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'(tbe 18lachburnian JULY, 1 961 No. 124

MAGAZINE COMMITIEE

DISCE PRODESSE

President : The Headmaster. Chairman: Mr. B . Davies.

:Treasurer: M r. F . B ury.

Comm ittee : Mr. G. F. Eastwood; Mr. W. H . Proctor; A . Ashton; R. H. Bamber; D. M . Child; R. Davenport; E. 1. M atthews; 1. K. Pi per; F. J. Seed; N. Whalley.

Edi tor: D. E. Ambrose.

JEbitorial

HENRY W HITTAKER

It is with deep regret that we record the death on April 1 3th of Mr. Henry Wh ittaker, O.B.E., F.S.A., Chairman of Governors of the School since J 950. I t was only in our last issue that there appeared a full and eloquent accou'

nt of Mr. Whi ttaker' long connection with the School, and h is great services to it . This was contained in the speech delivered by His Honour 1 udge Walmsley on the occasion of the presentation to Mr. Whittaker of h is portra it by the Old Blackburn ians Association. A reproduction of this por­trait appeared in the same issue.

On April 1 7th, at the opening A sembly of term, the Head­master delivered the following tribute to M r. Whittaker:

" Our coming together today for this new term is overshadowed by sorrow and a great sense of loss. You will all know that the Chairman of Governors, Mr. Henry Whittaker, died last Thursday.

" Some of you had met h im personally ; all of you are aware that the School, and all we who are members of it, owe a very great debt of gratitude to Mr. Whittaker for all h is gifts and services to this

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school extending over many years ; and it is fitting that 1 should this morning recall some of these to you, and that we should devote th is serv ice of ours to h i s memory.

" Henry Whittaker was a boy at this School in the early years of this century. He became a Governor of the School in 1 932, and Chairman of the Governors in 1950; so for almost th irty years he was one of those ultimately responsible for the welfare of the School, and for the past eleven years he was the person on whom fell the chief responsibi l ity for its cont inued progress and prosperity. He discharged th is responsibi l i ty in a manner which will assure him a h igh place i n the School's h istory.

" He was a man of great wisdom and vision, and of great cour­age. H e was one of those who took the fateful decision after the war to make the School completely independent, at a time when its resources were slender a nd its prospects unhopeful ; you k now how th is act of faith in the future of the School has since been trium­phantly justified . As Chairman he steered the School through d ifficult years, during which it increased in strength, until the admis­sion to' the d irect grant list, which had been previously refused, opened for us a new and encouraging chapter. This may in retros­pect appear to have been the most crit ical period in our h istory ; and i t was owing to Henry Whittaker more than anyone that the School came through it so well .

" There are sen ior members of staff who have known Henry Whittaker for many years, and who could tell you much about those years. I came to k now h im when 1 was appointed headmaster, exactly five years ago. During those five years we have had many problems to solve, and many decisions have had to be taken; in every such case, our Chairman's guiding principle was that ' Only the best is good enough for the Grammar School': and he was always pre­pared to take the bold and courageous course if he was convinced that i t was the best.

" But he was not only a wise man, and a man of courage. He was a lso a very warm-hearted man; and whether you had actually met h im or not, 1 can assure you that he was a friend of every om; of you. He really loved the School, and was always think ing about i t, and about the welfare of the boys in it . You will know the many gifts which he made to the School-the stained glass windows and opali te pictures in the Holden Science Building, the portrai t of Eli­zabeth I wh ich hangs above the war memorial, the School bell. clock and weather-vane. But more than this was h is constant and real interest in all our doings. The latest instance of this was just after the end of last term, when, though he was not at all well, he came to spend a couple of hours at the School going round all the very fine science exhibitions, and talk ing to the boys and staff who were respons ible for them. I k now that this gave him a great deal of pleasure and pride; he was seeing the fruits of h is long years of

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work for the School , and that was his sufficient reward. " I t is a great satisfaction to us all that Mr. Whittaker's services

to Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School were fittingly remembered a t the Old Boys' Dinner last December, when he was presented with his portrait which now hangs in this hall . H enry Whittaker was not a man who lived to himself; he was a very fa i thful Christian. H e gave h imself freely t o many causes; b u t I know that this School was very close to his heart, and that perhaps h i s greatest desire would be that he should be remembered in this School, and that you, and the boys who follow you here, should be happier, and more successful in l ife, and better men, because of h i s work ."

WILLlAM H AR E

IT is with deep regret also that w e record the death of Mr. Will iam -Hare, F.C.A., J . P. , Chairman of Governors from 1 945 until

1 950, and thereafter V ice-Chairman until 1 956. W.E.T.W. writes: " By the death of Mr. WiJI iam H are we have lost one of our

older Old Boys and one to whom the School and the Association owe a deep debt of grat itude. H i s obituary notices shewed that his life was one of service and hard work and his affection for and devotion to the School were second only to the love and service which he gave to his Church.

" He was a Dodgsan Scholar and a contemporary of Sir Harold Derbyshire and Sir Basil Catterns, and in these days when the School is flourishing as perhaps never before it is pleasant to remember that there were great days a lso in the last decade of the nineteenth cen­tury.

" In public l ife Wil l iam Hare's great interests were the Church, the School and his polit ical party, and to all his work he brought great industry, cogent reasoning and unfa i l ing tenacity . It is not too much to say that his name wil l always be associated with the formation of the See of Blackburn and the build ing of its Cathedral. ]n the days when there was debate about the suitabi lity of Blackburn as a See Town, his arguments in debate-he always l iked to have the last word-had a profound influence. The D iocese of Black ­burn was created, and he carried out h is work by example and industry as Honorary Treasurer of the Council of Cathedral Bui lders.

"The Cathedral and the School have alwavs been closely asso­ciated, and so they were in the work of Will iam H are. He became a governor in ] 932 and he was Chairman from 1 945 to 1 950. The years of his Chairmansh ip were not easy years in the l ife of the School. They called for just those qualities of judgement, tenaci ty and industry which he had always possessed. It . is particularly

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pleasing to know that Mr. William Hare junior will in his ow� chairmanship inherit many of the benefits.\,Vhich his father laboured to preserve for the School.

" I have left myself little space to refer to Mr. Hare's service to his party, to the Blackburn Bench of Justices and to his profession­the same qualities were there. Personally he was modest, and perhaps a little shy; but there are many men and women in this town who can testify to his kindness."

, At a special meeting of the Governing Body on April 26th, Mr.

Hare's son, Mr. William Hare, M.A., F.C.A., was elected Chairman of Governors.

Mr. Hare was at the School from 1920 to J 929, and then pro­ceeded to Exeter College, Oxford, where he took his degree; and he was a founder-member of the Oxford Universitv Old Blackburnians Association. He is a partner in the firm of Waterworth, Rudd and Hare, Chartered Accountants, and has lately received the honour of being elected President of the Manchester Society of Chartered Accountants. He was elected a Governor of the School in 1956.

At the same meeting Mr. C. R. Davies, J.P., was elected Vice­Chairman in succession to the Provost of Blackburn, who had resigned the office in view of his retirement from Blackburn.

SCHOOL NOTES WE heartily congratulate D. M. Child, already a State Scholar,

on the award of an Exhibition in Geography at St. Catharine's College, Cambridge.

We heartily congratulate M. McLeod on being selected to captain the Lancashire Schools' Cricket Team, and R. Grogan on being selected as a member of the ream.

We also congratulate J. Pearson on winning the Junior 220 yards in record time and also the 100 yards at the North West Athletics Festival; and on being awarded the cup for the best indi­vidual performance of the day.

As we go to press, work is proceeding apace with the playing fields development; and it is hoped that by the e n d 0 f a u t u m n Messrs. En Tout Cas, the contractors, will have completed the level­ling and seeding of virtually the whole area, including the new pitch over the brook, with the exception of the present First Xl and Under 14 pitches and the cricket square, which will be taken in hand as Phase Two. In the meantime, splendid new vistas are being opened up as giant machines remove the "hump" which runs across the centre of the whole area.

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SCIENCE CONFERENCE

ON Saturday, 25th March, a conference of science masters was held at the school. This conference was the Spring Meeting of the North West

Division of the Science M asters' Association . It was organised by Dr. Tyler and had the general a im of illustrating the methods of presentation of science subjects in the school ; and of sbowing some application of science to local industry.

Some 200 visiting science masters were welcomed i n B ig School by the Headmaster, who spoke of the generosity shown to the school by local i ndustries and others i n helping to provide the faci lit ies for science teaching which exist i n the school today . Dr. Tyl.er, as Senior Science Master, spoke briefly of the displays and exhibitions which were to be seen, and the cond uct of the meet ing was then handed over to the Vice-Chairman of the N .W. Branch, Mr. H . Tunley.

A most i nstructive lecture was given by Dr. G. Thornhill of M ullard's (Blackburn) Ltd. on " The Materials of Valve M anu­facture "; this was followed i n the eveni ng by a lecture by Dr. M . E. D. Jarrett, Director, Walpamur (Darwen) Ltd . on " The Nature of Paint" in which we were given a masterly h istorical account of t he subject.

The will i ng support given to the conference by local i ndustry was further shown in the excellent displays provided by M ullard's ( Blackburn) Ltd., Un ilab (Blackburn ) Ltd . , le.l Plastics' ( Darwen) Ltd., and Walpamur ( Darwen) Ltd.

During the course of the meeting the laboratories, lecture theatres and workshops were open for a total of four hours.

In the Physics laboratories there was an extensive d i$play of teachi ng methods and eq ui pment. Those exh ib i ts which i ntrigued our visi tors most included: determination by elm by magnetron, high vacuum circuitry and discharge phenomena, and a wide range of A .e. experiments in which freq uency comparison by the e.R. tube had an integral part and various teach ing uni ts which were con trived and constructed in the laboratory workshops.

In the Chemistry laboratories particular i n terest was shown i n the p H meter for use i n potentiometric t i trations; i n terchangeable laboratory glassware with ground glass joints; the use of ion­exchange resins i n water softening; and in experiments to i l lus­trate the Law of Mass Action; the manufacture of rodium hydroxide by electrolysi ; n ickel plating, copper plating, and the measurement of rate of reaction.

In the B iology laboratory the exhibi ts i ncluded a display of preserved specimens; the breeding and control of �ocusts; a model i l lustrat ing cell metabolism ; and experiments on l?lant phy iology. Also exhibited were some results of Field Study courses at fresh­field and Dorki ng; some aspects' of cytological research; and the use of models in the teachi ng of meiosis.

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Tea was provided for our guests by courtesy of the Governors. We were proud and happy that the late Chairman of Gover­

nors, M r. Henry Whittaker, was able to attend this meeting and to visit the exhibi t ions. Our deep regret that th is proved to be his last vis i t to the school is tempered only by the pleasure and satis­faction he expressed in those science fac i l i ties which owe so much to his generosity and foresight.

D. W. S.

OPEN DAY - MAY 1 6th

TH E customary Open Day took place with i ts usual dramatic flourishes and quiet efficiency on May 1 6th. The school was once

aga in transformed into a galaxy of innumerable exhibit ions. Both academic and leisure pursui ts were represented, and as usual Open Day proved to be of i nterest not only to parents and friends of the School but also to boys themselves. The only notable exceptions were the clanging bells, flash ing lights, and bubbling cauldrons wh ich go to make up the impressive, if not d isturbing, scienti fic dis­play. The scient ists had evidently exhausted their energy with the d isplay accompanying the Science Masters' Conference a month before.

Those who wished, were able to watch the Old Boys' Cricket match which was played on Alexandra Meadows. The Old Boys ran out comfortable winners, their main opponent being the clock ; however the determined resistance of McLeod who scored 65 must be congratulated.

Undoubtedly one of the h igh-lights of Open Day each year is the gym d isplay in the upper q uad. This year the members of the Gym Club gave a performance wh ich was up to thei r usual standard . C. Bamber received the accolade of the local press for h is agi l i ty on the trampoline.

In the absence of any awe-inspiring h istrionics from the Holden Laboratories the more subdued soph istications of the Art Exhibit ion and the Mathematics Room came into their own. I n the Art Room M r. M archant and Mrs. Edwardson had prepared a strik i ngly colourful exhibi tion of paint ings, drawi ngs and pottery. The pencil drawings were especially impressive.

S imilarly the Geograp!lY Department blossomed forth with a variety of projects. The Second forms exhibi ted manufactures of Blackburn ; the Third forms had made a model. concerning " Peoples of the desert," the Fourth forms showed exhibits from their Dutch trip and book projects on the variou' countries of Europe ; D. M.

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Child provided maps and rock specimens of the geology of Black­burn.

I n the Old Wood Wing the Ra ilway Society had erected an even larger and more complex work ing model rai lway than last year. The attraction of moving parts and i n tricate complex ities has a perennial appeal. Crowds stood transfixed at the gentle harmony of realistic train noises provided by a tape-recorder.

School handicrafts, too, were well represented. The' Arts and Crafts Exhibi tion yielded a varied collection of hobbies. The exh ibition concern ing the Paris trip a lso provided a keen point of interest.

There were numerous other, eq ually good and in terest ing, d isplays throughout the school. In the Radcliffe Room, for example, h istorical documents concerning the School were on v iew. The Library also provided an example of th� extensive interests of the boys of the school underl in ing the varied vital ity of School-life. To all those concerned in any way with the organ isation and runn ing of Open Day our congratulations are due.

SUMMER CONCERT, 1 961

THE annual Summer Concert seems to have become an established event in School l ife, a nd the audience thi s year was numeri­

cally the best ever. Representative choirs from Horncliffe, and from Forms n, revealed their abil it ies in Olass music through choral songs by Bach, Handel, Schubert and Schumann. The Third Forms' choir sang the modern songs "Sweet Venevil," a nd the "Cradle Song." Vocal solos by J . L Sharp, J . F. Warbrick, J . D. Rothwell and P. J . Wilson proved very popular. Wilson was joined by P . W . Field ing i n the singing of duets by Purcell and John I reland. We were never better off than at present in the n umber a nd in the standard of performance of our School pian ists, D. Smalley, M . Smith, G . Ramsbottom, P . Bond and M . A . Rothwell, all of them Musical Festival prizewinners, a nd all of them successfuHy con ­tinuing with the graded examinations of the Royal Schools of M usic. They contributed solo items, whilst P . Bond and M . A. R othwell a lso provided a d uet, "Lady of Brazj.J" (Thomas Johnson). The Recorder Group, tra i ned by the Headmaster (who a lso played a �art) gave two interesting groups of pieces. The School Orchestra, however, were the team responsible for the largest share i n the programme this year, and i ts instrumental soloists, C. D. Morris, P. M urphy and J. S. Dolby (violins), D. P. Bai ley (flute ), and C. L. Mercer (oboe) are worthy of special mention. The fina'l item by the Senior School Choir, tenors a nd basses, "Good fellows, be merry,"

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from Bach's " Peasant Cantata," and with Mr . T. P . Beaumont as soloist, rounded off th is very pleasant occasion, joi ned as they were by Messrs. M onk, Jenkins and Pursey. The proceedi ngs had opened on a solemn note, when the whole assembly stood for a space, in silence, i n memory of a former Chai rman of Governors, Mr. WilIiam Hare.

T.L. D.

PROGRAMME

PART 1.

1.-(a) M arch from A Suite for Strings ... HorovilZ (b) Concerto for Two Viol i n s in A M inor ... Vivalc/i The Orche�ttra-Solo Violins-C. D. M orris and J. S. Dolby.

2. (a) Evensong (b) Spring Song (c) When J Walk

3.-Spring Song

. . . . . Junior School Choir.

M. A . Rothwell (piano).

4. -(a) Aria: Flocks in Pastures G reen Abiding (b) Aria : Where'er You Wal k (c) Round: Jack Horner . . . ... . ..

Second Forms Choir.

5.-0 Yes, Just So (from Phoeblls and Pall) P. J. Wilsoll.

. Sc/wben

. Schuberl Schlll11ann

Kjerlllj

. .. Bach ... Handel

Traditional

Bach

6. -G al l i ard ... ... ... ... Ho/borne M r. George Whitehead his Almand Do\V!alld The N ight Watch . .. Holborne

The Recorder G roup: P. H. McLeod (descant), D. Dunn and J. H. Smith (trebles), A . J. M c Leod (t p-nor), the Headmaster (bass).

7.-Cradle Song Sweet Venevil

Third Form Choirs.

8 . -l ntermezzo in E M inor . . . . ..

9.-Greensleeves

M. Smith (piano).

. . . . . J. D. Rothwell.

IO. -M inuet in A M inor . . . .. . . . . . . . D. P. Bailey (flute) and String Orchestra.

De/ills Delius

Brahm.1

Traditional

Telemalll1

ll .-Concerto for Oboe and Strings Corelli-Barbirolli C. L. M ercer (oboe) and String Orchestra.

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12. -Symph ony in B Flat; M inuet and Finale The Orchestra.

13. -A Spring M orning . . . 1. F . Warbrick.

... Mozart

... Carey·Wilson

14.-PiaI10 Dllel: Lad y of Brazil .. . ... Thomas Jolll1sol1 G . Bond and M . A. R othwell.

15.- Vocal Dllel: (a) Shepherd, Shepherd (b) There is a Garden in her Face

P W. Fielding and P. 1. Wilson.

16. -Waltz in A M inor . . . . . . G . Ramsbottorn (piano).

