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J. A. MOORE
MEN'S
BOYS'
OUTFITTERS
AND GIRLS'
SCHOOL WEAR SPECIALISTS
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SCHOOL UNIFORM
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AUTUMN
Volume
1964
lV
Number
I
THE SCHOOL
Heodmoster
Mr. R. N. Mitchell
Deputy Headmoster
M
Senior &listress
M
Teoching Stoff
r. B. Howe
l. G ibson
iss D.
Messrs. E.
N. Annable, P. A. Birch, A. J. Bytheway,
G. M. Caine, D. N.
Chambers,
D. Cotteriil,6.
Davies, R. F. Delacou F, J. P. Flitcroft, J.
D. Hardy,
G. A. Lawrence, M. A. J. Leach, M. Lidgard,6.
Lowe, l. V1y'. D. Mackenzie, P. J. Muckersi-e, C. J.
Potts, J. Parker, N. W. Stevens, G. A. Stones,
D. Storey, Miss J. M. Atkinson, Mrs. J. Barder,
Miss P. M. Burrow, Mrs. G. K. Flitcroft, Miss T.
M. Huggett, Miss J. Jenkins, Miss V. M. Jones,
Mrs. E. E. Newstead, Mrs. B. Parkin, Mrs. M.
Storey
Cook Supervisor
Mrs. D. A. Limon
Mr. J. Whitehead
M rs. E. M. Davis
Heod Boy
Heod Girl
Suzanne Pulham
Prefects
l.
Sub-Prefects
W. Arnold, H. Cassie, P. Clark, G. Hankinson,
f. Hillyard, B. Job, V. Lowe, G. Oxford, J. paton,
Secretory
Coretaker
R. Wolverson
Adams, l. Johnston, W. Law, G. V1y'. Randail,
M. Robinson, Sandra Morgan, Christine pearman,
Linda Shelley, Patricia Viner
D. Pomfret, C. Taylor, C. Wallsgrove,
Elizabeth
Ash, Christine Elliott, Mary Hoare, Jennifer Norris,
Anne Rockley, Carol Smitten, Anne U rie, Lillian
Walker.
House Coptoins
Clinton
A.
Landon, S. Kay
Susan Gowers, Mary Hoare
Dudley
R. Wickes, K. Hillyard
Lesley Nock, Jane Elmy
Gount
M. Robinson, G. Oxford
Neville
l. Adams, H.
Patricia Keefe, June Harris
Cassie
Suzanne Pulham, Diana Peyton-Bruhl
577 pupils
on the School Roll
EDITORIAL STAFF :
Editor : Linda Shelley.
Sub-Editor
Sports Editors
: Patricia Viner.
: Diana Peyton-Bruhl,
R. Wolverson.
Photographs
: 'W. Law.
OLD PEOPLE
With the approach of Christmas our thoughts turn to those
in need, especially to the aged, who are so often lonely, poor
and sick.
But as the balance of population continues to shift towards the over-65 age mark, a more than once-a-year kind
thought is needed, and drastic, reformative action in our
present day provision for the care of the old is called for.
Until recently, care of the aged was generally regarded as
being the responsibility of each individual family. To_-d?y,
in m-odern houses and flats, there is seldom room made for
the elderly relative and few young couples feel obliged to
burden themselves with such a responsibility.
About lto/, of old people live in specially provided homes.
For a few, these homes bring great happiness. For the
majority, however, the total lack of independence and the
constant supervision must be intolerable. The inmates of
these homef rarely have anything in common excepting &Ea,
and this new way of life is quite foreign to them. It is an
upheaval, a painful extraction of l-org-gmbedded roots,
which does not accord with the natural evolution of growing
old contentedly. It means, in fact, the surrender of the joyful
struggle for existence.
Miny of the older homes, with their large numbers ?9d
their lack of sep arate rooms, leave much to be desired. The
new homes, by contrast, are small and modern with facilities for entertaining and privacy. Even in these, however,
there is seldom room
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20th The School's Annual Prizegiving. Prizes distributed by
Alderman C. M. T. Smith-Ryland, Chairman of the Warwickshire County Council.
22nd The film, " Facts of Faith " was seen by members of the
S.C.M.
26th-30th Half-term holiday.
28th Miss J. M. Atkinson, Miss T. M. Huggett and Mlle. M. Vilas
accompanied a piarty of VIth Form girls to the Lake District
where they stayed at High Close Youth Hostel.
November
2nd VIth Form visited Stratford to see " Richard III."
Parents of IVth and VI Form pupils were invited to
informal evening with members of staff at the School.
9th
an
10th Rev. Llewellyn George; ,Vicar of Lillington Parish Church,
addressed a meeting of the S.C.M. on " The work of the
lOth
Samaritans," a service group which provides emergency help
people who are in any urgent need.
Kenilworth Grammar School OId Students' Association held
for
its A.G.M. at the School, when new officials were elected
and activities planned for the forthcoming year.
16th VIth Form Society enjoyed a talk given by Dr. S. W. Gillman, Consultant Psychiatrist at The Central Hospital, Warwick.
20th VIth Form Conference held at Leamington
College for Boys'
where the lives of Michelangelo and Galileo and their contri-
bution to the history of mankind were examined by Dr.
20th
Adele Beghe, Vice-Director of the Italian Institute for Cultural
Relations in London and by Dr. Barocas, Head of the Jeremiah Horricks and Wilfred Hall Observatories at Preston.
The School Choir and Orchestra, conducted by Mr. R. F.
Delacour, gave a performance of Haydn's " Creation," which
was enhanced by visiting soloists Angela Caine, Donald
Austin, Roger Usherwood, and
players.
23rd Autumn G.C.E. ' O' level
a
number
of
orchestral
examinations began.
24th S.C.M. meeting : Staff Panel, consisting of Miss Atkinson
and Messrs. Bytheway, Chambers and Muckersie under the
Chairmanship of Mr. Lawrence answered a variety of questions
on religious and social
topics.
December
sth The Warwickshire inter-District Cross Country races were
held on the School's course.
lTth lst and Znd forms' Christmas party.
18th The School's Annual Carol Service.
18th End of term.
*
January
4th School will re-open.
5th Old Students' Association
Warwick-7-30 p.m. for
6
8
Dinner Dance at Woolpack Hotel,
p.m. Tickets 18/6d. e'ach.
Section of Orchestra and Choir performing Haydn's
"
Creation
"
NOTICE
Because there witl be visitors in the school, fro pupils will
be permitted to cross the areo behind the music room in
adiacent to th9 gym-below
froit
"the of the HeadmAster's study,
sti.fJ' room) unless special permission ,s obtained from
the mem,ber of staff on duty who can be found in room six
on alternate long linch hours or in the library on the second
day before the Cbrresponding short lunch hour after one-thirty
or in ioom nine when reversely applicable. This rule applies
to even days commencing the week after last Monday,-and
on a wet diry the normal ioutine will be followed in accorclance
with 133a,-para. 2, sub-section 18, clause 6. Anyone found
not complying with this order will be given An automatic
detention.
J. M. GREEN,
VS.
7
SALYETE
'
We aredelighted to be able to welcome four new members
of staff who have joined us this term and sincerely
hope
^B.
that their time wittr us wilt be a most happy
orre. Mr.
-School,
Davies, 8.A., has come from Minchenden
North
London, to teach history ; Rev. N. 'w. stevens, B.A., Dip.
'Theo., fgrmerly curate of the United Benefice of Winga^te
, 'Glalge in the diocese of Durham, to teach English ; Mr.
M. R. Lidgard, B.Sc., has joined the Biology Department
from Birmingham University ; and Mr. C.- J. Potts, who
has had considerable industrial experience in special purpose
machine design and workshop practice, has come to tiach
engineering drawing.
In addition, we have been most fortunate to
services
have the
of Herr A. A. Kruger, a Gerrnan assistant, who
is
studying German, History and Politics at Munich University
and hopes eventually to become a teacher ; and of Mlle. M.
Vilas, a French assistante, who is preparing for a degree in
English at the University of Bordeaux. We feel certain that
they will both be eminently successful in their ambitions
and trust only that we have done something to help them
form a favouiable impression of England.
VALETE
Unfortunately for us, we shall also have to bid farewell
to three members of staff who have decided to settle down to
{amilltife for the time being. We shall be very sorry to lose
Mrs. Flitcroft, Mrs. Newstead and Mrs. Barder, but nevertheless look forward to the near future when we shall be
able to offer them and their husbands our heartiest congratu-
lations.
We feel, too, that we shall be losing some of our older
pupils, but until the results of the Autumn G.C.E. c( o ))
level examinations are known, we cannot be sure who these
may be.
We are certain, however, about Sandra Morgan, Sharon
Speakman, C. Jones, B. Sellars, C. Ireland, Susan Hallowes
and Susan Ward, and we wish them well for the future.
Prizegiving Comment :
" And this year we took three parties abroad: one to France)
one to Switzerland, and one to the Lake District."
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PRIZE
AWAR^DS
The following pupils were presented with pri^ze9 by Alderman C. M. T. $-itt -Ryland bn the occasion of thq School's
Second Annual Pfizegiving :Governors' Prizes: Carole Speed (Biology); fvl.-I. SayelJEcono-
Allertog (qistorv);
*iii;--c. niveJi (Geography);-116a11 cill; B-_K,
(Irttusic);
P:Y. Clupman
Bond
F,
(Matnimiltii)
D.
i: ff.'Cfiapman
;
in)' the Lower _YI)_; . Barbara
(inyiig-; - i: Aiu*r (Best 'ail-rounder
3(
(Best
iotiiro"
(Best
performance
piifor*airc
by a girl at
bi a boy at (( O ') level).
Headmaster's Prizes
for the
O
level); P. J. Herbert
School Captains : Christine Shepherd,
C.
- R. Landon.
r;nutv-4."4*aster's Prize for Service : Susan Gill.
ioi.i Arts VI : Mary Hoare, Linda Shelley,
_Patricia Viner.
iorn.t Science VI : W. Arnold, G. W'. Randall'
Vth Forms : Patricia feefe, Val6rie Lardner, Rosem?ry.Mcnf8om-ery,
Patricia poweit, iyttt. Riley, W. N. Foster, J. A. Heath, A' E' Landon,
W. J. Moutrie, D. T. Tranter.
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IIIS :
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IVK
IndustrY
2nd
Jea.n leworthy
Evans
Valerie Cqop
R. J. Brassington
Caroline Crook
Ann Jones
ls/
Gilkes
Chiistine Owen
VaGi; Spit.s
^
P. A.
N. R.
P.
