St Mary's Calne News Sheet - 23 by St Mary's Calne

S. MARY'S SCHOOL.

NEWS SHEET.

1937-1938. The year that has passed has seen no great developments in our buildings, though the completion of the scheme for the Red Hall has been a wonderful improvement. We returned in September to find oak panelling, and a light spaciousness undreamt of a year ago. The dignity of the Hall has been much enhanced by an oak seat, the gift of leaving girls, and a beautiful clock given by the School on Miss Matthews' birthday. That is the only outward sign of the development during the year, but we have heard rumours of great additions to be begun shortly. The old hospital, on our northern boundary, has been acquired by the Governors, and there are plans for converting it into model Science rooms, and giving us a much larger studio. We returned to School for the Summer Term knowing that Miss Matthews would not be with us as she had undergone an operation which would necessitate a whole term's absence. As she spent some weeks in Bath we heard constant news of her from members of the Staff who visited her, and we are looking forward to welcoming her back in September. That the term went so exceptionally well is due to the splendid leadership of Miss Alexander. Her birthday, which fell this year on " Packing Day," gave us an opportunity of showing her our gratitude for all she had done to make the term so great a success.

The Governing Body. During the year we have lost an outstanding member of the Governing Body, Lord Warrington of .Clyffe. As a friend of Archdeacon Bodington, he joined the Governors at a critical time, when there was much legal work to be done in connection with our new Trust. Lord Warrington's help was then of especial value, and though latterly a long illness had prevented his attendance at the Governors' Meetings, he always took great interest in the School. We are most grateful to Lady Warrington for her gifts of pictures, given in his memory. We have welcomed as Governors, Mr. O. S. Cleverly, C.V.O., and the Bishop of Sherborne. Mr. Cleverly has a special interest in the School, as his daughter, Ursula, has been with us since 1934. The Bishop of Sherborne became a friend of the School at the Confirmation last December.

School Calendar. 1937-1938.

1937-

Sept. 21 Beginning of Term. Oct. 2 Netball v. Trowbridge High School. Lecture at Westonbirt—Sir Leonard Woolley on " Ur of the Chaldees." „ 7 Lecture. Mr. Arthur Bryant. „ 9 Lacrosse and Junior Netball v. Westonbirt. Lecture at Westonbirt—Dr. Grubb on " China." „ 10 Talk on Dante. Archdeacon Lonsdale Ragg. „ 19 Health Festival. Archdeacon Lonsdale Ragg and Mr. Hinton in Chapel. Lecture on Trees. Archdeacon Lonsdale Ragg. „ 20 Cortot. Chopin Concert in Bath. Lacrosse v. Wiltshire Ladies. „ 21 " Contact " with Godplphin. „ 26 Lecture. Mr. Frederick Sargent. ,, 30 Hallowe'en Party. Nov. I Half-term. Parties to Fry's Factory and Salisbury. 2 Lecture. Mr. F. Whelen. 6 Netball v. Royal School. „ 13 Lecture. Dr. Clark-Kennedy. Lacrosse v. Godolphin. ,, 14 Lecture. U.M.C.A. Miss Munro. „ 16 School Certificate Examination. French Oral. „ 18 " Contact " with Downe House. „ 20 Musical Festival in Bath. „ 24 ' Les Comedians de Paris ' in Bath. „ 28 The Confirmation. Dec. 4 Concert. Mr. Richard Wood. „ 6 School Certificate Examination. „ ii Lecture. Dr. Frank Norris. ,, 15 Shakespeare Competition. „ 16 Mark Reading. Tea and Speeches. 1938. Jan. 18 Beginning of Term. ,, 20 Lecture. Mr. Donald Grant. Feb. 11 Lecture. Miss Heroys. (Course continued during term). 24 Staff Play. " The Rivals." „ 26 Poore and Grosstete Play. " The Three Musketeers." „ 28 Moberly and Osmund Play. " Queen of Scots." „ 29 Edmund Rich Play. " A Damsel in Distress." April 27 Beginning of Term. „ 28 Lectures. Mr. Donald Grant. May 3 Tennis Coaching. Miss Wight. (Course continued during Term.) ,, 4 Party to Stratford-on-Avon. " The Tempest." ,, ii Recital. Miss Mabel Ritchie and Mrs. Hodson. „ 13 Three girls went to Conference at Haywards Heath on " The Church in the World and my place in the Church." ,, 14 Poore Company picnic to Oliver's Camp. „ 21 Tennis v. S. Brandon's. Peter Slade's Players " An Interlude of Youth." ,, 25 Schools'Day at Salisbury. „ 26 Ascension Day. General Knowledge Paper, and picnic to Sandy Lane.

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28 Music Club performance of " H.M.S. Pinafore." 4 " Ship Adoption Society " tennis tournament, sports and picnic. 8 Party to Stratford-on-Avon. "Macbeth." 9 Cricket with Marlborough ' Casuals.' 12 Lecture. S.P.G. Mrs. Glossop. 18 Half-term. Father's Cricket Match. " H.M.S. Pinafore " by the Music Club. 20 Expedition to Inkpen Beacon, Hungerford. 23 Tennis v. Marlborpugh' Casuals.' 24 \ Reading Competition. 25/ 26 Recital. (Jane Austen). Miss Minnis. 27 The Balliol Players in Bath. 30 Lower Sixth acted "A Pageant of Local History." 4 Osiris Players in Chippenham. " The Merchant of Venice." 8 Tennis. Staff v. School. 9 Half-holiday in honour of W. Osman Jones' success. Miss Alexander and Prefects to Denford. 16 Cricket v. Downe House. 18 Competition for Redman Flower Cup. (Won by Edmund Rich with88%). 19 School Concert. Dress Parade. 20 The Sixth acted scenes from " The Barretts of Wimpole Street" in honour of Miss Alexander's birthday. 21 Mark Reading.

The Confirmation. NOVEMBER 28TH, 1938. The Confirmation was held, by the Bishop of Sherborne, on Sunday, November 28th, in the Parish Church. The following were Confirmed:— L. E. Attlee M. K. Pite P. Bomford P. H. Puckle E. V. Brown Douglas H. R. Pullon K. H. Cox W. D. Ross H. M. Dillon D. M. Stephenson D. E. Drabble J. M. Weller E. McKenzie M. E. Whieldon A. G. Pegg E. J. Wilberfoss M. Perry W. Wotton. P. V. Philips We are very grateful to those who have taken Special Services, or have spoken to us in Chapel this year:— The Bishop of Sherborne The Archdeacon of Gibraltar The Archdeacon of Wilts. The Rev. J. P. Hinton The Rev. C. H. S. Matthews Miss Munro (U.M.C.A.) Mrs. Glossop (S.P.G.).

The Staff. In December we were particularly sorry to say good-bye to Sister Ash. She first came to help us during an epidemic in January, 1931, and was appointed Sister-in-Charge of the Sanatorium in the following term. She left us in 1933, but came back to help us through an emergency in 1935, and stayed on from term to term as Matron. We knew that she was. longing to return to Sanatorium work, so could not but congratulate her on her appointment to the Hospice at Wycombe Abbey. She is greatly missed. Miss Boyd also left us in December after five terms as History Mistress. She has been especially missed by the younger ones who learnt much from her of camp craft. We have welcomed Miss R. Dennick (Berridge House), as Matron and Miss N. Morrison (Girton College), as History Mistress.

The Staff. RESIDENT. Miss ALEXANDER (Senior Mistress) French. MADEMOISELLE ANTOINE. French. Miss BASKERVILLE. Domestic Science. Miss BOWDEN. Mathematics. Miss CHAPMAN. Geography. Miss EVANS. Classics. Miss PHASER. Science. Miss HENDRY. Art. Miss INGLIS. English. Miss JENNINGS. Music. Miss MORRISON. History. Miss MOSSE. Kindergarten. Miss PRIOR. Music. Miss WILLIAMS. Violin. Miss WOLFF. Games, Gymnastics. Miss FREKE. Gardening. Miss DENNICK. Matron. SISTER CATHROW. Sanatorium. NON-RESIDENT. Miss TOMLINSON. "cello. MR. PULLEIN. Piano. MR. NIGHTINGALE. Wind Instruments. Miss DOUGLAS. Dancing. MRS. SHEPPARD. German. MR. CULLEY. Carpentry.

July, 1938

School List, July

1938.

T. F. W. Tidman A. M. G. Roberts U. M. Cleverly M. J. Morris D. M. Crosbie E. Hocking

FORM VI. Came M. G. Pollock 1933 M. B. Gibson 1933 P. G. Clark-Kennedy 1934 E. P. N. Moss 1932 S. M. Patey 1933 C. A. Whiffen 1933

S. E. Barnes N. K. Benson H. M. Blackadder D. F. Butler C. M. Clarke P. M. Evans A. H. Gwatkin P. D. Harrison

LOWER VI. 1934 ' P. F. Hawkins 1935 1937 J' E. R. Hay 1935 1935 3 H. L. Maxwell Lefroy 1935 1933 5 M. Morement 1935 1934 S. M. Remington-Wilsoni935 1935 ' E. C. Samuelson 1935 1934 * M. E. Whieldon 1931 1934 '

P. Bomford N. M. Burdett W. R. A. Dallas Ross H. M. Dillon D. E. Drabble S. Jefferis D. Maundrell K. J. Neligan A. G. Pegg

UPPER V. M. C. Perry 1935 P. V. Philips 1934 M. K. Pile 1935 A. W. Scott 1937 D. M. Stephenson 1932 N. K. Webb 1935 1929 J M. Weller 1934 w Wotton 1935

H. M. Arden J. E. Bickersteth R. I. H. Durie A. E. Fletcher C. R. Jarrett V. P. C. Jones P. A. R. Kidman

LOWER FIFTH EAST. V. M. Lloyd 1937 F. E. Masters 1937 E.'McKenzie 1935 B. Osman Jones 1937 J. T. Priestley 1937 H. R. Pullon 1938 R. M. Thatcher 1936

LOWER FIFTH WEST. 1936 • P. Nettelfield L. E. Attlee B. E. Parry Okeden D. N. Bach 1936 P. H. Puckle J. D. Beighton 1937 H. M. Riley E. V. Brown Douglas 1937 R. A. Russell K. H. Cox 1934 E. M. Whiffen E. F. M. FortescueBrickdale 1935

Came 1932 s• 1935 1936 ' 1933 " 1934 ' 1933 '

1935 1933 1936 1937 1934 1936 1935 1933

1936 1936 1936 1930 1936 1936 1934

193,7 1936 1935 1937 1936 '935

C. M. Ball M. Chadwick M. A. Coventon J. C. Drabble J. M. Field A. P. Harris C. M. Harvey M. R. J. Hurst E. A. Kinnear K. B. W. Moss

UPPER Came 1936 1934 1936 1932 1937 1936 1938 1936 1938 1938

LOWER A. M. Agnew 1938 H. V. Ashworth 1938 E. Chapman 1937 B. B. Fortescuc-BrickdaleiQsS M. E. A. Harvey 1938 M. J. R. Howell 1938 D. D. Lewis 1935 A. J. Martin 1937 H. M. Matthew 1938 E. B. A. Mayhew 1938 P. Pedley 1938 G. F. Pinckney 1938

A. R. F. Ball A. I. Brown M. A. Chadwick H. E. Cox O. J. Mayhew

IV. Came F. Nottidge A. P. Pinckney E. H. Puckle E. Sarjeant A. M. Thomas J. A. Trow J. M. Waterfield U. J. Whitworth R. F. Willink F. E. H. Wilson

1938 1936 1935 1937 1937 1929 1937 1937 1938 1938

IV. A. H. Plummer P. Ram M. J. K. Rhodes P. M. Robinson E. M. Teague M. E. W. Tidman J. Turner B. D. Wace P. E. Webb R. D. Wheeler P. E. Whieldon R. Whiffen

1937 1937 1937 1938 1933 1936 1937 1937 1936 1937 1931 1937

FORM III. C. E. Pound 1938 J. M. Swann 1937 H. P. Vines 1937 E. A. R. Wallace 1937 P. M. Williams 1938

1932 1938 1934 1938 1934

S. PRISCA'S. . FORM II. D. Black M. Black D. V. Good

1936 ' 1936 ' 1938 •

E. A. K. James J. A. Reynolds

'934 1938

FORM I. 1935 ' A. F. Phillips D. J. Brown C. E. J. Ducksbury 1935 * M. E. Pound 1934 ' R. C. Swann R. P. Herbert Smith 1938 ' D. Turk R. A. Herbert Smith Torla Tidman returns in September as Head Girl. Morris has been elected Second Head.

1934 * 1933 ' 1938 • 1935 * Jennifer

Examination Results. 1937-1938. OLD GIRLS. Cambridge University. Historical Tripos. Part I. Class II (Division I). K. R. Macaulay. Natural Sciences Tripos. Part I. Class II. (Exempted from further examination in both Physiology and Anatomy for the purposes of the M.B. degree). B. R. Leigh-Mallory. Oxford University. Entrance Examination Home Students. C. D. Hall. London University. B.Sc. Botany (Second Class Honours) S. W. Goodden. Intermediate. E. Booker M. Glynn Bristol University. B.Sc. Chemistry (First Class Honours). \ W. Osman Jones. Post graduate Scholarship. / Higher Certificate National Froebel Union. P. Parry-Okeden. A.R.C.O. for Organ Playing. B. Wasley. State Registered Nurse. R. Matthews. C. Churchill. Board of Education Teachers'Diploma. (Domestic Science). K. Trow. PRESENT GIRLS. Cambridge School Certificate. December 1937. B. K. Bach P. F. Hawkins* E. R. Hay* P. M. Barker G. S. M. Lake S. E. Barnes N. K. Benson F. O. Matthews* H. L. Maxwell-Lefroy H. M. A. Blackadder* M. Morement D. F. Butler P. G. Clark-Kennedy E. P. N. Moss C. M. Clarke* S. M. Patey* J. M. Phillips* P. M. Evans M. B. Gibson* D. K. Powlett S. M. Remington-Wilson V. O. Gillingham* E. E. Griggs P. E. Roe E. C. Samuelson J. Grover M. E. Whieldon* A. H. Gwatkin C. A. Whiffen. P. D. Harrison* * Matriculation Certificate. Institute of Hygiene. June 1938. General Hygiene Certificate. A. G. Roberts. Honours Certificate. Pass Certificate. D. Crosbie. E. Hocking. Youth Rally. Essay Competition Prize (Given by the Prime Minister) L. Stanley. P. M. Wood. Prize (Given by Lady Dickens).

Haywards Heath Conference. MAY 13-16, 1938. Our visit to Haywards Heath only lasted over a short week-end, but the amount we crammed into that time was unbelievable; if we thought that we were going to have a holiday we were wrong. We arrived at a lovely house, surrounded by lawns and trees, to be welcomed by Canon Hudson, the organiser of the conference. After supper, at which we were welcomed by the Bishop of Dover, the Chairman, and Canon Woodard, we had our first address by the former. The Bishop emphasised to us the point of the conference, and after a general discussion, we went to bed. The next morning Canon McLeod Campbell gave an address on " The World We Live In," and pointed out the importance and need of a strengthening of Church worship in the modern confusion of wars and dictators. After discussions in separate groups on different set subjects we assembled again and had two consecutive talks on " The Faith of the Church " as expressed in (a) Worship and (b) Teaching. The first talk was given by Canon How, and the second by Canon Mozley. Both were extremely interesting, and many questions were asked afterwards. That evening the reports from our group discussions were read out, and there was a general discussion. On Sunday there was a Celebration of Holy Communion, held in the dear little Chapel adjoined to the house. The Chapel was small, and designed more like a renovated barn than anything else ; the colour scheme of the bright reredos combined with simple oak beams, added greatly to the simplicity of the interior. In the morning Miss Dorothy Marten gave an address on " My Place in the Church." She was very straight forward and clear. After her talk we had more group discussions, which were read out later on in the evening. After the Bishop's summing-up, he gave us the closing address in Chapel. I think we all felt it was a perfect end to an even more wonderful week-end. The whole spirit of the conference was so friendly and it was so interesting meeting and comparing views with girls of our own age from other schools. The group discussions were really the best part of the conference, as they encouraged everyone to speak freely and openly. Only three of us went, but we felt we were very lucky to have had such a chance, and we would like to advise any-

9 one who wants a really profitable week-end, to spend it at Haywards Heath. M. PoLtocK.

Social Service, 1937-1938 The School has done much in the way of social service this year; we have continued our usual activities, and have also started new ones. In the autumn term we joined the Five Million Club, which has been formed to buy playingfields for children who have none, and we have been able to send a regular sum to them each term. We have sent stamps to the Queen's Hospital for Children, as well as some silver paper, but we could collect even more if everyone took trouble. Although the Lent Term was rather short, a great many people began knitting and dressmaking for the Mission; their garments have been finished during the Summer Term, and are well worth all the trouble taken. At Christmas we sent pork pies to some of the boys who have been to stay in the Summer, and hampers to three old ladies who would otherwise have had father a scanty Christmas dinner. On Armistice Day we collected £5 gs. for Earl Haig's Fund—much more than last year, and we collected £4 for the Bishop of Kimberley on Confirmation Sunday. The Freewill Offering has been as good as usual, but we could bring more joy into the lives of those who live in such drab surroundings by sending them more flowers, because they are always so welcome. A great many Old Girls sent contributions to the Health Festival—babies' clothes, rugs and patent foods being especially numerous. The Ven. Lonsdale Ragg, Archdeacon of Gibraltar, spoke to the Seniors in Chapel, while Mr. Hinton took a Service for the Juniors. We had two boys down from London for a fortnight in the Summer Term, and although the weather was most unkind, they thoroughly enjoyed themselves playing cricket and riding Miss Freke's bicycle, which she kindly lent them. We do enjoy having them down, and were very sorry to see them go. Some of the Sixth have been able to take part in interesting activities this year. J. Morris was very lucky to be able to go to the Public Schools' and Clubs' Camp, at Bridport,

in the Summer holidays, where girls leading such different lives met, many of them for the first time, and were able to make friends. Two other people are going this year, and we hope that the camp will be continued every summer. U. Cleverly and J. Morris spent a most instructive and enjoyable day at a "Civic Saturday," organised by Barnett House, the Social Service Centre in Oxford ; we saw the Town Hall, the Police Court, a new Community Centre, and a really beautiful Nursery and Junior School. M. Gibson and A. Whiffen went to the Social Service week at Peckham and spent a few very interesting days, which they told us about on Ascension Day. Perhaps the most outstanding work, however, has been the help that the Prefects have been enabled to give to the Calne Girls' Clubs, which are now run at the School. J. MORRIS.

