When asked for a valedictory article on Mr. Muller and Mr. Mulliner it was soon apparent that they had so many features in common, yet in other ways complementing one another, that the only way to deal with the problem was to write about them jointly.

In the year 1968 several important events took place in the Mathematics Department - the most relevant being the appointment of Mr. John Mulliner from Borough Road College and Mr. Peter Muller from Manchester University. At the same time Mr. Behmber retired and Mr. Jewell was promoted Head of Department. The decision to teach Modern Maths was also put into effect. A wave of youthful enthusiasm spread through the department with new ideas and new topics which were as interesting and novel to the staff as to the pupils. It is probably fair to say that all the staff were placed in a learning situation. Here the two M's had a vital role, calling on their recent college experience to help with modern ideas. Mr. Muller was especially happy with Sixth Form Pure Maths and his concrete approach to abstract ideas proved very helpful, while Mr. Mulliner always seemed to regard the Fifth Form as his special forte and laboured mightily to improve their logical thoughts with Geometry, Calculus and Sets. In addition Mr. Muller took charge of the SixthYForm Statistics course which the Department had been asked to provide.

Out of the classroom they also proved lively colleagues playing Badminton and Tennis with the staff and helping with the school games. Mr. Mulliner has run the school Under 15 and Under 14 football elevens and coached the school team to win the Old Ealonian 5-aside Football Trophy in 1971. Mr. Muller has encouraged Badminton and introduced Basketball to the school as a competitive sport. The school has now joined the Ealing Schools Basketball League. They have both taken part in every staff play since their arrival, showing a considerable talent for acting.

Unfortunately for us they are leaving together, quite by coincidence, Mr. Muller to take a Postgraduate Course in Operational Research and Mr. Mulliner to be Second Maths master at Fairfields School in Bristol. By the publication date of this magazine he will have married Miss M. Woodall, who left the Biology Department last year, and they will have set up home in Wells.

D. E. J.