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Editor:
C.J. Willsmore
Editorial Committee
G. Alsop
C.S. Hirst
M. Beal
P. Newman
A. Whitehouse
H. Eggins
J. Morgan
Business Managers:
B. Gower
THE
M. Dunn
SCHOOL
WINTER 1968
Staff
Headmaster: IVlr. R.N. Mitchell
Deputy Headmaster: IVIr. E.C.W. Chapman
Senior Mistress: Miss D. Gibson
IvIr. E.N. Annable
Mr. G.M. Caine
Mr. D.N. Chambers
IvIr. M.J. Chambers
Mr. B. Davies
Mr. R.F. Delacour
Ivft. C.J. Edwards
Mr. P.J. Muckersie
Mrs. B. Parkin
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
R.L. Stonhold
Miss B.E. Taylor
Miss J. Vaughan
Mr. R.R. Winn
Mrs. R. Cook
IvIr. J.P. Flitcroft
IvIr. D.R. Forsyth
IvIr. J. Fox
I\{rs. M.E. Hill
Mrs. G. Johnson
Mrs. M. Marsden
Mrs. V. Nicholson
Mr. N.W. Stevens
Mrs. B. Stevenson
Mrs. R. Spencer
Mrs. J.E. trViles
iltr. M. Golberg
IvIr. J.H. Hall
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R.A. Rolfe
J. Southall
P.B. Spencer
J.D. Hardy
Hart
Mr. R.A. Harward
Mr. J.W. HiU
Mr. B.D.L. Jackson
IVIr. D.S.
IVIr. C.M. Jackson
Miss J. Jenkins
Cook Supervisor - Mrs. E.M. Davis
Secretary - Mrs. D.A. Limon
Caretaker - Mr. H.G. Finch
Mr. M. Lidgard
IVIr. D.J. Morris
Prefects
P. Davis - Head Boy
K. Jones - Deputy Head Boy
R.
Allott
P. Badger
N. Clark
P. Corbett
P. Dammermann
R. Drake
R. Gilmurray
C. Helme
K. Lewis
G. Miller
R. Suswain
N. Tucker
G. Whiternan
Rosmarie Beckett - Head Girl
Susan Morris - Deputy Head Girl
Jennifer Beavon
Jennifer Boys
Susan Bryson
Hazel Hodkinson
Jacqueline Houghton
Bridget Lawrence
Clare Montgomery
Janet Morgan
Pamela Powell
Rosalind Russell
Janet Watson
Annette Whitehouse
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The Wild Horse
\ryith nose to the wind,
And head held high.
Who knows what secrets
Within him lie.
His forehead shows wisdom
His body holds speed.
When danger threatens,
He pays no heed.
Lonely he roams,
Yet companionship scorns.
He takes up life's challenge,
As each new day dawns.
His freedom I envy,
A rebel am I.
Oh, to be with him,
To live or to die.
Jane Fuller
Recent Visitors
The visitors have gone:
The evening apricot sun
Is fading from the garden,
Yet where they have been
The table, the chairs
'
And a child's toys
Are still possessed
By their presence,
And their words
Still seem to blend
With thq swaying flowers
And descend
With the flight of birds
Over the house,
Fugitive
As their absence.
Susan Webster
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The Uving Ught
Far away a dog raised its head to the stars and howled, a deep melancholy note echoing from the hill
to the dale where the hut nestled in between the roots of the ancient, knotted oaks bordering thd foresL
The lantem from the porch streamed in from the cracks in the shutters, shedding splintered beams of
light on to the two sleepers. The tempered walls were silent, still. The dog slept soundly by the glowing
embers of the fire, head on paws, oblivious. The two bodies were wrapped carefully in-between the woolly
streets; the woman's arm carelessly hung over the edge of the bed, the hand bent in supplication. The
rhythm oftheir breathing died and rose, corresponding genfly to the forceful breath of the wind making the
lantem swing to and fro on its iron hooks. The light from tlre fire shed a red glow in the far comer of the
room, reflecting in the cooking utensils arranged on the hearth; and from a crack in the window the wind
genfly tugged at a billowing curtain.
The hooves of the horse trod silenfly over the turf. The rider stopped to untie the small wooden gate
hooked on to the fence by a frayed rope. The gravel was dry under the hooves and the crude scuffing cut
crisply at the air. At the sound of the footsteps the dog raised his ears, curious, and when the knocking
came he broke out into frenzied barking.
The child, startled, reached for his mother.
The door was opened to a heavily built man standing solidly, bridle in hand, by the door post.
lVith the flush of sleep still on her cheeks and bewilderment in her eyes the woman stood mute,
listening whilst he explained. She drew her shawl closer and pushed the strands of hair from her forehead.
The dog sniffed tentatively at the horse in the cold night air, and the child lay silent but inquisitive in the
warmth of his bed.
The man, embarrassed, spoke slowly, explaining gently his mission; at the climax of his speech she
raised her hands in horror but he comforted in a firm way.l-.
In a valley four miles away there was death in the air. From the hills the lantems around the mouth
of the pit, winked at tlre stars, lighting the numbed faces of those who carried them. The air was dusty
with fallen earth, the sound of steel on rock echoed through the night as the men dug deeper, shifted more
stones, but knew it was hopeless for those trapped below.
The man had gone and the dog had run after his new found friend, barking madly at the flying
hooves, echoing on the ground,noiseless on the furf. The woman stood, knuckles in mouth, stari4g into
the night, her bbdy rigiil, her eyes vacant with shock. She drew her shawl tighter and automaticaiiy closed
the door. The child, curious no lonpr, slept softly. The fire had gone out and the room was cold and
bleak
The woman stood for a moment holding uf Jo her face a man's rough knitted garment; then she
hastily began to pull on clothes.
The dog had retumed and scratched impatiently at the door. The child in the bed moaned softly and
drawn by compassion the motler knelt by the bedside and gently soothed him into a dreamless sleep. She
sat by the bed watching dusty moonbeams dance on his skin. Then tears filled her eyes and dropped in
salty splashes.
After her tears her courage was renewed and,.feeding the dog, then herse[ she wrapped up tlre
remainder of the food, tightly closed the open shutter and awoke the child, who sleepy and uncomprehending obeyed his mother from habit.
The night was darker, colder, and their breath was silver in tlre misty air, A soft drizzle had begun;
they drew their clothes tightly round them. The dog padded soffly by their side and the child, huddled in
heavy clothes, sleepily asked where they were going. "To see daddy?" he zuggested and the mother
nodded firmly.
They followed tlre track by the river, overgrown and generally muddy, but the frost had sfiffened
the earth and now it was so hard it hurt their feet. The water was sluggish and glazedby a fine layer of
ice. The trees on either side stood stiff, tlre whiteness of the moon shining cruelly through the stark,
black branches; an owl hooted, genfly then shrill; a rabbit screamed across a field and then all was still,
blood on stone.
Deeper in the valley a mist enveloped them, cold, clammy; the earth smelled damp and rotten with
humus, and branches snatched at their clothes; the eerie giggle of a bird echoed into the purple hills. The
mother stifled a sob and wound her way more quickly on to the higher ground.
