St Mary's Calne News Sheet - 18

S. MARY'S SCHOOL NEWS SHEET. July 1932—July 1933.

Pride of place this year must be given to our Diamond Jubilee celebrations, a wonderfully happy time.

As Miss Matthews said in her report, we must sometimes wonder what the present S. Mary's School has in common with the little school on the Green, in which she was housed for the first thirty-six years of her life.

With our many advantages we realise, however, that we are one and the same school, for the two great influences of the earliest days have remained unchanged, and will remain unchanged as long as the school lasts. No school in England can owe more than we do to our surrounding* country, no country school can boast connection with a more beautiful parish Church.

We were most grateful to all those who helped to make our Festival so happy a one: it was especially delightful to have with us Mr. Dunne who, with Archdeacon Bodington, was so largely instrumental in saving the school twenty years ago.

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1933.

MARY'S SCHOOL, CALNE, 1873—1933.

Opening of S Mary's School on The Green.

Founder and sole Governor for thirty-three years, The Rev. Canon Duncan, Vicar of Calne.

Lady Superindent. Miss Ellinor Gabriel.

First Headmistress. Miss Richardson.

Miss Jones Headmistress.

Lady Superindent. Mrs. Murray.

First Endowments.

Miss Pells Headmistress.

Miss Leeson Headmistress.

Mr. Pullein's Appointment.

Miss Dyas Headmistress.

Death of Miss Ellinor Gabriel.

Appointment by Canon Duncan of first Body of Governors.

Death of Canon Duncan.

The Rev. E. J. Bodington Chairman.

Removal of School to present site.

Mr. Dunne joining Governing Body.

Death of Mrs Murray.

Miss Donaldson Headmistress.

Miss Matthews Headmistress.

Addition of S. Prisca's.

Addition of Playing Fields.

Addition of present Class Rooms.

Addition of S. Bridget's.

Addition of Jubilee Building.

Addition of Sanatorium.

Archdeacon Bodington leaving Calne.

Archdeacon Coulter Vicar of Calne.

Addition of S. Faith's.

New Scheme of Administration sanctioned by the Board of Education.

Death of Archdeacon Bodington.

Diamond Jubilee Celebrations.

The Diamond Jubilee, June 24th, 1933.

An Outsider's Impressions.

I have been asked to give an outsider's impressions of the Speech Day and celebration of the sixtieth anniversary of the founding of S. Mary's School, and I am delighted to do so. It might be thought that to an outsider, who is neither a member of the school, nor a proud parent of any of its pupils, the proceedings on such an occasion as this could have no very deep interest. I can only say that this particular outsider found them really thrilling. I was unfortunately unable to reach Calne in time for the Service in the glorious old Church, so of that I can say nothing. I had just time to visit the Art Exhibition before the Speeches began, and I mention that because it seemed to me that the spirit expressed in some of the delightful paintings and other works in that exhibition was just the characteristic spirit of S. Mary's and all its works: a combination of a delight in what is beautiful and an adventurous and creative spirit, with a recognition that the road to freedom lies through discipline and painstaking effort.

As for the speeches, how can I do justice to them ?

I can truly say that from the humourous (and fatherly) opening speech of the Chairman to the entirely original presentation of prizes to the fortunate Governors by the Head Girl, there was never a dull moment. 'The story of the founding of the School and of the faith and courage of those of its founders and supporters who built it up step by step, in the face of difficulties which must have daunted any but the stoutest hearts and wisest heads, as that story was unfolded in the speeches of the Archdeacon, Mr. Dunne and the Headmistress, was really enthralling.

One could indeed almost feel the spiritual presence of those generous and great-souled folk, who in faith planted the tiny seed and watched over it, with such steadfast and fostering care, that it defied all the cruel blasts of fortune and has grown, after sixty years, to such a sturdy and vigorous tree., Undoubtedly the most delightful, and the most moving, incident in the whole proceedings was the reading by Mr. Dunne, in the course of his speech, of portions of the correspondence which passed between Mr. Scott, the School Treasurer, Archdeacon Bodington and himself in May 1914. I am fortunate in having obtained copies of the letters from the Treasurer to the Archdeacon and from the latter to Mr. Dunne, so that I am able to include them in this little article, without the omission which Mr. Dunne's modesty impelled him to make.

Derry Hill Vicarage, Calne, Wilts.

May 4th, 1914.

My dear Archdeacon, I have just got in the last fees that were due for last term at S. Mary's School, and can now let you know how things stand. After paying over the extras to the old account we have ÂŁ7 8s. 1 Id. in hand. But this is not quite so good as it looks, because in the Lent term there is no Interest Account to pay, and in this particular term the Repairs (normal) have been unusually light.

Sincerely yours, A. L. Scott.

The Bank overdraw on the old account, after it has been credited with last term's extras, is ÂŁ268 15s. 7d.

A.L.S. The Vicarage, Calne, Wilts.

5th May, 1914.

My dear Dunne, Isn't this excellent news? And we have seven new boarders coming (at least quite certainly five and most probably seven) tomorrow, losing none, so that we ought to be all right now, and then in August we shall lose two or three of the older ones who have been on the non-paying or scarcely paying fees and replace them by full-fee pupils All this is thanks to you. I can never express what I feel the whole Church owes to you, nor what Calne and I owe to you.

I have been rather sorry ever since that I began on those topics on Sunday ! The thing really is that the future calls for our faith just as it always has, because as in every other age it is impossible to foresee things.

We walk by faith not by sight. But it is all right, I feel certain. I had the hump on Sunday by reason of various things, most of which have come right since.

I don't think I will ever get the hump again after this good news of S. Mary's. Also I do not like damning people! and I think the Athanasian Creed does !! And someone had just been talking to me about it!

Your truly grateful and sincere friend, E. J. Bodington.

Could anything exceed the glorious optimism of the man who on receiving the first of these letters could sit down and write the second ? " Excellent news", indeed, that there is a cash balance in hand of some seven guineas to offset an overdraft of ÂŁ268 ! Who but Archdeacon Bodington would have had the faith to see in such a report such grounds for thankfulness and hope ? And who, we may add, amid the hundreds who took part in the Diamond Jubilee celebrations, could doubt, as they looked around on S. Mary's as it is to-day, that that faith and that optimism had been abundantly justified ?

After the speeches and the tea came the play. Of that I will say little. Another outsider, talking to me about the play, said, " I am bound to confess that I expected to be 'bored stiff. "As You Like It" is really a silly play, and to carry it off needs gifts of imagination and a zest and talent which one does not expect to find in a company of girls. But, " he went on, " I enjoyed it quite immensely." To all this I can only add that from the dances which proceeded the play to " Chelsea Reach" which brought the performance to a close, the spirit of boredom had not a look in. The play had been most skilfully cut, and the whole company from Rosalind to Audrey threw into their acting an intelligence, a zest and an imagination which made the whole performance a sheer delight.

Altogether the day was one never to be forgotten by those who had the good fortune to be there.

Looking back on the Jubilee.

In thinking of the Jubilee casually two aspects immediately present themselves, the comic and the beautiful.

One visualizes rain dripping through a marquee, the apprehensive glances and the umbrellas of parents, and prizes shrouded with a mackintosh. The other most vivid memory that flashes back upon one's mind is probably the feeling of indefinable exaltation with which we finished our Service of Commemoration —a joy and thankfulness rather felt than reasoned, expressed and formulated for us in singing the Te Deum to Smart's lovely setting.

The use of the service drawn up for us by Archdeacon Bodington for the Jubilee ten years ago gave us an understanding of the continuity of our school life.

Although our school is comparatively young we realised

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the value of its character and traditions more than we can do as we hurry throughlessly through pur everyday life. It is when we pause like this to consider the past that we most appreciate the benefits of our school, and are most thankful for the hope and perseverance of our founders. A feeling of unity grows up on such occasions, a common aim to be worthy of their aspirations.

Our imposing procession to the Church, rehearsed with such anxious care, was frustrated by the rain, rather to the relief of some of us, but we were able to march back in great style. We had dinner with our parents and the old girls in the further of the two huge marquees, and afterwards, while looking at an Art Exhibition, parents and daughters introduced acquaintances and ecstatically greeted old friends.

The serious formality of Prize Giving was hampered by a fresh downpour; how can one look dignified with a mackintosh over one's shoulders, sharing an umbrella and skipping to avoid puddles ? Our parents, however, proved worthy of the occasion and instead of " railing against Lady Fortune" they treated the inadvertency of the weather as a great joke.

Miss Matthews in her speech told us some astounding details about the school in the old days; though perhaps it might have been comforting when you knew you had failed in an examination to see " Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever" written on the schoolroom walls, when we heard of the black mark, which the offender must try to pass on to anyone else she discovered breaking rules, we were thankful that it was not in those days that we belonged to S Mary's.

We were very glad to hear more about Archdeacon Bodingtpn from Air. Dunne; he read to us a letter he had received from him, and we could not but be thrilled by the boundless faith which made him so hopeful when the school had made a profit of ÂŁ7 only to meet an overdraft of ÂŁ268. We were brought under the spell of his personality and love for us, but we wished Mr. Dunne could have told us about his own help to the school.

There was great anxiety about the play as it looked as though the rain would be interminable. It would require some imagination on the part of the audience to think of the Hall as the Forest of Arclen, and there was not sufficient accommodation for our visitors. But, mercifully, it cleared up just before tea so ,in spite of

damp grass and dripping trees we were able to have the performance out of doors. The gaiety and fun of " As You Like It " made it a most appropriate ending to the Jubilee. For some of us our chief recollections of the play are of rapid changes ably conducted by Miss Alexander in spite of our own nervous haste, and of a dry-mouthed anxiety, which partially dissolved before the sympathy of the audience.

Then, when the festivities were over, we parted, some for a long week-end at home, some for two days renewed companionship with the old girls. After the golden, I should say " diamond", day of the Jubilee and those which followed we came back to work, a little loath perhaps, but glad at heart to " get into harness " again, having a fresh appreciation of life here and greater love of our school.

F. C. Leigh-Mallory.

The Jubilee.

Would anyone who has known the school and visited it this term have noticed any subtle difference ?

There has been a difference since the Jubilee, we have been carried forward on a new wave of enthusiasm and hope. This term will not be forgotten, because somehow much that was trivial and petty and selfish has seemed to disappear.

In the realisation of something of our Founders' purpose for us, life here has taken on a fuller and deeper significance, for our Founders anxiously watched the school grow from the smallest of beginnings, hoping that it might one day repay all the love and faith that has fostered it. Their whole-hearted devotion to the school was no abstract quality, it often involved the fatigue of watching, the pains of battle, sometimes the humiliation of defeat. " We reap what they have sown ". Most of us who have come to enjoy the fruits of their work can only acknowledge our deep sense of gratitude to these pioneers who did so much. We owe a tremendous debt to all those who have made the school what it is. If the gates of intellectual experience are open to us, it was their hand which turned the key ; if we can enter nearly every field of service, it was their feet which beat the track; if we hold in pur hands a lamp that makes many dark places bright, it was they who kindled it and passed it on to us.

But the part we must play is no passive one ; if the lamp is to be kept burning it must be continually fed by fresh devotion and service.

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When we took part in that wonderful service of commemoration past, present and future all seemed to unite in the one great act of thanksgiving. We looked back into the past with proud thankfulness, and into the future with glad hope W. M. Heath.

The Confirmation.

The Confirmation was held in Calne Parish Church on Sunday, December llth. The service was taken by the Bishop of Salisbury, who most kindly took Prayers for us in Chapel the evening before.

The following were confirmed :— R. A Id worth K B. Bulmer Y. M. Clarke J. V. H. Lovell A. Nettelfield R. M. Palmer D. N. M. Reade L. M. Roome K. M. Trow H. Walton P. K. Waterfall Twenty-two relations and friends who were present signed the Confirmation register.

We are most grateful to all those who have taken services for us or given addresses in Chapel this year:— The Rev B. Aston, The Rev. C. H. S. Matthews, The Rev. Canon Veazey, M. Margesson and D. Morrison.

Social Service, 1932—1933.

Owing to the general depression in trade, unemployment, and all the suffering attendant on it, the last year has been a very active one for the Mission. The situation seemed, and still seems, so critical, that we felt that everybody, ourselves especially, should do all they could to improve it. We had our Health Festival of course, and it was a very good one, but more was needed, and the idea of the Freewill Offering Fund was an excellent one.

By persuading people to decide at the beginning of term

9 how much they ought to give, it has greatly increased the collections, and in no way diminished the generosity with which special appeals are answered. Such an appeal was that for clothes for the unemployed and their children. We had a special collection, bought wool with the proceeds, and set to work to knit it into socks, jerseys and all variety of useful garments. At the end of the Spring Term there was an exhibition, greatly enlivened

by Miss Alexander's contribution, multi-coloured knitted squares, which she has since made up into the most gorgeous cot covers.

Unfortunately only M. Longridge and P. Preston were able to go to Social Service week this year, and as Mollie left at the end of the term, after doing much useful work for the Mission, Pamela was not called upon to lecture to us on what she had seen. This loss was however made good by Mary Margesson and Dorothy Morrison, who spoke in Chapel, the first about her work for the U.M.C.A. in Nyasaland, the latter about William Jackson, who, blind himself, devoted his life to serving the blind in Burma. Dorothy Sainsbury who was on furlough from British Honduras told us something of the people there, and of her experiences in the hurricane.

Next term is the winter term, men are still out of work, their winter clothes have been pawned this summer.

The question of whether they will be able to buy them back depends on us for its answer. Next term must be a very busy one.

V. M. Armstrong.

THE HEALTH FESTIVAL. The Health Festival this year was held as usual on S. Luke's Day. This year to our great joy Canon Veazey was able to come to us, and the very fact of his presence gave the Health Festival far greater meaning. As he spoke to us in Chapel of all that we have to be thankful for, pur recovery from illness, our good health and physical fitness, one could imagine the contents of the heavily laden window-sills being sent to alleviate the needs of those who unhappily could not rejoice in such good health. How truly thankful we should be for our good health was brought home to us very vividly by the sharp contrast that Canon Veazey drew between our life and the life of some of those in the mission.

10 After a very beautiful service in Chapel Canon Veazey showed us slides illustrating his work in the Mission. The special point emphasized in his talk was the amount of work we could do, and had done, to help those who lived in the Mission. Some of the slides showed an extraordinary contrast in the people before, and after, they had come in contact with the Mission, a change so wonderful in some cases as to seem almost miraculous.

The lecture over, the Mission Officers had tea with Canon Veazey. This gave us a splendid chance to ask questions and Canon Veazey was most kind in answering us and telling us still more about the Mission.

This Health Festival was the first I had seen and, as I had heard so much about it, I was eagerly looking forward to it—nor was I disappointed. I thought that the Health Festival was one of the best, most beautiful, and certainly the fittest offering of praise and thanksgiving that a school such as S Mary's could make M. C. Parry-Okeden.

The following old girls sent contributions to the Health Festival :— Miss Damant, J. Bridgman, P. Clarence, M. Crawley (Durst), D. Duder, A. Durst, J. Ferguson, M. Goodden, N. Green, (Fisher), B. Hindley, M. Hiscock, M. Hort, M. Hulbert, M. O. Jones, G. Kirby, P. Mackey, I. Martin, R. Matthews, M. Rice, L. Suffrin, M. Thynne, V. Turner, Alison Wood, J. Young.

11 Tuesday Chapel Collections.

July, 1932-July, 1933.

RECEIPTS.

U.G.S.

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EXPENDITURE.

£ s. d.

U.G.S.

Balance ...

2 8 Term's Subscriptions 8 2 6 Tuesday's Offertories 40 1 10J Chapel Box ...

8 8J

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS. Collection for unemployed at Entertainments Grosstete a n d Poore Osmund and Moberly For Unemployed

2 0 8 1 18 1 2 2

'Term's Subscriptions 8 2 Records ...

9 S . Mark's ... 1 0 Infants' Welfare 1 0 Country Holiday Fund 4 0 Debt on Stafford St. Settlement ...

5 13 Carriage and Postage 18 Central School ...

1 0 U.M.C.A. ...

8 6 Accra ...

1 0 Christmas Hampers 2 17 Workhouse—Christmas 12 Diocesan Fund ...

6 0 D. Sainsbury (Honduras) ...

2 0 Waifs and Strays 15 Church Flowers ...

10 Invalid Children's Aid Association ...

1 12 Boy Scouts' Jamboree 1 0 Devizes Home ...

1 10 Materials for clothes for children of unemployed ...

1 6 Balance of collection for Unemployed 212 BALANCE ...

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£52 16 7f

6 li 0 0 0 0 3 0 8 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

8 1 10J

£52 16 7|

School Calendar.

1932.

Sept. 20. Beginning of Term.

Oct. 3. Lecture on " Kembrandt" by Mrs. Havrower. ,, 14. Meeting of the League of Nations Union in the Town Hall. Speaker : Mi-. Alec Wilson. ,, 15. Laci'osse v. Downe House. School lost. ,, 16. Song Kecital at Mariborouyh College by Mr, Steuart Wilson. ,, 18. Health Festival. Service and address by Canon Veazey. ,, 25. Heading of •' Much Ado About Nothing " by Miss Dorothy Green. ., 26. Heading of " Macbeth " by Miss Dorothy Green, ,, 29. Party to Bath to see " Le Bourgeois Gentiihoiiinie ".

Lacrosse match v. Goclolphin 2nd XII. School won.

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1933.

Jan. 18.

Feb. 4. ,, 10. ,, 13. ,, 23. ,, 25. „ 28.

Mar. 4.

Prize Giving.

Maidless Day. Netball match v. S. Brandon's. School won.

Lecture on Architecture by Mr. Harrower.

Party to Bath to concert by Lamond.

Concert by The Wayfarer's Trio.

Netball Cup Match v. Koyal School. School lost.

Lecture by Mr. Pollock on " The Cottagesof Wiltshire." " B" lacrosse match v. Marlborough Ladies. School won.

Netball " B " VII v. Downe House. School won.

Under 15 VII v. Downe House. School won.

Christmas Pageant given by the Musical Society.

