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SCHOOL TIE

Ashford SchoolKent

i5SUMMER TERM

1960 NO. 3

THE SCHOOL TIEVOL. XLVII. No. 3 SUMMER TERM, 1960

Esse quam videri. Ut prosim.Build it well, whate'er you do,Build it strong, and straight and true;Build it high, and clear and broad,Build it for the eye of God.

MAGAZINE COMMITTEEEditors: Miss Churchill and Miss Baker.

Sub-Editors: Cynthia Stafford and Rosalind Savage.Committee Members:

S. Sillars L. Stone R. FentonC. Waterhouse G. Holt V. ShilcockV. Jones L. Wylie C. SielleP. Keun E. Drayson A. LawrenceP. Knight V. Jenkins M. HarmanJ. Bailey J. Wyn Pugh M. MelvilleR. Older R. Browning

Ashford School,East Hill,

Ashford, Kent.June 10th, 1960.

DEAR READERS OF The School Tie,The Opening of Jubilee Building on May 27th was a memorable day for us

all. The Archbishop and Mrs. Fisher honoured us with their presence and werethe most delightful guests—they both knew and admired Miss Brake, and Ifelt they were glad to share our pleasure in the building which was to bededicated in memory of her life and work.

For this special occasion the asphalt was filled with parents, Old Girls andfriends, and almost all the School were together there; the scarlet jerseys of thePreparatory Department made a pleasing splash of colour amongst the blueof the Senior School's immaculate uniform.

After a moving address and Service of Dedication, the Archbishop andMrs. Fisher inspected the new building and the School at work. Our guests,too, appeared to enjoy what, for them, was an unusual experience of viewingour ordinary routine. It was good to have with us several Old Girls whoremember the School in its early days, including Marjorie Babington (Mrs.Williams)—the first name on our School Captains' Honours Board.

During these last months we have been looking back over the past withthankfulness and pride in achievement, and many readers of the Commemora-tion number of The School Tie have written of their enjoyment of the historyof these 50 years. I know that those who are in the School, Staff and Girls,have big responsibilities, for it is we who are to make the beginning of thehistory of the next 50 years. As I looked around from Cranmer Terrace onMay 27th, first to the old building which was there in 1910, and then to thoseadded in the course of the years, I felt that the new block, with its spaciousnessand modern architecture, has already an established appearance. JubileeBuilding is there to start us on our way, and to help us to plan confidently forthe years which lie ahead.

Yours affectionately,MARY NIGHTINGALE.

Mr. Watters died suddenly at home on Monday, June 20th. Hehas been responsible for the Sixth Form Physics for three years, andhas sometimes helped with Junior work. He has taken a real interestin the School as a whole, and will be missed very much. We offer oursympathy to his family in their sad loss.

We were all very sad to hear also this term of the death of MissBusbridge. Since the early days with Mrs. Edwards, she has been agood friend to the School, and has helped many of its pupils by hercoaching and interest. M.N.

GIFTS TO THE SCHOOLOur very warm thanks are due to the following friends for recent gifts:Lord and Lady Brabourne: the gold key with which Lord Brabourne's

father opened Coronation Building.Mr. Jackson: the plaque in Jubilee Building.Mr. Epps: a table for Jubilee Building.Mr. L. U. White, Mr. and Mrs. N. F. Webb: books for the Library.Mr. Norland: a record of Kathleen Ferrier.Miss Avery: a music prize in memory of her mother.Susan Alston: a picture for the Quiet Room.G. Mayo, A. Combeer, C Filip, J. Savory, E. Sharp, P. Ainslie, G. Woodley,

J. Currie: gifts to the Preparatory School Reference Library.

SCHOOL DIARYSpring TermFeb. 18.—The Junior Netball Finals.

„ 13.—Mr. G. Spenceley spoke on South Georgia Discovery.„ 14.—Dr. Gilbert spoke in Bible Class.„ 27.—As mentioned in last term's issue, a Memorial Service for Miss

Brake was held in London which the School Prefects attended.They also went to the Old Girls' Reunion held in the afternoon,at which there was a Bring and Buy stall in aid of the Jubilee Fund.The Illrd and Lower IV went to see Toad of Toad Hall at the NorthSecondary Modern, which they very much enjoyed. The filmA Town Like Alice was shown in the evening by Photocraft andwas enjoyed so much that we all went in search of the book.

March 3.—There was a special performance of the Senior Dramatic Society'sproduction of The Heiress for the School.

4.—The Xlth Form Conference was held at the Ashford GrammarSchool for Girls. The topic this term was China. It was an enjoy-able day for us all, and the wonderful packed lunch provided bythe cooks aroused great admiration.The first public performance of The Heiress.The January G.C.E. results came and were received, on the whole,with surprise and joy!

„ 5.—Another performance of The Heiress.„ 10.—A special staff supper was held—the food all being prepared in the

new Domestic Science Laboratory by the Senior classes. The menuwas thoroughly appreciated.

March 11.—The Upper IV and Junior forms went to see A Queen is Crownedat the Odeon cinema.B.C.G. injections.

„ 17.—Further B.C.G. injections.„ 18.—The Vlth form Dance with Sutton Valence School was held here

in the gymnasium, which was beautifully decorated with springflowers and balloons.

;, 19.—We spent an entertaining evening watching Terry Thomas andIan Carmichael in Brothers-in-Law, shown by Photocraft.

„ 20.—The Extra Singers sang and read Women of the Bible together withthe Ashford Orchestra in Wye Church.

„ 25.—The Reverend Victor Perry spoke to us in morning prayers.„ 26.—The Confirmation Service was held in the Parish Church, con-

ducted by the Bishop of Dover. Afterwards parents and friendsof the School candidates were entertained to tea at School. TheConfirmation Concert given by the Extra Singers was held in theevening, and the proceeds went to the Pestalozzi Village.

„ 27.—The Extra Singers and the Ashford Orchestra went with Women ofthe Bible to Petham Church and were entertained to supperafterwards.

„ 29.—Brahms' Requiem sung by the Ashford Choral Society at theAshford Parish Church was appreciated by a party of boarders.

,, 30.—The Upper IV entertained us in the afternoon from 3 p.m. to5 p.m. The proceeds went to the Jubilee Fund.

„ 31.—The School broke up for the Easter holidays.

Summer TermApril 28.—The boarders returned to School for the Summer Term.

„ 29.—The day girls returned. We found the Jubilee building was readyfor use, and the Vlth form very much appreciated their new formrooms.

,, 30.—The Lower IV upwards went to see The Mikado presented by theCanterbury Amateur Operatic Society. Among the cast wereBunty Snell, an old girl, and Mr. and Mrs. Wood, parents ofRosemary.Mr. Arthur Pedlar and Mr. John Steer entertained us in theevening.

May 6.—The day girls spent the day at home. The boarders watchedPrincess Margaret's Wedding Service on television sets installedfor the occasion.There was a special lunch and tea followed by a Fancy DressParty (with a band) in the evening.

„ 7.—The wonderful sunshine continued, and some of the School wentto St. Mary's Bay for a picnic.

„ 9.—The Peace tree service was held round the Magnolia tree as usualto commemorate V.E. day.Some people went to the Refugee Exhibition at the AshfordCongregational Church Hall, during Scripture lessons. Miss Perryorganized the Oxford Famine Relief Stand.

„ 10.—Mr. K. Lee, father of Marion, Alison and Joy, talked to us aboutthe Refugee Problem.Lady Brabourne spoke to us about the Jubilee Fund, and we weredelighted to hear about the gift of £1,000 made to the fund bythe Dulverton Trust.The pool reached 60 degrees for the first time.More people went to the Refugee Exhibition.

„ 11.—Summer dresses were worn for the first time.There was a collection for Refugees in prayers.The Service for Refugee week was held in the Parish Church. Thespeaker was Christopher Chataway.

„ 14.—The Juniors saw some slides of Rhodesia and Tanganyika shownby Alisamon Wolf (Mrs. Rombulow-Pearse) and her husband.

May 16.—Swimming started.„ 18.—A spell of cold weather began, and sent the less hardy of us back

into winter uniform.,,20-21.—Dear Octopus performed by Staff and friends.„ 21.—The Guide Choir won a cup at the Kent Festival.„ 26.—Some of the Vlth form enjoyed a performance of Hamlet by the

Associates at Associate House.„ 27.—The opening of the Lilian Brake Jubilee Memorial Building by

His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury. After the short dedica-tion service parents were free to walk round the School and watchlessons in progress.

„ 28.—We had several more successes in the Kent Festival.„ 29.—Dr. Forrester talked to us in Bible Class.

June 3-7.—Half-Term holiday.„ 12.—G.C.E. began for "A" Level candidates.„ 17.—G.C.E. began for "O" Level candidates.

July 2.—Barnardo Day.„ 15.—Preparatory School Open Day and Swimming Sports.„ 19.—Senior School Swimming Sports.„ 22.—First performance of Merrie England.„ 23.—End of Summer Term.

ADVANCE DATES

Sept. 15.—Boarders return for Autumn Term.Dec. 21.—End of Autumn Term.Jan. 18.—Boarders return for Spring Term.March 29.—End of Spring Term.April 27.—Boarders return for Summer Term.July 28.—End of Summer Term.

PREPARATORY SCHOOL DIARY

(compiled by Upper A1)

Spring TermMarch 16.—Upper A's were shown films on Tudor and Stuart times.

„ 23.—Miss Lowry showed us another film on Norway.,, 24.—Mrs. Ingram, a friend of Miss Church, showed us films on U.S.A.„ 25.—Upper A's went to the Odeon to see a colour film of the Queen's

Coronation.„ 26.—We played Rye Collegiate School at Netball, but we lost.„ 31.—Our netball team played against the Staff. The Staff won.

We broke up for the Easter holidays.

Summer TermApril 28.—Boarders returned to School.

„ 29.—First day of the Summer Term.,, 30.—Boarders went on a "Bus Walk" to Wye. In the evening we saw

a trick cyclist performing in the gym.May 6.—The whole School had a holiday for Princess Margaret's Wedding.

The boarders watched the ceremony on T.V. In the evening theyhad a Fancy Dress Parade which proved to be good fun.

„ 10.—Mr. Lee, Joy's father, gave us a talk on Refugees.„ 11.—Upper A's went to the Refugee Exhibition at the Congregational

Church; we also saw the type of hut in which refugees live.„ 21.—In the afternoon some boarders went to see the Staff play, Dear

Octopus. We thought it was good.

THE OPENING OF THE JUBILEE BUILDINGAlthough the weather forecast was not particularly good, May 27th

turned out to be a cool but fine day. The guests and the School were seated onthe asphalt, facing Cranmer, and Miss Nightingale with his Grace the Arch-bishop of Canterbury, Mrs. Fisher, Miss Brake's sisters and members of theSchool Council sat on Cranmer terrace.

Mrs. Kneen, our chairman, gave a short speech, which was followed byone from Lady Brabourne, chairman of the Jubilee Fund Committee; she toldus the total of the fund as it then stood, just under half the necessary amount,then asked us to do some mental gymnastics and try to imagine the buildingwithout the top storey.

Her speech was followed by one from the Archbishop, who said it was hisduty to make us do some spiritual gymnastics; he spoke of Miss Brake, hervitality, and all she had meant to the School, and looked forward with us tothe continuing vitality of the School.

The School Captain then read the Liberty Reading from the Book ofJoshua, with which every Liberty, past and present, is familiar, and this wasfollowed by the singing of the hymn "Now thank we all our God", while theSchool Prefects, the Form Captains, and the representatives of the PreparatorySchool gathered around the entrance to the new building and a short anthemwas sung, during which time the Archbishop cut the ribbon woven in theSchool Colours which hung across the entrance to the Jubilee Building.Together with senior members of Staff, the Prefects, the Form Captains andthe Preparatory School Representatives watched the dedication round thememorial plaque, this part of the ceremony being relayed to the people on theasphalt.

After the service, lessons were resumed, and our visitors were able to seethe activities of the School on an afternoon as normal as we could make it inthe circumstances, and then to take tea on the Liberty Lawn. The Archbishopvisited most form rooms and spoke personally to many of us.

It was a very moving afternoon and will, I am sure, be remembered by allof us for a very long time. Now, on the upstairs wall of the new building,beside Miss Brake's O.B.E. insignia and the Grant of the Dignity, framed tomatch, hangs the memorial plaque, a gift from Mr. Jack Jackson. It bearsthese words:

LILIAN BRAKE JUBILEE BUILDINGwas dedicated on 27th May 1960 by

The Most ReverendGeoffrey Francis Fisher D.D.Archbishop of Canterbury.

This building was erected with the help ofgifts from many friends in thankfulness for

the Golden Jubilee of ASHFORD SCHOOL andfor the life and work of LILIAN BRAKE, O.B.E., J.P.

who made possible the achievementsof these years

1910 1960

JUBILEE CELEBRATION FUND—THIRDINTERIM REPORT

Since the last issue of The School Tie our First Progress Report has beensent out, and the Fund has benefited from several sources.

Among the concerted efforts were the Jubilee Ball and the play DearOctopus, both arranged by the Staff, and the School play The Heiress, all ofwhich were most enjoyable and very successful. In addition, every SchoolHouse continues its efforts and has paid in sums at regular intervals.

The Official Opening of the Lilian Brake Jubilee Building was a very happyoccasion and is fully reported elsewhere.

The subscription list is still very much open, and all donations will begratefully acknowledged by MRS. K. M. BAXTER, ASHFORD SCHOOL.

ANALYSIS OF AMOUNTS RECEIVED AND PROMISEDAS AT JULY, 1960

£ s. d.(1) DONATIONS 4,918 0 0(2) COVENANTS 7,628 0 0(3) BARNARDO DAY (1959) and other SCHOOL EFFORTS 1,831 0 0

£14,377 0 0

CONFIRMATIONThe following girls were confirmed on Saturday, March 26th, by the

Right Reverend the Bishop of Dover in Ashford Parish Church:H. Alexander, J. Atkins, E. Bailey, V. Beechey, A. Blake, C. Boase,

J. Brangwin, P. Broadfield, P. Burns, M. Burroughs, A. Burrow, L. Campbell,A. Climpson, A. Davis, S. Davis, T. Quentin-Evans, C. Filip, V. French,C. Goodchild, J. Guest, A. Hansen, C. Horrocks, V. Jenkins, A. Jones,J. Jupp, A. Lattimer, J. Mayhew, M. Maylam, C. Miller, J. Noakes, P. Parker,C. Peters, S. Petitpierre, E. Phillips, J. Prebble, H. Seamark, J. Sharp, G. Short,L Simpson, T. Simpson, A. Smith, P. Smith, A. Stowers, V. Stump,J. Thompson, C. Townsend, E. Welton, E. Wheeler, G. Williams, J. Williams,R. Wilson, L. Wylie.

