Wynberg Boys' Schools Magazine 1947

The

Wyn berg Boys'High School

Magazine.

DECEMBER 1947. I'

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ctConttnts.EditorialThe Headmaster - Mr. \Yl. A. CleggMrs. L. CleggSchool No,esJunior School NOtes, 1947Staff and Official ViewsApplied Quotadons ...ReincarnationThe Vengeance of Thoth.. Forced down in a Jungle" by an AirmanThe Pho,ograph AlbumIn a Haunted House at NightOn the Telephone ...The Origon of RugbyEncounter with a BearCitizenship Course, 1947

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Debating SocietyStudems' Christian Association ...Fricdlandcr House ShieldSchool C.1det Der. No. 36

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The i."fusic.'l_l and Dramatic SocietyVisit of C.T. OrchestraScripture Evening

Rugby, '947Old Boy's MatchA Critique of the School Team ...School Sports, '947The Cross Coumry. 1947Examination Results, 1946Old Boys' Corner ...

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Our schools to-day are perhaps the last strongholds in modernsociety of true learning, by which is meant the imparting of know-ledge without specifically training students for a particular careerwhen school days are over. Time was when the Universities heiaclaim to the title, but learning for its own sake has been completelydiscredited in a commercialised world. Students with very clearpecuniary aims have forsaken the Faculties of Arts or Pure Scienceto study Medicine and Engineering, for example, as more lucrative inprospect. In effect the universities have become technical colleges

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providing a specialised trammg in the various professions. There arethose who would like our schools to follow suit and train our youngpeople in some trade or profession during the all-important formativeyears of their·lives. Should such arguments prevail it will truly be asad day.

Teachers arê keeping the lamp of learning alight in a smotheringdarkness of materialism, and, like their prototypes in Europe's DarKAges, they struggle for, survival against uncompromising forces.Economic pressure is thinning their ranks; a bare subsistence, it wouldseem, is all they may hope to be allowed at the hands of a money-centred society.

Enumerated in the pages following are the extra-curriculumactivities inseparably bound up with tbe subjects taught in schoolhours and togetber with tbem comprising a pupil's schooling. Thework of a school, strictly non-commercial in aim when once tbe tbreeR's have been taught, serves to counterbalance tbe weight of materi-alism pressing down on man from his tender years. These subject:.and. activities of a s<.'hool may be likened to windows letting in lightto the mind, revealing a variety of views as they open in differentdirections. It ii during the formative years that they are best set In

the house of the mind, for adult walls are singularly resistible to theprocess of knocking in windows. Many a man will regretfully admitthat· such things as music, painting or poetry remain sources of joybeyond his comprehension, as windows were not acquired in youthto gaze at the vistas beyond them. ...,

«What is tbe use of teaching Latin in schools?" is commonlyasked. Yet from the Latin window there is a particularly unbrokenview stretching away through the centuries, embracing the beginningsof our race customs, institutions and a major part of the Englishlanguage. We see matters in better perspective after surveying suchsights. With the acquisition of windows one inevitably develops" sensibility "-a word almost lost to our vocabulary-connoting anability to see beauty in Nature, to enjoy good music, to discriminatebetween good and bad expréssion in aft, language and manners. Itis man's sensibility that is being killed by the modern world. Thedreadful films and" pot-boilers" from the press, in meeting a demand,indicate depravity. A senior student at school is presented with realliterature in his setworks, wherein he may sense the charm, grace orfeeling of exaltation to be found in such writing. Should he catcha glimmer of gold bidden beyond in the innermost recesses of thetreasure house, the objective has been attained, for then the studenthas gained, at least in part, sensibility, the mark of educated man.

C.A. M.

MR. W. A. CLEGG.

MRS. W. A. CLEGG.

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\!Cue f$eabma5ter-~r. W. ~. ([legg.

Since 1919, when Mr. William Clegg was appointed headmaster,his name and that of the Wynberg Boys' High School have beensynonymous. When December, 1947, comes and Mr. Clegg retiresfrom his duties, it will take us some time to get used to the dissociation.

Mr. Clegg came to this country as a young man, old enough tohave been deeply moulded by the most intimate influences of England,yet young enough to assimilate the culture of his new country. Thiswas atteoded by a keen interest in mathematics and the mathematicalsciences, the attitude of mind which these studies demand, and thelogic that underlies their methods; and also by a deep understandingof the foundation principles, and ·the characteristic methods of educa-tion as such. Above all, however, Mr. Clegg is an educationist, whoknows the difficulties of young people, and a headmaster having infull measure those blessed gifts of tact and administrative ability,strict criticism and just censure.

Mr. Clegg showed himself possessed of many divergent interests,showed many-sided intercourse with ideas and an intellectual modestythat comes from an appreciation of unrealised possibilities. Is thereanyone who needs these more than a schoolmaster?

Under Mr. Clegg's guidance this school advanced from humbleproportions. Its present premier position, as the culmination of alife's work, merits the gratitude and respect of everybody in any wayassociated with this institution. We congratulate Mr. Clegg. on theable and energetic way in which he dealt with many important ques-tions and problems, for we must not forget that the popular view ofeducation is still very largely only this: its business is to see that theboy knows wbat is in the text-book.

In private Mr. Clegg bas been generous to pupils in need, and.in any other difficulty a boy has always been encouraged with sincerewords and wise guidance. Indeed, to many hundreds of boys whobave been in Mr. Clegg's classes we may apply the words of JohnMilton: "Their hearts have become more capacious and their thoughtsmore erected to the search and expectation of greatest and exactestthings."

We hope that Mr. Clegg will enjoy his life as a retired gentle-man for many years and retain that remarkable health which hasseldom made him miss a day in class. May be often return to thescene of his triumphs and <."Ontemplate the fruits of his labouc, whichthe passing years will never wear away. F. G. T.

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It is never easy, or pleasant, to contemplate the termination of along-standing association with one whom we have learnt to regardwith esteem and affection, and it is with very real regret that we haveto say farewell to Mrs. Clegg, who will be leaving us at the end ofthe year.

Mrs. Clegg has become as much of an institution at Wynberg asthe boarding-house over which she has presided with such grace andefficiency for so many years. Only those more intimately connectedwith Mrs. Clegg and her work for the School generally and theboarding department in particular can have any idea of the extent towhich she has spent herself in the service of the School, of the ceaselessand untiring labour which she has devoted to the welfare of thosein her care, or of the unsparing and unstinted manner in which shehas given of her time, talents, and strength to the many and variedactivities of the School. It is a never-ceasing cause of wonder to allwho know her how she has managed to do all she has done, veryoften under trying and discouraging circumstances, and throughout ital! to maintain that cheerfulness and good humour which cannot helpbut infect all who come into contact with her. As she enters uponher well-earned retirement, she will take with her the good wishes andaffectionate regards not only of the present generation of Wynbergboys but those also of countless old boys, many of them no longerboys but the responsible heads of families of their own, and thereforebetter ab:e to evaluate and appreciate the motherly care received at herhands and the homely interest she always showed in their affairs.Mrs. Clegg will be leaving behind the ceaseless round of duties withwhich her day has been crowded from dawn to dusk, but she will notbe lenely, for, like Mr. Chips, she will be able to conjure HP"hundreds and hundreds" of familiar faces, members of the greatfamily which has grown up, during the most vital and impressionabloyears of life, under her nurture and guidance. It is difficult to visualisethe boarding-house without Mrs. Clegg, and it will not be until sheis no longer with us that we shall fully realise all that she has meantto the life of the School. The annual Matriculation Dance, forinstance, will not be the same without her, and it is good to knowthat she is making her future home within sufficiently easy reach of theSchool she has served so well as to permit us the hope of seeing herwith us on many such an oC'casion i.n future.

We say good-bye to Mrs. Clegg with real regret, but with deep

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thankfulness for all she has meant to the School during her longassociation with it. It is our earnest hope that she may be spared toenjoy many happy and carefree years amidst the peace and beauty ofthe Vale of Constantia.

H. A.

~cbool jlotes.

The year under review commenced with a further increase in theenrolment and consequent congestion, and is ending with an invasionof painters, which does not augur well for our building schemes.Indeed, the new School buildings have bet<n held up so long that theyhave ceased to be a matter of interest.

There is only one staff change: our P.T. master, Mr. J. F.Oosthuizen, resigned in April and left for London to study radio-therapy. We owe much to Mr. Oosthuizen for his keen interest inSchool acti\':~i::s and thank him for all that be has done. His placehas been taken by Mr. A. J. Morris, who has already proved himselfa worthy successor. Regarding the Staff, we also record that inDecember Mr. H. J. Smuts, B.A., had the degree B.Com. conferredon him by the University of Cape Town.

The Prefects for J 947 are: Head Prefects, K. Brown and P.Prynn, and then: T. Frewin, L. Hawtrey, D. Greeff, C. Holton, R.Jones, O. Ryan, F. Simons, G. Simpson.

In these notes we also thank Mrs. Orkin for four scholarships,each of the annual value of £15, to be awarded to pupils in Std.S onthe year's work. These scholarships are in memory of her son,Edward Wise, an Old Boy of the Scbool, wbo did not return fromactive service.

The Royal Visit in February is well remembered. Our cadetslined certain streets on the arrival of the King and Queen, and againwhen they opened Parliament. In addition, the whole Scbool flankedthe Main Road when the royal procession passed on its way toSimonstown.

In the third term we had a pletbora of diversions: a lecture onthe dangers of the roads by the Traffic Control Department, RugbySchools' Day, a talk on Vocational Guidance by the Labour Depart.ment, a concert by the M unicipal Orchestra, a panel inspection, anda visit from some unknown gentlemen who burgled the Headmaster's

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study and, in their chagrin at not finding anything wortb while, toreup the registers.

In tbe realm of sport we have had many successes. K. Brownwas selected to represent Western Province in the Nuffield WeekTournament. He balted consistently well and just missed beingselected for the S. African eleven. H is highest score was 75 (not out)against O.F.S. On Rugby Schools' Day the U I 5 won its competition,whilst the U 19 went very close in losing to the eventual winners,R.B.H.S. on adjudication. In athletics the following merit specialmention: At the W. Province Junior Athletic Championships Wynbergwon the U15 relay and N. Riley the UI7 220yds. hurdles. In theabsence of adequate training facilities these were very good efforts.Riley was subsequently selected to represent W. Province in the S.A.Junior Championships at Pietermaritzburg, and justified this decisionby winning the 120yds. hurdles and 220 yds. hurdles U17. At theScottish Sports Gathering on the Track on Arbor Day, J. Kets wasfirst in the U 19 high jump; C. Harris first in the U 19 long jump; N.Riley first in the UI9 220yds. hurdles; and P. Prynn second in theU 19 shot putt.