Calne Girls' Clubs. I wonder how many of us realize when we grumble because the rain is stopping our tennis, or because we have some extra work to do, when we might be enjoying ourselves, how many people there are who have nowhere to play tennis, and no free-time in which to do what they like. The aim of the Girls' Club, that Mrs. Hinton began in the Christmas Term, is to provide the girls of Calne with some of the advantages which we have, and do not always appreciate. It is a place where old friends can meet and new friends be made, a place where they can learn how to dressmake, of to do things which are less useful but just as much fun. They can act or sing, do drill or, in the summer, play tennis. The Club is run by Mrs. Hinton, helped by Mrs. Tyzack, Miss Dance, Miss Hancock and others. Anyone can belong to the Club, and the subscription is only a penny a week for those who are still at School, and twopence for the others. They come once a week, and in the winter they have a short time for doing their handicrafts ; rugmaking, knitting and broochmaking are some of the things they do. They have half-an-hour for dancing and games, and half-an-hour for a Keep-Fit Class. In the summer they play tennis, and can

11 come at any time from 7-9 p.m. ; sometimes they play ordinary games of tennis, but at other times they have tournaments. Besides the usual weekly meeting there is a social every term; last Christmas the Dramatic Society gave an entertainment at the social, which was very amusing and well acted. Some of the girls went in for a Drill Competition last term, in which they did very well. Of course, the club has only just begun, and for a new club there really are a great many members. Next year we hope to do many more thingsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;for instance, have a Netball team, arid go in for many more competitions. Our thanks must be given to Mrs. Hinton, who gave us this opportunity to help with the Club. It is so nice to know the girls of Calne, and to be greeted by friendly smiles when we go down the town. I hope St. Mary's will always in the future help with the Girls' Club, for as well as giving pleasure to them, we gain experience ourselves. U. CLEVERLY.

Our First Health Festival. " You know we have a Health Festival in the Christmas Term," said a certain " school-mother " not so very long ago. The unfortunate " daughter " at once jumped to the conclusion that sooner or later she would be let in for a series of violent physical jerks, but managed to control herself and bravely said, " How nice " ! However, as the great day approached, her fears were dispelled, there being no mention of the above torture. Instead she was surrounded wherever she went by knitter and sewers of all sizes, knitting and sewing for dear life. Then a kind person told her that all these industrious people were making things to send to S. Mark's Parish in Camberwellâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the parish we, as members of the U.G.S., support. During the last week parties of girls went shopping in the town and returned laden with woolly blankets, bed-jackets, tins of glucose, bandages, iodine and countless other things. A display was held in the form-rooms and more contributions were added each day as the knitters and sewers finished their work. Lastly the gifts were arranged in the Chapel windows and as the new girl helped to decorate her form's window with flowers, she thought what a great deal

these presents must mean to the poor people to whom they would soon be given. On the evening of the day of the Health Festival, she listened to Archdeacon Lonsdale- Ragg's inspiring sermon on S. Luke, in whose memory the Festival was started, and she felt very glad that she had been allowed to take part in such an important work. MIDDLE V. The following sent donations to the Health Festival:â&#x20AC;&#x201D; R. Aldworth A. Hornby (Sadler) E. Allen M. Hort F. Bartlett E. Jephson J. Blathwayt B. Lutener B. Marjoribanks-Egerton E. Booker H. Bridgman (Chambers) I. Martin J. Cameron D. Capewell (Clayton) M. Matthews R. Matthews C. Church B. Mattingly N. and C. Churchill E. Minnis E. Clark U. Paris P. Clarke B. Philips M. Crawley (Durst) P. Preston Miss Damant A. Sarjeant B. Douglas S. Ferguson K. Synge A. C. Trench Miss Ferris K. Trow M. Glynn M. Thynne I. Gough E. Waller Miss Grover B. Wasley C. A. Hall Miss L. Williams C. D. Hall M. E. Wilson M. Hamersley A. Wood S. Hayter J. Young S. Hobson P. Beale R. Macaulay B. Mallory

Social Service Week at Peckham. From April 25th to 2Qth we spent a very busy and interesting time at the Union of Girls' Schools Settlement in Peckham.

13 It is right in the heart of the slums there, so we obtained a very good idea of what the conditions under which those people work and live are like. The first afternoon we were shown over the Nursery School, which was on the premises and which was so intriguing that we spent much of our free time, later on, among the children. We were also shown over a hostel for girls on probation. After tea the opening address was given by the Bishop of Kingston, who told us about the people we were going to be amongst during the ensuing days. He was followed by Dr. Willoughby, who is the head of the Settlement, and who organised our " week." The rest of that evening was spent in playing ping-pong with some of the forty-five other girls who were also there for the Social Service Week. The next morning we went first to an Employment Exchange, where people were dealing with the many difficulties of finding work for unemployed women and girls. That was followed by a visit to an Elementary Infant School. We went into each class from the Nursery to that of the nine year-olds, and saw them all at play and work. Before lunch we were talked to by Miss Dickspn, who is the head of the Peckham branch of the Invalid Children's Aid Association. This association does very valuable work among invalid children requiring convalescence and surgical instruments, which many parents are unable to provide. That afternoon we went over a laundry and saw the excellent conditions under which the employees were working, but it was pointed out to us that such conditions do not prevail in all factories. After tea Mr. Valentine Bell gave us a lecture on " The Conditions of Work for Boys and Girls." He was a very interesting speaker and covered a wide area of his subject. Thursday morning we spent at the West India Docks, where we were shown over a sugar warehouse and saw the processes through which brown sugar passes before it is put on the market. We also went into a tobacco warehouse and saw bales and hogsheads of Virginian tobacco. We had lunch that day at the Westminster Technical Institute where boys of fourteen to seventeen years are trained as chefs and waiters. Our meal was cooked by these boys, and we were waited upon by them as well. The rest of the afternoon was spent in being shown over the S. Pancras Housing Estate by Mrs. Barclay, who later spoke to us on " Rehousing the Workers." She told us of the many difficulties of moving the families and fumigating their furniture before establishing them in the new flats. On the last morning Dr. Willoughby gave us a lecture on the life and work of the poorer classes, using what we had

14 seen to illustrate her points, thus summing up the Social Service Week. It really was a most enjoyable " week " and a great eyeopener to us both. M. GIBSON. A. WHIFFEN.

Tuesday Offertories. Receipts. U.G.S. Term's Subscriptions.. .. Tuesday Offertories Five Million Fund. . Confirmation Day Offertory .. Armistice Day Poppies .. .. Sanatorium Box .. St. Priscas' Box . . Chapel Box ..

f, s. d. 9 6 34 n 9 12 4

O oj ioi 11

f \ I

£(>7 14

Expenditure. £ s. d. U.G.S. Terms' Subscriptions 9 II o I i o Nursery School .. Parcels, Materials etc 6 3 8* Christmas Presents 3 3 o Summer holiday for boys 4 4 5 i 17 o I.C.A.A. .. 1 O O Devizes Home 5 9 0 Earl Haig's Fund Five Million Fund 9 12 I Foreign Missions 2 2 O Accra Bishop of Kimberley 4 0 0 U.M.C.A 8 7 2 15 o Waifs and Strays I I O Spanish Refugees I I O Chinese Refugees Friends of Salisbury I O O Cathedral i 16 8 Calne Church 10 O Came Church Flowers 1 O O Calne Guides 2 O O Calne Mus. Society Calne Town Band.. 10 6 Balance 19 8 £67 14 11}

Schools' Day at Salisbury Cathedral. MAY 2STH, 1938. The only thing that might have spoilt the Schools' Day at Salisbury was the bad weather, and that, although it ruined all hope of tennis for Kitty and Meriall, who were to represent the School, could not spoil our enjoyment. We arrived at Salisbury just before the Service, while they were practising the hymns. The journey was most profitable to some of us who had been exchanging our store

of General Knowledge in preparation for the paper on the morrow. The Dean took the Service and the Bishop preached. He told us the history of the Cathedral, and talked to us of its beauties and our duty towards it. We sang " All people that on Earth do dwell," " Rejoice, the Lord is King," " Holy, Holy, Holy," " O Jesus I have promised," and ended up with " Jerusalem." It was so nice to hear the boys' voices after our singing in Chapel. After the Service we were allowed to walk round the Cathedral. There was a great deal to be seen, from the tomb of the Boy Bishop, to the Library and Organ. All the Cathedral officials were most kind in showing us round, and bore with our stupid questions most patiently. Some of us went up innumerable stairs and walked round the Triforium, and others went higher still, nearly to the top of the spire, from where we could see rain-drenched Salisbury beneath us. We had tea in the Cloisters, where we were very much impressed by the lovely cedar trees. After tea it had stopped raining and we could go round the grounds, and even into the Bishop's Palace, and meet our friends from other schools in the Diocese. All too soon our afternoon came to an end, and we returned to School, very grateful to the Friends of the Cathedral for giving us such an opportunity to learn to know and love our great Cathedral of Salisbury. U. CLEVERLY.

Changes and Chances. Clang! clang! clang! shattered the stillness of a dark night. I heaved myself up in bed with a groan and consulted my watch. What, 10.30 ! Was someone mad? . . . " Fire," growled somebody, rolling out of bed. Slowly I thought: " Bell. . . fire . . . fire bell." " Proceed down escape and across Chapel lawn to dining-room." Hastily I slammed all the windows and bundled people out on to the escape. Some were so sleepy that they forgot that the ladder had been moved away from the wall so that they could climb down between the ladder and the wall. At the last moment I arrested someone who had muddled matters and thought that when the bell went she ought to go down to Gabriel, forgetting that the whistle was the new signal for inside, and the bell for outside fire-drill. However, in spite of everything, we all managed to assemble in the dining-room in a state of

16 semi-sleepiness and half-dress within three and a half minutes from the bell. A few days later all the heads of dormitories were presented with lamps in case of electric-light fuses. Efficiency is increasing in the School. What will we have nextâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;A.R.P. ? Another move for efficiency is the new path across the Chapel lawn, so that the Staff do not get mud-bound on their way to classrooms. There is also a path especially reserved for Staff; this is a measure for traffic-control. Talking of traffic-control. Miss Matthews, being a J.P. evidently considered it advisable that her older pupils should have the chance to learn about the " ins and outs " of a combustion engine. So, every Thursday evening the exMayor of Came casts aside his dignity and prostrates himself upon and beneath the skeleton of an ancient Fiat in the old hospital, to show twelve aspiring young motorists how each part works. In spite of all this we have not yet risen to the beacons of Hore Belisha. We were all amazed, at the beginning of the Christmas Term, at the metamorphorsis which the Red Hall had undergone. The dark passages had vanished. The light of day poured in on the new oak panelling and the stately pillars. We found that the fiction library had become the Secretary's sanctum ; and all the books were arranged in oak-shelves with sliding glass doors, in the sewing-room. All soils of things have been done this year to add beauty to the buildings. Only the other day Miss Alexander was overheard planning the repainting of the sewing-room ; and the ever-changing pictures, outside the dining-room, give so much interest and pleasure to all. Also, the floor of the gym was renewed, but it is supposed that this was more for the comfort of the athletes than for the beautifying of the building. The Seniors have had a great many chances this year. Through the Wednesday Girls' Clubs, started in the Christmas Term, the Social Service week-end, and the Girls' Camp at Bridport, they have been taught some of the Social problems of the day, and have had a little experience in the running of girls' clubs. We learnt an enormous amount from Miss He'roys' series of deeply interesting lectures on Eastern Europe and the Great War. A change that the Lower Sixth have greatly appreciated is the privilege of doing their own shopping in Calne. Quite probably Miss Waller has appreciated less rush on Thursdays. The last two terms have been occupied with fighting diseases. The only thing that can be said is that they gave people the chance of getting all the common ailments over, and of having mumps and measles together. After such a

dose there will hardly be an epidemic for some time to come. The Staff have survived all the troubles of the year very well. Last term, they became different beings and showed to the School their astounding dramatic abilities by acting The Rivals, by Sheridan. It was an absolute transformation scene. The School have not felt so exhilarated for a long time. The queerest change we have all experienced this year is that of not having had Miss Matthews with us in the Summer Term. We all feel that the member of the Staff who has borne the heaviest burden of the year is Miss Alexander. She has had to be both the headmistress and herself for a whole term. She has filled in the breach very courageously. Even " in exile " Miss Matthews managed to find out every little thing that went on. There is a special art in this only understood by headmistresses ! We are all feeling the need of her energy and force of character to uplift us. It will be a great day for the School when she is back again next term, and Miss Alexander is once more her right hand and steadying influence—" For they are jolly good fellows." S. BARNES. N. GWATKIN.

The Shakespeare Competition. DECEMBER, 1937. It was splendid to see how much the standard of the Shakespeare productions had improved since last year. The diction, pace, dramatic interest, staging and general effect of the performances all reached a much higher level. The Lower Fourth's presentation of the last scene in A Midsummer Night's Dream suffered from inexperience. Several of the speakers—including Theseus and Flute— were not entirely audible, and the whole production, apart from Mary Tidman's clear and lively performance as Bottom, was inclined to be lifeless and wooden. The first scene in the Lower Fifth's Macbeth was very good. The noises off and lighting effects were excellent and the Witches created well the eerie, sinister atmosphere which prepares one for the horrors of the play. Banquo (C. Jarrett) spoke well, and Macbeth (B. McKenzie) was very good throughput, but Lady Macbeth's performance, though clear, was lifeless and flat. She lacked scorn and fire in the Murder Scene, and robbed the Sleepwalking of

18 all its horror. The last scene again was good, the Messenger in particular speaking well, and all the actors showed life and interest. The Middle Fifth's opening scene in their production of A Winter's Tale was very well done, clear and lucid, yet creating the right atmosphere of mystery. Antigonus, the Shepherd, and Lisson were all good, and the storm effects were excellent. The Statue scene hung fire, though the staging was ingenious and effective. Leontes was monotonous and not always audible. Hermoine never became really alive, and the dramatic force of the discovery that the Statue was actually a woman was lost. Paulina was good. The Sixth chose two rather dull scenes from Henry V, and the actors' correct and dignified rendering of their lines did not succeed in breathing life into them. The tennis balls did not cause nearly enough sensation, and the second scene, in spite of the stirring St. Crispin speech, was uninteresting. The last one was good—Katherine (M. Pollock) giving a lively and polished performance, ably supported by her maid. The Prologue was pleasing, though not always entirely audible. The Upper Fourth spoke clearly, and their two scenes from As You Like It showed signs of careful production. The Upper Fifth staged their last scene in Romeo and Juliet very well, but their lighting effects were not always well timed. Romeo's tone was too conversational until the actual moment of his death, and the Friar could not always be heard, but most of the players spoke clearly and well, and the whole atmosphere of the scene was good. The Lower Sixth's was perhaps the most finished production of all. The stage was—for the first time that evening— cleared of all that was unnecessary, and the benches were well placed. The fiery Tybalt and Romeo were both good in the duel scene, and Mercutio gave a most intelligent and moving performance. Benvolio spoke much too fast, the First Citizen was inaudible, and there was some masking of figures towards the end. In the second scene, Romeo was puzzled rather than passionate, and Juliet lacked life and fire, but the acting was clear—and the birds and the sunrise were very good ! For the general finish of their production and for one or two outstandingly good individual performances, the Hyndley cup went to the Lower Sixth (producer, N. Gwatkin), and the smaller one to the Lower Fifth (producer, B. McKenzie), for the excellence of their first and last scenes. The Sixth and Upper Fifth were commended for very creditable productions, and the School is to be congratulated on the interesting entertainment it provided for two evenings.

Expeditions to Stratford-on-Avon. The Tempest. MAY 4TH, 1938. On May 4th a party from the School went to Stratford to see The Tempest. On the way we were very excited at seeing an aeroplane dropping parachutes, a novel sight for most of us. When we arrived at Stratford, we divided into two parties, one of which went to see the birthplace of Shakespeare and the Church, and the other party were shown over the Theatre. The Theatre is built in a modern style, and has some clever contrivances for lighting, heating, and against fire. It also has open-air balconies, from which one can see the gardens, and the river. After being shown round the theatre, we went to the library and saw the few remaining belongings of Shakespeare, though unfortunately we did not have time to see the display for the Irving Centenary After lunch in the New Palace Gardens we went to the theatre to see The Tempest. We enjoyed the play extremely, the only part which we did not like was the country dancing, which was very poor, as the performers did not appear to know their steps. The scenery for the desert island was of a very original setting, having great slabs of wood instead of rocks, which were very effective, although it does not sound so. Giles Isham acted the part of Prospero extremely well; Stephano and Trinculo were very amusing, and Miranda and Ferdinand made a very handsome couple. D. BUTLER.

Macbeth. JUNE STH, 1938. The day was very dull at first, but when we arrived at Stratford the sun came out. Those who had not been before, were taken over the Church, where Shakespeare was buried, and where there are many interesting old relics, and then over Shakespeare's birthplace, while the others went over the theatre. We were shown the marvellous contrivances for keeping the air fresh in the theatre, by washing it, and putting it over electric heaters in the winter, and ice in the summer, so that it always remains at an even temperature. We went right up on to the roof, and had a fine view of the old theatre, and the park, with the Church spire just showing between the trees. When we had been shown all round the theatre we went on to the Library, where we were lucky to see a fine array

of Sir Henry Irving's costumes and personal possessions, owing to its being his centenary this year. We had lunch in the New Place Gardens, in the sunshine, and then we went on to the theatre. Parts of the play were excellent, especially the sleepwalking scene, with Phyllis Neilson-Terry as Lady Macbeth. James Dale, in the part of Macbeth, improved greatly as the play went on, but unfortunately Giles Isham, who should have played MacDuff, had had an accident and was unable to act. Some of the scenic effects were very good, especially the clouds. After the play was over we had tea at the Arden Hotel, and then started back for School, where we arrived about 8.15, having greatly enjoyed our eventful day. C. CLARKE.