Competition for Shakespeare Cup. Confirmation iu the Parish Church.

School Certificate Examination.

Mark Reading. Tea and Speeches.

Beginning of term.

Puppet Show by Mr. Peat.

Grosstfite and Poore Entertainment.

Lecture on " Christopher Wren " by Mrs. Kichardson.

Lecture on Garibaldi by Mr. Aston.

Osmund and Moberly Entertainment.

Staff Play.

Lecuire on "The Invalid Children's Aid Association"

by Miss Manson. ,, 5. Netball match " A" VII v. Westonbirt. Scliool won. „ 7. Lacrosse match v. Royal School. School lost. „ 9. " Judas Maccabseus " in the Parish Church by the Calne Choral Society. „ 10. Skipping Competition. Cup won by Grosst£te. „ 16. Lecture on " Soviet Russia" by Mr. Jewesbury. ,, 18. Netball Tournament at Trowbridge. ,, 25. Lacrosse match 1st XII v. Westonbirt 2nd XII. School won. „ 28. Form Drill Competition. Cups won by Upper V. and Lower VI Party to Dauntsey's to see " Henry V." ,, 29. Service in (Jhapel and address by Rev. B. Aston.

Dedication of Archdeacon Bodingcon's Memorial in Library.

April 1. Nethall match " A " VII v. Downe House. School won.

Netball match "under 15" VII v. Downe House.

School won. ,, 5. Mark Reading.

May 10. Beginning of Term. ,, 17. Expedition to Stratford-oil-Avon to see " Macbeth."

Lecture in the Town Hall by the Rev. A. J. G. Haweis on '' The Evangelical Movement of Che 18th Century." ,, 20 Cricket match v. Downe House. School lost. ,. 24. Expedition to Stratford-ou-Avon to see " As You Like It." ,, 25. Ascension Day. ,, 27. Recital by Miss Rosemary Miunis.

June 1. Pageant at Lacock Abbey. ,, 3 Cricket match v. Royal School. School lost. ,, 7. Expedition to Stratford-ou-Avon to see " Coriolanus." ,. 8. Paueant at Wiitou House. ,, 11. Address in Chapul by Mary Margessou on her work with U.M.A.C.

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Maidless Day. Performance of " As You Like It." Jubilee Celebrations.

Half Term. Expedition to Wilton House Exhibition.

Expedition to Hath.

Pi-rfoiniimee of " As You Like It." Tennis match 1st VI v. Royal School. School lost.

Junior VI v. lloyal School. School lost.

Dorothy Morrison spoke in Chapel on " An Ambassador in Bonds."

Tennis match v. Bath Hifih School. School won.

Lecture on "Parody " by Mrs. Richardson.

Lecture on " Some problems of the Historian and Biographer " by Mrs. Kichardson.

E n t e r t a i n m e n t of the Church Choir. Dancing Display and Dinner.

Address by D. Rainsbnry on her \voi-k in British Honduras.

Tennis match " under 16 " IV v. Powne House. School lost. " Under 15 " IV v. Downe House. School lost.

Final of Senior Singles. Won by W. Oman-Jones, Final of .Junior Singles Won by E. Booker.

Tennis match '' A " VI v Calne Ladies. School won.

Final of Form Tennis. Lower VI won the cup.

Tennis match v. the Staff. School won.

Mark Beading.

The Staff.

It was sad to say good-bye to Miss Inge who for over four years, as our first resident Art mistress, had done so much for the School. Though she came back to work after the summer holidays it was obvious that she was far from well, and she was obliged to leave us almost immediately and has since had a wearisome We were so year of ill health and convalescence. glad to see her in July, and hope that by January she will be quite fit for work again. As Art mistress and as Form mistress of Form III Miss Inge has been very much missed. She has been succeeded by Miss M. J. Hendry who came to us in May. Miss Cooke decided that after four years here—her first post—she ought to seek work elsewhere. She had done a great deal for our History teaching, and as form mistress of Upper IV, and we were very sorry to part with her in April. She had a term's holiday, part of which she spent at the Women's University Settlement in Southwark, and begins work next term at North Walsham High School. In her place we have welcomed Miss Anderson.

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Miss Angell James left us in July after nearly five years with us as English and German mistress, and as head of S. Bridget's, where, and in her own form, she will be very much missed. We hope she will be very happy in her new post at Sutton High School.

Miss Storrs Fox, who succeeded Miss Damant last September was not well in the summer term and had to have a long holiday. She had been so eager on our behalf that it was sad to part with her, but Nurse Marks, who had often helped in time of crisis, came to our rescue and is returning to us next term as Matron.

The Staff, July,

1933.

RESIDENT— Miss A L E X A N D E R , (Senior Mistress) French.

Miss ANDERSON, History.

MADEMOISELLE ANTOINE, French.

Miss F K E W E R , Classics.

Miss G K O V E R . Science, Gardening, Geography.

Miss HAYWOOD. Domestic Science.

Miss H E N D R Y , Art. Miss A N G E L L JAMES. English.

Miss JAMES, Mathematics.

Miss J E N N I N G S , Music.

Miss MACLACHLAN, Science.

Miss MossE. Kindergarten.

Miss PRIOR, Music.

Miss SNELL. Games, Gymnastics, Dancing.

Miss STORRS-Fox, Matron.

Miss BARTLETT, Secretary.

SISTER AKH. NON-RESIDENT— THE REV. A. B. BROWNE, Divinity.

MR. PULLEIN. Piano.

Miss POUND, Piano.

MRS. WATLING, Italian.

MIHS A L L E N , Violin.

Miss ISBORN. 'Cello.

MR. CULLEY, Carpentry.

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School List, July 1933.

M. Ogle M. E Wilson V. M. Armstrong M. N. E. Mansergh A. P. Sadler B. M. Brooke

Came 1926 3 1928 1 1930 l 1926 1 1931 2 1929 1

E. M. Minnis M. C. Parrv-Okeden M. O. E. Stead F. C. Leigh- Mai lory D. E. Waller

Came 19293 1932 2 19292 1928 3 1929 3

M. C. Beale E. G. Combes J. 11. Cross S. W. Goodden (;. A. Hall W. M. Heath

LOWER 1929 1 1927 3 1929 3 1929 3 1929 2 1928 2

VI. W. Osman-Jones B. M. Kirke P M. McCormick p. Preston K. 11. Svnge L. B M". Wollen

1923 3 1930 3 1929 31 1930 1929 ' 1928 3

K. B. A. B C. D. D. A. D. S.

1929 1929 1923 1929 1932

UPPER Bulmer Carver N.Churchill Chenevix-Trench Hobson

V.

3 2 2 3 1

MIDDLE R. C. E. V.

Aldworth I-. Alexander II. Blathwayt M. Carver

K. R. Macaulav B. R. Leigh-Mallory L. 11. Roome K M . Trow H. Walton

1932 2 1930 3 1931 1 19223 1930 3

V.

1929 3 19303 1932 2 1932 1

J. v. Lovell J. M. Pope B. G. Woodmass

1932 1 1932 1 1932 3

M. E. Beloe E. M. Booker J. M. G. Cameron E. B. Combes K. A. Conybeare M. Harris

LOWER 1931 3 1930 3 1930 3 1927 3 1931 2 1933 2

V. D. C. IT. Maitland A. Nettelfield R. M. Palmer E. Remington- Wilson P. K. Waterfall

1929 3 19283 1931 1 1932 3 1930 2

D. E. Bradford T. H. Bridgman P. M. Clarke Y. M. Clarke V M. Combes G. J. N. Corsellis P. D Ede M. F. Glvnn C D. Hall P. B. Herbert

1930 3 1931 2 1931 3 1931 2 1927 3 1932 3 1927 3 1931 2 1930 3 1932 3

UPPER

IV. C. A. Ilovle J. S. Kirkaldv- Willis 11. E. Matthews M. U. Paris M. E. Pollock M. P. Robinson ![. E. Tuckwell C. P. Waldo M. P. Wood

1931 1931 1928 1931 1931 1931 1932 1931 1931

3 3 2 3 2 3 1 3 a

16 LOWER R. E. Amphlett A. E. Barnes M. J. Blathwayt A. M. E. Gloss'op M. Hamersiey M. S. Hayter E. Hocking M. M. Hotchkis

1929 31 1930 19323 1930 3 1931 3 1933 1 1933 1 1932 2

IV. E. V. Jephson D. J. Leigh-Mallory C. A. Head C. M. Olive A. M. G. Roberts M G. Pollock T. F. W Tidman J M. Warrand

1931 3 1932 3 19321 1933 2 1933 2 1932 2 1933 a 1932 3

FORM HI. L. 0. G. Carleton A. N. Carter D. M. Ede I. Gough E. Jardine E. C. Long

Came 1933 1 1932 3 1927 3 1925 3 1933 2 1927 3

J. McCormick F. O. Matthews M. J. Morris B. J. Philips P. E. Roe M. E. Whieldon C.A. Whiffen

Came 1933 1 1928 2 1932 3 1933 l 1932 3 1931 3 1933 2

FORM II. J. B. Combes D. E. Drabble B. S. Godwin

19291 1932 3 1931 3

D. Maundrell M. B. Wiltshire

1929 1 1928 3

S. PRISCA'S. F. B. Jones J. A. Trow

1930 2 1929 2

J. C. Drabble B. J. Mattingly

1932 3 1933 1

P. E. Whieldon E. M. Teague

1931 3 1933 2

C. E. Pound

1932 2

E. Waller has been elected Head of the School for 1933—1934 with E. <\l. Minnis as deputy second head.

Examination Results.

July 1932—1933.

OLD GIRLS. Cambridge University.

Historical Tripos Part I. Class II, Div. I. B. M. Rice Mediaeval and Modern Language Tripos. Part I (French) Class II, Div. I. i\r. F. Hort Teachers' Diploma.

M. P. Tallents

17 London University.

B.A. Honours Classics, Class II. Second M.B. Social Science Diploma Higher Certificate National Froebel Union.

Royal Horticultural Society Diploma Incorporated Society of Trained Masseuses.

PRESENT

J. L. Suffrin I. M. Martineau A. A. Le Mesurier R. M. K. Moilliet E. A. Westaway J. Foster J. Ferguson

GIRLS.

Vacancy, Girton College, Cambridge. (Latin & French)

M. E. Wilson

CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL CERTIFICATE. December, 1932.

Honours.

Pass

S. W. Goodden C. A Hall W. M. Heath W. Osman-Jones

(Dist. Biology, Mathematics, French) (Distinction Divinity) (Distinction Divinity)

M. C. Beale F. C Bradford (Distinction Divinity) E. G. Combes (Distinction French) M. J. Gale B. M, Kirke ]. S. Marjoribanks E. M. Minnis (Distinction French) P. Preston M. O E. Stead K. M. Synge D. E. Waller L. B. M. Wollen

Soci6t6 National des Professeurs de Francais en Angleterre.

Concours Special

Prizes.

Concours des Laure'ats

Prizes.

Narration.

Concours Mensuels.

Prizes,

E. M. Minnis M. E Wilson G. J. Corsellis P. D. Ede A. E. Mead M. E. Wilson M. E. Wilson T. H. Bridgman L. G. C. Carleton R. A. Conybeare D. M. Ede P. D. Ede M. F. Glynn I E. W. Heywood F. O. Matthews A. E. Mead M. G. Pollock M. E. Wilson

18 Changes in the years 1932—1933.

There have been many changes during this last year, some more important than others, but all of them have combined to make the year a very satisfactory one.

The Bodington Library has now had a spacious bow window added to it, which gives the room an imposing and dignified appearance, and instead of the old floor there is a beautiful parquet one which exactly matches the tables and chairs.

Miss Bartlett's office and Bee's Knee have been repapered with a cheerful design of orange flowers and there are bright orange curtains which even on dull days give an appearance of sunshine and warmth.

S. Faith's has been given two superb shower baths— a luxury which is greatly envied by all who are not lucky enough to be able to use them.

The Lower IV have an electric fan in their form room for use in hot weather,—thereby being robbed of the word " heat " as an excuse for fuddled brains and doubtful work.

A very big change has been wrought in the kitchen, three beautiful new Aga stoves have been installed, which greatly facilitate the hot work of the unfortunate cook and kitchen maids.

Two changes are noticeable in the dining room ; the tables have been stained and varnished a dark brown, and are a very great improvement on the previous scrubbed boards. And instead of the old earthenware flower pots, very pretty green jugs have appeared in their place, which make the flowers a real pleasure to arrange.

There are several changes in dress, but there are two which are of outstanding importance. First the one which is approved by all, tennis socks for wearing in the summer. They are of a very neat uniform pattern and look very well with the blue cotton dresses. The second change—new tunics—has been much criticised. These met with very adverse criticism, though quite a number of people like them.

All these changes are important in their ways, but perhaps the most important event of all is the change in the Companies. It had long been thought that Edmund Rich was too small to be able to compete fairly with the other Companies. The day girls have now been divided up, two or three going into each of the other Companies, and several boarders have left their old Companies and have gone to help build up a new Edmund Rich. The arrangement has been most satisfactory.

19 And so throughout the year the school has changed in various ways, but all changes have been for the best, and even the most conservative minded of us have very little ground for objecting because they are all so definitely an advantage to the welfare of the school.

A. P. Sadler.

Miss Dorothy Green's Visit.

October 25th and 26th, 1932.

Our acquaintance with " Much Ado about Nothing" and " Macbeth" was deepened into a lasting friendship, and our knowledge of both plays widened, during Miss Dorothy Green's eventful visit to the school on October 25th and 26th. I think our hearts were won when first we set eyes on her, and by the time she had read those merry words,-among the first spoken by Beatrice ' he is sooner caught than the pestilence and the taker runs presently mad. God help the noble Claudio ! if he have caught the Benedick, it will cost him a thousand pounds ere a'be cured' we realised that here was someone who perfectly understood the character of Beatrice. Miss Green with her swiftly changing expression of voice and countenance, brought home to us the humour of the lively wit in the scenes between Beatrice and Benedick, which we had not before fully appreciated.

And Don John窶馬o disappointing redeeming features here ! We shuddered with delicious horror at his utter villainy. From first to last she held our attention rivetted while we watched the plot unfold and the characters develop. First we laughed with Beatrice and Benedick, then at them when they were first pricked with the arrows of love; we listened in horror to the effects of Don John's plots, but our horror was melted to joyous rapture before the all prevading self assurance of Dogberry, his dense stupidity and delicious misuse of words.

The denunciation in the temple was tragic, but all ended happily, Beatrice and Benedick, assured of each other's love, returned to their gay repartee. Miss Green having led her audience through the sorrows brought us back to the dominant note of the play - laughter.

On the following morning she read " Macbeth "; this play is such a contrast to " Much Ado " that it is impossible to compare her reading of the two. Suffice it to say that though we probably enjoyed most the lighter theme of " Much Ado ", in " Macbeth " she held us

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enthralled in that atmosphere of horror, violence and irresistible evil which has never been equalled. Alone, with only the inflections of her melodious voice, and the changing expressions of her face, she made us see the whole scene and actions of the rough thanes and the witches ; she made us feel the supernatural power of their charms, combined with Lady Macbeth's ambition, forcing Macbeth to do deeds against which his whole being revolted. I think it was in the sleep-walking scene that Miss Green excelled ; Lady Macbeth had acted contrary to all womanly instincts, but nature had her revenge, her troubled spirit must have some outlet, and what a depth of trouble, guilt and shame was there !

Miss Green filled us with pity for her, yet we drew back in horror from the guilty soul. I think most of us understood the construction of the play as a whole more than ever before, the necessity of the porter scene to relieve the awful tension, and the gradual change brought about in Macbeth's. character, a brave, honourable, though ambitious, soldier having once set foot upon the path of crime he was unable to turn back, and, thinking himself possessed of a supernatural power, he rushed headlong to his final doom.

I do not think any of us will ever forget the impression made upon our minds by Miss Green's rendering of both these plays. (How we wished we had seen her acting in them at Stratford or " The Old Vic " !) We were extremely sorry to say goodbye to her, but we hear she may visit us again ; if this should be the case she may be sure of a very hearty welcome.

F. C. Leigh-Mallory.

Shakespeare Competition.

December, 1932.

Form VI and Lower IV were chosen at a preliminary performance, to compete before an outside judge, Mrs. Wardle, and as Lower VI, owing to illness could not compete on the first day they also gave their performance before the judge. Form VI won the Hyndley cup and Lower IV the junior cup. We are most grateful to Mrs. Wardle for the following criticisms :â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

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FORM VI. Scenes from " King John."

This was a high spirited performance planned with certainty and courage. The team work was admirable : silent lords and executioners contributed by every expression and movement to the effect of the whole and the chief actors worked together in dialogue to produce a tensity of feeling which can never come of isolated acting, however good. The whole play was grasped and each scene well realised. The scene " in council" was notably well grouped: the figures were alive and full of meaning though almost still, and it is equally remarkable that throughout the terrible violence of the scene with the red hot irons-undertaken with unflinching realism by these actors- the grouping was always clear and significant, each change of feeling clearly expressed and no word lost. In this scene, in the speech of Arthur (V. Armstrong), whose voice in the boy's part was of memorable beauty, the rhythm of the verse was heard beating up through the excitement and identifying itself with the excitement in harmony rarely enjoyed except by the mind's ear. The speaking of all parts was clear and vigorous and so well filled with the life of the characters that at times one might almost have believe that the words were being spoken for the first time. King John (E. Mansergh) gave a living and suggestive representation; Hubert (M. Ogle) with his thought on his face, was unflagging in an exacting part, and Arthur's sensitiveness and high spirits as well as the quick changes of his emotion were beautifully acted. Altogether for their interpretation, " for clean action and good delivery ", this team deserves high praise.

LOWER IV. Scenes from " A Midsummer Night's Dream."

This lively production caught the delightful mixture of grace and fun which the play offers and brought out the contrasts which mean so much. The choice of girls for the parts showed real understanding of the characters and the actual translation of Bottom (M. Glossop and D. Bradford) into another person was original and resourceful The actors followed each other with their eyes and worked together well, showing by facial expression as well as speech what they thought and felt. The speaking was clear and lively all the time and although the verse was spoken with ease and naturalness the rhythm was not lost.

