REGULARS

Appointments Galore

The following appointments were made for the year 2005-06 during the last week:

In The Historical Circle:
Secretaries: Chetan Aggarwal and Yash Gandhi
Convenor and MUNA Co-ordinator: Shikhar Singh
In the Doon School Yearbook:
Chief Editors: Pradyot Shahi, Shoumit Mukhopadhya
Chief of Production: Chirag Hirawat
In The Echo:
Chief Editors: Varun Khandelwal and Pulkit Baheti
Chief of Production: Akshay Dobhal
Graphics Editors: Ajai and Vijai Atal

Secretary, Library Council : Ashish Mitter.
Secretary, Senior English Debating Society: Shikhar Singh.
HAM Radio Activity Boy-in-Charge: Anish Dundoo.
Boys-in-Charge Chair Squad: Akaash Pathare and Keshav Kapur.
Boys-in-Charge Video Club: Pranay Agarwal and Gaurav Gupta.
Boy-in-Charge Estate Care: Pranav Swarup.
Boy-in-Charge IAYP: Amritesh Rai.
Boys-in-Charge Child Education: Rituraj, Raunak Bawa and Rijul Kochhar.
Boys-in-Charge Stage Committee: Kinshuk Kocher and Vijai Atal.
Boys-in-Charge Electronics STA: Uday Singh and Puneet Aggarwal.
Boy-in-Charge Art SUPW: Achshay Singh.
Boys-in-Charge Art STA: Raunak Bawa and Shashank Mittal.
Boy-in-Charge Paper Recycling: Karm Naresh Singh.
Joint Secretaries Art Society: Mehul Bhatkoti and Rishab Jain.
Lost Property Officers: Anish Dundoo and Skand Goyal.
Secretaries, Social Service : Vaibhav Bansal and Niladri Biswas.
Secretary, Mess Committee: Akaash Maheshwari
 

Generally Knowledgeable

In the S.R. Das GK Prize Test 2005, the following were the results:
1st: Ashish Mitter
2nd: Chinmay Sharma
3rd: Yash Gandhi and Eshaan Tiwari

Check Mates

The following are the standings for the Individual Chess Competition 2005:
Winners: Abhishek Singhi and Pulkit Baheti
3rd: Arpit Verma

Men in Black

Kushagra Kumar, Amritesh Rai and Akhil Kejriwal were awarded the Scholar’s Blazer. Congratulations!

Dr S.D. Singh Felicitated

Dr. S.D. Singh, former Head of the English Department and the ex-Housemaster of Hyderabad ‘B’ House, was the recipient of the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ at the 65th session of the Indian Public Schools’ Conference held at Daly College, Indore. Dr. Singh, who also had a distinguished tenure as Headmaster at the Scindia School, Gwalior, served as the Chairman of the IPSC. Congratulations!
 

'Unquotable Quotes'

I just had a bath tomorrow morning.
Saurav Sethia finally has a bath.

I went running in my track shirt.
Saurav Sethia is at it again.

I am a mental trackist.
Himmat Singh, the psychic.

I out for a wenting.
Kanav Mehra trips over his own tongue.

Whatever I do is true.
Sachin Batra defines righteousness.

The civet cats are spreading bird-flu.
Jaideep Bhanj, the confused naturalist.

Pass the yellow custard sauce.
PKN referring to the mustard sauce.

Debating In Delhi
Shikhar Singh recalls his participation in the Vasant Valley Debate, 2005

An Ambassador is a comfortable car, and with amiable companions, an interesting conversation can kill time. With discussions varying from Dan Brown to Jayalalitha, we finally approached the capital full of excitement and anxiety.
The Vasant Valley Debate began in the morning with a briefing session. We were then escorted to our respective ‘Work Rooms’, a concept interesting in its own way. A room was divided into four cubicles, equipped with a blackboard, round table and some stationery to get a discussion going. As various teams poured in, the topic for the Preliminary Debates was disclosed. It read, ‘This House believes science and morals do not mix.’ While Tushaar talked of both as parallel concepts being mutually counter-productive, I called them ‘the pillars of society’ with science as a tool for development and morals the guidebook. Interestingly, questions of whether scientists had morals, and the ethics of nuclear physics widened the perspective of the topic. Even before we breathed a sigh of relief, we were given the topic of the final debate. It stated, ‘This House believes we should all merge in one lane’. With Tushaar explaining conformity and individualism, and I preaching the gospel of globalization and global attitudes, the debate concluded with us emerging as runners’ up.
For the first time, I was satisfied with my logic and impressed with the casual, discussion-like, interactive atmosphere of the debate. As we sat with Mr. Jacob over dinner, we dissected the entire debate and seemed pretty satisfied. Early next morning we headed for school with the memories of a good experience still hanging heavy in every sphere of our conversation.

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