", I 1 .1 i I t 1 , \, , I' f r~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ § § § § § § i§ County Rlgh School for Girls I§ § . ~ § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § . § § ~ V01. 22 § § § § SHAFTESBURY ~ § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § . • ~ Dec~nibd'; 1959 § § § § § ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~j County High School for Girls Shaftesbury N\.A.GAZINE DEOEilllER, 1959 VOL. 22 CONTENTS Editorial Magazine Committeo Staff Notes Gifts to the School Past, Prescnt and Futuro School Officials Calendar for 195Q Carol SCf\"icc. 1958 Choir's Passiontidc Recital School :Fctc ScnOOL ACTI\'lTIES A'XD REPORTS School Council Social Service Games H01:lsc Reports , Boarders' Report Musical Acti\·itics ~Ir. Pokorny'g Lecture CONFERENCES AND EXPEDITIONS Easter Course at the Sorbonno VI Conference at Dinton Wiltshire Rural 'Music School Course New Housing HOLIDAY JOBS 1. Addition 2. A Day in tho life of ••• 3. The Petrol Pump " Anno Frank tt-A Review A 'Veck in tho Summer Holidays Our Island A Talo OnIER LA..,"ws Trinidad Yugoslavia On the Borders of Tibet A Burglary Dream It's Morning in Dorrn Six Yachting by Night TinwmAbboy POETRY PARE~"TS' AssOCIATION SEOl'ION' OLD GmLS' SEO'rION + tIltlrlled 0.1 the .. Stanaard" QUite. Slo~c House. Frame + ~>------------------------------------~----------------------------- EDITORIAL Sir Compton Mackenzie has written, that having enjoyed illmost every decade of his life, he still looks with the least .affection at, "The almost intolerable boredom of school. Even now 'when I Pass a school I fccl a momentary pang of compassion for ,the inmates." .<\8 he admitted, times have changed, and we like to feel the 'majority here c~n think of school now and iil the fnture, with .some pleasure at least. The bright smiles of Speech day and Sports day cannot of ,course give the whole picture; and wc hope our magazine will go ,a long way towards showing that enjoyment is derived from .compulsory education, and thc wide opportunities and interests it provides. Not only have wc dignified, though cramped; buildings, in a charming school gardeu; but a wllOle countrysideof beauty, aud an enterprising town, that-should provido a good ·foundation on which to build anyone's education. The school's activities, and the girls' contributions will, we 'hope, show in some small way, that scliool' and home arc not so incompatible as they might seem. For if'what is learnt at scho?I .is not going to be applied to the outside: world in every way, the 'whole point of education is lost. THE EDITOR. • * 3 Magazine Committee E(litor: A.,x 1I[ILROY Sub-Edi/ol' : BERYI" ROBINSON Oommittee: HELEN BROWN JULIA SlilITHERS JANlCE RICIL\RDS BARllARA SICEW JACICIE :ilIALE • * _. -* $: STAFF NEWS :ilUss Brewington and Miss Williams left n8 at the cnd of the Summer Term and wc miss them both very much. :ilfiss Brcwington has begun a di[ferent kind of teaching; in a Hospital School in Warwick, she helps boys and girls of various ages and abilities to continue their education while they cannot be at school. It sounds qnite different from formal lessons. She writes, "Teaellingon the adult wards can be disturbing. Sometimes the other patients join in 01' supply the answers an,1 on onc women's ward, two 01' three old ladies usually come and sit ucmrp. e whim I'm teaching Pat (she's twelve) and listcn too." Miss Williams is now teaching Religious KI.lOwledge at;: Huntingdon Grammar School and is enjoying teaching boys as well as girls. +n tllCir placcs wc, welcome 1IIiss Esscx and 1111's. Bell all(l hope that they will be happy with ns. During the holid~ys, Miss Watkins enjoyed a Course ill. Classics at Oxford and'1IUss Drake onc on the Harmonica at Reading. We arc relieved to find that she does not intend to introdnce this instrument into music lessons. Mrs. Davison had ~ very strenuous fortnigllt at Exeter on a Science Course . * • • GIFTS TO THE SCHOOL J. Burridge:· Thor.Heyerdahl's' Kon Tiki ,'&' AIm .AIm.' :ill. Guy Che.que. J. Whltmarsh :. Gift of Money. J . .Alnel': 0akStool for Dramatic Society. M. Breeds: Cheque. :ilUss Brewingtoll. : Cheque. Miss WiIIiams : Library Book. j Christiue Harrison: Copy of Apocrypha to be used for Prayers_ RosemaryT,a"Tence:' Local History in England.' Diane Waters: Book. 4 PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE When the-time comes ronnd to write my article for the Magazine my mind inevitably ranges back over the years, l'emembering what has been, and forward to what is yet to come. It is good that every year there is some development, some step forward, sotne progress to record. 1959 Ims ha (1 its high-lights. The first of these was on a snowy day in .rannary when Sir Edward Boyle, the Parliamentary Secretary to the 1\[inistry of Edncation, paid us a visit. Re was shown ovcr Bm-ton Rill I;Iouse and talked to some of the junior boarders there. Then he came dmvn to School and, after a tour {)f the buildings, had tea with other official visitors in the Rail. In his letter aftcrwards, he said" I was much impressed by the charm of the buildingS and by the happy atmosphere." This year too is important in our llistory bccause Mary Non'is won for us our first State Scholarship, which is the School's 11ighest academic achievement 80 far. 'Ye value vcry much the links between the prescnt school tlnd it£ past members and the latter have demonstrated their loyalty and affection for the School rather specially this year. Our Summer 1\[eeting brought together the)argest numher of Old Girls eyer to m~ethere, 75, bilt this number was slll'passed in November when 82 members attended the Annual Dinner. 1959-60 will be remembered too as a year of transition. For many years wc haye been grateful for the hospitality of Gillinglmm Grammar School for Domcstic Science and for Advanced work in Physics, Ohemistry and Geography. Now the uniting of GiIlingham Grammar School and Gillingham 1\rodern School into Gillingham School meailS that alll;ltcir resources are needed for their own boys an(l girls and the Shaftesbnry Schools must become self-sufficient. Grateful as wc are for all that Gillingham has done for us, wc welcome this change because of the time sayed on travelling. The Grammar School nceds a Ohemistry J,aboratory, and a master to teach in it, and wc nee(l a Domestic Science room and a mistr~ss to teach there, if the two Schools are to be~ ome self-sufficient. 'Ye hope that by September, 1960, these nceds will lmve bcen met and then, in futlll'e, wc shall lmve to make our time-table dovetail into that of. onc school only instcad of two. And so we look forward to the future with hope. 'Vc know wc must be l'eady to adapt ourselyes to changing conditions, .~. but we know too that, as wc haye been guided in the past, and arc being sustained in the present, so wc shall be npheld in the futlll'e. "'1. K. DUNFORD. 5 SCHOOL OFFICIALS Hea(/ GM: ROSE)[ARY BltAYFORD DIYJ",ty Hea(Z GM : CHRISTINE CROUCH Prefects: PA)IELA COLJJIS AUDREY IrORLOCK JON1~S PENNY 'VELLS .A..,(N ,:M1LROY SUb-Prefects: PATRICIA RrnOUT • .A..,(NE WELFORD JENNY CODLEY HEATIIEIt COLYElt BAltRIE SERGEAN ROSAUND JACKSON * • A CALENDAR OF EVENTS ~URING 1959 January 14th Visit of Sir Edward Boyle. February 27th " Twclfth Night" at Salisbury. U.IV upwanls. }Iareh lIth Lecture by nr. Macdonalcl on " Animals of Africa. ". 20th Stabnt ~Iarer-Pcrgolcsi in Holy l'rinity. April 24th Dobato with Grammar. School. 27th ?tlrs. Driver's talk on Christian Aid Wcek. " 1st VI Conference at Dinton. 2nd North Dorset Music Festival. " 12th Bnrnardo's Film. " June 6th N'orth Dorset Athletic ::\Iccting. 10th. Parents'Day." 20th Dorset Sports. July 13th VI Conference at Sunny Hill. 18th Fete." 20th Swimming Sports. 20th Upper VI Temlis Party. " 22nd School Year finished. September 16th School opened. 22nd Prof. LuCo.'\s: "Role of Unh'crsity in :Modem World.!'" 28th )Ir. Pokorny: "World Refugce Problem." " October 7th VI Uan'cst Fcsth·al. 10th ]30nnlers' Film Evening: "Red BaUoon-" & "Great " Advcnture. " 14th Speech Da.y. Dr. Grubb prescnted the Prizes. 19th :llobile Nursing Exhibition. " Ko\"cmber 5th :i'Ir. Polnek: "Tolerance." 7th Old Girls' DUUler. . . 12th Ro.... W. V. Williams: ":i'Iission to Lepers." " December 11th Carol Scrvice at Holy Trinity. " 13th Carols by Candlclight. 17th Christmas DUlllcr. 6 .. THE NINE LESSON CAROL SERVICE. 