THE SCHOOL TIE

ASHFORD SCHOOL, KENT

VOL. LXI 1974(MARCH TO SEPTEMBER)

No. 2

Miss Harland(By courtesy of The Ashford Advertiser)

THE SCHOOL TIEVol. LXI No. 2 MARCH TO SEPTEMBER 1974

Esse quam videri. Ut prosim.Build it well, whate'er you do.Build it strong, and straight and true;Build it high, and clear and broad,Build it for the eye of God.

MAGAZINE COMMITTEEEditor: Miss Baker

Sub-Editors:M. Crawford and J. Olsen 1973-1974P. Fox and A. Tunbridge 1974-1975

Committee MembersJ. Kenney G. Rowe N. BakerC. Cockfield J. Dods K. DaviesS. Nunn A. Bond C. DixonA. Dowler R. Fagg C. SquiresH. Friday S. Elton S. WillcoxJ. Tanner K. Brown S. TriffettG. Allan C. Longley S. McLennan

S. Alliott

LETTER FROM MISS THOMPSONAshford School,

KentSeptember 1974

Dear Readers of The School Tie,At the end of each Summer Term there are inevitable goodbyes, and this year it

was particularly sad to say goodbye to Miss Harland who has retired after almostforty years of devoted service to the school. Elsewhere in The School Tie, otherpeople's tributes are paid to Miss Harland, and memories of her years at Asbfordare recorded, so I want to offer mine here. During the past two years I have workedin close contact with her, and I have come to realise how much the prosperity of theschool today owes to her planning and management of its affairs. Her great love forthe School is apparent to all who meet her; her first concern has always been forits well-being, and she has given generously of her time and energy to serve itsinterests. I am deeply indebted to her for all the help that she has given me, and Iwish her many happy years of retirement, following all those leisure pursuits forwhich she could never find time in her full and busy life as Bursar of Ashford School.

The new Boarding House was completed during the Easter holidays and itsluxurious accommodation is enjoyed not only by the members of Alfred House, forin addition to the dormitories there are comfortable Common Rooms for generaluse, and a new classroom for the Preparatory Department. The Sixth Forms arevery proud of their private wing, with its study bedrooms, kitchens and washrooms.

Refuge has now become a Sixth Form House for members of Brooke Place and

Nightingale House, so that all of our Sixth Form now have pleasant rooms wherethey can work undisturbed. Perhaps this is why the Advanced Level results wereexceptionally good this year. Thirty-three of the girls who left school in July areabout to start at Universities and the breadth of their interests is shown in their choiceof twenty-three different courses. The excellent Ordinary Level results delightedeveryone and brought welcome relief to the Fifth Forms. Most of these girls havereturned to school, and I know these good results will give them confidence to makea success of their Sixth Form courses.

Yours sincerely,S. M. Thompson

LETTER FROM MISS HARLAND4 Stisted Way,

Egerton, Ashford, Kent.Telephone: Egerton 368

Dear Readers of The School Tie,The Editors have kindly said that I may have some space in this edition to

write to you all.To any Ashfordian, Barnardo's Day — or Founders' Day as it now is — has a

special place in their affection as a traditional day for reunions, and Founders' Day,1974, was a wonderful day for me. I was asked to help in choosing Music andHymns and this included the "Trumpet Voluntary" which I always associate withCountess Wear Church and that glorious view across to the Moors as we came outof the services there. Then I was not allowed to do any work and so, for the firsttime for many years, I was able to meet so many of you and to see most of theconcerts and displays before going to our annual O.G.A. Reunion. Some of youwill have been there but others of you, who shared in the present, will not have seenthe most useful bedside table which you gave me — most mornings it has mybreakfast tray on it and every night my transistor and books, before it glides away onits casters as I push it aside when I drop off to sleep. Then I went to the Rose Gardenwhere Lady Prudence Loudon presented me with the typewriter I am using now, andan envelope which proved to contain a cheque for £500. My thanks to you all forsuch a generous gift that was accompanied by a charming booklet, with wild rosesand our crest on the outside, and a list of friends who had shared — Members ofCouncil; Ashfordians of all generations and their parents; Staff, past and present;and other friends. I am going to enjoy planning my holiday of a lifetime nextyear, it really is wonderful to feel this is possible and that now it is my turn afterseeing so many off on their travels. In thanking you for this I remember, too, withgratitude, much kindness and affection through the years on ordinary days as well asthe red-letter days.

The last days of the Summer Term saw a round of parties for me when I waspresented with:

A star-shaped gold brooch with my birth stone, amethysts, from the SchoolCouncil;

A pair of binoculars from all the Staff;A garden sunshade and a camping Gaz stove from the Girls;A posy from each member of the Preparatory Department and a scrap book;An electric food mixer from the Ladies and the Indoor and Outdoor male workers;An omelette pan from the Cooks;A pair of garden shears from the Office Staff;A garden token from the Music Department.

To all of you I was able to say thank you but I can now add how much I amenjoying using them. I have, too, such happy memories of all my parties and thankyou who made these possible.

As many of you know I am continuing to live in the area and shall be delightedto see you here and to keep in touch with you all.

Yours sincerely,Joan Harland

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MR. J. W. KENNARDThe school has lost a good friend by the death in the spring of Mr. J. W. Kennard,

before his retirement for many years, Clerk to the Governors. Here in The School Tiewe recall particularly his continued interest and generosity in giving the annualKennard Prizes for the best prose and verse articles in the magazine. The winnersof these have, through the years, had good cause to appreciate not only his generositybut also the interest he took in these awards; he always acknowledged individuallythe recipients' letters of thanks to him.

That he arranged for these prizes to continue after his death is a final indication ofhis practical kindness and interest in the School.

FROM MISS HARLANDIn my office you might have noticed a photograph of Miss Brake on "helicopter"

day with two gentlemen — Mr. A. J. Burrows and Mr. J. W. Kennard — two veryprominent Ashford citizens in their day and both good friends to the School.

This Spring we heard of Mr. Kennard's death. For any of us long concerned withthe growth and development of the School this was a sad loss for Mr. Kennard hadserved us long and well as Clerk, guiding us through the important transition froma Limited Company to an Educational Charity and advising us and helping usthrough all the legal problems of our evacuation to Devon in 1940 and our return toAshford in 1945. Although his own sphere of work widened considerably hecontinued as our Clerk until 1957(7), always taking a keen interest in the School, andas I well know, a source of strength to us over many problems. After relinquishingthe office of Clerk he became a Member of our School Council until ill health madehim feel that he should reduce his appointments and, sadly, he had to resign fromour Council.

His connection with the School extended over a far longer period. He often retoldthe story himself of how, as a young man, he had to make his own way in the worldand had to leave school too early to take any examinations. He joined the firm ofHallett and Co. — where he rose to be Senior Partner and then Consultant — butneeded qualifications in school examinations before he could proceed with his legaltraining. Miss Brake and Mrs. Edwards allowed him to sit for these at the SchoolCentre and this was something he always remembered with gratitude for, from thestart, he passed examinations with much success, gaining an Open Prize, money to bespent on books, an item which, at that stage, was a luxury. He gained muchpleasure from being able to endow a prize to be spent on books and right up to thelast time I saw him this year had the welfare of the school very much at heart and,as a School, we have indeed been fortunate to have made such a good friend inthose early day s of his life.

EDITORIALOurs is a time of uncertainty, of fears and gloomy prognostications. But we are

not experiencing a new phenomenon, for throughput the ages man has found solace,and a morbid delight in prophesying the end of his own existence, moved by a basicinability to find meaning in life as he knows it, or alternatively, from rank sensation-alism. Everybody gets a shot at this game of chance, where no one wins until it is toolate to collect the prizes ...

The followers of Nostradamus cheerfully tick off their lists of vague interpreta-tions, and everyone takes a new look at the Book of Revelation, shaking heads ingleeful despair . . . The end of the world is nigh . . . sandwich board men wander upand down the crowded streets, while Shakespeare reflects the Elizabethan tendencyto blame it on the stars. "These late eclipses of the sun and moon portend no goodto us"; is Gloucester's explanation of the changes he sees approaching at the court ofKing Lear. And although it is unlikely that your horoscope in tomorrow's paper willread "The music of the spheres is a bit off key today, so take care!" it seems that westill like to know what the stars foretell — even when reason tells us that it is alldeliberately ambiguous and groundless.

But perhaps we are inclined to be too cynical about this desire to see into thefuture. Roger McGough attempts to warn us:

"C.N.D. supportersTheir Ban the Bomb mottos beginning to rustHave scrawled 'I told you so' in the dust."

All this has one thing in common: the End of things — chaos — finish. In ourgrandparents' time W.B. Yeats was echoing Gloucester's sentiments:

"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,The blood-dimmed tide is loosed

and everywhereThe best lack all conviction, while the worstAre full of passionate intensity."

Like Yeats, we must hope for a Second Coming, we must look for the revelationwhich may be at hand. We can only wait for a new Phoenix to rise from the dust,and bear in mind the axiom: "He soars not high who fears to fall."

M. Crawford and J. Olsen

GIFTS TO THE SCHOOLWe should like to take the opportunity to make public our thanks for the following

gifts to the School:Dr. and Mrs. Lown: Swimming Cup for the Preparatory Department.Mrs. M. Henrey: her latest book for the Library.Mr. and Mrs. Clow and Dorothy: a cup for Drama.Rosemary Gann: money for the Needlework Department.Hazel Kennedy: three Chess sets.Mrs. Westbrook and Linda: Books for the Drama Department.The Rowe Family: money for flower containers.The Reddick Family: money to be spent partly on the Chemistry Department.Miss Harland and Miss Neal: Prizes for the Chess Tournament.Joyce Edginton: An organ scholarship.Nicola Maybury, Elizabeth Ann Manwaring and Tina Pearson: Red Shirts for the

Games teams.

SCHOOL DIARYSpring Term 1974 (continued)March 1.—The School Dance — An evening much enjoyed by all who went. Many

thanks to Sarah Coulton who arranged the occasion and also to thosegirls who made the delicious Peppermint creams.

March 2.—The 1st XI and the under 15 Hockey teams took part in the East KentHockey tournament at Folkestone. The under 15 Team were victoriousin all their matches and came away with the cup for their section. The1st XI Team came second in their section.

„ 4.—Simon Langton Girls' School was host for this term's 6th FormConference. The subject for the debate was Women's Changing Role inSociety.

„ 5.—There was a choice of entertainment at 4.00 p.m. today, with a juniordebate on School Discipline and two Senior House Hockey matches.

„ 6.—Tension mounted in the 6th Form Drama group, with the visit of the'O' Level examiner.

„ 7.—At last the 'O' and 'A' Level results have arrived and most people arewell satisfied.

8.—Mr. Patrick Millard kindly came to judge our Art Competition. Thestandard of entries was very high and Pilgrims had a narrow win.

„ 9.—Today was a very busy day with two major events. Bishop Tiarks ofMaidstone confirmed over 50 girls at a special service. The Badmintonteams took part in a Kent Inter-Schools Tournament, with the under16's winning their section and the Under 18's runners-up in theirs. Thefilm was The Winslow Boy.

„ 10.—There was a Special School Service conducted by Mr. Rosscamp in thehall this evening, which was attended instead of morning church.

„ 11.—The last Music Society Concert took the form of a Victorian Evening,given by the Sarum Consort at the Norton Knatchbull School. It wasenjoyed by all.

„ 12.—Today Miss Thompson announced that in future the second forms couldcross East Hill unaccompanied. The staff netball match was a greatsuccess and enjoyed by all. Nine staff pitted their skills against sevengirls and at half-time the score was 10-2; however, by the end of thematch the score had evened out into a draw of 6-6.

„ 13.—A debate took place between Ashford and the Boys' Grammar Schoolover the Balloon Question, a discussion to select the people to be savedin a balloon, should the world come to an end. Among those destinedto be saved were Mary Whitehouse, Stalin and Lord Longford.The winner of the Nancy Clark Scholarship was Michelle Perry.

„ 14.—The St. John Ambulance Brigade Certificates for the Duke of Edinburgh'sAward Scheme arrived today for eight girls.The Under 14 Hockey Match has been cancelled because of an unfor-tunate outbreak of 48 hour Flu.

„ 15.—Dr. Tubbs was in school today.The Under 15 Hockey match against Southlands Secondary School onSaturday has also been cancelled, because of the poor state of the pitchafter the heavy rains we have been having recently. Badminton isfortunately not affected by the weather. Ashford girls will be representingKent at Basingstoke on Saturday, while Jane Spencer is on the EnglandTeam to play Canada and Scotland and Sweden.Some VI Form girls attended a Poetry Lecture given by George Macbethat Associate House.

„ 16.—The Film Pride and Prejudice was excellent.There was a verse speaking competition organised by the Teachers'Organization for Speech and Drama, in which the School did very well,walking off with all four first prizes, one second prize and three thirdprizes. In a Craft Competition organised by the Rotary Club, the Schoolagain did well with First, Second and Third Prizes in the dress-makingsection and First and Second in the Soft Toy Section. Badminton atMaidstone was also very successful, all contestants reaching the Finals.The weather lived up to these successes with a really warm day.

„ 17.—Today was not really so special as yesterday, although there was a verygood lecture (Wild Life), while the Juniors enjoyed a dancing competitionarranged in the Gym.

March 18.—Music Exams begin in the hall, continuing untiltomorrow.

„ 19.—Mrs. Carr took her 5th Form English Divisionto Canterbury to see Zefferelli's Romeo andJuliet, as a reward for their splendid 'O' Levelresults. The first VII were narrowly defeated byKent University.Some 6th Form went to a B.A.Y.S. Lecture onOil, Wildlife and Ecology in Alaska.

March 20.—Mr. Richard Blore gave a lecture on Make Up to the 6th Form dramagroup. An Old Woman in school uniform was of interest to all.

„ 21.—The lunch break was slightly extended for the house netball finals.Pilgrims won the Junior Cup and Somerville the Senior.

„ 22.—The School Orchestra, Choirs and Preparatory School produced theirSpring Concert for the School.

„ 23.—The Spring Concert was presented to the public.

24.—A Middle School drama group, under Mrs. Pentney, acted their EasterPlay for the school.

25.—Advantage was taken of the fine weather and the House HockeyTournament started.

26.-The finals of the Junior House Hockey betweenPilgrims and Nightingale were played in the lunch hourtoday. After a very close match in which no goalswere scored, Pilgrims were victorious on points. Thesemi-finals of the Senior House Hockey were alsoplayed between Alfred and Cranmer, Somerville andNightingale this evening. Alfred won their match1-0 and Somerville won theirs on points.

27.—The finals of the Senior House Hockey were playedbetween Alfred and Somerville in the lunch hour today. Somerville wontheir match 1-0 after a good close game.There was a showing this evening of the film Where Eagles Dare, fromthe book by Alastair Maclean, much enjoyed by all.

28.—There was the usual end-of-term frantic tidying today and the customaryChaucer House Meetings. In afternoon assembly a most enjoyableperformance of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat wasgiven by members of the 6th Form, before the final dismissal.

Summer Term 1974April 25.—For abroads it was a fairly cold day to return to

School. The members of Alfred House, however,must have had their cockles of their hearts warmedby settling into their new house.

„ 26.—Daygirls returned.„ 27.—The film Pollyanna, although appreciated generally

for its liveliness, appealed most to the youngeimembers of the School.

„ 30.—'O' Level Spoken English exams began today, andcontinued through Wednesday and Thursday.

May 1.—L VI G visited Godmersham Pumping Station.„ 3.—German 'O' Level Oral took place in the morning.

The highlight of the day was the opening of thenew Alfred House by Lady Prudence Loudon.Unfortunately the weather wasn't kind, so theopening ceremonies took place in the hall.

„ 4.—The first match of the term, against ClarendonHouse, resulted in victory, 7-2 and 9-0.Cranmer Carousel made £33 towards Founders'Day funds.

6.—'A' Level French Oral and 'O' Level D.S. Planningmade us realise that the examination season iswell upon us.

„ 7.—Mr. Headley came to Assembly and talked about Mr. Kennard whodied recently. He had always been a good friend to the School and he isremembered in his annual prizes for Prose and Verse in The School Tie.

„ 8.—The Oxbridge class went to the Houses of Parliament and heard debateson agriculture. They enjoyed the day very much.

„ 9.— Grapevine arranged morning prayers, developing the theme: Jesus isAlive Today.A lovely smell lingered very invitingly round the D.S. Lab. during the'O' Level D.S. practical exams.

„ 11.—Kent Festival Drama section in Canterbury — our candidates did verywell.Over 1,000 miles was walked for Spastics in a sponsored walk inBrabourne Park. The record was held by Anne Tunbridge who walked24 miles, and we raised over £300. Miss Perry gains our admiration andgratitude for all she does to organise and encourage such activitiesas this.A guide meeting was held in the hall.Mrs. Wilson had a baby boy.

„ 13.—Second and Third Formers' Parents were welcomed to Parents' Evening.„ 15.— Dress rehearsal for 'O' Level Drama candidates.

L. VI G visited the sewage works.„ 16.—'O' Level History candidates assisted the University by pre-testing

Multiple Choice questions, and were probably disturbed by the frequenttesting of the new automatic bells.L. VI Biology students went to Hothfield Common.The climax of the day came at about 7.15 p.m. when the old mill went upin sky-scorching flames. Brake and Northside were evacuated, as aprecaution — Northside's population of Teddy Bears following theirowners up the hill in the arms of the deputy headmistresses. The towerremains, but most of the rest of the building was gutted.The tennis team won their matches against Highworth School.

17.— A meeting of the School Council took place.Bell testing continued, and swimming began for the year.The 'O' Level Drama group performed its play on a theme fromTolkein's Lord of the Rings for the examiner, watched by an audiencedrawn from many parts of the school.

May 18.—Free shopping in the morning; sports in the afternoon and a Knock-out Fencing competition in which the School did quite well. At the KentFestival we also acquitted ourselves well, and we won our match againstDane Court.

„ 19.—Beautiful weather.„ 20.—Summer uniform for everyone.

The Fire Officer visited the School to check its fire precautions.„ 21.—Automatic bells are now in working order, and Lower Sixth relinquished

their traditional task without regret.Some members of U VI sat their Special 'A' Level papers.

„ 23.—Many members of the School attended Service for Ascension Day, in theParish church before breakfast.

„ 24.—We broke for half-term at midday on a beautiful day.„ 28.—Boarders returned; Somerville entertained them and their parents at

their coffee evening in Old Alfred Dining Room.„ 30.—Someryille House, in Assembly, gave us an introduction to the new

Archbishop of Canterbury.June 1.—Ashford won a swimming gala, defeating

Cobham Hall and Benenden.Brooke Place sports and sideshows wereenjoyed by all and raised a good sumfor Founders' Day Funds.

„ 2.—Tables and chairs were arranged in the^hall ready for the Public Examinations.

3.-All of the School, except the 'O' and 'A'Level candidates, were packed close in\\ \\ /the gym for Assembly. \^ N\

„ 4.—School examinations also started. ^s„ 5.—The School Bursars' Conference was

held here to do honour to Miss Harlandin her retirement year.

„ 11.—Form One spent the day in Canterbury.Junior Rounders matches.

„ 12.—Junior Tennis matches.„ 13.—Cranmer House Assembly used the theme Crime and Punishment,„ 14.—Open Day in the Preparatory Department.„ 15.—Successful Tennis and Rounders matches against Dane Court.„ 17.—Swimming exams began.„ 18.—Second formers continue to practise enthusiastically for Friday, going

off to Canterbury this afternoon for a rehersal in the Cathedral.„ 19.—Music Theory exams.

Preparations for Founders' Day continue: strawberry picking has begunin earnest.

20,-Ballet exams.„ 21.—Youth Day Concert in Canterbury Cathedral; the second form sang

negro spirituals and the DanielJazz, which were much appreciated.'O' and 'A' Level candidates who have completed their papers went offfor their extra weekend. The School is somehow strangely quiet — a veryrare achievement.

June 22.—A morning swimming match, with an excitingand narrow victory.We all had a picnic lunch, and some peoplewent strawberry picking, returning laden withdelicious fruit.

23.—Mrs. Wright invited numbers of us to coffee atthe vicarage.

25.—A party of fourth formers and others were tre-mendously entertained by some jazz musicianswho played Scott Joplin compositions. Manyenthusiasts are rushing at 4 o'clock to thetelevision for the latest Wimbledon events.

27.—Snoopy was the original theme of this morning's Assembly arrangedby 3C; the rest of us were greatly amused by their acting, in costumesome of Schulz's strips — it certainly made us sit up, and think, too!Thunder and lighning competed against our singing as we rehearsed forFounders' Day Service.

„ 29.—Founders' Day.„ 30.—General clearing up, except in the weather.

July 2.—Some Fifth and Sixth forms had an enjoyable day in |London visiting the British Museum.

„ 3.—L. VI Science visited Faversham Brewery.L. VI G went to London with Mrs. Finucane.In the afternoon Form 5 filled in a questionnaire abouttaking 'O' Level examinations for a Bristol UniversityEducation Research Project, and then were joined bysome Sixth Formers to listen to a talk about careerswith special reference to polytechnic courses, given byMr. Bogis of the Oxford Polytechnic.

„ 5.—Swimming Sports. Somerville and Nightingale shared thesenior cup and Alfred won the Junior.Lady Prudence's party at Olantigh, in honour of MissHarland, attended by many friends, including Staff andSchool Prefects, was enjoyed by all. Lady Prudencepresented the School Council's gift to Miss Harland: anamethyst and gold brooch, and we were able to enjoythe lovely grounds of Olantigh on a beautiful July evening — an admir-able setting for so many elegant long dresses that made the pages ofJane Austen come alive.

6.—Alfred held a Coffee Morning which raised a further £9 for Founders'Day Funds.

7.—A fairly peaceful Sunday.8.—Nightingale House honoured Miss Harland in morning assembly and

gave a pleasant and lively account of her membership and HouseCaptaincy of Nightingale House.The finals of the School Tennis Tournament were won by Tina Pearsonand Nicola Maybury (Senior Doubles), and Georgia Paine and JoBailey (Junior Doubles) Tina also won the Senior Singles, and MichelleSanderson won the Junior Singles.The winners of Alfred Literature Quiz were announced: Miss Biddlewon first prize with 87 right, and Susan Hobson and Rebecca Payneshared second prize.

9.—Alfred House continued the account of Miss Harland's connectionswith School, from her time as a girl in Alfred, before her transfer toNightingale through to her time on the Staff, through wartime, andfrom then until now. Then the School presented their farewell gifts — acamping Gaz stove, and a large garden umbrella. Miss Harland talkedof her delight in her times at school, and we applauded and cheered herto show our good wishes to her in her retirement.After school the staff gave her their party, to which they were all gladMiss Webb, together with many other friends, was able to come. Abeautifully iced cake, decorated with a book, that actually opened, wascut, to general applause and a gift of binoculars was duly handed over.Now she'll be able to see exactly what Sussex are doing on the cricketfield. Mr. and Mrs. Keston Hole also presented her with a blue, leather,expanding travelling case, so she is now equipped for all kinds ofleisure activities.L VI Science visited Proprietary Perfumes.

