St Mary's Calne News Sheet - 40

ST. MARY'S SCHOOL CALNE NEWS SHEET

NUMBER 40

OCTOBER 1955

ST. MARVS SCHOOL, CALNE NEWS SHEET NUMBER 40

OCTOBER 1955

EDITORIAL

This year has seen the completion of the Swimming Bath, which has been greatly appreciated by the School in the second half of the summer term. The building of both this and the New Wing was held back by several weeks of snow and frost, but once the weather had improved, they progressed rapidly. We hope to be using the New Wing in September.

We have again been remarkably free from illness this year. We escaped the influenza epidemic and had no infectious diseases except four mild cases of measles in the summer term.

Owing to the railway strike, half-term arrangements this summer were more complicated than usual. Many people, however, were most kindly given lifts by car, and everyone who had planned to go away managed to get home and to come back again safely !

There were more parents and friends than have ever been at a school function before at the laying of the Foundation Stone of the New Wing. The Bishop of Salisbury gave a fine address and the whole service was most impressive. The flowers, as always, were beautifully arranged.

We were very glad to hear that it had been decided to call the main block, built in 1935, the Marcia Matthews Building. We have long felt that some part of the School should be called after Miss Matthews.

S. MILLER.

THE GOVERNORS, 1955 The Honourable Eleanor Plumer (Chairman).

Sir Edmund Compton, K.B.E., C.B. J. A. Keevil, Esq. Miss- G. Kirby-. • S. Lloyd, Esq. Mrs. Maclean.

A. A. Martineau, Esq. The Rev. W. D. O'Hanlon.

The Lord Bishop of Salisbury.

H. H. West, Esq.

It was with great regret that we learned from Mr. Christie that he felt that he must resign from the Chairmanship, and from the Governing Body, owing to pressure of work in Oxford. We are glad to have this opportunity of recording our most grateful thanks to him for much help and wise guidance.

We are delighted to have Miss Plumer as our new Chairman. Her frequent visits are a great source of encouragement and inspiration and we go forward confidently under her leadership.

We are also very glad to have Mr. West as a Governor. He has been to several meetings already and has given us much valuable advice.

We congratulate Sir Edmund Compton very warmly on his K.B.E. We realise how fortunate we are in having such an able and active governing body and are most grateful to the Governors for all they do for us.

The Governors have recently added to their labours by forming a Finance Committee, with Mr. Lloyd as Chairman. This will be an enormous help and will give more time at Governors' Meetings for important matters other than finance.

E. M. G.

THE CONFIRMATION The Confirmation Service was taken by the Bishop of Sherborne on November 2 8th, in the Parish Church.

The following were confirmed :— Penelope Angus Mary Arber Sheila Blair Carole Davis Caroline Drummond Mary Fearon Annette Fisher Dilys Griffith-Jones Jane Harland Janeen Holbrow Dilys Hughes Geraldine Keen Clare Le Fanu Elizabeth Leuchars

Rosemary Longe Erica Macfadyen Sally Mackenzie—Grieve Caroline Morgan Ann Patmore Gillian Pemberton Marion Pennant Caroline Robbins Marion Shrimpton Mary Stallard-Penoyre Carolyn Stubbs Dorothea Wharton Daphne Williams

Eighty friends and relations were present and signed the register.

CHAPEL SERVICES We are grateful to those who have taken services or preached during the year :— The Bishop of Salisbury, the Archdeacon of Sheffield, the Rev. M. Campling, the Rev. S. Evans, the Rev. P. Hayman, the Rev. W. D. O'Hanlon, the Rev. A. S. B. Ranger.

HEALTH FESTIVAL We would like to thank all those who so kindly sent gifts to the Health Festival. In order to save space, it has been decided not to print a list of donors in future. All gifts have been acknowledged individually. They are deeply appreciated.

FREE-WILL OFFERINGS Receipts

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THE STAFF In September we were very pleased to welcome on the Staff Miss Wood, to teach Classics ; Miss Gosney, to be in charge at St. Margaret's ; Miss Rose, to help with the Mathematics and Physics ; Miss Gritton to help with the Music; and Miss Furniss to help at St. Margaret's. In January, Lady Heath came to be an Assistant Cook for one term ; and in April Miss De La Mare came to help with the Games and Swimming for one term. In June, Miss Mundlak came to take the Senior Orchestra and to teach the Violin.

We were very sorry to lose Miss Southall in December, after seven terms ; Miss Palmer in the Summer Term ; Miss Anderson and Miss Rose, who are leaving to be married, in July, after one year ; and Miss Waller after two years.

THE STAFF—July 1955 RESIDENT: Miss Thouless (Senior Mistress) English and German Mademoiselle Antoine, French and Italian Miss Anderson, Geography Miss Barkley, Physical Training Miss Beaulah, French Miss De La Mare, Physical Training Miss Fortt, Domestic Science Miss Furniss, Junior School Miss Gosney, Junior School Miss Gritton, Piano and Violin Miss Lancaster, English Miss Nesbitt, Music Miss Rose, Physics and Mathematics Miss Stallard, Mathematics Miss Stannard, Art Miss Stedmond, History Miss Tudor-Jones, Piano Miss Waller, Junior School Miss Windsor-Aubrey, Biology and Chemistry Miss Wood, Classics Miss Pearson, Matron Miss Weetman, Matron-housekeeper Miss Jackson, Caterer Miss Bater. Cook Miss Cook, Sister-in-charge, Sanatorium Mrs. Hart, Secretary NON-RESIDENT: Mr. Douglas Guest, Director of Music Miss Bowlby, 'Cello Mrs. Dunn, Piano Miss Mundlak, Violin Miss Rowlands, Harp Mr. Lewis, Clarinet and Oboe Mr. Palmer, Flute Mrs. Vines, Assistant, Sanatorium

SCHOOL LIST—July 1955 UPPER SIXTH Susan Miller* Mary Harrison* Christine Gibson* Sara Innes*

Mary Carslake* Jane Carling* Ann Vaughan* Anne Davies*

LOWER SIXTH Miss Thouless Anne Lloyd Penelope Athorpe Caroline Lumley Margaret Aylen Sally Blakeney Alethea Martineau Julia Medlycott Charlotte Caulfeild Sarah Prideaux Josephine Colbeck Christina Hindson Jane Roberts Jill Rotherham (i) Anna Le Fanu 5

Sarah Tolson* Peggy Lowe Patricia Nugee Ann Silverston Jane Savage (2) Philippa Tanqueray Gillian Waldock Diana Woolley Penelope Worthington

UPPER FIFTH Miss Stedmond Penelope Angus Dilys Griffith-Jones Janeen Holbrow Mary Arber Susan Bewick Geraldine Keen Mary Keevil Jullian Blades Clare Le Fanu Sheila Blair Elizabeth Leuchars Jane Compton Erica Macfadyen Sarah Ford Caroline Morgan (3) Jane Gee LOWER FIFTH (West) Honor Brooke Lindsay Errington (4) Annette Fisher Jane Harland Trenna Higginbotham Robina Light (5)

Miss Wood Sally Mackenzie-Grieve Jane Miller Elizabeth Moir Gillian Pemberton Caroline Robbins Marion Shrimpton

Julia Peel Jill Pickford Belinda Pownall Mary Grace Ram Penelope Spackman Mary Stallard-Penoyre Gillian Walker

Sally Smith Dorothy Syms Betty Trevelyan Daphne Williams Jane Wright

LOWER FIFTH (East) Miss Lancaster Annette Bradshaw Anne Higson Sarah Crawford Dilys Hughes (6) Jane Davies Rosemary Longe Caroline Drummond Ann Patmore Mary Fearon Marion Pennant

Elizabeth Richardson Carolyn Stubbs Dilly Wharton

UPPER FOURTH (i) Miss Beaulah Felicity Dicker Susan Beale Alison Finch Angela Benham Diana Brocklebank Ann Harland Rosalind Henderson Elizabeth Bunting Victoria Light (5) Elisabeth Casement Gillian Cole Susan McCully (7) Prunella Crawford Ruth Mitchell Rosemary Peile Carole Davis

Jennifer Rice Philippa Rodale (8) Judith Summ Susan Walsham Margaret West Jane Wootton

UPPER FOURTH (2) Miss Stallard Susan Goodman Caroline Bewick Caroline Bullick (9) lona Harvie Clark (10) Anne Cameron Nicolette Hopkinson Wendy Laughlin Susan Cherry Nicola Connolly Janet Malins (i i) Vaila Dalby Clarissa Melville Bente de la Cour Phyllida Nicholson Christian Duff Mary Randolph

Jennifer Roberts Sarah Rowe Julia Swann (12) Susanna Welchman Susan Wood Judy Wright

LOWER FOURTH Miss Prudence Angus Judith Barnard Alison Bartholomew Celia Beale Karen de Chassiron Katherine Costley- White Penelope Harrison-Smith Paula Herring Rosemary Hill Angela Hillyard

Charlotte Roper Elizabeth Saunders Anne Smellie Josephine Till Julia West Griselda Williams Veronica Williams Angela Wood

Tudor-Jones Anne Hordern Caroline Hunt Sarah James Alison Kennedy Josephine Kessler Ruth Lloyd Carol Maundrell (13) Elizabeth Norman Juliet Pearson Jennifer Pickford

ST. MARGARET'S UPPER THIRD (Miss Gosney) Patricia Bowtell Jane Keevil Marcia Holbrow Monica Moore

Judith Watson

MIDDLE THIRD Sarah Cattell Jennifer Cole Penelope Hudson

Jane Jones Susan Moore Barbara Smellie

Andrea Smith Philippa Stratton

LOWER THIRD Gillian Bowtell Elizabeth Davies Christine Forrest

Bernetta Harrison Sheila Jamieson Lynda Stone

Elizabeth Syms Patricia Wiltshire Jennifer Wright

UPPER SECOND (Miss Waller) Gillian Drew Margaret Heath Nicola Davies Evelyn Smith Mary Gaze Jean Tyler

Phoebe Whittle Victoria Whittle

MIDDLE SECOND Mollie Cook Redmond O'Hanlon Jane Reed

Janet Rivett Jospehine Russell Belinda Whinttle

Mary Jane Wilson Carol Wiltshire

LOWER SECOND Victoria Brain Judith Clark

Gillian Godwin Susan Hudson

Lorna Williams Paul Wiltshire

FORM i (Miss Furniss) Anne Blackford Barbara Bridges Andrew Cattell Susan Clark

Angela Collins Martin Evans David Koerper Gillian Laister

David Rivett Dudley Russell

Jennifer Godwin Jonathan Reeve

Judith Wilson Susan Wiltshire

KINDERGARTEN Hilary Atwell Sarah Bailey Keith Dowding

*Denotes School Prefect.

