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il P!{INTED IN THE UNlOK OF SOUTH AFRICA B\'"THE RUSnCA PRESS. 1'1.'\'., LTD., WYNBERG, CAPE

SENIOR SCHOOL STAFF

Mr. W. E. Bowden, B.A., H.E.D.PRINCIPAL

Mathematics

VICE-PRINCIPALMr. F. G. Thorp, M.A., B.SC.,B.ED.

Mr. H. Arguile, B.A.Mr. H. E. de W. Tasker, B.A.Mr. S. Gilmore, B.A.Mr. F. N. R. Hawks, M.A.Mr. A. N. Holmes, B.A.Mr. J. F. J. Jonker

Mr. W. Lennox, B.SC.(HONS.)Mr. C. A. MacLeod, M.A.Mr. A. J. A. MorrisMr. D. E. Nel, M.A.Mr. P. D. Palm, B.A.Mr. R. RichterMiss H. Shaw, D.A.,N.D.D...Mr. D. S. Sieberhagen, B.A.Mr. H. J. Smuts, B.A., B.COM.,A.LA.C.

Mr. W. J. ThomasMr. D. H. Thomson, M.A.Mr. P. H. Vermeulen, B.A.

Dr. H. G. \\7ood, B.A., PI-r.D.

Physical Science

STAFF

LatinHistoryAfrikaans, GeographyMusic, Religious J-nstructionGeograPhy, MathematicsAfrikaans, Mathematics,General ScienceMathematics, ScienceEnglishPhysical Science, BiologyGeography, Histor')', BiologyAfrikaans, Social StudiesEnglish, Mathe'maticsArtAfrikaansBook-keePing, CommercialArith1lletic, Business MethodsManual Y'rainingEnglisbAfrikaans, Englisb, SocialStudiesMatbematics, Zoology

JUNIOR SCHOOL STAFFPrincipalSub. ASub. BStd. 1

Std. 2Std. 3AStd. 3BStd. 4AStd. 4BStd. 5AStd. 5BGym.

SpeechSpeech DefectsSingingEurhythmics

Miss D. Traill WoodMiss E. SternMrs. E. JenningsMrs. M. Pagden

Mr. A. LorieMiss K. LaceyMrs. M. PaddickMrs. ·H. M. MerringtonMiss E. Pen foldMiss J. SparksMiss E. HeneckMiss 1. KemmMiss P. SmithMr. A. LorieMrs. J. BecksMr. J. F. OosthuizenPiano Mr. A. Verwymeren

Miss H. van HeerdenMr. A. LorieMrs. E. Hutcheson

ViolinCello

EDITORIAL

\'1e have once again experienced a year ofexpansion, and the old School as once we knewit has almost disappeared. Our hopes for theadditional classrooms temporarily ruled out in1952 were again revived when once more thebuilders moved in and began all over againtheir work of demolition and reconstruction.All this has necessitated some disorganizationof our normal routine, but the sight of the newbuildings, rising slowly but surely, is amplecompensation for any inconveniences we havehad to endure. By this time the new blockshould be nearing completion, and, once we arein occupation of this, wc trust we shall beable to look forward to a time when 'neitherhammer nor axe nor any tool of iron' will be'heard in the house '. Next on the list ofessential buildings is a new Boarding House,and we trust that the negotiations now pro-ceeding will soon make it possible for work to

commence on the provision of suita·ble andadequate accommodation for our Boarders.Perhaps our most pressing need, however, is theprovision of additional playing fields for ourgrowing family. We may, or may not, con-tribute to the view that 'The battle ofWaterloo was won on the playing fields ofEton', but there is no doubt that the teamspirit built up on the playing field is a veryimportant factor in the tradition of a School,a~d the provision of adequate playing space istherefore a matter of extreme urgency.

Now that we are at long last seeing therealization of our dreams with respect to ourSchool buildings, it is fitting th:lt we shouldtake stock to see whether our growth inwardlyis keeping pace with our outward develop-ment. The real stature of a School, or of anyinstitution for that matter, does not depend onthe size and appearance of its buildings, buton the spirit and moral fibre of those withinits walls. It is the nature of that intangiblething we call 'tone' or 'character' which

decides the degree of our true greatness. In themoulding and building up of what we may call, the Wynberg spirit' we all have a part to play,and we should guard this property veryjealously, for it is our most prized possession.

The new Junior Secondary Course, intro-duced into the School at the beginning of lastyear, completes its first cycle next year.The course extends over a period of threeyears, on the completion of which candidateswill be required to take an internal examination,and certificates wiU be issued to those whopass the examination. The first year of thecourse is of an exploratory nature, the objectbeing to discover the special aptitudes of thepupil and to guide him in the choice of hisfurther course of study. If the course achievesthis object and succeeds in reducing the numberof 'square pegs in round holes', it will haveachieved something very worth while, but it istoo early yet to pass any opinion as to whetherit is doing this.

Our venture last year in introducing a biggermagazine seems to have met with generalapproval, and there does not seem much doubtthat the new size has come to stay. Whetheryou are a present or past pupil of the School,we trust you will enjoy reading these pages.

Examination time is once again just roundthe corner, and by the time this reaches youthe corner will probably have been turned, for:better or for worse. Waiting for examinationresults is one of those necessary evils we cannotcircumvent. For the favoured few at the oneend of the scale, as well as for the not sofavoured few at the other, it is time wasted,waiting for confirmation of a result which isknown perfectly well already; for the averagecandidate, however, there is always the naggingfear that he may not have done quite so wellas he expected, coupled with the persistent hopethat he may, on the other hand, have done alittle better, and this element of uncertainty

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always introduces a varying degree of anxietyinto the interim period between examinationsand the publication of the results. Whicheversection you are in, may you get your justdeserts!

Our thanks go again to all who have contri-buted in any way towards the production ofthis magazine - to the members of Staff whohave covered the various School activities; to

all those budding essayists and poets who sub-mitted articles for publication, whether theywere accepted or not; to our advertisers, whomwe ask our readers to support; and to theRustica Press for their usual interest and advice.

Finally, a very happy Christmas and aprosperous New Year to you one and all.

H.A.

SENIOR SCHOOL NOTES

Once agam we have been in the throes ofbuilding operations. A second storey has beenadded to the buildings along the stoep to matchthe buildings erected last year. These will pro-vide us with six additional classrooms. Bothexternally and internally the Hall has alsoundergone a process of much-needed renovationand repair, and looks very much better for it.The upper section of the walls has been coveredwith Masonite and painted a pale cream colour.It was originally intended to paint the wains-coting too, but this has been covered with RedTola panelling. The cost of the latter has beenmet by the School, but the extra expenditurehas been well worth while, and has transformedthe Hall into an Assembly Room of which wecan be proud. The work of panelling the wallswas carried out under the supervision of ourversatile caretaker, Mr. Eksteen, assisted bysome of the senior boys, and we extend to themour thanks for a job well done. We are fortu-nate in having the services of Mr. Eksteen andwe hope his stay with us will be a long andhappy one. Alterations have also been made tothe stage, and these will add to the success offuture presentations.

These alterations temporarily accentuatedour accommodation difficulties. The Laboratoryand Lecture Theatre had to be used as class-rooms, and one class had to be housed in theBoarders' Common Room, while yet anotherclass joined the twO already accommodated inthe Junior School. By the time this Magazineappears, however, we hope these temporaryinconveniences will have disappeared and thatwe shall be in occupation of the new class-

rooms. Once these are available, it is intendedto convert the two classrooms off the Hall intoa Library, and this will in turn release theroom which at present houses the Library booksand enable it to be converted into a much-needed locker-room for the Staff.

There have been a number of Staff changesthis year. At the beginning of the year wewere glad to welcome back Mr. Smuts afterhis six months' leave, during which he touredEngland, the Continent, and North and SouthAmerica. Mr. W. J. Thomas came to takecharge of the Manual Training Department,while Mr. G. H. Attwell joined the Staff in placeof Mr. Lennox, who left us temporarily at theend of last year to return to Bonnie Scotland.Also at the beginning of the year we welcomedt:> the Staff Mr. P. D. Palm and Mr. P. H.Vermeulen, who took charge respectively ofStandards 6B and 6D. At the beginning of thethird term we welcomed back Mr. Lennox,albeit this meant we had reluctantly to saygood-bye to Mr. Attwell, to whom we expressour thanks for assisting us over a period of sixmonths. Since the return of Mr. Lennox theBand has taken a new lease of life, and oncemore the air at lunch-time is resonant with thebeat of drums and the fanfare of trumpets.Also at the beginning of the third quarter wewere glad to welcome to the Staff Miss H.Shaw, who takes over the teaching of Art, nowa compulsory subject in the new JuniorSecondary Course.

While on the subject of Staff changes, weregret to have to announce that Mr. Nel willbe leaving us at the end of the year to take up

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an appointment as Lecturer in Geography atthe University of South Africa, Pretoria. Mr.Nel joined the Staff in July 1952, and hi~ jovial,serene personality will be greatly missed by bothStaff and boys alike. We congratulate him onhis new appointment, and trust that he will bevery happy in his new work. We shallremember with real pleasure his all-too-shortstay with us.

We extend our hearty congratulations to Mr.and Mrs. Gilmore on the birth of a son on 15 thApril this year; also to Mr. and Mrs. Nel onthe birth of a daughter on 3rd September.

The Prefect body this year consisted of E.Ford (Head Prefect), M. Allis (Deputy Head),C. Critchley, E. de Groot, 1. Goodman, G.[saacson, 1. Jones, D. Page, I. Pfeil, G. Schafer,H. Schaffer, D. van der Westhuizen, and R.Wucherpfennig. A prefect's job is no sinecureat the best of times, and their task this yearhas again been made more difficult by the dis-turbances which have been going on around us.

The School Play this year took the form of athriller entitled Ten Mimtte Alibi by AnthonyArmstrong. A review of the play will befound under the activities of the Musical andDramatic Society. The play has once againbecome a pleasing feature of our Schoolcalendar, and we extend to Mr. Thomson, hiscast and assistan ts, our congra tula tions onanother fine effort.

We did not escape the damage causedthroughout the Peninsula and further afield bythe storms of winter, and one memorablemorning, after a particularly fierce gale, wearrived to find the drive littered with brokentiles and the water pouring into several of theclassrooms through a gaping hole in the roofof the new block of buildings. It looked as ifthe long-looked-for swimming bath hadmaterialized at last! Repairs were soon effected,however, and we are pleased to report that therewere no drowning fatalities.

On the Sports Field our reputation has beenwell upheld by the various teams wearing theW1ynberg Colours. A full account of theseactivities will be found elsewhere in these pages.Special mention must be made, however, of thefine performances put up by the Under 13

teams during this year's Rugby season. TheUnder 13A team complet~d the season with anunbeaten record, scoring 345 points, with only12 scored against them. This is a magnificentachievement, and we extend to them, and toMr. Morris, their coach, our hearty congratula-tions not only on their record in figures buton the fine spirit which characterized theirgames. The record of the Under 13B team isalmost as good; they lost only one matchthroughout the season, and that to a team inthe A Division, finishing the season with 271points for and 44 against. Again we congratu-late Mr. Morris and his youthful' Springboks'on a fine record.

By the time this reaches you the Cricketseason will once again be in full swing. Thegame this season will benefit from the erectionof a new scoring board which will providespectators with detailed information re the pro-gress of the game. For the work involved inmaking and erecting this we are indebted toMr. Thomas and his' apprentices', to whom weextend our sincere thanks.

The Hall presented a colourful sight on thenight of Saturday, 18th September, the occasionof the School Dance. There is a good dealof work to be done behind the scenes inpreparation for a function like this, and to allconcerned we say 'Thank you' - to Mrs.Bowden and the ladies who supervised thecatering arrangements, to those who providedthtt floral and lighting decorations, and to thosewho assisted in arranging them. The Dancewas greatly enjoyed by all who attended it.

On Friday, 10th December, a party of 15 ofour boys leaves Cape Town on the ArundelCastle bound for Southampton. The party willbe in the charge of Mr. Holmes. This is thefirst stage of a tour of Great Britain and theContinent, and in undertaking such a tour theywill be creating history, for this is the firsttime an Overseas tour of this nature has beenorganized by the School.

Their itinerary in Great Britain will includeLondon, Oxford, Stratford-on-Avon, Chester,and Edinburgh, while on the Continent theywill visit Amsterdam, Brussels, Lucerne, Engel-berg, Berne, Geneva, and Paris. They arrive

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back in Cape Town -;- those of them who havesurvived the European winter, that is! - onThursday, 3rd February, on board the Car-nan'on Cast/e. To Mr. Holmes and the

members of his part}' we sa}' 'Bon voyage',wish them a very happy tour, and we shall lookforward to hearing of their adventures whenthey return.

SENIOR CERTIFICATE

EXAMINATION RESULTS, I953

First Class: Amoils, R. L., Boonzaier, J. la C, Green,A. G., Joffe, H. S., Kaplan, M. 1., MiJlner, G.,Polliack, }., Van Niekerk, A. L.

Second Class: Barham, W. T., Berks, A. N., Bojé,J. G., Bolt, J. F., Clifton, A. A., Coombs, F. ].,Croome, B., Dawson, V. Q., Duk, F. A., Ellen·bogen, A. M., Estment, 1. V., Gabb, A. T.,Gavronsky, S. A., Gibbs, H., Hansen, R. R.,Henkel, E. E., Herbstein, D. M., .Holmes, P. W.,Hurton, G. C W., Macdonald, D. M., Meaker,R. S., Rappoport, H. S., Rubin, I. 1., Saevitzon,G. L., Salter, P. T. D., Schoon, }. P., Shapiro,L., Steele, }. S., Steyger, R., Tiffin, D. H., Vander Spuy, C ]., Warren, T. G. K., Woolfe, B.

JUNIOR CERTIFICATEFirst Class: Berrisford, A. P., Bromberger, D.,

Coetzee, 1., Davie, R. J., Gilmore, R. M., Glaum,C ]., Human, F. D., lrvine, M. R., JoweJl, J. L.,Keiler, A., Lumb, G. A., McCaJlum, M. F.,O'Connor, L. E., Perold, CA., Polliack, A.,Scott, J. V., Spears, M. J., Van der Spuy, P. A.M., Wadman, J. R., Wallace, M. C

Second Class: Adler, M., Adshade, A. R., Baden-horst, F. J., Beckwith, C G., Bedford, W.T., Bing, G. B., Bosch, G. W., Braude, W.,Buchanan, D. A., Carrington, }., Carter, M.O.,Clampett, P. ]., Cloete, J. K., Cloete, Jl.,Coetzee, H. J. P., Cooper, L. H., Cynkin, S.,Day, 1. T., Du Toit, L., Ebmke, G., Ferber,CS., Fischer, J. H., Fougstedt, }. E., Frewen,E. J., Furman, S., Glover, R. G., Goldstein,P. A., Goslin, B. ., Hanekom, N., Henry,D. N., Holmes, R. }. M., Jarmain, B. G.,Joffe, A. M., Jones, P., Jowell, 1., Katz, P.,Katz, W., Kahn, D. W., Kretschmer, J. R.,Kruger, P., Lambe, P. F., Lampe, M. H.,Leibowitz, 1., Malinaric, E., Meade, R. H.,Micbaels, S. M., Minnaar, D., Morton, C,Muller, R. J. B., Murison, R. R., Musikanth, S.,Myers, }., Neumann, E. H. A., Newron, A. G.,Old ridge, K. A., Perloff, H., Perrow, D. J,Pfeil, I. R. C, PosweIl, R., Rennie, W. M. M.,Retief, M. P., Rigg, R. ]., Schaffer, B. A.,Schreuder, T. W., Simons, D., Smedley, R.,Spiro, D. S., Stein, R. G., Stephen, R. D.,Stewart, }. S., Strickland, R. T., Taylor, J. F.,Thomson. D. A. St. ]., Van der Merwe, C J,Van der Westhuizen, G. C A., Van Renen, R.V.. Van Rosenveldt, A. G., Velida, P. J. P.,Waiters, P.O., Weinreich, B. M., Wellard. D.

W., Woudberg, P. G., Wucherpfennig, R. T..Wylie, E. R., Young, A. D., Zinman, ]. J.

HOËR TAALBONDLaer Graad: Bojé, }. G., Bolt, J. F., Kaplan, M. I..

Millner, G., Saevitzon, G. L., Van Niekerk, A. L..Van Schoor, J. L.

LAER TAALBONDHoër Graad: Bromberger, D., Coetzee, L., Human.

F. D., Jones, L., Schafer, G. G.Laer G'raad: Berrisford, A., Chapman, H. W., Cilliers,

G., Croome, B., Davie, R. J., De Groot, F. J.,Gelb, R. A., Ger, M., Goodman, L., Hanekom,N., Hansen, R. R., Henkel, E. E., lsaacson, G.J., Jones, H. B., Kiihn, D. W., Meyerilial, D. M.,Page, D. G., Pelser, L. S., Polliack, A., Rogow,1. M., Rubin, I. 1., Savage, CG., Schaffer, B. A.,Schoon, W. A., Schreuder, T. W., Sheard, O. G.,Steele, J. S., Van Assen, B. ]., Van der West·huizen, D. }., Van Niekerk, J. L., Waiters, P.O.,Warren, T. K., Young, R. A., Zinman, J }.

VOORBEREIDENDE EKSAMENHoër Graad met Lof: Brink, I. J. A., Brocaar, W. J.,

Van Teylingen, H.Hoër Graad: Adamson, L. M., Brocaar, A. J., Cloete,

}. K., Cohen, A. M., Cyokin, S., Du Plessis,P. S., Eberlein, R., Goslin, B. N., Needham, J.M., Neumann, W. F., PosweIl, R., Scott, }. V.,tephen, R. D., Taal, M., Winterbach, H. ].

Laer Graad: Adshade, A. R., Allan, S. A., Bosom·worth, R. A., Braude, W., Budden, K. }.,Callanan, F. A., Carp, I. M., Carter, R., Cooper,}. P., Day, L. T., Ehmke, G. F., Fougstedt, }. E.,frewen, E. J., fulford, }. S., Gilmore, R. M.,Greyling, K. N., Harris, C L., Hasiett, B. G.,Heath, D. B., Heyne, G., Horwitz, P. J, James,B. S. S., Jarmain, B. G., Jarvis, N., Jones, P.,Jowell, 1., ]urer, S.O., Kamionsky, R., Kaplan,R. H., Kretschmer, 1. R., Linnow, R. G., Louw,L. H. C, Lyons, G. ]., Malinaric, E. F.,Margolius, M., Marks, K., Matthews, M. }.,McBride, A. M., McClurg, T. J., McCullagh,N. C J., Meade, R. H., Millson, H. E., Murison,J. R., eimann, S., Neimann, S. L., offki, M.,O'Connor. A. M., Parol is, L. G., Perrow, D. T.,Pfeil, 1. R. C. Prior, N. B., Reingold, 0.,Rennie, \Y1. M. M., Reynolds, R. B.. Roe, R. T.,Savage, R., Schonwald, B. A., hantall, B.,Stuppel, F., Temkin, ., Thomson, H. A., Twine.B. W., Velida, ]., Vos, J. G., Weir, H. E.,Williams, 1. G.

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, WISE' SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS,1954

Post Senior Certificate Course: ]. G. Bojé, A. 1. vanNiekerk.

Std. x: E. C. C. de Groot, 1. Jones.Std. IX: D. Bromberger, ]. R. Wadman.

D. F. MARAIS MEMORIALTh is is to take the form of a book presented

annually to the boy in Standard X with the highest

percentage mark in Afrikaans in the Septemberexamination. The first award was made this yearand goes to E. W. Burger.

FRIEDLANDER SHIELD19501951

No award.Van Riebeek.

Rhodes.Wellington.

19521953

OLD BOYS' SCHOLARSHIPS1953: N. Bromberger.1954: N. Bromberger, M.l.Kaplan.

STAFF

JUNIOR SCHOOL NOTES

A t the beginning of this year we welcomedto the Staff Miss P. Smith, who came to takecharge of Std. 4B and also the Art work ofseveral classes, Miss J. Spark, who took overStd. 3A, and in April came Miss E. Heneck toStd. 3B. Mrs. Becks remained with us to take5B. The Singing found a most able anddynamic recruit in Mrs. E. Jennings, whoco-operates with Miss Traill Wood in the pro-duction of the 1954 Operetta, to be staged atthe end of October. Miss S. Sweet, our secondfull-time piano teacher, left us in April to bemarried (our best wishes for her future happi-ness were duly expressed), and in her placecame Miss H. van Heerden. Finally, inexchange for gym. lessons in Std. 6s by Mr.Oosthuizen, Mr. Palm has taken charge of theAfrikaans of 5B, an exchange that has proveda most happy arrangement.

GENERALThe enrolment has reached 393, and with

the eventual transfer of Standards 6A and B tothe High School in January, Std. 2 will be sub-divided, and we should be over 400 frol11 thenonward.

Later this year the Junior building willreceive an overdue renovation both inside andout, when we hope our colour schemes willdepart from the everlasting browns.

Then the present upstairs staffr 0111 andcloakroom will be transformed into two musicrooms, while the old downstairs lobby cum

bicycle shed will become a larger, better situatedstaffroom. \'<f e hope this work will be com-pleted in January.

Activities have been varied. 'Tennisette' tooka firm hold of Juniors in January. Four ladyteachers became enthusiastic coaches, and ourmacadamized playground held four courts. Mr.D. van der Merwe, Mr. Houba's assistant, alsoprovided professional coaching, and Tennisettecontinued until rain made it impossible. Duringthe Easter vacation a group of Tennisetteplayers took part in a pleasant inter-schooltournament at the Training College.

Cricket, rugby and athletics drew the usualkeen entries.

Boxing lessons were available until buildingconditions temporarily suspended them.

The Annual Entertainment will take placeon October 29, 30 and November 1.

'Children's Theatre' has provided excellentfare this year. First came the Hogarth Puppetsto the Little Theatre in February. A largeparty of juniors enjoyed a morning matineethere. Second came Sheridan's 'The Critic',detailed elsewhere, while third, in October,came 'Let's Make an Opera' by Crozier andBritten at the Labia Theatre. One hundredand ninety of us were present, while inSeptenlber 140 of us enjoyed a performance offolk songs and dances by the Austrian Studentsin the Weizmann Hall at Sea Point.

With a stage and curtains in our largeAssembly Room, we were able on the last dayof the June term to restart impromptu concertsto pass the last hour. Both June and September

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concerts were most bright and successful -and hidden talent was brought to light.

On September 22 came an experiment. Weinvited the 'Standard 5 Parents' to a demonstra-tion of Audio-Visual Aids in teaching. A verypleasing attendance saw a film strip' England'sLake District', then a film in colour about'Latitude and Longitude', some pages out ofbooks on 'Famous Paintings' and 'Salzburg'on the epidiascope, and a gramophone record ofthe Overture to ' William Tell' by RossinÏ.Tea followed, as also an interesting inspectionof a Standard 5A wall frieze of 'William Tell "and several examples of linocut fabric printingon calico.

This demonstration will be repeated forparents of pupils in the lower classes.

Lectures on 'Road Safety' and 'AnimalWelfare ' took place during the year.

Both parents and pupils contributed mostgenerously to the efforts organized to raisefunds for the Mayor's Flood Relief Fund, tocollect food for the Rotarians' Food Drive forthe distressed areas, and to collect clothing forthe Child Life Protection Society.A welcome addition to the Assembly Room

has been the provision of attractive and effec-tive black-out curtains on the nine windows.

Parents' Day will be held at the end of thefourth term, and the programme will includethe finals of a projected Tennisette tournament.

In conclusion, we should like to record ourgreat regret at losing our Circuit Inspector,Mr. J. E. Dugard, from this circuit, to expressour great appreciation of the keen and friendlyinterest taken in our school activities by bQthMr. and Mrs. Dugard, and to wish Mr. Dugardevery success and satisfaction in his new work.

MY VISIT TO THE' OLD' WORLDAND THE 'NEW' (1953)

By H. J. Smuts, B.A., B.COMM., A.r.A.C.

The object of this article is to give some ofmy impressions and observations during a veryextensive tour while on furlough last year, inthe hope that it will make interesting reading.The ship left Cape Town on a very cold, wetand stormy Sunday morning late in June, and,while we were standing on deck watching thecity and the mountain stretching further andfurther away from us, a very respectable-looking, well-dressed Chinese gentleman stand-ing near by said to his friend, in true Easternsolemn manner: 'There is a lot of fresh airabout this place', and in equally solemn fashionhis Chinese friend agreed that there was.

The ship sailed straight for Rio de Janeiro,and for two days I did not dare to lift myhead from the pillow. On the third day the

weather had improved sufficiently for me torisk taking my place at table. Apart from theCaptain and officers the staff were all Chinese,and the menu contained m~ny Eastern items.The passengers were mostly South Africans andAmericans, with a sprinkling of Australiansand a few others. From then on, life on boardwas pleasant enough. At night there was eitherdancing, card games, or 'Bingo', or occasionallyeven a proper 'party'. When the weatherbecame warm enough the open-air swimmingbath on the top deck was well patronized, evenif it was only for basking in the sun; and therewas deck tennis, as well as all the other kindsof deck games one usually finds on a passengership.

On the tenth day we reached Rio de Janeiroand found the city enveloped in a kind of hazymist, so that the natural beauty of this world-famous harbour was a little spoilt for us. Butwe had better luck when we came back to it

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the second time. Walking up the main roadwe got caught in a large crowd of people whohad come to watch a fire that was in full pro-gress in a shoe store. It was a little annoyingto find ourselves half-lost in a strange placelike that, but after an interesting, but not verysatisfactory, lunch in one of the restaurants,we walked around the central part of the cityand then took a taxi back to the ship.

Apart from its wonderful natural scenery,Rio has beautiful buildings, statues and gardens.There I saw for the first time the extraordinarypavements laid out in small black and whitegranite and marble stones, in a great variety ofmosaic patterns. One wonders if it is worthspending so much time and effort on laying apavement. On the outskirts of the city is thecelebrated beach front called Copacabana, withits long row of luxury hotels. That sameafternoon the ship sailed to Santos, where westayed two full days. While there, we motoredto the big industrial town of Sao Paulo andsaw many interesting things. Again a hazy dayspoilt our appreciation of the beautiful countryscenery. Prom Santos we sailed to Montevideo,where we stayed three days. We found this avery friendly harbour town, and we all enjoyedour stay there. Then on to Buenos Aires.

The capital of the Argentine, where thespirit of Eva Peron still dominates the thinkingand the political feeling of the people, is reallymagnificent in many ways. There is a toneabout the place which makes it much superiorto the other South American cities. The OperaHouse is world famous, and I was told that allthe great artists of the world come there topedorm. Buenos Aires also boasts the wideststreet in the world and the biggest airport. Thelast-named is quite new. We motored out therefor lunch one day and were delighted. Oneday we spent at a 'Gaucho' farm and had abarbecue - but I was not impressed with that.The Latin-American people have an artistictemperament, and dancing seems to be animportant outlet for their emotional energy. InBuenos Aires and Montevideo I saw sOmeterrific Spanish dancing.

After a stay of about four days we retracedour steps up the east coast and called at all the

same ports again. \Vhen we reached Rio thesecond time at about half past eight in themorning, I decided that I wanted to leave byplané that same evening at about midnight.But to do so I had to get my baggage throughthe Customs and my seat booked in the plane.The trouble I had to get all that done is toopainful to relate. Officialdom in South Americais really awful. With the aid of a guide and ataxi I managed to get all that settled at aboutfive o'clock in the afternoon, and then askedthe guide to take me to some unusual placecalled Quantandina, about 18 miles outsideRio. \Ve came back a little late, but I feltbetter after the drive and a good dinner at theGloria Hotel. After dinner the guide droveme to the beach front at Copacabana and thento the airport. Por all that he charged me theequivalent of £22. By that time I felt sodesperate and 'fed up' that I paid it just toget away from people who I felt were neitherfriendly towards, nor very honest with, a SouthAfrican tourist.

