1974 The Taranakian

THE T ARAN AI(IA N

The Magazine of the New Plymouth Boys' High School

Vol. 63 December,

No.l 1974

Contents ...

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New Plymouth Boys' High School BOARDING BLAZER

IN THE

1970s

AWARDS

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CHA LET CLASSROOM-A Person al Vi ew

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EXAMINATION RESULTS

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FEES AND TERMS 1975

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OLD BOYS' SECTION ....

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ORIGINAL CON TRIB UTIONS

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PRIZE-G IVIN G 1973

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RETIREMENT AND STAFF CHANGES SCHOOL INSTITUTION S THE SCHOO L SCENE 1974 SPORTSAthl etics Badminton an d Table Tenni s Basketball Cricket Gymnastics Hockey Li fesav ing Rowing Rugby Sailing Skiin g Soccer Softball Squash Steeplechase Surfing Swimming Ten ni s Tramp in g Volleyball

BOARD OF GOVE~NORS

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CADETS

CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES Astro nomy Bridge Club Chalet Class room Chess Christ ian Youth Group Drama Film Club Interact Lib rary Music Outdoor Pursits Pare nt-Teacher Association Stamp Club Whistle

ESTABLISHED 1882

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W. M. SPEDDING , Esq. (Chairman) J. S. PUTT , Esq . (Deputy Cha irm an) B. S. BELLRINGER , Esq .

A. 0. MASTERS, Esq .

M. T. BRACEGIRDLE , Esq.

D. V. MILES , Esq .

Ven . Archdeacon G. A . BUTT

A. M . MOSS, Esq.

Mrs . D. FOSTER

0. G. SOLE, Esq .

Mrs. I. P. GR EI G Secretary and Tre asu rer: W. A . CONNOR.

--*-STAFF Headmaster: G. R. CRAMOND, M.A. (Hons.)

Deputy Headmaster: J. A . CLOUSTON , A. I.A .A.E .

J. S. Hathe rl y, M.A. (N.Z.), Dip. Ed . (London), Cert.

L' ln stitut de Phon etique (Langu ages) R. E. R. Pen ney, E.D ., B.A. , Dip . Ed. (Part-tim e) P. C. Hugget, Adv . Tr . Cert. Engineeri ng) R. W. Baunton , M.A. (Hons.) . Dip . Tchg . (History) E. M . Meu li , B.A., Dip . Tchg.

W. R. Halliburton, B.A., Dip. Ed., Dip . Tchg . (English) (On Leave of Absence ) M. C. Carro ll , Tchrs. Cert., A.S .P. E. (Careers) 0 . J. Oats, B.Sc., A .N.Z.I.C. B. H. Barn itt, M.Sc. (Hons .)

E. J. Jennings , Dip . Tchg.

L. V. Giddy, Adv . Tr . Cert., Tchrs. Cert. (Woodwork) N. G. Wright, Tchrs . Cert. (Remed ial Groups) D. F. H. Gush, Adv . Tr . Cert., Hi(lh er Tec h. Tchrs. Cert., Met. Tch s. Cert. (On Leave of Absence) .

J. D. Wh elan, P.M.G . Cert. (London) E. J. Abraha m , D.F.C. , Dip . Tchg. (Social Studies) L. R. Bublitz, B.Sc. (Hon s.), Dip . Tchg . (Biology) W. J. Morton , A .C.A. (Comm erce ) (On Leave of Abse nce) B. E. Rattray, Tchrs . Cert., A.A. H.P.E.R . (Phys . Ed .)

R. E. Brine, B.Sc., Dip . Tchg. (Mathematics) T. P. Kre isler, Dip. F.A. (Hons.). Dip. Tchg ., M.N.Z.S.S.P. (Art) D. J. Mossop, B.Sc . (Hons.), Dip . Tchg .

D. R. Ranger, Tchrs. Cert.

H. R. Lenk, M.A. (N.Z.), Ph.D. (Vienna) (Term I) A . L. Anker, Tchs . Cert.

M . E. Dobson , Adv. Tr . Cert.

J. A. Fulch er , B.Sc. , N.D .A .

B. J. Hurl e, B.E ., B.S c., A.T.C .L. (Science) 路 E. S. A ll ison, O.M. (Vi etnam), Dip . Tchg .

R. Neatherway, Adv. Tr . Cert., Tchrs. Cert.

Mrs. D. M. Baylee, Tchrs . Cert. (Part-time) A. W. Rogers, L.R .S.M., L.T.C.L. (Part-time) K. Burton, F.T.C .L. , L.R.S .M. (Part-time) Mrs . S. Dunga~ . L.R.S.M . (Part-time) K. J. Crawford, M.A. (Hons.), Dip . Tchg .

I. D. Francis , B.Sc. (Hons.), Dip . Tchg .

Mrs. F. Conquest, M.N.Z .S.P. (Part-time)

A. C. Hart , B.Sc. (Bristol), P.G.C.E. (Bath) K. J. Gledh ill , Dip . Tchg .

T. G. Heaps, B.A. (Hons .), Dip. Tchg . (Librarian) G. Lamont, B.A. , Dip . Tchg .

E. Picton , B.Sc. Tech. (Manchester), Cert. Ed .

Mrs. N. P. Mooney, Dip . Syd. A. Mus. A. (Part-time) E. Ormrod (Pa rt-time) T. G. Pri ce, B.Sc . (Hons.) (Liverpoo l) D. H. Bennett, M.A., Dip . Ed ., Dip . Tchg . (Snr. Geography) C. P. Bornet, M.A. (Hons .) (Music) Mrs. I. S. W. Ga ll on, B.A. (Leeds) Miss P. McDonald , Tchrs . Cert.

W. K. Grant, B.A. , Dip. Tchg.

J. Krook, P. B.N .A. N. E. Stone, Tchrs . Cert.

K. R. Smale R. P. Sherwood, B.A. (Term I) A . Blake lock, B.Sc. (Hons .) (London). A.N .C.R.T., P.G.C.E. (From Term Il l) J. C. William s, Cert. Ed . (From Term Il l) R. H. Waters , Cert. Ed . (From Term Ill) K. T. E. Di xo n (Reli ev ing Term 11) A . Bryant (R eli ev in g Term 11) J. Hu gg in s, B.Sc. (Relieving Term 11) M. Newsom e (Relieving Term 11, Ill) Li brary Assistant: Mrs. W. F. McLaughlin Execut ive Officer: W. M . Nowell, A.N.Z.I.M ., A.R.E.I.N .Z. Head master's Secretary: Mrs K. J. Major Masters' Typist: Mrs. D. McCaffrey Matron: Mrs . R. Fernee Ass istant Matrons: Mrs . R. Wright, Mrs. M. McGregor Dining Room Supervisor: Mrs . H. Brown Caretaker: L. W. Nials Carpenter: D. Bishop Groundsmen: S. Revell, N. Giddy, R. Anderson Chap lainsAnglican: The Ven . Archde acon G. A. Butt, L.Th .

Methodist: Th e Rev. W. R. Francis , B.A., B.O. Presbyterian: The Rev . W . T. Woods , B.A. Roman Catho li c: The Rev. Father P. Kerridge

G. ROPER

Head Boy

M. A . HOUSTON

Head Boarder

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THE SCHOOL COUNCIL

Back Row: D. Dreadon, D. Radford , J . Lockwood, B. Ed wards, D. H ; tchin gs, C. Mo lloy (Secretary), P. Somerton.

Middle Row : W. New to n, Mr. B. Rattray, Mr. L. Giddy, Mr. R. Br ine, Mr. D. Mossop, Mr. E. Abraham, Mr. M. Carro ll , B. Reeve.

Front Row : W. Coley, P. Broederlow , G . Roper, Mr . J. Clouston (C ha irman ), M . Houston , M . Opie,

R.

Hill.

THE STAFF 1974

Back Row: Mr. C. Bornet, Mr. K. Sma!e, Mr. I. Francis, Mr. D. Wil liams, Mr. G. Price, Mr . A Hart, Mr. N. Stone, Mr. M. Dobson , Mr. R. Waters, Mr. J. Fu lche r, Mr. M. Carrell.

Th ird Row : Mr . E. Meu li, Mr. Grant, Mr. A. Blakelock, Mr . T. Hea;:ls, Mr. D. Mossop, Mr. R. Nea therway, M.r G. Lament, Mr. J. Krook, Mr. T. Anker, Mr . W. Allison.

Second Row: Mr . 0. J. Oats, Mr. D. Ranger , Mr. D. Whelan, Mr. P. Mr . E. Picton , Mr. M . Newsome, Mr. T.

Kreisler, Mrs.

Huggett,

Mr .

K.

Crawford,

Mr.

B.

Barnitt,

Mr .

Gledhill,

D. Baylee, Mrs. S. Gallc n.

Front Row : Mr. M. l. G iddy , Mr. M. R. Baunt on, Mr. E. Abraham, Mr. L. R. Bublitz, Mr. J. Cloustcn , Mr. G. Cramond, Mr. R. Brine, Mr. B. Rattray , Mr. J. Hat he rl y, Mr. N. W right, Mr. B. Hurle.

Ab sent: Miss P. Macdona ld , Mr. D. Bennett.

SCHOOL INSTITUTIONS

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SCHOOL INSTITUTIONS ACTIVITIES AND MASTERS-IN-CHARGE

Head soy: G. Roper Councillors: Messrs . R. E. Brin e, L. V. Giddy, M . C. Carro ll. E. J. Abraham, D. J. Mossop , B. E. Rattray, J A. Clouston and P. W. Broederlow, W. N. Coley, D. J路. Dreadon , B. S. Edward s , R. A. Hill , M. A . _Houston, J R Lockwood , W. D. Newton , M. C. Op1 e, D. J. R~df~rd, B. G. Reeve , G. Roper , P. M . Somerton .

Astronomy: Mr. Wh elan.

Athletics: Mr. Ston e.

Badminton and Table Tennis: Mr. Heaps .

Basketball: Mr. Francis .

Cadets: Mr. Carroll .

Careers: Mr. Carroll.

SCHOOL HOUSES

Chalet Classroom: Mr. Range r .

BLUE HOUSE. Housemaster: Mr. R. E. Brine. Deputy H.M.: Mr. L. R. Bublitz . Group Teachers: M essrs. A . L. Anker , E. S. Allison , B. H. Barnitt, R. W. Baunton , D. H. Bennett, C. P. Bornet, L. R. Bublitz, K. J. Crawford, M. E. Dobson.

Head Boy: D. J. Dreadon. Councillors: D. J. Dreadon, p_ w. Broed erl ow, W. N. Co ley .

GREEN HOUSE. Housemaster: Mr. L. V. Giddy. Deputy H.M.: Mr. I. D. Francis . Group Teachers: Messrs . I. D. Francis, J . A. Ful cher, K. J. Gledhill , W. K. Grant, D. F. H. Gush, A . C. Hart, J. S. Hatherly , T. G. Heaps, P. C. Hugg ett, B. Hurl e. Head Boy: M. A. Houston . Coun路 cillors: M . A. Houston, R. A. Hill , B. S. Edwards.

MAROON HOUSE: Housemaster: Mr. M. C. Ca rroll.

Deputy H.M. : Mr. D. J. Mossop. Group Teachers : Messrs. E. J. Jennings , G. Lam ont, E. M. Meuli , D. J .

Mossop, R. Neatherway, 0 . J. Oats, T. P. Kreisler, Miss McDonald, H. R. Lenk. Head Boy: M . C. Opie .

Councillors: M . C. Opie , J. R. Lockwood, W. D. Newton .

WHITE HOUSE: Housemaster: Mr. E. J. Abraham . Deputy H.M.: M r. B. E. Rattray. Group Teachers: M ess rs. E. Picton, T. G. Price, D. R. Ranger, N. G. Wright, B. E. Rattray , R. P. Sherwood , K. R. Smale, N. E. Stone , J. D. Whelan. Head Boy : P. M . Somerton. Councillors : P. M . Somerton , D. J. Radford, B. G. Reeve .

Chapel: Mr. Hatherl y.

Chess : Mr. Krook .

Cricket: Mr . Denton .

Drama: Mr. Lamont, Mr. Whelan .

Films: Mr. Kre isler, Mr. Lamont.

General Purpose Fund: Mr. Jennin gs.

Hockey: Mr. Anker.

Interact: S. Co lson .

Libra ry : Mr. Heaps .

Life-Saving : Mr. Rattray.

Music: Mr. Born et.

Old Boys ' Notes: Mr. Giddy.

Parent-Teacher Association : Mr. Hea ps (Secretary) Philately: Mr. Fulch er.

Photography: Mr. Bubl itz .

Pound: Mr. Abraham .

Rowing: Mr. Grant.

Rugby : Mr. Bennett.

Sailing: Mr. Ranger.

S.C.M. : Mr. Barnitt.

Shooting: Mr. Oats.

Ski-ing: C. Molloy.

BOARDING HOSTELS

Soccer: Mr. Picton .

Head Boarder: M. A . Houston .

CARRINGTON. Hostel Master: Mr. L. K. Denton . Assistant Hostel Masters: Mr. K. J. Crawford, Mr. N. E. Stone , Mr. K. R. Sma le. Head Boy: M . A . Houston . Prefects: W. D. Newton, M . L. Horrocks , R. L. Harkn ess, R. T. Baxter , C . Molloy , C. M. Torrens , D. J. M. White, P. M. Somerton , J. R. Lockwood, P. W . Broederlow.

MOVES. Hostel Master: Mr. E. Pi cto n. Assistant Hostel Masters: Mr. G. Lamont, Mr. I. D. Franci s , Mr. C. Bornet. Head Boy: D. E. Hutc hings. Prefects: W. N. Coley, I. Benn ie, M. Newl and , J. Num a, P. Fitzpatrlck, R. Wilson , D. Hodge , G. Hea le, S. Carruthers, S. Lowrie (G . J. Walk er) .

PRIDHAM. Hostel Master: Hostel Masters: Mr . A. Newsome . Head Boy: Dreadon, T. Coddington, Brya nt, A. G. Beverwijk.

Mr. B. E. Rattray . Assistant Hart , Mr. W . Grant, Mr. M. M. C. Opie . Prefects: D. N. Pyke, J. M il denhall, A .

ANNEXE. Master-in-Charge: Mr. J. S. Hathe rl y. Prefects : T. Shea rer, G. Johnson .

Softball: Mr. Gledhill .

Squash: Mr. Mossop .

Stationery: Mr. Ank er .

Steeplechase: Mr. Ratt ray .

Surf Riding: Mr. Rattray .

Swimming: Mr. Ratt ray. " Taranakian": Mr. Crawford.

Tennis: Mr . Heaps.

Text Books: Mr. Baunton .

Tramping: Mr. Lamont.

Volleyball: Mr. Rattray. " Wh istle": I. F. Mackenzi e.

Visual and Audio Systems: Mr. Hugg ett.

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RETIREMENTS

and

STAFF CHANGES During his career Mr. Huggett has found teaching a very enjoyab le and rewarding occupation. Some of his fond est memories date back to ea rli er days when, down at the old " Tec h", he found it possible to get to know the boys better as co ntact w ith classes exte nd ed over a large r part of their sc hool lives. School work was not so academ ic, and boys were being ed ucated more around their interests. Vocatio nal guidance was also an important part of the teacher-pupil relationship. Th e classes Mr. Huggett remembers wi th particular fondness were "SE" and "5 Ag. " , classes in wh ich boys were keen to learn engi nee ring sk ill s that wo uld se rve the m in good stead home on the farm .

In his ret irement Mr. Huggett's interest w ill turn to his hom e and ga rd en, with perhaps some lei surely bow ls play ing. We know that he wil l take w ith him many fond memories of the schoo l , and the boys and staff who have passed through it, and we wish him we ll in his retirement .

Dr. H. R. Lenk (1969-1 974) This year saw the premature ret irement of Dr. Lenk, who was forced to retire because of ill hea lth. Dr. Lenk came to Boys ' Hi gh from Ngaruawahia in 1969 and took up t he posit ion of Head of Langu ages in the sc hool. To hi s efforts can be att ributed the successful implementation of audi o- lingual teaching methods in the schoo l.

Activities in the school in which Dr. Lenk was invo lved include bridge and chess . A br idge player (of note) himse lf , he created steady interest amo ng th e boys . He also ass isted with tennis coac hin g.

Mr. P. C. Huggett (1943-1974)

After the very considerable service of thirty-one years, this year will see the retirement of Mr. ' Pat' Huggett.

During his t ime of serv ice he has devoted him self tireless ly to the needs of the sc hool , and has contr ibuted much to its growth and development, particularly in the technical field .

He join ed the Tech ni cal Department of the Boys' Hi gh School after being inval ided out of the Air Force in 1942 w ith three yea rs serv ice. Most of hi s teaching has bee n done at th e " Tec h." (now Taranaki Polytec hnic) but w ith the format ion of the sepa rate Polytec hni c from the High School, he came up to the schoo l where he has remained ever s in ce. In 1969 he was appo inted Head of Department (Engineer ing). a post which he has reta in ed ever since.

Th e range of Mr. Huggett's act ivi ties in the service of the sc hool has bee n ve ry wide . He spent fifteen yea rs as a Flight-Lieutenant in t he schoo l A.T.C. unit, eighteen years coachi ng Rugby and for twenty-five years has se rved as an official at ,the schoo l 's Swimming and Athletic Sports Days . Many of the fixtures around t he schoo l have been produced by his sk il f ul hands: the pipe hurdles used on Sports Day, the pipe-work of t he diving towers, hockey goa ls and the seat ing around the cricket wound. For his considerab le involvement in extracurr icul ar a~tiv i t i es the boys and staff of the schoo l must be extremely gratefu l.

We of the sc hool thank Dr. Lenk for w hat he has done on our beha lf , and wish him every success and good health in his retirement.

Mr. R. G. Sinclair (1959-1974) The School has received a setback in the Mathematics and Tec hni ca l Draw ing Departments w ith the resignation of Mr . Sin clair from the B.H.S . teaching staff. Mr Sinc lair has accepted a teaching position at the Ta ranak i Polytechnic.

Mr. Sinclair came to Boys ' High in 1959 directly from practice as an architect and became responsible for senior Techn ica l Drawi ng and Mathematics to fourth form leve l , responsibiliti es for w hich he was wel l eq uipped. Hi s extra-c urri cu lar involvement in the sc hool has been co nsid erable. He held the position of Company Commander in the Cadet Battalion, he has been Masterin-Charge of Tennis , and he has coac hed 2nd XI Cr icket as well as Rugby. His own interests have contr ibuted much to the schoq l. For examp le, util ising his arch itectural knowledge, he designed the sc hool divin g boa rds .

Hi s interest .as a member of the Bow l of Brookl an ds Trust resulted in parti c ipation by boys of t he schoo l in some of t he "spectacu lars" that loca l group s have staged at the Bowl. Hi s interest in text-boo k wr iting has resulted in extremely high standards of Technica l Drawing within the schoo l.

Mr Sinc lai r is a man who en joys his teachi ng, and for whom both staff and boys have great respect. We hope that many successfu l class room years l ie ahead fo r him .

Mrs . A . Fernee (1970-1974) After more than four years as Matron of Boarding, Mrs. A. Fernee is to ret ire at the end of this year . Her kindness and her co ns id erat ion will be missed by boys and st aff al ike .

Her duties as Matron have been ve ry onero us for one perso n to carry. Her res ponsibilities in clude the purchase of supplies and the ar ranging of menu s, the management of the Kitchen and Dining-roo m, supe rvision of the Hospital an d of the Hostel cleaning staff. lt is a tribute to her ca lm efficien cy and her cheerful disposition th at Boarding has run so smoothl y over the last four years.

In her t ime as Matron she has noticed many changes , th e most signif ica nt being the drop in the ro ll of board ers from 360 to approx imate ly 220 . Boys in the hostels seem much happ; er than they were, having more "room t o move" , and more activ it ies in wh ich they can part icipate.

Leave restrictions are also I igh ter than they have been in the past.

M rs. Fernee has many pleasurab le memories from Boardin g, some of wh ich have a humorous sid e to them but are "not for print". Sh e has always found the boys po li te and respectful in the dealing she has had with them, and they have certain ly not contr ibuted to any problems she has had to dea l w ith as M atron. Staff, too, have always been helpfu l and co-operat ive.

The boys of Boarding have mu ch to thank Mrs. Ferne e for, and w ill always owe her much, as wi ll t he staff. She has helped make Boarding the place it is , having done much to humnnise its institutional as pects. Li tt le things such as co lourful curtai ns, or flowers in the Dinin g Room have mad e a considerable difference to the atmo sp here .

In her retirement, Mrs. Fe rn ee wi ll conce ntrate on her garden, and devote even more of her t im e to her grandchildren . We w ish her we ll in her retirement, thanking her for all that she has don e.

RETIREMENTS AND

STAFF CHANGES

Other Changes At t he begininng of the year we we lcomed two ladie s to the permanent staff, Mrs . I. S. Gallon to take over the French Dept., and Miss P. McDonald to t eac h se nior economics. Oth er staff add itions were: Mr. C. Bornet from Canterbury University to teach music, Mr. W. Grant from t he Roy al New Zealand Navy teaching Engli sh and soc ial studi es, Mr. M. Sto ne to take a Phys . Ed . position, Mr. K. Sma le to teach economics and Mr. Krook to join the Tech. Drawing Dept.

Mr D. H. Bennett returned to hi s old sc hool after one yea r at Spotswood College to take charge of Senior Geography.

Two rei iev ing staff members joined us fo r the first term on ly; Mr. R. Sherwood to teach junior Engli sh and Soc ial Studies, and Mr. K. Dixon teaching M aths . Mr. C. Sampson acted as senior in structor for th e Cha let classroom .

Two teachers arrived from Brita in for the second term; Mr. M . Newsome to rep lace Mr. Sherwood and Mr. J. W ill iams to t eac h Metalwork. Mr. A. Bryant joined the Maths Dept. for the second term but moved on to Waitara Girls' High. Mr. Blakelock and Mr. R. Waters, both from Britain, joined t he perm anent staff at t he beg inn in g of the third term to teach Maths.

Th is year also sees a number of the staff moving on to greener pastures .

Mr. Neatherway is leaving with his family for "the Old Country" in Janu ary.

Mr. Bornet. after a year runn in g the Musi c Dept., has dec id ed to spend next year in West Germ any , arctl ive hunting .

Mr. G. Price leaves the M aths . Dept. to take up a senior teac hing position in Dargaville.

Mr. K. Smale after a year in the economics wor ld flies south to f ind t he rea l New Zealand .

Mr. Lament , afte r two years in the Soc ial Studies Dept. , return s to Uni versity w here he wi ll learn that it is indeed harder to sit, t han to set, exams.

Fin ally, Mr. M . Newsome leaves to take up a senior Geography position at Taka pun a Grammar School.

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SCHOOL SCENE, 1974.

THE SCHOOL SCENE 1974 ...

THE HEADMASTER'S RESIDENCE-NO LONGER!

Sports Day 1910 showing Rooms 14 and 15.

Room 16 in the final stages of decay.

The Hostel warden will reside on the upper floor while the single tutors and senior pupils will use the downstairs rooms.

1974 was a year of change and. to many, so me disappointments Th e most obv ious and most important cha ng e is the revised house system under which the whole schoo l is divided into four houses on an alphabetical basis. Each hous e is organised into nine groups _u nder a master and an elected group leader. lt is in these groups that top ics are discussed to be presented to the house Councillors.

Thi s is an attempt to ease the traditional day boy/ boarder rivalry by placing all boys into comb ined houses.

In add it ion , the disparity of numbers in the old houses , the expected disappearance of Pridham, the apathy of day boys and the very strong house loya lty of the bo arders were solved by this revision. lt is hoped that more distinctive names can be found for the houses in the near future.

Stemming from the new house system is the School Council. This was introduced to allow better comm uni cation between pupils and the Headmaster and to give pupils a greater say in the running of the school. Eac h house elects three representatives with the Head Boy also being a Councillor. Th e staff is represented by the four senior hou se masters and two further elected representatives. Th e Chairman of the Council is the Deputy He admaster, with the Headmaster participating at his own

discretion in an ex-officio capacity. A secretary and a treasurer were appo inted by t he Council as ex-offiCIO members .

The advantages of the new system include greater opportunities for boys to have problems discussed, further integration of day boys and boarders, and the fact that juniors are able to express their opinions more eas il y through their Councillors and the suggestion boxes.

Unfortunately, some of the boys feel that the new syste m is not working, and point particularly at the uniform issue to illustrate this . At the end of last year and at the beginning of this seniors attempted. to gain mufti for the seventh form at least, and poss1bl y mufti for all seniors. Th e Council took up this issu e and presented a survey take n among the boys to Mr Cramond, as well as discussing it . Th e uniform s were changed, but not to the satisfact ion of most of the boys. In their fourth year and above pupils may now wear char-grey trou sers with shoes and socks. Blazers may now be worn to sc hool , and boys may wear sanda ls w ith their w inter uniforms . Seventh formers have th e opt ion of wea ring a wh ite or gold shirt with a schoo l tie .

Next year the traditional blue winter uniform wi ll go as retailers were said to be un able to supply it and, m common with most other schoo ls, we will wear a grey winter uniform .

A new view of the Old Block-Rooms 14, 15 and 16 finally removed.

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SCHOOL SCENE,

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1974.

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Furthe r cr it icisms have bee n levelled at t he Co uncil system , name ly t hat : there remains a communication gap betwee n Councillors and their hou ses; th at t he present election sys tem allows groups to elect th em· se lves ; that too littl e is known abo ut · the Council (a constitut ion is on ly now bei ng worked out), and t hat the Council is not radical enough. However, it mu st be rememb ered t hat any innovation mu st be all owed t im e to show its effectiveness .

In another step to break down th e day boy/ boarder rivalry , the Headmaste r has granted senior boarders the right to smoke, with parenta l perm issi on, in appointed pl aces outsid e sc hool hours.

Th ere has bee n some publi c cr iti cism of this action. but Mr Cramond has merely lega li sed and defined w hat many boarders have bee n doing sinc e t hb sc hoo l began in 1882.

Th is year. the number of ve hi cles brought to school has noticeably in creased. Upwards of fifty motorcycle s are to be seen in Wakefield Street and Cameron Street and man y pupils bring ca rs. Th e afflu enc e of stud ents defini te ly seems to be increas in g.

Many boys are in clin ed to dismi ss the Coun cil be· ca use it has not acted on t heir pet iss ues. For th e Coun cil to work . it must have t he support of at leas t the majority of boys.

Manufacturers are also unable to supp ly the 'tig er ' j acket and it is hop ed t hat a poo l of them ca n be acq uired by t he school for lending to memb ers of sc hool t eams. Th e changes are a long way from the mufti desired by most seve nt hs, an d it is notab le that not one has wo rn the opt iona l go ld or w hite shirt.

The schoo l magazine , th e Whistl e, co ntinues to be a platform for disse nting day boys, and aga in has not put out al l the issues that it had promised. Th e f ault may be with the students as a who le sin ce eve ry Whistl e co mmi ttee s in ce it bega n has bee n cry in g out for con· tributions.

Th e juni ors especia ll y have bee n helped by th e provi sion of lunch-time act iv ities such as th e tab le· tenni s tab les in the Old Ha' l by t he Counc il, and film s of genera l inte rest have also been obta in ed . Th e gym teachers have accepted disruption of the ir own lun ch hours to all ow t he use of gym equipment during lun chtime. Thi s also has eased the shortage of lunchSeniors have been t ime act ivi t ies in the schoo l. placated by the prov isio n of t he Boarders ' Loung e as a Se ni or Common Room , tho ugh this may not be used for stud y per iods and the onl y t hin g seniors ca n do at lun ch-t ime is play ca rd s. However, it remains a good place to re lax.

