S. MARY'S SCHOOL NEWS SHEET, JULY 1918—1919. •• For the first time we send out our News Sheet with the shadow of War no longer upon us. Peace has been signed, the world is emerging from her terrible struggle. We at S. Mary's have so much to be grateful for in that the years of war have told so little upon us as a school, and we have emerged from them so safely and with so much vigour. We have had our sorrows, to many of us has come the call to sacrifice of our best, and our hearts have gone out to those whose brothers have been called upon to give their lives in the struggle for freedom. And now that the war is over we must look to it that there is no ignoble slackening; we have yet to prove ourselves worthy of the sacrifices made on our behalf, and to each one of us comes the call to prepare for the part we shall have to play in the great reconstruction. The past year has been an extraordinarily happy one in the history of the School. We have seen many developments. We returned in January to find our first Sixth Form, and the five girls who formed it have done their best to create the standard we expect of a " Sixth ". January also saw the opening of our convenient little Sanatorium, known as " Gazelle ". March i8th is a day we shall long remember, when the Governors decided that the time had come to consider seriously a building scheme. March also saw the splendid addition to our grounds, the allotments between S. Mary's and S. Prisca's, and S. Mary's and The Quarry, are now ours and will form magnificent playing fields. In our work, too, we have made a stride forward. The Senior Cambridge results were very satisfactory, and we now have girls preparing for the Higher Local, while two are working for Responsions, with Oxford in view. The work in Domestic Science received a most encouraging report after the inspection last year, and in games and drill we have seen improvements. With regard to the staff, we have had only one " Goodbye " to say during the year, and that was to Miss Davis, who left us in July. She did a great deal for us in her year here. We welcome her successor, Miss Hammond, and two additional mistresses, Miss Rountree, who has come to teach Mathematics, and Miss Varley, as Classical mistress. THE CONFIRMATION. The Confirmation was held on Sunday, December i5th, by the Bishop of Salisbury. M. Joyce, M. Smith, J. Sorsbie, and M. Trask were confirmed. N. Hollis was confirmed at home in March, and S, Howard-Jones in June.
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