17. -Concerto for Violin-First M ovement P. M urphy violin and String Orchestra.

IS. -(a ) When Icicles Hang by the Wal l (b) 0 Sing U n t o the Lord

1. 1. Sharp.

19. -(a) Idyll: To The Moon (b) Prelude in C M inor . . .

D. Sma l ley ,(piano�.

20.-G ood Fellows, Be Merry (from Peasant Cantata) M r. T. P. Beaumont and Male Ch orus.

Purceil ire/and

Chopin

.. . . . . . .. Bach

V allghan· W iiliams .. . Redison

Swinstead Chopin

. .. Bach

Director of Music: T. L. Duerden, Esq. , Mus. Bac. , A. R .C. M. Conductor of Orchestra: E. Miller, E q. Accompanist: F. Dewhu fst, Esq. , M.A.

THE TRIP TO PARIS, EASTER, 1961

TH E arty left Blackburn on Wednesday evening, April 5th, and arrived in Paris on the following evening, where a coach was

waiting to take us to the Hotel Paris-France. We deposited our luggage there, and then went across the Place de la Republique to the Restaurant Auclair for our dinner. Most of us were ti red by this time, and so retired to bed early.

The next day, Friday, after having a breakfast of bread rolls and either a cup of chocolate or coffee, we took the Metro ( Paris underground) to the Hotel de Vi lle for the reception. Many schools

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were there, B rit ish, I rish, Swiss and French being represented . The band played the National Anthem of each country and the staff distributed photographs of the Hotel de Ville with a short account of i ts h istory on the back .

In the afternoon we had a coach tour of the city. The route: Hotel-Grands Boulevards-Montmarte (wi th half an hour's stop to vis i t the church of Sacre Coeur and Place du Tetre)-Etoi le­Arc de Triomphe-Bois de Boulogne-Pala is de Chai llot (with a q uarter of an hour's stop to walk through the garden and admire the Eiffel Tower)-Tour Ei ffel-Ecole M i l i ta i re-I nvalides­Grand Palais-Le Louvre-De de la Cite (Notre- Dame) and back to the hotel . The remain ing t ime, unti l 7-0 p.m., was free when we had dinner. After d inner, the rest of the t ime was free, when some of us explored " night-life " around the hotel .

On Saturday, after having breakfast, we took the Metro to Alma-Marceau. There, at the Place d'Alma, we boarded the B ateau Moucne, "La Parisienne," for a boat trip up the Seine as far as the lie St. Louis, round this island and lie de la Cite back past the Place d'Alma to Tour Eiffel and then to the Place d'Alma.

The afternoon was spent on I le de la C i te. There we visited the famous Cathedral of Notre-Dame. We spent about 1 5 minutes look ing round the church and then climbed the 260 steps to the top of the tower to survey Paris from there. The energetic ones amongst us then clim bed a further 1 25 steps to the bell tower. (The bell, " Bourdon de Notre-Dame," weighs nearly 1 6 tons.) From Notre-Dame we made our way to the Sainte-Chapelle, which i s two chapels, one above the other. The walls of the upper one are all of stained-glass, on which is portrayed nearly every chapter i n the B ible.

From here we made our way to the Conciergerie, where Marie Antoinette was imprisoned in a t iny cell for about three weeks. Talking in French, the Guide took us round the keeper's q uarters. the k i tchens, the yard where the tumbrils used to wait and various other cells and halls which housed 1 ,200 prisoners during the French Revolution. Af�er d inner we had a coach tour of Paris by n ight to see, floodl i t the places we had seen on the coach tour by day.

After breakfast on Sunday we boarded the coach for Fontainebleau. Leav ing the city beh ind, we joined a " French M I ."

A t length Fontainebleau, with its magn ificent palace and famous horseshoe stai rcase, was reached. Francois 1, Henri IV, Napoleon I and Louis-Phil ippe resided here and added someth ing to its magnificence. With the help of a guide, who did his best to make sure that we understood h im, we surveyed the numerous apart­ments and galleries, the state a partments of Napoleon I, hiS hat, Marie Antoinette's apartments, the Carp Pond with many alive

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carp vis ible i n it are just a few of the many sights we saw and admired.

After having breakfast at the hotel on Monday morning, we took the metro to " Palais-Royal," to v is i t the Louvre. Once i nside the large museum, we separated, and made our way round t he numerous statues and paintings, pay ing particular attention to probably the three most famous works of art i n the world ; the pa inti ng of the " Mona Lisa " by Leonardo da V inci , and the statues of the " Venus de M ilo " and the " Wi nged Victory of Samothrace." We met again outside the build i ng and walked under the " small Arc de Triomphe " ( the " Arc de Triomphe de Carrousel") and down through the Tuileries Gardens to the Place de la Concorde. After lunch, we took the metro back to the Place de la Concorde, where we walked up the Champs Elysees to the

"large" Arc de Triomphe ( the "Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile). After visiting the tomb of the unk nown soldier, we cl imbed the 270 steps to the top of the " Arc." After d inner at 7-0 p.m. we took the metro to " Abbesses " to see the film, " La vache et le Prisonn ier "; we returned to the hotel at midnight.

Next morn ing after breakfast a t 8-30 a .m. We took the metro to " Invalides," where we boarded the tra in for Versailles. We made our way to the Palais de Versai l les, part of which i s a historical museum. We were conducted through many mag­nificently decorated rooms, i ncluding the K ing's and Queen's State Apartments and the famous Hall of M i rrors. After a packed lunch, eaten at a small cafe near the Pala is, we made our wav round the enormous gardens which surround the Palais, v is i t ing the two palaces, the Grand and the pet i t Trianon, Cupid's Temple and a mile-long ornamental canal. At 5- 1 5 p .m. we took the trai n back to Paris where we had d inner at the restaurant; the even ing was then free.

On Wednesday morn i ng, at 9- 1 5 a .m. we took the metro to " Trocadero," where we walked by the Pala is de Chailot on our way to the 985ft. high Eiffel Tower. By a series of l ifts, we ascended to the top-I do not th ink anyone had the energy to walk up the 1 ,7 1 9 steps of the spiral, iron" staircase." After spending a bout half an hour looking down a t the splendid view of the whole of Paris. we made our way to the" Hotel des I nvalides," which was originally built for d i sabled soldiers, but now i s used mainly for a museum. On the south side i s the church of Saint Louis, separated from the" Dame des I n valides " by a large glass w indow. Under the large dome l ies the" Tomb of the Emperor " in which t he body of Napoleon l ies, enclosed by six coffins. After lunch, the after­noon was free for shopping and then after d inner we packed our clothes, and went to bed earl ier than usual, in preparation for our return journey.

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i n Blackburn the following day at 1 2- 1 5 a .m. We would l i ke to thank Messrs. Fisb, Akroyd and Bury for

organising tbe trip and making it so i nteresti ng and enjoyable and we hope that the tr ip will be as successful next year for the for­tunate boys who are picked to go.

G. McG., 4A. G. N., 4A.

EASTER TRIP TO NETHERLA N DS

O,N Friday, 8th April, a party of 30 boys and two Staff left Blackburn bound for a n ine-day holiday in the Netherlands.

At least the party was supposed to consist of 30 boys but in fact we left with only 29. One of our members had unfortunately mis interpreted the time. However, a fast car and clear roads enabled h i m to join the group at Manchester.

T.be party, now complete, faced a long journey to H arwich but the t ime passed qu ick ly especially as we enjoyed a d inner on the train .

At 1 0- 1 5 p.m. we set sa i l on the " Duke of York ," with thoughts of gales, rough seas and mal de mer! Happily the sea was calm and everyone managed to get some sleep. I t was excite­ment and in terest which caused the earliest r isers to be on deck by about 4 a.m.

We d isembarked, at the Hook of Holland, at 6- 1 5 a.m. , and after passport and customs examination we had our breakfast at the station restaurant. During the meal we met loop who was to be our guide on our holiday. He was soon everyone's friend and our holiday was made all the more enjoyable by his efforts. Nothing was too much trouble for him and we will all remember him for a long t ime.

When we arrived in Amsterdam we embarked on stage one of our programme. Our first trip was a sight seeing excursion around the canals of the capital. We learned that the Central Stat ion is built on 26,000 wooden piles, the water in the canals is changed three t imes each week , that Amsterdam has 90 islands, 500 bridges and 425,00 bicycles !

I n the afternoon we visited the National Art Gallery where we saw many examples of Dutch Art i nclud ing the famous " Night Watch " by Rembrandt.

Our hotel, the "Hotel De Wirav " was s ituated not far from the M useum. The proprietor was M r. de Boer who provided us during our stay with every comfort poss ible i nclud ing programmes in English on T.V. !

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The next day, Sunday, we attended morning service and in the afternoon vis ited Artis, the Amsterdam Zoo.

Monday's v is i t was, perhaps, the most memorable. We had all heard of Dutch bulbfields and their wonderful d isplay of colour i n Spring. They really have to be seen to be bel ieved . Our cameras worked overtime capturing, in colour, the wonderful v iews of fields and gardens.

I t is probably common knowled�e that d iamonds have an i mportant part in the trade of A msterdam and i t was therefore not surprising that we should pay a v is i t to see diamonds being _ut and polished . Our only disappointment on this outing was that no free samples were given at the end!

On Tuesday, after lunch, we vis i ted a cheese dairy at Brock­in Waterland, saw a pair of wooden shoes made by hand, and i n 20 minutes, sai led to the small island of Marken and then back to Vollendam for dinner.

The next day we travelled to the H ague, the official Royal residence, where we vis ited the Panorama, Mesdag, the govern­ment buildings, i nclud ing the Hall of K n ights, and the min iature village of Madwodam. This is really an a mazing place. All the models are on a one-twenty-fifth i n . scale and most are work ing replicas. For example, boats sai l i n the harbour, the newpaper office gives out the most recent news ( i t was here we learned the Russians had sent a man i nto space), , choirs ' can be heard s inging in the churches, one can hear the ' pilot ' talk ing to the ' passengers ' in the model planes at tbe a irport and, of cour e, there are the inevitable ra i lways.

On Thursday we travelled to Alhmaar, the great cheese centre and to the reclaimed lands of the north. I n fact we travelled out in our coach across the great enclosing dam wh ich now separates the Ysselmeer from the North Sea. We heard an extremely inter­esting lecture at the Reclamation I nformation Centre and saw models of how the Dutch have built their dykes and the d ifficult ies they have had to overcome i n cla iming their land from the sea.

Friday was to be our last day in Holland and even then we were covering new ground. We went first to Delft and the famous pottery " The Porcelain Bottle." Any thoughts we had of buying the famous Delft Blue were soon dashed by the price and we had to be content with imitations.

F inally we made our way t Rotterdam where we saw the tremendous rebuild ing that has been carried out since the destruc­tion of the c i ty in the last war, and where we had a magnificent boat trip round the second largest habour in the world.

At 1 1 -40 p.m. we sailed for home. We had said our " Goodbyes" to loop and M r. de Boer, both of whom we would like to thank for a wonderful hol iday in HoJland. The sail was calm, our ra i lway journey afterwards long and t i ri ng but neverthe-

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less enjoyable. We pulled in to B lackburn station at exactly 4 p.m. on Saturday, 1 5th April, having thoroughly enjoyed our travels. We had had excellent food, although some of the group found it strange at first, excellent weather and a first-c1ss programme of v isits arranged by Netherlands Rai lways.

Finally, we would like to thank Mr. Sharpe and Mr. M onk for organising the trip and giving us such a memorable holiday.

J .F., P. M ., 4B.

W HITSUNTIDE EXCURSION TO MALHAMDALE

THE sky was grey and the weather doubtful as the coach which was to take us to Hellifield set out from Blackburn. There

were about 26 boys, and 6 adults with their ch ildren in the party. The beaut iful scenery rapidly slid by and soon the coach pulled up at Hell ifield , the beginning of our walk .

Crossi ng a level crossing, we cl imbed for a while in the fell country. The going was, however, hard at the start owing to the fast pace set by the leaders. The pace slowly slackened, and pass ing by farms and a l ime-k ilm, we approached, with swing ing strides, a bridge by which we were to stop for refreshments. As we continued the rough l imestone tracks d isappeared and walk ing through fields, we had our first views of Malham Church . This old and beaut iful build ing is situated in K irby Malham, I or 2 mi les d istant from Malham itself. It contains CromweIl's own signature, and also many s igns where h is men laid bare the beauti­ful church. In the churchyard is an old Saxon preaching cross and a tomb anciently dated.

Leav ing Malham, we passed by mill lodges and the source of the A ire. I n places, one could see the wild watercress growing. At last from one of the many field we walked through we caught our first gl impse of Malham. After lunch and a look round the vi llage we carried on again .

The weather had improved and i t was qui te warm as we arrived at the tumbling waters of Gennets Force. The water of this picturesq ue waterfall plunges about 25 fEet before join ing the blue pool beneath . The pool is about 6 feet deep in the centre. Here it was that the more daring of our party changed in an adjacent cave for swimming, while the majority, including two ma�ters, j ust cooled off thEir feet in the icy waters.

After a stop of about half an hour, we carried on our way 1 erreshed for the ascent of the awe inspiring he ights of Gordale Scar. Here we cl imbed the rocks by the gush ing waterfall , and arrived at the top, t ired but with a great sense of accoI1)plishment .

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Even now the more energetic of our party were prepared to cl imb more. A race then took place cl imbing a grassier slope l ike the one we had just cl imbed with fewer obstacles on it . The winner climbed i t in our new school record time of 2 mins. 10 secs.

From here we clambered over cracked flat, l imestone slabs to the road. On we walked and at last arrived at Malham Cove, a picturesque and unusual work of nature. Here ages ago, a river had flowed and honeycombed tunnels beneath the very l imestone on which we stood.

Slowly we climbed down the neighbouring fields and arrived at the cove from a thin crack of which flows the icy-cold waters of Malham Beck . We d ipped our feet in the water and two boys broke the J 5 minute record for keeping feet in the water.

Sadly we left the cove and returned for tea at Malham. Then after another look round the v i l lage we left for home. Even on the bus we had a happy t ime talk ing and commenting on the day's outing.

We had had a really wonderful t ime since starti ng off at 8 o'clock in the morning, and 1 a m sure every boy retai n s treasured memories of that day. The weather, £urroundings and friends had made it a really happy and successful outing.

Our thanks are due to Messrs. K i ng, Monk and Proctor who took the care to arrange the details of a most enjoyable excursion.

N .H . , 4A.

SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

LIBRARY REPORT

K I N D gifts to the History section are acknowledged with many thc�nks from Mr. Norman J epson and Messrs. Seed and

Gabbutt. During the Easter hol idays the Maths-Science bookcase at

the end of the Library was repain ted to bring its colouring into l ine with the rest of the furnishings ; a dark patch, out of keeping with the other woodwork, has thus been removed. During the same holidays l I S new books were put i nto the L ibrary, largely thanks to various l ibrarians who were wil l ing to )!ive up some holiday time to get this essential task done quickly and efficiently. By the t ime these notes appear about 230 books wi l l have been added to the Library since the end of March, and the bulk of the annual financial al location wi l l have been spent, since there i s l i tt le point in having the money in the bank rather than as books on the shelves.

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The process of pruning the L ibrary of books which are no longer u p-to-date or which can be better u ti l ised elsewhere has cont inued, and Fiction and Nature Study have recently been thinned out i n this way. It is intended to concentrate in the Fiction section especially on well-known authors, both frivolous and seJ.1ious, old and new, and to el iminate single copies by i ndividual authors who are l i ttle patronised. This does not mean that such books may not be more appreciated in Form and Classroom libraries.

To those librarians who are leaving school th is term we offer our best w ishes for the future and sincere thanks for the services they have rendered the school in the Library.

K. L. W.

SIXTH FORM CLUB

A S the Summer Term is almost a complete blank as regards society meetings only thre.e activit ies have taken place since

the last report. A very successful debate on Capital Pun ishment was held, reported elsewhere, the film "Odd Man Out" directed by Carol Reed was secured, and a visit to Arnold Wesker's "Roots" took place. The play, though interesting, proved to be a bitter d isappointment to many and was greatly overshadowed by the film. "Over-rated" was the most common comment.

Nevertheless the three events caused a great deal of i nterest, stimulating the conversation for many days. I ndeed, all the Club's activit ies this school year have aroused some k ind of discussion. This is as it should be.

As tock is taken of the fi rst year of the newly formulated S ixth Form Club I th ink we can look back with satisfaction if not complacency. New ideas are needed if the activities are not to become stereotyped. The future will not look after i tself. I t is up to next year's Sixth and Upper Sixth to consol idate the start which has been made. I s incerely hope this will occur.

R . H .B.

JOiNT ENGLISH PLAY R EA DING

E,XAMS tear the heart out of the Summer Term which can be . d ivided into three phases-when the G.C.E. seems a long

way off, when it is present, and the hangover. Society meetings can only be held in two of these phases whose combined time l imit is about s ix weeks. evertheless, despite all the obstacles

M embers of t h e Science M asters' Associa t i o n vis i t the Advanced Physics Display. M arch 25 . \ 96 I .- Report page 472

rhe Advanced Chcmi�try Di�pla\ for 1hl.! n1l.!t.!Iinc of the Science i\lastcr,' A""oci.ltilm. \1.lrch :'!5. 1961 . Report page 47:!