Plying over the Amazon basin in a PanAmerican Airways 'Clipper' on my first hopto the United States is an experience that Ishould not have liked to miss. The sight wasbreath-taking, and the comfort and service onthose planes simply amazing. As an Americansitting in the seat next to me said, 'You canget fat on these planes '. I stopped for aboutthree or four days at each of the followingplaces: Trinidad, Panama, Costa Rica, andQuatemala. Then on to New Orleans.

Here I set foot on United States soil for thefirst time. Ever since I was a schoolboy Ihad wanted to go to America. When the SchoolInspector came round to examine the Std. VIclass in Geography, he asked me just onequestion, as far as I can remember, and it wasthis: 'Which other country in the world wouldyou like to live in?" And almost without think-ing; I replied, 'America '. I suppose nothingin the world is ever just as one expected it tobe, but America· is not likely to disappointanybody. New Orleans, even by Americanstandards, is a really interesting city. It is bigand bustling, with a lot of excitement all thetime. It well deserves the description of 'the

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Paris of America '. Two special features ofNew Orleans I'll remember for a long time,and they are the old French Quarter and theCreole cooking. < Creole' is a word whichmeans a mixture of French and Spanish. Thereseems to be a continuous stream of tourists allthe year round, and it is a wonderful placefor operas, concerts, and all manner ofentertainment.

From New Orleans I travelled by luxury busto Chicago, taking several days over it andstopping at a number of smaller towns andvillages. To me, a people is to be judged firstand foremost by its way of life, and that iswhat I was looking for all the time.

Chicago was indeed a pleasant surprise. It isa gay, cheerful city, and the people veryfriendly. The best dance music that I haveever heard was to be found in Chicago. Oneafternoon a young Canadian and I went tohave a look at a wonderful hotel called theEdgewater Beach, on the lake front. One ofthe lounges in this hotel is made to look justlike a ship. One walks over a sagging< gangway' to get inside, and then all the furni-ture and fittings are made to look exactly likethose of a ship. The waiters are in ship's uni-form and everything receives careful attention.The one wall was a screen that moved up anddown slowly within a limited range, and on itwas a huge painting of the skyline of NewYork. On the opposite wall was exactly thesame thing, but there was a huge painting (life-size ) of a seascape with a seagull and a sailor.These two screens moving up and down giveone the idea of a ship rolling. We ordered beerand, before I had finished mine, I felt that Ihad to get out of the place fast. The memoryof my stormy voyage out of Cape Town wasstill too fresh in my mind. I was really sorryto leave Chicago, but I had to move on. Itravelled by Pullman to Buffalo, where I spentthe whole day looking at Niagara Falls. Touristsare very well catered for there.

Next came New York. The place is soterrific that I shall not try to describe it. It isso exciting that it simply carries one alonguntil one drops out from sheer exhaustion.After four and a half days of that, it was a

relief to get on the ship again, although a lotof the things I wanted to do, and a lot of placesI wanted to see, had to be scrapped from myprogramme.

My trip in the < Queen Mary' was a littledisappointing. The weather was fine and thesea unusually calm, but the ship is so big thatthe essential charm of sea-travel is lost. Assomebody said, < One has to ask which is theway to the sea '. The best part about it wasthe complete rest.

My first day in London I thought was a littledull after New York. But already from thesecond day I realized that London was awonderful city, full of interest and charm. Tendays of that, then over to the Continent:Brussels, Paris, Zurich, Montreux, SaptaMargharita, Milan, Venice, Florence, Rome,Capri, Cannes, Monte Carlo, Nice, Nancy,Paris again, and then back to London. On theContinent I travelled by train as far as Venice,and from there by luxury motor-coach. Ofthe two, the latter is much to be preferred. Itwas my first visit to Italy, and I must say Iwas a little disappointed. Rome is still awonderful city, but the poverty of the peoplein the southern part of Italy is most depressingto behold. Capri, with its Blue Grotto, is wellworth a visit. For a really good holiday oneshould go to the French Riviera.

Of the French I shall always think warmly.France is a beautiful and fertile country with avery pleasing climate, and the French havesomething which makes them the envy of allthose who know them. The French alwaysstrive for perfect internal and external harmonyin their lives, and that is why they are themost attractive and charming people in theworld. They have always maintained a degreeof refinement which Western civilization hasaccepted as a criterion. It is not for nothingthat the French language has been accepted asthe medium of international diplomatic nego-tiations, because those who know tell us thatFrench is the only perfect language in theworld.

In all fairness to the French I must say that< Paris is not France '. By that I mean that lifeJO Paris to-day, or what the tourist sees of it,

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is by no means representative of the French.Nevertheless Paris is truly a wonderful city.One must visit it oneself to appreciate its subtlecharm, its beauty and indescribable fascination.

Back in England I found life quietly sooth-ing and reassuring. I spent a week-end withfriends in a small village near Brighton, and Ithought the English countryside looked lovelyin autumn.

But I had to come back, and, when I landedin Cape Town about the middle of November,I was more conscious than ever of the factthat South Africa is the most wonderfulcountry in the world to live in, and that SouthAfricans are the finest and most likeable peopleI know.

UNITED NATIONSEDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC &CULTURAL ORGANIZATION.

(UNESCO)

By H. Teper, B.A.

In 1951 I wrote in the School Magazine anarticle about UNO in which I outlined obser-vations I had made and interviews I had hadwith various authorities at UNO. I eXplainedhow the Bulwark of Peace is functioningpolitically. In this article, however, I want todwell on one branch of UNO, namelyUNESCO. As its programme is divided intoeight branches, in the limited space allotted forthis article it is only possible to deal with oneof the eight - Education.

UNESCO finds its origin in the lessonemerging from World War II, that peace mustbe founded not only on political and economicbut also on intellectual and moral solidarity.

The organizers of UNESCO were confrontedwith the question: Why was the angel of warand destruction so successful in overthrowinglaw and justice and plunging the world sooften into chaos and barbarism? Is it notbecause too much power was given into thehands of the politicians? The organizers thenperceived that politics did not prevent theworld from becoming a • slaughterhouse '.Religion too was powerless to stop the holo-C,lUst and the world was turned into a • valley

of death '. During wars the sword and notthe law is all-powerful. Inter arma leges silent.So the Educationalists decided the time hadcome to take part in restoring law and orderto the unbalanced world and to prevent theHuman Tragedy from being repeated. Thus in1946 UNESCO was formed in London, andJulian Huxley was elected as its first Director-General.

The purpose of UNESCO, as stated inArticle I of its constitution, is to contribute topeace and security by promoting collaborationamong the nations of the world through educa-tion. Only educationalists realize that theeducation of men is simply the forging of linksin a chain which joins humanity together andmakes it a whole. It elevates man to the truedignity of a real being.

I may say that to a certain extent they havebeen successful. In UNO, for instance, the• cold war' is often fought with heated words.In UNESCO, however, the air is more peaceful,and great problems are solved in a tranquil,solemn mood. The politicians, therefore, dividethe nations into hostile political camps; theEducationalists manage to a certain degree tounite the very same disunited nations.

UNESCO progressed immensely during theeight years of its existence. It began with amembership of 49 nations; now its membersnumber 64 nations, South Africa included.Practically all the nations of the world joinedthis important organization. Very useful workhas been accomplished in the field of inter-national education and culture by eliminatingilliteracy in many countries, and by encourag-ing fundamental education. Much stress is laidon the education of maladjusted children, andnow the work is directed towards the generalneed of children, with emphasis on the rela-tionship between education and mental andphysical health and social changes.

Here are a few points of UNESCO'S remark-able constitution and its vital aims.

1. To study the causes of tension that maylead to war, and to fight them througheducation.

2. To bring about better understanding amongthe peoples of the world, and to convince

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them of the necessity of co-operatingloyally with one another.

3. 1'0 promote, through education, respect forhuman rights throughout all nations.

4. 1'0 advance, through the press, radio andfilms, the cause of truth, freedom and peace.

5. 1'0 promote the progress and u tiliza tion ofscience for mankind.

Indisputably such aims stir hope and confi-dence in the hearts of men who eagerly cravefor peace and stabi·lity. Whereas so many aspira-tions of the moralists have remained in abstractform, UNESCO strives to translate its aim intoconcrete facts. On request, the organizationsends to member states educational missionscomposed of experts to make surveys of existingfacilities and recommendations for improvingeducation.

International conferences are held to bringtogether specialists from member-states and tomake intensive studies of specific problems. Ithas launched a long-term policy for the world-wide adoption of free and compulsory educa-tion as outlined in Article 26 of the UniversalDeclaration of Human Rights. Its largestproject in the field of fundamental educationincludes a plan to establish a world network ofsix centres where teachers will be trained asspecialists in fundamental education. 1'hedelegates of the sixth Geneva Conference gaveunanimous approval to the project, which willtake twelve years to complete and will cost20,000,000 dollars.

UNESCO is also concerned with the task ofhelping school authorities and teaching staff to

make mutual understanding among peoples amajor emphasis in all education, whether youthor adult education. Pamphlets under theheading '1'owards World Understanding' arewidely distributed. 1'he organization alsoadministers its own fellowships, and more than800 fellowships were issued recently.

UNESCO works through a General Con-ference, an Executive Board, and a Secretariat.The General Conference, consisting of onerepresentative from each member-state, deter-mines policies and programmes, and has beenmeeting annually. The secretariat is responsiblefor carrying out the programme of action. Itis headed by a Director-General nominated bythe Executive Board and appointed by theConference. The present Director-General(newly appointed) is Dr. Luther Evans of theU.S.A. and its headquarters is Paris. Everycountry, however, has its own UNESCO officeand is kept informed of the work and progressof the Organization. UNESCO'S office inSouth Africa is in Pretoria.

I have often stressed tha t good is inter-national, and so is evil; not by sword but byenlightenment can evil be subdued. Educationcould become the moral basis of society, andthe Educationalists would then have a missionto perform - to implant confidence and hopein the men who have lost hope in mankind.Never before was UNESCO'S task so impera-tive and so needful as it is in our atomic age,when human brains have penetrated the secretsof nature for destructive purposes. Let us hopethat the Educationalists will succeed where thepoliticians have failed to establish peace andharmony in our troublesome times.

'PRELUDE TO MATRIC.'

SENIOR SCHOOL CONTRIBUTIONS

The days are numbered of this year,And yet I wait, I know not why -Perhaps the dread of work again,Thro' sleepless nights restrains me so;Yet weight of mind increases day by day;The brain, less able to retain its sturdy hold,Gives way to thoughts of selfishness

And play, of worries still unborn;Dismiss these thoughts, 0 worthless mind!Surmount the troubles one by one,Until at last, when all is done,No guilt and shame shall be your lot;Instead the triumph and the peaceWill swell within your noble breast.

D. P. LEON (lOA).

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A RAILWAY BOOKSTALLRecently, in a book by a well-known philo-

sopher, I came across this curious stateme~t:< The human race to-day is a single species,known as homo saPiens.' This statement leadsme to only one conclusion - that the philo-sopher li ves in some curious barbaric country(probably behind the Iron Curtain) wherethere are no railway bookstalls or railway book-sellers.

Any nature observer, if he turned his atten-tion to the < species homo saJliens', wouldimmediately point out to the philosopher theimmense gap which separates the genus (.oreven sub-species) < railway bookseller' from ItScustomer, the common or garden homo sapiens.

The genus under discussion is unique in con-sisting only of women (although that is perhapsan exaggeration: or - at any rate I ha ve neverseen a husband hanging round). Perhaps theseare eaten after marriage, like some male spiders,or perhaps they stay at home and do the house-work, tied by domestic drudgery.

The main stations seem to provide a trainingcollege - it is there that one sees the youngergirls, always dressed in flower print overallsas if in a uniform; while the matronsgraduate to the suburbs, independence, whiteaprons, and knitting. . ...

In ordinary bookshops there IS a possibility ofbeing served politely, but not at the railwaybookstall. It seems as if all railway booksellershave banded together under an oath ofincivility and the motto: < The customer isalways wrong.' The threat, I'll take my customelsewhere, which works wonders in certainquarters, holds no fears for them. Browsing inbookshops is at the worst tolerated and at thebest encouraged by the kind and helpfulattendants, but just try it at a railway book-stall. And as for tasting the sweets. . . .

Let us observe a railway bookstall - prefer-ably while the bookseller is absent, if we are toavoid her baleful glare. A glance at it whileit is open will also be necessary, for no bookstallIS complete without its bookseller - the one

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without the other is like a car without petrol.The stall itself is a square, grimy erection -painted white at the time of Union, andsituated either at one end or in the middle ofthe station (except Cape Town's two, whichare situated at the end and in the middlerespectively). Above waist-height, the v.:allsare replaced by glass panes, which were pOSSlblyclean when installed (though I doubt it), butwhich have long since become obscured with anaccumulation of dust and cobwebs peculiar inits rust-red colour to railway stations. As if.to hide the objects on sale still more from thegaze of a prospective purchaser, the glass iscovered with heavy-gauge wire-netting - torepel burglars, you suggest, but this is amistaken argument, since stations are the best-policed places in South Africa, and anyhowthere is never anything worth stealing in arailway bookstall.

Recently new appendages have appeared -two yellow signs (with, occasionally, a barrierdividing the counter into two sections). Thesecarry the words, < Non-Europeans' and< Europeans Only' respectively. The psycho-logical and physiological results of this ch~n~ehave not yet had time to appear, but It ISinteresting to speculate whether these will leadto the development of schizophrenia, or < splitpersonality', in the suburban booksellers (whoserve both sections), and the development oftwo separate sub-species in the urban stalls,where enough booksellers are available for theauthorities to devote one to each section.

Whatever changes may come in the outwardappearance of the stall or its keeper, we maybe certain that at heart they will remain asimmutable as they have been since the railwayfirst became an institution. Atom bombs maybe raining down all round them and ancientdynasties falling like ninepins, but the railwaybooksellers remain imperturbable, and the rail-way bookstall < carries on as usual' (thinkingperhaps of the Order of the Day, < Englandexpects every bookstall this day. . . . ').

H. W. CHAPMAN (lOA).

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WE SHOULD LIKE TO KNOW

1. Who knows how many blades of grassthere are on the cricket pitch?

2. What makes the day boys' sandwiches sopopular?

3. Whether Francis Bacon wrote < Ovid ' also?4. How the budgie found its way into lOB?5. What wrecked H.M.S. Pinafore?6. Who's always < sick' during exams.?7. Who was so keen to get to School on time

that he was copped for speeding?8. What ham-handed fellow broke the slide

in the Zoo Lab.?9. Who has the reputation of being the

smartest cadet on parade?1O. Whether anybody is likely to read this?

lOA and lOB.

VLUG TOT DIE DOOD

"Kontrole tot vliegtuig. Land asseblief. Landasseblief. Moenie duik nie! Moenie duik nie!"'n Sekonde later was 'n ontploffing hoorbaa.r.Rook en vlamme het uit 'n groot gat in diegrond gewalm wat die vliegtuig gegrawe het.Wrakhout is oor 'n groot oppervlakte gestrooi.Dit was die tweede loods wat ek na sy doodgestuur het. Weer moes ek die tyding aan dievrou meedeel - 'n moeder van twee jongkinders. Sy was hartseer, het soos 'n malmensgegil en flou geword. Selfs een van haarkleintjies het my met sy vuisie in die gesiggeslaan - maar wat kon ek doen?

Gedurende die dae na die ongeluk was ditasof ek 'n stemmetjie hoor fluister het:"Barnard, jy is 'n moordenaar . nmoordenaar." Ek het gevoel asof ek van mywysie af was en moes toe met vakansie na dieoerwoud van Afrika gaan, terwyl die anderwetenskaplikes nog 'n vliegtuig soos die vorigeeen gebou het. Dikwels tydens my vakansie indie oerwoud van Afrika wou ek myself vankant gemaak het, maar dit sou die werk van 'nlafaard gewees het. Van een ding was ek seker,en dit was dat ek nie nog 'n man na sy doodsou stuur nie. As nog 'n man moes sterwe, dansou ek daardie man wees. Die vliegtuig wasdeur en deur getoets, en eindelik het die dag

aangebreek toe Jim Peters sou probeer om dievliegtuig te vlieg. Ek het saam met die loodsgeëet en £5,000 aan hom aangebied om my 'nbns te gee om die vliegtuig te vlieg. Ek hethom wysgemaak hoe twee loodse - beide vanhulle gawe kêrels - voor hom hul lewensverloor het, en vir hom gesê dat hy 'n pligteenoor sy familie, sy vrou en kinders gehadhet, maar hy wou niks daarvan geweet het nie.Buite het ek hom op 'n slinkse manier bewuste-loos geslaan en deeglik vasgebind. Naderhand,gekleed in Peters se klere het ek die vliegtuigbereik.

"Kontrole tot vliegtuig, alles veilig." Dievliegtuig het vinnig voortgegly en blitsvinnigvaart gekry. Binne enkele oomblikke was dievliegtuig op 'n hoogte van 40,000 vt. Tw:eekeer het ek geduik en die klankgrens verby-gegaan. Alles was voorspoedig. Nog 'n keerhet ek probeer en meteens het ek my bewussynverloor. "Kontrole tot vliegtuig, landasseblief." Met 'n groot poging het ek dieradio aangeskakel. "Vliegtuig . . . tot . . .kontrole . . . niks . . . makeer . . . metv liegtuig . . nie. Voel . . . so slaperig. Dink. . . moeilikheid . . . met kos . . . in kafee.Voel so slaperig." "Pluk jouself reg." "Ek

. . kan nie. Voel . . . so slaperig-tot siens... almal."

In die kontrolekamer het almal in spanninggewag en die vliegtuig op die radar dopgehou.15,000 vt., 10,000 vt. . . . 1,000 vt. Diespuitmotors het 'n deurdringende gekla geuiter.Nog 'n paar sekondes . . . en toe - dieontploffing.

M. GER (lOA).

lOA QUOTATIONS

-ll- s: A trifle pedantic (during English).Br - wn: Still waters run deep.B - rg - r (to a Sub A): Want a fight?Ch - pm - n: A child is naturally of a green

age, but this child is of the earliest possibleteen-age.

Cr - tchl - y: All the world's a stage.D-v-d: Those little white lies.E. D - Cr - - t: Can't find lines to suit him.F. D - Cr - - t: The angling Dutchman.

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F - - nb - rg: Swans sing before they die; 'twereno bad thing should certain people diebefore they sing.

F - rd: Cheaper by the baker's dozen.Fr - - dl - nd: A frustrated Michael Angelo

(with Mr. Arguile's co-operation).G- r: The man of a thousand voices.- s - - es - n: And, e'en though vanquished, he

could argue still.L - - n: The red terror.L - ek: Adolescence, 0 adolescence! I WInce

before your incandescence.M - - nd - 'r: A fiddle for everyone to play on.M - y - r: To say he's yards ahead would be a

pun.

.. FLViNCr ~OP.X~R&! 1NLVt.1l Gl.LU# ih

TILL 1 MUlAv 1'DLA'.

M -Uw - rd: If he doesn't cotton on to this,he'll blow away.

M - tt - g: Shoes to set my feet dancing.N - - m - n: Ignorance is bliss.- pp - nh - - m: Mr. Messerschmidt Junior.P - g - (in Latin): This is Greek to me.R - g - w: Some sense; no humour.R - ss: For money I killa da bull.R - - p: Casanova's disciple.Seh - - n: So much hair, so much brain, a comb

will pave the way to fame.Sch - nl - nd: The ' beck' bone of the boarding

house.

B. Seh - ff - r: And I alone bemoan my outcaststate.

H. Seb - ff - r: A superior being?L -tt - nb - eh: Sometimes I wonder (contri-

buted by Selzer).S -lz - r: I've given up wondering; I know.

(Contributed by Levenbach) .

THE REASON FOR THEAPPEARANCE OFFLYING SAUCERS

It was in the 5th Millennium when ourscientists discovered on the insignificant littleplanet xz-703/6 ('Earth'), in the 11th solar

galaxy, a strange pre-rustoric civilization. Itwas amazing that trus form of life hadsucceeded in surviving for such a long time, asits only aim appeared to be the attemptedannihilation of the planet.

The reason for our great interest in theseundeveloped creatures was that we had foundmany remains of other planets and civilizationswhich had been destroyed by what ourhistorians call' atomic explosions '. This, how-ever, was the first occasion when a planet wasfound which had not yet succeeded completelyin its own destruction. That is the reason why

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the great and revered King Gnaug, who was anancestor of our noble monarch, ordered ourscientists to explore the planet while there wasyet time.

We are carrying on where these great menleft off, but I am afraid that time is runningout. That is the reason why we are sendingall available ships to complete our studies beforexz-703/6 has disintegrated. Twice during thelast lisab':- they have nearly succeeded, and itwas only due to our neutralizing of the cosmicradia tion (Professor Saiediehap's SimplifiedMethod) that this incident was averted.

This observer was vastly amused when henoticed that the frustrated inhabitants fell backon their earlier methods of mutual elimination,which they call in their various dialects, 'War','Krieg', 'Guerre', or 'Bellum'. This form ofsport consists of one half of the planet's popula-tion fighting the other half, with everythingfrom sticks and stones to primitive flyingmachines, the most advanced of which use amethod of locomotion which was employed byour forefathers back in the 1st Millennium,and known to them as the' Jet Principle'.

We are at present standing by, awaitingorders which will inform 1.IS whether to letxz-703/6 go ahead with its suicide, or toprotect it for another few lisabs for the benefitof our antiquarians.

(From the report of Observer LJ/KN ofDisc Flotilla 4153-x, now stationed in the 11thSolar Galaxy.)

':-This, our time-measurement, correspondsroughly to a 'year' on xz-703/6.

P.OPPENHEIM (lOA).

BETRAP OP DIE STROOPTOG

Saggies klim Koos uit sy bed,En maak vir Pietman wakker.Met kussingslope in die hand,Daar gaan die twee klein rakkers.So stil soos muise om die hoekHul's besig nou met eetgoed soek.Koshuisvader slaap nie diep nie -Skelm muise moenie piep nie.

Maar als gaan vlot, en hier is hulAI by die eerste perske-boom;Haastig werk en slope volmaakAnder seuns lê Jekker droom.Maar wie kom hier, 0 warm patatDit is konstabel langs die pad:Hy loer dan hier en dan weer daar,Ons vriendjies voel nou al te naar.

Tjoepstil soos muise sit die twee,Maar skielik nies Koos, hard en luid;Hier kom konstabel, en, 0 wee -"Kom uit jul twee, komaan, klim uit."Stadig gly hul uit die takke,Styf omklem huJ Jeë sakke."Seblief tog oom, ons sal nie weer rue -Neem ons tog nie na Meneer nie."

Dankbaar, stil, met leë slopeKlim die tweetjies in die kooiAs konstabel hulle weer vangWord hul lekker uitgelooi.

E. BURGER (lOA).

NOSTRADAMUS

Since the beginning of time, tbe followingquestion has been debated: Is man's fate in thehands of some all-powerful Being, or does mancontrol his own dest.iny? In other words, is thefuture fixed for us in advance? The world'sreligions have many different views upon thissubject, but most of them claim that man holdshis fate in his own hands. Yet out of the dark-ness of four centuries ago there stalks the gauntand lonely figure of a remarkable seer tochallenge this view - the mysterious Nostra-damus. Nostradamus held the view that manwas not the master of his fate; that, just as theearth moved through space along a pre-determined path predictable in advance, so didthe destinies of the human race move forwardin predestined grooves.

The life of Nostradamus is well documented.He was a Jew born at St. Remi in France, andhe studied medicine at tbe University of Mont-pellier. However, after the dreaded BlackDeath had wiped out his entire family, he

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turned more and more to the study of astrology.Nostradamus's aims were not to profit by hisforecasts of the future, but to prove to theworld that our future is fixed for us. Beforesending any of his prophecies to the printers,he would make a hundred of them, eachwritten on a separate piece of paper, and hewould then shuffle them, so that we to-day donot know in what order the events of thefuture are to occur. Before making a prophecy,he would sit under a large glass skylight in theroof of his house, surrounded by three hugecubes which acted as altars. One cube supporteda sceptre and a seven-branched candlestick. Onthe other side was a statue of the DelphicApollo and a mirror. Nostradamus would dipa laurel branch into the consecrated water,sprinkle his forehead, and draw a magic circleon the floor around him. ~e to-day do notknow, of course, whether all this paraphernaliawas necessary to him or not.

Many of Nostradamus's forecasts havealready come true. For instance, Nostradamuswrote: 'Two married people, the king alonedressed in grey, and the queen, the whiteprecious stone, will leave by night, take atortuous road, enter into Varennes. The electionof Capet will cause storm, fire, bloodshed,decapitation.' This prophecy is amazing, as itrefers to Louis XVI of France. His surnamewas Capet, and he was decapitated during theFrench Revolution. He and his wife did escapefrom Paris by night, only to be captured atVarennes. The queen was dressed in whiteand the king in grey.

Another of Nostradamus's forecasts isequally amazing. He said: 'Of Austrian bloodshall a Germanic heart be born who shallattain to a very high power. He shall drive outthe strange Arabian people.' This prophecyundoubtedly refers to Adolf Hitler, who wasborn in Austria and who eventually becamehead of the German State. The last part of theprophecy is explained by his persecution of theJews. The failure of the League of Nationswas foretold by Nostradamus in the followingforecast: ' The speeches from Lake Geneva shallannoy, days shall be reduced by weeks, thenmonths, then years, then all shall decry. The

magistrates (rulers) shall condemn their vamlaws.'

Many men have spent years trying to workout the future by means of Nostradamus's fore-casts. Many of them have come to the sameconclusion, which is as follows: There will bewars and unsettled conditions until about 1990.A ruler called Henry is going to rise in France,Italy, and possibly Spain. He will revive theglories of Western Europe. Russia seems likelyto remain strong. A great deal of discord ispredicted, amounting perhaps to a civil war inAmerica. The next city to be destroyed by theatomic bomb is going to be New York.

Nostradamus has been criticized for writinghis prophecies in a difficult and enigmatic form.For one event, at least, this criticism is notvalid. On July 1, 1566, at the age of 68,Nostradamus, who had just finished his famousbook, The Centuries, told his servants not tocall him the next day because he would be dead.His prophecy was correct.

G. ISAAcsoN (lOA).

A

DIE WERELDTOESTAND

Frankryk is op die oomblik in 'n baie moeilikeposisie. Die land is teen die herbewapening vanDuitsland, aangesien hulle bang is, dat as Duits-land weer 'n sterk land word, hullo! weeraangeval sal word. In die vorige twee wêreld-oorloë het ons al gesien dat Frankryk deur dieDuitse leërs beset is. Die Europese leër, waarbybaie Europese lande aangesluit het, moet sosterk en groot moontlik wees om, in geval vanoorlog met Rusland, die Russe te beveg. As~es-Duitsland nie by die Europese leër toe-gelaat word nie, sal hy miskien by die Kom-munistiese Russe aansluit, en dit is net wathulle wil voorkom. Sedert 1939 is daar bynaniks gedoen vir die vooruitgang van Frankryknie, en stadigaan verloor hy al sy besittinge indie Ooste.

Duitsland het hard gewerk en het baie voor-uitgegaan ook, omdat sy nie baie geld aanmilitêre doeleindes moes bestee nie. Dit wordweer 'n land waar rekening mee gehou moetword.

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China is 'n ander land waarvan 'n mens nieeintlik weet wat aangaan nie. Agter Ruslandse Ystergordyn gebeur so baie, en ons weetdat die Russe en die Chinese, as hulle verenig,baie gevaarlik kan word. Die NasionalistieseChinese word deur die Amerikaners gehelp, endit is nog altyd Sjiang-Kai-Sjek se hoop om leiervan China te word. Hy en sy troepe op Formosa,bombardeer gedurig die Chinese vasteland. Hulleword hierin bygestaan deur die AmerikaanseSewende Vloot. Sal Rusland daarin slaagom China te wen vir die Kommunistiesestaat?

