The County Grammar School Magazine 1970

under pressure from the start, and had to pull out all the stops to hold our own . Oncewe had weathered the initial storm, we came more into our own, but the leadcontinued to change hands with predictable regularity . At last we pulled ahead, andhad a lead of 40 points as the last starter was offered . The N .H .S . won it and gaineda bonus worth a possible 30 points! All we could do was sit helplessly and watch asa tie grew nearer and nearer . In the mounting tension, and amid all the excitement,we heard the question-master pronounce us winners . Whether the H .S . faulted or weourselves had miscalculated the score, I for one shall never know . The one thoughtin my mind as I rose and made the customary speech of thanks to all concerned wasthat for the first time since Mr . Cox started the competition we, the C .G .S ., had wonit . It was a moment I shall never forget .This year we must again thank in particular Mr . Cox, without whose dedicationthe competition would fall flat, and the Norwich High School, without whoseco-operation a very strange gathering would annually be witnessed sitting on thepavements of Newmarket Road . I hope the competition and its spirit will continueunhindered by educational reform in Norwich, and wish the best of luck to all futureparticipants and administrators, not least those of the C .G .S .A .B .CAREERSOn December 15th, during the last week of the Autumn Term the CareersStaff, Miss Jackson and Mr . King, organised a most interesting and comprehensiveCareers Conference for the benefit of the 5th form .A carefully planned range of thirty-eight different careers to suit most tasteswas arranged beforehand, from which a selection of seven was made by individualpupils - a career topic for each of the seven sessions of the day . The lectures weregiven by speakers from managerial level in their own particular field who had, inmany cases, travelled from as far afield as London, Cambridge, Bury St . Edmundsand Derby .The use of the College Houses, Wakefield and Washington was given for theday of the Conference by the Headmaster . The lectures were ably chaired bymembers of the sixth form who also met the speakers on their arrival . After thefive morning sessions, we had lunch in the company of the speakers and the sixthform . In the afternoon we attended the remaining two lectures of our choice . Theday was concluded by a talk on Higher and Further Education by Mr . R . Lewin andMiss J . Miller, the County Careers Advisory Officers . Mr . Purchase then thankedthe speakers and the careers staff on behalf of Mr . Metcalfe .Our thanks must go to Miss Jackson and Mr . King for their effort andinitiative . We, the 5th Form, all found the day very enlightening and helpful and itprovided a welcome diversion from school routine . We hope that Miss Jackson andMr . King will consider that the venture was sufficiently successful to become apermanent fixture for future 5th forms .SHELAGH BAILEY.A similar day was organised on the 16th for the 4th year-Mr . Lewin andMiss Miller gave introductory talks on the work of the Careers Service and then eachpupil attended a series of lectures, again as with the previous day, the speakerswere of managerial level .