Old Pauline Club: In celebration of 150 years of Alumni engagement with the School

O L D PA U L I N E CLUB

IN CELEBRATION OF 150 YEARS OF ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SCHOOL

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IN CELEBRATION OF 150 YEARS OF ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SCHOOL

1871 — It was proposed that dinners on a more modest scale for all Old Paulines, not just footballers, start as “in time even footballers would be too old to play and only fit to dine”.

1872 — A meeting of all Old Paulines was called at the School, which resulted in the foundation of the Club. The Bishop of Llandaff (1809-17) was appointed President, and Frank Safford (1860-67) the first Secretary and Treasurer.

1875 — The Charity Commissioners proposed to treat St Paul’s as an endowed school. From being one of the nine public schools in England, it was to be downgraded to the level of a board school, and the administration taken out of the hands of the Mercers’ Company. A special meeting was called, at which 152 (over half the membership) attended, and an Action Committee, including the Lord Chief Baron, Sir Frederick Pollock (1800-04), was set up. The School’s status and governance was unchanged.

The third school exterior, published 1862

Alfred Ollivant (1809-17), The Bishop of Llandaff

1878 — Frederick Walker becomes High Master 1878 — Site in West Kensington purchased for £41,000 1880 — The Club has 300 members

Sir Frederick Pollock (1800-c.1804)

1881 — A preparatory school was founded, named Colet Court in 1892, and renamed St Paul’s Juniors in 2016.

1882 — The Pauline was first published including letters from the Pauline Associations overseas 1884 — School at West Kensington opened 1902 — John Colet statue unveiled

The first issue of The Pauline, 1882

1904 — St Paul’s Girls’ School opened

IN CELEBRATION OF 150 YEARS OF ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SCHOOL

The fourth school, West Kensington

1904 — Common Entrance Examination introduced 1905 — Albert Hillard becomes High Master 1906 — South African War Memorial unveiled by Lord Roberts and cuttings from Milton’s mulberry tree at Christ’s College, Cambridge planted in the forecourt

Colet Statue at West Kensington

1906 — Swimming Club and Water Polo Club started 1907 — Shooting Club formed 1910 — Golfing Society set up 1910 — Frank Bewsher (1898-1905), a Master, became Honorary Secretary increasing the Club’s link to the School. From then until 1951, when Tom Martin (1906-10) retired the post of Honorary Secretary was combined with that of Treasurer and held by an Old Pauline Master.

The South African war memorial

1911 — Rugby Fives Club started 1914 — Walker Memorial Library opened 1918 — School leaving age raised from 12 to 14, and School and Higher School Certificates introduced.

The Walker Library, West Kensington

1919 — Old Pauline Lodge Founded 1919 — First Christian Union House Party held 1921 — The Club has 1,000 members 1922 — The Jubilee Dinner was at the School. The catering was entirely in the hands of Lyons, and the price of tickets was 15 shillings, exclusive of wine

A Christian Union House Party Photograph, c.1946

1926 — Squash Club formed 1927 — John Bell becomes High Master 1929 — Rowing Club set up (now the Colet Boat Club) Tom Killick (1921-26)

1929 — At Edgbaston, Percy Fender (1906-10) played his last test match for England when Tom Killick (192226) played his first. Killick is the latest Pauline to play international cricket.

1930 — The Thames Ditton ground and clubhouse opened, largely through the efforts of Cyril Montgomery White (1909-16), who was later to become President of the Club.

1931 — Feast Service reinstated 1931 — The Old Pauline Cricket Club was reconstituted on a permanent basis. Previously there had been an Old Pauline Club Cricket week at the School in addition to an annual match against the School held at the Kennington Oval.

Percy Fender (1906-10)

1933 — Tennis Club started 1938 — Walter Oakeshott becomes High Master 1939 — School evacuated to Crowthorne

Thames Ditton, from the 450th anniversary booklet (1959)

1944 — Field Marshal Montgomery (1902-07) plans ‘Operation Overlord’ at his old school 1944 — School leaving age raised to 15 1945 — School returns from Crowthorne 1946 — Robert James becomes High Master IN CELEBRATION OF 150 YEARS OF ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SCHOOL

Cyril Montgomery White (1909-16)

1946 — The Club has 1,500 members 1951 — A and O levels replace School and Higher School Certificates 1953 — Anthony Gilkes becomes High Master 1953 — Fencing Club formed

Pupils cycling at Crowthorne

1959 — Royal visit to the School to celebrate 450 years since Foundation 1962 — Tom Howarth becomes High Master 1964 — Site at Barnes purchased for £900,000

Royal visit of Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh (1959)

1965 — Peter Stagg (1954-59) first selected for Scotland. He went on to win 28 caps as well as playing in three Lions tests. Stagg is the latest Pauline to play international rugby.

1968 — School at Barnes opened 1968 — The Newsom Report published 1970 — The Donnison Report published 1971 — The Club has 4,100 members

Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II with Walker Librarian, ANG Richards, Royal visit 1959

1972 — The Centenary Dinner was held at the Mansion House. There were 250 OPs and guests present. Twelve members of the Club who had also been present at the Jubilee Dinner in 1922 shared a toast.

