Editorial

THE BRIGGENSlAN MARCH, 1956

\X.:HAT makes an educated man ? Contrary to the popularbelief, t he blending of school and university tums out

compar atively few men who can really claim to belong to thiscategory. Many grad uates Who climb to the top of theirown particular profession are produced-but on t he whole theyare versed in only the narrowest of fields.

This presen t age , more than a ny othe r before It , requiresvery skllled men to be produced. It does not mean that thisharmony of h and and brain sho uld be r ealised to the exclusionof everyth ing else. Sad ly, however , th is Is Just what Is occurr ing .It Is prevalent In the sciences and consequently we are tendingto become a nation of mach ines.

The Government has come to believe that more techniciansare 'urgen tly required . It looks, naturally, to the grammar andtechn ica l schools for potential material. The cry then arisesthat 'It Is Impossible to spe cialise In any subject because Of arather archaic an d very overburdene d syllabus. It Is advoca tedby some that certain subjects should be withdrawn from theschool curriculum-for It Is said, of what benefit Is a smatteringo~ Latin to the future electrical engin eer ?

Surely the aim In life Is to make ourselves continually moreculti vated and, consequently, better members of society. Theappreciation of that beauty which lies hidden around us In allwalks of lIle becomes attainable with only a rich and fulleducation. The schoolboy does not probably realise that ther eading of Shakespeare or the memor ising of Keats or Vlrgllbrings us nearer to that end. Mafly years may pass before thisenligh tened view Is appreciated, but Whe ther It takes years oron ly months to reap t he benefit, the fundamen tal groundingwhich Is given In grammar schools to-day Is absolutely essen tial.

Let us not forget , then, when we cry for fewer subjects andmore specialising In schools, that there are other things In lifethan merely pecuniary satisfaction . Of course, the rudimentsof a profession h ave to be learnt well to-day In order to livehapptlv, but complete happiness and satisfaction can be obtainedonly by browsing In wider pa stures.

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" TH E BRJG GE NSIAN ":A. J . TRACEY. J. McLAUCHLAN

(Joln t E ditors)D . C. RHOD ES. A. CORNE Y.M. A. KIRKMAN, R. J . BROWN.

CAP T M N OF SCH OOL ,J. McLAUCH LAN.

PREFECTS ,J . McLA UCHLAN,J. D . CUTH BERT , A. J . TRAOEY,G . E. HEATH , J . P . R. YOUNG,C. H. P ARKER, R. B. CLARK,D . G . HOLAH, R. B. T AYLOR,D . CAPES. W . J . P . ENGLAND,D . W . MARSHALL.

CAPTAIN OF FOOTBALL:J. McIoAUGHLAN.

CR OSS-COU NTR Y CAP TAI N :J . McLAUC HLAN.

CR OSS-COUNT R YVICE-eAPTAIN:

J . P . R. YO UNG.

SCHOOL OFFICIALS-EASTER TERM, 1956S HEFFIE LD

G . E. HEATH (H.ouse Capta in ).R . B . T AYLOR (Footba ll) ,J . F . DUFF'ETT(Cross-Country ) ,Mr. PIMLOTT.

YAR BOROUGHD . G . H OLAH (House Captain>.D . W . MA RSHA LL - (Foot ba.ll l,P. CARTER (Cross-Count ry),Mr. KNIGHT.

SP OR T S COMMITTEE,H OUSE MASTER S andCAPTAINS ,Mr. WATTS (Secre tary) :

T HE LIBRARY :R. B. CLA R K (Senior Llbrarian) ,J . H . FURNISS (L ibrarian) ,ASSI STANT LIBRA RIANS.Mr. HENTHORN,

2nd BRIGG SCO UT TROOP ,Mr. JAR VIS (G. S.M.),

M r. RICHARDS. Mr. PA ISLEY (S .M .) .

H OUS E CAPTAINS and MASTERS: MUSIC SOCIET Y-ANCHOL~IE . " .

C. H . PARKER THE HEADMASTER (P res id en t) ,(House Captain) Mr . KNIGHT (T reasurer),R. STEEL (Foot ball) Mr . RICHARDS (S ecretary ),B NEALL (Cross-Oountry) Mr. PRATT, Mr. MORR IS ,Mr HENTHORN • Mr. THUMWOOD. Mr. WATTS ,

. . Mr. P IMLOTT, Mr. HENTHOR N.N ELTHORPE

W . J . P. ENGLA ND CHE SS CLU.B:(House and Cro ss-Country W . S . YOUNG (Secretary),captain) , M r . BUTTERWORTH.C. H . LOFTHOUSE (Foo tball) , DEBATING S OC IET Y:Mr. MORRIS. J . S . R OWLEY (Presid ent>.

SCH OOL N. n AVIES (Vice-P res ident),J . McLAUCHLAN A. CORNEJY (Clerk ) .(House Captain . Football and COMMI TTEE.Cr oss-Country) , Mr . THUMWOOD ,THE HEADMASTER. Mr. PAYNE.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTSThe Edito rs wish to acknowledge the receipt of the followin g

ma gazines an d apologise for any accidenta l omtss tons .L.The Carrenslan.Th e Elizabeth an .The Ganlan .The Pion eer .The Luden sian .

School Notes

J. McLAUCHLAN has been acc epted at Pembr oke College ,Cambridge ; J . D. Cuth bert at Keble College, Oxford ; G. E. Heath

at Hull Univer sity ; R. B. Clark at London Univer sity .

The Aeol1an String Quartet 'gave a r ecitai in SChool onFebru ary 9th.

It is with very grea t regret th at we record the death of Mr. A.J . Kettrick who has been a member of th e Staff s ince May , 1943.We exten d t-o Mrs. Kettrick and h is family our deepest sympat hy.An appreciation ot.htm and his wor k for the school will appear in

th e next issue of the ." Brtggenstan ."

I t Is hoped that building wUl begin this month on theswimming pool, the hall-gymnasium, th e woodwork room an d

biology laboratory.

Much hard work has been done under Mr. Bell's guidanc eon t he n ew jumping pi ts and it Is h oped that th ey will be In useon Sports Day.

Miss Norma Proctor gave a song recital in School on March8th , an d ch arme d a large audience.

The Barnardo Box Open ing provided a sum of £ 11 3s. 7d.

NEXT T ERM'S DIARY

Term begins on Monday, Aprll 23rd.Paren ts ' Even ing : Monday, Aprll 30th.Sports Day: Saturday, May 26th.Whitsun Holid a y : May 19th-23rd inclusive."A" Level G.C.E. begins J un e 11th."0" Level G.C.E. begins J uly 9th.Term e nds on Thursday, July 26th.

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SALVETEANCHOLME : MORLEY , P .

GLADWIN, M.

VALETEUPPER SIXTH:

BERRY R. A. (Shern eld 1949-55 ) .G.C.E. ~954, 3 ordinary; G.C.E. 1955, 3 ordinary.Futur e Career: Teaching.Address : 3, P ever ll Avenue, Scunthorpe.

LOWER SIXTH:BURGIN , H. (Sch ool 1953-5, Yarborou gh 1965-6) .

G.C.E. 1955, 8 ordi nary ; 2nd XI Crick et, 1955; Inter ­School Athletics, 1955; Chess team, 1955.

Future: Yorkshire Electricity Board-electrical engin eer .Address : Beaumont-Cote Cottages, Barton-on-Humber.

PICKARD, A. W. (Anc holme, 1950-56).G .C.E. 1955, 5 ordi n ary.Future : Appren t ice Chemis~Appleby-Frodlngham.

Address : 11, S t . Helen's Road. Brlgg.WHITEHEAD, M. J . (Sherneld. 1950-56) .

G.C.E. 1955, 4 ord in ary.Future : Sanitary Inspector.Address: 17, Norwood Avenue, Scunthorpe .

HUTSON, A. S. (School 1950-53, Shern eld 1953-55 1.G .C.R. 1955, 2 ordlnary' .Future : Chemist .Address : 22, Glover Road, Scunthorpe.

UPPER FIFTH:HOODLESS, M. (Nelthor pe 1951-55).

Add ress: Ch urc h Street, Scawby, Brlgg.

LOWER 5A:McCAULEY, A. D. E. (Nelth orpe 1952-55 ) .

Address : 10, Grayingham Road. Klrton Llndsey.

LOWER 5B :ALLEN, J . A. (Nelth orpe 1952- 55).

Address : 39, White's Road, Cleethorpes.

UPPER 4B:BROCKERTON, D. G. (Neltho r pe 1953-55).

Address : Wa ddlngton R.A.F. Station.

LOWER 4B:WALNE, M. (School 1954·56).

Address: 17, Bu ll Ring, Homcastle.

House Notes

ANCHOLMEWE are now halt-way throUlh the SChool year and it Is timeto look back on the past achievements In football an d cross­country and to look forward, as I hope the House does, to thefuture competi tion In athlet ics and cricket .

