethoven.

The performance was very well received by the audience which was held spellbound. It was an excellent evening's entertainment with a marvellous atmosphere.

4. Counterpoint The final concert of the season was one of the most enjoyable that I have been to. I t was an evening's swift look at vocal music from the fifteenth to the twentieth century. The programme started with Madrigals by Josquin des Pres and Palestrina, continued through the music of W. Cornish, Dowland and Morley to the more sophisticated music of Schubert and Debussy, and finished o f f with a range of 'songs from the Twentieth Century'. There was a very pleasant break from the completely vocal programme of music when one of the tenors, John Walker, played a beautiful Syrinx for flute by Debussy.

The members of the group were Philip Griffiths, countertenor; Christopher Royall, counter-tenor; John Tudhope, a former master at the School, tenor; John Walker, tenor; Anthony Edwards, baritone; and Christopher Dean, bass.

They are all ex-choral scholars of St. John's College, Cambridge and have been singing as a group since 1973.

They made their London debut at the Wigmore Hall on 31st March 1976.

AT D n v n A.J. Betts ( L V l )

2. The London Woodwind Quintet.

This was the first time that we had had a wind quintet at one of the Society concerts and it was, with great pleasure that we welcomed this particular quintet to Sutton Valence.

The flautist of the group is Kathryn Lucas from Chicago who studied the flute with Donald Peck of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. She gained a Masters Degree in music at King's College, London and is now a professor at the Guildhall School of Music.

The Oboist is Roger Smeeton from Gloucestershire, who studied at the Royal College of Music and then in Berlin. He has given recitals in both Germany and England and broadcasts as a member of the London Woodwind Quintet.

The Clarinetist, Nigel Keates, comes from Staffordshire and studied at the Birmingham School of Music, after which he taught and played in the Midlands.

The Horn player, John Frith, studied at the Guildhall School of Music and has played with the London Symphony Orchestra.

The Bassoonist, Graham Sheen, studied at the Guildhall School of Music and has played with the English Opera Group Orchestra and the Academy of St. Martin's in the Fields.

Kathryn Lucas, Roger Smeeton and Nigel Keates also play with the contemporary group Dreamtiger.

The Programme consisted of a quintet by Franz Danzi, a

Serjeant Musgrave's Dance

The imaginative use of the hall and stage, along with laboratory skeletons, a very impressive machine-gun and a scantily-clad Pete Carr were responsible for the latter. Of the actors themselves: Willie Knocker proved himself worthy of his army scholarship as the tough and deep-voiced Serjeant Musgrave; Brian Boese gave a lively performance as the most grotesque Bargee imaginable. The smoothness with which David Foster acquired the Welsh accent of a 'Pugnacious Collier' earned him an almost identical role in the Quatercentenary Pageant! Among the newer faces: good performances from Tim Weedon, Ian Palmer, Ben Brown and Chris Beringer; and, like 'Bluebottle' in the Goons, Greg Bate made his name as a fine policeman! Congratulations to Mr. Grierson Rickford on a successful production.

Unfortunately, the intellectual content of a play like this tends to be overlooked by the majority of the audience.

Their main interest lies not so much in the play itself as in the transformation which their son, nephew, loathed or beloved schoolmate has undergone. Therein lay the success of last year's 'OLIVER': The plot was already so familiar that we could afford a hearty laugh at Housemasters in morbid surroundings, or at the unsuccessful rugby tackles of Bow Street Runners attempting to catch 'the Uttle bloke from Bennetts'; even Mrs. K.M. Smith's integral 'Locket...

Locket' speech became secondary to her heroic death-throes!

In 'Serjeant Musgrave's Dance' both play and audience suffered in that Arden's plot was fairly demanding; but close attention was suitab y rewarded.

However, nobody could be disappointed in the quality of acting or in the colourful production of various scenes.

N.J.A. Dickens (U VI) 14

ous during a hesitant dress rehearsal. The Sarge himself j|» made the first , mistake by forgetting his words in th^i second Bar Scene. An ogiinous silence ensued while a sniile played on the features of the Inn-Keeper, as, ignoring my predicament, he cheerfully went about his business o f pohshing beer-mugs. I resorted to a loud and incredibly obvious "What is the next line?" which I directed towards the wings, where I hoped the prompter might have been lurking in the gloom somewhere. There was no response and. the mob began to get impatient. The groans began, as well as the rude comments and sounds which suggested that the audience had stopped chatting among themselves and had realised that it was time to challenge the credibility of the play and the intelligence of the poor, stranded player who was by now getting hysterical. But the ever-alert producer came to my assistance in my hour of need. Like the cry of a guardian angel a voice from the Gallery boomed over the din of the crowd, which was quite considerable by now, and the play restarted. The fact that two minutes had elapsed was of no consequence and the producer resumed his dozing in the corner of the darkened hall, secure in the knowledge that the performance would go like clockwork and that, after all, the audience was only the School!

'SERJEANT MUSGRAVE'S DANCE'

by JOHN ARDEN Cast in Order of Appearance Private Sparky Private Hurst Private AttercHffe Bludgeon, a bargee Serjeant Musgrave The Parson Mr. Hitchcock • Annie The Constable The Mayor A Slow Collier A Pugnacious Collier Walsh, an Earnest CoUier A Trooper of Dragoons An Officer of Dragoons

Peter Carr Jeremy Baulf Ian Palmer Brian Boese William Knocker John Lyne-Pirkis Rhoderick Scott-Wilson Susan Smith Gregory Bate Timothy Weedon Richard Barham David Foster Ben Brown Philip New Chris Beringer

PRODUCED BY A.N. GRIERSON RICKFORD, ESQ.

The performance progressed and blossomed into a chaotic bed-room scene, in which certain members of the kitchen staff in the audience, broke down at the sight of our own Peter Carr in his yellow Long Johns. Fits of hysterical giggles echoed around the now.attentive hall. Ther confusion was only increased when the partition, erected by the everefficient-except-for-sometimes stage gang, collapsed. Now a new furore began — in that party's wing a quarrel ensued as to who was the culprit responsible for the catastrophe.

The atmosphere of the play, so skilfully and carefully created was now singing with tension, but was shattered when Billy Hicks's skeleton fell to bits. The poor old thing, dragged out of the depths of the Biology Lab and suffering from the ill-effects of generations of biologists prodding and poking, could not stand the pressure of this situation. His ulna disappeared back-stage, while his scapula fell to the ground with a resounding tinkle.

But still, the show had to go on in the face of all these calamities, and it turned out to be a reasonable performance.

The lesson I learnt from that performance was that it can be acutely embarrassing to forget one's lines, and so I hastily got to work, polishing up my extensive orations.

The public performances soon followed and were well received, though there were no signs of absolute rapture from the packed audiences. On the last night I was thoroughly enjoying myself reeUng o f f my lengthy speeches when I found myself approaching again that most disastrous of situations. It was in the middle of the last Act and I was secure in the knowledge that I had spoken most of my long speeches and would never have to set eyes on them again. I was happily revelling in this sublime feeling and reflecting on what I would do with my script after the performance (perhaps a ritual burning?) when I found myself in the throes of a mental blockage. I had no idea of what the line should have been, or even the gist of it. Luckily, the audience took the hesitation to be a dramatic pause, and were whispering amongst themselves as to the effectiveness of it, so I had time to think. Some messiah of a player remembered my next line and Musgrave swung into his next angry speech. By the end of the performance I was reUeved, but very conscious of the fact that I had been the only one to forget his lines on that particular night.

THE SERJEANT SPEAKS. When we were first cast for "Serjeant Musgrave's Dance" I felt rather elated, i f that is the word, to have been chosen to play the leading role. Little did I know what I was letting myself in for! I was convinced I had procured a role of some prestige and this was true. The fact, though, was eclipsed by my despair upon reading my lengthy part. I was horrified.

1 vowed never again to accept a part in a play without first reading it carefully. As it turned out, even after considerable censorship and cutting out, I still had a very large amount to learn and speak, or rather, bellow. In fact, I had nearly the whole Third Act to myself, in which I was to rant and rave at the audience in my specially concocted pseudo-Yorkshire miner accent. This was supposed to create an atmosphere of terrific tension in the room, completely engrossing the audience and preparing them for a shattering climax.

The early rehearsals sometimes turned out to be evening sing-songs, when the Producer was detained. This reduced the unemployed players to entertaining themselves by means of performing well known melodies. The one I remember most clearly was "Good-Byeeee, Good-Byeeee!

Wipe a tear, Babeeee dear, From yuur Eyeeee".

This simple tune was distorted into the most frightful row by the assembled gathering, with each individual singing his own rendition. After this warm-up, the producer would put in an appearance, muttering excuses about "feeding the wretched dog", when in fact it was clear to all present, from the strained look on his face, that he had been doing something in the order of Lower Sixth EngUsh Essays, such as "Examine the syntax in Gerard Manley Hopkins's Poetry".

After an embittered lecture on the curse of the schoolmaster, namely marking, the rehearsal would commence.

Words which should have been learnt were naturally not known and this sometimes led to another lecture on how few weeks there were before the first Grand Performance.

When the first Grand Performance took place, it was in front of that most difficult of audiences - the School - a noisy rabble at the best of times, but infinitely more rauc15

and soccer leagues this year. Besides these two sports and basketball, which form our staple diet, we have done a little fives, and some badminton, cross country, squash, swimming, tennis, a whist drive, and our own variety of stoolball, which becomes so exciting at times that one suspects that the School will have to build us our own private field with soundproof fences! In the summer term we have emphasised athletics a little more than usual this year, since this helps the boys as training for all sports.

Our JUAMbulations on Field Days have, fallen into a pattern - a local walk and quiz in October; and "inside job" (this year: Madame Tussaud's and the London Planetarium) in February; and a mixed (in case the weather does not hold!) outing in May. This time we had a quiz in Dover Castle and a walk along the cUffs to St. Margaret's Bay where, mercifully, the ice cream shop was open.

Once again we offer our thanks to our Team Leaders for all their tolerance and willing help and energy. Without them we could not function on such a varied scale. Although our present Leaders are somewhat younger than their predecessors (several are drawn from Upper IVth) they have been in no way daunted, and have performed competently in all the sports which we expect them to run. Indeed, they were in no way abashed at being passed off for members of Staff at Dover Castle! We hope to cast a medal for Toby Foulkes who has spent a record 4 years under our banner so far.

We thank Mr. Martin very much for his patience and enthusiasm in helping run JUAM over the last 4 years, and wish him well in his promotion to the commissioned ranks.

We shall miss his sporting expertise and efficient supply of necessary equipment.

B.R.D.

The play had been quite a success in its aim of presenting a serious piece of drama, but it did not achieve the rapturous acclaim that "Oliver" had achieved. I know the players enjoyed themselves very much, although I, as a result of my nightmarish experiences on those fateful nights, have since sworn never to take a major part in a play if it entails enormously long speeches.

Willie Knocker.

4, Kingsford Cottages, Benenden, Kent. TN17 4DD September, 1976 TO THE HEADMASTER, STAFF AND OLD SUTTONIANS Being probably the most senior participant in the Quatercentenary Celebrations, may I say a very real thank you to you all for the welcome and the kindness which I received.

These most happy four days brought back so many memories for me, beginning in 1915 and running unbroken to 1950.

Sutton Valence to Old Suttonians was your School, but to me it was my family home, and over the years, Suttonians were so much of our family life. So to see so many of you again and to receive your spontaneous greetings and join in your laughter meant so much to me.

J.U.A.M. Junior Unit Activities on Mondays has continued to feed the 2nd and 3rd Forms steadily with a Heinz variety of sports. We have been running 8 teams, each with 5 or 6 boys plus one more senior boy as Leader. Our aim with these small units is to give even the not-so-good sportsman a chance to develop his skills, be it with team games with feet or stick, or individual games with hand or racket, The introduction of different, distinctively coloured vests for each team two years ago has greatly helped the efficiency of our operations. Two or three league games can take place in succession, without having to allow time to change shirts in between. Thanks to this, and the climate, we have actually managed to finish our Inter-Unit hockey

To you, Headmaster and Staff, thank you for making all this possible, and for allowing me to share in a splendid occasion; conceived and carried out in every way to give due honour to the Old School.

Mary, we are told, died with Calais on her heart, I shall die happy with Floreat Suttona. Loving you all.

Joan James (from Mrs. H.J. James, willow of foimei Headmaster T.M. James) 16

TO THE EDITOR Dear Sir, 1 would like, i f I may, to make use of the "Suttonian" to thank the O.S. and parents who contributed so generously to the present which Margaret and I recently received from the House. It consisted of six beautiful sherry glasses with a Quatercentenary decanter on a silver tray — and I believe there was also something in the decanter, but this vanished so quickly that it lingers only as a golden memory. The years which we spent in "Fonts" were very happy ones and it was touching to find that we are still remembered by some of our earliest Prefects, as well as other members of the House. We hope that our hnks with the School will continue for many years to come, though in different capacities, and we shall always welcome a visit by old friends at our new address.

Yours sincerely, Richard Horn College Farm, Sutton Valence, Kent.

TO THE EDITOR

Sir, May I make use of your circulation to thank all members of the School, in case any were missing at the time, for the magnificent present which 1 received from them on my retirement? Nora and I will do as much drinking as possible from the goblets on their lordly tray, so that we can remember you every time! A final happy memory from so many over the years at S.V.S. Thank you and best wishes to you all.

Patrick Macllwaine 'Fountains', Chart Road, Sutton Valence.

INDUSTRIAL LECTURE: Sir DEREK EZRA (Chairman of the National Coal Board) "THE CHALLENGE OF MANAGEMENT " On the 5th of December, Sir Derek Ezra lectured the Sixth form, parents and local industrialists on the Challenge of Management. To illustrate this theme, he used his own Industry: Coal. This particular industry portrays very well different management situations and Sir Derek proceeded to explain, in a most fluent and interesting way, the different management problems which are involved in the production of coal. The whole process, from planning to extraction, was dealt with and so the managerial problems at the different stages of production could be explained.

Anything we do in life has to be managed - life at school and at home. But in Industrial Management, Sir Derek pointed out, there must be two essential qualities experience and judgement. Sir Derek then referred to the Coal industry to show this.

In the 1960's the Government's policy was to "run down" the industry without causing repercussions - the number of workers involved in the industry decreased from approximately 600,000 people to 300,000.

But in October of 1973, the whole Energy situation changed - the Arab Oil producers not only increased the price of oil, they quadrupled it. Because of Britain's vast oil imports, the shock was very great. Since then the OPEC countries have maintained the high price of oil and are likely to continue to do so. So the relative position of other forms of energy grew in importance - especially coal. Natural Gas is limited and Nuclear Development has been slower than estimated in the I960's. So Oil and Coal are the greatest competitors. Coal has the advantages over Oil in that the reserves of Coal are not only much larger but are more widely spread than oil. Oil reserves are running out, which is not the case with Coal reserves. Coal is much easier to handle and transport than oil, which in its liquid form, is hard to transport and can cause problems such as pollution. Also, the oil has to be transported over vast distances, whereas coal can be mined here in Britain. The problem with coal is that it is harder to extract than oil.

So having outlined the background to the industry and therefore the management situations, Sir Derek explained

how the coal reserves in Britain were now seen as a very valuable asset. Whereas the policy had been to 'run down' the coal industry, the Government now wanted to redevelop and expand the industry.

The first step towards the new policy was the extension of coal exploration activities. Coal reserves suitable for exploitation by modern extraction methods were sought.

New reserves have been found at Selby, in North Yorkshire and in the Southern Midlands. The extent to which the industry had been run down was shown in the shortage of British Coal exploratory firms. Because of this, foreign firms had to be employed in this field.

There were problems of Planning permission and Inquiry as well as the problems of financing the projects. There was massive investment - up to ÂŁ250 million had to be invested in a single project to develop it. On top of this sum, there were to be no returns for several years and interest although it seemed risky to invest such large amounts of money. Sir Derek assured us of the advantages in the long run.

The major problem in a labour-intensive industry such as the coal industry, is, of course, the human problem. In places where workable deposits of coal have been discovered, there are often no mining people. Skilled people are needed and so the challenge of the idea of "transfer of labour" has to be tackled. In other mines where coal resources have been exhausted, miners would be redundant, so labour from these sort of places would have to be recruited. After the initial transportation or transfer of labour from one locality to another there are problems of housing. In the new areas for development, facilities for education, shopping and recreation would have to be organised.

So having outlined the problems involved in the reexpansion of the industry. Sir Derek told us about the creation of new communities in the mining areas. These had to include people from different walks of life besides the miners and any concentration of population had to be 17

avoided. A different way of dealing with the homing problem was to scatter the miners amongst the local people of the district. But to persuade the miners to agree with these schemes was another problem.

In March, 1974, the coal industry had made a loss of £112 m. for that financial year, whereas by March of 1975, it had made a profit of £35 m. so Sir Derek illustrated how the Management Challenge had been met and overcome successfully. Sir Derek emphasised the industry's dependence on the miners. Problems with them, when caused either by intemalor external difficulties can cause enormous damage especially when we see that the annual turnover of the industry is £2,000 m. per annum and so the miners have

to be involved in the general functioning of the industry.

They do this by having weekly consultations with the management and representatives of the Trade Unions. So workers are involved in the process of managing the problems encountered during production. They have an important part to play in the decision making within the industry.

The actual mining process again involves large sums of money especially as it is now progressing from mechanisation to automation.

Sir Derek, thus concluded a most informative talk on the coal industry, and was warmly applauded by the audience.

William Knocker (L VI)

Societies The Aeronautical Society was reformed in the Summer term

by Tassell and Barton after a lapse of two terms during which rebuilding of aircraft took place. Stunter kites were added so that members could cope with a larger scope of wind speeds.

With the departure of R.G. Stewart, D.J. Burge took over as Secretary of the Archaeology Society. I t was decided that the Society should re-title itself as the Archaeological and Historical Society as it was moving more towards the latter. Regrettably numbers were restricted due to transport difficulties.

The Society made several trips into Maidstone to visit exhibitions and the Museums. We have also been investigating the weird phenomenon of lay lines. The beginning of the Summer term brought fine weather and digging was commenced in the garden of Heaven Cottage. It is here that we think we have found a lost Roman road but this cannot be confirmed at the present until further digging has been carried out.

This year has been tremendously successful with regards to the expansion of the Backgammon Society. We now have become a major society in our own right. Despite a heavy defeat at Tonbridge, the team played well throughout the year, convincingly defeatmg Cranbrook and Sevenoaks.

The standard of play has improved considerably over the last two terms, thanks to the expert guidance of W. Blanford, and next year should see several of our new players getting into the first team.

The Badminton Club continued to function happily on Tuesday evenings and at weekends. It is good to see that we have some keen members amongst the junior section of the School. We have had the occasional friendly match against Maidstone Grammar for Girls and Cranbrook School.

This year has seen the problem of where to keep the equipment safe but available solved, we hope, by having our own cupboard in the Gym. The purchase of three additional rackets, and the successful completion of the Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award "interest" in Badminton

by Lundberg and Anderson S.P. attest to the growing popularity of this sport at Sutton Valence.

The Bee-keeping Society was rejuvenated at the end of April 1976 with an industrious group of bee-keepers including Bristow-Smith, Darling, Hunt, Kingsley-Smith, Makings, Sellars and Wickens.

The first preoccupations of the Summer term entailed taking stock of what equipment we had, repairing hives, cleaning frames, assembling the hives and painting both the bee-keeping room and the W.B.H. hives.

Earlier in the term we had a visit from a Sutton Valence beekeeper, Mr. Ron Carley of Kingswood and also from Mr. Richard Holland, Chairman of the Medway and Kent Bee Keepers Association, both of whom gave us introductory talks.

At present we have 7 colonies of bees hived in 4 National, 2 W.B.C. and 1 home-made hives. Most are situated near the rifle range. There is also an observation hive in the biology department. Many of the swarms were obtained through an O.S. contact on the Kent Public Health Department of the local council, Mr. Richard Purchase (F. 1972) and another large swarm was donated by Mr. Richard Holland.

The bee-keeping society hopes to produce honey this year (labels kindly made by the Printing Society) although the bees will have to expend a lot of energy drawing out the fresh wax foundation. In the Spring we hope to hire out the hives for poOination services.

Over the last three years the Biological Society has attempted to promote interest in three directions (i) appraisal of the existing local natural areas rich in plant and animal Hfe i.e. Nature Reserves and Nature Conservancy areas, (ii) study of the flora and fauna of the region immediately around Sutton Valence and (iii) encouragement of personal interests in Natural History. : Members of the Society together with others studying Biology have visited the following places: Ashdown Forest, (for Deer rutting), Bedgebury Arboretum and Pinetum, Hothfield Bogs, Queensdown Warren, Sevenoaks Nature Reserve, Aspinall's Zoo near Canterbury, The Brighton Dolphinarium, Dungeness Field Observatory, Camber Sands, and the Rye salt marshes. Locally we have investigated the hedge structure and age of the Parish boundary hedges (in parts 500 years old), and at present we are making an ecological study of the lake at the bottom of Chart Hill, which we are hoping to make 'our' lake for special study.

Expeditions made by the Upper Sixth in the last three years have been to Blakeney Point, Norfolk (1974), (see photograph), St. David's Head, Wales (1975) and to a variety of the Nature Reserve areas mentioned above (1976).

The Bookbinding Society was started by Mr. Pettman in the Summer Term. It consists of a small but dedicated group of boys who are learning the techniques of repairing damaged books. We have done a good deal of work in binding volumes of the Suttonian and ably assisted by Mr. Fairbank, we have restored books from the Library.

If the covers are still on the book they are taken off, the spine of the book is removed and the individual sections are re-sewn and new spines and covers are stuck on. Unfortun-

ately the society has not been able to launch into leather work since the tools needed and the leather itself are far too costly.

The Bridge Club has continued to play throughout the year, even during the Summer Term. We fluctuate from 5 tables to 2 tables depending on the season.

Several boys have learned to play Bridge and others have improved their standard of play. Many of the more senior members have profited from the extension to the Qub of an adult section, which functions on Friday evenings.

A considerable amount of DupUcate Bridge has been played this year. We have had matches against Carshalton, St. Lawrence College, Gravesend High, Cranbrook School and Maidstone Grammar, and an enjoyable, friendly, mixed pairs game of Rubber Bridge with Benenden.

We entered two teams of Four in the Kent Championships, and came 18th and 20th out of 22 teams. Although we were not too pleased to come this far down the field, it must be boasted that even our 2nd Team has never yet come bottom in these Championships.

As a small economy to help the institution we have been selling off our used packs of cards for 5p each, thus financing 25% — 33% of our own expenditure on cards.

In all, we have had a happy year's Bridge, even though we have not won many matches.

This year the Conjuring Society functioned as usual and Mr. Bates showed his usual enthusiasm by arranging a well deserved magic circle excursion. A few prominent members merit a mention, the Hon. Sec. N. Tree, P. Ashenden, G. Chilton, J. Barry and M. Belsham. Again our masterful conjurors performed with dexterity before the keen eyes of the Langley and Sutton Valence Church groups.

The Fencing Society is still functioning even though the members are dwindhng. We have lost two of our team's most able-bodied fencers, M. Harfoot and I . Sutherland, and as a result our team is less experienced, and not of the high standard it used to be.

The main event last year was the Senior team's visit to France to fence Beauvais F.C. We all fenced well but could not hold our own against the Frenchmen, who were much more experienced, some being of Olympic Standard.

We owe our thanks to Professor Ken Russell for coming down on Mondays and sparing a lot of his valuable time to teach our rather small team.

The Golfing Society got o f f to its customary start at the beginning of the Summer term under the watchful eyes ofMr. Horn. However, there was a slight difference. Instead of a horde of mad people thumping golf balls all over B.M., and endangering anybody in the vicinity, they now play the new four-hole course on the bottom of B.M. The course was very accurately described by Mr. Horn as being something like playing golf, but due to the lack of water, it has been very difficult to maintain.

As in the previous two years, a number of boys went to Ashford G.C. to participate in a friendly match with the O.S. The day was enjoyed by everybody, and the event will no doubt continue next year.

For the Mah-Jongg Society this year has not been as successful as in previous years. But despite only being able to use one set, we managed to play regular games. Naturally we were forced to keep numbers relatively low, but the core of habitual players managed to maintain a reasonably good standard even though we lost some of our best players at the end of last summer term.

The Ornithological Society continued its study of the bird life at Langley Farm under the able leadership of D.J. Sutton.

At the Quatercentenary exhibition the wide variety of bird life that occurs there was illustrated by Mr. Taylor's sHdes and Sutton's sound recordings. The Annual report shows that 131 species have been seen there during the last six years and about 50 of these have bred.

During this year, although numbers have to be limited, the Pottery Society has produced many good pieces of high quality work, either on the wheel or by hand, under the helpful guidance of Mrs. Piper.

The Printing Society has undergone a major tidy up in the past year. The new master in charge (Mr. C. Thatcher) has put a great deal of time and effort into the running of the society.

The Bursar has very kindly lent the Society twenty pounds for new type and equipment, most of which has already been obtained.

Many more people are taking advantage of the low prices we offer. Regardless of inflation we have managed to keep the prices the same without dropping the standard of printing.

The following societies were also functional: Art, Chess, Driving, Geography, Music Practice, Riding, Squash, Theatre Group and Woodwork.

THE HUNTING SOCIETY The standard of debating in the School remains rather low.

The Hunting Society has not recovered from the Vaudeville period of several years ago when entertainment rather than intellectual disputation was allowed to become the order of the day.