P.
bivis
G. Whiteman
Lesley
Schillinger
G. J.-Morris
B. 'W. Booden
f
Balderstone L;qda 2rggins
Andrea Pollard
M' D'
Bubb
C. Goodey Susan Stockdale
1n.
'Mauveen
Canton
Reeves
Helen Rouse
R. T.
Clare Montgomery
Janyce Brown
Joanna Williams
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IS:
M. J. Bramwell Sally Churchill Marion Crofts
Newman Patricia Vandiest Anita Scarth
J.- Broughton
Darryl Miles
Shirley Harris
P.
Elizabeth
F,lizabeth
Grubb
Mccrea
S. P.
Julie
Buchanan
Eastgate
crissima Savage
Deborah Busby
G,C,E, R^BSULTS
As a result of the summer G.C.E. examinations of the
Oxford Local Board, we are now able to congratulate the
following pupils on their success :(K.vi E - English Language; EL: English Literature; L - Latin;
F - French i G_: German; H Histori; EH: EconomicHistory, j
al
SI : Religi_ous Instruction i Gy - Geograbnv; Mu - Music
pM ; pure
M
4gt;
- Mathematics; Ad: AdditionaiMafhematics;
physics i C -ChemMathematics.i 4M- AppliedMathematics; p
- ED:
rrtry.i B.: Eology; HB HumanBioloei; Gly:
Geology;
Enginee{irg D_rawing_; Mwk
Metalworkcki
cookiiv';
Ec _;Economics ; Sta _- Statistics. (e
A';
Level
(PM,{M, P) ; P. Chapman (pM, AM, p ) ; B. Kench (Gy) ;
I.
c. Adq*s
R. Landon GryI) ; P. Ross (Gv) ; M. Thomis (Gv) ; N. Thomson
(4r4.9-, Jurrg Burton (c, B) ; Patricia Lardner (c)-;' carole Speed
(B, Pl\d, E!g) ; & Allerton (EL, H) ; D. Bond (EL, ft,-Mu) ; N. Ciosst_ey (E!,-q);-S,_Egginston (EL, U, Cv); H. Etches (RI);D:Lowe (EL,
E) ;. I. IUit".q.4_(L._F) ; G. Rivers (Ec, Gv) ; M. Sayer (Ec, H, Gy) i
Denise Arnold (EL? F) ; Linda chapmai qEt,-L, F) ; Stephanie baienport (EL_,_F) ; _Pauline Coton (Mu) I Susan Gill (F,L', H) ; pamela Mulroney (EL) ; Christine Shepherd (EL, Mu) ; V.'Lowe-(ED).
Partly as a result of their success in this examination most
of these pupils have gone to establishments of further eduation. D. Bond i.s reading music at Birmingham University,
M. Sayer is at the London School,of Economics, R. Allerton
at the Birmingham School of Architecture and N. Thornson
at the Bradford Institute of Technology. p. Chapman has
!t.1 accepted on a sandwich course with the Atomic Energy
Aylhgrity at Aldermarston and Carole Speed is workii!
with the same Authority at Harwell. T. Adams has also gone
on a sandwich course with Westinghouse Brake Co. Ltd.,
Chippenham. fn addition, the following have accepted placei
at various Teachers' Training Collegei : D. Lowe, Denise
Arnold, Diane Barker, Jane Burton, Pauline Coton, Susan
Gill, Patricia Lardner, Pamela Mulroney and Christine
Slepherd. Stephanie Davenport has embaiked on a course
of business studies at Covently Technical College.
t' Leyel
VK : A. Axford (E, EL, F, Gy, M, B) '; P. Bailey (EL, A) ; S. Dearden
(EL) ; L. Edwards (EL, Gy, M, C) ; T. Farreil (E,-f,t,'C, Gly) ; I.
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Harris (E, EL, Gy, M, GIV) ; R. Knights (E, EL, Gy, M, C, Gly) ;
J. Rivers (E, P, C, B) ; A. Russell (E, EL, M) ; G. Timms (E,, EL, P,
Mwk) ; D. Tranter (E, EL, Ad, P, C, Gly) ; R. Watkins (EL, F, C,
B, Mwk) ; P. Westby (E, EL, Gy, A) ; R. Wickes (E, EL, Gy, C, A) ;
Jennifer Allison (EL, Gy, B, Mu, A) ; Susan Glascoe (EL, F, RI, GV) ;
Alison Goodbody (Cky) ; Susan Hallowes (EL, RI, Gy, Cky) ; Valerie
Lardner (E,, EL, F, M, C, Gly, Mu) ; Moira Macdonald (E, F, B,
Cky) ; Patricia Martin (EL, Gy, B, Mu) ; Rosemary Montgomery
(E, EL, F, EH, Cky, Mu) ; Lesley Nock (E, EL, EH, RI, B) ; D.
Peyton-Bruhl (E, EL, F, EH, M, B) ; Jennifer Powell (EL, Mu) ;
Patricia Powell (E, EL, F, M, P, C, B) ; Maureen Sheehan (F, Cky,
Mu) ; Gail Simpson (E, RI, Cky) ; Josephine Smith (EL, A) ; Lesley
Summers (EL, RI) ; Jacqueline Watts (E, F.L, RI, Cky).
: A. Clarke (Gy, M, P, C) ; R. Ewart (E, EL, P, C, Mwk) ; W.
Foster (E, EL, L, F, Gy, B) ; R. Goodchild (EL, Gy, Ad, P, C) ; J.
Hargreaves (E, Gy, M, GIV) ; P. Herbert (E, EL, F, Gy, C, B, Ad) ;
A. Landon (E, EL, F, L, Gy, Ad, P) ; W. Moutrie (E, EL, F, P, C,
Mwk) ; J. Payne (E, F, M, P, C) ; J. Pound (E, EL, Gy, M, GIV) ;
P. Stacey (E, EL, F, C, Mwk) ; R. Verney (EL, C, B) ; A. Webb (EH,
Gy, Gly) ; A. Winters (Gy, P, C) ; Theresa Beal (E, EL, F, EH, Gy,
B) ; Pamela Bott (EL, RI, CkV) ; Janet Carpenter (E, F.L, F, EH, B,
A) ; Susan Coop (F, RI, Gy, B) ; Jane Elmy (E, EL, F, Gy, C, B) ;
Linda Green (E, EL, EH, Gy, B) ; June Harris (EL, B, Cky) ; Claire
Hollingsworth (E,, EL, EH, CkV) ; Barbara Johnson (E, EL, F, EH,
Gy, M, B) ; Julie Ledington (F, B) ; Carol Monstevens (P, C, B) ;
Jean Quinney (EL, EH, Gy, B) ; Lynne Riley (E,, EL, L, F, Gy, B) ;
Barbara Stewart (F,L, F, EH, Cky) ; Janet Taylor (E.L, F, EH, C, B).
VG
: D. Baskott (EL, Gy, P, C) ; J. Ciriani (M, P, Mwk) ; J. Dagnan
(EL, Gy, M, C, Mwk) ; C. Doran (EL, GV) ; D. Gibbs (E, EL, C) ;
P. Harris (EH, M, C) ; J. Heath (E,, EL, L, F, P, Mwk) ; G. Houghton
(E, EL, F, Gy, M, Mwk) ; S. Kay (EL, M, P, C, A) ; B. Kennedy (E,
EL, C, Mwk) ; R. Kettle (EL, C, B) ; R. Morris (8, EL, Gy, M, C,
Mwk) ; R. Webb (E, EL, Gy, M, Mwk) ; M. Young (E, EL, F) ;
Judith Bennett (E, EL, Mu) ; Susan Chambers (E, EL, EH, M, Mu) ;
Marilyn Friend (E, EL, RI, Cky) ; Patricia Gibbs (EL, L, F, B, Gly) ;
Susan Gibson (E, EL, Cky) ; Susan Gowers (E, EL, RI, Gy, B) ;
Suzanne Henfrey (E, EL, EH, M, C, Cky) ; Patricia Keefe (EL, F,
Gy, M, C, B, A) ; Alison Kilpatrick (EL, Mu) ; Anne Malin (E, EL,
Cky, Mu) ; Joan Marshall (EL, F, M, C) ; Christine Miller (EL, F,
Gy, M, C) ; Pamela Stevenson (E, EL, F, RI, B) ; Susan Ward (EL,
RI, GV) ; Joan Wheeler (M, CkV) ; Penelope Wright (E, EL, F, EH,
M, A) ; Susan Young (E, EL, M, P, C, B).
VS
VT
:
J. Jaye (HB)
;
E,lizabeth Ash (RI, HB, A)
Lillian Walker (E, RI).
;
Anne Caple (RI)
;
It
snould be noted that many of the above named pupils already
in Mathematics and other subjects which they had achieved
at an earlier date. Similarly, this year, we congratulate the following
Fourth Year pupils who were successful in " O " level Mathematics :J. Barrett, P. Evans, N. Gilkes, T. HarrisoD, A. Hatton, H. Kelly, D.
Wheeler, Juliette Cain, Hilary Dale, Juliette Hinks, Jean Leworthy,
R. Brassington, J. Churchill, M. Coad, J. Rabjohns, A. Stokes, Susan
Andrews, Valerie Coop, Jennifer Hills, Valerie Humphries, Ann Morgan,
Christine Owen, P. Dammerman, S. Deeming, R. King, J. Woodward,
Brenda Moutrie, Lynne Russell.
had passes
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The following pupils have also been successful in supplementary
subjects at" O" level:J. Paton (Ec) -; G. Hankinson (Ec) ; Christine Pearman (IlP).; Suzanne
Pulham (B)'; Linda Shelley (RI, HB) ; Carol Smitten (BD ; Wendv
Ruck (f,'-fU, HB) ; Anne Urie (E, HB) ; Patricia Viner (RI)_; Pamela
Wieelei*orth (9, Hg) ; I. Adams (Ad) ; W. Law (,Ig) ; G..-Oxford
(HE, ; D. Pomfret (Ail) ; C. Taylor (Gtv) i C: Walls_grov.q (Vyk).;
P. Wotverson (F, HB) ;'Elizabeth Montgomery (HB) ; Jennifer _Norris
(RI, HB) ; R: Attwb6d (Ad) ; Denise Arnold (G)_; Diane Barker
(Cl ; Linda Chapman (G) ; Stephanie Davenport (G).