There they had to cross l*re river; the dog went first, skating across the ice, scrambtng up the muddy
banlq tail between legs. The mother pushed her son across icy stepping stones, clinging on to fhe back of
his coat and urging him on. Suddenly he slipped, but the mother held tjll her knucliles were white and he
regained his balance on all fours. His lingers were so numb he felt no pain as he knocked them in an
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attempt lg-catch hold of stones. Thev made their sliooery ways up the bank goping in the dark for
stiff dnough for a hold.
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.Igyratdt th9 *9!!, in the vale the hut stood enfringed by smoky grasses and black forest. The lantem
still visible from the hill and they i recognized their hofie. ICwas coia-on Ih; hill. the wind
pulling.at their clothes-, tossing hair i?!o theireyes, the smell of ,igha-rti"di-iftii-ri"iiiri, was bleak
fr" i-"i
yelpedhurriedly, his shagg coat, ruffled, bedriesied with mist ant eiiiiilAS 4"v r-ounded the hill they could see dii-lantems from a wooaeA slope in the next vallev. The
- dog b-qrkgd and the sound was. the-only one in the world; ttre riaity o1 it .t*fiJa-fur"-i, [;i ;till
il;;'stumbled - overa wire fence;the branChes of metalreaching out to feJano gr"rltro*i'ae*y, rro.iy'netas,
the grass stiff and spiked, with mysterious woods on eithei side.
it splead over the eastern sky. The ttees on the horizon became
. In the east a rosy haze agneSp{;
grotesqu.e' black skeletons,
1n4 stifl they travelled The boy stumbGd on until his mother called the doe
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and sat down in tlle roots of a,luge tree-; she placed the boy by her side and
rui rtiff fr"s"r*.
Thev lle, the dog gazed hungnJyrrgm face t6 face untit ttr6yitrrew him hic "hafea
;hi"th;.-;;iriil;E:'The haze in the eastem skies had reddened to a bloodf o*ge; pi"i cioubsiaif"a acrois a mornins
skv. It-was nearly dawn and the mother could distinguish ui" ;fi;uhard; fiil;;iljiilffi;i:;;**
n9are1..rn"y 9"qun.to walk again with renewid assurarie.-rrrJn,JgFduo*Ea a track or two
ry91ed
fisappeanng tnto misty darkness but always retumins.
thg hills yere gerltlg arid round; tfieir descent was easy. In the valley the d;1zzle
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dawn crept ov-er the slcy, kissing the hills, reldasing the land from
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The
lantems in the valley extinguished, only one Leam reriained
grasses
at the
li[ht. The roads of the villagein'the
ddii';suish"ri" as i a"ir6;--"
above
tfie roof tops, but-the mother could see the people on the hillEde. The wind maiched
the sound of echoes and flung them in front of mottrer ano ctrita.-n;i;h;;-l* i;"L; to wtriten, then io --- -flush. She knew in her heart iiat hc-was still wilh her, eiAir unaei ttre
beside her. An
indescribable feglingsurgp{-tltlogch her _ _happiness, expectancv strC tnewno[ r"t sr,e w"i"b-ia it. srr"
cEspeo tne nand or her chilal tighter, and in the davrrn the two figurcs
and the dog racing after them, were
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bom anew.
4t tle p,it-he-ad the steel of'the spades cut at the earth; the sweat mingled with the dust.-iria
And then
^ th9
frory
de-pths-of rock.someo.ne m9vi4 "!-her9's_someone'alivel;';;;liffi;irii.; iri"i,
ir,J'-mother looked down at her child, a faint'smile shadowing h"i tips.....-..........-. ---
Beverley Spacie VS
The Death Of A Tree
Old and gnarled stands the old tree stump
Naked to the wind and rain,
Killed by lightning, electric blue
That stnrck again and again.
A spurt of flame, twisted and forked,
Fell down from the sky;
Then, it was all over, the lightning, the rain,
The life of the tree had passed by.
Catherine Toal IIS
A Flungatious, Hypnotic Poem
The bubbling,
gurgling,
whirling stream
Suddenly stopped.
No. It didn't die, or dry, or flY away.
It stopped.
A happy,
hilarious,
Hiccuping fool
Stood on his head for twenty-one days.
No. He didn't die, or fall, or bawl.
He just turned into a shrivelling,
nniggling,
senile old
man.
Catherine Newton 4K
On A Visit To The Potteries In The Rain
Oh blackened half of England's glory,
Slowly dying in the ceaseless rain,
Drowning all the hope around you,
Down the gutter to the drain.
Houses dark and wearied faces,
Eyes that frown on the sodden ground,
Archdd backs like beasts of burden,
Roofs that wear a sooted crown.
Iron hearts of blistered people,
Strengthened by your factory toil,
Eyes that speak the lips of thousands,
Feet that tread a hardened soil.
Lightened skies of blazen glory,
Leaping from the furnace shore,
Merging on the black horizon
To scorn the cities ever more.
Annette Whitehouse UV1 A
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PORTRAIT OF A SCULPTOR
Mr. Ritchie is a quiet, modest sculptor who has lived in Warwickshire all his life. He was
born in Coventry and introduced to sculpture at the Coventry School of Art. He is amazed that
he has been able to establish himself locally as a sculptor, without going to London, but he
declined to call himself a success. His interests are varied and many, but he does not agree with
travel and finds more to criticize than praise in Coventry Chathedral.
Besides sculpture, he makes excursions in graphic design, book jackets, binding and imprints.
Stone, ivory, teak and aluminium are just a few of the many basic materials he works in, but he
is making great advances in the comparatively new fietd of printed circuit production, which
has enabled him to fulfil his original conception of using photography as a means of permanent
decoration in buildings. However, at tlte basis of all his creations, there is an average of three
months'thought, during which time, the creation gradually falls into shape.
Finally, Mr. Ritchie explained the ideas portrayed in our own exhibit of his work, the
to the covered way: Three aspects of growth radiate from it:- the dividing cell represents
the chromozone pattern of growth, the fast moving horse symbolises physical growth and the
extract from the 'Missa Solemnis' by Beethoven, the sculptor's favourite composer, portrays mental
and spiritual growth.
facade
Annette Whitehouse UV1 Arts
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Winter
cold shouldering wind screams
trapped in its own twisted wreckagg
as the black-fur cat pounces
the sunset thirsts for blood
Paul Newman L
VIth Arts
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Christopher Hirst Upper
GreY
its grey
when one girl buys herself
one drink
from a crowded bar
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dont clink
Christopher Hirst Upper VIth Arts
VIth Arts
SPORT
HOCKEY
All the hockey teams have played enthusiastically this term. The 2nd XI and 'lrnder fifteen"
eleven have been very successful, not having lost a match to date. Hockey practices take place twice
weekly and attendance is very high in all teams.
The lst XI has been chosen from:C. Montgomery (Capt.), H. Hodgkinson (V.Capt.), E. Baxter, A. Canning, P. Clarke,
L. Harman, J. Humphries, S. MacKay, P. Malin, J. Miller, P. Monument.
Results:
Home
AwaY
Park
Atherstone
v. Binley
v.