We held a Boomerang Debate early in the Christmas Term, and the membership rose to 14. Messrs. Carr and Lebon were unsuccessful in their attempt to defeat two well prepared young ladies of Benenden when opposing the motion: "That terrorism is the only means to secure political ends". The Chairman R.J. Scott-Wilson presented the Sutton Spigot (an original trophy by courtesy of Bert Bicker and the Maintenance Dept.) to our conquerors. In a routine debate later in the term, the motion: 'That there is intelhgent hfe on Earth' was heavily defeated.

We resumed our regular fixture with Ashford School, and debated the motion 'That there can be no chivalry in this age of equality of the sexes'. The result was never in doubt, at least in the Vice-President's mind, and we presented the Ashford girls with a late Elizabethan (of the Second Variety) tea-pot which we hope will become a suitable shuttlecock in our games of intellectual (?) battledore. Scott-Wilson and Weedon acquitted themselves well in the Inter-Schools, Area Final, proposing the mofion: 'That corporal punishment is an unnecessary and barbaric practice'. They were defeated but not disgraced, the local honours going to a vigorous team from Cranbrook.

The Vice-President.

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C.C.E Annual Report

quahfying and who should do so early next term. In addition six boys have gained classification in signals. A potential Officer Squad o f twelve boys carried out specialist training during the Autumn and Spring Terms and Corporal W. Knocker,is to be congratulated on gaining an Army Scholarship. Corporal Pink and Lance-Corporal Calliafas, not being satisfied with a gruelling time in Snowdonia in March immediately followed this up with a very challenging Cadet Leadership Course run by U.K. Land Forces.

Shooting has continued to be hamstrung by the limitations of the_ Armoury and Magazine. A full security inspection has now been carried out officially and' when the recommendations are implemented we hope to work towards recovering our previous state in tius field. Mr. C.R.G. Shaw has been re-commissioned as a Supernumerary Officer to take charge of Shooting. Some .22 shooting has been taking place and over forty boys have fired the Empire Test. Of these Cadet Robertson qualified as Marksman and the following as first class shots: Cadets Milner, Chaplin mi., Dodson ma., and Hunt.

Throughout the term we have received excellent support from 7 CTT to whom we are extremely grateful. Our Sponsor Unit is now 36 Regiment Royal Engineers based in Maidstone. Each month, the Regiment takes a group of thirty boys for shooting modern weapons and there is a promise of some canoe training to come. I t is also possible for the Regiment to arrange attachments either in the U.K. or overseas for boys who envisage a career in the Royal Engineers. This should prove to be a very valuable connection for us over the years.

A new development in training next term will be the increased opportunity for boys carrying out Self Rehance Training by means of weekend expedition work and camping. To this end we have recently acquired a new outfit of tents, sleeping bags and rucksacks.

We look forward to the next academic year, if not exactly bursting with confidence at least optimistic and confident that the most difficult times are behind us. There will be problems to overcome which are as yet unseen. We were without an SSI throughout the year despite our efforts to find one. It is, however, worth waiting for the right man. In the meantime we give priority to the training of boys and fight a rearguard acfion on the "Paper Front" where the "Screaming hordes of bureaucrats" hurl themselves at us with blood curdhng yells of "Second Reminder!"

"Returns were demanded by " "Complete the Proforma " " I n accordance with the Regulations

Having survived the "local difficulties" of recent years the Corps appears to be well on the way to recovery. A period of consoUdation is now needed. The Establishment figure is now 105 cadets and the current strength is 99 Cadets plus 2 Officers. There exists a high level of enthusiasm and the onus is now upon the "Management", that is Officers and Senior N.C.O.'s, to give the Cadets something to get their teeth into. One of the major problems we have been faced with over the year has been the shortage of qualified N.C.O.'s, trained to instruct. The loyal band whose services we have been so fortunate to have, worked very hard and the Corps as a whole is considerably in their debt. Other senior boys have found themselves in the difficult position of trying to qualify for their proficiency certificates themselves, whilst being called upon on occasions to instruct others. However, they have persevered manfully and the benefits should begin to show next year. Elsewhere in the magazine the aims of the C.C.F. are discussed but here is an excellent example of how boys develop commendable attitudes. In this case they have stuck to their tasks and eventually succeeded despite their being in a difficult, situation.

There was another change o f Command in the course of the year. Captain K.M. Smith who had given the Corps a mighty heave, found, not surprisingly that he needed to concentrate his efforts upon his House and his department.

He is succeeded by Major J.B. Hughes. L t . B.J. Little continued as the "Anchor Man" and provided the all important expertise and continuity so vital to the continued functioning of the Corps. We look forward to staff reinforcements next term in the persons of L t . M.E.F. Pettman and Second L t . I.H. Martin. A long period of Staff stability is now needed in order that the necessary fund of knowledge and expertise can be built up to enable the Corps to function efficiently.

There has been much sohd i f unspectacular achievement to point to this year. The Annual Inspection held last October passed very well and the Inspecting Officer, Brigadier D.M. Pontifex O.B.E., Chief of Staff South East District, had many pleasing things to say about the Corps.

The excellent lunch provided by the Headmaster could be said to have contributed. I am sure however that the favourable comments were justified by the performance of the boys on the day.

Adventurous Training took place in Snowdonia in March and gave boys a testing but enjoyable experience. A separate report on this appears elsewhere.

Arrangements are almost cornplete (we think!) for two summer camps. One party of twenty Cadets will attend the Nesscliff Camp with Lts. Little and Pettman. Another party of twenty will be attached to 10 Regiment R.C.T. in W. Germany with Major Hughes.

In the routine training which takes place on Monday afternoons all boys are making rapid progress towards qualifying for their Army Proficiency Certificates. This requires a consistent effort from a boy for a period of two years in order to gain passes in the following subjects.

Recruits Test, Drill and Inspection, Self Reliance and finally Signals. By the end of the term twelve full certificates will have been awarded. That is just the tip of the iceberg. There are about thirty more boys within one or two subjects of

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Major J.B. Hughes, O.C. WHY DRILL? At this juncture in the history of the C.C.F. at the School it is probably appropriate to discuss the aim of the Corps.

Having "gone voluntary" after many years of having been compulsory the onus is upon those who support the C.C.F. Movement to sell their idea to the boys and to those whose co-operation is needed to facilitate the running of the Corps. It is right that this should be so and should make for a healthier Corps. It is safe to say that the Army itself would bitterly resist having reluctant conscripts forced upon it as happened during the days of National Service. It was a depressing experience, not only for the conscript but also for the Regular Army Volunteer, outnumbered by the conscripts, and trying, often in vain, to find "something useful for them to do". It is also crippling from a manpower 20

point of view for an organisation to have a large proportion of its trained manpower tied down training others who want to be "out", at the earliest opportunity. I t was often overlooked that it was the Pohticians and Whitehall Mandarins who decided directly i f there should be National Service. This decision was taken in the light of the worldwide responsibilities which the army was required to undertake on behalf of the nation.

It is argued in some instances that compulsory National Service "does people good" or that individuals have a moral obligation to spend some time in the service of their nation. Whatever one's views on these arguments the army wishes to remain a volunteer organisation. It would be very rash therefore, I think, for a school based organisation to be compulsory, and indeed counter productive. One could perhaps justify a short famiUarisation course so that when a boy made a decision regarding C.C.F. it would be an informed decision based upon present day service hfe rather than the distortion of Home Guard or National Service tableau.

There are many who wrongly beheve that the C.C.F. is only for those who might be contemplating a service career.

This is not so! Membership of the C.C.F. is, of course, a great advantage to anyone intending to go into the Services.

(It should be added that the advantage is not just automatic.

To have been in the C.C.F. is not enough, a boy would need to have benefited as a result of it). However, the quaUties one would hope to see developed by C.C.F. training are of value in any walk of life. The C.C.F. seeks to establish a disciplined organisation at School level within the framework of which activities are provided to help foster the qualities of endurance, determination, resourcefulness, selfreliance, leadership and responsibility. This list is almost trite. Most people connected with the education of boys would claim the same aims. However, to train a boy to be resourceful, determined, capable of enduring adversity etc. is much more difficult than just talking about it. These quahties can only be developed by the boy himself but the Corps provides structured situations within which the boy works, is advised and supervised. Aptitude training is very difficult to achieve. For example, it is relatively easy to train a garage mechanic to service a car engine. It is more difficult to train him so that he will service it well, with or without supervision at all times even in adversity. On attaining N.C.O. status a boy must be capable of organising himself and others in a beneficial way and soon realises that leadership (i.e. the ability to bring out the best in others) is established through good example and by gaining the respect and confidence of the rank and file rather than by reliance upon the trappings of rank.

The qualities discussed up to this point are as inifially important in civil life as in military life. In times of soggy attitudes and indeterminate standards it is fair, I think, to claim that the C.C.F. Movement can make its contribution to the stamina and stabiUty of the nation.

Oh yes! The fitle. "Why Drill? " One could go through the whole of the C.C.F. training syllabus matching up each of the training points with the qualities it is hoped will follow. Drill may seem to many to be a thoroughly pointless occupation. In our view it plays a.useful part in attitude training. I t is likely that a group of boys who take care about smartness and appearance, and are at pains to^move and work corporately in an orderly way, will become more thorough and reliable about the work they will be given to do, whatever its nature. Attention to precision is being exercised. Drill can be very tiring particularly in the heat or

cold. It is useful for individuals to have to develop concentration and alertness even though they may be in considerable discomfort and even be having abuse heaped upon them by a Drill Sergeant (for exercise purposes only!) I t is a very valuable attribute in life to be able to keep trying to do your best even though conditions generally are against you..

I suppose this is what used to be known as learning "to take i t " . Finally the most obvious benefit of drill is in its physical effects. Boys are taught to hold themselves properly and this can help minimise the awkwardness which is often present during the period of adolescence.

I have taken what is apparently the least useful aspect of training and' tried to show that there is a rationale behind it and that there are real benefits for the individual. For those who remain unconvinced I can only add that Drill takes up only a small part of a recruit's training time, approximately one seventh. The boys on the square do change from term to term; it is not the same boys year in year out, although they may appear to be because, of course, they are all dressed the same.

The C.C.F. makes no claim to holding a monopoly of the means of training boys. We do offer a carefully thoughtout training scheme designed to achieve clear objecfives, and we don't bite!

J.B.H. C.C.F. ADVENTUROUS TRAINING TRIP TO NORTH WALES - EASTER 1976 The C.C.F. Adventurous training expedition to North Wales began at the end of the Lent Term, 1976. Our aim was to "provide fitness, determination and initiative training" by means of camping and hiking in the Snowdonia National Park.

The group got up to Bangor by train without incident and were duly met by Mr. Little, who had driven up in the mini-bus. We drove to the Idvale Cottage Youth Hostel through the mountains, where snow was lying after a heavy fall several days before. Having anticipated bad weather we were suitably equipped, but our morale had not been exactly boosted by radio reports of heavy snow on Snowdon, and climbers and hikers had run into trouble on Dartmoor and in Scotland in the week before we set off.

There were 15 of us altogether, some of whom were doing the Duke of Edinburgh's Award as part of their adventurous training. We arrived at the snugly situated Youth Hostel which lies in the shadow of a range of notorious mountains, and is, incidentally, the oldest estabhshed Youth Hostel Association in Britain. We settled in and unpacked and were briefed that evening on the following day's training. The next morning, we rose to a good breakfast and set o f f by 10.00 a.m. for a bad-weather training route, with two Masters - Major Hughes and Lt. Little. A bad start was made when we were intercepted by an irate Welsh farmer, who, backed up by a fearsome collie, curtly told us to get o f f his land. We did so and followed a canal, making some map-work errors before we reached a reservoir. It was a pleasant walk along its shores which went on for several miles before we reached a socalled "suitable" lunching spot. By this time, the wind, which was funnelled between two ranges along the reservoir valley, was howling around our frost-bitten ears and dark clouds appeared ominously along the course of the route. we had just completed. A friend and I were "requested" to cook up some tomato soup (personally, I hate the stuff, but that is immaterial,) behind a derelict barn. As we all sat miserably in silence munching at "Wagon-wheels" and other 21

gone, my solicitude was greeted with a cold silence and hostile glares.

The next day began with a downhill walk unfil we met the van and were joined by Mr. Martin for the last few miles, which followed a very steep and arduous route. The worst of this turned out to be a windswept, grassy slope of very steep gradient, which, with heavy rucksacks on our backs, turned out to be quite a task to climb. We conquered it in due course, and had lunch in an old derelict crofter's stone hut, before setting off towards the finish. The afternoon was spent in combing a large coniferous wood in search of Mr. Bates, who had not been seen for some fime in the vicinity of the mini-bus. A l l turned out fine and we returned, exhausted but very happy to have completed the full route, to the Youth Hostel where we had a very welcome hot shower, followed by a large hot meal and, finally, bed. How one appreciates those things one takes for granted after a camping trip! After a very refreshing sleep, we had breakfast, packed and drove to Bangor in time for the Euston train.

Personally, I found the trip tremendous fun and very worthwhile and I can urge other members of the C.C.F. who have not been on Adventurous Training to join the group which is going to the Lake District next year, where Lt. Little and Major Hughes will be on home-ground and will, we hope, deal suitably with any hostile hill farmers who might be encountered.

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such delicacies, I crouched over my supposedly warming billy-can throughout the whole lunch period. A t the end of this I wanted my lunch, so 1 tentatively stuck my finger into the soup, expecting it to be scalding, i f not quite boiling.

Surprise, surprise, it wasn't even lukewarm. Anyway after chasing my hat, (which had been whipped o f f my head by the very strong wind and carted several hundred yards down the valley, much to the amusement of the onlookers) I had an apple and we pressed on. Now the rain came down and we marched stolidly on against the elements, the silence broken only by the occasional curse, as some unfortunate turned his ankle on a tuft of heather. We finally emerged over the wind swept moors, into a wooded valley, where some of the party, who were naturally taxed by the situation, decided to walk to the mini-bus which waited conveniently up the road. The more keen of us, or the more foolish, whichever way you look at it, pressed on - we had a couple of miles to go yet. Further on, a kind cafe owner opened his doors to us, a welcome cup of coffee sped us on our way.

After this we continued on our way in good spirits, only to encounter a precipitous, rocky, icy slope with strategically placed bottomless mine-shafts which was marked on our maps as a "gently-wooded slope". We struggled to the top of this, only to find that cloud had come down and visibility was poor. In view of the situation. Major Hughes decided to turn back, which was disappointing, as most of us wanted to finish the challenging course.

So ended an eventful day and we had good experience of bad weather conditions and fore-warning of the inaccuracy of our maps. The next day dawned and it was decided that, as our equipment was wet and the weather conditions were bad, we should go into Bangor for the morning to buy up any clothes or victuals that might still be needed for the expedition. In the afternoon the weather had cleared up, so we went on a very enjoyable training walk of about five miles or so.

The expedition began on the third day and we got off to a good start, walking about eight miles before lunch. After lunch and a couple of Cadbury's cream Easter Eggs from a grocer's shop in one of the more civilised valleys, we started down through some woods, emerging at the bottom of the valley, only to encounter an appaUingly steep hill on the last lap of the day's walkmg. We struggled up it and after having a very trying climb through a pine-wood, arrived at our camp site in a very picturesque situation beside a river, A reasonably comfortable night preceded our awakening to the disquieting sound of rain-drops pattering on the canvas.

We forced ourselves up and, after de-campmg, set off. Soon one of the smaller members of the party, who had had a rough time on the first day, was having trouble with his rucksack, which looked about twice his size. We took turns in carrying it and dropped him off at the next check point.

This left only six of us in the group and two more dropped out at the next check point, because they felt they would not be able to manage a very steep moor which we had to cross. So four of us pressed on, skirting a large bog, finally emerging, having raced against the weather, on the edge of our destination valley. By this time, we were tired and rested quite a time before plodding on for the final leg, which ended in another steep hill, which in fact we climbed with relative ease. We made camp and happily watched a very disgruntled Duke of Edinburgh's Gold Award Group arrive; they had covered a considerably longer distance than we and when I politely enquired as to how their journey had

C.C.F. SUMMER CAMP : NESSCLIFF. Eighteen of the younger cadets and two N.C.O.'s attended the Camp. The training had a bias towards the adventurous rather than the militarisfic. Abseiling and Rock-chmbing proved popular, which was in no small measure due to the enthusiasm of 57 and 59 AYT's. Mountain walking was tiring and Canoeing ended the week with an extravagant • splash.

B.J.L. CCF Attachment to British Army of the Rhine In addition to the routine annual camp held this year at Nesscliff, the Cadets were fortunate to be allocated a vacancy in the programme of school visits to units stationed in Germany. Sutton Valence were attached to 10 Regiment R.C.T., located at Bielefeld. The Regiment is commanded

by Lieutenant Colonel P. Benton, R.C.T. Twenty Cadets, attended the camp, accompanied by Major J.B. Hughes.

The party travelled in two groups. The advanced party of five Cadets and Major Hughes travelled by Landrover seeing a good deal of Belgium, Holland and Germany en route. The journey was broken each way by an overnight stay at Antwerp. A small diversion was made to Diisseldorf for a refreshing swim in the superb Rhine Stadium open air pool. The Cadets found this journey very interesting.

By diesel Landrover one travels slowly enough to see everythmg and also to chat about it. The Mercedes-Benz, B.M.W.'s and Volvos of the wealthy E.E.C. artisans hissed past on the Autobahns giving us the feeling that we were travelling backwards. The main party of fifteen Cadets under the supervision of Cadet Sgts. Prentis and Inglis travelled via Harwich and the Hook of Holland on the over-night boat and on by train to Bielefeld. They had a very tiring journey but reached their destination despite the machinations of the British Rail booking authorities who contrived a sleepless night for the Cadets on both the outward and homeward journeys.

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Once with 10 Regiment, the Cadets were very well looked after. A minor crisis arose when it was discovered that the cookhouse had run out of bread "Because the Cadets ate so much." As the meals were more than adequate these gargantuan appetites could be attributed only to the very high rate of activity. The training programme was very, well balanced. There was a nice blend: the individual training which all soldiers in the British Army experience (P.E., drill, swimming, shooting), "special to Arm" training (driving instruction on Landrovers, three tonners, ten tonners and mechanical handlingequipment) and very interesting visits to a German Panzer regiment equipped with Leopard Tanks and to R.A.F. Station Gutersloh. The great speed and manoeverability of the Leopard Tank were demonstrated and also the remarkable technical skill which enabled the German soldiers (National Servicemen) to change and test a tank engine in twenty minutes. At R.A.F. Gutersloh, the Battle Flight of Lightning fighters was scrambled showing how the aircraft can be at forty thousand feet ready to intercept within three minutes of the red alert being given.

In addition to the purely military aspect of the visit, the party was able to take the opportunity to see something of Germany. One day was' devoted to orienteering in the pine-wooded hills of the Teutobergerwald and a Sunday afternoon afforded the opportunity to visit the Mohne See and the famous Mohne Dam. In the evenings the Cadets were able to sample the very convivial German eating places and inns. Of particular note was an evening visit to Lemgo, a very picturesque German country town.

In all it was a highly successful venture which we shall endeavour to repeat at the earliest opportunity.

Our sincere thanks go to 10 Regiment, R.C.T., for having us, especially to Captain Phil Gosling and Corporal Gourlay. both of whom were responsible for our immediate well being. There were many others who gave their time willingly outside normal working hours and at the weekends to make our visit a success. That in itself was a valuable aspect of Army hfe for the Cadets to see.

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THE QUATERCENTENARY CELEBRATIONS

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The Visit of H. R.H The Princess Alexandra The expectant hush was shattered by the clatter of distant rotors, and on the stroke of half-past eleven on Thursday, July 1st, a blood-red heUcopter of the Queen's Flight swooped low over the Weald and landed with pin-point precision on A.R.D.'s fourth green on B.M. The assembled company, which included children from the Sutton Valence Primary School and villagers in general, broke into cheers as H.R.H. Princess Alexandra aUghted to be welcomed by the Lord Lieutenant of Kent, Lord Astor of Hever. Lord Comwallis, the previous incumbent of the Lieutenancy was presented, then the Headmaster and Mrs. Ricketts stepped forward to be presented. With typical graciousness H.R.H. went over to the packed ranks of village children, and chatted informally with a number of parents and children.

The Royal Party then moved on to the Headmaster's house.

After a rapid tour of the village by car, the Royal visitor returned to Chapel lawn to meet local dignitaries, including the Chief Constable, the Chairman of the K.C.C., the Mayor of Maidstone, Governors and Masters of the School. The morning's tour of the School was arranged in such a way that H.R.H. should gain some idea of the varied activities which take place in a school such as ours and meet as many members of the community as possible, and it was hoped that the informality of this kind of visit would appeal to the Princess. Having heard strains of an organ lesson drifting from the Chapel as Masters were being presented, the Princess moved to the Chapel itself, where she met the Chaplain and the Assistant Director of Music, the Head of the School and several musicians of the School.

The tour proceeded as H.R.H. moved on to the Refectory to meet members of the catering staff. The Princess was interested to note that the foundation stone of the Refectory had been laid by her mother, H.R.H. Princess Marina in 1961.

Westminster House was next on the itinerary. The Princess was introduced to Mr. and Mrs. R.E. Horn and to Mr. W.K. Piper (the House Tutor) and the Matron, Mrs. K. Dovey. After a short chat with the Horns, the

Princess moved on to the lawn to watch a rehearsal of the Pageant. The Producer, Mr. C.R.G. Shaw, the Director of Music, Mr. A.G. Foulkes and several of the cast were presented before Princess Alexandra moved on to meet the maintenance staff by St. Margaret's House archway.

The swimming pool was the next port of call. Mr. M.F. Beaman and his assistants were organising some exciting initiative tests for the Upper Fourth Careers Week, and the Princess showed great interest in the proceedings. The party moved on to watch the Tennis House Match Final, and the Captains of School Teams were presented. In another group on the Lower the Princess met the Sanatorium Sister, House Matrons, Secretaries and the Tuck Shop staff. The Corps were doing their stuff on the assault course, and Major J.B. Hughes was presented to the Princess. The last official function of this busy morning was 26

the planting of a lime tree, the first of a projected avenue on the West side of B.M., as a permanent memento of the Royal visit. The head gardener handed the Princess the spade with which H.R.H. Princess Marina had planted a flowering cherry tree fifteen years before, and the lime was duly planted. The Princess's efforts were greeted by thunderous cheers from the assembled School.

The Chairman of the Governing body, Mr. Peter Grafton, then thanked the Princess for coming to Sutton Valence, commenting that she had won the hearts of all of us, and presented her with a goblet commemorating the Quatercentenary.

The Headmaster and Mrs. Ricketts entertained Princess Alexandra and 30 other guests, including the School

Prefects, to an informal luncheon 'unter den Linden' on the Headmaster's lawn, and the Royal party moved off to Leeds Castle at a quarter past two, passing the serried ranks of cheering boys as they drove away through the School gates.

We are very grateful indeed to Her Royal Highness for the gracious way in which she honoured us with her presence. She soldiered on through the tropical heat and the multitude of new faces with wonderful naturalness, and always had a cheery word for those she met. Boys and Masters who spoke with Her Royal Highness will treasure those moments always. Sutton Valence salutes you, Ma'am, and offers you its sincere thanks and good wishes.

The Service of Thanksgiving and Rededication

Almost 900 people were present in the marquee at 11.30 a.m. on Thursday, 8th July, for the special Service which signalled the start of the three days of celebrations. The Archbishop of Canterbury was the Preacher.

The title — as given above — was carefully chosen to indicate the two-fold nature of the Service. The occasion was, of course, an opportunity to express thanks and gratitude to God for the years that have gone; but retrospection flavoured with a Uttle nostalgia provides no acceptable prescription for a healthy, hving body, and thus it was also a time for a renewal of commitment for the future - a commitment based firmly on the ancient principles of the Christian faith as upheld in the School since its foundation.

In his Address, the Archbishop spoke of the threefold action of Christ — in calling disciples to serve him, in commissioning them for that service, and in empowering them to carry out his commands - and concluded by saying that the continuing value of the School as a true

community depends upon every member heeding and responding to Christ's call to discipleship.

Perhaps the essence of the Service - which all who attended agree was a most memorable act of worship - can be summed up by this prayer from it: 0 Lord God, the maker and builder of every house not made with hands, we give thee thanks for all members of this ancient foundation who have served thee with fruitful labour for the increase of knowledge and wisdom, and for the nurture of faithful servants of thy Church and Kingdom. As thou enabledst them to add their share to thy work, fashioned by many hands from age to age, we pray thee so also teach and strengthen us to do thy will in the tasks to which thou callest us in our generation; and grant that with those who have gone before us we may in due time enter into the joy of thy eternal presence, through Jesus Christ, our Lord, Amen.

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The Quatercentenary Prizegiving

The Quatercentenary Prize Giving was held in the marquee on Lower. Mr. Peter Grafton, O.S., Chairman of the Governors, welcomed the many parents and friends of the School who had braved the heat to be present at the ceremony. He was pleased that the Archbishop of Canterbury had already overcome the "questionable agnostics" in the marquee, and the new public address system seemed to be standing up to its first test. Mr. Grafton warmed to his subject, and assured parents that the Founder's objectives, namely: "to bring up the youth of the land in the fear of God, good manners, knowledge and understanding" were still very much to the fore at Sutton Valence. The Public Schools were something worth preserving, he said, not because they conferred privilege but because they were careful to maintain high academic standards when all around them were losing theirs. "We have a heritage to guard," he concluded. On a new tack, Mr. Grafton thanked parents for their continued support and assured them that everything possible was being done to keep the cost of education to the minimum which was economically feasible.

