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TERM I FEBRUARY
APRIL
MARCH
MAY
TERM 2
JUNE
Tues. 1st: School commences for the new year. In the afte oon the whole School turns out to pick stones and other assorted debris o the new playing eld.
Wed. 2nd: Upper 6th Form takes over the running of the bookroom. "Never in the history of human con­ ict has so much been owed by so many to so few." -Winston Churchill. Surprisingly, operations still show a pro t.
Thurs. 3rd: The rst assembly is held. The 3rd Form get their rst clear view of the rest of the School, and vice versa. Can it be that the 3rds become smaller every year?
Mon. 7th: The Rector talks to the seniors on the choice of prefects. "I know they're not angels"-hmm. A rather notable letter of dubious origin appears in the morning paper. "I knew all that anyway .._
Mon. 14th: The prefects are announced, this time as the result of a poll. "Better the devil you know than the devil you don't."
Thurs. 17th: The new prefects attend a camp organised b y t h e Y . M . C A. . Q u a l i t i e s o f i n i t i a t i v e a r e s o o n highly developed.
Wed. 23rd: Mr. Carter's Upper 6th physics class ad­ journs for lunch during the third period. The Rector announces that the Great Society is to come to the prefects' room. However, "The Lord helps those who help themselves"-Bible. The smell of fresh paint lls the air. "It droppeth as the gentle rain from Heaven"-Shakespeare.
Thurs. 24th: Billy Ibadullah visits the School, coaching the future cricket stars.
Wed. 2nd: School sports are held in the morning, but rain in the afternoon forces the postponement of the remainder of the events. Girls' High prefects are nevertheless entertained to afternoon tea in the prefects' room. "Neither rain, nor Hood, nor snow shall keep these men from their chosen duty"- U.S. Post O ce.
Thurs. 3rd: The remainder of the sports are held.
Mon. 7th: An Industrial Safety exhibit is at School.
Tues. 8th: The prefects are guest stars at the Girls' High sports, and are afterwards treated to a sumptuous afternoon tea.
Wed. 9th: Girls' High sports dance is held, at long last. "Birds!All I hear about is birds!"-Steptoe Senior.
Wed. 16th: Winter sports are organised. "0 Winter, ruler of th' inverted year"-Wm. Cowper.
Thurs. 17th: School rowing team competes at the Maadi Cup contest. 1st IV reaches the nal, 2nd IV comes second in its race, 4th, 5th, 6th IV's all win their races. "Looking one way, and rowing another"- John Bunyan.
Tues. 22nd: Otago Boys' High teams arrive. School tennis team wins 19-2, while the cricket is drawn. The 1st XI astound by scoring over 100 in each innings; Morgan adds to the dignity of the proceed­ ings by scoring 9 runs in 90 minutes. "It's not what you do, it's how you do it."
Tues. 29th: Mr. Britten gives a long-overdue talk to the 6ths on alcoholism. "I have fed few purely upon ale; I have eat my ale, drunk my ale, and I always sleep upon ale."-George Farquhar, "The Beaux Stratagem",
Thurs. 31st: The Southern Comedy Players perform for the 3rds and 4ths.
Mon. 4th: "If you want to ride your bike inside the school grounds, get o it!"-Chaplin to a 3rd former.
Wed. 6th: Winter sports commence. Volleyball has been dropped from this year's options.
Mr. Cornwell.
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Tues. 26th: The heats of the swimming sports are held.
Strangely, the lower grades show a remarkable ability compared to the senior.
Tues. 3rd: Mr. Melhop of the Gideon Society presents the Third Forms with New Testaments. "Educate men without religion and you make them but clever devils". -The Duke of Wellington. The swimming sports are held, and a very high standard is set in the championship events, although the same cannot be said for the grades.
Wed. 4th: Girls' High hold a dance, this time with a mildly protesting sort of theme.
Fri. 6th: As this is the last day of the term and every­ one is feeling charitable, the Rector is persuaded to join the School in an impromptu re alarm. "But I thought you set it o !"
Tues. 24th: The Schools returns to nd that, to the ioy of the old hands, Mr. Smith is back with us. The Rector informs us that "Over the holidays we lost the groundsman." Mow the lawns-perhaps he'll turn up.
Tues. 7th: The Lions team use the school grounds for a practice run.
Thurs. 9th: Mr. Dewey Bebb, the Lions team member adopted by the School, speaks at a special assembly and presents the 1st XV with Lions badges. The 1st XV defeat James Hargest by 20 points to 3. "Be not afraid of greatness: some men are born great."-Shakespeare.
Mon. 13th: Exams begin. "Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer."
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