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earlier decades these trees gave pleasure to the privilegedfew, but for the last thirty years they had beenthe common joy of pupils, staff, and visitors to theCollege . Moreover, the huge gap left by their demisehad put the shallower-rooted copse trees into thefront line, and in the great gale of April 2nd 1973a further 34 of them were laid low. Let us hope thatthe new avenue of limes at the bottom of the park willgive future generations as much simple pleasure asthose now lost to us .On December 1st we found the laboratories andthe area around Tomlinson wired off and declared outof bounds to all . A chemical kept in the two labs hadbeen reported possibly unstable and potentially explosive. A disposal firm could not dispose for another18 days, so Mr . Rutherford, with the ambiguouswords, "At least we'll have it all in one place", carriedone bottle of the stuff from the school labs to join theother in the County lab in Hut 19 . Mr . Rutherford'sdetermination to pursue his chemistry teaching wasnot unnoted by his pupils, nor was his disregard forhis own safety unapplauded by the staff, who votedunanimously that the College Lion be awarded -posthumously if necessary - for devotion to duty .Full colours could only be awarded if it was felt hewould continue this activity at a high standard afterleaving the College .SPRING TERM, 1973At a meeting in the Games Hall of the Parent-StaffAssociation on February 14th, Dr . (Now "Sir" .Congratulations .) Lincoln Ralphs addressed anaudience of nearly a thousand on "What they aredoing about Wymondham College" . He remindedthem of the early days of the College and the originof the nissen huts, first built as a hospital forAmericans wounded in defence of our liberties . Thesehuts were now no longer adequate or in good repair,and he told of his efforts in recent years to acquiremoney for their replacement . We had now beengranted a sum running into six figures which wouldbe used for the first priority, a new dining hall .Later in the term we were given the news by theWarden that Wymondham College was among a list of49 schools to be given priority for funds for newbuildings, and that erection of these could be expectedto start in 1975/76.On the first day of term B .B .C . television camerascovered the arrival of pupils back from the holidays,and in particular took pictures of the decrepit state ofmany of the nissen huts, with interviews with theWarden and some of the pupils . These appeared on the"Look East" programme the following day .In his end of term address the Warden referred tothe B .B .C . visit as part of the publicity campaign toforce action on new buildings for the College . Hewarmly commended the efforts of parents, over 500of whom had sent letters of protest to the Departmentof Education and Science. The Parent-Staff Associationalso had announced their intention to considerthe possibility of providing new buildings themselves,hoping to shame the Department into activity . Theresult of all this energetic action may well have beenthe decisions about new buildings referred to above .The Warden also, in the same address, praised theperformers in the Mair Cup Competition and theSunday Concert, and those who had produced andtaken part in the production of "East Lynne" . Allthese are reported more fully elsewhere in the magazine. He also referred to the good work being done bythe College Social Service workers at Hellesdon Hospital,Kett's Lodge and St . Edmund's Home, and for oldpeople in the villages nearby . A number of sponsorshipschemes had raised money for charitable purposes ;Winchester House - £40 by learning and recitingpassages from Shakespeare ; Kett Hall 2nd year - £40from a ten hour dance ; Peel Hall girls - money for theSamaritans by doing odd jobs ; fifth year girls - moneyfor handicapped people; finally, money for retireddonkeys raised by a carrot-eating contest!FRY HALLRound the HallsOut of the ashes of Wells and Salisbury rose thelame phoenix of Elizabeth Fry Hall, possibly to bereturned to cinders if the fire alarm isn't repairedsoon! Seriously though, the mixing of the houses atthe beginning of the year went more smoothly thananticipated .On the boy's sports field we failed to retain groundgained last year - we lost all the cups! Rugby wasaffected badly this season as many of our players wereattending interviews, however a big surprise camewhen we achieved second place in the senior sevenstournament (we played our trump card on thatoccasion!) . A determined effort has been made by theboys in every sporting sphere this year, except by theupper sixth in the cross country run - yes, we admitit, but everybody needs to rest sometime!Many superlative performances were offered bythe soccer and basketball teams, and the House nowholds a comparative monopoly of the College RowingClub's first crew! As far as the girl's sports are concerned,we achieved better results - narrowly missinga victory in the hockey tournament . Two of our bestplayers, Ann Jones and Peppy Metson, were awardedLions for their efforts in the school team . The swimminggala at the end of the Spring Term proved to bea strongly contested event between us and New Hall -the cup is now shared . Well done, all those who haverepresented Fry Hall this year, and the Captains,proving that it is not the winning but the playing thatreally counts .We have welcomed to the House Staff Miss Cott,Mr . Tuohy and Mr . Wheeldon (Hic) who have settledeasily into the house atmosphere . The school's mosteligible bachelor, Mr . Davies, ended his 'playboy'career with his marriage to Miss Ashall - we wishthem every happiness .
