ANNUAL MAGAZINE

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WYNBERG BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL

DECEMBER 1970. ,

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SENIOR SCHOOL STAFF

PRINCIPAL

MR. N. R. BLACKBEARD, B.A.

DEPUTY PRINCIPAL

MR. W. LENNOX, B.Sc. Mathematics

VICE-PRINCIPAL

MR. S. GILMORE, B.A. . . . . . . . . . . . Geography

SENIOR ASSISTANTS

MR. J. M. BLOM, B.A.MR. D. B-ROMBERGER, B.A. (Hons.)MR. B. GARDNER, B.Com., B.Ed., C.A.(S.A.)MR. L. HEATH, B.A.MR. J. L. MATHEW, B.Sc., B.Ed.MR. A. J. A. MORRIS, B.A.MR. V. J. PARKINS, B.A.

. . . AfrikaansHistory, English

. Commerce. Latin, English

BiologyEnglish, Geography

English, Mathematics

SECONDARY ASSISTANTS

MR. J. BOWEN, P.T.C. (Wales) EnglishMR. P. R. BREETZKE, B.A. MathematicsMR. P. BROSTER, B.Sc. ScienceMR. L. E. CALLAGHAN, B.A. History, EnglishMR. A. FOURIE, H.P.T.C. . .. AfrikaansMR. P. JACKSON, Teacher's Cert. (Lond.) Woodwork, MetalworkMR. F. A. J. KOOY, B.A. . . . . . EnglishMR. I. LE ROUX, B.A. . Geography, AfrikaansMR. T. METROWICH, B.Sc. . . . . . . ScienceMR. T.MEYER, B.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., AfrikaansMR. J. D. MILLER, B.Com. . . CommercialMR. D. A. ORCHISON, N.A.T.D. . Art, CommercialMR. J. PARKER, B.Sc. MathematicsMR. D. SEELIGER, P.T.C. II . Physical TrainingMR. J. SLATER, B.Sc. ScienceMR. P. H. J. TUCKER, B.A. (Hons.) EnglishMR. J. VAN NIEKERK, B. Com. MathematicsMR. C. P. A. VERWYMEREN, U.P.I.M. . . MusicMR. H. HIGGS, H.P.T.C. (Itinerant) . Woodwork

Secretary: MRS. J. COTTON, B.A.

Cricket Professional: MR. D. STEELE

Grounds Supervisor: MR. J. PAYNE

Caretaker: MR. A. BROCKER

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EDITORIAL

An old Chinese proverb says: If you give a man a fish you feed him forone day, but if you teach him to fish you feed him forever. And is not thiswhat school sets out to do for us? A good school is not chiefly concernedwith handing out a daily academic meal, but rather with the provision ofhabits and attitudes and standards that we will adopt and make our own andbe guided by in after life. Yet when we think of school we immediatelythink, sometimes bitterly, of discipline and this immediately suggestsprefects.

The_ most important task of the prefect is the guardianship of the school'sgood name. But the reputation of a school cannot be created by prefects; itis in the hands of everyone of us to make or mar. In a sense, then, we are allprefects and must keep ourselves consciously aware of our charge. Each oneof us must set his own standard, and must-set it high. You can tell when youare on the right road - it is uphill! But, you may say, "Short hair does notappear on my list of no's," or "My parents allow me to smoke," or"Toe-capped shoes are a monstrosity". The answer to these objections is thatthroughout life we have to adapt our standards in part to those in authorityover us: to our parents at home, to a military official in the army, to ourboss at work, to the captain of our cricket team, and to the headmaster atschool. And since it is going to be a lifelong subjection to some or otherauthority, it is unreasonable to resent the restrictions placed upon us atschool. Much that we kick against now we will later on incorporate in ourown standards, and be thankful for it. The world has not yet reached thatsanity propounded by Robert Burns:

The rank is but the guinea stamp;The man's the gowd for a' that.

We are still judged by superficial standards of dress, speech and behaviour .. G.K.R.

SENIOR SCHOOL NOTESStaff Departu res

Staff changes have been somewhat fewer than in recent years. Perhaps last year'soverhaul of the salary structure and the provision of promotion posts are already bearingfruit.

Mr. K. Dovey has left teaching and gone into commerce. He will be missed atLittiewood House and on the rugby fields, where his knowledgeable coaching was muchappreciated.

Mr. A. Noffl<i returned, married, from England but was with us for only six monthsbefore he accepted a promotion post at the Norman Henshilwood High School. Hisdeparture is a blow to Wynberg. Himself an old boy of the school, he threw himselfwhole-heartedly into its affairs. His meticulous organisation of Athletics and, inparticular, Sports Day, won the admiration of everyone. We wish him every happiness andsuccess at his new school.

Mr. P. Fourie who deputised for Mr. Noffl<i during the latter's absence overseas, andMr. H. Gerber who helped out with the junior Woodwork classes, have also left.

We are sony to have to say goodbye at the end of the year to Mr. O. le Roux and Mr.E. Callaghan. Mr. Le Roux has been a force in Wynberg rugby and passed on to his teamsmany of the fineI points of the game. He has accepted a post at Paul Roos Gymnasium,and it will be interesting to see how we fare against his new charges next winter.

Mr. CaJJaghan, too, has given much of his time to rugby and has performed a valuableservice to Littlewood House.

During the course of the year Mr. Garisch and Mr. Van Breda have deputised for shortperiods for absent members of staff. We thank them for answering our calL

We are fortunate in having Mr. J. van Niekerk as our latest stopgap. He has onlyrecently returned from several years' teaching in Canada, where he captained the local"Springbok" rugby team. He is helping out until the end of the year.

Staff ArrivalsMr. B. Gardner joined the staff at the beginning of the year as a Senior Assistant. He is

a Commerce teacher and coaches rugby.Mr. T. Meyer teaches Afrikaans, coaches rugby and is a housemaster at Littlewood

House.Mr. J. Parker taught Mathematics during the second and third quarters and was in

charge of a cricket team.Mr. J. Bowen comes from Wales. After a two-year stay in Australia he has come to

South Africa. Not surprisingly he has proved a valuable asset in our school rugby. He isjoining the staff of the Junior School next year.

Mr. Higgs replaces Mr. Gerber as Itinerant Woodwork teacher, and Mr. D. Seeliger, anold boy of the school, will take over the Physical Training post next year.

We wish all these gentlemen a long and happy stay at Wynberg.

Staff NewsMr. Black beard took long leave during the second term and he and Mrs. Blackbeard

visited England and the Continent. Mr. Lennox deputised as headmaster, and newly-wedMr. and Mrs. Heath supervised LittIewood House.

We should like to congratulate Mr. and Mrs. Bromberger on the birth of theu son, andMr. Heath on his marriage. May fortune smile on them.

Mr. Tucker was away for the second and third terms preparing a thesis for a master'sdegree.

Mr. Parkins has taken long leave during the last term of the year.

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PREFECTS 1970

Back Row: H. Oblowitz, B. Campbell, P. Shelton, T. Bakkum, R. Blackbeard, V. Potter.Standing: I. Emms, M. Zwahlen, J. Burger, R. Clark, D. Sims, M. Gluckman, I. Brownlie, P. Simcock.Seated: R. Good, W. Lennox (Deputy Head), G. Ronaldson (Head Prefect), Mr. N. R. Blackbeard

(Principal), T. Durant (Vice Head Prefect), S. Gilmore (Vice-Principal), E. Casper.

TributesOnce again we have to thank our school committee: Messrs. R. Felbert (Chairman), S.

Myers (Vice-<:hairman), R. Friedlander (Secretary), S. Jones, T. Cawood, and A.Oosthuizen for helping to guide the destiny of the school. We are indeed fortunate inhaving the interest and services of such able persons at this critical stage of our history.

The Tuckshop Mothers continue to do a wonderful service. Boys and staff and parentsare deeply appreciative of the sacrifice they make in time and effort.

We want to thank our Grounds Supervisor, Mr. J. Payne, for the provision of cricketand rugby pitches of such high standard, and for the generally excellen t state of ourgrounds.

GeneralLast year's examination results were satisfactory: 12 first class and 64 second class

passes in the Senior Certificate, and 32 first class and 77 second class passes in the JuniorCertificate.

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COMBINED MATRICS 1970

Back Row: I. R. Oliver, L. A. Lawrence, I. L. Johnstone, J. D. Francis, P. T. Kirby, B. I:'ringle, E. C.Rijkers, C. R. T. Ramsden, H. S. Bosman, R. L. Venables, T. W. Green.

Fifth Row: D. P. Butler, D. H. Heard, K. R. Andrews, R. P. Pharaoh, A. D. J. Theys, C. D. Tulcoat, P.D. Gohl, F. A. Pottage, A. L. Sleigh, W. G. Bailey, D. L. Maeder, T. F. Poner, J. R. Hey, D.Durlacher.

Fourth Row: M. J. Goslen, P. W. Gohl, R. Fitzpatrick, I. A. Thomson, M. Stein, P. J. Weir, C. H.Cumming, B. Barnardt, P. B. Gambon, M. A. Reyneke, G. S. Lowden, G. J. de Toit, D. F.Spolander, R. J. Carter, C. R. Smeda.

Third Row: A. de Groot, A. Silverman, J. W. Somerville, G. A. Boyce, H. K. Oblowitz, B. M.Campbell, P. A. Shelton, C. B. Burke, T. A. Bak'kum, R. R. Blackbeard, V. Potter, D. Brown, B. D.Slater, L. D. Milner, B. G. Barron, H. R. S. Just.

Second Row: M. C. Zwahlen, R. M. Clark, R. Good, I. S. Emms, Mr. T. P. Metrowich, E. Casper, Mr.W. Lennox, G. K. Ronaidson, Mr. N. R. Blackbeard, T. C. Durant, Mr. V. J. Parkins, P. J. Simcock,Mr. P. B. Broster, M. J. Gluckman, J. Burger, I. W. Brownlie, D. F. Sims.

Front Row: R. Goldstein, D. D. Milford, G. A. Wiseman, I. Schmaman, D. A. Jupp, R. L. Blumgart, N.J. C. King, P. P. Mann, S. R. Carter, L. Shlomowitz, D. N. Thomson, K. J. Vaughan, R. Ross.

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The first half of the year passed uneventfully. Whatever there was of interest waspacked into the tlmd tem1. Once again Wynberg won the Cadet Band competition andwill journey to Johannesburg to represent the Western Province Command in the nationalcompetition. Mr. Lennox, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Kooy and Mr. Breetzke are to becongratulated on this outstanding achievement. The Judo Team won the WesternProvince Inter-Schools' Judo Competition for the fifth consecutive time, head-prefect G.Ronaldson gained second place in a national Road Safety Essay competition, Mrs.Catherine Taylor deUvered a thought-provoking address at a very successful Founders'Day ceremony, the Bevan English Reading Competition was held, the Matric Dance was asplendid success, the Old Boys organised a Sponsored Walk of nine miles which addedR3,OOOto their funds, and yet another of those noble but spindly and dangerous pines infront of the school has had to be felled.

Finally, there is nothing to report about the new school, except that it seems possiblethat the move wijl take place in three years.

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EXAMINATION RESULTS, 1969

SENIOR CERTIFICATE

First Class Passes: P. J. Anderton, C. R. Barton-Bridges, B. A. Blaine, D. de W.Blankenberg, P. B. Buchholtz, T. Curr, A. Friedlander, R. Hewett, P. Lea, J. Ormond,M. Rowe, T. van Gysen

Second Class Passes: D. Asher, A. Barnard, A. Basquez, J. Boland, K. Brown, R. Burns, R.Carter, J. Castle, T. Coetzee, B. Cohen, M. Cohen, K. Corin, G. J. Davis, G. A. Davis,R. Dawes, D. Delbridge, G. des Ligneris, B. de Vries, A. Dorman, P. Dowling, H. Dyer,P. Feitelson, R. Foster, M. Fried, P. Furman, T. Gibson, E. Gluckman, D. Hugo, V.Hugo, A. Jacobs, M. Katz, B. King, A. Kirkwood, J. Klein, R. Langley, A. Lategan, C.Lehy, S. M,lntyre, C. Martin, S. Milliner, S. Pam, B. Peters, R. Pharo, M. Pretorius, T.Probyn, D. Read, D. Reeves, A. Ross, B. Sacks, B. Schneider, N. Selby, A. Shenker, 1.Slabber, M. Stalling, B. Stowe, I. Szake, C. Unger, D. Verster, A. Visser, R. Weilers, A.Werbeloff, A. Wilmot, M. Witkin, N. Woodin.

JUNIOR CERTIFICATE

First Class Passes: T. Adamstein, L. Atlas, I. Bensted-Smith, N. Bradfield, G. Buchholtz,M.. Cooke, R. Friedlander, M. Gentz, G. Gilbert, G. Gillmer, M. Goldstein, R.Goodchild, M. Henderson, T. Hewett, W. Katzin, G. Landon, S. MacFarlane, K. Miller,A. Moseley, D. Ormond, J. Pears, K. Penwarden, P. Ramsden, M. Reeves, P. Rubin, A.Slome, J. Taylor, H. Tooch, R. Waring, J. Wessels, J. Wheeler, P. Williamson.

Second Class Passes: R. Allan, D. Anderson, M. Archer, M. Austin, G. Aves, N. Balsdon,B. Banks, C. Blakemore, N. Borain, A. Botha, A. Bowie, M. Bregman, A. Brown, A.Butcher, D. Butler, L. Butler, D. Chorn, E. Coffin, M. Cooper, R. Cowles, C.Cromhout, P. de Villiers, A. Dimond, T. Dodd, T. Dunster, C. Dunt, B. Dyer, B.Eastman, F. Ellis, C. Facer, N. Frye, A. Fuller, D. Gargan, M. Green, M. Hadwen, G.Hau, M. Heldsinger, D. Herron. P. Jennings, S. Kavalsky, P. Key, N. Kirkwood, A.Klopper, D. Kunneke, C. Kyriacos, F. Kyriacos, R. Lazarus, P. Marcus, A. Mason, C.Moir, J. Morom, H. PahI, M. Peters, L. Pharo, J. Redelinghuys, N. Redford, J. Riley, D.Robertson, D. Rogers, D. Sawyer, M. ScordiLis, M. Small, P. Snowball, l. Srot, S.Taylor, A. Termorshuizen, R. Thorburn, J. van Breda, B. Vance, G. van Eck, W. vanEmbden, B. Vincent, N. Ward, R. White, R. Whitehead, A. Wilkinson, C. Williams.

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ANNUAL PRIZE GIVING, 1969

Distinguished guests included our Circuit Inspector Mr. Winckler, members of theschool committee, representatives of the Old Boys' Union, Mrs. Friedlander, Miss Uriefrom the Girls' School and Mr. Lorie. Our guest-in-chief and speechmaker on the occasionwas Mr. R. Friedlander, Deputy-Mayor and past scholar of the school.

Mr. Friedlander took as his theme the four quarters of the school badge representingVan Riebeeck, De Waal, Rhodes and the military settlement at Wynberg. He gave a briefhistorical sketch of each and explained the contribution each had made to the Wynbergcommunity. Our badge wa a reminder that we, too, are pledged to the service of thecommunity and that through service comes happiness and satisfaction.

Mrs. Friedlander then presented the prizes.

Std. 6A: Standard Prize, 6A Class Prize, English Prize: S. Snowball.Std. 6D: Afrikaans Prize: P. Hosiassohn.

Std. 6A: Science Prize, Mathematics Prize, Merit Prize: A. Etzine.Std. 6A: Commerce Prize: M. Buxton-Forman.Std. 6A: Social Studies, Merit Prize: A. Hendrikse.Std. 6B: 6B Class Prize: J. Adamsteu1.Std. 6D: 6D Class Prize: G. Hochfelden.Std. 6A: Merit Prize and Latin Prize: D. Chait.Std. 6A: Merit Prizes: L. de Wet, A. Katz, S. van Embden, G. Jones.Std. 6B: Merit Prize: T. EarIey.Std. 7C: Standard Prize, 7C Class Prize, General Science Prize, Social Studies Prize: J.

Oosthuizen.Std. 7A: English Prize, Merit Prize: G. Fitzpatrick.Std. 7A: 7A Class Prize: S. Granger.Std. 7C: Afrikaans Prize, Merit Prize: N. Snyman.Std. 7A: Latin Prize, Merit Prize: L. Schneider.Std. 7B: 7B Class Prize, Mathematics Prize: S. Dyason.Std. 7D: Commercial Prize: P. Delbridge.Std. 7D: 7D Class Prize: L. King.Std. 7A: Merit Prizes: A. Brooks-Neill, P. Sutherland, K. Hopkins.Std. 7C: Merit Prize: B. Whitley.Std. 8C: Standard Prize, 8C Class Prize, Science Prize, Commercial Prize, Mathematics

Prize: G. GiUmer.Std. 8A: Davidowitz Prize for English, 8A Class Prize: M. Cooke.Std. 8A: Afrikaans Prize: J. Wessels.Std. 8A: Latin Prize, Social Studies Prize, Merit Prize: N. Bradfield.Std. 8A: Merit Prizes: G. Gilbert, T. Hewett, S. MacFarlane, J. Pears.Std. 8C: Merit Prize: M. Henderson.Std. 9A: Standard Prize, 9A Class Prize, Mathematics Prize, Science Prize, Latin Prize: I.

Schmaman.Std. 9C: English Prize, Merit Prize: T. Green.Std. 9C: Afrikaans Prize, Merit Prize: C. Burke.Std. 9A: Biology Prize, Geography Prize, Merit Prize: N. King.Std. 9C: Commercial Prize, 9C Class Prize: R. Blackbeard.Std. 9A: Merit Prizes: G. Lowden, C. Tylcoat, N. Wright.Std. 9C: Merit Prizes: I.Thomson, M. Zwahlen.Std. lOA: Standard Prize, lOA Class Prize, Friedlander Memorial Prize for English,

Mathematics Prize, Arguile Prize for Latin: P. Anderton.Std. lOA: D.F. Marais Memorial Prize for Afrikaans: R. Hewett.Std. lOA: Biology Prize, Mathematics Prize, Merit Prize: C. Barton-Bridges.Std. lOA: Science Prize: T. Curr.Std. IOC: Commercial Prize: D. Blanckenberg.Std. lOA: Maskew Millar Prize for History: M. Katz.Std. lOA: Templeton Prize for Music: D. Read.Std. lOA: Bevan Prize for English Reading: P. Anderton, P. Furman.Std. IOC: Caxton Prize for Outstanding Effort: A. Ross.Std. lOB: Caxton Prize for Outstanding Effort: A. Visser.Std. lOA: Honours Award: P. Anderton.Std. lOA: Abelsohn Cup for the Matriculation Pupil who has done most for the School:

P. Anderton.Std. lOA: Life Membership of Old Boys' Union: P. Anderton.Std. lOA: Old Boys' Bursary: P. Anderton.Edward Wise Bursaries (Two best pupils in Std. 8): G. Gillmer, 8C; M. Cooke, 8A.Friedlander Shield: Van Riebeeck House.

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MATRIC DANCEThis year's Matric Dance was held on Saturday, 19th September, in the school hall and

was attended by almost the entire Matric Class and a majority of the masters. Guests ofhonour were Mr. and Mrs. Fay and Mr. and Mrs. Riley of the Old Boys' Union.

Early on in the term the theme of "Witchcraft" was adopted by the Dance Committeewhich consisted of Johan Burger, Dave Sims, 'Tieh' Thomson, 'Jos' Smedley, RobertElliot, Ted Durant, Martin Zwahlen (secretary) and Ian Brownlie (chairman). As no othersuggestions were forthcoming from the Matrics the committee sat down and began toplan the dance step by step.

Work was started on the hall on Thursday morning and completed on Saturdaymorning. After many arguments it was decided to have a low ceiling, and Thursday nightsaw almost the entire Matric Class helping with the hall. Music was provided by recordplayers and tape recorders and both evenings were most enjoyable. On Saturday morningthe finishing touches were added, leaving the afternoon open for the boys to spruce-up.

In the quadrangle was a gallows constructed by Vernon Potter with a dummy hangingfrom it. The corridor was fashioned in the shape of a cave. At the entrance to the corridorwas another cave with a life-sized witch stirring a cauldron. In the hall itself a low ceilingof black and blue strips of crinkle paper was erected. The freezes depicted scenes ofwitchcraft throughout the ages. Multi-coloured lights covered by perforated tin-foilenhanced the effect of the low ceiling. The stage was made smaller with hessian andcrinkle paper and the band was bathed in blue light.

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Matric Class preparing "Witchcraft"

Geoffery Ronaldson was master-of-ceremonies and at ten o'clock he announced thatsupper would be served in the boarding house. In a short speech Geoffrey thanked Mrs.Blackbeard, Sister de Klerck, Matron and the mothers for all the effort they had put intothe dance. Mrs. Blackbeard and Matron were presented with vases of flowers and Sister deKlerck and mothers with orchids.

After supper both masters and boys let down their hair and many were seenattempting Zorba's dance. The repertoire consisted of ballroom as well as 'pop' musicprovided by the 'Sounds Everlasting'. Towards the end of the evening Mrs. Fay waspresented with a box of chocolates by the chairman of the Dance Committee, IanBrownLie. Few people left the dance-floor in the latter half of the evening and toeveryone's dismay twelve o'clock arrived too soon.

And so, another Matric Dance at Wynberg has come and gone, and will be rememberedas one of the highlights of our school career.

Special thanks must go to Mrs. Blackbeard, Matron and Sister de Klerck for theexcellent supper and their unfailing helpfulness. Without them the dance would not havebeen the success it was. Mr. Blackbeard must be thanked once more for his kindco-operation with the dance committee throughout the preparations.

Congra tulations must also go to Peter Weir who was in charge of the décor, Kevin Finewho was in charge of the lighting, and Bruce Campbell who was in charge of the ceiling.

Jackie Weir must also be thanked for her very valuable assistance given to usthroughout the dance preparations.

Ian Brown1ie.

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LlTTLEWOOD HOUSEThe boarders are a very necessaly addition to the school even though the day-boys

may not think so.It seems traditional to give a complete account in the House Report of the sporting

achievements of the boarders. This seems a sound policy as we don't feature too well inthe academic activities of the school although we have a few exceptions. In rugby we canboast of four 1st XV players: Allan Theys, 'Planky' Johnstone, Terry Dunster and'Stompie' Milford. All other teams list boarder representatives. I should like to thankthose boarders who helped at the Saturday morning matches.

'Planky' ]ohnstone, Alan Davis, Robert Good and John Somerville represented theboarders i.n the l st Cricket and Hockey teams. In the] udo teams we had] urgens Wessels(W.P.) and 'Planky' Johnstone (W.P.S.). The swimming team had a boarder as captain,Terry Dunster. In Table Tennjs we had two W.P. (B. team) players. As was the case lastyear, the school cadet-band drew heavily on LittIewood House and once again thedrum-major was a boarder.

Our informal Sunday night meetings held by Jock Schoeman, Phil de Wet and StanJenrungs are of great value to us and much appreciated. We thank them for giving up theirfree time and hope they will return next year.

This year we have managed to reconcile Littlewood and Waterloo Houses to the extentof holding three joint film shows per term in the 'Barn' at the Boys' High School. At firstthe_meetings were highly segregated but now integration is complete. These evenings aredue to Mr. Slater's initiative.

We raided the common-room fund to install a stereo radiogram in the SeniorCommon-Room and Sister de Klerk obtained a grant from the Cape EducationDepartment to fit wall-to-wall carpeting. All this provides an effective guard againsthomesickness.

LittIewood House prefects 1970: Robert Good (head), Brian Burke (vice-head), DannyMilford, Barrie Barnardt, Allan Theys and Chris Cummings. Our thanks go to our threehousemasters and to Mr. Blackbeard for their support, which made our task so mucheasier.

The masters' flat has seen a variety of faces this year. The newly-wed Mr. Heath wasacting-superintendent during Mr. and Mrs. Blackbeard's absence overseas. We want tothank Messrs. Heath, Slater, Meyer, Callaghan and Parker for the ever-ready help theyhave afforded us. Mr. and Mrs. 8lackbeard have, as usual, done a great deal for theboarders, both as a substitute father and mother and in the runrung of LittIewood House,and we do appreciate this concern.

Our very special thanks go to Matron, Mrs. Krause, and Sister de KIerek. The prefectswant to thank these ladies for the special a ttention we enjoyed.

Next year, in the army, reminiscences of our last year at school will be truly nostalgic.Brian Burke.

LIBRARY REPORTLibrarians: P. Gambon, R. Goldstein, D. Pogrund, G. Fitzpatrick, S. Gambon, M.

Goldstein,J. Britz,]. Martin,N. Borain.We have been singularly fortunate thjs year in having Paul Gambon as head librarian.

He has been a tower of strength in every respect, supervising to the last detail everydepartment of the Library. More often than not he or his brother or R. Goldstein wouldbe busy at their task until five in the afternoon. The "muddied oafs" and "flanneled~fools" have little conception of the effort that goes into the service that they so take forgran ted or, worse still, ignore completely.

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Back Row: M. Austin, E. Coffin, K. Burgess,M. van Verseveld,W. Bailey, E. Rijkers, N. Borain, C. vanTonder, A. Brown.

Fifth Row: S. Jackson, R. Steven-Jennings, J. Wessels,A. Davis, D. Furmage, A.P. Durant, N. Walsh,L. Slow, T. Dunster, G. Bricknell, C. Dahl, N. Watson, T. Dodd, G. Heath, S. Ryan.

Fourth Row: P. Retief, J. van Rensburg, S. Dyason, N. Snyman, G. Doran, A. M. Durant, D. Johnson,K. Heydenrych, N. Selby, D. Rivett, S. Elms, R. van Zyl, L. Smit, P. Calder, G. Hards, P.Taylor-Smith.

Third Row: P. Baker, M. Baard, D. Eyre, R. de Villiers, P. le Roux, D. Nangle, B. Johnson, I. Bennett,A. Meyer, P. Watson, M. Theys, J. Barton-Bridges, t'. Heather, G. Robson, B. van Rensburg, A. G.Durant, W. Post.

c:"cond Row: A. Sleigh, C. Tylcoat, P. Mann, A. Theys, D. Milford, Mr. E. Callaghan, Sister De Klerk,R. Good (Head Boy), Mr. N. Blackbeard (Superintendent), Mrs. Blackbeard, B. Burke (DeputyHead Boy), Mrs. Krause, Mr. J. Slater, B. Barnardt, C. Cumming, J. Somerville, I. Johnstone.

Front Row: G. Sutton, A. Adams, K. Sutton, J. Mieny, P. Bragg,K. van Zyl, P. van Tonder.

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There was a considerable flutter in the dovecote early in the year when it was learntthat a Departmental inspection would be made. Understandably perhaps, but neverthelessinconveniently, the Department is curious to know what happens to its annual librarygrant of R620. It is also concerned that a high percentage of university students fail theirexaminations partly because they do not know how to use a reference library. Theyliterally lose themselves in the stockrooms and it is felt that some familiarity with theDewey Decimal System will at least enable them to locate themselves. School libraries,therefore, are to be modelled on University libraries, so that students who go up for theirfIrst year will have some .idea of how to trace their reading requirements.

This, of course, is a tall order for masters in charge of school libraries. Very few havelibrary qualifications, and most have other extra-mural duties; not to mention that theyare invariably language teachers and carry a heavy burden of preparation and marking.

In the event the library inspection passed off peaceably, but it was recommended thata full-time, fully trained and qualified librarian be appointed. But such people - whomust also have a teaching qualification - are d.ifficult to find and we are patientlyawaiting an appointment.

Some changes were made in the magazine order this year. We added 'Motor-cycle','Popular Electronics' and the London 'Sunday Times' to our list and all three have provedpopular. It never ceases to surprise that the popularity of 'Punch' is not diminished by thegeneration gap and the ever-widening cultural gap between ourselves and Britain.

An innovation this year is the purchase of Jackdaws - stout and attractively boundand printed folders containing facsimiles of llistorical documents. Those in constantdemand are Battle of Britain, Anglo-Boer War, Waterloo, Trafalgar, Tower of London.

Paperbacks have been purchased in greater numbers. Much excellent reading of pastdecades is no longer obtainable in hard covers; moreover with novels ranging in pricebetween R3 and R4, it is tempting to buy, instead, six paperbacks and write them offsomewhat sooner than a hard-cover publication.

There seems to be no answer to our chronic problems: overcrowding during lunch -especially on rainy days, lost books, overdue books and boys who never read.

[ should like to thank the librarians for a valuable task well performed; and MangnallRogers and Wilson for their Friday afternoon help. Finally Imust thank Mr. A. Fourie. forhis h.ighly competent handling of the Afrikaans section and for his invaluable aid in theclassification of the Reference Library.

V.P.

FOUNDERS' DAYPerfect weather graced the occasion of the annual Founders' Day celebrations. The

whole cadet detachment with the exception of C company was on parade.After the cadets had taken up their positions, sentries were placed at the memorial

gates and the colour party and other members of the Guard of Honour took up theirpositions beside the swimming pool.

Proceedings were opened with a hymn and this was followed by Peter Shelton'sreading of the lesson, "Let us now praise famous men ... " The inscription on thememorial and the names of old boys of Wynberg who lost their lives in both world warswere read by the head boy, Geoffrey Ronaidson. " ~

Cadets in the Guard of Honour and A Company presented arms while the Last Postwas sounded by the Gibbs brothers. Tllis was followed by the reveille.

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Ceremonial guard mounted at the Memorial Gates,Founders'Day, 1970.

Mrs. Catherine Taylor, M.P. for Wynberg, who had kjndly agreed to deputise at shortnotice for Sir de Villiers Graaff, then delivered her speech.

She said that she did not believe that a wholesale condemnation of modern youth wasjustified. Styles of hair and dress were not, in themselves, symbols by which to judgecharacters and morals. What was important, and especially for us in South Africa, was tokeep ourselves alert and informed, to avoid mental stagnation and passive acceptance oftraditional attitudes. IJ was our duty, she said, to test everything by the light of reasonand constantly to re-think our attitudes in a constantly changing world. She warned us,however, that this did not mean a complete rejection of traditional disciplines and of alinking of arms with the 'beautiful people'! The tyranny of the left - politically, sociallyand morally - she finally warned, was as dangerous as the tyranny of the right.

After Mrs. Taylor's address the sentries at the memorial gate were changed. This issymbolic of handing over the task of protecting the memorial and its precincts to theboys who will be at the school the following year. This is to show that the school isconscious of the unselfish ideals and sacrifices of those who died.

After the changi!1g of the sentries the battalion marched past and saluted thememorial.

Finally the cadet band entertained guests with a selection from its repertoire.Thereafter tea was served in Littlewood House.

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At the beginning of this year, activities of this society were numerous, butunfortunately when Mr. Tucker left us, the spirit of the Music and Dramatic Societyeemed to leave wi th l'tim.

Many lunch-breaks were spent Ustening to records on classical works by Gershwin,Mozart and Greig and vocal works by the Swingle Singers and Bjoerling.

On many occasions members of this society went to the various theatrical productions.These included "The Way of the World" and "The Cherry Orchard" by Capab, "TheEmperor" by Pacof and "The House by the Lake" by the Strolling Players. Mr. Heath isto be thanked for arranging most of these functions during Mr. Tucker's absence.

We were indeed very pleased to have four members of Capab 'Music for Youth' withus. They included Pierre de Groote on the violin, Virginia Fortesque on the harpsichord,Eva Tamassy, a Flautist, and Richard Oxtoby on the recorders. The two performancesthese artistes gave were thoroughly enjoyed by all.

This year the Wynberg Girls' High School produced 'Pride and Prejudice by HelenJerome (dramatiscd from Jane Austin's novel) and the Boys' School were indeeddelighted with the invitation to play the male roles.

After many weeks of rehearsal, the cast gave their performance on four occasionsduring March. Mrs. Patricia Robson, the producer, is to be congratulated on heroutstanding production which proved most enjoyable with all the audiences.

Members of our school who took part and who are to be congra tulated on theirexcellent performances are: lan Johnstone (Mr. Bennet), Nicholas Fine (Mr. Darcy),Bruce Pringle (Mr. l3ingley), Nicholas King (Mr. Collins), Nigel Wright (Mr. Wickham),Peter Shelton (Col. The Hon. Guy Fitzwilliam), Maurice Goldstein (HilI), and David Jupp(Captain Denny). -

Thanks also go to the many stage assistants who helped with the various jobsbackstage.

The Sixteenth Annual "Hour of Music"The Annual "I lour of Music" took place in the School 1-Iall on Friday and Saturday

nights, II th and 12th September, when we welcomed a large audience on each occasion.The programme opened with a concerto for two violins and orchestra by the composer

Manfredini. This is a very pleas,mt -work, most suitable for introducing baroque music toyoung players. The soloists, David Pogrund and Robin Friedlander, had worked hard ontheir parts and acquitted themselves ably. Next came a piano solo - on Friday a Chopinocturne, in a thoughtful and musical performance by Clive StockweIl and on Saturday,

a Schumann Novellette, in a keen and lively performance by Raymond Goldstein, whosurprised us all with an encore of his own composition, "Prelude for the Sixteenth Hourof Music". We wish Raymond evely success with l'tis composition as he furthers h.is musicstudies on leaving school.

The third item a Vivaldi Concelto for cello and orchestra, brought Andrew Klopper assoloist. He has developed well this year, and played with a very musical, singing tone.

The recorder players then took the stage. Alan MOLTisgave a selflively and enthusiasticaccount of a Sonata by James Hook while he was later joined by Graham Earl and CliveStockweIl in a very moving A.ir by Robert Woodcock.

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The piano was then moved into position for the performance of Alec Rowley'sMiniature Concerto for Piano and Orchestra. This is an entirely charming work designedfor young players to provide a suitable start at concerto playing. Friday night's soloistwas Stephen Granger whose playing was musical and thoughtful while Saturday's soloistwas David Crathome, who gave a fIrm, lively account of the solo part.

Next came David Pogrund, who with Mr. Lorie, played the first movement of Dvorak'sSonatina for vioHn and piano. David also shows great development over the year withgood feeling for the music in hand.

The recorder consort then mounted the platform. Stephen du Toit is a very promisingplayer, whose Haydn Minuet was a most lively and promising performance. He was thenjoined by Alan Morris, Graham Earl, Gerald de Beer and undsay Mann (with hispercussion instruments) in some cheery pieces by Slater and Tate. Mr. Forbes Smith wastheir director, and accompanied the piano.

The curtains now parted to reveal the fIfty six strong junior choir, with peerless Mrs.Elsie Jennings at her usual place at the piano.

Once again, our young singers, so magnificently trained by Mrs. Jennings, provided agroup of delightful songs, fIrst "The Lord is my ught," a version of Psalm 27 by Allister,second the evergreen two-part version of Hely-Hutchinson's setting of "The Owl and thePussy cat" third, Michael Diack's witty Handelian slant on "Sing a Song of Sixpence" andfourth in three parts Haydn Wood's "Song of a Thankful Heart" needless to say, anencore was demanded, and took the form of Eric Thinan's "Song of the Glens". ThesingÏng throughout was a sheer joy.

Last item of all was orchestral. Frank Bridge's Valse Russe and Marche Militaire, each acontrast to the other, found the orchestra in good form and accord.

The 1970 names for the Epworth Music Cup were Jeffrey Ronaldson, David Pogrund,Andrew Klopper, Robin Friedlander, Clive StockweIl, Raymond Goldstein, DavidCrathorne and Stephen Granger.

My own very special thanks to Mrs. Jennings, Mrs. Perold, Mr. Forbes Smith, Mr.Wiehalm, Mr. Rautenbach and Mr. Vermeymeren for their tireless work in training theperformers - to all the performers, school boys and old boys, and to the audiences who gaveus such wonderful support. Another milestone in the history ofW.B.H. and J.S. School Music.

A. Lorie

WINTER DRAMA SCHOOLThe 6th Winter Drama School was held this year from Monday, 22nd June, until

Wednesday, 1st July, at Cape Town High School and at the Little Theatre.The morning session, from 9.30 to 12.30, was divided into three periods and these

covered various subjects such as make-up, movement, creative drama, speech, stagetechnique, production and backstage work. Two periods were also spent at the S.A.B.C.

After an hour for lunch we adjourned to the Little Theatre for hourly lectures by suchpeople as Robert Mohr, Mavis Taylor, Tessa Marwick and Helen Rooza, who lectured onstyles of the theatre, movement, costumes, Bantu Theatre, lighting and contemporarydrama. Thereafter, from 2.30 until 4.30, the second-year students rehearsed the ten shortplays in which the j~~ first-year students participated. These productions were staged inthe Little Theatre on the last night of the course and were most successful.

Wealso had the opportunity of seeing the plays "Spring Awakening" and "The Alchemist."All members of staff and especially Mr. Robin Malan must be congratulated, must be

thanked for all their effort and time spent in making the Drama School the success that it was.In conclusion, I· would like to say that it was a pity that only two pupils from our school

attended this most enjoyable course, and I hope that next year this number will increase.M.Stein, IDA.

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HOUSE REPORTS

VAN RIEBEECK HOUSE

Housemasters: Mr. Blom, Mr. CaJlaghan, Mr. Orchison, Mr. Breetzke, Mr. Meyer.House Captain: E. Casper.Secretary: P. Shelton.Committee: M. Gluckman, N. Fine, E. Rykers, S. Curry, K. Burgess.

This year proved victorious for Van Riebeeck in all sections of sport. Mr. Blom, histeam of housemasters, the committee and E. Casper, the House Captain, must all bethanked for their tremendous amount of hard work in guiding Van Riebeeck to victory.

Rugby: Van Riebeeck was represented in the Ist XV by l. Brownlie, E. Casper, M.Gluckman, T. Hewitt, K.Wright, N. Fine, S. Curry, V. Potter, R. Whitehead.

[ Brownlie must be congratulated on captaining the Ist XV for the first part of theseason and S. Curry for the remainder. Although the inter-house rugby is still to beplayed, Van Riebeeck is favoured to win.

Cricket: Van Riebeeck was runner-up to Rhodes in the inter-house cricket. Those whodistinguished themselves were A. Lamb, who scored a century, and E. Casper who tookfive wickets. We were well represented in the I st XI by A. Lamb and M. Gluckman.

Athletics: Van Riebeeck frowned off last year's defeat and carried off the AthleticCup with fine spirit and hard work. Those deserving special merit are N. Fine, M.Gluckman, G.le Roux and J. Oosthuizen.

Swimming: The might of Van Riebeeck proved itself when we came first with overdouble the points of our nearest rivals, Rhodes. Mention must be made of specialperformances by the under 14 relay team, the under 16 relay team and M. Preyser, L.Perry, D. Yach and G. Rixon.

Tennis: Van Riebeeck won the inter-house tennis with L. Shlomowitz and L. Venterdistinguishing themselves. Representing Van Riebeeck in the Ist team were L.Shlomowitz, L. Venter.

Badminton: Van Riebeeck was represented in the 1st and 2nd Badminton teams by I.Brownlje (2nd team Captain), P. W. Gohl, P. D. Gohl, Waring, J. Wessels.

Hockey: R. Good represented Van Riebeeck in the Ist Hockey team and must becongratulated in getting into the final Province Trials.

Band: E. Rykers, better known as "Moose" deserves special mention for the hard workhe put into the band as Band Leader.