This year the" Seniors Society" was formed, having as its objectan enlargement of the cultural horizon of Std.x pupils, to be effectedby visits to the Little Theatre, the Eisteddf-::dd, the Orchestra, etc.

The School Dance was again a great enjoyment to all whoattended, and, being the last of so many organised by Mrs .Clegg, willbe particularly remembered.

Our examination results last year exce:::ded all expectations andwere well received in official quarters. May we look forward to thesame success this year, and in that sense we urge all our candidates inthe public examinations to work hard and write well. F. G. T.

Junior êcbool j}ote~, 1947.

In recording the events of 1947, our tboughts go first and fore-most to that event which is of decidedly sad moment to us all,namely, the coming retirement of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Cl egg.

Our Junior School was started by Mr. Cl egg in January, 1929.Under his principalship the roll increased steadily from approximately180 pupils until, in December, 1943, it was 330, so that the authoritiesconsidered it large enough to make a separate school of the Junior

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School under a separate principal.Those o( us who worked under Mr. Clegg in the Junior School

during its first fifteen years will remember that period as one of muchpleasant and definite progress. Our immense gratitude and apprecia-tion go to Mr. Clegg for his unceasing interest, assistance andsympathy, present at all times.

For one fact we were always particularly grateful, and that wasthe readiness with which Mr. Clegg instituted worthwhile innovationsin our activities, innovations which came to stay.

To him we owe the introduction of Parents' Days, Union LoanBanking, Native Study, visits to Kirstenbosch, Percussion Band work,Eurythmics and the School Orchestra, and dramatic entertainments,as also new and better methods of handling class subjects.

And no less interested a figure in our Junior School affairs wasMrs. Clegg.

If there was any occasion when her assistance was needed, it wasrendered in fullest measure. It was she who made our Parents' Dayteas on the boarding-house lawn an attractive and pleasant relaxationfrom tbe otber routine events. And it was ber delicious confectionerywhich, supplied in over abundance, was later sold and so realisedmore towards funds. And it was to us that Mrs. Clegg turned overthe house staff when refreshments at School functions helped to bringparents and friends together lO chat oper events.

And since the official division of High and Junior Schools inJanuary, 1944, Mr. and Mrs:-Clegg have actively associated themselvesin all we have done, so that a co-operation between the schools hasmaterialised which has been more than gratifying.

Now that Mr. and Mrs. Clegg are to relinquish their heavytasks, we wish them many, many years of happiness and health intheir new home. And nothing would please us more than to welcomethem at any and all future School func,tions.

êtaff ani) <!&fficial ~iebl~.

In January this year there was but one change upon the Staff.Jn place of Mrs. B. Cleaves we obtained the services of Miss D.Giaeser, who undertook the work of Standard 3.

The departure of Mr. Oosthuizen was a matter of great regret

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to those Juniors who were in his gym. classes, and they joined in therousing farewell accorded to Mr. Oosthuizen at the end of the Marchterm. Since then, Mr. Barnard has been in charge of the juniorphysical training.

In May our schoolwork underwent a fuU inspection by the actingcircuit inspector, Dr. G. Joubert, who spent a week in our midst.

In May, too, we were at long last able to have a completeinterior renovation of the Junior building. Painters and decoratorswere present for six weeks freshening rooms and corridors.

But we bave had to be yet another year under appallinglycramped conditions with our Junior roll reaching the 350 mark. Atlong last, however, we may state that upon our return from theforthcoming Xmas holidays, we shall see the builders at work addingfou'r classrooms, another lobby, a principal's office, staffroom andextra storeroom accommodation. This will make an untold differencein our daily routine.

At the end of the second term our piano teacher, Miss P. Cadman,left us to proceed to England, and her successor, Miss D. Colborne,had but lately returned from London herself.

To the newly-created post of Special Grade Assistantship hasbeen appointed Miss R. Frylinck.

OUR NEW POSSESSIONS.

In September, 1946, we launched a special Accessories Fund.Contributions from parents were sought, and by April, 1947, theamount raised was £168, eventually to increase to £173.

For this generosity we are deeply grateful to parents and theOld Boys' Union, to whom we offer sincerest thanks.

Purchase No. I was a radio, to which was added a pick-up,transformer and loudspeaker to reproduce gramophone records inthe Hall. Mr. Simpson has very kindly constructed a frame anastand for this equipment.

Purchase No. 2 has been a Bell and Howell cinema projector,complete with screen and sound apparatus. We hope to use it earlythis term.

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Purchases Nos. 3 and 4 are a rotary duplicator and a typewriter.For all of these purchases we have been ab!e to obtain grants fromthe Education Department.

We are, however, still urgently in need of anotber piano.

EVENTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS.

In May, a party of 120 from Stds. 4, 5 and 6 visited tbe LittleTheatre to witness a performance of one-act plays.

In September, the Std. 6 class attended tbe Little Theatre matinee,when Shakespeare's "Mere-hant of Venice" was so enjoyably per-formed under Miss Rosalie van der Gucbt's direction.

The Cape Town Orchestra gave the usual Junior session whenthey visited us in August.

In May we held our Annual Scripture Evening, and in Septemberour Annual Entertainment, both detailed elsewhere.

Quarterly visits to Kirstenbosch by pupils of Stds. 4, 5 and 6have been made.

Parents' Day will be held on Saturday, 6th December, in theafternoon.

Cross-country and playground races are being eagerly lookedforward to in the fourth term.

Union Loan Banking is flourishing, and Miss Frylinck meets withever-increasing demands for stamps and certificates.

House Points for Class work, Sport, GymnastiC's, Music and Artcontinue to stimulate keen competition. Wellington, which won tbeday at the Annual School Sports, is also in the general lead this year.

The National Feeding Scbeme continues smoothly under the ablesupervision of Misses Frylinck and Lacey.

Tbe School is greatly indebted to a parent, Mrs. H. Muldal (MissJoyce Bradley), who, in order to help our funds, arranged for twoperformances of tbe Rotary Club's current production "Tons ofMoney" in our School Hall on June 13th and 15th. Our thanks toMrs. H. Muldal as also to Mr. Eric Vadas, the produc-er, and to thecompany. As a result we banked £50.

JUNIOR SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENT.

The erstwhile custom of bolding this entertainment in Septlimber

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was reverted to this year-, and the Hall was filled to capacity on thefinal Friday and Saturday evenmgs at the third term when a variedprogramme was presented.

First came that ever-interesting item, the extremest Juniors, intheir song scene, "The Toyman." Jt was very colourful and on thisoccasion the singing was exceptionally good. Miss K. Lacey hadorganised the scene with Miss R. Frylinck at the piano.

The next item upon the stage itself was a bright play, " BlackbirdPie," based upon tbe nursery rhyme" Sing a Song of Sixpence." Theking demanded his lunch, but was annoyed to find roast beef uponthe dish in place of blackbird pie. The seven cooks were then put toremedying this deficiency, and in due course provided a solution.Philip Myers, as the king, deserves special mention. Mr. Lorie pro-duced the play and Mrs. Anstee was responsible for the outfits of theseven cooks and the several blackbirds-no mean task.

The final play, "Sir Peter the Porcupine," had a longer and moreengrossing story. The king (Tommy Mittag), in financial difficulties,conspired with his chancellor (Gidon Levitas) in order to marry offthe princess (Andre Schoon) to the highest bidder. The lucky manwas no other than dragon-slayer Sir Peter the Porcupine (Bary Bloch).Miss S. Langford produced the play, Miss D. Glassen assisting at thepiano.

Four boys from Std. 6 performed their stage-managing dutiesvery efficiently.

Musical items interspersed the plays. The School Orchestra pro-vided Purcell's "Trumpet Tune" in bold style, Schubert's "LilacTime" waltz tunes with pleasing lilt, and some light French pieces," Far from the Ball" by Gillet, " En Badmant " by d'Ambrosio, andthe gavotte from "Mignon" by Thomas, in a clean, light manner.The continued presence of Old Boys is a matter of great pleasure andinvaluable assistance.

Clifford Glaum played the first movement of a Vivaldi Concerto,and Ronnie Wright a 'cello solo by Squire.

Lastly came a group of six songs with piano and percussionaccompaniment. These were sung by Std. 5, the percussion effects,arranged by Mr. Lorie, beilli executed by M. Zoccola. Of the sixsongs, " Pigeons at Church" was the most delightful.

Sweets were sold at the interval and funds raised went to swellthe amount needed for School acquisitions.

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~pphtb <!auotations.8, 9 and JO: Waiting for exam. results:

" Oh they lifitened, looked and waited,Till their hope became despair,And the sobs of low bewail ingFilled the pauses of their prayer."

K - tch - ng (during recitation); "My voice shall sound as you doprompt."

Cadet Band: "Sound all the lofty instruments of war."

School Orcbestra: "It cracked and growled and roared and howled."

H - I'd - ng: "And his chin new-reaped showed like a stubble-land atharvest time."

From tbe L - bby: "A voice of weeping beard and loud lament."

A B - ard - r: "His paunch grew mutinous.

B - rg - r: "A plentiful lack of wit."

The Arm - - ry: "There is not a sbirt and a half in all my company."

To a Boarder: '" If this should stay to dine,' be said,'There won't be much for us.'''

9a During Maths: "With half-sbut eyes ever to seem,Falling asleep in a half-dream."

Cr - - k: "And I for Elizabeth."

Reincarnation.

From the very first the atmosphere and appearance of the littlehostel, situated in the heart of a range of undulating hills, struck Mr.L'Ednah as peculiar. Most of the guests, witb the exception of abrilliant young pianist, were elderly, silent individuals who seemed torevel in their own company. Tbe pianist, true enougb, bad beenratber friendly to Mr. L'Ednab even if the otber guests badn't. Hewould sit for bours Listening to the young man practising on the

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Bechstein "grand" in the lounge, or else amuse bimself by going forlong walks into the hills. It was on one o( these ell.cursions that the" event" befell Mr. L'Ednah.

* * **Tbe day was fine with the sligbtest hint o( coldness in the air.

Mr. L'Ednah took· his walking-stick from the hall-stand and, placinghis hat upon his greying head, set off briskly on his walk into the hills.

Exactly bow far he walked tbat morning he did not know, but hewas a long way from the hostel when the first signs of rain becameevident. No sooner had the first few drops fallen when the tree underwhich Mr. L'Ednah was crouching in an endeavour to escape the rain,began to sway and toss violently, although there was hardly any windto stir it. Soon the rain stopped altogether, and a pale phosphorescentlight seemed to flicker across the black masses of storm-clouds.