The 2nd XI has been chosen
won
lost
4-
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V. Goodman,
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3
from:-
L. Bentley, S. Chimes, A. Evans, B. Kelly, A. MacFarlane, H. Monument, R. Mykura, H. Peyton-Bruhl,
C. Riley, L. Thumbwood, M. White.
Results:
v. Blackdown
H.S.
Away
drew
0-0
The "under fifteen" XI has been chosen from:L. Bentley, L. Biggs, C, Bostock, A. Evans, A. MacFarlane, J. Ferguson, L. Fletcher, C. Jones, L. Kay,
H. Monument, L. Philips, S. Williams.
Results:
Park
Atlerstone
v. Binley
v.
v Nicholas
Home
AwaY
Chamberlaine Home
&ew 2 - 2
won 4 - |
won 3 - 0
The'\rnder fourteen" Xl has been chosen from:L. Banner, W. Canning, A. Davis, J. Dugdale, H. Farthing, J, Hirons, M. Hirons, A. Hope, A. Maynard,
S, Nicholl, M. Rooney, E. Todd, J. Vaughan, R. Williams.
Results:
H.S.
v. Beauchamp
v. Nicholas Chamberlaine
lost
lost
Home
Home
3-4
1-3
The "under thirteen" XI has been chbsen from:C. Anderson, P. Bigley, H. Burbridge, D. Edwards, S. Fox, J. Leason, C. ToaI, C. Montgomery, C. Pearce,
F. Stuart, I. Tilley, S. Walker, J. lVright.
Results:
H.S.
v. Beauchamp
v. Nicholas Chamberlaine
Home
Home
lost
0 -3
drew I - L
NETBALL
The "under fourteen" VII has been chosen from:L. Banner, W. Canning, D. Collett, J. Hirons, M. Hirons, S. Nicholl, M. Rooney, M. Street, R. Williams.
Results:
v. Blackdown H.S.
v. St. Joseph's Convent
v. Binley Park
lost 7 - 13
lost 5-8
lost 0 - 18
Away
Away
Home
The "under thirteen" MI has been chosen from:
C. Anderson, P. Bigley, S. Butterfield, P. Cooper, J. Fish, S. Fox, J. Leeson, C. Montgomery, C. Payne,
C. Steeloy, A" Tombs.
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Results:
v. Binley Park
v. Blackdown H.S.
v. St. Joseph's Convent
Home
Away
Away
lost
lost
lost
0 - 18
3 - 20
7 - 20
C. Montgomery
UVl Arts
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RUGBY
The first XV have the fine record to-date of winning seven out of eleven matches played this Autumn
Term. This is no mean feat, remembering that Warwickshire is the best rugby county in-England. The
reason for this success is undoubtedly a strengthening of our team by the very able ioaching of Mr.
fackson. An important factor which could contribute to some of our success this season is that most of the
matches have been played at home, or rather, thanks to Mr. Bates, on his fields. A long coach ride to any
away match can be very tiring, and at home we get generous pro-school support.from spectators.
With the 'foot and mouth' disease spreading and the likeihood of a hard winter, ii looks as if the
first half of the Spring Term will be very disrupted. Towards the end of the term *" lrop" to have another
'seven-a-side'team to continue our good record in that field.
The frst XV was chosen from the following:Berry, Booden, Burton, Bushell, Corbett, P. Dammermann, Davis (Capt.), Day(V. Capt.), Dunn,Helme,
B. Jones, K. Jones, Kendall, Miller, Molitor, Montgomery, Perry, Rawnsley, sargent, wi[smore, wright.
Results
Banbury Grammar School
Warwick School
Lutterworth Grammar School
Leamington College
King Edward VI Stratford
John Willmott Grammar School
King Henry VIII
Coleshill Grammar School
Dunsmore
Ullathorne Grammar School
Harold Malley
Home
Home
Home
Home
Home
Home
Away
Home
Away
Home
Away
FA
8t2
3 13
1s 8
t23
t43
36
025
260
11 3
93
11 0
P. Dammermann U.Sc.
VI
The second XV was chosen from the following:Balderstone, Booden, Bramwell, Broughton, Brook, Collins, Corbett (Capt.), Curzons, K. Dammermann,
B. Davis, Dunn, Fist Flowers, Homblow, Jenkinson, Minton, Molitor, Montgomery, Perry, Radburn
(V. Capt.), Sargent, Suswain, Thompson, Twitchen, Willoughby, \Yillsmore, Wright.
Results
Banbury Grammar School
Warwick School 2nd
Lutterworth Gramar School
Leamington College
King Edward VI Stratford
Henry VIII
Bourneville Tech.
Warwick School 3rd
King Edwards, Edgbaston
Harold Malley
George Dixon
FA
66
3s0
t26
330
86
0 38
9t6
017
31 33
314
CC
P. Corbett U.Sc.
VI
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Sixth Form Specialisation
The logical place to begin to sort out this problem is before sixth formers embark on an 'A'level
course of any description. Some sfudents are definitely inclined towards either the arts or the sciences at
the 'O'level stage but others have hterests in both.
The present construction of'O'level syllabuses is one problem, for these can easily extinguish any
flickers of interest in science or in the applications of science outside pure research.
After 'O' level, only a minor proportion of sixth formers have the mental courage to face two years'
further science. The rest, the weaker minded in some cases, prefer to fritter their time away pursuing arts
subjects. Not that I dislike works of art, but spending two years reading and praising the same few books
seems a complete waste of intellect, as most arts subjects require the minimum of mental effort. Meanwhile
the scientists, the few, work hard, grappling with mathematical problems and scientific phenomena
Perhaps the scientisfs work occupies less time than the artist's? This may be so, but the sixth form science
candidate puts fiu more concentrated mental effort into Bull II ex. 28, than does an artist into any number
of his time consuming essays on such very deep, important questions as "How does Shakespeare create
humour in Henry V?"
These noble people who opt for science cou$es are forced to follow such outdated, unrealistic syllabuses that they tend to become pure scientists. The type ofproblem occurring in Ptrysics'A'level, for
example, tends to be removed from any practical situation. The maths courses at the moment contain
unimportant material ofno practicaluse,and so the sixth form scientist is unprepared for work outside
the realm of pure science, in technolory and industry.
The solution to the latter problem is obviously to alter the syllabuses drasticalty. These ought to
include topics applicable to industrial science so that candidates will be competent to sort out real
situations. At the same time they will be studying tfre nature of the physcialuniverse.
A different approach to subjects at'O'level would be required to stimulate interest in science
zubjects. A potential sixth former would then seriously consider what science has to offer, and not drift
into the aimless backwaters of Shelley, Virgil and MoliEre. Until recently, the 'O' level science courses,
along with Mathematics, were suffrcient to deter many potential students from these subjects.
The only way to avoid wastage of intellect is to put some life into 'dry as dust' syllabuses and to give
pupils an all round picture of science 34( technology.
G. Whiteman U.VI:SC.
TALISMAN
SAUARE
KENILVYORTH
L2
Scripture
JUNIOR ACTIVITIES
The first term of the Junior Scripfure Club has been highly successful, and its varied programme has
attracted up to one hundred of the junior section, of the school. Items included in the first fiw weeks were
a film strip on the Holy Land, a talk on Coventry Cathedral grven by Mr. Hart, and interviews with
members of staff and pupils.
