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Pembroke Dock. :West Wales Guardian.

Bush. Street.

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COUNTY SCHOOL, PEMBROKE DOCK.

GOVERNORS:The Penvro

DEC EMBE R.

J. R. WILLIA NI S, Esq. , P embrok e Dock (Chairman) .F. O. SU DI3UltY, Esq., P embroke Do ck.W. J . GWILLI AM, Esq ., J .P., Pembr oke.W . J. MOR IU S, Esq. , P embroke.G. P . FHANCIS, r';sq ., J. IJ. , P embroke Do ck.Mrs. NOHA DAVIES, B.A., Ne yland .Mrs . E. ~L LOW LESS, P embro ke.M rs, POWE LL R E ES, J .P.. N ey la n d .R ev. J. GARFI E LD DAV IES, 1>1.A., Manorbter.F . W. POWELL, Esq. , 'I' enby.B. G. HO \VE L LS . Esq . . P cmbrok a Dock.E. B. DiI.VIES. E sq., Pembr oke Dock.R ev . HERBEnT JONES, M.A. , P embroke.

CIeri, ; T . P. OWEN, E sq ., Pembroke Do ck.

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No. 102.

Dockmagazjn~.

1 947.

H eadmaster: N. G. COTTHELL, M.A. ( Birmingham), B.A.( Lo ndon) .

Miss A. R. Lb.:WIS DAVIES, B.A. (Wales), Dip. E d. (Edinburgh).J . F. NA GLE, B.A . ( Na tiona l Un lve r slty of Ireland).H . H EI;;S, M .A. (Wales).E . B. GE OR GE , B.A. (Wales) .S. A . E VANS, B.Sc . (Wales J,"rnter. Mus .Bac. (Wa les).r.;, G. DAVIES, B.A. (Walesj .A. W. W. DEVEREUX, B.A. (Wal" s).N. H. GREE NWOOD, B.Sc. (Birmingham).W. T. HOWELLS, B .Sc. (WaL s ) .W . 1. HARHIES, B. Sc. (Wales).Miss H. H UGHES, n.A. (Wales).Miss M. E. GIBSON, D .A. (W a les).Miss O. N. E YN ON. B .A. (W o.!es ).Miss ],\f. E . COOPER, B.A. ( Wales ).Mi ss 1\'1. R. DAVmS, B .A. (Wal eS).Ar t-Mr. K . A. COO PER, A.T.D.Cookery. Lau n dry , Needlework-M ' ss M. IVI. RE ES, Dtplorna of

t he Training Coll ege of Domes tic Ar ts, Card iff.Handicraft-I. G. CLEAVER. r .oou.n.Commercial Subjects-J. L. WILLLBIS, B.A. (Wal es), r .c.r.

COMMITTEE :

General Editor: Mr. DAVIES.

Literary Editor: Miss DAVIES.

Committee ;

Miss GIBSON, GLENYS PREECE, !lrARIAN DAVIES,

PETER MAYNARD, DAVID WILLIAMS.

EDITORIAL.

Once again we h ave regretfully to say goodby e t o our H ead­master. W e are very sorry t hat Mr. Cottr ell h a s s pent such a s h orttime with us but r ealise t hat h e is movin g on to more im por tan twor~" a nd w e off er him our m os t s incere congratu lations Oil his pro­m otion to th e rank of His Maj esty' s Inspector . Since he h a s bee nhere h e h as work ed very hard-few of us r ealise quite h ow h ard­for th e good of t h e sch oo l , and h e has achieved m uch in th e la sttwo years. Our very best wi shes go with him a nd his family in h isn ew work in Yorkshire .

We welcome thr ee n ew member s of s taff this t erm MissM. R . Davi es and Miss Cooper h ave r e pl aced Mi ss Thom~s andMiss J on es, a n d Mr. Coo per h a s become a r t m a ster in p lace ofMr. Elwyn Davies .

It is pleas an t t o learn that Mr. Cleaver will be a full-time m em­ber of the st aff a ft er Christmas. As it w as impossible for him tobegin this t erm w e had th e h el p, f or a fe w week s, of an old boy,Roy P erkin s . When h e joined t he a r my Mr. J. M. Clark wassec onded to us from the Coron ation Sc ho ol. W e h a ve been veryglad to have him wi t h us , and are so r r y hi s stay is only temporary.

This magazine contains a goo d deal a bout the exchange wi thBplnal. This is only fitting, a s w e are proba bl y t h e pionee r s in th isidea of a mass exch ange. W e a re n ow linke d, with t he CollegeClasstque de J eunes Filles at Epinal as w ell a s with t h e Lyc ee deGarcons, and we must all see th a t the link remains a stron g one.

It only r emains to wish all readers a v ery happy holiday. withas many good things as present-day austerity will allow.

AVE ATQUE VALE:.Much as I dislike the h ..bit of using Latin tags I cannot help

t hln kin g that th e famous on e of Catullus, "Ave atque Val e ," iss ing ular ly approp r iate a s t h e theme of this sh ort m essage to thepresent andl former pupil s of the P embroke Dock County School.It is on ly a very br ief while ago that I was the " N ew H eadmaster "an d here I am bi dd ing yo u goo db ye. I am sorry that my time h ereh a s been so short, but even in th is shor t s pace a r egard and love forthe school h a s taken fir s t pl a ce in my hear t. I have found myselfso id en ti fie d w it h th e li fe of t he Sc h ool that I sha ll n ever be able tof eel abo ut a ny other sc h ool as I do about you . These two-and-a-halfyea rs a re a mong the ri ch es t an d mo st valuable years of my life.

I ha ve been indeed ver y h a pp y in my work here with you all.I have a lways found t h e mem bers of the School courteous Willing,sm ili ng a n d helpfu l. T he re have been so many occasions whenI have been suprem ely proud of yo u a n d felt privileged: to be yourH eadmas t er. The onl y quality I could ask you todevelou to makeyou rsel ves nearly perfect is th a t you sh ou ld sh ow rather more drive,in itiative and a se nse of urgen cy. •

'I'h e public li fe of So u t h Pem brokesh ir e is m uch indebted to theCoun ty Scho ol. 'I'h e School still h as a ve ry great contribution tom ake in tha f uture and my las t w ord to you is to work hard, to p layhard and to se ek diIt gen t ly to lead th e good li fe, for in d'otng soyou ca n best en rich the life of th e community. And: so ," Hail and Farewell. "

N. COTTRELL.

THE DESERTED HOUSE¥I

It s t a n ds t here n ow so g rim an d grey,Its happier days are fa r a way ,It is deserted-m ists enshr oudThe col d grey walls tha t age h a s bowe d.

Its em pty rooms on ce did resoundWit h sh outs of ch i ld ren, a ll around,And everything wa s br ight an d gay'Whe n r ou n d the nu rsery fire they'd play.

Bu t cobw ebs no w cling to the wallAn d t hi ck dust lies th rou gh out th e hall,T hrou gh broken win dows s till do pourT he shafts of su nlight, on t h e floor.

T he ga rde n n ow w it h w eed s is r if e ,The bram bles cho k e all frui tful life ,The pond is gree n with sli me and lea vesAnd dark and som bre are th e trees.

Yet beauty s t ill is everywhere,For on the lawn a rc flowers fair ,And in th e tre es th e bf rds all s in gProclaiming joy in ever yth ing.

BARBARA DAVIES, V9.

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EXAMINATION RESULIS.H IGHEH CE HT II" ICATE.

Ivy Gar li ck-English, Hi story ( With di stincti on ) . Geograph y(wi th di s tinct ion ) . Mary Lewis-En glish , Hist ory , French.Vil ma P h ill ip s- E ngli sh , H fstorv , Geo grap h y. Glenys P reece ·­E nglish , F're nc h , History ( with d lsl n cr ion ) . D. C. Ar thur­E ngl is h, F rench, La ti n . C. /I.. Ilohcr t;;-Hisl.or y, K~onomies,

Drawin g and P ai ntin g ( with dt st .iu ct iou l ,

SC HOOL CEl~TIFlCATE.

