f ( , , r~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ § § § § § § § § § ~ County High School '~or Girls § ~ ~ SHAFTESBURY ~ § § § § § § § § § § § § § § §. § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § . § § § § § § § § § .§ § Vol. 18 Decembcr, 1955 § § § § § § § § . § ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~J County High School for Girls Shaftesbury MAGAZINE CONTENTS VOL. 18 DECE~IllER, 1955 Ediwrinl Apartheid Staff Xotcs Gifts to the School Leaving Gir~ New Girls Prefects and Sub.Prefects Speech Day, In:;5 Impressions of Speech Day Prize Winners Shaewsbury Grammar School Danco RI:rORTS : School Council Report, 1954-55 Social Service Report Boarders' Report Games Report Dramatic and Literary Report Debate with tho Grammar School Some ~Illsical Activities The Chester Mystery Plays The Flower Guild Carey Camp, )Iay. 1955 General Course for Sixth Formers Sixth Form Visit to Sunny Hill School '!'alks by Representatives of Five Denominations Dorset Natural History Socioty Our Production ofuComus" A Visit to sce Picasso's Paintings A " Rush Sunday" Service My First Hunt The "Farmers' Weekly" CoUl'8O, 1955 INTERESTL"\O HOLIDAYS: Life in Germany My Visit to Franeo My Summer Holiday in the Lake District Autumn Adventure My Visit to the Severn Wild Fowl Trust l'he Ponies of Britain Show' The Falkland Islands Golden Eagle The Sabbath Day Daybreak A Field of Wheat Opcrntion Dandelion People PARENTS' ASSOCIATION SECTIOS OLD "GroLS' SECTION ~.-.:. Life Members since Decamber 1954 Burden, Ruth, "Grccllica," Ashwcll, :Mcro Wilts. Gibbs, -Ruth, Edwards Farm, Canu, Shaft.csbury, Dorset Parsons, Eileen. Bishops Otter College. Chichester, Sussex Pomcroy, Heather, Bake Farm, Coombo Dissctt, Wilts. Robbcck. Beth, Blatchford Farm, Hartgrovo, Shaftcsbury. Dorset Stone, Joyco, Drones L'\nc, Compwn Abbns, Dorset 'fidey, Ann, John AsOOr House, }'oIey Street, Londori~ "r.l. Ward, Ann, 10, Springdnlo Avenuo. Broadswno, Dorset Whitmarsh. Janot, Abbey Walk, Shnft.csbury. Dorset Woodley, Ruth. Watery L'mc, Iwcnlo Minstcr, Dorset Annual Members 1955/56 Alford, )[olly. 41, St. Goargo's Rond; Shaftcsbury. Dorset Andrews. Shirley, French:Mill Lane, Shaft.csbury, Dorset Ardloy. Barbara, (nee Wright), Tho Cottage, 25, Fowlers Road, Salisbury, Wilts. Barter. Sonia (nee Sidford). 0/0 Bridzor I"arm, Tisbury. Wilts. Bennett, Les]ey, 5, Cotlands Road, Bounlemouth Bmdford, Margaret, North ~nrm, Ashmore, Salisbury, Wilts. nrooks, Jo, (nee Wilkins), e/o Parson's Paddock, Chilmark, WiIt.s. Cox, Mary, Lower Frome Vauchurch, 1\Jaiden Newton, Dorset Furscy, JiU, 6, Turks Close, Moteombe, Dorset Gatehousc, Pameia, Sunlea, I<'rcneb 1\JiU L'\lle, Shaftesbury, Dorset Gowen, GilIian, 53, 1\Iilton. East Knoyle, Wilts. Guy, :i.\Iargaret, 2, Gloucestor Row, Weymouth, Dorset Harding, Margaret, Beatrix Nurscry, East Knoyle, Wilts. Howel1, Sally. Whitesands Cross, Donhead St. Andrew, Nr. Shafte.sbury" Humble, Cythina, Glyn Gift. Mill Street, Fontmell Magna, Dorset lIutley. Jennne, Boyne Cottage, Salisbury Road, Shafwsbury Jones, Ruth, Bimport Street, Shaftcsbury, Dorset Lees, Yvonne, (nee Tucker), '1'he Gencml Altenby Inn, Wintcrbounle Zolstono, Blandford. Dorset 1\Iende, 1\Iarina, King.swcar, 78, Penn Hill Avenue, Parkstone, Dorset Mooros, Janet, 21a, .Breaeh Lane, Enmoro Grcen, Shaftesbury, Dorset Pile, Joan, 37, The Street, 1\[otcombe, DOl'S9t Porter, Monic..'l, The Rectory, Chilmark, Salisbury, Wilts. Powell, Kathlcen (nee King), Couneil Houses, Ovenmy, Donhead St. Andrew Sharp. Yaleric, "Stanhope" Ringwood Road, Parkstone, Dorset Sidford, Patriein, Bridzor Farm, Tisbury. Wilts. Tolman, Angcla, Westminster Memorial Hospital, Sbaftcsbury. Dorset Tyler, Rosemary, Pigeon House Farm, Todber, Sturrninstcr Newton. Dorset Welch, Beryl, L-.yton'L'lno, Shnftesbury, Dorset. WiI.kins, Attdrcy, P~rson'8 Paddock, Chilmark, Salisbury, ·Wilts. , <;> ,• PriMed by the frame Newspaper Co. Ltd.. Frame. EDITORIAL This year, our magazine was able to go to the press em'lie~ than usual, thallks to the. hard work put into it by the girls of committee. With their splendid help and· suggestions, everything has been run smoothly and rapidly. You will notice, as you read through the pages, the varied interests of the articles. ,Ve have very much enjoyed our activities. We have visited three other schools in the past year: the Grammar School and SllImy Bill for debates, and Bryanston to see the Passion Plays. Outside school, many of us Imvo developed new hobbies and we have been pleased to Wl100 abouL them and to share them with others. We really do thoroughly enjoy our opportunities, and hope we are not among the people whom Miss Reader-Barris mentioned on Speech Day. She spoke of those who use such cliches as "I couldn't care less" and" So what." While we are at school, we are given· an excellent cllance to choose between. the right and the wrong way of life. Let us prove that we have chosen the right. EDITOR. * • .' Magazine Committee Editor: SUSAN CLARKE Sub-Editor: SUSAN BIWADHOUSE MARY NORms FRANCES POLLARD ROSIDIARY BRAYFORD !lILLIAN RALPH JENNIFER GATEHOUSE 2 ~~---~--------------------------------------~------------------~----, .. APARTHEID " When I went to Africa in ;rune, I only Imew in theory what this word meant and I called it" apartide." When I returned in Sel)tembel', I knew that 'it should be pronounccd "apartate" and knew from my own experience just how evil the praetice is. Apartheid mcans segregation, but the !ineis drawn horizontally across the community with pcople of European descent above it ' mul Africaus below it. This is bound to leael to injustice on a grand scalc. I .. tet me tell you of one 01' two experiences which illustrate this. A ft'iend of mine, the Rev. Artlmr Blaxall is doing a, wonderful work for blind Africans. ne found an African boy in Durban, WllO was blind and deaf and dumb, and wantcd to take him to the'nearest home for the blind Wllich was at Ezenzeleni near ,Tohaimesburg. This involve'd a very long journey with a night on the train, which would be an ordeal for the boy even with . ~ll·. Blaxall to help him, but Africans and Europeans are not allowed to travel in the same carriages. Mr. Blaxall applied for special permission to travel in the African part of the train with the boy. This was refused and the only concession officials would gmnt was that a bcrth should be reserved for }fr. Blaxall in the end compartment of the white carriage and one for the boy at the end .of' the black e"rriage so that they should be as Ileal' as possible. The problem forced itself upon me almost as soon as I L~nded in Cape Town. I needeel to leave luggage at the station. There was onc "Left Luggage" cloakroom and onc counter, but a flimsy partition divideel black people from \vhite people as they dealt with luggage there. The entrances to the Post Officc were clearly marked "Blankes" (Whitesr and "Non Blankes" anel though black and white were served in the same hall, it was at separate counters, and writing tables also were separate. ;\[any times in Africa I entered a building by a " Non Blankes " door without thinking. It all seemcd so unnatural and artificial. Pcrhaps most of all oue minded the superior attitude of shop assistants who refused to serve cultured Africans until every white person had been attended to, and, when we protested, the answer was always " It is our custom to serve Europeans first. " I found the problem in its most ilCute form in ;rohannesburg. I was staying outside the city and travelled in by suburban train. I was wal'lled that I must get in at tho real' of the train which was }'eserved for Europ·eans. Naturally on leaving 3 Johannesbnrg I went to the back of the train again, only to fin(l that Imnst travel in the front part of the train on the retnrn journey, in order to get ont at the same part of the station at my destination as that from which I had started. In Johannesburg, too, I saw for myself the working of the Western Area Seheme, which is one of the most flagrant examples of injustice to be found in South Africa at the present time. The removal of 60,000 Africans from the 'Vestern AI·eas to lIleadowlands, twelve miles from the centre of the city, has received praise in some English papers as a slum