ANNUAL MAGAZINE

OF THE

WYNBERG BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL

DECEMBER 1960

"joPRINTED BY

J. RYAN (PTY,) LTD.48 PINE ROAD. WOODSTOCk

THE NEW PLAYING FIELDS

The new playing fields undergoing top-dressing.Photograph by A. Nathan (9c).

Mr. H. Arguile, B.A.Mr. H. E. de W. Tasker, B.A.Mr. J. B. Gardener, M.A.,B.ED.Mr. S. Gilmore, B.A.Mr. W. E. GredleyMr. E. P. Hopkins, A.I.C.B.(S.A.),N.C.T.C .Mr. E. D. Keyser, B.A.Mr. F. A. J. Kooy, B.A.Mr. W. Lennox, B.SC.(HONS.)Mr. C. A. MacLeod, M.A.Mr. J. L. Mathew, B.SC.Mr. A. J. A. Morris, B.A.

Latin, Religious InstructionHistoryEnglish, LatinGeographyAfrikaans, Physical EducationMathematics, Bookkeeping, Commercial ArithmeticManual TrainingEnglish, General Science, Social StudiesMathematicsEnglishGeography, Religious InstructionPhysical Education, Biology, Social Slu,dies,

EnglishAfrikaans, Physical EducationAfrikaansA frikaans, Jf istoryBookkeeping, Commercial Arithmetic, Business

MethodsArtEnglishMusicGeneral Science, Mathematics, AfrikaansMathematicsMathematics, Zoology

SENIOR SCHOOL STAFF

PRINCIPALMr. W. E. Bowden, B.A.,H.E.D. ...... ...... Mathematics

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

STAFF

Mr. G. D. Nortjé ...... .....Mrs. C. S. C. Pretorius, B.A.Mr. D. S. Sieberhagen, B.A.Mr. H. J. Smuts, B.A., IJ.COMM.,A.I.C.A.

Mrs. E. de V. Sommers, B.A.Mr. D. H. Thomson, M.A ..Mr. A. VerwymerenMr. G. E. B. von Hoesslin, B.SC.Mr. J. R. Wheeler, B.SC.Dr. H. G. Wood, B.A., PH.D.

SECRETARYMrs. J. Cotton, B.A.

JUNIOR SCHOOL STAFFPrincipalVice-PrincipalSub ASub BStd. lAStd. IBStd. 2AStd. 2BStd. 3AStd. 3BStd. 4AStd. 4BStd. SAStd. SBPhysical TrainingClass SingingRemedial SpeechEurhythmicsPianoViolin'CelloSpeech Training and Play Production

Mr. A. LorieMr. J. F. Oosthuizen, B.SC.Miss K. LaceyMrs. M. PaddickMrs. F. EkronMrs. H. E. TaskerMiss M. LevinMiss S. ElliottMrs. I. OberholzerMiss F. GouldMiss P. SmithMr. K. HutchesonMr. A. LorieMr. K. PretoriusMr. J. F. Oosthuizen, B.SC.Mrs. E. JenningsMiss P. RobertsonMiss 1. GerdenerMiss M. van der LindenMr. A. LorieMiss M. Gibbs and Mr. J. Spink

...... Miss D. Salmon

Another year is drawing to a close, and webring you yet another record of the School'sactivities. These have been many and varied, par-ticularly on the sport and cultural sides. It hasalways been our aim at Wynberg to give ourpupils a wide education, and, as a result, our boyshave been able to hold their own without difficultywhen they have gone out into the world. Ampleproof of this will be found in the Old Boys'section, whjch contains an imposing record ofthe distinctions which have come to Old Wyn-bergians in all walks of life.

The year has been a momentous one for ourcountry, and indeed for the whole African con-tinent. From Cape to Cairo the "winds of change"are sweeping over the continent, and on everyside we are witnessing the upsurging of Africannationalism. In our country we have passedthrough a time of emergency unprecedented inour history, and no thinking person can view thefuture withoute some anxiety and misgiving. Onevery side we are being reminded of the urgentneed for unity, if we are successfully to weatherthe storms which lie ahead. Now tbat a majorityof the people has decided in favour of a Republic,it has been c.Iaimed that this unity will beachieved, and we sincerely hope this may proveto be the case. One cannot help feeling, however,that real unity-the unity that makes for strength-must bave its roots in something deeper thana form of government. We must not confuseunity with uniformity. Real unity can onJy comeof a willing acceptance of common ideals, andof a recognition that "none of us liveth to him-self" but that we are "everyone members one ofanother". The natural place to lay the founda-

tions of this unity is in the home and the school,where we bave to learn that we are members ofa team, and to subserviate our own aims andinterests to the common good. It is in the schoolthat we learn to work and to play together; it ishere tbat we come to know each otber and toappreciate each other's point of view; it is herethat some of the rough corners are rubbed offand we learn to play our part as members of agroup. It is a great pity, therefore, at a timewhen all shades of opinion are stressing the needfor unity, that the policy should be to entrenchdivisions of race, language, culture, and evenreligion. This is in keeping with the declaredaims of Christian National Education-so called-which "will bave nothing to do with a mixtureof languages, of culture, of religion, or of race".Recently a leading educationalist of tbis schoolof thought advocated that there should be separatescbools for each religious group; that indeed anygroup of like-minded parents should be able,under specific conditions, to have their specialState-aided schools. It is difficult to see hownational unity can be acbieved, if education isto be confined within the limits of a narrow sec-tarianism, and if divisions and antipathies are tobe fostered in our schools, the very place surelywhere the seeds of unity should be sown. Webave a grand motto-"Eendrag maak mag"; whata pity we find it so difficult to live up to it.

Greetings to all Old Boys; good wishes to thoseof you who are leaving us this year; a happyholiday to all of you who are staying on atschool; and to all of you a merry Christmas anda prosperous New Year.

H.A.

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the significance of the presentation will not belost on them! We could have given them nobroader hint that we should like to hear fromthem when time allows.Our congratulations to M. C. Worrall, Head-

Prefect of the Scbool in 1957, who this year re-ceived one of the Bursaries awarded to actuarialstudents by tbe S.A. Mutual Life AssuranceSociety. Congratulations also to David Cole ofStandard 10, who was awarded a prize by theAstronomical Society of S.A. for bis essay on"Variable Stars".Congratulations to Dudley Tomlinson on his

winning first prize and a £100 overseas Bursaryat the Senior Ballet Cbampionships organised bythe S.A. Dance Teachers' Association. Every goodwish for his future career as a ballet artist.The School bas been represented in the Inter-

Schools Quiz Competition by the following team:D. Holland, D. Katz and G. Pavolsky. So farthey have met Sea Point Boys' High School, whomthey narrowly defeated by 37 points to 36, andChristian Brothers College, Pretoria, winning thisbout by 35 points to 31. Congratulations to our"Quiz Kids" on these two victories, and goodwishes for their success in the next round of thecontest.The Prefect Body bas consisted this year of

C. Laubscher (Head-Prefect), A. Mitchell (DeputyHead-Prefect), R. Charles, D. Coleman, B. Gib-bons, T. Johnson, J. Kahn, R. Lumb, M. Marx,D. McCaIlum, B. MichelI, N. Pritchard, R. See-tiger, J. Smuts and R. Tripp. We congratulatethem upon their selection for this honour.Some 76 Senior and 136 Junior candidates

entered for tbe Certificate Examinations this year.We trust there will be enough certificate to goround!As we go to Press, we learn that Mr. Nortjé

will be leaving us at the end of the year totake up a Special Grade post at the ZonnekusPrimary School, Milnerton. We congratulate himupon his promotion and wish him well in his newschool. He will be specially missed by boxing,swimming and judo enthusiasts, tbese being tbeextra-mural activities in which he has interestedhimself specially during his five and a half yearswith us.

At the beginning of tbe year we were pleasedto welcome to the Staff Messrs. G. E. B. vonHoesslin and F. A. J. Kooy. We wish tbem along and happy stay witb us. We also welcomeMrs. Sommers, who replaced Mrs. McPherson asArt Mistress at the beginning of the second term.We were all deeply sorry to learn of the tragicdeath in a motor accident in Rhodesia of Mrs.McPherson's daughter, and we record our sinceresympathy with ber in this bereavement.

Hearty congratulations to Mr. Smuts on hiselevation to marital status on April I this year.We extend to him and his bride our felicitationsand good wishes for their future happiness.

We should have recorded in our last issue thebirth of a daughter, Sbeila, to Mr. and Mrs. J.Mathew on March 19, 1959, and we extend tothem our belated but sincere congratulations.

Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Von Hoesslinon tbe birth of a daughter, Jane, at the KingsburyMaternity Home, on October 3rd.

Tbe additional scbooI grounds acquired lastyear are taking shape. They have been leveIJedand planted with grass, and an irrigation systemhas been laid on from the Municipal mains. TheSchool owes a sincere debt of thanks to Dr. Woodfor his organisation of the laying-out of tbesefields, and for his untiring supervision of thegrounds generally.

Reference is made elsewhere to the high honourwhich has come to the School this year by theelevation to Springbok status of no less than fiveof our Old Boys. We extend to them our warmestcongratulations on achieving this well-deservedrecognition. Four of them are at present withthe touring team overseas, and we know that theycan be counted on to uphold the honour of theirSchool and country. Their selection must bavegiven special satisfaction to Mr. Tasker, to whomwe extend our congratulations.At a buffet supper following the Old Boys'

match, three of the Springboks-Doug. Hopwood,Dave Stewart and Lionel Wilson-were each pre-sented with a writing-case from tbe School.Doug. Holton received a similar presentation atAssembly in tbe Hall a few days later on hisarrival in Cape Town. We shall follow theirdoings overseas with great interest, and we hope

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Congratulations to Donald Simons, who thisyear qualified as a piJot in the Royal CanadianForce. After matriculating in 1956, he went totbe Air Force Gymnasium at Pretoria, but at tbeend of his course was rejected by the S.A.A.F.Nothing daunted, he learnt to fly privately in hisspare time, and, baving worked in Cape Townuntil be had saved enough money for his fare,sailed for Canada and enlisted in tbe CanadianAir Force. And the result? Not only did bequalify as a pilot with the highest marks in hisclass, but be was also awarded an bonoursdiploma for "outstanding ability, diligent appli-cation, achievement and maintenance of thehigbest order", and was cited as "an outstandingexample of all that a jet pilot officer should be".We pay tribute to sucb grit and determination.Donald evidently has a great future before bimin the Royal Canadian Air Force, and we wishhim good flying and bappy landings.

After the Chairman of the School Committee,Mr. Friedlander, had introduced tbe guest speakerfor the occasion-Mr. J. P. Duminy, Principal ofthe University of Cape Town - tbe Acting-Principal, Mr. Tborp, read tbe annual report.Mrs. Gibbons tben distributed the prizes, afterwhich Mr. Duminy addressed tbe gathering.

Mankind existed, he contended, to build fortbe future. Man as a thinking being was notmucb older tban six tbousand years. He hadlearnt by experience and had paid beavily. Hebad not always chosen wisely. A choice betweenright and wrong today might mean a completeend to our existence, if a wrong choice weremade. Evolution in tbe past bad been on thepbysical side; in tbe future it would be on thespiritual side. What bad man learnt in 6,000years? Among otber things-the rights of man.Our bounden duty was to look after others, toheaL injustices, to foster goodwill and confidence.Life was a crusade for aU to take part in, .lndgood leaders were needed. One of our tasks wasto produce tbese leaders.The six qualities required of a good leader

were: integrity, friendliness, helpfulness, fair play,loyalty, and moral courage. Integrity meant thata man's word should be his bond; friendlinessmeant respect for tbe feelings and opinions of

1959otbers; helpfulness would bring awareness of thedesire for security, happiness and respect; fairplay would follow tbis awareness; loyalty shouldbe shown to all mankind, to tbe higbest good-tbe choice lay between right and wrong. Hereeducation was needed. And, finally, moralcourage was needed to do and to cboose wbatwas right.Advocate Newman, in proposing a vote of

thanks to the speaker, said that Mr. Duminy waskeeping up tbe good name of the University ofCape Town. Youth faced responsibilities earliertoday. He felt that a sense of responsibility wasan important need, which might be added to Ih.!qualities Dr. Duminy had listed as essential in agood leader.After Mrs. Duminy bad been presented with

a bouquet, tbe guests, staff and prefects adjournedto LittIewood House for tea.Standard VI:

English: P. Travis.Afrikaans: R. Germishuys.General Mathematics: R. Jennings.General Science: L. Nochomovitz.Latin: P. Travis.Social Studies: P. Travis.Woodwork: M. Barker.Bookkeeping and Business Metbods :

N. Morkel.

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Art: F.Opie.

Class Prize:6A: P. Travis.

Merit Prize:D. Goosen, R. Sladen.

Standard VII:General Mathematics: R. Siaens.General Science: D. Policansky.Latin: M. Margolis.Social Studies: F. Kleinman.Bookkeeping and Business Methods:

G. R. Kesner.Art: R. Cook.

Class Prize:7A: M. Margolis.7C: G. R. Kesner.

Merit Prize:D. Holland, D. Katz.

Standard VIlI:Latin: K. Henson.General Mathematics: H. Baker.General Science: K. Henson.Social Studies: K. Henson.

Class Prize:8A: K. Henson.

Merit Prize:G. Pasvolsky.

Standard IX:English: A. Mitchell.Afrikaans: C. Laubscher.Mathematics: A. Mitchell.Latin: A. Mitchell.Latin: A. Mitchell.History: R. Lumb.Physical Science: A. Mitchell.Bookkeeping and Commercial Arithmetic:

C. Laubscher.Class Prize:

9A: A. Mitchell.9C: C. Laubscher.

Merit Prize:N. Heselson.

Standard X:Physical Science: C. Kaplinsky.Mathematics: C. Stanley.Hebrew: C. Kaplinsky.

Class Prize:WA: 1. Linden.lOB: C. Kaplinsky.IOC: B. Rutter.

Special PriusSpecial Prizes:

Friedlander Prize for English in J.C.: K. Hen-son.

Maskew Miller Prize for History: C. Kaplinsky.D. F. Marais Memorial Prize for Afrikaans:

B. Rutter.Best Speakers' Prizes: (1) C. Kaplinsky; (2)

M. Poolman and A. Elliott.Bevan Prize for Reading in English: (1) D.

Freund; (2) 1. Linden; (3) (presented by Mr.Bennet): C. Eddy.

Templeton Prizes for Music: (1) N. Schafer;(2) G. Rogers ; (3) D. Freund.

Prize for Service: N. Gelb.Results of English Reading competition: 1st,

J. Bleach; 2nd, A. Mitchell.

A considerable number of new books found aplace on our shelves during the year. Non-fictionbooks, as usual, were in great demand and formedthe bulk of the acquisition.The Cape Provincial Library Services provided

a fair proportion of new books. As these bookshave been processed through most stages, thework of our librarians is considerably eased.

1960 LibrariansM. D. Aitken, H. S. Callaghan, J. Duffield,

K. A. Henson, H. D. Levenbach, S. Lurie, A.Magnin, G. J. Pasvolsky, S. Radowsky, S. M.Rogow, D. G. F. Sidman.

C.A.M.

OBITUARYIt is with deep regret that we learn of the death

of John Laity, who was killed on October 21stwhen the car in which he was a passenger over-turned on the North Coast Road near UmhlangaRocks in Natal. John left School only two yearsago after writing his Junior Certificate Examina-tion. He was well liked at School, and we aresaddened to hear of his death at such an earlyage (17). To his parents, relatives and friendswe extend our sincere sympathy.

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SCHOOL PREFECTS, 1960Seated (J. to r.): M. R. ~a~x, N. A. Pritchard, A.. S. Mitchell (Deputy Head Prefect),

Mr. W. E. Bowden (Pnnclpal), C. O. Loubscher (Head Prefect), MI. F. G. Thorp (Vice-Principal), F. B. Gibbons, D. Coleman, R. A. Charles.

Standing (J. to r.): R. G. Seeliger, R. Tripp, J. Kahn, M. J. Smuts, R. L.Lumb, D. D. McCallum,B. T. MichelI, T. R. Johnson.

SENIOR CERTIFICATE

First Class: Barker, C. A.; Bloeb, I.; Cole, J. V.;Freedman, B. E.; Harrison, D. A.; Kaplin-sky, C. H.; Kerooff, L. M.; Linden, I. M.;Oppenbeim, P. R.; Rutter, B.; Scbilfer, N.R.; Tiffin, E. A.; Van Dam, A. J.; VanRbyn, R. S.

Second Class: Bennett, A.; Brady, W. C.; Burt,J. K.; Cox, R. H.; De Wit, P. A. M.; DuPont, P. J. U.; Eddy, C. J.; Edwards, R. E.D.; Falk, B. M.; Field, R. F.; Freund, D. ;Gauld, N. J.; Glasser, D. B.; Goldfoot N.;Goodwin, A. R.; Grendon, J. D.; Hall, R.B.; Heritage, P. J.; HofIbrand, N. D.; Hol-

land, G. S. T.; Jackson, c.; Jordan, J. B.;Juter, S. H.; Kaplan, S. L.; Kretsmer, 0.;Kyritsis, F. J.; McCartby, T. J.; McUrath,J. M.; Malinaric, E. G.; Mansfield, M. H.;Marine, J. C.; Martin, C. W.; Meuwese,F. R. A.; Miller, A.; Moore, J. K. W.;Muller, P. H.; Noffki, A.; Perrow, A. N.;Pbillips, G. P.; Poolman, M.; Rowberry,R. J.; Sinclair, D. A.; Slabber, J.; Smith,C. B.; Soboil, A. R.; Stanley, C. G.; Stuppel,R.; Swart, K.; Thom, W. J. A.; Turkstra,M. J.; Watermeyer, P. J.; Watts, D. J.;WolfI, N. B.; Wouberg, N. M.; Ziman,D. L. M.

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JUNIOR CERTIFICATE

First Class: Aitken, M. D.; Baker, H. M.; Clarke,A. B.; Cruicksbank, J. S.; Duffield, J. F.;Evans, I.L.; Gottscbalk, S. D. ; Groenewald,W. R.; Henson, K. A.; Lurie, S.; Magnin,A. A.; Napier, B. S.; Pasvolsky, G. J.;Rogow, S. M.; Savadier, L. D.; Scbwab,L. A.; Smitb, B. M.; Sp.ektor, K. A.;Tooley, W.; Whitebouse, J. D.; Wolff, H.R.F.

Second Class: Adams, W. A. D.; Anderson, J.E.; Anderson, M. J. C.; Basset, D.; Bawden,T. H.; Bleach, J. L.; Brand, G. D.; Brock,A. E.; Budge, N. R.; Burgess, B. F.; Calla-ghan, H. S.; Calvert, N. M.; Carver, B.A.;Clifton, B. L.; Copeland, C. J. P.; Dau,A. J. T.; De Bliquy, L. P.; De Wet, P. R.;Dickson, 1.; Ditchfield, J. G.; Fabricius, P. L.;Fagin, D. R.; Feist, E.; Fick, W. H; Friend,R. P.; Gilmore, K. E.; Goodwin, J. A.;Harmer, K. A.; Hart, I.; Henry, M. J.;Jamieson, A.; Jarmain, R. L.; Jenkins, W. J.;Jennings, S. R.; Jessop, H. C.; Jones, C. F.;Kaplan, S. V.; Klesser, J. H.; Lawrence,P. M.; Lawson, B. A. J.; Le Crerar, R.;Leibbrandt, G. P.; Le Sueur, J. B.; Leven-bach, H. D.; Levéy, G. L.; McRae, I.;Magee, M. E.; Mareé, A.; Maunder, J. F.;Middelmann, R. H.; Nairn, J. B.; Nauschutz,B. J. W.; Nortje, K. J.; Ormond, R. G.;Paddick, M. J.; Patterson, J. W.; Peiser,G. R.; Petersen, A. L.; Richardson, D. R.;Rourke, M. c.; Rowberry, P. F.; Schur,D. T.; Sidman, D. G. F.; Silke, G. A.;Smith, D. A.; Solomon, R.; Speier, A.;Stewart, R. D.; Tait, B.; Tester, P. J.; Thom,K.; Thomas, K. J.; Vlok, A. S.; Wassung,P. C.; West, H. A.; Wnitfield, D. E.

Taalbond ResultsHOËR AFRIKAANSE TAALEKSAMEN

Laer Graad: Laubscher, Cedric 0.; Mannsbacb,Selwyn, C. ; Moens, Rudy M. ; StolI, Hubert, N.

LAER AFRIKAANSE TAALEKSAMENHoër Graad: Mitchell, Alan S.Laer Graad: Adams, William, A. D.; Aitken,

Micbael D.; Baerecke, Paul A.; Baker,Howard M.; Briscoe, Robert W.; Cole,David I.; Cook, David; Du Toit, Peter;Eddy, Christopher J.; Elliot, Arthur, A.;

Evan, Ian L.; Fabricius, Peter L.; Fick,Wietz H.; Freund, David; Gauld, Neil J.;Gillliam, Thomas R. C.; Goldfort, Norman;Henson, Kenneth, A.; Heselson, Neil G.;Kahn, Jocelyn; Koen, Louis J.; Kretzmer,Dennis; MacRae, Ian; Margolis, Michael,L. ; McCallum, Deryck, D.; McMaster,Michael A.; Oppenheim, Peter R.; Paddick,Michael J.; Pasvolsky, Gerald J.; Rogow,Stanley M.; Savage, Ivor H.; Shaskolsky,Ivor S.; Smith, Brian M.; Sollinger, DenisL.; Thom, Allister W.; Tooley, William;Ziman, Douglas L. M.

VOORBEREIDENDE AFRIKAANSETAALEKSAMEN

Hoër Graad: Badenhorst, André; Nochomovitz,Lucien E. ; Travis, Peter K.

Laer Graad: Barry David M.; Byron, Keith H. ;Chapman, Neil.; Clarke, Alan F.; Coetzee,Anthony F.; Craye, Donald A.; Crundwell,Peter S.; Derman, Colin J.; Dickson, Ian;Eastman, Roland W.; Edwards, ChristopherJ.; Feist, Eric; Gamsu, Robert J.; Gaylard,Jobn; Geyer, Raymond; Germisbuys, Roe-lof S.; Geldenhuys, Sigmund C.; Giljam,Willem B.; Gilson, Peter; Goosen, DerekG.; Goott, Melvyn; Johnson, Geoffrey N.;Johnson, Graham J.; Jennings, Robert W.;Kahn, Stanley; Kaplan, Howard; Kaplan,Sidney V.; Keel, Kenneth, Kernoff, GeraldV.; Levy, Leslie; MacFarlane, Roger I.;Maritz, Barry .; McKey, Arthur; Mitchell,Howard K.; Ormond, Robin G.; Pachter,Selwyn D.; Palm, Bruce; Peiser, GeoffreyR.; Petersen, Cedric E.; Rennie, MauriceA.; Rienks, Leendert; Ronaldson, MichaelB.; Rowe, Michael M.; SadIer, Errol G. L.;Schmidt, Derrick J.; Shedden, Alastair;Slade, Donald, G. B.; Sladen, Robert N.;Solomon, Robin; Standley, Victor J.; Tait,Brian K.; Templeton, David; West, HenryA. ; Whitfield, David.

WISE SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS, 1960Post Senior Certificate Course: C. Kaplinsky,

E. Tiffin.Standard X: C. Laubscher, A. Mitchell.Standard IX: G. J. Pasvolsky, H. M. Baker.

OLD BOYS' SCHOLARSHIPS1958: D. Bromberger, L. H. Kaplan, M. Worra1.1959: L. H. Kaplan, M. Worral, J. H. Webb.]960: M. Worral, J. H. Webb, 1. M. Linden.

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COMBINED MATRICULATION CLASS, 1960

Back row (J. to r.): T. Schouw, H. Spira, M. Kantor, I. Stone, G. Shantall, J. Lewenson,

E. Lotter, N. Heselson, R. Miller, I. Shaskolsky.

Third row (I. to r.): L. van Niekerk, D. Rainey, R. Moens, T. Robinson, B. Kelynack,

P. Webster, D. Cole, K. Evans, P. de Wet, D. Versteegb, G. Reynolds, L. Kuhn,

D. Rennie, D. Cook.

Second! row (I. to r.): W. Gouid, P. Coates, A. Viljoen, E. le Roux, B. Docke, P. Alport,

J. Loebenstein, M. Steele, P. du Toit, I. Miller, G. Sher, A. Basson, P. MundelI, P. Killin,

B. Thomas.

First row (I. to r.): W. Foster, P. Klopper, R. Brady, G. Cotton, J. Zuyl, P. Morkel,

R. Tarmain, B. Northam, G. Rogers, J. Lewin, S. Bass, D. Siegal, M. Dorer, T. Garven.

Sealed (I. to r.): Dr. H. G. Wood, R. Seeliger, R. Tripp, J. Smuts, R. Lumb, M. Marx,

N. Pritchard, A. Mitchell (Deputy Head-Prefect), Mr. W. E. Bowden (Principal),

C. Loubscher (Head Prefect), Mr. F. G. Thorp (Vice-Principal), B. Gibbons, D. Coleman,

R. Charles, D. McCallum, B. MichelI, J. Kahn, T. Tohnson, Mr. H. E. Tasker.

Sitting (I. to r.): L. Talmud, F. Parnham, G. Kemp, J. Rourke, J. Shap.

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chard must also be thanked for taking the majorpart in organising the decoration of the hall.

The dance, a little slow in warming up, wasgoing with a swing when it was time for supper,which was held in the hostel. After supper thedance never reached any great heights of hilarity,but everyone seemed to be quietly enjoying them-selves. The dance ended a few moments aftertwelve o'clock to the strains of "Auld Lang Syne"from Harold Cobb and three of his "Cobburettors".

A special vote of thanks must go to Mr. andMrs. Bowden for placing the hall and the hostelat our disposal, and to Matron and Sister for allthe work they put in in organising the supper.In this connection also, Mrs. Charles, Mrs. Lumb,Mrs. Marx, Mrs. Mitchell and Mrs. Seeliger mustbe sincerely thanked for their help in preparingthe supper.

The School Dance this year was held on thenight of Saturday, tbe 24th of September. As wasthe case last year, the function was well attendedand the floor was at times rather crowded. Besides52 Standard IXs and Xs and their partners, Mr.and Mrs. Bowden, Mr. and Mrs. Thorp, Mr. andMrs. Arguile, Mr. and Mrs. Burt, Mr. and Mrs.Friedlander, Mr. and Mrs. Gilmore, Mr. Hopkins,Mr. Lorie, Mr. and Mrs. Morris, and Mr. andMrs. Sieberhagen attended the function.

The theme for the decoration of the ball thisyear was "Cafés of the World", tbe decorationsbeing liberally interspersed with caricatures of themasters, which the latter said were the best theyhad seen for years. Those who helped witb thedecorating are too numerous to mention indivi-dually here, but special thanks must go to MissLaurenson, who worked through Saturday morn-ing till two o'clock to provide a most effectiveflower arrangement on the stage. Neville Prit- A.S.M.

THE ART OF MAKING EXCUSES

There occur in men various abilities to performcertain functions, and these abilities we generallyrefer to as the art of doing so and so. Somehave the art of being music makers, otbers bavethe art of being able to tell a good story. Allmen possess some art, but not all have the samearts. Tbe primitive hunter has the art of devisingcunning traps, but this wiU not be found in acivilised man. However, if we look more closely,we find tbat there is a universal art, found in allmen - that of making excuses.From the very beginning of man's existence

he began to make excuses. A perusal of the firstfew pages of Genesis shows bow the first excusefor wrong-doing was made. Through thousandsof generations the art of making excuses has beendeveloped, and tbis characteristic is now inbornin everyone of us. How tben did it develop?It developed due to the absolute necessity of re-

taining our social standing, among others, and notwanting to lose face. We also hate to be defeated,and therefore, instead of resigning ourselves tothe justly-deserved punishment, we make anattempt to defend ourselves. Thus the excuse isborn.Many of us tend to regard an excuse as a .

statement, made in order to get out of a difficultsituation. However, tbere is another type whichwe use when we want to get our own way. Forinstance, a rather obese person who is supposedto be on a strict diet will always find an excusefor greedily devouring some tempting carbohy-drate he knows he ought not to have. We willalways find an excuse for getting out of doingour duty so that we may pursue a more selfishend. Therefore, we draw the conclusion that forany occasion, at any time, there is always apossible and suitable excuse.Schools are institutions wbere this fine art is

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a most comprehensive knowledge of it, the courseextending from Sub A to Standard 10, lastingtwelve years in all. This course includes bothpractical and theoretical training (as all reallygood courses of instruction should), the theoreticalbeing tbe careful observation of others, and thepractical when the art of making excuses isapplied to oneself. Practicals are held every periodof every day, Latin and Mathematics being periodsof most intensive activity!

So we see that the first practical working know-ledge of making excuses is found in schools dur-ing our early life. Experience gained here is usedextensively throughout the latter part of our life.It is in use from the very lowest right up to thevery highest, even to diplomats and politicians.In fact, most politicians are past-masters of theart. Some of their attempts to extricate them-selves from djfficult positions are so famous thatthey are recorded for our benefit in history books!Indeed, I believe that the first quaufication re-quire:! to be a really successful poljtician .is to beable to master the art of making excuses to sucha point of perfection tbat aU one's followers aretaken in completely.One of the essentials of excuse-making is tbat

one's mind should be alert and quick to springinto action should one's inventive ability be sud-denly called upon to devise an excuse. The artitself consists of the fabrication of an ''Lll1con-vincing story" and its expression. The verbal andfacial expression must back each other up to giveeffect. Surprise, amazement and horror at beingaccused must be perfected. The climax of thewhole effect is to survive the interrogation andthen he able to put on the "innocent look".Having done this, you soon know whether youhave succeeded or failed in your act.It is interesting to note that most schoolmasters,

instead of giving immediate punjshment to thosewho have not performed certain work, will pro-ceed systematically round the class and listenintently to all the excuses, analysing the meritsof each. Why is this so? It would appear thatthey secretly enjoy hearing tbe very diverse,varied and highly improbable stories, thoughvisibly sbowing great displeasure and anger.

Of course, what everyone must be prepared foris to admit defeat. How very rare are tbe occa-sions when the art of making excuses works!Why then do we bother to make excuses at all,knowing full well we shall be exposed? Why notadmit guilt straigbt away? I believe the answer

lies deeper tban we imagine. The nearest I cancome to it is tbat excuse-making is practised tosatisfy tbe inner craving to be able to outwit, or,at any rate, try to outwit somebody else, even ifwe are not successful. The pleasure derived fromseeing the person to be deceived getting annoyedis supreme, while, if he is gulljble to our story,our pleasure is quite ecstatic. That is why todaythe most widely practised of all the arts in allwalks of life is the ability to invent an excuse.

J.R., lOa.

SOME SMALL CHANGE"For beaven's sake relax, Derek," expostulated

the burly man to his trembling companion," orsomeone's bound to notice." However, the teem-ing throng in the bar at Gatwick Airport passedthem by, uninterested in the two itting in tbecorner. Tbe burly one, James Folbom by name,glowered at his cowering friend. "Nothing cango wrong, not after all the preparations we bavemade," he continued. Settling back, with glass inhand, he ruminated."In tbree hours' time we'll be ricb, fabulously

rich. What an achjevement, all those lovely'rocks'! Luckily that 'fence' had to decamp rathersuddenly. We got those diamonds dirt cheap. Theproblem how to get them to Van Dyk in Rotter-dam. That's where you came in, you with yourdentures. New plates for you, and a diamondenclosed in nearly every tooth. I think that wasan exceIJent idea, good old Robert. Derek, youare a veritable gold mine, and they say moneytalks. Good pun that. So wbat can go wrong?I fixed up the tickets, you paid the hotel bill, andwe cleared off tbis morning, businessmen boundfor the continent. What are you worried about?I tell you ... '

"Will all passengers for Le Bourget, Rotterdamand Cannes board Flight 7218 from exit numberfive, please."

''Tbat's us, let's go." The two stood up; Jamesadjusted the angle of his snap-brim, straightenedhis overcoat, and proceeded to steer his still over-wrought friend through the crowd to the exit, tothe gate, to the airline official and to the ... thepoliceman at his side.

"Let's get out of here," whispered Derek, paleand shaking. "Shut up, and carry on regardJess,"hissed James, aod with determined, albeit withshaken appearance, he stepped up to tbe gate.

"Excuse me, but are you Messrs. James Fol-born and Derek Shendleigb?" asked the constable.

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"Then I have here a ... ," but Derek, aghast andwith nerves already stretched to breaking point,burst out, "How did you know? How did youknow? I told you we would be caught." "Here,what's this about being caught?" replied the con-stable, somewhat surprised by this strange out-burst. "I think you had better come to the stationwith me."At the police station Derek broke down and

confessed, with a hard-faced James listening. Thewhole incredible story was revealed, possibly thegreatest coup ever.Just before they were led to the cells, James

turned to the inspector and asked how they hadbeen caught. The answer was to haunt him forthe next ten years.

"You weren't caught," said the inspector. "Yousee, when Mr. ShendJeigh paid the hotel bill, hemade out tbe cheque for an amount two guineasmore than the hotel account. When no onecalled for the change, the manager asked us tosend someone to tbe airport with the money.Which reminds me, here, you may as well havethe change."

J. LOEBENSTEIN, lOa.

SALVATION OR DESTRUCTION?Will science be the salvation or destruction of

the human race? This is not an ea y question toanswer, and the final result depends on the appli-cation of scientific knowledge.

Science is the search for truth, but it is thissame truth tbat has brought our civilisation tothe brink of destruction. Science has recentlygiven us radar, jet propulsion and atomic power,all of which can be used constructively to increasethe happiness of mankind, or they can beemployed to tear the world apart.Thi newly discovered atomic and nuclear

energy, if applied peacefully, can supply a sourceof power of unprecedented magnitude, which willadd much to the happiness of mankind. Nuclearpower will, no doubt, replace electrical power,although it wiU take many years before this canbe achieved. The radio-active wastes produced bynuclear reactors are a great danger; thus thereactors or power plants are being placed inrelatively remote areas such as the Rocky Moun-tain region, where an output larger tban anyexisting power station is produced by tbe "burn-ing" of one pound of uranium - 235 per day.

There is today scarcely a scientific formula orprocess which cannot be used for war purposes.

The first steps towards the making of the firstatomic bomb were taken in 1939, before the startof the Second World War, but tbe first successfulatomic test took place in July, 1945, in an isolatedsection of the Alamogordo Air Base. Tbree weekslater the first atomic bomb used on a militaryobjective was dropped on Hiroshima, and threedays later a second one was dropped on Nagasaki.Tbe explosive force released by the bombs thatfell on these two Japanese cities is stated to havebeen equivalent to that from 20,000 tons of T.NT.(Trinitrotoluene). The feelings of those wbo hadinvented this powerful weapon soon changed fromelation to horror wben they realised the destructi-bility of the bomb.Since the discovery of atomic power, however,

and the development of radar, deadlier weaponssuch as inter-continental ballistic missiles havebeen made, greatly increasing the tbreat ofdestruction to every country.At present there is too much competition be-

tween tbe U.S.A. and Russia in their strife tobecome the leading military power. If the scien-tific knowledge of these two countries was to becombined and the two countries were to workpeacefully with one another, then scientificachievements would be realised much morerapidJy.

We are at present living in what could be calleda "space age". Tbe exploration of space beganin earnest barely three years ago with tbe launch-ing of unmanned satellites and numerous spaceprobes carrying scientific apparatus. It formedpart of tbe International Geopbysical Year. Tbetime is drawing near wben man will no longerprobe tbe mysteries of space by mecbanical meansonly; he himself will participate in space fligbt.On the 4th October, 1957, the first satellite,.

Sputnik I, was sent into orbit and was soonfollowed by a eries of "Vanguards, Explorers,Discoverers, Pioneers and Luniks". The Lunikseries, all of wl1ich were launched in 1959, werethe most successful. Lunik I went into orbit roundthe sun, Lunik Jl hit lhe moon, and Lunik IIIcircled the moon and returned to orbit tbe earth.The ultimate aim of scientists is the launching

of a manned rocket, and every endeavour is beingmade to achieve this aim.The enemy of mankind is not Science but War.

Science merely reflects the social forces by whichit is surrounded. When there is peace, science iscon tructive; when tbere is war, science is per-

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verted to destructive ends. The weapons whichscience develop do not necessarily create war;tbey make war increasingly more terrible, untilnow it has brought us to the doorstep of destruc-tion. Tbe main problem is, therefore, not to curbscience but to stop war - an object which canonly be acbieved by tbe co-operation of all thenations under tbe guidance of tbe Creator.

D. McCALLUM,lOa.

THE SOUTH AFRICAN FESTIVALSCOUT JAMBOREE AT

BLOEMFONTEINQuite a number of Wynberg School boys had

the good fortune to have a holiday during school-time in May. The School Band, for instance, wascbosen to take part in tbe Union Festival cele-brations at Bloemfontein, and many couts alsoattended the South African Festival Jamboreethere. I attended the latter, and here is anaccount of the holiday.The train journey from Cape Town to Bloem-

fontein was in itself something to remember. Toeat and sleep on a train is great fun, and to watcbnew lands passing by and seeing ucb towns asWorcester, Beaufort West, De Aar and Kimberleyis most interesting.At the Sbowgrounds in Bloemfontein we found

tbe great tent-town which consisted of the PoliceForce, Army, Navy and Air Force Gymnasia,Scouts, Jewish Scouts, School children and theholiday-makers. There were 500 Scouts altogether,and the Camp Chief was the Chief Scout him-self, Lt.-Col. Johnstone. Under him were fourSub-Camp Leaders representing all the divisionsof South Africa, the Cape Western Sub-CampLeader being Mr. Rutter.Tbe programme was very varied, and the Scouts,

along with the Guides, Voortrekkers and JewishScouts (Habonim), played a prominent part inthe festival programme. On the 25th May therewas a great procession through the streets of thecity, not only including all the above youth move-ments but also many schools, military bands,ambulance corps, clowns, etc.All festival events took place in a buge stadium,

the King's Park Stadium, which holds 60,000people. Here are some of the highlights we sawthere: A massed display by tbe South AfricanNavy, Army and Air Force Gymnasia in whichvarious formations were formed in such perfectexactness tbat it almost took your breath away.

