For eighteen years, up to his retirement in 1955, he guided the daily life of St. Olave's. During this time he had to cope with many difficulties occasioned by the war and its aftermath. The 1942 air raid he took as a challenge in the real sense, and the resultant confidence he thus engendered among the boys and staff was remarkable and invaluable. It was clear that nothing Hitler might do would disturb him or his charges! As a teacher and schoolmaster, Wentworth Ping's undoubted success was due to the fact that he knew what he was trying to do. His robust faith in humanity, and especially in his boys, carried him along. He was able to appreciate and understand their difficulties, both in the classroom and in their general School life, and was ever conscious of his position "in loco parentis". His strong sense of loyalty could better be described as fidelity, for he was truly faithful to all in which he believed. He was reluctant to speak ill of anyone, but always prepared to remonstrate with and if need be to punish, and it was abundantly clear that he was fair in all he did. The strong affections his Old Boys always retained for him provide ample proof of the uprightness and equity of his methods. Wentworth Ping was an institution, and there are very many who, like myself, count themselves fortunate in having known him and shared his friendship. He will be remembered for generations and his influence will long endure. The keystone around which his life and work were built was the warmth of his abiding friendliness—surely a worthy epitaph. J.D.
THE STAGE THE FIRE RAISERS (A morality without a moral) by MAX FRISCH Christopher Smith Susan Dyde Sally Temple Simon Wallace Richard Harland James Brockbank Julia Binns Ian Bartlett Graeme Perks John Wilson David Potter Peter Brooker Richard Long Timothy Ward Christopher Duckling
Gottlieb Biedermann Babette, his wife Anna, their maid Schmitz Eisenning Policeman Widow Knechtling Doctor of Philosophy Chief Fireman Firemen Producer IAN LOWE
The Place — Europe The Time -- Today Stage Crew under the direction of Simon I'Anson Lighting: Richard Hind, Timothy Barker and others Make-up under the direction of Anne Hall
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