clearance scheme. Bnt the worst of the slnms remain nntouched while brick buildings which could provide good accommodation for many years to 'come, and some African houses in which we ourselves would not mi",l living, are being pnlled down. The reason for such destruction is that white people have built houses nearer and nearer to these good African homes and object to the proximity. of Africans. The aim is also to prevent Africans from having freehold ,·ights in nrban area, and those who have such lights are made victilns of "legalised theft" and no such lights are permitted in the areas to which the Africans are removed. How has sneh a situation arisen! It is impossible to try to explain adequately in sneh a short article, but one faetor is that when white people came to South Africa they brought with them customs which didn't work out as thcy had donc in their homeland. These European settlers llad been used to all kinds of segl·egation between various classes in society. Quite naturally they reproduced a similar kind of social structure in their new life in Sonth Africa. But there black people occupied the places which had been filled by poorer classes in the countrics from which the settlers had come. In Europe there was always the chancc that a man might rise from one social class to another: In othcr words, there was always fluidity in the European class structUl'e, but in South Africa it has become frozcn. Howevcr well-educated or prosperous an African becomes, he is kept in a special class apart solcly on the basis of tIle colour of his skin. As more Africans become cultured and prosperous, more m1jeet being to mise funds as we were ill a poor financial cO!ldiLion. Thanks to the gcnerons contlibutionsof the Staff an~ girls, wc are om,relativcly stable, .. although _ .. _.. Onr thanks arc due to lIriss· Dnnford, our .Prcsident, who takcs snch an intercst in our work aud to lIriss' Drake onr Chairman, who has workcd enormously hard for us, and has .pointc,l out our mistakes in such a charming way, au9. generally made the meetings run smoothly and happily_ Our thanl,s also go to lIriss Tilstone, our deputy-Chairman, who allows us to use' the Lab; to Janet Wllitmarsh, our very artistic and efficient first secretary; and to all you who take an interest in our work. This term our big cffort ,viII go into making Christmas decorations wllich, wc hope will bring. an extra touch Qf beauty to School. lIrARION WORTIIINGTON, Upper 1'1, Secretary • CAREY CAMP, MAY, 1955 Last term, Mrs. Davidson, who teaches Biology at GiIIingIlam Grammar School, organised a party to go on a field course at Carey Camp, near Wareham. Miss Tilstone, Sally and I were invited to'go, and in due course evcrything was arranged and we packed our gear in to a school 'bus, climbed in after it and sct off. Whcn wc arrivcd at the Camp, it soon became apparent that our party contained the ouly six girls in the cntire place ! Wc were allocated tents, llnd given blankets to make up our beds. We slept on palliasses the contents of which resolvcd themselves into lumps around the cdgcs, leaving thc contours of the ground bencath to make their prcscncc clearly fclt. The first night was extremely cold aud uncomfortablc.. The monotonous notes of the cuckoo wcre perhaps the worst • detcnent to sleep. I·think the cuckoo is an extrcmely bad sport. At two o'clock in the morning hc wakes up, makes a dreadful din to wake all the other birds up and then promptly goes to sleep again until scvcn or eight o'clock-I used to cnjoy the dawn chorus. • I suppose we lookcd a trifle odd, clad in mackintoshes and wellingtons and clasping sponge bags.as we walke(l across the grass and through the pine trees to the ablution block. This 22 was built of concrete and galvanised iron with a view of the trees and sky filling in the spaces. It required great strength of mind to creep out of a tent into, the cold air like this every: morning, bilt I am glad to .say that all the girls managed it. Aft,er ,breakfast, we had to perform varioils camp duties and .then we were free to go out and make soil tests, estimate the density of population of various plants and to hunt for beetles and woodlice. Most of the beetles were quite intelligent; they escaped by eating through the corks of the bottles. The woodlice hadn't a chance; they only enrled up-if thy eouldand stayed qnite still and apparently content in the bottles. The highlight of our stay was a lecture and fm'in walk given by lIIr. Alan Sturdy, ou whose land the camp is situated, and who has reclaimed much of the land around. His methods are somewhat unorthodox-he uses the birch and gorse (furze to a Dorset man) to fill up holes (caused in glass-making about 100 years ago), topping this off with soil chopped off any prominent mounds. This does not gradually cave in, as the soil is so acid that the bacteria, which normally act on the bm'ied vegetable matter, are not present and so no decomposition occurs. He also uses the clay from the walls of his old farm-house in, the place of cement on the farm roads L 'Ye learncd much about land drainage, artificial fertilisers, grass mixtures, springs and the Ferguson System of Farm' implements. Mr. Stnrdy had some large photographs of the progress which had been made and this was very impressing. The farm carries twenty dairy cows and their followers-we saw some calves in pens made of straw bales in a Dutch barn, with only a single strand of elcetrified ,,'ire to keep them in. Most of the fences around the farm arc electric and in this way, the cattle get used to the idea from a very early age. We also' saw the dairy which is in the Same style as that at the Dorset Farm Institute at Kingston Mauward. The milk passes straight from thc cow, through a filter and cooler, to the churn. The wcight is recordcd in the process. This system requires extremely efficient sterilisation which is met by a large electric steam cabinet. Besides the farm, we,also saw a dead buzzard in the garden, a fuschia with prickles like a gooseberry, a climbing hydrangea, a tea tree with huge pink flowers, a hydraulic ram and a fascinating electric, gadget controlling the electric fences ,yhich emitted red and green, flashes. The following day we went by coach to Durdle :poor, to find, among other things, the woodlice which live on the sca 23 shore. I also found· some stones with holes in them, which are v.ery useful "containcrs" for miuiature flowers. 'We walked over the hills to Luhvorth Cove, collccting and making notes on the chalk flora as we went. A mist eame in from the sea and for an unkno,vn reason we found a species of Love-in-the-1\Iist which does not usually flourish in such adverse conditions. We, left Carey on the Saturday morning, having spent three days improving our biological knowledge.! When I reached home, I had a bath, treated my numerous gnat bites, ate an enormous dinner and went to bed to dream of leeches, platyhelminthes, Salad Burnet, pH. Bacteria, woodlice ami so many other things that I didn't have time to wake up until the following afternoon. The camp was great fun and I learncd a lot, but never, never shall I go on a field courso again. 1\!AnION WORTIUNGTON, Upper 1'1. THE GENERAL COURSE FOR SIXTH FORMERS Last ycar, a Geneml Course for Sixth Formers was iIitroclucCll the reason for it being that the majority of Lower Sixth Girls Were only staying at school for one year. It was a very interesting and vmied course, consisting of English, Human Biology and Social Studies. In the English Lessons, onr knowledge of books and plays was greatly advanced, and we gained confidence in s]lcechmaking by practising in front of one another. Human Biology consisted of a great deal of work, as we were to take it in the General Certificate of Education at the end of the course. Thanks to 1\Iiss Tilstone, all' of us ]lassed and it helped a great deal those going to train as nlll'ses. To most of us, the Social Studies and the Social Geography were two completely new subjects, bnt they were very interesting ones. We lcarnt much about the English Govcrnment in comparison with other Lcgislations abroad, and in Social Geography, our attention was focused upon our food and how it is obtained. The highlight of the course came in the Summcr Term, when, with many thanks to 1\Iiss Piggott, we had two outings. The first waS to the 1\Iayor's Ceremony which we all enjoyed and which we were all very grateful for, as many pf us will not have the opportunity again. The second outing was to the Town's 'Vater 'Yorks. At the beginning of the lesson, Mr: Teesdale came to thc school to talk to us and, to explain 'to us how Shaftcsblll'Y got its water and hoW' -it was distributcd. 