Wymondham College Magazine 1972 (Amalgam)

LITERARY CLUBAt the beginning of the year, owing to populardemand, the "Poetry Club" was established withthe help of Mr . Worrall and Mr. Rice-Oxley . Howeverwhen the initial enthusiasm had died down(and even the coffee and biscuits had lost theirattraction!) the society was restyled as the"Literary Club" to draw new members with widerinterests in literature.Each week a theme was decided, (which variedfrom the reading of our own compositions to astimulating look at Dylan Thomas!) and on severaloccasions afforded ample opportunity for "freeranging" discussion .We would like to thank Mr . Ridley and Mr .Worrall for their enthusiasm and especially Mr .Rice-Oxley for his hospitality when we wereunable to meet in the rec-room .Ruth PalmerSara DeardenCAMPANOLOGY - A REPORTCampanology, to save everyone rushing to theirOxford English Dictionaries, is the art of bell ringing.The- idea of forming a small bell ringing groupwas suggested by Miss Coiley, an established bellringer on the staff, to our tutor, Mr . Anderson, inthe autumn term and was finally put into action inthe spring term .So each Wednesday evening five girls from KettHall squeeze into Miss Coiley's Mini and speed offto Wymondham Abbey - perhaps it should beadded 5 small girls . We normally spend about oneto two hours at the abbey, which involves climbingup the ninety-two stairs to the ringing platformbefore we can start. The idea many people harbouris that once you have pulled the bell-rope youshoot off up to the bell itself and hang there untilrescued, but so far no one has been whisked awayin this manner.We have also had a chance to hear the bellringers at Saint Giles' Church in Norwich and wehope to continue with our own efforts next year -perhaps even ringing the year in . Finally we wouldlike to extend our thanks to Miss Coiley for takingus into Wymondham, and Mr . Anderson forsparking off the whole idea .Alison Meldrum, Vanessa Grant,Deborah Howard, Juliet Harvey andChristine DellinoPHYSICS SOCIETYOnly the strong-willed join this club . Theyeither have to be thick-skinned enough to ignorethe persistent protests of their teachers for arrivinglate at afternoon lessons, or they have to sacrificetheir cup or tea at four o'clock in order to get tothe meeting in time.All this just to see a film (shown on an oldprojector, swapped for our new one by the FilmSociety) which is probably too sophisticated, or,conversely, too elementary to be worth seeinganyway.To be fair though, the films . ordered by Mr .Timmins, as well as being pertinent to the physicssyllabus, gave us an idea of the application of thetheories in question . The subjects covered includedmicro-circuitry, electrostatics, the theory ofcolloids and entropy .The attendances have been increasing throughoutthe year, with large influxes for excursions toNorwich City College to hear lectures on PhysicalScience.The first one entitled "New Discoveries of theUniverse" was given by an American astronomer,and after premonitions of incoherent Americanaccents intermingled with Patrick Moore expressionshad been dispelled everybody settled down tohearing a truly excellent speech . In fact the qualityof this talk prompted Mr . Timmins and Mr . Ridleyto take us to the next lecture concerning volcanoes ..This was illustrated with exclusive film, (to be seenlater on B .B .C .2) taken by the speaker from abovethe erupting island of Surtsey .During the spring instructive films and consequentnagging of teachers still continued untilthe highlight of the year came round . This was thevisit to the University of East Anglia on their openday,where Mr. Timmins again made arrangements,this time for a guided tour of the Physics laboratories. Here we drained the student coffee supplies,and sapped the knowledge of the patient postgraduateswho endeavoured to explain what theywere trying to do with the apparatus that they haddiligently assembled .We were also shown the exhibition room whereliquid air was almost on tap, and such novelties asthe malicious hammering of bits of rubber intopieces of wood, were demonstrated to us .