In Noord-Afrika probeer die Franse om dieopstande van die inboorlinge te onderdruk,maar sover het hulle nie baie goed daaringeslaag nie. In Tunis, hoofstad van Marokko,word gereelde demonstrasies gehou, en dit is netdie swaar bewapende patrollies wat tot die hartvan die stad kan deurdring.

Engeland is nou besig om die Suezkanaal-gebied aan Egipte oor te dra. Dit lyk 'n baiegroot verlies, omdat in oorlogstyd die Egipt~-nare dan die belangrike deurvaart tussen dieMiddellandse See en die Rooi See sal kan beheer,maar, as daar weer 'n wêreldoorlog uitbreek, dansal dit sekerlik met atoomwapens en straalvlieg-tuie geveg word, en van watter waarde is so 'nkanaal dan.

Portugal het nou die dag 'n goeie voorbeeldaan die wêreld gegee. Die Indiërs het geëis datdie Portugese kolonie Goa aan Indië teruggegeemoes word. Portugal het geen aandag aan diebedreiginge gegee nie, maar het net troepe ingereedheid gehou, in geval hulle nodig sou wees.Sodra die Indiërs gesien het watter skrale uit-werking hulle dreigement gehad het, en nadatdie opmars van duisende heeltemal misluk het,het hulle maar gou in hul skulp teruggekruip.Dis veral 'n kenmerk van die Oosterlinge, ombaie te dreig maar geen direkte stappe te neemme.

Die Amerikaners is tans senuweeagtig vir 'nmoontlike Russiese atoomaanval op hul grootstede. Hulle weier beslis om KommunistieseChina tot die V.V.O. toe te laat.

Wanneer, en onder watter omstandighede, saldie uitbarsting kom? Hierdie vraag is op almalse lippe. Watter noodlottige uitwerking sal 'n

bom, wat 24,000 maal so sterk is as die een watby Hirosjima gebruik is, hê?

F. DE GROOT (lOA).

THE TRAIL OF THE TINGLINGSPINE

When an intelligent, comely girl of twenty-odd summers was invited to the estate of somedistant relatives, their lovely plantation fulfilledher fondest expectations. At night, just as shewas climbing into her bed, she was startled bythe sound of horses' hooves on the gravel road-way. Curious, she walked to the window, andsaw, to her astonishment, a magnificent oldcoach pull up to an abrupt stop directly belowher. The coachman jumped from his perch,looked up and pointed a long, bony fingee ather. He was hideous: his nose was beaked, hisface chalk-white, while a deep scar ran thelength of his left cheek. As he pointed at her,he droned in sepulchral tones: 'There is roomfor one more!'

Then, as she recoiled in terror, the coach,horses and ominous coachman disappeared com-pletely. The girl slept little, but the next dayshe was able to convince herself that she hadmerely had a nightmare.

The next night, however, the horribleexperience was repeated. The same coachdrove up the roadway. The same coachmanpointed at her and intoned, 'There is room forone more!' Then, as before, the entire equipagedisappeared.

The girl, now panic-stricken, could scarcelywait for morning. When at last it dawned, shetrumped up some excuse to her hosts and leftimmediately for home.

Upon arrival, she taxied from the station toher doctor and told him her story in tremuloustones. The doctor persuaded her that she hadbeen the victim of a peculiar hallucination,laughed at her terror, and dismissed her in astate of infinite relief. As she rang for theelevator, its doors swung open before her.

The elevator was very crowded, but she wasabout to squeeze her way inside, when afamiliar voice rang in her ear. 'There is roomfor one more!' it called. In terror she staredat the operator.

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He was the coachman who had pointed ather! She saw his chalk-white face, the lividscar, the beaked nose! She drew back andscreamed . . . the elevator door banged shut.

A moment later the building shook with aterrible crash. The elevator that had gone onwithout her broke loose from its cables andplunged eighteen storeys to the ground.

Everyb~dy in it, of course, was crushed toa pulp.

S. V. NEIMANN (lOA).

lOB QUOTATIONS

A - s - y: 'On and on without a pause.'BI- 1- ek: 'The earth did shake when I was

born.'F - - r - e: 'I am become a name for always

roaming with a hungry ... !'F - rs - th (in Afrikaans): 'A language most

. strange and mysterious.'G - - dm - n: 'El Toro the . . .!'H - nek -: 'Q vadis mudder.'H - -1n - r: 'Down to the sea in ships!'H - n - y: ' Allah-maskas.'J - t - r (during Maths.): 'Wherefor dealt ye

so ill with me?'J - n - s: 'In the new sense of an old-fashioned

word, he is a saint.'K - bn: 'He kahn't ever be on time.'K - 1n - - n - ky: 'The sweet breath of Spring.'L - mp -: 'With lips where smiles went out and

in.'M - r - - s: 'From Sub A to Matric., his fair

legs out did stick.MeM - - k - ng: 'The nocturnal eye of heaven!'M - ddl-1n - st: 'All I want for Xmas is a

few front teeth.'M - Y - rth - I: 'Able Mabel.'M - - r -: 'A miniature Charlie Kunz.'N - - dh - 1n: 'Break my heart if I must hold

my tongue.'N - x - n: 'She'll Romain (e) in his arms for

ever.'P -Is - r: 'From the vine came the grape.'Pr - - s - and V - n R - s - nv - Id: 'Their heads

are full of silly dreams.'R - t - ef: 'A day off is never wasted.'S - v - ge: 'Wee, sleekit, cowrin', tim'rous

beastie.'

Seh - f - r: 'He swam the great floods.'Sh--rd: 'A boat(er)ing we will go, with no

Gale to blow.'W -1- h: 'Let us sleep now.'V - n A - s - n: 'Mr. Alexander in person.'V - n d - r W - st - u - z - n: 'I come from

"Lusaka".'V - n N - - k - rk: 'Competition for Jock.'y - -ng: 'The jockey's nightmare.'Z -ll- r: 'Absence makes the heart grow

fonder.'Z - nm - n: 'Is Maths. his strong point?'lOB: 'Intellectual disgrace stares from every

human face.'lOA: 'Pestilence-stricken multitudes.'Boarders' Motto: 'Waste not, want not, pick it

up and eat it.'Pavilion: 'A hefty weight did rend the air.'

The authors regret that any resemblance topeople e~ther living or dead is purely intentional.

INTERESTING FACTS ANDFIGURES

E very year lOtons of soil pass through anearthworm's body.

One district of Assam in India has an averageannual rainfall of over 35 feet.

In some cases bamboo may reach the tremen-dous height of 120 feet, growing a footeach day.

Although Europe is a third of the size ofAfrica, its total coastline measures threetimes that of Africa.

In the Amazon region there is a gigantic plantwhich has leaves big and strong enoughto support the weight of a man. (It is the, Victoria Regia " of the water-lily order.)

If a boy could jump as far, in proportion to hissize, as a grasshopper, he could easilyspring to the roof of an eight-storeyedbuilding.

A newly born kangaroo and a newly born ratare roughly the same size (about one inch)in spite of the great difference in the sizeof their respective parents, and takinginto account that kangaroos are bornsingly whereas rats arrive in litters.

The oldest inhabited city in the world isbelieved to be Damascus.

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John Cabot received ten pounds for his dis-coveries in the New World.

The cicada (an insect found in the Cape Pro-vince) lives for seventeen years under-ground followed by five fleeting weeks inthe light of the sun, and then dies.

The hour is divided into sixty minutes becausewe have inherited our 24-hour day fromthe Sumerians, who counted in 60s insteadof lOOs.

Napoleon Bonaparte was born in the same yearas the man who finally defeated him -the Duke of Wellington.

Rembrandt, the Dutch painter, used himself ashis model for more than fifty paintings.

According to a distinguished biologist, • Therat has been responsible for moreuntimely deaths among human beings thanall the wars in history'.

Around 1890 two laws were passed in England,one stipulating that every car should bepreceded by a man carrying a red flag, theother limiting the speed to four miles anhour.

D. BROMBERGER (9A).

CRICKET IN 1854

Let us board Brick Bradford's time top andmake contact with the nineteenth century so asto see how our great-grandfathers played • thegentleman's game '.

Cricket in 1854 was already a well-estab-lished game, ha ving been a drawcard tosportsmen for over a century. During thisperiod many changes in the game had takenplace. Jockey caps, knee breeches and silkstockings had given way to long, tight trousersand top hats, the latter also being replaced bycaps which were actually adorned with theparticular club's colours.

Although Lord's was already recognized asthe' Mecca' of cricket, it was a vastly differentarena from the one we know to-day. Thepavilion was a small structure in which twoteams managed to change, and the stand con-sisted of a few rows of backless benches set

beneath some trees in front of the first• tavern '. A small roped-off section wasreserved for smokers. There were no sight-screens, and the scoreboard was a crudely madecontrivance out in the open, at the base ofwhich stood a ladder, placed there to enable thescorer to reach the required numbers. Theground itself was a maze of furrows and ridges,and, except for the central portion around thepitch, the grass was seldom cut. When therare occasion arose, they adopted a mostingenious idea of doing it. On the morningbefore an important match, a flock of sheepwas driven on to the :field so that they mightperform the function of the not-yet-inventedlawnmower. The pitch was, as it is now,twenty-two yards long, but the wickets werean inch lower and narrower. Creases were cutinto the turf, as whitewash had not yet beenintroduced, but a law had been passed that thepitch should be swept before the commence-ment of each innings. Batsman used willowbats and wore gloves and leg guards, or padsas they are called nowadays. These pads didlittle more than protect the shin, and, veryinadequately, the knee.

Protection was an absolute necessity, as thiswas the era of fast, round-arm bowling, and, aspitches were very uneven, cricket was a com-paratively dangerous game. Bowlers were notaIJowed to raise their hand above their shouldersin delivery, so naturally the majority relied onpace alone to claim wickets. The result wassome bowlers were so fast that they requiredtwo or three long stops behind the wicket-keeper. Being round-arm, they were also veryinaccurate, and it was not unusual to find, atthe end of an innings, that the main body ofthe score was made up of extras. A few bowlersbowled under-arm spinners and relied on varia-tion of flight and speed. The greatest of allthese was William Clarke of Nottingham, whotook 476 wickets in a single season. On oneoccasion there was considerable comment whena bowler took five wickets in one over of fourballs, but this error was probably due to theumpire's failure in arithmetic.

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Batting was certainly less scientific thanbowling, and, in comparison, very primitive.There were few stylists, and this factorprobably accounted for their decidedly lowscoring. Two hundred runs was a formidabletotal, as was a batting average of 25.

By this time cricket was also being played inAustralia, South Africa, and the West Indies,besides England, but none of these countrieshad yet undertaken a tour or met any of the

others. As county matches were still a longway off, the most important matches were theNorth versus the South, and the Players againstthe Gentlemen.

It can be seen how vastly the game hasaltered in the past hundred years. If we couldstep back into a time top and go into thefuture, how many more changes will havetaken place by the year 2054?

MALCOLM IRVINE (9B).

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS3. Require (4).7. Quietness of mind (5).9. Schoolboy's dread (4).10. Causes pain in me tooth (6).Il. Carpentry tool (5).12. Used in cricket (4).14. Enemy of the garden (4) .15. Birds of prey (5).18. Sambuh (anagram) (6).19. Sung alone (4).20. Connected with iron industry (5).22. Tails (4).

DOWN1. Hands -- (2).2. It became a well in Psalm 84 (4).

CLUES3. Never without an end (4).4. Said to exude from the medium in spiritualism

(9) .5. Period of time (3).6. Edward (3).8. An evil spirit or nightmare (9).Il. Before receiving 9 across (3).13. Help! (3).15. His followers were called the Moravian

Bremren (4).16. To sharpen (4).17. A world power (abbreviated) (3).18. A malt liquor (3).21. Thanks! (2).

(Solution on page 2 1 )

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,A SLEEPLESS NIGHT'

Twelve terrified men huddled silentlytogether over a geiger-counter in a smallwooden shack, somewhere in the tropicaljungle of the Congo; waiting as the little < pips'on the instrument grew louder and morefrequent. There was only one answer: some-one, something, was approaching the hut, andit came from another planet.

The men were at a loss to know what to do.They had not seen it, had no idea what it lookedlike, and therefore could only guess how totackle it, and now, as the shadows lengthenedand the light faded, twelve badly frightenedmen waited for < it' to make the first move.

This is the record left by Captain BuddyMillar, leader of an expedition into the Congofor scientific purposes; and our story con-tinues just as it is taken from rus log book.

< Everyone in the hut realizes the danger weare in. It is now eight o'clock, and the "Thing"is very near, somewhere in the now impene-trable jungle darkness outside our cabin.

< 8.30, and at last we can hear it movingabout outside. The hurricane lamp is on, asits light is of some comfort to us, and willcause us to know how it is progressing if itattempts to get in. Eyes rove continuouslyfrom the door to the windows, then back tothe door.

< 12.00. Nothing in the cabin moves, exceptmy pen and the nervously shifting eyes of themen. The creature seems frightened of thewindows, and is trying to find some other wayin. The door is securely bolted, and everyoneis hoping it will give up and go away. Evenwhen it moves silently, the pointer on thegeiger-counter follows it around.

< 3 a.m. It is now attacking the door as alast resort, and we are all wondering why ithas not forced an entrance sooner.

< 4 a.m. lts efforts are successful. The dooris very slowly giving way. All eyes are turnedin that direction, but no one makes any moveto stop it. It must be unusually strong, as itsupplies only gradual pressure to force the door.

< 4.1 5. The bolt has gone. Our threerevolvers and two express rifles are trained onthe slowly opening door. A three-fingered,

scaly, green, claw-like hand gropes around theedge of the door. The door is opening wider,and now .... '

Later that same morning, at eight o'clock,when Derrick Granger entered the deathlysilent cabin, a ghastly sight met his eyes.Through the open doorway the morning sunfell upon the grotesquely contorted features ofBuddy Millar his motionless fingers stillclutching the pen with which he had beenwriting, and rus sightless eyes staring fixedlyat the door, as were the eyes of all the men inthat room, and their hair had somehow turneda dead white. Those who had guns stilltrained them on the deserted doorway, but noneof those guns was fired.

The only indications to be gained of. thedeath-dealing grotesqueness of that mysterious< Thing' were the looks of intense horror anddespair on the deathly pale features of all thosemen whose sleepless night had ended in the sleepof no awakening.

J. FULFORD (8A).

, THE ROAD DOWN?' - A STORYOF BOXING

I t was to be his first fight as a professionalboxer. Previously he had always been used tofighting for sport, and now it was to becomehis living. There was no turning back now.If he lost this fight, he would have to give upboxing. This, he told himself, he could neverdo. He must win, no matter whom or whathe fought.

He walked into the changing-room, a dirty,dingy room crowded with people, comprisinghard, pugnacious-looking boxers, a tall,muscular trainer, and an elderly man who wasbusy putting the bandages on the hands of asmall, but sturdy-looking boxer. There werealso many seconds, who were busy gettingtogether the gear of their fighters.

'Hello, you're new here, aren't you?' saidthe burly trainer, glancing casually up at thenewcomer.

'Well . . . er . . . yes, that is . . . er, asa professional. I. . . er . . . have neverfought for money before," the young Welsh-man stammered in his broad Welsh accent.

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•Ah yes,' mumbled the trainer, glancingthrough the list of those who were to fight thatnight. • Jordan, Eddie Jordan?'

•Ay! That's it.'• You'll be number five to fight. Three's

just gone out now, so you'd better get yourtogs on,' the trainer informed him in hisfriendly tone of voice. • Hurry! I'll give youa massage, if you like.'

The Welshman, after nodding in the affirma-tive, stepped into the changing-room.

By the time he had finished, the man whowas number four on the list had just left forthe ring.

• On your own, son?' inquired the trainer,while with his firm, knowing hands he massagedthe youth's arms.

• Yes, Mum's dead, and Dad's a coal minerup in Swansea,' the Welsh boy replied.

• Oh! My uncle was a miner; tough job!'• Ay! You've to be very tough to go down

there.'The old man had come up to the new boxer

and had begun to put on bandages, while thetrainer still massaged oil into the boxer's skin.

• Why? What are these things for?' queriedthe boxer, indicating the bandages.

• Them's ter keep yer 'ands pertected for thefight,' replied the old man in a broad Cockneyaccent. • I'se afraid you've got ter 'ave 'em.Rules yer )mow!'

The Welsh boy lay still while the trainerdried his skin and the old man put the finishingtouches to the bandages on his hands. • I mustwin, God, I must,' he told himself.

Then a man appeared in the doorway andshouted: • Number five! Ring please!'

• Good luck, kid,' said the trainer softly.And the Welshman walked out into perhaps

a new world, or otherwise the road the loserstake - the road down.

I.BORLAND (lA).

SOLUTION OF CROSSWORD PUZZLEACROSS:3, Need; 7, Peace; 9, Cane; 10, Cavity;

11, Brace; 12, Pads; 14, Weed; 15, Hawks; 18,Ambush; 19, Solo; 20, Smelt, 22, Ends.

DOWN: 1, Up; 2, Baca; 3, Neve; 4, Ectoplasm;5, Day; 6, Ted; 8, Cacodemon; 11, Bow; 13, SOS;15, Huss; 16, Whet; 17, U.S.A.; 18, Ale; 21, Ta.

J. FULFORDand A. COHEN (8A).

HINTERLAND

He stands and looks across the Bay,His bronze face lined with care;And points toward the North to say,•Your hin terland lies there.

• Though deep the muddy waters flow,Wait not, but plunge and dareTo brave the current's force, for loYour hinterland lies there.

• And if the desert's sands are dry,And waters far and rare,Let this clear watchword be your cry,"Our hinterland lies there."

• Ye mountains high and valleys low,Your rocky walls can ne'erThe spirits break of those who knowTheir hinterland lies there.'

C. C. J. GlEBS (lA).

MYSTICAL ILLUSIONS

It was on a Friday night several months agowhen my brother and I had a terrifying scare.It was a misty night, and the range of visibilitywas extremely poor. Having already had mybath, I was in bed by ten o'clock. My fatherhad just gone out to take the dog for a walk.

I was almost asleep when I became awarethat my brother, who slept in the same roomwith me, was no longer in his bed. Throughhalf-closed eyelids I saw his silhouette againstthe street light outside. He seemed strangelyquiet.

'What's wrong?' I inquired. • Somebodyprowling about?'

• No,' he answered, 'something queer.'I bounded out of bed, now experiencing an

acute feeling of deep concern. Leaping on mybrother's bed, I saw the cause of his uneasiness.

To the left, in the direction of Cape Town,there was a huge, pinkish glow shimmeringbrightly in the sky, visible over the roof of thehouse opposite. I stared unbelievingly at it forsome moments.

'What is it?' inquired my brother.• I don't like this,' I admitted, with vague

and horrible fears in my mind that the

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Russians had raided Cape Town with a newatomic bomb.

Just then my father returned. Curiouslyenough he wore a grin.

'Dad!' I burst out. 'There's a queer lightover there!'

'Seen it too, have you?''Yes. What the .... What is it?'My father hesitated, still smiling. • It's

amazing what effect the mist can have. !t'sacting as a vaporous screen to those Neon lightsabove the chemist's on the corner!'

e. BENNETT (SA).

JAN VAN RIEBEECK

Jan van Riebeeck is in Culemborg, Holland,in 161S gebore. Toe hy een-en-twintig jaaroud was, het hy by die Hollandse Oos-IndieseKompanjie in diens getree, en binne ses jaar hethy 'n verantwoordelike posisie beklee.

In Desember 1651 het hy saam met 'nekspedisie Kaap toe gereis om die kommandantvan 'n verversingstasie daar te word. Op6 April 1652 het die drie skepe, die Dromedaris,die Reiger en die Goede Hoop, Tafelbaaibinnegevaar.

Elke jaar word hierdie dag as 'n publiekevakansiedag in Suid-Afrika gevier.

Alhoewel hy opdragte ontvang het, was sytaak baie moeilik. In die begin het hy ditmoeilik gevind om genoeg vee in die hande tekry, want, gedurende die Kaapse winter hetdie Hottentotte weggetrek binneland toe.Gedurende die somerm<iande het hulle eers weerteruggekeer. Sodra hy genoeg vee in die handegekry het, het die Hottentotte dit gesteel endikwels van die veewagters vermoor. Toe hetVan Riebeeck 'n heining gebou wat strek vandie berg tot die see. Boere wat gewapend washet die heining opgepas en te perd gepatrolleer.Gelukkig het dit gesag afgedwing.

Alhoewel hy baie ander moeilikhede onder-vind het, is goeie vordering gemaak, en vandagis Suid-Afrika 'n voorspoedige land.

E. GER (6A).

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A. KOHNE (7B).

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S. B. DORMAN (6B).

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e. EDDY and M. SI-IAER (6A).

POPULAR LITERATURE

'The Dictionary' by Seymour \Yf ords., Fireworks' by Catherine Wheel., Three of the Best' by Ivor Payne.'Latin for To-day' by I. Kildem.'The Chinese Golfer' by Ho Lin Wun.'Prehistoric Monsters' by Dinah Sawrus., Baseball' by A. Homer., Adventure in the Sewers' by Harry S. Lime.'The Case against Homework' by Y. B. A.

Swot.'Fortune Telling' by X. M. Y. Palm.

D. NATHAN (6A), G. IMRAY, A. LUNDY (6B).

DAYDREAMS

• What a beautiful day it is,' thought Tom,as he sauntered along the green common undera cloudless sky one November afternoon. Thesun blazed down relentlessly, and this excess

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heat did not make him inclined to walk veryfar. Seeing a thick patch of grass in the shadeof a tree, he threw himself down with a sighof relief. Looking up, he saw the moon, nowwhite, as it was daytime. He immediatelystarted daydreaming.

He was the captain of a daring crew of menwho were making an attempt to reach the moonin the latest invention, a rocket ship. Loudlycheered, he and his crew turned round for afinal wave to their fellow-men. The thicksteel door of the streamlined rocket clangedshut, and the men took up their positions.Tom's hand moved towards the controls.< Spaceship, away!' he shouted, and with a roarthe rocket shot away into the unknown.

An hour later everybody in the rocket hadhis muscles tensed, while they circled above thebroken terrain of the moon, seeking a landingplace. Five minutes later they adjusted theirspace helmets ;tnd prepared to descend fromthe rocket. Just as Tom arrived at the bottomof the steel ladder, there came a terrific explo-sion, and Tom was shot up, into the air. Hegave a loud scream, kicked, and flailed his armswildly. His leg met with a sudden obstacle,which started him out of his equipoise.

He opened his eyes to see one of his friendsstanding nearby on one leg, holding the otherin agony, while a group of boys further offwere bursting with laughter.

He later found that his friends had placed alighted cracker under him to wake him. Buttheir plan misfired, as he kicked the culprithard on his shin in his terror.

J. WEBB (6A).

THE IDEAL POLITICAL STATE

There has been so much argument on thistopic, either in favour of it or against, thatany attempt on my part to contribute towardsit would be merely' a pouring of water on thesea '. As is often the case, however, whenevertwo conflicting ideas are set off against eachother, they become so predominantly the objectof conversation that no other solution is takeninto consideration. One is either for or against,and that is the end of it.

The theme of my essay I should like to takefrom a statement made by the great present-day philosopher, Sir Bertrand RusseIL Hemaintains that Socialism, Communism andCapitalism can equally thrive together in ourworld, for, he argues, is it not but five centuriesago that Protestantism and Catholicism wereirreconcilable conceptions; yet now on battle-fields and in parishes the priest and the ministerlabour together in tolerable, if not perfect,harmony. It is his theory, therefore, that in theforeseeable future a similar mutual understand-ing and appreciation will ensue betweenCommunism and Capitalism.

As may be concluded, Sir Bertrand considersit probable that these two contradictory theoriesexist together, the one next to the other, with-out unnecessary friction. This is not, however,an ideal situation at all. Having lived for fivelong years in a concentration camp, where 16people shared a room - each allotted a squareyard to sleep, eat, work . . . and die - Iknow from personal experience 'the stultify-ing harmony between unlike characters '. Ithink it hardly ideal, where men and women,driven by mutual interest, tolerate one another,to develop a lasting peace-and-security scheme.Such a situation is artificial, 'screwed up', andwill sooner or later break up in a shatteringcrash.If I were to draw up a plan for an ideal

political state, I would endeavour to take fromboth the healthy and good part, and blend andsmooth them into Eldorado. Paul Kruger oncesaid: 'Take from the past all that is good,and make that the foundation of a betterfuture.' And is that not exactly what we shouldattempt?

Both Communism and Capitalism possesspossibilities for such a trial. In theory theformer has definitely more humane, moreChristian characteristics. Practical it is not,and here Capitalism should be the guiding-light. It is inevitable that the more advancedpeople should be the leaders of society;indeed it is a very law of nature. A simpleexample offered us is the evaporation of anexposed fluid in a beaker. Scientists will tell usthat faster-moving molecules will break

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through the confining surface to leave behindthe slower, less enterprising ones. In my opinionthis is the very factor that will divide, and hasdivided, humanity into 'ruling' and 'ruled'classes. If every single human being were tostart on an equal level, they would of them-selves split into layers.

Communism, theoretically at any rate, deniesthis fact, and Capitalism accentuates it toomuch, by even encouraging the 'faster' anddissuading the 'slower'. They thereforepresent us with a perfect dual reservoir, fromwhich the essence should be taken to be blended

into a harmonious, homogenous ideal state, inwhich private enterprise and proletarianinterest could be equally advantageous to ahumanity torn by contradiction, lack of under-standing, and unwillingness to co-operate.For a résumé then - according to my modest

and superficial observation, an ideal politicalstate should consist of a blending of the twopresent-day conceptions, not very suitablyknown as Communism and Capitalism, into aUtopia of peace and happiness for mankind.

E. DE GROOT (lOA).

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A LETTER TO A SCHOOLBOY INBRISTOL, ENGLAND

Wynberg Boys' Junior School,10th August, 1954.

Dear Leslie,-I liked your letter very much.I am interested in planes and ships. I have twopets, a dog named Jessie and a rabbit namedBugs Bunny. I live in Wynberg; it is near anaerodrome. One of our planes crashed in thebushes. It was a Harvard. When I clean theBunny's hutch I let him run round the gardenand I take our dog for a walk. I have abrother; his name is Brian. It is winter now;we have had lots of storms. At Sea Point aship was wrecked on the rocks. The name ofthe ship is the Basuto Coast. Last week I wenton board a warship, and saw a diver. I am aCub and like it. I am eight and like pets. MyDaddy has been to England. I have never beento England. We are going to Durban in theChristmas holidays. We have 45 boys in ourclass and are having a film to-day. We haveCubs on Saturday mornings.

With love,

ROLAND EASTMAN .

SCAMPER THE SQUIRRELOnce I had no pet. Every day I went to the

wood and looked to see if I could find some petthat had been lost. Day by day I looked to seeif a pet was there, but every day nothing wasthere.

Winter came; it was cold and miserable. ButI did not mind. One morning I put on warmclothes. I went into the woods and heard afaint cry. I walked till I saw a squirrel halffrozen with the cold. I took the squirrel home.When I arrived the fire was burning. I madea little bed and put him in it near the fire. Thenext morning he was fast asleep. Four monthspassed. Spring came and all the flowers. Twomonths passed. Summer came at last. Thesquirrel woke up and I called him' Scamper'.He ran around the house with joy. Then hewent off with my two hats. He went at8 o'clock and came back at 8 o'clock at night.My two hats were full of nuts.

MORRIS MAZE.