The performance was chiefly good because the actors enjoyed the acting so much that the audience was infected with the fun of it.

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LOWER VI. Scenes from Cymbeline.

This form chose a beautiful but very difficult play, and I much admire the sincerity of their work. As they gave the scenes separate passages were beautiful and full of feeling, but the meaning and proportion of the whole was not made clear. The separate characters did not realise how their parts should have contributed to the general effect. The two boys Polydore (P. ParryOkeden) and Cadwal (E. Minnis) were alive, frank and vigorous and their guardian sustained his anxious care for them well Imogen (C Mallory) had strong feeling but did not bring out the changes of thought and mood which Shakespeare wrote into her speeches and so her performance, though it had beauty was"monotonous and not Shakespeare's Imogen. Cloten (F. Bradford) was not fully realised; Cymbeline (B. Brooke) did not command his scene nor convince us of his age and dignity. The Prologue was well written and excellently spoken; many lyric passages were quietly beautiful, but too often the speakers could not be heard; repeatedly a dropped voice, a drooping or backward turned head or a gesture not well finished, made it difficult for the audience to follow. All speakers showed appreciation of the words as they spoke them.

The remaining scenes were : â&#x20AC;&#x201D; LOWER V. Scenes from The Tempest.

A spirited performance, though the miming was very pointless; they spoke up well, though rather too fast.

The noises off were very realistic. In the second scene J. Cameron made a sporting attempt to take the part of Caliban, and the scene was amusingly represented. The weak part of the performance was the scene before Prospero's cell, but, on the whole, the form produced intelligently.

UPPER IV. Scenes from Henry V. In the first scene, the king's hall, the King (P. Robinson) was very dignified and spoke up extremely well, and the whole scene gave the impression of dignity and a crisis, though the introduction of a box of Slazenger's tennis balls was a ludicrous touch. In the first battle scene the French soldier (M. Glynn) was good, but Pistol (J. K. Willis) was rather unintelligible though otherwise she was good and amusing. The boy (P. Ede) was much too stiff and unnatural. The scene would have been much better had they not all stayed on the same spot at the back of the stage throughout. The last scene was very fairly produced, but was spoilt by the Queen (U. Paris) who was neither dignified nor audible.

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MIDDLE V. Scenes from The Merchant of Venice.

All the actual diction was particularly good, but Portia (R. Macaulay) misread her part, she was not womanly nor gracious enough, and did not give any hint that she possessed a great sense of humour. The casting was not satisfactory, as Gratiano (A Trench) was not suitable for the part, and Bassanio (L. Roome) was lacking in vitality. Shylock's (B. Bulmer) performance was very lively, though she sometimes emphasised the wrong word, and she did not win either the sympathy or the hatred of the audience. A special word of commendation must be given to the Duke (A. Carver) who, at very short notice, took her part in a dignified and intelligent manner.

UPPER V. Scenes from A Winter's Tale.

It is hardly fair to judge this as one of the chief characters, the shepherd (G. Combes) was absent, and, under the circumstances, it was very plucky of them to produce at all. It was a difficult play to produce, requiring music and dancing to give the impression of the shearing feast. Florizel (W. Heath) was wrongly cast, and would have been much better suited us Perdita.

Polyxenes (E. Waller) and Autolycus (S. Goodden) played well and gave the impression of vitality. The grouping and enunciation throughout were good.

All the performances were practically word perfect, and the standard of intelligence was high, though there was no outstanding performance in these four, and they were very much on a level.

E. M. M., E. M. A., M.AJ.

" Henry V " at Dauntsey's School.

March 1933.

We were most fortunate in seeing the dress rehearsal of "Henry V" which was performed in the new hall at Dauntsey's School. We were all very much impressed by the standard of the acting and particularly by the outstanding performance of the king He seemed to have such a thorough understanding ot the fervour and hot temper which were combined in the character of Henry V, and all his lines were beautifully spoken. Fluellen, the Welshman, was acting quite admirably and his representation of that untorgetable incident with the leak

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was particularly enjoyable. We also much appreciated the acting of the old and decrepit King of France, his son the Dauphin, and those rogues Bardolph and Nym. In addition to good acting the play was beautifully staged. The costumes wery very effective, especially the suits of armour worn by the king. Very splendid, too, were the banners and coats of arms of England and France. One scene in particular impressed itself on my memory, that in which King Henry sat alone in the early morning before Agincourt. In the middle of the stage glowed a small brazier, behind a small Norman Church made a black silhouette against the sky, day was just dawning, and the sky was a greenish-blue tinged with the first red flush of early dawn.

After the performance we were taken behind the scenes and shown that this beautiful setting was obtained with the help of a most elaborate system of lighting.

Above the stage was the electrician's loft from which all the lighting was worked. We were told that the scenery was made entirely by the boys.

We were most grateful for the welcome we were given to so enjoyable a play, and though we were entertained for nearly three hours it seemed only too short a time. It was indeed a performance entirely worthy of the beautiful new hall in which it was acted.

M. O. E. Stead.

Stratford-on-Avon.

May, 1933.

This year we again had the wonderful opportunity of going to Stratford-on-Avon. Three parties went, most of the School Certificate form to " Macbeth ", some of us to " As You Like It", and some to " Coriolanus." It was thrilling going for the second time, as so many of us did, and our joy of recognition more than rivalled the delight of those who had never seen the theatre before.

This time we arrived at Stratford at about 12 o'clock, and were free to wander through the town visiting the church and Shakespeare's birthplace, where we saw many interesting things including the famous folios. After a picnic lunch in the lovely New Place gardens we made our way to the theatre.

25 It is difficult to say which party enjoyed themselves the most. In " Macbeth " the production was essentially modern. According to the producer it was only the fevered imagination of Macbeth that endowed the everyday things with a supernatural aspect. It was the first modern Shakespeare presentation any of us had seen, and we were most interested in the extraordinarily good effect obtained by the white metal scenery, and the striking use of silhouettes against the background of blue sky. That production of Macbeth certainly taught us that modern art, when applied to drama, is to be heartily admired rather than despised. " As You Like It" impressed those who saw it in quite a different way. Instead of the mysterious atmosphere of " Macbeth " all was gaiety and life. We were fascinated by Fabia Drake as Rosalind, seldom had we seen an actress so capable of such light-hearted and spirited playingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;we came home quite overflowing with ideas and inspirations for our own production.

In " Coriolanus " we again saw modern scenery and this time it aimed rather at beautiful tableaux effects than at the creation of supernatural atmosphere. The opening of the play was specially impressive, the darkened theatre and the threatening murmur of the unseen crowd set the tone for the coming scenes. Coriolanus himself was simply magnificent and I doubt whether any of his audience will ever forget the defiance of that last laugh with which he flung himself on the swords of the enemy.

Those expeditions to Stratford-on-Avon will always remain with us as glorious days of sheer and unforgetable enjoyment in our school life.

M. C. C. Parry-Okeden.

"As You Like it."

June 22nd, 24th, 28th, 1933.

A well known writer has remarked that he always thinks of " As You Like It " in terms of colour and it is in terms of colour that the performance of " As You Like It" by the S. Mary's players on June 24th will remain in the memories of those who saw it.

The background of dark green relieved by the white flowering shrubs was admirably adapted to set off the gay costumes of the courtiers as they came and went, and the stage with its two levels enabled the producers to obtain some most effective grouping of the dancers.

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Last impressions may well come first, and the last impression was of that charming wedding group crowned by a flame coloured Hymen with flame-coloured hair. Critics have often spoken of this Hymen incident as a blot on the play, but no one who saw it as interpreted for us at S. Mary's would be inclined to endorse that view— though we may express a doubt as to whether Shakespeare's conception of Hymen was quite that of the producer It is perhaps unfortunate that the play had to be cut so ruthlessly. We could well spare some of the chop logic of the first act, but we were sorry to be deprived of any of the forest scenes. Not that we would have seen the dancing shortened by a moment, but on that summer evening, with the birds singing in the trees and the sun at last breaking through the clouds, many of the audience could have been content to " lose and neglect the creeping hours of time " for- well, for at least another half hour.

As to the dancing it was sheer delight. The four Greek studies (really exquisitely danced) which preceded the opening scene, and the dancing interludes in the forest blent so happily with the spirit of the play as to give the whole performance a real unity.

All the actors spoke their words clearly and confidently and we were spared that rapid gabble which some Shakespearean actors affect. In the first act the usurping Duke (played by P. Parry-Okeden) was as sinister as one could wish, and A. B. Carver's rendering of the lackadaisical Le Beau was admirable—so was her costume.

We were given a most spirited quarrel between Orlando (S. Goodden) and Oliver, played by M. Ogle who made a capital villain. The wrestling scene was not quite so convincing. The fact that it was played off stage made it all the more necessary that the actors should convey to the audience a sense of the tenseness of the struggle and its climax. Here we think they lacked finish. The whole business seemed a trifle hurried. Again we think that the scene between Orlando and Rosalind in the first act wanted something. Some moment in that scene was surely the supreme moment when he proved the " Shepherd's saw of might." It might have been when he was first brought before her, it might have been just before the hanging of the chain round his neck, but, when it did come, we should have felt it as we might feel the sudden turning on of a light—and we did not. Rosalind's exit, too, " he calls me back " when of course he had not

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called her at all, all this might have been taken slower and with more light and shade. It is one of Shakespeare's fascinations that he gives practically no stage direction and leaves players to work out these things for themselves.

Orlando's acting grew better and better as the play went on and he spoke his lines " If ever you have looked on better days, etc." with feeling and a sense of beauty of the words. His badinage with Jaques was capital and we should have liked to hear more of it. V. M. Armstrong made a good Jaques, cynical and melancholy.

Undoubtedly the best thing in the play was the acting together of Rosalind (F. C. Leigh-Mallory) and Celia (R. Aldworth). In the banishment scene both rose to a level surprisingly high for such young actors - one could not have wished to see this passage taken better. Celia was especially touching in her fidelity to her friend. But it was in the forest that Rosalind came to her own. She played throughout the last four acts with a joyousness that came right over to the audienceâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;especially charming was her acting in the scene where the two cousins listen to Orlando and Jaques.

T. H. Bridgman as Audrey showed that she had a genuine talent for comedy and the audience could not have enough of her. Touchstone (D. E. Bradford) had good facial expression and played with spirit but his fooling would have been better for a little more variety.

E. Waller was excellent as the love lorn Silvius, M. N. E. Mansergh made a dignified Duke Senior, and Amiens (B. M. Brooke) a really decorative courtier. Charles (B. Mallory) " 1st Lord " (W. Heath) and Phebe (J. LeighMallory) were all good.

We seem to have thrown unregarded age into a corner but a word must be said for the veterans They were both capital, Corin (L. Wollen) rather a jolly old boy, and Adam (R. Macaulay) incredibly antique and speaking with a Gloucestershire accent which, if not natural, was well assumed.

Altogether a happy memory.

T C. Macaulay.

General Activities.

Autumn Term.

Many hours of this term have been spent in rehearsing. There are two events which have required this, the Shakespeare competition and the " Christmas Pageant " which the Music Club produced. This sometimes demanded a quick change from one role to another.

28 A " Christmas Pageant" rehearsal was fixed for six o'clock, leaving time for an hour's diligent rehearsing of Shakespeare beforehand. It is remarkable that these changes were effected with such ease, and that never once did Father Christmas enter with the words " The quality of mercy is not strained", nor was Hubert's entrance heralded with " Dame get up and bake your pies." The Italian class acted a short play to the school.

It was extremely well done and a new occurrence to hear a play in Italian. She who took the part of noises off " is especially to be congratulated ! It may be said that acting has perhaps been the most " general" activity of this term, this is, of course, with reference to activities of our free time.

Companies have come into frequent combat this term.

Much time in break and after breakfast has been spent in lacrosse and netball shooting practice. The netball shooting competition was won by Moberly. 1 he second contest, that of the lacrosse sports, was again won by Moberly. The third, and biggest, event was the lacrosse matches, which for the winning company has the happy ending of the possession for a year of a shield. Poore are to be congratulated on winning this year. A match " Victims v. the Rest" was played one week before the " victims" had other foes to fight. They were invincible on the lacrosse field, beating "The Rest" by seven goals to six. May they be equally victorious in the field of exams! The last match of the term was^played on December 14th, the opposing sides were "Staff" against "The Sixth." We are glad to relate that the latter won by eight goals to three. At the end of the game the Staff were all awarded their colours. We would like to thank them for playing us, a brave feat since the total weight of our team exceeds sixty-six stone !

Knitting is still a very general activity, and the garments made and the method of construction grow steadily more complicated. Knitting has nearly ceased to be a social occupation, more often what appears to be a hum of conversation is a mixture of counting, and analysing of the rules of patterns, requiring all possible concentration if the holes are to appear in the correct place. There is to be an exhibition of the handwork done during the term, and although much of it will doubtless be knitting there is other work donecarpentry, needlework, drawing, stoolcaning, lino-cuts and fretsaw work are all activities of the term.

29 Miss Prior has started a mission circle which meets every fortnight and discusses and learns about the missions in India. It is very good of Miss Prior to give up her evenings to us and we are very grateful to her. A second society, newly founded by Miss Snell, is a " Country Dancing Society ". We meet on wet afternoons, and also during the term gave one party.

Bindle now has regular exercise ; he is taken out daily for a walk during games time, we hope by this to prevent him ending up as did K.C., although he is already on the wide side!

The term ends always with a buzz of general activity.

Spelling, dates, packing, books to be signed and so on, not to mention end of term essays, fill up these last days, so until the very last minute the term is full of " general activity." We are extremely fortunate in the amount of free time we are given and in which we can do as we like. It is owing to this that our occupations cover such a big range, and we are able to partake of such a varied amount of " general activities."

A. M. B. Conybeare.

General Activities. Summer Term.

We began the term with a big disappointment.

It had been planned for us that five of the Sixth should spend the first month of the term at Salem or Spetzgart, those famous schools run in so thrilling a way by Herr Hahn. Girls from these schools were to come in exchange to S. Mary's. But the "crisis" in Germany made our parents decide against it. Miss Matthews did her best to atone for our disappointment by inviting two Spetzgart girls to visit us, and we very much enjoyed our visitors, Gertrud Weigert and Karin Hutchinson. We took them to Stratford, Oxford, Bath and Marlborough, and they shared as far as possible in our school life until recalled home by the exigencies of approaching examinations.

We have had a wonderfully happy term —of the Jubilee and all its happenings accounts are given elsewhere. But though that might have seemed enough " thrill " for one term it was not so with us. Three expeditions to Stratford, Pageants at Lacock and Wilton, matches, picnics and outings, all contributed to make the term—with its glorious sunshine, and unprecedented opportunities for sleeping out—the most perfect we ever

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remember. Handwork of a new and strange nature we owe to Mademoiselle Domergue, who came to us in the absence, through illness, of Mademoiselle Antoine.

Animals of every colour and degree sprang to shape under her careful tuition, while we ended the term with an outburst of Japanese gardens.

The dressmakers have done better, too, than ever before, fifty-six dresses were completed during the term, and the mannequin parade, held on July 28th, was the best we remember. " As You Like It " might have been deemed enough dramatic effort for one term, but not so, On the last day of term the second and first forms provided us with little French entertainments. Special mention must be made, however, of the really first-rate performance, given us by form VI, of a scene from Drinkwater's "Abraham Lincoln." This was given at Mark Reading, a very able introductory talk on the Wilberforce Centenary being given beforehand by Clare Mallory. Violet Armstrong was outstanding as Lincoln, giving a rendering remarkable for its restraint and intelligence. Margaret Ogle, as Frederick Douglass, was also very good indeed, but all did well, and the school and visitors were most grateful to the VI for their distinguished production. It formed a particularly happy ending to a wonderfully happy term.

Half-term.

November, 1932.

In spite of the bad weather the number of pur visitors for Prize Day was no less than former years. Miss Addison Phillips, the Headmistress of Clifton High School, came to give away the prizes. It was especially good of her to come to us, a comparatively small school, when she might have been enjoying her own half term holiday, and we shall long remember her address on the "gold standard."

The pessimistic forecasts of a wet week-end were contradicted by the perfectly fine weather on Saturday.

The majority of us made the most of it by setting out by char-a-banc for the downs and golf course and walking back; those abounding with energy made a detour over the downs, others taking a more direct route. They arrived back at school, weary but triumphant, to find a stimulating tea and hot baths awaiting them.

The younger ones gave vent to their cuisinary zeal in the kitchen at S. Prisca's. The evening was spent in dancing, and free time to appease the knitting enthusiasts.

31 Our usual Sunday freedom was increased by a merciful release from walks after church, and in the evening Miss Matthews read to us from " The Young Visiters."

On Monday those who had not been out with their people at all, about thirteen of us, drove to Salisbury, taking their lunch which â&#x20AC;&#x201D;by the kindness of Miss Ashâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;they consumed in the diningroom of the Godolphin School. After lunch they were conducted over the school house by Miss Matthews. People were then free to spend the time until 4.30 as they liked. Everyone visited the cathedral, some especially interested in architecture went on to S. Thomas's, others shopped, while the more (or should it be less ?) enterprising went to the cinema.

No less fortunate were those who took their lunch to Bowood and played games and explored among the caves. A third expedition, accompanied by Miss Fox, had lunch at Marlborough and spent the afternoon in Savernake. \C^e cannot adequately express our gratitude to Miss Matthews and those Staff who so unselfishly gave up their time to giving us such a truly delightful halfterm.

M. N. E. Mansergh.

Tea and Speeches.

December, 1932.

No function calls up a greater number of mixed feelings in its participants than does " Tea and Speeches."

The feelings of some are only too well understood : we can all feel the agony of apprehension which grips those whose task it is to add to the hilarity of the proceedings by making a speech, and it causes us no surprise to notice that the tea, which we all enjoy so much, has no charms for them. However, when the dreaded moment arrives they all respond nobly, and this year the speeches were, if anything, better than ever.