24 " L\iter this, we went with" him and Miss' Piggott to the Water works, ,where we were,shown the wells and pnmps, and told hQW' they worked. To end np with, we were shown how to test water for chlorine. All of us were greatly interested and we thankcd ilIr. Teesdale vcry warmly for giving up part of the lnorning for our benefit. Thus, the General Course proved to be a success, and I hope that the girls taking it this year will get as much fun out of it as we did. SUSAN CLARKE, Upper 1'1. * * * THE SIXTH FORM VISIT TO SUNNY HILL SCHOOL,. BRUTON We hacl been very much impressed by the Series of Religion and Philosophy Broadcasts for the Year. The Upper Sixth said that they were so much more relevant to life today th~n the series of the previous year. It was strange how different parts of tlwm kept coming up in om' ordinary life, perhaps in the Bible Fellowship, or in Church. Wc all felt it would be very interesting to find ont if the broadcasts had meant as much to other Sixth Forms !Is they had to us. Sunny Hill was chosen )Jartly heeause it is Miss Dimford's old school. The two Headmistresses, lIIiss ChappeIl and ilIiss Dunford, discussed what form the discussion should take, and all the other details. Sunny Hill invited us to go down there to have tea, and then a diseussion, and then to go over their school: To deeide which were the questions whieh most people wanted to discuss, we voted on eight, four on the prohlcm of Suffering, and four on the problem of Evil and the Doctrine of Redcmption. Thc four questions which were finally chosen were: 1. Does ilIan's Free Will make suffering inevitable Y 2. Why, since, God died for .the Sin of the whole World, is there any Eternal Condemnation? 3, Since the World was made by God, how diel Evil come into it? 4, Is ilfan responsible for his own sin? L\s the day grew nearer, we began to feel rather apprehensive about it. (So did the Sunny Hill girls, we discovered afterwards!) However, thcy made us ieel at home straightaway, and took us down for a delicious tea as'soon as we arrived. 'Ve all mixed up well, so that by the time tea was over, we were no 25 longer strangers, and there was not mlieh tllat we did not know abont the differences in the running of each other's boarding houses and schools. . Aftei-we had finished tea, wc went to the Lab. for the discussion. From our School, 'Vendy Case and "fariua "fende, a.nd from Sunny Hill, two girls namcd JIeather and "fary, each introduced a subject. From their lead we went on to have the most interesting disClissions, and found that there was not nearly enough time for all we wantcd to get through. I think we were surpriscd to find how like us they were in that the Same problems llad worried them, and it waS vel'Y good to have fresll ideas about qucstions with which wc were already familial'. There was vel'Y little .tim~ left for seeing the School, but in small groups they hurricd round with us, because wc badlY' wanted to sce and compare evcl'Ything. "Te managed to go all the way round, and even had a glimpse of the Juniors going to bed. Things which impressed us particularly WCl'e their lovely Hall, the long l'OW of Music Rooms for piano practice, the Dispensary, complete with St.'lte Registered Nurse, aud the beautiful and unusual setting of the School as a whole. They are, however, not nearly so .fortunate as us in their boarding house. Both the Common Rooms and the Dormitories are very cramped. The 'bus did not finally leave until much later than wc had expected. The visit resulted in a return one here, at which we had a very exciting tennis match, a very plcasant tea on the lawn, and a tour round the School and Boarding Houses. Quite apart from this, however, ·we felt that our expedition to Sunny Hill'had been an extremely·happy and valuable occasion. "f. J. BRAYFORD, Upper TTI. * • • TALKS BY REPRESENTATIVES FROM FIVE DENOMINATIONS Last year,. girls taking the Lower Sixth General Course, decided, in Religious Knowledge, to leam about the different denominations of the Christian religion. Unfortunately, before they had half finished, "Hss D,unford left to go 011 her tour of Africa, 'but before she wellt, it was decided to carry on with the lessons by inviting preachers of djffercnt denominations to School. In order that as mauy girls as possible could bcnefit b'om the talks, thc I'est of the Sixth Form was invited. 26 • Altogether; 'fiV(i I'epresentatives"came; the fir~t be\ng;,the ReverCl\(l ;Lellll, ,the qongrc,,"lItionaL Minister., lIe told us ,,~ry clearly how Congregationalisnl 'began in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, and also the beliefs of the deuominatious. It is the beliefs which ai'c the cause of the different denominations, nI,ld when all five preachers had sPllkeu to us, wc realised the dIfficulties which would IHwe to be overcome before all the denominations could' be united, The second preacher was Chaplain Pritz, a Baptist, from I;he American Base. ~Iany of the girls ha cl met Ilim before at different meetings, and had told us what a good preacher he was. Once again, the background or 11istory of the denomination was told, so that we C9uld fully understand why the Baptists have only the two ordinances, Baptism and Communion. ~rhe thircl speaker was ~[r, Stephen ltutter, who told us about the Society of Friends. ~Iost of us had heard a little about this scct, such as their tcstimony of taking no oaths, and their belief that they sliould not fight, but thanks to ~Ir. Hutter we gaincd a much clearer idca of their beliefs, their background, ,their church ceremonies and weekly service. Not only clid we learn much about the sect itself, but also about the way in which Quakers contact God, so that tliere is no need for Sacraments of any kind. Thc Reverend Ivens was the fomth speaker, and he gave .us some very cleur ideas about {.lie i\[ethodist Church, and how it was i'un. lIe also told us why the i\[ethodists differ from other clenominat,iQns, and the belief~ that the members hold. 'rhe last preacher was the Heverend Hcirlock-J'ones, who pointed out to us the four differences 'i'hich thc Church of England has from other denominations. Although he was telling us what could be termed as just' plain facts,' there was something specially important about it as it made mauy of )IS realise wliy wc bclonged to the Chmch of England. ,\fter llCaring about the other denominations, some of the people belonging to the Chmch of England had begun to think why they clid believe so mnch in that one denomination, but the Reverencl ITorlock-J'ones tolcl them the reason and explained it with .!,''I'eat clarity, I doubt if many of us will forget the talks for quite 1\ long timc, and because wc IHwe Icarnt more about the differences of the denominations, we now realise why we belong to the denomination tltat we do. We thank the ~Iinisters lilOSt sineerely for giyi,ng up their time to come mid help us. SUSAN CLmKE" Upper 1'I. 27 THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF ·THE DORSET NATURAL HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY As I liatl won a prize in the County Competition, in February this year, I was invited to the annual general meeting of the Society which was the County lIIuseum in Dorchestel'. I was very thrilled because it nleant that I should get a day off school in a particularly wet aud depressing February and t11at I should have a chance to see my brothel', who is at boarding school in Dorehester. I met my parents in Blandford, and we drove from there (l'ather slowly because of the snow), to Dorehester. We had dinner (I particularly remember the mushroom soup) and then went to the museum as the meeting was to be held in tlie library there. We were greeted by Colonel Drew, the Curator and Secretary and taken to the library, where a cllCerful fire was burning in the gmte. The library is a gracious room overlooking the main street-(unfortunately there is a bus· stop just outside) -and when we arrived was about half full o[ people. It wasn't as formidable as I expected. Eyeryone was very pleasant but I was a little taken aback by the eold, aloof glances from several brass·l'ubbings hanging from the bookshelves. . The President came in and sat in the imposing Presidential Chair antI the meeting began. Colonel Drew read the lIrinutes of the last meeting from a simply enormous Minute·Book-it must have made his arms ache dreadfully. I remember hearing about the windows in the Museum becoming dangerous because the original iron frames were expanding and buckling ml(l so shattering the glass; the effort being made to preserve Napper's Mite; the Lidd courses; Brownsea Island; the birds on Portland Bill-my own doctor at home was ·mentioned in this connection-lots about the Lepidoptera-I was glad I knew this meant Butterflies and lIIoths as it was very hard to take an intelligent interest in these proceedings without a certain knowledge o[ the Latin terms and names used. The Presidential Address was given by G. Dru Duny, .Esq., lII.