Ourswimming and athletic teams more than held their own in the Triangitlar Contests with Hilton and Michaelhouse this year. Although there are no points and trophies for these meetings our boys came through with great credit. The Kearsney 'A' Team finished as clear winners in the Inter-Schools' Cross-Country competition; for this success we are indebted to the Rev. Athol Jennings for his personal example and keenness. The standard of hockey has improved steadily throughout the season. Following a successful tour of Johannesburg and Pretoria in July,during which we won two matches and drew one, we drew with the unbeaten St. Andrews' side and finally wound up the season with a win over D.H.S. After an indifferent first half of the season which was severely affected by a 'flu epidemic, the 1st XV improved sufficiently towards the end to hold the unbeaten Glenwood team to a score of 12 points to 8 in an exhilarating display ofspirited rugby by a Kearsney side that had to play with 14 men for the whole of the second half. EPWORTH/kearsney SCHOOLS'FOUNDATION Thanks to the enthusiasm of the indefatigable Mr. Peter Jakubowicz and his Committee, there has been considerable activity in the Transvaal during the past year. At a highly successful Premiere in June, which was patronised by the Deputy Mayor of Johannesburg, R3,150 was raised for the Foundation. We are truly grateful to this band of dedicated men and women who have our interests so much at heart. BRITISH COUNCIL VISITORSHIP If you will permit me,Mr.Chairman,Ishould like to give you a short resume of my Visitorship to the United Kingdom at the end of last year as Ifeel it may be ofinterest to Kearsney parents. May I say at the outset, however,that after a short visit I do not profess to be an authority on any particular aspect ofEnglish education. My impressions are my own and do not necessarily reflect any official policy. To some extent this visit was the follow-up ofa tour of Britain,Canada and the United States that I undertook in 1960, during which I attended summer courses at the Institute of Education at the University of London,and a further visit to the Institute in 1962. At that time there was considerable discussion on the need for an educational system more closely related to the world outside the school. As you are aware,the Newsom Commission was appointed shortly thereafter mainly with this aim in view. Last November I was impressed by the tremendous strides that have been made in English education generally towards the implementation of this report. In a matter offour years the whole framework of the English education system has undergone a radical chane and,ifanything,the machinery is onlyjust getting into motion, so that more striking and significant developments may follow in the not too distant future. Undoubtedly the comprehensive system of educa tion has come to stay, the reasons being partly political and partly dictated by the demands of a rapidly changing scientific and technical society. The school cannot afford to remain an isolated institution remote from its environment.In Britain this is being realised more and more as the purpose ofeducation changes from the training of Empire builders and administrators to the training of leaders ofindustry. This trend which is the case in industrialised Britain today will become necessary in our country as our own industries expand — a develop ment which we shall have to face to an ever-increasing degree. There is a new urgency and vitality about English education that I failed to detect either there or in the United States in 1960. On this last visit I could not but be impressed by this significant change in outlook and purpose, which characterises every aspect of education and every type of school—there is incentive and motivation at every level.Despite the criticisms ofthe comprehensive 59
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