Sara Innes will be Head Girl next term, and Jane Carling, Second Head Girl (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (i i) (i 2) (13)

Step-daughter of Susan Rotherham (Hayter) Daughter of Monica Savage (Hill) Daughter of Cecily Morgan (Cobb) Daughter of Renie Errington (Macaulay) Daughters of Audrey Light (Westaway) Daughter of Jean Hughes (Sorsbie) Daughter of Honor McCully (Ward) Daughter of Sally Rodale (Betty) Daughter of Barbara Bullick (Ridley) Daughter of Sheilah Harvie Clark (Lunt) Daughter of Joanna Malins (Hughes) Daughter of Vanessa Swann (Tennant) Daughter of Enid Maundrell (Thomas)

EXAMINATION SUCCESSES OLD GIRLS University of St. Andrews M.A. Jennifer Houghton.

University of Bristol Vacancy, Social Science. Beth Wallis.

Incorporated Society of Physiotherapists Final Examination. Bridget Frewer.

PRESENT GIRLS University of Oxford Lady Margaret Hall. Vacancy in History. Julia Spencer.

University of Bristol Vacancy, Science. Christine Gibson.

General Certificate of Education, 1954 Advanced Level M. Gough. Latin, History.

P. Gurney. History, Religious Knowledge.

S. Miller. Chemistry.

Ordinary Level—July P. Athorpe (7) J. Roberts (5) M. Aylen (7) J. Rotherham (4) S. Blakeney (8) J. Savage (4) C. Caulfeild (7) P. Tanqueray (5) J. Colbeck (8) G. Waldock (7) P. Higginbotham (3)* D. Woolley (4) C. Hindson (7) P. Worthington (4) A. Le Fanu (6) C. Aldrick (i)* M. Livie-Noble (})* M. Carslake (i)* A. Lloyd (7) L. Duff (i)* C. Lumley (8) M. Harrison (i)* A. Martineau (6) C. Lees (2)* J. Medlycott (7) O. Rogers (i)* H. Moore (5) S. Tolson (i)* A. Pares (6) M. Worthington (i)* S. Prideaux (7) Ordinary Level—December E. Crooks (i)* J. Roberts (i)* C. Gibson (i)* J. Rotherham (i)* P. Higginbotham (i)* P. Tanqueray (i)* S. Innes (i)* D. Woolley (2)* H. Moore (i)* P. Worthington (2)* A. Pares (i)* The number in brackets shows number of passes. *shows additional subjects added to previous General Certificate.

Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Grade VIII. Final Piano. Distinction. A. Lloyd. Awarded Gold Medal Grade VII. Piano. Pass with Merit. S. Mackenzie-Grieve.

Grade VI. Piano. Pass with Merit. C. Robbins.

Piano. Pass. S. Ford.

M. Ram. B. Trevelyan.

G. Walker.

Grade V. Rudiments. T. Higginbotham.

S. Mackenzie-Grieve.

C. Robbins.

B. Trevelyan.

General Knowledge Results 1955.

Senior: P. Athorpe.

Junior: J. Pearson.

Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Fearon.

School Entrance Scholarship 1955.

A. Kennedy.

MUSIC OF THE YEAR Oct.

yth.

Oct. Nov. Mar. Mar. May May May

i zth.

13th. and. iyth. nth. iyth. i gth.

Recital: Christopher Bunting ('cello), ace. by Joyce Rathbone (piano).

St. John Passion—Bach : in Bath Abbey.

Music Festival. Conductor: Dr. Reginald Jacques.

Mozart Requiem at Marlborough.

Recital: Kendall Taylor (piano).

Calne Choral Society Annual Concert.

Recital : Yehudi Menuhin (violin)—in Bath Abbey.

Recital: John Carol Case (baritone), ace. by Dr. Sumsion (piano).

Each term of the past year we have had our full share of musical entertainment.

We always look forward to Dr. Jacques' coming to conduct the Music Festival, as he did again last year. Vaughan Williams' cantata " Songs of the Four Seasons " was the principal work in the programme and besides this we sang two unaccompanied Czech songs.

The Juniors took a larger part than usual in this year's Festival, as they sang " Seven Lace Tells," a fairly long work.

In October the Upper VI and members of the choir were able to go to a performance of Bach's " St. John Passion", part of the Bath Bach Festival. This was done by the Bath Bach Choir with many eminent soloists. It was particularly interesting for us as Dr. Jacques stepped in at the last moment to conduct, as the original conductor was unable to come.

On March znd the Sixths went to Marlborough to sing the Mozart Requiem and " Five Mystical Songs " by Vaughan Williams, with members of the College Choral Society. This was our first concert with Marlborough to be conducted by Mr. Godfrey, who has taken the place of Mr. Hylton Stewart. We all thoroughly enjoyed both the actual performance and the rehearsals each week. John Carol Case, who sang the solo part in the Vaughan Williams songs, very kindly came with Dr. Sumsion to give us a recital on Ascension Day. He sang a variety of short songs which greatly appealed to the School; and caused great hilarity by the amusing faces he made to illustrate his songs.

Unfortunately this year the concerts at the Bath Assembly were very expensive and only the Sixths and a few of the Fifth Forms were able to go and hear Yehudi Menuhin in Bath Abbey. There were some doubts about the programme of unaccompanied Bach, but these were soon dispelled when Menuhin began playing, and in spite of the crowded Abbey we were all able to see and hear very well.

This year Calne was very privileged in having Isobel Baillie to sing with the town Choral Society, in St. Mary's Church, and some of us went to hear her.

Apart from hearing professional music we have all enjoyed both playing and hearing music in the School, and we feel very grateful to the Music Staff for all their help and encouragement during the past school year.

ANNE LLOYD and JANE SAVAGE.

DRAMA Our dramatic activities have been slightly reduced this year as there have been no play readings. We did, however, start rehearsing for Company Plays very early, which was a good thing.

Form Shakespeare did not attain quite its usual high standard perhaps because forms did not choose their scenes very wisely, tending to adopt the technique of the film trailer. The Upper Sixth, with scenes from Romeo and Juliet were the winners, while the Lower Sixth came second with an unusual choice, Richard HI.

Company Plays were, as usual, lively and amusing, though the pleasure of the audience would have been increased had they moved more quickly. There was, perhaps, too much attention paid to clothes and scenery and too little to the actual learning of parts.

Edmund Rich performed the Lilies of the Field by John HastingsTurner—a light-hearted farce which was much enjoyed. An eerie contrast was provided by the Ghost Train by Arnold Ridley, the choice of Osmund and Grossetete, which was much enlivened by a last minute alteration of the last few pages. We ended up in the company of the rollicking pirates of Ambrose Applejohn's Adventure by Walter Hackett, in which pantomime Poore and Moberly took part with much zest. We have never se n our fellows so transformed in colour and character as we did among the pirate crew ; some of them were quite unrecognizable.

We were entertained by the usual form efforts. The Lower Sixth warned us what schoolgirls can be like in Little Ladyship by Ian Hay at the Autumn Half Term. The actors threw themselves into it wholeheartedly and the men, for once, seemed really masculine. The Upper Fifth provided the entertainment for the Cinderellas on the night of the dance—1066 and All That, plus elaborations.

The end of the Autumn Term was marked by a performance of scenes from Les Fourberies de Scapin, by Moliere, by some of the Upper Fifth. The junior part of the School visited Westonbirt in the Summer Term to see their school play, The Tempest, Some of us were lucky enough to go to Bradfield to see the Greek Play, Oedipus at Colonus. We were amazed at the high standard reached by the boys and the language seemed no hindrance to understanding because the acting was so good.

The school play on Founders' Day was Tobias and the Angel, by James Bridie. It was a departure from the usual type of school play and was, we hope, a success. It was full of Eastern colour and as we have now bought two movable " flats " the scenery was more ambitious than usual. The star of the play was, of course, Topsy, Miss De La Mare's fox-terrier, who played the part of Toby, showing much talent as an actress, though we wish she could have looked as if she were enjoying it more.

We have not perhaps done quite so much acting as in some years, but most of what has been produced has been of a fairly good standard, and, whatever the final result, the preparation of a play at School is always the most enjoyable and valuable part.

SARAH TOLSON.

" THE TEMPEST " AT WESTONBIRT On June i4th the Upper and Lower Fourths went to see The Tempest by William Shakespeare, at Westonbirt School. We all enjoyed it very much as it was very well acted and produced. Anyone could see that a great deal of work had been put into the clothes and production of the play.

A beautiful natural theatre with steps rising into a gentle slope enabled the audience to see everything. The weather was not all it could have been but it did not rain and mar the performance. The school orchestra and choir provided the music, which was delightful.

The play began with a very realistic rendering of thunder while Prospero was commanding with his wand the storm to rage and the winds to roar.

Trinculo and Stephano, the butler, were very funny and made everyone laugh, and Caliban, the witch's son, looked very horrifying.

Mirranda and Prospero were also very good.

All the actors had to speak loudly so that everyone could hear above the wind. They managed to do this quite successfully.

Ferdinand, the lover of Miranda, acted well and all the little hounds and sea-nymphs were very suitably dressed and acted beautifully for such young children. I am sure that everyone enjoyed the play enormously.

J. RICE. " OEDIPUS AT COLONUS " AT BRADFIELD A party from the School went by bus to St. Andrew's College, Bradfield, to see the Greek play Oedipus at Cohnus. There was a new producer and the play was one that the School had never acted before.

We all very much enjoyed the performance in spite of the fact that very few of us knew any Greek. The costumes and make-up were particularly effective and we were all very much impressed by the Greek theatre, which the boys had built themselves. There was considerable power and diversity in the rendering of the principal parts, and the Chorus was especially original in their treatment of movement and rhythm. We returned at about 7.30 p.m., having had a delicious picnic tea provided by Miss Jackson.

M. AYLEN, A. MARTINEAU and S. PRIDEAUX.

LECTURES Nov. Nov. Jan. Feb. Feb. Mar. May May

9th, 1954. zSth, 1954.

27th, 1955.

4th, 1955. nth, 1955.

2ist, 1955.

2nd, 1955.

5th, 1955.

Major Fleetwood-Jones.

Miss Mabel Shaw.

Dr. Grubb.

Mr. Eric Hosking.

Canon Stockwood.

The Bishop of Kimberley.

Mr. Mulgrue.

Dr. St. Joseph.

Lectures are always looked forward to as a pleasant distraction from the usual timetable; this year's lectures have certainly merited this anticipation.

Africa has been the subject of three talks this year ; Miss Mabel Shaw and Dr. Grubb told us about their experiences there and the achievements of education. The Bishop of Kimberley explained clearly the problem of racial segregation in South Africa.

Many of us had met Major Fleetwood-Jones at the Reunion last summer, so we were glad when, in the Spring, she talked to us about life in the W.R.A.C. and showed us an excellent film.

Even those who knew nothing about birds enjoyed Mr. Eric Hosking's wonderful lecture on " Birds in Action." With his superb slides, taken with the new high-speed flash camera, he showed us how discoveries had been made about the habits of birds. Dr. St. Joseph aroused our interest in local places of archaeological significance with his aerial photographs.

Canon Stockwood's recent visit to Russia enabled him to give us a first-hand description of the amazing achievements made therein many directions and to correct some of the false impressions we had about the Soviet Regime.

A complete contrast to all the other talks was the talk given by Mr. Mulgrue, of the Food and Agriculture Organisation. As well as quoting some surprising statistics, he explained to us the urgent need for a more productive agriculture.

