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Contents

EditorialSchool NotesJunior SchoolotesW.B.H.S. Prefects, 1948The Sea is GreenThe Cape South-EasterTreasure TroveLost in the MistAt the CircusChased by a BullWho Done It?Applied QuotationsRugby, 1948 ..W.BJ-LS. First XV - Schools' Day Finalists

W.B.H.S. Under 13A, 1948

CricketW.B.H.S. Ist Cricket XI, 1948-The Cross-Country, 1948Parents' Match, 13th December, 1947

School Sports, J948 ..W.B.H.S. Athletic Team, 1948The Musical and Dramatic Society, 1948 ..Annual EntertainmentDebating Society

CadetsStudents' Christian AssociationExamination Results, 1947The Seniors' Society

ObituaryOld Boys' Corner

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EDITORIAL

The year 1948 marks a new el-a in the history of our school,with ML W. E. Bowden taking over the duties of Head. MLBowden has a wide range of interests, among which is an appreci-ation of the Arts. VI'e extend a hearty welcome to our new Headand Mrs. Bowden, whose capabilities as a hostess have beenapparent to all. May their work at Wynberg be attended withall the success they could desire.

At long last the School is in sight of a Library - not, indeed,the ideal we envisage, but, at all events, a room set aside for thestorage of books only. The completion of new classrooms in theJunior School has rendered a small room in our building availablefor the purpose, and shelve are now being constructed to hOllsethe books.

Free education to the end of a pupil's school career in StandardTen is now available throughout the Cape Province. VIle recordthis important step, albeit in trepidation, lest curtailed revenuewill cause a further postponement of the day when our school isto get its badly-n8eded cIa 'srooms and hostel. Parents receivingthis substantial rebate will hardly grumble at the increased com-posite fee they will now pay. The money derived from this feeis used in the school alone and for the pupils' benefit to defrayheavy expenses entailed in the buying of sports equipment, payinggroundsmen, development of fields, purchasing library books, andmeeting a variety of other costs.

The Junior Certificate Examination, it would appear, is soonto be a thing of the past; a system of internal examinations islikely to be evolved, eliminating the need for the public examina-tion. Educationally, the change is heartily to be desired, as fartoo much valuable time has to be spent in preparation for, andwriting these papers. The Senior Certificate Examination, how-ever, is likely to be retained for a long time to come; it is theyardstick to measure a boy's ability to cope with a Universitycourse.

As the record of school activities in the pages following willclearly show, the \i\ ynberg School has had a full year well spent.We can proudly say that our achievements on the field of sportand in the examination room, as revealed in last year's results,are second to no other school. \Vith the good spirit prevailing,may we go from strength to strength.

C. A. M.

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SCHOOL NOTESOf greatest interest in this year's school actIvItIes has been

the assumption of office as Headmaster of Mr. W. E. Bowden.As a "wise man from the East" he took the "portfolio" ofsenior mathematics, and, having learned our ways and traditions,is now guiding us in a direction which has our full confidence.Mr . Bowden had also won our hearts, and mastered the manydifficulties which arise from a major change of control.

Due to an increase in the enrolment, and the division of Std. Xinto two sections, Mr. D. S. Sieberhagen, B.A., was appointedto the staff as an additional member, and teaches Afrikaans andHistory.

The following were selected as Prefects for 1948: HeadPI-efect, R. E. Jones: Deputy Head Prefect, L. E. Ha wtrey ;Prefect Body: A. J. Bam, L. A. Crook, D. Harding, C. Harris,W. Marais, N. Riley, 1. R. Scott, F. H. Simons, A. P. Simpson.

Honour was brought to the school by (a) H. L. Tossel, whoreceived a " Merit Award" from the Education Department onthe results of his exceptional record in the Senior CertificateExamination, 1947; (b) N. Riley, who, for the second time, wachosen to represent \;Vestern Province ill the S.A. Junior AthleticChampionships. He did not win again, but ran third in a veryclose race; (c) the Senior and the U. 13 Rugby teams, both ofwhich reached the finals in the Annual chool' Day competition.

In March the scho01 competed in the Inter- CI'lOOI Quiz,arranged by the S.A. Broadcasting Corporation. but \\'ere knockedQut in the first round by the narrow margin 32: 30.

Fllrtl1f'r matters \Veil received were: lecture by Dr. G. Bobbins(our former Engli h ma ter) on " The Drama" : the O.B. Rugbymatch in June, with tea on the la\\'l1; 1\lr. and 1\'frs. Bowden'sdinner and theatre to the prefects; the succe - of the negotiationbetween School and the O.B. Union that the school should havea representative on the O.B.U. committee (Mr. H. rglliJe wanominated by the staff for 1948) ; the planting of a double rowof plane tree between the top and lower playing fields (thi wa .clone under the sllpervi ion of Dr. H. G. \"'ood, to \\'hom futuregenerations of schoolboys should be very grateful). The schooldance in September was a great succes, and Mr . Bo\\'clen meritsour sincere thanks for a very happyevening.

To L. Glass, who, as our "1\1eisterringer JJ, called li sopromptly to our studies ancl dismissed ti after the day's workwell done, our appreciation. Finally, our o'oocl wi hes to allexamination candidates. F. G. T.

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JUNIOR SCHOOL NOTES

MR. AND MRS. BOWDEN.

In January of this year, the Junior School had much pleasurein extending a cordial welcome to our new High School Principal,Mr. W. E. Bowden, and to Mrs. Bowden. \Ve trust that theywill spend many happy and fruitful years in our midst, and we,from our side, wish to express our constant readiness to co-operatewith the High School, and to preserve complete unity within theSchool as a whole

STAFF.

The new school year brought to us our new Standard 3teacher, Miss P. Blenkinsop. In March we bade farewell to Mrs.M. Boehmke Cl\,[iss S. Langford) who had so ably guided Std. 2for some years, and had also been responsible for several excellentdra111atic performances, two Shakespeare plays among them. Vvetrust Mr. and Mrs. J30ehmke bave many happy years ahead ofthem. As succes or came Miss F. de \I\fitt, who, after six months,left u to be married. In :,[arch, too, came ..\I[iss M. Ferguson,to take charge of Sub B, and Miss M. Goodwin for Std. 1. InJuly, Miss K. Lacey embarked upon a much-needed and verywell-earned six months' furlough. \Ve hope that Miss Lacey isenjoying her tour of the country, and will return to us next yearfully refreshed. Our Kindergarten without :,1iss Lacey has seemedvery strange. From.l LIly to December, as deputy, we once againhad the excellent services of Mrs. E. Anstee. In charge of theSpeech Training and Dramatic work this year we have hadMiss J. Pienaar, who has visited the school once a week andtaught the classes frol11 Sub B to Std. 5. In October, Miss E.Cragg succeeded J\lIiss F. de Witt in Std. 2.

THE NEW BUILDL TG.

At long last, on January 5th, there was visible on the premisesthe small tin shanty which was to hou e the foreman of our long-awaited building extensions. Foundations, cement, bricks, dust,workmen, and lorries oon became the order of the day, and inspite of the noise, d~lst and disorganisation, we worked on forten months in eager anticipation of the greater accommodation.N ow we are in the new quarters where we have four additional

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classrooms, a capital staffroom, a real principal's room, a station-ery room, a store room, a janitor's room, a second stairway, twostaff cloakrooms, an extra, large lobby, and showers.

From January 1949, therefore, classes will be re-organised inreasonable numbers, and work will take place under the con-genial conditions. Variou activities that had to be curtailed orset aside, will be resumed. On Parents' Day, 4th December, thewhole building will be open for inspection.

THE SCHOOL YEAR.

The enrolment oE the School grew this year from 354 to 380,beyond which number our accommodation will not now allow uscomfortably to extend.

The cinema projector has been u ed only on special occasionsso far, one of which wa the entertainment for the Old Boys aftertheir football match, and the other, in August, when we held a'special evening for parents anel pupils, anel the Dickens filmI. Great Expectations" was screened. With the new buildingcomplete, we hope to make use of the projector in our school work.

Radio lessons were particularly helpful in Scripture teaching.Visits to Kirstenbosch by Stds. 4, 5 anel 6 have taken place

quarterly.] unior Cricket and Rugby have been drawing ever larger

numbers. Mr. 'Vahl is hard put to it to accommodate all theyoungest cricket enthusiasts, and Mr. Morris and Mr. Holmeshave had four Under 13 teams under their supervision, besidesthe numerous "Springboks ", big anel small Juniors. TheAthletic Sports and cross-playground and -country races havebeen eagerly contested.

A Traffic Talk by Sergeant James was a popular event 111

August.Eurhythmics are still in the hands of Miss C. Hurnphrey.The National Feeding Scheme continues successfully and our

kitchen is now at last to have a sink and running water.The Union Loan Banking has had 163 contributors, and Miss

Frylinck has been a bu y secretary to our Thrift Club, havingissued 200 certificates this year.

In conclusion we would offer our thanks to parents who havecontributed sweets, costumes, and cakes to our function, and tothose who have personally helped us.

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THE SEA IS GREEN

Roberto and Guapa de Varre had come into their pre entposition quite unexpectedly, and they were visibly worried. Itwas clear to them that this was no ordinary ocean, if indeed it wasan ocean at all! To their experienced senses, the water feltdifferent. .. There is no wind!" murmured Roberto, "no clouds;the ocean is still, Guapa, it is still!" Guapa's eyebrow knittogether and he whispered back, "You are right, Robie, you areright. . . ." They found after a while that, except for their ownhushed voices, there was no sound, 110t even the lapping of thewater against the sides of their small boat.

" It is magic, my brother," whispered Roberto. "I myself,"he continued in a low voice, " have never yet believed that thereis such a thing as magic, Guapa, but here is something that Icannot fathom. We are neither hungry nor tired. We hearnothing, we see nothing. Why? Guapa, I have come to theconclusion that we are in a Hell where time stands still!"

" No!" whispered Guapa fiercely, "I do 110t believe suchthings are possible. Yet - if they are, Roberto, cry out somethingaloud to the God or Devil of this place. If he answers, byHeaven, I'll believe you t" "No, you fool," stammered Robertoslowly. "Just imagine, Guapa, what he would do, if there weresuch a Person! No - at present nothing disturbs uS and weare left alone. Let us leave it like that." He sat down slowly,watching the green depths that surrounded the stationary boat.The water looked so cool and inviting he could hardly resistlowering his hand in it to paddle in its plea antness. "A-a-a-a!!!"His shrill and agonising cry echoed anel re-echoed over the greenexpanse as he fell back into the boat and lay writhing in painat the bottom. "The water," he moaned in a small voice, "thewater. . . ." His hand was a bleeding pulp.

Guapa stumbleel to the front of the boat and stood gazingpensively around him, as if trying to catch sight of a movementin the water. Then, whipping towards the prow, he screamedto the Eternity around him, " So!! If there is a God or a Devilin this place let him answer me! Answer, do you hear,AN \tVER!!!" Guapa's frantic cries resounded over the \yaterand far away in the di tance, as soft and as low as the bubblingof a stream, came the answer, " A mere quirk of fate brought youtwo to my domain and already you seek escape from it!" Thevoice seemed to laugh at him, "Have I 110t taken a hand for

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daring to touch me? Well, I now want a life thrown 111 fordaring to address me. 'JJ

Guapa sat down in a cold sweat. " Roberta!" he calledslowly. " Roberto. You heard?" "I heard nothing," repliedhis brother, his eyes wide with surprise, " You heard something?"Guapa did not reply, but in his tortured mind ran the thought" sothis ocean is alive . . . a devil, maybe - huh . . . then Robertowas right. So - a life was to forfeit to this deity. It can dono more harm speaking again, then," he thought. He edged hisway past Roberto's body and within easy hearing of his friendhe called out, "Hola!! Hola amigo!" Out of the corner of hiseye he observed that Roberto gazed blankly into space, apparentlyhearing nothing. "Hola," he called, hands cupped over hismouth. The answering voice came back over the water. Guapaspoke slowly at first and finally asked, "Do you mean that wheneither Rabie or I commit ourselves to you, the remaining one willgo free?" "It is even so," came back the fading whisper. .

Guapa sat, chin in hands, at the back of the small ve sel.His eyebrows were knit closely together in deep thought. Hewas thinking of Roberto, who lay softly moaning at the bottomof the baat. He was thinking of Maria back home. He wasthinking of his own young life. He thought, too, that in a placewhere time stands still, would wounds ever heal? He flickedthe side of his knife with his left hand, watching the cool steelshaft spring out with a sudden jerk. He ran his thumb over theblade. A thin li.ne of red followed in its wake. He let itslide back. " Robie!" he whispered softly. ,. Robie!" Therewas no reply. Moving stealthily along the bottom on his handsand knees, he gazed into Roberto's face. His eyes were closed.