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three plays will have been read when school d isbands. We finally managed to read I bsen's "Wi ld Duck" towards the

cnd of last term. This major task was rewarding and satisfying. This was fol lowed by Shaw's "Caesar and Cleopatra." Shaw's wit was great ly enjoyed. A rather original l ight was cast on this year's Engl ish set text-"Antony and Cleopatra." !

To complete this year's schedule there are to be two more meetings. A read ing of Oscar Wilde's " I mportance of Being Earnest" has been arranged under the supervision of the Sixth Form course. The final play has yet to be decided .

This on the whole has been an extremely active year. A great deal of enjoyment has resulted and enthus iasm has never waned. Even these whose in it ial enthusiasm was not for play-reading as such have been happily introduced to the subtlet ies of English Literature. I hope that the society will flourish in the future and th is flurry of act iv i ty will not prove ephemera l . 1 trust that the departure of many of the regulars wi l l not have too derogatory an effect. Finally, 1 should like to express my thanks to Mr. Col l ier, unfortunately ind isposed at the moment, and the staff at the H igh School who have consistently supported us. r would here l ike to extend the society'S best w ishes to M r. Coll ier for a speedy recovery and a return next school year to full act iv ity.

R . H .B .

MIDDLE SCHOOL DEBA TlNG SOCI ETY

TWO debates wcre held in March, the first being on the motion " That in choosing a career, money should be the most impor­

tant consideration." Messrs. Almond and Hanson supported the motion. Messrs. Clark and Crawford-Grundy opposing. Undeterred by the presence of a reporter from the local paper, the House carried the motion, but the judges' decision was a t ie.

The second debate was on the subject of Capita l Pun ishment, Messrs. N ield and Morris campaigning for its abolition and being opposed by Messrs. Walker and Bland. The latter won the vote from the floor, wh ich , on th is occasion, was the means also of their gain ing the j udges' decision. This was the better of the two debates.

r would l ike to express my sincere thanks to J ohn Smalley and Paul Bland for their invaluable services to the Society this year; also to Brian N ield and John Parsons, who occasional ly deputised as Chairman and Secretary respecti vely. Al l those who have spoken or merely come to l isten are t l1ank�d too.

J .A . A,

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MOUNTAINEERING CLUB EXPEDITION TO NORTH WALES

A T Easter the Headmaster, Mr. J enkins and Mr. Eastham accom­panied seven of our members to Snowdonia.

This year we stayed at the R . W. Uoyd Climbers' Hut in the Uanberis Pass, a m i le above the vi l lage of Nant Peris.

We arrived at the hut on Easter Monday and, on Tuesday, we had a very enjoyable day walk ing by Uyn Glas up the screes to Crib Goch, a long narrow ridge. Fortunately there was no wind. Above Crib Goch we scrambled on the rocks and so to the summit of Snowdon.

Wednesday was a wet day. We went to Devil's Kitchen. a narrow gorge, with rocky s ides, and made our way between Glyder Fach and Tryfan. It was windy on top and very misty as we des­cended by Uyn Cwm Ffynnon to Pen-y- Pass Hotel and we had to use a compass. We arrived back very wet, but none the worse, and ready for a hot bath and a good meal.

The fol lowing day was just as wet and we had to abandon our hopes of cl imbing Tryfan, so we went to Swallow Falls. I n the evening some members of the party paid a vis it to Bangor.

We were happy to have a fine day on Friday, which proved to be our most enjoyable day. We went by car to Uyn Ogwen and ascended Tryfan by Heather Terrace and Nor Nor Gully where we had some good rock cl imbing. Two of the party were brave enough to jump across the well-known Adam and Eve rocks on the summit.

On our way back we called in at Helig which brought back happy memories of our visit in 1 959.

I should l ike to take this opportunity of thanking the Head­master, Mr. J enk ins and M r. Eastham for their conti nued interest in the Mountaineering Club and for making possible our stay at Yns Ettws.

P.J .K.

SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY

AT the end of last term a party of members of the Society paid a visit to Vulcan Foundry, at Newton-le-Wil lows, where

English Eleotric d iesel and electric locomotives are under con­struction.

As usual the activities of the Society have been l imited during Summer Term. Early i n the Term, bowever, Dr. R obinson, an old boy of the Scbool now at Liverpool U nive rsity, gave a very i nterest-

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i ng lecture to the Society . The lecture was entitled " Phys iology," dea ling wibh the condit ion of "information" a long nerve fibres. The lecture brought home to those that were present the fact that science bas no rigid divisions into branches but that each branch is depend­ent to a grea1ter or le ser extent upon k nowledge of all the other branches.

J.S.R.

MUSIC SOCIETY REPORT

I WOULD like to begin by q uoting two extracts from the J uly 1 960 secretary's report : " There are six or seven members who have attended every

meeting . . . " and " since six of the regulars are leaving this term I wisb my successor the best of luck ! "

I t is a far cry from those days now ! In the Tuesday lunch­t ime meeti ngs, we have had a regular attendance of over tbi rty whilst the weekly evening meetings have maintai ned an average of about twenty members. More of the boys are real is ing that a grand record l ibrary has been built up for both enjoyment and instruction.

Al l meetings have been temporarily d isconti nued during the examination period, for obvious reasons; but already we have rlayed through a large and varied selection of records, begi nning th is term with " Porgy and Bess " (Gershwin), " Rosamunde " Incidental Music (Schubert), Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 in A, and Mendelssohn's music to " A M idsummer Nigh t's Dream." Later in the term we had a Dvorak evening, when the " Slavonic Dances " and the Third Symphony were played. More recent playings include the ever popular Tchaikovsky's Fifth , Elgar's " Enigma " Variations and La Bohem·e .

The society has a) so been act ive outside scbool with visits to the Manchester Opera House to see " The Yeomen of the G uard " and " The Mikado," and later in the term " La Vie Parisienne " by Offenbach. There have been at least fifteen members at each of these visi ts, a state of affairs which J trust wil l cont inue with my successor.

Finally, it is my pleasant duty to thank the H eadmaster and M r. Lawler for al l that they have done for the society, together with those who have helped in any way, if only by cont inued support and in terest, not least those who have fa ithfully seel1 to the tea and biscuits.

D.S,

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S.C.M.

1'HIS term there have been two full meetings of the Student Christian Movement and several Committee Meetings. A

debate took place on the value, or other w ise, of the new trans­lation of the New Testament, Halpin ( U .5 .G.A.) defending and Haworth ( U .S.G.A.) opposing. R ather unexpectedly the vote went to the opposi t ion . Later in the term West of 6 Science gave an address on Ch urch Arch itecture, i l lustrated by photographs and s ketches. The Rev. R . S. Woodal l presided at both meetings.

G.J . H .

RAILW A Y SOClETY

SJNCE the last report numerous tr ips have been made. The sen iors went to Sheffield in J anuary, having use of a coach to vi ,it

three sheds in the area. At Easter, some senior boys travelled to London to vis i t s ix sheds and most of the main l ine termini . The jun iors have been on three enjoyable trips to Leeds, Carlisle and Crewe.

In the Easter Term an essay competit ion was held. D. J . Fowler won t he first prize which was a footplate journey from Hellifield to Carlisle on a Scottish express.

Slightly enlarged th is year. though with fewer locomotives, the Open Day Model Ra ilway went off well and in the absence of Science Displays proved a major attraction ! This year the addi t ion of a simple overhead section was an added novelty. With not too many " accidents " and some real ist ic sounds in the back­ground, the d isplay was a great success. Most members were very surprised when their photo appeared on the front of the local paper !

Many thanks are due to those who helped to erect and dis­mantle the d isplay, and most of a l l to those who lent equipment, thus mak ing the display possible.

The Society is deeply indebted to Mr. J . Winkley for his con­t inued work during the past three years and on behalf of all members we wish h im every success in his new appoi ntment Also we thank Mr. Hargreaves for his support si nce he came in Sep­tember.

l .P., SA. P.S., SA. R .G., SB .

GARDENING CLUB

1 N March the Club again set out i nto the school grounds armed with trowels, spades and plants, and set to work on the various

flower beds and on the rockery. The work of the Club this year has been cen tred mainly in the Hartley house area. on the new

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rockery and round the two lawns. Fifteen varieties of heather have been planted out and the

Aubretia and many herbaceous perennials. We have ourselves grown many plants from seeds and euttings and of those, to be seen around the school, are : Nemesia, Fuchsia, Lupi ns, Geraniums, Dahl ias, Lobel ia and A lyssum.

Although a few of the new members have ceased to attend. the majority have settled into our system very well , giving a good account of themselves and of the Club with their h igh standard of work .

Our thanks are as usual due to M r. Shaw, Our president, for h is leadership, instruction and advice concerning all club activities.

The co-operation of all members of the School is requested in treating the school garden i ng w ith respect. In particular, it i s important to keep off the edges of flower beds where they are alongside well-used paths, and steps.

P .S.O., L.6Sc.D.

THE SCOUT GROUP

G ROUP NOTES

ALL members of the Group wi l l remember with pleasure the visit of the Chief Scout to N.E. Lancashire on Saturday, 29th

April . Following the afternoon Ral ly at Accrington, a reception of County Scout notabi l ities was held at the School in the evening, and the Group was honoured by the invitation to give Sir Charles Maclean a send-off at the end of the proceedings . Big School was suddenly thrown into darkness and a spotl ight was focussed on the Chief Scout, who was then placed under a spell and abducted by five particu larly repulsive w itches who had deserted Pendle for tbe evening. He was subsequently freed by a charming fai ry in hobnail boots who descended abruptly from the sky to perform her (?) task of presenting to the Chief a copy of Harrison AinworLh's " Lancashire Wi tches." The arrival of this ethereal form properly dispersed the evil spirits, and the rest of the Group suddenly emerged to protect the Chief and to give h i m a rousing send-off The event was so much appreciated by the Ch ief that he sent a special letter of thanks in his own handwriting, mak ing particular mention of the beautiful work manship on the book plate which had been specially designed and drawn by M rs. Edwardson.

We must again refer with gratitude to the excellent service rendered by so many parents i n our social and money-raising activi ty. The J umble Sale, held in March, in the Y.M.C.A. B uilding, real ised a tOLal of £30 for our funds, and we must thank Mrs.

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Mowforth and the committee of ladies for making the arrange­ments. There were 30 entries for the Motor Treasure Hunt in J une. M r. and M rs. Bolton, with the assistance of Dr. and Mrs . larrett, planned a fascinating competit ion along an attractive route which eventually brought the competitors together in Big School for supper. We extend our thanks to the organiser and to the ladies who prepared refreshments for a most pleasant evening. The proceeds from this event will be donated to the fund for the Baden-Powell House which wil l be opened by the Queen in Ju ly.

Three annual events at the Group level also deserve mention ; namely, a commendable turn-out on the St. George's Day Parade, a total collection of nearly £58 during Bob-a-J ob week, and a pleasing performance i n the Association Sports which resulted in our winning the Shield for the th ird year i n succession.

The Summer Camp wi l l be held from 1 4-28 J uly at Glenral­loch Farm near Tarbert in Argyl l .

THE SENIOR TROOP

We had a successful h ike in the Lake District at Easter. the party consist ing of eight sen iors and M r. Whittle. The nights were spent at Grasmere, Longthwaite, Buttermere, Elterwater (2) and Grasmere. As the weather was variable, we were alternately soaked to the sk in and bathed in the sun from day to day. Among the interesti ng events were a vis it to Brathay Hall , a youth cultural centre, and a very enjoyable even ing of country dancing at Long­thwaite. Mr. Whi ttle must be thanked for planning a very enjoyable week .

I n the first week of term we were well represented at the annua l St. George's Day Parade and Service; then came the Rally and visit of the Chief Scout a week later. The following weekend saw six of the Seniors under canvas-our three Queen's Scouts. R oger Smethurst, Edward Matthews and Andrew McLeod were at G ilwell for the presentation of their certificates by the Chief Scout, and the three Seniors tak ing part in the European expedition to Ommen, Holland, in August were encamped in the Bowland Hi l l s at Waddecar for their final get-together camp.

Four of our number represented the Group in the Mayoral procession on J un e 4th .

Our sincerest congratulations go to David Child who has added to h is academic successes this year by earn ing his Queen's Scout badge, as has Andrew McLeod also-which i ncidental ly goes to prove that Sixth Form studies and Scouting can go side by side when the will i s there. Some of our Queen's Scouts are now work ing for the D uke of Edinburgh's Si lver and Gold Awards.

David Child has also g iven most valuable as i stance in run­ning two Tra in ing weekends at Howgill with the Eagle. Troop.

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A reconna issance expedi tion was made at Whi tsun by Chris Mercer of the ground to be covered by the Sen ior hike this summer i n the Western Highlands and much valuable information ga ined. We wish M r. Whittle a most successful trip w i th this group.

So much has been happening in fact that we are in danger of forgetting the day to day necessity of progressing in badge work and in particular of ensuring that every member of the Sen ior Troop is a First Class Scout.

THE KESTREL TROOP

The weather unfortunately prevented us from accompl ishing any really difficult cl imbs during our Easter h ike in the Lake District, but the spirit of the party was excellent. Among t the memories will no doubt be the aston ishing gale over Wrynose Pass. a chance meeting with the Deputy Chief Scout at Eskdale, an enormous farm-house l unch in Wasdale and the welcome sight of a bus at Seathwaite. The younger Scouts showed up particularly well on what was, for many, their first expedit ion.

The Starl ings won last term's inter-patrol competition by only one point, and at the moment a close battle is being waged between them and the Falcons for final victory over the year. Most of our instruction this term has in fact been d irected towards preparation for camp; in particular, the cook ing of sausages in Horncliffe grounds met with popular approval. A wide game and a treasure hunt have also featured on our programme. We narrowly lost the cricket match against the Eagle Troop at Lammack, and offer them our congratulations. Considerable progress has been made in badge work , but it is imperative that every Scout makes a determined effort at camp, especial ly with regard to the essential outdoor tests.

We congratulate Andrew Hart and Roger Bryan on being awarded the second class badge. The Firefighter badge has been ga ined by Stewart Duxbury, Norman Barton , Tony H indle, Phi l ip Sumner and Phi l ip Robinson, whi lst the Swimmers's badge has been awarded to Stcwart Duxbury and Barry Bolton. David Baynes has passed the tenderfoot test and has now been invested. All the good wishes of the troop go with Roger Bryan who has left for Stand Grammar School.

THE EAGLE TROOP

The last two terms have been extremely successful as regards Scout activit ies and badge work . Peter Roberts, R ichard Stirrup lan Taylor and Phill ip Nash have been awarded their second class badge, and four boys should complete their first class at camp. Robin Sowerby, who i s now Troop Leader, has j ust been given h is first class badge.

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At Easter a party of s ixteen v isi ted the Lake District and a lthough none of the higher peaks was climbed because of mist, we succeeded i n cl imbing some of the lesser known peaks. At Whit­suntide a smaller party of boys camped at Gatehouse-of-Fleet, and learnt for the first t ime some campcraft as a prelude to the summer camp at Tarbet. Two weekends have been spent at Howgill in Wharfedale, mainly for pioneering and track ing, and we thank Mr. Mercer for allowing the use of h is "country-home" there.

We welcome to the troop J ohn Warbrick , Stephen Bradley and Roderick Macdonald.

Two successful wide games have been held and more recently a cricket match was held between the two troops, with the Eagles as winners.

David Child, having reached his n ineteenth birthday, has now reti red as Troop Leader, an office which he has held with distinc­tion for four years. The whole Troop is grateful for h is quite outstanding services, and is glad that we shall cont inue to enjoy the benefit of h is experience and keenness as an A.S. M . Robin

Sowerby succeeds him as T.L .

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HORNCLIFFE SECTION

DEPARTED GLORY

A WAY past Lancaster, between the R iver Lune and the sea, l ies a peninsula which has never been qu i te overcome by the sea.

£t is a countryside of sea-marshes and brown wet mud ; the haunt of Dunlins and Curlew, of wi ldfowl er and i nshore fishermen. A lonely wind swept land where farmer and housewi fe need to k now and understand the tide as well as the i r fishermen k insfolk . For here the t ide laps over tbe roads twice a day.

Here at the quay side of Sunderland Point came rum and tobacco from the West I nd ies and that once rare cargo-cotton . This new substance at first proved hard to sell but gradually grew i n popularity. For the next hundred years the quay side and ware­houses of Sunderland Poin t were kept busy, d ischarging the Atlantic sail ing boats.

However, towards the end of the eighteenth century the cha nnel changed i ts course, the t ide.s swept shi ngle up against the q uays. Across the river, a t Glasson, a .dock was built, where boats could be unloaded without i nterference from sea or weather, although the larger Atlantic boats found it easier to sail up the Mersey to the new port of L iverpool . . .

Now moss covers the quay-side; the road i s lost i n a mass of shingle; the former warehouses are mere cottages or agricultural store houses. But one relic of " Departed glory " survives-the grave-stone of one Sambo, a planter's slave, who d ied there i n 1736, which is now i rreverently emploYed as a gate-post near the for­gotten quay. Broodi ng over th is strange scene is a growth of no English descent-a cotton seed of long ago, which grew u n pruned and unchecked on the wharf. This, at least, is the roma nt ic tale told by the local cottagers even to this day.