Judo: T. Hewett and J. Wessels gained Honours this year.Societies: N. Fine played a prominent role in the school Debating Society. E. Casper

was Chairman of the Golf Club and Chairman of the Hebrew Cultural Society.Prefects: E. Casper, R. Gluckman, L Brownlie, P. Shelton, R. Good, V. Potter

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DE WAAL HOUSE

Housemasters: Mr. P. Broster, Mr. J. Mathew.House Captain: D. Sims.Vice-Captain: C. Ramsden.Committee: H. Bosman, A. Theys, D. Thomson.

A thletics: Through sheer lack of talent in the senior age groups, De Waal was unable torepeat last year's performance. We did, however, manage third place. Our strength lay inour juniors where the Cawoods again gave us good support.

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Cricket: There were not even enough seniors to fHl a team this year but some of thejuniors who helped out put up a good show. C. Ramsden was awarded colours.

Rugby: The house matches have not yet been played. Alan Theys, De Waal's onlyregular 1st team player, had a very good season. D. Furmage went on tour.

Swimming: De Waal came third - thanJ{s again to our juniors, of whom Knight andJackson did well.

De Waal had two prefects this year: D. Sims and B. Burke. Our congratulations go toVan Riebeeck who have done so well this year. Sincere thanks to Mr. Broster and Mr.Mathew for all their support.

RHODES

Master-in-charge: L. Heath.House Captain: 1. Emms.Vice-Captain: R. Clark.Secretary: G. Ronaidson.Committee: T. Durant, P. Mann, P. Gilmour, F. Kalis, H. Oblowitz, C. Smedley, R. Elliot,

T. Dunster , J. Margalit.This year was very much more successful than last year and more enthusiasm was

shown all round. Rhodes, ably led by 'Muscles' Emms, took the Friedlander Shield forthe winning house. Congratulations to the nine prefects in Rhodes. They are: G.RonaIdson, T. Durant, I. Emms, R. Clark, P. J. Simcock, B. Campbell, H. Oblowitz, R.Blackbeard and J. Burger. The senior cricketers won their section and ended secondoverall. R. Clark was awarded his honours blazer. [n the rugby the juniors fared weU andthe under 15 side was unbeaten and Rhodes ended on top overall. D. Ayre took the under13 team to second place and J. Louw led the under IS's. Congratulations to J. Margalitfor his W.P. Schools selection and to T. Dunster for his blues award.

Rhodes came second in the gala, athletics and cross-country. Congratulations to H.Oblowitz and F. Kalis who represented W.P. and also to the latter for winning thecross-country. In the under 19 section (athletics) Smedley, Oblowitz, Gilmour and Kalisdistinguished themselves, as did Coffin in the under 16 section. In the gala T. Dunster andM. King did well.

The other houses are certainly very fortunate that there is no house hockey as Rhodesboasted five first team players here. R. Clark and T. Durant were awarded honours andblues respectively. R. Blackbeard, D. Bishop, R. Goodchild and P. Tayler-Smith took usto second place in the tennis after a closely fought match with Van Riebeeck. R.Blackbeard and D. Bishop were awarded blues. T. Robertson won the solo drumming forthe third time this year and will again represent W.P. in the inter-provincial competition.

G.K.R.

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WELLINGTONHousemasters: Mr. D. Bromberger, Mr. J. Slater.House Captain: M. Oosthuizen.Secretary: K. Fine.Committee: Milford, Ablesohn, Reyneke, Porter, Silverman, Bakkum, Bailey.

Although Wellington did not win every event this year they certainly did top the list asfar as house spirit, hard work and endeavour are concerned. We can't thank Mr.Bromberger enough for his unfailing ability to inspire our members.

Sport: Wellington was a force to be reckoned with at the school sports. M. Oosthuizengained places in the long jump and other events. OUvier, under 12, won all his events andGibbons hurdled his way to victory and Bailey did well in the shot-putt.

Swimming: Wellington's hopes of gaining first place were dashed as our swimmers did

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not come up to expectations. They did, however, win the under 19 relay and were only0.1 sec. outside the record. Most of the senior points were scored by Thomson andSilverman.

Rugby: WeUington excelled in this field with five regular and effective Ist teamplayers: Ablesohn, Bakkum, Oosthuizen, Milford and Des Ligneris. Ablesohn was chosenas scrum-half for Craven Week in Rhodesia. He was awarded a Blue. All our 1st teamplayers received colours.

HEBREW CULTURAL SOCIETY

Chairman: E. CasperVice-Chairman: B. BarronSecretary: M. SteinCommittee: L. Atlas, M. Goldstein, H. Katz, A. Silvem1an.The Society enjoyed a most active year with meetings being held at regular intervals.

These meetings took the form of fIlms, slide-shows and lectures. The fIlms viewed were:"Only Another Day", "Children of Exodus", "Most Precious Resort," Ilnd "The Game".These were most enjoyable.attendances. The first talk was given by Mr. Pinshaw of the Jewish Board of Deputies. Histalk was 1110Stinteresting and he traced famous Jewish sportsmen and well-known peoplein early South African history.

Mr. Michael Morris came to us on the following occasion to speak about computersand aU about the work they do.

The next meeting took the form of a slide-show, which was presented by Mr. MorrisCohen. Mr. Cohen was one of the volunteers who went to Israel during the Six Day War.He gave a commentary to the slides which showed us many interesting sights in Israel, andgave us some idea of how lsraelis live.

Towards the end of the first term Mr. Martin Nockie gave his thoughts andr-xplanations on a book written about kilbuttzin. This proved most enjoyable. Anothertalk of a similar nature was given by Mr. Geoffrey Peires who spoke about the Day ofRemembrance and Anti-Semitism in Europe.

We were indeed pleased to have Miss Jllana Kitner with us. As a Rotary Exchangescholar she told us about life in America. This was a most interesting talk.

The last talk was given by Or. Dan Shanit who spoke about student life in Israel. Hewas President of the International Union of Dental Students and was Secretary of theWorld Union of Jewish Students in Israel. He is now student advisor for the Students'Jewish Association at U.C.T.

Our thanks go to aU these speakers to whom we are indebted for a successful andactive year.

At the time of going to Press, the Society is organising a tean1 to send to theinter-school Bible Quiz which I am sure will prove most successful.

A special vote of thanks goes to Mr. Ehud Sagiv, who has been interested in ouractivities and who has helped to arrange them. Thanks also go to Mr. Broster for allowingus to use the Lecture Theatre.

STUDENTS' CHRISTIAN UNIONChairman: C.R. WilliamsVice-Chairman: P. WilliamsonCommittee: R. Whitehead; M. GreenMasters-in-charge: Mr. P. BrosterThis has been a year of many changes in the Union stemming from the committee's

attendance at a Scripture Union Leadership Camp at Froggy Pond. One result of themany new ideas gained at the camp was the organisation of a combined Girls' and Boys'Camp at Melkbosstrand. The First term's theme was "The Bible", and this was illustratedby a series of mm strips and talks. This term ended pleasantly with a braaivleis at Mr.Williamson's house.

Our Second Term was as interesting as the first, the theme being "Famous Charactersfrom the Old Testament." At the end of this term another combined meeting was held atMiss Perrow's house in Plumstead.

During the third term Bible Week was organised, and a bookstall was held at breaks.This proved to be a highly gratifying effort, many B.ibles and other books being sold.During this week a New English Bible was presented to the School by the Union.

On behalf of the committee I would like to thank all those who have helped to makethe year a success, and especially Mr. Broster for all he h.asdone, and Mr. Mathew for theuse of his laboratory. Most of all, however, our thanks go to the Lord Jesus Christ for theway he has been with us in all our efforts and prospered our work this year.

******************PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

It seems as if the rebirth of the photographic society at Wynberg is at last a very realthing. This year our new darkroom was made available to a very large number of old andnew but very enthusiastic members.

The darkroom has been fitted out with the very latest and best equipment and we canat last boast of two enlargers and a host of other necessities which are avajlable to allmembers at extremely low cost. In this respect we would all like to express ourgratitude to Mr. Broster who has been the driving force behind the society throughout theyear.

During the year lessons and expert guidance concerning printing and developingtechniques were given to all recruits.

We cannot sufficiently express our thanks to Mr. Blackbeard for the financial backingwhich we have received from him. This and only this enabled us to expand and improveas we did. We are most grateful to him.

All members of the photographic society must realise that the success or failure of thesociety depends entirely on them. It is for tlus reason that we urge them to take a realinterest in the society and to make use of the facilities available to them.

Master in charge: P. BrosterChairman/Sec.: K. Fine

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MOUNTAIN CLUB

DEBATING SOCIETYMaster in charge: Mr. KooyChainnan: G. RonaldsonSecretary: K. Fine

This year was a fairly inactive year for the debating society. In the second term Mr.Parkins took charge of the society while Mr. Kooy was on leave.

At the National Bilingual Speaking Competition which was held at Marist Brothers ourschool was represented by Silverman and Cooke. The views of RonaIdson, Cooke, Fine,Taylor and King were expressed on Wynberg's behalf at the Forum discussion which washeld in our hall. Our traditional debates against the Old Boys and also the Girls' Schoolhave not yet been held.

The inactiveness of the society is largely due to the lack of interest and drive shown byits members. Without enthusiasm this society cannot function successfully.

President: Mr. P. Cronwrigh tChainnan: Mr. A. MorrisSecretary: B. CampbellCommittee: R. B1umgart, R. Hiseman, D. Jupp, B. PringleSeven years ago a mountain club was formed at Wynberg by a number of exceptionally

keen climbers. Today with these founder members now leading school clubs, we have amost active club with an ever increasing membership. AlthOUgll the junior section is nowin a safe position, the next committee must endeavour to catch the interest of the newstandard sixes at the beginning of next year. The master-mind behind the success of theclub has once again been the President, Mr. Cronwright. His enthusiasm has inspired aUmembers with the result that there is tremendous interest and spirit in the club. .

This year's programme began with a climb at Elsies Peak near Fish Hoek. With perfectweather and a party of eighteen boys, three short routes were completed. A party whichconsisted of ten members, who were new to the sport, climbed an easy route, while theleader, Lulu Patrick, explained methods and techniques. Clinlbs of a harder nature (Estandard) once again appeared on the programmes. The inclusion of these climbs hasprovided ince.ntive for the members to do six 'D' standard routes after which they maymove on to the harder ones. But the club does not cater for only those boys who enjoythe more difficult climbs. There are days for the boys who enjoy walks and for those wholike easy rock scrambling. Whether a boy is interested in fitness or photography, the clubcaters for his needs.

The Mountain Club of South Africa (M.C.S.A.) which is always striving to keep inc1ese contact with school clubs arranged a meeting addressed by Mr. Fletcher and Mr.Scheiders. The general subject was "Rock-climbing techniques" and was attended by boysfrom all schools in the Western Province, including a number of our senior members.M.C.S.A. rock meets were attended by a few members. The members of our club wouldlike to thank the M.C.S.A. for their continuous support and interest. In return for theirservices, the school club once again arranged a work party at the Du Toits Kloof Hut. Anumber of boys got through a day's hard work clearing fire breaks around the hut.Another work party has been arranged because of the ceremony commemorating thehut's completion and opening, which will take place on the site in the near future. Bymeans of its activities the club has succeeded in surrounding itself with a circle of friends

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with the result that it has established a strong foothold for the future.There were once again a number of weekend climbs during the year and boys were

able to climb in the cold Bokkeveld, the Cederberg, and Du Toit's Kloof. The weatherproved an unwelcoming foe and resulted in the cancellation of a number of climbs.

During the second term Prof. Jackson addressed the club on the subject "Wild flowersof the m(wntains." The evening was el~oyed by aU. The quarterly meeting during thethird term was highlighted by members' slides, taken during the various school climbs.

The annual trip to the Cederberg once again took place under the gujdance of Mr.Cronwright. Helping out with the leadership during this week in April was Mr. Fair, exWynberg master, and 'Doe' Watson, a Rondebosch master. The trip took the form of anextensive traverse in the Southern Cedarberg which included, for some boys, as many asten peaks.

I would like to thank Mr. Morris, Mr. Cronwright and aU others who aided the club inits continual progress.

SCIENCE CLUBMaster in Charge: Mr. MetrowichChairman: TylcoatVice-chairman: MillnerOthers on committee: Shelton, King

I would like to thank Mr. Metrowich very much for his co-opera tion and interest in theclub. He always spurred us on. He would have l_ikedus to have done practical work byourselves for he was himself very busy.

I would Like to thank Charles Field and Mr. Van Breda for giving up their time to talkto the club about space travel and computers Tespectively. We showed mms from theShell library and for these I extend our thanks. We also visited Metal Box. We haveplanned an outing to visit Stellenbosch University and Mr. Van Breda is going to give usanother talk on computers. We will also be arranging a few more fIlms this year.

[n the flrst tenn we had a number of committee meetings. We planned an interestingyear with mms, practicals and talks. This was the first term and the work piled on and wefound it impossible to do anything. The practicals which were decided upon were veryinteresting but too involved. It required reading up and this we found interesting butoften not very informative as regards the actual projects. In short, I think a Standard Ninecommittee should be appointed next year for they have much less work than matricshave.

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Chairman: D. MaederSecretary: R. WaringThis year started with the Annual Cham-

pionships won by R. Waring in an unbeateneffort. We offer our congratulations to him. Hewas followed by D. Maeder an.d F. Kyriacos.

Our league games have gone well, and at thetime of going to press the results to date were:

For AgainstBishops 8 2Sea Point 8 2St. Josephs 3 7Herzlia 7 3St. Georges 6 4Pinelands 8 2Westerford X 2 8Paarl 10 0Westerford A 8 2Groote Schuur 7 3Cape Town High 4 6

There are stijl three matches to be played. Inthe newly formed 2nd league our second teamhas not fared too welL

A special mention must be made of F.Kyriacos who is at present unbeaten at boardthree. Tllis year we have three entrants in theWestern Province Junior Championship. Theyare D. Maeder, R. Waring and F. Kyriacos. Wefared well last year, having all three entrantsplaced in the first ten. They were D. Maeder5th (chosen as reserve for S.A. Junior Cham-pionships), R. Waring 7th and P.A. Feitelson8th.

Last year the First Team came third in the1st League and the Second Team came second,having lost only one match to Pinelands whowon the league.

The Old Boy's Match is planned for the 21 stSeptember.

All in aU it has been an uneventful year withdaily attendance mediocre and league resul tspromising. The former can be ascribed to a longseries of mms screened by Mr. Broster. Wewould like to thank Mr. Meyer and all thosemasters who have helped with transport, andMr. Mathew for the use of the Biology Lab.

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THE CADET BAND

Back Row: R. Schuiler, D. Payer, Corp. R. Wiese, M. Wiese, S.Sgt. D. Gargan, M. Johnson, S. Fay, J.Douglas, I. Schriek.

Standing: A. Ingram, Corp. I. Emms, A. Peterson, G. Rixon, M. Waters, Sgt. J. Edwards, J. Somerville,C. Luden, S.Sgt. T. Dodd, D. Johnson.

Seated: S.Sgt. D. Jupp, W.O. " T. Robertson, Lt. B. Gardener, W.O. " S. Gibbs, Capt. W. Lennox,W.O. I E. Rijkers, Lt. D. Kooy, W.O. " I. Gibbs, D. Milford.

CADETSThls year we decided to hold a retreat ceremony on Founders' Day instead of entering

for the annual company competition. Unfortunately, the weather during the second termprevented our being able to obtain sufficient time to master rifle drill and slow marching,which were both unknown to our cadets.

At the time of writing preparations are at their final stages for Founders' Day andunless the weather proves un favourable, the parade should be a success. The annuaJillSpection is due to take place on the Monday following Founders' Day. C. Company areunable to participate in either of these events as we have not been supplied with sufficientuniforms for the cadets in this company.

We were sorry to lose Lt. A. Noffkj at the end of the second term after hls longassociation with Cadets at Wynberg. Our newly commissioned recruit to the cadets, Lt. J.Slater, took over the training of the guards from him.

Six of our cadets attended camps at Westlake during the course of the year. S.O.'s E.Casper, M. Oosthuizen, P. Gohl and W.O.A. Bowie attended a camp in January and Sgt P.Williamson and Sgt. A. Termorshuizen attended a camp during the Easter holidays. Allthese cadets are to be congratulated on the good results they obtained.

S.O. T. Durant proved to be an efficient senior student officer and was ably assisted inA Company by S.O.'s E. Casper, I. Brownlie, R. Elliott, and W.O.R. Good. S.O. M.Oosthuizen started as Guard Commander but had to withdraw as a result of a rugby

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lIljury and his place was taken by S.O. Casper. In B. Company the S.O.'s were C.Cumming, P. Gohl, T. Dunster, D. Thomson and K. Andrews. The training of the newrecruits in C Company was left to S.O.'s B. Campbell, J. Margolit, B. Pringle, J. Oliver andW.O. A. Bowie.

Our thanks go to our Commanding Officer, Capt. Lennox, for all the work he has hadto put into the organisation of the detachment; to our long-suffering Quartermaster, Lt.Bromberger; and to the other members of staff who have assisted in an official orunofficial capacity.It seems that this is to be the last year of the Wynberg Cadet Detacmnent in its present

fonn. We have no details, other than those that have appeared in the press, of theproposed new form for cadet detachments. This marks the end of another era .in thehistory of the Wynberg Cadet Detachment.

The band has done excellent work this year even under the adverse conditions of,firstly, pracUcally starting from scratch with a new band, apart from the drum sectionand, secondly, of being handicapped by the most inclement wea ther we have seen foryears, which nevertheless did not limit the practices. These boys could be seen and heardevery long break, short break, before school and even after school on occasions, everyday of the school week.

They were successful in again winning the W.P. Cadet Band competition, and willconsequently go to the National Competitions at Johannesburg. We wish them aUsuccess.I have pleasure in also stating that our leading drummer wlo T. Robertson was againplaced first in solo drumming. Wiese won the Silver Bugle for I st place in the buglingcompetition, and Drum Major E. Rijkers was placed second in his competition. All in all aworthy result.I would like to thank the new Band Master Lt. B. Gardner, also Lt. P. Breetzke and Lt.

D. Kooy, for their devotion to duty, and inspiration to the band members. Mywholehearted thanks go also to DIM Rijkers and all seniors in the band, who did theirutmost to make this year the success it has been.

PARENT I TEACHER ASSOCIATION

The Parent/Teachers Association has met regularly in committee during the year. Twogeneral meetings were arranged, which were well attended by the parents.

[n June, the drug menace was discussed, the guest speaker was Dr. H. F. Marlo, aspecialist in the field of drug effect on the human body, assisted by Mr. T. Caars ofHeynes Matthew. The Rev. Hitler spoke from the Church's point of view, emphasizingthat life meant something far greater than landing up as a drug addict. The Panel of GuestSpeakers was asked many questions which lead to interesting discussions.

In August Or. Skaife, a world authority on ants and termites, presented a mostinteresting film and talk. After both these meetings, tea was served by the LadiesCommittee, and an opportunity was given for parents to meet the teachers and discussthe progress of their sons in various classes.

Mrs. Damain-I-1arris and her Tuckshop Committee, assisted by willing parents, havecontinued to give sterling service in the running of the Tuckshop, a service greatlyappreciated by the boys, especially appreciated on a Saturday morning during sportsmeetings.

The parents have appreciated Mr. Blackbeard's reports on school activities which hehas kindly given at our Parents Meetings. We do believe the Parent-Teachers Association isfulfilling a function in providing the much needed bridge between parents and school.

James Morom, ] .P.

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THE OLDEST OLD BOYMr. H. M. Shaw, who l.ives in Indian Road,Wynberg, and is now 91 years of age, is theoldest living member of the Wynberg Boys'School.

W.B.H.S. developed out of Nixon's School -named after its headmaster - which had as itspremises the small cottage which still stands atthe corner of Aliwal and Riverstone Roads.

The Frontispiece photograph was taken in1895 on the day that Nixon's School closeddown and the boys were assembled ready tomarch across to their new school. Only the halland the library and the prefects' common roomremain of that school.

Mr. Shaw is the fourth seated boy from theright, i.e. between the two cricket stumps. Mr.Nixon is in the middle of the back row,bowler-hatted and moustached.

Many of our present boys have seen Mr.Shaw without recognising him. He is often tobe seen driving to Kenilworth station in his oldFord V8, greenish in colour, giving a warninghoot at the corners. And if your mothers playgolf at the Royal Cape and enter for the CecileShaw Trophy, they wiLl be competing for atrophy presented by Mr. Shaw's wife.

We wish him every happiness and continuedgood health.

Below are some of Mr. Shaw's remini-scences:

I was born on 18th March 1879, and fromthis you can know my age at the present time. Iam considered as having a good memory and Ishall have to draw upon it to give you somefacts of the early days of your school. At anearly date my father, who was the chiefengineer in the Punjunb in India, was appointedin London as an advisor to the Cape Govern-ment.

He bought the old property known asLongwood at the corner of Riverstone Roadand what was then known as Dead Man's Lane,now Brodie Road, at Wynberg. Now in view ofthe cemeteries, don't you think that DeadMan's Lane was more appropriate? Now let usget back to Boys' High School. About 100yards from Longwood along to the north at thejunction of Riverstone Road, Tennant Roadand Aliwal Road and on the north west cornerof these roads still stands a residence which wasthe old Nixon's School. Go further along Aliwal

Road towards Constantia and you get HiggsRoad, leading to what was then known as HiggsDorp. You had a building on the western cornerof Aliwal and Higgs Roads and this is whereMcNaughton lived. Nixon's School was theancestor of Boys' High School. When Nixon'sSchool became over-crowded, then Boys' HighSchool was built and all the boys went overHiggs Road to this new school under E.T.LittIewood. Living within 150 yards ofNixon's School, it is easy to understand whymy parents sent me to this school and when theshift took place I went with the majority. Thismakes me the oldest living boy who attendedLittlewood's School. At Nixon's the chiefgames were Cricket and Ball Slaan (A sort ofrounders). The property did not lend itself torugby. In the cricket team was Nicholas deKock, the fast bowler who afterwards got areputation for his pace, breaking a wicket inhalf during a bowling over.

Mr. Nixon, headmaster, was a married manwho lived in Constantia Road. He was sodevoted to his little daughter that he broughther to school with him. Then there was great

competition amongst the students for the jobof taking her back to her mother.

Littlewood's School was quite a differentmatter. Here we had splendid grounds and greatencouragement for athletic performances. Ihave a medal which I won for Cycle Race. Theboys on the bars were wonderful performers.Max Honnet was a perfectly formed individualand splendidly muscular. He afterwards ledSpringbok Football men to England. I havenever seen such a fine physical body of boys.They revelled in their strength and perfectlyideal build. There was a teacher namedEtheridge who was as keen on games as theboys and he used to let boys off theirpunishment to get them out to bowl to him atthe nets.

I could give you a list of men such as BertieGraham, Faulkner, Alec Solomon and others,all outstanding men in sport.

The outcome of all this strength was visiblewhen a master set a mathematics problem to hisclass and when several boys had solved thiscorrectly he found his best mathematician hadnot got the right answer. He was ordered tostand up and try again. He again failed toproduce a correct answer and then the master

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accused him of not trying. He replied that hewas trying and this the master did not believe.The boy then lost his temper, as, he said, themaster had called him a !jar. He snatched up anink pot and let fly at the master, missed, andthe pot shattered against the wall. He was takento E.T. Littlewood, who said he should get acaning. He was then taken into a small roomand Littiewood, Robinson and Lloyd tried togive him a taste of the cane. He was too muchfor the three of them and got away from theschool.

Now about myself. l left Littlewood andwen t to Bishops. Today I am the sole survivorof the famous O.O. Football team in whichwere Percy James, Biddy Anderson, FanieHeatlie and many other famous rugby men.

I. was an officer in the Prince of Wales' Riflesand we were called out at the time of the BreadRiots. I was approached by Colonels Woodheadand Lewis to take charge of District Six where

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we had one scrap and that was the end of theBread Riots.

1 en tered my business l.ife as an Engineer inthe Public Works, and then, thanks to Mr.Westhofen, I was allowed to attend classes atS.A.C. i.n the Avenue. I then became aGovernment Road Surveyor. I was appointed toinvestigate the boundary dispute between KingKhama and Rhodesia, coverillg about 450miles. Here, a fine young man from Little-wood's School, Punch Moller, was with me andwas killed by a snake. In 1927 I representedSouth Africa at an Engineers Conference heldill Paris. ( went to Bolivia and to the headwaters of the Amazon for a Company inLondon. I was the surveyor for Tiller ofDiamond Fields. Here I found the remains of amin ing concession where they shovelled awayspades-ful of diamonds looki.ng for tin.

I have a record as President of the lnstituteof Land Surveyors. ( went to East Africa to layout fanns for immigrants and lived in Zanzibar.

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EK EN DIE KOEJAWEL"Swiep, swiep," fluit die appels en koejawels verby my ore. Ons is almal besonder

vrolik, want die onderwyser doen sy eie werk en ons is geweldig opgewonde omdat diekwartaal amper verby is.

"A! " skree 'n outjie in die hoek, sy gesig oortrek met koejawelpitte en sap. Hy isongelukkig my vyand en ek het hom getref. Die klas was lam van die lag toe daar skieliknog 'n stem bykom.

"Wie het dit gegooi? " vra die onderwyser. Ons is skielik doodstil en ek word bleek."Wie het dit gegooi? " vra hy 'n tweede keer en ek steek my hand in die lug. Hy kyk myvererg aan en sê: "Gaan dadelik met die koejawel na die hoof en vertel hOI11wat jydaarmee gedoen het."

Ek stap in stilte uit die klaskamer en wonder wat om te doen. Ek besluit om na dieprinsipaal te gaan, want as die onderwyser uitvind dat ek nie gegaan het nie, dan is ekregtig in die moeilikheid.

Ek klop aan die deur."Kom binne," sê hy."Meneer, ek het 'n koejawel in die klaskamer gegooi, Meneer.""Myaarde, maar dit lyk vir my asof jy daarvan geëet het. Kan jy nie tot pouse wag

nie? ""Nee, Meneer, ek het dit gegooi, Meneer.",,0 so. Maak toe die deur." Terwyl ek die deur toemaak, haal hy sy rottang uit. Hy

slaan my dat ek sug van die pyn en toe ek uit die kantoor stap, vrywe ek my stert enbesluit om nooit weer dinge in die klas rond te gooi nie. Voortaan sal ek dit liewer eet.

A. Knight, 6A.

EARTHQUAKE DISASTER

As the evening drew nearer the happy community ofTulbagh was quietening down fora restful night. The following day was to be an eventful one because there was to be anexciting carnival. Little did the people know that the carnival would never take place.

Through the still and quiet night the sound of the church bell striking ten shatteredthe silence. As the tenth chime's echo drifted farther and farther many of Tulbagh'sinhabitants had already retired to bed, but strangely enough the animals had not.

Suddenly, from the mountains, there was a terrific wind which seemed to be tearingthe Boland to pieces. Then thunderous rumbling noises came rolling towards them fromthe sea. Then came the terror of an earthquake - the shaking. Everyone awoke and foundhis house falling apart. The windows were breaking and the whole town seemed tocollapse like a pack of cards.

The people ran screaming with terror from their falling houses into the cold night,grabbing their most precious belongings, their children and their pets.

In a couple of seconds the whole of the Boland was in the streets, cold and terrified.The screams of agony. terror and shock did not drown the thundering noise.

Never before, for some people, have thirty seconds appeared to be so long. As thevibrations subsided the mountainside burst into flame. Now these frightened victims wereencircled by a ring of fire. They dared not re-enter their homes and so they spent thenight in the road. No-one slept; many wept.

The rising sun looked down upon a sad sight and the following morning. Amid a circleof smouldering mountains were pathetic-looking people, homeless and very upset. All

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that was left upon each plot was a heap of debris.Every caravan and tent was sent to the people and they slept in them. A few bega.n

rebuilding only to find their homes demolished by a second tremor.If we should be so unfortunate as to have another earth tremor we, in Cape Town,

should think fust of those poor, suffering people in that devastated area, the Boland.C. Wallis, 6A.

IN DIE VRUGTEBOORD

Dit was vakansietyd. Ses weke van geen skoolwerk het voorgelê. Ons gesin woon inBergvliet waar daar baie vrugteboorde en plase gevind kan word. [n die somermaande isdaar baie vrugte aan die bome.

Een heerlike oggend het ek en my broer vroeg opgestaan want die vorige aand het onsbesluit om 'n sak vrugte te gaan steel. Ek het geweet dat elit baie stout was, maar ons hetbaie van vrugte gehou en ons het nie daaraan gedink nie. Ons het per fiets na die naastevrugteboord gely. Rondom die boord was 'n hoë heining. Ek het hard gedink en eindelikhet ek 'n plan beraam. Ons het my fiets teen die heining gesit, op my fiets geklim en onswas gou oor die heining. Eers het ons ons broeksakke vol vrugte gestop. Toe het ons diegroot sak begin pak. Dit was byna vol toe ons skielik 'n hond hoor blaf en mnr. Swart metsy geweer aangekom het. Ek het vreeslik geskrik; ons het die sak laat val en die hasepadgekies. Toe het ons 'n skoot gehoor, maar dit was mis; nog 'n skoot, ook mis. Soos blitswas ons oor die heining en op ons fietse. Ons het baie vinnig huis toe gery.

Gou-gou was ons in ons kamer en soos onskuldige seuns, het ons boeke gelees. Ek salnooit daardie noue ontkoming vergeet nie.

C. A. StockweIl, 6A.

ROMAN MISSIONARY

My name is Marcus hlius and I am a Roman Legionary. At the moment I am in thecamp of the warrior Attila, leader of the Huns, held prisoner because they think I am aspy. Two years ago, while fighting with the legions in Gaul, I was captured by barbarians.[ was made a slave, but managed to achieve my freedom. I became a missionary andtravelJed among the numerous barbaric nations, spreading the new Christian beliefs. WhenI left my family in Rome long ago, I had been converted to Christianity after hearing themissionary, Paul of Tarsus, speak in the forum.

I have travelled northwards, towards the frozen land of Mongolia. I have made my waythrough Danemark, land of the fierce Danes, and Northland. I have been throughGermany, spreading Christianity among the fair-haired Goths and Vandals and have livedwith the great Frankish tribes.

Two weeks ago I had to leave my horse with wandering tribesmen because of the deepsnow. The Huns found me lying half dead in the snow near their camp. Their settlementconsists of queer bee-hive shaped huts on wheels. They are made from felt and are calledyurts. The Huns are of Mongol blood and have wide features with flat noses. They wearfelt clothes. They are superb horsemen and perform amazing feats on the backs of theirMongol ponies.

While I am in captivity I hope to convert a few tribesmen to Christianity. They haveno firm religion, unlike the Northern tribes who worship such gods as Wodin and Thor.Instead, these Huns believe in strange spirits, as do the Tibetans and Chinese.

If my captors free me, I shall make my way back to far-off Italy where I shall rejointhe legions.

P. Merrington, 6A.

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HIJACKED

"Flight 704 from Paris has just landed," said the voice over the intercom. Ifolded upthe newspaper Ihad been reading, and picking up my brief-case, I slowly made my waytowards the door.

Stepping out into the sunshine, I noticed the Boeing airliner coming towards the mainbuildings. The weather was perfect and I hoped that it would last until 1 reached NewYork.

"Will passengers on flight 704 from Paris to New York please take their seats," camethe voice again, and I strolled out onto the tannac towards the now stationary airliner.

I had just taken my seat when I noticed a bearded man wearing a grey slouch hatcoming down the a.isle. He sat down a few seats away from me and began to read amagazine.

Before long the seats were all occupied and with our seat belts fastened we took offfrom London airport. After we had been flying for about an hour I noticed the beardedman rise from Ilis seat and amble towards the cockpit. I thought nothing of it, and Icontinued to read my newspaper.

Suddenly there was a crackle over the intercom and the pilot's voice was heard, "Thisis your pilot speaking, the aeroplane has been hijacked. Please do not panic. Anyone wholeaves his seat is likely to be shot." I then remembered the mysterious bearded man.

The newspaper dropped from my shaking fingers and I wondered where our next stopwould be. Cuba or maybe Beirut?

J. Barton-Bridges, 6B.

THE PARTY

I had been overcome with boredom since returning from the Sicilian Expedition theprevious year, early 415 B.C., and decided to have the largest and most memorable partyever.

At a quarter to five the guests started arriving. The women were elegantly dressed inextravagant flowing togas in luxuriant purple and orange colours. Herodotus arrived,looking extremely smart as he stepped down from his chariot. The party now took on arather dignified ai.r.

Suddenly shouts were heard in the atrium where Octus and Janel were engaged in aferocious battle. Octus drew his gleaming ruby-studded sword from his leather scabbardand struck down his adversary with a single fatal blow on the back of his skull.Thucydides, the deceased's father, drove himself into a fit of melancholy and ripped hispurple embroidered silk toga. We eventually calmed him and he overcame his grief. Theparty resumed.

Thë slaves soon served scrumptious food on golden platters. The numerous fish disheswere artistically laid out on a large table in the centre of the atrium. Ulecus the harpist,started plucking his instrument and the sweet music filled the air as the guests weretasting different fishes. They gloated over the wine and port, recently brought from Spainby the Arab traders.

As it was still early in the evening and the air was warm we dumped a few drunkardsinto our bath. Most of them recovered and at midnight we held the javelin contest undercandle Ught. Perilus was by far the most accurate thrower and managed to hit the targetfrom two hundred peltes. His brother Satlus, had little difficulty in excelling himself inthe discus contest.

The last event of the evening was a duel between our two slaves Mico and Lus. Thewinner would he liberated. Armed each with a weighty sword they began. Mico being

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more agiJe easily won by splitting Lus's helmet with a frna! show of his immense strengtn.Mico suddenly charged at me, his sword aimed at my heart and revenge in his eyes.

I felt the cold beads of sweat run down my spine and then, oblivion ...D. Yach, 7A.

POLLUTION!Air pollution, soil pollution, water pollution, people pollution, noise pollution, oil

pollution, soon it will be space pollution ... and what is its cause? Man!With no clean air to breathe, how can one survive? Without plants, where would we

be? Overpopulation is one of the modern world's most fearful crises and water, Life'snecessity, is not much use when fouled with cans, grime, bottles and a million and oneother things which frequent our streams and water supplies.

Let's take a look at the Brown Pelican of which only five eggs hatched ou t of 1,200nests in California last year. The Brown Pelican will undoubtedly disappear as a breedingbird in California. No-one wants the Brown Pelican to perish. He does not pollute. Hedoes not slaughter other species. He does not gather in numbers that nature can't supportbut yet he is destined to die. He is only one example of a victim of man. But few worryabout that. Man will continue to contaminate "the good earth" and only when it is muchtoo late wijl he realize; realize just how near death he is.

We are already getting used to signs such as: DANGER, POLLUTED STREAM - NOSWIMMING, but just how long will it be before we see: BEWARE, CONTAMINATEDAIR - NO BREATHING?

To remedy pollution the powers of the world will have to unite and impose heavyfrnes on anyone who in any way contaminates the earth. Death sentences should behanded out much more liberally, not only for murder, but for anyone who is caughtpolluting more than once (this should help in keeping the population down! ).

If, as is often the case, an oil tanker sheds its cargo, the company involved should notonly have to pay for and supervise the cleaning of beaches and affected waters but shouldalso have to pay the government concerned at least Rl ,000,000 for the sole use ofrestoring and conserving the local marine life.

A fine of R500 should be imposed on any person throwing papers around, andbusiness enterprises should be forced to purify all air that passes from their premises.

The present type of internal combustion engine motor car should be barred from usecompletely and small, economic and manoeuverable electric vehicles should be developed.Driving licences should be much more difficult to obtain and each person should beallowed to have only one car every ten years.

To give animals free and happy lives, vast areas of land should be set aside for theirhomes.

As far as noise goes, laws should be passed enforcing the use of "silencers" onindustrial machines and aeroplanes.It will take a lot to save the world and the chances are a~ainst us, but we can do it, and

we must make the world a better place for our children and grand-children.G. Jones, 7A.

OP DIE STRANDEen snikwarm Maandag gedurende die Kersvakansie, het ek en my maat besluit om by

die strand te gaan swem. Ons het ons fietse geneem en in die pad geval.Dit was so warm dat die sweet van ons afgerol het. Ons het net 'n paar myl van die

strand af gewoon. Dit het ons nie lank geneem om by die strand te kom nie.Toe ons by die strand kom, was daar baie mense wat in die swembad gebaljaar en in

die son lê en bak het. 'n Paar mense het net daar rondgestaan.

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Ons het gou-gou uitgetrek en voete natgemaak. Kort daarna was ek op die duikplanken het met 'n hoë duik die water geklief.

Daarna het ons 'n rukkie in die swembad gespeel. Ons het tot laat in die agtermiddagby die swembad gebaljaar, maar toe ons begin honger word, het ons besluit om te gaanaantrek en huis toe te gaan.

Ons het daardie dag ten volle geniet en ons het besluit om elke dag van dieKersvakansie daar deur te bring.

P. Hosiassohn, 7D.

THE RUN AWAY HORSEAt last it was finished. It is often said that one can spoil the ship for a ha'penny worth

of tar, but in our case this was certainly not so, for we had drained our savings to the lastcent in order to perfect our craft. It was indeed a grand sight as we gazed up at the sternwhich lay above us, resting in three large wooden cradles.

Three of us, helped and sometimes hindered by the willing hands of awed boys, hadcompleted the craft in two and a half years. We had come down to the dockyard almostevery evening after we had completed the day's work. to add a few touches to it. ThisSaturday, however, we had been at the dockyard from early morning and now the days oftoil were over and we lay on our backs admiring our handcraft in the light of fourpressure lamps.

We could not use the ship's lighting as the wiring had not yet been connected.However, this was merely a formality and the next day would surely see the fullinstallation of the wiring. The yacht had been perfected to the last detail, and thefigurehead, an expertly carved and polished horse's head, gleamed in the light provided bythe lamps and seemed to add more splendour and give it that majestic touch which itneeded. It was also later to have some influence on the name of the ship.

Although crowds had been gathered around the yacht all day, there were now only afew coloured dock workers to witness the completion. At length we packed up tools forthe day and each went his separate way home.

We were due to leave in eight days on our circumnavigatory voyage, and we were allrather excited, and even slightly apprehensive about what the future might hold for us.Starting from Cape Town we planned to sail to Britain, then southwards through thePanama Canal, across the Pacific to Australia and the East Indies, and finally back home.

Finally the great day dawned. A large crowd had gathered to give us a warm send-off.The champagne bottle was smashed across her bows, and we christened the yacht "TheRunaway Horse." Finally the craft lurched forward down the canal and into the sea, andwe ran away to adventure.

S. Granger, 8A.

'N VERSKRIKLIKE DROOMDie son is heerlik. Ek lê op die strand en die son bak op my rug. Ek is slaperig en ek

maak my oë toe. Ek sal nie aan die slaap raak nie. .. ek sal nie ... ek sal nie ... ek sal

,,James Henry Smit, u word ter dood veroordeel vir die moord op Elizabeth Hanes," sêdie regter, in 'n ernstige stem. Die polisieman slaan die boeie om my sweterige hande ensit sy hand op my skouer en sê: "Kêrel, ek is jammer."

"Ek het dit nie gedoen nie! Ek het nie! Ek het dit nie gedoen nie! " skree ek in 'nverdrietige stem. Die trane stroom uit my rooi oë. Ek kan nie praat nie. Ek, 'nmoordenaar! Dis nie waar nie. God help my. Asseblief'

Ek onthou nie die daaropvolgende dae nie. Ek kan dit nie glo nie. Ek gaan sterf.Verniet sterf. Ek het niemand vermoor nie. Wat het ... My gedagtes word deur diebewaarder versteur. "Jou vader is hier," sê hy.