He flicked the blade out into the sunlight. He pau eel. A tearran out of his eye, onto his nose and down past his mouth. Thenlifting his eyes to the skies, with a silent prayer he bid Robertofarewell, and drew the blade across his throat. There was nomovement. The blood slowly trickled over Guapa's hands as heclosed his weapon and dropped it silently onto the body ofRoberto. There was no remorse in Guapa's eyes - but therewas sadness. He kissed his friend's cold forehead, then slowlylifted the body and watched it sink into the green depths, anddisappear. It was a tired voice that cried out, " Amigo! Your

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word! 'Will you now give me my passage fr0111 your domain?"He was answered by a taunting reply that made the blood runquite cold in his veins. "I asked for a Life - not a Death!You have not fulfilled your word to give me a life. And youwant freedom?" The Voice laughed and then stopped suddenly.Guapa realised that he was the only life left aboard. The Voicecontinued. "If you can swim to yonder isle, your freedom isassured." Guapa swung around and saw that about a hundredyards away \Vas an island that seemed to stretch out into infinity,its hills rolling far over the horizon. He could see the palmssway gently in the breeze, for there, on that isle, there was move-ment and sound. The rustling delicacy of the swaying £rondsbeckoned mutely to him. His eyes widened as hope surgedthrough him. "And if you don't swim, the boat will sink . . ."laughed the Voice and died away, inaudibly.

Guapa stripped and let the sun beat lazily onto his broadshoulders. He breathed deeply and with his one hand pushedback the stray curl of blonde hair that had hung over his fore-head. He poised his tall body on the seat at the stern, then lethis slim legs dangle over the side above the water. Volith a quickmovement he lowered himself up to his waist. He had forgottenthe properties of the water now that his friend had gone and asearing pain shot through his body. He screamed in his agony-" God!! Please God!! . . ." But hi cries grew less violent,and his grip on the gunwale of the boat loosened imperceptibly yetsurely, and, with a low moan, he threw up his arms and lid intothe water ...

And far away, like the tinkling oE a small silver bell, theVoice came clearly over the gigantic; watery expanse. It was acool and soft voice now and it whispered its words to the silentboat - a boat in which only a thin pearl-handled knife lay. "Youwere not a man, Guapa. You had no heart," it whispered, "and,though you are gone, I shall make you pay a heavier price thanmere death. You shall pay the price of a coward's death andRoberto shall carry the story. I restore the life I took throughyour hand, Guapa, return it to yonder isle and bid you fare-,,·ell. . . ."

And across its shore Roberto walked slowly. His even treadleft clear and shallow prints on the virgin sand. He walkedwith head high and his grey eyes looked steadily at the horizon.

He walked on into the distance.HAL. D. SI-JAPER (Std. IXA).

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THE CAPE SOUTH-EASTERAs I 'Wall?ed, hard by the wind-m/wd shoreAnd 'Watched the 'Whitened roUers roar ac'ross the blanchéd sand,Which gave yieldiNg to the mighty Neptune's hand,Li/w chaff upon the threshing floor,J scanned the h01'vests of the timeless seas,Reaped by the blustrous south-east bree::;e,Twigs of tam01'is/l and pa/'NtFrom s'/l:n.nyisles ill oceans calm,A grotesq/(e oriel1/al shell fromSteaming seas of hH1'1I,idhellOf scorching Ben'ins Bight,A bleached 'Whale bONe, a sea-~uorn stone, fromThe icy land of perpetual night.Also from the red of the ocean lord sereneComes a sheet of copper, ~ 'orn and green, fromThe sheathed belly of all Indiau/a?/ as she liesIn her sPlendour, proud 'jJet forlorn.'Tis theN that she lies in /zeI' 1'ippl-ing green grave,And over her bOlles the slim,y /?elPs 'Wave,Li/le sinuous palms in a desert of sea;There's the place for a ship /0 be.No brea/?e-rs-yard or oily quayShall /leep this gal/aut carcase from her doubtful liberty,To see 'Where seas s'Weep aga'illst the coasts of all the 'World,These relics strange are from the g1'een depths whirled,

P. J. HINKS (Stel. TXA).

TREASURE TROVE1 hael been working late one close and moonles night, and

I awoke from a restless sleep ""ith a sense of something beingwrong. I looked arounel me, and saw, of all things, the ghostlymoonlight streaming on to the clothes on my chair. And then Irealised that I was not in my own room.

A slow dawning of horror dulled my senses, and I couldfeel icy fingers clawing at my self-control. My tongue clove tothe roof of my mouth, and the skin of my face pulled tightlyover my cheekbones. \ Vith a fascinated apprehension of some-thing unspe.:'1kably foul, T sensed an unclean presence at my elbow.

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For what seemed an age, I could not stir a muscle, but my bloodsuddenly flooded through I'ny veins with a rush, and I jerkedmy head round - to turn it away again with even greater speed.A tall form rested against the wall, and from it emanated a tangibleoverbearing torrent of horror, that pulsated with every heartbeat.I cannot hope to describe the dread image, but to me it was theunhallowed incarnation of the tomb, and the sum total of revulsion.

As the pounding of my heart re-echoed through the stillnessof the house, a hollow voice came from the apparition. The awfultones seemed to come from a great distance, but were incongruouslycultured. I. There's gold in this house, and you're going to helpme find it," whispered the presence. "I should imagine the bestplace would be under the iloorbaards."

Keeping my eyes averted, I leaped from the bed withalacrity. Puttilig on my gown, I set to work with the chisel andjemmy that somehow came to be lying on the floor. The thoughtof treasure sent my pulses racing, and I became less consciousof my grisly overseer, although still aware of him. Feverislily Iattacked the stout oaken floorboards, and soon the sweat wasrunning down my face. The boards must have been at leastthree inches thick, but my desperate haste made short work ofa hole right through the first one. Just then the chisel snappedoff short.

"Vithout losing a moment, 1 snatched up the jemmy, andmade an attempt to prise up the board. A creak was the onlyresult. At that moment I became fully aware of my taskmaster,and fear lent strength to my arm. \ Vith all my power, I madea desperate wrench at the board, and with a rending crack itlifted. The glint of yellow metal swept away all consciousnessof my surroundillO"s. J thru t my hands into a heap of sovereigns,and began to cram them into my dressing-gown pockets.

And then a menacing voice hrought me to earth with a shock." So you·d help your elf to my money, would you?" murmuredthe apparition. The tones were passionlessly even, but menacelurked in every syllable of the soft statement.

Screaming, I fled, fully aware that the presence was close.behind me, yet not daring to turn my head. Articles of furnitureseemed to flin"" themselves in my path, and at every step I scatteredgold coins in my wake. I fell headlong down a flight of stairs,and when I reached the end of my painful journey, I found Iwas unable to rise - some alien force was holding me to theground. Then stark terror took possession of my soul, and Ila 'hed out in impotent and sobbing f\lry - and then there was


the feeling of falling. For an eternity I was hurtling downdown - down . . .

vVith a crash I started into wakefulness on the floor of myroom. ""Vhat a dreadful nightmare," I said aloud, and I amnot ashamed to confess that tear of joy came into my eyes as Irecognised my own familiar r00111. Suddenly a thought seizedme, and I felt in the pockets of my gown - and stared open-mouthed at the golden sovereign that lay in my torn and bleedinghand.

D. H.\RDJNG (Std. XA).

LOST IN THE MIST

Lost in the mist! 'Vhat a feeling of awe mingled with feardoes this thought not awaken in the mind of many people wbo·realLy know how thick mist call be. As a shepherd on the Moorsthis has often been my experience. It so chanced that I wastrapped by the mist one early evening, and I had learnt fr0111many an old shepherd and from experience that hould I makean effort to reach home with the sheep it would be futile andfooli h. I therefore re.olved to reach a small enclosure wherethe sheep could huddle f r the night but it was my misfortunenot to reach the enclosure.

The dull vapour hung like a shroud upon the Moors and theair was laden with tiny particles of water. I wandered aboutcalling the sheep, [or I reali ed that it would be useles to drivethem before me as they would take fright and run away. Afterwandering about for a long time and looking for the few land-marks on the 1\1oor I knew, and, not finding them, I realisedthat I was lost. 1 walked on and sueldenly a dark grey hapeloomed out of the mist and, knowing that I should catch a chillif I moved on much longer, I called the sheep once more, andpulled my overcoat over my ear ,and at down to rest. As thelong night hour wore on I tried to find out the time from mywatch which I repeateclly pulled out of my coat pocket. When atlong last I saw that it was near day, I rose and called the sheepwho had huddled together in a successful attempt to get warm.

I moved on, the sheep following me, and soon it \I'a clearthat the sun "·as doing its utl110 t to break through the thick

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layer of mist which llanketed the 1100rs. \Ne went on with stifflegs until the sun struggled through the solemn grey mist whichbegan to disperse almost as swiftly as it had come. As I pro-ceeded along the dull path, the frost crunched under my wet boots.Soon almost all of the mist was gone and I was very glad when Jsaw some of the familiar landmarks on the Moors. A little whilelater I was in the kitchen of my house relating my experiences tomy wife in front of the stove and enjoying a cup of steaming broth.

\\'. PRf TSLOO(Std. VI).

AT THE CIRCUSOne afternoon as my :'I[other and Father were having their

tea I burst into their room and asked them whether I could goto a Circus which wa' visiting town. lVIy Father told me thatI had already spent my weekly allowance, and becau e of that1 would not be able to go. I became very mi erabIe, so I wentup to my room to think things over. Suddenly I hit upon an 'ideaand I ran to 111yfriend's house which wa ju t acrOss the road.1 went up to hi room and found that he was al 0 mi erabIe, soI unfolded my plan to him.

That evening, when everything in the hou e \\'as quiet, T creptover to my bedroom window which I opened, and slid downthe drainpipe. t the bottolll I found my friend alld togetherwe ran down the road towards the big circu tent. Instead ofgoing lo the entrance \\'e crept under the canvas ::l11dclamberedon to one of lhe seats. Fir t of all a big cage was wheeledinto the arena and with it the lion tamer with his long whip.After this came the tight-rope walker who did all sorts of trickson the rope. Two clowns who made everybody roar with laughtercame on next and performed many queer antics to the audience.Two acrobats climbed up ropes to their swings and did manybreath-taking tunt. Then there was an interval after whichcame many other clowns and performers.

After the last act my {riend and [ lipl ed out of the tentanel made our way homeward. \Ve talked nearly all the waybefore we had to part. I climbed up the waterpipe next to mywindow and jumped into 111yr00111. For about an hour I lay inmy bed thinking about the delightful evening which ( hael spent.Jn the morning I went clown to breakfast and I was thankful that11"other and Father had not suspected me of having enjoyed myescapade to the Circus.

R. 1\1ACDON ALD ( td. V).

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It was eight o'clock on the lovely morning o[ pring in theIrish town of Cashel, County Tipperary, that a young Irish laddie,by name Paddy O'Moore, age eleven and a half, went do\\'n to thewell to fetch some water for the cup of Irish brew. He thenwashed the dishes, kissed his mother good-bye and started forschool.

About the time our friend Paddy went to the well, a farmer,by name Jack Harris, locked up a new and cross bull in one ofhis fields. Harris was a very rich man. His capital amountedto about one hundred thousand pounds. ow the reason the bullwas so ill-tempered was because it had been shipped from Kokh,better known a Cork, from its native field by cart to Ca hel, sometwenty miles away.

Now, as Paddy came by this field, he perceived this bull inthe field. "By the braies of Ballocks, a new bull I be seeing asure as me name is 0' l\loore!" he exclaimed, "and I must bea'makin' 0' friends wi' him now as there's no time like now."He leapt nimbly over the stile and into the field beyoncL Thebull espied him, and thinking to vent his wrath upon Paddy,charged him, with the intention of ramming him.

Paddy ran, as never an Irishman had run before. A passingold lady seeing him go round the field was so jarred that when shegot to the bar where she was bound, said she, "I seed th' devil'imself I 'ave. 'E was a' tearing round farmer 'Arris' field.Holy mither gi' us an ale." After four glasses of ale, she regainedher wits.

Paddy leapt the hedge and proceeded to school, thanking Godfor his good fortune to e cape the bull.

1- STANTON (Std. TV).

WHO DONE IT?(With apologies to Sir A. Conan Day/e.)

On the lonely coast stands an old castle, built long before theNorman inva ions in 1066. It had just been renovated by anAmerican millionaire, Lot O'Dough. He was lavi h and sparedno cost over the remaking of this ancient homestead. The moatwas made twice as wide, the points of the portcullis had beentipped with steel and the drawbridge had been drawn up per-manently. In fact, the only way in which the castle could beentered was by Mr. O'Dough' autogyro.


But gloom had descended on the O'Dough household, thereaSon belllg the strange disappearance of Pat O'Dough, the onlyson and heir of the O'Dough family. They had found him a weeklater with his head cleft open, his arms and legs severed off andhis bra:ins arranged in a gruesome message, .r Beware JJ, and fol-lowing this was a long epistle de cribing the boy's death. Onhearing this Mrs. Liena O'Dough said, " This is clearly the workof a madman. We shall have to pit this madman against twomaniacs." Looking up in the" Detective Unemployment Agency",she came upon this:

Ha.mshocl? Bones & Dr. What:::it.'Phone Broad11'tOor XXXOl.

