The Chronicle 2022

Snell Society 2022

SNELL SOCIETY

Master in Charge: Rector Antony Clark

capacity to take forward challenging ideas. Over the course of the year presentations were made on topics such as the creation of the perfect human, bitcoin, an international perspective on taxation, artificial intelligence, the benefits (or otherwise) of electric cars over petrol vehicles and land reclamation. 2022/23 MEMBERS Kofi Asumaning, David du Toit, Theo Apteker, Aiden Jinnah, Andrew Woodland, Nicholas Pitt, Andrew Beviss Challinor, Sandiso Hlongwa, Marc du Plessis, Dominic Furby, Thomas Denny, Oliver Walters, Dylan McCoy, Samir Dookie, Josh Capazorio, Onalerona Sekgororwana, Nikolaos Bratos, Sebastian Bailes and Cameron Fleming. Society members gather after the cut and thrust of debate and questioning at the Rector’s house for hot chocolate and a couple of tasty sausage rolls.

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he Snell Society comprises academically-strong and intellectually-motivated boys who are elected in the third quarter of their B Block year and who contribute to the discourse on a range of stimulating subjects until the end of the second quarter of their A Block year. In a sense, members are the academic A team of the school and meetings are held on Sunday evenings at which, typically, three presentations are made by the members on a variety of topics of general or specific interest. Each member is asked to take a particular angle on a theme in a presentation of some ten minutes and then to defend his argument before his peers and any boy or member of staff who might like to attend the gathering. Themes vary but may include topics related to religion, moral or ethical issues, financial matters, green issues and the like. A principal purpose of the Snell Society is to prepare members for the rigorous interchange of ideas which are a feature of study at the top universities in the world and to enhance their

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