THE DORKINIAN - 1964 EDITORIAL In a year which has seen the production of divers reports on education, all of them hotly contested and of equally doubtful value, the old order still subsists. Co-education, too, receives criticism from the progressive as well as from the narrow-minded and reactionary. Nonetheless, even those who smart under the indignities of what they consider are its antiquated and ill- conceived restrictions should be aware of the benefits of the system : for the purpose of a school is not to be "a necessary evil between week-ends", nor yet solely to instil scholastic aptitude in its inmates in face of all opposition : it is to educate. The possibilities of interpretation in "education" are practically infinite, but it is surely obvious that some degree of ease and familiarity in social intercourse is a prerequisite of anyone who seeks to be truly educated, and few institutions offer so civilised and painless a method of achieving this end as co-educational schools, despite their shortcomings. We hope this has been reflected in the catholic nature of the original contributions included in this magazine, and trust that some degree of the community atmosphere has found its way into these pages; so that in years to come, the reader, chancing upon a much-abused copy of "The Dorkinian", may be able to say with at least a trace of nostalgia : "Yes; I remember." SCHOOL NOTES, 1963-64 The School Forum has continued to meet regularly this year and there has been lively discussion on various topics. The Bishop of Guildford, the Rt. Rev. G. Reindorp, spoke to the school in February at the invitation of the Forum and the S.C.M. His address was warmly appreciated by a large audience. The first school photograph for eleven years was taken in March and sold 481 copies. We should like to thank the Headmaster and Mr Hayter for making the arrangements. Before Christmas, the Forum helped to establish the selling of biscuits at break, the profit going to the Freedom from Hunger Campaign. Another successful achievement has been the provision of weekly menus for school dinner on the notice boards. We should like to thank Joy Broomfield for her efficient work as School Forum Secretary this year. In future, Forum meetings will be open for the whole school to come and listen. It is hoped that this will stimulate more interest and that the school will continue to submit sensible suggestions. The School lost a good friend when Mrs E. G. Davies left at Easter, her husband taking up an appointment in Lancashire. The School Forum presented her with the Complete Works of Shakespeare and an Oxford Dictionary. In July, the school loses several members of staff. Mr J. Clegg, who has taught at the school since 1945, but only part time for the last two years, is to retire. Mrs B. M. B. Titmarsh is remarrying and moving to Oxford. We
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THE DORKINIAN - 1964
EDITORIAL In a year which has seen the production of divers reports on education,
all of them hotly contested and of equally doubtful value, the old order still
subsists. Co-education, too, receives criticism from the progressive as well
as from the narrow-minded and reactionary. Nonetheless, even those who
smart under the indignities of what they consider are its antiquated and ill-conceived restrictions should be aware of the benefits of the system : for
the purpose of a school is not to be "a necessary evil between week-ends",
nor yet solely to instil scholastic aptitude in its inmates in face of all opposition :
it is to educate. The possibilities of interpretation in "education" are
practically infinite, but it is surely obvious that some degree of ease and familiarity in social intercourse is a prerequisite of anyone who seeks to be
truly educated, and few institutions offer so civilised and painless a method
of achieving this end as co-educational schools, despite their shortcomings.
We hope this has been reflected in the catholic nature of the original
contributions included in this magazine, and trust that some degree of the
community atmosphere has found its way into these pages; so that in years to come, the reader, chancing upon a much-abused copy of "The Dorkinian",
may be able to say with at least a trace of nostalgia : "Yes; I remember."
SCHOOL NOTES, 1963-64 The School Forum has continued to meet regularly this year and there
has been lively discussion on various topics. The Bishop of Guildford, the Rt. Rev. G. Reindorp, spoke to the school in February at the invitation
of the Forum and the S.C.M. His address was warmly appreciated by a large
audience. The first school photograph for eleven years was taken in
March and sold 481 copies. We should like to thank the Headmaster and
Mr Hayter for making the arrangements. Before Christmas, the Forum
helped to establish the selling of biscuits at break, the profit going to the Freedom from Hunger Campaign. Another successful achievement has been
the provision of weekly menus for school dinner on the notice boards. We
should like to thank Joy Broomfield for her efficient work as School Forum
Secretary this year.
In future, Forum meetings will be open for the whole school to come and listen. It is hoped that this will stimulate more interest and that
the school will continue to submit sensible suggestions.
The School lost a good friend when Mrs E. G. Davies left at Easter, her
husband taking up an appointment in Lancashire. The School Forum
presented her with the Complete Works of Shakespeare and an Oxford Dictionary.
In July, the school loses several members of staff. Mr J. Clegg, who has
taught at the school since 1945, but only part time for the last two years,
is to retire. Mrs B. M. B. Titmarsh is remarrying and moving to Oxford. We
wish her and her future husband every happiness. Mr B. C. Macklin has
been appointed Administrative Assistant to the East Sussex Education
Authority. Mrs J. M. James is to take a course at Battersea College of
Domestic Science. Mr C. H. Abbott is moving to the Midlands for
domestic reasons and will teach at Trinity High School, a coeducational grammar school in Northampton. Mrs C. B. Simpson is to rejoin her
husband in Malaya. Mrs J. M. Wray, who took Mrs Davies' place in a
temporary capacity during the Summer Term, is also leaving the staff.
Mlle. J. J. Gonin and Fraulein Wessolek are returning to France and Germany We hope that they have enjoyed their experience in an English school.
During the year, Mrs R. J. Jarvis resigned and was replaced as Laboratory
Technician by Mrs Y. Knight. Mrs E. B. Thorn is resigning her post as
Laboratory Technician in July for domestic reasons.
In September, we welcome Mr K. G. Woollard, B.A., Trinity College, Cambridge, as a permanent replacement for Mrs Davies, to teach English.
Mrs P. D. Y. Burke, Ministry of Education Certificate in Needlecraft,
Seaford College of Domestic Science, who is at present head of the
Needlework Department at Garratt Green Girls' School, London, takes
over from Mrs James. We also welcome Mr R. G. Heasman, B.Sc.,
University of Reading, who will teach Physics and Mathematics, and Mr M. J. R. Laschet, B.A., Christ Church, Oxford, who will teach History. Miss
Pleass has been appointed as head of the Biology Department in place of
Mrs Titmarsh and will be assisted by Mr C. T. Grundy, B.Sc., University
of Exeter.
In addition, we welcome the following ladies as part-time members of staff.
Mrs N. Broomhead, B.A , King's College, London, will teach English in the mornings only. Mrs Broomhead held a permanent appointment from
1944 to 1945, and has given temporary assistance during the absence of
members of staff. Mrs M. .L. White, B.A., University of Wales (Cardiff),
who has also given temporary assistance, will teach French in the mornings
only. Miss E. M. Castle, A.R.M.C.M., L.R.A.M., will teach Music and Religious
Instruction in the mornings only.
Our foreign assistants next year will be Mlle. Diep-Thi-Xuan from the
University of Grenoble and Herr A. Christi from the University of
Munich. Mrs P. Maffett is coming to the school in September as a
Laboratory Technician. We congratulate Mr Kimber and Miss Charman, who were married at
Dorking Congregational Church on Saturday, 30th March.
School accomodation this year has been increased by the addition of two temporary classrooms. The boys' cycle shed has been repaired. A new mural has been painted by Barber and Wood of the Lower Sixth. New wall bars and climbing ropes and a badminton court have improved facilities for physical activities in the hall-cum-gymnasium. The Prefects have redecorated and papered Room P, and the Sub-Prefects again have possession of a finely carpeted Room R.
The Deepdene Improvement Scheme has hindered the large majority of the school who approach from the Dorking North direction. A minor accident that occurred outside the school gate emphasised that great care must be taken when travelling to school.
Despite the possible danger of damaging the school's "esprit de corps", Speech Day was not held in its traditional form this year. Instead the School published an Annual Report which was sent to all parents. The Headmaster has held meetings for parents of Third, Fifth and Lower Sixth Formers, as these are the years when advice and consultation are most necessary. At the end of the Autumn Term, the Sixth Form held another successful Annual Dance to the strains of the Mole River Group. The lessons in assembly this year have broken with tradition. Readings from the Koran, Hindu Scripture and religious commentaries have been given in addition to passages from the Bible.
For one week passages of Shakespeare were read to commemorate the
quatercentenary of his birth.
Field work forms a very important part of the Advanced Level Geography and Biology syllabuses. During March, three members of the Upper Sixth Geography group spent a week at Malham Town Field Centre, near Settle in Yorkshire. In the last week of the Easter holidays, Mrs Titmarsh and Miss Pleass, aided by two Old Dorkinians, J. R. Banks and J. C. Cruise, led a party of 25 Sixth Form Biologists on a Field Course at Hope Cove, near Kingsbridge in South Devon. A party of 22 Upper Sixth Physicists visited the National Physics Laboratory at Teddington with Mr Hayter in May.
The Hamburg Exchange organised by Mr Wolff. involves 12 people this year. At Easter, 10 pupils went on an exchange, organised by Miss Price, to Melle in France.
The School Year began with 321 boys and 314 girls in the school, making a total of 635 pupils. 60 candidates sat for G.C.E. Advanced Level. The results will be known in the week beginning 17th August and on about 27th August respectively.
The prefects for the year were:- Julia Barr (Head Girl)
P. E. Hopper (Head Boy)
Jill Burbidge (Deputy Head Girl)
G. R. Smith (Deputy Head Boy until Easter)
R. D. Rowe (Deputy Head Boy during Summer Term) Joy Broomfield Jennifer Lamberth
Helen Broomhead Penelope Leoni-Smith
R. A. Browning I. F. McFadyen
M. R. Carter Ann Morris
Angela Climie D. E. Odell
Barbara Cornell J. B. Sadler P. Hardy Jennifer Skilton
K. C. Hines P. R. Stevenson
Caroline Hogarth Barbara Stredwick
C. J. R. Jackson Elizabeth Viner
Katharine Johnston R. E. Way
The Sub-prefects were:-
Helen Ackroyd, S. F. Adderley, Marion Aylward, Valerie Baker,
J. G. Bellamy, Audrey Bryant, Jennifer Bucknall, S. W. Casselden,
Sally Clarkson, Susan Clear, A. M. Cruise, A. J. Dale, Susan Dittert,
M. J. D. Featherstone, Eleanor Gardiner, Ruth Harcourt, P. S. J.
Heaton, Susan Holland, R. Howes, Veronica Koster, Hilary Merchant,
Jillian Miles, W. R. Moore, Anne Newman, K. P. O'Kelly, D. M. J.
Parr, Teresa Parrish, K. L. Phipps, Mary Rickard, R. A. Sealy, Helen
Skinner, Gillian Spooner, J. Sutcliffe, A. West-Padgett, Carole
Wright. House Captains this year have been:-
Ashcombe : Jill Burbidge, P. S. J. Heaton.
Craven : Barbara Cornell, Jillian Miles, P. E. Hopper. Rivett : Angela Climie, G. R. Smith, C. J. R. Jackson. Roberts :
Helen Broomhead, Penelope Leoni-Smith, I. F McFadyn, R. D. Rowe.
The School has gained considerable academic success this year. P. E.
Hopper gained a unique distinction when he won the annual prize
awarded by the Royal Geographical Society on the results of the Advanced and Special Level papers in the London G.C.E. examination. Four
pupils are to be congratulated on gaining admission to Cambridge
University. Barbara Cornell was awarded one of about thirty places at
New Hall. P. E. Hopper won an Open Exhibition in Geography at
Downing College. I. F. McFadyn won an Open Exhibition in
Mathematics at Corpus Christi College. G. R. Smith won an Open Exhibition in Modern Languages at Trinity College. In fairness to
Barbara, it must be added that Awards at New Hall are not made until the
end of the first year of residence. J. F. Broomhead, of 3(1), has been
awarded one of the two places at Charterhouse School offered by Surrey
County Council.
The following members of the Scholarship Sixth have been accepted
unconditionally by a university :- Helen Broomhead (Durham); R. A.
Browning (Durham); Jennifer Lamberth (Manchester); D. E. Odell
(Aberystwyth); R. D. Rowe (Exeter).
The following members of the Upper Sixth have been accepted, in most
cases unconditionally, at university, technical or training college etc : Helen
Ackroyd (Exeter); S. F. Adderley (L.C.C. College for Distributive Trades); D. A.