" Ahaaa!" aid Mr. Lot O'Dough, " I'll 'phone them at once."

HAPTER II. ENTER THE SKAAPS

" Tring-tring", went the phone on Hamshock's desk. Ham-shock wa too busy banging his head upon the padded cell, so hesaid to Whatzit, "Whatzit (bump!) old boy. Just (bump!)answer the 'phone will (bump!) you?" vVhatzit picked up the'phone and said, "Hullo - Yes this is \iVhatzit - What? -l\Iurder? - Horrors! Cut up! ! - Message of brains!! Aaah!"Dr. vVhatzit had fainted. Hamshock picked up the receiver and,returning to his senses, he said, ,r Right, Sir, we'll be downimmediately. \Von't you please post a cheque for the trainfare?Thank yOll."

The following day a cheque for 4/2* arrived at the ~lalll-shock Bones homestead. "At last,"' he said, r, we will be able togo on a case."

They arrived at the O'Dough castle about 4 o'clock and setto work at once. That is to say, after they had had upper at6 o'clock and broken three of the large whiskey bottles. Thenthey went to the scene of the crime. There they fot1l1d a largelump of cartilage lying on the floor. "Undoubtedly his locationbump," said Dr. \i\Thatzit. Scouting around for clues they pre edon a particularly large boulder and behold! a massive door wung'open. "Looks as if they had once led elephants into this vault,"said Bones, as he squeezed himself through. "I say, \Vhatzit,give me a push, I'm stuck."

After explorinO" the vault and finding nothing but cobwebs,spiders, darkness and thin air, they squeezed themselves out andreturned to the living room. "We have found an importantclue," said Hamshock Bones. "Come Whatzit, we must retire."


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In the room V/hatzit turned to Bones and said, " What is thisgreat clue you have discovered?" "Nothing," said Bones, "butdo you want us to lose our jobs?"

CHAPTER Ill. THE LUNATIC STRIKES AGAIN.

It was 3 o'clock in the morning when there was a crash -followed by an ear-splitting scream which made all the house wakeup. .. Y-y-y-you go first," said Bones. "N-n-n-n-n-nOOO," saidvVhatzit, "rather you."

When they went down the following morning, all was quiet.But where was Liena O'Dough? Rushing up to the bedroom, theyfound Mr. O'Dough bound and gagged. Hastily untying him,they heard this, " It was about 3.07 a.m. when a large anthropoidape lumbered into the room and took my wife. This ape must havehad extraordinary intelligence because, after he had knocked mywife's head against the bedpost, he bound and gagged me. Didn'tyou hear my scream?" "It was a horrible scream, but \iVhatzitand I slept right through it, didn't we, \i\'hatzit?" Bones addedthat quietly, and patted the pocket in which he kept the blackjack."Oh, yes," said Whatzit, "it was a bloodcurdling yell, but asfor myself, I d.idn't hear a sound." Mr. O'Dough eyed themsuspiciously before he said, "You two are detectives. \Vell, goand find her." "Go get her, \Vhatzit," said Bones, " she shouldbe in the wardrobe over there.' Going to the wardrobe, Whatzitpulled out a bedraggled Mrs. O'Dough. "\iVhat," exclaimedO'Dough, " how did he get there?" " Elementary my dear Lotts,"sad Bones, pushing out his pigeon chest and trying to make him-self look important. "YOLL are a somnambulist." \Vhatzit wasastounded. "How on earth did you know?" he a ked.

In his room \t\Thatzit subjected himself to be told the story ..c \i\lell," Bones started, " just after supper I went up and over-powered Ivf rs. O'Dough fr0111 behind, Then, as Mr. O'Doughcame in I hit him with my tru ty blackjack. He fell like a log.Tone of them saw what happened." "Oh, I see," said \iVhatzit,

" it's about as clear as mud. But what about the crash?" "ThatI don't know," aid Bones, but we plan to find out, don't we,\i\'hatzit?" said Bones, tenderly fingering the blackjack. " Ofcourse," said \iVhatzit quickly.

CIIAPTER IV. ENTER THE WOUSE,

" Shhhht!!" said \ Vhatzit to Hamshock Bones. It was stilldark, the time being about 5 o'clock in the morning. "\rVhat'up?" said Bones. "Shhht," said Whatzit, "I hear footprints."


"We'll investigate in the morning," said Bones quickly, and pullingthe blankets over his head, he lay trembling, till dawn approached.At 10 o'clock he got up, looked under the bed, and slowly dressedhimself. But suddenly he jumped. \"'here was \rVhatzit? Onlyone man could kidnap so ingeniously. That was the Wouse, famedkidnapper and safebreaker.

Going down to breakfast he asked Mr. O'Dough, t. Is therethe Wouse in the house?" "The \Nouse in the house?" saidO'Dough, " surely not." "\iVell," said Bones, " Whatzit has beenkidnapped. There is only one man in Cornwall who could carry\iVhatzit, that is the \tVouse, arch-criminal, ruthless murderer andbrilliant kidnapper. I must write back to Broadmoor at once.I shall need the assistance of Frankfurter, my sausage dog."

CHAPTER V. FRANKFURTER MAKE:; HIS ApPEARANCE.

t. Woof, woof, woof," came the call of the Daschund, Frank-furter, as he came tearing round the corner, hotly pursued by asmall kitten. Hamshoek Bones hurriedly grabbed him to preventhis precious hound from being tortured to death by tho e oftkitten claws.

In the liv.ing room that night, Bone, who fancied Frankfurteras a tracker, sáid, "Now I will tart the great tracking test.Frankfurter will take a smell of \Vhatzit's sock and then he willlead us to the \Nou e and my dear confederate." Frankfurter tooka smell - and promptly fainted!

\Nhen he regained consciou ness next morning, he tarted tosniff around the room. Then he made a beeline for the chimney,jumped up, and didn't come down. When Bones lookecl up thechimney he could only ee the clear blue sky. That is lo say,until a large lump of soot dislodged itself and came whistling down,blackening Bones from head to foot. "Now I know where the\rVouse is. He is up the chimney. Let's go. After you, Mr.O'Dough."

CHAPTER VI. TUE Wou E MAKES HTS ApPEARANCE (IN JAIL).

Bones and Mr. O'Dough slowly climbed the chimney, Bonestaking one step up and two steps down every time he took astep. 'Ah, here' a tunnel," said O'Dough, and disal peared.Bones followed and they soon came upon the kidnapped people.Hastily untying them they asked \Nhatzit where the \Nouse was."He' gone out and will be back shortly." "Well, we must lie inwaiting for him."

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Hours pa sed and suddenly \tVhatzit said that he heardscraping up against the tunnel. A dark figure appeared and Boneshit him a Eourpenny one over the nut, with Whatzit's shoe. Thenhe took out his blackjack and gave the criminal another fOUl-pennyone over the bean. .l That makes an eightpenny one altogether,"said Bones. "Now tie him up." \l\1hen the Wouse came to, hemumbled something about being sorry, but Bones had no mercy." This time you're going to America and you're gonna fry."

The following morning there were massive headlines in thepaper, which read, "HAMSHOCK BONES CAPTURESWOUSE IN HOUSE OF l\1R. O'DOUGH ", and under that insmaller print read this - "Bone and Whatzit received a sub-stantial cheque from the O'Doughs and they can now buy them-selves out of Broadmoor, the asylum ".

Bones turned to \Vhatzit and said, "Whatzit, old fellow, Ithink that i that"!" He turned round and gave Frankfurter alarge piece of biltong. The clog, by the way. wa a South African.

R. NI. BRIDGENS (Std. IX,\).

APPLIED QUOTATIONSH - rd - ng: "I am become a name for always roaming with a

hungry heart."St - ffr - - m lV[ - rr - r; ,. I have perceived much beauty."\~T. NI - r - - s: "The man who deell1s himself so great."R. t - v - n - n: .. The earth did shake when I was born."L. 1 - ss - I: .,Nature had done her best'"Shelly G - I - n: ,. Men die when the night raven ings or cries,

But when he sings, even the night raven die "S. C. U.: " And fools that came to scoff remained to pray."

J t is whispered thal-

Scott even talks in his sleep.Golin is still waiting for that Hollywood talent cout.Mi(lwlows/~y is joining the F.B.I. as a bloodhound.Riclzardson dreamt that he made 365 N.O. and demanded the

whole cricket equipment.Jim1lly Thomas is really afraid of mouse traps.

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RUGBY, 1948The sea on just conduded has again been one of expan 'ion,

twelve teams having been entered in school competitions. Onlyone other school, Rondebosch, has now a bigger competitive entry.The standard of play has been high throughout, the keenness ofthe players making the season the success it has been. This isespecially true of the younger players.

Unfortunately, this year our teams have suffered greatly fromillness and injury, the Under 15 A and Under 13 A being thehardest hit. Replacements in size, weight and experience weredifficult to find, and the results of our "A" teams, though good,have suffered accordingly.

\i\Tynberg teams di tinguished themselves at Schools' Day,two of our three entries reaching the final. The Under 13A beatSea Point and Christian Brothers College respectively by 3 pointsto nil in the preliminary rounds, and narrowly lóst by five pointsto nil against Jail van Riebeeck in the final. Our team was defi-nitely unlucky in the final, because its Ayhalf was badly injured inthe second minute of play, necessitating its having to play shortfor the remainder of the game. The success of this team is allthe more pleasing because its coach, NIr. NIorris, was handlingan "A" team for the first time. His keenne s and tireless enthusi-asm permeated both the teams he handled, and largely contributedto making the Under 13 A one of the best and also one of the1110stattractive to watch in the whole competition.

The Under 15 A played well, but were eliminated in the firstroulld by the ultimate finalists, Diocesan College, by 6 points tonil. As mentioned before, this team, especially, had been gravelyweakened by wholesale injmies throughout the second half ofthe season.

The Under 19 A created history by being the first WynbergUnder 19 team to reach the Schools' Day final. They had twoexceptionally heavy games before reaching the final, beating twopowerful Paarl teams, namely, Paarl Commercial on deci 'ion aftera pointle s draw, ancl Paarl Boy.' High by 6 point to 3, afterbeing down 3 nil at one stage 0 f the game. Bishop succeededin narrowly but deservedly defeating us by 3 points to nil inwhat was con iclercd to be the mo t attractive final of the clay.A point worth noting was that the final whistle blew in this matchjust after a \Nynberg player had been tackled and pushed outon the Bishop' corner flag. Much of the success of this teamwas due to the inspired play and leader hip of Fred Simons, \\'howas ably as isted by his vice-captain, Lionel Hawtrey.

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This summary would be incomplete without a word of praisefor our Second Team, the Under 19B. which has gone throughthe season with only one defeat. Only two other \Nynberg Under19 B teams have approached this record, Faure's team in 1942and Wilkin's in 1946, and it is noteworthy that this successwas gained by playing hard, swift, enterprising Rugby.Spira, its captain, was at all times both an inspiration and a clevertactician, and received invaluable upport from his deputy, Pelser.

The Under 17 team was game, though not strong, its lack ofweight being a great handicap, while the Under 16 ill1provedconsiderably as the sea on progressed, and had become a 1110stworkmanlike combination in its last half-dozen matches. TheUnder 15 C and D played sound Rugby, while the Under 13 Cand D, this latter team being entered for the first time, will provea fertile nursery for future "Cnder 13 A teams.

The number o( .. little" player has increa ed still further,there being over a hundred players between the ages oE seven andeleven. It mu t be tl'e- ed that the aim oE this" junior" Rugbyis not to teach the mall players sophisticated football, but to givethem a weekly game which they enjoy, while at the same timete.aching them the elementary rules of the game. lVIuch promisingmaterial has already been passed on to the Under 13 teams;there i still more to come. This year pecial coaches, eniorplayer, have been allotted to each junior section, namely - Barn,Spiro and tevenson to the" Big .Juniors"; \V. \Vil on, T011l1in-son and Hamilton to the" mall Juniors"; and Dickerson, J.Thoma and Golin to the" Springboks". Once again these seniorplayers are to be thanked for their invaluable assi tance. Theirtactful and erficient handling of the little players i not only appreci-ated, but it ShOltlc1 al 0 be noted that "junior" Rugby couldJ1either be developed nor maintained without such as istance.

From a documentary point of view, the (ollowing record oft11e expansi n of \Vynberg Rugby is interesting. In 1940 therewere 132 boys playing Rugby in the chool (in previou yearsthere were substantially less) and six teams were entered in schoolcompetitions. Between the year. 1941 and 1948, the respectivefigures showing the increase were as follows: 179, 197, 300(owing to a great expansion in " junior" Rugby), 323, 331, 325,331 and 34l. Twelve teams were entered in this year's schoolcompetition, and future years will ee a still further increa e.