We have had more lectures than usual this year and we are very grateful to those who have come to give them.

P. ATHORPE and G. WALDOCK.

ENTERTAINMENTS As always, we have been amply provided with entertainments this year as well as Music, Drama and Lectures.

Those who were not lucky enough to go out with parents or friends at the Winter and Spring Half-terms had admirable amusement provided for them at School. They went to Malmesbury and Bradfordon-Avon, and apart from visiting old buildings of interest, there was a welcome opportunity for shopping. In the Spring Term, Miss Barkley and the Upper VI ran a very energetic and enjoyable treasure hunt; thei <: were two trails and both were pursued eagerly all over the School, in spite of some mystification over the clues.

At Half-term this Summer, despite the anxiety and frantic telephone calls caused by the railway strike, enough lifts and seats in buses were arranged for all those who were originally going home to be able to do so.

As usual the Dance with Marlborough was a great success and was enjoyed by everyone. Unfortunately Miss Barkley was unable to be there, owing to her recent illness, but we much appreciated her thoughtful organization beforehand. Meanwhile the rest of the School were being suitably entertained in the gym by the Upper V, who put on a spectacular and hilarious performance of 1066 and All That.

At the end of the Autumn Term we all gathered in the hall, where we found a candle-lit Christmas tree around which we sang carols, including some in German. After this lovely surprise we had a delicious supper in the dining-room, this too being lit by candlelight. Here we should like to take the opportunity of thanking Miss Jackson and all the kitchen Staff for the excellent food they provided.

Unfortunately this year we were unable to go to Savernake Forest for a picnic on Ascension Day because of uncertain weather. However, we went instead on a short expedition to the Downs south of Marlborough, and we returned to eat our picnic in the School.

Two days before the General Election, Sir David Eccles came to speak in Calne and the VI forms were kindly allowed, not " pressganged " as he later suggested, to go to listen to him. This we very much appreciated.

Altogether we have done very well in the way of entertainments this year and are most grateful to the Staff who have made them possible, and we should like to thank them very much.

C. LUMLEY and S. BLAKENEY.

THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY The Natural History Society have been on many very enjoyable expeditions this year, which included a visit to the Bowood Heronry and one to Oliver's Camp on the Downs. Members who went on a pond-hunting expedition came back laden with fish, water creatures and a bloodthirsty looking leech.

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In the Spring Term the " Seven O'clocks " started an interesting magazine which was named " The Young Naturalist," and was edited

by Miss Aubrey. This magazine, which contained stories, articles, poems and illustrations, was read with great interest.

Also in the Spring Term we had an extremely interesting lecture

by Eric Masking, illustrated by some excellent slides. He was pleased to hear that the Natural History Society was still flourishing, because he had helped to found it.

We have to thank Miss Aubrey and Miss Thouless for organizing these expeditions and also Miss Jackson and the Kitchen Staff for the picnic meals they have provided.

L. ERRINGTON, M. PENNANT and J. HARLAND.

THE FOUNDATION STONE The Bishop of Salisbury unveiled the rather unusual foundation stone of the new wing on October 3oth, 1954. A short dedication service, which was very well attended, was held in the Hall, then everyone went out to the building site for the end of the ceremony. The stone is a carved panel over the east doorway of the new wing. It represents the seal of the Bishop of Salisbury, the Virgin and Child.

The Virgin bears a sceptre with lilies.

MARY HARRISON.

BODINGTON LIBRARY As usual we should like to thank very much those who have given books to the Library this past year. These gifts are greatly appreciated.

Next term we hope that we shall be using the new library in the new building, as well as the present one. With this added space we have decided that the fiction library, hitherto a separate concern, shall be incorporated into the Bodington, and we are pleased that we shall no longer need the little sitting-room for storing books.

P. M. L. SWIMMING As pants the heart for cooling streams ! So countless generations at St. Mary's have longed to plunge into anything from a puddle to the quarry pond; but we are the ones who are lucky enough to be able to bathe in a spacious pool. Not only has it been great fun for the bathers, but to all the onlookers the ungainly antics of would-be divers have been a continual source of amusement in spite of the wild splashings.

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We all feel very grateful to Miss Barkley and Miss De La Mare, who have given up so much of their time to our swimming. It is a great pity that we are to lose Miss De La Mare so soon, as she has been such an encouragement and help in both swimming and tennis. We hope that in future the swimming-bath will continue to be enjoyed as much as it had been this, its first summer.

M: AYLEN. GAMES REPORT Autumn Term 1954â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Summer Term 1955 Miss Barkley's absence in the Autumn Term was greatly felt by the Lacrosse teams. However, we were very grateful to Miss Willett and Mrs. Blakeney for all their valuable coaching. And with their help the match results were fairly satisfactory.

In the West of England Tournament which took place in March, the ist XII did very well to win their section, but lost to the Royal School, Bath, in the semi-finals. Unfortunately we were less successful in the Tournament at Merton Abbey.

The Under 15 XII played hard during the Winter Terms, but the bad weather only allowed them to play one match.

Some of the fixtures for the Summer Term had to be cancelled, so there were fewer matches than usual. The junior teams, both tennis and rounders, did very well to win all their matches ; the seniors also had several successes.

We should all like to express our thanks to Miss Barkley and Miss De La Mare, who have been very generous with their time in coaching us in games, and enabling us to swim so often.

MATCH RESULTS Autumn Term 1954.

Oct. 16th. ist XI v. Westonbirt Oct. i6th. and XII v. Westonbirt Oct. 2jrd. ist. XII v. Godolphin Oct. 2jrd.

2nd XII v. Godolphin Nov. 6th. ist XII v. Newbury Nov. 6th.

Junior Netball VII v. Newbury Junior Dec. 4th. ist XII v. Bath Domestic Science College Spring Term Feb. igth.

Feb. 19th.

Mar. 5th Mar. jth.

Mar. 12th.

Mar. igth.

Mar. 19th.

Mar. I9th.

1955. ist XII v. Westonbirt Under 15 XII v. Westonbirt ist XII v. Sherborne 2nd XII v. Sherborne West of England Tournament ist XII v. Newbury 2nd XII v. Newbury Junior Netball VII v. Newbury Junior 16

Home Home Away Away Home Home Home

Draw 6 all Lost 4-15 Lost 4-20 Lost 2-24 Won 11-2 Lost 7-11 Won 12-4

Away Away Home Home

Lost 2-9 Lost 4-8 Lost 2-9 Lost 4-14

Away Away Away

Lost i-io Lost 3-9 Lost 8-15

Summer Term 1955

June i ith.

Away ist VI v. Harris's Ladies Tournament with Marlborough College "B' House Home Home ist VI v. Downe House Home 2nd VI v. Downe House ist VI v. St. Mary's, Wantage Home Home Under 15 VI v. St. Mary's, Wantage Junior Rounders IX v. St. Mary's, Wantage Home ist VI v. Westonbirt Away

June nth.

2nd VI v. Westonbirt

Away

June nth.

jrd VI v. Bath High School

Home

June nth.

4th VI v. Bath High School

Home

June nth.

Under 15 VI v. Bath High School

Home

June 18th.

June 18th.

July 9th.

Home 2nd VI v. Godolphin Home Under 14 VI v. Godolphin Tournament with Marlborough College C 3 House Home

May. 14th.

May i4th.

May zist.

May 21 st.

May 28th.

Lost 0-9 Won 5-4 Lost 3-6 Won 8-1 Won 5-4 Won 10-1 Lost 1-6 (Unfinished) Lost 0-7 (Unfinished) Lost 1-5 (Unfinished) Won 4-2 (Unfinished) Won 5-1 (Unfinished) Lost 2-7 Won 9-0

THE MOUNTAIN FOX Red coated, white throated, Wild one and free, The Pennine fox liveth 'midst Mountain and scree.

Wild one, bold one, Cunning and sly, Woe to the hen-runs that He passeth by.

THE SEALS Black and grey in the failing light, Silver streaks in the sea at night, Swift in water, slow on land, Born with the wild sea close at hand.

Hated by man who takes their food, Hunted by man and beast so rude, Yet cheery still, and e'en now free, And wild and fearless as the sea.

ANGELA WOOD (13 years).

THE BEST MEN ALWAYS WIN There's a restless stamp of a horse's foot And a glint of steel on the sun ; " Charge ! " comes the captain's voice from the ranks, And the battle has begun.

An arrow goes whistling through the air And one brave man is dead ; But the rest look neither to left nor right, And never a word is said.

Never did one of those brave hearts fear And never one word was spoke, For they see their captain riding before Galloping through the smoke.

Down at the left and down at the right, Both sides' ranks grow thin ; But the voice of their captain rallies them onâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; With, " Let the best men win ! " One by one the enemies flee, And the smoke begins to clear ; But lying upon the blood-stained ground Is many a warrior there.

The sun shines down upon this scene, And clears away the sin : But what the captain said was true : " The Best Men always win ! " CAROLINE HUNT (12 years 9 months).

TIDDLES Pallida cui tabes novies est insidiata, Tidule, felina morte perempte modo, Sit tibi terra levis ; semotis rite Molossis Mures aeternos Elysii capias.

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REQUIEM TIDULI—ODE ON THE DEATH OF THE SCHOOL CAT O foribus feles miserande elisa superbis, Cistula quern mersit fluctibus, heu, stygiis Plenis di manibus largiti sunt tibi dona ; Somnos captabas, solente calente, diu.

Sacricolae geminae victum portare solebant.

Saepe dabant pisces, lac tibi saepe dabant.

Blanditiis tete cultrices ante fovebant, Ingratus plane tu, petulentus eras.

Num nitida lugendus eris mihi, Tidule, pelle ?

Corpora num pingui flebilis, improbe, eris ?

Utilis baud ulli, sublata in sidera cauda Sic incedebas imperitans aliis.

Sed mutum quod eras, grunnitu pauca locutus, Nee pro te causam dicere, amice, potes, Etsi nonnullis optata morte peristi Nunc in perpetuum, Tidule, ave atque vale.

VI FORM. CARMEN PISCINAE How brave and beautiful they stand— The girls for whom the pool was planned !

How merrily, like Neptune's daughter, Each maid is sporting in the water !

With gay abandon, honest pride, They topple slowly off the side, And through three feet of water creep To raise a halfpenny from the deep !

No naiad of a distant age, No modern beauty of the stage, No film star of exotic bloom Excels the " lovelies " who now loom From Saint Cecilia's gloomy dorms, Resplendent in blue uniforms !

Or from Saint Prisca's, shorn of capes, Reveal a host of wondrous shapes !

Long may these English beauties stand—• The girls for whom the pool was planned !

Long may we see them at Saint Mary's Disporting like midsummer fairies !

Oh, long may silent visions glide From end to end, and side to side ; And may the clamour of the School Change now to glamour at the pool.

HENRY FEARON.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT We thank the following Schools for copies of their School Magazines, which we have read with interest:â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Sherborne School for Girls ; Queen Margaret's, Scarborough; The Royal School, Bath; Leeds Girls' High School; Godolphin School; Westonbirt; Howell's School, Denbigh ; Benenden ; The Diocesan Girls' School, Hong Kong.

