ANNUAL MAGAZINE

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WYNBERG BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL

DECEMBER 1967

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SENIOR SCHOOL STAFFPRINCIPAL

Mr. N. R. Black beard , B.A.VICE-PRINCIPALS.. Mathematics.... Geography

SPECIALGRADEASSISTANrSBiology

...... English, Geography

...... English, MathematicsAsSISTANrS

Mr. J. C. Boltman, MoA. LatinMr. J. M. Blom, B.A. AfrikaansMr. D. Bromberger, BoA.(HONS.) EnglishMr. P. Broster, B.se. ..... ScienceMr. J. G. de Jongh, B.A. AfrikaansMr. T. W. Fair, B.SC. ..... .... MachematicsMr. E. P. Hopkins, A.Le.B., N.e.T.e., A.B.C.E. CommercialMr. P. Kal1away, B.A.(HONS.) HistoryMr. F. A. J. Kooy, B.A. EnglishMr. 1. le Roux, B.A. Afrikanns, Social StudiesMr. T. P. Metrowich, B.se. ScienceMr. A. Noffla, B.A. Physical EducationMr. J. Rodger, B.A.(FINEART) ArtMr. D. S. Sieberhagen, B.A. AfrikaansMr. C. J. A. Vnger, B.se. ...... MathematicsMr. A. Verwymeren, M.O.MUSIC,U.P.r.M. MusicMr. J. J. Voigt, H.p.T.e. .... ...... ... Woodwork and Metalwork

SECRETARY:Mrs. J. Cotton, B.A.CARETAKER: Mr. Broeker.GROUNDSMAN: Mr. Marais.

Mr. W. Lennox, B.sC .Mr. S. Gilrnore, BoA. ..

Mr. J. L. Mathew, B.SC.Mr. A. J. A. Morris, B.A.Mr. V. J. Parkins, B.A.

PrincipalVice-PrincipalSub AlSub A2Sub BlSub B2Std. lAStd. IBStd. 2Atd. 2B

Std. 3AStd. 3BStd. 4AStd. 4B (Special Grade Assistant)Std. 5A _.... . .Std. 5B (Special Grade Assi tant) .On a Year's Study LeavePhysical TrainingClass inging and Choir ......Remedial SpeechSpeech Training and Play Production ......EurhythmicsPianoViolin ..Cello .RecorderSecretaryCaretakerSupervisor of Kitchen

JUNIOR SCHOOL STAFFMr. A. LorieMr. J. F. Oosthuizen, B.se.Miss B. DurhamMiss A. CoopMiss G. BarwellMiss E. BeyleveldMiss L. MarshMiss P. WattersMiss S. KacevMi s L. CowleyMrs. l. OberholzerMr. F. A. B. SmithMr. A. ThieleMr. R. JustMr. A. LarieMr. K. HutchisonMr. M. K. PretoriusMr. J. F. Oosthuizen, B.se.Mrs. E. JenningsMrs. A. ZwartsMiss T. GlaunMrs. M. BothaMiss C. LiefmanMr. A. LorieMrs. R. StoneMr. F. A. B. SmithMrs. BuchananMr. M. DonoughMrs. Katie Foster

The young string player are ju t not coming for-ward. They will not come on their own: theparents mu t be behind them.

A few years ago the Magazine Editorial con-tained a suggestion that academic blues and col-ours be created to serve as an incentive to chol-astic boys. Thi is an excellent idea, though onecannot help feeling that not only the academic,but alo the cultural sphere need more recogni-tion in our chool- and, indeed, our everydaylives.

What we mu t strive after in our school life isperfect harmony between the sporting, the aca-demic and the cultural. The school that shows anunnatural bias toward academic success alonedoes not have a balanced outlook; likewise theschool which place exce sive empha is on port.Almo t inevitably, however, in the struggle forsupremacy between the cia sroom and the rugbyfield, the third member of the trinity, culture, ispushed aside.

We must realise that chools are no longer re-garded merely a places in which to learn: theyare place in which to grow. And the culturalfacet is an integral part of the fuller life of anyperson.

What is the rea On for the cultural depres ion?The boys tbemselves re erve all their admirationfor physical prowess - they cannot be expectedto do otherwise, The apathy of the parents, how-ever, is to be deplored. Very few parents en-courage their children to learn music, for instance.And those who do are u ually extremely short-sighted in that they insi t upon the piano a theonly instrument worthy of consideration. Whatis the re uit? The School Orchestra, our greatmu ical heritage, has to depend heavily upon theOld Boys in order to retain a suitable complement.

lt does appear, too, that the actual recognitionaccorded the various fields of activity i ,a wehave mentioned. somewhat disproportionate. Anexcellent cricketer i , quite rightly. given a pecialbadge; yet no uch distinction is given an excel-lent debater, for example. A white-bordered blazeris the reward for brilliant performances on therugby field; i it unreasonable to award at lea ta little badge for brilliant performances on theconcert platform or the stage? We are not insinu-ating that the rightful importance attached toport be dimini hed, but we do uggest that theother fields of activity should also receive omeacknowledgement and further attention.

At the beginning of this year one of our Eng-lish ma ters encouraged the publication of a littlemagazine, "Literata," with the aim of encouragingcreative writing among our boys. We incerelyhope tbat this quarterly venture will continue,but the initial response ha been so half-heartedthat "Literata". like the very diITerent ''Times''before it, may very easily cease in the near future.Without the complete support of the school, aneffort of it kind is doomed.

Tbis, then, is a plea for a New Deal a regardthe cultural pur uits of the chool community,Culture, as Matthew Arnold puts it, is ··the pa sionfor sweetness and light, and (what is more) thepas ion for making them prevail". To be en-lightened is not enough; we must try to hinethe light on otbers.

M.H.

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Staff: LossesMr. Ta ker, whose departure was prematurely

reported in our last i ue, did finally leave duringthe course of the year. Three decades of Wynbergboy will recall with affection hi ready mile,unfailing cheerfulness and indefatigable zeal. Hewas part of the fabric of our chool and hisdeparture on a prolonged overseas stay leaves ahole of which wc are till conscious. We hopethat he and Mr . Tasker will enjoy their well-deserved rest.

Mr. Jordaan, a Geography specialist who alsotaught Afrikaan, .uccumbed to the lure of hisubject and set off for a two-year stay in Canada.Mr. Peacock, nglish master. abandoned teach-

ing for bu ine . All who tuilled under him havea high regard for his salesman hip, and we hopethat hi new commodity i as greatly appreciated.

Mr. McMinn, art ma ter and leading figurein the young et of ape Town arti ts, gained anappointment in an Edinburgh school and washappy to have this opportunity of extending hisprofe ional experience.

Miss eckel wa appointed temporarily to takeover Mr. Thorp's cience classe, and charmedfrom her Std. X class reallyexcellent results inthe final examination.

Impending DeparturesMr. Sieberhagen has been at Wynberg for

almo t twenty years. There was never any drab-ness in his cia sroom, and the new: of his de-parture will awaken happy memories in twogeneration of Wynberg boys. Hi never-failingcheerfulness and courtesy will be mis ed in thetalI-room wben he transfers lo the Oude MolenTechnical High School.

Mr. Hopkins is another stalwart who is spend-ing his last week with us. Himself a WynbergOld Boy, Mr. Hopkins has given the school twelveyears of loyal, con cientiou ervice both in theclassroom and on the playing fields, and has atall limes and in many spheres acrificed himselfin the interests of the school. Trained as a com-mercial teacher, be goes to Kimberley to a postat the Technical College.

Mr. Fair has been with u for only two years,but in that time he has proved himself a tower

of strength in our extra-mural activities and inLittlewood Hou e. Diocesan College is fortunateto have acquired his services.In the case of Mr. Fourie and Mr. Rogers, we

have to record both their arrival and departure.Mr. Fourie held a temporary Afrikaans post andMr. Rogers, who took over our art cla es. hasbeen appointed to a lectureship at Rhodes Uni-versity.At short notice and for short intervals Mrs.

Bell, Mrs. Hewitson and Mr. Jones bave respondedto urgent picas to fill gaps cau ed by illness, etc.,and we thank these three for their services.

Staff GainsMr. Bro ter bas his first appointment with us

and has settled down as a valuable member oftaff and of Littlewood Hou e. A fresh, unin-hibited approach to Science and to a wide rangeof porting activities has met with enthusiasticrespon e (rom the boys.

Mr. Metrowich, senior Science master, has cometo u from Sea Point Boys' High. He, too, hasbeen active on the Rugby field and, together withMr. Bro ter, ha rejuvenated the Students' Chris-tian Union.

Mr. le Roux, who resigned from the staff threeyears ago to look after business interests, foundthe lure of teaching too strong and ha made awelcome return, teaching Afrikaans and SocialStudies.

Finally, we are pleased to report the return ofMr. de Jongh, who left us a year ago on accountof ill bealth. We hope that he is fully recovered.

Before clo ing our report on staff activities, weshould like to congratulate Mr. Bromberger onhis engagement to Mi s Margaret Alexander andwi h them every happiness in the future. Finally,Old Boys will be intere ted to know that Mr.Mathew went on furlough in the early part of theyear. He spent a fortnight in I rael, leaving onlyjust before the I raeli-Egyptian clasb, and motoredwestwards through Europe.

TributesWe have many acknowledgements to make and

would assure our benefactors tbat the brevity ofour thanks is no measure of our gratitude.

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SCHOOL PREFECT , 1967From Row (1. to r.): J. Miller, A. Hurwitz, Mr: S. Gilmour (V lP), L. Osrin (Vice-Head p.),

Mr. . R. Blackbeard (Principal), G. Pfel! (Head Prefect), Mr. W. Lennox: (V lP),T. Kyriaeos, M. Herbert.

Second Roll' (I .to r.): J. Oosthuizen, S. Lcyser, M. Westmoreland, L. Buwalda, J. Lawrence,E. Eddy, T. Oettlé, K. Neilsoo.

Third Row (1. to r.): M. Poematicatos, W. Aoderton, W. van Dam, . Cohcn, M. Hurwitz.

We should like to tbank, first of all, the com-mittee of our Parent-Teacher' As ociation fortheir zeal and enthu ia m. Thank to them, theP.T.A. has become a very real and active andbencficial factor in our school life. Tbe mo t

immediate benefit lo the boys, of cour c, i therunning of the daily tuckshop. We hould likeMrs. Blanckenberg and her band of motbers toknow that their ervices are greatly appreciatedand that domestic crises in untold number havebeen solved by pre ing ten cents into an eagerhand and telling its owner to buy lunch at chool.

Mr. Holrnes must be congratulated on the tateand appearance of the chool ground. Limitedas we are for playing space, and fielding as manyrugby and cricket team as we do, our groundtake a fearful pounding throughout the year.Great skill and much hard work is needed to keepthem as fresh and green and attractive as theyare. It is with regret, therefore, that we saygoodbye to Mr. Holmes, who is leaving at the

end of October. However, rus successor, Mr.Marais, is already learning the ropes, and to rumwe extend a warm welcome.The library ha benefited by gifts of books from

the lagger Beque t The Old Mutual, Miss Hop-kirk and other donor.

AcquisitionsA familiar sight for years has been the figure

of one of the ground staff hurrying along behinda large, temperamental petrol-driven mower. Allthat ha changed. We now pos es a tractor anda triple·gang mower, and our fields have takenon a permanent short-backs-and-sides appearance.To hou e thi welcome addition, Mr. Holmesconstructed a tractor-shed between the cricket-hed and the fence of the Girl' School.The old cricket core-box made way for the

tuck- hop, and under construction at the momentis a new, permanent score-box just beyond theline of the wimming pool.

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The filtration plant for the swimming pool hasbeen overhauled and several spectator- tands.constructed in tiers, have been placed at uitablevantage points.

Two of our tennis courts have had all-weathertreatment, and we are indebted to our Old BoysUnion for financing tbe co t of one of them.

General

Our porting activities continue in a very healthystate. Without achieving any peaks, our cricket,rugby and tenni team maintained a high stand-ard of play and of sportsmanship, and we areindebted to the respective organiser and thecoache on both accounts. As far as wimming isconcerned, we have bad a vintage year. We wonall our galas and the Inter-School Swimminghield. Our cadet detachment and the cadet band

did extremely well in the inter- chool competi-tion.

There are two excellent individual efforts toreport: M. Westmoreland won for the secondsucces ive year the Western Province Judo title,and M. Herbert won a first place in the NavyLeague Essay competition.Our various clubs and societies, reported upon

more fully on other pages, continue to provide anoutlet for specialised interests and a wide diversityof talents, and we urge parents to encourage tbeirboys to make use of tbe facilities and opportu-nities tha t are offered. Boys who spurn the otherhalf of school life are getting only half an educa-lion. With this in mind, we congratulate themember of the Debating Society who tied forfir t place with S.A.C.S. in lhe Inter-school Forum- a novel competition in which a team of fivedi cusses a topic whicb tbey have been given onlyten minutes to con ider.

By the time this magazine is published, ourStd. X pupils will be putting to the test twelveyears of chooling. We wish tbem tbe best ofluck in the examination and thereafter.

LIBRARYPurchases of book were complicated tbis year

by a departmental requirement that certain fixedproportions of tbe library grant be spent onmagazines, reference works, and open- belf mat-ter. A further con traint limited the choice ofmagazines and reference works to a list of titlessupplied by the department.

Few people reali e how very limited .~eniorboys' reading is. Indeed. the heavy demands upontime made by homework and organised schoolsport, and the endless opportunities for outdoorrecreation presented by our climate, make readinga rare occupation. And when it i indulged in,the cboice of book more often than not is non-fiction dealing with a particular outdoor interest_One has therefore to guard against an accumu-lation of dead wood in a school library, andlimitation to certain title - sound as it may bein theory - is likely merely to add to that deadwood.

We were fortunate during tbe year to have ourturn come up again for a gift of books from theJagger Bequest. Some twenty very useful refer-ence and non-fiction works were added to ourshelve. Another windfall was a gift of severalhundred books, mostly fiction, by Mi s GraceElton. They are greatly appreciated.

A in previous years, the greatest turnover inreacling matter has been in tbe junior classes, andwe must eriously consider devoting a far largerproportion of our limited shelf-space to theirneeds. We have tried to encourage the seniorclasses to read more widely by granting them afortnigbtly class-period in the library. However,little bas been achieved. One sympathi es withtheir plea that homework and sport leave littletime for other activities.

Under the leadership of P_ Selby a group oflibrarians ha been responsible for tbe day-to-dayrunning of the library. We tbank tbem for givingo generously of their lime during the year.

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COMB] EO M TRlCULA T, 1967

Front Row (I. to r.): Mr. S. Gilmour (VIP), W. Anderton, J. Oosthuizen. A. HUIWit.z,J. Miller, 1. Lawrence, . Cohcn. L. 0 rin (Dep. HIP), Mr. . R. Blackbcard (Principal),G. Preil (HIP), Mr. W. Lennox (VIP), T. Kyriacos, I. Pnematicatos, M. Hurwitz,W. van Dam, T. Oettlé, Mr. J. Mathew.

Seoond Roll' (I. to r.) S. Le}' er, M. We tmoreland, L. Buwalda, . Pringle, G. Butler,A. Mar hall, B. Dya on. P. Scott, O. Frahm, I. Mackay, H. BatweIl, K. Katz, G. King,H. Kaplan, I. David, K. eiLson. E. Eddy, M. Herbert.

Third Roll' (1. to r.): R. Fitzwilliams, D. Gill, R. Hards, . Rawlinson, D. O'Neill, J. Ham-mersehlag, J. Slome, C. Maytham, R. Fowler, H. Gargan, T. Piekthall, N. Ports, K. Kesner,G. Pearec, L. Vickerman, R. Bywater.

Fourth Row (I. to T.): R. Barnett-Jolley, B. Winton, T. Snyman, J. Goldblatt, G. Knox,R. van der Linden, M. Treadaway, K. Trollope, . Coate , B. Pearce, P. Barrett, G. Twiss,D. Williams, S. Pater 011.

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SENIOR CERTIFICATE, 1966First Class: W. R. Barne , A. C. Craxton, E. L.

de Swardt, J. B. Fine, B. D. Melntyre, E. H.Merrifield, W. A. Millar, H. H. Morris. N. D.Pasvol ky, P. Reynolds. H. P. Wegner, L. M.Werbeloff.

Second Class: D. E. Anziska. M. W. Bates, J.Best, S. Blanckenberg, J. Bloom, A. Blotnick,G. L. Booth, C. J. Braude, C. A. ridgen , B. J.Ca. tie, G. J. Doeke, A. Eli ert, B. B. Fischer,D. 1. Ger, Q. R. Gibb , P. J. Gilmore, . P.Glas er, E. D. Green, E. J. Jennings, C. J.Kemp, G. H. Kleyn, D. J. Knight, A. V.Lowry, P. G. MacPber on, G. A. Main, R. J.Perrot-Humphrey, B. R. Pringle, M. Radom-ky, D. J. Sawyer, R. W. Scott, S. 1. Scott,A. B. Srubis, tichLing, R. B. Timmis, G.M. van Be ouw, . C. Ward. J. D. Wiegman,R. J. Wilkin on, C. W. Wolf.

JUNIOR CERTIFICATE, 1966First Class: D. R. Asher, A. R. Beattie, A. J.

Benjamin, G. Bioom, J. H. Bowie, K. S.Brown, D. . Carver. J. C. Cawood, C. J.legg, G. J. Connolly, P. C. Crathorne, D.. Gill, P. A. Goodwin, A. H. Goo en, R.

Jo ephson, J. Katz, . G. Kitley, K. A. Koles-ky, . . Marcus, H. K. Miller, B. P. Morri,N. M. Oettlé, D. H. O'Neill, L. C. 00 thuizen,R. P. Pawley, R. H. Pogrund, . Presland,D. A. Rolfe, D. Rubel, M. Rubin, I. A. Seba-

witz, J. E. Sims, R. . Snaith, R. G. Spread-bury, F. A. Slrickland, T. A. Wegner, K. C.Williams.

Second Class: A. B. Adam, A. M. Arm trong,H. C. Bashew, P. E. Bowhill, R. B. Burns,D. J. alder, R. M. arter, J. S. Castle, M. A.hadwiek. D. G. oetzee, A. B. Cook. R. O.

Cooper, P. J. Corbitt, P. J. Cridge, R. M.Cumming, S. P. Damain-Harris, G. J. Davis,B. G. Davi on, N. P. de Jager, G. M. desLigneris, B. E. de Vries, P. de Wet, Q. J.Dollman, D. G. Donald, D. C. Dreghorn-Ward, F. J. du Toit, H. G. Dyer. A. J. Fal-coner, R. G. Falconer, D. B. Frahm, M. Frye,T. R. Gildenhuy , G. A. Goles, H. J. Good-man, D. A. Go lett, B. R. Gouid, H. M.Green, L. B. Hamburger, D. V. Hugo, A. F.Jacobs, R. L Jeffery, W. . Johnson, R. Kent,A. J. Kirkwood, T. J. Knol, K. R. Kock,K. A. Kole ky, A. R. Korodetz. T. G. Langley,P. J. Lea, A. J. Levin. P. M. Lewis, A. R.Long, M. A. Lou i , M. J. Manestar, P. R.Moss, M. Muilwyk, G. Munro, A. G. oble,M. C. Ormond, T. C. Pawley, B. J. Peters,P. Pickup, D. A. Pratt, C. L. Priestman, G. B.Puller. F. Rasyma ker . J. Retief, K. Ririe,B. G. Rookledge, A. K. Ross, R. B. alz, C.A. kaife, J. A. Sheppard, S. N. Silver. tone,S. K. olberg,1. J. Szoke, C. M. Taylor-Smith,C. S. Traub, P. R. van Zyl, A. W. Vi er, J. S.Williamson, R. M. Wolman, B. R. Wynton.

Annual prize-YfJinlj, 1966Tbe annual ceremony was beid on 29th Novem-

ber, 1966, and once more we were favoured withfine weather. Di tinguished guests included Dr.Vincent Granger. our Guest Speaker, and Mrs.Granger who later presented the prizes, Mr.Lorie, Miss Urie and Miss Lawton, headmi tre esrespectively of lhe Girl' Higb and Junior School,Mr. Felbert, Chairman of the School Committee,and Mr. Ford. Chairman of the Old Boy' Union.Tbe headmaster surveyed the chool year in all

its aspect. He paid tribute to all who had giventheir energy and interest to the school, particu-larly the Parent-Teacber ' A sociation ; he sketchedbrieflyour successe on the sportsfield and de-

clared his bope that every boy would be drawninto at lea t one of the many games we olIer, andfinally made a plea to parents that they shouldencourage tbeir children to acquire tbe readingbabit. for tbe ba is of all learning is the abilityto read easily and fluently and critically.

Dr. Vincent Graver, him elf an Old Boy, thendelivered hi address: Success in our final exam-ination is analogous to the sense of achievementexperienced by a mountaineer when he ha con-quered the foothills leading to a yet bigher ascent.We can allow ourselve only a brief respite beforetackling the fresh peaks that our initial effortshave brougbt into view. We must regard our

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final school examination, therefore, only as a stagein a continuous search after knowledge.And after twelve years of study, what are we

going to take away with us when we leavechool? A great deal that we have laboured tolearn will soon be forgotten. unies we happento make use of it in our busine s or professionallives. But what i important is that we shouldtake away with us the method and habit ofacquiring knowledge, for we live in a world ofdrastic changes. More important: we must takeaway with us a sense of citizenship, a sense ofbelonging to the community, and we mu t beable to communicate with our fellow citizens,whatever their rank or degree. Cabinet ministeror dustman: both share a common humanitythat calls for equal respect. ubservience to tbeone i as little called for as arrogance towardsthe other. Most important of all: we must takeaway a quiet pride in ourselves and in ourSchool and what our School stands for.

'We live in an age of great moral, ethical,ocial and political turmoil, and you will needall your firmness of character and purpose if youare to take your stand against prejudice, popularpassions and popular illusions. You will never,I hope, compromjse on matters of principle.'After Mrs. Granger had presented the prizes,

visitors and guests and prize-winners had tea atLitllewood House.

PRIZE LISTStd. 6A: Cia s Prize, Mathematics Prize: I.

Schmaman.Std. 6B: Class Prize: R. Blackbeard.Std. 6A: English Prize, Social Studje., Merit

Prize: 1. Thomson.Std. 6B: Afrikaans Prize, Merit Prize: N. Wright.Std. 6A: Latin Prize, Merit Prize: L. MiUner.td. 6B: General Science Prize: A. de Groot.

Std. 6B: Book-keeping Prize: J. Mason.Std. 6A: Merit Prizes: O. Sims, G. Ronaidson,

B. Campbell.Std. 6B: Merit Prizes: C. Burke, T. Green, C.

Tylcoat.Std. 7A: Class Prize, English Prize, Latin Prize:

P. Anderton.Std. 78: Class Prize, General Science, Social

Studies, Afrikaans, Woodwork: J. Ormond.Std. 7C: Class Prize, Commercial Prize: O.

Blancken berg.Std. 70. las Prize: J. Klein.Std. 7C: Mathematics Prize: J. Boland.Std. 8A: Class Prize, Davidowitz English Prize,

Social Studjes, Latin: M. Rubin.

Std. 8B: la's Prize: A. Goosen.td. 8C: Class Prize: R. Pawley.

Std. 8D: Class Prize, Mathematics, Social tud-ies. ommerce: T. Wegner.

Std. 8E: la s Prize: S. Marcus.Std. 80: Afrikaans Prize: . OeWe.td. SA: General cience Prize: G. Bloom.td. 8A Merit Prize: J. Benjamin, R. Josephson,

J. Katz, P. Goodwin.Std. 9A: Class Prize, Physical Science, Latin: J.

Miller.Std. 9C: Class Prize: B. Wynton.Std. 9A: English Prize, Merit Prize: M. Herbert.Std. 9A: Afrikaans: C. MaiminlStd. 9A: Biology, Physical Science, Merit Prize:

A. Hurwitz.Std. 9A: Mathematics, J-I istory, Merit Prize:

Leyser.Std. 9C: Geography: T. Oettle.Std. 9: ommercial Prize: J. Slome.Std. 9A: Merit Prize: M. Pnematicatos.Std. lOA: Class Prize, English Prize: L. Wer be-

loff.td. JOC: Clas Prize: W. Miller.

Std. lOA: D. F. Marais Prize for Afrikaans,Biology, Arguile Latin Prize, Merit Prize:H. Wegner.

td. lOA: Physical Science, Merit Prize: E. Mer-rifield.

Std. WC: Mathematics Prize: A. Blotnjck.Std. lOA: Geography Prize: H. Morrris.Std. lOA: Maskew Millar History Prize, Merit

Prize: P. Reynolds.Std. lOA: Pbysical Science Prize, Merit Prize:

N. Pasvol ky.Std. Ioe: Commercial Prize: A. Craxton.Templeton Music Prize: N. Pasvolsky, M. Bates.Epworth Music Society up (Services to Music):

(lOA) N. Pasvolsky; (IOC) M. Bates; (9A)A. Hurwitz) ; (9A) M. Herbert; (9A) J.Miller.

Bevan Prize for English Rearung: 1st: (9B) R.Fitzwilliams ; 2nd (lOA) W. Barnes.

CaxtoD Prize for outstanrung effort: A. Ellert.David Levitt Memorial Prize (for Std. VIII pupil

who ba done tbe most for tbe scbool andhis fellow pupils): P. Crathorne.

Honour Award: N. Pasvolsky.Abelsohn Cup for tbe Matriculation pupil who

has done the mo t for tbe scbool: B. Probyn.Life Membership of the Old Boys' Union: B.

Probyn.Friedlander Shield: De Waal House.

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H. ERIC TASKERW.B.H.S. 1934-1967

It i alway the good fortune of a school if ateacher of ability. personality. energy, conscien-tiousness, with a sympathetic approach to hispupils, pends a life-time of teaching at the _ame.choo!.

Such, therefore, wa the fortune of W.B.H ..when Mr. ric Ta ker was nominated to the po. tof Senior Hi tory Master in January, 1934, a po the held with di tinction until his retirement inMarch, 1967.When he joined the Wynberg staff, there was

only one school, of about 400 pupil. under oneprincipal, and he aw the numbers grow to welfover 1,000, and the school, though one in spirit,

separate into High and Junior choals underseparate principals.

A a teacher of History, Mr. Tasker was secondto none. He fulfilled the requirements of theDepartmental Syllabu in no uncertain mea ure,formulating his own method~ by which his pupilshould approach their exam confidently andaC4uit themsclve satisfactorily. That this was thecase i borne out by the excellent re ults scheduledin Hi tory year after year.

But there was a great deal more tban yllabusthat went into the periods of Hi tory which Mr.Ta ker pent in his cia sroom. A study of currentworld affair was a regular feature a' well as avariety of literary and cultural detail, which gaveba kground and breadth to hi I on, which.therefore, proved not only informative but timu-lating.

With teaching hours over, Mr. Ta ker' intere tsand energie were diverted to the sports arena,where Rugby and Athletics claimed major atten-tion.Thi field of activity was so fully covered b

Mr. A. Morris in hi tribute to Mr. Tasker inthe Rugby section of the 1966 school magazine.that in quoting from that tribute we urn up Mr.Tasker's contribution to chool Rugby at Wyn-berg:"U is unlikely that any other man in the

Peninsula has played so important a role in hischool's rugby life as Mr. Tasker has in hi . LOO1gand valuable service given to the ommittee ofthe Western Province chools' Rugby Footb111nion ha resulted in his being elected a Life

Member, an honour accorded to very few. Ex-perience gained by many years of seine s devotionto the game of rugby is now being drawn uponto produce weekly articles in a local newspaper.articles read and appreciated by thousands oflover of our national game."fn the realm of Athletic, when Mr. Ta ker fir t

came to W.B.H.S., the procedure wa to have

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an annual afternoon devoted to athletic ports,following a morning of school lessons.

Mr. Tasker requested and was granted a signifi-cant change - a complete day each year devotedto athletic ports in which all boys could takepart. This involved far more detailed arrange-ment, and the innovation proved an overwhelmingsuccess. And, although the enormou increase inenrolment once more enforced preliminary elimi-nations and selective entries, tbe annual day be-came a tradition - and it was Mr. Tasker's Wel-lington Hou e that carried tbe day for twentysucce sive meetings, thereby proving hi experttraining and preparation.There were yet two entirely different depart-

ments in which Mr. Tasker assisted in the school'sdevelopment.

First was hi handling, for everal years, of theprefects, who were not allowed to be mere pa siveminor assistant. but were given great respon i-bilily for wh.ich he groomed them, thus givingthcm a chance to mature and get their own meas-ure.

Secondly was Mr. Tasker' urgent appeal thatthe school fees be raised to a figure which wouldbring in a vastly increased revenue, which in turnwould provide the school with present amenitieand create reserves for future development. TheIncrease he propo ed appeared ta rtJjng, from amere R 1.10 a term to R8.50, but it eventualacceptance changed the school's fortunes out ofrecognition.

A particular entiment of Mr. Tasker's thatshould be chronicled, was hi.s insistence thatthough W.B.H.S. and W.B.I.S. were two schoolsadministratively, they should remain one in spirit,and one can only hope that such a sentiment willprevail among h.i uccessor.In sport he held that you must begin your

training with the youngest participants, hence

even the ub A and ub Brace, both at thesports and in cross-playground events.

He kept a keen eye on the youngest entrants,and noted and cultivated promi ing material forfuture junior and senior team and competition..Tt wa he, too, who instituted the "Uncles"-High School boys - who so readily turned outon Friday to give the Standard One and Twostheir weekly games of rugby, while be himselftook charge of the Under 13 for many yearconcurrently while acting as Fir t Team Coach.

But Mr. Tasker's intere ts were wide. He wagreatly interested in the theatre. and in ballet aswell as film. He was always a regular attendantat chool Orche tra and Choir oncerts, and atchool play, and empha i ed the necessity of abalanced view of school activities to include bothsport and culture.

Wynberg, however, was to prove more thanthe phere of Mr. Tasker's daily work. Tt becamethe place where be met that charming lady, MissGobbett, who later became hi wife.

May we here pay the greate t tribute to thislady, who, ide by ide with her husband, wasone of the finest junior teachers we shall everhave had.Her contribution to Drama at Wynberg must

never be forgotten - the regular run of operettas,the plays based upon the great books of theEngli h language - HA Christma Carol," "Alicein Wonderland," the outstanding production ofA. A. Milne's "Make Believe", and her produc-tion of the first High School play, Shake peare's"lulius Caesar", into whose cast had graduatedDavid Ly ton and Cecil lubber from many juniorplay.To Mr. and Mrs. Tasker our beartfelt thanks

(or a life-time of devotion to Wynberg, and ourbe t wishes for many years of health, happinessand interest in their retirement.

A.L.

This page spon ored by Calderco (Pty.) Ltd., Lower Church Street, Wynberg.

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MAKE YOUR DAYDREAMS A REALITYGo to your nearest police station for full particulars

or write to theCommissioner of the South Mrican Police, Private Bag 94, Pretoria.

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THE FLOWER PEOPLE, MODS, ROCKERSAND THE LIKE

lt is a popular assumption that tbe Briti harea puritanical race, and wben we in Soutb Africaread of social riots, free u e of drugs and othereeming ocial abuses in stoical Albion we are,to say the least, amazed. One usually attributethese to the loss of values and uncertainty thataccompany .los of empire, to post-war cynici mand the like; but, looked at in retrospect, a fewdi cernible fact do emerge. For instance, theFlower People originated in America.lt i an erroneou but common practice among

the non-involved to lump together in the minddifferent but seemingly similar ocial trends, suchas the Mods and Rocker with the "FlowerChildren". To avoid this, let us examine tbemseparately as they are not, strictly speaking, thesame thing.The "Mod" and "Rockers" aro e from the

steady growth of ecurity that the British ocialstate brought to the working classes. More (reetime and more money resulted in many youngpeople with nothing to do in tbeir pare time.The obvious thing for them to do was to bandtogether in the interests of communal entertain-ment. In these people hrewd businessmen awa new and potentially powerful market. "Pop"singer, cheap musical facilities, flash clothes.and a host of other noveltie were introduced toencourage the growth of the new social orderswhich were continually encouraged by racy ad-vertisements, lick films and glos y magazinesfrom Carnaby Street.

As time passed, the homogeneous group splitinto two opposing factions - the Mods and theRocker. The former were known for their fop-pish dress, while the latter liked to think ofthemselves a tough dare-devi.l. With notbingbetter to do, they engaged in much-publicisedtreet battles.Acro s the Atlantic, in America, another ub-

culture aro e under lhe name of the "FlowerChildren". They engaged in uch plea ures asdrug-taking, free love and marijuana- moking.

Encouraged by varying Federal law, inconsistentas to drug-peddling, they openly abused ocialcustom honoured for generations. Easy-to-makedrug, such as "L.S.D:' (ly urgic acid) and otherdangerou "mind expander " were used by thesepeople to produce more "exciting" experiencetban could conventionally be offered. 0 strongaction wa taken against them consi 'tentJy. andome men of questionable honour (no doubtanxiou for convenient bo rt-term popu.larity),voiced their approval of free drug.

Back in Britain the Mods and Rocker move-ment had faded out, and the ex-Mods and ex-Rockers eized on the Flower Children's p eudo-philo ophie , becoming the "Hippie" and "Beau-tiful People".lt look very likely that, when these youngsters

get bored with their exploits at present they will,unless omething is done about it, try omethingelse even more ·'beautiful".

A. HURWITZ, IDa.

EVENINGBlue, Grey and Pink-All three mergeTnto paler notllingAs though a master handHad wiped them clean.

No mortal handou Id blend with skill

The e shades of night,Kaleidoscopic rays.Soft lighting dark'ning wellsWhere cities sleepAnd yawn awake.

Lights pring upAnd, cotton-woolled in mi t,Ants stumble on the eartb.

Man's lightIs barsb and hard beneath;But bereThe exquisite ceneDefie the mindAs colours swirlTnto dark and

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IN 'N MYNEen van my neefs werk in 'n myn naby Joban-

nesburg. Gedurende die driewekevakansie het ekby bom gaan kuier en toe het hy my een oggendaamgeneem om na die myn te gaan kyle. Onsbet by die mynhoof in 'n hyser gelelim en teen 'nhoë snelheid in die myn afgedaal. Toe het diehyser gaan staan en ek. bet 'n groot gang voormy ge ien. Die gang was helder verlig en oralsbet daar water uit die rotsmure getap. Dit waso warm daarbinne dat ek skaars kon a emhaal.

Ek bet later uitgevind dat die water in 'nvoortjie na 'n groot dam geloop het. Hierdiedam is uit die barde rots gekap. Twee grootpompe pomp die water hoër op en van daar afword dit deur ander pompe uit die myn gepomp.My neef bet ook vir my die treinspoortjie in diegang gewy waar daar elektriese treine Joop.

Uit die groot gang bet daar dwarsgange geloop.My neef bet my in een van hierdie dwarsgangeingelei en daar het ek 'n aantal naturelle sienwerk. Toe bet hy weggeloop. Na 'n mkkie betek bang geword en ek bet na bom gesoek, Geluk-kig bet ek bom in een van die ander gange ge-vind en ek was baie bly. Die naturelle was besigmet groot bore om die gate in die rotswand voorhulle te boor. Die lawaai was vreesLk. Later souhulle die gate vol dinamiet stop en die rots los-kiet sodat dit op trokke gelaai kon word. Dieelektriese trein neem hierdie klippe na '0 byserwat dit na boontoe neem.

My neef het ook vir my die boutstutte wat diedak van die gange ophou, gewy. Hulle is grootstukke bout wat baie sterk en hard is. Die stutteis aan weerskante van die treinspoor. Op ver-skillende plekke in die myn bet ek koue lug voelinkom. Hierdie lug word ingepomp sodat diemynwerkers en naturelle vars lug kan kry. Verderspuit hulle orals water om die stof af te hou.

Toe ons weer bo gekom het, bet my neef mygewys hoe die klippe met groot stampers fynge-stamp word. Die geraas was vreeslik. Die fynstof gaan, nadat dit weer 'n keer gemaal is, oorplate wat die goud agterhou. Hierdie goud wordge uiwer, ge melt en in die vorm van blokke be-waar. Die sand wat oorbly, word op 'n mynhoopgegooi. Dit is hierdie geel mynhope wat 'n menssien, wanneer jy naby Johannesburg kom. Ek hetmy neef bedank en per motor na die buis inLinksfield-Noord terug gegaan.

R. J. BURGELL, IDa.

DIE VAKANSIEGister het hulle vir Dino in een van hierdie

nuwe lykwaens weggery. Van my stoep af konek sien hoe huilende vrouens deur donker ven-ter geloer het, en kort-kort weggestaar het inbulle ellende. In ons dorpie hier in die Appenynsebergwêreld van Italië, was on almal baie lief virDino, die skoenmaker.

Van kleins af het Dino van sy pa geleer omkoene te maak. Toe hy op y pa se dood diebesigheid geërf het, bet by dadelik beroemd ge-word vir sy goeie werk. Mense bet van heindeen ver skoene kom koop, en Dino bet natuurlikbaie ryk geword. Al was by net 'n skoenmaker,was hy die beste leser in die dorpie, en elke na-week het by van ander lande gelees. Hoe meerhy gelees bet, hoe harder bet hy gewerk om geldvir 'n vakansie te verdien.

'n Volle tien jaar voor die tyd, bet Dino oor syvakansie na Londen begin praat, en elOdelik hethy sy kaartjie in Milaan gaan koop. Teen hierdietyd was Dino net vyf en veertig, maar hy washeeltemal grys, omdat hy so hard gewerk het virdie geld vir sy vakansie.

Die groot dag het gekom. Die hele bevolkingvan die dorp was op die stasie om Dino te groettoe die Milaan-trein wegtrek. Hy het gestaan enhui.l van blydskap.'0 Week later het hulle sy lyk teruggebring.

'n Motor het Dino doodgery 'n paar uur na syaankoms in Londen.

Ons kon dit nie begryp nie. Dino bet die bestedeel van sy lewe gegee vir sy vakansie, en hy betdit nie eens deurgebring nie. Wat het by gedoenom dit te verdien, die goeie ou man? Die mensehuil en treur oor hom, maar wat belp djt, Dinomy dierbare ou broer kan nie temgleom nie.

C. MAlMIN, IDa.

MY STOKPERDJIE'n Stokperdjie is iets waarin jy behae moet skep.

Daar is allerhande soorte stokperdjies wat 'n mensaan die gang kan bou. Sommige men e, byvoor-beeld, bou daarvan om .in die tuin te werk sodrabulle vry is, ander weer is geïnteres eerd in seil-jagte, visvang, eosovoorts. My stokperdjie is eint-lik kitaar peel.

Die k.itaar is '0 aangename musiekinstrument,maar om bom goed te speel moet jy bard oefen,soms elke dag, anders vergeet jy gou wat jy vanvooraf geleer bet. Ek speel die elektriese kitaaren daarvoor moet jy 'n klankversterker gebruik.Dié kitaar is heeltemal ander a '0 eenvoudige

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gewone een, want daar is so baie aanmerkingswaarmee jy 'n aantal verskillende oorte klankekan oplewer. Alhoewel daar soveel geleenthedetot jou beskikking is, is dit egter noodsaaklik omal die spesiale knoppe, ver killende aanwysingen wat ook al eers goed le leer kom; anders kanjy gou deurmekaar raak. Dit help baie as jyvoor mense speel en jy weet presies wat met jouinstrument aangaan. Dit verminder ook foute enOor die algemeen verbeter dit jou musiek en ookjou gesag ten opsigte van jou in trument.

Party mense wat die kitaar leer speel, vind ditmoeilik om die ding eers te stem en a hulledit nie gou regkry nie, dan word hulle vies engooi die instrument neer. atuurlik i hulle ver-keerd in hulle houding om die instrument so gousoos moontlik te leer peel, want dit duur weke,soms maande, om hom te kan speel en daarommoet 'n mens in die begin meer geduldig wees.Dit duur nie lank as jy dikwels oefen nie en naso 'n kort rukkie van heftige oefening word ditefTens makliker om iets nuut te leer peel. Diemeeste beginners koop vir hulle 'n kitaarboek omdaaruit te leer, maar dit is in elk geval maar diebeste om iemand wat reeds kan peel. te naderen dit aan hom oor te laat om jou te probeerleer peel. Dit is besonder nuttig om ervarekitaarspeler dop te hou en van hulle te probeerleer.

adat jy die basiese drukke op die kitaar kanspeel, is jy gereed om voort te gaan om diemoeilike drukke te leer. Sodra jy taamlik goedkan speel, kan jy mu iekstukke koop en liedjiesleer speel.

Die elektriese kitaar is in drie soorte verk ryg·baar: die bask itaar. die leierkitaar, en die ritme·kitaar. Elkeen het sy eie eienaardighede wat netmet 'n sekere klank te doen het. A jy die leier-kitaar speel, wat eintlik vir solostukke gebruikword, moet jy aam met 'n vriend speel wat dieritmekitaar goed kan hanteer. Jy hoef net dietromme en die ba kitaar by te sit en dan het jy'n hele orkes wat in elk geval net in instrumentalemu iek sal spe'iaLiseer, maar jy kan ook 'n sangerby hê vir geleenthede waar sang nodjg is.

Ek speel elf die leierkitaar in ons orkes enons speel djkwels by groot dansgeleenthede waarons ook betaal word. Dis harde werk in diebegin om te leer speel, maar tog i dit die moeitewerd, want behalwe die betaling, is dit boonopaangenaam om 'n stokperdjie van hierdje oortte hê.

E. LOUBSER, lOa.

lOA QUOTES AND MISQUOTES[With apologies to hakespeare, Oscar Wilde,

Publius Virgiliu Mara, etc.]And-rl-n: "French songs I cannot possibly allow."8-lw-ll: T know that voice.8r·dg-ns: "Lend me a look ing glas ...8-rg·1I (at matric dance): "Let's celebrate it prop-

erly."8-w-I-r: otat et designat oculis.C--I-s: He painled proudly, all his court round

him.D--/1-: A new idea flashed into his cunning red

head.D-v-d (during gym): Then he dropped half-un-

con ciou on the track.G-rg-n (in class): "Mind you, I was till awake

and critical."Gr--n (discu sing a certain ma ter): 'TIl never

care what wickedness I do, if thi man cometo good!"

H-rb·rf: Quam diu etiam furor i te tuu noeludet?

H-I/llll-rchl-g: "When J am in trouble. eating ithe only thing that con ale me."

H--rw-Il: ometimes he i 0 eriou that omethink he cannot be quite well.

K-Il: "Don't throwaway that au age!'K-m-r: Doe your hair curl naturally?L-wr-nc-: They travel far from home when there

is no need to travel.L-ys-r: .. i Tenni Team' dextra defendi passent,

etiam hac defensa fuis ent."L--bs-r: The Hermit sits alone.M--/II'I1: Navis rebus tudentem.M-cL--n: "I should work better, do you compre-

hend?"M-If-r: Rogabis deos totum nasum ut te faciant.Osr-n (planning cadet parade): "When time ,hall

erve, let but the herald cry, and I'll appearagain."

P-sc-lI: He truggled to lengthen but it was use-less.

Pf--/: You are a royalone and we obey you.Pn-m-I-c-I-s: "But, what is my father's christian

name?"Pr-ngl-: Is your name really John?S-Iby (after locking up library): He goes home

carrying a pile of novels ....S-ss-lb-rg (during break): He even gnawed at the

dried piece of spotted egg hell.Tr--d-w-y: Marry, here' a wise man and a Cool.

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Van der L-nd-n (while being examined by in pec-tor): Man's nature cannot carry the afflktionnor the fear.

V-ck-ml-n: "Irs awfully hard work doing noth-ing."

V--gt: "That I am wretched makes thee (lOa)the happier:'

fOa: Your vanity i ridiculou your conduct anoutrage, and your presence in this buildingutterly ab urd.

J. MIlLER, lOa.

ROOM WITH A VIEWTo most people a beautiful view means an ex-

panse of golden and, a calm blue-green ea withwh.i py cloud sailing in a liquid sky, or snow-capped mountain peaks ri ing above forest·cladfoothill. I quite agree. Tbese ights are beautifuland awe-inspiring. But for me there i anothersort of view ju t as interesting.

Wben we fir t came to Cape Town, my motherand I stayed for a couple of days in the hotelnearest the station. The botel, inevitably named'The Railway Hotel", and standing in the equallyinevitable Station Road, overlooked the railwayyards. Our room offered a particularly goodview of tbe motive power depot; not much ofan advantage as far as my motber was con-cerned, but just fine for me.

I well remember that first morning. I was upat seven o'clock and watching, fascinated, theactivity below. ot far from where I wa tooda cia s 16 O.A. Pacific, resplendent with whitewheelrim and shiny boiler bands that reflectedthe pale morning unJight. As I watched, sheglided lowly on to the turntable, smoke trailingidly from her funnel.Suddenly the still air was disturbed by the

sharp bark of an S2 a it hauled a l.ine of coal-laden trucks from the nearby siding, and a mag-nificent ight she was in the cold dawn light.Out ide the engine hed an aging class 60, a

veteran from the days of tbe Cape GovernmentRailways, and differing from her original formonly in the provision of an electric headlight andlarger tender, sbunted dead locomotive from onecorner of the yard to the other. 1 could not helpwondering what stories she might have told, ifshe were able to, of the metals he bad traver~edand tbe men who had stood on her footplates.

A big hump·backed Garret rolled out of thesbed, the air shimmering above her funnel andcloud of team roaring from her cylinders andwashing the ballast with moi ture. A quarter of

an bour later, sbe reappeared in charge of amainline pa enger train and was soon lost to. ight. Within minute anotber large engine arrived,a class 25 fitted with a huge conden ing tender aslong as tbe locomotive itself. Tbe e engines area fine example of what can be achieved on anarrower·than-standard gauge.

I left that hotel not without regrets. Fortu-nately, however, the station is only a short bu -ride away from wbere we now live.

A. STRICKLAND, 9c.

FELLOW-VOYAGERS"Oh, I say, old bean, well done! You've hit

the jackpot! Er - you couldn't lend me fivebob, could you? Oh, thank awfully, old chap.WeIl, cheerio," and Major Ogie by (retd.) was offto the bar. I had just won R5.05 from tbe 'One-armed Bandit', the gambling fruit-macbine in thebip's Amusement Room."Ah, Mr. Anderton," gushed Lady KnatchbuIJ-

Ponsonby, "do come and join us to make up abridge four, won't you?" To thi gushing invi-tation I nodded my a sent.