IT WAS ALL A DREAMOnce upon a time when I was small I had a

dream. Now this was the first time I hadhad a dream, so I did not know it was a dream.I thought it was true. I dreamed about a

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squirrel; his name was Scamper. Scamper wasa very adventurous squirrel. He did manywonderful things. I cannot tell you all thethings he did, but I will tell you one of them.One morning Scamper was in the forest and allat once something fell on his head. He said, Eeeeek' as he fell and hit the ground with abang. Oh dear! I woke up and told mymother the tale, and she said I had had a dream.So after that I had a dream every night of theyear.

GRAEME SLADE.

A PLAY

Characters: Queen, King, Prince, Princess.Scene: A room in the Palace.Queen: The Princess is 12 years old to-day.King: Have you made arrangements for the

party?Queen: Yes. She made h.er own arrange-

ments.King: Whom has she asked?Queen: Some of her friends.Prince (entersj: I've got a surprise for her.Queen: Sh! Here she comes.Princess (enters): I've arranged everything,

the cake is made, the tables set, and everythingelse you can think of.

Queen: Have you got out the spoons for thejelly?

Princess: Yes. Everything is ready.

ROBERT ]ENNINGS.

SPRING ADVENTURES

Once upon a time Tommy had a garden ofhis own. He had daffodils, roses, nasturtiums,and a great :fig tree in it which he liked toclimb, but Tommy did not look after hisflowers. One day Tommy ate a deadly night-shade and he was bewitched. He got smallerand smaller and still smaller till he was as smallas a shylock-leaf. A big bee flew up to him.The bee told Tommy to get on his back. Thebee flew to a hole in the roots of the :fig tree.The Queen was a big rose. She said to Tommy,'Tommy, you must see how to look after the

flowers; my soldiers will show you the way'.So the soldiers went to a trap-door, and downthey went with Tommy. What happened downthere I don't know, but when they came upTommy was quite a different boy and alwayslooked after his garden.

FRANK aPIE.

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A VISIT TO VERSAILLES

Versailles is a very pretty place, with itspalace and tree-lined streets. On a visit therewe arrived at lunch-time and had lunch beforetouring the palace and gardens. We enteredthe palace through the gates, passed a statue ofLouis XIV and went through the door. Whenwe had toured it and seen some lovely pictures,particularly one of Charlemagne, we went tothe gardens designed by Le Notre. The foun-tains were particularly decorative. They lookedlovely against the ancient walls of the palace.The spray made the grass very green. Therewere many lovely trees which gave a lot ofshade. It was lovely to sit in the shade onthat hot afternoon. On the way back to thestation we saw the place where the' Treaty ofVersailles' was signed. It looked grand, thoughsmall, beside the palace. After a walk in thetree-lined streets, we returned to Paris.

D. KATZ.

'N WINTER DAG

Dit is 'n winter dag.Die reën val 0, so sag.Ek staan by die vuur,En sien skad'wees teen die muur.Die wind fluit en lag!

P. TODRES.

A VALUABLE LESSONThere was a little boy called Tommy.

Tommy was a very naughty boy. He used tokick the cats and dogs, and thought it veryfunny. One day Tommy was kicking a cat,when it suddenly jumped up and bit him. He

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ran into his house and went to his mother.'Mommy,' he called. 'A cat bit me with hissharp teeth.' His mother bandaged it up andsaid, 'Don't do it again'. Tommy is a differentboy now that he has stopped kicking animals.

G. NORTHAM.

NOMMERSDaar is een klein muis,In een groot huis.Daar is twee bokke,Hulle eet altyd sokke.Daar is drie bome,Hulle is baie mooi in die somer.Ek sal vir jou wysHoe eet ek kerrie en rys.Daar is vier stout seuns,Hulle vertel altyd leuens.Daar is vyf grys ape,Hulle is so dom soos 'n trop skape.Een, twee, drie, vier, vyf,Ek het tien vingers op my lyf.

R. GEYER.

A SMART RESCUEOnce upon a time, there was a dear little

golden spaniel puppy. He had long, floppyears that went flop, flop, floppity-flop. Thelittle spaniel's name was 'W allovokokeedeveo'!He was 'Wally' for short. Now one day hispeople got rather tired of Wally, so they dida very unkind thing. They tied a brick to hisneck and one to his beUy. Then they tookhim to a river. They then threw him in theriver. Just then an eagle flew by. The strugglingdog cried' Oh good sir, Mr. Eagle! Save me!''Hmmmm,' thought the eagle, 'I will rescuehim '. So down flew the eagle and picked himup. Suddenly a hunter came. Bang! Bang!Down fell the eagle. The hunter took thespaniel home.

DAVID POLrcANSKY.

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IN THE OLD DAYSWhen I was a sailor in the olden days, blood-

thirsty pirates roamed the seas. One day when-

I was on watch I saw the flag of a pirate vessel,and I raised the alarm.

Our guns were run out and the commandwas givell to fire. I was a gunner. My rapierwas ill my hand. We threw the grappling-ironsand heaved the ropes to.

The pirates were swanning over our rail. Webegan fighting with our rapiers. At last wedefeated them.

We thought we would take tbeir ship, buttheir stern gallery windows were smashed toatoms and a mast was down, so we decided notto. We sailed back to Bristol.

A. PHILLIPS.

THE HOGARTH PUPPETS.The buses had arrived and we were going to

the Little Theatre to see the Hogarth Puppets.We arrived there a little late, and we took along tinle getting seats for everyone.

First there was a ballet with flowers. Thechief character was a rose. After that therewas a play called, 'The King and the Slatterns'.A boy behind me had a pair of binoculars,

so I asked him to lend them to me. I could seevery well through them. Slut's kitchen wasvery untidy. The other lady, whose name wasTidy, kept her kitchen very neat.

They had a Puppet Circus after that. It soonended, and we got into buses and came backto school.

PETER TESTER.

SIMBAMy naam is Simba; ek was 'n klein hondjie

met bruin oë. My baas het my eendag na diebos geneem. Terwyl ek muise in die bos gevanghet, het my baas voëls gaan skiet met sy

, Igeweer.Hy was net tien minute weg, toe ek hom,

"Help, help", hoor skree. Vinnig hardloop ekna die plek waar ek my baas gehoor het. Daarhet ek my baas gesien met 'n slang byna reg omhom te byt. Ek hardloop na hom en vangdie slang aan die nek. Die slang se kop kom opnet so vinnig soos bl~ts. Hy byt my op dievoet en ek voel die-pyn; my voet word toe'

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lam. Toe hoor ek 'n gedreun soos die donderin die verte.

Toe ek wakker word, was daar nie meer pynin my voet nie, en ek was in my ou huisie. Mybaas vertel toe vir my hoe hy die slang geskieten my huis toe gedra het. Gou weet elke hondwat naby woon van my avontuur en hulleprys toe vir my so baie, dat ek voel of ek 'nkoning is.

COLIN PALMER.

DIE MAN IN DIE BOSEendag het 'n ou man in die bos gewoon.

Die man was stokoud en het twee kindersgehad. Elke aand het die man diep in die bosgegaan en het hout vir die vuur gekap.

Eendag het die man baie diep in die bosgegaan. Skielik het hy 'n man gesien. Die manhet vir hom gesê, "Jy het baie mooi gewerk;nou sal jy 'n baie mooi huis kry met 'n grootvuur" .

Die ou man was verwonderd en het na syhuis gestap. Toe hy na sy ou huis gekom het,het sy kinders en vrou na hom gehardloop.

Die man se vrou het vir hom gesê dat sy indie kombuis was, en skielik het die huis mooien die vuur groot geword.

Nou sit die man by die warm vuur, lees sykoerant, en rook sy pyp.

PHILIP DE WET.

THE SLEEPY SANDMANWhen the clock strikes ten at night,And children are asleep,The sleepy sandman comes from the sky,And takes a little peep.H~'s bound to take you for a ride,Upon the Sleepy town train,There's dreams galore for all aboard,And you can rest your sleepy brain.

BRIAN SMITH.

ALONE IN A HAUNTED HOUSEOne night I was walking through a deep

forest when all of a sudden I saw a ghostly oldhouse. A cold shiver ran down my back. Ijust stood and stared.

I had an urge to go in, so I knocked, butnobody came. I walked in, and the floor-

boards creaked at every step. Up the ricketystairs I walked, and I heard a ghostly sound.

I nearly jumped out of my skin. Then Irealized it was only my echo. I walked onthrough a large room. Then I found myselfin the forest again.

JOHN BLEACH.

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THE UNDEFEATED BULLTito Spengarli was a Mexican citizen. He

was 21 years of age, and he was a bull-fighter.He had won everyone of his bull-fights.

The next day he was to have a fight withBurrato, the undefeated bull. He stepped intothe arena the next day with his cloak and hissword. When Burrato was let loose and chargedtoward him, Tito felt rather faint as he stoodthere and. . . .

The next thing Tito knew he was lying onhis back in hospital with a gash in his side.Burrato was still undefeated.

K. HENSON.

AN ADVENTUREOne sunny day my brother and I decided

to climb the mountain which was near themission station where we stayed in Basutoland.

We started off at about eight o'clock andtook some lunch. We saddled our ponies andput our lunch in the saddlebags. We went upto the hut of one of our boys and left theponies there. Then we started on foot. Wegot to the top in record time. Just as we werestarting to go down we heard a gunshot. Iwhirled round and saw a man with a smokinggun in his hand and another man wearing theuniform of a policeman. I started to runtowards the man who was running away, andmy brother ran towards the man on the ground.I ran on and saw the man run into the cave,and without thinking I ran in. as well.Suddenly I heard a rasping voice behind me. Iturned around and found myself looking intothe barrel of a nasty-looking automatic held bya man with a scar across his eye. I then recog-nized him as Scar Eye, wanted by every policeforce in the world.

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Méanwhile my brother had taken the otherl 1 A LUCKY FINDman down to our house and had 'phoned the

li'M Th li 'd h I Once upon a time there was a little boy bypo ce In aseru. e po ce orgamze asearc. h

Aft hil h I' hl, t e name of John. His father was dead and

er awe t e po lce came across t e cave h 'h S E d I

'd d hi ' e and hlS mother lived in an old cottage on at at car ye an were lil an trappe m. "hill ThThe next morning I woke up and saw two t' ey were very poor.b

'f 1 22 'fl I k d h b . The next day the little boy John went downeautl U' Cl es. as e my mot er a out .h d h

'd 'Th li I' ti, to the shop for his mother. Just as he passedt em an s e sal e po ce.. p,-, b k h, a 00 s op, he saw a notice saying that the

P. PUTTICK. king of that town had lost a jewel worththousands of pounds. The returner of thejewel would get £500 reward.

As John was going through his broken gate,he happened to kick a clod of earth. Johnlooked down. He could hardly believe hiseyes. There was the jewel. He picked up thejewel and ran to the king's palace.

He came home with £500. He showed hismother, who could hardly believe it. The nextday it was in the newspaper. John and hismother are no longer poor.

A 'HELLISH' CONVERSATIONPriscilla-Anne, a dead cat, who because of

her unholiness and wickedness went to hell, hasdecided to pay a visit to her master. Uponcoming home she meets another cat and makesfriends with her. They start a conversation.Says the friend, ' I say, Pris, do you like residingin hell?' 'Oh yes,' says Pris, 'one meets manyinteresting personalities '. 'Such as?' 'Well,there's the great wicked Satan himself. Thereare his black-looking, black-skinned and black-tempered servants, and also his army of boogle-woogle beetles, who give you all the badthoughts in your mind.'

Says the friend, 'Do you think I should likeliving in hell?' 'Oh yes!' says Pris, 'all youhave to do is to spill your milk every morning,walk all over the kitchen floor with your dirtypaws every second day, and give the childrenringworm once every six months '. 'But I likethe children,' says the friend, ' and I should hateto give them such a dreadful disease. By theway, what kind of a death did you die?'

Says Pris, 'I was lying peacefully on mymadam's best chair when suddenly a roughhand grasped me by the neck and carried metowards the pond, where I was put in a sack.The sack was tied at the top and I was throwninto the pond to be drowned.' Says the friend,'Oh, you horrible, mean, hateful creature, towant me, poor me, to die such a terrible death!I shall never speak to you again ! You can goback to your stupid Satan and horrible boogle-woogle beetles. But I shall go to Heaven. Good-bye, Priscilla-Anne.' With that she stampedaway. G. PASVOLSKY.

R.DAu.

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THE ESCAPED CONVICT'Hello,' shouted John Brown, an ex-convict,

to his friend Peter. 'Hello there, haven't seenyou in years,' called back Peter. 'Wait there.I'll come to you' called John, whereupon hecrossed over to his friend. 'Come over to myflat and have tea,' said John, and Peter soonagreed.

They boarded a tram, which took them tothe other end of London where John lived.They got off the tram and walked up the stepsof a very smart, clean, tall building. Theywalked to the top floor and went into John'sflat. They entered and had tea. Then Petersaid, 'I thought you were serving a lifesentence in prison.' John was very uneasy andsaid, 'Yes I was.' 'Well, tell me about yourescape then,' said Peter. 'First of ail,' saidJohn, 'how did you know I had escaped?''Easy. It was in the papers; they are stilllooking for you,' said Peter. 'What!' shoutedJohn, and nearly fell out of his chair. 'I

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thought they gave up looking for me monthsago. Anyway, I know you won't give me away,so I'll start now.'

John started his story. 'Well, on the :first ofJanuary this year, I knew everyone would befeasting and the guards would not be on thelook-out as well as usual. I persuaded a friendto bring me a :file two months before I plannedmy escape. Every night I :filed and :filed at thebars. On the :first of January this year, as soonas I heard Big Ben strike twelve, I tapped thebars with the :file and they fell out immediately.I climbed out of the window and jumped intoa dried-up river-bed and ran swiftly for theneighbouring wood. I camped in the woods,not daring to light a :fire. I was very cold andhungry. The next day I knew the news couldhave spread very far. I boarded a 'plane forWales and stayed there till the news died down.I returned, and here I am.'

'Right,' said Inspector South, 'you're underarrest.' ' B - b - but, you're my friend.' ' That'swhat you think; I joined the police force justafter you escaped and decided I could catchyou this way.' Inspector South whistled, andtwo policemen came in. John Brown was takenback to prison, and was known as convictnumber 8842.

I. SHASKOLSKY.

A BRAVE DEED'This has been awarded you for bravery,'

said the Mayor as he pinned a gold medal onthe Boy Scout's jacket amidst prolongedclapping. Now let us hear how he earned thismedal..It was late one summer afternoon, and

Ronnie was basking in the sun on the beach.You see he had come to camp at Camps Baywith the other Scouts. He had just had aswim, and now he was lying in the sun withthe other Scouts.

As he was lying there he thought he heard acry for help, but on second thoughts hedecided he had just imagined it. But sureenough he heard it again. 'Help! Help!' Itwas growing fainter and fainter all the time.

He went down to the sea, and what did hesee: a little girl being pulled out to sea by a

strong current. He quickly raced to the Scoutdinghy, pushed it into the water, and rowed ashe had never rowed before towards the littlegirl, who was sinking by now. Just as he camealongside her she sank beneath the waves.Without hesitating Ronnie dived into the sea,got her out and rowed for shore, all wet andsoaked to the skin. The others cheered himwhen he reached shore, and that is the story ofhow Ronnie Marsters earned a gold medal.

BRIAN NORTHAM.

A DANGEROUS TREK OVER THEDRAKENSBERG MOUNTAINSWhen we came to the foot of the Drakens-

berg Mountains, it did look as though we wouldnever get over them. We arrived late at night,so I decided to wait until the next morningbefore attempting to climb over them.

The next morning at about 6 o'clock westarted climbing. By noon we had not gonevery far, so I decided to go on trekking. Whilewe were climbing we came upon a huge lion.I drew my rifle to shoot it, but it dodged thebullet and pounced on a Native and mauledhim to death. I aimed my rifle at it, and thistime I was successful.

After two weeks of dangerous trekking hadgone past, the women and children began toget tired of the long trek. They said it wasdangerous and that we could never get over.Already ten lives had been lost, and they saidthey would not continue trekking. The nextweek was our worst week, for eleven lives hadbeen lost, including that of my brother's son.A few people even lowered their wagons downby rubber thongs. We were now going downat last.

Another two weeks went by, and we cameto the foot of the Drakensberg - we were nowIn Natal!

IVAN STONE.

A QUARRELOne day two dogs began to quarrel. The

elder one, whose name was Seezer, said to the• younger one, whose name was Ricky, 'I havelived longer than you and bitten many more

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people than you.' In reply the little dog said,, I get more food than you. I also have a cosykennel and you haven't.' 'That does notmatter,' said Seezer, pretending not to beinterested, 'I have big, sharp teeth, and yourteeth are still small'. The little dog replied,, When I get bigger, I will also ha ve big, sharpteeth.' The big dog said: 'I bave a collar witha brass buckle.' The little dog said: 'Let'sstop this quarrel now and have a little funchasing bicycles.'

The little dog could run faster than thebig dog. They saw a bicycle and began tochase it. The big dog could not keep up withthe bicycle, but the small dog could, and soSeezer became jealous of the small dog. Sohe said to himself, 'I will start a fight with thatcheeky little dog'.

The fight began, and the big dog soon gainedthe upper hand. The poor small dog squealedand squealed. A car came along the road wherethe d~gs were fighting and killed the big dog.The small dog was so happy that he said: 'Thattaught him not to fight witb a dog smallerthan himself!'

LlNDSA y TALMUD.

OLD DUTCH JOEY TELLS PARTOF HIS LIFE-STORY

The conversation is taking place between anold Dutch house and a modern house.

'I was given the name of "Old Dutch Joey"because two hundred and more years ago I wasa farmhouse called "Joey's Paradise",' Old Joeywas saying to a modern house nearby. 'I wasbuilt in the year 1672. I have ten dungeonsunder me and two secret passages, one leadingfrom a secret room. My attic was first usedfor storing wine, then as a storeroom, and nowit is a bedroom. The Van der Merwes stillown me. The first Mrs. van der Merwe, achubby, red-faced lady, lived here with herhusband and two children.' 'You are verylucky', said the modern house, 'to be so old,Joey'. 'Tell me some more.' 'No, no,' saidold Dutch Joey, 'not to-day - perhapsto-morrow.' And he dropped off to sleep.

JOHN ZUYL.

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IN DIE LENTEDit is 'n sonnige dag in die middel van die

Lente, en al die voëltjies sing. Die kriekies kriekin die Lente-lug, en al die sprinkane spring indie groen gras. Al die blomme is uit. Hulle isal die kleure waaraan 'n mens kan dink, endie bome het hul nuwe blare. Al die mense isbly en fris. Hulle sing en dans, want die Lenteis hier met al sy blomme en groen gras. Nettwee dinge is nic bly nie: dit is die Pikkewynen die Ysbeer wat by die Pole woon. Maar dieeekhorinkie is baie bly, en hy spring van boomrot boom, van klip tot klip, besig om akker-pitte te soek. Die beer kom uit sy grot, wantdie Lente is hier. Dit is wat in die Lente

gebeur! P. O'MOLONEY.

SONDER 'N BAASEk is Leeu, 'n groot Alsatian. Ek het nie

'n baas nie. Ek is sonder 'n baas vir tweemaande. Nou sal ek jou van my lewe vertel.

Ek was nog jonk toe ek verkoop is. Mybaas was baie gaaf vir my maar aan iets goedskom altyd 'n einde. Op'n dag sterwe hy. In sytestament het hy gesê dat, as hy sterwe, ek nasy broer moet gaan. En ja, 'n week later hetdie broer my kom haal. Ek het net 'n maanddaar gebly, omdat die broer my baie geslaanhet vir iets wat ek nie gedoen het nie. Op'nwarm somerdag het hulle na die strand gegaan.Toe hulle weer huis toe wou gaan het ekgedink. As ek nie kom nie, sal hulle sondermy vertrek. Hulle het weggegaan net soos ekgedink het, en nou is ek baie gelukkig.

P. VAN MEETEREN.

A SHIPWRECKWe were on our way to America on the ship

called Hold Thumbs when a terrific stormarose and the ship was forced against a smalliceberg, similar to that which caused theTitanic wreck. The captain told the womenand children to go first into the lifeboats, of

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which there were only three left, because ofthe rapid rising of the water into the sinkingvessel. This water had sunk the rest of them.They just had enough time to send out anSOS, if they worked quickly. They succeededin sending out the distress signal, and alsoreceived an answering signal from a ship which,fortunately for us, was sailing very close to us.

It is amazing how cruel the sea can be whenyou are in difficulties, and how time dragswhen you are waiting to be rescued.

Eventually, after what seemed an age butwhat was really only a little less than an hour,our rescue vessel was alongside our disabledshjp and the transfer of the passengers wastaking place. So ended without tragedy anepisode which might have resulted in a greatloss of life.

G. ROGERS.

LOST IN THE MISTIt was a cold morning with a slight mist, and

my friend and I had just entered London. Myfriend, whose name was John, said, < Are yousure you have not forgotten the present?' Isaid that I had the present, and we went onour way.

It was the year 1749, and we were going toa party just outside London. We had beenwalking all day and I was very tired; the mistwas thickening very rapidly and was a greenishcolour. Then suddenly the truth dawned uponme - we were in for one of those real Londonpea-soup fogs. I felt a spasm of fear trickledown my spine. I had heard many stories ofmen who had stepped into the River Thamesin the fog.

I clutched my friend's hand tightly as weneared the water's edge. Then we heard the callof the night-watchman as he plodded alongcalling, < Four o'clock and all's well '. Then Isaid to my friend, < Don't you think we hadbetter get a linkboy?' He answered < Yes', asa tall bujlding loomed up in front of us. Thename of it was Link Station. We got the bestlinkboy in London, whose name was Cat's EyeKelley, because he could see in the dark. Heled us safely to our destination, and we thankedhim very much. Later I shuddered to think

what it would have been like if we had beenlost in the mist.

J. LEWENSON.

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GERALD PHILLIPS and CECIL KAPLINSKY.

THE DONGOI KILLER

Jim Hardy lived on his farm among the wildsof Central Africa, and he was by profession anelephant hunter. He had been told by thevillage constable that a certain elephant wasstriking fear into the Natives. It had alreadykilled twenty-seven Natives and ten \Vhitemen, and there was a price of a thousandpounds on the elephant's head for anyone whosucceeded in killing him. Jim was told thatthe elephant had magnincent tusks which wereworth £200, and so Jim decided to go after therogue.

But now Jim's cousin was coming out fromEngland, and Jim thought that his cousinwould be a softy and would get in the way.But Jim soon changed his mind, because whenthe train arrived from the coast, Jim set hiseyes on his cousin for the nrst time. His cousinwas a hefty chap with broad shoulders, and hehad had full schooling at Oxford. His cousin'sname was Jack Macdonald.

Jim helped his cousin with his luggage andput it into the back of his old Ford pick-up.The body was dented and the engine was oldbut still had plenty of power in it. Theyclimbed aboard and set off for Jim's house. Itwas a ten-mile journey on a dusty, beatentrack, and Jack longed for a bath, which he

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got when they arrived at Jim's house. It wasquite a small house with only three bedrooms,a bathroom, a kitchen, and a lounge. It wassurrounded by vegetable gardens with wire-netting covering them so that baboons couldnot get at the vegetables. There was also acat-proof chicken yard. No dogs could be kept,but only cats, because the dogs would gochasing off into the bush, and then the leopardswould catch them. The next morning theyset off after this killer elephant, and after goingtwenty miles caught him in a donga.

Jim took his heavy twelve-bore rifle off hisshoulder, and handed Jack a Westminster· 230.They then cautiously climbed down into thedonga. Then they hid behind some bouldersand waited for the elephant to appear.Presently they heard the heavy clomp of theelephant, and suddenly he appeared round thebend. The elephant could not smell the men,because they had put a certain ointment onthemselves. Jack nred the first shot, which wasa little too high and only stunned the elephant,but Jim put one dead on the target, and thebullet penetrated the circle of thin bone justabove the trunk, and the elephant droppedmotionless to the ground. Someone had at lastgot the killer and also received the reward. Jimand Jack shared it, because they had both donethe job, and after that they both became thegreatest of friends.

FRANKLIN NEL.

ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELLEverything seemed to be going wrong with

me, and I was rather short of money, because Ihad broken a window playing cricket. Ireceived only sixpence a week pocket-money,and so I would have to go without any for along time until it was paid for. Suddenly Iheard a crash of glass behind me, and I recog-nized myoid enemy, John Butler, runningaway. t Ah!" thought 1. t Johnny's going tocatch it now.' But I was wrong, for a fewseconds later an irate housewife stepped out ofthe door. 'So it's you who's broken mywindow, eh? Well, I'll let your father knowflPou~ it to-night!' With that she slammed the

door without giving me a chance to explain.I knew my father wouldn't give me a chance

either, and I would have to force Johnny toown up, and so prevent me from receiving asound caning. Life was very hard just then,but I remembered President Brand's motto:'Alles sal reg kom.' I went to Johnny's houseand asked his mother if I might speak to him.She said that he had gone to the river to swimand would be back by lunch-time. I imme-diately set off for the river, which was threemiJes away.

I reached the river in three-quarters of anhour, and saw Johnny swimrrung. Suddenly heshouted' Help!' and went under. I thought hewas playing the fool, but after two minuteshad passed and he was still under, I dived in.At last I saw him in the dark waters, and Iswam with him to the bank. Immediately Iapplied artificial respiration, and after tenminutes his eyelids fljckered. At last herecovered consciousness and said, in a feebievoice: ' You - you sa ved my life; how can Jever repay you?'

Anyway, he owned up to the breaking ofthe window, and all's well that ends weil.That is how, from being enerrues, we came tobe the best of friends.'

J. COLE.

Standard VB

TOE HANS ANDERSEN 'N SEUNWAS

"Vader, vader, vertel my 'n storie!" smeekHans. Dit was aand, en Hans se vader wasbesig om 'n paar skoene te versool. "Wag maar'n rukkie. Jy weet die oom sal more die skoenekom haal, en, as die skoene nie klaar is nie, saldie oom kwaad wees."

Die volgende oggend was Hans se vader weerbesig om 'n paar dameskoene van rooi-satyn,vir die burgemeester se vrou te maak. As syvan die skoene hou, sou sy vir Hans se vader'n huis op haar plaas gee. Maar sy het nie vandie skoene gehou nie, en hulle het nie die huisgekry nie.

Toe Hans elf jaar oud was, is sy vaderoorlede. Hans wou graag 'n toneelspeler of 'n

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sanger word. Maar toe hy nie n sanger oftoneelspeler kon word nie, het hy na Kopen-hagen gegaan. Daar het hy begin om verhale teskrywe. Hy het gou 'n naam vir homselfgemaak. Vandag is die naam Hans Andersenwêreldberoemd. R. BRISCOE.

THE COMET OF DESTRUCTIONIt was 2 a.m. at Greenwich, London, where

two of the world's most brilliant astronomerswere taking exquisite photographs of theeclipse of the moon. Gradually a green huebegan to show up around the moon. It wasrealized that it was caused by an enormouscomet at least twice as big as 'Halley's '.

The observatory was in a state of panic, forthis was the lost comet of Pluto, which at onetime was part of its mother planet. And now,due to some force of gravity in space, thecomet had changed its course and was headingtowards the earth.

Soon all London was as light as noon-day.But still the comet plummeted on towards theearth. Would the earth's own gravity stopthe comet? Some people had hopes in theirminds, but others were not so sure.

Then the temperature started rising. Beforethe comet came into sight the temperature was51 ° F., but now it was 89° F.

The comet, which would at least destroy athird of the earth, and surely damage the rest,was in the earth's atmosphere, and the time ofimpact was estimated at 2.55 a.m. The tempera-ture was still rising. It was now 99° F.

Earth tremors started and gradually increasedto tremendous quakes, which tore the earthasunder. A great tidal wave arose and endedin the Congo.

