" j, , : , '. ~' ~ r~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ § . § § § § § § § § ~ County High School for Girls ~ § ~ SHAFTESBURY . ~ § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § .§ § § § § § § § § § ~ Vol. 19 December, 1956 ~ § § I§, . I § ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ County High School· for Girls Shaftesbury . M.AGAZINE VOL. 19 DECEMBER, 1956 CONTENTS Editorial Time and Space StaffNoWs Gifts to tho School Leaving Girls, 1955-56 New Girls, 1956 Prefects and Sub.Profects Prizo. Winners REPORTS : School Council Activities, 1956 Social Service Report Boarders' Report Games Report Dramatio and Literary Report Our Flower Guild School LectureS Papcr Cut~~g Sir Leonllrd Woolloy's Lecture RED LETl'ER DAYs: Specch Day The School Ftlt9 'rho Entertainments at the School Feto Our ~xpcdition to London UPPER SOIIOOL AcnvlTIES : The Sixth Form Dance Upper VI Outing 'rhe Expedition to Stratford.on. AVOD The Stratford Plays, Sept., 1956 Sha~spcarian Shakesbury A Visit to Gillingham 988 Works Impressions from a French Holiday Youth Hostelling in Northern Ireland Operation Electricity No Picnio Overture to 'Vinter Entry into Jerusalem Two Poems after tlie Chinese llIode PARE:h'TS' AsSOOIATION SEO'l'ION OLD GIRLS' SECTION EDITORIAL Looking throngh previous School magazines, I notic.e ~4~t , every year brings some new School activity; and 1956 is.n.o exception. Individuals visit the Continent every holiday, 'and, this Summer a School party will, all being well, go to Denmark. Dancing classes are now held, and on the intellectual side some girls are trying to learn German while a small group is puzzling over the intricacies of Grcck .. The highlight of the year was our e':pedition to London. From start to finish 'this memorable day was characterised by the chcerfulness and ' oneness' of us all, even when the coach drivers failed ,to turn up at Waterloo Station and we'had to sit twiddling our thumbs, thinking of the tim.e wasted out of our few precious hours. Onr School Fete was another major event. Although once more the elements did their best to make it a failure, we collected it record amount to payoff the deficit which is annually incurred by this magazine. Parent£' Day also suffered from the rain, and as the sporm could.not be held indoors, most of the afternoon was spcnt in eating tea and looking at the various exhibitions. . And to whom do we owe the enterprise and success of our School' Undoubtedly to the staff, parents, governors and friends who are always ready to help -us, but chiefly to :Miss Dunford. I think that·:Mrs. Sladen voiced all our feelings in her charming tribute to her on Speech Day. Wc are truly thankful for our good fortune in having,.such a hcadmistress . • • * TIME AND SPACE A few weeks ago, I reccived a letter from an Old Girl living in Fromc, who told me that she is 84 but still has a keen interest in the School and all its doings. I went to see llOr at half-term and had a happy time listening to her stories of her school life seventy odd years ago. :May Short came to Shaftesbury High School as a boarder in January, 1884. The School was then in High House in Higll Street, which is the interesting looking house opposite the bottom of lIIuston's Lane. At Easter, 1884, Miss Dunn moved with her School to Grosvenor House, taking over the School already there and-uniting the two. She brought with her the brass plate which is still on our front door. :May Short's mothcr and aunts had all been boarders at Grosvcnor House School. 