My partner was an ex-pug fighter. with brokenno e and cockney accent, who had recently wonR200,OOO on the football pool. I wonderedwhere and how he bad learnt to play bridge.Lady Knatchbull-Ponsonby's partner was a LadyAstor type, pos es ing a tongue on which onecould cut one's fingers. Her husband, a million-naire, was under her thumb. When we conversed,be poke in monosyllable.The inspired, imaginative slyness of my part-

ner, and my earnest application of the rulesproved - I don't know bow - an unbeatablecombination. Ju t then, an officer came roundto receive entries for games like deck tenni,hutlleboard, chess and bridge. Tbe ex-pug andJ entered the birdge contest.

That night was calm and starry-skyed. Thegentle rolling motion of the vessel had an almo thypnotic effect on the passenger . Tbere had beenarranged a fancy dre s ball, and all manner ofco tume were paraded, to the immense amuse-ment of everyone. In the middle of it all, a Mr.Larkin tumbled over the chair of an un milingdowager duchess, and wrenched his elbow. Beinga hypochondriac, he began screaming, "I'm dy-ing:' over and over agam, and eventually lap edinto hy terical sobbing until the doctor came,and he was carried off ignominiously. Graduallythe hubbub died down.

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I had invited a shipboard acquaintance to tbeball: a girl of striking beauty, with cat-green eyes~hat reflected and dissolved light if you looked~n~othem, dark brown hair, and lithe figure. WeJomed a newly-married couple, the Finns, andconversed gaily. The champagne ran freely, theball approached its climax. the noise reached acrescendo. Suddenly tbere was a loud report,followed by dead silence. 0 one stirred. Thena growing wave of relieved laughter swept theroom. A champagne bottle had been shaken upInadvertently, causing the cork to shoot out witha pistol-like report.

"Waal, quite a sensation, eh, friend? That'1Ibe the main topic for the next few day amongtbc old ladies. Back in the States. in Oncinnati,gangsters used to liquidate people every day."The speaker was a big. genial American, Mike,whom everyone Ijked. He cbatted with us for afew moments, then moved off.

An eccentric German arrived to chat with meabout the Zeiss ME] 09 camera he had pur-chased in the duty-free shop that day. He chat-tered and chjrped on: "Is excellent value, no?She develops photographs in 60 seconds. Verygutt. Donner und blitzen it is 12.7!" He lookedat his Jungsten watch. "My wife awaits me," andwith tbat he faded off.

In the morning, still unrefresbed after tbenight' revels, 1 rose reluctantly and found thatwe had docked.They really had been interesting. That Mr.

Hicks had a Freudian complex, and as for tbeMaster of the 'hip, Captain Queeg, he definitelyhad a Paranoid personality. But even a youngpsychiatrist i human, and my thoughts turned tothe green-eyed girl of striking beauty.

WHY YE PERSONNE SHOULDENOTTE BARKE INNE CLASSE

Barkeing is, I trictlye tbynke,For ye mem bere offe ye canyne type,

Ande onne shoulde notte be wont to IynkeThysse practyse witbe lesonnes or the lyke,

For cc Iynes i wont to maykeyëhande most forcyble to shaykke.

And iffe ye teachyrres wi she to quoteOlde proverb to ye stupyde clote,

We pupylles shoulde refrayne from howylle,For that woulde mayke ye master cowie;

Therefore to shutte uppe woulde be wyse,For cc lynes is no fyne prysse.

ANON.

THE WHITE RAT"Take that dirty thing away," my mother said.

And l, afraid of being told to get rid of it. placedit in a cage with four older and larger ones."Rats! Fancy keeping rats," you may say. But

to. me, this so-called rodent is a very interestinganimal to study. fn order to expres on paperwhat J, as an animal lover, have di covered in~ats, is. virtually impos ible. My de ire at presentIS to dJSCUSSthe rat to which I first referred.It was pure white. Long whi kers protruded

from the side of its face. and, if you have nevereen rats, il is be t described a a large overgrownmou e, averaging between six to twelve inches inlength. This rat, unlike other rats. slept on itsside, ate no greens, and drank very little. How-ever, my intere t in its habits was brought ud-denly to a standstill when I found it, one morn-ing~ lying in a half-con ciou state and retchingat mtervals. He was ill. J decided to open himup and have a look for the cause, wbich J judgedby its reactions was stomach trouble.My fatber, fortunately, is a doctor, and he has

given me some minor operating equipment. rcarefully terilised the instruments and spacedthem on my desk. With gentle hands I lifted therat carefully from the box and placed it on aboard. Five minute of chloroform and it wasasleep. ow tbc ta k began.

I stretched its leg out and tied them down.r pincbed the skin between two finger, reacbedfor the dissecting ci 'or . and made an inci ionthree inches long. There, before me, lay theorange-grey slime-covered bowels making peris-taltic movements, which wa the only evidenceof life. After examining the intestines for awhjle, I carefully, with the aid of forcep , liftedthe inte tines from the rat's body, and immedi-ately the rea on for the rat's illne s was apparent.At the end of the cacum was the appendix, wol-len, red and festering. Once more I took up tbeforceps and scissors, and gently removed theoffending part.After treating the wounded cacum I replaced

the intestines, stitcbed up tbe wound and placedhim in a box wbich I had specially prepared tohold him at a tight queeze, so that he could notattempt to walk. He tayed in the box for justover two weeks.The rat completely recovered from the opera-

tion, behaved like a normal rat, slept in a normalposition and now bas a wife and cbjldren.

D. G. CoETZEE, 9b.

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THE VENDETTAThe young man swung open the door and

stepped into tbe carriage. He strode through thefirst compartment, which contained an old retiredfarmer peacefully puffing away at a foul- mellingpipe. and his stout wife, barely giving tbem aglance.

"I 'seen bim omewhere before," said the oldman uccinctly with a nod of hi head at theclo ed door. His wife raised her eyebrows mech-anically and returned to her krutting. The manmoved into the econd compartment and noddedhi head in evident atisfaction wben he saw thatit wa occupied by a pink, middle-aged mantending slightly to fatne ,and a younger, ensi-live-looking man. Both their uits were rumpledand it was plain they had been drinking. thoughthey were not drunk. The young man sat oppo-ite the two, rus hands thm t deep into the pocketsof hi great coat. His intense dark eyes ttickeredback and forth between the men as tbey talked,hi body uncon ciously waying to the roll of thetrain.

"Y'know, Jame." said the pink one, "whenthe pro ecution called that old farmer who awme travelling down the road at more than 70miles per hour, I thought they had us. Youhandled him brilliantly. thougb, proving that theold boy couldn't rustingui h one car from an-other, never mind gauge their speeds - absolutelybrilliantly."The one addressed as James blushed at the

sudden praise and then began hesitantly, "Uh,... Mr. Jackson, . " ir, one thing' been worry-ing me a bit since the trial. Were you reallydoing over seventy miles an hour when you hitthe Mackintoshes in their cart?""Of cour e [ wasn't," interjected Mr. Jack on.

:'Oh, I admit I was going just a bit too fast, butIt was really the fault of tbat old hiLIbilly andhis wife. They sbouldn't have come out of thatside-street without looking. Their hor e panicked,too, ju t before , , ," Hj voice trailed off andthen began again, "Don't think for a moment I'mindifferent to their deatbs. They worried me quitea lot, particularly during the trial, even thoughit wasn't my fault. James, you can be quite ureI won't forget your wonderful defence, Your feei not very high, but believe me, I have manyinfluential friends, and you'll never lack brid ."James flu hed again, Hi mind wandered down

the corridors of his future - his ricbes, hi thriv-ing law practice. The young man sitting opposite

the two stopped watching their face and li teningto tbeir conversation. Jn tead, he gazed silentlyout of the window. Far ahead, be could see theoutline of the bridge and even faintly hear theroar of the majestic Lukama Falls. He watchedthe Fall loom closer and closer, heard tbe oundof its thunder grow louder with every turn ofthe steel wheels beneath him. Meanwbile, natchesof c.o~versation drifted to his ears. "Culpableho.mlclde .. , Judge Bailey's attack on negligentdnvers . . . I nearly cried when he said 'NotGuilty' after all that."

At la t, the train arrived at tbe centre of thebridge. Far below them they could see the rush-ing waters of the Lukama River. Conver ationwas rendered almo t impo s.ible by the mightycra h of the Falls. James and Mr. Jackson were,of cour e, gazing intentlyout of the window atthe breathtaking plendour of the ecene belowthem. In spite of trus, ome strange force madetbem turn simultaneou ly to stare at the youngman oppo ite them who wa purposefully with-drawing what eemed to be a long black cylinderfrom hi capacious pockets ..... Like everyone el e on the train. the old couple10 the next compartment were looking out of thetrain window. Afterwards, wben que tiooed, theold man claimed to have beard "two flat cracks"from the adjoining compartment.The railway tation of Lukama i ju t past the

birdge on the main line. Wheo tbe train stoppedthere, tbe young man swung open tbe compart-ment door, clo ed it carefully behind him, andaligbted from the train, again wilhout a glance atthe old couple, He was half-way down the plat-form when lbe old farmer turned to bis wife andtated firmly, "I tol' you I een that boy before.He's Tom, poor ]osh and Nellie Mackintosh'son," And in the next compartment, two streamsof dark, sticky fluid dripped lowly onto the floor.

D. RUSEL, 9a.

THE TEENAGE PROBLEM

For tbe benefit of the unenlightened I wouldtate that tbe teen year start after twelve andend before twenty; hence tbe term "teenage".This can be very prolonged if one ha a youthful-looking mother and very confusing if one is nottoo good at maths.Certain sections of the community find it help-

ful to express themselve; in varying ways. Shoul-der-length bair for boy, slightly curled and

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heavily fringed can be most becoming whenteamed with granny - print shirts. for tbo e be-tween-army period ; whilst Qigh-heeled bootsgive the illusion of manly stature.

G iris, on the other hand, find it most helpfulto crop their ha.ir ft la Grec, donning false hair-pieces for evening. The situation for the veryyoung teen has been tremendously eased by theadvent of the model Twiggy. This ha stayed thefrantic rush to the foam-rubber 'upplier andallowed time alone to tell.

Teenagers stress that thei r parent do not under-stand them. Perhaps thi. situation could be easedby tactful explanation on bolh side. For in-stance, UI dig that wild babe the mo t, I grooveher deep:' and "1 am enamoured of the lady,"arc "with iC, and "old hat" respectively.

Public opinion has it that the teen-time isfraught with bazards for children and parentalike. Thi afford an excellent opportunity forOur advertising companies to climb on the bandwagon. Whilst harassed Mum and Dad aretri ving to keep up with the Joneses, our young-sters arc exhorted to keep up with the pop-group~ I Youth today is a big busines gimmick!Consider the cooldrinks with get up and go, theplastic manufacturers' jubilant jewellery, themini-skirts for cool-cool chicks. the power-packedCooters for would-be he-men, and the Go-Gogirl. who has finally arrived in Guguletu.

Should the complexity of lhe teenage problembecome overwhelming, one can always write toAunt Prudence of the popular weekly, who willno doubt recommend trenuou athletic trainingand charity work.

Finally. I would stress that it is es ential whenconfronted with thi problem to remember thatit is a long lane that ha no turning and that onlyMum and Dad are allowed to tread the prim-rose path.

G. J. DAvl ,9b.

TWO-GUN BRANDONThe wing-door lapped quietly shut behind

him. and he stepped out into the da.zzJing un-light.

He pulled his wide-brimmed hat down overhi eyes, hrugged hi houlders and fixed higun-belt onto his hips. Then he tepped downfrom the porch of the building, looked to theleft, then to the right, and walked off in the lallerdirection.

He walked with a limp and his legs were slightlybowed. He walked with the low, evenly-racedstride of omeone with a purpo e, obliviou ofany other per ons.

He climbed over the wooden railings of thecorral, dropped to the ground, touched his hatagain and continued walking. He stopped in theshade of lhe stable and re 'led his back agai nstthe dusty wooden wall. His eyes were alert andseemed to watch everything at the same time. butno other part of his body moved. He stood a ifcarved out of granite.

Then suddenly even his eyes stopped moving.He had seen hi quarry at the other end of theyard. His hand moved down lowly to the gunsat his ides and re ted tbere for a econd or twoand then continued on lheir downward journey.

He finished tying the thongs that held hisholster to his thigh and straightened up again.He touched the brim of hi hat and stepped outinto the dazzling noon sunlight.Too late he reali ed his mi take. The sun was

now in his eyes, and he could not change his plan.He hooked his thumbs into the front of hi gun-belt. and started the long walk to fame - ordeath.

He closed the di tance between him elf andhis quarry by ome fifteen yard before the latterspotted his aggre sor and they both tood deadtill, watching each other with critical eyes.Like a whiplash a voice cut the ilence, "Lunch

is ready, Clive.""Aw! Ma:' the young cowboy groaned."Clive Brandon! Come in right now and \\.ash

your hand ," was the reply.He tilted his hat back onto the top of hi head,

looked at the collie at the other end of the yardand shook his head lowly. "There ain't no darnjustice in the West."

J. SIMS, 9c.

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A number of new words arrive with the label.. lang", and preci e people are apt to di milang completely as a rough and ugly addition to

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correct Engli h. But this matter needs thought,and one must look at tbe various kinds andSOurces of slang before dismissing it with a lookof total di. dain. Tbe word itself, applied tospeech, mean words slung or thrown about.Perhaps that is why the habit came in of aying:"Let's throw a party," in tead of merely givingit."Chucking" things about can be a harmless, aswell a popular, activity. provided one has con-nection with the C.C.C. Proof of this kind ofjoy can be seen, for example, .in the word above."chuck": this is not only a word meaning "throw"but is al 0 a term of endearment.

Onc of the main causes of slang i the desireto avoid monotony. on equently things whichare commonly used or mentioned have heengiven a wide range of slang names. When oneof these becomes very common, tbe public giveit up, as children do their toys or women theirfashions, and finds another. Tbe makers of slangare often u ing some imagination, and perhapthat is why slang has been called the "Poetry ofthe People". Slang, then, can be an exercise ofrancy, and good lang i ba ed on striking meta-phor.

It is extremely difficult to say wbere slang be-_gins. Many words which were once slang andhave been called vulgar have ri en in the worldand become respectable, dictionary words. It isalso very difficult to give precise rulings aboutthe u e of slang because the name covers such awide range of words and phrase which havevarious degrees of correctness. Thus it is impos-ible to say what is slang or what wa or hasbeen slang. Why one slang word becomes approvedand another doe not is an equally battling mys-tery. An example is "pluck" and "guts", botb ofwhich originally meant entrails. They now al 0

mean "courage" or 'tenacity", but the former habeen accepted and not the latter.

Slang may be properly enjoyed and added toin a creative, imaginative way during the courseof day-to-day conver ation, and slang whichreveals a quick eye for a piece of imagery and~lich convey that glimpse in a striking phra emay well be contributing to the Correct Englishof tomorrow.

J. BENJAMIN, 9a.

THE WYNBERG MARATHONThe sun would toop an hour hence,

Beneath that outcrop lined with furzeWhere many a lofty mountain pine

Her tarry resin to the winds exposed,A mountain eagles crowned her peak with bracken.And near lho e pine, on leafy beds, repo ed

The Olympic Court, full gleeFor rumour aid that man that day decreed

A marathon.Beneath. in that mountain's sbade, a course

Had been etched into that young soil.And, to that bastion, in the splendour of immor-

taljtyCame now the god. On a fiat rock

Reclined warthy Mar beside Dianne, the sisterof tbe un.

To whom, though she would none of the e, headdressed his charms.

And Palla, weary of her Attic hall, sat near herfather Zeu .

Thus did the guardian gaze upon the world,While Apollo wh.ipped hi bor es to the west,

And, below, a fair-haired mortal cleaned tbe torch,That on ignition would commence the game.

So from tbat lofty summit,Heather-crowned, and lit with sun et tinge,

The God smiled to see man at play;And Mars grinned at the competition,

As, pitting their stamina one again t anotber,He ever did delight to ee engaged

Woman-born, full of that wine of PhoebuThat fiushed in those dusky flying thighs,

And now the fair-haired mortal raised on highThat fire-rod to which all eyes did turn,

A clarion to shrill out commencement.Those eager orb excited the trumpeter,

And welling with hi power he flexed onefingertip.

-NO SOUND THE DROWSY GODS DIS-TURBED! !

Pride to hock in one unea y breatb,Transfixed he extended his gaze.

The incautiou smiles - the laughterBorn of expectation, spread the rosy complexion

O'er his cheeks. Raised on tbat lofty pedestalAll eyes turned on rus mi ery.

Once more did he seek to stirThat shrill bla t, that entertainment

Fit for the noblest might begin; that favouritesPeacock-plumes might cherish; that laurel

Some croppéd head might adorn; that gr:Jbbyyouths

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Cover'd with the homely dust,Jn their cars, their locks, the pores of their skin,

Might, to a fever pitch aroused. bawl onTheir favourites; that e'en the God~ might know

The be t of men - they that knowVictor of the pa t in equally mighty te tsoAgain he press'd, uncertainty ma king hi feature.

ombre hu h then noted the patnarchAs from their peak they did the rival iew.

And Zeus smiled. Eager for port, he gave hithunder.

HIS thlr t with the aperitif quenched he nowpartook of a nobler goblet.

The crack of doom the watching throng arousedAnd youthful. uninhibited pirit coursed out of

the accustomed channel;They yelled, never W:l such a tumult

Drunk by tho e eager ears of Mars-Who ever delighted at ome fray to hear

Man become bea t and voice his cbange tofellow-bea t.

Down drop't the born, its purpose served;Glazed with triumph tho e features glowed.

Thanksgiving to Zeus he then addressedTbat, spared from added hame, he might en-

joy tbc sport.ever did Mercury's sandal Iu s the grass so wietA did tho-e leading heels the moist stems crush!

Repo ing near the start, three Troubadors ofEnlJghtenment

Delighted to see their disciples di play moremerit,

And even tho e low by the slate proved swiftby tbc race.

Wine to long-dormant thrill ,Tbese paragons of wi dom cheered the sport.

The fir t lap sped!Once more the runners bathed in a salty sheen

Displayed athletic prowess to their peers;The leaders of the field reached the eye'horizon,

Laggards remained to draw merriment to hotfaces.

The throng was silent now as expectationFilled all with awe.

Was that a figure cresting that slope?ay 'twas but a swaying vine.

Was that ound the berald of th' approachingfield?ay 'twas but a brace of ptarmigan,

Lifting their voice with their wing ..And OW THEY OM E! A hotter pace dis-

clo ed

Determination controlling every limb,They sweep into sight as Achilles on lO Troy

Was wont to urge hi steed.On those windy Asiatic plain.

The far-off ribbon - so near - still many a gras'ypace clistant.

Then - it is broken, and tbe branch crests aworthy head!

And the Gods mile.D. C. GILL, 9a.

MY VISIT TO GARY PLAYER'SPINE PLANTATION

Leaving behind us a wintry Cape Town, ourparty of sixteen school boy from eight Capeschools, three univer ity students and two mas-ters, was well on it way to a very enjoyableweek's holiday.

We arrived at Jan muts Airport at abouttwelve o'clock, and it had been arranged thatwe were to bave lunch at Warm bath . Weboarded our bus and left Jobanne burg ratherhurriedly, forgetting to find out exactly where wewere to have thiS meal. The result was that we'pent an hour hunting around the town lookingfor the lost lunching place, to no avail. In theend we bought our own lunches: mixed grills alfour o'clock in the afternoon.The two-hundred-and-fifty-mile trip to Magoe-

bask loof in the Northern Transvaal took usnearly nine hour, and wc arrived at tbe planta-tion in the dark at nine o·clock. I really meandark, for there were only three paraffin lamps inthe four-roomed bunkhou e. We groped aroundin the emi-light for a while and found our elvesa bunk each, after which the manager of thefarm, Mr. John Brukman, explained to u thedo' and don'l's of plantation life, specificallystres ing that moking was one of the latter!After that caution we were told that, owing to ahold-up in the catering arrangement, we wouldnot be having upper that night.

We found this al 0 applied to breakfast thefollowing morning, for when we awoke hiveringat ix-thirty a.m., in spite of sleeping in ourunderwear, pyjamas, socks and track uits, wewere faced with a basin of "stywe pap" almostas cold as we were.

Later that morning, hungry but cheerful, wewere hown over the farm by Mr. Brukman,firstly from the look-out tower, and tben more

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minutely. The farm is on a mountain peak andis 6,600 feet above sea-level. It is the highestfarm in the area, and ba the highest rainfall.This compensates for irrigation, but there arefour dams on the farm, these being for fire pro-tcction. The insurance on the farm is incrediblylarge, because it is ju t about an impossibility tostop a fire in a pine plantation once it hasstarted.

For the fir t nine years it does not pay to runa plantation, for only after that can one startcutting and eli ing the trees. Tbi farm is thirtccnyears old, and Mr. Player still runs it at a lo. s.That same morning we met the only two girls

who were pending a holiday on the farm andWe all agreed that this was the worst aspect ofthe organisation we had encountered. In theafternoon we were taken to the stables, and formo t of u it was our first taste of horse-riding.The only one to take a tumble, however, wa ourMaster. Mr. Wiggett, and thereafter we all had toride that horse. That night we had a braai atMr. Player's home, where we met the only repre-entative of the Player family, five-year-old Mark.On Tuesday morning. after our daily cro s-

country run and physical exerci e . which scemcdmuch more trenuous at that height tban at sea-level, we all went for a tri p to the EbenezerDam.

We were told that it had a larger urface areathan Hartebee poort Dam, but we could notjudge, for the dam covers various valleys andwe could not see it all at once. The foreman ofthe project very kindly took us on a special tourin ide the dam. We were taken through the damwall, along the sluice pipe, and up ioto the over-flow apparatus.

The following morning we split up into twogroups, the one to prune trees, and the other tofeil ome.

Felling a tree entails sawing the tree down andthen chopping the ide branches off, 0 leavlng aclean log. This is then divided into ections ofsix or eight feet witb a diameter of no less thanfour inche. We found that felling the trees wanot at all bad, but that climbing up and downthe mountain-slope was.

In the afternoon the groups switched over, andwe each had to prune our fifteen tree. This en-tailed climbing up the tree to a height of fifteenfeet and then sawing off all the branches down toground-level, and although the farm boy takefive or six minutes a tree, it is by no mean~ as

ea y as it sounds, and we took up to thirtyminute a tree.

On our arrival at the farm, we had been toldtbat we were going to paint an old barn, whichwas about a hundred yards long, and it hadbeen a tanding joke that we were going to begiven one-inch bru hes. However, on Thur daywe di covered that tbey were not one-inch buttwo-inch bru hes, and althougb it was not a verydifficult job, the paint .eemed to go everywhercexcept on that old barn.

Friday. our last day on the [arm, turned outto be a cold. overcast day, with the clouds com-ing so low over the farm that visibility wa onlyabout twenty-five yard, and we cho e thls dayto go to the sawmill, which was six mile away.We travelled in an open bakkie, and it was a verycold group that toured the mitt later that morning.

The most interesting item at the mitt was ahuge saw that had been imported from anadaand was able to cut nearly any log into plank ofany thickne . Thi- machine was controlled by aman who had been pecially trained in anadafor the job. He is the only man in South Africaable to control thi machine.

That afternoon ome of u who had notuffered too much in the back of the bakkie inthe morning went into Tzaneen with the man-ager. As we had on tracksuit-top. jeaos that hadbeen worn att week, and dirty takkies, we werenot at att urpri ed when people turned to tareas we walked down the Main Street eatingpotato chip.

On Friday night we att attended a farewellsupper at tbe manager' hou e, aod early thefollowing morning we journeyed to Johanneshurgwhere, after a long wait, we boarded a Boeing707 and sped to Cape Town, sorry that so inter-esting a holiday had come to an end.

J. SIM, 9c.

AS DIE SKEMER KOMDie ou man het roerloos op sy toep in die

Karoo gesit en dink. Hy was in die winter vansy lewe en al wat hy toe oorgebad het, wa syherinneringe. Hy het lank aan y pyp gesuig enhet teruggedink aan die dae toe hy n boswagterwas.Toe die kemer gekom het, het hy hom herinner

hoe 'n dood e stilte in die wildtuin geheers het.. . . Geleidelik het die aandgeluide begin weer-klink. Voëls het begin kwetter, terwyl die gehoe-

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hoe van 'n uil in die bome en die gekwaak vanpaddas in die stroompies gehoor kon word.Digte bo e het die berghange 00 'n groen

tapyt bedek. Vaartbelynde bokkie met lang, ier-like bene het doodgerus rondgewei. Asof hulleonraad bemerk het. het hulle hul koppe onrustigopgetel en hul gespitse oortjie: reggebou om diegeringste geritsel op te vang. Met elke spier ge-panne i bulle imbole van waak aamheid engereed om enige oomblik weg te vlug.

Hier en daar het '0. een ame sterretjie ver kyo.Die silhoeëtte van die berge het verder verdonkernamate die terlig vermeerder bet.

'0. Fri geboude leeumannetjie bet met '0. in-drukwek.kende voorkom deur die byna ondeur-dringbare ruigtes gebreek. Stadig maar seker hethy y prooi bekruip. Die beang te bok het ineengekrimp vir die aanval. Een klap, en met 'nkrikwekkende gebrul, het hy afgestorm en ykerp naels diep in die lagoffer se rug ge laan.Met kennersvernuf het die leeumannetjie dielagaar van die gemsbok afgebyt, hom grond toegebeur en lu tig begin vreet. adat die karkasonder '0. boom inge leep i , het die koning vandie woud tevrede en ver adig wegge tap.

Die veld het gereed gemaak vir sy nagrus endie ou man het altyd die digter, J. F. alliers, sedigterlike woorde in berinnering geroep:

"Die awendster,Wink. al van ver,En die velde laap omheen."

M. RUBl ,9a.

SHAKESPEARE SPEAKS TO SAAnderton : I will maintain my truth and bonour

firmly.BUIland: I can ay linIe more tban I have tudied.Clay: I never beard 0 mu ical a di cord.Dowling (at break): I am not in the giving vein

today.Ewers: 1 am amazed and know not what to say.Furman: Thou peake t wi er than thou art

aware of.Friedlander (at gym.): 0 I am out of breath in

this fond chase.Hugo: You were best to call tbem generally

according to the cript.Katz: I am amazed at your passionate word~.Milliner: My cbief humour i for a tyrant.Peacock (at break): A poor unfortunate beggar.Pharo: Where i my erpent of old Nile?Read: If music be the food of life, play on.

Rowe: 0, faith, ril not tay a jot longer (afterbig break).

Selby: Little again! Nothing but low and ljttle.Theodor (after a baircut): Wherefore was I to

this keen mockery born.VerSIer: This is the very fal e gallop of ver e .Weilers (in the library): You owe me no ub-

cription.WerbelofJ: Are you ure we are awake?Wil k in : These hai r . wh ich thou do t ravish from

my chin.Mr. Bol/man: Away with him!! Away with

him! He speaks Latin.Written, compiled and edited by

S.M., J.E.T., A.F.

OCTOBER, 1967, CEDARBERG TRIPThe Cedarberg, a range of mountains approxi-

mately 150 mile from Cape Town, lay wreathedin cloud when we arrived at the tart-off hike,Algeria.

Altogether there were eigbt member from thechool, including Mr. Fair. To complete theparty, there were nine St. George's boys, twofrom Bi hop and three adults, Mr. chroeder.Mr. ronwright and Mr. Eastman.The party was split into A and B group, Mr.ronwright leading the former and Mr. Eastman

the latter.Leaving at 3:30 on the Sunday, we climbed the

teep patb to MiddIeberg hut, sleeping under thecover of some nearby Pine trees. The followingday both parties left camp, the A proceeding toCedarhoutkop and tbe B to Welbedacht Cave.Both partie ascended Jurie. berg, a major peak,and the A stayed to climb a nearby rock forma-tion known a Cathedral Rock.The following day, a Tue day, both parties

c1jmbed tbe maje tic and tately Tafelberg, 0

imilar to our own Table Mountain. Tbe smallrock pitch immediately below the summit waenjoyed by all. After de cending, the B groupleft for Sanddrif by way of the Jeep Track. TheA, following a ridge, descended to a nearbyvlakte for lunch, after which tbey ascended.. orridor Peak", an interesting cljmb with agood view of the entral cdarberg.

Moving quickly, the A left "Corridor", and byway of a novel route through virgin territory,lopped an hour and a half off the estimated time.000 the party reached Gabriel's Pass, and then,

after a rapid ruke along the Jeep Track, arrived

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at Sanddrif to find the B party etUed on thebest camping site. The weather deterioratedrapidly and storm cloud built up. The tents werepitched and we pent the night under canvas withOccasional rain breaking tbe still ne s.The following morning a light drizzle fell which

drove us to Kromrivier farm. Mr. Nieuwoudtfetched us by truck and transported u to hifarm, which occupie a large section of theOlifant River valley. After pitching our tentunder ome oaks on one 'corner of his vast farm,we ettled down to a dreary morning. Mr. Sast-man aved the day by taking us to -ome inter-esting Bushman painting and, (ollowing that. acurious rock formation known as the" tad aal".This rock formation, fashioned out of wind-eroded and tone, has a high roof upported byoccasional pillars.

Wedne day was also spent looking at Bu hmanpaintings in the ame area. A ection frorn oneof the Sea Point out troops joined u for thiouting and we oon made friends. Discoveringa common speleological intere t, all were soon"caving" in the intere ting hollow and tunnelsin the area.

Making an early tart for Apollo, and carryingfood, leeping bag and clothing in bulging ruck-sack, the A party wa oon out of ight. The Bparty left a little later for the Maltese ros. 1hiscro s is an eighty-foot-high column of rock. witha horizontal cro -piece surmounting it. Althoughthe weather wa relatively clear that morning, bymiddal clouds were once again blotting out "ThePup" and "Sugar Loaf' from view.

Climbing Apollo, the party was well strung out,and when we reached the summit, we found itwreathed in cloud and under the influence of atrong gale. After a mild "0" grade pitch, wewere on top. but owing to the cold, everybodyquickly abseiled off it.

The nine member of the "A" party pt:nt aconfined night in a minute hut near the base ofApollo. while the "B" party lept once again atKromrivier. The next day a mall contingentfrom the B party trekked to Breekrantz Klooffor a hike whicb they all tboroughly enjoyed.The A party walked to Sneeuberg hut via the

Maltese ro . The A then plit into two, onehalf walking on direct to Sneeuberg hut and theother climbing neeuberg it elf. Sneeuberg provedto be an interesting climb, jf cold, for there wasice and now on its ummit.

We left on the unday, cro ed down intoCedarhoutkloof and, ·topping for a brief re t atHoogvertoon, were soon at Eikeboom and re-united with our parents.

Thanks are due to Mr. Renzie ieuwoudt forhis help and ho pitality, without which we wouldhave been hampered by tbe inclement weather.We wou1d alo Like to thank Mr. P. Cronwrightand Mr. W. Eastman (or organising and arrangingthi trip on behalf of the Club as a whole andthe chool party in particular.

. ROBSO .7a.

A STREET -SWEEPER'S DREAMOh, if only I had tuclied,I would be earning more.But, silly me, 1 hurried,Only pas iqg Standard Four.J shouJd have gone to 'Var ity,To take my B.Se. ;I thought my girl wou1d laugh at me-And now she does. you see.r earn exactly sixty rand,0, not per month, yer pear;

From off the treets I sweep the and:My tale is ad to hear.A life of luxury and ea eI thought would soon be mine,And not a tin hut full of flea ,And streets that will not rune.

T. H£WE1T, 6b.

MASTERPIECE?1 can't write poetry,r can 't wri te verse;very attempt gets worse and wor e.

But I've got to do omething for the mag,Which might be fine for a natural wag;But to me it' a labour, a torture, a in.To be forced to write omething that will never

go in.But here's what I've written, I know it's all tripe,(plea e, Mr. Editor, plea e don't gripe):Hens may cackle,Turkey may gobble,But for me to write pro eI impo ibobble.

M. BLOOR. 6b.

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THE SEA HAS ITS SECRETSWith a gentle bump the diving sphere came to

rest on the bottom of the ocean. If our calcula-tions were correct, we bad landed about onehundrcd yards from the wreck of the "Infanta".For six months we bad gathered informationabout thi old Spani b gallean which had unkin 1591, taking with it a cargo estimated atR6,OOO,OOO in gold.

Roger, Peter and I stepped into the pressurechamber, closing the door behind u .

"Check equipment," I ordered. "Roger, youcan start the air pump and open the inlet pipenow." Gradually tbe water-level ro e until tbewhole chamber was full. I switched on myunderwater radio and opened the outside hateb.The pressure was the same on both ides of tbebatcb so it opened easily. We stepped onto theOcean bed.

"There sbe is!" Roger' voice crackled excitedlyin my earphones. We had been searching foralma t ten minutes and bad almost given up hope.Peter and I hurried, or did tbe equivalent, throughthe water to where she stood, overlooking ayawning chasm.

An eerie ight, if ever I saw one! Covered inweeds and mos about a bundred feet below us,lay the "Infanta". Her masts were broken andonly tbe hull and fir t deck remained. Bubblingover with anlicipation, we wam down, andeconds later stood on the deck.Twenty minutes later, our oxygen supply dan·

gerou ly law, we still had nol located the gold,and as vi ibility had suddenly worsened, wesignalled each other to return to the sphere. Whenwe surfaced we di covered the reason for thedeterioration in the vi ibility - the ky was over·ca t and a storm was brewing.

For' three days we remained at anchor, ridingout a hurricane-force gale. On the fourth daytbe torm wa over, and excitedly we descendedonce more to the ocean bed in our diving pbere.But when we made way to the spot from whichwe had first viewed the wreck, there was nolonger a cbasm. Tbe violence of the storm hadsilted up the chasm, and we now looked upon anunbroken tretch of sand.The ecret of the gold was now also the secret

of the sea.

M. CooKE, 6a.

SHOOTING IN TANGANYIKAIn years gone by. Tanganyika used to be a

paradise of animals. Today most have beenkilled off, either by the natives or by gamehunter. About seven year ago we used to livein Tanganyika, where my parent ran a bushhospital. In this hospital we had five to sixhundred native patients, and seeing we were twohundred miles from the nearest town, the onlyfood we could get was the animal we sbot.

My father did aU the hooting and at thattime, in Tanganyika, nobody worried whetberwe had a licence for a rifle or not. My fatherhad two shotguns, a ·303 service rifle, a Winche -ter, and a ·22 rifle, and every evening at aboutix o'clock he would go out to shoot game.About a mile from our house there was a deepvalley where the game slept and drank at thewater hole. This was the be t hunting ground,and once my father managed to shoot four largebuck, which upplied us with food for about twodays.

Although there was an abundance of game, onehad to be very careful what one shot. Once myfather sbot a boar which weighed about a ton,and when he managed to bring it bome, it wasinedi.ble, because it was all white, oily blubber.

Tbe main danger of this place was the nakes,which were so numerous that it was not unusualto find a snake sleeping in your bed. Our kitchenwas about ten yards from our hou e, and onenight my mother opened tbe back door to go tothe kitchen. There, in front of her, was a huge,ix-foot pitting-cobra. Unfortunately the backdoor locked when shut, and so my mother couldnot get back into the hou e, but fortunately hehad a lamp in her hand and waved it in front ofthe reptile's face. She called my father and hecame out and hot it in half, but that was notenough, and it took another hot to kill it prop-erly.

Although there were many dangers from snakesand wild animals, I have never been in such abeautiful and healthy place as Tanganyika.

C. WILLIAMS, 6a.

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FANTASIAA Piece of Nonsense

Scene: In the home of Charles Dodgson, other-wise known as Lewis Carroll. II is evening andhe is siffing in a large armchair. Alice Liddellenters through door. She is a lil/le tomboy.

ALICE (suddenly): Mr. Dodg on!

LEWIS C...RROLL (startled): Gracious! Don't dothat, Alice. Weil, child, what do you want?

ALICE (coldly): 1 want to tell you that I amgoing to sue you. Papa will pay any' pen e'.

ARROLL (astounded): What?!

ALICE: You heard me, Mr. Dodgson. Papa ;;allit libel.

CARROLL: My dear Alice, are you complainingabout "Alice in Wonderland"? [t's a lovelybook. I wrote it especially for you,

ALICE: You didn't.

CARROl L: But. , . but it wa all about you. Anyother little girlie-

ALICE (vehemently): I am NOT a little girlie!I can beat up my si ter's boyfriend and climbhighe t up Grannie' oak tree and 1 kicked myteacher on the leg and-

CARROLL (as she stOP\ for breath): Yes, yes, allright. But what was wrong with tbe book,Alice?

ALICE: verything! You made me all illy andsweet. And I wa so clean and tidy in the pic-ture. And I was so polite ....

CARROLL: But my dear child, of course I madeyou a nice little girl in the book. You wouldn'tlike to be wrillen about a a little - ah -horror, would you?

AI.l E: That mean 1 am a little horror! (Scream-ing.) And I want to be a little borror!! Andyou're a beast! !! (SuddenLy menacingly quiel.)But you'U get what's coming to you, Mr. Dodg-on, 0 ucks to you.

I £nter M ad Haffer, M arch Hare and Dormollsefrom cupboard.ARROLL: ow really, lice. Don't ... (Seestrio entering.) ... ab! More vi itor .

/The trio form up in a line in front of L. Carroll.Alice sits, amazed.

MAD HATTER (icily sane): Mr. Dodg on -

DORMOUSE (aggressively wide awake): Alice Car-roll. We might have known you'd have analias, but that won't protect you.

MAD HATrER: We have come to complain.

MARCH HARE (seriously): About your treatmentof us.

/ All three nod soLemnly.MAD HATTER: r am not mad.

MARCH HARE: I am quite sane.

OORMOU E: I am never sleepy. Never! I thinkit was most cruelof you, when I uffer fromsuch dreadful insomnia, to have made me leepall the time.

MAD HATTER: And wbat do you think has hap-pened to my hat shop in London? Mo t of mycu tomer have left. They say I have bees inmy bonnets.

MARCH HARE: My prestige in the burrow i quitenon-existent. Just the other day a rabbitactually had tbe temerity to abuse me on thecommon.

/ A lf three shake their heads sadly.ARROLL: But you surely don't mean ... (collghfnervoLisly)

/ A timid knock.Who' that? (Calls.) Come in, please.

/ A frail /iff/e old lady, ,he Queen of Hearts,enters through cl panel ill the wall.

QUEE OF HEARTS (timidly): Excu e me, Mr.Dodgson, if rm interrupting you, but I do wantto tell you, if you don't mind, that I didn'tthink it quite nice of ou to have portrayedme as uch a ... er ... violent and domineeringperson. Moreover, my hu band was not plea edwith the timorou role you gave bim. He ha adecidedly forceful per onaJity, while I havealways regarded my woman' place as one ofhumble obedience. And further, I do not holdwith lho e avage views of the French Revolu-tionists. Capital puni hment is quite foreignto my nature.

ARROLL: Your maje ty, I merely wi hed to giveyou a littJe - ah - colour. (Chuckles.) Jthought that. ...

/Windowopens. En/er a very lively Mock Tutr/e.

MOCK TURTI..E (jovially): My dear Carroll, I mu tcongratulate you on turning M into a tragical

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figure! Such imagination, eh what? Tho emournful songs - too funny! (Suddenly con-fidellIiaI.) My wife, though, somewhat resentsbeing turned into a gryphon. She knows she'sno beauty, but till- a gryphon I (Boisterousagain.) Oh well, can't plea e everyone, eh? Imyself wa delighted, old fellah, deeeeijghted!

CARROLL: What a change! Thank you, dearMock Turtle. And look who's here, tbe Duchessof Tepping!

JThe Duchess, indeed, is descending the stairs atthe back. She pauses dramatically on secondstep.

DUCHESS (imperiously): Lewis! I wish to com-plain-

CARROLL(interrupting): Oh no! I de cribed youexactly, dear Ducbes. You cannot. ...

DUCHES : Silence! It i your description of mybaby son, Lord Cecil ... describing him as-as a PIG! So what if hi nose does turn up alittle? . . .

The following six simultaneously:MAO HAlTER, MARCHHARE and DORMOUSE(to-gether): As we were aying, when we were sorudely ...

QUEENOF HEART : Oh dear, things are getting alittle ....

MOCK TURTLE: Don't worry, old boy ....

D CHES : And that busine s with tbe pepper. ...

fThe door begins to open.

CARROlL (noticing door): Ssh!!/ Everyone silent as maidservant enters, returns 10

shut door and goes straight to Carroll's chair.

MAID (cheerily): Well, sir, bedtime for you. (S~esAli<;e.) Oh, Miss Liddell! You'd best be gettmg'ome now. It's late.

ALICE (stands): And wbat about all the others?(Indicates them.)

MAlO (blankly looking around): Others?

ALICE: The character, of course.

MAID: Oh he' been talk in' about Uzose bas 'e?'E's alv.:ay havin' imaginary conversationswith 'em. Don't you believe a word of it. Youknow these writers; think their characters ireal and whatnot. (Turning to Carroll.) Andto bed now, sir. You've 'ad enough fer today.

CARROLL:No, no, Annje. Ju t five minute more.I want to ay goodbye to - ah - Alice.

MAID (reluclanlly): Oh, well, I'll give you acouple more minutes, then. What the doctorwill say I just don't know .... fExit.

CARROLL: Now, everyone, you beard what mynanny said. You can come and repeat yourcomplaints and tell the other to come as well.I love to have you all.

fMad Hatter, March Hare and Dormouse bowand return to cupboard. Quee1l of H earlssays, "Very well," and exils OUI of panel.

Duchess snarls and leaves regally via Ihe slair-case. Mock Turtle says, "Well tootle-oo!" andexits through window.

Alice is about to go to door. Carroll restrains her.CARROLL:Wait a little, child. (PUllS her genlly lo

his chair.) Tell me, why is it tbat Annie couldsee you, but he never sees the others?

ALICE (docilely silting on arm of his chair): ButI'm real. I mean - I'm tbe person you wrotethe story for. And I'm oorry I was rudeto you. It was such fun to see the otbers hereand-

CARROLL(eyes lighting up): You saw them? You,who are real?

ALlCE (Ilodding) : Of course T did.CARROLL:Then you see they do exi ti lalway

knew they did, but nobody believed me. Theythought I wa mad.

ALlCE: P'raps that's becau e they didn't wanl tobelieve.

CAR1WLL:Yes indeed, Alice. But we know better,don't we?

ALICE: Oh, ye ! (Pause, then shyly.) You willwrite another book, won't you?

CARROLL:Well, maybe [ will.f Maid enters unobserved.

... ru call it "Alice Through the Mirror," Ithink, or perhap . , ..

MAlO: WeU, well, well. You two look as if you'reboth miles away!

CARROLL: And 0 we are, Annie. We're in theland of the Imagination, a land which you nodoubt left long ago. Goodbye, Alice.

ALlCE: Goodbye ... Mr. Carroll.

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LlTTLEWOOD HOUSE, 1967

First Row (sitting I. to r.): F. Kamhoot, M. acher, E. achcr, P. Smuts, H. Sacher.

Second Roll' (sitting I. to r.): B. Dyason, B. Pearce, P. Selby, T. Oettl6, J. Lawrence.Mr. P. Brostcr, Mrs. M. Barv.ell ( 1atron), L. Osrin (Head Prefect), Mr. N. Blackbeard(Principal), Mrs. Blackbeard, K. NeLlson (Deputy Head Prefect), ister M. de Klerk,Mr. T. Fair, Mr. J. Voigt. T. nyman, P. Barret, E. Eddy, I. Mackay.

Third Row (I. to r.): G. Doran. P. Fergus en. B. Milliner, J. Ryan, C. Early, 1. Wessels,P. Mann, D. Durlacher, P. Ieme nt. T. Dodd. P. Hewitt, K. Barret, G. Anderson, G. vanTonder, H. Kamhoot, T. Early.

Fourth Row (I. to r.:) A. Brown, T. mith, J. omerville, D. Milford, (by, H. Lipsehitz,A. Bevan, M. Green. C. Blal-emore, W. Oosthuizen, J. Jabber, H. William, J. Theodor,C. Cumming, . Borain. R. Bruee, G. Hogg.

Fifth Row (I. to r.): E. Iement, T. Dunster, E. Coffin, D. J. Gill, R. Weilers, P. Baerecke,P. Williams. R. Peacock, F. du Toit, H. Green, M. Bro'.'n, R. Ritchie, D. Pretorius,K. Bremer, J. heppard, S. Milliner.

Sixth Row (I. to r.): R. Gilbert, . Oettlé, G. Visser, B. Burke, T. Piekthall. B. Cummings,D. Calder, R. Barret-Jolley. D. C. Gill. G. Pearce, D. Frahm, K. Katz.

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At the beginning oE the year we welcomed Mr.P. Broster from D.e.T. He soon ettled down toBoarding House routine and howed an immedi-ate interest in the Hostel by suggesting many newideas and revolutionary cheme. Mr. Fair andMr. Voigt are to be congratulated on their pa-tience, fairne s and understanding in dealing withthe boys at all times.

A alway our boarder have formed the spiritand backbone of the school and our boys havetaken an active interest in all spheres of schoollife. Littiewood House was weU repre ented inmost sporting sides and chool committees, andboardt:r undertook the organi alion of mo t ofthe school functions.

Our Prefect body consisted of L. Osrin (HeadPrefect), A. eilson (Deputy Head Prefect), E.Eddy. T. Oettlé, P. Selby, J. Lawrence. P. Bar-relt, T. Pickthall and T. Snyman. They performedtheir tasks in a very capable manner and are tobe congratulated on the high standard of di ci-pline maintained. The following were choolPrefects: L. Osrin (Deputy Head Prefect), E.Eddy, K. eilson, T. Oettlé and J. Lawrence.

The institution of a Common Room fund of50 cents per boy ha enabled u to provide amen-ities apart from the normalones provided by theDepartment. The piano bas been completely re-novated, the snooker table given a face-lift andea y chairs have been purchased for the seniorcommon room.

Tbe new curtains are in the process of beinghung and have brightened up Littlewood Hou econ iderably. Our thanks go to Mrs. Blackbcardand Si ter de Klerk for all the time they have'pent in choosing and organi ing the curtaining.

We hould like to thank Matron and thekitchen staff for the enormous amount of workput into catering, and Mrs. Blackbeard who efriendly disposition and continued interest in theHo tel endeared her to all boarders. A specialnote of thanks and gratitude goe to i ter deKlerk for her ympathetic help in times of illnesand for her cheerful and friendly cooperation atall time'.

To Mr. Blackbeard we offer our sincere thankfor his unfaltering intere t in the welfare of"Littlewood Hou e".