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,,My seun ," sê hy, ,jy het nie baie tyd nie. Sê vir my - het jy daardie meisievermoor? " Ek huil. Ek sak op my knieë en hou sy baadjie vas en terwyl die trane van mywange afrol, sê ek: "Pa, ek het nie. Ek sweer dit."

Dis die volgende more. Ek het net een uur om te leef. Waarom moet ek nou sterf?Waarom? Ek hoor die voetstappe van die bevelvoerder en toe weet ek. Ek weet ek het niebaie tyd nie. Ek hoor die geluid van sy sleutels. Die sweet drup van sy voorkop af. Diedeur is oop. Ek kan die man net deur 'n mis van trane sien. Hy kom nader. Hy lig sy armop. "Help! Ek het niemand vermoor nie! Ek het nie! "

Ek kyk op en daar is 'n mooi meisie voor my. "Ek is jammer as ek u wakker gemaakhet, maar is dit u hoed? Ek het dit by daardie strandhuis gevind," sê sy. Ek is spraakloos.Dit was net 'n droom.

Ek het hard probeer, maar ek kon nje die trane van verligting terughou nie.L. Schneider, 8A.

1985It was the] st January, 1985. The traditional Coon-Parade was passing along Adderley

Street. My eight-year-old son was enjoying the parade, throwing coins to the girls with thecollection boxes. An enjoyable start to a new year!

Trus was also to be election year, as announced by the United Party Prime Minister,James Graaf, son of the previous Prime Minister, Sir de Villiers Graaff. The electionswould be held on the 4th of May to coincide with the day that the United Party firstassured power in ] 975.

The 4th of May finally arrived and I made my way to the polling booth under thePlumstead National Flyover bridge. After receiving my card I looked at the names of thecandidates staniling for the Wynberg constituency. First was C. J. Malherbe, the U .P.candidate and below him the present M.P. P.L. Smith of the Progressive Party. Iput mycross next to Mr. Smith's name, deposited my card and left the polling station.

The next day we heard the news: "The Prime Minister, Mr. James Graaff, has beenreturned by his supporters in Rondebosch. Mr. Danie Tyler, the Progressive leader of theopposition, has also won rus constituency in Durban North. The parties stand thus:United 62, Progressive 53, Nationalist 20, and the Herstigte Nasionale Party have J seat."Two days later the final results were heard: "The Progressives have 13 seats more than theU.P.'s and have therefore won the election. Mr. Danie Tyler becomes Prime Minister."

''I'm sure I've heard that name before," I told my wife."Yes, wasn't he the mayor of Johannesburg?" she said."No, that was Taylor. I know, of course! He was in my class in Matric at Wynberg! "

1 said.With an old class-mate of mine ruling the country the nation settled down to the

normal routine of life.The year ended with a Christmas speech by Prime Minister Tyler who then left on a

tour of Capitalist West Russia. He arrived there on the day that the country celebratedthe tenth anniversary of its adoption of Capitalism. From Moscow he made a New Yearspeech to the world, congratulating President Loskovit on a highly successful decade ofpeace and progress.

A. Brooks-Neill, 8A.

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SONOP

As die son in die more opkom,En die voëls begin sing;Weet almal 'n nuwe dag,Is deur God aan ons gebring.

Die lug is vol van kleure,Die bome is groen en bruin;Die insekte en voëls is oral,In die bome, blomme en tuin.

As Moeder in die kamer kom,Om die gordyne oop te maak;Dan weet ek die son is op,Maar ek is tog nog vaak.

As die son dan weer verdwyn,Is nog 'n dag verby;Ek wag op nog 'n sonop,Wat 'n wonder is viI my.

M. Goldstein, 8A.

KLUBS EN VERENIGINGS BEROOF KINDERS VAN HUL OUERS

As jeugdige wil ek graag my eie mening uitspreek oor hulle van wie ons leiding moetkry, naamlik ons ouers. Ons moet gedurig aantygings aanhoor soos: "Kyk net hoe gaan diejeug aan. Hulle ontbloot hulself, gebruik sterk drank, verdowingsmiddels en ontaard selfsin homoseksuele wesens. Dit is net te skandelik vir woorde! "

"Hoekom," moet ons dikwels vra, "neem die bogenoemde dinge toe onder ons, diesogenaamde elite, en onder al die ander gemeenskappe? "

Ons ouers hou elke dag vergadering, mammas by die verskillende klubs en pappas bydie verskillende verenigings. Hulle is besig om 'n sosiale lewe te lei! Intussen is ons, diejeug, by die huis. En dan wonder ons pa's en ma's waarom ons nie by die huis wil bly enmet hulle gesels nie. Die eenvoudige rede is dit. Hulle is té besig met al hul vergaderings.Om die minste van Ma te sê, ek dink dat sy meer besorg oor haar nuwe aandtabberd is ashaar kinders se aandete en Pa, 0 aarde, hy kou harder aan sy volgende toespraak as wat sygestel hom toelaat.

Die primêre "vereniging", die huis, word gruwelik verwaarloos. Is dit nie ironies dat diehuisgesin juis moet afgeskeep word in sy sosiale verkeer om sosiaal te floreer nie. Pa sê sywerk vereis dit en Ma sê sy moet die pas langs Pa volhou. Ek bewonder hulle vir wat hulledown, want dis indirek ook vir my, maar ek sidder as ek daaraan dink dat ek ook eendagdieselfde verantwoordelikhede moet aanvaar.

Alles begin dus by die huis en die huisgesin. Ek wij nie graag ons ouers blameer virhierdie agteruitgang nie, maar ek kan net nie meer dinge uit die gewone oogpunt benadernie. Ek is heeltemal bewus van die feit dat daar nog welouers is wat hul belange opsystoot vir die belange van hul kinders, maar dan bots die ouer se idees soms weer met dieklubs en verenigings van hul kinders.

Ons het 'n probleem en ons soek hulp allyk ons so onafhanklik.B. Silverman, 8A.

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THE BIG WALK

Picture the scene. It is approximately ten o'clock on October 10th. Walkers haveassembled at Jubilee Square in Simonstown for the start of the 22Y2 mile walk to theGrand Parade in Cape Town.

At ten o'clock a gun is fired and the ladies set off. There is much noise as this mobthrusts forward in an untidy start. The stragglers stroll up the hill and you see that one ortwo people have lost their shoes in the mad surge forward. They are faced withcompleting the slog bare-footed.

Presently the boys and veterans come under starter's orders. There is much pushingand shoving. The gun is fired and you find yourself in a stampede in which if you cannotkeep your feet, you come out a mangled mess.

You find yourself surrounded by people. To get anywhere you have to weave betweenpeople constantly. You pass the Quany and by then you have found your stride after thehectic bustle at the start. You proceed onwards, chatting, eating and singing.

The field lengthens out and you see the energetic walkers speeding along up the front,the not so energetic in the middle and the happy-go-lucky types at the back.

By the time you reach Muizenburg you are tiring a little. You slacken your paceperhaps. You refuse the hundredth cup of water that has been thrust kind.ly at you.

As you come to Retreat you see an endless stream of bobbing heads. You might passone or two people who have taken a rest. Many spectators have lined the roads to see youin your agony.

Through Wynberg, Claremont, Newlands, Rondebosch and Mowbray you feel terrible.If you stop you could not continue. You are simply moving on aiL Your muscles are soused to that set pace that they do not want to stop.

Presently the City Hall comes into view. You are cheered on. You are ready tocollapse. "Why did I do it? " you say to yourself. Madness. Yes, definitely.

You find yourself on the Grand Parade and put in a dramatic burst, that does not lastfor more than five yards, and then collapse into a chair, tired and foot-sore.

Why do people undertake it? Yet each year the entry gets larger and larger. Aren't wegluttons for punishment.

L Stephenson, 8A.

A RAINY NIGHTStanding outside in the wind-swept darkness, I could see the old mill, gaunt against the

skyline, the trees bowed down grotesquely before the driving rain. An owl hooted eerilyin the wa tery darkness. The rustling underfoot was almost ghostly in the stygian darkness.With a shiver running up my spine, I turned and walked inside, glancing over my shoulderat every eerie rustle.

I went inside to the warmth of the roaring fire. The rain beat an unmerciful tattoo onthe corrugated iron roof. Occasionally rain fell, sputtering into the fire. There was asudden banging somewhere in the house.

"What was that? "Footsteps, resounding through the house, could be heard coming up the passageway

accompanied by a slashing noise. The door opened. My father looked in, home early fromthe club. Water was dripping off his sodden raincoat.

"What a filthy night! " he remarked.Then came a flash of lightning. A rumble of thunder reverberated over the house. I

started to drowse and suddenly a tree was chasing me, reaching out to trap me. There wasa sudden crash and I woke with a start. A branch must have been broken off the big oaktree in our garden. The rain rattled against the windows, accompanied by the low, eeriemoaning of the wind through the power lines.

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A jagged fork of lightning pierced the darkness. In it's brief light I could see thefrenzied movements of trees. The thunder echoed in the distant hills. The moon brieflyshowed its face above the dark, scudding clouds. Then the moaning in the power linesrose to a shriek. The rain stopped and a tension-ridden silence followed. With a crash ofthunder and a drumnting of rain, the bombardment resumed.

The fire spat a glowing coal onto the carpet. A dog howled above the roar of thestorm. I walked to a window. The sea was in a frenzy. Flourescent white streaks of spraywere driven over the water toward the shore. Turning from this impressive display ofNature's raw power, I climbed into bed.

The next morning I awoke to the chirping of birds. All around the house was evidenceof the storm's fury. Broken branches lay strewn over the garden and pools of water layeverywhere. The sun showed its bright face over the retreating clouds and shone forth itspromise of a cheerful, spring day.

W. Mannington, 8C.

FROM THE TOP OF THE HI LL

The world lay spread out at my feet .Likea beautiful, green carpet viewed from mypedestal that was the hill.

The carpet was not all green, but there were different shades of green, a darker here, alighter there, interposed with flashes of browns and reds as the forest undulated slowlywith the wind. Suddenly the beauty of the scene was marred by a savagely devastatedarea of about a square ntile where only ash and blackened, grotesque branches showedwhere plants and nature had Lived together in perfect harmony before the terrible flameshad come.

Further to the west a shimmering snake of water slithered its way down to the seawhere the brilliant flash of virgin sands met the velvet green of the jungle. The deep,azure-blue of the sea stretched out for miles to end at the hazy horizon, where it seemedto turn back on itself and come back to cover me as the sky. At the foot of the hill aflock of wild geese rose like a veil from the blue face of the lagoon and wheeled away intothe rising sun, their squawks being carried to me by the cool morning breeze.

Rising from its bed behind the mountains, the sun tinged the white, far-off pel!ks withblood and shot its crimsoned arrows far into the heavens above me. I did not move forfear of breaking the crystal air which surrounded me, refreshed me and filled me with thejoy of living. Here was the earth as it was; perhaps one of the last areas not yet reached byman and civilization; here was nature, free wild; I wanted to be part of it. All the animals,birds, insects and reptiles in that green sea had been there since the beginning of time, atime that had changed the earth from a vast nature reserve to a bustling zoo. with peoplein cages that were getting smaller and smaller. No freedom, like the things in my forest.

As the fresh, champagne air filled my lungs, I felt ten feet tall and strong; strongenough to protect this part of me from destruction at the hands of the Rats.

As I exhaled, I shrank. I watched the black slime from a passing tanker ruin mybeaches and heard the roar of machinery as a path was hacked through my forest for anew six-lane highway.

Suddenly, I felt cold.S. Macfarlane, 9A.

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ALL ABOUT ME

AIl abou t meCement devours the purtrid air,Bricks pile high,But love crumbles to the ground.Through the concrete jungleOne path leads -Your own-In silence,For words are evil,Words say what they mean,Words prosecute.

Seas stW wash distan t shores,Trees still stand upright,As from the beginning,But man-Man bends.It were best man were as the trees,Or man had words will be as one,And words are evil.Yes, all about meI see strange th.ings,And strange th.ings torment the mind.

N. Bradfield, 9A.

SOLITARY CONFINEMENTThe man looked quickly at the two unsmiling faces beh.ind him, then stepped through

the door. It closed silently bellind him as he sat down. The white padded walls seem tolaugh at h.im.

"In the interests of science," they had said.They didn't care what happened to h.im. The cold, blank stare of the attendants had

been proof of that. He was merely an experiment. A sheaf of notes, to be lost orforgotten down the years.

Silence!Nothing but silence, hour after hour. He rapped on the door but the padding absorbed

the blows. He stamped his feet. Nothing. The hours passed by, slowly.It seemed to penetrate h.is brain, a sl'lrill whistling sound that got louder with every

passing second. He covered h.is ears but it shrilled deeper and deeper into his brain. Thenthe ]jghts went out.

He sat up slowly and looked around. The glaring, white padded walls were not thereany longer; instead there was darkness!

Noth.ing! No walls, no door, no sound, just inky blackness. It was not the gentle,soothing blackness of a summer's night, but the harsh, shrieking oblivion of deep space. Itwas a space without stars!

He started to bite h.isnails.The noise, the whistling sound, it was back! He screamed. The sound echoed back

through the darkness. He screamed again, louder. Once more the echo answered him. Hebegged, cried, implored, but to no avail. Finally he sank to the floor, a grovelling,quivering, gibbering mass of flesh, the remains of a once strong man. The door openedand they carried him out.

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Observation: The experiment, number 333, gave a result which led us to conclude that itwould be unwise to subject a man to the stresses involved in total isolation for more than48 hours.

W. A. King, 9A.

BLACK AND WHITEThe sun is shining brightly through an opening in the grey cloud mass. It filters

through the blanketing smog and spotlights a grey, drab s.l.iceof the big city. It is amazingthat even a slum sparkles after the rain.

Down in the world of magic oil-slick ra.inbow pools, of streaming gutter rivers wheremagn.ificent stick and paper fleets race the babbling stream to sure doom in thestorm-water drain a group of urchins pick with hungry fmgers the sparkHng eyes at thewater-borne offal, shouting, laughjng, and gurgling with pleasure they splash with barefeet amongst the pools and puddles.

Then suddenly aU activity ceases. Grimy wh.ite faces are set in the direction of tworemarkably white eyes - surrounded by black skill - peering through a hole in the fence.The tense siJence is broken.

"Hey Kaffir! Whadd'ya want? ""Can I...""Go home, nigger, you're black! ""Please can ... ""TIlis is our place. We don't want no Kaffirs here. Go home! ""But ... ""Voetsak! " And a stone strikes the pleading black face just over the big white eye and

a red smear appears."Let's get him, ou's! "The black boy turns and flees with the war-cries of the pursuing white savages ringing

in his ears. Across slumland where black and white grew up in adjoining blocks he flies,turns to glance beh.ind and does not hear the screeching brakes for the blood thumpingin his ears - until it is too late. Too late to alter his fate or change his colour.

As the driver, white-faced and kneeling holds the crumpled black form in his amlS,there is a shudder and the white eyes are finally covered by black lids.

D. Herron, 9A.

MY GETROUE HOND, WAGTER"Pas maar net goed op vir luiperds' " was my pa se laaste waarskuwing toe ek en

Wagter, my groot wolJllOnd, in die bakkie vertrek het. Ek was van plan om 'n bok teprobeer skiet, maar ek wou in 'n digter bos as gewoonlik probeer.

Die bakkie het ek naby die begin van die bos gelaat. Vir 'n lang ruk het ons in stiltegeloop, sonder om enigiets buitengewoons te sien. Skielik het Wagter gaan staan.

Vir 'n paar minute het ek doodstil gestaan, bang dat my kloppende hart myteenwoordigheid sou verraai. Gedagtes van ander jagters wat hulle lewens ill hierdie bosverloor het, het deur my brein geflits. Toe het ek 'n geluid in die tak bokant my kopgehoor. Blitsvinnig het ek na eenkant toe gespring, my geweer gereed vir wat ook al magkom. Gelukkig was dit net 'n voëltjie wat in die boom was.

Na 'n paar uur se stap sonder 0111 enigiets van belang te sien, het ek onder 'n boomgaan lê om te rus. Dit was heerlik sag in die lang gras, en my gedagtes was ver weg.

Skielik het ek gehoor hoe Wagter kllor! Ek het probeer om op te staan. Terselfdertydhet Wagter gespring, klaarblyklik om op my te lande te kom. Net bokant my kop het hymet 'n luiperd gebot. 'n Wilde geveg het gevolg.

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T. Hewett, 9C.

Om en om het die twee gerol, om eindelik tot stilstand te kom. Die luiperd was bo, enhet vir Wagter aan sy nek beetgehad. Gou het ek 'n skoot afgetrek wat die luiperd getrefhet. Hy het hoog in die lug gespring, om op sy sy te val. Weer het ek geskiet. Die dier wasdood!

Toe het ek opgemerk dat Wagter beseer was. Hy het tjankend op sy maag gelê. Toe eknader gegaan het, het hy probeer opstaan, maar het weer op sy rug geval. Aan sy bebloedenek kon ek sien dat hy sommer gou dood sou wees. Albei sy agterpote was gebreek, en ekhet besef dat ek hom sou moet skiet.

Dit het my hart gebreek, maar ek het gekorrel, my oë toegemaak, en die skootafgetrek. Met daardie skoot het 'n deel van my ook gesterf.

BUndelings het ek na die bakkie teruggehardloop. Uitgeput het ek daarin geklim enhuis toe gery. Daardie dag het ou Wagter werklik my lewe gered.

NEPHOLOGY

SupineI meditate in repose

My world.A cerulean sphere

Bound within the compass ofSoffitSidesSill.

The inexorable amble ofA cloud

Is the opiateOf slow stalkingSatisfaction

Borne within the tragacanthOf determination and

Self-imposed thaumaturgyThe solatium of sempitemal

Sortition.

The die has rolled and wobbled and stoppedFor unveiling

The fruits of a nescient

FollyAnd the dolorous doldrums

They trade,OR

To redintegrate the ruinOf carefree years by making

Bursed amendsand

DiscoveringExemplar exertion.

D. Maeder, lOA.

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ON FAINTING

To nervous strainsAnd heartbeat throbbingFiery clouds of smoke I drew.Black ravens jumpedAnd twitched and twitteredSwallows took the hintAnd flew.

Whorls of coloured inflorescenceDanced and swirled andSlipped from view.Then the numbness,Burnjng forehead,Chased the amber,Red and blue.

Vast voids of blacknessTime arresting

Stood bare before my naked sight.First 1 stumbled

Then 1 crumbledSwathed in helplessVeils of night.

ONE FACE

He walks the past with his eyes,And watches from the corner an old

happiness.His hair.A flying debris in a soft wind.His mouth trumpets

near hisarched nose.

A growing skin.A fallen chin.

A smile, changed toa thin sneer

of dying hateandboredom

in a lazy ground -hole of earth

and sky.A shadow falling on his facescreams itself to sleep in my drunken mind.

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D. Maeder, IDA.

N. Wright, IDA.

'N HELD UIT DIE VOLK VAN SUID-AFRIKA

Dirkie Uys was nog 'n jong man toe hy gesterf het. As hy wou, kon hy langer geleefhet, maar sy liefde vir sy pa was te groot. Hier volg die storie.

Nadat die Zoeloes die Trekkers langs die Blaauwkrantz- en Boesmansriviere uitgemoorhet, het die Trekkers 'n strafkommando teen hulle gestuur. Piet Uys was die een leier.Voordat hulle UmgungundhJovu kon bereik, moes hulle eers deur 'n gevaarlike poort ry.In 'n kom voor hulle het die Zoeloes gesit en wag. Hulle is in twee verdeel. Piet Uys hetmet 'n deel van die strafkommando die helfte van die Zoeloes aangepak. Die Zoeloesmoes omdraai en die Trekkers het hulle agterna gesit. Zoeloes het tussen die Trekkersopgespring.

Ses Zoeloes het op Uys gespring en 'n assegaai het hom gelem. 'n Klompie manne hetprobeer om hom uit die kom te kry, maar Uys was te swak en hulle moes hom laatagterbly. Hulle het hom op sy kooigoed onder 'n boom neergesit. Toe hulle wegry, hetDirkie Uys van sy perd afgespring. Alhoewel hulle met hom probeer moo.ipraat het, hethy daar gebly. Hy het oor sy sterwende vader gestaan. Die Zoeloes het nader gestorm. Hyhet 'n paar skote geskiet, maar daarna moes hy sy snaphaankolf gebruik.

'n Paar van die manne wou omdraai om Dirkie te help, maar daar was te veel Zoeloes.Teësinnig het hulle na die poort gery. Dirkie se dapper daad het hulle sleg laat voelomdathulle sy pa laat agterbly het, alhoewel dit nie moontlik sou gewees het om Piet Uys te rednie. Hulle het omgekyk en gesien hoe die Zoeloes rondom Dirkie saamgepak het. Zoeloeshet van orals gekom om Dirkie aan te pak. Eindelik kon hulle die snaphaankolf nie siennie. Net Zoeloes kon gesien word.

Dirkie Uys is een van die dapperste helde uit die volk van Suid-Afrika. Die mense vanSuid-Afrika kan altyd trots op hom wees.

N. Wright, lOA.

IN DEFENCE OF WASTING TIME

Wasting time is, so men of books say, the very source of evil, the murder of man'smost precious stuff, time. But they are hypocrites, for if they were not in truthcontesting this fact, they would slate others for doing the same. Paradoxical as it mayseem, wasting time is not wasting time, but a useful use of it. No second can be spentdoing nothing, it must be used, the profitabj]jty of the venture being the only variable.Here again, it is the philosophy of the agent which governs the value of the use or misuseof time. Where one may consider it well spent, another may consider it wasted. Both ofcourse, are wrong. No, both are right. It is merely relative, depending on the value on thescale of social conduct as sighted through time's reticule.

Procrastination, some fool said, is the thief of time. If a task is not tackled at firstopportunity it is likely never to be done at all. It is my contention that any job should. infact, be delayed to the last possible moment. This allows maximum enjoyment ofthe "intervening time, which would anyway have to be wasted after completion ratherthan before. It alJows the maximum of thought to be put into any action, preventing anyrash statements or movements from being made. Then of course, there is the off-chancethat the task to hand need never be done at all. This attitude leads to the saving of time,labour and effort, the result being that time is saved by wasting time. The alternativewould be to squander time and effort on a futile and ultimately useless mission.It can be said that devoting time to scientific and material development is profitable,

whereas time spent on any artistic or cultural or entertaining pursuit is wasted. Art is theessence of life, it is the expression of the human mind, it is man's reason for existence.The earliest recorded art was executed when man had time to waste. When one is notbeing positively creative or destructive in a materialistic way, the mental facet takes overand either useful or useless thoughts are thought. With these ideas held to the fore, it can

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be logically deduced that much of the reason for the creation of life was for time to beused in a natural, and not entirely profitable way, that is that a great deal of time shouldbe wasted. The avoidance of work is, has been, and always will be one of the moreimportant secondary motives in man, the prime being survival. Accordingly, to live abalanced and sane life, every living person must include well proportioned parts of work,rest and wasted time in his or her life.

D. Maeder, lOA.

THE WATER SHORTAGE

Rasping sound as brakes are applied on gravel. Rewing of a powerful engine. Silence asthe engine is cut. More silence, broken only by a gurgling noise.

"Water's getting Iow.""Yeah."More gurgling. Sound of top being screwed back onto the bottle."What we going to do about the water shortage? In this dump the next stop could be

miles away.""We could try for a pub.""Very funny ... "Thoughtful silence. " ... but you could be right. Beer is probably cheaper than water

in this desert.""The longer you talk the drier )?ou'll get."The silence is shattered as the two engines are kicked into action. Silence falls again,

slowly, like nightfall, as the bikes disappear into the distance. The dust settles.One hundred miles later. Still no pub but now the water is also gone."This place is so quiet you could hear a drop of water falling.""Forever the comic. How far does that map say it is to the next town? ""Fifty odd miles, but it also says this is a main road. If we keep going it must come

out somewhere.""HelJ? ""Talking about a water shortage, how's your petrol tank standing up to the drought? ""Another twenty miles.""Just great! ""Yeah! "Again silence falls, this time more slowly because the bikes are going at a more

economical speed. Twenty miles later. Combination of gurgling and scraping noises.Gurgling from a jerry-can half full of petrol. Scraping from one motor cyclist on hisknees, digging in a dry river bed. "If the bushmen can do it, why can't we? "

"Mainly because the bushmen know where to look and secondly they've been doing itall their silly, sun-baked Lives."

Grunts from the general direction of the river bed. Funny, excited no.ises. Feverishdigging.

"Ever heard of beginner's luck? ""Yeah."Loud slurping noises as the head disappears down the hole."Ugh! "Loud spitting noises followed by a desperate rattling of stones."The beauty of being a bushman is having grown accustomed to its taste. How much

water is there? ""Who cares how much there is; you can't drink that stuff.""Yeah, well [ suppose you would rather do the camel act. Lead me to the water and

watch me drink."

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The "camel" watches as the water is consumed and promptly spat out again."We'IJ be able to start a caravan soon. Fill the bottle and let's get going."Silence but for a gurgling as the bottle is fiUed. Silence and the dust settle together.A smaIJ brown figure appears and bends at the hole. Two more small brown figures

approach. Loud slurping and jabbering fills the air. Roughly translated the jabbering means:"These white men are very clever. This hole will last many drinks. The water shortage

is over. (Grunts of agreement.) Drink your fill and let's have a quiet nap behind that rock."Silence falls again. Grunts from behind the rock.A passing jackal stops to sniff the air. He follows his nose and drops eagerly at the hole.

D. Sims, IOC.

T. Green, IOC.

DROOGTEDie boer se kop rus op die tafel, deur sy arms omring. Langs hom op die tafel lê 'n

stukkie papier waarop 'n brief geskryf is. Die papiertjie is skoonwit behalwe 'n klein rooikolletjie in een hoek. Die kolletjie is bloed, en dit kom van 'n klein ronde gaatjie in cUeman se kop. Dis gelukkig dat sy nie die anderkant van sy kop kan sien nie.

Sy lees die brief:- Liefste Marie,Ek is nou dood. Dood soos die plaas. Ek is jammer dat ek hierdie daad moes

pleeg, maar ek weet van geen ander oplossing nie.Jy sal geld van die versekerings-agent kry en jy kan die plaas vir 'n paar honderd rand

verkoop. Ek is bly dat ek nie daardie transaksie sal sien nie.Liefde,

Otto.Sy sit die brief neer en loop stadig na die venster waarvandaan sy die beeskraal kan

sien; die leë beeskraal. En daar op die pad kan sy die waterkar sien aankom.Sy sal hulle moet vertel dat die water nie meer nodig is nie. Die beeste het dit nie nodig

nie - hulle is dood, net soos hulle baas.Sy kom van die venster terug na die man en uit haar rok haal sy 'n ander brief - een

van die Landbank af. Sy lees dit saggies - " ... u versoek vir 'n lening van R42,000 istoegestaan ... "

THE BROWN PAPER PACKETChildren live in a world of their own. Adults don't understand them; they think they

are irresponsible. When a child gets really interested, involved and excited aboutsomething he is inclined to neglect the more important aspects of life around him. Thissometimes proves fatal.

He was seven years old. He walked down the street. In his hand he had a brown paperpacket. He had spent his whole week-end pedalling his bicycle to and from his father'sstore delivering groceries to his customers. His face was beetroot red from the sun. Manytears of sweat had fallen from his brow.

The contents of this brown paper packet was his reward. It contained an assortment ofchocolates and toffees which, in spite of the mess they made on hands and mouth, werestili worth the discomfort of glued teeth. Which would he eat first?

He could not make up his mind. He was only seven years old. He walked down thestreet weighing up the respective merits of each. The sweets would last longer, but thechocolate had the added advantage of nuts. Which would he eat first? To a child this wasa mammoth decision. Had he not sweated and laboured pedalling up hills and aroundcorners under the seemingly white-hot sun for one whole Saturday and one whole Sundayfor this brown paper packet and its contents.

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His fingers convulsed around the base of the packet in an attempt to weigh up itscontents. Subconciously his fingers slipped to his mouth to brush away the occasionaldribble of saliva which betrayed his anticipation of the forthcoming feast.

He could not make up his mind. He began walking along the edge of the pavement,balancing lumself on the narrow kerbstones, all the while debating which it was to be. Heheld the brown paper packet up and surveyed it speculatively. Such a drl'b uninviting anduninteresting screen for the things he had been looking forward to. His reward! It was, tolum, like an oyster's pearl in its dull grey shell. All that work to make it a reality.

As he came to the corner he tossed it in the air, reflectively. Concentrating on placingIus feet exactly one before the other he dropped it. It fell on the road a few feet from thegutter. He immediately stepped forward and bent to pick it up.

As his fingers touched it they were jerked away. The tight-cornering car screeched to ahalt, but all in vain.

The brown paper packet rolled away and came to a halt in the gutter. The brownpaper packet full of gooey, sweet, sticky, caramelish, nutty death!

K. Fine, lOC.

THE BROWN PAPER PACKETEvery tiling was wrong everywhere. At school we were about to start writing the first

term examinations and I hadn't even started studying. Home life wasn't much better.Everyone was irritable and short tempered and that evening, I was in a foul mood.It was supper time and I walked into the grubby little kitchen and sat down at the

table. My mother placed a plate of stew in front of me. I pushed my chair back and stoodup. "That's all we ever eat in this damned house. Last night's stew. Don't we ever ... "My speech was cut short by my father's fist and I stormed out of the kitchen wiping theblood from my mouth and went into my room.

I sat on the bed, realizing that it was aU my fault. After all, we weren't at all well offand they did try to feed us as best as they could, but I still hated him for hitting me likethat. 1 looked in the mirror and saw the blood flowing freely frol11my cut lip and thetears from my eyes. I put on my jeans, sandals, T-shirt and overcoat and looked into mycash-box. Twenty-three cents! By this time I was hungry and I remembered that I had afew sandwiches in a brown paper packet that I hadn't eaten at school that day. I wasgoing to run away from Cape Town, my home, my parents and school because I wantedto get away from it all. I wanted to be free and aU I had was twenty three cents and abrown paper packet containing three of four sandwiches.

Three hours later I was only six miles from home and still walking, and by this time Iwas really hungry and decided to fmish these sandwiches. I dug into my brown paperpacket and pulled one out - it was stale.

Typical of that mother of mine - stale bread Ugh! If there is one tlung that I reallyand truly hate, it's stale bread.

I was just about to fling the packet far into the road when a car stopped to give me a lift."Where are you going, sonny? ""Where are you going, Dad? ""Laingsburg.""That's good enough."I climbed in and thanked lum."You a traveller or sometlling?" I asked him."That's right, son."There was a long uneasy silence and I was glad when he finally spoke."You running away from home, boy? ""Surething, Dad.""Why? Home can't be that bad, can it? "

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1. Burger, IOC.

"You bet! Man, I'm just tired of it and I don't smile on that food. That is forbirdsville, man." He smiled.

We had just passed Worcester when he remarked that he was hungry. "I got somesandwiches in this packet here," 1 told him.

"That'U do just fine, son. Thanks! "I opened that packet and gave him a stale, soggy, tomato sandwich."Gee, son, I don't blame you for running away.Throw them out before they start to smell""No, maybe I will still eat them." He laughed."There's a little cafe about twenty miles further on," he remarked. "We can stop there

and get a couple of hamburgers or something. At least the food will be fresh. Okay, chief? ""Sure tIling, dad."My mouth started watering at the thought of fresh hamburgers made from fresh bread

roUs, fresh meat and fresh tomato.After what seemed like hours, we arrived at this cafe, went in and sat down at one of

the tables. We ordered two hamburgers each and two cups of coffee.When the food finally came I was watering at the mouth."Looks good," he said.I spat out the first mouthful. The bread roll was stale, the meat was bad and the

tomato soggy."Thanks for the lift, dad."1 picked up my packet and walked outside and crossed the road. It was about midnight

before a car stopped."You going to Cape Town, dad? ""Yeah! Hop in! ""Thanks, dad! "

TOE DIE POLISIE MY VIR 'N DIEF AANGESIEN HETDie aand het die maan helder geskyn. Dit het gelyk soos 'n vyfsentstuk wat in die aand

skitter. 'n Warm windjie het oor die plaas gewaai. Oor die algemeen was dit 'n aangenameaand om buite te wees. Ek was besig om botter te maak. Die radio het saggies in dieagtergrond gespeel. Skielike bo die gesing van 'n vrou, het ek die hoenders hoor raas. Ekhet geweet dat dit 'n dief was, want dit het al tevore gebeur en die hoenders het dieselfdegeluide gemaak.

Ek het dadelik opgespring en die polisie gebel. Daarna het ek by die agterdeur uitgeglipen saggies na die hoenderhok geloop.

Ek het agter die sleepwa gelê. Stadig het ek opgestaan, en daar was die dief; besig omhoenders in sakke te stop. 'n Wolk het dit donker gemaak. In die verte kon ek die polisiewahoor. Dit was my kans. Ek het uitgespring en met 'n stok in my hand die hok ingehardloop.

Ek het net voete hoor klap en toe ek opkyk, het die dief langs die vrugteboordgehardloop. Op dieselfde oomblik hoor ek die polisie aankom. Ek het agter die dief aange-hardloop. Ek wou hom vang. Die polisie wat al by die hok aangekom het, het begin skree.

Ek weet nie wat hulle geskree het nie, maar ek het net aangehou met hardloop. Skielikhet ek skote gehoor. Dit was nog donker. Ek het gedink dat hulle die dief al gevang hettoe ek 'n koeëllangs my ore hoor sing het. Ek het geval en bly lê.

Die polisie het nader gekom. Meer skote is afgevuur.Die polisie het my ingehaal. Die een het my gegryp en vir my gesê dat ek lank in die

tronk sal sit. Ek was bang en met 'n klein piepstemmetjie het ek vir hulle gesê dat ek dieeienaar van die plaas is.

Toe ons laat die aand ophou soek het, het die polisie verskoning gevra en weggery.A. De Groot, 10e.

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Café Scene (S. Stone Bb)

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Witches Sabbath (P. Swift 10a)

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JUNIOR SCHOOL STAFF

PRINCIPALVICE-PRINCIPALSUB A1SUB A2SUB B1SUB B2STD 1ASTD 1BSTD 2ASTD 2BSTD 3ASTD 3BSTD 4ASTD 4BSTD 5ASTD 5BPHYSICAL TRAININGCLASS SINGING AND CHOIRREMEDIAL SPEECHSPEECH TRAINING AND DRAMAEURHYTHMICSPIANOPIANOVIOLINCELLORECORDERSECRETARYCARETAKERKITCHEN SUPERVISOR

. . . . . Mr. A. LorieMr. J.F. Oosthuizen B.Sc.

Miss B. Cook· . Miss A. Coop· . Miss G. Burger· Mrs. G. Hewitson· . Mrs. G. Maisel

Miss P. Watters (Senior Assistant). Miss D. Pridham-Jones

Miss L. CowleyMrs. I. Oberholzer· . Miss L. Bowie· .. Mr. N. Hoy· Mr. F.A.B. Smith

Mr. A. LorieMr. R. Just (Senior Assistant)

. Mr. J.F. OosthuizenMrs. E. Jennings

. Miss Genau. Miss I. Gilbert. Mrs. M. Botha

Mr. F. Rautenbach· Mr. D.J. Wiehahn

Mr. A. Lorie· . Mrs. C. Perold· Mr. F.A.B. Smith· Mrs. J. Buchanan· Mr. M. Donough· Mrs. Katie Foster

JUNIOR SCHOOL NOTESSTAFF

To our staff in January we welcomed Miss B. Cook to Sub. AI, and Miss L. Bowie toStd. 3B, as well as Miss l. Gilbert as teacher of speech and drama, and Miss Genau asteacher of remedial speech. Mrs. G. Maisel is leaving us in December and we thank her forall her hardwork with her Std. 1 class. We shall miss her cheery presence.

Miss A. Coop proceeds to Europe on a year's leave, and we wish her both a happy andprofitable time abroad, and a safe return to W.BJ.S. Mr. F. Rautenbach spent the thirdterm touring music festivals in Europe, while his piano pupils were in the capable handsof Mrs. Symons.

Miss C. Liefman who had acted as piano teacher for over four years, left us in March tobe married to Mr. D. Levin in Durban. To Mrs. Levin we express "our very big thanks"for all she did for W.B.I.S. We shall remember her as an excellent teacher and a mostendearing personality.

Mr. DJ. Wiehahn has taken over Mrs. Levin's piano pupils and we trust he will have ahappy stay with us.

On Parents' Day 1969 Mrs. BarweU of George once again sent us a vase of mostbeautiful flowers to be placed on the piano in memory of her daughter, Mrs. T.

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Sandrock - a moving gesture, fully appreciated by us.We thank Mrs. S. Moss (wife of Old Boy Or. S. Moss) for so gallantly stepping into the

breach when illness beset two staff members.Mr. J.F. Oosthuizen, our vice principal is to take an overdue tenn's leave in the fourth

quarter. Our heartiest congratulations to Mr. & Mrs. Oosthuizen and Miss JeanOosthuizen on Jean's forthcoming marriage to Or. Stevens. The Junior School Choirunder Mrs. E. Jennings has been honoured by an invitation to sing at the wedding.

We were pleased to welcome Christopher Goodwin and Brian de Vries, Old Boys, whocame to do practice teaching with us. They are both training at the Graaff ReinetTraining College.

Of former staff members we may relate that Miss K. Lacey has been on a second worldtour, stopping off at The Expo in Japan. One or two of us have been the guests of Mr.and Mrs. K. Pretorius in Humansdorp. Mr. K. Hutchison refereed our tennisette finals onParents' Day. Mrs. T. McClure (Miss Dawn Salmon, our former super play producer,)visited us with her slllall son.

GENERAL

It is now a regular remark that the school started the year with a full complement ofovér 550 pupils. We are overcrowded and will remain so until the new Junior School isbuilt in a few years time.

In the second term of 1970, we were accorded inspections by the Deputy CircuitInspector Mr. du Bois, and the Kindergarten I.nspectress Miss Scholtz, and ill July tJleInspector of Handicrafts, Mr. van der Westhuizen, who all reported favourably upon theschool.

The usual gathering of new parents was held on a waml February evening when tJleywere given information about the school and shown films and slides of school activities.

Shortly afterwards, the usual Parents versus Juniors cricket and tennisette matchesprovided a pleasant afternoon for participants and spectators.

At the Annual Sports in February, van Riebeck House carried off the day.At the Annual Swimming Gala, van Riebeck House also took the lead. It is here that

we should like to express our indebtedness to Miss Qurik of Shell, for her expert trainingand encouragement, and for so kindly distributing the Junior trophies. We also thank Mr.and Mrs. Hau for so kindly contributing a cup for the under 9 relay.

The under 12A Rugby Team, though not always successful played lively andenterprising rugby and are this year's winners of the Sam Katz trophy.

The under lI's also had quite a pleasing season, while the under J O's played keenlyand made up in enthusiasm what they lacked in style. In a tournament at S.A.C.S. theywon 3 out of 5 matches.

The under 12A cricket team enjoyed a successful season, losing only one match in six.Much of their success was due to the special coaching of Mr. A. Oakman.

The Tennisette season, under the ever capable guidance of Miss P. WaIters, drew a largenumber of players, and provided some good matches.

The Judo Team, coached by Miss Butcher did quite well in the School League, drawingone competition and winning the other.