1958 The Nine Lesson Carol Service is an adaptation of that common in monastic days when the story of the Nativity was read lesson by lesson by members of the Order. For ns, howevCl', it has an cven greatel· importanec because we are not so close, knit a. e~mmunity as a monastic order, and the Carol Service provides us with almost the only opportunity in th~ year when all the niembers of the Grammar and lIigh Schools and their staffs, along with members of the congregations of all Shaftesbury's Churches, can meet and worship togcther. Indeed, this great gathering together of all the elements in·the town's life is symbolised in the first hyrim, " Once in Royal David's City." The choir-boy's solo in the first verse is followed by a verSe from the processional choir; the High School join in the third verse and the congregation in the fourth. In,the last two verses the Grammar School swcll tho volume until the whole building echoes with the singing as if all Shaftesbury were pressed within its walls. This year's servicc was as usual a slJ.cccss. The lessons wero rcad with great sincerity and feeling, and their themes wera taken up by the choir who showed in their singing of tho carols the fmits of the labours of Mr. J'olmstone and lIfiss Drake. The l·est of the congregation joined in tho hymus with vigour. The servico ended with the reading of the passage from the beginning of St. J' ohn's Gospel, by tho Rector, followcd by the Collects and tho Blessing. A bald summary of the evonts cannot do justice to the Carol Service. No two services can be the same, for each year a generation has passed from. the schools to the outside world, and there is always an even newer new-girl and new-boy to read the lessons. But the spiJ:it is always the same. It is the ardent hope of all of us whose last Carol Service this' will be that this tradition will be continued for many years in the future. w. J'. O. J'ORDAN (Shaftesbury Grammar School) . .. THE CHOIR'S,PASSIONTIQERECITAL A recital on the evening of March 20th in Holy Triuity Church was tho result of a term's Imrd work by the Voluntary Choir. .Although the church was by no means full, there was the feeling of a real musical occasion-.the patient oxpectancy, the orderly entry of the two dozen singers, and the organ, solos by lIfr. Grahame J'ohnstone. Under jiliss Drake, the 1'ecital started simply with a song of praise by Maurice Greene; and after short items by Richard Dering, J. S. Bacn, Constantini and lIIozart came the main work , Stabat Mater' by Pergolesi. . Rere it was that the cnoir sllOwed its trne worth :-by its ruscipline, alertness and-most important-by its cnjoyment. The discipline gave snrpl'ising body, llarticnlarly to the altos; the alertness gave vitality; and the enjoyment bronght abont that accord with the listener from which comes the trne depth of experience in a work snch as tlle ' Stabat lIIater.' Some of the soloists were understandably nervous-this is inherent in all trne endeavour-but it was well controlled. The writer of this note understands that the singers ananged among themselves their own solos and duets, and largely rehearsCll themselves. They are to be eommended both on their team work and their good judgement; f01' there was a 1'efreshlng variety in the solOists, and the voices in duet were nicely balanced. Shaftesbury can indeed connt itself fortunate to ,have had such a helpfnl contdbution to its Lenten preparation. May it be so another 'year; and may those of the singers who have gone afield continue to give of their gro\\ing talents wherever tllCy maybe. J.S. THE SCHOOL FETE, ,JULY 18th, 1959 Determined to sqneeze as much money as possible from all available sources (mainly parents) we began our fete efforts before the actual day of the fete. The Sixth aud Third Forms supplied each other with a good deal of trade, as the former sold tuck and the latter cleaned shoes. Other forms provided equally enterprising and usefnl seryices. But, were tIle large cardboar follow once we had become accustomcd· to hearing a flow of: French. Fayomites were soon established among the lecturers, and often at the end of a lecture, ,ve rose to our feet to cheer and applaud with true Gaelic abandon. The 'Cours Pratiques ' were also great fun; they consistcd of I'cading, translation, or conversation. The quality which we found most remarkable in our lecturers and tea ehel's was their astonishing vivacity and energy, which was most infectious. After a boisterous lunch (the epithet describes well all OUI" meals) we would go on organised sight-seeiug tom's, until about ,1 p.m. At least, they were organised until we reacheeI our final destination, after this we were given until dinner (7 p.m.) to find our own way back to t11e lycce. Needlcss to say, at first we often became lost and lmd to find .the nearcst metro station. I think that we 'did' Paris fairly thoroughly during: t1lese afternoon tours; amoug the placcs which we visited werc: Le Sacre Cocur, Les Invalides, Notre Dame, a truly beautiful cathedral, the Arc de Triomphe, the Louvre, where we needed a month to absorb everything, the Palais. de Justice, Sainte Chapelle, ancI. the Conciergerie, with its grim souvenirs of the Revolution, the Eiffel Tower (of course) and Versailles. One of tl10 highlights of Our visit was a reception held in OUI" lion our on Easter Satnrday morning at the HOtel de Ville. Endless red carpets, huge mirrors and chandeliers, row upon row' of gilt chairs, speeches,-and much good humour form my chie( 20 memories of this. On Easter Sunday wc -attended a service'at tile British Embassy ehurell, and were amused at the incongruitY of the many bowler-Ilatted Englishmen present, in tile middle of Paris. AIl tile afternoon .tours we,e not' obligatoire,' and some of us took tile opportunity of exploring the deliglltful large stores like 'Aux Printemps.' The displays here were so beautifully artistic and appealing that had our francs allowed it wc would lutve bought the entire stock ! On sunny afternoons we walked in the Bqis de Boulogne or the Luxembourg Gardens. Owing to our impecunious state, wc usually walked to most places, but wc used the metro a good deal, in fact wc becam~ quite blase about this. We "Iso tried a' bus, and on onc occasion wc were forced to hail" taxi so as not to' arrive back late at the lycee. .As there were four of us we were notl'uined by the fare! :rn the evenings wc were free from 8 p.m, until 10 p.m;, to gQwherever'we liked, the one rule being that we kept in gro'ups of not less tl,an four. My friends "nd r had great iun exploring ]Iontmartre, the Ohamps Elysees, walking by the Seine, or going to the theatre. On two evenings the whole paj.'ty went to the theatre, to sec "Le-Bourgeois Gentilhomme" at .the Oomcdie Fran9aise, and" Marie Tudor" at the T.N.P. If one was fairly wealthy onc eoul,1 go to more performances of plays, musicals, or ballets. Dancing was orgauised for onc evening, but there were so many of us in the hall that even to move was a feat of perseyerance, so that idea was abandoncd, A few miscellaneous memories add to the picture: the delight of munChing chestnuts, jammy buns, ehocolate-coyeredalmonds, all roasted on the payements; eXllloring a market and haggling with an old Fl'enehwoman; buying paintings from the' bouquinistes ' by the Seine; the enellanting shop windows, beautifully drcssed for Easter; the daily adventure of crossing" road and . avoiding the hurtling traffic; and stopping to cllat with some of the' down-and-onts ' wlio sat in the metro or on the payement,.;, watching life go by. I must not forget to mention the pleasure of meeting new English people, and the' camaraderie' 'Ivhich developed among many of us. Evidence of this was shown at the end of the return journey, for as we all streamed along the platform at Victoria, after singing indefatigably all d"y, we started' Old Lang Sync'and everybody joinen in, so tliat the strains echoed across the station, and even the hardened llorters stopped and stared. To conclude I would say-tliat prominent among my lasting memOlies of Pmis arc the celebrated warmth and zcst of the Parisians; and the great contrasts of the city itself: the 21 vibrant life of the J,atin quarter aud the holy peace of a seryice ilr. Notre Dame; the elegance of the' fashion plates' in the Bois de· Boulogne and the tattered,maimed beggars squatting on the· pavements. "'as it any wonder that as the essay subject in a· voluntary examination at the end of the course the professors set " The Variety of Paris'" 1 JE""Y STAGG, Upper 1'1. * • WEEKEND CONFERENCE AT PHILLIPS HOUSE, DINTON InilL'trch the Upper VI again went to Phillips Honse, Dinton, for a residential weekend, spent mainly in liYely discnssion on the Ohristian point of view concerning vital issues of modern life. The Sh:th Formers taking part came from Foster's School, Sherb011le ; Sherborne School for GU'ls; lIL'trlborough Oollege; Shaftesbury Grammar School; Gillingham Grammar School; and Shaftes· bury High School. . The general title of the Oonference·was '; Is Ohristianity a Practical Proposition Y " On Saturday, iI.L'trch 15th, we discussed "Has God a Purpose for ne Y " and on Sunday " lIas God a Purpose for the World Y" The Reverend Philip Roberts, Ourate St. Michael's, Salisbury, acted as our chau·mau •.l'Ounding up our stray thoughts and cutting through the maze of our confused ideas with remarkable lucidity. Miss Rogers, of Salisbury Training Oollege, and.ill1"' Eric Grant, of the Salisbury and South Wilts College of Further Education, also acted as' guiding lights.' Wc follo\\'ed the ll)ethod which llad ·proyed succcssful at last ycar's conference: grOI.IP discussion of· qucstions with an immediate bearing on ·the main topic, followed by general discussion, based on the reports, of the groups. Here much stimulating and vigorous argument· arose, during which wo gained a great deal from hearing about tho experiences of tho threo adults concerning our problems. In spite of the fact. that we were'so enthusiastic dlll'ing the first day's djscussion~ .that 'lights out' had to be delayed, we were able to )'elax by.