A. K. CHARNLEY, Trans. A.

THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS

I climbed the mountain to the h ighest rock, Then looked down to the silvery loch, As long, long, ago Rob Roy had done, With Colin his brave and gal lant son . There the wind played with the waves and the trees, Whilst the wild heather sang with the hum of the bees. There was snow on the mounta ins glistening whi te, And my heart filled with wonder at this beautiful sight.

R. ILLMAN, Trans. B .

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SPRI NG

Spring, Spr ing, come back aga in To England's happy land, And bring back all the joyfulness Especia l ly to the sand, Where people gather every year To get themselves well tanned.

But Spring's not only at the coast, 'Tis in the garden too. It brings forth all the lovely flowers Of every gorgeous hue. And the sun, it sends its rays Down from the sky so blue.

TWO LIMERICKS

There was an old man from Calcutta Who l ived entirely on butter. He tried margarine, But that made h im go green, That fussy old man from Calcutta.

There was a small boy from I B, Who went in to bat number three, B ut he had no luck, H e was o ut for a duck . That sporting small boy from l B.

G . ASHMORE, Trans. A.

FAREWELL HORNCIFFE

The t ime has come when we must say " Goodbye " to dear old Horncliffe. We've had some fun and now it's done. We've got you a bus, with a deal of fuss To run you to cricket and baths. And so, When you board your veh icle and complain That three abreast gives you a pain J ust think of the few, who start anew. For the next eight years-To walk all over aga in !

DA V I D GARTSI DE, TraHs. A .

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THE POET

My brain is full of cricket. I can't compose a th ing. My mother said : " St ick a t it ." My bra in just wil l not ring.

My name is s imply " Brown," Not Tennyson or Shelley. 1 know the Edi tor will frown, But here's for the " test " on the " tele."

J . A . BROWN, Trans. A.

HOUSE REPORTS

DRAKE

I{,EGAR DED as a whole the School year has been both frustrat ing and reward­

i ng. To our great d isa ppointment we failed to win the Robinson Cup when the team, on paper, should have thrashed Raleigh . The 2-1 defeat, after extra t ime, wi l l b e a blot on the memory of many of our senior footballers. I'm afraid i t was j ust one of those days. Our hopes were s imi larly dashed i n the senior cricket when the team was k nocked out in the first round. The Under Fifteen Eleven fared l i ttle better,

SIR fRA�( 15 DR��[-.J being convincingly despatched by Hawki ns, despite Earnshaw's bowl ing analysis of 5 for 34, and a sound knock of 32 by Addi son.

Nevertheless, there have been succeSSes. The House d�d extremely well to win the Ath let ics Cup and every member who competed deserves congratulation. The success was mainly a cor­porate effort and reflects the general high morale. It i s perhaps a commentary on the uncertai nty of affairs when one reflects that the Sports was one of the few events we expeoted to go badly for us. Our Juniors were unlucky to be beaten into second place in the last race of the Junior Sports after lead ing the field for m uch of the afternoon.

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I would l ike to congratulate, also, the members of the House who have ga i ned points i n the Marsden Merit Competit ion . The following have d istinguished themselves: I bbotson 2D ( 1 3 points), Buckley 2B ( 1 2 points), R ushto n U5M. (6 poin ts), Strong U5M (5 points), Ell iott 3A (5 poin ts), Tyson 2C (5 points) BrindJe 4E and Woods 5M (3 poin ts), Kenyon UVGA, Wi ]son 20, and North 5G (with 2 points), and Sq uires 3D, Earnshaw 5G, Heap 4C, Bar­low 2C, Hewitt 3 D, and R id i ng 40 (each with one point). At the moment we are lying equal tbird in tbis compet ition.

Our congratulations are similarly extended to Almond, Brown, Coupe, Gaskill , Halpin, Holgate, Ibbotson, Jenkin and Pickup on their elevation to t,he level of Temporary Prefect for the d uration of the Advanced Level Exams. This must surely be a record num­ber for one House. The omens for the future are extremely good.

A t this stage i n the year the House loses many of its senior members. This year is no exception. House Captain, J . Brewer, a nd h i s Vice-captain, R. H . Bamber, are both leaving, to be accom­panied by such stalwarts as l rvin, Tin}perley, Hold ing and Seed. As this will be my last report I would l ike to extend my grateful thanks to these and other members of the House who have helped to make my captaincy so happy a nd successful. I would especially l ike to extend my thanks to Mr. Eastwood and all h i s colleagues who give so m uch time to House affairs. Finally, I hope the House will go from strength to strength in the future and its successes will perhaps exceed fuose of the last two years.

J .B .

FROBISHER

TH IS term prayers have been held i n the Old Wood Wing. W e must thank our

two pianists, Bai ley of 6 Arts and Dean of 5A for accompanying the hymns. As far as possible the lessons have been read from the New Edition of the New Te tament.

After our victory in the Cross Country R unning last term i t was a d i sappoint­ment for both our cricket teams to be knocked out of the Inter-house competi­t ion in the first round. On Sports Day we took 3rd place but th is was made up for

c.. \R MARllN f OOIl.\SHfR by R . I . Davies, winning the Senior Victor

.) " U Ludorum and J . Smalley, the Middle School Victor Ludorum. HornclifIe and

the Second Formers are also to be heartily congratulated on their victory in the J un ior Sports.

D. M. Child h as been awarded an Exhibition at SI. C.atharine's

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College, Cambridge. I n the Marsden Merit however Frobisher i s in last posit ion; a great deal more effort i s needed in the lower school-congratulations are due however to Cunliffe 5M (2 pts.), Preston 4C (2pts . ) , R urlander 5 8 ( I pt . ) , Stanworth 4C C l pt.), H aslam 40 ( I pt.) and H olden Cl pt.).

Finally we offer our congratulations to W. Howe, J . Leigh, P. W. Murphy, P . S . Ormerod, and E . RawcIiffe on being appointed tem porary school prefects and to I. P ickup a tem porary house prefect. during the G .C.E . examinat ions.

As this is the last report 1 shall be wri ting for the House 1 would l ike to take this opportunity of wish ing it cont inued success in both academic work and sport.

R .N .T.

GRENVILLE

TH IS term our House meetings have been held in H uts where we have

been able to share i n the use of the p iano by the k ind co-operat ion of Frobisher House.

We are ly i ng first in the Marsden Merit Com pet ition. Our congratulations are extended to all who have ga ined po ints, a l ittle extra effort will clinch this major trophy for the House.

In the footba l l compet ition at the end of last term, the I st Xl drew \ - 1 aga i nst

J IR �J( 1 1 9 0 R[ 11V lllf Howard and then showed what they were rea l ly made of in the in ter-house s ix-a-side compet ition played for the first time t h is year. They beat Frobisher in the first round by a corner. Drake in the second round by 3 goals to n i l , and Hawkins in the Ilnal . The result of the final was not decided until after extra t ime when the House scored two goals in a very exci t ing fin ish .

The House came an unex pected but comfortable second in the cross country, and could qu ite eas i ly have won if the seniors had done better. Barker won the J un ior race and J . Wilson won the intermediate race by several h undred yards.

The HOLlse was k nocked out of the G ilbert Sames' Cricket Compet it ion in the second round by Raleigh. The two J un ior tcams have yet to play and are look ing towards their games with tremendous enthusiasm.

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The athletic sports found the House in fourth posItIon i n the Senior Sports and sixth i n the Hornclifle Sports. The following boys d ist inguished themselves by winn ing an individual event: Jones, P. r.,., Preston and lones E.W. Preston, broke the School record in the Javel in .

As th i s is probably my last House Report 1 would l ike to thank all the Grenville House M asters for their k indness and con­sideration and all the House Prefects for their help and enthusiasm. I would also l ike to wish my successor a lot of success and as much ha ppiness as 1 have had in my years with Grenville.

P.L.I .

H AWKINS

TH E R E are several qui te favourable sports results to report from the end

of last term. The under- 1 4 X I won the Forbes Cup

in a very thrill ing final against Howard , the score bei ng 4-3 in our favour. The team deserved the win, having played con­sistently wen throughout the season .

Still in the football department, the I st XI fin ished tbe sea on off well, although they reached peak form too late to win a place in the Robi nson Cup Final. The

SIR. JOHrHJn\JI\IN� results are: agai nst Howard, won 9-0; and

nn against Frobisher, won 4-2. We reached the Final of the House Six-a-Side football

competition, beating Howard 1 -0 and R aleigh 1 -0, but losing to a strong Grenville side in the final by 2 goals to O.

In the Cross-Country Run, never one of our strong points, we fin ished 5th, but had several good individual performances.

Turning to events of this term, the House came in 5th in the Senior Sports. The House did well, however, in the number of standards obta ined, having the joint h ighest total. In the Junior Sports we did somewhat better, coming in 3rd. Everything de­pended on the last event, the 4 x 1 1 0 yards relay, with three Houses having a possible chance of winni ng, but unfortunately our runners did not qui te manage to get the required points.

On the cricket field our teams have been very successful to date. The I st XI has reached the Gilbert Sames Cup Final, and their opponents will be Raleigh. Slater has captained the side to victories over a strong Drake X l and a young, but none the less

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ski lful, Howard X I . The under- I S team under the captai ncy of McLeod is showing promise, having reached the semi-final by beating Drake qui te decisively. This is a good example to the under-1 3 team who have yet to play.

The House offers i ts \congrat ulations to Mcleod on being chosen to capta in the Lancash ire Schoolboys' Cricket Team. This i s a fine tribute to h i s cricketing ability.

Well done all the members of the House who have gained points for us in the Marsden Merit Com peti tion , in which we are now lying equal third.

We congratulate Allsup, Clayton and Gri l l s on being appointed temporary prefects for the duration of the G .c.B. exami nations.

As th is is my last report, and the last of this school year, I would l ike to thank M r. Kennedy and h is colleagues for their support and assistance, which have been readily available at al l t imes. I would also l ike to thank the House prefects and the House members for their co-operation throughout the year, wh ich has, on the whole, been a reasonably successful one.

In closing I would like to say ,good luck to the House and i ts members, both past, present and future, i n the years to come.

D .M .C.

H OWARD

TH IS term has becn rather uneventful for the House, although we have

done rather well in cricket. The U . 1 5 reached the finals by beating Frobisher and Grenvi lle, and U . l 3 reached the semi­finals by beating Bawki ns . U nfortunately the senior team was k nocked out in the first round.

As for Sports Day we did not do too well being ruled rather low. We would like to congratulate Monk and Keen on

LORD HO'rlARD' being awarded House Colours and also Pearson who had h is colours re-awarded.

The Marsden Merit Competit ion shows that we are 5th-not very good.

Congratulations also go to Pearson who has been made a Tem­porary Prefect and Kerr who has been appointed a full Prefect.

As this is my last term at School I would l ike to thank all the House Masters and Prefects for their unfailing interest and for a l l the work wh ich they have done for the House.

Finally, our best wishes go to Mr . Coll ier, whom we have all m issed, and we wish him a speedy recovery.

J .G.R

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RALEIGH

AT the end of last term the House First X l football team competed in the

Robinson C u p Final and won a well­earned victory over Drake by two goals to one after extra time. This was a hard­fought match and our congratulations m ust go to Bend ix and h is tea m on such a s plendid performance.

In the athletic s ports too, Raleigh, under the able captaincy of Parkinson, put u p an extremely good all-round perfor-

SIR WA llER RJllEI�H mance, finishing in second position w�!1 clear of further opposition.

On the cricket field, to date, we have met with varying suc­cess. The First X l has played well to gain victories over Frobisher and Grenville and now meets Hawkins in the final of the Gilbert Sames C u p Competition . The U - l S team was defeated by Hawkins in the semi-final of their competition, and the U - 13 team has not yet played. The captain of our U- J S team R. Grogan is to be congratulated on his selection to the Lancashire schoolboys' side.

Our position in the Marsden Merit C u p Competition is enco uraging ; at the time of writing we tie in second position with a total of 9 1 points-only S points behind the leading House, Grenville. A determined effoli by all in the coming examinations can easily enable us to gain this trophy. All those who have con­sistently gained points through their hard work in tbe past year deserve our congratulations. Success academically may seldom receive due praise or recognition but is nevertheless of paramount importance!

We welcome this term the MacDonald brothers and hope that their association with this House will be a happy one.

I nevitably at this stage of the year the House must say good­bye to many of it senior members. On its behalf I should like to extend my best wishes to all those who are leaving and to wish them every success in their future careers.

As another successful year for R aleigh draws to a close I would like to thank tbe House masters for their unfailing su pport and interest, and all members of the House who have contributed towards its success.

D.E.A.

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O'RIGINAL CONT'RIBUTIONS

THE FALL OF BABYLON

That all may know the penalty of crime, of sensual wealth and treasures of this world,

1, Abjid, now in Persian prison-cell, though once attendant at the splendid court

of Belshazzar, proud Babylon's mighty lord, 5 set down the fame of that great citadel,

towering on the marge of old Euphrates, and how in one n ight th is same splendour fell,

before the wrath of Cyrus and his M edian host. Above the murmuring deep of this fai r stream, 1 0

there was a terrace lovely to behold, with gorgeous weeds in rich abundance there,

whose fragrant scent charmed the fai r Median maid, the chosen bride of Belshazzar, the k i ng;

Lupil ias, chyriads, mirans and seloys 1 5 bloomed here, in beautious ecstasy arrayed.

As gaze in awe the caravans by n ight upon the moon, that lonely q ueen of heaven,

so princes from afar admired these blooms, and carried news of that beflowered haunt 20

to distant courts of Oriental k ings. And scarce one league from that lupil ian plot,

a sentinel of epic battles brave, 'N imposing edifice of time, there stands­

THE TOWER OF BABEL ! Stretching far into the celestial blue.

of heaven; crowned by the dazzling sun of gold, erect he stood, lord of the arid plains,

whose stones, once grey, now l ie pure white bebleached. For now the waves of t ime have taken their toll 30

where once this symb'l of strength, th is fing'r of m ight, aspired to heaven, now crumbling ruins decay.

Were all th is life but one vain game of chess, then were the carving of Belshazzar's q ueen

as a bright pearl among the baser pawns, 35 who yet engulfed and stifled her, when all

her charm and power could not avert this doom.

P . M U R PHY L6A and

P. ALMOND SA.

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THE PEARL IS BLi\CK

I t is a maritime despair Slow wicks of tide are tolling, Printed on the wounded air With each wave's jaded falling.

A breeze scrawls its name on the water; Dark Chi nese characters of birds Erase it, pivot on a quill. A dead quill spells Ulysses' words :

" In the wind-drawn breathless spring, Gentle Ju ne and lilting leaf, You armed me with the Muse's feather. Now wing and flyer fall together

If We could breed genesis From twelve eunuch snails, the cold links of time, T should not chide The star that died When with new birth such beauty would be mine. O nly let it form once more Beneath the shadow of hope's wing -The arching instant of your kiss, The plasmic brush remembering. What future now for love's lost spore ? Only let it form once more."

Men, who hear his echo in the crimson splash of foam, Who know he slumbers greenly where the water-dragons

flee, Remember lost Ulysses and the testament he breathes Until the yellow grains speIJ GO D in the roots of the set.

FJ.S. 6A.

TELEVISION-AND N OW MORE TELEVISION

CONTI NU I NG (alas ! ) his complain t against the present, rapidly deteriorating state of television, the author here presents

more evidence to support his cause, of which the foundations were laid in the last issue of the magazine. One notorious scandal which he omitted (alack! ) to mention is the condition of quiz­programmes and other financiaHy rewarding half - hOl!rs, which

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seek to raise (presumably) the commoner to a tatus of wealth. Let us examine a typical spec imen of such a spectacle ( therefore) :

Host : Good even ing, sir. Right this way please. Contestant enters, smil ing i ronically (or perhaps i n antici-

pation). Host : And what is your name ? Contestant : Fred Smith . Host : Fred Smith from . . . . . . ? Contestant : London. Host : Fred Smith from London. And what would you l ike

to answer q uestions on, Fred ? Contestant : Horse-raci ng. Host : Horse-racing. And here i s Gladys with the first q uestion

on horse-racing. (A beautiful I supposedly ] young lady l ? J enters and -hands him the same.) Thankyou, Gladys. Here we a re, Fred. Now then: " Who rode the winner of the 1 96 1 Derby ? "

Contestant: Stirling M oss. Host : I 'm terribly sorry, Fred. That i s incorrect. Very bad

luck. Please accept this gold wrist-watch and cheque for £ 1 0 as a small consolation-prize. A big hand for a great sportsman, every­body. ( Mechanic switches on a pplause record. )

Another popular way of wasting half an hour ( regrettably) i s to watch the children's serial, which is perpetrated weekly on Sunday afternoon. This i s usually concerned (unl ike the aud ience) with two children, a boy and girl, stranded on Mars, but th i s promising start i s rarely (alas! ) followed up t o i t s full effect . . . Together, they outwit starvation, thi rst, wi ld M artian beasts and manage to stay al ive (alackaday ! ) until a space-shi p arrives to take them home. Still, somebody must be making money out of i t . . .

But never mind (optimistically) ! We are now to enjoy, at the expense of the television company, an hour of box i ng, so over to our commentator at the Royal Albert Hall .