10.—The day culminated in a witty satirical, slapstick U VI form entertain-ment with touches of Monty Python, The Goodies, Top of the Pops, andother less intellectual features of T.V. and Radio, with some reference to

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school activities, and some very impressive mimicry. The energyexpended certainly needed a Mars bar or so to replace it.

July 11.—At Close of School we enjoyed the 2nd Form's singing of The DanielJazz where they roared like lions most ferociously. Then we packed, andmany went home.

„ 12.—Long distance travellers departed leaving the school to the activities ofholidays: maintenance, repair, redecoration and all the thousand andone jobs that need to be done.

ADVANCE DATES1975 Spring TermJan. 9.—Boarders return.

„ 10.—Day Girls return.Feb. 14-17.-Half-term.March 8.—Confirmation Service.

20.-Close of School.„ 21 .—Long, Distance Journeys.

Summer TermApril 17.—Boarders return.

„ 18.—Day girls return.May 23-27.-Half-term.

„ 30 & 31 .—Performances of School Play.June 27.—Founders' Day.July lO.-Close of School.

„ 11.—Long Distance Journeys.

Autumn TermSept. 11 .—Boarders return.

„ 12.—Day Girls return.

MISS HARLANDNo Old Girl can have served Ashford School in more capacities than Joan Harland:

between 1938 (when she joined the Staff as Assistant Secretary) and 1974 which seesher retirement, she has been Headmistress's Secretary, Tutor of Alfred House,School Secretary and Bursar and Deputy Clerk to the School Council. Some of theseoffices she has held simultaneously; with others one has developed into, or mergedwith, another. While at Countess Wear during evacuation years, in addition to hersecretarial duties she somehow found time to help me in running the GuideCompany! When Assistant Secretary, she also helped out in the Maths Departmentand acted temporarily as a Matron.

In all these spheres, Miss Harland's qualities have earned our gratitude,affection and respect. She has been a mine of information; her encyclopaedicmemory has been of invaluable use to many, and probably only when she is notthere to turn to will it be realised to just how many questions she knew the answer.

It has given me much pleasure to collect these tributes to Miss Harland and toarrange them here for The School Tie, in the hope that she, as well as others, willenjoy them. For my own part, I think particularly of her very great love for theSchool, her desire to see its high standards maintained, and her outstandinginterest in each of its individual members. Generations of "abroads" (and their parentsand guardians) know how much care she has given to them — and not only to theirtravel arrangements. To me in my years as Senior Mistress she gave immeasurablehelp, not only on every important occasion, but also in the day to day business ofthe School. How many hours she put into a working week probably only she herselfknew; the total would undoubtedly astonish many.

I could go on, but must keep within the limits of this introduction, leaving it nowto the contributions of others to express our affectionate thanks for the past andour warmest wishes for the future.

Joan Churchill

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FROM OLD GIRLS WHO WERE FELLOW PUPILSWITH MISS HARLAND

From Phyllis Bailey (Mrs. Shattock):I had quite a lot to do with Joan when she was in the Vlth Form and I was in the

Vth (somewhere about 1932 onwards) because at that time Nightingale House wasso short of seniors that they did not have enough "Libs" to supply the requisitenumber of House Prefects, so Joan was asked to transfer from Alfred and I (togetherwith my cousin Joan Nursey, who died at the age of about 31) from Somerville; thethree of us became members of Nightingale at the same time therefore, and I thinkJoan became House Captain the following year. . . . She was always such a livelyand enthusiastic person, and I suppose it was this which led Cherub to choose herto inject some extra "sparkle" into Nightingale's rather flagging spirit just atthat time.

Vera Brown (Mrs Clifford) recalls:(1) We always thought of her as the brainy member of our year, "so good at

Maths", and I always remember a ready smile in which her eyes took the major role.(2) Her delightful welcome (in 1971 as Bursar) when I brought my husband

to see school for the first time the year he was retiring, and still more her generosityin giving time to show us around. I felt on this occasion she had everything onewanted to know at her finger-tips competently and without fuss, and withoutsuch a very loyal and reliable person filling such a vital post, Ashford will find adifficult gap to fill.

Bobbie Sharpe (Mrs. Stoop) sent us two recollections:(1) Shades of Shakespeare! A slim elegant figure in satin knee breeches and

buckled shoes, gently satirical, unschoolgirlishly professional: Nightingale Houseawarded the Drama Cup, thanks to "Malvolip". [about 1930.]

(2) Summer 1952. "Cherub" lunching with us in Dordrecht, Netherlands, anddemanding why none of our four daughters was scheduled for A.H.S. To our delightCora immediately accepted for coming September. Reaction of school bursar to mynaively enthusiastic letter communicating the good news (?): All right for you to bepleased, but what am I supposed to do with the next one on the waiting list — killher off?

From Enid Lay (Mrs. Clow) now Chairman of the Old Girls' Association:I first met Joan Harland just before tea on September 18th, 1929. It was in Fold

in the "Old" Alfred, as it is now known. I had seen from the dormitory list onthe door that the name of the House Prefect was Joan Harland, but that meantlittle or nothing to me.

Memories of forty-one years ago tend to telescope, but not this one. I was a timidand very tearful new girl alone in the dormitory putting all my new uniform away;there was a sudden noise on the stairs, and then to this day I can see Joan enteringthe Fold — not very quietly! — and demanding to know who had bagged the H.P.'sbed. In a flash she appeared to me just like the fictional prefects one had read about inthe schoolgirl books of the day, and was I scared, but I managed to stammer that,when Miss Brake had taken me up with my parents, she had said, "Have the bedin the Alcove, Chick." Then with Joan's reaction, I am quite sure that the first germof trust, respect and affection which has grown over the years was planted, for atonce she asked my name, kindly and patiently explained to me why I had the wrongbed, and rapidly moved my rug and Teddy to the bed by the other window; and mybelief in fictional characters began to wane.

What she thought of us I do not know. We were all new or up from Bridge —Avis Scutt, June Garlick, Joan Ray and Margaret Green were the other four if mymemory serves me correctly. I know now what a good House Prefect she was. Shewas strict and would stand no nonsense; but often there was a twinkle in her eye, and

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we soon learned that her bark was much worse than her bite, and that beneath thatsometimes rather formidable exterior was a kind and very soft heart. It was not longbefore we knew that very little escaped her, and learned just how far we could gowithout her wrath descending on our heads. By her example and repeated instructionswe kept more or less tidy, got up at the third bell and stripped our beds on to ourchair, realised that a trip to the washroom meant that we washed, dared not be latefor run-round, because that delayed the dormitory and reflected on the efficiency ofthe House; we did not read our letters until our mattress had been turned, the bedmade, mat and chair placed on the bed, which made it easy for whoever cleaned ourroom, and by her kindly and unobtrusive interest I soon learned that if I kept busyI should not have time to feel homesick. I was too young to realise it then, but howwise she was even at that early age, and perhaps in spite of our youthful resistance,what an influence she had on us.

In that September, Joan started her Upper Vth year. She had her Junior Certi-ficate, taken in those days in the Lower Vth, safely behind her, with distinctionsin four or five subjects, and in the following June, with the minimum of fuss and itseemed to us with great ease, she passed her General Schools Examination withexemption from Matric, and it will surprise no one that she got a distinction in Mathsand the Geering Prize for Arithmetic. So to the Lower Vlth. It was either at this timeor a year later that Joan left Alfred. We were very well endowed with seniors, andparted with some to the new Cranmer House; but to the dismay of many of us, Joanwent to our arch enemy — Nightingale — to be their House Captain. A worthy foil forthe redoubtable Miss Sobers! She seemed to be involved to a greater or lesser degreein most of the school activities, was often seen in Guide or Cadet uniform, and Ibelieve later gave great service as Lieutenant to one of the school Guide Companies.In this sphere we did not meet, for I discovered "extra hockey" on Wednesday after-noons for non-guides. In July 1932 Joan passed her Higher Schools Examination,gained an Entrance to Bedford College, London, a School Scholarship and leftAshford for the first time.

She came back on various occasions to visit her sister Margaret and attend theO.G.'s weekends and Barnardo's Day, and still had a kindly word and smile whenshe recognised any of us. She joined the staff soon after I left, and over the inter-vening years I saw her occasionally, once at school just before the outbreak of warand then at Countess Wear when I was evacuated to Exeter with the Royal Free; butit was in June 1965 that we really met up again. We had taken my daughter to seeMiss Nightingale, and while we were in the Front Hall, Joan came hurrying downthe stairs from her office, much in the same way as she had entered the Fold 36 yearsearlier — like us all, a little older, but essentially the same — and we started the "doyou remember?"

During the last eight years I have spent much time with her, and shared a varietyof experiences. I have seldom gone to school without putting my head round herdoor, first in the old Igloo and recently in her new office, always to be greeted with afriendly smile, and however busy she was, she found time for a few words. I know,with gratitude, that she has kept an unobtrusive eye on my daughter, rescuing herearly in her first term when there had been a mix-up about an outing, and arranging aphone call to me and a wonderful afternoon for Dorothy. She has rescued me frommishaps with various cars, once even lending me her own to keep an importantappointment in Folkestone, and together we ran to earth some of the difficultcoloured bedspreads for the Sixth Form studies in the New Alfred. I have valued herwisdom, advice and sympathy, and am grateful for her friendship over many years,which I hope will continue when she has left Ashford once again, to enjoy a longand happy retirement. I am no longer a parent but we are both Old Girls together.

Her services to the Old Girls' Association over the years cannot be measured.She must have known more Old Girls than anyone connected with the School. Shehas welcomed them when they have visited Ashford, put them in touch with theircontemporaries, and has been THE link with the School and everyone of us, whethermembers of the Association or not. No effort has been too great for her, no enquirytoo much trouble for her to pursue. No school could have had a more loyal pupil, orone who has done so much for "our" School in so many spheres; she of us all, haslived up to our motto — "To be rather than to seem, and that I may serve" — Thankyou, Joan; may you enjoy a long and happy retirement.

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From Gabrielle Durrani and Jinks Blacklocks (Mrs. Baxter):Although we remember Joan at school years ago as a thin and lively person, it is

as Secretaries for our Golden Jubilee Appeal, in 1960, for further building expansionto meet the needs of education in the world today that we would like to say howmuch she helped us. Her knowledge of Old Girls was extensive, and all this seemedto be in her head. We only hope, by now, these previous facts are amongst our schoolrecords! Throughout the Appeal, which kept us going nearly two years — and in themiddle of which we suffered the sad loss of our much loved Cherub — Joan carriedon guiding us all through this important stage of the school's history.

We wish Joan a well deserved retirement and are so glad she will be living atEgerton — not far away.

FROM OLD GIRLS WHO HAVE KNOWN HER ASA MEMBER OF STAFF

From Lorna Young (Mrs. Booth), who was one of Miss Brake's nieces:I should like to plump for the Headmistress's Secretary aspect! I can hear Joan

saying now: "Must go and see Aunt is ready — for Court or opening some Fete —see she has the right hat, gloves, also see if her hem is down!" Such mundane thingsas petticoat showing were really not Aunt Lilian's best points, but Joan always keptan alert eye on these things.

Another memory of Joan's loyal service to the School is of times when the familyus'ed to return to Ashford for the Summer Holidays with friends and children. Every-one else from School had gone home, but not Joan. She was left closeted, in theSenior Common Room in Alfred for days on end, with what we thought were herboy-friends, only to discover these were the School Auditors, all with heads in booksand Joan producing all the evidence for them. This went on year after year, whileeveryone else rushed off to the sea and enjoyed themselves. Joan's holidays havebeen very short: let's hope she has time to relax, travel and enjoy her home. I wishher much happiness in her retirement.

Margaret Maclepd also says:I retain a vivid impression of her energy, efficiency and gentle, restraining hand

laid on "Cherub's" enthusiasm!

From Elfreida (Freddy) Lamb (Mrs. Lewis):I can remember many instances of Miss Harland's personal kindness to me and

other members of Alfred House, also the feeling of security which her interest andhelp always gave us. She was never too busy to attend to our small personal troubles,in spite of being responsible for the efficient running of the School.

The most important impression left on me after nearly thirty years is the personalinterest which Miss Harland took in the members of her house and in making themfeel that someone in authority, other than their parents, really cared about theirhappiness.

From Ann Hosking (Mrs. Preisig), Treasurer of the Old Girls' Association:It is very difficult to imagine Ashford School without MiSs Harland, but after

giving so many loyal years of love and devotion, she will surely remain one of its"bricks". We will all remember her as a person who is always there when one wantsto know anything, who promptly puts one at ease, and she is always genuinelyinterested in everything that is going on, in and around the school.

It is chiefly due to Miss Harland that all the many large and small school functionstake place so efficiently. Much credit must go to her for the organising and arrangingof the largest and smallest detail and she is usually quietly in the background, lettingothers take the limelight.

She will be greatly missed at school — but we all wish her a long and happyretirement and a well earned rest. It is not saying "Goodbye" to Miss Harland, as weshall hope to see her on many occasions at Old Girls' meetings.

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From Dawn Mighell (Mrs. Kent):On the completion of my secretarial training in 1955, Miss Harland invited me to

return to Ashford School to work in the office. I spent eighteen months as a verysmall cog in the wheel at the nerve centre of the School, and I came to appreciateMiss Harland's qualities of total capability in the face of any challenge, coupled withkindness and understanding. An illustration of this latter quality came to my mindthe other day when I came across a letter that Miss Harland had written to me in1957 immediately on her return from my sister's wedding. At the time I was livingin Borneo, so was unable to do more than think about what was happening back athome, and Miss Hafland's impressions of the wedding and of my family, written onthe actual day, were more than welcome to me on the other side of the world. Ahappy illustration of her intuitive consideration for those around her.

From Jeneen Bland (Mrs. Allan):My most vivid memory is of when I was a very new House Prefect, in charge of

either "Pen" or "Kraal" right above Miss Harland's little cubby-hole of an office. Iwas full of "left-wing" ideas of not bothering about "talking after lights" rules, whichI knew were ignored when I was not there; as a consequence my dormitory madesuch a noise that Miss Harland came up the stairs, gave them all stripes, and me atalking-to that made me feel foolish; afterwards my dormitory at least whispered.

My second memory is as a prospective parent. When we came to look over theSchool I was so impressed by how much Miss Harland remembered about me, myfamily, and about other girls in my group at school — not just facts, but understand-ing of character and emotions which I never supposed, at the time, that she or anyoneelse knew about, particularly as she was neither our House Tutor nor taught usin class.

From Mary Simpson (Mrs. Reader):I think of the three generations of our family Miss Harland has known, I am the

eldest survivor.For my own part I remember all too clearly being brought to Ashford in December

1945, and my mother chatting to Miss Harland, who showed us both into thedrawing-room for my first meeting with Cherub. Miss Harland was thought of verywarmly by my mother (Ella Tester), who always asked after her throughout myschool life.

During my time at school, somehow Miss Harland was always there, as I supposeshe was for everyone — for any problems to do with weekend passes or Barnardo'sDay, or telephoning home, whatever the crisis in our young lives. I sometimeswonder at the make-up of a person with her patience. Perhaps particularly she mademe feel so much part of the School — a feeling which has never died — becauseshe knew my mother.

When my turn came to send my eldest daughter to Ashford, again it was MissHarland who sent me the clothing lists, and she has continued to answer myqueries as a parent thereafter. Now with two daughters at Ashford and another tocome, of the many faces I look forward to seeing, hers will be the one I will missmost.

On any occasion when I have been to any School functions, since I left in 1953,Miss Harland has always welcomed us all as "old friends" — long may this last,and I'm sure others will be with me when I say I hope we'll go on seeing her atAshford for many years.

Many Old Girls would echo this comment from Letitia Anderson (Mrs. Sinker):_She has never failed to recognise me either in person or by name on the telephone.

From Elizabeth Lead (Mrs. Bembridge):It is very difficult to remember specific things about Miss Harland because she

was Ashford School as I knew it. Any problems and she would know the answer.I was a little apprehensive of her when in the 1st Form, creeping up Alfred

stairs to the office to choose my prize. Dear Miss Harland tactfully told me I waschoosing a First Grade Prize for my Third Grade efforts.

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I'm not sure why I have always remembered this, but, when I was at school, wewould obtain permission from J.H. to use the phone near her office. That phonealways had a pad of cotton wool soaked in Dettol in the mouthpiece. Of course,that smell now takes me straight "home" to Ashford.

God bless you Miss Harland. If there are any problems, Ashford will know whereto come.

From Susan Harmon (Mrs. Carne):My memory of Miss Harland will always involve a picture of myself and many

other students standing at London Airport clutching large brown envelopes. We feltvery lost but knew that in a few hours we would be with our parents again, thanks tothe skilful handling of those precious documents by Miss Harland.

Several parents when contributing to Miss norland's Presentation Fund addedcomments such as these two:

With especial appreciation and thanks for travel and escort arrangements.We are certainly very conscious of the great contributions that Miss Harland has

made to the welfare of the girls at Ashford.

From Anne Best:During my early years at Ashford Miss Harland, like other senior members of

staff, was a figurehead rather than a person. I remember her asking me to turn off thelights or close a door, and supplying me with my school hat. It was only in my finalyear that I came to know Miss Harland as a person. She seemed to possess aninexhaustible source of energy, and no matter how busy, or how long the queueoutside her office, always made time to answer any question or help with anyproblem.

FROM FORMER MEMBERS OF STAFF

From Miss Dorothy Shackleton (also herself an Old Girl):Joan Harland joined me in the Ashford School Office in September 1938 and I

left in August 1939 — a long time ago! Perhaps the best introduction to the para-graphs that will follow is to say that she showed the potential of a true Ashford O.G.in respect of adaptability and unflappability, and these must have stood her in goodstead over the next thirty-six years.

From Hqffie (Miss F. Wilson-Haffenden):What a long friendship this has been! I can't remember exactly what year Joan

came to the "High School for Girls" as a pupil, but I do know I taught both her andher sister —Margaret came to my Extra Art class, and Joan to the Extra Leatherworkclass (the "frills" as Miss Brake used to call those classes). I still have — and use! — aleather writing case she made for me.

How many times I have driven in her car between Worthing and Ashford — herfamily lived there at one time and a friend of mine who had been on the Staff (EdnaBayliss) had her family living in Worthing.

Then Glyndebourne; her father got Dress Rehearsal tickets for a party of us —a memorable evening!

Still both on the Staff, we have come to war time, and the evacuation to CountessWear. She and I had a spell in Ashford, and then travelled down together to Devon,and slept the night sharing a room in the School San till we got settled in our properquarters — how hard those beds were! She will remember how stiff we were, comethe morning! And, for me, how strange to be asking where everything was, whenI had been longer at the School than anyone else — with the exception of Miss Brakeof course.

And now she is retiring, it won't be difficult to see her more often as she shouldhave rather more leisure, and I often visit within walking distance of her home — mysister and her husband live at Stonebridge Green.

I can recommend retirement Joan; may you enjoy yours to the full!

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From "Sammy" (Miss Doreen Salmon) also an Old Girl:It is difficult to visualise School without Joan at the helm. The years in which I

have been privileged to know her are many, and although I did not teach herpersonally when a pupil at the school, (except perhaps the odd occasion when herown teacher was absent) hers was a name always heard in connection with the manyschool activities. When she returned as a secretary, and later as bursar, no one couldhave been kinder and more patient with me when I went to her with my doubts andproblems. She gave of her sound judgement willingly and was always ready to helpand to put one's mind at rest. Her loyalty throughout the years has been outstanding,and those who go back in years as far as I do fully appreciate this and thank her forit. Now she will be able to find the time to enjoy so many things she loves. May shehave a long and happy retirement so that she can do just that.

From Miss W. Main:Can life at Ashford School ever be without Miss Harland? I, for one, cannot

imagine it. She was always there to give her willing help when it was required. Theenthusiastic interest she showed in every branch of the School was always soapparent and this helped considerably in making my days there so happy.

From Miss M. Nightingale:I have known Joan for all the years she has been a member of the Staff, and during

my time as Headmistress we worked together closely. This co-operation has meantthat I have a picture of an average school day in her busy life — a day filled with'phone calls and the comings and goings of people connected with the School in allsorts of ways, so that her very active brain has had to switch rapidly from one topicto another.

Others will write of her excellence as a Bursar, but I should like to record whatshe meant to the School in her contacts with people — staff, girls, our indoor andoutdoor workers, and the many who visit her office during the course of a term. Shehas never been too busy to extend a helping hand and give sound advice just when ithas been most needed. Her special gift to the school of the beautiful roses in theBrake Building Garden gives pleasure to us all.

I value greatly all Joan has done for the School and for me personally, and wishher many happy years of retirement.

FROM THOSE AT ASHFORD IN 1974

From Judith Kenney and Gillian Rowe (School Captains):On behalf of all the School we want to say a few words about Miss Harland, who

has been a part of Ashford for so many years. Certain things never fail to astonishus — she knows the names of almost every girl in the school, and a great deal abouttheir careers in and beyond the School, taking a personal interest in every one of us.One girl this term was flabbergasted to find out that Miss Harland even knew whereher brothers went to school!

Although she knows such skill in managing the financial affairs of the school,she is not above dealing with problems of a more mundane nature — even over-flowing drains.

We are so sorry to see her go, after contributing so much to the School, but wehope she will be very happy in her retirement.

From Mr. Rees and other members of the Bursar's Department contemplatingAshford School without Miss Harland:

None of us ever thought it possible. She has been so much "Ashford School".No one who has worked with her can fail to be impressed by her fantastic memory

for detail; all of us at one time or another have been confronted by her clear mentalpicture of what we did last time.

Perhaps mostly we shall remember her with affection for her kindness to us all onher staff. Nothing was ever too much trouble for her if she thought she could help.

Watching her behind the scenes as she worked for the School until all hours, weknow more than most that Miss Harland cared.

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After so many years, at the heart of Ashford School, we wish her a long andhappy retirement.

We shall look forward to seeing her on all the "High* days throughout the year.We shall all rally round to find your glasses!

From Miss Baker (Joint Senior Mistress):One of the interests that Miss Harland and I have in common is the reading of

published diaries and letters; we have shared our pleasure in Parson Woodforde,Marjorie Fleming, Francis Kilvert and Harold Nicolson, and many others. Thefascination of these diaries lies in the way that small day to day details of the livesof even the most ordinary people can give us a picture of the life at the time that noneof the records of great events can give.

If Miss Harland had kept diaries of the years she has spent associated with theSchool, and they were to be published, they would certainly give those of us whoknow the School, tremendous pleasure, and would indeed be a valuable document ofsocial history.