A huge wagon wheel was formed wbich slowlyrevolved to symbolise the growth of SouthAfrica. The Union flag was also formed success-fully, as the army wore orange shirts, the navywh.ite, and the air force blue shirts. A mock battlefollowed in which anti-aircraft guns and armouredcars were used.The Pretoria Police Force gave another good

d.isplay, and a really remarkable exllibition ofPolice dogs was given. These dogs will obeytheir master's every command, and even jumpedthrough a hoop of fire. After smelling tbe band-kerchief of a certain native, the dog tracked downthe native out of five otbers.In a gymnastics display afterwards some police-

men performed the incredible feat of vaultingover six horses standing side by side.All tbe state officials were tbere and gave

speeches. These included tbe Prime Minister andthe Governor-General.There was overseas Folk Dancing as well as

a massed Volkspele display.The various youth movements also put on

pageants in the stadium at night, and tbe Scoutand Guide one was by far the best. It consistedof a star being formed by the Scouts and a ringaround the star being formed by tbe Guides, whodid boop-drill with .luminous hoops. Each of tbeten sides of the star lit up in turn by means ofsparklers when the Scout Law was recited, andin the end there remained a star of ligbt.In camp we gave tea parties for the Girl Guides,

Voortrekkers and Habonim on different days.The Girl Guides numbered 1,000, so there weretwo to each Scout!Every care was taken to keep our uniforms

smart. We had two complete uniforms, plasticcovers were provided, there was a special ironingtent, and a dry cleaning service was available,so that nobody had an excuse for a dirty uniform.

We were given plenty of free time to explorethe city and see tbe various exhibitions on show.The city boasts a fine museum and a splendidzoo. The latter contains all the common animalsof Africa such as hyenas, lions, tigers, foxes,polecats, baboons, camels, snakes and a bost ofothers. Tbere are also bears from Europe andllamas from Tibet. Here also history was madein 1934 when a tiger was crossed with a lionto produce a tiger. The skeleton is now in themuseum. The museum contains about the samethings as the Cape Town museum, but has someinteresting differences. There is a section dealingwith ancient weapons, including a complete suit

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of Gothic armour, and a section on mineralsincluding a cross-section of an O.F.S. gold mine.Bloemfontein also has a special Anglo-Boer

War museum and a monument. This was veryclose to our camp site and was visited by manyscouts.

We also climbed Naval Hill, from where thecomplete city can be seen in the middle of milesof grassveld - a marvellous sight.

Just to give you an idea of the climate there,on Thursday, 26th May, the temperature wasmax. 67 deg. F., min. 29 deg. F., i.e., 3 deg. belowfreezing. We used ice in our coffee to makethe grounds sink. Flies in the tent simply frozeup and could be flicked off. They thaw in thedaytime, though. However, the cold did not spoilour happiness, and we gradually got used to it.

On the last day of the camp, Union Day, therewas a 21-gun salute followed by a "flying past"of scores of aircraft of the South African AirForce in Bloemfontein. There was then a grandpageant: "South Africa Marches Past."Then, on Wednesday, we boarded the train for

home and, although it was a most enjoyableholiday which I shall never forget, there isnothing like "home, sweet home" in Cape Town.

D. COLE, lOa.

THE SONS OF THE FATHERSIt had been raining the day before. The modern

open car swayed precariously as it sped alongthe muddy road. As the dawn broke, the in-spiring beauty of the equatorial valley which fellaway to the right came into its own. The sun,now an orange orb low in a misty grey-bluesky flecked with dull-white clouds, was rapidlydispersing the mists of departing twiLight whichoverhung the scene, anel would soon assume aposition whence it would beat down unrelenting,to continue in that fashion until it sunk away inregal splendour.

The driver did not pause to admire either thescenery or tbe pageant of tbe rising sun. Hehad been visiting in the village several milesaway (for most business is transacted ante lucern,on account of tbe great heat which follows), whenbe heard tbat men on bis plantation had notonly not proceeded to tbeir daily labours, buthad also consumed considerable quantities oftheir own brand of liquor, age-old in the mannerof preparation, and were now ready to rampage.

He determine:::! to crush sucb insubordination onceand for all. His men had been becoming increas-ingly insolent and disobedient since the ex-postoffice worker had become Prime Minister. In hisopinion an insane appointment, but there againit was an insane land, since ... since, but thatwas too annoying and treacberous a thing evento contemplate.He remembered how, when he was a very

young boy, there had been a similar disturbance,and his fatber had caused 40 men to be whipped.Tbis incident had made its mark in bis miod,because their backs had run red not otberwisethan if they had been each independently dippedinto a bath of blood. He remembered also thehalf-dozen or so white crosses wbich stood ontbe hillside the following nigbt. His father hadbeen a strong man; so was he. He was in control,not they; he would deal with the situation in asimilar manner, no matter who was in controlof the country. He did not number them amonghis ancestor. He would ... but at tbis pointa shot rang out and cut sbort his ireful meditation,and repressive ambitions. The car slowed downand left the road in a series of ljttle jerks. Withinminutes both car and driver were in flames. Hadthis unfortunate man been alive, he would haveheard the departing slosh of black feet in themud amidst the crackle of the flames ...

Into the homestead set against the hiJl at thefarther end of the valley rushed a stocky, butwell-built sandy-haired, blue-eyed boy to informhis mother of a fire at the opposite extremity ofthe valJey. This lady, however, was far toopuzzled over the absence of workers in the plan-tation to be concerned about the thin column ofsmoke rising into the crisp morning air. But then,everything had gone haywire in the land. Amongother equally amazing things, a former clerk wasPrime Minjster, a former sergeant was now the'Commander-in-Chief, a messenger boy was nowa harbourmaster ; everything had gone haywireexcept their plantation, for they, and her hus-band's parents before them, had ruled with afirm hand, and successfully, until now, it seemed.

A short while later, however, that woman wasbarricading doors and windows with furniture,for, on casually looking towards the foot of thehill, sbe hael detected the advent of their labourer,bearing sticks and kn.ives, and obviously the worsefor drink. The young boy took up a defensiveattitude holding an ornamental "assegai", notquite sure of what was coming, but ready todefend tbe estate which was his inheritance.

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Within an hour everything was once againpeaceful, the birds chirupped gaily, the monkeyschattered, the sun shone brightly and warmly inthe azure bowl of heaven, and the smoke haddissipated and disappeared. Everything appearedto be calm and contented except for the still,and silent form of a woman, lying where theyhad left her, and the sound of the last subduedmoans of a young boy in the extreme agonies ofdeath, lying where he had been felled by a savagepanga blow, in a futile but gallant attempt to savehis motber and to preserve his heritage.

K. W. EVANS, lOa.

THE TRAVELLERTbe large dual-toned American sedan sped

effortlessly along the lonely Karoo road. Thedriver had experienced the pleasure of seeing thefiery sun return to its resting place in the west,a sigbt he always loved to watch and marvel at.The briUiant, almost dazzling sunset had givenway to night, and the large full moon sbonewith the splendour reserved only for a Karoomoon-drenched night.He was well-pleased with the travelling be had

done tbat afternoon and, altbough he would arriveat his appointed sleeping abode rather late, hewould have plenty of time to enjoy a good night'srest. He decided that he might be a little toolate for supper, however, so be thougbt be wouldstop and partake of a ligbt snack be bad brougbtwith him in the cubby-bole of his car. On reacb-ing a small bridge, crossing a dry donga in themiddle of nowhere, be pulled to the side of theroad and switched off his engine and his ligbts.He unwrapped his sandwicbes and gazed at his

surroundings. The moonlight made everythingstand out bold and clear; he could make outthe railway line running less than a quarter of amile to his right. Intent on eating his meal, hewas suddenly aware of a string of light to hisright and far to the south. His curiosity aroused,he watched their seemingly slow progress towardshim. Then it occurred to him that it must be atrain coming along the line, but, if he rememberedcorrectly, tbere was no train at this time. Thetrain drew nearer, and, as the distance lessened,he could see tbat it was really travening quitefast. Something seemed strange though; thecoacbes, and especially the engine, appeared tallerthan the average model.

Nearer and nearer it came, and with a high-pitched sound the whistle echoed through thenight air. Funny, he thought, tbat's an odd note;it sounded as if it belonged to a train of ancientvintage. It was almost level with the car now,and he could make out the glow from the openfirebox_ Now he could see the shape of tbe engine,higb and old fashioned, with a tall antiquatedsmoke stack.Suddenly, as the train crossed the donga, there

was a thunderous roar, and the line of coachesbucked and tore their way off tbe lines, comingto rest in a whirling cloud of dust. The screamingof twisted and breaking steel split the air. Slowlythe noise of the accident died down, to befollowed by the hiss of escaping steam and thecries of the injured and dying.

The lonely traveller had only one thought inhis mind, and that was to see what help hecould render to those in agony. He leapt fromhis car and raced across the road. In order toreach the train he had to cross a dip betweentbe road and the scene of the tragic accident.To his amazement, wben he emerged from tbedip in the ground, everything was still and quiet.No scene of horror and death lay before hiseyes; the moonlight shone on Karoo bushes, butof the train, the accident, and the screams ofpain and terror he bad seen and heard, there wasnothing, absolutely nothing.His attention was now attracted to something

on the top of a small hillock that shone whitein the moonligbt. He made his way across theveld towards the object. At first it looked likea ruined building, but on arrival be found it tobe a wall circling a small cemetery. In tbe centrestood a large white stone, and, stooping, tbetraveller could make out the writing on thestone:

UHere lie the bodies of twenty victims ofa railway accident, who died on the 23rdSept., 1895, while on their way to BeaufortWest. Rest in Peace."The traveller glanced at his watch. He could

make out the date in the pale moonligbt; it wasthe 23rd September, exactly sixty-five years aftertbe accident. A cold shiver ran down his spine,and, turning, he fled for his car.

J. P. Zun, lOa.

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CLUESAcross:

1. There can be no end without this. (9)5. 3rd Person singular neuter. (2)7. Italian taking part in treaty of Versailles. (7)10. Poetically, almost night. (4)lI. Lubricant. (3)12. Reciprocal of cosecant. (4)13. Out of money. (5)IS. Notbing. (3)16. . .. venture, nothing win. (7)19. Cage or pen for fowls. (4)20. Place of abode. (4)22. Thankyou. (2)24. Measure of speed at sea, beheaded. (3)27. A woman's secret. (3)28. And-Latin. (2)30. Describes the day of one's birth. (5)31. Income. (7)

Down:I. According to the poet, this goes on for ever.

(5)2. Credulous. (8)3. 9-sided figure.4. Naval College on meridian 0'. (9)6. Person who rents house for set time. (6)8. Religious Instruction. (2)9. Stone (anag.).14. Sacred book of Mohammedans. (5)15. Neither masculine nor feminine. (6)17. Strong negative. (2)18. Off break ball bowled with leg break action.

(6)20. Power predetermining events from eternity.

(4)22. Note (anag.).23. Consumed tea. (3)26. Car registration for Benoni. (2)27. Automobile Association.

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lOB QUIPS AND QUOTATIONSBa-s-n: What little sense I once possessed has

quite gone out of my head (Lear).C-I-m-n: A still and awful red (Coleridge).D-r-r: Only on tbe cricket field.G-r-en: From children expect childish acts.G--Id: He knows about it all- be knows (Fitz-

gerald).lar-a-n: Lean was be as is a rake (Coleridge).lo-ns-n: A punch bas be ....K-opp-r: What tbou art we know not.M-rx: My bead is always in the clouds.Pr--ch--rd: From a long way came be.Rob--s-n: Snowy white, and futl of fight.See--g-r: A worthy scout was he.Srn-Is: And can I play (tennis).Th-m-s: He had the ploughman's strength in the

grasp ot his hand (Rbys).Von N--k-rk: I think and think and still I fail.W-bsl-r: To sleep; perchance to dream (Shake-

speare).N. PRITCHARD.

9C APPLIED QUOTATIONS-d-ms: To me, fair friend, you never can be old

(Shakespeare).B-Ih:rd: He disappeared in the dead of winter

(Auden).B-wd-n: His flashing eyes, his floating hair (Cole-

ridge).Br-ek: This is a lonesome place for one like you

(Wordsworth).Br--k-s: The clubs black tyrant first her victim

died (pope).B-rg-s'S: The old man's shape and speech - all

troubled me (Dryden).CI--Igh-n: Shalt I compare thee with a summer's

day? (Shakespeare).C-lu-rl: I think and think and still I fail.CI-rk-: Choice, word and measured phrase, above

the reach of ordinary men (Wordsworth).CI-fl-n: Unto some brutish beast all beasts are

happy (Pope).D-cks-n: With wings folded I rest, on mine airy

nest,As still as a brooding dove (Sheltey).

F-g-n: He spoke, and speaking, in proud triumphspread (Pope).

F--sl: Blest madman, who could every houremploy (Dryden).

F-ck: He whom the ox to wrath bas moved(Blake).

H-r-: The hare is running races in his mirth(Wordsworth).

H-rm-r: Such seemed tbis man, not alt alive nor

dead (Wordswortb).H-rl: And tbat cartoon tbe second from tbe door

(Browning).l-m--s-n: Tbat caterpillars drift around (Brooke).lEnEs: An appetite, a feeling, and a love (Words-

worth).K-pl-n: ... Black snakes are innocent, the gold

are venomous (Lowrence).L--bbr-ndt: Even sucb a happy child of earth am

I (Wordsworth).M-gg--: Absence makes the beart grow fonder

(Proverb).M-/T--: He smiles foolishly as if he were caught

doing wrong (Lowrence).M-rr-y: When I catch myself agape; grinning at

a Barbary ape (Dearmer).N-t/l-n: It's hard for an empty sack to stand

upright (Franklin).N--sch-Iz: This fluttering language and flaunt of

signal insolence (Lewis).-rm-nd: Thunder crashes from rock to rock

(Arnold).P--s-r: Sometimes I think tbat I am no wittier

tban an ordinary man (Shakespeare).R--: With monstrous bead and sickening cry

(Cbesterton).R--rk-: Which snatched my best, my fav'rite curl

away (Pope).S-lk-: Oh fondest, blindest, weakest (Thompson).S-l-m-n: Who swam ere rivers were begun

(Thompson).Sp-rks: And I'm the weak-eyed ba t no sun should

tempt (Browning).T--I: I can do with my pencil what I know

(Browning).T-SI-r: I pleaded outlaw wise (Auden).Th-m-s: A long, long, slim cat, yellow like a

lioness (Lourence).T--l-y: My whole life I lived in pleasant thought

(Wordsworth).V-nos: He shook his mitred locks, and stern

bespake (Milton).W-S/: Tbe little tyrant of bis fields withstood

(Gray).Wh-If--ld: And see the great Achilles, wbom we

know (Tennyson).W-lff: A voice proceeds, a long low distant mur-

mur of dread sound (Byron).B. TAIT&G. PElSER.

9A QUIPS AND QUOTATIONSA-Ik-n: His flashing eyes, bis floating hair (Cote-

ridge).B-k-r: On bokes and on lerninge he it spente

(Chaucer).

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B-ll: Of twenty yeer of age he was, I gesse (Chau-cer).

B-dg-: That I might drink and leave the worldunseen (Keats).

C-p-l-nd: At one first blow did shiver it as glass(Donne).

D-tchf--ld: Helpers and friends of mankind (Ar-nold).

-v-ns: Had he thy reason, would he skip andplay? (pope).

F-br-c---s: Ah, love, let us be true to one another!(Arnold).

Gr--n-w-Id: As a huge stone is sometimes seen tolie couched on the bald top of an eminence(Wordsworth).

G--dw-n: Chloe stepped in, and killed rum witba frown (pope).

H-ns-n: Superior by the head ... (Pope).l-nn-rlgs: Roses, you are not so fair, after aH

(Browning).L-cl-r-r (In History): Yet let bim sleep the rest

(Herbert).L-s---r: Anxious, and trembling for the birth of

fate (Pope).L-v-y: Hail, wayward queen! who rule the sex to

fifty from fifteen (Pope).L-r--: But hearing often times the still, sad music

of humanity (Wordsworth).M-cR--: David for him his tuneful harp had

strung (Dryden).M-gn-n: With lokkes crulle, as they were leyd in

presse (Chaucer).P-dd-ck (During R.l.): Then gay ideas crowd the

vacant brain .... (Pope).P-sv-Isky: The extent of my knowledge is un-

.Iimited.P-tg--t-r: Resolved to run or rule the state (Dry-

den).Sh--v-r: I came, I saw, I went (Apologies to

Caesar).Schw-b: And Melancholy marked him for her

own (Gray).S-v-d--r: I am not yet born, forgive me (Apolo-

gies to MacNiece).S-dm-n: In courtly balls and midnight mas-

querades (Pope).A.M., J.G., B.N.

FACTS IN FIGURES]. In 1944 the United States Air Force had

80,000 aircraft and 2,500,000 men. This is be-lieved to be the biggest air force ever.2. Every year there are 16,000,000 thunder-

storms on the earth; that is about 44,000 stormsand 600,000 lightning flashes daily.

3. The hide of one cow or bull will supply only72 complete cricket ball covers.

4. Material used to string a tennis racket iscalled catgut, but it really comes from sheep. Tostring a single racket about five sheep are needed,for a good racket contains about 40ft. of catgut.

5. The river Amazon is 4,000 miles long. Themouth of the river is over 200 miles broad. Theaverage depth of the river is 200 feet, and thecurrent flows at a speed of 3 miles per hour.

6. The first Russian space satellite, "SputnikI," was launched in October, 1957. It weighed184 Ibs., and remained in circulation for 92 days.7. In the second cricket test at Lords in 1950

A. L. Valentine of West Indies bowled 73 maidenovers.

8. Tbe human body contains 9,000 gallons ofoxygen and 12 gallons of water.

S. SOLLINGER, 8d.

INTER-SCHOOL QUIZ CONTESTThese quizzes are organised by the S.A.B.C.,

who hold the actual qwz on a Monday whenit is recorded, and then it is broadcast on thefollowing Thursday in the "Calling to Youth"programme.

The first quiz in which Wynberg participatedwas held in May, against Sea Point Boys' HighSchool. It was a very even contest, but theWynberg team came out top with 37 points totheir 36. The team consisted of G. Pasvolsky(15), the leader, from Std. 9, and D. Katz andD. Holland (Both 15), from Std. 8. The Sea Pointteam consisted of one pupil from Std. 7, onefrom Std. 8 and the other from Std. 9 .Sea Point's Std. 7 competitor was Kenneth

Hughes, who appears on the radio qujz "60,000to go", and is well known for his amazing know-ledge of mythology.The second quiz was held in August, when the

same team competed against Christian Brothers'College, Pretoria. Again Wynberg won by 35points to 31, and are now ready to enter thequarter-finals. There is no prize to be won, butthe quizzes are held for their entertainment andeducational val ue.

The contests were held in the School HaU,where the competitors sat with earphones ontheir heads. Over these came the voices of thequizmaster and the team members of the otberschool. Next to the competitors at another tablesat the quizmaster for Pretoria, Mr. Jack MorelI,and next to him our head boy, Cedric Laubscher,who kept the score.

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At the beginning of each quiz a coin was tossedby Mr. Moreli, and tbe leader of the opposingteam called. Wbicbever side wins tbe toss cbooseswhich paper (A or B) it wants. The quiz consistsof a number of "rounds", in each of which thereare tbree questions for each team. Each questioncounts for two points, but if the side asked failsto answer any question, it is passed to theiropponents for one point.Each round has a title such as: "Lollipops"

(easy questions), "Best of Three", "People","Colours", "Complete tbe Sentence", True orFalse", etc. One round is called "IO-SecondQuestions", all of which bave to be answered byone boy from each team, within 10 seconds.Against Sea Point, these were answered by GeraldPasvolsky, and against c.B.C., Pretoria, by

. David Katz. Tbis, I suppose, leaves myself toanswer them in the next quiz.At the end of each contest C. Laubscher

thanked the quizmasters and the opposing team,after which tbree cbeers were given for bothsides.

* * *Our "Quiz Kids" bave registered further suc-

cesses against Roosevelt High School, Johannes-burg (25-21) and Barnato Park Girls' HighSchool, Johannesburg (34-28). This means theynow enter the final round and we trust tbeywill be as successful in the final encounter asthey have been in the previous rounds.

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J. GOODWIN,9a. \•17

REACH FOR THE STARSOn the 14th September, 1959, contact with a

heavenly body was made, thus ending mankind'smillion-year isolation. In the sbort space of 33years astronautics has developed so rapidly thattbe science fiction writers have found themselvesbistorians.A rocket is like a gun in reverse, and the "recoil"

pusbes the rocket forward. Tbere are two typesof rocket. First tbere is tbe solid-fuel type whichis used in firework displays and whicb consistsof a hollow cylinder, open at one end, filled withgunpowder. This type was invented by tbe Chineseabout 1232 A.D. In Europe, Sir William Congrevepersuaded Britain to use them in tbe NapoleonicWars. In the Siege of Copenbagen in 1807,25,000rockets were fired! The Britisb Army were soimpressed that tbey formed a Rocket Brigade in1812.Tbe modern scene opens with the development

of the other type, the liquid-fuel rocket. Tbesebave tanks for fuel (alcohol, etc.) and, as theygo into space where there is no air, they carrytheir own oxygen for burning tbe fuel. AnAmerican, Prof. Robert H. Goddard, launcbedthe world's first liquid-fuel rocket on 16th March,1926. As a sideline he also invented the Bazookain 1918. He then fired a series of "Nel" rockets,one of which reached a height of 7,500 ft.Progress in tbe pre-war years was slow. It is

sad to think that only as a weapon was therocket developed. In 1932 the German RocketSociety was "taken over" by the army. Barelysixteen years after Goddard's fragile contraptionspluttered upwards, tbe giant V-2 (A-4) missile,weighing 12 tons, roared upwards at 3,600 milesper hour on 3rd October, 1942. It had a rangeof 350 miles. But, before it could be producedin large quantities, the war ended, and with itrapid progress. The Americans, Britisb, Russiansand French grabbed all the data they couLd.Dr. Werner von Braun and his team of scientists

emigrated to the U.S.A., where they were keptusing the same unimproved V-2's for the nextfive years.Meanwhile tbe Russians were far from idle.

The captured German scientists were forced toteach the Russians, who, under tbe leadersbip ofProf. Sedov, increased the thrust of the V-2 to35 tons. With tbe help of the very-active SovietEspionage Force they made an exact rivet-for-rivetcopy of an American anti-aircraft missile (NikeHercules).

When the Korean War broke out in 1950, VonBraun and his team were given permission todevelop a large missile. The result was the highlyreliable Jupiter-C missile. Dr. von Braun thenplanned "Project Orbiter" (to use a Jupiter-CRocket to launch a satellite in 1955). But thePentagon chose the impressive but completelyuntried Vanguard Missile (Rearguard more likely).In 1955 tbere was no war on and no need forurgency. So tbe project was postponed until theInternational Geopbysical Year (1957-1958), andall Von Braun's pleas were drowned in a seaof red tape.

While this was going on, the Russian scientistswere completing tbeir tests on a large boosterrocket. After several unpublished failures, a184 lb. Sputnik streaked into orbit on 4th October,1957. An even bigger sensation was created whenSputnik II carrying "Laika", a Russian huskey,was launched on 3rd November, 1957. Aftera week the dog died from lack of oxygen.

In the meantime, the Pentagon woke up fromits slumber. After two Vanguard failures VonBraun was given permission to try, and on the31st January, 1958, a 30.8 lb. satellite was putinto orbit. Though they weighed less than thefive Russian Sputniks, America then launched awhole multitude of various kinds of satellites.The Explorer series (6) was followed by theDiscoverer series (15), some of which weighed1,600 Ibs. The American recovered the firstsatellite from orbit (Discoverer XIII) on 11thAugust, 1960. The Soviet reply to this camea week or so later, when a five-ton Sputnik con-taining two dogs, mice, flies and even pottedplants, was safely recovered from space.

After three American "Pioneer" Lunar Probeshad been fired, which gathered vital data on newradiation belts, in spite of failing to orbit themoon, on the 2nd January, 1959, a RussianRocket (Lunik I) began an orbit around the sun.On the 14th September, 1959, Lunik II, trackedby the Jodwell Bank Radio Telescope, crashedinto the moon at 8,000 m.p.h. near the cratersof Aristillas, Archimedes and Autolycus; and onthe 6th October, 1959, Lunik III photographedthe moon's "far" side, revealing it to be almostidentical to the "front" side.

A question which is often heard is: "Why dopeople waste on satellites hundreds of miUionsof pounds that could be spent on, say, newhospitals?" The answer came on the 11th August,1960, when the I00 ft. balloon, Echo I, was

orbited, pioneering long distance television. Pro-bably in a year's time, more advanced "ProjectCourtier" satellites will maintain a space "tele-phone exchange", thus taking tbe place of a£54,000,000 trans-Atlantic telephone cable. Itwill also maintain a world-wide colour televisionnetwork.Meteorological satellites, like Tiros I (Television

and Infra-red Observation Satellite) launched on1st April, 1960, will transmit pictures of dangerousstorms and cloud-covers, while "Project Samos"satellites will keep a constant watch on Russia,taking the place of V-2 flights.Before there were satellites, scientists had to

get information from rockets. One VoongSounding Rocket costing £100,000 gives us datafor four minutes. Very expensive data!! On theother hand, although it may cost £1,000,000, asatellite wiU give us information for up toseveral years.

Either this year (probably on the 4th October,1960), or early next year, the world's first astro-naut will climb into a capsule. The big questionis, will thi.s be at Cape Canaveral (U.S.A.) orat Tyura Taf (U.S.S.R.)? Then man will trulybe "reaching for the stars."

A. GOTTSCHACK,Std. 7a.

7A LIBRARY

The Drama of Medicine AikmanA Transvaal Town BarbertonShaggy Dog Tales BarkerSolomon and Sheba DavidsonRed China EastmanHandy Andy Can Do It! Go/dsteinThe Cliffs of Dover GottschalkThe Sea-s.ick Passenger Green"OwzatI" HobbsOn Safari HuntThe Sub-lO Minute Mile JenningsLost in the Labyrinth MazeMrs. Newton-Thompson (a biography) MeyerAircraft of Today MitchellI Shot Down Der U-2 Spy-Plane-

(Comrade) NochomowitzHow to Cure a Cough RennieThe Cold War: West Berlin (Herr) SchmidtThe Pony Express Slade"Abandon Ship!" Sterns/owElementary, my Dear Watson

R. SLADENANDA. GOTTSCHALK.

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ROME

"I will use fire and steel to arrest the destinyof Rome" - Hannibal.

These words may well have struck terror intothe heart of the boldest. Julius Caesar's ancestorsgave it little heed, however, and paid for it withtheir very lives.The year 218 B.C. opened the first era of the

dreaded second punic War. A dreadful soundassailed the ears of the band of Roman scoutson tbe lower Alps, the sharp, keen ringing ofarmour, the crunch of mailed feet grinding gravelunderfoot, accompanied by tbe mustry smell thatis common to beasts. The very air was vibratingas thousands of feet rose and fell in perfectmarching order.

Summoning courage, such as only the sons ofRome can summon, they courageously workedtbeir way to the top of the rise. The warm raysof an eastern sun with its rosy touch of palepink began to cbase away tbe cold cbill of thenigbt past. There below them, cold and relent-less in duty, marched tbe armies of invasion withmighty elephants shuffling along in a broken file.The travel-stained elephants were the pick of

the greatest of the elephants f.rom darkest Africa.Even the elephants seemed to have purpose intheir shuffling step, as they laboured along underthe weight of huge brazen shields of armour.The glittering armour was flecked with the red

plumes of emblazened helmets, and from theirlofty perch in the mountainous Alpine cliff-facethe men could see the mighty sea of soldiers'javelins surge past, and still they came, andafter those came more.

Occasionally, with a shriek that could havesummoned all the demon powers of earth, amighty beast would lumber too close to theloose edge of the track and hurtle downwards,shrieking until its cries were lost in the abyssbelow and the great creature and its rider weredashed to pieces on the jagged, tooth-like graniterocks in the gorge thousands of feet below.

To the men on the cliff the armies of invasionspelt destiny to Imperial Rome, destiny with acapital "D" - "D" for doomed. During the longjourney over the Pyrenees many a man badsuccumbed to the cold and died, but the othersmarcbed indifferently over their stiffened corpses,and now their trail was littered with dead anddecaying bodies.

Then the realisation stunned the men hidamong the boulders - these 50,000 were menwho had survived tbe perils of the Pyrenees, whohad overrun Spain, who had traversed tbe fiercestrivers in the world, each of them a hero, andwho were on their way to stamp out the lifeof every Roman in Italy, and then the world!Under Hannibal's superb generalship, the

armies arrived at the outskirts of the first villagein Italy to be annihiliated, crushed, and indeedrased to the ground, as a threat that would fillthe hearts of honest Romans with cold fear andburning indignation. As Hanoibal's massed armiesgathered for the first great rush, tbe very heavensseemed to cloud over, and the sky turned aslated grey as if to curse tbem in their folly, anominous lull before the impending storm.Then a mighty wall of iron and determination

swept forward to the tune of trumpets. A shaftof lightning flickered across the heavens, accom-panied by a distant low rumble. From some-where within the small town came the echoof a distant trumpet, and the cry "Win or die"was wafted towards them on the hot oppressivebreeze, and die they did; as brave men die, sodied the sons of Rome.

But all was swallowed up in the mighty roarthat echoed in the far distant hills: "We -die forLiberty!" The elephants charged the defences,shrieking at the merciless proddings by theirdrivers, and crushing the life out of all in theirpath. Then the choicest of veteran soldiersstormed the town and ran impassionately throughthe streets disembowelling men, women andchildren with their short, hacking swords. Thetemples and houses were pillaged and looted, andthe neat ivy-covered villas were fired. The life-blood of many a noble man trickled through thegutters. When the storm had passed, all thatremained of the village tbat bad so recentlynestled in the hills was the bodies, tbe dry bloodcaked bard on the warm earth, and the stench- a blow that had crippled and angered allRomans and their Empire.

F. OPIE, 7a.

MELOMBUKIThe dropping sun outlined the immense,

rounded form of an old bull elephant standingin a dark cluster of thorn-bushes against tbedim setting. Then the sun slipped beneath thewaving grasslands, and night cloaked Melombukifrom the nearby kraal.

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In tbe kraal tbe native inbabitants were gatber-ing around a blazing campfire, cbanting oldslave-gang tunes.

Suddenly an angry trumpeting rent tbe nigbtair, and tbe pounding of heavy feet upon brushstartled tbe natives. Tbe wild bull burst intotbe flickering flame-ligbt, lurcbing wildly. Theterrified natives leapt up and melted into tbesurrounding gloom, but not before tbe bull badcrusbed an old warrior under his pounding feet.Melombuk.i, tbe rogue bull, bad struck again.Tbe screams of terror rang out sharply acrossthe dark bushveld.For two blistering days Van Rynveld bad been

combing tbe wijds for this destructive rogueelepbant, and now tbey had struck his spoor, alargish footprint witb a missing toe. He mused.Yes, the bull was moving slowly and had restedin tbe scanty shade of tllis gnarled thorn-bush.He scanned tbe blue heights to learn wbat theycould tell him of his quarry, but all he foundwas a few sun-drenched clouds lazing along. Hebeckoned to h.is pack-boys to advance.

AU tbat day they pursued the elusive trail intothicker busb. No fool this elepbant, but tbenbe could bardly afford mistakes in the AfricanbusllVeld.Slowly they wound tbe tortuous trail, noting

that the print was clearer in tbe dusty red soil,and tbe strides smaller, a sure indication ofMelombuk.i's weariness. On tbey pressed througbtbe dusty heat. Gradually, as tbe sbadowslengthened across their spoor, tbey edged intoa striking position. Van Rynveld croucbed downbehind a leafy bush, leaving his boys behind.The old bull, mud-caked, dusty and weary

stood before him, its dusty leathery bide heavingrhytbmically, and stamping a heavy foot occa-sionally. But already darkness was veiling it,and be had an unfinished task of mercy on hishands.Tbe sunlight rippled along the barrel of his

rifle as he raised it. Tbe evening breeze flowingfrom the direction of bis quarry hid his alienscent. Carefully he lined up and shot tbe elephantjust below its thorn-scratcbed, dusty ears, as hehad done witb otbers.With a muffled rumble Melombuki sank into

the muddy waters of h.iswaterhole. In tomorrow'sligbt they would rip open his stomach and floathim to the surface. Melombuki was now just alegend to be lost in the tribe's mercy.

R. EASTMAN, 7a.

68 H IT PARADECromhout Sixteen TonsAbelsohn Sixteen ReasonsGottschalk Laving YouJensen The Great PretenderBraude Friendly PersuasionHailmer Why?Bramwell You Looking tor Trouble?Goodman, R A Fool Such as I

G. ABELSoHN, 6b.

FATHER vs. SONIt was a bright summer's day in June, 1932.

Douglas L. Gray, said to be one of the bestall-rounders of his time, was playing his Testi-monial Cricket match, just before he was dueto retire at the age of tbirty-nine. He was p]ayingfor the Gray Sen. XI against tbe Gray Jun. XI.By an amazing coincidence this was to be DouglasGray's Jast, and James Gray's first 1st class matcb ..James, his son, was only seventeen at the time,but he was to follow in his father's footstepsas an all-rounder in the immediate pre-and post-World War II periods.

Douglas, a fine stroke player, took his scoreto 113 before lunch with ease, not once beingin trouble. Tbe Gray Sen. XI declared then,with their score at 176 for five wickets. James,opening his side's innings, made 51 in fortyminutes witb a barrage of mighty bits, beforebeing caugbt on the boundary. At tea theGray Jun. XI declared, their total being 149 foreight wickets. James Smitb, unlike his father,was a fast bowler, his fatber being a left-armoff-spinner. Tbe Gray Sen. XI, scoring quickly,had made 75 for four wickets when Douglas Graycame in for his last innings. James had not takena wicket yet. He paced out his run-up, turned,and ran up to tbe wicket. His first delivery pitcbedon the leg side, tben shot viciously to tbe off.Douglas, taken by surprise, could only prodforward bopelessly as his off-stump cartwbeeledout of the ground.In his last innings of cricket Douglas Gray had

been bowled out first ball- by his son!* * *

Exactly twenty years later history was repeatingitself - in reverse. James Gray was playing inbis Testimonial Matcb, and captain of the oppos-ing side was Douglas Gray, his father! Altboughnow fifty-nine, Douglas was still fit enough fora game of cricket. As be said: "I've been waitingtwenty years for tbis!"The Gray Sen. XI again went in first. Wickets

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fell quickly, and, when Douglas came in in hisusual position, they were 31 for four wickets,James having taken all four. But, try as hemight, James could not take his father's wicket.Eventually Douglas ran out of partners, withthe Gray Sen. XI all out for 137, his personaltally being an undefeated 69.When the Gray Jun. XI went in to bat, Douglas

took the ball himself, instead of giving it to thefast bowler. When James saw this, a pleasedgrin spread on his face, as he prepared to smiteDouglas out of the ground. Douglas's first ball,pitched on a length, broke back deceptively, wentthrough James's guard, and whipped the bailsoff. As James proceeded to the pavilion, he sawhis father looking intently at the scoreboard. Itread: Father vs. Son: Score: Son 1, Father 1.

R. SLADEN, 7a.

THE FORTH 'BRIDGEThe Forth Bridge, begun in 1882 and open

to traffic in 1890, is a glutton for paint.Fort-five painters are regularly employed on

the 135 acres of steelwork.About tbree years is required to cover tbe

wbole fabric, and one complete coat absorbs120,000 pound of paint.

Painting has been in progress since 1883,before tbe bridge was completed, and it basbeen estimated that well over 900 tons of painthas been used so far.Tbe famous bridge, a monument to Britisb

steel, was opened by King Edward VII, wben bewas tbe Prince of Wales, and provided a directeast coast all-rail between London and tbe northof Scotland by spanning the Firth of Forth.The bridge cost £2,500,000, and materials put

into it included upwards of 54,000 tons of steel,6,500,000 rivets, 740,000 cubic yards of granitemasonry, 64,300 cubic yards of concrete, and46, 300 cubic yards of rubble masonry.The foundations reach 91 feet below water

level, and its highest point is 361 feet abovehigh water mark, or nearly as high as St. Paul'sCathedral.

By now vast amounts of copper must havecollected on the bottom of the Firth of Forthbeneath the bridge, because of the many peoplecrossing the bridge by train who throw in apenny "for luck".

German war planes have dropped far moredangerous things into tbe Forth, but the bridgehas not been damaged.

D. DE.l~, 6d.

STAFF

To the Staff this year we welcomed Miss F.Gould to a section of Standard 3, and Miss M.Levin to a section of Standard 2, and we werevery glad to re-enlist our old friend Miss F. Ekronfor a further year in a section of Standard 1.We have recently heard tbat Miss E. Stern intendsto remain in Israel permanently, so tbat our goodwishes go out to her, as also our thanks andappreciation of the work she did for the Schoolin the Speech Defect and Hard-of-Hearing classes.We are glad to know that her successor, Miss P.Robertson, will continue the work permanently.

In one department this year we shall be suffer-ing a severe loss in December, that of Miss IsoldeGerdener, who has been in charge of the Eurhyth-

mics for Sub A to Std. 2. It was actually MissGerdener who, in 1935, brought a group of boysfrom another school, where she was teaching, to'demonstrate tbe work in Eurhythmics to ourparents. Miss Gerdener herself took charge ofour classes before she proceeded to the TrainingCollege, after which two or three other teacherscontinued the work in succession, and Miss Ger-dener eventually returned to us for tbese past fiveyears.

During tbe fourth term of each year MissGerdener has given open lessons with each classfor tbe parents of the boys in the class, and thesehave been most successful, and very well attended.

We are still hoping to find someone to continueall or part of the Eurhythmics work. It bas been

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a most valuable educational factor from tbestandpoint of an introduction to music, as well asfor pbysical exercise, freedom of expression,quick response to orders, muscular control andencouraging tbe more reserved to forget tbem-selves and take part witb others.

