The Suttonian 1961 (Lent Term)

THE

SUTTON IAN

LENT TERM 1961

THE SUTTONIAN

CONTENTS

Editorial ..

School Officials School Notes Our Contemporaries The Staff ..

Valete/Salvete Chapel Notes Library Notes Speech Day 1961 Music Carol Service S.C.M. Conference Sixth Form Conference Sixth Form Lectures Saturday Society School Films Ashford Dance Cornwallis House Hunting Society Society Notes Notes on the Term C.C.F. Notes Hockey Retrospect Hockey Reports ..

Cross-Country Retrospect Cross-Country Results Steeplechases Baton Race Fives Retrospect Fives Results Shooting Notes O.S. Section ..

O.S. Notes ..

Correspondence Late News ..

Next Term's Fixtures

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THE SUTTON IAN No. 244 (No. 2 of Volume XXX)

LENT TERM 1961

Ed itorial

THE New House now no longer needs to be talked of vaguely. It now has a name.

Already a large number of boys are at the school who know they will be going

into Cornwallis House. There is now quite a large building for them to see and the Housemaster, M. H. Fairbank, Esq., showed some people over the House after Matins one Sunday.

Creating a new boarding house and all the atmosphere and spirit that goes with it is a very difficult task for the Housemaster and the senior boys. The standard of behaviour set is a School matter ; what concerns the House more specifically is the example shown on the playing field. For "House life" is mainly sports and competitions. The house will have about half its full number to start with which will not allow much chance for winning competitions. This feeling of hopelessness can become permanent and be passed on from generation to generation. Each intake accepts the general mood of the house from its seniors.

Cornwallis House must avoid this. Thus it is a wise decision to allow " transplanted " boys to represent their old houses for one year. This will ensure that their athletic ability will not stagnate and more important it will not let their enthusiasm wane in the face of disappointing results.

Critics of this idea have asked how a house where some members are playing for other houses can set about becoming a house in its own right. This is a real difficulty, but the senior members of the house must realise that the greater loyalty is due to their new house. Otherwise they will leave for later years a hard uphill fight to build a house tradition.

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School Officials Head of the School : J. B. Cairns School Prefects :

1. Maddieson S. H. H. White J. G. Macnaughtan

P. Charlton R. C. A. Bennett

House Prefects : St. Margaret's : Westminster :

A. Djavadi C. T. Edbrooke R. W. Lattimer A. J. Halsey W. R. Writer I. W. Jones R. H. Thomas B. D. H. Preston R. D. Mant Lambe's :

D. W. Martin M. J. Scott R. M. Kojecky R. H. D. Jeffryes L. C. Edwards D. F. Murrells

B. Macdonald K. J. Clement M. A. M. Smallman N. A. Higgins H. S. Hacker I. E. Morgan

Founder's : W. M. Stobbs

P. M. Jansen R. S. Gibbons R. Solle

Sports Committee :

The Headmaster (President) E. A. Craven, Esq. (Chairman) J. B. Cairns (Hon. Secretary) P. S. W. MacIlwaine, B. D. H. Preston Esq. B. Macdonald D. A. Simmons, Esq. I. Maddieson F. R. Ball, Esq. P. Charlton Hockey :

B. D. H. Preston (Captain) J. G. Macnaughtan (Hon. Secretary) Cross-Country :

I. Maddieson (Captain) Fives :

M. B. Browne (Captain) Shooting :

D. W. Martin (Captain) K. J. Clement (Hon. Secretary)

Library Committee :

The Headmaster (President) L. N. Harvey, Esq. (Librarian) I. Maddieson (Hon. Secretary) M. A. M. Smallman R. M. Kojecky M. J. Scott P. M. Jansen M. R. N. Archbold R. D. E. Mant Suttonian Committee : I. Maddieson (Editor)

J. B. Cairns M. J. Scott C. W. C. Frostick

R. M. Kojecky H. S. Hacker I. E. Morgan

School Notes S. H. H. White has been appointed a School Prefect and Head of Westminster.

R. C. A. Bennett and J. G. Macnaughtan have been appointed School Prefects.

B. D. H. Preston and R. D. Mant have been appointed House Prefects in St. Margaret's.

I. E. Morgan has been appointed a House Prefect in Westminster.

D. F. Murrells has been appointed a House Prefect in Lambe's.

R. S. Gibbons and R. Solle have been appointed House Prefects in Founder's.

Hockey Colours have been awarded to : W. R. Writer, P. Charlton, G. H. Munday, D. L. Manook, P. A. Hunt, J. G. Macnaughtan, R. H. Thomas.

2nd XI Colours have been awarded to : A. S. V. W. Smith, J. H. Wheble, D. R. J. Hunt, D. J. Lion, P. J. Cresswell, R. J. Nella.

Under 16 XI Colours have been awarded to : A. J. Finn-Kelcey, R. Memmott, M. R. Parkinson, R. A. Matthews, J. H. Jackson, J. N. Brice.

Under 15 XI Colours have been awarded to : N. B. Houghton, D. J. Allaway.

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THE SUTTONIAN Cross-Country Colours have been awarded to : M. J. Scott, R. H. D. Jeffryes, P. A. Litchfield, C. T. Edbrooke, I. E. Morgan, N. B. Shaw.

Junior Cross-Country Colours have been awarded to : J. N. Brice, D. I. A. Johnson, M. W. J. Farrant.

Fives Colours have been awarded to : J. B. Cairns, B. Macdonald, R. J. Mitham.

We were very pleased to have Mr. F. P. Ferguson and Mr. P. A. Barlow as student masters this term.

At a meeting of the Sports Committee on March 16 the following appointments were made :— P. Charlton to be Captain of Cricket.

R. H. Thomas to be Captain of Tennis.

B. Macdonald to be Captain of Athletics.

R. H. D. Jeffryes to be Hon. Secretary of Cross-Country.

Our Contemporaries The Editor gratefully acknowledges the receipt of the following contemporaries and apologies for any omissions :— The Lawrentian, The Elizabethan, The School Tie, The Portcullis, The Fettesian, The Dog Watch, The Dovorian, The Gresham, The Tonbridgian, The Mill Hill Magazine, The Roffensian, The Aldenhamian, The Lancing College Magazine, The Blundellian, The Chronicle, The Cranbrookian, The Sennockian, The Edward Alleyn Magazine.

The Staff This list is published mainly for the interest of O.S.

Headmaster : C. R. Evers, M.A. (1953) Scholar, Trinity College, Oxford (classics).

Second Master : N. P. Bentley, M.A. (1921) Victoria University of Manchester (classics).

Assistant Masters : L. N. Harvey, M.A. (1927), Exhibitioner, St. Edmund Hall, Oxford ; Heath Harrison University Scholar (French) ; Modern Languages ; Librarian.

E. A. Craven, M.A. Cantab., F.G.S. (1928), Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, Housemaster of Founder's House ; Natural Sciences.

P. S. W. MacIlwaine, M.A. (1950), Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, House Master of St. Margaret's House; Head of Mathematics Department. . J. Benallack-Hart, M.I. Biol., M.R.S.T. F.R.H.S. (1950) ; House Tutor of Founder's House ; Careers Master ; Biology. . A. Simmons, D.L.C. (Hons.), Art and Handicraft ; (1951) Head of Art Department.

A. G. Foulkes, B.A. Cantab., (1952) Choral Exhibitioner, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge ; House Master of Bennett House ; Music and General Subjects. . P. Coutts, M.A., F.R.G.S., (1953) Hertford College, Oxford ; O.C. of C.C.F. ; Head of Geography Department. . E. Horn, B.A., (1953) Corpus Christi College, Cambridge ; House Master of Westminster House ; Head of Modern Languages Department.

A • R. Douglas, M.A., (1953) Scholar, St. Edmund Hall, Oxford ; Housemaster of Lambe's House ; Head of History Department. . D. Warburton, B.Sc., (1954) University of Durham ; Head of Natural Sciences Department,

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R. H. Hanworth, M.A., (1954) Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge ; House Tutor of St. Margaret's House ; Head of English Department.

M. H. Fairbank, M.A. (1955), Brasenose College, Oxford ; Housemaster of Holdgate House ; History and Mathematics.

H. F. E. Lynas (1955), Organist and Choirmaster ; Music.

F. R. Ball, B.Sc. (1956), University of Manchester ; Physics.

G. C. Penman, B.A. (1956), Pembroke Modern Cambridge ; College, Languages.

J. W. Ireland, B.Sc. (1959), College of St. Mark and St. John, University of London ; Mathematics.

C. A. Porter, B.A. (1959), Corpus Christi College, Oxford ; House Tutor of Lambe's House ; History.

R. F. Bates, B.Sc. (1960), University of Manchester ; Physics.

Rev. S. R. Beesley, B.A. (1960), University of Bristol ; Chaplain.

G. E. Benbow, B.A. (1960), University of Liverpool ; Carnegie College ; House Tutor of Westminster House ; Physical Education and Geography.

II. F. S. Wicksteed, M.A. (1960), Pembroke College, Oxford ; English and History.

Bursar : Captain N. T. P. Cooper, C.B.E.,

R.N. (rtd.) (1954).

Lieut.-Cmdr. F. A. Sweeney, R.N. (rtd.) (1956).

Headmaster's Secretary : Mrs. M. Duncan (1946).

Housekeeper and Caterer : Miss D. A. Warren (1947).

Assistant Bursar :

House Matrons :-Lambe's : Miss C. T. Finnis (1946).

St. Margaret's : Miss J. Forbes-Borne

(1959).

Westminster :

Miss J. M. Peckham

(1960).

Nursing Sister : Mrs. N. Daly, S.R.N.

(1960).

Bursar's Secretary : Miss B. E. Simmonds

(1959).

Permanent Staff Instructor : Lieut. (Q.M.)

J. A. L. Sergison, M.S.M. (1950).

Val ete CHRISTMAS TERM

T. j. ARCHER (W.-1956).-1956, Under-14 Rugger XV ; 1957, Under-15 Fives IV, Captain Under-15 Cricket, House Cricket, 1st XI Cricket, Under-15 Rugger, Captain and Colours, House Rugger XV, Cert. "A," Part I; 1958, Under-16 Fives IV, 2nd Fives IV, Junior Fives Champion, Cricket Colours, House Drill Squad, Junior Athletics Team, Division B 220 yds. record, " 0" Levels, Cert " A " Part II, Under-16 Rugger Captain and Colours, 1st Fives IV; 1959, Fives Colours, House Hockey, Junior Fives Champion, Hon. Secretary of Geographical Society, House Choir, " A " Levels, Distinction Prize, 1st XV Rugger Colours, House Prefect ; 1960, Captain of Fives, Hon. Secretary of Cricket, Public Schools Seven-a-side tournament, Public Schools' Fives Championships, Captain of House Cricket, Distinction Prize, Geography Prize, Grizelle Prize for History, Suttonian Committee, " S " Levels, Sutton Shield Committee, House Athletics, School Prefect, Head of House, C.Q.M.S. in C.C.F., Clerk of the House in the Hunting Society, Chapel Committee, Head of House Corps.

LENT TERM I. MADDIESON (L.-1955).-1956, Foundation Scholarship, Lower Wth Form Prize, Winner " I) " 220 yds., Photographic Society, Conjuring Club, Modelling Society ; 1957, Upper IVth Form Prize, Hunting Society, House Athletics Team, Cert. "A," Part I, Hon. Secretary Conjuring Club ; 1958, Vth Form Prize, Dramatic Society, Junior Athletics Team, Literary Society, Electrical Society, G.C.E,

THE SUTTONIAN " 0 " Levels, K.C.A.A.A. Championships, Cert.

"A," Part II, House Drill Squad ; 1959, Distinction Prize, Senior Athletics Team, House Captain of Athletics, Cross-Country 1st VIII and Colours (1959-61), Clerk of the House, Hunting Society, Hon. Secretary Literary Society, Chairman Conjuring Club, Chairman Photographic Society, Chairman Motor Car Club, Suttonian Committee, Library Committee, Sutton Shield Committee, House Prefect, K.C.A.A.A. and National Standard, Cpl. in C.C.F., Hon. Secretary Athletics, Cambridge University Previous Examination Part I; 1960, School Prefect, Head of House, Hon. Secretary Library Committee, Hon. Secretary Hunting Society, Captain of Athletics, House Captain of Cross-Country, Editor of the Suttonian, G.C.E. " A " and " S " Levels, Chapel Committee, Sports Committee ; 1961, Captain of Cross-Country, House Choir, Geographical Society, Ashridge Careers Course.

Goes to Exeter College, Oxford on Moxham Exhibition.

B. D. H. PRESTON (St. M.-1956).—Under-14 Bugger; 1957, Under-15 Hockey Colours, Under-15 Cricket Colours, Under-15 Rugger Colours, Junior Swimming Team (1957-58), House Cricket (1957-60), House Hockey (1957-61), House Rugger (1957-60) ; 1958, Under-16 Hockey Colours, 2nd XI Cricket, Under-16 Rugger Colours ; 1959, 1st XV Rugger Colours (1959-60), 1st XI Cricket Colours (1959-60), 1st XI Hockey Colours (1959-61), Senior Swimming Team (1959-60), House Athletics ; 1961, Captain of School and House Hockey, House Fives, Kent Schoolboys Hockey, Southern Counties trial, Kent Schoolboys Rugby trial, Sports Committee, Photographic Society, L /Cpl. in C.C.F., Basic Test and A.P.C., Civil Defence, House Drill Squad, G.C.E. " 0" Levels, House Prefect, English Schoolboys' Hockey Trial.