We seem to have reached rock bottom In football activityand, sad to relate, ne ither team was able to obtain one singlepoint. The Cross-Country Race has been duly run, t he weatherImproving just In time for the actual race If not for pr ellmlnarytraining. Tbli yelll" on ly one Ancholme House tr aining has beenmade possible. P erhaps ~hls fact may help to account for thelow position of the House. The Senior ru nners, led by B. Neall ,did the ir best to improve thli posit ion and, although no individualrunner achieved an outstanding success, the first Anchoimebeing D. C. Rh odes ..t eighteenth , the House ran very wellas .. te ..m to attain second position . The J uniors , however , hadno such success and our final placing was fourth. Let us hope,however, that In the following months the House will have alit tle more success. C. H. PARKER.

NELTHORPEWE began th is term on a note ot tri umph after ret aining thefoot ball cup. We finlshed the season by taking the necessarytwo poin ts from Shetneld House to win the competition . Thejuniors lost their hard-fougti t gam e 2-1 and t he sen iors wont heirs 8-2. .

After h alf -term the Cross-Country was h eld ; altho ugh weare not blessed with any exceptionally good ru nners, we managedto gain second place In the junior even t, and third In t he senior ,giving us first place, toge t her with School and Shetneld, In thecompetition as a whole. Th is was a grand performance andI should Ilke to t ha nk the boys for the great effort they put intoIt . I s nould also Ilke to point out that we have been first InFootball and Cross-Country , an d are well in the running for theCock House Cup ; so I h ope, boys, you will try your utmost In theremaining competitions.

But we must not let our efforts be dir ected exclusively tosport; I tru st that boys will do their best In the academic sideof School life, In view of the G.C.E. examinat ions that will soonbe upon us. W. J . P. ENGLAND.

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SCHOOL

ON returning to School after Christmas we learnt (some of us

with much regret ) that both t he terminal examinations and the

Cros s-Country were early this te rm. This meant that mu ch hard

work in both fields had to be put in. Now with these two hurdles

cleared. we can look back on a successful performance.

As usu al the traini ng for t he Cross-Co untry has been very

keen. The outcome of the senior race was a foregone conclusion.

The question was n ot which House was going t o win , but how

many boarders the re would be in the first dozen places. As it

turned out we managed t o take eight of the first eleven positions.

This, I thi nk, equals our own record of a few years ago.

I m ust congratulate P. Walling, who put up a very good per­

formance in coming In the in dividual winner, an d J . Young, Who

followed him In. I feel , al so, that I should congratulate

J . En gland, of Nelthorpe House, who managed to separat e these

tw o from th e n ext three of School House , who took the positions

four, flve and six.

At th e t ime of writing the inter-School r ace h as not been

run, bu t the House expe cts to have six mem bers In the SC\1Ool's

team of etght a t Galn sborough,

After praising the seniors, I must say a word or two con­

cerning the Juniors. Apart from a good performance by

G. Foulger , t he junio rs were a little disappointin g. However ,

with their position of fourth , we r ather lu ckily man aged to share

the cup with Nelth orpe and Sheffield (than ks to a few dispirited

senior members of some other House) .

Last term's introduction of Sunday Evening Gramophone

Recitals has been continued. For the first few evenings, Mr.

Hogg ente rtained us, but on the final two occ asion s we hav e

had a cha nge. Mr. N. Brown came over from Scunthorpe and

gave us a very interesting talk. on percu ssion. This was followed

a fo rtnight later by a reci tal given by J. Young and A. J . Tracey,

when man y boys h ad th eir fir st introduction to jazz. Prob ably

th e success of these Sunday evenin g interludes Is that they do

cater for all tastes.

Film shows once again have been the order for Saturday

evenin gs. I sho uld like to take the opportunity of thanking

Mr. watts once aga in for giving up his Friday evenings in an

at tempt to make woodworkers out of some of the boys.J. McLAUCHLAN.

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SHEFFIELD

AT the ti me of wr it ing these notes the Cross-Country race h as

been run, and the results ha.ve been of a somewhat mix ed nature.

·At the beginning of th is term the remaining match between

Nelthorpe and Sheffi eld was playe d, the Football Cup going to

t he former. The r est of this t erm will be t aken up by football,

but nex t term we look forward to athletics and cricket .

In the junior race of the Cross-Country, Sh effield gained

what is commonly termed .. a walk-over." Of' course, the new

boys were very keen ; some were very dissatisfied when the y found

out that they were too young to run-many would have liked

to run round th e course, however, just " because they liked it ."

This is a very no ble and desirable at t itude ; and if this zeal a nd

fervour 1s maintained, Sheffield should be a very prominent

House in the near future. In the actual race, Bowers, G. C.,

Graves an d Callaghan .took the first three plac es, wh ile Heald ,

Carter and Cleary filled positions 5, 6 and 7. I should like to

congratulate these boys and all the others who ran , but who

were not fortunate enough to be among the leaders.

The senior race, however, rather checked the jubila tion of

the juniors. The team as a whole could tak e only fourth place ;

Horner, who cam e in seventh, was the first .. Sheff " home. He,

together with Watkins, Harrlson and D utfet t , is to be con ­

gratu lated on his fine, consc ientious work. A few members of

t he team, unfortun ately, though t that the whole aff air was a

great joke and treated It accordingly. Despite this, h owever ,

Sh effieid managed in the final r esu lt to tie for first place with

Nelthorpe and School.

In the final football positions, Sheffield came second. The

first team lost 8--2 to Nelthorpe, bu t the Under XIV won 2-1.

This lat t er match wa s th e one that reall y mattered, for th e t eam

was pract ically unchanged. ' In the first team , however, we had

lost w httehead, Berry and Hutson, and the result was not taken

too ser iously- at least not by the "Sheffs."

Nex t term brings athletics and cricket; in these spher es I

hope th at the House will conscientiously back the respective

capta ins. With our posit ions so far, a second and a first , the

situation seems very fa vourable for retaining the Cock House

Cup . G. E. HEATH.

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YARBOROUGHI SHOULD llke t o beg in by sayin g h ow plea sed -we all are tosee Mr. KnIght back in School again, looking so very much bet terafter hi s Illness. ,Mr. J arvls has again been ac ting as HouseMaster, and I sh ould Ilke, once more, to thank h im for hi s adviceand help.

We finished the football season very well. The seniors beatAncholme 8-0, and the juniors beat them 7-0. This enabledus to finish third in the t able. Congratulations to Burton andMarshall on gj!,lning their football colours!

Cross-Country Is the main Item of n ews In these notes.P . Carter was aPpointed House Cross-Country capt ain. On theday of tile nee, we, tound that our senior team had been con ­side ra bly weaken ed by several illnesses. However " t he t eam didtheir best and succeeded in coming fourth in the event. ThorpeIs to be cong ratulated on being the fir st senior member home.The Iuniors did a Ilttle better, flnlshing third. In th is race, thefirst fourteen of each House counted in the flnal positions. Wehad eight h ome in the flrst twenty-nine, but after that we hadto wait untU over a hundred for the other six. Dlmbleby dlovery well In coming f01!rtn.

Now, we turn our backs on cross-country and look forwardexpect an tly ~d a Ilttle hopefully to cricket and a thleti cs.

D. G. HOLAH.

SPORT (cont inu ed from Page 49 ) .

JANUARY 28th v. SCUNTHORPF.. at Scuntborpe.

Vice-captaln WQitehead and Berry both left at the end oflast term, Mapshan also was unable to play. Butler, Englandand Brown played In their places. On a heavy pitch, the unfitSchool team played very slovenly. We managed to open thescoring through s ens, but a much faster, though not cleverer,Scunthorpe team added four goals. School, even though theywere h andica pped by Burton being a t'! the pitch all the secondhalf, were no comparison with the t eam which beat the Old Boys.

Half-time score : Scunthorpe 2, School 1.Full-time score : Scunthorpe 4, SChool 1.Scorer: Sells .Team: Askew; Tracey, Burton; McLauchian, Sellars, Br own ;

Steel, Butl er , Cuthbert, Bells, England.Second XI Result:

Dec. lOth v. Barton G.B. (away) , lost 3-10.Under XIV Result:

Dec. lOth v. Barton G.B. (away, won 9-1.

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Sport

FOOTBALLTHE season once again ended a little disappointingly. Thewea ther was very unkind. Many of us managed to put in onlythree games. Both t he Clee and Louth fixtures were cancelled .The 1st Xl · did manage to get over to Scun th orpe for one game.

The final record for the 1st XI reads - four wins and sixdef eats.

Cuthbert, Berry, Marshall, Burton, seuars, Sells , Steel andTracey have been awarded colours. .

The second XI had a very moderate campaign, winning twomatches, drawing one and losing four.