The first to speak was, of course, Miss Matthews who told us of her relief and satisfaction at being able to make over to an actual eye-witness, Miss Frayling, the task of relating the early history of the school, which she herself has hitherto done from hearsay. She then called upon Peggy Parry-Okeden to speak on behalf of the new girls. This speech is apt to call up rather mixed

feelings on the part of the audience which is unusually weighed down by a sense of duty, the duty of laughing promptly and loudly at the right moment (duly rehearsed).

This year, however, there had been no rehearsals, the composition of the speech had been shrouded in mystery, and when the moment for its utterance came we all received the surprise of our lives - it was in verse. More than that, it said all that should be said in the best possible " New Girl's Speech ", it was extremely funny, and even in its delivery, which was clear and unhurried, it was "thoroughly memorable", and a great success.

Margaret Ogle, as Head Girl, spoke next, and dismissed very briefly a speech which is perhaps the most difficult of all. She thanked the staff and the maids for their splendid year's work, and as she thanked the Staff many guilty consciences remembered Miss Addison Phillips' remark that if we had worked a little harder the Staff need not have worked so hard. Next Nancy Churchill spoke for Edmund Rich. She gave us a heartrending picture of the distracted speechmaker searching for inspiration, and having thanked Miss Grover very heartily for all she does for Edmund Rich sat down with every expression of satisfaction and thanksgiving. Miss Frewer had been chosen to speak on behalf of the new Staff. We had watched the development of her speech with interest, having early decided that it was infinitely preferable to one of Cicero's, and accordingly felt a glow of almost personal pride as we listened to this masterpiece. Having skilfully shifted all responsibility for her words on to other shoulders she proceeded to give free rein to her sentiments, and inform us of the queerness of ourselves, pur habits and customs. We listened spellbound, shaking with laughter, while she bewailed meals missed owing to the strange hours at which they are served, the surprising changes in the timetables wrought by fine wreather, the appalling mortality among Staff goloshes in wet, the unexpected shocks of Maidless day and, in short, a collection of happenings which seem perfectly natural to us but to a new Staff must be bewildering in the extreme.

Miss Frewer having subsided amid storms of applause, Miss Snell rose to speak for herself alone. She seemed somewhat unwilling to do so and hinted darkly at the vengeance she had wreaked on Margaret in the " torture chamber ", and hoped to carry a step higher. She suggested several improvements in the school, among them pneumatic toe-caps for teachers of dancing, at which

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many of the audience blushed at the recollection of acts of savage slaughter committed on Miss Snell's unprotected feet. The end of her speech was both characteristic and startling ; she simply said " Sit! "â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and sat. Miss Fraying then proceeded to tell us some of the inside history of the School. It gave us a severe shock to hear of the rigid discipline enforced in old S. Mary's, of the terrible " mark " which brought such heavy penalties on whoever was its unfortunate possessor at the end of the day. In spite of its cramped quarters the little school on the Green must have been a very wonderful place ; to produce a sale ot work when there were so few of them was extraordinarily enterprising. The amount of work they did, the appalling hours at which they got up, and the discomforts they endured when they were up, filled us with horrified admiration. We are very grateful to Miss Frayling for giving us such an interesting account of the early life of the school.

The speeches finished, we departed for the holidays " on wings of song."

V. M. Armstrong.

Company Entertainments.

February, 1933, This year it was decided that instead of Company plays there should only be entertainments, in order that those who might expect parts in " As You Like It" in the summer should not have to learn parts in the Lent Term as well. The entertainm;nts were not only less trouble to produce but were great fun, and encouraged the appearance of much original genius.

Poore and Grosstete combined and gave their entertainment on February llth. The first item was a modern fairy tale, "The Dyspeptic Ogre ". Reine Macaulay as the Ogre, and Elspeth Minnis as his Irish cook, were both very good, and so was the small heroine, Joan Cameron. Next they produced dramatised versions of some well known songs, " The Animals went in Two by Two;;, " Polly-wolly-doodle", " Uncle Tom Cobleigh", and " Ten Little Nigger Boys ". The animals were all most amusing, but perhaps the pig (Cicely Waldo) with its anxious, inquiring expression was the best of all. In " Polly-wolly-doodle" the grasshopper's cartwheels were greatly admired, but the greatest success of all was Tom

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Pearse's old mare with its party of riders. Clare Mallory, who made the mare's head and the dummies, is very greatly to be congratulated, and so are the mare's foreand hind-legs who bore their burden without a tremor.

Next followed two items, a shadow play and scenes from Struwelpeter, which were acted with remarkable freshness and vigour. The last play " The Ghosts of Vanderchase " by Reine Macaulay, was the great success of the evening. It was a promising play, very well acted and produced. There really was not a weak spot in the whole cast, and the change to blue lights for the entrance of the ghosts made it infinitely more convincing. The whole entertainment was a great success, and it was a new and most satisfactory experience to hear the audience calling: "Author!"

Osmund and Moberly, though they did not produce an outstanding play like " The Ghosts of Vanderchase ", nevertheless had an original programme. Nancy Chase wrote a play conjecturing the possible course of events at S.( Mary's in 1970. A party of Authors wrote "M-RD-R", a " blood and thunder " creation in dumb show, which was the greatest fun to produce. Peggy Parry-Okeden, venturing greatly, wrote and produced an operetta, which made up by the vigour of its acting anything it may have lost in the way of musical talent. Besides these plays Osmund and Moberly showed scenes from Alice in Wonderland and John Gilpin, in which Peggy ParryOkeden as John Gilpin, and Margaret Beloe as his wife, particularly distinguished themselves It really was an excellent idea to have entertainments instead of plays this year, and the plays next year will be all the more keenly appreciated.

V. M. Armstrong.

Lacock and Wilton.

June, 1932.

This summer we were extremely lucky in being able to visit two very interesting pageants at Lacock and Wilton. The Walton Pageant was, perhaps, the more exciting and splendid, but at Lacock we caught very realistic glimpsesof life in the thirteenth century. We were free to wander as we pleased about the old Abbey where we saw the monks and nuns at workâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; and who could refrain from starting when we saw that sombre cowled figure in the gloom of the sacristy ? Or we might watch the dignified

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lords and ladies, or visit the open air kitchen where people busied themselves about the giant cauldron. The old shepherd, too, was a great attraction, he was a quaint figure, decked in sheepskins, who stood patiently among his flock. In the central courtyard were the stalls, the blacksmith's forge and the stocks, which were not long unoccupied, for we watched two suffering criminals pelted with dust by a howling mob of villagers.

The Wilton Pageant was a commemoration of the life of George Herbert, and its main espisodes consisted of some scenes from his life. On the lawn where he had often walked three hundred years ago we saw him at different periods of his career. He was a dignified and somewhat lonely figure who seemed set apart from the other characters. He was present as a brilliant young courtier in the gorgeous train of James I when he visited Wilton House to knight George Herbert's brother, Henry. In the next scene we were shown the conflict in George Herbert's soul as he gradually made his decision to become a priest. Throughout this scene the music was particularly beautiful and appropriate to the action. The climax came when George Herbert was offered the Rectory at Fugglestone, near Wilton. Then as the Rector of Fugglestone we saw him walking to evening prayer through the throng of merrymakers who had gathered tcgether for dancing and merrymaking.

It was interesting to see among the other characters such famous people as Sir Henry Newbolt, Dean Inge and Siegfried Sassoon.

When we look back on the Walton Pageant we must remember the beauty of the sceneryâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the smooth river beside which Isaac Walton stood fishing, and the fields and woods across which the king and his train went to hunt the deer. The village scenes and the splendour of the court following are not easily forgotten by those who went to Wilton.

M. O. E. Stead.

Our day at Denford.

July 22, 1933.

On July 22nd fifteen of us drove over with Miss Matthews to spend the day at Denford by the kind invitation of Mr. and Mrs. Dunne. It was a most glorious day and the grounds, with their tall trees and smooth green lawns, gave us an impression of great dignity and beauty.

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We spent some time after lunch listening to a songrecital on the radio-gramophone which has a lovely tone, and then we went out to the tennis courts which proved to be as marvellous to play on as they looked from a distance. "While some people played the rest wandered off with Mr. and Mrs. Dunne to see the garden. The flowers, some of which we had already seen in the house most beautifully arranged in just the right kind of bowls, were of the most glorious colours, especially one bed of antirrhinums which ran along the edge of a path in the kitchen garden. The carnations in one of the greenhouses were a great tribute to the perseverance of the gardener, who had made the house himself with scarcely any outside help.

1 he afternoon passed far too quickly and soon it was time, after tea and a little more tennis, to collect our hats and get into the brake for our drive home. We had all had one of the most glorious days of the term, and none of us who have had the privilege of going to Denford will ever forget the kindness and friendliness of Mr. and Mrs. Dunne.

E. M. Minnis.

Lectures.

Autumn Term, 1932.

This term has been a particularly interesting one as regards lectures and we have been wonderfully fortunate in the lecturers themselves. Our first visitor was Mrs. Harrower who is always welcome, not only because her lectures are so thrilling and so beautifully illustrate j, but because she herself is so charming and speaks with such confidence that our enjoyment is never marred by anxiety lest she forget her next sentence. Her lecture was on Rembrandt, the Dutch artist, and to illustrate it she showed us a number of slides of himself and his paintings. His wife, Saskia, appeared in many of the latter, and we were forced, reluctantly, to endorse the Marlborough boys' opinion that she had " a couple of chins and no nose", for the latter organ, though distinctly visible, was no adornment to her person.

However, " beauty is in the eye of the beholder" and since Rembrandt adored her we were delighted to admire his portraits of her, even if unable to admire the lady herself.

Later on in the term Mr. Harrower gave us a lecture

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on Architecture, a subject which has been his hobby for years, and in which he is so obviously interested as to give added force to his words. He showed us a great many slides, and explained many points of building which up to that time had been a mystery to most of us.

For instance he told us how churches are roofed, and how the method employed was discovered, and that the pillars which seem so solid are really a shell of hewn stone stuffed with rubble, and he added many small points of interest, among them the fact that in the old days many great cathedrals were gaily painted even on the outside.

What Mr. Harrower had done for our knowledge of Church Architecture, Mr. Pollock did for our knowledge of cottages, barns, and dovecotes, showing us a number of photographs, and pointing out many interesting features.

An address of a very different type was that given

by Mr. Alec Wilson at the League of Nations Union Meeting, in the Town Hall. He evidently understood the working of the League thoroughly, and, what is rarer, and more important, the point of view of those countries who belong to it. He explained the mystery (to us) of how Mr. De Valera found himself in the President's chair, and very much impressed us by his description of the ominous signs which darkened this, the thirteenth session of the League, and the complete silence which greeted Mr. De Valera's speech. He set forth the League's case clearly and convincingly, making a very strong appeal for the support of public opinion, and he answered the questions put to him readily and successfully. One in particular, enquiring the amount of England's subscription to the League, he turned to the best possible advantage, by his reply that, from the end of the War to the present date, it had equalled England's expenditure on armaments during one single day of the War. Canon Veazey came down on S. Luke's Day, and after a service in chaoel showed us some slides, illustrating some aspects of the lives of the people in the Mission area, and explained to us the various ways in which he and his friends try to help them, and what progress they have made since the first days of the Mission.

We cannot adequately express our gratitude to those who, by their lectures, have made this term such an interesting one for us, or to Miss Matthews who has arranged for so successful a group of lecturers to entertain us.

V. M. Armstrong.

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Lent Term 1933.

This term we have had a very varied series of lectures.

We had another delightful lecture from Mrs. Richardson, this time on quite a new subject, Christopher Wren, illustrated as usual with very fine slides. As many of them were taken from contemporary newspapers and pictures they reproduced the atmosphere of the times in which he lived. Most of us knew very little about the great architect of S. Paul's, and were surprised to find that in his own day his fame was as a mathematician and astronomer before he became known as an architect. Mrs. Richardson also showed us several slides of the many London churches which he designed and built, no two alike and all of them lovely.

Next morning Mrs. Richardson very kindly lectured to the VI forms on " The Problems confronting the Novelist, the Short Story writer and the Dramatist " She was most interesting, showing in turn the difficulties and the methods of each class of writer and how each constructed his work, illustrating her points by reading selections from Jane Austen, O. Henry, Moliere, Sheridan, Shaw and other well-known authors. If there were any budding authors among her audience they can hardly fail to produce masterpieces.

Mr. Aston gave us a thrilling lecture on Garibaldi, and imparted to us something of his own enthusiastic admiration for the maker of Italy. He showed us very interesting slides, several from his own photographs, some from the pictures of the Italian artist, and some from Sir John Tenniel's cartoons of the Pope and Louis Napoleon.

We were pleased to learn something about the Invalid Children's Aid Association, to which we sent a subscription. Miss Manson's lecture was very interesting and practical, and very helpful for anyone thinking of taking up that kind of work.

We are always glad to hear Professor Newall talk about World Affairs, and many of us seized the opportunity of asking him questions one afternoon in the library. He seems to possess an inexhaustible well of information, which he sets out clearly and simply, while making everything absorbingly interesting.

Mr. Jewesbury was one of a party who went out in the summer to see for themselves what Soviet Russia was like. He brought some of the photographs he had taken out there, which are always so much more interesting than hired slides. He spoke of the extreme poverty, the

89 exhorbitant prices of the open marketâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;ÂŁ16 for a pair of boots, 24/- for a cake of soap and the hopeless .state of of the train service; much of it owing to the muddleheadedness of the Russian mind, exemplified by a house is Moscow bearing the notice " Headquarters of the Company for the Electrification of all Russia. (Please knock, the bell is out of order.)" Mr. Jewesbury seemed to have a very good understanding, and at the same time to see both sides, of the present situation in Russia.

Mr. Peat's wonderful puppet show was not strictly a lecture but in a class by itself. The theatre and the puppets were made and carved entirely by himself, and Mrs. Peat had made their clothes. The variety of the performance was amazing ; from " A farmer he lived in the West Country ", in which you saw the third daughter floating desperately down-stream and the miller hanged from the tree, the Crocodile who rolled a fearsome eye and disclosed rows of huge teeth, to scenes from " The Taming of the Shrew." These last were astounding. One might have thought that Shakespeare acted by puppets would be ridiculous and comic, but in reality they are just as real as any actors. Grumio brought up the food and Petruchio boxed the tailor's ears in the most natural manner possible. The great result of the actors being puppets is that one listens to and realises themeanof the words far more than when watching a big stage.

After the show Mr. Peat told us something of the history of the Puppet Plays, and then showed us how it was done. He took the theatre to pieces and displayed the handpainted scenery and the ingenious devices for raising and lowering the curtain, and rolling the crocodile's eye.

Then he showed us the puppets, and drew a wonderful diagram on the board to explain how they were made and carved. He passed one of them round and we saw how they were worked, and the clever way in which they could be made to pick up things by having hands carved from spring clothes pegs. Mr Peat's puppet show was one of the best, and by far the most original, entertainment we have had.

M. E. Wilson.

Summer Term, 1933.

Generally we have no lectures in the summer term but this year was an exception. Near the beginning of the term some twenty-five of the VI and Lower VI attended two lectures in the Town Hall given by the Rev. A. J. G. Haweis on the Oxford Movement. They were given as

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a help towards understanding the importance of the Oxford Movement Centenary which fell this year, for in July lS33 Keble preached his famous Assize Sermon which marked its beginning. In the first lecture Mr. Hawes spoke of the great revival which preceded the Oxford Movement by nearly a hundred years -that led by the Wesleys which roused the Church from the state of indifference and neglect into which it had fallen.

The other lecture dealt with the Oxford Movement itself and those great saints Keble, Froude, Pusey and Newman.

Later in the term Mrs. Richardson gave us two, as always, delightful lectures to the Upper School. The first was on " Parody ", and we learnt that this art was not so easy as it sounds, technique and poetic ability being essential for real success. Mrs. Richardson read us selections from some of the greatest parodists, among them Field, Canning, J. B. Squire and Bradby. Of the funniest, perhaps, were Field's parody of Wordsworth's erractic muse, the " Unpublished Addresses" and Bradby's " I must go back to a vest againâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a warm vest with sleeves."

On Tuesday morning Mrs. Richardson spoke to the VI forms on " The Problems, Difficulties and Methods of the Translator the Biographer and the Historian."

As in the last lecture of this kind we received a broader understanding of the methods of production of these three types of writer : the Translater must render the meaning faithfully while preserving the beauty and the spirit of the original, the Biographer must paint a true portrait of his subject, not omitting faults nor idealizing virtues so as to lose their human charm, the Historian must believe the continuity of history and have a definite point of view. Mrs. Richardson is always so interesting and makes her points so clearly that it is difficult to forget anything she says.

Miss Rosemary Minnis' recitals were an altogether new form of entertainment. In her first recital she told the Hans Anderson story of the Princess and the Swineherd so vividly that story-telling took on new possibilities and a new attraction. Then she recited a series of poems, beginning with "Sir Patrick Spens " and passing on through scenes from Shakespeare, and Milton's "Lycidas" to the present day, with Kipling's "The Looking Glass" and Masefield's " West Wind ". Her speaking of Lycidas was unforgetable. Next day Miss Minnis most kindly gave another recital. She began by

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telling us something' about Hans Anderson's life, and then told two more of his stories. " The Ugly Duckling " was simply entrancing, we all returned to childhood as we listened More recitations followed, most of them chosen by members of her audience ; " Sea Fever " and " The Highwayman", both old favourites with many of us, were especially striking. We have had few, if any, more delightful entertainments than this one, and we all hope very much that she will come again.

M. E. Wilson.

Music.

Autumn Term, 1932.

Some of us have been very lucky this term in going to concerts. Early in the term a party of twelve was taken to Marlborough by Miss Alexander and Miss Fox to hear Steuart Wilson sing in the Memorial Hall. We were delighted to find that the programme included some of our old favourites which Anne Wood has sometimes sung. Mr Wilson sang selections from " The Maid of the Mill" including the English version of " Wohin." He also sang folk songs of various nationalities which were much appreciated by his audience.