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., F.S.A. on "Dorset Stone Effigies of the Camail Period!' I needed a knowledge of Latin before but the need [or French here was absolutely vital. The brass rubbings looketl coony dow!, at us as the various points of interest in their armour were pointed out with the help of. a long stick. The Camail, is the piece of chain mail which was attached to tlui bassinet, lll'otecting the neck, and was in fashion from roughly 28 , 1340 to 1410-a period almost corresponding to the Hundred Years' War. ~he well·dressed knight also wore an embroidered jupon, often decorated with his family crest, and his knees and ~Ibows were given additional protection by other things. The body is encased in chain mail and the limbs in plates of armour. ,(Today we arm several nien at once by placing them in tanks.) The knights used to have effigies of themselves placed in ,churches and so the study of these effigies had arisen. 'The -earliest example of an effigy in complete mail is in Salisbury Cathedral and dates from about 1240. Apparently chain mail was made something like our knitted garments tod.ty, and some ,enterprising man had actually produced some' from steel wire ,and outsize knitting needles! I should not care to have been married to one of these knights who required sueh attention. Next we heard a paper by Major H. O. Lock-" Napper's :i\Iite, Dorchester: its Past, Present and Future." Napper's Mite is one of DorellCst~r's old alinsliollSes; it was instituted by Sir Richard Napper for the care of ten old men, .and is opposite -the original site of Hardye's School. There are records of Sit· Richard's payments to a, priest who took services there, and who -was supposed to hear the ten old men say their Catechism ,evei'y week ! There were seven more items on the Agenda, mainly reports and elections-the Presidcnt for 1955-56 is ~Ir. Alan ,Sturdy, whom I was to sce later in the year at Carey Camp, ,and r remember one of the men at thc Press table sneezed very , loudly three times ami the grandfather clock llad a peeuliarly lligh chime. The whole meeting was so different from anything I had previously experienced, and was so extraordinarily -enjoyable that I shall not forget it for a very long time. lliRroN WORTIIINGTON, Upper VI. • OUR PRODUCTION OF "COMUS" One English lesson :Miss Woods told us that she had an unusual thing for us to do. This was to pei-form the play " Comus" by Milton, to part of the School. W endy Case, a ;Sixth Former, was to be producer. Of coursc, wc all agreed at once that it· would be fun to do and after a lot of discussion the }larts wcre decided: 29 Comns Rosemary La'Hence Tlie..A,ttClldant Sphit Sally A. ~rullington The Lady }\Jary Norris Sabrina. Rose Napper Brothers Daphne :W90dman Heather. Jesshope The masque was written in honour of a young girl and her brothers. It tells of how she gets lostin a dark wood, is bewitched. by Comus and is at last rescued by her brothers, helped by Sabrina and the'Attendant Spirit. Unlike most masques, thee main setting is out of doors. In due course Wendy came to our English lessons and wee began to learn our parts mid discuss clothes. AS time went on, however, y,~e realised tluit part of the play had to be cut and somee very hard work put in,.if we were eyerto perform it before the cnd of term. A few days later more was cut out, and after this still more, until finally wc were doWl) to the barest minimum. ., This was very depressing after all our ll~rd work, but still it had to happen. Then, when we were practically ready, the blow fell. There was no tilne left for the fitting of clothes, so·it had to b", performed in school UIlifo~'m ! . In spite of all the diffie.ulties, however, the play went off mth hardly a hitch. Wc performed it on ~sDunford's lawn. Quite a few people listened, inclnding Miss Diekson, our old. Science mistress. S. A. MULLINGTON, Lowe,. V . * • A VISIT TO SEE PICASSO'S PAINTINGS .All art exhibitions hold a fascination for me, and an exhibitionofmodern contemporary art, I felt, would be particularly interesting. So, on the afternoon of Friday, September 30th, I set off, with several other members of my Form to Blandford. We were accompanied. by Mr. C'lmeron who had previously told us that we might not all lie ilnpressed by what we saw of Picasso's work. That, I thonght, was a mild way of putthlg it. I tried to tell myself that I must not be disparaging about someone whose artistic ability was far greater than my own. So I entered the Corn Exchange at Blandford' with my mind full of curious expectancy. On entering the room where the paintings were displayed, I was extremely surprised, and I 30 may add, a ~iittle ,pleased, to, see tlmt not all thll artistie efforts around me were of a fish O!, a plate, .01' a. face in, colourcd eubes. I began my viewing with some of Picasso's more 'realistic' paintings. which I,foun!! to, be quite attractive. Passing on, however, I, came upon one.()'llled "The Card Player." Where ,vas the player 7 Lblinked arid looked agahl,:bnt al! I could see were some queerly·shaped objcets whicli'might lu~ve represented, cards,plus some dark indistinguishable objects which in my opinion might have l'eprcsented anything. I movcd on telling myself that my mentality ~as not high enoug!1 to be aQle to appreciate it. ,Vc were then addressed by a gentleman who was ,defintely pro·Pieasso. After Iris leetnre, I attempted to study the ,painting~ more closely, but I am afraid witl1little success. Some of the paintings, hoivever, I did like, and as I left the exhbition and went into the cold, grey afternoon once more, I rIIl1linate potato harvest. There were also twenty-sLx tractors and sb:: . comhines 0" this farm. }Ir. Godfrey's stock cotisisted of approximately four thousand hacon pigs, four thousand hens whielL were mostly in hatteries, onc thousand four hundred turkeys and one hundred and forty ducks which were fcd off the waste from the hens and turkeys. }Ir. Godfrey also had a hundrcd fat cattle, hut no dairy cows strange as it may scem to us who live in the south. ~fr. Godfrey's crops are Ilotatocs, wheat, barley, secds (grass) and peas. To }fJ:. Godfrey, forty acres of peas was just a little patch. It is from the East Ri(ling that we get most of our dried pens. In the East Riding tHey are harvested just like acorn crop and thrashcd through, the threshing machine which is familiar to us. We visited two typical Wold ·farms. Onc was of five hundred and twenty· five acres and the 'other of several thousaud acres. The farm huildings of the smaller farm were built ninety to a hundred years ago, but although they are very pieturesque, they are not convenient for adapting to the buildings nceded for the farming of today. It was not until fairly rceently that water was laid on to this farm, and before it was laid on, the farmer had to cart his water several miles from the village pond. The main crops on this farID are potatoes, peas, sugar~beet, wheat and barley. The I,eas on this farm