The Governing Body, he went on, were very mindful o f the problems facing parents in these inflationary days. The Chairman of the Govemors concluded his address by paying special tribute to the Headmaster and Staff of the School for their untiring efforts in maintaining standards of excellence.

quiet interest in his boys would be hard to replace. Margaret, the other half of this 'harmonious team' had carried out the double duties of Housemaster's wife and House Matron with great vigour, and understanding. The Headmaster extended his thanks to them for all their hard work.

Edward Craven, O.S., deserved a special mention. His undying loyalty to the School and his encyclopaedic knowledge of all things Suttonian were unrivalled in any School in the land. Who else could lay claim to a record such as his: actively associated with the School for 59 years (or 83% of his own life) and for 15% of the School's four hundred years?

The Headmaster then turned his attention to the Quatercentenary - "We do hope that you will greatly enjoy the celebrations. In our programme the special occasions — the Service of Thanksgiving, Speeches and Prize Giving, the Pageant, the Fete and the Quatercentenary Ball - are combined with more famihar summer term events such as O.S. Day, Exhibitions of various kinds and Swimming Sports. A week ago today H.R.H. Princess Alexandra graciously came to the School and it was a gorgeously happy visit for the whole community. She also planted the first tree in the programme we have undertaken this year.

"Now it is, of course, right that we should celebrate the great achievement of four hundred years — and achievement it is, as one follows the ups and downs of William Lambe's Foundation over the centuries.

"Your old men shall dream dreams, Your young men shall see visions."

"Those of us who are older must not fall into the trap of, so to speak, wallowing in the past: — rather, I think, we should suitably recognize this great achievement, give our thanks to all the good men and true who have served the School over the centuries, give thanks, too, for the spirit of

The Headmaster, Mr. M.R. Ricketts, rose to speak. He endorsed the Chairman's welcome, but said he wished to scotch the rumour, rife among the juniors, that he had been responsible not only for the present junketings but for the Tercentenary celebrations too! Mr. Ricketts had a special word of welcome for the guest of honour. Sir Charles Groves, O.S., and Lady Groves. He went on to pay tribute to the Governors for their untiring efforts on the School's behalf A note of sadness crept into the proceedings when the Headmaster announced the recent deaths of two very active governors, Robin Johnston and Otto Shaw; they would be sorely missed. The condolences of us all were extended to their widows and families.

Mr. Ricketts thanked the staff of the School for their efforts in this memorable term, and paid tribute to Patrick Macllwaine, who would be retiring after twenty-six years at Sutton Valence. As Head of Mathematics, Housemaster of St. Margaret's and latterly as Second Master, Patrick had served the School loyally, and it was he who introduced hockey to Sutton Valence. The best wishes of all were extended to Patrick and Nora in their retirement. The departure of the Horns from Westminster would also marked the end of an era. After 17 years at the reins, Richard's 28

Sixth-former's pace slackens to 'adagio sostenuto' with a 'scherzo and trio' of games here and there. The Old Boy's tempo, of course, was the 'rondo', a return to the point; of departure. Sir Charles concluded his address with the ' rousing motto from the School song: "Floreat Suttona!"

He then proceeded to give away the prizes.

Sutton Valence, set in the midst of such beauty, unique in its position. In short, we should perhaps look only briefly over our shoulder, smile and nod gratefully and in recognition to our benefactors and forbears, even perhaps afford ourselves the smallest pat on the shoulder - and then, with the young, look into the future and "see visions" - that is why this morning's Service was not only one of thanksgiving, but also of rededication. When I walk round the School at night, or very early in the morning, when all is quiet - when everyone is asleep — when there is a sense of rest after effort - I am always struck by the beauty and the peace of this place: but I am also so often aware, in the stillness, that I am not alone. I am joined, as I slowly walk, by men and boys from down the centuries, people who know with me the true feel of the place, who appreciate it, who understand its unique spirit, its tough fibre, its heart. And as I look to the future I see our successors, in no doubt very different circumstances, still subject to the same special influences here - and I do so hope that whatever other great successes may Ue ahead, Sutton Valence will always remain a proud and strong community, in which the unique qualities of each boy are recognized. I have quoted Charles Morgan before and make no apologies for doing so again now in these words:-

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"As the greatest nation is that which most fully recognizes, within a rule of law, the liberties and uniqueness of the subject, so the greatest School is that which most imaginately provides, within a rule of law, for the Uberties and uniqueness of each boy. Individuals are sacred. Beware how you tread upon their dreams."

Thus may our vision and our dream continue to be to equip boys for Ufe in a society where freedom does not degenerate into licence, where the individual, making his contribution to the community, does count, as indeed he really can in a school which is not too large. In parenthesis, parents are certainly now feeling that big is not necessarily beautiful.

"And so, finally, giving thanks, we look to the future, uplifted by the wonderful support we receive, from you parents, O.S., Governors, and all sorts of friends — and provided that parents both now and in the future are left by the politicians with their independence and with a freedom of choice - we look to the future with great confidence. I believe that the Quatercentenary will come to represent a milestone in the School's progress - not just an end in itself - but will serve as a stimulus to us all as we move forward, with the School's motto in our minds, to the next hundred years — and I gladly proclaim to you all my declaration of faith in the future of Sutton Valence." With these words, Mr. Ricketts concluded his address.

After a brief introduction from Mr. Grafton, it was the turn of Sir Charles Groves, C.B.E., Hon.D.Mus., F.R.C.M., to speak. He expressed himself more willing to play than to sing, but acquitted himself admirably, notwithstanding. He had, he said, many pleasant memories of the House on the Hill! He brought messages of goodwill from O.S. whom he had met during his recent tour o f Australia and New Zealand. He was glad that William Lambe's aims were still home in mind, and he expressed the hope that more bursaries and scholarships might be set up to finance the education of 'poor scholars' so that the opportunities which Sutton Valence afforded might again be available to any deserving boy of the village. Sir Charles went on to reminisce about his own boyhood. Schooldays always begin 'allegro con brio', he remarked, but as the years pass, the

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A.M. Copson (and Distinction Prize) T. Winch (and Reading Prize and Distinction Prize) M.S. Parrett III N.A. Sawyer (and Distinction Prize) S.J. Sawyer (and Distinction Prize) J.R. Scanlan (and Distinction Prize) Lower IV T.J. Schofield M.J.C. Sherrard Distinction Prize: R.J. Bedford G.M. Lewis P.G. New M.J. West Upper.IV R. Best (and Distinction Prize) J.W. Miles (and Distinction Prize) Reading Prize: J.S. Lyne-Pirkis Distinction Prize: N.O. Harrison N.R. Shaw U.P. Pillay J.S. Watson B.R. Brown (and three Disfinction Prizes) V J.P. Dimond (and Distinction Prize) G.W. Kemsley (and Distinction Prize) Distinction Prize: R.C. Barham J.C. Baxter M.P. Hughes N.C. Smith V I Form Prizes:

Bossom Prize (Spoken English): Derrick Prize (Enghsh Verse Speaking): Garside Prize (History): MacDonald Prize (Current Affairs): James Poole Prize (English Story): Winstanley Prize (Chemistry): Biology Prize: Art Prize: Economics Prize: Music Prize: Kay Prize (German): Bloxham Prize (English): Wheeler Prize (French): Kitchener Prize (Mathematics): Wood Prize (Physics): Clothworkers' Prize: Headmaster's Prize (Head of School):

J.C. Turner B. H. Boese C. J. Beringer M.K. Edwards M. Brown P.J. Bottomley A.C. Grant-Morris R.A. Prestidge A.A. Mole T.S.T. Foulkes Shared J.P. Coote J.P. Coote R.D. des Trois Maisons R.D. des Trois Maisons M.G. Smith M.G. Smith G.M. Sharp N.A. Smith

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speech Day Exhibition The spectacular sunshine of this most memorable of summer terms abated not one whit for the Quatercentenary celebrations. In glorious weather, parents. Old Suttonians and friends of tihe School arrived in force to sample the delights in store. Exhibitions of every description were open to visitors from 10 o'clock on Thursday, 8th July.

The biologists, as is their wont, prepared a fascinating banquet (?) for the cognoscenti. One might make a nodding acquaintance with piranhas and axolotls or sample the delights of ornithology by way of sUdes and a taped commentary, and (for the particularly entomologically minded) the private life of the honey-bee was laid bare by means of a cunningly contrived observation'hive.

The chemists had set up numerous esoteric experiments for the delectation and/or education of the visitors: G.G.A.'s smoking machine was a particularly relevant warning - and Cookson's iron-smelting exhibition lent a hint of the bizarre and a tincture of danger to the proceedings. The secrets of electrolysis were there for all to see, but the philosophers' stone was not on view . . . our alchemists are keeping very quiet about some of their discoveries!

In Main Block, a number of activities were on exposition.

The Nuffield Latin project and the Library were well supported by the intellectually minded, while the outdoorsmen preferred to see the displays of camping gear and journey "logs" on show in the Duke of Edinbur^'s Award Scheme Exhibition. The high standard of the Design and

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Craft department was maintained by the woodwork exhibtion in the Craft Centre. The "star attraction", if any single display may be singled out from this plethora, was the Art and Pottery exhibifion in the Hall. D.A.S. had assembled a guttering array of paintings by past and present Suttonians the Uke of which has never been seen at Sutton Valence.

From the pencil drawing dating from 1869 to the superb Quatercentenary feature by M.P. Smith, a present pupil, the standard was uniformily excellent. The highUght of the artwork was a display of six signed prints by T. Cuneo, O.S., which were to be offered for sale in aid of the Appeal.

Mrs. Piper's potters provided a splendid centre-piece for the exhibition with work of an exceptionally high standard. A recording of music and singing by members of the School provided a suitably cultured background to this artistic extravaganza. E.A.C.'s Muniments Room was also open to all and sundry, and was a much visited haunt, especially by O.S. of most vintages since 1900!

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Pictures from the Quatercentenary Exhibition

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"A Madrigal for Master Lambe"

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Carter, Holdgate Archbishop Fags ..

Yeoman's Son, Himself Headmasters, United Westminster Schools' Men Sharpe, Headmaster Headmasters, O.T.C

Lambe's Attendant Lambe's Horse Boys

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THE SINGERS Mrs. Mary Able David Burnett Toby Foulkes Nathaniel Harrison Mr. Robin Jackson Neil Sawyer Christopher Wait

THE ACTORS Bryan Boese John Lyne-Pirkis William Knocker William Lambe David Foster Yeoman Mr. Alastair Producer Grierson Rickford Ian Licence Thwacker ..

Mark Brown Clothworkers Richard Brown Alexander Plummer Nigel Politzer David Swarbrick Narrator, Prefect Michael DarUng Aged Headmaster, Suttonian Editor Philip New Drunk Boy, Villager Nathaniel Harrison NichoUs, Kingdon

Martyn Laverick John Turner David Charman Richard Prophet Andrew Whitehouse Andrew Foster Andrew Makings Nicholas Shaw Russell Saunders Anuthai Saligupta Russell Sellers Mark Smith John Wickens John Best 'Kerry' Andrew Butterworth Roger Fermor PhiUip Hartley PhilUp Hole Roy Jacobs James Ricketts Richard Turton Timothy Winch Thomas Bearman James Chantler Nigel Cossham Peter Rosenwald Mrs. Margaret Hom Mr. Robert Chance Stephen Girolami Mr. Richard Horn Richard Prophet Simon Sawyer Simon Wait

Flutes Oboes Clarinets Bassoons Horns Trumpets

Trombone Euphonium Violin Percussion ..

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THE PLAYERS .. John Coote, Richard Nichols .. Andrew Betts, Mrs. Mary Able, .. Joanna Sampson, Toby Foulkes, â&#x20AC;˘ Christopher Baird .. Jonathan Burnett, Nathaniel Harrison .. Mr. George Holley, Richard Prophet .. Stephen Best, John Turner, Richard Barham, James Ricketts .. Mr. Marcus Pettman . . M r . Robin Jackson .. Toby Foulkes .. PhiUip Bottomley

Recorders ..

Roger Fermor, Hiillip Hartley Phillip Hole John Hughes, Roy Jacobs Sean Kirkaldie Simon Norris James Ricketts Jonathan Ruxton Richard Turton Simon Wait Timothy Winch Mr. Graham Foulkes David Horn Nicholas Horn Mr. Richard Horn Mr. Robin Jackson Music written, arranged and conducted by MR. GRAHAM FOULKES PRODUCED BY MR. COLIN SHAW Foster, and above all, WiUiam Knocker as WilUam Lambe.

The last was a very human figure, expressing authority from the past while he marvelled at the progress achieved in four hundred years; he also sat his horse with serenity -.but I understand it was a very well behaved animal. All spoke their lines clearly and with conviction.

Some scenes remain in the memory more than others: the opening rehearsal with the producer splendidly frustrated by cricket matches, music practices and Quatercentenary preparations; two identical cloth workers worried what to do about a senile headmaster; Thwacker, the bully of Greyfriars, looking - I hope he will forgive me - remarkably hke Billy Bunter; and Lambe's arrival and departure.

The music should be reported by a more competent pen than mine. Graham Foulkes was commissioned to compose, anange and perform what was much more than background sound. It was the music which set the mood Elizabethan madrigals, variations on the Vicar of Bray, Tipperary . . . He never failed to hit the target and the lot was electronically and expertly mixed by Graham Able and his gang who added some war noises for good effect.

Miat is hardest to put down on paper but which will be remembered for ever by all who attended one of the five performances, is the magic of the occasion. Sutton Valence on a perfect summer's evening is an idyllic setting. The audience watched the performers against a background of chestnut trees in full Ufe; behind them the Weald in sunset stretched away for more than twenty miles. Nothing could have been more perfect!

Against this background the actors entered and departed from all sides. There was a dehghtful air of informaUty about the proceedings which can only be achieved by discipline and precision. This was Colin Shaw's achievement; he was provided with the words, the music, the setting, the actors and the weather but it was he who pulled the strings together to create a memorable occasion.

I will end with two comments from a visitor. The first is the way the pageant brought home that there is nothing new; today we are worried about inflation and state interference but such problems and worse have been overcome in the past and the School has survived. The second is that it left you wanting more.

A.R.D.

Anyone who came to see the pageant hoping for high drama and a close-knit plot would have been disappointed. Even if it had been Antony Brown's intention to write such a play, he would have been hard pressed because of the lack of epoch-making events in Ihe School's history. The pageant had a message, though, and this comes across clearly from the 'producer's' opening statement: "We don't have a Quatercentenary every day," to Lambe's final words: "It's your world. Make the best of it."

The theme is proclaimed amidst fanfares: "Sutton Valence School presents Four hundred years of history And a welcome to the future."

It is the Twentieth Century schoolboy who asks the questions: "Do you think it's all worthwhile?" and, "What does it all add up to?" Lambe himself supplies the answer by putting the question: "And my dream? Was that achieved as well? The fear of God, good manners, knowledge and understanding?" . . . " I suppose on the whole we haven't done too badly," is the answer for 1976.

The theme is underlined by the Yeoman: "But it wasn't just buildings. When you come down to it, the School was a place of freedom and tolerance and independence. A place where whatever you wanted to do or learn or play, there was somehow elbow-room to do it.

Was that what you were after?" Lambe's rejoinder: "Something hke that. I suppose when a man plants an acorn, he doesn't enquire what kind of oak-tree. You've survived," completes liie lesson from the past and supplies confidence for the future.

Anthony Brown chose an 'Alice in Wonderland' vehicle to convey the message. The reality of a 1976 rehearsal merged into a fantasy in which history was gently unrolled.

The pageant ended with a return to the Twentieth Century while Lambe clip-clopped home to Elizabeth's reign. Most of the characters were shadowy figures, ghosts from the past who appeared briefly like the class piping their Latin verbs and the Une of headmasters who passed in front 'of the audience like Banquo and his descendants. Some were more soUd individuals and it was they who held the pageant together: Bryan Boese, John Lyne-Pirkis and Alastair Grierson Rickford as themselves, David Swarbrick as the narrator, Ian Licence as Thwacker, the Yeoman David 33

The Quatercentenary Fete The Fete of Sutton Valence School lay in the hands of the boys themselves . . . Two terms of quietly sporadic planning were finally brought to a head on the afternoon of Friday,9th July, when our Fete was made known on Lower.

After many grandiose ideas for central themes (Red Devils, Motorbike displays, parachute drop) had been discussed, put almost into action, but finally abandoned, the committee of House Representatives (Knocker, Chilton, Wells, Brown R., Betts, Turton and Copson) ably chaired

by Mr. Beaman, assisted by Mr. Day, decided that their brief was to produce a fun aftemoon and at least not to make a loss financially. (On a Friday we were unsure how many customers we could attract.) Any profits would be shared equally between: 1) Canterbury Cathedral Appeal Fund and 2). the purchase of a PubUc Address System for the School.

All tribute goes to the House Reps for producing such a successful and varied afternoon's entertainment. There was something for everyone - guess the egg, and bran tub for the youngsters; coconut shy, air rifle range, golf, smashing china and kicking the football for the more sporting types; cakes to be guessed and bought by mothers; bottles of perfume for father, and whisky for mother, at the very popular bottle stall; hoop-la, darts and wheel of fortune for all; refreshments to be sampled when hungry or thirsty.

Much enjoyment was had by the wet sponge throwers who had tolerant prefects in the stocks as targets.

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Several spectacles were offered to spUt up the afternoon:Performances of conjuring at various times; The Tug-of-War heats and finals, where CornwaUis found to their cost that bare feet on dry grass is not the best dress for a hard pull; hi-jinks in the Swimming Pool.

The Raffle went into action with a warm-up on Thursday when several Quatercentenary decanters and glasses were the prizes. (A profit of ÂŁ59 was made on this!) Another Raffle was held on the Friday afternoon. We are deeply indebted to all the people, particularly local tradespeople, for their generous donations which were used as prizes in this.

So generous were the Stalls with their giving of prizes that there was little left over to auction at the end although some pot plants fetched good prices!! Amongst the thirty-odd stalls, only five made a loss. The spectacular money makers were the Raffle, Cakes and Bottles (again thanks particularly to parents for their contributions), followed by some very good performances from the HoopLa, Coconuts, Smashing China and Prefects in the Stocks.

Financially we made a profit of ÂŁ402, which we think will just about cover our optimistic aims. We also considered that "a good time was had by all"!

Our thanks to Mr. Beaman for his quiet, unflappable generalship of the whole enterprise and particularly to the boys named and unnamed who helped devise, construct, man and dismantle stalls, and who cleared up afterwards.

B.R.D.

-."J.

The Quatercentenary Ball band, The Dark Blues, was excellent. Despite the gentleman who demanded "some real music", they played everything and pleased, well nearly, everyone, as shown by the continuous vigorous crowd upon the floor. The only loser from this was the discotheque in the hall; intended to provide "younger" music, it was occasionally under-subscribed.

The tuck-shop became one of the bars, now serving beer and spirits instead of the more usual coke, and there were chairs and tables under coloured lights on the grass outside.

If you were hot from dancing, die swimming pool was available, and was at its most popular about 3 a.m. Was it the Head of School who took an unexpected and uncomfortable plunge?

When the music stopped, there was breakfast in the Refectory, prepared by the kitchen staff there amid the chaos of the caterers' washing up of 820 sets of plates, cutlery, coffee cups and bowls. And if breakfast involved another queue, who minded when the revellers were entertained by the O.S. solo jazz trumpeter who had earlier joined the band? Those who lasted the distance will have had their Quatercentenary celebrations ended by the first glimmers of morning light and the sounds of the dawn chorus.

W.K.P.

The final event of the celebrations was the Ball, held on the night of Saturday, 10th July, and part of the following Sunday as well. The same giant marquee, now colourfully lit, crowded with rows of tables and a dance floor, accommodated over eight hundred people who celebrated noisily into the small hours.

Of the many final headaches for the organizing committee, the most worrying was the electricity supply.

Would the temporary cables maintain the current to the various bits of apparatus: the bright thousand-watt lamps that illuminated tiie tent and the swimming-pool and lit the bars, the amplifiers for the band, and most worrying of all, the power-hungry discotheque? The electricity supply held and so did the weather: the driest summer on record ensured that the night was dry and warm.

By chance, the hirers of tiie marquee had lined the walls in the school colours, broad bands of blue and white. The bright lights reflected on the high cathedral dome casting a gentle glow on the tables below. In such a setting, with beautiful floral decorations and an excellent band, eight hundred people, determined to enjoy themselves, ensured that the evening was a most happy success. And if supper was a long time in the queuing, the good humour of those waiting only illustrated true British stoicism. The choice of

QUATERCENTENARY COMMEMORATIVE GLASSWARE

In honour of our Four-hundredth 'Birthday', some special Swedish Glassware has been engraved with the School coat of arms. Decanters and goblets (as illustrated) are available from the School. Orders should be sent, accompanied by the appropriate remittance, to The Bursar.

Prices are as follows: Wine Goblets £7.50 a pair Coronation Decanter £15 Ship's Decanter £25 Carina Decanter £32.50 Ashtray £10 (postage extra) 35

"LambesTayles from Chaucer" OR: "A Day's summary of somery days' (The Schole had started up a magazine) United Westminster ruld in my stead.

To First Werld Werre our soldiers wer y-led; They fought the fight; for Schole and country bledde; Som forty-four we counted up as dead.

Thogh Craven hav we hadde al century, In nineteen-thirty-nine nat craven we As nearest Schole to Nastee territory We looked down on dogfights ful of glee And open stode the Schole, Lambz lions heart; It stode and took its medcin, playd its part.

To nineteen-seventy-six rol on mor years From out tyms barrel haz flowd manie beers.

Bifil that in that somer on a day hi Sutton at ye Queenz Hed as I lay Redy to wenden on my pilgrimage To Caunterbury with ful devout corage At Nyght hav come into that Hostelrye Wei thirty teacherz in a compaignye.

Som talkd of Alisaundre soot princesse; Of pageant; how Archbishop sungen Messe; And expositions here there everich wher; And Friday afternoon the scholers Fair, That Fet woz somdel better than woz deth And een a pupil mutterd under breth Twas better than mathmatix lessons long.

And Saturday the Old Boys wer in song And gret rejoysing mad they atte Balle A danse intent and disco heave in Halle.

Thean brekfaste ete into the houres smal.

A gallant tym woz had by one and al."

And so four hunderd yearen melt away; Tym past and futur meet themselvs today.

Our Trust indeed it is in God alone This He who sitz upon the Lambes throne.

With one accord to God our voyces rayse Four hunderd years of pryers, psalms, hymns of praise.

Though som of us may sing a trifle flat Yet wil al shout: SUTTONA FLOREAT! "Dikki"

The Monkes tayl mad al of em so sadde From straightest way to martyrs tomb they hadde Y-strayed and found themselvs on Sutton Hill.

Theri spak oure Boost to Clothwerker clept Bill Desired him tel his tayl whyl that they rest And later wold they wot which tayl the best.

Then stepped forth as bearded as a pard A solid thickset man whose mien was hard.

A merchaunt and a chorister woz he In chapel Royale sang ful daintilee.

Yet eek he mindful woz of al mankind And frankly sayd: "1 speak as I do find: As Uncle TTiomas Eliot us doth tel Tym present and tym past in futur dwell.

Sleep on my felaw pilgrimz and then I'll Wind on the corse of tym a litel whyl.

Som nyn scor yearz eleven hav gon by And stil we gaz into the Valence sky; In dawn of Reformation are we now.

A Grammar Scheie in Sutton I'll endow To educat ye farmers sons around In fear of God; good manners must abound And understanding knowledge must be sound.

I, William Lamb, do Sutton Valence found Just down below yon village sporting ground.

In erly days woz only Latin lernt; The Crete Fire of London records burnt; For lunch they quafft peas puddyng and smale beer; Headmasters by the dozen had they here In Stuart and in Cromwell's tym so short; In sixteen forty woz here English tort!

Now everich year ye village pays to Hedde As rent for Village Green one ros bryght redde.

Sleep on sevn scor mor years dear friends of myn; And now ther are at skul but pupils nyn; But let your faith not flag nor purpos wilt. . . . . . In Eighteen eighty was this skul rebilt.

One hunderd boys or mor in here wer caught. hi nineteen-ten new bildings then wer bought And thogh my Gild did fade half off the scene

Quatercentenary Quotes "I keep all the best exhibits at home . . . " (D.A.S.) "I do feel safer with the Lone Ranger and Rin-tin-tin on the prowl!" (Anon) "Competitors must touch both ends with both hands simultaneously." (Instructions to swimmers) "Would you kindly go and tell the Bursar to . . . !"

(Pageant) "More than four hundred years ago, An excellent gentleman, Lambe by name.

Founded a School we all of us know.

Sure to rise to honour and fame . . . " (School Song) "By this afternoon, this marquee will be filled with hot air!" (Prefect, commenting on the weather)

"We don't have a Quatercentenary every year!" (Pageant) "Does this mean that no-one in "Ponts" will be able to sit down for a week?" (R.E.H. in protest as chairs are commandeered for the P t!)

"Yes, Ma'am, the very spade with which your Royal Highness's Mother planted our flowering cherry tree in 1961." (Head gardener?)

"But when can we have a cricket practice before the O.S. Match?" (G.G.A.) "If you think I'm going to change that flag again . . . " (School Porter?)