V.G .-Very Good . C.-Cred it. I-'.--Pa£;s. L.i\L - Londonma tri cula ti on equ ivalent. W.i\!. --\oVf' lsh Matri cu lation cq utvalent.

Ma ureen Bermi n gha m ( [ie, 2p .) f: illi ,m Davi es (5c, 3p.), DettyGriffi t hs (lv .g. , 5c, ·ip ., L.;\T.) , Marca rct Ha nn am ( 3c, Gp), OlwenJ on es ( 4c , 211), Zin a J ud d (2v. g., Gc, L .W .1\L) , Ma ry P hillips ( Lv .g .,8e, L .W.M. ), Nes ta Rosen ( lc., Gp.) , Megan Sutton (7 c., 3p, ) ,Pauline T ucker ( 3c. , Gp.), G·. T . Drown ( 2v .7,., 6e. , 1 p. ) , Ie D.Elsdon (4c. , 4p . ), A. J. Evans ri v.s .. 5c., 2p. , t .xr. ) . W. F. James( Lc., 6p .) , W. G. J . J a mes ( 4c., 5p .), D. G. Jones (4c., 2p.), J. C.Maynard (6v.g. 3c., L.W.M.), D. R . Phillips ( 8e., 1p ., L .M.), D. R.Rogers (5c. , 2P'" L.IIL) , Molly Brown (lv .g., 6c., 2p.), Jill F ield(2 v.s. , 6c., Lp., L .W .M.L J eanette Gr eenwood (1 v.g., 3c. , 3p .) ,Antonia Sabido (4c., 5p. ) , Claire Thomas (lv.g ., Bc., Lp., L .W.M.),D. N. Bailey (3c., 4p.), D. G. Bermingham (Lv.g ., 4c ., 2p.) , G. E.Griffiths (1v .g ., 5c ., ru.i . J . H . Gr iffith s (l v.g. , 3c., 3p. ), E. T . S.H ughes (6 c., 3p .), N. G. Long (4v.ss . de. , 'l p ., L.W.M ,), D. S.Morgan (3v.g., 4c ., 1p.), n. J . Palmer (lv.g. , 4c., 4p . ), W. G.Williams (4 c., 3p) .

SUPPLEMENTARY CERTIFICATE .J ean Ca ll ey- Needlew or k ( c ) . Ma r y Ma rtin-English Litera­

ture (p), Arithmetic ( c) , Sylvia Thomas-Arithmetic (c) . Gl en ysPreece-Latin (c).

ROYAL SOCIE TY OF ARTS.Ma rgaret Elliott-Book-l, eeping a n d Sh orthand. Betty J o~es

- Book-k eeping and Typewriting. Ethel ':!'homas-Book-keePlIl gand Shorthand. Gl en ys P hillips-Book-keeplll g. Gra ce Kenw~r?-:­Book-keeping a n d Typewriting . Dilys Fletch er-Typewntmg.D. Winter-Book -k eep in g. " .

SPORTS DAY.W ednesday July 23rd was a fin e s un ny da y, a nd. we In] a

mo st enjoyable 'spor ts. It w as made st ill more tnteresttns by ~h;'presence of our visitors f rom Epina!. They made a very spor t ingzesture by competing in the Sen ior R el ay Race. GI d d'" There was a r eason ably cl os~ fin ish be~ween yn WI' anPicton houses, with Tudor some di s ta nc e belnnd, th e final scor esbei ng :- Gly n dwr 120 , Pi ct on 11 3, Tudor 86 .

Detail s :- - 1 (P ). 2 Ell' zab eth80 yards Jun ior Gir ls- I. Nancy Mac cen ." "Thomas (T. ) ;' 3 , Dian a Lewis (T.): V F t 11

80 yards, Junior Bo ys - I, Brian J ohn ( P .). 2, . -re we(P ) . 3 B. Th om as (T ,) . . (T) 2

. '90' yards, Midd le Scho ol Girls.-1, Dorothy L eW I S .; ,

Pat Glake (T ,) ; 3, June Strachan (G .) .

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n 100 yards, Middl e School Boys.--I , n. Eynon ('1'.); 2 D, Jones(1.); 3, J . Griffiths (1'.) . '

. 1,0 0 ,yard~ , ~,Cll~ or Girl s .- -I, Marion Davi es (G.); 2, MargaretEl l io t ; «(". ); D , Li oreon Jo nes (P.) .9 1 110 ynrrl s , Bcnio r B oys .-I, C. Palmar (P.); 2 , G. Polhill ( G. ) ;u, D. Willi ams (T.).

. T I:roWiJ1s Crt ct.e t Da n, J unior Girls .-I, Pamel a R ees (P.) ;2, l\l a n ly n hudtlc,,:1tone ('1' .); 3 , P a m el a L ewis ( '1' . ).~ Th row ing Cr icket Dall, Juni or Bo ys.-I, 1'. MacCallum (1'.);~ , D . Myers (G . ); 3, G. Ph ll llps (G. ).

, Hi g h .Ju rn p , i\iid d le Sch ool Gi rl s .·--I, Sheila T urner (G.)' 2,Ba,r lla r a Wat .Tman (G . ); 3 , Mary Philli ps (P.) . '

High Jum p, Middle Scho o l B oys.-I W . R oes (G .); 2 , K.Gwy t haj- (G. ) ; 3 , D . Davies ('1'.) . '

Throwin g C ri cket Dan . Se n io r G irls.-l, Marcare t Elliott(G .) ; 2, B eryl Willi ams (G .) ; 3 , Toni Sabido ('1'.) . e

!,hrm;ing Cri c ket Ball, Senior Do ys,-I , A. Mo ffat (1'.); 2,A. R fch nrrls ( G. ); 3 , A . Skone (G .) ., High Jum p , Jun ior Girls .- -I, Moreen Morgan (G.); 2, Joy ceI'homas ('1'.) ; 3, Na n cy Macken (F.) .

, Higl.I Jump, Junior DOYS.---l , V. Fretwell; 2, J . Fhillij)s ('1' )3 , h . DOId ge ('1'. ). . ;

a, Tlll'~wing J a velin . Middl e Sch ool Boys .-I, N. Sheppard (1',);- A.Smlth(P.); 3,D.Davies ('1'.) .

'I'hrowlng .Iav el ln, S eni or Boys.-I, R. Palmer (P.); 2 ( t ie ) ,D. Vau ah an (G.) and A. Hichards (G.),

High J u m p, Sen ior Gil· l s. - I, Josie Yates ('1'.) ; 2, Mar garetE lliott (G.); 3 , Pauline Tucker (P.) .

High Jum», Senior Boys.-l , A . R ichard s (G.); 2 , A. Sk01l8(G. ) ; 3 , A. Mo ffat (P.).

Th rowin g Javelin, J u n i or Boys.-I, P. Co llins (P.); 2, K,Doid g-e ('1' .) ; 3, D . Rendall (G.).

Hop, S tep, Jump, Middle Schaal Girls.-I , Pat Blak e (T.); 2,Detty Fawcett ('1' . ); 3 , Mary Phillips (P.) .

Hop , Step , Jump Midd le School Boys.-I R. Eynon ('1') 2N . S m it h ( '1'. ); 3 , A. Smith (1'.) . ' .; ,

Throwing- D fsc us Sen ior Gir]s.-I, IVlargaret Elliott (G.) ' 2Doreen Jones (F.); 3 (tie) , To ni Sabido (T.) and B etty Crutchley(1' . ) .

,Thro\Vin ." Discus , Se n Ior Boys .-I, D. Vaughan (G.); 2 (tie),~"- . i\'J o ffat (P .) and A. S k one (G .) .

22'D yar ds, Senior Bo ys .-I, G. Cook (G.); 2 , A. Moffat (P ).3, D . Williams '( '1'. ) . . ,

4 40 yard s. Sen ior Boys .-I, G. Polhill (G.); 2, D, Vaughan( G . ) ; 3, R. P almer ( P. ).

Bunny Hnpnlrig R a ce.-I, D. H ayward ('1'.); 2, C. Will iams(G.); 3 , R. Whitlam (P.) .

Long- Jump , Junior Boys.-I , G. Hughes (T.); 2, D. Ren:d'all(G . ): 3 ,13. Thomas ('1'.).