The Be!l Tower.

All in all , the sc hool does not see m to have chang ed a great deal. Apathy among th e pupil s is sti ll evident and all students st ill have to lea rn w ithin th e system Given tim e, th e Coun cil should overcome its teething prob lems and becom e truly representative of th e wishes of the who le school. The traditional day boy / boarder r ivalry is starting to dis integrate and w ith the decreas e in the size of the boarding ho ste ls, see ms likel y to do so even f urther, and that w ill be a good th in g. Boys · High remain s a trad itional sc hool by New Zea land sta nd ard s, and hopefull y these traditions of th e past w ill be prese rved, but w ith regard and deference to the needs and id ea ls of the present, and the dict at es of the t ut u re.

P. C. BUTT.

In the future, th e Cou nci l shou ld become an important part of the sc hool an d have an importa nt say in decis ions about sc ho ol po li cy. However , bo ys should remember that they get the Counc il they de· se rve, so care should be taken to elect respons ibl e boys who are pre pared to work to fulfi l t he des ires of the w hole sc hool.

Bui ld :ng co ntinu es around the schoo l. Th e new technical / art block is nea ring comp letion as is the new tracto r shed and co mmon -room for the ground staff Anoth er I ink with the past has gone wi th the dem olition of rooms 14 , 15 and 16 and t he old toilets. Th ese were all in ve ry bac! condit ion, but their di sa ppea ranc e has expo: ed t h8 "butt-holes", so t hat other h : deaway~ must be sought. Th e di sappeara nce of most of the brrnboo outsi de M oyes has furt her exposed th em . end it has also meant t hat a lot of t he bank has Shrub s have been planted all around th e eroded. sc hool and va rious attempts to beautify it have be en implemented.

SCHOOL SCENE , 1974.

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An important step not generall y known to pupils is the in clusio n of Mr Abraham as a non-voting teachers' represe ntat ive on th e Boys' High Committee of the Board of Governors. Th is means that the staff, and hopefu ll y, in the long run, the pupils, can have b greater say in the po lic ies of the schoo l.

Somethin g many seniors have noted is that they have fewe r study periods this year than last, but to co mpen· sate, t he Gen era l Studi es programme has been exte nded. both by hav ing mere period s devot ed to it, and by th e in clu sio n of new opt ion s; t hirty boys were ab le to atte •1d typ in g at the Girls' Hi gh t hi s yea r. React ion among the boys to the new programme is general ly favourable .

Motor Maintenance-Sixth Form General Studies.

THE COUNCIL MEETS

The new Technical Block takes shape.

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SCHOOL SCENE, 1974.

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SCHOOL SCENE, 1974.

LUNCH IN THE COURTYARD

Mathieson displays his skil l o.n the potter's wheel.

SOME CALCULATING SEVENTH FORMERS

4G Paints the bottom of the baths.

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BOARDING IN THE 1970's Having completed fi ve yea rs as a boarder at th e sc hool I have ÂŁeen a great number of changes.

I started my boa rding career in Niger House as a third former in 1970. The house was a kind of initiation centre in w hich new boys w ere pl aced to al low them an easy entry into the syste m. At that tim e tradition reigned w ith a heavy hand and th:rd form boarders were very :obedient. I would say we had more f ear than respect for the old er boys of the schoo l and we were mad e to do a lot of things we didn't want to. Everyone had to pl ay rugby in the winter and many boys we re not suited for or just didn 't like, the sport. In some ways it was very beneficia l though , because it kept boys busy and fit where otherwise they might ju st have bee n lazy and created a lot of prob lems around boarding w hil e trying to amuse themselves.

syste m in that I now und erstood that seniors disciplining jun iors did it not for their person al gai n but for the juniors' best in terests. As boys get into a more senior po siti on in the estab li shme nt responsibilities are offered and those boys who are in a position to take these , benefit greatly. I am afraid prefects may not ex ist in future yea rs but I do believe th at t he prefect system offers a great cea l to anyone w ho is a part of it and I doubt if this boa rding establishm ent cou ld function at all w ithout the prefects.

In this yea r sc hoo l uniform was wo rn seven days a week w hich was t he mai n ca use of the abus e boarders got on the weeke nds from the public of New Plymouth .

By the end of the yea r we we re all ve ry kee n to get into the fourth form w hich seemed, then, to have a very good life compared to ours.

In my last year , 1974, I am in th e seventh form and from my pos iti on ilS Hea d Board er I can see that bo arding spirit has bee n red uced to an all time low . We had a reasonabl e amount of boarding spirit at the ath letic sports but I think that was onl y the remains of what had gone before. As th e year has progressed the hou se spir it and boarding spirit has dropped right back till th ey are now nea rly non-ex istent. Th ere are no ince ntives for house prefects to wo rk w ith th e juniors or make them train fo r anything and most boys do what th ey lik e. Thi s may seem good at the moment for the peop le co nce rn ed but a lot of time has been wasted and this wi ll not be rea lis ed until major exam res ults co me out. Part icipation in major sports has alrea dy signifi ca ntly decreased. In the space of five yea rs the number of rugb y teams has dropped from twenty-six to eleve n. Apathy see ms to reign su preme at th e mom ent.

After th e yea r in Nig er we we re promoted to our predesignated hous es in t he mai n sc hool area. Th ere were ve ry f ew chang es in th e general sys tem of boarding except for th e abo lition of cap-weari ng for se niors on the way to Church, and exte nsio n of ce rtain leave regu lat ions for prefects .

Th e bu ll yin g s;tuat ion had eased slightl y and t he 1971 third formers were treated more c ivill y than we we re.

Thi s yea r was a most th e same as the th ird form but we knew a bit more of th e work in gs of t he sc hool which made things eas ;er . Sport wasn't as rigidl y forced upon us but by this stage we had grown to accept seve ral sports and par ticip ated on a more vo lunta ry bas is. Thi s ear ly forc in g of sport onto us was good in that it introduced us to ph ysica l act ivi ty w hereas we might not have t aken up any spa r~ at all. I think sport is a necessa ry pa rt of edu cat ion but unfortunat ely this may not be recog ni sed by ma ny peop le until it is too late.

In 1972 I was in the fifth form and in my third year at N.P.B.H.S. so I was we ll sett led in and beginning to enjo y myse lf. This was the yea r that Mr Cramond ca me and also t he beginning of man y very necessa ry changes. We were allowed to wea r mufti afte r sc hool and a lot of fagging and bu ll yin g was cut out. Se niors we re given leave to t he beach in mufti w hi ch was a great break from tradition. Th e boardin g esta blishm ent was sta rting to become more lik e home and less li ke the trad iti onal board in g sc hool. Thi s made life much more acceptabl e to all boys but house sp iri t was wa ning sli ghtly w ith th e remova l of certa in discip li nary powers held by t he se niors and prefect s of the hou ses.

My s ixth form year was the last yea r of th e ol d hou se system, Nig er wa~. ir. its last yea r, Pridh am was beg inning to be phased out and the boardin g numbers we re chopped we ll back from w hat they were. Thi s yea r for me was comp lete ly different in that prefectdom all owed much more freedom and an increase in responsibility made me much more und erst andin g of the disciplinary

CHALET CLASSROOM

• a personal VIe'"

Nea r t he end of th at yea r it was announced that the house system was to change in the following year to a mi xed dayboys/ board ers, 4-house system. This was met with disapprova l from a lot of the bo arders and boarding sp iri t was on a st eeper rat e of fa ll than previousl y seen.

Th ere are more changes due for next year and thes e in clud e graded board in g hou ses w ith the seniors in Moyes, intermediates in Carr in gton, and third formers in t he ground floor of Pridh am. Th is w ill make life much more equ al at al l levels and life will be very pleasurab le here in th e N.P .B.H.S . boarding es tabli shm ent. Last year's se niors sa id th at their year was th e last de cent one to be had here but I am not sure if th ey were right or not so I wo n 't say anything but wait and see what is to happen in the future.

As a co nclu sion ! vJould say that th e most ben efi cial as pect of boarding is the way th at characters are mould ed arou nd a sp irit of comrades hip inside t he house in a way that many boys ben efit from the experiences of others ju st through liv:ng und er the sa me roof. As a result of thi s th e individu al hac a much greater self confidenc e knowing that he is equa l to all oth ers of his age-group.

Al so from havi ng to fend for himself in boarding he beco mes ind e pend e n~ very quickl y and this is of great va lu e out of sc hool.

MARK HOUSTON .

HIGH PLACES He stoo d there on the ve randa h, qu iet ly fillin g hi s pipe, looking for all t he wo rld li ke a character from the West Coast. ju st come dow n from th e hills to gather suppli es for his ne xt six mor.ths sea rching for gold . Thi s was my introduction to "Sam " Sampson, the stragg ly bea rded, long haired , stern looking " Headmaste r" of the N.P.B .H.S .

Chalet Classroom . I was soon t o learn, howeve r , th at this ste rn looking Hermit was a most effici ent and dedi cate d teacher, a ver itable f ount of kno w ledg e w hen it comes to mountains, flor a and f aun a and all things "Chalet Classroom". Sam soon swung into act ion and " Fat Chops " , " Bugs ", "G rease", "Stre ake r" , " Benj y", "Goog" , "Mac Duck ", "Sea Weed" and th e rest of 4E were sw iftly being directed to the room s that we re to be t heir homes for the next 4 nights .

Mornings began w ith a ph ys ica l " j erk" superv ising the troops for pre-breakfast press-u ps, sit-ups, run around the car park and other activit ies des ign ed to " fr es hen up " for the arduous day ahead. Breakfast over and th e day's chores co mpl eted , the lads swung into the programme. One group eac h day learned the fin er po ints of weather forec asting from Mine Host "S now" Mace, proprietor of the Lodge and Chi ef Cook and Bottlewas her.

Th e remainder of t he day was ta ken up w it h lesso ns on such bizarre topic s as geo logy of the mountain, vulcanology, topography, clim ato logy and botany. Th e "p hys ica l " eve n atte mpted to in st il so me map readin g skill s into the crew, and thi s was tested one day w hil e on a j aunt up th e mounta in .

Th e first wa lk attempted was to th e Curtis Falls.

En route, t he groups put into practice so me of t he p lant and tree indentifi cation and transect-line procedures hammered into them by Sam during t he morning sess ion .

For some of the ga ng it was their f irst wa lk t hrough nat ive bush and they marve ll ed at the beauty of it .

During th e wee k an exped ition was mounted to co nquer the heights of Egmont . After the footsloggers had been dispatch ed towards the Plateau, the rend ezvous was comp leted w ith th e arrival of Sam and the Physical by way of Land Rover (th e rotten cads). Th e day was enjoyed by all particu larl y the snow ca pers on t he northern slopes by Warwick Cast le, before the trek to base was attempted . (That snow sure is wet; and hard!!!)

Various mountain zones we re id entifi ed and transected durin g the exe rc ise .

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CHALET CLASSROOM

A n all day tramp to Dawso n Fall s was the feature of a later part of the programm e. The by now famil iar transecting and zonat ion preceded a rather breathtaking traverse of a very flims y looking swing bridge (M emo for 1975: t ighten all nuts and replace m issi ng ones). A very informative lect ure by Rang er Jim Peacock il lu strate d by the extremely we ll set out info rm ation sta nd s in the newly opened Information Centre, cont inu ed our knowledge of New Zeala nd's National Parks and in particul ar, Egmont National Park. The smal lest A.C . (or was it D.C.?) power stat:cn in New Zealand was viewed in a shed alongs id e an icy mountain stream. Perch ance , trave rsi ng th is wet tumbl in g mountain strea m was a fly in g fox an d som e oi the more adventurous of th e part y t es ted their skills by indulg in g in so me foolh ard y ae rial ac robatics t hat res ul ted in (a) wet bods; (b) broken fly in g f ox.

Evenin gs we re spent wr it ing up di ari es and play ing hou sie before a b ~az ing log f ire. Pr izes of choco lates and goodies from th e shop we re don ated and some very serious play was indulg ed in. Woe bet id e the M ini -Pool pl aye rs if they made a noise! Bedt ime usuall y cam e too soon, but the bodies , wea ri ed by the day's activit ies

usually fell as leep f air ly re adil y. Anyone w ho was foo li sh enough to t alk after li ghts out had to suffer a mild form of phys ica l torture imposed by Sam (a half-sq uat aga in st the wa ll with arm s extended- ouch!). Two of the party, urged on by the stor ies to ld by Snow Mace of the va lu e of old and quaint bottles. spent some t ime in the ear ly morning rummaging aro und th e old rubbish areas and ca me across some mag nificent spec im ens of old bottle s, including the now rare "marb le bott:es."

The fina l day saw tidy ing up procedu res, as th is was the last Chalet group in res id ence. and it was a cheerful but t ired group t hat fin all y spilled from the bus w hen it arrived back at school.- In all , a wond erful week of lea rning , of f ellowship, of zapping - an experie nce to be long remembered. To Sam , who has departed for classroom duti es in the South Islan d, all involved in "C halet Cl ass room", extend a grateful and enthusiastic " thanks" for serv ices rende red and si nc erely w ish that others w ill co ntinue to benefit from his w ide and profound know ledge as related to th is part of education.

N. E. STONE .

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PRIZE-GIVING

PRIZE GIVING 1973 As in the 1972 Prize-Giving, th e ceremo ny was divided into t wo parts , th e se nior in November before public examination s, and the junior in Dece mber at the end of the sc hool year. Many spo rts trophies are presented to t he winners imm ediatel y upon th e conclusion of the compet ition so, as with last year, the numb er of sports awards made at th e Prize-Giving was reduced .

Mr Cramond presented the Annual Report for 1973 to those prese nt at the Pri ze-Giving ceremony. He made reference to the po ss ibility of the Boarding Roll being reduced as low as 200 , and to the f act that th e Department of Edu cat ion had fi xed the optimum roll of the sc hool at 1100 and in its developme nt would provide rooms and fac ilities for that number. New facilities planned for the sc hool in cluded a se nior pupils' common room, a lecture room, a drama roo m, a science wo rkshop, two bi ology laboratories , an audi o-visual room and a new library , as we ll as adeq uat e toilet, chang ing and shower ing fac iliti es, guidance counse lling room s, an extended or a new gymnasium, and a cafeteria .

Associated with these proposals would be the upgrading and redecorating of the Old Main Block, South Block and the Labo ratory Bl ock . Mr Cramond said that although progress might see m slow, it was. in spite at frustrating delays, being made.

He also ann ou nced the introduction of the new hous e system and the Coun cil, and sug gested that in th e revised house syste m there would be opportunity to improve communication, to present opinion. to become invol ved, to be responsible, to ca re and be co nce rn ed for others and to develop leaders hip .

Durin g hi s report Mr Cramond dealt exte ns ive ly w it h an important matter, that of pastoral care. He announ ced that Dea ns had bee n appointed from the staff to cater for the needs for boys at eac h form level , and t hat appl icat ion (si nce approved) had been made to acquire t he services of a full -t im e gu id ance counse llor.

He disc ussed th e changing nature of education and the co nsta nt need for teacher re-ed ucation. Boys, too, had a vi ta l role to play, both in sid e and outs id e t he class room. He noted that extra-curricu lar act iviti es had bee n pursued with great enthu sias m, and rewarded with considerab le succes s in many areas .

In conclus ion Mr. Cramond thanked member of t he Board , th e Parent-Teac her Association and the Staff for the serv ice t hey had given to the School during 1973.

Mrs. B. L. Willi ams prese nted the following prizes .

SPORTS AWARDS

Junior Long Jump: M . Baillie .

Junior High Jump: R. Loft. lntermed:ate Discus (Edm onds Trophy): M. J. Smith.

School Championship (Fook es Cup): M. A. Houston .

TENNIS Junior Singles (H erbert Smith Cup): S. Wood.

Intermediate Singles (M cKeo n Cup) : S. Wood .

Senior Singles Champion (Candy Cup): A. A. Rogu ski.

BADMINTON Junior Singles (l saac Cup): J. Mells.

Senior Singles (Cook & Li ste r Cup) : K. S. Col e.

CROSS COUNTRY Junior Winner (Osborn e Cup): M. J. Junior Fastest Time (Noakes Cup): Intermediate Winner (H erb ert Smith School Senior Champion (19 11 Cup):

Wait e.

M . J. Waite.

Cup): K. I. Burgess .

D. H. Brow n.

Senior Fastest Time (Bryce Cup): D. H. Brown .

GYMNASTICS Third Form Championship (Herbert Smith Cup): P. L. Jackson.

Fourth Form Championship (Peter Sa und ers Memorial Cup): B. L. Giles / C. L. Howa n.

School Open Championship (Hoskin Cup): R. A. H~g .

CRICKET Best Bowler (Park inson M emo ri al Cup) : D. J. Radford.

ROWING John Deere Cup for Contribution to Enjoyment of Rowing: S. G. Harkness .

SHOOTING Senior .303 Short Range Champion (Sea rle Cup) : R. W. Bri stol.

DAY BOYS v. BOARDERS Rugby (P ease Cup): Board ers.

Cricket (Birch Cup): Board ers .

Swimming (D empsey Shi eld ) : Da y Boys.

Tennis (Beetham Cup): Day Boys.

SWIMMING Junior Championship (Fox Cup) : R. A. Beave n.

ATHLETICS 100 200 400

COOKING

PROBLEMS-No "Little Lucifers"

1973

100 800

metres Junior Championship (Benn ett Cup) : G. Whitehead. metres Junior Championship: R. Loft . metres Junior Championship (Harman Cup): W .

Harr ison. metres Junior Hurdles: G. Wh itehead . metres Junior Championship: R. Tombl eson.

INTER-HOUSE COMPETITION: Rugby (Kerr Cup) : West.

Soccer (Hold er Memorial Cup) : West .

Athletics (H ansard Cup): Moyes.

Swimming (Burnbank Cup) : Moyes.

Drama (Tett Trophy): Moye s.

Tennis (Steve nson Cup): East.

Rowing (H ayton Cup) : Carrington .

Junior Fours (Brya nt and Hed ley Cup): Pridham .

PRIZE-GIVING

Page 20 ACADEMIC PRIZES THIRD FORM English (R ex Dowding Memorial): P. B. Zaloum .

Latin: D. G. Arthur .

French: J. Smit / M . Gesterkamp .

Mathematics: R. D. Blyth .

General Sc;ence : P. E. Sirett.

Social Studies: A . W. Hi ckl ing / 1<. J. Death.

Physical Education: P. L. Jac kson .

Music: T. C. Reid .

Technical Drawing : I. Turn er.

FOURTH FORM English (Canon Strong Memoria l) : G. N. Webbe r .

Latin: R. A. Beaven.

French: R. B. Jon es.

Mathematics: W. H. and T. H. Wil so n.

General Science: M. T. Gowi ng.

Social Studies: G. W . Leathl ey.

Art: C. J. Burr.

Physical Education : M. D. Bailli e.

Music: M . J. Smith .

Commerce : D. J. Cooke .

Technical Drawing: J. R. Larse n.

;

FIFTH FORM English: A. J. Bi ss.

Science: A . J. Bi ss .

Latin : S. M. Harrop .

French: S. M . Harrop .

Mathematics: S. G. Harkn ess.

History: G. N. Buxton .

Geography: M. N. Alien .

Book-keeping : S. J. Shanahan.

Art: G. L. Dods .

Technical Drawing: 1<. Hassa l/ 0 . Pimm.

Woodwork (Spear & Jackson Saw): L. P. Francis.

Engineering Shopwork (Kidd-Garret Priz e): M. T. Fulch er .

Physical Education : P. Fitzpatrick.

DISTINCTION AWARDS SA: G. K. Ad ams , B. S. Hollin s, A. G. Mossop, M . S. Trevillion .

J,5 B: D. M. Antunovi c, C. R. Power , S. 0. Winter, L. A .

Wool sey. sC: P. W . Add s , R. W. Bake r , S. A. Franc is, S. A. Hartley.

50 : R. L. Harkn ess, R. M . Haw kes, R. G. Hea le, S. R. Lowrie, M . E. Marsh, J. M . Sm eato n.

SE: J. J. Arthur, C. M . Carey-S milth, M . C. Col li er, G. B. Johnson , R. J. Schultze.

SF: K. D. Bolstad, S. D. Chamberla in , A. B. Ern est, P. J. Lethbridge .

SG: D. S. Cobham , W . N. Coley, B. W . David so n, D. Mclver .

SH : B. J. Kj estrup, I. R. McCracken, C. A. Mackay, I. P. Sharrock.

1973

SIXTH FORM English [Tabo r Scholarship): P. C. Butt.

Languages (Tabor Schol arship): C. D. Robin son.

History (Tabor Scholarship): A. L. Fox. Geography (Tabor Scholarship) : D. B. Inns .

Chemistry (Tabor Scholarship): R. J. England .

Physics (Tabor Scholarship): A. B. Gordon.

Biology (Tabor Scholarship): G. P. King.

Mathematics (Tabor Scholarship): B. G. Reeve.

Accounting (Tabor Scho lars hip) : M. W . Fairey.

Technical Drawing (Tabor Scholarship): J. P. Sarten.

Art (Devon Footwear Pri ze): R. A. Hill.

Economics (Thos . Borthwick & Sons) : R. T. Campbell.

DISTINCTION AWARDS GA: M. C. Davidson , P. L. May. GB: M . G. Down ey, S. B. Edwards, A. N. Lane, I. F. Mackenzie.

GC : C. Molloy, M. C . Opi e, N . B. Pyk e, D. J. Radford .

60 : A . G. Beverwijk , R. W. Br isto l, R. K. Bromley, S. G. Colson, C . B. Emson, R. P. Wil son.

GE: R. J. Hin ckesmen, D. E. Hutching s, H. M. Ries , G. Raper .

Gf: K. R. Benn ett, D. H. Brown .

GG: L. N . Marshal! , A . G. Tay lor, S. P. Wright .

SEVENTH FORM English Literature (Whi te M emori al) : D. R. Martin .

English Language (John Brodi e Memorial): R. W . Pearc e.

Geography (D av id Benn ett): D. R. M artin .

History (Bendall Memorial): P. H. K. Warren.

Mathematics: R. R. M asters .

Applied Mathematics: R. R. M asters.

Biology (Waiter Crowl ey Weston M emorial) : R. N. Gray.

Chemistry (P. 0 . Veale Memori al) : R. N. Gray.

Original Verse (H eurtl ey Memorial): M. R. Robbins .

Art : V . A . Hutch in son.

Economics (Thos. Borthwick & Sons): A. E. Wilson.

Accounting: J. E. Owen.

SPECIAL PRIZES Reading in Assembly: D. G. Arthur.

Progress in Mathematics (Watti e Wilki e M emori al): J. E. Young .

Junior Oratory: K. R. Di xon .

Best Maori Student (D ept. M ao ri Affairs) : W . M cAiister.

Reading in Assembly (Senior): P. J. Winter .

Excellence in Music (Trevo r Gibbs · Prize): M. E. Bedford .

Best Cadet (Sole Cup) : A . E. Wilson .

General Excellence (Dr . E. F. Fook es ): R. B. Foy. Head Boy (Brookman Cup): R. B. Foy .

Proxime Accessit (lan Macleod Memorial): R. R. M ast ers.

Dux (Bui ck Cup): R. N. S. Gray.

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EXAM

EXAMINATION School Certificate: t'.c'ams, G. 1< ., 4; Adds , P., 4; Al exander, K. R., 2; A li en, M . N. F., 5; Amey, P. W ., 2; Antunovic , D. M ., 4; Arm istead, J., 4; Arthunr, J. J., 5; Baker, B. R. , 5; Baker, R. W ., 4; Bartlett, A. N .. 1; Beth ell , R. G. , 2; Biss, A. J., G; Bo lstad, K. B. , 4; Bothwell, N. J., 2; Bremer, P. A ., 4; Broad, P. W., 4; Groadmore, M. W., 4; Brown, P. A ., 3; Brown, R. T., 2;

Baker, R. J., 1; Bishop, J. G., 2· Bone , M. J., 2· Brigg s , A . T., 1; 3; Brown, G. R. , Bruce, G. M ., 2; Brya nt, A. M., 2; Buckton , T. P. , 1; Burnside , P. G., 3; Burton, P. R. , 5; Buxton , G. N., 6; Carey-Smith , C . M ., 5; Carruth ers, S. N. , 2; Carryer, C . L. , 6; Chamberlain , S. D., 4; Chivers , G., 3; Christophers, P. J., 2· Col ey ., N. W ., 2; Coll ier, M. C. , 5; Cooper , I. L. , 3; Ca ster, K. M. , 2; Dalton, S. N., 4; Dav id son, B. W., 3; Dee , A. J., 2; Damps ey, M., 2; Dod s, G. L. , 5; Eady, M. P., 5; Eady, W. P., 1; Easton, M . D., 2; Ed e, K. J. , 4; Ensor, D. J. , 1; Ern est , A . B., 4; Ferris, M. C., 2; Fitzpatrick, P. D. , 6; Fordham, D. J. , 5; Francis, L. P., 2; Francis , S. A. , 5; Fra se r, I. C., 3; Fulcher, M. Galv in , K., 2; Gardn er, A . H., 1; Gaskin, D. H., 4; P. A ., 5; Gil es , J. S., 2; Gilmer, J. H., 1; Glen, 4; Gower, G. H. M ., 1; Graham, G. D., 2; Gra nt, 4; Gray, A . M. , 4; Gray, M . A ., 4; Gray, R.

T., 4; Gibbs , A . A ., C . R., D., 3;

Gregory, M . R. , 3; Gundesen, A . G. , 1; Hall , P. N., 5; Hall , S. J., 5; Hammond, G. L., 5; Hargreaves, M. P. , 3; Harkn ess , R. L., 5; Harkn ess . S. G., 6; Harri s, T. E. , 2; Harrop, S. M ., 6; Hartl ey, S. A., 6; Has'sa ll , K. , 5; Haw kes, R. M. , 5; Hayton, M. J., 5; Haywa rd , A . P. , 5; Hea le, G. L., 1; Hea le, R. G., 5; Herdman, P. J., 2; Hill , D. R. , 1; Ho gg, R. A ., 4; Hodge, D. J ., 2; Hollin s, B. S., 5; James , G. A. D. , 1; Jennings , P. S., 2; John , C . L. , 4; Johnson, G. B. , 3; Jones, G. S., 5; Jon es, P. E., 4; Jones, S. R., 4; Jon es, T. M ., 2; Kea rn s, I. D., 1; Keat, M . A. K., 2; Kett le , D., 1; Kje strup , L. T., 4; Konijn , J. G. , 5; Langley, G. B., 5; Lang slow, J. R., 1; Larse n, G. S., 2; Leggett , M . T., 2; Leggott, J. E., 6; Lethbridg e, P. J., 3; Lowri e, S. R., 5; M cColl, W . A ., 1; Mc lver, D., 4; McLauchl an, M . E., 3; M anl ey , R. B. , 1; M anning, B. K. , 2; Manso n, W . H., 2; Marsh, M . E., 4; M ast ers, P. J., 2; Mathi es on , R. L. , 4; May, B. J., 3; M euli, B. J., 4; Middleton, A. B., 2; Mildenhall, G., 3; Mildenh all , R. J., 3; Miller, W . D., 3; Mi ln, G. J., 1; Mossop, A. G. , 5; Nelso n, R. B., 1; New land , I. M. , 1; Newton , S. J., 4; Nicho ll s , J. C., 3; Norton , M. J. , 2; Ordi sh, L. R., 2; Pea rc e, K. G., 3; Penn, G. J ., 3; Persson, W. K. , 1; Peters, C. J., 1; Phillips , M. G., 3; Pimm , 0 . W. , 5; Power, C. R., 6; Pritchard , P. D. , 3; Raikes, J. B. L. , 2; Re es , C. C., 4; Ritchi e, P. E., 3; Roberts, P. R. , 5; Sandilands , K. R., 1; Schultz e, J. R. , 4; Shanahan, S. J. , 5; Smeaton , J. M . G., 5; Smith, A. F. , 5; Smith, A . J., 5; Sm ith , B. R., 2; Stevens , 1. , 5; Stewart, M. J., 4; Streeter, W. L., 3; Thom so n, P. B., 2; Thursto n, R. D., 2;

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RESULTS

1973

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Torrens , C. M ., 1; Trev illi on, M. S. , 3; Urb ahn , T. R. , 5; Ure , R. W. , 5; Walker, G. J., 1; Walker , G. R., 4; Wall is, B. R., 1; Wa swo, R. B., 1; Watson, J. S. , 5; Wellington , R. J., 4; White , D. J. M ., 1; White, M . L. , 1; White, P. R. , 2; Willi am , A . M. , 4; Williams, P. E. , 6; Williamson, M ., 1; Winter , 0 . S., 5; Woolsey , L. A. , 4; Wright, W . T., 1; Yearbury, G. D., 2.