+Debatine Societv
, Another new society to get bff to a successful start is the Debating Society, which has already
achieved an average attendance figure of eighty. The six debates have aroused great entlusiasm.
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Chess
Every Tiresday dinner time one is sure of finding the Geography Room Iittered with studious bodies,
intensely glued to a chess board. The standard of plryhas been so good that a teanr with Leigh as captain,
and including Riley, Philpott, Ferie, Teame, Jones, S. lYalker has played in the Ieamington Junior Lrague.
The results are a follows:Leamington Boy's College
won
Blackdolvn High
lost
Emscote Lawn
lost
Collectors'Club
The School, this term, has seen many different articles of all descriptions wandering around the
corridors at dinner times and claiming to belong to the collectors' club. This is most probably tnre as it is
well known that the club is flourishing in every respect.
Drama
lvlr. M.J. Chambers has been running this society over the last term and has been able to produce a
sketch for the Halloween Party. At trhe moment I believe they are in the middle of rehearsing i'Jonahl"
Art
Quote lvlr. Hardy: "Lots of kids, lots of things."
I think this about sums up the art club, unless I can be given another six sides to give a brief outline
of their activities!
Cookery
The dozen male cooks recenfly acquired by the school kitchens are the result of many weeks ofhard
work the boys have done! Amongst the dishes prepared by them are curried beef and bread.
Other organizations include a hobbies club, a music club (which I believe is doing very well), a science
club and the Voluntary Senrice society which is particularly active around this time of-year and has tisted
among its achievements a Juke Box Jury, matches and Autumn fairs.
Sports
From the number of activities in which tlte juniors have participitated this year, we may assume them
to be, by now, totally exhausted.
Archery
t
.There is now a-select group ofarchers amongstus, who until the advent ofthe darknights, held regular
practices once a week.
Badminton
. Thejuniorbadminton club has been seriously challengingits senior rivals. Moss and Bennett are
through to the finals of the toumament for the parents, Shiild.
Angling
Quote: "Angling this season was hit by foot and mouth before it got off the ground,',
AnnetteWhitehouseU6A
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SEMOR ACTIVITIES
New Society
.TA;
of bishops, a burst of bubbles, a be^rth. of bpdi.qy, 9" l{"* Society enters v-et
Eigugrrnentsi dne thing to come out of it has been tie startlins discoverv made bv
tras;;i i,*ieo *itt, the quali-tv or nahire of pro
one member of th" *o"iety,"iti"i;i"d#;ffii
ceedings, but varied in proportion to the climate outside-
with
a boggle
*otf,"iJaring v""t of
il;":ti;,
Mr.R.Gilmurray does not dissipate himself any too fleely but our.big da.y came at the first mee{qg
of the term when he rtartei-a meaFUaU of the N6w Society rolling witlia daring.exposE-of Twentietlt
from Bartok to Beaties. Atiendance was middling low.
6;t rt;;ilGtfr
"i"mptii.Gtihirrg
Following haril on Mr.Gilmurray's substantial -bu!-graceful heets, came Mr:l:l-uryley's blues, aided
dark-;kiil"A lenflemen n9t fgetlg any too happv about life; in fact they were
*o
"ri"ila't-i'n.io";
unciruffed. Attendance however, was plentitudinous.
distinctly
*Birthday
rartv]i wttic| sa,1 11t
Not so unfortunately at the rendition of Mr. Harold Pinter's
slightly eicee6ing the audience. However, wonre was y^et to come. The audience at Messrs N.Clark and
b.g.fifirt';M;d;r Foet. amooni"d to a frand total of two, that is, Mr.N.Clark and Mr.C.S.Hirst.
More luck with the last meeting before Christmas. Here was brisk business at a Pooh Party in which
5rpootr read from his works and gave distinguished theses on same
r"r.rJ."rioo.
i"ifiii";6;t;t"a;ii
(+ hunny butties).
Christopher S. Hirst
Senior Debating Society
itr
ArevivedseniorDebatingsocietyhasmet,alternatelywiththeNewSociety-wilh-geatrycc-esgil..
by-!,Ir. N.-Clark yT sgydry pgfeat-ed (and righav)
I. tti"-fti.t a cfut rorCensorship
r"Jiiiiil-*I"iiirgr.
-bv
Mr. C.S.Hirst. In the second a ptea for euthanasia by -Mis,s Bridget [f wrence was
a vast maioritv -Mr.
R.Allott, who is no mean hand at voicing fears. A linal meefing ttus tenn nas
narrowly defeited by
tien pfinnea to prwlnt the eduction of girls but has proved too late for comment,
*ittr
More meetings next term (we hope).
ChristoPher S. Hirst
Christian Education Movement
tttt", the Christian Education Movement has really been lived outjn the m-eeti,ngs held
Thir
*ince S-Joiemter. as'it has atto*"d a far wider horizon for the me-etings to cover than its old tifle' the It welcomes a1l pupils, not necessarily eirristiaq in ou_flook,^and mg..st 9f
3-tir-i;i"Cfi-.tiih-tvto""m"ni.
-ti"*b"*
tus"a on tfe in reality inil !h9 proglems faied by-society. Many-of the. t lks have
Iti,
-di*.i.iii"g.
glr"iiUy risiting speakers, whose topici varied fr6m Extra SensoryPetception to the problems
caused by drugs and sex in modem society.
r.*
This varied programme has produced lively reactions, and
it
is hoped that its success
will continue.
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The Mathematics Society
The school Mathematics Societyisinthepr-oc-essof buildingasmall digital computer recently described
in "Wireless World". The
!_o.*p9r.nts, irictuOing tranSstoft, frii,e finfii, aniveh ana afieinia"t-;;;i;
o"r u.. l.p. Flitcrofl
9! the,or-eqcal study the.conskuctiori has commenced-u"aei tt i
comprcted computer will be an.excellent educational model to derionstrate
"ipirviri.n simpte computing ti"hriqrr"t
which are ggoming eyglmqry im-portant in modem dqr mqG;;ii;ilrrJir,*r,i',iiitil'i, ffipirE;r'--r,opine iii--hb:*Py.j19l":,T!_ltrh.Iopr'-' are being made ry tire eiJctronic te.h"i;"#;;io
-TI
complete tne crcuiting by the Summer
T#
of 1968.
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"r"
plelsed. to-ann-ounce-that the Mathematics Society has joined the newly formed Warwickshire
.branchJ aq
of the Junior Mathematics Society which meets monthly ai Ianchester Cdleee of Technolosv in
coventry. The first meeting consisted of i lecture on ropotory, ano pr;;46 il;f"g";t -i;i;il;f -
those who attended-
G.R. Martin
The Scientific Society
Out-side speakers have been few in number this term. On December 5th Mr. Winter presented an
illustrated talk on "A Naturalist's Visit to East Africa-" et otfrer mietinC. ."ihJbiit rirti;ofCo..eiicr',,
has been pursued by the female memben and the bovs wislLtololdw a-.-irit"i pir:;tidoirid;i;A;;,is.