Throwing Cr ick e t Ball. Mid dle Sch ool Girls.-I, BarbaraWa terman (G. ): 2. Barbara Davies ( '1' ) : 3 , Ray Th omas (G.).

2 20 yard s, i\Wldl.~ School Boys.-I , D. Jones ('1'.); 2, J . Griffiths(1'.): 3. A. P<'.11(on ('1'.).

TJ, row i n ~: Crick et Ball. M irl ,!1e Sel l001 Boys,-I, S . Mathiasi T .) : 2 . A . Smith (P.) ; 3. A. Evan s ( '1'. ).

L.;n ". J' n m n . Sen io r B ovs .-I. D. Willi am s ('1'.); 2 . A . Moffat(P. ) : .) (t 1"'), G . F olhilJ ( 0 .) an d A . S koll e . o .i.

'1'1,1'o,,,".i11 2· Di-:cu s , Middl e fkh o ol Gil'l s .-l , I vy Flave ll (P.);2. l1a v T'horn as ( G.) : 3. P0g p'V . R aymond ro.i,

'I'h r owiu e DisrU!1. Midrll( ~ 8 r:hool Bo ys .--I W. Rees (G.)' 2J. i':'T ath ias ('1' . ); 3, L. Richards ('1'.). ' . , ,

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. Ob stacle Jt ace, Girls. - I, Pauline Tucker (1'.); 2, ChristineCopeman ('1' ,); 3, J oy ce Horne (G .) .

Obstacle nace, ]JoYs.-I, D . Lovering (P. ) ; 2, D. Bailey (P . );3, A. Panton ( '1'.).

HO yards Walk , J unior Boys.-I, D. Myers (G.); 2, B .'I'houias ('1'); 3, J . Greenwood (G) .

'1'10 yar ds , Mid·dl e scno oi noys .-I , D . Davi e s (T.); Z, D.Mack en ( P. ) ; ;;, D. J ones ('1') .

On" inu c , Sen io r Doy s .-I , D . Va ll<; h an ( G. ) ; 2, G. Co ok(G) ; ::: , It . P almer (P.) .

88 0 yards, Wal k , 1\iidlUu :::leh o ol Doys .-I, A. Til bury ( 1' .); 2 ,K . Gw yt lre r (G.); 3, J. Powell (P. ).

H op , Step, Jump , Junior Girls.-l, Marina Cr'os sley ( l : ) ; 2 ,M o r e en Mo rgan ( G . ); 3 . Nancy Mack en ( P . ).

Hop, Ste p , Jump, Junior Do ys.-l (tie ), V, F rut we l l ( P . )an d D. Il euda.Il (G .); 3, O. W el by (G.) .

S h u ttle R el ay, Junior .-l, Picton; 2, Glynd wr ; 3, Tudor.Ilelay Race, Middle School.-l, Gly n d wr ; 2, P icton; 3,

Tudor.Ite la.y Race, 8en ior.- l , Picton; 2, Gl yndwr ; 3 , Tudor.

EPINAL.T he party from Epurat, t wenty-on e b oy s and on e g irl , in ch a rge

o f Mlle. L e Fur, arrived h ere a ll Tuesday , Ju ly z z n d. They an dtheir hosts were then e n ter tai ned to tea at sc h ool, wh er e speech esof welcom e were made by Mr. Cottrell, Mr. J . H. \Viliiams, Chairmanof til e Gove rnors , t he Mayor, Mr . F r a n k Sudbury, and others.

During the r est of that w eek our visitors t ook par t in theord-inary life of the sc hool, attending t h e Sch oo l Spor ts and theLaavers' Social. On Th ursday, in spite of h eavy r a in, most of t liesch ool, with the vi sitors , went by bus t o St. David s, a nd wer e sho w nround t he Cath edral,

On Thurs d ay, A ugus t 5 t h , th e v is i tors left ag a in f or E plual.Wlt h them w ent s ix teen of ou r gi r ls a nd three bo ys, a ccorupantcdby Mi ss Lewis Davi es and m ys el f,

From our poin t of vi ew, the vi si t was a g rea t success. , Ve a llreceived perfect h ospita lity, a n d the benefit s we g a ined from li vingwith French famili es were very g rea t. W e were a bl e to learn some­t h ing of t h e way of IHe of our n eighbours, to h ear and use theFren ch language and t o see much of 11 m os t beautifu l r eg ion- t h eVosg es-with its th ick ly wooded sl opes and its d al ig ht f'u l mountainscenery. \Ve saw, too. what war had m eant to F r ance , and t h edevastation ca used by bomb ing a n d shelli n g . J~verywh ere one sawrui n ed houses and walls pitted Wit h bullet ho les , and we heardm any stori es of life under the Ge r man occupation.

All th ese thin gs s h o uld b e of im m ens e value in creating abe tter unders t anding and 11 grea ter fr iendshi p betw een our twonations, a friend ship earnestly d esired by all the people we m et.

The journey w a s long and t edious a n d w e were g lad to arriv eea r lv on Thursd ay morning. As we had a few hours to wait inP aris, we had b een a b le to s ee jus t a li ttle of the famo us ci ty .

The wel come w e r eceived on our a rrival was a to reta s-e )1' t ilehospitality that was to follow. W e w ere met at th e s tation by t heH eadmaster of the Lycee , M, Praud , w ith ot her ai ernbers of hisstaff, by III. Damn, the l oca l inspector, and m any other ofll rr ials .a s well as t he parents and fr iend s of the Fren ch boys. T herefollowed an excellent breakfa st of baco n and eggs a t the Ma irte,with what i s a great rarity in France-white bread. The tableshad been tastefully d ecorated w ith r ed and white carnations , some

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of w h ich h ad been arranged to form t h e w ord. W-elcome. A t the endof t h e meal we were invited to t a ke the flowers with u s. Durin gt h e m eal speech es were mad e by t he Ma yor a n d by the H eadmaster,who translated his r emarks into E nglish for the benefit o f theguest s. After breakfa st we go t ou r fo od ca r ds and cashed ourtravell ers ' cheq ues, and then the pa rty di sperscd wi t h thei r h osts,

It is im po ssib le to g ive a f u ll accoun t of a ll w e saw and d id,bu t every t h ing possible was done to make ou r stay e n joyable, W eh ad one most en jo yab le ex curs io n, a r ranged by M, F raud, Startingat seve n o' cl oc k in t h e morni n g w e went, t h r ough m a gnificentscenery, as fa r as Neu t-Br.lssac on the R hi n e, from wh ere w e w ereable to look across into Ge rmany, Mos t of t h e party di pped t heirhands in the water s of t he r iv er, Th e t rip to ok us over the passof L a Sc h l uc h t , from which th e r e is a m agnlficen t vi ew, d own intothe plain of A ls ace, where w e m ade s to ps at Munster and Col m a r.Colmar is a m ost p icturesque old town, co n taining many m ed ia evalh ou ses .

I p erson ally shall not eas ily forget tne many pl easant m eal s Ihad a t various h ouses, t ile lo ng talks with t h e Headmas te r , witll theInsp ecteur d ' Acadenu a, wi th t h e clderly barrister wl io was Mayord urdl g- most of t he occ upation, with t h o edi to r of tile loca l da il ypa per , and las tl y my da lly t a lks with m y. h ost and ho s t ess.

Mcmor ies c row d u pon m e as I think of tha t shor t vi s it- th ewo oden br idges over t h e Mose ll e, r eplaci ng those bl own up duringtho war ; the li ttle wooden cr oss i n t he corner of a. field nea rRc m lr cmou t (Whe re I s pe n t th e w eek-en d ) , marking t h e spotw her : th e SO il of m y h os t at R ern fr emon t , a member of thelt esista nce, had been s hot i n t h e ba ck by the Germ ans ; th e r uin ed1I0'I[;c.; in t he m oun t a in hol iday r esor t of Gerarrlmer; t he" q ui ch elorrnn ," a local d is h I enjoyed " chez I\L P r auc! " ; t he 15 0 year olddcs sc rt pl ates from Al sace off which I ate Illy f r u i t at one ho use ;th e m ;lg-niflcently s t ratgth "sapins " in the fores ts ; the 1 8thcentury P lace Stanis las in Nancy; t he s torks ' n es ts on th e hous e­t ops in Col mar ; the m irabell e, th e d elicious lit tl e local p lum.