1 Life Members since December 19~5 Brnyford. JaDe, The Rectory, Spetisbury, Dorset Dritton, Mary, The Stores, Ashmore, Salisbury, Wilts. Colycr, Wendy R, Orchardene, Shillingstooc, Dorset Cox, Joyce, Manor Farm, West StoUt, Dorset Clarkc, Susan, 56, High Street, Shaftesbtiry, Dorset Hprlock.Joncs, Barbarn, The Rectory, Bimport, Shaftesbury, Dorset Peel, Ruby (nu Hicks), 3, The Crescent. Thirsk, Yorks. Pitman, Darecn. Lower Breach Farm, 'Vest Orchard, Dorset 'Yoodhcnd, Sally. Glebe Cottage, Ashmorc, Salisbury, Wilts. Annual Members 1955/56 (since December 1955) Bond, Mary, 12, The Elms, Fo....ant. Salisbury, 'VJ1ts. Chinn, Kathlcen (1£00 Hutchings), Causeway Farm, Shcrborno Causoway, Dorset Dowland, June, Cann,Common. Shaftcsbury, Dorset Green, Joan, 20, Bell Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset • Annual Members 1956/57 Ardlcy, Barbara {nu Wright}, 25, Fowlers Road, 'Salisbury, Wilts. Bennett, Lcsley, 11, Meyriek Park Crescent, Bournemouth Chinn, Kathleen (nic Hutchings). Causeway Farm, Sherborne Causeway, Dorset. Farrance, Davina, 20, Moorlands Rise, West Moors. Wimborne, Dorset Fursoy, JilI, 6, Turks Close, Motcombe, Dorset Harding, i\Iargaret, Beatrix Nursery, East Knoyle, Wilts. Hitchings. Darbara, Hockerill Training College. Bishops Stortford, Herts. Humble, Cynthia, Glyn Gift, Mill Street, Fontmell Magna, Dorset l\Ioores, Denise. 21a, Beach Lane, Enmore Green, Shaftesbury, Dorset Powcll, Kathleen (nee K.in~). Council Houses, Overway, Donhea~ St. Androw Sharp, Valeric, "Cheriton. 'Cudnell Avenuo, Be.'lr Cross, Bournemouth, Hants. Welch, Beryl, Layton Lane. Shaftesbury, Dorset White, Barbnra, ., La.Guaira," Leigh Road. Wimborno, Dorset Witson, Mary, 28, Colepits Wood Road, Eltham, S.E.9 Woods, Betay, French Mill Lane, Shaftesbury, Dorset \Vorthington, Marion, Bamfield, Edmondsham, Nr. Wimborne, Dorset Printed by the FrolUe Newspaper Co., Ltd. when "frs. Evans was Headmistress, so, as I listened to hoi' stories, I felt how deeply rooted we a~'e in the past. 'Vhile I have realised afresh this term how vividly we are linked with past generations, stretching back a considerable distance in time, I have, at the same time, become more keenly aware of how onr contaet,s are spreading ever more widely in space. In School at present we have gil'ls whose homes are as far afield as Germany, Aden, Singapore, Pakistan and the Falkland Islands. Old Girls Qf OIll'S are working or have settled in Germany, Singapore, Canada, Australia, Rhodesia and South Africa, and other parts of the world'. Our School has won, and retained, the love and loyalty of its members for at least a liundred years, and wherever they scatter, even to the foul' corners of the world. The challenge to each succeeding generation is inescapable. "The lines are fallen up.to me in pleasant places; yea I have a goodly heritage." It is for us, in Olll' turn, to sce that we do not fail to "leave agoodly heritag~ for those that shall come after." M. K. DUNFORD• Magazine Committee Edit,.e88 : PENROSE COLYER Sub·Editre88 : RUTH PIDLLIPS Committee: SAltA lIENDERS"oN CELL\ LAYZELL CHERRY CASE KATE COLES HELEN BROWN JULL\ S~nTHElts STAFF NOTES We have had no changes this yeadn the teaching staff and seem to l1ave done less than usual outside School. Perhaps we are like those conntrics said to be fortunate in having 'no history.' Several members of the Staff spent part of thcir Summer holidays abroad. lIliss :riIstone enjoyed the meetings of the British-Association at Sheffield. :Miss ·Robson left ns at the end of the Snmmer Term. She has been spending some months' in Cambridge and she and her sister are going to ,set np honse in Salisbury after Christmas, so we hope that 'lI'"e shall often see them. We welcome lIIrs. Mallalieu in her pl?ce. 'We always very much enjoy visits from former members of onr staff and were glad to see :Mrs. Jones (nee Handford) and Susan in the Summer. We also had a much.too brief glimpse of - Mrs. Lawson at the Old Girls' Dinner and were glad that she is so happy and well. 