Table Tennis Club
The School Club continues to flourish in membership, though girl members outnumber boys.
qlw frave,nsel appreclably, g"d 11-r" Clubs enters 2 teams in the Leamington and District
^-_-!tfl$9tgf
lhe seilor side is unbeaten-and the junior side
has won more matches than it has l5st. Over
ryague.
christmas we are holding an invitation toum-ament tor uia-warwicf*iiii,iirJor'r," *d have received entries
from 50 boys and over 7'0 gfuls, Thii ilt beil;" iowaras regular inter-school competition.
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B. Davies
Germany Contacts
The visit of Herr Kt'rimr dYnng.thgllsl half of this term was the starting point of a link between K.G.S.
and the Zeppelin Qvmnailum in F?edrichiirafen.
for the exchanse of
letters, tapes andplrotos, as w,ell as,an opportunity for K.G.s. p'upilJi; ip."a
receive German children into their homrJs.
lhGlillG,iii;;;,i. t#irfiilork
tiiruo"v;;-G.;;-;fi;?;'
The Graf Znppelin School by its pupils
to*,, Friedlichqhafen dates from 25 B.C. but two thirds of it was destroyed in World War II
_, -- _ l_9,
along
with our school. The airship builder Graf Z,eppelin came from our town and i1 is from him that we
get the name of our school. Our [own is situated ori I-arc Constance and iti?avouiatfe
cfimitJ*a its
close proximity to Austria and Switzerland make it an ideal rp.t. tt
mani internaUonat
"*-arJ
conferences here.
Our school was erected rgu-et-rlv at the beginning of this century. The recenfly rebuilt school however
"bedn
1037 pupils and a staff of 51
;a
iri
{eachers. r,eisons
-early to you but we finish at 12.05.
Our teachers.raret! change jotx .nO ttri
migtrt liavi
taught our grand-parents. There are no prefects at our schooljh"e*
"ta'd,siteacher
up discipline.
,:il
has.
We also have a caretaker
during break.
ih;;ffii;;i-ti-. ;iilh;il ;;;
thed;d;a; th;tl;d%e[;"j,
for our large building, who sells Coco Cola, Milo cocoa and hot
sausages
Litfle time is sp-ent on sport-at our school but as fifth formers we have about a dozen subjects with
^ tests
four
a term.,-with marks ianging from one (goo-{) to ri* o"at. eitt J
-- - te;if t"r; Et ;;"
;- ;f;r"
you get a prize, if you get two fives br a six you will have to repeit the yCil"nd
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Happenings
In Music
The School music scene has been one of great activity this year. Unforfunately we have train dormant
far a public performances are concemed, but musical activies have continued to flourish with regular
weekly attendances of the choirs and orchestras, and more people than ever leaming musical instnrments.
as
As you may or may not know, the vocal side of K.G.S. music is divided into two major groups, the
Senior and Junior Choirs (with a splinter group, the Madrigal Singers). lYe have progressed now so far as to
split the Orchestra in a similar fashion. The Senior Orchestra is concentrating on more advanced workq
(we are now in fact rehearsing for 'St. Matthew Passion") while the Junior Orchestra is providing a
grounding in orchestral playing, for the younggr and less practised musicians.
Those of you who came to the dress rchearsal of the Old People's Concert will in fact have seen some
of the more "Senior" members of the Senior Orchestra in action providing the backing for "your bona
correspondent, duckie," in the Vaudeville Band.
The only other performers this year were the Madrigal Group, who entertained the Parents Assoc. at
their recent social, with a selection of carols.
The school has been honoured by two recent visits of tlre County Music Advisor, lvlr. Eric
to give a piano recital to tlre Sixth Form Society, the other to hold auditions for the
newly formed Warwickshire County Youth Orchestra. I am pleased to report that two of the tluee
applicants for the latter were accepted, Helen Rouse (violin) and R. Gilmurray (double bass).
Stephenson; one
The prospects for the fufure of the music depafiment are rosy. In March we harre the Mid-Warwickshire Grammar Schools' Concer! held tfiis year in Coventry Cathedral, which all our musical populace will
attend. Finally at Easter, there will be a performance of J.S. Bach's "St. Matthew Passion" with the School
Choir, the Senior Orchestra and guest soloists.
R. Gilmurray
A Trip To Elba
lvlr. & Mrs. Paikin took a party of senior pupils to the Island of Elba, situated off the west coast of
Italy. lVe set off on 24lh lrtly, and travelled by train to Basle, and tlen to Florence, wherewe stayed the
night After spending the day at Pisa, we travelled to Pigmbino where we caught the ferry boat to Elba
We spent ten days there with temperatures of about 901wery day. On the retum journey we spent one
day in Rome and toured the city by night, and wentually arrived in Leamington, on the 6th August,
after an unforgettable holiday on an enchanting Island.
JeniferBeavonU6A
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Leaving School For University
Leaving school, an acute change. The guiding hand that has always been present in the form
teachers and parents ceases to exist. Your life is suddenly spread out before you in a vast maze of
apparently unconquerable obstacles.
of
Financially, socially, morally, you, and you alone, are, responsible for its running The first week at
university leaves you feeling positively suicidal but slowly as the tide of university life sweeps you into its
depths things begin to improve. Even though there are so many young people at a university, it can be a
very lonely place and it is during these lonely moments that nostalgic thoughts of school and old ftiends
invade your mind.
I
years
feel that my sixth form life prepared me well for university and that the less restricted the last two
of school can become, the better equipped will be school leavers to cope with the fufure.
Bobby Trew, Dundee University
Fizzlejinks
She has cunning blue eyes,
And smooth, silky hair.
She stalks round the house
With a superior air.
She distikes playful kittens,
Poached egg and speeches.
But is perfectly partial
To ice cream and peaches.
She says one day
She will visit the queen,
But whether she does
Will remain to be seen.
She is awfully clever,
Its quite plain to see,
She got 14 'O' levels
And a B.A. degree.
She enjoys headng music,
And looking at pictures.
Or going to parties,
Or listening to lectures.
So I think that you'll
That Fizzlejinks B.A.
agree
Is a quite extraordinary
Cat.
How's that?
Joanna Weinberger IIG
a
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News from the
front
yeq: ofpop
_
_-1967 has been the great
Pundits went on to discover
culture, for not content with recognising the Beatles'genius tle
flrat Batnan and his balloon-thoughted comrade-s *"ai tlr" best thin-g since
Joad and his Brains Trust However, the most worthwhile though rather belated discovery has bien their
latest hero, the Canadian English professor Marshall Mcluhan, who in his rather offhand iashion has
introduced revolutionary theories into the world of Social Science. In September of tiis year he had four
books published at the same time all of which propounded much the same theories, that .the Coleman is the
Message' (It's not so much what you do as the way you do it). Typical of his methods is one book which
for five of its pages shows an enonnous photograph of a fooi '- no words just the foot. He is referred to in
cynical circles as Mcloonie. One thing he did try to do, however, was offer-an explanation of the other
arts' events of the year.