Throughout the season ?-lr. Bowclen's keen intere ·t and helpful-advice have been more than appreciated by both the coaches andplayers. The coaches and reEerees. Messr'. 'iVood, Simp 011,

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Holme, Morri , Barnard and Sieberhagen, are to be congratulatedon their able and untiring efforts; the keenness and support givento these men by the players is evident appreciation of their work.Finally, Bam, Scott and Crook are to be thanked for the veryefficient way in which they handled the administration oE equip-ment, an arduous but most essential service.

The following Rugby awards have been made for the 1948season :-

Blues: F. imOI1, N. Riley, A. Bam, R Jones, P. Meiberg.Colours: F. Simon, N. Riley, A. Bam, R Jone , P. Meiberg,

1. Scott, G. Crowder, W. Wilson, G. Gibbons, V. Meyer, Ilv.Marais, R. Wright, L. Hawtrey. 1. Brown, B. McEwan.

H.E.T.

OLD BOYS' MATCH

In perfect conditions, cool and windless, the OldBoys kicked off from the \tVynberg end. Play swung up and downthe field until R. Jones opened the sCOre for the School with ~well-directed penalty from thirty yards out. Stung by thisreverse, the Old Boys attacked strongly, and were shortly rewardedwhen a forward romped over from an inter-pa ing movement, toscore a good try near the corner. The kick at goal failed. Half-time came with the score 3 points all.

The econd half was but a few minutes old, when the Schoolwas penalised, and \Vest goaled with a fine kick. It was nowthe School's turn to attack strongly, but a grim defence keptthem out. Shortly afterwards the School obtained possessionfrom a scrum on the Old Boys' twenty-five, and Scott, the full-back, came cleverly into the line to give Crowder on the rightwing an overlap. Crowder took his opportunity with determina-tion and cOt-ed an unconverted try far out. There was no furtherscore, although the School kept up a sustained attack during thelast ten minutes, and a most enjoyable game ended for the secondyear in succession in a draw - 6 points all.

After the match, both teams and many other Old Boys andtheir friends were entertained to a delightful buffet supper byMr. and Mrs. Bowden, and in the evening an entertainment wasprovided by the Old Boys' Union in the School Hall.

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TEAMS.

Old Boys' Teatl·t: N. Thomas, A. Solomon (Capt.), A. Ha\\'-trey, B. Jones, O. Rosslind. G. West, H. Ibertyn, C. Albertyn,P. Smuts. A. Mitchell, A. Lategan, P. Prynn, D. Bailey, R. Mac-gregor, D. Anziska.

School Tea'ln: 1. Scott, G. Crowder, R, Jones, Mr. Barnard,N. Riley, W. Wilson, H. Mendelowitz, G. Gibbons, A. Rabin, I.Brown, F. Simons (Capt,), W. Marais, B. Erasmus, L. Hawtrey,R. 'vVright.

Referee: Mr. H. E, Tasker.

LOG: FRIEDLANDER SHIELD (1948).

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F. A. Pts.14 8 413 8 4654o 12 0

F. A. Pts.26 0 523 3 56 21 20 31 0

H.E.T.

Si'm01'IS: An outstanding player in every respect, and probably thebest flank forward playing in inter-school football; consideredby many outside critics as the best captain in Under 19Aschool football; has a brilliant future ahead oE him (age 16years) provided that he does not play Senior Rugby untilhe is old enough and physically mature; awarded his Bluefor 1948.

Hawtrey: An excellent eighth man and flank, and a very usefulreserve centre; at his best a deadly tackler; only the effect ofinjuries prevented him from attaining the standard whichwould have qualified him for a Blue; most unlucky.

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Scott: For about two-thirds of the season a brilliant full-back.then lap ed into an unaccountable and extreme loss of formwhich unfortunately lost him hi::; Blue; on his let form,possibly the best full-back in School" Rugby; safe pair ofhands, c1eve~ anticipation, and a lengthy kick; must, however,remember that safety i of far greater value 'than the spec-taCL1I~r.

JOl/es: Very fast and one Ol the most penetrative centre in SchQo!'"Rugby; al ways a coring factor; must watch a tendency tohave lapses in defence; awarded his Blue for 1948.

Rile:,': A greatly improved player at wing po-ition - exceptionalspeed, a natural in ide werve, keen anticipation and a gooddefence; l1lust watch a tendency to handle badly; awardedhis Blue for 1948.

Crowder: Also a greatly improved wing; lion-hearted and a deadlytackler; ha great cope lor improvement, and, if he continues,to vary his attack and develop a tronger hand-off, shouldmature into a fine player.

;Ije1Idelowif:::: A promising centre who must, however, infu e morespeed and pep into both his attack and defence.

Harris: A very fast attacking wing, dangerous and penetrative:ha a very definite weakness in defence, mostly due to thewrong timing of his tackles; if he can eliminate this failing.he will de\"elop into a very good wing.

Wilsol/: A good fly-half with a safe pair of hands, good distribu-tion, and a keen sense of Rugby: ha one bad handicap, lackof initial pace off the mark, 'which 11lU t be overcome if higame i to be improved above a certain standard.

l\IIcE~ua'll: light but resourceful scrum-half who can keep hihead in a tight corner: ha ton of courage, but to improvehis game mu t concentrate on increa ing his speed and lengthof pa ing f r0111the base of the scrum.

Gibbons: A good, powerful front-rank support who has 110t quitefulfilled the promise of last year; amidst first-rate display'he sandwiche sluggish performance ; in order to reach Bluestandard, he must sharpen his condition, and also learn toa si i his hooker as the ball come into the scrum.

M e'l'er: A sound hooker anel solid forward who has ome meri-- toriaus performance to his credit: he lllust harpen hi playin the loose to improve further.

Browl1: A solid, promising young front-rank support who e formsuffereel badly after an injury during mid- ea, on: he willprobably regain his form next season, but must sharpen higame in the 100 e and learn to a sist his hooker in tight crum .

WYNBERG BOYS' HIGl! SCHOOL i\lAGAZINE 27Bam: An excellent flank and a very u eful reserve crum-half;

he is an indefatigable worker in the loose, and is at his bestwhen defending under extreme pressure; must eradicate aslight tendency to let the crul1l-half break from et scrum ;awarded his Blue (or 1948.

P. 111eiberg: A great-hearted forward who combines a maximumamount of dash on defence and attack with solid, unobtrusivescrum work; he appears incapable of having an off-day, haa great future, and bas deservedly been awarded his Bluefor 1948.

Nlarais: A very good line-out forward who is very nearly up toBlue standard; he is a fine player under pressure, but mustconcentrate on lower packing as a lock, and must also elimi-nate a tendency on occasion to over-loose play.

Wright: An eightb man who is capable of both excellent andmediocre play; he is also a good reserve wing; unless, how-ever, be overcomes the tendency to hesitate and lose his oppor-tunities, he will not improve to tbe standard of which he iscapable.

Van Rosenveldt: A fiery, vital flank forward who is improving inevery match; excellent in attack and defence, he should attainBlue -tandard next year.

Crooll: A sound, careful full-back with solid defence; his tacklingis courageous and effective and, but for two successive in-juries, would have improved still further.

Hntchillgs: Probably the most improved player in the team; astrong, tireless, hard-working forward, he has earned hisplace in tbe School team tbrough sbeer determination, andthi pirit will carry him far.

Rabin: A fair hooker, whose play in the loose is well above aver-age; this game player should probably concentrate on playingflank next season, a position in which he should ultimatelydistinguish himself.

Hardillg: A solid, dependable young front-rank support who isat hi best under pres ure; he should mature well, providedthat he peed up hi loo e play and endeavours to a sist hishooker more in tight scrums.

Erasmus: A strong, improving line-out forward, who also playswell in the loose; he is still very raw, but, ]xovided he hardenhis condition considerably, shottId improve greatly nexteason.

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w. Meiberg : A husky, powerful front-ranker and lock who, pro-vided he uses his strength and toughness and at the same timelearns the finer points of the game, will develop into a forwardof outstanding quality.

Berger: A rugged Aank forward who at present lacks initial paceoff the mark; he is an improving player and will probablyfind his ultimate position either in the front rank or at lock.

Spiro: A steady lock forward who makes up for lack of pace bygood, orthodox, positional play; he must, however, not becontent with this slowness, which is a failing that can be atleast partially remedied.

Blacker: A sound flank forward who is always up with the game;if he can infuse more fire into his play, his improvement willbe considerable.

H.E.T.

CRICKETThe commencement of the present season, October, 1948,

brings quite a number of changes in our School Cricket. TheSecond XI, which has been playing most successfully in the ThirdDivision, has now been entered in the Second Division. Of threegames played so far they have drawn one and lost two by narrowmargins only. The Third XI, which accordingly played in theFourth Division, has now moved up to the Third. Of theirthree games so far they have won two and lost one. Anotherteam has been entered in the Fourth Division - there now beingtwo in this section. There are, therefore, with the two Under 14's,seven teams playing in league games each week-end. As the lackof playing fields precludes us from entering any more teams -and there are at least another two teams which could be entered,we are commencing a series of mid-week games. I have no hesi-tation, therefore, in saying that with the increased numbers partici-pating there is a keener interest and a deeper enthusiasm in ourplay and the standard of our game has improved quite consider-ably. The School has been able to purchase quite a large amountof new material and our teams are now reasonably well equipped.

'Ne are now having our net practice on the three new H con-crete type" pitches, having said good-bye at the end of last seasonto Mr. l\fartin's tar pitches, which served us for some ten yearsor more. The new ones are playing very well, the ball not risingas high and, therefore, the tendency to move away fr0111 the ball

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is being eradicated. The old ports bed is being renovated andturned into a proper Cricket Room and when equipped withseats and coat-hook sbould prove quite u eEul as a changing rOOI11on a Saturday afternoon. The field is slowly beginning to lookmore and more like a cricket field and we look forward eagerlyto the time when there will be no more sandy patches.

The First XI had a 1110stsuccessful season (October 1947 -March 1948). Of tbe thirteen league games played they wonnine, drew one anel lost only three. ln addition to the SchoolI_eague games the First Xl played six friendlies. Two againstArmy teams were ea ily won, bul those against the Old Boysand The Banks were lost. For lhe I1rst time for many year'the School First XI played a game again tRoncleba ch First Xl.omewhat overawed by the occasion, and this after dis.mis ing

Rondeba eh for 130. our first inning wa a collapse; tho e whobatted again showed wbat can be clone.

Tbe mo t plea ing feature aboLIt the Firsts was the way inwhÏch they settled down in the New \~ear \I·hen quite a lal:genl1mber of young, " untried" players had to be brought in to fillthe gaps. The team's appearance and bearing, both on and offthe field, is a credit to \\'ynberg. Their fine performance in thethree matches this pre ent 'ea 'on are more than ever a testimonyto this fact. Thi is something which ome of the junior teamsmight well emulate. Much of their ucce is no doubt attributableto their own keenness, bLlt we owe a large debt of gratitude toMr. Tom Reddick for hi fine work and infinite patience. Hehas undoubtedly raised the standard of our play quite consider-ably. At a very pleasant little party on the" lawn ", when Mrs.80wden provided LISwith another of those most enjoyable spreads,Richard all, on behalf of the First XT. presented 1\1r. Reddick\\·ith a small token of their esteem. \\'e have much pleasure in\\'elcominO' this year ;\[r. Ray ll1ith of Es ex as our coach. Hecomes to us twice a week and ha . in the short time he has beenwith us, made a very favou rabIe impression.

Of the junior te;m " the Under 1-\ A were the.1110 t successful.They played twelve games, \\'inning seven, drawing four and losingonly one. Their present start ha' nol been an auspicious one, ho\\'~ever, and they will have to make amends fairly soon.

The following members of our First XI were selected t~)play for outhern uburbs in choals' \Veek: Brown, Page, Bell.P. Sl11ythe, I ichardson, Mark and Blacker. Of the e, Bro\\'ll\\'as again chosen to represent \Vestern Province in the Juffielclgames. In addition. he was elected vice-captain. He played two

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really fine knocle anel \\'a' aclually cho'en to play in the outh:\frican Nuffielel Xl, but hael the bad misforlune of taking illtoward tbe end of the week and had, perforce, to be replaced.

The chool is deeply apI reciative or the generous gestureof the O.B.u. - anel 1'.1r. Bill Jennings in particular - in pre-senting e.:'lch sea on a bat for the most il11proveel players in eachof the Under and Over 15 sections. To 1. 'hifrin goes the enioraward and Paul Eyre very deservedly get the Junior award. I\,"ottld alotake this opportunity or thanking 1\1r. Barney Pyecroftand others who have assisted at net and repeating that any OlelBu~' who have lhe time anel kno\\' I. how" will be warmly welcomeat the net lo help show " just where that foot shoulel go ".

The House games were playeel with the usual ze t and a"eries of closely contested fini hes ended with Rhodes as victorsand de "'aal as runners-up. olours were awarded lo Richardson.Bro\\'n, l~ell, Blacker. Page, Bleekers, alkow. \Villiams, P ..'l11.\·the, \ ". S111yth~. Our congratulations to I:3ro\\'n on beingthe only one to win a Blue.

