The Forestonian

The Magazine of the Forest High School, Johannesburg, S.A.

1964

Editor: S. B. STEAD

Mrs. F. AMDUR
Mr. R. BLACK
Mr. C. BLAMIRE
Dr. V. BOY
Mr. F. HACKNEY
Mr. W. HAYWOOD

GOVERNING BODY

Mrs. H. MARKS
Mr. J. W. MILDENHALL
(Hon. Secretary)
Mr. W. SAMMONS
Mr. G. WILKINSON

STAFF (PERMANENT)
Mr. R. C. STEAD (Principal)
Mr. P. A. BREDENHANN (Vice-Principal)
Mr. H. J. SWANEPOEL (2nd Vice-Principal)
Miss M. E. MACLAREN
Mr. G. A. BISHOP
Mr. W. J. MORGENDAAL
Miss M. A. BUCKLAND
Mr. R. M. NOYES-LEWIS
Mr. D. P. CAMPBELL
Mr. E. F. PEARSON
Mrs. H. C. J. DUSSE
Mr. N. J. PIENAAR
Miss A. FRIEL
Mr. M. H. O. PRELLER
Mr. J. R. HART
Miss A. A. PRINGLE
Miss G. M. HULBERT
Miss M. F. PRINSLOO
Mr. T. J. KLEYN
Mr. J. R. RALPH
Mr. H. H. LAMONT
Miss J. M. ROGER
Miss S. B. STEAD
Mr. J. LORDAN
Mr. J. VAN DER VELDEN
Miss Z. LIVERSAGE

STAFF (TEMPORARY)

Mr. A. C. ANAGNOSTU
Mr. A. CAMPBELL
Mr. J. A. DAMHUIS
Mr. F. A. W. DANIEL
Mr. A. DU TOIT
Mrs. J. A. HILLEN
Miss W. A. JACOBSZ
Mr. Z. S. JORDAAN

Secretary: Miss B. M. MURRAY

Assistant Secretary: Mrs. M. E. LAMBERT

Miss M. E. LIPSCHITZ
Mrs. C. C. MOFFAT
Miss P. J. G. M. MORRIS
Miss T. PERLMAN
Mr. C. J. PIETERSE
Miss S. VAN BEEKUM
Mr. S. P. F. J. VAN RENSBURG
Mr. W. H. VAN STADEN
Caretaker: Mr. S. R. WALTMAN
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P'ront Row: Miss Z. Liversage, Mr. N. .1. Pienaar, Miss S. B. Stead, Mr. H. H. Lamont, Miss M. E. Maclaren. Mr. P. Bredenhann (Vice-Principal),
Mr. R. C. Stead (Headmaster), Mr. H. Swanepoel (Second Vice-Principal), Miss A. FricI. Mr. M. Prellcr. Mrs. C. C. Moffat, Mr R. M. Noyes-Lcwis.
Second Row: Mrs. H. C. J. Dusse, Mrs. M. E. Lambert, Miss P. J. G. M. Morris, Mrs. J. A. Hillen, Miss A. A. Pringle, Miss J. M. Roger, Miss M.
A. Buckland. Miss T. Perlman, Miss M. E. Lipschitz, Miss G. M. Hulbert, Miss M. F. Prinsloo, Miss S. van Beekum, Miss W. A. Jacobsz.
Third Row: Mr. D. P. Campbell, Mr. F. A. W. Daniel, Mr. W. J. Morgendaal, Mr. S. P. F. J. van Rensburg, Mr. A. J. Strauss, Mr. J. van der Velden,
Mr. A. Campbell, Mr. J. R. Ralph, Mr. J. Lordan, Mr. T. J. Kleyn, Mr. C. J. Pieterse.
Fourth Row: Mr. A. C. Anagnostu, Mr. A. du Toit. Mr. E. F. Pearson, Mr, J, A. Damhuis.

STAFF OF FOREST HIGH SCHOOL

ANNUAL SPEECH DAY

yHE School held its Annual Speech Day Headmistress of Jeppe High School for Girls
and Chairman of the Regional Committee of
on May 18th this year.
the College of Education. Mr. Lahner said
Mr. Lahner, the Chairman of the Governing that Miss McLarty had been associated with
Body, welcomed the guests and thanked the education most of her life and had been able
members of the Governing Body for their coto assist and guide others.
operation. He paid a special tribute to Mr.
Miss McLarty thanked Mr. Lahner for his
McCormick, Mr. Hackney and Mr. Came,
icind remarks, congratulated Mr. Stead on his
whose service has extended over a great
and said that she had insisted on going
number of years and whose help and advice report
to school at the age of three. Had she known
have been invaluable.
that she was to spend the whole of the rest
Mr. Mildenhall, he said, had accepted the of her life in schools, she might have thought
chairmanship of the Association of Governing differently about it!
Bodies of English High Schools.
Miss McLarty then said that she had known
Mr. Lahner thanked the Parents' Associa- our school ever since its inception as the
tion for their work during the year and ex- Technical High School and that she had known
tended a special word of thanks to Mr.
all the headmasters, many of the staff and
Warne, who had done so much before remany of our distinguished scholars among
tiring. He then introduced the Headmaster,
them, her very able colleague on the ProMr. Stead.
vincial Council, Dr. Boy, who was on the
platform.
Mr. Stead welcomed those who were present and expressed his gratitude for the help
Although honoured at having been asked to
he had had from Mr. Van Tonder, from his join the list of those who had addressed us at
Vice-Principals, secretaries and staff and from
our Speech Day, Miss McLarty was shocked
the Governing Body and the small, but deto find that, at this school for boys and girls,
voted Parents" Committee, who had worked
she was the first woman to have been so
tirelessly to buy a much-needed tractor for
honoured in forty years.
the school.
The line of thought about knowledge, wisAfter mentioning the changes that had
dom, truth and justice in our school song,
taken place on the staff, Mr. Stead congratu- interested Miss McLarty. She hoped that the
lated Mr. Swanepoel on his appointment as
pupils would use the knowledge they achieved,
our Second Vice-Principal and Mr. Swart on would prove to be wise and that deep
his appointment as the Vice-Principal of the
and honest thinking would help them to find
Malvern West Primary School.
truth. They would learn about justice when
they were older, she said. The great philosoMr. Stead then discussed the examination
pher of the Greeks, Plato, reckoned that you
results, which were reasonably satisfactory,
coul
d only have good government with justice
and the School's extra-mural activities. He
that education was the thing that led in
and
congratulated Pat van Zyl, who was selected
that
direction.
in 1963, for the second time, to represent
Southern Transvaal in the Inter-Provincial
Miss McLarty then spoke about two of our
Netball Tournament, R. Black who repretraditions the first, our scientific and techsented S.A. Schools at hockey, the new row- nical tradition. Forty years ago people were
ing team on its successes and Mr. Noyes-Lewis beginning to realise that this city would deon his successful production of "H.M.S.
velop into a great centre of technical achievePinafore."
ment and this school was founded for a
speci
purpose as a technical high school.
Before concluding his report Mr. Stead ap- Miss ficMcLarty
expressed the hope that, alpealed to the parents to keep their children
though
the
school
was no longer a technical
at school as long as possible.
school, it was still keeping a bias towards
technical achievement.
Mr. Lahner then introduced the guest
Since that October when the first sputnik
speaker. Miss M. McLarty, M.P.C., a former
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Front Row: C. George, S. do Bever, E. Oosthuizen, P. Meistre, D. Webster, K. Walker, L. Ihrmpsoii. P. van Zyl. W. Campbell, Mr. R. C. Stead,
R. Black, D. Renecle, A. Nel, M. v.d. Wolf, S. Ribeiro, L. Dunbar, A. Fourie, G. Noble, G. Sewell, A. Jolly.
Second Row: R. Ladbrook. D. Fritz, P. Vermeulen, B, Levenstein, H. Parsons, H. Cross, E. Glicksman, G. Snclling. J. Scott. V. Maino, B. Downing,
C. Smillie, M. O'Neale. W. Roper, M. Olivier, K. Pereira, K. Robinson. E. du Plessis, T. Jensen.
Third Row: F. Booth, R. Richardson, T. Theck, J. Biart, P. Bucholtz, D. Philippides. L. Richardson, B. Thomas, A. Smith, T. Ralph, P. Roper,
D. Potts. T. Walls, R. Babenderede, J. Dingley, B. Grant, B. Davis, M. Butow, K. Windsor, R. v.d. Merwe.
P'ourth Row: H. Krause, M. Siebritz, K. Koukeas, T. Kisogloo, K. Taylor, E. Sequeira, F. Lucas, G. Venter. T. Abdinor, L. Jones, R. Jeoffreys,
C. McDonald, J. Wilsenach. F. Rossouw, C. du Preez, K. Wells, D. de Klerk, L. Wilcock, C. Pearman, R. Manning, M. Heylen.
Absent: Marie Pucjlowski, D. Dawkins, C. Pretorius.

FORM FIVE LEAVING GROUP

went round the world in outer space a very

thrilling and significant occasion we have
realised that there is a great need for nuclear
physicists and every kind of scientist. There
is a great need, too, for mathematicians, engineers, technologists, technicians and teachers
and without teachers there could not be any
of the other things. This school with its
tradition in science would play its part and
Miss McLarty appealed to the boys and girls
to learn the skills that would be useful.
In these days it is not possible to carry on
the work of the world unless married women
work, and it has become important for girls
to choose a career at which they can work
when the time comes and their children are
big enough not to need their care. Miss
McLarty said that she had always felt that
teaching and nursing were two of the best
careers for girls, because being women we
like to teach people things and like to nurse
people when they are sick.
The other great tradition, which we all have,
is our English language, our heritage of English and everything that goes with it. We
take it for granted. We are a tiny community
here, but milions of people throughout the
world speak English. Apart from the United
Kingdom and Ireland, where they speak many
varieties, there is the United States of America,
where they speak another variety, Canada and
Australasia. It is the unifying language in
India, where they have hundreds of languages
and they are all taught English so that they
can communicate with each other. It is the
unifying language in Malaysia and is spoken
as the second language in Europe, many parts
of Asia and in very many parts of Africa.
This is because the English have been a race
of traders, colonisers, explorers and seafarers.

Young people all go through a poetic

period so read Shakespeare for his poetry.
" . . . daffodils.
That come before the swallow dares, and
take
The winds of March with beauty;"
" . . . the lark at break of day arising
From sullen earth, sings hymns at Heaven's
gate;"
"Full many a glorious morning have I seen
Flatter the mountain-tops with sovereign
eye."
and
"Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds."
A good sonnet for boys and girls to read
when they are beginning to fall in love. If
they really believed in Shakespeare there
wouldn't be so many divorces.
Shakespeare wrote 37 plays and 164 sonnets which you can read. Wordsworth,
speaking of the sonnets said: "With this key
Shakespeare unlocked his heart and his heart
is there a treasure for all mankind."
;
The College of Education, where our English teachers are trained, had a special celebration on the 23rd April on the lawns in front
of the Civic Theatre. It was a most enchanting
thing. They had "Elizabethan Revels" and
every single person of that college was dressed
in Shakespearean dress and many of them
took part in a little sort of miming, which
was acompanied by extracts from the plays.
Each student on that day was given a commemorative scroll, printed against a background of one of the best known portraits of
This is a good year in which to give
Shakespeare and the words on the scroll
special thought to our English language.
Wordsworth, in one of his great sonnets, said; concluded thus:
"We must be free, who speak the tongue that
"Use his riches; draw on them; and pass
Shakespeare spake." This language the
t
h
em
on with care and love to those who
English of our great writers, poets and thinkers
al
s
o
are
his beneficiaries. He still shall live
is ours to treasure, to cultivate and to use
such
vi
r
tues has his pen where breath
correctly.
most breathes even in the lives of men."
Read Shakespeare for the wonderful flow
With the language, the traditions of our
of his language, the diversity of his characters, peopl
e have been handed down to us. Please
the noble'thoughts, the rollicking fun and the
accept
it as a duty to treasure these traditions,
poems, and remember that he lived in the
hol
d
to them and, if possible, to add
to
great age of Raleigh and Drake an era of to them fast
in
our
own day and generation.
self-confidence, vitality and exuberance. We
are losing some of our vitality and exuberance.
Miss McLarty wished the boys and girls
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PREFECTS

Fronr Row: A. Smith, H. Cross, T. Ralph, L. Thompson, P. van Zvl, W. Campbell (Head Girl),
Mr. R. C. Stead, R. Black (Head Bov), D. Renecle. A. Nel. M. v.d. Wolf. D. Potts, S. Ribeiro.
Second Row: H. Parsons, C. Smillie, D. Webster, L. Walker. D. Fritz. E. Sequeira, M. O'Neale, W. Roper,
V. Maino. L. Dunbar, A. Jollv.
Third Row: M. Siebritz, T. Abdinor, K. Robinson, T. Walls, K. Pereira. P. Bucholtz. K. Koukeas,
T. Theck.

well in their life at school, and in the world

in which last year's matric pupils have now
gone forth and extended her good wishes to
their parents, their headmaster and the staff
who had worked so hard. It was now their
turn, she said, to give a good account of
themselves.
Miss McLarty then presented the prizes.
Earlier in her address, she had said that she
never congratulated prizewinners or sympathised with those who had not won awards.
Prizes were just "one of those things" some
people get them and some people don't but
everybody should work hard.
The guests were then invited to tea in the
East Quadrangle.
UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE
EXAMINATION
First Class.J. Hanekom, W. Kopelowitz.
Pass.Colleen Clarkson, Blanche Ennion,
N. J. Greeff, M. Haralambous, Audrey Knudsen, A. J. Smit, A. R. Stafford, Heather
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Walker. J. G. Roberton (Conditional

exemption).
SECONDARY SCHOOL CERTIFICATE
EXAMINATION
Pass.M, D. Bauermeister, A. Beattie,
Heather Botha, Heather Brewis, R. T. Burnett, W. G. Button, E. B. Carstens, E. A.
Chapman, J. D. Cooper-Wiliams, A. A. dos
Santos, P. J. Fermoy e, Veneta Funk, R. T.
Greaves, R. M. Hammergreen, Brenda Hay,
Jennifer Jooste, D. M. Lynch, Carol Marshall,
E. D. Matthysen, W. E. J. Mitchell, T. C.
Molloy, N G. Paterson, G. P. Payne, Mary
Raper, Joan Read, G.. H. Rowlinson, V. V.
Stanbridge, Hendrina Stapelberg, J. Stark, R.
Steensma, D. L. Stevens, M. E. van Rensburg,
M. J. van Rensburg, Cecilia Vlok.
PRIZE WINNERS, 1963
Dux Medals: Audrey Knudsen, N. J. Greeff.
Rotary Leadership Awards: Wendy Campbell, R. I. V. Black.
Old Forestonian Award for Thoroughness:

Patricia van Zyl, D. Renecle

Badenhorst Durrant Award for Good Citizenship: Lynette Thompson
Shakespeare Scholar: Vincenza Maino.
Language Award (Robertson Cup): Wendy
Campbell.
History Shield (Forest Hill and Haddon
Ratepayers' Association): J. Hanekom.
Form 5.First Class Passes: J. Hanekom,
W. Kopelowitz.
Form 4.M. T. Butow, Wendy Campbell,
E. A. du Plessis, Joy Ferguson, F. D. Lucas,
Vincenza Maino, R. H. Richardson, Linda
Walker.
Form 3.Yvonne Cason, C. P. Harris,
Noelene Johns, C. Martin, J. H. L. Meades, E.
G. Peebles, Helen Sardinha, Heather Walker.
Form 2.G. E. Austin, Gladys Barnard, K.
G. Dinkelman, Lynn Grace, Nicolette Graham,
A. L. Kaestner, G. B. Smith, A. M. Vlok, C.
J. Vorster.
Form 1.Catherine Haywood, Maureen
Hutchons, Kathleen Peters, Kathleen Scott, D.
Sewell, Wendy Sinclair, Lilian Thompson, A.
Venter, Joy Visser.
Sir Ernest Oppenheimer Awards for Diligence: R. F. Bond, I. M. Fyfe, H. A. Krause,
Mary Winterbottom, D. Veenhof, A. R.
Mendes, R W. Adkins, Mary Willers, Lucia
Krone, Janis Campbell, C. H. Wiliamson, V.
Venter, G. Swan, Dianne Cheesman, Jennifer
Cross, Teresa de Agrella, L. S. Lofstedt,
Shulamith Kopelowitz, Jacqueline Marks,
Rosalie Ribeiro, Cornelia Keizerwaard.
Certificates of Merit: Patricia Kroukamp,
Marlene Losper, Shirley van Buren-Schele,
Elaine Neilon. Elizabeth de Koster, Jean
Oelofse, Sheena Rothner, Patricia Avenant,
Nicolette Graham.

Dreyer, Mrs. Scholtz and Mr. L. L. Swart,

who were with us for a short while.
Mr. Swanepoel returned to the School as
our Second Vice-Principal, Mr. Preller
joined the staff as Head of the Afrikaans
Department. Other newcomers were Miss
Van Beekum (History), Miss Jacobsz (Domestic Science), Mr. du Toit (Maths.), Mr. van
Rensburg (Commerce) and Mr. Daniel and
Mr. Strauss (EngHsh). Mr. Theron failed to
materialise and was away on sick leave the
whole term. Although we caught a glimpse
of him on the last day of term, before his
final exit, he is still known as "The Man Who
Never Was." Miss Stander was on sick leave
most of the first term as well. It is hardly
surprising that Miss Morris, Miss Perlman
and the students from the College of Education were overwhelmed by the warmth of
the welcome they received, when they arrived
in the fourth week of term.
Miss Palmer was married to Mr. Doug.
Hillen on 28th March and since then has run
two Domestic Science Centres one here and
one at home with great efficiency!
Miss Maclaren enjoyed a trip overseas during the second term and Miss Gey van
Pittius acted in her place. Mr. Pearson was
on sick leave. Miss Lipschitz joined the staff
and a second group of students moved in
for three weeks two of them, Margaret
Nielson and Frank Strathern, being past
pupils of the School.
Mr. Anagnostu's enthusiasm was such when
he played in the School vs. Staff rugby match,
that he broke his leg. He was not quite so
enthusiastic about the plaster cast that
weighed him down for a while.
Mr. J. S. Swart left in July after 14 years
at Forest High, to become the Vice-Principal
of Malvern West Primary School and Miss
Stander left to take up a post in Pretoria.
They have our best wishes. Their places
were filled by Mr. Pieterse and Mr. van
Staden.
In addition to the loss of Mrs. Lombard,
We have enjoyed visits from Miss BrabaMiss Edwards, Mrs. Robbins and Mr. Molloy
from the staff at the end of last year, Mrs. zon, Mr. and Mrs. Basel (Miss Kropp), Mr.
Shirley and Mrs. Erasmus and her bright
Chester-Browne and Mr. Wilke were not reyoung son Michael. Mrs. Erasmus is one of the
appointed and we have missed them all.
unfortunates living in the sink-hole area and
Mrs. Chester-Browne was a valued member
of staff from 1951 to 1962, and for a period they have had to abandon their home. Miss
Valerie Stead returned from England for a
before that, and the Belgravia Convent is
fcrtunate in having obtained her services this short while to complete her university exams,
she too visited us. She has recently beyear. Mr. Wilke was with us for six years. and
come engaged to Mr. S. Francis of Guildford,
The staffroom is not the same without
Surrey. Life overseas appears to agree very
their quick wit. We wish them well and
well with Valerie. In last year's staff notes
also Mrs. Cairncross, Mrs. Cohen, Miss

STAFF NOTES

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it was reported that Mrs. Gerrie (Sybil

Stewart) lives in Glasgow this is incorrect,
she is in Aberdeen.
Three members of the staff Miss L i p schitz. Miss Pringle and Mrs. Dusse
caught
the
German
Measles
bug.
They were not amused!
Mrs. Moffat has
had a trying year and we wish her better
health in the future.
Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie
Ralph (Merlyn O'Donnell) on the birth of a
son, Wayne, and to Mr. and Mrs. Hans Basel
(Miss Kropp) on the birth of a daughter,
Elenor. Our best wishes to Miss Liversage
and Mr. David Fletcher of Durban. Their
engagement was announced in October.
This has been a difficult year.
With
shortages of staff and a steady stream of
absentees, free periods have almost disappeared from the map. It did not add to
the general joy when Mr. Strauss faded out
to a Pretoria school early in the 4th term.

Fortunately Mr. Jordaan replaced him after

10 days.
Our best wishes to Mr. A . Campbell who
has accepted a permanent appointment for
next year at the Greenside High School and
to Mr. van Rensburg who has resigned to
join S . A . N . L . A . M .
Those who knew Mr.
Kroes when he was at Forest will be pleased
to know that he has been appointed as Head
of the new Co-Ed. High School in Germiston.
We congratulate him and wish him luck.
Miss Murray, our efficient and hardworking secretary, was on leave from the
beginning of September to the middle of
November. Her tour included a visit to the
Olympic Games in Tokyo. Mrs. Lambert,
the assistant-secretary, did the work of two
in Miss Murray's absence but although she
was often hard pressed, she remained irrepressibly cheerful.
Our thanks are due to
both of them and to Mr. Waltman for all
their help during the year.