The 16th Annual Hour of Music by the School Orchestra, Soloists, Junior choir andRecorder Concert took place in September.

The Std. 3,4 and 5 classes attended a "Theatre for Youth" production of Bolt's play"The thwarting of Baron Bolligrew" in the Little Theatre.

In June the piano, violin, cello and recorder pupils provided two interesting pro-grammes for their parents.

On August 18th, CAPAB sent a group of artistes, Joy van Niekerk, Joyce Scotcherand Virginia Fortescue who presented a delightful programme of songs and piano solosfor the young.

On August 31 st, the Cape Town Symphony Orchestra gave a special concert in theGirls' School Hall for the standards 2 to 5 of the Girls' and Boys' .Junior schools.

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The Annual School Magazine will contain a set of stories and poems by Juniors, in-cluding free writing from the sub standards.

Parents' Day will be on the final Saturday of the year as usual.The Annual Entertainment will take place on three evenings in October, when K.G.

play lets, a straight play "Knavish Tricks" and the operetta "Tom Sawyer" will comprisethe programme.

The following boys won special awards in December, 1969:

1. SPEARS ENGLISH READING CUP: Anthony Myers.2. NEWMAN AFRIKAANS READING CUP: Anthony Burman.3. DERMAN DRAMA CUP: G. Rossiter, C. Archer, D. Anderton, B. Hack, B.

Goodman.4. CRAYE TENNISETTE CUP (SINGLES): G. Botten.5. PACHTER TENNISETTE CUP (DOUBLES): A. Vann, R. Murray.6. CRICKET BAT: D. Vann.7. PAIR OF CRICKET GLOVES: J. Hadwen.8. CRICKET BALL: M. Cawood.9. CRICKET CAPS: M. Cawood, R. Farrant.

10. ATHLETICS: FRIEDLANDER CUP: Under 10: G. Cawood.Il. SWIMMING: MILLER CUPS: Under Il: Van Riebeeck.

SWIMMING: MILLER CUPS: Under 12: De Waal.SWIMMING: MILLER CUPS: Under 13: Van Riebeeck.SWIMMING: BEN GOULD CUP: T. Yach,CUP FOR MOST IMPROVED SWIMMER: K. Perry.

12. RUGBY: SAM KATZ CUP: Under 12B.13. FRIEDLANDER HOUSE SHIELD: Van Riebeeck House.14. DAVmOWITZ ENGLISH AWARD: D. Merrington, P. Merrignton.15. FEITELSON AWARD: G. Barker - Art, Q. Pike - Art, C. Steyl- Art.16. TEMPLETON MUSIC AWARD: C. StockweIl.

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JUNIOR SCHOOL CONTRIBUTIONS

FREE WRITING FROM SUB. A1Mis Coc woz tichin the clas and she sed we were good boys. She sow a snack and she sedOh! tac that snack away. Now my bruthe ses my dogs iyz are worm.

H. Binder, Sub. Al.

Janet has a cat he is very noti. He will never be good. Janet has a hard life with him. Hewill never lisin to Janet.

W. Colborne, Sub Al.

Mis Coc can run fast up the hiJ.Mis Coc shots at noti boys.Mis Coc can jump hj.

B. Pharo, Sub Al.

SUB.A2

MY HOMEmy home is big and it has a rocree and it is ner the shop and Iam glad uuw home is nerthe shop becuus [ want to bi sum sweets at the shop and them [ wil get bad tith and themIwij haf to go to the dentst and [ doo not won to go to the dentst and [ haf not efe gonto the dentast onli my sist has.

P. Delmar, Sub A2.

NOAH'S ARKethee bodee besept Noah was bad So god mAd Noah mAc a Ark and then he got etheeliveeng amal to go in the Ark tM wAtd 7 days and on the 7th day cAm a nudo

G. Williams, Sub. A2.

SUB. B1

FISH UNDER WATERFish live in water, they have gills to breathe with but people who go under water have

to use aqualungs. Fish [ove to swim in the big waves but crabs live in the rocks wherethere are only small waves. This is how fish and crabs live.

G. Baartman, Sub BI.

A VISIT TO THE CIRCUSOne day [ went to the circus and saw two monkeys. The lions and tigers were in cages

but the elephants were walking outside. The ringmaster came in first with the red-nosedclowns. Then came five dogs who all jumped through hoops. [ liked the circus and [ willgo again.

z. Atlas, Sub Bl.

AT THE DOCKSOne day [ went to the Docks and there Isaw the cranes put the cases on a big ship and

then a tug came to pull the ship out. The people threw streamers down and the shippulled out. Then I couldn't see it anymore.

A. Steward, Sub. Bl.

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TRIP TO AN ISLANDOne day I was walking on the beach when J saw an island. I went down to one of the

little boats. I packed the boat and sailed to the island. The island,had lots of trees butthere were no people so I decided to go back home again.

H. Erasmus, Sub. Bl.

SUB.B2

THE ZOOOne day thi: family and I went to the zoo. When we got there we saw monkeys and

pigs and seals and ducks and then we went home and then on the way home we saw asheep and then we saw another sheep.

R. Kassei, Sub. B2.

THE PARKI went to the park and I saw lots of animals. I saw pigs and lambs and lots of lions and

I went to the man who gave us the peanuts to give the animals food so I said to the manMay I have some peanuts. Yes you may. So I took some and fed the animals.

J. Fick, Sub. B2.

"HO HO WHAT A SURPRISE"It was half past eleven when suddenly my sister J iIJ heard a funny noise. She came

running into my room just after my Mother and Father had gone out for supper. Jill saidto me I heard a funny noise like this scratch sc-r-a-tch sc-r-a-tch. Oh nonsense. Oh [ thinkyou are right. I think that a robber is at the door. Well I said to Jilll will get my cricketbat. You take my water pistol and shoot him in the face. On your marks get set shoot.Just then in walked Smokey the cat.

B. Tyson, Sub B2.

STANDARD lA

MY ADVENTURE AS ROBINSON CRUSOEOne day Lwas in my father's chamber. I said that I would very much like to go tb sea.

Then my father said that if J went I would never come back again. But I disagreed. Thenmy father said I could go.

So the next morning [ went on board a big vessel. So I set sail. On the way we metsome pirates who attacked us. My native friend and I were taken prisoners and we had towork very hard. But one day I escaped and went on board another ship. A big storm aroseand the crew jumped overboard. All my friends were swallowed up and I swam up onshore half dead.

Night was coming on so I climbed a tree and next morning I saw the ship so I swamover to it. I found plenty of provisions to last me a long time. Time passed and I builtmyself a little fortress. One day I looked down and I saw nine savages eating flesh! Igrabbed my gun and shot but all the savages ran off. Then four years later thirty savagescame leading two prisoners. One was torn to bits, while the other one ran. I shouted that[ would save his life. I shot one man and the other one took a.im. I named the man whomI had saved 'Friday'. He became my friend.

Many years passed and one day an English ship came by. We climbed aboard andreached England safely after living 0n the island for twenty-eight years.

N. Sanders, lA.

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I F I WAS A DETECTIVEIf I was a police detective I could help the police catch robbers and put them in the

cells. And also, I could make all the cars stop for me, but I would have to be quick tocatch robbers and crooks.

I would have to know all the rules of the world, but it would be nice to shoot therobbers and save the world.

The people would call me the champ of the town.S. Geldenhuys, I A.

MAROONED ON AN ISLANDOnce I was on my way to Scandinavia and as we flew over a desert island we found out

that the plane was being hijacked. Suddenly the plane circled the island and came intoland. We got out and we were taken to an old Japanese bunker.

Then my dog, who had escaped and run away from me when we got out of the plane,suddenly appeared. Then he bit the ropes and we escaped.

C. Merrington, lA.

STANDARD 1B

THE ROBBERSSam and Lou were walking down the street. Lou said, "Sam look at that bank! Shall

we rob it? ". "Yes I think we shall," said Lou. That was a good idea. So they ran in to thebank and Lou said, "stick 'em up otherwise I shall shoot." "All right, all right," said theman there, but Lou was already taking the money. ''I'll repay you for this," said the manin the bank and made a sign to another man in the bank to call the police and no soonerhad he caUed than there was the sound of a car outside. The police came rushing in and('aught Sam and Lbu. They were taken to prison and the bank got their money back.

M. Bridgens, IB.

THE ELF

There was a Little elf,and he kept to himself.He ran down a hole,and ran into a mole.He quickly ran out,right into a spout.He was very wet,and very upset. R. Wocherpfennig, IB.

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MY CATI have a cat that is nice to keepI take him to bed when I sleep.He licks my toesand bites my nose.He sits next to the dogwhich is chewing a log.Up on the waUlik a furry baU,sits a cat.

He doesn't shake a pawbut he's delighted to see his father-in-law.He sits in the treeand thinks he can see the sea.He has sharp clawsand little white paws.He plays with beadsand pounces on seeds.

He played with his motherand now plays with his brother.He has little point yearsand quite a few fears.He bites my shoe-lacesand jumps on our cases.He jumped on my bed, and saidcan I sleep with youit's nicer with twoand I said yes. P. Williams, IB.

STANDARD 2A

SICKNESS SAVES A SHIPOn board the Santa Maria stood the Captain and l. The sea was calm and blue. There

was a light breeze blowing. 1was standing in the front of the ship when I saw another shipquite far off. I decided to find out what kind of ship it was, so I climbed up the rigging tothe lookout. When I reached the lookout I found a telescope. I looked through it and Icould scarcely believe my eyes when I saw a fleet of Portuguese war ships. I climbeddown from the rigging as fast as 1 could and told the Captain. "All men to arms," shoutedthe Captain. The Portuguese vessels drew nearer and nearer all the time. I watched thedistance from our vessels and they grew smaller. Soon the Portuguese vessels were glidingalongside our ship. They boarded and a fierce battle began. Clang went swords and pistolsexploded. All I heard was musket shots ringing in my ears. I knew we were outnumbered.I suddenly had a bright idea. I ran to the back of the ship and pulled a rope and up wentthe quarantine flag. The Portuguese fled when they saw the flag. We were victorious, andafter four months we reached Spain safely.

S. Burt, 2A.

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MY TRIP TO THE CAPE WITH VAN RIEBEECKAt last the time came for Jan van Riebeeck to sail to the Cape. For some time llay in

bed thinking then [ heard someone knocking on the door. Itwas Van Riebeeck. He toldme that I was going with him to the Cape. We left early the next morning and sailed formore than six months. At last we arrived there and as we landed, Jan van Riebeeck toldme that the Hottentots were friendly and the bushmen were not. He also told me that hewas fIrst going to build a fort and then a castle. He asked me to barter spices with theHottentots for cattle. He grew vegetables and fruit for trade with every passing ship. Westayed there for seven years. Eventually the time came for us to leave the Cape and to goback to Holland. We packed the ship and sailed back. [ went to meet my mother on thedocks, and two weeks later a messenger came. He told me that I was to become governorafter Jan van Riebeeck.

R. Gunning, 2A.

BUSH FIREThe wheels of the car went spinning through the dust on the road. We saw the dry,

parched leaves of the bushes. The owls hooted once or twice. The hot dry sun poureddown on the lone lanes.

At last we swung round a corner and there we were. The place was terribly isolated.We sat down and had our picnic. There were rivers with no water in them for milesaround us. Suddenly out of the corner of my eye I spotted smoke. When I turned round Iwas surrounded by spitting flames. To my utmost relief it started to rain. The rain foughtwith the flames vigorously until the fire was extinguished.

B. Malbin, 2A.

STANDARD 2B

THE HAUNTED HOUSEI was staying with a friend in a small village at the sea-side. One night my friend said to

me, "Have you seen our haunted house? " "You surely don't believe in that sort ofthing," [ said. "WeU, it's all very strange," he answered. "The house has been empty foryears, but people say that sometimes lights are seen shining from the windows. ['II takeyou there tonight. Be ready at nine-'o-clock and wear something black so you won'teasily be seen." That night we climbed up the hill. There stood the gloomy old house.The gate creaked as we opened it. The path was full of dead leaves so our footsteps weremuffled. The front door opened easily. There was dust everywhere and the walls werecovered in cobwebs and cracks. We made our way along the path and up the stairs. Thenwe saw a Hght shining under a door and we hears soft voices. We looked through thekeyhole and saw three men counting money. By listening to what they were saying, weknew it was stolen money.

"You stay here while I fetch the police," said my friend. A short while later theyarrived and arrested the men. We were each given a watch for helping the police.

T. Duguid, 2B.

THE DAY I MET A MARTIANOne day, as I was walking to the station, [saw what seemed to be a bright red bubble

in the sky. As 1 watched, the bubble floated nearer to the ground and then it landed. Iwent to have a closer look at it. Suddenly a hatch opened and out stepped a funny littlecreature. He was one foot high and was green with y~lIow spots. We stood and looked ateach other. He said, "My name is Minus X. Who are you? " "Nicholas Brian Kamp," Ianswered. Then he invited me into his bubble spaceship. We went for a trip. 1 showed him

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our country. He was very impressed but said that Mars was better. When he had seenenough, we landed at the same spot where we had first met. He said goodbye and flewaway.l walked on towards the station.

N. Kamp, 2B.

LOSTTom, Mike and I were off on our holiday. We were sitting in a crowded compartment

as the train roared along the railway (jnes towards the Cederberg Mountains. At last thetrain thundered into the station. From there we caught a bus which jogged down therough country lane to the camping site. We found a shady spot and pitched the tent.

Mike said he was going for a walk. An hour went by and he still hadn't returned. Aftertwo hours we decided to go and look for rum. We searched and searched. Then we cameto a creek. Suddenly we heard a cry of anguish. We looked down over the edge. There wasMike. "I fell down here and hurt my leg," he said. We threw rum a rope and pulled himup. Then we carried him back to the tent. He had only sprained an ankle and the nextday he was able to walk around. So our camping holiday was not spoilt after all.

J. Green, 2B.

THE KITEI am a kite. I love to fly,High, rugh up in the sky,I dip I dive, I spin aroundAnd far below me is the ground,I wish I were a bird in flightInstead of which I am a kite.

N. Caris, 2B.

STANDARD 3A

FROM MY WINDOWAs I was looking from my window I saw a lady come hobbling along. She was going to

cross the road when a car speeding by, knocked her down. I went quickly to 'phone theambulance and the police.

When the ambulance arrived there, she was groaning. The attendants took out thestretcher and put her on it, and lifted her into the ambulance and drove away.

As it disappeared the police came and marked the road where the accident had takenplace. The car was badly damaged. The police had evidence against the driver.

The next day I heard the lady was dead, so the driver was sent to prison.M. Aitken, 3A.

I SAl LED WITH VASCO DA GAMAWe sailed from Lisbon in windy weather and knew a storm was brewing. The next day

the storm hit us. The wind raged through the masts and we rocked to and fro with thewaves crashing on the deck.

Soon the storm blew itself out and the sun came out. Everybody was in rugh spiritsbut then to our horror we saw a pirate ship bearing down on us.

Hastily we put up extra sails to catch more wind.Suddenly the pirate srup struck a reef and began to sink.

The next day we rounded the Cape and dropped anchor in a bay which we calledMossel Bay because there were great quantities of mussels.

We traded with the Hottentots for fresh meat and a month later reached the East.C. King, 3A.

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ONS PLAASVader het vir ons 'n baie mooi woonhuis op die plaas in Constantia gebou.Ons het ook ander geboue op die plaas soos die melkamer, die skuur, die pakkamers en

die varkhokke. Ons gee die varke kos in die oggend en die aand.Voor ons huis is daar 'n mooi blomtuin waarin moeder die mooiste blomme kweek.

Agter die huis is daar 'n mooi vrugteboord met lekker appels en vye.Ons het ook baie melkoeie wat vir ons baie melk gee. In die groen weivelde loop die

koeie en wei.In elke kamp is daar 'n windpomp. Wanneer die wind waai, draai die wiel. Die

windpomp pomp dan water in 'n klein dammetjie vir die diere om te drink.Ja, plaaslewe is maar nog altyd die beste. Ek sal nooit in 'n stad gaan woon nie.

T. Knight, 3A.

THE MAD MONKEY[n thejunglesofYed,Lived a monkey who said:"('m king of the monkeys, you fools!I'm tall and I'm great, ['m king of this state:My friends, look at me, as wise and as greatAs a ruler of State."

Then he came - a fighter, a biter, a smiter;To destroy the king,Who, in his mind, was a THING.Then at night he did strike,Rode away on a bike;To return, and proclaim himself King!The citizens wept in their grief and their pain.The Gods wailed so hard that it started to rain,For the whole escapade started over again.

N. Braak, 3B.

THE DESERT ISLAND[ was alone on this island. Our ship had been wrecked. My crew had probably been

drowned. As 1 looked around, I saw to my horror, miles and miles of desert, just plain,yellow sand. [ started to walk inland, hoping to find some civilisation.

[ walked and walked. Day crawled into night, and night crawled into day. To fmdwater [ had to dig near a green bush. [ ate coconuts and anything else. After walking fordays, I became thinner and thinner. Then I came to another part of the desert wherethere were no palm trees and no green bushes where I could fmd water.Iwalked on, hoping to find some water and palm trees. Igrew so hungry that Istarted

to bite bits out of my body and eat them. I started to feel violently ill, but I could not doanything as my stomach was empty. My body began to wrinkle and my skin began to peeloff.

As I staggered and crawled along, I felt the life begin to leave my body. The last thing Ican remember is a flash of yellow as I looked up at the sun for the last time.

G. Brown, 3B.

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STANDARD 3B

THE MOD HIPPIE OF HAMELIN

A mayor sat in council, one day,To think what was best to lure awayFrom the town - the big and little miceThat were coming after their cheese and spice,And then, before the corporation,He made this surprising exclamation:"Now hear, and Iwill give some counsel -For tuppence I'd my velvet gown sellTo any man who can rid this townOf the vermin running up and down.And I'll give him an extra half-a-crown!Or, if he does it well, a whole pound,And I'll see that in due time, King he.'s crowned! "

At that moment, what should happenAt the chamber door, but a gentle tappin'."Come in," cried big fat Mr. Ferry,The image of a grandpa cherry,He then let out a nervous snigger,As in did come the strangest figure!Wearing necklaces, beads and a furry beard!To the mayor this hippie looked most weird.

He said "As sure as I'm 'Beatle John,'Man, I can make these mice real gone! "Then the Town Clerk, namely Mr. Seef,Quaked with a jeering disbeUef.But the Icippie walked out and started hummingTo the crazy tune his guitar was strummingAnd the mice they followed with patterning pawsOut of the windows, and out of the doors.Eventually the hippie stopped,But the mice could not, and on they hopped.

At last they reached the hippies' tribe.Oh, such joy as 1 cannot describe!And the Mayor returned, and was made KingAnd in celebration, the people did sing:"YEH, YEH, YEH."

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D. Heymann, 3B.

AN ACCIDENTOne Tuesday morning the class set out to go to the museum in Cape Town.We got out of the bus and started to walk to the museum. When we got to a crossroad,

we suddenly heard BANG! We looked around and saw that two cars had crashed! I sawa telephone box and ran to it and telephoned for the police and an ambulance. In themeantime the cars had burst into flames. I ran again to 'phone the fire-brigade. I ran backand tried to help. My friend picked up a brick and threw it at the window. It broke thewindow and we opened the door and through the broken window we pulled the peopleout. The ambulance arrived and took the people to hospital. Then the fire-brigade and thepolice arrived. The fireman put out the fire and went away. The poUce marked where thecrash had taken place. It all happened in an hour and a half, so we still had time to go tothe museum. That night the headUne in the newspaper read: SCHOOL BOYS SAVELIVES OF FOUR.

The class was rewarded by the police. We heard soon afterwards that the people hadrecovered completely from their injuries.

G. Cawood, 3B.

STANDARD 4A

A STORM AT SEAOn the 29th of ] uly, 1952, the "Stormy Waters," a ship coming from England to

South Africa was wrecked twenty miles out at sea off the coast of Llideritz. There were121 passengers on board and only thirty-one of them were rescued alive.

The dark, black clouds lay menacingly over the ship, claps of thunder were heard inthe distance. Suddenly there was a streak of lightning and the rain came down in torrents,more lightning was seen and thunder was heard. The waves suddenly becamemountainous and the "Stormy Waters" was being tossed about like a cork. Suddenly withtremendous force a wave struck the ship and it almost capsized. Wind was coming fromall directions and was blowing ïhe gigantic waves against the ship. Women and childrenwere screaming and crying, while men were helping the crew pump out the water.Eventually a wave hit the ship again with tremendous force, this time it could not holdout and gushes of water came gushing in a new leak. The ship looked a sorry sight as it laysi.nking in sore distress.

G. Tyson, 4A.

AN ESCAPED CONVICTThe doorbell - the bruise on my head - all these mixed conclusions as I lay in bed the

next morning. I went back in thought, thinking of the night before.As I was sitting in our study quietly reading a Sherlock Holmes thriller, the doorbell

rang. There he stood hands in pockets casually sucking chewing gum. His long sideburnsand grin of determination made me tremble. I could feel the perspiration pouring downthe side of my face.

I was shaking at the knees when he said, "You keep out of this or you'll be the onewho suffers." I said nervously, "Wh-what do you w-want." He was about six foot tall andtaking long footsteps as he strode past me.

He was upstairs like a flash. I couldn't do anything but follow him. As I neared the topof the stairs I saw a dark shadow disappearing into my parents' room. I could hear himdialing the safe number. He ran down the stairs, I raced after him, in vain I made a flyingdive to reach him but I felt a sharp blow on my forehead. llooked up dazed only to seehim stumble over an old trunk and get a shower of flowers over him.

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By sheer luck he fell on our alarm. He made a last effort by getting out of the window.phoned the police, "Please come to Riversdale Road, Number 19, please hurry."

Suddenly there was an uproar, I looked out of the window catching a glimpse of theproceedings. [watched an unbelie~ble sight. Our bulldog, Spoofer had him pinned to theground. The men in blue had arrived, to no avail for the intruder. He said gasping, "Getthis crazy hound off - oh, it's no use." One policeman had already slipped the handcuffson him. "Good grief," uttered one of the policemen, "Hank WiJton, we've been after himfor ages." "Goodbye for now sonny, we'll be seeing you tomorrow for more details." Sothat was it and I'll never forget that night. 1 shivered, cuddled up, and fell asleep.

D. Fine, 4A.

A STORM AT SEAI was sitting in the lounge of my flat, when the telephone rang. I answered, and there

was a desperate call for help from the lifeboat station. I put down the receiver and rushedout.

Soon I arrived at the station where I changed into oilskins and a sou'wester. More andmore volunteers arrived and soon we had eighteen men to help save survivors from thewrecked cargo vessel.

Vivid flashes of lightning appeared in the stormy dark night. The thunder rolled in thedark, grey, angry clouds. All of a sudden a giant squall of wind whined among the hugewaves. The warning rays from the lighthouse shone out across the sea and picked out adistressed vessel. As soon as we arrived alongside the vessel, we threw a line across to thesurvivors. Soon all the survivors were on our lifeboat. Later we were back on land andtaking survivors to the nearby port of Plymouth. I arrived home in time to listen to the10.30 news bulletin.

M. Burger, 4A.

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A DREAMOne night I dreamt that the Russians were invading South Africa. The Mig 15 and 21

were bombing the city of Bloemfontein mercilessly. Squadron after squadron hadunloaded their deadly cargo on the city. The suburb of Bayswater had not been bombed.There was chaos on the roads as people tried to flee to safety from the screaming bombs.The houses were crumbling as bombs pounded them. As suddenly as it had begun thesquadrons of bombers departed. Suddenly there was the noise of millions of feet and theRussian army marched into the city, followed by tanks then artiUery. In a moment thecity was full of Russian tanks, trucks and artillery guns. Then, far to the west came thedroning of engines. "American jets," shouted the people. Hundreds ...

I awoke suddenly and remembered my dream and I said to myself that thank goodnessit is nol true.

J. Hadwen, 4B.

THE ROPEThe "Sea Spray" plunged through the foamy sea. The captain, Mathew Craig, sat on

his bunk. He had made his plans. If he were to find the treasure, he and his accompliceswould kill the rest of the crew.

A day later they found the treasure. Craig found a crewman prying in his chest. Heslyly knocked out the crewman and that night he hung him from the yard-arms. Then hethrew the dead body to the sharks. Then he threw the bloodstained rope in his chest.Suddenly he saw a printed note. It read: "The curse of Katawa is on you." The captainwas now panic-stricken. He was aware of the crew's suspicion. He now planned to kill allthe crew.

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But the next day did not come for the Captain. That night the ship struck a rockduring a violent storm and the chest sunk to the bottom of the sea. It was found by diversand on opening the chest the bloodstained rope was found. The story of the "Sea Spray"is still a mystery.

C. Hyland, 4B.

THE SUNNY TREASURE COVESparkle cove is on the northern coast of Scotland. It is rightly so-called because it

receives good light from 8.30 in the morning to 5.30 in the evening. But it was because ofthis fact that the Black Eagle lost his life.

It was the year 1816. A pirate vessel was cruising along near to this cove. Suddenly, ashot was heard. Black Eagle, the captain dropped his ale and ran to his post by the mast.He was shouting orders and soon every man was at his cannon. But nobody saw any signof life. "1 don't like this," grunted Black Eagle. Suddenly a flash was seen and a bulletskimmed over Black Eagle's head. Before anY0f!e knew what was happening, the shiplurched over on its side. "We have been hit," yelled the captain, and a whimper from theslaves, who were chained to the oars greeted this news. "We have got to get to thelife-boats, comrades, and leave the slaves where they are." In a few minutes the pirateswere rowing to shore. They soon landed and took a last look at the sinking vessel."There's a cove up there my hearties. We'll spend the night there. Our attackers won'tfind us there because it will be dark."

But Black Eagle had made a mistake. Tllis cove received light for another hour yet.Still, the pirates didn't know this and they walked confidently to the cove, not expectinganything unusual to happen. Suddenly they heard footsteps outside and shrank back intothe shadows but the cove was too light and they could easily be seen. Black Eagle realizedthis but it was too late. A party of Coast Guards trooped in and the pirates were arrested.Later they were all sentenced to death. They were duly hanged - with a silver rope foundin the pirate's treasure chest. As Black Eagle stepped onto the scaffold he muttered,"Curse me for being a fool and falling into the ambush," and then he dropped into thelife of the underworld.

O. Rogers, 4B.

STANDARD 5A

A STRANGE INCIDENTOne stormy night as 1 was walking home from my friend's home, I noticed tyre tracks

leading up to the old house which was on the verge of being demolished. I thought it wasstrange because the house was thought to be haunted, and nobody used even to go thereand into the grounds. Since I was not in a hurry to go home I decided fa creep up thehouse and to shelter from the rain which was now flooding the driveway trying to avoidthe many potholes which 1 had to jump over. I finally reached the house which lookedrather eerie in the half light. Then [ tried the door, locked, of course. [ then walkedslowly around the house, being careful to stay in the deep shadow which made a contrastwith the moonlight. 1 found an open window and I just managed to climb through it. Ifound myself in what must have been a library. There were many empty shelves and atthe other end there was a door.

I slowly tried it and it creaked open. [ found myself on the landing of the stairs.Suddenly 1 heard a strange sound as if someone was calling me. I stiffened, and heard thesound again. It seemed to come from a room which was far away ... the attic maybe. Iwalked down the stairs which seemed to give way under me, and [ made for the kitchen.To my surprise [ saw a full box of matches on the sink. I struck one but it went out. AliItried just went out. SuddenJy I felt an icy chill running down my spine for this time the

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S. Barker, SA.

voice that I heard, sounded much nearer. This time I knew what the voice was saying. Itsaid: "Come with me." I felt dizzy and I walked straight not realising where I was going. Ifought against the strong sensation which came over me. Suddenly I remembered that myfather had told me that there was a huge hole in the floor, and I was heading straight forit!

I managed to steer myself clear of the danger ahead. I looked at my watch, and to myamazement it was the same time as I had come there! A quarter to ten! Suddenly Iremembered that a Uttle girl had fallen down the stairs at a quarter to ten. Then Idisappeared out of the house and down the road. I still don't know where the tyre trackscame from and they still remain a mystery to me. But I will never forget that night, andwhat happened to me. I'm sure if I told anyone he would not beUeve me, so I'm going tokeep it as my secret.

G. Maimin, SA.

COMMANDOS"You're next, Joe," said the commander. Finally Joe, Tom and Jack were swimming

strongly underwater with aqualungs. They were commandos on a special mission tocapture the enemy plans and then to leave the ship on which they had stolen the plansand blow it up.

"Set the time-bomb for an hour, Jack," said Joe. Meanwhile Tom was clambering upthe anchor chain when Jack followed with Joe. Once on board they crept silently towardsthe staircase which led up to the bridge where the plans were stored. "Look there's aguard," said Jack. So deciding we would have to get rid of the guard, Joe crept up behindhim with his knife gUttering in the moonUght. In a few seconds it was all over and Joe wasdragging the guard to cover so that the other guards would not notice his body. First Tomslithered up the stairs, crept round and looked through one of the windows. He noticed aguard lounging in one of the chairs. He then beckoned Jack to creep up without beingseen. As Jack was about halfway up the stairs the guard stood up and by coincidencewalked to the window and looked out to spy Jack, but Jack had not seen him and kepton crawling. The guard reached for his machine-gun but Tom had quietly slipped in at thedoor. The guard opened fire. Tom pounced on him and plunged his knife deep into hisneck. Tom found the drawer which contained the plans and quickly dashed them into hispocket.

By now the guards were streaming from aH directions, for they had heard the gunfire.Suddenly there was a chattering of machine-guns and when the smoke cleared the guardswere lying limply on the deck. Joe, Tom and Jack dived overboard with the plans andwhen they reached the shore the ship blew up with sirens wailing and searchlights piercinginto the water.

MURDER AT NIGHTOne late night, while I was fast asleep, I was suddenly awakened by revolver shots

ringing through the silent, cold night air. Immediately I sprang out of bed and peeredthrough the open window. A silhoueted figure darted across the lawns, opposite a largedouble-storeyed house. Quickly I rang the emergency phone-number for the police.Within minutes a van drew up outside our gate. Meanwhile I called my father and we bothrushed to the gate. I described the incident to the officer and then repaired to bed.

The foHowing morning I studied the newspaper whose headlines read, "Murder VictimFound in the Haunted Mansion." It had been a murder. That afternoon I crept aroundthe rear of the mansion to investigate. After :;earching in vain for evidence, I returnedhome, but fortunately out of the corner of my eye, I spotted an object, tattered, on theground. It turned out to be a wallet with several ten rand notes inside it and a picture of

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the murdered man. I quickly picked it up and carefully put it into my pocket. Later Ihanded the precious evidence to the officer in charge of the case. The wallet was sent forinvestigation and there were plenty of fingerprints studded on the cover.

After the prints had been returned they were checked with the criminal records. It wasfound that the murderer was a jailbreaker and that he was exceedingly dangerous. Later,after the grounds and the house had been throughJy checked, several footprints andpieces of cloth were discovered. We decided to print a picture of the wanted man in thenewspaper. We received a call saying that he had been spotted walking into a house inConstantia. All the available men were gathered together and they surrounded thegrounds. Then two constables knocked on the door leading to a porch where I was hiding.When the murderer opened the door and saw the police-uniform, his reactions wereimmediate. He grabbed his revolver and made for the door, shooting the policemen in hisway. As the charging man rushed past me, I tripped him, so that he tumbled into apoliceman's hands.

At the jail, the day before he was to be hanged, the murderer committed suicide. Afterthat horrifying case, 1 returned to my uneventful life as a school boy.

O. Johnson, SA.

STANDARD 5B

"BUSH MORNING"The last shades of night slowly faded into the forest as the sun crept over the horizon.

Kha, the African rock python, uncoiled himself and slithered into the ever-brighteningsunshine. Monkeys started chattering in the treetops and the birds began to sing.

Nika, the lion, walked with his family through the biscuit-coloured grass to the streamleading from the water-hole. A flock of wild-duck rose as they saw the lions approach andthe zebra stamped restlessly abou t with fear. Buck turned to flee, but seeing there was nodanger, they proceeded to drink.

Kha made his way to the water-hole and drank. His tongue flickered viciously to smellout any roaming prey which he could eat. He then slithered into the sunshine and fellasleep.

On the opposite side a cloud of dust rose towards the clear sky as two buffalo had afriendly brawl. A baboon burst into the open with a baby clinging to her neck. Nikaloped to the water's edge and with a deep rumble from his throat, beckoned his family todrink.

Kha suddenly awoke and looking around him saw a careless jackal. With lightningspeed he caugh t it in his deadly coils and began to devour it. In the stream fish dartedabout in the crystal-clear water and in the distance animals heard the dull boom of thewaterfall.

Nika quenched his thjrst and let out a roar. He then proceeded to the shade of abaobab tree while h.is five cubs frolicked around him. Sheba, the lioness, lay down besidehim and began to lick his nose.

Kha had now finished the procedure of devouring the jackal and went to sleep again.Suddenly the monkeys began to chatter wildly and in the distance they could see a longline of dust appear.ing. It was being made by the great monster of man, the jeep.

"Flee," roared the Uon. "They will bring the thunder stick which can kill at adistance."

Suddenly the water-hole was alive with movement. All the animals were fleeing forcover. Only Kha was left with a full stomach. Two hours later the line of dust haddisappeared. The great danger had passed.

C. Edgar, SB.

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A FIGHT FOR MY LIFE1 looked out of my flimsy hut and hastily buttoned up my flying jacket. The proud

jets were standing ready for action and I saw my co-pilot checking the instruments.Leaning into the wind, I struggled up to the plane where} could see one of the mechanicschecking the rockets and bombs.

"Everything all right? " I asked."Yes sir," he answered, trying to make his voice reach me against the howling wind.Then I saw my co-pilot sitting in his seat looking at the maps. } opened the cockpit

cover and clambered into the none too spacious cockpit. I pressed a button and it slidclosed. Pressing the self-starter [ felt the plane shudder slightly and calling the controltower, asked for permission to take off. The answer came through the earphones quiteclearly. Pushing the throttle forward I saw the runway rushing past. The shuddering hadgone and I pulled the joy-stick back.

"Your destination is a hundred miles east of your present position," said thecon trol-tower.

"Thank you, control," I replied, "I'm on my way."We were soon near the bombimg area and I could see the petrol tanks quite clearly. I

could also see the deadly missile-shooters. The infra-red missile it shot was of the typethat followed the plane until it hit it and exploded. It was one of these that} saw comingtowards us at that moment. Self-instinct made me hit the left rudder pedal.

All I can remember was throwing the plane about the sky and yelling to my co-pilot tojump for it. Then} was alone in the plane with the missile still on its destruction course. Ipressed the canopy release and the next moment maps were flying out of the cockpit andI felt my helmet tugging at my chin because of the speed [ was travelling. The nextmoment I pressed the ejection seat button.

That was all [ remembered until} found myself lying in a hospital, injured, but alive.P. Hanratty, SB.

ALONE AT SEAThe morning of the yacht race dawned cold and grey. A blustery wind was whipping

the water as the little yachts lined up for the start of the greatest yacht race ever -single-handed from Plymouth across the vast Atlantic ocean to New York.

The signal for the start boomed from the cannon and the little yachts, five in all,headed for the open sea. My yacht, which was called "The Hawk", was trembling withlife on the ever pitching sea. The first two days were calm and free from incidents. But onthe third day the water became restless and the waves slapped hard against the bows. Thefog began to lower over the tiny yacht and the skyline was grey and threatening.

The next morning the tempest arose. The ceaseless wail nearly drove me to exhaustionas I battled to haul down the puffed sails. I was now keeling over at a fifty degree angle.The storm grew stronger as I tried to lash the sails down. The yacht heaved to and fro likea cork and I was thrown around and received many cuts and bruises.

Later the hideous storm quietened and my spir.its rose. I sailed swiftly along to mydestination, New York, and prepared to enter the harbour a day later. The worry ofwhere I had come in the race grew inside me but a few hours later I crossed the fmishingline. I had achieved my aim. I had come first and had broken the record.

N. Krige, SB.

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1ST XVIt has been a sad year in the annals of our

Senior team. On paper at the beginning of theseason, this year's School Team held out muchpromise of developing into a combination ofmerit, but unfortunately that promise wasnever fulfilled as our players struggled for mostof the season. The main difficulties seemed tobe: (a) some players were unable to stand up tothe rigours of Under 19A rugby, (b) the word'tackle' at times seemed to have been com-pletely erased from their vocabularies, withoutdefence one must expect to be beaten, Cc)because of lack of resolution, fire and thegutbelly type of rugby needed to win matches,they were seldom able, except on a few notableoccasions, to take control of a match.

In summing up, there is no substitute forforwards who can scrum well, who play con-trolled rugby, keeping mistakes to a minimumand for backs who can handle, run straight andhard and who tackle fearlessly. This year's'first' team did not pay due attention to theelementary principles of sound rugby, andconsequently paid the price. Surely the pullingof a Wynberg jersey over their shoulders fromU12D to the School I st XV should be suffi-cient motivation to want to excel and rank withthe foremost.

The sun did shine gloriously on a fewoccasions and the team's best performanceswere a 9-6 win against Rondebosch, 14-12win against S.A.C.S. and a 21-9 win in thereturn match against S.A.C.S.

Mr. Oosthuizen is thanked for the hard workhe put into coaching the under 19A team. Hiskeenness and knowledge are much appreciated.He is also to be congratulated on being electedChairman of the Western Province SchoolsRugby Union. We trust that he will derivesatisfaction from the service he renders; "weknow that the Union will derive benefit fromMr. Oosthuizen's Chairmanship.

W.B.H.S. vs. PLUMSTEAD 18th April, 1970The honours for this opening fixture must

certainly go to Plumstead who, by drivingforward play and intelligent backline move-ments, defeated the unco-ordinated Wynbergteam.

Plumstead kicked off with a breezy south-easter behind them. Soon, in the eighth minuteof the game, Calmeyer, the Plumstead scrum-half, goaled a penalty kick from thirty yardsout. Plumstead were lucky when Bakkum (full-back) was tackled after making a good break.

Wynberg, now playing into the wind, seemedmore at home, and soon were pressing hard.Abelsolm (scrum-halt) was unlucky to bestopped a few yards short of the line after agood blind side break. An excellent touch kickby Fuller (plumstead) brought them back intothe game. Minutes later Plumstead came closeto scoring.

In the twenty-fifth minute, following a looseball after a Wynberg misunderstanding, a Plum-stead forward managed to cross the WynbergLine and thus increase their lead. Calmeyerfailed with the conversion.

Bradfield, on the Wynberg left wing, had agood run but again there were no Wynbergforwards up in support. After thirty minutes inthe second half, Currie (eighth man) followingup after some fiery forward play, passed out toEmms (centre) who in turn sent Bradfield overwell to the right of the posts. Casper's kickunfortunately hit the upright.

Wynberg tried hard to reduce the deficit, buttheir weakness· at forward made this impossible.Abelsolm spent the whole game chasing afterthe ball because the forwards tapped needlesslyin the line-outs. For this reason Casper atfly-half had a torrid time. Final score: 3-6.

D.F. MALAN vs. W.B.H.S. 25th AprilD.F. Malan kicked off into the sun. From

the ruck that followed, the D.F. Malan backline

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clid well to take the ball over the Wynbergtwenty-five yard line. A good break by fly-halfCasper once more brought play to the halfwayline. D.F. Malan soon brought play back intothe Wynberg Half of the field with a well-placedkick by their flyhalf and strong rucking by theirpack. From a scrum their backline got the ballout to their wing who almost scored on the farside of the field. Here misfortune struckWynberg; Brownlie, the prop, went off injured.Good hard play got D.F. Malan back intoWynberg half. They did well to score from aruck. It was easily converted. Although Brown-lie came back again, there was no extra score.