" And welcome to the Royal Albert Hall, London, where we are about to see the main bout of the eveni ng between, i n the far corner, Don Raman Fernandez d e Anchor y Santo de CastiIla, the Spanish fly-weight champion, and near to us, " fighting " Fred O'ReiIly from Dubl in . Out they come for round one, and O'Reilly, there, with the red stripe down his shorts i s first i nto the attack. A left to Castilla's ch in , a right to the body, and the Spaniard is i n trouble. He flicks out a right i n desperation , and it has caught O'ReilIy above the eye, and I th ink . . . yes, O'Reilly has a cut over h i s left eye, and it looks a nasty one. The referee i s coming: to have a look a t i t, and . . . he has stOlpped the contest i n round 1 . CastiI la i s the winner. (Uproar. Sounds of disapproval, suggestions as to the abi li ty of tbe referee, and other reprehensible outbursts. Youths throw frui t i nto the ring,

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and otherwise express their opinions.) Well, well , well. What a shame! Well, viewers, with that sad result, we must hand you back to the studio, where we shall play you some gramophone records for fifty minutes until the start of the next programme."

This arouses more hope-everyone l ikes reoords, and off we go with " Rock-a-hound-dog-rag " by Ded Loss and the Stale­mates, but before it can be finished, a sharp crackle is heard, and the words: " Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible," appear on the screen-and stay there for the remain ing forty­eight minutes, despite apologies and optimistic predictions to the contrary at five-minute in tervals from an announcer. The long vigi l d rags Slowly by, and (al leluia ! ) we at last hear the magic words :

" Good evening, viewers. Here is the news. Mr. Kruschev said today . . . "

P. M U R P H Y L6A

BATTLE OF THE SOMME

HA V l N G paid the chief steward for the excellent meal which I had recently consumed, and having received that man's per­

mission to remain in the restaurant car for the latter part of my speedy journey westwards, I l i t my p ipe and relaxed i n the com­fortable seat. For a t ime, I stared out of the window, but soon my eyes became t ired with the continual passing of l ights of vary ing degrees of brightness, all the more penetrating in the clear n ight sky. Looking up a little, I turned my weary gaze to the stars, spattered i n the heavens l ike sparkling d iamonds upon velvet. I tried t o d is­t inguish the constellations that 1 k new: there were the Pliedes, there Orion with h i s heavy sword, and there my favourite group, the Plough. I studied its seven component twinkl ing parts in turn, but soon, with the regular clatter of the coach wheels, and my exhaustion after a strenuous day, I fell into an uneasy daze .

The plough jumped and jolted over the clayey soi l and the powerful horse sweated and pulled its dragging load over the obstinate earth . The seven principal bolts in the plough shone like stars under the heavy continental sun as the blades slowly turned, p ushing the unwill ing ground into deep ruts. I watched the labourer as he gradually worked h is way up and down the field, leaving cloggy humps and furrows to the delight of the wheeling rooks .

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A young couple strolled along the lane beyond the field, a nervous girl and an assuring young lad, their feet scorched as they trod the hot grit in the heat of that mid-Autumn afternoon .

A dozen screaming chicks pursued a rattl ing bucket round the farmyard and the fly-irritated cattle yearned for milk ing t ime and the cool of the sh ippon. The tall poplars stood like sentinels on e ither side of the i ncongruous R oute Nationale . All that could be heard of Nature was the ch uckle of the stream near the road junction as i t worried the pebbles i nto ;111 incomprehensible remark on its cheery way down to the Somme.

Then the bells of the Cathedral rang out their call to benedic­tion over the pretty little town of Abbeville, out over the poppy fields, over the roads, over the railway and over the canals as the labourers returned to the farm in their flat bottomed barges. The laden cows ambTed to that famil iar gate and lowed impatiently for the appearance of the dairy maid.

The farmer saw that all was well, looked towards the Cathedral , crossed h imself and walked indoors

There was fire on the horizon and a great pall of sickly smoke over the land. The plough lay upturned in the field with a dead man and a k icking horse at its side. There were ruts in the field, but not ruts of the plough. The field was covered with a carpet of trodden, burnt wheat and muddy water trickled through the furrows in the churned up land, finding its way to the stream that slithered across the mud to the river Somme. Bullets and shells h urled themse,lves at the opposing force, throwing up tons oi cloggy, clinging clay i nto the polluted atmosphere-an atmosphere that stank of explosive, sweat and rotting vegetation. Sly khak i uniforms, draped in foliage, crawled through mud baths ; duck­boards were useless-hundreds d ied in the ever-deepening mire. Three soldiers slid k nee dep in the d i tch by the road ; th ere were no trees to guard them now and the straight, friendly l ine was replaced by a winding mass of wa terlogged tan k tracks. One soldier lay motionless in a pool of oily water, a cluster of poppies at h is side. I was watching the bow of one of the farm barges as it slowly sank into the fever-ridden canal when it was suddenly shattered by a shel l .

The roof had gone from the farmhouse; there were no doors, no windows, only four walls with gaps in unsuitable places. Two generals in mud-bespattered, blood-spotted un iforms were tak ing cover beh ind one of the walls, near to a smouldering sixteenth century dresser; the wall collapsed without warning in a cloud of suffocat ing d ust and the men were seen no more.

Standing in the mud at a drunken angle was a rifle with a crude crosspiece and a filthy regimental badge nailed about two

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thirds of the way up. A poor cross; but at least the man had a grave which is more than can be said for most of them. At the foot of this makesh ift piece of loyalty was a cluster of poppies.

A l l that could be seen was death, destruction, poppies and an upturned plough.

Gradually, all became silent; bullets and shells were fewer and further between in their deathly passage overhead and the roaring fires of the town burned slowly down.

The farmer came out of an underground shelter; he looked about h im; saw the destruction of his life-work on the farm ; he saw the smouldering Cathedral ; he crossed h imself and re-entered his shelter .

The passage of a train in the opposite d irection awoke me from my half sleep and, on look ing out of the window, I saw row upon row of identical white gravestones, a whole hi l lside covered with them. They bore no names-just a regimental badge and a mass of flowers.

My tra in cbarged on past fields, towns and roads. I saw the shin ing roof of a new farmhouse, a long line of young poplars on a Route Nationale, a slow, murky river with the letters S-O-M-M-E at its side. I saw an old haggard farmer look towards the battered Cathedral, cross h imself and walk indoors. I saw the blood-red poppies dancing i n the early-morning breeze and the last gl immer of the seven stars of the plough fading quickly in the everbrighten­ing sky.

J . LEIGH, L.6.A.

MRS. NEURICH'S ANTIQUES

"OB, my dear, I 'm so delighted to see you. I t's so charming of you to come-J a ne, take Mrs. Moneyworth's coat, please­

do come i n-Jane, take M rs . Moneyworth's gloves. I t's j ust delightful to see you. Ever since we came back from Europe, Charles and I have been ju t ' dy ing ' to have you see our new things (rais ing her voice), Charles, Mrs. Moneyworth has come to see our n ew a ntiques. I sn't i t sweet of her ? . . . . H e's in h is tudy, but I don't th ink he hears. He just gets buried i n reading. Charles, you k now, has always been SO scholarly, and so every time he gets a new price list, he j ust gets absorbed in it . . . .

" But there's such a lot T want You to see that I can't even wait

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till you've had a cup of tea . . That chair in the haIl? An antique? Oh, yes, indeed ? I sn't i t j ust marvellous. I t's a Chelovotti ! Is it comfortable ? Gracious, what an idea ! Of course not ! It's not i n the least bit comfortable. That's why there i s such a great demand for Chelovotti chai rs. You see he was one of the really great crafts­men in chair-making, if not the greatest. None of h i s chairs were ever comfortable.

"Charles, were any of the Chelovatti chairs comfortable ? What ? Only the i mi tation ones. Thank you . . . you see that's one way you can tell a Chelvotti chair. If i t i s ,genu ine, i t is not com­fortable. You say it has no back left. My dear ? Why of course not! It never had any, not supposed to. We picked it up in a q ueer l ittle shop in Zeegli and the man assured us that i t never had a back. He guaranteed it. That's one of the th ings, you know, that you can tell by. Charles and I were really keen about chairs at that t ime and really studied them, and the books all agreed that no genuine Chelovotti has a back . See what it says on the label-it was gummed on when we got it-so we left it still there-(readi ng) 'No. 1 3 1 3 . x. Chelovotti chair,-No back, never had one, not com­fortable, never was or would be, only three legs.' ( break ing off her reading)-of course, I had forgotten about that­only three legs-that makes it more valuable still . . . . "

" That break i n the wooden seat ? Oh, my dear, I saw you looking at that, but I won't try to l ie about i t . . . the broken wooden seat i sn't genuine-we had it broken by an expert in New York, after we got back from E urope. I sn't i t exquisitely done ? You see, he has made the break to look just as if someone had stamped upon l ike that. Of course, our break is only imitation, but it's extremely well done, isn't i t ? We go to Ferrugi's, that l i ttle place on Seventh Avenue, you know, for everything that we want broken. They have a splendid man there, he can break anyth i ng.

"Yes, and the day when we wanted the seat of the chair done, Charles and I went down to see h im do it . I t was really qu i te won­derful, wasn't i t, Charles ? (raising her voice). You remember the man in Ferrugi's, who broke the seat of the chair for us ! I ' m afraid he doesn't hear. But he really was a wonderful expert. He just leaned the chair up agai nst the wall, and then stood look i ng at it intently, and walking round and round it and murmuring in Italian, as if he was swearing at it. Then he jumped in the ai r, and came down on the seat of the chair with both feet and with such won­derful accuracy.

" Our friend, Mr. Appin-Hyphen-Smith, the great expert, you know, was looking at our chair last week and he said it was mar­vellous, hardly to be d istinguished from a ,genuine " fractura " . . . But he did say, I remember, that the better way i s to throw i t out of a fourth-storey window. You see, that was the height of the

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I tal ian houses i n the th i rteenth century-is i t th irteenth century I mean, Charles ? Charles ! Do I mean the th irteenth century ? I mean, the proper t ime for throwing an Ital ian chair out of the w indow-the fourteenth ? Oh, thank you, darling !-I'm always so silJy about remembering the centuries of the I tal ian th ings . . .

" Of course, you see, with antiq ues you s imply must know the century or you make the silliest blunders. The other day I made the atrocious mistake about a spoon-T called i t a twelfth century spoon and i n reality it was only eleven and a half-or have I got i t backwards-anyway, my dear, till then, the spoons made were only good for eating with-and then the great spoon-maker­Charles ? What was that great Italian spoon-maker's n ame­Spoonuchi ! Oh, of course. Spoonuchi made spoons that couldn't be eaten with, and, of course, that started the craze . . . Of course, my hostess, who owned the spoon (�he collects them) was terribly put out. You see a twelfth century spoon is practically worthless.

" What ? You m ust go now ? Oh, all right, well, I hope to see you again soon, goodbye !"

C. P ICK UP, 4A.

SCHOOL

" One of the most i mportant i n tellectual poems writ ten in recent years ."-Daily Smirker,

L ittle boy not so bright Does his homework all the n ight, Bigger boy is much more sl ick , Gets i t over twice as quick, B iggest boy i s r ight on ba)] Goes to school and cribs it all.

I . D. M OO R HOUSE U6Sc.

THE GAME OF CRICKET

CRICKET is a mystery to most visiting foreigners. 1 was no exception. I saw a game of cricket last Thursday. That

game looks very funny to me. One man throws the ball, trying to hit three sticks wh ich are

put into the ground. B ut another man is standing i n the way of the

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ball with a bat. He is called a batsman. Then he starts running, and two other men start running too. One is trying to catch the ball, and the other takes the batsman's place. Then that throwing, hitting and running starts again.

But while those three men are running, about seven men are standing still. We do not play cricket in Sweden, 1 think it is because it does not keep us warm enough.

Beside the playing ground there was a small house which looked like a page of a math's book. My friends told me what that meant, and as far a I could understand them, those figures marked the "runs" the batsmen had got.

But tbe funnies t t hing with this game was that two men were doing tbe work for the batting team, while the rest of the team were drinking tea. I t looked as if this game consists of watching four bowling, batting and running men, and of drinking tea. This after­noon I am going to "play" cricket. I don't think we will get any tea so T do not know what to do while our team is batting.

PER. AKLSTROM, 5G.

AN AIR BAITLE OVER THE ENGLISH CHANNEL

IN the early summer of 1 86 1 , a Frenchman had accused the English of being cowards. He challenged any Englishman to a dueL

He gave them the choice of time and the weapons. Lord WiIliam accepted the challenge and decided that they

would fight with pistols in balloons over the English Channel. The Frenchman reluctantly agreed. The date was set and the necessary preparations made.

The day arrived, both balloons were towed across the Channel. The balloons met in the middle. The tow ropes were cast off. The duel was OD .

The Frenchman's first shot narrowly missed Lord William's econd who was also in the balloon. After a few more shots Lord

William shot the Frenchman's balloon. I t fell spilling its occu­pants. The Engljshman was declared the winner.

M. FR OST, 3C.

Spending and lending and giving away, Are the t hree easiest things you can do in a day, But begging and borrowing and getting your own,

Are the three hardest things that ever were known. D. H I NDLE, 3 B.

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ENGLISH TRANSPORT

Some folks walk and some folks h ike, And others go by motor-bike. It's handy too to go by train In times of snow and wind and rain.

To travel in an omnibus Is m uch preferred by some of us. But i f you're rich you take a plane And go to France or Greece or Spain .

To go by barge gives many pleasure, As they can take i t a t their leisure, B ut boating's fun for one and al l , Whether old or whether small .

Yachting i s a favourite sport For many of the nobler sort. I think I st i l l prefer by far To travel i n a motor-car.

A nd then at last, when I'm a man, I th ink I' l l go by caravan !

P. J . WI LSON, 2D.

THE SILENCE OF N IG HT

THE dim light from the old street lamp cast a long, l imp shadow on the wall-lbut only for an i nstant-then the h ustling figure

was aga i n lost in the shroud of gloomy darkness. Manwell k new he was comparatively safe if he could keep to the dark back-alleys. He k new only too wen that the very second he entered a mai n street h i s hopes of survival would b e dashed-either b y the flashing neon l ights or by the brilliant bright glow of the street l ights which i ncessantly i l luminated the grey pavements below. lit d id not seem to matter to h im whioh of these it would be - in fact nothing mattered to him now, save h i s own grim, desolate, chance of safety. The safety that rested upon his own capabil i ty of knowing exactly how, when a nd where to move next.

As he crept along he rethought his mode of escape-the escape

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that h e had plan ned and checked over and over again . ' ' I t couldn't, i t mustn't go wrong now," he thought q uietly to h imself. Every step he took seemed an age ; but he k new that every stride brought him nearer safety-and took h im further from j ustice.

He stopped now, looking that way and th is, rather tentatively perhaps for a man the police k new to be an expert and a hardened criminal . But never at any t ime d id he let his momentary fear over­power h im ; he had far too much experience to allow this to happen. H is cool thoughts told h im that, providi ng nothing contrary to the normal happened, h is chances were more rthan he had first sus­pected.

He stopped again, and feH the touch of a h urrying person bru£h q uick ly past h im. Perhaps this person was in a s imi lar plight -he hoped never to find out, because if luck was his, tomorrow perhaps would find him many miles away.

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At last he came to tbe end of the alley. Sure enough, there was the li ne of dust-bins, j ust as it had been that very morning. Without stopping, he mechan ically mounted tbe bins, and with a q uick pull of his giant arms he was on tbe flat roof above tbe streets. " Everything going well," he thought. He even tried desper­ately, furiously, to become more optimistic, for at this stage self­confidence was of paramount importance-it would i ndeed be the d ifference betwen capture and escape. With a leap he was across the alley, and then he saw a series of d ifferently sized bui ldings. He had hardly time to glance at them, but be k ne w that short and taB al ike, all gave him adequate cover. Agai n he rose from h is crouched position, i n preparation for his leap to the next building-.

I n a split second the area became a blaze of light. There was si lence, only to be broken by gun fire. ManweIl slumped, fell on h is face. He had forgotten the searchligh ts.

J. R. HOLMES, 4A.

BEYOND THE DOCKS

IT was noth i ng unusual for the navvies and dockers to view the sunrise over the docks, yet they never seemed to gai n any

i nspiration from its varying magnificence. They and talked, or crouched and played card� on the quayside while the sun slowly rose behi nd the incoming steamer from England, darken­i ng the conspicuous froms of the cranes and the masts of the lazy ships . The city was sti ll, and apart from the occasional clatter of trolleys on the humming electric wires over the dusky streets, nothing could be heard.

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Metallic raindrops spattered and h i ssed upon the boiler of the mighty tracti on engine as it hauled a load of furniture containers up the wide road from the dockside; a decrepit ra ilway locomotive ground reluctant wagons across creak ing rail joints; men shouted and blew whistles; and the di fferent types of cranes hummed or roared according to their age, heaving tons. of coal, metals, furni­ture, food a nd t imber on to the grimy quayside.

Innumerable wagons hurled themselves th rough the ware­h use doors and out into the rain-shelled streets only to be replaced by more vehicles which appeared from between wet, smoky build­ings.