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STAFF

To tbe Staff this year we welcomed Miss A.Coop to Sub A2. Miss E. Beyleveld to Sub B2.Miss S. Kacev to Std. 2A, and Mr. A. Tbiele toStd. 4A, and Miss C. Liefman to the post ofteacber of Piano.

Mr. K. Pretorius is spending a year's studyleave in Graaff-Reinet, and we bave receivedseveral interesting letters from him, as also asurpri e visit wben he was in the Cape Penin uiafor a few days. We look forward to bis return inJanuary, 1968.In December we are to say farewell to Miss G.

BarweU, wbo bas been one of our stalwart Staffmembers for tbe pa t three years. Our specialtbank to ber Cor all sbe has done for u , andbest wishes for a happy future.

Mi s B. Durham is to proceed to Europe on ayear's pecial leave and we trust sbe will spendan enjoyable and profitable year tbere.

MR. AND MRS. H. . TASKER

The name of Mr. and Mr. Tasker will bevery familiar to many wbo have been associatedwith the scbool during this generation and tbelast, for tbeir period of as ociation with the choolhas covered a period of 35 years.They joined "Wynberg" witbin a year of each

other, were destined to become busband and wife,and to rank among tbe finest teacber that Wyn-berg will ever bave had.

Mr. Ta ker was senior Hi tory Ma ter in tbeHigh Scbool and Mrs. Tasker taugbt bothStandards 1 and 4, both before her marriage, andin later years too.With Mr. Ta ker' retirement in April, a long

and happy active as ociation has ended.We hould here like to pay tbe greatest tribute

to their magnificent contribution to the School'sdevelopment - to botb as teacbers - to Mr.Tasker for his years of hard work with Rugbyand Athletics, and to Mrs. Tasker, for her pro-duction of play of such a very higb tandard,and for the love of Drama he left with her casts.

May we wi b tbem many years of happines

and healtb in their retirement, and a very enjoy-able and profitable sojourn in Europe.

And may we see tbem at tbe School on manyan occasion yet.

Thank you, and best of luck.

GENERAL

The year 1967 bas seen big changes in tbeJunior School.

Two new Sub A Cia ses have been added atthe southern end of tbe building as well as asecretary's office leading off the porcbway andadjoining tbe Principal's office.

All tbe bouses bordering Oxford Street andAliwal Road have been demoli hed, providingmuch-needed extra playing spal.:e.

With tbe planting of gra s and shrubs, tbisarea should take on a garden-like appearanceand benche will be installed. '

The old thatched roof cottage was also pulleddown, and the tucksbop movcd into more spaciousquarters in tbe one house retained next door. Inthat bou e, too, are stored our stage scenery andcostumes, and there is one very large room whereplay rebearsals cao be held. Tbe bou e was com-pletely re-wired electrically, and good lightingprovided.

Another major change in our classrooms hasbeen the replacement of the old all-in-one desksby modern desk, eacb unit including a table andtwo chair, with plenty of room for storage ofbooks.

Our enrolment now stands at between 520 and530 pupils.

To February we held our annual informal meet-ing of new parents, when a large crowd of 170parents were given a comprehensive survey ofscbool routine and activities, and shown slides ofschool activities. A warm evening resulted intea being provided outside "under the stars".Another major development in tbe School's

routine wiU be the introduction of the newMathematics syllabuses in the Sub Standardstd. I and td. 2 next year, with much of th~

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work being introduced into Standards 3, 4 and5 as well.

In preparation for tbis work, the Staff attendeda two-hour cour e daily over a period of fiveschool weeks.

A Junior Science Course will also take place.for that wiU also be introduced in the new year.The Annual Sports took place in March, when

Wellington was the winning House.The Swimming Gala followed soon afterwards

when De Waal and Rhodes tied for first placeand Van Riebeeck were close behind.

The Annual Parents versus Junior Cricket andTennisette matche were played on March 4th.In both cases tbe parents won, thus provingthemselves in good mettle.The Rugby player were ruvided into Under

12 A, B, C, D, E and F teams, Under I LandUnder 10 teams, and the u ual host of juniorjuniors enjoyed their Friday games under theHigh School "Unele ". Older boy also playedin the Under 13 teams.

In Cricket we were fortunate to obtain theservice of Mr. G. pruhl, who coached promisingyoung cricketers during gym periods, and in theafternoons.

The Under II Cricket, under guidance of Mr.Ju t, had a most successful season, remainingunbeaten during the first term.The Uoder 12A team lost only one match.The Under 12B also gave a good account of

themselves.The Juniors played their matches on Monday

afternoons.Tennisette has continued to attract a large

number of players. The general standard ofperformance has been very good, and the Tennis-ette team has acquitted itself very well, bavingwon most of their inter-school matches.

Our sincere thanks again to all parents wbo sorearuly . offered transport, watcbed matches, andgiven such support generally.

The Thirteenth Annual Hour of Music by theSchool Orchestra soloists and cboir took place

on Augu t 25th and 26th. The memorable itemon this programme was Mozart' Serenade, "ALittle Night Music".

The half-yearly performance by piano, violinand cello pupil took place in June and December.

The Drama Clas es, under Miss R. Glaun'sdirection, were most enthusiastic.

The 34th Annual Entertainment took place onSeptember 26th and 27th when the Sub A's gavea ong cene, ''The Runaway Clown", and theStds. 1 to 5 offered two musical play, "Chanti-cIeer and the Fox" (after Chaucer) and ''TheWitch in the Clocktower".The Annual Rearung Competition will be held

in the final week of the fourth term."Verse Speaking" pIu musical item were

feature on tbe final day of the first, second andthird terms.

On the last chool day of 1966 we held ourusual special assembly under the trees when bookawards to successful Std. 5 pupil were presented,as well as cup and awards for other achievements.

We were pleased and honoured that Mrs. J. F.00 thuizen k.indly agreed to rustribute theseawards.

The following boy won pecial trophies:

I. Derman Drama Cup: D. Holmes, M. Gold-stein, D. Herron, B. Riley, M. Waiters, A.Klopper.

2. Spears English Reading Cup: Maurice Gold-stein.

3. Newman Afrikaans Rearung Cup: L. de Wet.

4. Craye Tennisette Cup (Singles): L. Venter.

5. Pachter Tennisette Cup (Doubles): L. Venterand M. Venter.

6. Cricket Bat: A. Lamb.

7. Athletics, Friedlander Cup: S. Bird.Baskin Cup: J. Oosthuizen.

8. Davidowitz English Award: Maurice Gold-stein.

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Junior Sc/wol Contribution,)SUB B2 STANDARD lA

THE SNAIL WAYNE THE TRAINClimbing up the hillI sawailver trail,Up hill higher upThen down dale,Wben I got over tbe billIn a rubbish beap,I sawalittle snailFast asleep.

DA IEL HEYMAN

HOW MUCH I LIKE THE OOKI like the cook,he's very kind;he makes nice food

For me.She cooks them in the oven,Very intere ting to see.

DANLEL HEVMANN.

MARRIEDCharlene i lovely,She' nice and she's fair;She is Daniel' best wifeWith golden hair.

DANIEL HEVMANN.

TADPOLESFir t the big mother frog lays her egg. But

only ome of tbem hatch, for the fishes like toeat them and migbt do that. First the tadpole is:l ball with a tail; it tail goe away, and it growsfore- and hindlegs. Then it i a Erog.

DA IELHEVMA

THE GOATThe goat was silly,He aid be wa great,But he got stuckIn tbe garden gate.

N[CHOI S BRAAK.

FIsm GOne day a man went ft bing in a boat. While

he was ti bing, a fish aw him. So he went behindand tipped tbe boat over. Then be wa gone.

GREGORY BROWN.

Wayne, the trainWent through the rain.Wayne. the trainGot a pain.So Wayne, the train,Was never beard of again.

PAUL VAN EMBDEN.

THE MA I TH MOONThe man in the mooname down to play.

He played and playedAll night and day;He ang and he angWith a clang and a pang,Then he went back to hi home in space.

GARyLEIH.

ELECTRICITYIl home, a you may know, must have e1ec-

tricit .The lights work by electricity.Your oven works by electricity.Electricity i a dangerous tbing.ever, never play with electricity. If you ever

u e electricity, always u e rubber gloves.MICHAEL LEWI

THE BURGLAROne night a burglar to le ome jewels from a

bou e.Wben he had fini bed teating the jewels, the

hou. e wa empty of jewels.Then the policemen came and aw the burglar.

The men blew their whi tie and sbone theirtorches.The policemen struggled to arrest the burglar.

DEREK WATI..ING.

THE COWBOYThere was once a very tall cowboy named

John and all the other cowboys were cared ofhim.

Every time he tried to say omething, he stut-tered.

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One day when John was walking around, anarrow came zip into him. "Help!" be cried.'Tve been sbot. Help!" Then be fell to tbeground, and that was the end of Jobn, tbe cow-boy.

EDWARD TINKLER.

ROBIN HOODRobin Hood was a young boy. He often

played with his bow and arrows.He sbot at targets. He kept hitting them.Wben be was fifteen he asked if be could try

bis luck at tbe fair. And his fatber said yes.So be picked up his bow and arrows and off

be went.Suddenly be saw some men. He tbougbt tbat

they must be tbe King's foresters.He stood still till one of tbem noticed him.

Tbe man said, "What are you doing bere?"Robin said, "I am going to try my luck." Thenthey poked fun at him.

DAVID VANN.

MY ADVENTURE IN A BOATI went on boliday in tbe S.A. Vaal to England.

Nobody knew that there was a smuggler onboard.I was going to see tbat he wasn't going to

teal my luggage or any of my money.I knew that he was up to something. I wasn't

going to tell tbe Captain or there would be moretrouble.One nigbt I was lying in bed when he crept

througb my port-bole. I pretended that I wasasleep. He searcbed my drawers.I pounced on him. I called tbe Captain. He

came at once. Tbe smuggler was locked up in aspare room.

MICHAEL BURGER.

STANDARD 18A ROBBERY

Onc rainy nigbt a bank robber came to thebank. He had a ladder in his hand.He leaned tbe ladder against the wall and then

he climbed it.Tben be broke tbe roof and went through tbe

ceiling and came out to tbe room where theykeep tbe money.

He opened the afe and took: the money, andby mistake he stood on the alarm.Tbe watchman heard and phoned tbe police.

They came and toole bim to jail.. PHILLIP KING.

MY ELFI bad a little elf.His name was Inkynoo.I put him on tbe shelf,Because he was brand new.He did not like it On tbe sbelfBecause be was always by hi~elf.He sometimes used to cryBig tears out of his little eye.One day be wanted water,When he was one and a quarter.So he jumped down from tbe sbelf,All by himself.

OWEN ROGERS.

GOING ON A TRAINI lived in Jobannesburg, and I bave come to

Live in Cape Town. I came by train. It tooktwo days. We went up to tbe electric engine.There were sixteen coaches. I was sad wben wearrived.

Tbe be~ was soft. .Tbe train went througbmany statIOns. Every tIme we went over a jointit made a crack.

We went over the Orange Free State. Weloved every minute. I got butterfues just beforewe left.There was a dinner gong. Tbe train was high.

We went over a tbin bridge. It looked funny.I came to Cape TOwn before. Coloured people

were making new train lines. I had a wasb everyhour. My head was out of tbe windowand ateam train came by. I sat at tbe windowand Inearly bumped my bead.There were lots of signs. It wa fun. I ran up

and down tbe train. The food was good. Tbeplatform was hard.

GRANT SurcLJFFE.

COWBOYSOnce, when I was a little boy, we went to

Texas where cowboys live. I knew I was goingto have one of my greatest adventures.Soon we aw a ranch, and I knew that this

was the ranch we were looking for.In August, 1965, it wa my birthday, and my

fatber and mother brought me two presents. Iopened one and tbere was a fine new cowbovsuit. Then Iopened tbe other parcel, and ther~wa a belt and two real pistols.I went outside, and there was a pony just for

me, and tben I took: my cowboy suit and belt

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and pistols and put on my cowboy suit and I putmy belt and pistols. T got on pony and we rodeoff.

We went on and on and on and on. Soon wecame acro s a bull which had broken loose, but[ did not have to worry because my father hadgiven me a la 00 and r threw my las 00. lt wentround the bull's neck and I pulled it tight roundits neck.

The man was plea ed with me.Then something ran past. It was a wild pig.

I took off one of my pistols and shot. Bang!The bullet truck the pig on the side of its neck.I rode home with the pig, for I am a boy that isvery brave.

ALAN MORRIS.

A VISIT TO KING EPTUNEOne day I was out with my brother kin-diving.

We went out quite deep. Then I pointed tosomething which I thought wa a rock. We wentnearer and saw it was a caslle made of rock.

We swam round it and saw ten dolphinsguarding an opening. We asked them who livedthere. They said it belonged to King eptune.They took us into a hall full of people. ]n

the middle of the hall at eptune.As oon as he aw us he offered us gold,

diamonds, pearls and rubies. After that heoffered us a meal.Then we said goodbye and et off with our

treasure.We visited eptune a number of time and

had many adventures with him.RAOUL BLUMBERG.

THE OLD MAN OF SHOREDTTCHThere was an old man of horeditchWho tripped and fell in ome pitch.He screamed and he creamed,Till he got a stitch.And that was the end of the man from horeditch.

ZACHARY BLUM BERG.

STANDARD 2ATHE IGHT A FIRE BROKE OUT

One day when r was coming home from chool,I heard a man say to his wife. "r have fini hedmy cigarette," and he threw it away. lt landedin a tin of petrol.At that moment the fire tarted. The tin wa

next to a hop. uddenly 1 saw that the shopwa on fire. The fire was roaring and crackling.

This was at night, so the fire emitted muchlight.There was an electricity box, and suddenly I

heard BANG! I peeped inside the shop, I couldnot ee much, but I saw that tbe electricity boxhad exploded.Soon, the fire-brigade came and put the fire

out. I came there six montbs later and I sawthat there wa a new bop.

E. MARX.

LOST IN A FOREST AT NIGHTOne dark and gloomy night my father and I

decided to walk in the forest. We took our riflesand set off.

We walked lowly through the fore t. SuddenlyI aw a lioo. He made my terious noi es. Iwas so terrified. I ran a fast as T could and Itripped over the th.ick, dense undergrowth.

In the distance I heard the screech-owl' callaod the cricket' whistling. Beads of per pirationformed on my forehead.

After thi hair-rai ing experience I ran home.T. Yo LOWITZ.

AFlREOne night a fire broke oul at an ammunition

factory. There were maoy screams. oon thefire was much bigger and it wa izzl.ing. owthe ammunition started to explode.The top of the building went flying off. The

creams were getting fainter and fainter, but thefire stronger. The smoke billowed out of tbewindows. Many fire engines came to put out thefire.

uddenly it topped, and I climbed out of bed.It wa only a terrifying nightmare.

1.MARKS.

A FIREOne dark evening, as I was coming home from

cub. I saw smoke coming from a large building.Quickly "[ phoned the fire station.1 waited a little while. I aw them come

arouod lhe corner. They put up their ladderand fought the fire vigorou ly.

T heard a scream. I saw one of the beamfrom the burning building fall. Then there wassilence. On ly the crack le of the flames, thenoise of the ho e and the shouts of the firemencould be heard.

One of the firemen pulled the helples man outof the flames.

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Tbe ambulance and the police came. Sooneverybody was saved, but they were badly burnt.

J. RONALDSON.

THE LITTI..E OLD WOMANI met an old woman going to the fair,With ber walking·stick and basket and a very old

hare.She smiled at me so sweetly,Her hair was done so neatly,I bade her a good·day,And went upon my way.

R. VAN ROSENVELD.

MY DOGHave you seen my little dog,Anywbere about?His tummy's full of little spots,And he bas a pitch-black snout.He always runs away from meWhen I go to the bop.And though I shout and sbout at him,He simply just won't stop.

L. BENJAMrN.

THE DIARY OF A DUTCH BOYOn the 5th of June in 1651, three wind-driven

ships set sail from a Dutch port. On board wasa little family of three.John, the little boy, was seven years old. He

wa very friendly with Jan van Riebeeck, wbowas tbe ship's surgeon.

Ding-dong I went the bell. "Land, land!" Butit wa .. still very far away.

Then a man saw a fla h of lightning and itbegan to thunder. The ship swayed and biglashing waves covered the decks.

John ran to his mother, and even she waterrified. At la t, morning dawned, and the sunshone brightly.

C. EDGAR.

MY CATI have a cat,He wear a hat.As he ba spots,I called bim "Old Blots".He is lovely and white,And hines in the night.He smells with bis no e,Wliich is as red as a rose.

That's about aU I knowAbout "Old Blots" the cat,Except that he eats too muchAnd has become very fat.

JOHN FEITELSON.

THE FUN I HA VEPeter Smuts is a good little boy,To his parents he's the greatest of joy.His work and sport are always well done,And he is never mischievous--only bas "fun".He loves to run, and climb tbe rocksClimb down the passages, slide in so~ks,But woe is the day when the prefect shall comeCatch the boy and spoil hi "fun".

PETER SMUTS.

STANDARD 28SPORT AT WYNBERG, BY STD. 2BThe rugby season comes to an endCricket and swimmjng start again.'We pack away our rugby boots,Out come our bats and bathing swts.No more scrumming, sweat or blood,No more kjdding in the mud;No more tries or penalties,No more minor ca ualties.Now we start our game of cricket"Bowl him out tbe middle wicket i..Not a single fielder caught it,When our ball went into orbit.On tbese hot December days,We cool off in many way.But the best way to keep cool,I splashing in our swimming pool!

TUE CLAss EFFORT.

THE 2B CAKE SALEOur das decided lo have a cake sale, and all

the mothers agreed la lhis.There were cookies, cakes, weets and bi cuits.

When the bell rang for break, we were met by atampede of hungry boy, and before the teachercould buy some cakes, mo t of them were gone.

Serving everybody wa great fun, and so waswatcrung them devour the goodies. We soldevery piece of cake, and we even sold somecrumb for half a cent. The money amounted tofourteen rand, and we donated it to the PerunsulaFeeding Scheme, wruch feeds many hungrycruldren every day.

G.MAIMI.

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A VISIT TO THE ZOOThe other day T went to the zoo.The animals there are far from few.T saw some lions, and tigers too.I even aw a kangaroo.There were elephant and giraffeAnd monkeys that made the people laugh.They keep strange creatures in a zoo,Some friend of mine should be there too.

P.Jo s.

BOKKEDaar i baie soorte boUe in Suid-Afrika, soos

die Springbok, Waterbok, Rooibok, Gemsbok enKoedoe.

Die kleure van die Springbok i lig bruin,donker bruin en wit, en dit is 'n pragtige dier.

Die Waterbok is groter as die Springbok enhet 'n wit kring om sy stert.

Die Rooibok kan vyf en dertig voet ver en tienvoet hoog spring. Die Gemsbok se kleure ipers-bruin, donker. pers en wit. Die Koedoe sehorings i krullerig, en hy groei tot by vyf voethoog.

Van al die wilde diere, hou ek van bokke diemeeste.

OWE JOHNSON.

OL ES ] THE IGHTOne dark night, while J was asleep, I was

woken up by a queer sound, and, feeling curious,1 got up and went to my father's room and wokehim up.

My father came to my bedroom with me andwc listened for a minute or two, but the soundwas not repeated.

My father .aid T mu t top worrying about it.o I went back to bed. Then the ound cameagain. but I didn't want to di turb my fatheragain, 0 I looked around to ee what it wa , butthere wa nothing.

The 'noi e came again - tick, tick, tick - andI" thought it might be a burglar. My dog wafrightened too. and crept under my bed.

uddenly there wa a loud cra h! bang! andI heard the ound of gla s being hattered.I felt ure omeone had broken a window, so I

shouted very loudly to my father. He ran to-wards the noise. which had come from the kitchenand he began to laugh. The bowl around thekitchen light had become too hot and had

cracked slowly until it had suddenly sbatteredand fallen down with a tremendous crasb.

After thi false-alarm I helped to clear up theglass and my dog and T went back to sleep.

OWEN JOH so

MY ADVENTURE WITH A"WILD ANIMAL"

Cloud drifted across tbe sky as the un et.Darknes fell on our camp as my friend and Igathered wood for our fire. All around us camethe night sounds of birds and animal .

We were tired from our long hike that day andall the excitement of camping out, and oon wecrawled into our tent and zipped up our sleepingbags. It wa the fir t time I had u ed one, andat fir t 1 lay awake for ome time, getting u edto it. My friend was fast a leep.Then. uddenly, I wa wide awake. Something

was moving out ide the tent. My heart mi ed abeat and then leapt into my throat. I li tened.Yes, there was something there all right. Butwhat? Picture of wild animal fla hed acrosmy mind.

r whi pered my friend' name, but he did notstir. arefully I slipped out of my sleeping bag.haking witb fear, 1 pulled back the tent flap

and peered out. When my eyes got u cd to thedarknes , theyalmost fell out of my head. Therewere two eye taring out of the darkne_s. Alion! It ml/st be a lion! A lion? Oh help! ltwa. coming towards me. I creamed 0 loudlythat my friend jumped up a if omeone hadhot him.He grabbed the torch and witched it on. At

the entrance of our tent wa not a huge lion, butthe friendly face of a stray donkey lowly chew-ing -ome weeds,

ROYDEN DU PLOOY.

THE HY SPUT TKaw a little putnik,

It travelled very high.[ aw il circle overhead,And drop down from the sky,lt landed on the roof-top,And gaily bounced along.[ ran to call my brother,When I got back It had gone.He laughed at my imagination.And then went back in ideo[ looked again, it wasn't there,So I at down and cried.

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GREGORY VICE.

STANDARD 3APIET PARCEL'S ADVENTURE

Jan wa feeling very drowsy. He had justreceived a parcel from his granny who lives inEast Anglia, England. He was ju t about to openit when he heard a little voice saying, "lf youleave me alone I will teU you my life story"Jan looked all around him but could not see

anyone, so he wa about to resume his ta k whenhe heard the Ijttle voice again.He soon reali ed that the voice came from hi

parcel, so he et it on the chair oppo ite himand settled down for the story.

U[ was wrapped in Englnad and r am thepaper on the parcel. Fir t I wa taken to a post·office here I wa sorted and put in a G.P.O.van painted red with a crown on each ideo Itwas to take me to the General Post Office inLondon. The journey wa very unplea ant as 1was jostled a round, hitting other parcels of va ry-ing shape and izes, but wor e was to come.

"When T reached my important destination. allthe parcel were bundled into several big acks.Then young men took them into a big roomwhere we were orted, franked, then weighed.After that, a much horter journey was made tothe dockyard.

"We were then shaken into a much biggersack, which wa' hoisted aboard a beautiful whileship named the .A. Vaal.

"Suddenly the crane lowered the whole sackinto a big dark room in the ·hip.

"Half an hour later. the hip was sailing mer-rily on the clear. blue ea, but I wa feelingterrible. and if I had been a human [ would havebeen sea·sick a hundred time."At last we reached Cape Town, and before T

knew what was happening. T was taken out ofthat dark. gloomy place and I caught my fir t

glance of ape Town and Table Mountain. I felta different parcel a I wa taken to the GeneralPost Office oC ape Town.

"T was orted. stamped and taken to the newtation, wh~rt.! I wt:nt by IralO to Wynberg PostOffice. Then you came to fetch me, and 0 thatis my whole life tory:'

P. MERRI GTO .

THE DAY WE DISOBEYED FATHEROne bright summer's morning in the December

holidays, Dad proclaimed that we could stay atthe seaside for a fortnight.

Soon after we arrived we wanted to explorethe beacb, but Dad forbade us to explore thecliffs.

When we had een the beach and had had aswim, Tim aid, 'Let's just go a little way upthe cliff," and we all agreed. After we hadclimbed about sixty yards, I aid, "Hadn't webetter go down now?" Meanwhile, Craig walooking over the edge. Suddenly he said, "Oh!I feel dizzy!" He tottered and feU over thecliff.

We tood tock-still, frozen, rooted to the pot,but suddenly Tim blurted out, "Come on." Werushed down the cliff.

When we got to Craig, I said, 'Thank goodnes'he' still breathing". He was unconscious, butsome cold water oon brought him round.I asked him to waggle hi fingers and toes. He

couldn't waggle hi left leg's toe, 0 I knew hehad broken his leg.

We carried him to our cottage and my fathertook him to the doctor to have hi leg set. ltco t two hundred rand.

We all received a evere whipping, and wenever disobeyed Father again.

A. K IGHT.

OUR VISIT TO THE .A. VAALLa t Monday r went with my cia to the .A.

Vaal.We went by bu to the docks. We alighted

from the bu in two' and walked through thehed in ""hich we aw bales aDd bales of wool.We walked up the gangplank, and at the top

we saw five avy men. The fir t one took us tothe theatre and then to ee the dining rooms. Hethen howed u the swimming pool and the holdin which they were loading on peaches. Westarted for the bridge on the flight of step. Thebridge had radios to every part of the hip.We looked at the other hips in the dock from

the bridge.Then we went to have something to eat and

drink.When we had fini hed, we aid "Goodbye" to

the Captain aDd walked off the hip and wentback to choo!.

C. Bo GERS.

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THE YL LT OF THE AUSTRALIANCRICKETERS

Bobby Simpson, the Australian captain, has letSouth Africa snatch the rubber. We were thebetter side of tbe two, but our visitors did notgive up until the last ball was bowled.

The first test looked as if it was in the Austra-lians' pockets until the second innings, when wemade siJ( bundred and twenty runs, and in thefirst, one hundred and ninety-nine. The reS'.llt ofthi test put us one up in the serie and thereagain our visitors fought for victory.In the Cape I was mad with rage becauseewlands is a batting pitch and very unfair to

the bowlers. We could have made many moreruns, but we did not keep our eyes on the ball,and you should not lift your head for you willget caught.

The Third Te t we won, with fine bowlingby Proe ter who bowls off the wrong foot andbeats tbe batsman all ends up. Tru test we won,leaving tbe serie two-one.Tbe fourth test was a wash-out with nine

wicket down when the rain came down inbuckets and with bad luck for South Africa.During the fifth test at St. George's Park, the

Australian and Springboks each played tbeirpart, but in the end the visitors bad no hope ofwinning the test to draw the series. They wereout of the game on the tbird day. We bave neverwon a series again t the Au tralians in historybefore.

T. CLEARY.

MY HUIS EN GESIN

Ons huis is taamlik groot, en voor die huis isdaar 'n klein boompie.

My gesin be taan uit my pa, ma, en drie kin-ders.

Voor die huis is daar twee klein grasperkies,en agter die huis i daar een groot grasperk.

ln die huis is daar drie slaapkamers. 'n sit-kamer, 'n badkamer en 'n k.ombuis. Langs diehuis i daar 'n motorhuis, en my pa hou symotor daarin.

Rondom die huis is daar 'n boë draadbeiningsodat ons hond nie kan wegloop nie.

Op Saterdagaand gaan ons gesin bioskoop toeen ons bou baie daarvan.

S. GLLLMER.

MY OOM SE PLAAS

Myoom Kasie het 'n mooi, groot plaas in dieKaroo. Hy het die woonhuis self in 1910 gebou.

Hy boer met skape, en by het 'n paar perdeook. Elke week. slag by 'n skaap om te eet enneem 'n paar van die ander skape mark toe.Op sy werf is daar 'n pakkamer, 'n waenbuis

en baie ander geboue.Hy het 'n draadheining rondom sy plaas sodat

die diere nie kan uitkom nie. Daar is vierkampe. Drie is vir die skape en een vir die perde.Hy het 'n groot rugbyveld gemaak en het 'n

span met die naam Hamiltons.My tante boer met pluimvee en kweek baie

soorte bome en blomme. Elke week stuur sy virons vrugte en elke maand neem sy baar blommena die bloemiste en maak '0 bietjie sakgeld.

K. MORRIS.

DIE DAPPER SEUN

Toe bet die skip begio sink."Joe, Frank.!" bet ek geskree, "Die skip begin

sink". Hulle het gou na my gehardloop en begioom oos kos uit die skip te gooi. Toe was al diekos uit die skip en in die water.Ons het van die skip in die water geduik en na

'0 eiland naby die wrakstukke geswem. Toe hetons by die eiland aangekom en ons wa baiemoeg. Ek en Frank het begio slaap, maar Joehet die eiland bekyk.

Dit was vier-uur op die kop en Joe het nieteruggekom nie en ons was bekommerd.

Ons bet na Joe gaan soek. Toe het ons homin die water ge ien. Hy bet met 'n oktopus ba-klei. Frank het in die water geduik en dieoktopu met sy sakmes doodgemaak. Hy het ylewe vir Joe gewaag. Hy was '0 baie dappereun.

D. KAVALSKY.

THE BICYCLE THIEF

I was in a greengrocer's shop, buying food forour family.I paid for the food and walked outside to O'ly

bicycle. Then [ stared in astani hment: therewas no bicycle!I dropped tbe bag I was carrying and ran to

the corner and looked up and down tbe street.[ espied a man pedalling a if a pack of dogs

were after him, so I wasted no time in followinghim.

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As I ran, I began to sweat. T thought mylungs were going to burst, but somehow I kepton running.

Almost a I was ready to drop, I saw the manon my bicycle quickly turn into a builder's yard.I stopped my hectic running and crept up to

the side wall of the yard and climbed up it aDdpeeped over.

From what I saw I nearly fell from the wallin amazement, for four men were in the yard,armed with spray-paint guns, and were changingthe colour of about twelve bicycles.

Suddenly one of the men looked up and sawme. Then he shouted. "Boss. I aw someone spy-ing on us."

"After Ïm." roared the 'Bo s', and all fourmen left their work and ran after me.I slid down the wall, in doing so cutting my-

self. but I hardly felt the cuts, so anxious wa Ito get away from these horrid men.I ran as fast as my legs would carry me to the

police station where I banged on the door.A policeman opened the door and I told him

to catch the men running after me.He blew a hrill whi tie and ix more men

joined him, and together they caught tbc crooks.My picture was in the morning paper. and I

got my bicycle back pIu ten rand from thepolice!Who would have thought that shopping could

bring such a drama?A. VA

PATRICK POSTAL ORDER'S ADVENTURE"I was printed at the Cape Towo printing works

on the 28th February, 1966. Thousands of postalorders like me were sent to the General PostOffice and were put in neat piles on the tablesnext to tbe counters.

One day a very fat woman came into theG.P.O. and a ked the attendant for a postalorder. He tamped me and put me into anenvelope. The next day several other postalorders and I were transported to the S.A. Vaal,and I was on my way to the fat woman's nephewin England. Twelve days later I arrived at theboy's house. There was great excitement in thehou e, but unfortunately the boy put me care-lessly on the mantelpiece.The next day nobody could find me becall e r

fell off the mantelpiece on to the floor. Tbe dogfound me but mi took me for a piece of crappaper and ripped me with hi claws.

Soon the boy found me and 'tuck me togetherwith seJlotape. During the afternoon he took meto be ca hed at the Post Office. Luckily theattendant believed the boy's story about the dogwhich ripped me and gave him the money.1 was very unhappy, for my adventure in

England had ended. A few days later many otherpostalorders and I were burned to ashes on avery big fire in the yard of the Post Office, sothat we could not be u ed again.

D. KAVALSKY.

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LOST IN THE FOGIt was long past three o'clock wben my father

and I set out in a midget rowing boat for theafternoon.

We intended to catch some fish for supper andafter we had been rowing for what eemed likeages we let out our small fishing net.

We waited and waited, but nothing happened,and at last we pulled up our net, for it wasusele waiting any longer; and, moreover, itwa getting late.We tarted to row back, and as we were row-

ing, I noticed a thick mi t forming. oon wewere surrounded in a t!lick fog.

My father had real i cd too late that we werenot near the harbour - we were far out at ea!

We could not see a thing, so we started torow towards the direction in which we tboughtthe harbour lay.

We were till rowing when the morning unri ecould be seen. The fog had cleared, and we couldce the harbour clearly - we were only about amile and a half from it.

We reached the harbour at twelve o'clock andrushed home to tell of our adventure. We werewelcomed home with a hot cup of coffee, andwe sat round the warm fire and told our tory.

C. STOCKWELL.

FRA cr DRAKEI had nearly completed a. game of bowls wheo

a member of my crew ga ped, "Look I A Spanishfleet sailing in to battle."

I thought of a plan as we left port. We setone of my lighter hips on fire.

With a tremendou explo ion it blew up, aDdet lhe enemy on fire.There was explosion after explosion until a

deathly silence settled on top of tbe bloodywater.

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Then the crew shouted with joy, "We havewon!"

When J arrived back at port, Queen ElizabethI was waiting in her splendid jewels and clothesand said, "Rise, Sir Francis Drake".

D. BOLDING.

A SHIP'S CAPTAIN

If you were in a shipOn a stormy sea,Would you be as brave,As brave as he?

He was a ship's captain,Fearless, big and strong.He was a good man,Never did any wrong.

He was a good man.Kind, but firm,When he gave a whippingIt made the man squirm.

One day in the icy AtlanticThe mate fell over the side,And without waiting to think,He jumped into tbe drink,Where they both sadly died.

R. FARRANT.

DIE ONDERVINDING VAN 'N SEUN'n Seun wie se naam Dion was het een Sondag

more besluit dat sy huis was niks anders as 'nplek van ellende.

Dit was Maandag more omtrent half-nege.Dion e ma was winkel toe en Dion was besigom sy tee te drink. Hy het skielik 'n baie goeieidee gekry. Hy het besluit om weg te hardloop.

Hy het sy geld bymekaar gemaak, sy klere in'n tas gepak en toe weggeloop sonder om iets viriemand te sê.Hy het 'n bus tot by Johannesburg stasie ge-

neem. Toe het hy 'n plek op 'n trein Bloemfon-tein toe bespreek.Die trein het twaalfuur by Bloemfontein stasie

aangekom. Dion bet sy bagasie gekry en weerbegin loop.Hy wou na sy neef se huis in Dewetsdorp

gaan. Dion het nie genoeg geld oor gehad nieom na sy neef se buis toe te ry nie.

Hy het net vir 'n paar minute geloop. Toe bet'0 man stilgehou en hom opgetel. Toe die manby sy plaas gekom het, het hy vir Dion weerafgelaai.

Na 'n tydjie het Dion besluit om 'n kortpadoor die berge te neem. Hy was baie moeg en hyhet besluit om langs 'n rots bo-op die berg te rus.Na 'n tydjie was by vas aan die slaap.Hy het skielik wakker geword en gevind dat

dit al donker was. Hy bet koud en nat gevoelen tot sy ontsteltenis besef dat dit baie gesneeuhet. In die duisternis kon hy nie sien waar om teloop nie, en bet van 'n krans afgeval. Hy hetweer opgestaan en aan gesukkel, en sy lyf wasbaie seer.Hy bet later by 'n klein dorp aangekom waar

hy aan die deur van een van die huise geklophet. 'n Ou vrou het die deur oopgemaak. NadatDion vir haar alles verlei het, bet sy vir homkoffie gegee en iets gegee om te eet. Toe het syhom in die bed gesit.In die more het sy hom in die hospitaal in

Bloemfontein gesit en vir sy ouers in kennis ge-stel.

Sy ouers het hom by die hospitaal kom haal.a hierdie ondervinding het Dion besluit om

nooit weer sy buis alleen te verlaat nie.

B. HACK.

SHIPWRECKED

One day we left home for the docks. It was abeautiful summer's day, with a slight breeze.The departure was at ten o'clock in the morn-

ing, and we were going to Durban for the sum-mer holidays. The ship was called "The Horizon".

When we arrived at tbe ship, whicb was in tbeA Berth, we walked up the gangplank, and I wasa bit frightened because they were unsteady.They went down, and tbe tugs came in. The

ship was moving slowly out to the middle of thedocks. She sailed out of the entrance, and oonshe was in the bay and passing the breakwater.At eleven o'clock we were nineteen miles from

Cape Town. At a quarter to two we were pass-ing Cape Point.

ext day we arrived at Port Elizabelh. Weleft at eleven o'c1ock for Durban.

Off lhe coast of Port St. John's, at lunch-hourI heard a siren. It went for about two minutes'and I was very frightened. Everybody shoutedout, "Help, help," and tbe captain announced onthe loudspeaker: "There is a fire in the engines,please put on your life-jackets!"The captain pressed the button down, and

down came the lifeboats. The ship was swaying

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to and fro. Everybody was afraid and clamberedinto the lifeboats.The ship was burning everywhere. Somebody

shouted out, "Help, there are rocks ahead!"1\ few minutes later there was a loud shudder.

Tile ship had run on to the rock. The passengersalt cried out, "Help, save u !"

[n the next hour everything went alright. Thepassengers were safely ashore. The ship wasdeserted. At three o'clock she slid off the rocksinto the sea. Her hull wa' underneath the water.Suddenly there was a splash and 'The Horizon"

went under::Jeath the water. There was no moreship left, bUL luckily the passengers were safelyashore.

N. TRop.

THE DREAM

lt was a dark, cold winter's night. The rainwas pelting on the roof-tops, but soon the snowwould come. Eventually it came. At the time, Iwas asleep in bed, but I awoke suddenly afterh-:!aring a faint noise in the cellar.

[ decided to investigate the noise. T climbedout of bed and put on my dressing gown. I stolequietly down the stairs, then unlocked the frontdoor and ran round the house to the cellar.Tile wind was blowing a gale and the snow

was now coming down in full force. r was atlhe cellar door within minutes, and very reluct-ant'y I pulled the door open inch by inch.

I gaped in a tonishment and horror at thesight that met my eyes. There were six menhuddling round a mall fire. Without thjnk ing.[ closed the cellar door. ran back to the hou eand aroused my father.

I then told him alt that J had een and heardin the cellar. He notified the police. and theywere soon tanding out ide the cellar door. Jopened it and said: "The game's up!" Theyjumped. in surpri e, and 1 a ked them what thewere doing there.

The :;trangers explained that they were in thecellar becau e they had had no helter in thesnowstorm. They had then built a fire to keepthem warm. They aid they were sorry and hadnot meant to trespa s. They were ushered awayby the police and my father and 1 once againwent back to leep.Suddenly .I awoke with a jump, and I realised

it was all a dream.A. BURMA.

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STONES

[ started collecting stones at the age of eight,when [ once saw a white stone in the road. Ifound out that it was granite, and from that dayon my interest grew. I received a stone calledboy blue from my mother' friend, Dr. Ashton.rt is a blue stone with black dots.Last year. when my mother visited England,

she collected a number of tones for me. Shefound kidney ore, which is a stone haped likea kidney, iron ore, which is red in colour, andhemotite is a hiny black and very heavy for itssize. One can find hemotite on the mountains ofFish Hoek.

1 have volcanic layers of sand which weregiven to me. A volcano begins deep down inthe earth where it i very hot. Tt is so hot thatthe rock turn into magma or lava, a name fora very hot rock. Deep in the earth there is agreat quantity of hot magma, which is sometimespushed upward by pressure from the heavy rockaround it. When the hot magma reaches thesurface it cau es the earth to crack. Steam, a hesand hot rock are hurled out. Loud noise areheard a the rocks appear. The rocks pile uparound the hole and the pile begin to form acone about the crack in the earth. The cone ismade up of rock, ashe and material thrown outof the volcano. Thjs is tbe beginning of a smallvolcano. Day after day it work, and the rockand ashes grow into a large hill. Another namefor thi hill is a volcano.The hardest stone on earth is a diamond.

Diamond are white, green, pink, and manydifferent colour. Corundum i the second-hardeststone. It is red in colour. The thjrd-hardest stonei Topaz. rt is commonly yellow in colour.

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ATIACK

A I walked down the road J came upon abeautiful field. The grass was of a lush green,with only one lamb frolicking in tbe field. Thesky was a dark blue with a few cloud. Therewas a small forest near tbe field with a streamtrick ling through it. On the far side of the fieldtood a gate which was closed and locked.The sun wa very bright and cast huge shadows

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animal wandered out from behind a cluster oftrees and started to drink from the clear water inthe stream.Tbe urrounetings were very pleasant and quiet.

The lamb was now muncrung the grass. As Iwatched I aw a bird circling in the air. At firstr etid not know what kind of bird it was, andthen I realised that it was an eagle. I saw itswoop and then dive, its wings flapping very fast.I was paralysed with fright. There was nothing

I could do, as a fence separated us. The lambfroze, then it started to run, but it was to noavail. The eagle soon bad it in its talons.There was a bang. The eagle fell, and I saw

a farmer with a shotgun in hand. Soon, I startedon my walk again down the lonely road with itsbeautiful surroundings.

N. SrLBowITZ.

BETRAP I DIE VRUGTEBOORDEendag het my vriend, Piet, vir my gesê dat

ons in Oom Willem e vrugteboord vrugte moetgaan steel. Die volgende oggend om ag-uur hetPiet en ek na Oom WilJem se vrugteboord gegaan.Toe ons daar aangekom het, het ek reg na diemooi perskeboom gegaan om mooi geel perskeste eet. Piet het na die appelboom gegaan en ookbegin te eet.

Net toe ons buis toe wou gaan, het ons vinnigdie hek sien oopgaan en daar het Oom Willemgestaan. On bet doodstil in die boom gesit engebewe. Net voor Oom Willem by sy buis gekomhet, het Piet geskreeu. Hy het sy been op 'n takgekrap. Oom Willem was baie doof, maar syhond. Judy, was nie doof nie en het begin te blaf.

Ek het van skrik uit die boom geval en Piet hetbaie harder begin skreeu. Oom Willem het vinnigomgedraai en Piet en ek by on hemde va gegryp.Ons het vir Oom Willem gesê dat ons baie

honger wa. Ons het vir hom ook gevra of hyons al vergewe en vir hom gesê het dat ons nieweer in enige mens se vrugteboord weer vrugtesal steel nie.

A. HE DRIKSE.

THE BLACK FINI wa relaxing on the beach one hot unny day.

Tbe sky wa bright blue and cloudless and peoplewere strolling near the water's edge. The lowmurmuring of voice was to be heard. Little did[ know that r would soon experience one of thegreatest adventures of my life.

When [ saw a group of boy playing cricket, 1quickly ran to a k them if r may play. To my

disappointment they said that tbey were justleaving, but [ was not to be di heartened becauseI stripped my clothes off and ran straight intothe somewhat cold water.

As [ was swimming I noticed a black fin justabove the surface of the water. You can imaginemy terror when I realised that it was a killershark. I could feel my heart pumping as I swamto the shore. Losing no time, I asked the way tothe Lifeguard's hut. Wben I reached the hut Iquickly found the chief lifeguard and I explainedthe situation to him.The chief slipped a note into my band and told

me to take it to the but on the right of his hut.As ] made for the but r heard tbc chief i uingcommands. r reached the hut and gave themessage to tbe man in command.

Soon lifesa vers were beginning to clear tbewater. When the huge creature bad been caughtand killed, the lifesavers found that only one boyhad been cut, but otberwise no other damage hadbeen caused. Afterwards the chief thanked mefor giving the alarm. That was the greatest mo-ment of my life.

D. CHAIT.

CHESS

One hot summer day, as tbe Red Queen wasin her parlour. a pawn stepped up to her andaid, "Your Majesty, the King told me to informyou that war has been declared." The Queen,not in the least surprised, answered, "Tell thetroops to move to the Black territory."

A week later the fighting began. A red Knighthad attacked in "L" formation, only to be killedby the black Bishop. The black Queen and hertwo castle were destroyed. His Majesty, theblack King, assassinated the red Queen.After this event, the red King sought revt:nge

bv murdering the black Bishop. By thi time thebiack King was furious and succeeded in killingfour red pawns.There was peace on the board for a short

while in which both Kings prepared for a moregrue ome fight against each other. War againcommenced as suddenly as it had ended. Withina week five pawns had been killed and two blackKnights had been hot througb the heart. Theblack King was eventually assassinated by oncminute pawn. The red King wa very plea edabout this achievement, and that night there wasa banquet.

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After the celebration, a burial service wasarranged, in which all the brave heroes, who werekilled, were buried and mourned. Later the menwere packed into boxes and the players, after anenjoyable game, returned home.

D. YACH.

TROPICAL FISHKeeping tropical fish is my very favourite hob-

by now, and always has been.T first started off with two male eon Tetras,

which are very simjlar in colour to Neon lights.r now have two Lace-Gouramis, a Guppie andtwo Angel Fish which look 0 innocent, but arelike devils when they are in bad moods.The history of my fish stretches back four

years to this very day. I remember when myfather arrived home one night, very exhau ted,and told me to look into the boot of his car.After great excitement on the way to the car, 1-opened the boot and saw the wonderful pre ent.

For my tank I needed double filters which lieon tbe bottom of tbe tank, and then they arecovered by fine pebbles. They are used to keepthe tank clean and also to pump oxygen into thewater. I also have a heater which keeps the waterwarm and a thermostat which turns the heateroff and on. I have a thermometer in the tank.The temperature of the water mu t normally bebetween 68°F. to nOF. I have built a fittingover my fish tank with a light bulb in it. It looksvery plea ing. Quite a few week ago I paintedthe back of my tank royal blue to make thewater appear blue.

My tank is full of plants of curious shapes andizes, and 1 have bought a piece of bark to makeit look attractive. I also found a rock at thebeach. It ba a strange shape, but it also looksattractive.

Just lately I have been breeding fish, and nowhave fourteen babies. When the fish have young,one ca'n see that their stomachs grow quite fatand one mu t eparate them from the other fishand put them into an open container.In the future I would like to continue collecting

tropical fish and increase my collection.GLENN BROWN.

THE 1965 LE MANSThe scene was set. The Heures du Mans would

start in thirty minutes' time. Ten ion was rising

in the pits. It would once again be a duel be-tween the Ferrari P3's and Ford's seven-litreFord GTs. Tbe one-minute bell rang out a noteof excitement. One m'mute to go before tbehistoric race would start.They're off! Ferraris, Fords, Porsches, Lola'i,

Chapparals and Alfa Romeos, all jockeying forposition. As they came down Mulsane straIght,most cars travelling at about two hundred milesper hour, Ferrari was in the lead, After twelvehours, Ferrari was still in the lead. Cars cameinto the pits for tyres, fuel, burnt-out brakes andother faults. The pits were alive with activity.Already half of the cars had retired.

A dawn broke, the position wa still the same.All over the track lay the wrecks of car. Theground was packed with people once again. ABelgian Ferrari P3 wa leading, followed bythree other Ferraris. Then came two Ford, fol-lowed by other cars. About two hour before theend of the race the last four Fords retired withmechanical trouble. Ferrari was then ure to win.

Later a Triumph also retired with mechanicaltrouble. It was then between Ferrari, Porscheand Lola to win. The Chapparal 20 driven byJim Hall had crashed earlier on during the race.Thirty econds to go. Over the hill came thewinning Ferrari 250GT driven by Master Greogaryand lochen Rindt. The 1965 Heures du Manshad come to an end.

