safety is of utmost importance, the Housemasters are understandably reluctant to allow boys to ride on their own. Despite these factors there were several boys (mainlyjuniors) who remained committed and enjoyed their cycling. Two of our senior boys combined their running talents with their cycling skills and entered several of the duathlon races held in Durban.Their performances were commendable and I am sure that they will continue to compete in the years to come. A successfultwo day tour was arranged in the Himeville area in the September holidays. It catered more for the road bike cyclists but mountain bikes were notexcluded as MrPhipps can testify. Ifthe interest in mountain bik ing is still there in 1995 it may be possible to arrange the nexttourin one ofNatal's areas thatcan only be reached by gravel road. D.J. CATO ms ■ I:,...A m i I r -' 'I V .t « I-"', i il ■ v.':'-t ■ ,;r: ■ .'-.-V-i ■I \ M.iu.iii MM 7 1% "%>V «V. .-SI. ■■■■ S. Hastie DEBATING SOCIETY Debating became much more central to Kearsney's cul tural programme this year as for the first time in several years we took part in a debating league competition at both junior and senior level. Kearsney actually hosted and ran the league and it was most encouraging that our Senior A team (A. Buchanan, S. Little and S. Lubbe) won the league this year beating all the other league schools (Hillcrest, Kloof,PinetownGirlsHigh, Thomas More, Westville Boys High and Westville Girls High). At junior level the A team (R. Gaines, P. Lamplough and M. Roper) represented the school most creditably but were unable to beat the Westville Girls High team who with totally unsporting femininity simply won every debate they took part in! What was most encouraging was the amount of support debating had and even if boys merely attended as spec tators they did learn something about this most worth while and intellectually rigorous activity. Audiences of up to a 100 boys were not uncommon when Kearsney debated in the Auditorium against (female) opposition particularly, and audience participation was often both involved and lively. The league allowed the debaters concerned to engage in discussion on those notoriously controversial issues of sex, politics and religion and I'm certain that debating does much to stimulate that curiosity which is so neces sary for the intellectual growth of adolescents. Some of the more controversial topics generated a great deal of interest and our debaters always acquitted them selves with aplomb. Andrew Buchanan and Matthew Roper were particularly capable as third speakers and were adjudged best speakers on respectively four and three occasions. We also had an Inter-house competition. Pembroke won the junior division and Gillingham the senior division. After such a successful year, Kearsney'sDebating Soci ety is looking forward with enthusiasm to 1995. J. McMICHAEL FORUM Forum which is a topical discussion club for juniors (Forms 1-3) has become very popular withover 25 regu lar members. During the year animated and oftenheated discussions were held on such topics as Animal Experi ments, Euthanasia, Ghosts, Whether to eat meat or not. Capital Punishment and Sex Education in Schools. The discussions were all well attended to the extent that some thought must be given to limiting the number of members in 1995. One other problemhas been finding a suitable venue. Room 34 hasn't always been available and we have on occasionhad to use the Art Theory room. Move over 'Agenda'. G. SHONE GAVEL CLUB The Gavel Club grew to 30 members in 1994 mostly through the pressure of boys wishing to join. The experience they gain in the logical application of thought to diverse topics seem to stand them in good 60 Kearsney Chronicle 1994
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