THE SCHOOL MAGAZINE

Summer 1963

A Train At Night by Jeffrey Bamber (1M)

A train at night,
Is such a fright,
All glaring in your eyes,
It looks like a monster,
Bearing down,
As in the bushes you lie.

Sometimes fast,
Sometimes slow,
All screeching along the rails,
On goes the train,
Through the night
The wood coming loose from the nails.

The Explorations of Doctor Livingstone by Graham Smith (3H)

In the 1490s there were many explorations, the main discovery being Christopher Columbus discovering America. Then in the 1790s Captain Cook discovered New Zealand and Australia. In the nineteenth century another great explorer named Livingstone explored the interior of Africa.

Livingstone was born in Blantyre in Scotland and in 1840 he became a doctor.

About 1842 he sailed to Africa as a missionary. He stayed in the southern part of Africa for ten years healing the natives from disease and teaching them about Christ. After ten years he thought that more African people should know about Christ and so he said goodbye to his friends and set off in a wagon with some native friends.

Livingstone's journey was a very dangerous one, crossing many crocodile infested rivers. He then had to cross the burning Kalahari Desert, with the scorching sun and the dry grass trying to push itself through the hot sand. As Livingstone went a little further into Africa he was disgusted by the amount of slaves he saw and the way they were treated.

Later as they were travelling through marshy jungles Livingstone and some of his native friends caught malaria. The natives put the sick on their shoulders and carried Livingstone on a stretcher.

In 1870 there was a rumour in London that Livingstone had been killed and burnt by natives. The New York Herald Tribune sent a reporter named Stanley to find out the truth.

Stanley was also a well known explorer. As he travelled picking up bits of news here and there he finally came across Livingstone. Livingstone was very surprised to see Stanley as he had not seen a white man for at least five years. Stanley walked up to Livingstone and said the now famous phrase, "Doctor Livingstone I presume".

Livingstone was ill and out of supplies. Stanley arrived in time to save him in 1871 at Ujye.

Soon after, in 1873, Livingstone died. He was brought back to England and buried in Westminster Abbey. His work eventually led to the abolishment of the slave trade.

Noise by E. Lock (3J)

Noise can be most disturbing and especially so if there is a lot of noise when you are trying to go to sleep.

There has been a lot of complaints from people living around London Airport about the big jet planes that land there. The inhabitants of the area say that the noise stops them sleeping, cracks walls and ceilings, and even shatters windows. They say that it is a godsend when there is fog and there are no planes flying, owing to the bad weather. Noise has been known to drive people mad.

In some buildings certain rooms have been sound-proofed so that no noise can come in from the outside. These buildings are mostly office-blocks where people do work that needs a great deal of concentration; and if there was a lot of noise people would be put off their work.

As noise is very irritating I think people should go out of their way to make as little of it as possible.

by Linda Wilson (1A)

Small and dark,
Just down one stair,
I spend my leisure hour there.
I have a lamp which spreads a glow
From corner to corner, high and low.
And when alone, I want to be,
Which is often after I've had tea,
I creep down there with books not read,
Until its time to go to bed.
You will never guess the place I go
It's a tiny place way down below,
No room for table or even chairs
Because it's the cupboard beneath the stairs.

It's useless to cry over a watched pot, spilt milk never boils. (Mad proverbs)

Across

1. Exploit
3. Snake
6. Watchful
8. Look
9. Frighten
12. Yes.
13. Cover
14. Irritations
15. Ancient
17. Discharge of artillery
18. Fate
20. Speaks
22. Egg-shape
24. Often
25. Voice
27. Era
28. Hail
29. " 8 "
30. Broth

Down

1. Awesome
2. Betroth
4. Scorn
5. Beer
7. Courtly
10. Colossal
11. Cocktail?
16. Prohibit
19. Waste
21. Insect Pest
23. Pale
26. Allow

Exams by Gillian Frost (3H)

The bell rings twice and we go to our seat,
We have to make sure we keep our papers neat.
We sit in silence, maybe chewing a pen,
Oh, shouldn't we have that revision time again?

At last it's over, we can talk once more,
A hustle and a bustle as we go to the door.
But we still have to be silent you see,
The people in the hall are doing their G.C.E.