·.taIking; dancing, or going for exploratory walks. On Sunday. mOl''ling:·mauy of us attended· .an inter· denominational celebration of. :Holy Oommunion, at Dinton Ohurch. ..,:'" . .Ai; wc departcd ou Sunday e\'imihg, wc had only onc l'egret : that wc had failed to win the race against time and had not been able to cover as much grotmi! as we would have liked. Howeyer wc all appreciated how. much trouble was taken to allow us to 22 .. • .. .s:: I 'u c " o () '0 o .c u en ., .c-- o on c i., :E .c'-.!!! lE... ., .c... 'u c " o () '0 o .c u en ., .c-- o on c i., :E .c'-.!!! lE... ., .c... , ele·mist' our minds anel exchange problems and queries both with people of oui' own age and ~with those more experieneeel in seeking the answer to these questions. Unfortunately we were not able to 1.101d a' Dinton Reunion' this j'ear but the whole SL\:th Form took part in a similar con· ference at Sunny Rill School, which compensated for this. JENNY STAGG, Upper TTI. * • • THE WILTSHIRE RURAL MUSIC SCHOOL SUMMER COURSE At about '1.30 p.m. on Saturday, August 25th, I arrivcel at Urchfont Manor, ncar Devizcs,where I was to study music for the next six days with other students of similar interest-s. When I arrived, tea was being served from the dining l"Oom, which overlooks a lawn, on which I founel a number of young musicians aJreaely enjoying that meal. I followed, their example, having met the elireetor, lIfiss Rorsfall, wlw introduced me to some more girls of about my own age. Then wc were all given so many instructions about the.time·table, when to praetiee,~fire·drilI and goodness knows what else that I could only take iu a few of them, and 1\'e set straight to work •. Wc assembled in a hot, disused and dimly-lit stable with our various instruments for the orchestra's first meeting. I was asked to play second violiu. The orchestra was rather smaller than usual and the French horn was the only brass instrument "e had. Apart from this we had tympani and the usual members of the string anel wind sections. ilLessl's. Percy Coates and Elston Evans spent an hour giving us an idea of a Raydn aud a Sclmbert symphony, and then Miss Crallan gave us our first lesson of " Choral." She preceded this by begging for people to sing soprano, most of the ladies claiming to be contraltos, so several women and girls with lower voices obliged. I was onc of these. ·When several of the songs were transposediuto a lower key, most oIus could manage the majority of the notes. For mc, these lessons entailed less work than the instrumental classes, as the songs wc studied were easier than those wc sing at se11001. After supper, we were divided into groups, according to our ability, for" Chamber Music A." I was placed in a small group, consisting of a pianist, ·another violinist and myself. Wc began working on a Purcell sonata and ilIrs. Coates appeared at intervals 10 coach us. This ·ended at about 9 p.m. and lIIiss Crallan opened her tuckshop and served tea. Then wc could practise if we wished, or if we felt wc needed to do so, as long as we became quiet at 11 p.m. Then followed five days of hard, but enjoyable work. The orchestra was confronted with more and more music, and wc were placedoin groups for" Chamber il1usic B." For this, I played in a violin quartet. Sometimes wc had a chance to form groups of our own, and we derived great enjoyment from these. • There was a large collection of music from which we could buy or bon'ow works for all kinds and combinations of instruments. On two evenings the staff gave concerts of music for the piano, 'eello and violin. An expert on wood,,;nd gave a talk on the earlier "ind instruments, teIling us how and why they came 'into use"and how thcy evolved into the moder!llIutcs and clari' nets and so on. ]Je gave demonstrations of earlier and more .recent wind instruments, playing tunes on those, which were 'more pleasant to listen to. On the night before the last, we all .. assembled in the library for the students' chamber music·eoncert. ,il1y" Chamber Music A" group 11ad been asked to.play, but was ·unable to do so because my partner's wrist was complaining 'of the ·large amount of work which had been suddenly thrust upon it. 'We sat back and enjoyed hcaring other students performing classical and modern pieces. I thought the vast majority of the .performances was 'very good, and that some were outstanding ,and so!,nde.d quite professional. Wc were told that the standard ,of the music became higher and higher cach year. . Then, on the last night, we gave au orchestral concert to the 'public in'the village hall. We played pieces by Scllllbert, ]Jandel and other great composers. Our only double-bass player had been ,called away just before the concert, but we·managed without her, ,and the programme ran quite smoothly. We also sang some of the 'songs we 'had practised in " Choral "-by no means perfectly' hl\tllliss Crallan.seemed to be pleased. We sang" The Owl.aml .the Pussycat," "Weep you no more, sad Fountains" and a 'madrigal called· "']Jave I found her' " Back at the Manor, the staff and somc ,of the most experienced students played to anyone who wished to listen, While others pL'wed through their favourite music, and arranged to continue mastering their problems together duririg next year's .;;; course. Early the following morning we )yished each other" GOQd' bye till next year," and I raj;her sadly left new friends ofoall agesand set off on my homeward journey. I had gaincd mucll ex 24 perience from playing and hearing the performanccs and the conversation of more advanced stndents, and I hope to attend another snch an enjoyable COurse. GILLIAN RAI,PH, Lower 1'1. • * NEW HOUSING .As honsing comes into the syllabus of Human Biology, we eight members of the Lower Sixth who are taking this subjeet asked Mr. Osborne if we might visit Iris building site in Gilling. ham. Mrs. Davison arranged with him when we were to go, so one morning we all set out to discover how to build a house. First of all, we were shown the foundations which had been dug and filled with cement concrete where the walls were to be laid and where the bricks which would be b~fow ground level would be. The next house wc were shown was having its walls constructed. We were shown the threc·inch gap that there is betweu the inner and the outer walls. Wooden-jOists had been laid so that there would be an air space of one foot below the floor boards. We could see the position of the damp·proof course a few inches above the ground and at the point where the chim· ney joins-the roof. After this we were shown a bungalow which had bcen completely finished except fOl' the decorations. The walls had just been plastercd and the cleetricity and water supply had been laid. The bungalow'& cess pit had becn constructed so that when the town's sewage system is completed it can casily join with the mains. The roof had been slated but under the slatcs we could see the felt which keeps it water tight. The next bnngalow we were shown had been built and decorated throughout. It was built for a schoolmaster and his family, so in one of the bedrooms there were many bookshelves and built·in cupboards. The bungalow was facing the south·west with the bedrooms in the front of it. The kitchen and living· I'oom wcre facing the south; the kitchen was small but all that is necessary could easily be fixed in it, Built·in cUllboards were made to extend up the full height of walls, The living·room was the ouly room with a fire in it so all the others had to have aerated bricks. There was one large and two small Windows in the living·room, The bathroom was small. The w.e., hand basin aud b'ath were all fixed to the outside wall so that the sewage would'be easier . .AJI the pipes met in the ccss pit which had a vent pipe in order to dispose of the stagnant air. 25 After having seen this onr visit to Gillingh:tm an<1 tho building sito was at an end. I feel sure that we all shall know what we should look for when we are house-hunt.ing later on. JAXE CnoUCH, Lowe,' VI. HOLIDAY JOBS. 1_ Addition • During last Summer holidays, I worked for tell days :tt Bristol University, checking the marks of the' 0 ' Leycl G.C.E. Papers . .As it was the first job that I had cver dOlle, I felt excite<1 alld • :t little nervous to begill with. Howcver, I brltycly marched up the stops to the main entrance of the University alld pushed :tt the he:tvy swing doors; but they were not as he:tvy as I had anticipated: for they crashed against