LEON DE WET.

THE WlNDMILL

The sails are quivering,The wind is blowing.Slowly but surely,The sails are moving.Squeak ing and groaning,Faster and faster.The sajls are whizzing past,The mj))stone are grinding at last.

The millstones begin grinding,And the miller, if you find him,Will be collecting crushed corn.In gigantic straw ba kets.Baskets are filling,Caskets are filling.The miller is working,Working and singing.The ail of the windmill,Are swinging and swinging,

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Now they are moving,Slower and slower.But the millstones are still grinding,Over and over.Less and less corn,Flows from the spout.The wind is practicallyBlown rigbt out.

The groaning and squeaking,Begins again.And that is tbe end,For the crushing of grain.Till the wind rise up,And the sails start turning.Till the ails start churning andTurning again.

OWEN BLUMBERG.

FREDERICK HOPI NChopin's real adventure in Ijfe, or when he

started to compo e real music, began at tbe ageof eleven. His teacher, an elderly and amusingprofessor, came to Chopin's house with a letterfrom Pleyel, a very rich piano manufacturer whoowned many theatres. He asked for Frederickto be allowed to come to Paris to play in hisTheatre.

Frederick's parents were not rich enough tosend Frederick, so he djd not go. On manyoccasion when the professor was listening tohim playing, he started to bang 00 the piano.When a ked why he was doing this, he aid itwa becau e he aw the Tsar's guards wnippingPolish pri oner. Thi was during the Poli hRevolution.Wben Frederick was eventeen be played at

the house of a very important Duke. When thenew governor of Poland, appointed by the Tsar,arrived, Chopin refused to play for him.

A letter was sent to Chopin to warn him thathe wa' going to be arrested. He fled immedi-ately, assisted by his friend, to Paris.

When they arrived, Cbopin asked to see Pleyel.Pleyel aid that he could not arrange a concertfor Chopin because he had offered Chopin a<:oncert when he was only a child, and now hewould not be able to cause a en ation, now thathe was eventeen.

While this di cus ion was going on, a greatcomposer, Frans Liszt, entered lhe shop, and themusic on one of the many piano. He sat down

to play Chopin's composition and asked whothe composer was. Chopin started to play thepiece at the ame time a Liszt and Liszt knewat once who the composer was. Chopin and Lisztthen became solemo friends and a concert wasarranged for Chopin.

After this they dined at a very famou res-taurant where aU the top personalities of Parisdined. Chopin's teacher announced his arrival,saying that he was the greatest Poli b compo'erever born. Everybody disagreed, and tbe Profes-sor argued with a very important Count, whowas at tbat time the top new paper critic ofParis. He said that Chopin was not a great, butwhen Fran e Li zt entered the restaurant andsaid, "Ah, tbe great composer Cbopin," every-body, except tbe Count, deóded that Chopin wasindeed famous.Li rt introduced Chopin to George Sand, who

was a great author and poet. A week later Georgeand attended a concert in which Cnopin di-

graced nimself because he had heard that nightthat the people who had as i ted him in hisescape had either beeo arrested or killed.

He could not play his piece properly. All thenewspapers criticised him, except one, in whichGeorge Sand said that be was a wonderful com-po er. She claimed that he was "an arti t".George Sand organi ed a concert for Liszt. Liszta ked to have the room darkened for thi piece.When the candles were relit, people reali ed thatit was Chopin playing his own compo ition.hopin was again acclaimed a a great arti t.George Sand invited Cbopin to her bouse in

the country, and then to another hou e on anisland. There hopin fell iJl and refused to seehi beloved teacher. His teacher wa very sadand he started giving music lessons to smallchildren.

During the time hopin wa away, he compo cdmany pieces which he sent to Pleyel, who a kedthe proCessor lo play them for him.Chopin' sister came to ce him and told him

that the Poli h Revolutionaries needed money,and asked whether Chopin would play in concertsto raise money for arms, In spite of bis being illand George and telling him it would be suicide,be gave concerts all over Pari, He became moreand more ill, and eventually, after one perform-ance, he collapsed, After he and the proCt:<;sorhad made friends again, Chopin became very ill.George Sand refused to come and ee him on his

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deatb-bed. He died at the age of thiIty-rune oftuberculosis.

Although he died at such an early age, hiswonderful works will never be forgotten. Thegreat composer Chopin will always be remem-bered when his music is played.

OWEN BLUMBERG.

VRUGTE STEELEen middag toe my ouers weg was, bet ek

besluit om 'n paar appels van ons buurman seappelboom te steel.

Eie. bet gedink dat hy met vakansie weg waen daarom sou dit maklik wees om die heerlikeappels te kry. Eie. het 'n groot ale. geneem enoor die vrugteboord se muur gespring.

Ek het gou in 'n groot boom geklim en appelsin my sak begin sit.

Meteens het ons buurman se hond begin blaf.Ek het groot geskrik en het uit die boom ge-spring, maar my broek het op 'n tak van dieboom geskeur.Toe ek huis toe gekom het, het my moeder my

uitgeskel, 'n groot pak gegee en my, sonder kos,bed toe gestuur.

1. RuafN.

THE GREEK ISLANDSExcitement urged through my veins as we

entered the train on our way to Piraeus, whichis the chief seaport of Greece, on the first leg ofour cruise around the Greek I lands.

We boarded our ship, named the "Delos",which was five or six thousand tons. The firstisland we visited was Rodos, which is the capitalof the Dodocanise Group of islands. Rodos is abeautiful island. The many red poppies in greenfields were particularly beautiful. The sun shiningon the bright blue sea also impressed us. Rodosis only eighteen miles from Asia Minor, and on aclear day one can see the hills of Asia Minor.

Apart from visiting the town of Rodos, we sawthe hospitalof the order of tbe Knights of St.John, and tbe street of the Knights, which isabout five hundred years old. Further up thecoast the little fishing village of Lindos has itsown Acropolis, which has relics from three eras,Ancient Greek, Byzantine, and Medieval, and isa very interesting spot to visit.At about 8 p.m. we set sail for Crete, We

arrived at Crete the following morning and dis-embarked after breakfast. We tben proceeded on

a coach tour to the ancient ruins of Crete. Wealso visited the modern museum in the capital.

We embarked at noon and soon left for SaDto-rini but were unable to land due to rough weather.That night we anchored in a bay for shelter.

The following morning we weighed anchor andset off for Delos, a small island, with nothing ofinterest except tbe ruins of an ancient city andthe famous "Lions of Delos". lt was suppo edto be tbe birth place of tbe Greek god Apollo.

Very close by is an island called Mykonos,which is inhabited by very honest fishermen. AsI leant on tbe rail of our ship looking at thesight that lay before me, I was impressed by itsbeauty. Quaint, flat-roofed, white-wasbed houseswith arid brown hills in the background. Weonly stayed on MykoDOS for an hour or so,during which time we lazed around on the beacb.We tben left Mykonos behind and made ourway to Piraeus.

C. MILLER.

STANDARD 48THE FISHERMAN

It was twilight. The sun was sinking behindthe ominous clouds and the furious waves werebeating against the harbour wall.In tbe distance I could see a frail old man

sitting on a jagged rock mending his torn nets.The wind was howling shrilly, forcing the nete; toblow to and fro, and the seagulls were squawkingraucously overhead.He was wearing tattered clotbes and old gum-

boots, and a long, grey beard was blowing in thechilly wind.

He sat there patiently performing bis task, un-disturbed by the rough weather, for this is afisherman's life and he must face up to all theelements.

At last, hi net restored, be heaved a high,rolled up tbe net and trudged wearily along tbedeserted beach.

S. lOFFE.

CRIME DOES NOT PAYOne very dark night, Convict No. 8824 dropped

from the prison wall and made swiftly for tbeneighbouring wood. The siren was Soon soundedand flash-messages were sent over the radio,describing the convict and also adding that hewas dangerous, Tbe police, however, could findno trace of the escaped convict.

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That night, in the poljce station, while thesergeant was trying to fathom tbe mysteriouscase, he heard a knock at the door. He openedit to find a short white·haired man tanding inthe doorway. The sergeant invited the old manin ide and he took a seat opposite him. The oldman began by saying that he was the convict'sfather. He added, too, that he knew where hison's hide·out was and would lead the sergeantto it. The sergeant, not hesitating a minule,picked up tbe receiver of his intercom and askedfor two men to assist him. They then sat downto making plans.

arly next morning they set off, the old manin front, and the three policemen in the rear,knowing not what to expect. They arrived at thehide·out after two bours of mountain·c1imbing.The hide·out was a very·well-hidden cave, tuckedaway in the mountain - side. Cautiously theyapproached the hide-out, creeping low behindbushes. When close enough, the old man, as pre-arranged. pleaded with his son to give himself up,aying that hi entence would be lighter if he didso. The convict, however, disagreed.

Suddenly, the convict made a break for free-dom. The sergeant's quick eye saw him do soand he drew his pistol. He nred, and the convictfell lifele s lO the ground.

. VAN EMBDEN.

SPORTOne of my favourite games is tennis,Altbough rugby was di covered by Mr. Ellis.Soccer in Winter, Yachting in Summer,The wet-suit and a ma k of rubber.Athletic was discovered long in the past,And wben man tries hard he can run very fa t.[ haven't mentioned cricket or swimming as yet,And what about quash and a badminton set?In Autumn and Spring the e games can be played,And table-tennis always makes the grade.o take your pick - sport should not fade.

A. KATZ.

DlE SLAGTERDie slaghuis in ons dorp i baie groot. Die

_gebou staan lang die apteker en die kafee.Die mense op die slagpale slag die diere vir die

lagter, maar eers moet hy die diere koop.Die slagter staan agter die toonbank en dra 'n

voorskoot sodat sy klere nie vuil kan word Llie.Die vleis hang aan ysterhakke. A 'n mens vleis

koop dan haal hy dit af en weeg hy dit. Dan sithy dit in papier en gee dit vir sy kliënte. Hy hetook 'n masjien waarmee hy die vleis en beoekan aag.Smiddags voor hy hui' toe gaan, bêre hy die

vleis in groot yskaste. Aan die einde van elkemaand betaal ons sy rekening.

S. BEHR.

STEPHEN VERTEL VAN SY SKOOLEk is op Wynberg Seuns Laerskool in Kaap-

stad. Ons het baie mooi rugbyvelde met Tafel-berg in die agtergrond. 00 het veertien kla-kamers, 'n biblioteek, 'n kom bui en 'n kun-kamer.

Die klok lui om twintig minute voor nege.Eer gaan almal na die saal om god dien oefe-njng te hê. Die hoof lee 'n Psalm, en dan gaanons na on klaskamers.

Op skool leer ons Engel, Suid-Afrika se eer tetaal, Afrikaans, Suid-Afrika se tweede taal,Aardrykskunde, Ge kiedeni, atuur tudie, Ge-sondheidsleer en Tekening.

Gedurende die pou e speel on albaster enparty men e ruilokkerkaartjie om. Wanneerdie klok lui, taan al die seuns io 'n ry.

Smiddags, in die somer, swem ons en peeltennis. In die winter speel ons rugby .

. JOFI'E.

A THUNDERSTORMLate one afternoon the sky became overcast

and the clouds grew ominou ly dark. The at-mosphere was dull and sultry, clothes were tick-ing to everybody. The clouds were getting thickerand darker every minute.

There was a cra h of thunder that rent thewhole earth. The heaven had become as angrya tbe god Mars. For a econd everything waquiet - tben tbere was a flash of lightning thattore through the sky and sent everybody runningfor shelter a the nrst few drops of rain fell.But only for a minute - the ky uddenly let outa torrent of water as though all the oceans of theworld were being poured onto tbe eartb. Treeswere torn up by floods of rain pouring on theroad. As quickly as the torm had come, asquickly did it vanish.

The gutter were filled with water, overflowingon to tbe road. The trees were d.ripping, makinga oft, pattering noise on tbe ground. Cats thathad been caugbt in the storm were licking them-

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selves dry. People started sbaking out thei.rumbrellas.

Tbe air was cool, but steam was rising fromtbe ground and everything was damp. Onceagain the earth had become peaceful.

A.DwYER.

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CAPE MUSHROOMSIn the forests surrounding Cape Town, mainly

in the Kirstenbosch and Constantia area, arefound many species of edible mushrooms, most ofthem delicious.The mo t sought-after mushroom is the Cep, or

Boletus Edulus, which can grow to about eightinches across the top. It may be found in forestsof oak and poplar trees between late April andearly July. Another ta ty mu hroom, belongingto the ame family, Boletus, is the Stone Mush-room or Poplar Boletus, found in similar forestsduring the same period. All species of Boletusknown at the Cape are edible and can be recog-nised by the sponge-like gills under the cap.Another edible mushroom found in similar

forests is Amanita Rubescens, a tasty mushroom,and the only edible member of the Amanitafamily. The otber members. all pOlonous, areAmanita Phalloide (the Death Cup), AmallltaCapensis (the Cape Death Cup), Amanita Mus-caria (the Fly Agaric) and Amanita Pantherina,which greatly re embles the Rubescens.In the pine forests i found the Lactarius or

Pine Ring, a very ta ty, orange-coloured mush·room known in England as the alfron Milk Cap.and the Rus uIa, a purple-coloured mu hroomwith cream-coloured gills. which mayalso befound in oak and poplar forests.

Lastly, we come to the Shaggy Tnk Cap, foundin open area and field, which is regarded bymany a the ta tie t mu broom, and the Mica InkCap, found often in gardens. This completes alist of the most common mushrooms of the Cape.

M. BARKUSKY.

E TABU HI G A VEG TABLE PATCHAbout five months ago we moved into a new

house in Plum tead. It was far uperior to ouroriginal house in Wynberg. To my delight Idiscovered that there was a fertile patch of soilat the rear of the house.

When we had completely settled down, I de-cided that it was time to start a vegetable patch.My grandfather gave me plenty of good advice.First I dug up the soil. When this was done, Imixed fertiLiser into the ground. Now the soilwas ready for cultivation.

My first crop was radishes, which are veryeasy to grow. They sbot up in no time, and nowwe are enjoying garden-fresh radishes. My nextcrop was carrots. This, unfortunately, proved afailure. I was determined to grow carrots, andmy second attempt was successful. Parsley andbeetroot followed. Both attempts were fruitful.. By this time there were quite a few footprintsIn my garden. In order to prevent this I con-structed a little fence, and I am the only ~ne whois allowed to cross it. In went tomatoes, andonce again I was successful. My latest entry wasonions, cauliflower and cabbage. Every eveningI water my plants, and I weed them regularly.

This is only the beginning to what I hope isa very rewarding garden.

LEONARD SCH EIDER.

DRAKENSBERG, HERE I COME!

"How much furtber?" inquired my sister ofmy Dad. She was weary after the nine-hundred-mile car journey, even consider.ing that it hadbeen tretched over two and a balf days.

"Oh. only another ten miles till we reach'Cham~~gn: Castle'. (the name of our holidayre ort), aid Dad 10 a cheery voice. Soon wehad driven through the archway to our resortand the porter was unpacking our luggage.[ was sharing a bu~galow with another boy,

who bad not as yet arnved. I had barely lime tounpack before. the supper-gong sounded. Mak ingmy way hurnedly towards the dining-room, Ifound the rest of my family already sitting down.That night I saw the film "Tbe Road to Hong

Kong", a comedy presenting Bing Crosby andBob Hope in the major roles.The following day I made friend with a boy

of my age whose name was Cyrus. In the after-noon a horse excur ion was organised and, as Ihad not mounted for a year, I ventured for onlyan hour. After that I played a game of tenniwith my sister. We were expecting to ee now.but we were di appointed.That evening a game of ''Table Cricket" wa

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on the morning ride for three hours. Comingback, the horse galloped at a break-neck speed,and by the time we reached home, I was as ex-hausted as the horse.

Each morning now I joined the morning ex-cursion. On Thursday I visited my friend Chris-topher Ahrends, who was staying at "CathkinPark Hotel", seven miles away. Table-tennis wasone of the most popular games, and I oftenplayed it. My room-mate, Tim, arrived later. Hewas from Durban. Every evening games such asa Pictorial Quiz, Bingo and a General KnowledgeQuiz were organised. The holiday came to anend and all too soon. But I hope to return therenext year.

STEPHEN GRANGER.

MY FIRST DOGFIGHT

"Action stations! Calling Squadron 503. Takeoff, ready to intercept enemy Albatros es!' Thecall rang out from all the loudspeakers. I ran tomy Sopwith Camel. eager, because I had neverfought in a dog-fight before.Our quadron Leader took off first, and the

re t of the quadron followed. uddenly a fewspecks in the ky appeared, growing larger everyecond. Our quadron Leader uddenly dived,with half of the squadron behind him. The otherhalf of the squadron climbed up above the Alba-trosses, swooped round and attacked them fromabove. They were "sitting duck". T pre ed onmy gun-trigger and an Albatross burst into flames.J glanced into my rear-view mirror and wasastonished to ee about ten Roland GII 'so

1 shoved my stick forward and dived teep1yand came up again under the Roland leader. Ipres ed the trigger and a few holes appeared inthe side of the plane. r banked just in time, orelse r would have crashed into the Roland. r thenclimbed and looped, coming down above theRolands which had joined up with the remainingAlbatrosses. As I glimp ed inlo my mirror I awthe rest of our squadron behind me. I pressedmy trigger and another Albatross fell out of thesky. Suddenly the tail of my 'plane ripped awayand 1 lost con ciou ness. When I came round. Iwas in an Engli h hospital.

When my quadron Leader came to visit me. Jwas fully recovered. "Well, son, you fini hed offfour of 'em Jerrie. You shot threc down and

your burning 'plane destroyed one I You fell outof your 'plane and fortunately landed on a bigtrampoline in an amusement park. And, by theway, I'm recommending you for the D.S.O. anda promotion to flying officer."

ANDREW BROOKS.

A. BROOKs- BILL.

DOGSThere are many different breeds of dogs in the

world. Statuesque Great Dane were u ed forhunting wild animals in Northern Europe. Thebloodhounds are good-sized and usually b.lack-and·tan in colour. With their sombre, wrinkledfaces, they were u ed in former times 10 trackanimals. During Ibe last century they have beenused extensively by the police for tracking crim-inals. It is said that they can follow a centthirty hours after it was made.

The Borzoi or Russian Wolfhound i a gracefulrunner. lt is thin and noted for its ilky coat.Bulldogs are large-headed and trong-jawed andhave short legs. They are of the ma tiff type,and are noted for their courage. Because of lheirability 10 "hang on", they were widely used forboar-hunting.The Beagle and the Bas et are smaller dogs

that are used for rabbit-hunting. One of themost curious-looking dogs is tbe German Dach -hund (Badger Dog), who can enter a badger'hole and drag out hi prey. He is a pluckywatch-dog and i very affectionate. The Pointertands rigid when he scents the game (u uallyquail, grou e or partridge) and points to it withit nose. Tbe Setter i al 0 useful for huntinggame. The Greyhound is a remarkably swiftdog. The Alsatian is tbe breed used to guideblind people. Another German dog i the Ger-man Boxer, which is tra.ined for police work. TheSkye Terrier has short legs and long hair.

The St. Bernard i a large dog kept by themonks of the Great St. Bernard Pass in the Alps.The name is derived from St. Bernard, a monkin the ame mona tery. The Dalmatian, formerlyfound in Dalmatia in Yugoslavia. They wereoriginally coach dogs, that i , they ran alongsidethe coaches of the Noble. The Labrador i' aretriever and i found in Britain. A Spaniel i afairly mall dog (brown, black, ometimes partlywhite).

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Another dog is the Bull Terrier, which hashort white hair. Tbe Welsh Corgi was unknownoutside Wales until 1956, wbere it is u ed as asheep dog. The Queen bas four Corgies at hercountry residence.

The Chow is a Chjnese dog willch has a blacktongue. It is brown in colour and is a fair- izedanimal.

These are just some of the many differentbreeds in the world today.

TREVOR DAY.

A VTCIOUS STORM AT SEA

The fog was thick and heavy as the ship sailedslowly out of the harbour. I was part of thecrew on an old scbooner named "H.M.S. Bounty".We were very tense as tbe ship moved out, forwe knew that a storm was brewing. Our voyagetook us from England to South Africa. Onboard was a cargo of books and cotton goods.About an hour later the storm hit us. Wave

about twenty feet high lashed the boat at fullforce. As tbe boat was very old, it had a ma tand an auxiliary engine. I heard the kippershout out above the roar of the wave and thescreaming of the wind, "All hands on deck. Fullsteam ahead!" There was a note of tension inhis voice. I raced down to tbe engine room tosee what help I could give. I helped them workon the one engine which was giving trouble.Then suddenly, as all wa silent, except for the

throbbing of the engines, there came a sharpcrack at the 'tern. Then we noticed that waterwas gu hing in through the hole which had mo'tprobably been made by a protruding rock witba razor- harp top. I quickly rushed up the stairsand called more men to help plug up the hole inthe wood. After fixing it I wa called to teer theship because the steerman had fainted.

As I raced across the deck 1 heard a plinteringcrack. I called the others and we made for therailings on the port side. We weren't a secondtoo early, for as we reached the rails, the heavymast crashed into the deck ju t beillnd us. Westaggered back to our job, dazed, but thankfulthat the wooden mast had not hit us. I had justtaken over the job of steering when 1 saw thestarboard u<;ldenly dip down. Only tben did Irealise, with horror, that the boat was sinking.I heard omebody call out that we had better

climb into the lifeboat and row away from the

sillp as quickly as we could make it. I just aboutflew to the door, but a sbock awaited me, for the'stout wooden door was jammed. I called to theothers, but they couldn't hear because of thehowling wind. Sweat appeared on my forebeadas the tension mounted. Feverishly I hammeredagainst the door, but it wouldn't budge, In mylast attempt to save myself. I ran straight for thedoor. As my shoulders crashed against the door,it flew open, and I went tumbling down the. tairs.

On the deck I landed in the middle of the crewwho were battling to loosen the bonds of thelifeboat. At la t it slid with a bang on to thedeck, which was half full of water. In a matterof seconds we were rowing full force for the opensea.

About fifty yards away from the ship we sawa small explosion and tbe ship suddenly ank.After a little lunch we set out over the wavesgoing due north, which was the direction backto England. On board we had provisions forthree days, three flares, a compass, a few blankets.and enough water for four days.

After a day at sea the skipper suddenly slipped,and bang went our only hope of getting back toEngland. But luck was on our side, becauseabout an hour later we noticed a Catalina aero-plane flying above us. We fired one of the flares,but with no luck. The second one was fired, butstill no luck. We thought we would never beseen in the swell, but when the last flare hadbeen fired, the pilot saw us. In less than fiveminutes we were all aboard the Catalina. Thepilot started up the motors again and we et offfor Britain.A few weeks later we sailed for South Africa

once more, and this time we reached our desti-nation without any adventures.

D. CocI-lRANE.

THE FLYING MACHl E

fn the early days of flying, there were peoplewho believed in such a sport, and others wholooked down on it with disgust, calling it a gamefor fools. Such a man was Alben Hawtrey, whosegreatest friend, John Waterman, was an upholderof aviation, and wished to take part in the pio-neering of thi di covery. aturally, thi wanot a help to their friendship, and otten causedquarrels between them. Yet, their friendshiprem ai ned strong.

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On 5th June, 1902, a bright, summer day,Hawtrey was strolling along the main street, anddecided to vi it his friend, Waterman, who was,at the time, building something in his workshop.Waterman's work was interrupted by a knockingon his door. He placed his tools on a bench,donned his jacket, and walked to the front door,where Albert stood.

"Ah. good morning, John!" exclaimed Hawtreywhen the door opened. "r thought I would justpop in to see you. 1 was pas ing, you know."

John eyed him up and down, and repliedquietly, "Yes, yes. come in. I was working in mywor hop, so plea e excuse my being a littledirty." Hawtrey followed him to the hed, and,as theyentered. Albert gasped, "r say, John:'he said, "are you still working on this mad ideaof yours?" John turned round and stared athim. "Mad idea?" he asked, "Do you call this amad idea? This i an aeroplane, and it is goingto fly. With a pilot, of course."

Hawtre seemed shocked. "Well, then," he<:ontinued, "who will pilot it?" He stepped overto the door. "1 will pilot it," replied Waterman."T ~hall fly it on Monday, on the common, and Jexpect it to be a ucces."

Albert stepped outside. "In that ca e, carryon. I :;hall see you on Monday. Goodbye," heexcbimed. and walked on.

That Monday. at two o'clock, Albert wa sit-ting on a deck-chair on the common. John wain the centre of the field, till working on thelast-minute details of his aeroplane."Hawtrey!" he called, "T am ready now. lo

a few minutes I hope to take off!" Hawtreygrunted, and ank back in his chair. A momentlater. Sir George MacDonald, a friend of theirs.appeared. "Hello, Waterman!" he sbouted, "Tthought r would come and see what you're doing.I say, an aeroplane! Always wanted to see oneof them."

Waterman smiled, and climbed into bis woodenaeroplane. He tarted the engine, leapt out togive hi machine a push, and leapt in again. Theflying machine moved slowly forward, hudderedslightly, and rose up into the air. Suddenly theengine pluttered and topped. The aeroplanebegan to dive. "Ooh .. :. muttered Sir George,and turned away. With a plintcring crash, ithit the ground. John sprang out, and dashed to-wards the two. ''I'm still alive, Hawtrey," heexclaimed. "and ['m not trying that again!"

"Good:' replied Albert. "now, come along to

my house and forget aeroplane." Joho walkedwith him to his residence. and he did forgetflying. For a short time, at least.

GARY FITZPATRICK.

BOESMA -TEKE I GEVerlede Saterdag het ek en twee maats Boes-

man-tekenioge gaan soek in die klowe van dieDrakensberge. On het'n bergpaadjie na diegrot geneem. Toe ons by die grot kom was daarbaie tekeninge op 'n groot gladde klip. Die klipis teen reën en wind beskerm deur 'n oorhangendeklip. Die tekeninge i van bokke, jagters enander wilde diere. Omdat hulle swerwers was,het hulle nie beeste en skape gehad nie, of diegrond bewerk nie, daarom het hulle altyd wildediere en jagters geteken.

Die Boesmans het eers die tekeninge uitgekrapen daarna het hulle dit geverf. Hulle "verf" wasrooi en geel klei gemeng met vet. Daar is baieBoesman-tekeninge in die klowe van Basoetoland,Barkley-Wes en Wepener.

J. OOSTHUIZEN.

BTBLIOTEKEHet jy geweet dat biblioteke al eeue lank be-

kend i? Een van die eerste het in ineveh, diestad waar Jona gepreek het, gestaan. Die .,boeke"daarin wa nie van papier gemaak nie, maarhulle wa kleitablette. Daarop het die menseverhale van hul godsdiens, hul vaderland, en diesterre geskrywe.

Die bekendste biblioteek van die Ou Wêreldhet in die stad Alexandrië, in Egipte, gestaan.Hulle .,boeke'· het hul van'n oort papier van diepapirus-plant gemaak, en bulle het ook die vellevan kalwers gebruik. Daar was dui ende .,boeke"daarin. en hulle het 'n katalogus gehad, sodat diemen e die "boeke" wat hulle wou hê, kon vind.A die katalogus nie genoeg was nie, kon diebibliotekaris e hul wys waar om die "boeke" tevind. Ongelukkig is hierdie biblioteek eslien-honded jaar gelede verniel.

GARY FITZPATRICK.

WEET JULLE?

Het julle ooit daaraan gedink dat men e ge-teken het voordat hulle kon krywe? Die heeleerste tekeninge is in 'n grot in Spanje ontdek.'n Jagter het met y hond gejag en die hond hettu sen twee klippe va gesit. Toe die jagter die

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klip opgetel het, het hy 'n donker grot gesien,Hy wou ingaan, maar dit was te donker. Laterhet 'n man en sy dogter met 'n lamp binne gegaan,Hulle het die wonderlike tekeninge gesien en wasverbaas om te sien hoe mooi die men e kon teken.

Die mense wat die tekeninge geteken het, hetklei, houtskool. vet en die bloed van diere gebruikom 'n soort "verf" te maak. Hulle het eer dievorm uitgekrap en toe het hulle dit ingekleur.

Om die grot le verlig het hulle die vet vandiere in skulpe gesit. Dit was 'n soort lamp.Daarna het hulle 'n draad mos in die vet gesitsoo die pit van 'n kers, en dit aan die brandgesteek.

L. SCH EIDER.

THE LOST AV

One unny morning in spring, my friends andwere playing football. when the ball was kicked

into some dense undergrowth.I was nearest to the place where it had landed,

'0 1 ran after it to fetch it. 1 had noticed that ithad rolled into a hole wnich was just big enoughto allow me to queeze through. To my surpri e1 could not see the ball, and to my greater sur-prise [ perceived a small cave. I went to theentrance and pulled my elf up a quickly as Icould and ran to my friends. I told tbem of myexciting find and we went and fetched our torches.

We clambered into the rather clammy cave,and 1 saw where our ball was. We noticed 'ome<jueer formations which looked a if they hadbeen hand·carved. T heard a tartled exclamationfrom my friend. and when r had turned aroundI saw him nining hi torch on what appeared tobe a Bu hman's drawing. We were very excitedby this intere ting find.

J then noticed a mall tunnel. and we decidedto explore it. After a few minute of crawling,we came upon a big cave. There were manypaintings in this cave, and on shining my torchupwards 1 was dazzled by the reflection. Theroof was made of marble and was damp. andtherefore shone very brightly. J was downcast bythe di covery of a name, carved into the rock.That meant that omeone had already found thecave. This wa di heartening, but we decided togo on exploring. The cave that we were in ex-tended for about one hundred yard. At the.other end of the cave we found some grotesque

formations. with shadows that made weird pat-terns on the walls. I glanced at my watch andnoticed that it was getting late. I told my friendsthat it was getting late. so we decided to startback to the en rance.

We arrived home ratber late and I told myfather of our interesting find. After I had toldmy story, my father told me that the cave hadbeen found, and then lo t again. I went to bedearly after an exciting and tiring afternoon.

W. MAN INGTO •

THE LONG VOYAGE

As r sailed into Cape Town Harbour in myea-battered, but beloved yacht, the " ea Gull",a feeling of accomplishment flooded my mind.The "Sea Gull", to anyone who aw her, lookeda dreadful sight, with salt· tained ail and akeel which could do with a fresh coat of paint,but to me she was a "luxury liner", for she hadtaken me to Luanda and back, a di tance ofapproximately 4,000 miles. This i how it began:

r had taken a bet with a friend that I couldsail to Luanda and back in forty days, and thewinner could claim fifty rand. T left Cape Townon a bright, sunny morning at 6.30 after loadingon provision. My first night wa a real night-mare for me. Not being a perfect ai lor, and thesea being rather rough, I felt sick for mo t of thenight. After the next fifteen nights I had adopteda routine of having a hurried supper, washing-up.leeping for as long a period as po sibie, and thengoing up on deck to see how many miles we hadcovered during the night.

After another even night I reached Luandatwo day behind schedule. When tbe provisionshad been brought aboard, I et ail again. Onthe seventh night a torm blew up. I battledthrough it for what eemed hours, until al la 't itsub ided. I then examined the damage. Theail. which I had not had time to lower, wa inhreds, and all but one of the ail I had loweredwere blown overboard. A smaU portion of ma thad broken off and also a few barrel had falleninto the ea.After another eleven nights T had lost my bet

for I still had another ixty miles to do. Thenext morning at 8 a.m. I aw the towering formof Table Mountain before me. I ailed into thedock and here T am now, a bit di appointed.

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fifty rand in debt, but feeling as though rvereally accomplished sometbjng, to sail a long,long way single-handed.

N. WATSO.

A HECI1C DAY

After participating in various preliminaryrounds of the Peninsula Tennisette Championships,T managed to reach the final round at Woodstock.

My family arrived at Woodstock at nine-fifteena.m. I began my first singles match and waseliminated in the first round. Fortunately, in thedoubles event my brother and I did slightly better.We reached the semi-finals before being eliminatedby a Kelvin Grove pair.Pre ently the finals of both events were com-

pleted. Everybody waited anxiously for the selec-tor to announce tbe team for the match againsta Boland Tenni ette Team. My name was calledout last for the reserve position.

aturday, December the 3rd, arrived and Iawoke at about half past five and dres ed. Wehad to drive about ninety miles to Robertsonwhere the tennisette match again t Boland wato be held.The boys unfortunately did not win a match,

but the girls managed to win four matches. Wefini hed the match and all the parents went tohave lunch with other Boland parent while theboy and girls had lunch in a big hall.

After lunch we had to ru h back to ourSchool where I had to play in the School Tennis-elte Finals. I won the ingles quite ea ily and mybrother and I had a little more of a battle towin the doubles. We arrived home again at halfpa t ix after a hectic day.

L. VE'. rER.

A E JOYABLE JU E-] LY HOLrDAY

My urpri ingly enjoyable holiday began onthe twenty-third of June, 1967. It was when thelast bell of the term rang that I got a funnyensation that these forthcoming winter holidaysweren't going lo rum out a dull a I thoughtthey would. There was plenty of fun awaitingme, although J never reali ed it.

During the second week my parents receiveda letter from my Sunday chool teacher, MasterHilton eymour, better known as just "J-lillic·'.

The letter asked if I could come on a camp toSilvermine Mountain. At first my mother dis-agreed, but being in a good mood the next day,she gave me permission to go. I jumped abouttbe room in delight at the thought of an excitingcamp awaiting me.

Tbe next morning, if we were going, we wereto meet at Plumstead Methodist Church at 9.30a.m. with our equipment. We were taken up bycar to the forester's house. We unloaded ourluggage, which didn't consist of mucb, from thecars onto a shining red mountain truck. After awhile, when we had completed loading. we werespeedily taken to the top of tbe mountain wherewe were shown to our camp site. After tbat wehad been hown how to operate a two-waywalkie-talkie which was loaned to us in case ofemergency.

That night at the fire we sang songs andplayed "ring relievo". After that we went to bedand told jokes before we fell asleep.

After some bours of sleep I woke up to ashuffling noise out ideo I looked at my watch,think.ing it was morning. but to my surprise itwas four-tb.irty in the morning. 1 peeped outsidethe tent and saw omething moving by the foodsupply. Thinking it was a dog, I hooed it away.

In the morning, after we had fetched waterfrom a drawing-well nearby and were bavingbreakfast, the night watchman came along andaid that we had had a lynx in our camp. To myastonishment I reali ed that I had cha ed a lynxthe night before. I only told a few of my fellowcampers, but hardly any of them believed me.

The rest of the day I pent nake-hunting, butwith hardly any luck at all. r only caught aherald, which I let go afterwards because I didnot have my permit witb me.

After a game of soccer, a friend of mine hurthis toe. We were upposed to walk down themountain, but my friend, having a hurt toe, askedme to come down with him on the lorry. Wegot to the bottom and were invited to a lunchwith the forester. Later in the afternoon someparents came to fetch u and take us home.After an exciting camp I had dinner, told mystory and went to bed.The remainder of tbe holidays I pent whiling

away the timc.I must say that I enjoyed the e last holidays

far better than any other holiday.R.WrnsE!.

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VA RlEBEECK HOUSE

House Master: Mr. J. Oosthuizen.House Captain: M. Deane.Secretary: M. McClurg.Vice House Captain: W. Anderton.CommitTee: W. van Dam, D. Williams, P.

Crathorne, S. Patterson, L. Oosthuizen, M.Hurwitz.

Athletics. Firstly, congratulations to Welling-ton for winning the House Cup this year. Therewere many fine performances in our team. DavidWilliams ran and jumped extremely well and wasjoint Victor Ludorum with J. Cawood of DeWaal house. In the U.16 section Williamson andL. OosthUizen ctid weil.

Our junior., Casper, J. Oosthuizen, M. Tylerand G. le Roux contributed their share of points.

Swimming. We faded rather badly thi yearowing to the lack of good senior wimmers.W. Anderton won the 100 yards backstroke andgenerally warn well. Our junior showed theirworth, with the Yach brothers, the Tyler brothersand the Perry brother doing well. The rest allpulled their weight equally well.

This year we came third behind Rhodes andDe Waal, who tied for 1st place.

Rugby. Thi' year we were represented byM. Deane, W. Anderton, D. William in the 1 tXV. M. Deane and D. William repre entedW.P. in the Craven Week and were thus awardedtheir honours.

1 would like to take this opportunity of thank·ing Mr. Tasker for all he ha done for the rugbyand athletics of this school. We all appreciatethis and we hope he will have a happy but activereti rement.

Cricket. Thi year we were represented byM. McClurg. M. Woodin and 1. Townsend. Mc-lurg topped the bowling averages and J. Town-

send the batting average. We did not featureweil in the Hou e matches.

GENERAL ACTrVJTlES

Van Riebeeck ha had a very ucces ful yearin all activities. We won the U.13 cros -country.Damain-Harris was fir t and Lamb wa second.We had good places in the U.IS and enior race'.

We alo did weil in the golf hou e matches.N. de Jager and D. 0' iell represent us in thefirst judo team. N. de Jager has gained a placein the W.P. judo team and is tbe W.P. 133 lb.and Under Judo champion. M. Deane was thisyear's band drum-major and distingui bed bim-self at the Band Competition. Our Prefects thiyear are W. Anderton, W. van Dam, M. Hur-witz and D. Lawrence.I should like to thank Mr. Oosthuizen and

Mr. Voigt for all the hard work they have putin this year, without which a ucce ful yearwould have been impossible.

DE WAAL HOUSE

Masters-in-Charge: Mr. J. Mathews, Mr. P.Broster, Mr. A. Noffki.

HOl/se Captain: D. Humphries.Vice-Captain: J. Cawood.SecreTary: S. Leyser.Committee: J. Miller, A. Hurwitz, E. Eddy,

. Cohen, K. Kole ky.De Waal Hou e had a fairly ucce sful year,

being well repre ented in all school activitie.Although there wa plenty of talent available,the former De Waal spririt eem to have desertedus.Swimming. rn one of the most exciting galas

for many year, we tied for first place withRhode. Tho e who wam well for the housewere P. Weir, R. Wolman, R. Burn, P. William-son, A. Falconer, R. Peacock and B. David on.Wolman and Wcir must be congratulated onestabli hing record .. Weir and A. Falconer wereboth cho en for W.P.Awards. Blues - P. Weir; Colour - R. Wol-

man.Athletics. We came third, and apart from a

few out landing athlete. the members were di -appointing. J. awood (Victor Ludorum), M.Cawood (U.IO champion) and K. Kole ky (8 0)did well.

Awards: Colours: J. awood.

Rugby. We did oot do as well a expected inthe hou e rugby. J. Cawood must be congratu-lated on being chosen for the W.P. chools rugby

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team. There were a large number of De Waalmember in the undefeated U .16 side, who mustalso be congratulated.

Awards: Honours: J. Cawood. Blues: D.Humphries. Colours: B. Rookledge.

S.L.

RHODES HOUSEHouse Mas/ers: Messrs. A. Morris, T. Fair.House Captain: M. Westmoreland.Vice·Captain: T. Kyriacos.Secretary: R. Josephson.Commiflee: L. Buwalda, L. Osrin, T. Oettlé,

M. Pnematicatos, K. Neilson, J. Katz, G.BIoom, K. Kesner, M. Dewar.

All in all, Rhodes has bad a highly successfulyear, not only on the playing fields, but in otheraspects of school life as well. The power behindthe house ha once again been Mr. Morris who,ably assi ted by Mr. Fair, imbued every memberof the house with the spirit that was a key factorin our success. Our thanks go out to him, andto Mickey Westmoreland and Taki Kyriacos foral! the bard work tbey put in for the good of thehouse. They have as tbeir just reward, a year ofstrength to look back on.Rugby. lt was in lhi sphere that Rhodes ex-

celled itself this year. In the inter-house compe-tition, tbe seruor team took the bonours in theirsection and were supported by a gallant econdplace in the junior section to take the overall topposition.

Among the eniors, Buwalda (vice-captain),Kyriaco, Dewar, Mackay, Oettlé and Louiscommanded regular first team place. We wouldLike to congratulate Kyriacos who was selectedto represent Western Province "B" in tbe CravenWeek rugby matches. Congratulations also toMargolit of tbc U.15A team on being awardedthe André teyl Cup for the most-improvedplayer of tbe year.Cricket. Here again Rhode had a fair rep re-

entation in tbe School XI. Tho e who gave goodservice to the team were Dewar (who featured inthe coring list), R. Kent and 1. Emm . R. Gilbertha been chosen to tour with the First X[ loPietermaritzburg. Rhodes were runners-up in thehouse competition after an exciting match again tDe Waal. .Swimming. Another Rhodes ucce s came in

the chool's inter-house Gala where we tied with

lucky De Waal for first place. Here meritoriousperformances were put up by J. Rosenberg andG. Goles. Rosenberg must also be congratulatedon being selected to swim for W.P.Athletics. Our Achilles' beel this year was in

the field of athletics. Owing to a lack of out-tanding athletes among the seniors, Rhodescould not do justice to the results of the juniorsand the general hard work put into the prepara-tion for tbe event. However, B. Schneider putup a valiant show and became the Under 16Champion, and this and other junior successesaugur well for the future. In the annual Cross-country race Rhodes was placed second in tbefinal analysis, the best individual result beingattained by F. Kalis, wbo won the junior eventin great style.

Tennis. Once more Rhodes was a major forceon the tennis courts this year. Although tberewere no Rhodes members in tbe first team, thesecond side, which remained undefeated through-out the season, comprised mainly Rhodes players.A. Barnard was a member of the first teamtouring party to Natal in June.Badminton. Here, too, G. Muller and R. Clarke

were members of an undefeated side, the School'first Badminton team.

Judo. Our house captain, Mickey Westmore-land, continued his previou succes es by annex-ing tbe W.P. under 161 lb. title for the secondtime. Westmoreland also repre ented WesternProvince in the S.A. championships.Sailing. Outstanding sailors for the chool in

the Lipton Cup competition were M. Westmore-land and Bongers, the latter being chosen to sailfor his province.Hockey. Prominent in the newly-formed hockey

learns were Kent, Smith and Priestman. We wishthem and the sport every succes in the future.

Band and Cadets. T. Emms i to be congratu-lated on being cbo en to represent W.P. in theprovincial band competition in Pretoria this year.Emms was the leading tenor-drummer in theProvince at the recent competition beid locally.At the head of the School Cadet Detachmentthis year stood tbe military figure of L. 0 rin.Hi leadership (and no doubt. his stentorianvoice) helped our "A" Company to econd placein tbe drill competition.

K. Kesner once again represented W.P. in theUnder 18 section of tbe inter-provincial soccertournament.

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Participation in cultural affairs was not asnotable as in previous years.

Finally, members of tbe Prefect body for theyear were L. 0 rin (Deputy Head Prefect), M.Westmoreland, T. Kyriacos, P. Buwalda, K.ielson, J. Oetllé and M. Pnematicatos.

R.J.

WELL! GTO HOUSE

House Mas/er: Mr. D. Bromberger, Mr. E.Hopkins.

House Cap/ain: G. Pfei!.Vice House Cap/ain: J. Oosthuizen.Secretary: K. Bridgens.Committee: P. Baerecke, D. A her, B. Gould.

Wellington performed with a certain amountof credit this year, but we could have been justthat little bit better. We po sessed outstandingperformers in most spheres but lacked good back-ing up for them. Tbe house spiril was good onthe whole and on behalf of the house I wouldlike to tbank Mr. Bromberger tor all the efforthe has put into our ucces e. Thanks al 0 go tothe committee under Gerald Pfeil for keepingthe house running smootbly.

Athletics. At this annual meeting we put up apirited display and ended up the overall winners.Outstanding was D. Asber in the U.16, and con-tributing greatly to our success was M. Oosthui-zen in the U.14 division.

Swimming. Wellington were lucky to possesstwo outstanding swimmers in B. Gould and A.Hammond, but even they were not enough tocarry us through in the gala, and we finisbed last.

A wards. Blues: A. Hammond and B. Gould.

Rugby. We bad a strong enior team posses ingno fewer than seven 1st XV players, viz. Cook,Arm trong, I. Scott, R. van der Linden, J. Oost-huizen, P. Scott, P. Baerecke and the 1st teamcaptain, G. Pfei!. Tbis team drew with De Waaland Rhodes, two very exciting games, and lost toVan Riebeeck. Our junior team won all theirgames, giVing u a final log position of jointsecond witb Van Riebeeck.

A wards. Honours: G. Pfei!. Colours: Bae-recke, P. Scott, Oosthuizen.

Cricket. Our senior house cricket team waswoefully weak and contained only one 1st teamplayer, K. Bridgens, the Ist XI captain. It was

no surprise that they lost aU ti_;eir games, butthey enjoyed them nevertheless. Our U.IS sidedid very well under the captaincy of Reynekeand won all their games. Bakkim was their out-tanding player.A wards. Colour : K. Bridgens.

Tennis. Our tennis team at the time of writingis still playing house matche and have so farbeaten Rhodes. D. Asher and K. Bridgens repre-ented the 1st Tennis team and were included inthe touring team to Durban during the July vaca-tion.

Awards. Blues: D. Asher. Colours: K. Brid-gens.

Judo. In the inter-hou e Judo we tied for 2ndplace and were well represented by such stalwartsa P. Baerecke, D. Milford and R. Ritchie.

Awards. Blues: P. Baerecke, D. Milford.Colours: R. Ritchie, D. Durlacher.

Cross-Country. Wellington took third place inthe annual cros -country, with K. Bridgen takingthird and K. Long ixth place in the seniordivision. Reyneke also ran well in tbe juniordivision, taking third place. Wellington runnerare encouraged to try and do better in the cross-country next year a many points can be obtainedhere with just a IittJe more effort.

Wellington was alo weil repre ented in thecultural ocieties witb Michael Herbert the editorof our new quarterly magazine, "Literata".The following members of Wellington were

appointed chool prefects: G. Pfeil (Head boy),J. Oosthuizen, M. Herbert.

In the band competition H. Kaplan won thesolo·drumming and repre ented Western Provincein Pretoria. A. Pascall obtained third place inthe 010 bugling.

Congratulations to tbe following for represent-ing We tern Province in their respective sports:G. Pfeil (Rugby), B. Gould and A. Hammond(Swimming), P. Baerecke and P. MiHord (Judo)and D. Asher (Tennis).It may be beneficial tor the Wellington hou e

member always to bear our motto in mind,namely, "ex unitate vires" (out of unity comesstrength), and if thi is adhered to, we won't gotar wrong.

K.B.,IOA.

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First Function

The 24th Annual eason of the Musical andDramatic Society began on Friday and Saturday,-th and 6th May, when a programme of mu icand plays was presented.