I cannot .nd w i Lho ut a r ef cr ence t o the wonder ful weather w eh ad and tho m a r vellou s se nd-off a t E pin a l stat ion on the day we le f t.

E. G. D.

E ow many and var ied a re my impressions of this bea utifulcountry, r ic h in its di ve r sity o f never-to-be-forg ot t en scenas I Th efast t h ing t hat s truck me a u coming into contact w ith its p eopl ewas t he ir k in dness a n d a nxiety to pl ease th eir young gu es ts , Onou r a.rr ivc.l at .J;;pin al, w e we re t a ken to t h e town hall , wher e atn Jica;J y English breakfast , co ns is ting main ly of d elicious ham a n d.o;\£';s , h ad been prep ared. Vole were welcom ed by th e Ma yor andth , Head master of th e Lyce o, but what to ueh ed m e mo st w as thepl a ying of our Na tio nal A n th em, while we a ll s tood t o attention.

?.iy ho me fo r a for tni g h t was at Platntaing , a sm all but delight­fu l village n es tling in t he h eart of th e Vosges m oun t ains . Drivingdo w n t ile stee p slo p .: in t o P la infai ng, my breath wa s m omen t a rilytaken away by t he sheer lo veliness of t h e scene. In til e di stanceloom ed t he mou ntains , thi ckl y wooded on a ll sides with fir t rees.A s inal! r iver on its w a y t o j oin th e lar ge r Meu r t n e trickl ed ga il ydo w n t heil' s lo pe s . tem po rarily o bsc u r ed from vi ew by t he attractive ,reli -r oo L d h ouses of L'Iain ra tn g . As the car dre w up a t th e doorof t he village bakery, m y vhost and hos tess ran ou t to g l'e ,lt" Mademoi se lle . ' I m m edi a t el y m y ner vousness va n ished in th errl e uu liuess an rl th eir expressio ns of delight at h a vin g a youna" An gla tse " to j oin th eir family circle , And when I say family I a;;'not referring to t he closest r e latives, hut t o co usi ns t h ree or fourti m es r emoved. I realised a t once how important is "Ta vie de

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fa m ille ," ill Fran ce, ami v ery s oo n I a lso r ealised that the fa mil yht~ l~ r ealty ceu t~'ed r ound th e m other, w ho plays an all i mportan tpal t 111 the nnanci al matters o f h er fam ily,

I was very .soon ~ntrodueed to Monsi eur Barbier, t he manage rof a l ocal sp um mg m ill, who gree ted m e with t he word s , " Gee, It ' sgood. to IlaV ~ s?,meon~ to w h c m I can ta lk l:ngli~I1," a ll d"li\'eredlU perfect El;g n sh WIth a m arked American ac cent. Mr. Da i' bh~ l'had spen t fift een years in t h e Uni ted S tates , an d was able t oexpl arn all t h e l ocal customs a nd co ll oq ui a li s m s to me

. On,e t1} i l~g t h a t rather shat tered a ll my seccud-h a ud nup i-es-SIOns of th e I i r en ch poeple was t h e k n OWledge of how hurd and lon gt ile ,,:ver age man and wo man w ork in a clay, a t leas t in the countrydi strtc ts. I firmly belie ve , ~oo, that t he you ng people of my ownco untry have a far f re er life than their co un ter- part-, in F'ranc -.: w a s, am az ed t o. fin d t hat the average Fre uc ll boy pays fur m or ea t t en tion to politics than to f ootball. An d how luu'd tl1ey are ex ­pected t o wo r k a t school!

I was ra.th cr surprised to see how tradition auu his tory st i i lV.la y a very Impor ta nt par t. in Fren ch li fe. Ho w my Iiosts eyesIit up when I men tioned L eu is X l V, "Ah, Ie r ot sc lei l ! " hem ur mured , as if he h a c! k nown him iutimatdy. P er h a ps on e ofthe m ost a m u sin g incidents that 1 witne ssed is cun n ccted w ith t h isas pect of F rench li fe , I was in vited out t o dinner by an old. rarrn arwho intr oduced mc to a n old m a n who m arely smiled a t me, bututtered not on e wo r d d u r ing the mea l, u n t il my hos t began t ot eae !} ru e a F rench song about J oan o r A r c. 1 wa s u t t erlyb .rwl ldcred wh en sudden ly my s il en t companion jumped u p andpoi nte d h is fiu g ..r at me, declarin g passionately, " Vous avez bruteJ eann e D' arc, " H a ppily for mc t his o utb urs t was g rectcd wi thloud laughter ar;d I managed to say , sununontn g all my dignity ,.. I as su re yo u , Sir, that it wa s not I who burnt J oa n of Arc ."

I was struck m os t f orcibl y by t he k nowludg ., of the existenceof the r el ig ion s q ues tion in Fra nc e, One o r til e Ilrs t. q ues ti o nsI w as as ked was, " Mademoisell e est catholique?" 'What acont ras t t o t h e a pp a r en t E n g lish ind iffer ence t owa rds a man 'sreligion . M. Barbier explained to m e t hat a man's rcU ; ion is almos tin evita bly taken into consideration When h e ap plie s for it post.

.. Wha t has th e war done t o France? " is a qu es tion 1 a mco n ti n ually as ked. Wi thout a do ubt Fran ce has been ba.d lvda m aged , whole villages h avin g been burne d to t he gro und; so me ­times t he on ly t h ing stand ing is t he pa t h eti c m onu m en t , to be se.:nin pr a ctica lly every villa ge , d ed Ica t ed t o the memor« o r hosta.gcss hot there, F or a ll th is, lif e still goes on , woo den houses hav ingr eplac ed th e burn t bu il dings, the ston es of derelict bu ildi ngs havingbeen pil ed ver y n ea tly so as to r esem bl e a wall, behind which w oodh a s been sto red for the winter , a nd flowe rs plantc d ; but the p cpl «do n ot forget. I n t h e centro of th e t own of St. Die . wh er e wh olerows of large s h ops have been utter ly des troyed. a la rge ba n ne rtlutters bearin g the wo r ds "Noubliez j amais !"- (n ovel' forge t.) ,and t hey will n ot fo rget ver y easily, for the evid ence of t he horrora n d fu ti lity of w a r i s in fro n t of thei r eyes w h erever you ,r;o . Inspite of th is, t he street cafes a re s t ill crow ded , neonte still t.h ro mrt h e beauti ful mo untain h oliday r es or t s , cyclists and hikers s tillvi si t th e lov el y city of Strusbou r g, w ith its aw c-iusptrf n g cath ' <l ral .stan d ing li k e a se ntinel on the banks of t h e Il h in e : the cobh lo­s t one d s t r ee t s of Alsace s ti ll r es ound wit h the cl in-clop of wo od en ­shod feet, a n d th e Alsatian field s, open on to tile flat, uncn dinxr oads . s till yiel d t ob a cco an d maize . Y es , l ife st i ll go.~ s on , stillh idin g th e bitter ness which must r em ai n in t he hearts of thesepeopl e, whose beauti ful land has t h r es times in li v in g m emory beenover -r un and devastated by th e enemy. My sh ort stay wi t h sok iudIy a people has taught m e to know and love them as noth in gels e could have done. MARIAN DAVIBS, VI.

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'I'h e first thing r noticed on reach ing the house where I was tostay in the village of Tendon was t he hundreds of bullet-holes in thewalls . In the garden was a German shell a n d inside the housew ere other sign s of damage don e d uring th~ war . Ma ny houses int h e v ill age had been t otaliy dest r oyed.