Later a low rumbling began to throb, becoming an incessant roar.Then, suddenly-a vivid white flash, followed immediately by aterrific flash seemed to spiit the darkened heavens asunder, and agreat glowing gasb appeared across tile sky. From this gash a pale,pinkish-white light shone, falling directly upon the tree beneath whichthe now shivering form of Mr. L'Ednah Wl~ apprehensively crouching.

Tben to the ears of Mr. L'Ednah came a faint sigh, followed bywbat seemed to be millions of whispering voices. The intensity of thelight suddenly increased and as it did so a sudden chord of music rentthe air. Mr. L'Ednah, forgetting his fear for the moment, Iistened inspellbound amazement. Now, not only could be hear the strains ofthe glorious music, but he was also able to see forms-radiant, wingedforms opening what seemed like two enormous golden gates. Thencame a procession of winged beings singing to the beautiful music thewords, "Hallelujah, hallelujah!" With a final triumphant chord themusic began to fade away and the forms soon became misty andindiscernable. And then-the sun was shining once more, and ofrain or a dark sky there was no sign.

Mr. L'Ednah looked at his watch and found that he had beengazing at the wonderful spectacle for well over half an hour. He gotto his feet stiffly, and, giving his coat a brush, he dazedly walked in thedirection of the bostel.

It was late afternoon when he finally reached the hostel. Fromthe lounge came the strains of Beethoven's" Pathetique Sonata" beingplayed by the young pianist. As though in a dream, Mr. L'Ednahwalked to the piano, and, pushing the young man aside, sat down and

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began to play. Chord after magnificent chord reverberated throughthe rool11 to the strains of the" HaLlelujab Chorus "-the l11usic he hadheard in the lLills. When be had finisbed playing, the young pianistput his hand on Mr. L'Ednah's shoulder and said, "You're a greatmusician, Mr. L'Ednah. You didn't tell me that you played the piano'before."

" I had no reaSOl] to," was the reply. "This is the first time I'veever touched the keyboard of a piano! "

The young pianist gasped.

* * * * *Was it a coincidence tbat Mr. L'Ednah's name was" Handel"

reversed? D. HOLTZHAUSEN (IXA).

~be Vengeance of ~botb.

Slowly, grunting witb exertion, Thompson raised the slab ofmarble. At his feet lay the bodies of his companions, Reynolds andCardyke, their heads bashed in by a shovel.

"Tbe entrance to the Temple of Thoth, at last," he gloated tohimself, smiling evilly. "And the treasures are mine, all of them."Trail upon trail had been followed up, and at last the secret hiding-place of the riches brought to the sbrine of an Ancient Egyptian deityJay bare.

Vividly be recalled the events of the last few months, how thethree of them, finding their clue in an old man, had beaten him todeatb in order to wrest the secret from bim. Queerly enough, be couldrecall the actual words.

" I shall tell you now, before I go back to my master, knowingthat ricbes will never benefit you, and that you shall never escape thevengeance of Thoth." His last words almost a whisper, the old manhad given them the secret, and as the final words died on his lips hissouL had sped back into the unknown from whence it had come.

The three men were the worst of a bad lot, and all of them hadbeen loath to relate their previous histories to one another. And nowThompson had killed his two companions, for something had whisperedjl] his ear, " Why sbare tbe treasure? A whole is better than a third."

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He dropped the slab back into the desert sand and walked downthe passage. Wben be came to a flight of stone steps he turned back-be bad notbing but bis bands to carry away the spoils. As he cameback to the doorway he saw that the bodies of his late companionswere lying inside the Pyramid.

"That's queer," he thought. ,. 1 could have sworn 1 left themoutside. Must be my nerves getting the better of me."

Br;nging a bag and a shovel, in case he had any further excavating todo, he walked down the passage, playing his electric torch on the walls.Tbey were ricbly carved and the bieroglyphics were inlaid with goldand silver. At last the flight of steps came to an end, and he was in ahuge ball, so big that his torch couid hardly penetrate to the centre ofit, wbere a colossal golden idol stood mutely in the silence of genera-tions. Everytbing was tbick with dust, and as be scraped some of itaway with his foot the mosaic splendour of the flooring was revealed.He made a complete circuit of the hall to find gold, silver and jewelsranged in profusion round the walls. Thi:::k' clouds of dust rose atevery footfidl, almost ch~king him, but he did not seem to notice them-be was struck by the treasure. Tremb,ing with excited joy, hecrossed the hall, and walked up to the great, silent idol set upon atowering control altar. Scraping away the dust, he read the inscriptionby the light of his torch: ·It was very sh.)rt as warn;ngs went, andrained no curses dcwn on the heads of intruders. It read simply:" Beware all ye who dare to desecrate the tomb of the mighty one."

At the feet of the Ibis-headed god fifty (eet above him, lay a largegold coffer full to the brim with jewels. f..Lbies, sapphires, diamonds,they all glinted and sparkled brigbtly in the beam of his torch. Liftingthe box in his arms, be walked down the stone steps of the thirty-footaltar, and some distance from its base he turned to ha ve another lookat the idol.

" As if you could do anything to me," he shouted, and flung theshovel at the idol. Sped by a strong right arm it crashed against thebeak of the image and clattered to the floor. Turning, be picked upbis box and began walking towards the stairway. Tbe echoes hadbarely died away before he felt that the idol was leaning over him. Heglanced back to see the great golden image toppling over towards hirtfHe made a great effort to get out of tbe line of fall, but was beavilyencumbered by the jewels. If he had let them fall he would probablyhave escaped, but his avarice conquered his instinct of self-preservation.Witb a tremendous crash tbat resounded throughout the long hall, theidol smashed to the ground, breaking in several places. Slowly the

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echoes died away, leaving Thompson under the ibis-beak with acrusbed spine. With a last dying convulsion he buried his arms up tohis shoulders in the priceless treasure, and then lay still. Tne lastechoes slowly faded away and the silence settled down on the Tempieof Thoth like a thick blanket.

Outside the temple a dog sniffed at the bare stone side of apyramid seeking its master. There was blood on the yielding desertsand, but no footprints. The cold white marble glistened silently inthe moonlight, its story unread. D. HARDING (IXA).

"jf orceb bonnl in a Jungle"bp an ~irman.

rn the year nineteen hundred and forty-one, when the secondgreat war was at the height of its fury, I, Squadron-Leader JamesHudson, D.S.O., was ordered to deliver a very important document toa commander in charge of a naval base in Sarawak, Borneo. I leftthe Air M inistry with the document inside the pocket of my tunic, asit had been arranged [or me to take off next morning at sunrise. WhenI took off that morning I had an uneasy feeling that all would not goright. I soon got (lver that feeling and by 10 a.m. that morning I hadreached Tripoli, where 1bad my 'plane refuelled. 1took off at II a.m.and started on my course to Basra, which was the next stop. J reachedBasra at 12.45 p.m. without any interference from hostile aircraft. Itook off and headed for Singapore, but when I was over Rangoon Isaw twelve black spots on the horizon. I grabbed my field glasses,and to my horror I discovered that they were Jap M .K.ll 'so 1 knewthat 1 was hopelessly outnumbered so L decided to climb above theclouds and by means of an oxygen device have a run for it. But to mydismay 1 found that there were more planes above me, so I tried tofight my way out. I got the first Jap plane squarely in my sights andin (anlly my thumb went down In lhe red firing blltlon: brrr! bang!Ihe Jap plane went rockcting ear1hward in a spin which the pilot couldnever pull out of. Bill lhen disasTcr l)cclI1'red. M y plane shudderedliS a h:.!il of bullet biL intu my I'uselage. My engine beg<tn lO splutterand then my plane's nose tilted then crashed earthward. I opened theescape hatch and slid into space. 1 nearly forgot to pull the ripcordbut remembered just in time. I floated earthwards and when I reachedthe ground 1 found myself on tbe border of a dense jungle. Ireckoned ~hat I must have been carried by the wind during the fightand thought that I was on the coast of Java, which was, as I later

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found out, quite correct. L was stranded there for about. fourteen daysand during that time I fed on water, ccconu~s and bananas. On thefourteenth afternoon I saw a dull grey shape far out to sea. Immedi-ately I lit a fire, and taking off my hirt I waved it above the smoke.1 5ignalled S.O.S. in morse a few times that way and then saw ananswering signal come from the cruiser. Luckily it was an allied shipand I was soon aboard sipping a steaming cup of cocoa. I. was thenescorted to Borneo and soon delivered the message to the naval chief-rather late.

R. CLEAVER, Std. lY.

~be tlbotograpb ~lbum.

It was not long before he found company. His type always doThese men that hav~ spent long and arduous hours aboard a filthylittle trader usually find someone to sit and listen to whatever talethey have to tell. Many, as you can guess, are make believe, but thisis not merely an imaginative creation of the mind. This is a true,really true story, as the captain can bear witness. He was there ....

"Yes, my friend, his name was Jas~ar, er, Captain Jaspar, Lthink. We travelled on the' Theta,' the same trader that [ have justcome ashore from." He stopoed here to light his pipe, and even asthe satisfying tobacC'::> seemed to be a sma~l, live coal, his eyes werebrighter still. "When we came to the Aleutians, Captain Jaspar, a mannamed Johnson, and myself went ashore. and during the course of con-versation, Jaspar pulled out a pocket-size snap album, and with nosmall amount of pride showed us beautiful pictures he had taken ofthe ne:ghbouring islands.

But then came the tragedy. In attempting to turn over two pagessimultaneously he revealed a wonderfully clear photograph of a manon his stomach with a thick-handled knife in his back. The man layin a pool of dark liquid. It was evidently blood! ! !

Jaspar swore viciously and threatened to cut our throats, butwhen we promised, with this shadow of death looming over ollrheads, never to divulge his gruesome secret, he calmed down to hisnormal state of profanity, and in a very shaky condition continued todisplay his candid camera shots. As he reached the last page it refusedto open. Jaspar drew his sheath-knife in an attempt to slit it length-wise, but bis blade had hardly touched the pages when an eerie voice

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penetrated the darkness that was around us. "Cap'n Jaspar !Jaspar? It's nearly time--:'

Jaspar screamed in an anguish of terror and babbled out that itwas the voice of the man be had murdered. These words were bislast! A whizzing cleaving sound struck the air. With a resounding., thwack,'· a knife embedded itself in Iaspar's back. The look of bisface was awful. His teeth, though c1encbed, eil1itted a tbin trickle ofblood which ran slowly over bis cracked lips. His eyes cursed mesilently, and the curse of a dying man's eye is a memory that lingersforever, [or even now, though years have elapsed, time has not erasedthat baunting memory from my mind. It wasn't a pretty sight watch-ing a man writhe in h;s death agonies, and Jobnson keeled over in adead faint.

But the mystery bad only begun, for later wben we opened the lastpage on board the <. Theta," a mile out at sea, we saw what was to ust;,e most mysterious of all the intriguing incidents, for there before ourhorror-stricken eyes, was a picture at the slain captain as he lay onthe beach with that tbick-handled knife in his back ... !