KENILWORTH GRAMfuIAR SCHOOL
OLD S"UDENTS' /SS OCIATIOIY
We are always pleased to receive news of old students of the
School and of tne activities of their Association.
As each member is sent a copy of this magazine, we do
provide space to help foster and publicise the functions of
itre AssoCiation. Wc are flnding, however, that news is not
easily obtained and do ask the committee either to - prevail
upon the secretary or to appoint a correspondent to keep us
uf^ -to-date.
Nevertheless, we have had another unsolicited letter from
M. Amos who has given us a very interesting account of the
kind of work he has to do in his career as a farmer. We wish
him well and sincerely hope that he will soon overcome some
of the difficulties which he mentions.
We are indeed grateful to receive a letter from the Association's treasurer, Rosemarie Lloyd, together with an informative account of the A.G.M. and append it here below :" The second Annual General Meeting of Kenilworth
Grammar School Old Students' Association took place on
Tuesday, 10th November, at the School.
Aftei the minutes of the previous meetings had been read
by the secretary, Miss Penny Haynes, the_ treasurer, Miss
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financial position to date. Then the President, Mr. Mitchell,
summarrsed the activities of the Association's first year and
the new officials and committee were elected.
It was the unanimous vote of all the old students that the
Headmaster should continue to hold the office of President.
Penny Haynes was once again elected Secret ary ald Rosemarie Lloyd Treasurer. New members. were, however,
elected on ihe committee, which now consists of :Mr. B. HoWe, Miss D. Gibson, Mr. R. L. Attwood, Mr.
D. Keen, Mr. T. Williaffis, Miss Ann Herkes and Miss
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This is followed on 6th January with our Dinner Dance at
the woglp?ck Hotel, warwicli, starting at 7-30 p.m. for
8 q.P. ,Tickets are available from the seiretary or ireasurer
We are hoping.to hold another treasure hunt in the spring.
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there seems to be moie enthusiasm rrow.
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THE MOCK ELECTION
by
'W'.
ARNOLD, Lf.Sc.VI
The motorised leek of the Welsh Nationalist party, the gallant
attempt of the Conservatives to beat the hecklers by an ingenious loudspeaker system rigged up in the playground, the
appealing, condemning, pious, blasphemous posters of all
political parties that Iiterally coyered the Covered Way were
the highlights that shone through the routine business of debate and argument that normally and naturally precede any
General Election.
As it was, 518 K.G.S. pupils exercised their prerogative of
casting a vote. Some, of course, were cast in a somewhat
misguided direction and were later of necessity cast into
the waste-paper basket. But 518 genuine crosses is a goodly
proportion by any standards and can surely be explained
only in terms of the yery flne weather of October 15th.
Like the American Presidential Elections, the voters
queued for the privilege at the polling booths of the four
constituencies : Junior, lVth, Vth and VIth years. They
of candidate as there is in a
packei of Liquorice Allsorts. Indeed, it was rumoured
that Mr. Stoiey had been approached on behalf of the
Chinese Nationalists, but as tha election came right in the
middle of " The Middle Watch " he said he could not stand
as he was making an eleventh hour attempt to learn his
were given as much choice
lines.
When the secret ballot boxes were rent asunder and the
votescounted, it was discovered with horror by all the other
candidates that the Conservatives had swept the board.
Those who had lost their deposits crept stealthily away and
have held their political peace ever since.
:-
VITH FORM CONSTITUENCY
Lowe, Vernon John (Conservative) 32
; Hillyard,
(Independent)
Nat.)'24
; Wallsgrove, Christopher
(Welsh
Keith William (Labour) 16 ; Westby, Peter Norman
8 ; Landon, Anthony Edward (Liberal) 7 ; Timms,
John
Geoffrey Michael (Communist)
9s.66% Poll.
Vth FORM CONSTITUENCY
1.
:
:; Coad, Michael Allan (Labour)
Stewart, Alison Mary (Liberal) 3.
Charles, Pamela Janet (Conservative) 49
32;
Foyle, John (Communist) 7
94.85 "/" Poll.
;
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IVth FORM CONSTITUENCY
:-
(Conservativg)
Evelyn
Patricia
Nason,
--noU"it
-fdtrn
--Sdfii",
30
(Liberali
;
nist)
! ;
;
12
Derek {Labour)
-Clar.ke,
Lumley, Peter (Commu-
9.
8l.t%
Poll
JUNIOR CONSTITUENCY:-
96; !_rig\t, Matthew Thomas (comBlakeman, Peter (Conservative)
timoqtry vtaitin (Labour) 49 i ,!p?'vol,
;ffii;ai-- 6S ; McSwe"rr"y,'zO;
Moirtgomery, Peter Gerard (IndepenSimon Charles i1.i6er"t)'
dent)
8.
56.3% Poll.
" The Model Witchr" oo The Widdle Motc! '
'i The Woddle Mitch," damn it all, I mean THE STAFF
Comments on
PLAY:-
Producer
: If you can't make 'em laugh, shock 'em | "
*'$*
" And what did you think of the Staff-Pluy, Mr. Bythe*ty
lr"artunately, I couldn't see it. A motor-scooter hit
me right in the midAte of Coventry on the night.i'
" The Staff were ,o Lrll ,urlthey hal no need to act;'
***
o'
I
thought
I
was bY fat the best."
***
" Are you really an American, Mrs.
Parkin ? "
*
" Did your wife ntl it, ,i,
i"
*8*
.o
'Wasn't
it good when the picture fell down ? "
***
" Who cut the hole in the stage for Mrs.
down ? "
,r"*3id
the windmliaor.
,i*
Storey
to go
had been on the
Mr.
l"rn
" You fule ! "
l7
PREFECTS
When rules- for !h. good of all have to be enforced, it is
inevitable that those-who have to enforce them should at
some time be unpopular.
our head girJ: Suzanne pulham, has written to say that
she is rather disturbed when carrying out her duties to
overhear such comments as : o' The prefects take great
delielt in }.i"g thoroughly awkward^ in every poslsiute
" and .".they compete with one another for'giving the
Iay
longest ?nd largest number of impositions.,, Tfr'ese comryeqts, she states, are without anf foundation whatsoever.
In flct, *41t. thg prefects are se6king is the
"o-op.ration
of this handful of malcontents in ordeito prevent
difficulties
and the need for impositions it all. It would
certainly make the life of a prtfect far easier.
we thought that many members of the School, particularly the younger ones, -might like to know a Hitte more
about their leaders and we, therefore, supply the following
arising-
information
:-
R.
Wolverson, Head Boy, is
studying biology, chemistry and
physics and has been provision-
ally accepted at King's College,
London, to read for a degree in
Dental Surgery. Plays rugger
for the l st XV and likes driving
fast motor cars.
Suzanne Pulham, Head Girl, is
studying English, French and
German and is hoping to teach.
Plays hockey and tennis. Likes
the outdoor life and poetry.
Thinks man should dominaie
wornan. Hates wet dinner hours.
What does Adams want to do when he leaves School
(c
?
Grow | "-G, Oxford, (J.Sc. VI.
l8
f.
Adams, deputy Head Boy,
prides himself on being an individualist both on the rugger
field and in the way he wears
his hair. Wants to read pure
chemistry .at univertlty. for
career in industry. Believes in
equal pay for equal work.
Sandra Morganr. deputy Head
Girl, has strong religious coqvictions but dislikes the policies
of the Labour Party. Will be
leaving at Christmas to go to
Bradford Teachers' Training Ct 1lege and will take with her our
very best wishes.
is a completely " unfashion "-conscious scientist,who
is very interested in basket ball
f. Johnston
and swimming. Drives his own
car, but states emphatically that
this was not the inspiration for
his unforgettable talk to the
VIth form on " the origin of the
species. "
Luw, captain of the 2nd XY,
screntist with a flair for
I. a
rs
photography and acting. Believes most people benefit from
male superiority and women like
it. Sport, he says, is being
ruined by professionalism.
G. Randall, a mathematician, is
a fast bowler of repute and
a keen campanologist. Hates
smoking, dancing, big-headed
people and over - made - up
women. Plays rugger and
to church
goes
regularly.
t9
M. Robinson is hoping to go
to university to read metallurgy.
He is a fine lst XV line-out
specialist, who believes PeoPle
should be prepared to give uP
time for sport and SaturdaY
jobbers to make the sacrifice.
Caps contribute
to school smart-
ness, although he dislikes wearing
one himself.
Christine Pearman is studYing
English and HistorY but has
noi yet made up her mind
about a career, although work
in television attracts her. Likes
fast sports cars and believes
that man should be the dominating partner in marriage.
Linda Shelley adores argument
and Economics and is endeavour-
ing to flnd a niche in
L.S.E.
Plays tennis, reads the TelegraP4
and theo' Sunday Times and
watches I married a witch "
on Monday nights. Hates overenthusiasm and nationalism. The
editor of this magazine !
Patricia Viner believes that
woman is equal in theorY but
not in practice and is in a
stronger position that w?Y:
Hoping to pursue a secretatial
with special reference to
foreign languages. Hates longhaired youths and PeoPle who
follow the crowd. Likes reading
course-
autobiograPhies.
"
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Sc:hoolmasters can't be saints
))
-G.A.S.
I7S
AS SEEN BY THE FRENCH
by
Mlle. M. VILAS
have been told, and have discovered for mysglf, that
many English people enjoy being told about their faults
as well as about t6eir viitues and are even quite proud of
what appears peculiar to " foreigners." I hope, therefore,
that you will take the following lines in that wal and excuse
me if I mistake your main characteristics, as I have only
been here for two months.
The first vivid impressions were made on me during
the General Election. What an interesting event for a
foreigner, especially I think for a French girl !. As yotl
perhlps know, moit French people do not seem jlnterested
in th6 pofitical events of th-eir own country. - But,. lrere,
everyon^e looked so much involved in it, even the children,
that I, too, began to follow the General Election, first
with curiosity, then with real interest.
Most political opinions were expressed in conversation
without inhibition 6r reserve and if was the first time that
easily about my own few political ideas.
I could speak
^a
That was strange feefiog, as I- had been told_ that English
people are quite-reserveil and do not like showing their
ieelings. Sirice then, however, it has been explained to
me tf,at you speak easily and freely about politic^s, -put,
on the otfier ha^nd, trying io get you to express YQur feelings
about more personal-subjects is Just a waste of time. That
is the trouble with French people : we are so much more
emotional that we say things when we feel them, before
really thinking about- them, and it is sometimes a cause
of trouble.