OBITUARY
Dr. M A X B L I E D E N
Dr. Blieden died this year at the age of 93.
He was the Chairman of our Governing Body
in 1936 and 1937 and was well-known in the
area as a doctor.
Dr. Blieden was a man of many interests
and was the greatest of South African Chess
masters. He won the South African Chess
Championship three times and played in his
last Johannesburg Chess Championship when
he was 88.
T o his family we extend our sincere
sympathy.
Mrs. O. M . S. C R O W T H E R
It is with deep regret that we record the
death of Mrs. Crowther, better know to prewar Forestonians as "Madame" Watson.
On a staff of able teachers and good
administrators she was distinguished for her
vivid, dynamic personality, her "down to
earth" sanity and her rich sense of humour.
She was senior woman assistant for twelve
years, taught Latin and also filled a major
role in the extra-mural life of the school. I n
winter, she coached the 1st and 2nd Hockey
X I ' s and in summer, helped all Forest swimmers down at the Wemmer Pan Bath.
Drama also claimed her interest and one of
the star performances was her production of
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Barrie's " A Kiss for Cinderella," which ran

for several nights in the old school hall.
Madame was an M . A . graduate of Glasgow
University. She taught in North Wales and
South England before coming to South
Africa, where she was posted to the Krugersdorp High School. She resigned to get
married but was widowed after a few years.
She then edited a small West Rand newspaper, but eventually rejoined the teaching
profession. She spent a year coaching French
at Roedean, then went to Jeppe High and
finally came to Forest, where she remained
until her marriage to Mr. Lionel Crowther
in 1942.
A l l in all, she lived a very full and interesting life and travelled extensively in Europe
but always returned to South Africa's sunny
climate and her beloved Hermanns, where
M.E.M.
she died . . .
Mrs. M . E . W I L K E
Mrs. Wilke, who taught Arithmetic at Forest
High between 1944 and 1946 when her husband was a member of the staff, died recently.
She was a very pleasant person to have on
the staff and her pupils benefited by her good
teaching and firm, but kindly discipline.
To Mr. Wilke, who is now the Principal of
Florida High School, we offer our sincere
sympathy.

.Miss E. I . CLOETE
>flAi/
T h e death of M i s s Cloete occurred i n September i n G r a h a m s t o w n .
H e r health had
been deteriorating for some time before her
death.
M i s s Cloete started teaching, without q u a l i fications, in 1919 in G r o o t Spelonken in the
Northern T r a n s v a a l . She then taught at the
T w i s t Street School. D u r i n g those years she
matriculated and gained her B . A . Degree i n
1924. After that she taught at Booysens, H o s pital H i l l and Heronmere and was the P r i n c i pal of the F a i r v i e w J u n i o r School when she
retired in 1947. She gave m u c h of her time
to R e d Cross w o r k .
She joined the temporary staff after her
retirement and taught at various schools. She
was at Forest H i g h from 195! until the end
of 1960. M i s s Cloete w a s able to teach a
variety
of subjects
and
in addition
to
her school teaching, coached many pupils
privately.
H e r death w i l l be regretted by her friends
and by the large number of pupils w h o passed
through her hands.
T h e y w i l l remember her
as a k i n d l y person and one who demanded a
high standard of w o r k .
T o her f a m i l y we extend our deep sympathy.
I t is w i t h regret that we record the untimely
deaths of a number of past pupils.
STAN

COWIE

Stan C o w i e left the school in 1948. H e was

a very well-liked p u p i l , a cadet officer and a
good athlete who excelled in the longer races.
H e continued to take part in athletics after
he left school.
H e joined K o d a k at the age of 16 after the
death of his father and later w o r k e d for several
different motor firms. H e was w i t h V a n r o u x
motors at the time of his death.
H e went on two tours one to E n g l a n d ,
Scotland and the Continent and the other to
A u s t r a l i a , N e w Z e a l a n d and H o n g K o n g
W h i l e i n N e w Z e a l a n d he met two past pupils
of F o r e s t H i g h , one of w h o m is farming there.
H e married M i s s J o y c e Penney four months
before his death,
Dr. B R I A N R I C H A R D S O N

'''"^

B r i a n R i c h a r d s o n w a s k i l l e d i n a motor
accident i n D u r b a n . H e matriculated i n 1950.
H e was the H e a d B o y and the
Victor
L u d o r u m and as D r u m M a j o r led the C a d e t
B a n d to victory, for the first time i n its
history.
His
two
brothers
attended
different schools a n d each of them achieved

the same distinctions. B r i a n w a s also a m e m ber of the 1st. R u g b y X V .

B r i a n ' s records for the U n d e r 16, 440 yds.
(held jointly w i t h Peter H i t c h c o c k ) , the 220
yds. and the 100 yds, still held when the U n d e r
16 races were discontinued, and he still holds
the .school records for the U n d e r 14, 100 yds.
and the U n d e r 15 L o n g J u m p a n d 100 yds.
H e was held in high esteem by the staff
who k n e w h i m , not only for what he achieved,
but for his qualities as a m a n .
H e qualified as a dentist and his brief
career has been noteworthy. H e had intended
going overseas in the near future to specialise.
LOUISE WHITFORD
L o u i s e matriculated at Forest H i g h in 1953.
She was a prefect during her M a t r i c year.
After leaving school she w o r k e d in the
Johannesburg Reference L i b r a r y for two years
and after that was on the staff of the Permanent B u i l d i n g Society. Before she became
i l l , she went on a tour of E n g l a n d and the
Continent.
IRIS P I T Z E R
q
I r i s left F o r e s t H i g h i n 1953. She w a s a
cheerful pupil and a keen hockey player a n d
w o n a place in the 1st X I T e a m .
She was employed as a comptometer operator at a tobacco f i r m i n D u r b a n when she
became i l l . I t is greatly regretted that her
long and courageous fight to regain her
health was of no a v a i l .
-IT

JEANETTE SKINNER
Jeanette and her friend, M r . W i l l i a m Shirley,
were k i l l e d in a motor accident in J u n e .
Jeanette was 2 1 .
She is remembered
at
Forest H i g h as a g i r l w i t h a p a r t i c u l a r l y pleasant and cheerful personality.
Jeanette was on the staff of W a l t e r T h o m p son P u b l i c R e l a t i o n s A d v e r t i s i n g C o .
PATRICK HARRIS
P a t r i c k left the School in 1959. H e was a
member of the 1st R u g b y X V a n d the rugby
notes of that year sum up his characteristics
very accurately.
H e w a s described as " A
speedy w i n g and solid defender, w h o faced
the grimmest situations w i t h a cheerful smile,
and never stopped t r y i n g . "
H i s sense of
humour and gentlemanly bearing w o n h i m
m a n y friends.
H e was m a r r i e d shortly before his very
sudden a n d tragic death i n October. W e k n e w
his wife at school as N o r m a A d a m s .
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ROBERT TROTT
R o b e r t was k i l l e d in a motor accident in
January.
H e matriculated in 1961. B e cause of his sterling qualities he was made a
prefect a n d a cadet officer. H e w a s a keen
hockey player.
H e was a Post Office T e c h n i c i a n at the
time of his death. H e was an only child.

M A R G A R E T W I G G I L (nee T r o l l o p e )
Margaret matriculated i n 1962. She w a s a
girl of fine character a n d w a s the 2 n d V i c e H e a d G i r l of the S c h o o l and the C h a i r m a n
of the Students' C h r i s t i a n A s s o c i a t i o n .
She w a s married to M r . O . W i g g i l in 1963
and she a n d her very young son. D e r r i c k ,
were k i l l e d in a motor accident on E a s t e r
Monday.

T o the families of a l l these young people,

who have given such a good account of themselves during their short lives, we extend our
deepest sympathy.

'

'

TO THOSE WHO SERVE

Had
T e n n y s o n been a member of the
F o r e s t H i g h staff, his famous poem " T h e
B r o o k " w o u l d probably have been entitled
" C a t e r i n g " for the men come and go and
the catering goes on forever.
M i s s B u c k l a n d , M i s s Prinsloo and M i s s
H u l b e r t have served enough tea this year to
float the " Q u e e n M a r y " and if the cakes that
have been provided, were placed end to end,
they w o u l d reach the moon without having
to be launched.
T h e girls who have w o r k e d so h a r d i n this
department are M a r l e n e L o s p e r , Susan F a r r e l l and Annette Scheepers, w i t h some help
from M y r t l e P u r d y a n d Janet F a r r e l l .
Mar-

lene, Susan and Annette can have h a d few

afternoons off this year and their unselfish
rervice to the School is very m u c h appreciated.
W h e n Miss M c L a r t y presented the prizes,
at our Speech D a y , and the
certificates
of
merit
to
the
girls
who
had
helped w i t h the catering in 1963, she e x pressed surprise and pleasure i n finding that
the service of the " b a c k r o o m g i r l s " was
recognised.
I t w a s M i s s M c G i l l i v r a y who
thought of showing the School's appreciation
in this w a y , when she w a s a V i c e - P r i n c i p a l
at F o r e s t H i g h .
T h e r e are many other pupils who serve the
School in other w a y s a n d our thanks are due
to them, too.

THE TUCKSHOP
T h e tuckshop has struggled on this year
w i t h too few helpers and the profits so
necessary
to
the
School, have
dropped
considerably.
W i t h o u t the generous help of M r s . Jacobs
w h o came practically every day this year,
a n d M r s . Jones who has assisted three times
a week, M r W a l t m a n could not have managed
at a l l . A s it was he had to use five pupils
K . Pereira, T . Walls, J . Barnes, L i n d a
W a l k e r and Denise Webster to help serve the
PAGE T E N

hordes of eager pupils. W e are grateful to

a l l of them for giving up so m u c h of their
time.
I t is depressing to find that in a school of
nearly a thousand pupils, so few parents are
able to do anything for the school.
We
appealed
last
year for
more
helpers
mothers who could spare the time, once or
twice a week, to serve in the tuckshop for a
few minutes during the break, and w e appeal
again.

ANNUAL MEMORIAL S E R V I C E

The
A n n u a l M e m o r i a l Service, held in
honour of the O l d B o y s w h o made the
supreme sacrifice, was held at our G a r d e n of
R e m e m b r a n c e on Sunday, 8th November.

D a w s o n , because such was T H E I R occasion

the ordinary men and women w h o were
called upon to live in a special period. T h e y
rose to the occasion and became classical.

A very large congregation of friends, m a n y

of w h o m were Past Pupils of the S c h o o l ,
was present at the service, w h i c h was conducted by the R e v . L . D a w s o n .
Nothing
could have emphasised more the extenl of
the sacrifice made by those men, whose
names appear on the R o l l of H o n o u r , than
the perfection of the morning, and the youth
of the immaculate and efficient cadets w h o
played
such an
important
part
in
the
ceremony.

It is important that we should keep these

virtues alive in case we, too, are called upon
to m a k e special history. T h e i r sacrifice must
not have been in v a i n we must not let
them d o w n . W e must keep them alive. W e
must not fail those w h o gave their lives i n
sacrificial honour.

The
service opened with the singing of
" O god our H e l p in Ages Past" and this
was followed by a prayer and the lesson.
B o o k of V / i s d o m 3, 1-6, read by M r . N .
Pienaar. After the h y m n " O V a l i a n t H e a r t s "
the R e v . D a w s o n addressed the gathering.
H e built his sermon around three of the
principles of life. M e m o r y , F a i t h a n d H o p e
memory of the past, faith in the present
T h e s e are great
and hope for the future.
virtues, he said, but they are more than that
they are controlling powers.
T o the pupils present, the mention of the
past, present a n d future w o u l d remind them
of g r a m m a r , but to the M . O . T . H . ' s i t w o u l d
be a p a r a l l e l to their Sound M e m o r y , M u t u a l
H e l p a n d T r u e Comradeship.
T h e R e v . D a w s o n said that he had taken
the key words " M e m o r y , F a i t h and H o p e "
from Moffat's translation of the B i b l e into
modern E n g l i s h a sound memory of the
past. F a i t h , w h i c h means loyaltv a n d comradeship in the present, and H o p e , w h i c h
means going ahead in the confidence of
m u t u a l help.
Moffat wrote: " L i t e r a t u r e rises out of life,
a n d special periods sometimes are a-flower
w i t h writings that outlive their settings. Such
classical literature implies a n intense spirit
of life, heightened and v i v i d . I t grows fresh
out of a soil of r i c h traditions, w i t h a keen
perception of the present, and an outlook
upon the future.
Such was the literature of
the O l d Testament and the N e w T e s t a m e n t . "
And

such is this occasion, said the R e v .

The
Headmaster, M r . R . C . Stead, then
read the R o l l of H o n o u r . T h i s w a s followed
by the h y m n " A b i d e w i t h M e " a n d the
Benediction.
. . . ,
T h e wreaths from the School and the O l d
Forestonian A s s o c i a t i o n were l a i d by W e n d y
C a m p b e l l , the H e a d G i r l and R . B l a c k , the
Head Boy.
Other wreaths were l a i d on
behalf of the B . C . E . S . L . by M r . J . A . H e l p e r ,
the L i g h t H o r s e R e g i m e n t by F d . - C t . i j .
E k s t e e n , the C a l e d o n i a n Society by M r . J .
M . R o s s , the K a n d a h a r Shell H o l e by O l d
B i l l B a k e r and O l d B i l l S m i t h , the G u n n e r s '
Association by M r . E . Papert; and by M r .
and M r s . J . L a h n e r , in memory of their son,
E . B . C . Lahner.
, . , .
y
.'.
T h e buglers of the band sounded the L a s t
Post and, after two minutes silence, the
Reveille.
The
service
ended
with
the
N a t i o n a l Salute.
A s the cadets marched off to the strains
of the B u g l e B a n d the music seemed to emphasise the aptness of the minister's message,
for it reflected proud memories of the past,
a re-affirmation of faith in the present and
a profound hope for the future.
T h e music for the
M i l i t a r y B a n d , and
end by the B u g l e
standard. 7 , . ^ .
. ,

service, provided by the

the display given at the
B a n d , were of a high
,
. .
,

Guests were entertained to tea, w h i c h w a s

provided by M i s s B u c k l a n d , M i s s P r i n s l o o ,
Miss H u l b e r t a n d M r s . H i l l e n . T h i s gave the
parents, the m a n y Past P u p i l s the M . O . T . H . ' s
and the representatives of the other associations an opportunity to meet old friends a n d
the present staff a n d pupils of the S c h o o l .
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DEBATING SOCIETY
Master-in-charge:

a n d well-balanced i n d i v i d u a l who is a paid

entertainer.
She declared herself i n favour
of professional sport as it benefited a l l .

M r . N . J . Pienaar.

Chairmen: Vincenza
Robinson (5a).

Maino

and

Kevin

T h e Society's activities this year got off to

a good start with a t a l k by M r . Swanepoel
on " M a g i c . " H e r e we h a d an expert t a l k i n g
about his pet hobby.
After outlining a brief
history of m.agic, M r . Swanepoel gave us
details of the world-wide brotherhood
of
magicians.
A few demonstrations kept the
audience enthralled.
A capacity audience crowded the lecture
r o o m to hear D a w k i n s (5a) a n d Smith (5a)
propose the motion " E x a m i n a t i o n s should be
abolished."
S m i t h lamented that e x a m i n a tions forced one to cut down on social and
e x t r a - m u r a l activities. " T h e strain of exams,
causes one to become mentally tired a n d
j h y s i c a l l y unfit, a n d one has no w a y of reaxing"
he
said, and
then
immediately
suggested weekly tests so that one w o u l d not
relax.
D a w k i n s had obviously put a lot of thought
a n d research into the matter of study at
Forest H i g h . " W h o amongst us is prepared
the
to sacrifice his eleven cent seat at
A d e l p h i to s t u d y ? " he asked.
S a n d r a Schoeman (4a) and Noelene J o h n s
(4a) opposed the motion.
S a n d r a made the
point that without examinations the educational standard was l i k e l y to drop.
"South
A f r i c a has to uphold its educational stand a r d , " she lectured her audience.
Noelene maintained that examinations present a greater challenge and t r a i n one to
discipline oneself. T h e r e is no reason to cut
down on social activities, but schooling must
come first.
Noelen's eloquence swayed the
debate and the motion w a s defeated.
I n the second debate, K o u k e a s (5b) proposed the motion "Professionalism i n sport is
w r o n g . " H e mentioned that promising boxers
f a l l into the hands of "parasites" called
managers, that professional wrestlers " a c t , "
a n d complained that star rugby players are
d r a w n a w a y from the u n i o n game.
J a n i s C a m p b e l l ( 3 a ) spoke w e l l i n opposing
the motion.
I t takes as m u c h w o r k for a
sportsman to develop his talents as it does
for any other professional m a n , she said. A
professional sportsman is usually a healthy
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TWELVE

Renecle (5a) pointed out that temptation

existed for bribing in professional
sport,
w h i c h led to unpleasantness.
V l o k ( 3 a ) said that champions are made,
not born. A sportsman takes many years to
develop his talent, and for this he needs
money a n d time.
T h e motion
margin.

was

defeated

by

small

" S c h o o l uniform should be abolished" w a s

the next motion to b e debated. K r a u s e ( 4 a )
and
W i l l e m s e ( 4 a ) proposed,
while G a i l
Snelling (5a) and C l a i r e S m i l l i e (5a) opposed.
K r a u s e c l a i m e d that less formality w o u l d
foster friendlier relations between staff a n d
pupils.
C l a i r e felt that there w o u l d be a noticeable
social barrier if there was no school uniform.
T h e poorer children w o u l d suffer, as they
w o u l d not be able to dress as w e l l as their
wealthier counterparts.
T h e uniform encouraged a good spirit, she c l a i m e d , and took
K o u k e a s to task for encouraging too friendly
an atmosphere this w a s not a good thing.
W i l l e m s e stated seriously that this w a s
deed a controversial subject.
T h e curse
present civilisation is standardisation.
dividuality was being drowned i n a sea
uniforms.

inof
Inof

G a i l argued that uniforms prevented showing off. I f uniforms were abolished parents
w o u l d have to buy extra clothes.
T h e motion (believe it or not) w a s defeated.
" W e are creatures of c o n v e n t i o n " w a s the
motion proposed by J a n i s C a m p b e l l ( 3 a ) a n d
V l o k ( 3 a ) i n the last debate of the year.
J a n i s said teenagers follow fashion slavishly
like sheep.
People
on
the
whole
live
routine-type lives.
V l o k delivered this pearl
of w i s d o m : " A m a n has a m i n d of his o w n ,
but it does not a l w a y s appear so."
People
wore " B e a t l e " haircuts even though these did
not suit them.
D a w k i n s (5a) and V i n c e n z a M a i n o (5a)
opposed. V i n c e n z a c l a i m e d that young people
are becoming more individualistic and are
breaking a w a y from set rules.
Dawkins
asked h o w we could be creatures of convention w i t h so many changes taking place i n
the w o r l d .
T h e motion w a s defeated.

N.J.P.

TRILOGY

T h e School's dramatic activities were highlighted this year by a trilogy of one-act plays.
" M r . H a c k e t t ' s P r i z e , " capably produced by
M r . M o r g e n d a a l , was a light-hearted comedy
in w h i c h M r . H a c k e t t w m s a prize of 5 , only
to have it confiscated by his wife to buy a
vacuum-cleaner for "this 'ere j u n k shop."
C u n n i n g l y M r . H a c k e t t persuades his friend to
pose as a vacuum-cleaner salesman; the money
is surreptitiously d r a w n up into the v a c u u m
a n d the two men escape w i t h their prize,
leaving M r s . H a c k e t t and M r s . C h i c k e n b o t h o m ,
her neighbour, fuming w i t h helpless rage.
B o t h performances r a n smoothly, despite
M r . Hackett's furtive efforts to keep his somew h a t insecure " s t o m a c h " in position and the
unpredictable
response from the
vacuumcleaner.
T h e latter was rendered unnoticeable by some admirable ad libbing on the
part of the cast and only the prompt h a d to
smother his giggles i n the wings.
M r . and M r s . H a c k e t t were capably enacted
by D . R e n e c l e a n d M a r i a Raftopoulos; H e l e n
S a r d i n h a played a haughty a n d superior M r s .
C h i c k e n b o t h o m and E . Sequeira was adequate
as the glib salesman.
M r . Swanepoel's skilful production of " V a n
Springs na R a n d f o n t e i n " was based on an
A f r i k a a n s translation of a humorous
and
somewhat satirical play by T h o r n t o n W i l d e r ,
typifying a f a m i l y car journey.
Miss Prinsloo evoked gales of appreciative lughter as
the nagging fuss-budget of a wife; Siebritz
was
convincing as the long-suffering a n d
patient father and the two younger members
of the cast H . Meintjies a n d S a n d r a P r e torius, merited their share of applause.
D.
D a w k i n s proved himself the most versatile
member of the cast in his v a r i o u s roles of
M e v . K l e y n h a n s , an ice-cream boy, a petrol
attendant, etc.; P a t v a n Z y l added a melancholy note as the grief-stricken daughter a n d
the play closed most effectively under d i m m i n g lights.
"Orange B l o s s o m " w a s a romantic farce
concerning a young girl who suddenly discovers that her t i m i d , submissive fiance has
changed overnight into a self assured, masterful and very determined young m a n .
The
events i n v o l v e d i n this situation provided 40
minutes of highly amusing
entertainment.
M i s s B u c k l a n d w a s convincing as the d o m i neering wife and interfering mother, w h i l e
M r . A . C a m p b e l l gave a n hilarious performance
as
the
henpecked
husband;
Miss

Pringle's aloof A u n t L o l a provided a m i r t h ful contrast to M i s s M o r r i s ' w a r m a n d w i n ning A u n t L o t t i e ; the romantic leads were
ably portrayed by M r . D a n i e l a n d M i s s
Roger.
T h i s production w a s also by M r .
Swanepoel.
O n the whole the p l a y s were an outstanding success a n d played to packed houses on
both nights.
I t was gratifying to note the
staunch support of both parents a n d pupils,
who flocked to attend the production; it
should be pointed out that this success c o u l d
not have been realized without the tireless
effort and enthusiasm of the producers a n d
the co-operation of the cast. Special thanks
are due to M r . R o g e r for the excellent m a k e up; to the Parents' Committee for the catering
a n d M r . W a l t m a n for his help.