The Junior Choir, with Mr . lennings at thepiano, opened the evening with three songs,"Boots and Saddles" (Tidball, "Graceful SwampyWattle" CF. Budge) and" ong of the Jolly Roger"(Candish), this last alway ure of an encore.The School Orche tra followed with the fir t

movement of Mozart"s "A Little ight Music",the first movement of a Fasch Violin Concertowith Arnon Hurwitz as solo violini t, the Medi-tation from "Hais" with Christopher Snaith asolo violini t, and two lighter pieces, "Embodi-ment" by D'Ambrosio, and Waltz tune from"The Merry Widow" by Lehar.

Following the mu ic came two plays. The first,.. 'n Tand vir 'n Tand", 'n Eenbedryf deur J. T.

(Len) Muller, was produced by Mr. J. M. Blom,with decor by orman Coate , the ca t of five,Hugh Bosman, Michael Waters, igel Wright,Alan Silverman and Tony Boltman, gave a livelyand amu ing account of the short comedy.The second play, 'The Doctor in Spite of Him-

elL" wa. adapted from Mo1iere's "Le MedicinMalgre Lui" by Mr. H. A. . Peacock, whoalso produced the play, with decor and costumesby orman Coate , as isted by imon Rob.on.There was an es ay in period tudy, acting,

diction. and memorisation of considerable parts,on which producer and cast deserve special con-gratulation. 1ntere t was sustained throughout,and the comedy here reached the audience in nouncertain measure. The cast included DavidHerron, Chri topher Williams, Trevor Hewett,Peter Shelton, Anthony Botha, David Jupp,Mervyn tein, David Gomersall and LeonardAtlas.

Two excellent evenings.

THE SCHOOL ORCHE TRA AND JUNIOR CHOIR, 1967

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graced our Society and provided an evening ofuch valuable entertainment.

Second Function

The second function of lhe season took placeon lune 171h. when we had lhe plea ure of wel-coming lo the school Mr. Barry mith, the or-gani~t of l. George's Cathedral, with his St.George's Singers. and Mr. Richard Oxtoby, ofthe U.C.T. Faculty of Music.

Mr. Barry Smith and his singers offered ammt generou 'election o( ong', covering (ourcenturies. i.e. from 1500 up to the pre. ent day.and he gave a most informative description ofthe mu ic as it progressed. The audience joinedin the round "Go to loan Glover" with obviouenjoyment; and. needle s to say. encore weredemanded at the end. omposers rep re entedwere Talle, Byrd, Wcelkcs. Bach, PureeII, Stan-ford, Vaughan Williams, etc.

Mr. Richard Oxtoby brought his family ofrecorder and introduced each member in turn.With Mr. Barry Smith at the piano (alas, not theharpsichord) were heard items by Lawe. Handel.Marcello and other anonymou composers. Itwas the sop.ranino recorder that proved mostpopular, and" obody's Jigg" had to be repeated.

Wc offer another hearty vote of thanks tothese well-known Cape Town mu~icians who

Third Function

SENIOR SCHOOL PLAY'SEE HOW THEY RUN'

A farce by Philip King, first performed at theComedy Theatre, 1945.

The play ran to a packed and enthusiastic hou efor three nights. It contained all the elementsguaranteed to draw re ponse from achoolboy-and adult - audience: a prettyand unconven-tional vicar's wife (Travice Abrahams), a largemoustachioed policeman (Allan Vissen, a sinisterGerman spy (Robin Burn ), a school prefect play-ing the part of an elderly and hilariously tipsyvillage pin ter (Michael Herbert). a love-Iorncockney maid (Rochelle Malbin), a midnightcha e by figures in various tages of undress, anda multiplicity of mistaken identities.

The action of the play prings initially from theimpetuous deci ion of the vicar's wife to accom-pany an old flame, and now a war-time corporal

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(Jonathan Benjamin), on a jaunt to a neighbour-ing village. The corporal discards his uniform anddresses in the vicar' spare suit, as the neighbour-ing village is out of bounds to servicemen. Ontheir return they find that the Bishop (WilliamAnderton) has unexpectedly paid a visit, and heassumes that the corporal is the vicar. From thatpoint onward things become more and more in-volved, until a climax is reached in wh.ich thelocal vicar (patrick Anderton), the corporal, theGerman py and a certain Mr. Humphry (peterFurman) come face to face, each suspected ofbeing the vicar.The froth on the top of this already heady

mixture was supplied by Rochelle Malbin, playingwith a deft touch the part of a saucy, provocativecockney maid, and by Michael Herbert, who gavean outstandingly comic performance as Miss Skil-Ion, the aristocratic village spinster and busybody.

The play was produced by Mr. KaIJaway and itis to him that credit goes for a racy and breezyproduction. However, he fell ill a few days beforethe show wa due to go on, and we offer oursincere thanks to Mr. Burns for taking over theproduction at the last moment and ensuring suc-ces .

Others who played a vital part in the productionare:

orman Coates - Set Design.Mr. Voigt- Set Construction.Mrs. Rosa - Costumes.Joslyn Kagan - Make-up.Ben Gould - Stage Manager.

We are grateful to Miss Urie for allowing twoof her girls to take part, and thank Travice Abra-ham and Rochelle Malbin for playing so im-portant a part in making the play a success.

Fourth FunctionThirteenth Annual Hour of Music25th and 26th August, 1967

The Thirteenth Annual Hour of Mu ic by theSchoolOrchestra, Soloists and Junior Choir tookplace in the School HaU on Friday and Saturday,25th and 26th August. A well-varied and inler-esting programme was presented.Instead of the usual orchestral item to start

with, we had a Sonata in G Minor for twoViolins and Keyboard by Handel. This waplayed with excellent en emble and musicianshipby Arnon Hurwitz and Peter Clay as the twoviolinists, with Mr. A. Larie at the piano.

There followed the Serenade, "A Little ightMusic," by Mozart, all four movements playedby the strings of the Orchestra. Thi wa indeeda mile tone in the history of the Orche tra's de-velopment, for it came over in sparkling fa hionand was played with obvious enjoyment. lt wasgood to have Old Boy Aubrey Meyer andStephen Hunt forming a strong viola section.

Tbe third item was a Concerto in 0 for Violinand Orchestra by Fasch, with Arnon Hurwitz assolo violinist. The Concerto is a charming workwith two rhythmic outs movement in between,which is a hort but beautiful low movement,and Arnon Hurwitz gave us a carefully preparedand excellent account of his solo part.The fourth long work was the Dittersdorfoncerto for Piano and Orche tra with Michael

Herbert as oloist. Here again was a work emi-nently ulted for a young performer, and Michaelproved this in a performance that was mostmusical, rhythmical and full of vitality.

After a short pau e, the Junior Choir took thestage and gave u their first group of songs: (a)"Old Mother Hubbard" (a la Handel) by VictorHely Hutchin on, "The Graceful Swaying Wattle"by Frank Bridge, and - a sure winner - "Songof the Jolly Roger" by C. Candi h. Mrs. ElsieJenning was at her u ual place at the piano, andall three song were a delight.There followed two French pieces, the Medi-

tation from "Thais" by Massenet, with Christo-pher Snaith a solo violini t, in a plea ant, singingperformance with orchestral accompaniment, and"En Badinent" by D'Ambro io for Orchestra.The Choir then re-appeared to sing fir t (a)

"The Scis or Man" by Rathbone, (b) "Oh for theWings of a Dove" by Mendelssohn, and (c)"Boot and Saddles" by Tidball, another set ofdelightfully sung mjn.iatures - and then, with theOrchestra, the well-known Easter Hymn. Ourrenewed thanks and congratulations to Mrs. Jen-nings and her young singers.To conclude the programme we had "A Sleigh

Ride" by Mozart, with the sleighbells well por-trayed by Michael GoJdstein - and the ever-green Waltz Tunes from "The Merry Widow"by Lehar,

Another "Hour of Music" which gave muchpleasure in preparation as well as to the audi-ences, we trust.The name engraved upon the Epworth Society

Music Cup this year were A. Hurwitz, J. Miller,M. Herbert, R. Bywater, C. naith, A. Goosenand P. Clay.

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Fifth Function26th, 27th, 28th SeptemberThe 34th Annual Entertainment by Juniorchool pupils took place on the final three nights

of the thi rd term.As u ual, we were all set in the right "enter-

tainment" mood by the opening Kindergartenong ~cene, "The Runaway Clown", produced byMis es B. Durham and A. Coop. wilh Mrs. E.Jenning at the piano.

The setting was a circu , where in turn we awthe clowns, horse, strong man, bear, tightropewalker and elepl1ants.

A mall choir sang pleasantly. and lhe re4ui ilecircus music came over a backstage taperecorder- thank to the pianist, bugler and drummer whorecorded it.

There followed a musical play "Chanticleer andthe Fox", based on the tale by Chaucer. One'sfir t impres ion wa of the array of excellent andcolourful costumes. Then the simple story un-folded itself when Pertelot questioned Chanticleera to hi most recent dreams. which, of course,included thal of the advent of the treacherou (ox.

The wily fox duly arrived, treachery ensued, asalso a wild chase after the fox and Chanticleer bylhe dogs. with all coming right in the end ..AChanticleer, Pertelot and the fox respective-

ly, Gareth Ro iter, Avron Greenberg and Grahampolander were well chosen characters who aC4uit-

ted themselves splendidly. The remainder of thecast provided lively support, and the music wavery charming.The third and major item was the mu ical fan-

tasy ''The WilCh in the C1ocktower" by Thomasand Woodgate.

Th is had been staged here as far back as J 938.when the now-renowned Old Boy Cecil Jubbertook a leading part.The story concern a clocktower which is in the

charge of Ihe grandfather of two children, J ill andDuffy.Jill a ert that she has seen a witch with a live

broom enler lhe tower. Duffy ridicule her, buljust then the live broom appears. Thereupon thechildren decide lO explore the tower. when thrillingadventures with the witch. her broom, her fourcaptive spider, and grandfather gradually unfold.

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"THE WITCH IN THE CLOCK TOWER" - A MUSICAL FANTASY

A peil is cast, the clock top, grandfather isbound up, but all is resolved and ends happily.The chief parts were taken by Adrian PeIt (the

witch), Michael Goldstein (Jill), Robert McCallurn(Duffy), Cowen Blumberg (grandfather), MichaelWolter (magician), Dorian Pa ver, David Cra-thorne, Derek Cochrane and Barry Barnard ( pi-ders), all of whom gave excellent character tudies,and created the necessary atmosphere of suspenseand cLimax_

The songs were plea ing, and the incidentalmusic and accompaniments played, as usual, im-peccably hy Mrs. Elsie Jennings.

Both play were produced by Miss Rocci Glaun,and he is to be congratulated on their great suc-cess.Thanks now go to many others whose valuable

assistance was indispensable. To Mr. Forbes mithand his helpers for stage set and management, toMr. Rex Just as tage rurector. to Mr. Railton fordesigns, to Sonia Lan for rehearsal assistance andmake-up, to Simon Rob on for lighting, to Messrs.Thiele and Hutchison, Arnon Hurwitz and JulesMiller for u hering, and to parents for costumes,and overwhelming upport, thanks for all.

"PIRATES OF PENZANCE"ln February tru year school history was made.

For the first lime some of our boys took partin the annual Gilbert and Sullivan operetta pro-duced by the Girl' School. No longer didfeminine soprano have to lower their voiceseveral octaves and wear men's clothes - genuinemales graced the boards of our sister school'smagnificent hall. Con idering that these boyshad had no previou experience in this field, the

"Pirates of Penzance" wa a remarkable achieve-ment.

Miss L Ba eri wa once again the capableproducer, competently assisted by Mis J. Boyd(choirmi tres and piano) and Mrs. E. Jennings(organ), who, with the help of H. Kaplan (tym-pani), put the production on a most soundmu ical footing. Without them the operettacould never have been the success it was.

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Denise Benjamin. who has a beautiful sopranovoice. played the part of Mabel oppo ite ormanoate a. Frederick, the young apprentice to

the pirates. The two combined well in theirromantic leads and deserve much credit.

Michael Herbert gave a delightful performanceas the eccentric Major-General Stanley, father ofthe huge female chorus! William Anderton asthe Pirate King, Loui e Wakeling as Ruth, andPeter Clay, in the role of the Police Sergeant, all

gave excellent performances, whit·t Taki Kyria-co, the piratical second in command, is :tlsoworthy of special mention.

An amusing feature of the production was thetroop of cowardly policemen, with their eternal'Tarentara ' ", who were no match for the piratebut still managed to come out on top.We hope that thi cultural event will become a

part of our annual programme, thus drawing usnearer to the Girl' choo!. Next year's operettawill be "Tolanthe",

TALENT EVENING 25th September, 1967This year wc combined with the Girls' cho ol

"across thc fence" for our lalent evening. Thecontest wa~ held in the Girls' chool Hall and allparticipants are to be congratulated on providingentertainment of a very high tandard.

The boys entered four beat group. a jazzband. a dance band, everal skits and a few folk-inging items. The girls entered a number offolk-singers, one skit, and everal items on cla'-sical piano. Michael Herbert was the compéreand captivated the audience. Norman Coates isto be congratulated on the amount of organi a-tion he undertook to make tbc evening a UCCI: ,

First Prize wa' won by oates, Dewar andDeane (Folk-singing), Second Prize by Margaretvan Wyk (cla~sical piano) and by Loubser, Mai-

min and Kaplan (beat group). At the end of thecontest oates and Lowry (last year' winners)performed as guest arti ts and their folk- ongsproved highly amu ing. They were followed bytwo profes ional folk- ingers who al 0 performedague t artists and gave mo t of us a cbance tohear ome ethnic folk- ongs.The music on the whole wa of a high tand-

ard, but it wa felt that the beat group wouldhave been appreciated by a greater percentage ofthe audience if they had played with a little lesvolume!

We would like to thank the girls for the useof their hall, and congratulate all tho e whohelped to make the evening a uccess.

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Objective :J)ra wing-_An Jntegraf pal.t 0/ _Art education

In a period when much attention is given toapparent novelty in the art. indeed where noveltyis oflen mi taken for originality. the generalstandard o( craftsman hip is bound to uffer.There is an idea prevalent amongst the moreintellectually pretentious1 laymen, that 'obj clivedrawing' need no longer be studied by thosewishing to develop themselve as arti tso Thiarises out of a confusion over tbe purpose ofdrawing, and the study of drawing. Whenever anopinion is voiced that the camera has eliminatedthe nece sity for drawing and good draughtsman-ship, you may be quite certain that the expresserof that opinion is in confusion a to the purpo esof both photography and art.

As a general maxim, one might say: Thebusiness of the camera is to reproduce nature(the camera i quite indiscriminate, portrayingwith equal intensity everything which falls within

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the range of its lens); while the busines of arti. to rival nature - to render visible the invisible,Zby mean of the visible. Granted that one uses,'epre entation of natural object to convey thirendering of the invisible, one needs a full under-standing of their phy ical structure. This fullunderstanding can be arrived at only throughconstant drawing of these objects. Though to thelayman's eye, Rembrandt appears to have repro-duced exactly his own physiognomy - it mu t bean indifferent soul indeed who perceives no morethan that when confronted with uch a self-portrait.Another popular fallacy is that one "learns to

draw", arrives at a point where one "can draw",and that i that. One never reaches a point ofqualification as a draughtsman. Drawing is everseeking, discovering. It has no limit, and cannotreach a stage of "qualification" witbout seizing

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up. If it stops seeking, it dies. Great men likeRembrandt and Degas continued drawing avidlyuntil their dying day. This in itself hould be ameasure of just how naive this fallacy is. It mayalso be observed that those masters whom pos-terity has singled out for greatness, and who havelived within the era of photography, were withoutexception great draughtsmen - Manet, Lautrec,Cezanne, Picasso, Moore, Kokoschka, de Stad,to name a few.

TENNISLeague TennisThe first team had a mo t succe ful and en-

joyable sea on. We improved considerably onlast eason's results, and of the eight league

To those who would become good painters orculptors: there is one sure approach - gooddrawing. Good draughtsmanship may only bereached and maintained by life-long work, con-stant enquiry into and re-assessment of thephysical world.

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REPORTmatches played, only one was lost - to Ronde-bosch, who had an extremely strong team whicbincluded three of the top W.P. players. One ofthe finest singles matches played was between

TE N1S FIRST TEAMFront Row (I. to r.): D. van Gysen, Mr. N. R. Blackbeard (Principal), S. Leyser (Capt.),

Mr. J. C. Boltman, D. Asher.Back Row (I. to r.): B. de Vries, K. Bridgens, J. Townsend.

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David Asher and Harold Barker of Rondebo 'ch,the latter winning in three close set. This wasthe only match that Asher lost this season. IntJ1edouble, Leyser and De Vries did not concedea set, although tbey did not play against Ronde-bosch. Asber must be congratulated on his fineleague performances, which earned him a placein the W.P. junior team.So keen wa tbe interest in tennis this season

that we had five teams, tbc fourth and fifth play-ing friendly matches. Tbe second and tllird teamsalo did extremely well, neitber team losing amatch. The second team must be congratulatedon beating Rondebosch second team - their firstvictory over Rondebo ch in many years. Owingto the fact that we bad such a strong second team,we had applied to enter two teams in the firstleague, but tllis application was unfortunatelyturned down.

Tour to DurbanAs a result of the league successes, the First

team went to Durban where tbey played fivematches. Mr. Katz, the president of our OldBoys' Union, saw us off at the tation on 23rdJune, and presented gifts to the team members.Those cbosen were: S. Ley er (Capt.) ; D. Asher(Vice-Captain); D. van Gysen; B. de Vrie ; J.Townsend ; K. Bridgens and A. Barnard. Mr.Boltman accompanied the team.

We arrived in Durban on Sunday, 25th, andwere met by tbe members of the D.H.S. team-our first opponents. After a short practice on theMonday morning, we played our fir t match.

Of the five matches played, we won two. Thematch against Glenwood, one of the strongestteams, proved the most enjoyable and al 0 pro-duced the best tennis. Leyser, Asher and VanGysen (tbe latter two in doubles) won matches.We lost 4 - 2, which was a fair reflection on agood day's tennis. We also played Northlands,Carmel College and Westville.

We are very grateful to the various schools fortheir warm hospitality and the entertainment pro-vided. We are deeply indebted to Mr. Askew ofD.H.S. for his excellent organisation.

Other MatchesIn the matcb against tbe Staff, tbe Boys won

7 matches to 2. Against tbe Old Boys, however,the School went down by 6 matches to 3. Thematch against the Old Boys produced some ex-cellent tennis.

In the house tennis, De Waal and Wellingtonare contesting first place, the former having beatenVan Riebeeck and the latter Rhodes, in tbc firstround.

School ChampionshipsTbe senior singles final bas not yet been

played, owing to the injury of one of the players.In the final, Asher, who won last year, plays VanGy en. The doubles have also been postponedand will be between Asber and Van Gysen andLeyser and De VriesThere are a number of promi ing juniors and

mo t earned themselves team places. Tbe Under14 finals were between two standard sixes, Mc-Farlane and Hewelt, tbe former winning. Tbedoubles in this ection was won by McFarlaneand Goodchild who beat Cooke and Hewett.Tbe Under 15 single were won by Shlomowitz,wbo beat R. Blackbeard.

Outside AchievementsWe were well represented in the various W.P.

tournaments by Asher, Van Gysen, Shlomowitzand McFarlane, who all did extremely well. Ashas already been mentioned, David Asher waschosen for tbe W.P. junior team which took partin tbc inter-provincial tournament at Port Eliza-beth.

AwardsAwards: Colours: K. Bridgens, B. de Vries

and J. Town end. Blues: D. Asber and S. Leyser.Most Improved Player's Cup: This award was

made to R. Kent. wbo worked his way up to tbeecond team. In the school championships he hadtwo fine wins before being eliminated.

League Results:Lost to Rondebosch 7-0.

Beat Bisbops 7-0.Beat HerzIia 7-0.

Beat Westerford 6-0.

Beat S.A.C.S. 5-2.

Beat St. Josepb's 7-0.

Beat Sea Point 6-1.

Beat J. v. Riebeeck 6-1.S. LEYSER (Capt.).

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Wherever competItIve game are played, muchtime. thought and energy are given to ways andmeans of winning matches. Literally thousandsof man-hours must be spent on the variou prepa-rations made by players, admini trators and train-ers for test matches. Thus, winning seems to beall-important! Tt is most important. It ensurescontinued development of, and interest in, thesport concerned. It would appear, then, that it isthe aim, and even the duty, of player andcoaches to try to win at all costs. This is so,provided those concerned do not sacrifice theirteam or personal bonour by not playing accord-ing to the law and especially the spirit of thegame.

During the 1967 sea on we aw an increasednumber of incidents involving gamesmanship,bad pirit and dirty play in schoolboy matchesin the Western Province. Apart from blatanthitting, kicking and late tackling. players wereguilty of using bad language, of pa sing un-acceptable remarks about opponents. refereesand spectators. "Trying to beat the ref." wa al 0too common. The last four examples of theseappalling malpractice are even more evil thanthe earlier example. They cannot even help amisguided side to win a game! They are signsof inferiority of spirit.

Those who love rugby must agree that thegame is much better off without unacccptablebehaviour, and it is they, the referees, the playersthemselve and particularly the administrator andcoache who are able to do much to remedy theituation. The coach is responsible for planning.training and u ually for selection of the team;he is the man who should see that a player whomight spoil a game or sully the reputation of theteam does not play. lt takes moral courage todrop a player who has a tendency, for example,to tackle late, but all concerned would admirethe courage of such a coach who, by so doing,would benefit the game. It is the coach who hamost influence on the game, and it is he who isresponsible for the general tone of his team.

May all concerned with rugby remember thatwe are proud of our game and that we should

scrupulously avoid anything tbat might harm thegame we love. Let us play bard, let u do ourbest to win, but in the rigbt pirit.We at Wynberg must remember tbat no effort

mu t be spared to be completely fit and thatindividual kills, such as kicking, catching, pass-ing, etc., must be developed to the maximum.It should be noted that the more senior theplayer is, the more be does on hi own.And may we remember that the game we play

demands, and i worthyof, tbe many man hoursdevoted to it. May we maintain our fine Wynbergtradition and may we demonstrate to opponentsand pectator that Rugby i eminently worthwatcb.ing and worth playing.It is mo t encouraging to player and coaches

when additional players join the existing teamsduring the cour e of a eason. This is what hap-pened during 1967! During the second term,matches were arranged for 17 teams, a was thecase in 1966. but at the beginning of the thirdterm an Under 19C team and an Under ISO learnwere entered, thus bringing the number oC teamslo 19. The teams were as follow: Under 19 A.Band C, Under 16 A and B, Under 15 A, B,and D, nder 14 A, Band C, Under 13 A, Band C, Under 12 A, B. C and D. Extra gamewere arranged for the Under II and the Under10 team.Apart from matches played again tother

schools, there were House games for enior boyand inter-class games for juniors. The youngerboys in the Junior School are placed in '·team ":Hamiltons and Villagers, Springbok and AllBlacks and Lions and Tigers and play on Fridayafternoons. The School thus provided regularrugby for about 480 boys.The School XV had a patchy eason. Although

tbe team came to light with ome good perform-ance, especially the game against Paarl Boys'High, there were some which were not to theircredit, e.g. the second Bi hop game in whichsome of the tackling was so weak. Hours ofcoaching and training are wasted when ineffeclualtackling, perhap on the part of only one or twoplayers. re ults in trie being scored.

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RUGBY FIRST XVBack Row (1. to c.): M. Dewar, B. Rooklcdge, J. Cawood, R. van der LindeD, D. Williams,

W. AndertoD, T. Kyriacos.Middle Row (l. to c.): J. Oosthuizen, T. Oettlé, M. Louis, P. Baececke, D. Humphries,

P. Scott, l. Mackay.Front Row (I. to r.): M. Deane, Mr. N. Blaekbeard (Principal), G. Pfeil (Capt.), Mr. J. Oost-

huizen (Coach), L. Buwalda (Vice-Capt.).

At time too much was expected (rom a fewplayers. and it is felt that more pride and spiritin general and re olution in adver ity could havemade this a memorable season.The pack wa powerful. Weil led by Gerald

Pfeil, it provided many opportunitie fOI thethree-quarter who did not always make full useof them. Slowness off the mark, indeci ive run-ning at times, and, of course, poor tackling, werethe main fault which prevented a promisingback line from achieving a tandard of which itwas capable.

Mr. 00 thuizen is to be congratulated on againbeing elected a., coach of the Western Provinceraven Week team. This is a mark of the high

e teem in which Mr. Oosthuizen is held in W.P.chools' Rugby circles. He is al 0 to be thanked

for the tremendou amount of thought. time andenthusia m devoted to his coaching of the firstand econd team .

M. Deane, G. Pfeil and D. William wereelected to play for the Craven Week A team,while J. Cawood and T. Kyriaco were selectedto play for the B team which took tbe place ofthe Rhodesian side. Cawood played so well thathe wa chosen for the A team in the final game.

ontinumg to play well. he ended the seasonby coring three trie again t tbe Old Boys.

Tt has been noted that Michael Deane hasplayed 52 matche for the School. Micbael isthanked for and congratulated on this remark-able achievement. Is this a record?The 2nd Team played some lovely games,

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alike. Under the leadership of P. Craythorne,the players developed into an efficient, deter·mined and well·balanced side wbich provided goodopposition for the first team during practices andwhich played some excellent rugby.

Although not very successful in winningmatches, the 19C was very successful in enjoyingits rugby. The great difficulty with which tbeteam had to contend was the lack of players.ft i nece ary for a team to practi e individualskills, but it is neces ary to have a team againstwhom to practise. Such a team was regrettablylacking this year. Tbe "High C's", a they werecalled, did, however, develop into a happy groupof players.

Tho e who caught the eye frequently were:Goodwin, the most-improved player in tbe group,Schewitz, a con istent hooker, and crumhalfMorris. Thanks are due to Mr. Broster for hikeenne s and his hard work with the team.

The Under 16A team of 1967 wa, withoutdoubt, the most successful team in tbe School.Hard. worthwhile practices enabled the teamalways to be at the top of their form. Out tand-ing feature of the Under 16A were their piritand their determination to play as a team andto play rugby ba ed on olid forward uperioritywhich enabled their capable backs to run withthe ball. Mr. Voigt, the team's enthusia tic andknowledgeable coach, i to be thanked and on-gratulated. The team, under the captaincy ofJeff. Katz, went through the season unbeaten.Not to lose a single game in the cour e of awhole ea on i indeed a remarkable effort onthe part of boy and coach.The Under 16A results are as follow

Vs. Hottentot Holland Won 20-0.Oioce an College Won 11-3.J. G. Meiring Won] 1-6.S.A.C.S. Won 17-6.

Won 1~.Won ]8--0.Won 17--0.Won 11-6.Won 17-5.Won 18--0.Drew 3-3.Won 17--0.Won 9-6.Drew 9-9.

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TygerbergO. F. MalanJ. van RiebeeckPlum tead HighPaarl Boy' HighTygerbergRondebo chPaul RooOioce an ollegeS.A.C.

P. W. O. L.14 12 2 0

The Under 16B side played sound rugby, par-ticularly in the first balf of tbe season, but werenot as uccessful during the second half. Never-theless, all games played were keenly contestedand much enjoyed. Here, too, all concernedappreciate the efforts of Mr. Voigt.

Tbe Under 15A and B teams produced rugbyenjoyed alike by players, coach and spectator.The A team forwards were usually much lighterthan tbeir opponents, but on occasion they roseto great heights and outplayed heavier packs.Tbeir being able to do tru was due to the keen·ness and determination engendered by Mr. leRoux. wbo is thanked for the enthusiastic coach·ing enjoyed by "his boy". 0 keen were the A,Band C teams that several players joined thegroup during the first half of the eason, enablingthe chool to enter a D team.

The Under 15A re ults were aP. W. D. L.12 6 0 6

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Tbe Under 15C team, although matched againstpowerful opponents, gave a good account ofthem elve and enjoyed their rugby.The Under 150 did not enjoy much success

during the season, but they did play with teampirit and good sportsmanship.A difficulty with which C and D teams bad to

cope was playing against some schools' A teams.Shelton, Leahy, Ever and Barron were often

prominent. and Ronaidson, the captain, attendedto all hi duties efficiently.

Mr. Metrowitz i thanked for all be did to helphi player.

The Under 14A played well but did not quitelive up to .its previously-established reputation.Tbe record how that five game were lo I, butmost of the e were by very mall margins only.Tbe forwards were rather on the light side and

were sometime slow getting into the loose crumsand con equently the three·quarters did not haveufficient good ball.The game again t Rondebo ch was an out-

tanding team effort. After trailing 0·6 at half·time, lhe side, playing magnificent rugby, domi·nated all phases of tbe game to run out winnerby the hand ome margin of 16-6.

At the end of the season tbe points cored bythe side greatly exceeded tho e cored again I it.

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R GBY UNDER 16

Back Row (I. to r.): J. Townsend, R. Gilbert, S. I(jtley, D. Calder, L. Oosthuizen, A. Wilmot,R. Weilers.

Middle Row (I. to r.): J. Boland, R. Ritchie, G. Goles, D. sher, A. Ross, T. Emms, A. Goosen.Sitting (I .to r.): K. Kolesky (Vice-Capt.), Mr. N. Blackbeard (Principal), J. Katz (Capt.),

J. Voigt (Coach), J. iros.

M. 00 thuizen, aled the team ably.P. W. D.12 6 1

shrewd and talented player.

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The Under 14B leam was not as ucce ful asthe A. Thi~ ide wa omewhat upset by manychanges made when replacements were taken intothe ,but they did improve as the eason pro-gre sed.

Mr. offki and Mr. Blom, the A and B teamcoache , are thanked for all the hard work theyput into training these player.

The Under 14 team had a fairly successfuleason. They started off splendidly, but after

ome proml Ing pla er had been promoted. theybecame unsettled. The highlight of the seasonwa a match against a S.A. .S. team that hadheavier forward, yet the ball came back quicklyand c1eanlyon 0 many occasion that Wynbergwon 62-0.

Mr. Bromberger i thanked for all he did forthis group of players who, with other, wereorry when he di continued coaching rugby. Mr.Hopkins took over. He is thanked for all he didfor thi group and also for the Under] 5A and Rtearns where he helped Mr. le Roux.

Leaving ome u eful player in the Under 12,the Under 13A had a difficult eason. The lightforwards were not able to get the ball back often

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enough, so the three-quarters, too, fouod them-selves hard-pre sed on many occasions. Never-theless, tbe players did turn in some good per-formances. Line-out work was generally good;defence occasionally bad.

Prominent for this team were Anderson andBird wbo always gave of their bestThe B team, playing with more fire, was the

more uccessful team. They bad some good wins.The C team had to contend with the serious

difficulty of not having a full D team at practices.This was due to the limited number of boysplaying in the Under 13 group. These playersnevertheless had an enjoyable season and wonabout half their matche .

All Under 13 players enjoyed their rugby, andthis was due to the keen coaching of Messrs.Fair, Kalloway and Fourie, who are thanked forthe enthusiasm they gave to the game.The Under 12A team had a very successful

season, winning 8, drawing 3 and losing 3 of the14 matches played. The side scored lOO points,while 49 were scored against it.

Both matches and practices were played withgreat enthu iasm, and there wa keen competitionamong players to gain and maintain positions inthe A ideo The forwards, in particular, were out-tanding and controlled the crums and line-outsin alma t every match. A few player showedgreat promi e and it should be interesting towatch their progress.The Under 12B team played 13 matches, of

which 8 were won, 2 drawn and 3 lost. Thiteam scored 154 points, while 44 points werecored against it. Tt is intere ting to note thatthe 44 points scored against the team were allscored in the three matches lo t.

Mr. Broster is warmly thanked for his a ist-ance in coaching the team while the JuniorSchool teachers were attending the New Mathe-matics Cour e.The Under 12 C and 0 tearn lost more matches

than they won, but neverthele s played theirgame with enthusiasm and enjoyment.

The Under II A side was not actually coacbedas a team, players being brought together formatches. of which 4 out of the five played werewon.

The Under 10 team won two of the four gamesplayed. Their almost white-hot enthusia m waa pleasure to see.

Tbe Junior School team&.mentioned above en-joyed keen support from many parents. Theseparents are very sincerely thanked for their sup-port and for their greatly appreciated help iotransporting the players.

The little Juniors again enjoyed their Fridaygames, altbough these games were somewbat dis-rupted by the Mathematics Course. Senior boys,Humphries (Blue award), Cawood (Blue andHonour awards). Green, Sloame, Picktbal, Katz,Gilland and Hamerschlag are thanked for theircapable and patient coaching.

Messrs. K. Hutchi on and A. Thiele (UI2Aand B), R. Just (UI2C and D. UIIA) and F.Smith (UIOA and Junior Rugby on Friday after-noons) are very sincerely tbanked for aU thetime, knowledge and enthusiasm they give to theircoaching.

We enjoyed the visit of Durban Boys' Highchool, a team we found surpri ingly fit at sucb

an early stage in the sea on. It Was a greatpleasure renewing old friend hips, and we lookforward to future games. We thank them for thematch.

Peterhouse, on tour from Rbodesia, lost a gameenjoyed by both team. We thank them for thematch and hope we sball meet them on and al 0off the rugby field again. The parents of thefollowing boys acted as bosts to Peterhousetourists: G. PfeiJ, L. Buwalda, D. Humphries,J. Cawood, r. Scott, M. Louis, D. Williams. M.Hurwitz, W. Anderton, T. Kyriaco, P. Cray-thorne, L. 00 thuizen, A. Cook, R. Jeffrey, A.Armstrong and B. Rookledge. The School thanksthese parents most sincerely for helping in thisway; it is greatly appreciated.

As in other big schools, we rely on boys tohelp with many duties. During the winter monthpreparation of the equipment is a long andarduous task, and thi year Peter Baerecke ledhis team: M. Muilwyk (for a while only as hethen left the ho tel), R. Weilers (wbo took Muil-wyk's place) and F. du Toit. To these equipmentmen go our grateful tbanks for a long, difficultand respon ible ta k done with fir t-cla s efficiencyand a deligbtful spirit of belpfuloe S.

To Johan Oosthuizen, Rugby Secretary, andLeslie 0 rin, Press Attache, go my personalthank for the fine work they did. Alway

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RUGBY U DER l2A TEAMFrom Row (I. to r.j: Mr. K. Hutchison (Coach), R. Payne, D. van der Byl (Capt.), MI. A.

Lorie (Principal). G. le Roux (Vice-Capt.), 1. Gibbs, MI. A. Thiele (Coach ..Second Row (I. lo r.): M. cnter. E. Page, J. Edward, R. Bailey, L. Venter, C. Ahrend ,

. Bird.Third Row (I. to r.): T. Early, A. Pelt, D. Doveton. H. Matthews, A. Oliver, M. Eastman,

. Blackbeard.

efficient, alway" helpful. each aved me man}hours of work.

Other important dutie for which the boarder"ace re pon ible are carrying and when conver-ions arc attempted. and bringing water andoranges to the team at half-time. For thesedutie~ our thank go to T. Dodd, r. Smith. R.Bruce, R. Fergmon. C. Early. J. ummerville.G. Deacon. K. Barret, A. Bevan, M. Borain, r.labber, . Brown, E. ach er. P. mut~. W.

Oo~thUizen, . Blakemore, J. Theodore. B. Burke.M. Green. T. Hewitt and E. omn.Mr. Holmes i thanked for the fine condition

and neat appearance of our fields. That the pres·enee of ncw ~tands is welcomed, i borne out by

the limited eating to be found on them on anaverage aturday morning.

The slope of our field" may be a di. advantage,but tbe advantage of having a well-drained,mature field 011 which a plea ant game of rugbycan be played almo t immediately after a heavyshower. far outweighs any attendant disadvan-tage. These splendid fields, among the very be tin the Penin uIa, arc some of our mo t trea uredPO' es ion.The outh frican Red ro", ociety (Cape

Town Branch) i to be thanked for permittingMr. Foley to attend rugby matche at W}nbergduring the second term of this year. Il wa agreat relief to have such a knowledgeable and

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conscientious person accepting responsibility forattending to Saturday morning bumps and brui es.

AU players and coacbes thank Mr. Blackbeardfor his keen interest in and encouragement givento rugby at Wynberg. We thank bim too for hismuch-appreciated support at first team matcbes.

Member of staff, visiting referees, players andspectators, all appreciate the service given in theSchool Tuck Shop by the ladies o( the P.T.A.The oranges supplied at half-time are most re-freshing and are greatly enjoyed.

The warm showers, greatly enjoyed by all whouse them. were in tailed as a result of an ideacoming from tbe ladies of the P.T A. Theseshowers will be paid for from Tuck Sbop profits.

Visiting referees are warmly thanked for theirefficient services 0 freely given. In this respectthe Scbool thanks Dr. Katz, Maj. Kolesky,Messr. P. Burman, Ralph Burmei ter, W. Ed-wards, B. MacEwan, P. Morri, P. Tester andW. van Heerden. lt i boped that they enjoyedthe matches as much as we appreciated theirervice .Finally, T wish again to refer to our coaches.

Their ervice should never be taken for granted.Messr. Oostbuizen, Broster, Voigt, le Roux,Metrowitz. offki. Hopkin , Fair, Fourie, Blom,Kalloway. Hutchison. Thiele, Just and mith arethanked for and complimented on their enthu i-~tic and valuable coaching. Their willing (;0-

operation in all respect is greatly appreciated;it makes organisation 0 much the easier andmore pleasa nt.

During the sea on Rugby lost tbe services ofMr. ieberhagen, who is now coaching tennis.and those of Mr. Bromberger, who is now incharge of hockey. These gentJemen have givenmuch time and keenness to the game and theywill be mi sed by the rugby player. Fortunately,Mr. Bromberger's services a a referee will stilloccasionally be available. Mr. Bromberger andMr. Sieberhagen are thanked for all they havedone for School Rugby.The following awards have been made for the

1967 season:Honour Award: J. Cawood, M. Deane, G.

prcil and D. William. Tbe Honour Award isthe highe t sporting award made to a Wynbergboy.

B/ues: J. Cawood. M. Deane, D. Humphrie'i,G. Ffeil and D. Williams.P.14

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Colours: W. Anderton, P. Baerecke, L. Bu-walda, J. Cawood. M. Deane, M_ Dewar, D.Humphries, T. Kyriacos, M. Louis, 1. Mackay,J. Oosthuizen, G. PfeiJ, B. Rookledge, P. Scottand D. William.The Brian Steyl Award, presented by Mr. C.

C. W. Steyl in memory of his son, one of ourpromising young players, was awarded to I. Mar-golit of the Under 15A a the player who has-hown the greatest improvement this season.Margolit played in the B team for about a monthand then on hooling ability alone was pro-moted. Not only did his hooking improve, buthis general play developed, making him one ofthe best forwards in the team. In thi regard,mention should be made of Gerald Gales of thender 16A wbo for heer puit and response to

coaching attained a tandard which brought himcia e to this award.The following boys erved on the enior Rugby

Committee:G. pfeil (School Captain),L. Buwalda (Vice-Captain),D. Humphrie ,E. Eddy,P. Baerecke.

They are to be congratulated on their selectionto this important office aod are thanked for theirervice to their coach and to rugby at Wynberg.

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1st XVFRIENDLI£S.

V. D.H.S. Lo t 0-18.V. Peterhouse Won 11- 6.V . Cape Tutorial College Lo t 0- 6.V. Old Boy Lo t 10-22.Vs. Hottentots Holland Won 9- 3.Vs. Bishops Lo t 0-10.Vs. t. Joseph' Won 12- 9.V. .A.C.S. Drew 6- 6.V . J. G. Meiring ... Lost 6- 8.Vs. Jan van Riebeeck Won 5- 3.Vs. Jan van Riebeeck Lo t 6-11.Vs. D. F. Malan Won 14- 6.Vs. Paarl Boys' High Won 16- 9.Vs. Tygerberg Won 6- 3.Vs. Paul Roo Lo t 6-1 I.V. Rondeba ch Lo t 3-10.

Bishop Lo t 3-12..A.C.S. Lost 3-

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Leading Point-ScorersI. D. Williams - 38 (7 penalties, 3 tries, 4 con-

versions).2. O. Humphries - 34 (8 penalties, 2 tries, 2

conversions).3. T. Kyriacos - 14 (2 tries. 2 drop goal,

conversion).4. J. Cawood - 12 (4 tries).5. M. Dewar-9 (3 trie).6. Oosthuizen - 6 (2 tries).

HOUSE RUGBY, 1967Junior Section

Wellington 12, Van Riebeeck 5.De Waal 0, Rhodes O.Van Riebeeck 8, De Waal O.Weltington 0, Rhode O.Van Rjebeeck 10, Rhodes 10.De Waal 0, Wellington O.

Log: P W L D FtsWellington 3 I 0 2 4Van Rjebeeck 3 1 1 I 3Rhode 3 0 0 3 3De Waal 3 0 1 2 2

Senior SectionVan Riebeeck 3, Wellington O.Rhodes 6, De Waal 3.De Waal 8, Van Riebeeck O.Wellington 0, Rhode O.Van Riebeeck 5, Rhode 5.De Waal 6. Wellington 6.

Log: P W L 0 PtsRhode 3 0 2 4De Waal 3 I 1 3Van Riebeeck 3 I 1 3Wellington ...... 3 0 1 2 2

Filial Log: P W L D PtRhodes 6 I 0 5 7Wellington ...... 6 1 1 4 6Van Riebeeck 6 2 2 2 6De Waal 6 1 2 3 5

CRAVEN WEEK, 1967

fter an exhau live eries of trials, final W.P."A" and W.P. "B" teams were cho en to repre-ent the We tern Province in the raven Week.

For the first time since its inception, tbe weekwas held in Cape Town. Tbe "B" team waschosen to fill the gap left by Rhodesia, wbocould not participate becau e their holidays didnot coincide witb tho e in South Africa.The following players from our school repre-

ented their province: Michael Deane, GeraldPfeil and David Williams in the "A"; JohnCawood and Tak i Kyriacos in the "B".

Before the actual Craven Week, D. Williamsmade hi tory by scoring the first W.P. schoolspoints at Newlands, A scrum went down justinside the Soland 25. W.P. won the ball andHillier (scrumhalf) broke blindside and gave thebali to Williams who beat his man with a bril-liant side- tep and crashed over in tbe corner.

The 1967 Danie Craven Week officially openedon Saturday, 1st July, The two W.P. teamsmoved into residence on Sunday, the HA" teambeing accommodated at Driekoppen and the "B"at Smuts Hall on the U.C.T. campu.

David Williams and Michael Oeane played inall the games and Gerald Pfei! in the first gamefor the HA" team. John Cawood played threeand Taki Kyriacos played two games for tbc "S".Kyriacos scored five points, Williams three andCawood two, during the week.

Except for Wednesday night, which wa fre!!,the evening programme for the week wa carefullymapped out. All the tearns thoroughly enjoyedthe top·cla s entertainment, which included a filmshow, a variety evenjng given by the comedianPiet Pompies and his partner Rykie Louw, andanother variety concert compered by Mr. Roux.

On Thur day, after hearing ome speechesopening the coaching e ion, the boys got downto erious work. Some of the pa t 'Boks wbocoached were Fonnie du Toit, Han ie Brewi,"SubbIe " Koch and "Chum" Ochse.

On Friday tbere were no games, and all tbeteams were treated to an extensive tour of CapeTown and Peninsula. Some of the rughlights oftbe trip were: Tea at the Police CoUege in Pine-lands, the bu trip round hapman' Peak, theCape Point arure Reserve and the afternoonpent at Simonstown Harbour where tbe teamwere taken over some of South Africa's war hips.

One morning some team were entertained bythe Merchant avy training centre at GraingerSay. Tbe rughlight of this visit wa the trip bylaunch to the "Seafarer". For some of the up-country boy it wa the fir t time they had been

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COMBI EO WESTER PROVI CE PLAYERS

ea/cd 0. to T.): M. Deane (Rugby), G. Preil (Rugby), Mr. . R. Blackbeard (Principal).D. Williams (Rugby), 1. Cawood (Rugby).

S'(alldiIlR (I. to T.: l. Ro enberg (Swimming), R. Wilmot (Badminton), P. Baercd.e (Judo),O. Asher (Tennis), P. Weir ( wimming), A. Hammond ( wimming), O. lilford (Judo).

on the ea, and J"m sure thi breathtaking tripwill be remembered by all.This raven Week succeeded iD its aims, i.e.

to Improve schoolboy rugby in S.A. and toencourage the open game, but succeeded jm! aswell m allowmg ~choolboys from different partsof the country, irrespective of their language orreltgion, to come together and to get to knowone another.

Congratulation\ go to John Cawood on play-mg for his province again t Boland schools atWellington. The game wa' played as a curtaln-raiser to lhe Boland - France match. W.P. wonthe game 26-6. and to David William for coringtwo trie in thi game.

II 10 all. our boys acqUitted themselvc weiland always gave of their be t. Finally, Wynbergrepresentative' 10 the Craven Week would like tothank all those who made the Week possible, and

in particular Mr. Oosthuizen. who was cho 'en ascoach for the "A" team for the third time. forhi' coaching at 'chool which enabled them toachieve that major goal in a ~choolboy's rugbylife.

T.K. &J.c.

MATCHESI. W.B.H.. s. D.H ... IIth April, 1967.On an overcast but warm afternoon. W.B.H.S.,

playing downfield. kicked off at 3.30 p.m.Play was hard from the start and D.H ..

pre 'sed strongly in the early stages. After ~omefine interpassing, they nearly 'cored in the I thminute. At this stage Wynberg tackling was in-effectual and handling wa poor, but good kickingby Buwalda saved Wynberg several time.~.

Wynberg were penalized in the 27th minuteand an ea y kick was mi~sed by the D.H .. lock.

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W. Francis. In the 33rd minute an excItIng trywas scored in the corner by P. Boynton of D.H.S.W. Francis missed the conver ion. Half-time:W.B.H.S. 0, D.H.S. 3.

D.H.S. attacked strongly after the interval untilthe Durban scrum-half scored near the po tso Anea y conver ion was put over by H. Lawton, theD.H.S. captain. In the 9th minute William re-lieved the pressure on Wynberg witb a good kickwhjch put them on the attack. The Durban backswere moving fast and handling well, and as aresult a converted try was scored in the 14thminute (8-0).

Wynberg now attacked and, following a goodtactical kick by Eddy, Cawood narrowly mis~edscoring. In the 25th minute Williams mi sed apenalty kick on the 25. Durban scored a con-verted try in the 30th minute. D.H.S. won mo tof tbe crum, but in line-outs W.B.H.S. heldtheir own. Final score: DH.S. 18, W.B.H.S. O.