Imagine what one day might bring forth: post in the morning, bringing news ofOld Girls overseas, some intending to send their daughters to Ashford; bringing billsfor all sorts of School requirements; new cups, chlorine for the pool, and black-outcurtains; bringing estimates for central heating plant, or laboratory equipment;then a look at the repair book, arranging to have the silencer on Brabourne dooradjusted again, a window replaced in a washroom, or the drinking fountain checked.Next might come a visit to the boiler room — a serious concern and skilled interest ofour bursar's. At last she gets started on work at her desk, to be interrupted frequentlyby requests from all sorts of people — someone whose grandfather left his umbrella(engraved on the handle, "Presented by the Drapers' Livery Company of Sheffield")in church on Founders' Day; a group of girls to sign forms; the gardener aboutnon-delivery of shrubs for the border of the new road; the housekeeper to discussthe strange noises in the pipes made after the installation of the new refrigeratorin the kitchen; one of the teaching staff to ask if she remembers (which she does)which year an old girl, now asking for a testimonial, left school. So the day goes on.

This is the way Miss Harland has worked for years, and the way we have alltaken so much for granted, and the way we shall all miss.

All over the School are evidences of her handiwork, the automatic bell system, theelegant lampshades in the VI form common room, the roses on the lawn outsideBrake building — it's impossible to make a comprehensive list, so let's just say thankyou very much indeed — enjoy your retirement — and come back to us often.

From Lady Prudence London (Chairman of the School Council):As Chairman of the School Council I would like to pay a most heartfelt tribute

to Miss Harland, whose contribution to the School throughout many years ofdedicated service has been quite outstanding. Her warm and vigorous personalityhas permeated so deeply into the life of the School that it is difficult, in a few words,to do justice to all that she has meant to us.

I know that my fellow Govenors, both past and present, would wish me to expressour thanks for the immeasurable help she has given us in the many and complexmatters which concern her Bursarial Department — a department she has run withextraordinary skill, flexibility and humanity.

Miss Harland's assessment of the School's financial resources has always beenfar sighted and quite astonishingly correct. Her grasp of planning operations to meetthe needs of a large school has been imaginative and at the same time intenselypractical. The detailed memoranda which she has laid before the various committeesof the School Council have been the hallmark of her thoroughness and determinationthat we should be kept fully informed.

Her unique knowledge of the School buildings, grounds, practices and traditionshas been of immense value. In recent years, in adapting the needs of the School tochanges on the map of Ashford, this knowledge has been most generously laid at ourdisposal with that little touch of modesty, often tempered with humour, which is soendearing.

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Miss Harland's loyalty to the three Headmistresses with whom she has served,and her personal contact with members of staff in all departments, has oiled manywheels, as has her availability to parents concerning practical problems and herkindly interest in generations of pupils.

This concern for people, combined with the enormous responsibility of theadministrative department of a great School, has obviously meant that Miss Harlandhas given most of her waking hours — with evident enjoyment — in the service ofothers. As someone said to me recently, "I believe Miss Harland must even dreamof the School's welfare!"

We are going to miss her vigour, her judgement and her good humour more thanwe can say. Our deep gratitude, affection and good wishes go with her in her retire-ment which we don't doubt, given her personality, will be happy and satisfying.

AND FINALLY

Miss Harland's interests have not been confined to School and we are grateful forthe following tributes from three bodies with which she has been associated:

From the Secretary of the Ashford (Kent) Chamber of Trade:Miss J. Harland attended meetings and functions of the Ashford Chamber of

Trade after the retirement of Miss Brake. She was appointed to the ManagementCommittee of the Chamber and became a much valued member of the FinanceCommittee in 1967.

We are very sorry to lose Miss Harland; she has been such a loyal and con-scientious member of our Management Committee, and has made many valuablecontributions to discussion on matters of importance to the Chamber.

(Mrs.) E. W. Puleston

From the Founder President of Ashford Soroptimist Club:Joan Harland was one of the founder members of the Ashford Soroptimist Club

when it was formed in 1964 and during the past ten years has been a most valuedand respected member.

In spite of the busy life she leads, she is always ready to give of her best, neverminding what the task might be. We have seen her wielding mop and scrubbingbrush in preparation for the opening of our "Nearly-new Shops" in the town; shehas collected bedsteads and wardrobes without a murmur as part of their stock!

We have been so grateful for her quiet wisdom and advice on financial affairs, andabove all we enjoy her humour and kindliness.

The good wishes of all our members go to her for a happy and well-deservedretirement.

Betty Geering

From Mr. David Sherwood, recently retired Secretary of the Public Schools Bursars'Association:

I have known Miss Joan Harland for over 20 years, both as a colleague and as afriend. From 1961 to 1965 she served with distinction as a member of our ExecutiveCommittee and over the years we have been frequently in touch on a variety ofmatters. I am sure that all who know Miss Harland appreciate, as I do, her greatexperience as a Bursar, her sound common sense and her unfailing optimism. Fromthe P.S.B.A., we all send her our very best wishes in her retirement.

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PREPARATORY SCHOOL SECTION

DIARYSummer TermApril 26.—Everyone is welcomed back by Miss Thompson in our Assembly. Miss

Baxter has returned to take Middle A.„ 29.—We return to our lessons — it is so difficult to concentrate after such a

lovely holiday.May 1.—Mrs. Johnson has now settled into her new formroom — it has orange

and yellow walls!„ 8.—Opening of New Alfred. Everyone saw Lady Prudence Loudon open the

new building — what a pity it had to be so cold!„ 13.—The Prep. School choir sang in Assembly this morning. They came first

in the Kent Festival. Well done!„ 17.—Miss Bird is ill — we all hope she will soon be better.„ 27.—Half-Term holiday — we all go home for a good rest.„ 30.—We all begin our Summer Exams in earnest. What a busy week!

June 6.—We are told the sad news that Miss Barwise is leaving us to go backhome to the Lake District.

„ 10.—More sad news — Mrs. Johnson is leaving. But some good news — she isexpecting a baby!

„ 11.—Everyone is sticking, pasting and painting for Open Day. It is soneat now.

„ 13.—Our Form rooms are finished. They really do look lovely.„ 14.—The day has arrived. We wait eagerly for our parents and friends to

arrive.„ 17.—Miss Thompson congratulates us on a splendid day. Everyone enjoyed

and behaved themselves!„ 19.—We all go swimming. What a lovely time we have!„ 21.—Miss Trye is away. We hope she will soon be back.„ 25.—It is dress rehersal tomorrow. We all have beautiful costumes.„ 26.—We are rehearsing for Founders' Day.„ 28.—The last rehearsal now — we are all very excited!„ 29.—The entertainment went well. It was a lovely day. Everybody met their

friends and had a good afternoon.July 1.—We have a special treat — a long swim.

„ 3.—Miss Trye is back today.Mrs. Hoblyn comes to show us a film on the Red Cross. She had heruniform on.

„ 8.—Busy days ahead! — counting books and stock taking.„ 9.—We take down our lovely pictures and stack them away in boxes.„ 11.—We say good-byes to the Staff who are leaving — We wish Miss Barwise

well in her new job and we congratulate Mrs. Johnson on the news of herpregnancy. Goodbye to Matron — congratulations Miss Makepeace onyour forthcoming marriage.

BROWNIES

Our pack has 20 Brownies and our senior sixers have been Diana Speed, LindsayMcCarthy and Julie Haycraft. In the Autumn Term we entered the Handicraftcompetition, Jeanne Van der Weyden produced many interesting and original con-tributions and we were pleased that Julie Haycraft received a certificate for her hand-writing. We also made some finger puppets for children in hospital.

One Saturday morning in the Spring Term we went to Lady Sternberg's DonkeyFarm. Lady Sternberg breeds donkeys and it was great fun watching the babydonkeys trotting about the place. We moved to another part of the farm where therewere older donkeys; the Brownies that dared, had rides on them!

In the Summer Term we made an effort to gain some Challenge Badges and weare very grateful to Dorothy Clow, a Senior School Queen's Guide, who helpedus with our Collectors' Badges.

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The term ended with a little present to Miss Barwise, an "Old" Brown Owl; wegave her a stuffed owl for her new house.

BALLETOnce again the classes have shown enthusiasm and worked well. The following

entered for the Examination and all passed.Grade 1

O. Pugh, A. Howard, S. Syer, F. McKenzie, S. Lightfoot.With Credit

J. Brooks, A. Pearson.Grade 2

J. Pizzey.With Credit

H. Adrian.

MUSICIt has again been a busy year in the music department of the Preparatory School.

January saw the beginning of rehearsals for the School Concert to be given in Marchwith strains of the recorder group's Mountain Dance mingled with the choir singingThe Haunted Highway. We all thoroughly enjoyed taking part in this concert withthe Senior School.

The next major event was the Kent Festival at the beginning of the Summer Term.The choir sang well enough to gain first place in both classes for which they enteredand we returned to School feeling we had had a very successful day.

Instrumental tuition is flourishing, several girls having taken (and passed)Associated Board Examinations; we also boast the youngest violin pupil ever to havebeen taught in the school! The grand finale of the School year is, of course,Founders' Day and Ahmet the Woodseller by Ian Serraillier and Gordon Crosseprovided much enjoyment. The accompaniment was provided by Upper Al (plus onemember of Middle Alpha who slipped in) and we were able to use to the full, thechime bars, plus a variety of other percussion instruments.

We look forward to another active and successful year.

DR. BARNARDO'S HELPERS' LEAGUEThis is an opportunity to give thanks for everything that is done for the Barnardo

cause, and faithful giving throughout another year. We have welcomed many newmembers to the Helpers' League which shows a continued interest.

G. M. Green

GAMESNetball Match Results

Autumn TermU. 11 1 st VII v. Ranters Oak U. 11 1 st VII Lost 11 -20U.ll 1st VII v. WillesboroughU.il 1st VII Won 10- 2U.l l 1st VII v. LittleStreamU.il 1st VII Won 10- 9U. 11 2nd VII v. Little Stream U. 11 1st VII Lost 5- 6Spring TermU.ll 1st VII v. WillesboroughU.il 1st VII Won 20- 2U.I l i s t VII v. LittleStreamU.il 1st VII Won 19- 4U. 11 2nd VII v. Little Stream U. 11 2nd VII Won 8- 2

OPEN DAY

On Open Day, everyone in Lower B was very happy. Our room was filled withpaintings and drawings of all kinds. There were witches in one corner. There werebooks in another corner. There was the blackboard, but it had disappeared withGrandma writing Happiness and Free Writing. There was a nature shelf.

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FOUNDERS' DAYOn Saturday, June 29th, 1974 it was Founders' Day and we did a play called

Ahmet the Woodseller. Mummy and Daddy thought it was very good. After thatGrandpa bought us all an ice-cream; they were very nice. I went to a stall and boughta mouse. Then I got a go in the lucky dip and got a basket. I went to follow somearrows to a magnetic fish game and won some sweets. Mummy went to the stallwhich sold second-hand uniforms and bought Sophia and me a kilt. I watched someballet, but Edward had a headache, and we had to go home. After paying for theStrawberries, the School had left of the Founders' Day money over £1,000.

Henrietta Lynch (Lower B)

BRIDGEIn the Autumn as usual lots of new girls arrived and we gave them a warm

welcome. Last year's middles became Upper A. It seemed no time at all before wewere busily rehearsing for our Christmas Plays. We gave two performances, one onSunday, December 9th and the other on Monday, December 10th. We had a lovelyChristmas party. Then at the end of the term we had to say goodbye to Miss Dennis,and Oliver her ginger cat. We welcomed Miss Larsen from Denmark in the SpringTerm. This was a very quiet term as we were busy preparing for examinations. At thebeginning of the Summer Term Chicken-pox arrived at Bridge but it did not staywith us for too long.

On the night of May 16th the Old Flour Mill caught fire and the Bridge people whosleep at Northside had to be evacuated to Alfred, for an hour. It was very exciting.We all enjoyed the many activities of the Summer Term, swimming, playing tennis,getting ready for Open Day and Founders' Day. And now we sadly say good-byeto Miss Makepeace who has been our matron for nine years and wish her muchhappiness in future married life.

Bridge Boarders

THE NATURE TABLEThe main theme of the nature table this term has been Shells and the seaside.

We were able to make a very attractive display with some beautiful tropical shellslent to us by Catharine Sears and Sarah Jessel, and Andrea Pearson brought someinteresting shells from the Indian Ocean and Lake Malawi. Coral, Mother-of-Pearland other treasures from the sea were also of great interest.

It was not forgotten that some land animals possess shells, and so snail shellsand a tortoise shell had their places on our table. Other aspects of the world ofnature were included and we had birds' nests brought from the country by SarahJessel and Juliet Jordan, and some perfect blackbird's eggs which were found byMiss Baxter. Katie Midlane and Catherine Green gave us sheeps' wool, Sally Peggbrought a very small coconut from India and Sally Preisig brought a magnificentantler, at the beginning of the term.

We had many flowers to brighten our display including some lovely cornflowersbrought by Sarah Pett, and Nicola Higgins supplied elderberry leaves for a greedycaterpillar.

Lower B had their own small nature table and each member of the form broughtan interesting contribution. These ranged from a prickly hedgehog skin to a ram'shorn and from pheasant's feathers to foxgloves, birds' nests and sea shells.

We are extremely grateful to all those people, who, by their interest and contribu-tions made our nature table so successful.

MW

GREAT WOOD CAMP

For the fourth successive year, twelve of the Prep. School girls went off toSomerset during August for a holiday in the Quantock Hills. The camp is perfectlysituated on the edge of a forest, with a stream flowing down one side of the site. There

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is plenty of fun and adventure living in a wood cabin, going to bed by oil lamp andgetting up in the middle of the night to see the wild ponies!

Even the wet weather of this year's camp did not dampen the spirits of those whowent. The recent addition of a games room proved popular for table tennis, ScottishDancing and hobby activities. When the sun shone there were walks in the hills,games and competitions, and the ever popular dip in the swimming pool. The holidaywas organized by the Inter-School Christian Fellowship and was one of many allover the country. A smaller group of girls, including some of the senior school,returned with enthusiastic reports of the holiday they had been to at Dolgellau inWales' J.B.Trye

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

THE CLOCKHanging solitary on the wall,

Where the hands move slowly round,Gliding smoothly past the numeral

And chatting twice a day at twelve.

Sixty dashes-worth a minute each,Where every five a number stands,

Twelve is a friend to the North windAnd six to the Southern breeze.

It is stared at when a train must be caught,Or to turn on the television,

When bedtime comes alongThey look at the solitary clock.

Sarah Pettman (Upper Al)

THE JOURNEYING RIVERFoaming, it meets with the rocks andCrashes over and around them hissing spray,Whirling, swirling, it leaps in the rapids.The wind howls and groans.

The swiftly running river subsidesTo a clear crystal pool of quiet and calmThe willows weep as they gaze at their reflections,A fisherman nods his head in sleep.

Slowly the water passes through.It has had its rest and prepares forThe rest of the journeyFor the sea is still far away.

Hilary Adrian (Upper A1)

THE WITCHNasty witch!With long bitten nails —Mixing an evil black spell,Dark as a demon —Round her cat-shaped cauldron.Up she goes in fiery tongues of flames,The spell has failed —The witch insane.

Catherine Faulder (Upper A2)

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THE CAT

She trots along,And climbs the hilltop,Then spies a yard or two beside her —A bird!Its back turned —Can she kill it —Or even overcome it?Will the fight be long and tiring?Or will it be quickAnd painless?

While these thoughts cross her mindThe bird turns to find its silent enemy.Waiting,Watching,Every muscle tense.

Then, with a flurry of wings —Gone!

Lucy Williams (Upper A2)

A SPELL

Frog's legs and bat's wings,Thrown in the pot,Keep the fire going,To keep it all hot.

Sheep's guts and toad's eyes,Calves' tails and dog's teeth,And a jam jar of wormsFound fresh on the heath.

The smell is atrociousThe taste even worse.All this will go now,To help with the curse.

Louise Alliott (Middle A)

AUTUMN

Summer has ended,The leaves begin to fall,Like letters from the rainbow,No longer do you see,The green leaves of the oakBut bare branches and whatLooks like the wings of butterfliesDown below resting on the roots,of the tree.The trees wave a last goodbyeto their leaves, as they float awayto explore the new world.

Susie Wright (Lower Al)

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USING CLAYWith clay we made eggcups and napkin rings. If clay gets too dry it cracks, and if

it gets too wet it bends and breaks.Making eggcups was difficult because we had to make coils. The bottom of mine

kept falling out. When I tried to put the china egg in it, it was too small. When itdried the top half of the cup came off!

The clay got everywhere. It got on my knees and all over my hands.Suzanne Hunter (Middle Alpha)

SMUGGLING TEAWith white sails furled,In the dead of night.The clipper slipped into the bay,On the shore in a group,Stood smugglers three,Ready to get under way.

Their plunder tonight,Is twelve chests of teaTo be gathered before the day breaks,Four journeys in all,To gather the lootAnd then back before it's too late.

Petronella Saville (Upper B)

NIGHT *In the nightit is not very light,The wind doth howl,The hoot of an owl.

The moon gives lightThe stars shine bright,The fox is after the hensHe prowls around their pens.

I'm snug in bedGood night I have saidIt's cosy inside,Outside the ghosts hide.

Louise Waterfield (Upper B)

LOWER B "HOWLERS"

Q. Name two of our SEASONS.A. HUNTIN and CRICKET!

The Pool of Bethesda was in Jerusalem by the Supermarket!

PARENTS BY LOWER BParents are people that boss, parents don't let you get into mischief, parents nag,

parents make you go to bed early, parents are mostly nice.Vanessa Wright

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Parents are people who have looked after you for years. They are the people thathave clothed you and fed you. Parents are people that do not let you eat sweets.Parents make you get up and make you go to school. Parents kiss you and parentssmack you.

Juliet Jordan

Parents are people who have children. Some parents do not have children. Themother has the baby.

Catherine Hancock

ALFRED HOUSEOpened May 3rd, 1974 by Lady Prudence Loudon, J.P., Chairman of the School

Council.

It was about 18 months ago that the occupants of Alfred House learned that theywould be having a new boarding house because of major road improvements inAshford. It was as recently as Autumn 1968 that the whole house moved to the rowof terraced houses from Old Alfred in the main buildings. Previously half had beendown at School and half in Wellesley Road while, before that, we had all lived in"Old" Alfred House. The big question was where the new house would be, but themystery was soon cleared up and we discovered "New Alfred" would be builtattached to Nightingale on the area once known as the drying ground. The builderssoon moved in and gradually the Foundations were dug. A framework of steelgirders then rose up and the bricklaying started. Each week the building seemed togrow and it soon took shape. In the Autumn term we had our first glimpse of theinside when Miss Baker took us round, carefully avoiding paint pots, ladders andvarious planks of wood!

When we moved in at the beginning of the Summer term everything was completeexcept for the wallpapering to be done in the summer holidays. The new dormitorieswere named after constellations and everyone was thrilled to have such a marvellousboarding house, especially the sixth form who couldn't believe they were really backat School!

Meanwhile Wellesley Road looked very gloomy and it was not long before thebulldozers moved in and gradually the houses in which Alfred House had once livedwere slowly being demolished. It was sad to see them come down until by half-termthey were no longer there and all that remained was a heap of rubble. However thejoys of being in a new house outweighed the sorrows of seeing the old one pulleddown, and we were very honoured when, on May 3rd, Lady Prudence Loudon cameto open the building and its Junior Common Room was named The Loudon Roomin her honour.

It was planned that we should conduct the ceremony of unveiling the plaque abovethe door, with all the school, and our visitors, watching from serried ranks in thecar park and along the drive, but the weather, and the forecast of gusty rain, made uskeep our visitors indoors. In the hall, Lady Prudence in wise and witty speechreminded us of what building means — we remember it in our school verse printedat the beginning of the magazine — and talked of all the enthusiastic work that hadgone into this new building. Six members of Alfred House recalled its history — weare the oldest house, now housed in the newest, and musicians of the School soundeda triumphant fanfare. We then repaired through windy, watery, sunshine to the frontdoor of New Alfred and Lady Prudence drew the blue velvet curtain. We wereofficially open!

Our visitors were then welcomed into the Sixth Form common room, and servedrefreshments, and into the rest of the House to be shown round.

As the magazine goes to press at the beginning of the Autumn Term, we rejoicein the completion of the building, for, the walls having properly dried out, we arewallpapered in various lively and colourful papers of our own choice, and lookforward to the years to come in New Alfred.

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FOUNDERS' DAYThe usual last week of final hectic preparations for Founders' Day went on this

year amidst gloomy forecasts and earnest contemplation of the sky on the part ofnumerous amateur meteorologists. Rehearsals and strawberry-picking exhibitionswere organized around showers and periods of heavy rain. However, after anuncertain start to the day, it was obvious by lunch-time that Founders' Day wasgoing to be as warm and sunny as ever.

The traditional service in the Parish Church was very well attended, and theflower arrangements were magnificient. The singing was fresh and strong, and thecontribution of the senior and junior choirs was especially enjoyed. The servicewas conducted by Canon Wright and the Reverend D. J. Marriott, Vicar of Wye,delivered the sermon, taking as his theme the strength of faith, and thus the value ofoptimism, rather than an over-emphasis of the material aspects of life.

After reunions with parents and friends, the school migrated down East Hill, withas little as possible disruption of the High Street's Saturday morning traffic, topartake of picnic lunches in various corners of the grounds.

After lunch the festivities of the day got off to an immediate start, and everythingwas well patronized until after five o'clock. The usual old favourites — killing-the-rator the House Penny Race — were in evidence besides a few innovations, such asStepping the Chain, which involved an attempt to step an accurate 22 yards. Late inthe afternoon, one of the more adventurous visitors, no doubt encouraged by thechance of winning a chicken, was observed lying full-length on the lawn measuringthe distance in six-foot units. Unfortunately he miscalculated by two yards.

The annual special displays — swimming, fencing, dancing, gymnastics andballet — and the entertainments, performed by the Junior School and the ExtraSingers were as successful as ever. Your intrepid reporter was unable to see every-thing and so has collected the eye-witness accounts that follow. However the focalpoint of the afternoon's proceedings was of course the ceremony which took placeon the Rose Lawn, when Lady Prudence Loudon thanked Miss Harland for the yearsshe had spent at Ashford School, and on behalf of the School, Parents, Old Girlsand many other friends, presented her with a typewriter and a cheque.

Thus, all in all, Founders' Day of 1974 was at once an enjoyable and a memorableoccasion. It had all the necessary ingredients — the sunshine, the displays, the hordesof visitors and Old Girls, and added to this was the pleasing announcements atAssembly on Monday morning that the profits amounted to a record.

