~ ,. ", §"'?t.:::')~~t.?)~~(d)~t.::::")~(&')~t,e:')~'-?)~t.:;:::')~l.o::?)fPI~~td"§ ~ § , '.. § I § § § § .:1,I " § ,. • § ~" County High School for Girls ~ § § ~ SHAFTES13URY ~ § § § , § § § § "' § § ~. § "§" ~"~: § i , r" . < "§ , §. .. • § § § § § .. § § § • § ,§ • § §. '. .. § " § § § J • 1 § § I § • § § § , I § § .. , .', ' § § fl'I'i: § § § §i § §c· § V01. 23 "December, 1960 § J~ § • § § § §. .. § t § § t: .. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ' 'f" ., ." r··'" .. .. :{'1 ." . r'! .. J!... County High School fot" Git:Is ShafteSbury lV\AGAZINE VOL. 23 DECEMllER, 1960 Editorial Magazine Committee The Conquest of Space Staff Notes Gifts to tho School Lca.vfug and New Girls School Officials Calendar for 1960 OUTSTANDING EVENTS " NOAR "-A Day in the Ark A Criticism ROME-And so to Rome Rom. Classical Rome Tivoli and Ostia PARE!iTS' DAY 19GO ScnOOL EXPEDITION • .~ REJ.>OBTS School Council Social Service Games Houses Boarders Musio Flower Guild The Now Guide Company CONTENTS CoNFERENCES, LECTURES AND VISITS VI at Dinton Visit to Porton Richard II A Strange Encounter " Romeo and Julict " Natural History :!Iuseum AMusicalEveningatPhilip'sHousc, Dinton Banking " Good Grooming It Badger-A High School ]'fystery . First Impressions of the new School Uniform Danger, Men at Work A Term in Germany Holiday in France An Eastern Market Hadrian's Wall Holiday Job Girl Guide Camp at Longleat POETRY FOR){ REPORTS PARENTS'SEOI'ION OLD GmLS' SEOI'ION Printed by the FROME NEWSPAPER Co.• Lld Stoke House, Chrbtchurch Street West. Frome .... '\ ~' ,., \ I . .EDITORIAL . . ...-.' , . • ' ; ' .• ~ I ~,' I '. • One of the many definitlQ~i:-';f iiie.\vord "education," given in the Oxford Dictionary, IS tl1is" "the systematic instruction, i schooling or teaclring given to the young in preparation for the I work of life." Surely tlle key-phrase in this definition, is the last· • • Consider for a moment how we are instructed, schooled or ~ train~~ " in preparation. for the ~v({rk of life;" . ." Most apparent is scholastic instruction. Although. in past years we have had to rcly onlieighbouring schools :for some. subjects, we are now· bccoming more self· sufficient with the r inclusion of a ])omestic Science Laboratory within our walls. 'Those who "ish to study the ArtS are encouraged by our·flourishing choir, Flowcr Guild aud Dramatic Society, and our orchestra holds ever-open doors to those girls who play music"l instruments. . '-',' To return to the phrase" in preparation for the work of life "; although during our school days we may.not realise it, the most important thing that we learn at school, is how to live as a member of a community. IP)s the ~ecling of fellowship which decides whether cither Parenta"Day; Speech Day or the Carol Service wjll be a real "Red Letter Day" Or not. It is this iccling '''hich will I hope, bQ..expressed under many different, titles in this edition of oin' SchoolllIa".-.azine. TUE EDITon. * '. 3 Magazine Committee Editor: . IIEATlmlt SWA,,(N Sub· Editor: LESLEY KIDDEY Committee: ROSEMARY W AGNER JACQUELINE'SCAlIDmL BARDARA SKEW SIIEILA STRIDE GILLIAN PARKIN • • • STAFF NOTES Miss A. Matthews was married to :M:r. B. Brooks in August. Congratulations to them, and also to :lIIiss P. Abbott who is engaged to Mr. J. Edgington. Mrs. Brooks' place at Barton Hill House has been filled by Miss HugllCs, who has come to be our first Domestie Science mistress. We have felt very sympathetic with her, as she has had to begin her teaching career, not in a domestic science room, but in two attics. We hope tlmt all the same, she will be happy with us. il1adcmoiselle l\Iileendean came in.September for a year as French Assistante and already seems one of ns. We hOlle that she will be happy-and warm enough-in Shaftesblll'Y. ~r.E.W. GIFTS TO THE SCHOOL Old Girls: Univcrsity Honours' Board. Clare Harris : JIymn Board. Eileen Parsons : , Gift of lIIoney. Joy Hnnt: Gift of l\1oney. Syhia Welch: LibrarY Book. lIIrs. J essiman : Gift ofil1oney and Chinese Books. PauIine Riggins : Gift of lIIoney. Mary and Susan Bond: Elepltnnt Bell and I,ibrary Book. Mr. and iUrs. Pinnegar : Library Book. lI11'8. Jeffreys (Sally's il1other) : Library Books. lIfiss 1I100re : African Picturc. Sonya CasseIl (nee Ziukova) : Rhodesian Picturc. lIfiss Bnc!dand : German Books. 