Salvete UPPER VI ARTS.—P. M. O'Meara (W.).

UPPER INTL—M. G. F. Hudson (St. M.), R. J. Kingston (W.).

UPPER IVB.—C. L. Bazzard (L.), D. Munro (W.), J. R. Parsons (W.).

UPPER IVc.—D. H. P. Simpson (St. M.),

D. A. Todd (L.).

LOWER IVA.—C. N. Langrick (H.), G. P. Mann (L.), C. A. Pearson (L.), M. J. R. Seeley (H.), P. Baker (F.).

LOWER IVB.—J. A. T. Giltsoff (St. M.), J. W. A. Hollis (St. M.), J. F. Smith (W.), G. M. Squires (L.), R. D. C. Willis (L.).

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Chapel Notes There have been several innovations this term in the religious life of the School.

At a meeting of the Chapel Committee it was suggested that there should be an extra collection, not on an exeat Sunday, for the benefit of the Chapel Fund. The money collected thereby would go towards the cost, either of a fall for the pulpit or a carpet for the steps leading to the choir stalls. It was felt that many people do not realize the fact that the Chapel Fund's only means of support are the box in the porch, and the collections taken at the Communion Services and the Commemoration Service ; these do not cover more than the usual annual expenditure. Book-racks have now been provided in every pew, which should obviate the need for repairing books, damaged by people knocking them off the narrow ledge.

We would like to thank all those who helped us to collect the sum of over £40 for the Kent County Association for the Blind at last term's Carol Service.

The collection taken on Sunday, January 23, for the Congo Relief Fund, totalled over £13, which is by far the highest ever collected on a non-exeat Sunday.

Voluntary Chapel continued to flourish during the early part of the term, but it was superseded in Lent by the Chaplain's Addresses. Nevertheless, several younger members of the School have read the service, which augurs well for the future.

In his Lenten Addresses, the Chaplain has tried to help us to a better understanding of Christian Literature, and has shown us that we can derive both enjoyment and spiritual benefit by reading books. Every week he has reviewed

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several books from the pulpit, dealing with Christianity as it is lived to-day, and has showed us that Christianity is not old-fashioned and out of date, but a vital and active force which can transform each one of our lives into a worthwhile adventure.

All these books plus many others are now either in the School Library or in a small library of books dealing specifically with Christian topics, which is situated at the back of the Chapel.

Sunday Club was also instituted this term. It is a club without" members," in that it is open to anyone and everyone in the School, yet does not attempt to compete with any other society ! It is aimed primarily at those members of the School who have nothing better to do on Sunday evenings than listen to " music " in the dayrooms, and is, as the Chaplain says : "An opportunity to show you that you can be religious and happy." A report of the Club's activities appears on the Societies' page.

We have welcomed the following preachers this term : The Rev. R. Petty, Rural Dean of Sutton ; The Rev. L. H. Waddy, Headmaster of Tonbridge School ; The Rev. T. H. Vickery, Rector of Staplehurst ; The Rev. D. R. MacInnes, St. Mark's, Gillingham.

Collections have been taken for : the Congo Relief Fund ; the Diocese of Jerusalem ; the Chapel Fund.

Library Notes

This term a new system of indexing has been started, going by the Dewey classification numbers and a stricter control has been kept on the withdrawal, return and treatment of books. We are grateful to P. A. Fairley (0.S.) for a copy of his booklet "This is Cambridge" and for

Lancelot Hogben's " Mathematics in the Making." Also to G. Pember (0.S.) for "The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway" and to M. A. Hovey (0.S.) for " Major Achievements in Science "— two volumes by A. E. E. Mackenzie.

Councillor W. B. Clowes, a Governor of the School, has presented the School with a large number of books of which the following have so far reached the shelves of the Library :— " Discovery of the Universe," by G. de Vaucouleurs ; " World Affairs since 1919,"

by Peter Wales ; " Amateur Astronomer's Handbook," by J. B. Sidgwick ; "Instructions to Young Hockey Players," by Eric Green ; "Instructions to Young Boxers," by Bobby Neill ; " Instructions to Young Rugger Players," by Cedric Venables ; "Applied Electricity," by H. Cotton ; " Breckland," by Olive Cook ; "The Solway Firth," by Brian Blake ; "The South Hams,"

by M. Willy ; "The Wessex Heathland," by Ralph Wightman and " Dartmoor," by E. W. Martin.

More of these books may be in the Library by the end of term but at the time of writing less than half the total number of books given have been entered.

The following books have been purchased by the Library Fund this term :— " Chess," by R. F. Green ; "A Man Called Peter," by C. Marshall ; " Prison is my Parish," by G. Burnham ; "The Small Woman," by A. Burgess ; "Henry Martyn,"

by C. Padwick ; "Sir Robert Walpole—The King's Minister," by J. H. Plumb ; "The University Atlas," edited by H. Fullard and H. C. Darby ; "An Atlas of World Affairs,"

by A. Boyd ; three volumes of 0. A. Sherrard's biography of Lord Chatham : "Lord Chatham, A War Minister in the Making," "Lord Chatham. Pitt and the Seven Years' War," "Lord Chatham and America " ; " Through Gates of Splendour,"

by Elizabeth Elliot ; "Jungle Pilot," by G. T. Bull ; "Life and Belief in the experience of John W. Laing," by G. Harrison ; "A Labrador Doctor," by Sir Wilfred Grenfell and " Whitaker's Almanack for 1961."

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Speech Day, 1961 SPEECH Day is to be held on Friday, June 23, when H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent will visit the school and present the prizes. She will also lay the foundation stone of the new Dining Hall.

This year, therefore, the parents' day will be separated from the O.S. cricket matches and the Commemoration Service which will be held as planned on July 8 and 9. The preacher on Sunday will be Dean A. C. Don, formerly Dean of Westminster.

This gives the School an opportunity to welcome Old Suttonians to the annual dance (8--11.30 on Saturday, July 8) : this year they will have priority over parents and those who would like to attend (with a partner) are asked to write to the Headmaster's Secretary before June 26.

In view of this, the Governors will have to postpone until 1962 their next invitation to elderly 0.5. to attend Speech Day.

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HE term's music has naturally been centred on the music competition as far as most members of the school have been concerned. However, the choir has been doing well, and has learnt some new anthems. And at one time during the term, when Mr. Lynas was unwell, both choir and congregation were encouraged by Mr. Foulkes to sing the psalms and canticles in a realistic "free rhythm." This made them sound more direct and natural and showed that even that part of the service which is not often considered the most interesting can be enjoyable.

This term we have had the assistance with the music of the school by Mr. P. A. Barlow, who is unfortunately with us for only one term. We are very grateful to him for all his help—in teaching, in the orchestra, and in singing.

Practice has begun, both in the Choral Society and orchestra, for the concert next term. Pieces to which the most attention has been given are the Chorus from Haydn's "The Seasons," Choral Hymns from "Rig Veda" by Hoist, Harty's "Irish Symphony," and also compositions by Mr. Lynas and Mr. Barlow.

Much time and rehearsal went into the Music Competition which took place on the last evening of the term. The adjudicator, Mr. Trevor Harvey, seemed quite pleased by the standard achieved, and was able to indicate a number of points for the improvement of the musical performance of each house. He claimed a preference for "team efforts" and Founder's House were no doubt encouraged by being placed second—by one point—to the winners, Westminster.

The programme of the competition is printed at the end of the magazine.

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Carol Service Choir : Congregation Choir :

" Let all mortal flesh keep silence." arr. Hoist. " 0 Come all ye faithful."

Recitative : " And there were Shepherds."

Chorale : " Break forth, 0 beauteous heavenly light."

Christmas Oratorio, J. S. Bach.

"Once in Royal David's City."

Congregation : " See amid the winter's snow."

Goss Choir : Danish Carol.

"A boy was born."

Congregation : " Angels from the realms of glory." " The Light of Bethlehem."

Frank Lynas.

Choir : Basque Carol.

"Jesus and Gentle Mary."

Choir : " The citizens of Chartres."

French Carol. " While shepherds watched."

Congregation : Christmas round arr. L. Woodgate. " Hodie Christus natus est."

Choir : 15th Cent. German.

"Unto us a boy is born." " Hark ! the herald angels sing."

Congregation : HE Carol Service last term took place in the Parish Church and, since it also took place on the last day of term, there were a large munber of parents—more than ever before. This called for a certain amount of organisation and skill, for there were 550 to be fitted into a church designed to hold 300. Eventually the only free space left in the church was that of a minimum of very narrow gangways, the rest being taken up by chairs and benches brought along from the School for the occasion. The singers noticed the effect of so full a church, and although they could hardly hope to rival the King's College Chapel, famous for its echo as well as the excellence of its choir, they gave a very creditable performance. Some of the more remote members of the congregation were not able to see a great deal of what went on, but most of them could enjoy the singing, which this year was as good as ever.

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S.C.M. Conference THE conference was held this year at the Maidstone Grammar School for Girls on ' the afternoon of Friday, 24th February. Mr. Beesley accompanied fourteen members of the Sixth Form, of whom four—I. Maddieson, M. J. Scott, H. S. Hacker, R. C. A. Bennett—were group discussion leaders. The Sutton Valence party did not arrive early, but neither, fortunately did Dr. Kathleen Bliss, the speaker. The subject for this session was "Freedom and Responsibility in Modern Life." Dr. Bliss's opening speech put forward as a basis for our concept of freedom two ideas of Isiah Berlin's.

The first is that freedom is being alone and then having the ability to do what we wish without regard to any outside forces restricting our actions ; the second is that freedom implies a moral obligation to forestall for others any factors in their lives which would prevent the fulfilment of the first. She pointed out the" tragic dimension" which is shown, for example, in the paradox of restricting the freedom of others whilst providing them with the opportunity for greater freedom. Thus education is a means

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to freedom, but at the same time it restricts not only the recipient but also the parents ; this implication that our freedom calls for our action links the two subjects, freedom and responsibility.

The group discussions continued for an hour after the main address, and they gave ample opportunity for the airing of individual views—although it appeared that in some groups the most practical way to arouse interest and argument was to put the case as the Devil's Advocate. Most of the discussions were founded on a particular controversial question given to each leader beforehand, and this was an effective means of giving shape to the arguments.

After a very good tea all re-assembled to hear reports from discussion leaders.

These were followed by some answers given by Dr. Bliss to questions submitted by the groups. It was agreed that the conference was both interesting and profitable, comparing well with other conferences. Perhaps now that the School has attended this conference for several years it would be a fit time to start a proper S.C.M. group at Sutton Valence.

Sixth Form Conference was beneath an unexpected and benevolent sun that eleven brightly painted I Tcoaches coasted into the quad. at spasmodic intervals around about 10.15 a.m. on Friday, March 24. They contained, it was assumed, Sixth Form members from Ashford School, Ashford Girls' Grammar School, Bedgebury Park School, Benenden School, Simon Langton's Girls' Grammar School, William Gibb's School, Ashford Boys' Grammar School, Cranbrook School, St. Stephen's School, Kent College and Simon Langton's Boys' Grammar School. The proportion of six girls' schools to five boys' motivated temporary lapse of academic progress in all the classrooms commanding a good prospect. As was later found out, the first thing that struck the visitors, after the distorted faces on the window panes, was the very highly efficient organisation, which must be attributed to the Rev. S. R. Beesley, who never failed to be everywhere at the same time, with great calmness, to keep things moving.

After proceeding to various parts of the school the party re-assembled in the Chapel to partake in an inspiring service and listen to a similar sermon by the Rev. A. Fagg, Chaplain of Maidstone Prison.

With segregation still the fashion, this was followed by a witty, but interesting, speech from Mr. Gould, the Governor of Dover Borstal, on the subject of the Conference, "Crime and Punishment." After division into groups and the allocation of rooms, the assembly was dispersed to have lunch and simultaneously discuss the subject between (and during) mouthfuls. There was an interval for coffee. The "Brains Trust" ensued. Under the Chairmanship of Mr. Ffinch, Governor of Maidstone Prison, with Miss Harvie, a child welfare officer for many years, and Mr. Gould as additional members, it dealt skilfully, if not always convincingly, with a large variety of questions, some from the floor. Soon after 3.30 p.m. the Conference was completed and beneath a still benevolent sun, eleven coaches coasted back up the drive.

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Sixth Form Lectures HE first Sixth Form Lecture of the term was given by Prof. A. S. Newell about 1Anglo-American relations on Friday evening, February 17. Professor Newell, himself an American, started by saying that Anglo-American relations should be "a partnership in action," not a relationship of sentimentality. He then stated that this relationship should be one of equals, for each country would complement the other ; the U.S. more in material and wealth and Britain in experience and diplomacy. He showed how the British and Americans had failed to help each other in certain parts of the world, and how they have worked together in Europe. Professor Newell was hopeful, in that he ended by saying that with the experience of Prime Minister MacMillan and the youthful vigour of President Kennedy, Britain and the U.S. would weld this partnership more strongly.

The second lecture of the term was given by S. Clinton Davis, Esq., about Trade Unions, on Friday evening, March 3. Mr. Davis, a Labour candidate for Parliament, spoke first about the purpose and history of the Trade Unions. He stated that they not only had the duty of protecting the rights of the working class but also of improving the lives of the worker and society as a whole. He then gave a brief history of the English Trade Unions and went on to show how the personality of the trade union leader has changed in the present times. In summing up, Mr. Davis said that trade unions are necessary in Britain to keep the democracy functioning and that Britain should be proud of them. In an answer to one irate Tory in the audience, Mr. Davis exhibited his great command of speaking and gave a clever rebuttal to his queries.