.ql'jfi

LIBRARY
A number of the senior l i b r a r i a n s left us
when they were selected as school prefects at
the beginning of the year. T h i s w a s not surprising, but they were a loss to the l i b r a r y .
G a i l Snelling came to us from A t h l o n e H i g h
and she. E v e G l i c k s m a n a n d K . Pereira have
been this year's l i b r a r y prefects.
W e thank
them for a l l they have done.
E v e r since E v e w a s admitted to the South
A f r i c a n Brotherhood of M a g i c i a n s we h a v e
felt a bit shaky about h a v i n g her as a l i b r a rian.
I t w o u l d be rather unnerving to f i n d
the M a r c h H a r e i n one's pocket, M r . T o a d
of T o a d H a l l r e l a x i n g i n the office, B a n d o o l a
grazing i n the Q u a d o r Sue B a r t o n doing her
rounds
on the fiction shelves r e m o v i n g
thorns from M o w g l i ' s feet, fitting C a p t a i n
H o o k with the latest thing i n artificial hands
or arranging for Q u a s i m o d o to h a v e r e m e d i a l
exercises. H o w e v e r , w e are hoping that E v e
w i l l confine her talents to conjuring up a l l
the missing books.
H e l e n H a y , Noelene J o h n s , S h i r l e y D i x o n ,
B e r y l K e r r , K . D i n k e l m a n and C . Carastav r a k i s have been invaluable. T h e y have been
absolutely reliable a n d o n duty v i r t u a l l y a l l
the time.
T h e y deserve a special vote of
thanks.
P . W o l o s z y n has been unsettled by
a trip overseas, but is still w i t h us.
W e are grateful too, to the younger l i b r a rians Marilyn
Zukor,
Sandra
Kearns,
C y n t h i a T h o m p s o n (the one i n F o r m 2 ) ,
Jennifer Cross, M a r i a G a m b a r a n a , S a n d r a
Naude and Lynette Murdoch.
T h e y have
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been kept busy doing the m a n y things that

have to be done to each book, before i t c a n
be placed i n the l i b r a r y a n d nearly 500
books have been added this year, apart from
the 250 w h i c h come b a c k from the binders.
A l t h o u g h the majority of pupils have made
good use of the l i b r a r y , there are m a n y w h o
have not yet realised w h a t pleasure there is
in reading a n d that there are books i n the
l i b r a r y to suit every taste.
M r s . Moffat was in charge of the A f r i k a a n s
section for a number of years. She has more
than enough other w o r k on her hands a n d
asked M i s s Prinsloo to take over from her
at the beginning of the year.
M i s s Prinsloo has proved to be a most
enthusiastic a n d energetic l i b r a r i a n a n d has
achieved wonders in the little time that she
has h a d for the w o r k .
T h a n k s are due to
her and to M i s s R o g e r for her interest and
help.

matches this year.

T h e r e was only an " A "
team this year, but we were fairly successful
w i t h the games played.
T w o games were played against the staff
and although
the School lost both,
the
matches were thoroughly enjoyed.
W e have h a d a fair response from F o r m s
1 a n d 2, but unfortunately the seniors have
lacked enthusiasm.
T h e club
membership
stands at 35. W e should like to thank M r .
R a l p h for the time he has devoted to the
club.

Results:

<

vs. N o r t h v i e w , w o n 6-2.

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vs. Queen's, lost.

^
AI

vs. Staff, lost 3-13.

vs. Staff, lost 6-10.
vs. Roosevelt, lost.
R . Matthews.

BIBLIOTEEK
D i t is verblydend o m te sien dat die leerlinge ook die A f r i k a a n s e boeke uitneem en
geniet wat hulle lees. D i e seniors het m e k a a r
vertrap o m mnr. Preller se boeke in die
hande te k r y .
I n die laer vorms k r y die T r o m p i e reeks
groot aftrek by die seuns, sowel as die dogters.
V e r d e r lees die seuns ook n o u die
boeke v a n T h e u n i s K r o g h om uit te v i n d
wat alles op K e u r b o s l a a n plaasvind.
Die
dogters stel egter meer belang in die doen en
late v a n Saartjie, Mientjie en Soekie.
Die
boeke w a t ons hierdie j a a r aangekoop het,
is hoofsaaklik bedoel v i r die immigrante v i r
wie A f r i k a a n s ' n vreemde t a a l is.
I n die biblioteek was die twee prefekte,
B r e n d a D o w n i n g en M a r l e n e O l i v i e r v a n
groot hulp en hulle is bygestaan deur die
volgende ywerige leerlinge: P h y l l i s S m i t h ,
Jacqueline M a r k s , Suzette W a t s o n , T e r e s a de
Agrella, Margaret Thompson, Sandra Naude,
Lynette Murdoch, E l l a Shaw, Phyllis Herr,
C h a r m e o n H a v e n g a en F r a n c i n a F o u r i e .
M.F.P.

STUDENTS' CHmSTIAN
ASSOCIATION

CHESS

"Fac
J e s u R e g e m ! " " M a k e Jesus K i n g . "
This
is the
motto of the
world-wide
Students' C h r i s t i a n A s s o c i a t i o n .
I n order to help the C h r i s t i a n students of
Forest to " m a k e Jesus K i n g " at school and
at home, we have h a d a series of programmes
this year entitled " I s C h r i s t i a n i t y P r a c t i c a l ? "
We heard from a c i v i l engineer, a past p u p i l
and a minister's wife who have
found
C h r i s t i a n i t y to be a help to them i n their
everyday living.
A f i l m , " T h e C i t y of the B e e s , " was shown
during the second term, to raise funds for
the S . C . A . I t was very w e l l supported and
we collected approximately R 2 3 .
W e have not grown very m u c h in numbers
this year, but have grown together as C h r i s tian young people. W e are disappointed to
see that the words " A l l are welcome," w h i c h
appear in the announcements of our meetings,
go unheeded.
W e should again l i k e to extend a welcome
to pupils and staff to visit our S . C . A .
N.J.
'

Master-in-charge: M r . R . R a l p h .
Secretary: R . M a t t h e w s .
Chairman: R .
Marsburg.
A s we were relegated from the league last
year, we were only entitled to play friendly

It
is generally
accepted
that
William
Shakespeare, whose virtues were so ably ex-

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SHAKESPEARE

pounded by M i s s M c L a r t y in her Speech D a y

address, w a s born on 23rd A p r i l , 1564. T h e
400th anniversary of his birth was celebrated
this year.
" T h e S t a r , " v e r y generously, gave three
South A f r i c a n scholars the opportunity to fly
to E n g l a n d a n d j o i n i n the celebrations at
Stratford-on-Avon.
A competition w a s held
to select the three scholars best qualified to
represent South A f r i c a at these celebrations
a n d most schools in the R e p u b l i c found a
candidate eager to compete for such a prize.
F o r e s t H i g h was very a b l y represented by
V i n c e n z a M a i n o a n d we thank and congratulate her.
She enjoyed the competition
a n d the party at w h i c h she met other Shakespeare Scholars.
T h e three young people
who w o n the competition, deserve our heartiest
congratulations their knowledge
of
Shakespeare must be extensive and
their
qualities such that they were
considered
w o r t h y representatives of South A f r i c a .
The
interesting
Shakespeare
Crossword
P u z z l e Competition
r u n by the
"Sunday
T i m e s , " came immediately before the Prel i m i n a r y M a t r i c E x a m i n a t i o n s and our pupils
Several
were not able to compete in it.
members of staff, however, ignored
their
" h o m e - w o r k " for a few evenings a n d enjoyed
it to the f u l l .

senal and T r a n s v a a l (32 pupils) a n d R e a l

M a d r i d and South A f r i c a (96 pupils).
T h a n k s are due to the N a t i o n a l F o o t b a l l
L e a g u e , theatre managements i n general, and
P . A . C . T . in particular, for m a k i n g these f a c i l i ties available to the school, often at greatly
reduced prices.

THE PARENTS' ASSOCIATION

Chairman: M r . P. W . Payne.

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Vice-Chairman: Mr. D . Marks.

H o n . Secretary: M r . W . J . H a y w o o d .
Hon. Treasurer: Mrs. F . Amdur.
Committee members: M r . a n d M r s . J . W .
Mildenhall, M r s . P . W . Payne, M r s . H .
M a r k s , M r . and M r s . U . N . Dunbar, M r s . C .
Ennion, M r . R . Bernhardt, M r s . J . B . M a r k ham, M r . and M r s . A . Tennant, M r . D .
D e r m a n , M r . and M r s . R . A . B l a c k , M r . and
Mrs. C . J . Hanekom, M r . G . R . K . Losper,
M r . W . M i l l s , M r s . A . C l a y t o n , M r s . M . Scott,
M r s . M . J . K n i p e , M r s . J . Peens, M r s . M . G .
West-Evans, M r . R . E . Rohland, M r . and
M r s . J . E . R a m s a y , M r s . E . J . Meintjies, M r .
A . W . A d a m s , M r . a n d M r s . R . Jones.
T h e Headmaster, M r . R . C . Stead a n d the
Vice-Principals, M r . P. A . Bredenhann and
M r . H . J . Swanepoel represent the School.

CULTURAL ACTIVITIES
AND VISITS
T h e school was privileged to enjoy a most
active year in the c u l t u r a l field. M a n y visits
to plays and musicals were made a n d greatly
enjoyed by the pupils.
F u n c t i o n s attended w e r e :
,

O k l a h o m a (96 pupils)
T h e Tempest (85 pupils)
'
, H a m l e t (147 pupils)
M u r d e r in the C a t h e d r a l (95 pupils)
' R o m e o and Juliet (51 pupils)
School for S c a n d a l (78 pupils)
I I T r o v a t o r e (23 pupils)
S w a n L a k e (49 pupils)
Jose G r e c o Spanish B a l l e t (45 pupils).

'

O f the original membership of parents o n l y

half the number met regularly a n d w o r k e d
tirelessly for the school. I recently spoke to
a parent w h o is not active i n the Parents'
Association. H e saw the value of the association, he said, but he could not see w h a t he
could do to help. H e w a s not prepared to
push himself f o r w a r d to serve on the committee, when this might break into a w e l l
established group w h i c h seemed to be doing
good w o r k . H e admitted that his non-attendance at meetings made h i m uncertain whether
a fair job w a s being done according to his
o w n ideas.

W e were privileged once again to witness

excerpts from the
set
w o r k s staged by
P . A . C . T . a n d i n the sporting field groups were
conducted to the football games betwen A r -

So, parents, don't just think about it. C o m e

along and be ardent supporters a n d help us
preserve F o r e s t H i g h ' s high standard.
I f we
have used our ideas, suggestions and assistance to raise funds, we can at least say to our
children that we have tried. T h r o u g h o u t the
year the
hard-working
members of this
association have given their time a n d energy
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to raising money for the benefit of Forest

H i g h pupils.
A m o n g the functions organised were the
popular variety concerts, the Springbok R a d i o
S h o w , plays a n d m a g i c i a n shows, w h i c h both
the teachers and pupils have helped
to
organise.
W e are very grateful to a l l the parents w h o
have supported these functions, and to the
School staff for their help, particularly the
ViceHeadmaster
a n d his two energetic
P r i n c i p a l s . W e also wish to thank M r . V / a l t m a n and his A f r i c a n staff, who w o r k so h a r d
when these functions are held.
I t w i l l interest parents to k n o w that the
funds raised help to m a i n t a i n and improve
a Massey-Ferguson tractor was purchased by
facilities at their children's school. R e c e n t l y ,
the Parents' A s s o c i a t i o n for use on the Forest
H i g h grounds, and at present arrangements
are i n hand to provide a suitable trailer.
F u n d s are also used to assist pupils w h o do
w e l l at sport and to supply amenities for the
pupils,
which
would
not
otherwise
be
available.
W e look f o r w a r d to seeing m a n y more
parents at the A n n u a l G e n e r a l Meeting of
the Parents' A s s o c i a t i o n early i n the new
year.
P . W . Payne

DID Y O U SEE . . .
that M i s s K . B r a b a z o n taught for 58
years before
retiring and
that M r s . K .
N o r g a r b has taught for 52 years (not out)
a combined total of 110 years?
that C h a r l e s D i n g l e y , U n i v e r s i t y of the
W i t w a t e r s r a n d student, has been awarded a
B a i l e y travelling bursary to enable h i m to
undertake
a six-week study tour of the
United Kingdom?
that D a n i e , aged 6 years, the son of M r .
B e n B o o t h a , w h o once taught B i o l o g y at
F o r e s t and w h o is now teaching at the
K r u g e r s d o r p H i g h S c h o o l , is a w i z a r d at
sums and c a n double numbers like 32,768
i n his head i n 10 seconds and m u l t i p l y 17 by
19 in 5 seconds, without k n o w i n g any
multiplication tables?
that C a r y l
Santa's I d e a l

Richardson won R l 0 , 0 0 0 , i n
H o m e Competition, r u n w i t h

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the " R a n d D a i l y M a i l " I d e a l H o m e E x h i b i tion?

( H e r brother has stayed manfully at
his post i n the F o r m V classroom, w h i l e
C a r y l a n d the rest of her f a m i l y have been
touring overseas.)
that E v e G l i c k s m a n has been admitted to
the South A f r i c a n Brotherhood of M a g i c i a n s
and that she is only the second w o m a n to
have been admitted and is their youngest
member?
W e congratulate
.!

them
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all.

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'

THE MATRIC F A R E W E L L
E a c h year the F o r m I V ' s give the M a t r i c
leaving group a farewell dance in the S c h o o l
H a l l on the last day of the last t e r m . M r .
Pienaar is the organiser of this function.
H o u r s and hours of h a r d w o r k go into the
preparation for this dance, w h i c h is financed
entirely by the F o r m I V pupils. T h e w o r k
starts i n the t h i r d term. A r t i s t s paint scenery,
120ft. by 4ft., w h i c h depicts eight different
scenes and extends down the sides of the
h a l l , inside each cubicle. A r t i s t s also paint
huge boards for the stage scenery a l l must
fit in w i t h the theme of the year.
Carpenters prepare the wooden structures
and trellis w o r k for the cubicles, w h i c h are
erected i n the h a l l .
B u y e r s purchase the
decorations, oddments and refreshments. T h e
girls do the catering themselves and the fare
includes a great variety of delicious items,
w h i c h are calculated to m a k e the mouth
water.
Others blow up a gross of balloons w h i c h
float down gaily towards the end of the
evening; others decorate the h a l l and transform it into something quite breathtaking
in its beauty.
Someone else makes the ribbons of maroon,
gold a n d black, w h i c h each boy attending the
dance, wears on his l a p e l . T h e names of
those invited have to be printed on the
invitation cards.
L a s t year the girls made paper flowers,
w h i c h were handed to the girls as they arrived.
T h i s fitted in w i t h the H a w a i i a n
theme.
W e l l over three hundred
guests
attended and their obvious enjoyment a n d
appreciation made the long hours of preparation, plus the headache of one member
of staff, w e l l w o r t h while.
T h i s year the theme is . . . a secret until
the night of the dance.

CADET DETACHMENT 434

CADET OFFICERS
Front: C.S.M.'s J . Wilsenach, H . Krause.
Front Row: Drum Major D. Potts. Fd.-Ct. W. J . Morgendaal. Capt. R. M . Noves-Lewis, S.S.O. E Sequeira,
Maj. P. A . Bredenhann, Capt. H . J . Swanepoel, Fd.-Ct. D. P. Campbell, Fd.-Ct. G . A . Bishop, Asst.
Fd.-Ct. J . R. Ralph.
Second Row: S.O."s D. Fritz, A . Nel, T . Theck, S.S.O.s D. Renecle, M . Siebritz, T . Abdinor,
S.O.'s P. Bucholtz, K . Robinson T . Wails.
Third Row: S.O. K . Koukeas, C.S.M. J . Dinglev, S.O. L . Wilkock, R.S.M. N . Tregurtha, S.O. A . Smith.

The detachment consisted of three companies of three platoons each. There were
fourteen student officers. E . Sequeira was
the Senior Student Officer and T . Abdinor,
D. Renecle and M . Siebritz the company commanders. Capt. H . J . Swanepoel joined the
Detachment at the beginning of the year.
Seven of our cadets attended a Student
Officers' and N.C.O."s Drill Course during
the April holidays and they all did extremely
well. Their marks ranged from 65% to 70%.
A Flag-hoisting Ceremony was held on
29th May, to mark Republic Day. The
whole school attended the ceremony.
Our
bands provided the music.
The Light Horse Regiment, to whom we
are affiliated, presented us with a sword of

honour on the occasion of their 64th Birthday. We appreciate this fine gesture very
much.
The sword was awarded to S.O.
Sequeira and presented by Maj. A . R . Nel,
the 2 i/c of the Light Horse Regiment.
The Annual Inspection was conducted by
Col. C . Leisegang, D.S.O., S.A.St.C, O.C.
Witwatersrand Command. The turn-out was
smart, the steadiness and marching of a high
order and the Colonel expressed his satisfaction with the battalion.
The bands again
provided the music.
There is every prospect of starting musketry
again and the boys are looking forward to
this.
The cadets performed at the Annual
Memorial Service and the Bugle Band and
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Military Band- played their part in this ceremony as well. The smart and faultless performance of the cadets and the Bugle Band
and the quality of the music provided by the
Military Band, reflected the thoroughness of
their training.
The cadets, therefore, have had a most
successful year.

THE MILITARY BAND

The Military Band has at last "arrived."
Its status has increased steadily over the last
few years and this year it achieved full recognition. For the first time colours were issued
for this band. Sgt. Peter Duke was awarded
full colours, an honour well deserved for he
has done much to bring the band up to its
present level.
The band is also going into full uniform

beret, epaulettes, dress cords, boots, hosetops and anklets.

This will increase the
smartness of the bandsmen and, we hope,
their enthusiasm.
No musical instrument can be mastered
without regular practice at home.
Parents
are once again asked to encourage their sons
to practice regularly.
Our thanks are due to Mr. du Toit for
getting the brass section on to a sound footing by teaching them the rudiments of music
and playing technique. Regular early-morning
practices were held during the year.
The first function for which we played was
the dignified Republic Day Ceremony held at
school. A n innovation this year was the
playing of the School song by the band.
A few of our players combined with the
Athlone Military Band to play at the final
Cadet Band Competition organised by Wit.
Command.

SCHOOL MILITARY BAND

Front Row: N . Ingram, A. Bucholtz, T . van Z y l . B . Kennedy, Sgt. P. Duke, Mr. N . J . Pienaar, Cpl. J .
Ralph, Cpl. D. de Klerk, R . Marsburg. H . Klue, Z. Roeleveld.
Second Row: Cpl. K . Pereira, S. Brooks, D . Tennant, C. Carastavrakis, W. Ridderhof, J . Swart.
Third Row: E . Zeiss. C. Williamson, C. Carstens, M . Butow, G . Pike.
Absent: D . Dawkins, S. Baard.
B
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The band played strict-tempo incidental

music while the cadets were being inspected
during the annual inspection and so impressed the Commanding Officer, Wit. Command that he suggested the improvement in
uniform mentioned above and offered the
School some new instruments.
Our final performance was at the Annual
Memorial Service. The band has probably
never played better. The dignified rendering
of the National Anthem, especially, drew
favourble comment. Duke partnered Ennion
of the Bugle Band in a sensitive rendering
of the Last Post.
Thanks are due to Sergeant Duke and
Corporals de Klerk, Pereira and Ralph for
keeping the band on its toes during the year.
Our best wishes for the future go to the
school-leavers and we thank them for all
they have done for the band while at school.
N.J.P.

'

THE B U G L E BAND
The Bugle Band is a school activity in
which the principle of team spirit plays a
very large role. T o achieve the standard set
at the Annual Cadet Band Competition requires extraordinary team-work.
Perfection
in timing, dress and music, which appear unattainable to the man in the street, are
achieved, not just by one band but by many.
Such perfection, however, demands teamwork of a degree which is not approached by
other school activities. The absence of one
band member from a practice interferes with
the rate at which the goal set at the practice
is achieved and consequently with the general
progress of the band as a whole.
It should be possible to take perfect attendance at such practices for granted so that
our attention can be focussed on the per-

CADET BAND

Front Row: R . Grebe, A . de Beer, L . Smith, R . Black (Bugle Sergeant), Fd.-Ct. D . P. Campbell, D . Potts
(Drum Major). J . Cloete, R . Hayton, E . Rogers, R . Dicks, D . Robertson.
Second Row: J . Raftopoulos, H . Pretorius, D . Flood, T . Thompson, B . McDougall, W. Spence, M . Hastings,
C. Skopelitis, D . Stevens.
Third Row: E . Gambarana, E . de Villiers, A . van Rensburg, B . Ennion. A . Markham.
Absent: B . Davis (Drum Sgt.)
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fecting of, rather than the constant learning

of the music and the marching, which we
should know well.
With the above aims in mind throughout
the year, the Bugle Band has been struggling
to restore a standard which suffered a severe
set-back, when three-quarters of the band left
last year.

We have been partly successful in the

struggle and were finally rewarded in our
efforts when we won all the cups in the
latest of many competitions held this year.
Our year culminated in a satisfying display at the Remembrance Day Service, a
display in which we initiated many new
young bandsmen in preparation for next year.

