Past Times 10 years ago (2009)
St Paul’s Quincentenary Apposition The main event of the Quincentenary was held at the school on 23 May, 2009. The Apposer was Lord Winston OP who responded to declamations by Alex Newton on the Peloponnesian War, Hugh Bennett on a question of symmetry, Guy Emerson examining the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis, and Ben Martin putting Obama’s economic policies under the microscope. The ceremony began after Matins in Chapel at which the Choir sang Sir Charles Villiers Stanford’s setting of the Te Deum Laudamus in Bb, and part of William Boyce’s (OP) anthem Where shall wisdom be found? It was the Choir with the brass quartet who opened Apposition with the premiere performance of Peter Gritton’s ‘Song on May Morning’ with words from John Milton OP. Towards the end, William Attenborough reprised ‘To be or not to be’ from his performance as Hamlet.
20 years ago (1999)
Cookery Club Cookery Club has had another successful year under the leadership of Carl Evander and Aron Gelbard. The autumn term did not see the traditional influx of 4th formers, but a steady crowd of L8ths turned up for meals such as Dr Nicholson’s ‘Mean Green Salmon’, Mr Slay’s ‘Thai extravaganza’, and other
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meals prepared by Mr Garrick and Mr Watkins (sadly his last Cookery Club) and many others. The end of term saw a debut appearance by Dr Lamb to judge our Christmas party — congratulations to winning chef, Philip Bahoshy.
The Union On October 21st, a debate was held at Godolphin and Latymer School. In addition to the host school and ourselves, SPGS, St Clement Dane’s and Latymer Upper attended. The House, sad to say, voted to abolish the public schools by a massive majority. In the last debate of term, the House was marginally not “sick of the pop scene”, the motion being rejected by eleven votes to ten. The major feature of the debate was a running argument between Mr J Jones and the Vice-President ex-officio. Near the end of term, the President mysteriously vanished. As the VicePresident was engaged on the rugger field, the Secretary called an Extraordinary Business Meeting at which, with
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Awarded the MC (April 1919) Temporary-Lieutenant K Graham (1912-14) For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty on the morning of October 2, 1918, in front of Menin. Although nearly surrounded by enemy machine-guns he held his position and succeeded in capturing a strong concrete dug-out in a farm. He showed coolness and resource in the face of determined resistance. Awarded the DFC (April 1919) Lieutenant K R Unger (1911-15) A gallant and skilled officer. On 30 October, separated from his patrol owing to engine trouble, he was attacked by seven Fokkers; undaunted by the odds against him he, without hesitation, engaged them, and by skilful manoeuvering shot one down to crash. He has accounted for nine enemy aeroplanes and one kite balloon.
Quincentenary of John Colet’s death ((1519-2019)) Across
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5 Some gypsies take a nap during the day (6) 6 Yellow member whipped by a Cable (3. 3.) 8 Roads of many Europeans lead here (4) 10 Wicked goblin before Her Majesty; her inferior (8) 11 Tan third ornament (6) 13 Unpleasant Spanish plonker in Brazilian resort before short summer months (6) 14 Friend and I, essentially dodgy, took merchandise without paying (6) 16 Kosher viands explained to curious Hassidic beginners: grouse, beef or carp (6) 18 Weakly getting two bad exam results before garden party, lively but soulless (8) 19 One in five children is sequined ignoring other offspring (4) 20 Draw lots barking “Amen” ((4-4)) 21 Demolish six wet chocolate bars (6)
1 Adult romper that is after singles ((6)) 2 Footie formation on its toes for kick-about ((4-1-4)) 3 Gag solitary cruiser ((3-5)) 4 Criminal Bonnie ordered T- bone with obviously- counterfeit currency ((4-3-4)) 5 Look surprisingly good and make a clean sweep (5, 2, 4) 7 Boozy red cherries, containing arsenic: damage casual trousers (11) 9 Low noise made by Angus (3) 12 Count every batsman getting a pair of ducks in one game ((6, 6-3)) 15 Fearless navy vessel ((11)) 16 Jazz piano style, it would bring down the house if removed ((8)) 17 Heartily mistaught character in Ancient Greek (3) 19 Antimalarial intake for horsey lacking energy at first ((7))