Miss Manuela Sykes lectured the Sixth, Fifth and Upper Fourth Forms on "Cyprus—The Inner Story." She talked of the island's history and troubles, but being a Liberal candidate her views were coloured by party policy.

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HE term's progranune opened splendidly with the "Opera for All" production of Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro." The complicated plot involves a jealous husband, a pert maid and a scheming manservant—apparently indispensable ingredients of eighteenth century comedy—a great deal of improbable disguise and misunderstanding and a joyous finale brought about by general explanation and reconciliation. In spite of occasionally poor diction the comedy came over well and the cast received a well-deserved ovation. The standard of singing and acting was uniformly high, the costumes and make-up excellent and the whole production had a style and gusto which overcame the limitations of scenery and space. A special mention should be made of the pianist who sustained a long and exacting part with musicianly skill.

Godfrey Kneller gave us an interesting outline of the development of " Brass Instruments." He demonstrated a large number of instruments of all sizes and shapes-- front the primitive ram's horn to the modern orchestral trumpet, from the ancient " serpent " to the present-day tuba, front the slender circular hunting horn to its more portly descendant the French horn. Mr. Kneller told us that brass

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instruments need warming up and this was apparent from one or two false starts during his demonstration. However, he successfully got his audience warmed up with the Hippo Song and although this went down well with his youthful listeners, one could have wished for a higher level of musical example throughout his talk. However, no one can quarrel with Mr. Kneller's final message : If you want to enjoy an instrument, play it yourself !

The Saturday Society was very honoured to have so distinguished a speaker as General Sir John Glubb to conclude the Season's programme with a talk on "The Middle East." This was an intensely interesting evening packed with facts and comments from a unique career, but one wonders if a few slides might not have helped to concentrate attention even more emphatically on the complexities of this important area.

Do we look on the Arab nations as " inferior" ? They think we do, and it has been their main objective since 1920 to catch up with Western civilisation. The Arabs once controlled the whole of the Southern Mediterranean coast, Spain and parts of France and in 1500 their standards of culture and prosperity were equivalent to those in England. Under Turkish rule no progress at all was made and they emerged to independence after the first World War 400 years behind the times.

General Glubb's main theme was that these countries cannot advance without massive aid, but that they will not accept aid which threatens their independence.

He made a reasoned and deep-felt plea for the youth of Britain to appreciate the qualities and the difficulties of the Arab nations—to bring about an adjustment of the Western outlook so as to accept them as equal partners in helping them to build their future.

The films "The Red Balloon" and "Knock on Wood" were also shown during the term. The writer was not present to see them, but they are both known to be excellent films.

School Films CHASE a Crooked Shadow" was a thriller film set in Spain. The brother of a rich diamond heiress appears to return from the dead. He knows things only her brother knows and she breaks down and admits she murdered her brother and he confesses he is a policeman in disguise. A more plausible story would have made this a good film.

"Sound Barrier "—a dramatised story of the first people fighting the mystery of near-sonic speeds. It was a little sentimental in its treatment of the personal feelings of the characters involved, but full of interest.

J. B. Scott-Wilson, Esq. (0.S.), an aerodynamicist at A. U. Roe showed slides and two films. The slides traced the development of the aeroplane and the films were about the Vulcan and the Avro 748. This was an especially interesting evening.

"The Bridge on the River Kwai " came with a great reputation. The British soldiers prove they are fine men even when working for the Japanese, but all their efforts are destroyed by the British themselves. The closing words of the film tell us " It's madness, madness." '

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Ashford Dance were pleased to welcome thirty girls from Ashford School to a dance in the W ESchool Hall on Monday, March 27. Doris Pullen's band played an excellent variety of dances—chachas, sambas, the valeta and even a conga, apart from the usual quicksteps and waltzes. Some special dances were laid on for the Scottish enthusiasts in spite of the absence of the Head of School and novelty dances were arranged to help those who could not get anywhere with straight dancing. We are still wondering how some people can row standing up ?

In the interval grand refreshments were provided by Miss Warren and the ladies of the Tuck Shop, but most people rushed these to get back to hear S. H. H. White leading the School Jazz Band in such popular request numbers as " The Saints."

Here, too, was an opportunity for jive. All too soon the last waltz was being announced (and by the way " Smoke gets in your eyes" is a quickstep), we were singing Auld Lang Syne and the Headmaster and Mrs. Pullen were being thanked for the evening. The Headmaster replied that he hoped our guests had enjoyed themselves and asked them "to leave nothing behind except their partners." This, as far as we know, they did.

Cornwallis House comes down the new house takes on a more recognisable shape.

A sItthehasscaffolding been named after Baron Cornwallis, Lord Lieutenant of Kent, who laid the foundation stone last July and whose father laid the Chapel's foundation stone in 1928. Many people have wondered where the stone went. We don't know, but it is now set in the wall at the end of the main passage in the exact position it was laid.

Work is a month behind schedule but the roof, weighing 220 tons, is complete and waterproof and the plasterers are moving in. During the term the electricians have been busy and have already laid 20,000 feet of cable. An electricity sub-station will have to be built in the School to cope with the large extra demand of the new buildings.

Excavation for the foundations of the dining-hall block have begun and the whole building should be completed by next March. This block will include the kitchens and rooms for the domestic staff and a new Masters' Common Room. The building will take 115,000 bricks, the hall itself being built from ten pre-stressed concrete arches, and the whole block is to be roofed with sheet copper.

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Hunting Society President : The Headmaster.

Vice-Presidents : M. H. Fairbank, Esq. R. H. Hanworth, Esq. The Rev. S. R. Beesley.

Chairman : S. H. H. White.

Hon. Secretary : I. Maddieson.

Clerk of the House : I. E. Morgan.

Committee Members : M. R. N. Archbold.

R. D. E. Mant.

Guardian of the Gavel : H. S. Hacker.

Although the Society was displaced from the Almshouses by the Choral Society for the General Meeting on January 23, a friendly agreement was made and we have had our usual home for the other meetings this term. The Rev. S. R. Beesley, who supported the Society so enthusiastically last term, has been pleased to accept an invitation to become a Vice-President of the Society. This is the first time there have been three since the Society's foundation fifteen years ago.

The first debate on February 6 was on the motion" This House believes that there should be no Censorship in the Arts." Mr. I. E. Morgan and Mr. M. R. N. Archbold supported the motion by saying that the artist could teach us the right way to approach unpleasant facts and censorship could destroy the effect of any artistic creation.

Mr. A. Djavadi and Mr. M. A. M. Smallman, opposing, argued that the artist had a duty to society and if he failed in this he should be curbed. A lively debate on the floor of the House ensued and eventually the motion was passed by 11 votes to 7.

A "Parachute debate" was held on February 20 and the following were confined in the burning plane : A Master of Foxhounds (proposed by Mr. S. H. H. White) ; A Publican (proposed by Mr. J. B. Cairns) ; A Nuclear Scientist (proposed by Mr. G. G. Fothergill) ; An Angry Young Man (proposed by Mr. R. C. A. Bennett). Each speaker put forward a few dubious points in favour of his man and there was time for a few speeches from the floor and a short summing up from the major speakers. On the voting the Publican and the M.F.H. received five votes each and the Scientist and the A.Y.M. had six votes each ; the Acting Chairman's casting vote went to the Angry Young Man. We were able to take another step in encouraging Suttonians to speak out clearly for themselves in public, by entering the Public Schools Debating Association Regional round. This was at Christ's Hospital, and five schools took part. J. B. Cairns and S. H. H. White spoke well for the motion" This House prefers the ballet to the palais," and were supported by 51 votes to 24 in a division on the floor of the House, but the adjudicators ruled against them. Lancing were the final winners, beating Cranleigh, who had defeated Sutton Valence. The observations made at such meetings are of great use and entering them brings credit to the School. Greater encouragement to good debating is always a result of making it competitive. For this reason a skirmish is being arranged for May 19 next term with Benenden School,

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The final debate of term was on the motion " This House believes in the White Man's Burden," proposed by Mr. H. S. Hacker and Mr. P. M. O'Meara and opposed by Mr. R. H. Thomas and Mr. W. R. Writer. This was a more serious topic and the debate was slightly hampered by a failure to understand the terms of the motion. It was defeated by 9 votes to 13.

The Society had great fun arranging a Mock Trial for Sunday, March 26, and nearly the whole School attended. Mr. 1. Maddieson prosecuting The Hon. Rodney Follicle-Smythe (Mant) and Mr. S. H. H. White defending coped with an assortment of mainly unreliable witnesses to produce some sort of case for the jury of twelve members of the Society. The charge was dangerous driving and the case was heard by Mr. Recorder Evers. Constable Robinson (Writer) arrived on the scene of a crash involving " Rodders," who overtook Algernon Jones (Lattimer), and Harry Roberts (Bennett) who was coming the other way. Other parts were played by Cairns, Archbold, Morgan, Mackenzie, Frostick and Macnaughtan. All the witnesses shone equally with wit and all had at least one valid point of evidence to make. No-one seemed to mind that the proceedings overran three-quarters of an hour, a verdict of guilty of careless driving being returned.

Society Notes LITERARY SOCIETY

The Society went against traditional practise in meeting first for a play-reading and leaving the Original Contributions meeting till a fortnight later. On January 22 the Society read "Dinner with the Family," by Jean Anouilh ; this lighthearted play with a serious side was much to the members' taste. The Society has read more of Anouilh than any other playwright—what would we do without the fellow !

The contributions presented on February 5 included a number of prose reminiscences on unlikely topics—Golf and Yacht Clubs to mention some of the lighter ones, in which the importance of the subject outweighed that of the form ; style was nowhere honoured. R. M. Kojecky's poem and I. E. Morgan's playlet "The Bus" were very good ; the play had obviously had a good deal of time spent on it. And the ballad of "Ten Keen Suttonians " was entertaining, to say nothing of being a change from the usual Railway verse.

A quiz was held on February 19. The President again fired the questions, the Hon. Secretary again won the contest and again no-one scored anything over half marks. Westminster House scored the best average per member, and the Hon. Secretary and runner-up I. E. Morgan were rewarded afterwards for their brave efforts.

The Society listened to a recording of "Flowering Cherry," by Robert Bolt.

This play was seen by members of the Society in Summer, 1958, but none of those are left. The play was found to have a really lasting value, as the recommendations passed down were fully justified. The main parts of Mr. and Mrs. Cherry were played

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A fortnight later P. A. Barlow, Esq., gave a talk on Programme Music, explaining what it is and playing examples. This was much enjoyed and was one of the highlights of a good term of Literary Society activities. Our thanks again to the President for making it so and for providing such generous hospitality in his show.

CHRISTIAN UNION Regular meetings have taken place on Sunday afternoons during the term. The idea of active discussion was continued and some of the members led meetings in which Bible study outlines were followed ; the intention being to get everybody to air his views and in doing so to clarify and confirm them. Besides the Bible discussion there have also been meetings where a speaker held the floor throughout—these too were most useful.

Next term it is hoped that meetings will continue in the Chaplain's house, and when the weather is suitable that advantage may be taken of the Headmaster's kind offer of his garden for any sunny summer Sunday afternoons.

GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY The first meeting of the term was held on January 28. A new Honourable (sic) Secretary was elected and a number of new members.

On February 11, the Society was very fortunate to be able to show two films on Brazil. The films, " Brazilia " and "Flora and Fauna of Brazil" were kindly lent by courtesy of the Brazilian Government Trade Bureau. As usual with film shows, this meeting was a great attraction.

H. S. Hacker gave an enlightening talk on "Aspects of Austria and Southern Germany," which he illustrated with colour slides.

On March 19 R. F. Budd, Esq., 0.S., gave an excellent illustrated talk on "his life in Tanganyika."

The meteorological branch of the Society has continued daily weather recording and the Speech Day exhibition is being planned. Any relevant contributions to this would be very welcome.

PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY The Society's activities have continued in members' spare time and although no new members have joined us the present members are keen (if a little careless with some of the equipment) and will be at School for some more years. This year a really early start is being made on the Exhibition for Speech Day, which it is hoped will be better in quality and better set-out than ever before.

MOTOR CAR CLUB No meetings have been held this term as the engagements of the senior members of the Society have left little space for meetings to be arranged. Our membership is one of the highest for the School's societies, and it is a pity that the members are not prepared to do anything for the club. A talk or demonstration prepared by one of the members would be welcomed and anyone interested in or out of the Society is asked to see the overbnrclened Hon. Secretary.

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It has been felt that fencing this term has rather been at the mercy of the other games activities. Both hockey and cross-country have claimed fencers who have shown promise and this has been a disadvantage in respect to team choices.

In the Kent League matches we won against King's, Rochester 2nds, but were knocked out in the semi-finals by their first team.

In the Kent Championships, Harvey did well to get into the quarter-finals but our other fencers were knocked out early on.

It is hoped that next term there will be more fixtures and that the comparative relaxing of games committments will permit more fencing.

THE BEEKEEPING SOCIETY The Society finished last summer term with six strong colonies. Two of these were sold, as we did not have enough equipment for the six. Owing to the wet summer we fed 2 cwt. of sugar to the four hives in the autumn. When we closed them down we noticed one colony was weaker than the rest. Now all are flying on warm days and three of the colonies seem strong.