Sixth Form Certificate: Al exa nd er , K. R.; And erso n, M . G.; Anderson, R. G.; Batty , D. G.; Baxter, R. T.; Bennett, K. R.; Bennie , I. G.; Beverwijk, A . G.; Billing , W. D.; Bowde n, B. A.; Bri sto l , R. W.; Broederlow, P. W. ; Bromley, R. K. ; Brown , D. H.; Bullick, D. A.; Burmester, J.; Butler, N. R.; Butt, P. C. ; Caldwe ll, A. J. ; Campbell, R. T. ; Carruthers , S.M.; Christophers, P. J.; Cl ark, J. L. ; Coddington ,· T. M.; Col e, K. S. ; Colson , S. G.; Crow, S. P. ; Davidson , M. C.; Day, S. E.; Donaldson , M. W.; Dowm an, M . J.; Dow ney, M. G.; Drea don, D. J. ; Eady , W . P.; Edwards, S. B:; Emson , C . B.; Engl and, R. J. ; Fairey, M. W. ; Ferri er , R. A. ; Fi sc her , D. J; Fox, A . L. ; Full er , A. M .; Gil es, J. S.; Gilrn er , J. H.; Gordon, A . B. ; Grayling, J. C. ; Gr iffe n, R. S.; Gund eson, A.; Harold, C. M .; Haywa rd , G. R.; Hea le, G. L. ; Hepworth , J. R.; Hill , R. A. ; Hinkes rn an, R. J.; Hodg e, D. J.; Horrocks, M . L. ; Houston, M. A.; Hurl ey, C. W .; Hutchings, D. E.; Inn s, D. B. ; Jackson, W. G.; Johnson, N. "'P .; Johnston, M. E.; King , G. P.; Kingi, M . C.; Lane , A . C.; Langslow, J. R.; Le Seu r, N. J.; Lill y, R. G.; Lockwood, J. R. ; M acA ii st er , W. M .; M cC ullough , J. D. ; Mac Kenzie, I. F.; M an nin g, B. K.; M arsh al!, L. N. ; M ay, P. L. ; Molloy, C .; Newland, I. M .; Newton, I. M.; Newton, W. D. ; Num a, J. M. ; Old , G. H.; Opi e, M . C .; Ordi sh, L. R.; Penn ey , R. J.; Pike, D. V. ; Pyke, N. B.; Radford, D. J.; Reeve, B. G.; Reeve, M . W .; Ri es , H. M .; Roberts, D. W .; Robin so n, C. D.; Rodrigu es , A. F.; Roebuck, G. W .; Rogu sk i, A. A.; Roper, G.; Sand il and s , K. R. ; Sarten, R. J.; Shea rer , T. D. ; Sim kin, C. B.; Smith, J. W . F.; Somerton, P. M .; Struthers, L. ; Tanswe ll , J. F. ; Taylor , A. L. G. ; Torren s, C.M. ; Vavia , M .; West , S. D.; Wetere, T. W .; White, D. J. M .; Wil so n, C . K.; Wil so n, R. P.; Wright , S. P. University Entrance: Anderson, R. G. ; Baxter, R. T.; Ben nett , K. R.; Benni e, I . G.; Beverwi j k, A . G.; Billin g, K. M .; Binni e, W . D.; Bri stol, R. W .; Broml ey, R. K.; Brown , D. H. ; Burmester, J. M .; Butler , N. R.; Butt, P. C .; Clark , J. L. ; Coddington, T. M.; Cole, K. S.; Crow , S. P. ; Dav id son, M. C.; Day, S. E. ; Donald son, M. W .; Downey, M . C.; Dre adon , D. J.; Edwards , S. B.; Engl and, R. J. ; Fai rey, M . W. ; Fer ri er, R. A.; Fi sc her, D. J.; Fox, A. L.; Full er , A. M .; Gil es, J. S.; Gilm er, J. H.; Gordon, H. B.; Gray lin g, J. C .; Gr iffen, R. S.; Hea le, G. L. ; Hil l , R. A .; Hin ckesrnan, R. J.; Hou ston , M . A .; Hurl ey, C.

EXAM

Pag e 22 W. ; Hutching s, D. E.; Inn s , D. B.; Jans, D. R.; Kin g, G. P. P.; Johnston, M . E.; Kingi , M. ; Lane, A. W.; Lill y, R. G.; M ac kenzi e, I. F. ; Manning, B. K.; M arshal! , L. N.; May, P. L.; M cCullou gh, J. D. ; Mc Laughlin , D. A .; Molloy, C.; Old , G. H. ; Opi e, M. C.; Pike, D. V.; Pyke, N. B. ; Radford , D. J. ; Reeve , B. G. ; Ri es, H. M.; Robinson, C. D.; Rodrigu es, A . F.; Ro ebu ck , G. W. ; Roper , G; Sarten, R. J. ; Smith , J. W . F.; Som erton, P. M.; Tay lor, A . G.; Turner , D. A .; Vav ia, M.; Ward, P. R.; We st , S. D. ; Wilson, C. K.; Wilson, R. P. \ Wright, S. P. Higher School Certificate: Allan, B. 1.; Armstrong, W . B.; Bedfo rd, M. E.; Benton , W . R.; Brow n, L. R. T.; Bru ce, S. K. ; Cole, C. G.; Davi e, A . J.; Fere ns, D. S. ; Foy , R. B.; Geden , R. G.; Gray, R. N. C .; Gunn, S. J.; Handys ide , P. R.; Harkness , D. J.; Herdman, M. H.; Hutchinson , V. A .; Jans , D. R. ; Lepp er, S. M. ; Le Seur, J. T. ; Leuthart, J. S.; Mack ay, D. A .; McLaugh lin , D. A .; Mago n, B. J.; M arsh, K. B.; M artin , D. R. ; Masters , R. R.; Meu li , W. B.; Morris , P. J.; Newland, R. J.; Ni cho las, R. M .; Owe n, J. E.; Parr, A . J.; Paulin , M. G.; Pearce, R. W.; Rich ard s, S. M ·.; Robbins, M . R.; Sim , B. J.; Simons, G. D.; Sta ll ard, L. W .; Strawbridge, D. N.; Thompson, R. J.; Turn er, D. A.; Urbahn , P. J.; Warren, P. H.; Willi s , D. S.; Wil so n, A. E.; Winter, P. J.

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SPORTS

BLAZER AWARDS 1974 Athletics: M. A. Houston, W. Newton, J. R. Loc kwood , W. K. Persso n, N. A. Harr ison, P. D. Fitzp at rick , M. E. Marsh .

Cricket: D. J. Radford, G. Roper, R. Baxter , S. M. Harrop, T. R. Urba hn , M. W. Fa irey, S. R. Lowri e, J. G. Carro ll , M . Torrens, D. R. Fairey, J. Bishop.

Basketball: I. F. Mackenzie, P. Adds.

Cross Country: M. Bone.

Hockey: J. J. Arthur , P. A . Bremer, A. N. Und erwood , T. D. Shearer, G. M. Cullen, B. McCandlish, R. Hayward.

Rugby: J. G. Bi shop , P. B. Broederlow, W. N. Coley, D. J. Dreadon , C. B. Emson , P. D. Fitzpatrick, M. A. Gray, N. A. Harri son, G. R. Hayward, J. R. Hepworth, D. E. Hutching s , J. R. Lockwood, J. Mild en· hall, J. Numa , W . D. Newton , D. J. Radford, G. Roper, P. M. So merto n.

THE SCHOOL INTER-SECONDARY ATHLETICS TEAM Tennis: K. Burg ess .

,University Bursary: A ll an, B. I. [B); England , L. C. [B); Foy, R. B. [A); Geden , R. G. (A) ; Gray, R. N. G. (A); Handys ide, P. R. (A) ; Hark ness , D. J. (B); Marsh, K. B. [B) ; Martin , D. R. [B) ; M aste rs, R. R. [A); Morri s , P. J. [B) ; Parr, A . J. (B) ; Paulin , M . G. (B) ; Pearce, R. W .

[B) ; Sim, B. J. [A) ; Simons, G. D. [B); Warren, P. H. (A) ; Wil so n, A . E. [A) ; Winter, P. J. (B).

Rowing: W . Newton, R. L. Hark ness, P. Van Praag h, A . B. Ernest, M. P. Eady, R. J. Gray, L. A . Woo lsey , S. G. Harkness, C. R. Grant.

Soccer:

Taranaki Scholarship: Foy, R. B. ; Geden, R. G.; Gray, R. N. C.; Handyside, P. R.; Masters, R. D.; Sim, B. J.; Warren, P. H. K.; Wil son, A. E.; Winte r , P. J.

Henry Marfell Scholarships From 1975 onwards, Scholarships t o an annua l va lu e of $150 are to be made ava il ab le to any pupil of the Boys' High School w ho has completed at least one academic year in any Uni ve rsity leadin g to Agricultural Science or Vete rin ary Science, or w ho is enroll ed in an eq ui va lent course at a Tert iary In st itution. Th ese Scholarships, made ava il ab le under the terms of the Will of the late Henry Marfell , may be he ld in conjun ct ion w ith other Bursaries , Scholarships or Pri zes.

Athletics

Swimming : J. Hepworth, R. Beaven.

S. Winter , A. Hew itt, A . R. Rideout, John , J. G. Konijn , D. M. Antunovic .

C. J.

Th e School Athleti cs Sports for 1974 were held on Tuesday, th e 12th of M arch , at Pukekura Park . The day was a great success due t o severa l factors: We had a f in e day with very li tt le w ind, t he track was in good co ndi t ion and masters and boys all showed a Jot of support for th e who le meeting .

Seve ral boys who had wo rk ed ve ry hard in trai ning we re rewa rd ed w ith records. Th ese reco rds defin ite ly showed that th 'c year the sta ndard of ac hieve ment was much high er th an last yea r . lt i; hop ed t hat th e exa mpl e set by thes e athl et es w ill be follow ed by th e boys of the sc hool in subseq uent yea rs .

Records were broken by the following boys: The se ni or 800 metres, originally held by L. J. Purdi e with a t im e of 2 min. 1 sec. which was set in 1962, was broken

by Mark Hou ston w ith a t ime of 1 min. 59 .4 sec. Th f! record for the po/eva ul t , wh ich is a relative ly new eve n·, in the sc hool , w as broke n by Brend an Edwards with a va ult of 9ft 4t in . With a growing inte rest for this event th e rec ord ha s changed hands quite reg ularl y in recent yea rs. Th e reco rd for th e se nior relay, w hi ch has tradit iona ll y be en t he doma in of Carrington House, was broken by Green Hou se by 0.3 sec. Th e previous record was set in 1968 and 1970 and was red uced to 46.6 sec.

Th e team cop ris ed P. Fitzpatri ck, S. Hartl ey, N . Harrison and M. Houston .

Th e interm ed iate 100 metres hurdl es record of 15.3 sec., held by M. S. John so n sinc e 1969, was broken by Gav in Whitehea d with a tim e of 15.0 sec. Thi s was not noticed until aft er the day so it was quite a s ur~r i se to add anoth er record to the list.

Fin all y the junior shot-put w hi ch was a new event in 1972 has reac hed matu rity and the best sta nd ard wh ich was set t hi s year becomes the record. Thi s was set by Grant Suthon w ith a put of 31.7 metres.

• Overa ll the competition was as hard as in prev ious years w ith a much greater part icipatio n by dayboys and a much larger numbe r of age races. Thi s activity seemed to fost er a good dea l of new house spi ri t . In this, the first year afte r th e abo liti on of the segregated day boy/ boa rd er houses , the four new mi xed houses showed a mu ch high er degree of sp iri t t han expected. Thi s was probabl y due to t he fierce boarding sp irit that is always present at the school sports . Thi s was espec iall y evident in the middl e distance races nea r the end of the day when supporters lin ed both sid es of the track nea rl y all the way round .

Multiple wins were ga in ed by: Seniors, M . Housto n, 3: (BOOm, 1500m , 5000m) ; N. Harri so n, 3: (200m , 400m, hi ;J h jump) ; P. Fitzpatric k, 3: (100m , long jump , trip le jump).

Due to a very heavy programme the 5000m and se nior hi gh-jump were held on t he fo ll owing Tu esday, th e 19th of March. Th e 5000m was wo n by M. Houston -in 16m 58.8s.

Th e se nior high-jump was wo n by N. Harri son.

Th e house points were all fairly eve n exce pt for th e last hou se. Green wo n the Hous e competition for the Hansard Cup with a we ll dese rved victory and a total of 508 p·oints . Wh ite was second wi th 441 points, followed by Maroon 429 po ints and Blue w ith 260 points.

Th anks would go to the se niors of Green House for the tim e they put into t he organisat ion of the House t eam and also to the w hol e house for the effort that they put into the gaining of t his victory .

Th e dayboys / boarders rela y was aga in wo n by the boa rders and the meetin g was co ncluded with dimini shed numbers of spectators at about 4.30 p.m .

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The i ntermed iate re lay t eam won the eve nt but only one ind ivid ual tit le was gained, th is by G. Whi te head w ho was also placed 2nd in both th e 200m and 100m hurd les .

5 places were also ac hieved in this grade .

Th e juni ors of the sc hoo l didn't do as we ll as th e 'hi gher grades but one titl e in the shot put was won by G. Suthon. 3 other places we re ga in ed by th e juni ors and D. M cKe nzie, although breaking th e old record, was on ll y pl aced 5th in the discus .

Th e sc hoo l showed the usual high standa rd of performance w ith a very large co nting ent co mp eting. it is hoped that this stand ard w ill be con tinu ed in f ut ure ye ars .

Results : Senior: 100 m: P. Fitzpatrick (2nd) ; 200 m: R. Hill (3rd) ; 400 m: N.Harri son [2nd); 110 m hurd les: M. Ma rsh (1 st) ; 800 m: M . Hou ston [1st). W . Newton (2nd) ; 1500 m: M. Houston [1st). W . Newton (3rd) ; discus: J. Lockwood (1st); Javel in: W . Persson [1st), B. Bow den (2nd); steep lechase : D . Antunovic (3rd) ; 4 x 100 m re lay: P. Bro eder low, P. Fi tzpatr ick , S. Hart ley, N. Harr ison (2nd) .

J. Lockwood winds up.

Taranaki lntersecondary School Athletics: The meeting was held at Francis Douglas College aga in this year, on the 23rd of March. Th e weather was fine and very hot with very li ttle w ind . Unfortunately the track was rather rough whic h cou ld have had an effect on som e possible record t im es .

Outstand ing performances were produced in all grad es but with no records being broken . Taranaki t itles were gained by: Senior , M . Housto n (800m and 1500m), M .

Marsh [110m hurdl es). J. Lockwood [discu s). W. Persson [javelin) . Intermedi ate: G. Whitehead (100m). Junior : G. Suthon (shot ~ut) .

The seni ors of t he sc hoo l showed dom;nance over all events with 5 tit les and 7 places . Th e se ni or re lay te am also ran extre mely we ll with a record break in g performance but onl y a seco nd p lace through being disp laced by an experi enced Waitara High Sc hoo l t eam.

P. Somerton Touches Down!

SPORTS

Page 25 Intermediate : 100 m: G. Whitehead (1st); 200 m: G. Whitehead (2nd) ; 400 m: W. Harr ison (2nd) ; 100 m hurdl es: G. Whitehead (2nd) ; long jump: J. Crighton (2nd) ; shot 1put: M . Sm ith (2nd); 4 x 100 m relay : G. Whitehead , G. Eichstaedt. W. Harris on, K. Wallace (1st).

Junior: 100 m hurdles: S. Young (3rd); shot put: G. Suthon (1 st); j ave lin : P. Hook (2nd), R. Palm er (3rd) .

NORTH ISLAND INTERSECS : Th e meeting was held at Mt . Sm art Stadiu m in Auckland. Thi s is an all weather track and the surface is a compositio n of gravel and rubb er.

Th e team consist ed of 10 athl etes : M. Houston , W .

Newton, M. Gregory , N. Har ri son, P. Fitzpatrick, B. Bowden, W . Persson, G. Whiteh ead , W . Harrison and M .

Sm ith . We trave ll ed up with t he rest of the Taranak i t eam, on th e 5th of April, in two buses w ith a small group going in Mr. Stone's car .

Ath letes at this meeting are among the best in New Zeala nd second ary sc hools at the present tim e and to compete at th is meetin g is a great honour. Twice as many boys from the schoo l represented Taranak i thi s year co mpared w ith last year and this in itse lf shows th e vast improvement there has been in our sc hool athleti cs. No places were gained but some very co mm end ab le performa nces were see n.

The senio r 800 m was run as a straig ht f inal and the two athl etes in th is eve nt from the sc hool were Bill Newton and Mark Housto n. Mark Hou ston ran a good race to come in at 5th place in about 2 m inutes . Bill Newton didn 't do quite as we l l with an eleve nt h place .

Neil Harri son qualified fo r the final of the 400m in the seniors w ith a second pl ace in his heat. Unfortunately he cou ld not run this race because of a muscle injury.

Peter Fitzpatrick ran very we ll in hi s senio r 100 m hea t to go forward to the fina l. He got 6th pl ace in th is race. He was also in the Taranak i se ni or relay team wh ich got into t he fina l and was placed 2nd in the North Island.

Murray Gregory was in the pole va ult and compet in g ,a gainst strong oppos iti on ga in ed a 4th place. A very cred itab le performance fo r 2 months experie nce of t he eve nt.

Way ne Persson and Barr i Bowd en were both in the se nior j ave lin . Th ere was strong oppos ition and they both failed to get a place. Wayne was 10th and Barri 11th.

In t he intermed iates Gav in Whitehead ran bot h the 100 m and 100 m hurdles heats but f ail ed to qual ify . The -.fie lds were very strong an d hav ing both sprints made th in gs hard er . Gavin was also a member of the Taranak i intermed iate relay team w hi ch ran 6th in the fin al.

Bill Har ri son competed in the inte rm ediate 400 m but cou ld on ly man age a 5t h place in his heat as the opposition was very strong. Bill was also in the Taranak i re lay.

Fina lly the last at hlete from t he sc hool was Maurice Smith who ga in ed a 10th place in the inte rm ed iate shot put.

Th anks go to Mr. Stone for hi s support and in terest on this t rip and also to the bill ets in Au ck land .

NEW ZEALAND SECONDARY SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS: Thi s is the second year that th is meetin g has been held and is at Queen Elizabeth 11 Park on the 7th and 8th of December. Hav in g been a very successfu l meeting last year it should be a great expe ri ence t o compete in it t hi s year. M any of the ath letes competing last year were al so in the Commonwealth Games so the stand ard there is except ion all y hi gh.

Thi s year Murray Gregory is represent ing the sc hoo l in po le vau lt anc! Barr i Bowden in javelin . Murray has ,also taken up the sport this year and at th e rate of improve ment he has already shown he shou ld do we ll .

Barri has also shown grea t progress in hi s fie ld event and it is hoped that they both do we ll for the sc hoo l .

Th e sc hool gained a 4th place last year in the se ni or 800 111 w it h a fin e run from Denni s Brown.

High Flier

Hurdlers In Action

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SPORTS

Page 27 NEW PLYMOUTH BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC SPORTS -

SENIORChampionship

100 Metres 20J Metres 400 Metres 800 Metres 1500 Metres SOJO Metres 110 Metre Hurdles l ong Jump

High Jump

THIRD

SECOND

FIRST

EVENT

Fi tzpatrick H arr ison Harris on Houston Houston

M. Houston

M. Marsh P. Fitzpatrick N. Harrison

Triple Jâ&#x20AC;˘Jmp Shot Put

P. Fitzr.atrick A. Bevewijk

Discus

J. Lockwood A. Bartlett B. Edwards

Pole Vault Relay

PERFORMANCE

Green

'3.

P. R. W.

Hartley Broederlow Hill Newton

W. Newton W . Newton W . Persson

R. Hill D. Hutch ings S. Hartley

23.4 sec.

52.6 sec. (Record ) 1 min. 59.4 sec.

Triple Jump

Shot Put Discus

Relay

D. Antunovic

4 min. 46.8 sec.

16 min . 58.8 sec.

D. Antunovic

G. Wh itehead G. Whitehead W. Harrison

P. Ritchie R. Mills G. Whitehead J. Keenan

18.2 sec.

P. Somerton

5.63 min.

R. Harkness

4ft. 11 in .

G. Yearbury B. Edwards B. Edwards B. Bowden M. Gregory Bl ce

B. Edwards J. Numa

11. 38 min.

36ft. ll in.

30.62 min.

54.64 min. (Record) 9ft. 4.75in . (Record) 46.6 sec .

43ft . lO ~ in ., P. A. Johns, 1962 45ft . l i in., V. Temata , 1968 158ft. i in ., N. Edwards, 1955 178ft. Sin., J. K. Lay, 1955

12.3 sec.

23.7 sec.

57 sec.

2 min. 16.6 sec.

4 min . 59 sec .

15 sec . (Record) 15.45 min .

5ft. 3in.

11.38 min.

14.72 min.

49.52 min .

11.3 sec., K. T. Williams, 1962 23.5 sec ., T. Jordan, 1969 53.4 sec., M. S. Johnson 1969 2 min 6.2 sec., L. Purdy, 1961

J. Num a W. Persson

H. Pihigia White

G. Eichstaedt W. Harrison

P. R. K. D. J. P.

Ritchie Mills Death Tree by Crighton Ritchie

K. Wa ll ace K. Wa ll ace M. Copplestone J. Koniin S. Fleming P. Boekhorst G. Eichstaedt

J. Keenan G. Jones

J. Keenan

M. Smith M. Smith White

B. TeUira R. Gray Blue

Maro on

G. Suthon

D. MacKenzie M. Dean D. MacKenzie

P. Hook T. Neal R. Sm i llie

13.4 sec.

26.5 sec.

J. Torre ns

Standard 4 min. 49.8 sec.

18. 1 sec.

13ft. 9in.

D. MacKenzie

P. Hook I. Meuli I. Meu li S. Young J. Torrens S. Percival

G. Suthon Wh ite

11.1, P. Hi ckey, S. Underwood, 1970 22.8 sec., R. C. Johns, 1959 51.2 sec., K. T. Wi lli ams, 1964 2 min . 1 sec ., L. J. Pury, 1962 4 min. 20.2 sec., B. Crocker, 1970 15 min . 59 sec., B. ( rocker, 1970 14.5 sec. , R. C. Johns, 1959 21ft. Sin ., A. C. Mclntyre, 1937 5ft. Bin ., A. Martin

G. Hayward P. Chri,tophers

JUNIORChampionship

100 Metres 200 Metres 40J Metres 800 Metres 1500 Metres Hurd les 100 Metres Hurdles Long Jump Hi gh Jump Shot Put Relay

SC HOOL RECORD

D. Dread on

INTERMEDIATEChampionship

100 Metres 200 Metres 400 Metres BOO Me tres 1500 Metres lOJ Metres Hurdles Long Jump High Jump

SCHOOL BADMINTON TEAM

-P-. -B-r-oe_d_e_r-lo_w_ _ l ll.B ec.

P. N. N. M. M.

SENlORCham p:onship

Javelin

I

1974

J. Mitche ll M. Waite J. Mitchell A. Underwood G. Suthon S. McDonald Maroon

B. Blennerhass et

B. Hopkins B. McCandlish B. TeUira

M. Fielding J. Torrens M. Gesterkamp S. Wildon P. Hone Blue

1 min. 1.9 sec.

31.7 m. (Record) 54.7 sec.

46.9 sec., Carrington, 1968-70

New Event

15.3 sec., M. S. Johnson, 1969 20ft. S ~ in ., C. Kiestrup, A. Martin, 1968 Sit. 4in. , G. Towler, 1971 40ft. 2in., J. Klay, 1953 48ft. 31in., F. Hutchings, 1966 162ft. Siin ., W. Garnham, 1966 47.7 sec., Carrington, 1969

11.7 sec ., B. Binnie, 1968 24 sec., B. Binnie, 1968 56.7 sec., P. H. Rowe, 1963 2 mi n. 14.7 sec., M. Martin, 1965 N ew Event

15.4 sec., A. Martin, T. Birkhart, 1968 18ft . J1in., B. Binnie, 1968 Sft . ~in., H. Clarke, 1969 New Event

50.6 sec., Carrington, 1968

Back Rcw: Mr. T. Heaps (Coach), D. Rcwe, G. Bennett, A. Bartlett, W. Crozier.

J. Torrens, J. Me ll s, M. Downey (Cap tain ), M. Ch iv ers, I. Sarten.

Front Row:

Abse nt: R. Paterson, G . King.

Badminton & Table Tennis

themse lves , and t he progress made by the team augurs we ll for next year. Th e score was 12-3 to Hamilton Boys ' High School.

Thi s c lub continues to be popu lar, and consequent ly c lub afternoons, on Wednesday and Thursday from 3.30 p.m . until 5 p .m., were we ll atte nd ed. it was heartening to see t he large number of new boys who were interested in participat ing in these sports.

After t hat match had been played a large sq uad of twe lve wa s formed to practice, and twe lve gir ls from G i rls ' Hi gh School came tci practice at the sa m e time .

The id ea behind this was th at the two sc ho ols should co mbin e to play other co-educational school s in t he area.

Ten g i r ls comb in ed with our team of M. Dow ney (capta in), T. Bart lett, M . Chivers, G . Bennett, J. Torrens, G. King, W . Crozier, I. Sarten and R. Paterso n to defeat Spotswood Col:ege 19-5. Next season we hope to play Spotswood tw ice, at the begi nning and end of the season, as we ll as some of the other Tara nak i sc hools .

NON-CHAMPIONSHIPSenior

1JO Metres A B

c

M. Opie

B

P. Dreadon W. P er~son

200 Metres A 800 Metres 1500 Metres

K. Jenvey A. Beverwijk

c

M. Marsh G. Jones P. Broad

P. W. D. D. A. M.

Roberts Co ley Batty Hodge Bartlett Opie

D. Treeby A. Bartlett S. Carruthers A. Beverwijk

H. Pih ig ia D. Bullick

G . Li vingstone

D. Antunovic

G. Miln

J. McCullough

A. Woods

S. Young

K. Dixon T. Moore

B. Blennerhasset

R. Bishop K. Jenvey

12.6 sec.

13.0 sec.

13.8 sec.

24 sec .

24.8 sec.

25.0 sec.

2 min . 16.8 sec.

4 min. 55.8 sec.