Baker (Guy's Hospital Medical School); Rosemary Bennett (Brighton T.T.C.);
Jennifer Bucknall (Southampton); Jill Burbidge (Exeter); M. R. Carter
(Birmingham); Sally Clarkson (Ewell T.C.); Angela Climie (Language Tuition Centre); A. J. Dale (Bristol); Susan Dittert (King Alfred T.T.C.,
Winchester); Wendy Ellaway (Queen Elizabeth College, London); M. J. D.
Featherstone (St Luke's T.T.C., Exeter); Margaret Foster (Bristol); H. E.
Gentry (Southampton); P. Hardy (Durham); P. S. J. Heaton (London
Institute of Pharmacy); K. C. Hines (London Hospital Medical School);
Susan Holland (Ewell T.C.); R. Howes (University College, London);
Katharine Johnston (Newcastle); K. J. Kennett (Southampton); Veronica
Anglia); Jillian Miles (Ewell T.C.); Ann Morris (Lancaster); Anne Newman (Dorset House School of Occupational Therapy, Oxford); K. P. O'Kelly (Mons
O.C.S., Aldershot); Teresa Parrish (Kingston T.C.); K. L. Phipps (Kingston T.C.);
A. J. Roberts (Kingston T.C.); J. B. Sadler (B.R.N.C., Dartmouth); R. A. Sealy
(Southampton); Jennifer Skilton (Birmingham);
Helen Skinner (City of Portsmouth T.T.C.); R. M. D. Smith (Chelsea C.A.T.); Barbara Stredwick (Gipsy Hill T.T.C.); J. Sutcliffe (Southampton);
Elizabeth Viner (Guy's Hospital, Nursing); R. E. Way (University College,
London); R. P. Webb (Kingston T.C.); Linda Youel (Liverpool).
The following members of the Upper Sixth are to enter employment as
follows :- D. Bearman (Airport Control); J. G. Bellamy (Accountancy); A. R.
Eveleigh (Insurance); Patricia Farrington (Research Assistant); Marilyn Freed (Insurance); R. Ireland (Laboratory Assistant); A. Smith (H.M. Forces);
M. Snellgrove (Publishing); Gillian Spooner (Insurance);
C. Stacey (B.B.C.); F. R. Stevens (R.A.F.); P. R. Stevenson (Banking); A.
West-Padgett (Accountancy).
The President of the Old Dorkinian Association this year has been Mr R.
G. Harding. On May 30th, two plaques in memory of Mr A. Rivett, subscribed to by his former pupils, were unveiled by Mr Chuter
Ede. One plaque bears the names of Headmasters of this school, and
the other a short history and the names of the Heads of the two former
High Schools. It is hoped that school leavers will support the O.D.A. Its
chief activities are a Musical Society, Hockey, Football and Cricket Clubs and the publication of its newsletter, "The Magpie". Mr S. A. Green has
resigned as secretary of the Association, but his successor has not yet been
appointed.
The dates of next year's terms are:-
Autumn Term: 8th September to 18th December.
Spring Term: 6th January to 8th April. Summer Term: 4th May to 23rd July.
The School Play: "Time Remembered", by Jean Anouilli.
J. M. B. and P. E. H.
PRIZE-GIVING
The 1963 School Prive-Giving was held on the afternoon of Wednesday, 11th December, when the Chairman of the Governors, Mr Kenward, presented the prizes. The vote of thanks was proposed by the Head Girl, Julia Barr. The Prize-Giving took the place of the usual Speech Day, and was held at school without the customary audience of parents. The reasons for this change were given in the Headmaster's Report, which has already been circulated.
SCHOLARSHIPS, PRIZES AND CERTIFICATES J. C. Hudson, Open Exhibition (Chemistry), University of Southampton. P. E. Hopper. Prize awarded by the Royal Geographical Society on the
results of the Advanced and Scholarship Level
Examinations, University of London.
FORM PRIZES FIRST YEAR P. A. Bennett, Mary Crane, Patricia East, P. G. Ellis,
Jane Gantlett, D. F. Moore, Rosalind Service.
SECOND YEAR
S. T. Atkins, G. Bowles, J. F. Broomhead, Lesley
Cherns, S. M. Davis, Susan Heath, D. N. Mills, Ann
Ouyang, Pamela Ouyang, Anne Pennack.
THIRD YEAR R. A. Coupe, Alison Emmott, Hilary Grimshaw, Juliet Grimshaw, Jane Hepple, Elizabeth Hutson, Margaret
Lear, Sheila McClure, S. A. Roberts, D. H. Shaw,
D. A. Sheppard.
FOURTH YEAR R. F. Collinson, Margaret Irvine, Rowena Mills, K J.
Plummer, R. J. Stronell, S. H. Shurlock, Stephanie Thwaites.
FIFTH YEAR Joy Broomfield, Susan Clear, Eleanor Gardiner, C. R.
Henderson, Caroline Hogarth, R. H. Luff, Hilary
Merchant, Janice Prideaux, A. M. Smith, P. F. Smyth..
LOWER SIXTH
Julia Barr, Jill Burbidge, R. Howes, C. J. R. Jackson,
Penelope Leoni-Smith
SUBJECT PRIZES
Religious Knowledge P. E. Hopper
English Lesley Garner Geography Alison Holland
Histor y P. E. Hopper
Latin Barbara Cornell
French Barbara Cornell
German G. R. Smith
Mathematics I. F. McFadyen Physics R. J. Goodwin
Chemistry B. Bowles
Art Sarah Perry
T. C. Freeman
Biology 'Diana Norkett
Music Sally Clarkson Cookery Jennifer Lamberth
Needlework Gillian Jones
Physical Training (Girls) Barbara Wareham
Physical Training (Boys) R. A. Browning
Woodwork N. H. Skeates
SPECIAL PRIZES
GOVERNORS' PRIZES
HEAD MASTER'S PRIZE
DEPUTY HEAD'S PRIZE
PARENTS' ASSOCIATION PRIZES
Alison Holland P. G. A. Frost
J. R. Banks
Gillian Knowles
Barbara Wareham R. C. Parkinson
PARENTS' ASSOCIATION JUNIOR GAMES &
ATHLETICS PRIZES
Elspeth Holland
G.A. Wren
PARENTS' ASSOCIATION SENIOR GAMES &
ATHLETICS PRIZES
Joy Broomfield
R. E. Way
OLD DORKINIAN ASSOCIATION PRIZE Gillian Jones
" R O B E R TS " M E M O R I A L P R I Z ES J. C. Cruise R. J. Goodwin
J. R. Herrick
J. C. Hudson
R. N. Sheppard
THE "ALETHEA SYKES" MEMORIAL PRIZE
Catherine Dryer
THE "P. D. SYKES" MEMORIAL PRIZE R. R. McLeod
"DYSON" MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR MUSICIANSHIP " N. E. Biles
JEAN WHITING" PRIZE Janet Matheson
Sylvia Tuffen
"GOFFIN" MEMORIAL PRIZES Sarah Perry R. W. Moodie
THE "TITMARSH" MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
P. E. Hopper
FRENCH ORAL PRIZE (presented by Jennifer Hudson) Barbara Cornell "BRAY" CUP FOR GIRLS' PHYSICAL
EDUCATION
Gillian Jones
"CORNISH" CUP FOR SPORTSMANSHIP R. C. Parkinson
GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION A D V A N C E D L E V E L
* Denotes a Distinction G. A. Alexander Geography, History Janet Birkin English, French*, German
Helen Broomhead English, French*, Latin
Susan Chadwick English, French
Barbara Cornell French*, German*, Latin*
Susan Farmer English, French, German
J . C . Free man Art*, English Lesley Garner English, French, Latin
Gillian Jones Biology, Dressmaking, English
Gill ian Knowles French, German
J. G. Lane Geography, History
I . D . M c C o a n Art
Joan Mottershead Biology, Cookery, English
A . P . Mu n fo rd Geography, History, Latin
R. J. O'Hara Murray English, History
Ann Page Art, Botany*
Sarah Perry Art, Biology Penelope Radford English, French, German
Margaret Ralph Biology, Cookery
R. D. Rowe French, German
Barbara Sallfield English, French*, German
G. R. Smith Biology, French*, German* Barbara Wareham Geography*, German, Latin
Christine Way Biology, Dressmaking
Barbara Wellings French, Latin
Diana Wheddon Dressmaking*, Geography
G. P. Archer. P. Maths
R. T . A shby Chemistry, P. Maths., A. Maths., Physics D. J . Ash ley Chemistry, P. Maths., A. Maths., Physics
J . R . B a n k s Botany*, Chemistry, Zoology
D. J. Barn ish Geography*, P. Maths., A. Maths., Physics
I W . B a y e r Geography, P. Maths., A. Maths.
J. G. Bellamy Chemistry, P. Maths
D. W. Benjafield P. Maths., A. Maths., Physics N. E. Biles Chemistry, P. Maths., Music, Physics
B. Bow les Chemistry, P. Maths., A. Maths., Physics
Susan Bowring Botany, Zoology
G. M. Broomfield Biology, Chemistry
R. A. Browning Geography, P. Maths., A. Maths., Physics P. E. Bundy Physics
I. C. Carr P. Maths., A. Maths., Physics
J. C. Cruise Botany, Chemistry
P . G. Frost Geography*, P. Maths., A. Maths., Physics
R. T. Goodwin Chemistry*, P. Maths., A. Maths*., Physics*'
R. J . Green Chemistry, P. Maths., A. Maths., Physics Jane Hall Botany, Zoology
Alison Holland Geography*, Physics
P. E. Hopper Geography*, History*, P. Maths.
B. T. Hulbert A. Maths.
W. A. Jones A. Maths., Physics P. A. King Geography, A. Maths., P. Maths., Physics
D. J. Lambart P. Maths., A. Maths., Physics
Jennifer Lamberth Biology, Cookery
B. P. Marlow Biology*, Chemistry, Physics
I. F. McFadyen Chemistry, P. Maths*., A. Maths*., Physics
R. R. McLeod Chemistry, P. Maths., A. Maths., Physics R. W. Moodie P. Maths*., A. Maths*., Physics
Diana Norkett Biology*, Chemistry*, Physics
D. E. Odell Botany, Chemistry. Zoology
R. C. Parkinson P. Maths., A. Maths., Physics
L. Phipps P. Maths., A. Maths.
A. J. Powell Geography
R. J. Presland Geography*, P. Maths., A. Maths., Physics
G. P. Prower Art
Catherine Riches Chemistry, P. Maths., A. Maths., Physics
R. J. Robertson P. Maths., Physics A. W. Rosewell Chemistry, P. Maths., A. Maths., Physics
Christine Russell Botany, Chemistry, Zoology
R. G. Rya11 Biology, Chemistry, Physics
B,. Sinton Chemistry, P. Maths., A. Maths
R. J. Stephens P. Maths., A. Maths., Physics P. R. Stevenson Geography
I. R. Swaddling P. Maths., A. Maths., Physics
R. L. Timms Biology, Chemistry, Physics
J. G. Vinter Chemistry
ORDINARY LEVEL
The figure following the name refers to the number of passes.