OLD GIRLS' SUPPLEMENT Officers of the Old Girls Association President: Miss Gibbins Vice-Presidents : Miss Alexander, Flat Fj., Pine Grove, Bath Road, Bournemouth.

Miss Thouless, St. Mary's School, Calne, Wilts.

Miss Jennings, 163 Gower Street, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada.

Mile. G. Antoine, St. Mary's School, Calne, Wilts.

Miss I. Martin, St. Ann's Mead, Chertsey, Surrey.

Chairman : G. Kirby, 15 Essex Rd., Gravesend, Kent.

Treasurer: R. Baker, 51 Church Rd., Work, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset.

Secretary : S Rotherham (Hayter), Gwendraeth, New Road, Tylers Green, Penn, Bucks.

Group Secretaries : I. II. III. V. V. VI. VII. VIII.

R. Baker, 51 Church Rd., Worle, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset.

K. Yerbury (Beach) 74 Grove Park Rd., Chiswick, W.4.

J. Blaxter (Hollis) Pathside, Frithesden Copse, Berkhamsted, Herts.

L. Moore (Kirby) Lea-Hurst, 24 Powys Avenue, Leicester.

R. Buck, Thanet House, Reading St. Rd., Broadstairs, Kent.

G. Fleetwood-Jones, Michelmersh Rectory, Romsey, Hants.

E. McGowan (Minnis), Breckland, Strumpshaw Rd., Brundall, Norfolk.

M. Gooderham (Matthews), 12 Nugent Rd., Southbourne, Bournemouth, Hants.

IX. X. T. Mackarness (Tidman), White Cottage, Sheet, Petersfield, Hants.

XI. W. Willcox, (Dallas Ross) Ridgemead, Shrubbs Hill Lane, Sunningdale, Berks.

XII. A. H. Smith (Plummer), St. Theresa, Chesham Road, Amersham, Bucks.

XIII. P. Chadwick, Sunnyside Cottage, Woodgreen, nr. Fordingbridge, Hants.

XIV. R. Strode, Blue Spur, Chesham Bois, Bucks.

XV. E. Wallis, Halfmoon House, Topsham, Devon.

XVI. D. Hort, 20 Avenue Rise, Bushey, Herts.

XVII. R. Deuchar, Morningside, Leven Avenue, Bournemouth, Hants.

XVIII. C. Maclean, Catercross, Fittleworth, Nr. Pulborough, Sussex.

XIX. K. Hughes, i Southfield, Horton Crescent, Rugby.

XX. F. Maclean, Catercross, Fittleworth, Nr. Pulborough, Susses.

XXI. L. Duff, Bedwell Croft, Stevenage, Hertfordshire.

LETTER FROM MISS GIBBINS St. Mary's School, Calne, July 3oth, 1955.

My dear Old Girls, I am writing this letter sitting under the trees in the School garden. I have just been reading " News of Old Girls," so patiently put together by Miss Thouless, and have been most struck by how many of you, who have spent some years in this place and sat under these same trees, are now living or working abroad. Our thoughts and good wishes go out to you wherever you are, and we are glad and proud to hear of your doings.

When you visit us, as I hope you will, you will find that some scenes have changed. From Lansdowne, the graceful lines of the New Wing hide the chimneys and roofs of the little houses in Curzon Street and bring a new spaciousness to our view ; the Swimming Bath, in what used to be called "Olivers' Field," has added delightful and healthy activity to the Summer term. We have deliberately not put photographs of either of these in this issue ; the sites are not yet tidy and we feel we could not do them justice.

The Building Fund now stands at over ÂŁ33,000, about half of the sum required, and donations, we are glad to say, are still coming in.

We are more grateful than we can say to all who have helped to make the vitally-needed new additions to the buildings, and the joys of swimming, possible.

We are very sorry not to have had Miss Alexander as a visitor this year, but I was very glad to be able to pay a short visit to her in her very nice flat in Bournemouth in the Spring holidays. Archdeacon and Mrs. Coulter have been to see us twice this year and it was a great pleasure to have the Archdeacon taking services in the Parish Church one Sunday last Autumn. It has been delightful to see so many of you, either at the London Reunion Sherry Party, which was a great success, or here in Calne, as day or week-end visitors. I am sure you know that you are always most welcome.

During the year, St. Mary's has lost some great friends. You will all be very sad to hear of Mrs. Gough's death : she was such a kind and hospitable friend to so many of us. We shall miss Canon Walter Barton very much. We were always delighted when he came to Calne. We were very sorry, too, to hear of Miss Margett's death, and shall always remember, with gratitude, her loyal help at St. Prisca's.

We send our deepest sympathy to all who have been bereaved this year.

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You will read of the varied activities of the School elsewhere and you will reali2e, I am sure, as I do, how much of our success and enjoyment is due to the staff. People coming round the School often say to me : " Do you find it difficult to get staff? " I can answer truthfully and gratefully that we are extraordinarily fortunate both in the number of able and devoted people who have helped us for so long and in the new appointments we have made from time to time.

We were very glad to welcome back Susan Rotherham as Secretary of the O.G.A. and I should like to take this opportunity of thanking Rosamund Strode for her excellent work during Susan's absence.

With love and all good wishes, Yours affectionately, ELIZABETH GIBBINS.

LETTER FROM MISS ALEXANDER F3, Pine Grange, Bath Road, Bournemouth.

August, 1955.

My Dear Old Girls, When I wrote to you last year we had just sold our house at Sanderstead.

We came down here in September for a long rest not intending to settle here but we found this service flat in a building which has a restaurant and decided to take it.

Bournemouth is a good place for seeing Old Girls, I find. There are several living in the neighbourhood and others have come here on holidays. It is delightful to see them.

We are going to Malvern in September for a holiday and change.

I hope you have all enjoyed this glorious summer.

My love and best wishes to you allâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;both Old Girls and school grand children.

Yours affectionately, E. M. ALEXANDER.

CHAIRMAN'S LETTER In writing this my first letter to you as Chairman of the Old Girls' Association, I find myself fully conscious of a feeling of inadequacy when I view myself in relation to the two former chairmen of 2}

the Association. It is the same feeling one had as a new girl when one regarded the prefects at the top. of the table. But Ivy Martin and Gladys Bfcale had even over-reached the top table stage when I arrived at St. Mary's in 1926. They came back as Old Girls and looked us up and down .to see if we were, or were not, like our sisters who had been their contemporaries. We in turn eagerly watched them to see if they were old enough and honoured enough to be offered butter and marmalade for breakfastâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a sure sign of a very important Old Girl.

Before writing this letter to you I have spent some time in reading old News Sheets. This has certainly been time consuming but very worth while, because since 1945 I find there is a definite theme which occurs again and again in each edition. It is thisâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Repeatedly Miss Gibbins assures the Members of the Old Girls' Association how very pleased she is to welcome them back to St. Mary's and at the same time says that she feels each individual member is a very vital link with the daily life of the present school. This assurance of welcome and the real need to keep in touch with the School throughout years is, I know, very sincere.

The theme continues with the fact that although the Reunions were very much enjoyed by those who were present, the numbers each time were disappointing. This is only too true. The membership of the Old Girls' Association is now just over 800 and only 40 came to the London Reunion in January this year.

Before I leave this vital question for each of you to ponder over, I would quote from a letter written by Miss Matthews after the Reunion in 1945 when she had just retired to the White Cottage. She says " my one hope is that you will care to come and see me." I am sure Miss Gibbins will agree with me when I say that she too wants Old Girls of St. Mary's to "care to come " to Reunions and therefore take a lively interest in the Association and the School, You may be interested to see a copy of a letter which is now sen: to each girl as she leaves school and joins the Old Girls' Association. This is an effort to help new members to realise that although they are new it is essential that they should be active as well.

I think you will hear from other sources the outstanding events which have taken place at St. Mary's in the past year. The new buildings have to be seen to be believed and even in these early stages of plaster and builders' sand one can visualise how good they will be to look upon when finished. I am sure there will be a general rejoicing at the decision made by the Governors that the block of buildings which holds the Dining Room and School Hall should in future be known as the Marcia Matthews building.

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Many of you will also have heard that the Swimming Pool is no longer a matter of wishful thinking, and I think I can promise that your next invitations for a Summer Reunion at St. Mary's will include a reminder to bring a swim-suit as well as a tennis racket and music.

This week I have heard from Miss Alexander, who writes to say how pleased she has been in the past few months to see so many Old Girls and present members of the staff of St. Mary's who have visited her in Bournemouth. She is hoping this autumn to see a specialist about her eyes and I know you will all want this letter to convey to Miss Alexander our love and sincere wishes that her eyesight will improve.

I cannot finish this letter without thanking Gladys Beale on your behalf for all she has accomplished during her years as Chairman of the Association. Her close and happy contacts with the School have meant a great deal in these past years and we do thank her for the time she has so generously given.

At the same time I know Gladys would be the first to wish me to thank Miss Gibbins for all the help and encouragement which she too has given unstintingly to the Old Girls' Association and we hope she realises how much this means to all past members of St. Mary's.

GWEN KIRBY Dear I have heard from Miss Gibbins that you are leaving school at the end of this term and that you are joining the Old Girls' Association.

Perhaps when this letter reaches you, you will already be a Member.

As Chairman of the Old Girls' Association I write to welcome you as a new member and to warn you that we shall need your enthusiastic support for a very long time.

The Old Girls' Association of St. Mary's has now over 800 members. As the Association has grown throughout the years it has been found necessary that as each batch of Old Girls leave they form a group under one secretary. A Group Secretary has between 30 to 40 members and she is chosen as this representative when she leaves school.

The Secretaries meet every January at the Reunion held in London when a Committee Meeting is arranged before the actual Reunion.

A General Meeting of the Old Girls' Association is called when members are invited to St. Mary's for a week-end every other year. This as you know i s a week-end which we all look forward to so very much, especially now as it is held in mid-term.

As a new Member of the Old Girls' Association may I ask that you come to all the Reunions and bring members of your own Group and other Groups with you. You will always be very welcome and your enthusiasm will bring others along too.

May I also ask that you keep in touch with your Group Secretary and that you send back your form to her every year and keep her informed of your change of address.

My best wishes to you in whatever you have chosen to do now that you have left St. Mary's.

Yours Sincerely, Chairman.

WANTEDâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;O.G.A. TREASURER It is with very great regret that we hear from Ruth Baker that she finds she must resign from the office of O.G.A. Treasurer after ten years of outstanding and untiring work for the Association.

Ruth is anxious to find a successor by the Summer Reunion in 1956 so that she can hand over the books in January 1957.

Would anyone with a head for figures who feels prepared to undertake this vital work please get in touch with Ruth direct at:â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 51 Church Road, Worle, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset.

NEWS OF OLD GIRLS As the amount of news of Old Girls increases year by year, and space is limited, we are, as last year, mentioning only those who have something fresh to report. Marriages and births are recorded in the appropriate lists only, but we should like to take this opportunity of expressing our congratulations.