May we say tbat Miss Gerdener bas been the"ideal" teacher in tbis subject wbere boys areconcerned, and we sbould like to express ouradmiration for and appreciation of all she hasdone. We sball miss her in the staffroom too, andhope we may see ber still on our "special occa-sions".

As Miss Gerdener is proceeding to Europe onan extended boliday, we wish her a very happyand profitable trip.

GENERALThe year 1960 has been as busy as usual, with

one or two events acting as milestones in ourSchool History.We are pleased to relate tbat the building addi-

tions, including an Art Room, a handicraft room,two music rooms, and tbe enclosing of the areabetween the two sections of tbe existing scbool,sbould be started early in the new year.

Junior rugby, cricket, tennisette and swimminghave proceeded most enthusiasticaUy under thegeneral guidance and planning of Mr. Oosthuizen,with Mr. Pretorius and Mr. Hutchson as addi-tional coacbes, and tbe lady teachers supervisingduring tennisette and swimming hours.It is here that we record with pleasure the out-

standing achievement of Mr. Pretorius's Under 12A rugby team, who played fourteen matches andwon tbem aU, with a record of 371 points for,and only 12 points against them. Wynberg OldBoy and friend, Maxwell Price, gave them aspecial paragraph in the "Cape Times". Heartycongratulations to all concerned.

With rugby kit just on the point of beingstored for the summer, out came cricket gear,and Mr. Pretorius held two or three Under 12cricket practices during tbe last week of the thirdterm, prior to his taking an Under 12 team toplay three matches in Bloemfontein during theSeptember vacation. A very happy group of boys,parents and staff members gathered at tbe stationto bid Mr. Pretorius and his fourteen players anenjoyable and successful trip and holiday.To nine High School boys we extend our thanks

for coming so readily and regularly on Fridayafternoons to referee weekly games of rugby forthe very youngest players. The service of theseboys to the School is greatly valued.The winners of the 1959 Cricket Bats were B.

Gottschalk and S. Williams.Films of rugby matches taken by Mr. Bunting

were shown during tbe last week of term.The usual end of rugby season Under 12 party

was much enjoyed, and we say thanks to theparents who so kindly provided the delicious fare.

At this year's Eisteddfod we were very fortu-nate in securing three cups. Two of these werewon by the Junior Singing Choirs trained byMrs. Elsie Jennings, and the third by a SpeechChoir trained by Miss Dawn Salmon. We arevery proud of these trophies, which are testimonyto much hard work and enthusiasm.

A large party fiUed tbree double decker busesto repair to the Rondebosch Boys' High MemorialHall in March to see the excellent production ofthe Annual Theatre for Youth play "Seraphino".We voted it the best play of theirs so far.

Our second annual "Reading Competition" washeld in December, 1959, when the adjudicatorswere Mrs. Dorothea Spears (English) and Mrs.Pretorius (Afrikaans). For this now regular activ-ity, we have to acknowledge the gifts of twosilver cups, floating trophies presented by Mr. andM rs. Frank Spears for English reading, andAdvocate E. Newman, Q.e., and Mrs. Newman,for Afrikaans reading.

We should like to record our thanks to Mr. W.E. Bowden for so kindly showing us the beautifulfilms of his "round the globe" trip.To Mrs. Paddick we owe a most interesting

and instructive evening when a very full attend-ance of Sub B parents heard in detail how shecarried out ber lessons in reading and numberwork and how tbey (parents) could be of assist-ance. The evening was an eye-opener for all,coming, as it did, from one with wide experienceand knowledge, and a keen insight into the indi-vidual pupil.And lastly, thanks to all parents wbo have so

generously provided transport for travelling teams,and on outings, and for their assistance at Schoolfunctions.

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THE LAND OF LOST

STANDARD lA STANDARD 18THE MAGIC BALL

,Junio,. Sc/wol Conl,.ibulionJ

Once upon a time I was walking in the gardenand I saw a mystery man. He had red boots, ablack cap, green pants pulled tight, and rus shirtwas yellow.

He asked me if I would like a wish. I said"Yes". I said, "I want to go to the Land of Lost".It was dark there. I found my train set and

hundreds of. my dinky cars. Then I found all mytoys.The little man appeared again. He said, "Come,

we will go home". Suddenly a gold swan poppedup in front of me. I climbed on to him and so didthe elf. When we got home I got off. I took mytoys inside and said goodbye and the elf andswan disappeared.

R. FOSTER.

THE MAGIC CHAIR

Once upon a time there lived an old womanwho bad an old chair. The chair had only threelegs and it was no use. She did not mind sittingon it, but she did not know that it was a magiccbair. Tbe magic chair made a sudden jerk, whichmade the old lady jump. Then she got very cross.She shouted out, "You wicked chair, I wiU throwyou out."After she had thrown the magic chair out she

was very sad, because she had not another chair.She had to sit on the floor to tbe end of her days.

J. REARDON.

A FRIGHTMrs. Wright had a fright,In the middle of the night.She saw a ghostEating toastHalfway up the lamp-post.

R. MUUIOLLAND.

WHO?Who shakes the door?When I open it, no one is there.Who creaks the floor?I look around,There's nothing on the ground.

B. COBEN.

It was Saturday morning when Neil awoke. Hisfather gave him a ten-shilling note for his birth-day. Neil clambered out of bed. He rushed downthe stairs and out of tbe door.He went to tbe village store. There be saw a

beautiful big red ball. He bougbt it for twoshillings. He felt very glad that he had bought it,because it was so bouncy.

When Neil got home that evening he went tobed very early. He did not go to sleep, becausehe was thinking about the ball. Now this ballwas magic, and at the stroke of twelve a littleman came down a moonbeam. He woke Neiland asked, "Have you ever had a wisb?" "No, Ihave never had a wish," said Neil. "You havegot a wish. But do not waste it," said the littleman.The next morning Neil used his wish. He

wished he would always be happy - and he was!A. BARr;rARD.

THE MAGIC BOX

Once I bad a little box. This box was magic.One day I rubbed this box. Wben I stopped rub-bing, a man appeared before me. When I askedhim his business, he said he must obey me. So Isaid, "Please play with me wbenever I am lonely."

So I just need to rub tbe box and he will playwith me. So as long as I live I will never belonely.

D. BLANCKENBERG.

THE MAGIC BOX

One day Peter caught a mouse. It was a magicbox that Peter put the mouse into, but he did notknow it.

When night came the little mouse was thinking.It wished very hard that it could be with itsmother and father again. Then suddenly tbere itwas at home with motber and father.

Wben Peter woke up he went to see his mouse.But wben he looked into the box the mouse wasgone.

But you know where the mouse was and howhe got there!

P. MILNER.

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STANDARD 2A

BY DIE SEEEen dag het ons see toe gegaan. Ek bet baie

geswem, maar het gou moeg geword. Toe neemek 'n sak om skulpe daarin te sit. Ek het baiever op die strand geloop, maar ek kon niks meervind nie. Ek was baie moeg, want ek bet vergeloop. Ek loop nou stadig na my pa. My paroep my en sê dat ons huis toe moet gaan.

G. JOHNSON.

A GOOD CATCH"Not a word to a soul," said my elder brotber

to me as be wakened me. "Now is our chance tocatch the gang red-handed. Quick, get dre sedand bring your bicycle out of tbe sbed. I will bewaiting.""But what for?" I said drowsily."Sb, ... hurry up."By tbis time I was dressed, and I got my

bicycle. Tben we were off.For ten minutes there was silence, and then I

said, "Where to now?""Down tbe lane," came the answer.Round a corner we went at top speed and down

tbe lane.Tbe night was bitterly cold and tbe dew was

falling heavily.Tony dug a deep pit while I, under Tony's

instructions, made a trip-wire.It was approacbing midnight wben we bad

finisbed. Tony said I must stand at tbe phone-boxand be ready to pbone when be shouted.The sbout came. We left it to the police.

N. THOMSON.

ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGONSaint George of England was very brave,The princess of Egypt for to save.So forth he went to a huge black cave.Out came the dragon pouring smoke,Ready to devour more poor folk.The noble knight the dragon slew,From the monster's beart blood did spew.People of Egypt praise tbe knightTo this day with all their might.

N. MALHERBE.

AUTUMNAutumn is bere and the days grow cold,Leaves on tbe trees begin to mould.Rain is here,Winter is near,And snakes and bears are very rare.

P. GOODWIN.

WHEN I GROW UPWhen I grow up I'd like to beA big strong man who sails the sea.Or otherwise a ringmasterWho cracks his whip faster and faster.Or, better still, a fireman, and ob,Imagine me as a hero.But just right now I'd like to beA little schoolboy, just like me.

B. Louw.

STANDARD 28

A STORMY NIGHTIt was a dark and stormy nigbt. Trees were

breaking like blades of grass. The lights werefused. The ceiling was creaking. Suddenly weheard a crash of glass, and my father went to seewhat it was. When he came back he told us abranch bad broken tbe window.An bour later, we heard tbe sound of tbe

piano. Again my fatber went to see wbat it was.He came back laughing. "It is only our cat," hesaid.

The rest of tbe night was peaceful.D. RUBEL.

AN EXCITING ADVENTURE"Not a word to a soul," said my elder brotber

as be wakened me. "Now is our chance to catchthe gang red-handed."

My brother and I had seen a jewel gang rob-bing Mr. Williams tbe night before. We had heardtbem say that they were going to rob Mrs. Stickthe following nigbt. Now we were going to try tocatch them red-handed.

"Sh, ... said my brotber as be switched on bistorcb. We made our way to Mrs. Stick's house.For a few moments all was quiet. Then sud-

denly we heard footsteps coming towards thebouse. Then a member of tbe gang took out sometools and managed to open tbe door. Then thejewel gang tiptoed into tbe study wbere tbe safewas kept. A few seconds later we heard a click.The safe was open.

Then my brotber went to a nearby window andsaid, "Tbis is tbe po.lice, we have you surrounded".My brother, who had a gun, said, "Drop yourguns".Tbe gang were so frigbtened that they obeyed.

My brother and I took the gang to tbe policestation and tbey were put into cells. Tbe policetbanked us very much and gave us eacb thirtypounds reward.

M. RUBIN.

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THE DAY I MET FATHER CHRISTMASOne day my mother and I went to town to do

some Christmas shopping. When w.e went into ashop, we saw a lot of children gathered around.I asked my mother if I could go to see what wasgoing on. I saw a man who was dressed up asFather Christmas. He was giving away prizes andselling two-and-sixpenny Lucky Dips. My motherasked me if I would like one. I accepted theoffer and bought one. When I went to buy one,he gave me a magnificent cricket set. I thankedhim, and we went home. I shall never forget theday when I met "Father Christmas".

K. BROWN.

BATH TIMEIn the beginning Mommy and Daddy were

asked to a cocktail party. My brothers and Iwere left at home. My baby brother had not hada bath for a long time, so I decided to give himone. Robin, my big brother, went to bed becauseof a cold.

1 took Alan, my smaller brother, into the bath-room and let the water run. When I was ready toput Alan in tbe bath, I could not turn the tap off.I tried and tried but I could not. Then I calledRobin. He could not either. The water wasbeginning to overflow, and I went to get a mop tomop up the water. At last I managed to pull theplug out and turn the tap off with a hammer.When Mommy came I had to clean up the

whole bathroom and get into bed. I had to stayin bed the whole of the next day.

J. KATZ.TO THE RESCUE

One day in summer, when it was particularlyhot, I asked my motber if I couJd go down for abathe. Sbe consented. After slipping on mycostume I ran down to tbe beach. I had notbeen swimming long when I heard a babyscreaming. Straining my eyes, I saw a baby farout. I was not a very good swimmer, but Ithought I could make it. So I jumped in againand struck out for the rapidly disappearing baby.Luckily the tide was with me, so I made quite

good speed. However, after about a sixth of amile I found I had misjudged myself, so I beganyelling too. Quite soon help arrived and we werepulled on to the beach.

Everyone crowded round me asking if I wasall right. In the midst of all the commotion thebaby's mother arrived. She silently pushed a £5note into my hand and ran off. I stared at thenote and then set off for home.

J. BENJAMIN.

A BIG BOXOne day I was going to the shop wben some-

thing caught my eye. It was a box, which keptdisappearing in a peculiar manner.I went in and bought it. When tbe grocer went

to get it, he stared in horror, because it hadvanished. Then it reappeared in my hand.

When I looked inside the box there was aJack-in-the-box, which gave me quite a fright. Ihad lots of fun with my box. It kept vanishingand returning.One day it disappeared and never turned up

again. What bas become of Jack-in-the-box Iwould not know.

L.HAMBURGER.

STANDARD 3ATrees are swaying in the breeze,Leaves are falling by twos and threes:Gold ones, red ones, brown and all,Creepers blown from the ancient wall.

Birds are cold, while trees are swaying,Little children are in from playing,Soon the rain comes pit-a-pat,And the dog lies on the mat.

S. LEYSER.AUTUMN

The air's so cool and gayOn this frosty Autumn day;The sky's so blue, so blue,The meadows wet witll glistening dew,On red-brown leaves a golden rayFalls on this frosty Autumn day.

e. CLIFTON.A BRAVE DEED

Doors rattled, windows clanged as tbe hurri-cane rut the prairie with stunning force. Tilewell-built, broad-shouldered man in the armcbairbeaved a long-drawn-out sigh. He turned aroundslowly to face tbe woman seated on tile couch inthe far corner of the room. "Hope the farmhouseholds," he said.

"We're ruined," was all she replied."But Mave," he said in exasperation, "if some-

one could .... ""No one could get to town in this weather!"

she almost shouted.He changed the subject. "Where's Joe?""Upstairs," was the answer.Farmer McGregor rose from bis chair and

started to climb the stairs. Mrs. McGregor buriedher face in het hands and wept. A minute latera shout was heard from upstairs. It was thefarmer.

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"Joe," he shouted, "be's gone!"A tall youngster of about twelve, Joe McGregor

made hjs way slowly from the stricken farm-house. He knew tbat, if he could reach the town.the crops could be saved by the well-known com-pany which had the name of Crop Protection(Pty.) Ltd. Canvases, wbich the hurricane couldnot penetrate, could be spread over the vast fieldscontaining tbe precious crops.

He made h.is way to the road, safely leavingthe farm .in the distance. One mile passed, butthere were thirty to go. Foot after foot, yardafter yard. Where the tree came from Joe neverknew. Tbc branches closed around bim with theforce of a tiger. He was being swept across theground into tbe flooded, raging river.Tbe ambulance pulled up at the small bospital

at Princely. A boy of about twelve was taken.inside. "Found him floating down the river," saidthe driver."Oh," replied the nurse.Tbat is tbe story of a young boy of twelve wbo

witb one tbougbt in mind saved bis mother andfatber from ruin, for now, fully recovered, Joeoften strolls through the fine crops that might nothave been there if he had not succeeded."But he did," says the farmer, "but he did!"

K. KESNER.

HOW I KEPT HOUSE FOR A DAYTbe place: A newly white-wasbed house. The

road: Evergreen Avenue. The vicinity: Klerks-dorp.

The scene opens with a knock on the door, whichis opened to reveal a figure dressed in tigbt jeans,a red shirt and a spotless yellow jersey, not for-getting the shoes and socks, the figure of myself.

"Tbere's somebody at the door, madame,"'sbouted the opener of the door.

"Ob! That must be the new baby-sitter; sendhim rigbt in, Mary," a horibble, high-pitched,la-de-dah voice replied from somewhere in thehouse. "Send rum rigbt in".I entered ratber nervously, waiting for the

speaker, but all I got was a terrific gust of wind... and a toy arrow on the side of my head. Inmy frigbt I ran a few feet forward onto a neatly-placed banana peel put there for that purpose.I went sailing through the air to land on tbe lapof the owner of the hi.deous voice. "How nice ofyou to drop in," sbe cried, and at that stage Inearly fainted.After tbe maid and Miss "La-de-dah", as I

called her, bad departed, I was left to guard rather

than take care of two absolute horrors by thenames of Jeff and Doug. My job was not only tobaby sit but to clean house too. I switched on thekettle to make tea, wben a voice yelled: "Hey,pie-face, bring me some water." "Yeab! ,. agreedthe otber.Reluctantly I took two glasses from a nearby

kitchen dresser and filled tbem with water. Iclimbed up tbe stairs and pushed tbe balf-shutbedroom door wide open. Plop! A beavy suit-case tumbled off tbe top of the door to land onmy bead with a bone-jarring crash. My faceturned slowly from red to purple and back again.

"You little nuisances," I cried, "just wait till ...Boom! Tbe explosion could be heard througboutthe house. "The kettle!" I yelled in exasperation.I dashed down the stairs and dived into tbe

kitchen. Not daring to go anywhere near whatonce was a kettle, I snatched up a broom whichhad been lying on the floor and switched off theplug with it. As you can guess, the broom camein useful in other ways too.

For the next two hours I made a list of what Idid. It read something like this:I. Remove piece of metal once known as kettle.2. Put borrors to bed.3. Sweep kitcben.4. Put horrors to bed.5. Dust lounge and dining-room.6. Put borrors to bed.Finally I gave it up. In desperation I offered

them half my wages if they would get into bedand stay there. Tbey agreed! During their ab-sence I wasbed tbe dinner dishes, the breakfastdishes, tbe previous day's dinner and breakfastdisbes, and the day before that's dinner andbreakfast dishes. I also broke ten pieces ofcrockery, which I stuffed under the mat.At last Miss La-de-dah returned (just as I had

got tbe house shipshape). "Well," sbe said,"you've done excellent work. I presume it waseasy cleaning house and putting the kiddies tobed.""Y-y-yes," I replied," as simple as that." And

so saying I took my money, ran upstairs, put balfon the table between the horrors' beds, and randown the stairs once more.

"I suppose you'd like to come again on Thurs-day."

"S-s-sure," I replied, as I ran out of the house."S-s-sure! "

K. KESNER.

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WINDY DAY

It's a windy day and it's raining,And all the trees are swaying;Raindrops on the window patSplit splat! split splat!

The people walking in the streetAre wet and cold from head to feeOn such a wet and stormy dayI miss the birds that sing so gay.

Leaves are flying here and there,Blowing in the windy air;Gig grey clouds are rolling byIn the overcast dark sky.

M. TREADAWAY.

STANDARD 38JAN VAN RIEBEECK

Jan van Riebeeck from Culemborg came,To give the Cape a very great name;And everyone of his happy bandGave van Riebeeck a helping hand.

He built a fort both safe and sound,He made a garden in the ground;The Hottentots came and stole their cattle,But still they wouldn't start a battle.

S. PRINGLE.

'N EEKHORINKIE VERTEL

Ek is 'n eekhorinkie en my naam is Perri. Ekis bruin en het 'n groot stert, sodat ek maklik vaneen boom na die ander kan spring. Ek woon indie bos met my ouers en twee broers.

Een dag, toe ons in die bos loop, het 'n jakkalsop my vader se nek gespring en hom doodge-maak. Toe ek dit sien het ek hoog in 'n boomgeklim en my broers het saamgekom, maar mymoeder het nie gekom nie, en ek het geweet datek haar nooit weer sal sien nie.

'n Paar dae later het die bos begin brand, enek het in die rivier gespring om te wag totdat ditoor is. Toe ek uit van die water kom, het ek 'nmeisie eekhorinkie gesien. Haar naam was Letta,en ek het baie van haar gehou.

'n Week later het ons getrou, en tot hierdie dagblyons hoog in die bome van die bos.

L. OSRIN.

DIE SIRKUS

"Mammie! Mammie! kyk, daar gaan die sirkusverbyons hek." Anna se moeder kyk uit diekombuis venster en lag: "Anna, my kind, jy kanmos nie sirkus-toe gaan nie want ons gaan kamptoe."Daardie aand, toe Anna se vader huis toe ge-

kom het, sê hy vir Anna: "Ons kan nie gaankamp nie want ek moet iets by die werk doen."Anna was baie hartseer en haar vader het dietrane in haar oë gesien.

"Moenie huil nie," sê hy, en van sy baadjiesakhet hy die kaartjies uitgehaal. Anna is bly omsirkus-toe te gaan.

Die volgende oggend het Anna na die sirkustent gegaan en sien hoe die hansworse oefen.Daar was 'n plek waar die olifante gewas word.Die akrobate het ook geoefen.In die aand het Anna en haar ouers na die

sirkus gegaan. Eers het die orkes begin speel.Anna het haarself baie geniet.

C. MAlMIN.

A ROW ON THE VLEIIt was Saturday afternoon, and the sea scouts

had to meet at the boat shed by Zeekoe VLei fortraining at 3 o'clock. I was very lucky, for I wasone of the first boys to go on the vlei in the newsharpie.

The new boat was as light as a feather and theold sharpie as heavy as lead. I was bowsman andhad to push the boat out from the small jetty andthen jump in.H was the first time I had rowed a boat before,

and I made a mess of it all. The second time wewent out I was rowing much better, and we passedthe other sharpie and left it in the reeds.When we came back to tbe jetty we had to

make a plaster-of-paris mould of a footprint..Then we ended off by having a braaivleis.

A.LoWE.

THE UITLE GARDENIn the garden, of which I am fond,Three goldfishes swim in a pond;And all. the flowers bend their headsAs tbey grow in their little beds.

The trees bend down their leafy boughs,As the wind between tbe brancbes blows;And the gentle snail leaves his silver trailIn the garden of which I am fond.

A.HuRwITZ.

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AN OUTING

About two weeks ago I went with the scouts toan old silver mine. It is a very small mine whichis no longer used. There are two mines. One islarger than the other. We went to the smallermine.

We started off at eight o'clock from the scouthall. We had to walk about half a mile acrosssand-dunes and half a mile through meadows andwoods where we found hundreds of porcupinequills.

When we at last go to the camping site, it wasquite late and we had to think about lunch. Wemade a large camp fire. Soon the air was filledwith the delicious smell of chops and boerewors.

After lunch, when our food bad settled, weplayed "Bobbies and Thieves", and some boys·swam in the river flowing down the mountain.

At four o'clock, after inspection, we startedhome. We stopped at a large sand dune and thescoutmaster took photos with his ciné camera.At last we reached the hall, and I was very tiredthat night.

P. SCaTI'.

JAN VAN RIEBEECK

Jan van Riebeeck, six feet tall,Set off for the Cape in a boat quite small ;At the Cape he built a fort,But of an army had he nought.

He sawaBushman shoot with his bow,He saw a Hottentot fighting bis foe;He sawa B1,Ishwoman cooking a hare,And a very thin jackal asleep in his lair.

S. COWEN.

A TRUE ANMIAL STORY

One night, after a play rehearsal, my fatherfound a small white mouse creeping along one ofthe corridors at school. He took it home thatnight, as he could not find the owner, and put itin a biscuit tin. My brother and I were asleep atthe time.Next morning we went into our parents' room

and Daddy showed us the mouse. We christenedit "Blanche".

My mother works in the blood transfusionlaboratory, and they bave there a large roomfull of animals, on which they experiment forspecimens of blood, so we took BLanche in forthe lady there to see, so that she could tell uswhether it was male or femaLe. We had decided

that, if it was femaLe, we would get another one(female as well) to prevent them from breeding.It turned out tbat it was female, so we got

anotber one, as welJ as a proper cage and drink-ing bottle. We named tbe new mouse "Albina".My brother was given the task of feeding them,

wbile I had to feed the budgie that we had pre-viousLy acquired.

We got on very nicely for a wbile, but then theprice of the pets' food began to go up, so we gotrid of the mice.

About a month later, while we were at a drive-in, our budgie died of frigbt, or so we think, whenthe cat which we had since received jumped on toits cage.

We still have the cat, and are going to get aCorgi puppy from the bead master of WynbergBoys' High School, a friend of Daddy's.

N.B.-Blanche is a French name and Albina isSpanish. They both mean "Wbite".

A. THoMsoN.

STANDARD 4ATHE PEAK-HOUR RUSH

The station on a weekday evening at fiveo'clock is a scene of complete chaos. The crowdsare swarming around the bookstaIJ, all wanting toget their evening newspapers, and getting veryimpatient.The noise is ringing in your ears, and, as the

time of tbe train's arrival comes nearer, the noisebecomes greater. Nothing but people can be seen,and the men working in the ticket office areworking non-stop to try to cope with the largedemand for tickets. Then you see all tbe Lateoffice-workers racing aLong the subway to catchtbe train.The 5.5 arrives. The crowd surges forward.

Carriage doors open and close, and those first inthe train have the best seats. Then the trainleaves, and tbe station is Left quiet and deserted.The woman in the bookstall is bappy about ber

profit on tbe selling of newspapers, and the sharp,sbriLl voice of tbe boy selling papers on the nextplatform rings out and ecboes among the build-ings.

Everything is quiet now. The bookstall, theticket office, the advertisements on their boards,and the pretty and colourful showcases come backinto prominence.

E. DE SWARDT.

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FIRE! FIRE!The sun was ju t setting, and a Beaufighter was

droning steadily across the Mediterranean to-wards Italy, and, looking up, Capt. Kildare sawhis escort Spitfires, three in number, flying above.Just then Sparks, his gunner, rushed in shouting,

"Captain, there is a fire in the port wing". Cap-tain Kildare, switching to automatic control andwaiting only to radio the Spitfires, grabbed afire-extinguisher and rushed to the port wing.He found the wing a blazing inferno, and

quickly he began spraying foam on to it, but tono avail, and the only thing to do was to baleout. But, as he told the Spitfires, one of themstopped him. "There is a destroyer only half amile away, and, if you bale out there, they willbe able to pick you up.""Thanks," said Capt. Kildare, "we will try to

hold out".Only another quarter-mile to go, then jump!

One after another the crew jumped, and thedestroyer picked them up, while a little furtheron the Beaufighter plunged nose-first .into thewaves, her watery grave.

A. LOWRY.

THE SAFE CRACKERMr. Brown sat in his easy chair reading his

newspaper. He called his butler, Jeeves, for adrink of wine. He would sit and read his paper,for he had had a hard day working on thoserocket plans.The butler had poured out the drink - but

what's this? He pulled out from his pocket abox of pills containing a drug, and dissolved somein the drink. He pulled also from his pocket aWebley pistol and a box of .22 cartridges, andloaded the gun. "Jeeves !" called his master.

"Coming, Master."Mr. Brown drank the wine, while his butler

crouched behind the clock. This was it! He firedthe pistol. Bang! The candlestick with burningcandles toppled over. The bullet ricochetted tohit the window. Tbe hearthrug was soon a blazeof glory.A bewildered youth had dialled 999 at a tele-

phone box. "Fire Brigade!" he had shouted,"Come to Mount Street!"The Fire Brigade had arrived. The blaze was

under control. Mr. Brown seemed guilty of start-ing the blaze. The butler bad thrown the pistolinto Mr. Brown's chair and hidden some moneyhe had stolen from the safe. Now they were beingquestioned by Inspector Dickson.

Mr. Brown said, "I was drinking wine when Ibegan to feel dizzy. I heard shots and I know nomore."

"That is not true!" tbe butler burst out. "Hedeliberately shot at me and hit the candlestick.He shot again and broke tbe window." Witb tbattbe Inspector snapped handcuffs on the butler,explaining calmly that only one shot had beenfired from the gun. His lie had given him away.

G. BOOTH.

UNWILLING TRAITOR

One very dark night, Convict 882 dropped fromthe prison wall and made swiftly for the neigh-bouring wood. A curt shout followed him, "Hey!882's escaped!"As a party formed, a wailing siren cut in,

"Down, everybody!" shouted Robert West, in-spector in charge. Immediately a stream of tracerbullets cut into the prison yard. A squadron ofME 109's were flying due north-east.

Meanwhile 882, making use of his respite,vaulted over a fence and came face to face witha man - if you could call him a man. He wasabout 8 feet tall! With one glance at him, 882became dizzy and semi-conscious.Later, upon awakening, he realised that he was

in a strange world. Well, be was still on earth,but what an eartb! Everything was changed.The fence and bushes had vanished, and in theirplace was a huge concrete strip. With an aston-ished gasp, 882 rose and was walking down thestrip, when he saw the stranger standing next tohim. "Come," he said, and unquestioningly hefollowed. He had stopped and picked up a stone,when, as if by magic, the square marked on thestrip was lowered a foot. 882 got on the squarewith the stranger, and they were lowered down,down, down, until he looked upon a magnificentscene. The room be looked upon held a strangemachine with a red seat. 882 sat on it, and witha strange sound all the thougbts in his headappeared on a screen.Then the stranger spoke to 882. WeU, spoke in

the sense that 882 heard his words. But theyseemed to buzz in his brain. Later he learnt thatit must have been telepathy. Tbe words explainedthat he was in the year 2,522 on earth. He hadbeen brought to the future in a time machinewhile hypnotised. The strangers - for there weremore - wanted to conquer earth, but they didnot have enough information of the strength ofthe earth back in the 20th century. It was easy

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to take over one person's mind, but they couldnot control a group, so they had to use force. Thereason why they wanted to conquer earth wastbat since 1942 tbe population had increased by700,000,000,000. A zero bomb had exploded andbad been tbe cause of radiation in the atmospherewhich had driven them underground. A pocketof gamma anti-radiation beams had been focussedon them while tbey were in tbe radiation and hadprotected them.

Like a flash 882 returned to normal, but hekept the information which be had gained. 882muttered out a savage speech against the earth-men, but that did not belp much.

Then he bit on a plan, but he realised thatnothing he could plan would escape the strangers'notice. They could read his mind!

He followed a stranger to a huge hall full oftime-machines. Tbe stranger told him that tbesemachines were full of strangers. He had fed theinformatjon necessary into the machjnes, and theywere ready to send them back to the 20th century.

Then, with a quick movement 882 pulled out astolen pistol and fired at the master switch.2 Witha mighty upheaval the room exploded. 882 waskilled, but in exchange for his life earth had beensaved.

L.WERBELOFF.

A TRICK

One day I received a 'pbone-caU from one ofmy friends asking me to tea.

The next day, as soon as I got home fromschool, I changed my clothes and, making surethat I ate nothing, as my friend had promised mea magnificent tea, made my way to the bus stop.There I met sjx other frjends who had also beeninvited. When the bus came, we all got on andtravelled the two miles happily enough.

When we arrived at my friend's house, theshutters were up and no one was about. Wewalked up to the front door and rang the beU.No one came. We rang again, but still no onecame. We went round to tbe back, and there hadtbe same experience as at the front.

We then put our beads together and made aplan. When we were satisfied, we went to the busstop, got on a bus and rode bome.

The next day at school I found out that myfriend was going to be at borne that afternoon.

When I got borne from school, I waited for half-an hour and then 'pboned him. I put on a deepvoice and told him to go along to tbe policestation at once, as he was suspected of commjttinga burglary. I then hurried along to the policestation. I had been none too soon, for my friendarrived five minutes later. It was now my turn tolaugb. My friend was very angry, but tbat wasthe last time he tried to play a trick on me!

J. ROGERs.

STANDARD 48

A PIRATE'S PARROT

One sunny day in South America a pirate calledBlack Pete sailed into a little bay along the SouthAmerican coast. When he arrived at tbe jetty inhis longboat, his eye caught a group of negroestrying to sell a green parrot. The parrot was greenall over except for a patcb of yellow on bis breast.His eyes were blue with a twinkle in tbem. Thepirate went to tbe negroes and asked bow muchthey wanted for him. They replied that tbeywould sell him for two pounds. The pirate boughtthe parrot and took it back to his ship.

Black Pete called the parrot "Sin bad". Sinbadwas taugbt to say "Black Pete", "pieces of eigbt,"and many other words. The first raid Black Petemade was on a defenceless mercbantman. As theysailed in for a broadside witb their cannon, Sinbadwas sitting on Pete's sboulder. The first broadsidedamaged the mercbantman very badly, and itbegan to sink. The belmsman of tbe pirate vesselbrought the ship alongside tbe mercbantman. Theboarding party swarmed on to the stricken shipwithout much opposition, and took aU tbe valu-ables. Sinbad, however, had found his way to thecaptain's cabin, and picked up a piece of paperand a golden writing quill. He flew back to thepirate ship again and dropped tbe paper in frontof Black Pete. The paper contained tbe routesand dates of tbe voyages of other mercbantsbips.This would come in bandy for raiding these shipswhen tbey needed supplies and food. Black Petepatted Sinbad on the head and tbanked him forfinding this very useful piece of paper.

The parrot lived to a ripe old age, and BlackPete was killed in one of his raids on a merchant-sbip. A few montbs after his deatb his parrot diedas well.

S. SCOTT.

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TO THE RESCUE

It was dark in the evening,It was raining outside;The wind was blowingThe sea to high-tide.

When suddenly all stopped,The sea went down,The rain died outAnd they reached the town.

The captain came offAnd went down the gangplank ;He heard of the newsOf a tanker that sank.

He ran to his cabin,And his crew came together;He told them the newsAnd about the weather.

They left the harbourAnd reached the tanker;They lowered the lifeboats,And let down the anchor.

They rescued the people,Who were hauled from the lifeboats,And the captain gave orders to the-ship still afloatTo make for the headland which was still far remote.

It was three o'clockOn the captain's clock,When the ship listed badly:She had struck a rock.

She could last not much longer,She toppled on her side,And that was the endOf the captain's pride.

B. DERMAN.

SHIPWRECKED

One night I dreamed that I had been ship-wrecked. The ship was wrecked off the coast ofan island.I must bave fainted during the storm, for, when

I awoke, I found myself on the sbore of theisland. I staggered to my feet and stumbled to-wards a small wood. After walking for abouthalf-a-mile, I found myself confronted by themouth of a huge cavern. I struggled towards it,and suddenly blacked out.

About two bours later (as I thought), I woke upand decided to explore further into the cavern.

It was more like a tunnel than a cave. It ranfor more than five hundred yards. I decided tosleep the night there. The rest of the day I spentexploring tbe island. It had a jagged coastline,with a cliff at one end. I also found a smalLstream (a mere trickle of water), but no inhabi-tants. I slept the night in the cave. Waking atsunrise and strolling out, I found myself face toface with a huge gorilla. I ran and ran, thinkingI would never stop.

Suddenly I saw the cliff. I struggled up, witbthe gorilla after me. Then the ground gave way,and I fell. I awoke sweating on the floor of mybedroom.

P. REYNOLDS.

THE VOYAGE TO GOLD

One warm sunny morning in Cape Town Docksa light blue schooner lay at anchor. An old manwith a grey beard and a seaman's cap on his headleaned against the rail. A man came walkingalong the jetty and jumped ligbtly on to the boat.He was the first mate.The following day, with her sails hoisted, the

schooner glided swiftly out of tbe barbour, theold man at the wheel. They were off to dive for asunken treasure ship. Three weeks later theschooner dropped anchor in a little bay amongstthe Canary Islands.The following morning the mate came up on

deck and lit a cigarette. A little while later, \¥benhe had finished the cigarette, be began to get twoof the heavy diving outfits ready. As be finished,the old sea captain came on deck and startedto get into one of the diving kits. The matedid the same. Then tbey clambered down a ropeladder into the inky waters. Down they went,untiL tbey reached the bottom with a bit of abump.Soon they were walking slowly towards the

enormous bulkhead of an olden-day ship. Theyclambered aboard and sank down into the hold,where there lay great waterproof boxes. One byone they pulled them up to the schooner by meansof an iron cable tied in a bowline round tbe boxes.

After a hard day's work they pulled up tbeanchor and started their long voyage back toCape Town, baving accomplished a very hardtask.

R. JACKSON.

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STANDARD SAROWING A BOAT

"There's nothing in rowing a boat!" I said toFred.

"Well," he replied, "if tbat's tbe case, bere arethe oars."

We were holidaying at Hermanus, and FredHeller bad come to stay with us. My mother hadgiven us permission to hire a boat, take a picnicbamper, and spend a day on the lagoon.It was in the September holidays, and so the

lagoon was open. (They open the lagoon everyyear to let in seawater.) I took the oars, whileFred sat back and had a rest. I rowed and rowed,but the boat wouldn't move. Fred eventuallydecided tbat the boat was too high up on tbesand to move. He climbed out and began to pusbthe boat. As soon as the boat was in the water,I began to row.

I was some twenty yards from the shore, whenI heard shouting from that direction. I looked upand found out that I had left Fred standing on tbeshore. I rowed back, and he climbed into theboat. I rowed out again, and after a few minutesthe boat capsised, but, fortunately, in sballowwater.

We both had our bathing costumes on, and wesoon managed to right the boat and put thehamper into the boat.

"There's nothing in rowing a boat is there?"asked Fred sarcastically. Fred then took the oarsand we soon arrived at the fishing grounds. Fredput on his underwater gear, took up his spear-gunand dived into the water.

I sat back and waited for Fred to surface. Tenminutes later I heard shouts, twenty yards away.It was Fred, for the boat had drifted away. I hadforgotten to drop anchor!I rowed back, dropped anchor, and Fred

climbed into the boat. I dived down and sawwhat I tbought was a brown fish. I grabbed it,only to find it was the anchor. We had lunch, andafterwards we didn't have any success either.

We rowed back and arrived home late, after anenjoyable day.

R. HAMBURGER.

AN AMUSING INCIDENT

On Friday a most amusing incident happenedto me. I have bad many passengers on my bus,but one will live in my mind forever.We had stopped at Wynberg Station, and I

noticed a very large woman getting into the bus.

Her bat looked like an upturned plastic flowerpot over which a steamroller bad gone. Shefloundered up tbe stairs and sat down. I had afeeling that the seat would fall in, but with creaksof agony it held.The driver was starting the bus, and I was

bracing myself to stand up to passengers who didnot ha ve their fares, when from upstairs I hearda loud clucking. Thinking that someone hadbrought a duck into the bus and not paid its fare,I hurried upstairs. Arriving there rather purple inthe face, I found the woman with the flowerpothat erupting like a volcano, and a man in frontof her waving his fist.

I went up behind them and said in a sternvoice, "What is going on here?"The woman caLmed down and said, "This man

has just hit me in the face." I looked sternly atthe man and told him hc would have to get outof the bus. He got up, pusbed past me, and wentdown the stairs muttering curses that, if I hadbeen a weaker man, would have shrivelled me up."He is a terrible man," said the woman with a

snort that would have done credit to a pig."Yes, Madam," I said."And he has an ugly face," said the woman."Yes Madam," I replied dutifully, and tbe next

minute a stray thunderbolt hit me over the head.When I came to I learned that the woman hadhit me over the head for insulting her husband,and bad flounced off.