In conclusion, may I thank most sincerely all those \\'ho ha,-ehelped to make our cricket organi 'ation go so smooth ly - themasters who ha ve supervised games. the coache who have given~() unsparinO'ly of their time. the boys who have helped with thekit and acted as scorers and, la t but not lea't, ;\[rs. l30welen andher 'taff who hav maele the tea interval. l1ch an allracti\'o anelenjoyable one.

A.X. H.

'UMl\[ARY OF FrRST XI G.\l\IES

IL'.lO.47: vs. Sea Point. ea Point 71 (Brown 5/2-1-, Blacker3/26). Wynberg 71 (Blacket· I , Bro\\'n 1-1-). l\latch tieel.

2,:;'10.47: vs. Mari t. Wynberg 148 (Bell 43, Richardson 41).Marists 52 and3-1- rBlacker 7/22 Page 3/11, BrO\\'I1 7/20).\\'ynberg won by an innings and 62 rUllS.

1.11.47:' y . Con tantia. Wynberg 74 (P. Smythe 16, Bleeker,;24. Constantia 5-1- (Page 8/18). Wynberg won by threewicket.

':.11.47: vs. eB.e Wynberg 40. (Bleekers 1-1-. Bell 12). eB.e69. (P. S111ythe 3/8, Blacker 3/24-). ]\fatch lo l.

15.11.47: v . Bishop. Wynberg 143. (Bell 57, Blacker 25.:-ifark 20). Bishops 175 (Richardson 3/3-1-, \\ïlliam 3/-1-0).Match 10 t.

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22.11.47: vs. Lansdowne. Wynberg 86 (Page 32 n.o., Blacl~er13). Lansdowne 60 (Page 7/19, Bleekers 3/8). Wynberg\\'on by 26 runs.

29.11...J.7: vs. Rondebosch. Wynberg 147 (M. Smythe 60, Page24, Blacker 21). Rondebosch 77 (Page 5/17, Williams3/29). Wynberg won by 70 runs.

7.2.48: vs. S.A.C.S. .A.c.., 1 t innings 57 (Simpson 5/12,P. Smythe 3/21). ~Wyllberg, Ist innings 48 (Richardson13). S.A.C.S., 2nd innings 108/9 decl. (P. Smythe ..J./31,Simpson 21/15). \i\!ynberg, 2nd innings 81 (Richardson26, Bam 14). Match lost.

14.2.48: vs. Observatory. \J\Tynberg 172 (P. Smythe 43, Vlok31, Scott 23). Observatory 96 (Richardson 5/21. Eyre li2/1). \tVynberg won by 76 runs.

21.2.48: vs. Lansdowne. Wynberg 119 (vV. \i\!ilson' 44, mythe18). Lansdowne 55 (Simp 011 4/4, Eyre 2/11, Sl11ythe3/19). Wynberg won by 64 runs.

28.2.48: v . Rondebosch. Rondebosch 86 (Smythe 6/24, Eyre3/24). Wynberg 43 (Richardson 11, Eyre 10). NIatch lost.

6.3.48: vs. c.B.c. V/ynberg 120 (Eyre 23, Richardson 22,Shifrin 18). c.B.c. 87 (Eyre 7/12, Smythe 2/26). Wyn-berg won by 33 run .

13.3.48: vs. Con tantia. Wynberg 98 (Richardson 21, L. vVil 'on21). Constantia 64 (Simpson 7/12). \iVynberg won by34 run.

10.3.48: vs. RoncJebosch 1st XI. RoncJebosch 130/8 declared(Richardson 4/21). Wynl erg, 1st innings 22: 2nd inning,48/2 (L. Wilson 6 n.O., Eyre 15, Richardson 13 n.o.).Rondebosch won on first innings. A. N. H.

THE CROSS-COUNTRY, 1948

"Cross-country Day" was held on 20th October in almostperfect conditions, warm weather, with a cool south-west breezeblowing. A record number of entrants, 364, participated in theafternoon's events, their ages ranging from six to nineteen years.It is interesting to note that in 1935 there were only 80 rl1nnersin all participating.

The Senior Cross-country was won by F. Simons, who scoreda narrow but decisive victory over A. Kennedy, a runner of greatpromise. A. Chambers put up a very game performance in run-ning third, and is a prospective winner. The Under 15 Cross-

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country \\'as foughl out bet \\'cen two keen and talented youngrunner, N. \iVilliams and E. Harman, who were both under 14.It doe not detract frOI11 the worth of \Villial11s' victory to saythat Barman, due to no fault of his own. took the wrong turninginto the School grounds, thereby losing about thirty yards. Hewas finally defeated by about eight yards, and this error definitelyhael an inAuence on the result. Bowever, both these runners willcontest the same race next year, and the event will be lookedforward to with the keenest interest by everyone. Two othernotable performances w re also registered, ]. van del' Merwewinning the Under 13 Cro -playground with the Auent ease ofa future middle-di tance runner, while E. Bakker showed raretiming for one so young lO pass and beat R. Pro\Vse. an excellentrunner. on the post.

.. Cross-country Day" is almost entirely run by the 'cholar:,themselves, and all pickel' and course stewards are to be thanked[or their efficient and willing help. A less obvious but equallyimportant ervice is also rendered b)' those boys who swiftlyc01l1pile the re uit and calculate the points gained by the variousHouses anel runners. Tn this respect, the following have renderede pecially efficienl services: Holthauzen, Mo cowitz, Young.Thoma, Creeel, Crook, hifrin, ]-:l"arding, . I111pson, teven on.Scott, Spiro, Bruins and Ander On.

The detailed resulls were as follow

Sel/ior Cross-roul/try.(1) F. Simons (R.) : (2 l A. Kennedy CR.) : (3) A. Cham-

her' (R.l. Ti~lle: 36 mins. [,'·2 secs.

JUl/ior Cross-coul/try (UIIder 151.(1) N. Williams (I{.): (2) E. Barman (\V.); (3) D. van

Schoor (D. W.). Tillle: 39 min'. -+7·7 ·ec.

Cllder 13 Cross-playgroulld.(1) J. van der Merwe (\'.R.); (2) D. Stewart (\V.);

(3) B. Roger (W.).

UIIder Il Cross-playground.(1) E. Bakker (\\·.i; (2) R. Prow'e (0.\\'.):

( 3) A. I eacey ( D. \ \ .. ) .

[;'llder 9 Cross-playgroul/d.(1) B. Cox (W.); (2) C. Hutlon (R.); (3) L. Salllols (\V.l.

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.';u[l-B Cross-playgroll1ld.(I) H. Hutton (R.): (2) P. chipper (R.); (3) D. de

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.')',,1>-.-/ Cross-playgrolll/d.(1) B. 'l1lith (D. \\'.); (2) J. ale (W.); (3) A. Thom

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The point gained by the various llollses \\'ere:-Sel,io!'s.

( 1) Rhodes(2) Wellington ..(3) \-an T~iebeek(-+) De Waal

U1Ide]' 13.( 1) '-an Riebeek(2) De Waal(3) Wellington ..(-I-) Rhodes

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SCHOOL SPORTS, 1948.

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The nIlllal , ports took place on Friday, 5th :\farch, at theTechllical Collcge Ground, Claremont. Both the championshipanel handicap events were keenly conte teel, anel in the former threerecords were hroken, namely. N. Riley, 1..J-·5 secs. for the Open110 yard Hurdles. B. Weinreich in the 120 yard Under 12::.print, and the \iVellington Under 12 Relay Team which accom-plished 330 yard in 43· 3 sec. There wa keen competition in

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the Hou e Championship, the i ue being in doubt until the veryla t race of the afternoon. Finally, hOll"ever, \Vellington retainedthe championship with a lead of 7 points. At the elo e of themeeting the cup II'ere presented by :\Ir. H. G. Hob '011.

The following points were obtained by the Houses:-( 1) \V ellington 82(2) Rhode 75(3) De Waal 71( -1-) Van Riebeek -1-2

The winners of the Cups were:-A. Friecllander Cup: Bakker and Brol1lburger.D. Baskin Cup: \Veinreieh.D. Baskin Cup: \\'right and Parve. '.Arthur Newll1an Uj): De \\"aal.Claucle Felbert Cup: F. Simons.Dr. Fycroft Cup: F. Simons.\Vollaston Cup: N. Riley.Dr. Bobbins Cup: G. Han'is.Hoogenhout Cup (\ ictor Ludoru11l) : N. Riley.,IcDonald Cup: Rhodes.

Duncan Taylor Cup: V,'ellingtoll.The detailed results were as follow

OPEN.100 yards: 1, Harris ; 2. Hiley: 3. Hawtrey. 10·7 secs.220 yards: 1. Rile)': 2, Cowan: 3. Ha wtrey. 24, 9 secs.440 yards: 1. Riley; 2, Jones: 3. CO\van. 56·4 secs.880 yards: 1, Jones: 2. Edelstein ; 3. Bam. 2 min. 18 secs.1 Mile: ]. Jones: 2, I\..abin: 3. Thoma. 5 min. 33 secs.Long Jump: 1, Harris : 2, Blacker; 3, Cowan. 18 ft. 2J inHigh Jump: 1. Han'is. 2, Hamilton: 3, Pelser. Sft. 2t inHurdles: 1. Riley; 2. l{ichardsoll: 3. Wright. 14·5 secs.

( Record).Shot Putt: 1. Erasmus; 2. Mieberg : 3, Gibbons. 31 Ft. 10-t ins.

UNDER 16.100 yards: 1, Simons: 2, Van Rosenveld: 3, Crowder. 11,2 ees.220 yards: 1. Simons; 2, Crowder; 3, Van Rosenveld. 25·1 secs.440 yards: 1, Simons; 2, Crowder; 3, Carter. 57 secs.880 yards: 1, Malan, 2. Brown; 3, Kennedy. 2 mins. 17·2 secs.High Jump: 1, Malan: 2, Isaaeson; 3, Terry. 5ft. tins.Long Jump: 1, Simons; 2, Scott; 3, Mendelowitz. 17 ft. 3{ ins.Hurdles: 1, Scott; 2, Jowell; 3, Katz. 17·1 secs.

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UNDER 14.100 yard: l. Parvess : 2. \\-right: 3. Leib. 12 secs.220 yard. : 1. Parve. : 2, \Vright: 3, Leib. 28 secs.Long JUl11p: 1, 00 thuizen; 2, \\fright: 3, Hart and Knott. 1-+

ft. 1 r -~ in .High JUI11P: 1. I-Tart: 2. Knolt: 3, Wright. 4 ft. 3j ins.Hurdles: 1. tewart : 2. Bel. n ky: 3, Leib. 12·5 secs.

'C::-JDER 12.75 yards: 1, Weinreich : 2, Malinaric ; 3, Pacey.LO yard : 1, \\'einreich: 2. Pacey: 3, l\Teaker.

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50 yard : 1, Bromburger : 2, Bakker: 3, Bing.75 yards: 1, Bakker; 2, Brombl1rger; 3, Bing.

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Under 10: 1, Wellington: 2, Rhodes; 3, De Waal. 33 secs.Under 12: I, Wellington; 2, De Waal; 3, Van Riebeek. 43"

ecs. (Record).Under 14: 1. De Waal: 2. Wellington; 3. Van Riebeek. 56 secs.Under 16: 1. Rhodes; 2, Wellington; 3, De Waal. 51·3 sec~.Open: 1, Rhodes: 2. De Waal: 3, Van Riebeek. 50·2 sec.

\\"ESTERN PROVI::-JCE JlJN [OH .\ THLETICCJ·I. -YfPI0N SHIPS.

'v\'ynberg team. consisting of eighteen runners, dis-tinguished itsel f at the \ \ ..P. Junior Championships, held on theCoetzenburO" Track, tellenbosch, on the 20th March. N. Rileyand H. Ba)'ne ran brilliantly to win events in the Under 19 andunder 17 -ections respectil'ely, anc! both the e athletes werechosen LO rep re ent \\'e tern Province in the South AfricanChampion -hips held at Port Elizabeth.

Our successes at oetzenbl1rg were:-U:--:DER 19:

1st 120 yards Hurdle: N. Riley.3rd 220 yards Hurdles: K Riley.6th 880 yards: R. Jones. 2 mins.

15·6 ecs.26· 3 secs.10·5 secs.

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UXDER 17:1st 440 yard : H. Bayne. 54 sec.3rd 4..J.O yards: F. Simons. 54· 6 ec.2nd 110 yards Hurdle : H. Bayne.3rd -1-40 yal'ds Relay: \iVright. Hawtrey, Simons, Harris.

UNDER 15:3rd High Jump: D. Isaacsoll. .) ft. 1 in.3rd 75 yards Hurdles: J. Blacker.I . Jowell unfortunately stumbled and fell at the second

last hurdle while running- second.Athletic Blue for 1948:

N. Riley; H. Bayne; F. Simons.Athletic Colours for 1948:

C. Harris ; J. 1) iley; B. Erasmus.H.E.T.

THE MUSICAL AND DRAMATICSOCIETY, I948.