Above the bouncing symphony of rain upon the streets and alleys; above the harsh clatter of icy drops on tanpaulins and slates, above the whirl ing mass of traffic, steam and drenched h umans ; h igh on the warehouse roof walked Sean Malone. Sean was a tall, th in , sick ly lad of about seventeen years of age who had been detailed by his foreman to release the three hooks of the massive crane in order that the after hold of the newly arrived sh ip from England might be unloaded. He took short steps a long the catwalk, wi tih the ship and the busy quay below him on one s ide and the dock l ines, the ancient railway wagons and the m isty c i ty streets on the other.

The ra in fell in vertical streaks and seemed to delight in finding i ts way through the holes in the filthy, well-worn raincoat as well as the jacket and trousers of th is unfortunate youth.

Behind him, the sun was making a valiant effort to pierce the thick bank of cloud on the horizon, but with no success; in front of him, a continuous l ine of cars, lorries and trolley buses pas�ed a long the long, low bridge over the river.

Flash ! Sean was thrown into the air immediattly he caught h is foot on the h igh voltage wire that supplied current to the now impatient crane. He landed with a l imp thUd on the roof of the warehouse and rolled drunkenly over the gutter on to the quayside th irty or forty feet below. An articulated lorry stopped just short of h i s helpless fornl and a mai·l van was only by seconds prevented from reversing over h im on its speedy way out of the shed. A crowd of interested navvies and postmen as well as sai lors gathered round and passed obvious comments .i n low murmurs but no-one did anything; no-one knew what to do. The rain fell steadily on an ignorant crowd and a l imp body . . .

Resistant raindrops were thrown back into the air, on to the road and on to the pavements as they spattered upon the cream painted form that raced up the wide road from the dockside. Heads appeared innocently from doorways as a beN rang and the rush ing vehicle flew past those once handsome Georgian houses.

The h ouses were three storeys h igh and originally had small balconies outside each window, but many of these had d is�ppeared.

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Few windows remained o n the top storey o f the terrace, though ome were baricaded with cardboard or t imber.

I n a room on the bottom floor of one of these once e legant mans ions l ived the Malones. M rs. Malo ne had seen the ambu'lance and not realis ing that it was carryi ng her son, with a toss of her ill-groomed black ha ir, she had re-entered the house to contillUe her "housework" which consisted of try ing to control a twelve­month-old baby and of trying to find a meal for two h ungry adults and a ten-year-old boy.

She wiped her hands wearily on a grimy apron and considered that it was t ime to go and drag her h usband from the public house on the corner where the best part of h i s week's wage would be disappearing rapidly.

As Sean had not yet returned from h is sh ift, she concluded that he was either sheltering from the foul weather, Or was work i ng overt ime. She put on a shabby coat that had once been light grey, but which was now a darker, greasier shade of the same colour which could hardly afford her any warmth .

Money could not be wasted on dr ink (especia'lIy when Mr. M alone was probably weI I passed the stage of enjoying it ) and when it was needed to buy food and clothing for themselves and Vhe chi ldren . She had one consolation, however, i n that she could a lso put her son's earnings to some use even if her h usband wasted his.

She entered the "Golden Harp" to find her husband completely helpless on the floor. H i s shift had finished earlier than she had anticipated a nd consequently, Malone had had much more t ime to squander the result of about 'half a week's work on more dril1k than was good for him. UnembarraSSed by the spectators (who saw the same procedure each Friday morning) she put one of h i s arms round her shoulder a nd half dragged, half l ifted h i m through the driving ra in back to their home.

When the door was reached after a d ifficult struggle, M rs. Malone discovered that, i n her absence, an order to q ui t the 'house had been posted on the paneUing stat ing that the terrace was d ue for demolition. She did not really understand the bill except that at the bottom, were the words " By Order" a nd a sum expressed i n pounds which she k new fuey could n o t afford. She was still sup­porting M r. Malone; h is eyes were closed, but had they been open, he would not have been capable of readi ng the fatal message.

When they had entered the house, Mrs. Malone took her h usband's wallet from h is pocket and found i t was exceptionally thin ; her anx iety was increased by the fact that Sean had not yet returned from work . . .

A well-sprung, cream coloured ambulance had swerved violently i nto the yard of a busy c i ty hospital having left long rubbery tracks on the wet gravel. The rear doors had opened

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i mmediately and two un iformed men had stepped out carry ing a stretcher from one end of whidh trickled a sma}.J rivulet of rain­water.

The c i ty bustle i ncreased a s the sun began to sink and at the end of that wide, straight road, there passed vehicle after vehicle and the flashes of the trolleys on the overhead wire junctions became brig1hter in the darkening sky. People were returning from work and l ights appeared in the lower floors of the Georgian houses on that wide road. The dockers left their wives and ch ildren once more, and stepped out i nto the torrential downpour on -their way to the evening shift. There was one docker's house, however, which was not left that eveni ng . . .

The rain bounced on the q uayside, shot arrow-like into the filthy river and pattered on the decks of the sh ips which were wait­ing to depart for England ; it bounced on !'he warehouse roof caus­ing the electric wires to sing and sizzle; it bounced on the roof of a n almost derelict Georgian house and found i ts way in at an upper window whose protective cover of cardboard had long since been reduced to pulp. The water found i t s way down and trickled down the waHs on the ground floor where sat a bewildered, middle-aged woman. On a table i n the middle of the floor stood the remains of a crusty loaf of bread which was a t least three days old. On a hard bed in one corner, covered only by one thin blanket lay a docker­a victim of alchoholic poisoning. In the opposite corner, a ragged, ten-year-old boy played with a broken motor car which had been his brother's many years before. He took delight in driving it over the lumps and Iholes i n a piece of l inoleum that had seen better years.

There was a k nock at the door. In the lamplight outside stood a doctor, a hospital a ttendan t and a police officer. The ra in fell in streams off their heads and backs. The door was cautiously opened and after a brief and solemn exchange of words, an unbearable bur�t of sobbing could be heard before the dOOr was reclosed. A demolition notice was illuminated i n the headlamps of a doctor's car a s it was turned i n VIle wide, straight road .

Kathleen M alone stood j ust ins ide the door and looked piti­ful ly at her h usband. A baby, barely one year old, screamed in a hard cot near a wet wall. A ship's siren sounded over the city and a steamer began to follow the murk y river out to sea.

"What's for tea, mamma?" asked a ten-year-old . " I don't k now, dear," was the reply .

J . LEI GH, L .6A.

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SPORTS

ATHLETICS R EPORT

] n the Preliminary heats held in Witton Park on Friday, May 5th (after two previous postponements) there were 1 ,450 entries in track and field events.

The finals were 'held at the sa� venue on ,the following Wednesday, May 1 0th, under ideal condit ions. I ndeed the sun actually shone for the occasion. The programme ran to t ime, the 26 events being completed in two hours.

There were five new best performances during the afternoon and an exist ing best time equalled, viz. :

J avel in-Open. D. Preston (Grenville) 1 38' 41" . J avel in-Under- 1 5. K . A. Earnshaw ( Drake) 1 40' 21" . Discus pen . R . 1 . Davies (Frobisher) 1 1 0' 2". Discus-Under- 1 5 . J . R . Smalley (Frobisher) 1 22' 7". Hop, Step, J ump-Under- 1 5. P . S. Watson ( Drake) 34' 71" . I n the 220 yards. Under- 1 5 . J . R . Smalley equalled the

�isting best time of 24.4 secs. I n the Under- I 3, 75 yards Hurdles, introduced for the first t ime

this year P. Fa irhurst ( Raleigh) won in a t ime of 1 1 .9 secs.

V ictor Ludorum SeniQr Competition. R . ] . Davies (Frobisher) 24 points ( Max. ) Under- 1 5 Competition. J . R . Smalley (Frobisher) 24 poin ts. Under- 1 3 Competition. M. Addison ( Drake) 24 poin ts. Our grateful thanks are extended to M rs. B . H . Kemball-Cook

for presenting the prizes, and we should also l i ke to take th is opportunity to thank the Mayor and Corporat ion for the use of the ground.

CRICKET

OLD BOYS versus SCHOOL

Tuesday ,May 1 0th, 1 96 1 The Old Boys versus School cricket match was played on

Alexandra Meadows on Tuesday, May 1 0th, under ideal conditions. In the closest finish to a School v. Old Boys match for many

years the Old Boys' XI beat the School-and the clock by passing the School score of 1 29 for 9 declared with one min ute to spare and eight wickets in hand.

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O n a good batsman's wicket School could offer l ittle resis­tance to some good, accurate fast bowling from E. Wi'l k inson, whose figures were 6 for 38. Only M ichael McLeod put up a determined resistance with a score of 65 before School declared before tea. leaving the opposition 80 minutes i n which to get the runs.

The Old Boys scored at a very brisk pace, and it was largely due to an undefeated 65 from opener W. Cosgrove, and a gallant 47 from P. Haydock that they got the runs in t ime.

SCHOOL FIRST XI

T'he season has been most d iscouraging so far. Out of 10 games arranged five have been cancelled, one abandoned, and only four played. Two games have been drawn, one tied, and one game won with a much weakened X I .

Though the majority of last season's players were still avail­able the results h ave not been as good as expected. Generally the School batsmen have not l ived u�') to their reputations, result ing in more weight fal l ing upon the bowlers. Fortunately we have been m uch tronger i n the field th is year. Our bowlers have been generally much more accurate and dangerous. Picking up and throwing in has been good and catches readily accepted .

.our most consistent batsmen have been Gordon Lind ay and Michael McLeod, and the bowling has been shared between Lance l rvin, Richard Grogan , Jack Brewer, David Re id and John Duck­worth.

Our thanks are due to Phi l ip J oneS! for so capably capta in ing the side; to Tony Slater for two years' efficient work as Secretary. a nd to M r. Ohester for provid ing excelJent play ing facil i ties.

Finally the team join me in extending hearty congratulations to M ichael McLeod and R ichard Grogan on thei r selection by the Lancash ire Schools' Cricket Association to play in the County Team, the former as Captain .

2nd X I CRICKET

,SO far this season, only four matches have been played, three of which resulted in wins, the other being abandoned before

a decision h ad been reached. The batt ing has been held together by Culshaw, who has been

in spark ling form, and Wilson ( 1 . ), who has played safely and sensibly in each i nn ings. I n the bowl ing section, Coup� and Seed

Redstart at Nest by I. D. M oor-house, U.6Sc.

N . A. N. Jenk in of Dmke. Winner of The Open H i gh J ump

M rs . B. H . Kemba l l -Cook presents The V ictor Ludorum Trophy to J . R . Smalley o f Frobisher

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have been mainly responsible for demolish ing the opposing teams, ably supported by Rakestraw and Park inson (R . F.). Earnshaw ( P .) has kept wicket safely enough, but is still too reluctant to stand up to the wicket. The fielders took some time to realise that snapping up every chance can win matches, but have now improved considerably. Wdson (D . M . ) has been an able and efficient capta in.

The results to date :-April 22. v . Preston Catholic College, a t home.

Preston 72 for 6 (Seed 4 for 29). M atch abandoned.

April 29. v. K.G. V, South port - away. Southport 33 (Seed 5 for 1 6, Cowpe 5 for 1 5).

School won by 7 wickets. May l 3 . v. Hayward Schools, Bolton - away.

Hayward 24 for 8 (Rakestraw 3 for 6, Seed 5 for 10). School 26 for 4 (Culshaw 2 1 n .o.

School won by 6 wickets ( t ime match). J un e 3 . v. Hutton G.c., at Home.

H utton 71 (Coupe 5 for 1 5). School 72 for 8 (Wilson (J .) 3 1 ).

School won by 2 wickets. For various reasons, mainly poor weather, six games have

been cancelled; in such a short season, this is most unfortunate. Played 4, Won 3, Drawn 1 .

H.A.F.

UNDER FIFTEEN CRICKET

AN YONE with experience of English summers would imagine that the elements would be the cause of any cancellation of

cricket matches. However this season En Tout Cas and the Rede­velopment Scheme a re unavoidably to blame for the halving of the fixtures. As a result only two matches have so far been played, of which that against Hayward Schools was lost-conclusively-a nd that against H utton G.S. won-equal ly concusively.

The team has thus had l ittle ohance of actual match cricket and for that reason their enthusiasm and constant willingness to practice have been the more commendable. We hope that the senior teams next year may reap the benefit of this application.

In the two matohes played the side has been led very ably by Dixon. The latter together with Oldfield, Duerden (the wicket­keeper) and Sma,lley, have shown promise with good batting per­formances, while the brunt of the bowling has been borne by Old­field and Baron with support from Stott, Ranson a nd Smalley.

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The following have played for t'he team : Dixon (capt.), Addi ­son, Baron, Duerden, Edmondson, Hanson, H igson, Longworth, Mawdsley, Oldfield, Ranson, Robinson, SmaHey, Stott, Sumner.

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TH E report o n th is team cannot be lengthy for the boys have played only four matches tb is year, and have won a ll four.

Ra in has been our worst enemy and we have also h ad our number of games reduced by sharing fixtures wi th School VI5 XI., and this is rather a pi ty as, for the first t ime in several years, we have had the opportunity of choosing our players rather than including all who were i nterested . The outcome has been that all the players have not had a fai r chance. The results show, h owever, that we have some good cricketers i n th i s age group and th is augers well for the future.

Congratulations must go to Wilk inson for his captaincy of the tea m a nd fine bowling th is year, but he must take more care i n studying field placings s o a s t o help h imself and h i s bowlers.

Although tbe openers have not had t/be luck, the batting has been quite good and some very sound coach ing by Mr. Sowden has helped i n i roning out some of the d ifficulties. The bowling has been good, the only d isappointment being that our very able spinners h ave not been given much of a problem or a ohallenge when they have been bmught on after some fine spells by tbe faster bowlers.

I.W.M .

U-13 X I FOOTBALL

l'HE season was contin ued successfully, a number of positional changes being made. Since the last report, al l matches have

been won, the season culminating in a defeat of the old enemy, Manchester G.S. This was a fitting cfimax to two years' bard training and most enjoyable football, for which I thank the entire team wholeheartedly. At the same t ime, a special debt of grat i tude is owed to Peter Fairh urst, the captain , and Alan Upton, the v ice­captain, for the way they performed their respective d uties.

We were all very sorry that Roger Bryan , the goalkeeper, h as left the school-doubtless when we next play Stand G.S. we wi ll be sorrier still . H is d istribution started a large percentage of our successful attacks and h is saves, if occasionally unorthodox, certainly prevented many goals.

The summary of results reads as follows : P 1 5 W 1 3 L2 Goals for 82 ; aga inst 24.

The following have represented the School regula rly: Fair-

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hurst, U pton, Brya . . , .rlowskill, Ainsworth, Baron, Young (C.), Young (A.), Marsden, Hart, Morris, Addison, Mason.

We also challenged the U- 1 4 Xl to a friendly match. This was a most exciting game, which we eventually lost 4-2, honour thus bei ng sati sfied on both sides.

I w ish the team every success next year, and hope their con­d uct on and off the field will conti nue to be such as befits our School. r

T.P .B .

UNDER - 12 X I

After Christmas the team remained unbeaten for the rest of the season and retained the Clarence Walton Trophy at Ewood, winning 3-2 after a very excit ing match wi th St. Mary's Sec. Mod.

, At the start of the season we had to contend w ith very bad weather and the resulting heavy grounds but the team settled down very well and in fact seemed to enjoy the m ud. After Christmas, S im pson and Bolton appeared permanently in the forward l ine and provided most of the fire power, but a word must be said for the defence which i n 10 matches only conceded 5 goals, 3 i n the first match. I n the 1 0 games played the record was 38 goals to 5 again st --an excellent performance. The boys played very well together as a team and were well led by their capta in John Harwood, a tower of strength i n the heavy going. Towards the season's end, some of the more forthright were getting even bigger "bonuses."

The record went as follows :­Away. v. Tech. Wqn 4-3. Home. v: St. Mary's Sec.-Mod. Won 5-0. Home. v. Shadsworth. Won 2-l . Away. v. Audley. Won 2-0. Home. v. Accrington Road. Won 3-0. Away. v. St. Mary Sec.-Mod. Won 4-0. Home. v. Bangor Street. Draw 1 - 1 . Away. v . St. Alban's. Won 1 0-0. Away. v . St. Peter's. Won 4-0. Home. v. Witton . Won 3-0.

Simpson ",::as top scorer with 1 5 goals and Bolton runner-up with 1 2. The School was usually represented by WaIsh, Morris, Wynne, Schofield , Harwood, Churchill, Sumner, Fletcher, Simpson, Rogerson, Bolton . Others were K idson, Dodds, Bi rd, Lawson, Ormerod, Mather, Wallace and Shepherd.

During the term we gained revenge over Hayward Schools and Manchester G.S. for earlier defeats, winn ing 5-4 and 4-0 respectively.

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Finally, 1 wish to congratulate the whole team and reserves on their splendid effort and thank them for making my first excursion into team running such a successful and enjoyable one. D uring the season we had one exceptionally faIthful spectator, Waite, who was always present to encourage or to do any task asked of h im.

All that remains i s to wish the team every success i n the future.

J .W.

SWIMMING CLUB

U NFORTUNATELY this year we have been unable to swim as often as we would h ave liked. We have h ad only three swim­

ming matches against other sChools. The first was against Bolton School very early i n this academic year, and we were beaten in the competition by :>4 Ipoints to 32 points. After more than one-and-a­half terms without competition we met Hutton Grammar School on J une 3rd, and were again heavily defeated as several of our boys were unable to attend.