SWIMMING DISPLAYIn order to comply with the theme of last year's Founders' Day Sermon the times

they are a-changing the swimming display took a turn for the more extraordinarythis year — It's a Splash Out! Synchronized movement of swimming expertise wereexchanged for ungainly and ridiculous attempts at showing our abilities. The displaywas opened with a bizarre parade by the competitors; each team adopted a theme bywhich they could be identified, the Green team were grannies, the Red wore night-wear, the Blue "bathers", while the Yellow nautical ruggef-team stunned theaudience. Then the show began.

The races were compiled of visually simple but actively impossible feats thatproved to be hilarious but exhausting. An original form of the egg and spoon raceended most unfavourably for the participants when they had to eat the egg; passing afloat loaded with water-filled cups from person to person along the length was com-plicated by an extra rule — competitors had to be blindfolded; members of the SixthForm encountered some difficulty swimming through hoops with an unwilling rubberball between their knees; the first form, unavoidably attached to floats, misplacedflippers and balloons, not surprisingly met considerable problems when trying torace up the pool; second and fourth forms joined forces in a gruelling obstacle race;and finally the display came to a noisy but amusing end — the grande finale — the lilorelay in which one by one the team leapt on the lilo and paddled/kicked/lurchedtheir way to victory, resulting, of course, in upturned chaos.

The Red Team were eventually triumphant, the Yellows second and the Greensand Blues tied third. The display was an innovation and, thanks to the work of thegames staff, especially Miss Towers, it was as exciting to perform, as to watch.

Alison Hughes

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THE GYM DISPLAYFour members of the Upper VI, sporting black leotards, volunteered to do the gym

display this year. It began with two of them doing a floor sequence to music whichincluded a delightful interpretation of Strauss' Blue Danube. This was followed bytwo sequences on the box and the horse. The finale was a series of different vaultsleading up to headstand vaults over the horse which they have been perfecting thispast year. The whole display was well executed and most entertaining. Thanks aredue to Miss Towers, the gymnasts and catchers for making it possible.

THE DANCING DISPLAYThose who watched our Israeli dancing display on Founders' Day may want a

note of explanation. On Fridays for the past year, the Lower VI have joined inNational Dancing Lessons. We tried all sorts of Nationalities, including Russiandances, but finally chose four Israeli ones for our first public appearance.

Needless to say, we had many frantic practices — there was always one of us whodid not quite catch the beat. Our thanks go to Alison Ratcliffe for making our"costumes" and a special thankyou to Mrs. Griffin, without whose enthusiasm andendless patience, our display would not have taken place.

Nicola Snelson

JUNIOR SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENTThe Junior School, for its part in the Founders' Day activities, once again per-

formed a play, this year entitled Ahmet the Woodseller, written by Ian Serrailler. Itwas a musical, set in the East, where Ahmet, a very poor woodseller, tries to killhimself, first by jumping off a cliff, and, when this fails, by leaping into the sea. Thisalso fails, so he claims to be the murderer of a corpse which he has found. He isarrested by the Sultan's soldiers and sentenced to death. However, when the axeman,Yusuf, tries to execute him the axe breaks and they take this as the sign that Allahwishes Ahmet to live. He goes to the Palace, where the Sultan gives him his youngestdaughter, Princess Leyla, to be his wife. Ahmet is now very happy and no longerwishes to die, but during celebrations at the Palace the dreaded Angel of Deathappears. The Angel tells Ahmet that he must die, but after much pleading he isallowed to go to the mosque to pray first. This is where Ahmet tries to cheat death bynot going to the mosque until he has to, when much to his dismay he is made theImam by the Sultan. Ahmet then dies and is taken into Paradise.

Diana Speed played the part of Ahmet magnificently and with true feeling, and theparts of the Sultan, Princess Leyla, the Angel of Death and Yusef were played byCatherine Turner, Sarah Barrett, Joanna Evans and Barbara Kufour respectively.These parts were supported by various animals, soldiers and guards, and veryglamorous dancers. A good Percussion Group and Chorus conducted by Mrs.Manger made it very dramatic and exciting. The play was under the direction ofMrs. Hay and the whole production was very successful.

REPORT ON THE CONCERTThe orchestra began this year's Founders' Day concert with an absorbing per-

formance of Allegro in C from the Church Sonata by Mozart — it was a fittingbeginning to an enjoyable half-hour of entertainment.

Mr. Bebby's Junior Choir sang an arrangement of Early One Morning, and thestandard of their singing impressed everyone.

The Senior Choir then sang two Madrigals by Michael East about The Wooing ofPhillida by Corydon, an Elizabethan Madrigal entitled All Creatures now are merryminded and finished with an arrangement of Little David play on your harp whichthey obviously enjoyed as much as the audience.

The Orchestra's next piece was Melodies from Der Rosenkavalier by RichardStrauss and was followed by Mrs. Manger's Upper VI Madrigal Group who sang anentertaining variety of Negro Spirituals, which was so well received that they sangtheir favourite song Joshua fit the Battle of Jericho as an encore.

The Orchestra completed the concert with a lively performance of the Overturefrom Pirates ofPenzance by Arthur Sullivan. The care and time that Mrs. Harrisonhas devoted to the orchestra was evident from the noticeably high standard of theirplaying.

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The members of the choir and the orchestra would like to take this opportunity toexpress their deep gratitude to the music staff" for all the help and encouragement theyhave given to them throughout the year.

HOUSE NOTESALFRED HOUSE

This year has indeed been a momentous year for Alfred House. It has been MissBaker's first year as Senior Mistress with Miss Neal and at the beginning of theSummer Term we left the Wellesley Road houses to their sad fate and moved intoNew Alfred. Miss Nightingale laid the foundation stone in March last year and LadyPrudence Loudon officially opened the house on May 3rd this year, accompanied bya musical fanfare. We would like to thank everyone for their good wishes, and theirgifts to the house:

Lady Prudence Loudon — A table for the entrance hall.Miss Churchill — A Picture.Miss Baker — A Piano.Mrs. Clow — A Flower Vase.Mr. Rees — Name Plaques for the Dormitory Doors.

In School competitions we were not very successful, although our teams workedhard, and our organizers worked hardest of all. In the Art and Drama we gotnowhere. In games we did not do much better, except that we reached the finals ofthe senior hockey and won the Badminton Trophy for the second year running. Butin the Swimming Sports the juniors swam valiantly and well to win the JuniorSwimming Cup. We earned over £20 for Founders' Day Funds by holiday effortsand added to this total considerably by selling a Literature Quiz and by having acoffee morning on our new premises towards the end of the term.

We end by thanking Miss Fear and Miss Baker for all that they have done forus this year.

BROOKE PLACESome members of the house worked hard on the little talent we have in the field of

poetry reading so as to enter the competition at the end of the Autumn Term — infact we were very pleased to be placed half way. The term ended with a farewell toMiss McLeod and at the beginning of the Spring Term Mrs. Fahy and her two dogsjoined us. Our Hockey and Netball Teams were both defeated by the ultimateVictors — the Cranmers. The Art Competition brought Brooke Place another fourthplace although we were delighted to be awarded the best marks for the Founders'Day Collection box. The Summer Term brought a new Matron to Refuge after MissBaxter's departure. The completion of the New Alfred House has enabled BrookePlace to enjoy a term of meals together in the Old Alfred dining room after severalterms of separation. The weather was kind to our Annual Sports event and over £20was collected and put towards Founders' Day Funds. From among the many kittensborn in the School, we now enjoy the playfulness of Miss Earlam's adoption, Bobby.

Brooke Place welcomes all new members and bids farewell to those who havedeparted this past year. Our thanks go to Gillianne Leeves, the House Captain, andMiss Earlam, who have worked so hard, and, although it has only been a successfulyear in some respects, it has been enjoyed by all.

CHAUCER KNIGHTSOnce again Chaucer Knights charged valiantly into the lists to compete in the

annual tournaments. Unfortunately, on account of the lack of encouraging Ladies'Favours, our foes were rarely vanquished, p Woe is us!

The challenges included the Verse Speaking competition for which our theme wasTravel and the Art Competition in which our main entry involved frequent visitsby the Sixth Formers to the Mad Hatter's Tea Party, our model for a Founders' Daycollecting box.

Out thanks go to Miss Young for her help and advice and also to CharmianBatterby and Hazel Kennedy for all their encouragement and their efforts atraising the name of Chaucer Knights in the lists of victors.

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CHAUCER MERCHANTSThe biggest surprise this year for Merchants was our successful second place in

the Art Competition. Our greatest difficulty was selecting the final eight picturesfrom the many entries which we received from the house. Special thanks are dueto Helen Turner for her entry which contributed greatly to our success.

The Collecting Box — a model of an Ashford School Girl, constructed by the sixthform, was highly appreciated by the visitors on Founders' Day.

Our greatest achievement in games was reaching the second round of the JuniorNetball. General improvement in games is obviously needed.

The Verse Speaking competition was very closely fought and although we did notgain a place amongst the first three winners, the enterprising costumes worn by theparticipants provided some entertainment.

Our thanks go to our Tutor, Miss Taylor, our Captain, Clare Miller, and our twohelpers, Mrs. Stonham and Mr. Jones, for the time and effort that they have spenton House activities throughout the year.

CHAUCER PILGRIMSWhen one surveys the row of cups upon our shelf, one feels compelled to con-

clude that the house could be said to have made its mark in the year's events. Alreadyunder our belts and safely stored away were the two citizenship cups to provethat the many unruly members of this illustrious house had been capable, at times, ofbehaving in a manner, which would often appear at first sight to be totally alien tothem. The impeccable impression which they have undoubtedly created is indis-putably supported by the presence on our shelf, not only of the Chaucer CitizenshipCup but also the School Citizenship Cup of 1973.

This year our efforts have again not been in vain. The Junior Games teams seemparticularly unaccustomed to failure; not only did they effect complete rout of allopposition in the junior netball, but they also demoralized all the other Junior Hockeyand Rounders teams, but by the time we had reached the semi-finals of the JuniorTennis, we decided it would be tactless entirely to monopolize the summer games andfearing future sabotage, we allowed Brooke Place narrowly to sustain a victory.Likewise, in the swimming, a combination of the Chaucer Junior houses captained(dare we say) by a Pilgrim, were second to Alfred. Let all this be a lesson to thewoeful senior camp whose most determined efforts only enabled us to reach the finalsof the Senior Tennis and in collaboration with the other Chaucer Houses, third placein the swimming. The rest is better left undisclosed.

Meanwhile, the more artistic members of the house were amazing all with theircreative abilities. Need we say we were triumphant once more? We will refrain fromboasting by announcing how complete was our victory in the Art competition. Not tobe outdone some readers among us gave memorable performances on the occasionof the verse-speaking competition and succeeded in attaining second place.

As if this were not enough, we have yet another excuse for festivity. For this yearwe are celebrating 50 Years of Chaucer House and to make the occasion, ChaucerPilgrims invite all Chaucers and ex-Chaucers in the School to a picnic tea on thelast evening of term before the Prefects' entertainment.

Credit for inspiring our achievements must be taken by our House Tutor, MissPerry, whose ceaseless energies are a wonder to all and of course to our valiantHouse Captains, Wendy Harris and Jane Ravenscroft. Nor must we omit tomention the laudable efforts of that most loyal of Pilgrims, Gillian Rowe, whoserule as School Captain will not soon be forgotten.

CRANMER HOUSEThe year started off well for Cranmer House with the winning of the newly

instituted Verse Speaking competition, in which Mandy Carlton won the individualcup. In spite of the valiant efforts of the house, we gained the honourable position ofeighth put of eight houses in the art competition. On the whole we have done muchbetter in games with the Seniors reaching the finals of the Hockey and the Juniorsbecame the well deserving victors in the house Tennis. We would like to give manythanks to Fi, our House Captain, to Miss Van Velsen, and, especially, to Miss Amorfor leading us in this her successful first year.

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NIGHTINGALE HOUSEAt the end of the Christmas Term we said good-bye to Miss Routley, who had

been with us for almost three years. We were grateful for the help Miss Macleod gaveus in the brief interval before we welcomed Miss Allder as our new matron.

Although as a house we haven't improved on our former games successes thejunior Netball and Hockey teams reached the finals. We are particularly proud of theindividual achievements of Jackie Yeo, Karen van der Watt and Sarah Quant whoreceived Badminton colours. We are also delighted with our position of second placein the Art competition which appears to be our only major success this year.

Many members of the house have taken part in visiting elderly people, and someof our budding Nightingale juniors have taken after their name-sake and passsedexams in Red Cross.

The Sixth Form were sad to see the demolition of No. 18 Wellesley Road and weare now bedded in Refuge, somewhat nearer "Home" and we are charmed by ournew matron, Mrs. Anderson, who has managed to maintain a family atmosphere.With the construction of New Alfred, Nightingale House obtained two new dor-mitories over the dining room.

The Sixth Form would like to thank Miss Q'Halloran who nobly arranged soireeswith Kings' School House, which added variation and amusement to our year.

Our year ends with a frantic choosing of wallpaper suitable for the redecoration ofNightingale this summer.

Finally, we would like to thank our joint house captains, Sally Marples and AnnMiles for organizing of Nightingale Coffee Morning.

A recent addition to the House is Paws who is loved and played with by- us all.Perhaps as a mascot she will bring us better luck in our matches next year!

SOMERVILLE HOUSEThis year has been another constructive and successful one for Somerville. The

Seniors proved their worth in winter games by winning both the Hockey Cup and theNetball Shield, but although House support was more evident this year, the juniorsunfortunately met with early defeats.

Despite a rather hazardous and traumatic opening to our entry for the Poetrycompetition when the curtain refused to co-operate and tension and embarrassmentrose in consequence, our efforts gained us third place; the Art competition results didnot equal this achievement, though it was an improvement on our position in theprevious Art competition.

Our charity-raising endeavours were encouraging this year — a record amountfor the coffee evening (over £16) and a win in the House Penny Race on Founders'Day.

We are very grateful to Miss Neal and Miss Harvey, Nikki and Sarah for theirhelp and leadership this year.

DRAMAIn September 1973 we were very pleased to welcome Mrs. Pentney as a part-time

member of the Department. This has meant that more forms have been able to haveclasswork drama and that a Middle School Drama Club has been organized.Together the two Drama Clubs provided a very successful Christmas entertainmenton the last weekend of the winter term.

The Autumn Term saw an innovation when a House Verse-Speaking Competitionwas organized in place of the usual Drama Competition. This proved most enjoyableand all benefited from Mr. Robert Armstrong's adjudication — especially Cranmerwho won the Cup and had the added pleasure of seeing one of their number, AmandaCarlton, win the individual award. For the second year running, a small groupentered the Verse-Speaking Competition held in London and organized by theSociety of Teachers of Speech and Drama. Eight girls entered and eight certificateswere won! Sarah Quant and Alexandra Spink were first in their respective VerseSpeaking classes while Dorothy Clow and Nicola Snelson each won her Book TalkClass. As usual, Kent Festival played a large part in the Department's activities atthe beginning of May and Diana Sampson was a particularly successful competitor.

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Following the new policy, examinations for the Guildhall School of Music andDrama were held only in the two winter terms. Outstanding among the results wereDorothy Clow's 80 per cent in Grade VI and Amanda Carlton's Honours forGrade V whilst, in Spoken English grades, Honours were obtained for Grade V byNicola Snelson and Margaret Barham.

Perhaps the overriding commitment of the year has been the entry of sixteencandidates for the Alternative "O" Level of the Associated Examining Board inDrama and Theatre Arts. This new examination was taken by a group from theLower VI Drama Course and comprised three parts: (i) A project based on anyaspect of drama, (ii) a Practical section, and (iii) a three hour paper on the Historyof Theatre and on two particular plays chosen from a wide selection. The first twowere marked — together with the Course Tutor — by an external examiner who paidthree visits to the School to guide and assist in the development of the projects and,finally, to assess the practical performance. Project material ranged from studies of"live" theatres (e.g. The Mailings at Snape, the Marlowe in Canterbury and localtheatres in Maidstone) through the history of make-up; The Commedia D'ell Arte;Greek and Elizabethan Theatre; the use of masks; the Masque puppets. The practicalexamination was based on four episodes adapted from Tolkein's Lord of the Rings.Each episode was produced by a different group which was responsible for its ownscript, characterization, design, lighting, staging — in fact, for the complete produc-tion. The entire Hall was used and a small audience was invited.

As soon as "O" and "A" level examinations were finished the prospective LowerVI were introduced to the Drama Course and plans for 1975, with a major produc-tion in May, are already being discussed.

LONDON SPEECH COMPETITIONOn Saturday March 16th a group of Speech and Drama enthusiasts travelled

nervously up to St. John's Wood Station, London, surprising fellow passengers byreciting madly all the way!

The Competition, this time taking place at Quinton School, is an annual eventsponsored by The Guildhall School of Speech and Drama. It draws large groups ofspeech pupils from varying schools around the area.

Before lunch it seemed to us that the day was not going to be altogether triumphantfor our School. However, whether it was our School picnics or just renewedenthusiasm, we shall never know but, after lunch we continued with our classes withmore determination and confidence than previously.

We were duly rewarded with four first places, two second places and two thirdplaces.

These pleasing results concluded an extremely enjoyable day; even the sun wassmiling on us. Our thanks go to Miss Amor and Mrs. Hay for all their coachingbefore the competition.

Alexandra Spink and Nicola Snelson

YOUTH THEATRE SUMMER SCHOOLFor the second year running Catherine Bragg and I went to the Youth Theatre

Association Summer School held at Culham, near Abingdon. Unlike the previousyear, when we attended the acting course, this time we followed the course fortechnicians which was mainly aimed at future directors and stage managers. We weregiven a series of lectures each day by the tutors who were in some way, connectedwith theatre. The lectures consisted of demonstrations of mime, make-up, lightingand stage fighting and instructions illustrating such topics as the duties of a stagemanager or on the cheapest and most efficient way of making certain properties.Peter Harris, one of our two main tutors on the course, showed us how to make aplaster cast for basic masks. He asked Catherine to lie down and then smotheredher face in "Vaseline". Then he bathed strips of bandage in Plaster of Paris andarranged them over Catherine's anxious face. He left only two holes to enable her tobreathe! She lay with this cover on for about five long minutes. I felt quite concernedfor her: supposing it did not come off? Fortunately it came off easily!

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Having expressed an interest in lighting, I was given the task of lighting the pro-duction of "Murder In the Cathedral", by T. S. Eliot, which one of the acting groupswas performing. We were fortunate enough to be able to perform it in a beautifulchapel which provided the atmosphere demanded by the play. Lighting was atotally novel experience for me and very enjoyable. The whole course made a visitto the Royal Shakespeare Theatre to see "Cymbeline". Once or twice some of theactors were inaudible but overall the production was excellent. Unfortunately thecourse only lasted for a week; it was really enjoyable and I cannot wait for next year.

Amanda Carlton

MUSICAt the end of the Easter Term the Music Department performed a very

successful Spring Concert, which was open to members of the public. The pro-gramme included the Preparatory School Choir and Recorder Group, who attaineda very high standard of performance, the Senior and Junior Choirs, the SchoolOrchestra, the Wind Ensemble and a String Trio. The Sixth Form Singing Groupsang three negro spirituals, an organ solo was played by Nicola Pugh, and JaneRavenscroft (soprano) sang O had I Jubal's Lyre, from Joshua by Handel, accom-panied by Penny Moorse on the flute. M. White-Thomson and J. Wicks played twomovements from The Golden Sonata by Purcell, and A. Bentley and L. White playeda double flute concerto.

During the Summer Term, in May, the Kent Festival took place. The members ofthe Preparatory School Choir gained first place in both of their classes. In the PianoDuet (under 16), Sheila Sharp and Catherine Bragg won first place, and other entriesfrom the Senior School were placed high in this class. The School Orchestra unfor-tunately lost the Parkes Memorial Cup by a few marks, but two members of theOrchestra were well placed in their individual classes.

In the week commencing May 15th, S. A. Ardouin (Violin), J. Dean (Violin),I. Matthews (Clarinet), S. Johnson (Clarinet) and S. Trodd (Cello) took part in theoperatta La Belle Helens which was performed by the Ashford Amateur OperaticSociety at Associate House. This was a new experience for those who played andsomething which they would be happy to repeat.

The Day of Youth in Canterbury was held on June 21st and at this festival theSecond Form gave two performances of the Daniel Jazz and sang some negrospirituals. These took place in the Chapter House with ten other schools taking part,and the day was thoroughly enjoyed by all.

On Founders' Day this year the Senior and Junior Choirs filled Ashford ParishChurch with glorious sounds. In the afternoon the Music Department gave theinformal concert, described in the account of Founders' Day.

Several expeditions were made at the end of the term to various concerts. Membersof the Fourth Form upwards went to Folkestone to hear a recital of the works of the1920's composer, Scott Joplin, the second half of the recital was given by the WhiteHot Airmen Jazz Sextet. On July 1st a few Sixth Formers were taken by Mr. Jonesto a Jazz concert in Canterbury, given by the Alan Cohen Band. It was generallyareed to be a very exciting concert.

Towards the end of the term the Orchestra welcomed two boys from the NortonKnatchbull School, who came to build up the sadly depleted bass, and it is hoped thatin the future more will come and join us. On July 6th The Enigma String Quartetfrom Kings' School gave a recital in the hall, which was greatly enjoyed by all whoattended.

This term involved a lot of hard work for the Music Department, but it all provedto be very worthwhile.

SIXTH FORM CONFERENCESimon Langton Girls' School was host for this term's Sixth Form Conference on

March 4th. They had chosen for their theme Women's Changing Role in Society,and for their Chairman, Professor Pahy, Lecturer in Sociology at Kent University.

The proceedings were opened by Mrs. Ann Oakley, author of Sex, Gender and

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Society, who put forward several interesting ideas on the lack of biological differencesbetween the sexes, including the idea that there was no biological reason why menshould go out to work and women stay at home.

The second speaker, Dr. Tessa Blackstone from the Centre for Studies in SocialPolicy tried to explain the existence of the traditional roles of men and women inmodern society by analysing the comparative abilities of boys and girls from earlychildhood.

The next stage in the proceedings entailed splitting up into small discussion groupsin which we attempted to formulate our own opinions on certain issues that hadbeen raised by the speakers. Opinions concerning their success varied, but praise forthe excellent lunch was unanimous!

The occasion concluded with an open Forum in which the suggestions broughtforward in the discussion groups were thrown open to the floor. Heated exchangesfollowed — each sex defending themselves against the prejudices of the other. Notsurprisingly, no concrete conclusions were drawn, but the meeting had given all anopportunity to air their views.

We would like to give our thanks to Miss Perry and Mrs. Wilkes for taking us onthis interesting outing.

TREK TO PROPRIETARY PERFUMES LIMITEDOn July 9th, some of the more active members of the Chemistry VI, following

their noses, began the assault on P.P.L. On arriving, footsore and weary, they werejoined by Mr. Kreis and his three passengers (who wish to remain anonymous).