Wynberg kicked off but were called back fora scrum. By driving hard D.F. Malan penetratedinto Wynberg territory. From a ruck on thetwenty-five, the D.F. Malan backline flippedthe ball to the wing, who went over for a try inthe corner. It was a difficult kick, but it wasconverted (0-10).

Wynberg gained little ground from the kick-off, and the game continued to swing fromtwenty-five to twenty-five. Close to their try-line, the Wynberg backline got the' ball. Theywere quickly stopped and the D.F. Malanforwards dribbled the ball over the line for atry. This was not converted (0-13). D.F. Malanwere now afire and from a ruck their centre gotthe baH and after breaking, he scored under theposts. It was easily converted. After thatWynberg went to pieces and were lucky not tohave more tries scored against them. Finalscore: 0-18.

W.B.H.S. vs. BISHOPS 2nd May

This was the first game of the season playedin real winter weather; it was cloudy wet, rugbyweather. Bishops deserved to win this excitingdisplay of football that never faded at anystage. Wynberg ran the ball at every oppor-tunity, wIllie Bishops used their superior for-wards to gain ample ball for their somewhatwasteful backs. Theys in the forwards im-pressed with his piercing breaks from the flankdeep into Bishop's territory, while Gluckman atleft wing brought off two try-saving tackles -once when covering at right wing!

Wynberg, with the wind at their backs,attacked, but found the wet ball difficult tohandle. Emms broke well, but was left withoutsupport. After ten minutes from a Iineout five

yards from the Bishops line, Dunster was wellsupported when he dashed round the front ofthe lineout. Casper's kick from the touchlinewas short. (3-0). Two minutes later theBishops left wing dropped the ball with an openline ahead. Milford at fly-half was havingconsiderable difficulty with the wet ball at thisstage. [n the fifteen minutes before half-time, asthey began to dominate, Bishops squanderednumerous chances of scoring from fairly easypositions. Then two minutes from the intervaltheir flyhalf converted his fourth attempt fromin front of the posts.

Five minutes after the restart Milford goaleda penalty from thirty-five yards to pu tWynbergback in tlle lead. Stent (scrum-half Bishops)replied a minute later with a good try which theflyhalf converted (6-8). Now the heat was onand Casper soon intercepted brilliantly andgalloped fifty yards to dot the ball downbetween the posts. Milford stared in disbelief ashis kick flew wide (9-8). Then Bishops setabout squashing all resistance. l1leir wing tooka cross that beat Sims and put them two pointsin the lead. Emms tackled well, all in vain. Aforward was caught lying on the ball and theirflyhalf added another tluee points to their lead.Final score: 9-14.

W.B.H.S. vs. PAUL ROOS 9tll MayWynberg started off in grand style when

they kicked off to the blind side and caughtPaul Roos napping. They swung the ball alongthe backline at every opportunity to break andscore. Paul Roos settled down and, but for theirhandling, would have run through. Theys brokewithout support. Gluckman was just beaten toa touchdown after a good kick ahead by Cas-per. Gilimer failed to hold a cross from Casperwhen close to the Line. Johnstone was doingwell in the lineouts at this stage. Theys inter-cepted and ran seventy-five yards to be tackledjust short of the line. Then with Paul Roosfacing an open line, their wing dropped the ball.Soon afterwards their centre ran fifty yards,shrugging tackles off aU the way, to score mid-way out. Three minutes later their scrum-half slipped through untouched. The fullbackconverted. Score 3-8.

Wynberg had a torrid time this half and hadto defend desperately. Abelsohn injured hisankle and Currie took over at the base of the

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Back Row: J. M. Abelsohn, K. R. Wright, T. P. Hewett, M. J. Gluckman, M. Oosthuizen, D. D.Milford.

Standing: T. Dunster, R. Whitehead, V. Potter, N. G. Fine, K. P. Des Lignens, A. Theys, E. Casper.Seated: T. A. Bakkum, Mr. J. F. Oosthuizen (Coach). J. W. Brownlie (Captain), Mr. N. R. Blackbeard

(Principal), I. Emms (Vice-Captain), Mr. P. R. Broster (Coach), S. C. Currie.

scrum. Emms kicked ahead and, against the runof play, Margolit scored (6-8). Five minuteslater the Paul Roos scrumhalf dived over from afive yard scrum. The fullback converted. Aftera lapse of five minutes, the flyhalf slippedthrough untouched in a similar position.(6-16). Wynberg attacked relentlessly, untilthe end of the match, but were unable to breakthe defence. Gluckman broke the line, but his'try' was ruled lost by the referee. Final Score:6-16.

PAARL BOYS' HIGH vs. W.B.H.S. 16th May

Paarl deserved their six point win by beatingWynberg at their own game. The forward playwas fairly even, with Paarl getting a better shareof the lineout play. The Paarl backs completelyoutplayed their opponents and very intelligent

play by their red-headed fullback, MacDonald,led to Wynberg's fifth defeat of the season.Paarlopened the scoring with a penalty, butWynberg replied quickly when Casper (flyhalf)kicked ahead for llis wing, Gillmer, to score inthe corner. (3-3). Right on half-time, afterWynberg had been under almost continualpressure, the Paarl eighth man made for the lineHe was stopped short, but the ball had beenknocked out of his hands for a forward to pickup and go over. (6-3).

With the Wynberg backs enjoying a steadyservice from scrumhalf Abelsohn, they oftencame close to scoring, but the Paarl defenceheld firm. The tables were turned when the leftwing beat his opponent to increase the lead to9-3. A dummy scissors from Paarl almost borefruit, and then the Wynberg forwards took

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over. Theys carried, and Currie (eighth man)scored after a loose scrum (9-6).

Smit (centre) sewed the game up for Paarlwhen he shrugged off a tackle and caught thedefence out of position (12-6). Final score:Paarl 12, Wynberg 6.

W.B.H.S. vs. JAN van RIEBEECK 23rd May

Wynberg had overwhelming territorial ad-vantage and Bakkum used the ball intelligently,but was unable to get his closely-marked wingsaway. Abelsohn flicked the ball out to Gluck-man, who, after making ground returned thepass and brought play right into the Jan vanRiebeeck twenty-five. It was here, after twentyminutes of the first half, that Oosthuizengoaled an easy penalty to put Wynberg in thelead which they held ootil half-time. WhenOosthuizen collected a high kick ahead andBrownlie took it on in a good scissors move,Wynberg came close to breaking through, but,with the defence flat-footed, his pass to Gluck-man was lost.

Jan van Riebeeck was by no means beaten,as they showed, but the seven-man pack couldnot gain clear superiority. Gillmer was justbeaten to a touch-down after a clever kickahead by Casper and Oosthuizen was juststopped short of the line after a scissorsmovement from Hewett. Yet another new moveinvolving Casper passing outside and runninground to collect again ended in Gluckman'sgetting away but he put a foot in touch. Withthe scissors movements working well Bakkumdummied twice, but was caught by the scrum-half covering the line. Margolit hooked cleanlyagainst the head and Oosthuizen tore away, butyet again a foot had gone into touch. Dunsterbarged roood the front of a lineout, but still thedefence held. Jan van Riebeeck, now two short,steamrollered Hewett and the wing used hisoverlap and scored. Wynberg supportersbreathed a sigh of relief when the conversionfrom the touchline flew wide. Final score: 3-3.

W.B.H.S. vs. S.A.C.S. 6th JuneWith Milford at flyhalf, given plenty of room

in which to move, and both forwards and backsenjoying a slight superiority, Wynberg notchedup a well-deserved 14-12 victory over SACS.

Wynberg worked hard for their win, and aftertrailing 0-9 at the interval, won. Ken wrighttook over from injured Margolit and certainlyleft no evidence of the Craven Week player'sabsence. All the backs ran with determinationand this resulted in a fast, exciting game. SACSsorely missed the lightning break of Morrison atflyhalf, but generally lacked determination inthe backs.

SACS took an early lead when flank erMacLaughlin put over a penalty. Soon after-wards he scored a try which he was unable toconvert. The Wynberg forwards floundered inthis half and made many mistakes. Wynbergwere penalised two yards from their own line,but the kick, from midway out, failed. Threeminutes later a penalty from forty yards sailedbetween the uprights after a Wynberg latetackle (0-9). Gluckman was prominent indefence and, after blunting his opposing wingwith a crash tackle, he sent SACS back fiftyyards with a stupendous kick from his twenty-five yard line. Just on half-time Bakkum hit thecross-bar with a penalty from thirty-five yards.

Right from the resumption Wynberg toreinto their opponents. Abelsohn and Currie werestopped just short of the line. Gluckman fieldeda clearance and sprinted down the wing. Hisreturn pass was, however, knocked down. Bak-kum, who had a good, steady game at fulback,followed up his own kick ahead and forced theSACS fullback into touch close to their line.Dunster's break roood the front of the lineouttook him within inches of the line. Milfordbroke past his opponent, V.d. Merwe, butOosthuizen was ooable to force his waythrough. SACS were penalised and Oosthuizenmade no mistake (3-9). Casper, at insidecentre, slipped through a tackle and missing outhis outside centre, passed to Gluckman whodived over for an unconverted try (6-9).MacLaughlin replied with a magnificent fortyyard penalty (6-12). Then Bakkum kickedahead on th~ SACS twenty-five. Currie col-lected it and fell over the line with a pack ofSACS wolves on his back. He himself convertedit from the touchline. Two minutes from time,when Gilmer outpaced a defender to a kickahead and was held back, SACS were penalisedand Oosthuizen sent the ball between the posts.

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W.B.H.S. vs. RONDEBOSCH 13th JuneShowing a pleasing metamorphosis from the

first games of the season, Wynberg completed'the double' by beating both SACS and Ronde-bosch in consecutive weeks. Though many willsay that Rondebosch deserved to win, whichthey would have done had they made use oftheir opportunities, Wynberg always lookeddangerous when in possession of the ball. TheRondebosch pack had the beating of theWynberg eight in the lineouts and tight scrums,but were sluggish to the loose ball. The hard,first time tackling and covering of the Wynbergbacks blunted the Rondebosch backline, andpointless, wasteful kicking away of a good,clean ball contributed to their downfall.

Wynberg through an interception by J ohn-stone, stormed up to the Rondebosch line andwith the game only five minutes old, Oost-huizen goaled a penalty from twenty-five yards.later, with a disorganised back line, he wasfractionally wide with a drop. Furmage, atfullback, was safe. Gluckman, as always, turnedin an impeccable display of tackling. Ronde-bosch built up attack after attack, each break-ing down after a Wynberg crash-tackle. Weedenlevelled the score for Rondebosch wi th his thirdattempt at goal (3-3). Three minutes laterAbernethy (centre) gave them a 6-3 lead witha clever drop goal. In the thirty-sixth minute ofthe fust half Weeden was wide from thirtyyards far out.

Soon after half-time Oosthuizen levelled thescores with an easy penalty (6-6). ThenRondebosch found less possession coming theirway. Theys.picked up a pass from Milford thattook play to within five yards of the Ronde-bosch line. The Wynberg team answered awar-cry from 'Old-Boy' supporters, who haveattended the matches this season in largenumbers, when Theys, in the flyhalf position,booted ahead for an easy bounce to go toGluckman, who already over the line, had justto bring the ball down out of the air. Playtended to become scrappy, and just on time theRondebosch left wing went over in the corner,but was brought back for an infringement.Final score: 9-6.

W.B.H.S. vs. KEARNSEY COLLEGEWynberg started shakily, but warmed up

to beat Keamsey convincingly by a goal to

a penalty. Margolit raked an enormous shareof tight-head baIl, but the backs lackedimagination on attack. Their defence heldfinn, however, and was the strongpoint of theWynberg play. Penalties were wasted and nokicker seemed to fmd form on the hard ground.The Wynberg lineout play was quite their fmestdisplay, Jolmstone and Fine being particularlyprominent. The loose forward trio kept theopposing halfbacks penned in. Abelsohn, how-ever, was closely marked by the Kearsney NatalSchool's flank. Milford made clever use of hisfreedom at flyhalf.

Kearsney drove forward but a series ofBakkum penalties sent them reeling back totheir twenty-five. Early on in the game Curriewas just short from thirty-five yards. Twominutes later the Kearsney fullback missed aneasy twenty-five yard penalty. Then Wynbergsettled down and applied the pressure. Dunsterfollowed up a well-placed kick from Oosthuizenand beat the fumbling fullback to the touch-down. When the Kearsney pack knittedtogether they drove through the Wynberg eight,using their vast weight advantage to harrassthem into mistakes. Five minutes from theinterval the Kearsney fullback capitalised onthe second of three attempts.

The centre pair, Oosthuizen and Casper, hada good game and contributed the midfieldstrength of Wynberg. Besides missed penalties,the only scoring chance was when Gluckmancame inside Milford from a five-yard scrum anddived for the line, but the opposing scrumhalfknocked the ball out of his outstretched arms.Final score: 5-3.

W.B.H.S. vs. PORT NATAL 24th JuneIn a fast-moving game of running rugby,

Wynberg went down to Port Natal. Wynbergstarting with the wind, pressed. Gluckman sawa lot of the ball, but was unable to break awayfrom his faster opponent. Then the Port Natalforwards took over and by the end of the gametighthead count was 9-0 against Wynberg.Their Craven Week loose forwards gave Abel-sohn a torrid time, but our backline alwayslooked dangerous, both in attack and defence.Bakkum handled safely at fullback. Ken Wright(reserve hooker) played a storming game atright wing. Brownlie was injured early on in thegame and was uncomfortable in the scrum.

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Back Row: M. Small, G. Bricknell,'E. Coffin, S. Macfarlane, J. Oosthuizen, W. Katzen.Standing: A. Davis, K. Hopkins, T. Dodd, W. Hempel, S. Garish. L. King.Seated: K. Penwarden, Mr. O. le Roux (Coach), S. Casper (Captain), Mr. N. Blackbeard (Principal), R.

Marcus.Absent: A. Lamb, J. Martin.

Neither side managed to goal more than one ofthe feast of kicks given away.

Wynberg, with the wind at their backs, flewinto their opponents. A scissors movementbetween Casper and Milford had Currie sendingGluckman away, but the pass was forward.Casper then broke past his man, drew anotherand gave Gluckman the pass, but a solid tacklestopped him short. After twenty minutes, thePort Natal number eight broke away and thepass to his wing resulted in a try. Ten minu'teslater the identical movement resuIted in an-other try at the hands of their flanker.

Gluckman sent Port Natal reeling with aclever twenty-five yard dropout, but again theybulldozed their way back. Wright came close to

scoring when his dive on a ball in goal was justshort. Then he dribbled forty yards to wellinside the Port Natal twenty-five. With Wynbergback on the attack, the Port Natal eighth mansent a long pass out to the wing, which wasneatly intercepted, by Casper who "strolled"the fifteen or twenty yards to the tryline.Oosthuizen converted (6-5). Then, Port Natalchalked up a try by their scrumhalf; a penaltyby their eighth man; another try by a flanker;all in the space of eight minutes. They wereunlucky not to get another try, but the locktook the corner flag with him when he wastackled by Bakkum. The linesman awarded alineout on the line instead of indicating atwenty-five dropout. Final score: 5-15.

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W.B.H.S. vs. D.H.S. 26th JuneAfter the Test Match atmosphere and the

climax of the Port Natal game, everything wentflat on the last ma tch of the tour. All thereserves played and gave a good account ofthemselves, Wright proved invaluable on thewing as a replacement for an ill Gillmer.Gluckman, injured against Port Natal, madeway for Theys and Dunster, Brownlie andBakkum fell out. The captaincy was ably takenover by Currie, who set a good example on thefield. For the first time, the halfback combina-tion of Milford and Abelsohn did not come off.In dtiving rain both were apt to use the breaktoo often and neglect their dangerous backs.

The only chance of scoring came in the firsthalf when the DHS full back .missed a penaltyfrom thirty yards. Wynberg, with the wind andrain, had the better of this half; Oosthuizen andCasper featuring prominently. Casper did wellin the absence of Bakkum as a touch-kicker.

] ust after half-time Currie made fifty yardson his own, dribbling the ball through thedefence. DHS went into the lead when a centreput over a neat forty yard drop goal that hadtluee points written all over it from themoment it left his foot. Casper pushed througha grubber kick and with Oosthuizen and Wriglltchasing it only yards from the line Oosthuizenwas obstructed by the only DHS player indefence. The referee awarded a penalty trywhich Oosthuizen converted. Wynberg held the5-3 lead until four minutes from time when,from a loose maul five yards from the line, thebail came out of the scrum unexpectedly and aDHS flanker dived on it. The fullback convert-ed the easy kick. Final score: 5-8.

W.B.H.S. vs. ST. JOSEPH'S 18th JulyWynberg adjusted to the yie.lding surface

better than their opponents did and werechecked only in the tight pieces, where hookerWright had a torrid game. He made up for it inthe loose however, and burst through inside ofTheys to piek up a try. Speedy flanker AllanTheys notched two good tries and made an-other for Wright and generally linked well withCurrie, who also had a storming game. Bakkumwas called upon only once at fullback - in thesecond half - and could have played a moreattacking game from behind. In the second halfCurrie curbed his tendency to "die" with the

ball and attractive movements were buil t up.After a scrappy ten minutes Wynberg settled

down and Theys raced after a kick fromOosthuizen to score, with Milford also hand-ling. Oosthuizen missed the conversion from infront, but soon afterwards booted through andtouched down ahead of the defence. He addedthe points. Theys broke away again with a crossfrom Brownlie, and with Oosthuizen, scored aUWynberg's first half points.

Even with the Wynberg forwards giving awaypenalties, Marist were unable to break through.Finally, after seven minutes, their hookerMalcolm, put over a good kick from thetouchline. His later kick, from in front of theposts, flew wide. A clever kick from Casper sentGluckman away, and on finding his pathblocked, he tl ipped the ball inside to Oost-huizen, who scored, and added the conversion.Theys sped away, and fed the points hungryWright, who placed the ball between the posts.A good movement, when Fine sprinted thirtyyards and passed to Gluckman, unluckily didnot resltlt in a try when a lone Marist defenderknocked down the final pass. Then Curriepicked up a difficult clearance and forced hisway past three Marist forwards before ground-ing the bail. Oosthuizen added the conversionto b ring his tally to sixteen for the match. Finalscore: 28-3.

W.B.H.S. vs. S.A.C.S. 25th JulyWynberg won the toss and after the kick was

forced into defence by a determined SACS side.In the first three minutes Wynberg was penali-sed and MacLachlan (fullback) scored tlueepoints with a good kick. Good forward playbrought Wynberg within five yards of the SACSline. From a set scrum Abelsohn knocked on,but Margolit heeled against the head andAbelsohn sent Theys over for a try in thecorner. Oosthuizen converted with a fine kick.SACS rallied but were unable to penetrate thegood defence. Morrison led the SACS attackwith short, tactical kicks which carried his teamdeep into Wynberg territory, but they werecontinually forced back. A brilliant intercep-tion by Casper followed by a pass to Oost-huizen brought play to the middle of the fieldbefore the movement broke down. Shortlyafterwards Brownlie broke loose from a mauland sent Emms over to score in the corner.

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Back Row: I. Gibbs, H. Matthews, R. Payne, K. Bluff, H. Roup.Standing: A. Blackbeard, D. v.d. Byl, G. Owen, D. Bradfield, A. Oliver, S. Welsh, P. Finch.Seated: R. Bailey, R. Louw (Vice-Captain), Mr. T. Metrowich (Coach), G. le Roux (Captain), Mr. N.

Blackbeard (Principal), J. Calder, T. Page.

Oosthuizen's conversion feU short. Wynbergforwards then applied the pressure with Curryand Theys excelling in the loose play, the onlyweakness being in the lineouts. After Bakkumhad failed to find touch and Wynberg waspenalised for holding the baU in the scrum,MacLachlan succeeded with the penalty. Fum-bling by Benkamin (SACS scrumhalf) allowedWynberg to drive through but SACS were savedby a good kick from MacLachIan.

From the kick-off Abelsohn led Wynberg onattack. Five minutes after half-time Casperscissored with Oosthuizen who ran through toscore left of the upright. He himself converted.Morrison applied pressure for SACS with ashort kick penetra ting the Wynberg defence,Emrns retaliated with accurate kicks for thewings to gather. Margolit was penalised on the

Wynberg twenty-five yard line for going in onthe wrong side of the scrum. MacLachIan madeno mistake with the easy kick. SACS dominat-ed the Iineouts and for a while held their own,but a clever interception by Casper and goodkicking by Oosthuizen put Wynberg a furtherfive points ahead. Wynberg wound up the gamewhen Emms passed the ball to Wright who putin a strong run to score under the posts. In theclosing minutes of the game Wynberg wasenalised but MacLachian failed with thekick.Final score: 9-21.

J.G. MEIRING vs. W.B.H.S. Ist August

J.G. Meiring dominating all phases of for-ward play, ran out rather lucky 18-9 winners.Playing at J.G. Meiring on a hot Saturday

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morning, Wynberg never really settled downand succumbed to the heavy Meiring pack. Thematch was marred by many penalties andaimless kicking from mid field.

From a blindside kick-off, Wynberg pene-trated deep into Meiring territory but the ballwas kicked deep downfield. It bounced awk-wardly for the Wynberg fullback Bakkum, butsome good covering by the Wynberg forwardsprevented a certain try. Wynberg were penaljsedfor the ball not going in straight in the scrumbut Bekker sliced the ball badly. The drop-outresulted in a hjgh up-and-under being put ontothe Wynberg line. Bad passing and tackUng bythe loose forwards allowed Fourie, the J.G.Meiring flanker, to go over midway out. TheBekker conversion fajled. Meiring kept Wynbergon defence and Wynberg were penalised whenMargoJit was 'foot-up'. Coetzee put over theeasiest of penalties to put Meiring 6-0 up.Rallying strongly, Wynberg drove deep in toJ .G. Meiring territory. On top form, Oosthuizengoaled a good penalty (6-3). From the kick-offa strong forward rush by Wynberg brought playup to the Meiring twenty-five, where they wereper.alised for going off side. With a superb kickOosthuizen levelled the scores 6-6. Meiringstruck back when fly-half Coetzee put over adrop goal which hit Oosthuizen before goingover.

From the kick-off Wynberg were penalisedfor going off-side and Bekker succeeded wi th aneasy kick (12-6). Wynberg were penalised forbarging in the Uneout and after moving tenyards forward Meiring took a tap penalty. Playcarried on but when the movement brokedown, a penalty kick at goal was takep byBekker because Wynberg were not behind theirtryline. Bekker succeeded to make the score15-6. Wynberg were soon on the attack againafter another .Iate tackle on a Wynberg player.Oosthuizen reduced the Meiring lead to 15-9.Bad tackling allowed Coetzee to go over for alate try. Bekker's attempt at goal failed. Finalscore: 18-9.

W.B.H.S. vs. JJ. du PREEZ 15th August

In a hard-fought game Wynberg lost 15-0 tothe strong JJ. du Preez side. JJ. du Preez hadthe territorial advantage in the fust half, andtheir ]oose trio were quick to the loose ball,

resulting in a tly under the posts by flankerDreyer after fifteen minutes. Fliend converted.Du Preez kept the pressure on Wynberg andalmost scored after a forward rush. From aloose ma uI in front of the posts scrumhalfCohen shook off three Wynberg defenders toscore under the posts. Friend converted an easykick giving JJ. du Preez a 10-0 lead.

In the second half the Wynberg forwardsgave a good account of themselves and playedwith a lot more determination. Potter didsterling work at Number Two and was wellsupported by Johnstone. The pack had settleddown and Margolit raked up a large tight-headcount. The rucking was of a high standard andboth packs went in with determ.ination. Thethree-quarters received a lot of good ball, butlacked penetration and squandered theirchances with aimless kicking and bad handling.Ten minutes before full time centre Oosthuizenwas taken off the field with an injury. Theyswas moved out to the wing and Gluckman tocentre. Shortly afterwards Casper missed anattempt at goal. Eight yards in from touch andon the twenty-five, his kick was hooked to theright. Just before the final whistle J .J. du Preezonce more put on the pressure. Gluckman tooka fly-kick at a waist-high pass and missed, thisresulted in Friend going over for the easiest oftries. Ellis added the extra points. Final score:0-15.

W.B.H.S. vs. BELLVILLE 22nd August

Seymour Currie, captained the team for thesecond time. With all the players eager to winthei r Iast h ome ma tch of the season, theWynberg forwards were soon deep into Bellvilleterritory. From a set scrum the ball sped out toCasper, who dununied cleverly before sendingGluckman over for a try. Milford failed with adifficult kick. Soon afterwards Nel landed aneasy penalty for Bellville to make the score3-3. Keeping up the pressure, Bellville re-mained inside the Wynberg twenty-five andwere eventually rewarded with a penalty. Ne]put the ball between the posts to make thehalf-time score 3-6.

Hewett had a good game at fullback andoften saved the team from difficult situations.Casper played well at centre, and his tackUngoften upset the Bellville attackers.After three

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Back Row: K. Morris, G. Spolander, M. Preyser, P. Mauger, S. Gillmer.Standing: B. Gibbons, P. Retief, R. Steven-Jennings,G. Jones, M. Buxton-Forman, S. Joffe.Seated: S. van Embden (Vice-Captain). Mr. B. Gardner (Coach), A. Katz, Mr. N. Blackbeard

(Principal). T. Cleary.Front: R. Schuman.

consecutive games on the wing, Wright wasrecalled to hooker in the absence of MargoUt,and did weU to take the tight-head count.Bellville continued to do most of the attacking,and were helped along on several occasions bysome poor tackling by the Wynberg players.The Wynberg Iineout forwards once againjumped well, especially in the front of the]jneouts. The absence of Oosthuizen was felt asWynberg was floundering without a reliablekicker.

In the last ten minutes of the game Wynberg,playing more constructive rugby, fought backstrongly and gaining possession from the loose,sent Gluckman over in the corner (6-6).Minutes later Wynberg again scored whenPotter barged over for the team's third try.Final score: 9-6.

WYNBERG vs RONDEBOSCH at RONDE-BOSCH 29th August

Bad tackling and poor covering contributedto Wynberg's 31-5 defeat by Rondebosch inthe last match of the season. Both teamsplayed hard running rugby but eventuallyRondebosch's superior three-quarter runningbegan to tell. Rondebosch opened the scoringwhen, soon after the kick-off, Wynberg werepenalised and fullback Brouwer put over anexcellent forty-five yard kick (3-0).

From the resulting kick-off Wynberg campedin the Rondebosch twenty-five and after aRondebosch three-quarter had dropped a pass,Bakkum playing at centre, scooped up the balland dived over under the posts. Casper con-verted to put Wynberg into a 5-3 lead. Both

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teaJTIs gave the ball a lot of air and althoughCasper tackled well, he could not stem the tide.Rondebosch eventuaJJy got the upper hand aJlda lineout infringement by Wynberg on theirtwenty-five saw Brouwer pu t over an easy kick(6-5). Play often ran the whole length of thefield with both defences holding out well. Nearhalf-tin1e Rondebosch, gaining second phasepossession, sped the ball out to Olivier whodived over in the corner for an unconverted try.

From the deep kick-in Wynberg were pena-lised and Brouwer goaled (l2-5). Rondebosch,forcing play into the Wynberg twenty-five,forced a lineout. A fine controlled tap toZietsman enabled him to g.ive fly-half KohIer aquick pass, who, in turn, snapped over a neatdrop (15-5). At this stage of the game theWynberg backline begaJl to crumble. Receivinglittle support from the loose forward trio, thebacklil1e, with the exception of Casper, hadboth handling and tackling lapses.

Aberna thy, the Rondebosch centre, cut theWynberg line cleanly, and finding no coverdefence, coasted the remaining forty yards forthe easiest of tries. Brouwer hooked his con-version (18-5). From a scrum on the Wynbergten-yard line the ball was let out to Olivier onthe bl_indside and after brushing off at least sixtackles, went in for a try midway out. Brouwerconverted (23-5).

Rondebosch, turning on the pressure, won aquick heel, and a well-placed punt ahead byKohier found Olivier who jinked inside Theysand, having no cover defence to contend with,scored next to the posts. Brouwer agaill addedthe extra points (28-5).

Right on time Coaten scored for Ronde-bosch. Brouwer was wlable to convert. Finalscore 31-5.

Unless otherwise' stated G. Ronaldson wasresponsible for writing these match reports.

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1ST XV RESULTS - 1970FlXTURES:Vs. Plumstead Lost 3- 6Vs. D.F. Malan Lost 0-18Vs. Bishops Lost 9-14Vs. Paul Roos Lost 6-16Vs. Paarl Boys. High Lost 6-12Vs. Jan van Riebeeck Drew 3-3 Vs. S.A.C.S.. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . Won 14-12

Rondebosch Won 9- 6St. Josephs Won 28 3Vs. S.A.C.S Won 21- 9Vs.J.G.Meiring Lost 9-18Vs. JJ. du Preez Lost 0-15Vs. BellviIJe Won 9- 6Vs. Rondebosch Lost 5-31

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P.A.169

P.F.122

FRlENDLlES:Vs. Kearsney College (Natal) Won 5- 3Vs. Port Natal Lost 5-15Vs. Durban Boys' High. . . . . . .. Lost 5- 8

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COMPLETE SUMMARYP W L D P.F. P.A.17 6 10 1 137 195

M. Oosthuizen

M. GluckmanE. CasperS. CurrieA. TheysT. DunsterK.WrightJ. AbelsohnT. BakkumN. BradfieldI. EmmsG. GillmerJ. MargolitD. MilfordV. Potter

POlNT SCORERS55 (II conversions,8 penalties

3 tries)12 (4 tries)11 (3 tries, 1 conversion)11 (3 tries, 1 conversion)9 (3 tries)6 (2 tries)6 (2 tries)3 (l try)3 (1 try)3 (1 try)3 (1 try)3 (1 try)3 (l try)3 (I penalty)3 (1 try)

CRAVEN WEEKThe seventh annual Craven Week, was held

in S:ilisbury this year. The aim of the Week is toimprove the standard of school's rugby inSouth Africa and to give the boys fromdifferent parts of the country an opportunityto get together, both on and off the field.Those who participated will whole-heartedlyagree that this aim was realised .

The W.P. team this year included twoWynberg boys, J. Margolit who was alsoselected to play for the side last year, and J.Abelsohn. The team had a fairly successfulrecord: W.P. Schools 12 Griquas 17; W.P.Schools 9, Northern Transvaal 9; W.P. Schools22, N.E. Cape 6.

Apart from the days when the teams did notplay matches, they were coached by formerSpringboks. In the case of W.P. they were Mr."Butch" Lochner and Mr. John Gainsford, whoboth managed to give a great deal of individualattention which was greatly appreciated.

Off the field our time was fully occupied.Entertainment consisted of a number of rugbymms of past Springbok tests, a reception givenby the Mayor, and on the Wednesday eveningthe teams went to a city cinema. On Fridaymorning the Rhodesian Air Force gave us anexcellent display and the same afternoon theB.S.A. Police gave an enjoyable show.

Although we did not have time to see muchof Rhodesia, the fact that we were in a foreigncountry gave all a great thrill. On Saturdayafternoon the Rhodesian Premier, Mr. IanSmith, addressed the boys at the Police ground.

We would again like to thank the ShellCompany who sponsored this week. Specialthanks must go to Mr. Oosthuizen and Mr.Broster for the enthusiastic and expert trainingthat helped so much towards our selection.

J. Abelsohn

CRITIQUE OF 1ST XVI. BROWNLIE: Captain: A very sound and

knowledgeable forward who unfortunately thisyear seemed unable to regain the form that lastyear made him such a valuable member of the1st team.I. EMMS, Vice-Captain: A gifted player but

unfortunately injury and sickness side-lined himfor the greater part of the season.

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U-13A RUGBY

Back Row: T. England, A. Askew, D. Eyre, G. Batten, A. Vann.Standing: P. Blackbeard, L. Thackwray, R. van Zyl, G. Rossiter, A. Knight, M. Blenoowe.Seated: P. Lourens, Mr. N. R. Blackbeard (Principal), M. Cawood (Captain), A. J. Fourie (Coach), E.

Katz.In Front: S. Howell, J. Barton-Bridges.

T. BAKKUM: Equally at home at full-back,fly-half or centre. He has great rugby abilityand is polished in the execution of his moves.He tends however, to lack fire and sustainedeffort.

J. MARGOLIT: A very knowledgeable andintelligent hooker, without equal in W.P.Schools' rugby. Represented Western Provinceat Craven Week. Awarded Rugby Blue for1970.

M. GLUCKMAN: A highly intelligent wing,his courage and determination have often beenan inspiration to his team ma tes especially inhis ability to tackle in a deadly fashion. Like allgood wings he has that rare quality of neverdying with the ball.

M. OOSTHUIZEN: A strong hard workingcentre who is rapidly developing into a first-

class three-quarter. A player of distinct pro-mise.

E. CASPER: A grand little player who bysheer courage and application, developed into afirst ra te centre.

D. MILFORD: A most versatile player whoserved his team well at fly-half and scrum-half.A very talented player but must tighten up hisdefence.

J. ABELSOHN: Fulftlled the promise of lastyear and developed into a very good scrum-half.During the second half of the season he seemedto lose concentration and detennination whichresulted in a most slovenly service from thescrum. He must aim at a consistently highstandard throughout all his games. RepresentedWestern Province at Craven Week. AwardedRugby Blue for 1970.

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S. CURRIE: An attacking flank-forwardwho is always on the ball, his spirit anddetennination were an inspiration to his team.He must watch his old weakness of 'dying' withthe ball. Awarded Rugby Blue for 1970.

V. POTTER: After a slow start he developedinto a very good front ranker and more thanuseful line-out forward.

R. WHITEHEAD: A hard working frontranker who played some excellent games andshould with more experience, mature weU nextyear.

N. FINE: A strong hard-working forwardwho is rapidly developing into a first classplayer. He must infuse more fire and 'devil' intohis play. A fine prospect for next year.

I JOHNSTONE: A strong, rugged lock-forward who developed into a more than soundjumper in the line-out. He must maintain aconsistently higher tempo throughout all hisgames and infuse more fire into his play.

T. DUNSTER: A rugged and reliable flankwho developed into one of the most valuablemembers of the pack. Always on the ball andlooking for work. Awarded Rugby Blue 1970.

A. THEYS: A good number eight, he haspromise but must infuse more fire and resolu-tion into his play and must develop a fardeadlier tackle.

K. WRIGHT: A grand hooker with the heartof a .lion who at all times gave of his best.Excellent both in the tight and loose but mustguard against a tendency to become too loose.

T. HEWITT: The most improved player inthe side and has developed into a soundfull-back with safe hands and feet. He must,however, speed up his general play and concen-trate on his place-kicking.

K. DES LlGNERlS: A hard working looseforward who has improved considerably, hemust endeavour to itnprove his speed andincrease the tempo of his play.

G. GILLMER: A player with the makings ofa good wing; he has a good burst of speed butlacks confidence in his own ability. Must watcha tendency to weakness in defence.

D. FURMAGE: A sound and capable loose-forward who must infuse more fire into hisplay. Has a tendency to be too defensive in hisapproach to his game.

2ND XVThe Second Fifteen had a most successful

season, the results being as follows:Matches played: with enthusiasm and enjoy-mentMatches won: with clean, open rugby, goodteamwork and sound leadershipMatches lost: despite determined tackling, andsustained effortPoints for: Fitness, keenness, team spirit andwillingness to learn.Points against: Enforced team changes

At the start of the season the pack wassound in the basics of scrummaging and Iineoutwork, and quickly learned the art of mastery inthe mauls and the value of quick, hard rucking.Unfortunately they never quite learned theclose-support drive which is such a valuableattacking method. However, they combinedsplendidly and played with such fire that theyrarely failed to dominate.

The backline at the beginning of the seasonwas weak on attack and defence, but throughsteady application and intelligent captaincy byDavid Suns, it became a well balanced asset tothe team. These players learned to run the ballto the wings and also learned the value of evenan unsuccessful variation in play. They workedtogether on defence as well as attack, and hadsome delightful movements and dazzling tries.

Enjoyable rugby for players and spectatorswas the aim of this side. That this aim wasachieved is due in no small measure to theinfluence of the captain, David Sims, and hislieutenants, Neville Askew and Ken Wright.They were helped immeasurably by the team'sfine spirit and collective aim to produce aseason of rugby full of pleasant moments.

Mr. Broster is thanked for the great part heplayed in the success of this team. His know-ledge and his infectious enthusiasm were ap-parent in the rugby the under 19B team played.

UNDER 19C& D1970 has been a successful season for the D

team and even more successful for the C team.For the fIrst time for some years Wynbergentered an under 19D, but unfortunately, theteam played only a few of its fixtures duringthe second half of the season because illnessand injury took their toll in all four under 19teams.

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UNDER 12A RUGBY TEAMBack Row: S. Oliver; O. Johnston; G. Phyffer; J. Baglione; M. Katz.Centre: D. Joubert; D. Fay; M. Stander; G. Roberts; R. van Rosenveld; I. Peterson.Seated: R. Symmonds; Mr. R. Just (coach); A. Cross; Mr. A. Lorie (principal); P. Smuts (captain); Mr.

N. Hoy (coach); S. Barker.

The C team, captained by Chris Cumming,proved one of the strongest C teams Wynberghas had during the past few years. The keennesswith which these boys played is a tribute tothemselves and to Mr. Jackson, their coach. TheimpOltance of having C and D teanlS is demon-strated by the fact that a few C team playershad games for the under 19A and several forthe under 19B.

Mr. Jackson is thanked for the skill andspirit infused into the C and D teams and forthe happy season largely made possible by rum.

UNDER 16A & BWynberg fielded four U.16 teams and en-

joyed a very successful season. Under thecapable leadership of Casper and Martin the Ateam played winning rugby.

A well-drilled pack gave the A backlineample opportunity to run with the ball.Features of their play were their excellentrucking (based upon All Black methods) andsound tackling.

The B team was also successful during theseason and several B team players played withdistinction in the A team. Trus kept the A teamon their toes because players Uke Priday,Pen warden, Hempel, Coltham and Harris were aconstant force to be reckoned with.

Mr. le Roux, who coaches the U.16 A and Bteam, is thanked for the work he has beendoing with them this year. In the tigerishferocity of the rucking of the A team forwardscan be seen Mr. le Roux's teaching of the AllBlack technique, a technique one feels is goingto be seen more and more in this country. Mr.

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Le Roux and the two teams are congratulatedon their successful season. Receiving hard,willing and well-drilled players makes the taskof coaches of the higher age group so much theeasier.

UNDER 16C & DThe C team, captained by S. White, was

stronger tllis year than it has been for a fewyears and it recorded some good wins, notablyagainst S.A.C.S.

The strength of the C team was partly due tothe existence of a D team - something that hasbeen lacking for a few years. This team,captained by Snowball, contained some keenplayers and was involved in some closelycon tested matches.

The fact that we could field two teamsadded to the success in matches and enjoymentof practices. We hope that Wynberg can con-tinue to enter four under-sixteen teams.

The good rugby played and the zest for thegame shown by the boys are due in no smallmeasure to Mr. Heath's valuable coaching. He iswarmly thanked for all he did for the boys inhis group.