R.HoRWITZ.

THE STOWAWAY"Now tell me your story," said the captain of a

ship to tbe stowaway wbo had been broughtbefore him. The ship was the large passengerboat, "New York," belonging to the big shippingline, "Golden Star". The ship had set sail forCape Town from Liverpool in England with manypassengers aboard. The stowaway began his story.

"I used to live in London," be began. "Myparents were very poor and tbey treated mebadly. I am only seventeen years old, but Idecided to run away from bome and take a sbipto some port in Africa. One night I crept out ofmy creaking old bed, dressed, took some breadand started to walk to Liverpool. I came to astation, where I caugbt a train and bid under oneof tbe seats. Luckily for me I was not caugbt,and, wben the train pulled into Liverpool station,I climbed out and headed for the docks.

"I saw this ship, but could not get aboard heras men were loading cargo aboard and I wouldbe seen. Suddenly an idea struck me. Why not

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get aboard the ship in the bales of wool that werebeing loaded aboard? I managed to squeeze intoa bale, and two minutes later I felt the bale liftingoff the wharf and swinging down into the hold ofthe shjp. I cautiously peeped out of the bale butsaw no one.

"I crept out and worked my way up a longsteel ladder until I was on deck. I hid in a smaHdeck bouse that nigbt, but in the morning Ibehaved like a normal passenger. At tea time Iwas served tea by the unsuspecting deck steward,and, when no one was looking, I stole food fromthe galley, as I could not go to tbe saloon at mealtimes because there was not a table for me. Atnight I hid and slept in the deck house, and nowI bave been caught."

The captain was a kindly soul, but he said hewould have to senel Richard, for that was thestowaway's name, back to England. Richard hadto work to pay his passage back to England, and,when he arrived home, his parents were very crosswith him.Richard saved as much money as he could, and

tben be went to nigbt school. Two years later hetook a degree at an Officers' Training School, andvery soon he was an officer 011 the same ship onwhich he had stowed away.Richard is now the captain of a large liner, and

he enjoys his work very much indeed.P.HoLMEs.

STANDARD 5BWANTED-DEAD OR ALIVE!

My name is Tex Ronegan, and I am a TexasRanger. I bad been sent off to find a drygulchernamed Soar Notar.After a few hours of riding I rode into the

dreaded DryguIcher's Valley. I rode along tbetwisting path expecting to see a black figureemerging from a rock brandishing a Winchesterrifle. I was riding along between the rocks whenI heard a twig 'nap. I dived for my gun andducked. A gun roared, and a bullet skinned myarm. I saw something at the back of a rock. Ifired, and a man feH from bebind tbe rock andplunged over a cliff.I slid off my horse and crept up to the rock

behind wbich tbey were hiding. They turnedaround and I fired. I emptied my six-guns ontbem. They all lay still. I picked up a rifle andsaw a man getting ready to fire. I fired first, andhe rolled off the rock he was on. I heard a shotand turned. It was tbe hated Soar Notar. Hefired, and I felt his bullet plunge into my arm. I

felt my strength fail me. I was on the edge ofthe e1iff. The cliff-edge crumbled, I was dangling,and I suddenly plunged downwards ....I would bave been dead, had it not been for a

tree tbat was growing on tbe side of the e1i.ff. Ifell straight into the middle of the tree, whichcaught me. When I recovered, I felt somethingmoving. I now realised that the tree was comingout. I pulled out my lassoo and spun it aroundmy head. With tremendous effort I threw it up,and it caught around a projecting rock. I graspedthe rope in both hands and, as I did so, the treeplunged downwards.

I pulled myself up. I then noticed that tberope was fraying. I reached the cliff-edge in thenick of time. I tben mounted my borse andgathered up tbe reins. I then resumed the searchfor Soar Notar. Luckily I stumbled on to hishide-out and caught him in tbe act of shootingthe sheriff.He rose and turned, but I gave him a sharp blow

on his jaw. His legs folded up beneath him. Hiseyes had a glassy look, and then he suddenlycollapsed. He was knocked out. I bound his legsand arms and put him on the back of my horse.I tben returned to tbe Rangers' Camp with my

prisoner. After tbe hanging of Soar Notar, I waspromoted to the highest position in the camp, andwas always known as Captain David.

D.Mow.

CAMPING OUT WITH THE S.A.D.F.

One day in the last week of the June holidaysmy father, who is in the S.A.D.F., asked mewhether I would like to go camping at Strand-fontein with him and some of the soldiers.

Of course I said "Yes", thrilled at the prospectof camping. Later my father told me that thereason for going was that the soldiers he wasteaching were going out to the firing point topractise shooting with two A.A. guns.The following day I accompanied my father to

Youngs Field, the place where he worked. Iwalked with him to his office, wbere he orderedtwo bedding rolls to be placed in the supply truck.All the soldiers who were going had to have anearly lunch, and I ate with my father in theofficers' mess.

My father formed up the convoy, and at 11.45we left Youngs Field. My father would notallow me to ride in an army vehicle, so I rodein a ci.vilian car. My father and I got to tbefiring point first, and I ran down to the beachto play. As I walked back to the firing point, I

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was in time to see the big radar et get stuck inthe sand.It took the soldiers half-an-hour to get the radar

back to its place. After that I went back to thebeach, and, when I returned, all the trucks werein position. That night we had a braaivleis, and avery unsuccessful one at that. The meat we hadordered did not arrive, and we had verry littlefood.

The next morning food was brought out warmfrom Youngs Field. After that I washed myselfand went off to play. About an bour later I wascalled back by my father, who gave me somecottonwool to put in my ears when the guns werefiring.

The soldjers only fired a few rounds that morn-ing, as the sky was cloudy and a round might hita civil aircraft. That afternoon I went fishing withsome of the soldiers, and we caught six sharks.

The next morning the sky was a bit cloudy, butmy father said the soldiers would fire. Later thesky began to cloud over again, and only eighty-two of the intended two hundred rounds werefired. About two hours later we left the firingpoint and returned to Youngs Field.

Tbe firing had been unsuccessful, so my fatbermade plans to go again two weeks later.

C. SLABBER.

THE SPLENDOUR OF THE CORALKINGDOM

One evening, as I was lying thinking in bed, Isuddenly went off into a trance. I was whirledthrough space. Now here! Now there! At lengthI came to rest at the bottom of the sea, where nonoise can be heard. Spinning tbrough the oceanwaste in all its splendour, I was fascinated at thebeauty of it all.

Then the most beautiful fishes came and pro-claimed me their king. I was placed in a chariotdrawn by sea-horses. A coral crown was placedon my head. We started the journey back to thepalace, where I heard aU the splendour of the seawas created. At last we arrived.It was like another world. We were drawn

slowly through the magnificent coral kingdom.We passed a place where the coral grew morebountifully than at any other. I asked my chjefadviser wbat this strange beautiful garden ofpeace was used for. He told me that this was theburial place of the kings. Then I recognised hjghcoral crosses in memory of dead kings.

I was then driven to my palace. Walls of thepurest gold embedded with pearls attracted my

attention. In the throne-room everything wascarved out of ivory. Beautiful tapestries adornedthe walls.

Some time later a flying-fisb messenger broughtsad tidings. Our mutual enemy, the octopus, hadattacked again. I said, "For once and all we mustsend this fellow to Hades". We fougbt a furiousbattle and conquered the octopus. Wc took histreasures and returned home victorious.

Strangely, as tbough by some enchanted power,everyone and everything began to disappear slowly.... After a while 1 awoke to find it had all beena dream.

H. BRIEL.

THE ESCAPEIn the year 1941, just about at the end of World

War II, the enemy, tbe Germans, captured abouta hundred and forty British soldjers, and I wasamongst tbem. We were held in a concentrationcamp for two years, until one Sunday morning atabout 4 a.m. far on the horizon British Spitfiresroared to their target.

I was sitting in a large room made of wood,and, when I heard the screaming of the Spitfires,I rushed to the window. Suddenly, to my amaze-ment, the enemy tanks standing in a hangar near-by caught alight. All tbe prison guards exceptLieutenant Petersen's and mine rushed to thescene.

I immediately called out to the guard and saidthat I bad been injured. He came in with a jugof water and I jumped up quickly and dashed thewater into his face. While he was trying to getthe water out of his eyes, Petersen caught him bythe neck and hit his head against the wall until hefell down unconscious.

I grabbed the guard's machine-gun, and Petersenand I rushed out and clambered under the barbed-wire fence into the open. The guards had seen us,because the clatter of machine-guns and the whiz-zing of bullets over our heads was heard. We ranzig-zagging into an old broken-down farmhousewitb the German guards following us. Theyimmediately threw petrol over it and set it alight.After about ten minutes the roof collapsed. Wewere trapped in a horrible death furnace. Therewas hardly any hope for us ....It was as if a miracle had occurred. As we

clambered under a steel table, a piece of the floorgave way and we found ourselves in a tunnel. Ilooked up and saw a smiling, rosy face lookingdown on me. "Jacobs! What on earth are youdoing here?" The person was Michael Jacobs, anold friend of mine who had parachuted the day

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before. He had found the tunnel and followed itup to that point when we fell through the floor.

Wbile we were dusting ourselves off, we heardthe shouts from the Germans, 'The English dogsmust be dead." As we beard them walk off, Ilifted the trapdoor and looked on at the Germans,who were strolling slowly back to the camp.Jacobs called out to us and aid that we hadbetter be going, so we ran along the tunnel. Itcame out at an old barricade, which had beencleaned and fixed up by Jacobs. Jacobs walkedover to his jacket, took out a pocket transmitter,and called up a British helicopter to come andpick us up.Tbat night it came and picked us up, but Jacobs

remained behind and said that he bad to finishsome work. When we were back at base, we hadto join more troops to go and fight, but thjs timeI was going to make certain that I was not cap-tured.

D. LE Roux.

MY DREAMOne afternoon J felt extremely lazy, so I

decided to take a book and sit outside in theshade to read it. Half-way through the book Icould not recaH at all what I had read about, andI felt as tbough I had been sent off on a shipamong the tossing waves.

I bad been on board the "Sailing Queen" whenwe struck a rock, and we were slowly sinking. Onthe ship I had various compani.ons, my favouritesbeing Stanton Newman and Richard Hamburger.Funruly enougb, we had aH met on the "SailingQueen", and we aU had to share one cabin, as tbeothers were all occupied.Suddenly we beard a shout of "All bands on

deck". We rusbed to the upper deck and foundthe place in a state of chaos. We asked the cap-tain what bad happened, and he answered that wehad struck a rock, and that he was sorry to tell us,but the crew bad tried to save our luggage butwith no success, as the water kept rushing in. Wewere horrified at this and went off. Suddenly Iheard a shout from behind, "I want my daddy".I whirled around, and there I saw a little boy,clad just in underwear. I quickly grabbed a life-belt, took the little boy under my arm, and jumpedinto the water. I yelled from the raging torrent,as the last life-boat was being lowered into thewater. "Here, take this little boy," but the ser-geant said, "Swim on in front of us and give rumto us when you are close enough."I felt the boy's pulse and found that it was

beating very slowly. I told this to the sergeant,

and he took the little boy and managed to squeezeme in.

Suddenly I noticed Newman, Hamburger andthe other friends David Phillips and DavidMichaels. I quickly called them over and askedthe sergeant wbether he could fit them in some-where. He said be could, and, in less tban notime, they bad reacbed us and were being hauledinto the boat. I tben asked the captain about thelittle boy, and he said that be was much betterand that he had found his mother and father onthe Jifeboat. His motber came up to me andthanked me most profusely for wbat I had done.We then saw that the last of the rescue rocketshad gone, and suddenly we heard the sbout:"Rescue ship sighted".In about five minutes we were picked up by the

ship, and suddenly I woke to find it was all adream.

D. GRODD.

MY LUCKY DAYI was lucky enough to win £10 in a competition,

so I ... but wait! I'm getting ahead of mytory. Well, the wbole thing started one morningin Cape Town when I was shopping with mymother. We had just decided to knock off for tea,and were trying to find a tea room, when wepassed a sports shop, and in the window was themost beautiful bicycle anyone could ever hopefor. It was then I decided I would have to get it.I mentioned the matter to my father, wbo in-

quired about the price. It was £25, and my bopesof possessing the bicycle rut rock-bottom. Thenmy father, seeing how disappointed J was, saidthat he would buy it for me for my birthday. ButI would have to earn half the money myself. Itwas two weeks later, and my birthday was onlyfive days off. I had £10, and the bicycle wascoming nearer and nearer. Tben a disaster occurred.The gardener, having received his notice, decidedto have a Jast look around before leaving. Unerr-ingly the fates guided bim to my dressing table,wbere, in a white envelope, lay my £JO.There was notbing for it but to start all over

again, but by now I bad lost all hope. At last mybirthday dawned. It was a bright clear day, butit might as well have been raining for all I cared,for I was still £5 sbort of my objective. Suddenlytbere was a ring at the door. It was tbe postman,who handed me a letter. Inside was a cheque for£10 and a note wruch read, "Congratulations fromthe makers of Washe Washing Powder on winningour competition".

T. ISRAEL.

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viola players, and the orchestra has remained agroup of string players with piano, except for abrief spell when we had a clarinet member. Suit-able percussion is frequently added.

mU6ie and :JJramatie Soeiet'!

First Meeting, 18th July.

The 1960 season of the Society started some-what later than usual, but none the less auspiciously,for on the first day of the third term at 2 p.m.we extended a hearty welcome to Or. GeorgeGruber and the Rhodes University Choir. Thiswas their second appearance at our School. Theprogramme provided rich variety, beginning witha group of religious songs of the 16th century andcontinuing through the Haydn and Mozart era,on to the Romantics and Moderns, and concludingwith an ever-popular group of folksongs ofdifferent lands. Between the choral groups werevocal solos, and piano solos.

We were, one and all, once again most im-pressed with the fine performances of this Uni-versity Choir - the result of the expert trainingof Dr. Gruber, who has imbued his singers withsuch keenness and enthusiasm.Seconc/JFunction, 19th, 20th August.

THE "SILVER JUBILEE" (1935-1960)CONCERT OF THE SCHOOL

ORCHESTRA

The Sixth Annual Concert of the SchoolOrchestra was also the occasion of celebratingthe Orchestra's "Silver JubiUee".

In 1935, in order to start a group of playerslarge enough to be the nucleus of an orchestra,Mr. Lorie conducted a violin class of 30 beginnerswho had given in their names. This was a ratherunwieldy number of simultaneous tuition, andyet, after six months, the 30 players assembled inthe Hall in orchestral formation to play a two-line piece, "The Marlington March". An orches-tra had begun, and since then has continued todevelop slowly but surely.

After about two years, a 'cello section cameinto being, and a few years later we had three

At this "Silver Jubilee" concert the programmeopened with a Vivaldi Concerto for Strings andPiano, a very lively work in three movements, inthe last of which. Graeme Rogers and LeonMandel capably sustained the two solo violinparts. Next came the first movement of the firstMozart Sonata for Violins and Piano played byGraeme Rogers and Neville Schafer. This wasmost competently and musically played andproved that the players were an excellent duowho should make sonata playing together a regu-lar and enjoyable activity.

Now the curtain was drawn to reveal MissSolomon's Junior Speech Cboir, who gave a mostenthusiastic and entertaining account of twopoems, "Don Durk of Dowdee" by Meigs, and"Old Zip Coon" by Colum. Miss Salmon's original"grouping" and "movement" plus the keenness ofthe young participants made this a most attrac-tive item.

The fourth item comprised two movements of 'asonata for 'cello and piano by Marcello. The'cellist, Derek Goosen, showed once again hisnatural ability and musical feeling in the steadybroad tone he produced in the slow movement,and a good sense of rhythm in the quick one.

There followed the "big item" of the evening,Mozart's Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, K414,with Neville Schafer (now an Old Boy) as soloist.This was an ambitious move. But steady and con-centrated rehearsal and an ever-increasing enjoy-ment of the music made the project entirely suc-cessful. Neville Schafer is to be greatly compli-mented on a finely-shaped and beautifully con-

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trolled performance of the solo part. His fingerwork shows strength without force, and his round-ness of tone and general assurance give proof ofa sound player. The orchestra's accompanimentwas slick, and the tuttis quite convincing.

The curtain opened once more, this time toreveal Mrs. Jenning's singing choir, who provideda group of delightful and well-contrasted songs,with Mrs. Jennings herself as their superb accom-panist at the piano. From the first song, a crisptreatment of the rhyme "Rubadubdub," to thehearty "Westering Home", the boys sang withlovely tone and good attack.

Following this, Rodney Goodman gave anassured account of part of one of Bach's un-

accompanied violin sonatas. He displayed acommanding technique and good, broad tone.

The orchestra performed the final three pieces.The first, "Deep River," the beautiful NegroSpiritual, was played in memory of Mrs. EvelineHutcheson, who had done such invaluable workfor ten of the orchestra's 25 years, when she wasteacher of the 'cello.

There followed the Gavotte from "Mignon" byThomas, and in conclusion the luscious waltztunes from Kalman's "Countess Maritza".

We should now like to record our great pleasurein having welcomed to the concert, this year, theSuperintendant General of Education, Mr. D. J.

WYNBERG BOYS' JUNIOR SCHOOL - SPEECH CHOIR, 1960

Trained by Miss Dawn Salmon

WINNERS OF A CUP AT THE EISTEDDFOD

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Society's Concert.

Here we must mention, in no uncertain terms,the tremendous reception extended us by theEpworth Society. They spared no trouble inpreparing hall and stage on our behalf, and issueda most cordial invitation to the parents of per-formers to be present.

At the end of the concert we were in for afurther surprise, when the Society presented theSchool with a special Silver Cup as a floatingtrophy - to be awarded annually to the orchestralplayer who has made the biggest contribution toSchool music during the year - this to cover OldBoy members as well. Mr. Lorie was then handeda book as a token of appreciation.

WYNBERG BOYS' JUNIOR SCHOOL SINGING CHOIR, 1960WINNERS OF TWO CUPS AT THE EISTEDDFOD

Trained by Mrs. E. lennings

Liebenberg, and Mrs. Liebenberg, as well as ournew Circuit Inspector, Mr. Theron, and Mrs.Theron.

Old friends, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Spears,brought us a large, delicious and most attractivelydecorated birthday cake complete with twenty-fivecandles, and Mr. Liebenberg was present at theofficial candle-lighting ceremony.

At the conclusion of the concert, too, theorchestra leader, Graeme Rogers, after a shortspeech, handed Mr. Lorie a special 'SilverJubilee" gift in the form of a handsome silversalver. The concert was repeated four nightslater at the Claremont Seniors' Club, and yet onceagain on August 31st at the Epworth Music

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May we say how deeply grateful and appreci-ative we all are to the Epworth Music Society,in particular to Mr. and Mrs. Goosen, Mr. andMrs. Rogers, and to tbe Rev. Attwell.

Our Silver Jubilee has been something to re-member.

Third Meeting, 27th August.

On tbis evening two one-act plays were pre-sented by High School pupils.

Tbe first of these was ''The Thread of Scarlet"by J. J. Bell, produced by Mr. D. Tbomson, aproduction which we now realise with greatregret was to be his swansong in that sphere.The cast, including a number of new recruits,gave a spirited account of the play, the playersbeing A. Meyer, F. Opie, R. Eastman, R. Jen-nings and B. Porter.

There followed a senior group in tbe play"X=O" by J. Drinkwater and produced by M. J.Gardener. Tbis is a somewhat difficult play to putacross, and much credit, tberefore, goes to allconcerned for a tense and convincing perform-ance. The cast included R. Bleach, G. Pasvolsky,K. Henson, S. Kahn and H. Baker.

As guest artist, Old Boy Kenneth Calder was tohave given us balf an hour in the role of ventrilo-quist, but last-minute illness prevented bis coming.Coffee was then served to a large audience.

A.L.•

Examinations this year precluded any possi-bility of a major production in June; instead twoone-act plays were presented in August for theentertainment of Club members only.

The first of the plays, "Thread 0' Scarlet", wascast entirely from Std. Seven's and considering theshort time allowed for production, just under fourweeks, was a success. As tbe inn-keeper, Porterbrought in tbe play a breath of truly English airwitb his Cornish accent, Eastman handled tbedifficult part of the inebriate Breen with effectiverestraint, wbile Sladen was a mature Migsworth.Jennings found Butters a difficult character tobring to life, and Opie was inclined to rush hislines. Acting laurels go to Meyer for his por-trayal of the Traveller. Considering his youth, hisdiction, pace and mannerisms were of a high

order, and he should be seen to greater advantagein years to come.

"X=O", presented by the Std. 9's under similarcircumstances, used tbe difficult medium of blankverse with considerable ability to convey theseriousness and dignity of the classical tbeme ofwar's futility. The cast are to be congratulatedon tbeir sensitive use of pace and pause, and inthis connection Bleach, in tbe leading role, set atine for tbe rest of the characters. Henson, Pas-volsky, Baker and Kahn all contributed substan-tially towards the total effect of the play.

The stage staff and lighting crew once againrose to the occasion. Given more time for prac-tice in effecting scene changes, they could ha verisen to even greater heights. Nevertheless, theirindustrious cheerfulness and ingenuity are muchappreciated, and thanks are due to Kahn, Segaland the happy band of boarders who work behindthe scenes.

DH.T.

28th Annual Entertainment

on October 20, 21 and 22

The Annual Entertainment this year began,once again, with the usual very delightful andspontaneous Kindergarten Song Scenes, this time(a) "Tom Saw a Sailor", and (b) "The HoneyBears," by A. H. Thompson. Under Miss Lacey'senthusiastic guidance, the youngest pupils gaveof their best, earned a well deserved ovation atthe end, and gave definite indications of wherefuture talent may lie.

There followed a play "Alice in Wonderland",adapted from Lewis Carroll's immortal book,and following the original to the last letter. Theproduction was in the very capable hands ofMrs. Tasker to whom we are each time greatlyindebted for bringing to life one of the gemsof English literature. The whole performancewas a sheer delight and was obviously enjoyedby the whole cast.

As Alice, Michael Herbert had a part justmade for him, and his portrayal of it wasexcellent. Other outstanding characterisationswere given by Timothy Holmes as the Queen,Kenneth Kesner as the King, Clive Priestman asthe Duchess, Pbilip Goodwin as the Mad Hatter,Neil Murray as the March Hare, Peter Schaffas the Dormouse, Neil Thomson as the White

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Rabbit and Gregory Johnson as the Caterpillar.The smaller parts were also very well filled byMartin Treadaway, as Alice's sister, Garth John-son and John Cawood as the Footman, AndréGoosen as Mouse, Charles Marmin as theGriffon, Anthony Thomson as the Mock Turtle,lan Dant as the Knave and Stephenson Nicolson,Peter Furman and Stephan Marcuse as theCards. There were also soldiers and pages.

Mrs. Jennings had trained the singers in theFraser Simson settings of the carrol verses, andherself provided the piano accompaniments. MissSmith's costumes were beautifully designed andexecuted, Mr. Pretorius's sets excellent, and Mr.

Verwymeren's photographs a matter for greatadmiration.

After a short interval came a complete contrast,an operetta "The Charcoal Burner's Son", byDu Garde Peach and Victor Hely Hutchinson.The production was by Miss Salmon, whoseoriginal approach to the situation brought theair of novelty which her productions usually do.

The biggest part was assigned to Donald Gauldas the usurping King, and he carried it offsplendidly.

Brian Jeffes and Derek Mutti alternated asthe Princess and both were very good. To DavidGrodd we should like to pay tribute for his

"THE CHARCOAL-BURNER'S SON"

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"ALICE IN WONDERLAND"

Produced by Mrs. Tasker

hard work throughout the play's preparation,in the part of tbe Ogre, and we are sorry hewas forced to mjss the production through last-mjnute iUness. To Ills substitute, David Charloff,go great honours for taking over the part soably at a week's notice, and showing no signsof last minute "stepping in". Christopher Good-win was a delightful Joban, and Gerald Pfeilan excellent dragon cum Queen. CoJin Goodmanand Peter Smith sustained their comic roles asfirst and second soldiers in lively faslllon. Alively army provided much fun.

The music was again prepared and accom-panied by Mrs. Jennings, with the aid of herchoir, and Mr. Pretorius carried out the sets.Our tbanks to Miss Sarah Ann Selwyn for theattractive costume designs. Special praise, too,to the excelJent and tireless stage hands A.Sheddon, F. Hodge, A. and D. le Roux, D. Smith,G. Barnard, M. Kahn and E. Eddy, and to Mr.Pretorius, on whose broad shoulders lie not onlythe stage management but the countless "oddsand ends" in its preparation and execution.Another successful "Entertainment."

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The sec.;on just passed has for South AEricabeen a momentous one. Altbough the All. Blackswere soundly beaten in the series oE tests, thetype oE rugby played by the opposing teamsmade one wonder whether such internationalcontests were oE any benefit to tbe game what-soever. As a source oE revenue tbey fulfilled afunction, but as an inspiration to tbe rug by-playing youth of the country tbey failed inlamentable fashion.

Tbe All Blacks have come in for much criticismfor their particular brand oE play, but it shouldnot be forgotten that it was a direct develop-ment from South AErican tactical methods whichwere in vogue from 1949 to 1959. Our tragedywas that, during the first halE oE tbat period, alarge measure of' success attended our efforts,and the winning oE games blinded the admini-strators, players and public to the fact thattraditional South African back-play was steadilybeing undermined by the "subdue and dominate"method and other kindred theories. It was onlyafter our defeats in New Zealand and later bythe French that we had to make our agonisingreappraisal and face the fact of how far we hadslipped back.

Fortunately for us these defeats changed ourframe of mind, and tbere is a general feeling thatthe mere winning of matches is not enough, andthat a more enterprising type of game, especiallywith regard to the department of back-play, islong overdue. fhe recent deEeat of tbe All Blackshas also caused a mental rebound in that country,and Great Britain, as the Lions have regularlyshown, is a fertile ground for rugby at its bestand brightest.

Only in France has recent success blinded themto the urgent necessity oE reviving three-quarterplay. Those who follow reports in the overseasPress realise that, during the last two seasons, theFrench back-line has been lining even moreshallow than tbat of the All Blacks. Tbe theoryis that all successful movements will start fromthe break down oE the back-line movements oEtheir opponents, wbo will receive the impactof tbe French defence almost simultaneou ly withthe receipt of the ball. So far the tide oE successhas flowed strongly for them. Only defeat will

1960change their attitude. Let us hope that, for thesake of the game, i! will come sooner ratherthan later.

An encouraging sign in this country is thefact that the national selectors have a team totour Great Britain which is capable of producingour traditional brand of back-play. As tbe playerswere selected largely with this end in view, itis to be hoped that neither success nor faj!urewill make them deviate from such a laudableambition. Our hopes and good wisbes willaccompany them.It was with pride that we heard that four of

our Wynberg Old Boys, David Stewart, DouglasHopwood, Lionel Wilson and Douglas Holton hadbeen been selected Ear the team to tour England.Congratulations to tbese men who so well deservedthis achievement oE a cherished ambition. David,and the two Douglases are also to be congratulatedon representing South Africa in tbe internationalagainst Scotland, and oE course tbe selection oEWilson and Hopwood for the two final tests againstthe All Blacks is still vividly fresh in our minds.None oE these players got there the easy way.Setbacks and disappointments experienced weremany before at last they arrived. And in thisrespect, our sympathies must go out to ourAubrey Luck, one of the best scrum-halves inthe country, who had the mi fortune to be badlyinjured la t June, thus probably missing selectionfor the over eas tour. He is a young man, andhis time will come in the not too distant future.In passing, we should like to congratulate our

old friend, Ralph Burmeister, still the best refereein South Africa, on being appointed to controlthe last two tests against the All Blacks. We werealso very pleased that Keith Oxlee of DurbanHigh School was elected as Springbok fly-balE.We are very intere ted in the successes of DJ-l.S.,and our heartiest congratulations go to Messrs.Izak van Heerden and Nourse, who have put somuch into the game at tbat famous Natal scbooL

We were deligbted to be the hosts to tbe AllBlacks, wben they came out to tbe School tocomplete their final preparation for tbe 2nd Test.Mr. Sullivan's training methods were interesting,and a large crowd of Wynberg players watcbeda pattern that ultimately brought succe s at

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1st XV 1960Front row (1. to r.): Mr. H. E. Tasker (Coach), G. Silke (Secretary, Touch Judge), T. Johnson

(Captain), Mr. W. E. Bowden (Principal), R. Charles (Vice-Captain), D. Whitfield,Mr. J. F. Oosthuizen Coach).

Middle row (1. to r.): H. Spiro, I. Stone, W. Fick, K. Henson, K. Kyte, H. West, B. Thomas,B. Michell.

Back row (1. to r.): T. Schouw, R. Ormond, A. Morkel, S. Bass, G. Peiser, V. Cook.

Newlands a few days later. We were most for-tunate' in seeing some of tbe world's best looseforwards in action.

The Western Province Rugby Union are mostperturbed at tbe falling off of support for theirUnder 19 competitions. They have every reasonto be. This year three clubs, one of them one ofthe oldest in the land, have been unable to fulfiltheir complete list of fixtures. There are manyreasons for this decay, one of the foremost beingthat the magic and adventure have for manyyears gone out of the game. There is no simplepanacea, but the institution of Under 20 andUnder 18 competitions would go part of the

way to solving the problem. This and othersuggestions have been made before, but so farhave been blitbely unheeded.

Unless certain adjustments are made to tberules with a view to giving the backs tbat extrahalf-second or second in which to move, themagic and adventure will not return to tbe game.The restriction of the length of tbe line-out;the suggestion that no rank of the scrum shouldhave more than three players, and that sixteenplayers (unless there are injuries) should go downin every scrum; the abolition of the direct kickinto touch except within one's own twenty-five;all these adjustments could create a climate in

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which back-line play could once more breatheand flourish.The schools could experiment on these lines.

If 'they do not do so, it is unlikely that otherswill. In the past it was the schools who werethe mirror of adult rugby. This process hasnow been reversed, but the new mirror is stillvery clouded.The School has once again experienced a suc-

cessful season, seventeen teams having beenentered in the inter-school competitions and atotal of 498 players in all catered for. The teamsentered were as follows: Under 19A, B, C andD; Under 16 A; Under 15A, Band C; Uoder14A, Band C; Under 13 A and B; Under 12 A,B, C and D. The Garrison authorities are onceagain to be thanked for making their fields avail-able to the School for practices on Tuesdaysand Thursdays.The best team of the year was tbe Under 12A,

which was unbeatable in its 14 matches, finishingup with tbe staggering record of 371 points forand onl y 12 against. Throughout tbe season itplayed bright, open and flexible rugby of a re-markably sophisticated standard for players ofsuch a tender age. A well-balanced team withan excellent pack and fast, penetrative three-quarters, it played delightful rugby on all occa-sions, and is certainly the best side ever to haverepresented the School in tbe Under 12 com-petition. An interesting fact is that the three-quarters scored over 250 points, an ample testi-mony to their efficiency. Congratulations to T.Watson, his team, and their coaches, Mr. J. F.Oosthuizen and Mr. K. Pretorius.For the second year in succession the School

team has not been a strong combination. It suf-fered from many limitations such as weak scrum-maging, .indecis.ive tackling and poor positionalplay. During the early part of the sea on espec-ially, it appeared to lack determination and thew.ill to win, and was respon ible for some verymediocre performances. Gradually the tide turnedand, ably led by T. Johnson and R. Charles, theircaptain and vice-captain respectively, the playersultimately settled down into a combination whichgave a good 'account of itself. In two games inparticular, against two of the strongest teams inthe Under 19A competition, they produced rugbyof the highest standard. Paul Roos Gymnasiumwere defeated in a hard match by 14 points to 13,while, in almost hurricane conditions, Paarl Gym-nasium were outplayed at Newlands by 14 pointsto 6. In fact, it was the best display of sophisti-

cated rugby ever put up by a Wynberg team atNewlands, and evoked the comment by a verysenior Western Province rugby official that it waby far the best match he had seen at Newlandsthis season.The Second Team, although it suffered from

similar limitations to those of the First, on thewhole played well, although its general form suf-fered from inconsistency. On occasion also itproduced rugby of a high calibre, and R. See-liger and his team are to be congratulated onsome very good results, namely-beat TygerbergCommercial A 29-0, drew with Tecbnical Col-lege A 0-0, beat Paarl Commercial 9-6.The Under 19C team won eight of their 14

matches, drawing one and losing five. Tbe mainweakness was at forward, wbere tbey played tooloosely at times. However, this team bad an ex-cellent spirit, and their best performances were inbeating Paarl Gymnasium C by 10-0, Bishops C28-5, Sea Point B 32-3, and SACS C by 24-5.The Under 19D team did not bave a good season,many of .its players lacking keenness and fitness,wbich are essential for success. This is not charac-teristic of Wynberg, and is certainJy unfair totbose players who were keen.The Under 16A team had a very successful

sea on considering the fact that it resources werelimited and tbat it had an unusually heavy toll ofinjuries. At all times it sbowed admirable keen-ness and, wben it won, it did so by substantialfigures, whereas its losses were by narrow mar-gins. It won nine out of its fourteen games,scoring 166 points, while having only 82 registeredagainst it.

A misapprehension seems to have crept in, quiteunnecessarily, with regard to under 16 players,that is those of the previous year's under 15 teams.The position is perfectly clear, and could bavebeen ascertained by all without any difficulty. Ifa parent so wishes, an under 16 player will playunder 16 only. If any player himself wishes toplay under 16, he will be allotted to that section.If any under 16 player with llis parents' consentwishes to be considered for the under 19 section,his wish will be granted, provided that the twosenior coacbes are satisfied tbat physically andmentally be will be able to stand up to it, andthat he wiJl suffer in no way from having playedout of bis normal age limit. If a player can standup to it, and there have been many, then he willhave been matured and sophisticated at school toa degree which otherwise would probably nothave been possible. To mention only a few, the

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UNDER IS A RUGBY TEAMFront row (I. to r.): Mr. W. E. Bowden (Principal), M. Hobbs, M. Bowditch (Vice-Capt.),

A. Badenhorst (Capt.), D. Fagio, G. Johnson, Mr. W. Lennox (Coach).Second row (I. to r.): B. Bravo, M. Bass, P. Watson, A. Burton, B. Momsen, R. Clark,

D. Momsen, I. Da Silva.Third row (1. to r.): S. Geldenhuys, R. Eastman, G. May, D. Apsey, R. MacFarlane, H. Baker.

following are products of going into under 19competition straight away: D. Stewart, D. Hop-wood, L. Wilson, D. HoIton, A. Luck, 1. Engelke,R. Totos, P. Fougstedt, K. Mann, G. Bosch, F.Duk, R. McCall and many, many others. And letit be stressed again-if, in the opinion of thesenior coaches, a player is unable to stand up tothe rigours of top-line under 19 competition, thenhe is not permitted to play in this section, evenif he wishes to do so with the consent of hisparents.

In most years, the Under lSA would have beenthe best team of tbe year. Only the present out-standing Under 12A team could bave deprivedthem of this honour. A delightful team to watch,the Under 15A won thirteen out of its 15 matches,drawing one game and losing another by thenarrowest of margins to Hottentots Holland. Itfinished up the season with a tally of 232 pointsfor and 29 against. A strong pack, well led byits captain, A. Badenhorst, gave a penetrativeback-line an ample supply of the ball. This hard

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striking group made good use of their oppor-tunities, and provided the spectators with somevery bright three-quarter play_ A tendency tocome up unevenly on defence sometimes led toa certain raggedness.

Tbe Under lSB also had a very good season,winning .eleven of their 14 matches, and endingtbe season with 228 points for and 46 against, avery fine record. With such a nucleus to drawfrom and such an opposition to play against inpractices, the Uoder lSA were indeed fortunate.Th~ Under lSC was disappointing this year, toomuch being left to about half a dozen keen play-ers. Great credit is due to these few for theircontinued keenness throughout the season.

That the Under 14 stage is a period of matur-ing and stabilising for many players has beenevident again this year. Tbe fact tbat in tbe "A"team no fewer than seven of the players occupiedpositions in the last match different from those atthe beginning of the year is evidence of theamount of "sorting" and placing which has to bedone during this important year of dynamic pby-sical and playing development. The record of the"A" Team has been one of marked progress.Severely handicapped by size and weight, theteam improved tremendously, finishing the seasonwith a magnificent 16-6 victory over the strongRondebosch A team. Ably led by A. le Roux, theside has developed into one which will prove dif-ficult to beat next year. The B team, with notablevictorie over Paarl and Rondebosch, at all timesplay good, open rugby, and provided an invalu-able reservo.ir from which to draw. The C teamprovided stern opposition for their opponents, andmany of their matches were closely contested. Theimprovement of many players in this team augurswell for the future.

The two Under 13 teams started the season wellwinning their first matches convincingly. There:after the A team suffered a slight decline, but theB team continued to perform weH. During theecond half of the season, the A team improvedconsiderably, both in handling and tackling, andthe back line moved attractively. On one verywet day, for example, seven of the eight triesscored were registered by the backs. The Under13C, which did not have regular fixtures, were forthe fir t time this year practised against the Under14C. The players enjoyed the two matcbes, spec-ially arranged by their coach, Mr. Hutcheson, whois to be complimented on tbe success of this ex-periment.

The Under 12B has also had a good season and,due to their keenness at practices, they have keptthe A team players on their toes. The forwardswere perhaps too loose, at times, thus allowingopposing teams to break through when theyshould have been held. The three-quarters ranwell, especially during the second half of theseason, and developed into a fast-moving unit.

The C and 0 teams had their ups and downs,once again having to play some of their gamesagainst teams of a higber grade. However, bothteams followed .in the footsteps of tbeir biggerbrothers, and were always keen and ready to givethe ball plenty of air. When boys of tbeir agegroup, many of them being nine and ten yearsold, play a stirring and open game, the future ofrugby does not seem quite so dismal as is oftenforecast.