We were greeted by Mr. Roger Kennedy and shown to a conference room, whereour guides talked to us about the importance of P.P.L. in the perfume industry andthe extent of some of its products. After refreshments (most appreciated by the foot-sore and weary), we were taken round the works in small groups.

Bewildered by the techniques employed by modern industrial research, over-whelmed by the five ton tanks of jasmine, and no longer able to distinguish betweenfrankincense and myrrh (owing to the pervading mixture of odours), we proceededto the Final Wonder. With obvious pride they dispatched bottles of Intimate orPP 390 which we clutched throughout a B.B.C. Horizon film, aptly entitled HowWell Do You Smell?

We would like to thank Mr. Kreis for a stimulating afternoon. It is somethingour olfactory membranes will never forget.

Josephine Dean and Sarah Montgomery

TRIP TO FAVERSHAM BREWERYOn July 3rd, the Chemistry VI, Mr. Kreis and a few outsiders visited Faversham

Brewery. The trip was arranged with much zeal, owing to the appealing connotationsof the word "brewery".

The raw materials and intermediate stages were regarded with a fair amount ofinterest but it was the final product which stole the show. At the end of the toureveryone was supplied with a glass of Shepherd's Neame and a packet of crisps.After those were finished girls surreptitiously asked if they could sample otherbrands — they were rewarded.

Many thanks to Mr. Kreis and Faversham Brewery.Linda McCourt (Lower VI Science)

B.A.Y.S.On March 19th, the members of B.A.Y.S. attended an extremely interesting lecture

given by Mr. Bryan Sage on Oil, Wildlife and Ecology in Alaska. The discussion wasprimarily concerned with the construction of an oil pipeline to be laid down acrossAlaska from the north to the south coast. We also considered the subsequent effectsupon the Alaskan wildlife, the difficulties involved and the objections opposing sucha scheme.

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The lecturer had been involved in some of the early research into the laying downof the pipeline and as a result he had a lot of fascinating slides to show us. First, wewere introduced to Alaska and we found what an immensely intriguing place it is.

Did you know that Alaska is six times the size of Britain and yet it has a totalpopulation equivalent only to that of Newcastle-upon-Tyne? We were also amazed todiscover that 80 per cent of the land mass is under a permanent water covering andthere are 3 million lakes in Alaska.

In the south-east of the country, 18 feet of rain per annum has been recorded, areally startling figure, and 75 feet of snow was recorded in the Thompson Pass. Thelecturer had certainly proved to us that the building of a pipeline across Alaskawas no easy task. The easiest route along which it is to be laid involves crossing70 rivers, three mountain ranges, numerous coniferous forests and an active earth-quake zone. It is a huge undertaking, but the oil to be found in Alaska constitutes30 per cent of the North American oil reserves. Apart from these difficulties there isthe added problem that as a third of Alaska is found north of the Arctic circle, 82days are spent in total darkness and 68 days in bright sunlight. But, despite this, thelabour supply is plentiful, in fact, in the North American newspapers there are hugeadvertisements asking people NOT to come to Alaska! Other hazards involved withwork, apart from the extremes to be found in temperature and rainfall, include threatsassociated with the wildlife of Alaska.

The grizzly bear is a very dangerous animal, as is also the moose (especially whenit weighs 1,600 Ibs.)! The arctic fox and the arctic ground-squirrel are carriers ofrabies, this is very unfortunate, especially as the latter is an extremely friendly animaland would make a very good pet. Mosquitoes are also found, breeding in thenumerous lakes — they are among the largest species known and are found in greatnumbers. However, the labourers are duly compensated for their work and theyreceive £20,000—£30,000 a year — quite a modest sum!

Returning to the oil pipeline itself, we learned of the special adaptations that hadbeen made to the pipeline so that it will endure the most severe of Alaskan conditions.The pipeline is composed of pipes of the highest grade steel (to be provided, at thetime of the planning, only by Japan)! The pipeline is constructed so that it can sagas much as six or seven feet to counteract any movement in the land that may occur.Special ramps have been constructed over the pipeline so that the seasonal move-ment of the caribou reindeer herds need not be affected in any way; in fact, everyprecaution has been taken to keep things exactly as they were before. One very goodexample of the precautions which have been taken, is found in the case of a pair ofPeregrine falcons which were nesting in the proposed site of a construction campfor the pipeline — the camp was moved three miles away so as to avoid disturbingthe family!

These are only some of the interesting facts that we learnt about Alaska, itsecology and its new oil pipeline.

THE BRITISH MUSEUM AND TWO HOURS TO SPARELower VI Arts and the Latinites of Upper VI and the 5th form all spent one rainy

summer's day in London. Our first port of call was the treasure-filled BritishMuseum. This year being the centenary of G. K. Chesterton's birth, the ManuscriptRoom starred his more legible letters and poems which he habitually illustrated withhis own amusing cartoon drawings. Besides Chesterton, there were many otherfamiliar names and their writings — some familiar friends from our "A" Level studies.Interesting early printed editions of Petrarch's works plus portraits were exhibitedin a small room adjoining the Manuscript Room, to make the 600th anniversary ofhis death.

Having worn out our legs looking around, not to mention walking round, werevived ourselves as we sat eating our packed lunches on the steps of the onlookingbuilding. We used these few moments to compare notes of our observations. Thereis always so much to see and it is impossible to digest it all in one visit. "The authenticEgyptian Mummies seemed so life-like" someone said in her excitement. It almostfeels as though one is visiting a foreign land walking into the oriental sections wherethe manner of living of early civilizations is well displayed.

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When our hunger was safely sated we set out once more. Most of us made a dashin the rain to Oxford Street to take shelter in the multi-coloured shops. There werealready some tempting sales for the avid bargain hunters amongst us.

Fortunately we were not too mesmerized by the loud music bursting forth from thejungle of clothes to forget to rendezvous at Charing Cross at the apppointed time.We returned exhausted by the day's enjoyment. Our thanks go to Mrs. Wilkes andMrs. Froley for bravely escorting us.

A DAY AT CANTERBURYEvery year a youth day is held in Canterbury Cathedral in which various schools

all over Kent take part. This year each school performed a little concert of songs.Ashford School second formers were very excited when the big day came not only

because it was Youth Day but it was a day put and away from School.We arrived at Canterbury Cathedral with sore throats as we had been singing

songs in the bus. We went around the Cathedral watching and listening to otherschools performing.

It was our turn to sing and we all took up pur places to sing the Daniel Jazz andsome other Negro Spirituals. We sang beautifully, at least that was what we weretold by many admirers.

We sang our songs twice and by that time it was lunch time. The polite, well-mannered Ashford Girls turned into hooligans pushing and shoving whilst waitingfor their lunch. After lunch we had a relaxing day as we did not have to performagain.

The finale was the most interesting part. Everyone, including the orchestra, andthe organ took part. It was not the sort of finale that everyone would like to listen toas it contained a tremendous amount of shouting and queer noises.

Hot and tired, Ashford clambered on to the bus and started our journey back toSchool.

Jacky Airey (2C)

ALLINGTON CASTLEOn July 2nd all the Third Form went on an afternoon's outing to Allington Castle

near Maidstpne — a fifty minute drive. We had a few minutes to look at the river andthe factories in the distance before our blonde haired guide arrived. We were told thatafter many years in ruins it had been bought and restored by Sir Martin Conwayin the early years of the 20th century. It was sold to the Friars of Aylesford who areusing it as a centre for conferences for small parties and individual guests.

The castle, on the River Medway, was first fortified after the Norman Conquestwhen a large moat surrounded it. The only brown pigeons in England fly around. It issaid they are descendants of those who were eaten by Henry Wyatt who wasimprisoned there and kept alive by the pigeons brought dead to him by a friendlycat! Henry VIII slept at Allington when he returned from the Field of the Cloth ofGold.

We much admired the splendid Hall and the lovely Chapel with its Black Madonnaand enjoyed the peace of the garden.

Rebecca Bellingham

FORM ONE'S VISIT TO CANTERBURYAfter the exams Miss Perry gave the first forms a treat — a day out in Canterbury

with Mrs. Finucane, Mr. Wordsworth and Mrs. Bailey and some sixth formers.Our first visit was to St. Thomas' Hospital for poor pilgrims. On the ground floor

is a large room, used for sleeping and eating in. On the next floor up there was achapel. Part of it had been sold to the shoeshop next door. When they came torestoring it the man in charge bought the other part back. The next job was to knockdown the wall dividing the two parts. Each night the workmen locked up their toolsin a cupboard and then locked the chapel. During the night awful hangings wereheard by the neighbours and by the people who lived in the hospital. When morning

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came the workmen unlocked the chapel door and found that all their tools had beenscattered all over the floor and some were even in the river. These happenings carriedon night after night until the first service was held. Then they mysteriously stopped.

The next place we visited was GreyFriars, the home of the Francisican monks.On September 10th, 1224, nine monks landed at Dover. They had come from St.Francis to convert the English. Later, four went to London while the other fivecarried on their teachings at Canterbury. They stayed at the Poor Priest's Hospitaluntil 1267 when John Diggs, an Alderman, and one of the Bailiffs, in 1258 gave themsome land. But since, by rule, they possessed nothing, it was held for them by theMayor.

Later other land was given, until the total acreage in the use of the Friars waseighteen acres with gardens and orchards. At one time there were seven buildings butnow there is only one left.

After the dissolution of the monastery in 1538 a man called Spylman bought thewhole site for £100, including church and bell tower. In the eighteenth century thehouse was used as a gaol. There is a heavy barred door and a trapdoor in the floorto the river. In 1919 the house was restored by Mr. W. Hodgkinson.

After our picnic lunch we played in the Deanery garden which has part of thecity wall in it.

After our "break" we went to have a look at the Cathedral. The first part we wentto was the spot where Thomas a Becket was murdered in 1170. His body was keptin the crypt until four years later.

In 1174 the choir burnt down. This gave the monks a chance to rebuild. William ofSens started to rebuild the choir in an ascending manner until he fell off the scaffold-ing and hurt himself. He carried on instructing how the work had to be done, on astretcher. Finally he gave the job to William, the English.

When it was completed Thomas was placed in a tomb near the High Altar. GreatPilgrimages were made to Canterbury because many people were healed at Becket'stomb. Each time they came people brought gifts.

At the time of the Reformation King Henry VIII removed all the gifts, andthe relics were lost.

We also saw the Black Prince's armour and his tomb.The first Archbishop was Augustine who came in 597 with 40 monks to convert

the people to Christians. We saw the great stone chair on which every Archbishophas been made Archbishop.

The nave is two hundred and fourteen feet long and eighty feet wide. It is builtin perpendicular style.

Our last visit was to see St. Martin's the first English Church. St. Martin's wasbuilt on old Roman foundations for Bertha of France who married Ethelbert ofKent in 562. She was a Christian, but her husband was not. In the chancel there is asmall door through which she probably came to the services. By the lectern there is aNorman Piscina. Just inside the altar rail there is a Norman tomb. This dates backto the twelfth century. Next to it there are some sixteenth century brasses.

St. Martin was a Roman soldier and by legend he shared his cloak with a beggaron a cold, windy night. In a dream the beggar was revealed to be God. He died in397, a strict follower of God.

We came back to School worn out, after a very enjoyable day.Elizabeth Imray (1A, Somerville House)

GAMES

TENNIS REPORTAs in previous years we have had a very enjoyable tennis season with Miss

Harman-Clarke, and we were captained very efficiently by Jane Spencer, whileChristina Pearson was the vice-captain. With major public exams and swimmingmatches, we played only four matches, finishing with the very good result of victoryin three of them.

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The Preparatory Department and Miss Harland(By courtesy of The Kentish Express)

Kindergarten 1974(By courtesy of The Kentish Express)

Cooks(By courtesy of The Kentish Express)

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Upper Al Summer 1974(By courtesy of The Kentish Express)

May 3rd, 1974(By courtesy of The Kentish Express)

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An encouragingly large number of people participated in the School tournament,the results of which were:

Senior Singles Tina PearsonSenior Doubles Tina Pearson, Nicola MayburyJunior Singles M. SandersonJunior Doubles G. Paine, J. Bailey

SWIMMING REPORTThis last term has been a very success-

ful one for swimming. With brilliant sun-shine throughout most of the term, theswimming team has been able to trainhard for their three swimming matches.The first match, against Cobham Hall andBenenden, was won by the School; as wasthe second match, which was a juniormatch against Tonbridge, WalthamstowHall and Kent College. Our last match,which was for the third form upwards,was held at Maidstone, against Maidstone,Benenden and Tonbridge; it was a closematch in which we came third.

The swimming sports went very well,with Nightingale and Somerville winningthe senior section and Alfred the junior section. The Barnwell cup for the seniorindividual swimmers was won by Sarah Norton, and the Railstone Mackney Trophyfor the junior individual swimmer was shared by Sarah Willcocks and CarolGriffiths.

We should like to thank Miss Towers and Mrs. Griffin for all their help and thetime they have given us during the season.

WIMBLEDON 1974The whole of the School tennis team was going to Wimbledon to watch the first

day of play. To some it was a completely new experience, but to others it was thethrill of going again.

We all assembled outside the games staff-room at nine o'clock and we were eachgiven a lunch and tea pack, while the juniors had some left-overs as well! We walkeddown to the station well in time for the train which came about fifteen minutes later.We all boarded and during the journey to Waterloo we organized who should havethe Court One ticket first and whom we should see. We then all managed to catchthe train to Wimbledon, after meeting some sixth formers who had been out forthe weekend. I decided to eat my lunch on the train as I knew that the afternoonwas going to be very full, but I needn't have worried as we had to wait an hour and ahalf for play to commence. While we were queuing outside the courts to get in, StanSmith arrived towering above everyone with his collection of rackets. That mademy day!

Our first call was at Court One where, as I said before, we had to wait an hour anda half for play to start. The not so lazy ones went round the outside courts gettingall the autographs of the players while they practised! At two o'clock play startedand we watched Mark Cox. The first set was easily taken and so were the next two.We went after the first for we wanted to see so much. We were allowed to go in pairs,so my partner, Jo Bailey, and I went to Court No. 2 to watch Newcombe playGoven, whom he beat. The pace of the game was really fast and at the end I wasquite exhausted from turning my head! After delivering the Court One tickets to thenext pair, Jo and I then ambled off to Court 6 where Stan Smith was playing. Unfor-tunately Bjorn Bprg was playing on the centre court at the same time, so afterwatching an exciting set of Smith's, we went to the centre court only to have to queuefor 20 minutes to get into the free standing area. When we did get in we had to standon tiptoe to see above all the heads, so if you were small you would have had it! Borgplayed a good game and when he won we all wanted to go down and get his auto-

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graph but the security was too strict. Next on court, was Ilia Nastase. the Rumanian,who got in quite a temper when he played Rebec. We weren't able to see the end aswe had to meet outside the centre court. So. to use all the time we had. we waitedfor everyone at the bottom of the outside steps where the players go hoping to get aglimpse of someone! We saw Roger Taylor and managed to get a picture of himbefore he leaped over the wall to the umpires' restaurant.

Now it was time to go. with the long journey ahead, back to School, and only thememory of that wonderful day that no one will ever forget.

Georgia Paine (2B, Cranmer House)

FENCING REPORTFencing this year has been practised with much enthusiasm and the usual quota

of injuries! A number of matches were arranged against Sutton Valence and ourfencers fared remarkably well, but never quite proved their supremacy.

More interesting events were the fencing tournament at Broadstairs and Chatham,where a junior and senior team were entered. One amusing situation was encounteredwhen senior and junior fencers faced each other across the piste — the problem wasduly overcome with the junior team defeating the senior team! Both teams howeverfought confidently through the third round but were then beaten.

Electric fencing is practised regularly and enjoyed by all — once the wires andplugs can be skilfully manoeuvered by the players!

The senior girls were also introduced to the arts of sabre fighting and learntseveral sequences.

Perhaps one of the highlights of the year was the Fencing Display at Founders'Day, when an attempt was made to consolidate a cross-section of the year's activity.

The year has been busy, but there is much more practising and tuition this yearto be continued until we can finally prove our supremacy over Sutton Valence! Ourthanks go to Professor Russell for his patient perseverance and to Miss Baxter forarranging so many matches.

ATHLETICSFor the first time this summer we have been able to enjoy our newly acquired

athletics equipment. During the term it was a common sight to see keep-fit enthusiastssprinting around the track on Macefield, or jumping over ropes on the front lawn. Inthe fine weather the high-jump stand was taken onto the front lawn and as the ropewas raised higher, it was all the staff could do to retain the attention of their classesin the surrounding buildings!

This bout of enthusiasm resulted in six members of the third and fourth yearsgoing to the Athletic trials at the Towers School, Ashford. As well as the events wehad been entered for, several of us took part in competitions in long jump and javelin,which we had never previously done, and this all added to the excitement of the day.We returned to School that evening inspired by the events of the day and determinedto improve our standards in the athletics field.

One member of our team was fortunate enough to be chosen to go to further trialsin London, and so was able to see a great many more good school athletes.

Our determination resulted in several ingenious members of the fourth yeararranging a sponsored swim to raise money for the athletics fund, which is steadilyincreasing.

We would all like to thank the games staff for all their help and enthusiasm, and weare all looking forward to next term when we may continue in our pursuits of countyor even national records.

THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD SCHEMEThe following awards have been gained:

Gold: A. Shepherd.Silver: V. Barstow, K. Davies, J. Dods, N. Maybury, C. Ward, S. Worcester.Bronze: K. Barker, S. Clark Hall, G. McCabe, F. Macdonald, E. Van der Watt.

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DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD ACTIVITIES

FIRST AIDOn October 9th, eight girls from Ashford School trooped down to the Norton

Knatchbull School for Boys. Here we had our first lecture on First Aid. The lecturerwas a member of the St. John Ambulance Brigade. For the remainder of thelectures, the Boys' school supplied us with a very appropriate vehicle. This was anold "converted" ambulance, used by the boys for school outings.

In our sixth session we were expected to take an exam. This was to prove that wehad all gained a reasonable knowledge of the service. The examiner was a Dr.Johnson from Wye. The examination went very well, until we had to resuscitate thedummy. This proved to be very amusing as some of us could not do it but hereassured us that the girls were usually better.

All the members of Ashford School thoroughly enjoyed the lectures and we allmanaged to obtain the St. John Ambulance certificate.

Caroline Clifford-Jones (5G, Nightingale House)

VISITS TO AN OLD LADYOn the Saturday afternoons that Tina and I are free, we walk to Newtown, a part

of Ashford, to visit an old lady of 80 years, Mrs. Butcher.Mrs. Butcher worked in the kitchen of the Prep. School after 3.00 p.m., until

Christmas last year when she retired after her 24th year here. Even my mother whowas at Ashford School remembers her, when she used to "take the babies for a walkfrom Bridge" she would stop and talk to her.

It is a great pleasure to her to give us tea and cakes and tell us about her trips toS. Africa, her family and her old job. It is also indeed a pleasure to us to see herenjoying herself. We usually leave about 4.00 p.m. and then she waves goodbye to usfrom her window.

We enjoy our visits, especially because she is so sweet and we know she enjoysour company. Linda O'Toole (5G, Alfred House)

POLICE WORKThe girls who chose to study Police Work as their service to the community found

the course very interesting indeed. It consisted of a tour of Ashford Police Station,including a much desired visit to the prison cells, and a number of very different talks.We learnt about the basic structure of the Police Force and its various branches. Inone of our lectures, we were shown the Police Station's "Early Warning System", asafeguard against a surprise atomic attack. All of us feel that, because of the course,we would now know how to attempt to deal with emergencies such as road accidentsshould the need ever arise. Helen D. Towner

FOOD FOR THE FAMILYEach Thursday we go to the Domestic Science Room where Miss Steed tries

bravely to teach us to be future house-wives. We are still scribbling down notesabout kitchen designs, mixers, liquidizers and various other important kitchen equip-ment. We are all looking forward to the day we can cook, as long as we don't burneverything including the Domestic Science Room.

K. MacRostie (5G, Alfred House)

BELL RINGINGEvery week we make our way to the church. Once there we make a valiant attempt

to ring "up" the bells, although a lot of discord is heard back at School. We arethen given a rest while the more experienced ringers, ring peals of Triple Bobs andother things.

At the end we are given another chance to try our hand at the art of ringing thebells. Many peculiar noises are heard accompanied by rather apprehensive looksfrom the more experienced ringers! At last we are relieved of our burden (more, Ithink, to the relief of the others than to us) and we make our way back to Schooland to the remarks of our friends.

It is a very enjoyable hobby as we can meet people from the town and get toknow them quite easily. Heather Allan (4G, Alfred House)

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Senior Boarders: J. Kenny (School Captain), S. Norton (Deputy School Captain).F. Bennett, H. Doggett, G. Leeves, S. Marples, N. Maybury (House Captains).H. Bailey, S. Baxter, D. Clow, S. Coulton, C. Davison, E. Holloway,

E. Manwaring, C. Pearson, A. Ratcliffe, F. Stalker, N. Thorogood, E. Waddell,C. Ward (School Prefects).

A. Barcock, K. Barstow, J. Best, E. Bolt, D. Chidell, F. Corbett, K. Davies,S. Dawkins, B. Dickens, M. Evans, C. Greenish, A. Hillesley, A. Leonard, J. Olsen,F. Orhewere, S. Reddick, C. Richardson, J. Rogans, H. Smithson, S. Thomas,W. Webb (House Prefects).

V. Barstow, J. Clouston, K. Eccles, R. Fagg, S. Nunn, S. Quant, C. Rogers,D. Smith, Y. Taylor (Liberties).

G. Allan, E. Copp, A. Davison, J. Eltringham, D. Sampson.Senior Day: G. Rowe (School Captain), R. Parker (Deputy School Captain).

C. Batterby, W. Harris, H. Kennedy, C. Miller, J. Ravenscroft (House Captains).M. Crawford, L. White-Thomas (School Prefects).M. Bagshawe, L. Cameron, J. Campbell, A. Conen, S. Crouch, A. Dunn, S. Ellis,

R. Gann, S. Harper, P. Holt, S. King, K. Knebel, V. Poland, Sarah Smith, SusanSmith, A. Thomas, S. Trodd, L. Westbrook, D. Windsor (House Prefects).

C. Belsham, E. Finn-Kelcey, T. Macdonald, J. Walker (Liberties).E. Bagshawe, J. Brooks, V. Bruce, F. Coleman, H. Cooper, J. Copland, S. Dunlop,

K. McLennan, S. Maxted, C. Macdonald, A. Saville, F. Sudbury, S. Wainwright.Prep. School: Miss Barwise, Mrs. Johnson, Miss Makepeace.Prep. School Boarders: L. Eltringham, L. Fagg.Prep. Day Pupils: J. Brooks, V. Clark, M. Fisher, D. Linington, A. Saville,

P. Saville.

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

CHRISTMAS

C/ is for Christmas, a merry time of year;

fl is for happiness and holiday cheer.