Apart from the purchase of the sugar last autumn, the Society has spent a large amount of its money buying new equipment, and especially new foundation. With all this, we hope next summer to be able to put two brood boxes and two supers on each colony.

CONJURING CLUB Last term the Club performed to Underhill Junior and Senior School at their respective parties, the second one in fact being two days after the end of term, and we were pleased to be well received by our audiences on both occasions. Still in the holidays M. J. Scott and D. F. Murrells came back to entertain the guests at the staff party on Friday, January 13. The date seems to have had no effect on their luck. The show caused a lot of comment and the performers obviously enjoyed themselves. Miss Warren has since threatened to serve razor blades for breakfast.

At meetings during the term an associate member "passed into the Club " with a very competent show to the other members and plans he ve been laid for the production of issue No. 4 of our Annual Magazine "Hey Presto." A show to Holmewood School had to be cancelled because of illness, but we hope to be able to re-arrange it for the early part of next term.

The Club has the largest membership it has ever had, but even so it is not active enough. Practice and performance are the main objects of the Club and members must be more willing to learn new tricks and not be afraid of presenting them in front of the other members. It has been disappointing that no more of our associate members have been prepared to come forward to "do their bit." The Club funds are very healthy and they have been offered five shillings to spend on equipment on attaining full membership of the Club.

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THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY

The Natural History Society mainly directed its energy this term into the rapid development of a new piece of land, kindly donated to the Society by the Headmaster.

The plot, approximately 123 sq. yds. in size, although situated behind the armoury, receives a possible 8i hours of sun per day.

Apart from a little cultivation of some aboriginal rhubarb and the erection of a sturdy fence, the construction of an elaborate pond has been the Society's principal objective, availing itself of the increased opportunities offered by the propitious presence of an active contracting firm.

SUNDAY CLUB

There have been four meetings of Sunday Club this term.

At the first meeting on January 29 two Fact and Faith Films were shown, one dealing with the fascinating properties of the electric eel and the other one called "God of the Atom."

S. H. Winter, Esq., J.P., addressed the Club on February 12, and brought with him films of a holiday in Europe and in particular Oberammergau which included some remarkable shots of the Passion Play.

On March 5 Lt.-Col. W. A. G. Dunbar, 0.B.E., T.D., delivered a talk illustrated with colour slides called" A Tour of Canterbury Cathedral," which included interesting sidelights of the Cathedral, rarely seen by the casual visitor.

At the final meeting of the term on March 12, the Chaplain showed two missionary filmstrips, the first on the travels of David Livingstone and the second telling the story of the five missionaries murdered while taking the Gospel to the Auca Indians of Ecuador in 1956.

MODELLING SOCIETY

This term very little modelling has been carried out, and most of the Club's activities have been confined to flying. However, next term each member is going to try to make at least one model for the Speech Day Exhibition, and, weather permitting, it is hoped to put up a flying display. The two main features of this term have been the building of a hovercraft, and a full-sized canoe, both of which, it is hoped will be in the exhibition next term. If anybody in the School has any good model that he would like to display at the exhibition, would he please inform the chairman as soon as possible.

Notes on the Term customary events took place on Shrove Tuesday, the most important, of T HE course, being the Inter-House Pancake Race which was started by Miss B. E. Simmonds ; Lambe's, the favourites after last year's runaway win, obviously fielded the wrong man first. It's all very well to keep your eye on the starter, but not for too long ! St. Margaret's, more hard-boiled (so was their pancake), quickly took advantage, racing away to a fine lead which desperate attempts from the other houses

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could not reduce ; so Lambe's were second, Founder's third and Westminster, perhaps carrying too much fat (in the pancake, that is) were last. The trophy (a frame with a small piece of the winning pancake in) was passed on to St. Margaret's.

As a relaxation near the end of Term the Cross-Country Packs joined battle with the Fives Players—on the Hockey field. The game was fierce and joined in a mood of deadly earnest. Why else would the runners' goalkeeper be wearing a fencing mask ? The Fives gentry seemed little disturbed at being out in the open, but the runners missed the mud—and the ball. Of their scoring six only one scored. It would be too easy to say they were courting disaster and lacked the spirit of service of the opposition, but they had to throw in the glove and crawl away defeated 5-1.

All this points to one thing . . . a return fixture next year.

The St. Margaret's Junior Dayroom Play this year was "The White Sheep of the Family" by Ian Hay, produced by the Head of the Dayroom, W. A. Cairns.

The evening was hilarious, though it is doubtful if the play was intended to amuse in quite the way it did. The B.B.C. claims to do "a song a minute "but here we had a prompt a minute (that's an average including the time taken scene-changing).

S. E. Marsh and C. D. Nickolds were competent and at ease and R. B. Tyerman started the evening well as Miss Preston. The play took place in St. Margaret's and the various difficulties of lighting, etc., were well surmounted and the whole affair showed great enterprise.

The weather this term has been most unusual. The term began with rain— daily deluges of it—and we were afraid that little hockey would be played ; but a sudden change brought us almost to drought conditions till another sudden change in the last fortnight of term when snow fell on three occasions.

On Wednesday, March 22, 100 members of the School " volunteered " to assist medical research into Epidemic Staplylococci in closed communities by having sample swabs taken from their hands and noses. A team of doctors under J. H. Scott-Wilson (0.S.) came down and took over the san. for a while. The volunteers came from Lambe's and Westminster.

Four members of the School have been selected to attend the Ashridge Careers Course from April 18-22 on Careers for Arts Students in Industry. They are R. D. E. Mant, M. J. Scott, J. G. Macnaughtan and I. Maddieson. Last year two members of the School successfully applied and seemed to have had an enjoyable and instructive time and it was largely because of their recommendation that the above four decided to have a go. Entry for the course is competitive and the School was lucky to get four places allocated.

Following its recent tradition of possessing kittens, Westminster has a new girl that regrettably thinks she is even more than the cat's whiskers. " Mittens," therefore, the property of Mr. and Mrs. Horn, has succeeded " Brigitte " as the unexpected face around the corner.

We are very grateful to Mr. Beesley for obtaining as many copies as he could of the New English Bible New Testament. He got 51 copies and all were taken, and he had orders for another dozen by which time the first printing order was out of stock all over the country.

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The School has formed an Entertainments Committee to receive and sift suggestions for School and Saturday Society functions. The Headmaster has often appealed for suggestions when he hears murmurs and has had no reaction. It was thought that ideas, if any, were current, could be more easily collected and spread if some sort of "machinery," as the officialese has it, existed. The Committee, under the chairmanship of the Head of School, has met once to elect an Hon. Sec. (G. G. Fothergill) and to decide how it is going to work.

Next term Clubs and Societies are to be allowed to publish the dates of their meetings in the " Blue Book." We hope they get together before they give these dates in as everyone will find they have chosen the same dates unless there is some planning beforehand.

C.C.F. Notes FROM the training point of view, this has been our best Easter Term for many ' years. Fine weather combined with the keenness of the great majority of our N.C.O. instructors has enabled us to achieve most encouraging results in the various tests held. Full details of successes are given below.

Field Day on March 10 was also favoured by the weather. A busy day included the main exercise at Mereworth, a more local scheme for the Signal Section and Course 4 and field training for the Sapper Troop and Civil Defence Section. Exercise " Nightwatchman " involved a patrol moving out to Mereworth on the previous night and spending the early hours of Friday in a bivouac, before taking up positions to form an enemy for the main scheme. We thank W. and R. Pierce (0.S.) and their parents very much for putting a farm building at our disposal for this party to shelter in.

Among other activities, the Signal Section and C.S.M. Kojecky have had a successful term, operating the 19 Set on the Public Schools Net. Turning to the future, we have six N.C.O.s and Junior Leaders attending the Eastern Command Leadership Course during the holidays and one going on an advanced Signals Course at Catterick. It is also hoped that at least one or two N.C.O.s will be trying for the Joint Services Cadet Badge, the highest C.C.F. award, at Frimley Park this summer. Camp this year is at the Stanford Training Area in Norfolk.

Finally a special word of praise for the progress made by the Corps of Drums under their enthusiastic Drum Major, Sgt. White.

Results :— 1. Army Proficiency Cert. 20 Candidates, 3 Credits (Cdts. Homer, Hukins and Jackson, (J. H.), 14 Passes.

2. Basic Test. 17 Candidates, 2 Credits (Cdts. Beglin, Epps), 13 Passes.

3. Recruits Test. Winner of" Blue Lanyard," Recruit Lynden-Bell ; Runners-up, Recruits Jackson (P. R.), Ormrod.

4. First Aid. The following obtained the St. John's Ambulance Adult Cert. : Cpl. Rodriguez, L/Cpls. Manook, Cawthorne, Collins (N.). It is understood that all candidates for the Preliminary Certificate were successful.

5. Signal Section. The following obtained A/I Certificates : L/Cpl. Grafton, Cdts. Frostick, Murrells, Smallman.

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Hockey Retrospect T is not easy to estimate the quality of the 1st XI this year ; probably it was a

better side than we expected considering that only two from last year's team remained, and certainly every member of the team played with distinction at some time, but the form of the side as a whole was inconsistent. The general standard of hockey through the various teams seemed higher than usual and in fact until the last two weeks we had four unbeaten teams, but St. Lawrence effectively put paid to such pretensions !

The variable form of the 1st XI was largely due to the difficulty in finding the most suitable inside forwards and the consequent effect on Preston's own play as centre-forward. Besides being an effective captain, Preston has raised his own standard to a high level ; he has been selected for the Kent Schools 1st XI in the Gelbie tournament and for the final trial in which the England Schools XI is to be chosen. Munday, Writer and Solle are also playing in the Kent teams.

Elmitt's " blue" for Oxford has fostered interest in the game both in the School and among its friends. Certainly the number of Old Suttonians playing club hockey is gratifying, as was the fact that this year the O.S. fielded four teams against the School. One of the main justifications for learning and playing a game at school must be that it is enjoyed to become a social asset later on, and, in its first five years at Sutton Valence, hockey seems to have made good progress in this direction. With more grounds soon available, more equipment, the expert care of Mr. Smith and an assistant—not forgetting the good work of our own "ground staff "—prospects for more and better hockey seem set fair.

Hockey Reports School v. Dulwich College Played on B.M. on Saturday, February 4 and drawn 3-3.

The pitch was heavy from overnight rain, and throughout the match it was obviously difficult to stop and hit the ball cleanly ; but this was not the only cause of a great deal of scrappy play, and players on both sides were guilty of lifting their heads.

For the first quarter of an hour the School was on top and this period should have decided the match. However only one goal was scored—a good shot from Preston—muddling and hesitation in the circle being to blame. Dulwich gained

confidence, and hard hitting and direct running gave them a 2-1 half-time lead.

In the second half Dulwich kept the lead until the last minutes when the School brought the score to 3-3 after all-out attacking Murrells and Solle scored. The match showed that the team had a number of things to put right, but Charlton, Macnaughtan and Writer got through a good deal of hard work and the forwards had their moments. A draw was a fair result. The School attempted more polished hockey, but Dulwich's more direct methods were more suited to the conditions.

Team : Thomas ; limit, P.A., Chariton; Writer, Macnaughtan, Wheble ; Munday, Solle, Murrells, D. F., Preston, Manook.

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School v. King's School, Rochester

School v. Tonbridge School

Played on Upper on Saturday, February 11 and won 4-2.

Played at Tonbridge on Saturday, March 4 and won 4-2.

An enjoyable game, played in fine weather on an excellent pitch. Preston scored the first goal, having previously nearly decapitated an innocent spectator 20 yds. behind the goal. The School then relaxed the pressure, and Tonbridge equalised—with better use of several corners they might well have gone ahead.

The slight slope helped Sutton to maintain a more constant pressure in the second half. Tonbridge looked effective in midfield but their finishing was weak.

From a penalty corner the ball came back to Munday who scored. Murrells followed up well a shot from Preston to get the third goal. Tonbridge scored again, but the School still had more of the play and Preston put a good shot past the advancing goalkeeper.

Preston was the most effective forward and in a generally sound defence Hunt was outstanding. Writer played his usual polished game and was awarded his Colours after this match.

A good, fast game ; the forwards and halves on both sides had probably had more than enough before the end. The School attacked from the start and scored three times inside a quarter of an hour ; Preston, looking happier as centreforward, twice and Sone with a good shot from a narrow angle.

King's had by no means been demoralised, and finding the School halves losing touch with the forwards and the defence not always calm and collected, they came back into the game. Soon after half-time the score was 3-2, and with more shooting power King's might well have been level.

This was a crucial stage, but the School forwards found their second wind, the backs broke up the attacks earlier and Murrells was able to drive home a number of good centres from Munday to make the game safe.

Team : Thomas ; Hunt, P.A., Chariton; Writer, MaLmaughtan, Wheble ; Munday, So116, Preston, Murrells, D. F., Manook.

Team : Thomas : Hunt, P. A., Chariton; Writer, Maenaughtan, Viekerstaff ; Munday, Sone, Preston, Marrells, D. F., Manook.

School v. Maidstone H.C.

Played on Upper on Wednesday, March 1 and drawn 4-4.

The School did well to keep on level terms with quite a strong club side.

There was never more than one goal between the scores and the game produced many exciting moments. Goals were scored by Preston (2), Munday and Murrells ; Thomas kept goal pluckily and Vickerstaff made a promising first appearance.

Team : Thomas ; Hunt, P. A., Chariton; Writer, Macnaughtan, Vickerstaff ; Munday, Sone, Preston, Murrells, D. F., Manook.