the inside wall "ith :t boom that echoed up and up into the tower. I had arrived ! I had been told to go to Room Three, alld so, determine<1 that! should find it without Il:tving to ask anyolle, I set off down the corridor. My luck was ill. There was a large notice 011 the wall pointing to Room Three, presumably for the benefit of examiners who were coming to a meeting that day. The orderly piles of examination scripts looked quite terrifying at first, but the two girls with whom I was to work soon showed me what to do. It was quite simple-I was to add the marks all down the margins of each script to make sure that the final total was accurate. If there had been :t mistake the candidate's mark was revised. The l'emaiilder of the time passed ulleYentfully. The work was often boring, and very tiring, especially on hot afternoons . .At these times tempers were frayed, and we felt more ·like arguing than adding long columns of numbers. However, in spite of the weather, all the scripts had been checked before the results were publisllCd, alld on my last afternoon I was called to the treasurer's study where I was given tell clisp £1 notes. JULIA SlliTllERS, Lower Y. 2_ A Day in the Life of ... " June, run and get :t cloth, will you t " "June, slip upstairs and tellllIiss Flannagan I w:tnt her ... " " June, hurry up and get the lift emptied ... " "June, that table needs elealing ... " 26 I was one of the temporary jnnioraSSistants at cafe number G.5., hcnce my new name. It was tllC rush hour, and I had been "on the floor" since eight o'clock that morning. Now, as lllulgry men and women crowded down the self·service counter .collecting food, and replete ones sauntered out, leaving dirty .dishes piled lligh on the tables,. I rushed about with my five tiel' trolley trying to do the impossible job of clearing all the empty -tables bcfore anothcr customcr sat down and complained of the mess. ilIy trolley was full, so I steered through the queue of .customers to the lifts, where ilIichacl, another junior, would .empty it and scnd the lot up to the kitchen. Two more trolleys -piled high ,,1th dirty crockery were waiting to be unloaded; both ·.the lifts wcre full of clean dishes from the kitchen, the kitchen :staff were buzzing angrily at the lift bell for the empty lifts. And ilIichacl was nowhcre to be seen. Stephen's voice from the Idtchen came floating down the speaking tube, "Dream lover, -where are you·ou-ou ... 1 " as he rang for the lifts. I told him to .shut up, and began to clear up the chaos. At that moment ilIichael appcarcd, nonchalantly reading a newspaper. "Look," llC exclaimed, grinning, "it says here that British women have never had such an easy time before ... " I glared at him and left ·the astonished lad to get on with it while I returned to pacify an ·old ' regular' who complained that there was tomato ketchup in llis plum pudding. "I've never llUd such an easy time before," J: thought grimly. Two hours latcr, rather than willing customers not to come in, as before, I was hoping that evcn forty would.all decide to 'have a meal at once; for now at three o'clock in the afternoon, business was so slow that wc might as well have closcd down. It was always the same. I leaned on my empty trolley reading a newspaper kindly left by a customer, and beginning to feel hungry, for I had had my lunch at ten thirty and tea wasn't till -fOUl'. This was my late night too, and the long hours stretehcd .ahead of me till six thirty, full of boring nothingness. Springer, -the coloured gil'i, was lethargienlly filling the sugar bowls; :ilIiehael was happily mixing still orange drinks nt the cold counter, .and anywny I wasn't going to talk to him; Nelly, her enp askew, was hopefully offering" Ohips 01' mash, sir t " behind the grill to .It customer who never had anything butn buttercd ten-cake; and ilIay waS sobbing gently into the soup ltS' usual. Stephen's voicc mingled with shouts, the clatter of dishes, and the dull boom of -the dish washing machine, sounded drcnriIy, "Dream lover, where are you-ou-ou ... Y " from the kitchen. I was bored ... Iris, who at eighteen considered herself Slightly nbove me, a lUcrc junior, came over yawn,ing ungl'acefully. " 'J~re," she said~ .digging me in the ribs with her elbow, and she launched forth as 27 usual into ridiculing onc of the more unfortunate-looking of the customers, laughing heartily at herself the wllile. "lIIadam," our formidable manageress, soon put a stop to tllis however. "Break it up, you two" she barlccd, and wc sem-ried off to obey her, not without a few muttered threats on Iris's part. But" Madam" was an ex-prison warder and police women, and you didn't say "No" to be~' ! "Dream lover, where are·you-ou-ou ... Y " sangStephen as he rang for the lift ... " June, go and help Lil with the coffees ... " " Ohips or mash, sir Y " offered Nelly hopefully ... "Ere," said Iris, digging me in the ribs confidentially ... But I didn't wait to hear hel'latest talc; I fled to my respite of tea and stale cake as the customers bega!l to come in again and the staff busied themselvcs bellind the counter. The tea rush had . begun. B.S., Lowe)" 1'1. 3. The Petrol Pump " Does yom-battcry need topping up, sir Y lIIay I cheek your oil level ma'am Y Isn't the needle on your petrol gaugc flickcring a bit ncar the empty mark ¥" Everybody seemed t<> have Imd holiday jobs except mc, so this summer holiday, I decided that it was my tm-n. I did not want to work in a shop, I did not think my mental arithmetic was good enough and so my mother suggested the petrol pumps as a joke. In fact, the last week in August I found myself a working woman on the petrol pumps. I startedatS.30a.m. on what promised to be a very hot Monday morning. Business was extremely slow and I was very glad when, at 10 o'clock, I was informed that I had to make the tea. It took me about ten minutes to coax the ancient primus t<> go, but eventually I was .yelling " Tea Up " and .the mecllanics. were having a very welcome break. I was told later that I made a very good" cupp",·." At 12.30 I had an hour off for lunch and. was I glad to get off my feet, but that homo soon passed and I was really glad when 5.30 came and it was time to knock off for the day . .All tIle aftcrnoons seemed vcry long as business was so· slow. Monday and Thursday mornings were quite busy as it was. Bank day in Tisbury. Tuesday morning was also quite busy as it was market day in Salisbury. Saturday morning was the busiest time of the week as it was when everybody was off to the sea·· side. lily biggest fright occurred on the Tuesday aftel'lloon when' the petrol tanker came to fill om' tanks aud the driver asked me to check the dipsticks in order to see that he had emptied the tanker. I thought that he meant I had to climb up 011 the. 28 tanker. Actually it was he who -had to ascend the tanker and hold the dipsticks down to me; all I had to do was sce that they were quite dry. I very much enjoycd my week on the pumps and it was profitable at Is. Id. an hour. By the way, don't forget it's " Esso for Extra." FELICITY CORP, Upper Y. "ANNE FRANK" I I,lwe read both " The Diary of Anne Frank" and" The Footsteps of Anne Frank," two books wllich have moved me tremendously and also brought me to realise what telTible things can happen in war-time. Anne Frank was only thirteen years of age when first she began to write her diary-one wllieh she never dreamt would be read by thousands of people today. Aune was just au ordinary girl, not particularly good-looking, but a girl who had a genius for writing, and a great spirit. JIow many of us have started diaries, and then given p, excusing ourselves with the thought that wc have nothing to write about, although our lives ai·e full of activities and happenings. Yet Anne Frank, inlliding from the Gestapo for two years, just because she was a Jew, managed to llortray her every thought on paper, despite her boring and often unhappy surroundings, in which there was a constant atmosphere of arguing and irritation. She confided in her diary so very closely tlmt it became a friCl!d to her, the only friend in her lonely worlIY uncomfortable to have part~ofone sticking out into the icy night, , air. If his friend h,nd pl~eu!llonia, it would be lIi1possiblc to treat him for it in that remote district where there was no doctor for miles aronnd. Ul;cle Pe~er only once ,,'ent' out at 'night because of the freeziug cold. He did so in qrder to see the mOlllltains in the light of the full moon. The moonlight on the suow gave a beautiful luminous effect. The scenery was inagnifi~ent. There wCI;e'liigh s110.w capped peaks all around them, gne being the famous 'Kangchenj'lllga, but the anonymous friend was i!1 no eon(].i~ion to enjoy all this, the best thing for hill; was to go down into the vaIleys. This they did, and found thnt'ti'avelling on the lower ground was the most interesting part; of tlie journey, because ,herO' there'were more villages and the inllUbit.