Tendon was a small . straggling. p icturesque vill a ge, b ut ,a lthough small , it had 11 bakery, a bu tclu-rs shop, and a Post Officeand g cneru l s t ores . There was also a petro l station, a n in firmar y,a nd prunarv school. The two latter we re badly dam a ged durin g thewa r and we r e no t in use. In llte centre of thc cl uster of houseswa s an in n , a nd a Ii ttle fur ther away a cafe. near h .ir e w asLa Grande Ca scade (the big waterfall), and I saw m an y touristsf r om Switzerlan d , Bolgrum, and otncr p laces, who had come t o vis itthe distric t. T h is waterfall was a wondertul sigh t , r us hi ng downiuto a litt le vallcv wit h ta ll trees g row ing a ll round . A littlefurther off was La Petite Cascade.

One a ft ernoon I saw something' which intc r ested m e g rea tly.It was an old wo man weaving ast r-ak han; she w ork ed the w oo l ov era lovely woven cloth. Another day I went to v isi t th e priest. Vvewer e shown In to a room wh ich contained photog ruphs of th e formerp ri csts of T en d on. T h e p ri cs t d id n ot s peak En gl is h bu t I someho wm an <:, p:e ll to u nd erstand mos t of t he co n ve rsa ti on betw een my h os tessand h i m .

" iany potatoe:; w rre f\r OWll in th e dis t r ict. and drill s were t o besee n on either s ide) o f th e ro ad. I was st r uck . a ls o, by the lac k ofhcd ,; e ~; , a nd by the use of oxen. 'I'Iro ox -d rawn carts 'Were les smod er n t han our car ts , as th cy wo re Iruil t from wo od h ewn in th eIo r ests, DAPHNE ROCH, VIL

On e th ing t hat will liv e lon g in my memory is th e town ofCo rc ic ux in th e Vosges . Now. u n ha ppily, only a fe w walls r emainof wh at w a s once a small couutrv town. When w ar broke O\1t in1D39 t he people of Corc ie ux li t t la k new what t h e fate of some ofth e m w a s to be . T h is li tll e town become t he centr e of t h eIt es is tance Movemen t of the so uth er n Vo sges , a nd m an y of itsc itizens became lead er s of the mo vem en t . Aft er one pa r t icu larlyeffective sabotage opera t io n the Ge r mans decid ed to take r e prisal s .T hey de m oli s hed almost t he enti re town , and t h ose who resis tedwere p laced agai nst a wall an d mown dow n by m ach in e-guns. Allthat remained of Co rc icu x w h en I vis ited i t w as the s h ell s o f afew h ouses w h ose bulle t-r id dled walls shel ter ed t h e graves of t ho sewh o had perished t here. KEITH ELSDON, VH .

:My fir st gl im pse of F'rauc c wa s a lo w-Iying h ea dland with al igh t h ou se a t its tip . T h en g rad un.lly there ca me into vi ew th e war­scar red seafront of Boulox ne. with it s bomb ed breakwater. Afterso rn e wa i ti ng- we la nded , a nd I was goon cl im bing the stee p s tepsin to th e Fren ch tra in. a nd le an in g o u t of t he w indow to s pe n d abra nd- ne w fifty-franc note on so me fruit.

Th e next few ho u rs were f u ll o f un prcss ions Which cam e a ndwvn t just a s q ul ck ly as th e tra in ~l! nJlll ere.( 1 a lan;!.;'. nut one thingI shall alw ays remember is a contlnlloll s ~lll gic l i ne of trees wh ichs t re t ched a long on the horizon fo r ~bOllt tw o miles. I foun d outlater that t.h ey b ad neon pl un tvd iJy Napoleon.

Later in till: aI'Ll:1'lJOO~l we al' r iycd in . Pari;; and I was at oncei m prcs.sc d hy t h c i lll llle n.'''l ty o[ t lu: stut lou an d t1H~ crowds thatfill ed it. We r.ou rr -d Pa ns la t e r <l !lll I fou nd t ha t it was th e sameg a y city as I had bee n led tc, be!~C'v,: fr om my r ead in g . W e sawth e A rc 11 e Trion~ \JlH~ a .nd t he EI!(e l Towe r , Which helped nr a toreal is e t hal I W;) S 1Il Pu ris .

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W e left Paris bya different s tatio n and thundered on a l l ui ah ttoward s tlle . ea st, arrtvlng a t E p in al a t a bout eigh t-t h ir ty. Th~rew e wel:e whisked a way t o t he T own Hall where we s at clown to ameal of h am and eggs .

. 'I'll ? nex t tw o weeks were crammed with m e m orableunpressrons. The best, I th i nk , is th e m emory of ba t hi ng in t hewa r m waters of th e lak e a t Gerard mer.

T h e.se a r c so me of th e many im p ressi on s I ;:;ained during m ys tay, w h i ch he l ped to m al , e my visi t t he grand one i t was.

T UDOR LEWIS. V::.

JULIUS CAESAR.TI, t; g ir ls a n d boys of For m YD,A; dramatizin g r eally s hi ne;Shak es pe a.re would s urely turn in his g rave,If he co u ld h ear ou r teac her raveAnd curse th e perform an ce that we ga veOf Julius Caesar.

" Sou nd the F anfare ," teach er cried ,And t.h ~ bo ys beh i nd stage tried and triedB ut a ll th ey f;o t from Da i, Ins toa d ,Was a rnspbe rry, j uicy , ripe a nd red .(It 's a good job Caesar wen t ahead),

Lucky Caesar"!

T he boys wer e a f ter Caesa r' s life ,With three-p ly b la des (from Mr. Cooper's kuife) ,Props and dresse s that wer e m ad eWith on e eye on the Bo ard of Trade,Poor teacher!

But the gir ls a n d bo ys of F orm V 9­Worry not-fo r it 's Chris tma s-time;Sh akespeare an d Caesar will be for got,T ea ch ers f unfa.r es an d all the lotWill be scattered like l ea ves on an Autumn plot­Poor Shakespeare! ! !

ALFRED PANT ·: N V 9.

INSPECTION.

T hi s te r m we've k op t our hooks so n 011. tT o g ive the lns j.ecto rs Huch ~l. trea t .W e 'v e ha ll t o ocpl)ul, "..n.h :~IlOll oxprcsaio nTo g iv e ui cm all a good. nu uress ton.But no w they 've tu kc u tl 10h' dep artureW o ca n rela x with games arid laug h ter.

IVY FLAVELL, IV 1\.

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SCHOOL ACTIVITIES.

Debat ing Society.'1'\,' 0 1I1(''' tin ."s of th e Debating Society hav,~ been held th is

ta r m. T he m e : tiu g on Oc tob e r lUh co nsi sted of two d eb.i ces ; In0;(', flrst . :',Ia l'k n j) ;l.l"ies and l"o r nHl. Shears debated t h e subject... 8honid lll'itish W OIllC'n con for m t o the new t ro nds in Ia.sh ion ";(lIe' S ·C01Hl. in wlrch r·' . C . Lov eri n z and N. Long took part, wason ":-;hOllld tl!r: I" Ill' COl1s{'r i pt 'jO!l ill lh is tun o of crisis ." T h e5<~CO I1\ l 1llC'(;Ung. on Novem bur 'l l t h , to ol, the form of a Brain s'I' r unr , an d the large number of quosttons sent in were au lyanswered by t h e members of t he T r u s t.

Music Society.Although ther e have been on ly two m eetings of the Music

Society, on Oc tober 7th a nd October 2 8th, the pupils showed their"ntlll.ls ia sm. a nd hath m eetings w ere well attended . With theinva lua ble help o f Mr . Evans. int eresting programmes. consisting ofitems by SOUle of th e pupils ann g r a m oph on e records, h a ve beendra wn up. R ece n tIy the Sch ool Cl ro i r has been practising for PrizeDa y. It is hoped that it will g ive an e xce llen t perfo rmance.

Science Society.So fa r there have been t wo most en joyab le meetings . At the

first. on Sev r,·mbel' 3'OI.h, M r. Harries gave a n ex tremelyen lightening' lectu re on malaria. At the secon d meeti ng, OllNovember 5th, we were shown a film on " The Tennessee Valley,"wh ich proved par ti cu la r ly in t er es ti ng to the Geography students.It is hoped t h a t we shall have another meeting before th e e nd ofterm.