School v. St. Edmund's Canterbury

Played at Canterbury on Saturday, March 11 and drawn 1-1.

On each side the defence seemed more effective than the attack ; St. Edmunds forwards seemed to lack cohesion and the Sutton insides persisted in trying to dribble their way through a close formation, with sad lack of success.

Thanks very largely to Thomas, who kept out an absolute barrage of shots, Sutton were leading 1-0 at half-time, against the run of the play. In the

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second half Sutton exerted greater pressure though they still did not swing the ball about sufficiently. Charlton was marking the dangerous St. Edmund's inside left very well but this man managed to come past once and score an equaliser.

P. Charlton and G. H. Munday were awarded their colours after the match.

Team : Thomas ; Latimer, Charlton ; Writer, Macnaughtan, Vickerstaff ; Monday, Solle, Preston, MurrelLs, 1). F., IVIanook.

Seaford Tournament Trial

Thursday, March 9 at the Nore Command Ground, Chatham.

Preston, Writer, Munday, Solle and Thomas played in the trial. Preston and Munday were selected for the Kent "A" side, Preston having scored six goals in the two games ; Solle and Writer were chosen for the " B " side.

School v. Hockey Association XI Played on Upper on Wednesday, March 15 and Lost 3-6.

The School were faced with a very stiff task against a strong team from the Southern Counties H.A. They put up a good performance and shared equally the six goals in the second half, scorers being Preston (2) and Munday.

Team : Thomas ; Hunt, Chariton; Writer, Macnaughtan, Vickerstaff ; IViunday, Heaney, Preston, Murrells, Manook.

School v. St. Lawrence College 2nd XI

Played on Upper on Saturday, March 18 and Lost 1-3.

St. Lawrence started with great dash and confidence and took advantage of a wide-open but by no means wide-awake defence to score two goals in the first ten minutes. Fortunately the School became steadier rather than demoralised in the face of this crisis, and the game

became more even, though St. Lawrence always seemed to be setting the pace.

Preston was given little scope and the School's best progress was made on the wings There were exciting moments in both circles, but no further scoring until near the end, when the St. Lawrence right wing was allowed to dribble almost into the goal. Finally Preston converted a penalty bully.

D. L. Manook was awarded his colours after this match.

Team : Thomas ; Hunt, Chariton; Writer, Macnaughtan, Vickerstaff ; Monday, Heaney, Preston, Murrells, Manook.

School v. Cranbrook School

Played on Upper on Wednesday, March 22, and lost 0-1.

There was little inspiring play in this match, but a great deal of hard and aimless hitting. The ground was fast, but the number of times the ball was hit from end to end without being touched was an indication of the lack of constructive play. What there was came from Cranbrook who should have scored more than the one they did, which came from a long corner near the end. Somehow or other their other attempts were scrambled away with Charlton looking the safest member of the School defence.

The nearest the School came to scoring was a shot from Solle which hit the bar.

Preston tried to go through by himself and there was little attempt to distribute the ball. This was a pity as the Cranbrook backs tended to lie square. The halves tried to back up the forwards but their passing was much too deliberate and the ball was usually intercepted.

Altogether this was a disappointing exhibition from the 1st XI. Writer, Hunt, Chariton; Thomas ; Team : Macnaughtan, Vickerstaff ; Sae, Monday, Preston, Murrells, Manook.

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An enjoyable and exciting game ; the School forwards emerged from their bad patch to combine excellently and against a strong 0.S. side a draw seemed a fair result. Elmitt (3), Parker (2), and Godden scored for the 0.S., and Preston (4), Sone and Macnaughtan for the School. J. G. Macnaughtan was awarded his Colours after this match.

0.8. Team : Paslield ; Osborn, Salle; Harrison, LA., Goalen, Davies, N. C.; Lister, Elmitt, Parker, A. J., Godden, Seymour.

School Team : Thomas ; Hunt, Chariton; Writer, Macnaughtan, Vickerstaff ; Solle, Munday, Preston, Murrells, Manook.

The next day O.S. achieved their first win against Cranbrook Lynxes, the score being 2-0. This match has become traditional and the 0.S. are able to field a stronger team every year.

School v. P. S. W. Macllwaine's XI Played on Upper on Monday, March 27, and won 4-1.

Mr. MacIlwaine's team of staff and friends of the School were beaten by the School team in a rather disorganised and scrappy game. R. H. Thomas was awarded his Colours after this match.

Team : Thomas ; Charlton, Hunt ; Vickerstaff, Macnaughtan, writer; Manook, Murrells, Preston, Munday, Son&

Other Results 2nd XI v. Reed's School 1st XI. Drawn 5-5. v. Dover College (cancelled). v. King's School, Rochester. Won 4-2. v. R. W. K. Regiment. Won 3-2. v. Eastbourne College (cancelled). v. Tonbridge School. Won 7-0. v. R. W. K. Regiment. Won 3-2. v. St. Edmund's, Canterbury. Won 6-0. v. St. Lawrence College 3rd XI. Lost 4-0. v. Cranbrook School. Lost 2-1. v. Old Suttonians. Lost 4-3.

3rd XI v. Eastbourne College. Drawn 4-4. v. Old Suttonians. Won 6-4.

Senior Colts XI v. Dulwich College. Won 3-0. v. King's School, Rochester. Won 3-0. v. Tonbridge School. Won 4-1. v. Eastbourne College. Won 7-0. v. St. Edmund's, Canterbury. Won 3-0. v. St. Lawrence College. Lost 5-0. v. Cranbrook School. Lost 2-1. v. Old Suttonians. Lost 5-4.

Junior Colts XI v. Reed's School. Won 3-1. v. Dover College (cancelled). v. King's School, Rochester. Won 5-2. v. Tonbridge School. Won 2-0. v. Eastbourne College. Won 4-3. v. St. Lawrence College. Lost 7-0. v. Cranbrook School (U-16 "B "). Won 2-1.

Under-I4 XI v. King's School, Rochester. Lost 3-2. v. Eastbourne College. Lost 3-1. v. Holmewood. Won 2-1. v. Holmewood. (Cancelled). v. St. Edmund's, Canterbury. Lost 4-1.

House Matches First Round St. Margaret's beat Founder's 8-3.

Westminster beat Lambe's 2-1.

Final A lack of urgency on the St. Margaret's side let Westminster not only draw but nearly win this match. St. Margaret's were individually better players but they failed to play together sufficiently.

Individuals shone but never the whole team. Their forward line got very near to scoring several times but were foiled by the Westminster backs, who played an excellent game. Westminster played as a team and were very ably led by Munday. The ball was swung from side

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to side and great pressure was kept up throughout the game, but they missed several goals because of slow shooting and long back swings.

St. Margaret's scored first. Heaney backed up Preston and took the ball when he was tackled to dribble through and put it in the goal. Westminster

retaliated and put it in goal as the half-time whistle went. This left St. Margaret's leading 1-0. Westminster equalised in the second half, Houghton pushing in a ball passed to him by Munday.

A draw was a fair result and the match was interesting and lively to watch.

Cross-country Retrospect

pack took some time to settle down at the beginning of term. M. J. Scott T HE surprised everyone by winning the first trial and he maintained this winning form through the term to establish himself convincingly as the School's best runner. The Captain, I. Maddieson, has improved little since last year but has been a consistent second string. R. H. D. Jeffryes, I. C. Morgan and N. B. Shaw have run consistently well, I. M. Walton started well but tailed off and C. T. Edbrooke and P. A. Litchfield joined us later in the season. Edbrooke ran especially well in the last match, the South London Harriers Inter-Schools at Coulsdon.

Such a high standard is expected of the cross-country teams that this year we feel we have failed since we were beaten by two other Schools' teams. The season has been the first that the School has run in coloured vests and the light and dark blue should help those who support the School to recognise the teams, especially at the big Inter-Schools races. It certainly helps a member of the team to appreciate his team's position half-way round the course.

The season has been characterised by a number of brushes with points ties. These are " counted out " on the position of the lowest scoring man. The School scraped a first this way in the very close triangular with St. Dunstan's and Sevenoaks, but tied with St. Dunstan's in the Hayes race when we had a lower last scoring man.

It was really agony to be counted out of third place at Coulsdon after that.

The Juniors have had four fixtures this season and have been quite unbeatable at home and quite incapable away. There seems to be no explanation for this. The 2nd VIII have had a Schools' fixture, with King's, Canterbury. Their fixture list might well be extended to provide a better basis of competition and training for all the Senior Pack.

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Cross-Country Results v. Maidstone Harriers at home over " B " on Saturday, January 28 (scoring five).

2, Scott ; 4.

Sutton Valence, 27 pts.

Maddieson ; 6, Jeffryes ; 7, Shaw ; 8, Walton ; 9, Morgan ; 10, Frostick ; 11, Davies.

Maidstone, 34 pts. (1, 3, 5, 12, 13). Winning time 20 mins. 36 secs.

Sutton Valence won by 7 pts. v. Blackheath Harriers and O.S. at home on Saturday, February 4 (scoring four).

Blackheath Harriers, 10 pts. (1, 2, 3, 4).

Winning time, 30 mins. 46 secs.

Sutton Valence 1st VIII, 30 pts. 5, Scott ; 6, Maddieson ; 9, Walton ; 10, Jeffryes ; 11, Morgan ; 12, Shaw ; 16, Kojecky ; 18, Frostick.

Sutton Valence 2nd VIII, 62 pts.

13, Meyrick ; 14, Mackenzie ; 15, Pow ; 20, Davies ; 21, Alexander ; 22, Doran ; 24, MoCargo.

0.S., 70 pts. 8, Bowdler ; 19, Trippett ; 23, Moir ; 25, Vant.

Sutton Valence 1st VIII lost by 20 pts. to Blackheath. v. Eastbourne College at Eastbourne on Wednesday, February 8, 1961.

Seniors (scoring six).

Sutton Valence, 33 pts. 1, Scott ; 2, Maddieson ; 5, Morgan ; 6, Shaw ; 8, Walton ; 11, Mackenzie ; 12, Pow ; 14, Meyrick.

Eastbourne, 46 pts. (3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 13).

Winning Time, 31 mins. 34 secs.

Juniors.

Eastbourne, 22 pts. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7).

Sutton Valence, 61 pts.

6, Brice ; 9, Johnson ; 10, Bentley ; 11, Barrett ; 12, Chitty ; 13, Farrant ; 15, Macklin ; 16, Carpenter.

Sutton Valence won the Seniors by 13 pts. and lost the Juniors by 39 pts. v. King's, Canterbury and Lancing College at home on Saturday, February 11. Seniors (1st VIII's).

King's, 46 nts. (1, 4, 6, 9, 12, 14).

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2, Scott ; 7, Sutton Valence, 60 pts.

Maddieson ; 8, Walton ; 10, Jeffryes ; 15, Shaw ; 18, Morgan ; 19, Mackenzie ; 21, Pow. Lancing, 78 pts. (3, 5, 11, 16, 17, 26).

Sutton Valence lost to King's by 14 pts. and beat Lancing by 18 pts. Winning time, 30 mins. 18 secs.

Seniors (2nd VIII's) v. King's, Canterbury.

King's, 158 pts. (20, 24, 25, 28, 30, 31).

13, Litchfield ; Sutton Valence, 167 pts.

22, Edbrooke ; 29, Kojecky ; 32, Meyrick ; 35, Davies ; 36, Frostick ; 38, Alexander ; 39, Doran.

Sutton Valence lost by 9 pts.

Juniors v. Lancing.

Sutton Valence, 23 pts. 1, Brice ; 2, Farrant ; 3, Bentley ; 4, Johnson ; 5, Carpenter ; 8, Barrett ; 11, Chitty ; 16, Macklin.

Lancing, 57 pts. (6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13).

Sutton Valence won by 24 pts. Winning time, 21 mins. 11 secs.

Sevenoaks School and St. Dunstan's College at Hayes, on Wednesday, February 15.

Seniors Sutton Valence, 57 pts. 1, Scott ; 4, Jeffryes ; 5, Maddieson ; 13, Morgan ; 16, Shaw ; 18, Walton ; 21, Litchfield ; 22, Mackenzie.

Sevenoaks, 57 pts. (2, 6, 7, 8, 15, 19).

St. Dunstan's, 59 pts. (3, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14).

Sutton Valence beat St. Dunstan's by 2 pts. and Sevenoaks by counting out on the position of the last scoring man, 18 to 19.

Winning time, 27 mina. 14 secs.

Juniors St. Dunstan's, 50 pts. (1, 2, 3, 11, 13, 20).

Sevenoaks, 53 pts. (4, 5, 7, 10, 12, 15).

Sutton Valence, 71 pts. 6, Brice ; 8, Johnson ; Chitty ; 14, Farrant ; 16, Carpenter ; 18, Barrett ; 19, Macklin ; 24, Bentley.

Sutton Valence lost to St. Dunstan's by 21 pts. and to Sevenoaks by 19 pts.

Winning time, 20 mina. 49 secs.

Dover College at Dover on Saturday, February 18. Tonbridge withdrew because of illness.

Dover College, 34 pts. (2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11).

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Sutton Valence, 44 pts. 1, Scott ; 5, Litchfield ; 7, Jeffryes ; 9, Walton ; 10, Morgan ; 12, Maddieson ; 13, Shaw ; 16, Mackenzie.

Sutton Valence lost by 10 pts. Winning time, 38 mins. 20 secs.