UNDER 15A & BThe U ISA started the season Witll the

reputation for being undefeated in two years ofrugby. Unfortunately the team lost some keyplayers, the parents of whom had been trans-ferred.

However, both teams started the season withwins, the A team just scraping home in somegames.

As the season progressed, however, thestandard of play improved and the end of thefirst half of the season saw the A team stillunbeaten, having defeated a strong S.A.C.S.team 10-S on their home ground. Rondeboschwere defeated 6-3 at Wynberg in a close,hard-fought match.

The B team at this stage had lost tllfeematches, but thereafter, under the soundleadersllip of Byrne, were more than holdingtheir own.

[n the second half of tlle season, with areputation to uphold, play tended to be stereo-typed and defensive in character. ConsequentlyS.A.C.S., p.laying hard, driving rugby, inflictedthe first defeat of the season. TIle following

two matches saw the A team playing with morezest and inflicting convincing defeats on J.G.Meiring and JJ. du Preez. The last match of theseason saw Rondebosch establish and maintainsuperiority in aU phases of play to run outworthy winners.

The B team defeated Rondebosch and in sodoing restored the somewhat damaged prestigeof the Under 1S group. Overall the B team lostonly tllree matches during the season and the Ateam two.

A feature of both teanlS was the keennessdisplayed at practice and in matches. Bothteams showed a willingness to learn and werekeen to practise. G. le Roux (Capt.) and R.Louw (V. Capt.) led the A team ably.

Mr. Dave Stewart is thanked for giving up anafternoon to help with the coaching of the Aand B teams. His presence was much appre-ciated.

Mr. Metrowich gave unstintingly of hisknowledge and keenness, llis teanlS obviouslyderiving much benefit. He is thanked for tllisand for the enjoyment his teams had and theenjoyment tlley gave to the spectators. He andthe Under ISA are congratulated on their goodrecord and their good rugby.

UNDER 15C & DThe boys of these teams had an interesting

and enjoyable season of Rugby. They startedoff the season with full teams and much zeal,but owing to 'flu, and injuries in the A & Bteams, it became a struggle to find players tofulfil all comnlitments.It is naturally disappointing when an effec-

tive combination is broken up in order that aplayer may be promoted to a higher team, but,on the other hand it is gratifying to see a boyacquitting himself well in an A or B team.

Mr. Callaghan did much hard work withmuch zeal in coaching these two teams. He iswarnuy thanked for all he did for them.

UNDER 14A & BThe Under 14A and B sides continued to

build upon the good foundation laid duringtheir Under 13 season. Both teams tried tomaintain possession and movement of the baUwith the forwards and the backs combiningwell.

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UNDER 10A RUGBYBack: M. Hurworth; R. Westgate; P. Williams; J. Bos; K. Reinbach; A. Myers.Centre: P. Roseveare, K. Fern, D. Pollock, R. Camp, G. Newman, A. Marx, A. Kowalski, J. Edgar.Front: H. Owen; D. Peacock; Mr. F. Smith (coach); V. Wood, Mr. Lorie (principal); W. Anderson; A.

Gerber.

The A side was more successful in itseffolts and was ably led by Alan Katz.The forwards formed themselves into a work-ing unit and in most of the games showedtheir ability to give the ball to the backsfrom the set pieces and the general play.The half-back pair, laffe and Bu'ton-Forman,started off rather tentatively, but they didsettle down to become a good pair of halves.The backs, who have the ability to run withdetermination and who, with experience wiUacquire greater penetration, put up some goodperformances.

The B side, skippered by Robin Lancaster,had its ups and downs, but it played withdeterrnination against some very strong sidesand, at times, played most delightful rugby.

Mr. Gardner is thanked for all he did for the

Under 14A and B teams; he is congratulated onthe fine rugby played and the good resultsobtained. Boys play SpOlt because they enjoyit. Il is certain that this group will be out in fullforce next year.

UNDER 14C & DThe C team improved steadily thJ'oughout

the season, but nevertheless were unfortuna tein that they did not win more matches. Thezest for the game and the hel pful coachjng ofMr. Noffki and (during the second half of theseason) Mr. Bowen, both of whom are sincerelythanked for what they did for these teams,enabled the C team to win its last ma tch againstR.B.II.S. by II hard-earned points to 9.

The 0 team, usually playing against heavieropponents, did not win many of the fixtures,

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but they did improve as the season progressed.The team did well to win a hard tussle with theNorman Henshilwood B team.

UNDER 13A & BThe Under 13A team has again had a good

season, losing only three matches against twoteams, i.e. Rondebosch and Western Province.These boys started the season playing top classrugby, and managed to continue doing so.

Promising players, Eyre, Cawood, Rossiterand Vann forming a nucleus round which thisfine team was built, should be prominent rugbyplayers for years to come.

The Under BB team also had a verysatisfactory season. Some players, like Farrantand Barker, were unlucky not to play for the Aside. At practices this B team not only triedhard to improve, it gave good opposition to theA tean1, showing that often the strength of theA team depends largely on the strength of theB.

The presence oPparents at the matches wasmuch appreciated. Their interest in and en-couragement of the players seems to make theboys the more resolute.

Once again Mr. Fourie has produced goodyoung sportsmen! He is warmly thanked forwhat he is doing for Wynberg rugby.

UNDER 13 C & DThe C team enjoyed a particularly successful

season. This was largely due to the enthusiasticapproach of the boys. The record shows thatthis team suffered only two defeats, both ofwhich were "avenged" in the second half of theseason when Paul Roos were beaten 17-0 andRondebosch 6-5. The team's record reads:

P W L D F A15 13 2 0 203 57

The D team suffered through having fewreserves to fill gaps left by illne~, but, althoughthey lost a number of games, they ended theseason on a high note when they defeatedRondebosch. This team should have an easiertime next year when new boys will arrive toreinforce them.

The coaches, Mr. Slater and Mr. J. Katz, anold boy, are thanked for their coaching ofrugby and the engendering of spirit. The Schoolwas pleased when it was able to use the

knowledge and enthusiasm of Mr. Katz to thebenefit of other teams as well. Messrs. Katz andSlater and the tean1 are congratulated on theirsplended achievement.

UNDER 12A & BThe Under 12A enjoyed a season of fair

success. All the matches played were won orlost by small margins which is also indicative ofthe upsurge of keen competition in under 12rugby.

Characteristic of this year's team was theirenthusiasm and a willingness to improve theirgame. This resulted in an improved standard ofplay in the latter half of the season.

The Under 12B team had a very enjoyableseason, though they lost more games than theywon. The team spirit was always sound andthey played lively and enterprising rugby.

Messrs. Just and Hay, and Mr. Barnett, anOld Boy, are thanked for the hard work theyput into their coaching. Mr. Bamett, in businessin Cape Town, must often have found itdifficult to attend practices. We are mostappreciative of his help. The improvement inUnder 12 rugby was due to the keenness andknowledge of the coaches.

UNDER 12C & DThe Under 12C team had a fairly suc-

cessful season marred unfortunately by adisappointing last game. The players have beenvery enthusiastic and have developed well overthe season.

The D team has been less successful. Boutsof 'flu and injury have meant that this team hasbeen represented by a large variety of players,and as a result it has been difficult to developany cohesion. They have been very keen,however, and have not lost heart when playingpowerful opponents.

Mr. Parker is thanked for coaching theseteams. The business-like demeanour of the Cteam was most pleasing.

JUNIOR 1ST RUGBY XVThe Junior Tst team enjoyed a very success-

ful season, winning all their matches. A largemeasure of their success was due to theenthusiasm and enjoyment which team mem-bers evinced in all the games they played.

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UNDER 10 A TEAMThere is no organised fixture List in this age

group and all matches played are arranged on afriendly basis.

After a somewhat shaky start, the teamcontinued to enjoy a fairly successful season.Two matches were played against Montereywhich Wynberg won. In a Tournament or-ganised at S.A.C.S., Wynberg played againstMonterey, Bishops, S.A.C.S., Fish Hoek andGolden Grove, losing 2 and winning 3 matches.The team ended the season with 4 defeats(against Bishops and S.A.C.S.) and 5 wins.

JUNIOR RUGBYThis year Ulere were so many players that

two new teams had to be introduced - theUon Cubs and the Tiger Cubs. These teamsplayed on alternate weeks. Enthusiasm is thehallmark of these Springboks of tomorrow,whose "uncles" this year were J. Abelsohn, L.Atlas, W. Bailey, D. Furmage, I. Johnstone, W.Potter, M. Reyneke, A. Sleigh, P. Thomas. Wethank them for their hard work every Friday.

Mr. Smitll and Mr. Rautenbach, who super-vise and coach boys playing in these extramatches, are doing an excellent job in guidingthese young players at the very beginning oftheir rugby careers at Wynberg. Their work inthis connection is appreciated and they arethanked for it.

Comparable results were obtained by theUnder 16A, 15A, 14A, BA, 13C and JuniorFirst, the last mentioned team playing relativelyfew matches. It is most encouraging to notethat we have no fewer than six teruns that canmore than hold their own against any teams intheir age groups. The future for Wynberg rugbyis certainly bright.

Rugby players in the School t11allk Mr.Blackbeard for his invaluable interest and en-couragement and for his eveready support.

To the following all Wynberg rugger playersare also indebted for great service to the game:Mr. Payne for maintenance of our fields, to D.Milford, T. Dunster and A. Sleigh for thenever-ending task of supplying 24 teams withballs for practices and matches, to G. Gillmer,our Hon. Secretary who did a tremendousamount of work most efficiently, to A. Brownand J. Wessels for their duties as ResultsSecretaries, to Geoffrey Ronaldson for his vivid

lil1atch reports, to the boarders, K. Sutton, J.Mieny, G. Sutton, J. van Rensburg, A. Brown,L. Slow, A. van Rooyen, G. Robson, N. Selby,P. Baker, B. Johnson, D. Rivett, J. van derHoeven, P. Watson, P. Bragg, 1. Bennet, G.Doron, D. Nangle, A. Durant, R. van Versveld,R. de Vi.lliers, S. Adams, S. Whatmough, C.Doig, M. Board, W. Post, S. Elms for supplyingcut oranges, sand and water when necessary.

This year again many outside referees havehelped us witll our Saturday morning games. Inthis connection we would like to thank Messrs.Ger, Hopwood, Klein, Louw, McEwan, Cra-thorne, Bastin, Ralph Burmeister, van Heerden,Engelke, Tester, Willmer and Lt. CommanderMorgan and Lt. Smith.

The work done by the ladies of the P .T.A. isgreatly appreciated by all who gather at Wyn-berg on Saturdays. Mrs. Damain-Harris ruld herhelpers are warmly thanked.

AWARDS AND TROPHI ES FOR 1970Colours: J. Abelsohn, T. Bakkum, I. Brown-

lie, E. Casper, S. Currie, T. Dunster, r. Emms,N. Fine, M. Gluckman, 1. Johnstone, J. Mar-golit, D. Milford, M. Oosthuizen, V. Potter, A.Theys, R. Whitehead and K. Wright.

Blues: J. Abelsohn. T. Dunster, J. Margolitand S. Currie.

This year the Azriel Fine Trophy awarded tothe most improved under 13 or under] 4 rugbyplayer goes to Stephen Joffe who had had Littleexperience as a scrum half at tile beginning ofthe season, but it was not long before hereached a good understanding wi th his fly-half.As the season progressed his development con-tinued and he became a good attacking playerwho could vary his play effectively. He scoredsome good tries.

The P. de V. Wahl Trophy awarded to themost improved under J 5 or under 16 playergoes to Peter Byrne who started playing rugbyseriously this year. At tile beginning of theseason he was selected from tile under 150terun. He made steady progress until he wasmade captain of the B team. He would haveplayed for the A team had the season been anylonger. A Priday and 1. Taylor were strongcontenders for the award.

77ie Brian Steyl A ward goes to TrevorHewett, tile under 16B scrum half in 1969. Thisyear he started as a fly-half in the under J9C

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team. He soon acquired a swing pass, an eye fora gap and a good sense of positional play. Bythe end of the season he was on form, the bestunder 19 player in two positions: full-back andfly-half.

The Eric Tasker Trophy is awarded to thehouse winning the Inter-House Rugby Com-petition. This year the Trophy goes to RhodesHouse - overall winners of the competition.

THE SENIOR RUGBYCOMMITTEE

The following served on this committee: I.Brownlie (Capt.), T. Bakkum, I. Emms, T.Dunster and G. GiJlmer (Hon. Secretary).

A.J.A.M.

HOUSE GAMES, 1970LOG

t> WLD For Ag Pts.Vl9Rhodes 3 1 0 2 16 11 4De Waal 3 0 2 1 10 17 1Wellington 3 I 2 o 9 19 2Van Riebeeck 3 2 0 1 17 5 5

VISRhodes 3 3 0 0 26 0 6De Waal 3 2 1 0 17 6 4Wellington 3 I 2 0 9 19 2Van Riebeeck 3 1 2 0 3 12 2

VI3Rhodes 3 2 1 0 26 3 4De Waal 3 3 0 0 28 0 6Wellington 3 1 2 0 13 32 2Van Riebeeck 3 1 2 0 9 41 2

Final LogRhodes 9 6 1 2 68 14 14De Waal 9 5 3 1 55 23 11Wellington 9 2 7 0 22 79 4Van Riebeeck 9 4 4 1 29 58 9

W.B.H.S. vs. OLD BOYS, 16th September

In an entertaining game the Old Boys de-servedly beat the School 25-18. The fast gamewas evenly contested with both sides throwingthe ball about freely.

The Old Boys kicked off and were imme-diately under pressure from the School. Theywere forced into their 25 but soon launchedtheir first attack. After several players hadhandled the movement ended in the School 25.The School retaliated and after a good 50 yardbreak by Theys, Fine scored for Casper toconvert (5-0). The Old Boys surged into theattack and almost scored. A well-timed penaltyrelieved pressure. After a dummy, Casper brokethe line and fed Gentz who was put into touchclose to the line. A movement by the Old Boyswhich originated in their own half resulted in aruck on the school line. The ball came out andWilliams on the wing scored. He converted(5-5). Shortly after the kick-off Theys brokewell to send Potter over for a try at the posts.Casper converted (10-5). At this stage of thegame the school enjoyed a decided territorialadvantage. From a line-out the imaginativeHopwood threw the ball over his forward'sheads to fly-half Dave Stewart who sent hisbacks away. Full-back Clampett scored (10-8).Straight after the kick-off Casper intercepted apass in the Old Boys' half to run throughuntouched to score under the posts. He goaled(15-8).

Halftime score: 15-8

From a forward rush Thom scored, butHumpries failed to convert. After a snipingbreak by Stewart a try almost resulted. Fromthe ensuing scrum Klein scoJled. Horton missedthe angled kick. The Old Boys attacked andHorton, intercepting a pass, put them into thelead (15-17). After prolonged pressure on theschool line, Williams scored his second try tostretch their lead. Badenhorst converted(15-22) During this period play was very openwith both sides trying to penetrate each other'stightly-knit defence. The Old Boys had anarrow escape when Theys gathered a cross-kick from Hewitt with no-one to beat but wasjudged off-side. After a good run down thetouchline by Gentz the ball was passed toWright who made ground before passing toBrownlie who scored under the posts. He tookthe conversion himself but missed (18-22).Just before full-time Cawood scored. The con-version failed. Final score: (18-25). Referee:Mr. Matt Louw

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W.B.H.S. vs. MASTERSIt was Thursday, the 17th September, and a

warm breeze was blowing from 7B, when afrightened group of boys faced the mightymasters 1st XV. These boys, school leaverslucky enough not to play for the school under19A were the latest in a long line of schoolteams attempting to match the masters' sport-ing prowess.

The game started off at a cracking pace; oneshin, two fingers and a skull being cracked inthe first ruck. Only the threat of Mr. Broster'sfirst-aid treatment kept some players on thefield. Penalties were liberally awarded by themasters' honorary captain and referee, Mr."Blaasop" Bowen. Mr. He~th's attempts at goalimproved steadily until he was regularly steer-ing the ball between the corner flags. Both setsof backs produced some copybook moves andwere an object lesson to the thronging spec-tators in the art of the one man scissor, theforward lob and the running trip. Pressure,however, fmally told and Mr. Le Roux in adesperate dash for the changing rooms, trippedover the try tine and much to everyone'ssurprise, except for the referee's fmancial ad-viser, a try was awarded.

Three nil down and uphill was a. desperatesituation for the boys and much verbal andpersonal support was going to the Masters. Mr.Miller's disguise paid off when he received apass from the Boys' scrum half and dashedtwenty yards before running out of breath. Nopoints were scored in the second half butseveral scores were settled. A near try wasmissed as Mr. Heath's stomach brushed thecorner flag as he went over next to the posts.Peter Skel ton came close wi tb a solo effort, butwas obstructed by Mr. Broster. The referee,who had closed his eyes, claimed to have beenunsighted.

Gradually the Masters manoeuvred them-selves into a position from which to run forsafety, but at the final whistle the crowdspoured onto the field and the Masters werepoured into the swimming pool. Still, they alsowon the team splashing competition.

RUGBY TOUR 1970The twenty players who were selected for

the Rugby Tour to Durban had their firstindication that the tour was underway , when

on Wednesday, 17th June, Mr Blackbeardpresented the Wynberg captain, lan Brownlie,with a beautiful linesman's flag.

The following evening everyone met at CapeTown Station and Mr J. Oosthuizen and Mr P.Broster, who were in charge of the team, led usto our coach. Cape Town Station was inpandemonium as Wynberg and Cape Tutorialboys were everywhere. Ken Wright caused aminor upset by arriving five minutes before thetrain departed.

We were met at Durban station by mastersand boys of the schools we were to play.Transport had been arranged, so we left the cityand headed for Botha's Hill and KearsneyCollege.

The rest of that Saturday was spent in a lighttraining session in order to get acclimatized.The boys soon settled down to Boarding houselife and food and in the evening we all attendeda film show in the school hall.

On Sunday morning everyone attendedChapel and the rest of the day was spent at thebeach. Several went to a restaurant and afterpolishing off many T-bone steaks found the billcame to approximately R2S.00.

That evening saw the team get some long-overd ue rest.

After a light run in the morning the gamewas played under excellent conditions in theafternoon. Everyone was in high spirits afterthe game and our comedian, Danny Milford,gave an impromptu sing-song which drew manylaughs. That night both teams saw the film'Wait Until Dark'.

Tuesday morning found the Wynberg campmoving out. Regretfully the boys walked to thebus, for who could forget the truly magnificentview from Botha's Hill during sunset.

At Port Natal Hoërskool we found we wereto stay at private homes and lots were drawn tosee who would go double. Marius Oosthuizenand Nick Fine were two of the lucky ones.

On Wednesday we were given a tour of thesugar-refineries and the harbour which provedto be most interesting. Back at school lanBrownlie was made honorary prefect and TheoBakkum was presented with a house badge.

A fast-moving game ended with a spate ofinjuries in the Wynberg camp; Brownlie, Gluck-man, Oosthuizen, Casper and Milford were thecasualties. That eveni11g,which was the last free

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one in Durban, was again spent on thebeachfron t.

On Thursday morning we arrived at our oldrival school, Durban Boys' High. A leisurely daywas spent at the school and in the evening mostboys returned to D.H.S. where they wereholding their annual talent contest.

After the game, the boys returned to pack,sad that the tour had come to an end. We allmet at the station and Mr. Oosthuizen and Mr.Broster were presented with gifts from theIndian Market.

After another enjoyable train journey onwhich we made many new acquaintances, theWynberg team found themselves back on CapeTown Station.

So another successful Wynberg Boys' HighSchool Rugby Tour had come and gone andwill be remembered as one of the highlights ofour school career.

I. Brownlie.

THE ALL BLACKS TOURComments by Lionel Wilson, Springbok Full-back and Wynberg Old Boy.

Dr. Danie Craven was asked to conunent onthe current All Blacks Team, and I feel hissumming up put the secret of their success intoa nutshell. Dr. Craven said that here was a teamof great talent whose main aim was to fight forpossession of the ball. Once they had acquiredsuch hard-earned possession, they were notprepared to kick or throw it away aimlessly,but were determined to fight to RETAlN suchpossession.

Therein lies the difference between tht:pattern of play of the All Blacks and that ofour South African teams. Too often one fmdsour forwards battling away at the scrums andline-outs to gain possession of the ball for thebacks, only to see the fly-half or centre bootthe ball aimlessly upfield. Usually this lands inthe arms of the opposition full-back whoreturns the ball with interest, making theoriginal kicker's team and particularly his for-wards, fall back on defence rather than moveforward on the attack. No forward likes to pullhis head out of the scrum and run back, noteven the forwards of this great New Zealandteam. We saw them running back in the ThirdTest in Port Elizabeth and it resulted in theirgiving one of their poorer displays of the tour.

What impressed me most about the 1970 AllBlack Team was the all-round ability of theirplayers. The forwards in particular were veryversatile players rather than specialists in onlyone position. We saw prop forwards and lockswho never shirked their "donkey work" in thetight, but if the occasion arose, they could runand handle the ball like three-quarters. This waswhere they were so good at their fifteen manrugby.

On arrival in this country, Ron Burk, theirManager, openly stated that his side had comehere to play attractive, constructive rugby, andhow well they have stuck to their word.

We in South Africa had heard so much aboutthe All Blacks' second phase play and theirfifteen man rugby, but there were very few whoreally understood the meaning of this rugbyterminology.

We, in South Africa, tended to think thatsecond phase play was that which developedfrom the loose forwards picking up the looseball and starting a move from this broken play.But to me, the All Blacks' second phase rugbystemmed originally from the set pieces such asthe scrums and lineouts. Once they had gainedpossession at the scrum or lineout, they werenot going to part with the ball very easily. If aplayer found himself in a tight spot, all hewould do was to put his head down - the balltucked well away under his arm - and driveforward a yard or two, using his head andshoulders to bump the opposition out of hispath. This committed the defender to a defmitetackle to halt the AlJ Black.lf the tackler wentin high, he was bowled over by the head orshouJder charge, and therefore he was forced tomake the low tackJe. This then left the AllBlack player free to distribute the ball to hissupport which was always near at hand. Aparticular point of interest here was that,whenever they did go down in a tackle, theywould never die with the ball but alwayspassed, flipped or rolled the ball back beforethey actually touched the ground. Thisnaturally prevented the opposition from evengetting a hand to the ball before it came out atthe back of the loose scrum. The second half ofthe Western Province match showed this toperfection.

The so-called rucking of this team was notquite as vicious as it has been in the past, but it

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was still very effective. In New Zealand playersare taught at a very early age to go into loosescrums with their heads down and over the ball.We in South Africa, tend to amble up to a loosescrum in an upright position and then startscratching for the ball with our feet. The AllBlacks' idea is to go over the ball first, shovetheir opponents out of the way, leaving the ballin a stationary position on the ground for theirscrum-half to pick up and feed to his fly-half.This naturally makes it so much easier for thescrum-half. Our scrum halves usually have theball hooked back from all angles and at allspeeds.

These All Black players certainly have im-pressed me and I honestly feel tha t I have learnta tremendous amount from them. [ have alwayshad a high regard and respect for the NewZealand player, and this side has once againunderlined that, unless players are prepared todiscipline and dedicate themselves to the gameas these All Blacks do they will never succeed.

It was always a pleasure to watch them atpractice where concentration was always on thefundamentals of the game fIrst, with the frillsonly following once they had reached per-fection.

The Springboks have won the Test seriesagainst this great New Zealand Team and Icongratulate them on this stout effort, particu-larly after the past few lean seasons. However,the defeats suffered by our Provincial Teamsonce again emphasise the lack of depth andtalent of our younger Provincial men. I stillmaintain that all is not well with our rugby, andI sincerely hope that our coaches wiU takestock and try to put into practice with the menunder their control, the lessons learnt fromthese All Blacks. Only then will we be.nefitfrom this All Black Tour.

Lionel Wilson is wannly thanked for writingdown for us these penetrating and interestingthoughts that deserve close attention from allthose who coach and play the game.

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Athletic training sessions were held regularlythroughout the track season. Teams took partin various meetings and most athletes gave agood account of themselves. The training ses-sions took place on the Hawthorndene fieldsunder the valuable guidance of Mr. Noffki. Theattendance, however, left much to be desired,but this should improve when we have our owntrack.

Pupils should realize that one need notnecessarily have natural ability to gain enjoy-ment from athletics. Those boys who partici-pate in winter sports would gain much benefitif they took part in athletics as preliminarytraining.Annual Championships

Hopes of having the Annual Championshipsat the Hawthorndene fields were dashed whenwatering restrictions prevented suitable prepara-tion of the fields, hence the Garrison track wasagain used by kind permission of the DefenceForce.

Some changes were again made this year,mainly to increase the number of participants.New events were the under 14800 m. and theunder 15 1500 m. Boys were allowed to enterin only three events (excluding relays) and notfour, as had been the case in the past. The

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reason for this is to prevent pupils fromattempting too much, as they were inclined todo previously.

H. Oblowitz earned the MacDonald cup forthe best performance when he ran the 800 m.in 2 min. 3.8 sec. A'three-way tie made H.Oblowitz, C. Smedley and G. Gillmer VictorsLudorum.

Of the Juniors, G. Cawood put up the bestperformance in the Under 10 age group, and C.Oliver in the Under 12 age group.

DETAILED RESULTSUnder 10:50 m.: 1. G. Cawood (O.W.) 7.4; 2. J. Edgar

(O.w.) 7.8; 3. A. Marx (V.R.) 7.8.75 m.: 1. G. Cawood (O.W.) 10.8; 2. J. Edgar

(O.W.) 11.4; 3. A. Marx (V.R.) 11.7.Under 12:75 m.: 1. C. Olivier (W) 11.0; 2. R. van

Rosenvelt (V.R.) 11.1; 3. P. Smuts (W).100 m.: L C. Olivier (W) 14.6; 2. R. van

Rosenveldt (V.R.) 15.0; 3. K. Gibson (R)15.0.

Under 13:75 m.: 1. M. Cawood (O.W.) 10.2; 2. T.

England (O.W.) 10.6; 3. D. Eyre (R) 10.6.100 m.: 1. M. Cawood (O.W.) 13.6; 2. T.

England (O.W.) 13.8; 3. D. Eyre (R) 14.4.Long Jump: 1. J. Barton-Bridges (W) 13' 2"; 2.

M. Cawood (O.W.) 13' 1"; 3. A. Knight(O.W.) 12' li".

Under 14:75 m. Hurdles: I. B. Gibbons (W) 13.2; 2. M.

Buxton-Forman (W) 14.2; 3. S. Ryan (V.R.)14.4.

100 m: 1. M. Tyler (V.R.) 13.4; 2. E. Robb(O.W.) 13.5; 3. S. van Embden (V.R.) 13.6.

200 m.: 1. M. Tyler (V.R.) 28.1; 2. M. Preyser(V.R.) 29.2; 3. A. Katz (R) 29.7.

800 m.: 1. M. Ryler (V.R.) 2-32.1; 2. Tie: T.Cleary (W), S. Jackson (O.W.) 2-37.4.

Long Jump: LA. van Minnen (R) 14' 11"; 2.Tie: P. Retief(R), L. De Wet (R) 14' 8".

High Jump: 1. S Ryan (V.R.) 4' 6"; 2. R.Steven-Jennings (V.R.) 4' 3"; 3. P. Retief(R) 4' 3".

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ATHLETIC TEAM 1970

Back Row: B. Peake,S. White, N. Fine, P.Williamson, P. Zwick, H. Katz.Standing: I. Rubin, K. Hydenrich, C. Tylcoat, M. Goslett, M. Oosthuizen, D. Adshade.Seated: M. Gentz, F. Kalis, Mr. N. Blackbeard (Principal), H. Oblowitz (Capt.), M. O. le Roux, G.

Gillmer, R. Marcus.

Under 15:100 m. Hurdles: 1. K. Bluff (O.W.) 16.0; 2. D.

Bradfield (R) 17.2; 3. G. Le Roux (V.R.)18.2.

100 m.: 1. K. Bluff (O.W.) 12.8; 2. M. Curr(V.R.) 13.0; 3. N. Silbowitz (W) 13.1.

200 m.: 1. K. Bluff (D.w.) 25.9; 2. H. Roup(O.W.) 26.6; 3. N. Silbowitz (W) 27.0.

800 m.: 1. P. Zwick (V.R.) 2-12.4; 2.1. Gibbs(R) 2-24.8; 3. K. Heydenrych (W) 2-26.5.

Long Jump: 1. H. Katz (R) 16' 0"; 2. P. Finch(R) 14' 7"; 3. A. Pelt (W) 13' lI".

Hjgh Jump: ]. R. Louw (R) 5' 4t"; 2. D.Bradfield (R) 4' 9"; 3. P. Finch (R) 4' 7".

1500 m: l. P. Zwick (V.R.) 4-41.5; 2. K.Heydenrych (W) 5-90; 3. B. Edwards (O.w.)5-16.3.

Under 16:100 m. Hurdles: 1. S.Casper(V.R.) 15.5;2.A.

Lamb (V.R.) 17.2; 3. S. White (V.R.) ]7.2.]00 m.: 1. H. Damain-Harris (V.R.) ] 1.9; 2. R.

Marcus (W) 12.0; 3. J. Oosthuizen (V.R.)12.4.

200 m.: ]. H. Damain-Harris (V.R.) 24.5; 2. R.Marcus (W) 25.5; 3. S. Casper (V.R.) 26.6.

400 m.: 1. H. Damain-Harris (V.R.) 61.2; 2. R.Friedlander (R) 63.7; 3. C. English (W) 64.0.

800 m.: 1. P. Williamson (O.W.) 2-17.5; 2. B.Kuun (V.R.) 2-]9.7; 3. J. Brits (W) 2-23.4.

1500 m.: 1. B. Kuun (V.R.) 4-50.8; 2. P.Williamson (C.W.) 4-54.0; 3. D. Adshade(V.R.) 5-76.

Long Jump: 1. J. Oosthuizen (V.R.) 18' 9~";2. R. Marcus (W) 17' 6"; 3. P. Grendon(O.W.) 16' 9~".

High Jump: LE. Coffin (R) 4' lO"; 2. J.Oosthuizen (V.R.) 4' 9"; 3. K. Hopkins(D.W.) 4' 9",

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Shot Put: 1. T. Dodd (V.R.) 31' 8r'; 2. S.Casper (V.R.); 3. E. Coffin (R).

Discus: I. E. Coffin (R) 129' 10"; 2. A. Lamb(V.R.); 3. C. Haley (W).

Open:100 m. Hurdles: 1. C. Smedley (R) 15.9; 2. M.

Gentz (R) 16.0; 3. M. Oosthuizen (W) 16.8.100 m.: I.G. Gillmer (R) 11.6; 2. M. Gluckman

(V.R.) 12.0; 3. N. Fine (V.R.) 12.1.200 m.: 1. G. Gillmer (R) 24.2; 2. T. Bakkum

(W) 24.6; 3. M. Gluckman (V.R.) 24.7.400 m.: 1.F. Kalis (R) 53.6; 2. M. Gluckman

(V.R.) 55.8; 3. A. Theys (O.W.) 56.4.800 m.: LH. Oblowitz (R) 2-3.8; 2. P. Weir

(O.W.) 2-11.6; 3. B. Peake (O.W.) 2-12.9.1500 m.: l. H. Oblowitz (R) 4-36.3; 2. P. Weir

(O.W.) 4-37.9; 3. G. Moseley (V.R.) 4-47.1.High Jump.: 1. A. Sleigh (W) 5' 3"; 2. R. Elliot

(R) 5' 2"; 3. J. Schouw (W) 5' 2".Long Jump: 1. C. Smedley (R) 19' 0"; 2. R.

Elliot (R) 18' 6 r';3. M. Oosthuizen (W) 18'3" .

Discus: I. R. Whitehead (V.R.) 97' 7"; 2. R.Pharoah (V.R.); 3. A. Sleigh (W).

Shot Put: 1. G. van Eck (O.W.) 32' lOt"; 2. E.Rijkers (V.R.); 3. W. Bailey (W).

Me.A. Noffki and Mr. D. Brombergerin tbe Staff vs.School Relay.

Relays:Under 10: I. De Waal, 32.0; 2. Rhodes; 3. Van

Riebeeck.Under 12: 1. Rhodes 44.0; 2. Wellington; 3.

Van Riebeeck.Under 13: 1. De Waal 55.7; 2. Wellington; 3.

Rhodes.Under 14: I. Van Riebeeck 54.6; 2. Rhodes; 3.

De Waal.Under 15: 1. De WaalSIJ; 2. Rhodes; 3.

Wellington.Under 16: 1. Van Riebeeck 48.3; 2. Wellington;

3. Rhodes.Open: 1. Van Riebeeck 47.4; 2. Rhodes; 3.

Wellington.1500 m. Non-Competitors Team Race: 1.

Rhodes; 2. Van Riebeeck; 3. De Waal.

Overall Results:Ist Van Riebeeck 164 pojnts2nd Rhodes 143 points3rd De Waal 117 points

Wellington 80 points

Awards:Colours:G. GiIlmerH. Oblowitz:P. WeirF. KalisBlues:H.ObIowitzF. KalisHonours:H. Oblowitz

Record Holders:Under la:50 m.: G. Cawood75 m.: G. CawoodUnder 12:75 m.: C. Olivier100 m.: M. CawoodUnder 13: (Introduced in 1969)75 m.: M. Cawood100 m.: M. CawoodLong Jump: L. de WetUnder 14:75 m. Hurdles: K. Bluff100 m.: K. Bluff200 m.: J. MooreLong Jump: L. Shapiro

7.4, 197010.8, 1970

11.0, 197014.2, 1969

10.2, 197013.6, 1970

13' lOr', 1969

12.6, 196912.6, 196926.2, 1956

18' lOr', 1950

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High Jump: J. Leeson800 m.: B. KuunUnder 15: (Introduced in 1969)100 m. Hurdles: K. Bluff100 m.: H. Damain-Harris200 m.: K. Bluff800 m.: P. Zwick1500 m.: P. ZwickLong Jump: J. OosthuizenHigh Jump: R. LouwUnder 16:lOO m. Hurdles: B. Schneider100 m.: H. Damain-Harris200 m.: L. Shapiro400111.: B. Schneider800 m.: L. Raymond1500 m.: H. OblowitzLong Jump: L. ShapiroHigh Jump: A. ElliotShot Put: A. CraxtonDiscus: E. CoffinOpen:100 m. Hurdles: N. RileyOosthuizenlOOm.: G. Gillmer200 m.: L. Shapiro400 m.: C. Felbert800 m.: C. Felbert1500 m.: J. WilliamsonLong Jump: B. WeinreichHigh Jump: W. HuttonShot Put: D. WhitfieldDiscus: R. PharaohRelays:Under 10:200 m.: Van RiebeeckUnder 12:300 m.: Van RiebeeckUnder 13:400 m.: De WaalUnder 14:400 m.: WellingtonUnder 15:400 m.: De WaalUnder 16:400 m.: Rhodes

Van Riebeeck

5' Or', .19542-26.7, 1968

16.0, 1970J2.7, 196925.9, 1970

2-12.4 19704-41.5, 197017'9",19695' 4~", 1970

14.5, 19681l.9, 197023.6, 195254.1, 1968

2-500, 19644-37, 1969

20' 6~", 19525' 5r, 196134' 7", 1965

129' 10", 1970

14.5, 194814.5, 196811.6, 197023.2, 195353.0, 19632-2.2, 1963

4-32.2, 196820' 9", 19545' 8r', 1956

36' 8~", 1961100'4r',1969

30.5, 1964

42.1, 1964

55.7, 1970

53.5, 1956

51.1, 1970

48.3, 196848.3, 1970

Open:400m.:DeWaal 46.9,1968Note: The past 3 years have seen Ule changeover to the Metric system, hence records overthis period have only now been finalized. In

certain cases it was possible to retain oldrecords, as differences in distances were negli-gible. Only in ilie one mile (now 1500 m.), 100metres and the Under 10 and Under 12distances did records have to be replaced; andalso in the Under 16 hurdles as the heights ofthe hurdles have been changed.

Cup Awards:Friedlander Cup: Under 10 Champion: G.

Cawood.Junior Relay Cup: Under 10: De Waal.Baskin Cup: Under 12 Champion: C. Olivier.Junior Relay Cup: Under 12: Rhodes.Under 13: 100 m.: M. Cawood.Baskin Cup: Under 14 Champion: M. Ryler.Arthur Newman Cup: Under 14 Relay: Van

Riebeeck.Under 15: 800 m.: P. Zwick.Dry Pycroft Cup: Under 16 400 m.: H.

Damain-Harris.MacDonald Cup: Under 16 Relay: Van Rie-

beeck.CE. Felbert Cup: Under 16 Champion: N.

Damain-Harris.Neville Riley Cup: Open Hurdles: C. Smedley.

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Tayfield Cup: Open 1500 m.: H. Oblowitz.Headmaster's Cup: Open 800 m.: H. Oblowitz.Woollaston Cup: Open 400 m.: F. Kalis.Duncan Tay/or Cup: Open Long Jump: C.

Smedley.Stanley Lewis Cup: Open High Jump: A.

Sleigh.Dr. Bobbins' Cup: Open 100 m.: G. Gillmer.Ryan Cup: Open 200 m.: G. GilJmer.Open: Shot Put: G. van Eck.Open: Discus: R. Whitehead.David & Salkow Cup: Open Relay: Van Rie-

beeck.Old Boy's Cup: Winning House: Van Riebeeck.Hoogenhout Cup: Victor Ludorum: 3 tie: C.

Smedley, G. Gillmer, H. Oblowitz.MacDonald Trophy: Best Performance: H. Ob-

lowitz.

Other MeetingsPupils were again entered at various meet-

ings, the most important of which was the

meeting held at Green Point by the W.P.S.A.U.H. Oblowitz put in the best performance fromthe school, when he did a time of J min. 58.7sec. for the 800 metres. This excellent time alsogained him selection for the team chosen to runat the W.P. Junior Championships.

Cross-CountryOnce again teams competed in the schools

league races organised by Spartan Harriers. Theteams acquitted themselves fairly weU in thefirst two races but owing to lack of enthusiasma team could not be raised for the third race.

As in previous years very few boys showedan interest in cross-country. lt can only behoped that perhaps in future years rugbyplayers can be urged to compete in cross-country as part of their training.

B. Peake, who finished 7th in the seniorsection, and K. Heydendrech, 10th in the juniorsection, are to be congratulated on their per-formance in the flIst race at RondeboschCommon.

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Tennis at Wynberg has continued to prove amost popular sport. The increasing numbers ofplayers forced us, earlier in the year, to look forfurther facilities. We were very fortunate inobtaining the use of the Wynberg Tennis Club'scourts on certain days of the week. These aresituated ten minutes walk from the school andhave proved to be invaluable. We should like totake tlus opportunity of thanking the WynbergClub for the use of their courts.

Our relatively new tennis master, Mr. Miller,has ably guided us through the year and it issignificant to note that our standard has beenmaintained at an all-time high.

League TennisOur first team again acquitted themselves

very well this year. Of all the matches playedwe lost only one, and that after a hard-foughtstruggle. Th is was to our traditional rival,Rondebosch.

Unfortunately, but for one or two excep-tions, the standard of Schools First Leaguetennis is not high. Most schools seem to haveone or two good top players and a long andmediocre tail.

Our other teams playing in the leagues havealso done well, the second team losing only onematch and the third team three.

Outside AchievementsAt the beginllÏng of the year we ob tained a

new member of the First Team, D. Bishop. Hehas since been selected for the Western ProvinceJunior side which played during the Juneholidays in the Inter-provincial Junior Cham-pionships.

