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Editorial Committee :ROBERT BARNETTANGELA McAVOYKEVIN HATHWAY ELIZABETH MARTER (Secretary)ROGER KIMPANNE PONDC . C . H . WORRALL (Chairman)De Personis Rebusque ScholasticisCollegeThere were 707 pupils in the College this year, 372 boys and 335 girls . Of these, 161 were in theSixth Form . The Head Boy was Michael Hedley and the Head Girl Patricia Murrell . The HouseCaptains and College Prefects were Donald Amberton, Stephen Booty, Mary Chapman, CatherineClark, Michael Greenwood, Roger Kimp, Julia Mingay, Michele Obey, David Payne, DouglasPostle, Sharon Skea, Keith Sullivan, and Jane Wright .Last SummerThe 1st XI cricket field was levelled from the cricket square down to the peripheral concreteroad . For those who remember the firework displays on the top of the Mounds, and the efforts oftoiling over them on cross-country runs, their removal may be sad, but it has certainly improvedthe playing area . This is now to be known as "Metcalfe's Piece" to commemorate the first Warden'sdetermined and successful efforts to produce sports facilities, while maintaining the naturalbeauty of the Park .The school heating system was converted to gas firing, and the classrooms were certainlywarmer during the ensuing winter .Autumn TermShaw's "Caesar and Cleopatra" was the chosen play this term, and Mr . Garrard and allconcerned are to be congratulated on an entertaining production .The Astronomical Society purchased a new telescope with six magnifications ranging from48 to 5,000 .The Phil Bailey Award for the best technological project submitted by Norfolk schools waspresented to Peter Weaver for his project on abrasives .At the end of term a number of functions were held to commemorate Mr . Metcalfe's retirement .On behalf of present and former pupils of the College, the Head Boy and Head Girl presentedMr. and Mrs . Metcalfe with a tea service and a cheque for 100 guineas . At informal coffee partieswives of the teaching staff presented Mrs . Metcalfe with a case of scissors, and the matrons gaveher a gift token . Finally at the staff evening party immediately after the end of term, the past andpresent members of the teaching staff made their presentation of a wrist watch and cheque . Thisparty was made even more memorable by the excellent catering of the Bursar and staff, the livelytopical decor of Miss Johnson and helpers, and by the oratory of Mr . Bowman and Mr . Metcalfehimself .