J\ is for ringing of bells far and near;

J. is in mince pies, which at Christmas appear.

O is for snow which makes the world stilled,

2 is for toys with which stockings get filled.

M. is for month, the last in the year.

A is for awe, with which people stare, at the —

O table in Church made up with loving care.

Angela Trowell (1A, Chaucer Merchants)

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YES, IT'S NUMBER ONEIt seems amazing that potential candidates for technical and high-standard jobs

should stoop to such a level, but Thursday, 7.25 p.m. on B.B.C.l witnesses juniorand senior common rooms filled with eager spectators for an action-packed displayof musical drivel. The scene is set, and TOP OF THE POPS hits the evening'sviewing once again.

For half an hour, the room reverberates with a series of boring bop, motivatedby introductions from the familiar D.J.'s dressed to kill, or if not, draped over thewilling shoulders of a specimen of youth today.

As the music and technique of the programme goes from bad to worse, someembarrassment seems to result from this progression and wild accusations of cuttingcriticism shoot through the room while on the screen the sensuous leers of yetanother pop idol attempt their knee-jellying movements to the accompaniment oftheir greasy group. The criticism is chiefly an effort of self-justification — no-oneaccepts that they enjoy this nonsense, it's merely an exercise in trying to prove thatthey can be as rude as the next person.

This criticism is temporarily silenced, however, by the entry of Pan's People. Weknow when we're beaten and these skinny sensations inspire mute awe and a forlornregret that we'd eaten that extra helping at tea.

At last the programme reaches the grand finale — Number One, the song that thepublic have bought in such multitudes that it has merited first place in popularity. Itis usually greeted with a chorus of groans and profound exclamations of derisiondirected at the taste of the record-buyers, but we sit it out until the last picture of theirritatingly mistimed dancing of the studio audience fades before our eyes.

"TOP OF THE POPS" is totally condemned by the television critics, and rightlyso, but its popularity is an inexplicable phenomenon, a tradition, almost a creed. Ifyou don't believe me, take a trip round the junior and senior common rooms onThursday at 7.25 p.m.

Alison Hughes (Lower VI Arts, Somerville House)

THOUGHTS ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL

It always seemson the way to school,

That the train goes on the same way —And on —And on —

Why can't it turn round and go back again?Gilliam McCabe (5G, Chaucer Pilgrims)

Let not life ebb away from your graspLike the free-foaming tideBut sail away too, on the inspiration of beliefForsaking mortal minutes to seek immortal centuriesNever-endingDestroy not your mind with regrets, jealousy and hatredBut replenish it with thoughtsWorthy of life!

Linda McCourt (Lower VI Science, Nightingale House)

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I am an artist:Fill me with green light growing

with red flames glowing,with rough bark rustywith dead leaves dusty:

With snow-worlds chill me,With water thrill me,With birdsong call me,With light enthral me.

I am a picture:Read in me birch twigs snapping,

soft wings clapping,catkins flowing,

and cattle lowing;See branches lacing,

and cloudbursts racing;See grey rain falling,

and blackbirds calling.

I am a colour:With me paint dry grass whispering,

brown leaves crisping,buds unfurling,

and fernfronds curling;Touch shadows playing,

and sky-veil greying,Mist hillsides paling,Hang ivy trailing.

I am Creation:with my eyes hold it,with my ears enfold it,with my touch still it,

And with my love fill it.C. Clifton (5H, Chaucer Knights)

ODE TO THE HISTORY ROOM FLOORGrey and uninspiring,Underfoot you lie,Mist grey alleviated by slate grey,Methodical — monotonous.A crossword puzzle without clues or answersYour only interest is that which you support —these wobbly tables,Hard grey chairs.You are the unnoticed, the unnoticeable,That which is trodden on by blind indifferent feet.Smudges of blue remind us ofThose inky accidents.

Elizabeth de Lozey (4H, Somerville House)

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CROSS-DATES

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ACROSS1. General Strike.3. Great Exhibition.6. Yet to come.7. Charlemagne's a toddler.8. Now he's a king.

10. The outbreak of war.11. See 13 down.13. See 4 down.14. Columbus sails the ocean.15. Defeat of Boney.

Answers on page 55.

DOWN1. Archbishop killed.2. Space Odyssey.3. Old age Pensions began.4. Year before Alfred is king.5. "I, came, I saw,..." (B.C.)6. Year Vicky is made queen.9. "England expects that every

man ..."11. Now Alfred is king.12. Caesar comes again (B.C.)13. In sixteen hundred and

William of Orange came toEngland.

S. Barham (IB, Chaucer Pilgrims)

THE BEGINNINGA ball of fire,Burning, burning;Glowing red hot as it hurtles through space.What is this thing?This strange phenomenon?Is it an asteroid?Is it a star?Or could it be — an undiscovered planet?Yes!It must be!It looks a bit like the earth,The earth in the beginning,Our world . ..Yes,This, is the beginning of us!

Caroline Hamley (1C, Nightingale House)

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THE CATThe fat, black, cat sat onThe old discarded cider vat.He thought himself unobserved, asDid the small brown mouse thatScurried — so oblivious of his growing amber stare.

The cat gathered its black elastic springs,And scrutinized the poor brown mouse and —SNAP! the fat, black, cat jumped off theOld discarded cider vat — onto the back ofThe small brown mouse.

I watched as it tarried with its death.Patting it, tapping it, letting it scurry shocked awayOnly to paralyse its back.I looked away as it ate it there, byThe old discarded cider vat.

Henrietta Hirst (2A, Brooke Place)

ULSTER '74Behind a wall in the BogsideA British soldier lay,Around him hardened women cry,"You English get away!"Two black-bereted youths appearOne grasps a knife, the other a stone,The women cry louder, "Soldier, get out of hereGo on back to your wife and home!"But duty bade him stay and fightTo protect a people not his own.

So stand and fight he must,In this Godforsaken hole.He must bear the nails and insults,Which pierce his skin and soul.How he wished to be at home among his loving kin,Instead of fighting here in this den of sin.For when the few evil men kill in Jesus' name,The others bow their heads in fear and shame.

Patricia Magowan (4H, Alfred House)

A PERFORMANCE

Spreading of a black, thick fluid through my body — my stomach rises to myhammering heart. I rub my wet hands on my skirt. The people, those people, willlook and see me, myself and they will think and whisper. An announcement: theintroductory voice, clear and calm. My throat is too tight! I don't want to do it!Put me in bed, away from all those, I hate them! Help me! Pause . . . expectanteyes . . . I recover myself sufficiently to mount the platform: it isn't me preparing thebook, clearing her throat and looking periodically at the audience, with confidence.Now my learning is carrying me through my ordeal; in fact I feel sick, dread andloathing for the eyeful animal out front.

Remember: the art of communication. Wise words buzz occasionally and I repeatmy speech that I've said so many times in rehearsal. My mouth and mind work likea clockwork mechanism but I think: "That feeling — didn't somebody tell me that it

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Vas the movement of adrenalin through the body?" — Concentrate! Rememberthem watching you. Me! . . . I've finished, I look up at my audience and absorb theirapplause. My audience now: they smile and I love them. Those sweet onlookers — Iwant you all. I toss my head and descend from my elevation. I feel attractive andintelligent: my two enemies. Now I recline in the comfort of my welcoming seat,pensive and far too confident.

Amanda Carlton (5H, Cranmer House)

THE CAPTIVE AUDIENCE

Pull your eyesOneByOneFromTheScreen:Now, look round at us —Dull faces,Expressionless, without feeling,We absorb what we observe uncritically,Unthoughtfully.Perhaps a newcomer will point out,"That's impossible because ..."Before she's finished, we're back to oblivion.A thought might crawl painfully across a mind,"I really ought to be ..."Your neighbour stretches her legs,And you begin to wonder ...Only to find your eyes have been caught,Once again,By the flytrap in the corner.

Judy Brown (Lower VI Arts, Nightingale House)

BLACK CATS

Three nameless catscome to the plateeach dayand wait.

Three black nameless catsscratchwith a claw on the door,and wait.

One black nameless cat,one scraggy cat,one scrawny cat,spawned...four tiny whining cats.

Seven black nameless catscome to the plate and wait.

Judy Olsen (Upper VI Arts, Cranmer House)

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BUBBLEColours

SlitheringAcross an oily

Sheet of rainbowsFormed solid by warm breath

An infloresence of fluid lovelinessExpansion of a dripping, glowing sphere.

And now,A whole new world,

Uninhabited, unconquered,Unconquerable. Translucent

It slides down the heavy air.One of a new Galaxy, never

Old before it dies. CleanAnd young, and fresh

Never to knowtomorrow.

Time has conquered the unconquerable — the transformation of aworld into a grain of that which

makes the world,is complete.

Anne Bond (4H, Cranmer House)

THE MOUSE TRAPIn the winter when it's cold

We mice get very hungry,There are no insects, grubs or worms,

But in the summer house there stand,BOXES . . . filled with apples,

Not just apples,But golden globes, and shining scarlet orbs,

And from them comes a perfume sweeter than heaven.When all is still and quiet,

We creep into the warm, apple-laden air,We clamber up into the fragrant fruit,

And eat,We eat until we are tight,

We eat until we might burstWe feel so fat, that we might be apples ourselves.

And then we sleep,Sometimes we do not slink away,

But stay, and lie in all the groves between thesegolden, glittering, shining spheres,

But one night, when the snow lay on the ground,Like a shimmering wet blanket,

We crept stealthily in, when all was quiet.Suddenly we smelt bread!

Bread, it was a treat, so rareI felt I must get at the bread,

It was placed on a queer shining contraption,A queer silver plate,

I dived for it,The noise was like thunder,

Red blackness was everywhere,And then . . .

Ruth Schwabe (1 A, Chaucer Merchants)

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CLUES

DOWN1. Fertile.3. It turns on.5. Moved with speed.7. Measure with weight.9. Mouthpiece.

11. Sailor's diary.13. Consume.15. Vessel.17. Wooden peg.

ACROSS2. A fish, or a burglar?4. A sailor named Jack?6. A striking name.8. One for his

10. Nothing.12. One of five.14. An empty space.16. The highest point.18. A place of rubbish.

Answers on page 52.

J. Wright (3A, Cranmer House)

THE MOON

The moon, tippedAnd shadowed, in moon dust.To such a specimen of make-believe we sendRockets.Soaring to the circular cheese of madness.A golden piece of peaceDraws make-believe and love towardsIts happy owner:A tiny man with a big round face,Adorned in yellow light, and night cap!...Reflection of thoughts, and heartFrom the cruel race years away, below . . .The steep dropDown the spiral staircase,Lands us back in theReflection on the water, rippling,Continuous circle on circle,Sinking, dipped,and shallowed, in the dusk.

F. Goble (3B, Cranmer House)

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OUR PREPPeople think, people sigh,Notes with messages passed by.The turning of pages, the creaking of chairs,The grunts, and the groans. The looks and the stares.

Bookworms in a book,Not given a look,The twisting, and chewing, and sucking of hairCRACK! Drops a book, the prefect gives you a glare.

Thoughts of "What can I put, and what can I say,I can't even remember, what Miss Perry said today."Daydreamers go off in a world of their own,Thirty minutes left, someone gives a groan.

At last! At last! Prep is done,Now to go out and have some fun.A bookworm puts away her book,Daydreamers turn round to look.The clock says gone seven,Ten past to be correct.Watches are looked at, the time must be checked!Relieved sounds, and sighs,Already outside, are the shouts, and the cries.

Karen Howes (2B, Alfred House)

CANDLE

The candle burns away.It sees its body

Which it eats,Slowly, steadily,

It cannot stop.

It is a small lightIn infinite darkness.

It flickers.

It is a lighthouseFor mice.

It guides themTo the table.

Where they eat in paradise,Then hurry back.

The candle's life isAt an end.

ItGlows

ForA while and

Leaves behind aThin

WispOf

Smoke.Jane Wright (1A, Chaucer Pilgrims)

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WELLINGTONOh, you creature of childhoodThat ambles, bumblingWith hat and fur and song;Fantasy of the mind,Wombling — free,Turning the child's faceTo a sun of smiles;

Inhabitants of WimbledonOnce undisturbed.From your gathered litter;Making and creating;Befriender of adult,Companion of child,Commercialized.

Helen Doggett (Upper VI Arts, Alfred House)

THE RIPENINGIs it time's moulding hand that ripens thoughts?

Fruits, turgid with excess of the inner soul,Desire's cravings spent in guiltless pleasure —So inward bending shrinks the withered frameTo harbour, foster and absorb the inner light

That once was crowded out,Black shadowed;Light merges into night.

Perfect peaceWhere man and universe gloriously unite in harmony.A gaping jawSwallow those frail bonesTo rot and smoulder —And released, the coiled smoke

Curls gently up and heavenwards.Barbara Kenney (4H, Alfred House)

BATHOSMidnight strikes,Deadly silence,The night is dark.A door.Far away, creaks open.Footsteps, voicesApproaching, theyget louder.A clatter of buckets,A rattle of handles.An owl outsidehoots and calls ...Inside the buildingThe charwomen get down to work.

Sarah Marchi (3A, Brooke Place)

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PORRIDGE

Squelchy and soft,Lumpy and thick,Rich and delicious,Delightful to lick.

Melts in my mouth,Covers my teeth,Rich on my tongue,Much nicer than meat.

Louise Lloyd (1A, Somerville House)

MIRROR LANDThe clock has just struck midnight,

So now you'll have some fun.For now you can walk through the mirror,

'Cos the magic has just begun.It's there that the trees of candy grow,

It's there that the lemonade rivers flow.It's there that you can walk or fly,

It's there that you're happy and never cry.When you would like to drink or eat.

The food appears just by your feet.There are no ugly buildings there,

But just the landscape pretty and fair.The sky is a very lovely blue,

And the sun can be seen, peeping through.The wind is blowing fresh and cool

And making ripples on a poolThe pool is very clear and deep

And the banks round the side are very steep.In the pool some fishes swim

Around and about, out and then in.And from the trees that are standing quite near,

Come the songs of the birds, sweet and clear.The flowers also are pretty and gay,

Standing beside you, where you lie.Suddenly you find yourself in the shade,

And everything begins to fade.All goes dim and then comes clear

And then your bedpost begins to appear.Everything you thought you saw

Will never be seen by you any more.Karen Emmerich (IB, Chaucer Knights)

THE MOONLIGHT

The moonlight, streaming across the fields,Casting ghostly shadows here and there,

The silver corn,Swaying to and fro in the moonlight.

A death like silence hanging everywhere,The tall red poppies, drained of colour now,

Whisper of their drugging sleep,While thistle soldiers stand in stately rows,

Guarding the silence of the moon washed scene.

Ruth Schwabe (1A, Chaucer Merchants)

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"PROTECTION"

J. Kindle (3A, Somerville House)

THE RACE TO THE 8.16

The eight o'clock pips, the race begins. The garage is opened and we're off. The"Yellow Peril" begins revving up Littlebourne Hill. Coming up fast, our rival's car,the "Overtonmobile". A touch on the accelerator gets us round the double bend,but what is this, the Overtonmobile is overtaking on the right-hand side. Ah ha! butthere is a T.I.R. lorry in front (they won't get far.) Crawling along at ten miles anhour, and we're up to the traffic lights now. Just turned red, Overtonmobile a little infront now; amber, green, and we're off to a roaring start, it's neck and neck now,and the Yellow Peril is pulling into the lead. The two cars separate here, the YellowPeril goes round the town and the Overtonmobile round the Rhoims Way, and it'sdown the main street comes the Yellow Peril and here comes the Overtonmobilejoining together again at the crossing. There's about a length between us now, theOvertonmobile just in front, and its the Overtonmobile first in "Station Road". Butwhat is this, the train is pulling out of the station: "We've missed it!"

Alison Bradley (2B, Chaucer Merchants)

ANSWERS TO CROSSWORD ON PAGE 48Across

2. Cat, 4. Tar, 6. Pat, 8. Nob, 10. Nil, 12. Toe, 14, Gap, 16. Top, 18. Tip.Down

1. Fat, 3. Tap, 5. Ran, 7. Ton, 9. Bit, 11. Log, 13. Eat, 15. Pot, 17. Pin.

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HAIKUHaiku poems are three line poems, which should have seventeen syllables only

in all. Each should contain a single, complete thought, and each detail should besignificant.

IceCold sharp, still she comes,Her fingers clenched to grasp us —And then she goes.

SnowdropGrowing out of the icePale against the paler snowMaking pale faces bright.

Monsoon DrainBig, foul-smelling, dark,Deep as an English canal,Foreboding and hoping.

HairSoft and bitty, itLies in place, yet strays awayAnd floats and seems of air.

Amanda Grosvenor (3A, Nightingale House)

AutumnLook up through the trees!It is like a roof of goldBut soon it will fall.

Ann Thomas (3A, Brooke Place)

Summer DustDry hot shimmeringDust, baked and trodden till hardUniversal rock.

AutumnLeaves fall, the year ends,A chapter in the book, "Earth"Closes for a rest.

The DeskDeep-scratched, ink-stained wood,Loosely bound for restlessIngrained memories.

A. Richardson (3A, Nightingale House)

HUNGER

Hunger is not only want of food:It is want of a friend.A friend who understands you;A friend you can confide in;A friend who fills your hungry heart with joy;Who feeds you with the answers to your problems ...Hunger is not only want of food.

Diana Pugh (4H, Brooke Place)

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THE WONDERS AND DEVELOPMENT OF SOUNDSound, ravenous for more voices,Alert and trespassing;Prying beyond the barrier;The beautiful, solitary barrier of silence;

Catching, grasping, clenchingEvery needle-sharp soundAnd throwing it out, far awayInto the void emptiness;

Reaching, stretching out over the barrier,To the beautiful mysterious depthsAnd unfathomable densitiesBetween sound and silence.

Sounds: thrown, projected far outInto corners no voices ever reached,No barriers were ever broken for,Splintering peace into thousands of fragments.

The shell, the encasement of golden glass,Is broken, its territories distorted,And the silence which once reignedIs changed into sound.

Alison Dowler (4F, Cranmer House)

Anne Tunbridge (Lower VI, Chaucer Pilgrims)

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GURKHA SAFARILast summer, I went on a safari in the Borneo jungle with the Gurkhas.A week before our departure we had to attend a talk on the hazards of the jungle

and were shown a python which the Gurkhas had recently killed. A list of the essen-tial items that we had to take in our borrowed army packs was given. Although theitems on the list were the absolute minimum for jungle life, I took two attemptsto cram it all into the very small pack.

We set off in two heavy army trucks early one Sunday morning and after a verybumpy journey along a sandy road we arrived at an army helicopter base. Here, weleft our packs to be flown to the camp in the jungle. The "walkers", however had toenter the jungle and proceed on foot to the camp. The jungle we were walkingthrough was "secondary jungle". There were a large number of fallen trees, their fallcaused by termites, and we didn't see any animals.

After some three hours of walking we arrived at a clearing where the Gurkhashad made their camp. It was situated near a river with a waterfall and lake. Thecamp consisted of the Gurkha tents and our sleeping quarters, these the Gurkhashad made out of saplings and took the form of shelters and "beds".

During the next three days we swam in the lake, organized a shooting competition,and went on compass walks; each group directed by a Gurkha. One night theGurkhas shot a wild boar, which they cooked in their special way. It was delicious!

At night I found it extremely difficult to get to sleep, because of the jungle noisesand the sticky heat.

All too soon, the safari came to an end, and we had to return home. During thereturn walk one of the walkers had to have a leech released with a lighted cigarette.

Karen Philpott (3B, Cranmer House)

THE ELEPHANT AND THE MOUSEA mouse, small, insignificant,Scurried along the jungle trail,Pausing now and thenTo sniff the heavy-scented air.

An elephant, majestic, toweringAbove the sweet wet trees,Strode destructively along,Paused to snap off a branchAnd then resumed his violent course.

They met in a clearing;The mouse looked up in amazementAs the enormous creature stopped,Stepped back and squintedAt the tiny, pitiful creature at his feet.They stood there for eternity ...

And then the elephant turned and ran away.F. Timms (3B, Cranmer House)

ANSWERS TO CROSS-DATE PUZZLE ON PAGE 44Across

1. 1926, 3. 1851, 6. 1975, 7. 770, 8. 800, 10. 1939, 11. 88, 13. 870, 14. 1492,15,1815.Down

1. 1170, 2. 2001, 3. 1909, 4. 870, 5. 55 (B.C.), 6. 1837, 9. 1805, 11. 871, 12. 54,13.88.

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A STREAMA little stream gently trickling,Unwillingly collecting forms of pollution,

Develops into an endless river,Surging forward, eager, stretching,

To its final destination.

It leaps off a cliff, rushing, running,Falling into a valley below.

White and frothy, flowing to the sea.A spectacular sight.

Covering land of any description;Never stopping to pause or rest,

Eager to release sourceless energy,Obtained from nowhere.

It settles in the sea.Y. Greenstreet (1A, Cranmer House)

Jennifer Stevenson (5H, Chaucer Pilgrims)

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OLD GIRLS' ASSOCIATIONPresident: Miss Nightingale, 3 The Moat House, Charing, Ashford, Kent.Vice-Presidents: Miss Thompson.

Mrs. Kneen (nee H. Churcher).Miss Harland.

Hon. Life Members: Miss A. J. Churchill.Miss F. Wilson-Haffenden.

Chairman: Mrs. Clow (nee E. Lay).Secretary: Mrs. Clarke (nee A. Hammond), 88 The Ryde, Hatfield, Herts. AL9 SDL.Treasurer: Mrs. Preisig (nee A. Hosking), Impkins Farm, Charing, Ashford, Kent.

TN27 ONN.Auditor: A. Best, 132 Borden Lane, Sittingbourne, Kent.Correspondents:

1970 S. Harman (Mrs. Carne), 84 Nightingale Road, Petts Wood, Orpington,Kent.

1971 F. Coombe-Jones, Trenley Farm, Hawkhurst, Kent.1972 K. Lloyd, Three Hurdles, Beauchamp Roding, Ongar, Essex.1973 J. Chamberlin, The Croft, Ashford Road, Lenham, Maidstone, Kent., Q7. J. Kenney, Macpherson Flats, 51 Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH1 2DJ.

G. Rowe, Matfield Court, Matfield, Tonbridge, Kent.Australia: Mrs. MacLeod (nee M. Bateman), 66 Carr Street, Barwon Heads,

Victoria 3227, Australia.Annual Subscription: 75p; 10-year Subscription: £5.50 (to be sent to the Secretary

or to the Treasurer, NOT to the School).