SWIMMING

SWIMMING TEAM
Front Row: L . Preston, J . Campbell. A . McMillan, S. Ribeiro, T . Hanekom, Mrs. J . HiUen, Mr. H .
Swanepoel, K . Lange, T . Forsythe, K . Koukeas, D. Potts, D . Studer.
Second Row: J . Smith, June Snowball, L , Gordon-Watt P. Bloemink. E . Rowlinson, S. Cynkin, Y . Easton,
M . Howie, S. Pretorius, S. Beard, S. Ribeiro, A . Eksteen, M . Kroukamp.
Third Row: G . Smillie, C. Clur, G . van Rensburg, G . Potts, N . Street, A . Markham, K . Dinkelman,
I . Broadley. B . Kennedy.
Fourth Row: J . Viviers, N . Kroukamp, R . Brimelow, J . Barnes, K . Beattie, C. Hanekom, L . Pretorius,
. . A . Tennant.
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The highlight of this year's swimming season was undoubtedly the Annual Inter-House
Gala.
A lovely balmy evening brought a
capacity crowd of spectators, both parents and
pupils, who had a very enjoyable time.
Ruskin were run-away victors, but a thrilling tussle for second place was eventually won
by Faraday from Milton.
Several records
were broken, but not, however, as many as
we have been accustomed to. The star of the
gala was Lorraine Preston, who broke three
records. Lorraine also swam magnificently at
the Inter-Co-Ed. Gala to win the Girls' Under
14 Backstroke and was just beaten into
second place in the crawl.
Congratulations
Lorraine and we wish you even better swimming in the future! D . Studer again won a
place in the Under 15 Diving.
Other stalwarts were Tessa Hanekom, K .
Lange, M . Butow, D . Potts, G . Potts and
Lorraine and Verna Lotz.
With many promising juniors we expect, during the next
few years, to build up a strong swimming
team again.
A feature of this year's swimming has been
the triangular galas with other co-ed schools.
These weekly galas were fun and gave all
the swimmers the regular competition which
they must have if they are to improve.
Colours Awards:
F u l l : K . Lange.
Half: Lorraine Preston.
H.J.S.
Results of Inter-House Gala
Butterfly, Boys:
Open, 50 yds: K . Lange (M), K . Koukeas ( M ) ,
T . Forsythe ( K ) , G . Young (W), D . Potts ( R ) , K .
Matthewson (N). Time: 31.4 sees.
Under 15, 25 yds.: G . Potts ( R ) , B . Kennedy
(M). G . Smith ( R ) , K . Dinkelman ( K ) , I . Broadlev
( F ) , D . Tennant ( R ) . Time: 15.5 sees.
Under 14, 25 yds.: C . Clur ( F ) , A . Tennant ( R ) ,
G . Matthewson ( N ) , N . Street ( R ) , G . Smillie ( R ) ,
B. Celliers ( F ) . Time: 21.1 sees.
Under 13, 25 yds.: K . Beattie ( F ) , R . Caris ( F ) ,
C. Hanekom ( K ) , A . Tennant ( R ) , G . Matthewson
(N), E . Klopper ( M ) .
Butterfly, Giris:
Open, 25 yds.: T . Hanekom ( K ) , H . Sardinha
( R ) , B . Hay ( K ) . Time: 21.2 sees.
Under 15, 25 yds.: L . Preston ( R ) . J . Smith ( R ) ,
A . Eksteen ( K ) . Time: 18.4 sees. (New record.)
Under 14, 25 yds.: L . Preston ( R ) , M . van
Rensburg (W), G . Ridderhof ( R ) . Time: 18.7 sees.
(New record.)
Freestyle, Boys:
Open, 500 yds.: K . Lange (M), D . Potts ( R ) T .
Forsythe ( K ) , G . Young (W), B . Holder (M)," C .
Clur ( F ) . Time: 7 mins. 6.8 sees.
Open, 100 yds.: K . Lange (M), T . Voget (W), T .
Forsythe ( K ) , G . Young ( W ) . F . Peebles (N), J .

Fritz ( K ) . Time: 62.7 sees.

Under 15, 50 yds.: G . Potts ( R ) , C. Carstens ( F ) ,
A. du Plessis ( K ) , A . Kruger (M), K . Dinkelman
( K ) , B . Kennedy (M). Time: 33.3 sees.
Under 14, 50 yds.: F . Stevenson ( R ) , C . Clur ( F )
N . Street ( R ) , V . Lee (M), G . Smillie ( R ) , E !
Pasifakis (N). Time: 31.3 ecs.
Under 13. 50 yds.: K . Beattie ( F ) , R . Caris ( F ) ,
C. Hanekom ( K ) , A . Tennant ( R ) , E . Klopper (M),
N . Gebhard ( K ) . Time: 33.6 sees.
Freestyle, Girls:
Open, 50 yds.: T . Hanekom ( K ) , S. Ribeiro ( R ) ,
A. MacMiUan (N), H . Sardinha ( R ) , B . Kruger
(M), K . Burkett ( F ) . Time: 33.9 sees.
Under 15 50 yds.: L , Lotz ( M ) , J . Smith ( R ) ,
J . Campbell ( F ) . Jessica Snowball ( R ) , 5th M . van
Rensburg (W) and A . Eksteen ( K ) . Time: 30.3 sees.
(New record.)
Under 14, 50 yds.: L . Preston ( R ) , M . Kroukamp ( M ) , P. Bloemink ( F ) , M . Howie ( M ) , B .
Penny (N), Y . Easton ( K ) . Time: 30.8 sees. (New
record.)
Under 13, 25 yds.: V . Lotz ( M ) , L . Gordon-Watt
( K ) , E . Rowlinson ( R ) , D . Bennett ( F ) L . van der
Wolf (W). S. Cynkin ( F ) . Time: 14.6 sees. (New
record.)
Backstroke, Boys:
Open, 100 Yds.: K . Lange (M), D . Potts ( R ) , J .
Forsythe ( K ) , P. Baker ( F ) . K . Matthewson ( N )
G . Young (W.) Time: 75.5 sees.
Under 15, 50 yds.: A . Kruger ( M ) , R . Smith ( R ) ,
D. Tennant ( R ) , S. Dunbar ( K ) , G . Potts ( R ) , A .
du Plessis ( K ) . Time: 39.0 sees.
Under 14, 50 yds.: N . Street ( R ) F . Stevenson
( R ) . G . Smillie ( R ) , V . Lee (W), E . Pasifakis (N),
R. Caris ( F ) . Time: 38.9 sees.
Under 13. 50 yds.: K . Beattie ( F ) , C . Hanekom
( K ) , A . Tennant (R), E . Klopper ( M ) . W. Dick ( K ) ,
G . Matthewson (N). Time: 40.6 sees.
Backstroke, Girls:
Open, 50 yds.: T . Hanekom ( K ) , June Snowball
( R ) , J . Campbell ( F ) , S. Ribeiro ( R ) , S. Baker ( F ) ,
A. Macmillan (N). Time: 39.4 sees.
Under 15, 50 yds.: J . Smith ( R ) L . Lotz ( M ) ,
K . Peters (N), B . Ricardo ( R ) . Time; 39.8 sees.
Under 14, 50 yds.: L . Preston ( R ) , M . Kroukamp ( M ) , M . Stevenson ( R ) , M . van Rensburg
(W). Time: 37.8 sees.
Under 13, 25 yds.; E . Snegg ( R ) , V . Lotz ( M ) ,
E . Rowlinson ( R ) B . Birk ( F ) , S. Nebbeling (N),
L . van der Wolf (W). Time: 18.7 sees.
Breaststroke. Boys:
Open, 100 yds.; N . Butow ( F ) , B . Grant ( K ) , B .
Holder (M), M . Koukeas (M), N . Kroukamp ( M ) ,
A . Nel (N). Time; 84.0 sees.
Under 15, 50 vds.: T . Bohler ( F ) , B . Kennedy
(M), G . Smith ( R ) . C . Wilkinson (W), D . Tennant ( R ) , C . Clur ( F ) . Time: 38.3 sees.
Under 14, 50 yds.: F . Stevenson ( R ) , C . Clur
(F), B . Celliers ( F ) , J . Barnes ( F ) , E . Pasifakis (N).
Time: 34.1 sees. (New record.)
Under 13, 50 yds.: C . Hanekom ( K ) , E . Allen
( F ) . A . Tennant ( R ) , H . Meintjies (N), E . Bayes
(F). Time: 46.0 sees.
Breaststroke, Girls:
Ooen, 50 vds.; June Snowball ( R ) , D . Koen (M),
A. Eksteen ( K ) , S. Ribeiro ( R ) , A . Macmillan (N),
J . Jones (M). Time; 43.4 sees.
Under 15. 50 yds.; A . Eksteen ( K ) , J . Smith ( R ) ,
L . Preston ( R ) . Time; 45.5 sees.
Under 14, 50 yds.: L . Preston ( R ) , S. Cvnkin
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(F), M . Kroukamp (M), R . Ribeiro ( R ) . Time:

45.2 sees.
Under 13, 25 yds.: S. Cvnkin ( F ) , V . Lotz (M),
J . Vorster (W), G . Ridderhof ( R ) , E . Rowlinson
(R), D . Bennett ( F ) . Time: 20.5 sees.
Relays, Boys:
Open, 4 X 25 yds. medley: Milton. Kelvin,
Ruskin, Newton, Whitworth, Faraday. Time 60.5
sees.
Under 15, 3 x 25 yds. medley: Ruskin, Milton,
Faraday, Kelvin, Whitworth, Newton.
Under 14, 3 x 25 yds. medley: Ruskin, Faraday,
Whitworth, Newton, Kelvin. Time: 54.0 sees.
Under 13, 3 x 25 yds. medley: Faraday, Milton.
Kelvin, Ruskin.
Relays, Girls:
Open. 3 X 25 yds. medley: Ruskin, Kelvin,
Faraday, Newton, Milton. Time: 54.8 sees.
Under 15, 3 x 25 yds. medley: Faraday, Ruskin,
Milton. Time: 56.6 sees.
Under 14, 3 x 25 yds. medley: Ruskin, Whitworth, Kelvin. Faraday. Time: 57.8 sees.
Under 13, 3 x 25 yds. medley: Faraday, Ruskin,
Whitworth, Kelvin, Milton. Time: 60.3 sees.
Mixed Relay:
8 x 25 yds. medley: Milton. Ruskin, Faraday,
Kelvin, Whitworth. Newton.
House Positions before House Notes.

NETBALL
The 1964 season opened amid some confusion as to how leagues should be organised.
Eventually both competitive leagues and a
"friendly" one were formed. Some schools,
including Forest, played as before, in the
competitive leagues and, in addition, accepted
invitations from the "friendly" league to play
in what were called "School against School"
fixtures, when schools played against each
other in all possible sports on the same date.
The open team had lost most of its stalwarts of the past two years and took some
time to find its feet. When it did so it was
an efficient team on the whole, but passes
often lacked accuracy and this fault continued through the season. The team lost
its opening match against Hill yet, a week
or two later, at the tournament, beat the
same H i l l team without much difficulty: the
difference being accurate passing. The team
seemed not to measure up to its full poten-

OPEN NETBALL TEAM

Front Row: P. Smith, June Snowball, P. van Z y l (Capt.), H . Sardinha.
Second Row: C. Smillie, D . Leech, W. Campbell.
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tiality until almost the end of the season.

Players in the Open A Team were:
Goal Attack: June Snowball. A n accurate
shoooter when she gained possession, but
rather slow moving and apt to drop the ball.
Attack: Phyllis Smith. A n accurate shooter
in the "shoot-as-you-run" new style. Moves
like lightning in the Circle and plays herself
to a standstill in every match. A player to
watch. I n Form 2 she is eligible for only
the half-colours awarded.
Wing Attack: Helen Sardinha.
Doubtful
footwork and positioning spoilt the first
matches but hard and willing work remedied
these faults and produced a reliable and useful
player of considerable promise.
Centre: Patricia van Z y l (Captain). A n
exceptional player as evidenced by three
years in the Transvaal Schools' side, which
she captained in this year's Inter-Provincial
Tournament. A tireless coach of weaknesses
in her own team, she was its main source of
strength with her speed, delivery and positioning. Full colours awarded in 1962.
Wing Defence: Daphne Leech. Too tentative in approach at first, with errors in passing and slowness in getting possession. Full
potential realised only at the end of the
season with really good play in the final
match.
Defence: Wendy Campbell.
A versatile
player who can shoot if required, proved a
capable centre when called upon and in her
position as Defence acquired unusual skill in
interception of shots at goal this by intelligent
observation
of her
opponents'
shooting actions. F u l l colours awarded.
Goal Defence: Claire Smillie.
Lightning
speed of arm, foot and body movements and
relentless marking combined to produce a
very sound defence.
Aware of weakness in
throwing action, was careful to eliminate
long throws by planning with other team
members. F u l l colours awarded.
League
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.

Games:
H i l l High A , lost 15-18.
H i l l High B , won 24-16.
Mayfair A , won 23-15.
E n d St. Convent, won 28-26.
Forest B , won 14-11.
Sir John Adamson, won 23-13.
Mayfair Convent, won 32-14.

Played 7; won 6, lost 1.

against 100.

Goals for 163,

In friendly games Forest won the tournament held at H i l l High School, winning all

their games.
Playing at Northview with a
team sadly weakened by the loss of Pat van
Z y l , Forest lost 11-15 and against Queen's
High, Forest won 23-7.
Open B Team:
This team played in the same league as
the A team and so found most opposition
too strong. They enjoyed the season, however, and there is some very promising
material here for 1965.
Players were: Karen Burkett, G a i l Impey
and Lorraine Viviers alternating as G . A . and
A . W . A . : Sandra Ribeiro (Capt.). Centre:
Tamara Cynkin.
W . D . : Kathleen Peters.
D . and G.D.: Glenda Theck, Denise Webster
and Joy Visser.
League Matches:
vs. H i l l High B , lost 8-12.
vs. Mayfair B , won 21-7.
vs. Sir John Adamson, lost 22-25.
vs. Mayfair A , lost 16-20.
vs. Forest A , lost 11-14.
vs. Mayfair Convent, won 16-14.
vs. Queen's High (Friendly), won 23-7.
League games: Played 6, won 2. Goals
for 78, against 108.
Under 14A:
This team enjoyed a successful season,
losing only one match against Mayfair Convent, and narrowly missing first place in the
Netball Tournament at H i l l High. Play was
more methodical than last year and Lynette
Woodall and Cornelia Keizerwaard showed
particular promise.
The Players:
G.A.: Rosalie Ribeiro; A . : Lynette Woodall; W . A . : Maria Gambarana; C : Sandra
Kearns; W.D.: Cornelia Keizerwaard; D :
Lorraine Preston; G.D.: Jacqueline Marks.
Reserves: Veronica Mansour, Gail Slater,
Despina Kartsakli.
Matches:
vs. H i l l High A , won 19-9.
vs. H i l l High B , won
vs. Mayfair High, won 24-17.
vs. E n d St. Convent, won 22-8
vs. St. Rose's Convent, won
vs. Mayfair High B , cancelled,
j
vs. Sir John Adamson, won 14-9
vs. Mayfair Convent, lost 12-26.
Played 7, won 6, lost 1.
In the friendly games played against
Queen's by the A and B teams Forest won
both matches with scores of 11-6 and 8-6
respectively.
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TWENTY-THREE

Under 14B:
^
It was gratifying to note that there were
enough enthusiastic players this year to form
a B team, who thoroughly enjoyed the
friendly matches they played.
The Players:
G.A.: Louise Pretorius; A : Katie Amiradaki; W . A . : Veronica Mansour; C : Brenda
Penny; W . D . : Maria Maltez; D . : Despina
Kartsakli; G . D . ; Gail Slater.
In the two friendly matches played, our
team lost to the H i l l High B team and won
against Queen's High. They took part in the
tournament held at H i l l High.
Under 13A:
The success of this team was largely due
to the enthusiasm of the players, several of
whom show promise. They catch safely, give
hard passes and run well. They won their
section at a local Inter-Schools Tournament,
which was held at H i l l High School. I n addhion to their league matches, they played
friendly matches against Queen's and Northview and won both. The team would like to
thank the B Team and other supporters who
turned up to cheer them on.
The Players:
G.A.: June Vorster; A . : L y n n GordonWatt; W . A . : Beth Rowlinson; C : Lynette
Mason; W . D . : Susanna Labuschagne; D . :
Veronica Mclntyre; G . D . : Clarice Tomaz.
Also played: Marie Pretorius and Margaret
Naude.
Matches:
vs. H i l l High A , won 35-9.
vs. Sir John Adamson, won 11-10.
vs. Mayfair High, won 27-1.
vs. E n d Street Convent, won 28-5.
vs. H i l l High B , won 13-3.
vs. Mayfair Convent, won 21-15.
Played 6, won 6, lost 0. Goals for 135;
against 43.
Semi-final vs. Johannesburg Girls' High,
won 16-12.
Final vs. Dawnview High School, lost
12-13 in a magnificent match.
Under 13B Players:
Francina Fourie, Sandra Cynkin, Marie
Pretorius. Heather Farquhar, Beverley Birk,
Leonor Henriques, Irene Geyser, Margaret
Naude, Charmeon Havenga, Susan Fourie.
This team, too, played in the tournament
at H i l l High and although they weren't victorius, they enjoyed the games. They won
their friendly matches against Queen's High
and Northview High.
Results of House Matches before House Notes.
PAGE

TWENTY-FOUR

RUGBY

"

As a glance at the results will confirm, the

team enjoyed a reasonably successful season,
winning four, drawing one and losing two of
the seven games played. Enthusiasm ran
high and the only serious blow to morale
was the crushing defeat by Krugersdorp.
It is to be hoped that the improvement
shown this season will be maintained in the
future.
Games:
vs. Greenside, won 18-6.
After a hard-fought first half our superior
fitness and attacking style soon won the game.
Tries scored by Ralph, Sequeira, Tregurtha
and Philippides. Three were converted by
Sequeira.
vs. Krugersdorp, lost 3-41.
The game started with both sides applying more or less the same pressure, but their
superior weight and experience soon overwhelmed us. A rugby lesson well worth
remembering. A drop goal was scored by
Siebritz.
vs. Germiston, drew 11-11.
We were leading 6-3 at half-time but owing
to over-confidence had to settle for a draw.
Viviers scored a try and Sequeira kicked two
penalties and a conversion,
vs. Roosevelt, lost 13-19.
Our hardest game and best-played game.
Running was hard and tackling clean and
low, and despite drizzling rain excellent
handling rugby was played. We were unlucky to lose. Tries were scored by Walls
and Sequeira and Sequeira kicked two
conversions and a penalty,
vs. Hyde Park, won 13-9.
The team took some time to settle down in
this game, but once in its stride its play was
Tries scored by Ralph and Tregood.
gurtha. and Sequeira kicked two conversions
and a penalty.
vs. Northview, won 31-6.
Our superior speed and tackling won this
game. It was highlighted by close passing
movements between forwards and backs.
Tries were scored by Ralph, Walls (2),
Sequeira (2), Tregurtha (2), Smith. Sequeira
kicked a penalty and two conversions,
vs. Queens, won 36-0.
On the whole the game was one-sided but
provided good rugby in which forwards and
Tries scored by Ralph,
backs combined.
Viviers
(2), Philippides. Tregurtha (4),
Sequeira goaled six of these tries.
Played 7: won 4, lost 2, drew 1. Points for
125; against 92.

FIRST XV RUGBY
Front Row: T. Theck. T . Abdinor, D. Philippides, N . Tregurtha {Capt.'). Mr. T . Kleyn, Mr. G . Bishop,
E . Sequeira, T . Ralph, M . Siebritz. D. Fritz.
Second Row: T . Walls, A . Hinkley, R. Jeoffreys, K , Koiikeas, C. Pearman, A . Smith, J . Viviers,
K . Mattewson, N . Willemse, J . Dingley.

The Players:
Theck (full-back): Safe hands and an
elusive runner when he joined the line. Inclined to die with the ball. (7 games).
Ralph (wing): Very fast, once through the
gap which he was often hesitant in taking.
(7 games, 4 tries).
Viviers (centre); Very strong and fast
runner, but tends to make his intentions too
obvious. (7 games, 3 tries).
Philippides (centre, fly-half): The find of
the season as a fly-half. Very safe hands, a
good boot and a deceptively fast runner. (7
games, 2 tries).
Walls (wing): Excellent tackier and a determined runner. (7 games, 3 tries).
Nel (fly-half): Unfortunately injured after
one game.
Willemse (fly-half, centre): Good constructive player. Promises well for next season.
(5 games).

Sequeira (scrum half): Excellent break from

line-out and scrum, good tactical kicker and
place kicker. (7 games, 4 tries, 16 conversions, 5 penalties59 points).
Kcukeas (front row): Good strong player
especially in tight-loose exchanges. (7 games).
Fritz (hooker): Reasonably fast striker.
Fair in loose play. (7 games).
Pearman (front row); Strong player. Playing really well near end of season. (6 games).
Tregurtha (flank): Tigerish player in lineouts and loose play.
Extremely difficult
player to pull down.
Promises well for
future. (7 games, 8 tries).
Dingley (lock): Good in line-outs, solid in
scrums. (6 games).
Smith (lock); Fair in line-outs. Extremely
mobile in loose play. (6 games, 1 try).
Abdinor (flank): Fiery player in loose exchanges. (6 games).
Siebritz (eighth man): Hard worker in tight
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play. Always on the ball in the loose, but

often did not utilize opportunities. (4 games,
1 drop goal).
Hinkley (front row): Strong player who is
good in the loose. Promises well for future.
(2 games).
Matthewson (flank): Energetic player. (2
games).
R . Jeoffreys (flank): Tigerish player in open
play. Never gave up and was constantly
battling for points. (2 games).
D. Jeffreys (lock): Solid player who promises well for the future. (1 game).
Ferreira (centre): Strong and deceptive
runner. Good prospects for the future.
Thanks are due to Tregurtha and Sequeira
for so ably fulfilling their respective functions
as captain and vice-captain
Colours Awards:
Full:
N . Tregurtha, E . Sequeira, D .
Philippides.
Half: J . Viviers, K . Koukeas, T . Walls, T .
Ralph, J . Dingley, A . Smith, C . Pearman, J .
Fritz, T . Theck, T . Abdinor.
SECOND X V
The Second X V enjoyed an extremely successful season, their most notable achievement being, that although playing with 14
men for the whole game they still succeeded
in beating Queen's 36-0.
Results:
vs. Dawnview, won 15-0.
vs. Greenside, won 31-3.
vs. Krugersdorp, lost 23-3.
vs. Germiston, won 8-6.
vs. Roosevelt, lost 0-15.
vs. Hyde Park, won 5-3.
vs. Northview, drew 3-3
vs. Queen's, won 36-0.

Results:
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.