HOUSE NOTESALFRED HOUSE

We started the Autumn Term with Susan Sillars as our House Captain,but, to everyone's pleasure, she was made joint School Captain for the SummerTerm, so Rosalind Savage took over her former position.

This year we have had a record number of six School Prefects, but we alsoseem to have collected a record number of stripes! Some hard work was putin to retain both the Senior Hockey and the Junior Netball cups, the onlycups, except for Swimming, we seem able to win!

Owing to the construction of Jubilee Building our garden was uprooted,and is now buried under grass, but we hope to obtain a new site in the nearfuture.

We were all amazed at the change in Alfred when we returned for theAutumn Term. It had been redecorated and looks much smarter with con-temporary designed wallpapers in the dormitories. Neither we nor the kitchenstaff, who frequently find floods in the larder, are yet accustomed to the twosmall baths which replace the old ones.

Our efforts for the Jubilee Fund have not been altogether very successfulbut we have managed so far to raise £17 8s. 6d. Miss Ashenden very nobly,with Miss Harvey, runs the Harvey-Ashenden Laundry Service and haswashed our games shirts for us, making an admirable contribution towardsthe new Building.

Some unexpected talent was shown in The Heiress by two of our members,and a surprising number of Alfreds helped back-stage!

We were all very proud of our House Tutor who produced the Staff Play,Dear Octopus, and also of Jane Sillars, who took one of the children's parts.

During the year we were sorry to say goodbye to Sandra Newman, wholeft unexpectedly to join her parents in Iraq, Monica Wynburne and AlisonBrooks. Our thanks go to Miss Baker for guiding us and Miss Ashenden fornursing us, without any serious epidemics, through this year, and to Miss Frithand Miss Worrall, who look after us in our annexe, Sherwood.

BROOKE PLACEAt the beginning of this year we were sorry to lose Miss Chadburn, but

we welcomed Miss Brown as our new matron, Pippa Earle as House Captainand three new third formers.

We were very pleased that Barbara Simpson had been made School Captain,and at the end of term we were very proud when her hard work was rewardedby her gaining a place at St. Hilda's College, Oxford. We are sure everyone inthe House would like to thank her for all she has done in Brooke.

Unfortunately we did not excel ourselves on the games fields, for we failedto win any cups. However, Pippa was given a place in the East Kent JuniorHockey Team, and Margaret Cecil was chosen for the School's 1st XI; we arepleased about both their successes.

We have been particularly successful, though, in drama. Minnie Fraser-Allen, Jane Prebble and Charlotte Townsend all had large parts in the School'sperformance of The Heiress, while Valerie Jones was wonderfully convincingas Catherine Sloper, the heroine; Roberta Livingstone also took part in oneperformance of this play. We were very pleased when Valerie Jones gained oneof the first Drama Badges ever to be given. Three Brooke Juniors, Jane Hall,Diana Gemmill and Janet Richer, were chosen to be in the Staff productionof Dear Octopus, and this was a great honour for them all.

Our gardens have continued to flourish throughout the year under the careof Theresa Simpson and Margaret Stables, who together won the GardeningCup last year.

We have endeavoured to earn much money for the Jubilee Fund by variousmethods and by House entertainments.

We should like to thank Miss Holroyd and Miss Brown for all they havedone for us, and Pippa, who has led the House extremely well throughoutthe year.

CHAUCER MERCHANTSIn presenting the report and accounts for the year ending July 22nd, 1960,

to our shareholders, Chaucer Merchants have to report a slight recess in tradeduring the past year. Under the able Chairmanship of Miss Taylor, with thesupport of our Secretary (Elizabeth Rogers) and her Deputy (PetronellaBarker), and the Board of Directors (Mary Champ, Helen Fenton, ValerieLush, Zara Martin, Penny Steyne and Judy Worthington, who were joined bySusan Clark and Angela Hall in the Summer Term), we strove our best, butunfortunately received no cups at Prizegiving. There are, however, signs thatthe position of the Company is improving, and that it should show betterresults this year.

Various efforts have been made by our shareholders to raise capital for theJubilee Fund, to help our parent company, the School, by the making of itemsfor sale on stalls, by making fudge, and by giving riding lessons. At the timeof writing this report, the sum raised in various ways amounts to £42 13s.

The Senior Hockey Committee, with Mary Champ as President, reachedthe finals of the Hockey Championship, to lose to Alfred after a well foughtmatch. The score was 1—0 after extra time. Unfortunately our other SportingCommittees were unsuccessful, but we hope for greater success in tennis andswimming.

The number of Preference Shareholders has been increased by 15 who havewon their Liberty badges. Although it has been noted that on the credit sidethere are a number of stars, there are also on the debit side too many stripes,and we must endeavour to reduce this number during the coming year.

Our Deputy, Petronella Barker, retired at the end of the Spring Term, andwe welcomed Mary Champ in her place. Our Secretary, Elizabeth Rogers, isretiring at the end of the year, as also are several Directors and Shareholders.We wish them all the best in their future careers.

We are sure that all the Shareholders will wish us to convey their thanks toour Chairman, Miss Taylor, and the Board of Directors, for all their help andencouragement during the past year. The overall picture is not one of completesuccess, but we hope to have something better to show at the end of the nextFinancial Year.

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CHAUCER PILGRIMSThis year has been a busy one for us all, even though Inter-House competi-

tions have been limited to games owing to Jubilee activities. We began theyear with Cecilia Lougher as our House Captain and Penelope Jackson asher Deputy, backed by eleven House Prefects and a House numbering 101.We had high hopes of raising record funds, as during the summer holidayscertain members of the house had shown resourcefulness and originality inraising money. Their efforts ranged from fetes and coffee parties to ridinglessons, baby sitting and needlework of all varieties. Several juniors set us ashining example by presenting us with over £3 each at the beginning of theAutumn Term, and our total is now £70.

Once again our fudge-makers went into action whenever opportunityoffered, and made—what we hope were—delicious sweets to sell to the Boardersin the lunch break and on every occasion when the Jubilee Stall offeredbargains to visiting parents and friends. As usual the Lower V and Upper IVentertained us on the last morning of term, while the Boarders packed, andwe distributed pur Christmas cards and presents.

At the beginning of the Spring Term, Wendy Stillwell and Janet Colesreinforced the ranks of the House Prefects, and we devoted ourselves toHockey and Netball. We were very thrilled when the Juniors, captained byPamela Broadfield, won the junior Hockey cup. The seniors, led by SandraNoel, reached the semi-finals of Hockey which they lost by a corner to AlfredHouse. Despite the efforts of Janet Coles and Penelope Culliford, we couldnot make the grade in Netball.

Our numbers dropped to ninety-nine when we said goodbye to one HousePrefect, Marion Lee, and to Jacqueline Evans and Karen Brodrick at the endof the Easter Term.

We started the Summer Term with three new House Prefects, Joan Hinde,Sarah Neate and Rosalind Wilson, and with the promise of a fine summer weare busy practising Tennis and Swimming. We hope that the juniors will beable to retain the Tennis Cup which they won last year under the captaincy ofMargaret Maylam, and also that our swimming results will be even better thanlast year's, which showed a marked improvement. Penelope Jackson is to becongratulated on gaining her swimming colours, and Sylvia Collick on winningthe Alfred J. Burrows Memorial Cup for her essay on Kent at the end of lastSummer Term.

Although our number of School Tie entries has been rather disappointing,owing to lack of literary and artistic inspiration on the part of the House, weare told that our parents contributed to the Jubilee number of The School Tie.

We send our good wishes to all who are leaving this term, and finally ourthanks to Miss Perry, Cecilia, Penelope, and the House Prefects for all theyhave done to make this Jubilee Year a happy one for us all.

CRANMER HOUSEWe returned last autumn to find Cranmer looking very smart after being

redecorated during the holidays. Many of us were also starting the year withnew positions of responsibility: Sheena Grummant became our new HouseCaptain, with Nicky Thexton as a School Prefect, and by the end of theSpring Term five more House Prefects had been made.

The House had definitely grown in numbers and there was a large propor-tion of new people. At Christmas we were sorry to lose Mrs. Richardson, wholeft us to look after her own family, but Miss Chadburn, formerly Brookematron, has replaced her very ably and given us much pleasure with her lovelyflower arrangements. We also lost Veronica Reed, who went to join her parentin Tanganyika. We were grateful for the useful presents which people left us,including a clock from Susan Brown, a Boots' token from Jenny Howie, andpurple sock tops and a mascot from Mrs. Richardson.

The mascot justified itself quite well, for we won the Netball Shooting Cupand reached the Hockey semi-finals and Netball finals in Junior games. Unfor-

tunately we were less successful in Senior winter games, but the seniorscompensated for this by winning the cup for the best London Examinationresults.

We have made a number of attempts to earn money for the new JubileeBuilding, including a very profitable fancy dress parade given by the LowerVths. As the new building was built on the site of Cranmer garden, we havestarted a new garden by the gymnasium which so far has been very efficientlycultivated.

We are very grateful to Sheena for all her help in this very busy year andare very glad that she has been able to achieve a provisional entrance toLondon University despite all the cares of the House. We also thank MissChadburn for all her help throughout this eventful but busy year.

This is an especially important year for Cranmer as it is our thirtieth yearas a House, while Miss Churchill's twenty-first year as our House Tutor wascompleted last year. We celebrated these events this term with a wonderfulpicnic on Bottom Nightingale. After her long association with Cranmer weare sorry that, at the end of this term, Miss Churchill has decided to relinquishthe tutorship of Cranmer, so that, continuing as Senior Mistress, she will beable to devote more of her time to general School affairs, but we are glad towelcome Miss Mansell as our new tutor. We greatly appreciate the interestMiss Churchill has taken in us all, and the enthusiasm she has shown in ourHouse activities, and say goodbye to her as our tutor, with affectionate regret.

NIGHTINGALE HOUSEA wonderful summer heralded our Jubilee Year, and Nightingale House

returned in the autumn bringing not only resolutions for the year, but alsocash contributions for the Jubilee Fund, and various felt hats which weredestined for conversion into Bambis, horses and camels, indeed a veritable zoo.As a result of the sale of these, and of other activities, the House total isnow £57.

Under our first Captain, Jenny Green, we were marshalled into order withCynthia Stafford, Corinne Steed and Carolyn Waterhouse as School Prefects,and a band of competent House Prefects. We gained six new recruits, PaulineMcDermott from Chaucer Pilgrims, Mary Harman and Lesley Ford fromBridge, and Tessa Hawkins, Tania Irwin and Philippa Jones. Carols at the endof term made a very pleasant prelude to the Christmas holidays.

The Easter Term brought us a new VI Former from Kenya, Janet Low,who has already been successful in a local Art competition, in place of JeanSpanton, a House Prefect, who left at the end of the previous term. Our firstCaptain unfortunately left, having passed her entrance to London University,and Carolyn Waterhouse took her place.

Encouraged by our new yellow socks and Cynthia Stafford's strenuousefforts, we won the Senior Netball Shield, but our enthusiasm for the othergames brought less success. One very important "officer" left us at the end ofthis term, Miss Low, our Matron, and we all feel very grateful to her for herkindness. Jacky Mount also left us, one of our most fervent and determinedBambi-makers.

Banners flying, we reached the summer to find that Carolyn was to be oneof the new School Captains, and that our third House Captain was to beCynthia Stafford. We were glad to welcome as our Matron Mrs. Lewis, whohad been in Bridge House during Miss Boyd's absence, and also three Juniors,Fiona Gibson, Leslie Jennings and Fiona Parish. A new Third Former,Anne Garrett, also joined our ranks.

The small room off the Linen Room is now inhabited by two HousePrefects at a time, and has given great pleasure to its users.

Great secrecy and excitement heralded the arrival of Miss Webb's birthdayand the arrival of her present, Archimedes, the budgerigar. Rounders, tennisand swimming are now in full swing and our hopes are high.

Thanks to Miss Webb, Miss Low and Mrs. Lewis, the House has beenvery happy during Jubilee Year.

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SOMERVILLE HOUSEWe were fortunate to be able to begin the Autumn Term with Elizabeth

Haryott as our House Captain again, assisted by three new School Prefects andeight new House Prefects. This year we also had a record number of Thirdswho had come up from the Junior School. We were inspired to begin theJubilee Year well, by gaining seven Cups, including the Cock House Cup. Theprevious term we had been urged to earn money for the Jubilee Fund, so wereturned with great determination to help complete the £500 which was theSchool's target. Miss Harvey renewed the zest by setting us an example ofvaliantly washing, with Miss Ashenden's help, the School's games shirts,House by House, in rotation, in aid of the Fund; from time to time we sawthese adorning our corridor pipes for airing!

We had a dismal start to the Spring Term, when we arrived to find Ashfordin the midst of a raging blizzard. Elizabeth Haryott had been promoted toSchool Captain, so Elizabeth Alexander became our new House Captain.During this term many of us helped with The Heiress, and Miss Neal andMiss Harvey patiently bore with Somerville being used as a props cupboard!We managed to reach the finals in Senior Netball, and though our other effortswere not outstanding, we hope to do better in the summer. At the end of theSpring Term we were sorry to say goodbye to Elizabeth Haryott and JaneHacker.

On returning in the Summer Term, we found the Jubilee Building, whichwe had watched progress with such interest from our windows, nearly com-pleted. Also, after having the new building placed on our precious gardens,we were pleased to find we had acquired a new patch up by the Pool, and arenow awaiting eagerly to see how well it will flourish. We have been luckyenough to escape evacuation from Somerville this year, as there have been noserious epidemics.

So in spite of a few misfortunes we have, under the guidance of Miss Nealand Miss Harvey (Miss Mansell and Mrs. Dulhunty up at Refuge) and ourtwo House Captains—all of whom we would like to thank for all their help,managed to make this a successful year.

WINTER GAMES REPORT, 1959-1960Pippa Earle was chosen as a reserve for the East Kent Junior Team, a very

nice honour for the School. The School Hockey Teams visited Wembley againthis year, and it was most enjoyable seeing England v. Germany, Englandwhining again.

The School Netball Team also visited Wembley to see England playScotland, which ended with England winning.