4 THE CONQUEST OF SPACE The mind of modern man seems dominated by the thought of the vastness of space and of how he can learn to conquer it. We llear of roekQts" sputniks, space·.ships and journeys to the moon; and the speed of modern discovery fills some people with the thrill of high adventure and others with fear. The Oxford Dictionary defines space as" an interval between things," so here too at School we have our problem of the conq~est of space, though a much,more mundane one than that whieh f).Ils the headlines of the newspapers. W", have never had much space to spare on the Grosvenor House site, and every new development brings its corresponding problem Of tllC curtailing of the strictly limited amount of space'available to us. This term we have been watching the growth of our ,new Domestic Science room with tremendous interest. We had hoped that it would be ready for September. Now wc are hoping to have it in fnIl use in January. It will increase our teaching space but inevitably there is the price to pay. We have lost a little play space in the garden, and l,ave lost precious storage space in the ~rage. Where can we keep the motor mower! Where can we dump all the odds and ends that found a refuge in the garage Y Somewhere in the garden a space must be found for a new shed for all tl\ese things. Our SL"th Form work';n Biology has grown so steadily that our Laboratory would no longer accommodate the Sixth Form girls and boys who wanted to use it. Eighteen of them this year! So in the summer holidays a doorway was cut from the Laboratory to the Junior Ubrary next door, and a bench was built in along the wall beneath the windows. It has made a useful Sixth Form J,aboratory but what to do with the Juuior Library and store of text books? The shelves were removcd and placed in the ante-room of the Laboratory and that has become a minute Junior Library and book-store. Then came the problem of what to do with the P.E. apparatus which often 'came to rcst in tbat ante-room. FinaIly the vaulting box has had to remain in a corner of the HaIl though we can hardly get the whole school in comfortably without it. And so the problem goes on, and more and more ingenuity is needed to fit the increasing amount of equipment into the dwindling amount of space. .Almost we begin to welcome the idea of a new school at the field with its tempting bait of ample accommodation. Then we realise that we should be presented with a new problem of the conquest of sp!!ce. How could we'fiIl it with the charm and graciousness, the historic atmosphere, of the old sehoolY It will be many mor~ years before this 'problem has to be faeed, so meanwhile it behoves ns all to tackle our problem of the conquest 'of spac~ as we have to face it how. Every member of the School can help by trying ,to see that any equipment is put back into the proper place allotted to it, becanse there is np other space available, and, above all, to see that litter of any sort, neglected personal belongings lying about, do not spoil the small amount of space remaining to us, so, that whatever beauty and' o graciousness this old building has may be preserved for all to enjoy. ~I. K. DUNFOItD• • * SCHOOL OFFICIALS Head Girl: A.'!N lur.Roy Deputy Head Girl: HEATHER COLYER Prefects: J'.MARSDEN B. ROBINSON' B. SERGEAN G. TAYLOR J'. CODLEY Sub·Prefects : K.G: RALPH COLES " R. J'AOKSON', G. RmOUT S. DmDEN * * • A GLANCE AT THE CALENDAR FOR 1960 January 22nd Mr. Eyitt.'s Lecture on Cl Weasels and.s~oats" February 9th VI Visit to French play in Bristol ]Iarch 5th, 6th VI Dinton Conference ., 18th E""pcdition to Porton " 30th, 31~t Noah " U April 1st; 2nd "Noah n .. .. May 14th N. Dorset MuSical Festival 16th Refugee Film .. .. 21st N. Dorset Sports .. .. 25th "Hiawatha. If at the Grammar School 6 June 18th Children's Orchestral Concert at BIandford .. Dorset Spor~ July .. .. .. .. 15th 19th 20th 21st 22nd School Expedition' to tho Islo of Wight Lecturo on U Good Grooming" for VI and U.V Lecture on U Plastics" at Gillingham Lecture on U Banking "-Mr. Dyer Lecture 011 u Christian 'Ma~~ago n by Dr. Morgan WHliams October 22nd Visit to " Romco and JulietO " at Old Vie .. 27th, 29th Gordon Clinton Singers' Concert at School Science VI Visit to Natural History l.IuSeum, London .. 