The embers of the sailor's pipe glowed with a warmth that waslacked in the story he'd just told, and a wry smile flickered around theedge of his mouth. Yet his sole listener, left wondering, not of thestory's truth, but whether that man, the wizened old yarn-spinner ofthe Sailing Age, bad really been there to witness the fantastic tale.

Perhaps it would have been better for him had he gone back andwatched that grim tale-teller page through a wOrn snap album ..

HAL. D. SHAPER (8A).

JJn a :l)aunteb J)ouse at Jligbt.

One evening last summer, my friend Brian and I decided to visitthe old house opposite our school. That morning at school we hadhad an argument, so we decided to make certain whether it washaunted or not.

The street was lighted by a single lamp situated next to the school,and I balf regretted that J had argued as to the eeriness of the place.When we reached the house we had to gain admittance through oneof the shattered windows, as the door was bolted from inside.

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Cautiously we crept through the deserted passages and corridors untilwe reached th:! basement, where we split forc(!s. Suddenly a highscreech filled the air and the sound of wings became audible.

We were so confused that we had no time to guess what the soundmight be. Stumbling and staggering we made for the door, only tofind thal it had jammed. Then suddenly a light became visible, and,on reaching it, we saw to our delight that it was caused by a hole inthe floorboards overhead. By standing on some old barrels we gainedaccess to the ground floor, which was bathed in the moonlight comingthrough a skylight in the roof.

As we looked about us, we saw a sight that made our blood runcold. Tbere were three human skeletons lying in the doorway throughwhich we had to pass. Then the silence was pierced by a shrill scream,and without hesitation we ran to the passage and climbed out of thewindow through which we had come. Only when we were in the streetdid we stop to rest. When we said good-bye to each other, we madea resolution that we would never go near that house in the night again.

G. BRUINS (VIA).

en tbe \lr:elepUone.

" Hello! Hello! Who is that? "" Who do you want? ""Iwant Joe Robins. Are you he? "" No, I am Knott."" Well, who are you? ""I am Knott.""Not what? "" No, not Knott Watt, I simply am Knott. What is your name? ,."Watt's my name.""Yes, that is what I asked. What is your name? "" Quite correct, I am Watt, I am."" Are you trying to be funny? "" Certainly not, I am trying to tell you my name is Watt.""Oh, I see. You are Watt I am Knott."" Who is being funny now? "" Ob, keep quiet! "(BANG!) M. AGINSKY (VIlA).

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~bt <!&rigin of l\ugbp.

A small boy, upon being asked by his teacher what South Africawas most famous for, replied without any hesitation, " For its Rugby,Miss." Scholastically speaking this is not exactly correct, but in thesporting world it is a long-established fact. Let us delve back into thepast and see how this game first originated.

During an inler-form soccer match at the famous public school of.Rugby, in England, many years ago, there was a certain player whowas not very adept in trapping and steadying the spherical ball. In amoment of exasperation, preceded by many failures in trying to perfectthe above feat, he picked up the ball and ran the length of the fieldwith it, much to the spectators' amusement and astonishment. Someingenious youths devised a game from this blunder where the ball, ovaiin shape, was handled instead of being kicked. The game took thename of the school where it was first played-Rugby. The game soonspread all over England and Association Football had a new rival.Soon the game was being played all over the British Isles and spreadto South Africa, New Zealand and Australia.

South Africa, particularly, rose to fame in this game. The J 906Springbok side, led by Paul Roos, was the first to achieve fame forSouth Africa in the handling code. Of course the game as it wasplayed then lacked the finer points that it has now. Great men likeDanie Craven, Jack van Niekerk, Andre MacDonald, Barry Heatlie,OsIer, Maurice Zimmerman, "Boy" Louw, Paddy Carolin, LoisBabrow and D. O. Williams did much to raise the standard of andimprove the game. Special mention must be made of Danie Craven,who first devised the game as it is played now. Without him Rugbywould not be as we know it to-day.

Thus while .Rugby still has the services of such men like Georgevan Reenen, Jan Lotz, etc., and is played as it is meant to be played,it wi.ll, in my opinion, continue to hold such a grip in the world, andparticular:y in South Africa, where it is the national sport.

N. DUBow (VIlA).

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qenco.unter hlttb a ~ear.

One day in the middle of winter smail boy was trying to cross aflooded river without success. After three fruitless attempts at crossingthe river he lay down on the bank and went to sleep.

In the middle of the night a huge grizzly bear eyed him from Itscave-mouth on the top of a large pile of stones a hundred yards fromthe boy. With a savage roar the bear came lumbering towards theboy. The boy woke instantly and ran to the nearest tree, which was ahundred yards in the bear's direction. The bear plunged in pursuit ofthe boy who had nearly reached the tree. ] ust as he reached the treehe stumbled and fell. He lay quite still and pretended that be wasdead, because he knew that bears do not eat dead meat. After sniffingat the boy tbe bear returned to his cave and went to sleep. In themorning, when the boy awoke, he found that he could NOSS the riverwithout much difficulty.

When he reached the opposite bank he continued on bis journeyto his uncle's farm. After two hours' hard walking he reached thefarm. His uncle was overjoyed to see him. After a good breakfast theboy went for a swim in the river. C. HART (V).

([itt?ens~tp ([OU r se, 1947:

During the recent vacation 76 boys and girls from nine cf theleading peninsular schools assembled at St. Cyprians to attend theseventh of a series of annual Citizenship Courses. After a preliminaryaddress by Revd. L. lrving, Mr. V. P. Steyn, Chief Probation Officer ofthe Union, explained his work as sucb in coping with those peoplehandic'apped by reason of race or other circumstances, and so especiallyin need of care. Miss Williams, Secretary of the Society for the Pro-tection of Child Life, spoke about the work of that society. Afterlunch tbe students split up into two parties, one visiting St. John'sHostel and the other "Tenterden," Wynberg. These are two of themany, yet insufficient, institutions inaugurated for the care of needypersons.

Herscbel School was the venue of tbe next series of lectures. Thesubject, " Disabilities Due to Race," _was dealt with, first as it. affectsthe Native African by Revd Canon C. N. T. Savage, and then as it

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affects the young people of the Coloured community by AdvocateMolteno, M .P. A general discussion which followed ended the morn-ing's proceedings. In the afternoon a bus conveyed the students toLanga, where they were shown round.

On the next day Mr. Hastings Beck, Editor of " Radio Week,"spoke on "The Young Skolly " and tbe remedial efficts clubs andother such institutions have on him. Mr. J. D. Rout, Chief Commis-sioner for Child Welfare, expanded on the valuable information givenby Mr. Steyn and Miss Williams witb regard to Child Welfare andinstitutional life. The visit in the afternoon to tbe Tokai Reformatoryproved most interesting.

Tbe :ourth and last day of the course saw the students entertainedby a realistically-portrayed rendering of the" Prison Problem" by theVery Revd. C. C. Tugman, Dean of Bloemfontein, at the WynbergGirls' School. Dean Tugman, formerly an amateur actor, brought tolife the prisoners' difficulties and stressed tbe ne'ed for more institutions.The need for tbese institutions was the theme of Sir Herber StanIey'saddress, while the Revd. C. T. Wood, Warden of St. John's Hostel,spoke on the outside influences on the young people in his institutioR,and made it evident that financial assistance is lacking. He would bevery grateful if a few of his boys could be invited out to private housesto sample the trend of a normal life. After a general discussion, Revd.L. frving closed the course with" How the Young Citizen can Help."

Wynberg boys attending the course were P. Prynn, T. Frewin, J.Kets and K. Brown. They would like to thank Mrs. Verrinda fororganising 5l1ch an interesting course and St. Cyprians, Herschel,Rustenberg and Wynberg Girls' Schools for their hospitality.

K. BROWN (X).

illebatlng ~ociet!'.Because we have so ma"y other School activities the Debating

Society is not getting tbe support it should, and the number of boysthat come to th~ meetings is disappointing.

However, the boys that do attend are not only keen but also showreal abiliy as speakers, and the debating has consistently been of a veryhigh standard. Several of tbe boys are bound to do weU as publicspeakers in later life.

The committee elected lor this year is as follows: S. Brawer(secretary), M. Smythe, M. Coben, G. Skakal and G. Simpson.

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~tubent5' (tCbri5tian ~55ociation.

Jn response to a need felt by a number of senior boys, a branch o(the above association has been formed in the School. Weekly meet-ings are held after School, and at these meetings boys are given theopportunity of meeting round God's word and sharing in Christianfellowship. We are greatly indebted to Messrs. F. A. C. M illard andS. E. Edkins for their initial help in the formation of the group and (ortheir continued interest in it. Up to date we have also been privilegedto receive visits and to hear addresses from Messrs. G. Gain, D.Houliston, P. Gammon and M. Davey, and we have received muchspiritual help and guidance from the messages they have brought us.The movement is in its infancy, but it can augur nothing but good lorthe Sc'hool, and we confidently look forward to the time when theassociation will become a vital and popular part of the School life andactivities. H. A.

jfrieblanber J!}OU5e iPbielb.

Van Riebeek Welrington Rhodes de Waal

Rugby 22 16 32 31Cricket 16 18 32 34Athletics 27 18 18 39Cross-Country 25 27 24 24P.T. .... 30 20 20 30Cadets 27 13 15 45Music 15 37 10 37Drama 30 15 35 30Art 35 40 25 10J.C. and S.C. Results 186 136 165 121St. 7 and 9 Results 135 30 45 105Jun. School Results 124 III 114 126

Total 637 441 537 595

House Award: Van Riebeek.

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~cbool ~abtt 1Btt. jf}o. 36.REPORT 1947.

No. on Roll, 320; Cadet Officers, 3; Student Officers,S.

At the beginning of the year the strength return showed 32uCadets, including recruits, who are enrolled when they turn thirteehduring the current year. According to a Draft Ordinance Cadets willbe enrolled when they turn twelve from J 948 onwards.

We regret to state that this Corps no longer receives the supportfrom the Castle it had during the war years. The artillery sectionseems to be a thing of the past; no guns nor instructors are to beobtained. This is also true of the medical section, which, but for thekind assistance of Mr. H. Arguile, would have to be abolished.

The signalling section, of all these specialised platoons, is the onlyone that still receives due instruction, which is being supervised byLt. C. A. MacLeod.

Owing to the small number of officers, shooting practices cannotbe carried out satisfactorily, i.e., every day of the week according to adrawn up scheme.

Instructors for company and squad drill are now seldom sent outto assist.

Lt. H. N. Holmes is the Quartermaster and he also experiencesdifficulties in obtaining the necessary equipment for uniforms, etc.