'We have very much appreciated 1111'S. Sealbert's help during lIfiss Brewington's absence. Her foul' danghters are now all at • school and we hope to teach them al~ here in the future . . ,Ve are very sorry that :Miss Beer has had to go home to help. in looking after her father who is very ill. We have been most fortunate in obtaining lIIiss Towell in 'her place for the rest of the term. lILB.W . GIFT~ TO THE SCHOOL Carving by Job KeKaua· : ]\fiss Dunford. Gifty of money towards a ,'eading desk; Susan Olarke Library Book: lIIary Britton Li1Jrary Book: Diana J ohnson Library Book: Marion Worthington. Gift of money: Doreen Pitman £10 towards cost of Magazine: Parents' Association. BndowmentofDoraSummerhay'sPrize: ]\[1'. Summerhays. * • • LEAVING GIRLS, 1955-56 Autumn Term, 1955 Spring Term, 1956 Lower VI. }.[. Coombs Lower V. S. A. Mu1lington J. Do.wling D. Pitman Lo~\'cr IV. R. Dorey UpperV'. D. Wills J. Rose LowerV. P; Gray Upp<>rIV. p, Hughes Form Ill. J. Anton Lower IV~ A. l\Iorrison J. Sherrard 3 Summer Term, 1956 Upper VI. J. Brayford. S. Clarke, "T. Colyer, B. Hitchings. A. Lawrence, )1. 'Vi!son. S. Woodhead, )1. Woodman, )1. Worthington. Lower VI. J. Cox, I. Dean, J. Hayter UpperV. J. AUardycc, S. Bond, D. Farrance. P. Gray, P. Haytcr, P. Houston, D. Horlock·Joncs, D.-)Ioores. J. Sidford, P. Staincr, M. Toogood, P. WaIter, M. Wcstwood, B. White • LowerV. i\1..Britwn, S. Green, H. Jesshope, J. !.egg. J. Squil'C!'l. Upperl\r. )[. Moldram, P. Pahner Lower IV. J. Dn\'ics, J. Humphries, G. Lazarides NEW GIRLS, 1956 Spring Term, 1956 Pruent Form Previou$ Sc1100l .r. Anton Lymm Grammar School, Cheshire J. Bown __ Upper V. Rcdland High School. Bristol • C. Cnse __ Lower V.B. Queens Mount, Bournemouth Summer Term. 1956 S. Henderson n. Burnett P.Kirk _ V • .Pitcher Upper V. Lower V.A. Uppcr IV. Upper IV. Worthing High School Sunny Hill School. Bruton St. Anthony's, Sherborne Alexandra Grammar School, Sin'gapora S. Bloomfield Lower IV. Worthing High School AutUmn Term, 1956 C. Hnrrison A. Allen J. Coblcy P. Higgins Upper V. Upper IV. Uppcr IV. Upper IV. St. Helena's High School. Chesterfield Shaftesbury Secondar;r Modem School Bodmin Grammar School Shaftcsbury Secondary j\Iodcm School J.Oakshott V. Dolby F. ~Iackinnon J. )[orris Upper IV. Lower IV. Lower IV. Lower Hr, Croft House, Shillingstone Dorclicster County School St. )Ionica.'s. 'Varminstcr Dorchcster School. Parkstono J. Andrews J. Austin Ill. Ill. StoUI' Provost County School st. Leonard's,-Motcombe L. Brain Ill. _ St. Lconard's. Motcombc J. Brooks E. Buri<:ln J. Cary _ Ill. Ill. Ill. _ _ St. :l\Iary's High School, Swanage • Enst Knoyle C.E. School '£isbury V.C. :l\Iixed School V. Charlton Ill. Alcester St. James's School P. Cornish V. Croxford S. Dibbcn M. Emery Ill. Ill. Ill. Ill. Dorchestcr Preparatory School Shaftesbury C.E. Primary School I wcrne Courtney Primary School' Dorchester Junior Girls' School ~1. Godfroy V. Hnrdhnnn Ill. Ill. Alcestcr St. James's School Fovant C.E. School E.Hnrdy C. Hams C. Hnytcr H. Joncs J.LilIio _ G. Loosl.y Ill. Ill. Ill. Ill. Ill. IH. 00;- Shnftcsbury C.E. Primary School :l\Iotcomoo C.E. Primary School SwaIlowcliffe County School Shaftesbury C.E. Primary School East Knoyle O.E. School Alcester St. .Tames's C.E. School S. Lyons J. )larshnll C. )Iearns Ill. Ill. Ill. Blandford Camp Primary School Tisbury V.C. :l1ixcd School Blandford Camp Primary School ..A. :Mercer Ill. Shaftcsbury C.E. Primary School )1. )loody Ill. Bishopstonc V.C. Primary School A. Pidgco!l I1r. St. :llary's C.E. School, Weymouth S. Ridcolit Ill. )Ielbury Abbas C.E. School J. Sidford Ill. St. :\Inry's R.C. School, WardonI' J. Smith Ill. Shaftcsbury C.E. Primary School J. Smithers HI. St. )Iary's C.E. Primary, Dridport R. Sturman m. Stalbridge p.E. Primary School S. 