Once again the Under 11 and Under 10 sideswere very successful, the former winning all theirfour games with a final tally of 49 points to 9,while the latter lost their only match to Bishopsby 12 points to O.The Junior School First Team played extremely

well, being noted for fast-moving, open back-lineplay. They won their three matches, againstWestern Province Prep. 17-3, Bishops 13-6, andthe return match against W.P. Prep. by 14-6. Thesupport given by parents, especially tbe fatber ,to all our junior teams is more than appreciated.In July we were delighted to be hosts to Grey

College, Bloemfontein, although unfortunately theduration of their stay was only a day and a half.Tbey were a strong, well-balanced team, beingparticularly big and heavy for a school team, and,.in a hard fought game, finally stepped up thepressure and defeated u by 22 points to 3. Wehope someday to be able to renew the contactbotb on and off the field.Tbe Western Province Schools' Executive Com-

mittee requested that rugby clinic be held in fivedifferent zones. Tbe Southern Suburbs Clinic wasarranged at Wynberg, and the coaches attendingwere indeed fortunate to have Mr. George vanReenen and Mr. Von Waltsleben there as mentors.Their sage advice was much appreciated, but itwas regrettable that the attendance did not meas-ure up to the quality of the speakers.

Once again many senior players bave performedan invaluable service to tbe Scbool in coachingour nursery of junior players. They have giventhe little fellows great fun and pleasure eacb Fri-day afternoon and in addition have succeeded in

UNDER 12 A RUGBY TEAM (UNDEFEATED)Bock rolV (I. to r.): A. Standley, R. Katz, L. Raymond, D. Sidman, N. Hoy.Middle rolV (l. to r.): B. de Smidt, M. Bartholomew, P. West, R. Barker, C. Eagar, B. Watson,

M. Emms.Front rolV (I. to r.): Mr. K. Pretorius (Coach), R. Skeeles, T. Watson (Capt.), Mr. A. Lorie

(Principal), D. Powell, D. Bairstow, Mr. J. Oosthuizen (Coach).

teach.ing tbem the important rudiments oE thegame. The School owes an immense debt to tbeseseniors, and the polish and sophistication oE theUnder 12's and Under 13's is tbe result of theexcellent foundation laid by tbem. Full timecoaches oE these junior divisions were K. Kyte,M. Kantor and 1. HadJey of the "Lions andTigers"; 1. Stone and T. Scbouw of "A 11Blacksand Hamiltons"; N. Heselson, D. Fagin and H.Spiro oE the "Springboks and Villagers."The Senior Rugby Committee (T. Jobnson, R.

Charles, D. Whitfield, B. Gibbons and G. Silke),

are to be tbanked for their able administration.G. Silke is a natural administrator, and bashandled the position of Rugby Secretary with. tactand efficiency. In addition he has filled tbe po i-tion of. Press Representative and School Teamlinesman.

G. Silke, P. Good, G. Hare and D. Richardsonhave once again maintained tbe hight standard wehave come to expect from our Equipment Main-tenance Department. Under tbe strong manage-ment of G. Silke this department has achieved amethodical speed and efficiency which easily

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copes with the ever-increasing demands madeupon it.

This year again the School is indebted to Mr.G. Bunting for refereeing and accompanying theUnder 12 teams. His enthusiasm and quiet charmhave become a regular part of the rugby scene.

Mr. L. Wilson, Mr. Jannie Krige, Mr. W. T.Edwards and Mr. P. Morr.is are to be thankedfor refereeing many of our home matches, and itis to be hoped that they enjoyed the games asmuch as did tbe players.

Our warmest thanks are due to Dr. HarryAnziska, a Wynberg Old Boy of 1934 vintage,who has always taken tbe keenest interest in theScbool. It was be wbo arranged tbat tbe AllBlacks would use the Wynberg fields for tbeirfinal pre-Test match practice, and he was also in-strumental in obtaining the signature of tbe AllBlacks touring team, those of the Springbok fif-teen who played in the Test at Newlands, andfinally those of the entire Springbok team whichis to tour Great Britain. The rugby balls on whichthe names were signed will be mounted and placedin the Principal's study.

The Brian Steyl Award, presented by Mr. C.C. W. Steyl, in memory of his son, was awardedto 1. da Silva as tbe player who bas shown tbegreatest improvement throughout the season.

Finally, and above aU, the strength of our rugbyis due .in full measure to our coaches, who giveof their time, energy and experience with suchunstinted generosity. Messrs. Oosthuizen, Sieber-hagen, Von Hoesslin, Lennox, Hopkins, Kooy,Morris, Pretorius and Hutcheson are to be thankedand complimented on their able and untiring er-vices; the keenness and support given to thesemen by the players is an overt testimony to theappreciation of their efforts.

The following Rugby Awards have been madefor the 1960 season:

Blues: T. Johnson, K. Kyte, D. Whitfield.Colours: G. Peiser, H. Spiro, T. Schouw, S.

Bass, B. Thomas, R. Charles, R. Ormond, P.Morkel, W. Fick, H. West, B. Michell.

H.E.T.

1st TEAM MATCHESVs. Paarl Boys' High, 23rd April (at Paar[).

The game was played in conditions which wereslightly too hot for rugby. It was a right opengame and the lead changed hands several times;only two quick tries half-way through the secondspell gave Paarl Boys' High the winning points.

Paarl Boys' High opened the score in the six-teenth minute when Roux (forward) barged hisway over to score. Fourie converted (0-5).

Johnson constantly drove Paarl back withlengthy touch kicks. Wynberg were unlucky notto score when Clifton dived for the line but lo tthe ball. Wynberg scored their first points ofthe season when Cook barged over to score forBass to convert (5-5).

Half-time: Wynberg 5, Paarl 5.

Bass put Wynberg in the lead shortly after half-time with a penalty (8-5). They did not keep thislead for long, because shortly afterwards VanWyk (scrum-half) scored a try to level the scoresagain (8-8). Paarl took the lead wben Vardoes(fly-half) broke and beat Gibbons to score behindthe posts (8-13). Paarl increased this lead fiveminutes later when Voloraas (centre) ran aroundto score under the posts. Fourie converted (8-18).Wynberg retaliated with a 60 yard run by Clifton.From the following movement Whitfield was ableto force his way over after he collected a looseball (11-18). The game ended with Whitfieldnearly forcing his way over again.

Final score: W.B.H.S. 11, P.B.H.S. 18.

Vs. R.B.H.S. 30lh April (at Wynberg).This was easily Wynberg's biggest defeat of the

season, and there was no doubt that Rondeboschwere the far superior side. Tbeir forwards, thebeavie t scbool pack seen for years, pushed thelight Wynberg forward back in the scrums, oftenas much as five yards. This often meant thatWynberg were pushed off the ball after tbey hadhooked it. Rondebosch possessed a much speedierback-line, and this and weak tackling, particularlyaround the scrum, led to Rondebosch being al-lowed to score seven tries. Tbe only departmentin which Wynberg was able to match their oppocnents was at line-out, where Whitfield was out-standing.

The game was played on a hot afternoon. Wyn-berg attacked from the kick-off and had a chanceto open the score three minutes later with apenalty, but Bass' kick went wide. In the 15thminute Rondebosch opened their score wbenSampson (centre) broke beautifully to score underthe poles. Nel converted (0-5). Up to this stageWynberg had played well, but after this try tbeywent to pieces and could offer little resistance tothe many Rondebosch movements. Rondeboschscored again when Sampson (centre) broke, send-ing Anderson (wing) over for. a try (0-8). Bass

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was unlucky when a long penalty attempt hit thecross-bar. Rondebosch scored again just beta rebalf-time, when Anderson went over for bissecond try (0-11).

Halt-time: Wynberg 0, Rondebosch 11.Rondebosch scored four further tries in this

balf through Jackson (No. 8), McIntosh (fly-baIt),Anderson (wing) and Sampson (centre), Nel con-verting all fOUI of them (0-31). In this halt Tulle-kan (scrum-half) played outstandingly, breakingat will and keeping Rondebosch on attack withbrilliant tactical kicks.For Wynberg Johnson and Potgieter played

well in the backs, and Whitfield in the torwards.Final score: W.BH.S. 0, R.B.H.S. 31.

Vs. Bishops. 10th May (at Bishops).This was a disappointing game from a Wynberg

point of view. On the wbole Wynberg playedfairly weU, but tbree tackling lapses in the firsthalt allowed Bishops to score three tries. Bishopnever really looked like scoring, whereas Wynbergnever took advantage of the many scoring oppor-tunities they had. Wynberg outweighed theiropponents at forward, one of the rare occasionsthat this happened during the season, but thebacks failed to take advantage of this.Bishops opened the score when tbe defence was

slow in covering, and Bottger (wing), scored a gittof a try behind the posts for English to convert(0-5). Bottger scored his second try compl.etelyagainst tbe run at play; again weak tackling wasthe cause. English made no mistake with theconversion (0-10).

Bishops looked like increasing this .lead, but abrilliant interception by Spiro changed defenceinto a spectacular try in which he ran 80 yardsto score in the corner (3-10). Wynberg kept upthe pressure, but Bishops scored on halt-timewhen Knutsen (centre) sLipped thmugh to scoreunder the posts. English converted (3-15).Halt-time score: W.B.H.S. 3, Bishops 15.There was little action in tbe second half. with

Johnson keeping Wynberg on the attack most ofthe time with shrewd tactical kicks. Right on timeBass goaled a good penalty to make the finalscore 6-15.Tollman and Johnson were the best ot the

backs. WhitfIeld, Charles and Morkel comp.letelydominated the line-outs.

Final score: W.B.H.S. 6, Bishops 15.

Vs. Sea Point. 14th May (away).This was a bard unattractive game and was one

of Wynberg's weaker games of the season. Therewere many incidents, and forwards on both sideswere to blame for over-robust play. Sea Pointplayed with fire throughout, but were far from agood combination and most of tbeir attackingmoves came from individual efforts rather thanfrom team efforts.Sea Point attacked for the first 20 minutes and

were unlucky not to score, but it was Wynbergwho opened the score wben Johnson broke, send-ing Stone (fly-half) over to score (3-0).

Half-time score: W.B.H.S. 3, Sea Point O.Wynberg continued attacking after baIt time,

and Bass was awarded a penalty The referee dis-allowed the penalty after both linesmen had sig-nalled that tbe ball had gone over. Sea Pointscored an equalising try wben Solomon (fly-half)broke and scored a controversial try in tbe corner,having distinctly put a foot into touch beforescoring, but the linesman and referee were un-sighted (3-3).

Final score: W.B.H.S. 3, S.P.BH.S. 3.

Vs. Sacs, 4th June (at Wynberg).This game was played with a strong berg wind

blowing, and, beside tbe fact that it made con-ditions unpleasant for rugby, there was also adistinct advantage for the side that played downthe slope with the strong wind at their backs.Although Wynberg bad this advantage in thesecond-half, they failed to make use of it, andSacs were allowed to score two further tries afterhaving only an eight point lead when the teamschanged over.

At first Sacs failed to take advantage of thewind, and it was only in the 15tb minute thatKillops (wing) opened their score with a penalty(0-3). They went further ahead in the 22ndminute when Killops (wing) beat his oppositenumber to score far out. Killops himself con-verted (0-8).Half-time: Wynberg 0, Sacs 8.In the 3rd minute Wynberg were very unlucky

when Bass hit the cross-bar with a briHiant 50yard penalty attempt. Wynberg maintained pres-sure, and it was against the run of play wbenHutchings (scrum-half) buzzed through to scorea fine try. Killops again converted (0-13).Wynberg made a recovery hereafter when Spiroscored a brilliant try in tbe 15th minute after

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good reverse passing among the backs (5-13).Seven minutes later Hutchings (scrum-half) brokeagain, sending PepIer (centre) over to score (5-16).Right on time Wynberg scored their second trywhen Johnson (scrum-half forced his way over(8-16).

Peiser was the best of the Wynberg backs inhis first game for the Ist XV, and Whitfieldshone in the forwards.

Final Score: Wynberg 8, Sacs 16.

Vs. Paul Roos (at Wynberg).This was a brilliant game with Wynberg play-

ing high above expectations and scoring theirfirst victory of the season in spectacular style.On this performance Wynberg looked a differentteam from the previous performances. Paul Rooswere completely outplayed, and the score flatteredthem in many respects.

Wynberg scored first when Johnson sent Spiroaway on the blind side. Spiro himself scoredafter receiving a reverse pass from Henson (3-0).Oosthuisen (wing) goaled an easy penalty inthe 12th minute to level the scores. Wynbergwere surprisingly having more of the game, butPaul Roos scored next against the run of play,with Kempen scoring after a 55-yard run.Oosthuisen converted, and Paul Roos were luckyto be leading (3-8). They maintained their leaduntil half-time.Half time: Wynberg 3, Paul Roos 8.In tbe 3rd minute Bass goaled a penalty to

reduce tbe leeway (6-8). Wynberg were movingwell, but only handling errors at critical stagesprevented them from scoring. Michell andThomas both nearly forced their way over, andHenson was forced out on tbe corner. But theirefforts were rewarded after 18 minutes wbenJohnson (scrum-half) scored from a tap-penaltyto put Wynberg into a (9-8) lead. Wynberg in-creased their lead wben Johnson broke spectacu-larly to core under the posts for Ba s to convert(14-8). In this short space of time Paul Rooshad let the game slip tbrough tbeir fingers andnow made a frantic last-minute effort. On theotber hand Wynberg eased up somewhat, andOosthui en (wing) went over for a try whichhe converted, bringing the end to a spectaculargame (14-13).

Final score: Wynberg 14, Paul Roos 13.

Vs. Jan van Riebeeck (at Wynberg).This game was played with a wet ball, and

rain fell for part of the game. Tbis made theconditions difficult for handling, and this fact,togetber with over-robust play and many inci-dents amongst the forwards, spoilt the gamesomewhat. Jan van Riebeeck were much heavierat forward and often pushed the Wynberg packback in the set scrums. Wynberg took an earlylead wben Bass succeeded with a penalty (3-0).Jan van Riebeeck opened their score when Muller(fly-half) scored, after his forwards had initiatedthe try with a fierce dribbling rush. Theunnisonconverted (3-5). Bass and Jobnson both missedattempted drop-goals, and three minutes from theintervalOlivier (centre) scored after a full back-line movement. The conversion attempt hit theupright (3-8).The best movement of the game ended in Spiro

being forced out near the corner after all thebacks had bandied.Half-time: Wynberg 3, Jan van Riebeeck 8.Both sides handled well, and Spiro provided

excitement when he intercepted a pass betweenthe Van Riebeeck centre, but the Van Riebeeckfull-back relieved pressure from Spira's kickahead. Wynberg mainta.ined the pressure, andonJy desperate Jan van Riebeeck tackling keptthem out.Two minutes from time Muller (fly-half) picked

up a loose ball in mid-field to run through theWynberg defence to score (3-11).

Final score: Wynberg 3, Jan van Riebeeck 11.

Vs. Grey College. Bloemfontein (at Wynberg).This was a bright open game, but the game

was far from being as one-sided as the scoreindicated. It was not until half way through tbesecond hali that Grey took command. Wynbergplayed well in the first half, and only a series ofpenalties, mainly for scrum infringements, pre-vented them from scoring.It was overcast as Grey kicked off. Both teams

tried desperately for an early break-through, andWynberg came near to scoring wben Stone hadput them on attack with a good kick. Greyrelieved pre sure witb a penalty. In the 16tbminute the Grey full-back Cronjie goaled apenalty from a scrum infringement 0-3. Goodline-kicking by Johnson and keen tackling bybotb sides prevented any furtber score in thishalf. Twice the thrustful Grey wings were forced

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out near the co·rner. Just before half-time Cronjie(full-back) mis ed a goalable penalty for Grey.Half-time: 0-3.Play was evenly contested for the beginning

of tbe second half. In the 7th minute Schuurwas obstructed and Bass missed a "sitter". Inthe 12th minute Craven (forward) broke throughfrom a ruck to score for Grey 0-6.This try proved to be the turning point of the

game, because now the Wynberg forwards werebeginning to fade, after holding the much heavierGrey pack well up to that stage. In the nextsix minutes Grey scored two tries through tbeirwings, Viljoen and Malan, the result of indivi-dual efforts 0-12. Grey continued their spate ofscoring when Bosman (centre) fly-kicked abeadand outstripped the Wynberg defenders by sheerpace to score under the posts, for Cronjie toconvert 0-17. Grey forwards were now in com-plete command, and after a forward rush Viljoen(wing) scored. Cronjie converted 0-22. Wynbergretaliated one minute from time with a goodpenalty by Bass 3-22.

Final Score: Wynberg 3, Grey College 22.

Vs. Sacs, 2nd October (al Montebella).The weather was perfect for rugby, but un-

fortunately the game was scrappy and failed torise to expectation, although they received morethan their fair share of the ball from tbe tightphases, the Wynberg three-quarters lacked enter-prise and never looked like scoring except duringthe first ten minutes.From the kick-off Wynberg attacked imme-

diately. They were unlucky not to score whenSpiro broke beautifully, only to be tackled inchesshort of the line.

Again Wynberg were unlucky not to open theirtally when from the resulting scrum Johnsondived for the line, but the Sacs forwards pre-vented him from touching down. Tbe first scorecame in tbe 17th minute when Taylor (wing)ran strongly down tbe touch-line, and, on seeinghe was hemmed in, he cleverly passed inside toPepier (fly-balf) who cored far out 0-3. Tbisscore came slightly against the run of play, asit was the first time tbe Sacs three-quarters hadeen the ball. Play remained scrappy until balf-time.Half time: Wynberg 0, Sacs 3.In this half Wynberg never looked like scoring,

and it was left to Sacs to provide some excite-

ment with three excellent runs down the wing byTaylor, who had a good game. Twice penaltiesreceived pressure for Wynberg after Taylor badbeen stopped and over-eager Sacs forwards badput their hands in the scrum. Pepier and Johnsonmissed penalties from 35 yards out. Five minutesfrom time Sacs took advantage of a defensivelapse by tbe Wynberg centres. It was fitting thatTaylor should initiate this try, and it was scoredin a similar way to the first try. Taylor joinedthe line as an extra centre. The only differencewas that this time Pepier backed up on theoutside to work his way over to score next tothe posts. The conversion was missed 0-6. .In the Wynberg pack Whitfield and Thomas

had good games, while Johnson had a goodgame behind the scrum.

Final Score: Wynberg 0, Sacs 6.

Vs. SI. Joseph's College (at Wynberg).This was a dull game played in wet, unpleasant

conditions. Both teams lacked fire, and tbiswas most probably Wynberg's worst performanceof the season. As happened in other matchespreviously, Wynberg were only three points downat half-time aod had the advantage of playingdown the slope in the second half. Notwith-standing this advantage, Marist were allowed tocore twice in ·this half. This seems to indicatea lack of fitness at this late stage of the season.Marist were far from a good team, but deservedto win because they took advantage of the manyWynberg mistakes.The only score in the first half was a penalty

in the 17th minute by Nairn (centre). Both Michelland Johnson missed difficult penalties, and theonly excitement in this half came when Spiro(centre) broke well but was tackled on tbecorner.Play deteriorated even further in this half.

Both teams were hampered by injuries, eachfinishing with 14 men. Spiro left the field witha large cut across bis wrist. Henson moved tocentre and Michell to the wing. Marist scoredslightly luckily in the 21st minute when Jaconly(centre) scored after Wynberg had failed to touchdown after a kick ahead. Marist increased theirlead after CLifton fumbled, and Wynne (scrum-half) took advantage and séored near the postsfor Nairn (centre) to convert.

Final Score: Wynberg 0, Mar.ist 11.

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Vs. Sea Point, 13th August (at Home).With their new-look team, containing five

changes from tbe previous week, Wynberg de-servedly won a game which unfortunately wasmarred by excessive kicking by the Sea Pointhalf-backs. This was a much improved perfor-mance for Wynberg, and the score could easilyhave been bigger.Wynberg went into a quick lead in the 2nd

minute, when Johnson succeeded with a penaltyfrom 25 yards out (3-0). A text-book movementsaw all the backs handle, and Tollman was stoppedjust short of the line. Wynberg succeeded withanother penalty in the 23rd minute, this timeMichell (No. 8) being the kicker from an easyangle 25 yards out (6-0). Three minutes laterWynberg increased their lead when Johnson fedMichell (No. 8) on the blind side, and he ran25 yards and scored in a good position. Johnsonconverted (11-0). Wynberg had been continualJyattacking during this half, and Sea Point werelucky to be only 11 points down.Half time: Wynberg Il, Sea Point O.Four minutes after the interval Sea Point

opened their tally with a difficult penalty byBuffler (flank) (11-3). Wynberg were next toscore when Johnson followed up a kick aheadand managed to down before the Sea Point de-fenders (14-3). Right on time Wynberg addedanother three points when Spiro collected a SeaPoint kick ahead to run beautifully down thetouch line to score in the corner (I7-3). Johnson(scrum-half) and Kyte (full-back) both turned ingood performances, Whitfield (lock) doing someuseful work in the line-outs.Final Score Wynberg 17, Sea Point 3.

Vs. Hottentots-Holland High, 20th August(Away)

The game was played with a light drizzlethroughout, but both teams played well despitethe conditions. The Wynberg backs handled thewet ball well, and both tries came from beautifulback-line movements. Wynberg seemed to havestruck good form at last, and, although therewas not much between the two sides, Wynbergdeserved their victory.H.-H.-H. opened the score in the 15th minute

when Wassaman (wing) snapped up a loose ballto score an opportunist try (0-3). A minute laterWynberg were unlucky not to equalise when Bass(fly-half) was stopped just short of the line.Wynberg maintained pressure until half-time, with

both Johnson and Bass missing penalty attemptswith the wet ball.Half time: Wynberg 0, H.-H.-H. 3.Play became somewhat scrappy, but Wynberg

played more purposeful rugby and were rewardedby an excellent try in the 16th minute whenSpiro scored after a brilliant jinking run whichleft the H.-H.-H. standing (3-3). As if this scorehad given them extra confidence, Wynberg swungstraight into attack again and scored a beautifultry after a full line movement. Spiro brokebrilliantly, giving Tollman (wing) a slight overlap.The wing ran 30 yards to score in the corner(5-3). Play was evenly contested until the end,Wynberg running out deserving winners.The whole of the Wynberg pack played well.

Kyte (full-back) had a good game, clearing wellunder pressure. Spiro, who had a brilliant game,scoring the first try and initiating the second,was easily the best back on the field.Final Score: Wynberg 6, H.-H.-H. 3.

Vs. J. G. Meiring, 27th August (At Home).Wynberg maintained their good form when

they outplayed J. G. Meiring in all departments.Playing attractive rugby Wynberg opened up thegame whenever possible and the backs handledwell, despite the fact that the game was playedwith a wet ball. Two of the three Wynberg triescame from surprise manoeuvres, which was whereJ. G. Meiring failed, as their attacking moveswere too stereotyped. Even in the second half,when both sides scored 8 points, Wynberg lookedthe superior side. The Wynberg forwards playedextremely well and gained more than their fairshare of the ball from both tight and loose, withWhitfield dominating the line-outs.Wynberg opened the score when Bass goaled

a penalty in the Il th minute (3-0). Wynberg wentfurther ahead when Johnson elected to take áquick tap penalty on the S. G. Meiring "25"when Meiring thought they would go for theposts. Johnson himself scored after collectinghis kick ahead. Bass converted with a goodkick (8-0). Again Wynberg scored from a surprisemanoeuvre when Michell (No. 8) acted as scrum-half and sent Johnson away on the blind side,giving Spiro the overlap to score (l1-0).Half Time: Wynberg 11, J. G. Meiring O.Just after resumption Fourie (wing) scored in

the corner after a Wynberg handling error (11-3).Bass suceeded with a penalty right in front ofthe posts when a Meiring forward went off-sides

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(14-3). J. G. Meiring retaliated four minutes laterwben Neethling (scrum-half.) took advantage ofweak tackling to score under the posts, Hamilton(centre) converting (14-8). With Meiring attackingafter this score, it looked as if Wynberg mightbe bard pressed to retain their lead to tbe end,but Bass put the issue beyond doubt when hescored after his opposite number had droppedthe ball. Bass converted, bringing his personaltally to 13 points (19-8).

With the whole team playing well, it is hardto single anybody out, but nobody did betterthan Kyte (full-back), who had another first-classgame, and, although often under pressure, henever failed to remain cool and find touch safely.Ormond and Thomas caught the eye both in looseand tigbt loose, both tackling well.'Final Score: Wynberg 19, J. G. Meiring 8.

Vs. Paarl Gym, 9th September (at Newlands).Wynberg played brilliant rugby to beat the

trong Paarl Gym team by 14 points (a goal,2 tries and a penalty goal) to 6 (2 tries). TheyQpened the game up at every possible opportunity,despite tbe fact that the ball was wet and therewas a near gale-force north-west wind blowing.The Wynberg pack did extremely well to holdtheir heavier opponents. Wynberg had a clear16-9 superiority at line-out. while the Gym hookerBadenhorst was ahead 2-1 in the tight-head hook-ing duel with West. The Wynberg backs lookeda much more formidable combination than theirQPponents, and always looked dangerous.It looked doubtful whether Wynberg would be

able to hold their slender three-point lead afterhalf-time, but, playing into the tremendous wind,they went one better than this, and in the final12 minutes there was only one team in the game.Wynberg kicked off with the wind, and before

the game was properly underway Cook (lock-forward) crashed over from the first line-out ofthe game to score in the corner (3-0). Paarl-Gymretaliated in tbe 4th minute with a dribblingrush, and Schouw was forced to touch-downunder pres ure. Wynberg had another narrowescape when Meyer (wing) slipped while tryingto beat Kyte on the .inside with an open lineahead.Bass goaled a difficult penalty in the Jl th

minute (6-0), but Gymnasium opened their scorefive minutes later when Van Heerden (wing)scored in the corner after a blind-side pass byteenkamp (crum-half) (6-3). Bass put Wynberg

on attack with a prodigious 75-yard penalty.Thereafter Bass broke beautifully and Scbouwscored, only to be called back as the final passwas forward.Half Time: Wynberg 6, Paarl-Gym 3.With the wind at their backs, Paarl-Gym now

kept up constant pressure, but determined tacklingkept them out. Meyer (wing), althougb tackledby Kyte before the line, managed to score inthe corner to equalise (6-6).Gym contlnued attacking fiercely, but the

Wynberg defence held. The game took an un-expected turn after 18 minutes, and tbe Wynbergbacks really began moving. Firstly Schouwandthen Tollman bad good runs down the wing, andSpiro was pushed into touch after throwing areverse-pass from Scbouw.In tbe 23rd minute Johnson broke beautifully

from a loose-scrum, dummying his way past severaldefenders to score and to give Wynberg the lead(9-6).This put Wynberg completely on top, and a

brilliant inter-passing movement saw Tollman inthe clear, but unfortunately the final pass badbeen forward. A minute from time Wynbergcrowned their brilliant performance with a spec-tacular try. After a quick-heel Bass gave to Henson,who feinted on the outside, but gave an insidescissors-pass to Spiro, who cut through to scoreunder the posts (14-6).

With the whole side playing at their best, itis hard to single out any player. All the backsplayed well, and Morkel (flank) shone throughoutin the forward.Final Score: Wynberg 14, Paarl-Gym 6.

V s.Ron.debosch Boys' High, 17th September(at Rondebosch)

The game brought a spectacular end to Ronde-bosch's brilliant season. This victory means thattbey end the season undefeated, and tbis wasprobably one of their best performances of theseason. Wynberg by no means played badly, butRondebosch were in devastating form w.ith theirheavy forwards paving tbe way for their victory.As happened .in their fIrst encounter earlier inthe season, tbe Wynberg pack just could nothold Rondebosch in the set scrums. Tbis meantthat Rondebosch won practically every scrum,including many Wynberg loose heads. Thereforetbe Wynberg backs had little of the ball, andwere kept busy with plenty of tackling, in whichPeiser was outstanding again. Wynberg fared

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well at line-out, with Whitfield jumping well,besides being prominent in the loose.Rondebosch scored eight grand tries. Wynberg

never looked like scoring in the first-half, exceptat the start when Cook was tackled inches shortof the line and later when Bass missed two rangepenalties_ Tulleken (scrum-half), Anderson (wing)and Sampson (centre) scored tries in this half,Nel (prop) converting the first two from thetouchline.

Half Time: Wynberg 0, Rondebosch 16.For the first 20 minutes after the interval

Wynberg more than held their own, having moreof the play territorially, but in the 20th minuteRondebosch took control and in the remaining10 minutes scored 15 points. Tulleken (2), Mills(wing), and Du Toit (back) scored, while Tullekenconverted three of them, bringing his personaltally to 15 points.

Final Score: Wynberg 0, Rondebosch 34.

Vs. Old Boys, 21st September (at School).As usual the game was bright and open and

was marked by high scoring and spectacularrunning. Both sides received an equal share ofthe ball, but the Old Boys' backline containedmore speed and penetration, with Duk, Bosch andClampett outstanding. The whole School back lineplayed well and compensated for their speedieropposition with briliant interpassing movements.Johnson, Spiro, Peiser, and particularly Bassfared well in this respect. Kyte shone throughout,clearing cooly under pressure.

The game was played in perfect rugby con-ditions. The Old Boys read 18-10 at half-time,their points being scored by Derman, Duk andClampett (tries), with Duk converting two andgoaling a penalty. Johnson and Spiro scoredtries for the School, Spiro's being a particularlyfine effort after an inside pass from Bass. Bassconverted both tries.Half Time: SchooIlO, Old Boys 18.Bass put the School within striking distance

again with two long-range penalty goals (16-18).Two further tries by Derman and Duk put

the Old Boys further ahead (16-24). The Schoolretaliated strongly when Spiro scored after Peiserhad kicked ahead. Bass converted (21-24).In the last minute, with a fine run down the

wing Clampett put the issue beyond doubt byscoring a fine try, which he converted himself.

Final Score: School 21, Old Boys 29.

The teams were as follows:Old Boys: R. Glover, T. Clampett, F. Duk,

G. Bosch, P. Williams, L. Derman, R. Gelb, A_Sandler, M. Meintjies, G. Gibbons, R. Johnson,L. Pasvol, L. van Niekerk (capt.), 1. Engelke, P_Clampett.

School: K. Kyte, T. Schouw, H. Spiro, G_Peiser, K. Henson, S. Bass, T. Johnson (capt.),R. Ormond, H. West, W. Fick, R. Charles (vice-capt.), W. Foster, D. Whitfield, P. Morkel, B.Michel],

RESULTS OF THE 1st XV - 1st TERM, 19601st Half of Season

1. vs. Paarl Boys' High Lost 11-182. vs. Rondebosch Boys' High Lost 0-313. vs. Bishops Lost 6-154. vs. Sea Point Drew 3- :>5. vs. Sacs Lost 8-166. vs. Paul-Roos-Gym Won 14-137. vs. Jan van Riebeeck Lost 3-11P.7

W.1

A.107

L.5

D.1

F.45

2nd Half of Season8. vs. Grey ColJ. (Bloemfontein) Lost 3-229. vs. Sacs Lost 0- 610. vs. St. Josephs Lost 0-1111. vs. Sea Point WonI7-:>12. vs. Hottentots-Holland Won 6- :>13. vs. J. C. Meiring Won 19- 814. vs. Paarl-Gym (Newlands) Won 14- 615. vs. Rondebosch Boys' High Lost 0-3416. vs. Old Boys . Lost 21-29P. W. L. D. F. A.9 4 5 0 80 122

Final Log.16 5 10 125 229

UNDER 15A RESULTS1. vs. Paarl Boys' High Won 16- 02. vs. Rondebosch Boys' High Won 14- 33. vs. Bishops Won 19- 04. Sea Point Won 29- 35. vs. Sacs Won 16- 36. vs. Paul-Roos-Gymnasium Won 29- 37. vs. Jan van Riebeeck Drew 3- 38. vs. Hottentots-Holland

(Newlands) Lost 3- 69. vs. Sacs Won 14- 810. vs. St. Joseph's College Won 44- 0Il. vs. Sea Point Won 16- 012. vs. Hottentots-Holland Won 6- 0

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13. vs. J. C. Meinng Won 12- 014. vs. Paarl Gymnasium Won 3- 015. vs. Rondebosch Boys' High Won 8- 0P. W. L. D. F. A.15 13 1 1 232 29

UNDER l2A RESULTSl. vs. Paarl Boys' High Won 39- 32. vs. Rondebosch Boy High Won 27- 33. vs. Bishops Prep Won 12- 04. vs. St. Joseph's College Won 53- 05. vs. S.A.C.S Won 15- 06. vs. Paul-Roos Gymnasium Won 31- 07. vs. C.RC Won 17- 08. vs. S.A.C.S Won 49- 39. vs. Sea Point Won 35- 010. vs. St. Joseph's College Won 14- 011. vs. Bishops _ Won 15- 012. vs. Bergvliet Won 20- 313. vs. Paarl Gymna ium Won 10- 0]4. vs. Rondebosch Boys' High Won 34- 0P. W. L. D. F. A.14 14 371 ]2

RESULTS OF 1960 HOUSE GAMESJunior.

Rhodes vs. Van Riebeeck. 11- 0Van Riebeeck vs. Wellington 3- 3Wellington vs. De Waal 0- 0Rhodes vs. De Waal 0- 0Wellington vs. Rhodes 0- 0De Waal vs. Van Riebeeck 0- 0

Points1. Rhodes .. 42. De Waal 33. Wellington 34. Van Riebeeck 2

Senior.Rhodes vs. Van Riebeeck .... 3- 3Van Riebeeck vs. Wellington 5- 3Wellington vs. De Waal 3- 8Rbodes vs. De Waal 5- 3Wellington vs. Rhodes 5- 3De Waal vs. Van Riebeeck 0- 3

Points1. Van Riebeeck 52. Rhodes 33. De Waal 24. Wellington 2

Total Points]. Rbodes 72. Van Riebeeck 73. De Waal 54. Wellington 5

CRITIQUE OF THE FIRST XV

T. JOHNSON.-A strong, rugged scrum-balfwith a prodigious kick. At his best a very finescrum-half indeed, but he must remember, morethan anyone else, that he must constantly bewhere tbe ball is, especially in tbe loose scrums,so that he can get it out to his backs. He musteradicate completely his tendency to run toomuch with the ball and break diagonally. Hebas led his team well througbout the season.R. CHARLES.-By sheer determination and

courage he has matured into a strong resourcefulflank; his ultimate success on tbe flank is a greatpersonal triumph. He is a fine leader of the pack,is always on tbe ball, and, wben the pressure wason, has been a great inspiration as vice-captain.K. KYTE.-After a sbaky start at the beginning

of the season, he improved with every matchuntil, towards the end of the sea on, he wasprobably tbe best full-back in Schools' rugby.Fearless and possessed of a particularly safe pairof bands, he tackled determinedly when underpressure; he is a polished performer, but mustsee tbat he improves his acceleration and movesmore speedily to tbe rolling ball.T. SCHOUW.-A very promising wing or

centre; speedy and intelligent, he must neverthe-less remember that the first duty of a wing is togo hard for the corner flag; he must also remedya tendency to be erratic in his tackling.

H. SPIRO.-Equally at home at centre orscrum-half, he is a player of great possibilities;he has speed off the mark and a quick eye totake advantage of any slip on the part of hisopponents. He must eradicate a distinct weaknessin defence, and eliminate a tendency to play hisgame in patches.

G. PEISER.-A player of infinite promise, andone of the most improved members of the side;he has great rugby ability, is extremely imagina-tive and polished in the execution of his moves,but must work hard to improve on a shakydefence. A very fine future prospect.A. TOLLMAN.-Another very versatile player

who distinguished himself both at centre and onthe wing; this season he has matured and haseliminated a tendency to play in patches. He hasthat rare gift of covering his back-line, andshould develop into a first-class player.S. BASS.-A player with the makings of a very

fine fiy-half, possessing afe hands, a good tacticalsense, and a shrewd eye for an opening. He,

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however, lacks concentration and tbe ability toaccelerate and is extremely poor in defence; hisentire future in tbe game depends on whetber hecan remedy these faults; possesses a beautifulplace-kick.I. STONE.-A neat and sound .little fly-half

with very good hands and an excellent kick; behas been responsible for some very polished per-formances, but must overcome a tendency tooverdo his kicking, and must rely rather onthinking or running his way out of trouble.K. HENSON.-A ligbt but courageous wing;

highly intelligent in his play, his courage anddetermination have often been an inspiration tohis team mates, especially in bis ability to tacklein deadly fashion. Should develop well next year.B. CLIFTON.-A strong, hard-running wing

who puts much zest and determination into every-thing he does; he is maturing well, but mustdevelop a hand-off and a cross-kick; also a goodfuture prospect.

B. THOMAS.-A strong, speedy front-rankerwith a heavy, deadly tackle, wbich is worth itsweight in uranium; he must remedy a slight weak-ness in his packing and develop more flexibilityin his game in the loose; he should mature well.R. WEST.-A grand little player with the heart

of a lion, who at all times gave of his best. Hisfuture as a hooker depends on wbether be candevelop a faster strike and also eliminate a ten-dency to rake; be also has first-class possibilitiesas a flank.

W. FICK.-One of the best and most durableforwards in the pack; he is a grand player bothin the tight and the loose, keeps a cool head at alltimes, and is at his best when the pressure isreally on; has a great future.

D. WHITFIELD.-Probably tbe finest line-outforward in Schools' Rugby; has at times a ten-dency to be slovenly and lazy in his play, andthus needs unnecessary urging on; if he caneradicate this fault and infuse more speed andfire into his general play (which sometimes ispatcby), he will mature into one of tbe bestforwards in Western Province Schools' Rugby andshould attain provincal or even hgher standardwhen be grows up. Tbat must be rus aim.R. ORMOND.-A rugged, reliable flank who

was one of tbe most valuable assets in this year'spack; he is always on the ball, looking for workand, provided he improves bis speed and accelera-tion, will mature into a top-class forward.

P. MORKEL.-A very talented player, equallyat home in the back-line and at forward. Duringthe season be developed into a very good, bard,hustling flank, and was also responsible for somevery polisbed line-out performances. If he looksafter bimself, and concentrates on polisbing hisgame and eliminating minor faults, he couldmature into a very fine adult player.B. MICHELL.-A good eigbtb man wbo is

maturing slowly; he bas promise, but must infusemore fire and resolution into his play, and mustdevelop a far deadlier tackle.V. COOK.-An improving player who is at

home at lock, front-rank and flank positions, andwho distributes tbe ball most intelligently in theloose. He is maturing into an excellent lock, butmust remember that locks are tbe main drivingforce in tbe scrums; from now on must concen-trate on tigbt, hard fiery play and develop a muchmore effective tackle.