This detachment took part in tbe lining of the streets during theRoyal Visit as well as in the review by Her Royal Highness PrincessElizabeth, on the occasion of her birtbday, at Young's Field.

The Band, tbough no longer its original strength, continues to dogood work and sbows keenness in its performances.

D. F. MARAIS, O.C.,

Det. No. 36, Wynberg RH.S.

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(!Cricket.During the season October, 1946, to .March, 1947, we were able

to enter six teams in the Schools' Cricket League. I Il addition anumber of " [riendlies " were arranged for those who were unable toget a game in the Fourth Xl. It is most gratifying to note that therehas been no falling off in the popularity of our summer sport, and theincreasing numbers participating augurs well (or the future of the gameat Wynberg. There has already been a noticeable improvement inthe general all-round standard of our play.

The First Xl have had on most occasions to battle hard, but dueto their keen team spirit their games ha ve always been well worthwatC'hing and tbeir performances most creditable. The team lacksstalwart batsmen and this proved a tremendous handicap. Brownproved the mainstay of the side, finisbing the season with an averageof 34. Amongst a number of really good innings he scored threecenturies (two of them not out) for which he bas been most deservedlypresented with a bat. Page also did very well. Promoted straightfrom the Under 14 his batting average for the seven games was 27.Great as this is it in no way compares with his bowling average, forhere he took 35 wickets at 4 runs apiece.

Of the junior teams the Second Xl and Under 14B were the mostsuccessful, each winning nine of their fourteen games. The SecondXI bave acquitted themselves very well indeed, and have certainlyshown themselves to be the mest improved of the Wynberg sides. Theother teams .. while not as succesful, nevertheless proped themselves tobe worthy opponents at all times-their en:husiasm in spite of manydefeats is most praiseworthy.

The following members of our First XI played for SouthernSuburbs in the Trial Games for the s;:lection of a Western ProvinceSchool Team to compete in the Nuffield Tournament: Brown, Lee,Golding, Blackie, Bleekers, Bell, Smytbe, sen., Smythe, jun. Brown,wbo played convincingly, and numbered amongst his scores a 5:5 and81 was the only one chosen to play for the Western Province SchoolsXI.

As opening bat for the Western Province Team he again showedhimself to be a cricketer of the highest standard, and bis scores of 75,33, 19 and 13 were no mean performances. He could oniy havemissed being selected for the South African XI by a very narrowmargin. We congratulate him on these fine performances and trustthat this year he will make the grade.

It was with real regret that at the end of the season we had to bidfarewell to J. F. O. His keen interest, boundless enthusiasm andcheery optimism will be sorely missed. To M r. Morris we offer a very

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hearty welcome and we trust that his period of coaching and super-vi ion will be a very happy one. We would a!sc>we:come Mr.Reddick, a professional from Nottingham, who will be with uS thisseason as our cricket coach. We trust, too, that his stay with us willbe a pleas:lI1t and happy one.

Colours were awarded to Brown, Lee, Blacker, Bell, Bleekers,Golding, Smythe, sen., Smythe, jun., Richardson, Solkan, Williams andPage; and to Brown we offer our congratulations on being awarded aBlue.

SUMMARY OF FIRST Xl GAMES.

20/10/46: vs. Bishops. Bishops, 125 (P. Smythe 6/27). Wynberg,159/9 (Brown 101 not out). Wynberg won by I wicket.

2/11/46: vs. SAC.S. Wynberg, 60 (Blacker 17, Golding 15).S.A.C.S., 58 (M. Smythe 7/24). Wynberg won by 2 runs.

9/1 1/46: vs. Observatory. Observatory, 120 (M. Smythe 5/30,Bleakers 4/26). Wynberg, 55. Observatory won by 65 runs.

16/11/46: vs. C.B.C. Wynberg, 25 (Williams 12). C.B.C., 97 (Bell5/23). Wynberg, 64 (Brown 30). Wynberg lost by an innings and8 runs.

23/1l/46: vs. Marists. Wynberg, liS (Bleekers 45, P. Smythe 17).Marists, 160 (Bleekers 3/39, Blacker 3/30). Marists won by5 wickets.

30/1 1/46: vs. Lansdowne. Lansdowne, 126 (Brown 5/40, Richardson2/4). Wynberg, 122 (Golding 33, Blacker 31). Lansdowne wonby 4 runs.

1/2/47: vs. Sea Point. Sea Point, 172 (Page 5/41). Wynberg, 91(Brown 56). Sea Point wcn by 81 runs.

8/2/47: vs. Rondebosch. Wynberg, 165 (Brown 100, Richaïdson 19).Rondebosch, 44 (Page 13 not out). Wynberg won by 121 runs.

]5/2/47: vs. C.B.C. Wynberg, 201/8 (Brown 129 not out, Richard-son 26, Bell 17). C.B.C. 55 (Page 4/4, Brown 4/13). Wynbergwon by ]46 runs.

22/2/47: vs. Constantia. Constantia, 48 (Blacker 4/13, Page 6/9).Wynberg, 151/9 (Brown 28, Richardson 25, Blacker 18, Page 20not out, Wilson 15 not out). Wynberg won by 8 wickets.

1/3/47: vs. Observatory. Wynberg (1), 45 (Brown 10). 003ervatory45 (Page 6/7). Wynberg (2), 72/7 decl. (Bell 31 not out).Observatory, 73 (Page 5/22). Observatory won by I r~.n.

8/3/47: vs. Bishops. Wynberg, ]45 (Page 50, Be~l 29, Salkon 22).Bishops, 145 (Blacker 6/39, Page 3/35). A tie.

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~be fMu~ical anb 1!\ramatic :êocietp.

An inaugural meeting took place in March, and it was decidedthat the Committee from 1946 be retained, with Koppel Brown asChairman, 1. Shifrin as Secretary, and M. Moskowitz, C. Bloch, P.Prym and O. Ryan as members. The general membership has con-tinued to number over 130, and funds as in March showed a creditbalance of £9 6s. 3d.

Our first meeting, beid in April, drew a large audience. Theorchestra played three pieces, Purcell's "Trumpet Tune," Mendelssohn's"On Wings of Song" and Schubert's " Lilac Time" waltz tunes, andRichard Andrews played Sq uire's "Plaisir" as 'cello solo. Therefollowed a playreading of A. A. Milne's "The Boy Comes Home."The remainder of tbe evening found the audience spellbound by aprogramme of conjuring tricks by the Rev. W. R. Dux bury, whose artis so well known in Peninsula circies.

For the] une meeting we were greatly indebted to Mrs. H. Muldal(Miss Joyce Bradley), who brought to the School the Rotary Club'sperformance of the comedy "Tons of M :mey," that entertained apacked house.

The third meeting was held on August 9th. The orchestra againstarted the programme with Sc·hubert's " Lilac Time" waltz tunes andadded a light French piece, " En Badinant," by D'Ambrosio. RaymondLee played a violin solo, "Cradle Song," by Peggy Cochrane, andRonnie Wright a 'cello solo, "Romance," by Squire. The matricclass, coached by Mr. Maclead, then gave the one-act play "Mr.Burbage Comes to Dine." The guest artists of tbe evening were themembers of the Lyric Quartet who, with their accompanist, entertainedus to a group of folk-songs, Strauss waltzes, etc.-all very enjoyable.

The fourth and final meeting was held on 1st November, when aprogramme of films was shown on the new School cinema projector.This was an auspicious occasion, since on this first evening when thenew projector was being used, we had as our guest of honour Mr.Lewis of tbe Southern Life. He very kindly screened two of hisimpeccable colour films-one on insect life, and anotber including thevisit of the Danish gymnasts and the making of puppets·. Two otherfilms shown concerned" Modern Aircraft" and" Salmon Running,"the second of which was in colour.

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alTered many useful ~uggestiolls witb regard to improvements in placingour creen and sea~ing accommodation for future events. Mr. Holmeswas in charge of the projection of the films.

An added suggestion of Mr. Lewis was that we purchase our ownscbool C'me camera for photographing school events, such as theAthletic Sports. We shall make the purchase in due course.

At the conclusion of the meeting M r. Larie passed threc votes ofthanks, first to Mrs. C!egg, for her great kindness in providing us withcoffee at our evenings during the past four years, second to Mr. Lewisfor his memorable share in our programme and interest in ourcinema activities, and third to parents, through whose generosity wewere able to purchase tbe projector.

The Society ends its 1947 season with a credit balance of£13 17s. 6d.

V isit of (!C.m;. <!&rcbestr a.The annual VISIt of the Cape Town Orcbestra took place on

Wednesday, 13th August. The programme entitled, "Tbe Orchestra isthe Composer's Paint-box," comprised ten short pieces illustrative ofthe title. Tbe seniors were given pieces by Jarnefelt and Sizet illus-trating various aspects of the instruments, then two old stagers,Dvorak's "Humoreske" and Offenbach's "Barcarolla," and lastly,as a picture of Spanish festivity, "Capriccio Espangola " by RimskyKorsakav. Mr. Larie discussed each item before it was played. Thepresence of Miss Beth Evans and her harp was a novel interest. Atthe junior session came a surprise visit of an " Argu." photographer.His two best photos. of the audience appeared in the" Argus" nextevening.

~crtpture ~bentng.Following upon the successful experiment in 1946, invitations

were again extended to parents of Junior School pupils to be presentat an evening of Scripture plays and music. On this occasion thestories dramatised were" Tbe Prodigal Son," " Ruth and Boag" and"Queen Esther," and they were simply and effectively presentedagainst the black velvet backclotb. Miss Frylinck was responible for

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the organisation, with the aid of Misses Langford and Dunt, in theproduction of the plays.

The hymn, "Old Hundredth," was sung by all present, and theSchool Orchestra played Massenet's "Thais" Meditation, "On Wingsof Song" by Mendelss;)hn, and Purcell's " Trumpet Tune."

To open the programme, the Rabbi Abrahams gave an impressivereading of Psalm 46, while in conclusion Bishop B. Peacey officiatedwith a short prayer. Parents and guests remained to have coffee withus afterwards.

l\ugbp, 1947.

Eleven teams were entered this year for the usual Saturdayfixtures, and the majority have not only distinguished themselves onoccasion, but also have maintained a good standard of play throughout.Once again Saturday games have continued to draw good crowds tothe School grounds. The spectators have not been disappointed.

The star team of the year was the Under 15A, coached by Dr. H.G. Wood, who were Schools' Day winners of their particular section.Led by their able and inspiring captain, F. Simons, they enjoyed amost successful season, and hnlshed up with the tally or J 21 pointsfor and 23 against. At all times they played crisp, open and enterpris-ing football, a marked testimony to the intelligent and enthusiasticcoaching, and are to be congratulated not only on their achievementsbut also for their spirit both on and off the field.