'l'ippetts m. )lorden Council School R. Waguer Ill. GilIingham County Primary School PREFECTS AND SUB·PREFECTS " Autumn Term, 1956 JIead Girl _ J. Hording Deputy Head Girl S. Gray Prefects _ A. Godcscth, P. Colyer,-R. Phillips, B. Salisbury, H. JaDes, S. }[cJ.cod • Sub·Piefects' J. Daigent, H. Moody. S. Hiscock, S. Droaclhousc, S. Button, C. Harris. If, Cheater, D. Woodman, J. Durridgc, A. Hall Read Boarders S. :l\(cLcod (Darton Hill); H. Cheater (Sunri<1ge) • SPEECH DAY On Wednesday, 10th October, 1956, at 2.15 p.m. the Shaftesbury High School Speech Day took place at the Savoy Cinema. First the Chairman, ]lli.'. Chesterfield, introduced the Headmistress. Then the Headinistrcss, ;)Uss Dunford, gave 'her report of ~he past yeal·. It was very interesting. Then came the presentation of the prizes and certificates. There were Subject Prizes, Good 'Vork Prizes, Special Progress Prizes, Music and Drama Certificates, nnd other prizes. Mr. Coade, Headmaster of Bryanstone School, presented the prizes. Then he made a speech, in which he made us laugh. In it he t.'tlkcd about books. Then came the "vote of thank~." Afterwards Stelln: Rideout, the youngest girl in the School, came on to the stage, curtsied, and presented the l\fayoress with a bouquct, the Head Girl gave ;)11'. Coade a buttonhole, and "fr. Chesterfield also received onc. The School Choir sang three and Ioll' part songs. "fiss Drake -trained the choir IInd conducted thcm. Every girl's ~yes were ii". 11ort" Dorset Sports. The giving of results was a proud occasion, for the final positions we achieved were as' follows : . . Intermediato 1st placo nmi Cup Secondary 3rd pla.coJunior _ 3rd pla.co IO Junior Resull$ SecornJary Results J. Crouch, 2nd, I.ong Jump A. Coms, 2nd, Ja.velin P. Barfoot, 1st, Hurdles )1. Britton, 1st, Hurdles )1. )Iorcy, 3rd, Hurdles )1. Xorris. 3rd Hurdles P. Ridout. 3rd. 150 yds. Relay 'realll, 2nd. 171lermediale ResulM I. Dean, 1st, ])iscus .' A. Gray, 1st, 100 yds. H. Joncs, 2nd, Discus J. SaHsbnry, 2nd, 100 yds. J. Cox, 3rd, Long Jump P. Houston, 2nd, MO yds. C. Burton, 1st, High Jump G. Hann, 2nd, Javelin . 1st Relay-H. Cheater, A. Gmy, J. lIaming, 31'<1, Javelin r. Houston, J. Salisbury Dorset Sports. .At these sports the following' intermediate girls ~ine_ Hockey The te:un that bcgan tho season was, on tho whole, a young and inexpericnced one. The results thronghout the scason were not outstanding, and the results of the Connty Tournamcnt, l.lCld at Sherborne on October 8th, were also disappointing. lIowever, a lot was learned when "a Junior County Hockey :lfatch was playcd on our fieM on February 11th. Matches, 1955·56 OpJ1Qnent~ Blandford St. Anthony's l.,Qrd Dighy's S.Il.S. 1st XI 1st·XI 1st XI Place AwayAway Homo J/esult Won 0-.2 Won 3-1 Lost 1-7 Old Girls 1st XI Homo Lost 1-3 11 (Photo by A. J. Sealing Miss Dunford in her Study " Opponenls S.lI.S. Place Rc.sllit Shcrbome (2n<1 Xl) 1st Xl Homo Lost 1-8 rMkstone _ 1st Xl Home J..ost 1-5 Sunny Hill _ 1st Xl HOll1c Lost 1-5 Sunny Hill 2nd Xl 2nd Xl Homo Lost 0-5 St. :l\Iary's COllvent 1st Xl Homo 'Yon 2-1 Lord Digby's 1st XI Away 'Von 2-1 Blandford 1st XI Homo Won 4-3 Pal'kstono 1st XI Away I.oat 1-3 Dorchestcr 1st Xl Away I.oat 2-5 Team. 1955-56 Coalkuper _ S. Clnrko iliUM Batk C. Hnrris Ltit Back _ S. Woodhcad* Riyht IIalf J. Cox' Lefl/lall _ )r. Woodllum Cenlre llalf I. I)ean Centre Poncard A. Gmy Right In8ide H. Cheater Eelt Inside _ A. Godcscth Right Win!l _ )1. WUson· (Capt.) Ltft Win!} _ _ _ _ J. Harding· (Scc.) (* denotes colours pr~viously won) Colol/Ta wcro awarded to A. Gmy and C. JInrcis. ill. C. WIT.SON (Oaptain) • DRAMATIC AND LITERARY SOCIETY R~PORT Last year membership was extended to the IN as well as the DV and VI Forms and we were all please,l when many enthusiasts joined the Society. At the fh'st meeting of the ycar, the Society's officials were elected and arrangements for the holding of future meethlgs were made. At the next meeting there was a reading of " Quality Street" and at the third jlliss ,Yilliams arranged a sOlies .of miming exercises . .At another meeting Miss Woods talked about" ilIake· up " and we had some practical help. Later in the year we rea,l " Noah," by A. Obey, and at the last meeting at the end of the Easter Term WQ I'ead " The Monkey's Paw." JENNY IlARDlNG (Secretary) . * • • OUR FLOWER GUlL!