Intermediate

200 Metres A B

c

D

100 Metres A B

800 Metres

S. Gatenby S. Sawtell G. Eichstaedt P. Boekhorst

S. We llington C. Salisbury B. Rogers E. Dixon D. Carter

Junior Non-Championship

100 Metres A B 200 Metres A B

800 Metres

c

A. H. K. B.

Greiner Bennett Di xon Blennerhasset

T. Moore 1

M. Croed G. Wi lliams L. Howan G. Sawtell B. Richards K. McEidow ney

J. Mitchell M. Mc lsaac

A. S. G. P.

Underwood Faull Wi lliams Lonsdale

29 sec.

29 sec.

25.3 sec.

25.7 sec .

12.8 sec.

13.3 sec.

2 min. 24.1 sec. sec. sec. sec. sec . sec.

G. Passau R. Parssons

13.9 13.9 26.6 26.6 26.9

G. Jones

2 min. 31.3 sec.

M. Pipson Lynch P. Jury

IA.

Table tennis has been given a great boost by the purchase of fo ur new tables that have bee n put in the old ha ll, and these have proved ve ry popu lar. it is hoped that next year tab le tennis w ill become a separate club , so t hat the spo rt can be deve loped to its fullest potentia l.

BADMINTON : Because of the fac i lities that were ava ilable in gym , and because of the incentive of play ing for sc hool team, badminton was the stronger of the the depa rture of the end of last year of four of the tea m members.

the the two s ix

The f irst match that the school team played was aga in st Ham il ton Boys' High Sc hoo l at t he Army Ha ll in N ew Plymouth. Even though our more inexperienced team had been practising on Thursd ay eve ning s , they could not match the Ham ilton team, w hich has been conso l idating its stre ngth over the last few seaso ns . However , the team of J. Me ll s, M . Downey (capta in ), T. Bartlett, W . Croz ie r , I. Sarten and M. Chiv ers d id not disgrace

Th e sc hool championships were held at t he beg inning of the third term , and we re contested by nearly forty boys. The ccmpet ition was keen and some very good games resulted .

Th e resu lts were:Senior Singles (Cook and Lister Cup: J. Mells .

Senior Doubles : T. Bart lett and M. Ch ivers.

Junior Singles (1-saacs Cup): P. Be ll worthy.

Junior Doub!es: W . Croz ier and I. Sarten.

J . Mells ach i eved distinct ion outside the cl ub, by becoming a m ember of t he Taranak i Junior Representative team, w hich p layed in th e North Isl and Junior Di v is ion compet ition. Mells a lso won the Taran aki Under-18 doubles tit le.

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Page 28 TABLE TENNIS: With the add ition of th e new tables to the old hall more interest was shown in this sport towards the end ,of the season. lt is also hoped that a schoo l team may be chosen when the table tennis c lub forms next year.

Some of the top players in the school took part in outside competition . Besides playing in the interc lub competition , S. Caruthers and E. Price were both members of the Taranaki Under-18 team. In competition E. Pri ce became the 1974 North Taranaki Residential Under18 sing les champion.

The school table tennis championsh ip s were held at the beginning of the third term, and the resu lts of thes e were: Senior Singles: S. Carruthers.

Senicr Doubles: S. Carruthers and S. Day. Junior Singles: P. Trenwith.

Junior Doubles : T. White and B. Hutchings.

In the North Taranaki Under-18 rankings , E. Pric e was 1st, S. Carruthers 3rd and B. Reeve 4th. it is to be hoped the number of club and competit ion players increases next season .

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SPORTS 1st XI

Basketball This year the school entered two teams in the New Plymouth men 's competition, the A team playing in th e C grade competition, and the B team playing in t he E grade competition, and three teams in the Junior League.

As usual, we played three college games this year having one win, and two los ses, one of wh ich was very unlucky. We also had limited suc cess in the Taranaki Inter-Secondary Schools tournament ,at Opunake.

The A team this year was: P. Adds, I. Mackenzie, B. Hoben, G. Mackenzie , M. Novak, M. Smith, R. Parsons and N. Wood .

Only two members of last year's A team remained at school this year, and this, coup led with a late start to the season at sc hool , resulted in a considerab le defeat in our first co ll ege game 39-27 against Wanganui Colleg iate at Wanganui. This game showed up the weaknesses in our offence , ancf although t he oppos iti on was strong, the game remained fairly slow, and rather disappointing.

In the second co ll ege game, aga in st Ham ilton Boys' High , at Hamilton, we lost 46-48. As the score indi cates, we were unlucky to lose. The game was fast , w ith plenty of fouls and the score shows that our offence was improving.

Our next co ll ege opponent was Wanganui Boy 's Col lege , whom we played at New Plymouth. Thi s team was eas ily the hardest team we had played aga in st in both height and playing abi lity, and the game proved to be the best of the year . The game was fast and hard, resulting in plenty of fouls , several players being fou led off.

School led by two points at half time , and at the end of t he second half the score was drawn 32-32. Extra t im e alm ost proved to be fruitless with neither sid e able to score, but Peter Adds managed to shoot the necessary goal, to w in th e game 34-32.

Th e A team played in the inter-secs with limited success, with a notable win over Opunake 31-34 and a loss to Stratford .

Th e B team after also getting off to a late start, mad e cons id erab le progress during th e middle of the term scoring several good w in s.

The third and fourth formers made a lot of progress this year, and it is hoped that these boys w ill continue play ing, perhaps in the A and B teams next year.

A lot of work went into this years A team by both players and coaches, with pleasing results; players gain in g a lot of experience. Thanks must go to Mr. Franci s for his valuab!e coaching and efficient organisation.

Thanks also go to Mr. Rattray and Miss MacDon ald for their coaching and organisation of the third and fourth form teams throughout the season, making 1974 a good yea r for basketball at Boys ' High .

I. Mackenzie .

The Staff win again!

Back Row : J. Bishop, C. M . Torrens, R. Ba xter, S. R. Lowrie , M. W. Fairey, D. 'R. Fairey.

Front Row: T. R. Urbahn, G. Roper, D. J. Radford , S. M. Harrop, J . G.

Cricket School cricket has now been organised on cl ub lin es in an endeavo ur to ensure a greater say in running of the game. Already there are indic ations that this w ill mean a much smoother organisation. Considerable expe nse is necessary to handle the teams and the club is at present endeavour ing to raise money by various means.

With growing numbers, it is imperative that players w ork as a club and already , the signs of some increased interest in admi nistrat ion are impressing.

Eight teams have been put on the field and this is like ly to be increa sed at the start of next season. More ass istance is required from parents in helping in any way.

INTER-COLLEGE CRICKET 1974 FIRST XI v. Hawera High School (at N.P.B.H.S.). Won on first inn ings by 176 runs .

School won the toss - and elected to bat on a good wicket. After a big opening stand of 155 between D. Radford (87) and S. Harrop (56), School collapsed somewhat until M. Fairey (27 n.o.) led a tail-end recovery to enab le School to declare at 237/ 9. For Hawera , G. Cook took 5 for 25 from 20 overs, a good performance.

Carre ll.

Hawera 's batting also co ll apsed to be all out for 61, G. Cook w ith 23 being the only batsman to look at all comfortab le. Bowling for School D. ' Radford (2-6), M .

Torrens (3-19), R. Baxter (2-0) and J. Carrell (1-20) took the w ickets. v. Wellington College (at Wellington). Drawn.

The opposition won the toss and batted on a wicket w hich promised sp in on the second day. Wellington began slow ly but there was some aggress ive middle order batting allowing them to reach a respectab le 173. For School the wicket-takers were: D. Radford (3-54), J . Carroll (2-37).

M. Torrens (3-27) and S. Lowr ie (2-29).

School then batted and at stumps were 108/ 4 w ith G. Roper on 55, batting very confid ent ly and J. Carroll at the wicket. Next morning these two batsmen capitalised on some erratic bewling from Wellington so that Roper reached hi s century in 161 minutes and was out soon after for 101 . Th !s was the first century by a First XI member for 4 years. Other major contributors for School were S. Lowri e (29), J. Carrell (20), M. Fairey (16 n.o.), J. Urban (16) and S. Harrop (14), enab lin g School to reach 247, a 74 run lead.

School sensed possible v ictory and attacked right from the start. J. Carroll and D. Radford bowled exce ll entl y and had Wellington reeling at 5-27. However some stubborn middle order batting enab led them to reach 145 and so to reduce th e poss ibi lity of outright v ictory to

Page 30 almost nil. School had to score 72 runs in the remaining 4 avers. This was attempted in lively fashion, but without any rea l hop e of victory. At stumps school were 27-4, Raper scoring 16.

J. Carroll's 6-62 and G. Raper's 101 earned them places on the Honours Board and, as is customary, G. Raper -received a . new cricket bat donated by the schoo l . v. Palmerston North B.H.S. (at Sport's Ground , Palmerston North) . Won by 10 runs .

This was a newly established 40-over match and it is hoped that it w ill become a perm anent two-d ay fi xture in future.

Hav ing won the toss , School batted on a hard and very f ast wicket. Scor ing was bri sk from the start with D. Radford (24). G. Raper (21) and M . Torrens (27) prov iding good back-up innings to the exce ll ent innings of 77 from T. Urbahn. Schoo l were all out in the 39th over for 17B. Palmerston started quickly but soon lost wickets and on ly a very fine inn ings of B5 from G. Cunningham stood .between v ictory and loss but once he was dism issed, Schoo l ended the inn ings well, th e last six w ickets f alling for on ly 31 runs. Palmerston's fin al total was 16B, ten runs short . v . Wanganui Co ll egiate (at N.P .B.H .S.). Drawn.

Schoo l lost the toss and Co lleg iate batted. Th e wicket was very damp and partly as a res ult the bat t ing was very dour. although they eventually reac hed 171 . Schoo l 's best bowl ers were D. Radford (7-57) and J. Carroll (2-43).

School's batting was sub-standard with th e result that •only D. Radford (27). M. Fairey (19 n.o.J. G. Raper (14) and J. Carro ll (13) reac hed doubl e figures in the total of 120.

Beca us e both innings had been slow, the pos sibil ity of an outr ight resu lt seemed remote. However the situat ion was changed dram aticall y when Coll eg iate we re dismissed for what seemed a meagre total, 69. D. Radford was the destroyer , taking 6-27, with S. Lowri e (2-1B) and J. Carro ll (1-7) also taking w ickets.

Thi s left School 110 minutes to score 121 run s for victory . Howeve r after losing two quick wickets, t hey never looked like it . Although G. Rap er (17) and S. Harrop (B) made a sPght recove ry , School, in the form of D. Fairey an d J. Bishop , ended up f ac ing the last 10 ball s und er very intense press ure . Lucki ly th ey were successful and the matc h ended with Sch oo l 's tota l look ing very sick at 31/9 .

Th e f eature of th e match was the bow li ng of D. Radford, th e captain , who took 7-57 in Co ll eg iat e 's first inning s and then 6-27 in th e seco nd , both feats ea rn ing him a place on th e Honours Bo ard . v . Auckland Grammar (at N.P.B.H.S.). Drawn.

Thi s game was the first between the two f amous sporting sc hoo ls at cricket. As is t he case w it h the Palm ersto n fi xture, it is hoped that th is game will become ·an annual f ixture in the futur e.

On a damp w icket , Au ck land Grammar won th e toss and sent Schoo l into bat . School quickl y lost t wo wickets but when rain stopped play , the total stood at 44/2. Pl ay was als o del ayed next morning but eventuall y play began and School tota lled 107 in all , w ith on ly Harrop (27) and Radford (37) reac hing doubl e figur es , and also combin ing in a good partn ers hip of 65. For Grammar Kurkvich took 4 wickets and Symmonds 3.

SPORTS Wh en Auckland batted they rel inqu ished a f irst-innin gs lead of 5 runs by reac hing 102. Again scores were low with only J. Crowe (27). G. Henl ey-Smith (2B) and c.

Pasti es (12) reac hing doubl e figures . For Schoo l Radford (4-41). Carroll (2-12). Lowrie (2-21) and Raper (1-1) took w ickets .

In Schoo l 's seco~d inn ings three ear ly w ickets were lost but a m idd le order recovery by Urbahn (19). Radford (23). Carro ll (19) and Torre ns (25) al lowed Schoo l to re ach 111, le av ing Grammar needing 117 to w in.

Although School took two wickets, J. Crowe (19) and C. Pasti es (30) combined in a good partnersh ip of 50 so that thing s looked good for Grammar at 65/2 . However School brok e through with four w ickets to put the oppos it ion on the defensive. They 'p ut up the shutters ' and play ended with the total BB/6 . This was a continuall y interesting game, contested in keen spirit, even though th e interruption s due to rain were very disappointing. v. Opunake High School (at Opunake). Won on 1st innin gs.

A s was th e case last yea r. low scoring was the feature of this encounter, on a f ine day and a reaso nable wicket .

Opun ake won the toss and batted. They never rea lly got on t op of Schoo l 's attack and were eventua lly dismissed for 60. On ly two of their playe rs reached double f igures.

For School D. Radford with 6-14 from 13 avers earned · him se lf anoth er place on the Honours Board . Oth er wickettakers were J. Green (1-1B) and M . Torrens (1-7).

School was reaso nab ly confident of ac hi ev in g victory but aft er qu ick ly losing Harrop, Radford and Urbahn , a cruel bl ow stru ck. Raper , w ho had been batting well injured a l igament in hi s kn ee and had to retire hurt. Th is gave School an uphi ll struggle but a good partn ershi p of 2B between R. Baxter and M . Fairey gave us a chance .

Wi c kets fe ll regu lar ly howeve r so that School was 59 /B. Rap er then batted w ith a runn er. He was soo n di smi ss ed howeve r and it was left to J. Gree n to hit th e w inning runs through slips. For Opun ake P. Eli ason (5-16) and J. Kensington (4/ 30) took wickets . So this dram atic game ended in a ve ry narrow win to Schoo l . concluding an unbeaten College seaso n fo r t he First X I.

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Page 31 yea rs . Grand Robertson and Roh an M euli (both North Is land primary reps). Jeff Torrens, Step hen Hughes , lan Wr ight and Peter Hall are very useful all-round ers .

FOURTH GRA DE Two teams are be ing fielded in thi s grade and a greater endeavour is being made to promote at th is level. There are many kee n playe rs in thi s side and it is v ital that coa ch ing be improved .

FI FTH GRADE This is a grade restricted to third form ers who th is yea r have proved except iona lly keen. Mr. Picton and Mr. Crawford have don e an extremely good job at this level and the signs ind icate more than us eful pote ntial .

DAY BOYS v . BOARDERS (35-over game) Again the Day Boys were st rong f avo urites and were keen to avenge last yea r's defeat. On a hard track the Day Boys won th e toss and batte d. In 35 avers they totalled 214 for th e loss of on ly four wickets. The highlig ht was an unbeaten century (100 n.o.) by B. Reeve scored in only 30 avers. Reeve was part icular ly severe on the Boarder bow li ng later in his innings with t he last 40 co ming in little over half an hour. Others to bat well we re D. Radford (34). M. Fairey (26 n.o. ). and J. Bishop (23 n.o.). For the Board ers Torrens took 2/42 and Lowri e . took 1/ 26.

Th e Day Boys took the field very confid ent of v ictory a stubborn Despite e. troubl and soo n had th e Boarders in

partnership between M. Torrens (45) and S. Young (19). the Board ers were f inall y dism issed for 132 in the 32nd over . The main wicket takers for the Day Boys were S. Harrop (4/ 19) and J. Carroll (3 / 25) . Thus the Day Boys won bac k the Birch Cup very conv incingl y.

Stephen Harrop , 6E .

Gymnastics Th e Schoo l Gymna st ic Champ ionships were held this yea r on the 24th of October and attracted fifty entrants in the Third and Fourth Form competitions . No Fifth Form ,or Open eve nts were contested because of a lack of entri es , but t he standard of the Third and Fourth Form Championships was high and compet ition was kee n. Cont est ants we re required to perform in any five of the following six apparatus: Agilities , cross-box , long-box, para ll el bars, trampoline and rings .

An inter-second ary schools gymn ast ics tourn ament is being held at Hawera on 16th Novemb er , and N.P.B. H.S. hopes to have a team of gymnasts entered .

Plac ings this year were: Th ird Form Ch ampionsh ip: K. Burton (1st , 42 .0 points); G. Pea rc e (2nd , 3B.5 points); J. Hold en (3rd , 35.0 points).

Fourth Form Ch ampionships: C. Rudd (1 st , 40.5 points); P. Hall (2nd, 39.0 points); B. Steve ns (3rd , 3B.O points).

K. Gledh ill.

1st HOCKEY XI

S. M. Harrop .

SECO ND X! Wi t h capta in M ark Fairey and coac h Mr Bri an Bellring er , the st andard of t hi s side has been lifted. Th e si de contain s a mixture of experi ence and youth and it has don e particularly we ll . Fairey , Craig Rob inson. Simon Young and Garth Hayward are useful bats men wh ile Hayward, Ton y Hew it , and John Green are most useful bowlers.

Th e co ll ege game played aga inst lngl ewood Hi gh School was lost by six w ickets but it was a most enjoyab le one-day fixture an d one that up lifted inte rest in the game at this level .

THIRD GRADE GOLD Thi s is an ent irely social team co ntai nin g seni or boys and cater ing for Satu rd ay players only. Mark Newlands and Geoff Hea le are undertaking this organisat ion. In the fir st part of the yea r , this team was coac hed by Mr lan Francis but the change has been brought about by the keemiss of se nior boys to play on Saturdays.

THIR D GRADE BLACK Coached by Mr. Ne il Stone th is t ea m consists of promising th ird, fourth and fifth form co lt s. Many of thi s team are destined to go on the 1st XI honours in th e next two

Back Row: N. P. Green, S. Hugh es, R. B. Haywa rd , D. A. Bu ll ick, A. H. Und e rwood.

Mi ddle Row: P. J. Goodman, R. T. Mareko, P. A. Breme r, S. E. Day, S. K. Allan, Mr. Grant Front Row: A J. Lar<en, T. D. Shea re r, B. A. McCandlish (Captain ). J . J . Ar thur , G. M. Cul len .

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1st XV-Winners of the Moascar Cup.

"Whomsoever you see in distress recognise in him a fellow man ."

Hockey

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M. G. Phillips.

With on ly 16 boys playing hockey this season the team was fairly successful. In the 3rd Grade Competition the team played extremely well, losing on ly the first game against Okato. After that the team played together much better, w inning nine games and drawing two, to emerge as the Competition winner.

The first two col lege games w ill want to be forgotten, with School not capita li s in g on the chances they were given. Both Wanganui Collegiate and Hamilton Boys' High were much too strong for the school team, swamping us with good scores.

On the 7th August School fielded a team against a moderately strong Wanganui Boys' College. School played better in this game , scoring the first goal (R. Hayward) to lead at half-time . During the second half, though, Wanganui broke through to win 4-1 at fulltime. This was a better effort with the attack work in g more efficiently.

During the August holidays we entered a team in the annual Secondary Schoo ls' Tournament in Auckland . Th e ,team improved frcm the beginning to the end of the tournament. School played we ll and only lost to the eventual winners 4-0 . A good combination between the attacking forwards J. Arthur , A. Underwood and R. Hayward resulted in many hard-pressing attacks. Even though School won only one game it fought all the way during this enjoyab le tournament. lt is hoped that the team will do a short tour of the South Island next year, possibl y during the August holidays.

Thi s year we had B. McCandish in the Taranaki Colts team, a most remarkable feat for a sixteen-year-o ld to get into an Under Twenty-On e team .

The team thanks Mr Grant for his loya l support during thi"s hard but enjoyable season .

J. Arthur .

,..

Lifesaving Life-saving this year did not really get a good response as in previous yea rs, with no-one ac hieving new awards.

Next year we are hoping for a better response from pupils as we have three staff members who are qualified instructors and examiners.

A team consisting of P. Thomson, S. Winter, R. White , B. Giles and instructor M. Phillips was entered in the annual intersec. life savir.g contest held at St. Mary's in Stratford but w ith the hi gh standards displ ayed by other teams we were placed third in the boys' section thus los ing the Butcher Cup. Congratul ations mus._t go to S. Winter and R. White on winning the Smith and Easton Cup at the schoo l swimming !Sports. There were a great many entr ies for this event but the standard was low. Second place went to M .

(Phillips ~nd P. Thomson in this event.

As this is not only a sport but also a community activity we wou ld lik e to see more boys pass life-sav ing awards as it wi ll not on ly benefit them but also th e co mmunity.

Rowing After the loss of Mr. Sargent at the end of last year, the club has been struggling for survival. Mr. Grant, without any previous part icipation in the sport, offered to take over the position of master-in-charge and rowing practice .at Waitara got under way on two nights a week after schoo l and on Saturdays in the first term. We were thankfu l to have Mr. Stone also helping by driving the bus out to Waitara to help defray the increases in travelling costs.

Th e only regatta crews attended was on the 29th and 30th of March at Wanganui. This was the Maadi Cup or main school -boy rowing fixture of the year. Our 23 rowers were billeted out by Wanganuians. Crews participating and their results were:Senior IV: W. Newton, P. Van Praagh, M. Eady , R. Harkness (stroke). R. Gray (cox). (4th in heats).

Intermediate VIII: W . Newton , B. Fagan, A. Earnest, P. van Praagh , G. Whitehead, S. Harper , M. Eady, R. Harkness (stroke). R. Gray (cox). (5th in final) .

Colts IV: L. Woolsey, S. Harkness , C. Grant , S. Harper (stroke). G. Cullen (cox). (3rd in heats).

Junior B VIII: J. Newlands, L. Sarten, J. McDonald , J. Steeghs, B. Purcell, G. Nitski, K. Woolsey, T. Clarke (stroke). L. Harper (cox). (3rd in final).

Thi s was a good effort, espec ially by the Juniors, consid erin g the difficulties the club has faced. All enjoyed the trip.

Now however the future of the club is in the balance.

After all of the money and effo rts that rowers enj oying the sport within the schoo l have ploughed into the club , we hope next year there w ill be increased enthusiasm towards the sport. With two eights in fine condition, a brand new four and several other rowable shells, the club is we ll equ ipp ed. Next year we hope to have enough rowers to be able to send crews to the Maadi Cup rega tta to be held at Christchurch , p!us other regattas. Anyone of any form is VJe lcome to join or come out to Waitara and see what rowing is all about.

Finally, our thanks must go to Mr. Grant for the tim e and effort he has devoted to the sport.

S. Harkness .

P. Somerton, B. Emson, J . Hepwcrth , M. Gray, D. Dre adon.

Middle Row: G. Rop er, D. Hutchings, D. Radford, N. Harrison, J. Mi ldenhall, J. Numa .

Front Row: W. Coley, P. Fitzpatrick, J. Loc kwood, P. Boederlow (Capta in ), G . Hayward, W. Newton, J. Bishop.

Back Row:

Without the services of our "outs id e" coaches - Mr .

Urbahn , f\f.r. Be llrin ger and Mr. Saunders - rugby cou ld not proceed and we express sincere thanks to these gentlemen .

J. Lockwood [vice-capta in]. J. Mildenha ll , W. Newton, D. Hutch in gs, G. Ha yward, J. Hepworth , B. Emson , J. Num a, M. Gray, J. McCullough and W. Coley.

School played in the loca l Senior Third competition, losing four of its games. They also played the Taranaki Trojans in their annual match in which sc hool won 30-27.

This was a very open game played in high spirits and sc hool man aged to hold these more experienced p layers.

Once aga in a great deal of the First's strength lay with in the forw ard pack which again ave rag ed just over 13 stone, th is along with very talented three-quarters paved the way to their unbeaten co ll ege season.

This season, 11 members ga:ned se lection in the Taranaki Secondary Schools A team which had an unbeaten tou r of N.S.W . and a further seven in t he B team which competed in the competit ion at Pukekoh e.

Four also got into the Taranaki Under-18 team.

Our special thanks go to Mr Carroll for all the tim e and effort he has put into making this another unbeaten co ll ege season. Also thanks to all Rugby admin istrators, billeters , both home and away, and to the Seconds, who have taken the brunt of everything at our practices.

FIRST XV The first squad was se lected at Queen 's Birthday Weekend and consisted of 21 players: D. Radford , P. Fitzpatrick, N. Harrison, P. Broederlow (captain). G. Raper , D. Dreadon , S. Hartley, P. Somerton, J. Bishop, T. Urbahn,

The King's School, Sydney (Gully Ground, 1-5th May) The King's School (Sydney) suffered its only loss during its tour of New Zea land when it was narrowl y defe ate d by New Pl ymouth Boys ' High , 14-16.

Rugby The school fielded 12 teams in local competition s th is yea r. A lthough there were no successes, severa l teams finished in the top three and honours must go to the 6th grade Go ld side which finished second in the "g lamour" grade, defeat in g the eventua l winners in doing so.

For the first time eve r, teams were organised on a school, rather than house, basis and this proved successful.

Despite a decline in the numbers playing rugby , those participating showed dedication and determination. Thi s was ref lected in the success of the First XV who regained the Moascar Cup from St. Pats and then proceeded to w ithstand all cha ll enges to reta in the Cup.

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Thi s was the First Fiftee n's first co ll ege match of the seaso n and therefore the team was app rehens ive about the outcome. Th ere was n't the cohesion of the team in this game that was present in the later co ll ege match es .

After being down by 6-0 at halftime, Co ll eg iate came bac k to take t he lead 7-6 midway t hroug h t he seco nd half with a good ind ividu alist try by winger P. MacKenzie and a pena lty by P. Bishop.

Th e King 's School scored two tries to Boys' High' s one, however the acc urate boot of Denni s Radfo rd cou ld not be matched as he kicked four pena lti es.

However with 10 minu~es remain ing School we re hard on attack and from an orthodox back movement P. Fitzpatrick sco red the winn ing try an d G. Hayward converted to seal the game.

A tight game was played up front, with Boys ' Hi gh a more so lid and determined pack. lt produced a lot of ball part icul ar ly from rucks , to enable its backs to set up some co nstructiv e second phase play. J. Bishop gave good service from the scru m and second f ive-e ighth G. Raper produced some good tact ica l kicks.

Throug hout the game Sc hool co ntinu ed to adopt dryweather tactics and had it elected to keep t he game tight , Sc hool cou ld we ll have won by a wider margin than 12-7.

King's was not starved of possession but didn't make good use of its speedy backs .

School prcduced a grand ex hibition of grafting forward endeavour, w ith the ta ll trio of B. Em so n, J. Hepworth and J. Lockwood domin at ing th e lineouts. W .

Newton and G, Hayward played we ll in the loose.

Boys' High we re first to score with a pena lty by D. Radford . King 's rep li ed with a penalty also; however, Boys ' Hi gh immediate ly after took the lead w ith anoth er pena lty. Ten m ' nutes later King 's equa li sed but a try 10 minutes before ha lf-time by P. Fitzpatrick gave Boys ' High a 10-6 lead.

Soon after half-t im e King 's scored to equalise again.

D. Radford put over another two penalties. In the final m inutes of play King's scored anot her try to make th e final score 16-1 4 to New Plymouth Boys' High. ' St. Patrick 's, Silverstrea m (6th Jul y) Thi s game, played at Si lverstrea m for the f irst t ime, was won by School 21-7. In winni ng , School lifted the Moascar Cup from St. Pat's.

St Pat's k:ck ed off and went stra ight onto attack to sc ore a shock first minute try. However Sc hool soon settled down and good ba ck in g up by P. Somerton resulted in a try. M. locker placed St. Pat's back into t he lead with a pena lty goal but the score was equalled again when G. Hayward kicked a penalty goal. With the halft im e score at 7-7 each the game could have gone either way. Howev er. School appl ied themselves we ll and with supe rbl y dri ll ed forward power and a smooth handling back lin e, St. Patrick 's were shut out of t he game.

