"THAT ROOM HAS PROVED POP-ULAR ..."

The Royal Wolverhampton School was trying to cope with the pop music cult which seems to have gripped the youngsters of today so effectively, said headmaster Mr. P.G.C. Howard, at the schools speech day yesterday. The school had coped by confining the pop craze to one room – referred to as the record club, or “that room” depending on one’s attitude to it.

The club was opened last term. Already it is the largest in the school, with nearly all the senior boys as members. The room has been transformed from a class-room into a club by covering the walls with gay record sleeves. The boys club together to buy record magazines and records. The school has provided a record player.

“This is just a place to relax and listen to records,” said a member. “There is a coffee machine down the passage and a tuck shop. We aren’t allowed to smoke. Before this we were only allowed to listen to the radio in particular places at particular times.”

He was hoping the club would divide into a jazz section and a pop section or even a classical section. Unlike other school clubs there is no master in charge – although formally the music master is responsible for “that room”.

The relaxing of the limited pop restriction has met with universal approval at the school.