> It is known that the use of flowers in the home originates from the aiicicn~ Egyptians and Japanese, There is little doubt that this custom was imported into England with the coming of , the Romans. 12 In Shaftesbury High School, ovcr thc past two ycars, thcro llas grown up a small, but euthusiastic guild. '1~ girls, }vh\l mcct once n month to m'rang~ flowers. Thc members o~ this group, under the guiding hand of ~liss Drake, are willing to Icarn from their own mistakes and those made by others. New members are admitted each year, and,.as others leave us, our number remains almost constant. At the beginning of ·this new Autumn Term, 1956, we numbered twenty-six, but this number is expected-to increase as new membcrs from lower down the School pass their test, nnd are admitted; Each -month a definite -subject is stated for the arrangers to £01l0\\'. We try to vary thc subjects "S much as possible, and, over the prist year' these havc varied from miniature ammgemcnts" to painted leaves and berdes: Our two most important meetings duriug 1956 have been that during which we arranged exhibits for Parents' Day, and: that when somc of us provided the bowls of flowers for the School Hall ou Speech Day_ These are the sorj;s of days which a Flower Guild member almost dreadS. Itis quito natural that on some days you simply cannot P)lt your mind to making floral arrangements. The chicken-wire slips, the flo)vcrs will not go anywhere you want .them to go, nnd finally the water tips over the rim, staining the vase. -. . , On such a day as this, it is extremely difficult to arrange 1I0wers from sheer necessity. Both these events are, however, at· a time of year whcn multiple numbet·s and varieties of flowers can be-obtained, making our task a little easier. One word of l'raise from a thoughtful onlooker revives us with alacrity, and, on later days, when we are told how much. our 'cfforts were admircd, all thougllt of the difficulty we experienccd, disappears. from our minds. . A floral arrangement can portray one's charactcr as l'rominently as one's signature: A multi-coloured, 'bunched' arrangement, for example, shows an un-methodical and some- what ostentatious character; a clear-cut, simple design on the ' other hand portrays a mind with methodical, clear ideas. JuliaClements, one of our most renowned flower arrangers; has said: " No nation in the world grows flowers as well as we do. In ·every walk of life today-even in the drabbest of our cities-the Englishman's garden is his pride." One hour, oncc a month,-is all too short -'), time, but I CUll say on behalf of all memgers, how much we enjoy it. Whatever one is ~rranging, or wherever it is to be placed, in onc's O,VIl home, jn a Sh9W or in a church, it should be remembered tllat one is 13 making something for others to appreciate, as well as giving oneself tremendous personal satisfaction by an artistic alTangement. HILARY JONES, L.1'1. • .' MUSICAL ACTIVITIES IN THE SCHOOL The School Orchestra We have unfortunately lost our one cornet plnyer from thc wind·section, but as several of our staff have been studying the • clarinet, they have joined quite recently to help swe!1 our l'Unks, to which several more despllnt l'ecorder and cello players had already come. As always we owe any progress to the s,Plendid , leadership of.ilIiss MeGiIl who shows a keen interest in our whole School, and whom we wcre fortunate to heal' on a broa(lcast in " It series of programmes entitled" They play and Sing," during which she conducted an adult orchestral class at B.riantspuddle, in Dorset. Adrienne