The Staff Play. FEBRUARY 24â&#x201E;˘, 1938. Most of the School received a complete surprise, when a magnificent poster was placed in the Red Hall, announcing that the Staff were going to give a performance of The Rivals. Such strict secrecy had been preserved that not even the rehearsals, which took place every evening after Chapel, were noticed. Perhaps Sister wondered why some of the Staff looked so wan and pale ? The Staff gave us a lovely evening, and we might well have been sitting in a London Theatre, the atmosphere was so professional. The gay clothes and wigs all went to make the show a great success, but it was the actual acting that was really so excellent. From the very beginning, every character was full of life and vigour. Thomas (Miss Prior) was a grand old coachman' while Fag (Miss Waller) had a perfect voice for the part, Lucy (Miss Chapman) richly deserved all her laughs and her pose of simplicity was delightful. Lydia and Julia (Miss Williams and Miss Freke) looked beautiful in their lovely wigs and dresses, and one could not blame even Bob Acres (Miss Evans) for falling in love with the former. They both acted with such possession and dignity. Mrs. Malaprop kept us in constant shrieks of laughter. Miss Jennings played a lovely part to perfection ; I think she should be presented with a fan in real life. Sir Anthony Absolute (Miss Baskerville) gave a most talented performance. I think we all agreed with Miss Matthews in that Miss

Baskerville must have missed her calling in life! Her name should have been in the lights above Drury Lane Theatre long ago. Faulkland was admirably acted by Miss Wolff. We could not have had a more love-sick man than she portrayed. Acres gave us a truly vigorous country rendering of his part. Miss Evans' facial expressions were magnificent. It was inevitable that Miss Bowden should give us her Irish accent in Sir Lucius, and she played her part extremely well. The two servants, played by Miss Mosse and Miss Fraser were both very good, especially David. I have never seen fear portrayed better than by Miss Mosse's hands. The whole made up an extremely good performance and the person to be most congratulated is Miss Inglis. How she managed to play an excellent Captain Absolute, extremely handsome and full of mischief, as well as to produce the whole play, I cannot imagine, but she did both of her jobs admirably. We do want to thank the Staff tremendously for the very enjoyable evening they gave us, and I am sure we all hope that they will give us such another treat. M. POLLOCK.

The Three Musketeers. FEBRUARY 2&TH, 1938. The series of Company plays this year was opened by Grosstete and Poore, who gave us a spirited performance of The Three Musketeers. The play is, of course, adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas, and the cast includes twenty-four male and six female parts. This fact, combined with the youth of the performers (only one of whom, I believe, was over fifteen), made the task an ambitious one, and on the whole they carried it through well. Of the male characters, the part of Louis XIII was well spoken by K. Neligan, who has an excellent voice and showed a dignified manner. The Musketeers were well cast, but the vigour of their acting was marred by inaudible diction in many of the scenes. A. Pegg took the part of the youthful and ambitious Raoul D'Artagnan. She has a pleasant voice, but her action was a little lacking in confidence. Richelieu, shown in this play as the self-seeking, hypocritical villain of the piece, was played by C. Clarke, who was at her best in the interview with Miladi and afterwards with D'Artagnan. In the female roles, L. Attlee gave a dignified and moving performance as the unhappy Queen Anne. Her Maid of Honour, Gabrielle, gave her a real and earnest sympathy, which must have been of great comfort to her. A. Fletcher's

performance in this part was outstanding. Her diction was good, and she threw herself into the spirit of the play with great charm. A performance of considerable merit was given by N. Benson in the part of Miladi the Countess de Winter, Richelieu's tool in all his evil designs. A most dramatic climax was her death by poison. This scene was one of the best in the play. One of the weaker points of the production was awkward grouping in scenes where there were more than one or two on the stage. This is a difficulty which the most experienced producers occasionally fail to overcome, but the effect of some of the scenes was quite spoilt by it. There was evidence of much hard work in this production, and we have to thank the producers for a most enjoyable evening. M.H.W.

Queen of Scots. by Gordon Daviot. FEBRUARY 28™, 1938. Moberly and Osmund are to be congratulated, alike on their choice of a play, their acting, and their production. Their performance was excellent, and most enjoyable. By choosing a serious play, worthy of serious dramatic consideration, they raised the standard by which their work must be judged; and the result—whatever criticism may be made of it—did great credit to all concerned. The character of Mary is the outstanding feature of the play. She may well have been, as she was here portrayed, merely a beautiful woman. The Stuarts were not conspicuous for political talent; and they had the misfortune (and the opportunity) of living in an age of social, economic and political transition. As drawn by Miss Daviot and played by Elizabeth Jardine, Mary seemed oblivious to misfortune and opportunity alike, the passive tool of the one, unaware of the other. She was a very attractive creature of whims and self-regard ; superficial, perhaps, and without much force of character, but consistently queenly, self-willed, human. Hers was a very good piece of acting. Mary Stuart, however, is by no means the only memorable character. Darnley (B. Bach), Lethington (P. Hawkins), Rizzio (S. Barnes) and Arran (N. Gwatkin), of whom we saw too little, were all well drawn and well acted. Lord James, Bothwell, and the numerous servants and other

28 indispensable characters in smaller parts, gave noble support —and I for one was glad that the play ended, as it began, by giving us a glimpse of the charming and devoted Janet (P. Philips). If a few details of production could have been improved—such as a tendency to talk away from the audience —they were few ; on the whole it showed much careful and successful work. Speculating as to why Queen of Scots was not a success in London, it is perhaps not unnatural to wonder whether its production there by Moberly and Osmund might have led West End theatre-goers to a different, and more favourable verdict.

N.M.

A Damsel in Distress. MARCH IST, 1938. It is a pity that Edmund Rich, who this year possess considerable acting talent, chose so trivial a play for their Company production as A Damsel in Distress. This was an amusing enough novel, but like many others it has lost a good deal in dramatisation. A slender comedy of this type, which depends for entertainment chiefly on polished acting and " slick " dialogue, is not the most effective kind for school production. The difficulty of presenting male characters in modern dress and the necessary limitations in providing convincing settings, details which can easily be overlooked in a good play well acted, must obtrude themselves in a comedy which has not in itself enough intrinsic merit or scope for sincere acting. In school productions, as in Shakespeare's time, " the play's the thing "—which is as it should be, after all. But when all these obstacles are considered, Edmund Rich did extraordinarily well. The first scene was marred by some inaudibility, partly owing to the difficulty of speaking from the back of the stage, which was a pity, as otherwise P. Bomford was good as the stage-door man. Perhaps the acting honours for the whole evening should go to E. Samuelson, who was excellent as the worldly and matchmaking aunt, but doting mother, Lady Caroline Higgins. M. Pollock gave a competent study of the romantic Maud, and her enunciation, as always, was delightfully clear. B. McKenzie provided much amusement as the little between-maid of the Machiavellian schemes, and D. Stephenson deserves considerable praise for her consistently good representation of the American chorus-girl, which necessitated sustaining a

24 very creditable American accent. M. Hurst showed promise as the unfortunate Percy, but was not always audible, and neither was U. Cleverly as George. J. Morris fared better as Reggie, a part which gave rather more scope for acting than George, and Jennifer showed a sense of comedy. M. Gibson as the lordly Keggs and G. Clark-Kennedy as the gardening Earl had good moments, but these were most difficult roles for girls to play convincingly. A. Harris and C. Jarrett both did well in their dual parts, Anne being particularly good as the Dean. W. Dallas Ross and C. Ball were pleasing in minor roles, and the whole Company combined spiritedly to amuse the School on the evening of the School Certificate Frolic. Considering the slight nature of the play which they chose to produce, and the insuperable difficulties it provides for schoolgirls, I should never have imagined they could do so well, and all honour to them and their producers for a valiant attempt. D.I.

Reading Competition 1938 The Reading Competition this year was marked by a very great improvement in every way. The work showed evidence of careful preparation. The readers had a thorough knowledge of their material and still were able to read without giving any impression of staleness. As the work was so good nine badges were awarded. (D. Butler, D. Crosbie, N. Gwatkin, B. McKenzie (Senior), M. Coventon, A. Fletcher, M. Hurst, M. Tidman, and R. Willink (Junior).) There were some really excellent interpretations of the poetic selection, especially from N. Gwatkin, D. Butler and A. Fletcher, whilst B. McKenzie gave a delightful reading of the Unseen. When the points were totalled up, it was found that the same companies as last year held the first two places, Edmund Rich and Osmund. The other companies must work especially hard next year to try and take those places ! In conclusion, I should like to remind all the readers that one great object in reading aloud is to give pleasure to the listener, and that poise and manner contribute to this as well as the actual reading. Some of the work is still spoilt by bad poise and by nervousness, and the latter helps to make the attack poor. It is difficult to explain in words exactly what one means by " attack," but it is the way in which the reading is approached. There should be a strong attack, and no slurring or weakness. If these small points are borne in mind, there should be an even more marked improvement next year. R. MINNIS.

READING COMPETITION. Grosstete. Poore. Osmund. Moberly. Edmund Ric h. C. Clarke R. Willink 0) D. Butler H. Pullon (J) Badges. ]. Morris D. Crosbie A. Fletcher (J) N. Gwatkin U. Cleverly (10) M. Tidman (J) M. Coventon (J) M. Pollock B. McKenzie M. Hurst. N. Benson H. Dillon H. Cox Class I. P. Philips C. Ball (J) F. NottidgeO) E. Saijeant (J) (6) M. Chadwick (J)

Class II. (2)

Total

F. Masters P. Ram (J) P. Williams (])

E. Bickersteth (J) A. Pegg

D. Bach

E. Wilson (J) A. Thomas (J

J= Juniors.

Lectures. AUTUMN TERM, 1937. Our list of lectures this term has been long and varied, ranging from the Production of Shakespeare to the League of Nations, from Lieutenant Commander Bernard's jokes to Dr. Clark-Kennedy's brain-stretchers. We were so extremely fortunate as to hear Mr. Arthur Bryant, in the first lecture of the term, on " Life in Seventeenth Century England " ; a vast subject indeed, but a very interesting one. Mr. Bryant took as many aspects as was possible in so short a timeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;social, philosophical, and religious ; he drew his evidence from contemporary documents, and specially from letters, some of which he read to us, It was the kind of lecture to interest people of any age and we are looking forward to hearing Mr. Bryant again. Very different in subject was our next lecture, '' The Production of Shakespeare." Mr. Frederick Sargent has been before to tell us of his experiences with many famous actors, especially Sir Philip Ben Greet. This time he spoke more of the preparations for and behind-the-scenes aspects of a production, of the use of prompt books, and the need for an efficient stage-manager or producer. Again he gave us some examples of the importance of pose gesture, and articulation, taking as his subject the first scene of The Merchant of Venice. On the Tuesday after half-term we had three lectures by Mr. Whelen, who used to come often several years ago, but was unknown to most of us at School now. We were very much interested in his account of the League activities and the state of Central Europe. He has a way of putting things

26 so clearly that it is not hard to concentrate, though it is fatal to let one's mind wander ! Most of us were very hazy about the Covenant of the League, and perhaps rather sceptical of its success. But Mr. Whelen, who has spent years at Geneva, and knows the Covenant practically by heart, was so confident of its ultimate success, and so optimistic that we came to think that it was probably only ignorance which made us doubtful. Those of us who read " The Covenant Explained," which Mr. Whelen so kindly sent us, were even further convinced of its practicability and efficacy. Our next lecture was on " The Port of London," by Lieut.-Commander Bernard. It was an unusual subject, and one that could be very dull. Not with Commander Bernard as the lecturer, though ! His slides (some drawn by the late Mr. John Aston) and his first-hand knowledge, not to mention his funny stories, imparted to wool, beer, tobacco, and raw meat an interest and un-ordinariness generally lacking to them. I have called Dr. Clark-Kennedy's lecture a " brainstretcher." It was, and he meant it to be ; but it was not beyond anyone who heard it. The peculiar interest of his lecture was perhaps the fact that he did not tell us very much we did not know before : he just recalled things to our minds, and by very apt simile and a small amount of new knowledge, he connected them and welded them into a whole. His lecture was called " Medicine," and dealt chiefly with bacteria, toxins and anti-toxins, sera, and many other kinds of germs and their antidotes. The reason for Dr. Clark-Kennedy's lecture being different from anyone else's was that he made us think for ourselves, and think hard ! Lastly, the Sixth, Lower Sixth, and Upper Fifth heard Dr. Norris read us a paper on " Some Aspects of Prison Life." We have been most interested in this subject lately, both through reading the Spectator articles, and through hearing Mrs. Hinton's Citizenship lectures. Dr. Norris is on the Medical Staff at Wormwood Scrubs. From the first he set out to combat the broad-arrow and shaven head conception of prison, by giving us an excellent account of the conditions, the wage-earning system, the work of prison visitors, and the mental and intellectual freedom. We were especially interested in the psychological influences of home life, deformity, or poverty on the criminal; but equally interested in the fact that no amount of psychological influence will account for some offences, which are due to the simple cussedness of human nature. We heard about some of the Borstal conditions, of the Public School atmosphere there, and of the boys' visits to their old housemasters after they have left. This was another lecture to make us think and

27 to arouse our interest in a subject about which so much fiction and distorted knowledge there is to-day. We have rarely had five lectures on such different subjects : there must have been something which deeply interested each of us, and made us use our brains ; which, after all, is the true function of a lecture. T. TIDMAN.

Lent Term

1938.

It was disappointing that owing to illness we had to cancel several of our lectures this term, but we were very fortunate in having Mr. Donald Grant down here on January aoth to lecture us on " The Present-day situation in Europe and the Far East." As usual Mr. Grant was very interesting indeed, and he helped us all to understand the situation much better. Mr. Knapp-Fisher also,gave us a very interesting lecture on " Architecture," and for many of us snowed us the beauty of architecture in a new light. The slides he showed us were very good, and those of church interiors really beautiful. The lecturer to whom we are really most grateful is Miss Heroys, who came on five consecutive Friday evenings to lecture to us on " Eastern Europe." Her lectures were most absorbing, and we were particularly interested when she brought three Russian Folk Songs, which she had just found, and which Miss Tomlinson very kindly played to us. I am sure those who heard Miss Heroys speak learnt a great deal about the Balkan States and the Byzantine Empire, and we really are most grateful to her for coming. M. GIBSON.

Summer Term 1938. In their determination to set our noses to the grindstone at the first possible moment, Miss Matthews and Miss Alexander arranged that Mr. Grant should give us two lectures on the very first day of term. We know Mr. Grant of oldâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;how imperative it is to apply every atom of concentration we possess to what he says ; and this lecture was no exception. Mr. Grant spoke of the revolution in European thought, which has more or less sanctioned such deeds as Germany's annexation of Austria, and of Hitler's methods of using the Sudeten German party against the Czechoslovak Government. In his second lecture he explained the position

28 of China in the Far East, and gave a reassuring account of her chances in the war. As if to turn from the realism of modern politics to a less frantic and practical age, our next lecture consisted of a performance of An Interlude of Youth, a mediaeval play of the " Everyman " type, portraying various virtues and vices struggling for the possession of a man's soul ; and a talk on drama by Mr. Peter Slade. He spoke of the importance of drama in school, and in life too, giving us a new and interesting view of it. On June iath Mrs. Glossop, who was a missionary in Bihar and Orissa, spoke to us of her work among the Indians. Her account of their character, their superstitions, belief in witch doctoring, and extreme backwardness (without explanation they cannot understand a simple picture when they see it for the first time) were all most interesting. The last lecture of term was a much looked-forward-to event. Miss Minnis's reading of extracts from Jane Austen. She gave them in period costume, and chose such favourites as Mr. Collins' proposal in Pride and Prejudice, the irrepressibleness of Miss Bates in Emma, and a scene between Mr. Tilney and Catherine Morland in Northanger Abbey. We always enjoy Miss Minnis's recitals, following as they do upon the two days hectic anxiety of the Reading Competition : and this year her choice was specially popular. T. TIDMAN.

Music of the Year. Autumn Term 1937. In addition to a recital in the School Hall, several of us have been fortunate enough to go to concerts in Bath and Marlborough. At the beginning of the term Cortot gave a Chopin recital at the Pavilion, Bath. His programme was the same as that which he gave in London a week later, and included : Sonata in B Minor, Opus 58, Valses, and Etudes. Most of us had never heard him before, and needless to say we were thrilled. On the Sunday of half-term, some of us were invited to another pianoforte recital in Marlborough, by Friedrich Wuhrer. He played Beethoven's Sonata in A Flat, and also some Chopin and Brahms. Although perhaps not so well known as Cortot, he gave us a very enjoyable evening, and we are extremely grateful to Marlborough for inviting us. We have also had two singing concerts. One of them was by Richard Wood, whom we welcomed with great enthusiasm

29 as being the successor of a long line of Woods, all of whom have contributed much to the music of the School. He gave us a varied programme of German songs, songs by Vaughan Williams, and Christmas songs. As he was the first male singer we have had in our new hall, his concert had been much anticipated, and he more than fulfilled our expectations. Miss Jennings very kindly took two of us into Bath to hear Elizabeth Schumann, accompanied by George Reeves. She sang songs by Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schumann and Richard Strauss. The whole audience was very appreciative, and we all clapped her with such persistence that she gave us four encores. The great event of the term for all of us was the Music Festival in Bath, so well arranged by Miss Vincent, to whom we are so sorry to say good-bye. We enjoyed it as much as ever this year. The conductor was Dr. Armstrong. The programme consisted of:â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Omnes. Eternal Ruler. Henry G. Ley. Angels from the Realms of Glory J. Montgomery. Seniors. The Echoing Green and Other Songs. Victor Hely chinson.

Hut-

Juniors. Care Flies from the Lad that is Merry. Let not a Moonborn Elf. Who is Sylvia? Aubade.

Michael Arne. Purcell. Charles Wood. John Ireland.

Orchestra. Symphony No. 4 in F. Thomas Arne. Scarlatti Suite for Piano and Strings.

We were represented in the orchestra by Miss Williams and Miss Wolff, whom we want to thank for all the help they gave us : Miss Williams especially in copying out manuscripts for us and Miss Wolff for giving up so much of her free time. D. CROSBIE. M. POLLOCK.

Easter and Summer Terms

1938.

All hope of concerts was dashed to the ground in the Easter Term by the ravages of mumps and measles. But this term to make up for it, rather ambitiously, perhaps, the Musical Club decided to produce H.M.S. Pinafore. Under Miss Jennings' able tuition we succeeded in giving two performances with moderate success.