" Le flegme britannique " is a famous e-xpression in
France. The following is an illustration of what we mean
by this. A stranger cgmes into a room. where you are
cfiatting to some people and where she is not expected.
If someone shows surprise at her intrusion or concern
about the stranger, this lerson will be French and certainly
not British. And'this is the way
- in which a French person
will behave most of the time. Your behaviour in these
circumstances is what we call " le flegme britannique."
I
2l
So you are supposed
to be socially responsible. And, in
lact, you - are. Your way of making queues, of keeping
lawns and public monuments in good oider has been most
for me.
You are socially responsible, and so sociable in
revealing
your
own society. This has meant that it has been difficult to
intervene or introduce myself where and when needed,
because of the different meaning of a " sociable and
friendly " person in France.
You have an acute sense of nationalism, though I think
that young people are more open-minded about foreign
countries. I have found, nevertheless, you are still sociable
in the right sense of the term-ours may be wrong
sort
of reserve which prevented me from feeting " a{ -a
home.".
But the best way to stop feeling in that way was to try
and adapt myself to this new life and new values, and, I
hope, I have quite succeeded.
AS SEEN BY THE GERMANS
by
Herr A. A. KRUGER
Humming " Britannia Rules the Waves " 1rys-some German
Assistants and English students-could recognise on the
n'orizon the famous white cliffs of Dover. I looked forward
to the warm welcome by the British authorities, which
the Central Bureau of Education wished me.
Instead of this good wish, a smart, young customs officer
threatened me with prison and jail if I did not declare
everything. After this very " warm )) welcome, I tried my
luck at driving on the wrong-I mean on the left-side
of the road. It seemed at first to be easier than it was.
At the next road junction stood the first genuine English
bobby I had seen in my life and I slowed down to admire
his uniform and above all his helmet. Nearly all continental Europeans have heard about the English bobbies,
but not all have had the luck actually to see one-alive !
Soon, I reached the outskirts of London and the traffic
got busier and busier. Gradually, f lost my sense of direction for there were no signposts either to Kenilworth or
even to Birmingham. Waiting at a traffic light, I asked
a man in a car beside me. I then realized the first advantage
of a left-hand drive. I could speak to the driver of the
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car beside me more easily. Luckily, I had asked the right
p;it;;-fot he was on fiit ry3y to girmingham. I tried
io follow him, chasing him lilie a police caf , overtaFi'g
first on the left and ihen on the right side. Sometimes
anothe r car got between us, but I always. managld.gomehow
It was indeed a most exiitiqg " trip " through
io ruirh ;p."
^Nevertheless,
I Saw some of the trees but none
London.
of the lovers in Hyde park and some buildings I knew
already from newspapers and photographs.
in Kenilworth, the sun was shining in
seemed more a place for holidays than
for teaching. And, in fact, nobody could tell me the
way to the bru*mar School. I ^b.gg" to think : perhaps,
there was no school I At last, in the better outskirts for
;h;- high society of Kenilworfh, I found the School, a
When
I
arrived
the blue skt and
it
piiuturit *odern building amidst large playgrounds.
The following Monday morning I went by c?r.through
windv eiuorrr io School. I saw_a_gentleman walking along
in his hand. M, conlecture : ateacher !
the road *ittr u bug-in
the staff rgom). I. ^saw also for the
later
him
if-;;i
hrst time 6ovr and girls in schooi uniform. Not bei.ng
used to this iight, i nia to laugh when I sa_w lh. girls with
straw hats. ft .v reminded me of an old^ picture of my
giu"a*other as a gi4. Ih. -uniforms of the bo-ys are
["iir gooO, buf they"should take rr--ore care to brush their
blazers.
was very astonished that schools started so late in
schools start at 8 a'm' or
the morning. In GermatrY,
sometimes at 7 -30 a.m. pirpils go to school for six days
a week, but they can go home qt l?-30 p.I-n. oJ 1-30 p.ln.
So ,tt.V don't haue aiy school lunch at all. 1 was really
ttr. meals are at school compateg
r"rpiir6a how good
"fot meals
and accommodation ate much
witir the piit.,
generally than in Germany'
England
in
more expe^nsive
I was very astonished too when I saw so m?1ry -school
,buses and even more when I learned that pupils did
not
In
GermanY,
go
to -or on them.
have to pay
.eYery,gody }ut
-'bus
tram if -he goes,to school by.them (for
io;"i-fdr
.*u*ptt, in Stuttgatt, at least lll- Per month). In my
country p"pitr gef their text books flee, but not exercise
books oi paper,-which is a good idea as they do not waste
so much.
customs. The EnglishDifferent
-pi"irr.countries have differenthi_t
pockets if he is not
i-n
hands
put
his
to
**
;rtrrg'tL.*. It i; indeed a comfortable posture. unfortu-
I
23
nately, I have only very small continental pockets ! If
meet somebody you may leave your hands in your
pockets. However, you must shake hands all the time in
old Germany. When I go back, I shall have to give up
this manner if I don't want to look like a badly educated
fellow !
Yes, life is more comfortable in England than in Germany, except that you are not so careless as to call a
Welshman or a Scot " English." our German geography
teachers are very bad. They taught us : Englandir are
people who live on the English Islands. The- mistake is
obvious to every Welsh and Scotsman I
I like staying in Her Majesty's country very much and
I hope to learn more of your ways and customs before I
you_
leave.
SALYE
In
class, one dreary mornitrg,
My teacher said to me :
" Penny ! Please stop day-dreaming
And sit attentively ! "
For Joanna and I were staring
Straight into space, you see,
For Herr Kruger had arrived that day,
From a long way o'er the sea.
PENELOPE LAZELLE, IIIK.
OMNTBUS
A miscellaneous
collection of Articles,
Short Stories and Poetry
SUBURBIA
I live in a narrow suburban street populated by narrow
middle class people who always wash their hirelpurchase
Fords on I Sunday morning and are very busy t-:rying to
keep up with the Joneses.
I live in a street in an area in Leamington Spa, which
!h.y - call . suburbiq, a suburbia mirrored ln Coventry, in
London, in Manchester ; a great suburban sameness.
Suburbia is a place that has neither the ugly attraction
of slum terraces nor the austere grace of regency avenues.
It is just a nothingness full of nothing peo[le. rt is like
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a parasite attaching itself to a city's arteries, and su1!rr1s
semlo"-t all its charactJr and leaving only monotonous,
more
be
to
try
that
detached mazes ; gret, brick coTumni
Grey'11aced qeople *lo, prevent the ngighthan they are.
-seeinE
the. ro*-hake packets on the breakfast
bours from
flaunt their ribhes ; - grey-lace{ people
to
table endeavour
of
who exist but do ,rot iiu. ; grey-faced pebpl9 afraid
Hooverthe
on
next-initatment
the
or
Jr^rtrr,
-wllrpaper
being better than their
dooi',
;-rt[; Lr ""t-paying
Coronation Street
".*t
watcf
poodlgi
pet
have
o*r,, who
1nO
get to impress,
can
they
u"^tr think of what
o" ruro"ouv
"ight-s
give.
can
theY
what
of
but not
This is middle class r"JUUory, and I see it personified
in the man next door.
when I walk to school. I see him.a hundred
I see him;t"t.t,
in tuit and trains' I see him comigg
on
times
bal{
down the ,oud turning trtt corner froln the 'bus st-op, and
pacrets
sge+
caffying
;id.-i;d11.?"-iicket,
and
head
a ro11 of formica under his arm, and bpposite's cat brushing
ugui"rt his leg anq- meowing at his side.
the door of his cubic semi.
I see him-"*;iily-unloclf-flops
into a chair. I see him
t
ui
,ri"[
uu"g
it
I hear
"
getting old. I see him die.
with
But his sup.ifl.ro.N suburban society does not diepettier
eveq
narfower,
even
him. It is perpetuatlO in his
take hold of a
offspring. A".i if t-weie
-liftGod, -I should
and shake all
cloth
a
iiie
it
corner of suburbia urrd
homes and
half-cube
.*ptv
their
of
o"f
empty
the
;*p1;
them.
burn
and
L;;rh th,Jm inio a little heap
P. WESTBY, L.Arts VI'
WORLD OF FANTASY
They look just like gargoyles g-aping,
Mouths sef hard, fierce and cold'
But, then, at night, a transformation'
Out from' nowhere stream yards and yards
Of green striPed bodY ;
Sfight forms of silver wingq,
Pressed flat against their wiry folm'.
They buzz an[ squirm into the darkness,
.
Rea-dy
to perform their
destructive nightly tour.
Their silvery wings like mercury open uP,_
From rock-iike slits along their stripey sides'
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The whirring sound increases louder,
The age-old rock, all crumbles off,
And now emerge the new-formed vurbids,
All swoop off in streaming flight upon their business.
A11 through the night destruction reigns.
Houses, tr_qeg, and woodlands burning
In many different hues and shades. Not too soon the light fades dimmer
And everything looks black and charred.
Then the green and silver vurbids swarm
In hundreds to their hiding
And slowly their rock-like Teatures look much older,
Like gargoyles' as before.
ELAINE TULLOCH, IIIK.
HAYE YOT] THE MAKI.ryGS OF
A GOOD TEACHER?
by
A. AXFORD, L.Arts'VI.
This is designed to encourage all those who are teachers
and all those who are _hgninS to become teachers to give
up and think of something else.
Answer the questions below honestly and without cheatg1s, cribbing or consulting your nei[huour in any way.
Then turn to the score chait and tly to ascertain your
total number of points without undue exaggeration.
1. confronted with a pupil
who has not done his homework, would you ^
(a) thump him ?
(b) shout at him ?
(r) tell ]riq, quietly, to do it by the next day ?
(d) break
down and cry ?
2. A trouble-maker has at last gone too far, would you
(l) beat his head against the-floor ?
(b) send him to tht Headmaster ?
(c) give him extra work ?
3.
A, boy golnes to school with very long hair, do you
(a) send him home ?
(b) get someone to hold him while you hack at it with
a pair of shears, borrowed from the caretaker who
is said to have had considerable experience as a
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barber and whose son used
Queen
to cut
hedges for the
?
(c) ask him to get it cut when he can ?
4. A boy is going to throw himself out of a -top floor
window beiause of something you have said to him,
would you
(a) tell-.him you were only kidding and laugh convincingly
?