Lawrence, our former cornet player, was interviewed in the same series in Somerset. On Saturday, March 24th, we entere(l the North Dorset; Music Festival in the illStrumental ensemble class with Bizet's March from Oarme-n. In spite of MissllIcGiIl's iIlncss, wc managc(l to clainI second prize for our stirring march. We were grateful to Miss N. Williams, who conducted us at very short notice. On Saturday, May 11th, after It rehearsal in the afternoon, the whole orchestra assisted at the concert for combined orchestras, amongst them Blandford, Dorchester, St. l\Im'y's Convent and Clayesmore, at Blandford, playing a " Passepied," It march by Beethoven, and our renowned march from the· opera Oarmen, for wliich we all gave an encore. An old girl, Stephanie J enke, played some delightful recorder solos. The Choir Our annual Carol Service with the Grammar School was held last year on December 9th in Holy Trinity Church. As usual the combined choirs of the two schools contributed several four·part carols including-" The Stars watch High," "The' Infant.King," "Ding Dong l\Ierrily on High." The girls' choir' sang Byrd's " Cradle Song" and the" Sans Day Carol." The readers from the Grammar School were David Jolmson and Robert Harris, and from the High School, Susan Clarke an(l. Lesley Kibbey. A large congregation of friends of the two schools packed the church and' afterwards many expressed the opinion that it was one Of the most successful and enjoyable 'Carol Services we have had. , Ai"N HALL, CLARE HARRIS & JANET ALLmr, L.1'L 14 OUR COMBINED SCHOOLS' CONCERT After many weeks of intensive training, both by ,ourselves, , and with the Grammar School Choir, Jnly 21st arrived, the gre!!t day we had all been waiting for, when our songs were to be m~'anged as a concert to be heard by visitors and friends. Itis a strange experience when one is aeenstomed to hearing several seemingly disjointed pieces of music sung, finally to Ileal' them sung as one continuous" polished" performance. Our choice of a main work, Vaughan William's cantat~, "In Windsor Forest," was considered by many as a distinctly ambitious undertaking. Constant practice, however, and carefnl tuition by Miss Drake, Dr. J olmson and Mr. J ohnstone, helped ns tremendously, and our aspirations of an enjoyable performance rose as' we were told afterwards how well our efforts were l·eceived. Besides the one main work, the combined choirs sang Ilolst's " Gird on thy SwOrd," While both choirs sang several separate works. The 1I1adrigal Group, drawn from the two schools, attempted works by Ford and Gibbons among others. Items by individual performers from both schools created great interest, particularly those for piano, 'cello and recorder. I believe every member of the choir was helped by the clearly appreciative audience, and it is hpped that only a short time will elapse before ou~ combined choirs are attemptinganother seemingly "ambitious work," the success of which will prove even more enjoyable. IlILARY Jo~ms, L.VI., * • SCHOOL LECTURES During the past year the School has enjoyed several ,interesting and informative lectures. In the Autumn Term we had a lecture about careers in the W.R.A.F. This talk was illustrated by a film·strip, sho,ving the life and training of a new recruit in the W.R.A.F. During the Summer Term, 1111': Enobofo, a Nigerian, gave the Sixth Form an interesting lecture about his country and its difficulties and afterwards answered questions put to him abo]1t Nigeria. Another visitor to the School during this term was a Commissioner from Nyasaland, who told us about his work and experiences in that country. . 