Inter-Schools Race at Hayes on Saturday, March 4. Sutton Valence were 5th with 83 pts.

Positions : 11, Scott ; 16, Maddieson ; 22, Edbrooke ; 34, Jeffryes ; 61, Shaw ; 72, Litchfield. v. Emanuel School at home on Wednesday, March 8.

Seniors 1, Scott ; 3, Sutton Valence, 34 pts.

Maddieson ; 4, Litchfield ; 5, Jeffryes ; 10, Shaw ; 11, Morgan ; 13, Walton ; 16, Edbrooke.

Emanuel, 44 pts. (2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12).

Sutton Valence won by 10 pts. Winning time, 29 mins. 20 secs.

Juniors Sutton Valence, 34 pts. 3, Johnson ; 4, Knight ; 5, P. S. Bennett ; 6, Barrett ; 7, Farrant ; 9, Carpenter ; 10, Hodges ; 13, Macklin.

Emanuel, 48 pts. (1, 2, 8, 11, 12, 14).

Sutton Valence won by 14 pts. Winning time, 21 mins. 6.5 secs.

Sutton Inter-Schools Race at Coulsdon.

Valence were 4th with 74 pts.

Positions : 5, Edbrooke ; 9, Maddieson ; 29, Morgan ; 31, Jeffryes ; 34, Shaw ; 54, Litchfield ; 62, Mackenzie ; 76, Kojecky.

" A " was won by Scott in 30 min.

10.2 secs., followed by Maddieson, Jeffryes and Litchfield all from Lambe's, giving them a safe victory ; Morgan and Shaw were fifth and sixth and St. Margaret's packed seventh, eighth and ninth (Walton, Edbrooke, Mackenzie) to help them to second place on the division.

Result :.. 37 pts.

1st Lambe's (1, 2, 3, 4, 13, 14) 2nd St. Margaret's (7, 8, 9, 12, 23, 26) 85 pts.

3rd Westminster (5, 10, 11, 18, 20, 22) 86 pts.

4th Founder's (6, 35, 37, 43, 53, 55) .. 229 pts.

" B " was a closer race, Brice leading Goulden home by 2 secs. in 21 mm. 18 secs.

Houghton was third and Bentley fourth.

Westminster swept the division and closed in their scoring six with the tenth man home.

Result :.. 28 pts.

1st Westminster (1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10) 2nd Lambe's (9, 11, 15, 18, 21, 23) .. 97 pts.

3rd Founder's (4, 8, 16, 22, 29,31) .. 110 pts.

4th St. Margaret's (6, 12, 25, 38, 43 .. 168 pts.

44) .. " C " was won by Cant in 18 mins.

57 secs. with T. G. Knight second.

Barrett and Lynden-Bell were third and fifth for Lambe's and P. S. Bennett was fourth. Cant and Barrett had been leading together but Knight came up at the end to split them.

Result :. . 47 pts.

1st Lambe's (1, 3, 5, 8, 14, 16) 2nd Westminster (6, 9, 10, 12, 13, 17) 67 pts.

3rd St. Margaret's (4, 7, 11, 18, 22, 26) 88 pts.

4th Founder's (2, 15, 21, 30, 31, 35) .. 134 pts.

COMPETITION FOR THE NATION

Steeplechases All divisions were run on Wednesday, February 22, with the ground drying in the pleasant weather, but muddier than last year. The favourites came home first on each division.

Cu

Lambe's retain the cup for a second year :Total House "A" "B" "C" 1st 2nd 3rd 4th

12 Lambe's 6 Westminster St. Margaret's 8 Founder's 4

6 8 2 4

6 4 2 1

24 pts.

18 pts.

12 pts.

9 pts,

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THE S UTTO N IA N Division " D " was won by Basser in 12 mins. 33 secs. He is an " over-age " Bennett and the first real "D " runner home was the second man Groves.

Founder's were split alphabetically in half, thus making four teams of twelve.

R. G. Spear at third was Founder's " B " first man and R. G. Heaney was fourth.

James at No. 6 was the first Holdgate representative. The first nine runners home for each division counted.

Result :1st Bennett (1, 4, 8, 9, 11, 14, 27, 33) 2nd Holdgate (6, 10, 15, 17, 18, 25, 29, 32) 3rd Founder's" B "(3, 7, 12, 19, 26, 28, 30, 38) ..

4th Founder's" A" (2, 5, 13, 22, 31, 41, 44, 46) . . ..

21, .

20,

128 pts.

172 pts.

23, ..

24, ..

186 pts.

228 pts.

Bennett House retained the Junior Shield.

Baton Race The Baton Race was held on Tuesday, March 28, at 3.0 p.m. and was won by Lambe's in the fast, but not record, time of 47 mins. 29.4 secs. Westminster, packing in their good runners, led from the start but they failed to break Lambe's or St. Margaret's who clung on separated by gaps of about 50 yards till Chartway Street where the gap began to narrow.

Then a faulty take-over in School Lane allowed Lambe's to go ahead where they stayed, opening a gap of 300 yards.

St. Margaret's passed Westminster on the mile stretch and that was the finishing order, with Founder's closer than usual.

The baton was presented to Maddison, Lambe's Captain, by Nicholas Horne, who received three rousing cheers. This is the first time that Lambe's have won the race.

Fives Retrospect I T must be admitted that the Fives teams have not had a successful season ; many ' factors contributed to this, not least the length of time taken to decide on the best combinations.

We came back to find that the Captain, T. J. Archer, had left, but M. B. Browne took his place with energy and patience : he can certainly be exonerated so far as the lack of success is concerned.

Some of the matches were exciting and we were possibly unlucky on two occasions ; a general improvement was seen throughout the term, especially in the play of Browne and R. J. Mitham, and the whole team should now be fully aware that in any match every point is vital. This fact was driven home in the final of the House competition, which was the closest and most exciting for years, the issue being in the balance until the very end. The Individual final also produced fives of a high order, the points being won by good play, rather than lost by carelessness or lack of concentration.

Prospects for next year are not very bright since the whole of the first team is leaving, and the Colts, though keen, are naturally lacking in experience.

It is to be hoped that the determination to win and to avoid unnecessary mistakes will be applied to school matches as it has this season to the internal competitions.

We should like to thank the ladies of the Tuck Shop for being so tolerant of the late hours forced upon them by teas, and for allowing us to do at least some of the

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v. Bank of England. March 4.

1st IV : 100 pts. to 102 pts. Lost.

Fives Results v. Whitgift School. February 1.

1st IV : 77 pts. to 181 pts. Lost.

2nd IV: 49 pts. to 180 pts. Lost.

Under-16 IV: 114 pts. to 168 pts. Lost.

Under-15 pair : 46 pts. to 90 pts. Lost. v. Old Dunstonians. February 4.

1st IV : 98 pts. to 162 pts. Lost. v. Forest School. February 8.

2nd IV: 137 pts. to 142 pts. Lost.

Under-16 IV : 176 pts. to 83 pts. Won. v. St. Dunstan's College. February 15.

1st IV : 118 pts. to 154 pts. Lost.

2nd IV: (Cancelled).

Under-16 IV: 19 pts. to 176 pts. Lost.

Under-15 pair : (Cancelled).

v. Forest School. March 8. " A "IV : 173 pts. to 111 pts. Won. v. Haberdasher's School. March 15.

1st IV: 82 pts. to 95 pts. Lost.

2nd IV: 76 pts. to 94 pts. Lost. v. Old Haberdashers. March 18.

1st IV : 122 pts. to 164 pts. Lost.

V. 01(1 Suttonians. March 26.

1st IV : 122 pts. to 156 pts. Lost.

House Matches FIRST ROUND-

v. Rugby Fives Association. February 18.

1st IV: 107 pts. to 180 pts. Lost.

Lambe's beat Westminster by 107 pts. to 64 pts.

v. Eastbourne College. February 25.

1st VI : 138 pts. to 146 pts. Lost.

2nd IV: (Cancelled).

Under-16 pair : 160 pts. to 150 pts. Won. Under-15 pair : 92 pts. to 46 pts. Won.

St. Margaret's beat Founders by 120 pts. to 7 pts.

FINALSt. Margaret's beat Lambe's by 7 pts.

Shooting Notes

this term has mainly concentrated on Country Life although towards S HOOTING the end of term we have been practising for the Second Stage of the Kent T.A. competition.

In the postal matches we have been fairly successful but in the Country Life competition we did not do so well. The rapid and snaps which are a difficult combination of speed and accuracy were good, but some people fell down on the groups.

However, the VIII improved and except for an unfortunate shoot by Rutter we did the best the School has done in the landscape for some years. A good deal of the credit for this must go to the spotter, P. A. Hunt.

The results of the 1st stage of the Kent T.A. showed that we were only two points behind our rivals, St. Lawrence. We have yet to hear the results of the second stage, but I doubt if our standard was high enough to gain first place.

Next holidays there is the usual party of 18 going to Bisley for some concentrated practice. Of the 18, 11 have had previous experience, so the prospects for a successful season are bright.

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SHOOTING RESULTS THE COUNTRY LIFE

VIII :— D. W. Martin .

K. J. Clement R. M. Kojecky • G. G. Fothergill • .

D. R. J. Hunt C. W. C. Frostick • F. A. B. Clement • .

J. P. Rutter

CHALLENGE TROPHY

Group (ex 20)

Rapid (ex 50)

Snap (ex 30)

Total (ex 100)

Landscape (ex 24)

15 15 15 20 20 20 15 15

48 46 46 49 46 46 47 45

28 30 30 30 29 29 29 28

91 91 91 99 95 95 91 88

24 24 24 24 24 24 21 8

741

173

Total (claimed score)

THE SECOND STAGE OF THE KENT T.A. AND A.F. RIFLE MATCH :— D. W. Martin K. J. Clement R. M. Kojecky G. G. Fothergill C. W. Frostick F. A. B. Clement

94 95 96 97 97 93 Total (claimed score)

COUNTRY LIFE School Glasgow Academy .

Aldenham .

Shrewsbury Tonbridge .

Malvern .

Hurstpierpoint BhmdelIs . .

Bradfield .

Repton .

Elizabeth College The Leys .

Cheltenham Oakham .

Stowe Framlingham Sedbergh Whitgi ft .

Allhallows Wellington Sherborne Sevenoaks Ardingly

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POSTAL MATCHES For 762 762 762 762 762 755 755 755 761 761 761 761 762 762 765 765 765 765 765 765 765 765

Against 743 763 763 750 732 756 744 773 737 763 760 780 755 756 780 756 770 777 751 677 746

Result Won Lost Won Won Won Won ILVoosnt Won Won Lost Won Lost Lost Won No reply Won Won

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O.S. Section Annual General Meeting and Dinner The 73rd Annual General Meeting and Dinner of the Old Suttonians Association will be held at The City Livery Club, Blackfriars Embankment, E.C.4, on Friday, May 5, 1961, at 5.45 p.m., and 7 p.m., respectively.

The Chairman will be Air Vice-Marshal M. L. Heath, C.B., 0.B.E., R.A.F. (1926).

All O.S. and Masters who are members of the O.S.A. are asked to make a careful note of this date and to attend if possible.

The price of the dinner is E1 ls.--to be sent to W. H. Blaxland, 50 Cannon Street, E.C.1.

Dress is lounge suits.

At the meeting officers for 1961 are to be elected and there will be one Committee member for re-election. Any additional nominations will be welcome and should be sent to the Hon. Secretary, M. H. Barclay Jones, Bank Chambers, 262 Kirkdale, S.E.26.

O.S. Exhibition—Speech Day, 1961 Last year's "0.5. Map" with accompanying envelopes and letters from O.S. was a success. It is hoped to repeat this exhibit on June 23 this year under the wgis of the School Geographical Society.

It is felt that the scope of the Exhibition might well be enlarged by including specimens of the products produced by the firms for which O.S. work or the countries in which they live—these exhibits to be, of course, of a nonperishable nature. They would also be of help to the Geography Department when dealing with industries and products the world over. Letters from 0.S. overseas have already been of much help in this matter.

If 0.5. overseas would like to help us in this scheme, will they please send their exhibits to E. A. Craven, Sutton Valence School, Maidstone, Kent, to arrive as early in June as possible ? Envelopes and letters will, of course, still be welcome even if a " solid " exhibit is impracticable.

Missing Members of O.S.A. We have lost touch with members listed below. Several names have been removed from previous lists and we thank those who have given us information to make this possible.

1936 1943 1926 1956 1940 1953 1956 1933 1938 1921 1941 1949 1955 1956 1944 1903 1942 1928 1931

D. L. Arthur 1940 H. M. Aspinall W. H. M. Barber 1943 J. W. D. Bayram 1920 B. S. Berting (Canada) 1948 R. T. Blake 1956 L. W. Burrell S. W. G. Burton 1923 J. G. Chapman 1907 J. C. Combe 1915 F. J. Davison D. J. Dixon 1949 R. N. H. Douglas 1937 1939 D. P. Douglas N. E. Fermor 1905 J. C. Fisher 1896 T. I. A. Hancock 1943 (NewYork, 1953 U.S.A. ?)

1935 F. G. Hodgson 1936 M. W. Jeavons

R. W. R. Kingdon D. G. Light Maj. W. G. Mattinson J. F. Newell J. F. Pangman (Canada) J. S. Pickering E. W. Pritchard O. J. E. Sparks (Australia) R. A. H. Still J. R. Strickland P.M. Tuke R. M. Tuke G. L. S. Tyler 0. F. Winser J. R. Wood P. A. Worters D. R. Yetton

This list is depressingly long.