(b) have nothing to do with him ?
(") try to persulde him to jump and promise him
thrashing
if
he does not
a
?
5. A boy's ex-wrestling father iq coming to see you becayse
he qriite rightly suspects that you have been persecuting
his soh, would you
(a) start packing your case ?
(U) explain how sorry you are while you clean his size
12 boots
?
(c) say you have gone away for a year and expel
boy
the
?
(d) explain why you persecuted his horrible son and
appeal to [is- fairness (after all, what is a blackeye)
6. A fir$[
?
ygar boy is crying because he says he has lost
his h-omework, do you
(a) call him a liar and give him a detention ?
(b) tell him to do it by tomorrow ?
(t) tefl him not to worry, and wonder why he smirks
as he walks away ?
'l . A sixth former is not wearin g a cap but he gives an
excuse, would you
(a) believe him ?
(b) disbelieve him and give him a detention ?
(r) tel him that you do not believe an excavator could
possibly snatch the cap from his head, but let him
of because it was an original excuse ?
5rb== 3,c : 1, d - 0. 2. a - 5,b - 3,_C : 2.
Score :-1. a
a- 1, b - 3r_c - 5.
3. a -- 3rb- 5, c- 1. 4.
5. a : l, b- Orc - 5,d - 3. 6. a- 5,b _ 3,c = 1.
l. a: 1, b - 4, c --- 3.
Now see how our psychologist interprets your marks :35. You are eithei boastful , a Liar or so bad at aithmetic
that you do not deserve to be in the profession anyway.'
The points do not go this high.
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30-34. You are a sadist and feared by friend and foe
alike, especially by the pupils, who look forward with
dread to your lessons. Go away for a few years. You
are power-drunk.
23-29. Careful ! You are pushing
it ! Look behind you
when you walk home at night. Try not to take both
ways : friendly one minute, hostile the next, it does not
work. You will feel unwanted and persecuted.
20-22. A fair person-perhaps the ideal teacher-you
command respect. Be careful, however, not to mix too
freely with the pupils. If you get a three on every question,
you are set foi life to do a job you enjoy. _ But I doubt
if you will ever gain a headship, unless, of course, You
have on-e already !
11-20. Take a grip on yourself ! Leave and start again
elsewhere before it is too late.
6-11. There is no future in teaching for you. You are
far too humane. Ask yourself if it is worth it. Remember,
if you like your job, there is always high-speed gas !
0-5. Pretty good. Try again !
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SPA
A BRIEF GEOGRAPHICAL
HISTORY OF
WARWICKSHIRE
by
M. J. SAYER, London School of
Economics.
Part 2: THE MIDDLE AGES
(Continued from Cinild, Vol. III, No. 2, pp. 22'25).
The Domesday Book of 1086 measured tl-r. prosperity of
the county in terms of hides of land an{ plough teams.
It was therefore the first measurement of the population
and its wealth, and brought out very
- clearly the diy-"tgences
in ttre development of t[e region. This is well illustrated
by the examples below :Plough
Region
Feldon
Avon Valley
Teams
per Acre
3:2 to 3.8
to 4.0
0.6 to 1.6
1.6
PoPulation Per
square mile
10.6
5.5
to ll.2
to
9.6
1.7 to 4.0
Arden Plateau
The wooded areas were the less prosperous ones while
the lands under the Plough were those on the cleared,
lower levels to the south.
From 1100 A.D. onwards, throughout the Middle Ages,
there was a gradual development of the Arden Plateau,
impeded because the area was
but progress was always
-counties,
meaning that there was
divid^ed amongst three
no central foc-us from which expansion could take place.
Primitive agriculture was the basis for the o_riginal industry,
the main froducts being textile and leather goods. As
the years passed, the number of sheep kept in the region
increased bonsiderably , particularly among th.- ^C11!ercian
Abbeys which, by the- year 1700, birarsted some 20,000 head
of sheep between four abbeys.
The Plateau was not as a whole well served with roads
before the fourteenth century. During this century, thougtt,
a new settlement pattern emerged with the rise of the
towns and villages, causing the demand for better communications and' more roads. New roads included the
main routeway to the north to be diverted from the west
to go via the iapidly expanding Cove-ntry and a road from
Wo-rcester throrigh Birmingham to form one of the four
great Royal Roads.
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The rise of some towns was almost meteoric, like Birmingham which rose from an insignificant little village
in 1086 to the largest town in the area by 1327. The
reason for the move to the towns has for long been assumed
to have been the shortage of labour caused by the plague.
This led the landlords to enclose their land in order to
work it with fewer men. Having done so, they found
enclosure profitable and so continued to do so even after
the population had returned to its old level, thus causing
many people to go to the towns in order to get a living.
But Birmingham seems to owe its earlier growth to other
factors.
The Middle Ages thus saw the development of market
towns and new roads on the Birmingham Plateau. The
sixteenth century saw the beginnings of primitive industrialisation. With the Reformation, the ecclesiastical estates
Defeat
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:
De
fings dat go in de boots.-C. Hurst, IIK.
were abolished and so much of the land under sheep was
opened to the layman. At the same timg, there were new
divelopment in itre Iron industry, enabling ? separation
to takA place between pig and forged ilo_q producing areas.
The Civil Wars were fo-give a great fillip to the industry
as the geographical situation of the area was such as to
allow it tJ pioduce arms for both sides with the result
that swords irrere produced at the phenomental rate of 1500
per year. Parallel to the develbpment -in the industry
mentioned above were developments in the highly skilled
iron trades, such as the making of cutlery and edged tools.
The period from 1100 to 1ZOO thus saw a change in
the balince of Warwickshire. Men had gradually filtered
into the wooded Arden and now instead of agriculture being
their predominant activity they turned their 4a!ds to the
new industrial occupations.,{dmittedly, this industrialism
was very primitive^ in nature and often concerned o1ly
with the ndeds of the farmer, but nevertheless a great shift
had come about both in diitribution and occupations of
of the
The picture now was a Pgrtent
the population.
-four
^for
centuries'
futuie,
with the turn of 1700 a trend of
duration was accelerated as the new techniques of the
Industrial Revolution were applied to the atea.
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A
FIYESSY STORY
by
CAROLINE CROOK, VS.
In nature's. flowery Meades all was calm. Onty the Russell
of the Atkins and the leaves on the Beacher tiees betrayed
the trail of the Crook.
He Padmored gently through the Woodward, but crossed
the Green Broomfield considerably Foster. In the distant
Hadfield, he Sayer several Spires and knowing the church
to be a sanctuary, he made hii way towards it. fne parsons
welcomed him and he sat down-under a Moutrie to eat
his Stewart which had been covered in delicious McGreevy.
He was taking a swig from one of the Pitchers of wirie
by his s-ide, when a Maltby flitted passed his nose. Deeming
this to be a sign of warning, he decided to Foyle his pursuers
by crossing a stream to a building which he saw had smoke
pouring {rom its Philpott. He -hid here until a Hamby
crawled along his nose and Maynard him sneeze, whereupon
the Mason who had built the house discovered him. Suddenly, Detective Inspector Dammerman arrived on the
scene and cried out :
" Collar Holder him ! "
The thief was caught and taken for trial.
In court the Clark accused the Crook :
pavlY Jones, you are charged with unlawfully exploitirg- the King's waterways." Eventually, Jones was fbund
guilty and spent six months working as a black Smith
in the prison workshop.
THOUGH?S ON CHILDHOOD
Childhood. First sounds.
First sights and smells.
The first sound of children,
playing together at school.
The first sight of sheep, cows and horses,
on my first visit to the country.
The fairground. The first smell of toffee apples,
oil and grease paint.
The smell of hot dogs and candy floss.
First friends.
Sat together, sang together,
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plaYed hoP-scotcb together,
inci coPied together'
MY first cowboY hat,
old and worn,
blackened and tattY,
yet taken everywhere,
Mum. TriPs with Mum
to Kenilworth Castle ;
Listening with Mother,
Watching with Mother
;
AndY PandY, Bill and Ben'
I remember these things well'
GuY Fawkes' Night,
*n6, all the street came round'
Catherine wheels on sticks,
Rockets on sticks,
Hot
IIt,
sausages
sticks.
on sticks,
r,Pffi';n,rht"
Poodle' we had'
PATRICIA MAGRATH, IVG.
STATION EIYI)
by
J. PATON, IJ.Arts VI.
day. BlackSaturday was perhaps thr. station's busiest
through
trolleys
waistcoated porters rtrr.a farcel-laden
anxiously
rushed
people
and
passengels
;ritlrg
;f
ffiil, the
catch their trains'
pffiil"*'in u vain attempt tochildren
along
; a ruckinquisiti^ve
uft.i
,ur,
mothers
Worried
the
with u- *to.rred'icarf stood staring atwere
u"o white timetable ; large suitcases
their,owners
hiker
sacked
-blacf
ffi;;
fiatform a-nd attended byirr read coPies
comptete boredom
go"a pupbrback. Smatl bgvs in short
of the ratest James
"gi"6uv
,rot.books and chewed qencils in
trousers il;id
bowler-hatted
their hands and uuirp.A--;rridenta]1y .intoand
The Times '
umliellas
6ti.fcases,
;;ttyi"e
businerr*ir,
'sending
of greY,
columns
Trains rrisseo uro itr.rno.rio,
scattered around the
who wore ;;p6sionI ;i
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writhing smoke up into the trellised, dim-glass arch, which
h3rg seemingly suspended in the atmospliere of organised
chaos, above the cold, black metal canal.
on a brown, scratched beneh, near the booking office,
sat a man unaffected by all that went on around him.
Alone, h. sat there, gazing vacantly
- across the tracks to the
opposite platform. He was old. His clothes were tidy,
clean and pressed, though his tie hung in a loose knof
as though tied by nervous hands. He looked as though
he had been placed on the bench and had no power or
movement, so that he remained there completely motionless
made of cardboard.
A train whistle sounded down the line-the straightthrough London express. As it rumbled nearer, the man
who was sitting alone on the bench stood slowly. Still
logk]ng vacantly across the tracks, he walked to the edge
of the platform. The train thundered nearer. The oid
man stood on the edge of the platform for a second and
then calmly walked off into the path of the oncoming
express. The train thundered on and a screaming woman
fainted near the booking office.