"The man on sentry duty at the main gate is there to keep people out!" (Anon) 36

ARTICLES AND

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VERSE

WINNING ENTRY, JAMES POOLE PRIZE, 1975 SUMMER WITHOUT SUN even learnedly. But they rarely credit a reply. And you, reader? I imagine you jeer at Alain, perhaps me as well 'These naive thoughts of adolescence. What ignorant questions! What wisdom you assume, as though none had thought of life before you. Pah!' Is that what you say?

There were few in the habit of joking with Alain. One did not care to. He always wore a quizzical, mocking expression - lips curling deprecatorily - yet not without humour.

It was as though he knew better than those who surrounded him. Still, he never to my knowledge presumed upon anyone's freedom.

Alain Ras, schoolboy, was in no way special - at least, he did not appear so. Tall, angular, he moved his long limbs elegantly, in a manner befitting the son of a lawyer attached to the Presidential Palace. His father supposed him a good son, having never been occasioned trouble by Alain's teachers. Every holiday they would spend an hour or so talking of Alain's work, his interests, his future; it was as though M. Ras were considering a client's case, or a business investment. His investment seemed safe, and the two would part amicably. Perhaps they would meet once a day in the expensive service flat they shared with a cook and a butler.

If Alain wanted money, he had a bank account well supplied by his father.

It was not a situation which displeased Alain. He had always disliked crowds, perhaps because his mother had been so gregarious - "une vraie garce!". Last month, she killed herself Or perhaps it was an accident. She was found underneath a bridge, trapped in her white sports car, which she had admired more than Alain's father. The coroner said she had swallowed litres of the Seine, trying to escape. Alain thought her condition satisfactory. The urine of Paris and her gin-soaked organs made a happy marriage. Neither husband nor son had shed tears, nor wanted to.

Looking at Alain now, one cannot imagine him crying.

His eyes betray little. They are strangely blue, in a dark face below long, black hair that is never tidy. Big eyes, ever open, and surrounded by small wrinkles, which seem to set his large pupils in his mind. Or so it seemed, for in talking now he fixes me with his looking. It is no blank stare, but a corollary of his universal regard for people - a compassionate, pitying stare. Inoffensive but disquieting. Before I knew him better, it scared me. Now I know it is a habit bom of his art.

Like all young people, our aimless talking serves to reassure us, to prove our existence, to alleviate our soleness.

We even talked of this: "Discussion, suggestion, formulation are fertilizing when they are frank and sincere. ..", said James. "Now I am troubled, Jacques." For that is my name. "This morning, I woke sweating. I turned to see if you were still there. You were still asleep. In the mornings I hate this world. I have everything I am supposed to want and yet. . . yet it seems a barren wilderness. Am Ian extra in this crazy scheme? Quite without futixre? You know, Jacques, that I do not wish to dishonour my father But I cannot do in life as he would wish me. He wants me to be a lawyer - like him. He says there will always be much money at the bar, so long as people are happy to be cheated of their money in the name of the state. He says man and woman will divorce themselves for ever, because people must be whole before they unite in marriage. He says people will always break laws because we have schools that preach avarice, and nobody goes to church any more.. at least not to listen!"

I listened.

What was I to say? I supposed nothing. For I knew the answer would come. Listening is hearing; that I knew, too.

We are surrounded by those who talk well, intelligently.

At our school, a boarding-school in a Swiss ski-resort, Alain commanded a goodly amount of respect He was constant in all things, save with his father. Alain wanted to be an artist, like the young, bearded hippies who would often come into the flat, showing new canvasses to M. Ras. The flat was perfect . . . or, at least, when I say 'perfect' I mean wholly in keeping with the fickle demands of fashion. The furniture was Louis XVI or Bauhaus, the many books first editions, the art impeccable - rather the plate than the print. One might have expected to see a Rodin nude in the entrance-hall. . . and so one could. But I stray partly from my purpose! My friend, for such I count him, would say more and I am happy to be of service. It is from solitary trouble that one becomes sleepless, nauseated with this world. Alain was smoking a peasant's cigarette. For me, its earthy smell in this velvet tomb seemed not inappropriate - an individual gesture. As was his wont, he blew idle smoke rings as he talked, never entirely relaxed. In his thin frame was a surprising energy, the source of his own canvasses about the walls. All were of people, and every one seemed like a window into another world, a science-fiction planet. Yet they were all familiar scenes. How so? I suppose his world was a visual expression of his uniqueness, condemned to be an observer, a recorder. His peculiar morality would not allow him to be a satirist, or a cynic. Thus he was founding a new school: the Absurd-Realist. Paris was already buying.

One picture was different. A small portrait of a girl perhaps ten years of age. It was not carefully executed, yet the face was unforgettable. Of a beauty beyond description, beyond explanation, yet so compelling. And the artist pointed to the blond head; he reached into the drawer of his library desk, and produced a drawing block. By way of gesture he threw it neatly to me. I opened it. The same girl. Again and again. From every angle, every pose, always the same happy face.

"Sophie", he said.

I knew her. She was the darling of our school, extrovert, intelligent, even precocious. And a talented skier, like Alain. I didn't know they were friends.

"Yes, we skied together everyday for months, last winter She was like a daughter to me. I like a father to her."

This was news to me. Could this be the reason for the change that came over him at Christmas? He had once been the most biting tongue, sarcastic beyond the humorous, and a political bigot - cursing his father's employer Then came a sudden change; one might have said miraculous, but 38

Alain would have frowned.

There was, he said, quite enough to worship and comprehend in the visible world without the complication of an abstract. For him, all metaphysical musings were measured in terms of their benefit in the material world . . . which meant he rejected all philosophy, save his own peculiar brand of humanism.

But even so, to befriend and become infatuated with Sophie?

Never.

"We would walk hand in hand, I thought I had all the answers. But now I am empty. I remember how she used to joke of marriage, and sit and dream in the little white church, while I was in lessons. I could not concentrate.

All my work was drawing her. I never noticed what lessons.

I was attending. They called me pederast. I laughed. It was a clean life, away from noise, dirt, responsibilities, petty rules. Father. And now look at me."

Alain," I pleaded. "You may see her next week."

"Don't you know I can't go back."

"Of course you must. She will be waiting."

"Yes, I'll go to her. I suppose you wouldn't know. You left early?" He looked away at the window, puzzled, pressed both hands to his eyes; I have a headache." He looked at her portrait. "She was praying in the church. An avalanche.

It killed her. Killed me." He buried his head in the pillow of the bed.

Chris Roffey(UVI)

P.O. RUSSELL-VICK TYRANNOSAURUS R E X He came, sixty million years ago on great oiled resilient legs, each a great piston roped in solid chunks of muscle.

He came, with his spangled coat. the ornamental crust of sclerotic armour coiling in sweat and slime, glimmering in the incandescent light He came, towering above the trees, a primeval god, clothed in richness and grandiloquence, feared by every living thing of flesh and mortality.

He came, tall enough to reach the sun his head, a ton of sculptured stone with his eyes like pools of sun empty and expressionless.

Sixty million years ago, falling to the sodden earth, a mound of spongy flesh fighting the last battle, his degenerated body gliding into the ebbs of death, he went.

J. Young 39

(UIV)

(UIV)

DIMINUENDO The vibrating chords have bassed their way into the floor for the night.

The crisp-sharp tin-leathered drums are stacked, sleeping in the comer.

And the fiery, gas-lit trumpeter downs a last celebratory swig.

Like an orphanage for bottles The acrid room keeps their unwashed faces for morning.

With a musical right arm he places the ailing mug On a bar riddled with puddles.

And walks out onto an oranged pavement.

Leaving a bar burning bulb To guard the rickety door and dry stinging smoke.

B.H Boese(LVI)

PROGRESSIONS / wonder where I am?

I'm here.

You are with me, you are here.

They are not here, they are there.

Some are not there, but not with me.

They are neither here nor there.

I look out of my window.

And see myself looking in.

I open the window to let myself in.

But find I've gone.

Am I two people, who don't like each other?

If Due to my thoughts, I have changed since starting to write this lama different person.

Then what I have written No longer applies directly to me.

I am, to myself.

He is, to myself I is, to Him. He am, to Him. He and I am to us.

But we are nothing to you R. J. Scott-Wilson

R.A. PRESTIDGE(U

(UVIj

I saw a strange shape In the moonless night: It moved.

So did!

This shape was darker Than the dark.

Yet lighter Than the light.

After much persuasion I caught up with it And it was me, But I didn't believe it.

T.I Weedon

(UVI) 40

VI)

GREETINGS CARDS "Orderly! Quick, get the doctor, (ind tell him it's Mark's hands again."

The white figure ran softly away, his plimsolled feet padding away into silence. The doctor soon arrived and he looked at Mark's hands.

"Oh! Mark, what have you done? This is brutal, you'll wreck your hands like this, and we can't help you. You7/ have to stop. "A clouded expression came over his eyes, and he began to cry again. I tiptoed away, and walked around, reassuring the other patients that the doctor wasn't here to see them. They were all petrified of being called to see the doctor. He was a sort of 'Bogey-man' to them; understandable, I suppose, in their position.

Just then an orderly came up the ward, holding an envelope in his gently swinging hand.

"Here, Jenny, a letter for Phillip, in the corner. It's been passed."

"Thanks, Mich," / said, and I looked at the postmark.

It was from London, Kensington, in fact. I tried to remember who Phillip had mentioned from London, but I couldn't think of anyone. I walked over to him. As I approached his bed, however, he shrank back, then relaxed, so that he was perfectly calm when I got to his bed.

"Hello, Phillip," I said, smiling, "I've got a letter for you.

It's from Kensington."

"Oh, that'll be a bomb. They said that they'd kill me, just before I came here." His voice was so matter-of-fact, that I thought he was calm enough to be easily reassured.

"No, it's not that, Phillip, the doctors have already checked it. No bomb's going to blow you up."

"Oh, don't try and reassure me. I knew they would get around to it, sooner or later. I deserve it!" His face clouded over, as if he was troubled by a memory.

"Oh, rubbish, Phillip, there's nothing to worry about."

I opened my hand, and showed him the envelope.

"Shall I open it?" I held my breath, hoping the greeting would please him.

"If you like, I don't want to go on lying here like a corpse."

I opened the envelope, and took out the card. Inside it read, "I am coming to see you on Saturday. Lots of Love, Jim." / knew Jim was his son.

"It's from Jim, your son, Phillip . .. "Hooked down at him, but he did not answer. He was spreadeagled on the bed, as if he was miming the explosive impact of a letter bomb.

His heart beat was zero.

The sun shone gaily through the large plate glass windows of the ward. I wondered if the joy of this day was reaching these poor people. Their faces sometimes bent into a half smile, but, apart from the bad ones who were perpetually grinning, the people on my ward seemed to have unnaturally sunken faces, as if they were continually trying to escape from the reality of life here, and withdraw into themselves.

This made me so sad sometimes, to think that these poor souls were so unbalanced that the slightest disaster, or a half-angry gesture from me would send half of them into suicidal fits. I was their sunshine, and if I spoke a wrong word, their rain and thunder "Betty, Betty!" The silence was broken by a voice, half pathetic in its pleading. I went to the bed in question.

"Yes, John, I'm here, what is it, love?"

"I love you, Betty, I really do. I love you with everything. " He held onto my hand with both of his, and looked at me adoringly.

"I know you do, John, it's all right, "/replied, knowing that he did, with all his heart, despite his having only set eyes on me the morning before. It would have been the whole world to him if I had said "I love you, too," but I wasn't allowed to say that, or many would think that I favoured him, and most were on the edge of a persecution complex that would make them so paranoid, as to make life impossible for them, and myself.

"The flowers, Betty." He paused, struggling with the word. "Pppppretty. Pretty!" he repeated the word, and it pleased him.

"Yes, John, they 're beautiful" There were no flowers but the thought of them filled him with wonder.

"Kill the Pig, Bash her In!" A voice screamed out against the peace, and I saw Mark, the patient from London, beating his bedside locker with his fists. "Kill, kill, kill, "he chanted, and, like a tape-recording, the other patients mimicked him with one, communal, blank expression. I walked quickly over to his bed and caught his wrists. He gave in immediately, and looked up at me, his eyes like those of a dog, sad, pleading, and ultimately admiring.

"Joan, Joanie," he sobbed, then collapsed onto his pillow, and wept like a child. His hands were quickly swelling, and I could see that he had broken them again.

He had only had them out of plaster a few hours, frpm the last time, and he had broken the plaster countless times. He was one of the saddest people. We had even tried the shock treatment on him, but he had cried in great shuddering sobs for two days and nights afterwards, until we had finally had to give him an injection to make him sleep.

P Carr (V)

A F A B L E : L I T T L E MISS MUFFET One day a girl called Little Miss Muffet was sitting on a log under a tree, eating her bag of Golden Wonder Crisps.

Suddenly a spider began to make its descent It got closer and then even closer. It landed on the log beside her. Little Miss Muffet picked it up in her hand and took it back home for a pet She fed it on crisps.

Moral It is not so easy to scare little girls nowadays.

S.J Campbell (UVI) 41

THROUGH THE E Y E S OF A STRANGER TTie life ofa boarder here is exceptionally peaceful compared to that in my own country. The day-to-day life is scheduled and well planned. Therefore I find that I have plenty of time to do my work here. And the academic education is well abalanced by physical education.

Since we are living here in a close and compact community, personal contact is very frequent and I find that most of my fellow students are very friendly towards me which I did not expect, maybe due to the fact that most of my fellow students have a very good upbringing, their mannersand behavious are comparatively gentler than those whom I have confronted outside. There is also a very great sense of uniformity among these students, particularly in their tastes, dress, speech, ideas and characters.

Not until I had lived here for some time did I actually realize that boarding schools in England have a very high reputation. I am still very puzzled about the reason for it!

But I can feel that the students are proud of being at a boarding school as much as their parents. As a result I also consider myself very fortunate to have chosen a boarding school rather than any other.

I am very glad to see the enthusiasm and great knowledge of the teachers in their fields of teaching. This renders me a more advantageous opportunity to understand my subjects.

During the lessons, I find, the students are explicit in voicing their ideas, both relevant and unsound, and they do not let the slightest doubts remain in their heads. They also

like to talk and discuss things among themselves before and after lessons. I almost find that they have an excessive delight in arguing or discussing the most trivial question or episode imaginable. This makes me conclude that they must consider conversation as their favourite form of entertainment.

Personally I am very grateful to a few teachers who have used a great deal of effort in helping me to solve my problems and in guiding me to take more sensible steps in approaching my work.-This may be the deepest impression the school, as a whole, has given me so far because I never expected that my teachers could be so helpful and generous to me.

One thing I do not like here is that we have very little chance of communicating with people outside this enclosed society. WÂť therefore, have fewer opportunities in dealing with people outside, which I think is an essential part of education and I find that we are over-protected here since a few students are ignorant of what is happening outside.

Also the types of punishment, rewards, teaching methods and other school functions give me an impression that this type of school system has been running for a very long time already, in other words, has kept to its tradition. Apart from this, life in this school is quite pleasant as one can get as much education here as physical training and nothing is ever boring, dull or too difficult once one can adapt to the rhythm of life in this school.

Samuel Ip (LVI)

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M.P SMITH (L VI) 42

GLOOMY OLD MAN'S SONG Oh it itsn't quite the same any more.

As the years slip by There's a stiffness of the limbs, a certain glazing of the eye.

And your head's a little nearer to the floor; No, it isn't quite the same any more.

When your footstep's slow And you don't go anywhere as there's nowhere left to go.

But you just stay back at home and close the door.

Then it isn't quite the same any more.

When you 're young Then the world is rich and fine.

Then the grape is on the vine And the song is still unsung.

Life is long!

If you think the world is bad.

Take your lance, Sir Galahad, Just go out and right the wrong.

But now - it isn't quite the same any more.

Mien the sun goes down It's too late to leave your fireside to go fighting for a crown; And you don't know if the crown's worth fighting for.

As it isn't quite the same, any more.

R.E.H.

M.P. SMITH (L VI)

TEAPOT RIDES AGAIN On the day that he was bom his father planted a tree in the local park. Now, as the time flies invisibly past, that tree lies dead. Not broken, not in pain. Dead! He, fortunately for God, is alive. Held together by surgeons and psychiatrists, who live off his money and make good jokes of his problems.

His routine, mechanical, life: Work? Home? Head signature for "Blodwin&Blodwin & Teapot, Brokers." Unmarried father. Running riot inside his head.

On the day before the day, he had come home early.

Push, bustle, msh. In the Christmas shoppers. "Move over lady," he had said, "out of my way." Expressions only used on people he didn't know and was never likely to meet again. Once he did meet someone he had slanged in the street. Turning a pleasant magenta he had left the party.

On this night he did not go straight home.

"Gordon's Gambling Group" were throwing a party in his honour. He was late, as usual On entering the room a rather dmnk tart by the bar said at the top of her voice "A past-it party and he doesn't look over thirty." He had gone straight home, straight out of the door without saying a word. Across

the road, down street. Seen face he knows, jumped into street, HONK! HONK! SPLAT! Pain in leg, blood on shirt. "You all right, mister? Jumped straight out." Fine, flne, don't worry. Hobble to chess club round comer.

Many miles of checkmate before, blood on shirt. "Good evening. Sir, you look deflnitely not all right."

"Slight fisti-cuffs with a car, just popped in to clean up."

"Right, Sir, shall I call a cab? " "Always a good man."

In a clean shirt, he left, taximan driving fast, soon to arrive outside No. 1, Rich-Man Terrace. Tip, trip, open door. The safety of home, door locked and bolted.

"That you?" said Alice.

"Who do you think?"

Dinner on the table. Only eat what you want to eat, that was his motto and he kept to it. Ravioli twice a week: can't go wrong with Ravioli. Warm on a low flame, always use gas. "Don't spill the sauce down your brown suit," that's what his mother always said.

To bed, alone. Who said space was the final frontier don't know much about sleep. Do it every night but no-one can tell you what you do in it. Sleep. The pressures of the 43

Back in the office, another letter!

"I'm going to take the rest of today off " "Not bad news, I hope."

"My son has just died. I want to be alone."

Out of the outer office, down the stairs, free. Walking.

God knows where. South, towards the Embankment.

See tall ships sail away to hostile shores. Left behind a hostile land.

Finding a bar, drinking away sorrows on Access. "Hey, mister, you think you got problems?" (from behind) "My son's just died." Turn to find Very-rich very drunk.

"Yours too?" he asks.

"Yes" "Coming to our party? Free booze!"

"Yes." Big house. A lot of people. Fight for a drink. "Mind out, lady, out of my way!"

Alone, by the food trolley. Petit fours were made for sad days. Gobble, gobble. No one looking. Gobble, gobble.

Someone looking, face reddening, tie in tiifle. Escaping to the gents with haste.

"You've aged, son." he said to himself, looking into the mirror Back to the party. Someone who looked now by the tirolley. No way out. "Hello!" Gobble, gobble.

"Hi, I'm me. Who are you?"

"I'm me, too, I think."

"I'm Sally, a teacher " "I'm me, I'm rich."

"Sounds fun, I might tiy that myself one day."

"Better than teaching. Why a teacher?"

"I have low intellect, a good brain and a childish character."

"Sounds fun, let's dance."

Dance till midnight. Cheek to Cheek, QUITE friendly.

Sit and drink. Smurch on the rocks. Talk till time is noticed.

"I must be going. " "So soon? Only just getting to know you."

"I have a funeral to arrange."

"We shall meet again."

"Yes, must. Here's my card."

Out on the road. "Taxi, home please."

"Thatyou?"

"Yes." Dash to phonebook. Funeral directors, all day service. Ringring.

"Hello."

"Hello, I want to bury my son at sea. Can it be done?"

"Now, sir?"

"Not now, fool!"

outside world become dreams and the dreams become reality. Hit by a car in a dream. The blood. Now truly awake, chasing fluorescent rabbits over human hedges.

Rapid ringing bells, must be that distant church. Please shut up. Destroyed by the bell. The whole new creation.

"Areyou awake?" Alice's distant voice.

"Shut it, ya bitch," he thought. "Yes, dear," he said.

Down to breakfast, eggs and coffee. The seeds of future life feeding the dying. "The Times", personal column: "God will be on show by the dead tree in the park, FREE!" "Aren't you scared of walking to work?"

(Alice, why don 'tyou shut up? I pay you to feed me, that's all!)

"It's a long way, you might be attached or hit by a car."

"Don't worry about me," (Handled that one well; quite polite to my servants.)

"I'm off now, see you tonight."

"God willing " Walking to the office, quite brave, might meet someone I know.

"Morning, mister refuse collecting technician! Morning, milk deliverer!" Rush, hurry, got work to do. People pushing people pushing children pushing prams.

Voices in the street, "Did you hear? Help me I'm going down!" Franc for a coffee.

Walking past children nudging people with prams. Icecream vendors making great wealths from instant tooth decay. Balloon marketeers passing hydrogen for helium to the uninformed masses.

At the office Miss Leggs-and-smiles his super effective filing-machine waves a hand.

"Hi, big boss man, letter on your desk."

"Thank you."

The office, a small expanse of floor, desk covering of pale teak. Letter on desk: The House, Phyco Row, The Town.

Dear Patient, Don't

This was in reply

worry.

to his letter

Yours, Doc. of

the week

before:

The Office, Workers Way. Dear Doc, I am very worried about myself worrying about worrying about myself worrying.

Yours, Patient.

myself

What a reply. I wonder who he sees. "The blind leading the blind".

"Did you want something?"

The voice of an ever attentive ear.

"The blind leading the blind, "he repeated.

The diary, open at the day. Cocktail party, the Very-riches requesting his company.

Time for lunch.

"Care for a nibble. Miss Leggs-and-smiles?"

"Love one! In the filing-room, eh?" A store of wit.

On the empty street. Teabar Terrific, entrance paved with gold. Push her to a seat. "Tea and special". "Two tea and specials". Gobble, natter, hand on leg. No business to be there. Unfortunate!

R.A.PRESTIDGE(UVI)

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LINDISFARNE

"Tomorrow?"

"No, next week some time."

"Right, sir, we'll fix it up."

Down receiver. Ring-ring, up receiver.

"Hello."

"Hi, it's Sally, from the party."

"Oh, hello, did I pinch something?"

"No, I was just wondering if you needed comforting.

Very-rich told me what happened."

"Please do, I could do with some company. "â&#x20AC;˘ "Right, I'm on my way. " Ding, dong, doorbell Comfort for a wounded father. All night No real world for them. Human fences standing upright. Now rising, rampant, free in mind.

God worked his holy will upon the tree.

It bore a bud full clear for all to see.

For Teapot, Sally and his son long gone The buds rise quickly. Teapot, he rides on.

Rhoderick Scott-Wilson (UVI)

When streams grow cold, 0 native tongue.

When fire and slaughter be thy mark.

Then let my life, this life, live long In torments scalding hell bum fire and dark.

O raiders, come across ice-pack fioating down.

From fiords deep, dark blue Norwegian skies They come, took gold and stiver, diamond crown From holy men, dead, deaf to their own cries.

Their long boats glide in cold light morn, With stealth they climb the grassy banks From sea, those stone grey walls forlorn.

Whilst monks did keep their prayers of thanks.

With swiftness, sheer and vicious striking blade They died; all, out of peace, they died a-score On stone, in courtyard and beyond in glade Those swinged horried men besmirched with gore.

Crown and booty, gold and silver gems Of all the treasures, took they not but all These gentle men of God, a good part hid In secret hollow, hacked from hard stone wall Yet with their treasures and their sins These raiders left that isle on lonely coasts.

The monks of Lindisfarne lie dead or dying The first of many Vikings leave in wind a-sighing.

Cold wind of death in j gentle morn o'erfiy This abbey now in ruins fair must lie.

Twelve hundred years ago it was they came They live on now, in never dying game.

NA. DICKENS (U VI)

P.J.S. Hirst (UVI)

SCHOONER The sun sets in the western sky, outlining The schooner, black against the blood and gold.

It lies in peace, anchored in its methuselan island.

Long sombre shadows, from the tapering spars, Smother-colours, obscure the sapphire sea.

Phosphorescence aflame in the dancing wavelets.

No moon; only the stars, stabbing the void Of space through the ages, battling with darkness Until they arrive, safe, secure and bright.

Birds are tired from jangling in the day, so they sleep.

The stars fade, the sea no longer sparkles The pale ship lights, dim gold, contest with dawn.

The fine tracery of rigging, like spiders' webs.

Hang from tipless masts which spiral up to meet The dawn, which crowds in from the oriental sky.

The topaze sun climbs across the azure sky.

The graceful schooner rides in splendour across Waves tipped with shining foam, like a field.

Speckled with snow and frost, based on an emerald cover.

D.P Chaplin (V) 45

MORNING'S BEAUTY The gentle feet of the rosy new-bom sun Dance upon my sleepy hooded eyes.

They beckon me. Awake! Awake! Awake!

Waste not the precious early hours in sleep.

From the depths of dreams my soul is called Back to greet the dawn of this new day.

My heart awakes and waking opes my eyes.

My body relishes the intact warmth.

Sun yawns and stretches, peeping through the trees Dissolving gentle mists from the downs so still.

The rabbits gambol safe from farmer's gun And cats watch mice with ever ready paw.

A tired russet fox trots home to earth Through meadows moistened with the morning dew My heart, my head, my soul are filled with joy At witnessing the birth of one more day.

A.J. Belts

(LVI)

THE B E E

C. W. KINGSLEY-SMITH

Droning like a monotonous bagpipe.

Buzzing confusedly.

It hovers, as listlessly Round the sunflower, As the jellyflsh over its rock.

In a flash of wings it descends and, Like a stone plopping into a pool.

Lands gracelessly onto the yellow core Of the sunflower.