Flower power and the Drug culfure have wasted rather a lot of good artistic.mateiial this year but
its best production was its undoubted inlluence on the Beatle's L.p. 'sgt. pepper,s lonelji Hearts ctub Band,,
'in the tracks'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds'and'A Day in the Lifel whiili were botir stimulating and
gxcilng and up to the standard set by the Beatles'previous single 'strawberry Fields.' Of course, theBeatles't*"itig" filq'Magical Mystery Tour'has been very heavily criticised by the more fog.ridden
,
Other quite reasonable happenings of Flower power have been in the sound ana
ryhtlstiows of
such groups as the Pink Floyd and. the new Zoot Money band'Dandelions Chariof. Straigely enough
one of the greatest influences on these groups has been a retired Oxford don, J.R.R. Tollien, whoi
fatasy-adventure stories in 'The Lord of the Rings,' has appealed to the Hippy imagination. Also worth
a listen is the
19w Rolling Stones L.P. 'His Satanic Majesty's Request,' (thd cover is-worth looking at too.)
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and the new Who L.P.
This year's big poetry discovery has been the Liverpool poets, Roger McGough, Adrien Henri and
Brien Patten' With four books out betye3n them this year and popularity gowing*wittr television appearences they look like becoming Britain's ftst commercial poets sinie flre bJqemarigang. Typical of iheir
p_oetry_ is this one-liner by McGough, 'your finger sadly
has a familiar ring a6ooi it; or-Herrri's po"m
fonigt t at Noon'. The poetry festival this year included exciting perforriances by Robert Graves, Aan
Sexton and Allen Ginsberg
Ar tlre lazz Scene the great event has been the Hammersmilh lazz Expo with a diappointing performance by the Thelonius Monk Orchestra and the usual sparkling brillianci of Charles i.ioyA. 1'[e ust
L.P. of the year has been Mingus' 'Ctrappaqua suite',
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In the painting lvorld David Hoskney has again been outstanding. Locally the best exhibition of the
Art Gallery, Coventry, where tlre Decem6er Lighf Show was both dazzling and
year has been at the Herbert
entertaining.
However, t}e world of tlre theatte has had litfle excitement, nothing coming up to tlre expectations
of last year's'U.S.'or 'Litfle Malcolm'. One of the best plays has been 'Rosencranlz and Guildensten are
Dead'by Tom Stoppard. The year's artistic hopes in the theatre can be summed up by John Hanson's
devastating, brilliant revival of the 'Desert Song'. Finally, the two great cinematic events of the year
have been Joseph Strick's rendition of'Ulysses', and that great and fashionable 'Bonnie and Clyde',
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t9
COMMUNITY SURVEY
A survey was held by members of the Upper VI Science boys on two nearby housing areas,
namely the Wimpey estate and the Stoneleigh Avenue prefabs. The questions asked ranged from ones
on.local life to political and social topics.
in Kenilworth for very different periods of time. Most residents
for periods rangmg from 1 to 5 years; one lady on tihe estate,
an exception; she had lived in Kenilworth for 26 years. In general the residents of the
We found that people had lived
of the new estate had been in the
area
however, was
older estate had lived here considerably longer. Of those interviewed it was discovered that most people
Iiked living in Kenilworth (86.4%) but only 2l.6Vo arc wholly satisfied with the town. Among the
suggested improvements mentioned was a By-pass (32.4Vo) anda sewage farm.
Surprisingty, one quat&r of the people in Kenilworth go out of town for the majority of their
shopping, and over 6Vo do not belong to any local societies of any kind. On the other hand a high
percentage compared witll the country as a whole attended church regularly
-3,Vo.Many of those who
didn't join in societies appeared.to find their chief entertainment in watching television- 94% of the
houses in the area contain a television.
90Vo of householders were married and the average number of children per house was found to be
2.18. Of children living at home one quarter were of working age and 83Vo of schoolchildren were
being educated in Kenilworth. Half of the people intendewed stated that they agreed with comprehensive education, 3O% strongly disagreed with it and 2Vo had no opinion. Most people were in favour of
Coeducatiodal schools (68%) and of raising the school leaving age (53%) bltt against retaining the
1 l-plus examinatton (68%).
7O% of householders owned cars; just over 50Vo of the houses contained telephones although none
were found on tlte older estalq TOVo owned pets, usually a cat or a dog. 57% of the residents had been
abrgad but of these many had no choice; they were draughted in the early 1940's. Of those interviewedfths of the men worked and-of those,rtths received over f,,I500 per year. Over work outside
Kenilworth while only
3Vo
acitdly work in the town,
f,
On general policies we found that 60Vo of those interviewed did not want Britain to join the
Common Market, whtlst 24% agreed with our application. One political question was unique in
receiving a definite 'yes' or 'no': should the voting age be lowered? 57% said'yes' and 43Vo'no'. A
surprising reply came with the Capital Punishment question wherc 59Vo were in favour of its return,
and 3O% against this.
In general, those questioned were very helpful and we thank all for their willingress to take part
in the
survey.
M.DunnU6Sci.
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gffiffi
MR. DAVI_E!
I was asked to interview Mr. Davies for Cinild, - an interview t looked forward to, but have not done justice to
the time allowed.
His name in full is Brian Davies and he was born
in London on January 6, t939. He was edu cated at
Ealing Grammar School and continued his education at
Nottingham University where, he tells me, he obtained a
good Bachelor of Arts degree. He studied History although his first choice was Latin. However, owing to
not taking Greek he was unable to further his Latin
studies. Apart from History and Latin he obtained
English 66A" level.
One of his favourite pastimes is reading, although
he tells me he has a lack of ability in critical analysis,
which is surprising as he strongly believes in analysis
even down to television programmes. To quote "if you
do not use your brain someone will use it for you". He
prefers Political history to the more factual Economic
history.
As most of Mr. Davies's pupils know, he is in his
element in a substantial argument, which arises more
often than not. Television, to many teachers, is tabooHowever, this is not so with Mr. Davies, that is until
recently. He has become increasingly, aware of the sub
standard programmes and tlte viewers' preference to communicate with an object rather than with other
people who can respond to tJrem. "steptoe and Son" is currently Mr. Divies' favourite television progrzrmme not because of its crude, endearing humour but for the interesting aspect of two different characters,
who though related, loathe each other or their environment. This is where his ideas of analysis are put into
practice.
Even though Mr. Davies gives the impression of being a staunch socialist, he informed me he is a radical,
A radical in the respect that he is always keen to see a change. Something new must always be going on to
promote interest and support. He is akeen supporter of the "infamous" Ilarold Wilson, even thougli he doesaOmit ttrat he has been slipping a little recenfly.
He is a steadfast atheist His bblief in tlre human being is too great to leave room for God, which is
after all, only of faith. This leads us to his one sincere conviction: the hate of all racial prejudice.
As a married man, Mr. Davies has little time for relaxation, but he does enjoy reading, especially
modem poetry and psychology. Even though he has always been a keen sportsman, he assures me that histable tennis does not extend further than a pleasurable hobby. Even so Mr. Davies gives up much time to the
table tennis club and to the coaching of promising players.
Unfortunately, his only vice I could discover was his liking of good food.