THE SPRING REUNION ANDANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The 1975 Spring Reunion and Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday,February 22nd, at 2.30p.m. at the School, by the kind invitation of Miss Thompson.We should like to point out that all Old Girls are most welcome to come to thismeeting whether or not they belong to the O.G.A. We do try to keep the business sideas brief as possible in order to leave plenty of time for chatting with old friendsover tea.

Tea (20p per head) may be ordered in advance. Please inform the Secretary ingood time if you intend coming.

FOUNDERS' DAY MEETINGIn spite of threatening rain clouds earlier, the sun shone yet again on a goodly

gathering of Old Girls on the Terrace for the Founders' Day tea party. It was adelight to see Margaret Duffin (Joan Harland's sister) with her family, Betty Harlandher cousin, and Mrs. Cox, Miss Brake's sister, together with some who had leftSchool very recently, others who had not been back for years, as well as many of ourregulars. We do hope that you enjoyed meeting old friends, and that you will join usagain very soon. Unfortunately, Angela, our secretary, had been prevented frombeing with us at the last moment by a sudden — and we are delighted to say — briefindisposition, but she was able to send us her good wishes, and caught up on all thenews two days later.

Enid said that, ever since she had been pur Chairman, she had seemed to be sayinggoodbye to someone, for this was the third year in succession that the O.G.A. hadsaid farewell to a member of staff, each of whom had been so much part of theSchool, and closely associated with the Association, that to imagine Ashford withoutthem seemed impossible. Now, it was the turn of of Joan Harland to follow MissNightingale and Miss Churchill. Joan was known to us all: to many as a girl atSchool with them (she was Enid's first House Prefect in "The Fold" in the OldAlfred), School Prefect and the House Captain of Nightingale; later to others asMiss Brake's Secretary, House Tutor and finally Bursar. Her loyalty to the School

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and to the O.G.A. had been immeasurable. She knew and remembered such anumber of Old Girls, so often keeping them in touch with their friends and theAssociation, and keeping an unobtrusive eye on their daughters as they in turn joinedthe School; however busy, always welcoming a visitor with a kindly word, and alwaysready and willing to help should any timely assistance be required, her many deeds ofkindness being too numerous to mention. For so many reasons the Old Girls owedJoan an immense debt of gratitude, which they had tried to show at the last A.G.M.in February by asking her to become a third Vice-President.

Enid and Ann (our Treasurer) then presented her with a bedside table, so designedas to allow her to have as many meals in bed as she pleased, in comfort and withoutfear of upsetting everything should she fall asleep! And, with it, our very best wishesfor a long, happy and active retirement.

Joan was delighted with her gift, which she said she would enjoy using very often,and which would always remind her of us all. She told us of her many happy years atAshford, the pleasure she had had at meeting so many old girls of the School,whether members of the O.G.A. or not. This she would miss, but she hoped nottoo much, for she was looking forward to being able to welcome many at herbungalow at Egerton, with its beautiful view over to Tenterden, whenever anyonewas near enough to call in.

Tea and chatter went on until we went down to the lawn by the Brake Buildingwhere Lady Prudence said the School's official farewell and made the presentationto Joan.

The Bring and Buy Stall did quite well again, for which we are grateful, because itdoes help us to continue the Old Girls' Award. To those who helped on the day,and who brought us gifts to sell, and in anticipation of those who will remember tohelp us to stock it next year — many thanks.

To Miss Thompson our continued gratitude for making us, as always, so verywelcome when we return either singly or en masse to School. We look forward to theA.G.M. in February, when we hope to see many of you once more.

POST BAGCONGRATULATIONS TO:

Shorn Nevill on her engagement.Jenny Grist on her engagement.Gillian Engert on her engagement.Mr. D. P. Jones on his engagement to Miss Veronica Peters.Diane Geary on her marriage.Julia Reeves on her marriage.Mr. McClune on his marriage to Mile D. Chalaye.Miss Makepeace on her marriage to Mr. I. McLeod.Elizabeth Otten on her marriage to Mr. Laurence Anslow.Miss Steel on her marriage to Mr. Clive Medhurst.Hillary Aitken on her marriage.Miss Van Kleefon her marriage to Mr. J. Bovee on July 5th, 1974.Alison Macmillan on her marriage to Mr. Innis.Shelagh Macmillan on her marriage to Mr. Byron.June Brasted on her marriage.Julia Norton on her marriage.Suzanne Hughes on her marriage to Mr. Nigel Barltrop.

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Mrs. Wilson on the birth of a son.Mrs. Clark on the birth of a son.Mrs Davis (Miss Litten) on the birth of a son.Mrs. Wilkes on the birth of a son.Mrs. Johnson on the birth of a son.Mary Rumble on the birth of a son.Carole Wiggins (Mrs. Deminguez) on the birth of a daughter Claudia.

Margaret Van Rensburg and Jennifer Stott have completed their respectivecourses at St. Godric's College.

Iris Lee (Mrs. Bradshaw) came to see us at the start of the Summer Term. It washer first visit to the School for many years but she has always kept in touch throughThe School Tie, and so she remembered much from her own school days and then asthe first matron of Cranmer House — we had to call her Miss Davis as it was at thetime when Miss Doreen Lee was back as Sister in the Sanitorium. She was veryinterested to see all of the School — she missed the Cedar tree and the Cherry tree by"A" tennis court but we could still show her Miss Bishop's picture of the cherry treeand the site of the cedar tree which still shows.

Elizabeth Otten. Miss Nightingale, Miss Churchill and Miss Harland went toElizabeth's wedding in Lenham in April. Catherine was a bridesmaid; she is studyingto obtain better "A" Level grades at evening classes, as she hopes to go to MedicalSchool, when she has finished her nursing training. Jenny Gammon (Mrs. Gash) wasa Matron of Honour and was there with her husband. Other Ashfordians presentwere Sue Bryan (Mrs. Terry) and her husband, Ann Stroud (Mrs. Wheeler) withGeraldine and Elizabeth, and Mary Blake — not forgetting the bride's mother SheilaNotley (Mrs. Otten). After living in numerous homes during their Army life, Sheilais delighted to be settled in Kent — she still has nightmares that she must pack upand be on the move again. Elizabeth and her husband, both teaching, make theirfirst home in Guildford.

Alison Walker writes from Farnborough where she is very much enjoying herengineering course and finds herself being involved in a wide variety of fields, ideasand skills. The course lasts for five years — once at university, she will return duringthe summer vacations for industrial experience. There are 23 on the course, all theothers being men.

Bettina Dicks (Mrs. Ribes Gill) visited the School on May 29th with her husbandand two children. Bettina lives in Switzerland, where her husband works and, as he isSpanish, and her little girl attends a French school, she could be a good linguist.Bettina was staying with Diana Leaver (Mrs. Wiggins).

Catherine Gardner has qualified from University College Hospital Medical Schoolwith the degree M.B., B.S.

Pamela Bicknell (Mrs. Glen) came to see the School just before Founders' Day.This was her first visit since she left Ashford School in the war years. She foundmany new things but was glad to find little changed in Cranmer. Pamela lives inSwaziland with her husband and family; she has seven children, five boys and twogirls, and has celebrated her Silver Wedding. Her two nieces are now at Ashford,and they showed her the School, but she spent the dinner break with Miss Harland,catching up on news of her contemporaries. If anyone has any news of BrendaRobinson, Barbara Woodroffe and Doreen Mann, these are three with whom wehave lost touch. She was pleased to meet Miss Neal and have news of MmNightingale, Miss Webb, Miss Churchill, Miss Salmon and Miss Haffenden,

Our congratulations to June Slatter (Dr. Armstrong) who is now a Justice ofthe Peace.

Katie Lloyd and Amanda Cuthbert also called in at School just before Founders'Day.

We are all very sad to hear of the tragic death in a farm accident of JanetMaylam's (Mrs. Palmar's) husband. Janet is left widow, with three little girls. Allour sympathy goes to her, and her husband's mother, Joan Robson (Mrs. Palmar).

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Peggy Evans (Mrs. Tibbet) called in at School just before Founders' Day withher husband. She lives in Pietermaritzberg and has a married son and daughter,and is expecting her first grandchild later in the year. Another daughter is atuniversity. She had not seen the School since she left in 1938, and was mostinterested to see the many changes.

Katharine Homer has passed her finals in German and Russian with First ClassHonours from the University of Reading.

Pamela Seaton came in to see us after her term ended at Bishop Otter College.She has been accepted for her B.Ed, year and is working in the Ashford Libraryduring her vacation, before returning to Bishop Otter for the degree course.

Catriona Park (Mrs. Dwight Mitchell, Jnr.) called in with her husband when theywere on holiday in England. Catriona brought news of her own family, her parents,now living in Worthing, her two sisters, Eleanor and Heather, and their families aswell as of her cousins Julia and Lydia Torrance. Catriona is teaching Mathematicsin a fee paying school in the States — she models her teaching on Miss Webb's.Catriona lives at 1704 Dorchester Drive, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73120 USA.

Marilyn Abbott has her B.D.S., L.D.S., R.C.S.(Eng.) from University CollegeHospital Dental School.

Diana Aitken has her Diploma of Occupational Therapy.Teresa Hall has her B.A. Honours Degree in Economics from the University of

Durham.Shelagh Macmillan (Mrs. Byron) has her Honours Degree in English Studies

from the University of Stirling.Fiona McAdam (Mrs. Foster) has her M.B., Ch.B., from Edinburgh University.Janet Stevenson has her Upper Second Class B.Sc. Honours Degree in Social

Science from the City University, London. Janet is doing an integrated nursing anddegree course at St. Bartholomew's Hospital and the City university, being one ofthe first Ashford Old Girls to do so.

Nateetip Thapthimthong has a First Class B.Sc. being amongst the top group ofBiological Sciences students at Westfield College, University of London.

Karen Davies is planning to take History, Geography and Art, Advanced Level,at Taunton School.

Janet Rogans is returning to England at the end of September to enter BruneiUniversity.

Anne Oilman is starting nursing in London this autumn.Gillian Rowe is going to Exeter University in October, but spent the summer

working in the Accounts department at Courage's, the Brewers, in Bermondsey,behind Tower Bridge. The work was dull in itself, being unskilled filing, etc., but theexperience interesting, with its new circle of acquaintance, and environs to explore,and the wages very satisfying. These are to be saved for travelling next summer toU.S.A., to a summer camp in Oregon, and further travel, probably by Greyhoundbus.

Tina Greenish worked as a clerk in an office in Tunbridge Wells for eight weeks,before going to college at the end of September.

Jane Charlesworth, ending her second year at Bristol, and looking forward to theresearch project of her third year in the colloid science department of the University,v/rites of her enjoyment of the academic study of physical chemistry. RosalindWaller will be with her in the same department. She is working on polymers, theirelectrical effects and mechanisms, while Jane's work will probably be more con-cerned with physical and structural aspects.

Jane has been living in a self-catering flat attached to a hall of residence, but isnow, with three friends, going to live in a house nearer the centre of Bristol; she saysthe house is "quite small with mice and a small yard, with two tin baths of lettuces."During the summer, she and Rosalind went hop-picking, from crack of dawneach day.

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Gilli Bond worked with I.C.I, horticultural publicity department for a while aftergetting her B.Sc. Hort. at Wye. Last year she decided to go to South Africa andsailed to Durban with all her belongings. She soon found a job with the South AfricanSugar Association and now has a lovely flat overlooking the sea. Gilli would bedelighted to see anyone who goes to Natal; her address is: 106 Costa do Sol,Ark Drive, Umhlanga Rocks, Natal 4320. Tel. Durban 511054.

Catherine Bond (Mrs. Barr), worked as a secretary at Wye College andUniversity College, London, before her marriage. She now has two boys, Andrewand James, and lives at East Lenham Farm.

Gillian Boyd is now working at the National Farmers' Union H.Q. in London.Judy Kenney is enjoying the independence of life in her own flat in Edinburgh,

cooking for herself, and working in a large book-store in Edinburgh, where she islooking forward to having more to do with the actual books when she is moreexperienced. She is thinking of applying for a University place, perhaps at Bristol.

Sarah Norton is attending a Tutorial College, daily, in Guildford, to prepare forOxbridge entrance examinations in November.

Karen Eccles looks forward to starting a Secretarial course in the Autumn.Elaine Bolt is going to live with Julia Lamb's family while she attends a Cordon

Bleu course in Woking.Clare Davison, before starting at Sussex University in the Autumn, spent time

painting the outside of their house, in the village where they have moved and wherethey enjoy living. She also spent some time looking after a happy and affectionatelittle Mongol boy.

Elizabeth Johnson (Mrs. Smith) has recently moved to Baldock, Herts., which shesays seems very strange after 14 years in Kent. She would be pleased to hear fromany of you in that area. Her daughter, Sarah, is now boarding at Ashford after beinga day girl for a year. Her sons, Rupert 11 and Matthew 9, are now at Kingshott,Hitchin.

Lesley Simister (Mrs. Jones) has finished her Management course and is returningto staff training at Bentalls, Kingston. She and her husband bought a motor bike tobeat the petrol crisis; she finds it a bit dirty but at least it is quite cheap. Lesley alsocycles to work each day for the exercise; she says she is improving but still tends torely on her feet rather than her brakes! Her sister Alice is now at the North LondonPolytechnic doing a post-graduate Business Studies and Secretarial Course, havinggained a combined Honours Degree at Exeter University.

Brenda Vokins (Mrs. Taylor) says she enjoys browsing through The School Tieeven though she is on the other side of the world in Australia. She has four childrenranging from 12 to 5 years, three boys and one girl. At the moment they are all atdifferent schools, so fitting in all the events on the school calendar is pretty chaotic.Her husband travels extensively in the Pacific through his business to such placesas the New Hebrides, Gilbert Islands, Pitcairn Islands and the Solomons. Brendaoccasionally manages to accompany him and recently spent a very interesting weekin Western Samoa.

Leonie Norland (Mrs. Blunt) writes that she has lost touch with School and hasjoined the O.G.A. after leaving in 1928; we are so pleased to welcome her. Strangelyenough she was a contemporary of Joan but no relation. Leonie was married inJanuary 1972 to Captain Henry Stanley Blunt of Oxford.

Catharine Sykes has her B.Sc. Honours Degree in Mathematics from theUniversity of Kent.

Katharine Wright has her B.A. Honours Degree in History from the Universityof Reading: she will be spending the next year in Oxford studying for the Certificatein Education.

Valerie Davies (Mrs. Kaj-Aage Arends) was over from New York this summerand came to see us at School; she gave us news of her contemporaries, with whomshe keeps in touch. Elisabeth Court lives in Montreal, and Valerie has been staying

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with Ann Palmer (Mrs. Ochs) in Canterbury and meeting Celia Perham (Mrs.Taylor) and Diana Leaver (Mrs. Wiggins) whose daughter is now at School, herewith us at Ashford. Valerie's eldest son, Andrew, is starting at King's School,Canterbury this term. She feels he will have a tremendous adjustment to make, bothto the climate and the discipline!

Elizabeth Holloway has had an enjoyable time in France, on holiday, beforegoing to Sussex University, to study French, where she is to be sharing a room withClare Davison in a flat in Brighton.

Helen Doggett writes enthusiastically about travelling with her brother in thesouth of India, visiting Mysore, Bangalore and Ootacamund, and viewing the greatBlack Nandi Bull, 18 foot high and 32 foot long, carved from a single rock. Theyalso saw young elephants being trained.

Hilary Lewis is a qualified medical assistant engaged on research work.Anne Taylor, having completed six months as an alt pair girl in Paris, is now

entering Drama College in Birmingham.

Debbie Chambers having, in the summer, taken two more "A" Level subjects:Politics and Economics, hopes to get into a Polytechnic in London for further study.

Anne Waddell, who has been working in Fenwick's for some time, will, by thetime this magazine is in print, have become an underbuyer. She is living in London,and enjoying herself immensely.

Pela Papas, back from South Africa, is now enjoying herself at Art College inLondon.

Lindsay Hyne is taking a Nursery Training Course at Wellgarth College.Jackie Hinge is enjoying her catering course.Katie Richmond changed from doing Maths at Exeter University, to Accoun-

tancy at Bristol.Pant Garner and Amanda Culliford are both enjoying life and work at Nonington.

Pam has been teaching some English.Susan Harmon (Mrs. Came) hopes to live in London as her husband is working

there.Clare Doggett has successfully completed an enjoyable second year at Sheffield.

She is spending time in the summer doing auxiliary nursing.

Wendy Wallace, who has just taken her "A" Levels at Canterbury TechnicalCollege, hopes to go to Bradford University.

Lucille Stevens is now teaching at Beaver Green Primary School and finding itvery stimulating and satisfying.

Lynette Congdon, having spent some time in Germany, is now nursing, and hopingto complete her training next year. In her spare time, as always, her farming interestsare to the fore.

Joyce Edginton who visited us last year with a group of organ students toinvestigate our organ, retired in the summer, but returned to teaching in January,as she couldn't bear idleness! She now teaches part-time at two boys' prep, schools,and deputises for organists at local churches. The organ has always been her greatlove, and she has very generously arranged for an annual organ prize for us.

Suzanne Hinge has completed an enjoyable secretarial course.

Jenny Doutre, having completed her secretarial course, was looking forward(with some slight trepidation) to starting work soon after Founders' Day.

Shorn Nevill is following a commercial course with emphasis on French.

Sian Croxon, having got her History degree, has been studying for her first lawqualifications at a London centre, and is now going on to enter a well-known firm inLondon to train to qualify as a solicitor.

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Fiona Nunn (Mrs. ) whose husband is a clergyman, moved in thesummer to Grimsby where he is to be priest-in-charge of a parish. She will soonfinish her drama teaching course, and will find a teachirig post.

Joan Lament is chief chef at Westminster Children's Hospital.

Sarah Garrard has her degree from Leicester, and is taking a six months'secretarial course.

Vivien Aston (Mrs. SHelton). Those who remember Vivien will be grieved to hearof her death, aged 37, in May after a valiant fight against cancer. Vivien had forseveral years been living in New Zealand where she had become friendly withRosemarie James (Mrs. Ashton). We are much indebted to Rosemarie for the lettershe wrote to Miss Thompson the day Vivien died, extracts from which we knowVivien's contemporaries will like to share with us. Rosemarie said she wanted towrite "as another Old Girl who had shared the griefs and triumphs of Vivien'sincredible battle over the last few years." She continued:

"Truly, her courage in the face of increasing operations and limitations was anexample to us lesser mortals. Each time Vivien fought back the devasting effects ofthese operations. She learnt to project her voice after a serious throat operationand learnt to manipulate a wheelchair when she was no longer able to walk. Yeteach time she found new ways of continuing her work as a journalist, to keepinvolved with her children's school activities, and her many friends always foundher up-to-date on every aspect of life and impatient to know what was happeningand what people were doing. Perhaps most of all, her constant smile and happywelcome left the deepest impression. And it was undoubtedly these that createdsuch willing devotion on the part of the hospital staff whom she came to know sowell during her many visits. They shared her battles with her and, knowing somuch, perhaps respected her will to live even more than the rest of us.

"In every way Vivien lived a full life such as Cherub always enjoined us to do,but especially did she build it well, strong, straight and true, and not only for, butin the eye of God. Vivien firmly believed in family worship and was a strongmember of a church whose fresh approach and modern outlook on religion havehelped it play an important part in the lives of many, particularly the youngergroups.

"We shall all miss Vivien's strong spirit and involvement with life but we knowthat she did everything she could to make the utmost of all her opportunities andfor this we are glad. She was so much alive — even dictating bright little notesto her friends a day or so ago — that it is difficult to believe she has gone; hervitality never really vanished and I think this is how she would wish to beremembered — her English spirit would never admit defeat.

"I hope that what I have said will convey to those who remember her what aremarkable person Vivien Shelton was; somehow our years at Ashford do notseem all that long ago, in spite of several changes of pupils, and much of what webecome must result from what we learned (or failed to learn!) during our happyyears there."Our sympathy goes to her husband and her children in New Zealand and to her

mother and brother in England.

Alison Ratcliffe, at secretarial college, is finding shorthand a problem.

Jo Smith is in her last term at St. Godric's.

Jane Sullivan is enjoying herself at Hastings Grammar School where she istaking two additional "O" Level subjects and hoping to take "A" Level Economics.

Carol Green spends her spare time digging canals — she has joined a CanalPreservation Society.

Lavinia Wicks having acquired her B.H.S.A.I. has gone to Chiltern NurseryNursing College. She came top in her final examinations at her Home EconomicsCollege.

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Clare Bullbrook is now in her second year at College of Education.Diane Geary is teaching Primary School children.Karina Roberts (Mrs. Illingworth) is living in Montreal, Canada. She has

three children, Heidi, 8 years, Hans, 6 years and Chel Peter, 4 years.Susan Leeves is enjoying life at Oxford Polytechnic. She plays squash in her

spare time.Gillianne Leeves spent some time working as waitress at the Danes Hotel,

Hollingbourne, during the summer before going up to Liverpool University.

Susan Smith spent time in Germany, Switzerland and France, before enteringGuy's to study medicine, in the autumn.

Sarah Smith is at King's, Canterbury starting her Advanced Level work.Bunty Snell (Mrs. Macdonald Smith) is taking part in the opera Lysistrata, in

Bermuda.Bridget Lown has just finished work at Hover Lloyd's. After Christmas she is

going to Germany to work and improve her German.Rosemary Gann is enjoying her time at Kent College.Deborah Patterson is working as a secretary in Canterbury.Lynn Grantley Smith is following a course of training at the Kent-and Canterbury

hospital.Pola Churchill is enjoying working as a model.Francine Orhewere arrived back in England in September, to go up to Liverpool

University.Wendy Harris starts her course at St. Mary's, London University, in the Autumn.

Sally Harper and Victoria Poland are undertaking three Advanced Level subjectsat Ashfbrd Technical College.

Lindsay Gumming is working in the Bank of England.Marion Fox (Mrs. Gabillia) is still in the bank in Bristol.Rachel Barker having spent a very profitable year at the Institute of Education,

and having gained her Teaching Diploma, is now embarking on a post graduatecourse in History at Darwin College, Cambridge.

We are sorry to hear that Jane Bennett has had a serious accident while onholiday abroad, and has injured her spine. She is now at Stoke Mandeville.

Sarah Simmonds, now studying for her R.A.N.A., is working as a veterinaryassistant in her spare time.

Venetia Carpenter is following a course of business studies at Hull University.

Helen Gordon, now secretary at Wye College, worked at Puttocks EngineeringFirm in the Summer.

Debbie Snelson is in her third year at University; she has spent a great part of thelong vacation following ant-trails round Scotland.

Cathie Ward, after working during the summer in the Cathedral Shop atCanterbury, has now started life at Maria Grey College of Education, where thefirst two weeks, at least, proved highly social.

Mary Marcroft (Mrs. Clarke) has a son, Paul, now five years old, and a daughter,Esther, who is three.