Others who have acquitted themselves wellare the Venter brothers in the 1969 AppletiserNational Schools Tournament, and MarkVenter who made a clean sweep in tlus year'sWestern Province Chanlpionships by winningthe singles, doubles and mixed doubles in theUnder 14 section. S. MacFarlane and D. Bishopdid well in the under 16 and ] 8 sectionsrespectively.

School TournamentWe normally finish the annual school tourna-

ment at the end of the third term. However,this year we took advantage of the perfectweather in April and started early.

D. Bishop won the Open singles. D. Bishopand S. MacFarlane won the Open Doubles, L.Venter won the Under 15 singles, Ryan andCalder won the Under 15 doubles, M. Venterwon the Under 14 singles.

House MatchesThis year the house teams were not very

evenly matched, Rhodes and van Riebeeckfielding the strongest teams. After starting thefirst round with six players per team, Mr. Millerwas forced to decrease the number to four. Thiswas necessary as some of the houses founddifficulty in fielding six experienced players.

After a hard tussle Van Riebeeck won withthe trophy, with Rhodes in second place.

Larry and Mark Venter.

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Many of the school-leavers who wrote to us5, 10, 15 years ago, asking for a job, nowfill senior posts.They got to the top because they had what ittakes. And because they joined an organisation thatdevelops talent. and rewards determination andhard work.

If you are leaving school this year, and you'dlike to join an enterprising, go-ahead organisation, sit downnow and write us a letter about yourself.

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1st TENNIS TEAM

Standing: D. Bishop, R. Goodchild, S. Macfarlane, L. Shlomowitz.Seated: Mr. D. Miller (Master-in-charge), R. Blackbeard (captain), Mr. N. R. Blackbeard (Principal).

Absent: L. Venter.

Awards

Colours: D. Bishop1st Team Badges: S. MacFarlane, L.

Shlomowitz, R_ Blackbeard, L. Venter, R,Goodchild.

Most improved Player's Cup: BuxtonForman.

Old Boys Match

Our annual match against the Old Boys onceagain proved to be one of the highlights of ourtennis season. On a perfect 'afternoon duringthe first term we took on a strong team of OldBoys. It was a hard but very enjoyable matchand we went home the victors, tired but happy.

R. Blackbeard

1st Team League Results:Sea Point I Won 6-1Sacs IRondebosch IIFish Hoek IJan Van Riebeeck [Herzlia IRondebosch

Won 5-2Won 5-2Won 5-2Won 7-0Won 5-1Lost 1-5

The Appletiser BowlHaving won the preliminary rounds of the

tournament, the Wynberg Under 15 team,consisting of Larry and Mark Venter, proceededto Stellenbosch for the final rounds of thistournament which took place during the thirdweek of the December holidays. Schools fromall over the Republic took part in this tourna-ment, which is run to provide competition on

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the same level as the Craven Week in mgby andNuffield week in cricket.

The team arrived on the Sunday afternoonas matches began on the Monday. The tourna-ment was divided into twelve sections with fourteams in each section, the matches being playedon a Round Robin system. Each game consistedof three matches, namely two singles and adoubles match. Wynberg won their section andproceeded into the semi-finals where we wereto play five matches. The other teams in oursemi-finals were, Rondebosch, Montague High,Grey College, Hoërskool Pretoria and North-view High School, the latter being the eventualwinners of the tournament. We won three outof the five matches, beating Rondebosch, Mon-tagu and Hoërskool Pretoria.

During the week many interesting entertain-ments were provided, such as a trip to theAppletiser Fam1 near Grabouw.

The finals took place at the W.P.L.T.A.Courts at Rondebosch where Northview Highbeat King Edward Vil, both teams corning fromJohannesburg. In conclusion it may be said itwas a very successful tournament in which wehope to do better t1lis year.

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The Table Tennis Club has had a relativelysuccessful year. This is the second year inoperation of the Inter-School competition.Wynberg won the Southern Suburbs section,beating Norman Henshilwood 10-0 andRondebosch 9-1. In the inter-section play-offwe lost to a strong Cape Town High team 7-1.

At the beginning of th.e 3rd term ourinter-school knock~ut competition was ar-ranged. C. van Tonder reached the finals of theUnder 15 competition and N. Walsh the semi-finals of the Open Section. D. Rivett and L.Shlomowitz both reached the quarter fmals ofthe Open section.

C. van Tonder and N. Walsh must becor~gratulated in being chosen to represent theWestern Province B team in the Inter-Provincialchampionships held in Durban.

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The school championships is at the momentunder way and the four seeds N. Walsh, C. vanTonder, L. Shlomowitz and D. Rivett areexpected to reach the semi-finals.

Finally [ would like to thank Mr. Metrowichfor his assistance during the year.

TENNISETTE

Standing: A. Murray, B. Hili, C. Keet, J. Hadwen.Seated: M. Wheeler; Miss P. Watters (coach); G. Botten; Mr. A. Lorie (principal); G. Maimin.

coached by the ladies of the staff, to whomthanks are due. Mr. Houba again proved apopular coach on Wednesday afternoons andwe thank him for his interest and support andthe excellent results he has achieved. I shouldalso like to thank those parents who so willing-ly provide transport for "away" matches.

So far this season the team has played sevenmatches and won four. It is very gratifying tosee what an excellent spirit of friendly rivalryand good sportmanship there is at the'sematches. This was also evident in the annualParents vs. Boys matches held on a Saturdayafternoon in March and won by the parents 23sets to 13.

TennisetteThe annual school tournament was held in

the 4th term of 1969. The singles was won byGregory Botten who played against AnthonyVann in the finals. The doubles was won by A.Vann and R. Murray who played against G.Botten and E. Katz. This was an exciting game.

During the first term this year a largenumber of boys played tennisette and were

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1st HOCKEY XI

Standing: G. Lowden, W. King, P.Williamson, J. Somerville, S. Stone.Seated: G. Ronaidson, D. Jupp, Mr. N. Blackbeard (Principal), R. Clark (Capt.), Mr. D. Bromberger

(Coach), T. Durant, P. Simcock. In Front: R. Good (Vice-Captain).

HOCKEYWynberg Hockey in 1970 has progressed

satisfactorily both in the extent of its school-boy support and in the standard of playexhibited.

The number of hockey players rose this yearto 39. This enabled three teams to be entered inthe leagues as in 1969, but left several playerswithout games each Saturday. It is to be hopedthat four teams will be entered next year jfnumbers rise again. But this will require thatthe hockey field be available for hockey all fourdays of the week; and that another member ofstaff from strictly limited resources be allocatedto hockey coaching - requirements not to bemet without difficulty.

The standard of play has perhaps sur-prisingly not deteriorated from last year's. Thefirsts though poor on paper ended up in thefinals of the W.P. Schools' Hockey tournament;the seconds had several good wins; and thethirds developed well towards the end of theseason under Ian Stephenson's captainship. Allround the season was an enjoyable and pro-fitable one.

Over against greater numbers and betterstandards, however, one is compelJed to men-tion a held in very poor state of repair. Manyhome matches had to be played away to avoidcomplaints about the condition of the field andof course newcomers to the game had very little

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chance to learn the skills of hockey on a pitchquite so uneven and unpredictable. But whatwith the fields not being used only for hockey,and the carving of a cricket pitch out of it lastDecember, one could hardly expect very muchbetter! We only trust most sincerely that theplanned top-dressing and rolling takes place asscheduled next year so that both practices andmatches can be enjoyed in the way they oughtto be.

Who may play?It is as well to put on record for future

reference the understanding reached betweenthe rugby and hockey clubs as to who will bepermitted to play hockey at the school.

The general rule is that only boys instandards eight, nine and ten may play thegame and then on-ly if they have not playedrugby in the two years previous to their takingup hockey.

The exceptions to the "two-year-no-rugby"clause are first if the boy is unable to continuewith rugby because of ijljury; and secondly if aparent for some good reason requests thechangeover and his request is approved by themaster in charge of rugby and the Principal.

The purpose of the above agreement is bothto limit - at least temporarily - the number ofhockey players, and to prevent the cross-sportpoaching of players that comes from opencompetition for recruits.

FirstsAfter a rather green team had lost 4-0 to a

strong Paarl side at the beginning of the season,the team settled down nicely and its progresswas shown clearly by its reaching the final ofthe knock-ou t at the end of the season.

Wynberg had the distinction of losing onlytwo matches throughout the season - againstPaarl Gimnasium and against Rondebosch. Th.iswas well done. Why then six draws? Theanswer must be that our halves and backs wereof a high standard but that our one-manforward line could achieve very little when he,that is Clark, was well marked by his oppo-nents.

Another measure of our success this seasonwas the selection of four Wynbergians for thefinal W.P. Schools' Hockey trials. The deservingones - we believe they were not just lucky -

were Roy Clark, Robert Good, David Jupp andTerry Durant. In the end only Roy Clark wasselected for W.P. but he is to be congratulatedon h.is appointment as vice-captain of the W.P.side - he was unlucky not to be captain - andhis selection for the South African Schools BXl. Roy is of course also to be thanked forlivening up the Wynberg hockey scene for thelast two years and captaining the First Xl thisyear. The memoly of him will not soon fade.

The key players in the team were: RobertGood and later "Fats" Oosthuizen in the goals- Robert was again very unlucky not to playfor his province this year; David J upp in theback line, ably supported by Peter Williamsonand later Robeli Good; Mark Reyneke at firstand later Terry Durant and Geoff Ronaldson inthe half positions; and Roy Clark and TerryDurant, part of the time, in the front line.

Of the players mentioned, by far the mostimproved player is Geoff Ronaldson whosestickwork and hockey sense have developedtremendously. Fats Oosthuizen's game has alsocome up a great deal this season and that of"PJ." Simcock too. What is astounding is thatall three players only started the game in Aprilof this year.

Old Boys' MatchAt the very end of the season, on Founder's

Day, the School Xl had the pleasure of playingOld Boys' Xl on the field immediately in frontof the school. With their captain away theSchool team allowed Peter Pullen's side toscrape home with a 2-1 victory but the gameswung about from one end of the field to theother and was thoroughly enjoyed by all. It wasonly a pity that Robert Good should havechosen this occasion to injure his ankle. At anyrate many thanks to Peter for organizing theOld Boys' side and to Jock Handley andSerjeant Grey for umpiring the game.

Record of First Team Matches18th April: Lost to Paarl Gimnasium - 0-4.25th April: Beat Diocesan College - 2-0.2nd May: Drew with Plumstead - 0-0.16th May: Beat Fish Hoek - 3-1.23rd May: Drew with Pinelands - 0-0.6th June: Drew with Westerford - I-I.13th June: Beat Cape Town - 2-1.25th July: Drew with CBC - 0-0.

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Ist August: Lost to Rondebosch - 0-3.8th August: Drew with Sea Point - 2-2.15th August: Beat SACS - 2-0.22nd August: Beat Sea Point - 4-2.29th August: Drew with Westerford - 0-0.12th September: Beat SACS - 2-1.

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The Seconds, led by Peter Key and laterGraham Lowden, fared quite as weU as, if notbetter than, the first team, winning seven anddrawing tJuee out of their thirteen matches.The most memorable match was perhaps theone against a depleted Sea Point team wherethe score ran to 10-0 in our favour, Hadwennotching five and Stone three of the goals.

Key players among the forwards were, ofcourse, Hadwen and Stone, who usually lookeddangerous; Wiseman, the most intelligent passerin the team; and Kirkwaad on the wing whohad many good runs but always frittered awayhis chances by allowing the ball to travel too farahead of himself. Of the halves Key andLowden were the most noteworthy; and,

amongst the backs, Mjller and Milner shoneparticularly. Oosthuizen showed up wel! in thegoals to earn promotion to the Firsts.

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for most of the time consisted of beginners,ended up on a fairly sound note.

Those who represented the team wereKlopper in goal and later Douglas, afterKlopper's return to the Seconds. Before hebecame hidden behind those mighty pads,Douglas played at back together with Morom,notorious for his hard hitting. These two keptup a sound defence until Milner moved up tothe Second Team.

The half-backs were Yeomans who aftermany knocks came through the season with agood spirit and played some fine hockey,always up in support; Altern who, towards theend of the season, showed up well, particularlyagainst Westerford ; Stephenson who played athalf until his move to left-inner; and Archer,who after an injury had prevented his playing

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in the first half of t11l1 season, playedextremely well towards the end. He tackledsoundly and at most times broke away to feedhis Linewith long passes.

Of the forwards there was Pike on the leftwing who, with his speed, can do great things.Waters and later Facer proved good centre-forwards: both, especially Waters, were alwaysready to try and turn all possible shots intogoals. Step}lenson generally put up a goodperformance and was the only player to score ahat-trick. Wiseman played well in the first halfof the season and was later promoted to theSeconds.

Pearson was extremely successful and neverlagged behind. He was good on attack butplayed notably well on defence too and was atremendous asset to the team. Wilson had agood season and was particularly noticed for hiscracking runs down the right wing and somespectacular shots at goal.

Rubin and Du Toit played frequently in thehalf-back position. Ooig and Johnson also hadan odd game.

For the first half of the season Waterscaptained the team and in the remainingmatches Stephenson was the captain.

The goal scores were: Waters 6, Stephenson4, Wiseman 4, Pearson 2, Yeomans 2, Pike 2,Rubin 2, Facer I.

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AwardsColours: R. Clark (re-award); T. Ourant, R.

Good (Re-award); O. Jupp (re-award); W.King; G. Lowden; G. RonaIdson; P. Sim-cock; J. Somerville; P. Williamson.

Blues: R. Clark (re-award); T. Ourant; R. Good(re-award); O. Jupp.

Honours: R. Clark (re-award).

ThanksNo human activity can be successful and

enjoyable without the very real contribution ofcertain individuals, often in the background.

In the case of hockey this year we have tothank several parents for supporting our

matches but in particular Mr. Ooug Clark, whoalso provided us regularly with Grand Challengeumpires, and Mrs. Jupp who very faithfullyprovided half-time refreshment in the form oforanges.

For accommodating four Hilton Collegetouring side members over five nights we haveto thank very sincerely Mr and Mrs Morom,Williamson, RonaIdson, Jupp and Wiseman. rtwas extremely kind of them to put up the boysconcerned, and of several other parents to offerto do so though in the event their offers werenot taken up.

Thanks also go to Mr Kooy and Mr VanBreda for accompanying teams to their destina-tions, often at short notice. Equally is MrBlackbeard's interest in the game appreciatedand Mr Payne's efforts to give us a good hockeyground; that the latter's efforts may bear fruitin the' coming season is the fervent hope of usall.

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The 1969 season ended with Wynbergwinning the Inter-Schools' Competition forthe fourth successive year, and setting tworecords in the final gala with Alan Ham-mond's 1 min 25.2 seconds for the 4 x 1length Individual Medley being a particularlyfine effort. That this victory was a team effort,led by a fme captain in Gerald Goles, can beseen from the fact that we always did well inthe relay events. We were fortunate, too, in

having some oustanding individual swimmerswhose efforts were recognised by the award ofthe following:

Honours: Ajam HanunondBlues: Lynton Perry, Peter WeirColours: Terry Dunster, Gerald Goles, Ian

Thomson, Dereck YachA sadly depleted team commenced the 1970

swimmjng season without the valued services ofsuch stalwarts as G. Goles, A Hammond and P.Weir. As a result we are at present fourth in theInter-Schools Competition. Competitive swim-lning today requires a tremendous investmentof time before any success is attained and it isunfair to demand trus of a schoolboy. Coachesin all schools will have to decide whether we arerunning teams for a few specialjsts or for thebenefit of the average boy.

SWIMMING TEAM 1970

Back Row: M. Preyser,G. Ooran, P. Retief, A. Knight, O. Eyre.Middle Row: L. King, S. Jackson, N. Frye, P.Williamson, O. Yach, J. Le Sueur.Sitting: L. Perry, Mr. N. Blackbeard (Principal), T. Ounster, P. R. Broster, I. Thomson.In Front: M. Metter.

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Perry was selected to swim for the W.P.Currie Cup team and with D. Yach and M.Preyser also swam for the W.P. Schools Team.

The inter-House gala went off smoothlywith three records being broken. Itwas disturb-ing, however, to notice the lack of interest byboys in all events apart from the inter-classrelays. We hope to revise the entire approach tothe gala next year in an attempt to rectify this.

A new event has been included in the awardslist with the following times:

4 x i length Individual Medley: Colour - Jmin 35.0 sec. blue - J min. 30.0 sec.

Awards granted thus far in 1970 are asfollows:

Honours: Lynton Perry

Blues: Dereck Yach

Colours: Terry Dunster , Mark Preyser, lanThomson, Peter Williamson

Ben Gould Cup for the Most ImprovedSwimmer: Peter Williamson.

Finally we wish our matriculants 1. Thomsonand N. Frye good luck and hope that theyremember what swimming has taught them viz:"The harder you work, the more you get inreturn."

Water-Polo 1970The season started in the fourth term of last

ye:u with Mr. Broster as coach. He soon foundhimself very busy with the swimming-team andtherefore handed the job over to Mr. Metro-wich, who was relatively new to the game, butthanks to his inspiring efforts and the co-operation of the boys, we made good progress.

A league was started with S.A.C.S. Ronde-bosch and Sea Point also entered teams occa-sionally. We managed to enter two senior andsometimes two junior teams, the latter showinggreat enthusiasm.

In the senior league S.A.C.S. dominated allthe games with their fitter and better players,but we were the better team when it came toSea Point and Rondebosch. Our fIrst team,although always beaten by S.A.C.S., put up agood show, Terry Dunster scoring most of thegoals.

In the junior league we were more or less ofequal strength with the other schools and wonapproximately half the games played.

On behalf of the team I should like to thankMr. Metrowich for giving up so much of histime to help and train us, and I should also liketo wish all the teams the best of luck for thecoming season.

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"Cricket is not called the 'Sport of Kings'; it is the possession of all of us,high and low, rich and poor. It was born in a small place and has conqueredall the habitation of our race."

Mr. J. L. Mathew,Master-in-charge of cricket.

Historically, Cricket in South Africa hasreached the zenith of its long span of life. OurSpringboks are starring in both the World XIand the current M.C.C. XI which are battlingfor supremacy on the English turf. We are verygrieved, however, that the whole South Africanteam was denied the opportunity of testingtheir strength against the might of the M.C.C.What a tragic setback th)s political situation hascaused by preventing this talented team, whichacquitted itself so splendidly against the bestcricketers from Australia, from playing on thefields of England.

Our School XI looks back on a verysuccessful season. After an uncertain start theside improved considerably, especially duringthe second half of the season. Ray Clark, theskipper, settled down to command his youngteam with authority and discernment. We hopehe will be able to emulate Eddy Barlow'sdynamic approach to cricket next season, andset the fires of enthusiasm alight in themembers of our school team. A pre-seasoncricket week at Graaff Reinet is being plannedfor the coming season. Our team will meet thetalented Union High, Queens, Dale and GreyHigh School teams at this Invitation CricketWeek. This week should help our promisingW.P. Nuffield candidates to prepare themselvesfor early successes. Ray Clark and Alan Lambdid well last year and Theo Bakkum, ourvice-captain, and Mark Reyneke are same ofour stronger possibles for the second 1970Nuffield Week which will be held in Port

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Elizabeth in December. We would like tocongratulate Roy Clark and Neil Wooding onbeing selected to play for the last W.P. NuffieldXl which played at Bloemfontein in January ofthis year. Alan Lamb did so well at the trialslast year that we feel he may come into thereckoning this time.

The Hon. Sec. & Treas., of the W.P.S.C.U.for many years and now the current Chairmanof our W.P. Primary Schools Cricket Union, Mr.P.N. Le Mesurier, has been appointed convenerof the Nuffield Week for the second successiveYear. We would like to congratulate him onthjs recognition of his ability.

The School Cricket Committee includes ourcaptain, Roy Clark, vice-captain Theo Bakkum,I-Ion. Sec. Mark Reyneke, a member AlanLamb, the master in charge Mr. J.L. Mathewand our school coach Don Bates. This bodyworked hard at establishing a sound team andendeavoured to engender team spirit andco-operation. The School coach contributed atremendous amount of enthusiasm and en-couragement to all the players in the club. Wewould Like to express our thanks to him for thefine job he did during the season. The school isgenuinely sorry that he will not be returning toSouth Africa next season.

Our school is indeed fortunate in having somany masters who can assist in coaching. Therewere twelve senior school teams entered in theschool leagues and four junior sides. Mr. LionelHeath took charge of the kit stewards J.wesselsand P. Mann, who must be highly commendedfor their excellent service from the equipmentshed. The under fifteen teruns are also super-vised by Mr. Heath. Mr. Payne, our grounds-man, has skilfully provided our teams with thebest pitches he could possibly prepare. The firstteam has nothing but praise for the excellentwickets we have had. This has been anencouragemen t to ou r players to give of theirvery best both at practice and in matches. Mr.K. Blom and M. Ken Dovey's second elevenprovided replacements for the first Xl everyweek and this was a healthy state of affairs.This tearn had a very satisfactory season. Mr. S.Gilmore's third team, as usual, estabjjshed asound record during the season and looksforward to the new season with keen anticipa-tion. The fourth Xl under Mr. J. Slater wasinvincible. In the first term of each year the

fifth team operates enthusiastically under Mr.V. Parkins's practised eye, enjoying each matchwith relish.

Umpiring has always been of a high standardat W.B.H.S. where we carry on the tradition setby our late test umpire Mr. G. Sickjer, alegendary figure in the-conversation of old W.P.cricketers. Geoff. RonaIdson, our headboy, is acredited first division schools' umpire, and weare proud of his ability in this sphere. The W.P.Umpires Union has helped us by appointingsome of their best officials at our matches. Forthis consideration we should like to express ourwarmest thanks to their office bearers.

Mr. David Bromberger has encouraged hisunder fifteen B XI to do exceedingly well in theA league. I wonder how well the B would do ina match against the A, which plays in the sruneleague? The C and D had changes of coacheswith staff changes, but Mr. E. Callaghan andMr. Jackson provided the necessaly enthusiasmto inspire them to pLay exciting cricket. Theweek-day under fourteen side was undefeatedand Mr. Orchison is to be congratulated on theesprit-de-corps engendered in this talented side.

The six village green matches on Mondayafternoons are hotly contested on the fields bythe under eleven players from the junior schoolpool teams. Mr. I.F. Oosthuizen organises thejunior cricket, Mr. Just being the under twelveA and B coach and Mr. Norman Hoy, the undereleven enthusiast. To all these staff memberswho are coaches, the club would Liketo extendits thanks and appreciation for the trouble andinconvenience the extra mile has cost themfrom time to time.

Each team has its following of enthusiasticfathers and mothers and admirers who associatethemselves earnestly with every incident in eachmatch that is played. We look forward to thisweekly encouragement, and are happy to beable to offer them the tuckshop facilities, aswell as the good cricket on show. MesdamesBlanckenberg, Damain-Harris, Katz and J upp,are to be congratulated on the efficient runningof the school tuckshop. Our cricketers' mothersassist weekly and mesdames Clark, Woodin,Porter, Lamb, Probyn and others are assured ofour appreciation in this regard. The first elevenand their opponents are entertained to lunch atLittlewood House whenever they play homeganles. Our thanks are ex tended to the staff and

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FIRST XI

Standing: A. Davis, I. Johnstone, C. Ramsden,D. Anderson, M. Porter, M. Bastin.Seated: A. Lamb, T. Bakkum (Vice-capt.), Mr. J. L. Mathew (Coach), R. Clark (Capt.). Mr. N.

Blackbeard (Principal), M. Reyneke, M. Gluckman.

particularly to matron for this provision at sucha low cost to the players.

Before completing this report 1. feel that Ishould pay tribute to our senior cricketers.We are extremely proud to be as closelyassociated as we are with the success of theW.P. Senior team which shared the Currie Cupcompetition with the strong Transvaal team.Not only were Chris Stephens, Mike Bowditchand Neville Budge in the team, but Fritz Bing,one of our veterans, was the successful teammanager. Congratulations, too, to our pastcricketers who have featured in club games andhave played for the W.P.B. team. The followinghave caught the eye in press reports: Jack Burtas captain of the B XI, M. Lamb, J. Cawood, Q.Rookledge, Morris McClurg and Frank Duk.

J.L. Mathew

These are our most promising players of theseason:Ist XIBatting: R. Clark; N. Woodin; A Lamb.Bowling: N. Woodin; R. Clark; M. Basti.n; A.Davis.Under I5: Batting: R. Lancaster; G. le Roux; C.van Tonder.Bowling: P. Taylor-Smith; G. Bricknell; D.Bradfield; D. Rivett.Under 13:Batting: A. Nann; S. Howell; D. Eyre.Bowling: L. Benjamin; A. Vann.

House Match Results1. Van Riebeeck2. Rhodes3. De Waal4. Wellington

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Cricket Awards 1969-1970Blues: R. Clark; N. Woodin; A. Lamb. .Colours: R. Clark; N. Woodin, T. Bakkum, M.

Reyneke; A. Lamb; B. Dyer; M. Gluckman;T. Probyn; C. Ramsden; D. Anderson; M.Porter; I. Johnstone.

Honours: R. Clarke.1st Xl caps: C. Ramsden; M. Gluckman; L

Johnstone; M. Porter; M. Bastin; A. Davis; D.Anderson; T. Probyn.

2nd Xl Caps: S. Damain-Harris; G. des Ligneris;K. des Ligneris; D. Pretorius; D. Sims; G.Ronaldson; H. Dyer; F. Kalis.

Colts Caps (under 15): G. Bricknell; G. leRoux; R. Lancaster; P. Tayler-Smith; C. vanTonder.

(Under 13 Caps): A. Vann; M. Cawood; R.Ferrant; S. Howell; D. Eyre.

David Powell Cap: R. Clark.Len Harvey Bat: A. Lamb.Cape Times Bats: N. Woodin; R. Clark.Bat Awards: (for 8 wickets or 100 runs): N.Woodin (10]) R. Clark (109); D. Rivett.

FIRST XI CRICKET REPORT OFMATCHES 1969/1970

20 Sept. 1969 Vs. Prince Edward (Rhodesia)Batting first on a well-grassed wicket, Prince

Edward scored ] 41. Bakkum bowled welltaking 5/28 and was supported by Reyneke3/23. Wynberg did not fare well, losing Woodinwith the first ball of the innings, and weredismissed for 101 (Porter 25).Result: Lost by 40 runs

1 Oct. 1969 Vs. Queens CollegeWynberg batted first and scored 231, Porter

74 and Bakkum 51 n.o. being the maincontributors. Queen's after being 150/1, col-lapsed but managed to hold out and were 211/8when stumps were drawn. Davis again bowledwell, taking 4/41, including a hat-trick.Result: Draw

2 Oct. 1967 Vs. Dale CollegeAfter an early collapse it was left to Wood in

to hold the Wynberg innings together. In his 97

he was involved in two big stands, 90 withReyneke (43) and 92 with Lamb (32 n.o.).Wynberg declared at 240/6. When a thunder-

storm stopped play Dale had replied with 22/2(porter 2/12).Results: Draw

3 Oct. 1969 Vs. Union HighBatting first on a very wet wicket, Wynberg

were soon in trouble with four wickets downfor only three runs before Reyneke (15) andClark put on 18 valuable runs. With the scoreon 37/9 Davis and Sims, 25 and 16 respectively,put on 36 for the last wicket before Wynbergwere all out for 73. When Union batted thewicket had dried considerably and they hadtrouble in getting the runs for the loss of twowickets.Result: Lost by 8 wickets

18 Oct. 1969 Vs. BishopsWynberg batted first on a lively wicket and

were dismissed for 144 (Lamb 47, Woodin 40).Bishops had no answer to the Wynberg openingattack of Clark (7/24) and Woodin (3/21) andwere skittled out for 48.Result: Won by 96 runs

25 Oct. 1969 Vs. RondeboschAfter having Rondebosch 78/5, Wynberg

were foiled by Chris Weeden who hit 107 n.o.and they event,;ally declared at 245/7, Woodintaking 4/78 in 26 overs. Wynberg could onlyscore 140 (Clark 55, Gluckman 29).Result: Lost by 105 runs.

1Nov. 1969 Vs. s.A.Cs.S.A.C.S. declared at 215/7 with Wood in

taking 3/58 in 28 overs. Wynberg collapsed andwere all out for 116 (Reyneke 19).Result: Lost by 99 runs.

8 Nov. 1969 Vs. St. JosephsWynberg batted first and amassed 326 for

the loss of only 5 wickets before declaring.Woodin, who hit a great 101 n.o. put on 136 in68 mins. with Reyneke (51 n.o.) Earlier Clarkhad cracked 74 in only 61 mins. With the St.Josephs total on 101/9, the rains came. Woodintook 7/44 in 25 overs.Result: Draw

15 Nov. 1969 Vs. BishopsOn a plumb Bishops wicket, Wynberg to-

talled 169 with Lómb scoring 64 and Gluckman

117

UNDER 12A CRICKET TEAMStanding: J. Baglione; H. Tyson; J. Hadwen; R. Hoffmann; D. Joubert; T. Woldendorp; K. Munnik; S.

Barker.Seated: I. Peterson; Mr. R. Just (coach); P. Smuts (captain); Mr. A. Lorie (principal); C. Hyland.

30. Bishops passed the total for the loss of 5wickets.Result: Lost by 5 wickets.

22 Nov. 1969 Vs. RondeboschWynberg again had Rondebosch struggling at

30/5 but they 'were saved by their tailendersand were later all out for 213. Woodin 5/70 andProbyn 4/26. Wynberg were all out for ] 39(Bakkum 33 n.o.; Ramsden 20).Result: Lost by 74 runs.

29 Nov. 1969 Vs. PlumsteadAfter an early collapse, Reyneke (57) and

Ramsden (55) put on 71 for the 5th wicket. Ahard hit 36 by Bakkum saw the total move to231 all out. Plumstead were all out for 215,Woodin bowling magnificently to take 9/59.Result: Won by ] 6 runs.

6 Dec. 1969 Vs. S.A. c.s.S.A.C.S. batted first and were all out for

226, Woodin 3/40, Probyn 3/17. With the scoreon 132/7 Lamb and Bakkum came together andgot stuck into the S.A.C.S. attack and put on95 in 55 nuns to steer Wynberg to an excellentvictory. Lamb (70) and Bakkum (38) were bothundefeated when the S.A.C.S. total was passed.Result: Won by 3 wickets.

31 Jan. 1970 Vs. BishopsBishops batted first and were all out for 157,

left arm spinner Bastin taking 5165 and Clark3/23. Clark's 86 was responsible for Wynberg'svictory.Result: Won by 2 wickets.

7 Feb. 1970 Vs. S.A.C.S.Batting first on a damp wicket Wynberg

were out for only 88. Lamb batted responsibly

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for his 50 n.o. with Clark (5/39) heading theWynberg attack, S.A.C.S. were put out for 83.Result: Won by 5 runs.

14 Feb. 1970 Vs. RondeboschRondebosch were dismissed for 164 thanks

mainly to Clark (4/38) and Bastin (4/44).Wynberg fared badly and only Reyneke 34 n.o.,Clark 26 and Bakkum 22, offered any resis-tance. Wynberg were all out for 109.Result: Lost by 55 runs.

21 Feb. 1970 Vs. St. JosephsWith contributions coming from most bats-

men, Wynberg were able to declare at 267/6,Reyneke 69 n.o., Bakkum 61, Gluckman 49and Clark 34. St. Josephs were dismissed foronly 74, Clark 3/61, Gluckman 3/17, Porter2/2, being the main wicket takers.Result: Won by 193 runs.

7 March 1970 Vs. WesterfordWynberg were surprised by the keen Wester-

ford side and were all out for 120 (Gluckman37, Lamb 24). Westerford got the runs for theloss of 8 wickets (Clark 4/42).Result: Lost by 2 wickets.

11 March 1970 Vs. Old BoysThe school were sent in by the Old Boys and

were put out for 114 (Porter 28), leg spinnersJohpson (3/12) and McMeeking (3/14) takingthe wickets. The Old Boys declared at 115/4(Q. Rookledge 44). The school declared thesecond innings at 138/5 (Bakkum 74 n.o.,Ramsden 47 n.o.). The Old Boys knocked offthe runs for the loss of 7 wickets. (McMeekingbatting 17 mins. for his 56, which included 5sixes).Result: Lost by 3 wickets.

21 March 1970 Vs. PlumsteadWynberg scored 157 with Ramsden 34,

Clark 31, Reyneke 27 and Lamb 25 aH battingwell. Plumstead were bowled out by Clark 5/20and Gluckman 4/27 for 87.Result: Won by 70 runs.

BATTlNG AVERAGESI. N.O. U.s. Total19 4 70 48413 1 101 35118 3 69 42319 0 109 53117 3 61 298

Lamb, A.Woodin, N.Reyneke, M.Clark, R.Bakkum, T.

BOWLING AvERAGESO. M. R. W.

257.3 72 591 40204.1 43 472 3579 12 241 1760 9 190 1381 24 196 1380.4 16 187 10

Clark, R.Woodin, N.Davis, A.Bastin, M.Gluckman, M.Probyn, T.

A'V..32.2529.2528.2027.9421.28

Av.12.213.414.214.515.118.7

CATCHESReyneke 15c, Lamb 14c 1st, Clark 11c, Bak-kum 8c, Johnstone 7c, Gluckman Sc, Anderson4c, Ramsden 4c.

FIRST XI CAPTAIN'S COMMENTSAs a result of losing only two players from

last season, the 1st XI fared well this season. Westarted off on a high rate with a successful tourto Queenstown where we played against topopposition from Eastern Province and Border,losing only one game which WilS p1ayed inrain-sodden conditions.

Much of our success was due to the coachingof Mr. Don Bates, and the ever-reliable presenceand help ofMr. Mathew.

My special thanks go to the ladies foropening the tuck shop and organising afternoontea on Saturdays during our matches.

R. Clark

INVITATION WEEK

Vs. Dale CollegeIn the first game of the 1970 Invitation

Week, Wynberg, batting first against Dale,recorded the highest score since the beginningof this Week three years ago. We scored 295/8;Clark missed a well-deserved century by tworuns. Bakkum 75 n.o., Gluckman 41 and Le

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Roux 34. All helped amass tl'lis total. At stumpsDale had struggled to 193/7, Clark taking 4/36.Result: Draw

Vs. Union HighUnion won the toss and elected to bat first

and scored 217/8 dec., Bastin taking 4/42.Wynberg replied with 114 all out. Clark (40)was the only batsman offering any resistance.Result: Lost by 103 runs.

Vs. Queen's CollegeQueens batted first and declared at 235/5.

Wynberg's batting failed dismally and we wereskittled out for 67 with Clark scoring 28. Thisgame was played in Jansenville where we wereentertained by the Jansenville C.C.Result: Lost by 158 runs.

Vs. Grey CollegePlaying against the strongest side, Wynberg

won the toss and elected to bat and scored thehighest total against this side wh.ich playsagainst men like Graeme Pollock, Peter Pollock,and several other leading Eastern Provinceprovincial cricketers in the men's Ist Division.Wynberg were all out for 178. Reyneke chosethe correct game to find form and weighed inwith a fine 55 n.o. Gluckman scored 32. Grey,after being 12/3, recovered and eventually wonby 3 wickets. Poor fielding robbed Wynberg ofa possible victory.Result: Lost by 3 wjckets.

Second XIDuring the 4th tenn of 1969 with many of

the 'old faithfuls' in Std. 10, the 2nd teamfared quite well with Pretorius (118, 52) andJohnstone (67) being the top scorers. The Dyerand des Ligneris brothers produced some usefulscores.

Howard Dyer (5/40 and 4/30), Pretorius andGeoff des Ligneris were the best bowlers.

With many new young players, the team didnot do too well in 1970 but improved towardsthe end of the fIrst tem1. Anderson, RonaJdsonand Jupp turned in some gOGd scores. Luder(6/12) and Bricknell (6/29) were the bestbowlers.

Results:Vs. Cape Town High - DrawWynberg 187 (Johnstone 67, Pretorius 52)Cape Town High 40/4 (Pretorius 3/8, H. Dyer1/8)Vs. Sea Point - WonSea Point 43 (G. DesLignoris 3/8, B. Dyer 2/1,Pretorius 3/14)Wynberg 45/7 (B. Dyer 23 n.o.)Vs. Bishops - WonWynberg 113 (K. des Ligneris 30, H. Dyer 22)Bishops 108 (B. Dyer 3/17, H. Dyer 3/18)Vs. Rondebosch 'A '- WonWynberg 176 (Pretorius 118, Wessels 20 n.o.)Rondebosch J 55 ( H. Dyer 4/30, Pretorius2/35)Vs. Rondebosch 3rd - WonRondebosch 103 (H. Dyer 5/40, B. Dyer 2/14)Wynberg 107/6 (peters 37, B. Dyer 15)Vs. Paarl B.H.S. - DrawWynberg 232/9 (porter 61, W. Oosthuizen 43,Durant 36 n.o.)Paarl 169 (porter 4/61, Kalis 3/24)Vs. Bishops - LostWynberg 117 (B. Dyer 25, Ronaldson 20, Sims15 n.o.)Bishops 118/0Fish Hoek - DrawWynberg 127 (Anderson 35, Sims 29)Fish Hoek 73/9 (Luder 6/12)Vs. Paul Roos - LostPaul Roos 100 (Bricknell 3/6, Luder 3/38)Wynberg 81 (Ronaldson 19, Simcock 13)Vs. Paarl Boys' High - DrawPaarl179/5 (Bricknell 2/34)Wynberg 84/4 (Anderson 37 n.o., Wessels 22)Rondebosch - LostRondebosch 141 (Suns 2/5, Dyer 2/18)Wynberg 56 (Casper 20, Suncock 12)

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Vs. Old Boys - O.B. won on 1st inningsOld Boys 245/6 (Sims 4/55)Wynberg Ist innings 95 (Wessels 22, Kalis 18)Wynberg 2nd innings 95/8 (Simcock 22, Casper29, Davis 22)Plumstead - WonPlumstead 117 (Bricknell 6/29, Wessels 2/1)Wynberg 119/9 (Jupp 31, Ronaldson 28)

RESULTSPlayed

13Won5

Drawn5

Lost3

Third XIThe 3rd team enjoyed a successful season.

During the first half of the season the team,under the captaincy of Lea, won three out oftheir seven matches, drew two and lost toBishops and Simonstown. The second half ofthe season proved even more successful withthe team losing only their last match againstS.A.C.S. by 5 runs.

Casper, Dodd and Laureflce were the mostsuccessful bowlers and Capser was rewarded forhis excellent performances by being promotedto the second team.

We lacked consistent batsmen but Hewett,Sincock, Redelinghuys and Waters battled wellon occasion.

All of our matches were played withenthusiasm and good spirit.

On behalf of the tearn, 1would Like to thankMr. Gilmore for his assistance throughout theseason.