We extend our congratulations to Mr . and Mrs .Brand on the birth of their second son, Aidan Edward,during the Easter holidays .At Christmas we said goodbye to Miss Mann, butwelcomed the new girl's matron, Mrs . Harrison, whohas proved very helpful - we hope she will stay withthe house for a long time to come . Needless to say, theboys are still able to rely on Miss Dolan at all times foralmost everything .With encouragement from Miss Colls, the girlsknitted a blanket which was gratefully received by acertain charitable organisation .We are all very sorry to be losing Miss Coils at theend of the the year . It is astonishing to realise that shehas been a housemistress for seventeen years, beginningin East House and then in charge of the girls ofWells . With a firm but gentle hand she has encouragedand loyally supported all aspects of House life . It is inthis way that she has gained our respect and affection .We will all remember her, especially the older girls, asa sympathetic listener and a helpful adviser in allmatters . We wish her every happiness in her retirement .Penultimately, our sincere thanks to Mr . Brand,Miss Coils, the Matrons and Staff for making our firstyear as the 'real' Fry Hall such a smooth and happyone. Finally we hope that all examinations taken thissummer prove to be successful and those students thatleave the house find much wealth, health andhappiness (among other things!) in their futures .Wendy HillJoanne BassingthwaiteDavid Woodhouse Kevin EmmersonGLOUCESTER GROUPOnce it became evident that the Integration Dreamwas not to be immediately realised, the group resigneditself to yet another year of isolation . Now at last weare ready to live under the same roof but very muchregret that this move resulted in the great loss of Mr .Seeley . Many of the staff and pupils outside the houseagree with us that he is the best housemaster theCollege has knownWe are surethat the 'clubs and societies' will flourish next year .We also lament the loss of Mrs . Seeley and her celebratorysuppers and thank her on behalf of manygenerations of hungry sportsmen .Last September Mr . Sanders replaced Mr . Hall,bringing his own brand of friendliness to the house . AtChristmas the enthusiastic and sympathetic M/S Tylerand her menagerie replaced Miss Harden, who followedher fiancee to the sun, having given four terms ofmuch appreciated service to the girls. Mr . Wood foundhimself on the other end of Miss Rootes' fishing lineand we wholeheartedly wish them happiness in theirnew positions . Miss Pickering returned to her homelandafter two terms and Miss Chenery is leaving to beretrained as a teacher of Scripture .cIndicative of the enthusiasm instilled by Mr . Seeleywas the Group's success in inter-house competition .The intermediate cricket team carried off the trophyin 1972 while we also kept the athletics standards andSports Day cups from the clutches of our close rivals,York . The senior rugby team gave three tremendousdisplays, reaching the final against all expectations,while the girls went one better by winning the seniorhockey tournament . A sadly depleted mixed handballteam came very close to winning the new junior competitionand thanks largely to Peter Robinson andSteve Barfield the senior soccer eleven repeated lastyear's success in the knockout . As the GloucesterShield for chess was retained for the eighth time in tenyears the trophy shelves were already well populatedwhen the music competition was held . But PelvisParsley and the Shufflers (not forgetting BoogieWoogie Sam and Stevie Wonder) stole the show, andSteve Larwood, 'Mike' Evans and Judi Harwood injectedenough finesse into the rest of the programmeto win the Mair Cup for the first time .Several individuals excelled as well, Steve Spencerand second-year Gary Billing coming second and firstin their respective cross country races and JackieGreen collecting two tennis cups . Moira McLellan,Trevor Wadlow, Richard Barfield, Jimmy Ditch andAndrew Counsell represented the county in their ownsports while Ian Rippon, Mike Evans and Andy Rowlandplayed County chess . Terry Barber won his sectionof the County Chess Congress and Ditch brokeanother pole vault record in winning the event at theSeven Counties meeting . Steve Spencer, Lloyd Cross,Cheryl Few and Ian Rippon were soloists in the opera .A dedicated band of girls managed to regurgitateenough Shakespeare to earn £40 for the elderly ofKetts Lodge . Attendance at the Motor Cycle Showwas boosted by a house trip, which included a visit tothe Science Museum . A number of boys also went toget drenched by Carrow Road rain at the Texaco CupFinal and thanks are also due to Mr . Seeley forarranging the League Cup Final trip .Cavell Hall has sound foundations and with thecooperation of everyone from the beginning, Mr .Hiscox should be able to build a united body with astrong sense of self-determination . We wish it well .Jacqueling GreenCarolyn HeadKETT HALLAndrew RowlandPeter RobinsonThis year we have seen Kett Hall further developinto a community with wide talents and interests . Ourcombined efforts as day and boarding pupils have producedseveral worthwhile achievements .At the beginning of the year the junior and intermediateboys showed their ability on the games fieldby winning their respective rugby competitions . Thejuniors added the football cup to this in the springterm, and are now aiming for the hat-trick . For the
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