20th Visit to Dinton to hear Haberdasher-Aske Concert November 4th Speech Day • • • LEAVING GIRLS, 1959-60 Autumn Term, 1959 • L. VI. J. Hunt, R. Welch. L.T'. ltI. Godfrey, G. I..oosley, S. Lyons, H. Nappcr. U.IV. A. IGlmartin. Ill. R. Kilmartin. Summer Term, 1690 _0 U.l'I. R. Brayford. P. CoUis, C. Crouch, A. Horlock Jones, J. Stagg,. D. Welford, P. Wells. L.l'I. R.. Booth,.J. Crouch, G. Fooks, P. Higgins, S. Murphy, J. Upton. U.l'. E. Bartlott, ~. Bnteronn, S..Borcham, F. Corp, P. Day. V. Dolby,. J. Fordycc, G. Jackson, J. Ltoyd, F. ~Iac~on.A. Perkins, S. Woods. L.V. L. Brain, J. Dibben. J. Lillie. D. Wherry, ~f. Whitty. Ill. ·H. Coates. S. Kingsmill.Brown. Autumn Term, 1960 U.VI. P. Ridout. * NEW GIRLS, 1960· Spring Term, 1960 Present Form PreVioui SChOOl E. Gcntlcs UppcrIV Eastbank Academy, Glasgow 7 R. Grovcs J. Dibbcn A. Scmmence E. Alexander C. Langer A. :l\[hldlemas C. Brewer P. Roomo J. Biggs ~I. Deacon I. Caird J. Ballam J. BaUingcr P. Bn.rtlett C. Brown C.Burton J. Cambrook M. Co1e J. Custard H. Dyer A. Gauld S. Green C..Hurit M. Jamcs K. Jcsso P. Jolliffo L. Jordan J. !.cwis P. :Matthew H. Mead S.Mundy D. Parsons S.Pilo L. Spalding O. Stainer E. Teasdale E. West S. Wineott J. Wool!cy LowcrV Lower V Upper V U;~crV UpporIV ,. .. Lower IV " " " l!~orm Iii " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " Summer Term, 1960 'rottcnham Sehool for Girls Sunny Hill School, Brown Thames Valley Grammar School, Twickcnham Autumn Term. 1969 'Patcham County Secondary School, Drighton Sandford Orlcigh School. Newton Abbott Dorchcster ColUlty School for Girls Pembroke Grammar School Dluo C9at School, Birmingham Government Sch~)Ql, Stanley. Falkland Islands Mnrlborougb Gra"mmar School Ayr Academy, Scotland Chiekcroll County Primary School St. Andrcw's Primary Girls' School, Willcsdcn Croft House, Shillingstonc Shaftcsbury C. of E. Primary School Ebbcsbornc Wako C.E.C. School Rookesbury Park School, Wickham, Hants. Cann Primary C. of E. School Stalbridgo Junior School Shaftcsbury C. of E. Primary School Toiler Porcorom C. of E. School Swallowcliffe County Primary School Hanford House School Shroton Primary C. of E. School East KnoyJo C. of E. Primary School Cann Primary C. of E. School Shaftesbury P.N.E.U. School i.\[anston V.A. School Shaftcsbury C. of E. Primary School )Ioteomoo Primary School Swalloweliffe County Primary School St. David's B.F.E. School, RhcindahcJl, Gormany Shaftcsbury P.N.E:U. School Cirenccstcr Grammar School Enmorc Green V.C. Primary School Shaftcsbury C. of E. Primary School North Cadbtiry V.C. Primary School St. Paul's Convent High School, Parkstono Rook~sbury Park School, Wickham. • * • A DAY.lN THE ARK Saturday, eight o'clock a.m.-a black cloud huug over the lwad of one member of the cast; it was her pillow. The somewhat unusual colour resulted from a Chinese coiffure complete witl, black rinse. Later a cloud, real this time, hung over the Arts Theatre, but the cast were determined to exercise their" cargo" in the High 8 • Street. Mercifully the sun shone, so the bear was duly stuffed with cream buns and pillows to make her fatter than the hungry looking wolf, A strange 6avalcade, led bya notice re:lding, " Do YOU'KNOW-A BOUT NOAH Y " paraded down the High Street, under police escort, complete with Elephant and Lamb. When the a~mals had been exercised and the people of Shaftesbury duly warned of the Ark's arrival, we returned to the theatre for an afternoon of rehearsal. The cast, in a strange and motley collection of clothes, half costume and half personal belongings, such as thick sweaters, rehearsed almost uneventfully, while in the hold, the animals sewed hooks and eyes to their costumes and practised roaring, howling, chattering and blcating, whichever was appropriate. All went smoothly except for a slight dissension about which " pop" song should be sung I)elow decks and how. Parade drill also roused complications and the theatre rang ,91th shouts of "nfarch, mm'ch," as a ragged line alternately stamped and shuffied round the cabin. 'Ilea and bread-aud-honey, much apprccittte(l by tlJC bear, refreshed aching fcet and hoarse voices and raised the somewliat dropping spirits of the eompany. Rehearsals then eontinued for another hour, during which the electrieian battled with the elements, on a tape-recorder, aud the rain-makers l'eigned noisily! At five o'elock all except the A.H.s (able-handed scamen), left the theatre. Then came the order "Paint ship." No really valuable contribution was made to art as such, but the Ark slowly assnmed the appeamnce of a scaworthy vessel. The eall for sustenance finally pcrsuaded the artists to lay down their brushes. Wc were at last almost ready to set sail. ;T. nLmSDEN AND ;T. COBLEY, Upper 1'1. * "NOAH " ' This ~amous l)lay, in the English'of to-day, is dramatie and c.'