Phoenix 1969   The 1969 edition of Phoenix had plenty of contribution from the "1963 Intake" on the production side:
Editor: Miss M. Snow
Business Manager: Mr. D. H. Adams
Editorial Committee: K. Barbrook, S. Batten, K. Brandreth,
C. Buddell, V. Coaker, D. Cowgill,
L. Cowley, P. Howse, J. Jakubowski,
A. Offord, A. Williams
Typing by: Joan Beattie and Janet Livesey
assisted by, Valerie Brind, Susan Brown,
Angela Chapman, Judith Gamble,
Margaret Grant, Jacqueline Last
On the School Staff side, Mr Barbanel retired and a tribute to him appeared in this issue. Further Staff Changes were also reported.

Several articles describing pupils' activities away from the School appear in this issue - the Lower Sixth's Geology-Biology Fie;d Trip, the Austrian Ski-ing Holiday, the Geography Field Class, and Biology Field Trip.

'Extra-Curricular' activities were described in the articles on Task Force and the Film Society.As well as Patrick Lau's summary of the Film Society season, Peter Durrans contributed a review of 'The Battleship Potemkin'

The Stage Crew were kept busy, including productions of 'The Alchemist' and 'Maria Marten'.

The Senior Speech Trophy Competition included entries from Gerard Noplan and Peter Durrans. Peter's speech on the subject of "Student Power" was reprinted in this issue of Phoenix. Peter also had an article about snails (including photographs!) printed.

On the Sports front, changes to the format of Sports Day were reported:
A.new era dawned in Drayton Manor's sports history on Thursday 22nd May. 1969. In accordance with the practice of qther schools we changed to the metric system. This was the first sports day since the house system was abolished and the new divisions were introduced - Minor, Junior, Intermediate. and Senior. Unfortunately the day that promised so much produced very little.
Sporting activities reported included the Staff v School Hockey Match, Fencing Club, 1st XI Cricket Team, and the 1st Netball Team.

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