The School Team played many excellent games, its best perform-ances being its defeat of a strong Jan Van Riebeeck School team by2L points to nil, a 3-all draw with Diocesan College, and a narrowdefeat, 6 points to 3, by Rondebosch. At Schools' Day also it put upa fine performance, being eliminated by a narrow decision by Ronde-bosch, the ultimate winners, after the two teams had dra Wil 3 pointsseverely from illness and injury, at one time no less than nine playerrout of fifteen being incapacitated. Like the Under 15A they playecikeen, open, intelligent football, and Ryan and Bell, captain and vice-captain respectively, are to be congratulated on the success and spirilof their team.

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Morris is to be especially congratulated on the steady improvement ofthe Under 16 team, which went from strength to strength as theseason progressed. Many players from these teams will be representingthe School next year.

The Under 15B, C, and D have all played well with varying suc-cess, and will supply much seasoned talent for next year's teams. Mr.Simpson has produced a very keen and efficient little team in theUnder 15C.

The Under 13A team was again rather disappointing this year.Although tbeir results were good, the players, with a few notableexceptions, lacked the will to improve, and the team as a whole, there-fore, never achieved the really bigh standard of which it was capable.The Under DB's and C's all played keen football of a good standard,and with this promising material coming up Wynberg need have nofear for its Rugby future.

The number of " little" players taking part in football has con-tinued to increase. Their ages vary between seven and eleven years old,and it is tbe keenness generated in tbis nursery that has fed andinspired the teams representing the Scbool in the actual competitions.Once again Prefects and Senior Players are to be thanked for theirinvaluable assistance in these junior games; their tactful and efficienthandling of the little players is not only appreciated, but it should alsvbe noted that " Junior Rugby" could neither be developed nor main-tained without their assistance.

The coaches, Messrs. Wood, Simpson, Holmes, Morris andBarnard, are to be congratulated on their very able work, which is~.ppreciated by all players. The following Seniors have distinguishedthemselves in coacbing or administrative positions: Ryan, Bell, Brown,Simpson, Cohen, Halton, Benger, Spiro, Bain, Turner, Sbifrin, Rose-neare and Salkow. Danie Anziska, an Old Boy of the School, foundtime during a busy university course to assist with the Under 19coaching, a gesture much appreciated both for its spirit and usefulness.

The following Rugby awards bave been made for tbe 1947season:-

Blues: O. Ryan, I. Blacker, R. Jones, K. Bell.

Colours: C. Holton, J. Smuts, W. Wilson, C. Bleekers, G. Gibbon,P. Prynn, F. Berger, L. Hawtrey, C. Harris, N. Riley. H. E. T.

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In a hard and lively game the Old Boys and School drew 6 pointsali. It was a grand game fought out at a fierce pace right up to thefinal whistle. The School lasted the pace set by the Old Boys, victorynearly coming their way in the closing stages.

The Old Boys' back-line, in which Roslind and West distinguishedthemselves, gave a fine exhibition of open, football, and only a stoutdefence limited the rate of their scoring. At half-time the School was6 points down, but after the resumption they equalised from a penaltyby Smuts and an unconverted try by M r. Barnard.

Tbe School pack, ably led by Ryan, is to be congratulated onholding its far heavier and more experienced opponents. Both in theloose and tight tbey gave an exhibition which has never been betteredby a Wynberg pack.

After the match the teams were entertained by M r. and Mrs.Cl egg in tbe traditional Wynberg style.

TEAMS.

School Team: C. Bleekers, C. Harris, R. Jones, Mr. Barnard, G.Simpson, J. Smuts, K. McGregor, G. Giboon, l. Blacker, P. Prynn,A. Ryan, C. Holton, V. Meyer, F. Berger, L. Hawtrey.

Old Boys' Team: S. Harper, N. Thomas, R. Bleach, O. Rosslind,G. West, L. Albertyn, B. McGregor, P. Lee, P. Smuts, S. Lewis, B.Chait, L. Knobel, M. Langley, A. Hawtrey. T. FREWIN.

LOG: FRIEDLANDER SHIELD (1947).SENiOR.

P. W. L. D. F. A. Pts.Wellington .... 2 2 0 0 13 0 4Van Riebeek 2 0 5 13 2Rhodes :! 0 3 (J ::!De W:.ta[ .... 1 U 2 0 6 8 0

JUNIOR.P. W. L. D. F. A. Pts.

Van Riebeek 2 2 0 0 Il 0 4Wellington .... 2 0 II 3 2Rhodes 2 I I 0 16 8 2De Waal .... 2 0 2 0 0 22 0

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~ (lCritlque of tbe ~cbool m:eam.

Ryan: An able and inspiring captain, one of the best forwards playingin he Jnler-School Senior Competition; gifted in all phases of thegáme; possible weakness-lack of dive-tackle; awarded his Bluefor 1947.

Bell: A sbrewd and inspiring vice-captain, whose lion-hearted deter-mination and deadly tackling bave been a constant source otinspiration to bis team-mates; is at his cool est and best underpressure; weakness-a somewhat sluggish and erratic service fromthe scrum; awarded bis Blue for 1947.

Blacker: A robust and hustling forward, equally good at flank, hookeror front-rank support; excellent in the line-out, and untiring in theloose; awarded his Blue for 1947.

Jones: A clever and penetrative centre who has found his best form;one of the most dangerous attacking centres in the competition;awarded his Blue for 1947.

Smuts: A very good full-back, cool and confident, with a safe pair ofbands and a sure kick; must, however, adapt himself more speedilyto the changing direction of play; he is also a sound, reliable f1y-half and centre.

Bleekers : A very good full-back, possessed of a big match tempera-ment and a lengthy kick; he is very safe and reliable but mus:improve his positional play; he is also an intelligent wing with animpenetrable defence.

Ha,.,·is: A vital, speedy, attacking wing, who makes the most ot everyopportunity; with furtber experience he should mature into aplayer of exceptional merit; he must remedy a weakness indefence.

Simpson: A player who, at bis best, is a wing or centre of greatability; he is an excellent tackler, but tbis season his form has beenvery erratic.

Riley: An exceptionally fast and penetrative centre, who with moreexperience and an improvement io his tackling, should developinto a very fioe player.

Wilson: A sound fly-balf who sets his back-line away smoothly; hehas a cool aod unruffled temperament, and if he improves his

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speed 01I the mark-tbis is absolutely essential-has a promisillgfuture.

Ho[ton: A great-bearted, strong, robust forward wbo is at his best intbe tight and line-out; he should mature well, but must banish theidea that he shines in the loose.

Prynn: A strong forward who excels in line-out work; if this playercan infuse more fire into bis game bis improvement should bephenomenal.

Gibbon: A greatly improved player, who has developed into a reallygood front-ranker; as tbe season progressed his loose play im-proved out of all recognition, and he has a bright future in frontof him.

Hawtrey: An exceptionally gOOd elghtb man and the most deadlytackler in tbe team; only an unfortunate injury prevented himfrom attaining Blue standard, and he should mature into a reallygreat forward.

Meyer: An accomplisbed hooker, who often deputised in that positionwith distinction; experience and an improvement in his loose-playwill bring him Ol, considerably.

Berger: A bustling, courageous flank, whose form deteriorated badlytowards the end of the season; he must remedy a serious weaknessthat has crept into his defensive play.

Greeff: A good front-ranker, wbo plays well in the line-out, and wasimproving considerably towards the end of the season.

McGregor: A solid scrum-ball and flank who played some excellentgames; a tough forward with a strong defence.

Brown: A gifted and brainy fly-half who was only prevented by ill-health from probably achieving Blue standard.

du Toit: The most improved player in the team, especially on defence,who should develop into a tlank of great ability.

Wright: A game, hard-running wing, witb a good defence; bis keenne swill undoubtedly enable him to mature into a resourceful" player.

Barn: A greatly improved flanker and a potential scrum-half; a youngplayer who should go far.

Frewin: A tireless, hard-working flank and hooker who, but for a knee

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Williams: A hard-workjng wing who, when be bas overcome a besi-tancy to take opportunities speedily, should develop well.

Schmidt: A dour, hard-working lock and tlank wbose keenness andfitness have brought about a great improvement in his play.

Marais: An improving player, strong at line-out work, who gives everyindication of maturing into a good forward. H. E. T.

~tbool ~port~, 1947.The Annual Sports took place on Friday, 7th March, at the Techni-

cal College Ground, Claremont. Both tbe Championsbip and Handi-cap events were keenly contested, and in the former three records werebrok.en, namely, N. Hay tread, 14.8 secs. for the Opefl 110 YardsHurdles, and B. Weinreicb's 7 secs. and 9.9 secs. in the Under 10Fifty Yards and Seventy-Five Yards respectively. N. Denison alsoreturned 7 secs. for the 50 yards Under 10. There was keen competi-tion in the House Championship, and the issue was still in doubt lateint~ tbe afternoon. Finally, however, Wellington managed to regainthe Championship which they had lost to De Waal in 1945.

At tbe close of the meetlng the Cups were presented by Mr. J. F.Oosthuizen.

Tbe following points were obtained by the Houses:-(1) Wellington 92(2) Van &ebeek 73(3) De Waal.... 57(4) Rhodes 47

The Cups were awarded to:-Tbe Friedlander Cup (under 10 Champion): B. Weinreich (W.).D. Baskin Cup (Under .12Champion): J. v. d. Merwe (V.R.) and

N. Doveton (V.R.).D. Baskin Cup (Under 14 Champion): N. Jowell (W.).Artbur Newman Cup (Under 14 Relay): Wellington House.Claude Felbert Cup (Under 16 Champion): H. Bayne (W.).Dr. G. Pycroft Cup (Under 16 440 Yards): F. Simons (oR.).Wollaston Cup (Open 440 Yards): N. Hay tread (V.R.).Dr. Bobbins Cup (Open 100 Yards): N. Hay tread (V.R.).

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Hoogenhout Cup (Victor Ludorum) : N. Hay tread (V.R.).MeDonald Cup (J unior House Cbampionship): Wellington House.Duncan Taylor Cup (House Championship): Wellington House.

The results were as follows:-

OPEN.

100 yds.: 1, N. Hay tread; 2, F. Williams; 3, P. Prynn. Time, 11.1 secs.220 yds.: 1, N. Hay tread; 2, G. Simpson; 3, P. Melliar. Time, 25.3

secs.440 yds.: 1, N. Hay tread; 2, B. Jones; 3, G. Simpson. Time, 55.5 secs.880 yds.: 1, R. Jones; 2, F. Williams; 3, C. Bleekers. Time, 2 mins.

n.4 secs.1 Mile: 1, R. Jones; 2, F. Williams; 3, C. Bleekers. Time, 5 mins.