Dramatic Society.T here has been only cue meeting this t er m , on October 21 s t,

in which two on e-act plays were read. T he fir st, "Th e CrimsonCoconuut" was g ive n by the Sixth Form, and if laughter is a nyeviden ce it was v ery successfu l. The second, a mediaeval comedy," Punch an rl J ud y," was presented ' by the T hi r d Form, w ith NormanPhil1ilHl as a very amusing Punch . No further m eet in gs we re h eld ,a s t ho members o f the society wer> very fully occupied in prepar­in g for lhe school prod u ct ion of .. J uliu s Caesar."

SCHOOL NOTES.Our numbers at the be g inning of term were 422, consistin g

of 2 36 g ir ls a n d 1 86 boys . 'I'here is one student t eacher, Sylvia.Thomas.

The Prefec t s a re ;-Tudo;·.--· Gl( ~ l1''' f; Preece (senior), Nancy Willcocks, J osie Yates ,

P P Mavnard N:' G. Lo n a J. C. Maynard .. "·P ic lOll .-- Ivy Garlie)(,- 'Nonna Shears, Vilma Phillips. F. G.

Lo verin g, J . E . Gr ifnth s. E. T. S. H ughes.Gl yndwr.-lvy Scou rf iclrl. Ma r ia n Davies , J 'ea nn et t e Gree n wo od ,

D. K Of . vVil! ia 1J1 s ( senior) , D. S . Morgan, A. T. R icha r ds.Un t.il th cv l eft i n Novembor, B . G. Bermingham and A. J . E vans

~"0i' ''''' pn",jr::t.::.: 'I' hof r places we re taken by E . T. S. H ugh ss andA . T . Jl leh ard s.

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Vi e offer special congratulati ons to Ivy Garr ick Glenys Preece,Cli ffor d It oberts and Mary L :,wis 011 the result of the H rg h er Cert ifi­cate Examination . 'I'hey were ail awarded County ul,.jor Sch ola r­ships, their positions in the county list being resuocttvel v th ird ,fourth, seventh an d tenth. In addition, Ivy a n d Glenys wor, nlaccuon t he R eserve List for Sta te Scholu.rsh ips. It.oberts has gone tothe Scbool of Art at Chelsea and Mary to University Co llege,Cardiff. Ivy and Glenys have re t.ur nod to school.

Many or last year 's s ix th f or m have returned to sc hool . Ofthose who lett D. A. -Vu ug han is lo be con gratu tatcd on obtain ingent r y to the Naval College at Dartmou th, where we unrlera rand 110is very ha ppy. Only two ot h er boys l eft in J uly, A. G . ~rIo l[a t a nd'B . C. Arthur. Moffa t w ent to th e army in Sep te mber and A r thuris hoping to j oin the Navy.

A fe w pupils have lef t f r om ths VIth Form t his term . Raymon dJ on es retu rned to school f or a few weeks befo re going to UniversityCo ll ege, Le ices ter in Octo be r. Brian B cr m ing h a m r ece n tl y s ta r t edwork a s an apprentice with the Eng inecring Department of th e PostOffice . and David Phillips has a similar po st with the firm t hat hastaken over the Dockyard . Alan Evans l ef t in the mid d le of theterm when h is parents left th'.' distric t . Detty Crutchley h as leftto s tay at home untr l sh e he gins her traInin g a s a nurse in a fewmouths' time. .

The mo st importan t e ve nt of the t e rm , of cou rs e, has been thefu ll inspection of t he school which loo k place shor tly af' tcr h alt­term. W e were visited by w h a t seemed to us a vast number ofinspectors , and as a lways hap pens , the v isit was far m or e te rribl ein anticinali on t han in r ea li sa tion. vVe gathe r that their r eporton t he school generally was, on the whole, very favoura ble. Thereport ing insp ect or was Miss C. J . Da vi es , who a lso ins pect ed tJJ, ~

Welsh. 'I' h e others were :- Euglis h-Mr. E. G. Lewis ; Classics a n dR.I.-!\i r. M. H. D avl es ; H is t ory and Social Studies-Mr. A. G.Prys-Jcnes : Mo dern La n guages-c-Mr. P . A. Lewis ; Ch emistry­Dr. 'l' nom as , Chief In spec tor ; Oecgraphy-s-M r . W . Ll. Lloyd;P hysics and Mathelllatics--Mr. G. M . J On es ; Biology and Science- Dr .' T . J . Da vies ; P hysica l Training-Miss A. Rogers and Mr .Russell Rees; Music-c--Mr . 1. R . Walters; Art-Mr. Charlton :Domestic Science and Need leworlc-Miss H . E. Morgan; CommercialSub jects- Mr. W . H . Evans.

OLD PUPILS' NOTES.W e offe r ou r congratulat ions t o th e following Old Pupils On

thei r s uccess at the u ni ve r sit ies . T h e r esults we re r ecei ved too la t efur inclusion in the la s t number of t he mr gaztnc.

E dw in Lewis has completed his M.Sc. de gree a t Birmingham,and n. 'Wainwr ight has obtain ed t he d egr e e of B.A. a t Carrl iff witnSecon d Class H on ou r s in English . Phyllis Morgan has passed herfinals at Cardiff and is t a k in g Honours French next June. E. J .Pope passed the first year examinations in h is engineering coursea t Swansea and Peggy Athoe s uccess fu ll y completed t h e I n t er m edia t eexa m in a ti on a t Exeter by passing in Applied Mathomattcs.

We are g lad to note the fo llowing appoln tment s . M. LloydJones was appointed· .headmaster of East End Boys' School in Sep­tember. Betty Bowling an d Margaret J oh n were both ap pointedDomestic Science teachers in the co unty in September. Detty atMon k ton Centre and Margare t as peripatetic teacher for the southof the cou nty, Leslie Thom a s h as b een appointed maste r for Wood­wo r k a n d Me t alw or k at Mil ford Haven Co un ty Grammar Schoo LHe w ill beg in d uties t here n ext term. J . A. G. 'I'h omas completedh is tra in i ng In the summ er and found a po st in a m ul t ilnt.er nl ~r.hf)('! li n th e Mid l an ds. GTah n,111 J oh nson ob ta incd an ~ p p ~ ipt t:l ~nt n ntl ' rthe Me teorolo g ical Office ill the su m m e r .

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\Ve receive d a n in teres ti n g le t t er in Jul y from K athleen P a y­body. Un tortuna tejy th c maga zine had a lready go ne to P r ess. Sheis now tea ch in g at th ~ T wick cnham Co un ty School fo r gi r ls , w heret h e H ea dmis t re ss is Miss :Merriman , a n old pu pil of ours. Ka thlee nte lls u s that d uring the Easter term she to ok a par ty to a l ec tureon Homan L on don at t h e School of Archaeology, T he lectu r e wasgiven by anothe r old pu pil, \V. F . Gr imes, n ow Keeper of t he Lond onMu seum . K a t h leen 's s tst.e r has been m a rr ied for so m e years a n dli ves in Llf'o rd, Her bro ther Hill is al so married an d: is employed,It the F'ord 'Works in Dugenham. Sh e also te lls us that R ose To wlof Neylan d, is in arricd and living at Surbiton .

H arry u a k or was in the d ts trtc t in the s ummer. H e is !lOW aDetective- Sergeant in t h e Portsmouth P olice. Daker had a d is t in­g uished caree r in th e a r my durin g the war, w innin g the 1\LC. inBurma .

J oy Ma ynar d resigned her post as school secretary a t t he end oft he summe r term to go t o the Food Office. She h as b een s u cceededa t sch ool by B etty Jone s,

n ay P erkins . Dennis Lloyd, a nd, Cl lff'nrd Davi es left to j oin thea r my in Card iff at t h e beginning of Oct,ob er. .

Dilly Griggs is in th e Met eorolog ical Sect ton of the RA.F.,s tation ed in Cu m berland. H e is expe cti n g to go out to the CanalZo ne in E gypt ver y shor tly.