J. Griffiths was elected School Hockey Captain and A. Cocks Vice-Captain.C. Stafford was elected School Netball Captain with S. Sillars Vice-Captain.

Alfred House won the Senior Hockey Cup, Chaucer Pilgrims the JuniorHockey Cup, Nightingale House the Senior Netball Cup, Alfred House theJunior Netball Cup.

The School Games Secretary was Nicola Thexton.

HOCKEY TEAMS1st XI 2nd XI

*J. Ealey G. P. KeunC. Holmes R.B. H. Pacey

*P. Earle L.B. S. Ashley-SmithJ. Angell R.H. B. CrumpA. Cocks C.H. S. NoelA. Griffiths L.H. R. WilsonA. Harris R.W. G. Drayson

*J. Coles R.I. V. TaylorJ. Griffiths C.F. D. StoopM. Cecil L.I. B. HillsC. Stafford L.W. P. McDermott

U.15 XIB. HeilbrunP. WatsonS. PetitpierreS. Kempe-RobertsE. BondS. HookerM. ParkerV. LongleyC. MillerP. ParkerA. Dodd

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G.R.B.L.B.R.H.C.H.L.H.R.W.R.I.C.F.L.I.L.W.

* Colours.

U.14 XIR. StokerR. WoodP. ShuteA. McCleanR. MustersR. WebbE. LamentF. WhalleyS. McKeenanJ. HolgateG. Weeks

Hockey Badge: Pippa Earle.

HOCKEY MATCH RESULTS

October 10 2nd XI v. Folkestone County Grammar School2nd XI .. Won

U.15 XI v. Folkestone County Grammar SchoolU.15 XI Won

October 17 1st XI v. Maidstone County Grammar School1st XI Lost

2nd XI v. Maidstone County Grammar School2nd XI Draw

U.15 XI v. Maidstone County Grammar SchoolU.15 XI Lost

November 14 A XI v. St. Margaret's A XI ScratchedDecember 12 1st XI v. Folkestone County Grammar School

1st XI Lost2nd XI v. Folkestone County Grammar School

2nd XI LostJanuary 23 1st XI v. Ashford School Old Girls 1st XI .. LostFebruary 6 1st XI v. Ashford County Grammar School 1st XI Lost

2nd XI v. Ashford County Grammar School2nd XI Won

U.15 XI v. Ashford County Grammar SchoolU.15 XI Lost

U.14 XI v. Ashford County Grammar SchoolU.14 XI Lost

February 20 1st XI v. Brampton Down 1st XI .. .. Cancelled2nd XI v. Brampton Down 2nd XI .. .. Cancelled

March 19 1st XI Kent Schools Tournament .. .. 2nd PlaceU.I6 XI Kent Schools Tournament .. .. 2nd Place

March 22 1st XI v. Staff Won

1st VIIC. SteedC. StaffordG. BondC. HolmesB. HillsJ. WattsA. Griffiths

NETBALL TEAMS

O.K.D.D.C.C.A.C.A.G.S.

2nd VIIM. HughesA. CocksB. AyresJ. GriffithsA. MarshallA. WalkerS. Sillars

U.15 VIIS. PetitpierreS. DavisP. ParkerZ. PocockD. StoopL. WylieA. Smith

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G.K.D.D.C.C.A.C.A.G.S.

U.14 VIIP. CuUifordP. BroadfieldJ. Wyn PughS. HunterA. DoddR. WoodN. Cini

The Shooting Competition was won by Cranmer House.

NETBALL MATCH RESULTSOctober 3 1st VII v. Ashford County Grammar School 1st VII Won

2nd VII v. Ashford County Grammar School2nd VH Draw

U.15 VII v. Ashford County Grammar SchoolU.15 VII Lost

U.14 VII v. Ashford County Grammar SchoolU.14 VII Won

November 7 1st VII v. Folkestone County Grammar School1st VII Scratched

2nd VII v. Folkestone County Grammar School2ndVU Scratched

U.15 VII v. Folkestone County Grammar SchoolU.15 VII Scratched

U.14 VII v. Folkestone County Grammar SchoolU.14 VII Scratched

November 21 1st VII v. Simon Langton 1st VII .. .. Won2nd VII v. Simon Langton 2nd VII .. .. LostU.14 VII v. Simon Langton U.14 VII .. .. Won

January 23 1st VII v. Folkestone County Grammar School1st VII Lost

2nd VII v. Folkestone County Grammar School2nd VII Won

U.15 VII v. Folkestone County Grammar SchoolU.15 VII Lost

U.14 VII v. Folkestone County Grammar SchoolU.14 VII Lost

INTERNATIONAL NETBALLOn Saturday, March 5th, members of the School Netball teams enjoyed a

very interesting afternoon's Netball at the Empire Pool, Wembley. We tooklunch with us and ate it by the roadside. When we arrived at Wembley, thoseof us who had not been before were amazed at the vast number of coaches,from all over England, as well as several from Scotland.

The first match was an inter-schools' game between Watford GrammarSchool and Brownhills School, representing London and the Midlandsrespectively. After what seemed to be a very fast game compared with our own,the Watford team won 18—9. The second match was an inter-regional onebetween the Midlands and the London area. Here the new rules became moreobvious and we noticed that the shooters made very full use of the new runningrule. London won this match eventually 26—16, and we all noticed howgraceful the game could be when it was played by people very skilled in ballcontrol.

Finally came the climax of the afternoon and the tension increased accor-dingly. The rosettes came very much into evidence and excitement was obviousthroughout the vast hall as the countless school girls displayed their loyalties.The teams entered, England wearing red and white, with Scotland all in mauve.

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The National Anthem was played and the game began. The speed of the gamewas tremendous and neither team relaxed for a moment. Although the finalscore showed a win to England 47—7 we felt that Scotland had made themfight throughout, and we realized that a great deal of England's victory wasdue to her accurate shooters.

After a very interesting day we returned to School, very grateful to MissNightingale and the members of the Games Staff for making an outing suchas this possible. We hope that an opportunity of seeing such wonderful netballwill have a beneficial effect upon our games next season.

INTERNATIONAL HOCKEYOn Saturday, March 12th, a party consisting of some of the members of

the School Hockey Teams set off by special train to watch the InternationalHockey at Wembley, between England and Germany.

We ate a picnic lunch on the train and arrived at Wembley station early inthe afternoon. After finding our places and depositing our belongings, someof us set off to explore the arena and to buy rosettes.

The Central Band of the R.A.F. accompanied the vast crowd in com-munity singing in which we joined with gusto and much waving of scarves.It was a perfect afternoon and the brilliant uniforms of the various schoolswere well set off by the lush green of the turf.

The teams marched in, in a wave of cheering from the crowd and then incomplete silence the two National Anthems were played. The teams were thenpresented to His Excellency the German Ambassador in London. Both teamslooked extremely smart. England were dressed in plum red and white, andGermany in black, red and white.

Play began and tension gradually mounted. The first half was a littleone-sided and England soon scored two goals. However, the Germans werenot to be beaten easily and fought back hard in the second half. They foundthe English defence tough opponents and could not quite manage the superbstick work of the English team. After much encouragement from the crowd andseveral failures they managed to get one goal. The final score was 3—1 toEngland. The Germans were very good sports and waved to the cheering crowdas they walked out of the arena.

The arena began to clear quickly. We filled in our waiting time by discussingthe game over hot drinks and swapping tassels, which, although they lookedperhaps a little unorthodox, added colour to our scarves.

The train journey home passed quickly; most of us were exhausted afterour thoroughly enjoyable outing.

Our thanks go to Miss Nightingale for allowing us to go and to MissColeman for taking us.

LECTURE NOTESWe have been very lucky recently to have had a wide variety of interesting

and unusual entertainments on Saturday evenings, ranging from a clown whorode a unicycle with the greatest of ease, to a song and guitar recital which weequally well enjoyed.

This latter was given by Jill Nott-Bower and Robert Spencer on February6th. Miss Nott-Bower with her delightful mezzo-soprano voice, was accom-panied on the lute and guitar by Mr. Spencer, who also played some guitarsolos. Their programme included Elizabethan songs, German lieder andmodern folk-songs—we were particularly pleased to hear some Americanfolk-songs which were quite new to us and very amusing—in an unexpectedway!

On February 13th, Mr. Spenceley talked to us about his experiences inSouth Georgia. He seemed to have done so many interesting things there thatit was difficult to tell us about them all in the short time that we had—not leastamong these was the occasion when he was mistaken for a penguin! He was

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the photographer of the expedition and consequently had some beautifulslides to show us.

On February 20th, Mr. Butler brought us another of his interesting filmsof the Olympic Games—this one dealing with "Olympic prospects". In addi-tion to normal speed-shots of sprinting, high-jumping, pole-jumping, discusthrowing and the hurling of the javelin in both men's and women's events,Mr. Butler showed many shots in slow motion and double slow motion, whilea splash of colour was caused by the flame-coloured uniform of one of theteams on some colour film. We found Mr. Butler's commentary both interest-ing and enlightening.

February 27th brought pur faithful "film man", Mr. Matthews, and A TownLike Alice, starring Virginia McKenna, which, though (or perhaps because)it was heartrending in parts, we greatly enjoyed.

Over the weekend of March 5th, the School Dramatic Society gave itsperformance of The Heiress which seemed to improve at every performance,in spite of the rather disappointing size of the audience.

On March 12th Mr. Grant spoke to the School about the canyons ofNorth America. Having illustrated part of his lecture with maps, Mr. Grantshowed us many colourful slides of the giant cactus, the painted desert, itsnatives, their clothes and customs, the Grand Canyon, its great dam andawe-inspiring countryside, together with shots of some of the most beautifulflowers and several typical animals of the district, which especially appealedto us.

On March 19th Mr. Matthews was back again with, this time, a morelighthearted film—Brothers-in-Law—'with Ian Carmichael and RichardAttenborough. This we enjoyed in quite a different way from the last film, andif any tears were shed, one can be fairly sure that they were the result of toomuch laughter.

March 26th was Confirmation Day, and Miss Rowe, the Ashford Orches-tra, and the School Extra Singers gave a recital under the heading of Womenof the Bible. There was a reading and appropriate piece of music to illustratethe life of each woman. The music was by many different composers, includingPurcell, Bach, Handel, Beethoven, Dvorak and C. V. Stanford.

To get this term off to a flying start, Mr. Pedlar came, with a van full ofapparatus,and entertained us in a completely novel way! He is a clown, andhas been a member of European circuses, though now he does it only for ahobby. After telling us how he came into the business, we all watched, fascin-ated, as he made himself up into a tramp. He then demonstrated his skill inriding varying sizes of unicycle, the largest being 8 ft. high. Mr. Pedlar broughtwith him an accompanist, Mr. John Steer, who played the piano very ablywhile Mr. Pedlar enthralled us by playing on a series of musical (?) instruments,including a clarinet, a miniature violin and a miniature saxophone. We wouldlike to thank Mr. Headley very much for arranging this for us.

One week in May was devoted, by the people of Ashford, to Refugees, asthe end of World Refugee Year came in sight. We were very pleased thatMr. Lee, with all his first-hand experience, could spare the time to come andtalk to us about Refugees, and found we could enter much more whole-heartedly into the Ashford efforts, having heard him speak so ably on thesubject.

We would like to thank Miss Nightingale for taking the trouble to arrangefor our lectures—we do appreciate it.

LIBRARY NOTESThe Senior Reference Library, usually so peaceful and undisturbed, has,

throughout the past year, been subjected to various unidentifiable noisescoming from nearby, and during the course of the year the hut which hadoverlooked the Library for so many years, has been replaced by the eagerlyawaited Jubilee Building. The noise, however, does not seem to have preventedanyone from using the Library, which as always has proved an invaluablemeans of research for girls from the Lower V and upwards. During the yearmany interesting and original books have been added to the shelves of texts

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which cover a wide selection of subjects. In the History Section, for example,the addition of The Tudor Period has been greatly appreciated by the SixthForm, who find it a valuable asset for their Advanced Level studies. How theQueen Reigns has been a useful source of information for girls interested incontemporary government. During the Spring Term several new books,including Physical Geography and Climatology and An Introduction to AdvancedLevel Geography, were purchased for the Geography Section out of the libraryfunds. Much time has been spent by girls studying languages in referring toThe Oxford Companion to French Literature and The Larousse Encyclopaediaof Mythology, and further additions to our stock have been bought with kinddonations which the library fund has received.

Because of a temporary shortage of form-rooms while the construction ofthe Jubilee building was in process, the Library has been almost permanentlyfull and, as the weeks before School Certificate gradually go by, the Librarynever seems to be large enough for all the Upper Vths and Upper Vlths whofind it, with its quiet atmosphere, an ideal place to revise in peace, away fromthe general hum of noise that pervades the rest of the School.

The Upper IVths and downwards have benefited greatly from the JuniorReference library, and in their "library periods", which they are given forspecial use of their Reference Library, they have made regular use of thebooks, housed in the Junior Common Room.

The Senior and Junior Lending Libraries, which are in Wigwam and theJunior Common Room respectively, have provided a constant source ofenjoyment for all members of the School. It would, however, be a great helpto those in charge of the libraries if girls borrrowing books would sign for thembefore taking them away.

The various House libraries are also flourishing and are greatly appreciatedby all the boarders. However libraries, like all other concerns, need a great dealof organization, and pur thanks go to Miss Baker who has supervised theorganization of the libraries and who takes a great interest in everythingconcerning them. We would also like to thank all those who have so kindlygiven books and book-tokens to the Library in the past year.

MUSIC NOTESThe end of the Spring Term saw the last of the subscription concerts of the

season. James Blades from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra gave a mostinteresting lecture on percussion instruments, during which he illustrated thehighest and loudest notes that can be reached on a drum, almost deafeningus all.

On March 24th a large group of us went to the Parish Church to hearBrahms' Requiem which we thoroughly enjoyed. It was performed by theAshford Choral Society, and the main parts were taken by Elizabeth Simonsand John Heddle-Nash. The Requiem was rendered most beautifully, andagreeably finished the term's musical activities.

The Summer Term is always a most varied and interesting one as far asmusic is concerned. A fuller account of our part in the Kent Festival appearselsewhere in this issue, but on May 28th a large group of people went toCanterbury to take part in the Vocal classes of the Kent Festival. The day isusually regarded with some apprehension by those taking part; however,nerves this year returned to School thoroughly intact because of the wonder-fully kind and humorous adjudicator, Leslie Regan.