Referee: Mr. R. Burmeister.

2. HOTTENTOTS HOLLA 0 vs. W.B.H.S., 22ndApril, 1967.

HottentoL'i Holland kicked off at 11.15 a.m. inwarm weather. In the 2nd minute W.BR.S. werepenalized from a loose scrum and Van iekcrkput over an easy kick for Hottentots Holland(3-0). Hottentot Holland mi ed another penaltykick in the 5th minute. There were five penaltiesin the first four minute. Buwalda put W.B.H.S.on the attack witb a good lUck for touch, andplay wa fairlyeven until Hottentots Hollandwere penalized in the 12th minute. Williams nowequalized with a good kick (3-3). W.B.H .. tookthc lead when Williams put over a difficult kickfrom the 25 in the 21st minute (6-3). Half-time:Hottentots Holland 3, W.B.H.S. 6.After the restart. W.B.H.S. nearly scored fol-

lowing a break from the scrum by Deane.W.B.H.S. were winning the ball from the loo'ehead and tight head, but the backs failed to u ethe good ball. In the 15th minute William in-creased the lead for W.B.H.S. when he put over apenalty kick after a Hottentots Holland forwardwas offside (9-3). All the point in this game werecored from penalty kicks, of whjch tbere were20 during the cour e of the match. Final core:Hottentots Holland 3, W.B.H.S. 9.

Referee: Mr. J. P. J. choeman.

3. W.B.H .. vs. BISHOPS, 29th April, 1967.Wynberg kicked off at 11.05 a.m. playing up-

field in warm weather. Jn the 10th minute after

a dummy sci sors movement, Wale scored a tryfor Bi hops which Starke converted (5-0). Cawoodand Will.iams both mi ed penalty kicks forW.B.H.S., but we came clo e to scoring in the30th minute after a SO-yard run by Rookledgeand Deane. At this stage Humphries narrowlymissed a penalty kick from the half-way line.Halftime: W.B.H.S. 0, Bisbops 5.Ten minutes after lhe restart, Bishops came

close to scoring when Dewar fumbled a pass, butArmstrong, deputising for Buwalda, cleared theball in time. Bishops were penalized in the 15thminute and Cawood put W.B.H .. on the attackwith a good touch kick. After 25 minute, fol-lowing a forward rush on the W.B.H .. 25, aBishop forward scored near tbe po tso Thi waseasily converted (10-0). The game ended withW.B.H.. attacking strongly. Final score:W.B.H.S. 0, Bishops 10.

Referee: Maj. Z. Kole ky.

4. W.B.H.S. vs. PETERHOUSE, 9th May. 1967.Peterbouse kicked off playing down field on a

warm but lighUy windy afternoon. The Peter-hou e scrum-half nearly scored when he brokearound the blind side and ran 25 yards. Buwaldaand Williams put the School on the attack withgood touch-kicking. From a line-out in tbe 15thminute Kyriacos dummied his way through thePeterbou e defence to score under tbe po tsoWilliams converted (5-0). After attacking fiercely,Peterhouse scored an unconverted try in tbe 25thminute (5-3). Half-time: W.B.H .. 5, Peterhouse3.

Right after the re tart W.B.H.S. nearly coredfrom a full line movement. The W.B.H.S. playerwere right on top at this stage and Kyriacos in-crea ed the lead with a nap drop in the 15tbminute (8-3). In the 20th minute 00 thuizencored an unconverted try after a dummy runround the blind ide (11-3). Peterhou e reducedthe deficit wben they scored in the 23rd minute,but the conver ion failed (11-6). Altogether 22penaltie were awarded during tbe game. Finalscore: W.B.H.S. II, Peterhouse 6.

Referee: Dr. J. Katz.

5. W.B.H.S. v . S.A ... , 13th May, 1967.S.A ... kicked 01I at 11.10 a.m. on a warm,

unny morning, playing downfield. The vi itingteam pre ed trongly but W.B.H.S. were repeat-edly relieved by good touch-kicking from Wil-liam and Buwalda. Tn the 15th minute V. d.

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Spuy passed to the S.A.C.S. wing who scored anunconverted try (3·0).

S.A.C.S. were penalized in the 17th minute andHumphries equalized with a kick on the S.A.C.S.25-yard line (3-3). Play was fairlyeven withboth teams playing hard when tbe first halfended. Half-time: W.B.H.S. 3, S.A.C.S. 3.

Straight after the restan S.A.C.S. nearly scoredafter a 30-yard break, but good covering byCawood prevented a try. S.A.C.S. continued toattack strongly, but good k.icking by Kyriacosand Buwalda onct: again took the play out ofWynberg's half. In the 23rd minute Humphriesput W.B.H.S. in the lead with a good penaltykick (6-3). Play was fast and the backs weregiving the ball a lot of air at this stage. Twominutes before the final whistle the S.A.C.S. for-ward made a determined rush and managed toscore an unconverted try in the corner (6-6).Final core: W.B.H.S. 6, S.A.C.S. 6.Referee: Mr. B. McEwan.

6. J. G. METRI G v . W.B.H.S., 20th May, 1967.J. G. Meiring kicked off at 11.00 a.m. with a

fresh wind behind them. After six minutes ofeven play, the home team scored a try, whichwas converted (5-0). They continued pres'inghard in the fir t half with everal et- crumslaking place within the W.B.H.S. 25-yard line.Williams relieved the pressure on W.B.H .. withgood touch-kicking and Baerecke tackled wellthroughout the fir t half. H.alf-time: J. G. Mei-ring 5, W.B.H.S. O.

Eight minute after the re tart Humphrie putover a penalty for W.B.H.S. to reduce the deficit(5-3). Tn the 12th minute J. G. Meiring coredfrom a line-out on the W.B.H.S. S-yard line, thistry being unconverted (8-3). Wynberg were nowattacking trongly, and three minute before thefinal whi tie Pfeil scored for W.B.H. . This Irywas unconverted (8-6). The game ended withW.B.H .. pre ing trongly and ju t failing to getthe point needed for victory. Final score: J. G.Meiring 8, W.B.H.S. 6.Referee: Mr. F. Schreuder.

7. JA YA RIEBEECK v . W.B.H .. , 3rd June,1967.

Jan van Riebeeck kicked off on a warm, clearmorning at 11.10 a.m., playing downfield. Theides were evenly matched until the 20th minutewhen the home team were awarded a penalty inthe W.B.H .. "25". The full-back put the kickover (3-0). A good attack down Ihe right wing

was only just stopped and then W.B.H.S. wereawarded a penalty. Buwalda's kick put W.B.H.S.on tbe attack and two penalties awarded toW.B.H.S. were narrowly missed. Half-time: J.van Riebeeck 3, W.B.H.S. O.

After the restart both sets of forwards wereplaying well and showing good form. Wynbergpressed constantly and narrowly mi sed a penaltykick from their opponents' "25". About tenminutes before the final whistle Dewar, theW.B.H.S. centre, intercepted a pass and scoredto the left of the posts after a brilliant 50-yarddash. Thi try was converted by Williams (5-3).The game ended with both teams playing hard.Final score: J. van Riebeeck 3, W.B.H.S. 5.

Referee: Mr. Katzenellenbogen.

8. W.B.H.S. vs. CAPE TECHNICAL COLLEGE.5th June, 1967.

Playing upfield, Wynberg kicked off at 4.15 p.m.in heavy rain. College were pres ing stronglyduring the first ten minutes, and during thisperiod MacIvor put them in the lead with twofine penalties (6-0). College were doing mo t ofthe attacking but Buwalda aved W.B.H.S. withgood kicking and Eddy finally put the home teamon the attack with a good kick and follow·up.Cawood al 0 relieved pre ure on W.B.H.S. beforehalf-time with a good 30-yard run. Half-time:W.B.H.S. 0, C.T. College 6.

After the restart we were forced to defend.At thi stage the play wa rather loose and manyspirited clashes took place between the two ,etsof forwards. Towards the end of the econd halfW.B.H.S. steadily gained the upper hand butfailed to equalize. Final score: W.B.H.. 0,.T. College 6.Referee: Mr. E. Hopkin .

9. W.B.H.S. vs. JAN VAN RIEBEECK, 7th June,1967.

[n a match arranged a<;part of Founders' Daycelebration, W.B.H .. , playing downneld with avery trong wind behind them, kicked off at 4.30p.m. In the 5th minute William cored an un-converted try for Wynberg. Van Riebeeck werequick to equalize and their futl-back put over agood kick from the W.B.H.S. "25" (3-3). Jn the10th minute W.B.H.S. were given a penalty andWilliams put over a difficult kick (6-3). Just be-fore half-time W.B.H .. attacked strongly andWilliams wa tackled a few feet hart of the tryline. Half-time: W.B.H.S. 6, Jan van Riebeeck 3.

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The econd balf started off with Van Riebeeckpenetrating deep into the W.B.H.S. half with atrong wind behind tbem. In the JOtb minutetheir centre broke through to score a try near theposts. Tbe full-back converted (8-6). The W.B.H.S.backs were giving the ball a lot of air andCawood had a good 30-yard run before beingtackled just short of the Ijne. The Van Riebeeckwing cored an unconverted try in the corner inthe 19th minute. Tbe Wynberg backs playedhard in the elo ing minutes but could not makebeadway against the increasing wind. Final core:W.B.H.S. 6, Jan van Riebeeck IJ.

Referee: Mr. R. Burmeister.

10. W.B.H.S. v . D. F. MALAN, 17tb June, 1967.W.B.H. . kicked off playing downfield on a

warm, sunny day. In the 5th minute Williamsput W.B.H .. in the lead with a difficult penaltykick but D. F. Malan equalized two minuteslater when their flank put a penalty over from aimilar po ition (3-3), Play was fairlyeven untilthe 22nd minute when Williams put over anotherpenalty kick from the corner of tbe 25 (6-3).The highlight of the fir t half was a 20-yardbreak by Deane after he received a pass fromRookledge. Deane wa tackled just short of thetry line. Half-time: W.B.H.S. 6, D. F. Malan 3.Ten minutes after the re tart Williams once

again put over a ruOicult kick between the "25"and the halfway line (9-3). At this stage W.B.H.S.were pressing trongly although playing upfield.Dewar and Kyriaco were combining and pa singweil. fn the 27th minute the D. F. Malan centrecored an unconverted try after breaking from acrum five yards from tbe W.B,H .. line (9-6).The highlight of the game was a last-minute tryby Oosthuizen. From a scrum Dewar pas ed toawood who kicked ahead after a very good run.

Oosthuizen picked up the ball and scored underthe po tso William converted (14-6). Final core:W.B.H .. 14, D. F. Malan 6.

Referee: Mr. Peter Morris.

II. ST. JO EPH' vs. W.B.H.s., 6tb May, 1967.Playing away. Wynberg kjcked off into a slight

brceze at I 1.05 on a cold, wet day, Both sideswere running witb the ball, and Wynberg nearlycored in the fifth minute. J n tbe twentieth min-ute Humphries got the ball from a line-out andran 20 yards to core in the corner. The kickfailed (3-0). t. Joseph's replied with a snap dropin the 25th minute to level the core (3-3). From

the kick-in, Wynberg were awarded a penalty infront of the St. Jo eph's poles and Humphriesmade no mi take (6-3). Ju t before half-timeWynberg nearly scored when Dewar cut tbedefence, but his inside pass went astray. Half-time: W.B.H.S. 6, St. Joseph's 3.

From the re tart tbe St. Joseph's wing caughtthe ball from the kick-off and raced down thetouchline, only to be brought down incbes fromthe line. This inspired the home team, and in thetenth minute Wynberg were penalized in front oftheir own po tso The kick levelled the core (6-6).Wynberg failed with two penalty kick. TheSchool back were running well, and once, withan open line in front of them, they lost the ball.In the 25th minute Humphries crashed over froma line-out for hi second try. The conversionfailed (9-6). [n the 27th minute St. Joseph'sequalized from a short tap-penalty (9-9). Toclinch the game in our favour, Dewar cored inthe 30th minute after breaking well and running40 yards to score (12-9). Final score: W.B.H.S.12, St. Joseph's 9.

12. W.B.H.S. vs. P.B.H.S., 22nd July, 1967.Playing down the lope. P.B.H.S, kicked off on

the Wynberg uA" field at J 1.15 a.m. The weatherwas fairly warm and a trong wind aided P.B.H.S.ln thc second minute of play, the chool wasawarded a penalty 35 yards from tbe P.B.H.S.posts. However, Williams' kick wa short. P.B.H.S. fly-half, Malherbe, goaled a penalty. Atthi tage the teams seemed evenly matched. TheP.B.H.S. fly-half, u ing the wind. kicked tactic-ally. However. Buwalda cleared well and theWynberg cover defence was too good for anypenetration by the oppo ing back. A Wynbergforward was caught offside and MaLherbe con-vened the easy kick (6-0). Latcr Williams re-ceived the ball from a loose scrum, and with theback and forwards upporting well, he cored(6-3). Humphries converted (6-5). Half-time:P.B.H.S. 6, W.B.H.S. 5.With the wind behind him, Kyriaco kicked off

and the ball bounced off a P.B.H.S. player andinto toucb 15 yards from the Paarl trylioe. Apenalty to P.B.H.S. relieved the pre sure momen-tarily. Wynberg nearly scored with a good move-ment by the backs from a line-out. A penaltyby Humphrie put Wynberg in the lead (8-6).Rookledge increased the lead by scoring from aline-out movement. Humphrie converted (13-6).P.B.H.S. counter-attacked, taking advantage of

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the loose ball, but Williams brought play backinto their half with a 50-yard kick. By now thegame had lost mo t of its previous fire. but apenalty to each side brought the final score up to16-9. Final score: W.B.H.S. 16, P.B.H.S. 9.Referee: Mr. P. Morris.

13. W.B.H.S. vs. TYGERBERG H.S., 29th July.1967.

Tygerberg won the toss and, playing into thewind, kicked off at 11.15 a.m. Only a minutelater they were forced to drop out. as Wynberghad urged down the field. From a resultingscrum, Kyriaco failed in an attempt at droppinga goal. With Wynberg using the wind intelli-gently. there wa a line-out near the Tygerbergline. Deane jumped weU, got the ball back tothe line, where Cawood, having come in fromthe far wing, half broke and passed to Buwalda.who drew the full-back to send William over inthe corner. Williams failed with the lUck. Wyn-berg kept up the pressure, and were rewarded inthe 18th minute when Kyriacos, receiving from aset scrum on the Tygerberg ten-yard line, droppeda good goal. Wynberg. pre sing strongly, and.consequently hardlyever in their own half, wereunlucky not to core. Anderton went offside in aline·out. and Tygerberg relieved with a goodtouch-kick. Thi half ended with us on the defen-sive. Half-time score: W.B.H.S. 6, T.H.S. O.

With the wind behind them, Tygerberg attacked,and it was only Buwalda's good defen ive playlhat saved Wynberg on several occasion. Rook-ledge, Baerecke and Anderton were covering andtackling well. Deane was alo prominent. Goodrunning by the back relieved pressure for a time.Tygerberg soon stormed back, and were rewardedwith a penalty goal, kicked by Margiogally, inthe 10th minute after a scrum infringement.Wynberg pressed strongly and did not score be-cau e of faulty handling in the line. Margiogallywas taken off in the 17th minute with a fracturedankle. Tygerberg relieved when Baerecke wentoffside, and, in the ensuing moments, Wynberghad to <1rop out on two occasion. A good inter·pa ing movement by Deane, Rookledge andLoui brought play well into the Tygerberg half.and Wynberg were unlucky not to score whenCawood wa forced out inche from the line. ATygerberg player was ent off. The game endedduring a period of purposeless play. Final core:W.B.H .. 6. T.H.S. 3.

14. W.B.H.S. vs. R.B.H.S., 5th August, 1967.The game was played .io-very rainy and windy

weather. Nurse kicked off into the wind, andfrom the start R.B.H.S. attacked strongly. Wyn-berg fought back but were penalized. Nurse failedwith a 70-yard attempt at goal. Kyriacos triedhard to relieve the pressure with determinedkicking, but tbe wind nullified his efforts. After20 minutes of play a R.B.H.S. flank scored a tryaround the blind side. Coates converted witb afine kick (5-0). Wynberg, stung by this setback,attacked furiously. School was awarded a pen-alty for an infringement about 30 yards from theposts. Humphries' kick was well on target butthe ball was blown back by the strong wind.Gathering a cros -kick on the right side of thefield. R.B.H.S. backline wung the ball out to theleft for Thornton to score. Coates converted tomake the score 10-0. Half-time core: W.B.H.S.0, R.B.H.s. 10.

The econd half began with the field a moras.It had rained continuou ly during the fir t half,but now the wind had slackened. By this timethe ball was heavy. Mackay continued his goodwork behind tbe scrum and regularly caught hisoppo ing number. The backline saw little of theball, for Kyriacos was usmg the wind to advan-tage. The game ettled to a hard forward strugglewith the W.B.H .. loo e forward doing extendedwork. The break came when Dewar, being up ona loose ball, dribbled it ahead for awood toscore in the corner. Kyriacos failed to convert(10-3). Conditions became worse and no openplay was po sible. Wynberg forwards attackedvigorously but could Dot core. Final score:W.B.H.S. 3, R.B.H.S. 10.

Referee: Maj. Kolesky .

15. W.B.H.S. v . PAUL ROOS, 19th Augu t, 1967.On a warm. sunny day, Paul Roo kicked off,

playing downfield on W.B.H.s. "A" field. In tbe2nd minute a Paul Roos centre broke through aW.B.H.S. back-line that wa caught out of po i-tion and scored a try which was converted (5-0).W.B.H.S. were again on the defensive. althoughgood kicking by Kyriacos often put tbem on tbeattack for short periods. Jn the 16th minute thePaul Roo wing scored after receiving the ballfrom an orthodox line movement (8-0). W.B.H.S.were given three penaltie in the next ten minuteand Humphries was unlucky, one kick hitting thecrossbar. Paul Roos again took advantage ofconfu ion in our back-line to core in the 30th

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minute (11-0)_ Half-time: W.RH.S. O. Paul RoosII.W.B_H.S. started off strongly and reduced the

deficit when Humphries succeeded with a penaltykick in the 15th minute (11-3). Jn the 24th min-ute Kyriaco forced his way through after re-ceiving the ball from a crum near the Paul Rooline (11-6). W.B.H.S. were now in control andRookledge and Cawood narrowly mis ed coring.Mackay turned in a good game with ound erviceto hi back-line and Kyriaco played a big partin the W.B.H.S. attack with excellent kicking.Final score: W.B.H.S. 6, Paul Roos II.

Referee: Mr. P. Morri.

16. BJ HOP vs. W.B.H.S._ 26th August. 1967.In the tenth minute the Bi.hops eighth man

broke through and ~cored an unconverted try(3-0). The W.B.H.S. forwards were getting theball. but the back line lacked penetration andtheir tackling was ineffectual. After 22 minutesthe Bi hop eighth man again scored an un on-vertcd try (6-0). Half-time: Bishops 6, W.B.H.S.O.

After the restart Bi hops were awarded severalrelatively ca. y penalty kick but failed to convertthem. In the 12th minute their eighth man wentover for hi. third try of the match (9-0). W.B.H ..nearly cored:lt this stage. but a good movementwas ~poilt by Williams receiving a forward pass.Bi~hops scored again ten minute before the end

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and Humphries reduced the deficit with a goodpenalty kick (12-3). Final score: Bishops 12,W.B.H .. 3.Referee: Mr. Corin.

IDE T r THE Ra DEBOSCH GAME

17. CHOOL vs. OLD BOY . 13th eptemher,1967.

The Old Boys kicked off on a warm, sunnyafternoon ju t after 4.30 p.m. They tarted olfplaying downfield and in their ranks were Davetewart, Doug Hopwood and Lionel Wil on. Tn

the third minute Du Pies is ran through the. ehool team to score an unconverted try (3-0).but in the sixth minute awood 'cored in thecorner after a loose scrum. Williams converted(3-5).

At this stage the game wa fa t and exciting.with the 'chool team trying hard to break throubh.In the tenth minute Deane came close to scoringafter a good break. and in the. ixteenth minuteHopwood scored after the ball had been handledby at lea t ten of the Old Boy' team (6-5). Theconversion wa mi sed. oon after. Buwaldajoined the chool back-line in an orthodox move-ment and narrowly mi ed a drop-kick from 25yards out.The Old Boys' back-line wa running well and

givIng the ball a lot of air. They 'cored againjust before half-time. the try being converted(11·5). Half-time: chool 5, Old Boy Jl.

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The School attacked rigbt from tbe restart andin the fifth minute Cawood broke tbrougb toscore under the posts. Kyriacos converted (lI-lO).In the fifteenth minute a Scbool player fumbledtbe ball after a line movement and M. Englisbgathered to score near tbe posts for tbe Old Boys.This try was converted (16- I0). Eighteen minutesafter the reslart Louis made a good break, bulwhen he was tackled the ball was picked up byDewar who scored for tbe School. Cawoodmissed the conversion (16-13).

In the 25th minute Cawood intercepted a passand was chased by Van Niekerk from tbe halfwayuntil he dived over in tbe corner. Kyriacomissed the conversion (16-16). The Old Boyscored in tbe 27th minute wben tbey barged overafter a scrum on the chool line. Hopwood mi sedthe conversion (19-16).Tbree minutes before the end Hopwood bad a

good break of 30 yards before pa sing to Le Rouxwho cored for the Old Boys (22-16). This was amost enjoyable game and was played in the tradi-tional keen spirit which prevails at Old Boy'matches. Final core: School 16, Old Boys 22.

Referee: Dr. J. Katz.

OLD Boys' TEAM

F. Duk, D. Hopwood, D. Stewart, H. duPlessis, N. Riley, I. Scott, L. Wilson (Capt.), T.Ger, R. Burton, A. Je Roux, M. Englisb, R.Charles, J. van iekerk, D. Whitfield, D. le Roux.It is of intere t to note that five Springbok

played in this game. They are: D. Hopwood,D. Stewart and L. Wilson (Rugby), I. Scott(Baseball) and . Riley (Hurdling). F. Duk(W.P.) and H. du Ples is (S.W.D.) are Inter-pro-vincial rugby player. M. English representedW.P. School at Craven Week.

If more Old Boys would lik.e to play again tthe School. more matches could be arranged.Tho e interested in playing are asked to notifythe match ecretary in good time.

CRITIQU E OF 1st XV, 1967G. PFEIL. - A captain who tbrougb sbeer hard

work moulded his forwards into one of tbe bestpacks in the competition. A capable and intelli-gent forward, equally at home at either lock orprop; he must, however, infuse more 'devil' intohi play. Represented W.P. Schools at CravenWeek. Honour award for 1967.

L. BUWALDA.-A player of undoubtedability who gave his captain excellent support.He is blessed with a safe pair of bands, but bemust learn to kick with both feet and develop anever-failing tackle.

M. DEANE. -A greathearted attacking for-ward who at all times gave of his best. As ajumper in the line-out he had no equal in SchoolsRugby. A player of great promise. RepresentedW.P. Schools at Craven Week.. Honour Award,1967.

D. WILLIAMS. - A player with great poten-tiality. After a slow start he developed into oneof the finest wings in Schools Rugby. He ispeedy, has an eye for an opening or opportunity.He must, however, eradicate a weak.ness in de-fence. Represented W!P. Schools at Craven Week.Honour award 1967.

J. CAWOOD. - A fearless and hard-runningwing with an eye for an opportunity. He hashown steady improvement throughout the sea-son and should develop into a fine attacking wingnext sea on. He must watch a tendency to beerratic in his tackling. Represented W.P. Schoolsal rugby. Honour award 1967.

D. HU MPHRlES. - A hard, tough front-ranker of great promise. He is a very knowledge-able player and his line-out work and support areexcellent. A fine prospect for next season. RugbyBlue 1967.

T. KYRIACOS.-A talented player wi.th goodhands and feet. He tends, however, to lack fireand he must not forget that as a fly-half hesbould be for the first five yards the fastest manon the field. Represented W.P. "B" Schools atCraven Week.

M. DEW AR. - A 'natural' centre with all theattributes of a top-class centre. He tends, how-ever, to Jack resolution and concentration attimes. He must maintain a consistently highertempo in his play, and tighten up his defence.

J. OOSTHUIZEN. - A keen and game centrewith an eye for a gap. He must, however, im-prove h.is tactical kicking and watch his defence.

1. McKAY. -A talented scrum-balf wbo hashown steady improvement. He must improvehis tactical kickjng and guard against a tendencyto give an erratic ervice.

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T. OETIL'::. - great-hearted and competentcrum-half with ome good games to his credit.He must endeavour to improve hi speed andincrease the tempo of his game.

P. COTI. - A ound. hard-working hooker.His future as a hooker depends on whether hecan develop a faster strike; he must also infusemore fire into bis play at the top of tbe line-out.

M. LOUJS. - The most-improved player in theside. He has developed into a first-class prop, anda grand forward both in the tight and the loose.

P. BAERECKE. - A fine flank-forward. he hasgood hands and a ound tackle. He is always onthe ball. looking for work and sbould mature intoa top-class forward.

B. ROOKLEDGE. - A fiery, hard-workingforward. During the eaSOn he has developed intoa very good hu tling flank. Jf he concentrates oneliminating minor faults he should develop into avery fine player.

W. ANDERTO . - A very good eighth manwho is maturing. He has promise, but be mu t

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R. VA DER LJ DE . - A good Jack-for-ward who has shown considerable improvementduring the season. He must improve his game inthe line-out.

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Chairman: T. Kyriacos.Secretary: A. Beattie.Committee: J. Katz, R. Joseph on, D. Asber,

S. Leyser, A. Kirkwaad.

Once again this year the Table Tennis Clubhas enjoyed a very active cason. With theschool" upport, we were able to purchase much-needed equipment in the form of bats, nets andballs. We are very fortunate in that thi year ourjunior players have hown a keen interest inimproving their standard of play.

As we go to print, the chool champion hiphas prog re sed to the second round. Matches 0

far have been keenly conte ted and the overallstandard of play is steadily improving. A veryexciting final can be expected later next term.Although the choals' league was scrapped ev-eral years ago owing to poor support, we hopenext year to arrange a few friendly matchesagain~t neighbouring . chool. Perhaps we willeventually be able to establi h a regular compe-tition.

This year lbe South African Table TenniChampion hip were taged in Cape Town, anda large number of our member showed a keeninterest in proceeding. We are sure that tho ewho attended benefited a great deal from watch-ing sucb highly esteemed player.

Finally, we would like to expre s our thankto our Headmaster and Mr. Boltman (or givingu their as istance throughout the year.

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"Carnaby Streef' wa the theme for thi year'sDance and the friezes con isted of brightly-col-oured figures of young folk dre cd in way-outmod gear. There were al 0 numerou op-artdesign., brilliantly luminous becau e of the ultra-violet light - which was witched off halfwaythrough the evening on account of its detrimentaleffect on the eyesight. The decoration of theball was outstanding this year, and for thi or-man oates and his band of helper are to beheartily congratulated. One master aid it watreets ahead of any other décor we have had.The evening wa immediately put on a plea ant

footing by the band. They oon had the floorwinging with dancer under the red and whitetreamer. hortly before dinner, four prizes ofbath champagne were pre ented.

Dinner was erved in the diniog hall of LittIe-wood House. The food was set out 00 tables

:J)ance, 1967which had been beautifully arranged and weredecorated with flower and candles. This yeartbc ladie provided our partner with ear-ringand perfume.

Our thank must go to the ladies, especiallyMr . Buwalda, to the firm who 0 generou lyhelped u , to the Old Boys for footing the cool-drink bill, and to Mr. and Mr . Blackbcard, tbehosts. The Dance ommittee al 0 extend theirgrateful thank to all the boy who put in somuch effort to make tbi Dance one of the bestever.

Michael Hurwitz i to be congratulated for allhi organi ation which enabled the whole eveningto run moothly, and also for all bis efforts be-forehand.

M.B.H.

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The pinnacle of the schoolboy cricket season inSouth Africa i the Nuffield week. Thi year itwas held at Kimberley and our sole representa·tive wa E. de Swardt, the school 1 t xl captain.He enjoyed a good week of cricket and shone asa member of the Western Province quizz teamwhich won the alional Inter-Province CricketQuizz Contest.

Ken Bridgen took over the captaincy of tbe1 t Xl, in the Protea League at the commence-ment of the new year. Hi natural ability to leadthe side was evident immediately, and hi teamrallied to hi demand. From being eigbth on tbelog the ide improved their position by somesterling teamwork, ending the sea -on in thefourth po ition. With more determination andtenacity the "winner instinct" could well be cul-tivated for the 1967-68 season. We could takethi opportunity of congratulating Bi hop onbeing the champion of the Protea League forthe 1966-67 ea on. And for having R. Cheethamselt:cted for tbe over ea tour to England withH. v. d. Spuy of S.A.C.H.S. whom we al 0 con-gratulate.

Whilst referring to champions we would liketo extend our good wi he , too, to the laremontCricket Club for the unique bonour of winnjngthe double crown in tbc first and the econddivision logs. We are happy to note that elevenof their players appearing in the winner photo-grapn in the Cape Argus were our Old Boys.To captain Fritz Bing and Vice-Captain, JackBurt (Jnr.) and the club we would extend ourheartiest congratulations.

ot only did the Ist xl make satisfactoryprogress. but our Under IS nursery under Mr. EdHopkins and Mr. Tom Reddick· watcbful eyesturned in a good eason. Mr. Morri ·s under 13did well and the under 12 team in the capablehands of Mes r. Bohling and Theile were un-beaten. This augur well for the future and welook forward hopefully to some vintage years of

cricket. The most promjsing players of the sea onare listed below:Ist Xl Batting:K. Kolesky, R. Kent, B. Rookledge.

Ist X I Bowling:J. Cawood, M. McClurg, . Woodin.

Under 15 Batting:R. Clark, T. Bakhum.

Under 15 Bowling:B. Dyer, M. Reyneke.

Under 13 Batting:A. Lamb, M. Cooke.

Under 13 Bowling:A. Lamb, D. Bird.

U"der 12 Batting:L. Venter, E. Page, G. le Roux.nder 12 Bowling:G. le Roux, H. Frye.

Under Il Batting:A. Vann, M. Venter.

Under II Bowling:R. Aker, A. Vonn.We will be watching their progre s with

intere t and expect them to improve with age.Jn the Senior Cricket ompetition we note at

lea t 20 name of Old Boy involved in fintdivision club matche. This healthy tate ofaffajr we view with atisfaction and wish eachplayer all lhe succe s he de erves for the comingeason.Mike Bowdjtch found himself amongst the

cho en few when he was reque ted to sub titutein the field for Graham PolIoek during the secondTest at Newlands again t the Australians. It willbe a great day for us when one of our Old Boysi elected to play for the Springboks. DerekLouw, Mickey Gile and Michael Bowditch wererespon ible for ome meritorious performancesfor the Provincial ideo We are still debating the

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FIR r CRICKET Xl

First Row (seated I. to r.): Mr. . R. Blad.beard (Principal). J. Cawood. K. Bridgen (Capt.).M. Dewar (Vice-Capt.). Mr. J. Mathew (Coach).

Second ROil' (I. to r.): . Woodin. D. Humphries. B. Rookledge. M. McClurg. J. Town~end.'T. Kolcsky.

Third Row (I. to r.): R. Kent. r. Emms. K. Kole ly.

merits of a rapid twenty-nine runs compiled byMichael Gdes for W.P. against the Australtan~ atewland. If only he had continued to live

dangerou~ly into the first and second centuries asGraham Pollock did, we would have been satis-fied. Jack BUrl, eville Budge, Howard Spiro.Quenton Rooklcdge. Chris tephen and DaveMcMcaklng also played for sides representing theProvince during the cason. eville Williams didwell for Rhodesia In their match again t theustrallans at Sali~bury.

The club I' deeply indebted to the slatl whoeoa h with enthu ia m, knowledge and inspira-lion. In addition to the coaching of Mr. TomReddick we were fortunate to obtain the ser-

vice; of Mr. Gavin Pfuhl on vacation from. .T. to coach the Preparatory School boys

mainly. He did excellently, and enthu ed thejuniors by helping their mental approach to thegame and tcachlng thcm to play the ball downthe line of delivery. Messr. Tom Reddick.Unger and J. Mathew coached the I t XI. Mr.J. VOlgt the 2nd XI. Mr. S. Gilmore the 3rdXL Mr. V. Parkin the 4th XI and Mr. P.Bro\ter the 5th Xl.

In the under 15 group Mr. Ed Hopkinand Mr. Reddick give the junior player an ex-cellent grounding in technique. Me r. Jordaan.Blom. Bromberger and Kalloway hared thecoaching of the rest of the Under 15 group.

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The Under 13 group was supervised andcoached by Messrs. A. Moms and D. Kooy.The "A" had a very encouraging season. In theJunior School the Under 12 side, supervisedby Mr. Theile. was unbeaten. lllis is an en-viable record, and we hope it will lead to sports-man hip as weU a to the desire to win. Mr.Smith and Mr. Just were re ponsible for theUnder 12B and the Under 11 respectively. Thegames played every Monday afternoon areeagerly anticipated by the sixty-six cricketers whoplay keenly conte ted matches on the A field.Mr. 00 thuizen does a sterling job of work inupervising the budding Springboks.Each of our Wynberg tearns has its own group

of enthusiastic supporters who excite the playersto perform well. We welcome such healthy en-couragement. The tuck shop, which functionso efficiently under the willing supervision ofMesdame Hamburger and Blackenberg and tbeirhelpers has made the cricket field in urnmer apleasant place for Saturday morning and after-noon teas.

As a club we would like to extend to Mr.Jenning , Stan and Rob our sincerest sympathyin their tragic bereavement. Mr. Jennings,known to us all as "Bill, was one of our mo tbenevolent upporters. Few knew that hefinanced the Old Boy' bat awards we made overmany years. When "Bill" retired he felt he wasunable to continue awarding these expensive giftsto the chool and they then unfortunately lapsed.We look back on cheri hed memories of "Bill's"association with the chool'c Cricket Club.

The news that our groundsman, Mr. Holmes,will be leaving oon comes as a shock. He basproduced good wickets for us and the groundshave never looked so green and well cared for.We hope his succes or will be able to equal hishigh standard of achievement during the newseason.

This report would be incomplete if wc omittedto thank Mr. Blackbeard, Mrs. Berwell ourMatron, and Si ter de Klerk for supervi ing thelunche offered to our visitor and the 1st XIwhen home matches were played. Thi facilityassists the players to fraternise and fo ters aspirit of friendly rivalry in the Protea Leaguemat hes. The untiring equipment stewards underT. Pickthall have rendered yeomen service anddeserve our unqualified thank for their efficiency.

The awards for the season were:Blues:

E. de Swardt.Colours:

E. de Swardt, J. Fine, Gilmour, Merrifield,E. Jennings, K. Bridgens, M. Dewar, M. McClurg,J. Cawood, R. Kent.1st Xl Caps:K. Kolesky, T. Kolesky, N. Woodin, I. Emms,

J. Townsend, R. Kent, D. Humphries, B. Rook-ledge.2nd Xl Caps:

B. Monis, P. Goodwin, E. Eddy.Under 15 Caps:F. Kalis, T. Bakkum, M. Reyneke, R. Clarke.

Under 13 Caps:A. Kock.

Bats Awards - For taking 8 wickets or making100 runs:A. Lamb (I3A).

FIRST ELEVEN MATCH SUMMARY - -1966-67 Season

1966Vs. U.C.T.Tn the first match of the 1966-67 sea on tbc

school, under the captaincy of E. de Swardt.was defeated by 73 runs. U.C.T. batted first andtotalled 178. De Swardt was the best 3choolbowler, taking 4/46. Tbe School's batling tailedbadly and we were all out for 105, De Swardtbeing top scorer with 29.

Vs. Stellenbosch University.In a match played at Stellenbosch, the School,

batting fir t, totalled 249/4 declared in 229min. De Swardt (103 n.o.) and Merrifield (86)both batted excellently. The Maties cored 250runs in 180 min. with relative ease owing tolack of control by the bowlers and some badfielding. The School thus lost this match by 6wickets.

Vs. W.P.The School gained it first victory of the sea-

son in a match played at Kelvin Grove. W.P.batting first, were routed by Jennings (4/41) andMcClurg (S/l8) and were all out for 78. TheSchool had little difficulty in knocking off therequlred runs to win by 6 wickets. Fine was topscorer with 28 not out.

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Vs. St. JosepJts.Batting first, the School failed badly and were

aU out for 109, Gilmour (31) showed determina-tion, which was otherwise lacking. WhenSt. Josephs batted they found the bowling ofWoodin (4/20) and Jennings (3/21) too muchfor tbem and they were all out for 80. Thisgave the School a 29-run victory.

Vs. Bishops.Bishops won the toss and elected to bat fir t

but were soon in trouble. Only a 5th wicketstand by Cbeetham and Crittenden of 127 helpedthem to total 188. De Swardt bowled excellentlyto take 7/40. The School were aU out for 113,therefore losing by 75 runs. Merrineld was topcorer with 36.

SCHOOLS WEEKVs. S.A.C.s.ln a game played at St. Jo ephs, SAC batted

first and scored 187 for 7 dec. Woodin bowledwell to take 4/39. The School made no attemptto cba e the runs and played out a drawn game,coring 138/3. Fine (43) and Gilmour (47) battedwell but slowly.

Vs. R.B.H.s.Jn the 2nd game of lhe week, played at

Bi hop, Rondebosch was restricted to a totalof 181 by McClurg's good bowling (6/60). Wbenthe School batted, Fine (23) and De Swardt (18)were the only batsmen to reach double figures ina total of 63. The Scbool thus lo t by 118 runs.

Vs. Town:Town were sent in to bal and were soon out

for 144, Jennings (3/ J8) and McClurg (2/35)bowling well. The School had little difficulty ingetting the required runs for tbe loss of 7 wkts.Dewar (38 n.o.), Gilmour (27), Fine (22) andlenning (21 n.o.) all batted well.Vs. Cape.In tbe last game of the week, played at Ron-

debo ch, the School batted fir t and were all outfor 153. Bridgens (46) and Kolesky (28 n.o.)batted well. Jennings (3/37), Gilmour (3/14) andMcClurg (2/12), belped by some good fielding,soon bundled S. Cape out for 91, re uiting inthe School's second victory of the week, by 62runs.

1967Vs. Teehs.Tbe 1st Xl started this balf of the season

in fine spirit. Five established players bad left

scbool at the end of tbe year, but a new andspirited team under the captaincy of K. Bridgenswon their fir t game against Techs by 6 wickets.Techs batted first and totalled 69. Cawood(4/26), Humphries (2/22), Bridgens (2/2) andWoodin all bowled extremely well and werehelped by some very good fielding. The Schoolgot the required runs easily, Kent being topscorer with 15.

Vs. B.P. (friendly).The School batted first and declared at lJ 5 /6

with Bridgens (46) and Kent (22 n.o.) being topscorers. B.P. were soon in trouble against thebowling of Cawood (2/1 0) and McClurg (2/11)but managed to hold out in tbe end with theirscore at 102/9. This game was thu' drawn.

Vs. Pinelands (friendly).Pineland , a powerful 2nd division side, batted

first and totalled a quick 127. Cawood (3/37)and Bridgens (4/27) bowled extremelyy well.Rookledge (60 n.o.), Bridgens (42) and Dewar(32 n.o.) showed their ability to score quicklywhen they knocked off the runs in less than 2hour. The trio batted excellently and the Schoolwon by 7 wickets.

Vs. S.A.C.S.S.A. .S. batted first and only a good knock by

Snyman (63) saved them from a total less than100. Cawood (5/47) and McClurg (3/13) bowledwell and re tricted them to a total of 144. K.KoJesky (70), Dewar (42) and Cawood (79)hammered the SACS bowling and batting, afterwinning by 5 wickets, the School totalling 254.Kolesky opened the innings and it wa hishighest score of the season. Dewar and awoodshowecl their abilities by coring their runs ineven time.

Vs. W.P.Bridgen won the to and ent W.P. in to bat.

W.P. were soon all out for 147 on account ofgood bowli ng by Ca wood (3/40) and Bridgens(4/33) and ome good wicket keeping by K.Kolesky, who stumped three batsmen. For the firsttime this eason the School batting failed andwe era hed to our first defeat of 1967, by 54runs. Bridgens wa top scorer with 20.

Vs. Barclays Bank (friendly).Winning the tos, the School elected to bat.

K. Kolesky (36), Cawood (37) anel Kent (22)chased the runs and the Scbool declared at 111/6in just over 100 minutes. Gilharn, an old boy

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of tbe school, pulverized the School's bowlingwhen the Banks batted and led them to an 8wicket victory.

Vs. Defence.Defence, the Protea log leaders, were sent in

to bat and were dismissed before lunch for atotal of 108. McClurg taking (4/15). K. Kolesky(56) and Rookledge (25) again batted well andsaw the School through to a creditable 5-wicketvictory.

Vs. W.P_ Wednesday XI (friendly).This game was played on a wet Wednesday

afternoon at ewlands "A", the School baltingfirst. Emms (25), K. Koles.ky (33), Townsend (22)and Humphries (25) batted well. Rain fell be-tween the innings and again when W.P. batted,making bowling and fielding very difficult.Cawood (2/24) bowled very well in the condi-tion. W.P. won the game by 6 wickets.

Vs. Old Boys.The Old Boys batted first and four of the

First Divi ion players in their side (Lamb, Burt,Michel and Bing) batted extremely well andhelped their side to score a quick 204/7 dec.Cawood (3/76) and McClurg (2/75), helped bysome good calches by Humphries and K. Koles-ky, bowled well. The School's batting failedmiserably and only Rookledge (35), Cawood(25) and Kent (33 n.o.) showed any resistance tothe Old Boys. Jennings, last year's openingbowler for the School, was the best bowlertak.ing 3/16. This annual game was lost by 67runs.

Vs. S.v.Stellenbosch lost the to s and were sent in.

Tbey scored 249/8 dec. Dewar (2/23) andMcClurg (2/38) bowled well. When the Schoolbatted tbey bad to face a hostile attack, butRookledge (50), Kent (21) and Dewar (29 n.o.)showed tbat bumpers did not worry them. At6.30 p.m. lhe School bad scored 158 for the lossof 6 wickets and thus the game was drawn.

Vs. Teehs.The School batted first on a hard, fast wicket.

Kolesky (58), Dewar (58) and Townsend (22n.o.) batted very well and the Scbool declaredat 216/7 at 3 o'clock. When Techs batted tbeywere soon in trouble and although a 6th wicketpartnership of 90 almost gave them victory, goodbowling by Rookledge (2/17) broke tbe partner-

ship. Humphries (3/22) and T. Kolesky (2/19)also bowled well. The School won this game by44 runs.

Vs. St. Joseph's.St. Joseph's, playing at borne, batted first and

scored 186 all out. Cawood (4/81), Humpbries(2/14) and McClurg (2/22) bowled steadily. TheScbool's batting faiJed badly, but Kent (21),McClurg (21), T. Kolesky (12) and Townsend(55 n.o.) saved the day. The Scbool ended up 20runs short with two wickets in hand, and thusthis exciting game was drawn.

AVERAGESBOWL10

O. R. W. A.McClurg 198 451 34 13·2Jennings 127 311 22 14-1De Swardt 106 289 20 14-4Cawood 127 447 28 15·9Bridgens 91 368 20 t 8·1

MerrifieldDe SwardtKolesky, K.Dewar _ .Kent _ -Fine _ _ _GilmourRookJedge

BATIINO

T. N.O. H.S.9 3 869 I 103*15 I 7014 3 5813 4 33*9 1 439 4716 2 60*(* Not out.)

R.196234338245194155180271

A.32-629·324·122·221·519·420·019·3

2nd XIAs can be een from the synopsis of the results,

the team bad an indifferent season. Too manymalches finished witbout a decisive result.

The cause of this is mainJy the inability of theboy 10 k.eep attacking tbe stumps when bowling,and I also found very bad fielding. Two or threedropped catcbes a match became quite regular- yel it has been proved that catches winmatches.

Another rea on for no remarkable succe s wasthe approacb to batting. It was what I caU nega-tive. The boys went in to bat, not with the ideaof coring runs but with topping the bowlerfrom getting them out. Some positive battingwa. seen in patches from opener P. Goodwin andR. Gilbert, tbe latter being inclined to becomeimpatient.

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The lack of a varied attack in the bowlingsection also affected the performances. We hadat least six meruum-fast bowlers, but not onereally good spin-bowler. E. Eddy, who took overthe captaincy from M. Deane, proved the mo tconsistent. He bowled beautifully throughout theseason.

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RESULTS

First Half of Season.Ist Game (lost): Wynberg: 60. Dyer 14 not out.Rondebosch: 86 for 5. Deane 2/9, Eddy 2/8.

2nd Game (won): Wynberg: 81 for 4. Wiegman38, Deane 22.

Observatory' 80. Humphries 3/25, Kole'iky4/16.

3rd Game (lost): Wynberg: 78. Wiegman 20,Kolesky 13.

Plumstead: 144. Kolesky 2/30, Deane 3/20.4th Game (draw): Wynberg: 106. Deane 46 n.o.

t. Jo eph's: 45/5. Humphries 3/20, Deane2/9.

5th Game (won): Wynberg: 114/4. Humphries39, Ko.lesky 39 n.o.

e.T.H .. : ] 12. Kolesky 5/15, Humpbries 4/39.6th Game (lo t): Wynberg: 55. Dyer 18.

Bi hop: 56/5.

Second Half 'Of Season.Ist Game (lost): Wynberg: 67. Deane 13.

Westerford: 95. Eddy 4/19, Oosthuizen 3/13.2nd Game (draw): Wynberg: 126/7. Goodwin

26, Dyer 24, Townsend 22.Sea Point: 150/3. Oosthuizen 2/11.

3rd Game (lo t): Wynberg: 86. Green 20, Gil-bert 32.

Observatory: 89. Eddy 4/8, Morris 4/19.4th Game (draw): Wynberg: 111/7. Goodwin

36, Dyer 17, Townsend 16, Ritcbie n.o. 17..B.. : 143/8, Gilbert 3/35, Eddy 4/40.

5th Game (lo t): Wynberg: 79. Van Dam 14,Gilbert 14..A.C. .: 88/9. Gilbert 4/27.

6th Game (won): Wynberg: 62. Dyer 16 n.o.Bergvliet: 61. Eddy 6/21, Ritchie 2/14.