The zebra-like markings Seem to swell with content as Rich pollen is sucked Into its knobbly legs; A child with a straw, Finished, thirst quenched, it rises To meander off into the sun.

(UIV)

THE SOMME His body lies upon the sodden earth, A lifeless, dismal monument; Never more to move.

Never to speak or to love again, But to lie in a winding, wet trench Where blood meets water amidst The terrors and tortures of battle.

His body is pushed into the dirt; Legs twisted.

Fist clenched In agony or realization of the truth; The face shows no expression . . . blown o f f .

A paper bag in its place.

Further on.

Another lies.

Stretched out As if a sympathiser had smoothed out A contorted posture.

Were they friend or foe Killed in attack?

Does not matter now: Death makes them the same.

Two mutilated unknowns.

In a world torn apart.

By the dreams ofa madman.

D. Swarbrick

P.G. New

J.

(UIV) 46

COATES(UIV)

(LIV)

WINNING ENTRY, JAMES POOLE PRIZE, 1976 FIDO going to get along like a house on fire." I hastened to point out that burnt down houses do not get very far. If he thought that I was going to call him Garry, he'd another one coming.

I invited him upstairs and showed him around all the works of the lighthouse.

"Lights A.B.C., Lights D.E.F. . . . " he read out every single label above every single switch or lever.

"Primary A generator. Primary B generator," he continued. As he'd only just come and I did have a little knowledge o f , courtesy, I forced myself to tolerate him.

"Revolution counter, revolution speeds brackets R.P.M. close brackets." He didn't stop, he just carried on all the time. He was talking for all the time that he was on this island, and for all I know, he probably still is. I pity anybody who is with him. It must be in hell. I never escaped from that endless torrent of words. Even when I was asleep I used to have dreams, more like nightmares, about him spouting useless facts. I'd see his large mouth going up and down, up and down, up and down.

"Pelagians were a sect of the 5th Century, founded by . . . "He once had to wake me up because I was burying my head in my pillow, trying to escape that torment.

"Are you interested in selling? If you are, ring 01-394663."

"As it happens, NO!"I retorted. "Do you want a cup of tea?" He replied that he did and went on reading down the columns of 'Situations Vacant'. That made me angry.

Really angry. He didn't know that I'd just asked him about tea, he just said "yes " becuase that was the answer that he gave to all my questions.

Qarence Seward Darrow F.F.I.D.O. (Fellow of the Fog Investigation Dispersal Organisation). " . . . certainly the composer still forces a unison apart like a recalcitrant oyster..."

There were two things about him which I hate. His name... " . . . as in the earlier 'Ankatoria'; he still makes great play with repeated notes o f . . . " . . . and his reading. " . . . slightly varied speed, as he did in 'Phelagre'; and he still has an unvarying form ..."

He read everything. Aloud! He would take up the paper and read out all the news, then the music reports . . . " . . . which is really to be expected of a composer of such high calibre in this..." . . . then, after he had squeezed every last word out of those pages he'd move onto the advertisements on the back page... " . . . our client requires a self-motivating sales man/ woman, residing near Surrey. Ring Guildford 70978."

He just drove me mad.

When I came to this place it was late summer, the sun was shining and nothing could have been closer to paradise.

Sitting in the small boat which was taking me out to the lighthouse I considered that I had never taken a better decision in my life. The lighthouse, I believed would give me that tranquillity which I so desperately wanted and this seemed to be the perfect way out of the city 'rat-race'.

Some seagulls flew overhead: I was just like them, on top of the world. The sky was a beautiful shade of blue and there wasn't a single cloud to be seen anywhere. But they soon came. Oh Yes! They soon came. In the form of Clarence Seward Darrow F.F.I.D.O. He came to the lighthouse to study the fog at sea. But he was one great big cloud, in my sky that was, why could he not have studied himself?

I can still remember the day he arrived. From the windows at the top of the lighthouse, I watched the boatman leave him on the shore of the little island. He wasn't a big man, in fact he was quite short. But he was tubby. It was exactly his sort from whom I was escaping. That suburban, middle-class, over-eating, under-exercised commoner. I took an instant dislike to him. His checked suit made him look even more ridiculous and as for his hat! I ran down the spiral staircase praying that there had been a mistake. But no. While he was introducing himself I searched my mind for something which I could have done to wreak this sort of punishment on me. I couldn't think of anything.

"How do you do? Clarence Seward Darrow F.F.I.D.O." he chuckled, "I'm not a dog. Here's my card." I read it, re-read it and then read it again: Clarence Seward Darrow F.F.I.D.O. What a name! Why couldn't the Fog Dispersal people have thought up a more reasonable abbreviation for their organisation ? But I suppose that it did give people like Clarence Seward Darrow a chance to crack the first joke, pathetic though it was.

"Please, call me Clarry," he added, "I can see that we're

"I'll get him this time," I said to myself as I made my way towards the small kitchen. I got two cups down from the shelf, took the bottle of milk out of the refrigerator, but only poured some into one of the cups. I did likewise with the boiling water. I then filled up the empty cup with cold water and then dipped the tea-bag into both of them (I like it done that way). Carrying the cups, one full of hot tea and the other full of cold water with a tea-bag at the bottom, I was very pleased with myself, in a revengeful sort of way. I put the cup of water on the table next to his chair.

"Career opportunity, trainee representative. West London. " I watched him pick up the cup and take it to his mouth.

"Apply 267 Cromwell Road. Hey! This isn't tea! This is just cold water!"

I would have been pleased if he hadn't noticed because I would have proved to myself how unaware of me and what was going on around him, he was. But as it was, I was just as happy knowing that I'd annoyed him. I'd managed to provoke some sort of reaction out of him. I murmured an apology and took his cup back to the kitchen. When I retumed he had moved on from his papers to his novel which, needless to say, he was reading aloud.

"They left the bar a few minutes later and made their way to the Metro ..."

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which lam writing on. He looked so different from his usual self That lively red face had suddenly transformed into a white mortified visage. I almost felt sorry for him. But then he started pleading with me to let go of him.

"Please, please, let me go! Please! What have I done?"

I was speechless. There was no way which I could have put into words what he had done to me. To say that he'd taken me down to hell would have been the understatement of the year. Perhaps he was the devil in disguise. That thought suddenly occurred to me. He was evil Yes, quite definitely evil. So, I'd be doing the world a good turn by killing him.

I was resolved. I had good reasons and there was nothing to stop me doing so. So I lifted up his neck and pushed him backwards, over the balcony railings. He grasped at me desperately, crying out.

"No, no, no, no!"

"Yes!" I replied simply. Then he seemed to give up hope.

So I just gave him a final shove and he fell over. He took ages to reach the rocky ground below. His body swirled round and round. I could see his mouth open and I knew that he was screaming, but I couldn't hear him. I couldn't hear anything; the buzz of the generators, the sound of the sea and the wind had all gone. There was absolute silence.

It was so peaceful After what seemed like hours, his body hit the ground. I watched every second of his descent. The swirling body, the open mouth and finally the mutilated corpse lying on the rocks, the limbs ripped open and the gruesome details showing themselves to the air, the waves washing away the blood that was spilling from his wounds.

I left his body there and went inside. I felt no feelings of guilt or remorse. I didn't think that I'd done any wrong.

What I'd done was right. No jury in the world could convict me.

Mark Brown (LVI)

This particular evening was taking far too long. Too long by about Clarence Seward Darrow F.F.I.D.O. He was annoying me so much. He would just not stop talking.

"Palissy leapt onto the train just as the doors were beginning to close..."

"Be quiet! Shut up! Shut up! God! Don't you ever stop?

He stopped and looked at me, open-mouthed.

"Is there anything wrong?' he asked, puzzled. With that I ran out of the room. I wasn't in control of myself at all.

I ran along the passage-way, not knowing where I was going.

I don't know why, but I went into the control room. I ran around it flicking switches, turning dials and moving knobs and changing slides and disturbing just about everything which was moveable. I saw all the names come before my eyes: "Lights A.B.C., Lights D.E.F., Primary Generators, Secondary Generators . . . "It reminded me of Qarence Seward Darrow F.F.I.D.O. again. The day when he first came. I think I was trying to undo everything that he had said. Suddenly the powerful beams were no longer projecting out into the night. It suddenly brought me back down to earth again. I had -my responsibilities as lighthouse-keeper. It was vital that those lights kept going. I was no longer a maniac rushing madly around. I started to replace every thing to its former position, then Clarence came in.

"Anything wrong? The lights have gone out, you know!"

I refused to admit to him that I had lost control of myself in such a way, so I quickly invented an excuse.

"Yes, I know. Something must have fused. I'm just trying to fix it now." The sweat on my brow began to trickle down the side of my face. I wiped it with my shirt, pretending that it was the excitement of the lights going out which had caused it. But he still stood there in the doorway watching me. He aggravated me and I could feel my anger welling up inside me again.

"I say, are you all right?" he asked. I nodded weakly with my head bowed, resting against the wall. I prayed that he wouldn't press me as the sound of his horrible voice would just drive me insane.

"You sound terrible," he continued. I took in a big breath and held it in my lungs for as long as I could, trying to control myself I exhaled and murmured, "No, I'm fine. Just exhausted. I think I've got it fixed now."

"Oh, yes," he replied, "I can see the lights now. That's good. Hey! Listen to this: 'The train pulled away from . . "' He began to read his book. 1 was, to say the least, in no mood to hear how his hero escaped from his pursuers on the Paris Metro. But he continued: "The man in the blue raincoat slowly slid round the door . . . " That was it. The last straw on the camel's back.

I growled at him and then screamed for the second time this evening. This time much louder, much more hysterically.

"No! No! No! Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! I can't stand it any more! I hate you! I hate you!" He backed away out of the room. At last, the message had sunk into his little brain. I followed him out onto the balcony which surrounded the top of the entire lighthouse. He looked at me and I glared back at him. Fear appeared on his face. His eyes widened and his lips thinned, showing his teeth. I moved closer to him, slowly taking my paces until finally I lunged at him. Grasping him around his neck, that disgusting chubby neck, which was a mass of moving flesh giving way to my fingers as they delved deeper. I shook him, jolting his head backwards and forwards, lie was as white as the paper

ENDING OF WAR The last gun blast boomed Blowing out walls and candles of life.

As blinking splinter passed windows And eyelids shuddered to a dark close.

Deadly noise was sunk By silent peace so often drunk With the noise of men at war Who end in death's sharp claw.

When guns remained unmoved With curls of smoke slowly drifting In the wind of ill fate.

No more shall a mistake so great Be made by man the beast: For soon the title will be of Peace.

And when man asks why it was.

The books will write: "just because".

P Marshall (V) This is not A real poem But merely A sentence Strung out To fill up space And show myself Not totally devoid Of literary Creativity.

R.D. des Trois Maisons 48

(UVI)

SPORTS

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Rugby Retrospect 1975 Captain: G.M. Sharp Vice-Captain: M.R. Benson Hon. Secretary: G.M. Milligan

1st X V (Won 3, Drawn 1, Lost 12) On paper the XV looked likely to be much stronger than that of the previous year but, in the event, results were no better, three matches only being won, just one against a school side - oh, for a return to the halcyon days of 1970 and 1972!

skilful running and handling from the Ashville backs.

We felt the tour had brought the players on considerably, as tours often do, and the first few matches on our return from half-term were viewed with some confidence. Unfortunately Sharp broke his nose, Benson was away with 'flu-and Sir Roger Manwood's held us to 3-3, though Mole played a sterling game at scrum-half, the first time he had played in the position. With four senior players sidelined, the next games against King's Rochester, Brighton and St. Lawrence were all narrowly lost, with the result that the confidence gained following the tour was now steadily ebbing away.

With Sharp still missing, the side played competitively against Emanuel (10-32) only to disappoint immensely in the final school match at Cranbrook (0-30). An almost fullstrength team was fielded in the Old Suttonian game which the school, showing renewed spirit, deservedly won by 21-12, thus resuming a winning run that had commenced in 1969 and that had been broken only the previous year in the Centenary Match.

Sharp and Benson were far and away the outstanding players, the former troubled by injuries but performing so heroically against the odds and always leading by example whether in training or match; the latter so talented a ball player who was responsible for 86 of the points (including 5 tries and one impressive dropped goal scored in the very first minute against Hurstpierpoint) but who, despite his speed o f f the mark at scrum-half, was often guilty of trying to do too much on his own. Of the remainder. Mole, until his injury, used his speed and determination to good effect especially when he was able to play as flanker, while ScottWilson, judged solely on his performance as hooker, also had a good season. Several other players showed improvement throughout the season but there were glaring failings in tackhng, mauling and general support play. On a more encouraging note, several Under 16 players were blooded during the season, Foulkes deputising courageously on the flank on two occasions, Nichols showing some promise in the centre and Scott, though not very mobile, showing that he knew what the game was all about.

R.D.C.

It was unfortunate that the team came up against several very strong school sides early in the season, and that it suffered from persistent injury, notably during the three weeks following half-term when it was felt that, with full strength sides, 4 to 5 games might have been won. However, there were other factors that brought about this disappointing season. Boys at 1st XV level seem very slow to realise that rugby is perhaps the most challenging game, tactically, they will play; it requires much team organisation, proper knowledge of the basic skills and techniques both at individual and team level, and a high degree of personal fitness. With these priorities achieved, the sort of rugby we saw being played by Hurstpierpoint, Sevenoaks (eventually), Duke of York's and Ashville becomes a real possibility.

There was a lack of commitment in basic training, and this was nowhere better illustrated than in a series of short practice games played against a useful Under 16 side; on no occasion did the 1st X V dominate the opposition! There must be a real 'hunger' for the ball and a compelling desire to maintain possession. These desires can only be satisfied when the individual is truly f i t and when he has learnt and practised over and over again the techniques necessary for gaining and maintaining possession.

Despite early victories against a useful RDC's XV and a poorish Kent College side, the first half of the season contained a depressing number of comprehensive defeats.

One exception, for the second year running, was the game against Sevenoaks when, with the Daily Telegraph's Schools Correspondent watching, the side resisted stoutly for 45 minutes before finally giving away 6 tries in the final 20 minutes; the match report on the following day was very fair. The highlight of the season came in mid-term when a party of 17 boys and 3 masters left on a half-term tour in Yorkshire. This had been arranged some two years previously in order to help Giggleswick School celebrate their centenary season of rugby â&#x20AC;&#x201D; they had visited us in 1974 for a similar season. The first match versus Giggleswick, played in front of a sizeable crowd, was a disappointing affair considering the occasion. The opposition was not strong but despite a fine solo try by Benson that gave us a 7-3 lead midway through the second half, the team was too passive and finally lost by 7-13 pts. The second match of the tour, played against a far stronger Ashville College X V at Harrogate, proved much more satisfactory despite the 9-33 scoreline. With the aid of a magnificent display from the captain.

Sharp, at full back, the forwards rallied in the second half, threatened to take control of the game for almost the only time in the term, but eventually wilted in the face of some

Colours: G.M. Sharp, M.R. Benson Half-Colours: A.A. Mole, R.J. Scott-Wilson, G.E. Milligan, N.J.A. Dickens, D.J. Webb.

Also played: M . I . Licence, M.A. Cook, E.M. Scott, P.B.A. Van der Vlugt, P. Keller, J.M. Baulf, J.E. Burnett, A.J. Betts, J.E. Bent, G.J. Sagar, I.M. Sutherland, R.O. Nichols, G.Hart, W.I. BCnocker, T.S.T. Foulkes, P.G. Loiig.

The Senior and Junior House Match Trophies were retained by St. Margaret's and Founder's respectively.

S.M. Thomas (from the Under 14s) won the Wickham Trophy for Kicking.

Mark Benson played in the Kent Schoolboy Trials and also for the Blackheath Schools.

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THE RUGBY TOUR The prospect of spending what seemed a substantial part of one half-term 'On Tour' (i.e. traveUing 200 miles north to cold, industrial Yorkshire in containers not unlike those of marketed sardines) fulfilUng Quatercentenary duties, could be considered 'a must for all rugby enthusiasts!' but for those for whom the game was still a compulsory sport, it was received with an air of disdain. However, as often happens, it turned out to be a great success even i f our primary purpose was not achieved: no-one was carsick and the inevitable Monty Python sketches along with a little sarcasm provided light relief for most of the way; naturally the staffs driving was a constant source of interest! The social barriers, which up till now had sadly prevented any real team spirit, were temporarily broken down - the result being that we played some of our best rugby.

lost by a single score to a St. Lawrence side we should^have; beaten in a most enjoyable match.

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• Quite a number represented the team this year aiic^the;: pick of the team was Dennis, the Under 16 reserve scriimhalf who gained valuable experience. '' C.R.G.S. i | .

The following played: Ashenden P.W., Bedford P.Rv, • Bennett T.G., Beringer, Boese, Bottomley, Calliafas;^ Campbell~'S.J., Chilton, Dennis, des Trois Maisons;'..; • Edwards M.K., Goodall, Harfoot (Capt.), Hayward,:-Keeble, Kung, Lovelace, Rothman, Smith H.M., Smith • M.P., Smith N.A., Wait C.J., Wells.

UNDER 16-XV (Won 7; Lost 4) After a reasonable start, in which we were narrowly defeated by strong sides from Sevenoaks and the Duke of York's, the team gained confidence and won six of the last seven matches. We could have won at Brighton, but chose to run, instead of to kick at a goal, a number of penalties in the opponents' '25'. On the other hand we were extremely fortunate to beat Eastbourne College, who had two tries disallowed and missed three easy penalty kicks. However the best performance was against a big Dover College side, who were overwhelmed by hard running and strong tackling and six tries were scored in the 36-0 victory.

The strength of the team lay in the pack. Evans proved a very useful Une-out jumper and with Smith hooking well, we were usually able to achieve a large proportion of possession from the set pieces. The speed of the back row, especially Foulkes, enabled us to gain a considerable amount of possession from the loose as well.

The three-quarters were sound in defence, but the passing was rather slow. The main problem lay at fly-half where Hart, after making a 'dream' debut against Dover College, failed to Uve up to his promise and much too often showed his inexperience by choosing the wrong option.

Individually, Betts, the captain, tried hard but did not look as good as he had the year before. His weeks with the 1st XV seemed to have taken away some of his enthusiasm.

Before half term, Sagar was the outstanding forward, and we missed his example when he was promoted to the 1st XV. Piper improved greatly and his match-winning try against Cranbrook, where he picked up the ball five yards out and carried three opponents over the line, epitomized his determination. As stated above, Foulkes was very mobile, as well as being a hard tackier and very adept at winning the ball from mauls. He also played for the 1 st XV a couple of times.

The most improved player of the side was Fetherston at scrum-half He developed a good spin pass, kicked soundly and was always looking for the opportunity to attack. He was also an excellent coverer, bringing o f f some very important saving tackles. In the centre Nichols was a strong runner and safe tackier, but he too was taken for 1st XV duty.

At full back Whittaker was very dependable. His kicking was sound, and he scored over 70 points from conversions and penalties. I f he can be encouraged to join the three quarters more, he could become a very competent attacking full back.

M.F.B./I.H.M. Colours: Betts, Fetherston, Foulkes, Nichols, Piper, Sagar, Whittaker.

Also played: Adamjee, Belsham, Brown B.R., Clarke T.J., Cook, Dodson ma M.P., Evans, Foster D.C., Hart mi M.R., Hughes ma M.P., Kemsley, Nunes, Robertson, Scott.

Smith mi N.C., Tree.

Our stay at Giggleswick included a trip to the Lake District and a Rugby Centenary dinner with plenty of toasting and a speech given by the hilarious John Burgess, Esq. Evenings were taken up with various individual pursuits ranging from billiards and boredom to the large-scale sampUng of McEwan's Export. Our final night was spent at a charming hotel in Harrogate. The gay host went out of his way to make us all comfortable - so that while some went to see the famous Harvey Smith wrestling in the local ring or attempted to 'chat-up' the waitresses, others were entertained all evening with his repertoire of Yorkshire jokes.

Our thanks to Mr. Chance, Mr. Little and Mr. McCormick for all they did — sorry we couldn't have made it more worthwhile. Perhaps slightly more exotic pastures would have provided a potentially excellent team with the necess-' ary stimulus, not only for the tour itself but also the whole season, producing the results only too apparent in Sevenoaks School's highly inspired performance (tour to Australia) or even our own 1st X I hockey team (tournament in Holland).

N. Dickens 2nd X V (Lost 14) It is sad to relate that the side was unable to win a match this year. A lack of really good players and heavy injury/ illness lists after half-term meant that well over 30 boys had one or more games in. the side. This was particularly unsettling as often 'scratch' sides were taking the field against units that had built up confidence over the term.

By the end of the season, the standard or rugby had risen to that which I would have hoped to have had at the beginning of the term. Unfortunately only a small number of this year's regulars will be available next year, suggesting that fortunes will not change dramatically.

B.J.L. Regular players: Burton, Smith N.A., Hart G.L., Bax, Burnett, Day, Shears, Andrews, Weedon, Boese, Knocker, El Tayeb, Grimwood, Campbell S.J., Andersen, Long, Smith M.P., Politzer, Bent, Baulf, Wells.

3rd X V Although the 3rd XV won only one match this term, the games were played in the usual happy-go-lucky spirit. There was very little' talent outside the scrum which was itself rather heavy and, therefore, slow.

Against Dover in the first match we conceded three tries in the first ten minutes whilst the players were getting acquainted, and then lost the remainder of the match 3-6.

The game against Bethany is best forgotten as we were outclassed in a mis-match. Brighton, too, were stronger than us, but we had a good win against King's, Rochester, and 51

UNDER 15 X V (Won 4; Lost 7; Drawn 1) •It would be misleading i f one were to attempt to judge the •success of the Under 15 group fi^om the rather indifferent match result statistics. It is significant to note that more than half of the points against were scored by three teams, namely Duke of York's, Eastbourne and Brighton. In each of these games we found ourselves heavily down m a very short time. For example at both the Duke of York's and at Eastbourne we were down by 25 points inside 15 minutes.

Full credit must be given to the team however because in each instance they fought back and held the oppositions m •the second half.

There is a great deal of ability in this group which has •yet to come to fruition. In due course they should develop into quite a formidable team capable of giving hard games to the strongest teams in the area.

The main weakness was tackling. With the exception of one or two individuals it was on the whole very feeble and allowed matured sides to run up a lot of points very quickly.

It did improve as the season progressed with the exception of the 15 minutes lapse at Eastbourne. A second weakness was the lack of positional expertise, particularly in the threequarter line. I t took some time to achieve what began to look like a settled threequarter line possessing speed and penetration. Experience in a position can only be acquired with time and it is hoped that those who .eventually made up the threequarter line will reap the dividend in the future seasons.

The forwards began the season in very robust style and were as good as any of the best packs around. They had in. fact begun to build up a reputation for themselves. It was frustrating to see them lose their cohesion just as some/orm began to emerge in the threequarters in the second half of the term.

Although the season may not have been regarded as a great success statistically, in many senses it was successful.

The group trained very hard and always fought their hardest however a game might have been going and however much they found themselves short of technique. Many boys are closer to finding their best positions and it is hoped will have learnt something about the positional techniques required.

Finally the season was often enjoyable and where it was not quite that, it was certainly satisfying for the group to know that they had done their very best.

J.B.H. Colours: Andersen P.D., Bishop, Blaikie, Butler N . , Smith M., Saunders, Ricketts C.M.T., Myers R.W. Also played: Best R., Findlay, Lundberg, Parrett G.D., Shaw, Smith T.G., Russell-Vick, Allison, Coningsby, Wickens.

UNDER 14 X V (Won 6; Lost 5) To win more matches than were lost and to score over 200 points against 80 may seem like a fairly satisfactory record for a junior team in its first season together. An average side might have been content; this team probably deserved better!

As expected, we struggled in the early weeks of term when playing against experienced teams from schools whose main intake is at 11. Soon the hne-up became more settled, and we began to play with more cohesion. Some epic battles ensued with the 'auld'enemies' - though what might have been a memorable season did not quite fulfil my earlier hopes. We were more than a match for the Duke of York's School this year, as we proved by heavy pressure in the second half, but three tries conceded in the teeth of a

bhzzard (by special appointment to the Siberian Peoples' Republic?) proved too much lee-way to make up once the gale subsided. Brighton pipped us by 7-6 when a last gasp penalty went over, whilst it was our turn to hang on grimly when Cranbrook came back at us with great spirit in the last quarter of a match which we won 15-11. The season ended with an excellent contest aLEastbourne which ended in their favour, but only just!

The pack was immensely strong, and was never beaten in the tight. Foster hooked well, and improved his general play, while Hickman and Licence gave their opponents in the front row a torrid time; the latter also performed well in the loose and proved difficult to stop when peeling round the front of a Une-out and when driven goal-wards by a 'Bonzo' penalty move. Best did not quite recapture his form of last year, but scored a number of good tries from No 8, and tackled as soundly as ever.

The half-back link was difficult to settle, but eventually Lewis migrated from flank, where he played some storming games, to scrum-half where he developed a sound understanding with the elusive Bedford. The latter has a 'nice pair of hands' and a 'useful boot' but must improve his defence if he is to make further progress in the difficult outside-half position. Thomas, who captained the side from centre, showed much promise; his direct running and speed on the burst brought him many tries, and his gifted kicking was a great asset - incidentally, he surprised his seniors by winning the Wickham Trophy this year! When he learns to give a pass as well as he takes one, he should go on to make an impact in senior rugby.

It only remains for me to congratulate the team on their excellent attitude to training and practice, to thank them for the entertaining style of their play, to commiserate with theni for some cruel luck at times and to wish them well for the future. I am most grateful also to C.H.T. for his help with coaching the team.