Barnardo Day this year will see the Extra Singers performing Sea Shantiesround the pool accompanied by the sound of the fountain—an appropriatebackground to such a programme.

We now look forward to the end of term and Merrie England, performed bythe Operatic Society and produced and directed by Miss Rowe.

Our thanks go to the Music Staff for all the help and encouragement theygive to each of us with music. The Extra Singers and members of Operaticwould particularly like to say a big "thank you" to Miss Rowe for all she hasdone to make this a most enjoyable and happy year.

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DRAMATIC NOTES

On March 4th and 5th the Senior Dramatic Society gave three performancesof The Heiress, a play by Ruth and Augustus Goetz based on the novel Wash-ington Square by Henry James. It was an ambitious production in that we hadgreat difficulties with which to contend owing to our limited facilities, andbecause the play itself has an inherent harshness and bitterness which it mayseem strange for schoolgirls to attempt to portray. However, we feel that theresults of our hard work justified our choice which was, at first, rather critic-ized. Clare Davidson as Dr. Sloper with his complexity of character and greatstrength and domination; Valerie Jones as the gauche Catherine, his daughter,who slowly realizes that no one has ever, nor will ever, love her for herselfand consequently becomes hard and embittered; and Jane Hacker as theflighty, romantic middle-aged Aunt Lavinia who strikes the one note ofcomedy in what could be a play of unrelieved intensity, were all extremelygood and gave controlled and interesting performances. We must also mentionMinnie Fraser-Allen and Helen Pacey who, at different performances, playedthe gay charmer, Norris Townsend; and Jane Prebble who played his sisterwith sympathy and warmth. Miss Harrison's production was most professionaland very moving, and our thanks go both to her and to Miss Schroeter, herassistant stage managers, Rosemary Knight and Anne Johnson, for thebeautiful costumes, and also to all those who so kindly lent us furniture andprops. We feel that this was a very successful and thoroughly worthwhileproduction.

Since last term we had all been looking forward to Dear Octopus, byDodie Smith, which the Staff had offered to put on in aid of the Jubilee Fund,as was The Heiress. It was produced by Miss Baker, who put an immenseamount of time and thought into it to make it the great success it was. Mr.Lane, Mr. Felling and Mr. Sellicks kindly agreed to take the male roles, andthe girls were also represented by a few juniors who played the three childrenwith great vigour. This delightful play gave opportunities for all the Staff toshine individually, and there were many performances which will be remem-bered for some time to come. Three performances were given on May 21stand 22nd, and the wonderful total of over £100, increased by the sale ofMiss Perry's refreshments, was raised—an amount which is proof of theenjoyment which all who went to see the play, derived from it. The Staff arealways immensely busy, and we would like them to know how greatly weappreciate their efforts in putting on this production.

On Saturday, May 22nd, two of us were fortunate enough to be taken tothe Non-K;ompetitive Festival of Class-room Drama, held this year at Gilling-ham. This annual event arranged by Miss Bruford and her staff aims to bringschools of all lands together to share their dramatic activities. It made aninteresting and instructive day, and we hope that next year a larger group ofAshford girls will be able to take part.

Many of us at first felt that the Ashford Association were extremelyambitious to attempt Hamlet, but those of us who saw it were very muchimpressed by the very elastic set and by the lighting which we very muchcoveted, as well as by the excellent production and the very original Hamlethimself, who gave the character a new and interesting interpretation. We verymuch enjoyed the evening's entertainment and were particularly pleased to seeMiss Harrison as the Player Queen.

The Summer Term is particularly marked not only by the competitiveKent Festival, held this year at Canterbury, in which the Speech and Dramapupils who entered did extremely well, but by the annual Operatic production.Rehearsals for this year's show, Merrie England, have been progressingthroughout the year under the direction of Miss Rowe. Two performances willtake place, one on Friday, July 21st, and one on Saturday, July 22nd, andalready, as we go to press, in June, thoughts are turning towards props andcostumes. This event always forms such a happy ending to the School year,and we look forward to it with pleasure.

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"TOAD OF TOAD HALL"On Saturday, February 27th, a party of Lower IVths and Illrds were

taken to see a production of Toad of Toad Hall at the North Modern Boys'School, completely produced by the boys themselves under the guidance oftheir masters. We waited in anticipation for the curtain to go up, some of usespecially eager, as we ourselves had acted in the School's production of itlast year. When the curtain did rise, we were amazed at the wonderful sceneryand costumes, all made by the boys.

Toad's first entrance was most impressive, as he danced around the stagein a very boisterous manner. Mole, all the way through the play, was ratherquiet, as Kenneth Grahame originally designed him.

The play was very funny in parts, especially in the court scene, which keptus laughing all the time! We particularly enjoyed the back-chat of the amusingjury.

On behalf of all the girls who enjoyed Toad of Toad Hall, we should like tothank Miss Nightingale, Miss Baker, and the other Staff who arranged such alovely outing for us; also to congratulate the North Modern Boys' School whoso enabled us to appreciate A. A. Milne's play version of Kenneth Grahame'swonderful story, The Wind in the Willows.

J. MASSEY, A. HIND.

KENT MUSICAL FESTIVAL, 1960This has been both happy and instructive for all concerned. The choirs in

both the Senior and Preparatory School have done well, gaining 80 per centand over in each entry. The standard of marking was high, and we congratulateall those who made the grade in the Instrumental and Elocution classes. Thefollowing Cups and Trophies now adorn the Music Department and Houseshelves: the Brampton Down Cup, the Doreen Salmon Cup, the Haddon DeneSchool Cup, the Murdoch Cup, the Linda Rowe Cup, the Milson Cup (Elocu-tion), Twin Cups (Piano Duet under 15).

At the time of writing the final result of the winners of the Invicta andCoronation trophies is unknown, but the School is well in the running. Ourthanks go to all who helped in making the Festival such a success. Althoughno longer the Honorary Secretary, Miss Lawrie came along and encouragedeveryone with her presence. Miss Rpwe having taken her place will, I am sure,feel all her labours have not been in vain. D.S.

We were delighted to learn, eventually, that the School has, in this itsJubilee Year, again won both the Invicta and Coronation trophies. Weheartily congratulate all the Staff and candidates concerned. Editors.

GUIDESWe started meetings this term with plans for camp; we are going for a week

at the end of term to Matfield, near Tonbridge, and have been very busypractising knots and gadget-making, pitching tents and lighting fires. We had atea hike in bottom Nightingale with boiled eggs, the most valiant stokersgetting theirs hard-boiled, and dampers which seemed to adhere to us morethan to the stick.

Several second-class badges have been won, and the Red Ties have a newpatrol under a new leader, Anna Headley. After the anxious meetings last termwhen Mrs. Stowell and Mrs. Warren visited us to test our Guiders, we werepleased to hear that Miss Woodward, Miss Earlam and Mrs. Lane had beenawarded their warrants.

We came top in two classes at the Kent Festival and would like to thankMiss Rowe for all the help she gave us. We hope to take part in the GuideJubilee celebrations in Ashford on June 25th, and are already proudly wearingour Jubilee badges, and the new red insignia of Kent County East.

We would like to thank Miss Nightingale for so kindly making all ourGuiding activities possible.

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BROWNIE REPORT

This term we welcomed two new Brownies to our pack. One day we wentdown to the river to collect wild flowers for our scrap books.

We have been practising hard for the Kent Musical Festival, and we thankMiss Salmon for giving up her time to help us. We came to School on Saturday,May 21st, at the usual time. We boarded a coach which took us to Canterbury.We then walked to the Chapter House. After we had sung, Susan Batemanwent up and received the award.

In Brownies we learn how to bandage, skip and cook, and about roadsafety, semaphore and lots of other things. We make scrap-books, press wildflowers, collect treasures and make toys for the refugees.

The following people have passed their First Class: S. Morrell, E. Mather,S. Bateman.

RED CROSS CADET UNIT 5210 KENT 250

Since the Cadet Unit was started in May 1955, one hundred and five girlshave attended Red Cross meetings. Some came only for a few weeks, somecame for a few years. During the five years nine examinations were taken—atotal of seventy-one candidates and seventy passes.

This year the number of girls in the Unit has been as low as four and ashigh as twenty-four, and as usual we have been busy. As well as our usualcontribution to the Kent Toy Cupboard we have been collecting used stampsto be sent to refugee camps in Germany where they are cleaned and sortedfor sale in other countries. The milk bottle tops and silver paper collectedhave helped provide funds for the Ashford Divisional Headquarters and theknitted squares, which we are still making, will eventually be sent to LondonHeadquarters for relief work.

At the end of the Spring Term twelve girls took the Nursing examination.Ten gained passes in Part I and Helen Alexander and Tessa Quentin Evansgained passes in Part II, Tessa winning her Proficiency Badge.

NURSING EXAMINATION RESULTS

Part II. Helen Alexander, Tessa Quentin Evans (Proficiency Badge).Part I. Beryl Burrows, Mary Ann Brewis, Jennifer Dickinson, Caroline

Goodchild, Elizabeth Kerry, Diana Pring, Carol Preston, Alison PaisleyTheresa Simpson, Linda Taylor.

THE BIBLE STUDY GROUP

We have continued to meet throughout the past year, the Senior BibleStudy Group (Lower Vths upwards) in Coronation on Wednesday evenings,and the Junior Bible Searchers' Group (Upper IVths downwards) at Nightin-gale every Wednesday after 4 o'clock prayers.

This year we have studied, amongst other things, Colossians, Daniel andSt. Matthew's Gospel; this term the Seniors are studying 1 Timothy and theJuniors St. Luke's Gospel. During Lent we read A. C. Joynt's book AfterConfirmation which we found most helpful.

Once or twice every term we have at Bible Searchers a special week whenwe think about missionaries, and we are making a scrap-book, in which weare including information and pictures about them and their work in differentcountries.

We appreciate the interest of Miss Ellis and Miss Bates in both our groups.They spare time during each term for one of them to come down from theScripture Union in London and give us a Bible Study on a Sunday afternoon.We should also like to thank Miss Nightingale for allowing us to hold ourweekly meetings this year.

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LIBERTY BADGESEnd of Spring Term: E. Bond, J. Brown, S. Davis, V. French, C. Giles,

P. Parker, T. Quentin Evans, P. Smith, A. Stowers, H. Warnes, P. Wood.Middle of Summer Term: V. Beechey, W. Boyd, A. Burrow, S. Dart,

H. Goodchild, J. Harper, B. Heilbrun, S. Hill, J. Irvine, S. Petitpierre, J.Prebble, J. Thompson.

DEPORTMENT BADGESSpring Term: A. Hall, M. Wynburne, V. Pearce, D. Wagstaff, R. Older,

B. Ayres, C. Bond, J. Headley, A. Martin.

VALETEAt the end of the Spring Term we said goodbye to:Senior School: Miss Clarke (Housekeeper), Miss Lepper, Miss Low,

Miss Smith and Miss Tweddle.Boarders: E. Haryott {School Captain), J. Hacker, J. Mount, M. Wynburne

{House Prefects).Day Pupils: P. Barker, M. Lee {House Prefect), K. Brodrick, J. Evans and

E. Stanford.Preparatory School: Miss Muller-Guntrum.Day Pupils: L. Carr, M. and T. Ferguson, K. Guinness, J. Hobbs.

SALVETEAt the beginning of the Summer Term we welcomed:Senior School: Mrs. Davies, Mrs. Gracie, Miss Makin, Mrs. Watson.Boarders: A. Garrett {Brazil), F. Gibson {Trinidad), J. Hodgson {Trinidad),

E. and D. Webb {Hong Kong).Day Pupils to Boarders: F. Dougal, P. Irwin.Preparatory School Boarders: G. Rignall {Nigeria), J. Winstanley.Day Pupils: S. Bailey, D. Banks {Hong Kong), C. Croxon, J. Gorell Barnes,

D. Geary, N. Hagger, J. Ingram, S. Lancaster, S. Mather, F. McAdam,F. Oliver, S. Robinson, J. Robinson, J. Reader, J. Stythe, A. Sharwood Smith(.Nigeria), M. Walker.

EDITORS' THANKSAs always when we come to the end of a School year, we are conscious of

the thanks we owe to so many people, without whose help The School Tiecould never be published. Their number grows annually, as more Old Girlshelp us by typing the copy; but to some we have been indebted for many years,and we should like to take this opportunity of saying a collective "thank-you".Not least among them are Miss Harland, Miss Bussey and other members ofthe Office Department, who answer many questions and prepare the officialmatter for us. We thank, too, our friends at the Invicta Press, in particularMiss Moore, who deals with all our problems with helpful advice and un-wearying patience.

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

To TEA WITH THE QUEEN"The Lord Chamberlain is commanded by Her Majesty to invite Mr. and

Mrs. David Rogers and Miss Elizabeth Rogers to an Afternoon Party in theGarden of Buckingham Palace on Monday, the 9th May, 1960, from 4 to

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6 o'clock p.m." Thus read the invitation, so on the great day we set off forLondon, arrayed in new dresses, to take tea with the Queen.

After lunching at a hotel in Victoria, we were picked up by our car. Wanting:to see the decorations left from Princess Margaret's wedding, we drove downthe Mall to Horse Guards' Parade and back up again to the Grand Entranceof Buckingham Palace. This short journey took nearly an hour, as there wereso many cars taking people to the party. We had plenty of time to admirewhat was left of the decorations, but, having spent Thursday night and mostof Friday on the pavement beneath them, I was quite familiar with them.

At last we arrived at the Palace, where, after alighting from the car, wewalked up the red-carpeted marble steps, into the Entrance Hall and into theGarden through a most beautiful room with a gilt ceiling.

The National Anthem was played just as we reached the garden, signallingthat the Queen was about to emerge from the Palace. We hurriedly joined oneof the "lanes" of guests with the hope of glimpsing the Queen. A few minuteslater we had a wonderful view of her as she stopped to talk to one of theguests near us. She was wearing an aquamarine silk dress and coat, her petalhat being of paler tones; over her grey gloves were two diamond bracelets,while the most beautiful diamond brooch, in the form of a flower, adornedher coat. As the youthful and lovely figure of her Majesty passed us, we allcurtsied.

As we turned to move away after the Queen had passed, we saw theDuke of Edinburgh talking animatedly to one of the guests.

While the Queen and the Duke were talking to members of the DiplomaticCorps we had our tea. Just as we had finished and were walking over to themarquee where the Queen was having tea, and special guests were beingpresented to her, it started to rain. All eight thousand guests ran for shelter,and the ground seemed to sprout umbrellas like mushrooms.