~nts were' friendly and·llOspitable. They gave the party a most i'efreshing alcol!9lic <).rink caIled chee, which is rather liko mild beer. It is made .out of grain which is kept till it sprouts, anA .ferment~. It is then put in a bamboo cup and boiling water is pqured 9u it, more. Iic!ng added when required and onc drinks it with a narrow bamboo for a straw. The Tibetans also make :t sort of dough out of barley which is first roasted, then groun(l into flour.. It is said to help CUre mountain sickness but is not renlly effect;",c .. Uncle Peter says that the only thing that reaIly wod,s is.to tak<\ two aspirins and goto bed! '. , They also came across a monastery at'Tashi DiIig where there was a very s~ra~lge cti~toi)l. Ev~ryyear the mOliks carefuIly ladle into a copper pot (I don't know why copper pots seem to' be, so inextricably involvcd in tIle i'eligi9iis fnnctions of these people !) seven Cups of water. The pons' theiI seaICd' up and kept for a year. Then It festival is'held'and a'crowd gathers,· even the maharajah's son is present,. and the contents Of the eopper'll0t is measl\l'ed. If,there is less .vate1"it'will bc' wbad'year,' ,jfit is the same, it will be a moderate year, and if there is more' (though ho" there could be I can't imagine) it is a very good omCIli The water is thlm, distributed among tIle villagers.and is considered holy. ' • Uncle Peter c1id not see'this ceremony pCIio'rmed' but was shown the copper pot in Wllich tlic' watel: ,vas kept.o He' was also shown the masks worn by the 'priests"yhen they p~rform devil dances which arc likc the miracle plilys' of the'l\Iiddle' Ages'; 'they have a moral and there arc chnraetel's l'eprescnting go6dand cwil. 40 a" 't1 ., ~ ~ j' ;" ~,~ ~f} Sikkim is a eouutry that 11as great charm audcharacter. It is uot improbable that'itwill become tlie battlegrouud of the .' two great states, India and Ohina. It would be a pity if the people of Sikkim were to suffer from a quarrel that is not of their making. SARAll JORDAN, Upper Y . .. * A BURGLARY (A True Story) I slmU always remember this holiday in London as being one of the most exciting weeks of my life. My sister Rnth, and the otllOr two joint-owners of a';smaU, basement in a side street in Victoria, had taken me to the Scala Theatre to sce in the afternoon" L'enfant Prodigue,"'and 'in"the ,evening" 'Peer' Gynt;" The evening performance was most exciting, and, at eleven o'clock, we walked two miles through the brightly lighted streets baekto the fiat, all eagerlY'(lisenssing the Planetarium which wc wel'e to visit on the following day, Then at last we reached the fiat, and while I set the .table, mydreamy and absent minded sister made thc coffee . .Anne, onc of my sister's friends, suggested that wc listened tothc long playirig record of " l\fy Fair Ludy," She swit(',hed on the light, and then wc heard a cry" We all rushed in and then stopped dead. My l10art missed a beat" Where was thc.,new record player which we had lc.ft under the window on, the table ~ David, one of many visitors to the fiat, ran down the, steps at that moment aud was alarmed to hear the dismayed cries coming from the bedroom. We 11ad entered the bedroom and "'hat a'sight it was. Jewel boxes were thrown emp'tY on tIle beds. Pearls and brooeIies had bemi thrown erueUy to the fioor, and tlie conterits of the drawers were tipped out and the money taken. Anue burst"into tears and sat Oli the edge otthe bcd'rocking disconsolately to arid fro. "1)a:viii ran quickly up the s~airs to the neurest 'phone box, and my sister paced up and dowu the room angrily llluttering threats under her breath. I ran into the kitchen to sce if my sister, when makilig the coffee, had failed to sce any' namage, There, on the table was the padlock from the I' gas meter, and the neat'filings surroun'diug it. Rutli had actually' belm making the' coffee bn 'that 'same table, and had failed to notice it'. David theii returned, liaving c<~lled the police, mid, l)eingame<1ic<~1 stl~dentatGiIY's Hospital, inade w'arm; weak erips of tea. 41 Two surly policemen arrived, took a list of what had been stolen, and said, voicing what they say daily" We'll do our best, but we can't promise that you'll get anything back. We'll send some O.I.D.'s along." After a sleepless night, I got up at six o'clock, and tried to mad" The Wind in the Willows," but it was to no avail. The O.I.D.'s came and went, leaving us with a discontented feeling . .Although they promised to find the stolen articles, we have never seen them since. H. Jmms, Upper 11'. * • • DREAM With a snap she'iastened the long graceful skis to her feet and looking upwards started the journey to the top. Slowly at first the wooden blades cut sharply into the soft snow, following the tracks of those who had goue this way earlier; tracks stretching far into the distance li,ke miniature invertecl railway lines. The snow dcscrt twinkled iinitingly, silver stars in a milkwhite sky, not bleak, for the sun was piercing the azm'e heaven, filling the crisp air with warmth. As she pressed on to the 'horizon she saw small stark bushes, whic]) appeared to have struggled through the white mantel, pointing their fingers bravely at the world, to prove their existence. No sonnd broke the silence. There were few signs of life. Small impressions on the surface showcd where a bird had stepped daintily, and where a four-footed animal had taken its exercise. So the jonrney continucd until the hOI'izon became reality: Here was the world. Sharp topped mountains; needle·headed pines and far below the now snow-covered lake. But she stopped for a minnte only. Then like a hawk swooping" hungrily on its prey she swooped down, Sliding, skimming fleet-footed down, down over the shimmering whiteness; down, down, faster, faster and then through the wood. Naked bushes flanking the hard icy track flashed by; a track twisting snakishly through trees and out again. Onc final bend and tlw three wooden houses of the village greeted her. She slowed down, now barely gliding over the surface. Someone waved. And while acknowledging this she slipped, overbalancing and tumbled deep into the icy cold. They laughed, she laughed, the world laughed. She had returneel to life as one does frantically wakening from a hypnotic yet exhilarating dream. The dream remains a memory. O.~r.F.O., Upper 1'1. 42 a\\ ~ .,• • , . " 1, IT'S MORNING IN DORM 6 A blanket of mist shrouds the slmky window and a loud " clang' !. clang ! " resounds through the silent house and moves the huddled lumpy shapes in their iron.beds. A brisk step on the landing; 'the door is flung wide-sending a freezing cold draught straigh'tllp·the bottom of the bed-where yon spent the night wrestling with Chaueer Or Virgil-and a hearty "Good Morning "-and it's time ouee more to put your feet on the ... it was there last night, ... oh it's under the bed ... mat, and greet the housemistress and the new day. What 'a ,thought ! As the door shuts there is a mad rush for the baSin, but as four cannot wash all at once, the first to wash is the first to arrive. However, there is one consolation-you can get back into bcd again! ' The person at the basin rains curses on the head of some mythical plumber as the tap mfuses to produce water, and just as she had got to tlw other side of the room to get something to stop those pimples rising-a gurgle-a sp~utter aud-whooshthe tap was turned up to its full capacity an!l once again the Housemistress wiII be up to complain of the eyer-spreading stain on her" Omo bright" ceiling (Since wc haye occupied dorm 6 the Housemistress no longer posscses such an "Omo bright" ceiling). The unfortunate, meanwhile, whose ehail' stands nextto the basin, rains curses on the head of the miserennt, By this time the second bell has gone mid suddenly three bodies leap surprisiugly nimbly ou.t of bed and just as the bearer of the good-morning wishes breezes into the room, all beds are stripped to ,the mattress and their oeenpants arc doing the pllysieal jerks to restore the circUlation. Now, as each person washes, the washing-time shortens and as I'm the unfortunate who washes last always (not through laziness) I barely have time-but there is always time after breakfast! . When we are in the stage after the tout ensemble a faint thumping is heard in the distance as cook ti'ies t~' beat some sound out of the rather ancient gong., We pray tlmt it llas gone unheard by the Housemistress and it is after we have tried to put blouse, tie, gymslip and girdle on at the same time,' that someone comes out with the witty rcmark "More 'haste, less speed," which only adds to our frustration. It is 'fol'tunate that wc are used to such haste and are just about straight· when the response to the gong is heard-that ominous " clang ! clang !" and we all crowd round the mirror-s (onc is in almost complete darkncss and coyered with spots !) and pulling 'a comb roughly 43 (and I mean ronghly)' ·tln·ollgh .0nr'cUl'ls; tl,cre is a rllsh for the door and tear.ing down the stairs, ~ve jllst ·manage