Its increase in future can be avoided if 0.S. who do not receive magazines, annual reports and notice of dinner by what they consider a reasonable date get in touch with the SCHOOL AT ONCE. If a magazine or notice is returned NO FURTHER ONES ARE SENT TO THE SAME ADDRESS. This is the only way in which it is possible to indicate that we do not know a particular address.

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New Addresses of O.S. Overseas

Deaths

R. M. Warrick (1931), P.O. Box, Mount Morgan,

ADAMS.—As the result of a motor accident near Melbourne, Australia, on Wednesday, February 8, 1961. A. L. Adams (1935). P. Simmons (also 1935) attended the funeral and gave a wreath on behalf of the O.S.A.

Queensland, Australia.

D. J. Longford (1947), Central State Hospital, Petersburg, Virginia, U.S.A. K. J. Downing (1960), Arpatado 375, Guatemala City, Guatemala, Central America.

W. P. B. Aspinall (late Headmaster, 1953), Queens School, H.Q. B.A.O.R., Rheindahlen Garrison, Germany—B.F.P.O. 40.

N. J. D'Albertanson, Norwich Union Fire Insurance Coy., Ghana Cooperative Bank Buildings (3rd Floor), Box 1149, Kwame Nkrumah Avenue, Accra, Ghana.

K. P. Hadingham (1928), c/o Kenya Police H.Q., Box 30083, Nairobi, Kenya.

G. L. Jones (1948), 208-1353 Jervis Street, Vancouver, S.B.C., Canada.

D. Diskul (1958), Box 523, Wright Quadrangle, Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A. B. C. Masson (1941), 2325 Palmerston Avenue, West Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

R. de L. Phillips (1930), 4794 West 6th Avenue, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

J. R. M. Jeffryes (1957), 94 Locating Regt., R.A., Celle, Germany, B.F.P.O. 23.

O.S. Matches The Old Suttonian Cricket, Tennis and Swimming Matches will take place on Saturday, July 8. Any member of O.S.A. wishing to take part should write as early as possible to E. A. Craven at the School, WITHOUT WAITING FOR A FORMAL INVITATION. Formal invitations will, however, be sent out in May giving further details of the Week End. Commemoration Service will be held on Sunday, July 9, at 10 a.m. O.S. wishing to attend please write as above.

Births WEARE.—On July 31, 1960, at Melbourne, to Jane, wife of the Rev. S. Vincent Weare (1933) a daughter, Victoria Mary Grace.

O.S. at Universities The Editor is pleased to publish the following corrections to the list of 0.S. at universities. Any further corrections will be welcome and a full list will be printed in every Christmas Term issue :— BRISTOL J. R. S. Bailey R. Chantrill CAMBRIDGE J. P. Ward (Peterhouse) DURHAM D. F. Eltringham LONDON P J. Hills V. J. Murrell (Department of Education) OVERSEAS D. Diskul (Indiana) K. J. Downing (Ames, Iowa).

O.S. Notes After 32 years we have regained contact with K. P. Hadingham (1928).

He has been abroad for the last 28 years— in the Palestine police from 1933-1948 and since then he has served in the Kenya Police Force. He is now Deputy Commissioner of Police at Headquarters in Nairobi. He has met H. G. Sherrin (1926) a Magistrate in Kenya, and F. P. B. Derrick (1938) a District Commissioner.

He has also met A. G. Molison (1928) who is Traffic Manager of East African Airways. All this has reminded him that Sutton Valence is still situated in Kent and he has promised to come and visit the School when next on leave.

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Another " long-missing " O.S. with whom contact has been regained is H. Colville-Stewart (1932). He is at present Chief Intelligence Officer at Tawiki in Aden.

V. J. Murrell (1957) is studying for a Diploma in Education (presumably art) and is at present working in a school in East London. He says that he is doing freelance drawings for " Penguin Books" which he finds a considerable relaxation— Murrell is doing his year's training attached to London University.

J. R. S. Bailey (1956) completed his national service as Flight Officer and completed his training to " Wings " standard as a Navigator. He is now in his third year at Bristol University and is due to take " Finals" in Economics and Government. He is President of the J.C.R. in Wills Hall and plays rugger for the University 3rd XV and also for his Hall. He has also been chairman of an International Exchange Scheme for Economics Students. R. Chantrill (1958) is also at Bristol.

S. Ladekarl (1953) writes from Denmark to tell us a little of his" history" since he returned home. He went to Medical School in Copenhagen in 1954 and in 1956 gained a scholarship to the University of Eire, Cork, where he spent several months. His national service occupied 1958-59, after which he went to the University of Washington in Seattle, U.S.A., and spent some of his time travelling in the U.S.A., Canada and Mexico. He finishes his medical studies in June and hopes to spend his honeymoon in Great Britain----a country which he ranks second only to Den mark !

Ire promises to visit the School at 0.8.

Week End. We shall all be pleased to see him.

G. B. Haywood (1911) living in California, tells us that he is now in semiretirement and is preparing to make a trip to Europe next summer--he hopes we have one—and we are sure he will come to see Sutton Valence and what has happened here since his last visit.

Although he has been in U.S. for twenty or more years he is still a British national and known locally as "John Bull." His son Ralph, who was in Lambe's House just before the war, graduated at the University of Manitoba as an Electronics Engineer. He first worked in Montreal but is now in San Francisco with a firm of U.S. electronic tool manufacturers, and after learning about their products will return to Montreal to take charge of their Canadian business. Ralph is married and has one son.

E. J. W. Farmer (1918) has told us that his brother B. J. (1919) suffered a stroke in 1959 and is now semi-paralysed in arm and leg. He would welcome news of his contemporaries at 82 Twyford Avenue, London, N.2.

In a brief letter B. J. Farmer tells us that he is recovering slowly. He is a writer and among other books has compiled and published a "Bibliography of the Works of Sir Winston Churchill," and also written several works of fiction including "Death of a Bookseller," " Policeman's Hobby" and " A Book for Boys " (Blackie). We are delighted to hear from him and wish him a full recovery in time.

C. R. G. Cullen (1953) has been doing his term of " practical experience " for the Diploma of Education at Berkhamsted -after experience in Germany and Bordeaux this should be easy. lie says he is thoroughly enjoying it but not looking forward so much to the return to

THE SUTTONIAN Oxford for examinations in the summer.

He is going to Czechoslovakia for three weeks at Easter with a student party from the Department of Education for a visit to "Iron Curtain" schools. After this he should be well qualified to teach anywhere—even in his native Australia !

P. E. B. Badger (1937) has been promoted to Lieut.-Colonel and has gone to Germany to take command of his regiment—The Royal Leicestershire Regiment. Congratulations. While working in London he frequently met Capt. H. J. Lee, R.N. (1935) who is in the Ministry of Defence on Earl Mountbatten's staff. Badger has travelled much and his stations include Palestine, Malaya, Kenya and Cyprus. He hopes to join the 0.5. who have sons at School in 1964—We hope so too.

L. E. Carden (1941) writes from R.A.F. Idris—the airport for Tripoli, Libya— giving some details of his life there and of adventures with sandstorms, plagues of locusts and floods.

He tells of the interesting Roman remains in Tripoli at Sabratha and Lepcis Magna—both of which the writer visited in April, 1960, and is very annoyed that he didn't know that Idris was so near the Port of Tripoli. Thus being unable to report yet another 0.5. meeting abroad. Carden is returning home in April when his address will be Officers Mess, Compton Bassett, Calne, Wilts.

I. F. Kay (1941) is now Accident Manager to the American International Underwriters (London), Limited, and would like to hear from other 0.5. in his line of business.

M. A. Elmitt (1959) played for Oxford against Cambridge in the University hockey match this year. We do congratulate him on this honour. His is the first " Blue " the School has gained

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since A. M. James (1943) played rugby for Cambridge at Twickenham in the early " fifties." A contingent from the School went to see the hockey match at Hurlingham—we hope that they did not all support Oxford—and saw Elmitt play a good game, if the newspaper reports are to be believed. He has since been elected Hon. Secretary of O.U.H.C. J. E. Harvey (1960) has also been active on the" Hockey Fields of Oxford" and has been elected Hon. Secretary of Jesus College for next season.

R. B. Westmacott (1911) has sent us an account of an O.S. meeting on Founders' Day—February 9—in Vancouver, B.C. The meeting consisted of H. A. M. Denny (1915), A. de C. Denny (1906), G. L. Jones (1948), B. C. Masson (1941) and R. B. W. himself. R. H. F. Wylie (1943) had hoped to be present but his wife had suddenly to go to hospital and R. de L. Philips (1930) hoped to call in but couldn't manage it. However, they constituted themselves into an " official " branch of O.S.A. with H. A. M. D. as President, R. B. W. as Vice-President and G. L. J. as Secretary. We hope that other 0.5. in Western Canada or the State of Washington will get in touch with G. L. Jones, 3130 West Second Avenue, Vancouver, and enrol as members.

It is believed that other O.S. meetings on Founders' Day may have taken place in Copenhagen, Accra and Nairobi.

Certainly we hope so.

An Old Suttonian in Vancouver B.C., has given us news of R. de L. Philips (1930 approx) with whom touch had been lost for many years. Our information is taken from an article in a Vancouver newspaper—part of a series on personalities in the British Columbia entertainment world. " He is president of the

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Vancouver Opera Association to which he has given generously and voluntarily of himself, his time and his abilities to this new opera company." The article goes on to mention Philips' other work and interests in the musical world of Vancouver. It also tells us that he was educated at Sutton Valence, Kent, England-- it was this statement that caught the eye of our O.S. correspondent in Vancouver—spent six years in the Royal Navy during the war, writes fiction and short stories as yet, we gather, unpublished. He is married and has two daughters. It is hoped that other 0.5. will let us have news of late members of the School with whom touch has been lost—whether members of O.S.A. or not.

A. R. Morley (1960) has started working for Messrs. Maples, in Tottenham Court Road, and likes his new work.

P. Rutter (1955) has joined the Rover Motor Company and is working in their Public Relations Department.

M. St. J. Candy (1952) has completed his apprenticeship in the Engineering Division of the B.B.C. and now holds an established post in the Low Frequency Studio Section of the Planning and Engineering Department. He was choirmaster and organist of a boys and girls club which competed for the Evening News and Star Carol Festival—at which the chief adjudicator was Dr. S. L. L. Russell (Master in the 1930's). Even this, however, did not gain Candy's choir first prize although they gained 75 per cent. marks !

A. C. Nash (1956) may be seconded from his regiment (The South Wales Borderers) at present in Germany, for duty with the Sultan of Muscat's Forces in Arabia. Before this he will have a course on leave at home and is looking forward to this new post.

The Rev. J. E. C. Nicholl (Master 1950 to 1959) writes to us from Stowe School. He seems to be doing as much there as he did here and is a veritable Pooh Bah in his own way, Chaplain, Second in Command of C.C.F. (Army Section) and also running the rugger. As he helps with athletics in Lent Term and takes the " Under 15's " at cricket in the summer he certainly has a full time job – quite apart from any teaching he can fit in.

He says that P. R. Anderson (1953) came down to Stowe with Harlequins " A "and they had a good chat about lots of things.

E. Gill (1940) on a business trip from Dallas, Texas, to Calgary, Alberta, spent several evenings with J. R. Rowlandson (1948) last December. They had much in common being Kentish born, both in the oil business and both keen cricket fans.

Although not at school together they found several mutual friends. Gill continued his Canadian tour by a further 200 miles to Edmonton, Alberta, where he met Dr. George Monckton (1938). As both Gill and Monckton had been at school and in the " eleven" together another 0.S. talking session went on until a late hour. Gill says that it was "grand to see how successful Monckton has been as a Doctor of Neurology."

R. F. Budd (1952) is home on leave from Tanganyika and has promised to come to the School late in the term and talk to the Geographical Society. We hope that other O.S. in "foreign parts" will use this action as an example when next home on leave.

The Rev. Sir Reginald Champion (1911) writes to tell us that following a serious illness he has resigned his living at Chilham and retired to "The Haven," Dornden Drive, Langton Green, Tunbridge Wells.

THE SUTTONIAN J. R. M. Jeffryes (1957) is now serving three years in the Royal Artillery and was commissioned at Aldershot on March 2, 1961. He is at present in Germany where he hopes to be able to take up skiing in his spare time. His address is in the addresses of 0.5. overseas section.

R. M. Warrick (1931) notifying us of a change of address, suggests that the magazine should include a plan, map or aerial photograph of the School as it will be when all the new building projects are completed. He thinks that it would help to re-orientate not only himself but also other 0.8. who are unable to visit the School to see for themselves. He tells us that Queensland has had its first monsoon since January, 1956. Even this was an unusual monsoon as it arrived a month late, from the wrong quarter and took an untheoretical route. Anyway, come it did, and to an area with a largely pastoral background gave great relief.

M. F. Beaman (1952) was on leave at Christmas time from Southern Rhodesia.

During his leave he was married and returned with his bride to Peterhouse School, Marandellas. We wish them good luck and happiness in what, at the moment, is one of the troubled areas of the continent of Africa.

D. Diskul (1958) writes to tell us that he is now at the University of Indiana at Bloomington, where he tells us there are approximately 21,000 students. He lives in a hall of residence with over 1,000 other students ! He is there studying Business Administration with Accounting as the major subject and his chief sports activity is now Badminton. He has been elected treasurer of the University Club and hopes to play in the State championship. He boasts that the University swimming team is "the best

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in the world." Maybe I—they won two gold medals at Rome and recently broke a world record.