STAFF Mrs. Chard (Miss Naters) writes that her husband is now qualified as a doctor. She is kept very busy looking after her lively young son, Christopher.

Miss E. P. Clark retired from the Colonial Education Service in 1954, and is now an Inspector of Education under the Kent Education Committee. We congratulate Miss Clark on her O.B.E. Miss Dickens was returning to England from Montreal in August.

Last summer she spent 3 months travelling westwards across the States to San Francisco, up the West Coast to British Columbia, and returned to Montreal via the Rockies.

Miss Gibson has been appointed Secretary to the Diocesan Board of Women's Work, Bradford.

Miss Hobday is doing research in chemical analysis in Mitcham and is finding the work very varied and interesting.

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Mrs. Maw (Miss Colbert) is kept very busy as Vice-Chairman of the L.E.A. She was just about to go to Germany, sponsored by the Foreign Office, to lecture on Education, chiefly in Brunswick.

Miss Porter now has a post as Assistant Domestic Bursar at Loughborough Training College.

Mrs. Tyler (Miss Chapman). On his return from Korea, Mrs. Tyler's husband was appointed Chaplain to the Royal Military College of Science, Shrivenham.

OLD GIRLS Valerie Ashworth is Nursing Sister on the P. & O. Liner, S.S. Strathmore, and was, at the time of writing, " on the run to Brisbane."

Elizabeth Bagley (Westaway) has been living in Huntingdon nearly 10 years, and is busy with her children and parish activities. Her son John is at Tonbridge, Martin at Cranleigh, and Harriet still at home.

Althea Bailey (Roberts) has left Cumberland and is now running the " Riviera Bookshop " in Falmouth, and living in a flat over the shop.

Mary Baker retired from the Headship of Perivale Secondary Modern Girls' School two years ago, and is at present living about a mile from Cecily.

Patricia Barbour is living in a flat in London with Angela Boschi, and was hoping to qualify as a physiotherapist in May. Clare Barclay (Troutbeck) writes that her family is enjoying lovely surroundings in Germany. They all hope to spend September in England.

Laura Barlee (Attlee) met D. Morrison in Dartmouth some months ago, when Dorothy gave a lecture on Korea.

Jane Baynes was commissioned last March with the rank of Probationary Third Officer W.R.N.S. and was to go to Yorkshire in May for an eight-weeks Secretarial Course.

Elisabeth Bell (Willink) was to move in May to a big house in Cambridge, where she and her husband are opening a school for foreign students in September.

Elfride Bickersteth says that it is now expected that the Lexicon of Patristic Greek, on which she is working, will be finished in the autumn. She then hopes to find another post of an academic nature, after visiting Istanbul for a Byzantine Congress.

Judith Brooke (Tanqueray) has adopted a baby boy, and was looking forward to the building of their own house.

Penelope Brooke-Johnson (Ram) wrote from Camberley, where her husband is at the Staff College. She is working again as a Children's Officer for Dr. Barnado's Homes.

Diana Brown is working as Secretary to a Consulting Neurologist in Sussex.

Brigid Bum was to fly to Cyprus at the end of May to " nanny " a family, and then hoped to go to Rhodesia and S. Africa if she could find a job there.

Elizabeth Burra, after an interesting year in Germany, is now teaching German and French at St. Mary's School, Wantage, and is also finding some evening institute work very interesting.

Diana Butler is finding her work in the Historical Section of the Cabinet Office most interesting.

Irene Campbell (Heywood), after just over two years in her home at Horley, had to leave it last autumn to go to Egypt. She does not know how long they will be there.

Mary Carder (Tidman) is living in Beaverlodge, a small but active little town in the Peace River Country in Canada. Her husband has been awarded a Ph.D. from Wisconsin in Agro-climatologyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; the only one of its kind in Canada.

Diana Casswell (Rosedale) writes of the work of her husband and herself in the new housing area of 20,000, where thay have no church, but a hall used as a church. The vicarage is being built, and they hope to move in in November. She has seen Margaret Chadwick, who is godmother to Diana's son Timothy.

Joanna Chase is teaching English, Scripture and Geography in an African Secondary School at Butere, Kenya, and is planning the school garden and farm. She was hoping this year to visit Nancy at Bweranyangi, Uganda.

Nancy Chase spent 1954 in England, and flew back to Uganda, spending two days in Cairo on the way. She is in a school of 230 African girls aged 6 16, 80 of whom are boarders, There are 2 Europeans and 10 Africans on the staff, and Nancy was expecting to be the only European, and in charge, from June to January.

Angela Cheshire is spending a year in France before starting a Secretarial Course in London.

Margaret Chitty. We congratulate Margaret on her engagement. She is hoping to be married next year, and is expecting to go to live in Australia in about two years' time. We congratulate her, too, on having obtained her Diploma in Obstetrics in March, Catherine Christie finished her Secretarial Course last September and has since November been working at the Royal Empire Society in London. She has been lucky enough to find a lovely room in a central position, and is enjoying life very much, Ines Clark has almost completed her first year at the Oxford City Art School and is much enjoying life. She is working for the National Diploma in painting and also has a part-time job teaching Art at a school in Abingdon.

Susan Cooper has just completed a Secretarial Course at St. James's College and was hoping to get a job in London.

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Elizabeth Copeman is training at St. Thomas's Hospital as a physiotherapist.

Nicolette Cotton (Cunliffe) has recently settled into her home. Her husband is working for the Metal Box Co. at Marsfield, and they were lucky enough to find an unfurnished house with a walled garden, in the country, about 18 miles away.

Amy Crawford (Baker) has two novels coming out this year. She has recently returned from a glorious visit to South Africa. The ship made long calls at Zanzibar and Mombasa. In Egypt she had the experience of riding a camel, saw the Pyramids and the Sphinx, and all the treasures of Tut-ankh-amen. This year she is thinking of going on a 4-months round trip to Australia.

Diana Curzon (Orlebar) is busy helping her husband to run his estates in Derby and in Scotland. She is a member of the R.D.C., does work for the Conservative Party and is involved in the usual village activities.

Josephine Delap. We congratulate Josephine on her engagement. She left the Royal College of Music at Easter, and was intending to work at the U.G.S. Settlement at Peckham during the summer, and to be married in the autumn.

Angela Duffin (Pinckney) has been living the past two years near Diisseldorf.

Diana Duthie (Leveson) has recently acquired a caravan and parked it on the coast for the summer. Ann Durst went to see her last year.

Alice Dyson gave up almoning two years ago and took a secretarial course, since when she had been teaching at the London Secretarial College, where she trained. She was looking forward to going to stay for five months with her brother in America.

Charmian Fearnley has been studying photography, pottery, sculpture and art and is working for examinations next spring.

Jane Fletcher. After doing several temporary jobsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;working in a church crypt, a children's home and then a London storeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Jane got a permanent job as a Children's Visitor for Cambridgeshire County Council. She is enjoying the work and living in Cambridge.

Annarella Flower was presented to the Queen in March. She is now doing a Secretarial Course in Brighton, and enjoying it.

Diana Ford started a Secretarial Course at the London College of Secretaries last September, after a year in Switzerland. She is hoping to get a job in London, and to share a flat with Sybil.

Christine Fowler (Willis). In June 1954 both Christine and her husband qualified and can now write M.B., Ch.B. after their names. They now have a small son.

Bridget Frewer is now a qualified physiotherapist and has been asked to go back on the staff of her training school, King's College Hospital Celia Garnham (Rowley) writes from Durban that her parents went out last year to visit her and to see their first grandson.

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Mary Cough is thoroughly enjoying her first year at Bristol University.

Peggie Green (Beale) writes that her husband has changed his job to a more convenient one. Tim is very happy at Prep. School, and they hope Christopher will join him in September.

Heather Greenwood (Blackadder) has had a busy year decorating the house inside and out, and trying to tame a neglected garden.

Julia Grenfell has very much enjoyed living in a German family for the last year. After spending the summer at home, she hopes to start a Secretarial Course in London in the autumn.

Miriam Groves is teaching a class of 8-n year-olds in a Primary School in Wallingford.

Anne Gunning is in her last year at Salisbury Diocesan Training College. She has accepted the post of Infants' Teacher at Pilton School for September 1955.

Pamela Gurney spent four glorious months in Norway in the autumn, finishing up by spending Christmas at a Youth Hostel in the mountains. She intended to start a Secretarial Course in May at Phyllis Christie's in Cheltenham.

Mary Hamersley has recently taken up a post as psychiatric social worker at Littlemore Hospital, Oxford, after spending most of the winter with her brother in Tanganyika.

Pauline Harrison is working as School Secretary at Forres Boys' Preparatory School, Swanage, of which Mary and MargÂŤet Chadwick's father is Headmaster.

Margaret Harvey is doing secretarial work for the English Department of Auckland University College, New Zealand. She hopes to return to England via Australia early next year.

Dorothy Haviland wrote in April that she was just off to Canada for a visit to her sister, whom she had not seen for 21 years.

Elizabeth Heath (Jephson) has been in Germany over 4 years, and expects to be there another two. Her husband is on the Camp Staff at the H.Q. of N.A.G. She has met Pamela Littlejohns (Barker), whose husband is also stationed there.

Vale'rie Hick (Turner) is a nurse-receptionist in a doctor's office in Ottawa, and enjoys the work very much. She was planning a short visit to England in August to see her father and her sister, Gwynedd Grove.

Betsy Hickling (Pryor) is kept very busy and happy with three small daughters and a St. Bernard puppy.

Betty Hindley has had a most interesting trip to America, New Zealand and Australia. She found the Australians extraordinarily kind and the country fascinating.

Jane Hodson (Renwick) has " an enormous and bouncing little boy aged one." She is looking forward to being home on leave over Christmas this year.

Grace Hole (Combes) i s busy with the farm and her Guide, W.I. and Choir work. Sally will be going to Clifton High School in September. ;o

Kitty Hood was to begin in the summer as assistant nurse to ex-King Fuad in Switzerland.

Margaret Hopkins was looking forward to a summer holiday in Austria. She is Almoner at St. Martin's Hospital, Bath, with little free time, as she is single-handed with 640 patients.

Sally Hore-Ruthven has been working with Moral Re-Armament for five years, and has been abroad most of the time. Last year she was 8 months in South and West Africa, and is now working at the Headquarters in London. Nancy is working with M.R.A. in America.

Ann Hornby (Sadler) has moved to a lovely old house in Bucks, with an interesting Quaker history. She finds plenty to do with the garden, children, animals, cooking, etc.

Daphne Hort had an excellent Easter holiday, part of it in Florence, with Susan Taylor. In May the Godolphin and Latymer School had four days of Jubilee Celebrations.

Frances Hort is working at a Sunshine Home Nursery School for Blind Children. In September she is going to France for 9 months, to a family with 12 children. Then she will start nursing at St. Thomas's.

Anne Hudson (Knollys). When she wrote in March, Anne was hoping to go out to Kenya with her husband, who was to join his regiment there in May. Elisabeth Hunkin is still at the B.B.C. at present, but is going in the autumn to St. Swithun's School, Winchester, to teach languages.

Elizabeth Hunkin (Wilson) is kept busy with two children and parish activities.