I sho uld like to thank the masters-In particular Mr. Jarvls,who pu t In a great deal of work-for their help With coachingand guida nce. May I also thank the member s of the team,among whom it has been a grea t pleasure for me to play.

J . McLAUCHLAN.

DECEMBER 1711/1 v. OLD BOYS.

Th e fin al game before Christmas turned out to be a gr eatvicto ry for SChool. Against a strong Old Boys' team, Schoolplayed a really aggressive and swift game. From the very firstSch ool had the upper hand. The defence, h eld together In tilemiddle by Brlan Sellars, played really well . In fac t brother Johnmoved away rrom the centre as n e was seeing nothing of theball.

Whitehead opened the scoring for SChool. After that, goalsfrom Cuthbert and the Old Boys made the score 2-1 by half-time.

Aft er the Interv al th e Old Boys pr essed hard, but the fitnessof the younger t eam to ld In the end. The Old Boys did manageto score twice, bu t SChoo l replied with three mor e from Berry,Sells and Marsh all.

Half-time SCOre: Old Boys I, School 2.Full-time score: Old Boys 3, Sch ool 5.

SOOrerS:-8chool: Whitehead, Cuthbert, Berry, Sells , Marshall.Teams:-

School : Askew ; Tracey. Burton; McLauchlan, Sellars, B.,Wh ite h ead ; Berry, Butler , Cuthbert, sells. Marshall.

Old Boys : Ta ylor, R. D. (subs t .) : Grlmble, M., Mundey, S. ;Bonsell , R., O'Boyle, A., Scarborough . J . S.; Markham, J ., Thomp­son , J ., Sellars , J ., Britcll ffe, J. , O'Boyle. K.Please tu rn to page 48,

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SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY RACE

ALTHOUGR less t han a week before the race par ts of the coursewere almost impassable. conditions on th e day were ideal. Theh Igh winds which h ad dr ied the course, h ad dro pped overnIgh tand the a ir was quit e mlld. As las t year's race h ad beenca nce lled, it was difficult to forecast any results , but there waslittle doubt about the strength of Sheffield's juniors and School'sseniors. The snow, examinations and half term had allInter fered wIth trainIng programmes, but t he standard ofrunning was quite high and th ere were fewer signs of distressthan one usually sees on these occasions.

In the juni or race, Sheffield were prominent from the start,Car te r an d Call aghan lead Ing the field out of t he School ga te;at the to p 01 St. Relen 's, Nelthorpes were packing well, bu t withsix of Sh effield In t he lead , br oken only by Dlmbleby, of Yar­borough , there was lit tl e doub t as to the outcome. Prominen tat this point were the brothers Day, who were running stronglyin !lth and 12th positions. R. N. Day distinguished himself bybeing t he first th ird-fo rme r home In lOth place, Havercroft otthe same form and House coming 12th. The runn ing of thethird-formers as a whole was most encouragin g, G. Bowers, whohad led in the early part of th e race, was conte nt to allow hist eam-mate Gr aves make th e running most of tile way , but tookOver and h eld t he lead on Grammar Schoo l road and finished100k1ng very fresh In th e good t ime of 23 mlns. 45t secs. Hewas well suppor ted by Gr aves, Callagh an, Reald , Car ter andCleary, Sheffield having six home in t he first seven, Dlm blebytaking fourth place, h a ving run extrem ely well throughout.

For th e first tim e the Senior Race was limited to a teamof t welve wit h eight to count . It is a pity th at the Sh effieldju niors could not Instlll some of their en thusiasm Into th eseniors who could onl y muster two runners above th e LowerFifth! School, on the other hand, could h ave en tered two t eamsan d there was some compet ition within the house to get Intothe team, whi ch is of cou rse the object or this n ew schem e.From the start th ere was no doubt that School intended to getto t he front and st ay there, and they were first out of th e gatein a body except for one lone representative of Sbemeld Housewho turn ed r igh t at the bottom of the drive ! This must h avepu t him out of his stride for h e arrived home with barelyenough time to catch his 'bus ! From St . Helen 's Road Cuthbertforged ahead an d establIshed a comfor table lead , but Englandwas han gin g on and fighting a duel with J. Young. At Wrawby

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these two had overtaken Cuthbert and were some twenty yardsahead of a solid block of Schoo l House r unners-ten out of t hefirst eleven ! Through Wrawby and along the road it was neckand neck between Young and England , both of whom wererunn ing eas ily and keeping a wary eye on th e other's move­ments. So in to Brickyard Lane, the only Important ch an gebeing t h e appearance of Stothard and Horner br eak ing up theSchool block. But all the time t hat Young and England werefighting it out at t he front, Walllng, who had been In t hirdplac e for the last mlle and a h alf, was running a well- calcula te drace. He had been running eas ily and well wttntn his powers,quite content to let the leader s set t he pace, bu t In BrickyardLan e he decided the time had come to take over. From thatpoint on he looked a certain winner and came h ome with avery comfortable lead In 27 mlns. 6t secs. The Interest nowlay In the tussle between Young and England. With Wa1llngIn front to draw h im on. Young gr ad ually went ahead butEngland fin ished In great style, al thou gh beaten Into third place.The Issue was beyond doubt, but the Inter est centre d on theSchool team-how many would come In the first ten? Theyhad, In fact, the who le of their eight In the first eleven- a mostcommendable effort. However, no account would be completewithout mention 01 the various struggles goin g on throughoutthe race betwee n th e runners of other houses . Ancholmedemonstra ted the value of packing together , their efgh t beingspread over only eleven places, t he last man being 26th ; so thatalthough they lack ed any outstanding r unners they easlly gainedsecond place . Homer and Watklns ran well for Sheftleld , buthad practicall y no suppor t from the r est of the team. Apartfrom England and Stoth ard, Nelthorpe had no r eally goodrunners, but they did stick together and deserved to beatSh eftleld for third pla ce. Thor pe ran well for Yarborough a ndgood packing by his team brought them within only a few pointsof the ot he r houses. only 25 points separating Nelthorpe In srdplace from Yarborough In 5th place.

RESULTSJunior

1st2nd3rd

sen ioOor1st2nd3rd

Bowers, G. C. Sh eftleldGraves, D. T. .. ShemeldCalla gh an, A. J . Sheftleld

Time: 23 mlns. 451 secs.

Wal11ng, P . . SchoolYoun g, J . . SchoolEngland, W. J Nelthorpe

Time: 27 mms, 6! secs.

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Ancholme .Nelthorpe .School ..Sh effield .Yar borough .

HOUSE POINTS

Junior Senior

Poin t s Poin t s Tot al Pos'n.

636 1 169 4 5 4519 4 232 3

~ f605 2 46 5 1322 5 234 ' 2550 3 257 1 4 5

R.A.B.

Cross-country colours have been awarded to Young, J .,En glan d, W. J ., and WaUlng , P.

The Inter-School Cross Country Race, 14th MarchBy J . McLAUCHLAN.

THIS year's race was h eld a t Gains borough . The weat her , sunnybu t not too warm, was ideal. Th ere had been no ra in for afor t nigh t and conseq uently the course was in very gOOd condi­t ion-a complete contrast to las t yea r's run at Gr imsby.

Th e te am was transporte d to Galnsborough In a convoy ofprivat e cars. On our arrival we were shown to our dressingroom , where, to our pleasant surpr ise. ,we found we h ad beenallotte d a personal guide. Throughout the a fte rnoon, both beforea nd af te r t he race, he was close at our side always eager toh elp us.

Befor e the race we h ad been worrying a little about var iouspart s of the course-the steepn ess of the fir st hill and the Widthand depth of th e, strea ms. As soon as we arrived, we saw th emen acing hill. Our guide, however, was not quite sure of th edepth of the stream, but h e was certa in we had to wad e throughIt. The depth, h e sa id, would probably be about waist h Igh .

We all ass embled In our teams In the ro ad outside the schoolfor the start. The n ewer members of our team were somewhatsurprised at t he var ious sh apes an d sizes of th e runners, alllooking very colourful in their va rie d track suits and runningkit. Brigg h ad dr awn a good position on th e outs ide. As usualth e st ar t was very fast, but the t eam on the Whole man aged toget away success fully. Others were not so fortunate, for , as thegroup moved away, two runners and an over-keen photographerpicked t h emselves up fr om the ground.

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With a sharp r ight-handed t urn, we began to n egoti a te theformidable hill. Half-wa y up it, we veered righ t an d ran alo nga n arrow woodland pat h . By t h is t ime the field was beginn ingto spread out. At this stage, Cuthbert was 16th, McLauchlanwas lying 25th, with Young 28th, Walling 36th, England 43rd an dTaylor 48th. After traver sing a field we came to a long st r etchof road. Along here positions were frequently changed. It wasind eed a gratifying experience to look around and see five of ourteam convenien tly placed around the 20 mark. At th e h alf-wayst age, T aylor was lying 19th , McLaughlan 21st, Engla nd 23rd,Walling 25th and Young 26t h .