Upper and Lower Sixth R. D. Clark (1) Catherine Riches (1)
R. D. Emuss (1) J. B. Sadler (1)
M. J. D. Featherstone (1) R. J. Stephens (1)
P. S. J. Heaton (1) Barbara Stredwick (1)
P. E. Hopper (1) Diane Wheddon (2) I. F. McFadyen (1) A. S. Williams (1)
Penelope Radford (1)
Form 5
Susan Boustead (7) Shelagh Malone (4)
Margaret Bacchus (8) P. D. Nickol (9)
Judith Auger (9) Margaret Pawley (8) Marion Aylward (8) M. P. Phillips (7)
Joy Broomfield (9) C. J. Pratt (6)
Jane Featherstone (4) M. L. I. Rickards (7)
Ruth Harcourt (9) W. J. Ridley (7)
Kay Hayward (2) J. C. Riley (6) C. R. Henderson (9) J. J. Rueff (5)
Louise Janitsch (6) A. M. Smith (9 )
Jennifer Johnson (7) Margery Smith (7)
J. Lovering (7) Roberta Wilson (8)
R. H. Luff (9) Carole Wright (5)
I .J. McClure (7)
Form 5A Valerie Baker (8) Pauline de Rees (4) Hilary Barton (6) Sally Drake (5)
R. C. Baxter (8) Diana Dunlop (8)
Bearman (6) B. A. Ede (8)
G. M. Bell (4) Sandra Gibbons (7)
D. G. Bellamy (7) R. R. Heaton (4)
Lindsey Briggs (6) G. E. J. Higgs (4)
Audrey Bryant (8) T. G. Jolly (6) Lynda Chalkey (5) D. G. Lear (7)
C. F. Chester (8) Judith Pickersgill (4)
Susan Clear (8) D. F. Sheppard (7)
Amanda Corby (7) C. M. Smith (7)
Wendy Croxall (5) C. M. Spraggs (2) A. M. Cruise (9) R. J. Swan (5
Margaret Crutcher (9) Susan Torn (4)
Form 5(1) Gabriella Bouwman (6) D. M. J. Parr (9)
Sheila Boxall (5) I. G. Partridge (7)
D. G. Dawson (9) Janice Prideaux (9)
Caroline English (7) Susan Rudd (6)
Eleanor Gardiner (8) K.E. Rutter (4) M. J. Heaps (8) Gillian Simmonds (4)
Caroline Hogarth (9) P. F. Smyth (9)
Shirley Hughes (6) J. P . Su mb le r (3
Bryony Hulbert (4) G. F. Taylor (9)
C. W. Jackson (6) Rosemary Twamley (3)
P. B. Jones (6) W. A. S. van Renen (4) Miriam Keen (4) P. R. Whitmore (8)
Sandra Matthews (9) M. S. Winton (9)
Hilary Merchant (J) A. S. Wood (5)
R.F.Moore (1) Margaret Wood (6)
Form 5X A. J. Atkins (7) Susan Impey (7)
N. E. Barber (5) Sally Jordan (9)
V. F. Barnes (6) Angela McNeil (8)
Anthea Bye (5) W. R. Moore (9) S. W. Casselden (9) I . M. Parkin (8)
P. J. Clark (5) Mary Rickard (6)
Gillian Cooney (3) N. H. Skeates (7)
Jane Dale (66) Janice Skinner (3)
Nancy Dobson (5) G. D. Thrower (8)
G. R. Fuller (7) Ann Viggers (8)
Marilyn Green (9) Angela Walker (8)
Susan Hardy (8) R. Heasman (6)
D. F. Wood (6) Sandra Wellington (1)
HOCKEY, 1963-64
Although the 1st XI started the season with only three changes, it was evident that the team lacked the speed and stamina that resulted in such a good record for last year's eleven. However, noticeable improvement was achieved as the season proceeded and several closely-fought matches were lost only by the odd goal.
Owing to bad weather, the Surrey Schools' Tournament was cancelled, although some members of the 1st XI competed in an indoor seven-a-side tournament in which they were totally successful. One enjoyable and exciting match towards the end of the season resulted
from a challenge by an upper VIth boys' team in which the boys, relying on speed and brute force, gained a 4-1 victory over the 1st team.
Despite heavy rain and a water-logged pitch, a well-contested match
v. the Old Dorkinians ending in a 1-1 draw after extra time brought the
season to a close.
It proved a disappointing season for the 2nd XI who, unfortunately, never
quite knit together as a team. The juniors had an unsuccessful start, but finished in more promising style, and the U.15 XI did well to gain two
victories in their section of the Surrey Tournament .
1st ASHCOMBE 6 points
2nd RIVETT 3 points
3rd: ROBERTS 3 points 4th CRAVEN 0 points
On behalf of the team, I should like to thank Miss Secretan for her hard
work and unfailing enthusiasm throughout the season, and also Mr
Johnson for his encouragement and support in attending all our matches.
Match Record 1st XI
J. Prideaux, C. Hogarth, A. Climie, A. Corby, J. Skilton* (Capt)., J.
Broomfield*, J. Lamberth, C. Wright, M. Rickard* (Vice-Capt.), A. Bryant*, L. Briggs.
* Denotes School Colours
Played Won Drawn Lost Goals
For Against 1st XI 12 4 1 7 31 29 2nd XI 6 1 0 5 10 24
U.15 XI 12 3 3 6 14 28 U.14 XI 2 0 0 2 1 4
U.13 XI 2 0 1 1 1 2
Jennifer Skilton
NETBALL
As usual most of the netball fixtures were confined to the first 4 years.
The U.15 VII and U.14 VII unfortunately did not achieve their usual
success in retaining the District Netball Shield, but came 2nd in their sections. Some praise must be given this year, to the U.13
VII, who lost only one of the nine matches they played.
1st VII A. Corby, J. Broomfield (V. Capt.), A. Climie, C. Wright, J.
Prideaux, A. Bryant, G. Simmonds (Capt.).
U.15 VII H. Edwards (Capt.), P. Jackson, S. Arnold, M. Hall, P. Bunker, J.
Wood.
U.13 VII A. Joyes, B. Ferris, J. Owen, E. Davies, R.Service (Capt.), E. Gill, P.
Frampton
Played Won Drawn Lost Goals
For Against
1st VII 5 1 0 4 65 77
2nd VII 6 2 0 4 96 118 U.15 VII 7 1 0 6 45 66 U.14 VII 9 4 0 5 65 64 U.13 VII 9 7 1 1 121 87
With five new members in this year's team, the 1st VI have done comparatively well. They reached the 3rd round of the Branston Shield and the 2nd round of the Aberdare Cup where they were narrowly defeated. They are also holding their own in Inter-School Matches. The 2nd VI have been playing well, especially against opposing schools' 1st teams. The 2nd formers are already showing great promise for the future.
1st VI.
A. Bryant* (Capt.) & M. Rickard*; J. Broomfield* (Vice-Capt.) & C.
Wright*; J. Barr* & G. Spooner.
* School Colours
Branston Shield Claremont School 1st round
Won 4 - 0
Heath Clark G.S 2nd round
Won 5 - 0
. Putney High School 3rd round Lost 3 – 1
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Aberdare Cup
Nonsuch G.S. ( 1st round
St Andrew's Convent (
Woldingham Convent (
Whyteleafe G.S. [ 2nd round
Croydon High School J [
Won 3 - 0
Won 3 - 0
Won 3 - 0
Won 2 - 1
Lost 2 - 1
School Matches
Tormead Girls' School
Reigate G.S.
Woking G.S.
Rosebery G.S.
Godalming G.S.
Won 7 - 2
Lost 5 - 4
Won 7 - 2
Won 6 - 3
Won 9 - 0
2nd VI
A. Climie (Capt.) & G. Simmonds; M. Aylward & C. Hogarth; S. Gibbons & T. Parrish.
Match Record
Played Won Lost
2nd VI. 7 5 2
3rd VI. 2 2 0
U.15 VI. 10 6 4 U.14 VI. 2 0 2 U.13 VI. 3 2 1
Tournament Results, 1963
Senior Singles—B. Wareham beat S. Perry.
Junior Singles—J. Wood beat S. McClure. Senior Doubles—G. Jones & S. Perry beat B. Wareham & S. Chadwick.
Junior Doubles—S. McClure & M. Hall beat D. Lancaster & B. Roddon.
House Doubles—lst, Roberts; 2nd, Rivett; 3rd, Craven; 4th, Ashcombe.
Audrey Bryant.
FOOTBALL 1963-64
Captain: R. A. Browning. Vice-Captain: R. E. Way
2nd XI Captain: G. R. Smith. Under 15 XI Captain: S. A. Roberts.
1st XI
First impressions of the team, containing only four of last season's players, was that they would do well to hold their own throughout the season. However, mainly through good teamwork, this was the best season for seven years and 14 victories were achieved at the expense of but five losses.
Collyers, Woking, Godalming, De Burgh and Heath Clark
were beaten both at home and away. Draws resulted from matches
with Varndean, George Abbott, the Old Dorkinians and John Ruskin—the last two teams won the return matches by narrow margins.
The only heavy defeats were against Sutton and Glyn, although we beat
Sutton in the return match and almost held Glyn in check at home.
The experience of Browning and Way in the forward-line did much to trouble the opposition defences, a measure of their success being the fact
that they scored 33 goals each. Jackson, in the unaccustomed position of
outside left, gradually found his touch and was playing well at the end of
the season. Wren, a newcomer to the first eleven, matured well and
worked hard at inside forward. He proved his shooting power on thirteen
occasions. McClure, slight in stature, gained confidence with every match and his intelligent play was a feature of the later matches.
Stevens, a centre half of outstanding ability, played with authority and
gave confidence to the less experienced members of the defence. Parr,, a
rugged tackler, began to master the art of ball distribution and showed
improvement as a result. Bellamy appeared to be rather less mobile, although it should be said that he had some very talented inside
forwards against whom to match his skill. Moore settled well into his role
of right back and his timing of a tackle began to show the necessary
improvement. John Bearman played steadily and has gained valuable
experience for the coming season. David Bearman, an outstanding goalkeeper on his day, was unlucky to dislocate his shoulder twice in school matches with
the resultant loss of confidence. Stevenson proved himself a cheerful and
competent deputy custodian when the need arose. Ridley, who played in
the earlier matches, suffered from a bout of illness which cost him a
regular place in the team.
It would appear that there will be a strong nucleus of experienced players available for the team next season.
Team: D. Bearman*, P.Stevenson, A. Moore, J. Bearman, D. Parr*, R. Stevens@, D. Bellamy, R. Way+, G. Wren*, R. Browning@, I. McClure, C. Jackson, W. Ridley.
+ County Colours @ Old School Colours * New School Colours
The 2nd XI, a blend of experience, enthusiasm and skill, played
energetically, never conceding easy victory. Their results are a fair
reflection of a season of enjoyable sport. Several younger players have
gained valuable experience which should stand them in good stead in
future senior games.
The Junior XI's have shown more confidence in their play than for several seasons. Although their results have been, on the whole, unflattering they
have displayed a degree of determination and skill. The Under 15 XI
showed a marked and encouraging improvement in the second half of the
1st XI Captain: P. R. Stevenson. Vice-Captain: R. E. Way.
Committee: C. J. R. Jackson, D. M. J. Parr, R. D. Rowe.
This year the 1st XI has been easily the most successful of the three
School sides. At the time of writing (mid-June) we have lost only one
match—the first and defeat here came at the hands of what can only
be described as our 'bogy' team, Purley. A gratifying feature has
been the improvement in the batting, with all five recognised batsmen
making good scores. The bowling has made up in variety for what it
lacks in penetration, but even this deficiency has been covered up to
a great extent by Stevenson's astute handling and by very keen fielding.
Perhaps the rest of what I want to say can best be summed up in a
few pen `portraits'.
Old Colours: Stevenson (1962; Way, Rowe, Parr (1963) New Colours: Jackson & Carter.
Bonner Bat: P. R. Stevenson.
Bonner Fielding Cup: D. M. J. Parr. Stevenson: a very able and enthusiastic captain. His batting and
wicket-keeping have been of a high order and his departure
will leave a gap that will be very hard to fill. Way: a hard-hitting batsman and useful change bowler. He is
the best runner between the wickets in the side.
Parr: a watchful, consistent opening batsman, whose stroke play
has developed this year; a nimble fielder in the gully. Rowe: on his day a most useful opening bowler, but his batting
has been at the mercy of his temperament.
Jackson: his batting has grown in confidence since last season; I recall, with pleasure, three consecutive square cuts for four
against Sutton.
Hardy: a left-hand batsman, particularly strong on the leg side; he
has given solidity to the middle-order batting.
Wren: a steady medium-pace bowler and one who, I'm sure, will
improve. At the moment he is not making the most of his
physique; he needs to cut down his run and develop more
"follow-through" with his action.
Ede: a useful all-rounder; he is far too defensivly-minded, but the strokes will come with confidence; an accurate and subtle slow bowler.
Carter: it has been pleasant to see him bowl his off-spinners on wickets that have generally been helpful.
Sealy: a useful right-hand bat and keen fielder.
Mottershead: the youngest member of the side and a most promising cricketer. He has not, to date, played many innings, owing to the success of his 'elders', but he puts bat to ball in resolute fashion. He has taken several brilliant catches in the 'deep'.
The 2nd XI, managed by Mr Howard, have been unsuccessful so far, but I have been impressed by their keenness and the evident enjoyment with which they have played their matches. Pratt and McClure would seem to be the outstanding players.
The Under 15 XI, managed by Mr Bedwell, have taken part in several keenly-fought games and have given a good account of themselves. Rimington and Shepherd are two very promising spin bowlers, and Roberts, Way, Davis and Cullis have all turned good individual performances. This could well be the most successful of the School sides next year.