The reasons Mr. Davies gives for teaching are vague but his popularity among his pupils proves it to be'
a good choice of career.
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Janet Morgan U
VI Mod.
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MRS. EGGINS
Name: Heather Eggns.
Birthplace: Grenoside in the West Riding.
Have you any brothers and sisters? I have one brother.
Where were you educated ? Ecclesfield Grammar
School, Bedford College London, Hughes Hall.
cambridge. I am still being educated in a sense because
I am doing a research degree at Warwick University,
which takes up a part of my time. Needless to say, a
very small part of my time.
when were you first aware that you wanted to teach?
At the age of ten.
what was your worst subject at school? Needrework. I
got 16%.
Have you taught
in any school before this one?
Levenshulme High School for Girls; Grimsby
Wintringham Grammar School.
Which subjects do you teach? English.
which part of your job do you like best? contact with
children I enjoy, but that is the job; the part I like best
is the encouragment of creative uniting.
which part of your job do you dislike the most? Marking comprehension exercises.
Which television progfirmmes do you like best? "Softly, Soffly", "Dee Time", "David Frost" - actually I like
the sort of shows in which people discuss ideas.
Which food do you like? I like
a vast range of food but especially Steak Diane and white wine.
Who are your favourite novelists, playwrights and poets? It is diflicult to name a favourite as I like so
many. I like William Golding Iris Murdoch and Laurence Durrell as modem novelists, and I enjoy
P"dirg and re-reading Jane Austen;1\tfy favourite playwrights are Shakespeare Gtill) and Pinter. ilfy
favourite poets are John Donne and Ted Hughes (among the modems).
what was the last film you saw? "A Man for 4ll seasons" which I enjoyed very much-
What was your most exciting experience? Being in Greece in the last few days before the Revolution.
What is,your favourite type of music? My preferences are very wide but I like modem jazz and most
classical music.
Do you play arty musical instruments? The piano and the organ.
Do you smoke? No.
Whlt are your religious views? I am
a Christian. I consider Christianity provides a positive way of living
philosophy of life.
What are your political views? I am a Liberal and stood as a local candidate in the council elections.
Whichlewspapers and periodicals do you take? 'The Guardian'and'The Sunday Times'. Also the
periodical 'English'.
well as
a
as
22
What are your opinions on education? I am in favour of comprehensive education in a well organised
system. I would also like to see the setting up of Sixth Form Colleges as I feel these would compete morc
adequately for sixth formers than the prcsent system does.
Would you like to see any change in the methods of teaching? The ways of teaching change all the time..
At the moment we are making more and more use of mechanical dwices, tape recorders etc.
What are your personal ambitions in teaching?
I would like to lecture in a Training College.
What changes would you like to see in the educational system? "A" level results arc proved to have a poor
correlation with degree results and ttis makes it a vital educational problem to provide a more accurate
gauge
of a pupifs potential.
What do you think of teenage fashion? I like tlrem.
What are your hobbies and pastime? I enjoy fell walking, reading, writing and social
Have any of your writings been published? A short play published by
quite a lot in sfudent magazines.
Have you had any zuccess in literary competitions? A very
competition. I hope to have more time in the fufure.
t}e Epworth
work
Press
but I have written
minor success in a Kenilworth poetry
What are your engagements in the sphere of social work? I work with the Coventry Samaritans - we are in
the process of setting up a befriending group in Kenilworth.
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The Snake
It moves without
voice or destination,
Solitary and self-confident.
It ascertains perpetual motion
Until its curiosity is satisfied.
Then with a self-assuring flick of its tongue
It continues its unconscious journey.
M.L. Furness 4T
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AWet Summer
The holidays of millions are but a few days old. Old man Smith's flowers are weeping; they never lift
theirheads. The crackedground and parched grass moans and occasionally screams; you can hear it with
your eyes. The oak on the front lawn never gives up. Its gnarled wrist pokes through the ground and
stretches its fingers up to the area betweenground and sky, the area the trees.sharc with birds. Mrs.
Brown's daughter, lying outstretched in the garden, a slave'to the sun. The sun was king of the sky, tlrobbing
and pouring out heat and light. Much to Mr. Smith's dismay the sun looks like winning the batfle of the
sky. IvIr, Smith undoes his shirt as he hacks feverishly at the baked earth.
Ihen, in the east, a-defiant cloud appears over the horizon. It appears white at frst, but
as
it progrer
darkens. Surely one cloud cannot challenge the supremacy of the sun? Then a few more clouds join,
as reinforcements. What controls them? There must be someone who guides them and tell them when to
release their lifegiving cargo. They move, in strict formation across the sky. The zun isn't worried at all.
Mr. Smith looks up, and in a way, he prays.
ses,
it
The Brown's daughter hasn't noticed yet. The sleeping flowers are suddenly nudged by a breeze that
annoys the sun and they shiver. The Brown's daughter sits up, lemoves her sun-glasses and gnzes at the
sky.
Spotting the clouds, she is annoyed and decides to move camp. Chaise longue, sun-tan lotion, and
magazine, are taken inside. The pages of 'Woman's Own'are ruffled by t}re breeze. All through the
neighbourhood, the sound of closing doors mingles with the hum of the breeze talking to the flowers. The
sun, deserted by its followers, is left to face the fight alone.
The grey clouds begin to cross the face of the sun. At frst the sun wins, large rays of light struggle
their way through the clouds and they hit the windows at a tremendous pace in an effort to arouse its
followers, The clouds turn darker and suddenly every tling is dark. Eyes water and struggle to get used to
the new situation. The flowers begin to lift tleir heads to the sun in anticipation. Mr. Smith does likewise.
A spot of rain meets his nose and he carefully licks it off. To him it was wonderful. The rain grew stronger.
The Browns'daughter ran into the garden in hei raincoat to redeem her sun glasses. !vlr. Smith continued
his digging as his wife bangs furiously on the kitchen window. Is the sun weeping?
R. Collins VK
The Otter
The
water's slow, smooth pace was disturbed
By the sleek body of the otter,
into the depths of darkness
Every now and then a silver bubble rising
Disappearing
To the surface to break
Or perhaps to flow gently downstream,
Appearing to reflect the stars in the dark sky
reappears at the surface, silver bubbles
It
Lying close to its coat
it seem to be silver itself
Its dark, brown eyes searching for fish
His eyes with certain unknown depths
As if knowing something no one else does
Suddenly , it's curving and twisting to one side
A fish, perhaps, also seeming to be silver.
Making
Anne Shone 4T
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Reynard
In the
gr:ey
mist of morning
A loud note is borne,
fox is awake
At the sound of the
The
The voice of the hounds
Is excited and shrill.
All are possessed
With the thought of the kill
But Reynard is cunning,
His favourite ply
Is to stay in the l&,
And let them go by.
Jane Leeson
he grinds night
with his blade edge
notes. from his
corner the musichone
chews the lamplight
IK
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amrrcW that,dry darr
Wdft its eltcrbrnen
hyrhan0sr/has bnte\
drfirem into whinlpe
her sil6nt mass.
'Qu*4
d pressecl
And I offer the usual lament and pity the tiny insects;
I look out of the window of my e,i,rttr and tarigh .-- - --'
w
How shall I live it, this life?
