One of the more formal services of the year is the annual Remembrance Day Service. In 1983 the service was con ducted by the Chaplain, assisted by the Headmaster and Head Boy. The Guest Preacher was the Revd. Raymond Light, Superintendent of the Pinetown Methodist Circuit and the Roll of Honour was read by Old Boy and previous Headmaster, Mr Jimmy Hopkins. A slightly revised Order of Service was taken into use for the first time and added to what has always been a dignified and moving act of worship. Due to the persistence of our Organist we were able to have choir items for Tenebrae and the Broadcast Service. As usual the traditional Carol Services were presented at the end of thefourth quarter and thanksare due to the staff and boys who put a lot of time and effort into these lovely services which create for us a real sense of the Christmas season with all its good associations. A special service which has become an annual feature is the Senior Boys' Service where a group of leavers volun tarily conduct a Sunday morning service towards the end of the year. Apart from the impact their message in word and song has on the congregation it is an excellent and salutary experience for the boys themselves who have to work together as a team in the planning and presentation of the service. A question that sometimes exercises the minds of the boys is the eventual destination of their Chapel collection on a Sunday. For their information in particular it is of interest to note that in 1983 the Quarterly Meeting made disbursements in excess of R3000 to a variety of groups and organisations including a local Poor Fund, Sundumbili Appeal, Faith for Daily Living, Ministerial Students Fund, Ingwavuma Appeal, Methodist Centenary Appeal, Mission ary Fund and Drought Relief, Scripture Union, Hillcrest Anglican Church, the Southern Cross Fund, South African Institute of Race Relations Bursary Fund and the Ethelbert Children's Home. The Quraterly Meeting attempts to be a good steward of the money dedicated in our Chapel to the work of the Kingdom of God. At the instigation of the Quarterly Meeting a list of all the Chaplains of Kearsney was compiled in 1983 and a Board indicating their names and years of service has been placed in the Chapel. By establishing these important links with our history our present is enriched, and we have a stronger sense of standing in a long and proud tradition. The Board reads: KEARSNEY COLLEGE CHAPLAINS William H Irving 1921 -23 N Paul Abraham 1923-25 H Cecil Sheasby 1925 - 29 Leonard S Creed 1930 - 33 Frank H Qrchard 1933 - 36 Martin J White 1937 - 38 W Horace Stanton 1939 Frederick P Evans .' 1940 - 42 S LeGrove Smith 1942 - 45 Bernard Sewell B.Sc., B.A 1943 William I C Shipley 1945-46 Derrick W Timm 1946 - 52 John V Cantrell,B.A.,M.A.,D.Littet Phil. . 1953-58 Victor J Bredenkamp,B.A., M.A.,Ph.D. .. 1959 - 63 Athol R Jennings B.Sc.(Q.S.), Hons B.A., M.Th 1964 - 68 David Buwalda B.A.,B.A.(S.S.), HonsB.A.(S.S.), S.T.M.. 1969-71 1978Milton B Martin, B.A., B.D., S.T.M 1972-77 At a recent symposium on Moral and Spiritual Values held in Pretoria a speaker highlighted the pressures placed on young people in our society and suggested that in our work as educators we can so easily put further pressures on pupils when in fact their greatest need is for encouragement. "They are idealistic and teachers can channel their idealism. They have dreams and we should be pointing them to a better world. We should be encouraging them to accept themselves as the people that God made them, with a real understanding of their inestimable value in the eyes of God. We should be teaching them - by the way we treat them and treat with them - that God cares for them and that He cares for all men." Qf course, this is not only the concern of the Chapel programme or the religious activities in the houses but it should be the key to all that is said and done in a Christian School. We are grateful to God for the opportunity of serv ing Him in this school and pray that we may all know more of the love of God in Jesus Christ in our hearts and in our relationships. DJ BUWALDA Chaplain Counselling Department 1983 The trend of increased contact with boys and parents con tinues and is gratifying. When it is possible to include parents in the discussion of any counselling problem, whether the problem is educational, spiritual or vocational, it is invariably true that good progress is made. Apart from individual contact with the Counselling Department many boys have been involved in career activi ties such as outings to the Technikon, the University Campus,the Navy Diving School and the Air Force Base. A new idea in 1983 was to arrange our own fairly low-key careers week. This took place early in June and included talks, discussion and follow-up on 12 core career areas. Prof. Neil Tainton spoke on Agriculture, Prof. Victor Bredenkamp on the Arts degree and Prof. O'Brien on Archi tecture, Quantity Surveying and Building Management. Mr Alan Rycroft spoke on Law, Mr Neil Gerber on Account ancy and Mr Peter Dauncey on Teaching. The Revd. Dr Daryl Hackland dealt with Medicine, Dr de Freitas with Biological Careers and Mr Andrew Vivian spoke on various types of Engineering. Mr D Staniland spoke on the possi bilities of Art based careers such as Creative Design and Capt.Winnington dealt with opportunities in the Permanent Force. The speakers were all very well received and without exception their talks were informative, interesting and pertinent to the needs of the boys. In addition a Kearsney parent, Mr Wilson, gave a special talk on Civil Engineeflhg careers. On-going careers guidance is offered to all boys in the school and begins in a low-key way in 3rd Form with dis cussions on the question of Subject choices in relation to tentative thoughts about career directions. In 4th Form a6 week period is devoted to a thorough discussion of the elements that go into a Career choice, viz. Values, Interests and Abilities. More intensive personal counselling is then done in the 5th and 6th Forms. 12
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