In the backs. J. Bishop had an exce ll ent game be hind the scrum , hand ling the greasy bal l immaculate ly. A ll the backs ran w ith purpose, part icu larly P. Somerton and w ing ers P. Fitzpatr ick and N. Harri son. G. Raper fie lded the ba ll safely at full-back . Fin al score: 12-7 to School.

Tri es, J. Bishop, P. Fitzpatrick; convers ion s, G. Hayward (2).

Wanganui Co ll egiate: Try, P. M acke nzie ; penalty goa l .

P. Bishop.

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Schoo l was on top of this game right from the sta rt.

With the fo rwards dominating all phases of play the Schoo l backs received plenty of ba ll wh ich they put to good use . With all the backs running strong ly it was not long before P. Broederlow cro ssed the li ne for Schoo l 's f irst points . Palm erston North came back fro m t his to put t heir first poi nts up w ith an easy pena lty.

Schoo l . not to be outd one, came back and Harrison sco red fr om a blind-side move .

With the Sc hool backs running strongly the wings were given many opportuni ti es and often had the . Palmersto n North defence stretc hed. G. Raper was next to score whe n he kicked ahead and won the race to the ba ll , making th e ha lf-time score 12-3.

A confident School sid e kicked off with a strong breeze beh:nd them in the second ha lf and was quick to sett le down again , soon havin g Pa lmerston North backpeda lling.

With solid play from all the forwards, espec ially Hepworth, Lockwood and Gray, Schoo l comp lete ly dominated the game. giving Broederlow and Raper another try eac h and Harrison two.

Pa lmerston North did come bac k slightly, however, when flanker Cassone Chang scored a co nverted try from a lineout clo ~e to School's line. Only one Schoo l try was

converted by G. Haywa rd w ho hit the upri ght w ith th ree attempts and the crossbar with a fina l pena lty attempt.

Full -tim e ca me w it h the score 30-9.

Tri es , N. Harri son (3). P. Broeder low and G. Raper; G. Hayward, a co nvers ion.

Pa lmerston' North Boys' penalty and a convers ion.

Te Aute College (Ru gby Park, New Pl ymou th , 27th Jul y) N.P.B.H.S. beat off a determined Te Aute Coll ege challenge in a fine disp lay of wet-weath er rugb y , disposing of le Aute Co ll ege 13 points to 7. lt was a splend idly fought match played in atrocio us cond itions . Despite th is, however, there was much bright play by both sides.

Th e better-dr il led and fitter School forward pack won the day in th e loose and t he School backs made good use of the ir scor in g opportuni t ies . School led 6-0 at ha lf time afte r sco ring a good try when Hepwo rth made a charge and from a ruck the backs f ed to centre Breederlow w ho forc€d hi s way through to score.

In a subsequen t movement the Te Aute tack I ing although devastatin g co u:d not stop the bal l from moving through the backs to N . Harrison who ran around his marker to sco re.

WHITE HOUSE SENIORS Winners of the Senior House Competition_

Palmerston North Boys ' High School (Gully Ground, 25th July) Thi s game. played in muddy cond itions, saw School give an ou~standing display of attacking back play to retain th e f'l.oascar Cup 30-9.

Furth er tr ies by P. Somerton, N. Harrison and P. Broeder low plus a co nvers ion by G. Hayward had the game comp lete ly sewn-up for School. The School forwards played powerful rugby and complete ly took charge of the lin eouts and tight play. School halfback J. Bishop and first five-eighth P. Somerton we re a deadly combinat ion.

Tries: P. Som erton (2). N. Harr:son , P. Broeder low. G. Hayward, pena lty and a conve rs ion.

St. Pat's : M . Kelly, a try, M. Tocker, a pena lty.

Wanganui Colleg:ate (Wanganui, 18th July) In wet cond ition s at Wanganui the match was prevented from reaching any spectac ul ar heights by a stiff sw irlin g wi nd wh ich hampered players in the first ha lf and by persistent rain which spoi led back play in the second.

School opened t he sco rin g with a fine try by J. Bishop follow ing a ruck on the Collegiate line. G. Hayward cn nverted.

P. Broederlow shows his style _

High : One try (Chang). a

Back Row : J . Row lands, S. Wright, G . Wh itehead.

Middle Row: K. Wa llace, M. Torrens, G. Walker, D. White, M. Sm ith, R. Waswo.

Front Row : P. Van Praagh , G . Raper, P. Somerton (Capta in ), L. Woolsey.

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Page 36 Te Aute came back to score a try when Hunt toed the ball into goal. Thi s was followed by a pe nalty goal from K. Mite. Th e final points came from G. Hayward w ith a pena lty goa l w hi ch ended the game w ith a B-7 w in to School. Not a man failed N.P.B.H.S. and espec iall y outstand ing were Lockwood, Newton, Hepwgrth and Coley in the forwards .

Tri es, P. Broeder\ow , N. Har ri son. Conversion an d penalty goa l , G. Hayward.

Te Aute: Try, G. Hunt, penalty goa l, K. Mite.

Hamilton Boys' High School [School Gu ll y, 3~d August) School took charge in the final quarter to beat Hamil ton 26-12 and retain the cup in its fourth successfu l defence. With about 20 minutes rema inin g Schoo l was clinging to a 14-12 lead and looked far from safe as Hamilton app lied pressure. But two pena lty goals by G. •Hayward and a converted try sea led the game to give Sc hool a good victory .

N. Harrison scored two fine tries in the first half, one a brilliant so lo effort when he ran 50 yards to score .

At half-time Hamilton trai led 8-0.

In the second half Ham ilton regained determination and purpose with an early converted try w hi ch placed v ictory either way . After Hami lton's second try Sc hool regained domination with the forwards winning good possess ion followed by t he Schoo l backs workmg \1ke a prec i sion machine and clearly outplay in g their Hamilton oppos ites .

G. Roper played we ll and was rarely caught out of position. He wan rewarded from a backl in e move with

a try. G. Hayward kicked we ll to score 14 of School 's po ints; also J. Lockwood gained a lot of lin eout ball and was effect ive in loose play.

Tri es , N. Harrison [2). G. Roper; G. Hayward (4) pena lty goals and a convers ion.

For Hami lton, F. Griffith s, J. Parkes scored tries; G. Ross [2) convers ion s.

Auckland Grammar (Auckland , 24th August) With the final defence of the Moascar Cup thi s season New Plymouth Boys' High Schoo l defeated Auckland Grammar by 16-13 at Auck land.

Thi s was the fifth defence and in a grand display of contro ll ed ru gby New Plymouth scored four tries to one.

School were far super ior in all phases of play and Grammar were denied th e ball from the tough New Pl ymouth forwa rd s who supp li ed exce ll ent ball to nippy halfback Jeff Bishop. The half-time score was 8-3 to N.P. w ith two tries to N .P ., one com in g from John Lockwood and the other by Peter Fitzpatr ick.

Schoo l continued its dominating play in the second half w ith two further tries ,one f rom Ne i\ Harrison and another to John Lockwood .

A ll players had good games wi th John Hepworth dynam ic in the \ineouts , and Garth Hayward excelled in the loose play . Paul Broederlow was hard-running and created many opportunit ies for wingers Nei\ Harrison and Peter Fitzpatrick. Final score N.P.B. H.S . 16, A.G.S. 13 .

Tries : John Lockwood [2). Peter Fitzp atrick, Nei\ Harrison .

BLUE HOUSE JUNIORS Winners of the Junior House Rugby Competition.

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Pag e 37 SECOND XV Th e team comprised M. Houston, J. Carro\1, B. Harrison, C. Howan, K. Wa\l ace, B. Te Uira, R. Harkness, R. Adlam, M. Torrens , D. Fredrickson, M. Newland, D. White , M . Horrocks, M . Op:e (captain]. W. Wright , B. Wal\is, M . Eady, C. Hurl ey , M. Fagan, R. Wi\son and P. Van Praagh.

Afte r a somewhat lethargi c sta rt , t he cons iderably over the season to display over the co ncludin g stages. A feature ()Um ber of young backs and this augurs First XV's .

team improved good co hes ion was t he large we ll for futu re

S. Hart\ey was promoted to the Fi rst XV squad and B. Harrison was brought up from the lntersec. B's.

The annua l fixture aga in st Ham ilton Boys' High , played t his year at Ham ilton , resulted in a well earned victory after an extreme ly close match. N.P.B.H.S. 6 (R. Adlam 2 pena lties). H.B.H.S. 3. Thi s was the highli ght of the season and special thanks go to Mr. Denton for his management .

The Gordon Roper Shield was lost to N.P .O.B. 3rd Grade . N.P.O .B . 12, N.P.B.H.S . 3. Thi s game was played in at rocious conditions .

Good performances throughout t he year came from D. White , P. Van Praagh and th e loose forward t ri o of M. Opie, M . Horrocks and M. New\and. Outstanding in the backs were R. Ad lam, K. Wallace , B. Harrison, and M. Torrens

The White Team did not have a partic ul ar ly successful season in terms of games won, but they were noted for their keenness and enthusiasm.

Th e ove rall standard of the 6th Grade was remarkably high. it is the standard in these lower grades that augers we ll for our future rugby status. Our thanks go to the sen ior members of th e school who wi llin gly helped out w ith coaching .

Seventh Grade Th ere were th ree teams in this grade t hi s year. Go ld played in A division; Black and White in the B division.

Although the B division teams did not do very well in the competition , all boys were enthusiastic and enjoyed their rugby. Gold, after a shaky start, played we ll later in the season and finished 4th in their division. Outstanding players in this grade this year were C. Rudd , B. Puree\\ , D. Puke , and R. Palmer.

Sailing A sma ll group of enthusiasts campa igned 'Ze ld a' last seaso n competing in the Waitara and New Plymouth regattas with some sma ll success and regularly getting places in the N.P. Yacht Club weekly races. Two of the reg ul ar crew have now purchased their own yac ht for the coming neason and as soon as the "winter overhau l " is comp let ed new crews w ill be sa il ing th is season .

Thanks go to Mr Carro\1 , Mr Bennett and Mr Denton whos e t ime and help was most app reciated .

Fifth Grade

Sc hool managed to have only one team in t he competit ion this year. A lthotcgh the team was destined to have a disappo intin g record, enthusiasm was not lacking and most games INere very c lose. Schoo l lacked size as com pa red w ith teams of other years and this showed when playing against bigger teams.

The team had three players chosen for the Taranak i Fifth Grade Reps. Th ese we re L. Woo\sey , M. De ere and M . Grego ry. A n enjoyab le seaso n was had by all players and the team often showed good disp lays of running rugby and teamwork. Consistent ly good players were S. Harkness, F. Horrocks , M. Gregory [captain). L. Wool sey, P. Jones , M . Deere and K. Carmichae l.

The thanks of the whole te am go to Mr Urbahn for hi s effic iency in improving the team play and for hi s concentra ted season's coaching.

Sixth Grade This year saw three 6th Grade teams entered in the com petition , one of these teams successfu ll y gain in g entry to the 'A' division of the grade. A ll teams pl ayed attractive rugby and we we re ind eed fortunate this year to obtain the serv ices of Mr. P. Saunders who took over the Gold Team in the 'B' division. This team proceeded to improve with every game .

The Black Team played cons istently good team rugb y to become runners-up to the strong Spotswood Co ll ege com bination and many players stood out for the ir high standard of pe rformance in the difficult ' A ' division :

Skiing Correspond in g to an in creasing trend of greater diversity in sports played by boys of the schoo l the ·01umber of sk iers has increased to well over thirtv .

Jn tne past numbers have been low but lnC1 -cased publi city within the school And on news media has ooosted th f' popular ity of th e sport. Indeed it is the world 's fastest ·~rowing sport, there being ove r thirty million Skiers in the world .

Contrary to common bel ief sk iin g need not be an expens ive sport . A person may outfit himself adequately for around $80 - $100 ; much cheaper than, say , a motorcycle for scramb lin g. The sk ifi e\d at East Egmont is easily access ibl e and i.; serviced by severa l lifts inc ludin g a new T-bar.

Lift costs are iow compared to other New Zea land sk ifi e:ds and those who may w ish to "give it a bash" can hire skies from the Stratford Ski Store. the Mountain House or the Sk i Centre, in New Plymouth.

This season was somewhat better than last year's, with some good weekends early in the second term and ooo d cond it ions throughout the first week of the August holid ays. A good build-up of snow er.s ured some good ea rly spring ski in g on th e upper tow and for those w ill ing to cl imb with their gear, some good summ it tr ips.

Over a dozen of the schoo l 's sk iers have reached a standard where they can handle the hi gher slopes which are amongst the most cha ll eng in g in the country.

Th e Inter-Secondary Schools Championships were held late in the Second Term afte r an initial postponement. The race cons isted of two runs through a slalom course set on the lower slopes. Thi s was run by race offic ials of the Stratford Mountain Club and sponsored

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by Mr. L. J. Horn of th e Ski Centre, New Pl ymouth. To these people we exp ress ou r tha nk s for the ir inva lu able ass istance.

The "A" tea m (C . Burr, C. Molloy , W. Brow n and P. Lonsda le) was narrow ly defe ated by King 's Coll ege.

Th e "B" t ea m (G. Burr, C. O'Keiff, S. Jon es, K. Rowl ands) took third pl ace .

With the in creased number of ski ers , inter-house competitio n shou ld be feasib le in 1975 .

Most notabl e this yea r were the effo rts of Warw ick Brown w ho put in some fin e perform ances in National Circuit naces co mpeting in f ield s often we ll in excess of thirty starters . In add ition , W. Brow n and C. Burr were se lect ed to attend the Mackenzie Scholarsh ip at Mt. Ru apehu during th e first week of the August holid ays.

At this they rece ived tra inin g under Austrian coac h Erick Moss ier .

This seaso n 's indi vidual performances includ e: North Island Champion ship s :- W . Brown in the Giant Slalom finished 4th; C. Molloy 15th ; C. Burr 16th and 8th in the combined eve nts . Ruap ehu Regionals: W. Brow n, Giant Slalom - 4th, Slalom - 4th, Combined - 3rd.

(Und er 16 sect ion, SI. - 1st. G. SI.- 1st , Cmb . - 1st) .

North Island Juni or Championships : W. Brown, SI. - 2nd, G. SI. - 2nd, Cmb.- 2nd; C. Burr, G. SI.- 3rd. S.M.C. Intermed iate Ch ampionships: W. Brown 1st, C. Moll oy 2nd. Taranaki Junior Champions hip s: G. Burr 1st, P. Lonsda le 3rd. Taranak i In termediate Champ ionships : C. Burr 1st, W. Brow n 2nd .

C. Mol loy.

Soccer FIRST XI

Thi s seaso n, in contrast to last season, school fie ld ed a tea m in the Und er 18-year-o ld competi ti on. The team was wea kened a littl e through players play in g for club t ea ms and t h:s pe rhaps reflected in the results of th e col lege games. However, under the constructive coac hin g of Mr. Ston e, a squad of pla ye rs was se lect ed and th is body of players "stuck" together throughout the seaso n w ith a cons id erab le degree of success. In th e Und er 18 co mp etiti on sc hool started we ll w it h 3-0, 2-1 and 4-0 v ictor ies and a 1-1 draw. In f act we were le ading at t he end of t he second round 路 but in th e "c lincher " we lost 1-2 to Hawera and t he net res ult was a second plac e in t he compet ition.

Our fir st co ll ege game of th e seaso n was ve rsus WELLINGTON COLLEGE at Lynmout h Park. (Lo st 1-5) .

Against a strong Wellington team we settled qu ickl y and had seve ral like ly attac ks . However, Wellin gton sco red first w ith Hack man slipping through and scor in g.

Wellington began to take a t ight co ntrol of the game from then on, pus hin g men forward from the back and we we re ree ling after their seco nd goal. In the second half schoo l received an alm ost comp lete shut out by the We llin gton team, w hose m id-fie ld we re extremely sk il ful and they co mbin ed ve ry well w ith spee dy fo rwards.

Further go als by Joh anson , Hac km an and A nd erson put the iss ue beyond doubt but we had the last say w hen lan Stevens sco red from a c lassy move.

1st SOCCER XI

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M T. ALBERT GRAMMAR (lost 2-3)

SECOND XI

This game, wh ich was played in Auckland on what could best be desc ribed as a " paddock ", produced some good attac king moves from both sides. Up set by some in consi ste nt refereeing , School took long er than usu al to sett le dow n and a shot wh ich was we ll saved by S. W inter in goa l, was vo ll eyed into the net by on e of Mt. A lbert's forwa rds . From then on Sc hoo l pl ayed very we ll and t he backs "s hut out" the opposing forwa rd s w hil e t he forwards toiled dili gent:y for an equal iser w hich fina ll y came from P. Burmester. We we re unlu cky not t o sco re at least tw ice more when good lea d-up play w as spo il ed by c learing kicks from the Mt. Albert defence.

In the seco nd half we quickl y took the lead t hrough another opportunist's goa l from P. Burmester and once aga in seve ral shots came c lose. With five minutes left Mt. Albert equa li sed after some intense pressu re and the w inning goa l came a couple of minutes late r from a suspiciousl y off-side pos ition. A draw wo uld have bee n fa irer.

Th e follow in g boys reg ul ar:y represe nted the school in the Second XI for Soccer: Peter Dolan, Grae me Foreman , Norm an Ritchie , Russell Grant, Nils Reiten , Murra y Dunn, George Sibts en (captain). Chr is Halton, Steve n Hall , Murray Phillips. A lt hou gh starved of success, the team enjoyed thei r season's activity and improved during its co urse. Th e team lost its on ly co ll ege match 2-1 to Wanganu i Boys' Colleg e.

HAMILTON BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL (lost 1-2 )

A very determ in ed School tea m was out to prove w e could do we ll and w ith seve ral memb ers of the 1st XV on t he sid elin e che ering , we we re sp urred on no end. In spite of an ea rl y goa l from Hamilton , Schoo l too k complete control of the fir st half and poured eve rythin g into t he attack. R. White and C. Robinson in the mid-field covere d eve ry bit of the ground in th e first half, and White was distinctly unlucky not to score from c lose in.

Howeve r, A. Fox scored a great goa l from a corne r w ith a header and , try as we might, we could not ta ke th e lead, in sp ite of several shots hitting the upri ghts路 an d t he crossba r and a grea t save by the goalie from I. Stevens. Th e seco nd half saw a Ham ilton rev iva l and t hey began to dominate . With li ttle less t han f ive minutes to play , Ham il ton sco red after the defence was comp lete ly fooled by a Hamilton fo rwa rd . Despite the res ult the game was ve ry eve n and played in good sp irits and also showed we cou ld play good football.

THIRD FORM

Th e Third Form t ea m cons isted of boys w it h plenty of exper ience togethe r w ith a number who we re pl ay ing their first season of Soccer. In co nseq uence th e first part of the team drew one match and lost the remainder . lt is to th eir cred it that the hard work in trainin g resulted in a second spe ll of t he season in w hich all but one of t heir games we re won . Th e followin g boys represent ed th e sc hool in 1974 : I. Sarten (captain). S. Mace.

G. Inns , G. Schwass, S. Hone, D. Hone, G. Trev illi on, N. Andrews, A. Mills , P. Gower, D. McCo ll, J. Suther land, W. Crozier, G. Smith , T. Adams. Special mention must be given to I. Sarten for the fine exa mpl e he set as capta in bot h on an d off t he f ield .

Soft ball Th ere has been no softba ll played on a reg ul ar co mp et itive bas is t hi s year, alt hough it is plann ed to hold an inter-Seco nd ary Schools tourname nt in Novem ber .

N.P.B. H.S. hop es to have a Junior and Sen ior team ente red. Th e sta nd ard of softbal l in the sc hool is hi gh and it is hop ed our teams w ill do we ll.

K. Gled hill.

WANGANUI BOYS' COLLEGE (won 2-0)

Thi s game was played on th e Raceco urse durin g mid-week and Schoo l was qui ck to estab li sh the ir noti ceable super ior ity. In very cold and blu stery conditions not suited to good socce r , we pressured co nstant ly t hro ugh the fir st half and a ve ry good shot from I .

Stevens was well save d by the goa li e, w ho was impressive in the overa ll st anda rd of hi s play. With no sco re at half-time School settled down to play quite good Soc cer in the conditions an d we we re soon one goal up throug h D. Batty . I. Stevens got rewa rd for so me good work w ith a br ill iant shot soo n after. School were under no pressure and dominated in all phases of play, f ul ly meriting their v icto ry .

May I exp ress ou r thanks to Mr. Ston e for hi s orga nisation and coaching and I 'm sure everyo ne in the t eam lea rn ed a lot from his profound know ledge of the ga me. I fe el certa in that und er his guid ance next year w ill see the First XI reve rsing the narrow defeat suffered at th e hands of Mt. Albert Grammar and Hami lton Boys' Hi gh and a cont inuin g success in local co mpetition .

Back Row : C. John , D. Antunovic, Mr.

N. Stone, A. Fox, S. W inter, A . Hew itt, R. Wh ite.

Front: J. Konijn, D. Batty, C. Robinson (Capta in ), I. Steven s, A. Ride:>ut, P. Bu rm es ter.

The team for the yea r was: S. Winter, T. Hew itt, A . Fox, A. Rideout, S. Hall , C. John, R. Whi te , C. Rob inson (captain). R. Thomas, D. Antunov ic, J. Kon ijn , I. Stevens, P. Burm est er , D. Batty.

C . Robinson .

Squash Club Th e c lub had a good sta rt th is year.

Members have been attendi ng regu lar ly and t he courts at the Y. M .C.A. have been usuall y f il led from 3.30 to 5 p.m. on club nights. A ladder was organ ised but unfortun ately resu lts have not been co ming in eac h wee k. Th e c lub lacks compet iti on and mu st str ive for improvement as a w hol e, although many ind iv idua ls have pl ayed we ll and improved th is yea r , and are st ill com in g back for more. lt is hop ed th at next year th ere w i!l be as much hea lthy interest and t hat the school may enter interSeconda ry School competitions.

C. Power.

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Intermediate :

CROSS-COUNTRY TEAM

M . Middl eb ro ok (Maroon) K. Death (Blu e) K. Hann an (Gree n) L. Sarten (White) D. Shaw (White)

TARANAKI INTER-SECONDARY SCHOOL STEEPLECHASE 1 2 3

4 5

Intermediate Fastest Times : M . Middl ebrook (M aroon). 13 mins. 39 secs.

R. Wh ite (White). 14 mins . 20 secs ..................... ..... .

K. Death (Blu e). 14 m ins. 22 secs . .................. ..... .

D. Treeby (White). 14 min s. 24 secs ................... .

L. Sarten (White). 14 min s. 30 secs.

1 2

3 4 5

Senior : P. Broad (Blu e) D. Antunovic (Blue) W . Newton (Maroon) J. Smith (White) ................... .

M . Houston (Green)

1 2

3 4 5

Senior Fastest Times : P. Broad (B lue). 17 mins. 41 secs .

W . Newton (M aroo n). 18 min s. 17 secs.)

D. Antunovic (Blue). 18 min s. 17 secs. ) M. Houston (Gree n). 18 m in s. 32 secs.

J. Sm ith (White). 18 mins . 38 secs .

Back Row: Mr. B. Rattray (Coach ), Juni o rs: M. Fieldin g, P. Rave n , S. F a~ ll , W. Bai ley, P. Bel lwo rthy, M. Waite, M. Gester kam p.

Middle Row: P. Midd lebrook, D. Treeby, R. W hit e, L. Sarten, K. Death, K. Hannam, L. Stevenscn.

Front Row: Seniors: D. Antunovic, J. Sm ith, W. Newton, M. Houston (Cap tain ), M. Bene, P. Bead , G . Miln, G. Hea:e.

Steeplechase The Cross Country Cha mpionships for 1974 were held on Thursday, October 3rd . Conditions we re near to perfect for cross country races and all races went off t o a good start. Due to the loss of the sc hool f arm a new steepl echase course was devised for all leve ls of competition. These cou rses we re a lot more ce ntral to t he school grounds . The es tim ated distan ces were: Juniors, two miles; Interm edi ate, 2.35 miles, and Senior 3.35 miles. Thanks must go to Mr Rattray, Pete r Broad , Michael Waite and Michael Middlebrook for giv in g up a lot of thei r person al tim e during t he ho lid ays to plan the new courses .

The senior event got off to an in teresting sta rt . Pet er Broad took the lead early and maintain ed it easily throughout the race, also ga inin g f astest time. Back in the rest of the field W. Newto n and D. A ntunov ic batt led hard for second place. D. Antunovi c proved to be t he better on the day and too k seco nd pl ace near th e end.

However , both got the seco nd fastest time. J. Sm it h came in fourth and M . Housto n arrived f ifth.

In the Interm edi ate sect ion M . M idd lebrook came in as the clear-cut wi nn er and f ast est t ime getter, while R. White , who finished in eighth place, got second fastest time. K. Death ran a steady race coming in second and gaining th ird fastest tim e, and L. Sarten and D. Tree by must also be co mmended on th eir determ in ed efforts.

1 2

equ al

4 5

Th e Inter-Secondary Schools cross country was onc e aga in held at Spotswood Col lege . The day was an overcast day, t he second Saturday after t he sc hool steeplechase.

Thi s yea r th e boys from School did rea sonably we ll in t ea ms events, but poorly in indi v idu al placing s. Th e high est place gette r was M . Waite w ho ca me in third place in t he Junior race.

Overall t he juni o rs ran we ll and ca me in second place in the teams event.

Th e Interm ediates seemed to be the weaker section of t he schoo l. They gained seco nd pl ace in their tea ms eve nt but the first runner in wns L. Sa rten who ca me in 18t h place.

Again, as w ith last yea r, the sen iors were very strong hav ing great strength from runn ers l ike Peter Broad, Bi ll Newton and Mark Housto n. Th e se nio rs we re successfu l in w inni r.g th e team s event , all of our seniors arri ving at the finish in th e first thirteen places except f or M ark Hou sto n w ho w ithdrew because of ankl e troubl e.

A ll co urses were ve ry hard an d rugg ed and a majority of the runners from all sc hool s f ound it hard to ad ju st to sma ll tracks , fences and creeks .

Our tha nks must go to Mr Rattray and Mr Ston e for putt in g time into t he orga nisation and t ransport of t he sc hool teams .

W . Newton .

SURFING TEAM Winners of Dennis Whittaker Memorial Trophy for Taranaki Secondary Schools' Competition.

From th e Juniors th ere was great st rength show n by many runn ers . I. Meuli was a c lose first w ith seco nd fastest tim e, wh il e P. Rave n ran a fin e ra ce co ming in second place and M . Fi elding ran stead il y for third place.

M. Waite was obv iously th e runner of th e day, startin g from sc ratc h he arrived in fourth plac e and reco rded t he f ast est tim e.

With t he new house syste m , house points this year we re a lot more even th an in previous years. White House v:as overal l winner w ith 1447 points , Blue Hou s~e was seco nd w it h 1417, Gree n House third w ith 1254 points, M aro on House fourth w ith 1248 po ints.

Res ults in detail: Junior: I. M eu l i (M aroo n) P. Rave n (Whi te) M. Fielding (G ree n) M . Waite (Whi te) G. Pearce (Maroon)

2

3

...... 4 5

Junior Fastest Times : M. Waite (Whi te). 11 min s. 9 secs .

I. Meuli (M aroon). 11 mins . 31 secs.

M. Fi elding (Gree n). 11 m ins . 38 secs.

P. Raven (White). 11 min s. 42 secs.

D. Hu tton (Gree n). 11 min s. 53 secs.

2

3 4 5

l e ft to Ri g ht : B. Ho ll ins, M. Anderson, L. Struthers (C aptain ), A. Mossop, Mr. Ab se nt: M. Erceg .