A.N.G.R. Colours: Bedford, R.J., Best J.R., Foster A.J., HickmanP.J., Lewis G.M., Licence S., Thomas S.M. Also played: Alexander C , Baldwin J., BowenS.,Dodson T., Manning M., Sherrard M., Taylor S., Thurston J.,'Waller J., Ward A., West A.J., Whitehouse A.

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Hockey Retrospect 1976 Captain : M.I. Licence Vice-Captain : M.R. Benson Secretary : J.M. Baulf

competitors suffering from hangovers! The weather was perfect: brilliant sunshine and no prevailing winds; our' play, though, could not be described in that way except for. notable performances by Jem Baulf, Gordon Milligan and \ Trevor Clarice. That evening the team were invited for drinks' and a meal in the Hague which was received with humble(!) gratitude. After the meal we were transported to St George where the team dispersed and drank and made acquaintance with the girls playing in the women's tournament, much to their own gratification.

l s t X I - W 4 D l L12 This season was unfortunately spoiled by influenza but, in spite of this, we often came close to producing winning performances only to fail in the closing stages. The term ended on a high note, however, with a creditable placing in the Kent College tournament, and a most encouraging win against Dulwich College: as nine of the eleven are available next year, we should have an outstanding season in 1977 i f everyone trains hard.

Ian Licence continues to impress between the goalposts, although an illness prevented him from playing in four matches: fortunately we have an excellent understudy in Graham Chilton. The defence, after early disasters, settled down well once the two colts, Toby Foulkes and Richard Nichols, had established themselves at wing half, and the improvement shown by'Martin Wells and Iain Sutherland at the back was most encouraging. Chris Fermor, when not incapacitated by illness, was a tower of strength in midfield, but Gordon Milligan took longer to develop his talents and only really blossomed in the last two matches of the term: he should be a key player next year.

Our forwards were somewhat of an enigma: the approach play was often good, but only the elusive and explosive Mark Benson (20 goals out of 40) could consistently put the ball in the net. Trevor Clarke and Mark Hart played on the wings for the Kent Ur6 X I - Clarke going on to play for the South-East â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and they showed that they will be a real force during the next two years, but Jeremy Baulf never quite justified his potential - despite some golden moments - and neither Geoff Sharp nor Ajmal Amin could make a consistent contribution.

G.G.A. Full Colours: M . I . Licence, M.R. Benson, C D . Fermor, J.M. Baulf Half Colours: G.E. Milligan, T.S.T. Foulkes, T.J. Clarke, M.C.S. Wells, I.M. Sutherland, M.R. Hart, G.M. Sharp Also played: R.O. Nichols, Ajmal Amin, P.R. Bedford, S.J. Campbell, S.F. Bates.

Congratulations to St. Margaret's on winning the House match competition, and to Lambe's on taking the House league title.

The next morning, after a few snatched hours' sleep, the main tournament began. The team had its finest hours, not conceding a goal until faced by the eventual winners at the tournament who managed to scrape a goal after the play had been stopped already.

After this disappointment the team played the most enjoyable game of the tour; a mixed match against the organisers and a general selection of Dutch players of both sexes. We condescended to let Mr. Able play, much to our own embarrassment when he scored two goals - we wanted to keep the score a draw as a mark of respect to the organisers! So a hasty organisation of letting in penalty flicks was arranged with a somewhat obvious catch of the ball by myself, much to the amusement of the spectators.

On the second day, although the results were not impressive, there were some outstanding performances from Chris Fermor, Mark Hart and, i f modesty allows, from the goalkeeper, who was suited to the sUppery conditions.

That evening a party was arranged at the school's Hockey Club which was enjoyed by all those who partook.

The following day the much-awaited trip to Amsterdam took place, starting with the highly regarded tour round the Heineken factory. Those who managed to withstand the stench of the brewing were entreated by the management to sample the end result, i f that is how 30 minutes in which to drink as much lager as possible can be described. After this, people made their own way to the places they wanted to see in the city, which usually consisted of the quickest tram ride to the Student Quarter. Everybody assembled at 4.30 and we were then whisked away to the Hague in coaches.

That evening players were left to their own resources and most reunited in the St George to say a long goodbye to the Dutch people they had made friends witii. On the morning of our departure there were long goodbyes and sentimental tokens exchanged on the station. I noted personally as we sat in the train to the port that there was a general feeling of sadness and recollection portrayed in the silence of the team. We boarded the boat and the sun set on an extremely enjoyable tour. I am sure the whole team would like me to thank Mr Able for a truly remarkable tour.

The team comprised Baulf (captain), Milligan, Chilton, Hart, Clarke, Sagar, Sharp, Bates, Fermor, Foulkes, Sutherland, Ajmal and last but by no means least, Keller.

THE HOCKEY TOUR '76 When trying to recall the tour one's mind can only be filled with images of hospitable and warmhearted Dutch people who managed to make the tour not only successful but a much appreciated and amiable fixture. After arriving in the Hague which was a problem in itself, due to the abundant duty free lager served aboard the ferry, we dispersed in groups with our hosts to their various homes in the vicinity of the Interlyceana School. Members of the team on the first evening grew acquainted with their hosts and generally were transported to the notorious and expensive St George Bar. An early morning start to the first day's tournament was obviously met with a friendly contempt from the many

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UNDER 15 XI (Won 7, Drawn 1, Lost 3)

This year's 2nd X I undoubtedly enjoyed their hockey even though they won only 4 matches and drew 2 of 14.

They were only outplayed by Trinity and Dulwich and might well have won some of the matches they lost. The best results were against Kent College and St Lawrence when the forwards were very sharp indeed.

The side was well captained by Bates who scored 5 goals from his right wing position, w i A Austen and Burnett notching 7 goals apiece. At the back Chilton was always very reliable in goal, while Mole at leftback was perhaps the most improved player iii the side. In midfield Keller ran and ran, one moment in attack, the next back in defence.

Perhaps the weaknesses in the side were a reluctance to use the square pass and a tendency to want too much time to use the ball when under pressure. Nonetheless they played with great spirit and teamwork and were always coming back at the end of a match with determination.

A.R.D.

Only one win was cancelled this year, and that was due to opposition 'flu, not the weather.

Although Trinity trounced us 6-0 on the ice early in the season, Eastbourne proved too strong for us (1-4) and Cranbrook were, as usual, our stumbhng block (0-2), we did indeed have a very good season.

We scored 30 goals (including 9 against Sir Roger Manwood's agam!) and conceded only 18. Perhaps our fmest hour was meting out to a good Tonbridge side their first (and only) defeat of the season (I-O), when we rearranged our defence and put Galstaun at sweeper, and omitted a centre forward, to prevent the inside forwards falling over each other.

The success was brought about by happy and hard working teamwork, and efficient, enthusiastic reserves.

Butler was a strong, silent captain at centre half and he led by example; Ricketts covered well, tackled hard and gallantly played in several different positions during the season. The 'Inside Duo' of Skinner and Cranmer combined well and had a very good understanding, Cranmer doing the stickwork and Skinner piling in the goals. Lundberg has improved during the season and has been a very competent left wing, not afraid to cut in and score goals himself.

The defence eventually learned not to commit themselves in a tackle. Galstaun has developed well, and has been very steady at sweeper, while Wickens has been an exceedingly mobile and efficient full back. Our goalkeepers Alhson and Laverick (playing alternate games!) have at times performed mighty feats of valour - notably perhaps Allison in the first half of the last game of the season, when we beat Dulwich 5-3.

Colours: Bates (Captain), Chilton, Mole, Keller, Campbell, Also Played: Bedford, Bottomley, Austen, Bennett C , Shears, Ajmal, Harfoot, Wells, Dickens J:N., El-Tayeb, Lovelace, Reeve, Rothman, Weedon, Foster D.C.G.

3rd X I Nine matches had been arranged, and only two were cancelled - not because of weather but because of 'flu. The initial games of the season were characterized by high scores - both for and against.

The team was made up from the following: Hayward (Captain), Lovelace, Hoad, N.J.A. Dickens, J.P. Coote, Long, Weedon, Van der Vlugt, El-Tayeb, Witt, Marshall, N.A. Smith, Day, Reeve, Walters, C.J. Wait, J.D.P.W. Andrews.

B.R.D. Colours: Bufier N . , Cranmer S.P., Galstaun C M . , Lundberg C.H., Ricketts C.M.T., Wickens J.C. Also played: Allison, Beech, Coningsby, Laverick, Miles N.J.C. Shaw, Smith M.D., Talbot, Wheeler J.M. UNDER 14 XI (Won 8, Drawn 2, Lost 2)

UNDER 16 X I (Won 3, Drawn 3, Lost 5)

This was a most enjoyable and rewarding season: not a single practice was called off; no matches were cancelled and, with the resultant opportunities for bringing on a large number of players within the age-group, there were some highly satisfactory games played. While the actual results were impressive enough (8 victories, 2 draws with 48 goals for and only 17 conceded), what was especially pleasing at this junior level was that no fewer than 21 players appeared once or more for the X I during the season, while the 2nd X I (or B group) showed their competence as a side by holding a fuU. Mathematical School side to a 0-0 draw in the Cranbrook tournament.

Following two early draws and 1-3 defeat by a useful Kent CoUege X I , the side began a sequence of 8 successive victories by defeating St Lawrence comfortably, Bedford scoring all 4 goals. He ultimately totalled 25 for the season!

With the right players and combinations available a 1-3-2-4 system was then adopted and the team never looked back.

In attack, Bedford, with space to show his skill and acceleration, was always a threat; when he was partnered

by Lewis as twin-striker, goals came at regular intervals,

The team played reasonably well during the term. Ultimately four of this age group played for the 1st X I . Taking into account that two of the previous year's Under 15 X I were no longer playing Hockey, the results were as good as could reasonably have been expected. The one great disappointment was that the team did not score many more goals; Dodson did manage 7 and Dimond converted 3 penalty strokes.

Although one match had to be cancelled because of 'flu. the team was not badly affected by injuries. Piper developed into a very useful goalkeeper; Nichols and Hart played well before theh promotion; Sagar held the side together but was not helped by his own bout of the ' f l u .

B.J.L.

Colours: M.R. Hart, R.O. Nichols, T.S. Piper, G.J. Sagar.

Also played: Belsham, Foster D, Dimond, Dennis, Kemsley, de la Torre, Clark D., Dodson M., Lampard.

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as they did in the two most notable performances of the season against Cranbrook (7-0) and Holmewood House (6-1), though in the latter game the score was 0-1 with 20 minutes to go! The defence, with goalkeeper licence and captain Jeremy Baldwin, the sweeper, outstanding on many occasions, conceded but 2 goals in this period.

The last game was something of an anti-climax since on an all-weather surface at Dulwich - in gorgeous spring weather! - the team did not adapt to the unusual conditions and were well defeated. In the Cranbrook tournament, too, the side who had comfortably beaten Tonbridge 2-0 earlier in the term on grass, lost to the same opposition in the final - again on an unfamiliar all-weather surface.

Apart from the players already referred to, Richardson and Soper for their industry and skill in midfield, Foster and Swatland for their reliability in defence, deserve particular mention while Alexander made a late bid for a place against Tonbridge and held it until the end of the season. The main weakness lay on the left wing where both Buckeridge and Baldwin R.A.J., though each playing competently and scoring good goals, tended to drift infield and never adequately drew the defenders out o f the middle.

In such a season, when most boys showed encouraging improvement, all merit my thanks, none more so than A.N.G.R. for ably assisting in the coaching and being prepared to see darkness fall.

R.D.C.

Colours: Baldwin J., Bedford R., Richardson, Swatland, Foster A., Licence S., Soper, Lewis.

Also played: Croucher, Baldwin R.A.J., Buckeridge, Murch, Alexander, Stewart, Tissiman, Cossham, Waller, Ward, Bowen, Thomas, Taylor S.

Cross Country 1976 Captain : J.D. Andersen Hon. Secretary : T.G. Bennett RESULTS - Senior The Knole Run V. Eltham College and JCing's School, Rochester V. Skinners', Dover, Tonbridge and JCing's, Canterbury V. St. Edmund's v. Dover College and St. Lawrence College V. Bethany v. Cranbrook V. St Dunstan's College V. Duke of York's R.M.S. and Junior Leaders Regiment V. Kent College Inter-House Races A Division: Founder's B Division: Founder's C Division: Founder's D Division: Bennett ' A ' Nation Cup: Founders Individual Steeplechases: A Steeplechase: Andersen J.D. B Steeplechase: Brown B.R. C Steeplechase: Best J.R. D Steeplechase: Burnett D.A. Inter-House Baton Race Senior Race: Founder's Junior Race: Bennett ' A '

This proved to be the most successful team in this sport for some years, especially in the Intermediates and Juniors.

Our first fixture. The BCnole Run, did not go too well, our best runner not making the top 60. However, during the season, we discovered a lot of new talent. The team worked very hard in training and all seemed to be enjoying their running, which was reflected in the results.

Andersen took the honours in the senior age group, coming first five times during the season, and also winning the two internal runs at school. Bennett ran consistently , though his results were disappointing. Brown B., Barry and Priestley were often called up for the Seniors, and performed creditably.

The Intermediates would probably have ended the season unbeaten had some of their members not been called up for the Seniors. Brown, Findlay and Priestley ran with distinction and Barry made very good progress throughout the season.

In the Juniors, Best, Hickman and Thurston ran very well and were strongly backed up by the rest of the team.

If these runners carry on as they did this season, Sutton Valence could be a school to be reckoned with in this sport in the future.

J.D. Andersen Colours: Seniors - Full, J.D. Andersen Intermediates - C. Priestley, B. Brown, A. Findlay Juniors - J. Best, P. Hickman, J. Thurston 55

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Squash Captain M.C.S. Wells Vice-Captain: C D . Fermor This was our busiest season (with 28 matches played and several cancelled because of the 'flu epidemic), and probably our most successful, i f not in the nurhber of wins, then in the creditable results against good opposition which showed how our standard is rising. The 1st V were within an ace of beating Eastbourne College for the first time since 1973, and would have done so had not Hale, after being 2-1 up, run out of steam - it was very early in the season, after all!

Likewise against Cranbrook, Wells was within one point of giving us our first ever victory against them, in a match we eventually lost 2-3. Against Hove G.S., new opponents this season, we performed well, despite a 0-5 defeat. However, possibly our most significant result was the U14 V's 3-2 win over-Holmewood House U12 V, our first victory over them at any level; next season too, their first V No. 2 is to be here at Sutton Valence. Other new opponents this season have been Hurstpierpoint College, against whom we had 3 matches, St. Edmund's, Canterbury and Maidstone Boys' School. I hope, too, that the matches against the Masters' Common Room will become regular features of the season.

Undoubtedly the outstanding player of the season was N.R. Shaw who, besides playing exceptionally well at No. 1 for both Junior Colts and Colts Vs and eventually No, 4 for the 1 St V, won the U16 Individual title convincingly and was the runner-up for the Open tide in a skilful, stirring and well-contested match, against C D . Fermor, the 1st V No. 1, which at one point he looked more than likely to win. Although he will still be a Colt next season he will be challenging for the 1st V No. 1 spot. Other players who gave their utmost at different levels were: M. Wells, the Capt., C M . Bennett, A. Reeve (all in the 1st and Set Vs); D.CR. Clark (Colts); N. Miles (Colts and Junior Colts) and R. Bedford (Junior Colts), the winner of the U14 Individual title.

The holders, St. Margaret's, retained the Inter-House Cup ~ for which a handsome trophy was presented by the Master-in-Charge â&#x20AC;&#x201D; without losing a single tie (in fact, they conceded only 2 games!) and look very likely to score a hat-trick of wins in the competition, something not yet achieved, as their entire team will be here next season. They defeated Westminster 5-0 in the Final.

J.McC. Result of the Individual Tournaments: OPEN: C D . Fermor bt N.R. Shaw: 3-2 3rd place: M. Wells bt K. Hale: 3-0 UNDER 16: N.R. Shaw bt J. Whittaker: 3-0 3rd place: C. Priestley bt D.C.R. Clark: 3-0 UNDER 14: R. Bedford bt G. Beckett: 3-0 3rd place: S. Thomas bt. N . Farrance: 3-1 HALF-COLOURS were awarded to M.C.S. Wells, C D .

Fermor, C M . Bennett.

1st V vs. Common Room (VI) lost 2-4 vs. Eastbourne College lost 2-3 vs. Sutton Valence S.R.C. 3rd V won 3-2 vs. Hove G.S. lost 0-5 vs. Sevenoaks School won 4-1 vs. Hurstpierpoint College lost 0-5 vs. King's School, Canterbury lost 0-5* * (1st rd. Premiere Nat. Schools Tournament) vs. St. Edmund's School, Canterbury won 4-1 vs. Common Room ( V I I ) , won 5-2 vs. Sutton Valence S.R.C. 3rd V lost 2-3 vs. Sevenoaks School won 5-0 vs. Cranbrook School lost 2-3

Fives Captain: K.E. Hale 1st IV: Won 2, Lost 2.

Other teams: Won 5, Lost 5.

probably two more years ahead of them develop into a useful senior squad. Coming- on beneath them is a keen bunch of Junior Colts, but disappointingly few boys in the Under 14 age group played the game this year.

For one reason or another only four of the eight 1st IV matches arranged for the Lent Term were played. We beat Eastbourne College 1st IV and St Dunstan's 3rd IV, and lost to the R.F.A. Club and to Rutlish 1st IV. We did, however, manage to play ten matches at various other levels including three against Alleyn's - a new fixture - and 1 am hoping to be able to arrange even more matches for the Colts and other junior teams next year.

At the top Hale was in a class by himself even though he has not yet developed his full potential. He could be a very good player indeed.

Because we were short of good senior players, four different Colts played in one or more of the 1st IV matches during the term and, although they did not improve as much as I had hoped they might this year, they could, with

Westminster dominated the internal competitions again this year. Led by Hale, they beat St Margaret's in the final of the House Match competition while Hale himself won the Open Singles and, partnered by Fetherston (W) took the Open Doubles title too. Whittaker (M) won the Under 16 Singles competition.

I regret the lack of interest in the game in Cornwallis and Lambe's but I am pleased with the enthusiasm of many Founder's boys. They could well be the dominant House in a few years' time.

-M.F.B. 56

Basketball 1975/76 Captain; P. Keller Although we were without any American 'stars' this year, the interest in the game continues to develop and the teams had some success.

The Seniors playpd five friendly games. Against Cranbrook at home they lost narrowly 22-26, but were leading 14-2 after about five minutes. During this early spell everything clicked into place and they played to an excellent standard. Unfortunately, though they again put in some good performances, they never quite reached that early peak. At Cranbrook they lost 18-25. Against Maidstone Grammar School they lost the first game 33-35 in extra time, but enjoyed a convincing victory 35-20 in' the return match. In a three-a-side game against the Masters, experience dominated the court and they lost 26-38.

In the Kent School U19 one-day Tournament they failed to produce the standard of basketball that should have given them a victory or two, and lost all four games.

Half-colours were awarded to Milligan, and El-Tayeb, both of whom deserve thanks for their efforts, particularly during the Wednesday activity periods, when they encouraged and stimulated interest among young players.

The Juniors, captained by David Foster, had a good season in the Maidstone Schools U16 League, finishing third.

Only a bout of 'flu prevented them from finishing as runners up to the Maidstone School for Boys. I n j h e Kent Schools

U16 Tournament and the one-day Handicap Tournament for the Roy Fox Trophy, which they won last year, each player seemed to forget all the basketball skills he'd ever learnt and they lost all their games abysmally.

Junior Colours were awarded to Foster, Rothman and Evans.

Cornwalhs dominated the Inter-House competition for the third consecutive year. In the Senior Final they beat St Margaret's 49-23 and the Junior team beat Lambe's by an equally convincing margin 43-20.

D.W.T. Team Records Seniors: Played 5, Won 1, Lost 4. Points for 134, points against 144.

Leading Scorers: El Tayeb 43, Keller 34, Milligan 28, Foster 23, Bates 22, Benson 18.

U16s: Played 14, Won 6, Lost 8. Points for 430, points against 383.

Leading Scorers: Foster 118, Rothman 115, Evans 77, Adamjee 28, Burton 20, Wickens 18, Alhson 16, VakilMozafari 14.

U15s: Played 2, Won 1, Lost 1. Points for 42, points against 53.

Leading Scorers: Allison 14, Wickens 12, Vakil-Mozafari

Judo

Shooting

As usual the Judo team was boosted by the addifion of junior members in September so that now the team comprises 13. Guy Hart (Orange belt), the vice-captain, fought well and left us in December for Austraha, where we now hear he is doing some judo teaching. Peter CalHafas succeeded Guy Hart as Vice-Captain. We also had a change of instructors from Tim Leeder (Black belt, 3rd Dan) to Kim Hooper (Black belt, 2nd Dan).

At the grading sessions the following attained new belts: White to Yellow - (all juniors) Allison J., Davies A.M.J., Douglas J.A., Foster mi A.J., Harrison N.O., Lyne-Pirkis J.S. White to Orange - Butler ma N . White to Junior Green Beech M.J. White to Senior Green - Calliafas P.D. Guy Hart obtained his senior colours.

In outside competition two judo enthusiasts performed well. S.C. Calveley gained a Senior Green belt in December 1975, a bronze medal at Swanley U.K. A l l Association Senior Championships, a gold and silver at the B.J.C. team Championships (Southern), and a gold and silver at the Kent Junior Judo Association Championships. On two subsequent occasions Bristow-Smith gained a silver and gold medal in the YMCA (Maidstone) inter-club championships, and a bronze and silver medal in the Over 7st. 12 lb. class, a silver medal in the Open Class of the Kent Team Championships, and a gold medal in the 9st. 12 lb.- class. Overall he has been graded from Blue to Brown belt. A t the South East Championships in Maidstone in May Beech and Butler obtained silver medals and Smith and Calveley obtained bronze medals.

J.S.E.F.

For the second year running the School has been unable to take part in any competitions. The security problems which bedevilled us last year have slowly been resolved, so that we were able to start some .22 shooting in the Lent Term, but there has been no .303 at all.

The outlook is a little more hopeful; we are promised that our ammunition store will be brought up to specification in the near future and this will mean that we can again hold .303 ammunition. The arms store is at least secure and we can hold the rifles, though they are of little use to us without the ammunition. However, I hesitate to suggest that next year will see us again able to take part in all the events which we used to.

The .22 shooting in the Lent Term showed that we had very, few shots left who could produce consistent targets, and most of these boys will be leaving at the end of this year. For this reason the Summer Term was devoted mainly to CCF classification in the hope that we could unearth some potential shots for the next year or two. Certainly there are some who may prove very useful to us, but it seems inevitable that for the next two or three years we shall be building up and it is unlikely that we shall obtain any really good results.

All in all, it has been another frustrating year, compensated for only by the restart of some shooting and the acquisition from the Cadet authorities of four more .303 rifles which should be very helpful once we have estaWished ourselves again on the Open Range.

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Cricket Retrospect Captain: M.R. Benson Vice-Captain: D.C.G. Foster Secretary: I.M. Sutherland Of the other batsmen, Graham Sagar is now beginning to emerge as an effective number 3 who drives pleasantly through mid-wicket, and Fetherston, Ricketts, Hart and Skinner should all go on to make runs next year, whilst that great trier, Paul Bedford - how we missed him in the Week! - left us on a high note with an undefeated halfcentury against the village.

The bowling attack badly needed an Andy Roberts, but Iain Sutherland and James Skinner usually used the new ball effectively when they managed to avoid the horrible long-hop. Richard Fetherston (often unlucky) and David Foster were match winners at their best, but they must improve. their consistency next year, and the latter must not allow the excesses of his fielders to upset him.

Perhaps the bowling discovery of the season was Nicholas Shaw who has proved himself to be a very promising slowmedium spinner and our most consistent bowler.

On my retirement as master in charge, I would Uke to thank the Headmaster for his advice and encouragement, all my colleagues in the Common Room for their tremendous help, the groundstaff for their very good pitches and, particularly, E.A.C., R.D.C., A.N.G.R. and CharUe Smith without whom the Cricket weeks could not have functioned.

Colours: M.R. Benson, D.C.G. Foster, I.M. Sutherland, R.J. Fetherston Half-Colours: G.J. Sagar, P.R. Bedford, J.E. Skinner.

Also played: C.M.T. Ricketts, M.R. Hart, N.R. Shaw, M.G. Smith, M.P. Dodson, N.C. Smith, S.F. Bates, R.H. King, J.C. Wickens, R.A. Prophet, A.J. Foster.

1st XI (W6 D7 L5) This was almost a great season, but unfortunately we ran out of steam towards the end and collapsed badly during the Week.

When we were good - one cherishes the batting memories against King's School, Rochester and the Headmaster's X I , as well as the rapid dismissals of Dover and St Edmund's -iwe played some most entertaining cricket but we could also be extremely ordinary, as the disaster against Trinity showed very clearly. This inconsistency might well have been better disguised if we only had a bowler of real pace (the perennial English prayer!), but really it is bad batting which loses games - bad bowling usually only stops one winning - and our support batting tended to collapse if both the stars failed.

Mark Benson started the season in fine form and scored four centuries including a record 173 not out at Rochester, but I think he would agree with me that he should have got 1000 runs this year (he must aim at this in 1977), in spite of the pressure put on him by the failure of the middle order; he captained the side with great tactical awareness, and if he can now manage to inspire his team to greater dynamism he will ensure that things go well next year. I was delighted that Mark celebrated his selection for the Pub he Schools trial by making 104 not out for South V. The Rest, and I hope that he takes things even further next year.