to-get ill to breakfast before the HousemiStress. '. . The rest of the day is ~omparatively plaill-sailing, and it is so, IIl1til once again it's mornin,g"in dorm 6.' . FEi-iCITY ~IACKINN()N, Upper Y. • ' . '-YACHTING BY NIGHT "Come an~ spend my Birthday with m~" said my Uncle, >: " brcezing into the Rectory'one'Saturday morning, shattering om' peace. So at seventy miles an hour wc sped to Poole'Harbour and found oUl'scl\-es looking fcarfully into a tiny dinghy, like a toy out of a Christmas. cracker, on to which we· were invited by my Uncle. How wc got.my mother· scatcd would· take an ,,,·ticle ill itse1f.! -A mathematical problem it was, as one. had to trcad on an exact spot, or else.the wholo thing.would overbalance. Fiftcen minutes' rowing brought us to the yacht proper. Lots had' to be done before wc eould sail that night. This'was not a brand new boat with a shining:ne'wengiue. Not long ago it had a large hole in its keel. It was amazing tlmt'it had just returned from Cherbourg safely. It was an old.racer, with a deep and heavy keel, thirty·five feet long, and five tons in weight. We thought.we had better inspect.the engine, before wc started, and a good thing wc did. A bolt was .missing ana'a steady trickle of water came from a leak in the pipe arQund it. The w.eather forecast was happily gale.force 3 to 4, dropping to 2.. At 7.0 p.m. wc set sail,.and the bridge opened uPi"Ilowing us through. We were.ou our way. Screwiug up om eyes to observe the various colomed lights which dU'eeted us' out, wc felt like real sailors. Atlast wc were in ·the open sea. It.was dusk, with a starry sky and a rough sea, and my Uncle promised it would take only a short while .to re,!ch the l)eedles. Wc were sailing opposite Bournemouth's illuminated b~aehes, and after an ho~ll' they were still opposite_us, th9]Igh the-lig!J.ts seemed dilI!mer. The one;iud only.sea-sick pill was aIlotte!i to me. llIy pride withcld me from saying it made. mefeel n,!.bet.ter. Wc were drifting out.to .sea, but Uncle and his friend seemed quite uupertmbed.and I had. great confidence -in th,em.. The sea had become rougher. and the boat was leaning to starboard. I felt worse,. being drenched by the. splashing waves and pushed about from one place to the other, as.! was iu .the"way of the mdde\'. I thought bitterly of the weathcr forecast, but I'was sick only once and when I felt better I was m,lde onc of the crew and did the little tasks which could be left~ to a beginner. When my Uncle had to change the sail he placed the rud!ler in my hand and said; ," Head for that light." It-took,a longtime to get' tllC'knack of it, and that tllC boat turned left when the rudder was put on the l'ight and vice-verso. It if had not bcen dark I should have written it do}vn on a piece of paper to refer to. The boat zigzagged in·my expe!ilI!ents and wc were heading for the south of the Isle of Wight, instead of the nOl:th. So w,e were compelled to tack. The mains'l, being faulty, was ,like a bag, collecting wiounce off. The se;1 was becoming rougher, so thl,s ~vas a difficult operation. :But I was quite happy. It was vcondmful not fe,e!ing sick, and nothing else m'lttm'ed, not ,ev9n"i;he.prosp,ect, of bcl,ng.s\lattered on the Needles, or being driven !Jnt to sea. "Wllat happens,if wc sink' " called O)lt my mother. '.'Jump,into the water, pump up your life jackets, (of which there were only two, lying unused in the c;tbin) and get into the dinghy," whiCh the boat was towing. " Then wc wait in it, and cut.th~ to,y,'ope if we think the boat's really going to sink," "Well, I hope the yacht will w;tit for you. What happ~"s if. the oars have gone " " she asked. "Oh, use your initiative. Paddle with YOlU' hands," Uncle replied. Practi cal advice' .1 dreaded the thought. We ,Seemed to pc making no headway, and how I envied a lovely yacht which suddenly and swiftly sailed past us, like a phantom· boat, "ith the sails reflecting, ~'ln eerie green light, leaving its wake of sea water full of phosphorescent sparks, a picture I shall never forget. It was nearly two when 'wc reached the Needles, since we made no progress on account of the mains'l. The sea was surprisingly rough for the Solent and the' bilge' was filled with water which was already above the floorboards. Wc decided to start up the engine. Fumes filled tlie cabin, forcing my mother up out of it. "This reminds me exactly of being in a runaway trap" was Iler first remark. The engine wlis forcing ,the yacht against the wind and current which made it ,tln'ash the waves and jump up and down like a frightened horse, realing. I felt as stiff,as a board and my eyes kept clQsing. So did tllOse of Uncle',s friend. But ~ve never qUitft reaclled the poin~ of slcep!ls Uncle immediately p~uncedOl~ us, "sing most unflat~ering ]~ngu.age about tc~~ulg~rs. . _ _ ,I cannot remember much about that part, of the Y,oyage as I was.too cold and sleepy, bnt I do l'emembedlOw tremendously pleased I was to see,Yarmouth Harbom's,lights,flashing. :We,had not,prollQsed.to anchor there, but as it was nearly ,6.0 a,m. W9 felt 45 we'did, after aU; need some sleep . .Alter baling out and tidying up, dawn was just breaking and it was very beautiful to watch it, and to sce ,the other yacht owners, stirring from their sleep to prepare for anothm; day's sailing. I felt wide awake and refused to go to bed until I had had breakfast. This annoyed the others very much, but thc smell of bacon and cggs soon madc them fcel differently . .Alter four hours' slcep we had lunch on the decks. The day was very warm for late September and wc were in high spirits. On Jil this quiet sea I learned how to steer in the correct way and to (!) check courses. Wc were doing onc knot per hour as there was hardly a breeze. Steering therefore was not difficult. I sunbathed with my legs over the sides of the boat. Wc saw binoculars trained on .. us from one magnificent yacht, so we retaliated with our own one . and only pair. Wc were becalmed and just drifted idly and happily past Beaulieu River. But when we saw it was gone four o'clock, we turned on the engine and chugged into Southampton and up the river Hamble. It was eight o'clock and we anchored and got to the river banks by the flimsy cocklesheU dinghy, with great trepidation. The dark added to our troubles, and wc onl~ just avoided crashing into a buoy and getting tangled up in the l'opes of other boats. " Now can you teU me" I inquired of ,my Uncle" Why, when you said we should be back "in Shaftesbury at 6 o'clock, in time for a cosy supper, did we arrive back nine hours later at three in the 'morning'" "WeU," retaliated Uncle, "What did you expect !-witha couple of Jonahs aboard, it's a wonder we've returned at aU." A. HORLOOK JONES, Upper VI. * * "TINTERN ABBEY " The sounding cataract haunted me like a passion.: the tall rock, the mountain, and the dcep and gloomy wood." . Wordsworth. Just as Wordsworth revelled in the glorious scenery and peace of Tintern Abbey, so did I, not very long ago, The day was dull and the road wound up and up, then coasted along a steep mountain slope, thickly wooded with magnificent beeches, At the bottom of the slope the river Wye bounded over its rocky bed, forming small waterfalls as it cut through the muddy rock. Then, at what seemed the cnd of the valley, the gaunt outline of Tintern Abbey loomed up. The stillness and the peaco were unimagineable. 46 The slim grey arches soared towards thc dull sky against the dark background of trees and monntain. On this site three abbeys in succession grew up, thc earliest dating fl"Om 1131. Large portions of each period havc been preserved, each with its own particular interest. There arc the walls of the friar's kitchen, the monk's fratcr, thc infirmatory and the COlTidors leading to each. Thc most imposing part of the Abbcy is the long aisle with massive arches, a hundred or morc feet lligh, at each end. The interior alone gives an impression of space and dignity, the wholc being overlaid with a serenc peacc, only broken by the sqawk of a jackdaw and the mnfiled mnrmnrs of sightseers. My visit was not long cnongh to discovcr all that I should like to have done. As we drove back up the winding road and looked back on the Abbey, I felt a little of the same peace of mind that Wordsworth felt. So my pilgrhuage cndcd as I caught my last glimpsc of the Abbcy, its walls towering to the sky, shrouded in pcace and serenity. PENNY WELLS, Upper VI. Water Adam inventcd it, in the year' , And called it his' .Ale,' though of course it was not; Noah and that lot had quite cause enough To become sick and tired of the sight of the stnff. The Greeks had a word for it-little they knew That in 2,000 years, we'd be using it too ! And Caesar could never have sailed to Britain, IfBritain were nothing bnt just one more bit on The land-mass of Enrope, and somewhere called Snez Would not have existed. Yet this, although trne, is Not quitc the main point of onr programme tonight .. _ Wc've invented a product calledNcw ITydrobrite, And easier wash-days, withont any fuss, Will now bccome poss., thanks to IT 20 plus ! By hydractic snb-fnsion, two IT and one O· Will combine with the new Tetra phenylchloro Sodiacctatc·calci magnominm-sulphite For a wash that is whiter than whiter than white ! M. NORRIS, Upper VI. 47 Typical Teenager lIIay I introduce myself .as a typical teenager ~ What exactly,that.implies,. No one really clarifies, :But ~'ve branded sh,oes and clothes, {Joul!l be a mother; special hose; Rest assured, I am a typical teenager. Psychologically speaking , I've'a very special complex. Does it mean that I'm amcss , .' It's anybody's gucss ; But I'm told that I throw knives, .And' frequent the lowest divcs, That's because I have a very special complex. I am absolntely new, Nothing like me here before . .And let the fact be kno,vll, There are plenty more to come; 'Upbringing's nationalizcd, That's why there's plenty more of us to come . .Adolcscence, (Pimples, Quarrels) is such an awkward age you know. Six years I have to stay, Just branded in this way; One 'moment they condemn, Then, " Society's to blame," Yet the likeness to my mother is remarkable you 1!