Then the comet hit the earth - and I hitthe floor with .a terrific thud as I fell out ofbed. How relieved I was to find that it wasonly a dream. 1. KERNOFF.

ONS BESOEK DIE DIERETUINSaterdagoggend het my vriend en ek na die

dieretuin gegaan. Ons het per bus gegaan en'n mandjie met kos saamgeneem. Ons was baie

opgewonde toe ons daar kom. Daar was baiesoorte diere in verskillende hokke.

My vriend wou eers die bokke gaan bekyk.Hulle wei baie doodgerus in die veld. Wanneerklein kinders hulle met klippe gooi, hardloophulle weg. Daar was 'n groot geraas in eenhok, en ons het omgedraai en die ape gesien.Ons het dadelik daarheen gestap om hulle tebekyk.

Daar was verskeie soorte, grotes en baiekleintjies. Daar was 'n ma aap en 'n kleintjiewat op haar rug gesit het. Daarna het ek voor-gestel dat ons na die leeuhokke moes gaan.Daar, op 'n koppie, was vier leeus. Hulle hetbaie groot liggame en lang maanhare. Dit was'n baie indrukwekkende gesig. Een papegaaihet "Hello Polly" gesê. Die swane het statigin die meer rondgeswem. Ons het die besoekaan die dieretuin baie geniet, en was jammertoe ons weer die bus moes haalom terug tekeer huis toe. C. BARKER.

THE PRIZEAs I eagerly sought for the names of the

winners of a painting competition i~ the localnewspaper, I came across my name. Yes, thereit was for all to see, 'Arnold Todd, winner ofthe Ace painting competition '. The first prizewas fifty pounds worth of camping utensilsfrom the makers of Ace camping goods.

I jumped up from my chair, shouting forjoy, until my mother ran up and asked mewhat it was all about. 'Mom,' I shouted, ' don'tyou understand? I've won the competition!''Golly!' she said, 'that's marvellous '. A fewdays later a van arrived, bringing three bigpackages - one full of pots, small shovels, spareblankets, tent-pegs, etc. The second was onecomplete puppy-tent; the third contained thebedding.

About a week later, after much nagging, Ireceived permission to camp with a friend andmy dog, Dingo. It was a really lovely placewhere we camped. My friend, whose name wasLeon, first spotted the place. There was astream running through the centre, and onboth banks there were small, round rocks,ideal for making furnaces for a stone' stove',

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There were also three oak trees close to oneanother, and on the second day of our arrivalwe built a small hut on these trees, fromwhere we could see the whole countryside.

Every morning we got up at about seven0'clock and started to build up our fire. Weusually had a cereal and some eggs for break-fast. One morning I went to our makeshift, larder' to take out some food for our break-fast, but to my astonishment there was not abit of food. I shouted to Leon, and, as hecame running up to me, I glimpsed a darkobject running away. Dingo sprang at him,and soon a fierce struggle was taking place.

I ran to fill a bucket of water and throw itover the snarling beasts. The other animalslunk away, but Leon managed to catch it.Later we found out that it was a giant ant-eater, and it was he who had stolen our food.We handed him over to the game warden, whogave us two pounds reward, for ant-eaters hada price on their heads. With the reward moneywe bought more supplies. Afterwards we wenthome again. I related the story to my family,and Leon to his. All because of a paintingcompetition.

BASIL FREEDMAN.

DIE SPOOKSKIPLank, lank gelede was daar 'n skip met die

naam The Flying Dutchman. Op die skip wasdaar 'n man wat 'n fortuin gemaak het, en hyhet sy geld saam met hom geneem. Net die

kaptein het daarvan geweet. Een aand, terwylhulle op die boonste dek sit en gesels, het diekaptein gesê.

"Nou dat jy jou fortuin gemaak het, watgaan jy daarmee maak?"

"Ek gaan vir my 'n huis in San Franciscolaat bou en daar gaan ek heel dag in my tuinsit en rook," answoord hy. Maar hulle het niegeweet dat een van die matrose hulle afgeluisterhet nie.

Die matroos het vir die ander matrose vertelvan die passasier se geld, en hulle het 'n planberaam om die geld in die hande te kry. Eendag, terwyl die kaptein en sy vriend op die dekloop, het die matrose hulle gegryp en in die seegegooi. Toe het die matrose al die geld geneemen terwyl hulle dit onder mekaar verdeel, hethulle drinkwater uit die vat geloop. Gevolglikhet hulle geen water gehad nie. Kort daarnahet 'n plaag onder hulle uitgebreek. Hullewou na die land gaan om water te kry, maardie mense wou hulle nie toelaat om na die landte gaan nie, omdat hulle gevrees het dat hullesou aansteek. Hulle het van hawe tot hawegeseil, maar het nie daarin geslaag om te landrue.

'n Storm het toe opgekom en die skip verin die oseaan gejaag. Al die matrose het vandors omgekom. Vandag nog sê die matrose dat,as jy van jou skip uitkyk, jy die spooks kip indie verte sal sien, maar, as jy nader seil, sal dieskip skielik in die duisternis verdwyn.

Roy VAN NIEKERK.

1'o'\~I"\O"'IAL..P""VI~IO""'W. 8. H. 5.

An Impression by Jeremy Townley Johnson, Std. VIA.

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RUGBY, 1954

Once agalll the School can look back on thepast season as yet another one of consolidationand expansion. Two additional teams, theUnder 13 and Under 12E, were entered forinter-school competitions, which brings theWynberg entry to nineteen teams in all, namelythe Under 19A, B, C and D, the Under 16A,the Under 15A, B, C and D, the Under 14Aand B, the Under 13A, Band C, and theUnder 12A, B, C, D and E. A total of 452players handed in their names for Rugby atthe beginning of the season.

The above figures are most pleasing, but anexpanding sport - and this applies to allSchool sporting activities - demands expand-ing ground facilities. Saturation point haslong since been reached with the ground space,both owned and loaned, at present at our dis-posal. Further playing fields are an urgent andvital necessity, and as such certainly constitutea priority over any other facility which, how-ever attractive and desirable, is merely a luxurybut not an essential.

By far the best team of the year was theUnder 13A, which was unbeaten in its sixteengames, finishing up with the outstandingrecord of 345 points for and only 12 against.By far the most noticeable characteristic of thisteam was its high degree of technical excellencein kicking, handling, dribbling and tackling,combined with a most determined and imagina-tive power of penetration in the back-line,which enabled the three-quarters to make themost of the opportunities provided by an excel-lent pack of forwards. The team was alwayspositive both in attack and defence, and wasled by a most mature and able captain, Seeliger.Congratulations to both the players and theircoach, Mr. Morris, on a season of greatachievemen t.

Although the Under 13A gained most of thelimelight, the record of the Under DB didnot lag far behind. This team only lost one

match in seventeen, and that single defeat wasinflicted by another school's A team. All thathas been said about the Under 13A can berepeated about the Under 13B team, whichended up the season with 271 points for andonly 44 against. The Under 13C also didremarkably well, losing only two games outof a total of nine. Altogether in the Under 13group, forty matches were played, and out ofthese thirty-seven were won. The group as awhole scored 671 points for and had only 68registered against it. Certainly a magnificentachievemen t!

This year the School team has had a ratherchequered career, exceptionally good per-formances being interspersed with those ofextreme mediocrity. Injuries to key players atawkward moments was partly but not whollyresponsible for this patchy form. At oneperiod, too, almost half the team was simul-taneously stricken with German measles, whichaggravated the already difficult position. Onefact, however, has to be squarely faced andtaken into consideration for the future, andthat is that the calibre of the replacements thisyear was far below that of previous years.The Second Team was just not up to the usualstandard. Indecisive tackling in critical phasesof games was also a disti~ct weakness. Facedwith these problems, Ford and Allis led theirteam with ability and enthusiasm, and greatcredit is due to them for what they achieved indifficult circumstances.

The Under 19C was a good team, althoughit did not measure up to last year's' C' team.They lost some matches, mostly to teams in adivision above them, by very narrow margins.The forwards played hard but lacked speed,but the backs were well up to standard andhandled well. The Under 19D played welland made good progress. Because they were areservoir for the higher teams, it was difficultto concentrate on team-building, and their

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FIRST XV, 1954 .,Back 1'ow: 1. Pfeil, M. Retief, R. Glover, W. Katz, J. van Niekerk, N. Prior, S. Schneider.Middle 1'0111:Mr. H. E. Tasker (Coach), 1. Derman, I. Kretschmer, B. Jarmain, P. Fourie,

1. Goodman, T. Mittag, Mr. J. F. Oosthuizen (Coach).P1'Ont 1'ow: D. Buchanan, R. Wucherpfennig, Mr. W. E. Bowden (P1'incipal), E. Ford (Capt.),

M. Allis (Vice-Capt.), H. Schaffer, R. Gelb.Inset: A. Luck.

combination of necessity had to suffer. Manyplayers from these two teams have maturedwell, and one in particular, Van Teylingen, hasgained a very well-deserved place in the Schoolteam. The Under 16 team has played wellthroughout the season, and here again manyplayers have shown considerable signs ofmaturity.

The Under 15A has also produced ratherpatchy form, almost scintillating displaysalternating with drab exhibitions. They haveplayed open rugger throughout the season, andhave lost many games by only narrow margins.When on form, however, it was very difficultto hold them, as may be seen from their defeatsof Sacs (16-0), Bishops (11-5), and Ronde-

bosch (3-0). The Under 15B have been farbelow average in both size and weight, andtheir record has consequently suffered. TheUnder 15C moulded into a good team, whilethe Under 15D struggled gamely throughoutthe season. Many players. in both teamsimproved considerably, a well-deserved rewardfor their keenness and enthusiasm.

The Under 14A and B have had a somewhatlean season, but, despite the fact that they lostmore games than they won, their defeats werein no way overwhelming. For various reasonsthe teams have never been at full strength, butthe Under 14A, when playing with its full com-plement, was indeed a strong combination. Thiswas shown by the curtain-raiser to the Muir

College game, in which the Under 14A defeatedRondebosch A by 9 points to 3.

The Under 12 teams have had another veryhappy and enjoyable season. Five teams wereentered in the competition, and, although the'F' team was not included in competitivegames, they always turned up to practices withgreat enthusiasm. This spirit, especially amongthe lower teams, is invaluable in school sport.These chaps enjoy their Rugby immensely, andhave played some most attractive games. Fromthis promising nursery, in which the youngplayers are carefully taught the technique ofthe game, comes much valuable material which

will soon make its influence felt in SchoolRugby.

The' Springboks' and' Villagers', the eight-year-olds and under, once again had someglorious fun, while at the same time learningquite a lot of useful rugby. From this nursery,too, graduate the members of our future Schoolteam.

This year we were delighted to be the hostsof our very good friends, Muir College, and ateam of Combined Rhodesian Schools. Manyfriendships were renewed and many newones formed. We drew with Muir College6 points all in what was our most enjoyable

UNDER l3A, 1954

Back 'TOW: R. Totos, M. Lundy, 1. Engelke, C. Thomas, ]. Grendon.Middle 'Tow: 1. Matthews, H. Hutton, R. Marx, A. Thom, B. Hilliard, P. Schipper, M. Hughes,

D. Tunbridge, E. ]ason.P'Tont 'TOW: Mr. Morris, K. Mann, Mr. Bowden, D. Seeliger (Capt.), Mr. Lorie, R. Giles,

Sam Neimano.

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UNDER BB, 1954Back ~ow: 1. White, B. Hall, L. Pasyol, R. Rowberry, G. Holland, ]. Grendon.Middle ~ow: 1. Brehany, 1. Matthews, M. WolfIe, D. de Wet, B. Anderson, R. Gamaroff,

R. Shlomowitz, E. ]ason, P. Brink.P~om row: Mr. Morris, B. Land, Mr. Bowden, R. Millson (Capt.), ]. King, Sam Neimann.

match, and one which was described by outsidespectators as the best school game of theseason. We were defeated by the Rhodesians by3 points to nil in the wettest conditions everexperienced on a Wynberg field. Despite thesedifficult conditions, it was nevertheless a grandgame.

The coaches, Messrs. Wood, Oosthuizen,Sieberhagen, Nel, Richter, Lennox, Attwell,Morris, Thomas arid Palm are to be thankedand cornplimented for their able and untiringservices; the keenness and support given tothese men by the players are an open testimonyof the appreciation of their efforts. Mr.Bowden's practical interest in both matches andpractices is much appreciated by both coachesand players alike.

Many senior players spend much of theirtime in assisting the coaches and also training

junior players. This help has become an essen-tial service in maintaining our programme ofexpansion. Apart from the spirit in which itis given, their coaching has reached a highdegree of technical efficiency. Players who havegiven their services are: S. Neimann, G.Isaacson, E. de Groot, L. Goodman, E. Ford,R. Gelb.

Two of the aforementioned players haverendered particularly valuable service. E. deGroot, assisted by G. Isaacson in the first halfof the season, was personally responsible for theUnder 12E and F teams, the first of which wasentered in the inter-school competitions. Thiswas a big responsibiLity, and not only the spiritof the little players under his control but alsothe results of the Under 12E team bear ampletestimony to the excellence of his work. S.Neimann, better known as < Uncle Sam " acted

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as assistant coach to the Under 13A and Bteams. He attended all practices, all matches,no matter how far afield, and all team meetings.Everything he did was characterized by a crispefficiency and careful attention to detail. Inaddition, on Friday afternoons he took the, Springboks' and 'Villagers '. Both in thevolume of the work undertaken and the tirelessenergy of its performance his efforts have neverbeen bettered at Wynberg.

Finally, thanks are due to R. Gelb, P.WaIters and L. Derman for their superbadministration of equipment. The smoothnessof all match and practice arrangements is solelydue to their indefatigable standard of efficiency.

The following rugby awards have been madefor the 1954 season:

BLUES: E. Ford; M. Allis; R. Wucher-pfennig; A. Luck; D. Buchanan; L. Goodman.

COLOURS: R. Glover; H. Schaffer; S.Schneider; R. Gelb; J. van Niekerk; M. Retief;1. Kretschmer; L. Denman; B. Jarmain; W.Katz; 1. Pfeil; P. Fourie; T. Mittag; N. Prior.

HOUSE MATCHES, 1954SENIORS

Wellington 3; De Waal 3.Wellington 0; Van Riebeek O.Rhodes 18; Van Riebeek O.Rhodes 8; De Waal o.De Waal 3; Van Riebeek 6.Rhodes 6; Wellington 3.

P. W. L. D. F.

1. Rhodes 3 3 0 0 352. Van Riebeek 3 1 1 63. Wellington 3 0 2 64. De Waal .. 3 0 2 6

A. Pts.

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JUNIORS (Under 14)

Wellington 3; De Waal 13.Wellington 0; Van Riebeek 8.Rhodes 0; Van Riebeek 5.Rhodes 0; De Waal o.De Waal 0; Van Riebeek O.Rhodes 0; Wellington 5.

P. W. L. D. F. A. Pts.1. Van Riebeek 3 2 0 13 0 52. De Waal .. 3 0 2 13 3 43. Wellington 3 1 2 0 8 21 24. Rhodes 3 0 2 0 10

H.E.T.

UNDER 13 RUGBY RESULTS

The following results have been included fordocumentary purposes:

UNDER 13A: Beat the following: Ronde-bosch A 12-3; Retreat A 34-0; Jan vanRiebeeck A 6-3; Paul Roos Gymnasium 6-3;S.A.C.S. A 22-0; C.B.C. A 38-0; Paarl Boys'High A 6-0; Paul Roos Gymnasium A 19-0;Sea Point A 49-0; S.A.C.S. A 43-0; PaarlGymnasium A 39-0; Marist A 18-0; PaarlBoys' High A 20-0; Rondebosch A 6-0;Rondebosch A 6-3; Diocesan College A 21-0.Played 16; won 16; points for 345; pointsagainst 12.

UNDER 13B: Beat the folloWing: Ronde-bosch B 3-0; Bergvliet A 12-6; Jan vanRiebeeck B 12-3; Paul Roos Gym. B 6-0;S.A.C.S. B 15-3; C.B.C. B 6-3; Paarl Boys'High B 21-0; Jan van Riebeeck B 12-3; SeaPoint B 28-0; S.A.C.S. B 22-0; FranschHoek A 20-0; Paarl Boys' High B 59-0; DiepRiver A 15-3; W.P. Preparatory A 25-5.Lost to Retreat A 3-6. Dre1l/ with Ronde-bosch B 6-6; W.P. Preparatory A 6-6.Played 17; won 14; lost 1; drew 2; points for271; poin ts against 44.

H.E.T.

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A CRITIQUE OF THE FIRST XV1954

FORD.-A first-class captain, who has beendogged throughout the season by ill-luck andinjury; possesses moral and physical courage ofthe highest degree; owing to team requirements,he has played at centre, not wing, which is hisnatural position; the possessor of a fine burst ofspeed, he was always potentially dangerous; attimes slackens in his concentration whencoming up on defence.

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;

ALLIS.-Probably the best hooker playing ininter-school rugby; a fine leader of the pack,who is also very valuable in the line-out; whenthe need arose, he proved also a very ablecaptain, and was in addition an inspiration andexample in the loose.

WUCHERPFENNIG.-One of the besteighth men in inter-school football, both inattack and defence; a tireless player who isalways on the ball initiating many new move-ments; he is a good tackler, but must definitelyaevelop a deadly dive-tackle, closing his armsaround his opponent at the moment of impact.

GELB.-A scrum-half with a very strongkick, a lengthy, accurate pass and a good break;he is a powerful player, but, unless he canovercome a tendency to hesitate when the ballis already out of the scrum, his potentialitieswill always be limited.

BUCHANAN.-A magnificent tackler,possibly the most deadly in inter-school foot-ball, who is one of the most improved playersin the team; he is the only player who con-sistently makes his feet leave the ground inthe process of tackling; he must now concen-trate on improving his acceleration in his firstfew strides, and must also learn to use low-angled, attacking kicks.

GLOVER.-A full-back with a safe pair ofhands who, except for one period when he lostform, has played some very good rugby; he hasa lengthy touch-kick and is a fine place-kicker,but must concentrate more on positional play,keep his hands relaxed when catching the ball,not fly-kick, and get more swiftly to the rollingball.

PFEIL.-A speedy wing with a solid defence,who must instil more fire and determinationinto his attack; was improving steadily towardsthe end of the season.

KRETSCHMER.-A very fast wing whomixes some very good performances withincredibly bad ones; at his best he has goodpenetration, but more often than not has afrail defence; he is a fine place-kicker; mustcultivate a dive-tackle.

CLAMPETT.-A weighty, robust playerwho shows possibilities of developing into a

thrustful wing; he must, however, develop adecisive tackle, and eliminate a bad tendencyto cut persistently inside instead of going forthe corner-flag; as a forward, his play hasdeveloped little maturity, and is still flashy,patchy and spasmodic.

DERMAN.-A light but nippy player whohas had the misfortune to experience a lengthyperiod of loss of form; he must definitelyremedy a weakness in defence and, if he doesso, will once again be the very good centrethat he was last season.

LUCK.-A gifted player who is an excellentscrum-half and a very good fly-half; he has agood eye for an opening, and has that veryprecious asset, naturally speedy acceleration; hehas also cultivated an excellent sharp-angledstab kick; his difficulties are: contentmentwith an often under-trained condition, atendency not to break straight at fly-half, andthe over-use of a lame kick ahead which couldbe described less elegantly but more precisely;a bright future awaits him if he works hard toremedy these technical faults, and always keepsin mind that he must always be his ownsternest critic.

GOODMAN.-A strong, solid, experiencedfront-ranker, who also finds time and energy toplay an excellent game in the loose and line-out; an expert liquidator; few higher compli-'ments can be paid to a man playing In themost exacting position in rugby.

SCHAFFER.-Also a strong, solid, experi-enced front-ranker, who is also an expertliquidator in the line-out; although the tempoof his work in the loose can be more sustained,he is nevertheless one of the best front-ranksupports in inter-school football.

SCHNEIDER.-A powerful front-rankerand lock, who served the team very well; alwaysin the thick of everything, and a good supportin the line-out; one of the most reliablemembers of the team.

MITT AG.-An excellent hooker, and thebest flank forward in the team; unfortunately,owing to a serious injury, he was unable tocomplete the season; at his best and fittest -a grand player.

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JARMAIN.-A very good flank who,despite his lack of weight, gets through anenormous amount of work; backs up inten-sively; must watch a slight tendency to let thescrum-half break.

VAN TEYLlNGEN.-A powerful front-ranker and lock, who is probably the fittestman in the team, and certainly the mostimproved; he is good in the tight, loose, andline-out, but must still learn to put his mandown, and overcome a bad tendency to tacklehigh.

RETIEF.-A good flanker who unfortu-nately has not fulfilled last season's promise;at his best a first-rate forward, but his game hasbecome rather patchy and his defence is nonetoo reliable.

YOUNG.-Also a player who has notfulfilled last year's promise; a good lock andfront-ranker, he has not been able to overcometwo definite weaknesses - the habit of hover-ing round loose-scrums and tackling round theneck.

KA TZ.-A tall, well-built young forwardwho has not yet matured; his future dependson whether he can stop playing his game inpatches and attain a standard of hardness andfitness required in top-line school rugby;potentially a very fine line-out player.

VAN NIEKERK. - A good line-outexponent; his future depends on whether hecan infuse more determination, fire and speedinto his play.

FOURIE.-A player of great natural talent;he is a good fly-half and wing, and possesses alengthy kick; lack of fitness and a weak defencehave prevented him from attaining the standardof which he is capable.

KRUGER.-A very hard tackler, but onewho allows the ball to come to him rather thango after the ball himself; he has undoubtedpromise, but must eliminate the followingfaults - a suspect fitness, a tendency to hoverround loose scrums, and failure to do the primeduty of a forward, namely shove in the ·scrum.

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VAN DER WESTHUlZEN.-A greatlyimproved flanker and eighth man, who is alwaysup with the ball; must cultivate a harder tackleand eliminate a tendency to fade towards theend of a game.

O'CONNOR.-A small but very fit youngcentre, who has developed a very strongdefence, has great promise, but must aim atdoing everything at top speed.

KAHN.-A light, nippy little scrum-halfwho has developed a penetrative break roundthe scrum; has a good service, but must con-centrate on greater length and speed.

McMEEKING.-A fly-half with a beautifulpair of hands and a strong kick underpressure; has a good tactical knowledge of thegame, but unfortunately is severely handi-capped by slowness in acceleration, whichalmost writes him off on attack; if he remediesthis weakness, he has great possibilities.

PRIOR.- The gamest player at Wynberg; inspite of a series of most unlucky injuries, hehas battled on, and was one of the mostreliable forwards in the pack; he is tireless,always on the ball, and can be relied upon topop up when the pressure is at its fiercest; onlyweakness - lack of initial speed off the mark.

WEINREICH.-A long-striding wing witha brilliant turn of speed; can also tackle wellon occasion; inconsistent form tends to detractfrom his value.

IF.O. and H.E.T.

FIRST TEAM MATCHES

v. Muir College. Drew 6-6.

This was probably the match which pro-duced some of the best rugby of the season.The teams took the field in magnificent sun-shine, and the game was played at a fast tempofrom the kick-off. Wynberg opened the scorewhen Glover put over a penalty early in thefirst half. The defence on both sides was magni-ficent, and, despite continual back-line move-ments, neither team could break through. Justbefore half-time Glover scored with anotherpenalty to make the half-time score 6-0. Muirhad the better of the second half, and soon

after the start Preddy (fly-half) marked andput over an excellent drop-kick to make thescore 6-3. Botha, the speedy Muir left wing,was rewarded for his efforts with a fine try inthe corner, which was not converted by Liddel,the captain, making the final score 6-6. Oursecond draw with Muir College in two years.

v. Paarl B.H.S. Drew 8-8.We took the field very optimistic after our

defeat earlier in the season at the hands ofPaarl, and from the kick-off we played fast,open rugby. Paarl opened the score, however,with a try trom a scrum on our line by thescrum-half, which the full-back converted. Thescore remained unchanged until just after half-time, when Kretschmer put over an excellentpenalty to make the score Paarl 5, Wynberg "3.Wynberg then forged ahead when Ford inter-cepted and scored under the posts. Kretschmerconverted, and Wynberg then had to defendgrimly to keep out the Paarl attackers. In theclosing minutes, however, the scrum-half brokeagain from our line and made the final score8-8.

v. S.A.C.S. Drew 3-3.This was not one of the brightest matches,

but it did, however, have one or two highlights.S.A.C.S. opened the score when Davis, their

centre, broke and scored near the corner flag.Van Niekerk, playing on the wing, wasunlucky not to score when he knocked on withan open line, while W ucherpfennig was alsounfortunate in being brought down within feetof the line after intercepting. Wynbergequalized, however, late in the first half whenGlover put over a penalty.

Throughout the second half neither side couldbreak through, and the score remainedunchanged, 3-3. E.F.

(at School jv. Hottentots-HollandWon 16-0.

Wynberg opened with some good, openrugby, and after five minutes' play Buchananscored after a good back-line movement. Thiswas converted by Glover (5-0). Shortlyafterwards Derman scored wi th a try in thecorner (8-0). Just before half-time Retief

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went over to score (11-0) . After half-timethe visitors played some good rugby, and itwas only towards the end that Kraukampscored, the try being converted by Glover(16-0). The match ended with Wynbergdeservedly the winners by 16-0.

v. Rondebosch B.H. (at Newlands A)Lost 17-8.

This season Wynberg had the privilege ofplaying in the curtain-raiser to the rugbyCurrie Cup Final at Newlands. The gamestarted with Rondebosch doing most of theattacking, but Wynberg soon settled down.Rondebosch opened their score with a penalty.

Shortly afterwards Rondebosch scored in thecorner (6-0). Wynberg retaliated whenLuck scored after a good break. This was con-verted by Ford (6-5). Before half-timeRondebosch scored a further two tries, ofwhich one was converted, making the half-time score 14-5.

Play evened out in the second half, Clampettscoring a try in the corner. Rondebosch repliedwith a try, to make the final score 17-8.

v. C.B.C. Won 13-0 (at School)

This match was very scrappy and seldomreached great heights. At half-time the score

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was 3-0, Wucherpfennig scoring afterfollowing up a back-line movement. In thesecond half a break by Ford and a run of aboutfifty yards brought a try under the poles, whichwas converted by Glover (8-0). Near theend a forward rush led to a try, which wasagain converted by Glover. Thus the matchended with Wynberg the victors by 13-0.

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THE OLD BOYS' MATCH, 1954

After intermittent rain throughout the day,the teams were fortunate enough to run on tothe field at School beneath a sunny blue sky.A rule that no touch-kicking between thetwenty-fives was allowed speeded up the gameenormously, and both sides gave the ball plentyof air and turned out some sparkling rugby.

For the first half the School dominated play,our pack playing extremely well against a farheavier Old Boys' team.

Wynberg opened the score in the beginningof the second half with a penalty by Glover.The Old Boys were, however, beginning tosettle down, and they soon replied with a tryby Jennings, after a break by Bosch.

The Old Boys continued to attack strongly,and were soon rewarded with a try by Simons,which Van der Merwe again failed to convert.The School rallied, and, in the face of the OldBoys' 6-3 lead, Mr. Oosthuizen, playing afine game at centre, broke and sent Schneiderover for a try behind the poles which Gloverconverted with ease.

The Old Boys retaliated with gusto, andwithin five minutes Bosch broke through, andafter a dribble of forty yards scored near theposts to leave Van der Merwe a kick which hegoaled, to make the final score in a fast andopen game, Old Boys 11, School 8. The gamewas well handled by referee Mr. Thomson, and,to round off a most enjoyable afternoon, thetwo teams were given tea at the School Houseby Mr. and Mrs. Bowden, a gesture which hasbecome a tradition, and is indeed a very fittingend to a game such as this year's 'Old Boys'Match '.