Lamond's coming to Bath caused not a little thrill and hope in S. Mary's, especially when it was known that Miss Jennings had most kindly promised to take four people in her car. Lamond gave a Brahms recital.

Unfortunately the Pump Room was by no means filled, it was such a pity that we could not take more representatives to swell out the audience.

The Wayfarer's Trio came to the school again this term. They gave a very interesting concert including some Haydn as they had heard we were studying Haydn for our school concert this term. After they had played as a trio Miss Spooner and Miss Legge played solos on the violoncello and violin respectively.

The school concert was, as usual, overcrowded with pianists, but in spite of this we managed to give a fairly varied programme. Miss Allen and Miss Isborn added greatly to the enjoyment of the afternoon by playing solos on the violin and 'cello. The programme also included songs by both singing classes, violin solos and a performance by the orchestra. The orchestra has been rather dejected this term owing to the loss of

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old members, and the lack of new ones, but Miss Allen has led the first violins, and with three other violins, two 'cellos and a piano, we manage to produce something rather better than "just noise." We hope for better days in the future.

The Musical Society, under the direction of Miss Jennings, Miss Prior and Miss Snell, produced a Christmas pageant which they performed first before the school, then before the Young Communicants' Fellowship.

We are to give another performance to the Trinity School children. The Staff must have worked like Trojans to produce the wonderful costumes, and they were rewarded with the success of the pageant.

W^e are so grateful to all the Staff who do so much for our music, both in school hours and in their free-time.

M. K. Longridge.

Lent and Summer Terms, 1933.

Owing to the chickenpox epidemic of the Spring term the musical arrangements were rather upset, but most of the school were able to go to the Calne Musical Society's performance of " Judas Maccabseus" in the Parish Church. W'e were very proud of Anne Wood's beautiful singing in one of the solo parts. The concert this term was of the works of French composers.

As Brahms' centenary is being celebrated this year the concert of the summer term was of his works; it was shorter than usual but was much enjoyed. Another end of term concert was given by K. Synge and others.

In July Miss Jennings gave a party to the members of the Musical Society at her house at Sandy Lane. The weather was perfect, and after a thrilling treasure hunt and a game of rounders, we had a wonderful picnic supper in the garden. We all very much enjoyed this evening at " The Bear" and we wish to express our thanks to Miss Jennings for the most enjoyable entertainment she gave us.

We are very grateful to all the Musical Staff for all that they have done for the music of the school during the past years: particularly to those who have devoted so much of their spare time to playing in the orchestra, and to Miss Pound, whose untiring energy in playing for dancing is much appreciated by all of us.

B. M. Kirke.

K. M. Synge.

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This year has been quite an eventful one in the art of the school. We were very sorry at the beginning of the year to hear that Miss Inge was unable to return to us that term, Miss Hosegood kindly came to fill her place temporarily.

We began the year with a delightful lecture on Rembrandt, given by Mrs. Harrower, which taught us a great deal about that great artist, and inspired a study of Dutch pictures throughout the school. In the Spring Term we heard with much regret that Miss Inge could not come back to us at all. Miss Hosegood, unfortunately, had to leave us half way through the term, so for the remaining weeks we used ourdra wing times for making illustrated catalogues of the pictures in the school. Some of these catalogues were beautifully done, and the winning one, made by E. Waller and C. Hall, is in use in the library.

On Miss Matthews' birthday three lovely pictures were added to the school collection ; " Mine Host " by Campbell Taylor, which hangs in Gabriel as a pair to " The Spinning Wheel" by the same artist, given last year ; the famous "Infanta in Blue" by Velasquez which now adorns Lower IV, and Vermeer's " Necklace."

Miss Matthews, as a reward to the school for going scatheless through the influenza epidemic of the Lent Term, gave us a Medici reproduction of an unusual and fascinating landscape by Cezanne which now hangs in Gabriel.

In the Summer Term we welcomed as art mistress Miss Hendry, who brought us many new ideas on the subject of Modern Art. The loan of several pictures from the Wertheim gallery to hang in the dining room for a time was the cause of much difference of opinion, but even those of us who are most opposed to modern pictures cannot help being interested in them, and they have inspired many a would-be artist to try the modern touch in her own work, with varying degrees of success.

At the Jubilee there was the usual Summer Half Term exhibition of art in the Studio, and this year the exhibits seemed to be even more plentiful and widely varying than usual, ranging from delightful plant drawings and sketches to woolly rabbits and mice and model gardens made under the direction of Mademoiselle Domergue.

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We want to thank Miss Hendry very much for continuing with the sketching classes every Tuesday and Thursday evening, and for giving up so much of her time to helping and encouraging the sketchers.

B. M. Brooke.

Maidless Day. The once-termly "Maidless Day" is one of S. Mary's own peculiar institutions, and a very good one it is.

Regularly on the Saturday before half-term the domestic staff desert the school in a body directly after breakfast has been cleared away, and do not return until bed-time.

Their work has got to be done by someone, so advantage is taken of the occasion to initiate us into the (for some of us) mysteries of the best and quickest ways of sweeping, dusting, washing up for a large number of people, and, for the lucky ones, cooking on a large scale. Each one is given her particular duty, to be done at a special time, and we come and go in relays under the all-seeing eye of Miss Haywood, who enlightens our sometimes shameful ignorance of how a thing ought to be done, and acts as general overseer to the work in hand.

The most coveted post on " maidless day " is that of cook. But so inexperienced are we that it requires eight of us, four in the morning and four in the evening, with Miss Haywood's help, to do the work usually done by Miss Jackson almost alone. Many are the joys and excitements of cooking for a hundred peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;one who does it every day will not, perhaps, realise the peculiar delight of breaking thirty eggs or so into one huge pie dish, or of rubbing three pounds of butter into twelve pounds of flour in a basin nearly as large as a baby's bath ! There are dangers, too, for the unwaryâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; if one is not careful in opening the doors of the great gas ovens one is nearly knocked over by the rush of hot air that is released. But with the advent of the new stoves this peril has been averted, and there are now only such minor things as milk boiling over to trap the inexperienced cook.

Not only in the kitchen is there a scene of frantic activity, but all over the school gangs of blue-overalled figures brandishing mops, brooms and dusters are cleaning the dormitories and bathrooms. Miss Haywood is beset by appeals to " come and see if this is all right now", or "please, what shall I do? I've spilt all the brass polish into the bath." No sooner is all the cleaning done than a

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band appears armed with quantities of knives, forks and tumblers to lay dinner, dealing out cutlery so liberally to one table that hardly any table cloth is visible, and then there is not enough left for the last. However, it is finally sorted out, and all is ready for the cooks to bring in the results of their labours, which whether successful or not so successful, quickly disappear. Washing-up is, of course, the next thing to be done, and this, (though two maids can do it in about half the time that four of us take) usually gets done fairly speedily with surprisingly few breakages. There is great competition between those washing up cutlery and glasses in the pantry and those washing plates in the scullery to see who can finish first.

For tea the laying and washing up are much the same as for dinner, and at five o'clock the second relay of cooks comes on duty. These have the added excitement of cooking the Staff's supper which, though it does not involve such large quantities as the school's, is more interesting to cook. After supper the last batch of washers up come into action, and by 8.30 everything is done.

How long the maids take searching for mislaid articles the next day and sorting out confused heaps of crockery is a question never asked and never answered. But, after all, they have had a holiday, and the school has enjoyed itself fathoming the mystery of how things are run, and helping to run them, so what does it matter if things are a little disordered for the next day or two ?

B. M. Brooke. " Mothering Wordsworth."

The trials of the head of a dormitory begin with the rude summons of the 7 o'clock bell. No sooner has the final clang reached her unwilling ears than she has to make the supreme effort of remembering the names of the occupants of the other eleven beds in order and, more difficult still, to extract from them an adequate response.

A mere grunt, one learns by experience, is not sufficient.

It took Pavlov three hundred lessons to teach his white mice to come at the sound of a dinner-bell, it takes Wordsworth only fifteen at the most to learn to grunt " yes " instinctively in their sleep when addressed. The inevitable question soon arisesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;" Can't we have ten minutes this morning?", and has to be answered in as decisive a tone as one can produce at such an early hour.

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By this time the cherished five minutes have elapsed and a commanding, and at the same time, an encouraging " come on " is required. Repeated efforts in this strain proving fruitless one has to resort to the cruder and less dignified method of removing the bed-clothes by force.

Conversation in the morning seldom arises above the level of " How much longer have we got ?" repeated every five minutes, the weather forecast, and occasional specuWith the lations upon the forthcoming breakfast. stimulating effect of the latter the atmosphere brightens considerably and one feels capable once more of dealing with the next problem, namelyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;" Turn your mattresses."

This announcement in spite of its frequency, never fails to produce a volley of excuses from all sides, " I have to go to Sister, Miss Hay wood, Miss Bartlett, or Miss Fox, this morning," " I have a music lesson ", " I shall be late for remedials", etc., which have to be met with reasonable retorts, the simplest solution being a dormitory race.

Drawer inspection calls forth the loudest protest of all.

One soon learns not to be deceived by a linen bag spread over an entire drawer, concealing beneath its ample surface a multitude of sins. By the end of the term the dormitory head becomes an adept in the art of probing, and well able to cope mercilessly with a premature clothes inspection during the last week.

Having passed successfully through the Yo-Yo epidemic we found ourselves under the spell of the penny whistle, but the life of the latter was necessarily brief and was supplanted in due course by the more durable knitting craze. This presented no small complications to such an one as I, totally ignorant of the art. To escape without complete humiliation from the intricate maze of plain, purl, garter, stocking, moss, drop and strawberry stitches was an impossibility and I had perforce to acknowledge defeat. Later, when smitten myself with the disease, the whole dormitory came to my assistance, picked up innumerable stitches and offered invaluable suggestions.

Upon occasions our imaginations are fixed by a passion for mimicry produced by a dancing class, and beds are made in stony silence, broken only by frantic gesticulations and signs, some possible, others impossible, to interpret.

On clean sheet days there is keen competition to decide who shall take the bundle to the linen room; a small figure may presently be seen staggering down the " aisle "

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under the mighty burden, valiantly pretending to be a tramp, or porter, as the occasion demands.

At night traps are set for the unwary in the shape of a row of half-filled cans placed cunningly across the " aisle " but after the first encounter one avoids these unseen obstacles by progressing cautiously down the room, feeling one's way with the tip of a toe, distinctly slow but effective.

One finds that night holds no less horrors than the day, for not amongst shrieks and groans, dates, and spelling, poetry and prose, can perfect peace be found.

M. N. E. Mansergh.

Life at S. Bridget's.

Not long ago I asked somebody who had been at S. Bridget's for several terms what impression they had carried away with them, and she answered, " falling down stairs, and Miss Gates' breakfasts." I think that most people have much the same impression of S. Bridget'sâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; not that life there consists of always falling down stairs, far from it, but one has to be careful, and people who are there for the first time walk very gingerly up and down, clinging to the balusters and looking like a cat on hot bricks !

The three most important features of S. Bridget's, which distinguish it from the other houses in so many ways, areâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the staircase, breakfast, and its perpetual state of tidiness.

The staircase is made of black slippery oak, very beautiful to behold; shallow stairs and broad baluster, and they are kept in perfect condition with a surface like glass. So well kept are they that no one dares to walk up them in outdoor shoes for fear of marking them. Beautiful as they are, extreme care has to betaken when walking up and down them, but this is a good thing because it teaches some of us more boisterious people to have some consideration for people we meet going in the opposite direction.

A great many people seem to think that tidiness is a nuisanceâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;it is sometimes, but not at S. Bridget's, the house seems to call for tidiness, and being tidy is like paying tribute for the use of a beautiful thing. All the polishing and tidying and cooking is done by Miss Gates.

One can see one's face in the window sills, and the door knobs are like brilliant glow-worms.

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Last but by no means least, are Miss Cates's breakfasts. There cannot be very many people in the world who would get out of their warm beds in the small hours of the morning to cook with minute care large and luscious breakfasts for fourteen people, but Miss Gates does this every morning of a long term, and does it for us who make all the mess and cause all the trouble in the house ! The most wonderful dishes appear, marvellously hot and most daintily decorated. Monday morning is softened when a S. Bridget's breakfast awaits us.

I suppose there are disadvantages to S. Bridget's, but they are so minor that they cannot really be brought up against it. One disadvantage is that here there is no sleeping out, a very pleasant occupation, but one which can be repeated at almost anytime in one's life. S. Bridget's is not like that however, a term spent under S. Bridget's roof cannot be repeated when school is a thing of the past.

Why is S. Bridget's so different from the other housesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;so much less bare, so much more homelike ? It is because Miss Gates and the staff who live there do all they can to make S. Bridget's the nicest house in the school.

A. P. Sadler.

Sleeping out at School.

The school roof has been converted this summer into a complete dormitory as we now have many more camp beds. It is the first year that anyone except just the heads and second heads of the dormitories have been able to share in the grand and hygienic experience of sleeping out, and the excitement was great when Murray, Duncan and Penelope were allowed to do so for the first time.

Wordsworth never expected to be allowed on the roof at all so the thrill was tremendous when they were given their first turn.

We have been very lucky in not having to come in once owing to rain, and we have had night after night of glorious clear starry skies when one only wished one could keep awake to gaze at them; fortunately, too, nobody was on the roof when the acacia tree fell across it early one morning. It is very sad that the acacia has gone as its beautiful foliage made such fascinating silhouettes against the darkening sky.

49 Our nights on the roof this year have been more appreciated than usual owing to the very hot weather.

The dormitories were often so hot that it took hours to get to sleep indoors, whereas on the roof the air was always fresh and lovely, and there one does not wake up in the morning feeling like a heavy sluggard but thoroughly refreshed and ready for the day's work.

D. E. Waller.

Sleeping out at S. Prisca's.

The weather this term has been particularly favourable for sleeping out of doors: so favourable, in fact, that we were able to start some weeks before Half Term.

Owing to the acquisition of several extra beds the five prefects were able to sleep out every night and the rest of the house on alternate nights, Although there were frequent spells of bad weather the accuracy of Miss Matthews' barometer saved us from having to grope our way to our rooms staggering under mountains of bedclothes, whose weight appears to increase with the hours of the night.

One's first impression on reaching the roof is of rows of beds set at regular intervals; the red blankets and canvas covers giving it the appearance of a convalescent home. The sky by the time we arrive has reached the twilight stage, when the last signs of the sunset are disappearing, and the first stars can be faintly discerned.

In an hour or so the sky is covered with them and one simply has to keep awake in case of missing a shooting star. The ideal thing, of course, would be to wake up just before dawn, but most of us sleep soundly on until the bell rings to find a breeze blowing through our hair and the sun streaming down over everything. It seems to me that the whole point of sleeping out is to keep awake!

M. N. E. Mansergh.

Reading Competition.

I believe this event is popular, but I have not yet ascertained whether this is due to a real love of reading aloud or because it foreshadows the summer holidays.

At all events, twelve reached the final stage and all were well up to badge standard: E. Mansergh, M. Stead, E. Minnis, S. Goodden, W. Heath, C. Mallory, H, Cross, L. Wollen, R. Macaulay, C. Hall, E. Booker.

V. Armstrong.

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I had no hesitatation in awarding the first prize to Reine Macaulay; the quality of her reading has never before been reached as far as I can remember during the years I have judged this competition. But, of course, my memory is not very good. The second prize went to Winifred Heath. When I am old and my eyes are dim, I shall be very content if either of them will come and read "The Times" to me for a couple of hours every day.

C. Ede. Edmund Rich.

Osmund.

Poore II. Cross BADGES B Brooke (3. Mallory R. Macaulay (10) P. Wood (Jl E. Minnis E Mansergh A. Sadler V.Armstrong A. Mead (J) E. Booker C A. Hall H.Bridgman (J) O. Matthews (J)C. D. Hall (J) J. Morris (J) CLASS I. M . G . Pollock (J) (6) A C. Trench R. Palmer CLASS II. S. H a y t e r ( J ) A. Nettelfield L. Roome U. Paris (J) (3) K S\ nge R. Conybeare E. Jardine (J) Y. Clarke D. Maitland D. Bradford C. Waldo tJ) P. McCormick J. Cameron CLASS III. B Kirke B. Combes.

L Carleton (J) Grosstete.

S. Goodden M. Stead

Total

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Moberly.

W. Heath M. Glynn (J) L. Wollen

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38 J.=Junior.)

It will be seen that the picture was won by Osmund, with Poore a close " runner-up."

The Library.

We have been in possession of our Bodington Memorial Library for a year and the number of girls who go there after dinner, and at other free periods, for quiet reading, proves how much it is appreciated. We hope that the time may come when it will be at our disposal all day. At present, owing to lack of space, we are obliged sometimes to use it for coachings.

Most of the wants expressed in our last number have been supplied. The parquet flooring was laid during the Christmas holidays and looked so attractive that we decided not to accept the Governors' kind offer of a carpet.

The Memorial Tablet has been put up and also a beautiful oak clock given by those girls who left at Christmas.

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We have again to thank many donors of books, especially Miss Cooke and Dorothy Morrison, who both sent us valuable contributions. Above all we are grateful to the leaving girls of July who are giving a beautiful oak door to the room, and to the anonymous donor of ÂŁ5 for books, E. M Alexander.

Grosstete Company.

This year has been on the whole a successful one for Grosstete, and there has been very marked keenness in our games, particularly on the part of some of the younger members of the company. We met Poore in the finals of the Lacrosse, and were beaten in an exciting game. In the Lent Term we won the Skipping Competition, and the team are to be congratulated on the keenness they showed in practising. W^e were fortunate in having K. Synge as our pianist, and we are very sorry to lose her this term. This year we combined with Poore in producing an entertainment. The most successful item of this was a ghost play written and produced

by R. Macaulay. We were very unfortunate in losing our head, F. Bradford, at the end of the Lent Term.