David Foster, finally gaining recognition from Kent Schools at U. 19 level, emerged from his captain's shadow and showed that he, too, is a class player with two excellent hundreds, including a memorable 162 v. the Headmaster's XI when he went from 100 to 150 in 13 minutes. like his captain, however, David should have scored even more, and he must raise his sights still higher next year: talent brings with it a great responsibiUty for a schoolboy cricketer.

In conclusion, I would like to name the following as being the best XI selected from my five years in charge: P.R.Latham (WK) D. C.G. Foster M.R. Benson (Capt) R.B. Taylor A. Rutherford M.J. Banks J.E. Skinner B. A. Richardson R J . Fetherston N.R. Shaw E . A.H. James 12th man: D.N. Cleave High, Beacon and Sutherland all had a good case for inclusion, but I have preferred the promising younger player in each case; time will tell whether I am right or wrong.

G.G.A. For the record St Margaret's retained the inter-House trophy by beating the youthful Lambe's X I , and Westminster won the league competition.

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CHAMPAGNE C R I C K E T FOR T H E QUATERCENTENARY SUMMER

The Captain of Cricket, Mark Captain, David Foster (on the hammered opposition bowlers to including six individual centuries,

Benson, and the Viceright in the picture), the tune of 1400 runs, in a memorable season.

1st XI Results v. M.C.C. M.C.C. 268-4d School 191-3 (M.R. Benson 113*, G . J . Sagar 37, R . J .

Fetherston 20*) drawn v. St. Edmund's School 190-4d (D.C.G. Foster 100*, C.M.T. Ricketts 23*, R . J . Fetherston 21) St. Edmunds' 51 (I.M. Sutherland 4-14, J . E . Skinner 3-0, R . J . Fetherston 3-26) won by 139 runs V. S . V . C . C .

School 170-2d (P.R. Bedford 76*, D . C . G . Foster 40* G . J . Sagar 30) S.V.C.C. 173-2 lost by 8 wkts.

V. O.S. O.S. 262-6d ( R . J . Fetherston 4-93) School 156-6 ( D . C . G . Foster 59, M.R. Benson 29) drawn V. Trinity Trinity 248-7d ( R . J . Fetherston 3-82) School 83 (M.R. Benson 24) lost by 165 runs V. Maidstone G.S. School 168-8d (M.R. Hart 55, D . C . G . Foster 31) Maidstone G.S. 149-9 (N.R. Shaw 5-43) drawn V. K . S . C . A . V19 K . S . C . A . 216-6d ( J . E . Skinner 3-49) School 133-7 (M.R. Benson 43, G . J . Sagar 35) drawn V. Harrow G.S. School 123 (D.C.G. Foster 28, J . E . Skinner 27, M.R. Benson 24) Harrow G.S. 125-3 lost by 7 wkts.

Cricket week Vandals matches: Cranbrook Detours 238-4d Vandals 147 ( G . J . Sagar 41, G.G.A. 31, J . C . Wickens 26.

J . E . Skinner 21) lost by 91 runs

v. MCR School 198-8d (M.R. Benson 100*, C.M.T. Ricketts 39, D . G . C . Foster 21) MCR 100 (I.M. Sutherland 3-9, R . J . Fetherston 3-23) won by 98 runs V. K S R School 262-3d (M.R. Benson 173*, R . J . Fetherston 41, D . C . G . Foster 35) K S R 186-6 ( J . E . Skinner 3-21) drawn V. St. Lawrence College School 108 ( D . C . G . Foster 48) St. Lawrence 109-3 lost by 7 wkts.

V. Sevenoaks School 108 ( D . C . G . Foster 46, P. Bedford 22) Sevenoaks 109-7 (D.C.G. Foster 7-73) lost by 3 wkts. v. H . M . ' s X l H.M.'s X I 221-9d (D.C.G. Foster 7-73) School 211-8 ( D . C . G . Foster 162) drawn v. Kent College Kent College 171-9d (N.R. Shaw 5-28, I.M. Sutherland, 3-28) School 129-8 ( R . J . Fetherston 45, D . C . G . Foster 23, M.R. Hart 27) drawn V. Dover College Dover 82 (VM. Sutherland 4-21) School 84-4 (M.R. Benson 45*) won by 6 wkts. v. Cranbrook School 197-8d (M.R. Benson 114, G . H . Sagar 21, P.R. Bedford 21) Cranbrook 150 ( D . C . G . Foster 4-65, M.G. Smith 3-22 won by 47 runs v. X L Club School 155-8d ( D . C . G . Foster 61, G.J.Sagar 54) X L Q u b 87 (D.C.G. Foster 5-26) won by 68 runs V. B . B . School 184-9d (G.J. Sagax 42, M.R. Benson 39, J . E . Skinner 21) B.B. 170 (K.M. Sutherland 4-37, J . E . Skinner 3-18) won by 14runs

Scorpions 215-8d Vandals 125 (N.R. Shaw 31, A.J.'Foster 20) lost by 90 runs

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2nd XI. (W3 D3 L3) A team that wins three matches, loses three and draws three can fairly be said to have the correct fixtures list and this is what the Second Eleven achieved this season. Yet again it was a very young team and its main weakness lay in the batting. I f we had had two mature Second X I batsmen all the matches would almost certainly have been won as none of our opponents could really cope with the fast bowling of Cooteand King while the o f f spin of Bates was often very effective. Smith, M.G. bowled well in the first game but his â&#x20AC;˘ loss to the First X I was never really made up although Dennis, Kemsley and Ashenden showed promise from time to time. Only Bates batted really well (but never scored heavily enough) although Dodson will be a good player and Kemsley improved as the season progressed.

Scott kept wicket quite well and made some useful scores while the fielding was of a high standard with some excellent catches being held by Coote, Adamjee, Wells, and many others.

Bates captained the side astutely and all showed great enthusiasm which augurs well for the future.

Colours: S.F. Bates, S.J. Campbell, M.G. Smith, J.P. Coote, R.H. King, E.M. Scott.

Also played: Adamjee, Ashenden P., Dennis, Dodson M., Wells.

both in the air and o f f the seam, but what impressed me most was our slow bowUng, and particular y that of Darling and M.D. Smith. They both finished the season with an average of 6.3, Darling taking 23 wickets with his off-breaks and Smith 10 with his leg-breaks.

In addition to those named in the report there were several other members of the team who could make a valuable contribution to 1st and 2nd X I cricket in the next three years and I hope they will.

M.F.B. Colours: M.J.A. Darling, A.J. Foster, R.A. Prophet (Capt.)

N.R. Shaw, M.D. Smith, J.C. Smith, J.C. Wickens.

Also played: M.G. Burge, S.P. Cranmer, J.B. Hichens, R.E.R. Humphrey, N.J.C. Miles, C.J. Newport, M.P. Odgers, P.F. Russell-Vick, T.M. Taylor-Lowen, J.M. Wheeler.

Under 14 XI (Won 4, Drew 5, Lost 1) A summer of glorious sunshine, yet somehow the cricket at this level this year did not quite match the weather and rarely caught the inspiration. There was scarcely a palpitafing finish and very few of those poetic moments the cricketer knows so well when the exquisiteness of a shot, the fielding of a sizzhng drive or the rattling of the stumps stir the heart. Yet this is not to be too disparaging, since the cricket played still had that glorious uncertainty, that humour that is always so much a part of the Under 14 game.

The most exciting moments came in the second match of the season against St Lawrence when with 152 on the board, we were entitled to feel secure. Not a bit of i t !

Thanks to poor field-placing on our part and a fine innings by their captain, the opposition got home by two wickets with time to spare. There was a good contest at Kent College, when, had we realised 5 minutes earlier that victory was possible, we, in our turn, might have scored over 150 batting second. Baldwin (50), Bedford (38) batted well in this match as they did on other occasions, while Swatland, who missed the final 5 matches of the season, played a useful innings of 19 not out. We made 160-6 at Holmewood House, the highest against them for year's, but the game petered out into a dull draw despite two good catches by Lewis, while in the final match of the season, our Umitations were exposed by a strong Tonbridge side which thrashed us by 9 wickets.

The batting was dominated by Baldwin (the captain) and Bedford, the former, orthodox and determined but lacking in agression, the latter, capable of scoring quickly but prone to play across. The most interesting bowler was the leg-spinner, Dismorr, who captured 27 wickets: if he learns to bowl 'with his head' he will surely provide much excitement in the future.

In contrast to the previous year, the boys seemed less willing to practise and to improve their standard, less willing, too, to talk about their problems and argue about the subtleties of cricket. Many had palpable weaknesses (Murch on his leg-stump!) but were not really determined to do much about improving - sad when the potential, one felt, was there in some boys. This, after all, is a lesson for life not simply for cricket.

R.D.C. Colours: J. Baldwin, R.J. Bedford, J.P. Dismorr.

Also played: Swatland, Licence, Murch, Goss, Alexander, Cumberlege, Lewis, Charman, Dodson, Khan, Waller, Foster A.J., Ashenden, Kelsey, Hodges.

3rd XI The Third Eleven enjoyed their Cricket under the captaincy of Mark Edwards and it was their lack of batsmen that hampered them. Waters did well, however and they had some useful bowlers in Walters, Montgomerie and Bardsley.

K.M.S. Under 15 XI (Won 4, Drew 5, Lost 1) In afternoon matches, when there are only three and a half to four hours of playing time to be shared between the two teams, it is essential to get on with things, i f a positive result, rather than a draw, is to be had. This year's Under 15s were generally far too slow in the field and it was partly for this reason that half of their matches were drawn. Far too often the over rate fell below 20 an hour, but this was not because they were using fast bowlers with enormously long run-ups: it was because they wasted so much time both during and between the overs. Now, although this was partly attributable to Prophet's lack of experience as a captain, it was also due to some extent to a disappointing lack of team spirit. I seldom felt that all eleven boys on the field were reaUy trying to work together towards the common goal of getting the opposition out as quickly and cheaply as possible.

However, if they were not the best of teams, they were certainly a bunch of good individuals and there were many fine performances with bat and ball during the season. Shaw, who because of his promotion to the 1st X I played only five matches with the Under 15s, finished top o f the batting averages, but of the regular team members Wickens was the most successful batsman. He is a fine stroke player and only once in ten innings did he fail to get into double figures. He was followed in the averages by Prophet, who finished the season with a fine 55 not out against Tonbridge. Prophet was also a useful opening bowler, taking 19 wickets during the season (including a hat trick against Bethany) for only 97 runs.

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Under 13 XI (Won 3; Lost 4) All the matches this year were low scoring affairs and the winning or losing margins were relatively small. Our young team had not developed the batting consistency necessary to 'build' scores in excess of 100; with seven players still in the age group next year, scores should be much higher. The heat too played havoc with the fielding â&#x20AC;&#x201D; half an hour in the sun was more than enough to produce elementary shps and lapses of concentration.

Both Davies, who only failed once with the bat, and Norris, a promising middle order bat, had top scores of 24.

The bowling was quhe good, but it lacked variety. Of the fast bowlers Smith took a total of 14 wickets including 6 for

3 against King's, Rochester, and Ricketts took 12, including 5 for 9 against Bethany. However Davidson, who was a competent and careful captain, took 16 wickets with his more gentle pace, including 5 for 7 against Kent College. I am hopeful that Hopley will be able to develop his leg-spin further next year.

B.J.L. Colours: M.'K. Davies, M.P. Davidson, R.M. Smith.

Also played: Norris, Hughes trts, Butler mi, Ricketts mi," Fowle, Gibson, Hopley, Winch, Kirkaldie mi, Girolami'; Turton.'

1st XI Leading Averages Batting:

M.R. Benson D.C.G. Foster P.R. Bedford G.J. Sagar

Inn

NO

18 18 13 16

4 2 1 0

Runs

HS

Av.

746 673 225 289

173* 162 76* 54

53.28 42.06 18.75 18.06

Career 1st XI Total runs l,779t l,025tt 335 375

t New school 3 year record tt 9 short of Benson's 2 year record Bowling: I.M. Sutherland N.R.Shaw J.E. Skinner D.C.G. Foster R.J. Fetherston

Overs Mds 153.2 49 92.4 25 128 29 184.1 42 213.2 54

Runs 426 283 375 665 693

Wkt. 29 18 21 29 24

Av. 14.68 15.72 17.85 22.93 28.87

Career 1st XI Total wickets 74 20 21 66 61

Tennis Captain: C D . Fermor It was not easy to find effective combinations for the second and third pairs. Woodruff was the established member of the second pair and his usual partner was Reeve.

Campbell held up the third pair, partnered regularly at the end by Day, but Bennett C M . , Chaplin mi and Coningsby also played on occasions. The latter two could well be winning matches in their three remaining years.

With Woodruff and Reeve unavailable, Campbell and Day will form the second pair for the Youll Cup. Westminster won the Inter-House Competition. J.C Austen won the Senior Singles Competition and N.R. Shaw the Junior Singles.

A.R.D.

An innovation this year has been the Inter-House League Competition. This has taken the place of the ladder and the intention, has been to provide competitive play for 'full time' players who are not in the team squad. There have been a few teething troubles but on the whole it has worked well with Founder's I emerging as narrow winners with 125 games over Cornwallis with 122 games.

At a glance at the results of the V I who were unbeaten after the first five matches would suggest that this season was a repeat of 1975. This would not be true; the team's form remained pretty constant whether winning or losing and it was sterner competition rather than loss of form which brought the defeats in the second half of the fixture hst.

Apart from one match, Fermor and Austen were the first pair and were not beaten in any matches. Only occasionally did they produce their best form, which was very good.

It seems that a female audience is needed to ward off lapses in concentration by the captain and loss of mobihty and aggression by his partner. Let us hope that there will be plenty of young ladies at Wimbledon where they are playing in both the Clark Cup in the first week of the holidays and the Youll Cup in the second week.

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v. King's School, Rochester v. St. Lawrence College V. Sevenoaks School 2nd V I V. Kent College v. Dover College V. King's School, Canterbury V. Eastbourne College V. St. Edmund's School V. Old Suttonians

won 8'/4 - Vi won SVi - 3V2 won 5 - 3V2 won 6 - 3 won 5 - 4 lost 2 - SVi lost 3 - 6 lost - S^/i lost 3 - 6

Swimming Captain: G.E. Milligan Secretary: R.O. Nichols

The early hot summer made the swimming pool the most popular venue in the School. It is easy to forget the days earlier in the term when the swimmers found the pool a warm haven from cool winds.

The teams had some mixed success, but there were some fine individual performances. Gordon Milligan continues to improve his personal times while giving the team strong leadership and encouragement.

The table of new records gives a more positive idea of the strengths of the team than the scoreboard does; even so, the seniors are not represented as they should be: William Knocker and Paul Burton, in particular, continue to improve their times. It is among the juniors that the swimming potential of the School is seen: in the match against Eastbourne College, seven U15 and one U16 records were broken.

New Records: 100 yds. Freestyle U15 50 yds. Freestyle U16 100 yds. Backstroke U15 50 yds. Backstroke U15 100 yds Breaststroke U15 50 yds. Breaststroke U15 50 yds. Butterfly U l 5

62.8 26.6 72.6 33.4 79.7 35.6 31.7 31.2 4 x 2 5 yds. I.M. U15 71.4 250 yds. Freestyle "C" Div. 3- 07.2 4 X 25 yds. Freestyle Relay 50.4 4 X 25 yds. Medley Relay 57.4 20 X 25 yds. Relay (Penguin) 4- 33.7 4 X 25 yds. Freestyle Relay (Junior) 59.4

The swimming finals were held over three days so that the relays could be incorporated in the Quatercentenary celebrations. As an experiment, it was decided to revert to having each House represented in each event, and to limit each competitor to four individual events. It was thus hoped to make the match more truly an Inter-House, rather than an individual, competition.

Cornwallis and Holdgate dominated the match, but there was a good sense of House spirit. At last Lambe's managed to break the Cornwallis monopoly by winning the senior Penguin Race.

W.K.P. Full Half U16 U15

Colour: Colours: Colours: Colours:

M.J.C. Sherrard R. Nichols J. Allison M.J.C. Sherrard M. West S. Licence N. Butler J. Allison J. Allison M.J.C. Sherrard Cornwallis Cornwallis Lambe's Holdgate

Scoreboard:

Gordon Milligan William Knocker, Paul Burton Richard Nichols Michael Sherrard, Martin West, Julian Allison Nicholas Butler

vs. Maidstone G.S. (May 14)

Seniors U16 vs. Bishop Stortford (May 15) Juniors Seniors U16 Juniors vs. King's, Canterbury & Seniors Westminster School (June 3) U16 Juniors vs. King's, Rochester (June 5 ) Seniors U16 vs. Eastbourne (June 15) Seniors U16 U15 vs. Maidstone G.S. (June 17) Seniors U16

lost lost lost lost lost lost 2nd 2nd lost won won lost lost won won

lost

House Finals: Senior Trophy: Junior Trophy: Senior Relay: Junior Relay: Senior Penguin Race: 62 m

Cornwalhs Holdgate Cornwallis Holdgate Lambe's

41 38 40

47 47

33 51 52 51 44 63 46\i 36)i.

47

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38 38 56 64 45

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Athletics 1976 Captain: J.M. Baulf

During the previous few seasons, the future of Athletics has looked considerably bleak. This was due mainly to members of the School, some who indeed proved their abiUty as athletes at the end of term Sports Day, opting for the ease of non-team tennis or the sun-tan potential of swimming.

Consequently the number of boys choosing Athletics as their Summer Term sport was very low. However, this term saw a renewed interest in the sport and for the first time in two years there was a sizeable squad to choose from. This brought about competition for selection in the team and thus the standard of Athletics rose.

In the first match of the season, the Sevenoaks Relays, the School team finished a disappointing sixth, but this was due mainly to the fact that the majority of the team still held the attitude that Sutton Valence was unable to compete against schools with large squads to choose from.

However at the next match, the Foundation Triangular Meeting against our brother schools, Westminster City and Emanuel, the hard training began to pay off, and for the first time in many years we did not finish last. This success gave the team confidence and in the next match against Dover College the senior team was victorious by 25 points. Against Cranbrook the senior team was narrowly defeated 117-105, although the Under-17 team gained revenge by winning 87-81. The Under 17 team continued to do well, beating St. Edmund's by 19 points, while the seniors lost owing to a disqualification in the final relay. The Duke of York's Cup was disappointing in that we were beaten by teams whom we had previously beaten or come close to beating, but this was mainly because our star athletes were not match-fit because of exams and other School commitments.

It is difficult to single out individuals because such enthusiasm was shown by the whole squad, but nevertheless during the course of the term there were many outstanding performances. In the long-jump, J. Baulf broke the six metre mark and consequently set a new Triangular Schools Meeting record. Ian Licence threw consistently well and broke the School discus record. Philip Keller jumped excellently and gained victories in both high and triple jump during the term. Asaad El-Tayeb, Tim Bennett and John Burnett all ran with great determination and between them not only chalked up many wins, but also formed the backbone of a very strong 400m relay team. In the Under 17 age group, Richard Nichols was outstanding and by the end of term he had broken both the 100m and 200m B division records. John Barry and Ben Brown proved that we were not only capable of winning the sprint events and Rupert Myers showed that we could take the honours in the jumping events too.

Finally, a special word of thanks should be given to all the masters who have coached and encouraged the team during the term, especially Mr. Martin whose training and hard work are mainly responsible for any success enjoyed during the course of the season. He has lifted Athletics back on to its own feet again and the future of the sport now looks very promising.

J.M. Baulf Senior Colours: J.M. Baulf, I . Licence Half Colours: P. Keller, A. El-Tayeb Intermediate Colours: R. Nichols, B. Brown, J. Barry R, Myers Junior Colours: S. Bowen, J. Best, J. Thurston

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News of Old Suttonians former PubUc Schoolboys present at the dinner with special reference to the Old Suttonian table. We hope to be able to list the names of those present later in these notes.

J.G. Russell (1908-L) who visited Sutton from Western Australia last year has sent us his "Reminiscences" of the School in the early years of the century. Not only do they confirm lots of other recollections but also give us some new ones as well. Information given by Senior O.S. Citizens is always welcome and adds to our knowledge of the School in former years. So, any Senior Suttonians who care to spend a few hours of their retirement "reminiscing on paper" are invited to do so. We are particularly interested in the period covering the changeover from Clothworker to United Westminster Schools' control and the 1914-18 War. Mr Russell has heard via the son of another O.S. (L.R. Palmer, 1908-L) of yet another Old Boy in Western Australia. He is John A'ngell (1906—L) who was a contemporary of his and of whom we had not heard for at least half a century. They intend to meet and it may be an interesting meeting because Russell remembers being "tanned" by Angell for giving "cheek" on a Tower House-Buffalo run, which he says he probably richly deserved. Of course that was in the bad old days!

Brigadier J.R.C. Gannon, M.V.O.,C.B.E., (1900-L) was elected a, member of M.C.C. in 1908. He was mentioned in the Annual Report of that club as being equal 6th in seniority among the members. He also seems to be the oldest known Suttonian.

P. Blackman(1974-C) has joined the members of O.S.A. who work in Johannesburg. He is on the staff of Barclay's National Bank (Foreign Branch) in that city.

J.L. Sharpe (1956-W) who works for the Council of Europe in Strasbourg has been promoted and is now working in the Registry of the European Court of Human Rights.

Congratulations.

A.P.M. Qark (1964-F) has moved from Maidstone to Harlow where he is Personnel Manager for an independent local firm marketing wines and spirits.

T.N. (Alfred) Chan (1969-W) has qualified as a Dental Surgeon at Leeds University and returned home to Hong Kong in June 1976.

Maj. G.B. Bateman, p.s.c, (1956-M) has become an instructor at the Royal MiUtary College, Duntroon, Canberra, Australia. His appointment is for two years.

H.N. Dahlstrom (1953-W) has left Monsanto Chemicals in Brussels and is now on the Board of Directors of Continental Gummi-Werke, who are the largest tyre and rubber manufacturers in Germany - the German "Dunlops" in fact.

He now works in Hanover and his addresses are elsewhere in the notes.

Rev. D . I . Gibson, Master and Chaplain from 1964 to 1968 is now a Housemaster at Dean Close School, Cheltenham.

Alan R. Armstrong gave us new addresses for his family recently, and with these some news about them. Alan, himself, (1938—M) is a Chartered Surveyor with a firm based in Teddington but with branches in the Middle Thames area. Andrew P. (1964-M) is B.Sc.(Eng.) and works in the Research Dept. of B.P. at Sunbury-on-Thames.

Peter W. (1968-M) has been working for Dexion in Germany for the last five years. He is also B.Sc.(Eng)., and is coming home this summer. Both the boys are married.

P.G. Boorman (1969-F) who now lives in Gloucestershire has been playing hockey regularly for that county and has been awarded his "County Cap".

P.J. Stubblefield (1955-M) visited Brazil earlier in the year and met R.G.C. Brown (1956-F) who has been in that country for some time. Recently Robin set up his own accountancy business in Rio de Janeiro - previously he had worked with Messrs. Loudon-Blomquist - which involved taking out naturalisation papers. According to Peter Stubblefield, Robin is thriving.

Martyn E. King (1964-L) tells us that his contract with Cunard expired last year and that he is now working, still in Barbados, with his old family firm which is a subsidiary of C.I.E.L. nowadays.

J.C.C. Stevens (1971-W) has been in Australia for 2 or 3 years now and was recently married. He has also been promoted to 2nd Class Machinist. He is not alone in the Stevens family as regards promotion. His father Kenneth Stevens (1943—F) was recently made an Air Commodore in the Royal Air Force.

Nigel R. Collins (1962-M & C) is still working for the Institute of Marine Biology which is in the process of moving from Edinburgh to new accommodation in Plymouth. His work still takes him to sea but he has exchanged the lochs and isles of Western Scotland for the Bristol Channel where he is studying the Plankton populations. He says that he would much prefer the former where he could indulge in his favourite sports of water and snow skiing and it was through the latter that he met his wife. (See Marriages) D.G. Lovelock (1964-W) has left his post at the Admiralty, where he was in the Surface Weapons Estabhshment, and has now joined H.M.S. Norfolk, a guided missile destroyer in which he is responsible for the smooth running

I.R.T. Hutchings (1970-C) has gained his commission in the Parachute Regiment and after 6 weeks training in the Sudan was posted to Ulster. He hoped, in June 1976, to return to what he terms "the Delights of Aldershot" sometime during the summer.

M.W. MUes (1968-C) proceeded to the degree of Master of Arts recently and also became a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries. He wonders i f he is the only MAFIA member of O.S.A. Ian D. Johnstone (1954-W) emigrated to New Zealand two or three years ago and is now a director in a Poly-Fibre firm in Auckland. He visited England during the summer and brought news of several O.S. whom he has met. Among these is G.A. Acres ("Bob" to his contemporaries) — (1925—M) who also wrote to us in June telling us that he and Dr. A.J. Barnard ("Twinkle") - (1942-W) had entertained Sir Charles Groves ("Bud") - (1932-W), and his family when the latter was on tour in Australasia conducting Orchestras in that Continent. "Bob" sent us a photographic record o f the event and "Twinkle's" friends will be pleased to learn that he still does! "Bob" also had been getting in touch with other New Zealand O.S. and was arranging for an O.S. Table at the English Public School's Association Dinner at Waikato on June 26th to celebrate the Quatercentenary of Sutton Valence.- Messages were sent to them by the Headmaster and the President of OlS.A. and to all 65

they helped him in his Pohtical Party Fete. He had never seen "Horse Shoe Throwing" until he saw it at the School Fete. On his return home he borrowed some horse shoes and made a quick £15.00 for his party in Aylesbury. Assuming that the "Suttonian" is non-political we do not say which party benefitted by Kenneth's visit to Sutton Valence but those who remember Clothworker King will probably be able to guess which.