29.4 secs.Long Jump: 1, G. Simpson; 2, J. Vine; 3, J. Salkow. Length, 17 ft.

lOt in.High Jump: J, K. Bell; 2, P. Prynn; 3, O. Schmidt. Height, 5 ft.

It in.110 yds. Hurdles: 1, N. Hay tread; 2, N. Riley; 3, P. Prynn. Time,

14.8 secs.Shot Putt: 1, C. Holton; 2, P. Prynn; 3, C. Bleekers. Length, 33 ft.

2t in.

UNDER 16.

100 yds.: 1, C. Harris; 2, R. Wright; 3, L. Hawtrey. Time, 11.3 secs.220 yds.: 1, H. Bayne; 2, F. Simons; 3, R. Wright. Time, 25.5 secs.440 yds.: 1, F. Simons; 2, H. Bayne; 3, N. Berger. Time, 56.6 secs.880 yds.: 1, H. Bayne; 2, N. Berger; 3, H. v. d. Merwe. Time, 2 mins.

19.25 secs.Long Jump: 1, C. Harris; 2, N. Pelser; 3, F. Simons. Length, 18 ft.

2 in.High Jump: 1, N. Doyle; 2, J. Kets; 3, C. Harris. Height,5 ft. It in.110 yds. Hurdles: 1, H. Bayne; 2, C. Harris; 3, R. Wright. Time, J 7.5

secs.

UNDER 14.

100 yds.: 1, N. Jowel!; 2, K. Prior; 3, D. Isaaesoll. Time, 12.5 secs.220 yds.: 1, N. Jowell; 2, K. Prior; 3, D. Wright. Time, 28.6 secs.Long Jump: 1, N. Jowell; 2, A. Doering; 3, D. lsaaeson. Length,

14 ft. lIt in.High Jump: J, D. Isaaeson; 2, L. Wilson; 3, J. Blacker. Height,

4 ft. 9 in.75 yds. Hurdles: J, N. Jowell; 2, J. Blacker; 3, L. Wilson. Time,

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UNDER 12.

75 yds.: J, N. Doveton; 2, D. Stewart; 3, B. Woolt. Time, 10.5 secs.120 yds.: 1, J. v. d. Merwe; 2, N. Zauber; 3, B. Peacey. Time, ?'???

UNDER 10.50 yds.: 1, B. Weinreich; 2, N. Denison; 3, R. Wucherpfenning. Time,

7 secs. (record).75 yds.: 1, B. Weinreieb; 2. R. Wucherpfenning; 3, N. Denison. Time,

9.9 secs. (record).RELAYS.

Open (440 yds.): 1, V.R.; 2, R.; 3, W. Time, 49.2 secs.U.16 (440 yds.): I, R.; 2, O.W.; 3, V.R. Time, 50.8 secs.U.14 (440 yds.): 1, W.; 2, O.W.; 3, R. Time, 57.7 secs.U.12 (330 yds.): 1, V.R.; 2, W.; 3. O.w. Time, 44.6 secs.U.lO (220 yds.): 1, D.W.; 2, W.; 3. V.R. Time, 32.5 secs.

WESTERN PROVINCE JUNlOR ATHLETIC CHAMPIONSHIPS.

A Wynberg team, consisting of 25 runners, distinguished itself atthe Junior Championships, held at the Green Point Track on the23rd of March. N. Riley and F. Simons ran brilliantly to win eventsin the Under 17 and Under 15 sectiol'ls respactively, and our Under 15Relay Team, consisting of F. Simons, G. Crowder, P. Jowel! and N.Jowell, romped away with their championship.

N. Riley was chosen for the Western Province Team, and later, atPietermaritzburg, be brought back two South African Championsbips,winning the Under 17 National Titles in the 110 Yards Hurdles and220 Yards Hurdles in 14.3 and 26.6 secs. respectively. Congratulatiom.to our first National Title-bolder!

Our successes were:-

UNDER 17:220 yds. Hurdles: 1st, N. Riley (Dead Heat).110 yds. Hurdles: 2nd, N. Riloy.440 yds.: 3rd, G. Simpson.

UNDER 15:220 yds.: 1st, F. Simons.100 yds.: 3rd, F. Simons.The winning Relay Team was as f811ows:-

RELAY TEAM, UNDER 15:F. Simons, G. Crowder, P. Jowell, N. Jowell.

UNDER 19:880 yds.: 4th, R. Jones (individual time, broke School's record),

2 mins. 64/ 5th secs. H. E. T.

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" Cross-Country Day" was held on the 22nd October, and provedvery successful, although the intense heat did render conditions moredifficult. Altogether two hundred and eighty-three fUnnel'S participateain the afternoon's events, their ages rangIng from seven to nineteen.

The Senior Cross-Country was won by O. Schmidt in a well-runrace, while F. Simons spreadeagled his field in the Under 15 event. Inthe Cross-Playground Races M. D'Oliveira, B. Peacey and K. Cloetedistinguished themselves, not only in the winning of their contests bu~also in the fluent and mature manner in which they did so. Thedetailed results were as follows:-

Senior Cross-Country: I, D. Schmidt (R.); 2, K. MacGregor (W.);3, G. Parkinson (R.). Time, 38 mins. 56 2/5th secs.

Junior Cross-Country: I, F. Simons (R.); 2, 1. Brown (R.); 3, I. Scott(D.W.). Time, 38 mins. 562/ 5th secs.

Under 13 Cross-Playground: 1, M. D'Oliveira (O.W.); 2, R. Legg(O.w.); 3, A. Gold (W.).

Under 11 Cross-Playground: I, B. Peacey (O.W.); 2, K. Blake (R.);3, N. Denison (V.R.).

Under 9 Crass-Playground: J, K. Cloete (O.W.); 2, E. Bakker (W.);3~ W. Hutton (V.R.).

Sups Crass-Playground: J, J. Johnstone (O.W.); 2, G. Smith (W.);3, M. Rael (V.R.).

The points gained by the various Houses were:-

(1) Rhodes 325 (1) Rhodes 646(2) Wellington .... 271 (2) De Waal .... 378(3) Van Riebeek 237 (3) Wellington .... 326(4) De Waal .... 113 (4) Van Riebeek 261

Under 13. Under 11.(I) Wellington .... 497 (1) Van Riebeek 535(2) De Waal .... 454 (2) Rhodes 526(3) Rhodes 194 (3) De Waal .... 414(4) Van Riebeek J 81 (4) Wellington .... 355

Uilde,.. 9. Subs.(1) Wellington .... 569 (1) De Waal 24(2) Rhodes 499 (2) Wellington .... n

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House Totals.(1) Rhodes(2) Wellington ....(3) De Waal(4) Van Riebeek

.... 2,J58

.... 2,085

.... J,7 J8

.... 1,600H. E. T.

ctExamination Rt5Ult5~ 1946.

SENIOR CERTIFICATE.

First Class: M. Hili, P. Lee, G. Babbage, 1. Duncan. R. Gorin, H.Slomowitz, V. Stokes.

Second Class: W. Hosking, A. Kesler, S. KrolI, A. Michalowsky, R.Nehema, E. Parlabean, C. Roberts, R. Robinson, G. Abramowitz,D. Bailey, M. Berman, R. Chivell, J. Cilliers, A. Hawtrey, S. Sher,E. Trautman, G. Walter, R. Wilkins, M. Wolisohn.

JUNIOR CERTlFICA TE.

First Class: J. Creed, G. Crowder, J. Donaldson, F. Glaum, J. Harding,D. Holtzhausen, P. Linder, M. Moskowitz, J. Napier, G. Sanders,I. Scott, I. Shiirin, 1. Spiro, R. Stevenson.

Second Class: A. Bam, G. Blacker, A. Cohen, M. Cowan, L. Crook,K. Crawley, H. de Villiers, W. D'Oliveira, F. Duminy, W. Edge-come, T. Euley, G. Gibbs, W. Golding, D. Grassow, R. Hamilton,H. Harmer, S. Harris, L. Hawtrey, E. JohJ, H. King, K. McBain,M. McCleery, K. McCready, E. Marais, W. Marais, S. Matthews,T. Medus, V. Meyer, E. Miller, H. Mostert, C. Myburgh, L.Nossel, R. Osborn, T. Poolman, A. Rabin, T. Ridge, N. Riley,J. Rubin, A. Rust, B. Saevitzon, J. Salkow, K. Sawyer, C. ShonfeJd,F. Simons, P. Spangenberg, M. Stock, P. Thomas, R. Turner, J.van Eeden, G. van Tonder, P. White, A. Woodgate, R. Young.

EDWARD WlSE SCHOLARSHIP.

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PRESlDENT'S LETTER.

It has been suggested to me that in place of presenting any formalreport of the Union's activities through the medium of the SchoolMagazine, J should write a few informal lines. The idea appeals to meas sound, for it enables me on the one hand to keep informed thosemembers who may be geographically too remote from Wynberg toattend our meetings, and on the other hand to incorporate a fewpersonal thoughts relating to the School and the Union.

The year 1947 has been both important and eventful; importantbecause the renaissance of the Union in 1946 was so succe5sfcll thatthe consolidation and continuance of the good work achieved byMr. Lincey's Committee in that year was a matter of no small concernto me; eventful because of the desire to bring to fruition plans veryclose to the heart o( all those interested in the future of the School.

Let me Arst devote a word to our normal activities. The usualmatches vs. the School took place and these have no doubt beenchronicled by the Editor. The Annual Dinner, held at Cogills Hotel,

. was favoured by an attendance which has never been equalled at asimilar function of the Union during its eighteen years of existence,

. in addition to which we had the pleasure of entertaining representativesof the S.A.C.S., Bishops, Rondebosch, Marists and St. Georges Unions.By the time this publication reaches you, a Smoking Concert will havebeen held at the Hotel Cecil, this being scheduled for mid-November.

We are closing our year with a record membership and a sufficientnumber of Life Members to have made it worthwhile to deposit theirsubscriptions to a special account in order to draw a small amount ofinterest and leave the capit~1 intact.

When I wrote of plans close to our beart I had in mind primarilythe War Memorial Swimming Bath, which ha long been exercisingthe attention of both ourselves and the School Committee. A sumof approximately £1,350 has been deposited with the S.A. PermanentBuilding Society until the time comes to utilise it. The ProvincialAuthorities have ind;cated that the basis on which they make grantsfor such a purpose is £2 for everyone collected by tbe School. Theconstruction o[ the bath has proved impossible as yet owing to building

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restrictions. In the meantime the memorial plaque is being cast andengra ved and will have been unveiled by the time these notes are read.