The School team against the Old Boys was:Glover, Ford (Captain), Mr. Oosthuizen,O'Connor, Clampett, Fourie, Gelb, Goodman,Allis (Vice-captain), Schaffer, Jarmain,Schneider, Van Teylingen, Van der West-huizen, Wucherpfennig.

CRICKET

October, 1953, to March, 1954.

It is indeed a happy fact that we can againlook back with justifiable pride on the pastseason as one which has been most successfulfrom the point o~ view both of achievementand standard of performance.

The School XI, promoted from the B to theA section of the men's Second Division, gavean even more worthy account of themselves; amore detailed account of their main games isgiven elsewhere. The Second XI, playing inthe Schools First Division, again showed them-selves more than capable of holding their own,especially in the second half of the season,when they beat St. Joseph's by an innings, andavenged their defeat of Sea Point, a team withplenty of talent and spirit. After being in acommanding position, they let the initiativeslip out of their hands and lost their annual

friendly with Rondebosch II by a narrowmargin.

The Thirds and Fourths, also playing in ahigher grade, and, it must be remembered,sometimes against the nrst teams of smallerschools, also proved themselves equal to theoccasion. The 5th XI were most successful,winning ten of their twelve games.

Of the two junior sides the Under 13Aproved themselves an alive and spirited sidewhich won all but two of their games. Witha side like this in the offing, the future of thegame at Wynberg is assured.

The Under 15A side was somewhat dis-appointing: a side with plenty of latent talent,which could rise to beating Bishops A side inone game, but continue to lose against a muchweaker side the next.

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FIRST XI, 1954Back row: Mr. A. N. Holmes, J. Maxwell, D. McMeeking, R. Glover, H. Jones, M. Irvine,

Mr. D. H. Thomson.ProtJt row: B. Blake, D. Simons, B. Anderson (Capt.), Mr. W. E. Bowden, D. Louw (Vice-Capt.),

R. Hancke, C. Kirsten.In frotJt: E. Steyn (Scorer).Inset: A. Luck.

The commencement of the season broughtwith it quite a number of changes. The turfpractice-wicket which had had to be movedsettled down eventually, and with the newcement wicket alongside of it proved a decidedacquisition, as did the new pavilion. The useof the top field with its own turf wicket, andthe widened turf on the main field enabled usto have a larger number of home games. Bothpieces of turf have proved themselves verysound and dependable wickets. In this con-nection we must again state our indebtednessto the Old Boys for the widened screens tocope with the wider wicket. Our thanks, too,to those responsible for the making and erectionthereof.

AWARDS

Our congratulations go to H. Joffe, D.Louw, B. Blake and C. Kirsten, who mostdeservedly were awarded their Blues. Colourswere given to B. Rogers, L. Estment, P. Simons,G. Bosch, A. Gabb, H. Jones and J. ·Wallace.The Old Boys' award of bats for the mostimproved players went to C. Kirsten (Senior)and M. Rael CJunior) .

HOUSE GAMES

The House games, both Senior and Junior,provided not only a terrific amount ofenthusiasm but cricket of a surprisingly highstandard. De Waal won three very closely

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contested games to emerge as Senior champions.The Junior series resulted in a tie betweenRhodes and De Waal, each winning two gamesand drawing the encounter between themselves.

COACHES

The School was again able to avail itself ofthe services of Mr. Eddie Watts. I should alsoat this stage like to express our sincere thanksto Mr. Bowden and Messrs. Thomson, Morris,Gitmore, Richter, Oosthuizen, Attwell, Hawks(and his assistants), and Gardener for the timeand interest they have so unstintingly given. Ithink I can say without hesitation that our.success can in no small measure be attributedto their enthusiasm and sound coaching.

SCHOOLS' WEEK

After a devastating start in a two-day gameagainst Bishops on our ground, our side wenton to play the cricket we know them capableof, to win most convincingly their three remain-ing games. Of the side Joffe was electedcaptain of the one Trial team, and eventuallyvice-captain of the Western Province Schools'side, which included also Derek LouwandBarry Blake. Barry struck a bad patch, butboth Derek and Hymie proved the worth oftheir inclusion on more than one occasion.

In our first game against Bishops, who scored398 (after being 384/5), our totals were 109and 125. Bowling honours went to Glover- 4/4, but Louw's 4/100 was a stout-heartedeffort.

Our following game against Rondebosch willbe remembered for the uncannily accuratecatching in leg slip by Glover to enable Blaketo take 6/51. Rondebosch scored 105 in replyto Wynberg's total of 240/9 declared. Of thisJoffe had contributed 78, Jones 34, Estment 32,and Louw 31 not out. No less convincing wasour defeat of Observatory, who made 133(Blake 4/41, Kirsten 4/22) in reply to ourtotal of 205/7 declared (Joffe 41 and Simons32) . The last game against Marists was atriumph for our openi~g bowlers (Blake 5/21,Louw 4/19), for Marists were dismissed for 46in reply to our total of 139 (Joffe 48).

Few boys can ever have been more thrilled,and certain it is that few have ever listened

with more rapt attention than did ourcricketers when Geoff Rabone, Tony McGibbonand John Reid, of the New Zealand touringside, came up to the School and addressed thecricketers in the Assembly Hall. An informalphotograph of them chatting to members ofthe School 1st XI is the prized possession ofthose fortunate enough to be included in thephotograph.

In conclusion, may I on behalf of thecricketers thank all those who have contri-buted in some way, small as it may be, towardsmaking the season the success it has been. ToMrs. Bowden and Mrs. Wake, who have madethe tea interval such a pleasant and happyinterlude; the scorers and umpires who havedone a tiring job so cheerfully; the kit-stewardswho have given so much time and thought;the boys who have assisted in coaching; Dr.Wood and the grounds committee for willingand co-operative help; Mr. Thomas, whosehelp and advice has at all times been mostinvaluable; and, last but not least, the membersof the staff who have given of their free timeto make possible the fixtures on Saturdaysto one and all thank you very much.

SUMMARY OF 1st XI GAMES

Of our League fixtures the first againstTechs. was drawn, but we were able to claim alead on the first innings. The School scored201 in the first knock (Estment 46, Kirsten45) and 89/3 declared, while Techs. scored 104and 81/5 (Louw 3/44, Blake 5/39 and 4/22).Our second game against Alma was won byfour wickets, a game which will be rememberedfor a long time for its race against time.

Scores: School 200 (Kirsten 32, Estment28) and 111/6 (Jones 29); Alma 82 and228/9 declared. (Louw (7/33) was the out-standing bowler.)

In our third game against Green Point theSchool amassed its highest total of 306/7declared (Rogers 83, Gabb 68, Louw 38 notout, Kirsten 34 not out). To this Green Pointreplied with 163 and 187/7, thus forcing adraw.

In our last game before the vacation we lostoutright to Bellville after leading on the first

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innings. This game will always be rememberedfor the atrocious condition of the pitch. Ourfirst innings realized 47, to which Bellvillereplied with 42, and both sides were out beforethe tea interval. Our second innings total was116 (Kirsten 40). Unfortunately a big hittergot hold of our bowling in their second knock,the req uired runs being made for the loss ofonly five wickets.

Five friendlies were played during theholidays. Of these four were won - againstObservatory B.H., ·McKay's XI, W.P. Wednes-day XI, and Claremont. The last against theOld Boys was drawn. To our total of 231(Joffe 64, Estment 50, Rogers 37) the OldBoys just managed to play out time to score170/9.

In the second half of the season only twoleague fixtures were played - the first againstLiesbeek Park was won by seven wickets, andthe second against Mowbray was lost aftergaining a first innings lead.

Against Liesbeek Park we declared with 255runs on the board and seven wickets down.Of these Luck scored 90, Jones 64, and Kirsten39 not out. Liesbeek Park were forced tofollow on, and repeated their first innings totalof 154 in their second knock. Blake, with5/70 in their first innings, was the most con-sistent bowler. The 57 required to win out-right was knocked off with the loss of onlythree wickets. Our next game against Mowbraywas one of low scores. Mowbray scrapedtogether but 61 (Blake 5/23, Glover 3/17) in

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their first knock, but we were only able tolead by Il runs. In their second knockMowbray scored 134 (Blake 7/54) , but a com-plete collapse followed, and the side was outfor 42.

Six friend lies were played in the second halfof the season. Of these we drew with Bishops,

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total' Corny' Kirsten contributed 103 not out- our first century in senior cricket since 1949or 1950. It was an almost flawless knock. Inone of those customary partnerships Kirstenand Louw put on 145, Louw himself scoring

76. In reply Cape Town were all out for 114(Louw 5/29) in their first innings, andfollowed on to make 106 for four in theirsecond - a fitting end to a most successfulseason.

ATHLETICS, 1954

The annual Athletic Sports Meeting was heldat the Garrison Track on Friday, 26thFebruary. In contrast with last year's brilliantsummer weather, the day started dismally indrizzling rain, but fortunately cleared laterinto ideal sports weather.

During last year's meeting, which yielded aspate of new records, it seemed that saturationpoint had been reached, and it was felt thatmany years would elapse before they wereeclipsed. Early in the morning, however,B. Weinreich ran an excellent 100 yards in10' 6 seconds, only . 2 second outside L.Shapiro's record of 1953. Later, Weinreichjumped 20 ft. 9 ins. which surpassed Shapiro'sdistance for 1953 by more than an inch. Thiswas followed by J. Lecson clearing 5 ft. ot in.in the Under 14 High Jump to better therecord of C. Harris established in 1945.

Shortly after the tea interval a battle royalensued between R. W ucherpfennig and M.Allis in the half-mile. Leaving the rest of thecompetitors well behind they battled for firstplace in the last lap, W ucherpfennig ultimatelywinning in the record time of 2 mins. 3' 5 secs.,with M. Allis clocking 2 mins. 8 secs. Bothrunners beat H. van der Merwe's 1953 record.M. Allis in the mile provided the greatest sensa-tion of the day by shattering Kirsten's 1940record by 13' 4 secs. The De Waal Under 14relay team set up yet another record in the440 yards, clocking 54'1 secs., while M. Kahnput the shot 39 ft. It ins.

The Victor Ludorum Cup, together with theother trophies, among which was a new Cuppresented by Mr. J. Tayfield for the Open Mile,was presented by Mrs. W olmarans to concludea most successful gathering.

CUPS WERE AWARDED TO:FRIEDLANDERCUP

Under 10 Champion: R. Dau, A. Elliot.

BASKIN CUPUnder 12 Champion: ). Moore.

JUNIOR RELAYCUPUnder 10 Relay: Van Riebeek.

JUNIOR RELAY CUPUnder 12 Relay: Wellington.

BASKIN CUPUnder 14 Champion: N. Vos.ARTHUR NEWMAN CUP

Under 14 Relay: De Waal.C. E. FELBERT CUP

Under 16 Champion: B. Brenner.DR. PYCROFTCUP

Under 16 440 yards: B. Brenner.DR. BOBBINSCUP

100 yards Open: B. Weinreich.STANLEY LEWIS CUP

High Jump Open: E. Middiemost.DUNCAN TAYLORCUP

Long Jump Open: B. Weinreich.WOOLLASTON CUP

440 yards Open: M. Allis.HEADMASTER'SCUP

880 yards Open: R. Wucherpfennig.TAYFIELDCUP

One Mile Open: M. Allis.NEVILLE RILEY CUP

110 yards Hurdles Open: B. Weinreich.HOOGENHOUTVICTOR LUDORUMCUP

B. Weinreich.McDoNALD CUP

Junior Under 16 House Cup: Van Riebeek.OLD BOYS' CUP

House Championship Cup: Wellington.The following points were gained by the Houses:

1. Wellington 832. Van Riebeek 693. De Waal 644. Rhodes 54

The results were as follows:

OPEN100 yds.: 1, B. Weinreich (W.); 2, E. Ford (R.);

3,1. Pfeil (W.). 10·8 secs.220 yards: 1, B. Weinreich (W.); 2, 1. Pfei1 (W.);

3, E. Ford (R.). 24'5 secs.440 yds.: 1, M. Allis (W.); 2, G. Schafer (V.R.);

3, A. Coetzee (R.). 55 secs.

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ATHLETICS TEAM, 1954

Back row: K. Cloete, ]. Leeson, M. Nixon, E. Middiemost, R. Glover, B. ]ohnson, N. Prior,G. ]ohnson, A. Beck.

Second row: N. Vos, R. Wucherpfennig, I. Pfeil, B. Brenner, G. Schiifer, A. Wiles, C. Ashton,G. Bing.

First row: R. Kirsten, 1. Derman, D. Buchanan, B. Weinreich, I. Kretschmer, T. Clampett, A. Todres.Fr01~trow: M. Kantor, G. Marine, R. Millson, R. Witthuhn, P. Schipper, R. Gamaroff, B. Hilliard:Seated: Mr. H. E. Tasker (Coach), Dr. H. G. Wood (Coach), M. Allis (Capt.), Mr. W. E. Bowden

(Principal), E. Ford (Vice-Capt.), Mr. ]. F. Oosthuizen (Coach), S. Neimann.Inset: A. Luck.

880 yds.: 1, R. Wucherpfennig (D.); 2, M. Allis(W.); 3, I. Kretschmer (R.). 2 min. 3·5 secs.

Mile: 1, M. AIlis (W.); 2, R. Wucherpfennig (D.);3, R. Glover (R.). 4 min. 36· 3 secs.

Long Jump: 1, B. Weinreich (W.); 2, M. Nixon(R.); 3, R. Hancke (V.R.). 20 ft. 9 ins.

High Jump: 1, E. Middiemost (R.); 2, D. Perrow(w.); 3, R. Hancke (V.R.). 5 ft. 4 ins.

110 yds. Hurdles: 1, B. Weinreich (W.); 2, N.Prior (W.); 3, P. Waiters (D.). 15·7 secs.

Shot Putt: 1, M. Kahn (W.); 2, E. Ford (R.); 3,G. Schiifer (V.R.). 35 ft. It ins.

UNDER 16:100 yds.: 1, B. Brenner (V.R.); 2, A. Luck (D.);

3, G. Bing (R.). 11·2 secs.

220 yds.: 1, B. Brenner (V.R.); 2, G. Bing (R.);3, B. ]ohnson (V.R.). 25·2 secs.

440 yds.: 1, B. Brenner (V.R.); 2, P. Basset (R.);3, 1. Adamson (W.). 57·3 secs.

880 yds.: 1, C. Ashton (W.); 2, M. Wallace (R.);3, M. Noffki (D.). 2 min. 19·5 secs.

Long Jump: 1, S. Gamaroff (V.R.); 2, D. Buchanan(V.R.); 3, R. Pugh (D.). 18 ft. 4 ins.

High Jump: 1, K. Cloete (D.); 2, S. Gamaroff(V.R.); 3, R. Pugh (D.). 4 ft. Ilt ins.

75 yds. Hurdles: 1, D. Buchanan (V.R.); 2, D.Bromberger (W.); 3, M. Noffki (D.). 17 secs.

UNDER 14100 yds.: 1, N. Vos (D.); 2, T. Clampett (D.);

3, R. Kirsten (W.). 12 secs.

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220 yds.: 1, N. Vos (D.); 2, T. Clampett (D.);3, R. Kirsten (W.). 26· 7 secs.

Long Jump: 1, N. Vos (D.); 2, J. Leeson (V.R.);3, A. Wiles (V.R.). 17 ft. 5 ins.

High Jump: 1, J. Leeson (V.R.); 2, A. Wiles(V.R.); 3, J. Johnson (D.). 5 ft. ot ins.

75 yds. Hurdles: 1, N. Vos (D.); 2, T. Clampett(D.); 3, M. Farrel (R.). 12 secs.

UNDER 1275 yds.: 1, J. Moore (W.); 2, R. Witthuhn (V.R.);

3, N. Perrow (D.). 10'1 secs.120 yds.: 1, J. Moore (W.); 2, R. Witthuhn (V.R.);

3, N. Perrow (D.). 16 secs.

UNDER 1050 yds.: 1, R. Dau (R.); 2, A. Elliot (R.); 3, A.

Gibbs (D.). 7'5 secs.75 yds.: 1, A. Elliot (R.); 2, R. Dau (R.); 3, R.

Jennings (R.). 10·8 secs.

RELAYSOpen (440 yds.): 1, Wellington; 2, Van Riebeek;

3, Rhodes. 48·8 secs.Under 16 (440 yds.): I, Van Riebeek; 2, Rhodes;

3, De Waal. 48'7 secs.Under 14 (440 yds.): 1, De Waal; 2, Wellington;

3, Van Riebeek. 54·1 secs.Under 12 (330 yds.): I, Wellington; 2, De Waal;

3, Rhodes. 44·8 secs.Under 10 (220 yds.): I, Van Riebeek; 2, Rhodes;

3, Wellington. 31' 9 secs.

RECORD·HOLDERSUNDER 10

50 yards: N. Denison, B. Weinreich -7,0 secs.1947.

75 yds.: B. Weinreich - 9'9 secs. 1947.UNDER 12

75 yds.: S. Versveld - 9' 2 secs. 1942.120 yds.: B. Weinreich - 15'1 secs. 1949.

UNDER 14100 yds.: P. Lowry - 11· 5 secs. 1936.220 yds.: J. du Toit - 26·4 secs. 1944.75 yds. Hurdles: N. Riley - 11·3 secs. 1944.Jong Jump: 1. Shapiro - 18 ft. lOt ins. 1950.

. High Jump: J. Leeson - 5 ft. ot ins. 1954.UNDER 16

100 yds.: 1. Shapiro - 10·4 secs. 1952.220 yds.: 1. Shapiro - 23, 6 secs. 1952.440 yds.: B. Heymann - 55' 2 secs. 1951.880 yds.: W. Kirstein - 2 min. 10' 2 secs.

1940.UO yds. Hurdles: C. Rosslind - 15' 5 secs.

1941.Long Jump: 1. Shapiro - 20 ft. 6t ins. 1952.High Jump: W. Hare, W. Kirstein - 5 ft.

2t ins. 1940.OPEN:

100 yds. 1. Shapiro - 10·4 secs. 1953.220 yds. 1. Shapiro - 23' 2 secs. 1953.440 yds. B. Heymann - 53·6 secs. 1952.

880 yds.: R. Wucherpfennig - 2 min. 3' 5 secs.1954.

Mile: M. Allis - 4 min. 36· 3 secs. 1954.UO yds. Hurdles: N. Riley - 14'5 secs. 1948.Long Jump: B. Weinreich - 20 ft. 9 ins. 1954.High Jump: R. Bell - 5 ft. 5t ins. 1941.Shot Putt: M. Kahn - 39 ft. It ins. 1954.

RELAYSUNDER 10

220 yds.: Wellington - 31'1 secs. 1944.UNDER 12

330 yds.: Wellington - 43·1 secs. 1949.UNDER 14

440 yds.: De Waal - 54· 1 secs. 1954.UNDER 16

440 yds.: Van Riebeek, Wellington48·6 secs. 1951.

OPEN440 yds.: Wellington - 47·4 secs. 1953.

INTER-ZONAL SPORTS

For the first time this year a scheme of zonalathletic meetings was embarked upon and wasenthusiastically received. The Peninsula schoolsas far as Bellville were divided into five zonesof six schools per zone, the first two com-petitors of each event forming a team to·compete at the Inter-zonal meeting to be heldat the Rondebosch B.H.S. track.

Wynberg sent a strong and well-balancedteam to Green Point for the zonal gatheringand gained twenty firsts in forty-three events.The Inter-zonal meeting took place in dismalconditions at Rondebosch B.H.S., driving rainin the morning rendering the track sodden. Inspite of these adverse conditions B. Weinreichran a great 100 yards heat to equal the S.A.record of 10' 2 secs.

Our results were as follows:

UNDER 19G. Schafer, 2nd, 440 yds.; R. Wucherpfennig, 1st,

880 yds.; M. Allis, 2nd, 880 yds.; M. Allis, 3rd,Mile; E. Middiemost, 1st, High Jump.

UNDER 17M. Kahn, 1st, Shot Put; B. Weinreich, 1st, 100

yds.; B. Weinreich, 2nd, Long Jump.

UNDER 15B. Johnson, 2nd, 100 yds.

UNDER 14N. Vos, 1st, 100 yds.; N. Vos, 2nd, 75 yds.;

N. Vos, 3rd, Long Jump; J. Leeson, 1st, High Jump:

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WESTERN PROVINCE JUNIORATHLETIC CHAMPIONSHIPSAs in previous years Wynberg sent a team

to Bellville where an adverse strong windhampered the runners to a considerable extent.

Entering a fairly large team we left the fieldnot undistinguished considering the very keencompetition. B. Weinreich secured himself aplace in the W.P. Junior Team with very con-vincing wins in the 100 and 220 yardsUnder 17 division. R. Wucherpfennig turnedin a gallant effort for the half-mile race, onlyjust failing to catch the leader and gainedsecond place. G. Schafer won himself and theSchool a good third place in a very hard440 yards race, while the Under 17 relay teamprocured a second position for Wynberg.

E. Ford found the form that had eluded himat the School's meeting and his third place putof 40 feet would have shattered the School'srecord in this event.

B. Weinreich acquitted himself worthily atthe S.A. Junior Sports held at Kimberley, gain-ing third place in both sprints, with thewinning time for the 100 yards at 10·3 secs.,thus continuing the tradition of Wynberg famein these track events.

Athletic Blues 1954: M. Allis, E. Ford, M.Kahn, G. Schafer, B. Weinreich, R. Wucher-pfennig.

Athletic ColouTs 1954: 1. Derman, R.Glover, R. Hancke, E. Middiemost, M. Nixon,D. Perrow.

H.G.W.

THE CROSS-COUNTRY, 1954'Cross-Country Day' was held on Friday,

8th October, in cool and pleasant conditions.The runners were helped on their outwardjourney by a stiff south-east breeze, but duringthe latter stages of the race this erstwhileadvantage became a decided handicap.Altogether there were 370 runners participat-ing in the races, a not particularly imposingentry in the circumstances. The only dis-appointing entry was ill the Junior Cross-co.untry section,. where the response wasextremely poor.

The Senior Cross-country was easily won byR. Wucherpfennig, who came home clear ofhis field in the excellent time of 33 mins.18 secs., which was only eleven seconds outsidethe record. If he had been pushed more closely,there is no doubt that he would have beatenthe record with ease. I. Kretschmer ran wellto complete the course in 34 min. 20 sec. Thisyear the Blues and Colours times had beensubstantially reduced to 34t minutes and 36minutes respectively, and only the first tworunners beat the time required for Bluesstandard. E. Matthews ran well .to take thirdplace, and was closely followed by E. MiddIe-most, C. Ashton, K. Cloete, A. van Rosenveld,R. Davie, and A. Coetzee. All these runnerscompleted the course in less than the timerequired for Colour standard.

M. Matthews put up a very fine performance10 winning the Junior Cross-country in35 mins. 24 secs., a time that has only oncebeen previously beaten. J. Carstens ran wellto take second place in 36 min. 5 secs., whileA. Kohne came in third in the promising timeof 37 min. 3·2 secs. The Under 13 race provedthe most exciting of all, the field including asmany as eighty-five runners. In a grim struggleH. Hutton just got home in a desperately closefinish from 1. Matthews, with P. Schipper notfar behind. The record of the Matthews familydeserves special mention: E. Matthews (3rd inSenior race); M. Matthews (Ist in Juniorrace); L. Matthews (2nd in Under 13 race).This is a fine family performance which has notbeen equalled. The Under Il race again pro-vided one of its customary hard finishes inwhich N. Newton just shaded P. de Wet outof first place, while M. Kantor ran well togain the third placing. Perhaps the finest per-formance of the entire day was accomplishedin this race when E. Farmer, who had sufferedseverely from polio, completed the course. Thespirit and pluck of this gallant little runner issomething of which the entire school is mostproud. Incidentally, it was the point he gainedfor his House that enabled Wellington to beatDe Waal in the Under 11 competition by 378points to 377. P. Morkel won a well-contestedUnder 9 race from D. Friedland and P. Puttick,

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while B. Bravo showed exceptional promise inan effortless win in the Sub B Cross-playground.

Again it must be stressed that 'Cross-country Day' is almost entirely run by thescholars themselves, and all pickets and course-stewards are to be thanked for their efficientand willing help. A less obvious but an equallyimportant and more arduous service is alsorendered by the' back-room boys', who swiftly'Compile the results and points gained by thevarious runners. D. Ross, G. Isaacson and J.Scott have rendered invaluable services in thisrespect. D. Bromberger must be thanked forhis preparation of the record-sheets; in theartistry and efficiency with which these sheetshave been prepared he has no equal. Finally,owing to the intervening long week-end, D.Ross calculated all the House placings withoutany assistance; this is a stupendous individualeffort done with that crisp, unassuming effi-ciency that has become characteristic of thework of this most able compiler.

Congratulations to De Waal on winning theGrand Total of points for the first time.

The detailed results were as follows:Senior Cross-country:

1, R. Wucherpfennig (D.W.); 2, 1. Kretschmer(R.); 3, E. Matthews (W.). Time: 33 mins.18 secs.Junior Cross-country:

1, M. Matthews (W.); 2, J. Carstens (R.); 3, A.Kiihne (D.W.). Time: 35 min. 24 secs.Under 13 Cross-playgrotmd:

1, H. Hutton (R.); 2, L. Matthews (W.); 3, P.Schipper (R.).Under Il Cross-playgroundJ:

1, N. Newton (R.); 2, P. de Wet (W.); 3, M.Kantor (D.W.).Under 9 Cross-playground:

1, P. Morkel (D.W.); 2, D. Friedland (V.R.);3, P. Puttick (D.W.).Sub B Cross-playgrou'nd:

1, B. Bravo (W.); 2, C. Hay tread (V.R.);. 3, S.Braude (W.).Sub A Cross-playground:

1, T. Watson (D.W.); 2, D. Gauld (W.); 3,J. Nel (D.W.).

The points gained by various Houses were:Seniors

(1) De Waal 693(2) Wellington 660(3) Rhodes 430(4) Van Riebeek 233

Juniors(1) Rhodes 699(2) De Waal 424(3) Wellington 204(4) Van Riebeef 158

Under 13(1) Wellington 1064(2) De Waal 1027(3) Van Riebeek 792(4) Rhodes 772

Under Il(1) Wellington 378(2) De Waal 377(3) Rhodes 326(4) Van Riebeek 245

Under 9(1) Rhodes 361(2) De Waal 280(3) Van Riebeek 222(4) Wellington 218

S11bB(1) Wellington 197(2) Rhodes 190(3) Van Riebeek 148(4) De Waal 131

Sub A(1) Rhodes .. 190(2) Wellington 150(3) De Waal 149(4) Van Riebeek 106

House Totals(1) De Waal 3081(2) Rhodes .. 2968(3) Wellington 2871(4) Van Riebeek 1904

ATHLETIC BLUES (Cross-country) FOR 1954R. Wucherpfennig, J. Kretschmer.ATHLETIC COLOURS (Cross-country) FOR 1954E. Matthews, E. MiddIemost, C. Ashton, K. Cloete,

R. Davie, A. van Rosenveld, A. Coetzee.H.E.T.

CROSS-COUNTRYDOCUMENTARY (1935-54)

The following is a fascinating documentary recordof the Cross-country and Cross-playground runsfrom the time when records were first kepe at theSchool:

CROSS-COUNTRY

SENIOR1935: 1,J. Stephenson (D.W.); 2,Langley (D.W.);

3,Henderson (V.R.). Time: 28 min. 10·8 secs.·

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1936: 1, Langley (D.W.); 2, Goodwin (V.R.); 3,Henderson (V.R.). Time: 36 min. 5'8 secs.

1937: 1, Haylett (R.); 2, Ford (V.R.); 3, Brink(R.). Time: 35 min. 6 secs.

t1938: 1, Upton (W.); 2, Ford (V.R.); 3, Joubert(W.). Time: 39 miO'!29·4 secs.