Dawnview
Greenside
Krugersdorp
Germiston
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Northview
Queen's

"A'
won
lost
won
lost
lost
won
lost
won

"B"
9-0
0-5
13-8
3-6
6-22
39-0
9-11
24-6

lost
3-5
won 25-0
won
6-3
won 32-6
drew

3-3

Players:
A Team: G . B . Smith, M . Nicolas, C
Carstens, B . Johnson, K . Michael, J . Cloete,
T . Thompson (Capt.), C . Williamson (ViceCapt.), C . Bevilacqua, A . Vlok, M . Rodrigues, K . Dinkelman, L . Martle, C . Duncan,
G . Potts, D . Roe (injured in first match).
B Team: G . van Straaten, A . Kruger, A .
du Plessis, D . Marais, C . McEwan, R . van
Z y l , G . Valjalo, S. Dunbar, J . Hall, L . Porter,
B . Kennedy (Capt.), A . Meyer (Vice-Capt.),
C. Biart, D . Tennant, C . Bourbon, G .
Stapelberg, R . Wells, M . Hastings, D .
Whateley.
U N D E R 14
The A team was captained by G . Swan
and the B team by L . Lofstedt. Both these
captains and their players were enthusiastic
throughout the season and enjoyed their
matches.
A number of them played good
rugby and show promise.
Results:

:
.-:

Players:
D . de Klerk, S. Baard, J . Biart, J . Larsen,
E . du Plessis, J . Jensen, V . Ferreira, N .
Willemse, V . Ward, E . Peebles, B . Hinkley,
N . Kroukamp, T . Lee, D . Jeffreys, K .
Matthewson, G . Kramer, B . Jeoffreys, K .
Windsor, J . Wilsenach, P. Eppel, R . Olivier.
U N D E R 15
The Under 15 teams had a fair season although there was a shortage of players and
sometimes a lack of enthusiasm.
The A
team did quite well and we are proud of the
fact that we could beat Krugersdorp.
Although the B team's results were not
good, they played good rugby and enjoyed it.
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We have a few outstanding players in our

Under 15 teams and we expect to hear more
of them later.

vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.

Greenside
Krugersdorp
Hyde Park
Northview
Dawnview
Germiston
Roosevelt
Queen's
Played
A Team
8
B Team
5

"B
won
5-0 lost
lost 0-27 lost
won 11 -9 won
drew 8-8 lost
won 20-0
won 19-3
lost
3-9 lost
won 39-0
Won Drew
5
1
0
1

3-8
3-8
9-3
6-8
3-8
Lost
2
4

Players:
A Team: G . Swan (Capt.), P. Robertson,
L . Axsel, D . Coltman, D . Sewell, F . Pretorius,
B . McConnell, C . Skopelitis, P. Pucjlowski,
C. Clur, P. Henry, E . Pasifakis, F . Stevenson,
S. Brooks.
Also played: G . Damon, J .
Barnes, V . Yule-Lee.

B Team: L . Lofstedt (Capt.), J . Clayton,

P. Cochrane, R . Fagan, D . Scott, C . Welthagen, J . Carmichael, P. Losper, D . Manning, P. Butler, V . Yule-Lee, A . Isaacs, L
Redman-Evans. D . Fegen, V . Venter. Also
played: A . Broadley, A . George, G . Damon,
E . Pasifakis, D . Sewell, B . McConnell, R .
Ward.
U N D E R 13.
The 1964 season has been most successful.
The fact that the A ' s did not lose a game
and the B's only one, is gratifying, but by
no means the ultimate criterion. The point
is these little fellows played as one. Too
often in the past the junior team's success
has depended on one or two outstanding individuals. E . Allen captained the A team
quietly, yet efficiently. His agile hooking
was remarked on by many a visiting coach.
The tendency was always to feed the backs.
This gave an excellent display of open, fast
rugby.
I f this keenness is maintained, it
will be a pleasure to watch our open teams
in 1967. Well done under thirteens!
Results:
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.

Dawnview
Greenside
Krugersdorp
Germiston
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Northview
Queen's High
Jeppe Prep.

A Team
B Team

P
9
6

"A"
6-3
won
won 20-11
won 13-0
drew 8-8
drew 3-3
won
6-3
won 28-0
won 22-0
won 21-0
W
7
5

'B'
won
lost

12-0
6-9

won
won
won

13-6
9-3
24-3

won

23-0

Points
L
D for against

2 127 28
1
87 21

Players:
A Team: E . Allen (Capt.), S. Pratt (ViceCapt), K . Beattie, R . Caris, T . van Z y l , D .
Cory Toussaint, M . Searle, V . Lotter, H .
Meintjies, E . Klopper, C . Ehlers, K . Bouwer,
C. Hanekom, L . Fisher, G . Matthewson, T .
de Swart, D . Olivier, B . Rohland, K . Lofstedt, P. Landman, W. Sandeman, W. Dick,
M . de Lange.
B Team: V . Lotter (Capt.), W. Dick (ViceCapt.), W. Sandeman, M . de Lange, J .
Golden, G . van Rensburg, D . Cory Toussaint,
E . Bayes, J . Webb, R . Flack-Davison, B .
Lillebo, A . Brajevich, A . Tennant, R . Jones,
K . Lofstedt, F . Texeira, A . Dean, D . Schorr,
P. Fourie, C . Venter, D . Olivier.

ATHLETICS
The Inter-House Meeting was held on 4th
September and was won very convincingly
by Ruskin 342 points ahead of the next
house! The other five houses were evenly
matched.
The outstanding athletes this year were G a i l
Lewis, T . Ralph, V . Tomaz, G . Swan and
M . Nicolas.
Colours Awards:
F u l l : Gail Lewis.
Half: G . Swan, M . Nicolas, J . Manthe,
J i l l Smith, A . Smith, V . Tomaz.
Highly Commended: J . Raftopoulos, M .
Searle.
We took part in two other pleasant athletic
meetings this year a keenly contested meeting with Queen's High, and the Annual T r i angluar Meeting with Roosevelt High and
Northview High. Roosevelt came f i r s t 1 |
points ahead of Northview. Our athletes were
captained by Gail Lewis and T . Ralph.
Forest High vs. Queen's High:
Forest High
124 points
Queen's High
116 points
The Triangular Meeting:
Roosevelt High
83 points
Northview High
8 1 J points
Forest High
51 points
The Cross Country:
This race was won by J . Manthe (N), with
M . Nicolas (N) second. These two runners
ran a very good race. G . Farquhar ( K ) was
third.
The times have not been recorded, as the
race was not run over the usual course this
year.
House Positions and Points:
6,884
Ruskin
3,979
Faraday
3,636
Milton
2,644
Newton
2,366
Kelvin
2,349
Whitworth
Results of 36th Inter-House Meeting
High Jump, Boys:
Open: T . Ralph ( R ) . Height:
5ft.
{Record: 5 ft. 4 ins.)
Under 15: R . Cox ( F ) . Height: 4ft.
(Record: 5ft. 4ins.)
Under 14: G . Swan ( R ) . Height: 4ft.
(New record.)
Under 13: A . Johnstone (M). Height: 4ft.
(Record: 4ft. Sins.)
High Jump, Girls:
Open: D . Webster (W). Height: 4ft.
(Record: 4ft. 6Jins.)
Under 15: J . Steyn ( R ) . Height: 4ft.
(Record: 4ft. Siins.)

3iins.
7iins.
llfins.
liins.
4}ins.
5iins.

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ATHLETICS TEAM
Front Row: S. Schoeman. E . Chapman, D . Webster, J . Smith. G . Lewis, Mr. T . Kleyn, Miss A . Pringle,
T . Ralph, A. Smith, E . Sequeira. N . Willemse, G . Swan.
Second Row: V. Tomaz, S. Lee. C . Haywood, G . Slater, R. Weichselhaumer, I . Klue, M . Pretorius,
O. Sequeira, E . Senior. L . Viviers, C. Thompson, L . Murdoch G . Orpen, J . Manthe.
Third Row: T . Walls, B. Thomas, H . Krause, M . Nicolas, J . Raftopoulos I . Redman-Evans, P. Robertson,
M. Searle.
Under 14: L . Woodall (W). Height: 4ft. IJins.
(Record: 4ft. 6ins.)
Under 13: L . Murdoch (N). Height: 3ft. lOJins.
(Record: 4ft. 3ins.)
Long Jisnip, Boys:
Open: T . Ralph ( R ) . Distance: 19ft. Sins.
(Record: 20ft. 4ins.)
Under 15: M . Nicolas (N). Distance: 16ft. lOins.
(Record: 19ft. llins.)
Under 14: G . Swan ( R ) . Distance: 17ft. 4ins.
(New Record.)
Under 13: L Redman-Evans ( R ) . Distance: 17ft.
4ins. (New record.)
Long Jump, Girls:
Open: J . Smith ( R ) . Distance: 13ft. 9ins. (Record:
14ft. 9ins.)
Under 15: W. Shekyls ( R ) . Distance: 13ft. 1+ins.
(Record: 15ft. 6ins.)
Under 14: D. Kartsakli (M). Distance: 12ft.
9ins. (Record: 14ft. Sins.)
Under 13: H . Hastings ( K ) . Distance: 12ft. lins.
(Record: 13ft. 5ins.)
Field Events Boys' Open:
Discus: N . Tregurtha ( R ) . Distance: 101ft. lOins.
(Record: 112ft. 1 Uins.)
Shot Putt: G . Swan ( R ) . Distance: 31ft. 9ins.
(Record: 36ft. 4ins.)
PAGE TWENTY-EIGHT

TRACK EVENTS:
Boys, Open:
One mile: J . Manthe (N), T . Walls (W), H .
Krause (M). Time: 5 mins. 11.6 sees. (Record:
4 mins. 44.9 sees.)
8S0 yards: A. Smith ( R ) , T . Walls (W), D .
Buytenhuys ( F ) . Time: 2 mins. 19.9 sees. (Record:
2 mins. 2.2 sees.)
440 yds.: T . Ralph ( R ) , E . Sequeira ( R ) , T .
Walls (W). Time: 52.5 sees. (Record: 52.4 sees.)
220 yds.: T . Ralph ( R ) , E . Sequeira ( R ) , P.
Vermeulen (W). Time: 23.6 sees. (Record: 23.6
sees.)
100 yds.: T . Ralph ( R ) , B . Thomas ( R ) . E .
Sequeira ( R ) . Time: 11.0 sees. (Record: 10.4 sees.)
no vds. hurdles: T . Ralph ( R ) , N . Tregurtha
( R ) , J . Viviers (W). Time: 16.7 sees. (Record:
15.3 sees.)
Under 15. Boys:
8S0 yds: J . Manthe (N), M . Nicolas (N), R .
Brimelow ( F ) . Time: 2 mins. 34.4 sees. (New
event.)
440 yds: M . Nicolas (N), V . Tomaz ( R ) , J .
Manthe (N). Time: 59.S sees. (New record.)
220 vds: V . Tomaz ( R ) . M . Nicolas (N), J .
Manthe (N). Time: 26.0 sees. (Record: 24.S sees.)

100 yds: V . Tomaz ( R ) . M . Nicolas (N), C .

Michael (N).
Time: 11.5 sees. {Record: 11.2
sees.)
80 yds. hurdles: A . de Beer { K ) , M . Nicolas (N),
M. Hastings { K ) . Time: 13.1 sees. (Record: 11.2
sees.)
Under 14, Boys:
220 yds: G . Swan ( R ) , P. Robertson ( R ) ,
B. Cilliers ( F ) . Time; 25.8 sees. (New record.)
100 vds.: G . Swan ( R ) , F . Stevenson ( R ) , P.
Robertson ( R ) . Time: 11.6 sees. (Record: 11.4
sees.)
80 yds. hurdles: G . Swan ( R ) P. Robertson ( R ) ,
B. Celliers ( F ) . Time: 12.2 sees. (New record.)
Under 13, Boys:
220 yds.: M . Searle ( R ) . J . Raftopoulos ( R ) , M .
de Lange ( K ) . Time: 29.1 sees. (Record: 27.3 sees.)
100 yds.: M . Searle ( R ) , R . Caris ( F ) . J . Raftopoulos ( R ) . Time: 13.3 sees. (Record 11.6 sees.)
Girls, Open:
220 vds.: J . Smith ( R ) , P. van Z v l (W), S.
Schoeman ( R ) . Time: 29.6 sees. (Record: 27.3
sees )
100 yds.: J . Smith ( R ) , D . Webster (W). S.
Schoeman ( R ) . Time: 12.8 sees. (Record: 12.0
sees.)
80 yds. hurdles: J . Smith ( R ) , J . Stevn ( R ) . P.
van Z y l (W). Time: 14.5 sees.
(Record: 12.0
sees.)
Under 15 Girls:
220 yds.: G . Lewis (M), L . Viviers (W), P.
Phillips (N). Time: 28.2 sees. (New record.)
100 yds.: G . Lewis (M), L . Viviers (W) E .
Senior ( R ) . Time: 12.5 sees. (Record: 12.4 sees.)
Under 14. Girls:
220 Yds.: C . Haywood ( K ) , M . Roux ( R ) , G .
Orpen (N). Time: 30.8 sees. (Record: 28.8 sees.)
100 yds.: C . Thompson ( R ) C. Haywood ( K ) ,
G . Slater ( R ) . Time: 13.2 sees. (Record: 12.6
sees.)
Under 13 Girls:
100 yds.: L . Murdoch (N), M . Pretorius ( R ) , L
Klue (M). Time: 14-2 sees. (Record: 13.1 sees.)
Relays Boys:
Open: Whitworth. Ruskin Faraday. Time: 48.4
sees. (New record:)
Under 15: Ruskin, Newton. Kelvin. Time: 53.5
sees. (Record: 52.2 sees.)
Under 14: Ruskin, Faraday, Kelvin. Time: 53.5
sees. (New record.)
Under ,13: Milton Ruskin. Faraday. Time: 59.6
sees. (New record.)
Relays Girls:
Open: Whitworth, Milton Ruskin. Time: 57.6
sees. (Record: 57.6 sees.)
Under 15: Whitworth. Ruskin. Farada\'. Time:
62.8 sees. (Record: 59.6 sees.)
Under 14: Ruskin, Milton, Faraday. Time: 60.7
sees. (Record: 60.6 sees.)
Under 13: Newton, Milton, Ruskin. Time 1 min.
5.1 sees. (Record: (SI.5 sees.)
Tug-o'-War:
1. Ruskin; 2. Newton.
House Positions and Points:
Ruskin
Newton
Faraday
Whitworth
Milton
Kelvin

553
211
206
204
204
198

BOYS' HOCKEY
Forest enjoyed another successful hockey
season this year, the 1st X I losing only three
games out of a total of ten. These were
played against Boys' High Schools. This result is worthy of congratulation as eight of
the players had had no first team experience
at the beginning of the season and yet, at
times, produced hockey of a very high
standard.
It is a pity, however, that attendances at
the practices were not more regular so that
better team-work could have been developed.
This has been the case with all four teams.
The inclusion of R . Black, H . Krause, E .
Sequeira, J . Dingley and G . Mawhinney in
the Southern Transvaal teams for the InterProvincial Tournament was a great achievement and was surpassed only by the selection
of Black, as Vice-Captain, and Sequeira, as
goalkeeper, for the South African Schools'
Team, which opposed Rhodesia in Pietermaritzburg during the third term. We congratulate these players.
We look forward to continued success next
season and with the development of several
promising young players this should be
possible.
Colours Awards:
F u l l : H . Krause, D . Renecle, J . Dingley, G .
Mawhinney, P. Bucholtz. R . Black and E .
Sequeira already have full colours.
Half: G . Venter, L . Richardson, N .
Willemse, T . Stewart.
FIRST X I :
E . Sequeira, H . Krause, J . Dingley, D .
Renecle, N . Willemse. G . Venter, L . Richardson, T . Stewart, R . Black (Capt.), P .
Bucholtz, G . Mawhinney. Also played: S.
Hain, F . Booth.
Results:
vs. Northview,won 6-2.
vs. Highlands North, drew 1-1.
vs. King Edward V I I , lost 3-4.
vs. Northlea (Rhodesia), won 2-1.
vs. Hyde Park, won 4-0.
vs. Roosevelt, won 9-0.
vs. Jeppe, lost 1-6.
vs. Parktown, lost 0-1.
vs. St. Johns College, won 2-1.
vs. Maritzburg College, won 3-1.
SECOND X I :
L . Woods, L . Jones, M . Butow, J . Viviers,
G . Kimble, B . O'Shea. A . Gebhard, T.
Bucholtz, K . Robinson (Capt.), S. Hain, F .
Booth. Also played: B . Grant, G . Smith, K .
Boulle, A . Brenner.
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BOYS' FIRST X I HOCKEY

Front Row: G . Venter, N . Willemse, J . Dingley, E . Sequeira,
H . Krause T . Stewart, G . Mawhinnev.
Second Row: F . Booth, D. Renecle, P. Bucholtz, S. Hain.
Absent: L . Richardson.

Results:
vs. Northview, won 3-0.
vs. King Edward V I I , lost 0-4.
vs. Hyde Park, won 4-0.
vs. Jeppe, drew 2-2.
vs. Parktown, lost 0-2.
vs. St. John's College, won 3-0.
T H I R D and F O U R T H X I ' S :
Players were drawn from the following:
A . Markham, S. Brooks, B . Thomas, D .
Buytenhuys, R . Twilley, K . Jones, D . Philippides, R . Jeoffreys, B . Davis, K . Matthewson, H . Klue, A . Donaldson, B . Bowring, J .
Pereira, A . Welthagen, A . Broadley, A .
George, W. Porter, N . Tregurtha, G . Scott,
B . Matthews P Vermeulen, A . Smith, S.
Webster, T . Walls, T . Ralph, D . Tennant.
Results:
Played Won Lost For Against
3rd X I
4
1
3
6
11
4th X I
4
1 3
9
9
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Mr. W. J . Morgendaal,
.

R. Black

(Capt.),

GIRLS' HOCKEY
Our 1964 season has been reasonably successful despite absenteeism on the part of
players and coaches alike It was unfortunate
that those members of staff usually associated
with our hockey should have been unavailable
for coaching or refereeing this year.
We thank Mr. Stead, the Misses Buckland,
Perlman, Gey van Pittius and Maria Raftopoulos for their kind assistance.
Our congratulations go to M . O'Neale (reaward), L . Thompson and E . Burn for gaining full coloursto E . Chapman, W. Roper
(re-award), L . Schafer, J . Jones, A . MacMillan and P. O'Neale for getting their half
colours.
FIRST X I :
M . O'Neale (Capt.), L . Thompson (Vice),
W. Roper, E . Chapman, E . Burn, L . Schafer,
J . Jones, A . MacMillan, D . Groundland, P .

O'Neale, B . Kruger, J . Smith.

Results:
vs. Johannesburg High, won 2-0.
vs. H i l l , won 5-0.
vs. Redhill, won 2-0.
vs. Athlcne, lost 2-3.
vs. Hyde Park, drew 1-1.
vs. St. Andrews, drew 0-0.
vs. Rosebank Convent, lost 1-3.
vs. Northview, won 3-2.
vs. Queens, won 3-1.
vs. S. Suburbs (Mixed X I ' s ) , won 3-0.

vs. Hyde Park, lost 1-2.

vs. Rosebank Convent, lost 0-7.
THIRD X I :
E . Fouche (Capt.), C . Murfin (Vice),
Brits, D . Uys, M . Thompson, W. Sinclair,
Hutchons, O. Sequeira, S. Kopelowitz,
Keay, C. Haywood, E . McCormack,
Easton, S. Bauermeister.

SECOND X I :
J . Campbell (Capt.), J . Smith (Vice), B .
Kerr, M . Retief. L . Brewis, W. Norton, A .
Forte, B . Bees, J . Hamilton, A . Eksteen, M .
Kroukamp, C . Murfin.
Results:
.*
vs. Johannesburg High, won 2-1. \
vs. H i l l , drew 2-2.
vs. Redhill, won, 2-0.
>"
r
vs. Athlone, won 2-0.

Inter-House Competition:
Newton
Kelvin
Ruskin

S.
M.
C.
Y.

Results:
vs. Johannesburg High, lost 0-1.
vs. Hill, lost 0-1.
vs. Redhill, won 3-0.
vs. Athlone, drew 1-1.
vs. Rosebank Convent, lost 0-7.
7 points
5
,.
4

Milton

Faraday
Whitworth

FIRST X I GIRLS' HOCKEY TEAM

Fron; Row: L . Schafer, W. Roper, M. O'Neale, L . Thompson, E . Chapman. A . McMillan.
Second Row: J . Smith, J . Jones, P. O'Neale, D . Groundland. B . Kruger.
PAGE

THIRTY-ONE

GIRLS' TENNIS
Front Row: G . Theck, K . Burkett, W. Campbell (Capt.), Miss M . Maclaren, L . de Bruvn. G . Flanagan,
T . Cynkin.
Second Row: M . Carmichael, M . Fourie. J . Jones, L . Thompson, M . Thompson, D. Groundland.

GIRLS' TENNIS
At the end of 1963 we were relegated to
Section 2 of the Johannesburg Girls' League.
We regret this very much after so many
years spent in the top league, but insufficient
players, and more especially the lack of new
first formers with a good knowledge of the
game, have reduced us to this sorry state.
We offer our sincere apologies to visiting
teams for failing to supply the necessary
umpires.
Nevertheless, we congratulate our first
couple, Lesley de Bruyn and Yvonne Flanagan on their consistently good play. So far
they have an average of 23 games out of a
possible 33 per match.
Wendy Campbell
and Lynette Thompson have both proved
pleasant, unassuming and efficient captains
PAGE THIRTY-TWO

and we wish them every success in their

matriculation tests.
Full colours: L . de Bruyn.
Half:
Y . Flanagan, K . Burkett, W.
Campbell.
1st Team (Section 2): W. Campbell (Capt.),
L . de Bruyn (Vice), Y . Flanagan, K . Burkett,
G. Theck, T . Cynkin.
Results:
vs. Johannesburg B , lost 49-50.
vs. Northview A , lost 45-54.
vs. Parktown B , lost 46-53.
vs. Kingsmead A , lost 40-59.
vs. Helpmekaar A , won 50-49.
vs. Kingsmead B , lost 48-51.
vs. King David A , points to King David.
vs. Parktown Convent B , won 63-36.
vs. Hyde Park A , points to Forest.