P. de G. Thornhill (1931-W) another visitor in July sent a leather bound book a prize gained by his father, J.A. Thornhill (1900-L), after the festivities. He was one of the many O.S. who came and stayed in their caravans for the whole celebration period.

ORDINATIONS D.C. Grieve (1968-W) brother of R.D. Grieve (1965-W) was ordained Deacon by the Bishop of Chester at Chester Cathedral, on Sunday, 27th June 1976.

of most of the electronics on board. During the last nine months, cruises have taken him between E)jibouti in tropical Africa to Northern Norway. ';" . D.C.F. High (1973-F) has come down from Sheffield University with a Degree in Economics and Business Studies.

He commences, his Chartered Accountancy articles in Maidstone in September. Whilst at Sheffield he played cricket . for the University and was captain of the team on its Devon tour in Summer. 1976. He also had a season at Lacrosse, which he says is really a very fierce game at "male chauvinist pig" level requiring lots of protective clothing. He very much enjoyed his one season with the University third X I I .

Its first team he says is one of the strongest in the country with three English Internationals on the side.

K.W. King (1919-M) was one of the many O.S. who visited the school at the Quatercentenary Celebrations. In a letter expressing his pleasure at what he saw he mentioned

Births CROWHURST. On February 19th 1976, to Marylin (nee Orrin), wife of Frederick Arnold Crowhurst, M.R.C.V.S., a daughter - Georgina Violet.

MACDONALD. On 12th September 1975, in Johannesburg to Jennifer Ann (nee Buck) and Bruce Macdonald (1961-W), a son - Mark Bruce - a brother for Sarah Jane.

LUCY. On June 12th 1975, at St. Theresa's Hospital, Wimbledon, to Rose, wife of W.E. de C. Lucy (1966-M) sister of A.J. and W.R. Olsen (1959 & 1960-F) a son - Edward William Richmond. A grandson for H.F. de C. Lucy(1925-F).

CHAINEY. On 29th March 1976, in Edinburgh, to Anne (nee Roscoe), formerly Sanatorium Sister, wife of Alan Chainey (Master 1967-1972) a son - Andrew WilHam.

WINTER. On 9th August 1975 in Antigua, Caribbean, to Linda (nee Harris) wife of Douglas Winter (1969-M), a son -Alexander.

MURRELL. In May 1976 to Elizabeth Ann (nee Ballantyne) wife of V.J. Murrell (1951-F) a daughter - Charlotte Janet, a sister for Rufus Hope.

BARR. On August 28th 1975, at Canterbury Hospital to Catherine (nee Bond) wife of Andrew Barr (1964-W) a third son — Alan Rhodenhurst — a brother for Andy I I I and James and another grandson for Andrew Barr I (1923-W).

EDWARDS. On May 5th 1975 to Mr. and Mrs. Leslie C. Edwards (1961—L) a son — Benjamin Charles.

SMITH. On November 1975, at Armidale, New South Wales, to Dr. R.C.G. (1960-F) and Claire Smith, a third son Edward.

• TIDBY. On 29th December 1975, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, to Joan Ehzabeth (nee Peachman), wife of Hugh Ronald Tidby (1962-W), a son - Andrew Hugh.

GRAFTON. On 6th January 1976, to Margaret, wife of Peter Witheridge Grafton, C.B.E. (1933-B & M) Chairman of the Sutton Valence Committee, United Westminster Schools, former Chairman of the Old Suttonians Committee and Chairman of the Quatercentenary Appeal, a son — Roderick Peter Benedict.

LITCHFIELD. On 11th June 1976 to Jennifer (nee Thomson) wife of Daniel Anthony Litchfield ( 1 9 6 5 - L ) , a sonDaniel David.

ABLE. On 17th June 1976, to Mary, wife of Graham Able (Master since 1970) a daughter - Lisa Maria.

SHAW. On September 3rd to PauUne (nee Wormald), wife of Colin Shaw (1949 - W and Master since 1971), a daughter, AmeUa Charlotte.

Marriages TIDBY-PEACHMAN. On 10th May 1972, at Worplesdon Parish Church, Guildford, Hugh Robert Tidby (1962-W) to Joan Ehzabeth Peachman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. Peachman.

THOROGOOD-ROGANS. On 6th December, 1975, at St. George's Church, Houghton, Johannesburg, R.S.A., Paul Anthony Thorogood(1967-C) brother of G.C.D. Thorogood (1969-C), to Janet Mary Rogans, daughter of David and Mary Rogans of Johannesburg.

MOLYNEUX-WOOD. On 7thMarch 1975, at Holy Trinity Church, Brompton Road, S.W.3., Colin Michael Molyneux ( 1 9 6 6 - H & C) brother of D.J. Molyneux (1965-W & C) and R.C. Molyneux (1969-C) to AHson Mary Wood, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Dillon Wood of 4 The

Old Barracks, Kensington Palace W.8. O.S. present included I.J.H.M. Grimshaw (1967-C) P.R. JameS (1966-C) J.R. Carey (1967-C) and M. Davidson (at present in Founders) a cousin of the bride.

LITCHFIELD-PARTINGTON. On 1st September 1975, at Brighton Register Office, Peter Aubrey Litchfield (1961 - L ) to Karen Partington.

LITCHFIELD-THOMPSON. On 1st November 1975, at Sutton Register Office, David Anthony Litchfield (1965 —L) to Jennifer Thompson.

HARRISON-BATES. On 17th November, at Dunstable Priory, Nigel Gregory Harrison (1970-M) brother of G.B.L. Harrison (1967-M) to Frances Lynne Bates, of Dunstable.

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HUKINS-HENLEY. On 4th October 1975, at St. George's Church, Benehden, Peter Alexander Barnett Hukins (1963-F & W) brother of S.R. Hukins (1960-W) to Lynda Henley of Benenden.

WHEELER-WHITEHOUSE. On Friday April 9th 1976 at Caxton Hall, Westminster, Christopher Brian Wheeler (1964-C) to Christine Whitehouse, G.J.H. Croysdill (1965-F) was Best Man. CROYSDILL-STEARNS. On April 10th 1976, quietly at Staplehurst, Kent, Guy Julian Harwood Croysdill (1965 - F ) to Mrs. Susan Stearns.

A B B O T T - K E R S . I n Sweden on Friday, June 25th(1969-C) elder son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Abbott of Putney Heath and a Governor of the School, and brother of J.R. Abbott (1971-C), to Magdelena, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A Kers of Sellnas, Sweden.

MARTIN-SHAW. On December 31st 1975, at Norwich

Register Office, David Martin (1961-L), brother of P.M. Martin ( 1 9 5 6 - L ) , to Susan Shaw.

INGHAM-HERITAGE. On Saturday, 2nd August 1975 at: the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Willsborough, Kent. â&#x20AC;˘ Alan Walter Ingham (1966-H & C) to Marie-Louise;"' younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Heritage, of Ashford.

STEVENS-GOSDEN., On 15th May 1976 at St. John's Church, Marouba Beach, Sydney, Australia, J.C. Christopher Stevens (1971-W) son, of Air Commodore K.Stevens (1943-F), to Marie Gosden of Marouba Beach.

COLLINS-BEE-WEIR.On 23rd February 1974 at St. Mary's Church, Pathead, nr. Edinburgh, Nigel R. Collins (1962 - M & C) to Stephanie Louise Bee-Weir.

LOVELOCK-WALTON. On 5th April 1975 at St. James's Southwick, Hants., David George Lovelock (1964-W) to Frances Walton of Fareham, Hants.

Deaths We announce with regret the deaths of the following former members of the School.

DUNSMUIR. On 2nd September 1975, James Henry Dunsmuir (1938-B & W). He had lived and worked near Hull for some years.

ENGLISH. On January 4th, in hospital after a short illness, Richard Delano Enghsh, M.A. (1934-M) of Maltsters, Cerne Abbas, Dorset.

On leaving Sutton Valence Dick English went to St. Edmund's Hall, Oxford and later became a schoolmaster at Dudley Grammar School. Later he took over his family farms at Rochester and Larkfield and then moved to Cerne Abbas. He was a keen "birdwatcher" (R.S.P.B.) and latterly an expert on wild flowers. He bacame editor of the Wild Flower Magazine and was a leading authority in this field.

A Thanksgiving Service for his work took place at Cerne Abbas on 7th February 1976 and was conducted by his friend from Sutton Valence days and thereafter. Prebendary C M . Wedgewood (1935-M) vicar of Combe Down, Nr. Bath and Rural Dean of Bath.

LANGRICK. On June 16th 1976, suddenly in Paris, Clive Nicholas Langrick (1965-C) at the age of 29.

BRIGGS. On 2nd February 1976, John Henry Priestley Briggs(1928-M) in his 66th year. During the War he had served from 1939 to 1946 and later was a pilot for British European Airways until his retirement in 1969.

SHAW. On 3rd July 1976, peacefully at his home in Sutton Valence, Otto L. Shaw, J.P., a Governor of the School from 1954, one of the initiators of the "Friends of Sutton Valence School" in 1958. His two sons, Timothy (1959-F) and Kevin (1965-F) were both members of the School.

THORNHILL. During the first week of July 1975 at Cambridge, Derek B. Thornhill (1931-W), son of F.B. Thornhill (1898-L), and one of the 10 members of the Thornhill family who have been at Sutton Valence.

DERRICK. On 13th July 1976 at Linton, Kent, Mrs. Nance Derrick (nee Banks) widow of A.B. Derrick (Master 1926 to 1955), mother of the late F.P.B. Derrick (1938-F) and sister of Mrs. E. Bentley of Sutton Valence. Throughout her long stay in Sutton Valence Mrs. Derrick had always taken a deep interest in the School and until recently attended most of the functions there. Many O.S. will remember the many kindnesses they received from her and "A.B.D."

RUTTER. On 5th December 1975, Peter Olaf Rutter (1974-C) of Bickley, Kent aged 18.

PLUNKETT. On 5th February 197.6,inRye,Sussex,Sydney Percival Plunkett (1920-W) father of A.P. Plunkett (1947_W) COLES. On 1st September 1975, in London S.W.17 Ian W. Coles (1969-F) aged 23.

JOHNSTON. On 12th January 1976 at the age of 57, Mr. Robin Arnold Frank Johnston. Mr. Johnston was educated at Winchester College and was a member of the Committee of Lloyd's. He had been a member of the Governing Body for' only two years, and had been a frequent visitor to the School during all his too short term as governor. The School Choir sang at a memorial service to him at Plaxtol Church on Sunday, 18th January 1976.

WINTLE. On 11 th April 1976, suddenly at his home in Canterbury, Guy Harold Frederick Wintle (1918-W) at the age of 74.

BARBER. On 1st August 1975 in Nairobi, Kenya, Wilfred Carlisle Barber (1926-M). Wilfred was the first of four sons of a Manchester Doctor who were at Sutton Valence between 1921 and 1933. From Sutton he went to St. John's College, Cambridge, Manchester University Medical School and Middlesex Hospital. His surgical career was mostly overseas and he was Professor of Surgery at Baghdad Medical Faculty before moving to Nairobi where he became Consultant to the British Forces in Kenya, President of the Association of Surgeons of East Africa, Hon. Consultant Surgeon at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi and Director of the Nairobi Hospital, Kenya. He was a member of the Territorial Nairobi Hospital, Kenya. He was a member of the Territorial Army and earned the Territorial Decoration with two clasps. During the War he served in R.A.M.C. in United Kingdom and East Africa in the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. His son is a Specialist Physician practising in Canada, and his daughter, a S.R.N., is married to another Physician who works in the States.

We hadn't seen much of him at Sutton Valence in recent years but he and his youngest brother (W.H.M.B.) paid us a visit two or three years ago.

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To the O.S. News Column in the "Suttonian' 73, Bush Hill Rd., Winchmore Hill, London. N21 2DP.

01 360 3005 Dear Sir,

O.S. DINNERS As you know it was decided not to hold a Dinner last May in view of the Quatercentenary Celebrations at the School.

There were over 800 people present at the Ball on the Saturday evening and it was very pleasing to see so many Old Suttonians present. There will be the usual Annual Dinner in May 1977 and my purpose in writing to you is to appeal to all Old Suttonians who enjoyed the Ball and those who were unable to attend to support the next Dinner.

Many O.S. of all vintages were at the Ball and the Dinner can be made even more enjoyable by getting your friends and contemporaries to join you.

The usual notice will be sent out giving the relevant details next spring and I look forward to seeing both old and new faces at the next Dinner.

Yours sincerely, 13th July 1976.

Ian F.Kay, Hon. Dinner Secretary, (for the last 20 years!)

ADDITIONS TO PREVIOUS LISTS OF FORMER MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL AT UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES OF HIGHER EDUCATION Names T. Sucharitikul(]974-W) T.J. Egginton(1975-F) S.J. Fermor(1973-F) M.J.C. Philhps(1968-C) J.G. Smerke(1974-F) M.J. Boyland; B.A. ( 1 9 7 1 - F) D.J.S. Frederick (1974-C)

University or College and Date of Entry City of London Polytechnic Inst. 1974 Van Mildert Coll., Durham Univ. Oct. 1975 Reading University 1975 St. Luke's College, Exeter for a further year Guy's Hospital Chester Law School Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

R. Shishetzi (1969-C) A.K.M. Sanei, B.Sc. (1971-C) R.B. Taylor ( 1 9 6 9 - L ) N.G. Harrison (1970-M) G.B.L. Harrison, B.Sc. (Hons) (1967-M) P. Polycarpou(1975-C)

Chelsea College (Now Nr. Brighton) Nottingham University University of East Anglia London Hospital Medical School

D.J.L. Leslie ( 1 9 7 4 - L ) W.J. Collins (1962-F)

Jesus College, Cambridge City University

Rev. K.M. Bell(1943-W) R.D. Adams (1975-F) W.I. Knocker (1976-C) J.A. Voelcker, B.A. (Cantab.)

Salisbury Theological College University College Hospital (for 1976) Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst (Scholarship) (for 1977) Jesus College, Cambridge

P.J. Brimble (1974-C) R.S. Baird(1971-F) R.A. Bennett (1975-M) A.P. Richards (1973-C) D.C.F. High(1973-F)

London School of Economics Glasgow (1975) Sussex University (for 1976) Lincoln College, Oxford (1974) Sheffield (1973)

Birmingham University Brighton Polytechnic Institute

To study Politics & Government for B.A. (Hons.)

Geography Agricultural Economics B.Ed. (Hons. Course) Dentistry Law Civil Engineering (2nd year of 4 year course).

Automobile Engineering Architecture for M.Sc. American Studies Medicine Mechanism of Allergic Disease for Ph.D. H.N.D. in Hotel and Catering Administration.

Architecture Administrative Sciences (Financial Management) for M.Sc. Theology Medicine Military Subjects Architecture. Post-Graduate Course for 2 years.

Economics Biochemistry and Physiology Environmental Science Law Economics and Business Studies

OLD SUTTONIANS WHO HAVE ENTERED THEIR SONS AT THE SCHOOL In addition to those recorded earlier are:M.D. Grundy (1955-W), three sons;G.L. Bettle (1950-F); and the grandson of Terence Cuneo (1924-M) (Andrew Viner) 68

UNIVERSITY EXAMINATION RESULTS Further Examination Results for 1975 University or College Leeds University Central Ldn. Polytechnic Inst.

Birmingham Polytechnic Inst.

University of Kent at Canterbury Polytechnic of the South Bank, London Bath University

M.W.Murad (1967-M)

Cranford Institute of Technology, Bedford Mechanical Engineering

A.K.M. Sanei(1971-C)

N. London Polytechnic Institute

Architecture

G.B.L. Harrison (1967-M) N.G. Harrison (1970-M) P.S. Wooderson(1972-C) C.G. Ericson (E.S.U., (1958-L)

Salford University London University Sussex University Queen Mary College, London (1974)

R.M. Eaton (1972-C) C.P.A. Bennett (1968-M)

Kingston Polytechnic Institute Salford University Exeter University Exeter College, Oxford

B.ScCl.II.Div.l.

Applied Biology B.Sc.(Hons).

Biochemistry B.A.,C1.II.2.

History Ph.D. Tudor Parliamentary History B.A.(Hons).Cl.II.2.

Law B.A.(Hons).Cl.II.I. Botany and Biology M.Sc. Plant Pathology Awarded a Harmsworth Exhibition in Law at the Middle Temple (1976).

M. Hatcher (1974-L)

D.C.F. High (1973-F) R.A. Samter(1972-F) B.D. Sorrentino (1973-L) M. Banks(1973-L) J.S. Golob(1973-C)

Subjects Dentistry Life Science Law Electronics Town Planning Architecture

Result B.D.S.

NAME, etc.

T.N.(Alfred) Chan (1969-W) R.A. Scragg (1971-F) M.J. Boyland (1971-F) H. Nasser (1972-W) S.P. Davie (1971-F) R. Baker (1968-F)

B.Sc.,ci.n.2.

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B.A.,C1.II.2.

'-y B.Sc. B.A.Hons.,Cl.II.2. / B.Sc, a.II.I. (1973);.

B.Arch.Cl.I.(1975) ' B.Sc. 1973 M.Sc. 1975 B.A.Hons. Cl.II.I.

Results so far known for 1976 Economics and Business B.A.C1.II.2.

Sheffield University Studies Chemistry, Pt.I. incl.

Passed Wadham College., Oxford Quantum Chemistry Theology Q.I.Hons.

Birmingham University English and French Cl.II.div. 1.

Reading University History of Art Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Awarded a Senior Exhibition at Caius Coll. as a result of his Tripos Examination.

Changes of Address of O.S. Overseas P. Blackman(1974) S.E. Kay (1906) Maj. G.B. Bateman, p.s.c.

Tat Nin (Alfred) Chan (1969-W) H. Norbert Dahlstrom P.V.L. Marchant M.E. King Miss A. Goodwin G.W. Buxton A.M. Bunzl I . W. Jones J.C.C. Stevens J. Angell(1906-L)

76, Tregoning St., Linksfield, Johannesburg, 2192. R.S.A. Residence le Clos de Cimiez, Bloc D2, 31, Ave. Cap de Croix, 06 - Nice, A.M., France.

Royal MiUtary College, Duntroon, Canberra, Australia.

29c Vectis Rd., 2nd Floor, Happy Valley, Hong Kong.

3000 Hanover, Konigswortherplatz 1, West Germany, and Seewig 12, D-3051 Wunstorf 1/ Luthe, West Germany. c/o The Vistaero, 12, Mitchell St., Berea, Johannesburg, and c/o Mrs. M . Marchant, 26, Kirkwood Rd., Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, c/o Box 226, Bridgetown, Barbados.

Flat 2, 226, Springfield Rd., Christchurch, New Zealand, (former House-Matron).

286, Main Rd., Hope, Nelson, New Zealand.

49, Chemin des Jargilieres, 01210, Fernay Voltaire, France.

Has returned to U.K. from Belgium 1/147, Duncan St., Marouba Beach, Sydney, N.S.W., Austraha.

14; Station Rd., Margaret River, Western Austraha.

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b70 years of SuttonA^lence From an interview with E.A. Craven, Esq., O.S.

"When 1 was IPA, 1 was told by my Prep School Headmaster that I was to take a Scholarship Exam for a school called Sutton Valence, about which I'd never heard anything before. I passed the examination and received £30 a year, which in those days covered my whole education.

I toddled down here with my brother and step-brother and found we were a day late because the Cab which was to take us to the station had failed to appear. We arrived to be met by a large chap, who was the Head of the House I was going into - Westminster. He turned out to be Headmaster Holdgate's son and was nicknamed "Nags" - a decent sort of chap. I was shoved in at the deep end, a 12 year old in a Senior House but managed to settle down.

Because I had come back to school late, I was not picked to be a fag. Officially I had a weak heart, which excused me from games, but actually it was a very good excuse to go poaching and so on around and about the countryside. 1 got friendly with the game-keeper at East Sutton Park and we used to go ferreting together.

and said that I would only accept a permanent job. He agreed and that is how I came back to Sutton Valence.

Tliis tumed out to be a great piece of luck actually, because it was at the beginning of the depression and all the geologists who went out to Venezuela were sent back again almost immediately. Meanwhile I was happily teaching Qiemistry at S.V. for £300 a year less £70 for board.

I Uved above the Central Stores and got up every morning to have a bath and breakfast in Lambe's. I was a "temporary" schoolmaster from 1928 - 1969. I was House, Tutor of St. Margaret's and House Master of Lambe's. When the War started I was a bit irked that was not allowed to join up. I persuaded the Army that the Governors had let me join up and persuaded the Governors that the Army had called me up. This scheme succeeded and I doodled about in France and landed on D-Day. I returned to teach in 1946.

During the First War we used to see Zeppelins going over, but it didn't really affect me as I was only 12. For the first year of the Second War, as a House Master, I had to be very careful during the Battle of Britain, because the boys, who were extraordinarily good at locating and looting crashed aeroplanes, used to come back robed in Uve ammunition like a lot of Mexican bandits.

On one occasion, however, the Westminster House team was short of a player and so I was asked to play. I agreed to do so and found pyself in the middle of the field with the ball in hiy hands, I ran towards the opposition's fullback who tackled me, but I managed to pass the ball on to the winger, who scored a try.'We won! That's how I started playing rugger and I finished up by playing for'four years in the First Fifteen - being Captain in my last year, which was in 1924. Actually, in that year we won 10 out of our 12 games — i t was quite the best team we'd had for a long time. We played such teams as Dover College and King's, Canterbury. I managed to play cricket, too, and was Captain of the First X I for my last 2 years.

New boys used to have to undergo an experience called Lambe-singing, when each new boy had to sing some song or other and then leap for freedom. The onlookers would gently belabour his toes until he managed to escape. This tradition was stopped soon after I came.

I didn't have to fag myself, but I had fags, and personally I thing i t did them no harm whatsoever. One of my fags is now a retired Marshal of the R.A.F. Your fags cleaned your boots and made your tea and toast and then had some themselves. When you were at an away rugger match, you let your fags use your "show" for the afternoon and let them brew up some tea, so they really didn't do too badly.

It was all very amicable. In those days we used surnames much more. I was Craven major.

I went to Cambridge and managed to get a job with Shell in Venezuela when I came down. I returned to S.V. for Cricket week and met Holdgate, who offered me a temporary job. I explained to him that I aheady had a job

In appearance, the main school has not changed radically. Lambe's and the main block are exactly the same as they used to be. There were additions Uke the Chapel and, more recently, the Refectory, the Gym, the Science Block and Cornwallis. Originally the latter was to be built in three. I was in on the planning of i t ; but that fell through. The present House was opened by Princess Marina — a wizard person — she chatted to everybody.

Nowadays, things are much harder than they used to be and Ufe is more comphcated. Competition is so much more evident and things are taken much more seriously than they used to be. The everyday boy has not changed though; he still does the same sort of silly things that I used to do and enjoyed doing. On the whole I approve of modern boys - and girls for that matter - I always find them very courteous.

I have been associated with the School for 1 /7th o f the 400 years it has been in existence and have enjoyed most of it. I only hope I last until the end of the cricket season.

Finally, the Muniments room is flourishing, although it is hard to get Old Suttonians to send me their news and so on.

But occasionally I do get a windfall: for example, this morning I got an original manuscript of the Old School Song and although a rather dreadful piece of music, it is after all 90 years old."

Mr. Craven was interviewed by W.I. Knocker.

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Old Suttonian Cricket. 1976.

Brewers' Company Cup. Old Suttonians, captained by Andrew Dixon (1966-M) were successful in the first two rounds of the Cup. In Round 1 we beat St. John's Leatherhead by 237 runs to 181, and in Round 2 beat Monkton Combe by 8 wickets, 161 to 165 for 2 wickets. Andrew Dixon made 92 not out and Paul Latham 45. Both these games were played at Sutton Valence. In the semi-final we are due to play Hurstpierpoint at Hassocks on Sunday, July 18th. It may be too late to get the result of this game into this copy of the "Suttonian", as will be the case for O.S. Week later on.

Old Suttonians v The School. Match Drawn. O.S. 262 for 6 wickets. (Dixon 103, Latham 58, Higgins 47, Taylor 23).

The School 156 for 6 wickets. (Benson 29, D.C.G. Foster 59). A l l members of the O.S. team had, at one time or another played in the Brewers' Company Cup and could be reckoned a pretty strong combination. From the moment they were put in to bat, on a scorching day, and the School failed to dislodge Dixon and Latham - the O.S. score was over 200 for 2 wickets at lunchtime — there seemed to be only two possible results, a win for O.S. or a draw. It turned out to be the latter. Benson and Foster played extremely well but the heat had taken its toll, as it did on some of the more venerable members of the O.S. side, and a draw, most creditable to the School was the final result. Towards the end the game provided the only dull part of a most memorable three days of the Quatercentenary Celebrations. At least that is what the " O . I . " thinks.

STOP PRESS Old Hurstjohnians beat O.S. in the Semi-final of the Brewers' Company Cup, 1976. (Sunday, July 18th)' O.H.JS 169 (Goddard 5 for 32). O.S. 143 (Barr 85-a particularly fine piece of batting). Wicket difficult A L L day.

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(One of 6 original prints by T. CUNEO, (O.S.) donated to the School, and offered for sale in aid of the Quatereentenary Appeal.)