The end of this year sees the retirement of Mr. and Mrs. Cleggafter a period of ab::>ut thirty years at Wynberg, during which timethe School has grown very considerably. The boarding establishment,under Mrs. Cl egg's wise and kindly sway, has become a model of itskind. Jn expressing the hope that tbe Cleggs will enjoy many years ofpleasant retirement-l believe tbat they are settling in Constantia-and that tbey will not withdraw themselves from contact with theScbool and tbe Union, 1 know that I am echoing the sentiments of allOld Boys.

It remains to welcome Mr. and Mrs. Bowden, who are taking overin the New Year. On your behalf I extend to them all good wishes.1 am sure that they will spare no effort in promoting the advancementof the School. Whatever assistance this Union can ofrer will be mostwillingly given.

]n conclusion, a word regarding your 1947 Committee. Whateversuccess we bave attained this year has been primarily due to theunremitting efforts of the Honorary Secretary and to the closeco-operation manifested by the various Committee members. Mygrateful thanks to them and all good wishes to you for the comingyear. R. T. FELBERT.

Two Old Boys who are concerned with Cape Town's Water Supplyare Donald MacKellar, who is Resident Engineer of the ThirdSteenbras Pipeline, and S. E. Prentice, who is doing preliminary workon the new Wynberg and Newlands Reservoirs.

Dr. Gordon G. Henderson. is stationed at Nelspoort Sanatorium.

Sidney Hodgkiss bas been transferred from the Standard Bank,Kimberley Branch, to Plein St. Braneb, Cape Town.

Oswald F. Meyer is visiting South Africa on a business tour, andon hearing of the Union's activities became a Life Member. He is adirector in the firm of G. A. Meyer &Co. (Pty.) Ltd., Wool Brokers,of Port Elizabeth. He intends returning to his home in Boston,U.S.A., in November. Our best wishes to him for a pleasant voyage.

Sbortly after passing his C.A.(S.A:) exam., Stanley Jones acquireda partnership in the firm of Chartered Accountants now known asSargeant & Jones, of Cape Town.

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Another successful C.A.(S.A.) candidate was Tommy Goodson.He is now Accountant at the Panther Shoe Co. He recently marriedMiss 1. Catzavelos. Congratulations also to his brother, Desmond,on the birth of a son.

H. A. Easrman, City Electrical Engineer of Cape Town, recentlybecame a Life Member. He spent many anxious hours during thewinter when the coal shortage at the Power Station threatened to turnCape Town into" Darkest Africa." A hurried air trip to Johannes-burg, however, put things right.

Last year Dr. E. Theal-Stewart was awarded his Doctor's Degreein science, the subject of his thesis being" Experiments relating to thesynthesis of benzcyclooctatetraenes and to molecular compoungformation in the diphenyl series." (Research work in organicchemistry to you.) At present he is lecturing at U.C.T.

An infrequent visitor to C.T. nowadays is G. Marais. Afterleaving the S.A.A.F. he joined Wits University, where he is takingDentistry.

Donald Glbbs is at Pietermaritzburg on Soil Erosion problems.

Hugh Mathew is teaching at Diocesan Prep. School.

News has reached us of the Eddy brothers. Major Ewart is still inthe Army and is stationed in the Transvaal; George is with the P.W.D.in Port Elizabeth, and Dr. Thomas has started a practice at SomersetWest.

J. T. Sutherland is at the G.P.O., where he is an apprenticeelectrician in the Engineering (Telephone) Dept.

Congratulations to O. Caldeco/( of the U.C.T. for graduatingM.A. in Philosophy, and for being elected President of N.U.S.A.S.

David Lyfton has been taking some excellent parts in the produc-tions of tbe Brian Brook Company.

The following is an extract from a letter from Peter B. Keil" whois taking Electrical Engineering at the School of Mines, MissouriUniversity, U.S.A. "During the War 1 served in the U.S. Navy fortwo years and one month, but did not see any action. My overseasand sea duty was confined to five months in the" black gang" of anAviation Supply Ship and six months with a Carrier Aircraft ServiceUnit on tbe Island of Hilo, Territory of Hawaii, plus a month at PearlHarbour, T.H.

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As our summer vacations are over three months in length, 1 amspending the summer working out in Kansas. [am studying inElectrical Engineering-specialising in Power Distribution. Tbe courseis four years in length and leads to a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering.

The thing that strikes you about Americans is their informalityand friendliness. They do not seem, in general, to take as serious aview of life as do South Africans. Both bave much in common,though, including a pioneer background, friendliness to strangers, andthe ability to look to tbe future instead of the past.

In this part of the U.S. the temperature varies between 110 degreesin tbe shade and 30 degrees below zero. This is something that strikesa stranger irnmedjately. Kansas City, wbich is dose to tbe small townwbere I live, is very similar to Jobannesburg in appearance. Thecentre of the biggest stockyards west of the Mississippi, it still retainssome of the feeling of tbe ' wild and woolly West.' Cattlemen, oilmenand farmers from Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas come to Kansas Cityfor a wild time as well as for conventions."

Peter's letter also contained a dollar bill for his current sub. Wewish him best of luck and happiness" over there."

Another Old Boy from America who is touring the Union withhis wife and son is J. C. Moresby-White. He bails from Pittsburg,Pennsylvania.

Dr. /. D. du Plessis, of tbe U.C.T., is Chairman of the MunicipalOrc'hestra Subscribers' Society.

Neville Gibbs, wbo was organist at Holy Trinity Church, KalkBay, is now officiating in tbat capacity at St. Pallls, Rondebosch.

Harold Cobb has returned to teach Piano Syncopation in CapeTown, and Ivan Murison has opened at School of Ballroom Dancingat Wynber.Q.

Clifford S. A skew bas returned to South Africa from England,where he took a course in Industrial Psychology. This was s::Jmethingnew to us, so we asked him what it was all about and how he becameinterested in it. Here is his reply:-

"While attached to the Royal Air Force in England during thewar, I obtained some very useful experience of aptitude testing in thellelection of air crews and deciding for which branch of flying theywere best fitted-pilots, navigators or air gunners. I was also for-

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tunate enough to see a British War Office Selection Board in action ina lovely old country house; aptitude tests formed an important part oftbeir technique for choosing men suitable for officer training. 1 wasso impressed by what I had seen in ~he Services thaI 1 decided tospecialise in the educational and commercial aspects of psychology.

Accordingly, after being demobilised, I went to London Universityto do a post-graduate course in'Lndustrial Psychology, and also spenttwo months at the National Institute of Industrial Psycbology studyingtheir methods of vocational· guidance. Briefly, the technique is asfollows :-

Eacb test is designed to measure a person's aptitude for a partiC'ulargroup of occupations.. Thus tnose careers for which he is unsuited areeliminated, wbile those for wliich he may be suited stand out incontrast. The final choice of a career is made bX correlating hisaptitudes, his disposition and his interests. •

Having returned to South Africa in August of this year, i am nowpractising as a vocational adviser in Cape Town, ' putting round pegs10 round holes.'''

Other Old Boys we have received letters from, or heard of, duringthe year are:-

A. M. Bruce-Brand, Magistrate's Office, Gwelo, S. R.

P. G. Steward, who has been transferred from Johannesburg toRhodesia for two years.

Max Saacks, a new Life Member, wbo was at School from1909-1915.

R. D. Kretzen of Defence Headquarters (Q.M.G. Supplies),Pretoria.

Jack Pickup, wbo writes, "My regards to the blokes in CapeTown. Hope to come down there before I die." Presumably Jack isbusy at something, but whetber it is work or cricket, we wouldn'tknow.

E. E. Willey, Secretary of tbe Midland Contracting and Distri-buting Co., Ltd., Lusaka, N.R.

Ted Cottam, wbo is winning prizes for casting, but not, wenotice, for pulling in tbe fish.

B. A. RivCIt, 'Barclays Bank, Windhoek, S.W.A.

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(Holder of South African Under 17110 and 220 yards Hurdles Tides.)

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P. M. Good, who is at Sabie, on the Tweefon(~in Forest Reserve.He is training to be a Forester in the S.A. Forestry Ser'. ice.

G. R. Dowlhwaile, from Hill Crest, Natal.

H. B. Parkes, from Knysna.These, and many others nearer home, have sent their greetings to

the Union. We thank them and beartily reciprocate. Dr. Bobbins basalso written, aod to him we likewise send our kindest regards. Dr.Bobbins' address is clo Grosvenor Hotel, Kingwilliamstown.

The Union welcomed all those new members who joined thisyear, especially P. N. Ryan, who left Scbool in 1899, H. A. Eastman,1906, and G. H. S. Whiting, 1910.

OBITUARY.

Although tbe fol!owing deaths occurred some time ago, they havenot yet been recorded in the Magazine, and are therefore given forthe information of Old Boys:-

Colonel Denys Reitz, Soutb African Statesman, Soldier andAuthor, who was so well known throughout the Empire That anadequate tribute in our limited space would be impossible. In tbepassing of Col. Reitz South Africa has lost one of its most colourfuleha rac-ters.

Rev. Desmond K. Clinton, Congregational Minister and formerChairman of the Congregational Union of S.A., who died in Johannes-burg on 4th January, 1945, aged 36. He bad a distinguisbed career,passing his B.D. at London University and !lis B.Litt. at MansfieldCollege, Oxford. He was Minister of Claremont CongregationalChurch and Ebenezer Cburch, Johannesburg. He was also a memberof the Archives Commission.

Anyone knowing of deaths of Old Boys is requested to notify theHon. Secretary.

Of those boys who left School in 1946:-A. M. Michalowsky is apprenticed to Cleghorn & Darroll, where

he is learning Pharmacy.

R. Gorlin has joined the firm of Chapman & Cohen, Architects,and is studying Architecture as a part-time student of tbe U.C.T. Heis a member of the U.C.T. Athletic- Club.

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R. E. Wilkins is with Hubert Davies, Paarden Eiland, and is train-ing to be an electrical fitter and wir~man.

E. Parlabean has joined the City Council as a clerk on the staff ofthe Housing Committee. He has been playing rugby ror False BayUnder J9A.

J. Be/grove is an apprentice Radio Technician.

MCI/·k Wright is a clerk at Arderne, Scott & Thesen.

Fred BaiesIon writes to Mr. and Mrs. Clegg from an estate inNyasaland which breathes the aroma or Darkest Africa. To quotehim "lions, leopards, bush buck, bush pigs, baboons, monkeysare always about and within a radius of thirty miles. I can getJumbo, Hippo, Buffalo and all the other antelope." Essential oil dis-tilling is his business and Patchouli, Citrodora and Saigriana areromantic sounding words to us town-dwellers.

David Leslie has written to Mr. and Mrs. Clegg from Manchester,where he has obtained his B.Sc. (Tech.) Apparently he has been see-ing something of England preparatory to spending two years in theArmy .

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