2nd
Team (Section 5): L . Thompson
(Capt.), J . Jones, D . Groundland, M . Fourie,
R . Mills, M . Carmichael, M . Thompson.
Results:
vs. Athlone B , lost 46-52.
vs. Northview C , lost 45-54.
vs. H i l l C , won 57-42.
vs. Hyde Park B , cancelled.
vs. King David B , won 52-47.
vs. Rosebank Convent B , points shared.
vs. Redhill A , conceded to Redhill.
vs. L a Rochelle Convent A , lost 45-54.
vs. Belgravia Convent A , lost 41-58.

BOYS' TENNIS
1964 was another good year for boys'
tennis. The first team again estabUshed that
Forest is among the first three schools in
Johannesburg as far as tennis is concerned.
In the second round of the High Schools'

^^^^^^^^^

League Competition we lost only one match,

to finish second.
The " B " team tried hard to win their
league, but once again did not succeed although they lost only two matches. Here
special credit must go to Vernon Ward, the
captain of the team, for putting in a splendid
effort in every match and really getting the
best out of his team.
The " C " team will probably drop down to
the sixth section next year which will be a
good thing as they were slightly out of their
depth in the fifth section. This team must
be congratulated on really trying hard in
every match, even though it was sometimes
obvious that they would be easily beaten.
This fighting spirit, plus the experience they
are gaining, will stand them in good stead
later on.
Our performance in the Inter-High Competition did not reach the level of the previous few years. A shaky start in the first

^^^^^^^^^^^^

BOYS' TENNIS
"C" TEAM:
Front Row: R . Ward, K . Lange, B . Levinstein, D . Olivier, N . Ingram.
"A" T E A M :
Second Row: K . Taylor, T . Theck (Capt.) Mr. N . J . Pienaar, L . BouUe, B . Vermeulen.
"B" T E A M :
Third Row: V . Ward. T . Botes, D . Orpen, F . Booth.
PAGE THIRTY-THREE

match of the morning prevented us from

winning our section, although we did beat the
sectional winners once we had settled down.
A n innovation this year was the holding of
the first School Championships. A good entry
was received and the matches were keenly
contested. Our congratulations go to Brian
Vermeulen for winning the Boys' Singles.
Results:
Boys' Singles, Semi-finals: Boulle beat
Taylor 6-4, 10-8; Vermeulen beat Theck 6-3,
6-4.
Final; Vermeulen beat Boulle 6-4, 4-6, 6-2.
Boys' Doubles, Semi-finals: Boulle and Vermeulen beat Heylen and Orpen 6-2, 6-0; Theck
and Taylor beat Ward and Botes 6-3, 6-2.
Final: Vermeulen and Boulle beat Theck
and Taylor 7-5, 6-4.
Mixed Doubles, Semi-finals: Vermeulen
and Lesley de Bruyn beat Ward and Wendy

Campbell; Theck and L y n n Dunbar beat

Boulle and K a r i n Burkett 6-3, 6-4.
Final: Vermeulen and Lesley de Bruyn
beat Theck and Lynn Dunbar 6-3, 6-0.
The following represented the School:
" A " Team: T . Theck (Capt.), B . Vermeulen, L . Boulle, K . Taylor.
" B " Team: V . Ward (Capt.), M . Heylen,
F . Booth, T . Botes, D. Orpen.
" C " Team: K . Lange (Capt.), R . Ward, N .
Ingram, B Levenstein, D. Olivier, B . Cross,
C. Carastavrakis, G . Young.
Colours Awards:
Trevor Theck and Leslie Boulle have full
colours. Brian Vermeulen was awarded full
colours. Kenny Taylor has half colours.
Our best wishes go to the school leavers for
their future playing careers, and we thank
them for all they have done for tennis at
Forest.

ROWING TEAM
Front Row: J . Sandras, K . Robinson, D. Jeffreys, Mr. W. J . Morgendaal, H . Krause, W. Jones, I . Broadley.
Second Row: P. Rolle, S. Hain, N . Kroukamp, H . Rodrigues.
PAGE THIRTY-FOUR

ROWING
Two Forest High crews competed in regattas between 14th December, 1963, and 6th
June, 1964.
The " A " crew e;ntered ten
regattas and the " B " crew four and both did
well. The captain of the " A " crew is D . C .
Jeffrey.
Colours Awards:
F u l l : N . Blamuire (for 1963), K . Robinson,
D. C . Jeffrey.
Half: W. Jones, H . Krause, I . Broadley.
Positions at the Regattas:
" A " Crew
Bloemfontein, Tiger Cup
1st
Vaal
2nd
Selborne
1st
Buffalo
3rd
Jubilee Cup
1st
Wemmer Sprint
2nd
Novice Transvaal Pair
1st
" B " Crew
Bloemfontein
2nd
Wemmer Sprint
1st
Vaal
.. 2nd
South African Game*:
" A " Crew
*//
Schools " A "
3rd
Novice
2nd
" B " Crew
Schools " B "
4th
" B " Crew: H . N . Rodrigues, P. Rolle, N .
Kroukamp, S. Hain, J . Sandras.

CRICKET
FIRST X I
Matches: Played 14; won 6; drawn 3; lost 5.
As the foregoing summary indicates, our
cricket this year has been rather like the
weather, either unpredicable or unreliable.
Some matches were allowed to slip through
our fingers in more ways than one while
at least two were turned into unanticipated
victories.
Several excuses could prabably be offered
for such variable form, but the cold, hard,
basic fact remains, that, without keen and
regular practice, NO team can hope to improve or even maintain, its standards. Leadership, too, plays a very important part in
keeping a side enthusiastic and alert, and
here, sad to relate, the captaincy did not measure up to the standard that might have been
expected. Of late, the impression was formed
that the cares of "state," and of the world

were weighing rather heavily, with a resultant

lack of inspiration to the team and a deterioration in personal performances. Encouragement is otfen a sharper
spur than
chastisement.
However, there were a number of outstanding efforts, both with bat and ball, and,
as the majority of the team will be with us
next year .there is hope that further experience will result in a more successful season in
1965.
Colours Awards, 1964:
Full: N . V/illemse.
Half: R . Coates, A . Gebhard, P. Klue, H .
Krause, T . Stewart.
Results of Matches:
*
'
1st Term:
vs. Northview, lost.
1
vs. Hyde park, drew.
:
vs. Jeppe, lost.

vs. Queen's, lost.

vs. Greenside, won
'
vs. Marist Observatory, won.
vs. Roosevelt, won.
vs. Stewart's X I , drew.
4th Term:
vs. Greenside, drew.
^
vs. Queen's, lost.
'<.
; vs. Germiston, won.
vs. Roosevelt, lost.
'
vs. St. Martin's, won.
'
SECOND X I
Although the results were not very flattering, the team has, nevertheless, produced
some entertaining cricket. Martle has developed into a sound bat and his 61 n.o.
against Germiston was a valuable knock.
Lockhart in the first term, and Richardson in
the fourth, bowled extremely well. A festival
spirit prevailed in all the games, making them
a pleasure to watch.
The following played for the team:
J . Dingley, A . Lockhart, L . Richardson, L .
Martle, A . de Villiers. R . Bond, B . Thomas,
S. Webster, A . Botes, T . Sammons, C . Devine,
B . Dicks, N . Philhps, B . Potgieter, N . Cosijn,
B . Kennedy, J . Carneson, D . Lamb.
Results of Matches:
vs. Hyde Park :Forest 59 (McLeod 17).
Hyde Park 62 (de Villiers, 7 for 16). Hyde
Park won by 3 runs.
vs. Highlands North: Forest 59 (Thomas
16), Highlands North 60 for 4 (Lockhart 2
for 8). Highlands North won by 6 wkts.
vs. Queen's: Forest 33 (Klue 23), Queen's
95 (Lockhart 6 for 14). Queen's won by 62
runs.
vs. Queen's: Forest 142 for 5 dec. (Dingley
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FIRST CRICKET X I
Front Row: D . Buytenhuys, N . Willemse, E . Sequeira (Capt.). Mr. R. M . Noyes-Lewis, R .
P. Vermeulen, J . Stewart.
Second Row: R. Manning, A. Gebhard, H. Krause, J . Dingley, H. Klue, D. Renecle.
Absent: A. Coates. V . Ferreira.

38, Martle 26). Queen's 121 (de Villiers 5 for

16, Richardson 4 for 30). Forest won by 21
runs.
vs. Germiston: Forest 125 for 4 dec. (Martle
61 n.o., Dingley 23, Richardson 25). Germiston 59 (Richardson 5 for 20, de Villiers
3 for 10). Forest won by 66 runs.
vs. Roosevelt: Forest 29 (Dingley 17).
Roosevelt 30 for 4 (Botes 3 for 26). Roosevelt won by 6 wkts.
vs. St. Martin's: 1st Innings: Forest 143
(Martle 31, Potgieter 32, Richardson 31). St.
Martin's 23 (Richardson 6 for 13, Potgieter
2 for 6). 2nd Innings: Forest 97 for 4 dec.
(Manning 45, Richardson 34). St. Martin's
34 (de Villiers 5 for 5, Potgieter 5 for 4).
Won by 183 runs.
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Black,

U N D E R 14 X I
This team was characterised by a cheerful,
sporting spirit which resulted in most enjoyable matches. Part of the credit is due to
the captain, Sewell, who gained the respect of
the team with his quiet but firm control.
Sewell, Brooks and Welthagen were reliable
batsmen, and Swan was the highest scorer.
Vermeulen proved a most valuable bowler
gaining 26 wickets for 151 runs, an average
of 5.8. Marais also did useful work, gaining
15 wickets for 67 runs and Welthagen took 9
wickets for 54 runs. The team played eleven
matches and won five.
Team: D . Sewell (Capt.), A . Welthagen, G .
Swan, S. Brooks, G . Damon, P. Robertson,
W. Basterfield, D . Marais, A . Vermeulen, B .

Celliers, F . Pretorius.
Also played: S.
Webster, L . Axsel, P. Henry, P . Losper, M .
Rodrigues.
Results of Matches:
vs. Hyde Park: Forest 71 for 3 wkts.
(Brooks 23 n.o.). Hyde Park 60 (Vermeulen
5 for 14). Forest won.
vs. Greenside: Forest 71 (Basterfield 25).
Greenside 69 (Swan 5 for 25). Forest won.
vs. Queen's: Forest 43; Queen's 30 (Vermeulen 5 for 10, Marais 5 for 15). Forest
won.
vs. Jeppe: Forest 37; Jeppe 89 for 9 wkts.
(Welthagen 5 for 19). Forest lost.
vs. Roosevelt: Roosevelt 177 for 6 wkts.
Forest 60. Forest lost.
vs. Greenside: Greenside 111 for 4 wkts.
(Vermeulen 4 for 29), Forest 89 (Swan 30).
Firest lost.
vs. Queen's: Forest 127 (Swan 26); Queen's
74 (Marais 5 for 35, Vermeulen 3 for 39).
Forest won.
vs. Germiston: Forest 100 (Brooks 33);
Germiston 46 (Marais 5 for 17, Vermeulen
4 for 11). Forest won.
vs. Roosevelt: Roosevelt 149 for 6 wkts.
(Vermeulen 5 for 58); Forest 137 (Swan 48).
Forest lost.
vs. St. Martin's: St. Martin's 159 for 6
wkts. Forest 47. Forest lost.
vs. Hyde Park: Hyde Park 114 for 3.
Forest 50. Forest lost.
U N D E R 13 X I
A glance at the results (played 11, won 4,
lost 7) shows that the team did enjoy a fair
measure of success.
They were decidedly
unlucky not to do better on several occasions.
The old adage: " L e t not winning be your
only aim, it also matters how you play the
game" certainly applied to the boys of the
team who at all times, behaved in a manner
befitting the "gentleman's game."
It is a pity that there is not more enthusiasm for cricket among the Under 13's and
that we had to rely on the few old stalwarts.
Roets, de Klerk, Gebhard and Delaney
deserve special mention.
The team was drawn from the following
players:
N . Gebhard (Capt.), A . de Klerk, W. Roets,
R . Caris, K . Beattie, F . Texeira, J . Coates,
W. Dick, L . Spratt, C . Hanekom, A . O'Neale.
E . Klopper. J . Delaney, R . Marshall, D . J .
Owen, M . Searle, E . Pasifakis, A . Waller, M .
de Lange and A . Tennant.
Results of Matches:
vs. Greenside: Forest 73 (Owen 10). Greenside 75 for 2 wkts. Forest lost.

vs. Hyde Park: Hyde Park 81 (de Klerk

4 for 16, Coates 3 for 10). Forest 36
(Texeira 12). Forest lost.
vs. Highlands North: Highlands North 100
for 5 dec. (Caris 3 for 28). Forest 18
(Texeira 10). Forest lost.
vs. Sir John Adamson: Forest 65 (Beattie
21). Sir John Adamson 42 (Caris 7 for 18).
Forest won.
vs. Queen's: Forest 150 for 5 dec. Caris 32,
Beattie 52 n.o., Gebhard 27). Queens 65
(Caris 5 for 30, de Klerk 5 for 25). Forest
won.
vs. Roosevelt: Forest 39 (Gebhard 10).
Roosevelt 40 for 2 wkts. (de Klerk 1 for 12).
Forest lost.
Fourth Term:
vs. Queen's: Queen's 63 (de Klerk 5 for
24, Roets 5 for 23). Forest 64 for 9 (Roets
23). Forest won.
vs. Germiston: Forest 68 (Roets 23). Germiston 69 for 1. Forest lost.
vs. Roosevelt: Roosevelt 99 (de Klerk took
5 wkts and Roets 5). Forest 65 all out (de
Klerk 23 n.o.). Forest lost.
vs. St. Martin's: Forest 96 (Hanekom 23).
St. Martin's 56 (de Klerk 6 for 26). Forest
won.
vs. Hyde Park: Hyde Park 113 for 9 dec.
(Roets 7 for 49). Forest 101 (Gebhard 42).
Forest lost by 12 runs.

STAFF NOTES CONTINUED

Miss Morris has been appointed to Johannesburg Girls' High; Mr. Ralph to Hartebeesfontein, near Klerksdorp; Mr. Anagnostu to
Forest; Mr. Daniel to Athlone Boys' High
and
Miss
Jacobsz
to
Krugerlaanskool,
Vereeniging. Miss Perlman will be joining
the Rosebank Library and will take a degree
in librarianship through the University of
South Africa.
We congratulate Mr. and Mrs. J . Hart on
the birth of a daughter. Felicity, in June and
Mr. du Toit, who married Miss Connie
Marais in October.
Miss Brabazon received a medal of honour
from the Johannesburg College of Education,
at their Honours Day Ceremony on 27th
November, for her services to teaching. Our
congratulations to her and to Mrs. N . Norgarb. They are the first two teachers to have
been honoured in this way.
PAGE THIRTY-SEVEN

SCHOOL CHARITIES FUND

Members of the Charities Committee of
1964 were:
Staff: Miss Friel. Students: Brenda Downing (chairman), Keith Robinson and Wendy
Campbell.
The number of charities appealing for help
increases steadily and the committee has a
difficult task in selecting, from nearly forty
good causes, those to which we can give assistance and which have a special interest for
the School.
Our main sources of revenue are cake and
candy sales but in addition, this year we held
two competitions in which members of staff
and prefects had to be identified from their
baby photographs. This provided a good
deal of amusement but not as much money
as we had anticipated; perhaps we were too
extravagant with the prizes.
A special effort is made each year in the
case of three funds the Easter Stamp Fund,
Our Children's Day and Remembrance Day.
This year again, these were well supported by
the School.
A special vote of thanks is due to the
parents who regularly supply us with the
materials to make the cakes and fudge that
sell so successfully.
B y the end of the year we hope to have
sent subscriptions to the following: Cotlands,
The Hope Home, Save the Children Fund,
Transvaal Association for the Care of Cerebral Palsy, Rand A i d Association, Society for
the Welfare of Backward and Retared Persons, S.P.C.A., Child Welfare Society, Joint
Fund for the Blind and the Johannesburg
Child Guidance Clinic.

REFRESHER COURSE FOR

TEACHERS
Any teacher who has faced the music for
a number of years, is due for a refresher
course. Survival in this profession depends
on the teacher's rating in Oneupmanship,
Neversaydiemanship and Uptodatemanship.
It is in the cause of Uptodatemanship, so
vital to success, that this is being written.
How peaceful was the scene, in the days
that were, when Miss Tabitha taught a few
young charges in her schoolroom and, only
rarely, had to chide them for speaking above
a whisper or for smuggling sweetmeats into
her presence.
A n d how rewarding, not so long ago, when
PAGE THIRTY-EIGHT

it was possible to teach through the medium

of English a language the pupils were then
able to speak and understand, and when the
chewing of gum was sporadic and not
endemic. Those were the days when stovepipes were attached to kitchen ranges and
every beehive covered a centre of industry
and activity; when "The Shake" could be
healed by a doctor and a rocker was an old
man's chair.
But do not despair every cloud has a
radio-active lining and there are compenModernise your
sations in the fall out.
approach to teaching and you'll find that,
a though peace has changed to pace, the rewards, more hardly earned, are greater. Y o u
will even have the satisfaction of being able
to make yourself understood.
The suggested up-to-date start of a lesson
given below, is designed to get you into
orbit and we feel confident that once you
have survived the blast off, you will never
come sorry! we mean look back.
Approach your classroom cautiously, wearing ear plugs if necessary, and being careful
not to bark your shins on the pedals of carelessly parked buzzbikes en route.
Brace
yourself and make a dynamic entry shouting:
"Jam up, Jollas! Do I have to crash through
the sound barrier every time I come to this
cabin? Sheila, don't push your luck! Gary,
take your winklepickers out of your chommie's ear and pin your crop back from your
peepers."
" O . K . Smooth cats. Sink your gum in the
trash can, and then stretch out and dig this
scene it's real cool . . . ."
"Three duckies Jake, Algie and Saint
crack an orchard and deal out the apples
from one tree. Jake's snatch is one third,
Algie grabs 21 and Saint gets stuck with the
rest . . . Harry! I ' L L do any twisting that
has to be done around here, so check your
neck. I f you muscle in on my lesson again,
I ' l l pull the trigger of your ejection seat and
your re-entry into this atmosphere won't be
teen meat."
"Now if Jake makes out with 2 more
apples than Algie, scheme out how many
apples were on the tree, and all that jazz,
and
"Beatniks, Beatniks, don't be slow
Be like the Beatles go man go!"
We trust that you dig this teaching style
like crazy, and that you'll enjoy "sending"
the immature little charges (of dynamite) you
are moulding in your capable and well trained
hands.

MAKE-BELIEVE
In this world of hard and fast reality, I
wonder if there is one person who does not,
or has not, at some time resorted to makebelieve, to make more bearable the oppression of life. I do not think so.
Make-believe may be considered by many,
as a form of childish madness, but sometimes
1 am sure it is the life line to sanity in this
cold and rational world. When all around
us is reality, and seems to cause only unhappiness, then surely the release of makebelieve is a blessing. Who is more completely happy than a child sitting on a soap
box which, at will, changes from a spaceship, to an E-type Jaguar, to 'a rearing
bronco and then a mighty pirate vessel, while
the child changes from Spaceman to Stirling
Moss, to Roy Rodgers, and finally to Captain Cook? A child is the greatest appreciator of this gift, make-believe. A n annoying parent becomes a green witch and is
disintegrated with a ray gun, while all the
child's pent up emotions disappear with one
squeeze of the red plastic trigger. A n old
doll becomes a crying child, and a little girl
can lavish all her love and affection on it.
Yet it is not only the child who uses
make-believe as a shield. How many old
cars become sleek, shining racing cars in the
minds of their owners? How many girls close
their eyes during a film and pretend that
George Chakaris and not T o m Smith is sitting next to them? How many tired, weary
women, who wear the same faded cotton dress
day after day. imagine themselves in exquisite
models from Balmain and Dior? How many
hen-pecked men imagine themselves telling
"the wife" a thing or two? We cannot tell
how many people use make-believe, we only
know they do. Make-believe adds glitter and
sparkle to the drab and dreary, beams of
light to the dark and depressing, and rays of
hope to the downtrodden and disheartened.
What would the world be like without it?
Dull and dry: like bread without salt. Life
is a cycle of endless repetition and endless
despair. We find few things in life which
bring us constant pleasure.
Friends desert
us, hopes fail us ;conditions depress us; yet in
a private world of make-believe we achieve
every goal, realize our every hope, and the
word "friend" is an honourable and true one.
Nothing is impossible as long as there is
make-believe.
We should thank Providence for the gift
of make-believe a misty curtain which we

can draw before our eyes to hide or soften

the harshness and reality of life.
L I N D A W A L K E R , 5d.