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The principal parts were taken by Pippa Evans, who made a passionate Ralph Rackstraw, and Margaret Pollock, who was charming as Josephine, the object of his love. They were well supported by an excellent and vivacious Captain Corcoran in G. Clark-Kennedy, while the light humour in what might have been a tense situation was admirably supplied by C. Jarrett as Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B., with Cousin Hebe (P. Philips) ever ready " to soothe and comfort his declining days." E. Samuelson as Little Buttercup helped to hold the interest of the audience with her well rendered choruses, and in Betty McKenzie we had a truly sinister Dick Deadeye, who held us spellbound by his villany. The crew, ably led by T. Tidman, A Scott, and M. Gibson, were alert and intelligent and carried the performance through its troubled waters accompanied by an admiring crowd of " sisters and cousins and aunts." But, of course, it must be obvious to anyone that any measure of success was due to the unfailing patience of Miss Jennings, and untiring support given by Miss Prior, and we are sure that all the members of the Musical Club wish to thank them. We have only been able to have one concert in the School this term, and that was of an entirely original type. It was given by Margaret Hodson, who played some delightful Elizabethan pieces on the harpiscord, and Miss Ritchie, who kept us in fits of laughter by her extremely amusing characterisation. We were much intrigued by the harpischord, made by Mr. Alec Hodson, the interior of which Mrs. Hodson was kind enough to show some of us afterwards. Later on in the term, as a great privilege, some of the violin pupils went to Salisbury to hear a recital by Jelly d'Aranyi in the Cathedral. They came back very much impressed by her wonderful technique and the feeling with which she played. Included in her programme were a Handel Sonata, Prelude and Largo (Bach), Larghetto from Concerto in D (Beethoven), Adagio from Concerto in D (Brahms), and Andante from Concerto in E Minor (Mendelssohn). The School orchestra during this last year has increased rapidly, and under the able coaching of Miss Williams, has maintained the higher standard reached last year. The radiogram, presented to the School by Lady Lansdowne, has also helped to widen our interest, and increasing appreciation of good music is shown. I think we all feel that music is taking a more important place in the life of the School, and we hope that the growing interest which has lately become apparent will increase. M. POLLOCK. D. CROSBIE.

Our thanks are due to Deirdre for the interest she has taken in training the choir for our Sunday evening service. Two anthems have been sung this term—" Brother James' Air " (Gordon Jacobs), by the Probationers, and " I waited for the Lord " (Mendelssohn), by the Choir. E.M.A.

" H.M.S. Pinafore." For some years it has been Miss Jennings' wish to produce another Opera at S. Mary's, and this year that wish has been fulfilled. At the summer half-term the Music Club gave a performance of H.M.S. Pinafore—the jollity and gaiety of which could scarcely be equalled by the D'Oyly Carte Company. No one would have suspected from the modest remarks of the performers beforehand how good it was going to be. The two lovers—Ralph Rackstraw (P. Evans) and Josephine (M. Pollock) were ideal for their parts, as they both sang and acted entrancingly, the former being a desperately lovesick youth and the latter a most attractive sailor's daughter. The Captain (G. Clark-Kennedy), Josephine's stern father, was truly awe-inspiring in his wrath; particularly good and gruesome was his song accompanied by the swish of his " cat." As soon as Sir Joseph Porter (C. Jarrett) appeared, we felt that here was a real personality. He sang magnificently and was a most imposing First Lord of the Admiralty—in spite of never haying been to sea. All his songs were good, but especially striking was " I am the Monarch of the Sea," in which he was assisted by Hebe (P. Philips) and his sisters and his cousins and his aunts, who were a truly remarkable family—all apparently endowed with charming voices. Dick Deadeye (B. McKenzie) was a nasty villain with a rasping voice—he played his part well. The Boatswain (T. Tidman), the Carpenter's Mate (A. Scott), The Midshipmite (H. Cox) and the Sergeant of Marines (M. Gibson) were all good and sang their parts with great fervour. If the British Navy is made up of such as these no harm can possibly befall us ! Perhaps of the whole caste, E. Samuelson, who took the part of Little Buttercup, was the greatest artist. She has a charming voice, and her first song, " I'm Called Little Buttercup," won the hearts of the audience immediately. The success of the production owes a great deal to the splendid chorus of Sailors—we missed Bass voices—but, in spite of

this, they gave both a strong and musical support, and their acting and dancing were delightful. The Orchestra (Miss Prior) was admirable, and as for the Conductor and Producer, we can only ask how does Miss Jennings manage to do these wonderful things ?â&#x20AC;&#x201D;producing an Opera at School can be no easy task, and we are very grateful to her and the Music Club for a most enjoyable performance. M.H.

Art. One can look back on the past year with satisfaction, as one recalls to one's mind the delightful paintings and drawings which have been put up in the studio. One of the most notable features of the Summer Term has been the sketches of the Juniors, who show signs of great promise and are very keen, going out with Miss Hendry every Tuesday evening. Also during the Summer Term, some of the more original have been making belts out of coloured string, which are very attractive. Many charming Christmas presents were made by those who attempted printing on shantung with lino-cuts, making blotters and scarves. The usual visits to the Parish Church have been made by the new girls at the beginning of each term: the greatest excitement seems to be going up the tower. An excellent idea has been introduced whereby we have a system for obtaining new pictures for the School. A new set of pictures comes every three months, to fill the frames with which we are supplied. Some of the pictures we know very well, and others not so well known help to improve our knowledge, as it is impossible when walking up the main staircase not to be interested in the pictures and to know more about them. We are never sent pictures all of one type, as the older are all mixed with the more modern. Some pictures prove much more popular than others, which is perhaps natural, and it is amazing how quickly one can find our other people's tastes in the matter of art. We were able to send quite a number of our drawings to the annual exhibition for the schools of Wiltshire. We must congratulate Megan Morement on obtaining a Second Class for her beautiful and perfect piece of lettering. Mary Lake and Barbara Bach both were highly commended for one of their entries. G. CLARK-KENNEDY. P. Moss.

Half-Term. NOVEMBER ist, 1937. After those of us, who were left behind, had watched the rest of the School going out on Saturday morning, our envy of them soon disappeared in a hectic rush to find paper and paints in order to make ourselves masks for an All Hallow E'en party, to which we had been invited by the Staff. In due course we proceeded along to the gymnasium, where we found the room attractively lit by marrow lanternsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;what a time Miss Freke must have spent cutting those priceless expressions on them ! A great deal of amusement was caused when trying to guess the owners of weird and ghostly masks. The Staff then produced several shadow scenes of which the most gruesome, I think, was " Morton's Fork," when Matron appeared with a gardening fork driven through her â&#x20AC;&#x201D;it looked very realistic indeed. More fun came when we bobbed for apples, buns and sweets and finished up with our faces covered with flour and jam and our hair dripping wet! Thus we passed a pleasant and cheerful evening and we are very grateful indeed to the Staff for entertaining us so well. Sunday was the usual, delightfully quiet day until the evening, when Miss Matthews read us House at Pooh Corner, and then no one was able to contain her mirth. On Monday there were two expeditions, one to Salisbury, and one to Fry's Chocolate Factory. Those who went to Salisbury went over the Cathedral and afterwards the Library where many interesting manuscripts were seen. Those who went to Fry's were shown over the factory and saw how the samples, they were given at the end, were made. Though it was a wet day, the time passed rapidly and the week-end seemed to come to an end almost before it had begun. M. GIBSON.

Half-Term Week-end. JUNE i8TH, 1938. The weather did not look very promising at first but it did not actually rain till after lunch. Just as we were getting ready for the Fathers' match there was a sudden cloudburst, which, fortunately, did not last very long. Soon after 2.30 we all trooped up to Lansdowne and settled ourselves comfortably on chairs and benches, to watch the match. The

match ended in a draw as the Fathers had made 151 all out, and the School had made 137 for 7 wickets when it was time to stop. As soon as the match was over we had to bid a fond farewell to our parents, for we were not allowed to see them again that day. At 7 p.m. we had supper and afterwards the people who were performing in H.M.S. Pinafore had to change. The curtain went up at 8 o'clock, and the whole performance went very well indeed, the parents applauding every solo. The performance ended at 9.30, and Miss Jennings was presented with a beautiful basket of flowers. On the Monday we awoke to find a glorious summer day awaiting us. The day was started with tip-and-run for the more energetic members of the School. The greater part of the School went out before or after breakfast with parents or friends. But the twenty of us who were left " in " were no less fortunate than they were, as we were given a very good time. The brake arrived about eleven o'clock, and we set off for Inkpen Beacon, which is near Hungerford. Having arrived within sight of the Beacon we had to ask an ancient villager whether there were any means of getting the brake nearer to the hill, in order that it might be easier for us to carry the heavy lunch-basket to the top. We were all extremely relieved to learn that there was a road which went right up. The lane was very narrow and gradually became steeper, but the valiant brake managed to struggle to the top with us on board. Miss Jackson and Miss Arnold had provided a marvellous picnic lunch for us, and, as they came with us, they were able to hear our appreciative noises ! After lunch we went off to explore the countryside. We were interested, though rather awed, to see a very formidable gibbet, which was set up on the highest part of the beacon, so that, two or three hundred years ago, the countryside for miles around could be warned by the grim burden which it probably held. Besides this gibbet there was an excellent example of a dewpond near by, over which huge and beautiful dragon-flies skimmed. We left Inkpen about 3.30, and went down into Hungerford for tea. We were given a splendid tea at " The Bear," and afterwards fed tame trout in the river. We arrived back at School again in time for supper, after a very enjoyable day indeed. P. HARRISON. R. HAY.

85 " Contacts with other Schools." Although no one can deny that the School has no lack of excitements during the term, one thing is reserved for the prefectsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;that is to visit other schools and discuss with their Sixth forms. This term we were invited to Godolphin on October 2ist. We arrived in time for tea and were met by the Godolphin prefects. Before we had even time to feel shy each of us was seized by a pair of friendly hands and borne off to tea. Just as we were planning to make a move Miss Edwards Rees came in to welcome us, and after talking to us all for a few moments despatched us with our guardians on a tour round the school. I think the things which most impressed us were the new Science buildings, where I am sure most of us could have spent the whole evening, if there had not been so much else to see. When we had seen as much as there was time for we collected in one of their sitting-rooms. All fears that there would be a highbrow discussion in which we should take a very minor part were dispelled in the first few moments, when any attempt to discuss seriously degenerated into an informal chat with our neighbours. The time passed all too quickly, once more our guardians took charge of us and carried us off to their respective houses, over which we were shown and where we had supper. Before we left we all had coffee at the School House, and after saying good-bye to Miss Edwards Rees we left, hoping that they enjoyed themselves as much as we did. Downe House came over to us on November i8th. Generally one does not enjoy being a hostess as much as a guest; but in this case our guests were so friendly that they made what might have been a labour, a pleasure for us. After showing them over the School we all met in the Library to discuss " Discipline in Schools." Torla and their head girl kept us well to the point, and consequently we covered a great deal of ground. They were impressed by the lateness of our bed hours, while we envied them their freedom in letter-writing, and Sunday piano practising. In the number of other points which were brought up, after heated argument in some places, we almost invariably came to the conclusion that our own schools were best. Although we come to each " contact " with mixed feelings, afterwards we all realise how fortunate we are to have such a headmistress as Miss Matthews,, who allows us to have these " contacts," and how extremely nice all other schools are though, as is only right, we all prefer our own. E. HOCKING.

86 The School Certificate Frolic. MARCH IST, 1938. The Frolic took place on March ist, as the and was Ash Wednesday. As usual on Miss Matthews' birthday we went to the Cinema in the morning. This time we saw Tudor Rose; also with it a Silly Symphony Cartoon, Everybody Sings. Tudor Rose was a very good film, but for many people it was almost too sad, with nothing to relieve it at the end. The film ended at about 12 o'clock, and we spent until lunch time playing lacrosse. In the afternoon we were allowed to do whatever we liked. Some of us played games, others just read or knitted. It was a glorious day, so that it was hard for anyone to remain indoors. At 4.30 we had the Frolic tea, at which all the staff were present. The School Certificate Candidates sat at two tables put together at the base of the platform, parallel to the high table. Miss Matthews had a large birthday cake which was distributed round the tables. After this the Staff were given their " School Certificates." They were loudly applauded by the School, and were thanked for their valiant efforts by the School Certificate Candidates. Then the School Certificate Candidates were given chocolate animals. At 5 o'clock there was the Edmund Rich Company Play, which was A Damsel in Distress, by Ian Hay and P. G. Wodehouse. This was the last of the Company Plays, and was well carried out and humorous. It was a very good ending to a day of festivities and gaiety. P. Moss.

Ascension Day 1938. Owing to the early Easter last year, Ascension Day came in the holidays. After a gap of two years there were many people who had never sampled the joys or trials of Ascension Day. The General Knowledge Paper had a very wide scope and gave everyone a chance, and plenty to occupy their brains until " break." After " break " Margaret Gibson and Anne Whiffen gave us two extremely interesting lectures on their week in the Peckham Settlement. After lunch we walked briskly to Sandy Lane to keep our circulations going; the fates had unkindly decreed a cold, grey day for our holiday. When we arrived at " The George " our hearts glowed when we saw the mountains of doughnuts,

cream slices, and sandwiches. The lemonade fizzed with its accustomed vigour, and warmed the cockles of our hearts. After our excellent tea, due to the superhuman exertions of Miss Jackson and Miss Arnold, we wended our weary way home. We then went to Choral Evensong, after which Mr. Pullein gave us a glorious recital on the organ. Then, very contented, we went to bed. N. BENSON.

Longford Castle Pageant. JUNE 2STH, 1938. The chief attractions of the Longford Pageant were the beautiful clothes and the excellent setting provided by the beech trees, which formed natural wings and made it seem really mediaeval. The scene opened with an English holiday in 1370â&#x20AC;&#x201D;court ladies and villagers mingled together to form a brilliant assembly against the leafy background. Edward III and his Queen were royally entertained by tumblers, Morris dancers, glee-singers, and children playing " Ragman's Roll," an ancient game. The jousting was most realistic, and enlivened by the fact that one of the horses, unused to this diverting form of sport, bolted, pursued by the victor. The King and Queen then departed followed by their retinue. The Canterbury pilgrims, lead by Chaucer, then arrived at The Tabard Inn, Southwark, and mine host welcomed them under the shade of a beech tree. While wine flowed freely many tales were no doubt told, lots were drawn, and the pardoner began to tell his tale, which was a Morality Play portraying avarice. This was acted most realistically by three jovial rioters, who in their efforts to find death became the victim of their own scheming. The King and his court returned to speed the pilgrims on their way, aided by the benedictions of the Bishop of Salisbury, accompanied by the Cathedral Choir singing the Te Deum. There were side shows and stalls set up beneath the trees. These stalls were many and various, being attended by numerous ladies in beautiful mediaeval clothes, and, of course, to provide further entertainment, there was the " fun of the fayre." " For there were . . . Songs, stamps and eke daunces, Divers plente of plesaunces." E. SAMUELSON. H. MAXWELL-LEFROY.

Our Day at Denford. JULY QTH, 1938. excited we all were as the time drew nearer and nearer for our visit to Mr. and Mrs. Dunne ; if any event is looked forward to in the Summer Term it is this one. Excitement rises to fever-pitch as the long-looked-forward-to day finally arrives. Those of us who had not been before had been given thrilling descriptions by " old-hands," and as we moved slowly up the drive at Denford our expectations were fulfilled. It is quite impossible to describe the superb lunch which we consumed on our arrival ; afterwards we spent a fascinating half-hour looking through some really beautiful bird books belonging to Mr. Dunne. Then to play tennis on those two superb grass courts without holes on the serving-line, and with eighteen balls between two courts ! Mr. and Mrs. Dunne took us round the beautiful grounds and, above all, we admired the rosegarden. The little Chapel among the trees proved to be a great attraction, especially when we found out that we could play the harmonium ; hymns were played with great vigour. To crown this lovely day we had raspberries and cream for tea, and soon after we had to say good-bye to our very kind host and hostess. All perfect days pass much too quickly, which is a sure sign of real enjoyment. G. CLARK- KENNEDY.

Miss Alexander's Birthday. JULY 22ND, 1938. Miss Alexander's birthday fell on a Wednesday, the last Wednesday of the Summer Term, so that the holiday feeling had already set in before the festivities began. The festivities began at six o'clock in the evening, when the Sixth Form gave a performance of selections from The Barretts of Wimpole Street The caste was as follows : Margaret Pollock took the part of Elizabeth Barrett, and Deirdre Crosbie that of Robert Browning. Both of them portrayed their parts excellently ; Elizabeth Barrett certainly did not look particularly well ; and Robert Browning definitely gave one the impression of a whirlwind. Eleanor Hocking and Jennifer Morris took the parts of Mr. Barrett and Occy, Elizabeth's brother, respectively. Mr. Barrett's entrance was very impressive, and until he came

39 further to the front of the stage no one could recognise him for Eleanor Hocking. Occy's stammer was most realistic. The part of Mr. Bevan was taken by Gillian Clark-Kennedy ; Mr. Bevan's whiskers were superb, and his voice and manner were sufficiently superficial to give a comic touch. Anne Whiffen and Meriall Patey took the parts of Elizabeth's sisters, Henrietta and Arabel respectively ; both played their parts admirably. Bella, Elizabeth's cousin, was taken by Ursula Cleverly, who affected a very elegant lisp. Torla Tidman took the part of Wilson the maid. All the parts were excellently carried out, so that one felt that there were no weak spots. The play was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone, although perhaps some of the younger ones did not quite understand it all. As the performance only lasted until half-past six, there was half an hour to wait for supper. This gave the actors time to remove their clothes and some of the grease paint. Then followed a grand " stand up" supper; one of Miss Jackson's usual sumptuous meals. Miss Alexander was led, in state, by Torla Tidman to the platform, where the rest of the Sixth Form were waiting for her. Miss Alexander was then presented with a small token of our gratitude for holding the fort so valiantly for Miss Matthews, during her absence. The School then showed their appreciation, very heartily, in the usual manner. Then we set to and ate. When we had all eaten our fill, we went up to the hall to dance. Nearly everyone danced for the whole hour, thoroughly enjoying themselves. The radiogram came in very usefully, as the piano is very difficult to hear when the hall is full of people dancing. We ended at eight-thirty, all of us feeling that we had worked off most of our energy, and feeling rather tired, but all the same very happy, having had a perfectly lovely day. We all hope that Miss Alexander did, too. P. Moss.