arc again for drying, and the hulm would be turncd into silage in a good year, but in a bad year it would be burnt. The stock on the farm was a hun(h'ed and fifteen Ayrshire cows, twenty-three breeding sows, some of which arc Essex and some Large White and onc Landrace boar. Thcse arc no sheep as would be expectc(1 on a Wold farm, for the farmer says that the land is sheep sick. "fr. Stcphenson who was the ot\ler "Told farmer whose farms we saw, farmed in a different w~y. His chief crops are roots and barley, while the chief livestock are sheep which are folded on the ,'oots a1l(1 white clover leys, The fields on these farms are very large, they couM be anything up to three hundred rind fifty acres. }Jj'. Stephenson has six twelve·foot; combines and twenty tractors, severnl cars, his own privatc petrol station and also an aeroplane which won the King's Cup Ail' Race in 1954. . We Were also taken to sec York, nnll and Beverley. At York and Beverley there are be.mtifnl. ~linsters (Cathedrals), the ono at Beverley is the mOre feminine of the two. Wc were taken to the top of one of the towers of Beverley }linster but 36 uufortunately' it was a misty day so that we were not ahle to see far. At Beverley the river was so narrow where the shipynrds were, that the trawlers built there had to be launched sideways. At York we visited the Castle ilIuseum, and were very much interested to see an old street. with the early streetlamps, and shop windows showing sweets and shoes amongst other things. 'Ve could actually enter the sweet·shop and see the famous sweets with their love-messages on' them. Also in the museum were two large cases full of Valentine cards over the years, and in the Agricultm-al Department yon could press ,a·button and hear two old ladies of the·North Riding speaking together, and to my surprise, the intonation was remarkably like Seandinavian. York also had well preserved eity walls built in Roman times. At Hull we saw shi]ls being unloaded and were surprised at the skilLwith which the men· worked"tlu; ' cranes. I think the onc unloading wool was the most skilful. There had to be a most (l...refully calculatec] swing to land the bales on the nurrow ledge from which the bales were takeu into storage. We also saw a trnwler in dry dock for re]lairs and painting, and really the trawlers seem surllrisingly small for the large amount of fish that they bring in. ilfany firms have their faetories at Hull; for instance B.O.C:~r., which has a huge factory near one of the docks. Half a. day was s]lent exploring Bisho]l Burton, the village in which the Institute lies. Bishop Burton is a very attractiye little villagc, with a small church in its ccntrc. In the Church is a wooden bust of John Wesley which came into the hands of the late HEW. W. A. Pearman through a sale. The Rey. 'V. A. Pearman sent it to tlie late J. Elwell of Beyerley for renoYntion, who is reputed to haye Ilresented'his account for the work in the form: "To inoculatiug John 'Vesley and curing him of worms, 7/6." Also in the Chancel of the Church is one of the four earliest " chn1ice~" brasses in the county, and, indeed in Englnnd. This forlll of brass is believed to haye originated in Yorkshire. 1 alii sure,that all those who attended the Course are just as gra teful as I am to l'/w Farmers' Weckly for the wonclerful time they gaye us in Yorkshire. We are also yery grateful to all the farmers who answered our questions so ]latiently. I am sure it must haye been nerve-racking for them to haye questions fired at them, first in a pronounce cl 'Welsh accent and then in broad Somerset, amongst all the other yarying accents that we had. AsLAUG GODESETII,.LolOcr VI. .3i LIFE IN GERMANY At the end of the summer. term,. I set out gaily for Germany, -and found itnot a land flowing with ,~ milk and honey" bnt with wine, chocolates and, cream cakes! The German people are ~ome of the friendliest in the world, und are always ready to -offer. assistance, (I. twice had my bicycle mendcdfree of'clmrge,) Thcy also,enjoy talking English, which is a, decided disadvantage, 'butwhich cau be· very usefnl when there is any difficulty with onc-way streets and parking facilities ! p:avi\lg tonred Hamburg witlNho'family witlnvhom I was staying,the danghter of the family and I set out· for'''' ton!" of the TIarz mountains' and surrounding disl,riots. Our route include,l a visit to Rameln, home of the Pied Pipcr, mId also, to l{assel, where there is a famous Bundesgartenschau-a hnge disph>y of flowers a)ld fountains, and including outdoor concerts. " ".t! The yonth.hostels in which we staye,l were generally. more modern than ,the English ones, and certainly much larger, containing anything up to.five hundred .people. They are open.all reakfast ! Altogether, I pr~fer English schools, but my German holiday was enjoyable and' profitable in eycry respect--an experience not to be missed. WENDY It. COr,YEIt, Uppe,' VI. MY VISIT TO FRANCE On the morning. of Aug:ust 2nd t sat anxiously on the plat,form of SalisQury station, waiting for the early mOl'lling train which was to take me to London on the first stage of my jonl'lley to France. 38 It had been arranged that I was to stay with Colonel and 'Madama ~resnard and their family. Actually thay live in Paris but had rimt~d; for thl' SummaI' season; a villa at Saint-Palaissur- l\1er. ~'This is a tiny ,vataling place, threa miles' north of Royon, between Bordeaux and La: Rochalla, in the South of France. It was very prctty, and,unlike most sea-si!!e rasorts in Great~Britain, not in the least crowded. ·.As a village it is much smaller than Shaftesbm-y ,and in tha "inter can only boast of " few hnndred'inhabitants. The majority of the houscs are villas which remain locked -up during tha ,.inter mopths. But in the summaI' it is a vary differant mattar. The villas, are nnlocked, dusted and aired, new shops are opened, a ,marlmt ,is organised ~and the population gradually swells to threa or four thou&and. , The beach itsajf is not very large and perhaps, similar to Jnany,of the smaller bays in the Isla of Wight. The currants are as dangerous as tho~a iu Cornwall aud one cannot batha beyond a ccrtain buoy on t!1O left-han,d pai·t, of the beach. The countrysida surrounding Saint-Palais-sur-Mar is very beautiful. It is supposcd to ba one of the healthicst distlicts in the whola of France, dua to a larga pine forast that stretches for many miles in the Cliarente·illalitimc. This is very similar to' the New Forest, only more desolate. I found the ~resnards a vcry kil)d nnd friendly family. They were quick and l'eady to see a foreigner's point of view and ,took the gl'eatest pains to make me feel " member of their community. I was touched on my at~'ival to find a beautiful doll, dressed in the traditional costume of the distliet. .A special welcom,e meal had been prcpared for me and a pictin'e of Hcr Majesty, tha Quccn,~ was hanging in my bedroom. . I 800n settled down into tha family routine and, although I found a little difficulty with tha French conversation at first, spealting iu English was easy, siuce the family h",l spent three years in .Amalica. St.-Palais-sur-illerwasarestand relaxation for the Mesnards from the busy life of Paris. Thns we took full advuntaga of the seasida pleasm'es and did not travel" great deal-it was very hot during the month of August and we were glad of our many bathes in tllO sea ! Thera were mora things organised on the beach, even for a small place like Saint-Palais, ,than in Englaild. 