B. V. Dye.
Results 1st XI
2nd XI v. Purley C.G.S. Drawn Purley 54 (Ede 5-13) School 32-9.
v. Glyn C.G.S. Lost Glyn 75 (Pratt 5-22) School 37 v. Farnham C.G.S. Lost School 36. Farnham 41-7 (Luff
5-14).
v. Sutton C.G.S. Lost School 60-9 dec. (McClure 32) Sutton 61-4.
v. Purley C.G.S. Lost School 27, Purley 28-5.
v. Glyn C.G.S.
Drawn School 121-4 (Way 42 n.o., Hardy 34)
Glyn 118-7.
v. Farnham C.G.S. Won School 93 (Parr 41) Farnham 79.
v. Sutton C.G.S. Drawn School 140-2 dec. (Stevenson 54, Jackson 55 n.o.) Sutton 93-3.
v. Mitcham C.G.S Won School 139-3 dec. (Stevenson 63,
Parr 48) Mitcham 89.
v. Ifield C.G.S.
Won School 79-8 dec. Ifield 44 (Carter 5-
18). v. Coldharbour
(Aarvold Cup)
Won Coldharbour 83-9 (Wren 5-42) School
84-4.
v. Collyers C.G.S. Drawn School 124 (Jackson 42 n.o.) Collyers
v. Collyers C.G.S. Lost School 27. Collyers 30-5.
Under 15 XI
v. Purley C.G.S. Lost School 22. Purley 24-5.
v. Glyn C.G.S. Drawn Glyn 93-6. School 61-8 (Roberts 33 n.o.) v. Sutton C.G.S. Lost School 66, Sutton 69-9 (Kelly 5-10).
v. Royal Alex. & Albert Drawn School 72-9 dec., R.A.A.S. 55-4
v. Ifield C.G.S. Won Ifield 48 (Shepherd 6-12) School 50-1
v. Collyers C.G.S. Lost Collyers 86 (Rimington 7-28) School 56.
Under 14 XI v. Glyn C.G.S Drawn Glyn 57-4 dec., School 47-9.
The District race was run over the School course in February. J. Spooner won the race in the fast time of 17min 29s. and so gained
revenge over Eastman. Our team was not strong enough to beat Sondes
Place who finished with 42 points. Our total of 65 points gained us second
place, Archbishop Langton were third with 76 points.
Athletics: The Annual Athletics match at Hinchley Wood was, as usual, very exciting. The weather, traditionally fine and warm, gradually
worsened and the final events were completed in torrential rain. The boys'
teams performed well and results were close. We lost the Senior and Junior
sections, drew the Intermediate and secured a convincing win in the Minor
section by 20 points. The overall result for boys was a victory by 416
points to 403. This was the first defeat inflicted on Hinchley Wood athletes at home by any school since 1958 !
The girls' won their match by 238 points to 205. Both the Minor and
Junior groups had convincing wins but the Intermediates, without the aid of
Valerie Baker, finished four points behind their opponents.
A week later Hinchley Wood boys gained revenge at the Dorking St Paul's Athletic Club Trophy meeting when they won the event by 10 points. Sondes Place were third. The District Championships were completed early in June. The new
age-groupings were in force and there was full competition at Intermediate,
Junior and Minor levels. Our boys secured 12 first places in the
Intermediate section, which we won with 87 points. M. Hodge gained victories in Shot, Javelin and Discus. "Doubles" were scored by A. Moore
in the Long Jump and 100 yards; D. Mollett in the 100 and 220
yards; S. Rimington in the High Jump and Hurdles. G. Wren and M.
Mottershead were first in the 440 and 880 yards respectively. The
Intermediate relay team won its event. Our Junior winners were J. Spooner in the Mile and Half-mile and A. Eastman in the 440 yards. We were
second in the Junior events. Our sole winner in the Minor events was H.
Smallwood in the Hurdles, but our other minor competitors were all so
well placed that we won this section. We retained the 'Howard' Cup for
overall victory in the boys' section, Sondes Place were second and
Archbishop Langton third. Hodge, Moore, Mollett, Ballinger, Wren, Rimington, Eastman and Spooner were selected for the County
Championships, together with R. Way and A. Smith in the Senior events.
The girls won the Aggregate Trophy once more with 1st place in the Intermediate and Junior events and 2nd place to Archbishop Langton in the Minor group. Top scorers for the School were Rachel Ackroyd and Diane
Baker.
The Surrey Grammar Schools' Championships were held on the day after the District Sports. Motspur Park was flooded and some events had to be cancelled. Our small team of boys recorded two first places and a second place. R. Way missed the Long Jump title, being beaten by half an inch when he jumped 21 feet. •A. Moore won the Intermediate Long Jump with a personal best performance of 19 feet 7 inches. D. Mollett, despite appalling track conditions, lowered the County record for the Junior 220 yards to 23.2 seconds. We were placed fourth in the competition for smaller schools.
SURREY SCHOOLS' ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS Ten boys represented the Dorking District in the Championships at
Motspur Park in June.
R. Way—second in the Senior Long Jump--just missed selection for the
County team in the All England Championships. A. Moore, who achieved
an England standard in the Intermediate Long Jump was selected as reserve for the County. J. Spooner ran courageously for 4th place in the
Junior 880 yards and M. Hodge was placed 5th in the Intermediate
Javelin with a good throw of 148 ft. 10 in. Although D. Mollett qualified
for the Intermediate 220 yards final, injury forced his withdrawal.
Unhappily this injury was sufficiently serious to prevent him from
competing in the School sports. A. Eastman, although achieving a County standard in the Junior 440
yards, was eliminated as were Wren in the Intermediate 440 yards; Rimington
in the Intermediate High Jump and A. Smith in the Senior 220 yards.
Ballinger, Moore and Mollett ran in the Intermediate Relay without
success.
In the Girls' Events the School had no individual winners, but Rachel Ackroyd and Barbara Ferris were members of the District Junior Relay Team. In their
heat the team came second to Reigate in a County Standard time and in
the Final they were placed sixth.
THE THIRTY FIRST ANNUAL ATHLETICS
CHAMPIONSHIPS, 1964
The Championships were completed on 15th July, in perfect weather, before a large gathering of parents, friends and boys and girls. The trophies were presented by Mr Philip Henman, President of the Dorking Secondary Schools' Sports Association. Competition was keen but, with some notable exceptions, performances were not outstanding. The new age groupings introduced by the English Schools' Athletic Association were used and as a result all first place performances in this year's championships will stand as records until broken in the future.
For the seventh successive year Roberts' Girls won the Aggregate Shield. They also won five out of the remaining' six trophies. Their strength is spread evenly throughout the school and it seems unlikely that any other House will be able to challenge their supremacy in the next two or three years.
Although the trophies went to Roberts, the best performance of the
afternoon was put up by Rachel Ackroyd (Ri.) who was timed at 18.0 s. in
the Junior 150 yards. She also won the Junior Championship Cup. Valerie
Baker won the Senior Championship with maximum points and her sister
Diane, showed great promise by winning the Minor Championship in like manner. Judy Wood was Intermediate Champion.
The Junior Discus and Javelin results were better than those in the
Senior group using the same equipment. This should mean that we are
to have a good nucleus of throwers coming up for the future.
The Senior Boys' Championship was won by R. Way with 18 points. In the Long Jump he achieved an England Standard per-
formance of 21 ft. 91 in.—the best ever long jump in the history of the
School ! He also won the Triple Jump and the 880 yards and was
placed second in the Javelin. A. Smith won the 100 yards, 220 yards and
440 yards.
A. Moore was Intermediate Champion with 18 points. His winning Long Jump of 19 ft. 114 in. was only 4 in. below his England Standard performance.
Moore also won the Triple Jump and 100 yards and was second in the
Discus. M. Hodge won the Intermediate Shot, Javelin and Discus events.
J. Spooner and A Eastman continued their rivalry in the Junior
Championship, each carefully avoiding events the other had chosen !
Spooner triumphed in the Mile, 880 yards, 220 yards and the High Jump and so became a worthy Junior Champion. Eastman recorded victories in
the Triple Jump, Long Jump and 440 yards and was second in the Hurdles.
M. Kawoh, a promising first-former, proved his excellence in winning the
Minor Championship. He won the 100 yards, 220 yards, Long Jump
'Ashcombe' : Caroline Hogarth 'De Courcy' Craven: A. Smith
Houses:- Ashcombe (A); Craven (C); Rivett (Ri); Roberts (Ro). Senior: Over 17 Intermediate: 15-17 Junior: 13-15 Minor: Under 13
RESULTS—GIRLS' EVENTS 100 YARDS
Senior-1st: V. Baker (Ro); 2nd: M. Rickard (A); 3rd: C. Wright (Ri);
4th: M. Crutcher (C). Time: 12.1 secs.
Intermediate-1st: J. Wood (Ro); 2nd: P. Pickett (Ro); 3rd: S. Fowler (C);
4th: J. Cooper (Ri). Time: 12.9 secs. Junior-1st: R. Ackroyd (Ri); 2nd: B. Ferris (A); 3rd: J. Ullman (A);
4th: J. Owen (Ro). Time: 12.2 secs.
Minor—lst: D. Baker (Ro); 2nd: C. Smyth (A); 3rd: B. Wooltorton (C);
4th: S. Simpson (A). Time: 12.7 secs. 220 YARDS
Senior-1st: V. Baker (Ro); 2nd: M. Rickard (A); 3rd: H. Ackroyd (Ri);
4th: S. Boustead (C). Time: 28.4 secs. 150 YARDS
Intermediate—lst: J. Wood (Ro); 2nd: P. Pickett (Ro); 3rd: S. Fowler (C);
4th: R. Mills (A). Time: 19.2 secs.
Junior—lst: R. Ackroyd (Ri); 2nd: B. Ferris (A); 3rd: J. Ullman (A);
4th: H. Jeary (Ro). Time: 18.0 secs.
Minor—lst: D. Baker (Ro); 2nd: S. Simpson (A); 3rd: B. Wooltorton (C); 4th: J. Simpson (A). Time: 20.0 secs.
HURDLES
Senior-1st: A. Climie (Ri); 2nd: S. Jordan (Ro); 3rd: S. Gibbons (Ri);
4th: A. Bryant (C). Time: 13.2 secs.
Intermediate-1st: C. Hogarth (A); 2nd: H. Grimshaw (Ro); 3rd: S.
Arnold (Ri). Time: 14.4 secs.
Junior-1st: H. Jeary (Ro); 2nd: R. Nash (Ri); 3rd: C. Thatcher (C);
P. Ouyang (A). Time: 13.0 secs. Minor-1st: C. Smyth (A); 2nd: R. Gibson (Ri); 3rd: D. Baillie (C);
4th: B. Gover (Ro). Time: 12.9 secs. HIGH JUMP
Senior-1st: A. Climie (Ri); 2nd: C. Wright (Ri); 3rd: M. Crutcher
(C); 4th: P. Leoni-Smith (Ro). Height: 4 ft. 5 ins.
Intermediate-1st: D. Baylis (Ri); 2nd: W. Worsfold (C); 3rd: R. Mills (A); 4th: H. Grimshaw (Ro). Height: 4 ft. 1 ins.
Junior—lst: L. Pritchard (A); 2nd: J. Owen (Ro); 3rd: L. Cherns
(Ri); 4th: P. East (Ro). Height: 4 ft. 3 ins. Minor 1st: D. Baker (Ro); 2nd: B. Geyer (Ro); 3rd: R. Gibson (Ri); 4th: R. Durban (A). Height: 3 ft. 11¾ ins.
LONG JUMP Senior— lst: V. Baker (Ro); 2nd: M. Rickard (A); 3rd: C. Wright (Ri);
4th: P. Leoni-Smith (Ro). Distance: 14 ft. 11¾ ins.
Intermediate-1st: R. Mills (A); 2nd: J. Wood (Ro); 3rd: S. Fowler (C); 4th: P. Pickett (Ro). Distance: 14 ft. 1 in.
Junior-1st: J. Owen (Ro); 2nd: L. Cherns (Ri); 3rd: A. Joyes (Ro);
4th: B. Ferris (A). Distance: 14 ft. 2 ins. , Minor-1st: S. Simpson (A); 2nd: B. Gover (Ro); 3rd: S. Fairman (Ri);
4th: E. Knight (Ri). Distance: 12 ft. 9½ ins.
DISCUS Senior-1st: H. Ackroyd (Ri); 2nd: E. Viner (Ro); 3rd: S. Gibbons (Ri);
4th: A. Bryant (C). Distance: 57 ft. 3 ins. Intermediate—lst: C. Oakes (C); 2nd: E. Holland (A); 3rd: S. Clarkson
(Ro); 4th: C. Clarke (Ri). Distance: 66 ft. 4 ins. Junior— lst: R. Service (Ri); G. Scoble (C); 3rd: H. Jeary (Ro); 4th: F.
