Abingdonian 2017

96 The Abingdonian It has been a fruitful year in Morgan’s, with plenty going on and some great characters around. Joint Heads of House Rohan Khosla-Stevens and Rhys Humphries led the house with their own brand of shabby chic, lending the house a warm, friendly, welcoming, disorganised air. This was the year of the house social, for the Upper Sixth in particular liked a party. There was pizza, football, barbecues and, I am glad to say, Pimm’s for the parents and tutors. House prefects Billy Hickman, Sachin Kumar, James Knight, Oliver Mead and Terry Kreysza all did their bit and had lots of great ideas, even if enacting them sometimes proved problematic… Morgan’s continued its fine competitive traditions, from almost winning in the major sports to coming second in the house singing and completely dominating on the squash court. With Nikhil Vyas and Ed Pettitt we had a strong side, and with Patrick Cole fulfilling a life’s ambition by conducting the house singing an exciting time was had by all. I’d like to give a special mention to those boys in the house who give their time to help others: from Ben Hatton spending hours trying to rescue a third year’s phone from inside the pool table (don’t ask) to the Lower Sixth mentoring younger boys and the many boys involved in community service, I am always impressed by those boys who think of others and not just themselves. May they set an example to the next generation. We had to say goodbye to some real house stalwarts, and the Upper Sixth will be much missed. Farewell to Magnus Gregory, famous for his international kayaking exploits, phenomenal work ethic, kind manner and being ‘shaped like a carrot’ as the boys like to say. Farewell also to JJ Smith, who seemed to spend much of his time selling ghastly clothes to people on the internet, and will doubtless be running the world one day soon, to Daniel Johnson, James Kennedy and Lewis Wu, who were constantly together over the years and never tired of each other, and Miguel Zilvetti and Nick Harris, who were nothing alike whatsoever, but haven’t had a mention yet. I’d like to thank them for their contribution to the house and the school, and I’m sorry that they never managed that coveted house football title, despite talking of little else for five years. We mustn’t forget the younger ones, of course, and I am constantly impressed by the variety of characters, with their different strengths and interests, who come through the house every year. There are some real characters and some great friendships being formed, as it should be in your school days - let’s look forward to many more exciting years to come. Henry Morgan Morgan’s