For others, for myself,
Or give it up as a lot oi nonsense
And seek no direction at all?
No. none of these.
Iodpy I am living for tomorrow.
Iou salr I lack-courage? you're right.
me: fvhen tomorrow
ljo* please_-tell
tour day,I'm told,
comes, sunday,
Shall I have the courage
To live for today?
Susan Webster
LVI Arts
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Dreaming For The Sinner
The bombs fall and explode my dreams,
Dreams of love and hate,
Oh! how I cry .,.......
The trees wave and shout
The wind whistling through my ea^rs
The sun strangling my sight.
With no legs I drift through wet fields
The sky dulls black with reflected thoughts
I've sinned.
The gay flowers bend with tears of dew
I cry again and die.
N. Tucker U.VI. Sc.
Mercury
do you remember, the same day we played
among all others found some mercury.
spilled on the concrete path, into a million
thousand bubble mirrors.
someone else
must have dropped a thermometer. and the
tiny quicksilver eyes of the earth looked
up to see us split the globules
like amoeba into another hundred
globules and those into another hundred
and those on each on and on,
until only a dark stain remained on the
fingertips.
but there were other globules to start
on.
each with it own convex meniscus, to
reflect the unproportioned face and the
outrageous deep blue sky.
and.the heaven glistered in its diamond,
i tried to make a ring for you
with a blade of grass,
but the sun fell from the mercury
when i moved my head.
i came back the day after, but all the globules
had disappeared, so had you
the earth had winked again.
i had no mirror and now have to
find my own way
home.
C. Hirst U6A
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GffiMI$TIDPffiEM'S PMIDBIEM PAEE
Write to me about any problem on which you hesitate to seekthe advice of your friends. However
difficult, however simple it is, I shall be very pleased to help you.
Dear Christopher,
We are finding the dinner-hour far too long now that the dinner arrangements have been
improved, especially on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Witl the adverit of dark nights we think it would be a good
idea to reduce the dinner break, so that we may leave school at the more usual time of four o'clock.
J. Humphreys 4T
Your request for a shorter dinner hour is valid, but at present impossible. Contracts with bus companies,
time tables and present policy make a shorter afternoon impracticable. Consolation, I am assured, may be
derived from the many new societies founded to combat the long dinner hour.
Dear Christopher,
Dear Christopher,
Why is it that sixth formers have all
the privileges? They are allowed to have
their own area and to drink coffee to their
hearts'content during breaks. Surely, everyone else should have privileges too, just to
make it fair?
I don't think that teachers should be
allowed to 'push in' in the dinner queue. It is
not right, aswepupils have to queue up for
about ten minutes. Teachers should have to join
the queue at the back.
J. Harmer 3K
K. Warmingham 2K
Divine right, it comes to us all in time. It
makes the first five years seem worthwhile.
The system is not meant to be fair; the
fnrits are always better when you are the
only one enjoying them. The coffee? that's
to give us energy to employ the rest of our
privileges.
Many of our readers have
answer more letters.
I
agtee.
Worried 3K:
-
Don't get upset, Mr. Hardy's bark is worse than
his bite.
P.lzzled UV1 mod.
Yes, that is Mr. Southall's real hair.
tht
same complaints, so
I have grouped them all together, in an effort to
One of this year's major complaints is that the lower school (pun-Ed.) is being deprived of the joys of
the padded chair. Deidre Edwards, Jennie Eggleston and Gayle Pickering think the whole thing unfair.
Penny Bigley voices the views of the masses: she tlinks all pupils should allow their posteriorJecstasy at
least one period per week. Nelson tttinks Mr. Southall should have the padded chairJ- so does lvlr.Southall,
he has recommended Nelson for the C.D.M. It has been suggested that 5K's chairs be electrified, heartily
approvbd of by all. Mr. Chapman says that room 15 is a trial case, and that the fufure may see the introduction of many padded chairs.
Much has been said on the subject of bells; Hills would like one in the changing rooms mended, Jean
Conway is just thankful that the one outside the Music Room has been mended.-There have been many
suggestions as to where to put bells - (some physically impossible-Ed.) Rooms 14 and 15 are the most
sound proof it seems - Ladkin and Lesley Banner being most perturbed about this. Although tlere is a bell
outside the music room, it seems the noise inside is zufficientlo drown the sweet note heratding ttre lesson's
close. One is apparenfly needed inside.
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The benches in the playground remain a constant sourceof discussion, Jennings thinks they should be
allotted to each year group, Fiona Sfuart and Susan Tomkinson want to know why they are all down the
boy's end - Lesley Banner suggests a long bench by the bike sheds. More of tlrese benches will be provided
next term, but for the present the only improvement possible is a more fair allocation.
A major complaint this year is inadequate heating. Once again room 14 comes in for criticism from
Eastwood and Vanessa Walters, who claim that this room is not only fteezing in cold weather, but also
boiling in warm weather. Both Wendy Lewis and Jennie Eggleston frnd the rym cold, many others share this
complaint; under floor heating is suggested. The Needlework Room must be an awful place, Joan Harris and
Claire Williams claim near - Polar conditions. It is a case of the cleaners searching for survivors at four
o'clock. Only the hardiest girls can over-sew or fum a hem in such conditions for longer than.one period
It is not known exacfly when the rugger pitches will be fit to play on, but it is doubtful if they will be
ready for some time yet. On sport, we find that the junior girls teams are being very badly treated; in fact,
any teams other than tlte lst XV and 2nd XV, are in a very bad way so far as transpod and refreshments
go - this is very regrettable, but, it seems, unavoidable. There is a growing possibility that a football team
may soon be started for enthusiasts, but rugger will, of course, have priority.
Daphne Kane would like a photograph of the whole school.....and the whole school would like a
photograph of Daphne Kane. As usual everybody wants drastic changes in the school; tlere have been some
very constructive ideas put forward, which, I hope will not go unheeded.
We at "Cinild" would like to apologize for the Vietnam war, devaluation, the New Forest, the
absence of an international languagp, Foot and Mouth disease and llanrey of I 1 lK all of which we have
been held responsible for in your letters. I am sorry I could not have answered more.
C.J. Willsmore - editor
U
VI Modern
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A Train of Thought
Shrill whistle.......o...o.
at last
A sudden hissing, jolting..........
movement, slow but sure.
(And British Rail apologise for any inconvenience
caused by the late mnning of this train.)
Seat found.........
shared
Striped, greasy, sat on....
...spflng gone.
(Icy stares from fellow voyageurs.)
People
:
chewing
reading
dozing,
(Wonder who will make the first move?)
gazng
thoughtful
humming,
(Ah, the first clock-watcher glances wristwards.)
tapping
sniffing
annoying,
(Distant sound-ticket fumbling commences.)
staring
faking
.......\ilaiting
(Enter elderly, white-coated distraction.)
"Afternoon tea
is now being served
in the Buffet Car."
(Ihat brown British Rail Beverage.)
and
nobody
moves
an
inch.
Susan Morris
"hrt
your pens down while I expand." J.H.H.
o'Mr. Finch
is single
handed." H.M.
UVI arts
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