Elworthy (A). Distance: 62 ft. 8 ins.
JAVELIN Senior-1st: J. Broomfield (Ro); 2nd: S. Dittert (Ro); 3rd: S. Matthews (C);
4th: H. Barton (C). Distance: 63 ft. 8 ins. Intermediate—lst: C. Hogarth (A); 2nd: H. Hodge (A); 3rd: E. Lyon (Ri);
4th: S. McClure (Ro). Distance: 71 ft. 8 ins. Junior— lst: M. Scoble (C); 2nd: C. Kuhn (Ro); 3rd: G. Scoble (C);
4th: M. Crane (A). Distance: 69 ft. 10½ ins.
SHOT Senior-1st: J. Barr (Ri); 2nd: J. Broomfield (Ro); 3rd: M. Aylward (IC);
4th: A. Morris (Ro). Distance: 21 ft. 7¾ ins. Intermediate-1st: H. Hodge (A); 2nd: A. Emmott (C); 3rd: C. Hogarth (A);
4th: E. Lyon (Ri). Distance: 23 ft. 6½ ins. Junior— lst: R. Service (Ri); 2nd: R. Ackroyd (Ri); 3rd: M. Allen (C);
Last October, nine girls undertook to build a "MIRROR CLASS" dinghy, at the Second National Boating Conference at Guildford—the purpose being to demonstrate that this boat can be built by anyone ! As a result of their activities the girls were interviewed with Uffa Fox by the B.B.C. This was broadcast later in the week, after many anxious evenings of listening by those concerned, and took a total time of thirty seconds ! Although hardly making the headline news, they were also mentioned in several of the daily newspapers. They had an enjoyable time, particularly when Uffa entertained them with his rendering of `ENGLAND'.
Thanks are mainly due to Miss Secretan and Mr Abbott for
organizing the rapid transportation of the boat to the school.
It was parked half-finished in odd corners of the school during the
winter term and was completed by a mixed team during the Easter holidays and the beginning of the summer term.
The sails were eventually hoisted in the hall during a music
lesson, to the strains of Phaudrig Crohoore', much to the surprise of many people who had poured scorn on the heads of the
builders.
The boat was then transported to the Papercourt Sailing Club near Guildford, where it is now moored.
Members of the school are now being taught to sail during sixth
form games periods and on Thursdays after school. The addition of the dinghy to the school's equipment has provided an
opportunity for 27 pupils to learn a new sport.
Mary Rickard and B. Sadler.
CLUBS AND SOCIETIES
JUNIOR ART GROUP
The Junior Art Group has been well and consistently attended during the lunch hours this year. The work has varied from
detailed pen and ink drawing to the use of plaster, cement and
glass with interesting results. Both boys and girls have made good use of these often difficult materials for puppets, model theatres,
collage and sculpture. The 1st and 2nd year Easter Holiday Art
Competition was won by G. V. Clarke, 2a. Erica Haward, lb, was awarded a camera for her italic handwriting entry in the Children's
National Handwriting Competition.
R. C. Bailey, 21, has entered for the National Exhibition of Children's Art; his work is receiving further consideration by the
Selection Committee.
BEAT DATE A new and original club was formed this year for the 3rd year pupils. The
eventual aim of this club was to promote unity and speech within the 3rd
forms.
Once every week the club would meet to play modern records, and to
discuss not only the records but conditions of school and social life.
Opinions and explanations were freely given by all present and generally satisfied most people, although there were bitter opponents to
school life.
I believe that we achieved a certain amount of success, although not
complete victory, owing to school conditions being rather limiting.
J. G. Bellamy.
CHESS CLUB
The Junior and Senior Sections of the Chess Club met throughout the winter and spring terms, and some interesting chess was played.
Knock-out tournaments were held for boys and girls of the first, second
and third years. Murphy won the first year tournament from an entry of
fourteen, with Thomas the runner up : Buggs the second year tournament,
from an entry of twenty one, with Bennett the runner up (Moore and Pat East falling by the way) : and Chalkley the third year competition, from an
entry of sixteen, with Lovering the runner up.
Later, an "American" tournament was held, in which the eight best players
of the first three years were invited to take part. An American tournament is
one in which every player plays every other player, and, though less dramatic
and immediately decisive than a Knock-out competition, it is ultimately a more reliable test of strength. Murphy, of the first year, Pat East, Moore,
Bennett and Buggs of the second year, and Chalkley, Lovering and Bowles of
the third year took part in this tournament. There was a triple tie for first
place between Chalkley, Pat East and Moore, each with five points out of
seven, followed (most creditably) by Murphy with four points, and Buggs
with three points and one game to play. We hope to have a play-off between the three winners before the end of term, and to award the
Heaps Cup on the result.
SIXTH FORM CURRENT AFFAIRS GROUP The group has had a reasonably successful year.
Despite the inevitable difficulties associated with dinner time meetings,
attendance was generally good, particularly so when the subject was
Cyprus. Meetings followed the pattern of previous years—a short introductory talk by one member being followed by an open discussion, which
on several occasions developed into lively argument.
This year there has been less concentration on the philosophy of
politics, and emphasis has been on more current affairs. Subjects
included apartheid, the Conservative Party Leadership, Cyprus and the Buchanan Report. The fact that all the meetings might easily have gone
on well beyond the 'dinner hour' would indicate some success for the group.
M. R. Carter.
SIXTH FORM DANCING CLUB During the autumn term the 6th form dancing club met on Thursdays in 1st
lunch. The organisers of the club met with some opposition in their efforts
to teach ballroom dancing as it appears the interest lies only in more
popular dances. It was finally decided to include more of the 'pop' dances with the original ballroom ones.
During the spring term interest in the club dwindled and it finally folded
up after a few weeks.
Anne Newman, Margaret Foster & R. A. Sealy.
DEBATING SOCIETY
This year the Debating Society has had a full and varied programme,
though as usual there has been difficulty in obtaining enough speakers, the
majority, as hitherto, being drawn from the Sixth Forms. There are, however,
several good speakers in the fifth forms, and it is to be hoped that they
will continue their activities in the society next year. Subjects debated
ranged from the Monarchy to the educational system, and there were
Hat and Balloon Debates. There was also an inter-school debate with City of London Freemen's School, Ashtead, on the National Press, and this year saw
the first Inter-House Speech-Making Contest for the cup presented by Miss
Carol Smith, a former head girl.
Thanks are due to Mr Penman and Mr Dye, who are tireless
accessories before, during, and after the fact of any meeting; and not least,
to those members who have volunteered to speak or, more generally, been bullied into it.
H. E. Gentry.
JUNIOR DRAMATIC SOCIETY Every other Tuesday during the Autumn and Easter terms, the Junior
Dramatic Society meets in the lunch hour. Owing to the immense enthusiasm
for "acting" shown by first and second formers, we have unfortunately had to
exclude third formers or the numbers would have become too unwieldy. As it is, we like to involve all the members in the meetings and have departed
from the usual programme of performing short plays. Instead, the meetings
have consisted of inpromptu sketches, mimes, acting games and
competitions. The most popular meeting was undoubtedly that in which
groups mimed or acted to their chosen records. School uniform was
transformed into Dave Clark outfits or police uniform as the occasion required; tennis rackets, waste paper baskets and rulers provided
instruments, and any more elaborate costume was brought from home. The
mime which showed the most inventiveness was acted to the "Z-cars"
theme and told the story of the chase and capture of a "smash and grad"
raider by Z Victor I.
Most of the Easter term was devoted to preparation for an end of term show. The juniors, themselves, wrote or thought up the acts which
were then welded together into an evening's "television". It -o as
interesting, and a little alarming, to see how great is the influence of
television. An advertisement was written proclaiming "SUICIDE" as the
surest relief from "nerves, headaches and depression". "Bruce Forsyth"
introduced acrobats, 'Beatles' and 'Beat the Clock' competitions, and the girls of St Trinians caused havoc in their cookery room. Less influenced by the
screen, was an adaptation of a scene from "Alice through the Looking
Glass";and a trio for violin, 'cello and piano was well played by three
promising young instrumentalists.
Mr Dye kindly took responsibility for the Society again this year, and attended all its meetings.
The enthusiasm and resourcefulness, the self-confidence and cheer-
fulness of the first and second formers provide an excellent basis for such
activities. Nothing they do can fail to entertain, even if it does lack polish.
Julia Barr.
DRAMATIC SOCIETY The Society has again had a busy and varied year. The committee has
endeavoured to keep up to last year's ambitious programme and to maintain a
high standard of production. This year we have not held one play-reading,
but have attempted to use more unusual and original material. In the
Autumn Term some of the most interesting programmes were a talent-spotting evening, a talk by McFadyen and Roberts entitled 'Points of
Production', which also included some amusing audience participation, and
another 'Instant Acting' programme, this year under the more intriguing
title, 'Haggis-hunting'. The most ambitious attempt of the Spring Term
was a Victorian-type melodrama, `Oh Sir Jasper !' which was both written and produced by members of the committee.
Although Miss Barter was unable to get any tickets for the newly-formed
'National Theatre', she did manage to obtain some for the National Youth
Theatre's production of 'Hamlet' and for 'The Beggars' Opera' and 'The
Comedy of Errors' at the Aldwych. These pro ductions were all enjoyed
by those who came- and we must thank Miss Barter for so kindly arranging for us to see good plays well acted and produced.
The House Plays were again held at the end of the Summer Term.
These were adjudicated in the afternoon by Miss Macalpine of the
Leatherhead Repertory Theatre and then shown again in the evening for
the benefit of the parents. The competition was won by Rivett with
"Noyes Fludde", a Chester Miracle play. Ashcombe, Craven and Roberts produced "One-way Pendulum", "The Long Christmas Dinner"
and "I Will Arise" respectively. This year's House Plays are being presented
on Monday, 20th July.
Our School Play this year, "The Cabinet Minister", a comedy by A. W.
Pinero, was successfully presented at the end of November. Miss Barter once again produced and was ably assisted by Mrs Titmarsh. In January
members of the cast and helpers went to see that unusual Spike Milligan
and John Antrobus comedy "The Bed-sitting Room."
Finally we must thank all those who have helped to run the Dramatic Society,
especially those who have attended our meetings; we hope that they will
continue to do so.
Susan Clear.
THE SCHOOL PLAY For this year's School Play Miss Barter chose 'The Cabinet Minister' by
Arthur Pinero. Here is a play that is both enjoyable entertainment and at
the same time worthy of performance by a Grammar School cast. I was
sorry to see that the hall was by no means full on Thursday Evening—I consider that the hard work that goes into the school production merits
nothing less than three 'full houses'.
We have come to expect a very high standard from Miss Barter's
productions, and in some ways this year's production did not quite come
up to this standard. At the risk of offending everybody I have decided not to mention any members of the large cast by name. I shall confine my
comments to a few general points. There were a number of excellent
individual performances; in fact I can say that as individual performers, few
left much to be desired. What was lacking was a sense of teamwork. Too
many members of the cast acted as if they were alone on the stage. Some
played for extra laughs—an unforgivable sin. I got the impression at times that certain characters were not aware of their position in
relationship to the other characters. One must be careful not to
concentrate so firmly on one part as to lose sight of the play as a
complete entity.
The scenery in the first two acts was rather plain. There was little to suggest the seven thousand pounds that had recently been spent on
decorating, and it lacked that elegance which would have been so helpful
to the girls, who found difficulty in being really lady-like at times. The
castle was better, but was unimaginative. The lighting was adequate,
but again there was room for a more imaginative attack, even with the
limited facilities available. Having said all that, I still say in all sincerity that I enjoyed the play
very much indeed and I shall certainly support future productions, I
hope in the company of many present and past members of the school .
Roderick McLeod.
SIXTH FORM JAZZ CLUB Sixth Form Jazz Club this year, despite an encouraging beginning,
rapidly deteriorated into a small but noble collection of enthusiasts
and idlers. This was due in part to the large number of other interests pursued by the members of the Sixth Form, but in the main to a native
indifference on the part of the lower sixth and a regrettable ignorance
in the upper-forms, the greater number of whom are unhappily addicted
to the diversity of loud noises which purports to be popular music. It
is to be hoped that next year's lower sixth will maintain the standards of musical integrity which the club has attempted—though not always
successfully--to inculcate.
The club wishes to thank Dr Morgan for the use of the record-player,
and is indebted to those members, without whose support it would long
since have foundered, who loaned their cherished records for meetings.