B. GIBBONS.-A very sound, knowledgeablefull-back who unfortunately tbis year seemedunable to regain the form that last year had madehim a regular and valued member of the SchoolTeam. He must endeavour to increase bis powerof acceleration.

M. POTGIETER.-A promising wing wbo runswith great determination; if he improves hisdefence, he should gain a permanent position inthe School Team next year.A. MITCHELL.-A sound booker wbo plays

a solid game, but who must infuse more fire andspeed into his all-round play.

R. DAU.-A clever little fly-half wbo was notquite mature enough for Senior rugby. He hasgreat promise, and, provided he concentrates onincreasing his acceleration, should do well nextyear.F. MAUNDER.-A tall, rangy forward wbo

has sbown considerable improvement during tbeseason; be still has a tendency to play in patcbes,but, once he overcomes this weakness, he shoulddevelop into a very good player indeed.

M. KANTOR.-A speedy and intelligent centreand fly-half, whose form was badly impeded by aserious injury last year. He bas a good break, andgets his back-line away very smooth.ly and speedily.

W. FOSTER.-A good lock and front-rankerwho also bas been greatly handicapped by injury.He is a knowledgeable player, but must infusemore fire into his game both in the loose and thetight.

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1st XI CRICKETBack row (I. to r.): W. Foster, P. Morkel, M. Dorer.Middle row (I. to r.): G. Silke (Scorer), M. Kantor, G. Peiser, H. Spiro, M. Giles.Sitting (I. to r.): Mr. J. L.Mathew (Coach), N. Budge, B. Michell (Captain), Mr. W. E. Bowden

(Principal), B. Gibbons, T. Johnson, Mr. D. H. Thomson (Coach).

The highlight of our season was the honourJack Burt (Jnr.) brought to the school by makinghistory and being the first of our boys to be.selected for the S.A. Nuffield Xl. We extend our.congratulations to him and to his parents on this.achievement. We sincerely hope it will be theforerunner of Springbok honours. Ivor Savagewas our other representative at Nuffield Week,when the W.P. side fared well.

The first Xl were unbeaten during the secondhalf of the season. They actually gained the

first innings points at the expense of W.P.C.C.,the log leaders, in their last game. The outstand-ing performers left the team at the end of thecalendar year, but this spurred each of thoseleft to give of his best, and as a team theyfinished up seventh on the log and could verywell top the log this season under the ablecaptaincy of Brian Michel.

Mr. Doug. Thomson concentrated his attentionon the 15A side and allowed Messrs. MathewandGardener to coach the 1st and 2nd Xls respec-

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tively with the assistance of Mr. Tom Reddickand Mr. Jack Newman. This switch round ofcoaches proved to be very salutary, and the teamsresponded admirably to the encouragement oftheir coaches. This can be assessed by a rapidglance at the relevant results. The keen com-petition for the two places which are constantlybeing changed in the 1st XI proves the strengthof cricket in the School at the moment.

Mr. Bowden was overseas during the first termand Mr. Hopkins deputised for him in hisabsence; here again the team rallied round theircoach and improved markedly as the season cameto a close.

The following awards were made:Honours Award: Jack Burt.Blues: Jack Burt; Ivor Savage.Colours: B. Michel; N. Budge; T. Johnson;

B. Gibbons; J. Burt; I. Savage; M.Dorer; J. Grendon; A. Thorn.

Bruce Gibbons was presented with the Ander-son Bat. The "Old Boys" Junior Bat was pre-sented to M. Giles and the Senior Bat to BrianMichel.

The Swanepoel bat was awarded to M. Dorer,and a bat to Bowditch for making a century, andto A. Clarke for taking 8 wickets.

These awards were made during the lunchinterval at the Southern Suburbs Match duringSchools Week, when Mr. Parkinson kindly con-sented to make the presentations.

We would encourage Derek Louw to takeup arms again, because we feel he could havepartnered Neil Adcock very successfully in Britain,had he conscientiously applied himself to thegame of cricket.

Amongst the players who represented WesternProvince, K. Heldsinger, Fritz Bing, M. Richard-son and D. Louw did very well, as did alsoNorman WiUiams for a Western Province "B"side. In the first league, some 26 Old Boys wereactively engaged every Saturday.

We should like to acknowledge the support andencouragement given to our sides from time totime by interested spectators. Messrs. Hobbs, DewsBudge, "The Grendons" and Bruce-Gibbons arekeen supporters. Ginger Johnson, Ron Gibbs andMike Slabber are often seen appreciating the finerpoints of the game.

The Club had a most enjoyable season, withsuccesses slightly outweighing the defeats. For thishappy state of affairs we are deeply indebted toour coaches for their efforts in helping our bats-men and bowlers to master the art of cricket.The Headmaster, Messrs. Thomson, Reddick,Gardener, Morris, Gilmore, Van Hoesslin, Dries-sen, Hopkins, Pretorius, Wheeler, Kooy, Spiers,Steyn and Hutcheson have all assisted in thesmooth running and supervision of the club'sactivities.

We should like to thank the 1st XI, Under 15Aand 2nd XI boys who bave supervised the matcheson Mondays. Their efforts have been crownedwith the success of the Under 12A, which will begoing on tour to Bloemfontein during the comingscbool vacation. In the same breath we wouldthank all the "backroom boys". and the GroundsCommittee for the wonderful way in which theyhave catered for all our needs. In mentioningumpires, scorers and kit stewards, I should likealso to tbank the captains for the sterling workthey have done. For the very efficient way inwhich Mrs. Bowden, matron and sister, bave caredfor the catering arrangements, I feel they deservea special mention in our column, and we extendto them a word of heartfelt thanks.

J.L.M.

SUMMARY OF 1st XI GAMESOctober 1959 to March 1960

Vs. Techs.The School, batting first, were dismissed for

105 (Burt 26, Budge 21). Techs replied with106/8 declared (Savage 4/30, Burt 3/40). Battingagain, the School were cheaply dismissed for 60,and Techs won easily, scoring 61/2 and therebywinning by 8 wickets. .

Vs. W.P. Wednesday Xl (friendly).Winning the toss, and batting on a plumb New-

lands "A" wicket, the School scored 178/9 de-clared. (Savage scored a well-earned 72 beforebeing run out; Thorn added a useful 31.) How-ever, going for the runs, W.P. scored 191/8 towin a good match by 2 wickets. (Mr. Mathew(master) scored 63 not out against the School.)

Vs. Pinelands.Pinelands batted first and scored 175 (Burt

4/49). The School could only manage 81 afteran early collapse (Burt 28, Gibbons 20). Hitting

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out, Pinelands scored 84/4 declared. Once again,however, the School were dismissed cheaply for87 (Gibbons 21, Michell 16 not out), thus losingby 92 runs.

Vs. Banks (friendly).Batting first, the School scored 136/9 declared

(Johnson 65 and Dews 36 batting well). At theclose of play Banks bad replied with 92/9 (Burttaking 4/16, including the hat-trick; Dorer 3/25).

Vs. Shell Company (friendly).The School, playing against a strong Shell side,

scored 133. (Burt 45 and MicheIl 28 put on 53for the sixth wicket.) Shell were dismissed for 92(Savage 3/9, Burt 2/26). Thus the School gaineda creditable victory by 41 runs.

VI'. Garrison.Batting first, Garrison were quickly dismissed

for 84 (Giles 3/10, Savage 2/10). The Schoolreplied with 116/7 before declaring. (Savage 53and Dews 27 put the School in a winning posi-tion.) Garrison, in their second innings, were dis-missed for 88 (Burt 4/10, Dews 3/19). In theSchool's second innings, Savage 26* and Burt 25*took the total to 59/3, thereby gaining theSchool's first outright victory.

Vs. U.C.T.U.C.T., batting first, were dismissed for 115

(Burt capturing 7/31, including the hat-trick, ina remarkable spell of bowling). The School scored83 in reply in their first innings (Johnson 30).D.C.T., batting again, scored 114 (Burt 3/24,Dews 3/37). The School, set to score 141 to win,failed by 1 run after a thrilling last-wicket part-nership between Spiro 20· and Gibbons 14 hadadded 27 runs.

Vs. Olympics (friendly).Johnson (81) and MicheIl (6) gave the School

an excellent start of 142 runs, scored in 88 minutes(a School opening-stand record). The Schoolcarried on to score 252/8. Olympics were dis-missed for 172 (Burt 6/40), thereby giving theSchool victory by 80 runs.

SCHOOLS WEEKVs. S.A.C.s.Sacs, batting on the plumbest of wickets (New-

lands "A"), scored 223/4 before declaring, leavingthe School 125 minutes to score the required runs.At the close of play, Wynberg had replied with99/2 (Savage 55*). Game drawn.

Vs. R.B.H.S.R.BR.S., batting first, scored 255/6 before de-

claring (Savage 3/53). The School, attempting togo for the runs, had scored 130/6 at the closeof play (Savage 50, Burt 37). Game drawn.

Vs. Southern Suburbs.The School, batting first, scored 181/8 declared.

Foster (64) (13 fours) and MicheU (40) batted well.Suburbs were dismissed for 121, to give the Schoolvictory by 60 runs.

Vs. Bishops.Bishops, scoring fast, scored 190/4 befortl de-

claring. Budge (23) and Johnson (37) gave theSchool a good start, but the side faltered some-what, and by the close were 141/7. Game drawn.

1960Vs. Liesbeeck Park.In the first game of the 1960 season, the

School batted first and scored 136 (MicheIl 45,Kantor 24). Liesbeeck Park were quickly dis-missed for 76 (due to good bowling by Dorer3/11, Giles 2/11 and Morkel 2/14). The Schoolscored 98 in their second innings (Foster 21). Onceagain Parks were dismissed quickly, this time for53 (Morkel 4/12 and Gibbons 4/24 doing thedamage). Thus the School won the match by 105runs.

Vs. Banks (friendly).Banks, put in to bat, found Gibbons in devas-

tating form and were dismissed for the low totalof 27 (Gibbons taking 7/15 in a beautiful displayof pace bowling; MicheIl 2/6). The School scoredthe required runs easily, and batted on to score76/4 (Michell 15*).

Vs. U.C.T.Once again batting first, the School scored its

highest total of tbe season, 208/9 declared. John-son, giving a good display of batting while making71*, was ably supported by MicheIl (33) andBudge (30)). V.C.T. replied with 183 (Michell3/47, Gibbons 3/56). By the end of play, theSchool had scored 77/4 (Giles 21, MicheIl 19*).The School therefore won on the first innings.

Vs. Alma.Again batting first, the School beat their

highest total, scored in the last match, by total-ling 220/8 declared. (Budge (95) batted extremelywell and missed his century only by playing for

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his team by hitting out. Johnson (50) and Morkel(29) gave useful support.) Alma were dismissedfor 165. (Gibbons 3/34 and Dorer 2/37 bowledwell.) The School scored 119J7 in their secondinnings. Michell (50) (3 sixes) and Spiro (27)(2 sixes) batted forcibly. Alma scored 50/3(Gibbons 2/21), thereby giving the School weIl-earned first-innings points.

Vs. Western Province.W.P., the log leaders, batted first and were sur-

prisingly dismissed for 81. (Morkel 3/11 andDorer 3/29 bowled well.) In reply the Schoolscored 85, after an exciting tussle for first inningspoints. (Foster 27, Johnson 20 and Gibbons 16·were the main rungetters.) At the close of thefirst day W.P. had scored 5/2 before bad lightstopped play. Rain on the following Saturday

, prevented any play, and an exciting match fizzledout to a draw, with the School winning on thefirst innings.

Vs. The Old Boys.Play started late due to rain, and only tireless

work on the pitch by Mr. Thomson saw the gameoff to a start after lunch had been taken. TheOld Boys, batting first, were soon in trouble, andat one stage were 18/6. However, Burt (22) andGlover (15) took the final total to 85. (Gibbons4/28, Morkel 3/15 and Dorer 2Jl7 gave a goodcombined display of fast bowling.) The School,however, found difficulty in playing Glover (3/19)and Williams (Norman) (6/15), both first divisionbowlers, and were dismissed for 57, Johnson (28·)and Gibbons (11) being the only batsmen to reachdouble figures. Thus the School lost their firstmatch of the 1960 year by 28 runs.

BATI1NG AVERAGESHighest

Inns. N.O. Score Total Ave.I.Savage .................. 16 2 72 350 25.00T. Johnson ............ 25 3 81 535 24.31B.MichelI ............... 21 4 64 341 20.05J. Burt ........................ 14 1 45 232 17.84W. Foster ..................12 3 64· 155 17.22B. Gibbons ............ 17 6 21 161 14.63N. Budge ..................25 1 95 340 14.16J. Dews ..................... 11 1 36 112 11.20M. Giles .................. 21 8 24- 144 11.07A. Thorn .................. 14 0 33 129 9.21H. Spiro .................. 17 2 27 110 7.33M. Dorer ..................13 3 14 43 4.3

• Indicates not out.

BOWLING AVERAGESOvers Maids. Wkts. Runs Ave.

P. Morkel 56 18 15 113 7.53J. Burt 187 33 40 485 12.12B. Gibbons 274.4 65 43 607 14.11M. Dorer 166.1 38 27 434 16.07I.Savage 123.1 30 18 301 16.72J. Dews 78.3 12 15 254 16.93B. Michel! 65.5 8 11 202 18.36M. Giles 66 10 11 225 20.45N. Budge 25 3 2 63 31.50

CATCHING AND STUMPING

H. Spiro .B. Michell .J. Burt .I. Savage .T. Johnson .A. Thorn .

Caught1997755

Stumped3

RUN-OUTSIn fielding, 21 run-outs were accounted for.

PERFORMANCES FOR 1959-601959: W.

P. W. IstInn. D. L.Tour (Oudtshoorn) •..... 6 5 0 0 1League .................................... 4 1 0 0 3Friendly ................................. 8 3 0 4 1

TOTAL ................................. 18 9 0 4 51960:League .................................... 4 1 3 0 0Friendly ................................. 2 1 0 0 1TOTAL .............. 6 2 3 0 1

1950-60:League .................................... 8 2 3 0 3Friendly ................................. 16 9 0 4 3

TOTAL ................................. 24 11 3 4 6

1st Xl's Captain's RemarksThe team is greatly indebted to its most able

and conscientious scorer, namely Gerald Silke,who is the School's most ardent cricket supporter.Not only do we appreciate his scoring and goodhumour, but also his enthulliastic work in thecricket shed, a necessity for the welfare of ourcricket.

Our success is entirely due to our most com-petent coaches, namely Messrs. Mathew, Thomsonand Reddick. Their constant backing and expert

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advice are of great help to all concerned. We canonly hope that we shall reward their hard workby producing only our best in the fortbcomingseason.Tbe good wisbes of tbe team are extended

gladly to Messrs. Gibboqs, Dews, Budge, Dorerand Grendon, wbo bave J attended our matchesregularly and given us excellent support througb-out the season.

BRfAN MICHELL.

2nd XIFulfilling its dual functions of supplying capable

reserves for the 1st Xl and formidable opposition

for other teams in the Schools' First Division, our2nd Xl bas enjoyed good cricket. Almost everymember bas at some stage made a substantial con-tribution. Perhaps the most memorable match wasthat against Bishops in which declarations, time,runs, overs all conspired in cricket's inimitableway to produce a stirring climax and a resoundingreply to tbose who would improve the game bytinkering with tbe rules, pitches or players'pockets. We are sure tbat by tbe time tbese wordsare read in print we sball have seen games whicbwould make Neville Cardus regret having goneto Australia.

2nd Xl CRICKET

Front row (I. to r.): Mr. J. L. Mathew (Master-in-Charge), D. Whitfield, L. Schwab (Captain),Mr. W. E. Bowden (Headmaster), I. Stone, B. Napier, Mr. J. B. Gardener (Coach).

Second Row (1 to r.): T. Schouw, P. Fabricius, B. Nel, P. Good, I. Evans.

Back Row: R. Tripp, V. Cook, A. Kriegler.

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1959Vs. Rondebosch.Rondebosch 151 (Gauld 8/29); and 110 (Gauld

5/48, MorkeI4/32).Wynberg 140 (Foster 55 not out); and 104/9

(Kantor 37, Tripp 24).Match drawn.

Vs. Observatory.Wynberg 109 (peiser 25) ; and 44.Observatory 159.Observatory won by an innings and 6 runs.

Vs. S.A.C.s.S.A.C.S. 134 (MorkeI4/40); and 124 (Stone 4/28).Wynberg 151 (Stone 50, Kantor 32, Foster 30);and 109/3 (peiser 54, Kantor 28).

Wynberg won by 7 wickets.

1960Vs. Marists.Marists 71 (Nel 4/15); and 179/9 declared.Wynberg 173/8 declared (Peiser 39, Good 26,

Cook 22 not out) ; and 21/3.Match drawn.

Vs. Bishops.Wynberg 129 (Whitfield 35 not out, Schwab 24,Evans 23); and 104/7 declared (Whitfield 33not out).

Bishops 123 and 105/7.Match drawn.

Vs. Staff.Staff 109/6 declared.2nd XI 90/8 (Stone 29, Good 26).Match drawn.

Vs. Old Boys.2nd XI 162/9 declared (Nel 35, Schouw 26,

Napier 24 not out).Old Boys 146 (Napier 5/12).Wynberg won by 16 runs.

3rd XIThroughout the first half of the season the

3rd XI was well led by A. ElIiott, losing onseveral occasions by very narrow margins. Cookand ElIiott were the mainstay of the batting, andthe burden of bowling was laid on Elliott's,Colman's and Kriegler's shoulders.

During the second half of the season we lostKriegler, who was selected for the 1st XI, andCook and Tollman, who were promoted to the2nd XI. The team spirit was excellent and the

fielding keen. The results show a great improve-ment at the end of the season. The team was ablyled by P. Colman as captain, assisted by B.Kelynack as vice-captain.

Vs. Rondebosch 4th Xl on 24/10/59.Rondebosch 96 (Colman 5/13, Elliott 5/20).W.B.H.S. 79 (Cook 24 not out, Elliott 14).W.B.H.S. won by 17 runs.

Vs. Observatory 2nd Xl on 7/11 /59.W.B.H..S 99 (Cook 31, Elliott 24).Observatory 83 (Kriegler 5/14, Elliott 3/20, Toll-man 2/20).

Wynberg won by 16 runs.

Vs. Bishops 4th Xl on 14/11/59.W.B.H.S. 56 (Kelynack 11, Tollman 11, Evans 11).Bishops 63/4 (TolIman 2/17, Elliott 2/11).Bishops won by 6 wickets.

Vs. J. G. Meiring Ist Xl on 21/11/59.W.B.H.S. 68 (MacRae 17, Kriegler 12).J. G. Meiring 69/8 (Kriegler 5/27, Elliott 2/15).J. G. Meiring won by 2 wickets.

Vs. S.A.C.s. 3rd Xl on 28/11/59.W.B.H.S. 95 (Tester 23, Kriegler 22).S.A.C.S. 80/9 (Cook 4/26, Colman 2/14, Elliott

2/17).Match drawn.

Vs. Bel/ville Ist Xl on 5/12/59.W.B.H ..S 145/9 (Foster 52, Kriegler 25, Colman21).

Bellville 78/6 (peiser 3/11, Colman 3/20).Match drawn.

Vs. General Botha Ist Xl on 6/2/60.General Botha 141 (Leibrandt 7/34, Kelynack

2/25).W.B.R ..S 43/5 (Kelynack 21 not, out, White-

house 13).Match drawn.

Vs. Muizenberg Ist Xl on 13/2/60.Muizenberg 95 (Whitehouse 5/29, Colman 3/24).W.B.H.S. 58/8 (Colman 18 not out, Kelynack 11).Match drawn.

Vs. Sea Point 1st Xl (friendly) on 2/2/60.W.B.H ..S 126 (Kelynack 30, Good 54).Sea Point 127/4 (Kelynack 2/15).Sea Point won by 7 wickets.

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Vs. Cape Town 1st Xl on 27/2/60.Cape Town 114 (Colman 4/14, Dorer 2/14,Whitehouse 4/34).

W.B.H.S. 29 (pasvolsky 10).Cape Town won by 85 runs.

Vs. J. J. du Preez Ist Xl on 12/3/60.W.B.H.S. 108/9 (pasvolsky 20, Kriegler 32).J. J. du Preez 59/5 (MacRae 3/18, Kriegler 2/20).Match drawn.

Vs. Lansdowne Is/ Xl on 19/3/60.W.B.H.S. 152/8 (MacRae 44, Evans 31, Colman17, Whitehouse 18).

Lansdowne 121/6 (Colman 3/36, Leibrandt 2/24).Match drawn.

P. W. L. D.12 1 5 6

BATTINGP. A.

Kriegler 7 115Cook 6 62Kelynack 12 119

BOWLINGWkts.

EUiott 14Colman 21Kriegler ] 3

H.S. Ave.32 16.431 12.130 10.8

Runs Ave.83 5.9

169 8.0113 8.8

P.e.

4th XIIn the first term of th.is year the 4th played

six games, winning three, losing two and drawingone.

Our most notable victory was again Observa-tory 3rd XI, when we won by an innings and 31Robert Bray had the highest average of 47.

Peter Human scored two fifty's. N. Thomasheaded the bowling with an average of 3.7 andthen came N. Calvert with an average of 6.2.The team thanks Mr. Gilmore, our coach, for

taking such a keen interest in us.

SCORESVs. Fish Hoek (away).Fish Hoek 119/6 (Calvert 2/11).Wynberg 98/8 (Fourie 30, Dau 29).Match drawn.

Vs. Westerford 2nd (home).Westerford 75 (Calvert 3/5, Clarke 3/11).Wynberg 77/8 (Human 27).Won by 2 wkts.

Vs. Techs 1st (away).Wynberg 73 (Henson 21).Techs. 74/3 (Leibrandt 3/23).Lost by 7 wkt .

Vs. Plumstead 1st (away).Wynberg 101 (Bray 16, Human 37).Plumstead 116/5 (Bray 1{7).Lost by 5 wkts.

Vs. SA.C.S. 3rd (away).Wynberg 108/7 (Human 50, Friedland 16).S.A.e.S. 34 (Cook 8/13, Thomas 2/14).Won by 74 runs.

Vs. Observatory 3rd (home).Observatory Ist Inn. 21 (Thomas 4/6, Nel 3{7,

Bray 3f7).Wynberg 80/3 declared (Human 51 n.o.).Observatory 2nd Inn. 28 (Thomas 5/4, Nel 5/13).Won by an innings and 31 runs.

We played a match against the 5th XI, and webeat them by 7 wkts.

. THOMAS.

5th XITbe 5th XI enjoyed a reasonable season. The

outstanding performance of tbe season was A.Clarke's achievement in getting his bat for goodbowling. Two members of the team were pro-moted to the 3rd XI and are doing well.

Mr. Driessen, who coached the 5th XI verywell in the first half of the season, left us toteach at a BellviUe School, and Mr. van Hoesslintook over the coaching.

New members of the team proved to be reliable.Although many who turned up for practice djdnot get a place, it was not for lack of keenness.

RESULTSBeat Muizenberg 2nd by 37 runs.Lost to Tigerberg Ist by 39 runs.Beat Plumstead Ist by 1 wicket.Beat Muizenberg by 1 wicket.Lost to Sacs by 39 runs.Lost to Simonstown 1st by 4 runs.Drew with Sea Point 3rd.Drew with Herzlia 2nd.Beat Simonstown 1st by 43 runs.Beat Bishops 6th by 2 wickets.Beat Sacs 5th by 77 runs.Lost to Kuils River by 10 wickets.Lost to Bergvliet Ist by 5 wickets.Played 13, lost 5, won 6, drew 2.

T. KNOWLES.

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BAITINGInns. N.O. H.S.

Levenbach 5 0 43Jenkins 11 1 34Peggs 4 1 26*Morison 7 0 40Leibrandt 4 0 20Hume 11 2 37

BOWLINGO. M. R.

Leibrandt 36 7 81Clarke 65.9 20 172Goodwin 36 4 92Knowies 59 24 126Morison 33 12 103

Total65

11231703781

Wkts.1533141812

Ave.1311.210.3119.39

Ave.5.45.86.678.6

Under 15 "A"This season produced some of the most mature

and attacking cricket seen for many a long dayin the Under 15"A" division. Encouraged by Mr.Gardener and later by Mr. Thomson, they tookevery game in their stride and at no time wenton to the defensive, even when tbey came veryclose to defeat at tbe hands of tbe we]l-co-ordinated Rondeboscb side. What, too, wasparticularly pleasing was the disinterested approachto tbe result of the game. Tbis enjoyment in theircricket produced some excellent ground fieldingand returns to the wicket, some splendid catchingand several huge totals in the time spent at tbewicket. Unfortunately an otherwise commendable

UNDER 15 A CRICKET TEAM

Back row (I. to r.): M. RonaIdson, M. Hobbs, D. Goosen.Middle row (I. to r.): R. Smith, J. Sternslow, F. Kleinman, S. Trott, F. Pieksma (Scorer).Sit/illg (I. to r.): Mr. D. H. Tbomson (Coach), A. Peake, M. H. Bowditch (Captain),

Mr. W. E. Bowden (Principal), G. Johnson, P. Watson, Mr. J. B. Gardener (Coach).

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record was blotted several times by poor slipfielding.The captain, Michael Bowditcb, had a good

season. His century against Marist Brotbers waa gem of its kind and proof of his ability to getruns whenever be elects to keep his head downand get behind the line of the ball.Geoff Jobnston, the vice-captain, looks and is

the complete cricketer, but has only shown bistalents in patches. He is too intense at the wicket.When he learns to relax, fluency will produce acrop of runs.Peter Watson was the backbone of tbe attack

and his sustained accuracy was a feature of tbeseason. A yard or two more pace could give himthe new ball in the 1st XI before tbe '60 seasonends.

Allan Peake always came to light with the batwben he was needed. For concentration at thewicket he carries tbe p~m, and, if only he couldarouse enthusiasm for bis worth behind thestumps, he would join the Anderson, Joffe classof wicketkeeper-batsmen.Ronaid Smith was the find of the season. He

forced his way into the side by his determinationto get on with the game regardless of the stressof the moment. His strong and accurate arm willcarry him a long way.

Sternslaw and Kleinman have distinct possibi-lities, but they are both inclined to worry overmuch about their averages and the long walk backto the pavilion. Runs on the board for the teamis the important thing.Ronaldson tries too hard to look good, Hobbs

is keen but his round-arm action does not pro-duce consistency, while Goosen is his own worstenemy with bat and ball.

And Master Trott ... potentially an excellentslow left-arm bowler, he finds concentration some-what difficult in all departments of tbe game. Ifbe could exchange his grin for more grit, be wouldhead tbe list of performers.Finally Fritz Picksma. Scorer, timekeeper,

baggage man, cool drink purchaser, enthusiastand happy cbappy, be contributed immensely tothe team spirit.To Mr. Tom Reddick we extend our best thanks

for a good season. His patience and tact wererewarded by tbe results appearing elsewhere inthis report.

D.H.T.

RESULTS"A" Team

Vs. SA.C.S. "A" on 17/10/59.Wynberg 46 (Evans).S.A-C.S.60/7.Sacs won by 6 wickets.

Vs. Rondebosch on 24/10/59.Rondebosch 149 (Evans 3/29, Napier 3/26).Wynberg 43/4 (Schwab 14, Good 10).Match drawn.

Vs. Sea Point "A" on 7/11 /59.Wynberg 57 (Good 20, Evans 20).Sea Point 59/4 (Evans 2/13).Sea Point won by 6 wickets.

Vs. Marists "A" on 21/11/59.Marists 41 (Bowditch 7/12).Wynberg 45/1 (Schwab 18 not out, Evans 11 notout).

Wynberg won by 9 wickets.

Vs. OB.H.S. on 28/11/59.Wynberg 128 (peake 46).O.B.H.S. 24 (Ne15/13, Hobbs 4/7).Wynberg won by 104 runs_

Vs. Westerford on 10/12/59.Wynberg 119/8 declared (Watson 21, Goosen 20,

Ronaldson 17).Westerford 23 (Bowditch 6/7, Watson 3/7).Wynberg won by 96 runs.

Vs. Bishops "A" Ott 5/12/58.Bisbops 57 (Watson 5/14, Bowditch 2/5, Evans

2/14).Wynberg 58 for 2 wickets (Giles 34 not out,

Scbwab 13).Wynberg won by 8 wickets.

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Vs. Rondebosch "A" on 13/2/60.Rondebosch (lst innings) 183 (Bowditch 4/36,

Hobbs 3/34).Wynberg (Ist innings) 84 (Johnson 16, Bowditch

15).Rondebosch (2nd innings) 98 for 6 declared (Wat-son 4/60).

Wynberg (2nd innings) 174 for 9 wickets (peake36, Sternslaw 31).

Rondebosch won on Ist innings by 99 runs.

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Vs. Bishops "A" on 27/2/60.Wynberg (Ist innings) 77 (Sternslow 41, Watson

11).Bishops (1st innings) 135 (Bowditch 5/46, Hobbs

2/19).Wynberg (2nd innings) 161 for 6 declared (Bow-

ditch 67, Peake 34 not out).Bishops (2nd innings) 78 for 5 wickets (Watson

3/20, Mowditch 2/26).Bishops won on 1st innings by 58 runs.Vs. Marist "A" on 10/3/60.Wynberg 170 for 6 wickets (Bowditch 128 n.o.).Marist 39 for 9 wickets (Watson 7/14).Match drawn.

BAITING (1st Term, 1960)Highest

Inns. N.O. Score Total Ave.Bowditch 4 0 67 106 26.5Peake 4 1 38 73 24.3Smith 4 1 36 64 21.3Sternslow 4 0 41 74 18.5

BOWLING (1st Term, 1960)Overs

Trolt 17Smith 10Watson 43Bowditch 44Hobbs 26

Maids. Runs Wkts. Ave.4 56 1 56o 34 1 348 158 9 17.58 141 12 11.77 55 5 11.0

Under 15 "A"(4th Term, 1959)

BAITING

Inns.Peake 2Schwab 5Evans 5Good 5Napier 3

HighestN.O. Score Totalo 46 461 22 591 20 46o 20 47o 12 13

Ave.2314.7511.509.404.34

Giles

BOWLINGOvers Maids. Runs Wkts. Ave.

5 0 16 1 1611 0 43 3 13.348 16 83 9 92117 25 56 7 8.032 13 38 5 7.6111 21 35 8 4.334 8 69 17 4.0

Napier .Evans .Nel .Hobbs .Watson .Bowditch .

Under 15 "B"The Under 15 HB" had a very pleasing season

at the beginning of the year. Although three

matches were missed through bad weather andsome misunderstandings, the team never sufferedany outright defeat.

The team was led exceptionally well by DenisFagan. Kesner, who has indicentaUy left and isnow living in England, led the opening bowlingattack and was the crushing force behind ourbowlers. Lamb, a slow leg-spin bowler and anumber 3 batsman, was second in the bowlingaverages and fourth in the batting averages.

Helier led the batting averages, but was veryunpredictable, being out twice in his four inningsfor low scores and not-out twice with moderatescores. Fagan was second in the averages andwas very often the saviour of the side. Davidson,the opening bat, had a very good game againstBishops. He can play very well on the leg, butshould try to strengthen his off-side play.

BAITING AVERAGESHighest

N.O. Score Total2 19· 32o 18 44o 31 414 14 40

Inns.Heller 4Fagan 4Davidson 4Lamb 4

Ave.16.0011.0010.2510.00

BOWLING AVERAGESOvers Maids. Runs Wkts. Ave_

Kesner 36 6 94 13 7.30Lamb 17.2 0 66 6 11.00

RESULTSP. W. L. D.3 102

1959October 24

Wynberg 103 (Bray 17 n.o., Kleinman 16).Rondebosch HB" 56 (Trott 9/26).Won on 1st innings by 47 runs.

November 7

Wynberg 77 (Goodwin 18, Schouw 15).Marist HA" 44 (Bray 5/15, Whitehouse 4/9).Won by 33 runs.

November 14Wynberg 28.Observatory HA" 100 (Trott 3/19).Lost by 7 wickets.

November 21S.A.C.S. uA" 129 (Wbitehouse 5/28, Trott 3/37).Wynberg 44.Lost by 85 runs.

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November 28Sea Point "A" 84 for 6 wickets (Irott 4/18).Wynberg 55 for 5 wickets (Goosen 31 n.o.).Time draw.

December 5Wynberg 109 (Gillham 35, Bray 24 n.o.).Bishops "B" 95 for 7 wickets (Irott 3/13).Time draw.

1960February 6

Wynberg 78 for 7 wickets declared (Heller 19n.o., Fagan 18).

C.B.C. "A" 32 for 5 wickets (Kesner 4/15,Davidson 1/9).Time draw.

February 13Rondebosch "B" 60 (Kesner 5/23, Lamb 3/20).Wynberg 61 for 9 wickets.Won by 1 wicket.

February 27Bishops "B" (1st inns.) 171 (B. Gottschalk 3/23,Lamb 3/30).

Wynberg (1st inns.) 84 (B. Gottschalk 34, David-son 31).

Bishops "B" (2nd inns.) 70 for 8 wickets dec.(B. Gottschalk 4/7, Kesner 2/23).

Wynberg (2nd inns.) 73 for 7 wickets (Fagan17, Heller 13 n.o.).

Lost on 1st innings by 87 runs.

Under 15 "0"4th Term, 1959

The Under 15 "B", led by Savadier, had a verysuccessful season in the "A" league, winning mostof their games, but found it difficult to cope withteams such as Sea Point "A" and S.A.C.S. "A".The best batting was produced by Bray andSchouw, while the most successful bowlers wereTrott, who achieved a hat-trick against R.B.H.S.Bray and Whitehouse also bowled well.

Under 15 "B" - 1959BATTING AVERAGES

HighestInns. N.O. Score Total

Gillham 1 0 35 35Bra y 5 3 24• 44Schouw 5 5 15 52

Ave.35.0022.0010.40

BOWLING AVERAGESOvers Maids. Runs Wkts. Ave.

Trott 62.2 27 115 22 5.2Bray 45 13 83 12 7.7Whitehouse 53.2 15 96 11 8.7

Under 15 "B" -1960BATTING AVERAGES

HighestInns. N.O. Score Total Ave.

Heller ........................ 4 2 19· 32 16.00Fagan ........................ 4 0 18 44 11.00Davidson ............... 4 0 31 41 10.25Lamb ........................... 4 0 14 40 10.00

BOWLING AVERAGESOvers Maids. Runs Wkts. Ave.

Kesner 36 6 94 13 7.30Lamb 17.2 0 66 6 11.00

Under 15 "C"The Under 15 "C" played consistently through-

out the season, losing a few of their matches by anarrow margin. The outstanding batsman and topscorer on several occasions was Groenewald.Other batsmen who contributed a large numberof runs were Van Dyk, Heritage, Koekemoer andGreenblatt. McRae was tbe best all-rounder, andfinished the season with tbe best bowling analysis.Deeley, partnered by McRae, opened the attackon most occasions.

1959Vs. Bishops "C" on 17/10/59.Bishops 36 (Irott 5/13, Duffield 5/20).Wynberg 43 for 4 wickets (Duffield 16 n.o.).Won by 6 wickets.

Vs. Rondebosch "C" on 24/10/59.Rondebosch 86 (Friedland 6/14, West 2/12).Wynberg 57 (Friedland 20).Lost by 29 runs.

Vs. Bishops "D" on 7/11/59.Wynberg 79 (Dau 15, Fagan 12).Bishops 56 (Geldenhuys 4/13, Fagan 3/19).Won by 13 runs.

Vs. Rondebosch "D" on 21/11/59.Wynberg 138 for 7 wickets dec. (Dau 50 n.o.,

West 40).Rondebosch 76 for 8 wickets (West 3/17, Knight

3/20, Fagan 1/9).Match drawn.

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Vs. SA.C.s. "B" on 28/9/59.Wynberg 77 for 6 wickets (West 15 n.o., Fagan

12 n.o.).S.A.C.S. 77 (Harmer 4/20, Fagan 2/9).Won by 4 wickets.

Vs. Rondebosch "C" on 5/12/59.Rondebosch 70 (West 2/17, Fagan 2/13, Harmer2/5).

Wynberg 68 (Dau 10, Friedberg 10 n.o.).Lost by 2 runs.

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Vs. Bishops "C" on 6/2/60.Wynberg 33.Bishops 36 for no wicket.Lost by 10 wickets.

Vs. Bishops "D" on 13/2/60.Wynberg 32 (Craye 13).Bishops 45 for 6 wickets (Craye 2/14).Lost by 4 wickets.

Vs. Camps Bay "A" on 20/2/60.Wynberg 100 for 8 dec. (Groenewald 44, Green-blatt 14).

Camps Bay 101 for 8 dec. (Cann 4/16, Germis-huys 2/23).

Lost by 2 wickets.

Vs. Rondebosch "D" on 27/2/60.Wynberg 43.Rondebosch 48 for 6 wickets (Germishuys 2/15).Lost by 4 wickets.

Vs. Rondebosch "C" on 5/3/60.Rondebosch 80 (MacRae 4/30, Deeley 4/11).Wynberg 40 (Heritage 17).Lost by 40 runs.

Vs. D.F. Malan "A" on 19/3/60.D.F. Malan 74 for 5 dec. (Deeley 3/32, Cann 1/7).Wynberg 50 (Van Dyk 20).Lost by 24 runs.

Under 15 "D"As far as matches are concerned, the Under

15 "D" has experienced an unsuccessful season,baving failed to register one victory. At the startof the season, the team possessed a somewhatstrong bowling attack, but unfortunately one ofthe pace bowlers, Williams, was promoted, hisabsence being felt considerably. Being left withonly one bowler, Deeley, the team was not able

to give of its best in this respect. There were,thus, only two bowlers left, Erasmus and Bloeh.As the team lacked batting potential, it was at

a loss for runs. Tbe opening batsmen were Heri-tage and Bloch, who on occasion showed strongability and, given the opportunity, tbe Under 15"D" can demonstrate their skilL

1959Vs. Bishops "D" on 17/10/59.Bishops 94 (Magnin 7/34).Wynberg 52 (West 14).Lost by 42 runs.