1G Miss Beeby; the local Youth' Employment Officer, again gave a talk about careers for girls, shQWing what a large number and variety of careers are now open to girls. This term ;)11'. Rutter and his Polish wife visited Sehool and' demonstrated PolisH paper-eutting to a large number of the girls. S. HISCOCK, U.lTI. Paper Cutting Mr. Rutter, the Paper Cutter, Came with his wife to our Sehool for Girls. With him lIe hrought his scissors and paper, AIld showed us how to eut dents and eurls. Intently we watehed him go in arid out • With his scissors so neatly: and then cast a doubt, As thc next words he said were, " Now it's your turil, Just eopy me and you wiII soon learn." .And these words he said; they camc quite true. We were soon cutting paper in red, white and blue. If you ,vant to become a paper cutter Then how about seeing ;)11'. Rutter ~ HELEN BROWN, L.IlT. • • • * SIR LEONARD WOOLLEY'S LECTURES Last Spring Term, a party of six High School girls and six Grammar School boys were kindly invited by Ml': Penrose, thc lwadmaster of Shaftesbury;)lodern School, to heal' a lecture by SU' Leonard ,Voolley, the famous archaeologist, on archaeology in Palestine. . We were told about mauy of his interesting experiences aud discoveries wllile he was excavating at Ur of the Chaldees .. Having dug down through several layers of ruincd cities,. he camc to a thick layer of silt, eight to clevcn fcet dcep, bencath which were the remains of more cities. This proved thc story about Noahand the flood, and it is a good example of the way in which m;chaeology pi'oves the truth of some of the facts stated in the Bible . .As a· result of this lecturc, ,Sir Leonard was invited to Jccture to the Upper and j)Iiddle schools in the following April. This lecture proved to be even more intercsting than the first. We were again told of many interestiJ).g excavations, and how many Bibical stories were proved true. • 16 . After the leetures,we f~lt that our knowledge of arehaeology had increased and we felt very hononred in having Sir Leonard to lecture to us. CELlA LAYZELL, ROSE~IARY BRAYFORD, LINNET ALLARDYCE. L.Y.A. THE SCHOOL FETE Towards the end of last term we held a Sehool Fete. There were many preparations; for example, making things for the needle-work stall was our form's speeial effort. Other forms looked after other stalls such as vegetable stalls, sweet stalls and many other things. There-were other things sueh as a -Handkerchief Lady, penny-over-the-shilling and an entertainment. Our form did scenes from "The Midsummer Night's Dream." There was a Flower Gnild Exhibition in the Sixth Form room. Getting_ back to our stall, wc sold things like dressing-table sets, aprons, babics' sets, and many 6ther things. We decorated it on the baek with hoops, and bound red and white crepe paper round these so that they looked really pretty. To begin with the stall was crowde,l; towards the end of the Fete tliere was hardly anything left. Brightly coloured ribbons hnng over the sides of our stall (2d. each) which was on.one side of the Hall. At this time tjle Hall was ero'l'ded. The other part of the Fete was iri the Stalbridge Hut. We were going to have it at Barton Hill until it rained and then we had to change it. Our aim was to get £50 but the result was over £100. It was well worth doing. We gave £10 of the money to the DIuseuni Fund. The rest we put towards the :Magazine Fund and things that the Sehool really needed. So our Fete was a great success. . SYLVIA WELCH, U.IY. THE ENTERTAINMENTS AT THE SCHOOL FETE As the weather was stormy and damp, we could not hold our Fete out-of-doors at Bm·ton Hill, so that our visitors could not walk around the beautiful gardens there. Instead, we put up the stalls in the School Hall, and gave the entertainments in the Stalbridge Hut. This was i'ather a disappointment to us, but in spite of it, our Fete was a great sllccess. 