Correspondence Sutton Valence.

December, 1960.

To the Editor, The Suttonian.

Sir,—Having read your editorial about extra Old Suttonians' activities and without wishing to pour too much cold water on the idea—which in essence is excellent—I would point out some of the difficulties with which we would be beset :— (1) We are a relatively small country school and 0.5. are drawn from many parts. Looking at old boy rugby teams only, you will find that with few exceptions they come from large day schools with a big local element.

I instance Merchant Taylors, St. Paula and Dulwich, U.C.S. Old Boys and there are many more. True The Old Blues and Old Millhillians are boarding schools but the former is huge and the latter in London.

(2) In our school for winter games we would have hockey and rugby in conflict, since in a small school so many of the players take part in both games. In an old boy organisation this would be disastrous.

(3) Finance and Grounds.—The difficulty here is self evident.

(4) Standard of Games.—To play for a weak old boy side would make it almost impossible for good players to get recognition by county or country— unless they migrated to larger clubs.

We would be very "small fry."

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(5) I think it would be most difficult at the start of an active O.S. sporting club to get those already playing for clubs to leave their present clubs and friends for an ideal.

I do speak with a little experience in this as, then holding the same views as you, we raised sides to play Wasps and Rosslyn Park in the " twenties " at Christmas time—believe me it was difficult—and the School was not all that much smaller than it is now, and there was no competition from hockey. To get eleven cricketers per day for ten days before the war on the O.S. week was not difficult. To do the same now is a headache.

There is another point—a social one— old boy sides are very parochial and from my experience—a considerable one—the widening of one's circle of acquaintances in the sports world by being a member of a big club has great advantages and certainly adds to the fun of the game.

In a club one gets judged on one's merits and whilst, in time, the same may be said of old boy organisations I feel that schoolboy prejudices are not always easy to overcome.

As regards correspondence—you can't have it both ways. An enlarged O.S. column will mean fewer letters to the Editor and I'm sure you would find answering them quite a task—(I assure you it is ; although it is a pleasant and rewarding one)—since in the majority of cases the writers would be unknown to each other. As things are at present they are not entirely so.

So my counsel is one of "Let things stay as they are "—with the exception that I will put forward one constructive suggestion, namely, that when a vacancy on the staff here does occur that Old

Suttonian schoolmasters should consider most seriously applying for it and being judged on their merits.

A transfusion of fresh O.S. blood would, I am sure, be beneficial to replace that lost when R. L. Kay died.

After all this I feel I should remain anonymous so I will thank you, sir, and sign myself, "N. E. VARC." [One point. I was referring to letters for publication. The replies to come from other readers.—Editor.1 Late News The following items arrived after the preparation of the proofs of the magazine :— School Notes At a meeting of the Sports Committee G. B. S. Vickerstaff was elected Hon. Sec. of Hockey for the coming year. It was also decided that " D " Steeplechase should be only an Individual competition and only those under the age limit (13 years 9 months) would run. A separate Junior Challenge Race will be run with teams of 9 from Bennett's, Holdgate's and from Founder's on " D." The first six from each term will score D and the race will be over Steeplechase course.

The Appeal The gross total of the Appeal Fund has now reached E11,000 which, with the 0,000 from the 1957 Appeal, makes E14,000. It has therefore been decided to proceed with the Chapel Extension, and it is hoped that work will start this summer.

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THE SUTTONIAN Any O.S. who has not yet contributed but would like his gift to be put towards the Chapel Extension, is asked to make it in the near future.

History Society A select group of historians have decided the time has come to form themselves into a society for the propagation of historical knowledge. The constitution of the society has not been formulated yet but the society will start actively next term. It is hoped that any friends of the School who are interested in any aspect of history (i.e., military or social history) may expound some of their knowledge to the society in the form of a lecture followed by discussion.

C.C.F. Inspection The C.C.F. General Inspection next term will be on Friday, June 9.

House Music Competition PROGRAMME Compulsory: ALL HOUSES: Part Song : "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot " : arr. Philip Wilkinson.

Unison Song : "John, fat John " : Guernsey folk song, arr. Frank Lynas.

FOUNDER'S:

Part Song : "Sing we and chaunt it " : de Pearsall.

Unison : " Barbara Allen" : arr. A. G. Foulkes.

LAMBE'S : Part Song : "Sing we and chaunt it" : de Pearsall.

Unison : "Haul away Joe " : Sea shanty, arr. N. Gilbert.

Own choice. In.strumental WESTMINSTER: Trumpet Concerto in B flat : Capel Bond.

(2nd movement) S. H. H. White Trumpet N. J. W. Page Piano Organ : N. J. W. Page : Prelude and Fugue in E Minor : Bach.

ST. MARGARET'S: Trumpet Voluntary : Purcell : A. A. Walton.

Waltz in C sharp Minor : Chopin : C. J. Chitty, Piano.

FOUNDER'S: Two Waltzes : Schubert (2 Clarinets, flute and horn), arr. A. G. Foulkes.

Suite in G for Recorders and Piano : A. G. Foulkes.

LAMBE'S : " Berceuse " : Jarnefelt : Cello : R. M. Kojecky ; Piano : R. S. Wooderson.

Minuet : Henry Purcell : arr. H. Perry.

Flute : A. J. Pow.

O.S. Cricket Matches

Own choice : Vocal

The match v. Sidcup C.C. will be on August 1 at Sidcup. The 0.8. Cricket Week will be from Sunday, August 13, to Sunday, August 20 (both inclusive).

WESTMINSTER: Part Song : "Since thou, 0 fondest and dearest " : Parry.

Unison : "Oh no John " : Folk song, arr.

Cecil Sharp.

R. H. F. Wylie (1943), 1291 Marine Drive, West Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

ST. MARGARET'S: Part Song : "Songs of London " : arr. P. Wooderidge.

Unison; "Blow me eyes " : Norman Gilbert.

B. F. Anwell (1945), c/o Malayan Cement Co., Rawang, near Kuala Lumpur, Malaya.

J. C. Wyatt (1931), H.M.S. Africanda, c /0 G.P.O., London,

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O.S. Notes Up-to-date address lists are kept by— The Hon. Sec., 0.S.A., 27 St. John's Road, Orpington, Kent.

The Hon. Treas., 0.S.A., 243 Salmon Street, London, N.W.9.

P. Fairley, 157 Hayes Lane, Bromley, Kent.

E. A. Craven, Sutton Valence, Maidstone, Kent.

All these will be pleased either to forward " Inter-O.S. Mail " or give addresses, if asked.

K. J. Downing (1960) is now at Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa, U.S.A. He says he gets plenty of sport but no Rugger.

P. J. Broun (1957) at present at Clare College, Cambridge, hopes to get a year at an American University in 1962 to do a course on Digital Computers. He has met G. J. A. Hardy (1957) who is also at Cambridge.

J. M. D. Wyatt (1927), now a major in R.A.S.C., stationed in Portsmouth, gave us the address of Surgeon-Commander J. C. Wyatt (1931) who is now stationed in South Africa—address H.M.S. Africanda, c/o G.P.O., London. He also told us that whilst stationed in Hamm, Germany, he saw a lot of W. P. B. Aspinall (Headmaster 1953) when the latter was Headmaster of the B.A.O.R. School there.

We congratulate N. L. Sarony (1958) on being elected to a Scholarship at Gray's Inn. Over the week-end March 18-20, we had a visit from R. F. Budd (1952) on leave from Tanganyika. Whilst here, he gave a talk to the Geographical Society and we are very grateful to him for this.

His talk was illustrated by colour slides.

S. W. T. Cullen (1951) is now piloting aircraft for Aer Lingus and is at present living in Dublin. His brother, C. R. G. Cullen (1953) has completed his training for teaching and will instruct in History at De Burgh Secondary School, Tadworth, Surrey.

This account of the meeting on Founder's Day, 1961, was sent by G. L. Jones (1948) and is published in full to encourage 0.S. in other parts of the world to get together if they can.

THE OLD SUTTONIANS ASSOCIATION (B.C. BRANCH) "Tubby Craven" must take the lion's share of the credit for the most pleasant evening which was spent by Old Suttonians at the home of R. B. Westmacott (1910) on the evening of Friday, February 10, 1961. There was quite an exchange of correspondence and phone calls before the meeting was eventually arranged and it was most encouraging to us all to be able to gather a total of five old boys together at the same time.

The quantity of our numbers was more than well matched by our quality :— H. A. M. Denny came over from V.I. where he appears to be zealously employed in running a girls' private school Queen Margaret's with his sisters in Duncan. Queen Margaret's is a fast-growing school with about 200 boarders. Families from all over North America send their children to the school and it's popularity has necessitated a $250,000 addition which has already been started. H. A. M. although a very busy man seems to have time for hobbies which are orchid-growing and speed boats !

A. de C. Denny (1915), H. A. M.'s brother, also lives on Vancouver Island. He, however, is very cut off

THE SUITONIAN from the rest of the world at Port Hardy which is in the north of the Island. A de C. is with the Department of Transport at Port Hardy Airport.

His accounts of life in this remote part of B.C. were very interesting.

There is only one store and the residents have to send to Vancouver for most things, including shoe repairs, laundry and beer. A de C. and his wife are planning for their retirement in three years time when they hope to move either to Portugal or Madiera.

R. B. Westmacott (1910) was our generous host for the evening. His life also has been filled with interest and adventure. His experiences in Mexico during the revolution of 1925 were hairraising to say the least. He has photos as well to prove the stories ! He has held many positions but is now retired after a stroke two years ago—apart from having 15 students who come to his home for coaching in English, French, Spanish, Greek and Latin.

R. B. W. is still, in fact, a very active gentleman and a most interesting conversationalist.

B. C. Masson (1841) has only been in Canada two and a half years but is very settled in his new house in West Vancouver with his wife and three children. He is an architect with a large firm in Vancouver.

Originally, however, he tried his luck in Vernon in the interior of British Columbia. He is in touch with R. F. Wylie (1942) who was to have been present that evening but unfortunately couldn't make it because his wife was not well. Brian has introduced his children to skiing recently and from all accounts they seem to love it.

G. L. Jones (1948) has been in Canada since 1957 and the only thing worth noting that he has acquired

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since his arrival is a wife. He is working his way up in a paper company in Vancouver. He still plays rugger regularly, having helped to start a club in West Vancouver. The brand played here, however, is pretty rough and retirement takes place rather early in life ! Already, Glyn says he's on his last pair of boots.

With the above declaring themselves to be a quorum an informal meeting was held during which it was decided to form a branch of the Old Suttonians.

In addition to those present the following Old Boys were known or thought to be in British Columbia :— R. J. Burns (1941) was unfortunately unable to be present during the evening. We do hope to see more of him in the future when further news will be forthcoming.

We thought that J. V. Boys (1925) was in Duncan, on Vancouver Island.

Rumour has it, however, that he has returned to the Eastern part of Canada.

R. de L. Philips (1930) is very much in demand in Vancouver as a result of his active participation in the affairs of the Vancouver Symphony and Vancouver Opera Association. We have contacted him, however, and are hoping that we may have the pleasure of meeting him in the near future.

As already mentioned, Brian Masson is in touch with R. F. Wylie (1943).

Only the unfortunate illness of his wife prevented his presence at this meeting.

His news will be reported at a later date.

C. N. Armstrong (1952) is working in Kitimat and although he would have loved to have come down for the meeting, was understandably unable to (it's some 800 miles from Vancouver by road). Colin wrote a very nice

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letter in which he recounted his experiences since arriving in Canada.

He also has acquired himself a wife.

We hope to see them both when they visit Vancouver.

The Old Suttonians Association (B.C. Branch) elected the following officers :— H. A. M. Denny.

President Vice-President R. B. Westmacott.

G. L. Jones.

Secretary A. de C. Denny.

Committee B. C. Masson.

(We're not too sure yet what duties these positions will entail, but time will tell--anyway, we didn't want to hurt anybody's feelings !)

It was agreed that it would be nice to have an annual dinner in Vancouver.

Actual dates of such a dinner were discussed, but nothing definite was decided.

We will have to see what time of the year suits most members. Also discussed and agreed was the question of getting in touch with any other Old Suttonians resident in British Columbia. They are asked to make themselves known to the Secretary so that at least they can be put on the mailing list (Note—there are no local dues yet). Also, any new arrivals should contact us. We'll do all in our power to give help and advice as

required. This applies to those thinking of emigrating to this country, too.

We know that there are Old Boys resident in Eastern Canada and a warm welcome will be extended to any of them who visit us out here.

The formal part of the evening over, we settled down to a very pleasant evening. The school, the staff and the pupils were discussed from the turn of the century to the present day. It was especially interesting to us " younger members" to meet people whose photos dated nineteen-o-dot adorned the corridors of the school. Also, we were able to hear first hand accounts of the "Old Bar" by people who actually knew him.

To round off a very pleasant evening Mrs. Westmacott entertained us to a very enjoyable supper after which we were regrettably forced to take our leave because of the lateness of the hour. We all departed to our various parts of the Province, agreeing unanimously that it was a very worthwhile meeting. We look forward to our next reunion when increased attendance is expected.

H. A. M. Denny (1906) sent us a photograph of this gathering which will be put in the O.S. photo book in due course.

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Next Term's Fixtures Cricket (First XI)

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K.C.A.A.A. Junior Championships

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Sussex C.R.A. Schools, Higley

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