SCHOOL NOTES Four members of the staff left at the end of the Summer Term: Mr. K. G. Chilman and Mr. F. J. Wiseman both retired, and Mr. P. M. Lanning returned to Someset; and Mrs. S. S. Hutton completed her year as assistant in Mathematics. We thank them all for their contributions to the School, and extend our best wishes for the future.
MR. K. G. CHILMAN In the long history of our School there have undoubtedly been many occasions when the passing from active service of a distinguished servant has had to be registered. We would suggest that there has never been a more outstanding example of this than the departure of Kenneth Chilman, who in July, at his own request, retired from the St. Olave's Staff. Kenneth Chilman first came to the forerunner of the present St. Olave's in 1907, transferring in due course to St. Peter's and leaving in 1916 to join the Army and fight in the first world war. He returned to join the teaching staff in 1919, and after four years went to Hertford College, Oxford, for one year under the ex-Service scheme operating at that time. It is interesting to reflect that Kenneth Rhodes, newly graduated at Oxford at that time, returned to St. Peter's in 1923 as a master to replace Chilman. We are very glad to be able to record that Kenneth Chilman returned to 'St. Peter's in 1924, having collected a Hockey Blue on the way to add to his twenty-odd International Caps, and from that time onwards he has inspired many generations of Peterites and Olavites both in and out of the classroom with his sincerity and single-minded devotion for the School from which he has obtained and to which he has given so much in so rich a measure. During the past ten to fifteen years, the staffs of St. Olave's and St. Peter's have become more separate and distinct. Yet Mr. Chilman has still taken a keen interest in the activities of both Schools. His attractive tenor voice has continued to enrich the Senior School Choir, and his paternal interest in his ex-Olavites has ever been a comfort and support to them in the wider fields of St. Peter's and beyond. During the second world war Mr. Chilman had a varied and distinguished career, ending as a "full" Colonel, and there is no doubt that his work in the Territorial Army between the wars was of the greatest value, particularly in his command of the York Battery of the Royal Artillery. Those of us at St. Peter's who remember the Munich Year (1938) will never forget Chilman's practical pioneering on the Air Raid shelters which were constructed so zealously at that time—but happily never used. The retirement of K.G.C. veritably marks the end of an epoch. We all join in praise and thankfulness for the long, unselfish and devoted service of one who never had any other thought than the good of the School. May his retirement be long and happy, and may he and his wife, who has been his constant supporter over these long years, continue to be our regular visitors and supporters. 2