'The morning was filled with gym classes (on the heach) graded according to age and ability. Once a fortnight a " gl'atl(l concours " was held. Everyone who wished to enter was to construct something out <>f sand in a time limit of three hours. The possibilities of salld 39 art were amazing. In the afternoon there were competitions, games ,and fancy dress parades.arrange\~"by tho.gym instrnct'!,r or sometimes by advertising firms. If none of these plCased, "the chil,1ren were always free to wateh the Punch and Judy Show or just swing quietly on the swings. On August 15th I atteuded a service for the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin' lIIm'y, which 'was very interesting. It began in the evening by a short service in Church and was then followed by a long procession round Saint-Palais, which was attended by almost'the entire population of the village. Each person carlied a lighted candle, slll'rounded by a kind,of paper shield on which was wI'itten the 'l'ords of canticles sung d1l\'ing the procession. It must I!ave looked very impressive from a distance. Once back at the church llllother small scrvice ,vas hem outside the building to complete the evening. This service is based on the service at Lourdes and the hymn of Our J,ady of Lourdes is n theme which re-occurs constantly. Throughout the whole service there was a wonderful feeling of rejoicing lInd miity. . Onc French eu~tom which appealed to me ,was the idea of ~ULvjng two "Birthda.ys." Each person has two names (or more), and one of these is thc name of a Snint. A great fctc is held on this Saint's Day. Thus all those who bear the namc of i' Made" celebrate their fete on the fifteenth of August. Presents are'given and a great dinner is held, very similar to our Birthday tea. At the end each person is given a piece of lovely cake.· I found the French people much less reserved on the whole, than English people. Even from my very first contacts this was self-evident. Everywhere there was a great feeling of friendliness and politeness. I was especially amused to see the porters on the stations shaking hands with each other every time they met. Time passed quickly and as I sat in the train eoming home it seemed almost impossible to believe that I had stayed in I~rance for six weeks. I thought of all the happy times I had had and realised just how much I had enjoyed it. I do so hope to return there oue day. BARBARA C. IIITOIlI,NGS, UP1?er YI. * * * MY S,UMMER HOLIDAY IN THE LA~E DISTRICT I spend my Summer holidays i.n the Lake Di~triet each year. I stl.y with ll).y family at a IIoliday Fellowship Guest IIouse calle,1 Derwel't ,Bank, n~ar Keswick. The IIouse caters for 40 1 • ~, \ ninety guests and has an ideai situation with lovely views. There" are gardens and lawns i'unning down to the shores of Derwentwater. "We enjoy mountain elimbing, and dressed iu the propel' climbing attire, we are fit to face any weather. Some of the mountains I have climbed are,Skiddaw, Causey Pike and Great Gable. It takes a long time to reach the summit but 011 the way up we rcst at intervals amongst the heathcr and ·bracken. On a clear day, if we ar!) 11igh enough, wocan look back and view ~L beautiful panorama of lakes and mountains. Sometimes we can see the Solway Firth and the Scottish hills. We spent a, happy day visiting the home of Beatrb: Potter at Hilltop Sa\\Tey, near Windermere, where she wrote " Peter Rabbit" and many other children's favourites. "We spent another day visiting 'Villiam Wordsworth's home at Grasmere. From Derwent Bank you can easily reach Bassenthwaite lake, Thirimeie, Grasmere, Ullswater ann and Mummy went for a long walk. 'Vc found a.. cave and a horse's shoulder-bone, Dr, Rex said that it had been eaten by a lion and made some very realistic growly noises. lIe. frightened Lucy so he borrowed R(>ry's water-pistol and went. off" to fight the lion." lIe came back ,and declared that the lion was out and wc llad bcttcr gct home before it came back. :Back at home, wefetched water from the river for cook and. the boys went off to the ilCares,t farm to get milk, which was all creamy and yello,y and was delicious on our 110rIidge. AftelpOlTidge we had bacon and sweet-corn. After breakfast, the boys went off by themselves and so did. Lucy, and I was by myself, Lazily I walked down to the),iver. I dangled my feet over the edge, '.rhe water was cold mHl tinglingly.fresh. I put my weight on the onc foot and a piece of' tIle bank collapscd. ~ry foot fcll in the water and I had trimmcd tile edge. ' By the way, I was not playing by the great roaring Olifant· River but by the little stream that branched out of it and joined it again, There was an island in the middle, too, and Dr. Rex llad said that here there was quicksand too, and we mustll!t. go Ileal' it. 43 I rather liked trimming the edges and after a while I had trimmed all the stream I wanted to. I was not allowed past the gate but I didn't go near to where the stream met Die Olifant 'lnyway, as I was afraid of the great, l'ushing waves. r want~d to go on··trimming.thebanks·b~t there was nowhere' else to go· ... b:cept The Island: . . I waded acrosS the shallow stream and looked around. N o·one was near. I put my feet cautiously on to the island. Yes it was safe! Ha-ha who says it's quicksand ~ Who says "it's dangerous f Dangerous, bah! A dew steps more and I ,Vas on the island. I waited to sink down into oozing mud, but no, it was safe. I was relieved an(l disappointed. I went on ·trimming the edges until my foot was tired, then I put it in a 'If! "puddle and went on trimming with my othcr foot. Suddenly, I realised that the foot in the puddle was sinking! I was tel~'ified, it was now up to my' knee and I was sinking last! I was pulling my leg off,.but I didn't care. I had to get off this horrid island. I.felt as if I was going to fall and ran off .as fast as I could and then suddenly realised that I was· free. I waded through the stream, washing the hateful, oozing mud off my leg, praying hard for forgiveness and feeling glad that I 11adn't put two feet in. After that I felt that I had better find the others and tell them. Yet, when I did find I didn't feel I ought to tell so wc ,valked back together and made a dam of mud which the spiteful little stream knocked down. '.rhen wc built a " cemeny factory" which is a bank of mud. We used the" cement" to .make castles and mud-pies. At night, though, I didn't feel too lutppy. The shadows looked like ghosts, marching up and down. They stopped mul "pointed at me and began to march towards me; I sat up and a "pillow biffed me over th~ head. "Go to sleep ! " a sleepy voice said. The ghosts disappeared and I lay down and thought about ,vhat would have happened llUd I put two feet in the puddle. r would have gone down, down, down and my body would novel' have been found! After a while I cried myself to sleep. Next morning I woke early. I hat~(l this river, I hatcd Dr. Rex and ~rummyand everyone ! Why couldn't I run away 7 I got out of my camp bed and went to the door. It was a freezing cold day and no-one would be about for about an hour. Suddenly Dr. Rex who, I thought Was asleep, said in a loud whisper, "Get back into bed, it's freezing!" I hurricd back to bed and got )lnder the blankets. Thcy werc warm 44 and comfortable and seemed to say, " You weren't going to leave us, were you Y " and I snuggled up.to show that I woullaycd a great part in buil~lillg up the EnglislL charaeter. Where will you find a firmer faith in strong drink! And is not this due to the almost universal acceptance of " Good wine nceds no bush" Y-both by those who give, and those who take. The adage which is our subject perhaps more than any other has left its mark. Om' llal'Cnts and grandparents wore as COIl vinced of its truth as of the divine right of thc British to rulc. And in that faith they brought up their children and spared no pains-neither in themselves nOl' their children (always they ass\ll'c(l us they suffcred more than wc). It is remarkable that while we of this generation hated the rod, so that we resolved to east it away with the adage, [\Ju1 '55 took oaths never-to use it on our children, we became probably the be~t lot of parents ever. It only remains for someone to determine whether this is because the adage is true or false. Are wc the splening for" A " and not" D plus" ! 