B. Rattray (Master-in-Charge).

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Surfing

Swimming

This is the third year the sc hool ha s had organised surfing ur<de r the guidance of Mr. Rattray. The club has on ly recent ly gained more recognition within the schoo l as a team spo rt with the innovation at the end of this term of inter-hous e surfing competit ions.

Th e swimming sports were held in perfect weather at the sc hool pool. With the new house system it was going to be interesti ng to see how they worked out.

White Hous e won with 154 points. c lo se ly followed by

Th e c lub 's activities were dominated by the schoo l championships and the following place-getters were selected for the school team . This team defended the Dennis Whittaker Memorial Trophy:

Green, Blue and Maroon. Individual championships were won by: Senior, John Hepworth; Intermediate, Brent Giles; Junior, G. Whittake r . There was only one record broken and that was by B. Giles in the Intermediate Medley.

1st.-M. Erceg.

2nd.-L. Struthers .

SWIMMING SPORTS RESULTS

3rd.-M. Anderson and A. Mossop.

SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP 5th.-B. Hollins.

440 yards Freesty le: J. Hepworth 1, J. Mildenhall 2, G. Yearbury 3.

6th.- T. Ruwhiu.

Th e team retained the Whittaker Memori al Trophy for the th ird consecutive year and this reflects the enthusiasm towards surf ing within the school.

Over 30 Boarders are members of the club and after passing a competence test Boarders may surf ear ly mornings and after school. This enables Boarders to be on an alm ost equal footing with the day boys in the surfing wor ld.

Again thanks go to Mr. Rattray for the organising of the schoo l and inter-Secondary School champ ionship s.

A. Mossop .

220 yards Freesty le: J. Hepworth 1, G. Yearbury 2, P. Thom pson 3.

100 yards Freestyle: J. Hepworth 1, G. Yearbury 2, D. Dreado n 3.

100 yards Bre astst rok e: P. Thompson 1, J. Hepwo rth 2, G. Yearbury 3.

100 yards Backstroke: J. Hepworth 1, T. Shearer 2, C. Emson 3.

100 yards Butterfly : R. White 1, M. Gray 2, J. Hepworth 3.

1331 /3 yards Medley : G. Yearbury 1, J. Hepworth 2, M .

Gray 3.

SWIMMING TEAM

INTERMEDIATE CHAMPIONSHIP 440 yards Freestyle : R. Beaven 1, J. Greenway 2, D. Carter and D. Webster 3 equal.

220 yards Freestyle : R. Beaven 1, J. Greenway 2, I. Webster 3.

100 yards Freestyle: R. Beaven 1, D. Carter 2, J. Greenway 3.

100 yards Backstroke: B. Giles 1, J. Greenway 2, R. Beaven 3.

100 yards Breaststroke: D. Carter 1, B. Giles 2, M .

Nielsen 3.

50 yards Butterfl y: B. Giles 1, D. Carter 2, R. White 3.

133 1/ 3 yards Medley: B. Giles 1, D. Carter 2, J. Greenway 3.

JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP 220 yards Freesty le: G. Whittaker 1, R. Sarten 2, B. Hall 3.

100 yards Freestyle: G. Whittaker 1, R. Sarten 2, G. McDonald 3.

50 yards Freesty le: G. Adams 1, G. Whittaker 2, R. Sarten 3.

50 yards Breaststroke: G. Adams 1, R. Sarten 2, G. McDonald 3.

50 yards Backstroke: R. Sarten 1, G. McDonald 2, M. Nielsen 3.

100 yards Medley: G. Adams 1, R. Sarten 2, G. McDonald 3.

AGE RACES 33 1/ 3 yards Freesty le (under 13): W. Bail ey 1, K. Francis 2, R. Stewart 3.

50 yards Freestyle (unde r i4): C. Tatham 1, P. McSweeney 2, D. Parker 3.

50 yards Freestyle (under 15) : B. Blen nerhasset 1, D. Puke 2, J. Mitchell 3.

50 yards Freestyle (under 16): A. Wood 1, G. Wood 2, M . Copplestone 3.

50 yards Freesty le (under 17) : T. Shearer 1, G. Raper 2.

P. Brown 3.

50 ya rds Freesty le (over 17): M. Bon e 1, M. Torrens 2, P.Christophers 3.

DIVING Senior: M. Houston 1, P. Fitzpatrick 2, N. Harrison 3.

Intermediate: G. Leathley 1, M. Gregory 2 eq ual , M. Le Pine 2 equal.

Junior : P. Lonsdale, B. Moller, A. Berenstein.

RELAYS Old Boys Race: Present Boy s.

Inter-Form : 4D 1, 3D 2, 5G 3.

Inter-Hou se: Maroon , Green, White.

Day Boys v. Boarders: Day Boys .

LIFE-SAVING (Smith & Easton Cup) S. Winter and R. White 1.

M. Phillips and P. Thompson 2.

P. Fitzpatrick and S. Edwards 3.

! un:crs a:1 d Intermedi ate-Back Rc.w: R. w:,:te, M. N:elsen, Mr. E!. Rattray (Ccac h), A. Weed, R. Beaven, G. Whittaker, S. McDcna ld , M. Nielson, D. Puke.

Seniors-Fr路ont Row: P. Van Praag h, T. Shearer, P. Thomson, J H.e;Jworth (Cap ta in lt J . Mildenhall, D. Dreardon, M. Bone.

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Taranaki Inter-Secondary Schools' Swimming Sports Once again Boys ' High did we ll and most of the squad were p laced more than once in the races. Also agai n the relays were too strong for any other school to

beat so we won all three relays . Dav id Carter and Brett Giles shone out in the races and swam very well. Alan Wood spr inted his way to a title and a record in the Intermediate 66 2/ 3 yards Freestyle . A lthough our overall results were down slightly on other years the depth of keen swimmers remains, as witnessed by our relay victories .

North Island Inter-Secondary Schools' Championships This year an unfortunate clash with our own Taranaki Secondary Schools' Championships resulted in only two swimmers representing the school.

Mr. Rattray took G. Whittaker and R. Sarten, as wel l as R. Hopcroft from Girls' High and David Wright from lnglewood .

Although not qualifying for fina ls, both Whittaker and Sarten reco rded personal best times and gained considerable exper ience of top level competition. Whittaker swam in the Junior 100 and 200 metre s Freestyle and Sarten in the Junior 100 and 200 metres Backstroke.

Early in the season James Clark, whilst endeavouring to qualify for the New Zealand Senior Championships, broke the Taranaki Senior 100 metres Breastroke five times in three weeks and just missed out on going to the nationals by 1.1 seconds.

At the North Is land Inter-Second ary Championships in March, Clark, now attending St. Patrick's, Silverstream, was second in the Senior 100 metres Breaststroke.

Tennis School tennis has not been as stro ng this year. because of the departure of five of th e six team members. leaving only 1<. Burgess .

FIRST TERM In the first term the Sc hool was represented in -the Taranaki Secondary Schools' Championships, by 1<. Burgess and C. John s in the singl es and G. Bennett and P. Boerkhorst in the doubles. We did not, however, have the success of 1973, but the team did not disgrace themse:ves .

Two inter-collegiate fixtures were pl ayed in the firm term.

A team of twelve travelled by mini-bus to Wanganui to play Wanganui Collegiate. Th e team was K. Burgess, C . John (captain) , S. Wood, G. Wood, P. Moller, P. Boerkhorst, G. Livingston, G. Bennett, J. Rowlands. C . Meads. R. M athieson and R. Harkness.

Even though we had been untroubled in previous years such was not the case in 1974 and Collegiate turned the tables by defeating us 14-4.

Hamilton Boys ' High School hav e always been stiff oppos ition , and so it was w hen we we lcomed them to New Plymouth in the first term . Our team of C. John (captain). S. Wood , G. Wood , P. Moller, P. Boerkhorst and G. Living ston could not match the ex perience of the strong Hamilton team and we lost 15-0. We hope that nex t season we will see closer match es and a much closer overall result.

Competitions that were played in the first t erm were : Third form tournament: W. Crozi er .

Senior singles (Candy Cup): 1<. Burg ess.

Hou se Competition (Stevenson Cup): Green Hous e.

THIRD TERM In the third term matches. The first and the team was : Wood . G. Wood , P.

School played three inter-co llegiate was aga in st Wanganui Collegiate, 1<. Burgess. C. John (captain). S. Moller, P. Boerkhorst, J. Rowlands,

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G. Livingston , R. Mathieson, T. Stevenson, W . Crozier and C. M eads. Unfortunately , the matches we re rained out aft er only the doub les and a few of the sing les had been played. This may have been lucky for School, because of th e ten out of twenty-four matc hes played, we had wo n only one .

Tramping Club The Club has had a most successful year with a total of 10 trips undertaken .

Howeve r School did not let this practice of losing co ntinue. A couple of days later, in comb in ation w!th Girls' High Schoo l , aga in st Hutt Vall ey High School, the team of K. Burg ess. C. John (capta in). S. Wood, G. Wood , J. Row lands and G. Livingston had a good win. Th e boys won their section 5-4, the girls lost 5-4 , but by winning路 the mixed 4-2, w e ran out th e winners 13-11 .

A successful and enjoyab le weekend .

The year opened with a trip to Bells Falls, followed by a climb up the Waiwakaiho River through the spectacular Dieffenbach Cliffs . A Junior Bushcraft weekend was next and the term finished with a climb up the York Track.

In the Second Term the club took advantage of a heavy snow f all on Mt. Egmont to have three snow skills trips, one of which unfortunately was ruined by bad weather .

In the last match the same team that played Hutt Vall ey played Palmerston North Boys' High School. Even though a lot of the games were close- tie-breakers in some cases-we could not match our victory of 1973 and lo st 9-0.

Th e Third Te rm opened with an overnight camp on the Kiri Stream, and was followed by another Waiwakaiho climb. lt is planned to finish the year with a four-day around the mountain trek .

Thi s year has been one of rebuilding the School team afte r having fiv e of the six leave at the end of 1973.

Next year should see a more experienced team, and hop efully , better results .

Other features of the year were slid es and lectures .

Bushcraft films,

The Club has been hit hard by inflation this year.

Rising petrol prices , especially, have forced us to increase bus fares to $1. Finance will remain a constant problem .

Competition pl ayed in the third term: Days boys v . 13oarders (B eetham Cup): Day Boys .

Honours bl aze r : K. Burgess.

TENNIS TEAM

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The Boys' High Club has a good safety record th is yea r with only one serious acc id ent. Other school parties have not been as fortunate and several searc h and re scues have been caused by lost schoo l trampe rs.

One alarm ing , characteristic of so me school parties , noted and commented on by the Mountain Safety Council and T.A.C. is the lack of eq uipm ent possessed by many students .

Interest has been high at all times and a membership of over 100 makes Tramping, the second largest club in the schoo l. Increasing numbers of day-boys are joining, although boarders still make up the majority of members.

Thanks must go to Mr. Krutz for allowing us to use his property for camps, to Mr. and Mrs. Speck for their patience, and to the kitchen staff , especially to Mrs. Adams, for her ea rl y-morning breakfasts , and to Mrs. Neathera ll (Aunty) for her scrumptious sandwic hes .

Masters-in-Charge: Mr. G. Lamont , Mr. A . C. Hart, Mr. M. Newsome and Mr. A . Bryant.

Volleyball With increased emphasis on vol leyba ll both in physical ed uc ation periods and lunch-time recreation many boys have become proficient at this game. Thi s was reflected in the number of good players who had to be turned away w hen the School teams were selected.

This year saw an incre ase d entry as compared with last year with teams from Spotswood A and B, Francis Douglas A, B and C , Opunake, and N.P.B.H.S. A and B. Th e senior team compr ise d: J. Frase r (Captain). C.

Burr, M. Joseph , A. Rideout , W. Barleyman, J. Keenan , and G. Pihigia.

The junior squad was : I. Ho!lins (Captain). C . Rudd , P. Hall , P. Sirett, M. Gesterkamp, C. Marsha l! , and S. Wood.

The se nior's first gar!le was against Fran c is Douglas B who, after a shaky start, we convincing ly defeated 15-12, 15-6, 15-4.

We then played last year's champ ion team Opunake who were unable to cope with our planned defence and attack.

In the final we met the Francis Douglas A team After losing th e first set 12-15, we took the second 15-11 and we were level 1-1 in the third set when time was up. Therefore a narrow victory to us by one point in a game which was of a particu larly high standard .

Th ere was a disappointing number of teams in the junior section with our School team only having to play one game before entering the final where they met the Spotswood B team . With S. Wood's service being almost unreturnable the Junior team won this game 15-4, 15-3, 13-1.

Thus , Boys ' High School won both Inter-Secondary Vo ll eyba ll titles.

Even better things are hoped for next year with teams being entered in the Town competition.

Our thanks must go to Mr. Rattray who has got volleyball off the ground and gave up his time to coach our teams. Thanks also to Mr. Gledhill who came along to support both teams at the Tourn ament.

SENIOR VOLLEYBALL TEAM Taranaki Inter-Secondary Champions 1974

~ack Row: T. Stevenscn, R. Harkness, G . Wocd.

Middle Row: Mr. T. Heaps (Coach ), P. Bcekhcrst, P. Moller, J. Row ~ands, G. Liv ing, ton, C. Meads.

Front Row:

W.

Crozier, R. Mathieson,

Absent : C. Jo~n (Captain).

K.

Bt..:rg ess,

G.

Bennett,

S.

Wood.

Back Row: A. Rideout, Mr. B. Rattray (Coach ), M. Joseph, C. Burr.

Frcnt Row: H. Pihi gia, W. Bdr:eyman , J. Fr aser (Cap tain ), J. Keenan .

JEFF FRASER.

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CONTRIBUTIONS

ZAP!

Oops ! it' s Fi sh (Mr Hatherly); Collar out, hai r neat , Socks up , sh0es clean.

But behind .n y back unseen My shirt-tail is hang ing out.

I turn round inn ocently As though there is nothing to hide And along the wall s low ly I begin to slid e.

Wh en he speaks to me abo ut being a disgrace, I pretend not to know what he is ta lking about.

"See me in my room after tea. " I wa it and I wait For w hat seems etern ity Unt il he comes at last Not s low, not f ast but stead il y.

"Yes , and w hat can I do for you , Alexander? " " 0, Si r , I wa nt to buy some garters, Sir." aa h R. E. A lexa nd er, 3C. THE LEGEND OF MICHAEL NOONAN lt was a wet and w ind y Cold, black and st orm y night

By Waikaremoana, at the redoubt When Mich ael Noon an on hi s mount Rode w ithout t hought of slig htest f ight.

But he didn't know that all t he fires That glimmered like stars on the island In Waikaremoana didn 't warm Te Kooti's band.

In s il ent canoes they had crossed And anc hored to rocks old and massed.

Down past Ka itawi , and then to Tui On a narrow track , w hen suddenly, Quick death came in sil ent form Of spear and club . Th ey tore hi s heart wh il e wa rm , Th ey chopped , then t ied him to a tree .

And although on Tui and Kaitawa, Penstocks now line th e rugged hill s , Th ey say en wet and w ind y Thursdays Michae l Nconan rides aga in Silhouetted on t he ridge where he was slain.

B. B. Purcell , 4C .

LINOCUT

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

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A LOVER'S LAMENT

Now that love has fina ll y found its way into rny li fe , I fee l as though my heritage was regal.

Somehow I think I bette r not reveal you to my wife , (I 've got a fee ling bigamy 's il legal.)

C. N. Grange , 6C .

FAITH

THE COVERED INNOCENT A pulsating hea rt , an act ive brain, A life th at kn ew no ru les, had no thought, A movin g body, memories t in ged w it h fame.

Onrushing car, squelc h of rubber, Tea ring tread, torn innocent skin .

A heart begins to flutter , memor ies stilled in time.

A hi story st if led, failin g to reach its destin y.

A yo un g boy killed, lifted from ea rthl y daze While a mother weeps an d a father grieves.

Outs ide w here blood-poo l congeals , th e action is t raced , And I, w hil e passing this dirt- covere d spot, carefu ll y Avo id ed, remember thi s site at w hi ch de ath is st ill seen, The patch of red sta in ed dirt.

S. R. Jone s, 6E .

MELANCHOL V - ECHOES A coo l blu e mi st gnaws at rny chest and hid es the long w hite unreac habl e cloud s on the hori zon.

Th e dew around me seeps into my head and depression s inks into my mind.

Wall s aro und me are wet and decaying, the mosaic of a shatte red mirror spraw led across my f ace like an ove rhangin g ledge t hat crumbl es fa ll s away, tumbling like loneliness itself .

A quiet dirge t hat ca rri es me away echoes in the mist and w ill not disappear into the air from wh ich it came . shouts , and dies away aga in in despa ir , but the sil ence shouts back from th e shadows, as if a caged an im al has escaped through the bars of san ity and is tearing at my mind .

Distant mountains toi l w ithin themselves as the coast creeps nearer, the surging waves erode the mind, sw irling and ec hoing around an d around.

And in the end , a man hanging from a tree , cold and damp on the twilight horizon sw ing s and drips in the rai n, li ke a c lock pendulum, ticking out the drop lets of w ater in a strea m.

I. F. Mackenzie, 7B .

Th e possess ive f lame , greedy and in co nsista nt, so li tary passion, Lives and dies , in t he shock ed sile nce that fo ll owed , in t he still smoky air expe ri enced the sufferin g and joy of a thousand more waves bnttered and broken on a harde ning shore .

But attitud es change and th ey turn on me, but leave you in a formless mirror prese nce of a sorrowful li v in g soul of air, I ca nn ot touc h.

A deep yea rnin g. of private elat ion through a window in a crowd of face less hopes , the image of respect and trust lives on , rejected and reject ing.

And as slee p takes to fligh t in a flurry of speck led w in gs,a songb ird si ng s in the lull of t he night. " The flame is gone" but we know the light, in its dul led intensity, lives on in sublim e peace, buried under a pa ll of elegance and bitter charade.

I. F. Mackenzie, 7B .

SILK SCREEN

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P. GOWER , 3F.

L. BLACK, 4G .

People t hey spend all the days, Sea rching for worldly gains, For tempo rary satisfaction from the hun ger pangs .

A great big house, a seco nd ca r, Wealthy friends and cav iar.

Th ey think that they have got it made.

What would God say if he came back today?

Th ey've gai ned the wor ld and lost t heir souls, Ga in ed the pot but lost th e gold.

They've majored in t he minors, Left th is world undecided.

Th ey 've lost their cha nce , lt's sli pped t hem by .

0 how ca n peop le be so blind !

K. R. Di xon , 4F.

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'G ood aft ernoon ' Hot, boring , uninteresting afternoon.

Asleep on my left is a student who wakes.

A book on his lap - perches uninteresting also .

Fidgeting .

Discussion gains height - What does he mean; he says 'brutality broken by law' -paradoxical .

Private discussion flourishes und er the cover of hi s voice.

Pens fl y in formation at the rear of t he room.

Parties - paradox discussion on politic al parti es - Nazi parties , etc . etc . etc.

Holds book in hand and reads 'what does that word inherent mean?

'I don't know ' - uninterested .

Pen once more meets paper to catch up on work.

What is, Even th e Sto utcst Democrat the Stoutest Democrat the Stoutest Democ rat ?'

'Oh - I don't know' - unintere sted .

We sto p for motorbikes - Voic es raised high er ' Motorbik es ' ...

- irrelevant .

Darn nuisanc e these interupti ons.

Discussion carries on with full parti cipat ion from one student.

Chair sc rapes and bangs on th e f loor.

Keys rattle , pens click Monotonously at the rea r of th e room .

Uninteresting . lnn oc ul ations, vaccinations, immunity - big words .

Sit up to take noti ce as di sc uss ion becomes in te res tin g. " " Democracy, franchise . et c. etc. etc . etc.

Fing ern ails fall in th e battl e of boredom .

A little book li es hidden on a desk bes id e me.

Stopped - to li sten .

-? !

Annoya nc e li es in t he private co nversation to the ri ght of me And the orang e on the left. " Chil e has a large number in pri son " - interestin g " Although we don't know it."

Jail s - Sovi et Union - States cri t icised.

In sane - Jail s.

A lot of peopl e .

Habeas Corpus - th es is - "Not that I 'm say in g everything in New Zea land is good ."

Rattling resum es on the right .

- - "Section B. " Pack in g up ?

Onl y ea rly yet, yet ready to go - waiting for count down .

- Another pac ks up 5, 4 . . . 3 . . .2 . . 1 .

Shuffle of chairs with rowdy, noi sy peop le c latter in g and chattering .

- Sil ence in the classroom !

S. G. Co lson, 6G.

The boy stood on th e chimney top, Looking out over the bay.

He watched the sun settin g in th e distance , Slowl y falling like a leaf out of th e sky.

As it set it I it up the sky, Red with a dash of pink everywhere in stead of blue.

Th en it was gone like a moth plucked out of the sky, Below the horizon .

Gon e until the morning .

Gone , not to rise or set till the next new day.

K. G. Coop er , 3C .

SURFER

Down to the beac h on a bea utiful day; Wetsuit and surfboard , I 'm all amazed.

The waves look inviting , all cr isp and clear .

1 hear a shout , "Out the Bac k! " I'm ready , I 'm there.

Paddling , paddling, it's right under me, A sudden emotion comes over me, Standing, standing, I 'm up and away, I 've mastered the ocean in only on e day .

F. J. Bunyan, 3D .

GIRL

You stand so with the sky in your hair Shutt ing your eyes to the light of th e sun You smile a smile I cannot share .

How can I .know you?

P. C. Butt, 7A .

LINOCUT SILK SCREEN

K. LOCKLEY , 3E .

EUTHANASIA

THE SEA

Dawn has brok en and the sea whips over the re ef.

Crabs are driven into nooks and c ranni es in refuge, From the morning sun , Like refug ees after wa r .

Pl ankton is tossed about by the surg e of many Waves buffeting aga inst th e ree f.

Far out, beyond th e shorel in e th e sea deepens, and She ta kes on a mag ic app ea ranc e, fl at and untroubl ed.

Seabirds scatter as we approach in our skiff.

Th en qu iet.

G. L. Maclea n 5G. NERVE

A so ldi er on duty Gets a fright : Wh at is it that creeps so In the night?

A ca t ? A rat?

He wa its like a trap In th e dark of a moon-lit night.

G. P. Em so n, 4F.

PENCILL DRAWING

J. LEGGOTT, 6C.

What is Eut hanas ia ? Sometimes it is defin ed as mercy-killing or killing with mercy .

For exa mple , if a person .is seriously ill in hospita l and it doesn 't look as if he is going to get any better , he may wish to be put to sleep. Th e qu estion is whether or not to carry out this request.

That is what Euthanasia is all about.

Th e qu estion is , has anyon e got the right to take so meone else's life?

Most people who have bee n se riou sly ill at so me sta ge wished that th ey were dead, but when they we re we ll again it was a different story.

Som e peop le think that old folk and peop le who have become sick beyo nd recovery, just li e in hospital wasting th e t axpaye rs' money . Well, they may think that now, but when they get old and perh aps are put in a hosp ital , will th ey realize that they have bee n t alking about themse lves?

If Euth anas ia did become legal ju st at what stage is so meon e supposed to be read y for de ath ? And aga in , who has th e right to judge this st age?

Eutha nas ia may seem a very unimportant problem .co mp ared to the other great world problem s but even tho se had a sma ll beginning.

Dougl as Puke, 4F .

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ORIGINAL CONTRIBUIIONS EXCAVATION A mass of yellow , orange mechanical monsters.

They make a pulsating clanging noise.

Small insignificant men working on thes e untamed animals. !)lowly they chew deeper and deeper into th e earth .

"Clunk " " Clunk " down they go.

Always down .

Forever snort in g and huffing until night fall .

Then they stop, their job don e.

J. S. Moffat. 3C. TIME A lways it has be en there and forev er it wi 11 .

Many have tried to defeat it, non e can hope to succeed.

Forever moving, it devo urs all in its path.

Through the ages it watches Kings live and die. lt wears mountain s down an d turns stones to mea!

G. W. McAuliffe, 3C. DEATH

ASSEMB LAGE

A. SMITH and J. LEGGOTT.

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BUILDING DESIGN

D. BULLICK, 6B.

SHARK Steathily he glides Like a ghost on the tide, Looming beneath the depths of the ocean .

Flashing his teeth , King of graceful motion, With fins a-s ight And tail a shimmer In the gl immer of light.

Stirring the mud And scattering fish Who recognise his supremacy.

A tower of great whiteness, A picture of power With menacing teeth Protruding like rows of silver studs Engulfing the fish who fall Beneath his shadow.

In his element he s lid es From v iew in the murky waters he hides , Mingling with the abstract maze of water.

D. F. Marsh , 3C. EVENING The sun, benevolent giver of life , Slowly s inks .

A faint pinkness fills the sky, As if a warning of parting day.

The grey clouds now glow with a crimson warmthThe brilliant edge of the sun peeping over the sea.

The sky darkens to a sombre face , But we know it is sure to rise again tomorrow.

Or w ill it?

W. I. Brown, SG .

YOU AND ME Sulky, sullen , shy , the mad-girl Spits her hate at the mocking crowd Cries with rage at her impotent body Howls with the moon at the mocking crowd.

Twisted, tortured tragic , the motorist Gazes unseeingly at the mocking crowd, Knows unknowingly his broken body, Gapes at the eyes of the mocking crowd.

Uprooted. unwanted , unbel iev ing, the exi le Knows the ridicule of the mocking crowd Dares not return the scornful gaze Breaks on the laughter of the mocking crowd.

Flawless, forgiving , foretold, the man-child Cannot believe the apathy of the mocking crowd Wants onl y that he might help them, Is torn to pieces by the frightened crowd.

P. Butt, 7A. THE LEOPARD Slinking along like a thief in the night With his unfortunate prey in sight.

Spots hiding him, Nose guiding him , Suddenly bounds And he's on the ground Tussling with a huge deer, Showing no signs of fear, Ripping and tearing with jaws Digging and scratch ing with claws.

He ate his fill And then drank at a nearby pool.

He slunk away to his lair And stayed there Until his stomach rumbled again .

B. Reed , SC .

We spend our t ime here imprisoned In the blood and bone of a worthless book , Which has naught but th e grave to look to.

Save our sou ls.

We try so hard to ach ieve Lea rn less and less about more and more But all that's mortal mu st die.

Save our so uls .

A ll we are is our dreams Seventy per cent average in Bursa ry But for our bodies , tomorrow never co mes .

Save our so uls .

Lying in bed , He shudders at the thought Of what might happ en to him .

And yet He does not really care.

Hi s life is behind him And he smiles at the thought of it .

Perhaps th ere is life before him.

Who knows?

R. J. Parsons , 4C .

P. C. Butt, 7A. THE DARK A small boy unwilling:y sent off t o bed , I'm sure I can guess what he thinks in hi s head.

He is sca red of the dark, th is could be his doom , When he dash es w ith speed from the hall to his room.

'W ill he risk going in , to find out his fate?

Or leave it until it's finally too late?

What hidden creatures lie awaiting Fo r him to come in , then send him skat in g With terror and with fright, Ye lling with all hi s might?

He makes up his mind to boldly go through Bu t out comes a gho st and promptly says, "Boo!" He gropes for the l:ght-switch with panicking hands In an effo rt to free himself from these frightening commands He fli cks down the sw itch wh ich li ghts up the pl ace , No longer now. can he see the ghost's face .

He reac hes hi s bed with one mighty leap .

Comfortably li es back but he cannot sleep, For the picture of the ghost, sti ll ling ers c lear; At t he mom ent st ill pricking him with fear .

So t he light, it stays on , Fo r its company he does long; To keep the dark away.

J . R. Crighton, SG.

DRAWING

R.

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A . J. BISS, 6C .

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R. HILL, 7A .