We have had the consolation, however, of winning our two water polo matches, 3-2 against Bolton, and 9-3 versus Hutton.

It is with great pleasure that 1 welcome Mr. R. lones to the club. He has shown a great interest in the training of our swimmers and has been an undoubted asset to our "boys" polo team.

The third and final swim h is year was in the Northern Public Schools' Swimming Championships, held at Leeds Grammar School on l une 1 0th. The result was most gratifying. This year we were the only school, out of the eight taking part, who has not a swimming bath of its own. Despite this handicap, which shows not only i n the swimming, but also in the general fitness of the boys, this was our record:-

We gained a place in the final of both the Free-style Medley Squadrons in the senior age group, and in t he Colts competition swam in the final of the Free-style but were beaten by 0.9 secs. in the Medley Squadron heats. Congratulations to the team.

Up to now we have not had the opportunity of a llowing the boys to take their Life Saving Examina tions, and it seems that we must now wait u ntil next Term, unless we can squeeze them i n after tbe Sohool examinations. I f i t m ust be taken in the year I hope more boys wi l l tak e the opportunity of safeguarding their own l ives and of being i n a position to h el p their fellows.

One thing I m ust stress here. We have many boys will ing to join the Swimming Club or the Life Saving Club, but who are not willing to devote t ime to serious, hard tra ining on their games afternoons, or at the Friday Swi mm ing Glub session .

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�be ®l� :tBlackburniatt A Review and Reminder of

Old Boys' Activities BY OLD BOYS FOR OLD BOYS

OFFICERS President : L O R D J U STICE O R M E R O D .

HOII. Secretary : M R. H . BURROWS, Preston New Road, Blackburn.

Hon. Treasurer : MR. R. B. SMITH, 5, Granvilk Road, Blackburn.

Chairman of Commit/ee : M R. G. N. FORBES.

Vice-Chairman : MR. E. C. M A RSDEN.

Sub-Committee Secretaries : At hle t i c : M R. W. K. FORBES.. Dinner : M R. H . BURROWS.

Football : MR. W. LAZENBY. Social : M R. A. EASTHAM. Editor : MR. W. H. PROcrOR.

OBITUARY

HENRY WIDTI'AKER (1884-1961)

1 am very glad to have been asked to write a few words about the late Mr. Wh ittaker. for he was a man who served h is fellows in a remarkable number of ways, and of whose friendshi p one was entitled to feel proud . It is, in one sense a t least, appropriate that I should £10 so, for 1 believe that I may claim a n association going back further than any except h is fam ily a nd i mmediate friends, for it was, ] believe, in my late father's office that Mr. Whittaker commenced h is professional career, before he was articled to the late Sir Lewis Beard .

There can have been few men i n Blackburn in recent years who have served the commun ity in so many and varied ways, and

whi le many of these activit ies have been referred to elsewhere, I think, that in addition to them all was h i s abi l jty to serve by getting others to serve also. and th is is a rare g ift. It would be i mpossible, and i ndeed invidious, to claim which was h is first i n terest, but in th is context, one must place h is old school at the forefront. So much of h is work and h is gifts in th i s direction are known to al l boys and old boys of the School, that I do not th ink I need dwell on them, and ] wi l l content myself with referring to a few of h i s

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other act iv i t ies which brought me into contact with him. I t was i n 1 939 that Henry Wh ittaker felt that B lackburn

Y.M.C.A. had fallen far below the standard that it ought to main­ta in , and he was able to gather round h im a number of the ablest men of the town, forming a Board that put the Y.M.C.A . on its feet again , enabl ing i t to do yeoman service to the troops during the last war, and to the youth of the town since. I ndeed, on the last occasion I met Mr. Wh ittaker, he was expressing in very tangible form h is i nterest in i ts work.

I n 1 947 Mr. Wh i ttaker was one of the leaders in the organisa­tion of a great meeting in K ing George's Hall, addressed by the late Sir Stafford Cripps on the necessity of the application by the Christian layman of h is Christian ity i n daily l ife, and i t was typical of h is depth of v ision, that while h is poli tical v iews were far removed from those of S ir Stafford, yet he could see in the other a s incere attempt to put Christian ity into practice in a way that is sadly lacking, i n general, in our public l ife.

As the surv iv ing original trustee of the Samlesbury Hall Trust, and its cha irman for many years, he not only d id as much as anyone for the original move to preserve the Hall, but by his continued i nterest , he was always able to provide speakers for the meetings of the Friends of Samlesbury and producers and actors for the Little Plays wh ich have delighted the Friends for so many years.

On a more personal note, on returning to my profession at the end of the war, I was often and greatly helped to get the some­what rusty machinery of my mind going again, by h i s advice and encouragement.

And, beyond all this, he was a " character." Knowing h is sense of fun, I feel certain that he would not w ish me to omit th is part of h is make-up, nor to deny that he cultivated this " character." His str iking appearance was part of this, as also was h i s resemblance to one of Mr. T. S . Eliot's practical cats : , And when you th ink he's half-asleep, He's always wide awake." Henry-for so all who k new of h im, thought of h i m-leaves a gap i n the l ife of the School and the Town wh ich cannot be filled, and it behoves us who follow on to learn from, and, as we may, emulate h is example.

DISCE PRODESSE

WILLlAM HARE S ENIOR

( 1879-1 961)

E. C. M.

I t is with deep regret that we announce the death of Mr. W ill iam Hare, Senior, former Chairman of Governors. An appre· ciation of h is l ife and work appears elsewhere in th i s issye.

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PETER H OLDEN

< 1922-1961)

Mr. Peter Holden, legal' adViiser to the Sassoon Banking Organ isation , Nassau. Bahamas, died in early J une, at the age of 39 years.

After leaving school he was articled to Messrs . J. W. Hollows, and Co. He qualified LI .B . in J 942. He entered the admin istrative d iv is ion of the Civil Service and became principal w i th the M inistry of Labour. Later he was private secretary to Mr. Harold Watki nson, then President of the Board of Trade.

Wh ile v isit ing the Bahamas more than five years ago, he was inv ited to take up the position he held until h i s death .

Mr. Holden leaves a widow and three ch ildren to all of whom we extend our sincerest sympathies.

LETTERS FROM THE UNIVERSITIES

To the Editor of the " Blackburnian."

20th JUNE, 1961. DEAR SIR,

The h ighlight of the term was the Annual Oxford Old Black­burnians' Dinner, which was held in the d in ing-hall of Balliol on Friday, May 5th. We were pleased to have with us the Head­master, Colonel Robinson, W. Hare, Esq., and the Editor of the " Even ing Telegraph ." M r. T. P. Watson. We were very sorry indeed to hear that il lness had prevented Mr . Collier from making the journey .

Once more the end of the Academic Year i s w i th us, the Commems are over, and the th ird year men have left Oxford's cloistered atmosphere for the cruel word in which they will pursue their careers. We wish them all the very best of luck. Unfor­tunately, our losses again outweigh our gains (at least n umerically) and we once more exhort the school not lo be lax or remiss in sending its best talent up for exams. To those com ing up n ext year, or preparing for the following year's entrance exams, we wish the very best of luck.

We remain, Yours sincerely,

O.B.'s (Oxford).

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DEAR SIR,

LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY. 20th JUNE, 1 96 1 .

Our h itherto somewhat scanty quota of Old Boys, which numbered two, namely Mr. Leeming and Mr. R obinson, has been increased over the past academic year with the coming up of Messrs. Wh ittle, Morley, Parkinson, Whiteside and Edmundson .

At a dinner held during the early part of the year, to which Mr. Shaw, a graduate of Liverpool University, was invited, the subject of an Old Boys' Association was broached. Nothing as yet seems to have materialised from the discussion but develop­ments may occur during the next session .

On the l ighter s ide, the Old Boys played a constructive part in the annual Rag Week with Mr. Whiteside playing a leading role in the men's cycle hockey match and Mr. Edmundson supporting a coach load of 203 passengers (beneath the back seat). The R ag Procession was banned !

Mr. Whiteside has at last forsaken two-wheeled transport in favour of four-much to the despair of his bank manager and Mr. Parkinson may now be seen accompanied by a member of the fair sex, suitably befitting h is stature.

As a whole the past year has been a happy success and we may perhaps look forward next year to the emergence of yet another branch of the O:d Boys' Association from the Merseyside murk.

DEAR SIR,

Yours faithfully, TH E OLD BOYS OF LIVERPOOL U N I VERSITY .

LEEDS UNIVERSITY, LEEDS, 2.

As is usual during the examination period human life is in a state of suspended an imation, the only evidence of l ife being pale­faced Old Blackburn ians, alternating between cyn ical j ocularity and frank terror. The yearly ritual is now, h owever, almost com­pleted, and some ind iv iduals are to be found crawling towards typewritten sheets bearing their names with suitable inscriptions, e.g. F irst Class Honours. Pass or Fail . A hurried glance is usually sufficient to confirm one's worst fears or unfounded h opes.

And suddenly it's R ag ! This is not only a means of revenge on the University of Leeds for injury infl icted during the previous session, nor merely an attempt to persuade the ancient City of Leeds to let i ts ,omewhat grimy hair down, but i t does some pos itive work in providing much needed money for local charities, e.g. a Children's Outing was organised last Sunday to give children from one of the slum areas of Leeds a picnic on I lk ley M�or under

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the auspices of Christian Act ion and R ag Committee-and the slums i n Leeds are well worth a v isit , to reveal .the d isgust ing squalor still evident i n big c it ies. The streets aren't even wide enough for a Rolls Royce to drive through !

The k ind of stunt the R ag is organ ising include pie-eating competit ions, a continuous filibustering contest in the town centre, a water-battle, a revue at the City Varieties, and, of course, the procession on R ag Day i tself.

Look ing forward to a long vacation.

DEAR SIR,

Yours s incerely, O. B'S ( Leeds).

LETI'ERS TO THE EDITOR

ALEXANDRA GRAMMAR SCHOOL, PROSTON ROAD,

SINGAPORE. 3 rd J UNE, 1 96 1 .

M uch as I a m tempted to give you int imate detai ls of the private l ives of all O.B.'s i n Singapore, of their nocturnal rambles in Chinatown or of mysterious weekends at the Naval Base (our Boat Club) . . . May I j ust say that P.S.C. Maudsley left for the U.K. earlier in the year and R. P. Wild ing is returning home some­t ime in June.

On reflection, I think that those " newsy " letters from the Universities were far easier to write than th is. Where should I start � Singapore i s-as the guide books say-the meeting place of East and West, but so is Hong Kong. S ingapore is i ndepen­dent and, as today i s I n dependence - or Merdeka - Day, that should be a topical beg in ning.

Independence has a glorious sound these days-no less so for Singapore. Apparently, i t will be a happy day for the Singa­porians when they see the back of the last Army truck and wave goodbye to the last mi l i tary a ircraft, despite the crushing blow to her economy. Although colon ial ism is a d irty word, it is only the colonial who can afford the cameras, tape-recorders a nd expen­sive triv ial ia ; the Singapore people cannot; tourists are com­paratively few and Hong K ong is a more attractive shopping centre. L ittle thought i s being given to the considerable number of Singapore c itizens employed techn ically by the Armed Forces or to the amahs (servants) and cookboys employed by Service families.

S ingapore hopes to improve her economic posit ion, however, by federation with Malaya. Although this is being smiled on at present by the Malayan Government, Singapore's preponderance of Chinese enough to give them a majority over the whole

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Federat ion-must be a great obstacle. The situation is made more pressing by the tremendous rate at which the island's population is growing. I n a few years' t ime, the Bri t ish must be asked to leave, to give up their considerable portions of the island; i n several more years, the Singaporians m ust march into M alaya; there will be no more room. 1 46 c i t izens were born today, i n one hospital. I magine the I sle of Wight w ith 1 ,600,000 people on it, and you h ave a picture of present-day Singapore.

Yet Singapore is a h istoric island, i ts c i ty built out of swamp­land with Brit ish determ ination by Sir Stamford R affles, and the first seeds from which have come the vast rubber plantations of Malaya were grown here at the Botan ical Gardens, and Singapore has many sights to offer the tourist. I asked one of my classes to give me a l i s t of ten things they thought their friends back home would l i ke to v is i t in Singapore-guide book s are so expensive. Some of them had such d ifficulty in enumerating ten worthwhile sights that they even included the Army Ch ildren's Hostel-maybe th is is the tenth wonder of Singapore, or perhaps they m isunder­stood the word " sights."

The shopping centre is a novelty for the first month or so; the i nsistence of the salesmen, the " personal " service C" For you, Tuan, a special price . . . ' ) , the conspiratorial habits , the great satis­faction in acqu iring a barga in, the inevitable disillusionment. The Chinese quarter is, of course, more colourful , more insistent, has more habits and many varieties of ' fl ied lice.' The most ' un­British ' thing in Singapore i s Sago Lant which consists of a row of old houses to which old people are brought if they show any sign of dying, and in which they are abandoned. Needless to say, a row of undertakers is on the opposite side. There is no tele­v ision in S ingapore to keep the old folks smiling; this is better than Bedlam.

Th is government has done much to clean the city in many ways and the torrential downpours, candidly, help. But there is, about Singapore. an ind ifference, a languor wh ich is almost part of the climate.

" Why bother to clean the room; it wiIJ get dirty again ?" " Why bother to warn the police of the k idnap of some rich

towkay ; it might mean trouble ?" '( Why bother ?" Occasionally. we do bother to go out to the beach at Changi

or across the Causeway to Johore Bahru. We have not been to the off-shore islands for a picn ic, but the scenery is very pleasant at all these places; water-snakes are the main drawback, pre­cluding swimming. Singapore has private swimm ing clubs and Army pools, however, which prov ide first-rate faci l i t ies and tepid water such as you dream of, back in England . We were unnerved when we first saw two-year-olds d iving and jumping into the water far from father's hands. but the ch ildren swim l ik e fish out here, much to my shame.

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It is much to my shame, too, that I have rambled on for so long.

Our best wishes to yourself, S ir, and to all at School, Yours,

O.B .'s (Singapore).

THE LONDON BRANCH DINNER A very pleasant evening of good fellowship was enjoyed by

about fifty Old B Iackburnians and guests on April 22nd when the London Branch of the Old Blackburnians' Association held its Annual Dinner at the " Duke of York " restaurant in Victoria Street, London.

A smaller party of Branch members had met earlier in the day at Craven Cottage, Fulham, to see the Fulham v. Blackburn R overs game and the larger m uster began to assemble for the evening's Dinner at the " Duke of Y ork " from 6-30 p .m. onwards.

After an enjoyable hour of personal re-unions, many of us meeting again old school friends for the first time in over a quarter of a century, the party moved in to d inner which was presided over by Mr. H. Brogden, the Branch Chai rman . The Chairman's grace preceded an excellent dinner and was followed by h is ask ing the company to join him in the Loyal Toast.

Mr . Brogden then asked for the indulgence of the company to allow a few minutes for the formalities of the Branch Annual General Meeting to be completed. This business was fin ished in very l ittle time and the Chairman then called upon Mr. E. B . Norman, the Branch Secretary, to propose the toast to " The Guests."

Mr. Norman began by saying how very pleased he was to perform this duty particularly as the guests for the most part represented the bond between the Branch members and their many friends in Blackburn. [ t further pleased him in that as the Branch Secretary he had sent the invi tat ions to these people and it had been most gratify ing to receive not only their replies of wil l ing acceptance but also to read the very k ind things they had to say about the London Branch.

Mr. Norman enumerated all the guests, mentioning first the Headmaster and saying how delighted the Branch was that he had continued to show his interest in i ts affairs by again mak ing the long journey from Black burn to be present. The other guests welcomed and thanked were: Messrs. G. N . Forbes, Chairman of the Old Blackburnians' Assoc iation ; C. R. Davies, V ice-Chairman of Governors; H. K ing, of the School Teaching Staff who is the Branch Liaison Officer; H. Burrows, the Secretary of the Old Blackburnians' Parent Association, and A. Fryars. " To all these gentlemen," Mr. Norman said, " on behalf of the London Branch of the Association 1 offer a hearty welcome and sincere thanks for

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their k indness i n travelling all the way from Lancashire to join us at our Annual Dinner." To the final guest Mr. Norman said: " Although not from Blackburn we have a special welcome tonight for Mr. Arthur M ontagnon, known to many Old Blackburnians as , M anty.' 1t is a pleasure to see him with us and J hope he is enjoy­ing renewing old assoc iations which go back to the years 1 9 1 9 to 1 924 when he was OD the teach ing Staff at School."

, Mr. Norman closed h i s remarks by reading the apologies for absence sent to h im, and passed on to the company the many kind expressions of good wishes for a happy and successful evening which accompanied each apology. These were from Sir B. Ormerod, M r. ' Arthur Holden, Prof. Gordon Manley, Lt.-Col. J . Whitaker, Messrs. R . Haworth, H . L. Schollick , H. T. Langworth , S. R. Cave, P. Bolton, A. Sandford. B. Eddleston and R. K endal.