1972 — School leaving age raised to 16 1973 — James Warwick Hele becomes High Master Aerial view of the Barnes site

1977 —The 15-acre grounds at Thames Ditton until the mid 1970s were only used by the OP rugby and cricket clubs at weekends. In 1977, the Thames Ditton Sports and Squash Club (now Colets) formed.

1986 — Peter Pilkington becomes High Master

Colets, Thames Ditton

1986 — O Levels replaced by GCSEs 1988 — First formally organised Earliest Vintage Lunch, now held at School every 2 years for all OPs over 70 1992 — Football (round ball) Club set up 1992 — Richard Stephen Baldock becomes High Master 1993 — Old Pauline News first printed as an individual magazine 2003 — Feast Service returns as a St Paul’s Cathedral Evensong

The front cover of the first Old Pauline News, 1993

2003 — Rugby Fives Club re-established 2004 — George Martin Stephen becomes High Master 2006 — The Feast Reception at Mercers’ Hall reinstated.

2009 — Dinner to celebrate the School’s Quincentenary held with 750 OPs and guests 2011 — Mark Bailey becomes High Master 2014 — Chris Barber (1946-47) gives charity concert in the Wathen Hall

IN CELEBRATION OF 150 YEARS OF ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SCHOOL

Poster advertising Chris Barber’s concert in the Wathen Hall, February 2014

2014 — A Memorandum of Understanding sets out the OPC’s formal relationship with St Paul’s signed by John East (1960-65) (OPC President) and Mark Bailey (High Master) 2015 — Requirement of participation in education until 18 introduced 2018 — The idea of a group of OPs, the 1509 Society, was established to develop regular giving to the Shaping Our Future campaign. The Society currently has 1044 individual donors

Front cover of Atrium magazine, Spring/Summer 2021

2019 — Old Pauline News renamed Atrium 2020 — 20 March, St Paul’s partially closed due to Covid-19, lessons move online 2020 — Sally-Anne Huang becomes High Master 2021 — Feast Service held virtually due to Covid 19 restrictions.

2021 — The Club’s Main Committee supports governance modernisation and a name change from September 2022 to The St Paul’s Alumni Association

2020 - Sally-Anne Huang becomes High Master

2021 — The Club has 10,000 members

Our thanks go to the National Portrait Gallery for the use of the following images under a Creative Commons License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Front page, image B: Tubby Clayton by Walter Stoneman. Bromide print, 11 July 1933. Image size: 168 mm x 119 mm. Commissioned, 1933. Photographs Collection. NPG x166591 Front page, image E: Paul Nash by Bassano Ltd. Whole-plate glass negative, 29 April 1918. Given by Bassano & Vandyk Studios, 1974. Photographs Collection. NPG x19065 Front page, image O: Max Beloff, Baron Beloff by Godfrey Argent. Bromide print, 4 February 1970. 10 7/8 in. x 8 in.

(275 mm x 202 mm). Commissioned, 1970. Photographs Collection. NPG x164871 Front page, image P, also used on page 2: Alfred Ollivant by Lock & Whitfield, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington. Woodburytype, published 1878. 4 3/8 in. x 3 1/2 in. (112 mm x 90 mm) image size.

Acquired. Photographs Collection. NPG Ax17558 Front page, image R: Duncan Grant by Godfrey Argent. Bromide print, 7 June 1968. 10 7/8 in. x 7 7/8 in. (276 mm x 200 mm) image size. Commissioned, 1968. Photographs Collection. NPG x16606 Our sincere thanks go to Ginny Dawe-Woodings, Archivist, for the provision of images and information from the School’s Archives.

Notice on the school website regarding the mandatory partial closure of St Paul’s from Friday 20 March 2020

Old Pauline Who’s Who?

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VICTOR GOLLANCZ (1905-12)

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PAUL NASH (1903-06)

LEONARD WOOLF (1894-99)

CYRIL MONTGOMERY WHITE (1909-16)

M REGGIE SCHWARZ (1888-93)

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JONATHAN MILLER (1947-53)

G K CHESTERTON (1887-1902)

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TOM KILLICK (1921-26)

JOHN OLLIFF (1922-27)

COMPTON MACKENZIE (1894-1900)

P MAX BELOFF (1926-32)

S DUNCAN GRANT (1899-1902)

BERNARD LAW MONTGOMERY (1902-07)

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TUBBY CLAYTON (1897-1905)

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FREDERICK POLLOCK (1800-c.1804)

CELEBRATING 150 YEARS OF ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT October

Annual Dinner at School – speaker John Simpson

aunch of the 150th Appeal by OPC President, Ed Vaizey, to take L Bursary Places to 153

November

he Future of Politics – George Osborne T The first in a series of seminars at the School featuring eminent Paulines

December

OP Rugby Club 150th Anniversary Dinner at Twickenham

January

The Future of Britain in the World – Simon Fraser and Tom Tugendhat

February

The Feast Service at St Paul’s Cathedral and Mercers’ Hall

The Future of Health – Matthew Gould and Robert Winston

March

The Future of The Arts – Simon Fox and Patrick Spence

Earliest Vintage Lunch at School

May

The Future of Education – Ken Baker and the High Master

June

Pauline Festival and Reunions at School

150th Dinner at The Tabernacle, Notting Hill

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