A Visit down a Coalmine. Two of us were fortunate enough to make a visit down a coal mine at Radstock, this term, with Miss Chapman. Mrs. Ashworth, the mother of a present girl, was good enough

to make all the necessary arrangements, and we would especially like to thank her for her kindness and hospitality in entertaining us after the visit. When we reached the pithead, the under-manager was ready to take us down and after waiting in trepidation for a while, an empty cage was prepared and we all crammed in. The lift worker let us down the two thousand feet very gently, so he said, but to us the pace of the descent seemed terriffic, with the result that when we reached the pit-bottom we experienced the sensation of travelling up again. As the mine was free from fire-damp and all explosive gases, we carried open lamps as did all the miners, and even witnessed the smoking of cigarettes right up against the coal face. After walking in comparative ease for quite a distance, and having met several pit ponies (who were not blind, as the legend goes), we passed into a lower road and had to walk along bent quite double. Later we had to leave our coats off because of the increasing heat. After walking up and down hill and through never-ending passagesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;all the time practically on all foursâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;we came at last right on to the coal face. The seam was about three feet in depth, and we crawled the whole way up it on hands and knees. On reaching the top, we sat down and talked to the miners and the little boy, who worked a runner, on to which the coal was shovelled ; at a given sign he had to set his engine going so that the coal was shaken down into trucks waiting at the other end. Later we were shown a road down which the miners had been digging for three years in search of a coal seam which, because of a fault in it, had been lost. Few people realise the time wasted in hunting for coal underground. On reaching the main road again we were shown round the stables, which were beautifully clean and all the ponies looked happy and well cared for. During the journey, our guide told us many remarkable stories of the staunch comradeship and bravery of the miners, and we admired them greatly for their courage, but at last we had to come up to the surface once more. I think we were the first girls to go down a coal mine from School, and I do hope that our appreciation will help to show others that the visit is such a one that should be made by all, so that they can fully realise the conditions under which others work for us. As soon as one has been down a coal mine it is difficult for one to look at a fire without admiring once again those men who are working underground. M. POLLOCK.

A Visit to Harris' Factory. Although Harris' factory is so near S. Mary's, and we so often pass it, very few of the School have had the privilege of going over it. Some of the girls who learn cookery were very kindly taken over with Miss Baskerville on the last Thursday of the Summer Term. We were welcomed by the guide, who explained that there were two factories on either side of Church Street. In the old factory the animals are slaughtered and the carcases are then numbered so that if there is any complaint, the carcase can be traced right through the preparations. We were then shown the cellars, where the meat is chilled, and the curing rooms. We were shown two methods of curing â&#x20AC;&#x201D;the Danish way, and Harris' own dry curing. The former way is more economical as the carcases are put into tanks of brine for about ten days, and thus more moisture is dissolved into the meat. Harris' own curing is done by stacking the carcases between dry salt, after each carcase has been filled with brine, by means of a syringe. This latter way is very popular as it keeps the meat fresh longer. Each carcase is examined by the veterinary officer for taint, and if there is any suspicion a syringe is injected near the bone, which tells whether the carcase is good or not. We were shown all the machinery of the factory, which has to be raised off the ground, as Church Street is sometimes flooded. We then entered the laboratory in which all the work for the six or seven other factories in the country is done. All the samples are examined by the chemist before they are used, be they pepper or coal. There we also saw specimens of the diseases that a pig can have. In the new factory we saw all the foods being cooked and packed into tins, which were sterilised by being passed through a steam steriliser. We were shown the cardboard boxes being put together, at an amazing speed by a girl. It was very monotonous work, and we felt very sorry for the worker. The sausages are all made by machinery, and are wrapped up with great celerity by workers who become very skilled. What struck us most as we went round was that all the workers, both men and women, looked so happy and contented. They have their own club rooms and lounges, and their working conditions are made as easy as possible. They all work under Board of Trade wage regulations. We spent two and a half very enjoyable hours, and if anyone wants to see a factory, working under modern conditions, she cannot do better than go round Harris' Factory. S. REMINGTON-WILSON.

A Visit to Nestle's Milk Factory. After some of the unpleasant shocks we had had in our examination papers, those of us in Lower VI who learnt Biology and Bacteriology, were rewarded with a pleasant shock : we learnt that we were being privileged by Nestles to go over their milk factory at Chippenham. We arrived early so that we saw the milk arriving from the farms. This was poured out of the churns into a tank. The churns were then sterilised and returned to the farms. The milk was pumped upstairs into huge vats, each containing over i ,000 gallons. It was then taken through pipes into the room where it was condensed. We also saw the stacks of sugar, and were told how it was boiled before it joined the milk, the milk that is condensed in this factory mostly being sweetened. At the opposite end of the factory to that to which the milk is brought, we saw piles of tin plates, which had come direct from South Wales. We saw the plates being trimmed, and then put into a marvellous contrivance which rolled them into tins, which then travelled along a sort of railway until they met the lids and bottoms of the tins, which had been made in another part of the room. These parts were soldered on, a small hole being left in the lid through which the milk was poured after the tins had passed into the next room, incidentally making a deafening noise as they rolled merrily along the railway. The milk was put into the tins, the lids put on and soldered, all by the same amazing machine. We watched this machine for some time. The ingenuity of the whole thing made us marvel more and more as we discovered how many things it could do at once. We then followed the tins into the next room, where we saw them labelled and stacked into boxes. A motor-driven vehicle then took them over the road to the warehouse. In another part of the factory we saw the boxes being made and the printing being put on. Powdered milk is also made at the factory, and we followed this process through its various stages. In a room which smelt horribly sickly, we saw the milk being pushed over very hot rollers and then cut off by a knife. This made sheets of dry milk which were put into another machine and powdered. This powdered milk was put into tins in a room below, the powder coming down a pipe into the tins. During the course of our tour in this part of the factory we also saw the laboratory where all the milk is tested before and after being condensed or powdered. On the other side of the road, in the warehouse, we were interested to see the different names given to the milk going

to different climates. Some men and girls were opening boxes and tearing off the labels of tins in this warehouse. Our " guide " told us that it was an order originally intended for Malay, which had been cancelled owing to the fact that the demand for rubber had suddenly decreased and the natives, having less work, could not afford the milk. We were also very much interested when he told us how the Chinese had most ingeniously removed the ends from the boxes, taken the tins out, put ballast in and nailed the end on again, thus deceiving the Japanese. Finally, after looking at the huge furnaces, we came home complete with a tin of Nestles' milk each ! M. WHIELDON.

Company Reports. Grosstete. In some ways Grosstete has been successful this year, but this is all effaced by failure over company duties ; no one in the company is really reliable, and consequently the orderliness of the School lapses considerably during our weeks in charge. Each individual member must set herself to do her job to the best of her ability; Grosstete really must pull itself together. However we have had two victories this year, in Netball, Shooting and Cricket, in which we played four matches, to beat Edmund Rich in the finals. A. Fletcher is to be congratulated on her valuable bowling. In Lacrosse we had a rather inexperienced team, but by the last match everyone was pulling her weight, with much better results. Our weakness lies chiefly in the attacks and hence we scored very few goals. As with cricket, some members of the company practised keenly, but there are too many slackers who do not realise that stickwork and tactical practices are essential for the formation of a team. In the Spring Term we joined with Poore to produce The Three Musketeers, which, after much hectic preparation, went off very well, and we can only hope that the audience enjoyed watching it as much as we enjoyed acting. Grosstete must cultivate a greater pride of ownership before we can be successful in the Marking Competition; those insignificant belts and toothbrushes are really very easy to mark. We were bottom in the Reading Competition, though we were three marks above our last year's total, and

this falls in with the general improvement in the School. The team are indebted to C. Clarke for her useful coaching. During the year we have been very sorry to lose N. Benson, J. Grover, M. Morement, and M. Lake, the latter especially, who was a dependable sub. for two terms. C. Clarke has been elected head for next term, and I hope Grosstete will back her up and become a really efficient company. A. G. ROBERTS.

Moberly. This year Moberly have in no way distinguished themselves. Although we are very keen, that is not enough; we lack determination, and are too easily discouraged. We sounded very enthusiastic about the marking competition, but few people actually did anything about it, and in consequence we had far too many things unmarked. The Company Shooting was won by Grosstete and we were fifth. The company practised with enthusiasm, but failed at the critical moment. In the Spring Term we had the company lacrosse, and again, in spite of all our energetic practice, we could only manage to be fifth. However, in our Company Play, in which we joined Osmund, we did not lack determination. We did The Queen of Scots, by Gordon Daviot. Everyone helped tremendously, and was willing to do the dullest jobs. P. Hawkins was especially good as Lethington, and N. Gwatkin and P. Philips are to be commended on their rendering of Lord Arran and Janet respectively. In the Summer Term we had a very good team for cricket, but we were beaten in the first round after a draw. In our batting, especially, our tendency to give up before the end was horribly obvious. We fared better in the Reading Competition; we were third, Osmund beating us by only two marks. N. Gwatkin and M. Coventon won their badges. We must especially commend N. Gwatkin on her unselfish coaching, which brought out the very best from the team. On the whole this year we have not been good about our duties. Everyone is very keen in volunteering to do them, but the actual work is left to a few really unselfish people. We are rather forgetful and though on Sunday we all try very hard, by Monday most of us have forgotten our good

45 intentions. H. Lefroy, A. Scott, and P. Philips never do, however, and if they can remember, so can we all, and next year we must try harder. This year the Company is losing its head, and three of its most unsefish members, H. Lefroy, N. Gwatkin and R. Hay. P. Hawkins has been elected head for next year. We wish her and the Company the best of luck, and if they let their keenness be put into practice next year should be a splendid and triumphant one. E. HOCKING.

Osmund. This year we have had no very outstanding successes, but we have finished second in several competitions, and there has always been an element of uncertainty and excitement before the results have been made known. We have lost two very excellent heads, but the new girls who have taken their place are keen and useful, and may easily become heads themselves. On duty we have not kept the School nearly as tidy as we should have done ; but on the whole the company is enthusiastic, and has played well together in matches. In the Spring Term we won the marking cup for the first time for a very long time ; not a very illustrious achievement, certainly, but it shows that people can take trouble for the company. This was our only -successâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;if getting first place is the only form of successâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the whole year. In the netball shooting competition we were second, as we were in the company lacrosse. We were again marked on tactics, and so close were our marks to those of Edmund Rich that we did not know till after the last match that they had beaten us by nine. The team practised hard, but it was unfortunate that three members of it were carried off by mumps half way through. The great event of the Spring Term was Queen of Scots, by Gordon Daviot, which we acted in conjunction with our traditional partners, Moberly. It was a harassing time for the producers, as they never knew when the principals were going to fall victims to mumps or measles; but the actual performance was better than any rehearsal, and we at least had the satisfaction of knowing that we had attempted a difficult play. We did not shine in the Company cricket; Edmund Rich who were eventually beaten by Grosstete, beat us in the first

round. This year a time limit of three quarters of an hour was imposed, which in view of our inefficient bowling, was of advantage to us ; but such a system cuts both ways, for it is rather disgraceful not to be able to survive the bowling for the full time, as was the case in our match. The Reading Competition was perhaps our greatest success of the year, though we were only second. It was a splendid Edmund Rich team which beat us ; but we managed to get three badges, two first classes, and one second, with the result that we were a good many marks above the next company. Although the team had not very long in which to practise, they chose their pieces intelligently and worked very hard at diction, expression and characterisation. They were well coached by A. Whiffen and D. Crosbie, who is to be heartily congratulated on winning her badge. We are very sorry to lose D. Crosbie, P. Moss and A. Whiffen, who have all helped in various ways; Deirdre has been outstanding in games and acting. There are some very keen people in the middle and lower school, especially H. Cox and E. Sarjeant, and I hope that with their help, and that of those who are less enthusiastic at present, the company will be not only successful in competitions, but also efficient in keeping the School tidy. T. TIDMAN.

Edmund Rich. Edmund Rich has had the most successful year since it was changed from a day girls' to a boarders' company. Everybody has been very keen in all the competitions, but the same enthusiasm has not been shown in company duties, only a few people remembering at all after the first few days. We managed to put our name on the lacrosse shield, after it had stood bare for many years, largely owing to M. Pollock's efficient coaching. We played all against all as usual, and we were top in each section of the tactics' marks except the general impression. The standard of the netball shooting competition was much higher this year, so that although we beat all the averages of last year we only tied third with Poore; D. Stephenson did very well to score twenty-one. We reached the final of the cricket but in spite of some very good fielding and steady bowling by G. Clark-Kennedy and R. Russell, we did not succeed in beating Grosstete. We won the Reading Competition again this year, by a margin of nine, but we were lucky to start with thirty marks ; B.

McKenzie and M. Hurst are to be congratulated on winning their badges. We were successful in the marking competition in the Summer Term, and with a little more care from a few people we might win it more often. Everyone is getting most proficient in dates, which we won in the Autumn Term, nobody making more than five mistakes. The Company Plays in the Spring Term have been the most important company events of the year. We produced The Damsel in Distress, by Ian Hay and P. G. Wodehouse, and although perhaps it was rather ambitious to try a modern play, and we had some difficulty with the clothes, we enjoyed doing it very much. Everybody was very keen in the rehearsals and most helpful over properties and scene-shifting. The great event of the Summer Term was our success in winning the Redman Flower Cup. In this competition we secured 88 per cent. We lost two most unselfish people at Christmasâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;P. Roe and D. Powlettâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and at the end of the Summer Term we are losing four of the keenest members of the company, who have been its mainstays during the past year, both in competitions and company duties ; we are very sorry to have to say goodbye to M. Pollock, M. Gibson, G. Clark-Kennedy and E. . Samuelson. Every single person will have to work very hard if we are to keep up the standard of last year, and make our week on duty an extra-specially tidy one, without these four people. J. MORRIS.

Poore. Poore has not been very successful in any of the competitions this year, but we began the year well by winning the marking cup in the Christmas Term. We came out third in the Company Lacrosse, but we were very unlucky as our captain, W. Wotton, sprained her ankle, and was unable to play in any of the matches. We were fourth in the Reading Competition, R. Willink won her junior badge, and, due to the valiant coaching of H. Dillon and A. Pegg, we had four people in the first class. Unfortunately we were greatly handicapped by not having any badge holders from last year. The great event of the year was the Company Play. We joined with Grosstete to produce The Three Musketeers, and I am sure we all enjoyed ourselves very much, in spite of the panic that was reigning just before the curtain was

due to go up. A. Pegg and H. Dillon took the chief parts from Poore. This year we were again a bye in the Company Cricket, but we met the winner, Grosstete, immediately. W. Wotton, our captain, made by far the highest score, and if only the rest of our fielders had been more alert, we might have done better. The majority of Poore are very keen when they are on duty, especially W. Wotton and K. Neligan, but a few of the juniors are apt to forget that they remain on duty the whole of the week, and not just on for Sunday. W. Wotton has been elected head for next year, and we wish her and the company the best of luck for it. M. PATEY.

Lacrosse FIXTURES. ist XII v. Westonbirt .. ist XII v. Downe House ist XII v. Wiltshire Ladies ist XII v. Godolphin .. ist XII v. Wiltshire Ladies iST XII.

Christmas Term 1937 G. Pt. C. Pt. 3rd Man L.D. R.D. C. L.A. R.A. 3rd H. 2nd H. ist H.

.. .. .. .. ..

Won 5-4. Lost 9-3. Won 8-3. Lost 9-5. Won 8-4

Lent Term 1938

M. Gibson M. Patey J. Morris H. Cox C. Budgen* E. Samuelson A. Roberts* A. Roberts* E. Hocking* E. Hocking* M. Higgins T. Tidman* K. Neligan K. Neligan W. Wotton W. Wotton M. Pollock* M. Pollock* D. Crosbie D. Crosbie* D. Butler D. Butler H. Cox J. Morris *denotes colours. P. Barker and P. Philips also played, and M. Higgins played Right Defence in T. Tidman's absence. With only three gaps in last year's team, we began the season with great hopes, and these were indeed fulfilled in our first match against Westonbirt. But neither the team nor the rest of the School managed to maintain such a high

49 standard throughout the Christmas term : on the whole this was due to laziness in practising stickwork. C. Budgen played consistently well during the term and won her colours. It was unfortunate that owing to epidemics we only managed to play one match in the Lent Term. However this disappointment was in part requited by redoubled enthusiasm over Company Lacrosse ; everyone practised energetically and Edmund Rich well deserved the Shield. D. Crosbie won her colours, as she has played a steady, and at times exceptional game throughout the season. In a match the team starts well and keeps the opposing side occupied, providing an even game ; but in the second half it goes to pieces completely. The Homes muddle because they do not watch and combine with one another sufficiently. Pitch II games have reached a high level, and there are many promising juniors, who with keen practice should make a good team in the future. We should like to thank Miss Wolff and Miss Waller for the vigorous coaching they have so willingly given, and in particular the latter for playing so energetically with us. K. Neligan has been elected captain for next season, and I hope the team will have more satisfaction from their fixtures. A. ROBERTS.

Netball. FIXTURES.

Autumn Term

1937.

ist VII v. Trowbridge ist VII .. Won 20-9. 2nd VII v. Trowbridge 2nd VII .. Won 22-17. ist Under 15 VII v. Westonbirt .. Won 15-11. 2nd Under 15 VII v. Westonbirt .. Drew 9-9. ist VII v. Royal School .. , .. Lost 29-26. 2nd VII v. Royal School .. .. Lost 21-16. ist VII 2nd VII S. P. Evans J. Morris A. C. Budgen* (Capt.) M. Pollock A.C. P. Hawkins W. Wotton C. D. Crosbie M. Whieldon D.C. A. Roberts* N. Gwatkin D. E. Hocking P. Barker G.D. M. Higgins S. Remington-Wilson * denotes Colours. T. Tidman was unable to play in her usual place in the ist VII. There were four places to be filled in the ist VII this term, and we were therefore very pleased when we beat

Trowbridge ist and and VIFs with only three weeks' practising behind us. One of the best matches we have had for some time, was the Cup Match against the Royal School. Every member of the team put all she could into the game, and it was only the extra five minutes' play, decided upon at the end, that saw our downfall. Each year the Staff Netball VII gets more and more efficient, and we much enjoyed our match this term ! Both the ist and 2nd VII's are promising and should do very well under the leadership of E. Hocking who has been elected captain for next term. A. Roberts won well-earned coloursâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;her play has been exceptionally good throughout the term. Instead of our usual juniors' matches against Downe House, we were able to arrange fixtures with Westonbirt ist and 2nd Under 15 VII's. The first junior team was particularly good this term, the shooters, however, in both teams, with the exception perhaps of R. Durie, were very much inclined to "off" or " o n " shooting daysâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a fault to be remedied by hard practice. The shooting competition was won by Grosstete, with an average of 9.5 as opposed to the winning average of 8.36 in 1936. We introduced the idea of handicaps into the Form Netball this year, and as many forms produced rather good teams there were some even and thrilling matches. Unfortunately, owing to frost or rain, we were unable to play more than the first round of the tournament this term. The standard of Netball in the School has improved, but we are very much lacking in good umpire coaches among the seniors ; this means that games are often made dull and uninteresting owing to bad coaching. I should like to thank Miss Wolff on behalf of all the teams for so much of her free time given to coaching us for matches. C. BUDGEN.