HILL , 7A .

ACCIDENT COMPENSATION

"Acc id en t Compensat ion," said Dad w ith a grin, "Acc ident Compensat ion," he said , strok ing his chin.

"Yes, I think I 'I I give that a go, Yes, at work I 'll badly cut me toe."

So next day he went down town to give it a go , To get some forms, he thought, to make some easy dough: But the pi le of forms that greeted him , Mad e him think abo ut tossing it in .

But not to worry, ho needed the money , So down he sat, with pen in hand.

But two hours later , he looked at the rubbish tin , And there it ended , the forms "acc id entally" fe ll in.

So he said to Mum, with dread ful sorrow, I think I'll try to work tomorrow, I'll neve r try that caper agai n, I declare , And he sat down , turned the T.V. on, and then quietly supped his beer .

B. R. Baker, 6C

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THE PEASANTS

And the peasants wandered th e f ields , not wonder in g anything , and daily ate t heir bowl of r ice, soggy and lone rice. Th e surp lu s land produ ce was t ake n and fed to their brothers and this was an act of God, to fe ed another.

Th e peasants did not comp lain ; they had sufficient amb ition only to work from weaning to death. At a young age they were weaned onto r ice and w ith maturity toi led in th e paddy fie lds, wet and loaded w ith gangrene and foot-rot . In the years of hi s greatest strength and ab ility , a man could take a w ife and return t he next long day with someone to tidy the family house and go out into the field s and turn the moist ea rth of the low country with him .

As t heir years passed and children were born to them in the f am il y hous e, the labourer found he cou ld no long er work as wel l , and had his children help. Neith er did his wife carry herse lf as well after years of childbear:ng, and she cou!d not bru sh the dirt from the dirt floor as quickly as before. The parents looked at th eir children w ith pride and knew their troub les for the ir own.

Quiet decades passed and th e long-working man had neve r left hi s hom e further behind than he could walk in half a day. In the family shack he withered and di ed, and knew r.o more. Momentary grief shook the fami ly, yet the group was stro ng and cou ld not stop the process of living and work in g because someone else had stoppe d. And so they wa nd ered back into the fie ld s to harvest th e land .

C. R. Power, 6C .

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l EAVING In the rapidly disappearin g flavour of bitter obedience .

A long hot observance of change and taste Locks t he coo l joy of disorder li ke a suburban utopia buil t on sho rte ning re in s and t he red hot blacksmiths mo uldi ng f urn ace of devotion and tea at three .

Blac k v iolets cried out for mercy, but the inevitable du ll blue day took hold and grapsed w ith lengthenin g fingerna il s, pruning merciless ly.

Savege, mellowed remembra nces and bored departing s il ence render impotent the dead recollcticns of longer months past "but left us in no doubt as to t he f inal score".

Dark memories lightened the pye t hat f li ckered Li ghtened up and burnt o;>ut, ler.ving glow ing e~bers, the embryo of blun tened conso lation .

A last long daze out t he se ntimenta l w in dow and t he last po intless laugh at t he last point less speech, make an end to an end, and a beg inning to a beg inning .

I . F. Mackenzie , 7B. THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY Ouiet!

Clear and sti ll.

Disturb ing the organisat ion .

Ripples f loat across the surface Water splashes.

A yell of triumph as he lands a fish.

Ouiet !

Water settling down.

Wai ti ng A rust li ng on the side of the river A quick glance - a f li p and a sp l a~h !

A grunt of dismay.

"The one that got away. " R. M aso n, SC.

Then at t he dawning lt scatters and rises W ithout any warning.

Clear morning surpr ises.

B. Murray , 3F.

LI NOCUT OLD M EN'S HOME Old men sit in a line , Gazing into nowh ere , They dream of the tim e, Wh en they were you ng and didn't care .

Th eir brown and wrinkled faces, Show no expressions at all , As young nurses change vas es , Full of flo we rs bright and ta ll.

The air in the dull room seems dea d, Exce pt w hen some old man coughs weakly, As he lies on his death bed, Sometimes st irring , but very meek ly.

M. Snowden, 4C.

RESOLUTION As t he shadow of h:s mi nd treads t he unt rodde n track And he knows when he's gone, that he w ill not be back.

But he does not tread heavy, he does not look down, For li ke wild horses, he cannot look round .

And fly ing down stairways t hat spira l and twist , The kn ife edge of innocence cuts to the quick.

For memories are many and visions are none , A wor ld full of doing, of did and of done The l ife t hat he knows, and loves li ke a brother In one eye the same, the same as the other.

I. F. M ac kenzie, 7B.

FOG l t creeps, it craw ls , a blanket of white Stea lthil y moving on through the night Round bu il dings and bushes small and ta ll Not stopping for anyon e, noth ing at all.

KNIFE

J. LEGGOTT , 6C. RUBBISH BI N So methi ng to throw a morse l at路 A place for hockey sticks or a bat.

Iron forged and twisted to man's desires ; And left alone to be vanda li zed .

Innocently watching the growing trees ; The new spring buds and the falling leaves.

Cr it icising us , as we walk past; But it, like us , is made to last!

Vindictive, the wire-ends points their blame 路 But their viri le attempts are al l in vain. ' Rust c li mbs stea lth il y up the sides; Forming hydrous compo unds and brown ox ides.

Who's goin g to win in t he end; If the world pers ists on t his futi le trend?

T. W. Ward, SE.

M ONOPRINT

J . LEGGOTT, 6C.

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POTTERY

CONSTRUCTION : A photograp h by A. Full er, 7A .

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R. HILL. 7A.

WATERCOLOUR

J . LEGGOTT, 6C.

PAINTING R. HILL, 7A .

STON EWARE FEET

P. CONQUEST , 50 .

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CADETS

This year Battalion organ isation was very simi lar to last year's. A Company catered for stage Ill cadets, B Company for stage 11 cadets and C and D Companies for stage I cadets (4th formers). Also a number of boys opted either to join the A.T.C. or the Band. The broader sy ll abus introduced in 1973 was continued.

Some of the disciplines associated with Cadets were rela xed in favour of more practical things. This resulted in less smartness on Batta lion parades. However the boys made every endEavour to do well and deserve praise consider ing that they had little drill during barracks week, and fewer parades to ga in experience by. The effort made in the final Battalion parade was most gratifying. â&#x20AC;˘ Th e relative in expe rience of leaders was a noticeable feature this year . We only had 3 Under Officers and initial ly no W.O. I. Senior boys were given ranks to fill the gaps.

Other disappointing fe atures were our having military dril l on barrack s week alone, and our not marching on A.N.Z.A.C . day.

A COMPANY As was the case last year, the Company seems to show much more interest in the bush-craft and searchand -rescue exerc ises, than the more traditional as pects of drill.

Barracks Week saw the Company hav in g some pract ical experience from a .303 shoot at the Rewa Rewa range. Thi s week also saw all fourth-year boys benefitting from two nights in the bush on the edge of the Egmont Nation al Park . The weather was extremely good and the camp site proved a real challenge to most, as the Company camped on very uncomfortable sloping ground , on a range betwee n two streams.

Valu ab le experience was gained in search-and-rescue, trapping, building bivouacs and learning of the different types of edible plants in New Zealand. No. 1 platoon, cons isting of fifth-yea r boys, spent these two days on a hike wh ich covered a distance of about 10-15 mile s .

Th e last day of this week saw the Company ga inin g more practical expe rience in cross in g rivers at the Merril ands Domain. Two methods were used: a fly in gfo x which was very successful and two rafts made of canvas and straw wh ich didn't give the results that were intended . ' The Company 's thanks go to Mr. Mossop , Mr. Neatherway and Mr. Dobson for their leadership .

B COMPANY Th is year fo ll owing the same pattern as last year, B Company cadets car ried out a programme of a variety of activities far different from the orig in al idea of revisions of first yea r's training.

Includ ed in these activities were more advanced orienteering , light boat handling , co mmunity service and some drill and fir ea rms instruction.

Ori entee ring was conducted over a mu ch more difficult course wh ich included reading of ord in ary maps and t ime limitation was introduced for extra difficulty.

Th e li ght bo at handling was conducted at Ngamotu beach w ith the aid of the Schoo l yacht and Mr. Ranger conducted this most successfully.

The comm uni ty service, wh ich took up a major portion of B Company's time , was conducted in Pukekura Park and the Recreation Reserve. This consisted mainly of development work in the formation and c lear in g up of tracks.

Th e Rewa Rewa .303 range was used for the entire co mpany to have a shoot and there was so me drill instruction from a Regular Force in structor.

Disappointm ent cou ld be voiced at the lack of civil defence and rescue training in t he course as this would have increased interest in the cou rse.

Th anks go to th e officers of the Company for a successful Barracks week for B Company.

C AND D COMPANIES Once aga in these compan ies cons isted of Stage I cadets who were in structed in weapon training, drill , field-craft, first aid, map-readi-ng and compass work. lt is pleasing to note that such a high standard of exec llence was atta ined by the boys who were extrem ely enthusiast ic.

The practices on the .22 range , the sess ions on weapon handling and mainten ance and the compass exercises were extremely well liked and many cadets did very we ll at them.

Our thanks must go to Majors Brine and Sinclair for all that they have achieved on behalf of the compan.ies and it is with regret we note that Major Sinc lair wi ll not be leading D Company next year.

A.T.C. This year A .T.C. activities were again very successful althou gh we had only one officer, Mr. Abraham , who deserves full credit for the way the squadron ran so smoothly. lt was only with his guidance and that of the air force instructors that the squadron enjoyed such an interesting barracks week .

Th e cadets in the senior flights combined with the army in an overnight exercise in the foothills of Mt. Egmont where an air force instructor demonstrated facets of camp comfort, the erection of bivouacs, river crossing and traps and snares.

Th e junior f lightz comp leted the first stage of their instruction. Th e emphasis was less on military aspects and more on community service. lt was unfortun ate that the squadron was not ab le to parade on Anzac Day as we have done for so many years.

Congratulations to Mr. Abraham who last yea r was awa rd ed the Cadet Medal for long service .

Although the Alan Was her Memorial scholarship was not awarded last year the interviews are we ll under way for this year. The winner will get $50 worth of flying in struction with t he New Pl ymo uth Aero Club .

REWA REWA RANGE Th e Officer-in-Charg e, Li eutenant Oats, was assisted this year by Range Staff Fitzpatr ick , Lauri e, Dow ney and King. Again this yea r shoot ing was confined to 25 ya rds.

As the School has so ld the farm to the Taranaki Polytec h., the .22 range wi ll not be ab le to be used in future yea rs . tl is likely that next yea r all shooting w ill be held at Rewa Rewa but a much revis ed programme wi ll be necessary.

Th e .303s are now in poor co ndi tion, deteriorating steadily, and there is littl e hope of replacement. This has come about as the army no longer use these weapons and cease to service them.

A lth ough t here is a lack of good firearms, shoot ing this year has gene rall y been of a good standard. Thi s was more noti ceable in the Championship shoot even thou!'jh top scoreo. were not as high.

Th e Cadet Trophy, the Lad y Godley Senior Cup, was j oint ly won th is year by M. Downey, R.S., and Cpl. Davis , B. Coy. , (82/ 100) .

Senior Cha!Ti pionship: Th e Searle Cup was wo n by P. Adds , A .T.C ., (74/ 100.)

CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES Astronomy Club

Chess

Severa l members managed to observe and plot the Comet Kohoutek dur;ng its passage around the sun.

Though it fell fa r short of the spectac le originally predicted, it was nevertheless an interesting sight in our skies. Two "Graz in g Occultations" were attempted this year, one of which was successfu ll y recorded.

This lapsed with Dr Lenks' illnes s and retirement but was revived aga in part way through the year.

The planets Jupiter, Saturn and Mars were regularly observed and some interesting galaxies outside our M ilky-way system were located and studied.

Th e Marsland Hill Observatory was again visited and severa l trips were made out to Tikorangi.

Two of our sen ior members, Steven Dalton and Owen Pimm , have spent many fruitful hours at mirror gri ndin g and the construction of a 10 " te lescope is almost complete.

As a highlight of the year, we look forward to observing a lunar eclipse on November 29 which promises to be a spectacular one . lan Marine is now an assoc iate member of th e National Committee for Astronomy (N.C .A .) and is our offici al representative to that body.

An Astronomical Camp is to be held on January 11th to 17th at Kawakawa Bay which is some 40 miles southea st of Auckland , and an in vitation has been extend ed to our members .

Bridge Club This year a small but enthusiastic c lub has been ope rating in Room 17 at lunch times. This year without the supervision of a mas ter we have managed to keep no ise to a minimum . Much thanks must go to Mrs Ga ll ant for th e kind us e of her classroom which made it all possible .

Steven Lay.

Chalet Classroom The fourth form s once again spent a week up the mo unta in at the East Egmont Chalet on an intensive week-lo ng study programme .

A departure for this year from usual pract ice was the employment of Mr "Sam" Sampson as master-incha rge. Mr. Sampson had rece ntl y given up a fulltime pos ition runn ing a simil ar scheme in the Nelson Lak es distr ict. Having one person running al l the courses gave a continuity that we have bee n unable to achieve in the past few years .

Our thanks go once aga in to Snow and Mrs Mace for all the care they gave to the boys and to the Park Range r staff also for the t im e they gave .

The regu lar meeting has been Tuesda y lunchtim e in Room 25 . Frequ ently Lab . 1 has been ava ilabl e for chess on Thursday and Friday lunchtimes as well. This year very few sixth or seventh formers have attended but there is a keen group of third and fourth formers .

Mr Krook has given some helpful lectures on " The Opening Game ."

In the third term, championships are being held at third, fourth , fifth and senior form levels. Winners at eac h level w ill then compete for Open Champion. Paul Schultz [3F) is the third form champion and Craig John (6B) is the se nior champion . Other res ults are still to be finalised .

In the near future it is hoped to have inter-house chess competitions and also a revival of the " ladder" competition .

Grant Chivers, 6A.

Christian Youth Group School life is a time of discovery. Every day new voices of fr iends , newspapers and radio tell us what people are doing next door or miles away. On T.V . we see every part of our country and across the world .

Woven into this fabric of history, science and civilisation is the Christian faith . Under the impact of it all , there is no need to encourage an open enquiring mind .

While part of the Western world moves s lowl y into decline there are countr ies in Africa, South America and A sia growing in Christian allegiance that works from village to national leadership. An attempt is made to touch on all thi s across the world, especially for youth.

Mr Mike Andrews, an Old Boy and Baptist, showed slid es of his mountaineering team in the Andes. The Anglican Mission sent films on Christian leadership in many wa lks of life in th e South Pacific. Miss Gwen Lay showed us life in the Philippines, and Mr Bryan Dillon the same in Taiwan.

Two fine Solomon Islanders visited us in June. The Open Air Campaigners brought the Jesus Rock Group for three lunch hours, followed by Rev. Owen Woodfield.

All cha ll enged us to look closely at the Christian cha ll enge for today .

"The Cross and the Switchblade" drew 300.

A movie can easily portray the stark reality of ghetto life in New York. lt is far more difficult to film the change in gang members. " God of the Atom " showed the horror of nuclear explos ions . " Ultimate Adventure" -a n ill-prepared motorbike trip across the Sahara-gave a glimps e of those lands of famine.

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Both leprosy films showed new worlds of India and Thailand and of medical skills.

Disfigured and crippled patients found new emp loyment skills, and had found true living and enjoyment.

Th e Youth for Christ have invited all to Cam pu s Life programmes throughout the year.

Mr David Jenkins of St. Andrew 's Church has help ed a sma ll group. At one we listened to a tape of Tom Skinner, former Negro gang le ader in New York , now a Baptist minister in his old haunts. The "Post-WarWar ," a Quaker film on Vietnam , was stark .

Th e Interschool Christian Fel lowsh ip organises many Summer Camps . Th ey are excel lent. Try them. To all the many who have given of their t im e and help ed us so generously, we say , " Thank you."

Drama Desp ite the enthusi as m of several masters and one or two sen ior boys , the practical difficulties of mounting a major production again became apparent.

Although severa l productive workshops were held throughout the yea r by a small group of enthusiasts there we re no public pre se ntations.

Workshop work included improvisation using masks produced during the "Re!ate d Arto. " general studi es option in the seco nd te rm .

M asters-in-ch arg e G. Lamont, K. Crawford , Whel an. Pre sid ent of Drama Club: T. Coddington.

Film

D.

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Th e activities ef the Film Club came to a sudden end at the beginning of the year. lt was generally felt t hat the closure of the club was in part due to the sta nd ard of beh av :our of some of th e members but, more importantl y, the effect of Frida y night screenings on Boarders' prep . lt is considered a great pity that the club 's activ ities have been terminated not because it meant entertoinmen t to a large proportion of senioâ&#x20AC;˘ boys but beca use it made possible th e understa nd! ¡ of film s on a crit ical level.

T. P. Kreisler .

Interact Th e club ha s just passed th ro ugh its eleventh yea r in the School and, though it has been an eventful yea r , our In teract Club is not without its problems. A general apathy towards the club appears to ex ist, especia ll y in the day-school <:rea. Boys shou ld realise the value of this c lub in the fields cf involvement in th e community and w ith its people , involvement in the School , and the person al satisfaction gained from the club . After all , the m em bers them se lves decide the form at of th e activities for the year. A common crit icism is that we are a "socia l club". This is in f act an important part of our act ivities, but it is far from being th e tota l function of the club .

One Sunday morning som e fifty members of our club and the Girls ' High School Club ccmbined to pick up pine cones. In the fo ll owing wee ks we distributed these to so me thirty old people around New Plymouth. Thi s was, perhaps, a sma ll contribution but neve rthel ess an a;.>prec iated and sat isfy ing one.

Last yea r a planr. ed merg er betwe en th e Girls' High Club and our own fail ed to eventuate . However, our two comm ittees have co-operated successfully this year while retainin g our individual identities .

Combin ed meetings w ith speake rs were held earlier in the year and on the 20th cf Jul y we held a ball , for Rotary and Interact members. it was an extreme ly enjoyab le eve nt.

After a da y of decorating the new As se mbl y Hall many tired peop le could take credit for their work.

Th e blending streamers, greenery and decorated tabl es transformed th e hall 's austere wa ll s into the "Garden of Eden ", which was our them e for th e ball. Th e small profit was donated to Lifelin e.

An even greater form of co-operation took pl ace this year w hen the fi ve Interact Clubs of New Plymouth formed a committee to stage the 8th Nation al Interac t Conference at Spotswood College. Some 120 lnteracters f rom lnverc argi ll to Wark worth co nverged on the city for the first week in September. lt was a truly memorable experi ence for the four del egates from our club.

We congratulate Peter Bu tt of our club for handlin g the job of Conferenc e Secretary so well.

Dr A. C. Webste r spok e on our theme " Peop le Are People ," Mr C. R. Henwood on "Drugs," Tim Shadbolt on hi s life on a commune , Mi ss Bartlett on "Censo rship " and Sam Hunt on poetry. Deleg at es lea rned a lot from these speakers and from the wo rkshop sessions where as pec ts of Intera ct in N.Z . were discussed. Fellowship and togetherness gave spirit to the Conferenc e and many las ting fri endships were made. A conference of thi s mag nitud e and nature is of va lu e to all who attend .

A s part of its organisation, the Conferenc e Committee held a dance with the band " Face " early in the year.

This raised $500 w hic h was en ough to subsidi se th e costs of the Conference, thereby conserving our individu al club funds. Next year the combined Chr istchurch c lubs are to hold the Nation al Conferenc e.

Membership th is year was undesirably low with only th irty active members although th ere were fifty financial members. Th e Executiv e Comm ittee co mprised S. G. Co lson (Pres ident). C. R. Power (Secretatry), R. K. Brom ley (Treasurer). and Directors R. P. Wilson, P. C .

Butt, D. J. Hodge , C. D. Robinson and M. J. Smith . I hope many boys wi ll consider joining the club next year wh il e realising its functions w ithin and outside the School . Fifth, sixth and seventh former s are at present elig ible to join our clu b.

As my year as President ends I feel I have ga ined a tremendous amount through this organisation , especial ly in the meeting of many different peop le and in the gaining of a great man y friends .

We are indebted to the continuing support of our sponso ring Rot2ry Club , Fitzroy, who have invited members of our club t r. attend their week ly meetings at La Sca la and our er.tir8 c lub at th e finality of our year's activities , and alsc. th e co-operation we rece ive from t he Schoo l an d members of st aff .

S. G. Colson.

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Library Th e Library has been fortunate th is year because of the added financial allocat ion it has received. We have bee n ab le to add around about 450 new books this yea r , some of which have been donations , for which we are grateful.

This year we have been ab le to give every English c lass in the School one library period a fortnight , as we ll as alloc ating ce rtain periods so lely for senior study, and leavi ng some periods free so classes in other subjects can use the library. The library has on th e w hol e, been well and thoughtfully used th is year. However , some boys , both in class time and study, need to alter their attitude . The pattern of library us e w ill , of course, change next year w ith th e introduction of hourl y periods, instead of the forty-minute per iod s we have at prese nt .

Th e library is in the proc ess of reo rg ani sat ion. We have received advice and help from Mrs J. M aco ni e, Organising Librarian from the School Library Service, Well in gton, on ways in w hich the effi c ien cy of the li brary ca n be increa se d. A quick reference sect ion has bee n created, contain i r~ g m<: ter ial t hat is readil y to hand from all areas in the non-fiction stock . Th e entire bookstock is to be comprehens ive ly wee ded and we estim ated about 2000 books will be discarded , because of a lac k of use.

A new card- is su in g sy st em is to be introduc ed as wel l , making for greater efficie ncy with overdues an d stockta king. Th e fiction section is to be grouped as one entire col lect ion , rath er than in its broken-up state, and t he New Zea land non -fiction is to be merg ed with th e main non-fi ction . Th e cata logue is to be reorganised, and a periodic als ind ex created afte r the per iodi ca ls we have are revi ewed . lt is al so hoped that next yea r

both c las s and sc hool librarians w ill be appo inted to help in the running of the library.

We also have a number of valuabl e books in the library and it is our intention to decid e whether these books shou ld be allowed to deteriorate on our shelves or pl aced in co ll ections in the Turnbull or New Pl ymouth Librari es where proper care can be given to them .

Space is always a problem in the library. Some new shelves are to be built before the yea r ends, but that will on ly give temporary reli ef. Our problem will be better so lved when the new library is built in 1977, and th en we w i 11 have space for more book s and more peop le.

Hanging in the library are a number of New Zea land prints . We intend over the next two years to increase our co ll ection of art by New Zeal anders, and thi s yea r we purchas ed <: print by Pat Hanly , a leading New Zea land artist. My thank s to Mr Kreister for his advic e on th is matter.

1 am extreme ly grateful to Mrs McLaughlin for the work she doe s in th e library. A ll th e processing of books is done by her , together with repairs. Her vigi lance mean s our book losses are not too great. Book lo sses are always unfortun ate, beca use mon ey is wasted and boys deprived of a useful reso urc e.

Reading tast& s and changes in the curr iculum mean th at the library must change as well. A library is not a shrine for cl d books, but a col lection of books that are lively and interesting to read, and releva nt to modern stud y. Th e library should be a place for quiet enjoyment, and beneficial study . Th e mark of a good library is its use. and ours is well us ed. This says a lot for th e attitud e of the boys, and the hard work of Mrs McLaughlin.

I hope that in the years to co me the library will go from strength to strength .

THE COMBINED ORCHESTRA

T. G. Heaps , Teac her- Li bra ri an.

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Music This year ha s seen a varied assortment of musical activities in which a high standard has been atta in ed .

Major events include an outstanding recital by visiting pianist Michae/ Hou ston as part of a twenty-two concert National Tour and the comb in ed Boys' High and Girls' High Music Festival.

We were fortunate to have the service of Mr Bornet, who took over from Mr Gibbs at the beginning of the year.

BAND Th e band played a prominent part in this year's Music Department. During cadets week, which was an id ea l opportunity for practice. a high standard of playing Several woodwind players including a was reached. saxopho ni st were included in the band, add ing diversity to th e music produced.

In the first term the band played at the local Apprentic es' Awards even ing . Although of no great importance such a function does serve to raise the standard of playing in the band as a whole.

We must exte nd our sincere apprec iatio n to Mr Ormrod who tutored and conducted the band throughout the first terrn. He is at present on an overseas trip with the National Band of New Zealand . His role has been taken over by Mr. Bremner to whom we are also greatly indebted .

Th e highlight of the ba~d's activities were two performances at the Combined Music Festival. Thi s experience was very beneficial , introducing a broad spectrum of musical styles to many members of the band and providing the enjoyment of playing in a large group.

Other features include /an Stevens ' participation in /an, w ith the Central Districts Brass Competitions.

Philip Mulraney, who is only a fourth former, is a

member of the New Plymouth Brass Band .

This year's activities culminated in a round the mountain trip on which the band played at severa l primary and secondary schools. and a performance at the senior breakup.

WOODWIND SECTION Participation has been good throughout the year with more new boys tak ing up woodwind instrum ents than in the past. Several groups were formed and tutored by Mr Rogers, the woodwind teacher. Several items were performed by these groups at the combined music festival.

Congratulations are due to Peter Mol/er who gained a pass with credit in the R.S.M. grade eight clarinet exam. A fine achievement by any standards.

COMBINED CONCERT Imbalanc es ex ist in the mu sic departments of both the Girls' High and Boys' High , the girls having a small brass section wh il e the Boys' High has an almost non-existent str;ng section. Thus when the combined band and orchestra was formed the two factors complemented each other resulting in a well balanced group except for an under-sized string section ; this seems to be a general trend throughout Taranaki .

At the concert the group played a w id e variety of items inc luding the final "Entertainer," the theme from "The Sting ," which proved highly favourable with the audience.

Several small groups from both schools played in between major items.

Altogether the scheme was a great success. We feel this is a good start to a relapsed tradition and hope that this sort of act ivity wi ll be pursued in other fields such as drama as well as music.

C. Mol/oy.

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Outdoor Pursuits On 2nd September 35 students from Boys' High, Spotswood and ln glewood High School left for the Outdoor Pursuits Centre on Mt. Ruapehu. We were accompan ied by Mr Lamont and two Spotswood teachers.

The Chief Instructor and Director is Graeme Dingl e, who is a very experienced c limber . The other nine instructors are also very exper ienced in their various specialities which included climbing, skiing, tramping and ca noeing .

The party was sp lit into small groups of six or seven, each with an instru ctor . The course was a rigorous one involving an overnight camp, rock climbing techniques. orienteering and map-reading, and various snow sk ill s including building an igloo or snow cave. There was also a day's skiing .

All who went enjoyed themselves and would recommend it to anybody .

Those who went : Mr Lamont . Robbie Neilson, Dave Fairey , Steve Penn , Grant Amor. Kevin Conaglen and myself.

Campbe/1 Barr, 5H .

Parent-Teacher Association The follow ing execut ive has represented parents during 1974 - Principal : G. R. Cramond; President: Mrs S. Wright; Vi ce-Pres id ent: Mr G. Smith; Immediate Past President: Mr H. P. Parsons; Secretary-Treasurer: Mr T. He aps ; Conve ner of Clothing: Mrs. N. Vernon; Convener of Catering: Mrs . D. Harrop; Committee: Mesdames K. Cawthray, N. Meuli . R. Roper; Messrs F. Adams , V. Blance, D. Green , D. Harrop, B. Wallis; Staff Representatives: Messrs M . Carro/1. K. Crawford and E. Picton Boys' Committee Representative: Mr A. 0. Masters ; Old Boys' Representative: Mr R. Crow; Auditor: Mr B. Bel/ringer.

Representative s on the Boys' Committee of th e Board were: Mrs N. Meuli, Mrs S. Wright and Mr F. Adams.