One morning during March, the Society held a short meetingin the Hall and the following committee was elected for the year:

Chairman: 1. Shifrin.Secretary: D. Holtzhausen.Membe'rs: D. Harding, R. Jones, L. Hawtrey, M, Moskowitz.The membership roll continues to remain steady, anel the

credit balance for 1947 was £13 17s. 6d.

FIRST MEETING.

The first meeting- Oof the year was arrang-ed {or Saturday1st May, and a very large audience extended a cordial welcometo Mr. and Mrs, Bowden on their fir t visit to the ociety'sO'athering,

The programme op.ened with three orchestral items. theIntermezzo from "Cavalleria Rusticana ", a descriptive piece"The MiJl" by Gillet, and the evergreen Barcarolle from "TheTales of Hoffman ",Offenbach. Following this came a mostinteresting talk upon" Amateur Radio Broadcasting" by tbe Rev.C. h.ought Jenkins, who tood be iele the apparatu which hehad brought for demonstration purposes. The final section ofthe programme took the form of a hart cello recital by Mr.Granville Britton, the leading 'cellist of the Cape Town Orchestra,

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accompanied by Miss. M. Seabridge. A varied selection of piecebegan with a Defesch Sonata and ended with Popper's livelyTarantelle.

SECOND MEETING.

The second meeting took place on Saturday 21st June, andopened with a play H Riggins the Highwayman", which, as thetitle suggests, involved the usual holding-up of a stage-coach,plus meetings and tankards of ale at an inn, and moonshine andcrossroads. Those taking part were 1. Shifrin, M. Moskowitz,R. Young, A. Katz. E. Harber, H. Kantor, K. Calder, L. Shas-kolsky, 1. PosweIl and D. Black, with Miss J. Pienaar as pro-ducer. Next followed fifteen minutes of music - the orchestraperfomling "Countess of WestmOl'eland's Delight" by Shield,and I. BabiIlage " by Gill et, and Clifford Glaum playing Svendsen's" Romance". Our special guests of the evening were MissRosalie van der Gucht, Miss Matine Harman and as pianist Miss!solde Gerdence, who brought a group of University SpeechTraining Students to give us what was a most enjoyable seriesof recitations, choral verses and mimes, and ending with a rol-licking presentation of the "Pyramus and Thisbe" tragicalcomedy from H A Midsummer Night's Dream".

THIRD MEETING.

The third meeting was arranged for Saturday, 9th October,when we had possibly the largest attendance up to the present-a gathering of 170. To commence the evening Mr. A. Loriegave a group of violin pieces, accompanied on the piano by MissM. Blackburn. The choice included a Sonata by Corelli (Pre-lude, Allemande, Sonabande, Gavotte, Gigue), and old air H Rosa-line" arranged by Alfred Moffat, the H Tango" of AIbeniz, anHlmgarian Dance by Brahms, and two luscious Irish airs. Inthe second part of the programme, Mr. Michael Drin, well-knownin broadcast and dramatic circles in Cape Town, kindly bwughthis recording apparatus, and after calling for volunteers fromthe audience, proceeded to show us how characters were chosenfor a radio play, how the play was rehearsed from the scripts,and then performed for the recording apparatus which in turnrepeated the perfonnance to us again. The whole was 1110 tinstructive, and highly entertaining and amusing. The spon-taneity of the volunteers was amazing and our congratulationsgo to Mr. Drin, the announcer, Mr. Spears, Mr. \i\fhitworth,I. Shifrin, 1. Scott, D. Harding, H. 1\1aisel, T. Tarrant, G. Levi-

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tas, A. Sylvester and G. Malinaric for a most successful radioplay. The programme concluded with the School orchestraperforming Schubert's "Moment Musical" and Lehar's "Countof Luxembourg" waltz. Mr. Drin used his recording machineto capture one of Mr. Lorie's violin solos, anel also one of theorchestral pieces. and they were played back to us at the con-clusion of the evening.

FOURTH MEETING.

The final meeting of the year took place on Saturday,6th November, when we enjoyed a programme of films on ourcinema projector, with Mr. A. Holmes at the helm. .

To Mrs. Bowden the Society offers sincerest thanks for herready co-operation in providing members with refreshments, asalso to Mrs. H. Arguile, Mrs. E. Goy and Mrs. P. van der Spuyfor assistance at the coffee table in the evenings. We are alsovery glad to notice the regular visitors we have in the personsof many parents and friends.

ANNUAL ENTERTAINMENT.On September 17th and 18th the annual school entertain-

ment was held in the Hall, which on both occasions, was filledto ovedlowing.

The programme, as usual, comprised items both musical anddramatic. Two plays produced by Miss]. Pienaar, were" Hig-gins the Highwayman", which had already been performed ata Dramatic Society meeting with a senior cast, and "The Trialof Toad" by A. A. Milne in which G. Levitas as the Judge, H.Maisel as the Usher, P. Myers as Toad, W. Barham as thepoliceman, A. Sylvester as the special kind of rabbit, and a dozenother boys as other animals gave a very spirited and entertainingperformance.

The instrumental soloists were D. Holtzhausen, who playedSchubert's Impromptu with definite ability, H. Dungey and C.Glaum, whose violin solos were both pleasing, and ] . Wright,whose 'cello solo, Squire's" Elegie'", gave evidence of much im-provement in style.

This year's outsize Standard 5 cla s sang Brah111s' "TheBlacksmith" with piano, and a rollicking folk-song" Ward thePirate" with orchestra.


The orchestra itself, with its plea ing complement of OldBoys. played six pie~es during the evening, including the Inter-mezzo from" Cavelleria Rusticana ", Mascagni, Barcarolle from,. Tales of Hoffman ", and the waltz" Count of Luxembourg" byLehar, and a novelty "The Mill ", by Gillet.

Sweets were sold during the interval and the total amountraised wa :£50 3s. Od.

A.L.

SCHOOL MUSIC AND THE ORCHESTRA.

The combined Schools continue to enjoy facilities for anyboys wishing- to learn music.

On the Music Staff are Miss D. Colborne, who has a fullcomplement of piano pupils, Mrs E. Hutcheson who now hasseven 'cello pupils, and Mr. A. Lorie who has charge of the violinpupils, both individually and in groups.

The School orchestra, under Mr. Lorie's direction, rehearsesevery Friday evening and plays at many school functions. Itis a matter of great pleasure that ix Old Boys still continue toto take part in the Orchestra, and we hope to retain others tooas they eventually leave School.

An innovation this year was the performing to the Orchestraof 010 pieces newly studied by individual members, giving themthus the experience of performing to an audience.

DEBATING SOCIETYHOII. Secretar:.' : D. :Harding.Commi/lee: C. Harris, F. Creed, 1. Spiro and G. Sanders.

The Debating Society can record a very successful sessionfor 1948. Right from the start it waS clear that there was agood deal of ability that needed development and as the yearprogressed, our speakers improved with rapid strides so that bythe time the Best Speakers' Debate was held, the standard ofdebating was very good.

The second meeting of the year, held an 12th March, wasHat Night and it proved to be as popular a feature as ever. On20th May, a special meeting was held when Mr. Leo 1arquardaddressed our Society on the subject of "The People of SouthAfrica ".

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One of the high-light of the year was an inter-school debatewith the Rondebosch Boy' High chool Debating ociety. Themeeting- was held in our School Hall on the nig-ht of 30th Julyand we introduced the motion "All profits should accrue to theState", while Rondebosch opposed. After a lively discu sionthe motion was lost by a wide margin.

The nnual Best peakers' Debate wa held on Thursday,9th September, and the speakers wel-e as follows:-

1. Scott: ., The Abolition of Football Pools."D. Harding: "j\lankind is no happier than it was thirty centuries

ago."1. Spiro: "The Death entcnce should be retained."G. Sander : "'Wives should work."C. Hanis: ,. The U es of a Debating Society."\A.'. Marais: ,. Sport should be compulsory in chools."

The debate wa a tremendou success and the three judges,Messrs. 'v\'. BG\Hlen, F. Thorp and T. J ohl1son unanimouslyawarded the Be t Speaker's title for 1948 to C. Harris with 'vV.Marais anel D. Harding coming second anel third.

In thi. connection the Society has to acknowledge its sincerethanks to the Olel Boys' Union for donating the Best Speaker'saward, and to :vrr. D. Grainge.r, of \tVorcester, for the book prizewhich was divided between the next two speakers.

An important e\"ent this year wa the revival of the debate,chool versus Old Boys' Union. The meeting was held in thechool I-lall on the nig-ht of Thursday, 16th September, and the

subject was "Broadcasting has a perllicious effect upon homelife". Mr. van der Velele led the motion for the Old Boy' Unionand wa upported by Messrs. Mackintosh and Lincey. Hardingopposed the motion [or the School and was supported by Harrisand Levinson. The motion was won by two votes and themeeting was a most enjoyable one.

At the time of going to pres, we have one more meeting011 our programme for the year. It will be held in the choolHall on aturday, 16th October, against the Wynberg Girls'High chool Debating ociety, the subject being "Girls spendtheir leisure time more profitably than boys". Girls' High willintroduce the motion and we look forward to a very pleasantevening.

The society has been very fortunate this year in having suchan efficient and reliable secretary as D. Harding.

H.J. S.

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CADETS.This corps has a strength of over 300.'Ne welcome Major W. E. Bowden who has been appointed

O.c. from the 1st of April.We had our annual inspection on the 21 t of October, when

Brig. John Daniel inspected this detachment.The Cadet Camp at Youngsfield was attended by a full

quota representing the school. and we are proud to state thatthree members of the school obtained prizes for efficiency, viz.Sgt. Major Hawtrey, S.O. Crook, and S.O. Scott.

D.F.M.

PERSONAL REPORT 0 SELECTED CADETS IN CAMP

2/Lt. (S.O.) Mm'nis. In charge of the best barrack-room inhis company. A good leader. Very helpful and obliging. It isregretted that he could not stay for the duration of the camp.

2/Lt (S.O.) Crook, L. Awarded prize for the best StudentOfficer in his company. Specially commended for excellent workthroughout the camp.

2/Lt. (S.O.) Scott, J. Specially commended (twice for smart-ness and conscientious application to duty. A warded the prize forthe best Student Officer in his company.

2/Lt. (S.O.) Meyer, V. Specially commended for smartnessand conscientious application to duty.

W.O. I Hawtr'e)', L. Specially commencled for outstandingsmartness and devotion to duty. Awarded the prize for the bestCadet (O.R.) in the whole camp.

Cadet Doveton, ,K.; Cadet VG:Jt Heel'den, E.; Cpl. Bam, A.;Cadet Creed, F.; Cadet Gnmey, F; Cadet Par'Vess, S.; Cadt>tTappen, A.; Cadet Labuschagne, J. Commended for smartnessand good service.

A very fine detachment record. An unusually high proportionof Cadets distinguished themsel ves.

Cadet Gibbons attended a Drum-Majors' course and receivedthe following report: ., A very keen student who made gooelprogress."

G, L. Hunnyball (Lt. Col.), O. C. Cadets.

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STUDENTS' CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.The Association has continued its activities tlwoughout the

year, and each Monday we meet in the Std. Xa classroom im-mediately after School closes. From a small beginning theAssociation has steadily gmwn until we can count on a regularattendance of some 30 boys, and we are glad to report that ournumbers are steadily increasing. The meeting has become formany one of the high-lights of the week. For some it willalways be remembered as the place where they ti rst came to knowChrist as Lord and Saviour, and we shall all treasure the happytimes of fellowship we have been able to have together week byweek. The association is greatly indebted to 1. Brown, I . Rileyand R. Terry fOl- the lead which they have given to the As-sociation during the year. vVe al 0 acknowledge with thanksthe services of many peakers, too numerous to mention, who havecome along to add ress us, and we have had some very instructiveand profitable times together round the Word of God.

On June 24th we celebrated our First Birthday Party, com-plete with cake and candle, and we were privileged to have Mr.Stan. Edkins with us as our speaker on that occasion. On October18th we tried the experiment of holding a combined meeting withother Penin uia ~chools. \'Ve were glad to welcome to thismeeting a strong rnntingent from Rondebosch B.B.S., whilethere were also present representatives from Ob ervatory andSea Point B.I-l.S. Col. Hal Beckett of the Salvation Anlly gaveus a very interesting lantern Jecture on "China. JJ, lin whichcountry he spent ome years as a pioneer missionary.

To those boys who will be leaving us at the end of the yearwe wish every succes and happiness in life. and tru t that thelessons they have learnt at our Association meetings will tandthem in good tead in later years. We also trust thaf they willcome back to see us whenever possible. To those who remainfalls the privilege and responsibility of Cc,rrying on and extendingthe work of the Association, anel we confidently look forward totimes of continued blessing in the future.

H.A.

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EXAMINATION RESULTS, I947.

ENIOR CERTIFICATE.