_
REMEDIES FOR DOG NEUROSES
Whilst browsing through a national " daily " the other
weelq, I read with interest that in 1958 the canine population
of Great Britain was 1,500,000. I read with 6ven more
interest that at the last census a population explosion had
tu5-..n place and that the total to-day is nearing the 3
millions mark.
At a rough guess, it appears that one in ten households
owns a dog. If you happen to be one of those ten, you
may have noticed that your dog has gradually acquired
peculiar tendencies. Fqr example-, if your dog j*t happens
to take a lamb chop from the dining-room table 6efore
you carl eat. it, there is in all probability a strong psychological motive. He may, of course, just be hungiyj but,
on the other hand, and this is the point, he may 6e- developing ? psychopathic person ality -with strong - anti-social
tendencies. rn fact, I would go as far as to iuy that out
of the 3 million dogs in this country about 3,000,000 are
suffering from some kind of neuroses or another.To delve into the murky source of your dog's neurosis
would take weeks, if not years. But here arc a few tips
on the way to handle your neurotic dog :1. Do be patient with him. Try to understand the
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)
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
underlying cause of 'his neurosis : it's YOU !
Don't praise other dogs in his presence.
Don't make him feel inferior.
Do explain his mistakes to him.
Don't lead him a dog's life.
Do remember a. dog needs sleep when he is tired,
which is at all times.
Don't embarrass your dog by making him go out
with no clothes on.
Don't dress your dog in last year's fashions.
Do take your dog on holiday.
Do psycho-analyse your dog. It will help him to
face himself and, even more important, it will help
you to face him.
SUSAN FELGATE, L.Arts VI.
CATS AND DOGS
Big cats, fat
cats,
Just sit-on-the-mat cats,
Any this-or-that cats
I don't like them at all.
But lazy cats and hazy cats,
Pulling-up-the-daisy cats,
Chasing-wool and crazy cats,
I like them best of all.
Rough dogs, tough dogs,
Barking-loud and gruff dogs,
Never-had-enough dogs,
I don't like them at all.
But tamed dogs and trained dogs,
Playful little game dogs,
Sometimes quiet and plain dogs,
I like them best of all.
LINDA ASPIN ALL, IK.
" An uncomfortable
e
quietness rang through the roovn
))
- IK.
Christine Kennell,
c
'o
You don't have to take everything you read in the Bible
-for gospel truth " Diano Peyton-Bruhl, L.Arts VI.
Tlte three sins that the pardoner attacks ore gluttony,
swearing and gamboling "
-Elizabeth
Hallowes) VK.
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THE LADY'OF OUR VALLEY
Hair as fair as the moon by night,
Blue eyes like diamonds shining bright,
Skin pale and fragrant, soft and white,
The lady of our valley.
Her mournful lips would sadly smile
As she wandered through the country while
Her lover was awaiting his trial,
In the. court of his majesty.
No more, no more, will she see him ;
His gentle figure neat and trim,
In the light of the stars shining dim.
He's gone now, for ever.
Many, many tears has she wept,
But her valour she always kept
Away from others as they slept
In ignorance and money.
As she prays, her soul passes away,
And by the light of the coming duy,
She can hear the voice of an angel s&Y,
Come with me to heaven.
S. E. JENKINS, IIG.
IIISTAN" PARTY
by
G.
A. HANKINSON, IJ.Arts Vf.
Recent events have demonstrated the popular appeal of
Iarge parties and social functions. In the propaganda which
follows, w€ hope you will find plenty of food for thought
to enable you to run a party of your own successfully.
Firstly, let us deal with whom to invite. It is advisable
to invite only those who enjoy doing the Eame sort of
things that you do. To be on the safe side, limit them
to those of a lesser intelligence that yourself, so that they
will follow you in all you do, even if they do not understand what you are trying to do. Perhaps we can define
this more clearly by saying : invite all those whom you
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know will enjoy playing follow my leader. Also, where
possible, choose one perion who can be relied on to make
a fool of himself. For example, someone with a name
patty swing.
This always
like Pigg or Yellow.
-'o makes the
Here are a few oo do's " and don'ts " when organising
them time to think ! Keep them
a party. Don't give
make sure that they do _not do
buiy and active I -Always
-long,
otherwise they ate likely to
the same thing for too
become proflcient at it. I-et the neighbours see all the
good games you play, but not the bad ones.
With these things in mind, then, we can progress to
the actual party. When the members have assembled in
the hall, make an effort to keep them together, as division
amongst them is fatal. There- have been occasions when
certain pafty members have made rather suspect overtures to members of quite a different patty. This is not
as it makes the neighbours ta1k. In
to be encouraged
" up the party-friends
at once, begin a game of
order to o' whif-will
give your
outside a good imstatutes. This
pression. As the paty warms up and thing-s _get under
w&y, you will find^ thai all will gain self-confidence, 3nd
yo.ri ?ool will rise to the occasion by putting his foot
into everything he comes across. But always be sure to
handle onty clean food as sticky fingers pick up unwanted
objects. In between your games of follow my _ leader,
we suggest games like passing the butt, or blind man's
bluff. -As a general rule, parlies should end by playing
follow my leader until it is time to go.
The finish is always a sad time, but try to cheer your
friends up by telling them there will soon be another one,
even though you know it will be at least in five years'_timg.
Finally, tiy io cheer yourself up by having a good laugh
over the mess you have left for the next lot to clear up.
CRT]CIFIXIO,NI '64
The hills of Palestine stand pained and woe'd
With probleffis, problems all around.
Oh, to be above all strife
And not exist for ever, scorning life !
Evil was the root of That Death.
God above looked down in wist,
But could not reach this life for mist
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Hanging in notorious splendour,
while glinting rays of golden goodness procuring
Hopes and desires of the Everlasting.
Life is short, short and sour.
Order, order, abuse of power
!
Love needs man and man needs lust,
But this is a form, a veneer of dust
Coating human hate and disillusionment.
Give me truth and life, He voiced.
Silence, silence, and hope was lost.
Darkness fell and stood supreme
With the cost
That life was dead,
Life is dead,
And death will reign for evermore,
Till Christ shall heal this open sore.
R. KNIGHTS, L.Arts VI.
A
RtrVOLUTIO,ry
IN
SPORT
by
'W'.
FOSTER, L.Arts VI.
Since the {uyt of antiquated games like rugby and cricket
ale_q$te obviously over, there has been a cry fiom the heart
of British sportsmen and games' masters foi something new.
Their prayer has been answered and enthusiasm for
" Sprogget Ball " has swept the country. As a stateregistered sprogget-ball refefee, I should h-ere like to clear
up some widespread misconceptions about the rules.
As in all sports one must be certain about the object
of the game and in 'o Sprogget Ball " the object is to ririn.
$.tglrtly, after watching the local derby between the Radford
Smellers and the Itchington Scratcheis,-sides
I came away from
the match quite convinced that both
had failed to
understand this fundamental point from the onset.
The team m_ay contain any number of players, although
in the case of championship matches the .ril. speciflraity
states that more may be used and that even rubstitutes
may- be brought on the field once the r.ror,d half is over.
The missile wlrigh patiently and perpetually passes from
one end of the field to the olher anA fhus crea[es a feeling
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animosity between the two sides is, of course, the
" sprogget 6a11." This has evolved from years of work
and experiment among British biologitlf , who have at
of
last periected a cross between a tennis ball and a shoppilg
bask^et. The result resembles a rugby ball-shaped shuttlecock.
One of the main advantages of this game is that it can
be played anywhere, even indoors, provided that there is
an arei of grass of at least 50 squ are yards available. Eygty
with a sprogget stick which is somethirg
player is e{uipped
^stick
but tlie frandle is at the bottom and
iit .i a hockey
top. To overcome this difficulty,
the
is
at
bitbent
the
people in the northern hemisphere caffy it upside down,
but^it must never be used to strike an opponent anywhere
above the head. The penalty for doing so is death, and
the team with the most survivors at the end of the game
lasts 35t minute-s) is the winner.
(which
' At half-tiffie,
the referee calls " Change Sides " ! At
for the other team
this point, everybody starts playing
-ensures
t\?t-thg spjrit of
which, I'm sure you-will agree,
fair play and good sportsmanship for which the British
are sb *e11 known abroad, is kept alive.
Letters to the Dditor
could be included in the magazine, I s&y, Why not ? and
Disillusioned
Dear Sir,
When
I
" Cinild "
receive my
I always turn to the letters
first. I find it disturbing, however, when I read good suggestions. for improving the School
to reaLize that no action will
include football, billiards, wrest-
go1f, etc., and
ling, squash,
-of a school
magazine
instead
we would have a sPorts Paper.
Let us keep it as it is ! But
I should have no objection to
motor-racing articles.
M. PARSONS, VS.
be taken about these suggestions.
Surely, some use should be made
of them to bring more originality into the School ?
JANET CARPENTER,
L.Arts VI.
Dear Editor,
In
answer
to a request
bY B.
Soacie. IG. for articles about
trbrse-iiding may I reply with
the following extract from
R"plies
Dear Sir,
In reply
asking
if
to a previous
mY
diary :Early- morning horses led out.
Given large brown one. Had
nasty look in its eye. Tried to
letter
horse-riding articles
bite me. I mounted, horse
swung round and round. Pull
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on reins and shout Woah
!
Horse reaches forward and almost
pulls me over its ears. Set off.
Horse tries to snatch mouthfuls
o-f grass. Trots. Cannot get
rhythm. Very painful. pull
horse to standstill. Dog rushes
out. Horse shies, breaks into
canter. I lose control. Horse
decides to stop suddenly at
edge of swimming pool. We
part company. I do belly-flop
rnto swimming pool. Dear sir,
I am against having swimming
pools
!
KENI L. WORTH.
Club be formed. I am sure that
would be yery well supported
as there are many anglers in
it
It would be very
if a teacher would
take charge of the Club as I
the School.
welcome
cannot find time myself.
S. DEEMING, VS.
Dear Sir,
I
it would be a great
to all if each form
had one free period a week,
when subjects of interest could
be followed up with the use of
the library.
MARIAN DOUGLAS, IVG.
Suggestions
Dear Sir,
Would
it
think
advantage
Coloured Pupils
not be fair to
give
the pupils some say in the choice
of school captains and prefects ?
These could be chosen by vote
from a list of candidates eligible.