THE LAW OF T H E WILD

Rustling and weaving in the gentle breeze
the long tawny stalks of grass stood, compact and shimmering. The silence over the
boundless sea of yellow was thick, occasionally being disturbed by a flutter of wings or
the rustle of the dry foliage of a gnarled
thorn tree seeking water from the sky. Heat
waves rising in a never ending succession of
ripples, were perfumed with the fragrant tang
of the wild.
The dew of the early morning which had
sparkled so tantalizingly in the ghstening sun
was gone now, leaving stems and leaves
without highlight or glimmer. Upon the
sun-baked earth was displayed an intricate
pattern of shadow which contrasted with the
hazy tone of the distant purple blue hills and
valleys. Life was rich and full, imbued with
the same rhythm as the waving grass, yet the
tempo was sluggish and languid.
Down near the crystal pools of water the
vegetation became more exotic and boasted
of red splashes and explosions of flowers
standing out strikingly against the deep and
dark green leaves. Various types of buck
with their creamy colours and swift, graceful
movements darted illusively amongst the
tangled stems silently vigorant in every ripple
of controlled motion. Slowly the day continued with the heat pressing and sucking on
the bosom of the unravished veld, desperately
trying to absorb moisture from the depths of
the earth.
Towards sunset when everything had a
vermilion tinge, a sense of urgency arose.
Alien and plundering, a billowing, choking
cloud blanketed the distant hills, fuming
towards the helpless and frightened veld. The
once rhythmical movements of the grass and
trees changed into a desperate pleading and
tormented anguish. A s the fiery antagonists
rampaged down the darkening purple hillside,
the sun looked back in retrospect, satisfied
with what it had created.
Swiftly in and out of the waving growth,
darted the dappled deer, no longer at ease with
hfe now fleeing to safety. Snapping and
snarling the holocaust could be heard now,
searing and ravaging everything in its path.
High in the air, fanned by ghoulish winds,
the flames roared skywards. Against the
velvet evening, leapt brilliant flares, volcanoPAGE THIRTY-NINE

ing a molten shower of sparks above the

bizarrely lighted veld, causing the first silvery
stars to dim and finally vanish as the boiling mass of clouds swept over. The acrid
smell, burning into the nostrils of the fleeing,
intensified the panic to escape the devil's
hounds of flame. Sweeping past the searing
heat the vanguard left behind a charred and
harsh black scene, filled with tragedy and
spirahng blue smoke.
Silently the silvery moon, sister of the
malicious sun, appeared over a smoky horizon, lighting the valleys of gloom and despair.
Regretfully little red embers glowed faintly
amongst the ash of the once lush undergrowth
memorials to the flowers which had given
colour to the veld. Even the crystal waters
were blackened with floating relics of life
torn away from the protective earth. With
a watery eye the moon continued across the
ravished veld to weep behind a dark horizon.

THE CHINCHILLA
Driven to haunt the desolate peaks
of the snow-capped Andes,
Driven to extinction by fur-greedy man
first Indians.
Forced from their meagre shelters
by revolting weasels
How humiliating, how degrading
for that king of furs.
He is a king among kings
only ten inches long.
A n d one of the plain porcupine,
yet what contrast!
The pearly fur and prickly thorns.
Caught then mercilessly stripped
of its treasure
A l l for luxury-loving vanity,
Or kept in captivity, bred in hordes
to be killed in the end
Which is worse? J A N I S C A M P B E L L , 3a

THE GIANT PANDA

Great blundering gargantuan,
Furry inhabitant of green-black hells.
Lumbering stealthily over rotting lianas
Silencing the shrill screams of monkeys.
Dispersing
the
multi-hued
clamour of
tree-setters.
Reaching with long, plump, outstretched
claws
Upwards, towards the sunlight
T o the pale green shoots on waving bamboo.
The crunch and snap of breaking cane.
The grunt, the munch of feeding king-sized
toys;
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The down-like visage, polka-dotted black on

white.
Curvaceous, cuddly yet repelling.
Round, ridiculous and yet malignant.
With coal-black eyes and hidden stealth,
A monarch of jungle paths
Underneath snow-clad pinnacles.
P . J . W O L O S Z Y N , 3a.

A GLOOMY OLD HOUSE

The narrow meandering track was unrolling its earthy ribbon monotonously among
the exuberant surrounding half-tropical vegetation. L i k e a serpent it furrowed the dense
forest which was resounding to a thousand
furtive rumours.
The solitude and the
desolation of the spot made me shiver;
around me things took life, shaken by an
audacious and nervous breeze. Dead branches
were cracking sinisterly, echoing in the vast
forest. With a fearful eye I scrutinised the
verdure, but on all sides inextricable tangles
formed an opaque screen. Ahead a curtain
of trees limited the panorama and above, the
sky was azure and the sun at its zenith.
I perceived it at the outlet of a bend, it
was wedged into the vegetation, and seemed
to dream with melancholy of the glories of
the past.
Gently I stopped the car and
without making any noise, fearing to frighten
it, I examined it.
The house was not large, its old patinaed
walls, ruined, conquered by time seemed to
be dying out. Piles of bricks, rubbish and
pieces of wood were strewn on the veranda.
Dismally, a worm-eaten door tanned by the
inclement weather was grating, imploring the
mercy of time. Windows were dead long
since, but their skeletons were clinging desperately to life. The toothless staircase was
lying miserably, buried by the invading grass.
Higher the decaying thatched roof seemed to
sink under its own weight. Moss, mushrooms
and other parasites were victoriously growing
upon it, assaulting the sky. And, up there,
trembling with old age and decrepitude,
eroded by the weather and wildly whipped by
the bitter wind, the august masonry was
falling into dust.
A sudden wind arose and dazzling lightning striped the electrified atmosphere.
It
suddenly became dark. The thunder growled
whh a hollow sound and the storm burst,
A
pouring its tons of water onto nature.
violent wind blew in whirling squalls. The

eddies flattened the grass.

The night was
coming with giant's steps.
The antique gloomy house was shuddering
sadly under the torrential rain, and from its
blind eyes, tears pearled; then streams inundated the walls. The old house was crying
bitterly, lost in the loneliness of the deep
forest.
J . B I A R T , 5b.

A HILLBROW C O F F E E BAR
Dim red lights blinking in the gloom gave
the interior of the rough-hewn coffee bar a
soft and intimate glow. Contrasts in colour
were toned down by heavy veils of smoke
endlessly trailing from patron's nostrils, giving them a ghostly appearance. Warm and
hypnotic music flowed discreetly amongst the
set of ecstatic jazz connoisseurs who absorbed
every mellow note with rapture. Occasionally there was a flash of light in the vermillion-tinted
darkness,
illuminating the
features of one of the crowd. Perspiration
glistened like sequins on the ebony faces of
the musicians who had been carried away by
a haunting theme. Abruptly the music ceased,
releasing its victims from their inanimate
state, causing subdued laughter and growing
undertones of conversation to replace the
mellifluous harmony of sound. A cosmopolitan influence pervaded the gathering
all gesticulating, all temperamentaf, all individual. The bar acted as a human mehing pot
of nationalities, united by the sensuous appeal
of jazz rhythm and the closeness of physical
contact in the swirling mist.
R . R O B I N S O N , 5a.

SPEED
Speed is one of today's most deadly killers.
It kills as swiftly, as surely and more frequently than any other killer known to man.
One glance at statistics of road accidents, the
majority of which are caused by speed, shows
us that on our roads, every day, many lives
are unnecessarily lost. Speed is as lethal as
a dose of arsenic, as effective as a blow
from a isledge-hammer, yet as elusive as a
shadow. Speed in everyday occupations gives
rise to faults and in turn death. Little do
we think of a fast car, a hurried worker or
an urgent job as a carrier of death, yet it
is. It strikes constantly, at those defying it
and those respecting it alike and until we
fully realise its potentialities as a killer, it
will continue to do so.
L I N D A W A L K E R , 5d.

BRAINFAG BLUES
To me school subjects are a bore.
Latin is the worst I ' m sure
Singing, too, is quite a chore
When you have a throat that's sore.
P . T . makes me pant and puff.
A t Cookery we don't eat enough
History puts me in a dither
Geography just makes me shiver.
In Afrikaans jy praat die taal."
As for Maths, dit maak my mal."
General Science, English, A r t
A l l they do is break my heart.
Every teacher tries in vain
To liven up my slumbering brain.
But I'm sure they will agree
That all I've learnt is the A . B . C .
P . H A M I L T O N 2f.

FROM R E V E I L L E TO LIGHTS
OUT
This selection of hymns, which is taken
from the magazine "Commando," is dedicated
to all the Forestonians who will be doing
their nine months Defence Force basic training in 1965.
05.30: Reveille: "Christians Awake."
06.00: Roll Call: " A r t thou weary, art thou
languid?"
07.00: Breakfast: "Meekly wait, and murmur
not."
08.00: Sick Parade: "Who are these arrayed
in white?"
or Squad Drill: "Here we suffer grief
and pain."
11.00: Bayonet Drill: "Fight the good fight."
11.30: Lectures: " T e l l me the old, old story."
13.00: Lunch: "Come ye thankful people,
come."
14.00: Route March:
"Onward Christian
soldiers."
17.00: Dismiss: "Praise God, from whom all
blessings flow."
18.00: Supper: "What means this eager,
anxious throng?"
19.00: Evening Pass; "Oh Lord, how happy
we shall be."
22.00: Last Post: " A l l are safely gathered
in."
22.15: Lights Out: "Peace, perfect peace" and
"The day thou gavest. Lord, is
ended."
Handed in by T . W. Abdinor (5d).
PAGE

FORTY-ONE

DIE OPSTEL

ONS TOER NA PRETORIA

E k is deur ons Afrikaanse onderwyser aangese om 'n opstel vir die jaarblad te skryf.
Indien julle dit nog nie agtergekom het nie.
kan ek niaar se dat daar baie werk aan die
voortbring van 'n goeie opstel verbonde is.
In die eerste plek moet jy jouself gemaklik
inrig en dan as jy nie reeds weet waaroor jou
opstel gaan nie, moet jy aan die tema dink.
As jy egtcr reeds wect waaroor jy gaan
skryf is die he!e affere baie makliker, want
dan het jy mcer tyd tot jou beskikking.

As gevolg van twee onderwyseresse, wat

reelings getref het, het ons op 'n georganiseerde toer na Pretoria gegaan. Op hierdie
toer is ek seker dat baie van die leerlinge,
Pretoria vir die eerste keer gesien het.

E k het my opctel nou baie sorgvuldig bepkn en d^t sal my sckerlik nie langer as 'n
uur n;cm nie tien minute om aan 'n goeie
en int;re3sante, cnderwerp te dink, twintig
minute om my verwarde gedagtes agtermekaar
te kry, en dan 'n half uur om die gedagtes
neer te skryf. E n die gevolg? 'n Kunsstuk!
Maar ek verspil nou tyd met my sorgvuldige
beplanning en rcmantiese drome! My nou
eers gemaklik maak.
So, ja, nou kan ek
begin om te skryf. Sal ek oor Die kuns in
ons lewe" skrvi.^ Nee, ek dink nie so nie.
Dit is mos nie vir almal 'n interessante onderwerp nie, is dit.' E k wil graag iets skryf
wat vir almal genotvol en interessant sal
wees. Maar waaroor kan ek skryf? E k weet
regtig nie. Het Ma geroep? Maar M a weet
mos dat ek besig is en dat ek nie nou kan
kom nie. E k dink aan 'n onderwerp vir 'n
opstel. Hoe-se, Ma? E k moet oor seuns"
skryf?
Alhoewel ek nogal baie van die
onderwerp hou, h die opstel vir die jaarblad
en ek is daarvan oortuig dat my onderwyser
nie veel daarvan sal hou nie! Nou ja weer
van vooraf stil sit en dink. K y k nou net
daar. Twintig minute is al verby en ek het
nog nie 'n goeie onderwerp nie.
Miskien sal dit help as ek die draadloos
aanskakel. Miskien sal ek beter kan konsentreer en aan 'n onderwerp dink. Luister
net wie sing! Dis die Beatles." E k wonder
of ek nie 'n opstel oor hulle moet skryf nie.
Nee, ons onnies" is te nougesit daarvoor.
E k sal my onderwyser darem nie te veel skok
nie.
Daar gaan 'n drama binne enkele oomblikke uitgesaai word en ek gaan daarna
luister. J y vra. wat van my opstel? A g !
ek sal dit m.aar los want die uur is al amper
om en ek het nog nie aan 'n goeie onderwerp
gedink nie. Dus is dit basta met my meesterwerk en die begin van my moeilikhede wanneer ek more, om verskoning moet vra. A g ,
nou ja, so is die lewe maar . . .
- - B R E N D A D O W N I N G , 5a.
PAGE FORTY-TWO

Na 'n plesierige bus rit, het ons by die

Uniegeboue aangekom. My mond het oopgehang toe ek die pragtige tuine en gebou
sien. Toe het ons in die argiewe ingegaan,
waar al die dokumente gehou word. E n
daar het ek 'n brief gesien wat Piet Retief
aan Dingaan geskrywe het. I n die argiewe,
lyk dit vir my of hulle al die besonderhede
van Suid-Afrikaanse geskiedenis het. Daar is
ook groot registers van die soldate wat in
die Boere-oorlog geveg het.
Die Transvaal Museum was die volgende
plek, waarheen ons gegaan het. I n die ingangsportaal van hierdie museum staan daar
'n olifant. Ten gevolge van die lang gesprek
omtrent motte, wat wel interessant was, was
ons tyd so beperk dat ons nie veel van die
museum gesien het nie.
'n Baie interessante besoek in Pretoria, was
Kruger Huis, waar die President en sy gesin
gewoon het. Tot my verbasing is die huis
baie klein, maar dit is baie oorspronklik. I n
die agterplaas van die huis is 'n museum met
'n vertoning van Paul Kruger se oumode
kleredrag en medaljes. Daar staan ook 'n
trein-trok in die agterplaas waarin hy vervoer
was.
Na hierdie besoek was ons honger en het
vertrek na die nuwe Transvaal Provinsiale
Administratiewe Gebou, waar ons 'n heerlike
maaltyd genuttig het.
Hiervandaan het ons na die Monument
vertrek.
Dit is 'n wonderwerk wat deur
Dokter Moerdyk ontwerp is, wat natuurlik
baie jare geneem het om te bou. Hierdie
monument was gebou ter herdenking van die
slag van Bloedrivier op 16 Desember 1838.
As u in hierdie monument is, toon u eerbied
en respek aan u voorouers wat hulle lewe
opgeoffer het vir Suid-Afrika.
Hierdie interessante besoek aan Pretoria
het vir my iets wonderliks beteken, en maak
my baie hoogmoedig en trots voel op ons
land Suid-Afrika.
R . E V A N S , 3a.

MIDDERNAGTELIKE
BESOEKERS
Dis stil. Eensaam sing 'n kriekie vir sy
maatjie daarbuite. Dis middernag.
Die pen gly oor die lyne, vul bladsy na
bladsy. E k is alleen, of so het ek aanvanklik gemeen. E k het besoekers. Hulle is ongenooid en het sonder my medewete gekom.
Stil. J a hulle is besonder stil, aangesien daar
so 'n menigte van hulle is. Twintig?
J a ; miskien nog meer. Die hele kamer is
al vol van hulle. E k wonder, sal daar miskien nog bykom? Dit maak nie meer saak
nie, daar is nou al soveel, nog 'n paar sal
seker nie saak maak nie.
A f en toe kom kyk een of twee van my
besoekers wat gaande is, maar hulle word
niks wys uit my wiskunde nie. Hulle stel
ook nie belang nie, vir hulle doeleindes is
wetenskap en wiskunde nutteloos.
Hulle is middernagtelike besoekers.
Stil
en bedeesd.
Ongelukkig kan ek hulle nie
voorstel nie, hulle is onbekend en ek w i l hulle
nie steur deur hulle hul name te vra nie,
hulle sal miskien aanstoot neem. E k verkies om gemanierd te bly, deur hulle die
gasvryheid van my kamer te verleen en maar
onbekend met hulle te verkeer.
E k sal my nuuskierigheid bedwing. Dis
interessanter as jou vriende onbekend is.
Hier is juis weer een van hulle wat kom kyk
waarmee ek besig is.
Min weet hy ek
skryf oor hom (glad nie goeie maniere nie) en
het nie eens sy toestemming gevra nie. Maar,
hy het ook nie my verlof gevra om vir my te
kom kuier nie, dis 'n kwessie van die pot
verwyt die ketel. Dit lyk darem nie of hy
juis omgee nie. E k wonder of hy bewus is
daarvan dat hy onder bespreking verkeer.
Hy het hom nou onttrek, hy sit alleen daar
senkant.
E k wonder darem sal dit voorbarig van
my wees om uit te vind watter van hulle
manlik en vroulik is? E k hou nie daarvan
om algar as H o m " aan te spreek nie. Ook
maar goed. nou kan ek my voile aandag by
my werk bepaal.
Die een moet 'n dame wees. K y k net die
pragtige oorjas, en die smaak van kleure en
mode, die aller nuutste, beslis! Sy sal seker
nie aanstoot neem as ek haar komplimenteer
met haar voortreflike smaak nie. E k wens
al die dames wil hulle so smaakvol klee.
Ongetwyfeld die sjarmantste aanddrag wat
ek nog teegekom het. Maniere? Foutloos,
soos dit 'n dame betaam. Stil en op haar plek.
Die here in die geselskap (ek meen daar is

'n hele paar) is ook deftig uitgetooi. Hier is

nou juis een teenwoordig. Nousluitende broek
en nuwerwetse Italiaanse baadjie. Byna dieselfde kleur as die dametjie s'n. Dit is seker
haar metgesel. 'n Oulike paartjie.
Hier is 'n hele aantal enker' here teenwoordig. E k is verstom. Hulle uiter geen
aanmerkings oor die enkel" dames nie en
dring hulle ook nie aan die darner op nie.
My gaste het hulle beiangstelling in my
verloor; ek is geensins 'n goeie gasheer nie.
E k hoop net die motte sal moreaand vir my
weer kom kuier.
M . S I E B R I T Z . 5a.

DIE G E V E E R D E VOLKIES VAN

ONS LAND
Ons Suid-Afrikaners behoort dankbaar te
wees vir al die duisende soorte voels wat ons
in ons land kan sien. J a , ons moet trots op
ons voels wees.
Almal ken 'n mossie. Een van hierdie
vaal, byna onaantreklike kereltjies maak my
elke oggend wakker met sy vrolike getjirp.
Die swaeltjie is nog 'n interessante voeltjie.
So grasieus trek hy deur die lug, dat dit iets
bekoorlik is om te sien hoe hy vlieg. Met
die aankoms van die winter vergader miljoene
swaeltjies, net voordat hulle na warmer lande
toe vertrek. Skielik, met 'n geweldige gefladder van hul vlerkies, skarrel hulle die lug
in, noorde toe, in 'n yslike, swart wolk. Daar
is nog baie klein voeltjies: die vinke, wat
pragtige nessies bou wat oor die water sweef,
die vrolike kwikstertjies en die singende
kanaries, om net 'n paar te noem.
Nou kom ons by die groter voels. Net soos
die aasvoel, teer die kraai ook op karkasse,
en so help hy ons, want so hou hy ons omgewing skoon. Die aasvoel is 'n lelike ou,
met sy slordige veredrag en kaal nek. Die
kraai is, inteendeel, 'n piekfyn knaap. Dit
klink snaaks dat sekere kraaie beter as
papegaaie kan praat, maar dit is 'n felt.
Dit is baie interessant om te sien hoe 'n
valk sy prooi vang.
Stadig sweef hy in
die lug rond, en, plotseling skiet hy loodreguit ondertoe, en voordat sy prooi weet
wat gebeur, is hv in die sterk kloue van hierdie roofvoel. Die arend, berghaan en uil
is nog 'n paar bekende voels van hierdie klas.
Die volstruis is die wereld se grootste
voel, kan vinniger as 'n perd hardloop en kan
'n man met een skop doodskop.
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Volstruisvere is baie waardevol, en in die

Oudtshoorn-distrik is baie volstruisboerderye,
en die boere maak baie geld hieruit. Die
sekretarisvoel is die slang se grootste vyand.
Met 'n paar van sy goedgemikte reguit
skoppe, skop hierdie voel amper enige slang
dood.
Daarna skeur hy die slang met sy
skerp snawel uitmekaar en vreet die slang
gulsig op. Selde kry 'n slang 'n kans om
lewendig uit 'n ontmoeting met die voel te
kom.
Ten slotte, moet ek tog iets se van die
trotse pou; hy is werklik die voel met die
reenboog in sy stert.
B . V L O K , 3a.

TIPIES AFRIKAANSE
GEWOONTES E N G E B R U I K E
Dit was nog altyd vir my baie aangenaam
om na Ouma en Oupa te luister wanneer
hulle met teerheid in hulle stemme praat van
die goeie ou dae toe hulle nog jonk was en
saam met hulle ouers, broers en susters
gewoon het.
Familiename het 'n groot rol in die lewens
van ons voorouers gespeel. Die grootouers
van beide kante was eers vernoem en toe
was die moeder en vader en dan die ooms
en tantes, vanaf die oudste vernoem. Omdat
die kinders en familielede vernoem is, kon 'n
mens baie gou deurmekaar raak met klein
niggles en nefies van een familie, dus het
amper elke kind 'n bynaam gehad. Deur
die familie te vernoem. het hulle liefde en
ontsag teenoor mekaar bewys.
Huisgodsdiens was nooit verwaarloos nie.
Vroeg in die more nadat almal koffie en
beskuit gehad het, dan kom die hele familie
met al die bediendes in die eetkamer byniekaar,
waar Vader die skrif lees en almal saam 'n
gesang sing. Nadat Vader 'n gebcd gedoen
het, het die familie na hulle daaglikse take
gegaan waar hulle aangenaam saamgewerk
het. I n die aand, net na aandete, het almal
weer bymekaar gekom vir nog 'n diens; daarna kon elkeen doen wat hy wou totdat dit
slapenstyd was.
Die boere het ver van mekaar gewoon en
ver van die paar dorpe wat daar destyds
was. Elke drie maande het hulle nagmaal
in die naaste dorp bygewoon.
Baie voorbereidings was vir daardie reise getref. Brode,
beskuit en allerhande lekkernye word gebak
en ingepak in trommels. Bevele is aan die
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bediendes gegee watter take hulle moes verrig

terwyl die baas en nooi weg is, en hulle het
altyd hulle werk goed en getrou gedoen.
Vroeg, omtrent Donderdagoggend word die
ossewaens gelaai en dan word daar gereis na
die dorp. Wanneer hulle by die kerk kom,
kampeer hulle op die kerkplein uit, wat
spesiaal daar was vir die boere se gerief wat
net eenmaal elke drie maande kan kom vir
nagmaal.
Dit is gedurende hierdie tyd dat die jong
mense katkisasie klasse bywoon en aangeneem word.
Nagmaal was nie net 'n tyd vir kerk nie,
maar ook vir vriende om mekaar weer te
sien. Omdat hulle so ver uitmekaar gewoon
het, was dit moeilik om heen en weer te
kuier, dus het hulle gebruik gemaak van
hierdie byeenkoms om bekend te raak met al
die nuus.
Saterdagoggend is die boere en hulle eggenote dorp toe om hulle inkopies te doen
omdat hulle nie elke dag na 'n winkel kon
stap om kruideniersware te koop nie.
Sondagaand, na nagmaal, word alles weer
op die waens gelaai en dit word reggepak
vir die lang reis huis toe, want Maandagoggend moet hulle vroeg op pad wees terug
na hulle wonings.
A L I C E W I L S E N A C H , 4c.