-now. A.~r., Lower V!. The Kill Transfixed; I gazed high in the air, Watching a shadow hovering there . . :Beneath theshado)v, far below, .A baby rabbit in the snow. This tiny, fragile, fluffy ball 48 'Was, in Nature's hands, to fall. The slladow, menacing and near Filled me with nneanny fear; Paralysed, I watched it dive Swift and cruel, a bomb alive; I turued away, bnt heard the shriek, The silent scurry, strong against weak, "The beating wings, tile flight away; A. small event in Nature's day. HEATIIEIt COLYER, LolCc,· VI. Smoke The woodsmoke twists and soars, Like a seabird. Floating pllantom feathers of blue haze Drift lazily down again. The fire awakens, opening two burning eyes Fringed with lashes of blackened grass; It stirs and breathes out; A column of flame bursts upwards, Crackling, And the smoke, swirling softly, Suddenly soars, like an arrow', Straight upwards, Twisting, turning, climbing, Then floats down, fairy-likc, mistily, Like a seabird. JENNJFEIt COBl,E¥, Lowe.. VI. Autumn Autumn comes, Midas·like, laying a. robe of.gol4) After finishing her midwifery course at the North 1lfiddlescx Hospital Margaret is now taking a six months course in plastic surgery at;. . O<1stock Hospital, SaJisbury. BRENDA 'l'O~ILINSON (1954) is no\\' a student nurse at the Grea~ Oemond Street;. Hospital for Sick Children. JUNE TUCKER (1947) is a Lab Supervisor in Bro\m &; Harrison's Dairies at;. • Southampton. _ ' ' , Sl"LVIA WALI,BANK (1917) is nO\;'· a Sister at the )foorficlds Eye Hospital in London. She is enjoying hcr new flat: ' " JANF.T WHITE (1957) is training with Susnn Pallister at the· Roya1 Victoria amI. West Hants Hospital at Bournemouth and enjoying it. 68 JA~}:T WIllT.lIARSII (1955) came to sce us in the Summer 'rerm. She has enjoyed teaching but was planning to go to a Bible College to train as a missionary; . ,)IARY WILSON (1956) obtained her Diploma. in Religious Knowledge at King's College, London, and is now teaching in London ' ')fARIO~ WORTIlISOTQN (1956) has passed her 1st M.B. at tho Royall<~rcc Hospital. During her summer holidays -she was working at the Royal Hotel hero and came to sce us. JA~E WYLLIE (1956) has given np her work on thc flower farm in ConlwaIl and is going round the worl(l with her parents . .:\rAlty You:-:o is the only woman on the National Health Service Advisory Council for ~Iamigimlcnt EfficienCy, a noW council whose taSk is to impro\"o tho efficiency of the National Health Service. Extracts From Letters From Abroad Prom France Even though om' language isn't making terrific headway, we'l'e slowly but surely trying to get to know the neighbouring countryside and Paris, and also have been away twice as ,veIl, We had a weekend in Normandy, as Tony lmd to go upon exereise with the men, and I went too, staying in a llOtel! The place was the village where the .Allied landings took place OIi June 5th, 1944, and huge parts of the Mulberry harbour are stilI in position there. It was intensely interesting, apart from being beautiful countryside. Last week we had a few days by the sea again, as Tony l.ad a week's leave. We motored down through the Loil'C valley, passing some beautiful old ehateux which were extremely cleverly illuminated at night, and all of whieh seemed to I.ave been built with the most glOlious settings and scenery, The whole l'egion-Iike most of France-really shoute(I of history; it's casy to imagine why there was a Revolution, l'eally, when one sees some of the hovels and shacks still lived in, aud thcn compare them with those lovely castles. We stayed four nights ou the coast at a seaside resort, being a lovely old fishing port on one side, and the other having a tremendous streteh of sandy beach. It was fun, amI French l'esorts are so different fro!p. the average English one, that there was no comparison ! JUDY Ar,J.lm (lice PEEl,). Ji'rom N elV Zealand Such a lot seems to have happened since I wrote last, Firstly, 'vc l.ad a son born May ~3rd, 1958; He has been avery good baby and no trouble at all. ·He has been walking about a month and is getting near running· now. 69 We have had a house built, iutowhich wc moved at Easter. I am very thrilled with it. At first it definitely eehoed witlr the lack of furniture ! H1Hvever, we liave all the essential pieces and gradually adding more. Wc are situated about quarter of au hour's walk from Town, so it's quite handy. Also about five minutes from the beach. . r think New Zealand is a grand country to live in. The climate is particularly good here. The winters arc really very mild, although we get some quite sharp frosts, but they are nearly always followed by a perfeet day. I haven't seen very much of the country yet.r had a brief visit to Wellington whieh I thought a beautiful eity. We hope to manage a trip in a few years time, so we might see you then. NAo~a CARSON <"ee HL.'1E). From Southern Rho(/e8ia We started to buy an acre aud a half of laud out of Greystone Park which is near Borrow-dale and about eight-and a lmlf miles out of town. It's beautiful out there-very hilly. Our plot consists of the acre on a gentle slope and the half acre going up a steep Kopje, with a beautiful view down through a valley. We have a boy ealled Jonasi living on it in. two grass huts--:-beautifully built, and he is doing wouders with the ground there. He seems very happy and eheerful now, and all he seems )volTied about is how soon we shall be able to live out there as well. . Dayjd is now Postmaster of Highlands, and I have to work here with him. It's a huge Post Offiee and we have 14 postmen and a!,other Enropean here as well. It is 'aetually grossly understaffed, and wc are notgetting any extra staff for Christmas, so wc shall all be sorting letters till goodness knows what time in the evening. SONJA CASSELL <"ee ZINKOVA). Fron, U.S.A. I so much enjoyed reading the school news, and of eourse all abont O.G.'s in the magazine; it doesn't make me feel so old and far away from home. I do wish there was some way for me to get in toueh with one or two of the girls that live over here now, but this is such a ... huge country and huudreds of miles separate. us. I think I told you that'I belong to an EnglisjJ. girls' clubdid I' There are about 16 of us, all from this area in Rhode 70 I,sland and we visit and talk to each other on the 'phone,almost daily. Just to know that each of us was born in England makes uS feel close to each other. " , I hope that this O.G.'s dinuer provcs to be cven more successful than the last one and please remcmber me to anyone I might know. JENNY GUEENE (nee PURVEU). First Impressions 1. Of Bqilfortl Col/ege, LOII(/o" Bedford College itself, while it is in a central position, very convenient for shopping, sight·seeing, and intercollegiate activities, is in,most beautiful surroundings. Itlies iu the middle of Regent's Park, removed from the roar and grime of most of central London, surrounded by trees, green grass, water, wild birds and, at this time of year, near solitudc. I never thought that I should sce a l1Oron fishing within half a mile of Oxford Street, but timt is what I can watch here every day. Just now tl10 air is full of flying leaves, grea t flocks of evening starlings and the smoke of smoldering leaf fires. illy first impression of the college itself was a composite one of crowds, coffee, clubs and conducted tours. Term opened on Thursday, but aU Freshers were asked to attend on the preceding Tuesday and Wednesday for the Freshers' Reception, and for registration and interviews with our lecturers. We were shown rQund the buildings, and we were woocd by each one of the very llumerous societies in tUl'U, each onc morc enticing than the last. Obviously no one has time to spend on more tllan a very few of them, so that the whole thing was an exercise in self· control ! At the moment I am thoroughly enjoying the leetUl'cs, since they are far more comprehensive than any scliool classes could ever be. illy own course, as well as literature, criticism, Shakespcare and Chaucer, includcs Philology, phonetics and Auglo. Saxoll, which is really a new language. I am also doing a one-yeal· course in PIliIosphy. A few of my lectures are intercollegiate ones, which give me a chance to mcet other lecturers and otherstudents. Living in LondOll is in itself great fun though shockingly' expensive. There arc an endless number of things to do and see, so that with all the money and time in the world, one ,,,ould never get to the cnd of them. Having neither of these; I usually just wish! Still, I have been able to go to a few· concerts and', plays, and it is an entertainment just to walk round the town, watching some of the very odd sights one can sce in London. 