No . 133 The Trusty Servant
Fish Soc with a current membership of over 220 OWs . It is a rare and impressive achievement for a member of the non-teaching staff to make such a direct contribution to the lives of the pupils . Even those who did not shoot or fish knew him – as the man with the black labrador and the Patrick- Maclure-rivalling pink trousers .
On his retirement he and Julia were honoured by a unique dinner hosted by the Warden in College Hall with all the farm tenants and their wives . We wish him well after his move to his wife ’ s native Northumberland to pursue his love of shooting and fishing .
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Eve Cavey joined at the beginning of Common Time as our new Duncan Louis Stuart Natural History Fellow . At the beginning of Cloister Time we welcomed three new senior appointments . Sarah Baldock joins in September as Director of Music ; Beth Mackintosh ( wife of James Fox ) as Head of Philosophy and Religious Studies ; and Revd Hester Jones as Dean of Chapel . We wish them all well as they settle in .
Housedons
At the start of Short Half , Alex Latter ( English , 19- ) will succeed Ian Fraser ( Biology , 91- ) as Master in College – not strictly a housedon , of course , lest pernickety Collegemen write in : College is an institution , not a house . Rupert Mercer ( Coll , 03-08 ; Classics , 18- ) has been appointed to succeed James Fox ( Biology , 06-12 , 13- ) as Housedon of Furley ’ s from Short Half 2025 .
Those who keep track of these things may have noticed an interesting turn of the tide . Assuming no unexpected changes of plan , the appointments above will put the science-maths : humanities ratio among the housedon body at 2:9 . It was 8:3 as recently as 2019 . All housedons are Renaissance polymaths , of course . And with our Director of Studies , Tom Thomas ( Chemistry ), due to be joined in the Corridor of Power by another chemist , Iain Smith from Oundle
( Second Master from Short Half ), all those arts graduates will need to watch their step .
Pupil achievements ( Academic )
Amid nine Distinctions in Round 1 of the British Mathematical Olympiad , William Thomson ( Coll , 18- ) was the only pupil in the country to score full marks . He followed this up with another Distinction in Round 2 and will attend a training camp to be assessed for the UK International Mathemical Olympiad team .
The physicists were nearly as impressive , with eight golds in Round 1 of their Olympiad . The biologists secured 32 medals overall , a school record , of which 12 were gold ; August Deeming ( Coll , 20- ) deserves special mention for securing a gold while still in Middle Part .
Bob Guan ( K , 19- ) has discovered a new species of woodlouse through his own analysis of molecular and morphological data . While studying remotely in China during the pandemic , Bob investigated the evolutionary history of Chinese cavedwelling woodlice and won a prize for the resulting paper .
Brandon Chan ( C , 17- ) and Arthur King ( Coll , 17- ) won the inaugural Nehru Cup debating competition , hosted by Harrow School . The topical motion for the final debate was ‘ This House Would Admit Ukraine to NATO ’. Arthur , this time in partnership with James
Fulcher ( K , 20 ), proved equally adept at debating in French , coming third in the country in the National French Debating Finals at the Institut français .
Pupil achievements ( Sporting )
Wykehamists dominated the Schools ’ National Fives Championships . James Kennedy ( D , 21- ) won the U14 Singles title and also the U14 Doubles with Arthur James-Duff ( D , 21- ). Shiloh Wu ( E , 18- ) won the U18 Singles and also the U18 Doubles with Marcus Cloke Browne ( B , 18- ). Bertie Vallat ( F , 19- ) and Henry Nicholls ( A , 19- ) won the U16 Doubles title at the National Schools ’ Rackets Championships at Queen ’ s . At the time of writing Bertie is competing in the Real Tennis French Open .
Co Ro achievements
Oliver Tarney ( Music , 11- ) and Lucia Quinault ( English , 99- ) have been enriching the College ’ s musical life . Chapel Choir sang ‘ The Wise Men and the Star ’ ( OUP , 2019 ) as an introit to their Radio 3 evensong for Epiphany . Glee Club performed their St Mark Passion at their Common Time concert on 13 th March . It was commissioned by the St Endellion Festival for first performance on Good Friday 2019 . A performance of ‘ In Homeward Flight ’, about the Assumption of the Virgin Mary , will be released later this year by the Ora Singers . The pair ’ s first collaboration was ‘ The Waiting Sky ’, first
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