Vs. Rondebosch "D" on 24/10/59.Wynberg 21.Rondebosch 52 (Geldenhuys 4/26, Magnin 3/ 17).Lost by 9 wickets.

Vs. D.F. Malan "A" on 31/10/59.Wynberg 41 (Harmer 20).D.F. Malan 27 (Magnin 4/4, Harmer 3/6, Stand-ley 2/4).

Won by 14 runs.

Vs. Rondebosch "C" on 14/11/59.Rondebosch 104 (Magnin 4/23, Geldenhuys 2/13,Gillham 2/27).

Wynberg 97 (Magnin 30, Harmer 29).Lost by 7 runs.

Vs. Bishops "D" on 21/11/59.Bishops 132 (MacRae 4/38, Gibbons 3/16).Wynberg 33.Lost by 99 runs.

Vs. Bishops "c" on 28/11/59.Bishops 133 (Magnin 5/ 52, Geldenbuys 3/ 15).Wynberg 88 for 5 wickets (Gillham 65).Match drawn.

Vs. Rondebosch "D" on 15/12/59.Rondebosch 43 (M. Bass 4/2, Smith' 4 /21).Wynberg 40 (Koekemoer 17 n.o.).Lost by 3 runs.

1960Vs. SA.C.s. "B" on 13/2/60.Wynberg 26.S.A.C.S. 31 for 5 wickets (Bass 3/23, Smith 1/5).Lost by 5 wickets.

Vs. Rondebosch "D" on 20/2/60.Wynberg 48.Rondebosch 104 for 4 wickets (Deeley 2/26).Lost by 56 runs.

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Vs. Bishops "D" on 27/2/60.Wynberg 21 (Heritage 12 n.o.).Bishops 22 for 3 wickets.Lost by 7 wickets.

BAITING (1st Term, 1960)Highest

Inns. N.O. Score Total Ave.Heritage 1 1 12 12 12Bloch 2 0 10 14 7.0Edwards 2 0 8 10 5.0

BOWLING 1960Overs Maids. Runs Wkts. Ave.

Deeley 13 3 26 2 13M. Bass 5 1 23 3 7.8

BATTING (4th Term, 1959)Highest

Inns. N.O. Score Total Ave.Gillham 2 0 65 65 32.5Harmer 4 1 27 53 17.6West 1 0 14 14 14.0G. Kesner 3 2 6 13 13.0

BOWLING (4th Term, 1959)Overs Maids. Runs Wkts. Ave.

Gillham 11 0 35 2 17.5Nairn 17 2 49 3 16.3MacRae 18 2 65 7 9.2Magnin 61 10 196 27 7.2

Under 13 "A"Vs. R.B.H.S. on 22/2/1060.Wynberg (1st inns.) 67 for 3 declared (Gottschalk

22, Ewles 23 n.o.).Rondebosch (Ist inns.) 61 for 8 (Gottschalk 6/12).Match drawn.

Vs. W.P.P.S. on 23/2/1960.Wynberg (1st inns.) 105 for 5 declared (Knight 20,Fine 27, Gottschalk 39 n.o.)

W.P.P.S. (1st inns.) 64 for 6 (Mawman 2/9, Fine2/19).

Match drawn.

Vs. Marists on 8/3/1960.Wynberg (Ist inns.) 90 for 8 declared (Gottschalk

35, Fine 18, Knight 10).Marists (1st inns) 52 (Gottschalk 5/9, Fine 3/3).W.B.H.S. won by 38 runs.

Vs. Claremont on 10/3/1960.Wynberg (1st inns.) 108 for 2 declared (Fine 42

n.o., Ewles 25 n.o., Gottschalk 17, Knight 10).Claremont (Ist inns.) 33 (CaUanan 3/9, Gotts-

chaIk 6/4).W.B.H.S. won by 75 runs.

Vs. D.e.p.s. on 26/3/1960.Bishops (1st inns.) 82 (pickup 2/15, Gottschalk

3/13, Fine 3/15).Wynberg (lst inns.) 43 for no wickets (Knight

8 n.o. Fine 34 n.o.).Rain stopped play.

Under 13 "B"The Under 13 "B" had a reasonably successful

season, having played 6 games, winning 3, losing1 and having 2 undecided (but very much in theirfavour). The side contained fairly useful batsmenand bowlers, but on one or two occasions ratberweak fielding proved to be their downfall.

Under 12" A" and "B"An Under 12 team was entered in the new

"league" and had some most exciting matches.This side is also going on tour to Bloemfontein,where they will play against Grey College, St.Andrews and C.B.C.

Players in this group who bave caugbt the eyeare:-

Batsmen: D. Powell- 6 innings, 107 runs.M. Dewar- 5 innings, 94 runs.B. Watson - 4 innings, 53 runs.J. Fine - 6 innings, 60 runs.N. Gow - 3 innings, 35 runs.

o. r. w.Bowlers: N. Gow ............ 16 32 12

D. Powel ......... 12 20 4R. Katz ............ 5 12 3M. Dewar ...... 23 46 13

J. Fine and J. Hendrikse have kept wicket quiteweU, whiJe P. West, T. Watson and M. Emms areshowing promise as bowlers.

Inter-House CricketSenior Junior Final Result

1. Wellington 1. Van Riebeeck 1.Wellington2. Rhodes 2. Wellington 2. Van Riebeeck3. Van Riebeeck 3. Rhodes 3. Rhodes4. De Waal 4. De Waal 4. De Waal

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UNDER 12 CRICKET TOURDuring the October holidays fourteen boys

went on tour to Bloemfontein. There tbey playedthree matches, each member of the party playingin at least two matches. All three matches wereplayed at the Ramblers Club. As the matches wereplayed in the afternoon, tbe mornings werefree for sight-seeing. Places of interest visitedinclude the Court of Appeal, tbe Museum, theZoo and the Observatory.1. First match vs. Grey CoUege.

Wynberg: 202 for 3 wickets declared. D. PoweU112, B. Watson 30, M. Dewar 20 not out, J. Fine21.

Grey: 130 for 6 wickets. J. Hendrikse 3 wicketsfor 54 runs.

Draw.

2. Second match vs. Brebner.Brebner: 56 all out. P. West 1.1 overs, 3 wickets

for 0 runs; N. Gow 3 overs, 2 wickets for la runs;J. Hendrikse 6 overs, 2 wickets for 22 runs.

Wynberg: 57 for 1 wicket. J. Fine 25 not out;M. Dewar 23.

Wynberg won by 9 wickets.3. Third match vs. St. Andrews.

Wynberg: 134 for 9 wickets declared. D. Powell47, J. Fine 43.

St. Andrews 65 for 4 wickets. N. Gow 5 overs,2 wickets for 4 runs; R. Katz 3 overs, 1 wicketfor 10 runs; B. Watson 10 overs, 1 wicket for 14runs.

Draw.

UNDER 12 A CRICKET TOURING TEAMBack row (1. to r.): E. de Swardt, P. West, R. Katz, R. Barker, R. Imrie.Middle row (I. to r.): J. Fine, M. Emms, B. Watson, N. Gow, M. McClurg, E. Merrifield.Front row (1. to r.): Mr. K. Pretorius (Coach), T. Watson, D. Powell (Capt.), J. Hendrikse,

Mr. A. Lorie (Principal).

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ATHLETICS TEAMFront row (I. to r.): G. Hammond, A. Turvey, D. Bairstow.Second row (1. to r.): Dr. H. G. Wood (Coach), J. McClatchie, P. Morkel, Mr. W. E. Bowden

. (Principal), D. Whitfield, J. Smuts, Mr. H. E. Tasker (Coach).ThIrd row (1. to r.): B. Mawman, D. Schmidt, H. Spiro, D. Fagin, B. Clifton, A. Elliot,

B. Bravo, T. Johnson, R. Skeeles.Fourth row (I. to r.): M. Hobbs, P. Fabricius, G. Peiser, C. Walker, M. Dorer, C. Felbert,

B. Napier, S. Jennings.

Tbe Annual Scbool Sports became more thanever one of the important higblights of the schoolyear. But for a sligbt south-east wind in tbeafternoon, the day was perfect. Once again weare indebted to the Garrison officials for the useof the track, and, although we are most grateful,we bope in the near future to use the new groundsrecently acquired by tbe School.

D. Whitfield was tbe Victor Ludorum and wastberefore tbe most outstanding athlete of the day,obtaining first place in tbe 100 yards and the shotputt, and second place in the 220 yards and 440yards. One record was equalled by the high jumpof A. Elliot in the Under 16 group with a heightof 5 ft. 3-!-ins., and one record was broken byWellington Under 12 relay team in the time of43 secs.

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RECORD HOLDERSUNDER 10:

50 yards: N. Denison and B. Weinreich (1947),R. Skeeles (1958), J. Bland (1959),7.0 secs.B. Weinrieh (1947), 9.9 secs.75 yards:

UNDER 12:75 yards: S. Versveld (1942),9.2 secs.120 yards: B. Weinreich (1949), 15.1 secs.

UNDER 14:lOOyards: P. Lowry (1936),11.5 secs.220 yards: J. Moore (1956), 26.2 secs.75 yards Hurdles: N. Riley (1944), 11.3 secs.

Long Jump: L. Shapiro (1950), 18ft. lOtin.Righ Jump: J. Leeson (1954), 5ft. Otin.

UNDER 16:lOOyards: L. Shapiro (1952),10.4 secs.220 yards: L. Shapiro (1952), 23.6 secs.440 yards: R. Gaylard (1958), 54.7 secs.880 yards: W. Kirstein (1940), 2 min. 10.2 sec.110 yards Hurdles: C. Rossl.ind (1941),15.5 sec.Long Jump: L. Shapiro (1952), 20ft. 6tin.lligh Jump: J. Leeson (1956) and A. Elliot

(1960), 5ft. 3{·in.OPEN:

JOOyards: L. Shapiro (1952), JO.4 secs.220 yards: L. Shapiro (1953), 23.2 secs.440 yards: B. Heymann (1952), 53.6 secs.880 yards: R. Wueherpfennig (1954), 2 min.

3.5 secs.1mile: M. Allis (1954), 4 min. 36.3 sec.110 yards Hurdles: N. Riley (1948),14.5 secs.Long Jump: B. Weinreich (1954), 20ft. 9in.lligh Jump: W. Hutton (1956), 5ft. 8tin.Shot Putt: M. Kahn (1954) and W. Meiburg

(1949), 35ft. 7tin.

RelaysUNDER 10:220yards: Wellington (1944), 31.1 secs.

UNDER 12:330 yards: Wellington (1960), 43.0 secs.

UNDER 14:440 yards: Wellington (1956), 53.5 secs.

UNDER 16:440 yards: Van Riebeeck and WeUington

(1951), 48.6 secs.OPEN:440 yards: Wellington (1953 and Rhodes (1959),

47.4 secs.The folfowing points were obtained by the Houses:(1) DE WAAL 138(2) RHODES SA

(3) VAN RIEBEECK 67t(4) WELLINGTON 45+

Cups were awarded to:Friedlander Cup:Under 10 Champion, J. Cawood.

Junior Relay Cup:Under 10 Relay, De Waal.

Baskin Cup:Under 12 Champions, D. Bairstow.

Junior Relay Cup:Under 12 Relay, Rhodes.

Baskin Cup:Under 14 Champion, C. Walker.

Arthur New/TIan Cup:Under 14 Relay, Van Riebeeck.

C. E. Felbert Cup:Under 16 Champion, B. Napier.

Dr. Pycroft Cup:Under 16 440 yards, C. Felbert.

Dr. Bobbins Cup:100 yards Open, D. Whitfield.

Stanley Lewis Cup:High Jump Open, A. Courage, P. Morkel.

Duncan Taylor Cup:Long Jump Open, J. Smuts.

Woolaston Cup:440 yards Open, J. MeClatchie.

Headmaster's Cup:880 yards Open, G. Peiser.

Tayfield Cup:Open Mile, M. Steele.

Neville Riley Cup:lID yards Hurdles Open, P. Morkel.

Hoogenhout Victor Ludoru/TI Cup:D. Whitfield.

McDonald Cup:Under 16 House Championship, De Waal.

Old Boys' Cup:House Cup, De Waal.

The results were as follows:

Open

100 yards: 1. D. Whitfield (O.W.); 2. J. MeClat-ehie (W.); 3. J. Smuts (V.R.); 11.1 secs.

220 yards: 1. T. Johnson (W.); 2. D. Whitfield(O.W.); 3. J. Smuts (V.R.); 25.2 secs.

440 yards: 1. J. MeClatehie (W.) ; 2. D. Whitfield(O.w.); 3. J. Ditehfield (V.R.); 51.8 secs.

880 yards: 1. G. Peiser (O.W.); 2. F. Maunder(R.); 3. G. Silke (O.w.); 2 min. 17.9 secs.

Mile: 1. M. SteeIe (O.W.); 2. G. Peiser (O.W.);3. K. Renson (O.W.); 5 min. 18.3 secs.

Long Jump: 1. J. Smuts (V.R.); 2. T. Johnson(W.); 3. B. Gibbons (W.); 18ft. 5tin.

High Jump: 1. A. Courage (R.) and P. Morkel(V.R.); 3. K. Henson (O.w.); 5ft. 2in.

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1lO yards Hurdles: I. P. Morkel (V.R.); 2. M.Dorer (W.); 3. B. Gibbons (W.); 16.6 secs.

Shot Putt: 1. O. Whitfield (D.W.); 2. B. Thomas(R.); 3. P. Morkel (V.R.); 34ft. 3tins.

Under 16100 yards: l. B. Napier (D.w.); 2. R. Dau (R.) ;3. P. Fabricius (R.) ; 11.2 secs.

220 yards: 1. B. Napier (O.w.); 2. P. Good(V.R.) ; 3. R. Dau (R.) ; 25.7 sec.

440 yards: 1. C. Felbert (D.W.); 2. T. SchouwCD.W.); 3. J. Nairn (R.); 58.9 secs.

880 yards: 1. B. Davies (V.R.); 2. C. Felbert(O.w.); 3. M. Hobbs (W.); 2 min. 15 secs.

Long lump: 1. M. Hobbs (ivY.); 2. Jennings (R.) ;3. Clifton (D.w.); 18ft. 6ins.

High Jump: 1. A. Elliott (R.); 2. A. Badenborst(D.w.); 3. T. Knowies (W.); 5ft. 3tin. (equalsrecord).

110 yards Hurdles: I. B. Clifton (D.W.); 2. A.Elliot (R.); 3. G. Hare (R.); 16.1 secs.

Shot Put: ]. G. Hare (R.); 2. M. Knigbt (D.W.);3. D. Fagin (R.); 30ft. 8ins.

Under 14100 yards: I. C. Walker (O.W.); 2. A. le Roux(W.); 3. D. Broadhead (V.R.); 12.1 secs.

220 yards: 1. C. Walker (D.W.); 2. A. le Roux(W.); 3. H. Savage (V.R.); 27.5 secs.

Long Jump: 1. C. Walker (D.W.); 2. G. Ham-mond (W.); 3. M. Eager (D.w.); 16ft. 9ins.

High Jump: I. D. Schmidt (R.); 2. l. Newman(R.) ; C. Eager (O.w.); 4ft. 6tins.

75 yards Hurdles: 1. C. Walker (O.W.); 2. C.Hatred (V.R.); 3. A . .le Roux (W.) and S.Williams (V.R.); 12.3 secs.

Under 1275 yards: 1. D. Bairstow (V.R.); 2. R. Skeeles

(R.); 3. A. Standley (W.) ; 9.7 secs.120 yards: 1. O. Bairstow (V.R.) ; 2. A. Standley(W.); 3. R. Skeeles (R.); 15.4 secs.

Under 1050 yards: 1. J. Caywood (O.W.); 2. N. Gow

(V.R.); 3. S. Leyser (D.W.); 7.1 secs.75 yards: 1. J. Caywood (O.W.); 2. N. Gow

(V.R.); 3. S. Leyser (O.W.); 10.5 secs.

RelaysOpen 440 yards: 1. Rhodes; 2. De Waal; 3. Van

Riebeeck; 49.4 secs.Under 16 440 yards: 1. De Waal; 2. Rhodes; 3.

Van Riebeeck; 50.5 secs.Under 14 440 yards: l. Van Riebeeck; 2. DeWaal; 3. Wellington; 55.5 secs.

Under 12 330 yards; 1. Rhodes; 2. De Waal;3. Wellington; 43 secs. (record).

Under 10 220 yards: 1. De Waal; 2. Van Rie-beeck; 3. Rhodes; 31.4 secs.

WESTERN PROVINCE SCHOOLSMEETING

As tbe fifth championship meeting was held atRondebosch Boys' High Track on 22nd March,prior to the Western Province Junior Champion-shjps, the School was represented, after an absenceof two years, by a team of some twenty-fiveatllletes. Wynberg's most outstanding perform-ance of the day was the record High Jumpobtained by A. Elliot in the Under 15 group witha jump of. 5ft. 3-.1-ins.Third places were obtainedin the Under 13 and Under 15 relays, and secondplace in the Under 17 relay.

WESTERN PROVINCE JUNIORCHAMPIONSHIPS

These were held on Saturday, 26th March, atPaarl under adverse conditions. A water-loggedand slippery track underfoot and at times drivingrain prevented any outstanding performances bythe athletes competing. A. Elliot, who jumpswithout spikes, was thus unplaced.The Under 13 relay team was especially unlucky

in the draw for lanes. Runnjng .in ankle-deepmud in lane I, they were able to obtain thirdplace only.

BLUES: 1960: D. Whitfield.

COLOURS: 1960: A. Courage, K. Henson, P.Morkel, A. ToUman.

H.G.w.

THE 1960 CROSS-COUNTRYThis year, on the 26th September, the Cross-

Country was held, and it was a pity that theWestern Province Inter - Schools' Cross - CountryChampionships on the Rondebosch Common wereseld on the same day, so that Wynberg could notcompete.

The weather was rather a change from recentyears in that, instead of it being hot and sultry,it was cool and cloudy. It rained in the morningand a strong north-westerly wind was blowing.

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Owing to the rains, the paths through the woodsnear Kirstenbosch were rather mushy, and a fewrunners took mud-baths_

Tbe Open Cross-Country provided much com-petition among the sixty-five runners_ When theybad spaced themselves out, D. Clarke was leading,followed by V. Moore, T. Garvin and G. PeiseLThen Clarke fell behind, Peiser passed Garvin,and these three remained in this order until thefinish. For tbeir respective good performances,Moore gained a Blue, and Peiser Colours.

The Junior Cross-Country was really an out-standing race. D. Momson broke D. de Wet'srecord, which had stood since 1956, by 54 secs.M. Hobbs, wbo came second, also broke tbe oldrecord. At Kirstenbosch the order was R. Mc-Farlane, 1. da Silva, D. Momson and M_ Hobbs.But Momson and Hobbs overtook the otber twoto come first and second respectively.

In tbe Under 13 Cross-Playground, Hammondovertook Langley to come first, and Pickup gainedsecond place, although he nearly overtook Ham-mond as well.

Kesner won all the way from Blotnick andVlok in the Under Il race, in whicb nearly onehundred runners took part.

In tbe Under 9 race, Dunn beat Reardon andWillmot, providing an exciting race.

Tbe Subs' races were beid the following dayand provided some amusing entertainment for theScbool during sbort break. With coloured bandsacross tbeir cbests representing their Houses, theSub A's ran bard. Gentz came first, witb Petersand Scott-Sbaw coming second and tbird respec-tively. T. Kyriacos led from Eastman and Emrichin the Sub Brace.

As usual a Jot of work went into making tbeCross-Country a success. A vote of thanks is dueto Mr. Mathew for his efficient organising, to Mr.Thomson for his commentary, to Mr. Tasker, thestarter, and to all members of staff who helped.E. Morkel deserves special mention for his strikingposter showing the times of the races. Pickets,despatch riders, scribes, compositors and otherofficials also deserve sincere thanks for helping toprovide a thoroughly enjoyable day_

The Results were as follows:

Senior Cross-Country: 1. V. Moore (D.W.); 2.G. Peiser (D.W.); 3. T. Garvin (D.W.). Time:34 min. 0.0 sec.

Junior Cross-Country: 1. D. Momson (V.R.); 2_M. Hobbs (W.); 3. R. McFarlane (W.). Time:33 min. 53.1 sec. (record).

Under 13 Cro~,.s-Playground: 1. Hammond (W.);2. Pickup (V.R.); 3. Langley (D.w.).

Under II Cross-Playground: 1. Kesner (R.); 2_Blotnick (W.); 3. Vlok (W.).

Under 9 Cross-Playground: 1. Dunn (W.); 2.Reardon (W.); 3. Willmot (D.w.).

Sub HE" Cross-Playground: 1. T. Kyriacos (R.);2. B. Eastman (R.) ; 3. H. Emrich (D.w.).

Sub HA" Crons-Playground: 1. Gentz (R.); 2.Peters (V.R.); 3. Scott-Shaw (yV.).

POINTS GAINED IN SENIOR CROSS-COUNTRY EVENT

(I) De Waai . 1,858

1,010

762

(2) WelJington .

(3) Van Riebeeck .

(4) Rhodes 614

GRAND TOTAL, 1960Wellington De Waal Rhodes V.Rieb_

Sub A 159 I 17 212 142SubB 209 ISO 258 244Und. 9 387 390 493 441Und_Il 1,318 970 1,260 1,205Und.13 627 325 676 583Und.15 714 736 838 682.Und.19 1,010 1,858 614 762TOTAL 4,424 4,546 4,351 4,059

De Waal 4,546Wellington 4,424Rhodes 4,351Van Riebeeck 4,059

AwardsBlues: Moore.Colours: Peiser.

D. BARNARD,J. McCLATCHIE,D. COLE.

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SWIMMING TEAM, 1960Fourth row (I. to r.): D. Clarke, P. Webster, M. Reynolds, M. A. Potgieter, P. Good, G. Hare,

M. Anderson, A. Everard.Third row (I. to r.): N. Hammond, A. Turvey, G. Murray, M. Knight, A. Burton, N. Barberton,

N. Mclntyre, H. Green, C. Hay tread, M. English.Second row (1. to r.): Mr. W. E. Gredley (Coach), R. Solomon, D. Coleman, Mr. W. E. Bowden

(Principal), D. Richardson, W. Sear le, Mr. D. S. Sieberhagen (Master-in-Charge).First row (I. to r.): G. Bunting, R. Emery, A. Standley, D. Michaels, B. Nielson, M. Emms,

V. Kempton-Jones.

SwimmingThis is the third year of competitive swimming

at Wynberg, and there has betn a marked im-provement in times this year. Altogether ninetimes were bettered at our AnnuaL Inter-HouseSwimming Gala, which was won by De WaalHouse in a thrilling finish. The final pointsposition of the Houses were:

1. De Waal 972. Van Riebeeck 963. Rhodes 844. Wellington 27

The Cup for the best Senior Swimmer wasawarded to M. Anderson, with Murray secondand Richardson third.

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In the Inter-School Competitions during thefirst term, Wynberg was placed second and thirdin the Senior League's B Competition, and in theJunior League we were second in both competi-tions. These results show that there is room forimprovement and that we have a lot of hardwork to do before we can attain Senior status.In the W.P. Schools' Swimming Championships,

in the Diving Section Under 19 M. Anderson wasplaced third, and in the Under 14 Section M.English was second and A. Turvey third. Weextend our congratulations to these divers.The following were the results of our Gala:

Under Ten One Length Freestyle: 1. A. Morris(V.R.); 2. N. Gow (V.R.); 3. P. Hutchinson(V.R.). Time: 24.9 sec.

Under Twelve One Length Freestyle: 1. M. Emms(R.); 2. V. Kempton-Jones (R.); 3. B. Nielson(R.). Time: 21.5 sec.

Under Fourteen 100 yds. Freestyle: 1. D. Hughes(DW.); 2. C. Tatham (V.R.); 3. N. Mitford-Barberton (R.). Time: 75.0 sec.

Under Sixteen 100 yds. Freestyle: 1. G. Hare(R.); 2. R. Solomon (O.W.); 3. A. Burton(V.R.). Time 65.2 sec.

Under Nineteen 100 yds. Freestyle: .1. G. Murray(V.R.); 2. D. Coleman (O.W.); 3. D. Richard-son (R.). Time: 67.0 séc.

Under Ten One Length Breaststroke: I.A. Morris(V.R.); 2. B. Castle (D.W.); 3. N. Gow (V.R.).Time: 34.6 sec.

Under Twelve One Length Breaststroke: I. B.Nielson (R.); 2. G. Bunting (R.); 3. M. Emms(R.). Time: 30.4 sec.

Under Fourteen lOO yds. Breaststroke: 1. M.English (R.) ; 2. D. Michaels (W.); 3. H. Green(W.). Time: 97.7 sec.

Under Sixteen 100 yds. Breaststroke: I. P. Good(V.R.); 2. P. Webster (V.R.); 3. M. Knight(O.W.). Time: 87.8 sec.

Under Nineteen 100 yds. Breaststroke: 1. G.Murray (V.R.); 2. L. Van Niekerk (R.); 3. A.Courage (R.). Time: 92.9 sec.

Under Ten One Length Backstroke: 1. N. Gow(V.R.); 2. A. Morris (V.R.); 3. M. Lineker(R.). Time: 35.8 sec.

Under Twelve One Length Backstroke: 1. A.Stanley (W.); 2. B. Nielson (R.); 3. M. Emms(R.). Time: 27.9 sec.

Under Fourteen 100 yds. Backstroke: 1. D.Hughes (DW.); 2. G. Hammond (W.); 3. N.

McIntyre (R.). Time: 102.3 sec.Under Sixteen 100 yds. Backstroke: 1. B. Searle(DW.); 2. A. Burton (V.R.); 3. M. Reynolds(W.). Time: 88.1 sec.

Under Nineteen 100 yds. Backstroke: 1. M. An-derson (O.W.); 2. C. Sparmer (R.). Time:96.2 sec.

Under Sixteen One Length Butterfly: 1. P. Good(V.R.); 2. M. Reynolds (W.); 3. M. Knight(D.W.). Time: 21.6 sec.

Under Nineteen Two Lengths Butterfly: 1. D.Richardson (R.); 2. G. Murray (V.R.). Time:52.9 sec.

Under Sixteen 220 yds. Freestyle: 1. G. Hare(R.); 2. R. Solomon (DW.); 3. M. Reynolds(W.). Time: 2 min. 55.2 sec.

Under Nineteen 220 yds. Freestyle: 1. D. Cole-man (O.W.); 2. M. Anderson (DW.); 3. D.Richardson (R.). 3 min. 7.1 sec.

Under Sixteen 220 yds. Breaststroke: I. P. Good(V.R.); 2. P. Webster (V.R.); 3. I. Levine(V.R.). Time: 3 min. 33.1 sec.

Under Nineteen 220 yds. Breaststroke: 1. M.Anderson (D.W.); 2. G. Levey (DW.); 3. L.van Niekerk (R.). Time: 3 min. 58.0 sec.

Diving. Under Fourteen: 1. A. Turvey (R.); 2.M. English (R.); 3. C. Tatham (V.R.).

Diving. Under Sixteen: 1. M. Knight (O.W.);2. I.Levi'le (V.R.) ; 3. B. Searle (DW.).

Diving. Under Nineteen: 1. M. Anderson(D.W.);2. D. Richardson (R.); 3. G. Murray (V.R.).

HOUSE RELAYSUnder Ten: 1. Van Riebeeck; 2. De Waal; 3.Rhodes.

Under Twelve: 1. Rhodes; 2. Van Riebeeck; 3.WeHington.

Under Fourteen: 1. De Waal; 2. Van Riebeeck;3. Wellington. .

Under Sixteen: 1. De Waal; 2. Rhodes; 3. VanRiebeeck.

Under Nineteen: 1. De Waal; 2. Wellington; 3.Van Riebeeck.A vote of thanks to the harrassed House

Masters who made the Gala possible, and to theofficials from both Schools who made it a success.Thanks also to Mr. Morris, who keeps our bath

in trim condition, and to Mr. Gredley for hiscoaching.

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Jvoo TEAM, 1960Back row (I. to r.): G. Nurick, R. Jarmain, B. Northam.Second row (I. to r.): J. Foster, V. Moore. D. Bouwer, J. Newman, J. Zuyl, C. Sher, M. Knight.First row (I. to r.): S. Kahn, J. Hoberman, O. Wolff, B. Searle, M. Margolis, 1. Shaskolsky,

R. Kiwi, A. Brock.Sitting (I. to r.): Mr. W. E. Bowden (Principal), I. Saevi1zon, M. Radowsky, A. Turvey,

Mr. A. P. Butcher, R. Pachter, A. KilIick, H. Truter, Mr. G. D. Nortjé (Master-in-Charge).

JUDO "THE GENTLE ART"Judo, 'The Gentle Art", is a way of life prac-

tised by a vast number of people throughout theworld. It includes meditation and religion and isthe mode of living of an Oriental group known asthe Zen-Buddhists, who first .introduced the artinto the world a few thousand years ago. It isnot so much tbe fact that Judo can be utilised asa form of self-defence as the fact that it developsthe mind and body, which makes it so desirablea "recreation". Meditation and religion have

throughout the ages formed the foundation ofmost accomplishments - all trus Judo has to offer.

Judo (i.e. Kodakan Judo) is still in its infancyin South Africa. Trus is due mainly to therivalry between the djfferent schools of thought.Unless the various schools are prepared to recog-nise the South African Judo Association, I see nofoundation on which to build a solid structure.We can only hope that some agreement will bearrived at enabling South Africa to take part in

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the Olympic Games (Judo) which are to be heldin Tokyo in 1964.One of the first men to introduce Judo into

South Africa was Mr. Alec Butcher, former in-structer to the British Commandos before andduring the Second World War. Mr. Butcher is a"Second Dan" black belt and is one of the veryfew "Judoka" in South Africa to have a blackbelt. We are fortunate to have such an experi-enced instructer in our midst, and we are gratefulfor his interest.

Towards the end of the 3rd term of last year,Mr. Butcher was approached by Mr. G. Nortjé,with the request to start a Judo class in theSchool. In order to stimulate interest in thesport, with the profits obtained from sales at hiscooldrink stand, and with a considerable amountof aid from School funds, Mr. Nortjé purchasedabout twenty Judo suits. These "Judogi", as theJapanese term the suits, cost approximately £100altogether. Also, with the same thought in mind,mats were purchased. Mr. Thorp, the Acting-Principal, countenanced and aided the scheme inevery possible way. The same enthusiasm wasshown by Mr. Bowden on hjs return to office.

By the end of last year, Judo in W.B.H.S. hadbecome securely established. An exhibition bymembers of the Academy of Kodakan was givento incite interest in the newly-formed club. How-ever, as many Matriculants left at the end of lastyear, the club suffered a setback, but it soon re-covered. At the beginning of the second term, afew of the club members went to Bredasdorp torepresent the School in a contest against membersof the Academy. These members also gave anexhibition of breakfalls (the art of failing). An

Committee: A. Tolman (Chairman), J. Loeben-stein (Hon. Sec.), R. L. Brady, P. Coleman.The Table Tennis Society is functioning under

a number of difficulties, and it is only the keen-ness of the boys that keep it going. The Schoo.lsLeague has broken down and therefore we haveno more inter-school matches. But our ownSchool 'championship games are keenly contested,and in the semi-finals Brady still has to playLoebenstein, and Coleman has to play Tollman.Another difficulty is that we can only get the

boys now play during the lunch break, and that is

exhibition was thereafter given by Mr. Butcherand a few of the more senior belts. During thecourse of the year, tbe demonstration Teamentered into combat with the Kodokan, and onseveral occasions won. The most interesting of allwas the contest beId at Paarl towards the end ofthe 3rd term, when the W.B.H.S. DemonstrationTeam actually drew against a team of moresenior belts from the Academy. This could neverhave come about but for tbe expert and personalinstruction of Mr. Butcber.AIso during the course of the year, we were

instructed personally by Japanese instructors ofsecond and sixth dans respectively. The 6th danwas about 55 years old, and the way in whichthis "Judoka" moved would make any teenagergape with admjration. Both these men, and onewbo merely practised the art of Karate, weremembers of tbe crew of a passing ship.At the grading held in the middIe of tbe year,

many of our Junior "Judoka" were graded "yel-low belts". A few Seniors also managed to obtainthis grade. It should be noted that Senior Yellowis a higher grade than a Junior Yellow Award.Towards the end of the third term a team will

be chosen to represent the School against a teamfrom Marist Brothers. A team is also to be sentto Malmesbury to represent the School in ademonstration. Tbe second yearly grading is alsoto be held jointly with an inter-house Judo com-petition on the 28th September.

On behalf of the School I should like to thankall those responsible for the introduction of Judointo W.B.H.S., especially Mr. A. Butcber and Mr.G. Nortjé.

G. SHER (lOa).

sometimes taken by something else. A number ofboys now play during the lunch break, and that isa great help.The highlight of the year was when Brady and

Coleman were selected by the Western ProvinceJunior Table Tennis Association to compete inthe South African Junior Championships at Pre-toria from July 11th to 15th. They were bothknocked out. in the quarter-finals, but in thefriendly matches that followed they won the cupin the doubles against the other provinces.

H.J.S.

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The interest in tennis has shown no diminution,but, alas, facilities remain as inadequate as ever.Mr. J. Houba gave of his services as professionalcoach, and a satisfactory number of boys receivedtuition.

Vs. Jan Van Riebeeck, lost 2 matches to 5.Vs. Sea Point, lost 3 matches to 4.Vs. Rondebosch, lost 3 matches to 4.

SECOND TEAMOwing to unavoidable interruptions, the fix-

tures were not completed. Two matches werewon and three lost.

MATCH RESULTS1st Term, 1960

Vs. Bishops, won 5 matches to 2.Vs. S.A.C.S., won 5 matches to 1.Vs. St. George's, won 4 matches to 3.Vs. St. Joseph's, won 7 matches to O.

1959 AwardsBlue: M. J. Smuts.Colours: R. Macfarlane, T. Jobnsoo, C. Smith,A. Thom, S. Bass.

1st TENNIS TEAM

Standing (1. to r.): A. Vlok, S. Bass, D. Templeton.Seated (1. to r.): Mr. W. E. Bowden (Principal), T. Johnson, J. Smuts (Captain), R. MacFarlane

(Vice-Captain), Mr. C. A. MacLeod (Coach).

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1960 SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIPM. J. Smuts was awarded the Harold E. Louw

Cup for singles.R. Macfarlane was the runner-up.

1960 TENNIS CAPTAINM. J. Smuts was appointed Captain and R.

Macfarlane Vice-Captain.

1960 AwardsBlue: M. J. Smuts.Colours: R. Macfarlane, S. Bass, T. Johnson, A.

Vlok, D. Templeton.C.A.M.

Chess ClubChairman: H. Levenbach.Treasurer: S. Lurie.Secretary: A. Magnin.Committee Member: S. Spamer.Although not a very successful year, it has been

a pleasant one. Only one match was played(against Hertzlia) and this was lost 4-1. Matchesagainst Bishops, S.A.C.S. and Observatory wereproposed, but unfortunately could not be arranged;.The final of the School Championship between

Osbourne and Nathan is being played at themoment. There were many changes on the ladder,with many of the new members doing very well.A team was not entered in the Western ProvinceChampionships due to unforeseen circumstances.The eldest members of the Chess Club are in

Standard Nine, and more than half of those onthe ladder are in Standard Six. Because of this,the club should do very well next year.

A.MAGNIN.

BoxingIn boxing we have experienced a very lean year.

We have not been the only ones who have had tostruggle to keep our club going, as other schoolshave had the same difficulties. During the secondterm, when we normally hold our Novices' Cham-pionships, most schools were very disorganisedbecause of the Union Festival, and we were forcedto cancel the competition.

Our School team entered the Annual AmateurChampionships, and five of our boxers reachedthe finals.Extra Heavy: B. Clifton won by a walkoverFly Weight: M. Collins lost on points.

Light Heavy: G. Sher lost by a technical knock-out.

Middle Weight: M. Potgieter won on points.Light Middle: M. Knight won on points.

Knight and Potgieter both boxed very well anddeserved to win. We were all very sorry indeedwhen Sher injured his thumb and was forced toretire. At that stage of the fight Sher was leadingby a comfortable margin.Clifton is also a very promising boxer who

would have won his bout if he had had an oppo-nent.At the moment it is doubtful whether the club

will carry on next year, but we sincerely hopethat somebody will be found to coach the boxers.AWARDS:Colours: G. Sher, B. Clifton, M. Potgieter.Blue: M. Knight.

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Science ClubAlthough a recent innovation at the School, the

Science Club has progressed rapidly and hasproved a great success.

Since its inception the club has had four filmshows, an outing and a lecture. The first filmshow was on the 11th May and three films wereshown. The first film was called "Night Sky" andwas about astronomy and the giant radio-telescopeat Jodrell Bank, England. The second and thirdwere about insects and radar respectively.

At the end of May, two film shows were heldon consecutive days. The first was called "TheSound and the Story" and described the techni-calities involved in hi-fi recordings. The secondfilm was called "Naval Photography in Science",and explained the operation of the camera used inundersea research.

On the 23rd June we went to the Cape Argus.There we saw the newspaper being printed. Onthe 27th July, Mr. Wilkens from the S.A.B.C.came to talk to us on some aspects of modernradio. A large crowd was present, and we aUenjoyed a pleasant afternoon.On the 30th August another film show was held.

Two films were shown, the first being on theundersea trans-Atlantic cable and the other onhow Science is helping industry.In closing, I must thank Messrs. Mathew, Siegel

and Wolff for all the work that they have put intothe club.

A. REYNOLDS, Secretary.

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PHOTOGRAPHIC CLUBMaster in Cha.rge: Mr. Verwymeren.Chairman: J. Kahn.Secretary: A. Nathan.Treasurer: S. Gottschalk.Committee: T. Zabow, W. Groenewald.

This year the photographic club has made muchprogress, which is due mainly to the fact thatthere has been great enthusiasm on behalf of themembers. So great has thjs enthusiasm been thatit was necessary to appoint a second committeemember during the year.