Spring Term 1938. ist VII. S. P. Evans A. D. Butler A.C. P. Hawkins C. D. Crosbie* D.C. A.Roberts* D. E. Hocking* G.D. P. Barker* * denotes Colours.

51 Unfortunately, owing to germs, we had no matches against other schools. The ist team were lucky to play the Staff, whose team was formidably strong, the match was determined, and at times hilarious, and we enjoyed it very much. P. Barker and D. Crosbie both won their colours as they were keen and steady in their good play throughout the term. Many of the ist team are leaving before next season; but we have many promising people to take their places, and led by P. Evans, who has been elected captain for next year, they should do well. E. HOCKING.

Tennis. Summer Term 1938. FIXTURES. ist VI v. St. Brandon's ist VIII v. C. Ill House, Marlborough .. ist VI v. The Staff

FORM TENNIS TOURNAMENT. VBEast \ VI / VI I VIB IVB

\ / VIB

VA III

\ VA / VA

Won 16-1 sets. Lost 9-10 sets, Lost 6-14 sets.

VI ' VA

VBWest \ IVA /VBWest With four members of last year's team still available, we ought to have had a successful tennis term, and the fact that we did not was partly due to chickenpox. We were fortunate in playing our first match against a weak St. Brandon's team, whom we beat easily: but since then the team have been erratic and unable to rise to the occasion (with the exception of M. Patey, who has played consistently well the whole term). Our failure in the matches against Marlborough and the Staff was partly due to lack of practice and experience of match play ; but inaccuracy and a lack of confidence, especially where volleying is concerned, have

largely contributed to it. However, the team have been keen and have practised hard, and with more opportunities might have shown themselves to better advantage. Tennis is popular among the juniors, who have put up good fights against older forms in the Form Tennis. They are still too impatient of stroke practice, and must realise that practice against the board, or even without balls is invaluable if they are to play well. This year there have been more people who have nearly reached team standard, and can be called upon in emergencies ; but there are still a great many lazy people, who will not take games time seriously enough. The Senior Singles were won by K. Neligan, whose good strokes eventually prevailed over M. Whieldon's steadiness ; the Junior by A. Fletcher, who had a hard and exciting match against a practically impenetrable J. Priestley. Miss Wight has .been to coach us six times, and has encouraged several people who had inferiority complexes about their tennis, besides correcting and re-shaping styles and strokes. There are definite signs that people are beginning to pay more attention to tactics and placing, and are consequently getting much more enjoyment from the game. Miss Wolff and Miss Morrison have helped us to carry out Miss Wright's injunctions, and we are very grateful to them for giving up so much of their time. K. Neligan, being the only one of the team left till next year, automatically becomes captain. T. TIDMAN. istVI. T. Tidman \ First Couple. K. Neligan M. Patey \ Second Couple D. Crosbie P. Evans G. Clark-Kennedy

\ Third Couple.

Cricket. Summer Term 1937. FIXTURES. ist ist ist ist

XI with the Casuals, Marlborough XI v. The Fathers' XI .. .. XI v. The Royal School .. XI v. Downe House .. ..

Draw 151-137 for 7. Lost 87 for 8-18. Draw 120 for 8-50 for 8. Under 16 XI v. Downe House Under 15 XI Lost 52-47.

Despite the crippling effects of chickenpox, we were able, with no great success, to play all our fixtures this term. When the Casuals came over from Marlborough, we had a most enjoyable evening, though the unfortunate spectators had to look for several " sixes " in the quarry. We are grateful to Mr. Fletcher for captaining the Fathers' XI, and to all the Fathers for giving us such a good game. Matches, however, show up the great weakness of the XI â&#x20AC;&#x201D;the inability of individuals to do themselves justice in their batting. There are several promising young bowlers who, with more experience, should be very useful. Bowling on the whole, reaches a fairly high standard, though again in matches it is inclined to be erratic; few bowl with their heads, and all must learn to place their fielders as occasion demands. Fielding is quite accurate and neat, but only a few have mastered the art of " pick up and throw." Unfortunately there are those who " cannot bowl," who have insufficient energy to practise when the bowlers are in the nets, and consequently their fielding is weak. Colours have been won by W. Wotton, whose bowling has maintained a good length and pace, and whose batting has at times been excellent; and by G. Clark-Kennedy, who combines style, strength and accuracy to make a really reliable batsman. E. Hocking has been an invaluable coach all through the season. The keen practising of some of the Junior XI set an example for everyone, and it was satisfactory that they should have their match at the end of the term, in which, no doubt, they gained some experience of match temperament. A time limit of three-quarters of an hour was introduced this year in order to reduce the time taken over Company Cricket matches ; it was successful in making the batsmen hit up, and as the draw progressed this became more obvious. The captains were indefatigable in coaching their companies and consequently the standard of play improved throughout the School. The shield was won by Grosstete, who beat Edmund Rich in the finals. As there were so many beginners each of the team was given three to instruct in the rudiments of cricket; this would have been more successful if some of the " mothers" had shown greater interest in their " daughters." I should like to take this opportunity of expressing the eleven's gratitude to Miss Wolff for her indispensable coaching, but, like Oliver Twist, we all want more. W. Wotton has been elected captain for next year, and having shown her ability as a company captain this season, the XI should do very well under her leadership. A. ROBERTS.

54 ist XL E. Hocking* M. Gibson A. Fletcher W. Wotton* G. Clark-Kennedy* K. Neligan A. Roberts H. Cox T. Tidman C. Clarke P. Hawkins * denotes Colours. P. Philips, L. Attlee, D. Crosbie, S. Remington-Wilson, P. Evans and R. Russell also played.

The Fathers' Cricket Match. It was a pity that this match took place on one of the few wet afternoons that we have had so far this summer, but though it rained off and on till tea-time it did not damp either the ardour of the players or the enthusiasm of the spectators. The fathers won the toss and decided to go in first. Thanks to steady batting the total reached 151, the captain and C. S. Hurst being top scorers with 33 and 29 respectively. Some mighty hits to square leg by A. E. Whieldon caused no little alarm to the occupants of the motor cars parked along Lansdowne, while Dr. Ross on his arrival at the wickets was very unlucky to receive a most unkind ball, which never left the ground after it had pitched. The fathers then took the field with a confident and jaunty demeanour, like men who already see victory within their grasp. But after the first few overs this air of patronising superiority began to disappear, and a feeling of disillusionment, not unmixed with respect and admiration, took its place. Were these sturdy batsmen, who drove and cut the ball in such correct style, really the small girls, to whom they had, not many years ago, bowled with a soft ball in the nursery or on the suburban lawn ? As the fathers dragged their weary limbs at frequent intervals to the boundary, in pursuit of the elusive ball, it became more and more manifest that the parental bowling had lost its sting, while the Fathers' catching, fielding and bending compared very unfavourably with the activity and skill of the Daughtersâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;C. S. Hurst

being a notable exception. However, Dr. Ross avenged his unfortunate experience with the bat by some excellent bowling, and aided chiefly by C. S. Hurst and A. E. Whieldon, the daughters had seven (or perhaps more accurately fifteen !) wickets down for 137, when stumps had to be drawn, in order to allow performers and audience to get ready for H.M.S. Pinafore. The highest scorers for the School were G. Clark-Kennedy, K. Neligan and A. Fletcher. It was a pity that no more time was available, as there was every prospect of an exciting finish but perhaps the fathers were lucky to make a draw of the match ! P.C.F.

Presents to the School. Chapel flowers. Mrs. Ede. Pictures. Lady Warrington of Clyffe. Library Books. Miss Selfe, Captain MacKenzie, Miss Boyd, M. Hort, Mr. A. V. Alexander, Miss Matthews. Vase for Staff Room. Miss Prior. Seat for Red Hall. Leaving Girls, 1937. Clock for Red Hall. School, on Miss Matthews' birthday. Radiogramophone. Lady Lansdowne. Silver Cup for Junior Tennis Singles. Miss Wolff. Books for Sanatorium and Gramophone Records. Leaving Girls, July, 1938. Car (for demonstration purposes). Mr. Cooper.

OLD GIRLS' SUPPLEMENT. Officers of Old Girls' Association. PRESIDENT—Miss MATTHEWS. VICE-PRESIDENT—Miss ALEXANDER. CHAIRMAN—I. C. Martin, Woodham Lodge, Addlestone, Surrey. TREASURER—M. W. Goodden, Chettle Lodge, Chettle, Blandford, Dst. SECRETARY—D. E. Waller, Castleton House, Sherborne, Dorset. Groups.—

Secretary. Miss A. Frayling, 19 Ravensbourne Gardens, W. Baling. II. Secretary. Kathleen Yerbury (Beach), 69 Rodney Court, London W. 9. III. Secretary. Janet Blaxter (Hollis), 493 Philbeach Gardens, Earls Court, S.W.s. IV. Secretary. Eileen Buszard, 44 Ladbroke Grove, London, W11. V. Secretary. Marjorie Thynne, Hampton Dene, Hereford. VI. Secretary. Bridget Gardiner, Stokecliffe, Dartmouth, S. Devon. VII. Secretary. Barbara Mitchell, Rookwood, Cuckfield, Sussex. VIII. Secretary. Joan Cameron, The Garth, Child Okeford, Blandford Dorset. IX. Secretary. April Mead, Elwell Manor, Rodwell, Weymouth, Dst. X. Secretary. Helen Maxwell-Lefroy, Crondall, Nr. Farnham, Surrey.

Original memgers of the O.G.A. may remember that when we started we drew up a very imposing document entitled " Constitution of the S. Mary's (Came) Association." We were proud of this masterpiece, and rightly so, for was it not couched in the most business-like terms ? Did it not provide for Presidents, Vice-Presidents, and Associates as well as mere Members ? Did it not speak of Committees and Sub-Committees ? Aye, it did, and there's the rub. For you can have Committees and Sub-Committees couched in business-like terms, but to couch even a modest quorum round a table is not so easy. Not when the members live in Liverpool, Dartmouth and Sandgate. So the S. Mary's (Calne) Association has flourished exceedingly but quite without Committees. When important matters cropped up a reluctant and practically silent General Meeting was called at a Calne Reunion. When there was no convenient Calne Reunion, letters flew around to Northampton, Rugby, etc.

Now the O.G.A. has outgrown the possibility of such methods. Our imposing membership calls for an imposing Constitution. So last January the Committee was fairly dragged from its eyries in Lincoln and Weymouth, and below you will find the Minutes of the meeting that resulted. You may think it looks all quite simple and that we arrived at it in five minutes, but let me assure you it is the result of a very hard afternoon's work, including an excellent luncheon, coffee and cigarettes. Let me draw your attention to paragraph 4. There in a nutshell of business-like terms are our thanks to Nora Birkbeck for ten years of real work. From the first she kept our finances on a proper footing, with all the intricacies of Pass Books, and Conversion Loans. Nor was she ever (outwardly) annoyed by your late subscriptions, Oh tiresome Members. To her, our truest thanks, and to Mary Goodden also, for bravely taking over her burden. I. C. MARTIN.

S. Mary's (Calne) Association. Minutes of the General Meeting held on January I2th, 1938, at the Portsmouth Club, 12 Grosvenor Place, S.W.I. Present. Chairman. I Martin. Treasurer. E. Birkbeck (Hollis). E. Waller. Secretary. Group Representatives. Miss A. Frayling (I). J. Blaxter (Hollis) (III). E. Buszard (IV). R. Buck (V). G. Fleetwood-Jones (VI). M. E. Wilson (VII). E. Remington-Wilson (VIII). A. Mead (IX).

Minutes. 1. Term of office for Chairman, Treasurer, and Secretary to be five years. They may stand for second term if they wish. Election to take place at a Reunion. Group Secretaries wishing to retire must propose two members from their groups to take their places. Election to take place at Annual Committee Meeting. 2. Committee to consist of:— Chairman. Treasurer. Secretary. Six Group Secretaries. Head of School. (If a Group Secretary is unable, for exceptional reasons, to attend a Committee meeting she must send a representative from her group.) 3. The Committee to meet annually before the London Reunion, and biennially at the Calne Reunion. All matters concerning the Association to come before the Committee. 4. The resignation of the Treasurer (E. Birkbeck) was accepted. The Chairman expressed the appreciation of the Association for E. Birkbeck's untiring work as Treasurer for ten years. M. Goodden was elected Treasurer.

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OLD GIRLS' SUPPLEMENT. To the O.G.A. I want to tell you how very sorry I was to miss the London Reunion in January. I am sure you realise that the disappointment was a very great one, as I have been so proud always of the great success of that gathering. Nothing but illness would have kept me away. I also want to say how grieved I have been not to be able to answer all your most kind letters. Letters and flowers poured in upon me at the Nursing Home, and afterwards, but I was unable to acknowledge any personally. I only hope that you realised how very welcome they were, and how much I valued your kind sympathy in my illness. I am now completely well again and am hoping to welcome a record number of the O.G.A. at the Reunion on September i6th. E. M. MATTHEWS.

The Annual Re-union in London. How TO ENJOY GOING IN THE WRONG SPIRIT. For the first few years after you leave S. Mary's the Reunion is just a party. Acutely conscious of your own and everyone else's civilian dress, you speak a few slightly selfconscious words to the Staff, chatter brightly with contemporaries whom you still see frequently during the year anyway, and perhaps indulge in a little hollow familiarity with people you hardly knew or even intensely disliked. But later on, returning as a very Old Girl, especially if a few years of absence have intervened, attending the Reunion becomes a psychological experience. You could, of course, go in the right spirit. With forced bonhomie you could rejoice to think how little so-and-so had altered, swap reminiscences with another about memorable " rows," look back regretfully to the happiest days of your life at the best School of all, and reveal yourself as an overgrown edition of the callow personality you once were, whose education must have stopped at seventeen. By one of the many compensations of advancing middle age, however, it is far more amusing to be natural. Then, with a nice blending of sentiment and cynicism (unless one is really only the other in reverse), you can look around you, meditating happily on the past and the present, thinking how raw and how ingenuous you once were, and in what infinite variety everyone must have developed since then. And so, feeling neither a sort of New Year's depression nor the mass merri-

ment which is the youthful way of mopping it up, you look round again wanned by the assurance of a shared but unexpressed emotion, and, if you are lucky, you will find your Dr. Livingstone with whom to make your exit, and with whom to spend a little while elsewhere of deep and comfortable companionship. The spirit of the London Reunion is inevitably more superficial than that of the summer one at Calne, where every prospect invites retrospection and enhances association, and this year the enforced absence of Miss Matthews made it something of a coronation without the king, nobly as Miss Alexander took her place. I remember once, after a difference of opinion with one of the staff which had really amounted to a bit of a battle, reading some empire-building-cum-old-school-tie-stuff of Kipling's, which includes this uplifting verse :â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wherefore praise we famous men From whose bays we borrow. They that put aside To-day, All the joys of their To-day, And with toil of their To-day Bought for us To-morrow ! Learning Shelley in the Fifth Form room as a punishment, I thought, not unnaturally, that I seemed to be doing most of the toil, while such joy as was going must be in the Staff room. But now we, who have entered into our To-morrows, and perhaps in our time even done a little teaching, see things otherwise. About eighty members of the O.G.A. were present, and, thanks to those who had unobtrusively made all the arrangements, a good time was had by all.

London Reunion. JANUARY I2TH, 1938. The following were present :â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Miss Alexander B. Hindley Miss Grover J. Hindley Miss L. Williams S. Hobson R. Aldworth M. Hort E. Allen E. Jephson B. Allison (Skyrme) G. Kirby P. Angell L. Kirby F. Bartlett Anne Le Mesurier Miss A. E. Barton B. Lewis Miss L. K. Barton M. Longridge

P. Beale E. Birkbeck (Hollis) J. Blaxter (Hollis) E. Booker C. Budgen R. Buck E. Buszard A. Carter (Le Mesurier) V. Carver M. Charsley A. Chenevix Trench N. Churchill J. Collard G. Combes B. Douglas C. Fairbairn (Croft) G. Fleetwood-Jones Miss A. Frayling M. Gale B. Gamble (Lacon) M. Glynn M. Goodden S. Goodden E. Gowers F. Groves (Farnfield) M. Hamersley M. Harris S. Hayter W. Heath G. Helder (Burnett)

J. Lowther (Inder) D. Leggatt (Taylor) B. Mallory E. Mansergh I. Martin M. Matthews S. McRae A. Mead M. Milton (Lucas) R. Moilliet A. Nettelfield M. Newman (Bigwood) R. Orr (Stiles) B. Philips P. Pope S. Randolph P. Reed E. Remington-Wilson U. Robins P. Roe V. Turner D. Urwick E. Waller H. Walton B. Wasley M. E. Wilson Priscilla Wilson T. Tidman M. Gibson

News of Old Girls. Ruth Aldworth finished her course at the Helena Club in the Spring. She had a lovely holiday during the Summer, a fortnight of which she spent in the South of France. She is starting nursing at Weybridge Cottage Hospital in September, and hopes next year to begin work as a School Matron. Pamela Angell is working as secretary in her mother's school, Thorneloe, Weymouth. This has just won the recognition by the Board of Education. Gwen Dixon is on the Staff of the same school. Rhoda Amphlett had had a very happy first year at the School of Domestic Science, Bath. Jean Blathwayt began her training at the Wellgarth Nursery Training College in July.