1939: 1, Kriel (R.); 2, Pelteret (D.W.); 3, Norton(W.). Time: 39 min. 30 secs.

1940: 1, R. McGregor (W.); 2, Kriel (R.); 3,Galloon (W.). Time: 36 min. 6·8 secs.'

1941: 1, N. Moseley (D.W.); 2,1. Bailey (V.R.);3, Pask (R.). Time: 35 min. 40 secs."

1942: 1, G. West (D.W.); 2, K. Forman (W.);3, Sleigh (W.). Time: 38 min. 15 secs.

1943: 1, G. West (D.W.); 2, R. Smuts (D.W.); 3,R. Phillips (D.W.). Time: 36 min. 16·6 secs.

1944: 1, R. Smuts (D.W.); 2, B. McGregor (W.);3, J. Moir (D.W.). Time: 34 min. 15 secs.'"

1945: 1, W. Heath (D.W.); 2, D. Bailey (D.W.);3, P. Coetzee (D.W.). Time: 36 min. 7 secs.

1946: 1, R. Gorin (R.); 2, W. Edgecombe (W.);3, R. Jones (W.). Time: 35 min. 55·9 secs.

1947: 1, O. Schmidt (R.); 2, K. McGregor (W.);3, G. Parkinson (R.). Time: 38 min. 56·4 secs.

1948:' 1, F. Simons (R."); 2, A. Kennedy (R.); 3,A. Chambers (R.). Time: 36 min. 18·2 secs.

1949: 1, K. Clews (V.R.); 2, A. Chambers (R.);3,1. Brown (R.). Time: 35 min. 27·2 secs.

1950: 1, E. Harmon (W.); 2, K. Clews (V.R.); 3,M. D'Oliveira (D.W.). Time: 33 min. 45 secs."

1951: 1, E. Harman (W.); 2, G. Hodges (D.W.);3, J. v. d. Merwe (V.R.). Time: 33 min.36· 6 secs.·

1952: 1, J. v. d. Merwe (V.R.); 2, R. Wucher-pfennig (D.W.); 3, O. Sheard (W.). Time:34 min. 25·4 secs.

1953: R. Glover (R.); 2, M. AlIis (W.); 3, O.Sheard (W.). Time: 33 min. 9' 2 secs.

"A School record.tFrom this year the present course was adopted.

JUNIOR

1935: 1, G. Stephenson (D.W.); 2, Holton (D.W.);3, Ted Morshuizen (V.R.). Time: 33 min.5' 8 secs."

1936: 1, Haylett (R.); 2, Kriel (R.); 3, Upton(W.). Time: 39 min. 45·6 secs.

1937: 1, Upton (W.); 2, Kriel (R.); 3, Blake(W.). Time: 40 min. 10 secs.

t1938: 1, Riley (V.R.); 2, R. McGregor (W.);3, Galloon (W.). Time: 40 min. 31·6 secs.

1939: 1, Riley (V.R.); 2, Owen (R.); 3, Weiner(D.W.). Time: 37 min. 29 secs.'

1940: 1, Van Zyl (R.); 2, O. Rosslind (W.); 3,G. West (D.W.). Time: 40 min. 30 secs.

1941: 1, G. West (D.W.); 2, Sleigh (W.); 3,Heath (D.W.). Time: 39 min. 54'2 secs.

1942: 1, Butler (D.W.); 2, B. McGregor (W.); 3,Legg (R.). Time: 38 min. 0·6 secs.

1943: 1, T. Hansen (W.); 3, C. Suttle (W.); 3,O. Ryan (V.R.). Time: 37 min. 26·6 secs.'

1944: 1, O. Ryan (V.R.); 2, R. Roberts (D.W.);3, C. B. v. d. Merwe (V.R.). Time: 38 mins.47·6 secs.

1945: 1, W. Edgecombe (W.); 2, F. Williams(V.R.); 3, P. Spangenberg (R.). Time:40 min. 59·6 secs.

1946: 1, F. Simons (R.); 2, H. v. d. Merwe (V.R.);3, G. Parkinson (R.), A. Rabin (W.). Time:39 min. 12·2 secs.

1947: 1, F. Simons (R.); 2,1. Brown (R.); 3, I.Scott (D.W.). Time: 38 min. 56·4 secs.

1948: 1, N. Williams (R.); 2, E. Harman (W.);3, D. van Schoor (D.W.). Time: 39 min.47' 5 secs.

1949: 1, E. Harman (W.); 2, K. Matier (V.R.);3, R. Belonsky (W.). Time: 35 min. 5·6 secs.'

1950: 1, J. v. d. Merwe (V.R.); 2, N. Clayden(V.R.); 3, W. Barham (W.). Time: 38 min.41·1 secs.

1951: 1, R. Wucherpfennig (D.W.); 2, R. Glover(R.); 3, W. Barham (W.). Time: 37 min.39·4 secs.

1952: 1,1. Kretschmer (R.); 2, A. Hodges (D.W.);3, A. v. Rosenveld (V.R.). Time: 36 min.52·6 secs.

1953: 1, A. Hodges (D.W.); 2, A. O'Connor (W.);3, R. Davie (D.W.). Time: 35 min. 56 secs.

•A School record.tFrom this year the present course was adopted.

CROSS-PLAYGROUND

UNDER 13

1937: 1, Sreadman (W.); 2, Upron (W.); 3,Pycroft (W.).

1938: 1, R. Stewart (W.); 2, Heath (D.W.); 3,Talander (V.R.).

1939: 1, G. West (D.W.); 2, Pycroft (W.); 3,Heath (D.W.).

1940: 1, Bowley (W.); 2, Adams (W.); 3, Shifrin(R.).

1941: 1, Adams (W.); 2, Tylcoat (R.); 3, Nisbec(V.R.).

1942: 1, C. B. v. d. Merwe (V.R.); 2, 1. Stewart(W.); 3, W. Lategan (D.W.).

1943: 1, W. Laregan (D.W.); 2, G. Parkinson (R.);3, G. Babbage (D.W.).

1944: J. Travers (D.W.); 2, F. Simons (R.); 3,J. Kets (D.W.).

1945: 1, N. Hoets (V.R.); 2, 1. Scott (D.W.); 3,R. Berelowitz (W.).

1946: P. Pelser (V.R.); 2, B. Perrins (D.W.); 3,M. D'Oliveira (D.W.).

1947: 1, M. D'Oliveira (D.W.); 2, R. Legg (D.W.);3, A. Gold (W.).

1948: 1, J. v. d. Merwe (V.R.); 2, D. Stewart(W.); 3, B. Rogers (W.).

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1949: 1, B. Peacey (O.W.); 2,1. Shapiro (W.);3, R. Hancke (V.R.).

1950: 1, B. Weinreich (W.); 2, A. Peacey (O.W.);3, K. Cloete (O.W.).

1951: 1, K. Cloete (O.W.); 2, D. Myburgh (R.);3, E. Rogers (W.).

1952: 1, E. Rogers (W.); 2, M. Orpen (V.R.);3, J. Carstens (R.).

1953: 1, T. Clampen (O.W.); 2, J. Carstens (R.);3, P. Schipper (R.).

UNDER Il1936: 1, Klootwyk (-); 2, Layzel (R.); 3, Jacobs

(R.) .1937: 1, West (O.W.); 2, Scon (W.); 3, Moseley

(O.W.).1938: 1, Scott (W.); 2, Bowley (W.); 3, R.

Dryburgh (W.).1939: 1, R. Dryburgh (W.); 2, W. Dryburgh

(W.); 3, Bowley (W.).1940: 1, Woodford (R.); 2, Brown (W.); 3,

Matthew (W.).1941: 1, Richardson (R.); 2, W. Lategan (O.W.);

3, Versveld (W.), Riley (V.R.).1942: l, J. Travers (O.W.); 2, H. v. d. Merwe

(V.R.); 3, Richardson (R.).1943: 1, J. Travers (O.W.); 2, ]. Blacker (R.); 3,

A. Green (R.).1944: 1, P. Pelser (V.R.); 2, K. Agnew (R.); 3,

R. Berelowitz (W.).1945: 1, J. v. d. Merwe (V.R.); 2, A. Gold (W.);

3, D. Stewart (W.).1946: 1, J. v. d. Merwe (V.R.); 2, D. Stewart

(W.); 3, B. Bloch (O.W.).1947: 1, B. Peacey (O.W.); 2, K. Blake (R.); 3,

N. Denison (V.R.).1948: 1, E. Bakker (W.); 2, R. Prowse (O.W.); 3,

A. Peacey (O.W.).1949: 1, K. Cloete (O.W.); 2, H. Perloff (R.);

3, B. Cox (W.).1950: 1, E. Rogers (W.); 2, N. Vos (O.W.); 3,

N. Koevert (V.R.).1951: 1, R. Orpen (V.R.); 2, N. Vos (O.W.); 3,

G. Belfort (W.).1952: 1, R. Orpen (V.R.); 2, P. Schipper (R.); 3,

A. Thom (V.R.).1953: 1, A. Morkel (O.W.); 2, N. Newton (R.);

3, R. Gaylord (W.).

UNDER 91941: 1, N. Hoets (V.R.); 2, Finberg (R.); 3,

Choveaux (O.W.).1942: 1, J. Blacker (R.); 2, K. Agnew (R.); 3,

Hofmeyr (V.R.).1943: 1, A. Gold (W.); 2, R. Belonsky (W.); 3,

V. Rodkin (R.).1944: 1, N. Zauber (V.R.); 2, D. Stewart (W.);

3, R. Hancke (V.R).

1945: 1, D. Christopher (V.R.); 2, R. Hancke(V.R.); 3, K. Blake (R.).

1946: 1, B. Weinreich (W.); 2, A. Peacey (O.W.);3, P. Fourie (R.).

1947: 1, K. Cloete (O.W.); 2, E. Bakker (W.); 3,W. Hutton (V.R.).

1948: 1, B. Cox (W.); 2, C. Hutton (R.); 3,1.Samols (W.).

1949: 1, N. Vos (O.W.); 2, P. Schipper (R.); 3,N. Koevert (V.R.).

1950: 1, P. Schipper (R.); 2, D. Orpen (V.R.);3, D. de Wet (W.).

1951: 1, A. Morkel (O.W.); 2, F. Maunder (R.);3, A. Thom (V.R.).

1952: 1, N. Newton (R.); 2, G. Rogers (R.); 3,N. Bester (O.W.).

1953: 1, P. Morkel (O.W.); 2, D. Woolf (V.R.);3, A. Elliott (R.).

SUBS

1941: 1, A. Doering (R.); 2, J. Levy (W.); 3,P. Hansen (W.), K. Calder (W.).

1942: 1, A. Bee (R.), N. Zauber (V.R.); 3, R.Baker (O.W.).

1943: 1, ]. v. d. Merwe (V.R.); 2, R. Hancke(V.R.); 3, A. Green (W.).

1944: 1, D. Louw (R.); 2, O. Napperell (O.W.);3, B. Weinreich (W.).

1945: 1, D. Spiro (O.W.); 2, D. Bromberger (W.);3, M. Stolly (W.).

1946: SUB A: 1, R. Savage (V.R.); 2, J. Johnson(O.W.); 3, C. Hutton (R.). SUB B: 1, A.Wulff (V.R.); 2, D. Morgan (O.W.); 3, 1.Williams (R.).

1947: 1, ]. Johnson (O.W.); 2, G. Smith (W.);3, M. Rael (V.R.).

1948: SUB A: 1, B. Smith (O.W.); 2, J. Cole (W.);3, A. Thom (V.R.). SUB B: 1, H. Hutton(R.); 2, P. Schipper (R.); 3, D. de Wet (W.).

1949: SUB A: 1, Coombs (R.); 2, Roger (R.); 3,P. Rowberry (W.). SUB B: 1, A. Thom(V.R.); 2, B. Smith (O.W.); 3, Perrow (W.).

1950: SUB A: 1, D. Mason (O.W.); 2, B. Finney(R.); 3, J. Anderson (O.W.). SUB B: 1, N.Newton (R.); 2, N. Bester (O.W.); 3, P.Rowberry (W.).

1951: SUB A: 1, T. Alexander (R.); 2, R. Goodman(V.R.); 3, P. Morkel (O.W.). SUB B: 1,B. Finney (R.); 2, A. Apsey (W.); 3, N.Rickson (R.).

1952: SUB A: 1, R. Jennings (R.); 2, R. Eastman(V.R.); 3, A. Badenhorst (O.W.). SUB B:1, T. Alexander (R.); 2, H. Apsey (W.); 3,R. Goodman (V.R.).

1953: SUB A: 1, B. Bravo (W.); 2, C. Hay tread(V.R.); 3, B. Wakeling (W.). SUB B: 1, A.Badenhorst (O.W.); 2, A. Selwyn (O.W.); 3,R. Eastman (V.R. ) .

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D. BROMBERGER (9A).

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FIRST TENNIS TEAM, 1954Back r01/): L Kretschmer, R. Gelb, M. Nixon, A. Joffe, W. Bedford.Front -r01/): M. Rennie, Mr. W. Bowden (Headmaster), G. Lumb (Captai1~), Mr. C. MacLeod

(Coach), B. Schaffer (Vice-Captain).

TENNIS

Drobny's success in winning the WimbledonSingles title gave pleasure to all followers ofthe game in South Africa, as his appearanceson our courts have made him a familiar figurein recent years. It was through the excellentcoaching of Mr. Houba, now the official tenniscoach in the W.P., that he gained that essentialmastery of elementary stroke production. Boysin the two sections of Wynberg School are inthe happy position to benent from Mr. Houba'smethods as applied by Mr. van der Merwe, hisassistant, in the teaching of Tennisette in theJunior School and Tennis proper in the HighSchool. Very clearly, Mr. Houba's methodsachieve results.

The enthusiasm Tennisette has aroused inthe Junior School is likely to be an embarrass-ment to us when these boys come up to usequipped with a sound grasp of the principlesof tennis. They will be keen to perform on afull-sized court, but our facilities for cateringremain as inadequate as ever. The two courtsavailable do not provide sufficient opportunityfor a boy to get enough play and practice instroke production. Interest is killed, when, asis the case at present, he has to spend an after-noon waiting to get about twenty minutes'play once a week - doubles play at that, with-out the remotest chance of playing singles,unless he is a boarder and can use the courts

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at odd times when he finds them open. It is sovitally necessary to follow up a coaching lessonwith practice in producing the particular strokelearnt. At present, unfortunately, facilities atschool do not allow'of that.

1953 RECORD (Fourth Term)

ANNUAL TOURNAMENTSingles Championship: J. van Schoor.

AWARDSBlues: J. van Schoor, F. Duk, M. Kaplan.Colo"rs: J. van Schoor, F. Duk, M. Kaplan, 1.

Estmenr, B. Schaffer, G. Andrews.

1954 RECORD (First Term)Tennis Captain: G. Lurob.Vice-captain: B. Schaffer.

ANNUAL TOURNA.MENT

Doubles Championship: G. Lurob and B. Schaffer.

RESULTS OF TENNIS LEAGUE MATCHESFirst Team: vs. c.B.c., lost 3 matches to 4;

vs. Rondebosch, lost 0 matches tO 7; vs. Voortrekker,won 6 matches to 1; vs. Jan van Riebeeck, lost 3matches to 4; vs. Sea Point, lost 3 matches to 4.

In addition to these matches several friendlymatches were played by the first and second teams.

C.A.M.

MUSICAL AND DRAMATICSOCIETY

At the beginning of the second term, a shortmeeting was held to elect a committee for theeleventh annual season of the Society. Thiscommittee consisted of E. Ford (Chairman),L. Coetzee (Secretary), M. Allis, C. Critchley,C. Meyer, G. Maunder and B. Feinberg. Thenumber of members this year has maintained asteady level.

FIRST MEETING

The year's activities began on the eveningof Saturday, 24th April. The UniversityDramatic Society had just concluded a run atthe Little Theatre of Sheridan's 'The Critic'produced by Leonard Schach. This productionwas then handed over to the Cape TownChildren's Theatre Organization, which touredschools with it, with the resulting visit to ourown School Hall on our opening night of theseason. The play was most entertaining, par-

ticularly the Mr. Puff of Peter Boyce, andthere was a record attendance.

SECOND MEETING

The second meeting took place on Saturday,12th June, and opened with a programme ofmusic by the School Orchestra and soloists.First came a Minuet by Rameau. Then followedthe first movement of the Mozart A majorViolin Concerto, soloist Hugh Dungey, accom-panied by the Orchestra. The third piece wasthe Waltz from' The Merry Widow' by Lehar,and in the fourth a group of junior playersjoined in a short and lively piece, 'VillageRevels' by Somerveil. Following the musiccame a one-act play 'The Man in the BowlerHat' by A. A. Milne, the cast including J.Wadman, M. Adler, C. Perold, J. Jowell, L.Coetzee, E. Malinaric, and R. Witter.

C. Critchley arranged a most effective stageset, and acted as stage manager. The producerwas J. Needham.

Our guest artist of the evening was KennethCalder, an Old Boy, whose interest in theSociety is extremely active, and who, on thisoccasion, came to entertain us with a pro-gramme of magic and conjuring.

THIRD MEETING

A CRITIQUE OF ' TEN MINUTEALIBI'

Anthony Armstrong has written a playwhich, although it falls into the category of a, thriller', does not dwell on the more macabrethemes of blood and death. Rather, its interestcentres around clever dialogue and deduction.III the story which revolves around BettyFindon, a young lady whose passion rather thangood common sense rules her life, we find awell-balanced set of characters, and the inevit-able Detective-Inspector and Sergeant ofScotland Yard.

The play was in no small way assisted by theexcellent set, designed and built by ColinCritchley. The set did, however, have its short-comings. One was puzzled by a door behind ahearth, and a mirror which could not be seenfrom all parts of the hall. The lighting was

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A scene from •TEN MINUTE ALIBI'.

effective, but a little glaring for what wassupposed to be a dignified study in Bloomsbury.

Mr. Thomson's production was smooth, andthe best was obtained from the cast, who,from lack of prompting, had made themselvesword-perfect in their parts. This is an achieve-ment not always easy for inexperiencedamateurs.

Kenneth Calder was most convincing as thesuave Sevilla. He must, however, combat atendency to overact. His diction was alwaysimmaculate. Michael Allis was the mostpolished player on the stage. His portrayal ofDerwent was filled with vitality and resource.Robert Glover gave a good interpretation ofHunter, the butler, but his speech was toooften inclined to be nasal. Patricia Goble gave

a sensitive quality to the part of Betty Findon,but I felt her nervousness under cross-examina-tion would have been more visible had shefidgeted with a handkerchief. The portrayal ofSir Miles Standing by John Wadman providedhumorous relief for the play. This young andcomparatively inexperienced actor gave aremarkably good performance, and his accentwas always perfect. Ernest Ford was verysound as Inspector Pember. The part ofSergeant Brace was well portrayed by RobertDavie, but his voice lacked intonation and heappeared somewhat rocklike.

In the opinion of many the play fell shortof previous productions, namely 'Journey'sEnd' and 'Outward Bound '. This may beperhaps due to the fact that the play fails to

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achieve dramatic climax and lacks the vitalityof 'Journey's End' and 'Outward Bound '.

T aken all in all, the play provided goodentertainment, which, when everything is con-sidered, is the essential feature of dramatic pro-ductions where the audience is concerned.

P. A. M. VAN DER SPUY (9A).

FOURTH MEETING

If time and building alterations permit, it ishoped to have an evening of films to concludethe 1954 season.

SCHOOL ORCHESTRA

The work of the School Orchestra underMr. Lorie's direction proceeds regularly. OldBoys continue to give most welcome and valu-able help. While the work done at Fridayevening rehearsals has been beyond the scope ofyounger players, it is pleasing to note that aneffective new generation of players is arising,and a junior orchestra has its rehearsals onFriday mornings from 8.15 to 8.45. The cellodepartment runs under the valuable guidanceof Mrs. E. Hutcheson, three of whose cellopupils have taken music as a Matric. subject.

LUNCH-HOUR RECORD PROGRAMMES

The weekly gramophone record programmesstarted in April, and were interrupted only fora short while, during which the equipment wasoverhauled and in large measure suitablyrenewed.

TWENTY-SECOND ANNUALENTERT AlNMENT

29th, 30th October, 1st November, 1954Our 1954 entertainment took place before

three packed houses and was the first event ofits sort to be presented in the newly renovatedand decorated Hall. What a pleasant improve-ment is the new framework to the proscenium,giving a much better sense of the theatre thanheretofore, and making the installation ofequipment so much easier.

Of the programme - there was first of alla very attractive kindergarten song scene,'Julian's Garden', by Ann Harding Thompson.Ten Sub A pupils, trained by Miss K. Lacey,

were most spontaneous in their efforts. Mrs.Paddick provided the piano accompaniment.

There followed a range of musical items andrecitations. First the Orchestra played aMinuet from' Platee ' by Rameau. After thiscame the slow movement from the Haydn'Cello Concerto with Orchestra, the soloistbeing Christopher Glaum, who played withgood tone and excellent style. Piano solos camenext, and these showed a remarkable degree ofpromise - James Co le in 'Allegro Semplice'by J. MacAndrew, and Neville Schater inPaderewski's evergreen Minuet. In the succeed-ing item, Svendsen's Romance for Violin andOrchestra, each night had a different soloist -John Spears (Friday), George Malinaric(Saturday), and Mr. Lorie himself (Monday).Four senior 'cel~sts now provided a novelty inperforming two songs, (a) '0, have you seena Lady?' and (b) 'Silent Night', as 'celloquartets arranged by their teacher, Mrs. E.Hutcheson. The 'cellists were G. Maunder, E.Malinaric, G. Glaum and D. Melville.

Standard Five now appeared on the stage andrecited two poems, Wordsworth's 'Lineswritten on Westminster Bridge' and Chester-ton's' King Midas '. The diction in these wasclear and the spirit of the poems quite wellportrayed. The poems were followed by twosongs of Britain, 'The Ash Grove' and' OliverCromwell' - the second of which was mademore effective by added percussion accompani-ment. Part I concluded with three orchestralitems: 'Fiddle Dance' by Percy Fletcher, arousing piece which received a lively rendering,and a Carse Minuet and 'Village Revels' byNapier-Smith in which a new Junior groupjoined the orchestra for the first time.

The interest in the second part of the pro-gramme was transferred to the stage, when anoperetta, 'The King of Sherwood' by F.Edmunds and T. J. Hewitt, was presented.There were two scenes, the first of which wasin a forest glade. After a jolly chorus offoresters, Little John (Edward Tiffin)announced the arrival of Robin Hood (JohanBurger), and so began a traditional tale oftaking from the rich in order to help the poor.Those involved in trouble were the Abbot

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'THE KING OF SHERWOOD' - AN OPERETTA

Scene in the courtyard of Sir Richard Lea.

Scene; In a forest glade.

(Peter Tester), the Sheriff (Alec Smith),Maid Marian (Denis Meyer), Sir Richard Lea(David Foeund), while Friar Tuck (GraemeBarrett), Edi th (Noel Carstens), and Dorothy(Patrick O'Molony) found their loss mucheasier. King Richard (Pieter van Meeteren )helped to solve the problems, while DameScarlet (Harry Kantor) and Scarlet (JohnCoetzee) provided much amusement mtheir • henpecked husband' moments. Much(M. Trainor) assisted Little John in hisduties. The second scene occurred in the court-yard of Sir Richard Lea's castle, and ended inthe romance binding Robin Hood and MaidMarian as king and queen of the forestrespectively.

The production of the play was the work ofMiss Deidre Traill Wood, and to her goes everycredit for a most lively and entertaining show.The singing this year, prepared and accom-panied by Mrs. Elsie Jennings, must receive aspecial word of praise. It was of a much higherstandard than we have ever had.

Stage management was in the very able handsof Colin Critchley and his assistants, lightingwas executed by Lionel Rowley, and the twosets most effectively carried out by MichaelHoberman.

Three musical items concluded the pro-gramme, (a) Gavotte by Gossec, an orchestralpiece, (b) Violin Solo • Perpetuum Mobile' byWarner, very well played by Gerard Jacobson,and (c) Waltz from' The Merry Widow' byLehar, once again by the Orchestra.

We feel that the entertainment, both fromartistic and financial standpoints, was onceagain a creditable event.

SCHOOLS AND VARSITlESCHRISTIAN UNION

Once again we are able to report a year ofprogress for the Schools and Varsities ChristianUnion. The attendances have not been asgood as we could have hoped. The committeefor next year will need all the support theycan get, and we hope that everyone will giveit to them.

As usual, we must again thank everyone who

helped to keep the meeting running. The secre-tary, Hilton Jones, had a very difficult job,because he was responsible for seeing that therewas a speaker at each of the Monday meetings.He has done his job very well for the pasttwo years, and we should like to record ourappreciation here. The speakers themselves whogave up their time and took the trouble tocome here must also be thanked. It would beimpossible to enumerate the whole year'sspeakers, as far too much space would berequired. Then, too, we must thank Ford andLeon for their art work, and all other ordinarymembers who helped in various ways.

We Christians cannot live like hermits; wemust witness to our faith by our daily lives.In September the Youth for Christ movementinitiated what is believed to be the biggestChristian campaign ever to be held in SouthernAfrica. Their' back to the Bible' campaignstarted in the form of an introductory meetingat Hartleyvale, where balloons and pigeons wereset free to show the freedom from sin that ispossible for Christians. Wynberg sent a partyof boys to represent the S.V.C.U., and all thosewho went unanimously agree that the timespent was worth while. The testimonies giventhere turned the hearts of many and, if we maybe allowed to repeat the words spoken there,if ever you find yourself in trouble, for theanswer go back to the Bible!

This year Wynberg was again represented bya team of nine players in the Rag ruggertournament which was held at RondeboschBoys' High School. The meeting took place onAscension Day, and in their first match theWynberg team returned with an 8-0 victoryover S.A.C.S. In the second round, however,they lost 2-0 against Rondebosch, the ulti-mate winners of the Shield, thus beingeliminated. Later a film on the life of St. Paulwas shown, and the gathering ended with ashort talk, choruses and prayer. People oftenforget that the whole object of a gatheringsuch as this is not to find the best team but tobring Christians together and show them realfellowship. Our thanks go to Ford and histeam and also to the officials who arranged theenjoyable day.

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The annual birthday celebration took placeas usual this year with one exception - forthe first time, we held an ordinary meeting inthe School Hall. Mr. Bill Parker gave a veryinteresting talk, which was followed by theparty proper. We extend our grateful thanksto all who contributed to the party and helpedto make it such a success.

Last, but not least, we must thank Mr.Arguile, who has supported our meeting. Often,when a speaker could not turn up, he hashelped us invaluably, and we should like to saythat we are very grateful for all he has donefor us and for the meeting in the past.

The committee's task is very difficult, andI hope that, whoever may be selected to takeoffice next year, everybody will give them theirfull support.

L. JONES (Chairman).

HEBREW BIBLE SOCIETYChairman: G. Isaacson.Secretary: B. Feinberg.Committee: M. Ger, 1. Rogow, H. Schaffer,

L. Goodman.

This society is the first of its kind to beformed in a school in South Africa. We cantherefore be proud that it was here at Wynbergthat an example has been set, which we hopewill be followed by most of the other schools.However, it is to be noted that the societywould not have come into being were it notfor the help and interest displayed by Mr.Bowden and Mr. Teper. A similar vote ofthanks must also go to H. Rappoport, lastyear's chairman.

The main aim of the society is to give thepupils a broader outlook on Jewish culture andreligion. The meetings, therefore, are morein the nature of lectures than of prayer meet-ings, with the result that the society welcomesthe attendance of both Jewish and Gentilestudents. We are happy to note that all themeetings have been exceptionally well attended,and we should like to take this opportunity ofthanking Mr. Thorp for the use of his lecturetheatre.