H. E. Gentry.
MODEL RAILWAY CLUB During the past year the Model Railway Club has been supported
constantly by junior members of the school. With them in mind, P.
Hardy organised a series of talks dealing with the building of a model
railway layout from scratch.
During the dinner hours and after school members have been at
work on the club layout. It was hoped that enough work will soon have been done to enable the layout to be used for regular running
in the dinner hours.
We should like to thank Miss Barker for allowing us the use of
the art room in the dinner hours, for the running of our recently
acquired small three-rail layout and for the building of the club layout.
We hope that during the next year members will be able to run both layouts regularly in the dinner hour.
P. Herrick.
MUSICAL ACTIVITIES It was very pleasant to arrange an orchestral concert in November in
aid of the Freedom from Hunger Campaign, the programme for which
included a first part consisting of music by Mozart—the Symphony No. 29 in A,
the soprano Motet "Exsultate, Jubilate", and the "Sinfonia Concertante" for violin and viola. Hebe Morgan sang the Motet, and Miriam Morley and Lee
Robert were the young and talented soloists in the Sinfonia. The difficult
Serenade in C for string orchestra by Tchaikovsky concluded the
programme, which was obviously greatly enjoyed by those present, and as
a result we were able to make a generous contribution to the Campaign fund‘
On the 1st December about 50 members of the Senior Choir, with about
30 other choral singers from the Old Dorkinian Musical Society and some
members of Saint Paul's Church Choir, Dorking, gave a performance of
Handel's "Messiah" in Saint Paul's Church, which was very well received.
The soloists were Hebe Morgan, Marie Anderson, David Price and George Pizzey, with J. C. Blake at the organ. It seems very possible that we
shall repeat this performance in Advent next year.
The Annual Carol Service in St Martin's Church at least equalled -if it
did not in some respects surpass the standard of singing in previous years,
and both Senior and Junior choirs were to be congratulated on their efforts.
In March the Juniors had an enjoyable day at the Dorking Schools'
Music Festival, being ably conducted this year by J. Plummer, with C.
Pratt and Sheila McClure as the very competent accompanists.
Annual Choral Performance, 1964 The double bill of Haydn's Imperial Mass and the German Requiem of
Brahms, and especially the latter work, proved to be a tough nut for a young choir to cope with in rehearsal. However, it was probably true to
say that many choir members penetrated beneath the fairly tough outer
shell of the great Brahms work to discover something of its beauty and depth
of feeling, and in the final event the performance on Saturday, 7th March,
in the Dorking Halls went past the mere notes to show considerable awareness of the composer's style. Especially praiseworthy was the tone
control and feeling for romance shown by both choir and orchestra.
George Pizzey gave an arresting interpretation of the mainly narrative role for
baritone in the Requieum, while Hebe Morgan sang the single famous high-
lying soprano solo without strain, and with a feeling for line and phrasing.
Choir and orchestra achieved a very wide range of mood and emotion, particularly in such varied things as No. 2 "All flesh doth perish", No. 4
"How lovely are thy dwellings" and No. 6 "For we have here no abiding
city".
The more clean-cut design of the Haydn Imperial Mass was well realised in
general, with soloists and choir combining happily in ensemble. It was very pleasing to have three members of a family playing in the
string section--Mr Clarkson and Sally and Susan Clarkson----and also to
have a notable contribution from Susan Bixley (timpani)—a very recent
member of the School.
Artistically the concert was most successful, and was deserving of better
support. Fortunately our worst fears in regard to financial failure were not realized, and in the event there was a very small loss of just over £4 on an
evening which cost £165 to produce.
SENIOR MUSIC SOCIETY This year Music Society has greatly benefitted from the new school
record library. Excerpts from some of the new records were played at
the opening meeting, including Dohnanyi : Variation on a Nursery Song; Schubert : Quintet in C major (2 'cellos) and Verdi's opera "Aida".
At other meetings we heard the GI leg Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.
16; Mozart's 3rd Horn Concert; Smetana's Vltara; a sinfonietta by
Janacek and some well known operatic excerpts.
We were also very lucky to hear the tape recording of the concert given in the School Hall on Saturday, 2nd November, in aid of the Freedom
from Hunger Campaign, when the programme included the interesting
Mozart Sinfonia Concertante for violin and viola and Tchaikovsky's
Serenade in C for strings. Very good tapes were also heard of the annual
Choral performance—Brahms Requiem and Haydn Imperial Mass, and an
L.P. record of selected sections from the two works has been bought by about 75 present and former pupils of the school.
Attendance at meetings has been very small this year, and we should welcome
many more regular listeners in 1964-65. Perhaps the new stereo
reproducing equipment (Dynatron), recently installed in the music room and
made possible by the generosity of the School Parents' Association, will assist in improving attendance.
I should like to take this opportunity of thanking all those who lent
records to the Music Society, and also Dr Morgan for introducing the
meetings.
Sally Clarkson.
JUNIOR MUSIC SOCIETY Meetings were held during the Christmas and Easter Terms only, when
music ranging from the Beatles to Beethoven was played. Despite the variety
of programmes, many of which were chosen by the members themselves, the
attendance was disappointing and the audience uncooperative. Apart from the programmes of pop music, the audiences were entirely
female, owing to the attitude prevailing amongst junior boys that pop music alone merits their interest. When the junior school appreciates that most
music can give pleasure when listened to properly, then the society will
flourish. Until then it must struggle on against a depressing lack of
genuine enthusiasm.
A. J. Dale, J. B. Sadler.
THE RECORDER GROUP
During the last year The Recorder Group entered the Horsham Music Festival, where they won the cup for their class, the Schools' Music Festival, where they played with Mowbray's Recorder Group, the Dorking Festival of Entertainment, and most recently the Redhill and Reigate Music Festival. Unfortunately in most of the Festivals entered there was no opposition, but the Group received high marks. Much of their success is due to Mr Weatherhead, who has willingly given up a lot of his time to their activities, and they are very grateful to him.
SCIENCE SOCIETY As usual, the topics covered by this year's meetings were widely
differing, providing something for every branch, as was shown by the good
attendances. Biologists are catered for by their own film society, and so the
majority of the meetings tended to deal with Physics or Chemistry.
In November two distinguished speakers came to address the Society. Mr J. H. Ridd, B.Sc., Ph.D., Lecturer on chemistry at University College, London,
gave a talk on "University Research in Chemistry", illustrated by accounts
of some of his own research projects. The Biologists were interested in a visit
from Mr T. O'Kelly, B.Sc., who discussed "Post-war Development in Medical
Laboratory Techniques", this being especially useful to those contemplating
a career in Biological Science. As usual, a number of films were shown covering a variety of subjects,
from making "Rubber from Oil" to how to make scooter side-cars using
"plastics". An insight into the workings of "The Internal Combustion
Engine" was given by R. Way and R. Howes, of the Upper Sixth.
Despite the lack of enthusiasm among the lower forms, which caused
several meetings to be cancelled, it was pleasing to see a strong contingent of regular Lower Sixth Formers, from whom the Society can look forward
to a vigorous lead during the session to come.
Our thanks are due once again to Mr Spiring, our enthusiastic and
untiring President, both for supporting meetings and for nursing our aged
and temperamental projector.
J. Sutcliffe, R. Way.
SCOUT NOTES Once again the school Scout troop has had a successful and eventful year.
The school year (1963) ended with the annual summer camp which was
held in the Lake District in Eskdale, Cumberland, under our Scoutmaster, Mr N. W. Bradshaw, who was shortly to go abroad, and his stay was
enjoyed by all.
Several hikes were held in the beautiful, mountainous surroundings,
whilst the weather remained fine. The more senior members of the troop
climbed Scafell, Kirkfell and Great Gable. The troop also spent one morning on a very interesting and exciting tour of Calder Hall, the first
nuclear power station, at Windscale, near Ravenglass. On the whole, the
weather remained fine and the camp's high standards were again maintained.
In the Autumn term, the older members of the troop formed a Senior
Patrol called Mallory. Thus the troop's numbers decreased. Although
several new members have joined, the troop still welcomes more to bring it to full strength.
Altogether, the troop has worked hard and with great enthusiasm at its
training, which has been interspersed with wide-games held on Ranmore,
Box Hill and the Nower. All this resulted in the awarding of several
Second Class and Proficiency badges.
Besides helping Mr Bradshaw to run the troop, the seniors joined in the activities of the renewed Dorking and District Scout troop. During the
Autumn term training for the Ambulance and Fireman badges was arranged,
and great interest was shown by all. This was well rewarded by the winning
of either one or the other of the two badges by everyone.
Adventurous night activities organised by the Dorking Rover crew were also held for the seniors during the weekends of the same term,
incorporating the use of pioneering, map-work and general scouting.
Earlier this year courses for the Forester, Pioneer and Weatherman
badges were held, in which our troop again took an active interest.
To end the school year, the troop is holding its annual summer camp at
Lensdon Vicarage on Dartmoor.
P. S. J. Heaton (Troop Leader)
SCRIPTURE UNION A staunch few regularly attended the meetings of the S.U. this year
and were provided with a varied programme of activities. As usual we
are grateful to Mr Tombling, from Reigate Parish Church, and the Rev. N.
Swain, from Ashtead Free Church, for leading several of the meetings and for giving some enlightening talks. It was encouraging to see that the S.U.
members themselves were always quite willing to participate in the meetings,
which ranged from the more conventional bible studies and discussions
to a record session and a bible hunt in the school grounds.
For the first time this year our group joined with the S.U. group at
Mowbray school, gaining many new ideas as a result. On one such meeting, much was learned about the S.U. camps for young people,
held in the holidays, which several of our members have already
attended and enjoyed.
Our thanks are due to Miss Price for her help and leadership
throughout this year.
J. Broomfield and J. Skilton.
S.C.M. REPORT The fortnightly meetings of the S.C.M. during the Autumn and Spring
Terms were very varied and interesting. It is extremely disappointing,
though, that the S.C.M. has to depend very largely on a small group of regular attenders for support. We should like to emphasize that a warm
welcome is extended to all members of the senior school, whatever their
religious views may be. This should be a society full of vitality and life, and
not one to be regarded as merely for those who go to Church on
Sundays.
Our meetings have included discussions on subjects such as morality, the modernizing of Church music and juvenile delinquency. In October the
Youth Secretary of the "Mission to Lepers" came to talk to us and show
a film on the work of the Mission in South India. Another film show
during the year was one on the rebuilding of Coventry Cathedral. The
meetings which drew the largest audiences, however, were the two in
which members of staff took part. The first of these was an "Any Questions" session when the panel consisted of Miss Keenor, Miss
Pleass, Mr Kimber and Mr Wolff, and the second was our special
Christmas meeting at which Mr Kimber and a group of Sixth-form boys
sang songs accompanied by their guitars.
We are now looking forward to the annual Sixth-form Conference, to be held at Epsom College in July.
We should like to take this opportunity of thanking Mr Bedwell for
his guidance throughout the year.
Katharine Johnston.
THE SCHOOL LIBRARY, 1963-64 The current year has been a reasonably prosperous one for the
library. Over 300 books have so far been added; 75 books have been
rebound already; and a similar number have just been sent off for re-binding. It may have been noticed that books are now
being rebound in much more attractive colours. This is because a
bigger selection of coloured leathers have become available for binding purposes,
Among the new books added to the library are a fairly large
number on careers which will be found in the Social Science
section. A new author whose books are being added to the Fiction sections is Paul
Berna whose works, translated from the French, are now to be
found either in Junior Fiction or in Romance & Adventure. I would strongly recommend these stories to junior pupils. 'A Hundred
Million Francs' is perhaps the best but all make exciting reading.
The Voluntary Library Fund which makes possible such a large
number of additions in the various Fiction sections and in books of
popular interest has, to date, reached £196. By the end of July it
should be about £220. This represents a very generous total and I would like to point out that some £55 of it has been contributed by
the Lower Sixth Forms alone, so that I feel the Library owes a
special debt of gratitude to the Lower Sixth. The year's totals are, to date :-
Juniors- 2(1) : £1-15-7½d.; 2a : £1-14-1½d.; lb : £1-13-9½d. It will be noted that, apart from the Lower Sixth, the most
praiseworthy efforts have been made by Form Four. It may also be
noted that neither Upper 6a nor Upper 6Sc figure on these lists and
their collections, in spite of the efforts of their monitors, have been most disappointing.