The Whole Season.Played Won

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Drawn3

3rd XIAlthough not especially successful, tbe 3rd XI

cricket team enjoyed most of its matches. Therewas a fine team spirit amongst the boys. AlecBlotnik was the captain for the 4th term andTaki Kyriacos took over at the beginning of thiyear.The best performers with tbe bat were Kyria-

co. Long and Des Ligneris, while AndertonKyriacos and Paterson bowled con istently.The team would like to tbank Mr. Gilmore for

his much-appreciated assistance, and the boyswho hope to leave school at the end of the yearwould like to wish the remainder every successin the forthcoming eason.

4th XIAn average season was enjoyed by the fourth.

We were unlucky not to win some of our games,but we were robbed of success at the last moment.

Our failure was partly because we were neverable to build up a consistent team where team-work could be practised, as our star playerswere always being snapped up by the higherlearns. But a good team spirit was maintainedthroughout the season, and the team took theirdefeats well.The team would like to thank Mr. Parkins for

hi invaluable assistance at all times.

RESULTS

Vs. Muizenberg.Muizenberg 95 (pogrund 6/13, Hamburger

3/27). W.B.H.S. 62 (pjckthall 13). Lost by 33runs.

Vs. Milnerton.Milnerton 106/9 dec. (Ritchie 3/16, Horton

3/27). W.B.H.S. 57 (Ritchie 22, Horton 19). Lostby 49 runs.

Vs. D. F. Malan .W.B.H.S. 70 (Beems 19, Peter 14). D.F. Malan

75 (Honeyman 2/31). Lost by 5 wickets.

Vs. J. J. du Preez .J. J. du Preez 124/4 dec. (H. de Goede 72.

Harris 2/19). W.B.H.S. 41 (Armstrong 14). Lostby 83 run .

Vs. Bishops.Bishops 112 (Arm trong 4/27, William 3/19).

W.B.H.S. 38 (Armstrong 18). Lost by 74 runs.

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Vs. Camps Bay.W.B.H.S. 69 (Hamburger 30, Tevess 17). Camps

Bay 70 II (Progrund 1/12). Lost by 10 wickets.

Vs. S.A .C.s.W.B.H.S. 61 (Beems 15, Wynton 12). SA.C.S.

63 (Hamburger 4/18, Pickthall 1/5).

5th XIThe "Fighting Fifth" were essentially a happy

team, taking victory and, more frequently, defeatwith a cheery goodwill. They improved splen-didly throughout the eason.

Our games were always full of interest,whether slumping from 50 (or two to 94 allout (again t Kuil river) or skitlling the Bishopbatsmen out (Stan took 7 for 13 that day). Muil-wyk was an elegant batsman, Williams bowledand balted with exuberance. while Armstrong

wa a relaxed inswing bowler. Walker, Smedley,Cook and Spreadbury attacked the bowling bril-liantly at times, while Katz, Beattie and Kirk-wood effectively substituted grit for grace andtenacity for talent. Goldblatt and Waldendorpbad some success as bowlers and various othershelped the team in a number of games. A finesea on which proved that, win or lose, cricket jsa game wrucb can be thoroughly enjoyed.

Under 15 CricketThe Under 15 age group - the transitional

period in a boy's cricketing career - this yearagain expo cd the necessity for boys to concen-trate on the two basics of a ound cricketingcareer: keenness and practice.

Although the four leam enjoyed mixed for-tunes, it is gratifying to record that there was anever-increa ing number of boys playing cricket.

U DER 15 CRICKET, 1967Hack Row: D. nderson, K. Dc Ligneris. M. Gluckman.Middle Row: J. cbouw, P. Johnson, B. Dyer, F. KaUs. T. Probyn.Front Row: Mr. N. R. Blackbeard, M. Reyneke, R. Clark (Captain), T. Bakkum (Vice-Capt.),

1r. E. H. Hopkins (Coach).

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The A side, under the capable leadership otRay Clark, did not quite live up to expectations,but the players enjoyed their cricket and a usefulnucleus has been formed for the future.

The B team, under the capable and enthusia.sticcoaching of Mr. Jordaan, improved with eachmatch.

The C and 0 teams, although not Springboksof the future, played enterprising cricket at alltimes, and should prove sound material forfuture senior teams.

Under 15AYs. Bishops.Wynberg 94 (Reyneke 31). Bishops 95 for 3.

Bishops won by 7 wickets.

Vs. Westerford.Wynberg 86 (Clark 42). Westerford 31 (Rey-

neke 3/3, Clark 3/8). Wynberg won by 55runs.

Vs. Rondebosch.Rondebosch 177 (Dyer 5152, Clark 3/30).

Wynberg 77 (Ramsden 19 n.o.). Rondebo chwon by 100 runs.

Vs. S.A.e.s.Wynberg46 (Clark 15). S.A.C.S. 117/8 (Clark

3/34). S.A.C.S. won by 7 wickets.

Vs. Plumstead.Wynberg 134 (Clarke 60, Reyneke 22). Plum-

stead 59 (Dyer 5/4, Kalis 4/26). Wynbergwon by 75 runs.

Vs. Pinelands.Wynberg 99 (Clark 52, Bakkum 28 n.o.). Pine-

lands 27 (Probyn 4/9). Wynberg won by 71runs.

Vs. Paul R()l()s.Wynberg 126 (Bakkum 44 n.o.). Paul Roos 76

for 8 (Dyer 3/14, Clark 3/23). Draw.

Under 158Vs. Paul Roos "A".

W.B.H.S. 75 (Sacks 31, Anderton 15). PaulRoos 49 (probyn 4/14, Wates 2/2, Anderton2/13). Result: Wynberg won by 26 runs.

Vs. Bishops "B".W.B.H.S. 73 (Casper 20, RedeLinghui 16).

Bishop 73 (probyn 4/17, Anderton 2/16,Cohen 2/16). Result: a tie.

Vs. Observatory "A".W.B.H.S. 61 (Cohen 29 n.o.). O.B.H.S. 33 (An-

derton 3/3, Probyn 3/6, Lewis 2/3). Result:Wynberg won by 28 runs.

Vs. SA.C.S. "B".W.B.H.S. 120 (Redelinghuys 30, Potter 25).

S.A.C.S. 80 (Anderton 5/16, Probyn 5/43).Result: Wynberg won by 40 runs.

Ys. Rondebosch "B".W.B.H.S. 18, R.B.H.S. 19/1. Result: Wynberg

lost by 9 wickets.

Under 15CVs. Rondebosch.R.B.H.S. 185/5 dec. W.B.H.S. 19. Result:Lost by 166 runs.

Vs. Plumstead.W.B.H.S. 96 (Jupp 26, Oosthuizen 19). Plum-

stead 86 (Burger 7/9). Result: Won by 10runs.

Vs. Pinelands.W.B.H.S. 164/7 dec. (Dunster 55. 00 thuizen

44). Pineland 37 (Dunster 3/ Il, Klein 3/3).Result: Won by 127 runs.

Vs. Bishops.W.B.H.S. 59 (Dunster 13). Bishops 59 (pro-

byn 6). Re uIt: Match tied.

Under 13AThe first term of this season was particularly

successful for this tearn, which played 7 matches,winning 4, losing 2 and drawing I.

Special mention must be made of the captain,Alan Lamb, who excelled in both batting andbowling. Against St. Josepb's be took 9 wicketsfor 2 run. He also frequently scored half-centuries and over. Antony Kock had a goodseason, batting, bowling and fielding well. Hewas deservedly awarded his cricket cap.

Reeves and MacFarlane had a good season intbe slips, taking 5 catches between them. Reeveslater took over the position of wicketkeeper andshowed great promise. Michael Cooke showedpotential as an opening bat.

Bird started late in tbe season with some u e-ful leg-break bowling and fielding.We hope that tbe team will continue to pro-

duce good results in future seasons.

Under 138Although we won only one of our matches and

drew two, everal others were lo t by a very

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DER 13A CRICKET l.eAMFront Row (I. to r.): Mr. . R. Blackbeard (Principal), . MacFarlane, A. Lamb, M. Reeves,

Mr. A. Morris (Coach).Middle Row (I. lo r.): S. Casper, C. Ludin, M. Mauger, E. Coffin, G. Anderson, M. Cooke,

D. Bird.Back Row (I. to r.): A. Kock, M. Brown.

narrow margin, and in the last minutes of play.There has in fact been a distinct improvement inour performance in all departments of the game,largely owing to our having been able to trike asounder balance between net and 'middle' prac-tices.

Because of the latter, our team became moreaccustomed to match-play conditions. and themounting fluency and mature approach of mostof our players was heartening to note.The prowe of the team as a whole bec3me

less embarrassingly unpredictable.Individual performances that deserve mention

are: Wheeler' six wickets against ClaremontPrimary (at one tage for only twenty runs),Bird' fifty-five not out in the same match, andReeve's twenty-seven against Sunlands.

Under 12"A" Tea/II.

With diligent practice and keen interest, lhe"An team soon developed into a very u eful andcohesive side. Many of the "sea oned" playersconsolidated their positions and new talent wasdi covered. Of tbe matches played to date, onlyone ha been lost and one tied, the rest being wonin a fine porting pi rit. The team was well ~ap-tained by L. Venter, with E. Page, D. Dovetonand H. Frye showing much promi e. pecialmention must be made of Garth le Roux who hasbowled and batted consistently well.

"8" Team.Although all their matches were lost, the "B"

learn howed a fine pirit and always played inthe true porting manner. Practices were we))

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attended and competition was keen. The follow-ing boys need special mention for their keenne sand promise: D. van der Byl, D. Cait, H. Salkowand A. Hendrikse, who joined tbe team late inthe season.Tbe higblight of the sea on was tbe "Boys vs.

Fathers" matcbes. Two matches were played,and in both the fathers showed that they couldstill teach their sons a thing or two. The resultswere:

"AH team - 96 all out.Fathers - 97 for five."B" team - 43 all out.Fathers - 73 all out.

We would like to tbank all the parents whocontributed to making this such a pleasant andsuccessful afternoon's cricket, while lhe ladiesdeserve especial thanks for tbe delicious refresh-ments that were served.

Finally, a hearty vote of thanks to Mr. Pfuhl,wbo helped with the coaching of the teams, andlo those parents who so willingly provided trans-port.

Under 11The Under II A had a very successful sea on.

having the distinction of winning all their matches.A. Vann and M. Venter showed great promise

a batsmen. while R. A her and A. Vann werethe most successful of the bowler.

CRLCKET UNDER IIA TEAMFront Row (I. lo r.): Mr. A. Lorie (Principal), P. Katz, M. Venter, T. Cleary, Mr. R. Just

(Coach).Second Row (I. lo r.): P. Smuts, E. Robb, S. Kaufmann, A. Vann, M. Sacher.Third Row (I. to r.): P. Jones, R. Asher, P. Blackbeard, S. Bird.

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A fine team pmt prevailed throughout theseason and thi contributed greatly to the successof the team.

HOUSE CRICKET RESULTS1. De Waal.2. Rhodes.3. Wellington.4. Van Riebeeck.

1st Cricket Team Tour to Natal

1st XI Captain's Comments

Vs. Col/ins Xl (Michael House).In the fir t match of our Pietermaritzburg tourchool lost the to and were sent in to bat.

Good knocks by Townsend (56), Dewar (54), K.Kolesky (28), Gilbert (25), Kent (22) and awood(20) resulted in a total of 244 in 210 minutes. Inthe 180 minute left for play, Micbaelhousetotalled 220 for 5 wickets, T. Kolesky taking 3wickets (or 37. A most enjoyable match wasdrawn.

Vs. Marilzburg College.Winning the to , Maritzburg College batted

fir t and scored 253 for 5 declared, McCiurgtaking 2 wickets for 23. School's batting failedbadly and we were all out for 76. only McClurg(17) and K. Kolesky (16) reaching double figures.Following on, School's batting showed improve-ment and we were 48 for 1 wicket at close.Woodin 19 n.o. and McClurg 18 n.o. batted well.

Vs. Maritzb/lrg Training College.School batted fir t and cored 203 all out in

150 minutes. Bridgens (61) and McClurg (55)showed good form.

Left with 175 minutes of play, Training Collegescored 195 for 5. T. Kole ky, 2 for 21, andMcClurg, 2 for 35, were the best of the bowlers.

hard-fought game wa drawn.

Vs. The Magpies.Again t a team which included two Springboks

(M. Procter and Chri Burger), two otber Provin-cial players (Par ons and Smith) as well as lastyear's .A. uffield captain, G. Katz, School di.dwell to 'core 115. Woodin batted very well inscoring 44.

The batting of tbc Magpies wa too strong forchool' bowling, only Woodin (2/32) having a

rea onable analysis. Magpies totalled 267 ior 5declared, Katz scoring 151.

School batted again and scored 155 all out.Kent (28), Clark (28). Bridgens (26), K. Kole~ky(24) and awood (23 not out) all batted well.School lo t the game on the first innings.

1st XI Captain's CommentsThis year's side is a comparatively young one,

having only two matrics, and taking this factormto account, we have done very well. Lying in8th position on the Protea log at the half-waymark, we pulled up to 4tb po ition losing onlytwo games. A lot of our success must be cred-ited to the profes ional coaching of Mr. TomReddick and the constant support and encourage-ment of Mr. Mathew.I would alo like to thank Mes rs. Cawood,

McClurg, Bridgen, Dewar, Rookledge andKolesky [or their regular attendances at ourmatches. Thank are also extended to all parentsfor their fund-raising efforts which enabled u toenjoy a very pleasant tour to Pietermaritzburg.I would also like to express the gratitude of theteam to Matron for upplying u with lunche .

K. BRJDGENs.

HEBREW CULTURAL SOCIETYCommittee: M. Rubin, S. Slome, L. Green,

S. Leyser.Although the Society got off to a late start, it

neverthele s enjoyed a highly succe sful andactive year. Among the peakers that addressedus, we were privileged to hear Rabbi Shennandiscus ing the controversial subject, "Is the BibleTrue?" Hi clear and well-illu trated views wereindeed enlightening. Rev. Kramer spoke to us onthe recent Middle East War and expressed theview that we were living in a Me sian ic age.The highlight of the Society's activities wa the

creening or the film "Six Day' in June" beforea packed chool Hall. Later in the year, a docu-mentary on "The Life of Ben-Gurion" was shown,as well as "1 rael's Independence Day Celebra-tions". Further meetings have been planned fortbe fourth term.

We must tbank the Zioni t Office for their kindco-operation in lending us the films, and Mr.Metrowich and Mr. Mathew for allowing us tohold our meetings in the Science Lecture Theatreand the Biology Laboratory. Finally, our thanksgo to the committee, and all members for theirupport and enthusia m.

M.R.

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TENNISETIE TEAM, 1967Front Row (1. to r.): Mr. A. Lorie (Principal), H. Frye, L Venter (Capt.), M. Venter (Vice-

Capt.), Mr. K. Hutchison (Coach).Second Row (I. to r.): R. Asher, A. Blackbeard, A. Hendrikse.

~nnidelleTennisette continues to enjoy enthusiastic sup-

port in the Junior School and we have quite atask fitting approximately 120 players on to theavailable courts. A word of thanks must go tothe teachers who coach the boys in tennisetteduring the year. Mr. Houba's services have againbeen enlisted this year for those boys wishing tohave special coaching in tennisette or tennis.It should be stres ed that tennisette is oot only

training for tennis but is primarily a sport to helpyoung children to gain ball control which is re-quired in any ball game later on.

During the latter part of 1966 the Cape Perun-sula Tennisette Championships were held and a

number of our players did very weU. L. Venterwa chosen as reserve for the Cape PeninsulaTeam tbat played again t Boland at Robertsonin December, and for this he was presented witha Cape Peninsula Tenoisette Badge.The Annual School Tournament was held in

the fourth term last year. In the Doubles thepacbter Cup was won by L. Venter and M. Ven-ter, and in the Singles tbe eraye Cup was won byL. Venter.

During the first term of this year the teamplayed nine matcbes, of which eigbt were wonand only one lost. These rune matches were madeup of 49 sets "for" to 14 sets "against", or 352

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games "for" to 196 games "against". The boysare to be commended on their high standard ofplay.

Also during the first term a boys' team playedagainst a parents' team. This was a highly suc-

cessful occasion and there were some very tensemoments during tbe afternoon's play. Tbe par-ents showed their superiority, however, winning23 sets to tbe boys' 13.

K.HurcHISON.

Chairman: J. Miller.Secretary: P. Goodwin.Commillee: J. Goldblatt, H. Lip hitz (cap-

tain), J. Slome.Master-in-Charge: Mr. Kooy.Once again the Golf Club has enjoyed a most

succe ful year. The meetings and functions weregenerally well attended and competitions receivedgood support.

At the first meeting of the year we had a verygood turnout and some forty boys enrolled. Inaddition, the above committee was elected tooffice and the general programme of tbe year wasdiscu sed. We were determined to make this amost active, interesting and beneficial year andwe trust that our ambition has been achieved.

So far three clinics have been held at theHawthorndene Fields and they have enjoyed ex-cellent support, particularly that of the youngermember. The Western Province Golf Founda-tion, a body which has stimulated great interestin the game among junior golfer in the WesternCape, kindly consented to lend us 50 bal1s, andwe tbank them for the much-appreciated gesture.The more experienced players spoke on matterof general interest and coached the younger mem-bers, many of whom did not at fir t know whata golf club looked like. One of the most encour-aging aspects of this year's activitie is the amaz-ing progress made by these junior.

Various competition were held during the yearand in this respect we should like to thank thecommittee of the Clovelly Country Club, WestlakeGolf Club and the King David Country Clubfor their co-operation, which is greatly appreci-ated. Five competitions, solely for school pupils,have been held and were generally run on aStableford and Medal basis. These competitionsdo not include the Inter-Schools competition,Club champiomhip. etc .. about which more willbe said. The competitions were won by J. Shlome,J. Miller. and H. Miller who won three. At thisjuncture I hould like to thank Mr. Gordon

Bunting, a regular member of the W.P. golf teamand an Old Boy of the Scbool, for donating newgolf ball. which were used as prizes.

The first important match of the year wasplayed again t the all-too-confident staff team,repre ented by Me srs. Kooy, Parkins, Fair andBoltman. The school team consisted of H. Lip-hitz, J. M iller, J. Slome and J. Goldblatt. Thechool won the match by a comfortable margin.The golf wa enjoyed by al1 and the masters areto be thanked for consenting to participate andgiving up their valuable time.

The annual inter-schools competition was heldat Rondebosch and was organised by the W.P.Golf Foundation. Weil over 100 boys from 18Cape chools participated in the championship,which was run on a combined medal basis. Ourentry of six pairs wa tbe econd-Iargest entry.The inter-house competition was won by Van

Riebeeck, fol1owed by De Waal, Wellington andRhodes respectively.

Our chool championship proved to be one ofthe highlights of the year. After the preliminaryround, in which twelve boys were eliminated, thefinals were held at tbe formidable King Davidcourse. The six finalists had to compete with un-favourable weather conditions and tru was largelyresponsible for the poor scoring. Harry Lip hitzwon tbe competition with a 92 gross, and bydoing so became the choo) champion. E. Casper,the runner-up, returned a 95 gross score. Con-gratulations to bolh these boys.

Activitie dunng the last term will not beneglected, and we intend to hold the annual matchagainst the Old Boy early next term. Variouscompetitions, film hows and clinics will be omeof the functions that will be arranged during thelatter end of tbe year.

Finally, on behalf of the committee, I shouldlike lo express our thanks to Mr. Kooy fortaking uch an actIve part in the club's activities.We hope that the club will progress from strengthto strength in the coming year. P.G.

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This year, Mr. Neville Riley, Old Boy and ex-Springbok. hurdler, returned to Cape Town andcame along to help us. His aid was invaluableand we are looking forward to the clinic whichhe intends opening at the school this season.Additional welcome news this season is that the

Metric system will be used in future. This willbring us in line with the majority of countriesparticipating in athletics. Some inconveniencewill be eau ed at first, however, as records willhave to be converted and tracks re-measured; alltracks will have to be tandardised to 400 metres.

Annual ChampionshipsBeing fortunate enough to have had the use of

the Garrison, we again extend our gratitude tothe military authorities.The meeting was beid on Friday, 24th Febru-

ary. Rather windy conditions bad detrimentaleffects on some of the times.J. Cawood and D. Williams were joint Victors

Ludorum, and D. Asher was the U.16 Champion.M. 00 tbuizen won the U.14 section and alsobroke the only record of the day, that of NevilleRiley, whicb had stood since 1944. D. Doveton,A. Oliver and M. Cawood were tbe most prom·ising juniors.

Our grateful tbanks go to Mr. Noffki, Mr.Oosthuizen, timekeepers and all other helperswho made it a mo t enjoyable meeting.

L.O.

DETAILED RESULTSOpen

Joo yards: 1. J. Cawood (D.W.); 2. J. Oosthui-zen (W.); 3. B. de Vries (DW.). Time: 11·0.

220 yards: I. J. Cawood (D.W.); 2. E. Loubser(R.); 3. B. de Vries (O.W.). Time: 24·4.

440 yards: 1. J. Cawood (D.W.); 2. W. vanDam (V.R.); 3. E. Loubser (R.). Time: 55·7.

880 yards: I. K. Long (W.) ; 2. K. Kesner (R.) ;3. A. Cook (W.). Time: 2:12·1.

I mile: 1. K. Long (W.); 2. P. Baerecke (W.);3. L. Buwalda (R.). Time: 5: 8·8.

JIO yards Hurdles: I. D. Williams (V.R.); 2. T.Snyman (O.W.); 3. T. Kyriacos (R.). Time:15·5.

Long Jump: 1. H. Green (V.R.); 2 .M. Snyman(O.W.); 3. M. MuiJwyk (O.W.). Distance:18' 9~ .

High Jump: I. D. Williams (V.R.); 2. H. Green(V.R.); 3. B. de Vries (DW.). Height: 5' 3t".

Shot Putt: 1. D. Williams (V.R.); 2. T. Kyriacos(R.); 3. M. Dewar (R.). Distance: 34' 5".

Under 16100 yards: 1. D. Asher (W.); 2. B. Schneider(R.); 3. J. Sims (O.W.). Time: 11.2.

220 yards: 1. D. Asher (W.); 2. B. Schneider(R.); 3. L. Oosthuizen (V.R.). Time: 25·0.

440 yards: 1. D. Asher (W.); 2. I. Emms (R.);3. B. chneider (R.). Time: 55·2.

880 yards 1. K. Kole ky (DW.); 2. F. Kalis(R.); 3. J. Williamson (V.R.). Time: 2: 12·2.

IlO yards Hurdles: I. L. Oosthuizen (V.R.);2. K. Kolesky (O.W.); 3. D. Steadman (W.).Time: 15·8.

Long Jump: 1. P. Anderton (V.R.); 2. C. Smed·ley (R.); 3. A. Kirkwood (D.W.). Distance:16' 3+".

High Jump: I. D. Calder (O.W.); 2. B. Sacks(W.); 3. P. Anderton (V.R.) and R. Cumroing(V.R.). Height: 5' Ir.

Shot Putl: I. R. Ritchie (W.); 2. L. Oosthuizen(V.R.); 3. D. Calder (O.W.). Distance: 32')t".

Under 14100 yards: 1. M. Oosthuizen (W.); 2. G. Gill·mer (R.); 3. N. Fine (V.R.). Time: 1l·8.

220 yards: I.M. Oosthuizen (W.); 2. M. Porter(W.); 3. G. Gillmer (R.). Time: 26·3.

75 yards Hurdles: I. M. Oosthuizen (W.); 2. E.Casper (V.R.); 3. M. Gentz (R.). Time: 11.2.

Long Jump: 1. M. Oosthuizen (W.); 2. M.Porter (W.); 3. G. Gillmer (R.). Distance:16' 10".

High Jump: I. G. Gillmer (R.); 2. N. Fine(V.R.); 3. N. Kirkwood (O.W.) and J. Oost·huizen (V.R.). Height: 4' 5".

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ATI-ll.ETIC TEAM, 1967Fro/Jt Row (I. to r.): B. Schneider, H. Green, P. Weir, Mr. . Blaekbeard (Principal), L. Oost-

hUizen (Capt.), Mr. A. orrki (Coach), D. Williams, J. Cawood, M. Oosthuizen.Middle Rall' (I. to r.): D. Doveton, K. Vaughn, J. Klein, G. Moseley, K. Bremer, J. Oost-

huizen, K. Long, A. Falconer, G. Gillmer A. Hammond M. Gluekman J. Oosthuizen,A. Oliver. ."

Back Rall' (I. to r.): B. de Vries, A. Wilmot, M. Reynecke, N. Fine, B. Wynton, D. Calder,J. Williamson, K. Bridgens, P. Corbitt. F. Kalis, D. Asher.

Under 1275 yards: 1. O. Doveton (V.R.); 2. A. Oliver

(R.); 3. G. le Roux (V.R.). Time: ] O·O.120 yards: 1. A. Oliver (R.); 2. O. Doveton(V.R.); 3. . Bird (R.). Time: 16·9.

Under 1050 yards: I. M. Cawood (O.W.); 2. P. van Zyl

(W.); 3. E. Katz (W.). Time: 7·4.75 yards: I.M.Cawood (O.W.); 2. E. Katz (W.);

3. P. van Zyl (W.). Time: 11·0.

RelaysOpen (440 yards): I.Van Riebeeck; 2. De Waal;

3. Wellington. Time: 48·0.Under 16 (440 yard): 1. Rhodes; 2. De Waal;

3. Wellington. Time: 49·6.Under 14 (440 yards): 1. Wellington; 2. VanRiebeeck; 3. Rhodes. Time: 53·6.

Under 12 (330 yard): 1. Van Riebeeck; 2.Rhodes; 3. De Waal. Time: 43·6.

Under 10 (220 yard): 1. De Waal; 2. Welling-ton; 3. Van Riebeeck. Time: 31·8.

Overall Resultst Wellington _ .

2nd Van Riebeeck .3rd De Waal.4th Rhodes .

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Cup AwardsOld BOYl' Cup: Winning Hou e: Wellington.Hoogenhouf Cup: Victors Ludorum: D. Wil-

liam and J. Cawood.Neville Riley Cup: Open Hurdles: D. WiUiams.Tayfield Cup: Open Mile: K. Long.Headmaster's Cup: Open 880 yards: K. Long.Wool/as/on Cup: Open 440 yards: J. Cawood.

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Duncan Taylor Cup: Open Long Jump: H.Green.

Slan ley Lewis Cup: Open High Jump: D. Wil-liams.

Dr. Bobbins Cup: Open 100 yards: J. Cawood.David and Salkow Cup: Open Relay: Van Rie-

beeck.MacDonald Cup: Under 16 Relay: Rhodes.Dry Pycrofl Cup: Under 16 440 yards: D.

Asher.C. E. Fe/bert Cup: Under] 6 champion: D.Asher.

Arthur Newman Cup: Under 14 relay: Welling-ton.

Baskin Cup: Under 14 champion: M. Oosthui-zen.

Junwr Relay Cup: Under 12 Relay: Van Rie-beeck.

Baskin Cup: Under 12 Champions: D. Dovetonand A. Oliver.

Junior Relay Cup: Under 10 Relay: De Waal.Friedlander Cup: Under lO Champion: M. Ca-

wood.

Record HoldersUNDER 10:50 yards:

N. Denison: 7·0, 1947.B. Weinreich: 7·0, 1947.R. Skeeles: 7·0, 1958.J. Bland: 7·0, 1959.J. Oosthuizen: 7·0, 1964.

75 yards:B. Weinreicb: 9·9, 1947.J. Oosthuizen: 9·9, 1964.

UNDER 12:75 yards:

S. Versveld : 9·2, 1942.120 yards:M. Oosthuizen: 15·0. 1965.

UNDER 14:100 yards:P. Lowry: 11·5,1936.

220 yards:J. Moore: 26·2, 1956.

75 yards Hurdles:M. Oosthuizen: 11·2, 1967.

Long Jump:L. Shapiro: 18' lOt", 1950.

High Jump:J. Leesoo: 5' Ot", 1954.

UNDER 16:100 yards:L. Shapiro: 10·4, 1952.

220 yards:L. Shapiro: 23·6, 1952.

440 yards:R. Gaylard: 54·7, 1958.

880 yards:L. Raymond: 2: 5·0, 1964.

110 yards Hurdles:C. Rosslind: 15·5, 1941.

Long Jump:L. Shapiro: 20' 6t", 1952.

High Jump:A. Elliot: 5' SF', 1961.

Shot Putt:A. Ccaxton: 34' 7", 1965.

OPEN:

100 yards:L. Shapiro: 10·4, 1952.

220 yards:L. Shapiro: 23·2, 1953.

440 yards:C. Felbert: 53·0, 1963.

880 yards:C. Felbert : 2: 2·2. 1963.

I Mile:M. Allis: 4: 36·3, 1954.

IlO yards Hurdles:N. Riley: 14·5, 1948.

Long Jump:B. Weioreich: 20' 9w

, 1954.High Jump:

W. Hutton: 5' 8r, 1956.

Shot Putt:D. Whitfield: 36' 8t", 1961.

RELAYS:

Under lO: 220 yards:Van Riebeeck: 30·5, 1964.

Under 12: 330 yards:Van Riebeeck: 42·1, 1964.

U oder 14: 440 yards:Wellington: 53·5, 1956.

Under 16: 440 yards:Wellington: 48·6, 1951.Van Riebeeck: 48·6, 1964.

Open: 440 yards:De Waal: 47·1, 1961.

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W.P. Inter-Schools at ZwaanswykThe meeting was held on the 11th of March

on a track in first-class condition. Our largeteam acquitted themselves weU in the heats, butunfortunately only a few boys reached the finals.M. 00 thUIzen won the under 14 hurdles as weUas the long jump with a good effort of 17ft. Otin.D. Asher, L. Oosthuizen and B. Schneider werealso well placed.

At this meeting colours standard were achievedby: D. Asher in the under 16 220 yards and D.Williams in the under 19 high jump.

W.P. Junior Championships at BellvilleThe school was again well represented and

although conditions were unfavourable, goodtimes were recorded. Our congratulations alsogo to F. Kalis who has done well in walkingevent thi sea on, and finished 3rd at this par-ticular meeting.

Colour standards were achieved by the follow-ing at this meeting:

B. chneider in the U.15 100 yard.L. 00 thuizen in the U.17 Hurdles. (Time of

15·4 seconds, an improvement of ·1 secondon the U.16 school record.)

H. Green in the U.17 High Jump.J. Cawood in the U.17 220 yards.

Athletic AwardsCO/OIlI'S: B. chneider, D. Asher, H. Green,

L. Oosthuizen, J. Cawood and D. Williams.

Cross-Country, 1967A hot day, remini cent of mid-summer, greeted

us for this year's Cross-Country on Monday, 18thSeptember.

The Under 9's got away en mas e to a roaringstart at 2.45 p.m. The first three to emerge fromthe confu ion were P. muts (Wellington), M.Sacher (Wellington) and O. Johnstone (Welling-ton) respectively.The first three home of the Under II group

were M. Tyler (Van Riebeeck), E. Robb (DeWaal) and M. Venter (Van Riebeeck). TheUnder 13 placings were: J. Harris (Van Rie-beeck), A. Lamb (Van Riebeeck) and 1. McPher-on (De Waal) re pectively.For the Under 15 and Senior runners, who

started at 3.25 p.m. and 4 p.m. respectively, tluswas the third time the race had been run over

Cross-Country 1967 Senior Race.

P. Weir finishing 1st.

the new course. The time limit for gaining pointswas reduced from 35min. to 30 min. 114 of theUnder IS runners fini hed within thi time and90 of the Senior runners.

F. Kalis (Rhodes) won the U.15 race in 19min. 44·6 sec. G. Moseley (Van Riebeeck) andM. Reyneke (Wellington) were 2nd and 3rdrespectively. The enior race was a close contestbetween P. Weir (De Waal) and J. Williamson(Van Riebeeck), with P. Weir eventually winningin 18 min. 54·2 sec. This lime wa 28·4 sec. in-ide the course record. J. Williamson al 0 brokethe record by 24·4 sec. with his time of 18 min.58 sec.

Award times for this course are: Blue, 18: 50and Colour, 19: 15. P. Weir and J. William onwere therefore both within the Colour time.

Celtic Harriers Inter-schools' Cross-CountryThis wa held on Saturday, 9th September, in

pouring rain on a road cour e in Rondebo ch.Junior and Senior teams were entered from thechool, the Junior team (Under 16) doing weU toobtain third place over a distance of 2·4 miles.The enior distance was 3·7 miles.

P. Weir ran exceptionally well to win theJunior race.

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Rondebosch, at home on their own cour e,again won the Junior and Senior sections. OurJunior team came close to winning, however,being only 11 points behind Rondebosch. F. KaJiswas the first Wynberg runner home in fourth

Chairman: S. Leysee.Secretary: M. Herbert.Committee: J. Katz, R. BurgelI, J. Benjamin,L. Osrin, T. Kyriacos.

Master-in-Charge: Mr. Kooy.We started the year with an internal debate.

The motion, that longer school hours be insti-tuted and homework and examinations abolished,was decisively carried by Rubin, Benjamin andKatz at a lively meeting.The second debate was against the Girl'

School, the subject being that audio-visual aidswill make the class teacher redundant. Despitethe bad weather, there was a good attendance andthe opposition speakers for tbe school, Kyriacos,Anderton and Leyser, persuaded the audience totheir point of view. One of the adult members ofthe audience, it is pleasing to bear, remarkedthat this was one of tbe most enjoyable debatesshe had attended.

An inter-school debate organised by the JuniorChamber of Commerce was held early this term.Six schools participated, with three separate de-bates being held. S. Leyser and P. Crathornerepresented the school on the subject that wordsspeak louder tban actions. Althougb the schoolwas not successful, the evening was a very enjoy-able one.

In a recent forum debate, under the auspicesof the South African Council for Englisb Educa-tion, R. BurgetJ, M. Herbert, S. Leyser, M. Rubinand J. Katz repre ented the school. A subjectwas given to each group five minutes before itsturn to speak. We were required to discu s theimportance of the school library. Each memberof our team spoke extremely well, with the resultthat we tied for fir t place with S.A.C.S. This isthe first external success tbe Debating Societyhas achieved for many years.

overall po Itlon in 12 min. 52·1 sec. Tbe courserecord of last year was no longer valid as thedistance had been slightly cbanged. This year'swinning time was 12 min. 40·8 sec. The distancewas approximately 2-2 mile.

Tire Senior distance was also cbanged from 3tmiles to 2t miles_ P. Weir was the first runnerhome in 9th overall position.

SocietyThe traditional debate against the Old Boys is

yet to be held and will take place at the end ofthis the tbird term.

Finally, on behalf of the Debating Society,we should like to thank Mr. Kooy and Me.Blackbeard for their unfailing support.

THE 'A' CLUBAt the beginning of the year Mr. Broster

formed a senior discus ion group called the 'A'Club. Boys can join this club only by invitation,and selection of new members is undertaken byexisting members.In order to be eligible for membership, a boy

mu t be able to carry on an intelligent and inter-esting con ver ation on general knowledge and beable to speak at length on a subject in which heis interested.We have had three interesting and enjoyable

meetings this year, and on each occasion haverambled on until late at nigbt on subjects rangingfrom Heart Surgery to politics.In the first term, Norman Coates spoke on

"Theatre in Cape Town' and his talk provedinteresting and entertaining. In the second termSelig Ley er spoke about "Various Aspects ofMedical Science" and his description of opera-tions and disea es enligbtened many of us. Hur-witz then delivered a lengthyand detailed paperon "Science and the Scienti t", which proved aneye-opener for most of us.

We hope to bold anotber two meetings beforetbe end of this year. Mr. Bro ter must be thankedfor his enthusia m and interest in the club andfor seeing to it tbat we were provided with teaduring our meetings in the scbool library.

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President: Mr. Cronwright.Chairman: Mr. Morri.Secretary: B. Gould.CO/llmittee: Lawrence, Robson, Kitley.The Mountain Club is progressing favourably

and has many Junior member. However, owingto a ruling by the Mountain Club of SouthAfrica, no one under the age of sixteen mayparticipate in S.A.M.C. rock climbs. This hashad a somewhat discouraging effect on ouractivities. Nevertheless, in this manner the youngerclimbers will be able to consolidate their climbingability as a prelude to actual participation.

On account of constant bad weather andquarterly examinations, various members werenot able to participate in the outing. The secre-tary, however, received reports from tho e mem-bers who actually climbed and in this mannerthe log book has been kept up to date.The year began in a plea ing manner with a

most interesting film- how given by Mr. Howes-Howell. The large audience really appreciatedhis descriptive talk on his climbing in the Cedar-berg Range.Christopher Walker led the first climb of the

year up Newlands Ravine. Climbs up asteelsButtress and Spring Step-over were enjoyableexperiences. Wayne Barnes and Lulu Patrick,two Old Boys of the school, accompanied us.We appreciate their interest.

A highlight of the year was a most enjoyableweek-end outing organised by Mr. P. Cronwrighton Mr. Ovenstones' farm in the ViLliersdorp area.Our thanks go to Mr. Cronwright for a mostbeneficial and enjoyable evening. Mr. Cronwrighthas arranged interesting climbs for the club onnumerous occasions.

One of our members was fortunate enough tobe the only boy from Wynberg to be able toaccompany Mr. Cronwright on a hurried trip tothe Cedarberg. Boys from various WesternProvince schools also intended to take part in thisclimb. Unfavourable weather once again nulli-fied any attempts to do any climbing and tbeboys returned to Cape Town.

At our quarterly meeting in September, Mr.Lange, the guest speaker, gave an excellent talk

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The Mountain Club does not rest on itslaurels. The past has met with con iderable suc-ces but the future has not been neglected.Climbs have been arranged by Mr. Cronwrightwhich wiU take place on aturdays in order tosuit mo t members. We sincerely hope tbat theseclimb will be weU supported. In addition, a tripto the Cedarberg has been arranged. This willtake place during the ten days' holiday.

On behalf of tbe committee and members ofthe club I should like to thank Mr. Morris forhis unfailing intere t and support. Thanks arealso due to Mr. Lorie who has most kindly con-ented to let u u e the Junior chool AssemblyRoom on numerous acca ions.The chool Mountain Club badge for ]967 has

been awarded to B. GouId, S. Kitley and S. Rob-on, who are warmly congratulated.The Club notes with regret tbe passing of Mr.

K. Howes-Howell, the Speaker at the first meetingthis year. Deepest sympathy is extended to thebereaved.

B.G.

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Last year Wynberg won all the inter-scboolgalas, and the senior Inter-School Shield. Tbisyear tbere have already been two galas: in thefir t, Wynberg lost narrowly to S.A.C.S. andRondebosch, but won the second by a largeenough margin to take the lead in points for theforthcoming two galas.

At the annual Gordon Gala two of our relayteam, the U.16 and the Open, brought back twotrophies, etting new records in tho e events.Besides thi , our individual swimmers capturedmany trophies. The swimmers who contributedto these win were Gouid, Weir, Anderton, Goles,Rosenberg and Hammond.

Several records were broken at the two inteT-chool galas. Hammond broke the U.19 440yards free-style record at both galas, while Yachbroke the record for the U.12 one length butter-flyevent. Wynberg's U.19 and U.16 relay teamsbroke the records for their events at the secondgala, against very strong opposition from theS.A.C.S. and Rondebosch teams.

We were fortunate enough to have Frank Grey,Karen Muir's coach, come and give an exhibitionof coaching at our swimming pool.

At the Western Province Swimming Champion-ship gala a Wynberg relay team consisting ofour five best swimmers won the Thomas MitchellTrophy in record time. Also at this gala, fourswimmers were chosen for Western Province.Gould excelled in his backstroke event, whileHammond, Rosenberg and Weir all won theirevents in excellent times.

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RESULTS OF SCHOOL GALA

Under lO Freestyle, 1 Len.gth:I. T. Yach.2. K. Perry.3. G. Peck.

Under 12 Freestyle, 1 length:I. D. Yach (Record).2. B. Silverman.3. 1. Gibbs.

Under 14 Freestyle, 1 length:1. Thompson.2. P. Williamson.3. G. chouw.

Un.der 16. 100 yards Freestyle:1. 1. Ro en berg (Record).2. P. Weir (Record).3. A. Falconer.

Under 19, 100 yards Freestyle:I. B. Gould (Record).2. W. Anderton (Record).3. A. Walker.

Under 10, Breaststroke, 1 length:I. K. Perry.2. T. Yach.3. G. Peck.

Under 12, Breaststroke:1. D. Yach (Record).2. P. Foles.3. B. Milliner.

Under 14. lOO yards Breaststroke:I. A. Ward.2. L. King.3. G. Schouw.

Under 16, 100 yards Breaststroke:1. A. Hammond (Record).2. P. Wolman (Record).3. G. Goles (Record).

Under 19, 100 yards Breaststroke:1. T. OettJé.2. R. Peacock.3. D. Williams.

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WIMMING TEAM, 1967Back Row (l .to r.): A. le Sueur, M. C. Cohen, J. M. Schouw, A. Silverman, A. R. L. Ham-

mond. I. A. Thomson, P. Goles, L. King.Middle Row (I. to r.): D. Yach, G. A. Goles. I. L. Rosenberg. P. J. Weir, 1. E. Sims.

R. B. Burn, J. S. Williamson, R. M. Wolman, B. Millincr.SitliliR (I .to r.): Mr. N. R. Blackbeard (Principal), T. J. Oettlé, A. W. Anderton (Capt.).

B. R. Gould (Vice-Capt.), Mr. T. W. Fair.

Under I.J. Diving:I. Bongers.2. D. ims.3. C. meda.

Under 19. 440 yards Freestyle:I. R. Burns.2. W. Anderton.J. K. ciJson.

Under 10. 1 length Backstroke:I. K. Perry.2. T. Yach.3. G. Peck.

Under /2. / length Backs/roke:I. D. Yach (Record).2. Miller.3. G. Je Roux.

Under I.J. 100 yards Backstroke:I. P. Williamson.2. T. Thompson.3. L. Butler.

Under 16, 100 yards Backs/roke:I. A. Fa leoner.2. J. Sims.3. J. Williamson.

Under 19. 100 yards Backstroke:I. B. Gould (Record).2. R. Burns.3. R. Jeffrey.

Under 16. 100 yards Butterfly:I. A. Hammond (Record).2. I. Rosenberg (Record).3. G. Gojes.

Under 19, 100 yards BI/tler{ly:I. W. Anderton.2. D. Williams.3. R. Burn .

Under 14, 66t yards But/erfly:I. L. King.2. . Cranko.3. G. Amyot.

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Under /6 Diving:l. Row.2. T. Dun ter.3. Wannenburg.

Under /6. 220 yards Preestyle:1. A. Hammond (Record).2. P. Weir (Record).3. 1. Rosen berg.

UIIder /9. 220 yards Freestyle:1. B. Gould (Record).2. K. Neilson.3. R. Jeffrey.

Under 19 Diving:1. T. Oelllé.2. H. Weslmoreland.3. T. Gildenhuys.

Unde/' /9, 220 yards Breaststroke:1. T. Oettlé.2. B. Davidson.3. D. Williams.

Relays:U./O U.16 U.19U./2 U./4

1. V.R.2. DW.3. Rh.

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W. Rh.(record) O.W.DW. DW. Rh.Rh. W. V.R.

Senior Swimming Cup:1. B. Gould and1. T. Oettlé, tie.3. W. Anderton.

Senior House Cup:I. Rhodes andI. De Waal, tie.3. Van Riebeeck.

Chairman: J. Goldblatt.Secretary: 1. Schewitz.Committee: A. Hurwitz, J. Miller, R. Fitzwil-

liams.On glancing through previous year's reports,

we have found a similar complaint to the one wemake thi year: namely, lack of senior members.The trength of a chess club lies not in numbers,but in senior leadership.

Our membership this year was approximately60. This may not seem too high, but I havefound that there has been more enthusiasm thanin previous years. We had an average of Sixteenboys playing every day during long-break. Wewould like to thank taff members for allowingthe chess club the u e of their classrooms duringbreaks. Special thanks must be given to Mr.Mathew for allowing us the use of his BiologyLaboratory for matches on Friday afternoons.

This year we purchased five new sets and twochess clocks as well as core books. We wouldlike to take thi opportunity to thank Mr. Black-beard for continually helping to further theChess Club's interests. Chess clocks help to speed

up play and score books help member to goover their matches and find that inevitable"wrong move".

A the daily attendance was high, it was de-cided to form a second team. A these matchesdid not actually count for the league, youngermembers who showed promi e and who turnedout regularly during breaks were given a chanceto play.

Chess c1as e were held on Wednesday after-noons for fir t and second team player as wellas those who were interested enough to attend.Overall, there has been a great improvement inthe standard of chess at the chool.

Two boys have been entered in the WesternProvince Junior Chess Champion hip this year.We wish them the best of luck.

To sum up: although the chess team has notshown spectacular results, the club has provedvery successful as far as internal organizationwas concerned, and it is hoped that future com-mittees will continue to build on these founda-tions.

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JUDO TEAMBack Roll' (I. lo r.): 1. Wessel, D. Milford, M. Waitkin, M. de Jager, T. Dunster.

K. Bremer, P. Hewitt.Middle Row (1. to r.): H. Lipschitz., R. Ritchie, M. Brown, E. O'Neill, D. O'Neill,

D. Frahm, K. Bremer, W. Oosthuizen.From Row (I. to r.): Mr. A. Butcher, K. eilson, P. Baerecke, M. Westmoreland,

Mr. Blackbeard (Principal).

This has been a succe sful year for the schoolJudo Club. Owing to the excellent coaching ofMr. Butcher, his son Alec, and Mr. Pahl, thestandard of Judo has improved. with tbe Juniorsmaking good progress and the seniors gainingmore experience.

We began the year with a league competitionin which the "An team beat Salesians, S.A.C.S.and Milnerton. thus leaving our team unbeaten.However, we still have a number of schools tocompete against before we can take the cup. Our"B" team ha been less fortunate and has hadmixed fortunes in beating S.A.C.S. and alesiansbut losing to Plum tead. The Plumstead team isextremely trong and it i intere ling to note thatthey easily won the W.P. Championship Shieldfor a team under 130 pounds.

The W.P. Scbool Championship was held to-wards the end of the fir t term and in this cham-pion hip the chool "A" team, consisting ofRitchie, Baerecke, Westmoreland, Neil on andDe Jager, acquitted it elf very well by beatingMilnerton by 80 points to 20. It may be remem-bered that in 1964 and 1965 this shield had beenin Wynberg's possession. In the individual con-te ts owles and Ritchie were runner -up in theirrespective weight group, while De Jager, We t-moreland and Baerecke were winners in theirs,That ame evening De Jager, Westmoreland andBaerecke were cho en to fight in the W.P. choolsteam again t the W.P. Colts,

Jn the middle of the second term we bad ourannual inter-house contest. Rhodes won the con-test with 45 points and wa followed jointly byDe Waal and Wellington with 35 points each.Van Riebeeck gained 25 points. On the samenight we held our Old Boys' match. The scboolteam was defeated.