Janet Innes is enjoying herself very much at Cambridge. She has another year before she takes her Finals.

Cecilia James (Livingstone) has removed to the country near Oxford and is enjoying country life. She has seen something of Elizabeth Burra and Ann Wallace.

Jean Jauncey (Cunninghame Graham) is very busy with her two boys and other activities, particularly Girl Guides, having been made a District Commissioner in Edinburgh. She was to teach a class of 20 five-year-olds in the summer term, to help out the local P.N.E.U. School. She has been seeing something of Audrey James and June Des Clayes.

Betty Jennings (Osman Jones) is thrilled with her newly-built house.

She is busy trying to convert their plot into a garden. Mary Jones (Higgins) is busy bringing up four daughters.

Rachel Judd is doing Oratorio, Concert and Recital work. She sang recently in Bath Bach Festival and in a performance of The Christmas Oratorio in York Minster. She is now on the Staff of University College, London, teaching voice production.

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Anne Kelly has spent 8 months in Switzerland nursing at the Hopital Cantonal as an " infirmiere diplomee", a most interesting experience. She was then to become Night Sister at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading.

Morwenna Kendall has been Head Cook at Queen Elizabeth College, London University, for over z\ years, and finds the work very interesting and varied.

Gwen Kirby remains very busy. We are very glad to see her from time to time at St. Mary's, when she comes down for Governors' Meetings.

Lorraine Knowles (Carleton) wrote in the middle of moving house.

She was hoping to go to stay with Margaret Kidel (Pollock) in France when the move was over.

Moyra Leatham has had a job with a publisher for a year, and has also continued free-lance illustrating. She spent March ski-ing in Austria and was soon to give up her job to go to Cyprus, and was returning by car through Greece, Yugoslavia and Italy.

Shirley Leideman (Eyre) is very happily settled in Sweden. She is able to continue with her music, has a number of pupils, and hopes to give some concerts before long.

Pamela Littlej ohns (Barker) is stationed in Germany in the new Headquarters with her husband and daughter aged 9. Her son David is at Prep. School in England. She would be very glad to hear of any Old Girls who may be in that part of Germany.

Ruth Lowe (Wheeler) with her husband and their two daughters are in Kuala Lumpur for two years. Her husband is doing his National Service as a doctor in the R. A.F. Margaret Maclean (Randolph). We are very glad to see Margaret Maclean when she comes to St. Mary's for Governors' Meetings.

She was looking forward to going to stay with Alison in Johannesburg. We were very sorry to hear that Christina had broken her leg recently. Fynvola is enjoying herself very much at Oxford.

Helen Macnab (Tench) is still busy teaching dancing. She has specialized lately in national dancing and dancing for the theatre. She is an examiner for the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing.

She hopes to make a three-months' tour of America in the autumn, teaching and lecturing.

Susannah MacRae. After a summer spent chiefly in sailing and climbing, Susannah started teaching at the Mary Datchelor Girls' School, and finds it very interesting. Living in London and singing in the Bach Choir she meets people from St. Mary's almost every day.

Elspeth McGowan (Minnis). When Elspeth wrote at the end of July she was about to leave for a trip to Sweden. Her husband was to attend the first international conference of Plastic Surgeons in Stockholm, and various excursions were arranged for the ladies.

They were to return to Gothenberg by the G<jta Canalâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a 3-day trip to which they were very much looking forward.

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Audrey Mclsaac (Fletcher) is busy helping her husband with school activities as well as looking after the house and two small children.

Mary Margesson has found her first year as M.U. Worker in Zanzibar a very interesting one. She spends most of her time travelling round, but her headquarters are at Karogwe. She spent a local leave with a friend in S. Africa, having flown from Tanga to Durban.

Mabyn Martin has been at the British Embassy, Vienna, since December 1954, having returned from Cairo in April 1954.

Jean Meikle has been living at the British Consulate, Aleppo, Syria, for 9 months, and has been seeing a lot of the Middle East and working hard. She expects to have another 3 months there.

Faith Miller (Nottidge) is kept busy at home with three small boys.

She would be glad to know of any Old Girls living near Ware, and would welcome any who pass by road.

Adelaide Milsted. We are very sorry to hear that she has now to spend so much of her time in bed, but we are glad that she is so happy in her flat.

Susan Momber (Agnew) and her husband moved last Christmas into the new house they have had built and are very pleased with it.

Stephanie Morgan (Rosedale) was to move with her family to Orkney, where her husband had been appointed Resident Naval Officer in charge of the Naval Base at Scapa Flow.

Lovedy Moule is at the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, and is living in Bourne and Hollingsworth's palatial hostel (complete with swimming-bath) in Gower Street, where Robina Deuchar also lives. She has joined the Bach Choir.

Ruth Newberry (Matthews) has had another busy year in Birmingham and has enjoyed seeing something of Sheilah Harvie Clark (Lunt).

She was moving in May to Hull, where her husband had been appointed Traffic Manager of the local Bus Company.

Sarah Newman has since January been taking a full-time course at the N.W. Polytechnic, studying for the Library Association examinations. During vacations she has enjoyed doing temporary jobs in the British Council and the Society of Antiquaries, and was looking forward to a holiday in Florence soon.

Anne Newton (Carey) has had two new bedrooms, a garage and nursery built on to her house, just in time for the arrival of her second daughter.

Barbara Newton Dunn (Brooke) is now home again from Hong Kong, after a lovely time there. Angela is going daily to St. Stephen's, at Trowbridge, where she is very happy.

Janet Norman (Nicholson) writes that they have just bought an old house and are having great fun decorating it themselves. She and Lavinia are going to fly out to Malta for Christmas to join her husband, who was sailing in June.

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Anne Norris (Brown) returned to Aldbourne in December after a wonderful 6 months in Kenya. She was then going to Wupperthal in Germany, and would be delighted to see any Old Girls in the vicinity.

Maeve O'Ferrall has just finished her first year at the Froebel Educational Institute, Roehampton. She is taking Pottery as her special subject.

Ruth Palmer returned last October from a year with the Melanesian Mission doing a relieving nursing job in the Solomon Islands.

Susan Pedder. After leaving Oxford last June Susan took a temporary teaching job at a private school for a year. She hopes to be married in the autumn.

Jane Peterkin was to start a job in London after Easter with a firm of American Business Consultants who have just opened a branch in this country, and she is hoping to meet some Old Girls.

Susan Pilcher finished her Secretarial Training at Miss Sprules' last June and has since then had a job in a boys' school in Surrey. Last summer she went to Guernsey and stayed with Sylvia Fox. Daphne Powlett is still enjoying temporary cooking jobs, which provide a good deal of variety and a great deal of moving around.

Hilary Pullon is finding life as General Practitioner very enjoyable, though extremely busy. She recently stayed with Rosemary Lewis (Durie), who has a little girl of 3.

Jenny Reed (Smithells) has a very nice house at Slough, which she and her husband have been busily decorating. She would be very glad to see any Old Girl there.

Elizabeth Robertson (Puckle) and her husband are doing a two-year tour in Nanyuki, Kenya, where he is with the Gunners.

Olivia Rogers, when she wrote, was busy acting as kennel-maid to 14 Boxer pups. She is to start a course at a Domestic Science College in September.

Rachel Rolt (Fortescue-Brickdale) had a very fully occupied year. She spent four months in Kirkuk, one of the biggest oil-fields in Iraq. It was too hot to be enjoyable, but it was an interesting experience. She managed a morning's shopping in Baghdad, an astonishing place for a capital city. On April i6th, Rachel's daughter Mary was Prue Harvey's bridesmaid.

Rosemary Rocke (Herbert-Smith) and her husband are both working as Art Advisers to the West Riding County Council Education Department and find their days very full and interesting. They spend any free time they can in painting. She would be interested to hear of any Old Girls in her part of the world.

Joanna Russell (Newton) has been out in Malta for 21 months, and enjoys it very much. Her husband is at present in H.M. Submarine Tudor. She visited Naples last year, when he was there, and Capri. Her daughter Penelope thrives in Malta, and Rosemary went out on a four-month visit last year. She hopes they will be returning to England at the end of the year.

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Dorothy Sainsbury is still living " the strenuous retired life." She has visited Amy Ludgate at her home, and Alice Frayling in the Nursing Home in Croydon.

Hilary Salmon had just started a fourth year's nursing at St. Thomas's, and was to take her Finals in June.

Joan Salmon is in her second year at Ashford School, Kent, and is much enjoying life there, but was looking forward with some trepidation to a General Inspection in the summer term, and with much pleasure to going to Greece with Hilary Moore in the summer holidays.

Elisabeth Schubart after 3 years' training has qualified as an Occupational Therapist and was hoping to get a job in a London Mental Hospital, as she was specializing in psychiatry. She was intending to go on with her work after her marriage.

Margery Scott (Parker). Her husband retired last year. She went to see Miss Alexander before Christmas. Elizabeth was finishing at the R.C.M. in July and will then be looking for a job.

Gwendoline Scrivener (Croft) writes from Montevideo that she was bringing her two youngest children home to go to school in England, and is taking her eldest daughter back with her for a few months before she starts her training.

Prudence Sebesta (Clarke). Her husband got his M.R.C.V.S., and has now settled in at Gillingham in a practice there.

Jill Seddon (Smeeton). Jill's husband is farming n miles from her parents, so she can often see them. Bridget is at home helping on the farm and with general work.

Joyce Sharp (Chadwick) has moved, as her husband has changed his job. He is a chauffeur-mechanic and skipper. Her little daughter is very healthy, happy and energetic.

Mary Sharpe (Lake) flew home via Lusaka, Sutebbe, Wadi Haifa and Malta in June, and returns in September.

Patricia Sowerby (Moss) writes that it has been a quiet year. Heather has started school and loves it, and Patricia herself has started going to Art classes, and enjoys that very much.

Elizabeth Steele, after having left the Guildhall School of Music, has been spending 8 very enjoyable months in Paris working fora French diploma and looking after children, before taking up the teaching of Music in September.

Mary Steele has finished her third term at the National Training College of Domestic Subjects in London.

Sybil Stevens (Barnes) returned to England from Oslo last October after a very pleasant two years there. Her husband is now in H.M.S. Sheffield in the Mediterranean and she was hoping to go out to Malta to see him. Meanwhile she is living in Swanage, and has seen Joy and Mary Chadwick, Pauline Harrison, and Archdeacon and Mrs. Coulter.

Patricia and Shirley Stratton have returned from a five months' holiday abroad. Patricia is still singing at the Guildhall School of Music.

We congratulate Shirley on her engagement. She hopes to be married at the end of the year.

Jennifer Spry is working as shorthand-typist for the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, and was planning a few weeks in Spain in the summer.

Georgina Stewart-Cox is doing a Secretarial Course in Oxford.

Rosamund Strode writes that her singing is going well. She is godmother to Elisabeth Bell's (Willink) Catherine, and has been staying with Elisabeth.

Rosamund Stuetzel (Price) has been coaching her son and daughter for the Common Entrance Examination. Her younger daughter Linda goes to the International School in Bangkok, with 20 nationalities. She herself is on the School Board, trying to get higher standards of work.