HOUSE POSITIONS
SWIIMMING G A L A
House Positions and Points:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Ruskin
Faraday
Milton
Kelvin
Whitworth
Newton

322
185
178
159
80
73

NETBALL
House Positions and Points:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Whitworlh
Milton
Ruskin
Faraday
Kelvin
Newton

10
8
7
3
2
0

HOUSE NOTES
FARADAY
Staff: Miss Maclaren, Mrs. Dusse, Mr. D .
Campbell, Mr. v.d. Velden, Mr. Kleyn.
House Captains: Wendy Campbell, T .
Abdinor.
Secretaries: Hazel Cross, P. Bucholtz.
Prefects: Wendy Campbell (Head Girl),
Hazel Cross, R . Black (Head Boy), P .
Bucholtz, T . Abdinor.
Colours Awards: F u l l : N . Blamire (Rowing,
1963), R . Black (Bugle Band), P.
Bucholtz and Eileen Burn (Hockey), Wendy
Campbell (Netball).
Half: T . Abdinor (Rugby), R . Coates
(Cricket), I . Broadley (Rowing), Wendy
Campbell
and
Karen Burkett
(Tennis),
Eleanor Chapman (Hockey).
Both the Head Girl and the Head Boy were
selected from our House.
In the sporting
field, a few enthusiastic seniors and a promising number of juniors have
upheld
Faraday's name.
We came second in the School Gala, with
Janice Campbell captaining the girls' team
and P. Baker the boys'. Swimmers, who did
well, are Janice Campbell, Averall Bedeman,
Sandra Cynkin, Pat Bloemink, Sharon Beard,
Dianne Bennet, N . Butow, P. Baker, J .
Barnes, C . Clur, K . Beattie, I . Broadley, R .
Brimelow, T . Bohler, and R . Caris.
Our athletic team came third, thanks to
D. Buytenhuys, Elaine Chapman and our
juniors notably B . Celliers, R . Cox and R .
Caris. We took second place in the Cross
Country Race.
R . Black captained the School's 1st Hockey
X I , he played for the Southern Transvaal
team in the Inter-Provincial Tournament and
was captain of the South African Schools'
Team against Rhodesia.
In the House Rugby Competition two of
our players were injured and after that we
fared badly.
We came fourth in the Netball House
Matches (Captain, Karen Burkett) and fifth
in the Girls' Hockey (Captain, Eleanor
Chapman). Wendy Campbell was the captain of the School's 1st Tennis Team.
T . Abdinor was a company commander in
the Cadet Detachment and P. Bucholtz a
Student Officer. L . Boulle reached the finals

in the singles of the School Tennis Championship and won the Boys' Doubles with B .
Vermeulen.
These and other enthusiastic members of
Faraday deserve congratulations.
We hope
to do even better next year.

KELVIN
Staff: Miss Liversage, Miss Buckland, Miss
Roger, Mr. Anagnostu, Mr. Lamont, Mr.
Pearson.
House Captains: Shirley de Beyer, Tessa
Hanekom (Vice), J . Dingley.
Secretaries: Eve Glicksman, B . Grant.
Prefects: D . Fritz, Lynne Dunbar.
Library Prefects: E v e Glicksman (English),
Brenda Downing (Afrikaans).
Colours Awards: F u l l : J . Dingley (Hockey),
P. Duke (Military Band), Lesley de Bruyn
and Yvonne Flanagan (Tennis).
Half: J . Dineley and D . Fritz (Rugby), A .
Gebhard (Cricket).
Comm^ended: B . Davis (Bugle Band).
Kelvin came fourth in the Swimming Gala.
T . Forsyth, K . Dinkelman, C . Hanekom,
Tessa Hanekom, Lynne Gordon-Watt, A v r i l
Eksteen and Yvonne Easton did very well
and swam for the School as well. Tessa was
captain of the House and the School teams.
Brenda Hay, B . Grant, A . du Plessis and W .
Dick gained places in the House Gala as well.
In spite of the eforts of the captains (Shirley Dixon was one of them) and Heather
Hastings (1st in the Under 13 Long Jump),
Catherine Haywood (1st in the Under 14 220
yds.), A . de Beer (1st in the Under 15
Hurdles) and M . de Lange (3rd in the Under
13 220 yds.), we were beaten by all the other
Houses at the Athletics Meeting. This shows
a lack of enthusiasm among our members
and we hope to see everybody turn out for
training next year! G . Farquhar did very
well to come third in the Cross Country.
In the girls' House Matches, Marlene
Fourie captained the Hockey team, which
won second place and Joy Ferguson was the
captain of the Netball team, which came
fifth. Lesley de Bruyn and Yvonne FlanaPAGE FORTY-FIVE

gan won full colours for their consistently

good performance in the School tennis team.
Lesley won the Mixed Doubles, with B .
Vermeulen, in the School Championships.
Lynne Dunbar reached the final in the same
event.
D . Fritz and J . Dingley were Student Officers in the cadets and P. Duke was given
full colours for his service to the Military
Band.
We congratulate all the members of K e l vin who worked, in some way or other for
the good of the House. Perhaps some of the
lazy ones will be inspired to join in next
year!

MILTON
Staff: Mrs. Moffat, Mr. Lordan, Mr. A .
Campbell, Mr. Swart (until he left in July),
Miss Jacobsz.
House Captains: Jennifer Jones, K . Lange.
Secretaries: Noelene Johns, H . Krause.
Prefects: K . Koukeas, Alanah, Jolly.
Colours Awards: F u l l : H . Krause (Hockey),
D . Jeffrey (Rowing), K . Lange (Swimming),
Gail Lewis (Athletics).
Half: K . Koukeas (Rugby), H . Krause
(Cricket and Rowing), W. Jones (Rowing),
Jennifer Jones (Hockey).
We felt the lack of seniors in the House
this year and, in the Swimming Gala slipped
back from second to third place. The two
captains, Lorraine Lotz and K . Lange, are
fine swimmers. I n the Open events, K .
Lange won the Butterfly, the Backstroke, the
100 yds. Freestyle and the 500 yds. Freestyle.
Lorraine won the Under 15 Freestyle and
came second in the Backstroke. K . Lange
also captained the School team. Other M i l ton swimmers, who did well, are K . Koukeas,
E . Klopper, A . Kruger, B . Holder, B . Kennedy, V . Lee, Jennifer Jones, Margerita
Kroukamp, Verna Lotz, Dawn Koen and
Merle Howie.
Our outstanding athlete this year, was Gail
Lewis.
She won the Under 15 220 yds.,
breaking the record, and the 100 yds. A
Johnstone won the Under 13 High Jump,
Despina Kartsakli won the Under 14 Long
Jump and H . Krause came third in the Mile.
Our Under 13 boys broke the record for their
relay race. We shared fourth place with
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Whitworth and came third in the Cross

Country.
H . Krause was one of the hockey players
selected to play for Southern Transvaal in the
Inter-Provincial Tournament. He was also a
Student Officer in the Cadet Detachment. D .
Jeffrey captained the School's " A " Rowing
Crew and they had a very successful year. M .
Heylen, with D . Orpen, reached the finals of
the Boys' Doubles in the School Tennis
Championships.
Our girls, with Daphne Leech as their
captain, did well to come second in the Netball House Matches. The Hockey team captained by Jennifer Jones came fourth and
our Rugby team third.
V/ith the number of enthusiastic young
members we have, we should do better each
year.

NEWTON
Staff: Miss Stead, Mrs. Hillen, Mr. Morgendaal, Mr. Noyes-Lewis.
House Captains: A . Nel, Vincenza Maino.
Secretaries: R . Matthews, Glenys Noble.
Prefects: A . Nel, Heather Parsons, Maureen
O'Neale, Vincenza Maino, K . Pereira.
Library Prefects: K . Pereira
Marlene Olivier (Afrikaans).

(English),

Colours Awards: F u l l :
D . Philippides
(Rugby), G . Mawhinney (Hockey), Maureen
O'Neale (Hockey).
Half: C . Pearman (Rugby), M . Nicolas and
J . Manthe (Athletics), Annabelle Macmillan
and Priscilla O'Neale (Hockey).
Our athletic team (Captains: Annabelle
Macmillan and R . Matthews) came second at
the Inter-House Meeting. Last year we were
fifth. This improvement was largely due to
the great efforts made by M . Nicolas and J .
Manthe, both of whom won half colours. M .
Nicolas came first in the Under 15 Long
Jump and 440 yds., and second in the Under
15 220 yds., 100 yds. and 80 yds. Hurdles
and in the Cross Country. He broke the
Under 15 440 yds. record. J . Manthe won
the Cross Country Race, the Mile and the
Under 15 880 yds. and came third in the
220 yds. Pat Phillips came third in the
Under 15 220 yds. and Grace Orpen third in
the Under 14 220 yds.

A t the Inter-House Gala we fared less well

and came last. Our best swimmers were
Annabelle Macmillan (Capt.) and A . Markham (both of whom swam for the School as
well), K . Matthewson (Capt.), A . Nel, Kathleen Peters, F . Peebles, G . Matthewson,
Brenda Penny, E . Pasifakis and H . Meintjies.
Maureen O'Neale, captain of the School
1st Hockey X I , led the Newton team to victory in the Inter-House Competition. Congratulations! We did not shine at Netball
this year.
G . Mawhinney was chosen to represent
Southern Transvaal in the Inter-Provincial
Hockey Tournament. D . Orpen reached the
finals, with M . Heylen, in the Boys' Doubles
in thq School Tennis Championships.
To all our members who did their best we
say "Thank you."

RUSKIN
Staff: Miss Friel, Miss Prinsloo,
Hulbert, Mr. Pienaar, Mr. Preller.

Miss

House Captains: Heather Brewis, R . Black.

Secretaries: Claire Smillie, K . Robinson.
Prefects: Lynette Thompson (2nd 'ViceHead Girl), Claire Smillie, Sandra Ribeiro,
Wendy Roper, A . Smith, D . Potts, T . Ralph,
E . Sequeira (2nd Vice-Head Boy), D . Renecle
(Vice-Head Boy), M . Siebritz, K . Robinson.

We congratulate the large number of

"Ruskinites" who won Colours Awards. Lorraine Preston broke the Under 14 Crawl and
Butterfly records and the Under 15 Butterfly.
A t the Co-Ed. Gala, she won the Under 14
Backstroke and came second in the Under 14
Crawl. D . Studer again won a place in the
Diving at the Co-Ed. Gala.
A t our Inter-House Athletic Meeting G .
Swan broke four Under 14 records the
High Jump, Long Jump, 220 yds. and 80 yds.
Hurdles. I . Redman-Evans broke the Under
13 Long Jump record and our Under 14 Boys'
Relay Team broke the record for their race
as well. T . Ralph was the boys' captain of
the School's athletic team.
E . Sequeira was chosen to play for Southern
Transvaal at the Inter-Provincial Hockey
Tournament and for the South African
Schools' Team which played against Rhodesia.
In the Cadet Detachment E . Sequeira was
the Senior Student Officer, D . Potts the Drum
Major, D . Renecle and M . Siebritz company
commanders and K . Robinson a Student
Officer.
So many other members of our House did
well this year that it is impossible to mention
them all. Their achievements can be seen
elsewhere in this magazine. We congratulate
them all. Well done Ruskin!

WHITWORTH

Half: T . Ralph (Rugby), A . Smith (Rugby,

Athletics), T . Stewart (Cricket, Hockey), L .
Richardson (Hockey), G . Swan, V . Tomaz
and Jill Smith (Athletics), Lorraine Preston
(Swimming), Lynette Schafer (Hockey) and
Phyllis Smith (Netball).

Staff: Miss Pringle, Mr. Ralph, Mr. Hart,

Mr. Bishop, Miss van Beekum.
House Captains: T . Walls, Pat van Z y l .
Secretaries: B . Vermeulen, Linda Walker.
Prefects: T . Walls, T . Theck, Pat van Z y l
(Vice-Head Girl), Margaret van der Wolf,
Linda Walker.
Colours Awards: F u l l : N . Willemse and B .
Vermeulen (Cricket).
Half: T . Walls, J . Viviers and T . Theck
(Rugby), N . Willemse and
G . Venter
(Hockey).

Ruskin has had a most successful year,

winning the Inter-House Swimming Gala, the
Athletic Sports and the Cross Country all
by a large margin. We also won the InterHouse Rugby and the Tug-o-war. Ruskin
had six players in the 1st Rugby X V and
Tregurtha captained that team as well as the
Ruskin team.
I n the girl's Netball and
Hockey House matches we came third.

We have very few active juniors and again

came fifth at the Swimming Gala. We tied
with Milton for fourth place at the InterHouse Athletic Meeting. A t the gala T .
Vogel, C . Young, Louise van der Wolf, Colleen Wilkinson, June Vorster and M . van
Rensburg won places.
Our athletes were T . Walls second in the

Library Prefects: Gail Snelling (English).

Colours Awards: F u l l : N . Tregurtha and
E . Sequeira (Rugby), D . Renecle (Hockey),
K . Robinson (Rowing), D . Potts (Bugle Band),
Lynette Thompson (Hockey), Claire Smillie
(Netball).

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Mile and Open 880 yds. and third in the 440

yds.; Denise Webster (Captain)first in the
Open High Jump and second in the 100 yds.
Open; Lynette Woodallfirst in the Under
14 High Jump; Pat van Zylsecond in the
Open 220 yds. and third in the Hurdles; Lorraine Vivierssecond in the Under 15 220
yds. and 100 yds.; J . Viviersthird in the
110 yds. Open Hurdles. Our seniors ran well
in the Open Relay and won in record time,
beating a strong and favoured Ruskin team,
N. Willemse captained the boys. B . Vermeulen came fourth in the Cross Country
Race and T . Walls, sixth.
Our Rugby team, with J . Viviers as captain,
reached the finals in the Inter-House Competition. They were beaten by the Ruskin
team which was bristling with 1st team
players.

Pat van Z y l was selected to captain the

Transvaal Schools' side in the Int;r-Provincial
Netball Tournament. This is the third time
she has played for the Southern Transvaal
team. She was Captain of the School Open
Netball Team and of our team which won
the Inter-House Competition. Congratulations
Pat.
T . Theck and T . Walls were Student Officers in the cadets and T . Theck, who captained the School's 1st Tennis Team, reached
the final, with Lynn Dunbar, of the Mixed
Doubles in the School Championship.
We are hoping that a large number of
talented pupils, with surnames commencing
with the last six letters of the alphabet, will
enrol at Forest next year. Those of our
members who have done so much for Whitworth, deserve a bit more support.

NEWS OF PAST PUPILS

A number of Past Pupils attended our
Memorial Service this year.
Unfortunately
it was not possible to meet them all, but the
names of some of them appear below, with
their places of employment.
Lynette Flemmer (1962) Telephonist at
Burhngton Printing; G . Tait (1943) Golf
Club Secretary at City Deep; 1. Sked (1962)
Draughtsman at Escom; J . G . Manning (1962)
Research Lab., Anglo American; G . Payne
(1963) .Active Citizen Force; C . B . Ribeiro
(1937) Transfer Dept., Goldfields; A . O'Brien
(1962) Police Force; W. Duke 1939) Production Manager, Barlows; Floriana Leibach
(1954) Bookkeeper at Bell, Dewar and Hall;
Maria Raftopoulos (1963) Head Office, Standard Bank; E . W. Thomas (1923 or 4) Metal
Box Co., Port Elizabeth; W. van Straaten
(1936) Electrician, Schindlers; A . Abdinor
(1962) Permanent Force; V . Forsman (1962)
A i r Force; Victoria Smith (1962) Prudential;
Lynette Buytenhuys (1961 or 2) Shorthand
Typiste, Anglo American; G . Kelly (1958)
Accountant.
Other Past Pupils who attended the service
and signed the register were: J . A . C . Christie,
Mr. and Mrs. B . K . Robertson. Carol Marshall, John Hanekom, G . Rowlinson, Mrs. L .
Thompson, R . Carter (Salisbury), Blanche
Ennion, Mrs. S. Hodge, A . McPhie Morgan,
J . Dicks, M . Potts, S. R . Ballantyne, Dr. P.
Ballantyne, Mrs. M . Ballantyne, Mr. and
Mrs. N . C . Carter (Stott), Mrs. Tatham (Stott),
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Mrs. T . Caen (Ralph), J . G . Gray, L . Suzman,

J . Suzman and Heather Mildenhall. Heather
passed her Matric in 1962 in spite of failing
eyesight. She has regained the sight of one
eye, after an operation, and the sight of the
other eye will be restored next year. She is
an expert in the art of being patient, but
looks very cheerful. Our best wishes to her
for a complete recovery.
The following "domestic notices" will be
of interest:
Births
To:
Mr. and Mrs.
O'Donnell), a son.
Mr. and Mrs.
Mullan), a son.

Ronnie

Ralph

(Merlyn

Derrick

Venn

(Carmen

Mr. and Mrs. Geoff. Tewson (Arlene Chapman), a son.

Mr. and Mrs. W. Eccles (Colleen Hillman),
a daughter, Linda.
Mr. and Mrs. M .
Bender), a second son.

Silverman

(Denise

Mr. and Mrs. de Raay (Lorraine de Bruyn),

a son.
Mr. and Mrs. F . Shand (Loretta Palmer),
a son.

Mr. and Mrs. J . Anderson (Jacqueline

McHardy), a daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Dye (Glenys Owen), a daughter, Jacqueline. They have a son, Keith.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lautenbach, a son.
Mr. and Mrs. L . Stander (Marie Mentz), a
daughter. They have a son.
Mr. and Mrs. D . Cooper (Barbara Abbey),
a son, Graham.
Mr. and Mrs. Colin Williams, a daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilford (Gladys Bredenkamp), a son. They have two other children.
Mr. and Mrs. D . Embleton (Jeanie Couse),
a son, Darrin.

Engagements
Delene Philhps to Mr. G . Wilson of
Victoria, Australia.
Rosalie Saxby to Leslie Friend.
Mary Raper to Mr. E . Dillon.
Isabel Hattingh to Mr. R . Sharpe.
Margaret Mattson to Sidney Austen.
Glenys Hume to Winston Lesser.
Sandra Bredenkamp to Mr. B . Germishuizen.
Janet Green to Edward King (now a
Springbok cyclist).

Marriages
Dorothy Lloyd to Mr. Cockhead of Nelspruit, in 1963.
June Palmer to Mr. D . Hillen.
Cecilia Amdur to Mr. C . Rogut of Cape
Town.
Lorraine Payne to Mr. G . Bodley-Lowe.
Lorraine Busch to Mr. N . McEwan.
Hazel Whateley to Mr. D . Jesson.
Nathan Kopelowitz to Miss B . Cohen.
Colleen Reddy to Derick Loxton.
Marion Sage to Mr. A . McKenzie. Marion
represented South Africa at the 1960 Winter
Olympics as a figure skater.
Pamela Bond to Mr. W. Warren.
Other Past Pupils, of whom we have had
news, are Martina Roeleveld, who is studying
for a B.Sc. Degree at Rhodes; Nicolina Smith,
a receptionist at National Reinforced Concrete; Leon Shirley, on the staff of the Goudstadse-Onderwyskollege; Barry Lubbe (1960),
has left the Police Force and is selling radios;
John Lubbe (1961) with Reunert and Lenz;
Joyce Loxton (1962), now Mrs. Walker and
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living in East London. She has one son,

Raymond; Margaret
Przychodzka,
Anne
Rowlinson and L . Tonkin are final year B . A .
students at Wits; B . Cheesman is at Wits;
Margaret Nielson and Frank Strathern will
start their teaching careers next year
Margaret at Hill High and Frank at Forest;
Gordon Hall (1949) is a Municipal Health
Inspector.
David Holmes is a Group Company Secretary and John de Kock is the Head Group
Company Secretary. Both are with Anglo
Vaal. Johann Schor (1957) is a millwright.
He has two sons, Quinton and Xavier, whom
he hopes to send to Forest one day. Carl
Schorr (1957) is married too, and is working
in Kempton Park. Lilian Schorr (1958) gave
up her business career, to run their home
when her mother died.
Lionel Walker (1958) was severely injured
in a motor accident immediately after his
wedding to Miss D . Barnes on August 15th.
He is still unconscious. T o his family and
young bride we offer our sympathy and best
wishes for his recovery.
The 1964 Matriculants will be remembered
by the magnificent clock they presented to
the School, for use in the Library. This fine
gesture is very much appreciated.
We hope all Past Pupils will keep in touch
with us.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We wish to express our thanks for the
receipt of the following magazines:
The Parktonian, Krugersdorp High School,
Sir John Adamson, The Capetonian, Jeppe
High Preparatory School, Jeppe High School
for Girls, Jeppe High School for Boys,
Athlone Girls' High School, Parktown High
School for Girls, The H i l l High School, Hyde
Park High School, King E d w a r d . V I I , The
Johannian, The South African Roedean, University of South Africa, Springs Boys' High
School. King David Primary School, Skakelblad (Universiteit van Pretoria), King David
High School, Kingsmead, U N I S A (University
of South Africa), The Germistonian, Waverley, Northview High School, Greenside High
School, Roosevelt High School, Johannesburg
High School for Girls, Malvern High School,
Rhodes University.
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