I must thank all library monitors and librarians for their
welcome help. Efforts very here as much as in the Library Fund collection. I pick out for particular mention, R. Collinson &
J. Hudson, upon whom the mantle of R. McLeod appears to have
fallen. I am also extremely thankful to the helpful team of book-backers from 3a. Recruits to this part of the Library Service will
always he welcome. Finally I must, as ever, record a deep debt of
gratitude to Mrs Kimber for her work in connection with the
Library Fund and the Library Checking Lists. B. Macaulay.
MISSION With several more collections yet to be held this term, the total
received is £233-10-10d., which, by the end of the term should increase to well over £250.
1st Term rm
3rd Term
£120 5 11½
£40 6 10½
2nd Term
£72 18 0 3rd Term
£40 6 10½
-------------------- TOTAL
£233 10 10d This result is one on which the whole school must be congratulated,
although special mention should be made of the four lower sixth forms who
have given so generously and consistently throughout the year.
£39-16 3d was donated to the Freedom from Hunger Campaign at
the end of last year and the remainder will be distributed between various
national and local charities at the end of this term.
As always, thanks are due to Miss Baigent and Mrs Kimber for so
kindly checking every collection for us, and finally, to the monitors themselves for all their hard work throughout the year.
J. Skilton and G. Spooner.
NATIONAL SAVINGS This year has been noteworthy for three things :-
1. the high level of savings—the greatest since 1953;
2. the very great difference in the sums collected by the various forms;
3. the drop in investment in savings
The amount contributed by a form is influenced very much by the
monitor appointed. Some, however, are so keen to get good results that
they encourage people to buy large quantities of stamps which are immediately encashed at a local post office, the money so received being
used to buy another supply of stamps the next week. This is clearly both
a waste of time and of the stamps and the books into which they are put
and I hope this practice will not be resorted to in future.
The drop in the sale of savings certificates is disappointing. For short
term saving they are, of course, not a good investment because the rate of earning is low during the first years. But it increases rapidly after that and
for long term saving, saving certificates are excellent, especially if their
freedom from income tax is borne in mind.
Since 1945 the School Group has been responsible for saving nearly £40,000,
an average of just under £2,000 a year. I should like to add a word of praise and gratitude to the form monitors
who have, by their care and enthusiasm week by week, made my job so
easy.
Gilbert H. Woodman
DORKING COUNTY GRAMMAR SCHOOL
PARENTS' ASSOCIATION
Chairman: E. H. Hopper, Esq. Vice-Chairman: Mrs R. A. Jackson.
Members of the Committee :
Dorking Area— Mrs E. G. Barr, Westhumble. Mrs L. W. W. Harcourt, Dorking.
Mr P. Davis, Dorking.
Mr W. Lovering, Westhumble.
Mr A. C. Way, Dorking.
Outer Area— Mrs J. Broomfield, Beare Green. Mrs B. Holland, Sth Holmwood.
Mrs V. M. Morris, Leatherhead.
Mr G. Hoey, Ashtead.
Mr J. Thomas.
Staff Representatives: Mrs B. Titmarsh & Mr N. W. Bradshaw
Officers: President :- The Headmaster.
Vice-President :- Miss W. M. Rigby.
Honorary Treasurer :- Mr T. L. Buggs.
Honorary Secretary :- Mr G. H. Woodman.
There was a drop in membership this year—the first for some time. There are several reasons for this but the chief, I feel, is the failure of some pupils of the school to see that their parents get the relevant information. It would help if parents were to ask at intervals whether circulars had been issued. However, it may be that some parents have not joined the Association because they cannot, generally speaking, attend meetings. I would remind them that the subscriptions, though small, are constantly used in helping the school. For example, this year the gaps in the beech hedge, caused by the hard weather, have been filled with new trees and I am glad to say the hedge looks in very good condition. We have to thank Mr Chalcraft, the supplier, for making the replacement at half price. This he did because he is a former pupil. Also I would suggest that the strength of an association such as ours lies in the number of parents who are in it. For if representations on any subject are to be made to an authority their force will depend on what proportion of parents are in the Association.
The Amenities Fund
The Executive Committee, as you know, decided to raise the money
for this fund by appeals for donations. When this was first done
many of our members gave very generously, not intending to subscribe
again. Others, on the other hand, indicated that they would prefer to
make small gifts at intervals. Every year new parents join the
Association and so subsequent committees have sent out annual
appeals for funds. If when you receive a circular of this sort, you feel
you have done your part in helping the school please ignore the
appeal : it was not for you. Only the Honorary Treasurer knows who
has subscribed and therefore the Honorary Secretary must send to all
members.
This year about £200 has been given and this will be spent on
1. A turntable for modelling—the Art Department—£.10.
2. Stereophonic Sound Equipment—the Music Department—£65.
3. A switchboard for lighting the stage—£100.
University of London Extension lectures. Those starting in September will
be entitled 'The Psychology of Everyday Living' and they will be given by Mr J. Humphrey, B.A., Dip. Ed. I am sure they will be very
interesting and I hope for a good attendance at them. Gilbert H. Woodman, Honorary Secretary.
THE MAGAZINE Editorial Committee : Julia Barr H. E. Gentry
Susan Clear P. E. Hopper Jackson
Competition Winners: SENIOR- - Margaret Crutcher, L6a.
JUNIOR--- D. Park, Ic.
Points Winners.:: Houses- 1st Ashcombe
& Craven
3rd Roberts 4th Rivett
22 Points 16 points
12 points
Individuals:—
Ashcombe:
3—J. Lamberth, H. Merchant, Worsfold.
2—A. Ouyang, C. Smyth.
1—W. Galbraith, Grinstead, C. Hogarth, Jures, MacCoil, P. Ouyang, S.
Rudd, Slade.
Craven: 4—P. E. Hopper.
3—M. Crutcher.
2—Channon, P. Ramsay, Roberts, A. Smith.
1--Baxter, S. Clear, Coupe, C. Davey, P. Starling, S. Tarling, S. Tuffen.
Rivett: 4—Collinson. 2—L. Gillespie, Hinton.
1—Adderley, Bayer, Evans, R. Nash.
Roberts: 3—Bowles.
2—Bird, Carter, Hines, Park,
1—L. Cornell, Newmark, Nickol. Pike, B. Stredwick.
ANNUAL OUTING After the great success of last year's outing to Littlehampton and Arundel,
we decided this year to essay something a little more ambitious. Accordingly we settled on a trip to the Tower of London. We arrived at 8.30 on July
13th, a cold miserable morning while the odour of bacon and eggs was
wafting gently up to us from the Tower. We explored the ground and
finalised our plans. A large party was despatched to the West Gate and a
small party of our junior members established themselves facing the North Gate. There had been no travel-sickness problems until we sent a
party by the school ship to the Traitor's Gate (The river was a little
choppy, and it took them some time to break through the gate.)
Fortunately we did not have to undermine the Tower's foundations, but
slipped through the side-gate carelessly left open by the milkman. This, and
the element of surprise in the attack from the River, we feel, won us the day. There were few casualities; the most seriously harmed being a
little fellow who narrowly missed being hit by a falling portcullis.
The Beefeaters offered little resistance and soon their ornamental halberds
were burning merrily on the execution green, despite the rain. The Governor
of the Tower was gently awakened, and when he had found his teeth, joined his subordinates in the Beauchamp Tower. Our fashion
correspondent eagerly noted that the Beefeaters' tunics were 3" longer
than last year, although this may be due to the fact that the average
height of the Beefeaters has decreased by 4" since 1962. Our
correspondent added that chunky jewellery and heavy, elaborate tiaras
are "in" this year. By the time elevenses were served by Vi, ably coping with a strange
kitchen, the Committee were firmly ensconced in the Bloody Tower. At 12
noon a 21-gun salute was fired at the same time as the Committee's
flag was raised. It fluttered gaily in the breeze, intriguing the anxious
knot of spectators which had gathered, with its cryptic inscription. The
crowd were informed that it stood for "The Exceeding Militant Party for the Advancement of Havoc."
Our success was not allowed to interfere with the tower's great
industry—tourism. The guide service was competently assumed by
members of the History-sixth, who cheerfully donned the Beefeaters'
colourful tunics. Visitors to the Tower in the afternoon were treated to the spectacle of a quaint old English game of hockey. The game resulted
in a resounding win for the Committee; the Beefeaters later complained that
they had been handicapped both by the use of conventional sticks instead of
halberds, and also by our security measures. (Note from our Home Editor: Ball-and-chain kits can now he obtained from any reliable gunsmith. They
come in 3 sizes but only 1 colour : gunmetal black. They are invaluable for controlling the youngsters.) After this the boarding party launched their
ship on the now flooded moat. The ceremony was marred by a junior
member of the party dropping its sandwich-tea into the moat, thus
causing the Governor's wife to fall into the moat in an effort to retrieve it.
She was fished out as the choir launched into "Rule Britannia".
When the Committee were taking tea on the battlements in their pith helmets and medals won at Arundel last year, the Monarch arrived with
the Home Secretary to hand over the deeds of this fine town residence.
(The leader of the Opposition said later that questions would be asked in
the House next week.) Feeling that the Tower was now secure in our
possession we prepared to leave to catch the 6.27 from Waterloo. We took
only one souvenir with us : a medium-small suit of armour containing a large member of our group.
After the success of this year's expedition we feel that next year a river
trip to Windsor will be in order. Would .anyone who has a ground-plan
of Windsor Castle or a large tin-opener, suitable for opening a suit of armour,
please contact the executive committee before next March. N.B. If anyone has any information concerning the where-abouts of
four large ravens, will he or she please contact the Hon. Sec. or
phone Whitehall 1212.
Hilary Merchant, Susan Rudd, (L6a)
THE KINGFISHER Where the leisurely woodland stream
Joins the rush of the waterfall
I discovered his haunt at last;
There I heard his whistling call.
In a sandy bank near the stepping-stones
I discovered his nesting-hole. A scattering of white fish-bones
In a tunnel of a water-vole.
I caught a glimpse of him flashing past,
The dazzling bird with the silver name;
I saw his sunlit feathers gleam- Electric-blue with a splash of flame.
Bright as a streak of coloured light,
And just as suddenly lost to sight !
Roberts, 4(i)
JUST FOUR MORE
Over 250,000 species of the order Coleoptera (beetles) have already
been described by entomologists. In some recent work undertaken by a well known biologist four new genera have been placed in the
order Coleoptera of the sub-phylum Insecta. The following is their
description, in an extract from his notes. Genera. (4) Starrus ringo
Lennon johnum
Harrisonum georgus
Macartni paulus. Habitat. Liverpudlian cellars : Especially common in the
presence of homo-sapiens. Habit and structure. All species are similar, being just audible
to the naked ear, although often incomprehensible. Phylogenists are dubious about classifying this rare
branch of the sociological tree.
Points of difference. Dense crop of paraphyses of even length over head.
Inability to remain still for long periods of time.
Extraordinary development of the larynx. Gender uncertain at first sight.
Positive carriers of the endemic beatlemania.
Movement. Rhythmic beat. All four appendages constantly moving with a twisting motion. Cervical vertebrae
usually also well exercised. Tendency for St Vitus dance
to be prominent. Nutrition. Omnivorous. Jelly babies a favourite.
Reproduction. Yeah ! Yeah ! Yeah !
K. C. Hines, U6Sc.
THE BATTLE All along the tense and expectant lines was fear,
Nerves were stretched tight— The horses filled with fright.
Then a long-awaited sound split the air, Charge !
Slowly at first the resplendent army moved forward,
The pounding of horses' hooves on the rough ground,
The terrific, deafening sound—
The shouts and the blaring of trumpets, And then the two sides met,
The bowstring and arrow pulled back to the ear,
The throwing of spears, and all fears forgotten
In that mighty rush
And suddenly it's all over—
All around there is blood, broken pennons, dead and dying men, Who fought for a cause they hardly knew,
Probably for some ambitious king who wanted more land.
But then the victorious side takes the prisoners,
Who will not see their family for many a long year.
That evening the victors rejoice, And then a man with a loud voice
Stands up and sings an old cavalry song,
And after a verse the others join in,
Happy and triumphant—
While the prisoners lie on their filthy straw Listening to the distant din.
D. Park, Ic.
REFLECTION What use is life when there's death, and laughter and love are memories
viewed through mists when alone and sad :
Reaching out toward
mauve skies which hide
a longing as fickle as a flame,
seen in the glistening eyes of love; A swirl of hair, subtle as smoke,
stirred by a breeze of life.
Soft dreams of whispered love
drift into oblivion,
forgetful of the harsh finality of life.