In the Summer Term there were big changes in the Companies ; Edmund Rich was entirely re-organised and its original members joined the other four companies, while various people left their companies to form Edmund Rich. We were sorry to lose four of the company, and in their places we welcomed four day girls. In the cricket we were beaten in the finals by Osmund. Our Reading this year was not up to last year's standard and there was only one badge. Grosstete would do better if everybody put as much energy into their duties as they do into practising games. At present some people are apt to be forgetful and leave the work to a few really keen people.

S. Goodden has been elected head, and P. Preston second head, for next term.

M. O. E. Stead.

Moberly Company.

We have been unfortunate this year in losing many of the older members of the Company at the end of the Christmas and Spring terms; A. Conybeare and B. Mitchell, our two heads, left at Christmas, and in April we lost J. Marjoribanks, P. and N. Reade and N. Chase, who had been head for one term. Consequently in the Summer we were not successful in the cricket or reading, chiefly owing to the inexperience of our teams.

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During the Summer Term the companies were reorganised as it has been felt for some time that Edmund Rich was too young, and therefore unable to take a proper share in the competitions ; we were proud though sorry that H. Cross left us to be second head of the new Edmund Rich.

In the winter we won the netball and Lacrosse sports, but lost the Lacrosse Shield, being beaten by Grosstete in the first round. We were successful in the Netball, beating Poore 10 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 9 in the final after a thrilling match.

In Skipping that we were only third was due to lack of team work and neatness. There were no Company plays this year, but instead we joined with Osmund and gave a variety entertainment, for which N. Chase wrote a Conjecture of S. Mary's in 1970. In the Reading L. Wollen is to be congratulated on winning her badge, and W. Heath, who had practically the entire responsibility of the coaching, on winning the second prize ; we are very sorry to be losing her at the end of this term. The Company has worked keenly and well together as regards games, but since the beginning of the year some people have grown slack about their duties, and several juniors do not really do their full share.

D. E. Waller.

Osmund Company.

On the whole the Company has been very keen this year, but we should like to see a few people keener yet when on duty. We were sorry to lose five of our people, one a volunteer, to the new Edmund Rich, and we wish them all good luck in their new Company.

We seem to be fated to do badly in the winter games, matches and competitions. In the netball shooting we were third, (E. Mansergh made the highest score of nineteen) but in the netball, lacrosse sports and the lacrosse we came down badly. Our failures is partly due to lack of confidence and perseverance in our teamsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;in spite of the very energetic coaching of E. Mansergh and J. Hindley.

There were no Company plays this year as the Jubilee celebrations were to come in the summer. We joined with Moberly to produce a variety entertainment, which was great fun, as always. Everything went so keenly and with a great swing.

The potted horror composed by V. Armstrong, and P. Parry Okeden's " Operetta ", with its chorus of maidens and soldier-boys, were especially successful.

53 In the summer we did well. We won the Cricket Shield (E. Mansergh, bowling and batting, P. Beale, E. Brooker and H. Walton played outstandingly well) and the Reading picture. E. Mansergh, V. Armstrong and E. Booker are to be congratulated on winning their Reading badges. B. Brooke and V. Armstrong coached our team splendidly.

We were sorry to lose our sub. M. Longridge, at Easter. She was succeeded by E. Mansergh, who is to be followed by P. Parry Okeden. We shall very much miss E. Mansergh, B. Brooke and P. Beale who are leaving this term.

M. E. Wilson.

Poore Company.

Poore has again kept up an even standard this year, though duties are not so vigorously performed as formerly. Everyone must make a great effort to be really energetic in this line next year, while not neglecting games on which they are splendidly keen.

In the Christmas term we won the Lacrosse shield and were second in the Lacrosse sports. Netball shooting, however, did not reach the same level and we were bottom in this competition. In the Spring Term the skipping team worked untiringly, but they spent too long learning complicated steps instead of perfecting more simple ones. They came out second. We played Netball against Osmund and Grosstete and were beaten in the finals by Moberly—the goals being 10—9. The shooters, E. Minnis and P. Waterfall played well. There were no Company plays this year, but we enjoyed our variety entertainment produced with Grosstete. On Miss Matthews' birthday there was a Shakespeare Miming Competition which we won ; we were rewarded by a copy of " The Store Room" by Peter de Hooch.

We were sorry to lose Ruth Palmer, always a very keen person, Marion and Margaret Pollock and Pamela Roe when the new Edmund Rich was formed. We were glad to have I. Gough, M. Whieldon and B. Godwin from Edmund Rich.

In the Company cricket we were beaten by Osmund, the runs being 78—39. The Company must produce some fast and efficient bowlers before next summer; the rest of the fielding was comparatively good.

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The Reading team improved by leaps and bounds during practice, and the three coaches, C. Mallory, A. Sadler and E. Minnis, worked valiantly. C. A. Hall and A. Mead won their badges, and C. D. Hall was in Class 1, and we came out second, beaten by Osmund who were three marks ahead of us.

E. Minnis has been elected head, with C. Mallory her sub., and I am sure the Company will do very well under them.

M. Ogle.

Edmund Rich Company.

The activities of our Company must this year be divided into two, because early in the Summer Term it was decided to put day girls into all the boarder Companies and thus make Edmund Rich a boarder, as well as a day girl, company. In the Shooting competition held in the Autumn Term, we came second, being beaten by Moberly, who also beat us by 11 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 5 in the Company netball match. Tom Tits was carried on as usual in the winter terms, but owing to the re-division of the Companies in future it will be a winter society only. We were very sorry to lose N. Churchill and M. Gale at the end of the Lent Term, and we wish them every success in the future. The new Edmund Rich was beaten by Grosstete in both Cricket and Rounders, but tied with them in the Reading competition with thirty-eight marks. Both H. Cross and R. Macaulay are to be congratulated on winning their badges, and thanks are very especially due to the latter for all the trouble she took in coaching the team. Since its formation everyone in Edmund Rich has been very keen, and we hope to do great things in the future.

E. G. Combes.

Drill, 1933.

Miss Jordan of Downe House kindly judged the form competition on March 28th. The Upper V won the cup, with the Lower VI as runners up. P. Reade won the Sergeant's Cup. Teams were in some cases greatly depleted by chickenpox and the VI form were not able to compete. The tables were, therefore, not as finished as usual owing to the constant changes. In her criticism the judge remarked on the heaviness of landings

55 in most cases, and also moving about the room was noisy. She noticed, however, a good general standard of alertness, vigour and attack, especially in the Junior forms.

We were unable to have the Godolphin drill this year which was very disappointing as we had a particularly interesting table. We shall look forward to it next year.

A. I. Snell.

Company Skipping.

1.

Grosstete 91% 2.

Poore 81% 3.

Moberly 79% Osmund \ 7/V r 0/ 4 *â&#x20AC;˘ Edmund Rich / ° The competition this year showed the highest standard yet seen. There was a feeling for team work and effect entirely lacking last year. Above all the choice and suitability of the music has improved.

The winning company produced a series of exercises with finish, lightness and ease. Any opportunity for originality had been taken with most pleasing results. In every team's table there was something new and attractive. S. Hobson, J. Cameron, B. Bulmer and S. Prentice were particularly good in their solos.

There was also a competition for the best series of dancing steps in twos. Eight couples performed in the finals of this and some delightful variations were seen.

E. Mansergh and A. Sadler had really excellent footwork but the prize went to C. Mallory and E. Waller whose selection of steps was the most original. All the couples were light and rhythmical. "We are very grateful to Mrs. Gough and Miss Matthews for so kindly judging the teams and solos.

A. I. Snell.

Umpire Coaches.

A great deal of keenness and energy was shown by the Umpire coaches this year. Nearly everyone seemed to coach with enjoyment and therefore had much more effect upon the game.

A greatly improved general standard of netball among the Juniors Was an obvious effect of good coaching.

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Shorter, sharper whistles to start or stop the game are now necessary, and a little more quickness of decision in netball. The following won their badges this year : P. Beale, N. Chase, F. Bradford and E. Minnis, while M. Ogle already held hers.

The reliability and willingness of the Umpire Coaches is a very great help to the school and I am most grateful to them.

A. I. Snell.

Lacrosse.

FIXTURES. Christmas Term. " B " XII v. Downe House " B " XII. Home. Lost 5-7 goals.

1st XII v. Godolphin 2nd XII. Home. Won 10-1 goals. " B " XII v. Marlborough Ladies.

Home. Won 9â&#x20AC;&#x201D;5 goals.

Spring Term.

1st XII v. Royal School 1st XII. Away. Lost 3-8 goals.

1st XII v. Westonbirt 2nd XII. Away. Won 18-2 goals.

TEAM. G. N. Churchill* P. E. Minnis* C.P. W.O.Jones 3. Man D. Maitland Centre P. Preston* 3.H. M. Ogle* 2.H. B. Kirke l.H. A. Nettelfield L.A. E. Mansergh* R A. E. Waller* L.D. L. WolJen* R.D. F. Bradford* * = colours.

The team practised hard and were very keen this year. The outstanding feature of their play was the defence work. In the Christmas Term the defences were held together well by A. Conybeare, H. Ward and F. Bradford, and in the Spring Term L. Wollen, E. Minnis and D. Maitland developed into quick and reliable members of the team. The Attacks lack confidence and had not enough "dash" but some improvement was shown at the end of the season. P. Preston played consistently well. Not enough advantage is yet taken

57 of a loose ball, picking up being slow and fumbling.

The lacrosse sports did much to improve stickwork throughout the school and the effect was seen in the Company matches, which reached a much higher standard than usual. The chief weakness was the inability of a few members of each team to catch and make use of the ball at the critical moment. A more even standard is wanted throughout each Company.

All the teams worked enthusiastically, but it is a pity that many, especially among the promising members of the middle and lower school, should only respond to organised practice and so seldom use their free time in this way. Too many people prefer knitting in the warmth of the Company Room before school every morning. It is to be hoped that they will be keener next year. E. Waller has been elected Captain for next year.

M. Ogle.

Netball.

FIXTURES. 1st VII v. S. Brandon's 1st VII. 1st VII v. Royal School 1st VII. " B " VII v. Downe House " B " VII. Junior VII v. Downe House Junior VII. " A " VII v. Downe House '"' A " VII Junior VII v. Downe House Junior VII. " A " VII v. Westonbirt " A " VII.

Won Lost Won Won Won Won Won

20-17.

19-20.

12—10.

27—7.

19-9.

16-9.

H—12.

TEAMS. 2nd VII. G.S. N. Chase A. N. Churchill A.C. P. Preston C. E. Waller D.C. P. McCormick D. D. Maitland G.D. J. Hindley * = colours.

As the scores of the matches indicate the 1st and 2nd teams have been exceptionally successful this year.

The epidemic of chickenpox in the spring term gave opportunities to those who would not otherwise have played so that they will have had some experience of match play for next year.

1st VII. G.S. E. Minnis''!

A. E. Mansergh* A.C. M Gale* C. F. BradfordD.C. L Wollen D. M. Ogle* G.D. A. Conybeare*

The centre players in both teams combined well and made use of the short, swift passes which are such an advantage, especially on the edge of the circle. F. Bradford was particularly efficient in linking up the attacks with the defences. The chief weakness lay in an inclination to be slow on the ball at the start of a game.

This was most noticeable in the Royal School match when an attack right from the beginning might have decided the game.

The general standard of shooting is still too low and the averages in the competition, with the exception of a few individual scores, show that the frenzied practising immediately before the event has no satisfactory results.

The two teams who entered for the netball tournament held at Trowbridge in March won all the matches in their group but were beaten in the finals.

The two junior matches show that there are some promising players in the lower forms. The energy and keenness which they put into the practices is a proof that the patience and stimulation of the coaches is not entirely wasted.

E. Minnis has been elected Captain for next year.

M. N. E. Mansergh.

Tennis.

FIXTURES. 1st VI v. S. Brandon's. Bristol, 1st VI. Won 7-2 sets.

1st VI v. Royal School 1st VI. Lost 2—7 matches.

Junior VI v. Royal School Junior VI Lost 8—10 sets.

1st VIII v. Bath High School 1st VIII. Won 1 3 3 sets.

Under 16 IV v. Downe House under 16 IV. Lost 1 3 matches.

Under 15 IV v. Downe House under 15 IV. Lost 0-4 matches " A " VI v. Calne Ladies.

Won 8-1 sets.

1st VIII v. The Staff.

Won 14—6 sets.

TEAM. P. Beale* \,l s ,t E. Waller* \9 , E. Mansergh* J A. Nettelfield* J 2 n d A. C. Trench \-i rd_, C.Alexander ) 4.,, M.Ogle P E.Booker ] th * = colours.

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During this summer there has been a considerable improvement in the tennis all through the school.

Although backhands and services are still weak they do not create such "stumbling blocks" as in recent years, chiefly owing to the fact that the whole school, with some exceptions, has begun to take advantage of games times as an opportunity for improving their tennis, and spend the first five minutes on stroke practice.

We were able for the first time to have three junior matches this year, and although they were beaten each time the experience of playing other schools has already raised the standard of the juniors to quite a high level.

On the whole the juniors play a much more sensible game, and the play of several is quite promising.

The school now use their knowledge of tactics to beat their opponents, by placing the ball in the most inconvenient places, but they still need to discriminate between the balls that can be hit and those which should be played with care.

The 1st team has had a successful season winning four out of five matches. There has been a great deal of improvement, especially among the more inexperienced members, and the whole team have worked keenly at weak points.

The Senior singles were won by W. Osman-Jones and the Junior by E. Booker, whose play has developed extremely well this year. We are most grateful to Lord and Lady Hyndley who gave prizes to the champions.

A. C. Trench, who has improved her game very much, has been elected captain for next year.

M. C. Beale.

Cricket.

FIXTURES. 1st XI v. Downe House 1st XI. Away. Lost 78â&#x20AC;&#x201D;96 1st XI v. Royal School 1st XL Home. Lost 47â&#x20AC;&#x201D;103.

TEAM. E. Mansergh * Deep Bowler E. Waller* Point Bowler M. Ogle * Wickets P. Beale Mid On Bowler A. Nettelfield Cover Bowler

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L. Wollen P. Preston E. Minnis B. Kirke D. Maitland E. Booker

Long Leg Deep Sq Leg Slips Mid Off Slips * = colours.

Cricket did not reach a high standard this year. It suffered through the idea that a drive must have plenty of " top spin " if it is not to be a catch. Everyone has yet to learn to "smother " the ball, always using the flat face of the bat and never " turning it over."

The Company Matches showed a fairly good standard, though the need for efficient bowlers is pressing.

The Companies do not realise that at least six out of their teams should be capable of bowling if necessary.

The same can be said of the form cricket. It must be realised that the object of the game is not only for a side to make runs but to get the other side out with as few runs as possible.

There are some promising middle school and junior players who are learning to deal with straight balls and build up a score for themselves, but it is here that more bowling practice is needed The team did not do themselves credit in either of the matches. In that against Downe House fielding was deplorable and we were only upheld by E. Mansergh, who made 32 runs and took seven wickets for forty-four.

In the Royal School match fielding showed great improvement but batting was erratic. However, each member of the team has proved herself useful in Company and form matches and in games.

Though results have not been good this year there has been improvement in many directions, the results of which will be seen next year. This improvement and the greater keenness for the game throughout the school is due to all the coaching, both from Miss Snell and from Nunn, who has given up so much of his time to help us.

E. Waller has been elected captain for next year.

M. Ogle.

Presents to the School.

Chapel Flowers.

Miss Grover, Miss Damant, Miss Alexander, Miss Jennings, Mr. Pullein, Mrs. Ferris, E. Bodinnar, Marguerite Smith.

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Library Books.

Miss Grover, Major Warrand, Miss Daldy, Mrs. Ede, Jo. Hughes, Miss Matthews, the Rev. A. B. Browne, Miss Cooke, D. Morrison, Anonymous.

Pictures.

The school on Miss Matthews' birthday.

Miss Matthews (as a reward to the school for escaping influenza.)

Miss Frayling.

Library.

Oak clock from leaving girls Lent Term, 1933 Oak door from leaving girls Summer Term, 1933.

Rug. S. McRae. Chairs for Gabriel.

Leaving girls, Christmas Term, 1932.

62 OLD GIRLS' SUPPLEMENT. Constitution of the 8. Mary's Association.

1.—The Association is to be known as the S. Mary's (Calne) Association.

2.—THE MEMBERSHIP is to be made up as follows :a) President. Vice-Presidents. b) Associates (Honorary). Any members of the past or present Staff who apply. c) Members. Any girl who receives a leaving badge to be eligible for membership. Girls who go to another school may apply to the committee for the badge when they leave school altogether.

3.—THE COMMITTEE to consist of the President, the present Head girl, and two representatives from each group (see 6).

4. - Members of the Committee to stand for six years, one-third retiring every two years. (Elections to take place at the Biennial Reunions at Calne). The Committee to elect its own Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer.

5. - A London sub-Committee, consisting of members living in or near London, to be appointed by the General Committee, to arrange a London reunion to be held in the second week of January each year.

At least one member of the sub-Committee to be on the General Committee.

6. Groups. Old Girls to be divided into groups for the collection of subscriptions and news.

I. Secretary, Katharine Barton, 77a, Abbey Road, London, N.W. 8. (for all those who left school before 1915.)

II. Secretary, Jean Hughes (Sorbie), 2, New Road, Rugby.

III. Secretary, Janet Blaxter (Hollis), 49a, Philbeach Gardens, Earlscourt, W 5 IV. Secretary. Eileen Buszard, 46, Kensington Park Road, W. V. Secretary, Edna Bodinnar, The Old Palace, Chippenham.

VI. Secretary, Bridget Gardiner, Stokecliffe, Dartmouth, S. Devon.

VII. Secretary, Barbara Mitchell, Rookwood, Cuckfield, Sussex.

7.—Subscriptions to the Association to be for life, with the privilege of paying by instalment if desired Life subscription to be £1 Is. possibly to be increased to £1 10s. at a subsequent Reunion if £1 Is. does not

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cover the expenses. Group secretaries will also collect subscriptions to the U.G.S. (there is no fixed sum for this) and the School News Sheet (2/- a year, or Life subscription 25/-.) Expenses of Reunions will be shared by those present.

OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION. President—Miss MATTHEWS.