17 Aftcr tca, in a vcry hot and stuffy Stalbridgc-Hut wc began the entcrtainme!1ts. Thc Lowcr Fourth -Speech Training Group _acted" Jabbcrwocky," by Lewis Carrol!. I was" Old Dad" who warncd his son against thc JabbCl'wock and other imaginary, nonscnsical monstcrs, The boy, however, aftcr thinking things ovcr, killcd thc animal and marchcd back with its head. His fat)Ier was dclighted with his bravcry, and warmly congratnlatcd him, shouting for·joy. Thcre wcre othcr groups, too, and songs by the Girl Guidcs of the School, but the great feature was part of the play" .A. Mid Summer Night's Drcam," by Shakcspcare. The actors were mcmbers of the Lowcr Fourth, who worc suitable costumes. As thc whole play would have takcn too much time, we selectcd somc sccnes in which Bottom and his fellows, mechanics, l'ehearsed the play which they acted before Duke Theseus at his court, and the last scenc in which thefourlovcrs, Demetrius and Hclcna, Lysandcr and Hcrmia, who had sorted out thcu' unfortunate lovc.affairs, were at the court watching thc mechauics' play. Peter Quin~c cntcred for thc Prologuc. Hc read it with the stops in the "Tong places, a)ld annoffilced the actors, who cntered and bowed (Thisbe curtsied) one by Onc. Thcn the actual play began, in which Lion tore Thisbe's cloak from hcr. She, petrified, fled, leaving the cloak which was now stained with blood hI the mouth of Lion, who dropped it and bounded away. Wall and Moonshine, both having served thcir littlc purposes, also went out. PY"amus returncd to the place whcre thc lion dropped Thisbe's cloak, because thcrc the two lovers had planned to meet. He saw thc cloak upon the ground and assumed Thisbc to be dead; thcn, mournful and grief·stricken, he drew out his sword and killed himsclf "most gallant for lovc." Then Thisbe got over her terror and returned to find Pyramus dead, and, bidding farewell to the world, brought the sword out from Pyramus's hand and stabbed herself. Thcn to the smprise of the audiencc, Pyramus and Thisbc jumpcd up and asked the Duke if .he would like to see thc Epilogue. That gentleman rcplied that a play in which thc chief actors killed themselves rcquired no excuse by way of an epilogue, so two of the mechanics gave a clumsy dance. Then Puck, thc fairy, cntered and said that he would help thc people and givc them good luck. -After the last performance, prizcs wcre givcn to the "inners of some of. the sidc·shows, and bowls were passed round for a silver collcction, bringing a RCll Letter Day to a close. GILLIAN )I. RALPH, U.IV. 18 • OUR EXPEDITION TO LONDON One of the happiest and most successful of our School c":peditions wns our day in J,ondon last "fny. In making arrangements, we found many helpful people, cspecially the reprcseutatives of British Railways.at Ye6vil, who took a personal interest in our l»)ans. ' It is roducts-coke is sold locally; tal' is l'emoYed by a ' condenser,' stored iu tar-wells and sent to a larger'cc,ntm (about 1,000 gallons arc sent every week); in a secoud tower, naphthalene (a very useful by-product) is removed; in a ,t!lird ammonia is remoycd by being passed through water, and lastly Ilydrogen suJphidll is taken out, A supply of iron oxide is mixed with sawdust to make it Jig!lt and porous, and this is used, with the hydt'ogen sulphide, to make iron sulphide, This is rc-oxidised and used again until there is a 50% sulphur content, when it is seilt to a sulphuric acid works, Some by-products are also sent away to make such things as'dyes, drugs and fertilisers, J,astly, wc were shown the control house, where the calorific yalue of the gas is recorded, This varies with the time of day and the coal used, b,ut the standard value is 475 British thermal UllitS ller cubic foot_ The gas is sold by ~he cubic foot, becauso this method is easier in a small gas-works, There was also a 13:oy's nppnl'ntns which gives a morc accurate reading. This gas works supplics gas to Gillingham and Shartesbury and District. M_ NORms, U_l'_ • IMPRESSIONS FROM A FRENCH HOLIDAY "IJon