Barbara Taylor (Fortescue-Brickdale) moved in November into the new house which they had had built, and they are doing their own interior decorating. They are very pleased with the house.

Ruth Taylor (Aldworth) is very busy as she is now doing without the help of foreign girls. She is coaching her two daughters for their Guide and Brownie badges, and has recently joined the newlyformed " Floral Decoration Society " andfindsit very interesting.

Jane Thomas has completed her 4 years at St. Thomas's. She and her family were eagerly looking forward to Annilea's return from S. Africa for the summer. Jane is going back with her in September for 6 months.

Janet Trevelyan has finished at St. Thomas's Hospital, having achieved her S.R.N. last summer. She is starting midwifery training at the Radcliffe in October.

Kathleen Trow has recently been made a Senior Lecturer at Totley Hall Training College of Housecraft. Last summer she spent an exciting vacation staying with a Swedish friend in Sweden, and touring parts of France and Switzerland.

Jean Turner has finished her 3-year training course at Dartford, and in September is going to the Royal School, Bath, as junior Physical Education Mistress.

Juliet Tweddell has taken a Domestic Science course and is now visiting friends and relations in Canada for nine months before starting her training as a nurse at St. Thomas's in 1956.

Daphne Twyman is enjoying her work at the Foreign Office.

Shireen Uren (Moore) has been living in Singapore since her marriage.

She and her husband spent a seven-months' leave in Australia and New Zealand.

Eileen Vernon (Wolfenden) writes: " My only real news is our excitement at watching John row at No. 7 in the Cambridge crew on March 26th."

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Mary Vischer is still working with the Migration Committee in Geneva.

Beth Wallis has been working as an Almoner's Clerk at St. Thomas's Hospital, and sharing a flat with Daphne Hort. In October she is going to Bristol University to study for a Social Science Diploma.

Ann Warrick. We are very glad to hear that Ann is now in excellent health. She is doing research work in chemical pathology at the Royal Free Hospital, London, and'hopes to get married in September.

Rosemary Waterhouse (Harvey) is living in Hong Kong. Her husband is a Gunner, but is at present studying Chinese at Hong Kong University.

Barbara Watson (Mitchell) writes that her husband will be leaving the Army next year. We were so very sorry to hear of her loss of her baby.

Jane Westlake wrote that she was getting married in September. They have a small farm near Wimborne with a lovely old Queen Anne house.

Margaret Wigan is now teaching at Cranford House P.N.E.U. School at Moulsford, Berks., where Mrs. Harris (Miss Snell) is tennis coach, and is liking it very much.

Margaret Willcocks was secretary to the Bishop of Chelmsford for 18 months, and then spent a most enjoyable 8 months in Paris. She is very much enjoying her post of secretary to the Headmaster of Westminster School.

Patricia Wilson was presented this year, and was hoping to go to Italy this summer. She will probably take a dress-making course in London in the autumn.

Jane Woodroffe has left Guy's Hospital and was taking up a post in St. Helier, Jersey, for the summer.

BIRTHS Arkell. On 5th June, 1954 to Gillian (Brown) a daughter, Penelope Sophia Arkell. On zjth August, 1955 to Gillian (Brown) a son, Nicholas Henry.

Barclay. On 23rd June, 1955, to Clare (Troutbeck), a daughter, Jane Mary.

Bell. On 30th January, 1955, to Elisabeth (Willink), a daughter, Catherine Elisabeth.

Bennett. On lyth April, 1955 to Joan (Weller), a daughter, Judith Mary.

Cleyndert. On i6th July, 195 5, to Susan (Green), a daughter.

Crawshaw. On 28th May, 195 5, to Susan (Goodden), a son, Stephen.

Duffin. On 28th August, 1954, to Angela (Pinckney), a second son.

Eggar. On ist March, 1955, to Anne (Harris), a son.

Evans. On 4th June, 1955, to Helen (Johnston Smith), a daughter.

Fowler. On 2 2nd January, 1955, to Christine (Willis), a son, Peter Byron.

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Freeman. On loth May, 1955, to Helen (Mitchell), a daughter.

Gent. On zjth September, 1954, to Elizabeth (Chapman), a daughter, Phillida Mary.

Greenlees. On 29th June, 1955, to Anne (Rodd), a third son.

Greenwood. On izth April, 1955, to Heather Greenwood (Blackadder), a fourth daughter, Bridget.

Hunkin. On I3th August, 1954, to Elizabeth (Wilson), a daughter.

Lywood. On 2nd August, 1955, to Hilary (Chard) a daughter, Kay. McDonald. On gth July, 195 5, to Gillian (Clark Kennedy), a daughter.

Morgan. On I5th March, 1955, to Stephanie (Rosedale), a daughter.

Newton. On 9th March, 1955, to Anne (Carey), a daughter.

Norris. On I5th September, 1954, to Anne (Brown), a daughter.

O'Hara. On 9th September, 1954, to Joan (Bridgman), a daughter.

Pelham. On 26th August, 1954, to Pauline (Brentnall), a son.

Radford. On 3rd January, 1955 to Nora (Webb), a son, Robert Seymour.

Remington-Foster. On 2yth August, 1954 to Stella (Wilson), a son, Thomas.

Rollo. On 26th October, to Ann (Pegg), a daughter.

Rolt. On 28th January, 1955, to Rachel (Fortescue-Brickdale), twin sons (one stillborn).

Rudd. On i8th July, 195 5, to Alison (Maclean), a son.

Scott. In March, 1955, to Jane (Priestley), a daughter, Catherine Eleanor.

Sheepshanks. On I2th May, 1955, to Mary (Nickson), a daughter.

Terry. On ist August, 1955 to Margaret (Hort), a son Stephen John Anthony.

Tomson. On i8th May, 1955, to Susan (Parry-Jones), a daughter, Sara Katharine.

Uren. On i8th June, 1955, to Shireen (Moore), a daughter, Tanya Helen.

Wallace. On i9th March, 1955, to Janet (Glossop), a son.

Waterhouse. In January, 195 5, to Rosemary (Harvey), a daughter, Jane Rosamond.

Staff Affleck. On i4th May, 1955, to Mrs. Affleck (Miss McLeavey), a daughter.

Davies. On 5th April, 1955, to Mrs. Davies (Miss Hollingworth), a second son.

Kirk. On 2yth May, 195 5, to Mrs. Kirk (Miss Booth), a second son.

Scott. On 9th January, 1955, to Mrs. Scott (Miss Stratton), a daughter.

MARRIAGES Baillie-Chavasse. On gth July, 1955, I. R. C. Baillie to Susan M. Chavasse.

Butler-Bowdonâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Pollock. On 25th June, 1955. Antony ButlerBowdon to Marion Pollock.

Butterworth-Whieldon. On 23rd April, 1955. R. M. Butterworth to Patricia E. Whieldon.

Christensen-Turk. On 2ist February, 1955, Peter Evald Mollef Christensen to Diana J. Turk.

Cotton-Cunliffe. On 3Oth October, 1954, Robert Charles Cotton to Nicolette A. Cunliffe.

Johnston-Kirke. On 28th August, 1954, Cdr. D. S. Johnston, D.Sc., R.N. to Brenda M. Kirke.

McWilliam-Routh. On 25th June, 1955, J. H. McWilliam to Julia G. Louth.

Milligan-Puckle. On i2th July, 1955, John Stowell Milligan to Patricia Puckle.

Morrison Bell-Davies. On i8th June, 1955, Sir C. Morrison Bell to Prudence C. Davies.

Nuttall-Harvey. On 16th April, 1955, Christopher Nuttall to Prudence Harvey.

Reed-Smithells. On 2oth March, 1954, J. B. Reed to Jennifer Smithells.

Robertson-Ball. On 3oth April, 1955, James David Robertson to Ann R. Ball.

Seddon-Smeeton. On nth June, 1955, in New Zealand, Norman Seddon to Jill Smeeton.

Uren-Moore. On 26th August, 1954, Alfred Uren to Shireen Moore.

Walker-Nicholson. On i2th May, 1955, Captain J. M. P. Walker to Diana M. Nicholson.

Waterhouse-Harvey. On i8th June, 1954, Captain Eric Waterhouse, R.A. to Rosemary Harvey.

Wettern-Macfadyen. On 3oth April, 1955, Patrick Herbert Stephen Wettern to Margaret Macfadyen.

Williamsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Herbert-Smith. On 6th November, 1954, John Herbert Spencer Williams to Ruth Herbert-Smith.

Staff McKnight-Goodrich. On 21 st February, 195 5. Frederick McKnight to Miss Goodrich.

R.I.P. Barton. On March 2ist, 1955, in Malta, Canon Walter John Barton, aged 74.

Clark. On August i6th, 1955, in St. Andrews, Chippenham, Clara Elizabeth Clark.

Eggar. On yth September, 1954, Heil Duncan Macdonald Eggar, Lt.-Commander R.N., husband of Anne (Harris).

Margetts. On 3Oth May, 1955, Miss Margetts.

Wimperis. On 3rd June, 1955, Courtenay Wimperis, husband of Zeala (Inder).

Gough. On the nth July, 1955, Ida Gough, wife of Mr. C. O. Gough, Clerk to the Governors.

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CORRIGENDA Marygold Alexander (Congreve) c/o Mrs. Stewart-Mackenzie, Brahan, Conon Bridge, Rosshire.

Group XII Jennifer Allen, Tenements Farm, Chipperfield, Herts. „ XVII Clare J. Barclay (Troutbeck) c/o Foreign Office, Whitehall, S.W.I. „ XV Elisabeth Bell (Willink), 9, Cranmer Road, Cambridge. „ XIV Joan Bennett (Weller), 7, Claremont Place, Bath. „ X Elfride Bickersteth, 2, St. Martins Square, Chichester, Sussex. „ XI Arminel Buckingham (Conybeare), 69, Harcourt Road, Bushey, Herts. „ VII Diana Casswell (Rosedale), 90, Parkway, New Addington, Croydon. ,, XII Joanna Chase, c/o Milton Farm, Corscombe, Nr. Dorchester, Dorset. „ XIII Nancy Chase, Bweranyangi Girls' School, Private Bag, P.O. Mbarara, „ VII Uganda.

Margaret Chitty, Penygarnedd, Llanrhaiadr, Oswestry, Salop. „ XV Susan de Jong Cleyndert (Green), 36, Derby Road, London, S.W.I4 ,, XVI Nicolette Cotton (Cunliffe), Carlton Lodge, Carlton-on-Trent, Notts. „ XV Susan Cowdell, The Farlands, Kyrewood Rd., Tenbury, Wells, Worcs. ,, XVIII Jane Creswell, Ocle Court, Bouley Gate, Hereford. „ XV Dorothy and Mary Crokat, Kirkdale, Webdon, Nr. Bridgwater, Somerset. ,, II Diana M. Curzon (Orlebar), Lockington Hall, Derby. „ VI Monica M. Des Clayes (Westmacott), Come-by-Chance, Somers, „ XIII Victoria, Australia.

Ann and Robina Deuchar, 9, Eaton Road, Bournemouth.