71 Havi!lg hever had a )ll'Oper chance to do'it before, I find that I (lnjoy jnst exploring, and m~king my way from one place to ~lllother. The blase way in which I walk in and'ont of the tnbe (lonceals some trepidation anda great deal of preliminary 1·CScar ch with a street map ! As each wcek passes I fin(l myself incrcasingly less bcwildered by the city and by thc intricacies of university life. London ,Transport and lecture timet!)bles gradually lose their mysteriesand I am no longer a mere "Fresher." , 2. Of Golroperly. .,\lso we llave a domestie night, on ,Ycdnesday when we arc only allowed out from 8 till 8.30 in th~ evening. ,The restof the time is spent applying polish and rubbing it off, and doing our fatigue. The rest of the week we can go out after the recruit leader has seen that our bedspace is tidy and that we have done our fatique. They take good cm'eof us here. If we go off camp we have to book out, and we have to book in again before 10 o'clock-or else! On Saturday the time limit is extended to 23.59 hours (1 minute to midnight). We have a camp cinema, 2 clubs, and the ·N.A.A.F.I.-a large self·service restaurant with a juke box, w]lcn wc get the time to visit them. BitENDA BUltNETT. Interesting Jobs 1. Teachi"g Ollil and I still keep waiting for a ))ell to cn(] the lessons. T. BUEWI1WTOX. 2. illy Job As A Parliame1l((()'!I lw/exel' Since 1956, I have been employed as Chief Clerk to the Official Government Indexer, who is the person appointed to' supply indexes for various Parliamentary publications. iI[ost of you will have seen IIansard-briefly it consists of Debates on the Floor of the House on subjects of major importance, and the various Reading all(] Committee Stages of Bills prior to. their becoming Acts of Parliament. The snbject mattel" of thesc debates is taken down wore] for wore] by a team of shorthand writers and this is printed overnight by the Stationery' Office. When we receive copies the following morning,we have to index the subject with as many cross-references as are necessary and also detail on which pages the individual illembers of Parliament spoke. In addition to the Dcbates, there is all thc normal Pl·oeedure· of what is in fact a large Committee, also that Parliamentary institution of Question Time. Questions to ilIinisters are taken on UOIu]ay to Thursday at. a speeifled time, notice of a Question being giYen in w)'iting to thc· Clerk at the Table-if an oral answer is required, two days' notice is given. A ilfember can ask only three Questions at the 74 ,. same sitting, bnt he may put supplementary Questions to obtain a more satisfactory or detailed answer from the :Minister. This is the )[ember's happy hunting-ground and a l\[jnister may face ftfty Questions on every aspect of his Department's work. Having notice of thcse Questions, he is able to obtain the information for his Answer from the Foreign Office, )!inistry of Labour, )[jnistry of Power or of whichever Department he is the )finister. Taking a normal day, 1111'. Soames, Secretary of State for 'War, was asked Questions on British Army lorries in Germany; snpply of nuclear warheads; manufacture of tanks; an instance of two ears being sen6 on a joumey to ensure that one rcaehed its destination.; pamphlets in Cyprus; off-duty behaviour of troops in London; the use of " garbage cart·horse at. Didcot O\'dnance Depot for riding by the wife of the O.C.; a personal case of illtreatment of an O.R. by N.C.O.'s; the accommodation of a deserting soldier's wife and family. On each of these aud similar Qnestions, ltaving given his answer the :Minister faces a snpplementary qnestion fOl' which he may not have had snfficient info'rrilation Jrom his Depm'tment. All these Questions, crossreferenced by subject, l\[embcr and l\[jnister have to be indexed in order that they may be referred to six months or maybe six years later when a similar subject crops up. The Lords Debates are much more selective, more leisurely and certainly more dignified~not as many Questions are asked and the style of procedure and its indexing have been unchanged for years. In the Commons, the Rulings of "II'. Speaker arc most important and arc constantly referred to as a guide to Procedure; the use of many words is declared" un-Parliamentary" and a llfember might quite rightly quote that in Column 1204 of Hansard dated 12th November, l\Ir. Speaker ruled that" Calling a 1I1ember a blockhead" was out of order. The I.ords and Commons indexes, after preparation, arc slmffied, typed and. sent to the Stationery Office fOl' printing. They are published weekly,-fortnightlyoin a bound volume, ancI finally in onc massive index for the complete Session. Once a wcek, I go to the Stationery Office to read the proofs of the weekly indexes, amI also make occasional visits to the House of Commons. Behind the scenes, there arc the Scottish Grand Committce and Standing and Select Committees, the reports of. whose procecdings also have to be indexec!. 75 · I find this work extremely -interesting and, of cOUl'se, very 'tollieal and I am snre that I am far more aware of national and world events than I ei'er \vas before I became a parliamentary in«exer. JEAX G.tY (lice BnrSTo). Life Members Since December, 1959 Daigcnt, JilI, 3, Ashley Villas, Ashley Road, Dorchcstcr, .Dorset. Burridgc, Jenny, St, Andrews Hnll, Rcdlands Road, Reading, Berks. oClarke, Rose (nee Riglcl'), lIawkcsdcnc Farm, Shaftef>bury, Dorset. ter, Blandford Forum, Dorset. Fuller, Lesley (nee llcnnett), 11, )Ieyrick Park Crescent. Bournemouth. Gatehouse, Jenuifer, 20, Hawkesdeno Lane, Shafwsbury. Gray, Shirloy, Drinseolllbo Cottages, Lower Blamlford Road, Shafteslmry. Hann, Gillian, )fanor l"arm, Wh'eliseombe, Taunton. Hanting, :\Iargarct, Beatrix Nurs-ery, East Knoyle, Wilts. Hamron, Christine. 17, Knightland Road, Claptoll, London, E.S. Hitcbings, Darham, Sewhohnc, Salisbury Street, )lere. Wilts. Hitcbings, Dawn, Xewholme. Salisbury Strect, )Iere, Wilts. Hole, Ada (mfe Harris). Ash 'free ~"''\nn, Holwell,)\r. Sherbom~. Humphrics, Yvollne, Ycw Tree Cottage, Littlcdown, Shaftesbllry. Imber, Ena (nie Clnrkc), 'rho Ship Inn, S~aftcsbury. Jones, Betty, 91, :Xew Owendish Street, London, 'V. I. JOllCS, Hilary, 91, Sew Owcndisb Street, London, W.I. Lawrencc, Rosemary, Rosings, )Ioteombe, Dorset. )Iaclcan, Deinlro, 5, Oak'shott Street, London, S.W.IO. )IcLcod, Shirley, Preseombo House. 'Ebbesboumc 'Vake, Salisbury, Wilts. )Ioorcs, Denise, 21n, Breach Lane, Enmoro Green, Shafte~bury. 76 MaoTes, Janct. 218, Breach Lane, Eumore Green, Shaft('$hUlY. Moorcs, :Rosemary. 21a, Breach Lane. Enmorc Green, Shaficshun', Morris, Ann, 31, Church Road, Brolulstonc, Dorset. • Norris, E. ~rary. Ncthcroon-n. Compton Abbas, Dorset. PCWNCIl, Jean (?lee Shutc). 9, Breach Lane, Enmoro Green. Shaftcsbun', Potter, PhilLipa, 7, Charlton. NI'. Shnficsbury, Dorset. • Pratt, Elizabcth.(llet Nathan). 21. Polstcad }{oad, Oxford. Salisbury, Bridgcti East Copplcridgo Farm, )[otcom1x-. 'Dor'8ct. Salisbury, Janet, 40, Bclsize Park Gardens. London, K.W.3. Scrgcau, CaroIc, Abbey Close, Abbey Walk, Shafiesbury. Short, May, Grcllyillo Placo Nursing HOnlC', BI:mdforo Forum, ])orsct. Spencer, Huth, 28, Ncthcrhampton Road, West Hanlham, Salisbury, Wilts. Squires, Janct, The Homestead, Gros\'cnor Road, Shaftcsbury. Swain, Ethcl, Dale House, Salisbury Street, Blandford Forum, Dorset. Tidey, JUIlC, lOS, Elmhridgc Avcnuc, SlIrbiton, SUtrf'y. "rcleh, Beryl, Layton Lane. Shaftesbury. Woods, Betsy. Rosedenc, Freneh l\IiIl Lane, Shaftesbllry. "'orthington, l\Iarion, Dnrnfiehl, Edznondsham, NI'. Wimbornc, Dorset• 'l'ho Old Girls' Association would like to givc its warmest thanks to Barba~ Austell (nle Follctt),'Yvonno Humphrics and GilJian Huss:cy (nie 'Yoodman)" whohave done most of thc typfng for this section of the 3~aga'7.inc•. 77 DATES FOR YOUR NEW DIARIES LONDON REUNION SATURDAY, MAROH 5th 8Ul1HfER REUNION SATURDAY, JULY 2nd O.G.DINNER SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5th N, B. In future, Reunions will he held on the first Saturday in March, July and November. To all members of the School, Whether near or far, We send our greetings and good wishes.