Vice-PKEsiDENT—Miss ALEXANDER

Chairman—D. Morrison.

Treasurer - E. Birkbeck (Hollis) Secretary—I. C. Martin Woodham Lodge, Addlestone, Surrey.

The London Reunion, January l l t h .

Once again we had a most successful and happy reunion, arranged for us at the Portsmouth Club by Ivy Martin, to whom the Association is so grateful. Supper was arranged for those who could not come in the afternoon. The following were present:—Miss Matthews, Miss Alexander, Miss Grover, Miss Damant, Miss Helliwell, Miss Lys, Miss Goodrich, J. Blaxter, (Hollis) D. Haviland, H. Macnab (Tench) D. Urwick E. Tench, G. Burnett, B. Lacon, P. Lacon, S. Randolph, M. Maclean, (Randolph) M. Charsley, I. Martin, E. Bodinnar, Alice Le Mesurier, Anne Le Mesurier, Y. Bartlett, F. Bartlett, H. Bartrum, M. Ogle, B. Mitchell, B. Hindley, J. Hindley, M. Me Cormick, W. Egerton, K. Stone, G. Merriman (Turner), V. Turner, S. Lunt, A. E. Wood, K. Beach, J. Simpson, (Beach) J. Rew, J. Inder, B. Thompson, E. Gowers, C. Fairbairn (Croft) P. Clarence, J. Young, M. Young, M. Goodden, D. Orlebar, R. Hales, C. Johnson.

News of Old Girls.

(N.B. Owing to the great increase in the number of old girls it is becoming impossible to give news of those whose work has not changed recently.)

Betty Adnitt is at home. She has been helping in a tea shop in Northampton. She wrote that she found her two years' training at Reading very useful.

Joan Alexander has been working in London but is now at home, hoping to go to Harcombe in January for her Domestic Science Training.

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Barbara Allison (Skyrme) writes from Bermuda " I love it here when my husband's ship is in but we have a lot of separation, he went for a three months' cruise to the West Indies in January, and then the ship went off again to Canada and North America on June 10th, and doesn't get back till October. However I have been asked to stay in Halifax and St. John (New Brunswick) while the Norfolkâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Jack's ship is thereâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and I am going on to stay with friends who live near the Niagara Falls for a fortnight or so."

Barbara has been meeting an old girl, Mrs. Spry, (Doris Henderson) who was at S. Mary's for a short time in 1911.

Cicely Baker writes of her busy life at home. She has a Sunday School Class, plays for the evening service at the Mission Hall, and is much occupied with Red Cross work Nora Birkbeck (Hollis) is leaving Northampton as her husband has been appointed Assistant Director of Education in Derby.

Adela Bradford went out last November to stay with friends in India. She came home in August, was married in September, and is shortly returning to India.

Katharine Brichta writes most interesting letters from Sutton West, Ontario. She is working very hard at her school of Art. In July she was helping again at a Fresh Air Camp.

Joan Bridgman has been to see us several times. She is returning to India in October and hopes to be married at once.

Violet Briscoe is taking charge of some children near Maidstone.

Rachel Buck is Games' Mistress at Lincoln High School, a very strenuous post, but she writes very happily about her work, Eileen Buszard is most kindly taking on the secretaryship of Group IV. Betty Butler left the Bath School of Domestic Science this summer, and has a post teaching at the Pewsey centre which enables her to live at home.

Dorothy Capewell (Clayton) came to the Jubilee, bringing Jean with her.

Barbara Chambers is hoping to be married in October.

She was prevented at the last minute, by an operation for appendicitis, from being bridesmaid to Nora Fisher.

65 Diana Champain has had a very anxious time with her Mother's serious illness. She is working very hard at her training in massage Pamela Clarence is working at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Christine Church wrote that she was hoping to begin work at the Yarrow Convalescent Home for Children at Broadsrairs.

Cicely Cobb is hoping to be married on September 30th.

Her fiance has passed into the African Civil Service.

Joyce Collard, after a year on the Staff at Bedford Physical Training College, has a post at Downe House, so we shall see her frequently.

Joan Cole is in France where she has a post " au pair."

Marjorie Cole left the Royal Berkshire Hospital in the Spring.

Margaret Cole is still in the same office. She had a wonderful cruise in the Mediterranean in June.

Nancy Cole has a post in Chippenham.

Joyce Cooke is going in September to teach at North Walsham High School.

Mary Crokat left her work in Clapham last summer and has been at home since.

Mary Coward (Gould) is to be congratulated on the birth of her son last December. We were so glad to see both Mary and Jo at the Jubilee Ruth Coney (Davey) is to be congratulated on the birth of her daughter.

Molly Crawley (Durst) was married in April. Anne and Vanna were her two bridesmaids, and S. Mary's was verv well represented at the wedding as Ray Moilliet, B. Thompson, E. Westaway and Anne Le Mesurier were present. Molly spent her honeymoon in Italy.

Greta Dash's (\Vardale) husband has been posted in Dacca " A most unpleasant spot for the I C.S., full of Terrorists and Swarajists."

Anne Durst has had her first year at the London School of Economics. She was doing School care Committee work in S Pancras during the summer.

Vanna Durst was hoping to spend part of July and August in Dresden. She has been placed on the waiting list for a vacancy by the Oxford Society of Home Students.

Daphne Emerson has been married.

"Wendy Egerton is working in a tea shop in Wigmore Street.

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Rosalind Evans has been working in the off ice of a London Housing Scheme.

Stephanie Evans-Lawrence has been a day girl atCheltenham, working with Oxford in view.

Gwyneth Fleetwood-Jones has a class of small children, and seems to be a very busy person.

Jean Fairfield (Beckett) it to be congratulated on the birth of her little girl. Jean came home from S. Africa this summer and is in England at present.

Jean Ferguson has finished her course at King's College Hospital where she was training in Massage.

Joan Foster finished her training at Clapham School of Gardening in March, and passed her R.H.S. examination successfully. She is now looking for a post.

Margaret Fraser, sinceleaving Bart's, has been working for her C.M.B. She has been having a holiday this summer and was able to come to the Jubilee.

Deaconess Maud Frayling who was in the School under Miss Pells, Miss Leeson and Miss Dyas, came to see the school in August. She was ordained Deaconess in the Manchester Diocese by Archbishop Temple, and is now working in the parish of S. John's, Torquay.

Clarice Gale is to have a third year, taking needlework as her subject, at Bath School of Domestic Science.

Margaret Gill, after two years on the staff at Chailey, has been working at a school for deaf children at Burgess Hill, in preparation for work she has accepted in a similar school near Madras to which she is to sail this autumn. She writes from Burgess Hill: " The children, with the exception of one or two, are stone deaf, ages two and half to eighteen years. It is truly wonderful how the children manage entirely by lipreading. It is such interesting work. My lip-reading has been greatly helped by being there and I find I can follow a much larger percentage of people in this way now."

Mary Goodden has just finished her first year's Froebel training at Grove House, Roehampton. She lives at home and goes over daily She is to be joined next term by Nancy Chase and Honor Ward. Mary wrote of a " most glorious Cruise " in the Mediterranean before Easter Eileen Gowers is taking a training in Dramatic Art. Katharine Griffiths (Prevost) is to be congratulated on the birth of her second little girl.

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Frances Groves writes from Sunningdale where her husband is now Vicar. Her boy, John, is now old enough for school, and Elizabeth for dancing lessons.

Little Miriam has recovered wonderfully from her very serious illness.

Nora Green (Fisher) was married in June and is now living in Wales.

Alice Hands (Toop) writes that Elizabeth is now old enough for Chichester High School. Her sister, Elsie Haythornthwaite, is now in Assam with her husband and little boy.

Dorothy Harrington-Harvard (Dillon Trenchard) is to be congratulated on the birth of her daughter.

Nora Harrison (Samways) is now living at Broadstone, where her husband is chicken farming.

Dorothy Haviland has given up her share in the Craft Shop. We were so glad to see her at the Jubilee.

Jean Hawkins writes delightful letters describing her work at Reading University.

Jean Hilder (Hussey) is to be congratulated on the birth of her little son Katharine Hill has been doing supply work under the L.C.C. Mary Hiscock is games' mistress at a school in Clifton, Northumberland House.

Marion Hopkins was keeping house for her uncle in Sussex until he fell very ill, when she moved with him to Bournemouth.

Peggy Hopkins finished her training last November.

After a delightful long holiday in Alassio she was appointed as Secretary Almoner to the Hospital at Tenbury W^ells, where she seems to be very happy.

She writes: " The Hospital is a most attractive little one. There are only twelve beds, it's all very pleasantly furnished, and completely lacks any institution air. Matron trained at Birmingham and was a Ward Sister for about five years. They are fortunate in having two very good retired Surgeons who live near and they come over whenever wanted, they do really major operations and only difficult orthopaedic cases, etc. are sent to other Hospitals.

There are also two District Nurses who live in at the Hospital, they did six thousand visits last year!

There is also an ambulance which was given to the Hospital when it re-opened two years ago, so it is not lacking in essential equipment. The next item is a portable X ray apparatus which they are trying

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to get. My work is very varied naturally, and in some ways more interesting than a more "cut and dried" job. I do all the secretarial work, keep the accounts, help whenever wanted with the Contributory Scheme fthere are sixteen districts which support it). I assess patients who do not belong to the Contributory Scheme and do any social work I can, sending patients away for convalescence, helping them get instruments they are ordered, and general aftercare work. I like the social work side naturally the best and do not really get enough of it, but the general experience is going to be really useful. I am learning a good deal about hospital costs, etc., through attending the Finance and House Committees."

Margaret Hort has had a very full and happy first year at Girton. She was helping this summer at Wisbech in the Mission to Fruit Pickers.

Peggy Hubbard (Buck) writes delightfully from Bogota, S. America. She was taking Derry and Joan to Trinidad to see their grandfather. " Joan," she writes, " is quite a young lady now, talking away in Spanish to herself all day long."

Joanna Hughes lost her Father in March. We have been so very sorry for her. She is to go on with her medical work in Birmingham Gladys Helder (Burnett) was married in June. Margaret Gill was the only school representative at the weding. It was delightful to see Gladys and her husband at the Jubilee which occured during their honeymoon.

Betty Hindley is very busy with a course of millinery, and is also studying German. She writes " I was lucky enough to be asked by the Lady Mayoress to be one of her Maids of Honour at the Banquet on Lord Mayor's Day. There were ten of us altogether, eight large and two small, who were dressed in cream, with red sashes to match our taffeta dresses.

It was really most interesting, as we stood on a platform behind the Lady Mayoress during the reception, so had a most perfect view of all the ambassadors, ministers, judges, etc. to say nothing of their wives !

Practically all of them wore uniform which made it a very spectacular show. we did not actually dine in the Banqueting Hall, but having conducted the Lady Mayoress to her seat we went and ate in an adjoining Room, returning to the Hall in time for the speeches. We sat through Sir John Simon's speech,

69 also the French Ambassador's, but left after Mr. Baldwin's to go and dance in the Library. I do wish you could have all seen itâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;once seen never forgotten."

Grace Ide (Pocock) brought her beautiful baby daughter to school one morning.

Myfanwy Jenkins has a post at Herschel School, Claremont, Cape Town.

Everal de Jersey writes that she is finding it difficult to get enough engagements as things are so very bad in the concert world just now. Her accompanying work, however, with the English Folk Dance Society, keeps her busy.

Carol Johnson writes: " I have just left a very good job I had in a leather firm ; the work was extremely interesting but the hours so long that I was obliged to give it up. I have now a job in the offices of "Phillips' Yeast Products." The man I work for writes all the technical letters and I feel I shall soon be like a medical dictionary."

Joan Joscelyne wrote from Alipore that she was hoping to be married next December. Her fiance is Branch Secretary for the United Steel Companies. She wrote of the difficulty of raising funds for the Calcutta charities, where she has been appointed Assistant Honorary Secretary totheBengal Council of Women, dealing with all the charities in Bengal. She was very busy running a Flag Day for the Tuberculosis Association with its 70,000 cases in Calcutta alone, Mary Joy has been appointed Domestic Science Mistress under the Devon County Council, and is living at home as her district is Sidmouth, Ottery S. Mary, Exmouth and Budleigh Salterton.

Peggy Joy, who spent the winter of 1931 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 32 with a French family in Paris, is now nursing at Bath Orthopaedic Hospital, her ultimate aim being Massage.

Gwen Kirby writes very happily from S. Thomas' Hospital where she began her training last Easter.

Diana Kirke, after a year at Chorleywood College for Girls, is going to S. Christopher's, Blackheath.

Elisabeth Kitson had a most interesting time with Miss Garrod's expedition to Mount Carmel She writes: " I got back from Palestine last January after a most successful expedition. The life wasn't nearly so dangerous or uncomfortable as in Kenya but I think on the whole more strenuous. We worked every clay from 6 a.m. till 4 p.m., with only short intervals for meals ! I had the great luck to find a marvellous

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Neanderthal skeleton â&#x20AC;&#x201D;quite complete and the first of its kind to be found in Palestine. Unfortunately, however, the Palestine Government refuses to part with it or to provide the money to have it properly constructed and reported upon. Consequently it remains packed up and no-one has seen it yet â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a pity when it is such an interesting thing. Alas, it robs me of a job as I was to have worked on it in London. There are no other jobs going at present, so I've decided to give archaeology a rest for the present and indulge in music on which, as you know, I've always been frightfully keen. So I started at the Royal College of Music this term and am working hard and enjoying it all tremendously. It is far more fun being an unemployed musician than an unemployed archaeologist! I am learning the piano and the oboe, an instrument I began last year, and like it very much.

I've just got as far as playing in an orchestra which is most thrilling."

Barbara Kitspn is sailing on October 6th for South Africa for a visit of some months.

Barbara Lacon is hoping to be married very quietly in October. She is to live in Moor Park, near Richmansworth.

Alice Le Mesurier has been writing her thesis on " The Anglo-French Struggle for the control of the Dutch Foreign Policy, 1755 1763 " She had " a gorgeous eight weeks in Paris, working at the Archives of the Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres." Alice has been appointed research assistant to Mr. Judges of the School of Economics, and will be working on the new Economic History of London (1660â&#x20AC;&#x201D;1720) to be published by the School of Economics.

Anne Le Mesurier has had a year at the Women's University Settlement, Southwark, and has been working at the School of Economics, for the Diploma of social Studies. She is to be at home this year doing social work (under the C.O.S.) in Portsmouth.

Marguerite Lucas has been married.

Sheilah Lunt has had a very varied year since leaving school, in or near Paris and in Majorca. She is to begin her secretarial training in London in the autumn.

Margaret Macdonald (McKay) is to be congratulated on the birth of her son.

Diana Mallock is still in India with her Father. Her little sister is coming to S. Mary's next term.

Partricia Marchant has been married.

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Mary Margesson wrote from Matope, where she is working with the U.M.C. A. "I have just been on " ulendo" which I always love. I went on my bicycle which is not ideal this time of year because of mud and grass above one's head on the paths.

I fell off twice but escaped with a grazed elbow and a bruise. I went along the new railway for two miles and crossed the Shire on a one plank bridge at the side of the railway. I got a native to carry my bicycle over and another one to hold my hand, so I didn't fall in. My last night was an exciting one as a deputation arrived in the building which serves for Church and School at 8 p.m. when it was pitch dark, saying that lions came down to drink this time of year and it wasn't safe to sleep there.

Why hadn't they told me before my bed was made, but Africans are like that! So we moved everything by the light of a hurricane lamp. I took the bicycle and the lamp and two of the men carried the bed as it was. I spent the night in the teacher's house with his wife and children, with a fire, no windows, chickens and very savoury dried fish! But I must admit that I had an excellent night." Mary came home on leave this summer, and came to speak to the school one Sunday about her work. We were so glad, too, to have here for the Jubilee.

Ivy Martin, our indefatigable secretary, has had a bad year with operations but has been amazingly plucky about it all. We were delighted that she was able to come to the Jubilee.

Isabel Martineau has had an extremely busy year with her Medical "Work in Birmingham, especially as she has been Vice-President this year of the Guild of Students. She wrote most interesting letters about her work as delegate to the Council of the National Union of Students where she met the Presidents and Vice-Presidents of other Universities.

Ruth Matthews has had an extremely busy year at home, helping her mother, who has been ill, with Matron's work, and having music lessons, teaching in Sunday School and running Wolf Cubs. She is hoping to take her nurse's training at the Middlesex Hospital.

Daphne Maxwell has a post as secretary to a dentist in London.

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Margaret McCormick is very busy with her dressmaking.

She was fortunate enough to make two of the dresses for " Richard of Bordeaux." She also made her own dress for her Presentation at Court this summer.

Sheila McRae is nursing at S. Monica's Home, Westbury on Trym.

Ray Moilliet has a post in a small school at Arlesey Bury, Bedfordshire.

Dorothy Morrison came to see us in July and spoke in Chapel. She has been doing excellent work as S.P.G. secretary in Liverpool (which is one of the four dioceses to show an increase in their subscriptions to S.P.G.), and was very largely responsible for the production of the pageant " Fishers of Men " which is to be given again next October. " It is universally agreed," we read in the Church Times, " that last year's performance was the finest thing of its kind witnessed in Liverpool."

Molly Munday (Dillon-Trenchard) is to be congratulated on the birth of her son Bunty Neatby is nursing at the Wingfield Orthopaedic Hospital, Headington.

Rachel Orr (Stiles) writes that she has now moved house to Freeland, Millport, Scotland. " Ruth Diana is growing fast." She says " I was interested to see the Marlborough Biological class up here again this year.

It is a pity no girls' schools come as the work that is done here isn't all done by men, and I should think it would be an interesting way of spending part of a holiday from school."

Margaret Osman Jones left Bath School of Domestic Science this summer and has a post in Hampshire, six centres with her headquarters at Botley.

Dorothy Owen's husband is teaching in Margate. They came in to see us in July with Tony (8) and Hilary (4), Tony bringing an excellent report from school.

Barbara Pengelley (Isaacs) writes regularly from Jamaica.

We were so sorry to hear of her Father's death.