Groups XVII, XVIII Angela Duffin (Pinckney), c/o Mrs. Pinckney, Ivy Farm House, „ XII Sherrington, Nr. Warminster, Wilts.

Mabyn Ellis (Crace), The Flat, Lake House, Bath Road, Cheltenham. „ XIV Annarella Flower, Broadlands, Burgess Hill, Sussex. ,, XIX Stella Foster (Remington-Wilson), Mayesfield, Danbury, Chelmsford. „ X Christine Fowler (Willis), c/o Purton Vicarage, Swindon, Wilts. „ XV Helen Freeman (Mitchell), 87, Ailesbury Road, Dublin. „ XIV Barbara Frost (Lacon), 56, North End Road, London, N.W.n. „ V Margot Fuller (Young), Coldbrook, Hoxne, Suffolk. ,, VI Mary Goodden, North Cheriton, Nr. Templecombe, Somerset. ,, VI Clemency Griffith (Churchill), 46, Prospect Place, Pembroke Docks, S. Wales. „ VII Anne Gunning, Great House, Kilner Street, Shepton Mallet, Somerset. „ XIX Hilda Hewett, Elm Tree House, Shrivenham, Berks. ,, 1 Valerie Hick (Turner), 239, Holmwood Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. „ IV Jennifer Hickie, Snoxhall Cottage, Knowle Lane, Cranleigh, Surrey. .,, XVIII Yvonne Hill, c/o Durban Girls College, College House, Currie Road, „ VII Durban, Natal, S. Africa.

Pamela Hilton (Clarence), The Lamb Hotel, Wallingford, Berks. „ VI Jane Hodson (Renwick), H.Q. West Africa Command, Accra, Gold „ XV Coast Sallv Hore-Ruthven, 45, Hays Mews, Berkeley Square, London, W.i. „ XVI Ann Hornby, (Sadler), Bottrells Close, Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks. „ VII Ruth Howell, 25, Glenmore Road, Hampstead, N.W.3. ,, XV Cecilia James (Livingstone), Old Town House, Nuneham Courtney, „ XII Oxon.

Jennifer Jenkins (Morris), 33, Ladbroke Square, London, W.IJ. „ X Patricia Johnson (Mackey), c/o Lloyds Bank (R. Section), 6, Pall Mall, S.W.I. „ VI Brenda Johnston (Kirke), 69, Clermiston Rd., Edinburgh, 12. ,, VII Mary Jones (Higgins), Coleford House, Coleford, Nr. Bath, Somerset. „ IX Rachel Judd, 16, Rowden Road, Beckenham, Kent. „ XIV Lorraine Knowles (Carleton), 9, St. Leonards Terrace, Chelsea, S.W.3. „ IX 40

Shirley Leideman (Eyre), Engelbrektsgatan .303,' Borlange, Sweden.

Winfred Lewis (Lumsden), Cerravis, Stoford, Salisbury, Wilts.

Pamela Littlejohns (Barker), c/o Lt.-Col. J. L. G. Littlejohns, G (SDI) H.Q. Northern Army Group, BAOR, i.

- • Honor McCully (Ward), Underbill House, Shorncliffe, Folkestone, Kent.

Gillian McDonald (Clark-Kennedy), 35, Worple Road, Epsom, Surrey.

Daphne McKillop (Good), Bekynton's Cottage, E. Chisenbury, Nr. Enford, Wilts.

• Audrey and Gillian Miller-Hallett, Phoenix Cottage, Shirley Holms, Lymington, Hants.

Groups, Susan Member (Agnew), Durgan, Weybridge Park, Weybridge.

Hilary Moore, 3, Cranley Gardens, London, S.W.y.

Stephanie Morgan (Rosedale), RNO's House, Lyness by Kirkwall, Orkney.

Ruth Newberry (Matthews), 9, Newland Park, Hull, Yorks.

Barbara Newton Dunn (Brooke), Southview, Little Panell, Nr. Devizes.

Jan Norman (Nicholson), The Grey House, North Boarhunt, Wickham, Hants.

Prudence Nuttall (Harvey), Park Gate, Petersham.

Christine O'Gorman, Ditton Lodge, Southborough Rd., Surbiton, Surrey.

Ruth Palmer, 11, Manor Court, Grange Road, Cambridge.

Mary Pierce (Hiscock), 8, Wedmore Avenue, Chippenham, Wilts.

Daphne Powlett, Bathurst Cottage, Teffont Magna, Nr. Salisbury, Wilts.

Jean Prideaux (Howell), 12, Preston Road, Overcombe, Nr. Weymouth.

Jennifer Reed, (Smithells), Tall Trees, 45, Langley Road, Slough, Bucks.

Susan Rotherham (Hayter), Gwendraeth, New Road, Tylers Green, Perm, Bucks.

Julia Routh, Blindwell, Nether Stowey, Bridgwater, Somerset.

Alison Rudd (Maclean), 73, Third Avenue, Iranda, Johannesburg, S. Africa.

Elisabeth St. Leger Moore (Wilson), Alton, 46, Preston Road, Weymouth Janet Saunders, 23, Lansdowne Rd., West Worthing, Sussex.

Prue Sebesta (Clark), Oast Cottage, Star Lane, Gillingham, Kent.

Jill Seddon (Smeeton), No. 6, Rural Delivery, Waiata, Feilding, New Zealand.

Rosemary Sellers, The North Liberty, Wells, Somerset.

Joy Sharp (Chadwick), in, Canford Cliffs Rd., Canford Cliffs, Dorset.

Mary Sharpe (Lake), c/o Secretariat, Zomba, Nyasaland.

Georgina Stewart Cox, Balscote House, Nr. Banbury, Oxon.

Barbara Taylor (Fortesque-Brickdale), Middle Street, Islip, Oxon.

Susan Tomson (Parry-Jones), The Abbots House, Abbots Langley, Herts.

Yvonne Troman, Little Orchard, The Fairmile, Henley-on-Thames, Oxon.

Daphne Twyman, 38, Lancaster Gate, London, W.2.

Shireen Uren (Moore), i, Hett Road, Singapore.

Hazel Walton, Hopsrig, Westerkirk, Langholm, Dumfriesshire.

Jean Warrand, 43, Ashburnham Mansions, London, S.W.io.

Rosemary Waterhouse (Harvey), c/o Capt. E. Waterhouse, R.A. GSI. Branch, H.Q.L.F., Victoria, Hong Kong.

Marged Wigan, The Old Forge, West End, Woking.

Priscilla Wilson, 79, Lyall Mews West, London, S.W.i.

Catherine Wyllys, 22, Canford Cliffs Rd., Bournemouth West.

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ADDENDA Into Group IV Phyllis M. Gee, The Knoll, Studland Bay, Dorset.

Into Group V Grace E. Westlake (Gee), Angel Hotel, Chippenham, Wiltshire.

Into Group XXI Sally M. E. Blakeney, Greystones, Pickwick, Corsham, Wiltshire.

W. Anne Davies, Headmaster's House, Kings School, Rochester, Kent.

Lindsay M. Duff, Bedwell Croft, Stevenage, Hertfordshire.

Verena M. R. Fisher, Southcott House, Pewsey, Wiltshire.

Christine B. M. Gibson, Highfield House, Wellsway, Bath.

Mary B. Harrison, 593, Fulwood Road, Sheffield, 10.

Patricia M. Higginbotham, Ratsbury, Tenterden, Kent.

Christina Hindson, West Lodge, Wickham, Hampshire.

C. (Kitty) M. Lees, Old Bank House, Windley, Nr. Derby.

Caroline S. A. Lurnley, Uplands, Stoke Poges, Bucks.

Elizabeth M. Mackenzie Crooks, 55, High Street, Whitchurch, Aylesbury, Bucks.

Susan R. Miller, Forest School, Snaresbrook, London, ÂŁ.17.

Helen E. Moore, Manor Farm, Chittoe, Chippenham, Wiltshire.

Patricia R. Nugee, Headmaster's House, The College, Eastbourne, Sussex.

Auriol F. Pares, 54, Cheyne Court, Chelsea, London, S.W.j.

Jill P. Rotherham, Gwendraeth, New Road, Tylers Green, Penn, Bucks.

Ann L. Silverston, Bury House, Hatfield Broad Oak, Bishop's Stortford, Herts.

Julia D. Spencer, By the Pond, Clanfield, Oxon.

A. Philippa Tanqueray, The Rectory, Hintlesham, Suffolk.

Diana J. Woolley, Melbourne House, Wells, Somerset.

Penelope A. Worthington, Brendon, Elvetham Road, Fleet, Hants.

Into Staff Group II Miss Waller, 39, Arbutus Drive, Coombe Dingle, Bristol.

Mrs. Wormald (Anderson), 6, Ashburn Place, Ilkley, Yorkshire.

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Miss E. P. Clark, O.B.E., Faith Cottage, Walnut Tree Lane, Loose, Maidstone.

Miss D. W. Gibson, c/o Church House, Bradford, i., Yorkshire.

Miss B. Lewellen, 24, Harold Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.

Mrs. Tyler (Chapman), 5, Medlar Road, Shrivenham, Swindon, Wiltshire.

Lost Members Addresses are wanted for the following. Any help in tracing them will be most welcome.

Joan Ash (Grover) (1934-58) Doreen N. Bach (1936-40) Ruth C. Blackburn (1949-53) K. Hilary Bolton (Cox) (1934-40) Rosemary Buxton (1939-44) Barbara K. Campbell (Bach) 1936-38) Mary E. Cockerill (Tuckwell) (1932-35) Pamela Cusack (Angell) ( ? ) Marion I. Dahm (Stevens) (1917-21) M. Audrey C. Davidson (Naumann) (1939-40) Phoebe Des Clayes (1943-47)

Gretchen B. Ellis (1915-18) Ellen Fleming (Griggs) (1936-37) E. Philippa M. Gibson (1939-41) Joan F. Graham (Joscelyne) (1924-26) Dorothy H. Harrington Harvard (Dillon-Trenchard) (1923-28) Joanna Holland (Champion) (1934-38) Millicent Hood (Short) (1916-17) Joan Gordon Johnson (Mallock) (1933-36) Gillian M. Kempe (1946-50) Lucy Marks (Tanner) (1946-47) Sheila M. Metherell (McRae) (1929-32) Mary E. Munday (Dillon-Trenchard) (1923-26) Doris W. Murrell (1924-27) Diana K. M. Newberry (Maitland) (1929-35) Mary E. Powell (1938-41) Laura K. I. Stanley (1936-37) Edna P. Stubbs (Bartlett) (1916-17) S. Rosemary V. Sutton (1946-50) Pamela K. Thomson (Reed) (1935-36) Eileen B. C. Trench (Marsh) (1920- ) Bridget M. Trevor Lewis (1933-37) Cicely P. Waldo (1931-36) Mary G. Walsh (Lees) (1938-43) Barbara J. Warburton (Pritchett) (1926-28) Patricia E. Wilks (Webb) (1936-42) A. Daphne Wilson (Baines) (1916-18) Joan D. Wyman (Beighton )(i9?7-39)

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