Mr. G. N. Forbes rose to respond to the toast of " The Guests " and said how pleased he was to be present and how very much he was enjoyi ng h imself. He referred to the sad death of Mr. Henry Whittaker and said that h is passing was a grievous loss to the Old Blackburnians' Association as well as to the School. Mr. Forbes reminded the company that he had taken over h i s present office of Chairman of the Assoc iation from Henry Whi ttaker and said that he h ad always been a real friend to all Old Blackburn ians and had maintained a keen interest in the Associat ion's activities. Mr . Forbes also referred with gratitude to the support given to h im and h i s fellow officers by the Headmaster and said that the co-operation between the School and the O.B .'s Association had never been better. Finally, Mr . Forbes thanked the London Branch on behalf of h is fellow guests for the invitation to the Dinner a nd wished the Branch every success in the future.

Mr. Brogden in proposing the toast to "The School " humorously commented that even for Headmasters ofi Schools one's old School always held pride of place in an Old Boy's affections and there was a lways a wish to remain associated with it through Old Boys' organ isations. He always tends to remain of the first conviction that h i s old School i s never as good today as when he hi mself was a pupil there and the School Cricket and football teams can't possibly be as good as when he hi mself played for them. Mr. Brogden did, however, concede that such opinions are probably very much biased by sentiment and that fortunately comparison is i mpossible. Mr. Brogden ended by saying bow very pleased he was to see Mr. K emball -Cook present at the Dinner and was very happy indeed to couple his name with the toast of School as under h i s headmastershi p Queen Elizabeth's Blackburn was obviously maki ng great progress and could stand comparison now i n all respects with any previous era.

The Headmaster rose to respond and thanked Mr. Brogden for h i s remarks and the Branch for their k ind invitation to their

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Annual Di nner. He said it was a pleasure for h i m to see such a thriving Branch of the Association so far away from School and he hoped that other districts would follow the lead from London and be inspired to inaugurate their own Branch Associations. The Headmaster referred to the recent sad death of Mrs. Arthur Holden and Mr. Henry Whittaker and said that in M rs. Holden's pass ing he felt the loss of a real friend who had been very k i nd to h i m from the t ime he first came to Blackburn to take over the position her husband had held with such d istinction for so many years.

In the later and more recent death the Headmaster said the School's loss of its Chairman of Governors wa� tragic i ndeed and left a vacancy which at the moment appeared almost impossible adequately to fill. He proceeded to pay tri bute to the genuine affection Mr. Henry Whittaker had for h is old School and referred to h is many benefactions from which the School had profited for many years. Mr. Whittaker had shown a tireless and persistent energy in pursuing any project to i mprove the School's amenities. The Headmaster said how very pleased he was t!lat Mr. Wh ittaker had been spared long enough to enjoy the wonderful even ing in Big School on December 1 7th last when the Association presented to h im his own portrai t and to hear from Mr. Whittaker h imself how much he had enjoyed reading the full report of the occasion i n the last issue of the " Blackburnian."

The Headmaster concluded by wishing continued success to the London Branch and looked forward to meet ing i ts members on future occasions.

With the conclusion of the speeches the assembly broke up to regroup into more informal parties as members and friends mingled to revive old associations. This happy convivial atmosphere per­s isted until 1 1 -30 p.m. when the party reluctantly drifted out i n twos and threes onto the London pavements with many promises heard of " Here's to the next t ime."

A full l ist of members and guests attend ing is appended below but before proceeding to it the writer feels that it would be the wish of everyone attending the Dinner that special mention should be made of one d istinguished Old Boy, Professor T. Pomfret K ilner, who, although i t is over half a century since he left School, is a fully paid up member of the Branch and made the comparatively long journey from Oxford to attend the Dinner. How pleased we all were to have h im with us and how much those fortunate enough to be seated near to h im at d inner enjoyed his witty conversation.

BRA NCH MEMBERS A TTENDING

1. Barlow ( 1 92 1 -26) ; D. Briggs ( 1 920-26); G . Boothman ( 1 925-33); H. Brogden ( 1 9 1 8-27); 1 . H. Butterfield ( 1 937-45) ; S. B. Challen ( 1 935-40) ; F. Coggins ( 1 926-3 1 ) ; L. Eckersall ( 1 934-43) ; S. M . Edwardson ( 1 936-4 1 ) ; J . D . Foster ( 1 9 1 8-27); T . G ibson ( 1 9 1 8-24) ;

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T. Hargreaves ( 1 925-31); N. Hargreaves ( 1 93 1 -38) ; T. S. H arris ( L 934-39) ; N. T. Holden ( 1 925-28 ) ; T. Holden ( 1 9 1 9-24) ; A. J. Holt ( 1 923-26) ; R . l sherwood ( 1939-45) ; T. P. K ilner ( 1 903-07) ; K. M . Knott ( 1 943-50) ; J . Lee ( 1 925-33 ) ; J . R . M altby ( 1 948-52); J . H. Margerison ( 1 933-40) ; H . M argerison ( 1 9 1 9-23 ) ; D. V. M audsley ( 1 950-59) ; P. N . Mercer ( 1 947-58) ; D. W. Mould i ng ( 1 946-53 ) ; E. B . Norman ( 1 923-28 ) ; R. F. Norris ( 1 933-38)'; C. R . D. Priestland ( 1 948-59) ; N. R adley ( 1 932-38) ; W. Sanderson ( 1 923-28) ; G. Smith ( 1 934-39) ; L . G. Soady ( 1 926-36) ; F. A. Stonhouse ( 1 9 1 9-23); T. E . Tomlinson ( 1 939-46) ; F. Tyson ( 1 924-3 I ) ; J . E. Farley ( 1 933-4 1 ) ; H. Wi lkinson ( 1 936-40).

GUESTS G. N . Forbes ; H . K ing, H . Burrows, A. Fryars.

GUESTS (NOT O.B.'s) B. H . K embaIJ-Cook, C. R . Davies, A. Montagnon.

OXFORD OLD BLACKS' ANNUAL DINNER

Mr. T. P . Watson, editor of the " Evening Telegrapb," was the guest of honour at the twenty-sixth annual d inner of the Oxford Old Blackburnians' Association, which was held by candlelight in the hall of Balliol College, Oxford, on Friday, 5th M ay.

The din ner, organised by the secretary, Mr. C. D. W. Wilk inson, was attended by 19 members and guests, and the party from Blackburn consisted of the Headmaster, Mr. W. Hare, chairman of the Governors, Alderman R . H . G. Home, and Col. G. N . Robinson, clerk to the Governors. Mr. L. D. Coll ier, senior modern languages master, was unable eo attend through i llness and sent a message of regret. Mr . P . Mercer represented the London O.B.'s Associat ion.

The loyal toast was proposed by the Association's president, Mr. J. D. McLean, and M r. A . L. W. F. Eddleston proposed "The School," to which the Headmaster repl ied.

Mr. T. E . Sharratt proposed "The Guests " and in responding Mr. Watson outli ned sign ificant trends in present-day journalism and described the i mportant role played by the Press in local affai rs. Mr. Watson proposed a toast to " The Association," and the president replied.

Other members who attended the d in ner were: Mr. J. D . Haworth (vice-president), M r. B . Wi lson (treasurer), Prof. T . P . Ki lner, Dr. F. R idehalgh, the Rev. S. B i rtwell , M r. M. Beetham, Mr. G. Haymes, and Mr . D. Shaw.

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FORMATION OF R EGIONAL ASSOCIATION OF OLD BOYS

Following the lead of London and Liverpool Old Boys and encouraged by the Headmaster's views on this subject, no doubt, K. Charnley, who was at School from 1 927 to 1 933, writes tOo say he would be willing to form a regional Associat ion of Q.E.G.S. Old Boys in the B lackpool area. He feels there i s a considerable number of members of the Parent Association resident in Black­pool area and he would be glad to k now of their addresses and hear their v iews on the matter. He antic ipates a good response and we for our part will be glad to have news of a ny activit ies if such a regional association is formed.

Mr. Charnley's address is :-K. Charoley, Esq., 563, Devonshire Road,

B ispham, Blackpool.

OLD BLACKBURNIANS' A.F.e.

The Club recently completed a successful season overall, and the 1 st Xl, whose leadi ng goalscorer was D. L. Stevenson with 1 3 goals, PI . 40, Won 18 , Drew 5 , Lost 1 7, For 78, Against 75, and finished in 1 0th position.

The 2nd team PI 3 1 , W 1 3, D 3, L 1 5 , F 84, A 74, finished in 8th place, and S. F. Moy le with 1 3 goals, was their leading scorer.

The 3rd XI finished runners-up to Old Famworthians, and i n a record of PI 28, W 2 1 , D 2, L 5, F 1 41 , A 4 1 , M. T. J . Bolton got no fewer than 33 goals-a grand performance.

The 4th team had probably the best record of the Club's teams in fin ishing 4th-against mostly 3rd X I s; and F. Shuttleworth scored 24 t imes. They PI 29, W 1 7, D 2, L 1 0, F 1 35, A 73.

The most successful Easter Tour (from a results point of v iew) was aga i n 'he ld i n West Cumberland, and all 3 games were won . The occasion was outstanding social ly and several members' golf was also noticed to i mprove.

The Club once more owe a tremendous debt to their Ladies' Committee, who have cont inued providing wonderful refresh­ments at Lammack on match days; as wen as all their work on the special occasions such as the Coffee Morni ng, J umble Sale, and Bring and Buy Sale.

Looking forward to next season, members are a lready in t ra in ing on Thursday evenings at Lammack, and are doing a 2·hour stint under the watchful eye of Mr. H . Fish, to whom the Club owe their thanks. N ew Committee members are Messrs. M. T. 1 . Bolton and E. L. R ihl1 , whilst Mr. K . V. Newton returns after completing h is National Service.

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Any footballers Jeaving Schoo.l this year are offered a cordial welcome to continue their soccer with the Old Boys' Club, and should let the Hon. Secretary (W. Laze nby, 80, WaIter Street) know: or Mr. Raby or Mr. K i ng at School .

Future dates to note on the social calendar, are as fol lows :­Friday, 21st Ju1y: Holiday Flannel Dance, Locarno Ballroom. Thursday, 17th Aug.: Car Treasure Hunt, Lammack, 6-30. Friday, 22nd Sept.: Start-of-Season Dance, Locarno Ballroom. Tuesday, 17th Oct.: Hot- Pot, Lammack, 6-30. Friday, 3rd Nov.: Dance, Samlesbury Hall. Friday, 15th Dec.: Xmas Dance, Locarno Bal lroom.

Tickets for a ny of the above, may be obtained from the office of Mr. F. A . Astley, 3, R ichmond Terrace, or from any member of the Committee.

L i\ NCASH I R E A M ATEUR LEAGUE-NORTHERN SECI'ION INCLUDING FI NAL TABLES

DIV. l PI . W.

Bla'ck pool R angers 30 2 1

Broughton Amateurs 30 2 1

Old Rivingtonians 30 1 9

Blackburn Tech. College . . . . . . . . . 30 1 9

Morecambe G.S.O.B. . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 1 7

Ainsdale H.P. 30 1 6

South port Amateurs 30 1 4

Burnley G .S.O.B. 30 1 3

Old Sladians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 1 3 Old Blackburnians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 1 2 Hesketh Casuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 1 3

Bolton C.G.S.O.B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 1 2

Burnley Belvedere 30 1 2 Preston G .S.O.B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 7 Fulwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 5

Old Farnworthians . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 4

Old Sladians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Broughton Amateurs . . . . . . . . . . . . Old Farnworthiasn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SouthpOI11: Amateurs . . . . . . . . . . . . Burnley Belvedere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blackpool Rangers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Old Rivingtonians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Old Blackburnians . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preston G.S.O.B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Burnley G.S.O.B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Morecambe G .S.O.B. . . . . . . . . . . . . Blackburn Tech. College . . . . . . . . . Bolton C.G.S.O.B . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fulwood Ainsdale H.P. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hesketh Casuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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30 20 30 1 9

30 1 8 30 1 7

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3 8 76 60

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DIY. 3 Pi. W. D. L. F. A. Pts

Old Farnworthians "A" 28 26 1 1 1 5 3 34 53 Old Blackburnians

"A" 28 2 1 2 5 142 4 1 44 Blackburn Tech. College 28 1 5 6 7 95 58 36 Old Blackburnians "B" 28 1 6 2 1 0 130 72 34 Bolton C.G.S.O.B. " A" . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 1 5 3 1 0 94 77 33 Burnley G .S.O.B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 13 6 9 101 9 1 32 Old Sladians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 1 4 3 1 1 106 66 3 1 South port Amateurs . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 1 4 2 1 2 9 1 73 30 Ai nsdale H . P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 1 1 4 1 3 80 82 26 Fulwood "A" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 1 1 2 1 5 7 3 1 1 0 24 Old Farnworthians "B" 28 10 0 1 8 8 1 1 1 7 20 Hesketh Casuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 8 3 1 7 6 1 1 34 1 9 Preston G.S.O.B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 8 2 1 8 84 1 07 1 8 Fulwood " B" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 6 2 20 56 139 1 4 Bolton C.G.S.O.B. " 8" 28 2 2 24 44 1 90 6

THE ANNUAL GOLF COMPETITION

The Annual Old BIack burnians' Association Golf Competi­tion was held at Wilpshi re on Wednesray, the 7th J une, 1 96 1 , wben there were 35 entries.

The Capta in , Mr. F. L. Askew, presented the prizes. The J udge Walmysley Cup for tbe best nett score was won

by E. R. Holden witb a return of 83- 1 5-68 and the runner-up was R. Speak with 85- 1 7-68. A play-off of cards decided tbe winner at the 1 9th hole.

The Sir Gilbert Gerrard Cup for the best score was won by E. C. Jones with a return of 74.

The 1 962 Competion will be played at Blackburn on Wed­nesday,6th J une, 1 962.

KEN FOR BES,

TREASU R E HUNT

The Old Black burnians' treasure hunt was held on Th ursday, May 1 1 th . It was a fine, sunny evening as 19 cars set off on the 38 mile course, wh ich took them round the R ibble Valley. The fin ish was at the School where refreshments were enjoyed whilst the results were checked. Prizes were awarded to the first three competitors. This was a successful event and will be repeated each year in May. Our thanks are extended to Mr. J . Bolton who so efficiently devised the course.

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OLD BOYS' AWARDS, APPOINTMENTS AND SUCCESSES

We would agai n congratulate all Old Boys of t he School who have distinguished themselves since our last i ssue. M ay we res­pectfully point out that only a few of the Universities' Honours and Pass l ists are available at the time of going to press and that we shaH make a full statement of academic successes i n the December edit ion of " The Blackburnian "?

W M . HARE, M.A . , F.C.A. ( 1 92 1 -30) appointed Chairman of Governors of Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackbum. We are all extremely proud that another eminent Old Boy has i n succession to the late Mr. Henry Whittaker, been appointed to thi s i m portant office so vital to the well-being of the School.

W. BEBB INGTON ( 1 940-47) has been appointed headmaster of St. John's C.E. School, Blackburn.

H. BURROWS ( 1 9 1 3-22) Secretary of this Association and Group Scoutmaster of Woodlands has accepted the position of Deputy County Comm issioner.

T. CHADWICK ( 1 9 1 5- 1 9 ) retired Clitheroe headmaster, has been appointed honorary vice-president of the Lancashire County Association of the N UT. In the 60 years' exis:ence of the Association, this honour has been conferred only on five previous occasions.

P . CRoss ( 1 950-53) has passed the final examination of the Law Society.

H . FIELD ( 1 936-40) headmaster of St. M ichael's C.E. Primary School has been appointed Senior Mathematics Master at Ashby-de-la-Zouch Grammar School.

W. GREATOREX (J 932-37) has written the script for the docu­mentary, " After the Crash," which was screened on B .B .C. Television i n April . R eaders will remember his book " Arnhem," in Association with Major-General Urquhart and " Diamond Fever," the factual account of a search for fortune i n S . America.

C. F. KEMP ( 1 94 1 -45) has been appointed Chief Assistant in the treasurer's department of Eston Urban District Counci l .

J . B. LEEMING ( 1 95 1 -58) has graduated B.Sc. ( 1 st Class Hons. Zoology, Liverpool University).

J . C. MARSHALL ( 1 949-59) has won a scholarsh ip i n anatomy valued at £200 at Manchester University.

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H. MAYMAN, B.A., L.R.A.M. ( 1 932-40) conducted the Festival of Massed Choirs, with the West R id ing Orchestra, at the tenth annual music festival held in Doncaster during May.

T. NAISBY, M.A. ( 1 92 J -28) Ch ief Announcer of the B .B .C.'s Nor­thern R egion, has acted as narrator for the Gaumont British colour film of the wedding of H . R . H . the Duke of Kent and Miss Katharine Worsley.

J . C. PILLlNG ( J 948-56) graduated B.A. (Mechanical Sciences Tripos-3rd Class Trin ity College, Cambridge).

W. S IMM, M.A. , ( 1 9 1 9-25) received the O .B.E. in the Queen's Birth­day Honours List.

M AJOR H. SMITH R.A.S.C. (T.A.) ( 1 93 1 -36) has been promoted Lieut­Colonel on assuming command of 42 (Lancs.) Div. / Dis. CoIn . R .A.S.C. (T.A.)

DR. J . K . TYLER, B.Sc. , Ph.D. ( 1 948-54) has been awarded a post­doctorate fellowshi p by the National Research Council of Canada. He will go to Canada in the A utumn to begin research work in physics and physical chemistry at the Council's Ottawa laboratories.

H. WOOLLEY, C.B.E. ( 1 9 1 9-23 ) has been re-elected President of the National Fan ners' Union.

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