A competition was held during the month ofApril. Unfortunately there were not as manyentries as was expected, nor was the standard ashigh as it could have been. A picture of Kalk

Bay harbour won first prize for A. Nathan in theblack-and-willte section. "Ducks on a Pond" wonsecond prize for A. Brock, willie S. Gottschalkwon tillrd prize with a picture of a spider's web.D. Barnard was awarded first prize in the colour-slide section.

Our thanks go out to the Canadian TradeCommissioner and the United States InformationBureau for lending us 'shorts' free of charge.

Good use was made of the dark room in theafternoon, but it is hoped that next year we shallbe able to work in tbe evenings or during theweek-ends. The past year bas been marred byteething troubles, but we sball be able to lookforward to a much more prosperous year nextyear.

A. NATHAN.

Kalk Bay HarbourFirst Prize in Photographic Competition

Photographed by A. Nathan (9c)

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ticularly in tbe annual Hat Night debate, buthope for the future bas for too long been thestock-in-trade of Debating Society reports! Like-wise our gratitude for the boarder transfusionswhich have kept tbe Society breathing.

BEST SPEAKERS DEBATEThe winners of the Best Speakers' awards for

1960 were: 1st, N. Pritchard; 2nd, D. Katz. Thedebate, held on October 14th, produced goodspeeches and interesting discussion. Our gratitudegoes to the judges, Mr. R. Friedlander, M.P.C.,Mr. R. Gibbs and Mr. F. G. Tborp.

J.B.G.

The Students Christian UnionThis bas been a steady year for the S.C.U. and

we thank the Lord for His blessings upon it.Attendances averaged about forty, althoughRicbard Green addressed a packed Hall on threeoccasions wben he spoke on tbe teenagers' life ioAmerica and behind tbe Iron Curtain, claimingthat for real. happiness no life is complete withoutChrist. The Hall was again packed wben Mr.McDougall showed an interesting film on theLeper Mission in Kenya, and again wben anotherfilm, "God of the Atom," was screened.Regularly tbroughout the terms speakers

addressed us on Mondays during the lunchbreaks. Tbey cannot be all enumerated bere, butwe do thank each and everyone of them forcoming to tell us more about living tbe Christianlife and about tbeir own experiences. For a fewweeks also we asked tbe speakers to speak onsubjects dealing with Salvation.Missionaries are always well received, as tbe

subject bas an appeal to the majority of us andthis year we had Mr. Goble from the SudanUnited Missioo and Mr. J. Asbman, an Old Boy,from the Belgian Congo. We remind ourselves,thougb, tbat we can be missionaries right here inSchool also.

J. Gainsford, tbe S.A. centre in tbe Rugby Testseries against tbe All Blacks, drew a large crowd,and otber sportsmen came during the year. Weare glad to have had several clergymen from alldenominations, as well as some popular S. and V.camp officers. As usual, Wynberg was wellrepresented at tbe S. and V. camps.Once again we thank Mr. Arguile and Mr.

Mathew for their support. We especially tbankMr. Arguile for stepping ioto tbe breacb oncewhen a speaker was unable to come. Thanks goto R. Seeliger and R. Ormond for taking tbemeetings for prayer and Bible study in theabsence of J. McClatchie and D. Cole. We sin-cerely thank N. Pritchard for his attractiveposters advertising the meetings and wbichdefinitely rerllind the fellows to come.

At the time of going to Press, plans are beingundertaken to celebrate the 13th birthday of theUnion and, as we are not superstitious, we aremaking sure it is going to be a success. We sballhave an old favourite to speak on that day,namely George Young.In conclusion, may we always remember the

S.C.U. in our prayers, and may tbe Union growfrom strength to strength, we never failing to givepraise to our Heavenly Father.

D. COLE.

HEBREW BIBLE SOCIETYChairman: N. Heselson.Vice-Chairman: J. Loebenstein.Secretary: 1. Shaskolsky.Committee Member: J. Kahn.As always, the society has enjoyed good support

from its members. Though we have not been ableto hold many meetings tbis year, we have beenvery fortunate in having had speakers of mostdistinguished calibre.Among our speakers was the Chief Rabbi,

Professor 1. Abrahams, who addressed us on "TheOutbreak of Anti-Semitism". Also this year Dr.Shein spoke to us for the first time. His subjectwas, "Jewish Life in North Africa". Other speak-ers were Rabbi Smith, Rabbi Sberman and Rev.Richards. This year we broke away from thetradition of having speakers addressing us onpurely religious subjects: Mr. Harry Getzaddressed us on "The Olympic and MaccabeeGames". He has also promised to address usagain as soon as he returns to South Africa, afterhaving attended the Games in Rome. It is alsohoped that Justice Herbstein will come andaddress us.

Fioally a special vote of tbanks is extended toour teacher, Mr. Teper, for his belp and encour-agement, and to Mr. Thorp for allowing us theuse of tbe Science lecture theatre.

1. SHASKOLSKY.

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CADET BAND, W.B.H.S.JOINT WINNERS OF 1958, 1959, 1960 TROPHIES

Front rOIll (1. to r.): Mr. W. E. Bowden (Principal), Sgt. T. Johnson, Sgt. M. Fourie, B/M. L.van Niekerk, DIM. D. Coleman, Sgt. B. Nauschutz, Cpl. W. Foster, Sgt. B. Gibbons,Capt. W. Lennox.

Secon.d row (I. to r.): A. Badenhorst, A. Steenkamp, D. Roe, P. Morkel, E. Nauschutz, P.Tester, Cpl. M. Steele, LICpl. G. Levey, P. De Wet.

Third row (I. to r.): L/Cp!. R. Tripp, L/Cp!. S. Collins, Liep!. D. Richardson, LICpl. P.Fabricius, Cpl. J. Kabn, K. Gilmore, R. Kiwi, M. Bass, K. Cleland.

Seated on ground: R. Holmes.Inset: Cp!. J. McClatchie.

This has been a year of continuous strivingfor tbe band. Owing to the fact that we drewfirst place with Bisbops at Jast year's competition,early this year there was a replay which we won,and thus qualified the band to represent Provinceat the South African Competition. There foUowedmuch arduous practice, and, had we been more

aware of the conditions peculiar to the competi-tion at Bloemfontein, we should have fared muchbetter. However, it was good experience for tbeband, and on our return we continued to practicefor our annual cadet competition, which we won.

The band did particularly well this year, gainingthe following honours: First in tbe Band Com-

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petition, first in the Drum Major Competition,first in the Silver Bugle Competition, and secondin tbe Solo-Drumming Competition.I should like to extend my congratulations to

tbe band, and my greatest tbanks to my senior

cadets, DIM. Coleman, B/M. Van Niekerk, Sgt.Nauschutz, for the enthusiasm they have shown,and without whom our good results would havebeen impossible.

W.L.

OUR TRIP TO BLOEMFONTEINAs a result of our victory at a play-off beld

in March, we were chosen as the band to repre-sent the Union Festival at Bloemfontein. Thisbeing such an important competition, we thoughtit necessary to have band-practice every dayduring tbe holidays and, when school re-opened,every lunch break until we left for Bloemfonteinon the 23rd of May.

After arriving in Bloemfontein, we discoveredthat one of our new drums had been left behind,but luckily it was sent up to us by air. We werefetched from the station early in the morningin troop-carriers and taken to the Hamilton riflerange, which was where we were to stay. Therange was on the outskirts of the town.After having breakfast, we pitched our tents.

We had to collect our blankets and other equip-ment we needed at the army store at the camp.There was an extremely cold spell of weatherwhile we were there, and, as we were not usedto the cold, we were absolutely frozen.

On Thursday we had a practice for one ofthe massed-band parades. On Friday the com-petition was held at Springbok Park. We weretaken to the park by troop-carriers and thecompetition started at about 10 a.m.That same night we had a massed-band parade

at the Stadium. On Saturday we were taken toDe Brug, where we saw a very impressive displayof the armaments of the S.A. Forces.Each of the bands, as well as the Permanent

Force bands, had to give a display, which wasfollowed by a massed parade.

On Sunday morning we went to a ChurchParade at the Stadium, after which we wereallowed to go out for the rest of the day. Mondaywe had off, and most of us went out.

On Tuesday we had a parade through thestreets, ending up by going round the Stadium.That night we sat up in relays so that we couldbe woken up at 3 a.m. in order to pack all theequipment and hand it in before we left for thestation to catch a train which was to leave at6 a.m.

The boys worked hard for Bloemfontein, and,although the results were rather disappointing, itwas an experience from which we all benefitted.

I should like to thank the boys for their co-operation and the bard work which they putinto the band this year. Last, but not least, Ishould like to thank .Mr. Lennox very muchindeed for all the hard work he has put intothe band, and all the spare time and holidayswhich he has given up to help us. Without Mr.Lennox it would not have been possible to achievethe success which we have had so far.

I should like him to know that his hard workhas not gone unappreciated.

Thank you very much, sir.D. COLEMAN, lOc.

·Slwotinl)Cadet shooting bas landed in the doldrums,

primarily because our shooting range was con-demned and declared unsafe during the thirdterm last year, and then again an EmergencyRegulation ruling deprived us of our rifles, whichare now in safe keeping at the Castle.The Cape Cadet Command will commence

rebuilding and resiting the new shooting butts assoon as General Headquarters, Pretoria, sanctionsthe expenditure - a matter of between £400 and£500.

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Across: (I) Nought; (3) tw; (5) Nine; (7) Eight;(9) Eighteen; (12) Ninety; (13 Five; (14) Thirty.

Down: (I) Nineteen; (2) Twelve; (4) Agt; (6)Eight; (8) Twenty; (10) Een; (11) Six; (12) Net.

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COMMITTEE, 1960

Hon. President: The Principal CMr. W. E. Bow-den).

President: R. J. E. Burt.Vice-President: R. T. Felbert.Hon. Secretary: R. Townley Johnson, "Far Hori-

zon," Llandudno, P.O. Hout Bay.Hon. Treasurer: J. F. B. Ryan, C.A.CS.A.), 3rd

Floor, Shopping Centre, Wynberg.Committee: R. H. Gibbs, R. van Ra enveld,

S. B. Myers, A. W. Chamber, C. Barnes,L. H. Adams, W. Ryan, Matric. Representa-tive: R. Field.

Staff Representative: Mr. E. Hopkins.

PRESIDENT'S LETTERWhen reviewing this year of office, I am re-

minded of the observations of one of my prede-cessors when, in his survey of the year's work, hespoke of "a year of opportunity".That was his sentiment, and I am happy to say

that to a fairly large extent the subsequent yearshave suggested that we have consolidated on thebasis of his contention.In this year it is gratifying to record that the

Union has, financially, reached a "stability stage".We are able to anticipate the payments for ourprojects, such as the Scholarship, the magazinecontribution and the other awards which we makewithout the qualms we sometimes harboured!Our investments are sound, and the total investedfunds of the Union exceed £5,000.In an association such as ours tllis insistence on

a reflection of our monetary strength may seemmercenary. It is recorded only because in thesetimes any such society is judged in terms of£.s.d. - we like to be able to tell our membersthat we are solvent! To happier contempla-tions ...The many years since the resuscitation of our

Union by the '29 Matric Class have been the

basis of our strength. But, even today, the yearscontinue to be formulative in certain respects.New ideas, the tempo of our lives, the advancesin all spheres of living, contribute to new thinkingand planning. The Union's only desire is thebetterment of our Alma Mater, Our contributionto tllis thinking will accompany the prevailingliving. To this extent we are pledged to accom-pany our School and the mode of thought of theSchool. We hope that next year, when ournotable Jubilee is celebrated, we shall be privi-leged to identify ourselves to the best of ourability with any project which the School con-siders worthy of the occasion.

Our own domestic year has been one of achieve-ment. Many of our members have distinguishedthemselves in the Arts, the Sciences and Com-merce. Perhaps never before in our 120 years ofhistory have we featured so prominently inInternational and Provincial sport. These rewardsto the individual are gratifying. To us they areequally delightful. We are a Clan.

At this stage I congratulate the four Old Boyswho have been included in the 1960 SpringbokRugby Touring Team to England, and wish themgood luck and a very happy and successful tour.The Annual Dinner this year was an outstand-

ing success, there being a record attendance.May I tender my sincere gratitude to members

of my Committee for their wholehearted assist-ance. To Members I record my similar sentimentsfor their contribution to the Welfare of ourAssociation and, indirectly, their Old School. Theinterest and assistance of our Head and his Staffis gratefully acknowledged.It is with much optimism that I view our future

as a strong and useful adjunct of the youth ofour Old School, the "old Place" which I regardwith so much affecti.on.

To all Old Boys I tender my very best wishesfor their future success in life. To school-leavingscholars I extend a warm and sincere welcome toour ranks.

R. J. E. BURT.

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NEWS OF OLD BOYSWinners of the Old Boys' Union ScholarshipWe are pleased to announce tbat our Scbolar-

ship Wtnnt:rs COOlIl1Ueto acrueve excellent resultsas sbown JU tne IouOWIOg record:

Norman tirombt:rger, ti.A., ti.A. (Hons.), B.Sc.(19YL.), IS enrt:rmg rus Jmal year at Uxtord on aP.P.b. (PruJOsopny, POlltICS, bconOmlCS) Course.ThIS is a tnree-yedr COUl'seand he IS oue to wutehis last eXammatJOns lil tbe illloole of 1961.

Mendel .K.aplan, B.Com., LJ.ti., and Master ofBusmess AommlstratJOn, has returned to :::IouthArnca alter spenrung a year at COlumbia Umver-sity, U.S.A., wnere be obtamed tbe BusmessAdmil1lstratJOn uegree. We bear tbat his year inthe States was a most interestwg expenence.Eduard de Groot (IY54) is m bIS sIxth year

MedIcal Course, and we understand that he maycontinue hls stuoIes to specIalise as a BramSurgeon.

!Ja Vld Bromberger, B.A. (1956), bas obtainedbis B.A. (tions.) uegree in 1-:Ltstoryand at presenthas a teacruog appomtment at Vryburg. Later hemay conswer stuoymg turtber at Oxwrd.l<.obert Kaplan, ti.A. (1958), obtained h.is

Degree at the end of last year, and is now pre-panng to wnte his B.Com. Degree.

MIchael Worrall (1957) will be writing his RSc.(Pure Matbs.) Degree at the end ot tillS year. InApril he passed rus second Actuanal examination.

Jobn Webb (1958) is in his second year B.Sc.At the end of hiS first year be obtalOed three first-class passes in Pbysics, Applied Maths. and PureMaths. In addition, he won three medals, includ-ing the Governor General's Medal awarded to tbebe t first year Matbs. student. He is training tobecome an Actuary and in due course will con-sider taking furtber studies at Oxford.

lan Linden (1958) is at V.C.T. and is in bis firstyear B.Sc. HIS future is undecided as yet, butthere is a possibility tbat be may enter tbe RoyalNavy.

GENERAL NEWSHilary S. Spears, B.Sc., and J. Needham, B.Sc..

botb have teaching appointments. Hilary, wboadded a Secondary Teacber's Certificate in Eng-lish to his Degree at tbe end of 1958, is on theStaff of Grey High School in Port Elizabetb. Hetells us that be is very bappy in his new post andthat he is enjoying life in P.E. Sport at Grey is ofa high standard, and among the extra-muralactivities is a small orchestra, although he does

not say whether he is aSSIstlOg in tbe 'cellosection! He adds tbat, from tbe yacbting pointof view, Port Elizabeth is deligbtfully windy!Jimmy Needham bas gone farther afield and

has joined Milton High School in Bulawayo. Hewas looking forward to his work in Rbodesia. butwe have not yet heard from him about his newposition.

Our School teams bave played both Grey andMilton in recent years and we wish our two OldBoys every success.

Ken Farmer, wbo is living in Johannesburg, haswon a scholarship awarded by the Anglo-Ameri-can Corporation. Further details are awaited.

Three Old Boys are training to be clergymen.H. M. ArguiJe, son of our Latin teacher, has

given up his work as a municipal draugbtsmanand has entered the ministry of the MetbodistChurch. While studying, he has been put jncharge of the Worcester Cburch.Llewellyn Jones, who is preparing for the

ministry of the Anglican Cburch, bas passed hisB.A. degree. At present he is at Mirfield in theU.K., where he will spend a furtber two yearpreparing for a General Ordination Certificate.

Carroll Fulford is at the M innesota Bible Col-lege, U.S.A., and is studying for a Ma ter ofDivinity Degree.

Peter Fougstedt was awarded the trophy as'Tra.inee of the Year" Jast December at thepassing-out parade of 325 students at tbe NavalGym, at Saldanha Bay. He intends to join theS.A. Navy as a Candidate Midshipman. In recenlmonths he was one of the crew of the "Vrystaat"during its courtesy cruise to Portugal. AnotherOld Boy on the ame ship was Jack Moore.

Michael Allis, having returned some time agofrom Rhodesia, is taking an active part jn localtheatrical productions.Neville Dubow has bad a busy year visiting

tbe art galleries of Cape Town. He is art criticof tbe Cape Argus.For a number of years it has been our pleasure

to record the literary works produced by paststudents, and this year we are pleased to mentionthat two new books have made their arrival.David Lytton, of the B.RC., has produced

'The Goddam White Man", a story with a settingin the Cape. It has received some lively commentsfrom reviewers. The otber represents a valuablecontribution to our knowledge of Busbman art.The book, "Rock Paintings of tbe Soutb-WestCape," bas been compiled by our secretary,"Ginger" Townley Johnson, and two associates,Messrs. H. Rabinowitz and P. Sieff. Many years

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were spent in searching the territory between theKoue Bokkeveld and tbe Olifants River Valleyfor examples of rock art, and we congratulatethe three co-authors in terminating tbeir arduous"bush-whacking" in this beautifully illustratedvolume. "Ginger" bas kindly presented a copy tothe School Library.We are glad to welcome back to Cape Town

Neville Riley, who came to see a couple ofSchool rugby matches in June prior to leavingfor an overseas holiday. He has been surveyingin orthern Rhodesia for a number of years, andon h.is return will take his theodolite close to theTanganyika border. Neville, who is a Springbokatblete, has also burdled for Nortbern Rhodesia.We are now keen to know whether we may classhim as a double international!Talking about surveying remind us tbat Bobby

Jack-Bleach returned to Cape Town for a shorttime during the winter. He has a prolonged pri-vate contract in the Joubertina district and camehome to prepare his diagrams. Bobby kindlybaved off his beard before resuming contact withcivilisation - but now tbat he is back in thebundu again he wi.ll probably revert to his un-disciplined ways!Surveyors are much in the news this year. An-

other of tbem, Hilary C. J. Langley, was one ofthe successful candidates in tbe recent SchoolBoard elections.Colin King bas been elected President of Wyn-

berg Rotary Club, and R. M. Templeton is Vice-President of Rondebo ch Bowling Club, havingtaken up this sport after many years if tennis. Inaddition, he is an officer of the PresbyterianChurch and assisted in the establishment of thenew Bergvliet Presbyterian Church. Wor bippersof Bergvliet should be grateful to our Old Boys,for the neighbouring Congregational Cburch waslargely founded by Stanley Jones. At this latterChurch, Stephen Rowley, of the Standard Bank,has occupied the pulpit as a lay preacher.Several Old Boys participated in tbe Argus

"Tip to Top" Competition, and a winner of oneof the consolation pr.izes was Frank Diik.Eddie Hopkins, a member of the School staff,

spent his Christmas boliday on a lightning tour oftbe United Kingdom.Hugh Trainor bas given us some news of three

members of tbe 1930 Matric Class.Glen Harvey is with African Explosives at

Modderfontein, where he is engaged on electron-ics and automation work in electrical engineering.

eil Mathew is Senior Technician at tbe Gen-

eral Post Office, Jobannesburg, and is in chargeof the largest carrier station in Soutb Africa.Alan Betts, B.Sc., is a cbemist with the Depart-

ment of Agriculture Laboratory in Cape Town.Ivan Y. Matbew (1943) is another member of

the family which has had close connections witbtbe Scbool for many years. Ivan, a recent LifeMember, is in the City Council's Building SurveyOffice.

Jobn Grendon (1959) has had an exciting yearwith tbe Navy Gym at Saldanha Bay, and seemsto have given a very good account of himself. Tobegin witb, be was captain for most of the seasonof tbe Gymnasium Rugby team, and also cap-tained the combined under 20 Gym. and Worces-ter Training College teams against tbe combinedWellington and Paarl T.C. teams, wbich played asa curtain-raiser to the All-Blacks match. Then he,Ricbard Rowberry and a few others walked alongtbe coast from Saldanha Bay to Cape Town,taking four days over it, and also walked roundSaldanha Bay Lagoon. We understand that tbeseventures were recognised by tbe Naval authorities.Keith Clews, writing from London, reports tbat

Old Boys are well represented in tbe "LondonSpringboks", a rugby team of South Africansliving in the U.K. In their first game, which wasalso tbe team's first "get-together" for tbe season,they lost 12-5 to Vandale University. Keith playedat scrum-half and Ian Scott was fly-half. Another"London Springbok" was "Sackie" Blacker, whowas unable to play on this occasion through in-jury. After the game they met "young Johnston".We have yet to establish. which of the many ex-Wynberg Johnstons this one is. Keith. is lookingforward to meeting the Wynberg Springbokswhen they arrive in London.Stanley Jones has received a letter from AJan,

c/o City Hall, Cape Town, but cannot tbink whoAJan is. However, the letter bas been passed tothe Editor, who is pleased to include tbe followingpriceless extract, with thanks to Alan: 'I hadstopped in the Hex River Valley to buy grapeswhen I heard the strains of most unusual musicbehind the farm stall. "Who are the musicians?"I asked the proprietor. "Some chaps from CapeTown," he replied, "go and chat to tbem jf youlike".

'Wben we arrived at the scene we saw a largegathering of farm labourers and white farmchildren round two men who were seated ongrape boxes round a camp fire. The banjoistwore a battered Wynberg Old Boys' Blazer andthe guitarist wore a Yukon jacket. They were

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playing cowboy duets, South American corn stuff,and even classics, and believe me, it soundedsuperb. The farm hands were entranced and sowere the customers at the stall.

'I clean forgot to ask their names, but I noticedthat they had a battered old vintage car - abouta 1926-28 Rugby or Chrysler of a cream colourwith a C.A. registration plate.'As soon as we read about the car we knew that

the entertainers could be nobody else but PatGilmour and his son, and subsequent enquiryproved us right. Good for the Gilmours.A. Kilwarden Wolfe is this year's President of

the Cape Guild of Organists. In September hewelcomed Dr. D. Hopkins of the U.K. and aformer organist of Canterbury Cathedral, on theoccasion of the latter's organ recital in St.George's Cathedral.

Jeremy Townley Johnson decided about a yearago to see the world, and commenced by goingsouth with the whaling fleet. H. van Teylingenwent with him. On their return, Jeremy went"vagabonding" in Britain and Europe, and spentsome time mountaineering in Austria and Switzer-land. He was also hoping to see the OlympicGames. (Jeremy himself is an Athletics "Blue".)Later he intends to work his passage to New York- on the "Queen Mary" if possible - and finallyto have one more season down south with theDutch Whalers. When not "globe - trotting",Jeremy is a student a t the Michael is School ofFine Art of U.C.T.

Christopher Perold, B.A., is on the staff ofDale College, Eastern Province, and we hear thathe may be transferring to a Bergvliet school nextyear.

G. N. Murray (1953), writing from 'dola,Northern Rhodesia, tells us that he is preparingto become a diesel mechanic. He is .in hi fourthyear and has already obtained several certificatesand distinctions in N.T.C. I, II and III and inA.T.C.I. He is hoping to complete hi training intbe U.K., anel has won a £100 bursary awardedby the Northern Rhodesia Teacbers' AssociationStudy Grant.A. M. Bruce-Brand, formerly Magistrate of

Gwelo and Gwarda, Southern Rhodesia, receivesour congratulations on his being appointedUnder-Secretary to the Division of Justice andInternal Affairs of the Southern Rhodesian Gov-ernment. He is now stationed at Causeway, Salis-bury.An interesting letter has come from Hilton B.

Jones (1955), wbo is working at Plymouth and

living at the Y.M.C.A. in Armada Way. Hedescribes the loveliness of the English countrysidearound "Glorious Devon", and the new Plymouththat has arisen out of the bombed ruins of theold. He is doing well in exams, and his firm wantshim to take a course in Cost Accounting. Refer-ring lo his happy days at School, he mentionedhow poignant memories were recalled when hewas sent the week-end Argus containing a descrip-tion of the School.

SPORTING NEWSElsewhere in this section we have mentioned

that four Old Boys are touring U.K. with therugby Springboks, and for record purpose weshould add that a fifth, in Roy Dryburgh (Natal),has played international rugby this year. AubreyLuck, most unfortunately, sustained an injuryand consequently vvas unable to attend the trials.

Our best previous effort was the Springboktouring team which contained three Old Boys,Jock van Niekerk, Frank Waring and Bennj~OsIer, all of whom attended other schools inaddition to ours.Tim Clampett, Gus Bosch, Ken Andrews,

Dreyer and Frank Duk have played first teamrugby durinl5 the season, and we are pleasedlo see "Tufty" Mann as CaDtain of VillagersUnder 19A. Bobby Giles, Dick.ie Orpen, BrianHilliard and Douglas Tunbridge are doing well inthe Under 19 sides.In the "first ever" Under 19 match between

W.P. and Transvaal, Ivor Engelke, Orpen, Hil-liard, Mann, Tunbridge, Dick Totos and Brehaneyplayed in the trials, the last of whom was selectedfor the provincial game as hooker.In cricket last season we had enough players in

Fi rst Division to field more than two teams. J~ckBurt Jnr. went straight from School Ist XI toClaremont 1st XI, and we wish him and all ourcricketers of all divisions a successful season.Unfortunately we "go to Press" before the new

season commences, and no teams have yet beenannounced.These achievements reflect great credit upon

the coaches of Summer and Winter sport.Tbe lofty Neville Cramer has had another good

eason in W.P. Ba ketbalI, and in his printingcareer has won a Bronze Award of Merit - theonly time this type of medal has been struck.With this he won a Diploma with distinction andthe E. McL. Thoma award.

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THE PAST vs. PRESENT MATCHThere was the usual good turnout of Old Boys

at the annual Past vs. Present Match on 21stSeptember, and many of them attended tbe buffetsupper after the game, wben presentations fromthe School and Union were made to our fourSpringboks about to depart for tbeir V.K. tour.Mr. Bowden congratulated the fortunate repre-sentatives, Dave Stewart, Doug Hopwood, LionelWilson and Doug Ho.lton (wbo had not yetarrived from tbe Eastern Province) on bebalf ofthe School, and expressed his gratitude to tbeirparents for tbeir tbougbtfulness in sendjng tbeirsons to Wynberg_ Mr. Tasker congratulated theplayers on behalf of tbe Scbool's "Rugby Depart-ment" and presented each with a leatber writingcase suitably inscribed in gold lettering. He wasfoll.owed by Mr. Jack Burt, President of theO.B.U., who presented each witb a cbeque, and a

cartoon of the team drawn by Townley Jobnson.In reply, Dave Stewart urged tbe scbolars never

to give up striving for the highest rugby honours.Lionel Wilson expressed the bope that scholarswould derive encouragement from the fact thattbe Scbool bad produced four Springboks in oneseason. Doug Hopwood paid tribute to tbe Schoolcoaches for always insisting on open rugby, eventbough it resulted on occasion in defeat. All threeplayers expressed tbeir appreciation to tbe variouscoaches for tbe guidance and encouragement giventbem during their formative years.Best wisbes for a bappy and successful tour

were conveyed to tbe Springboks, and a pleasantand lighthearted farewell ceremony ended with alusty tbree cheers. Per aspera ad astra.Another two Old Boys will tour with the team,

Maxwell Price as reporter for the Cape Times,and A. C. Parker as reporter for tbe Cape Argus.

IDlt ~£lttllriatnThe Old Boys' Union records with regret the

passing of tbe following past-students, and expres-ses its deepest sympathy to their relatives.Sidney de ChavilleDied at Victoria Hospital on 1st May, 1960,

aged about 52. Mr. de Chaville left School in tbeearly 1920's and joined tbe sbipping firm ofMessrs. Dart & Howes. Of French stock, be badthe typical appearance as well as the restlessnessof that nation, and customarily did everything ata rush. Although of French origin be was byfaith a Protestant. He maintained an interest inanimal welfare work and supported such organi-sations.Michael NixonThe following Obituary has been kindly supplied

by Mr. Wally Lea:It is with profound sorrow and regret tbat we

record the tragic passing of Mike Nixon, one ofour members of but a few years' standing. Mike,in his 23rd year, just on the threshold of life, anapparently healthy young man, full of life andvitality and a very good sportsman, particularlyin the badminton and tennis world, collapsed anddied on tbe Friday preceding the Wednesday onwhich he was to be married.

To his motber and family we extend our deep-est sympathy, and we salute a young man, agentleman in every sense of the word, a finesportsman and a sincere friend.

We of tbe O.B.U. are proud to have knownhim, and feel he will always hold an honouredplace in the list of our departed Old Boys.Albert PhillipsThe following obituary has been kindly supplied

by Mr. Ralph Felbert:Albert Phillips - Bertie to his many friends-

passed away suddenly on 15th June, 1960, at tbeage of fifty.

Modest and unassuming, with a friendly dis-position and an innate kindliness, be was verymuch a part not only of the activities of thisUnion in which he showed keen interest, but alsoin the wider field of the Wynberg community.Mrs. Pbillips, to whom our deepest sympathy is

extended, is affectionately remembered by us fortbe generous and wilJing help she gave on tbeoccasion of our Jubilee Fair.

Bertie's two sons are also Wynbergians ; theelder matriculated in 1959 and the younger isstill at school. May tbey follow in their father'sfootsteps and become wortby citizens as heundoubtedly was.

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NEWS OF THE 1959 MATRIC CLASSWe have succeeded this year in tracing all

eighty-seven members of last year's Matric Class.However, a lot of our information is based onhearsay, and we apologise for any inaccuraciesthere may be in the information below.As usual ,a large percentage are furthering their

studies at University, and, although U.C.T. hasby far the majority, we have this year two Matiesin D. Ziman and C. Jackson_Full-time students at U.C.T. include:

B.A.: M. Poolman and C. Eddy.B. Com.: B. Nitsun, R. Jordan and S. Kaplan.B.Sc.: I. Bloch, C. Kaplinsky, E. Tiffin, D. Harri-son, L. Kernoff, P. Oppenheim and I. Linden,who plans to join the Royal Navy once he hasobtained his degree.M. Mansfield is doing engineering, and A.

Saboil medicine. G. Phillips is taking a degreein Quantity Surveying.D. Freund, G. Holland and R. Edwards are

architectural students.The following are also at U.C.T., but their

respective courses are unknown: D. Kretzmer,D. Glasser, F. Meuwse, P. du Pont, S. Juter andJ. van Dam.Part-time students at U.C.T. include J. Marine,

N. Goldfoot, A. Bennett, F. Kyritsis, R. van Rhyn,N. Hoffbrand, E. Malinaric, R. Stuppel, D. Sinclairand B. Rutter, who are aH articled to CharteredAccountants and are doing tbeir C.A. exams.R. Field has begun his articles with a firm of

lawyers in Cape Town and is also a part-timestudent at U.C.T.

N. Shafer has decided to make music his career,and the last we heard was that he had obtained astudent teaching post somewhere in the EasternProvince.Here we must mention that P. Balchin, N. Wolft

and K. Barker are at the Graaff-Reinett Teachers'Training College, studying to become members ofthat honourable profession - well done.Several fellows have the 'get rich quick' idea

and are now following a career in banking.These are: A. Miller, J. Burt, E. Eek, I. Savage,

J. Cole and H. du Plessis, who has returned to hishome-town, Swellendam.At the Saldanha Bay Navy Gymnasium this

year we have A. Thom, J. Grendon, J. Human,R. Goodwin, P. Muller, R. Rowberry and J.Moore, who was fortunate enough to go to Lisbonrecently aboard the S.A.S. Vrystaat.

The Airforce Gym in Pretoria has attracted A._Noftki, P. Teritage, J. Slabber, A. Elliot and M.Turkstra.

A. Berry has joined the staff of the Johannes-burg Building Society in Cape Town, while B.Hall is with the Atlas Building Society.

N. Gauld and W. Brady are serving apprentice-ships .in photolithography, tbe former with Hertz-berg Mullne, and the latter with MeManus Bros.N. Woudberg has bought himself a motorbike

and is now a cub reporter on a P.E. newspaper.N. Sharpe is an apprentice with Universal

Computors of Cape Town, and we hear that A.Stuppel is with Union Steel.D. Watts has chosen an interesting career with

Petersens' Ltd., of Epping, where he is serving anapprenticeship as a manufacturing chemist.P. de Wit and C. Smith have decided that their

calling lies in the land; the former is farming onhis father's farm near Paarl, while the latter isdoing a course at the Glen Agricultural college inthe Free State.

M. McMaster has gone into the printing tradewith h.is father in Wynberg.D. Sollinger and L. Kramer are prospective

trainee-managers at Woolworths, while H. Steinis in the drapery business with Rifkin & Millers,of Wynberg.

C. Barker is working for Ewing & McDonald,a firm of Shippers, Importers & Exporters, inCape Town.

In Insurance we bave I. McIlrath, who is withthe London & Lancashire Ins. Co., while R.Briscoe, and we believe C. Martin, are at the OldMutual. G. Pearce is now at Sanlam.

Our public servants this year include T.McCarthy, who is in the Cape Town City Coun"cil,and also R. Cox and K. Swart, who we believeare in the Civil Service in Pretoria.Several of this class have left the Cape, and

one or two the Union.The last we heard of B. Freedman was that he

was contemplating a working vacation to theUnited States. Whether this materialised or notwe cannot say.

B. Falk we know has returned to S.W.A., andC. Stanley has returned to the United Kingdom.P. Watermeyer has jOined the Rhodesian Police

Force, and we think that D. Bernstein is inJohannesburg.

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LATE NEWS

SPORT

Local cricket teams have now been announced,and we find that no fewer than 18 Old Boys areplaying in the first team of the following clubs:

Alma: M. Hughes and T. McClurg.Claremont: F. BingO, J. Burt, 1. Savage and B.

McMeeking.Technical College: D. Louw, A. O'Connor and

E. Page.Cape Town: M. Richardson·, S. Vlok, F. DUk

and H. Pearce.Western Prov.: N. Williams.W.p. HA": K. Heldsinger.*Green Point: 1. Shifrin.Green Point HA": N. Bryant.Liesbeeck Park: R. Glover.Van der Stel: R. Gelb.

* Denotes Provincial representative.

PRELIMINARY NOTICEThe Annual General Meeting of the Old Boys'

Union will be held in the School Hall on Thurs-day, 2nd February, 1961, at 8 p.m.

UNIVERSITY NEWSWe have been advised of the following suc-

cesses at U.C.T.:E. A. K. Middiemost, M.Sc. (Geology).D. Bromberger, B.A. (Hons.) (History).B. Feinberg, B.A. (Hons.) (English).S. Musikanth, B.A.C. Glaum, B.A.T. W. Mittag, B.Sc.B. F. Mason, B.A. (Distinction in Logic and

Metaphysics).I. M. Rogow, B.A.

GENERALGeoffrey Jowell, a speaker at our Annual Din-

ner, won the U.CT. Best Speaker's Prize for1960. The award is the T. B. Oavie FloatingTrophy.

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selected at the manufacturers in Britainby the cricket professionals Alan Oakman(England and Sussex) and Eddie Watts (Surrey):

GUNN & MOORE STUART SURRIDGEGRADIDGE NICOLL'S

Official Suppliers ofSCHOOL COLOURS TO WYNBERG BOYS'HIGH AND PREPARATORY SCHOOLS

HENSHILWOOD'SOF CLAREMONT

(The Town Store in the Suburbs)

Whatever 'jour re'juirementd...

whether perdonat or lor the _jjome

Jr'j

mc:J)onatdó firdt where 'jou uduatt'j find

iUdt what 'jou want.

McDONALD'SMAIN ROAD, WYNBERG. Phone 71-652.1

CUSTOMS CLEARING, SHIPPING v.~·AND FORWARDING AGENTS i\')

~(.;Q-,.~ ". 5.5. INDUNA

Phone 41-0631 ,,("\~ 5.5. INYONI~'V 5.5. MONITA

~~~ Agen.s I."~ ~ SMITH'S COASTERS (PTY.) LTD.

,,_ ' - DURBANREGULAR COAST AL SERVICE

610 ATKINSON HOUSESTRAND STREETCAPE TOWN

REED'SNURSERIESCut Flowers, Wreaths

andPresentation Bouquets

Also for Seeds,Seedlings and Shrubs

Phone 77-4109

DUNCAN TAYLOR BLDGS.MAIN ROAD WYNBERG

PLATEGLASS BEVElLING &SILVERINGCO. LTD.

/0, 'j0LU ,e'iui,.m.,.t~in:

13 BUITENKANT ST.CAPE TOWN

Telephone 41-0281P.O. Box 4811

Tel. Add. "BEVELS"

TIMBER YARD

INYONI STREETN'DABENI

Telephone 53-3141

GLASS

TIMBER

PLYWOOD

HARDWARE

HARDBOARD

LEATHERCLOTH

SOUTH AFRICA'S LARGEST MIRROR MANUFACTURERS

w. M. CUTHBERT& co..LTD.

MAIN ROAD WYNBERG

Phone 77-2394

•THE CHOICE OF CHAMPIONS

•

RUGBY BOOTSExclusive to CUTHBERT S

For all your

PRINTING, BOOKBINDING,

and STATIONERY

requirements,

call at

J. RYAN (PTY.) LIMITED48 Pine Road, Woodstock

or Phone

55-8361 *

MARKHAMS(For Men and their Sons)

Your headquartersfor all

School Uniformsand

Sports Gear

• We are honoured to beofficial suppliers of SchoolColours and Badges toWynberg Boys' High andPreparatory Schools.

',.• Our SPORTS SHOP has

a range of the very finestquality equipment (whichmeans long life and satis-faction) for every type ofindoor and outdoor Sport.CONSULT THE SPECIALISTS

forFIELD SPORTS & HOBBIES

THE CENTRE OF ADDERLEY STREET