1. General Meetings- During the year the P.T.A . held six general meetings: "E.D .C. and The Community ," with Mr J. Fullarton; "Remedial Education" with Mr N. Wright and other teachers involved in slow learners; "Careers for Secondary Students " with the New Plymouth Rotarians; "The Secondary School Pupil and the Law " with Mr D. Pain ; " Science in the School" with Mr B. Hurl e, and the Science Department; " Non-Examination Subjects '.' w ith Mr. T. Kreisler. Mr. C. Bornet. Mr. B. Rattray and Mr M. Carro /1 .

Th ere has been a noticeable . and unwelcome drop in attendance this year. We hear murmurs from t im e to time about parents not knowing what goes on in schoo l and so meetings are arra nged to bridge that communication gap . Consequently it is very disappointing when we get such a poor attendance at these meetings. We hope that when the programme for 1975 is published parents will make a point of coming to them, so becoming informed abo ut the school their son goes to. Our thanks go to the teachers and peop le f rom other spheres who gave up valuable time to speak at these meetings .

2. Fundraising-ln the middle of the year the P.T.A. ca ll ed together rep resentatives of the School Council, Staff, P.T.A. Board and Old Boys to a meeting to discuss fund-raising : Th e need for it, possible projects, and possible ways and means. There was considerabl e discuss ion at this meeting , and as a result a sub-committee was formed of one representative from each of the interested parties to investigate the proposals further and report back to the meeting. The sub-committee is in the process of coing this , and hopes to be abl e to make recommendation s back to the full meeting before the end of the year. Consequently any fund-raising is being held in abeyance until some concrete short-term and long-term decisions are made. Most concern seems to be centred on the new assemb ly hall and the inadequacy of facilities for recreation and physical ed ucation , with particular reference to a lack of changing and showering facilities .

However, the Executive will again look to see if some money accumulated over the year can be made over to the School for the purchase of some equipment for teaching purposes .

3. Clothing and Catering. Clothing sales have again been held throughout the year under the guidance of Mrs. N. Vernon, the covener of clothing. This is a new position on the Executive, which frees the person holding the position from other duties, allow ing her to devote her complete attention to cloth ing. Parents have been able to get uniforms at a reduced price, and the money gained during the year goes into P.T.A. funds which eventua ll y help the School. Sales are always advert ised in the local newspapers. and all parents are we lcome to ava il themselves of the serv ice.

Another new position . that of covener of catering has been created on the Executive, based on the ~a me id ea as the clothing cove ner. Mrs. D. Harrop was elected, and she is responsible for making the arrangements for all catering for guests visiting the School on sporting or cultural occasions. All parents are asked to pay a catering levy , and this money, adm ini stered by the P.T.A .. pays the catering expe ns es. We felt that this was a much more efficient method of providing hospitality for guests. and its operation has justified those thoughts .

The two coveners are always glad of assistance from mothers, and any who cou ld help in these operations next year could get in touch with the School. Our thanks go to Mrs Vernon and Mrs Harrop, and their helpers , for all the great work they have done.

4. General-We were very glad to see the increased number of parents who became subscribed members of the P.T.A. This helps our finances greatly, and consequently benefits the School. We hope th is trend will continue in years to come .

The question of uniform was settled this year, and the P.T.A. made representations to the Headmaster on the basis of the questionnaire results. We wish to thank all parents who filled in the questionnaire, so helping in the decision that was finally made .

Finally, the P.T.A . wishes the Headmaster, the Staff and the boys a successful conclusion to the 1974 year.

T. G. Heaps, Hon. Secretary.

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Stamp Club Th e Stamp Club this yea r had a f in anc ial memb ership of sixt een. M. Novak was elected chairm an and a sma ll co mmittee was form ed. A small subscr ipt ion was lev ied to fin ance c lub opera tion s.

A competition was held ea rly in the secon d term and severa l good ent ri es were rece ived. First prize went to S. Girvan.

The committee end eavoured to orga ni se a second competition , but w ith the advent of finer weather in th e th ird term, attend ance dropped and no decision was reac hed on the matter .

There w as a noticea bl e lack of suppo rt f ro m the seni or sc hoo l , onl y two members coming from that secto r , w hil e seventy-five pe r ce nt ca me from t he fourth form .

Russe ll Bl yth, 4B.

Whistle As the inh eritors of the ve ry successful " new look " Whi stle of 1973 and ind eed of 1972, this yea r's Whi stl e com mitte e deci ded to continue t he general format and poli cy of last yea r 's Whistl e. Th e magaz in e th is year basica ll y followed a policy that entail ed t he prese ntation of any stud ents' v iews or id eas on any subj ect of relevance to th e Schoo l or ed ucation.

Th e committee felt th at last year's magazin e had been a success in many ways, and t hat we would be pleased if thi s yea r 's Whistl e enjoyed a s imil ar succ ess. however it was thou ght that it co uld be more relevant to the School and to ed ucation , and to the changing attitudes of many peop le towards lea rning and sc hoo l li fe. Th e Whistle is. afte r all, uniqu e in that it can look very close ly at Boys ' Hi gh and ca n form a us efu l medium for th e exp ress ion and exte nsion of t he ideas of the stud ents. Th e Whi stle t hi s yea r, for instance, has he lped to exp res s so me of th e frustrations, problems and criticism s of the new counc il system; ideas and op inion s whi ch rr. ay not otherwise have been exp res sed.

The committee has had cons iderab le freedom in the design and layout of th e magaz in e, and as a co nseq uenc e, we have be en ab le to prese nt illustrations, photograph s and art work of a high qua lity, by la yin g the form at out ourselves and then tak in g the she ets down to the pr in ters to be photographicall y reproduced on printi ng pl ates . Unfortunately th is printing process takes so me t im e, and some getting used to , and this, coup led w ith other initia l diffi cu lties help up , part icu li arl y the first, and also subsequ ent issu es, for quite some t im e. Th e layo ut was done mostl y after schoo l , with reg ul ar meetings in th e Wh1stle room in th e new hall .

Th e artic les we have presented this yea r have been ve ry close ly conn ected w ith th e School, scoo l li fe, and th e attitudes of th e students, man y of whi ch proved to be both controversial and a good basis for discussion.

Articles on bigotry and w riggling were accompanied by art1cles on th e Education Developm ent Conference, educ ation in genera l , and general interest articl es covering spo rt, mu sic, and or igin al contribu t ions .

Th e Whistle this year has had a good look at Boys ' High and produced so me hea lth y and constructive critici sms. The new council system and some of the

decisions the council made were well covered, and t he large number of lettern contributed have helped to present a var iety of opinions , criticisms and suggestions.

Unfortnate ly most of the rep li es and reactions occurred behind t he sce nes. and did not take t he form of the printed word, and so we were not ab! e to publish many of thes e.

Because of the new house syste m , it was dec id ed not to cont inu e house notes. This was becaus e the new hounes had not developed suffi cient unity at t hi s ea rl y stage to make them mean ingful.

Desp ite th e number of lette rs rece ived, articl es from t he Sc hool have been few and far between, but the co mmittee ove rcame t hi s, to some deg re e, using interv iews, to inform , introduc e and c larify iss ues around t he School.

Thi s lack of arti cles, howeve r , has mea nt th at we had to cut production consid erab ly . Next yea r 's com,mitte e wi ll have to look close ly at this problem as apath y, more than anything else, wi ll end a School magaz in e.

We'd lik e to tha nk all those w ho co ntributed this yea r .

I. M acke nzie .

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FROM THE PARENT ASSOCIATION Th e Annu al General Meeting this yea r was held In the Be ll Blo ck Hotel on the 4th Apri l .

Th e pres'd ent, Neil Wolfe, prese nted the following report: Gentl emen, lt gives me plea sure to prese nt th e following Annu al Report for th e year 1973 .

MEMBERSHIP Unfortun ate ly our numbers seem to be on the dec rease at present. However , we wi ll always have our sta lwarts and we extend our usual inv itation to all Old Boys, w hereve r they are, to join ou r assoc iation . If your loca l branc h is no t act ive at this tim e, please wr ite to us at Box 686, New Plymo uth. Th e fo ll owi ng li st of branch sec retari es is correct to th e best of our kn owledge:

SOCIAl ACTI VITIES The past yea r W<JS notabl e for the abse nce of any major soc ial :lctiv:t'es. The Annual Combmed Old BoysOld Girls Cabaret was not held as usu al. due to a fi nancial loss th " previous year. Al so the Annual Summer Golf T our ~ame n t was c2ncelled at th e last moment due to th e lac/: of entri es. However, on refl ect ion the ve ry wa rm Fe0 ru ary weather and the time allocated for t he tournam ent we re perhaps major factors mflu enc1ng the lack of suppo rt .

In Jun e th e So uth Tara naki Bra nch hosted t he Winter Golf Tourn ament at Te Ngutu Links. As in th e past, thi s proved a most s,; ~ce ssful and enj oyab le day for all those . . w ho partic ip ate d.

Following t he An nu al Rugby Fi xtures aga mst St. Pat s Si lverstrea m , and Auckiand Gra mm ar Schoo l at New Plymo uth , a Socia l hour was held at the Westown Hotel , and prov ed mont popuar with Old Boys, Maste rs and pa rents of b o~ h teams.

BRANCH SECRETARIES New Plymouth : M aurice Betts, P.O. Box 686, New Plymouth .

Auckland : John Sy me. SA More/and Road, Mt. Alb ert, Auck lnnd.

Hamilton : M ax Strawbridge, 7 Ca rey Street, Hamilton . l<ing Country: R. Pri ce, Piop io.

South Taranaki : Ross Syme , Manutah i .

Wanganui : Jnck l<urta , 18 Toro Street, Wanganui.

Palmerston North: David Huggett, 17 Durh am Cresc ent, Palm erston North.

Otago: John M uir, Otago Uni vers it y .

Wellington: We un ders tand that the past sec retary has . moved overseas nr d have no new add ress as yet.

Both Hawke's Bay and Gisborne branches are 111 recess at t he moment through lack of support, appare nt ly.

To help c lar:fy t he pos i tion w it h rega rd tb t he present Branch Secretm:es an d t hei1路 co rrect addresses would yo u 8 11 please conhm yo u;路 pos iti on with M auri ce Betts, Box 686 , Nev1 Pl ymouth

BRANCHES Members cf t l~ c exe~ u t i ve have aga in made every effort to atten d Bra nch meetings . Re-u nion s were held at Wanga nui, South Tara naki . Auck land and Ham ilton .

However , it wa~ di sap pointing that no re-un1on was held by our usua" ly stm ng We lli ngton Branch.

GENERAl PU flPOSES FUND As in oth er vea rs a cheq ue fo r $203.48, the Annua l Income fr om th~ G s ~eeral Purpose Fund, was presented to the - Headmaster to be us ed fo r th e ben efit of th e Sc hool in genera l.

NEW ASSEMBLY HALL The new Hall is now bein g used exte nsive ly by the sc hool. but it is di sappo inting to note that fi nal cost s fo r t he hall are not yet avai labl e. A ll ev id ence poi nts to a maj or shortfall in fin ance w hen fin al cos ts are known.

GENERAl Yo ur executive met on ly a few t im es durin g the year, and were conscio us of t he lac k of act iv ities prov ided for Old Boys. Howeve r , it is ve ry hard to prov id e a platfo rm for Old Boys, w hen the A ssociat ion does not rece ive much suppo ;路t, es pec iall y from loca l Old Boys.

However, I f ee l i t is mo st important fo r t he A ss oci at ion to stay strong espec iall y w ith t he 100th Jubil ee on th e hori zon in 1982, and the likelihood of further fina ncial assistance being req uired f or the School.

T. N. WOLFE (Pres id ent).

Th e follow ing officers were electe d: Patron , Mr. W. G. McNaught; Pres ;d ent, Neil Wo lfe; Se nior Vi ce-p res id ent, John Mc lntyre; Juni or Vice-pres id ent, Cyri l H e nd erso ~ ; Imm edi ate Pas t Pres ident, Owe n Masters; Headm ast er s Rep rese ntative, Jim Clouston; Executive, Lau ri e Giddy, Lyn Bub li tz , lan Raine, Ross Crow, David Benn ett, lan Jones, Bruce Wa ll is ; Hon. Secretary, M auri ce Betts; Hon . Treasuerr , Don Denh am ; Hon. Aud itor, Jim Ridl and .

GENERAl NEWS M. H. l<emp has been appointed Custo n):~ Advisory Officer with the New Zea land High Co mmi ss ion in Lond on. He was born at ln glewood and join ed "'l:he Customs Depart ment in 1958. He played se nior rugby for Ori enta l , Well ington , and was captain for severa l seaso ns .

A. W. Scott, managing direc tor of, N.Z. News Ltd ., has ret ired aft er 48 yea rs' se rvi ce "I n New Pl ymouth , Christc hurch and Auck land . He bega n hi s ca reer with t he Taranaki Dai ly News in 1926.

Ralph Durnley, t he "qu iz king " aft er 25 yea rs of givin g answers is to be marri ed to a New Pl ymouth woma n. Th e co up:e intend to live in Welling ton.

John Morl'ison co ll e~ted a really magnificent century in the second t est in Au st rali a.

Dr. E. P. Alien has stood down as the Deputy M ayo r of New Pl ymouth aft er hold in g this post for the past 6 years.

Brian Bellringer, another we ll known City Counc ill or . has resigned his new pos t as chai rm an of t he Cultural Co mmittee.

Both men wi 11 co ntinu e t heir wo rk on t he City Counc il , however .

The Rev. R M. Wendelborn of Hamilton , has been appo inted v i ~a r of St. John 's Ang li ca n Church, Waitara.

He w as educ ated in Duned in but held a teac hin g pos ition at the B.H.S . for a t ime .

L M . Moss, O.B.E., has retired from hi s law fi rm, and " has no intent ion of sitt ing on a park benc h." Mr. Moss was perh aps best known to t he Sc hool as a member of t he New Pl ymouth Hi gh School Board for 20 years , in cluding 13 as its chairm an. He has served for s ix yea rs as pres id ent of the New Zea land Secondary School Boards' Associat ion and also as chairman of th e Taranak i Schol ars hi p Trust Board.

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Hi s law ca ree r began in Wellin gton in 1911 and after seve ral yea rs of experi ence w i th va ri ous firm s, bega n h1 s own f1rm of Moss and Co. in 1922 , at New Pl ymouth . He w as aw arded t he O .B.E. in 1963. . Brian Marsden was a New Zea land represe ntat ive 1n the we ightliftin g in t he Chri stchurch Co mmonwea lt h Games. More recentl y he was pl aced 12th in th e middl eh ea ~ywe ight divi sion of t he world champi onships at Manil a.

Ashley Gardiner is on t he short tour of th e British Isles with the All Bl ac ks, hav ing alrea dy had a to ur of Australi a. He gave a short address to th e Sc hoo l asse mbl y ea rli er t hi s yea r at t he Sc hoo l 's requ est.

T. A. Voss of Okaiawa has bee n prese nted w it h a conse rvation citati on from t he Nature Conse rvation Counc il for hi s work on hi s two and a half ac re bird sanctuary.

Arthur Papps , w ho is still go in g strong and li ves at hi s hom e in Pendarves Street, New Pl ymouth, sa id about Handl ey Brown w ho di ed in Decembe r , 1973 : " He was a great leader of men and th e fin est sc hoo lboy athl et e of hi s era. He was so good, he lifted a small sc hool like N.P.B.H.S . to one of t he foremost rugby s c h ool_~ in in New Zea land . He was also one of th e most popul ar head boys th e sc hoo l ever had."

Of course Arthu r Papps was a we ll known teac her at th e School f or many yea rs and coac hed t he First XV during the 1920 's . We wi sh him co nt inu ed good hea lt h.

J?~~ Cousins has been expe rim ent in g w it h " Christm asmus lc and s1mil ar wo rk. A lec tu re r in mus ic at Ca nter~ury University he w as co mmi ss ion ed by th e N.Z. B. C. to wnte a compos ition or pi ece of Chri stmas mu sic He for l1 ve perform ance and eventual broadcast ." attended t he Schoo l in th e lat e 1950s.

Albert Wendt has wr itte n a book " So ns f or t he Return Home," w hi ch see ms lik ely t o be mu ch di scussed .

Thi s is th e first publi shed nove l by a Sa moa n w riter.

John Maxwell is a prominent and success ful A ss urHe ance Co mpa ny manag in g director in Austra li a. attend ed th e School in the 1930s. .

lan Lobb has opened a new pharmacy in t he new Imperi al building in t he c ity. Thi s modern Spanish style shop fron ts Devon Street and shou ld be a re al asset . lan is we ll kno wn loca ll y as a se ni or rugby referee and is now a member of t he New Zea land first cla ss panel.

OBITUARIES IAN GRANT McNICKLE, in Pueblo, Colorado, in Septem ber of thi s year .

Dr. M cNi ck le was wo rk ing in t he Colorado State Hos pital over rece nt yea rs. He attend ed t he Sch ool in th e late fifti es, and graduated from the Otag o Uni ve rsity M ed1cal School in 1964.

THOMAS WILLIAM HOOKHAM, in New Pl ymouth on 20t h Septe mber . Aged 64 .

A we ll know n Taranak i sports admini strator and form er profess ion al cyc li st with many interest s. He w as associ at ed with th e Taranaki Al pin e Club . Sm allbore Rifl e Club , th e R.S.A. , and played a part in esta bli shing He leaves hi s w ife th e Scout move ment in Oaku ra.

Lilli an, and son Bruce Hookh am.

ROBERT DOUGLAS BRADLEY, in New Pl ymouth on 29t h August . Ag ed 65 yea rs. " Bob " Bradl ey w ill be best re memb ered by ou r he owned th e more rece nt boa rd ers of the Sc hoo l -

TREE PLANTING IN THE CEDRIC CAMPBELL MEMORIAL GROVE

Bay Branch of the Old Boys' Association in memory of Cedric Campbell , President of the Branch .

Page 67 shop just bel ow the sc hool. Th e interest and patienc e th at he di spl ayed over the year will be sadl y mis sed.

He is survived by hi s wife Je an, and three daughters , Di anne , M argaret and Rosalind .

JACK JOLL, on 19th April , in New Pl y mo:.~th. Aged 54.

He served with di stin ction in No. 75 Squadron of th e R.N.Z.A.F. during World War 11 . He was award ed t he D.F.M . and D.F.C . and rose to the rank of ActingSqu adron Lea der . Lat er he showed gre at interest in t he Taranaki Offic ers' Club, Heritage, the Alpine Club and the Taranaki Sea rch and Resc ue Organi sation. He wo rked for Thomas Ave ry and Son s for many yea rs .

He le ave s hi s wife Beverl y and daughters Christin e, Phillipa and Jac kie .

MALCOLM ARCHIBALD LAY, in New Pl ymouth on 19t h April. Aged 59 yea rs.

He leaves hi s w ife Phy llis and f amil y, Gwen, Beryl , Jilli an, He ath er , !an, Christin e, Rodney, Bru ce and Steve n.

HANDLEY WELBOURN BROWN, on 5th Dece mber in New Pl ymouth. Aged 69.

At th e age of 19 he was se lected as a member of th e 1924 "lnv in c ible s " All Black Rugb y t ea m and toured Bri ta in and Fra nce, pl ay in g 18 match es . He was also in th e All Bl ac k si de w hi ch toured Au strali a in 1926.

Whil e st ill a sc ho olboy he pl ayed for Taranak i in 1923 , and continu ed in t he sid e until 1930. He captain ed th e N.P .B.H.S. 1st XV f or thre e yea rs w hen it won t he Mo ascar Cup in 1922.

M r Brown was al,so a Taranak i cri cket rep rese ntative and pl ayed aga in st t he M .C.C. tea m in 1930.

He is surv ived by hi s two son s Don ald and Ro ss.

GEORGE CLEWER MOREY, on 16th Dec ember , at Waihi.

Ag ed 67 yea rs.

He leaves hi s w ife Gwe ndolin e.

HUGH F. JACKSON, in February of t hi s year.

He was Head Boy of t he Schoo l in 1961, and a bo arder in Carring t on Hou se for seve ral yea rs.

RODNEY OSBORNE, of Huirangi near Waita ra, in ea rl y M arch t his yea r.

An Old Boy of th e School and also a past membe r of th e High School s Board , he had a record of outstandin g se rvice in loca l body work being deputy chairman of t he County Coun cil and a member of t he Taran aki Harbou rs Board. He was involved in many other local act ivit ies in w hi ch he played a pro min ent part.

H. ROY HOME LJI.'INGSTONE, in Taurang a, on 15th December . Aged 68 years.

Form erl y of th e Hawe ra di stri ct in South Taranaki and edu cated at th e N.P.B.H. S. , he had been sec reta ry of th e Tokaora sc hool co mmi ttee and a memb er of t he meat and wool secti on of Federat ed Farmers. Mu sic was hi s great inte rest and he sa ng and pl ayed for many f un ction s of th e Hawe ra Savage Club .

He leaves hi s w ife and t wo daughte rs Suza nn e and Gae l .

ALBERT CECIL FOOKES, on 16th Dece mb er, at Au ckl and.

Age d 70 .

Thi s man was an ardent wo rker for St. M ary's Angli ca n Church and maintain ed a lifelon g interest in t he affai rs of t he New Pl ymouth Boys' Hi gh School.

In f act we we re fortun ate indeed to publi sh hi s recol 路 lection s of t he School from 1914-191 8 in the 1973 Ta ranaki an.

Mr . Fookes entered practi ce in New Pl ymout h in 1928, and was we ll know n as a sol ic itor th ereafter , fin all y re t ir ing in 1970.

Among hi s many interests w ere th e New Pl ymouth Orchestra and th e Taranak i Reg im enta l Band of which he was a f ormer ch ai rm an. He was kee nl y interested in rugby and cricket and se rved on committees of .both

OLD BOYS' SECTION spo rts w ith th e New Pl ymouth Old Boys ' Clubs . He w as a form er executi ve member of our Old Boys ' As sociation and shortl y befor e his retirement join ed the West End Bow lin g Club . Hi s genuin e and steadfast support of th e Schoo l Qve r th e years w ill be mi ssed.

He leaves hi s w ife. so n Dav id and daughter Janet.

RONALD ARTHUR CANDY, as a res ul t of a shooting acc id ent on hi s f arm in th e Waikato on 28th Octob er . Ag ed 71 yea rs.

He was a director of t he N.Z. Co-op . Dairy Co . for 33 yea rs. He beca me chai rm an of t he Dairy. Products Marketing Commi ssio n in 1957 and a member for many yea rs. Lat er he was Deputy Chairm an of t he Dairy Board.

Mr. Candy fa rm ed at Ngarua and was a renowned innovat or , operatin g a sc heme f or t rain ing youn g men on hi s properti es and helping t hem t o buy f arm s.

JOHN STANLEY (JACK) STRONGE, on 15th April, at Hawera . Aged 65 years.

He atte nd ed t he preparatory sc hoo l of t he Boys ' High and. eve'ntu all y pl ayed rugb y for th e 1st XV in 1927.

Well kn own as a hi stori an es pec iall y w ith regard to t he hi story of th e Egmont coast area . On e of his books is 路 to be publi shed.

He far med on Arawhata Road , Opun ake, from 1934 unti l hi s death. Apa rt f rom hi s f armin g activiti es , book co ll ectin g and wr iting Jack was invo lved w it h many community act iv it ies. He had been chairm an of t he Opun ake R.S. A .. chairm an of t he Egmont Nation al Park Boa rd (West Co mmi tt ee ). Pres ident of t he Taranak i Sav in gs Bank Boa rd of Tru stees . Ch airm an of th e Oaonui Dairy Company , and many other simil ar interests.

He ol eav es hi s w ife M ary, and t w o daughters , Jennifer and Berri .

REX .PATRICK CHAlHERIS, as t he resu lt of an acc ident . ' on 10t h November, at St ratfo rd. Aged 17 yea rs.

He was a boa rder in t he Sc hoo l last yea r and - a yo un ge r broth er , Graham, atte nd s t he Sc hool at present.

JOHN B. GLASGOW, on t he 13th Nove mb er , at Auckl and .

Age d 43 yea rs.

Well' known in New Pl ymouth fo r his many bus in ess an d communit y act iviti es, he was chairman of the Tarana l<i Polyte chni c Coun cil, Deputy Chairm an of the Taranak i Harbours Board , and a promin ent accountant and sharebroker in a city accounta ncy f irm . In addit ion t o th is he was chairman of many other large compani es, and was ac ti vP. in Angli ca n church affairs , th e Tainui Tru st Board and th e Barrett Domain Committee.

In hi s prof ess ion he was th e Taranaki re prese ntative on t he New Zea land Society of A ccountants.

He is survi ved by hi s w ife and three children.

LEONARD WILLIAM DELPH, at Wh anga rei, thi s year. Aged 82 years .

He was agri cultural maste r at t he Sc hool from 1936 to 1947. Durin g t hi s t ime 3rd , 4th and 5t h Form s too k agr icul t ure and und er hi s gui dance ran th e Scho ol f arm . " Dinki e'' as he w$ ni ckn amed, was know n fo r hi s wi t and practi ca l jokes . He was awa rded -th e M.C . during World War I. He is survi ved by his w ife Bi rtc hn ell , a we ll known art ist .

RICHARD ALFRED LANCELOT GILBERT, in New Ply mouth.

Aged 69 yea rs.

A partn er in a promin ent law firm he bega n hi s ca ree r in New Pl ymout h in 1926. Afte r fiv e yea rs w ith an lngl ewood firm he return ed to the city practice of Gray ling and Gilb ert . He was st ill practisin g at t he tim e of hi s death . He w as admitted as a Barrister of th e Supreme Court in 1951. He was interested in and pl ayed table t enni s for many years .

He leaves his w ife and t wo sons , Haddo n and Dere k.

NEW PLYMOUTH BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL ESTABLISHED 1882.

FEES (per Term)Boa rd: $295.

Mu sic: $22.

SUBSCRIPTION TO GENERAL PURPOSES FUND: $6 per yea r, payable at th e beginning of the year. $5 per year f or a boy w ith one old er brother. $4 per yea r for a boy with two or mo re older brothers. $5 per yea r for a bus boy .

Thi s subscriptio n is used to provide funds f or th e following items w hi ch can not be provided from Government grants: 1. Equipm ent and subsid ies for sports, clubs and cu ltu ra l activ it ies.

2. Additional books , magazines and resource materials for t he library.

3.

Pu bli cation of the School magaz in e (assisted by Old Boys ' subscriptio ns ) and the School ca lendar issued t o all boys.

SCHOOL TERMS 1975: First Term: M ond ay, 3rd February , t o Friday , 9th M ay.

Monday, 26th May, to Friday, 22nd

Second Term: August .

Third Term: Monday , 15th September, to Thursday, 11th December .

HOLIDAYS 1975 New Zealand Day : 6th Feb ruary.

Anniversar y Day: 10th March.

Easter: 28th March to 1st April.

Anzac Day: 25th April.

Queen's Birthday: 2nd Jun e.

Exeat Weekend: 7th Jul y.

Labour Day: 27th October.

ACKNOW LEDGEM ENTS

TARANAKI AN SUBSCRIPTION: The sub scription is $1 per ann um (postage included) and orders shou ld be forwarded to the Business M anager, " Taranak ian ", Boys ' High School, New Plymouth. Subsc ribers pl ease notify any change of ad dress .

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Thanks must go to those who contr ibuted photographs to this issue of the Tara nakian: Charters & Guthrie, Mr. N. E. Stone, A. Fuller and M. Horrocks.

Part icu lar th anks must go to Mr. 0. J. Oats for hi s co ntribution of time and equipment in taking the majority of the photograph s for th is issue.