J. BurgerResults:Vs. Westerford - WonWesterford 89 (Lea 5/28, Vance 4/43)Wynberg 91/5 (Burns 36, Ronaldson 24)Vs. Bishops - Los~Wynberg 138 (des Ligneris 45, Lea 34)Bishops 139/4Vs. Milnerton - DrawMUnerton 92 (Lawrence 5/9, Ross 3/42)Wynberg 62/9Pinelands - WonWynberg 163/5 (Hewett 51, Ronaldson 35)Pinelands 65 (Anderton 6/26)Vs. Simonstown: LostWynberg 64 (Durant 26)Simonstown 65/2

Vs. S.A.C.S. - DrawWynberg 153/3 (Ronaldson 56 n.o., Simcock37 n.o.)Sacs 90/6 (Anderton 3/8)Vs. Rondebosch - WonRondebosch 58 (Casper 7/18)Wynberg 59/3 (Good 28 n.o., Simcock 23)Vs. Wester/ord - WonWesterford 41 (Dodd 7/8)Wynberg 42/4 (A. Oosthuizen 38 n.o.)Vs. Tygerberg - Draw .Wynberg 12b (Casper 24, Coffm 24, Simcock22)Tygerberg 71/9 (Casper 6/25, Waters 3/9)Vs. Rondebosch - DrawWynberg 129/8 dec. (Hewett 30, Redelinghuys24, Burger 21 n.o.)Rondebosch 122/5 (Casper 3/41, Waters 2/29)Vs. Bishops - DrawBishops 110/8 dec. (Lawrence 3/22, DesLigneris 3/32)Wynberg 110/7 (Redelinghuys 36, A. Oost-huizen 26)Vs. Thornton - WonWynberg 90 (Waters 22)Thornton 41 (Dodd 5/17, Lawrence 3/17)Vs. S.A. Cs. - LostS.A.C.S. 94 (Dodd 5/29, Durant 3/9)Wynberg 89 (Dodd 28)

RESULTSPlayed

13Won5

Drawn5

Lost3

Fourth TeamThe Fourth XI had a very successful season.

The players had an enthusiastic approach to thegarne and the spirit was always good. Thetearn's success was due to a solid team effort,with good performances by individuals onoccasions. Among those who excelled were:'Sandy' Friedlander, the skipper during thefourth term of 1969 who bowled consistentlythroughout the term; K. Horton shone withboth bat and ball; M. Brown had someexceptional spells with the ball including 4wickets in 6 balls against Tygerberg, and J.Schmucker with his vicious away swingers andswashbuckling batting. All contributed to thetearn's success.

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Results:D.F Malan: Lost by 45 runs: lost by 95 runsFish Hoek : won by 103 runs : won by 6wicketsBishops: won by 67 runs: won by 4 wicketsSt. Georges : won by 6 wicketsCamps Bay: won by 6 wicketsMuizenberg: won by 100 runsCape Town: won by 50 runsSea Point: DrawnTygerberg: won by 3 wicketsS.A.CS. :won by 54 runsAnalysis of results

Analysis of ResultsPlayed Won

13 10DrawnI

Lost2

Fifth XI

The Arithmetical grading accorded the Fifthis accidental and misleading. The fifth is thehome of our cricketing tramps - those quitegifted players who are reluctant to bind them-selves to successive Saturdays in the field,hut who enjoy the slash and throw of anoccasional game. For some years now it hasbeen an almost exclusively LittIewood Houseteam, and this season was well captained byCummings. Bailey proved a great find. Hepeppered the boundary with the un likeliest ofstrokes, and tumed in several good scores.Wiseman, Oliver and Potter and the two GohJsbatted tenaciously and gave good support tothe two strokemakers of the side. Jupp andSutherland. Bowling was rather thin and tendedto be confined to Wiseman, Jupp, GohJ andSutherland. The team won half its matches, andenjoyed all of them.

Guest-players Peter Swift and Moose Rijkerswere very welcome.

Under 15A1970

The last term of 1969 saw the decline andfall of the highly successful under fifteen Ateam of the first quarter when Alan Lambbecame a full-time and Alan Davis a part-timemember of the first team. This proved that theteam unfortunately had relied on a few stars.

Thus, after losing only one match narrowlyin the first term, the team did not record asingle victory in the last term. Bergvliet beat us

by one run, we drew with S.A.C.S., andPinelands and were soundly beaten by PaarlGymnasium, Bishops, Westerford and Ronde-bosch.

The few bright spots in this gloomy recordwere knocks of 65 vs Pinelands and 27 vsRondebosch by the new captain, Gary Brick-nell, and 24 vs Bergvliet and 26 vs. Westerfordby David Benstead-Smith. Alan Davis took 3/ lOagainst Bishops and 4/42 against Pinelands.Mike Bastin took 4/32 against Paarl Gym.

Gary Bricknell was awarded the only cap ofthe term.

On behalf of the team 1 should like to thankour chief fan, Mr. Bastin, for nis willingness toassist with transport and other needs of theteam al all times.

1970A comparatively young and inexperienced

. side took the field for the first game of the newyear. There was no star on whom the teamcould rely and since then each member hasplayed his part and this was particularly evi-dent in a good win in the last game over thesuccessful Westerford team. The keenness ofsome of the parents to watch the matcheswas most encouraging for the team.

Peter Tayler-Smith after a brilliant startfaded out as a bowler towards the end of theseason, and David Bradfield and Derek Rivettbowled well but are stiU too erratic. On thebatting side, Robin Lancaster came to the foreas an opener, Garth le Roux batted weU onoccasions but CharUe van Tonder was the mostreliable batsman. Garth le Roux captained theside ably.

If the team hope to be more successful, theymust develop a more confident attitude. Thefighting spirit is lacking.

Caps were awarded to: G. le Roux, R.Lancaster, P. Tayler-Smith and C. Van Tonder.Results:31.1.70 Vs. S.A.CS. - Match DrawnS.A.C.S. ] 18 (Tayler-Smith 6/18)W.B.H.S. 75/7 (Le Roux 20)7.2.70 Vs. Bergvliet - WonW.B.H.S. 188/6 (Walsh 55, Lancaster 46, LeRoux 40)Bergvliet 71 (Taylor-Smith 6/]4)14.2.70 Vs. Bishops - Lost by an inningsW.B.H.S. 82 (Bensted-Smith 31)Bishops 247/4 (Tayler-Smith (2/45)W.B.H.S.91

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21.2.70 Vs. Paarl B.H.S. - Match DrawnPaarl B.H.S. 148 (Bradfield 4/28)W.B.H.S. 133/7 (Lancaster 46 n.o.)7.3.70 Vs. R.B.H.S. - LostR.B.H.S. 177 (Rivett 5/60)W.B.H.S. 69 (Van Tonder 20)21.3.70 Vs. Westerford - WonW.B.H.S. 124 (Van Tonder 26)Westerford 60 (Bradfield 5/17, Rivett 3/6)

Won 2, Lost 2, Drew 2

Averages:BATTING AVERAGES

I. N.O. R Av.Lancaster 7 1]6 19.3Van Tonder 7 114 19.0Le Roux 7 IlO 15.7Earley 7 92 13.1Watson 2 21 10.5Bensted-Smith 7 73 10.4

BOWLING AVERAGESO. M. W. R. Av.

Taylcr-Smith O. 5 17 136 8.0Bradfield 45.2 1I 15 171 11.4Rivett 44. lO 10 138 13.8

Under 15BThe detailed results for the first half of the

season are not available but Coffin is to becongratulated on his able leadership of the teamover a very successful term's cricket. Rivett putin some exceUent performances too with theball and fully deserved Itis promotion th.is yearto the Under 15A.In the second half under captains Cawoodand Watson, the B's fared very adequately ifperhaps not inspiringly. Star performers wereSnyman, with some big scores; Rivett for taking8 wickets for 18 runs (in the one match heplayed for the B's) and also winning a pair ofpads for himself; Watson for bowling accuratelyand setting a good example of keenness on the

field; Cawood for a particularly fine knockagainst S.A.C.S.; and Gibbons for several goodbowling spells.

Results of the matches are as foUows:Vs. Bishops - Lost by 8 wicketsWynberg 49 all out (Louw 15, Watson 9)Bishops 55 for 2.

Vs. S.A.eS. - Won by 9 wicketsSAC.S. 52 all out (Rivett 8 for 18)Wynberg 55 for 1 (Snyman 45 n.o., Robb 8n.o.)Vs. Rondebosch - Lost by I09 runsRondebosch 136 for 7 decl. (Snyman 2 for 18)

Wynberg 27 aU out (Gibbons 9 n.o.)Vs. Pinelands VISA - Won by 5 wicketsPinelands 52 aU out (Gibbons 4 for 9, Manser 3for 10)Wynberg 54 for 5 decl. (Snyman 32 n.o.)Vs. s.A.es. - DrawWynberg 127 all out (Cawood 35, Cleary 25,Salkow 17)SAC.S. 120 for 9 (Gibbons 3 for 33, Cleary 2for 29).

Analysis of ResultsPlayed Won

5 2DrawnI

Lost2

Under 13AThe 13A team had a reasonably successful

season, winning two matches, drawing two andlosing two.

There was an exceUent spirit in the teamwhich consisted mainly of bowlers who oftenrestricted powerful batting sides such asW.P.P.S. and D.C.P.S. to smaU totals. The teamhad interesting matches and sometinles pro-vided intense excitement, such as in the secondRondebosch match.

Rondebosch won the toss and elected to baton a damp pitch. They were soon in trouble,losing their first 3 wickets for only 1 run. Thetwo R.B.H.S. batsmen put their heads downand were then 78 runs for 5 wickets. Thespinners then came on and captured theremaining 5 R.B.H.S. wickets for only 8 runs,so that R.B.H.S. were all out for 87. W.B.H.S.went into bat and started disasterously, losing 6wickets for only 14 runs. Then Louwrensjoined Vann (Louwrens had an injured ankleand needed a runner) and helped stop the bat.Louwrens bravely kept an end up while Vannscored freely. The pair took the score from 14for 6 to 82 for 8.

S. Howell batted weU against S.A.C.H.S.scoring 75 n.o. D. Eyre batted weU aga.inst St.Josephs, scoring 43 n.o. A. Vann batted well in

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U-15A CRICKET

Standing: T. Cleary, D. Rivett, N. Walsh, D. Bradfield, N. Watson, S. Kaufman.Seated: T. Earley, C. van Tonder, Mr. N. Blackbeard (Principal). G. le Roux (Capt.), Mr. L. Heath

(Coach), P. Tayler-Smith, D. Bensted-Smith.

both R.B.H.S. matches, scoring 64 n.o. and 56.L. Benjamjn bowled well against D.C.P.S.,taking 3 for 18 while A. Vann took 5 for 22against R.B.H.S.

The Under l3A had a most enjoyable seasonand thank Mr. A. Morris for his untiring andinspiring efforts on their behalf.

A.V.

Under 12AAlthough they lost the first match of the

season, the team quickly found its feet andremained undefeated in all subsp.quent matches.

Particularly good wins were scored againstRondebosch (8 wickets), S.A.C.S. (7 wickets)and St. J osehp's (10 wickets).

The chief wicket takers were Tyson (J 1wickets) and Woldendorp (13 wickets).

The most consistent run-scorers were Hy-land, Munnik and Peterson.

Under 11AThe team had a very enjoyable season,

winning about half of their matches. The tennstarted rather shakily through lack of ex-perience, but improved greatly towards the endof the season. C. Clealy and K. van Zyl battedfajrly well, while D. Vann, G. Cawood and C.Cleary bowled well.

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JUDO REPORT

JUDO 1970

Standing: W. Post, M. Baard, A. van Rooyen, p. Retief, M. Theys, R. Piper.Seated: D. van der Byl, J. Wessels, I. Johnstone, Mr. A. Butcher (Coach), D. Thomson (Capt.), P.

Lourens, P. Manser.

Coaches: Mr. A. Butcher (snr. club); Miss L.Butcher Gm. Club)Committee: D. Thomson (captain), T. Hewett(vice-captain)

Judo is now a decade old at WynbergSchool, with the teams so far keeping up therecord of not losing a contest.

The league has not yet been completed thisyear, but so far Wynberg is at the top of thelog. Contests opened with a friendJy ma tchagainst Norman Hensllilwood School. Wynbergwon the one-for-one contest by 75 points tonil, and the continuous contest by 80 points tonil. This was a pleasing achievement as Wynbergfielded a light "C" team. A second friendlymatch was held against Cape Town Technical

College. Wynberg won by 120 points to 20. Wewere pleased to include L. Patrick, an old boyof the school, in our tealll.

For the league contests Wynberg fought andbeat Bishops by 1.19 pts. to 34 points. We thenfought and beat Plumstead High School, in thepast strong contenders for the cup, by 57points to 5 points.

At the Community Carnival at !' 'aynardvilleearlier this year, Wynberg gave a Judo demon-stration coupled with de"nonstrations of Kendoand Karate by Mr. Butcher's Academy ofMartial Arts.

In April this year, the Western ProvinceSchools Judo Championshjps were held atDiocesan College.

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The lightweight team beat Bishops School inthe finals by a large margin. The under 130 Ibdivision was won by J. Wessels, and T. Hewettwon the senior under ] 21 lb. division. FourWynberg boys: Hewett, Wessels, Johnstone andvan der Byl were selected to fight in the contestagainst U.C.T., who beat the school's team by17 to 10 points.

Then in May the Western Province AmateurJudo Championships were held in the Old DrillHall. Here J. Wessels again took the title in theunder ] 30 Ibs division, and 1. Johnstone came2nd in both the under ] 75 Ib and Opendivisions. Later on a team was chosen to fightBoland. Hewett, Wessels and J ohnstone were inthis team which beat Boland by 40 points to 10

points.Trials were held in August to select the

Western Province Schools Team. From WynbergD. Thomson: (Under 130 Ibs) and D. van derByl (Open division) were selected for the teamwhich is going to tour the Transvaal duringthese September holidays.

Rather disappointing to me is the fact thatold boys of the club have shown very littleinterest this year. Another problem is that wesurely need a master from the school to helpwith the checking of attendances and to cul-tivate some interest by the staff with a tour inmind. I would like to thank Messrs. Blackbeardand Lorie for their support of the respectiveclubs.

GOLF

Chairman: E. CasperSecretary: L. AtlasTreasurer: B. BarronCaptain: M. CookeMaster-in-charge: Mr. KooyOnce again the Golf Club has enjoyed a most

successful year. The meetings and functionswere generally well attended and competitionsreceived good support.

At our first meeting over 30 membersenrolled and the above committee was electedto office. The genera] programme of events forthe year was discussed and as many of our newmembers had no golfing experience whatsoever,the committee decided to hold regular clinics atthe Hawthornden Fields. These clinics enjoyedexcellent support and I am sure were a benefitto all who attended, especially the youngermembers.

One of the highlights of the year was ourschool championships, which was played over36 holes at the Clovelly Country Club, justafter the June holidays. Michael Cooke must be

CLUB

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Our boys also featured in a number of othercompetitions. Cooke was runner up in thePepsicola Winter Trophy with an excellent scoreof 75. Our congratulations go to him on beingselected for the frnal Western Province Trial,from which the Under 19 team will be chosen.

Activities during the last term will not beneglected and we intend arranging the annualmatch against the Old Boys early next term.Various competitions and clinics, including aMasters vi s Boys match, will be organised.

Finally, on behalf of the committee,should like to express our thanks to Mr.Blackbeard for the interest he has shown in theclub and for his generous donation of golf balls,which provided prizes for our competitions,and also to Mr. Kooy and Mr. Parkins for theinterest shown by them in the club.

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WYNBERG HIGH SCHOOL OLD BOYS' UNION

COMMITTEE - 1970

Hon. President: Mr. N. Blackbeard B.A. (Headmaster).President: Harold Fay.Vice-President: Neville Riley.Hon. Secretary: Michael English.Hon. Treasurer: William WilsonCommittee: R. Burton, R.H. Gibbs, M. Herbert, Dr. A. Katz, B. Kirby, B. McEwan, R. van Rosenveld.Représentatives: .Matric: David AsherSenior School: Mr. D. Bromberger.Junior School: Mr. J. Oosthuizen.Hon. Auditor: Mr. S.H. Jones, C.A. (S.A.)

Official addressof the O.B.U.: P.O. Box 111, Wynberg.

PRESIDENT'S LETTERAs my term of office expires and I write this end of the year letter so my thoughts

pass over what has been achieved and that which has been left undone during my periodin "the chair".

On the debit side my greatest ambition of entering an Old Boys' team into a sportsleague has not been achieved. I am convinced that to get together a number of men whowould be prepared to play cricket, badminton, hockey, etc. in a lower league would bringgreat strength to our union. I know that the idea of an Old Boys' team in the higherleagues of sport is frowned upon here in the Western Cape, whereas in Port Elizabeth,Durban, Johannesburg and East London teams of Old Boys of Grey, Durban High andSelbourne etc. enjoy great success. If we could get sufficient interest among those of ourOld Boys who are prepared to play in the lower leagues I am confident that we would gofrom strength to strength. Initially we have no grounds of our own but from a smallbeginning much future advancement could be hoped for. With this thought in mind ourcommittee forwarded a circular letter inviting you to tell us whether you would beinterested in playing various sports - the response was disappointing. In spite of this, wehave endeavoured to hold a few social games and these have been most enjoyable. In thehope that your enthusiasm might be aroused at a second attempt, I would like torecommend to the incoming committee that they send out another circular and "tryagain" .

On the credit side our fund raising efforts have met with reasonable success and allwho have helped here must be thanked for the great amount of time and effort that theyare devoting to bring about a worthwhile amenity for the New School. It should not belong before a decision is reached regarding the form of what the Old Boys propose toerect at the school - possibly in addition to bringing about a benefit for the school itmay also be possible to include an Old Boys' Headquarters or gathering place - a long feltneed of the Union.

The Annual Dinners continue to be well patronised and most successful, but this yearfor the first time in many years a Dinner/Dance was organised. This event was held tomark our Golden Jubilee and was an outstanding success. I was told before the Dancethat Mr. and Mrs. Clegg would only be putting in a brief appearance, but not only didthey stay until after midnight but they went further and led us onto the dance floor,something which Mr. Clegg has never done before. I look forward to more of these events.

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In concluding, I thank my committee for their constant enthusiastic support and ontheir, as well as my behalf, I wish all our members as well as our school masters bothpresent and retired, a joyful forthcoming Festive Season. We also wish success to thepresent scholars of our school in their year end examinations and we look forward towelcoming the 1970 matriculants to our ranks next year.

Harold Fay

UNIVERSITY NEWSThe news in this section has been kindly collected by Neville Pasvolsky and David

Asher.Three Old Boys, David Katz, A. Selwyn and T. Zabow last year dropped the title

Mister to become Doctor. Another three, Roland Eastman, L. Nochomowitz and RobertSladen are in their final year and nearly at the end of the long and difficult road. Comingup behind them are N. Pogrund and S. Ger in their fifth year, David Phillips and R.Horwitz in their fourth, Neville Pasvolsky, Hugh Morris, Hugh Wegner, Charles Miller andS. Leyser in their third, Ivan Schewitz in his second and R. Pogrund and Geoff Katz intheir first.

Other faculties are represented as follows:-B.A. M. Herbert, who has been compiling the O.B.U. newsletters, R. Fitzwilliams, J.

Lawrence, G. K1eyn, David Asher, P. Dowling, B. Probyn and Q. Rookledge who is aimingfor an honours degree.

B.A., LI.B. P. Goodwin and J. Benjamin.B. Com., LI.B. R. Josephson, M. Rubin and M. Katz.B. Com. D. Anziska, B. Castle, G. Hammond, S. Marcus, G. Connolly, A. Falconer, P.Cridge, C. Skaife, R. Katz, J. Oosthuizen, C. Maimen and K. Neilson.B. Bus. Science. A. Werbeloff, S. Panl. L.Werbeloff and T. Wegner.B. Sc. D. Rubel, s. Kitley, D. Read, P. Pickup, R. Hamburger and R. van der Linden.B.Sc. Engineering:Civil E. de Swardt, P. Gilmour, C. Braude, A. Goosen, L. Oosthuizen, P. Lea, H. Kleinand B. Blain.Chemical, T. Cuer, G. Booth and E. Merrifield.Electrical, W. Bames, F. Glaum, and A. Craxton.Mechanical, T. KnoU.B.Sc. Land Surveying J. Kirkwood, S. Blankenberg and Robert Jennings.Quantity Surveying, H. Miller and D. Williams.Building Science, P. Corbett.Graphic Design, B. Davison.

NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTSDr. LD. du Plessis has won many honours in his lifetime. He has made numerous

contributions to English and Afrikaans literature and poetry and is an acknowledgedauthority on the Cape Malays. For some years he held the post of Secretary for Colouredaffairs. Prior to that he was a lecturer at U.CT. and now he is returning to the academicworld by being designated Chancellor of the University of the Westelll Cape.

H.G.L. (Laurie) Albertyn has been appointed President of the Cape Society ofChartered Accountants. Matriculating in 1940 he was articled to the firm of E.R. Syfret& Co. and in 1943 he joined the S.A. Air Force and saw action in Italy as a member ofthe Bomber Conul1and. He qualified after the war and was later admitted a partner to hisfirm. He has specialised in taxation and is a member of the Cape Income Tax SpecialCourt.

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lan Scott has been admitted a partner of the S. African branch of the firm of OveArup and Partners, Consulting Engineers. After being in England for a number of years hereturned to S. Africa a few years ago and has since been active in Union affairs.

Roy Terry has been appointed Manager of the Public Relations and AdministrativeDivision of the Standard Bank Investment Corporation.

GENERAL NEWSRound about the middle of the year Neil Orpen's history of the Cape Town

Highlanders was published. At a party to celebrate the launching of the book were twoOld Boys who in recent years have held the post of Commanding Officer. One wasComdt. Dr. Sholto-Douglas who conUllanded the Regiment from 1945-53 and the otherwas Comdt. Chris Albertyn who, having been appointed in 1966 still holds the position.The Regiment was founded in 1885 and numerous Old Boys have been members of it inwar and in peace.

* * *The Union was well represented in the Singles Championships in the Bergvliet Bowling

Club last season. Three of the four semi-fmalists were Old Boys, viz. George Human, MaxHershbaum and Stan J ones. Congratulations to Max who eventually won the title. In theiryounger days all three were keen cricketers. George in particular seems to have lost noneof his youthful energy, for we hear that on more than one occasion his power drive hassplit an opponent's wood!

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On the Municipal front Douglas Selk was appointed to the post of Assistant ChiefArchitect in the City Engineer's Department in January, and the following month DonaldMcKellar retired as Water Engineer. Another municipal official who retired is W.R. (Bill)Buchanan, who is believed to be the last of the officials who joined Cape TownMunicipality from the old Wynberg Municipality when the two amalgamated in 1927. Billin his younger days was a champion racing motor cyclist, and won many trophies whencompetitions were staged at Noordhoek Salt Pan and Riet Vlei. Once when his enginecaught fire at Riet Vlei he drove off the track and into the lagoon - a kind of instant firebrigade! During the war he served in the Corps of Signals as a despatch rider.

* * *At the Founders' Day ceremony we were glad to welcome Victor Carmichael who has

settled in Fish Hoek after being in the Transvaal for many years. Also present was S.L.RusselI who left School in 1925, and David le Clue of the 1949 Matric class. David, anengineer, works on nuclear submarines, and is engaged with the Armstrong WhitworthCompany in the magnificent Lake District of North England. We were pleased to meethim again, but were sorry to learn that he had come to South Africa to attend his father'sfuneral.

* * *The Past v Present rugby match which ended both the Founders' Day celebrations and

the rugby season was the usual fast flowing game we have come to expect from thiscontest. We are grateful to Dave Stewart and Doug Hopwood for participating, therebyadding colour to the game, and to Ian Scott, another stalwart. We shall be sorry whenAnno Domini makes them hang up their boots. At the other end of the ladder we are gladto see the up-and-coming players like Johnn~ Cawood making a name at rugby andcricket.

We express our thanks to Mr. Nat Louw for handling the match in the spirit of a socialgame, devoid of any "needle match" tension.

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Old Boy visitors to the School have included Edward Pryor of Johannesburg andDouglas Allen of Pretoria, who reported that from time to time he sees Desmond Tempierand Beverley Hinkel in that city.

* * *In recent years several Old Boys have qualified as teachers at the Training College at

Graaff Reinet, and we hear that another two, Christopher Goodwin and Brian de Vries,are there as students this year.

* * *Dirk van Gysen has provided us with a list of students who are taking full time

diploma courses at the Cape Techillcal College. Dirk himself, and Alan Armstrong are intheir first year of Civil Engineering. Bruce Pringle, Brian Rookledge and Derek Sawyer arein their first year Electrical Engineering. In the Chartered .Institute of Secretaries QuentinDollman is in hjs first year and Chris Step hens is in his final year. Best wishes for successto them all, and to the many others doing part-time courses.

* * *Ran Gibbs reports that when passing through Grahamstown in May he called at the

Grand Hotel to have a word with Dr. Bobbins. Although retired, he is still active andenjoys theatre, ballet and music whenever it is available. He had just composed a sonnetbut stated that "it still needed cleaning up".

Ran had hoped to look up Professor John Nunn of Rhodes Uillversity's Department ofScience, both of whom were in the 1936 class, but tinle unfortunately ran out.

CONTRIBUTIONkindly compiled by Townley Johnson

The 1970 Rugby season found many of our Old Boys continuing their enjoyment andsuccesses. Enough of them were available to comprise virtually two complete Seillor sides.The majority appear to favour False Bay and ViUagers but one of our younger generation,D. Calder, of Hamiltons, was a member of the lligluy successful Western Province Under20 side.

Locally our cricketers continue to floUli.sh and here again sufficient of themparticipate to field two complete senior teams. Gordon Bunting keeps the Golf flag aloftand he represented Western Province. Tennis, sWÏl11mingand water polo, life-saving andsurfing all find representation among our members, as also bowls and hockey. Thistremendous involvement reflects the expert coaching by members of the Staff at Wynbergwhen they "started the ball rolling" during the embryo stage of development.

But sport alone does not dominate our prominence in society and in this Ïl11portantyear we may consider past even ts and personalities.

Significant is the way couplings or partnerings are featured. Thus, in the late Twenties,Dennis Granger and Ralph Felbert virtually officiated as mid-wives at the birth of ourUnion. Ralph, domiciled in the Cape, has remained to guide and nurture our affairs forover forty years. His contlibution has been immense by any standards. [n fact for most ofour existence we revolved about him, Ran Gibbs, Bruce Gibbons, Stall Jones, Harold Fay,Arnold Katz and Roger Field, to mention only a few.

Dennis, althougll remote from the scene for mally years, has never relinquished hisassociation and should not feel modest if we present him to our younger members. AtWynberg he associated himself with the cultural societies which began under the guidanceof our famous masters, among these, Dr. Godfrey Bobbins, Fritz Thorp and Arnold Larie.In Debate, Dennis excelled, he contributed to Theatre and was a brilliant shottist in thegreat lifle shooting teams of his era. After his studies at UCT (Law) he practised inWorcester where he virtually conceived theatre in that Town. Prior to this he had playedrugby as a member of Gardens Club. During World War II he wás commissioned andserved in various theatres of activity. Subsequently he trekked off to Rhodesia to pursue

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OF TWO MORE HEAD/tfASTERS.

~ "" ~,.. OL/) BOVS SCHOLARSI-I/P,II. 1\ "'-'1. 'BOMBING" OF SCHOOL BY;t 'THE ORIGINAL Ill· clACKER'!

ANO NOW FOR THE NEXT 50 VEARS ....

Some personal recollections on fifty years association with school·· Wonderful memories.

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his vocation and stimulate the interest of many in purposeful arts and cultural concerns.He is prominent in every conceivable civic concern and even manages to <;ontinue hissoldiering. He is Theatre and Film critic for a newspaper. Amazing chap! May he, hiswife, and family of three children (one, a son at Rhodes University) long enjoy theirsojourn in their adopted country. This "team" of Godfrey, Ralph and Dennis infusedculture into the lives of many of their contemporaries who considered a pair of cricketpads or a scrum·cap the ultim3'te in achievement!

That seemingly distant kindergarten stage was the beginning; with Mr. Arnold Lorie atthe lead and other enthusiastic members of staff, culture in art-form has prospered.

Another pairing to come to mind is that of two of the country's foremost sportsjournalists, A.C. Parker and Maxwell Price. The former played First team soccer forWynberg Club and was a fastish opening bowler in the early "Thirty" school teams. Hewas' commissioned during the last War and is now Sports Editor of The Argus. Max haswon fame as a sports writer and with his friend A.C. they have contributed a number ofbooks to our library shelves.

Cecil Jubber, the brilliant Radio personality could be partnered with another of thesame period, David Lytton the author. Another book was recently published by thelatter, in England, where he now lives.

Stan Jones and Ron Gibbs; Stan Lewis and Issy Fine; Ron van Rosenveld and HaroldFay are other couplings but there are many others.

One remembers Maxwell's brother Louis Price in the late Twenties. He had one of themost beautiful handwriting imaginable m that little classroom - the Commercial Class1926-27 - next to the Hall. Louis should have been a cartographer or have pursued asimilar vocation in calligraphy. That group was, in its own way, quite a "bunch ofLoney's" , to use the vernacular prevailing. Among his contemporaries he numberedReuben Maisel, one of the most immaculately attired scholars of his time. He amazed themultitude when he ran an excellent mile in the Sports. Jack Burt was another of that ilk.He became a provincial cricketer, secretary of a big commercial concern, soccer andcricket administrator and major domo of the Claremont cricket club. "Kike" Cartwrightwas the "brams" of tlus Forgotten Legion, as they verily were considered by theremainder of Wynberg High. They had the sympathetic acceptance by the remainder oftheir Alma Mater. Tolerance sums it up for, although they were not rebels they hardlyconformed to the usual and were considered somewhat "apart". Others fraternised withthem in a rugby scrum - with no option really. They usually comprised half of the firstcricket team even when their numerical strength was never in excess of a dozen. They alsocontributed some pretty outrageous thoughts and actions contrary to those of theirbrethren who took snobbish subjects like Maths and Latin, and loathed them, and failedthem. Bookkeeping and Shorthand were frightfully inferior and, as such, these chaps werelikewise considered.

But who, when told to write a.n essay on "What was the explanation for the Mysteryof 'The Marie Celeste'," could have produced the shortest composition quoted forimmortality? "The crew were all Scotsmen. Someone dropped a six-pence overboard".

From small break on Friday tlus somnolent coterie contemplated the diverse enjoyablepursuits of the imminent weekend. They were "written-off' by their despairing masterswho ratller enjoyed their company other than as scholars. Trusts were exchanged and tluswas important. AJj in all these few years were placid for themselves and their mentors;a.nd from their ranks, to the a.mazement of all, they produced future bank managers,several chartered accountants, a couple of commercia.l tycoons and others who enjoyed a.modicum of success with minimal effort. One was also the brother of a clergyman!

In this memorable year in tile activities of our Union one recalls that period, fivedecades ago, with nostalgia. One wonders if modem commercial "types" conform to tha.tpattern? If so one says "Bless 'em". The writer wa.s one of that breed and has neverregretted the fa.ct ...

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CAPE TO RIO YACHT RACE, JANUARY 1971Among yachting types the main topic of conversation is the forthcoming Cape to Rio

yacht race. Nine Old Boys - more than enough to crew two yachts - will beparticipating. One of them, Clive Tattersall, was invited to tell us something about thepreparations, and here is his account:

On Saturday, 16th January, 1971, at 3 pm, the starting gun will be fIred off GrangerBay of the fIrst International Yacht Race organised by the Cruising Association of SouthAfrica.

With World-wide interest in the race still growing, thirty-fIve fIrm entries have alreadybeen received, and the Organisers are confident that there will be at least fUty yachts atthe start.

Among the famous yachting personalities taking part will be names such as our ownBruce Dalling, and from overseas: Robin Knox Johnson, Williams, Eric Tarbaly fromFrance, and entries from Germany, America, Australia, Brazil, Holland and Italy.

Besides the private yachts entering from the Republic, the main centres have formedsyndicates to buy and build yachts for the race, and therefore Durban, Johannesburg,Pretoria, East London, Port Elizabeth, Knysna and Cape Town will all be wellrepresented.

The Royal Cape Yacht Club, Cape Town, have recently launched their 53 foot OceanRacing Sloop named "Stormkaap" , which was designed by the famous Dutch Architect,Ricus van der Stadt, the hull of which was specially moulded in Gemlany and thencompleted by the Cape Town shipbuilders, Messrs Louw & Halvorsen. The sleek clipperbowed yacht is at present lying in the Yacht Harbour, Cape Town, awaiting the arrival ofthe special aluminium mast, 66 ft. long, from England, after which her hand-picked crewof eight members of the Royal Cape Yacht Club will sail her on extensive trials inpreparation for the race.

The race itself will be a direct distance of some 3100 miles but most competitors willsail a course towards the North below St. Helena, Trinidad and then approach Rio downthe Brazilian coast. The weather conditions in January are normally very favourable for afast down wind passage, and it is expected that the fIrst at Rio will finish within threeweeks of the start, and average approxin1ately 180 miles per day. 111ere will be threeClasses taking part, depending on the length of the yachts, sail area carried anddisplacement and handicaps wiIJ be calculated at the fmish to determine the winners ineach Class. Some handsome Trophies are to be presented, the main one being a R2,000solid gold Trophy of the Chamber of Mines.

It will be of interest to Wynberg Old Boys to hear that two former colleagues haveentered their own yachts, namely, Fred Smi thers' sloop, "Westwind" (40 ft.), andColonel Stan Jeffreys' ketch, "Corsair" (53 ft.).

Amongst the Old Wynberg crews taking part so far are Graham Andrews and MickeyWestrnoreland (Westwind), Clive Tattersall (Stom1kaap), Clifford Smith, Jeremy Johnson,Dave Dean and Philip GoW. Philip will sail in the 50 foot sloop "Active".

At the starting gun there are bound to be further Old Boys in the race and our bestwishes are extended to them all for a happy and successful trip to Rio.

The Annual DinnerHeld at the Mount Nelson Hotel on Wednesday, 3rd June, the annual dinner was again

a happy reunion of all age groups. Over 200 attended, and this figure would have beenappreciably larger had the wave of influenza at the time not taken its toll.

Our guest speaker was the chairman of the School Committee, Mr. Cawood, and thereply came from Mr. Lennox, Acting Headmaster during the absence overseas of Mr.Blackbeard. Mr. Jinlmy Mathew proposed the toast to the Union and Neville Rileyresponded.

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The Dinner-DanceThis event took place a couple of months after the dinner, partly to mark the Union's

50th anniversary, and partly to raise funds for the Memorial Centre. The venue was alsothe Mount Nelson, and the function was both a social and fmancial success. Despite theheavy expenses of entertainments of this nature, the fund was increased by about R200.

Founders' DayThe Founders' Day ceremony is essentially an open air celebration and good weather

for the second year in succession made it possible for the progranune to be fulfllled in itsentirety. The Union was well represented but we should like to see larger numberspresent, and while we appreciate that the starting time of 2.30 makes it difficult for manyto attend we would ask Old Boys to regard the event as a "must" and to make everyeffort to attend what has become an impressive and dignjfjed ceremony, and animportant event in the School's calendar.

The Big WalkMonday, 7th September, 1970, Settlers' Day, was the occasion when the -15kilometer

walk, organised by the Union, took place. The walkers came for the most part from thescholars, although several parents, masters and Old Boys, determined not to be denied thefun and exercise of an outing on a glorious spring morning along an attractive, tree-linedroute, joined the venture, and thoroughly enjoyed it.

It is certain that, never in its history, has the School seen so much activity on a publicholiday, for apa rt from hundreds of boys, there were parents and friends, Old Boys andmasters to push the figure up by another two or three hundred, making the occasion verymuch a family one.

Thanks to efficient organisation by NeviHe Riley the convener, Barry Kirby and a hostof other helpers there was no breakdown of any kind, and the only suffering came froma few inevitable blisters.

There were checkpoints along the route where walkers could fortify themselves withoranges until the next checkpoint, and marshalls with first aid boxes drove up and downthe route to render assistance if required. Des Riley supplied three walkie-talkie radios;one was operated at School (the starting and finishing post) and the other two were inmarshalIs' cars. This invaluable communication system provided a constant and completecoverage over the whole distance and assisted materially in securing a smooth operation.

The route, briefly, was School - Victoria Hospital - Alphen - Constantia Nek -Kirstenbosch - Wynberg Park - School.

lan Scott also deserves a mention for useful service; walking with his six-year-old sonhe volunteered to bring up the rear to ensure that no stragglers were left behind.

Perhaps the most inspiring sight, to older Old Boys anyway, was to see a group oftwelve-year-olds complete the journey of nearly 9 ~ miles, and then begin a game offootbal! on the playing fields!

WYNBERG IN THE THIRTIESOld Boys who received the September issue of the Union's newsletter must have been

delighted to read the reminiscences contributed by Dr. Bobpins and Mr. Arguile. Those ofus who knew that Mr. and Mrs. ArguiJe lived at Beacon Bay, East London, were deeplyconcerned for their welfare when the flood disaster caused so much havoc a few monthsago.

Many names of prominent scholars appear in their notes. Many have becomeprominent Old Boys and the names of some appear elsewhere in this section. Perhaps itwiJl be of interest to see what some of the others are doing; Brian Farrell is a lecturer atOxford, Dr. John Webb lectures in mathematics at U.C.T. and Norman Bromberger and

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Ken Matier are lecturers at Rhodes. Gordon Key had a distinguished career in the R.A.F.and won two awards during the last war. Hugh Trainor and Alan Mitchell are electricalengineers. Mike Gelfand is one of Rhodesia's leading doctors where he has carded outresearches in tropical diseases. Hymie J offe and Gordon Hen derson have both speciaHsedin Medicine. Jack Pickup became an attorney and Geoff Faulding is actuary to theChamber of Mines. Cliff Askew did aptitude testing for the R.A.F. during the war and isnow a vocational adviser in Cape Town. Frank Tindale heads the Administrative Branchof the City Council's Electricity Department and Eric Watson is with Caltex. Stan Jones isa partner in a firm of Chartered Accoun tan ts and Townley Johnson is a commercial artistwith many other interests, the chief one being searches for and reproductions of bushmanpaintings. Rev. Jack Cook, as far as we know, is in the Transvaal. The last named in thelist achieved fame as a pioneer in aeronautics, Ulrich Leibbrandt, who was the first personto hi-jack a plane! He "borrowed" one from Young's Field to celebrate the end of hisschooldays. We believe that these days he is in insurance - insuring aircraft perhaps!

LATE NEWSNeville Schafer was one of the three finaHsts out of 35 in the S.A.B.C. competition for

pianists. The finals were held in Cape Town in October when Neville played one of theBeethoven concertos. Mike Mitchell, our Old Boy member of Parliament from Natal wasprominent in the debates in the House during the recent Parlianlentary session.

We hear that Roy Doveton is with the National Chemical Co. in the Transvaal and thatCoHn Hay tread has joined Imperial Chemical Industries in Cape Town.

Robert Jennings has had a busy year, having obtained two qualifications. Firstly hepassed his B.Sc. in land surveying, and secondly, he has quaHfied as a lay preacher in theMethodist Church. Wally Lea and his wife went for an overseas holiday late in the season.Didn't want to miss more bowls than necessary!

3Jn J$ttmnriamThe Union has learned with regret of the passing of Mr. A.H. Moncrieff and extends its

deepest sympathy to his family.Mr. Moncrieff left School in the 'twenties and spent most of his life in Rhodesia,

where he died early this year. He was employed by the Rhodesian Railways and was aLife Member of the O.B.U.

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~ ~~ ~~ THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE ~

~ OLD BOYS 'COMMITTEE EXTEND THEIR I~ BEST WISHES TO ALL STUDENTS, PAST I~ AND PRESENT, AND TO THE STAFF OF I~ THE HIGH AND JUNIOR SCHOOLS, FOR ~~ ~~ A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND A ~~ ~~ PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR. ~

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