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Throughout the year we have enjoyed tbe sup-port of Mr. Blackbeard as regards the u e of thehall. Unfortunately the day boy have not shownas much interest as could be expected, especiallyas the boarder, who are a minority group, makeup more than half of the club's members.

In general. we are confident that we can lookforward to a succe sful year's Judo in 1968.

AWARDS OF 1967Colours: Milford, Peacock, Durlacher, D.

O'Neill. E. O'Neill, Ritchie, Cowles, Du Toit.Blues: De Jager, K. Neilson.Honour: P. Baerecke.

UnionChairman: J. Harris.Secretary: A. trickland.Advertising Secretary: Coatcs.CO/lllllilfee: 1. cott, D. Read, S. Kitley.M aster-in-Charge: Mr. P. Broster.The S.C.U. looks back on a happy and suc-

ce sful year. Our opening meeting was addres edby Mr. K. Stephen who gave a very intere~tingtalk on the subject "What Doe ChristianityMean, Anyway?"At the launching of the local ,. pearhead"

campaIgn, two very interesting and challengingFact and Faith films were creened. These werefollowed by a series of five talks by Chris Smithand John Took - both members of the .. pear-head" team.

Other interesting peakers were the ReverendPeter Pentz, who poke on Chri~tianity versusCommunism. and Mr. Mei op who told us of himl ionary work in China under the Japaneseand Communi ts - a very real challenge as re-gard maintaining Christian tandards and doingChri tian work under adver e conditions.

A few films were screened during tbe course ofWynberg Girls' High School tudents in ourthe year, amongst the mo t interesting of whichwere "The Street" and "Conflict in the Sky"

During May "The Syndicate" - a local groupwho put gospel songs to up-to-date music - en-tertained a large audience of Wynberg Boy' andchool hall.The arrival of the Youth for Christ American

Teen Team in ape Town in June saw a packedcombined Christian Union meeting at We terfordHigh with a good turn-out from Wynberg.

On two occasions this year, members of thecommittee attended week-end "Leader hip Camp"run by the cripture Union. Much of value waslearned there, and we hope it will be put to goodu e in the coming year.

For a society such as the Student' ChristianUnion to function in the school, a committeecannot manage alone. In this connection we offerour thanks to Mr. Blackbeard for his support andco-operation, to Mr. Mathew for the use of theBiology laboratory for our weekly meetings, andto Mr. Broster for his invaluable help.

La tIy, we would lift up thankful hearts to Godfor "Without Him we can do nothing".

BadmintonChairman: T. Kyriacos.Secretary: D. Blanckenberg.COIl1/1lilfee: H. Miller, A. Wilmot, P. Goodwin.The Badminton Club has not had a very event-

ful year owing to School Plays and other eventsoccupying the Hall on days of practice. We hadan entry of over fifty members who howed en-thusiasm in the club.

We should like to congratulate A. Wilmot onbeing cho en to represent the Western ProvinceSchool' Badminton team in the Inter-ProvincialCompetition held at Durban, as well as R. Clarkand T. Wilmot on winning the We tern Provincender 16 Round Robin ompetition. held at the

Gordon Jn titute.Our first team enjoyed a succes ful year and

remained unbeaten, but the econd team wa notas fortunate. The Club Champion hip have notbeen played yet. but we hope to complete thesein the near future.Thank go to Mr. Voigt for organising the

club and matches, and to all others involved. Wehope that the forthcoming year will be more for-tunate and enjoyable for all.

Awards: olours: A. Wilmot, G. Barnard,Millar. Blue: A. Wilmot.

T.K.

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CADET OFFICERSealed (I. to r.): A/Fd/Crt J. Voigt, A/Fd/Crt F. Kooy, A/Fd/Crt D. Bromberger,

Ctpt. W. Lennox, Fd/Crt A. Noffki, SlO L. Osrin, A/Fd/Crt T. W. Fair.Second Row (1. to r.): 10 J. Scott, SlO I. David, C.S.M. P. Crathorne, WOII T. Kyriacos,

WOl M. Deane, SlO G. Pfeil, SlO P. Barrel, SlO K. Neilson.Third ROl\" (1. to c.): 10 M. Westmoreland, SlO P. Lea, C.S.M. M. Treadaway, SlO M.

McClurg, SlO D. Dreghorn-Ward.

Officer Commanding: W. Lennox.

At the beginning of the year, six of our /0'attended a adet Officer' Training Course atKuils River. AIl passed successfully, L. Osrmand P. Barrett gaining top marks with 80% and76% r pectively.

UA" Company was placed econd at the annualcadet competition held this year at Goodwood.Although we narrowly mi sed first place. ourcadets acquitted them elves well and were a creditto the company and the choo!. It i gratifyingto note the fine pirit in which every singlemember of "A" company did his utmo t toachieve success. tO's P. Lea, D. Ward, P. Bar-

ret, C. .M. P. rathorne and Coy. ommanderL. 0 rin, under the guidance of Fd.f t. A. offki,are to be congratulated on the high standard ofdiscipline maintained.

At our Founder' Day Ceremony tbe "Changingof the Guard" wa performed by member ofthe special platoon, and "A" Company; the mu jcbeing upplied by the Cadet Band. Thi i a newand mo t ucce ful venture, and next year wehave plan to expand the ceremony and envisagethe participation of a much larger number oCcadets. The hanging of the Guard was followedby a march·pa t and a salute to the Memorialofthe fallen in tbe two World Wars. Fd./Ct. J.Voigt i to be congratulated on his organi ation

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of the sequence of events according to Militaryetiquette.

The special platoon was incorporated into "A"company at the beginning of the Third Term.

Midway through the year Fd./Ct. Metrowit..:ha sumed dutie· of Q.M. and, ably assisted by SlOPnematicato and his staff. has ensured effkienthandling and check.ing of equipment. In connec-tion with lhi' wc would like to thank Fd·/Ct. E.Hopkms, who has now relinqui hed hjs post, forhis untiring efforts and the time which he haswillingly given in the cause of Cadet during hislong period of ervice as Q.M. of the detachment.

We alo take thj opportunity to welcome Mr.le Roux and Mr. Broster into the cadet body.

I would like to thank all my Officers, StudentOfficers and N.C.O:s for their very active andhelpful upport during the year, and especiallymy cadets, who have given up a tremendousamount of their spare time (not always without agripe, however) to make our cadets the successwhich they are. In conclusion, if we may quotea well-known Mathematician: "Forward the 36th,Lang may yere Lums Reek and yere toorieswaggle".

C.O.

BAND/Jack Row (I. to r.): R. Falconer, S. Gibbs, B. Valentine, W. Anderton, D. Calder, 8. Rook-

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Band MasIer: Fd./O. D. Kooy.The band, at the beginning of the year, re-

quired much reorganisation since many membersof last year's band had left school. Finally, afterselection. the members got down to an arduousyear of practice.The competition this year took place at Good-

wood Showgrounds, so that there was accommo-dation for a much larger audience than in pre-vious years.

A series of eliminations took place within tberegions and nine bands eventually reacbed thefinals. The music each year becomes progress-ively more difficult, and this year was no excep-tion. Despite difficulties and setbacks such asbroken arms and chicken pox, the band, usingits full number of playing reserves, acquittedthemselves well and we were placed second toChristian Brothers' College. Tbe winning marginwas extremely close, and our musical interpreta-tion was of the highest order, but we lost on

marching and di cipline. Individual placing:>were:Solo Drummer: Hymie Kaplan, Ist Place.Tenor Drummer: Ian Emms, Ist Place.Solo Bugler: Avrom Pascall, 3rd Place.Drum Major: Michael Deane, 2nd Place.Hymie and ran will represent Western Province

Command in the National Championships inPretoria during the forthcoming vac. "GoodLuck, Hymie and Ian, we know you will not letthe Band or the School down! !"The Band had been in tbc doldrums for the

previous two years. However, even if we didnot win. we always gained a place. This year'sband, however, has reached a peak of efficiencythat augurs well for tbc future.I would like to thank Fd/O. D. Kooy and

D / M. M. Deane for their excellent co-operation,and also the W.O.'s, N.C.O.'s and every memberof the band for tbeir hard work and unstintingeffort and, most important, for the free time theygave up to make "Shorty's Pig SlUn, Trumpetand Bugle Bashers" a force once more to bereckoned with.

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the Science Club, we bave a few of the masterto thank. They are Mr. Mathew who, altboughnot connected with our 1967 activities, was thefounder and guiding light of the club for sixyears. Our thanks go al 0 to ML Metrowich andMr. Broster, a well as to Mr. Bromberger, formaking 1967 the ucces it wa .

Tn organi ing and assi ting at special function,such a the Dynamite Factory vi it, the ScienceCongress delegation and the vi it to the ESCOMPower Slation, Mr. Metrowich must be peciallythanked.The cience Club this year has not catered for

mas -entertainment for a many as po ible atone time. Rather has it organised outing for anumber of genuinely interested cbolars. This,we feel. is tbe best way for lhe club to fulfil itsaim of furthering cienlific interest with the great-est effect. A sugge tion that may be made is tohave two of the Std. 9 pupils on the committee,a Matrics have very little time during the yearto help in any way.

ActivitiesThe year began with an accent on films. Films

on the universe, atomic physics, nuclear propuI-ion, as well as an excellent Walt Di ney pro-duction on nuclear physics, which was procuredfor us by Mr. Broster, were screened. Other filmon atomic warfare, etc., were seen, but were notspon ored by the Science Club.

The Visit to the Somerset West DynamiteFactoryThis took place in the middle of the July holi-

days, and the school kindly assisted us in itsfinancing. Mr. Bromberber undertook to repre-ent the staff, and a group of thirty boys leftWynberg at 7.45 a.m. by bus for Somerset West-

The bus took u to the main gate and after ashort wait we were led to the recreation room forrefreshments, and were welcomed. The groupwas split up into three section, each with anofficial guide, and each section went eparatelythrough different factory plants.

We saw the vynide plant, where vynide clothwas made, the ulpburic acid plant, and theammunition cartridge plant. After a superblunch provided by the company, we aw filmsand slide on other processe, and then we visitedthe fertiLi er plant at the other side of the factorysite.

To compre all that we learnt there into a fewline is impo ible, and future Science Club mem-bers are therefore trongsy urged to upport thi"traditional" outing as it is of great worth andinterest.

The Visit to the ESCOM Power Station inCape Town

This novel excur ion proved to be of greatinterest to tho e wbo attended. We were taken"backward ", as it were, through the plant. Wefir t aw the main control panel and its myriadof dials, gauges and switches, and then we wereled through the fu e room to the generator hall.The noise in the hall made it rather difficult

for oir guide to explain coherently what wasoccurring, but to tho e wbo knew their electricitythere was no mystery.

After this we went down a metal taircaseand came into the adjacent furnace room withit eight towering furnaces in which lhe flamewere ea ily twenty feet high. Our guide explainedthat tbe steam driving the turbines is cooled andcondensed by sea water.

In another room we saw how sea water ispumped from the docks and filtered before beingused in the condensers.It all proved very absorbing, but, unfortunately,

time was limited, and we all left the plant gladthat we had come. This is another excursion thatis strongly recommended to future member ofthe club.

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The Junior Science CongressOnce again our SCIence Club year wa high-

lighted by the advent of the Junior Science Con-gres held, this year, at the Univer ity of CapeTown in a ociation with the outh African As 0-

ciation for the Advancement of cienee. TheCongre was held during the July holidays (26thJune to 30th June), and Wynberg was allowedten delegate. For the e delegates it was a weekfull of mtere t. and one, r am sure, very wellpent.Every morning there wa a eries of three lec-

ture" and, lo the case of an indi posed lecturer,the Congress was hown ome very informativefilm\ on "Water" and .. pace Travel". In theafternoons. additional film relating to the morn-ing's licture were !thown. A vi it to the Obser-vatory wa~ alo arranged.The ongres ran to a large audience which

packed the ew eien ce Lecture Theatre, andthe opening addre s was given by Profe sor War-ren. Profe or Warren pointed out lhe conceptof Science a a single entity, although dividl!d

into everal doctrines. During the week thatfollowed, talk were given covering a wide varietyof cientific topic ranging from "Transformationof [nformation" (by Mr. J. Buchowicki), 'Tele-vi ion" (Prof. R. Guelke), and "Radio-activity"(Or. Blerry) to "Human Ability - Inherited andAcquired" (Dr. H. Gordon) aod "Human Adap-talion to Space Travel" (Prof. A. W. loan).Although thi i no reflection on the other lec-tures, it wa generally felt that Dr. Gordon's talkand the lecture on "Mechanics of pace Travel"by Mr. John Juritz were highly informative andmost interesting. Indeed. everyone of the talksheld our eager attention. and prai e i due tothose lecturers concerned, and to Profes orTobias, whose organi ation helped coo iderably inlhe smooth running of the Congress.I hould like al 0 to thank Mr. Metrowich on

behalf of the Wynberg delegates for all he did tomake the excur ion po sibIe. One can only hopethat next year' Congress will be as beneficial asit wa thi year.

A.H.

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Mr. Fair ha~ been in charge for the pa tyear,and we wish to thank him for the time he hasgiven up in the intere ts of the ociety.

I would al'o like to take thi opportunity ofthanking Mr. offki for allowing us to u e hichanging room a' a dark·room.

lt i very di tres~ing in a chool of this size tosee 0 few people intere ted in photograpby. TheSociety ha about thirty·three member, of whomonly a few are acti e. When meetings were

called, only a handful of members attenJed.Member hould reali e that the ociety cannotdo everything. They mu t be prepared to do theirfair hare of work. and not leave it aU to lhecommittee.

A trip to the dock wa organi ed, but unfor-tunately it had lo be cancelled owing to the factthat the harbour master refu cd to give us per-mi' ion to enter the dock.

P. ELBY.

Once again we are able to report that theParent, Teachers' Association ha had a succe fulyear. Il is pleasi ng to note that parent are con-tinuing their upport of meeting, but it is feltthat more mothers hould help the ladies' ectionin its endeavours.The econd Annual General Meeting again

produced a most ati fying number of parents. Anew committee was elected and as a result Mr .E me B1anckenberg took over from Mr. Ham-burger tbe running of the ladies' ection. Thetd. 6 parent' meeting at the beginning of tbeear was once again highly ucce Cul. It is

planned that this will remain an annual eventenabling parents to find their fect, meet the taffand know" hat is expected of them.

The second quarterly meeting wa again at-tended by a large gatbering of parent and taff.Mr. Felbert, Chairman of the chool Managementommittee, addressed the meeting and gave par-

ents a mo t informative insight into the workingsof the chool committee, it function and pur-po e.

Dr. Loots, a enior lecturer in psycbology atthe dueation Department of the Univer ity ofape Town, addressed us on the role of the

parent in vocatIonal guidance. Dr. Loots' addre swa thought-provoking, and be rai ed many con-tentiou' matter in sketching the role played bythe parent in in1luencing the child in its futurecareer. Many hortcoming in our present eduea-

tional y tem were tre ed, but the mo t import-ant les on to be learnt was the role tbat parentshould play. Dr. Loots impre sed that parentswere unfortunately liule concerned with the broadconcept of education, and he blamed the lack ofintere t of parents on the static ystem whichexisted at the present time. Or. Loots had manyle on to teach parents, and it i sincerely hopedthat the benefits will reach the boy.In the third term parents were privileged to

hear a mo t informative talk by Mrs. FredaFreeman, a enior oun ellar of the MarriageGuidance ouncil peciali ing in problem facingthe younger generation. Mr. Freeman dealtwith a mo t difficult ubject in a mo timple,direct and intere ting manner. he elaborated theproblem with which both parents and taii arefaced in endeavouring to educate our youth.Family education in sex behaviour i vital to aproper perspective and code of behaviour.

he pointed out that teenagers are intere'tedand keen to learn. Question were being con-tinually a ked and it wa e ential that the eque tion be an wered fully and frankly in orderto avoid certain undesirable present-day influ-ene . Group di cus ions were necessary for tbcproper education of our youth and for tbe divert-ing of sex drive to other channels. Frec dist:us-ion and contributions by the youth are timu·lating and would teach our youth to think forthem elve and adopt more mature attitude and

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develop consideration for others. Mrs. Freeman'stalk and the di cu ion which followed certainly;lc;sistcd parents in formulating deflOite approach-e to this most dIfficult subject. and the generalopmion wa~ that much wa" learnt and parent\\ere greally helped by thi lecture.The As ociation can look back on the year"

acti~ities v. ith a sen e of pride and the know-ledge that the AssociaLion is becomIng an integralpan of the chool"s activities.The ladies' ~ection ha again rendered sterling

'en'ice in its organi ation and running of thetuck shop, and in catering for various schoolfunction. The tuck shop continues to show pro-gress. Hot waler showers have been in tailed bythe A\Sociation in the changing rooms of thesports pavilion. The cost of the shower wa de-fra~eJ b) the <;~ociation from funds accumu-lated lhrough the ladie,>' section.

TUCK SHOP~ we are nearing the end of 1967. wc arc very

plca~ed to report that the Tuck hop has had avery successful year.

Tt has expenenced its ups and down. and withthe fluctuating prices of commodities, our pricehave had to be adjusted accordingly, but withthe able assi tance of every committee lady and

her band of helper,>, the needs of all the boyswere -atisfied.The Committee Ladies felt thaI a portion of

the profit hould be returned to the boys, sowith the kind a~:;istance of the PT.A. Committee,thi was done by the installation of hot water int,le changing rooms.

A in the past, the Ladies' Committee organIsedcatering for the Annual ports, Founder' Day.Prize-Giving and other function where their er-vices were needed.The cheerful remarks and words of encourage-

ment from the varioUs spectators at sports meet-ings added lo the pleasure of our task and aregreatly appreciated.

Our 'incere thanke; go to Mrs. Cotton and allother taff members who as,>isted in making therunning of the Tuek Shop a uc e s.For all their hard v. ork a very big thank you

is extended to all the Committee Ladie andtheir helpers, e peeially the mother of Matricboys. who e erviees will terminale at the end oflhe year.

May the Tuck Shop continue to serve the boysof W~nberg Boys' High chool as it ha done inthe pa,,!.

Wishin" all ....ho ma~ read these lines IheCompliment,> of the Sea on.

E.B.

::Da,! - 7th June, 1967The cercmon . attended by a large gathering

of parents and guests, was held oUl ide andfacIng the Memorial entrance gate to the wim-mIng bath.The Cadet Band, the pecial Platoon anderemonial Guard combined in an impressive

and moving ceremony, who e order i printedhelow.

The s~embly i reque lcd to stand a the Guards,e~cOTtinlt Ihe Colour, approac.h the Memorial

precincl.

I.-HYMN No. 1 (As~embly Standing)o God, our help in ages pa t,

2.-THE LESSO (AlH'lIIbly eo/ed)Michael Herbert.

Ecclesi 'ticus 44, ver e to 15.

3.-PRAYERS (Assembly eo/ed)By the Headma 'ler.

(a) For the chool.(b) For tho e from the school who laid down

their livt:s in the World Wars, .1914-191and 1939-194 .

(C) For our ountry.(d) The Lord' Prayer.

(All unite in aying prayer.)

4.-READlNG OF INSCRIPTIO 0MEMORIALS (Assembly Sealed)Head Prefect: Gerald Pfeil.

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S.-THE LAST POSTTHE REVEILLE

6.-THE ADDRESS

(Assembly Standing

(Assembly Seated)Mr. B. C. Gordon, M.A.

7.-THE CHANGING OF THE GUARD(Assembly Seated)

S.-THE LAYING OF THE WREATHS(Assembly STanding)

(Hymn to be sung during the laying ofwreaths.)Abide with me; fa t falls the eventide;

9.-THE MARCH PAST AND SALUTE TOTHE MEMORIAL.

(Assembly Stands as Colour pasrcs.)

Mr. Gordon's AddressMo t chools and choolmaster concern thern-

elves with trainjng in leader hip only tbo e boyswho in their early years evince a flair for leader-hip. But, said Mr. Gordon, he was making apecial plea for the rank and file who show no

obviou characteri tics of leadership. Are theyto be condemned forever to the mediocrity of theherd? Are they never to bave the sati factionand fulfilment of feeling that they have made areal and valuable contribution to tbe corporatelife of the scbool?

Mr. Gordon gave as an example an expandedcricket team with its own umpire, its own scorer,its scribe to write up matcbe for the choolmagazine, its baggage-master and 0 on. Alongthese lines most team and mo t school ocietiescould draw in score of boys who otherwisemight find themselves excluded from the widerlife of the school.Continuing with the theme of leadership, Mr.

Gordon declared that for him the hallmark oflhe true leader is moral courage, the ability totand firmly and una hamedly for what onebelieves i right, no matter how unpopular orembarras ing that stand may be. This type ofcourage must not be confused with bigotry.Rather, it i the tolerance and sense of justicethat demand a quare deal for the under-dog.

The programme opened with a group of sbortpieces for recorder, accompanied by the piano,and directed by Mr. F. Smith, who urely de ervescommendation for having made 0 much progressin one year with this group of beginners.

Mu ically more ambitious was the choice ofthe first movement of Mozart's Eine KJeine Nachtmusic; the rhythm and colouring were good,even if the intonation was not always accurate.

eville Pa vo ky showed his musicianship inthe violin solo, 'Bolero' by de Beriot, played withverve and sympathy. We could see why he hadbeen elected for the W.B.H.S. Honours Award.Mr. Lorie, in hi annual report. told us of the longand devoted ervice Neville had given to theschool orche tra, and undoubtedly he i going tobe mis ed next year.The two light piece for orchestra which fol-

lowed were remini cent of the Edwardian PalmLounge; but taste in music i a prog res ive thing,and tbe players clearly enjoyed lhe melody, played

1966in excellent tempo, and the audience was quick tohow its appreciation.

Tbe biblicalongs for choir and orchestra byDvorak ounded the serious note of the concert.I doubt whether any group of junjor inger i aswell trained as thi one; diction, attack, sympa-thetic interpretation were of a high order, and thechool i fortunate to have tbe as i tance of Mrs.Jenning to train our juniors in this manner.

The orchestra really is equivalent to a trebledquartet, playing the four parts appropriate to fir tand econd violins, viola and 'cello. And it in-cluded junior and senior boys, old boys and mem-bers of tafl. A a corporate activity it must beof immen e value in the life of tbe school, andparents appear to appreciate tbe fact, for the hallwa crowded, people tanding at the back andcrowd.ing the corridor.

Long may this k.ind of mu ic-mak.iog flouri hat Wynberg.

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Committee, 1967Hon. President: The Headmaster (Mr. N. Black-

beard. B. .).Prefide/lt: Dr. Arnold Katz.Vice-President: RonaId H. Gibb .Hon. Secretary: Chri England.Hon. Treasurer: J. F. B. Ryan. .A.( .A.).COI/I/lli/tee: Ralph T. Felbert, Ernest Ford, K.

Hahndiek, William Ryan, RonaId van Ra en-veld. W. Peck. R. Burton, M. ngli h.

Matrie. Representa/ive: W. Barnes.Senior School Representative: Mr. A. otIki. B.A.Junior School Represcn/ative: Mr. J. F. 00 thui-

zen, B. c.Official Address of the O.B.U.: P.O. Box 111.

Wynberg.

PRESIDENT'S LEITERIt is perfectly true that the Annual Dinner was

an outstanding ucce s. It i perfecUy true thatthe Old Boys' matche prove an equally plea antfunction. and it is perfectly true that the organ-i ed traditional function, i.e. organi ed by thccommittee. take place with a le ser or greaternumber of Old Boys attending. But other thanthe e function, have we, as an Old Boy' Unionor a group of Old Boy. felt that lhi was ade-quate? I for one do not! !

In the fir t place I feel that there are far toofew member. To have 500 Life Member onlyi not enough. It i e ential therefore tbat amembership drive be undertaken. and tbe onlyure way to do thi i for every exi ting LifeMember to bring in at lea t one other Old Boy.With a greater general body will come moremember willing and eager to serve on tbe com-mittee, and, jf not on the committee, in othersphere of activity.

Wc took farewell of Eric Ta ker at the dinner- a man of many parts and ideas who was neverafraid to expre him elf, albeit his view werenot nee arily accepted. He suggested, amongother thing, in his addr s to u that perhaps

what i lacking in our O.B. . i a place or homeon the chool premise where we could meet andrelax. Our pre. ent addre is far too imper analand away from the school. It is thi sugge,tlon\\hich hould be pursued diligently during thene t few year, whether the chool changes iteor no. I have no doubt that a central borne onchool premise will make a va t difference tothe meaning and importance of the Old Iloy'nion.

t the beginning of the year I tried to beprovocati e in issuing a ··peregrination". Otherthan a comment on the total number of LifeMember., incorrectly given, no opinion on it orits content ha reached my ear. This is not ahealthy ign. uggestion and critici. m are wel-come al all time. particularly if good can re'ult.Let u have the view and thoughts of tbe "halfthou. and".

My congratulation to the member of thechool and to all Old Boy who have achieveduccess and prominence in their academic careerand in lhe parling, oeial and other activitie'l.

My best wi he to my colleague on the com-mittee, all Old Boys, member. of the staff andtheir familie, and to present cholar of theschool for a Happy briotma and a Healthy andPro perou' 196 .

R OLD KATZ.President, a.B.U.

NEWS OF OLD BOYSScholarship Winners.

ow that lhe Old Boy' cholar'hip ha beenestabli 'hed for fifteen years, it ha been decidedto di continue the practice of li ting the winnersof this award inee its inception, but to re ordthe progres of tho e who are lill at lheir tudie.or who have recently qualified.It i with pleasure that we commence thi cc-

tion with the glad new of the outstanding uc-ce achieved by Dr. Joho Webb, 1958 cholar-ship winner. who ha.~ obtained the degree of

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Ph.D. in Pure Mathematics at Cambridge niver-sity. Jobn, a student of Gonville and CaiusCollege, was capped at tbe traditional ceremonytoo late la t year for mention in tbc 1966 Maga-zine.

He returned to outh Africa hortly beforeew Year and is presently lecturing at U.CT.

Best wisbe [or continued success are extendedto the following cholarship winner-:1961: Howard Baker i beginning to see the end

of the road leading to hi qualification inMedicine.

1962: M. MargoLi is nearing the end of hicourse in Engineering.

1963: R. laden continues his tudies in Medi:.:ineand i fulfilling the promise he howed atchool a an able tudent. He pre ented apaper at a recent conference.

1964: rich Tilder . unlike the former three whoare at U. .T., i at tellen bosch Univer-ity, taking a B. c. in Engineering.

1965: Kasper Hahndiek i at U.C.T. preparingfor a B.Sc. degree in mathematics.

1966: The mo t recent winner, . D. Pasvol ky,has not yet started on a univer ity career.The army got in fir t, and he ha~ spent theyear in military training.

Students at U.C.T.Our University correspondent ha been record-

ing the names of Old Boy ob erved around thecampus. The list i by no means complete andwe apologise to tho e who have been hiding awaybehind their book unobserved.The Medical Faculty continues to be popular,

and in addition to cholar hip Winners HowardBaker and R. Sladen. there are David Katz,Roland Ea tman, L. E. Nochomovitz, . Ger,R. C. Horwitz and . Pogrund.

B.Sc. has a large following, and among ourfuture cienti ts are V. Boyd, R. Hamburger, F.Flaum, who i taking engineering, B. Fisher-Jeffe~,A. Home, D. Phillip , E. Shedden, R. Pachter.F. Pieksma, M. McCullagh, L. Patrick, R. Holmes,H. Till, and also Scholar hip Winner K. Hahn-<liek (mathematics).

B.A. tudents include Q. J. Rookledge, C. Clark.and N. D. Hoy who is tudying for the Teacher'Diploma.

G. C. Hammond and L. E. Raymond aretaking B.Comm.

The cour e which the following are tudyingare not known: Chris Walker, H. Mitchell, A.Stewart, P. Engelke, B. Mawman, W. Moodie,H. Potash, R. Metcalfe, G. Stamelatos, A. Killick,r. Cristol, S. Frank, H. Green. R. Gargan, I.Kirkwood and finally C. Pritchard who i editorof Varsity.The nion wi he- all tudent every ucce s.

GENERAL NEWS

Head of Grey Junior School.From Port Elizabeth comes the new that R.

W. (Alec) Jardine was appointed last year lo theHeadmaster hip of Grey Iunior chool, therebycreating a double association with Wynberg inthat not only i he an Old Boy, but also that hiwife is related to our own Mr . Blackbeard.

Alec (1949 Matric. cia ) fir t took up survey-ing a' a career, but, finding thi not his true call-ing. relinqui hed the drawing board for theblackboard. He obtained hi training at theGraaff-Reinet ollege and later from the Vniver-ity of . Africa, which awarded him a B,A.degree in Engli h, Geography and Psychology.He i an active sportsman. and a competent artistin oil. He ha our best wi bes for every succes .

Toronto Meeting.Jimmy Cole and Neil Gauld were both in tbe

1959 Matric clas. For year they were couts,and later rovers, in the same Group. On leavingchool Jimmy joined BarcIay' Bank and eil·tudied lithography. Jimmy i at the New Yorkbranch of the bank and Neil i obtaining experi-ence in colour reproduction in Canada.A few months ago the two were able to ar-

range a meeting in Toronto. Jimmy, who pre-viously served in the Bahama ,ha now been atthe New York branch for about three years andi thoroughly enjoying the change.

Old Boy Teachers.ince thi ection commenced with news of an

Old Boy in tbe teaching profession we hall con-tinue witb a few more.

David ole, B.Sc., i al 0 at Port Elizabethwhere he is engaged at tbe Technical Highcboot.Beverley HinJde is a lecturer in electrical en-

gineering at the Johanne burg Technical College.Erne t Wylie i Vice-Principal of the Pinelandsentral Primary School.

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On the home front we congratulate DavidBromberger on the announcement of his engage-ment, and Jimmy Mathew, wbo ha added aB.Ed. degree lo hi B. c. At tbe ame time wewish Eddie Hopkins every succes in his studiesfor a part-time B.A. degree.

Hoots Mon!hris Albertyn, ye ken, has been appointed

Commanding Officer of that famous auld regi-ment, the ape Town Highlanders. A picture ap-peared in the local pre in Augu t showing himdirecting operation during a "War Manoeuvres"exerci e.

He is not the fir t Old Boy to hold this po tfn the latter part of the la t war Bill Sholto-Douglas commanded the regiment with di tinc-tion, gaining the Military Cro s.Soldiering is nOL hri' only activity. He i

occupied in in urance, and he i Chairman ofthe Cape Town Branch of the Intitute of Ad-ministration and Commerce.

Knysna News.Bernard Parkes (193~ Matric elas) might be

called "The Man Who early Came to Dinner".fn fact, he had a ticket in hi posse ion for theUnion's annual dinner when the Knysna Divi -ional Council. of which he i a Councillor, calledan important meeting which required hi pre-ence. He i in the well-known family bu inesof Geo. Parke & Sons of Knysna and i mar-ried with two on.He tells us that M r. Volschenk, who taugbt at'hool in the 1930' before becoming Principal

of Outeniqua High School, ha retired, but hastaken on tbe Headma tership of a olouTedschool near Kny na.

Basso-Profundo.In June the St. George' Singer pre ented a

concert in the School ball. This choir has quicklygained a high reputation and their performancewas most enjoyable. Among the singers wasArthur Kilwarden Wolfe, giving his bass-ic up-port to the cboir.

The Six Days' War.So far as we know, five Old Boy went to

I rael to as ist in maintaining essential erviceswhile citizens of tbe country joined tbe forces.

Tbey were Robin Katz, David Heller, GeraldAbelson, Rodney Goodman and Denis Herb-stein. How long they intend taying tbere wedon't know, but we commend their zeal andwish them a safe return.

The Compleat Sportsman.There ha been a tendency at Old Boys' din·

ners for bowlers to herd together, and some-where in the middle of tbe berd would be Charlecott.He, Duggie Langridge and a couple of other

are the representatives of a dwindling number ofpre-Fir I World War Old Boy who attend thifunction.

harlie Scott has played a prominent part inmany porting activitie. Thi year he retired asPresident of the We tern Province Bowling A 50-

ciation. Jn hi younger days he went in formotor-cyeling and for a time was ecretary ofthe ape Peninsula Motor Cycle lub. He playedrugby for Villager and became a life mem her,played tennis and finally bowl. He founded theW.P. Bowling mpire' A ociation, and for atime represented Border on the S. African Ama-teur Athletic As ociation.

We hall not be urprised to hear in tbe nearfuture that be has accepted ome other office inthe sporting pbere.

Home from Zambia.Late la t year Neville Riley returned to Cape

Town from Zambia and is now engaged in run-ning the Photogrammetrie Section of the Cityouncir Land Survey Branch. Neville. who

hold a B. c. in Land urveying, took a cour ein Photogrammetry at Natal niver ity a fewyear ago. He has won hi pringbok colour forhurdling and has been tran planting the fruit ofhi experience in the chool' athletic oiJ.

Hi brother Desmond. a Civil Engineer alsowith the City Council, has qualified as an under-water urveyor.

Winter Saturday Mornings.Tt i gratifying to ee large turnouts of Old

Boy in support of present boy in their rugbycompetitions against other chools. May thenumber continue to grow!

A pecial word of appreciation i said to PeterTester and Brian McEwan for taking the whi tiein variou age group, mainly among tbe juniors.

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Thank are also extended lo Dr. John Katz forthe imaginative manner in which he handled thePa tv. Pre ent game which gave 0 much pleas-ure to 0 many.This match. one of the best we have een for

many years, was played in the true pirit ofocial rugby, and the consequence was a fluidgame of flowing movements. excellent back-linework and all-out endeavour.

At the informal party which followed, LionelWil~on gave a brief but perceptive umming-upof the conte t and congratulated the chool andcoaches for a splendid game. kipper Pfeil inreply thanked the Old Boys for the happy gamewhich had brought another rugby sea on to asucces ful end. apart from the House matcheswhich followed soon after.

There i' omething rather ad about the end ofa rugby sea on. rowd gather on winter Satur-day morning to see the contests. to meet theirfriends and to have coffee at the Tuck Shop. Sopa a fe\ plea ant hours. ot alway pleasant.perhaps; sometime a biting wind blow freez-ingly ac ros the fields and ometime the rainfalls in buckets. Trees are bare and the moun-tain present dark and ombre appearance. ltwould be more comfortable at home before ablazing fire. 0 matter! The faithful one willturn out time and time again to forge a linkbetween Old Boy and Present Boy, betweenteacher and pupil. between father and on.

With cricket irs rather different. The pro-tracted nature of the game make' It difficult todraw as large crowds, and in the ummer monthsthere are 0 many counter-attractions. everthe-le s. those who do attend often enjoy entertain-ing cricket in the keen competitions of the Prot..-:aLeague.

onlinuing with cricket, it i of interest to notethat many Old Boys are doing well in thi phere.Thank to the coaching of Jimm Mathew, TomReddick, Mr. W. E. Bowden, Duggie Thorn onand other. enough Old Boy are playing eniorcricket to compo e almo t three team. Manyhave gained Provincial honour. In the 1965-66season Technical ollege won the championship_About half the team were from chool. In the1966-67 season Claremont, alo with a largeWynberg repre entation, won the cup, much tolhe delight o( Pre ident Jack: Burt, Snf., and FritzBing, captain.

eville Budge, Mickey Giles, Derek Louw,

Mike Bowditch and Dave McMeeking have re-cently represented Western Province. and JackBurt, lnr., H. Spiro and Barry Lamb played forW.P. Colts.Although Doug Hopwood, Dave Stewart,

Lionel Wil on and Aubrey Luck have retired fromsenior rugby. we bope to see them playing forthe Old Boy for everal more eason. Tt iintere ting to see that Mike Bowditch has takenover from Lionel Wil on at Villager and GeolTreyJohn on from Aubrey Luck. Billy Searle is al '0in the fir t team.

The False Bay fir t team include Rufu John-son, Andre Badenhor t, olin Haytread, HughHutton and A. Turvey.Gordon Bunting achieved an unu ual "double"

this year by ecuring Provincial honour in golfand urfing.

In yachting, Jeremy Townley Johnson was inthe champion R.. One Design craft ucce sfulat the S.A. Champonship. Thi crew becameeligible for We tern Province colours. Mike Dorerwas a crew member in the runner -up.

Yachling ha a large Wynberg following andamong the ardent enthu iasts are Dr. "p ky"her. and Graham Andrew. who was in the

fir t three of the Lipton Cup race. lo the samerace Harry van Hoogstraten skippered one 1.)( theplaced yachts and was awarded a special prizefor being leader over the first three race.

Finally, on matter naulical, "Cappy" Mat on,the Port Captain, has. with hi ta lf, been highlyprai ed for the ucce sful manner in which thehuge increa e in hipping. consequent on theSuez cri i-. wa handled. Harbour services werestrained to the utmo t.Turniog to bowl agian. we saw that Or. 'tan-

ley ddy, of omer et West Club, reached thefifth round of the ingle in the S. African Bowl-ing Tournament. In an entry of hundred, thiSwa a fine achievement. He i another of ourfaithful aturday morning vi itor (bowls per-mitting).

Flyer's New Post.Brigadier R. F. Arm trong has been nominatedontroJler of the tate President's Hou ehold.

He was econdcd to the po t from the Air Forcewhere he held the po ition of Attache to theRepublic in Washington.

Promotion came to him over the year fromhi inilial enrolment a a adet-officer. Di Ling-ui hed ervice followed in North Africa, (lalyand Korea until his elevation to one of the mo t

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enior po ition in the S.A. Air Force. He re-ceived the coveted Southern Cross Medal at arecent Investiture.

Return of a Philatelist.Felix "Bunny" Burns will be remembered as a

fine sportsman of the twentie before transferring

to S.A.C.S. After erving in the last war he 'pentome time in Rhode ia and Bloemfontein and inow back in Cape Town where he became thecentre of intere t to a party of Wynberg chooI-boys when be gave a talk on philately, with par-ticular reference to Olympic Game and portsstamp.

IN MEMORIAMTbe Union records with regret the passing of

the following Old Boys and expre es its deepe tsympathy to all who mourn their los.

William (Bill) Jennings.Bill Jennings died uddenJy on 26th July, 1967,

during a lunch-time game of table tenni in hisoffice. He wa~ 60 year of age. Until hi retire-ment he wa. employed by the outhern Life In-urance Company, and after retiring he took atemporary po t with the orwich Union.

Bill' life wa a dedication to the things inwhich he believed, and at one stage, not manyyears ago, he wa a member of no fewer than 23committees. Perhap tb.i led to hi untimely end.In all events it can be aid that no appeal to Billto serve ome good cause fell on deaf ear .He gave long and devoted service to the Wyn·

berg Methodi t Church. He was chaIrman of aBoy cout Group and he served on the cbooland Old Boy' nion Committees.

] n hi younger days he played cricket and soc-cer, and later, tennis and finally bowls. Hi great-est love was for cricket, and for a shirt time hewa a playing member of York hire Cricket Club.For a number of year he generously donated twocricket bats annually to the chool for tbe mo t-improved senior and junior player.

Tf ervice to the community is a characteristicof di tinction, the School has lost a di tingui hedon, and to hi family the Union extends itsdeepest ympathy and records its pride in Dill'purpo eful and dedicated life. R. H. G.

William John (Jack) Perrow.With the passing of Jack Perrow, Wynberg bas

lo t one of its best-known personalities in tbefield of commerce. For over forty year Perrow'sof Upper Church Street was synonymous withthe motor industry wbere Jack carried on busi-ne .

Not only was he part of Wynberg's businesscommunity but wa also, in hi active sportingyears, a competent cricketer and a keen playerand upporter of Wynberg A.F.C. Later he wasan enthu iastic golfer.

Many Old Boys were privileged to have knownJack in bu ine and recreational spheres. everalwill remember him a captain of Wynberg B.H.S.cricket team in the '20 when the ide played inthe W.P. competition in Third Champion hipand finished third in the 1928 eason. Jack wasthe only Old Boy with ten schoolboys.He enjoyed the respect of everyone for his

guidance and keen en e oC fair play. He wa aveteran of tbe 1914-1 War and a urvivor ofDelville Wood. He was wounded in 1917 in theBattle of Ypres.In hi pas ing we mourn witb hi family. It was

a privilege to bave known him.R.T.J.

Brian Samuelson (Wo ps) Walker.The udden demise of Wops on an Umtali

Golf Cour e was a hock to his old Wynbergcontemporarie .

His scbolastic achievements were coupled withtho e of port. He was a fine front-rank forwardof the mould of hi nephew Chri topher of recentyear. He wa a cadet officer and a prefect. Itwas in tbe great outdoor that we knew himmo t intimately. Here his cbarming and philos-ophical companionship was radiated in the appro-priate atmosphere of vast and magnificent ature.Iway elfles • tolerant and con iderate of hi

companions, he was a "steenpilaar" to the manyprivileged to share tho e glorious occa ions.

Being domiciled in Umtali, he seldom met hisfonner associates, but tho e wbo knew him heldhim in high esteem throughout tbe interveningyears.To his family and relatives we extend our

deepest condolences on their irreparable Jo .R.T.J.

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FOUNDERS' DAY, 1967

Founders' Day thi year took on the new andimpres ive form of an open-air Memorial Service.Because of the important part played by thecadet~, only an open-air ceremony was feasible.

Unfortunately, Founders' Day falls on I t June,and at that time of the year in the outbern Capetbe weather is always a risk. As it wa , the daywas overca t and unpleasantly windy, but luckilythe rain, which threatened aH the time, held oIIuntjJ the ceremony was over. Understandably,the attendance was not very large.The ceremony was di cus ed at the following

Old Boys' Committee meeting and Mr. Black-beard felt, and the Committee concurred, that infuture Founders' Day should be commemoratedlater in the year, pos ibly towards the end of thethird term.

No deci ion ba been taken in tbe matter. OldBoys will be informed in good time of next year·sceremony, when it is hoped that every pa tstudent will attend.

News in Brief.During the winter Harold Shaper arrived at

School to watcb a rugby match. He i a suc.::es -ful lyric writer wbo is normally re ident inLondon .

. McCullagb, a former Villager forward, hasrepresented . Africa in a very different activity.He went to Europe to participate in the ModelAircraft Flying competitions.

We hear that Mickey Mittag bas gone over toCanada.

Harry Casper played for W.P_ Under 19 in thecurtain-raiser to the test against France.

Trevor Scbouw, baving pas ed the final exami-nations, is now a Chartered Accountant (S.A.).

To our School-Leavers.It has been cu tomary for many years to record

in tbi Magazine news of the previous year'sMatric class, wben everyone went eitber to auniver ity or to employment. Nowadays mo tebool-leavers go traight into the ervices fortraining and consequently tbe new would beomewhat narrow in scope. News-collecting is

also a problem since trainees spread all over thecountry.

Obtaining news of Old Boys when they havecompleted tbeir training presents difficultie. butcould be done if enough correspondents could berecruited. Until some such method can be intro-duced, we ball have to uspend thi ection forthe time being, with tbe assurance to our OldBoy trainees that they are very much in ourthoughts and that we wish them well.

To our Old Boys.The date for the Union's Annual General

Meeting has been fixed provi ionally for Wedne~-day, 14th February, 1968. Members will receiveofficial notification in due cour e. In the mean-time, please make an entry in your diary.

Extracts from a letter written by Robin Katz(matriculated 1966) who accompanied aparty of volunteers on relief work in war-

ravaged Israel.

Kibbutz Gadot,24th August, 1967.

The Editor,Wynberg Boys' High cbool Magazine.

Kibbutz Gadot was founded ome fifteen yearsago at the foot of the Golan Heights on theIsraeli-Syrian border as part of the Kibbutzsy tem of defence-cum-agricultural ettlements.Being a mere two bundred yards from tbe border,the lOO-plus inhabitants bave for all these yearsbeen under con tant surveillance and ubject tothe terrorist activities of the Syrians occupyingthe overlooking hills. In fact, with an averagepair of binoculars, the Syrians could disti ngu i hwhat the Kibbutzniks bad on tbeir dinner tables.

Over tbe years tbe Kibbutz bas suffered severalsevere attack , resulting in destruction, loss ofUfe and unimaginable tension. Yet tbe essenceof tbe Kibbutz, its agricultural function, wasnever undermined or forsaken_ Acres of cottonfields stretch to tbe north interrupted by orchardsof pears, apples and grapefruit. The system ishighly intensive and labour is a con tant prob-lem. The Kibbutznik are not numerous enougb

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to manage on their own and have groups ofchoolchildren and soldiers continually comingand going to help them.

After the Six-Day War - whicb the wholecommunity lived through in bunkers and helters- tbe damage was indescribable. Every buildingtood as witae to the onslaught.

When the group of forty-two South Africanvolunteers arrived - included in their numberwere four Wynberg Old Boys and tbree ex-pupilsof our sister scbool- they found everyone work-ing at breakneck speed to repair the damage.Living quarter: bad been badly bit and we spentour first two nights under the stars.

However, now that the danger no longer exists,a feeling of anti-climax and war fatigue has etio. People have lo t tbat urgency of purpo enow that the fight for survival bas ended. lronicas it may seem, with the removal of the threat of

destruction, the Kibbutzniks seem to bave lostall the spirit that kept them here during thosebitter fifteen years.

00 the lands work goes on as before. Tbecottoo yield per acre will be less tbao usual,owing to tbe fact that the war prevented irriga-tion of tbe fields. Poultry farming has ceased;the cattle herd ba been halved, and hay has tobe bougbt from other Kibbutzim. But the pearsand apples are being picked as usual. Everyoneworks 00 the average eigbt hours per day, butowing to the inteose heat of tbe afternoon , theworking day starts for most people at 3.45 a.m.and ends at noon.

For so long the Jjves of those living here havebeen in con tant danger, aod perhaps now forthe fir t time life may be developed along morenormal lines. For us the stay is but a short one,but 1 am sure everyooe hopes that be can inome way contribute to tbe rebuilding and re-habilitation of tbe Kibbutz, its people and itsfields.

ROBIN KATZ.

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~ THE PRESIDENT AND MEM BER OF THE ~~ ~~ OLD BOYS' COMMIITEE EXTEND TH IR ~~ ~~ BE T WISHE TO ALL PUPILS, PARE TS ~~ ~~ AND TE CHERS P ST 0 PRE E T FOR ~

~ A ·RY HAPPY CHRISTMA A D A ~~ ~

~ PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR. m~ ~~ ~

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