Cro ssin g over a little ploughed and a wide grass field wecame by a picturesque lake. Rounding th is we arr ived at thest ream. Slipping eas ily down the muddy bank, we foun d thewater wa s only about a fpot deep. Soon afterw ards, we h ad tojump a li ttle stream, which, I think, was about the on ly part ofthe course whic h had any resemblance to our own at Brigg.

After running alongside a very dry ploughed field , were- crossed the first stream and cam e out on the golf course.Crossing over a series of about twenty small ridges remindedone of the fair ground spee dway, As we arrived once more in theroad, the homeward run began. Sweeping at an almost uncon­trollable pace down the fir st hlll again we turned left in to theschool field and the fin ish.

OUf first four men home did very well in coming in the tenplaces between 18th an d 28th. Our followers f rom Brigg, manyof whom had managed to appear at odd places along the course,told us immedia tely tha t Grimsby wer e the victo rs, th eir fou rmen coming in the first seven . Brigg were the nex t team tofin ish and consequently were expected to come about fourth orfiIth . A little la t er ,we found that we had In deed been p lac edfifth.

A very pleasant te a. and a few sbort speeches ended our day.We were all well satdsfled with our performance. Our Galnsbor­ou gh hosts are to be congratulated for the ir efficiency, Every­thing went off smoothly and successfully, Finally. I must add aword of thanks to our personal at tendant, who, with his cons tanthelp made t he afternoon all the mor e sat tstv lng,

Brigg placings: W. J . Engiand 18th, P . Wallln g 20t h , J.Young 26th, J. McLauclllan 28th, J . Cuthbert 55th, M. J . Taylor72nd.

Final sch ool p lacings: I, Grimsby 20; 2, Sleaford, 78; 3, Gain s­borough , 79; 4, Louth, 80; 5, Brigg, 92; 6, Scu nt horpe, 105;7, Ca lstor , 113 ; 8, Bosto n , 122; 9, Lincoln , 126; ID, Alford, 145;11, Horncastle , 148 ; 12, Clee, 157; 13, Barton, 237; 14, Spilsby, 260.

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HOCKEY

CONTINUAL snowfalls have seriously curtallell our activitiest hl s t erm . We had arranged to play Appleby-Frodlngham andNormanby Park t his te rm, but unfavourable weather condit ionsIn bot h cases pr even ted the games taking place. So as yet wehave played none of our fixtures th is term. Now that spring atlast seems at hand we have h igh hopes of playin g our lastrema ining fixture for the season against Brlgg Town secondteam in a few week's time.

SChool games on Thursday afternoons have been few andfar between th is term. At first the weather interrupted ourgames and then cross -country necessitated our devotin g ourgames period to training. However, now that the race is over,the prospects seem favourable for a resumption of our games.

Lighter evenings have permlted us to r esum e our Fridayevenin g gam es Which, again have been popular. Support fromboth junior and senior members of the School has been veryencouraging. The keen support of the junior sector of tileSchool does strongly seem to suggest that t ile enthusiasm for thegame is steadlly Increasing.

This is the last time I shall be writing these notes, so Ishould Ilke to wish my successor the best of luck. On behalfof all of us who are leaving, I should lik e to tllank( Mr. Barkerfor the great kindness he has shown towards the team. Tw,oyea rs ago hockey was merely an alternative game to footba ll Inthe sen ior gam es on Thursday af ternoon. With his invaluablesupport the game h as developed into an actlvlty In which manyhave taken part, and by hi s diplomacy we ha ve gained nin efixt ures t his yea r with local teams, which have consequentlymade the ga me much more interesting and attractive to th osewho pla y regularty.

I hope those who wlll be leaving at the end of the Schoolyear w111 contin ue to play the game and derive as much enjoy­ment from it as they have ga ined from it h ere.

R. B. CLARK.

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Societies

THE DEBATING SOCIETY

THE Society's attendances h ave contin ued to Inc rease this t erm .Rowley was elected Presid ent and Davies VIce-Pr esident. Frankcon tinued to act as Clerk for the first deb;le of term after wh ichCom ey too k over the olllce. It h as been fou nd no lon gernecessary to collect for the printed notices since they are nowpaid tor. Mr. Thumwood and Mr. Paynf have drawn up a set ofrules for the Society, which the Commit te e have acc epted. Thedebat ing t h is te rm h as not always been of the highest st andard,bu t It Is always spirited and attendance Is well worth-while.

DETAILS OF DEBATES:

December 13tih-

" This House regrets t hat the Spirit of Christmas has gone toth e departmen t store."

Proposer: N. Davies. seconder: A. Ayres.Opposer : R. Farmer . Second er : J . Colln.Result : Motion ca rried. For 31; Against 11; Absten tions 8.There was a record attendance of 50.

January 24tb-" This House believes that the solution to th e pr esen t

economic crisis is a complete return to Private Enterprise.Proposer: A. Farmer. Seconder: R. Dodd.Opposer : A. Corney. Second er: J. Furniss.Result : Motion defeated. Against 11; For 7; Abstentions 13.Attendance 32.

Mar"" 61ih-.. Th is House approves of blood-sports."

Proposer : N. n avies. Seconder: D. Sumpter.Opposer : P. Harrlngton . Seconder : P. Rober ts.Result : Motion carried. For 16; Again st 9; Abstentions 2.Att endance 27.

The n ext debate is on March 20th : " This House regr ets th att he Bri t ish Lion h as lost Its roar." A. CORNEY (Clerk) .

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CHESS CLUB

THIS term the Chess Club h as h ad one fixture. We had asuccessful meeting with Scunthor pe G.S. on Januar y 28th, asfollows: T. Frank 1-{) ; R. Taylor 1-{) ; C. Ta ylor 1-0; R.Dunham 1-0; W. Young !-t; M. Hall i -i. Result : Bri gg G.S. 5,Scunthorpe G.S. 1. We look forward to an away fixture withCaistor G.S. on March 24th.

The Senior Tournament was won by W. S. Young and th erunn er-up was R. Dunham. The Junior Champion was R. B.Taylor, the runner-up being P . Dodd. We are ext remely gr atefulto Mr. W. Young, the fa ther of our present capt ain, for hiskin dness in presen ting annually t he prize for Senior Champion.

As was predict ed a year ago, the s tan dard of our Chess te amhas become something like what was enjoyed a few years ago .It is pleasin g also to note that among our juniors we have severalhi ghly promis ing memb ers. I ,B.B.

SCOUT NOTES

ALTHOUGH t here h as been rath er a lot of bad weather t hist erm, we have had to forfeit only two of our Wednesday n ightmeetings, one on account of the weather and the oth er becauseof SCh ool Examinations. Th e usual routine of meetings wasbroken one week by an en joyable visi t to Br lgg Fire Station .

Next term we· are, as usual, holding week-end camps to trainour more junior Scouts for th e Annual Summer Camp, which isto be held at Sn owdonIa this yea r.

At the beginning of next te rm we are h oping to h ard-boardthe interior of the Scout hut : the money from" Bob- a-jobs "done in the Eas ter Holldays should help towards the cost of thi s,altho ugh some of the "bobs" we earn go to h elp "ImperialHeadquarters " fund s. Also next term we are holding a GardenFete on Saturday, 21st July, the day of the Old Boys' Cricketmatch. We hope that as many par en ts and friends of the Schoolas possible will support us in this venture, our major effort ofthe year, and help us to make it a great success . With th e mon eyfrom this Fet e we hope t o be abl e to pay off our debt on theScout Hut. J. S. ROWLEY.

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THE MUSIC SOCIETY

TWO concer ts , arranged by t he School MusIc Society, h ave beenh eld this term . The first , on February 9th, was given by theAeollan String Quar te t . The programme began wit h one of themost popu lar of Haydn 's quartets , the op. 3, No. 5, comm onlyknown as "The Serenade," from its beautiful second movement.This was followed by a more massive work, Beethoven's E minor.. Rassoumowskl " quartet . Opening with a rath er sombre Allegro,It passes to a solemn Adagio. Inste ad. of th e more usual SCherzo,the third mov em ent t akes the form of a wistful Allegretto, withIts Trio based on a Russi an melody . 'I'he whole work ends Witha spirited Finale.

The third Quartet was an early one by Smetana, aptly named.. Aus Mein em Leben," since it purports to be a musical repre­sentation of the composer's early lif e. The work is thoroughlyromantic in vein, and it Is, perhaps, the robust rustic ity of itssecond movement .. a la Polka " that remains most viVidly in th ememory.

The whole concert was given with that impeccable precision,balance and tone that we have come to assoc iate with thiscelebrated en semble.