Fi1'st Class: B. Belonsky, E. Benjamin, C. Bloch, S. Brower, K.Brown, P. Jowe)), L. Kaval ky, J. Kets. H. 0 sel, . Rubin-tein, D. Sterry.

Second Class: 1. Blacker. M. Cohen. T. Frewin, W. Gorin, D.Greeff. S. Hendrik.e. C. Holton, R. Lee. K. MacGregor, P.~re)liar, R. Munnik, P . .Prynn, O. Schmidt, G. Simpson, G.kakal.

JUNIOR CERTIFICATE.

First Class: 1. Brown. D. Eddy, M. EIstein. C. Fraser. R. Jardine,N. lowe)), E. Kahn, D. le Clue. L. Levenson. N. Pelser, P.\i\'isnowitz.

Sec011d Class: K. Andrews, R. Berelowitz. L. Blake, H. Brannon,R Bridgens, P. Bruss, G. Burnie, D. Carter. B. Chimato,D. Clayden. R. Colman, P. Dickerson, H. Dungey. H. Fay,J. Filby, . Golin, M. Greenberg. W. Jack, N. Jacobsen, G.Jennings, J. Jonker, M. Laure'nson, 1. Lee. j\. Lindsay, C.Long. E. Lopes, T. McClarty, B. ~IcEwen, J. 'Ylatthews H.:\Iendelowitz. A. ~Jichalowsky, . Muller, E. Page. P. Pelser,E. Purcel1, S. Rees. M. Richardson. T. Ra eveare. D. haper,K. Stevens, R. Terry. J. Thomas, E. Tomlinson, H. van derMerwe, R. Van Rosenvelclt, F. Versveld, E. Vincent, J.Whelan, F. Williams, W. Wils Il. N. Wolfe, R. Wright.

THE SENIORS' SOCIETY

This society. uf which member hip is restricted to pupils inStd. X, ha now concluded its seconcl year. It's purp se, as hasbeen outlined before, i to introduce our. enior boy to those widercivic and cl1ltural ideal' which are their fortunate heritage, and tobalance the inten ive pressure of sport by 'ome stabilising intel-lectual activ:ty which i. not a duplication of that found in thecia sroom.

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This year we visited the Castle, enjoyed the dancing at theEisteddfod, heard two plays, viz., Oliver Goldsmith's" She Stoopsto Conquer" and Shakespeare's" Henry IV", and aw the film" Atomic Physics ", to which we went under the misunderstandingthat it was simple enough for our understanding.

Thus, contact was made with ome of the many phases ofour social life, which is more varied in Cape Town than is usuallyrealised by the average suburban family.

F.G.T.

OBITUARY.MICHAEL HERB STEIN.

It is with deepest regret that we have to record the deathon 2nd September of Michael Herbstein at the early age of 14years.

Michael came to Wynberg in Std. 3 and his last days werespent in Std. 7a, of which he was class captain. (( Herby" washeld in the highest esteem by masters and boys alike, whilst hiswillingness to help his friends endeared him to all. Indeed, wemiss him.

He was a prominent member of his age group in Rugby andcricket, but it wa really as a member of the First Tennis Teamthat he hawed his greatest skill.

In his death a grievous loss has been incurred by his family,and to his parents and brother we extend our deepest sympathy.

DENNIS HIMMELHOCH.

We deeply regret tile untimely death of Dennis Hinmlelhoch,a pupil in Std. 5, and only son of Mr. and Mrs. Nico Himmelhochof Claremont, in August of this year.

As weU as being a most promising lad Dennis was alwayshelpful and considerate towards his teacher and classmates.

To hi parents and sister we extend our heartfelt sympathyand assure them that we share very sincerely in their loss.


OLD BOYS' CORNER.

PRESIDE T'S LETTER.

Having assumed duty as President of the Union durin£ aneventful period -of the School I am glad that there has been agre.:'1tdeal of constructive work which it is my pleasure to report.

Unfortunately it is not possible for me to report on therealisation of our hopes in regard to the proposed MemorialSwimming Bath. Without enlarging on the matter I may saythat the difficulties which were evident a year ago have still pre-vented any real headway being made. It i quite understandablewhen one considers the real urgency of other chool accom-modation and the mo t strenuous efforts which have had to bemade by those in authority to have the difficulties in that regardalleviated even to a small extent. Let us hope that within areasonably short time the bath will be in existence.

As indicated in the last year's letter a Memorial Plaque wasunveiled towards the end of 19-1-7and this combined with a pre-sentation to Mr. and ir. Clegg. It was a most solemn and im-pressive ceremony and one which did infinite credit to all thoseconcerned.

In the New Year lIaj or vV. E. Bowden assumed the positionof Principal of the School and I particularly wish to pay tributeto him and to Mrs. Bowden for their kindne s to and spirit ofco-operation with the Union. On the occasion of the Old Boys'Rugby Match a most enjoyable function was arranged at whichMr. and Mrs. Bowden were ho·t to the Union. A tter thematch a buffet supper and in [ormal cinema show followed, and itwas the-roughly enjoyed by the large number oE past pupils whowere present. It is hoped that this will be the forerunner of manyfunctions of this nature. An innovation - and one which it isalso hoped will be followed in the future - was the presence oEthe ladies on this occasion. The interest of the wives of memberof the U'nion in the welfare of the School can have only goodresults.

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WYNBERG BOYS' HIGH SCI·JOOL MAGAZINE 49It has also eluring the year been possible to establish a very

much closer relationship between the S~hool and the Union.Apart from Mr. Bowden being- on the Committee the Staff hasalso appointed a representative to the Committee, and there ito-day a very much closer liason between the School and theUnion than there has been in the past .

. The Annual Dinner was once more an outstanding successand an attendance record was again established. This may bethe natural outcome of the greatly increased membership of theUnion, which is evidence of the interest shown in the Union bypast pupils of the SchooL On several occasions I have come incontact with Olel Boys who have not taken an active part in theUnion, and they have been astounded at the variety and con-structiveness of our activities. The same opinion is expressed byactive members of the Union with whom I have discussed thematter.

There are two further matters to which I wish to refer inthis very brief report. First and foremost is the ScholarshipFund which was established this year on a "four year plan".It is hoped to collect £3,000. This is not a large amowlt whenone considers that it is pread ovet· four years and that there isa large number of potential contributors. Perhaps because it isa comparatively IOl1g~term project the respon e so far, after theinitial spurt, has been discouraging. The need is there, and allOld Boys are urged to contribute as generously as they can inorder to ensure the success of this undertaking. It is needlessfat· me to stress that the smallest contribution is just as welcomeand acceptable to u as any other.

Secondly I want to thank Mr. C. C. Askew and his helperfor the excellent work they have done in the publication of thenewsletter, which has so far run to two issues, and which isdesigned to keep Old Boys wherever they are in touch with theactivities of the School anel the Union. Incidently 1\lr. A kewis only too pleased to receive news of Old Boy, and con tructivesuggestions for the improvement 0 [ the newsletter.

In conch.1sion I would lke to record my appreciation of thework done by all members of the present Committee of the Union,but more particularly would I like to pay tribute to the excellentand untiring work of Mr. R. H. Gibbs. the Secretary.

1. W. FRIEDLANDER,President.

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NEWS OF OLD BOYS.

Many new members have joined the Old Boy's Union thisyear, and we extend to all of them a very cordial welcome.

Here are some oE our new members:-Denllis Barry, who is farming at "Lismore ", Zuurbraak,

c.P. He has just about everything on his farm, including fl:uit,cattle, tobacco, wool. vegetable and forestry.

I. T. hl1'gens, who is Deputy Governor of the S.A. ReserveBank in Pretoria. He is one of a number of Old Boys who leftSchool about fi fty years ago.

Ced'ric Key, an attorney in the firm of Me srs. LouwandKey, Somerset V/est.

Wing Commander GOl'don C. D. Key, D.B.E., D.F.C., M.A.,R.A.F., of Surrey, England. As can be seen Wing CommanderKey has had a very distinguished war record.

Bob Sf. C. Light'foot, the well-known ar.chitect of CapeTown.

W. Bo1tcher, of Hermanus.I. Chei11Lan, S. Mathe.son and R. P. Grobbelcul1", all of P.E.B. Le'win of Mossel Bay and E. Lewin of Vereeniging.la1lles R. MrLan''I1 and Cyril I. Stodel of Cape Town.Bill')' 100tbert, at present in Johanne burg.Major F. A. N. D!t/~, well-known in aviation circles.lames .M orom, hardware merchant of Muizenberg.Donglas F. Wilson Moore, who also left about SO year ago.1. Bach, who until hi retirement wa Master of the Supreme

Court.F. P. Ashew, of Parkhurst, Johannesburg.P. F. Killcaid, Chairman of the Road Transportation Board

and a member of the Film Censorship Board.E. Ross Roberts, of \tVorcester.R. Slabber, the Union fly-half.vYe have a special welcome for Stanley S. Elliotf, who left

chool in 1897. A few years later he went to India and returnedto England shortly before the war. He has now come back toSouth Africa to settle. Soon after his arrival he visited theSchool, a gesture much appreciated by the Headmaster and OldBoys' Union.

As usual many letters have arrived during the year, and wethank the writer for keeping us informed about themselves.

E. C. Loxfon, a dentist of London, wrote an interesting letter.Here is an extract: ,< I started my chool career at the age of 4

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at the Girls' School in 1907 and joined W.B.H.S. the followingyear, where I remained until 1918. I started my dental careerwith a dental surgeon named Reinecke in Cape Town. Afterserving my apprenticeship I left for London in May, 1922. HereI settled down in a practice for over 20 years and as the bombingpretty well did my practice and my home in, I moved to Finchley,where I prccured a large house and a practice in 1946. I wonderwhether 1 hall ever make the return journey to South Africa ..

" J shall always look back with happy memories of the daysI spent at W.B.H. .. e pecially the Rugger and sporting activities.I note that 1\11'. C1egg has retired a11d I will always recall oneepisode when he gave me 0/10 mark in a composition on Aero-nautics. I misread the title and wrote about one aeroplane. Itook a very poor view of it at the time."

Dr. Martin LittIewood writes: "My mother is buried besidemy father in herry Hinton churchyard in the spot devoted toold Peterhouse men, and his contemporaries like Rouse themathematician.

"My brother and I have lively recollection of our school days.He left in 1900 and has been a Fellow of Trinity ever ·ince. Heis now University Professor of Pure 1Iathematics. I am amedical practitioner here.

"We wish you the greatest success with the Old Boys' Unionof which \l'e are proud to feel member .

., Your mentioning the Swimming Bath reminds me that thatwas my principal conlribution to port in those lays. and ascaptain of the United Hospital Swimming the Crawl, I learnetlSouth Africa had a good deal to teach the youthful swimmer111 those days .

•r My brother and I wish the old school wel!."Dr. Litllewood lives in BideEord, No,rth Devon.Dr. T. Stallley Edd')' is now with De Beers Dynamite Factory

at Somerset 'vVest.In Jime Dr. John Nnllll was awarded his doctor's degree in

Philosophy in the facuJty of Scie11ce. The subject of hi thesiswas" Polycyclic conjugated Polyenes". 'vVe will get this trans-lated into English for you in our next magazine! Congratulations,Doe.

At present he is at the Mint in Pretoria where he is em-ployed in the National Chemical Research L1.boratories.

His brother Alec is {arming at " Modc1erkloof ", Klipheuvel.Congratulations lo FTank E. Haal for cOlTling 4th in the

recent 1110tor races for the Van Riebeeck Trophy. In addition


he won the cup for the faste~t finish, and broke the lap record.From all reports he handled his car like a veteran and we lookforward to hearing more about him in future events.

His brother Edga1' was helping him to tune his car in the pits.'Ne have received news of our {armer Rhodes Scholar,

Brian A. Fwr1'ell. For a time he was lecturer in the Dept. ofPhilosophy at \Vitwatersrand University. In May, 1947, he wasappointed to the \Vilde Readership in l\lental Philosophy at OxfordUniversity. In a letter to the O.B.U. he explains that a Reader-ship is a sort of senior lectureship, or, in American language,Associate I rofessorship. The Readership is called ol Wilde JJ,after the founder, Henry Wilde.

D1' .. Mike Gelfa.nd has become one of Rhodesia's best-knownsurgeons. During the war he was a member of the RhodesianMedical Corps.

G. R. Horne, a surveyor of Queenstown, has written to theO.B.U. to say that he will try to help in the preparation of aSchool History by telling us what he remembers of the school fro;n1892 to 1898. Mr. Horne was writing frol11 Pretoria at the time.

Gordon Lawr:ie is with the S.A. Diplomatic Service, and atpresent is stationed at Cape Town.

John Lincey is living at Redhouse, P.E.Andries (" Nap JJ) Lal'egan has been something of a stranger

in recent yeárs, so we were plea ed to see him playing for theOld Boys' team in the O.B.U. vs. School Match.

Air' Vice' Marshal Charles Meredil/I, K.C., C.M.G., is headof the Military Forces in Hhoclesia. and is Director of the CentralAfrican Airways in Salisbury.