We were r ecen tl y i n rormedot the exis tence of the Bristol andDi strict Pembrokeshtre So cie ty. T h e officers arc :- President :Mr. H . R e es-P h tll lps. Ll oyds Ban k H ou se , F ishpond s , Bristol;Ch a irmnn : ncv. A.. Gib by . 22, Lansdown Itoa d. Bri sf.ol 5; Secre ta r y :1111'S. R J . V . Ll oyd, 2, Black h orse R oad , Kin gsw ood. Bristol. Therearc now about 140 m e m bers in t h e soc io ty, m any of t h em ol d pupil sof t he school. Both P re si dent a nd Chair man a re n a tives of theB oro ugh. Mr. R ces-P hll ll ps in h is letter g ivi ng t he informationsays : '" W e f eel that w e can be of r eal assi stance t o any st udentsth a t h ap pen to fin d' employment in this di strict." W e hope thata ny one wh o goes t o ·Bris tol w ill get in touch with t he So ci ety, whichw ill be a, mo st valuable link wi th home.

It was a '°'1' ca t sh ock to lear n of t he death, on Dec ember 30th,o f J ean Carr. " She had been ve ry scrio usly ill for a co ns i de rabletim e, W e offer our ver y s in ce re sympathy to her fam il y.

W e con gratu late t hes e) old pupils on their marriage.JUly 12th.- Elma Shears to Will iam Hel~r~ Fletcher.Aug us t 12 th .-Beryl Clay po ole to Willi am H enry David

Gr iffiths.Oc t ob er lIth.-Lilian Oardew to F reder ick Gunner .No ve mber 2 9th. - lI'fa ry Joh n to K en net h P itman.

Results:July 19th-Tenby C.S. (away ). Won 28-1 9 (D . William s

5 for 7, C. Roberts 4 for 8).T h e team wa s ch osen from th e Iorlowtng :-*C. R ob erts

( captain) , ,',D, W illiam s (vice-cap tain), J. Gri ffit hs, "'A . Mortat,P . Mayna rd, G, L overing, D. E ogers. J . Maynard, D. Hayward , C.Sabido, R , Hobin son , A . R ich ards, L . Jon es, A. Sk on e, S . M athtas ,H . Mac kay.

" Old Colou rs.At t he en d of t he seas on colours wen award ed to J . Gritl'i.th s.

i\ \ 'E!L \ G E S .

BATTING .No, of Times. T ot a l Highest

Inn in gs . Not Ou t. Runs. Score. Av erage.A. Moffat 6 1 40 27 8. 00C. R oberts 5 0 35 21 7.00J. Gr iffit hs 6 0 39 11 6.50D. R og ers 5 1 15 12 3.7 5D. Williams 5 0 16 7 3.20G. Lovering 6 1 1 6 9 3. 20P. Maynard 6 0 1 9 6 3 .16

DOWLIN G.Av er-

Ov ers. Maid en s. Runs. Wick ets. age.C. Roberts 5 2.1 23 57 19 3.0 0D. Williams 41. 5 14 73 16 4. 56C. Sabido 15 4 33 6 5,50A. Moffat 35.4 9 63 10 6. 30

Tennis.It was diffi cult to arrange t ennis matches last term, but th e

School did play tw o a gainst Milford Grammar School. It IS h o pe dthat more sc h oo ls will be willing to play next season .

Results ; -Jun e 21 st, Milford (home) . W on 3-1.JUly 19th, Milford (away ). Lost 3-1.The t eam was chosen from the following :-I vy Garlick

( cap t .) , J ean Coll ey (sec. ) , Nancy Wlllcock s ., No r m a Shea rs, andIvy Scourfie ld .

SCHOOL SPORTS. Rounders.

Cricket." Ever y m an shift for a il the res t a n d le t no man take care

fo r h imself."- T he Te m pes t .Oulv one more m atc h W <1.S played a t the -m d of t b e Summer

T er m. 'It was un tortu nato that other matches. incl uding theOld Hoys ' Match , we r o ca ncclf ed owing t o r ain. Of the six m atchesplaY0d las t seaso n , t h.; School XI. won th r ee and' los t three.

Than k s shou ld he accorded t o t he yo u ng la rlle s fo r !1 repar in ,""th o teas and al so Mr. Deve r e ux for t a ki n g such a keen interes t inthe t ·,am.

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During the rounders season five matches w ere played. The teamhad a fai r ly successful se ason , winning two and lo sing t hree.

R esults :-May 17th.-Tenby (away ). Drawn 3-3 .

May Slst .-Narbe r th (home) . Won 2-H .June 14th. -Ta sker' s (h ome), Won 11-1.J un e 21st ,-lIfilfor d (h om e) . Lo st 2-H .July 1 9t1l.-Narh8r th (away) . L ost 7-1.

'I' h e teams was ch osen f r om the follow in g :- Ivy Ga rli ck(capr.j , J ea n Colley (sec. ) , Josi e Yates, Ton i Sab i d o, Mary Phillips,Betty GriflitllS , Ivy Sc ourfie ltl , Maureen Bermingham, Hilda Hughes,Megan Su tton.

IS

"1 1Hockey.

""0 O,, '1n [; to bad wcu th.u- and cliiJicu ,ty of arr angi ll fo; Dxtun.: s only, ul " telles h a r e be en IJlay ed t h is te rm,

October ·!th. - T as ke r ·s ( home ) , \lvon 3--0.Octo ber 25th ,-1'enby (h om e ) . 2nd X I. WO ,] 2- J.

r .._ ,The l~t X~._ tealT:. was .C)lOS0n from the Io llow int; :--,1' , Sa bi d o"~,( " ,l;,L. .~,: . :. x . , '0],0:\1'''' .(YiC'>CHPla ill), ;\[ . Davies ':' ( scc.j , H.l ",U.o llE.' .:J , 1. ~COll !i!eld , 1\1. P hi lliPS, 13. Gr illi tlts , ill. lJ crnli nvll ~ lr.Z . J U ~d , D. SbCal;~~, !,. Tucker , :\1. S Ul t on . J . Strachan. '" , U - ,

.?-.he ?~unty d ' la ls W C; ' () h eld on Oct ob er 2 Gtb , a n d res a r es ultof l.h"; :11: co ~1 ou r t . ,U ' l wor ': c hose n to play in t h o rortheo rn in g tr ia L;lo se le ct a. teu. m t o r eprese n t l'elllbl'okcsb i re in the inter-countym a (c.h0s. T I1 ('y were T. Sa.bido, H. Hughes, Z. ,Jud d.

Old Co lou rs .:.

Football.

'We t hen went into Mr . Gibby's office , wl ier« he showed us howhe kent account of all t he cows he h ad . Next he showed us so mecows, including two young calves in on e shed . In t h o next stall wor etwo yo un g bu lls , wtricb ran round a nd r oun d while MI'. Gibby keptt h em in with his stick .

Cr os sing t h e fa rmyard we wen t in to one of t h e Ile lrls wherehe kept ch icken s . MI'. Gibby explai ned how the ho uses were cleancd ,and hOI, t he y cou ld be 1110Vf'd' on to a f r es ll ll~ · t('h of r;rass each day.

Afte r this we vis ited a bn ll which S',OO(] and g lowe r ed a t 1:;;f r om th e ot h er side of t ile Ir-nce.

Whsn we h ad se en this bull we clim bed OV8r a fence into t henext fieltl and w:n'e to ld that th e next field was plun tcd with a se ods im ila r to t tie iu u s ta r d seed , w hich wou ld a ll b« d ug in to t he ;;T Olll1dlo r ot .

H was now about 3.35, so after t hankin g' Mr. Gibb y we go tin to t he bu s and started back to SCl1001. The only t hi ll !; we di d n ot.li ke was havi ng to write ab ou t our visit for h om ew ork .

MAunEEN DAL L Aun V~.

JERUSA.LEM.

W e boarcled t ho" Victory " by means of a nano'l'.', steep ga n g­w ay , a fter walking down the lon g re8.dway which 1,?cI from 1.11"h uge gates of Po rtsmouth Do cl,yard to H .M.S. .. Victory," ,,"h er'2 shelay in dry doel, s. W e found ourselves in t he m id s t o f a crowd ofs ightseers , all stand ing in a low-ceiUn g'e (l r oom. Soon afterwardsw e were cliviclcd U)) into gronps of a hou t t \Y0nty, each g rOll11 b Gi n gr l~ecd in ch l'.r.e; e of a. ynll nf: s::\i]or w ho ,vas to conduct u s r otln d thesh ip.