The rain proved too much for the Queen Mother, who returned the fewhundred yards to the Palace by car; but not before we had seen her charmingfigure walk past us as we were standing in the rain. She was wearing a paleblue lace dress with matching coat, and a petal and tulle hat.

At last the rain ceased, and everyone emerged, slightly damp, from beneaththeir umbrellas. After certain guests had been presented to the Queen, shereturned, with the rest of the royal party, to the Palace. The Duke and Duchessof Gloucester, the Princess Royal, the Duchess of Kent in a blue floral dresswith a blue coat, and Princess Alexandra in a glorious flame-coloured coatand hat, and several of the Prime Ministers here in London for the conference,were among those present.

The National Anthem indicated that the Queen had entered the Palace,and the party was ostensibly over. We were allowed, however, to tour theextensive garden, aglow with azaleas. A flock of flamingos added furthercolour to the scene as they stood preening themselves by the lake.

We then returned to the Palace to call for our car; this process took nearlyan hour, as there were so many guests. At last our car arrived, and so endeda most wonderful afternoon.

ELIZABETH ROGERS (Upper VI Science, Chaucer Merchants).

BLACK

Black is the colour of the witch's hat,Black the colour of her broom,Black as black is the witch's cat,And black the witch's doom.

Black the buds on the ash-tree tall,Black the coal-tit's glossy head,Black the mole like a furry ball,And black the night, when the stars have fled.

JOYCE LEE (Upper A2).

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DON'T PUT YOUR DAUGHTER ON THE STAGE . . .It is discouraging for even the most stage-struck of young girls on her

first introduction to the professional theatre to be confronted by a wild-lookingyoung man clad only in pyjama bottoms, covered with black greasepaint andbrandishing a guitar in one hand and a ten-shilling note in the other. As Iseemed to be the only person within hailing distance wearing reasonableclothes, he bore down upon me, thrust the note into my nervous hand, andsaid urgently, "Look, this is desperate. The curtain rises in ten minutes andmy guitar has gone funny—I must have a c . Would you get me one?"The responsibility would have been top much for my immature shoulders tobear, even had I known where one might purchase a c , and, of course,had I known what a c was! In a very small voice I enquired whether hecould describe the object of my mission in more detail, to which he replied bywhisking the note out of my hand; and bestowing upon me a glance of wither-ing scorn, he went off in search of someone better educated than myself.I later learnt that a c was some obscure part of a guitar somewhat similarto the bridge, and also, that in the theatre you invariably have no ideaof what you are required to do, but that that should never deter you fromdoing it!

As an unpaid general factotum, I was kept quite busy, but had plenty oftime to absorb the atmosphere and to learn how a theatre works. It is a veryhighly organized institution, and for the actors in even a four-weekly repertorycompany, as this was, the day's work is never done, quite apart from anyacting. My particular regular duty was tea-making, which is more complicatedthan it sounds. First of all, the intervals used to coincide with the tea-breakof some workmen in the theatre, and there was a daily rush as to which of uswould empty the urn and leave the other tea-less. I usually emerged victoriousfrom this struggle, but even victory can be most discomfiting! I used to standnervously emptying the urn, and trying to appear nonchalant, overshadowedby a huge foreman and a menacing football team of workmen all clutchingtheir mugs. That overcome, I had to put the right amount of milk and sugarin the right coloured mug which had to be delivered at exactly the right momentto the right actor in the right dressing room. However, I soon mastered the artof tea-making, beset, as it was, with so many difficulties. Other jobs includedfetching and carrying, running errands, taking messages, buying coffee andcigarettes, painting flats, making props, polishing this and that, and doingthe hundred and one little jobs that the assistant stage managers are too busyto do.

On Saturday nights, when there were two evening performances, I had tobuy food for the actors to consume between shows, which was a terrifyingresponsibility, as, whatever they ordered, the shops were sure to have run outof that particular article of food. I would return to the theatre laden withham rolls, chicken sandwiches, fruit pies, chocolate and cigarettes, with thechange irretrievably muddled in my pockets, doing wildly inaccurate sums inmy head. On the night of the "strike", when the scenery of the present show isdismantled and that of the coming show erected—a highly technical businesstimed to a split second—and these provisions have to last the actors until theearly hours of the morning, I was in the kind of muddle that only one sounmathematical as I could possibly know exists. As the British Railways donot cater for actors, I was unable to stay for the whole of the "strike", butenjoyed myself for quite a while after the last show, gathering wood, weights,removing flats and, like an operating nurse, trying to produce the rightinstrument at the right time, all at the speed of someone fleeing from a host ofdevils.

I thoroughly enjoyed all the time I worked in a Theatre, both at Christmasand at Easter, for never have I met such kind and friendly people and so manyinteresting things to do and to discuss. But I think the most gratifying momentswere, for me, when I could mingle with the crowds coming out of the audi-torium, hear their comments, and see the happiness and the brief respite fromtheir own troubles the theatre had given them.

V. JONES (Lower VI Arts, Brooke Place).

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THE THOUGHTS OF A CAT

"Some people are silly," says Kitty to-day,They put us in bed when we're having our play,And when we are ready to go for a napWe're forced to be cuddled and sat on their lap.

Sometimes when we're hungry they push us away,And tell us we've eaten enough for a day,Then, when we're purring, think we've had quite enough,But really we're asking for more of the stuff.

Sometimes I go for a walk near the stream,And I see little fishes, all a-gleam.The trouble is that I can't possibly getThese nice little fishes without getting wet.

I always like playing with grandmother's wool,As she sits with her knitting upon the low stool,But, when she sees me, she gives me a smack,And I run away—she won't let me come back.

PATRICIA HOLMES (Upper A1).

THE CATS OF EAST STREET, RYE

Our house and garden appear to be the general meeting place for cats. Theysit on the wall, play on the flower beds. It is a highway, byway and enjoymentcentre. Combats are not uncommon either. The roof is a favourite walk, andnumber 2 is, in short, "Cats' Paradise".

First and foremost, there is GINGER. He is the master of them all. True tohis name, he is marmalade coloured, proud as a peacock and full of cunning.Ginger is daring and pugnacious. One example of his cunning is that whenMummy was putting out the milk bottles, Ginger, who wished to get to theback without having to go over the roof, dashed through the house and into thegarden. He is very fond of sunning himself on our roof and peering into mybedroom window, which looks out over the roof. Ginger never runs awaywhen caught doing naughty deeds, but stays to be petted.

CHARLIE is completely indifferent to Ginger. He is black excepting for alittle white nose which gives him a "Chaplin" moustache. Charlie is all toofond of my guinea pigs. He loves sitting on top of the cage pawing at the wire.When I catch him at it, he rushes off looking very guilty. Charlie is not veryadventurous and rarely wanders the roof. He prefers to sit on the wall andwatch all that is going on around him.

ANNA is a very reserved Siamese, who lives in the Apothecary Shop. She isaristocratic and sits in the window, washing herself daintily. She hardly evercomes out, and I think she much prefers to lie peacefully in the cosy kitchen.When she is out, she generally sits on the window-ledge sunning herself, butoccasionally stirs herself to stroll round the yard. She is very impatient, for ifshe is not allowed to go into her cosy kitchen the minute she wishes, sheimmediately sets up wailing pitifully until her call is answered.

TUPPY is adventurous, for he is young. He lives with Anna, but can be seenstalking birds with the utmost care and cunning. He loves to roam the roofs,and is completely fearless. He is graceful, and jumps almost impossible heights.He is a cross between a Burmese and a Siamese, and is very valuable. Becauseof his value, his owners block all his ways of getting out of the rather dingyyard where he is allowed, but Tuppy goes to great pains to escape.

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THE URCHIN, as I call him, is a thin underfed Tabby. He is very calm andcollected, for he sits on our wall under the jasmine, while Tod, my dog, barksfuriously. The Urchin does not mind a bit, but remains blinking his eyes in thesun. He can often be seen grubbing around and eating old scraps of bread leftfor the birds. He crouches and gobbles them, while Charlie looks on, wonderingif they are worth stealing.

ALBINO was Ginger's rival until his death. He had many battle scars andfought any cat he could find. He followed other cats and stalked them. He lovedfighting. His coat was smeared with iodine, and every cat with any sense wouldkeep out of his way. They fled on sight. Albino looked gentle and pretty, lyingon the shed roof in his own domain. He would play when I tickled him, but hewas not at all pleasant really. He was pure white with lovely, long fur and pinkeyes which shone in the night.

So, what with the black cats, the white cats, the tabby cats, the marmaladecats, not forgetting the elegant Eastern cats, I gather there is no "colour-bar"in East Street.

JANE SCOTT (Lower IV2, Chaucer Merchants).

THE BROWNIE CHOIR

Twenty-five brownies, all in brown,They are off to Canterbury town;Blazers and Panamas they must wear,And take them off when they get there.

Twenty-five Brownies, all in brown,They have reached Canterbury town.There they are, to sing their song,Let us hope they won't go wrong.

Twenty-five Brownies do their best,Here comes Miss Salmon, she'll do the rest;Now they are singing, hoping to be first—After they have finished, they'll be dying of thirst!

F. RICHMOND and V. SULLEN (Lower A1).

ESCAPE

Deserted;The lonely waves lapped gently on the shore,Rolling the pebbles and the broken shells,Crinkling the grey sandInto troughs and ridges,So that I felt like running in bare feetFor miles and milesAll alone.

The cliffs above were muddy clay—I glanced up^—Escape?I looked behind,But no, I couldn't return.Then out to sea,That calm, interminable grey sheet,Moving so gently now—Almost persuasive.

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Forward my only hope;I turned my eyes—The shingled beach stretched to eternityCompelling me to come.I felt I must runQuickly, QuicklyRush away,Escape!But the oozing sand clutched at my bare feetAnd dragged me down,Down into the cold grey seaTo die alone,To drown.In panic I screamedAnd with a start I wokeTo find the bedclothes swirling round my head—But all was warm and quiet.My eyelids closed.I slept.

ROSALIND SAVAGE (Upper VI Science, Alfred House).

THE NEW DOMESTIC SCIENCE LABORATORYAt the beginning of the Spring term the classes which took Domestic Science

were allowed to use the new Domestic Science Laboratory for their lessons. Itwas the only room of the new building yet to be completed and apart from itsbeing a lovely room, it was of course a thrill to be allowed to venture into theNew Jubilee building of which we had heard so much. The Domestic ScienceLaboratory was equipped with new cookers, half of them electric and the restgas. The room contains five kitchen compartments round the walls; each hasits own cooker, a sink, cupboards and a table. There are tiles near the sinksbut the centre of the room has a spacious wooden floor. There is a larder atone end of the room which also has plenty of space and contains a newrefrigerator which is very useful. The demonstration and staff desk are com-bined in one long desk on a platform, which has its own sink, cupboards andcooker. There are two doors into the laboratory, one from Coronation Buildingside and the other nearer the Cedar form rooms.

This room is an impressive and spectacular addition to the school, andshould give pleasure to many generations to come. Now at last the rest of thebuilding is finished, and we go into the Biology and Science Laboratoriesfor our lessons in these subjects. The whole building was officially opened onMay 27th by Dr. Fisher, The Archbishop of Canterbury, an occasion whichI am sure none of us will forget.

ANN HANSEN (Upper IV2, Chaucer Merchants).

A SATURDAY AT BRIDGE HOUSEThe day begins with a mad rush down into the bathroom, teeth cleaned and

faces washed, everyone racing to get down first.Prayers are over and a line of children in bright summer dresses troop into

the dining room to see lines of boiled eggs waiting to be eaten. Breakfast is overand everyone races out to the cloakroom to clean her shoes. Hair washing, forsome, is the next thing to be done. At ten, seniors appear from Nightingaleand the Main School, mostly to see their sisters.

After lunch rugs come out and children lie stretched out on their rugs eatingtheir tuck. When rest is over, the swimming pool is free so we go over to enjoyhalf an hour in the pool. The whistle goes and every one jumps in with squealsof delight.

Tea in the garden comes next, and, after that, a free evening with lots oftime for fun and games.

ANNE SMITH and ANNE RIONALL (Upper A1).

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THE ROYAL WEDDINGIt is a lovely day in May;The flags are out, the streets are gay.The Mall is packed, with people cheering;They see the glass coach now appearing.The Windsor greys are now in sight;The bride is there all gleaming white.

The wedding ceremony now complete,The crowd rise up on to their feet;They shout a loud and hearty cheer.The bride and groom are once more here.To the palace they go for wedding cake and tea,And then on their honeymoon to the Caribbean sea.

S. WICKHAM (III2, Chaucer Pilgrims).

MY GARDENAt Bridge House, Ruth and I share a garden. First it was all weeds, but now

we have dug it up. We have two tulips in the middle, and also two strawberryplants at the back of our garden. We water it every afternoon. We have a littlespade and a fork that we lend to other people, when they need them for theirgarden. We have some seeds that we planted yesterday afternoon. Our gardenis going to look very pretty, when the seeds have grown into flowers. We havea few bluebells and daisies. Our tulips are pink and they are very tall on theirnice green stalks. We have lots of stones all round the garden and this keeps theweeds out. Sometimes, dandelion seeds blow into our garden, but we pull themout when they are quite young.

YVONNE BEARE (8.7, Lower B).

THE WAVEPensive—Salt stung, yet a dreamer,The sighing sea, bleached with foam of fury,Grey with ancient knowledge,Hurls earth's mystery at my feet:Gives sweating sand its thunder kiss—Then sucking shingle spells our ignorance,Meeting the soft horizon,Sinking with my fear, into recreation.

CLARE DAVIDSON (Lower VI Arts, SomerviOe House).

A VISIT TO AN INDIAN COBBLERFor us, living in Mombasa, a visit to the cobbler was always an excitement.

We arrived at the little shop after a drive through the sunlit streets of the Indianbazaar where all kinds of spices and coloured silks could be bought. It mayseem unusual to be driving through an Indian bazaar in Kenya, but much of thepopulation of Mombasa is Indian.

The shop was dim in comparison with the bright colours and the brilliantsunshine outside; but when we had grown accustomed to the dark we couldsee that the shop consisted of one room, round whose walls were about twentymen, sitting cross-legged in front of their anvils, some cutting, some shapingand some sewing the leather into shoes.