A. Smith, U.6.a
BARBADOS
Imagine a market place in one of Her Majesty's colonies. It is
dusk and the leader of the biggest political party is addressing a large crowd. His manner is heated and occasionally he lends
emphasis to the parts of his speech concerning 'Independence' and
'Imperialists' by flailing the air with angry punches. The large, predominantly coloured crowd listen politely and applaud his remarks
with a restraint which contrasts appreciably with that shown at the
pulpit. He casually refers to a projected visit by a member of the
Royal Family and a spontaneous cheer brings his peroration to a temporary halt.
This scene has not been extracted from the biography of a retired
Indian Army officer but is one which occurred just a few months ago and it represented nothing out of the ordinary. For the venue
was Barbados, an island just larger than the Isle of Wight, on the
edge of the Caribbean, an island where a quarter of a million people, whose colours occupy every possible shade between the extremes of
black and white, live in a harmony whose occasional discords are
caused by reasons of social injustice rather than varying skin pigmentation.
Barbados is a remarkable place and this is due not so much to
what it contains in the way of fauna or flora or remarkable vistas, but rather to what it does not contain. It is a British colony
whose history contains elements of slavery at the hands of the
sugar plantocracy, piracy on the Spanish Main and other
romantic concepts. Many of these abominations can be laid fairly and squarely at the door of the British, but Barbados nevertheless
wants to keep its strong ties with the mother land (and considering the
high price Britain guarantees for her sugar, this a sagacious step). So, in contrast with its neighbour on the mainland, British Guiana,
Barbados is free from racial strife. Again, Barbados is in the tropics,
but unlike many neighbouring islands, the usually associated
accessories, namely, humidity, snakes, spiders and things that go bump in the night, are absent. Also, whereas many Caribbean
islands claim histories dominated by periods under Spanish, French,
Dutch and British rule, Barbados can boast only one set of colonial oppressors, the British.
So Barbados is free from the usual alien effects associated with
a tropical colony. It has a long history of fairly flexible British rule. with full internal self-government over the last twenty
years, so it is hardly surprising to find a strong allegiance paid to
the customs and habits of the British nation. Indeed, it is
sometimes said that Barbados (known as Bimshire and Little England in local, Bajan slang) is more British than Britain itself.
And anyone who doubts this has only to come here and observe the
portraits of the Queen and Winston Churchill in humble houses, the statue of Nelson in Trafalgar Square, Bridgetown, and areas with
names such as Brighton, Hastings or Clapham to be convinced.
In fact, the full range of life in Britain is reproduced here with varying degrees of accuracy. Children go to grammar and secondary
modern schools to learn about Boyle's Law and the conjugation of
French verbs. Barbados has cinemas which show the "Carry on" and James Bond films. It has its own versions of The House of Lords,
the Cup Final and Wimbledon. Bajans buy Beatle records by the
thousand, play bingo and fill in the treble chance. They also play
cricket and, taken man for man, they probably do this better than any other country in the world. For cricket is the Bajan religion
and the fervour with which it is played enables the island to
produce players of the calibre of Worrell, Hall, Sobers, Griffith, Hunte, to name but a few. The overall standard here is extremely
high. The island is so small, that there are fewer grades of cricket.
So the fixture lists bring schoolboy teams against bowlers like Hall and Griffith.
But this is not to imply that ife here is identical with that at
home. It could hardly be so, for Barbados is, after all, a tropical isle with palm trees, frangipani. mangoes and eternal
sunshine. The national temperament tends to match the
weather in temperature. But from both habit and a healthy
regard for expediency the island adheres closely to England and the attitudes of its inhabitants. Indeed, at times it is
difficult to imagine that four thousand miles of water
separate the two countries.
M. J. Owen (1951-59)
TO A CHILD Child,
Stay cocooned in spring-green days
Of infancy while life glows rose tinted. Remember while you can those
Sunstroked days. Hot lizards airing
Copper lacquer scales and birds that Sit silently, muted by
All-enveloping heat.
Think softly Of pale mornings. Frost-splintered grass
Mellowing to a warm wetness
As ascending rays filter through
Cloud-cushioned skies. For all too soon
The rainbow hues are strangled by time.
A few crushed hours of random Thought left coagulating in
The cellars of unconscious mind.
Jennifer Lamberth, S.6.Sc.
REFLECTIONS ON A PARTY Alone.
How quiet it seews now they've all gone. Gone,
Home, to talk about their evening,
To discuss Sue's dress and Jimmie's hair.
Out into the darkness they go, Leaving me behind.
Alone.
Alone, With the bottles and jolly paper hats
Hats,
Which now lie broken and discarded,
Forgotten in the frenzy of goodbyes, How pathetic they seem, how strangely out of place,
Like mourners at a bridal feast.
Dejected and forgotten, they and I. Alone.
Philippa Ramsay, 4(l)
PROGRESS Silence : a curious intangible shield surrounded him as he sat
alone on the bench. People passed him by as if unconsciously
aware of the invisible barrier and reluctant to disturb his reverie.
Shrill, childish cries rang about his ears; the practised roar of tuned engines mingled with the music and laughter throbbing through the
trees : but he remained, as he was, in complete oblivion. His
expression -wad vacant and indifferent but in his heart racked paroxysms of anger, hate and scorn. His burning eyes were fixed
on the road far beneath him.
There it lay like an inert and sinuous snake coiled around the foot of the hill. Blatant in its efficiency, its glaring newness
demanding instant attention; not a bump or corner sullied its
aggressive elegance. Only the gentle curves as, like a column of
smoke caught in a breeze, it swayed lethargically into the distance. As the silent watcher travelled the length of the purring tarmac he
felt a sensation, long dormant, rise within him. His previous
emotions became submerged as, once again, he experienced the power and exuberance of pure speed. Involuntarily he bent and
inclined his body : now leaning into imaginary bends, now bracing
against non-existent winds. Suddenly he stopped short and scowled. He stopped and scooped a handful of gravel from the path, driving
his finger-nails hard aginst the stony ground.
Flinching from the pain, he began to remember, to relive the birth and growth of that road. Once again he could see the stark
drawings and meaningless figures laid out in the council offices.
Again he felt that tremor of excitement as the initial remoteness
of the project was overcome and the road became a living fact. Slowly the scene before him became transformed into the battle-
field it had been before. There were the armies locked, once
more, in fierce combat : the opposing forces of man and machine, the one wrestling with the other. Sun-burned backs bent low over heavy
shovels; ponderous cranes perpetually swinging their protesting loads;
insatiable excavators carving apparently useless trenches across existing roads : he could see it all spread out in front of him. The
stream they had imprisoned under layers of concrete—he could
position it almost exactly. He knew, too, where each redundant house had been levelled to the ground; where the buses used to
stop; where the flower gardens were. There, amid symmetrical piles
of abandoned earth, amid the maze of temporary shelters,
temporary premises, make-shift canteens and portable lighting; among the overturned petrol lamps and pulsating engines : there he
had witnessed the birth of a motor-way. From the first theodolite to
the cutting of the ceremonial tape—he had seen it all.
"The cutting of the tape", he mused; "and then?" Abruptly he left his memories. The sun had gone in now, rain was beginning to
darken the wooden slats of the bench. Painfully he rose to his feet, picked up his crutch and limped back to the cafe. As he turned his back on the road, the wind caught at his empty sleeve as if to taunt and remind him. But he was finished with his memories.
Margaret Crutcher, L6a.
NIGHTMARE A purple and green gorilla
Appeared before my eyes
And a one-eyed yellow monster Descended from the skies.
They turned in my direction
And I met them face to face, And when they came towards me
My heart began to race.
I thought that if I stayed there Things would get quite hot,
But when I tried to move, my feet
Were rooted to the spot. A giant slimy earwig
Fell down upon my head—
No more bread and cheese for me
Before I go to bed !
C. Bird, IC.
EAST IS EAST AND WEST IS WEST . Unlike the citizens of West Berlin, all visitors from West Germany
and the Western World have the right to enter East Berlin. The
lengthy border procedure, in which name and address, the money and valuables have to be systematically recorded, your bag, or even
sometimes, your pockets searched and your face scrutinized for
symptoms of hostility or guilt, is however sufficient to deter all but the most patient, the most innocent or the most imperturbable of
travellers. The process of getting through the control point may
take anything from ten minutes to two hours or more, depending on the number of eager hopefuls wishing to flock into Herr
Ulbricht's paradise at the time, and on the number of so-called
happy, loyal border-guards on duty waiting to welcome them and
send them on their way with a twenty-four hour entry permit.
Nevertheless, patience brings its reward when the visitor is finally
released into this strange anomaly of a city, with its broad
Moscow-styled avenues and pale yellow sky-scrapers, its blackened deserted ruins, its historic churches and neo-classic
museums, its traffic-less roads, its obvious poverty and its
ubiquitous red and blue banners proclaiming socialist triumph.
To my mind the most important thing to be learnt in East
Berlin was the attitude of the East Berliners themselves, what they
think of the Communist regime which for three years has cut them off from the Western Hemisphere and which thrusts propaganda at
them through every possible medium : newspapers, schools,
universities, radio, television, films, theatre, art, even sport, not to mention the all-pervading red and blue posters and the repetitive
communist festivals and demonstrations. Do they accept this, do
they believe it when Ulbricht explains the Wall as a protective measure against West Germany militarists and Nazi revengists
thirsting for war?
No man in the street, firstly, believes that the Wall is there
to keep West Germans out. He still remembers the stream of his fellow East Germans, as many as six thousand a day, who fled to the
prosperity of West Berlin before the building of the Wall cut the
number to a dozen weekly. He can live his life quite satisfactorily within the confiness of the D.D.R., but the very fact
that he may not leave his country, even to visit other countries of
the Eastern bloc, except on business or for diplomatic reasons, is enough to make him feel hemmed in, trapped. All farmers were
forced to accept communal farming on the establishment of the
'Republic', and as a consequence the East Berlin shops now lack cheese or vegetables for three weeks out of four, only to be
flooded with a sudden rush of one or other vegetable. Queues
outside food shops are as common as in Britain in 1946, with the
majority of goods bottled or canned, butter, meat, coffee and sugar rationed, and no bananas or citrus fruits anywhere to be seen.
Still, they don't need butter, an elderly museum attendant told me—
it tastes no better than margarine. And they would rather not have cream, even if they could, or they might get fat like all the West
Germans and Americans who visit them. One can generally
distinguish Westerners by their clothes; man-made fibres are a rare luxury to Eat Berliners, and fashions lag sadly behind those of
their western neighbours.
The D.D.R. has a marks-pfennig currency like the west, with featherweight all-aluminium coins. Until the shutting off of East
Berlin by the Wall, it was a standing rule that one showed one's
passport when spending any money, as most West Berlin visitors
preferred not to change their west marks one for one at the border in accordance with the Eastern ruling, but in West Berlin, at a
rate of four East marks to one West mark. Despite the rigorous
border checks the smuggling of East marks from the West is still widespread among Western visitors.
The West German government, intent on ultimate reunification,
still refuses to recognise the D.D.R., until such time as the East
Germans may have a freely-elected, representative government. The
entire political system of the D.D.R., however, is dependent on the one Socialist Unity Party, the S.E.D., with two or three subsidiary
fraction parties to give the impression of a democracy. Elections
are held every five years, in which ninety-eight percent of the population is said to participate, and of these ninety-nine percent
vote for the Unity Party. In so far as you do not have to say
openly which of the four S.E.D. candidates you prefer, the vote is secret, but the choice is only between communist and communist, and
any non-voter is regarded as hostile to the interests of the republic.
Until the East German people are allowed to establish opposition
parties (a punishable political crime) and no longer have to live under the threat of reprisals if they do not vote, there can be no official
recognition of the D.D.R. by the West, and no chance of a solution
to the Berlin problem. G. R. Smith, S6A.
VULTURES With hideous necks and staring eyes Came vultures, each to claim its prize
Of food. Hardly birds, though born
To fly like birds. With hearts that scorn
To kill, yet live on ready dead. Another kills, when he has fed
From nowhere they come, on huge black wings
That cloud the sky. All living things, Be they gentle or not so mild,
Need the scavengers of the wild.
The hook-beaked hunchbacks with plumage black,
Their red-scaled necks and crops which lack
The beauty and warmth of other fowl,
Seem barren, with cold unwordly scowl. Yet still I hope no part we'll play
To rid this strangest bird of prey
From out our midst, but let it stay As Nature's cleaner, in Nature's way.