The second concert, On March Bth , took the form of a songrecital , given by Miss Norma Pro cter, in a welcome' return visitt o the Sch ool. Her first group comprised son gs by Purcell andHand el, endin g with t he latter's" I will magnify Thee," whichwas sung w lt h considerable grandeur and sonority. Th is wasfollowed by a group of songs, sung in German, by Brahms, inwhich t he soloist displayed decided dramatic power. The thirdgroup consisted of four modern songs. includ ing the sombre" Twlllght Fa ncies " of Dellus and ending with Ireland's vigorous.. I have twelve oxen," The concert ended with a group oftraditional songs, in which her rendering of the ever-popular.. 0 dear ! What can the matter be ? " and of the stirring .. LordRend al " was outstanding. Throughout the recital Miss Procterh eld h er audience enthralled by the puri t y of her tone, th eperfect control of her resources and her consummate artist ry.

R. W. PRATT,

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Library Report

THE un usual sever ity of the win t er weather during January andFebruary resul t ed In the Lihrary becoming a very popular room.In some instances I think the warmth of the radiators was moreattractive than the magazines or books. As the weatherimproves, I am sure the crowds which have regularly frequentedthe room du ring the break and the Iunch-nour will disappea rand we sh all return to the select few who really appreciate theLibr ary.

This t erm we h ave ad ded a further 120 books to the Library.The donation of books by parent s and friends of the SChool hasbeen most gratifying. I hope this 'healt hy growth will continue.I should like to thank Mr. J . Marsden, Mr. Peck, J . Furniss andJ . Kin g for kindly presenting books to the Library th is term. Weare always very glad to receive any books upon anytopic.

The Llbrary auct ion was h eld in the bit ter weather at the'beginning of t erm. A. J . Tracey once again kindly consent edto act as auctioneer and the proceeds from th e sale were usedto pu rchase still more periodicals. Unfortunately, due to thestr ike In the pr inting trade the arrival of many of our magazin eshas been gravely belated and in some cases they have ceased toappear at all. Periodicals have been generously given by Mrs.Rlchards, Mrs. Holt, the Headmaster, Mr. Farmer , M. D. Spencer,D. Sumpter , J. Furnlss an d R. Cockram ; witho ut their support,many of th e more exclusive, and needless to say, expensivemagazines would not be avatlable in our Library .

Mr. Peck has added still fur ther to the pictures whic hdecorat e the walls of the Library. Their somewh at contemporarystyle has not, however, passed without comment.

The chairs, some of which were notorious for standing onlyOn two legs instead of four, have been replaced by some newchairs of a more luxurious variety. All the legs rest on th e floor.

I think we ca n say that the Librar y Is steadily growing Inpopula ri ty. We have open ed a jun ior section of the CountyLibrary t o th e Lower School. Its success cannot yet be ju dged ,but perhaps by cultivat ing a t aste for reading In our juniors th eywill galn th e full est valu e from our own Librar y whe n th ey a reold eno ugh to use It. R. B. CLARK.

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Old Briggensians' Association

Fl etcher, E.Gaze. M .Gaze. R.Gilbert, J. T.Gllgall on , D.Glll1att, A.Godfrey, E. J .Good, W. T.Goodrnan, G. T.Goodman, J .Gray, .P . R.Green , R. .E.Gr lmble, M.Halnes, R.Heald, C. W.

The Annual Gen eral Meeting and the 30th Annual Re-unionDinner took place on J anuary 14th . 1956. at t he Angel Hotel. Atotal of 115 Old Brlggenslans and their guests enjoyed the dinnerand speeches. Entertainment, provid ed by G. A. Roblnson'sguests. Mr. G. Fisher (baritone) and his accompanist, andMr. P . T1erney (ventr iloquist) . rounded off a pleasant andconvivial evening.

Among t he many regular attenders It was pleasing to seemen who were renewing contacts after an absence of some years.How good It was to see Mr . Gaze once ag ain.

Mr. J . T. Dau ghton proposed t he toast of th e SCh ool. Helaid emph asis on h is good fortune at h aving had a st aff of suchhi gh calibre durin g h is per iod of headship. His reminiscencesof those years were much appreclat~ by those present. .. TheAssociation was proposed by Mr. G. Cj:lll. h eadmaster of GrimsbyGrammar School ; "the Gu ests " by Col. O. S. Nelthorpe, an dMr . L. G. Clugs ton responded to t hat toast.

Mr. G. A. Robinson once more was an able Master ofCeremonies, while Mr. Urry dId yeoman wor k when acco mpanyingthe SChool song and Nation al Anthem.

Unf or tunately. your n ew secr et ary was so aghast at the sizeof the Job he had taken on so recently, added to t he fact thath e spent most of the evening collecting subscriptions (wh ich, yOUwlll agree is reall y the Hon. Treasu rer' s Job) that many mem or­able moments have been lost to these notes. Next year heIntends to spend the evening scr ibblin g.

Among those present a.t the dinner were the following OldBriggenslans and Masters :Baggott, J. C. Dent, R.Bains, W. Denton, D.Bell, J . B. Dlbben , P .Boocock, N. H. Disney , A.Brocklesby, J . Doble, W. B. S.Brown, W. Dodd , E.Butterwor th, J . B. Downs, L . T.Casswell, R. Draper, H.Cha pman, S. Eccles, J . G. T.Chapplll , M. East, H.Cheeseman. J. Eato, H. E.Codltng, A. R. Edlington, J .Cook, G. C. Eilerby, C.Conboy , R. A. Fle ldson , G. W.Coulth urst, R. Flear, F. A.

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dinner , the followlng

Stephcn son , L. R.Stothard, H. K .Surnpter , R. H.Sumpter, T. N.Taylor , E.Tear, R. G.Thumwood , W. E.Trlgg, L. D.Urry, E.Wade, P . J .Wllson, H.Wllson , J . R. T.Wrlght, H.Summers, L.Water s, F .Geary, M.Wood , A.Usher , B.

Healey, R. B. Mlddleton, D.Henthorn, F . Morris, A. I.Hili, A. J . Morton , J. L.Hili , J . C. Neave, L.Hogarth, D. Nlxon, E. W.Hurst, G. C. Patchett, R. L.J ac kson, W. Pearson , G. M.J etIrey, J . I . Pearson, J . F.J etIrey, J . S. Pteront, A. C.Jarvls, S. G. Potts, J . R.Jordan, E. R. O'Boyl e, A.Ket ter lngham, R. O'Nelll, T . R.Kemp, J . Raby, T. F .Klngdon , O. W. Roblnson, G. A.Knigh t , A. E. Roblnson, J.Leaning, D. Rose, J .Lockwood, R. Rowbottom, C. S.Lyon, A. Shaw, D. W.McLauchlan, G. R. Spring, R. M.

At the A.G.M. which preceded theOmcer s and Committee were elected:-

Pre siden t : Col. O. S. Nelthorpe.Vice-Presidents: J . R. Baker, E. F. Brown, J . T. Daughton, N. C.

Matthews, H. F . 8ergeaJ1,t. A. E. Knight, J . G. T. Eecles,T. N. Sumpter, E. Urry, G. A. Roblnson, W. Balns, A. Lyon,E. Taylor, D. Gll gallon, R. Taylor, R. L. Pa tchett, T. R. D.O'NeUl.

Chairman : G. F. Goodman.Vice -Ohairman: E. W. Nixon.Hon. Treasurer: T. R. D. O'Nelll.Hon. Seeretacy: J . B. Bell.Hon . Assistant Secretary: R. H. J. Sumpter.Committee : A. E. Knight, J . G. T. Eecl es, T. N. Sumpter , E. Urry,

G. A. Roblnson (Represen t at ive on the Board of Governors) ,W. Barns, A. Lyon, E. T aylor, D. Gtlgallon , N. C. Matthews,W. T. Good, J. ·C. Baggott , J. Cheeseman, R. H. Ketterlngham,R. N. Coulthurst.

Hoot. Audit.,..: R. L. Patchett.

An Important outco me of the .A.G.M. Is t he proposal toIncrease subscript ion s, fr om Septem ber n ext, to 5/-, Vlce­Presidents £ 1/ 1/ - an d t he lif e subscr ip tion to £6/6 / - . Perhap sjust as Important Is that the Treasurer h as been asked to lookInto the business of issuing Bankers' Orders to Old Brlggenslans.The last dance was once more a success. E. Urry was congrat u­lated on hi s fln e organisat ion of this yearly event. Old Brlgg­enslans sho uld note that the dance secretary sandwiched hi sRe-un ion Dinner between two unpleasan t bouts in hospital. Wewish him a full recovery In"th e near future.

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Business a part, two things were outstanding features. Firstly,the presence of those Old Briggenstans who year after yearbring th eir increasin g weigh t and wisdom to th e A.G.M.. Secondly,the speed with which W. T. Good an d T. R. D. O'NeUl proposedand secon ded the n ew h on. secretary. Almost as though it hadbeen arranged.