Annette Preyost has a most interesting post as chauffeur companion to Miss Lilian Baylis of the Old Vic. She writes " Every single thing at both theatres, the Old Vic and Sadler's Wells, comes under Miss Baylis' notice, and she keeps everyone up to the mark in a most extraordinary way. Besides managing both theatres (and we're really like one of the olden day self-supporting communities so there are endless departments to be seen to) she is always speaking at meetings and dinners and things, and does a lot of bazaar openings, etc. for different charities. My

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chief work is to look after the Trojan and drive her about all over the place. Also I look after the house and four dogs. I do a fair amount of secretarial work at both theatres and help with the Treasury work when I have time. Apart from that I do countless things, from finding coffee and sandwiches in the box during an interval, to helping behind the scenes during the shows. I have already met a good many really interesting people, including two friends of S. Mary's days, Sir Philip Ben Greet and Miss Dorothy Green. When I told the former I used to be at S. Mary's he spoke so affectionately of the school and said how much he had enjoyed bringing his company down to you. And he remembered details of the famous cricket match far better than I did!"

Margaret Price spent several months in Portugal with friends. She is now taking a secretarial training in London.

Rosamund Price has gone off on a visit to S. Africa.

Margaret Rice has just finished her second year at Girton College, where she is President of the Musical Society.

Margaret Rowcliffe (Farrington) was married in July.

Four of her bridesmaids were school friends, B. Adnitt, B. Sheldon, M. McCormick and B. Lacon.

There were a great many old girls at the wedding, including Margaret Cole, G. Kirby, V. Townsend, D. Orlebar, J. Foster and J. and M. Young. Margaret spent her honeymoon in Scotland.

Barbara Ridley writing from the Middlesex Hospital, Nurse's Home in November, says: "I have been in this job since April. I came as assistant cook in the Nurse's Home, but when the Head cook left in August I took her place. It is a terrifically strenuous job and long hours, but interesting and very exciting at times â&#x20AC;&#x201D;far too much excitement for me on some days! We cook for 360â&#x20AC;&#x201D;450 people, but never quite know how many we are going to get to a meal, of which there are twenty-one per twenty-four hours !

The night nurses have just the same food as the others, but in the night, of course. Coming down in the morning to cook supper is one of the queer things we do. I still hate living in London, but am lucky enough to be able to get home easily."

Averil Savory came to see us in June. She is very busy with her crafts, both for other shops and for her own at Forest Row.

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Margery Scott (Parker) has been home from India with her little son. We were so glad to see her at the Jubilee.

Betty Sheldon is engaged to be married.

Giana Shipley has just finished her second year at Lady Margaret Hall. She was to spend two months of the Long Vacation in Italy.

Mrs. Richard Steele, (L. Coombes) who entered the school in the very first term, January, 1873, was staying in August near Calne. Miss Matthews went to see her, and was very much interested in hearing of her recollections. She endorsed what so many others have said of the excellent teaching given by Miss Richardson, and Canon Duncan.

Kathleen Stone is still nursing at sea. We were delighted to see her at the London Reunion, her boat having reached Southampton that morning Leila Suffrin has just come down from Westfield College.

She is fortunate enough to be going out to Burma for six months to join her brother who is teaching there Mary Tallents has had a wonderfully happy year at the Postgraduate Training College, Cambridge. She was hoping this September to join the University Mission Campaign to Oldham ; she signed on for creche work.

Dulcie Taylor is to be married on October 7th.

Thelma Taylor has been taking a secretarial course in London Eleanora Tench has given up teaching and has a post as demonstrator with the Gas Light and Coke Company, Horseferry Road.

Madeleine Thomas t Barton-Wright) is to be congratulated on the birth of her son, Peter. Barbara Lacon is his godmother.

Barbara Thompson has had to give up her work for the G F.S. fora time at Townshend House owing to her mother's ill health.

Marjorie Thynne, who is working in her Father's offices in Hereford wrote of the cruise she went in August. " We are just nearing the end of the Guiders' and Scouters' Cruise in the Baltic. It has been wonderful to see all the Scouts and Guides in the foreign countries and the welcomes they have given us have been simply marvellous. Everywhere we have been we have had the most amazing receptions and have been treated like Royalty. It has alss been a won-

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derful opportunity for us all to know the Chiefs.

It has been the most inspiring fortnight it is possible to imagine, and also we have been amazingly lucky in our weather. There are some other S. Mary's people here. Violet Newcomb, Pauline Brentnall and Mary Pickard."

Valerie Townshend wrote of her work as a nursery nurse.

Eileen Vernon (Wolfenden) came to see us recently bringing delightful photographs of John James.

Mary Vischer wrote enclosing a programme of the World Petroleum Congress: she writes " I had an extraordinarily interesting week at the Royal School of Mines as Mr. Kewley's personal secretary. He is the head of our department, and has done a tremendous amount in organising this congress which I think everybody agreed was a great success."

Pamela Waddilove passed her C.M.B. last February, and wrote " I am specialling for a very wee baby in a frightfully smart nursing home, there are four of us on this case." She had a delightful holiday in April in Italy.

Audrey Westaway is going next term to Berridge House, Hampstead, to take her training in Domestic Science.

Elizabeth Westaway has a post in a special school in Winchester.

Alison Wood has been all the year at the Talbot Settlement in Camberwell, taking the social science course at Bedford College.

Jean and Margot Young now live at Finchampstead.

Margot teaches some very small boys in a preparatory school.

Janet Young has had a most successful first year at Bristol University. She has played in the netball team.

Of the old girls who have left us this year:â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Margaret Ogle, a most excellent head of the school for two years, is hoping to have an eight weeks' course at Ashridge Park, the Bonar Law College, and to go in the spring to Germany for a time. She hopes eventually to take up nursing.

Mollie Longridge has been at home since leaving us in May, and is hoping to go later to S. Thomas' Hospital to train as a nurse.

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Arminel Cqnybeare was in Switzerland for a term and is to go in September to Bedford Physical Training College Honor W^ard had most interesting experiences flying put to Basra when term ended in December, and enjoying her wonderful time there with her parents. Her letters have been excellent. She returned home in June and is to begin her Frcebel training next September at Roehampton.

Joyce Hindley had a most delightful time near Paris. She went wonderful expeditions to Italy, and to the Chateaux of the Loire, and enjoyed her work so much that, after being presented at the first Court, insisted on going back to France for another term.

Barbara Mitchell wrote splendid letters from Dresden where she spent the spring term. She is now at home.

Felicity Bradford is taking a year's course in Domestic Science at Harcombe House.

Barbara Brooke is to go in four days a week to the Art School in Salisbury.

Nancy Chase, after a term at home, where she has been teaching her little sister and a small friend, is to begin her training at the Frcebel College, Roehampton.

Nancy Churchill has taken a course in secretarial work, and is fortunate enough to have been given a nomination for the Bank of England.

Irene Heywood was working very hard indeed at her French in Paris all the spring and then went to study German in Baden Baden. She is to be in Paris again all the autumn and hopes to go up for her examination at Lady Margaret Hall in December.

Elisabeth Mansergh is to attend lectures at the Sorbonne next term.

Ann Sadler is to be at home, or with her grandfather in Oxford, for the present, but hopes to go to France latter on.

Margaret Stead is to have a year at home. She is hoping eventually to take up Infant Welfare Work.

Peggy Beale and Winifred Heath are both to be at home for the autumn but have been offered vacancies in January at Harcombe House.

Marion Gale spent the summer term at the School of Domestic Science in Bath.

Joan Marjoribanks is studying art in Southampton.

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Kitty Synge is to be at home in the autumn studying music. She hopes to go to Edinburgh (the Atholl Crescent Domestic Science Training College) in January.

Ann Carver is going to school in Lausanne.

Peggy Reade is hoping to go to Harcombe House.

Patricia Ede is going to Sherborne, and Isabel Gough to Sandecotes.

News of "Old Staff".

Miss Abdy has taken a course of training in Moral and Spiritual Welfare and is now working in a Home, under the Clewer sisters, in Oxford. She visited us in June.

Mrs. Babington (Miss Montgomery) is to be congratulated on the birth of her little daughter.

Miss Brown is teaching in the Skinner's Company's School at Stamford Hill. We were so glad to have her with us for the Jubilee.

Miss F. M. Clarke has been at home all the summer owing to the illness of her mother. She has now left the Ladies' College, Harrogate, and is to begin teaching in September at The Abbey School, Malvern.

Miss E. P. Clark is still working in Trinidad.

Miss Damant, who is housemistressata school in Ipswich, West View, came to us for her half term in June, and it was delightful to have her here for the last week of the summer term when she came to help us through a difficult time.

Miss Goodrich has been training in dancing all the year, both in London and Germany, and joins the staff of Bedford Physical Training College in September.

We were so glad to see her in June.

Miss Daldy unfortunately fell ill last February just as she had joined the Staff of University College, Southampton, and has been having a weary time since in convalescing.

Miss Gutteridge is still on the Staff at Dovercourt. We were so glad to see her at the London Reunion.

Miss Gibson, who is secretary to the Women' Work in the Diocese of Birmingham, writes : â&#x20AC;&#x201D;" I get more and more interested in this sort of work, and we really seem to have been getting a " move on" lately.

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for systematic Bible Study, both of the elementary and advanced grades. We have got two excellent central classes going, now we hope to start some local groups. Girls of the right educational background, too, are taking real interest in the possibilities of Church work as a vocation. In November I had a most interesting time as I was sent by the Central Council for Women's Church work to speak on " Developements" at an annual meeting in Belfast. In July I had an interesting time at the Swanwick Conference of the S.C M." Miss Hales is still on the Staff of University College, Southampton.

Miss Helliwell is much enjoying her work as Warden of Hallam House, a Students' hostel in connection with the training College for Post Graduates and for Kindergarten Students of Clapham High School. We were so very glad to see her at the Jubilee.

Miss Inge has been at home all the summer and came to spend a week-end with us.

Sister Irvine came to see us in May, she is still at Queen Anne's School, Caversham.

Miss Monica Jones left her post at Queen's Hall, Compton, Quebec, this June. We were so glad to see her here in July. She is to begin work at Glyn House, Broadstairs, next term.

Miss Lang came to see us in July. She has left her settlement in the Rhondda valley and is hoping to take up work this autumn at the Toynbee Hall Settlement.

Miss Little has left Sanderstead and is now living in Streatham (36, Gleneagle Road, S.W.I6.)

Mrs. Maw (Miss Colbert) is helping with coaching work at the school so comes in regularly.

Mrs. Muddle (Miss Hammond) is expected home this summer.

Miss Powell is engaged to be married. She has been acting as companion to the Maharani of Balrampur, a girl of fifteen, who has just been married.

Mrs, Savory came to stay in Juneâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;she had not been to see us since she left in 1923 and was greatly interested in all the developments since then, especially, of course, at S. Bridget's.

Miss Stevens-Guille writes from the S.P.G. Mission, Ranchi, where she is now Principal of a huge institution:â&#x20AC;&#x201D;" My four hundred and seventy-three pupils keep me busy I visited a number of my " jungly" pupils' homes in the October holidays,

79 trekking on foot through lovely country and eating quantities of rice. It was very pleasant and most She adds " The News Sheet was illuminating." full of interest as everâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;I only wish some of the S. Mary's ideas were current in Indian Education."

Miss Williams has just left her post at Evendine Court, Colwall, and is taking over an Arts and Crafts' shop at Lavenham, Suffolk.

Miss Wilmott, who is teaching at Chapel Allerton High School, Leeds, plays hockey for Yorkshire.

Addresses of those leaving 1932â&#x20AC;&#x201D;1933.

Miss Angel 1 James, 43, Nevil Road, Bishopston, Bristol Miss Cooke. 28, Cobbett Road. Bitterne Park, Southampton. .Miss Inge. Forge Cottage. Kolvenden, Kent.

Miss ritorrs-Fox. 46. Sollershott East. Letchworth, Herts P. Bea ; e. The Yews, M i n c h i n h a m p t o n . Glos.

F Bradford, Inholmes. Nr. Burgess H i l l . Sussex.

B. Brooke, Cambrai House, Bulford Village, Nr. Salisbury.

A Carver. Wynches. Much Hadham. Herts.

N. Chase, Chew Magna Vicarage, Somerset.

N. Churchill, The Martins, Shelburne Road, Calne.

A Conybeare. Outlands. Botley, Hants.

M. Gale, Church Street, Calne.

W. Heath. Downfield. Winscombe, Somerset.

I. Heywood.

J. H i n d l e y . 237. S. .lames s Court. Buckingham Gate, S.W 1.

A I . I.ongridge. Rathlin. Mobberlev, Cheshire.

E Mansergh. Udimore Cottage, Otterbourne, Hants.

J Marjoribanks 38. Winn Road. Southampton.

B. .Mitchell. Rookwood, Cuckfield. Sussex.

M. Ogle. East Ilslev Vicarage, Berks.

P. and N. Reade. Horn Park, Beaminster. Dorset.

A. Sadler, Lower Througham, Stroud. Glos.

M. Stead, 97, Church Road, Wimbledon. S.W.19.

K. Synge. The Old Rectory. Great Barrow, Chester H. Waid Tanooma. Walmer Beach. Kent.

Changes of Address. ] Blaster ( l l o l l i s ) 49a, Philbeach Gardens, Earlscourt, S.W.5.

V. Briscoe. c/o the Kev. F. Brading. Ditton Rectory, Nr. Maidstone.

Kent.

Margaret Cole. Cherhill. Birchwood Road, Pett's Wood, Kent.

R. Coney. (Daw) 47. Woodlands Farm Road. Erdington. Birmingham.

W. Egerton. 73, Kensington Garden Square, W.2.

F. Groves. (Farnfieldi The Vicarage, Sunningdale.

N. Harrison (Samwavs Mav Vale, Broadstone. Dorset.

D Harrington-Harvard. (Dillon-Trenchard) Abercarny. Rigden Road, Hove.

80 P. Hopkins. The Hospital, Tenbury Wells, Worcs.

M. Hort, The Yett, Ticehurst, Sussex.

H. Macnab, (Tench) lOb, Bramerton Street. Chelsea, S.W 3.

G. Merriman. (Turner) la. Lancaster Road. Hampstead, N.W.3.

R. Orr, (Stiles) Freeland, Millport, County Bute.

M. Rice. The Old Convent, Great Billing, Northampton.

M. Rowcliffe, (Farrington) 22, Sussex Mansions. Sussex Place. S W 7.

M. Stevens. Maxcroft, Hilperton Marsh. Trowbridge.

M. Trask, Courtfield Cottage, Norton-sub-Hambdon, Somerset. ]. and M. Young, The Croft, Finchampstead, Berks.

Births.

Babington. On February 21st, 1933, at Westend Vicarage, Southampton, to Ruth (nee Montgomery) wife of the Rev. R. H. Babington- a daughter.

Birkbeck. On April 5th, 1933, at Uplands, Harborough Road, Northampton, to Elinor (nee Hollis) wife of F. J. Birkbeck— a son (Martin John).

Coney. On December 26th, 1932, to Ruth (nee Davy)— a daughter (Delia Florence).

Coward. On December 20th, 1932, to Mary (nee Gould)—a son (Peter Hylton) Harrington-Harvard. On April 5th, 1933, at Abercairny, Rigden Road, Hove, to Dorothy (nee DillonTrenchard) wife of Adrian Harrington-Harvard— a daughter (Shelagh Anne).

Hilder. In May, 1933, to Joan (nee Hussey) wife of Cecil Hilder a son (Christopher Mark Wellesley Lake).

Ide. On May 22nd, 1933, to Grace (nee Pocock)- a daughter (Rachel Elizabeth Joan).

Macdonald On August 20, 1933, to Margaret (nee McKay)-wife of E. C. Ian Macdonald—a son (Alastair John).

Munday. On February 5th, 1933, at 38, Shepherd Street, Mayfair, to Molly (nee Dillon-Trenchard) wife of R. S. Munday a son.

Thomas. On February 8th, 1933, to Madeleine (nee Barton-Wright) wife of the Rev Evan Maginley Thomas, 23, Victoria Square, Clifton—a son (Peter Maginley).

Griffith On July 26th, 1933, to Katharine (nee Prevost) wife of the Rev. H. G. H. Griffith-a daughter.

81 Weddings.

Crawley—Durst. On Saturday, April 29th, 1933, at Wendover Parish Church, Blick Crawley, only son of the late Dr. H. E. Crawley and of Mrs. Crawley, Dobbin's Lane, W^endover, to Mary Durst, younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Austin Durst, The Grange, Wendover, Bucks.

Gleeson—Bradford. On September 4th, 1933, at Haywards Heath, Captain Fergus Gleeson, Indian Army, to Adela Evelyn, eldest daughter of Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs. Edward Bradford.

Green-Fisher. On Saturday, June 10th, 1933, at All Saints' Church, Nazeing, Major A. L. Green to Norah Mathews Fisher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. Mathews Fisher, of Camps, Nazeing.

Helder—Burnett. On Saturday, June 10th, 1933, at S Mary's Church, Woodcote, Purley, Francis Brodie Helder to Gladys Hilda Burnett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Burnett, of The Croft, Purley.

Rowcliffe—Farrington. On Tuesday, July 25th, 1933, at S. George's Church, Hanover Square, Edward Hugh Lee, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lee Rowcliffe, of Hall Place, Cranleigh, Surrey, to Margaret, only daughter of Sir Henry and Lady Farrington, of Barry mores, Kintbury, Newbury, Berks.

R.I.P. Birkbeck. On May 17th, 1933, at Uplands, Harborough Road, Northampton, Martin John, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Birkbeck, aged six weeks.

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Old Girls' Badges.

The Old Girls' Badge, a small shield brooch in blue and white enamel, may t>e obtained at any time from Miss Matthews. The price (including postage) is 2/8.

Subscriptions to soon as possible, to Calne. Old Girls through their group Subscriptions 25/-.

Notice. the News Sheet should be sent, as F. M. Bartlett, S. Mary's School, belonging to the Association pay secretaries. Each copy cost 2/-. Life

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