B. FINNEY, IVG.
Dear Editor,
I think iir. girls should be
in the boys' games
if they want to. Many boys
able to join
think that girls are cissiLs, Uirt
if they let us have a go at these
things, we should be just as
tough as the boys. Boys play
netball, rounders and hoCkey,
Dear Editor,
May I ask
if it
is just " one
" that our School
has no coloured pupils ? Surely,
in a School the size of ours,
it is against the laws of ayerage,
to have an all-white " populaof those things
tion." Most secondary schools
have their coloured pupils, so
does this mean that they are
not bright enough to go to a
grammar school or is there an
invisible colour bar preventing
their entry
?
VALERIE SPIERS, VS.
why slouldn't girls play rugby
and cricket
?
PATRICIA ODELL, IIIK.
Dear Sir',
Why isn't there a list of
school rules up somewhere for
the juniors to refer to ? It is
most unfair when they are reprimanded by prefects for breaking
rules that they might never have
heard of.
PATSY WEBB, IIG.
Dear Editor,
Why can't the juniors have
Christmas party
a
?
SHARON WILLIAMS, IK.
Dear Sir,
I propose that
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an
Discrrss
ion Benches
Dear Sir,
During a class discussion re-
cently one
girl suggested that
there should be benches on the
playing field, or that other forms
to use the
for the sixth
should be allowed
benches supplied
formers.
I agree that this should
be so because there are rarely
any sixth former s using the
benches and fourth and fifth
formers would be very glad to
sit on
these.
GLENYS LEIGH, IVG.
Dear Editor,
Angling
I
think that there should
be
a large heated room with a few
chairs-and amusements for when
it is too cold to wait for lunch
outside.
PATRICIA KABLER, IK.
Dear Editor,
We are constantly being lec-
tured about holding up the
corridor walls. Surely, this
habit will never be overcome
if
we aren't provided with seating
at break and the lunch
hour.
on the field and on the
plaY-
Benches could easily be placed
ground.
about the cloakrooms
ANNE MACFARLANE, IK.
Dear Editor,
I was under the impression
that School Fund covered all
expenses fiom sport to drama.
Unfortunately, this is not so.
A11 players
H.AZFI HODKINSON,
IVG.
Dear Sir,
I should like to suggest that
we form senior and junior discussion groups. These could
is that
high. I know
that I am very small, but we
could have them a bit lower.
Some days I strain myself getting
up to hang my coat up. Sometimes I have to ask my friend
to put it up.
the pegs are too
in the girls'
teams
have to pay transport money to
and from matches. This mounts
up to quite a large sum over
be held during the long ltrnch
the season. I know all players
-and I
have the same trouble
wondered if you could help.
LYNDA PADMORE, VS.
basis than the debating societies.
Dear Sir,
hours on a much more informal
JANET GOWERS, IVG.
Dear Sir,
I
think that the senior pupils
should be allowed one free
period a week for free discussion. Also, they should be
allowed to watch the educational programmes on the television in the dinner hour.
JENNIFER BEAVON, IVG.
Dear Sir,
I am sure that
it
would
be
more convenient to shorten the
seven lessons we have every
day, thereby having an extra
one for free discussion or world
affairs, etc.
I
think that school caps
are
a nuisance and look ridiculous,
G. MILLER, IVG.
Complaints
Dear Editor,
I think that any double lessons
should be abolished as they last
much too long, especially when
especially on sixth formers who
have to come to school with
this unnecessary item of clothing
perched upon their heads. The
caps never flt properly and are
offin the slightest
breeze. We have to wear these
always blowing
when entering and leaving school,
but they are never inclined
at
the correct angle and a lot of
time is wasted putting this
right. It would save time and
trouble to abolish them completely.
We learn of the long hours
which children worked in the
18th century, but teachers do
not realise that pupils here and
now are still working these
hours doing homework. We
shallrevolt!!!
G. WHITEMAN, IVG.
Dear Editor,
I think that something
should
we are sitting all the time.
MARY CAMERON, IK.
be done about our school 'bus.
It is the last to arrive at night
Dear Editor
morning, which means that at
-
ftt.-poirrt' tfrut
I
do not like
to arrive in the
night we wait for ages in the
and the first
4t
cold and some people are late
for dental appointments and
other rathe r important things.
LYNDA ASPINALL, IK
Ball
KEVIN BECKETT, IK.
Hoppy
Dear Editor,
I
Poiruts
Dear Editor,
Why can't we use ballpoint
in our best books ? They
are cleaner and tidier and do
not make blots on our hands.
pens
They are easier to carry around
as they do not need a bottle of
ink. Also, they are
cheaper.
much
used
to find that trying to
move along the crowded corridors and stairs was very tiring
and difficult. Now, I position
myself behind a big, taLl prefect
or master and I find that everyone
moves to the side and that I
can reach my destination quite
easily while others are struggling.
C. WINTERS, IIIK.
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This competition is intended for ALL pupils of the School
and the best entry will be awarded free copies of " Cinild "
for as long as the pupil concerned is at K.G.S.
Most answers require one or two word.s only, which
should be numbered and written clearly on a respectable
sheet of paper and headed by the nam-e and form of the
pupil.
Entries must be given to Mr. Birch not later than Friday,
15th January, 1965.
Reference books, dictionaries and encyclopaedias may be
used.
" in L. M. Alcott's book of that
2-From what works were the musicals (a) " Half a Sixpence " ; (b)
" My Fair Lady " adapted ? Also name the authori
3-Name the authors who wrote under the pseudonyms (a) e ; (b)
George Eliot ; (c) Ellis Bell.
4-Correct the following misquotationq : (a) A11 that glitters is not
l-Name the four " Little
Women
name.
gqlq; (b) _ Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink ;
(c) If you have tears to shed, prepare to shed them n6w.
S-Wh_at legendary countries weG invented by (a) Joseph Conrad in
" Ncstrolno " i (b) Anthony Hope in " Prisoner of Zenda " ?
6-Which of the following is nearesf (as the crow flies) to Kenilworth
Grammar. Sclool ? (a) Leamington Pump Rooms ; (b) warwick
Castle
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;
(c) Coventry Cathedral.
7-Which of the following countries has the smallest population :
Denmark, Belgium, Sweden, Portugal, Norway, Finland and the
Netherlands
?
use would you make
meter (c) a seismograph
8-What
;
of (a) a cup anemometer
;
(d) Carnpbell-Stokes
;
(b) a hygro-
apparatuq
?
the following riveis in their length order : Brahmaputra, Volga,
Nile, Yellow, Yangtze.
10-In what type of coirntryside woul.d you expect to find (a) a gryke ;
9-Put
(b) a dike ; (c) lapilli
;
(d) yardang
?
ll-What is the differe-nce between " un-billet simple "
"?
l2-What in
doux
name
and " un billet
Paris is (a) Le Perb Lachaise and (b) who first bore this
?
l3-What kind of farm is called " une metairie " ?
14-Who was the original Cyrano de Bergerac and what dramatist
wrote a well-known play about him ?
l5-Voltaire used to end his [etters with the code word o'6crlinf." This
to his friends, but remained a
to the censors. Can you explain it ?
expressed his strong feelings
Who is reputed to have said
no signal to retreat"
l7-" My kingdom for a horse "
18-66 We are not amused."
Who said about whom :
16-* I
puzzle
:
see
l9-3( IIe's the wisest fool in Christendom."
2O-" He had sat on the fence so long that the iron had entered into
his soul "
foilowing are famous physicists. Their names are now used
for certain measurements in science. What type of measurement
is associated with each name ? (a) Joule ; (b) Ampere ; (c) Ohm ;
(d) Rutherford.
zz-L'piece of ice floating in a beaker of water melts. Does the water
Zl-ihe
or fall ?
level rise, stay the same,-abbrevations
23-What do'
D.N.A.
;
the- following
(c) P.T.F.E.
;
(d) N.U.T.
represent
:
(a) D.D.T.
;
(b)
?
/{-tl/11a1 discoveries are associated with the names of : (a) Hahn ;
(b) Moisson ; (c) Chadwick ; (d) Herschel ; (f) Rontgen ; (g)
Becquerel
are
?
(a)
' a meson ; (b) neutrino ; (c) a photon ; (d) m-eteor ?
said : ;' It is expedient that one man should die for the
people " ?
27-Seven sons and three daughters were born to Job after his tribulation. Name his eldest daughter.
28-Of whom was it said, " FIe driveth furiously " ?
29 Name the mountain where Saul was killed by the Philistines.
30-What was the occupation of Joseph's brothers ?
3l-Woodpecker, Brown Owl, Wren,'- Swa!!ow, .Cucko9,- .Pheasant,
25-What
26-Who
:
Rooki Starling, Wood-pig6on, Magpie, Blue -t!t, Blackbird. 4 of
these birds havi: true soitgs, 4'have-musical calls, 4 have unmusical
voices. Say which are which.
32-Give two differences between : (a) a rabbit and a hare ; (b)
a
stoat and a weasel
33-From which plants would you obtain the following : (a) cocaine ;
(b) lavender ;- (c) pepper ; (d) turpentine ?
3a-bive two uses df cbtour in piants and two uses of colour in animals.
35-Who was considered to have been the (a) father of medicine ; (b)
father of biology.
36-What is the name of the earliest known piece of secular music ?
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37-What do the initials C.A.E. and E.D.IJ. stand for and which piece
of music do they bring to mind ?
38-Who wrote the first English opera and what is it called ?
39-Which composer became a Briiish " under-cover agent " in Europe
in the lTth century ?
in 1791, heard a certain piece of music
and said of its composer : " FIe is the master of us a11." Name
the piece of music ahd its composer.
40-Haydn, visiting London
4l-Where
has Latin " been dropped " ?
4z-What significance have the numbers 317, 303, 9 ?
43-Which great leader died in 1964 ?
44-Which tubs lost their " shine " in 1964 ?
45-What do you associate with Mach 1.8 ?
46-What is the name of the painter who was known particularly for
his portraits of Charles I ?
47-Who were the architects who designe d the Houses of Parliament ?
48-The most famous sculptor of the-last century was a Frenchman.
Name him.
49-What type of scene did Pieter Brueghel the Elder most often paint ?
50-What was the name of the famous Greek sculptor who carved
the Goddess Athena for the Parthenon ?
ORIGINALITY
I'm told to write
something original,
But I don't know where to begin
I've got nothing original in ffi€,
Unless it's original sin !
Paton, describe your ideal heroine
((
Yes
o'
sir.
Male or female?
Tltere ore many stories based on
o'f
wns getting
A man
)'-J.
C. LISLE, IIIK.
Paton, U.Arts VI.
fictisn"-J.