62 Amy Murland (Burke) was married in August. She will be living in Belfast, as her husband has a post with the Northern Ireland Electricity Boards. She has been Assistant Secretary for two years to the Diocesan Council of Education in Gloucester. Doreen is at home doing a great deal of V.A.D. work. Nora Birkbeck (Hollis) has adopted a little girl of nine months, called Anne Mary. Rachel Buck had a lovely voyage in the Spring with her mother, calling at Lisbon, Madiera, Permumbuco, Rio, Santos and Montevideo. She is now back at work in S. America. Barbara Brooke has been out to India staying with friends in Bangalore, but is now at home again. Margaret Balme (Rice) had a pleasant surprise in August when she and her husband were in Copenhagen : reading an old Times one day they saw that her husband had been elected to a Fellowship at Clare, so they have now moved to Cambridge. Felicity Bradford had a five months' Secretarial Training at Pitman's Marlborough Gate College. She had a job during the winter with Smith's Newspapers Ltd., the London office of an Australian newspaper. She was one of the bridemaids at Joan Alexander's wedding at Ilchester, on July i4th. Diana is living at home. Freda Bartlett has left Hawtrey's and is to begin work next September in another Preparatory School in Uckfield. Yvonne is a children's hostess in the Orient Line, and very much enjoyed her first voyage to Australia. Molly Bright (Attlee) was married in February, 1937 and is living in Hampstead. Barbara Bach spent the summer at home. She is going to the Bristol Art School in the autumn. Audrey Barnes is training to teach dancing in Weymouth. She is a V.A.D. and was busy during the winter attending lectures, and during the summer spends one day a week on duty on Weymouth beach attending to accidents. Margaret Beloe, after spending several months in Belgium, has been at home during the summer having a gay time and attending a secretarial course in Bristol. Eleanor Booker passed her London Intermediate in July. She is working for an Honours Degree in History at Westfield College. She and Margaret Harris often meet for lunch. Clare Brakenridge has finished a year's course in Institutional Management at Gloucester. She is going next term to her first post, as undermatron in a boys' preparatory school at Brackley.

Hannah Bridgman has gone out to India to join her family. She is hoping to take up kindergarten work. Colette Budgen spent several months in Vienna with a family ; she was there during the Anschluss. She hopes to go to Anstey Physical Training College in September, but is having trouble with her shoulder, which may prevent her taking the training. Betty Bulmer hopes to go to London in the autumn to study art. Ruth Conybeare is going to S. Bartholomew's Hospital in October. Lorraine Carleton is studying music at the R.C.M. She is living at The Monkey Club. She was presented in May. Ann Carver went out to South Africa in the Spring to stay with friends in Natal. She writes greatly thrilled with South Africa, and if she can tear herself away will go to Germany in the Autumn. Joan Cameron is fruit farming with her brother in Dorset. They were fortunate in not being so severely cut by the late frosts as most people. Virginia Carver is going to Bedford College in the autumn, where she is to read Social Science. Joy Chadwick is very happy at St. Christopher's Nursery Training College, Tunbridge Wells. Jo Champion has been at home during the summer and is going to Harcombe House in September. Nancy Chase is very happy in her work at the Church of England High School, Edgbaston. Prudence Clarke has spent some months with a German family in Heidelberg. She has been studying German at Heidelberg University. She has met Gertrud Martens. Nancy Cole is working as a secretary in London. Cicely Conwy Morgan (Cobb) has been home on leave from Tanganyika. She stayed with Nora Birkbeck. Grace Combes is at The Middlesex Hospital. Betty and May are still at the Wingfield Hospital, Headington. Clemency Churchill is teaching Domestic Science at Aylesbury. Hester Cross is doing well in her Art work. Among other things she has been studying Animal Life at the Zoo. Lesly Dennison (Wollen) writes most interestingly from the Sudan, where she is enjoying life living in a cotton district. She says : " My Arabic is getting on quite well and I can usually make the servants understand, though I cannot always understand them. We have five servants. . . . Our garden has greatly improved since we first came here. We have oleanders and

zinnias all the time for the house. Our vegetable garden gives us lettuces, radishes, beet, carrots. . . . Our house is beside the canal, from which we can get fish any time we want it, and it really isn't too bad. Our meat comes from the native " sug " (Market) . . . and has to be put in the ice chest for a few days to make it tender." Lesly came home for the summer to avoid some of the worst of the hot weather. Betty Douglas left S. Mary's, where she had been teaching dancing, in July. She has been very busy with her connection at home, dancing and acting. Sheila Dunlop has finished her dancing training in Bath, and is living at home in Ireland. Vanna Durst is working at theWar Office. Alice Dyson is working at the Royal College of Music. Patricia Ede left Sherborne, where she had been Head of the School ,at Christmas, and has since been in Germany and in Paris. She is working for the Newnham entrance examination next autumn. Violet Evelyn (Robertson) writes from Jamaica. Her small family is growing up, and the boys both go to school now. We saw many photographs of them when Mary Hiscock visited the School after her expedition to Jamaica. Patricia Frank (McCormick) and her baby have been on a visit to England. Sheila Ferguson is engaged to be married. Barabara Gamble (Lacon) was matron of honour at Jean Lowther's (Inder) wedding in the winter. Mary Glynn is at Bedford College, London, working for her B.A. in Sociology. Bridget Gardiner is, we believe—with the exception of Mrs. Spackman, this year's Mayor in Calne—the first Old Girl to be elected to a Municipal Council. She writes : " I have now been sitting, with colossal gravity, in a huge red leather Councillor's Chair, for two months— the result of a bye-election. I am finding the work very interesting and very difficult. Being such a small Borough I sit on ten Committees, and there is so much to learn before each. I am the only woman, and twenty years younger than anyone else." Mary Glynn has finished her first year at Bedford College. She passed her London Intermediate in July. Mary Goodden has a flat in London now that her family have moved to Dorset. She has most kindly taken over the Treasurership of the O.G.A.—a very noble act in one who is so busy in her Nursery School.

65 Susan Goodden has finished her three years at Westfield College, where she did very well, and was elected second to the Senior Student. Joan Grover is working in the Children's Department at Jolly's, Bath. Eileen Gowers is to be married on September 16. Nora Green (Fisher) is to be congratulated on the birth of her son. Jean Gibson (Ferguson) is to be congratulated on the birth of her son. Muriel Gough obtained her B.Sc. (Domestic Science) this summer and has come down from King's College. She is going to Manchester to train for teaching. Mary Hammersley has been in Paris for some months attending a studio, and is probably going to work at her Art in Reading. Carol Hall spent a tremendously interesting holiday in Sweden in the Summer. She is going up to Oxford in October as a Home Student, to read Geography. Peggy Hubbard (Buck) wrote happily from South America. She had been in hospital at Panama having her appendix out. She has a busy time teaching her little girl. Her boy is at school in Felixstowe. Peggy is now in England. Jo Hughes passed her finals successfully, and has a house surgeon's job at the Children's Hospital in Birmingham for six months. Suzanne Hobson is doing very well at Roehamptpn Froebel Training College. She has been elected Senior Student for her third year. Gladys Helder (Burnett) writes delightful letters about Elizabeth and Mary. She is a very busy and enterprising person; among her many other activities she has been attending a course of psychology lectures. Katharine Hill sailed for Kenya in April, where she stayed with her brother, and then went on to visit Monica. She passed her examination (Conservative Organisers) so took the trip to Africa before beginning work. Diana Hill has finished her training in massage and electrical treatment, and has a very good job at Yeovil, where she began work in April. Margaret Harris is doing a secretarial course at Marlborough Gate. She went to an evening party at Windsor Castle in the summer ; the guests were shown a film, and were afterwards presented to the King and Queen. Penelope Herbert is starting nursing at S. Bartholomew's Hospital in October. She has been teaching her small sister.

Marion Hopkins is chaperone to an American girl at Beaconsfield. Margaret Hort left her post at Lowther College in July. Rosemary Hylton-Stewart has been taking a course in dressmaking in London. Mary Higgins has been attending classes in Domestic Science at Trowbridge. Mary Hiscock wrote of a cruise to the Eastern Mediterranean. Peggy Hopkins went out to New Zealand last November, where she had a splendid four months' holiday. She had the experience there of broadcasting for twenty minutes on the work of a Hospital Almoner. In March she went to Sydney, and since then has been working as Assistant Almoner in the Children's Hospital, chiefly in the Orthopaedic department, in connection with the terrible epidemic of Infantile Paralysis. Her latest appointment, for one year, is as Almoner to the South Australian Society for Cripple Children in Adelaide. Peggy writes most intereting letters of all her experiences. Elizabeth Jardine is taking a Domestic Science course at Harcombe House. Elizabeth Jephson is having a fourth term at Harcombe House. In January she is going to S. Christopher's Nursery Training College, Tunbridge Wells. Mary Joy is teaching Domestic Science in a model new Senior School in Exmouthâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a wonderful buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; where another Old Girl of " The Green Days," D. Frayling, is Health Visitor. Zoe Joy, who hopes to be married next June, is on the staff of the Cornelia Hospital, Wimborne, doing radiography. Peggy Joy is working as a masseuse in a Middlesex County Council Hospital. She did extremely well in her training, coming out head of all England in one part of her examination. Rowena Jenner has had eight months in Uganda and Kenya, where she was staying with a married sister. She writes that she had an extremely interesting time seeing various mission stations, and for five weeks she lived in a school for African girls and helped to teach English and some practical subjects. She decided to become a missionary, and has gone to Gloucester to take a course of Domestic Science in preparation for this work. Brenda Kirke has had various temporary secretarial jobs. Diana Kirke is going to stay at the Talbot Settlement, Camberwell, as she hopes to get some practical work there in teaching while she is working at King's College. Elisabeth and Barbara Kitson went to Switzerland at Christmas with friends, and had a great deal of ski-ing. Elisabeth

broke her leg the day before they left. Lucy Kirby is engaged to be married; her fianc^ lives in Leicester. They first met as godparents to the baby of a friend. Gwendoline Kirby has left S. Thomas' Hospital, where she had been staff nurse in the Children's Ward. She is to begin work again in the autumn, training this time for her C.M.B. Joan Mitchell (Rew) went to join her brother in India and became engaged on the way out. She was married in Calcutta in March, and is now enjoying life on a Tea Estate, with the Himalayas in view. Mary Margesson is back in Likoma after her leave in England. She writes : " Now I am once more safely installed at Likoma. I have had a great welcome, and it is very nice to be back again." Honor McCully (Ward) wrote a delightful letter from Ismailia. She paid a visit to S. Mary's (unfortunately in holiday time) on her honeymoon, which she spent in Cornwall. She left for Egypt at the end of November and writes : " This is a very nice station, and we are extremely happy here. The Canal Company have made this place very beautiful by growing the most beautiful public gardens, filled with lovely tropical, and sub-tropical trees and flowers." She is within reach of her parents in Basra, and of her brother, who is in Cairo, and they have already had a family meeting. She hopes to come home in November of next year. Jane Maggs has joined Group VIII of the O.G.A. She has a job as librarian in Worcestershire. Ann left School in July and is to be at home. Gertrud Martens is studying at Munich University. Her sister came down with Margaret Harris for the summer half-term. Pat Mackey is hoping to get married in the autumn. She has left her job at the National Institute of the Blind. Isobel Martineau is engaged to be married. Marcia Matthews is acting as governess to a little girl at Seaford. Olivia has gone to the Ladies' College, Cheltenham. Margaret Legh-Smith is at Walton Hospital in charge of the Fracture and Orthopaedic Clinic. She has a very busy time, especially as she is attending a night school to learn shorthand and is teaching herself touch-typing at home. Anne le Mesurier is still working for the London County Council at Horton Hospital for Nervous and Mental

68 Disorders. She gave an address to the Association of Children's Special Workers in the Spring, and Alison Wood was among her audience. Mary Lake spent the summer in Germany with a family. She goes to Harcombe House in October. Clare Millikan (Leigh-Mallory) came back from America this summer and was married in August. Her bridesmaids were Beridge, Barbara Brooke and Peggy Wilson. Clare's husband is a Fellow of Trinity College, so she will be living in Cambridge for the present. Beridge Leigh-Mallory has had a very busy and successful second year at Girton. Bridget Trevor-Lewis is working at the Royal College of Music. Bettina Long has been in Switzerland for a year. Edna Lewis (Bodinnar) has quite settled down in her married life in Hove, where she has seen various S. Mary's people. Joan Martin (Alexander) was married at Ilchester in July. Arminel Conybeare, Felicity Bradford and Elisabeth Waller were among her bridesmaids. Her husband is in the Army and they go out to India in the autumn. Dorothy Morrison has had a sad time this year, losing both her aunt and her father. She is keeping on her house in Budleigh Salterton until next June, at any rate. She lent her house to Miss Matthews in Juneâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a most kindly act. Dorothy is a very busy person. She is producing the pageant (which was so great a success in Liverpool) in Chesterfield next autumn, and this is only a small part of the work which she does for S.P.G. Violet McDowall (Armstrong) has left Lancing as her husband is now teaching at Stowe. Barbara Marjoribanks-Egerton (Chambers) is now in Malta. She writes delightful accounts of her small daughter. Ellen Martin (Wood) seems to have settled down very happily at Bruton, where her husband is headmaster of King's School. Elspeth Minnis has a very interesting post as secretary at a hostel for students in London. Jo Matthew (Gould) is to be congratulated on the birth of her daughter. Margaret Ogle writes most interestingly of her work in Geneva for the I.S.S. She was at the annual conference at Nice in August, and returned from there with twenty Indian University Women, who had come over for a tour in Europe. She came into contact with Parvati Kamaramangulam (who was at S. Mary's for a short while in 1931) 'â&#x20AC;˘ Margaret writes of her: " She was out here for the

69 League of Nations Summer School, and was elected Chairman of the Schools Section of the L.N.U. for this year . . . she was chosen from over three hundred eligible British boys and girls." Parvati is going up to the University this autumn. Margaret Osman-Jones is still teaching Domestic Science at Petersfield. Winifred Osman-Jones has had an extremely successful year at Bristol, passing her B.Sc. with First Class Honours. She won a half-holiday for the School, as this is the first distinction the School has won in Chemistry. Winifred has been granted a scholarship which will enable her to work for her Ph.D. Ruth Palmer has taken the two years three months training at the Children's Orthopaedic Hospital in Bath. She has passed her State Preliminary Examination and Final Orthopaedic, and hopes to go to S. Thomas' in October. Ursula Paris obtained a First Class Housecraft Certificate at Harcombe House. She is going to S. Thomas' Hospital in September, for a two and three quarter years course in massage. Rosamund and Margaret Price have been travelling round the world. Rosamund is to be married in Siam, in October. Annette Prevost is still working as secretary to Sadler's Wells. She has had a very busy time with the additional work of settling up Miss Baylis's affairs. Peggy Parry Okeden is teaching in a special school for physically defective children at Kennington. The children in her form are four to nine years old, and are mostly orthopaedic cases, and some " hearts." We see Peggy fairly often when she comes to take out her younger sister, Bridget. Barbara Philips is at home working at music. She was presented at the First Court. Daphne Powlett has been spending some months in Paris, where she met Mary Hamersley. Mary Pountney (Fry) has a splendid little son. Frances Pocock is engaged to be married. Pamela Reed left for Tientsin in January. She wrote from Shanghaiâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;after a very interesting voyageâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;" The International Settlement has no traces of war whatsoever, but coming up the river from Woosung there wasn't a whole building in sight. There is still curfew at 10.30 p.m." Susan Randolph, after nine years' teaching at S. Peter's, Seaford, has accepted a post at Cordwalles, a boys'

preparatory School in Maritzburg, Natal. Pamela Robinson wrote of all the excitement connected with the opening of the new Naval Dock at Singapore. Pamela Roe is working at the Royal College of Music. Elisabeth Remington-Wilson is busy at home. She has some pupils to whom she teaches French. Sally Rodale (Betty) is to be congratulated on the birth of her son. He was born at Home, but Sally wrote that she was leaving him with her mother while she herself was to return to Ceylon for a time. Monica Savage (Hill) is living in the Transvaal, where her husband has a large parish. She had the misfortune to be operated on for appendicitis very soon after getting out to S. Africa. Giana Shipley had an interesting temporary job working for Lord Ivor Spencer Churchill, who is secretary for the Anglo-French Art and Travel Society. She now has a permanent post in the War Office, where she is in the Records Department. Kathleen Stone is nursing on the Cunard White Star Liner Berengaria. She writes : " ' Grey Owl' was a passenger recently, and he told us some delightful tales of his pets, and especially the beaver family." Sybella Stiles (46 Oakley Street, S.W-3.) is doing well with her Art work, but would like some pupils. Leila Suffrin writes from the Massage Department, Public Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand. She had a splendid voyage out and reached Auckland last November, and began her work at once. She loves the life. The Hospital, a very large one, is in an ideal position overlooking the town and harbour. She speaks of the differences between the hospitalâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;where there is a rather happy-go-lucky atmosphereâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and those she has known in England. There are eighteen on the massage staff. Kitty Synge is teaching at a boys' Preparatory School in South Wales. Laura Stanley is working at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. We were so proud of the fact that she won the prize, given by the Prime Minister, for an essay on the Youth Rally at the Albert Hall at the time of the Coronation. Vanessa Tennant came home from Italy in the Spring, and had a very gay season. She was presented at the same Court as Betty Wilson. Vanessa is doing work as a Guide Captain. Marjorie Thynne wrote in February of a most interesting visit to Egypt; she could hardly believe her good fortune

71 in having two months' holiday. She was staying with her uncle. She took her guides up to Scotland in the summer. Barbara Thompson came down to the School with Peter Slade's company, for which she is secretary. Kathleen Trow finished her three years' course of Domestic Science in Bath in July. She is going to teach Domestic Science in London. Mary Tuckwell is training to be a masseuse at King's College, London. Doreen Urwick came home from Africa last year, and we were delighted to see her after so long an interval at the London Reunion. She wrote that she was just going out to Egypt. Betty Wasley is much to be congratulated on obtaining her A.R.C.O. Cecily Waldo had a wonderful trip to S. America and the West Indies last Autumn. She has been helping with Social Work in Nottingham, and is going to the London School of Economics in October. Hazel Walton has a post for September as Kindergarten Mistress at Crediton High School. Barbara Woodmass left Gloucester School of Domestic Science last December. She writes most happily of her work at her first post as cook at West Downs School, Winchester. Her only previous experience of Aga cookers was gained on Maidless Days at S. Mary's. Pat Waterfall has a secretarial post in London. May Wardale has joined Group I of the O.G.A. She is Secretary of the Wiltshire Branch of the C.P.R.E., and is working in Devizes, so we hope to see something of her. Elizabeth Westaway is getting married quietly in the autumn and going straight out to India with her husband. They will live at Jubbelpore, where her husband's work will be among the half-caste people and their two Church Schools. Betty Wilson had a very long illness in the Spring. She was presented in June. Peggy Wilson is training in Textile designing in London. Elisabeth Waller has left S. Mary's, and is hoping to get secretarial work in London. Prue Wood has been in Germany for some months, and is now studying singing in London. She won a prize, given by Lady Dickens, for her essay on the Youth Rally at the time of the Coronation. Kathleen Y-erbury (Beach) is to be congratulated on the birth

72 of her son. Janet Young is teaching Domestic Science at the School of S. Mary and S. Anne, Abbotts Bromley.