R. R. M elelerka1'/!£p is Immigration Officer at P.E.Chris Malan is Branch Manager of the Southern Life ssn.

in East London.J. K. Ryan is City Treasurer of East London.One Rhodesian who hails frOI11 Selukwe is Basil Ratcliffe,

of the Rhodesian Chrome Mines.An Old Boy who is likely to have a busy time over the

M.C.C. tour is George Sic/der, the umpire.We must not forget to congratulate "Ginger JJ Towl/ley

Johnson on his excellent cartoons which have been appearing inthe" Cape Times JJ. Does he see the funny side of life becausehe was at W.B.H.S., or in spite of it?

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WYNBERG BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL MAGAZINE 53Ex- \t\fynberg Rhodesians have a habit of arriving irt Cape

Town at odd times on holiday, and one of these was F. R. L.Spencer-Scan', of the Roan Antelope Copper Mine. Soon aftercame A. H. Monc-rieff, of the Rhodesian Railways, Selukwe, andin more recent months came Bob Riches, who is tobacco farming85 miles from Salisbury. Bob is loving the life up there andsends his regards to his old classmates. From Ibaean. Nigeria,came John Hophns, for a holiday, we thought. Shortly beforehis departure we saw his picture in the paper of his marriage toMiss Mary Kemp. Congratulations. J 0/111 is with the B.A.Tobacco Co.

Congratulations to C. (Susie) Sims on the birth of a son.Ronnie Valentine had a successful eason with the Cape Town

Cricket Club and ended up by rep re enting Western Province.C. R. Dowthwaite has left Highbury School. Natal. and now

teaches at 'Kings wood College, Graham town.P. M. Cood has obtained his diploma in Forestry and auto-

matically becomes a Forester in the S.A. Forestry Service. Atpresent he is at Nelsriver, in the Nelspruit Forestry District.

It is al ways interesting to know what those Old Boys aredoing who left School last year, and the U11ion wishes themeverything of the best in their various callings. The followingis a brief record of the activities of 'some of them:-

K. L. Bell' is a clerk' at Bell's Asbestos Works,T. F. Frcwin is with Clifford Harris, Civil Engineers, CT.Two who have j,oined the S.A.R. and H. al'e F. Berger, a

clerk, and C. C. S/lO/UlI, a draughtsman.C. Holton has joined the Police Force in Pretoria.The Electrical Engineering Dept. of the G.P.O. has taken on

F. E. H. Williams and S. A. Hendnikse.M. L. du Toit is continuing his studies in Johannesburg.D. E. Clm-l?c i with Barclays Bank, \'Vynherg.D. P. Sten'y ha' joined the United Buildil1g Society as a

clerk.Two are with the" ape Times ", R. W. Munni/? in the

printing dept. and O. Schmid I in the cartoonists' dept.W. COI'in is a clerk at the Phillipi Cement Won-ks.R. E. Lee is tudying to become a Chartered ecretary.M. P. J. S1I/.ytILe is a cost clerk with the Premier Gate,

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The following are at the University taking the courses asshown :-

K. B1'O'W1t,1. Blacker and S. N. Brower - Architecture.B. L. Belol'lsky, E. C. Benjamin, C. E. Bloeh, L. C. Kava/sky,

N. L. Nossel, A. N. R1.tbellstein -Medicine.M. ColleN - B.Sc.J. Kets - B.Sc. in Analytical Chemistry.P. D. Jowell- B.Com.P. 1. Pryllu - RCom. and LL.B.G. F. Simpson - B.Sc. in Engineering.

A l~EW ITEMS OF LATE NEWS.

After losing trace of M. H. Brodie for some time, we havefortunately made contact again. He is a director in the DenverSoap \iVorks at Denver, Transvaal.

OE last year's leaving class, De11is 1. Greeff is training to bean Architect, and is at present in the Architectural BI'anch ofthe Cape Town Municipality. From next year he will take apart-time course in architecture at U.CT.

Also with the Cape Town Municipality is N. M. Hay/read,who is a Learner Surveying Assistant.

IC M acGregor is a clerk with Lloyds and Co. (S.A.) Ltd.P. A. Melliar is preparing to be an Engineer. He is an

apprentice in hi father's Engineering firm.

OBITUARY.

Peter Aubrey (Pa) Smuts.Died at Groot Drakenstein on 11th October, 1948, aged 64.

He came from an old Constantia family where he was a well-known fanner. At School he was noted for being an all-roundsportsman, being an excellent Rugby player. He left schoolabout 1898 and continueel to take an active interest in sportand for many year was a member and master of the Cape HuntClub.

He was one who played a big part in the endeavour to exportfruit from South Africa.

Two qualities for which he will be long remembered werehi kindliness and courtesy.

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Mm. S. M. Uttlewood.The passing of Mrs. LittIewood has already been recorded

in the newsletter. The following has been prepared by an OldBoy, Harold F. Webb, as tribute to the School's first House-mother.

\iV YN13ERG Boys' HIGH SCIIOOLRECOLLECTIONS AND TRADITIONS

When I first joined the School as a boarder there were twoboarding houses, the one where it i at present, and the otherat '·Donore" on the Main Road. Mr. and Mrs. LittIewood hadcharge of the former and the Vice-Principal, Mr. Jame Robert-son, and hi wife controlled "Dol1ore". There were not, Ithink, more than 60 boarders, but some came from quite distantparts. Both boarding houses were very smoothly and efficientlyrun. A very high tone was set by both the "Principal and Vice-Principal who were looked up to with the greatest respect. Ithink I am right in saying too that all who had the pleasure andhonour of being under the care of Mrs. LittIewood and Mrs.Robertson treasure in their hearts an affectionate remembrance.We had the guidance too of outstanding as istant masters, eachof whom took a turn at the boarders' "prep" from 7 p.m. to9 p.m.

Regarding the catering, the fare put before the boarders byMrs. LittIewood was plain, but wholesome and good. That givento the boarders at ,. Donore " by Mrs. Robertson was perhapsmore plentiful and of a filling quantity and of a richer quality.This we experienced to our joy once when Mrs. Robertson tookcharge of the main boarding house during the absence overseasof Mrs. LittIewood, but her son, Martin, told me that he pre-ferred his mother's cooking, as most sons do. We had noluxuries. Our supper at 9 p.m. consisted of a glass of water and,mark you, white bread and butter. At meals we were generallygiven bread a day or so old, but by no means stale. Yet likethose who, to gain the Land of Cocaigne hael to eat through amountain of rice, we would sometimes eat through the day-oldbread in order to reach the new bread which to our way of thinkingtasted so much better with butter. Of course Mrs. LittIewoodwould exclaim on these occasions about our huge appetites. Oneboy who was extra fond of the tea urn used to be called" TeapotWillie". Our 5 p.m. meal con isted generally of tea, bread and

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butter, and bread and jam. Dinners at mid-day were not suchas to overload our systems, or to hinder us from studying. Break-fast consisted of porridge, an occasional egg or Vienna sausagewith bread and jam. On Sundays there was generally somethingextra such as loquat or guava pies.

Mr. and Mrs. Littlewoocl and their son Martin sat at the hightable from which we were serveel. Two masters, Mr. Ackland(Pickles) and Mr. Bethune (D.A.B.) headed the boarders' tables.The forms and tables which we used are still in existence, althoughthe boarding house has much altered. One misses the photo-graphic groups of the earlier day-boys and boarders which usedto adorn the walls of the dining room.

A matron supervised the dormitories and the laundry. Wewore Eton collars in those days, and a Native who used to sweep(and make du t il1) the classroom cleaned our boots! Shoeswere not worn.

As Mrs. Littlewood had had nursing experience we \veretaken good care of when sick, and Mr. Littlewood design:ed andhad built at the back of the school a small wood and ironhospital which has been allowed to go to ruin since he retired.Mrs. Littlewood had the true English love of a garden in whichshe pottered almost daily ~ith trowel, fork and garden gloves.She had a delightful little lawn and a tall myrtle hedge, as alsosome Gloire de Dijon roses. She was a keen reader and interestedhersel f in the Wynberg Municipal Library. When once I receiveda handsomely bound and illustrated volume of Wordsworth'W:>rks a. a prize, which is still in my possession, she was ableto tell me all about the beauty spots in Cumberland and West-morelancl- vVordsworth's country - which she had visited.

It was a fearful blow to the Littlewoods when a youngerson, Leslie, was drowned during a hristmas vacation on a farmup country. His grave may be seen at the Wynberg Cemeterybehind the Methodi t Church. Mr. Ackland, who was Mrs.Littlewood's brother, is also buried there. In consequence ofthis drowning fatality Mr. Littiewood encouraged his remainingtwo sons, Jack and Martin, to take up 'swimming, in which theyultimately excelled.

It was a great joy to> the parents when they received cableadvice that their SOl1, Jack, then only 21, was bracketed as afirst wrangler in the Mathematical Tripos at Cambridge. He hadpassed the Matric. Exam. of the University of the Cape of GoodHope at the age of 14 years. His father was a ninth wranglerat Cambridge, and had been stroke in a winning Cambridge boat

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race. His oar used to hang in his study. We had an extra spreadat tea time in consequence of Jack's success. I think it was plumcake.

By the cruel perversity of fate Mr. and Mrs. Robertson alsolost their elder son, Fred, through drowning in a Transvaal lake,just when he was on the threshold of a career as an architect.Fred was a very fine fellow. I remember being told that thefriend who was with him on the tragic occasion swam towardshim, although exhausted, and reached out to him as he wassinking, but his hand grasped nothing for Fred had had a closehaircut the previous day.

Mr. and Mrs. LittIewood were staunch Anglicans and theboarders would accompany Mr. Littlewood on Sundays to St.John's Church, Wynberg, where he often read the lessons.

Mr. Ackland, the woodwork master, taught with a thorough-ness which I appreciate to this day, and always laid emphasi uponthe care of tools and their orderly arrangement.

Mrs. Littiewood was a staunch member of the Empire andVictoria Leagues and took a keen interest in the Navy League. Ihave to thank her for encouraging me to write some successfulessays and articles for these Leagues, as also for winning theDuke and Duchess Prize in a Cape Peninsula exam., the subjectbeing" The Geography of the British Empire ".

Mr. and Mrs. LittIewood retired to Cambridge, where Mr.ILittlewood took up coaching in higher mathematics. He told methat at times he had great difficulty in trying to fathom Jack'sabstruse flights into the higher realms of pure maths. Jack isnow one of the rare Professors of, and a fellow at, CambridgeUniversity, besides being a world-renowed mathematician of thehighest order. His services in this direction in both great warshave proved invaluable.

After Mr. Littlewood's death Mrs. Littlewood returned toher beloved Bideford where she proudly watched her grand-children grow up.

On Sundays we donned Eton suits or navy blue serge. Ourtraditional mottled straw hats with the white and Cambridge-blueribbon gave us an exclusive look. How we loved watching theImperial soldiers at the Wynberg Camp on their Sunday paradeswith their superb bands. One of their fine marching tunes ringsin my ears to this day. Those who belonged to the AnglicanCommunion were marched to St. John's Church. When theCreed was recited the soldiers were called to attention by the

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Sergeant Major. One realised thereby the spiritual significanceof the Army.

The passing of Mr. and Mrs. LittIewood coincides with thepassing of a great tradition at the Wynberg Boys' High School.Some modems are inclined to scoff at traditions and to deridethe Victorian era, the Old School Tie, etc. but to have livedthrough that era with its associations and traditions is to knowwhat it all stood for, and to be immensely proud of it. Withoutany ostentation this School tradition was successfully introducedby the Principal and his wife at vVynberg from their own know-ledge of the public school traditions in England. We were neverbadgered or harassed or put to petty tasks. There was a certainamount of quiet freedom permitted which seemed to indicatethat vision was the aim we must seek after. Those of us whoare the survivors of this tradition and who have read LeslieShane's book "The Oppidan" can enter into the spirit of thetradition therein portrayed and feel that we too belong to a classicfellow hip which can link hands and hearts right round the world.

With this brief sketch I Illust close. A biography of Mr.and Mrs. Littlewood cannot be undertaken without a far moreintimate knowledge of their whole lives, but whilst this portraitstudy may be incomplete I have endeavoured, however unsuccess-fully, to construct a frame in which the picture can be fittinglyplaced.

To others I must leave the I-icher gilding.

It is with deep regret that we learn o( the death of anotherOld Boy, P. N. Ryan. who died suddenly at his home in Kenil-worth on 26th October, 1948. He was a member of the OldBoys' Union and took a keen interest in Union and chool affairs,although he wa not able to attend any functions.

Mr. Ryan, who left School in 1899, was a Manufacturers'Representative in Cape TOW11. He served in France in thefirst Great War, and was a keen Rugby supporter and fisherman.

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Slazengers "3pt. Ch31.lenge" .. 60/-Slazengers " Queens

Junior" 67/6" Challenge de

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All rackets strungon the very latest

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