Judy Davies tried a number of summer jobs — one was picking grapes in France.Jo Stacey and Mandy Cuthbert have spent much of the summer cooking for burly

hop-pickers in Kent. Jo has enjoyed her first year at Sussex University.Ann Palmer works as interviewer for a cookery firm.

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NEWS FROM CORRESPONDENTSFrom Katie Lloud (1972):

Founders' Day seems to have been fairly well attended this year, with appearancesmade, amongst others, by Clare Doggett, Penny Bolt and Sioux Whillock. Siouxhas to spend this coming year in France as part of her course at Lancaster. Mandy(nee Reddick) also turned up, having now been married for a year or so. She hasjust done her first year at Sheffield University. Jo Stacey and Lindsey Camming werethere as well. Lindsey has given up manipulating people at the London Hospital, andhas decided instead to reform the British Economy at the Bank of England. She hasSally Codner to show her the ropes, and Sally Watterson has just had an interviewfor a place there. Jan Gill is also in the City, and is just around the corner from theBank. Hazel Digby is working in London with a record company, and met Lindsey ata party. Susie Hooker has started her industrial year (part of her course at SurreyUniversity). She is spending it in a large hotel in the West End. London seems toattract lots of people. Bridget Lown, on the other hand, has had enough of it, andafter getting her secretarial qualifications, is working in Ramsgate with the Hovercrafts, with plans to go to Germany to learn the language. Moira McLaren has stillfurther horizons. She has spent the summer on a zoological expedition to darkestAfrica, and is sponsored by all sorts of big firms, on condition that she remembers totell anyone she meets that "chewing helps you concentrate". Ft Dewhurst has spentthe summer in France as an "au pair", and has been all over the place, staying withvarious friends of her employers. Lynda Davies is at the moment in Moscow with herfamily, but has been in charge of something theatrical at the University of EastAnglia. Sheena McLeay has been in the States.

Evidently one or two of the clan have found Mr. Right: I have heard of threeengagements: Jocelyn Miles is engaged to former King's, Canterbury, NickKingsman; GillEngert to a fellow Edinburgh student; and Marilyn Seargeant to oneat Warwick — she is getting married next summer after her finals. Talking of finals,quite a few of us are having to face that hurdle already, and it seems no time at allsince we left School. For me it is postponed for a while as, like Sioux, I have to spenda year in France. I have got a job as "assistante d'anglais" in a lycee in Marseilles.I am hoping to live in Aix-en-Provence, and fit in some University courses as well,between hours at the lycee. I should have quite a busy time.

The Ashford contingent in Edinburgh is going strong. Jane Stanley (Mrs. Cheape)is doing post-graduate work, Caroline Dixon and All Macmillan (Mrs. Innis) are intheir final year. Although I very rarely see Sam Bhat or Jo Simm, I do see DebbieSnelson quite a lot; she keeps me up with news of School via Nicky. I bumped intoPip Boullon last term; she is working at the Royal Infirmary here.

That is all the news I have this time. If any of you (us, that is) have been doinganything wildly exciting which hasn't filtered through the grapevine, and which youthink will interest the rest of the world, do write and let me know, as it is verydifficult for me to get in touch with all of you in person. And don't forget ourrendezvous; April Fools day, 1976, on the steps of the Nat. Gall. Lond. Please weardark glasses, trenchcoats, battered trilby hats and pink carnations, in order tofacilitate mutual recognition.

From Jane Chamberlin (1973):Over the summer, when letter writing should loom large in one's daily life, it

hasn't, so I'm afraid news is a bit vague.However, I have heard from Angle Rumble, who is still on her "demolish Guy's"

campaign. The last I heard was that she was sent off the field in a ladies' footballmatch for repeated fouls!

Su Randolph lives just round the corner from me in London, and is well intoher Physio course at the Middlesex — I hear whoops and war-cries when the wind isin the right direction. Several times last year I bumped into Shirley Green, and thelatest news of her I have is that she has changed courses from Architecture to Maths.Sally is in charge of the harvesting?

On my travels in Europe, I saw Jane Baker, who was painting pictures on LakeGeneva for her Fine Arts course. She refrained from painting me — wonder why?! I

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was also keeping my eyes open for Colette Dublin, but she being elusive as ever, mysearch for her was in vain. She is about to start on her second year of medicine.

Judy Davis has become a seasoned traveller now and spent her last "au pair" inCornwall, au pear with clotted cream! She takes up residence in Oxford this October.Helen Gordon is not going to King's after all, but I'm not sure what she's decided on.

I had a letter from Lisette Godinho in Canada, a few weeks back. She has settledin quite well to the way of life there, and loves University there.

I have been on a European "exhibition", mainly to Italy, since my attempts toreach Greece were thwarted.

CHANGES OF ADDRESSColyer, J. (Mrs. Muddle), Buxford Mill Farm, Great Chart, Ashford, Kent.Densham, E., (Mrs. Woolmer), 16 Detillens Lane, Limpsfield, Surrey.Johnson. E. (Mrs. Smith), The Mailings, Mill Street, Ashwell, Baldock, Herts.Morgan. O., 8a Rhyd y Penau Road, Cardiff. CF2 6PT.Seamark. H. (Mrs. Scott), 34 Queensway, Caversham Park Village, Reading. Berks.Seymour, G. (Mrs. Wolfendale), The Lodge. Haddenham, Ely, Cambs. CB6 3XD.Simister. L. (Mrs. Jones). 19 Guildford Avenue, Surbiton, Surrey. KT5 8DG.Whitworth, S. (Mrs. Densham), The Well House, Frittenden, Kent.

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FORM LISTSABBREVIATIONS

SC: School Captain. SuP:DSC": Deputy School Captain. HP:I I : House Captain.SI>: School Prefect.

F:L:

Sub. Prefect.House Prefect.Form Captain.Liberty.

SENIOR SCHOOLUpper VI ARTSForm mistress:Miss Johnstone-HoggC. Batterby (H)S. Baxter (SP)F. Bennett (H)M. Crawford (SP)C. Davison (SP)H. Doggett (H)W. Harris (H)E. Holloway (SP)J. Kenney (SC)G. Leeves (H)C. Miller (H)S. Norton (DSC)J. Olsen (HP)R. Parker (DSC)J. Ravenscroft (H)C. Richardson (L)J. Rogans (HP)G. Rowe (SC)N. Thorogood (SP)E. Waddell (SP)W. Webb (HP)L. White-Thomson (SP)

LOWER VI SCIENCEForm master:Mr. ScopesC. Cockfield (SuP)J. Dean (SuP)S. Hardy (HP)V. Hirst (HP)A. Hoblyn (SuP)S. Jeanes(HP)Y. Kerr(SuP)T. Margrie (SuP)C. Mason (HP)L. McCourt (SuP)S. McLaren (SuP)L. Miller (SuP)S. Montgomery (SuP)D. Roper (SuP)C. Schoon (L)C. Stewart (SuP)N. Yesufu (L)

UPPER VI SCIENCEForm master:Mr. HartleyH. Bailey (SP)A. Barcock (HP)K. Barstow (HP)D. Chidell (L)D. Clow (SP)S. Coulton (SP)F. Corbett (HP)S.Dawkins(HP)H. Kennedy (H)E. Manwaring (SP)S. Marples (H)N. Maybury (H)A. Miles (H)F. Orhewere (HP)C. Pearson (SP)S. Reddick (SP)S. Smith (HP)F. Stalker (HP)S. Thomas (HP)C. Ward (SP)

LOWER VI GENERALForm mistress:Miss O'HalloranL. Cameron (HP)J. Campbell (HP)A. Conen (HP)R. Gann (HP)S. Harper (HP)C. Hart (HP)S. King (HP)S. Phillips (HP)A. Ratcliffe (SuP)J. Spencer (SuP)A. Spink (HP)A. Thomas (HP)S. Trodd (HP)A. Tunbridge (SuP)L. Westbrook (HP)

LOWER VI ARTSForm mistress:Mrs. WilkesN. Baker (SuP)A. Bicknell (HP)J. Brown (SuP)A. Claridge (SuP)S. Coates (SuP)C.Davis (HP)S. Dean (SuP)P. Fox (HP)A. Gabb (HP)R. Hirst (SuP)S. Hobson (SuP)R. Holland (SuP)A. Hughes (SuP)C. Ibru (HP)C. Johnstone (SuP)E. Lampard (HP)I. Matthews (HP)S. Mordaunt (SuP)S. Phillips (HP)N. Snelson (SuP)R. Stacey (HP)B. Turner (L)G. Ward (SuP)D. Windsor (HP)

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5HForm mistress'Miss MansellK. Ballingall (HP)M. Barham (HP)S. Barton (HP)A. Bentley (HP)J. Best (HP)E. Bish (HP)A. Carlton (HP)D. Cartwright (HP)S. Clark-Hall (HP)A. Clifford- Jones (HP)C. Clifton (HP)A. Collins (HP)E. CoppJ. Dods (HP)A. Dunn (HP)E. Elton (HP)U. Fisher (HP)A. Hillesley (HP)S. Holmes (HP)B. Linzell (HP)K. Maybury (HP)J. Miles (HP)H. Nice (HP)V. Poland (HP)N. Pugh (HP)S. Quant (L)K. Rogans (HP)N. Sladden (HP)S. Smith (HP)J. Stevenson (HP)H. Towner (HP)E. Van der Watt (HP)S. Worcester (HP)

5GForm master:Mr. McCluneK. Barker (HP)A. Betham (L)C. Clifford- Jones (HP)K. Davies (HP)P. Dick (HP)B. Dickens (HP)A. Doggett (HP)M. Evans (L)A. Field (HP)N. Forster (HP)C. Gorell-BarnesC. Greenish (HP)L. Gwilliam (HP)C. Harman (HP)P. Holt (HP)P. Hunter (HP)K. Jamal (HP)S. Jeffery (HP)L. Jessup (HP)A. Leonard (HP)

S. Lye (HP)C. MacdonaldF. Macdonald (HP)K. MacRostie (HP)G. McCabe (HP)E. Nguyen (HP)E. Oaten (HP)L. OToole (HP)C. Rogers (L)C. Salmon (HP)S. Wright (HP)D. Young (L)

5FForm mistress:Mrs. FroleyD. Akers (HP)H. Attlee (HP)M. Bagshawe (HP)V. Barstow (L)C. BelshamE. Bolt (HP)F. Clark (HP)P. Clark (HP)J. Clouston (L)L. Corbett (HP)S. Crouch (HP)K. Eccles (L)S. Ellis (HP)E. Finn-Kelcey (L)C. Goble (HP)D.Gordon (HP)C.-H. Gorell-BarnesJ. Gresty (L)L. Hutcheson (L)K. Knebel (HP)T. Macdonald (L)L. Marlow (HP)S. NunnA. Pickles (HP)D. Smith (L)H. Smithson (HP)S. Tapp (L)J. Tate (L)H. Turner (HP)J. Walker (L)T. Wileman (L)

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Form mistress:Miss EarlamS.-A. Ardouin (L)R. Biggs (L)A. Bond (L)W. Border (L)A. Burnip (L)L. Davies (L)E. De Lozey (L)A. Foxall (L)

M. Fuller (L)M. Gabb (L)J. Hulse (L)B. Kenney (L)P. Magowan (L)S. Miller (L)C. Moorse (L)L. Morgan (L)J. O'Toole (L)J. Patel (L)M. Patel (L)S. Payn (L)R. Price (L)D. Pugh (L)S. Rogans (L)S. Sharp (L)C. Taylor (L)E. Thomas (L)J. Trigg (L)K. Tubb (L)D. Webb (L)M. White-Thomson (L)M. Wilson (L)J. Yeo (L)

4GForm mistress:Mrs. StonhamH. Allan (L)C. Bragg (L)V. Chia (L)V. Coleman (L)C. Dixon (L)C. Fletcher (L)J. Furnival (L)H. Geary (L)F. Gough (L)J. Graham (L)K. Hall-Tipping (L)G. Hamilton (L)S. Highwood (L)C. Kent (L)M. Knott (L)C. Maddieson (L)S. Mason (L)J. Milner (L)F. Parker (L)G. Parker (L)A. Patel (L)J. Pearson (L)A. Ratcliffe (L)S. Revell (L)J. RuddickC. Stewart (L)F. Sudbury (L)K. Van der Watt (L)D. Whitelock (L)S. Wickenden (L)L. Willcocks (L)

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4FForm mistress:Miss TaylorA. Colebrook (L)B. Collins (L)K. Conway (L)K. Conway (L)S. CrosslandA. Dowler (L)B. Dyson (L)K. Fraser (L)F. Gedge (L)S. Ghanekar (L)A. Goldsmith (L)C. Gouldstone (L)F. Groome (L)J. Hardy (L)J. Harmer (L)S. Hart (L)K. Henley (L)S. Lythgoe (L)H. Mann (L)A. Mills (L)S. O'Connell (L)H. Pinkerton (L)C. Skelton (L)E. Skinner (L)C. Smith (L)J. Smith (L)S.-A. Stewart (L)P. Timbers (L)D. Webb (L)L. White (L)J. Wicks (L)

3AForm mistress:Mrs. CarrF. Avery (L)S. Bagshawe (L)L. Bicknell (L)R. Bowen (L)K. Claridge (L)J. Croswell-Jones (L)S. Elton (L)R. Fagg (L)J. Fletcher (L)L. Gorell-Barnes (L)A. Grosvenor (L)S. Gwilliam (L)J. Hall (L)J. Hindle (L)P. Hocknell (L)F. Imray (L)S. Johnson (L)C. Kelly (L)S. Marchi (L)A. Miles (L)S. Miles (L)C. Nevill (L)

J. Pan tonJ. Parker (L)A. Richardson (L)P. Shannon (L)S. Swatland (L)Y. Taylor (L)A. Thomas (L)L. Vines (L)P. WalkerJ. Wright (L)

Form mistress:Mrs. FoxallH. Armstrong (L)D. Brake (L)F. Burgess (L)N. Coates (L)R. Fuller (L)F. Goble (L)L. Hart (L)R. Hatfield (L)S. Hope (L)D. Lindsey (L)A.Lye(L)R. McPhersonJ. McLennan (L)A. Michie (L)B. Mills (L)C. Mullins (L)G. Parker (L)K. Philpott (L)J. Reader (L)N. Samson (L)J. Seabrook (L)C. Squire (L)E. Stevenson (L)R. Stroud (L)E. Thomas (L)S. Thorpe (L)F. TimmsG. Tozer (L)S.-J. Vant (L)F. Wetherell (L)A. Youngson (L)

Form mistress:Miss SteedC. BeattyR. BellinghamK. Beresford (L)P. Bishop (L)S. Boardman (L)S. CantorH. Friday (L)G. Hamley (L)A. Herapath (L)A. Holler (L)M. Hopkins (L)

B. LipscombS. Martindale (L)G. McPhersonK. ParkerJ. Parritt (L)F. Randolph (L)C. RobinsonM. Sanderson (L)E. SchoonR. Stretton (L)R. SykesM. Taylor (L)S. VinsonF. Watkins (L)P. Watson (L)S. Winter (L)C. Yates (L)2AForm mistress:Mrs. Wilson}. BaileyJ. BarclayE. BowesJ. BrittainV. BruceF. ColemanH. CooperL. DavisA. DavisonS. DunlopS. EltonS. GirlingF. GriceA. HallH. HirstE. HoskinsJ. KingK. KlopperJ. LloydR. LloydS. MaxtedP. MoorseS. OatenA. SavilleF. SchwabeA. StricklandS. WainwrightH. WillJ. WittT. WolstencroftG. Woods2BForm mistress:Mrs. TrickettD. AllenA. BradleyJ. BrooksA. GardenH. Clifton

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D. CrawfordC. DickS. DrakeS. EllisE. FordA.-L. GordonE. HartS. HaycraftK. HowesA. MarshK. McLennanC. MellishL. MossK. PageG. PaineG. PhillipsH. PrattK. RobinsonN. RuffS. SmithA. SmithsonC. SteelC. StocktingS. UpwardA. WestbrookS. WillcocksJ. Wilson2CForm mistress:Miss SmithJ. AireyF. BirrellP. BrakeL. CollinsN. CourtC. DaviesJ. DavisS. DrysdaleJ. EltringhamA. GilhamM. GoodliffC. GordinK. GrievesG. HallC. HarttJ. IbbersonF. McLeayC. PhillipsA. QuantC.ShawA. SimpsonJ. TannerS. VernonC. Whitelock1AForm master:Mr. WordsworthE. BrahamK. Brown

J. CalthropC. CarnegieA. DavisR. DavisJ. DawC. DellowJ. FalconA. FletcherY. GreenstreetC. GriffithsS. HallJ. HunterE ImrayC. JenrickD. LawtonL. LloydA. McCourtK. PolandC. RobinsonR. SchwabeK. ShawD. SmithH. ThomasA. TrowellE. VernonJ. Wright

IBForm mistress:Miss YoungS. AdamsJ. BamforthS. BarhamG. ClarkK. EmmerichH. EvansC. FordD. HerefordC. HomeK. HulseA. JeanesF. KellyS. LeevesS. LoaderM. LownV. MacDonald-

SmithC. MarstonJ. PhillipsW. PicklesJ. PragnellD. SampsonL. SmithS. SmithM. StephensS. TriffittC. UpwardR. WithersE. WorcesterA. Wright

1CForm mistress:Mrs. WakeG. AllanS. AllenH. BarryC. BenstedA. BoardmanC. BodyJ. BouldingG. CailesJ. CannC. ChantlerJ. CoplandC. CorbettS. De CourceyR. Gorell BarnesG. GowerR. HallC. HamleyK. HammondA. HunterA. MarcroftE. MillerS. MillerS. OvertonM. PinkertonP. SalmonE. SudlowD. Van der WeydenC. Wheeler

IDForm mistress:Mrs. BaileyS. AshbyE. BagshaweB. BarnesS. CousinsC.CoxP. GreenstreetM. LeevesS. MaddiesonB. MarchiS. McLennanP. MillsE. NasonC. NeameP. PerkinsA. PinnockJ. PiperS. PoolD. PrasadA. StottR. StroudC. VantC. WestonE. WheelerP. WigginsC. Woodhouse

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PREPARATORY SCHOOLUPPER A 1Form mistress:Miss BratbyH. AdrianS. BarrettS. BishopP. CoeyS. CollinsF. CoombeA. DeanA. DixonL. EltringhamL. FaggC. HighwoodS. JesselD. LiningtonC. LongleyR. MalbyS. PeggM. PerryS. PettS. PettmanJ. PizzeyH.RayA. SavilleC. SearsD. SpeedS. ThomeS. White

LOWER AForm mistress:Miss HoadC. BainesS. CoeyA. CooperA. DonaldsonA. DuncanH. FordS. GeeringC. Gillespie-SmithJ. GoddardJ. HallN. HarmerG. LillywhiteL. MalbyP. MartinS. MansfieldV. McLennanA. PearsonA. Richardson-HillA. StrangeC. SuttieP. TrickerK. WardR. WhyteS. Wright

UPPER A2Form mistress:Miss BirdS. AlliottJ. BowmanT. BrownT. ButteryJ. ChantlerV. ClarkR. DenneR. EllisC. FaulderM. FisherN. GhanekarJ. GreenfieldS. HammondK. KnowlesL. McCarthyS. PaineC. PertweeC. ReaderJ. ShirleyK. SimpsonC. SkinnerA. SwayneD. VauxA. WillL. WilliamsS. Wilson

UPPER BForm mistress:Miss HollistS. BartonD. ColemanH. CrockfordT. DeanD. DockerayC. FootF. GoddardS. HamiltonP. HarrisonK. HunterG. JamesC. KufourP. MalloryS. MaylamK. MidlaneJ. MontgomeryC. PerryL. PrasadP. SavilleJ. SearsM. SmithE. VauxE. WallageL. WaterfieldC. WilsonC. Winnifrith

M.A.Form mistress:Miss BaxterL. AlliottD. BishopJ. BrooksJ. CalvertM. GummingK. DonaldsonR. EltringhamL. GabrielC. GilhamC. HallK. IbbersonM. KielyB. KufourS. LightfootY. MilborrowB. MilnerF. McKenzieC. NormanO. PughS. ReedS. SyerP. TaylorC. TurnerJ. Van der WeydenC. Woodforde

LOWER BForm mistress:Miss BarwiseC. BayleyE. ChrysafiH. GummingC. GreenC. HancockK. Hay donE. HowardJ. JordanF. KernickT. LawtonH. LynchR. MorphewS. PreisigE. RitchieA. SwinardC. Templeman-

EvansA. TipplesV. Wright

M.L.Form mistress:Mrs. JohnsonC. AdrianJ. AshbyT. BonnettT. BrayJ. BrettJ.-A. ChapmanJ. DowneyJ. EvansL. FinucaneK. HamiltonJ. HaycraftA. HeadleyN. HigginsJ. HoblynA. HowardS. HunterN. ManuelS.-A. MarksS. MillerA. MountjoyR. PeggC. ShirleyB. SmithH. SteelC. WalkerL. WithersKINDERGARTENForm mistress:Miss GreenE. BenstedA. BurnettF. ParsonS. Gorell-BarnesE. HandscombeT. HeatonS. LynchL. MarstonB. MorphewN. PalmarG. PragnellK. RitchieV. SmithE. SpantonL. StosselA. SwatlandM. TipplesM. TrowellS. Vant

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STAFF LIST(In addition to those in charge of forms.)

Teaching Staff: Miss Baker, Miss Neal, Miss Amor, Mr. Bebby, Mr. Blainey,Miss Chalcroft, Mrs. Griffin, Miss Harfield, Miss Harman Clarke, Mrs. Harrison,Mrs. Hay, Miss Hedley, Mr. D. P. Jones, Mr. J. Jones, Mrs. Manger, Miss Perry,Mile Phillippe, Miss Towers, Miss Trye, Mrs. Wordsworth, Miss Williams.

Part-Time Staff: Miss Biddle, Mrs. Bobby, Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Crabtree, Mrs. MaryDuncan, Mrs. Finucane, Mrs. Goldwin, Mr. Kreis, Miss Lederer, Mr. Payne,Mrs. Payne, Mrs. Pentney, Mrs. Priestman, Mr. Sparling.

School Bursar: Miss Harland, Mr. Watts.Assistant School Bursar: Mr. Rees.Assistant School Secretaries: Mrs. Babb, Miss Cadman, Miss Ferneyhough,

Miss Lean, Mrs. Littlechild, Mrs. Pickering.

Matrons: Miss Harvey, Miss Fear, Mrs. Fahy, Miss Van Velsen, Miss Allder,Mrs. Anderson, Miss Hyland, Miss Makepeace, Miss Larsen.

Nurse: Sister McShannon.

Domestic Bursar: Mrs. Margaret Duncan.

Cooks: Mrs. Weston, Mrs. Williams, Miss Wood.

Laboratory Assistants: Miss Lesslie, Mrs. Jones.