Fr. Dominic Round with samovar.

Fr Dominic Round, Chaplain to Warwick University, writes of a life, full but never predictable, which involves rowing, giving retreats, cooking sausages for students and visiting Moscow and Leningrad. Our picture shows him with the inevitable samovar so beloved of Russian novelists and playwrights. Frs Harry Curtis, Mervin Smith and Kevin Kavanagh visited us in September last year. After spending a year in parish life in the diocese, Harry and Mervin have returned to Rome to complete their studies. Sean O'Brien, a Jesuit Scholastic, has been studying at London University for his second degree and is destined to work among the Zulus on the South African mission. He has already studied Philosophy at Dublin together with Zulu and South African History, and hopes to do Theology in Kenya. His brother, Nicholas, has completed two years' study for the priesthood at Campion House, Osterley. We hear that Steve Tarpey has gone to All Hallows to continue his studies for the priesthood.

BIRTHS

To John and Sheila McDermott: a son, Robert, baptised at Cotton by Fr Sims. John, still a keen Rugby player, gained his BSc from Manchester and is taking over the family firm.

MARRIAGES

Paul Ingram to Catherine Turner on 24th November last year at St Gregory's, Stratford-on-Avon. Fr Synott OSB officiated and Gerard Ingram was best man.

David Lake to Patricia Covington on 14th July this year at St Teresa's, Coleshill. Fr Peter Lloyd blessed the marriage. Both David and Patricia are involved in child care.

Paul Byrne to Margaret Courtney on 27th July at Holy Family, Small Heath, Birmingham. Fr Michael White officiated.

Jonathan Wyke to Helen on 22nd September last year.

Michael Scott to Sheila Bayman in April last year.

Michael Butler to Joan Allen at St Wilfrid's, Cotton, on

31st August this year, in the presence of Frs Pargeter and Sims.

Congratulations to all.

DEATHS

We very much regret to record the deaths of the fathers of David Finn, Noel Stack and Kevin Coleman. Mr Jack Coleman of Stechford was a most generous benefactor to the School. In 1970 when the running track was still on the drawing-board, he agreed to level for nothing the very broken ground below the 1st XI cricket field. Eventually he levelled three times the original area agreed, all for no payment. Sir Denis Blundell, our Guest of Honour at Speech Day, 1968, when he was High Commissioner for New Zealand, has died. He later became Governor-General of his native land.

May they all rest in peace.

UNIVERSITIES AND FURTHER EDUCATION

Conrad Waters gained a 2.1 at Liverpool and is to continue his legal studies at Gray's Inn. Chris O'Brien also gained a 2.1 in History at Essex University. Robert Willis graduated in Ancient History at Newcastle, has since joined the Territorial Army and hopes to get into Sandhurst.

John Sacco is reading Economics at Reading, Mazin Rahim Electrical Engineering at Liverpool and Reg Egbuniwe Law at Buckingham. Edwin Chong is at the University of Washington and hopes to complete his Master's degree in Urban Planning in 1986. The University has an annual enrolment of 34000 students from 23 different countries. Guy Eccles is at Manchester University, Seamus Higson at King's, London, studying Chemistry and Jerram Gosnell at Taunton Sixth Form College. Amanda Brown, our first Old Girl, is at Middlesex Polytechnic, reading Verbal Skills, whilst Robert Akerman is in his last year at Oxford Polytechnic studying Civil Engineering.

VISITORS

Seen at the Old Boys' Rugby match were: Noel Stack, Michael Coffey, Richard Clements, Arthur McGough, Adrian Bury, Tom Browne, Peter Cheng, Peter Smith, Tony McAtamney, Bill Maddox, Malcolm Bowen, Pat Thorpe, Peter Baptie, Dave Devaney, Barry Purchase, Bruno and Mark Ormsby, Pat Butler and David Shibli. Others present were Micky Tilt, off rugger for 18 months owing to his recurrent knee trouble; Reg Smith, teaching in Chertsey, Surrey; Kevin Denver, who is a mechanic and plays soccer

Kevin De 1f, Mgr. Conry, Linda Delf (Marriage reported in last year's 'Cottonian).