Perhaps the highlight of the year for us wasthe lecture given by the Israeli Consul, Mr.Hayman. The frequent visits of Chief RabbiAbrahams are always looked forward to withthe greatest interest.

Last but not least we should like to thank ourable secretary, B. Feinberg, for arranging ourmeetings so successfully for us, and we hopethat the society will have just as much successin future years as it has had in this, the firstyear of its existence.

G. ISAACSON.

DEBATING SOCIETY

Honorary Secretary: N. Ross.Committee: G. Isaacson, H. Chapman, E.

Ford, B. Weinreich.

Thanks to the enthusiasm of an energeticsecretary, the society started the year veryauspiciously with an attendance of about sixtyboys at the Hat Night. Speaking was brisk,and many younger members took part. Afterthat we had several debates, and perhaps themost successful one at home was on the motion:, International Arbitration Solves WorldProblems.' The more prominent speakers were:Isaacson, Chapman, Wadman, Ross, James andJowel1.

On the 20th of August we had a verypleasant debate with Herschel Girls' HighSchool in their school library. The motion was:'World Problems of To-day are a result ofOver-population.' Our two main speakers,Ross and Jowell, earned a lot of kudos forthemselves by their speeches. After the debateour boys were given a royal spread. Unfor-tunately so few boys attended that no furtherinter-school debates can be contemplated. Atthe last minute the boarders were debarred fromcoming because they had been out too fre-quently that week:

On the 10th of September, the Old Boys'Union came here for a debate. The motion was:'The Practice of Hitch-hiking is to beDeplored.' The visiting speakers were Mr. R.Gibbs and Mr. Spence, and the chief speakersfor the School were L. Coetzee and J. Jowell.At the time of going to press we still have the

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Best Speakers' Debate to arrange, and in thisconnection we have to record that last year'sBest Speaker's title was won by Neil Ross, withJ. Bojé :IS runner-up.

This year we had two outstanding speakersin the society, and they both contributed con-siderably to raise the general standard of thedebates. G. Isaacson is a very effective speakerwith an attractive voice and excellent ideas.Neil Ross is an exceptional public speaker. Hisgenuine sincerity and his well-considered ideas

make him a very attractive speaker, and, pro-vided he can keep young in mind, we haveevery reason to expect great things from himstill.

H.J.S.

THE CADET DETACHMENTOfficer C01nmandin.g: Commandant W. E.

Bowden, M.e., E.D.

Second in. Command: Major D. H. Thomson.Adjutant: Lt. A. N. Holmes.

SENIOR N.C.O.s, STUDENT OFFICERS AND OFFICERS OF THECADET DETACHMENT

Back row: e.S.M. H. Schaffer, B.M. P. Clam pen, Second-Le. O. Sheard, Second-Le. E. Middlemose,e.S.M. S. Kahn, Second-Le. J. van Niekerk, Second-Le. B. Schaffer, Second-Le. e. Criechley,e.S.M. N. Kamionsky.

Middle row: Second-Le. G. Isaacson, Second-Le. M. Allis, Second-Le. I. Pfeil, D.M. B. van Assen,Second-Le. R. Wucherpfennig, Second-Le. R. Gelb, Second-Le. D. van der Wesehuizen.

Front row: Le. D. E. Nel, Le. A. N. Holmes, Major D. H. Thomson, Cmde. W. E. Bowden, M.e.,E.D. (Officer Commanding), Cape. R. H. Richeer, Cape. P. D. Palm, Second-Le. E. Ford.

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A COMPANY

Company Commander: Capt. R. H. Richter.Student Officers: 2/Lieut. E. Ford; 2/Lieut.

M. Allis, 2/Lieut. R. Wucherpfennig, 2/Lieut.R. Gelb, 2/Lieut. G. Isaacson.

C.S.M.: S.M. H. Schaffer.

B COMPANY

Company Commander: Lieut. D. E. Nel.Student Officers: 2/Lieut. I. Pfeil, 2/Lieut.

O. Sheard, 2/Lieut. E. Middiemost.C.S.M.: S.M. S. Kahn.

C COMPANY

Company Commander: Capt. P. D. Palm.Student Officers: 2/Lieut. D. v. d. West-

huizen, 2/Lieut. C. Critchley, 2/Lieut. J. vanNiekerk.

C.S.M.: S.M. N. Kamionsky.

RESERVE PLATOON

Student Officer: 2/Lieut. B. Shaffer.

SIGNALS PLATOON

Student Officer: 2/Lieut. T. Mittag.

Since the last annual report Cadet affairshave gone very much according to plan asregards general infantry training. In the fieldof specialized training, however, there havebeen two innovations. First, a Company wasentered in the annual competition arranged byCape Command. Under 2/Lieut. (S.O.) AlfredGabb, they acquitted themselves well, but lackof competition experience co;t them a finalplacing. Secondly, a Signals Detachment hasbeen formed. Once sufficient equipment hasbeen acquired, there is no doubt that thisdetachment will vie with the Band for popularappeal.

At the beginning of the third term, CadetParades were shifted to Friday from Thursdayafternoon, and in the New Year an attemptwill be made to bring the parade within thenormal school day. By starting a few minutesearlier each day, and reducing the Lunch Breakby five minutes, it is possible to hold trainingfrom 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday. Depending

on the workability of such a time-table, thisarrangement should prove very satisfactory toall ranks.

On behalf of Commandant Bowden, may Iexpress thanks to all officers, student officersand N.C.O.s for their work in training theDetachment.

D.H.T.

SHOOTINGAs usual, the standard of shooting was kept

very high by the keenness of the boys and thevery kind support of Mr. Nel and Mr. Palm,who gave up many an afternoon to attend thepractices.

Losing twice to S.A.C.S. by only a (ewpoints, the team beat the Masters and the Maristteam by a considerable margin. At Bellville theSenior team, shooting for the Scobell Cup, heldthe second place with Bishops.

We should like to congratulate I.Apsey andD. Buchanan on being members of the SeniorBisley team from schools of the Cape Com-mand, Apsey having been on tour twice pre-viously. The team returned victorious, bring-ing home a first and second award.

The winner of the 1953 school championshipwas F. Stofberg.

Awards for 1953:Blues: I. Apsey, F. Stofberg, L. Estment.Colours: D. Buchanan, L. Goodman, A.

Keller. L.G.

BAND NOTES, 1954The high standard of efficiency of the Band

has been decisively proved this year. At theannual Cadet Band Competition held inOctober at Bellville, the band gained first place,a signal honour indeed, for the ability of theother competing bands was extremely high.May I therefore congratulate every member ofthe Band on the success of their efforts, andespecially Drum-Major B. van Assen and Bugle-Major P. Clampett, whose enthusiasm and zealinspired the Band with a keenness which couldlead only to success.

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SHOOTING TEAM, 1954Back "Ow: A. Keiler, B. Goslin, W. Katz, D. van der Merwe (S.O.), D. Human, D. Buchanan.P"ont "ow: Capt. P. D. Palm, J. Apsey (Capt.), Cmdt. W. E. Bowden, 1. Goodman (Vice-Capt.),

Lt. D. E. Nel.

Our Sergeant Drummer, W. Katz, alsoreceived mention, being placed third in thesolo-drumming competitions.

My thanks are due to all members, N.C.O.sand bandsmen who have worked and practiseduntiringly during the season.

W.L.

Congratulations to Mr. Lennox and themembers of the Band on a fine effort and awell-merited success.-EDITOR.

CHESS CLUBThis year, with a membership increased to

55, the club entered a team in the Cape TownLeague to play for the Tromp van DiggelenTrophy. The club played two friendly

matches, losing to Sea Point 3-2 and beatingMuizenberg 5-0. In the Trophy matches theSchool beat Bishops 3-2, Woodstock 3-2,and Cape Town High 4-1, but lost to Obser-vatory 2-3. At the time of writing Wynbergstand second in the Log. The second team,although they only played two matches, beatingBishops 31-lt and Cape Town High 2-1,showed that there was plenty of talent in theyounger members of our club.

The School also has a team playing in theSouth African Schools' Correspondence League,but at the time of writing many of the gameswere incomplete. In the Western Provinceschoolboys' championship, through which themembers of the Western Province Chess Teamwere selected, the Wynberg entrants, L. Jones

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CADET BAND, 1954

Back 1'o"w: T. Clampett, D" Spiro, B. Weinreich, D. Conoer, B. Twine, L/Cpl. L. Derman.Third row: I. Kretschmer, J. Murisoo, H. Thompson, P. Cloete, f. Badenhorst, R. Davie,

L/Cpl. ]. Needham, G. van der Westhuizen.Second row: L/Cpl. D. Buchanan, H. Pedoff, B. Jarmain, A. Young, Cpl. D. Page, H. Schultz,

P. Wright, A. Beck, C. Ashton.Front row: M. lrvine, Sgt. E. Burger, Bugle-Major P. Clampett, Cmdt. W. E. Bowdeo, M.C., E.D.,

Drum-Major B. van Assen, Mr. W. Lennox, Sgt. W. Katz, Cpl. B. Bedford, L/Cpl. D. Simoos.

and N. Ross, both qualified, the latter winningthe tournament. Both players representedWestern Province in the South African School-boys' Championships held at Durban. Althoughneither of the players qualified for a place, theyboth gained valuable experience and for thefirst time fuUy realized that a thorough know-ledge of most chess openings was essential to dorea lly well.

In the current Western Province Under 19championships Wynberg entered six players,three of whom are doing very well. Our thanksare due to Mr. Bowden for his stimulating

influence, to the School for supplying the clubwith new sets, and to Mr. Thorp for the bookshe donated to the chess library.

N. Ross (Secretary).

STOP PRESSWe regret to announce that Mr. Thomas will

be leaving us at the end of the year to take upa similar post at Pinelands. His stay with ushas been all too short. We shall have lastingreminders of him in the new scoring-box andin the enlarged sight-screens, and we wish himevery happiness in his new post.

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WYNBERG HIGH SCHOOL OLD BOYS' UNION

PRESIDENT'S LETTER - 1954

I think it will be generally agreed that thesuccess of any organization depends to a largeextent upon the energy and capability of itssecretary. We, as an Old Boys' Union, havebeen spoilt in that regard in the past, havinghad for so long such an outstanding secretaryas Ron Gibbs. His trip overseas and thenexams. since he returned home necessitated hisrelinquishing the post two years ago. We werevery grateful to Van der Velde for the invalu-able assistance he rendered the Union last year,and regret that he too unfortunately could notcontinue. Fritz Bing was appointed to thepost for this year, but his temporary transferto Port Elizabeth and the subsequent indefi-niteness of his whereabouts were responsible forhis being unable to take up duty, and wefound ourselves in the unenviable position ofbeing without a secretary. Ron Gibbs, who isnow Vice-President, has been keeping a watch-ing brief for us over the affairs of the Union,but we have no active Secretary.

It is an unfortunate position, and has handi-capped your Committee considerably in variousdirections, as will be readily appreciated, butnevertheless we feel that it has not by anymeans been an uneventful year.

The Annual Dinner was an unqualifiedsuccess. Although not quite as well attendedas in previous years, there was a very goodrepresentative gathering of Old Boys, whoenjoyed an excellent menu and speeches whichwere of a very high order.

By the time this appears in print the AnnualDebate against the Schoolboys will have takenplace. This is an event which is usually mostentertaining, and I would appeal to as many

as can find it possible tofunction in future years.an evening well spent.

It is regrettable that we have had to curtailthe number of issues of the newsletter producedduring the year. This was due partly to theadministrative difficulties referred to earlier,and partly to the fact that our editor GarthMcIntosh moved his abode. However, ourgrateful thanks to < Ginger' Johnson for theexcellent newsletter which went out in themiddle of the year, and our best thanks toGarth too for all his invaluable efforts so cheer-fully rendered in the past.

The Transvaal Branch of our Union con-tinues to function successfully with a limitedmembership. We would express to them ourvery best wishes for the future, and wouldassure them of our keen interest in their affairsand of our willingness to assist in any way thatwe are able. News from the Branch appearselsewhere in this Magazine.

A question of considerable importance thathas arisen during the year is that of ourcolours. It has been suggested that the stripedblazer be abolished and that a plain blazer witha pocket-badge be substituted. It has furtherbeen suggested that the colours of the Unionshould consist simply of a badge, a tie, andperhaps a scarf. This will be up for considera-tion at the Annual General Meeting, and Ishould like all members to think carefully roundthe subject and to come to the meeting wellprepared to air their views.

I think a word about increased subscriptionswould not be amiss. We hope, as mentionedin the newsletter, that the rise to 15s. will be a

attend this annualIt will prove to be

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temporary increase only, and that once wehave got the finances of the Union back on asound footing, which we hope will be in thenot too distant future, it will be found possibleto make a reduction in this amount.

May I take this opportunity to stress thefact that all Old Boys are always made verywelcome at the School. Any of you who havenot been along there recently will be surprisedat the changes that have taken place. You arebound to have lots to ask about, once you walkthrough the grounds and buildings, and youcan be sure that Mr. Bowden or any memberof his staff will be only too pleased to answerall your questions. And don't forget to signthe visitors' book.

You will probably have thought that mypurpose in stressing our dilemma concerning aSecretary, at the commencement of this letter,was merely to explain and excuse. But there ismore to it than that. Your Committee has oneor two suggestions to make at the AnnualMeeting on the subject, but I should like youall meanwhile please to exercise your minds intrying to find a suitable person to fill the postand to come to the meeting with your' finds '.Please be sure though, before you make a nomi-

nation, that the person nominated is willing tostand.

Now, in closing, I must very sincerely thankall the members of your Committee for theadmirable manner in which they have ralliedround to see the Union through what has beenone of its not so easy years. I sincerely hopeand confidently anticipate that we shall go onfrom here with renewed vigour, growing all thetime from strength to strength. The O.B.U.can, you know, and should be of tremendousvalue to the school, but that can only comeabout with the keen and active support of allits members. We surely all acknowledge thatwe owe a debt of gratitude to our Alma Materfor the basic training we received there, andthrough our active support of our Union wecan achieve a certain measure of repayment.Support your Union functions, pay your sub-scriptions regularly and promptly, andremember that membership of the Unionshould imply a willingness to contribute some-thing to the welfare of the Union and notsolely the expectation of receiving some par-ticular benefit from it.

S. H. JONES (Hon. President).

OLD BOYS' NOTESThere is an amount of truth in the adage

that when two Englishmen meet in someobscure outpost of the Empire they imme-diately inspan twenty of the local native popu-lation and form two cricket teams. Certainlythis might be true of us South Africans, whereRugby is concerned. Away in the veld, smalldorp, desert, or on the beach, where anythingis used as a ball, an excuse is found to have agame. One memorable • game' took place inSt. Mark's Square, Venice, with a sweet-melondoing duty for the oval ball - !ti's convincedwe were mad ....

Which brings us to the Old School Tie, for,inevitably, the above-mentioned cricket teamsin •Pongo- W ongo' will have their colours, and•Koeksiester-onder-die-Bult ' will have itsblazer. What a country we are for blazers!

With the blazer or tie we immediately sitdown over the flowing-bowl and yarn about• the good old days '. •D'you remember Puggieand the time he shinned down the guttering toeat Dennerball pitjies and Frietangs by moon-light in Kirstenbosch?'

Some of us • got together' recently and hadjust such' a session " as we used to call it inSidi Berrani, Cassino, or that-hole-in-the-wall inFirenze. We were of the '20-'29 vintage -not mellowed overmuch, nor effervescent to theextent where we were youthful enough to findour voices breaking at excited comment on themost recent female addition to the JuniorSchool Staff.

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Lamont, and Guy de Beer. We had playedagainst them while still wearing' the old man's'long flannels which overlapped twice aroundthe waist and had too much slack in the seat.Rollo was renowned as a hitter. The eldestEddy has since regaled us with stories of Rollo'sefforts when 'in his prime '. What is betterthan five sixes and six fours in twenty minutes?Our poor Ego! Jack Robertson, who laterplayed for South Africa against the Austra-lians, was in that game. His brother Dave wasa classmate of ours who played Senior cricketlater. But back to that team with WalterHerringer and his twenty-five yard run-up,Jack Carstens, Bell, Misslebrook, and ErnieMatthews, all of Claremont Ist. What a sideit was! How we tried to poke out time, hitchedat those over-size flannels, and complimentedthe umpires, unavailingly, on their remarkableeyesight in the twilight.

The rugby sides with Myburg, VictorVictor, the incomparable Jock with brotherLollie van Niekerk, all of Villagers, EricBouchet of Hamiltons, and Nick vanOudtshoorn who hooked for Villagers. Andinevitably Holmes was coupled with thelatter, as one coupled Bennett, Cook,Stewart, and Eddie McDonald, or Tom Fair-brother, 'Cheese' Carrnichael, Wilding andScott of that era. Someone rememberedTaljaard, a long-distance runner whose stylewe emulated for fifty of the apparent fiftythousand yards he seemed to reel off so effort-lessly, and our athletjc pride and joy. Thenthere was George Eddy, who was, we believe, aW.P. sprint champion while still at WynbergB.H.S. Another natural runner was one of theConstantia Lategans, who, bullied into runningin the mile, was persuaded not to run in hislong flannels but bare-footed, over dorinkies,and galloped home ahead of all the Purists withtheir spikes and embrocation. What happenedto these natural athletes? We think of anAuret who said he'd like to play' ... hierdiekrieket speel-goed', and who d.id it to suchpurpose and with such magnificent strengthand eyesight that he scored 106 not out; 79 notout, and 12 3" not out the only times he everwent out into the middle - with only one pad

- and we suspect that he would have madejust as many runs using the other pad insteadof the willow. We could not quite believe theassertion of one of our company who claimedthat he did Gabriel de Jong's drawings for himin the woodwork class. But new to some wasthe fact that' Pongo' was a first-rate tennisplayer who might ha ve gone as far as Bob andJack Ham mill, our best known products of thisgame, if he'd forsaken T urps and canvas forTop-spin and volleys.

And so we came along to 'Our Years' -al ways the most glorious! Our contributionsto the culture. How we weeded the playing-fields during Cadets. How we pinched moreFriedlander grapes than anyone else; with ran'shelp, we think! Who broke the big drum moreconsistently than the drummer of our year? Wedid have our characters. Those lovable chapswho went away in 1939 and after, joking atthe prospects of sloping anns and winningV.C.s. Some did not return, some of these fine'absent friends '.

\Y1e recalled others who had brought militaryhonours to the old school. Gordon Key, O.B.E.,D.F.C., who never played first-team rugger,but contributed so much that was of culturalworth. Bill Sholto-Douglas, M.e., who was asergeant in the Cadets and later Lieut.-Col. ofthe F.C./C.T.H. Bill and the two Welshbrothers took French with apparent relish,while some of us were struggling with Latinthat was all Greek to us. Others came to mind

Vernon Prankerd, M.M., and BokkieSolomon, D.S.e. Then there was Jack PickllP'M.e., who with' Oogie' Louw, Bunny Burns,and Tom Barry formed that 'famous' three-quarter line of P. de V's. In front of themMike Gelfand, O.B.E., now an eminent medicoso recently honoured by the Queen for hisservices to Rhodesia. Those sides of Mr.Wahl's which won Under 13, 15, and 17.Bunny was a Junior W.P. sprint champion, andwe make bold to state that he couldn't sprintfurther than he could now. Those afore-mentioned flannels would fit him comfortably.And he is too far off in Luanshya for us to beafraid to say it! John Lincey was captain ofthose sides, with 'Wops' Walker now of

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Umtali, Abe Braude, Jack Stibbe, and 'Dokkie'du Toit, now teaching at Observatory B.H.S.,who became an outstanding member of theearly 1930 Varsity sides.

Mike's brother, a bustling forward atVarsity with Dr. Harry Anziska, was' Buller'Gelfand, but they were either in Jack Walker'sor Dennis Barry's sides, which were equally asbrilliant as Lincey's team.

Distances appeared far greater in those days.Dr. 'Perskes' Scher came up from Simonstown(steam train) and we wondered when hereached home after those immaculate, sedateinnings with Jack Burt, Cyril Sharp, and Dr., Stanno ' Eddy. Then there was Arthur, Kaffir ' Miller, that indefatigable forward whosubsequently did so much for junior sport atCamps Bay, from whence he and his twobrothers Maurice and Sidney - a W.P. swim-ming champion - used to travel, first by tramand then by chug-chug coal train to Wynberg.

Louis Ladan, Calder (the swimmer), RalphCohen, who used to leave his togs with thestation-master at Muizenberg, because he wasnot supposed to play rugby, all came up fromFalse Bay, which seemed hours away.

The Boarders came in relays of brothers -the Ringhams, Barrys, Jordans, to mention onlysome who ate the day-boys' lunch before teno'clock every m.orning!

We recalled a fabulous fellow from HongKong. Dennis Kelly was his name, We,figuratively, bumped into him in Egypt andItaly where his 'cobber' Peter Foster, theRhodesian double-international, and he raisedman.y a riot. 'Hong Kong' Kelly could con-ceivably have been an international in severalsports with that unique flair he had for games.But off he went to his family in the Far Eastand chop-sticks and kimono.

, Pummy' Gibbs, Bill Jennings, Steve andDave Smith, with Dennis Langton, were allrenowned soccer players of this time whom werecalled.

We spoke of Ceddie Hall, coupled naturallywith Ernest Lincey, both outstanding rugbyplayers who later went to Villagers; also of'Lappies' Loubser, who was a rattling good

cricketer for Claremont. Another rare characterwas Gerrit van der Merwe, who was arenowned actor on the Afrikaans stage and aloquacious, albeit excellent, rugby player.George Judelsohn, Town Engineer of EastLondon, was of this vintage. We used to campin all sorts of weather with him, 'Wops', John,Cliff Askew, 'Kike' Cartwright, and Dr.'Tromp' de Villiers Hammann. Great daysthey were, too - never washed our dixies forfive days and more, except Cliff, who was' veryclean, very hygiene'!

Demi Stamelatos and Pierre Carstens, both ofour Transvaal branch, were inseparables, aswere Dokkie du Toit, Koffie Hofmeyr, FreddyDreyer, and Willie Boucher ... Pinhead cork-tipped, was it, at the bottom of the field?

And Cardinal - a pianist known every-where. Strange chap, who, when asked to lift arather large box of eggs on to the counter ofhis mother's store in Hout Bay, replied: 'Don'tbe silly, Mom! It'll give me muscles!' PoorCardinal died some years later, a generous, sad,but brilliant personality. Mention of musicrecalled memories of our well-known HaroldCobb, who delights us with his brilliantmusicianship; also a chap called Prosser, anotherfine pianist. Then there were Ruby Maisel and, Daddy' Rowe of 8c.

So we reminisced, nostalgically perhaps.Perhaps we have revived memories for many ofyou. And so to current doings of Old Boys.

Fred Smithers won two yacht races lastEaster at Saldanha. Alan Barn has been trans-ferred to the Standard Bank in London.Kuhnert is playing for Sutherland 1st XVstraight from School, and in short mention ofthe Annual Dinner, which was voted the bestso far, we specially mentioned Messrs. S. S.Elliott, who left in 1898, and Nico Smook, whowas down from East Africa.

Cecil Jubber produced a first-rate play-reading we heard recently. How he attends toall these multifarious interests and presentationswe do not know. We hope' multifarious' isthe correct word. Anyway it is a nice long oneand looks good, so we feel sure Dr. GodfreyBobbins would be proud of us!

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The first event of the year was the AnnualGeneral Meeting held in March at the Trans-vaal Automobile Club, Killarney. For sosuitable a venue our thanks once again to MaxBrodie. The attendance, as seems to be thefashion at such meetings, was small. Thosepresent were B. N. Mitchell (in the Chair) andMessrs. J. Scrimgeour, R. Thwaits, R. Green-wall, P. Smuts, I. Bernberg, M. Brodie, E. Roux,M. Wright, L. M. Anderson, P. May, J. Fried-lander, V. Carmichael, J. Rankin, Stolly, 1. andR. Scott, and R. and N. Denison.

The following Committee was elected for theyear:

Chairman: B. Mitchell.

Secretary: P. Smuts.

Treasurer: J. Scrimgeour.Committee: P. Carstens, M. Brodie, L.

Anderson.

Mr. Anderson, as an ex-Master of the School,was welcomed at the meeting, and it was feltthat it was quite in order to elect him to thecommittee.

An invitation was again received fromRondebosch Old Boys to attend their AnnualDinner at the Old Edwardian Club. The Unionwas represented on this occasion by BernardMitchell and Peter Smuts, and both thoroughlyenjoyed themselves. To Mitchell fell the privi-lege of replying to the toast' Our Guests'.

On Monday, 6th September, a team wasentered in the annual Old Boys' seven-a-siderugby tournament. The tournament hasbecome a feature of Transvaal rugby andattracts a good crowd every year. This was thesecond year that Wynberg were represented,and, as five members of the team had activelyparticipated in League rugby during the season,it was anticipated that we would do reasonablywell.

Our team was as follows:Bac!tS.-l. Scott, R. Scott, B. Anderson,

Oosthuizen.Forwards.-R. Jones, R. Greenwall, P.

Smuts.

The tournament was divided into twosections, and we were in section B, whichincluded eight Old Boys' clubs from non-Transvaal schools. In the :first round we drewOld Andreans and accounted for them to thetune of 13-0. Tries were scored by Anderson,Oosthuizen, and Ian Scott. Scott convertedtwo of the tries. The next game was againstthe ultimate winners of the B section, Maritz-burg College. We were extremely unlucky notto be awarded a try in the opening minute, butafter that the game swung in their favour, andat half-time we were down 11-0 (goal,penalty, and try). At this stage an alterationwas effected among the forwards, and in thesecond half of the game the most excitingrugby of the afternoon was seen. FirstOosthuizen went over for a try under the posts.Unfortunately the resultant goal-kick wasrushed down (11-3). A few minutes later!an Scott was over for a try which he convertedeasily (11-8). At this stage every player wasgiving his best, and the crowd was solidlybehind us. On time Bob Scott went over inthe corner for a try which was unconverted(11-11). In accordance with the rules ofthe tournament both teams changed sidesimmediately and play was resumed. The :firstside to score in extra time is declared thewinner, and after about five minutes we wereawarded a penalty. Unfortunately we wereunable to convert the chance, and shortly after-wards Maritzburg went over for a try. It wasthe end of a great game.

In an anti-climax Maritzburg Old Boys beatOld Maristoneans 14-0 in the :final.

With the increasing number of youthful OldBoys now comin:; to the Transvaal, we lookforward to future seven-a-side tournamentswith confidence. Next year the organizers planto run the tournament over a full day, thusgiving teams more time to recover from games,and there is just the possibility that, providedwe get the support we 3nticipate, we willendeavour to enter two sides.

By the time these notes appear in print weshall have held our Annual Dinner, whichusually takes phce towards the end of October.

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NEWS OF OLD BOYS

We welcome to the Transvaal GarthMacintosh, and, with his wealth of experienceas far as Union affairs are concerned, we knowwe now have one of our real stalwarts in ourmidst. Other recent arrivals include RonJones and Ken Bell, both of rugby fame.Unfortunately Ron's work at the moment issuch as to preclude rugby for the present.Ken, we understand, intends turning out forthe Wanderers Club next season.

We congratulate Bill Jackson (of bowlingfame) on his appointment as branch managerof the Standard Oil Company in Rhodesia. Billhas attended all our functions in the Transvaalto date and his keenness will be mi sed by all.

Since our last publication we have receivedMagazines from the following Schools andColleges:

Hilton CollegeLansdowne High SchoolDurban High SchoolHoërskool, RetreatWesley Training School, Salt RiverSouth African College High SchoolKimberley Boys' High SchoolRondebosch Boys' High SchoolMujr College, UitenhageMuizenberg High SchoolObservatory Boys' High SchoolWynberg Girls' High School.Cape Technical CollegeGrey High School, Pon Elizabeth.

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