The War Memorial Swimming Bath proj ect, so lon g anannual item on agenda, was this year given a higher bUllng.The Headmaster mad e h is report on the .project a part of hisspe ech an d said bulld lng would begin in March " the contractorsbeing Quibell an d Hardy. The Foundation Governors h ave madea grant to allow the work to' be complet ed.

Old Briggenslans may llke to be reminded that the Trusteesof the War Memorial Fund are Col. O. S. Nelthorpe, the Head ­master , A. E. Wright, W. Balns, J. G. T. Eccles and R. Taylor..

NEWS OF OLD BOYSE. Urry, headmaster of Caistor Secondary Modern Sch ool,

h as been appointed h eadmaster of the n ew school to be openedin Redcombe Lane, Brigg, in September.

Maw:.ice Proctor married Miss Margaret Ooulby at St. J ohn'sChurch, Brlgg, on December lOth, 1955. W. T. Good was t hebest man.

R. H. M. Markarian married Miss Eluned Davies at CarrlngtonParish Church.

Mr. and Mrs. H. Betton now have a second son.J . Markham is now a regular pla yer at left-half for Br istol

University hockey team.S. Douce reports that the soccer world at Loughborough is

a closed shop, but he h as managed to get Into the fourth t eam!Phlllp Ladds, who is In the Fleet Air Arm, became Petty

Officer Artificer In December, 1955.Frank Gant, weari ng the uniform of a Chief Officer in th e

Merchant Navy, visited School In the last days of ChristmasTerm. He had recently worked a five-week passage from NewZealand as an A.B. .. A nice, rest ful time-no respon sibility,"After about a month a t home he event ually Joined a ship InHolland in early J anuary as Chfef Officer. He inten ds "to goshores tde " in New Zealand, probably In the bakery business.Impending marriage ? The Staff th ink so.

Frank reports that h is brother Paul is married a nd h as adairy farm near Wellington, though he is a truck driver mostof th e day . A strenuous Ufe!

Addr esses : F. Oant, 82, Tiber St., Island Bay, Wellington, N.Z.P. Oant, Hokio Beach Rd ., Levin, Wellington , N.Z.

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Old Br iggenslan s wh o kn ew .. Lightning " Harrlson at Schoolmay care, to hav e h is address: L. E. Harrtson, Training Dept.,Iraq Petroleu m Co. -Ltd., Kirkut, Iraq .

Reg Gardlner reports from t he " Drawin g Omce " a t Appleby­Frodingham tha t .. we have members who cover a periOd ofat te ndance way back to 1924. Our most recent addition IsKet ter ingham, 1953-56; th en follow : Leo P leronl (1947-53), BillPodmor e (1943-51) , also A. C. Pleron l (1943-50), Geoff Pearson(1939-44) , R. S. Gardlner (1934-39), George Fleldson (1932-37) ,R. (Ray) Scholey (1929-34), L. Neave (1924-29). Ther e have beenothers here, who hav e now left either to go on training coursesor to othe r jobs. These include: Ken Nobbs, BIll Gibson, J ohnGllber t and Davld Levit t . The to tal male staff of th is depart­ment , Inc lUding t he Esti mating Departmen t , is just over 50." OneIs tem pted to ask : .. Is t his a record ? "

T. Pocklingt on left En gland on Feb ru ary l Oth to take up ajob In Toronto as a chemist technician.

J. Bright followed him to Toron to a llttl e later. He has aposition in a bank.

N. Youd was last seen pla yin g hockey for Cranwell College2nd XI at App leby-Frodingham.

T. P. Robinson Is now a cost in g clerk at John Lysaghts , Ltd.Among those present at th e cross-country race were : K.

Foster , B. Marris, K. Stothard, G. McLau chlan and Ben J effrey,wh o br ought the only inj ury back from Wrawby in hi s car.

O. W. Tatam Is a Civil Ser vant working for the All' Minist ryand Is Uvin g In Donca st er .

A. Br atley is a Captain in the Army and Is taking an exte n dedcourse at Manchester.

The hon. secre tary Is In the process or forming a US[ of"news-hounds " who are to be strategically place d wherever OldBrlggenslans be thickest. R. S. Gardlner Hes at hwart the Lincolnroad in the Redbourne an d Hibaldstow distr ict ; O. Fleldson isgoing br oody In Broughton and district : and the ass ist ant hon.secreta ry, Robin Sumpter, is organising something in Scunthorpeand its environs .

J . L. Mor ton, who is a journal ist and Hves at .. Masc ot: 'Keddington ]toad, Louth ( tel. Lou th 220), Is cover ing Orlmsbya nd district , and asks Old Briggensians to get in to uch withhim with their n ews. He wri tes that the main occupation ofthe Old Boys in hi s area seems to be swotti n g ! LesHe (D annyjTriggs Is to ta ke the first professional examination of the LibraryAssociation in Jun e and is now employed at th e Grimsby PublicLibrary. J ohn Potts, studying to be a solicitor , takes h is Int er-

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mediate Law examination In November. He celebrated hiscoming-o f-age in December and several Old Boys were amonghis guests . Mlch ael Grimble Is in his second te rm at Sh eIDeldUniversity, where he Is reading Honours Chemistry. CoHn Woodcompleted a three-year Army en gagement , much of which wasserved In Malaya. He has not starte d working yet! Apparentlyh e h as that unsettled feellng tamntar to ex-Servicemen. Thiswas not the case with Dennls Woolas, of Scunthorpe, for withinthree days of " demob." he had taken a job as radiographer atLouth County Infirmary. He Is to be married In June and willmake h is home at 33, High Holme Road, Louth, whe re h e hastaken a large fiat!

The list of news correspondents is by no means completeand the h on. secretary .would welcome otters to cover any districtnot already mentioned. Any bright Ideas for making these Notesa means of bringing Old Briggenslans closer together ?

The Idea of correspondents is by no means n ew. The non.secret ar y noticed that In the late '20's those lordly beings, thecommittee members, were chosen from certain areas. It wastheir job to collect info rmation and subs. ! Alas, for youthfUlenthusiasm !

R W. Jeftrey fini sh ed his service with the RA.F. as FllghtCommander at RA.~' . Hednesford. He Is now learning the whol e­sale , retall and shipping sides of the groce ry trade with the Grea tGrimsby Coal , Salt and Tanning Co., Ltd. (not " lamming' oreven " lambing" as reported last term. He lives at the CountryClub, Holton-Ie-Clay,

John S. Hunt, writ ing from Montrose, Angus, to Mr. Thum­wood, says: .. I moved up here almost a year ago. My firm«naxos ) wanted assistance In the production of cortisone by themethod it has worked out. I have had three years of researchon our cortiso ne synthesis at Greenford. We are makingcortisone acetate and related compounds from a m-product ofsisal. The sisal Industry Is cen tre d In Kenya an d Tanganyikaand this makes our raw materIal a sterling area commodity andavoids the dollar area. We make corti sone acetate in nin eteenchemical stages. Many of the indiVidual stages are fairly wellpol ished up and give hi gh yields. I miss the stimulus of re searchwork, but so far the problems of getting the yields on plant scaleto as high a peak as possible have no t been completely solvedIn all the stages and hence one is kept active with this aim inmind."

Mlchael Hunt has left his curacy at All Saints', Clevedon ,and Is now priest-in-charge of a Church at Broxtowe, nearNottingham,

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OLYMPIC ATHLETICPROSPECTS

by H. E. D. O'Neill

Part I. - Running Events

IN a Uttle over h alf a year the Games of the Sixteen th ModernOlym piad will be staged In Melbourne, Australi a. This wl1l bethe first time that this quad rennial festiv al has been held in theSouthern Hemisphere. The interest and enthusia sm of athleticsparticipants and followers, also th e television laymen, Ismounting, and the conjectures as to who will be the eventualwin ner of. this or that gold meda l appears to be never-ending.

The two main points at Issue, In Britain at least, are :' Howmany meda ls will we, Br itain, win ? " an d " WllI the Russiansoust t he Americans as the world's most powerful athleticsnation ? " Questions .which cannot be really ans wered, for anyfacts an d figures quoted, In support of, or In opposition to , mustbe of times and distances relating to past performances. Theathletes' potenttals , climatic and political con dtt lons, Inj ur iesand many other fa ctors pertaining to even ts in the f uture couldbe taken into consideration plus eac h individual's win-lo ss recordover a period of years or months. All of this would require muchtime and space to expound and by next November would be, inall probablllty, proved so much wasted effor t.

This ar ti cle wlll mainly t ake Into account known and recen tfacts, r ather than attempt to for ecast h ypothetica! cond itionsan d performances. The first part will be devoted to runningevents and the seco nd part to hurdling and field events, th eSteeplecha se being clas sed as 'a hurdling event.

As statistics based on the per formances achieved dur ing 1955are the most recent, these will be used as a yardstick to measureprospects for 1956. Only the eigh t een standard Olympic eventswill be consid ered.