,S. Heatlter,
III,S.
all hotted up over my relative clausss))-D.C.
Mr. Storey to IIIT :
o'
!
;
'o
How do you spell aller, Barber? "
oppeared through my half-closed eyelids " =-
Anne Urie, U.Arts VI.
" If
th9 people in Poland ore called Poles, why oren't the
people in Holland called Holes'l )'-G. Morris, IIIK.
"f
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say.)'-J.M.A.
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SPONT
HOCKEY
We have been so fortunate with the weather this season
that so far no hockey match has had to be cancelled. The
lst XI has had a fairly successful start to the season, but
the Znd XI has done even better, not having lost a match
to
date.
Enthusiasm is very high throughout the teams, especially
among the juniors wfro can be ieen practising most lunch
hours] Wi[h some team members away at various trials,
we have had no difficulty
in finding
reserves
to fill
their
places.
We congratulate Helen Hamby and Christine Boucher
on being chosen to play for the Under -16 2nd XI of East
Warwic[shire and Diana Peyton-Bruhl who was chosen
to play for the Under-l8 2nd XI.
ftre' lst XI has been chosen from the following :-S.
Gowers (Capt.), P. Bott, C. Boucher, M. Broomfield,
A. Canning, A. Goodbody, H. Hamby, J. Hobbs, C.-Jones,
J. Jones, P. Keefe, V. Lardner, C. Montgomery, P. Nason,
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L. Nock, C. Owen, L. Padmore, D. Peyton-Bruhl,
J. Williams.
S. Pulh&fu,
RESULTS
v. Redditch
Home
Home
Home
Away
Home
Home
Away
H.S.
v. Cardinal Wiseman's
v. Blackdown H.S.
v. Leamington College
v. St. Joseph's Convent
v. Stratford G.S.
v. Blackdown H.S.
Lost l-z
Won 5-1
Won 5-1
Drew 0-0
Won 3-0
Cancelled
Lost 0-2
The Znd, XI and Under-16 XI have been chosen from
the following :-P. Bott (Capt.), S. Atkins, C. Boucher,
M. Broomfi.eld, J. Elmy, J. Gowers, H. Hamby, H. Hodkinson, J. Hobbs, A. Jones, C. Jones, J. Jones, P. Keefe, C,
Montgomery, P. Nason, C. Owen, L. Padmore, S. Pulham'
L. Riley, A. Roberts, J. Taylor, J. Williams.
RESULTS
v. Beauchamp
v. Redditch
Away
Home
Away
'" Home
Away
Away
Home
Away
Home
H.S.
H.S.
v. Castle H.S.
v. Blackdown H.S.
v. Dormer H.S.
v. Leamington College
v. Stratford
G.S. (A team)
v. Blackdown H.S.
v. Dormer H.S.
Under-16 Tournament at Rugby
v.
v.
v.
v.
Won 3-1
Drew 1-1
Won 7-0
Won 5-1
Won 2-l
Lost l-z
Lost 0-3
Drew 1-1
Cancelled
:
Won
Won
Lost
Blackdown H.S.
Whitley Abbey C.S.
Nicholas Chamberlain
Drew
Beauchamp H.S.
1-0
1-0
0-1
0-0
The Under-ls, -14, -13, -12 XI's have been chosen from
the following :-J. Banner, M. Beal, R. Beckett, E. Baxter,
M. Broomfield, J. Brown, A. Canning, J. Coton, M. Croft,
M. Gott, J. Gowers, L- Harmafl, L. Hillyard, ff. Hodkinson,
M. Jones, P. Lazelle, H. Lockyer, P. Malin, P. McGrath,
D. Miles, S. Moles, A. Morgan, L. Nason, P. Nason, S.
Padmore, H. Peyton-Bruhl, P. Potts, K. Powers, C. Riley,
P. Scarrott, C. Taylor, 'L. Thumwood, J. Williaffis, D.
Wheeler, A. Whitehouse.
Under-ls XI
:
v. Beauchamp
v. Castle
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H.S.
RESULTS
H.S.
Away Lost
Away Lost
0-4
1-5
v. Cardinal Wiseman's
v. Blackdown H.S.
v. St. JosePh's Convent
Under-L(, -13, :12 XI's
Home
Home
Home
Lost
Away
Away
Home
Away
Home
Away
Lost 2-5
Lost 0-5
Lost 1-2
Lost 0-5
Drew 1-1
Lost l-2
Lost
Won
t-2
t-2
8-0
:
v. Beauchamp H.S.
v. Castle H.S.
v. Blackdown H.S.
v. Dormer H.S.
v. Stratford G.S.
v. Blackdown H.S.
SWIMMING
for the three age groups in the Mid-warttriJ term put up very gogd
at Leamington
Gala
*irkrhir.
-P.eytg,n-Bruhl aid exceptionally
and Helet
fii;;-urrr",
well to come lst in the Junior Back-stroke event.
Teams entered
DIANA PEYTON-BRUHL, L'Arts VI'
RUGBY
The lst
the following :-_Landon
Kay, Wolverson, Ad.ms, !9-ye, Robinson, Parsons'
Xy has been chosen from
rcrpi),
b-ifitO, Catsie, Law,
Pomfr at,'
Hillyatd: Clark, Herbert,
Wict es, Edwards, Evans, Kelly, Stacey, Knights.
A. Landon has been selecied once again to represent
Warwickshire in the Under-l9 XV.
RESULTS
v. Manor Park G.S.
v. Whitley Abbey C.S.
v. Leamington College
Y. Foxford C.S.
v. Lutterworth
G.S.
G.S.
Dunsmore B.S.
Hipperhome G.S.
v. Manor Park
v.
v.
v. Warwick S. 66 A " XV
v. Shipston
R.F.C.
v. Dunsmore B.S.
v. Ullathorne
G.S.
v. Leamington Colts
v. George Dixon
G.S.
Away
Away
Away
Away
Away
Home
Home
Home
Away
Home
Away
Away
Home
Lost
9-12
Won 22-O
Lost 6-19
Won 2l'O
Won 20-6
Won 19-8
Lost 6-21
Lost 18-19
Lost 0-9
Won 35-3
Lost 0-35
Won
Won
16-5
57-0
Away
The 2nd XV has been chosen from the following :Cassie, Deem-ing, Meades, GoodOifotO,
Law- (Capt.),
'
Kelly,
rt itO, Wili6y,
A*ford, Kennedy, Long, Foyle,
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Randall, Watkins, Knights.
RESULTS
v.
Home
Away
Home
Away
Away
Home
Sheldon Heath C.S.
v. Leamington
College
Sharman's Cross
v.
v. Henley-in-Arden H.S.
v. Shipston H.S.
v.
Ravens
v. George Dixon
G.S.
Home
Lost 0.25
Lost 3-23
Lost 14-20
Lost 6-21
Won 34-0
Lost 3-27
The 3rd xY has been chosen from the following :Puy (Capt.), Clarke, Jones, Bailey, Corb ett, Bubb, Doran,
pagnen, Wheeler, Freeman, Barber, Perry, Kill, Newman,
Gilmurray, Coulson, Brunskill, Jenkins, Meades, Suswain.
RESULTS
v. Manor Park
Home
Home
Home
Away
Home
Home
Away
Home
G.S.
v'. Whitley Abbey C.S.
v. Foxford C.S.
Y. Sharman's Cross
v.
v.
v.
v.
Dunsmore B.S.
Hipperhome G.S.
Dunsmore B.S.
Ullathorne G.S.
v. George Dixon
G.S.
Home
Lost 9-1J
Drew 6-6
Lost 3-I5
Won 1l-3
Lost A-37
Won 15-13
Lost 0-46
Won 6-3
The Under-L{ xV has been chosen from the following :lgnes (capt.), Berry, Street, Blakeman, Bushell, wright,
9]rupfan,__Mo_nlgornery, Radburn, Frost, Bramwell, KuV,
Murphy, Kendall, Twitchen.
RESULTS
v. Manor park G.s.
v. Whitley Abbey C.S.
v. Leamington
College
v. Foxford C.S.
v. Lutterworth G.S.
v. Sharman's Cross
v. Henley-in-Arden H.S.
v. Bournville Tech. S.
v. Newbold Grange H.S.
v. Oken
H.S.
v. Blackdown H.S.
v. Ullathorne G.S.
Y. George Dixon G.S.
Away
Away
Home
Away
Away
Home
Away
Away
Home
Home
Away
Away
Won
Won
Won
Won
Won
Won
18-0
2r-9
9-8
18-6
9-3
9-6
Won
Lost
3s-5
8-9
Won
52-O
Won
Lost
Won
3-8
8-0
9-3
Away
The Under-l3 xv has been chosen from the following :_Hyrst (_capt.), Jones, willoughby, Allen, Minton, Brook,
L_illey, _Curzons, Fisk, Goldery, Flowers, Kallicak, Kelland,
Hoopell, Clements.
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v. Manor Park
RESULTS
G.S.
v. Whitley Abbey
C.S.
Y. Leamington College
v.
v.
v.
v.
v.
v.
Foxford C.S.
Sharman's Cross
Shipston H.S.
Newbold Grange H.S.
Ullathorne G.S.
George Dixon G.S.
Home
Home
Home
Home
Away
Away
Home
Away
Away
Lost 0-5
Drew 6-6
Lost 0-11
Lost 3-14
Lost 5-8
Drew 3-3
Won 9-6
Lost 0-16
CROSS COUNTRY
to Rust and Kelland who have been
for the Mid-Warwickshire Under 13 team and
Congratulations
selected
to Herbert, Job, Arnold and Hatton who have been
for the Over- I 5 team.
selected
ATHLETICS
Undoubtedly, the most outstanding achievement of K.G.S.
in the sporting world to date is to have had representatives
in the A11 England Schools' Sports for three successive
years. Considering the comparafive smallness of our School
ltris is a truly remarkable distinction, but that our competitors should have done so well in these sports *jU long
lontinue to be one of the brightest highlights of our history.
It was indeed most gratifying to have the occasion acknowledged by our Goveinors, who saw fit to award the School
a day's holiday.
Our heartiest congratulations go to the following Pln{s
who were so successful at Hendon this summer :-Linda
Padmore, who was third in the girls' high jump event ;
A. Landon, who was fourth in the boys' shot put ; and
S. Kuy, who was tenth in the triple jump.
R. WOLVERSON, IJ.Sc. VI.
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