Of the girls who are leaving us in July. Althea Gay Roberts (Second Head) is going to Bedford Physical Training College. Nancy Benson is going to work at the House of Citizenship in London. Gillian Clark-Kennedy is going to Lausanne for a year. Deirdre Crosbie is going to Dartford Physical Training College. Margaret Gibson is returning to South Africa, and hopes eventually to train as a Nurse. Nan Gwatkin is to take a Literary Course at Queen's College. Rosemary Hay and Anne Whiffen are going to Madame Nicolardot. Eleanor Hocking is taking a teacher's course at the National College of Domestic Subjects, Buckingham Palace Road. Helen Lefroy is going abroad. Pat Moss is having a time at home before taking a Nurse's training. Meriall Patey and Eleanor Samuelson are going to Harcombe House. Margaret Pollock is to study Dramatic Art and has been accepted by the Webber-Douglas School.

News of " Old Staff." Miss Abdy is working in Bristol, in connection with the C.O.S. We were so glad to see her at S. Mary's in July. Miss Anderson again spent the winter in Switzerland, but returned home in April. Sister Ash is in charge of the Hospice at Wycombe Abbey School. Miss Boyd has been appointed to a post at Liverpool College, Huyton. Miss P. M. Clarke is still head of the Junior School at Harrogate Ladies' College, where Miss Alexander visited her in April. Miss Clephan writes most interesting accounts of her work in Kowie West, South Africa: " I have had a very busy year, with municipal work, being Chairman of the Finance, Health and Electricity Committee, and also of the Native Advisory Board for the Native Location in the Town, both unusual positions for a .woman. . . .

I fear my teaching days are done, the last effort was coaching a girl in Latin here, for Matriculation. We have no regular servant. I do the catering, accounts and cooking, and a share of other chores between the meetings re rates, loans, water scheme, road machinery, and electric extension, rows about meat inspection, rubbish collections, and meter rents ! And every week I spend some hours supervising Native Nurse and Health work in the location. I had a most delightful visit to Pretoria ; the immediate occasion was a Conference of Municipal Delegates called by Government Native Affairs Department. There were about two hundred Councillors, Town Clerks and Location Superintendents to study the New Natives Urban Areas Act. Six were women, and I was told all these had been teachers. Social welfare is developing fast. I do not think I shall get to England this year nor next, but when I do I must see the splendours of S. Mary's. My fur coat is in pickle for the purpose ! " Miss Damant is still in charge of a house at West View School, Ipswich. We missed her at the London Reunion. Miss Daldy has been appointed to the Staff—as Lecturer in Education—of Durham University. Miss Inge is teaching again, and wrote happily of her experiences in a school at Westcliff. Mrs. Inglis (Miss Maclachlan) is to be congratulated on the birth of her daughter. Sister Irvine is still at Queen Anne's School, Caversham, and is rejoicing in a new Sanatorium. Miss Playll, who did temporary work at the School in 1920, called to see us recently. We were amazed at her remembrance of every detail here. She has since been in South Africa, and is now teaching at S. Margaret's, Bushey.

The following Old Girls' have visited The School since last July :— R. Aldworth, R. Amphlett. B. Bach, A. Barnes, F. Bartlett, P. Brentnall, H. Bridgman, B. Bulmer. A. Carver, J. Chadwick, N. Chase, C. Churchill, P. Clarke, B. Cole, N. Cole. D. Duder, S. Dunlop, A. Durst. P. Ede. G. Fleetwood Jones.

M. Glossop, M. Glynn, S. Goodden. M. Hamersley, M. Harris, M. Hiscock, S. Hobson, C. D. Hall. G. Ide (Pocock) with Rachel and David. E. Jardine, E. Jephson. G. Kirby. J. Lovell. R. Macaulay, P. Mackey, E. Mansergh, I. Martineau and her fiance, M. Matthews, E. Minnis. R. Palmer, P. Parry Okeden, B. Philips, F. Pocock, U. Paris. U. Robinson (Robins), M. Rowcliffe (Farrington) and her husband. E. Sarjeant, M. Savage (Hill) and her husband, A. Savory, B. Sheldon, J. Simpson (Beach). B. Thompson, A. Trench, K. Trow. M. Wardale, Peggy Wilson, B. Wasley. J. Young. Also : Miss Abdy, Sister Ash, Miss Angell James, Miss Boyd, Miss Grover, Miss Hales, Mrs. Harris (Snell), Miss Playll, Miss Williams.

Births. Bullick. On August 6th, 1938, to Barbara Bullick (Ridley) a son (Timothy). Frank. On December loth, 1937, to Patricia Frank (McCormick), a daughter (Rosemary Miriam). Gibson. On July 2nd, 1938, to Jean Gibson (Ferguson), a son. Green. On February 24th, 1938, to Norah Green (Fisher), a son (Martin Richard). Harvie Clark. On February 26th, 1938, to Sheilah Harvie Clark (Lunt), a son (Andrew Bede). Hodgson. On September 6th, 1937, to Pamela Hodgson (Lacon), a son (Robert John). Inglis. On April 5th, 1938, to Constance Inglis (Maclachlan), a daughter. McDowall. In June, 1938, to Violet McDowall (Armstrong) a son (Charles Allan). Matthew. In June, 1938 to Josephine Matthew (Gould) a daughter (Mary Josephine). Maw. On September 8th, 1937, to G. Maw (Colbert), a son (Dane Stephen Jonathan). Pountney. On July aoth, 1937, to Mary Pountney (Fry), a son (Henry John Malcolm). Rodale. On January loth, 1938, to Sally Rodale (Betty),

75 a son. Scrivener. On November loth, 1938, to Gwendoline Scrivener (Croft), a daughter. Stroud. On May I2th, 1938, to Margaret Stroud (Cole), a daughter (Jennifer Margaret Vere). Warburton. On April isth, 1938, to Barbara Warburton (Pritchett), a son. Yerbury. On December 3ist, 1937, to Kathleen Yerbury (Beach), a son (John Patrick).

Weddings. Brown-Townshend. Nigel Brown to Valerie Townshend. (In South Africa.) Bright-Attlee. On February 6th, 1937, at Romsey Abbey, Richard N. Bright to Molly Attlee. Cruft-McCormick. On April I4th, 1938, at St. Martin-inthe-Fields, John Cruft to Margaret McCormick. Gregson-Alexander. On July I4th, 1938, at Ilchester, Martin Innes Gregson, R.H.A. to Joan Alexander. Henniker-Maxwell. On February 26th, 1938, at Cirencester, Richard Henniker to Daphne Maxwell. Hilton-Clarence. On December i3th, Robert Hilton to Pamela Clarence. Launder-Parry. On March i2th, 1938, at Calne, Arthur Wilson Launder to Winifred Parry. Light-Westaway. On April 23rd, 1938, in London, Harold Light to Audrey Westaway. Macgregor-Mitchell-Rew. On March i3th, 1937, in Calcutta, Stewart Macgregor-Mitchell to Joan Rew. Mackenzie-Reade. On December 3Oth, 1937, at Maiden Newton, Robert Pierson Hodson Mackenzie to Peggy Reade. Millikan-Leigh-Mallory. On August 3rd, 1938, at Godalming, Glenn Allan Millikan to Clare Leigh-Mallory. Murland-Burke. On August 15th, 1938, at Prestbury, J. R. W. Murland to Amy Burke. Robinson-Robins. On July sth, 1938, at St. Alban's Abbey, James Francis Robinson to Ursula Robins. Savage-Hill. On September i8th, 1937, at Barking-by-theTower, Thomas Joseph Savage to Monica Hill. Sharp-Brown. In August, 1937, in London, Christopher James Lewen Sharp to Kathleen Brown. Streatfield-Orlebar. On April 7th, 1938, at Chelsea, Eric Michael Streatfield to Diana Orlebar.

In Memoriam. MISS FLORENCE M. DYAS. 1861-1938. After fifty years devoted to teaching in Church Schools, Florence Margarette Dyas died at her home, St. Elizabeth's, Chipping Sodbury, Glos., on April 5th. She was a wonderful personality, full of life and humour, of charm and understanding, firm in her Church principles, yet broadminded and full of that charity that " thinketh ill of no man." Born in Plymouth and educated at St. Anne's School, Abbot's Bromley, being one of the earliest pupils there under Miss Dugdale, Miss Dyas took up educational work abroad, and, at an early age, was later appointed headmistress to St. Mary's School, Came, Wilts, where, for twenty-five years she did a great work in building up the school. In 1911 she retired and went to live in Chipping Sodbury, Glos. Here a need was felt for a private school with definite Church teaching. Miss Dyas was urged to open S. Elizabeth's as a boarding and day school, where for another twenty-five years she worked hard, not only in the education of her girls, but in moulding their characters and instilling in them the principles of the Catholic Faith. Her activities stretched far beyond the school. She was a regular worshipper at the Church of St. John the Baptist, Chipping Sodbury; a member of the Mothers' Union ; and a supporter of Missions, both at home and abroad. Owing to her failing health, following a motor accident, Miss Dyas closed her school at midsummer, 1937. She died on April 5th, and was laid to rest in the churchyard of Old Sodbury. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;(From The Church Times).

F.M.D. Fifty years ago S. Mary's was a small school but a very happy one. When four small girls set out from their vicarage home in Hampshire to go to boarding school, it seemed a long journey with three train changes, and we felt we should be very far away from home. We need not have worried ourselves ; we were made to feel " at home " directly we arrived, and were very quickly deeply immersed in the many interests, grave and gay, of that happy home-like school. Of course, we did not at first know how fortunate we were, for children take things much for granted, but, all the same we were very much to be envied for we had come to spend some of the most formative years of our life under the in-

fluence of a great-hearted and highly gifted woman. Miss Dyas was a wonderful teacher, she made any subject she taught live for her pupils, she entered with zest into all that makes up school life, and we always knew she was our friend. She was exceedingly good company and her keen sense of humour saved many a situation for us all. Her saintly personal life deeply impressed the minds of those she so patiently and sympathetically prepared for Confirmation and the quiet evening hour spent with her on Saturdays, just reading and talking in preparation for our Sunday Communion, will be, for those who were there, always a holy memory. Our school was quite close to the dignified parish church, and we were able to go to church on all festivals. It was made easy for us to realise that the festivals were both " holydays and " holidays," and they were very happy days indeed. Nothing seemed to Miss Dyas to be too much trouble in order to make a happy day for us all. I wonder if the present S.M.C. enjoy the Ascension Day picnic, on the downs, as much as we did in those " long ago " days when life was simpler than it is to-day. Miss Dyas was a clever and generous hostess, she gave birthday parties for those who had birthdays in term time and also the most amusing school parties when the big school rooms were filled with guests and we did a play, painting the scenery (it must often have been quaint!) and making the dresses ourselves. We worked hard at our lessons and perhaps took life rather seriously, but we knew we should be given especial help with our favourite subject; a musical girl would have extra lessons and an artistic girl would be given free time to go to the excellent Calne Art School. We knew, subconsciously I suppose, that we were considered and loved, and as Miss Dyas was absolutely just and very kind and really loved and understood children, we led a happy, busy life in a household where first things were put first: each day began and ended with prayer and praise in the little school oratory. Like air really big-minded people Miss Dyas was ahead of her time: she kept the school very free from red tape and had no use for restrictions that served no useful purpose; she trusted us and we had far too genuine a love and respect for her to fail her intentionally. Her religion was too real to be negative in any way ; it was always " work to be done," " duty to be fulfilled," " kindnesses to be shewn," and the " thou shalt not " was reduced to the least possible. Miss Dyas was amazing in the way she kept in touch with her old girls, who might write to her and go to see her,

always sure of a welcome and for whom she prayed with a lovely faithfulness. I feel that many others are better fitted to write in memory of Miss Dyas and her work at S. Mary's for I was only there for just over two years and I was very young and could hardly have realised all she was doing for Calne by her work in and through the School; but I have been grateful all my life that I did go to S. Mary's and that I was privileged to be prepared for Confirmation by so inspiring a teacher and so to have come to know, intimately, this great Christian Gentlewoman. Miss Dyas remained at Calne till 1911, having moved the school into the new buildings in 1908 and so taken the first step towards that wider development of opportunities and activities which has resulted, so happily, under the present administration. JULIAN M. BOYS. Miss Dyas was laid to rest, at Old Sodbury, on Saturday, April gth, when old girls of her time at S. Mary's included Mrs. Spackman (Mayor of Calne), Mrs. C. Vines, Miss Gunning, Miss B. Clark, Miss Rutherford and Miss Stanley Smith. The Governors and the present school were represented by Miss Matthews.

Gillian Matthews. MAY 30TH, igag-MAY i6TH, 1938. Gillian came to us in May, 1935, a sturdy, happy little person of barely six years old. For three years she worked and played at S. Prisca's, with a special cheeriness and zest. It was a great blow to hear almost as soon as the Summer Term began that she had been taken very seriously ill, and within a fortnight she had left us. Our deepest sympathy goes out to her parents, to her little sister and brother. What the loss to them must be we can in part realise when we recall all that she was to us at S. Prisca's. She has left behind her a very special memory, for her friendly, unselfish character, and her joy in life made her a particularly radiant member of that happy little community.

Old Girls' Badges. The Old Girls' Badge, a small shield brooch in blue and white enamel, may be obtained at any time from Miss Matthews. The price (including postage) is 2s. 8d.

Notice. Subscriptions to the News Sheet should be sent, as soon as possible, to The Secretary, S. Mary's School, Calne. Old Girls belonging to the Association pay through their group secretaries. Each copy costs as. Life Subscription, 253. We have received, with thanks, Magazines from: Abbey School, Reading; Bishop Strachan School, Toronto ; Dauntsey's School; Marlborough College; The Godolphin School; Havergal College, Toronto; Howells School, Denbigh; Leeds Girls' High School; London Orphan School; Queen's College, Barbados; Queen Margaret's School, Scarborough ; Sandecotes School; Sherborne Girl's School; School of S. Mary and S. Anne, Abbots Bromley ; S. Katherine's, Heatherton Park; Durlston Court, Swanage; Leamington High School.

The Register. Addenda. Bach, B. K., The Warren, Abbots Leigh, Somerset. Benson, N. K., Ashe Manor, Ashe, Sevenoaks, Kent. Budgen, A. C., 15 Shortlands Grove, Shortlands, Kent Chadwick, J., Forres, Swanage, Dorset. Clark-Kennedy, P. G., Middleton Cottage, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge. Crosbie, D. M, Rocke House, Exmouth, Devon. Gibson, M. B., Bishops Garth, Kimberley, South Africa. Gillingham, V., Knights Farm, Calne. Griggs, E. E., Tremedda, Zennor, St. Ives, Cornwall. Grover, J., South Place, Calne. Gwatkin, A. H., All weathers, Porlock, Somerset. Hay, E. R., Mayles, Eaton Park, Cobham, Surrey. Higgins, L. M., The Rectory, Mells, Nr. Frome, Somerset. Hocking, E. P., Oban, Worplesdon Road, Guildford, Surrey. Jardine, E., Redworth House, Amesbury, Wiltshire. Lake, G. S. M.,Woodlands, Beaminster, Dorset. Maxwell-Lefroy, H., Crondall, Nr. Farnham, Surrey. Moss, E. P. N., 22 Vernon Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, 16. Patey, S. M., Wolborough House, Newton Abbot, Devon. Pollock, M. G., Erchfont Manor, Devizes, Wiltshire. Powlett, D. K., Godminster Wood, Bruton, Somerset. Roberts, A. M. G., Lavenderhayes, Budleigh Salterton S. Devon. Roe, P. E., 20 Billing Road, Northampton. Samuelson, E., Greenacre, Exeter. Wardale, M., Trevose, The Breach, Devizes, Wiltshire. Whiffen, C. A., in Rivermead Court, Hurlingham, S.W.6.

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Corrigenda Balme, Mrs. (M. Rice)., 40 Newmarket Road, Cambridge. Barnes, A. E., Maiden Newton House, Maiden Newton, Dorset. Bright, Mrs. (M. Attlee)., 6a Lyndhurst Road, Hampstead, N.W.3. Brooke, B. M., Greywell Manor, Odiham, Hants. Bullick, Mrs. (B. Ridley), Marlborough House School, Hawkhurst, Kent. Champain, E. D., Bateman, Methley, Near Leeds. Egerton, Mrs. Marjoribanks (B. Chambers), 2 Officers' Quarters, Imtarfa Barracks, Malta. Goodden, M. W., and S. W., Chettle Lodge, Chettle, Blandford, Dorset. Heath, W. M., Brackenwood, Cookham Dean, Berks. Hilder, Mrs. (J. Hussey), 65 Ashford Road, Swindon, Wiltshire. Hilton, Mrs. (P. Clarence), Helmaen, Nr. Usk, Mon. Hindley, The Hon. Joyce, Hillfoot Cottage, Beenham, Nr. Reading. Hodgson, Mrs. (P. Lacon), White Gates, Croxley Green, Herts. Kendall, M. and O., Cottrells, Dinton, Salisbury.

82 Kirke, D. and M., Markham, Tilford, Farnham, Surrey. Lowther, Mrs. (J. Inder), 103 Hawkins House, Dolphin Square, London, S.W.i. Macgregor-Mitchell, Mrs. (J. Rew), BorborooahT.E., Barbarua, Assam. Munday, Mrs. (M. Dillon-Trenchard), The Lodge, Hurst Green, Sussex. Nettelfield, A., Edgewood, Pyrford Heath, Nr. Woking, Surrey. Parry Okeden, M., The Firs, Warnham, Nr. Horsham, Sussex. Pope, J. M., Cambridge House, St. George's Road, Cheltenham, Glos. Savage, Mrs. (M. Hill), The Rectory, ist Avenue, Springs, Transvaal, S. Africa. Thynne, M. E., Hampton Dene, Hereford. Tuckwell, M. E., Nirvance, St. Albans Road, Reigate, Surrey. Warburton, Mrs. (B. Pritchett) Clitheroe, Wymmasty, Marford, Nr. Wrexham. Wilson, Priscilla M., 23, West Kensington Court, London, Wi4Murland, Mrs. (A. Burke) Greenan, Dunmurry, Co. Antrim.