At the centre of this ring of tapping cobblers was a space, and it was tohere that we were ushered. We were met by the man whom we knew to be theowner of the shop, and he produced from amongst the piles of tools andleather, a very large exercise book. After being asked very politely to removeour shoes, we proceeded to step on the book—one foot on each page. TheIndian then drew round our feet with a very fat, soft pencil, and we steppedback to admire the outline.

While this was happening, I noticed a man come through the open door,

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carrying what seemed to be a pot of red paint. He stepped swiftly in and outof the crowd of working men, and on each of their foreheads he placed, withhis forefinger, a dob of the dye. From this ceremony I gathered that the cobblerswere of the Hindu religion, for the Hindus always wear a red spot at the centreof their foreheads to indicate which caste they belong to. The stranger left asunobtrusively as he had entered, and I marvelled to think that he had completedhis task so quickly and without omitting a single person.

At last we had finished having the outlines of our feet traced, and when wehad explained the type of shoe we wanted, we proceeded to be ushered out. Wecould not leave, however, without taking with us a few scraps of leather, andclutching our sweet smelling bundles, we stepped outside, blinking in the brightsunshine.

CAROL MILLER (Upper VA, Chaucer Merchants).

THE DANCEThe tempo is slow and steady,but gradually it quickensto a frenzied, mad whirlof skirts and hair, which eddyround and round, a beatingpulse, a throb of boy and girl.

A jumble, yet all knowtheir place and time.

The music drops; the dancers, slowersurer, keep the beat.

It stops—They drop.Exhausted.

KATHERINE WAINEWRIGHT (Alfred, Upper VA).

THE GRASS GROUSEDeparted are the frosts of MarchThe showers of April too;The sun at last has warmed my roots,And pulled my lush roots through.

They're greener now than e'er before,Since many months have passed.It's Spring that cheers and stimulatesMy greener growth at last.

But woe is me, I am now green—Yet soon I shall be gone.A carpet, yes, for many feetTo run and stamp upon.

And soon I know, that in short time,My parched and aching rootsWill cry, "Enough, it is too much,I fear too many boots."

Alas, it seems, that twos and threesIn sizes, it is said,Are number tens at least, I'm sure,That dance upon my head.

And so, so soon, my shoots so lush,That follow on my birth,Now leave it, as it was before,A dusty patch of earth.

PENNY CULLIFORD Upper IVA, (Chaucer Pilgrims).

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GREEN FINGERS

I spent much of the Easter holidays gardening, a hobby which I have beencultivating, along with the plants, for some time. When I say "gardening",I do not mean just rooting up weeds—expressions which to me, as a child,used to be synonymous—but raking, manuring, sowing, watering and hoeinginto the bargain.

Thus it was one morning, armed for the fray with a variety of ill-assortedgardening tools, a wheelbarrow, and an odd pair of gloves, I attacked the raisedbed of the garden which, incidentally at close range appeared considerablylarger than the postage stamp size I had thought it to be. Having waged waragainst dead Michaelmas daises, broken paving stones and tenacious ground-elder roots, I left the bed denuded of almost everything living, except someclumps of green leaves, a delphinium plant, and two brave tulips, and thenproceeded to a hostile rose bed. After this, my back was bent over two smallvegetable patches, which were eventually dug, raked, manured and sown withsmall, black, glossy beans, and the contents of numerous little packets withunrealistic pictures on the front. In addition, I laboriously poked, scatteredand dropped minute flower seeds into the small flower beds round the house.Since I could not really believe that these would eventually turn into the gay,sweet-smelling flowers one sees in other people's gardens, however, I scatteredthem rather too liberally, and consequently will have soon to begin the back-breaking job of thinning out!

I found that gardening has a variety of other sides to it, many of whichare irritating. For instance, my efforts at poking and pulling at the grassesbetween the paving stones hi the front garden gamed for me a row of admirersof all ages, along the fence. These people, including my young brothers, sawfit to make intelligent comments at the bent back of my head, most of whichpleasantries went unacknowledged. The said brothers themselves were a mixedblessing, for although the one gave me much valuable help weeding and water-ing, the other had ideas of transporting earth together with its seeds from bedto bed, while the dog discovered delightful, new short cuts across the flower-beds, and the cat rolled ecstatically over the freshly-loosened earth, bringingme the trophies of his nights' hunting in recompense.

One of my greatest trials, though, was watering, for we have no wateringcan. Instead, we used a bucket of water and a coffee tin with holes punchedin the bottom. As I heaved slopping buckets of water to the rows of radishes,parsley, spring onions, lettuces, spinach and beans, I felt distinctly akin to thesorcerer's apprentice, only in this case, the water was not an endless supply.A few days later the tap of the fresh-water tank was left on, consequentlyemptying the tank, and, strange to relate, since then there has been no heavyrain.

In retrospect, our garden seems to have all the constituents of the classicalEnglish garden: bordering the lawn it has beds which contain phloxes, del-phiniums, michaelmas daises and peonies, and could therefore almost go underthe title of herbaceous border; there are admittedly no flowering shrubs, androck garden, but the paving stones of the raised bed house numerous rockplants, and we have a very good rose bed, vegetable patch and several dwarffruit trees. On a larger scale, this garden could be called a typical Englishgarden: as it is, it is typical of the majority of gardens in England.

This form of the classical garden has grown up from a variety of otherfashions in gardening. In turn, the formal garden with its neat beds and trimmedhedges and trees; the landscape garden, which broke its walls and boundaryfences and encroached into parks and fields; wild gardens presumably theproduct of a lazy age; and the Victorian garden, expressing its perfection ingeranium beds set in smooth lawns surrounded by laurel hedges, have all heldtheir sway. Nowadays laurels and evergreens have given way to floweringshrubs; trees and hedges are rarely cut in weird and unnatural shapes; lawnsare often set with beds of spring bulbs; many gardens boast fine rockeries;herbaceous plants take the place of geraniums, and the garden expresses acertain wild order.

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wild coast of Brittany I one met a typical Frenchman, who had once been to'Ull and now spoke enthusiastically of our gardens to all his English tourists.The Englishman too will have difficulty in understanding the French gardenin a window-box, and will search a long time before he discovers the Americanequivalent.

But it is not these foreigners who least appreciate our heritage, but thatEnglishman to be found on the fens of Cambridgeshire. I really believe that ifhe could, he would sell the dandelions on the lawn. I also believe that I toowould stoop to this if it meant the removal of these yellow rebels from the grassgrown from best Wimbledon seed!

KATHEWNE ALHADEFF (Lower VI Arts, Cranmer House).

THE KINGSFERRY BRIDGE

The opening of the new bridge at Kingsferry marks the culmination ofunceasing endeavours which have been exerted since 1917, firstly to give toll-free access to Sheppey, and secondly to provide a bridge of adequate openingspan, unlikely to be damaged by any river traffic passing through it.

The old bridge, which is a hundred years old, is in an extremely decrepitstate, and unfortunately there is very little difference between the width of theaverage pulp vessel and the width of clear water under the lifting span, whilethe current is so strong that the pilot has a very difficult task trying to navigatethe opening; so many times the bridge has been crippled by passing ships, andthe island cut off for the length of time it takes to mend the damage, which isoften more than a week.

The new bridge is the fourth of four possible schemes. The island was tohave either a tunnel; a narrow bridge to be used as a one-way bridge comple-mentary to the existing bridge; a bridge for road traffic only, leaving theexisting bridge for rail traffic; or a combined road and rail bridge.

The new Kingsferry bridge is in startling contrast to the old bridge along-side, and provides for the first time an adequate road and rail link betweenthe mainland and the Isle of Sheppey. Among its many advantages it has alifting span which is forty feet wider than the one on the previous bridge, andinstead of the one-way traffic, which caused a great deal of hard feeling,especially during the holiday season when about three thousand tourists comeon to the island, two streams of traffic have now been catered for.

The building of the new foundations was begun only eighteen months beforethe completion of the new bridge, and work was carried on for twenty-fourhours every day. Even in the middle of the night inhabitants living on the farside of the island, seven miles away, could hear the drilling sounds, as the hugepiles were driven into the bed. The bridge is a type of opening bridge which israrely seen in this country. The four tall, white, concrete towers support theheavy lifting span which rises vertically, supported by twenty-four cables.

Two new approach roads have also been constructed, leading to and fromthe new bridge, because the former road was very old and had been constructedaccording to the higher land on the marshes, and so it was very twisted and notnearly wide enough to cater for the heavier traffic travelling along it.

The Duchess of Kent was able to open our new bridge, which was a mass offlags and people to welcome her arrival by Helicopter. The Duchess spoke fora few minutes, then she pressed a button, and after a slightly frightening pause,the lifting span rose very slowly and majestically to the top of the towers; then,after a second press of the button, it was lowered again.

This occasion marked the final completion of a wish that has been on thelips of every inhabitant of the Isle of Sheppey for many years, and though thebridge was once referred to as the concrete monstrosity by an ancient memberof Sheppey's community, it is a land mark which can be seen from a greatdistance, to show every traveller that years of great prosperity are dawning fora small, rather insignificant island on the northern shores of Kent.

PHTLIPPA COPLAND (Lower VI Arts, Cranmer House).

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OLD GIRLS' ASSOCIATION

Hon. Secretary and Treasurer: Miss F. M. G. GAUSDEN, Athelstan, SaxonwoodRoad, Battle, Sussex.

Hon. Auditor: D. SHACKIJETON, c/o Mrs. Baker, Chapman's Gorse, Danbury,Chelmsford, Essex.

Correspondents:1956. A. WIGGINS, 11 East Cross, Tenterden, Kent.1957. E. FLEETWOOD, Wynchmore, The Landway, Bearsted, Maidstone,

Kent.1958. M. BURNELL, Rusper, Sandyhurst Lane, Ashford, Kent.1959. J. RICHMOND, 8 Lewes Road, Eastbourne, Sussex.1960. R. SAVAGE, 29 Canterbury Road, Herne Bay, Kent.

Australia: M. BATEMAN (Mrs. McCleod), 1 Dawson Avenue, Ballarat, Victoria.New Zealand: F. COCK (Mrs. Read), 49 Ngapuhi Road, Remeura, Auckland.

Hon. Games Secretary: A. BAXTER, Aldergate, Lympne, Kent.

Annual Subscription, 7s. 6d.; 10-year Subscription. £3 3s. (to be sent to theO.G.A. Secretary and NOT to the School).

THE SPRING REUNIONThe Spring Reunion and Annual General Meeting took place on February

27th at the Y.M.C.A. Central Club, Mrs. Kneen being in the Chair.Much to the Secretary's relief, Queen Mary Hall became available at the

eleventh hour; this provided sufficient accommodation for the extra largegathering on this occasion, and for the "Bring & Buy" Sale in aid of the JubileeFund. A big contingent travelled from Ashford; they included many staff and agroup of Prefects, who like most of us, had been present at St. Bride's thatmorning.

The proceedings opened with a silent tribute to Miss Brake, following whichour Chairman spoke briefly but with obvious feeling of the great debt we allowe to our late Headmistress, and of the latter's tremendous services to allwith whom she came in contact.

The Secretary then presented her report, it was even shorter than usual,and disclosed a satisfactory condition of the Association's affairs, financial andotherwise. We learnt that membership continues to rise steadily, and had nowpassed the 750 mark. Also that few magazines were returned "Gone away"nowadays, while a number of formerly "lost" members had been traced.

The accounts were read and passed (a copy of the balance sheet will beincluded in a later issue when more space is available).

The Election of Officers followed. Only one change—that of Auditor.Dorothy Shackleton was elected in place of Gytha Allard who has resigned.

Mrs. Kneen spoke of the need to revise the Constitution of the Association.It was drawn up over twenty years ago, and conditions had changed since then.For instance, Miss Brake had acted as Chairman regularly from the very start;her passing entailed fresh rules to govern appointment to this office. Again,secretarial duties had increased considerably, rendering it impossible to com-bine them with those of Treasurer. It was decided that action should be takenat the 1961 Meeting, when amendments would be made and more officersappointed.

Tea having appeared, the Meeting then closed, and the usual rush to thebuffet ensued. Presumably, members refreshed themselves adequately; theycertainly talked—and talked! The hubbub continued until well after 5 o'clock,when Old Girls began to melt away. No doubt, the Reunion went on untilmuch later in different places, it always does!

Meanwhile, a rather bewildered Secretary remained on the platform,besieged by hordes of members anxious to pay tea money and subscriptions,and to supply a variety of information. She too, left eventually, heavily ladenwith cash and note-pads—and was grateful for "forty winks" on her way backto Sussex.

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Please note: Members of the Old Girls' Association will find further infor-mation about the Election of Officers on a separate sheet enclosed for them inthis issue.

HOCKEY MATCHIt is hoped that a Hockey match against the School will be played on

SATURDAY, JANUARY 21st, 1961, at 2.30 p.m. Please let the Games Sec-retary know if you are willing to play.

POSTBAG

ALL OUR SYMPATHY TO!

MR. HARRISON on the death of his wife. They have both been good friendsof the School for many years, and have annually given a generous GardeningPrize.

PHILIPPA JONES on the death of her father.

OUR CONGRATULATIONS TO:

DR. F. R. TUBBS on his C.B.E.LT.-COL. A. E. MASON on his O.B.E.MR. E. C. EALEY on receiving a Colonial Police Medal.MR. R. WHEELER on receiving the Queen's Police Medal for Distinguished

Service.Miss ROWE on being elected President of the Kent Organists' Association.DINAH EVANS (Mrs. Weston) on the birth of a son, Nicholas.MARY SIMPSON (Mrs. Reader) on the birth of a daughter, Jacqueline Mary.JILL SCARFE (Mrs. Waters) on the birth of a son, Timothy.PAULINE JOHNSON (Mrs. Barber) on the birth of a daughter.VrviENNE EVANS (Mrs. Peters) on the birth of a son, Robert.DOROTHY SHARP (Mrs. Baden Fuller) on the birth of a son, Timothy.Miss RICHARDSON (Mrs. Owen) on the birth of a daughter.HAZEL BYRNE (Mrs. Davies) on the birth of a second daughter, Linda.ALISAMON WOLF on her marriage to Mr. Christopher W. Rombulow-

Pearse.ANGELA GIBSON on her marriage to Mr. Michael Martin.BETTY BROWN on her marriage to Mr. A. E. Clifford.MARY PARRY on her marriage.ALISON WEBBER on her engagement—she is to be married in July.SUSAN BARR on her engagement to Mr. Brian Norman.VALERIE BERTING on her engagement to Mr. Garry Jones.JANE BRUNDRETT on her engagement to Mr. Brian Bromley.TESSA BEESLY on her engagement to Dr. Rowland Carrington.FRANCES BALL, PENELOPE QUENTTN EVANS, S.R.N.DIANA BROWN on gaining her M.B., B.S.