The main basis for thfs statistical compar ison will be t heWorld's Fifty Best Performers' List , 1955, an d a few 1956performances.

An event by event survey, commencing with the shorterevents wll1 probably sh ed some light on Britain 's prospects andt he relative meri ts of the U.S.A. and U.S.S.R,

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The short spr in ts will h ave very Ilttle interest for Bri taina nd will mainly be an American conc ern, with Futterer ofGerm any, Agostini (Trin idad) :p>d Hogan (Australia>. runningvery close, although Russlans may be not far behind.

Th e onl y Britisher ranked in these events in 1955 was MichaelRu ddy with 21.3 secs. for 20Q metres ; this placed h im twenty­fifth. Fourteen Americans and five Russians ran faster . ~ Morrow

(U.S.A.), with a t ime of 20.5 secs., and Futterer with 20.6 secs..must be the favourites for thj.s event.

In the 100 metres eigh ty forelm athletes ran faster thanEric Sandstrom's Brtttsh best for 1 ~j;5 of 10.7. WUlIams, Richard,Smith (all U.S.A.l , Futter er and "'go stlni, an returned 10.3 secs.,wh ilst Colllday m .S.A.l ran 100 yards in 9.3 secs., which Is worthro ughly 10.2 secs. for 100 metres,

In the 400 metres. Michael Wh eeler , who In 1955 ran a time01 47.4 for eigh teenth place Oil the World list is our 'only hope.but unless he improves gre atly this time will not qualify for thesemi-fin als. Two Americans, Jones (45.4) and Lea (45.6) , brokeRhoden 's world record, wlJ.llst seven other of their countrymenran inside 47 secs. Iguatjev, an asiatic Russian, and unbeatenduring 1955, equalled Ifarblg's EUropean record of 46.0 secs., andtwo ot her EUropeans, Hellsten (FInland) and Haas (Germany),plus Gosper of Australia , have also done better than 47.0 secs.which must be considered a minimum time for reaching theOlympic final.

A fir st glance at the 800 metres would Indicate that Br lanHewson 0-47.8) and Derek J ohnson 0-48.0) , who both eclipsedWooderson's former world record, would stand a chance, par­tlcull'rly i s Hewson had covered the distance in less than 1-49 .0on eight occasions and J ohnson on three, n ot counting hi s 1-47.4In 1954. The existing Olympic record Is 1-49.2 secs. Th e 1955lis t soon dispel. any illusions, Boysen , of Norway, and Molns , ofBelgium, with times of 1 -45.~ and 1- 45.7, elfectlvely brokeHarblg's 1939 world recor d, whllst seven other athletes, six ofthem American , ran faste r than the British duo.

Hewson . along with Chris Chataway an d Ken Wood, againfigures in specula tion, this time in the 1,500 metres, the " metricmll e."

Early in 1955, Hewson and Cha taway both ran th e mUe in3-59.8. to be beaten by Tabori of Hungary. who recorded 3-59.0.

Hewson's t ime at 1,500 metres was 3- 43.2 t o Chataway's 3-43.6.Wood ran the distance In 3- 44.0 a month later and Bri t ish h opeswere high, but along came three Hungarians, Iharos, Rozsavolgyland Tabori with the faster times of 3-40.8, 3-41.2 and 3.40.8respectively. Nielsen of Denmark equalled the 3-40.8 worldrecord and Herrmann of Eastern German y also entered the

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picture with a fast 3-42.6. Early this year John Landy ofAustralia. the world mlle record holder at 3-58.0, returned tocompetition with a mlle In 3-58.6 and a 1,500 metres time 013-43.2. Chataway, Hewson and Wood h ave ranked In the firstte n for the mile and 1,500 metres but th is Is st1ll a long h opfrom a gold medal agains t such .. hot .. opposition.

Since the decline of .. Old Man Za topek ," many young menh ave been staking their cla ims to his 5,000 metres title. LastAugust, Chrls Chataway startle d the sporting world by con ­Sidera bly reducing tile wor ld three-mile record to 13-23.2, bu tless than three months later Iharos 01 Hun gar y reduced thisby a lu rther nin e seconds ! His time for the lull 5,000 metresdistance was 13-40.6. Chataway's time for this dist ance wasan estimated 13-49.0. Meanwhile, Vladlmlr Ku z 01 Russia hadcovered t he distance In 13-53.2 and lour othe r athletes had runfaster than fourteen minutes, three of th em Hungarians. Pirie,Britain's so-called .. Sportsman of the Year," had a best time01 14-03.8.

Chataway's chances of at least a sUver medal , televi siondu ties allowing, appear bright. It Is of Interest to no te thanuntil 1954 only Gunder Hag g of Sweden had ever run 5,000 metresIn less t h an lourteen minutes.

The last event to be cons idered In this section Is the 10,000metres.

Britain's bes t In 1955 were Gordon Plr le (29- 19.0) an d KenNorrts (29-21.4) both 01 wh om had beaten Zatopek, but lostbadly to Ku z In Moscow. Ku z had a season's best 01 28-59.2,the onl y man apart from Zato pek ever to run und er twent y-ninemin utes. Kovacs 01 Hungary with 29-02.8 a nd Anufrlj er andCherujavslslj (both of Russia ) with 29-10.6 and 29-14.6 res­pectively, all ran faster than Pirie and Norris. Zatopek's bestfor 1955 was 29.25.6, n early half a -mlnut e slower than his 1954world record. On this form P1rle and Norrls sh ould be In thefirst six, but mu st ru n much faster to reach the" gold standard."One other prospect since th e turn of th e year is David Steph ensof Australia, who on January 26th, in Melbourne, covered sixmiles in a fant as tic 27-54.0. This was 5.2 secs. fas ter thanZatopek's 1954 record and gives a metric equiva lent of 28-54.0an d seems to indi cate that at leas t a member of the B r l t tshCommonwealt h , If not of Britain , may stand on the winner 'sstep of the Olym pic rostrum.

The only Americ an prosp ect for distances of 1,500 metresand upwards was Santee and he has been bann ed for lif e forprofessionalism. (To be continued next tssue.)

(( Perfecting is our destiny , but perfection is never our lot ..

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REFLECTIONS ON RELIGION

AND THE PROGRESS

OF SCIENCEby ] . D. Cuthbert ,

HERE In our hom e county, Lin coln shire, fa r from the research

labo ratori es and testing grou nds of nuclear phy sicist s, most of

us are content to permit science to reveal the secrets of nature

,with scarcely a single comment. I am sure, however, that if we

kn ew rather more of t he experiments being performed at the

present time and their stgnificance, we sho uld view the futu re

with slight apprehension. We are, of course, presented with

obvious physical menaces such as germ and nuclear warfare, but

these can be comba ted successfully by man's own ingenuity. On

the othe r hand, certain scientific evidence which h as recen tly

been obtaine d threatens, by its mere truth, to un dermine the

whole structure of our li ves. In particular I wish t o consider the

impact of science upon our spiritual lives.

The basis of the spir itual life of most people is fou nd ed upon

some kind of religion . The exte nt to which th e advocated moral

code is adhered depends upon the individual concerned. an d

alt hough very few abide by it r igidly, for the majority the code

is nevertheless t he st andard upon which opinions are form ed

and decisions mad e. The spir itual code is unambiguously set out

in various ways according to the religion . The Bible is , of

course, the refer ence book for all Christi ans and has not been

seriously questioned sinc e it s or igin n early two th ousand years

ago. . A st age h as now arisen, however , through n o fault of t he

scientist, In wh ich the Ch urch 's te achings are In direct confl1ct

with t hose of science: we have, in fact, a position in whi ch

scientific evidence Is opposing theological myth. In the llght

of these mod ern discoveri es, doubt Is cast upon t he general

authori ty of the Bible a nd ma n is instinctively reviewing what

would ap pear to be th e faulty premises of his spir itual lif e.

Modern science does not in anv way claim t o oppose the

philosoph y of the Bible an d Its ethics remain un sca thed. The

facts of the origin of man and th e earth a re , however , In dispute ;

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the Creation as related by the Bible Is dir ectly at variance withmodern cosmogenetlc principle s, and the recen t synthesis of thevirus, coupled with the Darw inian Th eory of Evolution, Indicatesthat life Is not a divine gift. The new Ideas do not. of course,invalidate the necessity of a supreme God, but have neverthelesscaused various members of the clergy to call for a limitation toscient tnc research because of the oon1llct appearing betweenscience and Biblical doctrines. Man r ealises thougb, that withouta IIrm religious fai th of some kind he wm have lost a comple­mentary par t of himself . Everybody requires religion some timean d life without Its assura nces would be meaningless. Death.for example, WIthout the promise of ete rnal lite thereafter. woUldpr eliCnt Itse lf as the advent of a perpetual void and we shoUldfeel that In our ephe mer al ltves a virtuous living would have noreward and all spir itual proll1'.... woUld end Ultimately Infrustration .