5S OLD GIRl-S' SECTION Committee 1955-56 President i'liss Dunford l'ice·Presi,/ent i'll's. Raad Seeretaries G. Hussey (1IIie Woodman) A. Rawson PrCll8u)'cr G. ITal'ding Staff Rcpre~ehtative Miss Drake Sports Representatives B. Hall (nee Gibbs) B. Knapton Commit/ee "lfembers M. Baker B. Cartel' (nte Mullins) A. Jolmson O.G.A•.London Meeting "[,IRCIl 19thI 1955 The Old Girls' Association hcld its first London reunion on SatUl'(lay, i'[arch 19th. There was so much enthusiasm among the 22 members who gathered at the Central Club of theY.'Y.C.A., in Great Russcll Street, that it was decided to make this an annual event in iI[arch, 31\(1 the Association looks forward to steadily increasing numbers at such futuro reunions as lllorc girls go up to JJondoIl training colleges and-llOspitaIs. O.G.A. Summer Meeting JUIN 9th, 1955 The Summer :Meeting was held on SatUl'(lay, July 9th, 1955, at Bm·ton Hill HOlise..There were 45 membcrs present. The proceedings began with a Tennis match against the present SCllOOI on the School COUl'ts at Wincombe Lanc, commcncing at 5 p.m. Thc match resultcd in a win for thc School by 53 gamcs to 28. Thcn followcd the buffct suppcr at .Barton Hill lIouse. During supper, ilIiss 'Yoods rcad a radio telegram of best wishes for a successful meeting, from Miss Dunford. She also gave news of Miss Dunford'.s tour in South Africa. illembcrs were able to walk round Barton Hill House and the i'Iain School.. Twelfth O.G.A. Annual Dinner NovmIDER 12th, 1955 The AllllualDinller took.place on Saturd"y, November 12th, at the Royal Hotel, Shaftesbury; sixty·two members were present. Everyone was disappointed that .~Iiss Dunfor,l was unable to be present, as they had hoped to hear something of her South >\frican tour. 'Ve assembled in the Lounge at 7 p.m. for the Annual General ~reeting. After the Minutes of the huit meeting, the Secretary gONe hcr rcport nnd stated that there wel'e now 149 ·Hfe members ,m,l 27 Annnal members in the .Association. The result of the hockey match was the same as last year, a win of 3 goals to 1 for the Old Girls. The Treasurer reported a balnnce in the bank of £90 10s. Id. It was decided that one guinea should be given to the School'S Corolllltion Fund as in previous years. A proposition Was carried that the Committee should be very warmly thanked for all the work that they hail. doue during the past year. ~fiss Woods gave" brief account of developments at Seliool and showed members the crest which was decided should be adopted as the O.G. badge to be worn on a plain navy blazCl·. It was decide,l th"t the London Reunion should be held at the Y."'.C.A. as last year. AUer the meeting we move!l to the dining-"oom for dinner. This year the toast of the Old Girls' Association was proposed by ~Iiss Lay, a member of Staff dming the war. In her speech she tried to find " collective noun for Old Girls, and thought that perhaps a " gaggle" was too undignified. She pointed out the value of an Old Girls' >\ssoeiation and showed that there are very strong conncctions between School and Old Girls, in whose behaviour were reflecte!l the traditions' of the School. She finished by quoting Sir Hugh nobertson's farewell words to his Choil' " ~ray you go on living b1.'nciously; may you eYer ' have a song in your hearts and may the Good God fill your sails." In "eplying to the toast of the Old Girls' ASSOCiation, Vera Milvel'ton (1I<'e Harris) said that it was p~rticulary nice of Miss Lay to join them on this occasion, because there must 11ave been times when she was quite tired of seeing them. She tllanked the Committee for all the work they llad done in helping the O.G.A. to prosper. Mrs. naad who was presiding over the Din ner in Miss Dunford's absence, proposed the toast of the School. She congratulatc!! the School on its record of three County , ~Iajors and lool.red forward to ,~ time when it would be all Ull usual"thing to leave school without one. She had reccivedvisits from Mary Hart and Dods lIIitchell and gave the Association some ncws of thcm. III replying to thc toast of the School, 60 '--- ,Yendy Colyer, the Head Girl, spoke of the interest they hnth. She was • a boarder here and left in ] 933 and had llever been baek since. Former Members of Staff Mrs. JESSD[AN (-Mrs. BJaekall) had a daughter Patl'ieia Alexandra. in June and Philip enj03·s I>eing her big brother. He now goes to school in Singa})ol'o. i\fr •. :JONES (~fiss Handford) came to see us in the Summer ~rCl'm and bronght Susall ?lfnry, who seemed to enjoy n. visit to :lIfiss Dunford's Study but not to the Sixth l~orm ! ]\fiss TJIGIlT is training -os nil ..Auxiliary Nurse at Chl'istchul'ch HOSl>ital. Miss 1?Hli.J:.IPS came to see us this term and was astonished at the many changes since she was Illlre. She lwd not seen th() new laboratory or Bm-ton Hill House or the playing-field. i\frs. POWELT, is helping at Jonathlln's Pl·ep School near Southampton for the time being. :i\frs. ]~O)InULow·PEAUS1~ is-now ]'llllning a Prep-school with HI ]>artncl', in BOUl'IlClllout,h. i\[rs. SCATillERT came back to teach on two afternoons a week to llClpus while i\fiss Dunfor(l was Ilbroa(l. Ann and Frances are at the Town Sehool now am] the twins, Pmnela and Patl'icia, will soon be going thoro. O.G. NEWS Engagements :lrarion llright to Tony SaWlgO Brcnda nrnch(>r to Eric lInooy Pat Gnllh'cr to }~rio Sm11X"s ~l'hclllm Hull to }<~dward Grecn JUlle Lillington to Allthony Postons .Innet Riches to Dnvid llurton III Marriages Janct Aycrs to :lIr. Oglnmby :l[argarct Burton to Jobn Boughtwood )lnrio Bnrtlett to Perey D3Vidgo ESlllo Goombs to Elvcd Phillips Grace Cowdry to Ronald Way Joy Freeman to Kcnneth Read Ann Green to )ff. Pike Ann Huby to Dcrck Pllrdon Pat Holland to ~Ir. A. Billiard Rita Holloway to Osmond Richard Baker Dulcio HoUoway to Coarge House Sally.Hommcns to Wilfred Baker Gtom Lane ,to Robert L'\Ilc K. Osmont to H. V. Rynll' Sonia. Sidford to John Barter Pamola 'l'nlbot to John Carter ::\Iavis Wilkins to Anthony Lovell Barbnrn "Trigbt to WaIter ArelIey Births ~rnrgnrct Adams (nee Coomhs), a daughter Pat lb,kcr (nee 'l'ulbot). n son, Inn Kcnncth Jean Drickcll (nee Pitmnn), n son )Iary Bul'f,'C (nle Fanner), n daughter, Angela. Pat Uro01(s (nee Wilby), n son, Stcphcn Hazel Brockwny (nit: Bartloy), a son, Stcphcn Richard Darbarn Clark (nee PH.c), a daughter, Paulino Lcsley llrcndo. Croxford (nee Ridcollt). Il son, Philip )Iartin Jean Gruff (nee WaIby). n son, Christophcr • Eilccn Hogg (nee Elford), n daughter, Nicola llary Dorothy Henson (nee Lee), a son Joyce Hiscock (nee Gnrrctt), a da\lght~r, by adoption, Carol )'fary )Irs. ~essimnll (formerly )Ira. Blackhall), a daughter, Patricia Alcxandro KnthlccJl Kcrswell (nee Gray), a sou Grct.'L Lane (nee I.."1ne), a daughter, Dcnise lIary :lInry :\Iurmy (nee King), a SOil, Alan Ross Ruby Peel (nee Hicks), a daughter, Jano Elizabeth )Inry Underwood (nee Woodman), a daughter, Jane Susan DAPIINE .ALFOUD (1953) has eOll'llleted her COurse at "'cymoutlt Training College nnd is now Teaching at Lndwell Primary School aud Jiving ut home. CmtISTINE .Ar,I'OltD (1955) has followed her sister, Duphne, to 'YeYlnouth Training College and is enjoying it all eveIl more than she expected. MOr,LY .&LFORD (1953) has joined the group of our O.G. who aro working at the Wineombe Radar Station. 62 • SHIULEY A"DREWS (1954) lias been working at the 'Vestminster' Hospital in Shaftesbury for a year and now hopes to go to Salisblll'Y Infirl)lal'Y for her nursing training. RUTI[ BARTI,ETT Ims finished her course at the Cannington Farm Institute in Somerset and is now making Caerphilly nnd Chcddar cheese 'on her father's farm. 3Ior.r,Y BURDEN (1952) has obtained her degree in Geography with Second Class Honours at Bristol University and is now spending a, few months at home bcfore seeking a post. EI,lZABETlI BROOKS (1955) has a temporary job in Shaftesbury and is al'plying for entrance to training college next year. M.\1tGARET BRADFORD (1955) hns begun her nui'sing training at Bristol Royal Infirmary an,l has been in touch with DIANA .TOHNSON ,there and hopes to see Mrs . .TONES (nee Handford). MARY BOND (1955) is onr first girl to go to St. Gabriel's Training College in London and is thoroughly enjoying it all. LESI,EY BENNETT (1955) is taking" secretarial course at the Bournemouth Technical College. WENDY CASE (1955) won a County ~fajor Scholarship but dccidcd to go at once to the Hose Brnford Training College of Speech and Drama in I,ondon rather t1mn wait another year and go to a university . .TILL CARDNEI,I, (1954) deeidcd that she was not suitedto nursing training and was very fortunate in being offered a vacancy at Bretton Hall Training College at short notice this term. This is near ,Vakefield in Yorkshire. MARY Cox (1953) has left Boots the Chemist in Dorchester and is now working in the o[fice of Footes, the Sccd 3ferehant, there. ANN PAT COI,E)IAN (1955) is enjoying her t.raining at the Salisbury School of Art. M.