ANGELA YATES is enjoying her time in France and she expects to be inParis until the end of this month.

ANNETTE HARMER (Mrs. Sprecher) says how much she has enjoyed readingthe Commemoration number of The School Tie, and was interested to readabout the School before, during and after her time. She is living in Londonand pays an annual visit to the States in connection with her husband's work.

MARY HINE is coming back to the South to nurse and is hoping to doMental Nursing in Surrey. She and PAT THREADGILL were going to spend aweek in a cottage near Holy Island. PAT leaves for India in the near future.

ELIZABETH HARYOTT is spending some months with her parents in Bombaybefore going to Bedford College. She gives news of PAULINE PITMAN, who hasjust left Bombay and is now in Melbourne where she has a job with theBroadcasting Company.

BARBARA BRANSON is living at Sevenoaks. She is hoping to come to Bar-

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nardo Day with CAROLYN and WENDY HINKS, and also JUDY BINTLEY. Shegives news of LETTTIA ANDERSON, who is at the Canterbury Art School doingdressmaking, and CORISANDE COOMBES, whom she meets at the Sevenoaksbranch of the Young Conservatives.

JENNIFER NORRIS and DIANA WEBB called to see me one Saturday. This isDIANA'S last term at Queen Elizabeth College and she has a demonstrating jobnext year. JENNIFER is to be the Secretary of the Students' Union next October.

ERICA BEETON is in her last term at Atholl Crescent and has gained afirst-class diploma for the four-term Household Institutional ManagementCourse. This term she is doing the Dressmaking Certificate Course. She metVICKY BROWNING in Edinburgh one day.

Jo ROPER (Mrs. Morton) and her husband and baby son called to see us.Jo gives news of ANNE, who is in Geneva, and PRUE who is in the States.

TESSA BEESLY is at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children where herfiance is a doctor. She sees JILL WILLIAMS and JUDY HANCOX, and SALLYMATTHEWS, who is also training at Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

MARGOT SOMAN (Mrs. Pascoe) lives in London. She writes to say howpleased she was to meet so many friends at the Old Girls' Reunion.

DIANA BROWN has her M.B. She is sharing a small flat in Kentish Town.She has met GILLIAN KAY, who is an Air Hostess on B.O.A.C. and has alreadybeen on the Australian and South African flights and is hoping to go to Tokyosoon. DIANA meets BARBARA HORRELL, GILLIAN FORD, JANET DUNDAS andJEAN MUTIMER.

SALLY ALDERSON (Mrs. Gair) visited School in the holidays with herhusband and children.

ANNE CAMERON (Mrs. Plumer) is living in Lenham with her husband andthree sons.

BARBARA SHAPTER is hoping to come to Barnardo Day.MARY SIMPSON (Mrs. Reader) gives news of her baby, Jacqueline Mary:

"she has dark blue eyes and weighed 8 Ib. 8 oz. and is very hefty looking".MARY WAINEWRIGHT is the Senior Student at the Whitehall Secretarial

College in Eastbourne. She spent a holiday in Paris and is going out to theArgentine in August; she hopes to work for the British Embassy there. MARYhas spent a day in London with GILLIAN EVANS.

SUSAN BROWN is enjoying her French Course in Paris.CATHERINE COLLIER called to see me. She is doing part of her training for

Occupational Therapy at the Pembury Hospital, near Tunbridge Wells.CATHERINE meets SUSAN WALTER, who is an Almoner at this hospital.

ANGELA HAMMOND (Mrs. Clarke) was sorry not to be able to come to theopening of the new building. ANGELA writes of her enjoyment of the Jubileenumber of The School Tie.

ANGELA GIBSON (Mrs. Martin) gives news of her wedding on April 23rd.MARGARET SOUTHWOOD and FOLLA LESLIE (Mrs. ) were guests.

ANNE BEAVIS (Mrs. Green) says how much she enjoyed the Old Girls'Reunion in February. ANNE meets JUNE SLATTER (Mrs. Armstrong) andSHEILA MURRAY.

THEA DANCY is going to teach at Chichester High School in September.DAPHNE COLE and her brother came to see us one Sunday—they were

searching for rare orchids in Kent. DAPHNE is working at St. Bartholomew'sHospital. She is enjoying having classes in Wood Carving and Fencing.

BARBARA Low is hoping to do her Teacher's Training Course at King'sCollege.

ALISAMON WOLF (Mrs. Pearce) and her husband came to tea one Saturday,and in the evening they showed pictures of Tanganyika to the Upper IV.They spent their honeymoon in Sussex. They are going across to the Continentto tour Yugoslavia before returning to Tanganyika.

JEAN RICHMOND is hoping to do secretarial work for a little while beforeshe begins nursing. JEAN has enjoyed a lovely holiday in Normandy.

FRANCES BALL was 2nd in St. George's Hospital finals. She came to havecoffee with me one morning and says how much she has enjoyed her training.

JILL SiLLARS is in a Branch Hospital of St. Thomas's Hospital near Guild-ford, and is enjoying being in the country for a change.

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HAZEL BYRNE (Mrs. Davies) is moving to Weston-super-Mare where herhusband is starting his own dental practice. HAZEL will be sorry to leaveNorwich where she has made many friends.

ANNE WIGGINS is in her last term at Cardiff University and hopes to get apost as a Child Welfare Officer.

VALERIE BERTTNG is teaching in a secondary modern school in Hackney,and her fiance is in the same school. She hopes to be married in Vancouverat Christmas. VALERIE sees JEAN CALLENDER and she is hoping to come toBarnardo Day.

DOROTHY SHARP (Mrs. Baden Fuller) is hoping to spend her holiday inKent. She says that Timothy is a very happy and contented baby.

ALISON WEBBER is hoping to teach in Glasgow next year. She is beingmarried on July 23rd.

BARBARA COOPER and her family are enjoying living in the North ofEngland, and BARBARA hopes to qualify as a doctor next year. The twins areboth nursing in Edinburgh. BARBARA passed her 3rd M.B. in March, whichwas in Public Health, Pathology and Bacteriology, and she takes Part 1 ofher finals in December. BARBARA plays tennis and hockey for the College andso has managed to see most of the Northern and Scottish Universities. Lastsummer she spent several weeks in residence at St. Helen's Hospital in Hastings.

BETTY HAYNE (Mrs. Spurting) is a buyer for a group of children's shops inLondon.

JANE HUIE (Mrs. Liang) lives in Sheffield where her husband is a dentist.JANE has two daughters, aged 10 and 11.

JENNIFER GREEN is taking a secretarial course before she goes to ReadingUniversity next October.

MARY CLARE DANIELS and her family are living in Lyminge.SUSAN ALSTON is going to nurse at the University College Hospital in

January 1961. SUSAN has sent a picture for the Quiet Room.DIANA ATKINSON is at the Triangle Secretarial College in London. She

sees ANNE GORDON, Lois BOYS and JENNY CHESTER. DIANA is hoping to go toKuala Lumpur with her family later in the year. She has heard from PATTYANN BAYLEY, who is working in her father's office in Georgetown.

JENNIFER LUCAS is a Staff Nurse at the Torquay Hospital. SUSAN is at theForeign Office.

ROZEL LATTIMER has been doing her Teaching Practice at a PrimarySchool in Acton where she had a form of 42 eleven-year-old boys and girls.

BERYL MADDIESON is doing secretarial work in Leopoldville. She is enjoyingfencing as a relaxation. She writes of her Christmas overseas. "I had a luncheonparty at Christmas with all the traditional food and trimmings and that wasquite an international gathering, with an Austrian, a Frenchman, an English-man of Italian extraction, and the rest English. We had a most enjoyable dayand it is surprising how one takes to Christmas in the Tropics. The ChurchServices at Christmas and Easter are bilingual, and it is most impressive andmoving to hear people singing hymns together in three languages. Normallythe three congregations have their separate services."

FROM JEAN RICHMONDVICKY BROWNING has started training as a nurse in Edinburgh, where she

has met ALISON and SUSAN CALDICOTT and ERICA BEETON. She has heard fromELIZABETH HARYOTT in India.

CAROLINE LAWSON has been made Wardrobe Mistress of the DramaticSociety at King's College, London. She went recently to a flat-warming partyof PENNY NELSON'S. PENNY is still doing her secretarial training. MARY MOBLEYwas also there. She has a secretarial post in London.

JENNIFER COLDREY spent some of the Easter vacation on a field courseby the sea in the Isle of Man. She and PENNY LEACH were determined to geta good view of Princess Margaret's wedding, setting off for the Mall at dawn,with foam rubber cushions.

JENNIFER GREEN is doing shorthand and typing, and is learning to drive.She is also doing some oil painting.

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JEAN RICHMOND spent a glorious three weeks at Easter with a Frenchfamily. She bumped into JANE HACKER in the gardens of the Chateau atVersailles; and went as a student for one morning to the British Institute inParis with SUSAN BROWN. SUSAN was preparing to spend the next week-endin Belgium.

MARY WAINEWRIGHT also went to Paris at Easter. She is looking forwardto going to a performance of the Glyndebourne Opera later on in the SummerTerm.

PATRICIA KNIGHT managed to survive (and enjoy) her first teaching practicein London. She has now returned to Cambridge.

VILIA TURNER is at Leicester University. She is learning to drive, and shemight be going to Israel in the summer.

NEW AND ALTERED ADDRESSES(* denotes Life or 10-year Member)

"BEAVIS, A. (Mrs. Green), 22 Haling Park Road, South Croydon, Surrey.*BINSTEAD, B. (Mrs. Rickard), 52 Ruxley Lane, Ewell, Surrey.*BOWSKILL, M. A., 170 Green Lane, S.W.16.*BRANSON, B., Bramblings, Hopgarden Lane, Sevenoaks, Kent.*BURREN, J., 8 Fauchons Lane, Bearsted, Maidstone, Kent.*CATON, B. (Mrs. Jackson), 23 Nelmes Road, Hornchurch, Essex.*CHEADLE, E. (Mrs. Gamble), 3 South Close, Ipswich, Suffolk.*CHENNELLS, J., 47 Gledhow Gardens, S.W.5."CLARKE, N. (Mrs. Ashcroft), Bowling Green Cottage, Hurst Road, Horsham,

Sussex.*CORBY, M. (Mrs. Campbell), 271 Bellegrove Road, Welling, Kent.

DAUMILLER, E. (Staff), 70 Talbot Road, N.6.FEINSILBER, T., 33 Albemarle Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent.FENCHELLE, A. M., Heron House, 1 Thames Street, Hampton, Middlesex.

*GIBSON, A. Y. (Mrs. Martin), Pippinfield, Higher Warborough Road, Galmp-ton, Brixham, Devon.

*GILLESPIE, J. R. (Mrs. Jackson), Hall Farm Cottage, Theberton, Leiston,Suffolk.

*GIRLING, J., Highworth Farm, Charlwood, Surrey.*GOODENOUGH, G. (Mrs. Harbottle), The Rectory, Sandhurst, Kent.*GREEN, J., Southlands, Cranbrook, Kent."GRIFFITHS, A. (Mrs. Scott), 40 St. Julian's Road, Birkikara, Malta, G.C.*HALL, M. C., c/o 3-5 Crouched Friars, E.C.3."HAMMOND, A. (Mrs. Clarke), 10 Lowther Hill, Brockley Rise, S.E.23.*HARLING, J. (Mrs. Watts), c/o H. R. Harling, Esq., 99 Valley Drive, Harro-

gate, Yorks."HARRIS, R., Wootton, Elmstead Lane, Chislehurst, Kent.

HARYOTT, E., 156 Waltham Road, Scarthoe, Grimsby, Lines."HiPWELL, A. (Mrs. Pearson), c/o F. S. Hipwell, Esq., 86 Sea Place, Worthing,

Sussex.HOGBEN, W., Tickenhurst Farm, Eastry, Sandwich, Kent.

*HORNE, A., Studhams, Westwell, Ashford, Kent.*HUTCHTNS, H. E. S., Trees, Kemnal Road, Chislehurst, Kent.*LE RAY, B. (Mrs. Pearce), 17 Park Avenue, Felixstowe, Suffolk.*LOXLEY, B. (Mrs. King), 70 Petersfield Road, Hall Green, Birmingham 28.

MANLEY, J., 151 Ebury Street, S.W.I.•MARTYN, J. (Mrs. Moffatt), Rothamstead Cottage, Harpenden, Herts.*MARSH, S. M. F. (Mrs. Bradford), Wychelms, Bottom Lane, Chalfont St.

Giles, Bucks."MOUNT, J. M., 9 Clifftown Gardens, Herne Bay, Kent."OAKLEY, E. (Mrs. Stevens), St. Margaret's, Highland Avenue, Uckfield,

Sussex.

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*PHILPOTT, J. (Mrs. Bastin), 3 Parsifal Road, N.W.6.*RENNIE, C., Truckers Hatch, Handcross, Sussex.•ROBERTSON, D. (Mrs. Matthews), 64 Maiden Castle Road, Corchester,

Dorset.*SHRUBBS, L., The Rectory, Lawshal, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk.*SOMAN, M. (Mrs. Pascoe), Willowhayne, Molesey Park Road, East Molesey,

Surrey.*STEVENS, D., 27 Moorhead Road, Wroughton, Wilts.*STRANGE, G. (Mrs. Gladwell), 286 Cranbrook Road, Ilford, Essex.*WALKER, G. (Mrs. Rennie), Truckers Hatch, Handcross, Sussex.

WATSON, G. (Mrs. Saville), c/o Littleworth South, Littleworth Lane, Esher,Surrey.

*WILKINS, M. H. (Mrs. Gentle), 26 Mountfield Road, N.3.*WOLF, A. M. (Mrs. Rombulow-Pearse), c/o Dept. of Agriculture, Dars-es-

Salaam, Tanganyika.

FORM LISTS, SUMMER TERM, 1960

(C)=House Captain. (D)=Deputy House Captain. (P)=School Prefect.(H)=House Prefect. (L)=Liberty. (F)=Form Captain.

UPPER VI ARTS AND SCIENCE. Form Mistress: Miss Sillars, P. Jackson (D),C. Lougher (C), C. Stafford (C), S. WhaUey (P), E. Alexander (C), P. Earle (C),S. Elgood (P), S. Grummant (C), S. Posnette (P), E. Rogers (C), R. Savage (C),S. Sillars (School Captain), C. Waterhouse (School Captain).