At 12.15 we go to have our dinner,
The things we get, no wonder we're thinner.
At 2 o'clock more exams have we,
I wish we could go home at a quarter to three.
But 3.45 soon comes round and then,
We pack up our things and go home again.

A full week we have exams all the while,
But when they're over we can really smile,
For now we've only a number of weeks,
For during this time we can really have fun,
And forget the exams that we have just done.

by R. Lockyer (5R)

In Pitman shorthand plain to see,
The 'P' is not unlike the 'B'
So if your style for speed ain't fit,
You make a PAD muck-UB of it.

Cruelty to Animals by Anon

There are many societies which deal with cruelty to animals: R.S.P.C.A, and P.D.S.A., being the more well known ones. These societies help the injured animals, prosecuting the person who injured the animal and then a new home is normally found for the animal.

The pet population of Great Britain numbers almost as much as the human population, so it is not surprising that the number of offenders and offences against animals is great. Apart from providing entertainment and occupation, it ..... (original text unreadable) to make people more humane. On the other hand, it is not a simple art, and many pets undoubtedly suffer from mere ignorance and sadism. Animals should be given plenty of exercise, the right type of food (any good library will have books about this), and also affection from the owner.

So next time you see your pet, don't give it the customary greeting, check its food - is there enough, has it got something to drink, has it got enough room to run about in, who knows, they might be our masters in the future.

English Master's Delirium

1. Practise what you can chew. Don't bite off more than you can preach.

2. It's an ill wind that spoils the broth; too many cooks blows no-body any good.

3. Imitation is the best sauce. Hunger is the sincerest form of flattery.

4. A fool and his money will clutch at a straw. A drowning man is soon parted.

5. "German Barber" by Herr Kutt.

6. "Phyllis Cup" by A. Barmaid.

7. If people who live in glasshouses won't come to the Mohamet, Mohamet must not throw stones at the mountain.

8. Julius Caesar was assassinated, then murdered.

9. Tow be, aw not tow bee. Tat ist te quasston. Weather tis noble er in te minde tow .....(original text unreadable)

SPORTS SECTION

Is this Cricket?

An American visitor, thinking to visit a Test Match during his stay in England, asked a cockney lad to explain the game to him. The lad's attempt ran something like this:-

"Its quite simple - you have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's on the side that's in goes out and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out too. When they're all out, the side that's been out in the field comes in and the side that's been in goes out and tries to get out those coming in. Then when both sides have been in and out including not outs, that's the end of the game, see?"

School Cricket 1963

The School has fielded four cricket teams this season. The 1st XI and under 14 XI have had their usual full fixture list and these boys have enjoyed a game every Saturday morning.

The under 15 team competed in the Tottenham Schools Cricket League and we are pleased to report that they won it outright. They were not quite so successful in the Tottenham Schools Cricket Cup. They lost by 6 wickets to Rowland Hill in the semi-final.

For the first time the first year fielded a team this season. They lost to Tottenham Grammar by a few runs, and beat Mount Grace School by 1 run.

1st XI. Our most fortunate player this season has been Ian Farber. After gaining a place in the Tottenham Boys Team as wicket-keeper, he has also represented Midllesex in all their matches. He has played against such teams as Eton School and Yorkshire Boys.

Our most successful players have been: Batting - Alan Thompson, Bruce Buckley (scored 47 not out against Tottenham Grammar), and Paul Warren; Bowling - Bartlett, Thompson, Warren, and March have bowled well.

Under 15 team. Best performance this season was by the following: Edwin Brown, and Peter Barker. Both of them bowled with commendable accuracy and on a good length. In the decisive league match with Rowland Hill School, Barker took 5 wickets for 19 runs and Brown took 4 wickets.

Under 14 Team. Oakley has shown promise as a batsman. He scored 48 in one match. There is no league for this age group, so "friendly" matches were played. The team was Oakley (capt.), Barnard, Stroud, C. Martin, L. Martin, Kesbey, Nyman, Sigrest, Carratt, Christian, Pell, Barrett, Morgan, Keep, White, Fuller, Barker, and Harding.