Wha t . then , Is the solution ? Call science be forbidden toprogre•• ? Thla Is unlikely, and we are beset with the followingdUemm a: humanity must either prepare for Itself another typeof religion more In harmony with experiment or appreciate thepresent religion In spite of the asser ttons of science. The latter,I am sure , is the better course to take and can be entirelysatisfactory It r eceived with a correctly conditioned mind . ForIn the ftnal analysis we have never claim ed our Christi anreligion to be a priori correct; other religions, such as Muslem.J\I!lalsm anll SUddhlsm, have nourished quite as fully and foras long beside that of our own In spite of fundamental dift erencesIn doctrine.

Paradoxical though It may at nrst appear, science Is al sodoin g much In favour of furthering Biblical teaching. The morescience reveals the enigmas of nature, In fact , the more thescien tis t at least has faith In the Idea of a Supreme Being anda future life : for t.he beau ty of the unity of all n atural phenomenamust In Itsel! be evidence of a pro vidential Deity.

n Plaster lAick-Jonle will stick ..

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FOWL PLAYby A . J. Tracey

ERASMUS Sldebot tom, a shor t , stocky man with a cheese-likefac e, was not a mean fellow, but lately he hlid become Irritable.Bom~ne had been taking :eggs from his hen-house. It was3 a.m. When a nlght-shlrted Er....mus began rushing round thebedroom shrieking .. Eureka ! " The following af ternoon he wasvery busy putting what he had Eureu'd Into Pl'actlce. GeorgeJugg, the Village Postman, happened to be passing by as he com­pleted hts t U k.

.. Geor ge! Come 'ere. Olve a little somethtn' to show'ee ! "

Qeorge, .. tall ascetic-looking indiVidual, cam e cautiouslydoWn tile garden path.

.. Now, George lad, what do 'ee make of tltls ? " He pointedproudly to the rear end of the hen hut.

.. O·OoodneSl>-what 'appened, 'rasmus z "

.. 'Appened ! Why man olve set a trap for the thlevln ' 'oundwho's been at my- eggs! "

oeorge blinked and stared, his mouth open. Th e end of theh ut had a large hole In It through which protruded a. long pleceof tin sneetln ll . A dustbln, plied high with bot tles and cans iWasbalanced precarfous!y on a pyramid of bricks. Several planksand a tennis racket bridged the gap between the hole and thedustbin. Und erneath the planks was an old bedstead and round,under the over everything was rope , rope and mor e rope. It wasIndee d a spectacle. .

George, not qUick-witted at the best of times, gazed fromthe 'trap ' to ErasIOIl8 and from Erasmus to the ' trap' again.He blinked, scratched his head and, very slowly, said .. Urn."

.. Urn ? Can 't you say anyth-why man It can't fall-yousee th e rope ? IJ

., Yes ," said Qeorge. .. I can see the rope."

.. Well, he'll trip on tha t as he 's going for the eggs and thetrap will do the rest! ..

.. But," George scratched his head, .. But won't 'e notice allthis 'ere?"

.. No, it'll be dark! "

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" Oh," nodd ed George wisely, .. An', an' what 'appens when'e trips? "

.. Ah ! that's where the 'ale comes in ! "

" 'Ole ? What 'ale ? ..

Erasm us pointed patiently to the gap in the wall andwhispered: " Oive taken out the 1I00r of the hut ; ther e's an 'olein the re fif teen feet deep-, dug it myself ; wh en h e fa lls intoth at he'll never get out an' there'Il be such a, clatterin' an' abangtn ' what with the dustbin an' all I'll be on to 'im afore h Qcan move."

Geor ge peered in to t he gap in the side of the h ut. " Ar ! " heshouted," " That be a fine 'ale, 'r asm us." The plank George wasgrasping SUddenly began to slip and so did George. Everythinghappened at once, in an entanglemen t of rope and timber , Geor geand the V11lage Postbag disappeared through the yawning ga pInto the hen-hut . The dustbin clattered a fter him, bottles lIewin all directions. Whil e hens squawked and cackled alarmingly,planks and tins crashed together in a discordan t crescen doculminat in g in a high-pitched scream of woe from Erasmus, WhO

was now dancing wlidly about lik e a Red Indian with his.moccasins on fire.

It en ded as SUddenl y as it had .begun . Dust and feathersset t led an d t he dustbin lid rattled to a st andstlll. Low moaningnoises were coming from the depths of the hen hut.

.. And what's all this 'ere? What's been a gain' on loike ? "The corpulen t form of tile Vtllage Consta ble was no w gracingth e scene. " Wh at 's In there ? " He point ed in the direction ofthe moaning.

" The Postman," was the weary reply.

" Now the n, don't you hlnsult the law or

" It's o eorae, disappeared through the 'ale Quicker tha n ascalded partridge, slipped 'e did , llke lightnin' it was."

A cr owd h ad n ow gath ered and, when Erasmus h ad at lastfin ish ed explaining away the fears of a. Russian inv asion, some­on e suggest ed r escuing George. The result of :what the constabledescribed as " a hunfortunate hincid ent " was tha t the day'Small was a lit t ie ia te an d somewhat solled, th e hens were fa r toonervous to lay agai n for months and the " thi evin' 'oun d," nodoubt valuing his life, never troubled Erasmu s again.

" To mucb rest is rust"

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THE LIT7 LE CHAPELGUERNSEY

by R . L. Tallock

OF

THE designer and builder of the Lit tl e Ch apel was F'rere Deodat ,a French monk living from 1878-1951.

Frere Deodat, started building a grotto which was a replicaof the Grotto at Lour des, In 1914. A statue of the Vir gin Marywa s given to h im as a present. La ter In 1914 h e h ad to go toFrance to fight for his country, but befor e h e went a bishopblessed the grotto . When he arrived at , France h e found h isservices were not required. so h e return ed to Guernsey to startbuilding a small Chapel. He found that there wa s always agreat lack of mate rials an d he could oft en be found hunting forold bricks and ceme nt fro m kind builders . He work ed so hardthat withi n a month h e had complet ed the she ll of the Chapel.It was then h e reali sed his mistake ; the building was fa r toosmall, bein g only n ine by six feet.

Then , inspired by a bishop, h e pulled down both grot to andChapel. This t ime h e planned both carefully beforehand. Thegro tto was constructed from clinker, the n the large Chap el wasconst ructed ; It took two years to bu ild.

When t he actual shell had been made Frere Deodat did notknow how it could be adorned, unt il h e had an inspiration andstarted collecting small bits of br oken chin a and glass.

Then one day a newspaper reporter saw the Little Chapela nd wrote about it in h is newspaper. Next day people st artedfiowln g into Les Vauxbelettes, where the Chapel was, In theirhundreds. Lat er he began receiving parcels cont aining bits ofbroken glass and china an d the Chapel was SOOn completed.

To th e west of the Ch apel h e began to build a castl e as amuseum ; It Is st ill bein g finished although Frere Deodat Is dead.

H When y ou have nothing to say , say it"

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SOCCER ODDITIESby A . Pouiell

DID you know that Hans J eppson , the Swedish footballer whoplayed for Charlton , failed to score in any game during November,1952, so h is ad mirer s stole hi s car to mak e him find h is shootingboots again ? In the nex t month he scored 3 goals. The thievesret urned the ear minus its radio. That, they sa id, would bereturned if he kept on scoring.

* * * *Did you know t hat during an F.A. Amateur Cup-tie, the ball,centred by J . Bird, of Old Latymerians, hi t the crossbar andst uck th ere? The bar h ad just been painted.

* * * *Did you know that during an average match it h as beencalculated that a centre-half covers 3,120 yards, an instde-rorward2,810 yards, th e centre- forward 2,810 yards. In a really hard­fough t, en d-to-end game these distances rise t o 3,980 yards, 6,050yards a nd 3,780 yards respecti vely - 2i miles, 3i miles and 2imiles.

* * * *Did you kn ow that for " not trying " in a game played InOctober, 1952, the Lucchese foot ball tea m, in It aly, was orderedto subtract £ 12 from each player 's wages.

* * * *Old you know that in April, 1952, a Danish t ea m beat avisiting club 40-0 ? Even t h e goalkeeper scored.* * * *Did you know that a Burmese footballer kl~ked a ball 166 leet6 in ch es in his bare feet ?

* * * *Old you know th at in 1894 and 1895 th e en ti re England sideaga inst Wales was chosen from one club, the famous amateurs,Corinthlans ?

* * * *Did you know that two Army players were klll ed by ltghtntngduring the Arm y Cup Final replay at Aldershot In 1948 ?

« A great man is one who affects the mind of his generation ..

Caldicotts . .Prin te rs. Bri gg and Ge tnsborcugn .

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