LOWER VI ARTS AND SCIENCE. Form Mistress: Miss Holroyd. K. Alhadeff(H), J. Bell (H), M. Cecil (HF), P. Copland (L), V. Cotching (H), C. Davidson(P), F. Johnson (H), M. Fraser Allen (L), A. Harding (H), J. Headley (H),S. Hill (H), V. Jones (H), S. Littledale (H), J. Low (H), C. Nelms (H),J. Robinson (H), S. Taylor (H), V. Taylor (H), N. Thexton (P), E. Walton (H),A. Cocks (P), H. Fenton (H), A. Griffiths (P), S. Noel (H).

LOWER VI GENERAL. Form Mistress: Miss O'Halloran. M. Barren (H),H. Cassidy (H), M. Champ (D), B. Crump (H), J. Ealey (H), C. Goede (H),J. Griffiths (H), A. Harris (P) V. Hayward (H), A. Johnson (H), P. Keun (H),R. Knight (H), R. Livingstone (H), A. Marshall (H), H. Pacey (H), P. Pratt (L),C. Steed (P), S. Thompson (H), C. Wiggins (HF), E. Wilson (H).

UPPER VA. Form Mistress : Miss Webb. J. Angell (H), J. Anson (L),M. Askew (L), B. Ayres (LF), G. Barlow (L), P. Barlow (L), J. Boyd (L),P. Burnell (L), S. Clark (H), P. Davis (L), G. Dean (L), G. Drayson (H),S. Goate (L), A. Hall (H), C. Hall (L), Y. Heuer (L), M. Hughes (L), P. Knight(H), V. Lush (H), Z. Martin (H), P. McDermott (L), C. Miller (H), J. Palmer(L), S. Pengelley (L), W. Stillwell (H), D. Wagstaff (L), K. Wainewright (L),J. Worthington (H), J. Yaxley.

UPPER VB. Form Mistress: Miss Neal. S. Angell (H), A. Ashby (H),J. Bailey (H), R. Beeton (L), G. Bond (HF), W. Boote (H), L. Bridges (H),J. Coles (H), J. Hall (L), P. Hewett (L), S. Hicks (L), B. Hills (L), J. Hinde (L),G. Irvine (L), P. Irwin (L), S. Jones Thomas (L), C. MacDonald (L), A. Martin(H), V. Pearce (L), A. Saville (L), B. Shilcock (L), S. Ashley Smith (L),P. Steyne (H), J. Watts (H), R. Wilson (H).

UPPER Vc. Form Mistress : Miss Aspinall. S. Bridge, J. Brown (L),L. Burbridge (H), G. Bush (L), M. Butcher, S. Carter (H), M. Charlton (L),C. Giles (L), S. Green (L), E. Hudson (L), L. Kent (L), J. Kidney (L),A. Lattimer (L), P. Leach (HF), J. Lumer (L), S. Neate (H), R. Older (L),J. Troup (L), S. Wheeler (L).

UPPER VD. Form Mistress: Miss Fish. J. Booth(L),S. Double (H),C. Holmes(L), S. Jacobs (L), C. Main (L), Z. Proudler (LF), P. Rahr (H), C. Shaw,L. Stone (L), A. Walker (L), P. Worrall (L), A. WyUie (L).

LowERJiVA. Form Mistress: Miss Taylor. V. Beechey (L), E. Bond (L),W. Boyd (L), A. Brazier, S. Dart (L), C. Davis, J. Fyson (L), L. Good (L),

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J. Harper (L), B. Heilbrun (L), S. Hill (L), G. Holt (L), C. Horrocks,D. Lambert (L), E.Ogle (L), C. Paine (L), S. Petitpierre (L), J. Prebble (L),S. Kempe-Roberts (L), R. Sasson (LF), L. Simpson, P. Smith (L), D. Stoop(L), V. Stump, C. Townsend, B. Welton, G. Williams.

LOWER VB Form Mistress: Miss Johnstone-Hogg. M. Bartlett (L),E. Bailey, J. Bullock, A. Burrow (L), P. Burns, A. Davis (L), S. Davis (L),T. Quentin Evans (L), V. French (LF), H. Goodchild (L), A. Jones, H. Klein(L), V. Longley (L), J. Mayhew, M. Maylam (L), H. Moss, M. Mutimer,P. Parker (L), Z. Pocock, T. Simpson, A. Smith, A. Stowers (L), J. Tennekoon(L), J. Thompson (L), R. Tubbs (L), J. Warneford (L), H. Warnes (L),J. Williams (L), P. Wood (L), C. Wright, L. Wylie (L).

UPPER WA. Form Mistress: Miss Lawrie. A. Blake, C. Boase, A. Bowers,J. Brimelow, P. Broadfield, A. Brown, A. R-Bunbury, R. Cecil, N. Cini,R. Coulson, P. Culliford, E. Drayson, R. Fletcher, K. Francis, H. Hukins,S. Hunter, J. Irvine (L), S. King, S. McKeeman, A. Newman, J. Peach,J. Pengelley (F), J. Richer, J. Sharp, C. Sterndale, S. Stokes, J. Taylor,J. Williams, J. Wilson, E. Wilson.

UPPER IV1. Form Mistress: Miss Perry. H. Alexander, P. Beach, J. Bonallack,J. Brangwin, M. Burroughs, A. Climpson, A. Darroch, A. Davis, A. Dodd,R. Elton, S. Fenton, J. Fraser Allen, R. Good, S. Gordon, S. Gregory,P. Griffith, J. Armstrong Hill, S. Hollander, P. Howie, V. Jenkins (F), J. Jupp,C. King, A. Milsted, E. Neate, D. Passey, B. Robins, M. Stables, M. Stanley,G. Tayler, A. Ward, G. Wheeler, T. Williams, S. Wyn Pugh.

UPPER IV2. Form Mistress: Miss Champion. V. Bennett, A. Birchall,L. Cressall, H. Ford, J. Guest, A. Hansen, S. Jones, J. Lament, A. Masters,J. Noakes, M. Parker, A. Parsons, E. Phillips, H. Seamark, G. Short, P. Shute(F), A. Skilbeck, M. Vallack, C. Watkins, P. Watson, L. Watts, F. Whalley,C. Willett, R. Wood, J. Wyn Pugh.

UPPER IV3. Form Mistress: Mrs. Lane. D. Bridges, J. Coombs, B. Cue,R. Fenton, V. Harrad, S. Hooker, M. Lennan, S. Rose, A. Sutton (F),G. Weeks, R. Weeks, S. Williams.

LOWER IV1. Form Mistress: Mrs. Rankin. V. Alexander, K. Arnfield,J. Atkins, M. Bartlett, C. Bond, A. Challis, M. Cook, J. Denne, M. Ellis,J. Epps, A. Greig, A. Headley, P. Hepburn, A. Hind, V. J. Holgate, W. James,E. Kerry, A. McLean, E. Mackintosh, J. Massey (F), R. Musters, D. Piper,J. Pocock, L. Porter, B. Ratledge, S. Richardson, V. Shilcock, V. Taylor,A. Wylie, J. Wylie.

LOWER IV2. Form Mistress: Miss Mansell. J. Beaugie, B. Burrows,H. Church, R. Cooper, S. Creswell Evans, J. Cruttenden, S. Dearsley,A. Duncan, M. Fearnehough, L. Fisher, E. Gadd, S. Goede, P. Gothard,J. Hall, S. Henderson, E. Lament, A. Lee, S. McGuire, S. North, J. Parsons,B. Pentecost, E. Pullan, C. Saunders, J. Scutt, C. Sielle, S. Staniland, R. Stoker(F), J. Tweedie, S. Webber.

LOWER IV3. Form Mistress: Miss Earlam. J. Austen, S. Booth, V. Burbridge,P. Burrow, L. Campbell, J. Carpenter, E. Crawley, A. French, J. Fulford,D. Gemmill, R. Goodhew, C. Ingram, A. Lawrence, S. Lawrence, D. Lock (F),J. Porter, D. Pring, M. Scutt, J. Seamark, V. Shersby, S. Steed, R. Webb,E. Wheeler.

IIP. Form Mistress: Miss Frith. J. Bridges, J. Brown, F. Casin, E. Coggins,J. Currie, J. Dalton (F), A. Denholm, F. Dougal, J. Dudbridge, A. Ewer, C.Filip, J. Gardner, M. Harman, T. Hawkins, A. M. Johnson, P. Jones, C. Jupp,G. Landolt, G. Mayo, M. McClellan, G. Midgley, T. Moore, C. Peters,C. Preston, D. Robinson, E. Sherwood, P. Sterndale, L. Stockdale, L. Stone,F. Tolputt, F. Tubbs, J. West, H. Wilson.

HI2. Form Mistress : Miss Baker. J. Bailey, A. Barrs, G. Baxter, C. Boase,M. A. Brewis, J. Dickinson, A. Garrett, C. Goodchild, J. Hepburn, J. Hodgson,J. Hopkins, S. Matthews, M. Melville, F. Moglove, R. Newman, M. Ogle,D. Pilkington, L. Purnell, M. Redsell, J. Sasson, S. Shemming, J. Sillars (F),R. Simpson, S. Stanley, B. Stokes, L. Taylor, I. Wanklyn, J. Warnes,V. Wemyss, M. White, S. Wickham, G. Woodley.

III3. Form Mistress: Miss Beany. J. Allen, M. Ash, J. Bones, J. Bretherton,F. Brinkworth, R. Browning (F), S. Coates, S. Dale, L. Ford, D. Ginn,

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P. Harvey, G. Healey, T. Irwin, S. Jackson, H. Jarvis, S. Kitson, K. MacGregor,C. Munn, D. Older, A. Paisley, J. Parish, J. Parker, A. Pooley, H. Sizer,M. Stanley, S. Thomson, M. A. Trousdell, E. Webb, D. Webb.

PREPARATORY SCHOOL

UPPER A1. Form Mistress : Miss Bratby. J. Armstrong, S. Bateman,B. Bowers, P. Creswell-Evans, M. Cross, E. Culliford, R. Davies, J. Deedes,J. Elton, E. Fletcher, M. Hammick, P. Holmes, E. Lead, S. Morrell, H. Paxton,S. Palmer, V. Palmer, A. Rignall, C. Robinson, K. Rose, A. Smith, V. Snaith,J. Stephenson, J. Sharp, R. Standing, F. Wainewright, A. Sharwood Smith.

UPPER A2. Form Mistress : Miss Colledge. D. Bargman, J. Bartlett,K. Browne, R. Clarke, C. Croxon, S. Dawes, P. Debenham, C. Denne,R. Durham, S. Fisher, C. Flower, J. Forester, J. Gadd, J. Gillespie-Smith,C. Hickman, L. Jennings, J. Lee, E. Mallon, E. Mather, E. Newman, J. Perry,L. Smitham, J. White, N. Woodhouse.

UPPER A3. Form Mistress: MissLowry. W. Barrs, R. Boote, J. Brookshaw,A. Brown, C. Cox, J. Dellat, V. Gilbert, F. Gibson, A. Hagger, J. Hunt-Cooke,J. Kitson, C. Meakin, L. Nesfield, F. Parish, J. Parson, J. Pocock, A. Slocombe,J. Staley, F. Troup.

LOWER A . Form Mistress: Mrs. Coggins. L. Ainslie, L. Battley, S. Baxter,C. Bowers, H. Boyd, N. Boyd, P. Brown, V. Bullen, L. Cannings, R. Crook,R. Davies, S. Gardiner, D. Geary, V. Grundy, R. McClellan, C. McClean,F. Oliver, F. Richmond, J. Waters, S. White.

LOWER A2. Form Mistress: Miss Church. F. Allen, M. Ashberry, P. Auld,A. Bailey, D. Banks, C. Batten, L. Dale, M. Pratt-Boorman, S. Bretherton,J. Browne, L. Eastham, A. Garner, R. Geleit, C. Lyle, D. Manwaring, S. Mason,D. Parish, D. Taylor, L. Tipples.

UPPER B. Form Mistress: Miss Nelson. G. Bailey, J. Bailey, S. Boulden,A. Chalklen, E. Chaplin, K. Clarke, M. Denholm, B. Farr, J. Fowler, P. Gray,C. Hagger, B. Halton, R. Harman, P. Harvey, J. Ingram, S. Lancaster,C. Mason, F. McAdam, P. Mew, J. Slocombe, J. Watterson, P. White,J. Winstanley.

LOWER B. Form Mistress: Miss Hollist. E. Ban Falvi, S. Bailey, Y. Beare,N. Bruce, R. Fisher, V. Gaskell, C. Gray, S. Hagger, I. Hammick, D. Helme,M. Holmes, J. Lawrence, H. Link, N. Lloyd Owen, R. Maddison, S. Mather,F. McClean, J. Reader, G. Rignall, S. Wright, M. Woodley.

KINDERGARTEN AND TRANSITION. Form Mistress: Miss Green. A. Bailey,J. Gorrell Barnes, J. Battley, J. Bouldon, V. Cavill, A. Culliford, J. Fuller,A. Godden, N. Hagger, C. Hawley, L. Harrod, C. Headley, F. Law,J. Robinson, S. Robinson, J. Stythe, S. Sudlow, M. Walker, Jane Wright,A. Wright, Jocelyn Wright, B. White.

STAFF OTHER THAN FORM MISTRESSES

Teaching Staff: Miss Churchill, Miss Angus, Mrs. Fearnhill, MissWoodward, Miss Birtwistle, Miss Coleman, Miss Crouch, Miss HarmanClarke, Miss Harrison, Miss Hesketh Roberts, Miss Jackson, Miss Makin,Miss Mosdell, Miss Rowe, Miss Salmon, Miss Schroeter, Miss WilsonHaffenden, Mrs. Fenner, Mr. Prince, Mr. Walters.

Visiting Staff: Miss Broise, Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Webb, Miss Weston,Miss Whichelo.

School Bursar: Miss Harland.Assistant School Secretaries: Mrs. Davies, Miss Bussey, Mrs. Coates.Matrons: Miss Harvey, Miss Ashenden, Miss Brown, Miss Chadburn,

Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. Dulhunty, Miss Geddes, Miss Boyd, Miss Wilson,Mrs. Watson.

Nurse: Sister Kindness.Housekeeper: Mrs. Gracie.Lady Cooks: Miss Bird, Miss Chittenden, Miss Jones, Miss Warren.

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