\ItY GATEHOUSE (1951) is now working in the Shaftesbury O[fice of .Tohn .Terrery &, Son, Auctioneers. JANET GU~UEItT (1952) passed her nursery nursing 6xaminnLion an.d is now training at the Uoyal Hampshire Hospital ..:t 'Yinchcster. FREDA GENGE (1955) is l.elping at home dlll'ing hcr ~[other's illness. JOAN GREEN (19113) is working for'the firm of Hnmphries and Son. Her family may be moving to Bournemouth sllOrtly. 3LIRY GREEN (1955) has taken a temporary post at Gillingliam, but hopes to train as a nlll'Se later. ITer hol)by at the moment is rifle-shooting "'HI she hopes to appeal' at Bisley one day! RU1'1[ GmBs (1955) is helping at home at present. VERONICA GRAY (1939) is going to Hong-Kong to tcach in an l\.l'my School for 2 years. 63 JBAN H.\SKBLL (1953) has finished her training at GGldsmiths Cvllege and is nGW teaching at the C . .of E. SchGol, Shriven· ham, NI'. SwindGn. :D[ARGAIlBT HBNSTRIDGB (1953) is in her seeGnd year at the Salisbury CGllege .of Further EducatiGn and will be taking her final examinativn next summer. PN1'IIrr.TGN (1955) is an Assistant JuniGr LabGratGry Technician at the R.A.F. establishment at FarnbGrGugh. She hGpes tG take lIfaths, Physics and Chemistry at A(lvaneed Level .of the G.C.E. later. ANX HiTClIINGS, (J954) is spending a term at 'Yorcester as part of her training.in nursery nursing. She is staying in n hostel' . tull .of Nursery Nurses frGm the Church .of England's Children's Homes and attending lectures at BrGmsgrGYc Cvllege .of Further Educativn. ' GBGUGlNA llGPJ{]NS (195<1) is training as a Nursery Nurse 'at the Church .of EnglmHI Children's Hvme a t East Grinstead. 1I[A1IGARBT HAItDING (1919) is nvw SeniGr Staff Nurse at the / Beatrix Nursery at East Knoyle. :DIYltA HUlL (1953) has evmpleted her ~vursc at 'YeymGutll Training College and is now teaching at Caun Primary S011001 au(l living at hOlne. S,u.LY HGWBLT. (1955) is wGrking at the RGyal Hvtel until sht> can begin her nursery nursing training at the Bcatrix Nursery at East lrtance, and now plays it prominent part in the occupational health of the country. There arc many openings for nurses in industry, as widely separated as oil fields in Arabia, to the Atomic Station at Harwell. At the moment I am working in the casualty department of a Seamen's Hospital in London. Our patients are seamen of all nationalities and dock workers from the ' Royal' group of docks. Onr hospital is situated in the centre of dockland, and the ships entering and leaving the docks can be seen from the llOspital windows. I find casualty work very rewarding, and after gaining moro experience I hope to obtain ,m industrial appointment in tho lIear future. Of Working with Harrods ~Iy first impressions of my work will have been much the same as those of any newcomer, I should imagine. The immensity of the whole building amazed me most, and at first it was not over difficult to become lost in the underground passages that :riddle the basement and sub·bascment. These passages cover 69 a much greater area 'thau the actual store, for they run right under Old Brompton Road to the warehouses on the other side. The basement'is just like an uuderground town with its storellOuses, stockrooms, bakeries etc. The passages, all of which are named, are almost always busy with traffic and trolleys are always "llUning u'p and down. )[ost of these traye1.at quite a. slIced, especially those that are IUot.or driven. In fact I always haye to keep my eyes und cars open for them. During the first few weeks the number of new faces 1 saw every day was quite frightening, (1 am Sure it was much worse than going to a new school). Howeyer, surprisingly enough, after a few days 1 began to recognise InOl'C and more faces. The first week was taken up ill ' staff training' when ' all Wc newcomers' were taught all that we should be expected to know ou reacllillg our depai'tmcllt. Naturally, with such a 1uI'go store and with so many employees (oyer 5,000) there was a great deal for us to learn about the management and all the different kinds of work wc should be expected to do on reaching our various departments. Dming this first week wc all sat at desks. \V'e have lessons, film stlips, We eyen had to revise everything for a test at the en(l of the week; in fact We all felt quite at home (or at school anyway!) Conducted toms WerA arranged for us nearly everyday. Onc day wc went on a shopping tour of Diekeu "" Jpues and D. H. Evans, (both connections 'of Harrods Ltd.). . Every ~Ionday evening a few of us go to sehoolnear L~iee,ster Square to study Textiles" onc of the snbjeets we have to stndy for N.R.D.C. (National Retail'Distribution Certificate) a.three year course. 'Vc are given a half-day release from work to attend tlle classes 'for the other four subjects on Thursday afternoons. The other foUl' subjects are English, Geography,' Accounts, and Retail Distlibution. In spite of the amomlt we learnt iuourfirst week, when we I'eached our departments we foun(l that putting everything into pI1\Ctice was quite different from theory. It takes about a month really to settle in. Now after that time wc are rapidly getting b,isier and busier as it gets nearer and nearer to Ohrist mns. Of course being busy llleallS ext,l'a running around, and aclling feet at the eml of the day. noweyer it is greater fun being busy t,han llaving notlling to do. ;lIy work is very varied an\! although most of it is running around 1 have some office work to do, which often gives a welcome test. Onc of the most interesting pieces of work 1 l,ave ever been giYen to do is to go out on a Special Deliyery with a parcel. I have been out on three' since I have been here, and twice they wore to places I had never eYen llCard of" before. However the Undergl'olllul Trains arc 70 --c!~ ,,I a great help and it is a lovely way in which to get to know London. I cannot possibly tell yon of everything that has happened for it would all fill a book, but I have tlie(l to pick out the most interesting things. I hope that sometime in the future Shaftes bury High School will be better represented at HarI'ods Ltd. BETII REBBECK• • Of A Mathematician At 'Bristol, University The University is immense: the number of students is approximately 2,700: by all common algebraic laws I should have felt infinitely small during the first week, but I didn't. There was so much to see, so much to learn, so many people to talk to that I lost all my apprehensions in one second. Through the Pre·sessional conference the 'Freshers' were introduce(l to University life; we learned about the organisation, the finance and general life of the Union; we also learned that it was the done thing not tQ work, not to wear (h'ain pipe slacks, and not to fancy ourselves in a duffle coat carrying a furle(i umbrella! On the other hand it was the done thing to frequent the bar, drink coffee and scale the statue of Queen Victoria, and if wc felt the urge to knock off a policeman's helmet, the Union Organisation would provide the policeman. Throughout this first week various tours of the University ,~nd its numerous annexes were arrilUged, and thus we got to know the giant buildings which would be our scat of learning for the next four years. I was impressed by the order of everything. Every single door has a number on it, so in theory YOll can always find the room for which you are looking: in practice it doesn't always work. By the simple law of averages you get lost once in every three days during your first fortnight. You may have gathered that I am reading Mathematics. TillS department of'Special Honours is the laughing stock of the University and you arc known as "onc of them." This is because the first year starts with about 66% more students tI~..t itends with. This year, however, there are only 14 of us starting there will probably be -2 remaining next year. The work is, in parts, difficult, but it is exhilarating. The rate at which we learn, or not as the case may be, is amazing, and what we learn is amazing. I am loving every minute of this term and could wlite a lot more, butin 4 hours, time I have to be ata dress rehearsal .... that is University life. VALEUIE SlURP. 71