I was evacuated from E ;-,yp t du rin :,;, t he w a r yca.rs of III 40­·11, an d although I was very yo ung I still romom bor some of t h eint eres ting pl aces I sa w. Vve li ved in J erusalem wh ich is not avery bi g to wn, a nd is surronudcd by many h i lIs.

One day while we wer.i the r e we visited De t h lehem , wh ich isabou t six miles away. Ther e we enter ed a l :~ rg'f! bu ildi ng, wh ich h adt h e most beautiful pa in t incs of ou r Lord and His Disci p les on eachside. As we w al ked f ur th 21' in. we wer e met by uu.ides , who gave useach a candle. 'I'hc g utde took u s a ll inside a da r k place. w hi chh e t old u s w a s the actual p lace wh er e J es u s was bo r n. It w a svery b ea u tiful, with the manger , an d the statues aroun d .

W e next visiteel th e Garden of Oet.hsemane, wh ich is surroundedby a s to ne w al l. In s id e there a re m any ol iv e t r ues a n d' flower s o j'many colo u rs: In a small b uilding in th o garde n, a few monkslived . T b ey pointed out to us a t r ee where J ud <LS bat rayed hisMas t er w ith a k iss .

One t hing Wh ich i n teres t ed m e. a nd Where I a lways li lc, d to 5 0for a walk , w as tho old city of J eru sal em with its l ong (;o bb" ,­stoned s treets . so n arrov that pe ople go in g up and down couldscarcely find room to pa ss each oth er. Yet often we wou ld !lU: ': C

ro om for a do n k ey . or anytlliag' that ch cso to com e th a t way. IIi k ud t he street because of U' cc shops b ~'inr~ so dose tOi','C'ther , a n da ll "" l ]i i' g' differen t g oods in the open air. \Vo visited one shallan .t ;' ou gh t many articles of ol ive woo rl. Which we brou .d .t l1,jm8With u s. They will a lways r em ind u s of J eru salem .

GL ENISE HATTE R LEY, nID.

. . Th .e S?hOO} Lst XI .. has bee n h an d ica pped by inju r ie s a nd badweathoi tlllS s eason . Or t ho seven matches plaved so fa r tour hav.been los t n 'tl . <, " "

, :~ , j • •~' ',I:U. ,l!'ee w(; n . H oweve r , tho School hopes t o play m oro8 U. 'h'-'~S , ul 111,,,t ck ' s bef ore the e nd of the season . T he 2 nd XI . hasw on ,t w o of the three matches played .r . ~'I r s . Ga y a nd t he Kitch en staff should be thau k cd for p r ovt.I­,ng Ult' t ea s , 11.;)(1 also t he members of the staff who refereed thoi unt cncs , l ....

Hcsuits 1s t Xl.: -October Ist (ul'iuy)-BOrOllgi l J un ior X I. Won 3-0October 4th (home )-Havcrfordwest Youth Cl u b. L ost 2'-.1,Octo be r ~ th (honi« )-Ped a,; ogu ~' s . Lo s t 3-.1October 11th (a wa y ) .- Narber t h G.S. L os t 0-4.Oct obe r 18 th (away) .- !lilHoI'd G.S. Le s t 0- 7.r-:0vclllber 8t h (home) .- P em br ok e Do ck Youth XI. \ Von 4- 3.1\ov emb er 15th (awaY) .- Whitlanc1 G.S . Wo n 2- 0 .I:csults 2n d XI. :-October 30 th ( h om e ) .- Cor on a ti on School. Won 2- 1.November 3rc1 (a w a y ) .- :.\Ii lror d Centrul. Lo st 0-8 .No vmber 8 th (llome) .-l\Iilforu Centra l. \Von 2-·0 .

The . team was ch osen f r om th e following : - "'D . W illi a ms(ca p t.}, "' ~ . Gnill th s (vice -cap tain), " 1' . Maynard , D . Hayward G.J~o\'e~'lll ~ , H. Pa:~ue\, A. S!eol1(), A . R ichards, 1'. Coliins . W . Jal; teS,h . , h obm son , J..I . Th ornus, N . Smith D. L overlne S. MututasD. lJhill ips . , ~, ~.. ,

~' Old Colours.

UPTON FARIV1.One duvcu r 9:enCi'8.l Scien ce class vi sited Upt on F a rm, leavlng

be:' l:IlS? t 1. 30 . ,\Vhen we arri\" ed at the fa r m ilIr. Gibby, the ownernr tne rarm.. came to sll ow u~ r o nnd. F ir st of a]] we saw tb~ co \\'­~l l ed , "nd next .we wer e shown th" pump wh ieh p umped water u!)m t o a L.\nk on t.11 8 f :ll'll1 from a r es e rvoir o,.t;; ide at the sam .' time\vo l'ld ng- the uH~-chine fo r lHilkin g the CD\\PS. '

W e saw th e boiler in wh ich tlw bottles a re ste r ilized <Ll!e! a lso~;aw s.~!ll ;' of them boin ; wash ed . AftCl' this we sa w tile cooler, a nd~\1" 1' ., GLDLr e:·~ p Ja l11 ed ho\\p i t \\·ol-LGd. T heil \I.'e ,\"a ~ _c ~1cd £on1C of th ..:bot.tl e s being filled w it h m ille

H.M.S. ••VICTORY."

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H e lett us to one cabin where Nelso n 's original hammock wassl u ng . 'I'h ls wa s a ca use of g reat amusement , especially amongstthe yo unger children. It was s ha ped like SOIll O de ep ob long boxwith a canopy over the top a nd complet ely co vered with gay c h in tzm a terial. This w a s s u pported by foul' s to ut rope s fixe d to largeh ook s embe dd ed in the ceiling; the whot, " hammock" l ook ed likesom e ol d -f ashioned doll 's cradle, and ap peared oddly out of pl a cein the so mb re cabin .In th e sallie ca bin was a larg 0 pi ece of parchme nt inscri bed withthe na m es of the crew Who fou g h t in tile ba t Lle of Ttata.lgar . Then am es were writ te n in a frail, spide ry han d w rl t ing and were v.iryfai n t throug h t h e pa ss in g of ti me. On th e op posi te side of t hecab in h ung a brass plaque e ng r aved .with a p ictur-e of the"Victory." At fir st we thought that this w a s another r eli c, but onobserving it mor e clo sely we lea rnt f rom a printed ca rd: below thatth is pl aq ue could " be bo ugh t on th e s h ip for t en shillin gs."Down i n t he lower cabins was a place r o ped off wh ere Nelsondi ed . Insi de th is roped en closure was a port rait of th e death sc eneand a wrea th of faded popptes . T he w hol e cabi n was l i t by the feebl eglimmer of t he old la mp wh ich th e doctor h c lrl as he attended toNelso n's wou nds .'We m ove d over to th e othe r s id:e of th e cabin and gazedt h ro ug h t 11'3 ba r r ed w in dow a t the tiny doctor 's r oo m . Laid outon the ta bl e w as a set o f barourous-Iooktu g in st r u m en t s with wh icht he ship's doc to r used to ca rry au t a ny operations which had to beperformed on board s h ip. T he " Victory " is fu ll of in terest ingm em entoes of it by-g on e age and is h erself a symbol o f the d ignityand pas t g lory wh ich be longs to t he ti m e of Nelson. EV :'J'ylh inAa board h er sy m bo liz es hi story , even the hu ge, awkward s t oves a ndoven s in t he galley and the r ows of g ia n t cannon s s u rrou nd in geach of h er deck s .

MI NNIE DAVIES, VI.

ONE-MAN 'lHEATRE.So me w eek s ago lJo hn Tre vor, a pro fess io nal a ctor , paid a vi s itto P embroke at the r eques t of the Ar t s Cl ub. I m ust confess Is ta r t ed out for the performance mainly from a feeling of cu r iosity,as th e po s te r s clearly stated t hat t his was a one-man sh ow , and anactor with such qualifications was u n k n ow n t o m e.Ther e w er e two Shakespea rea n pl a ys being pe rformed-" TheMerchant of Venice," a n d "The T amin g of t h e Shrew. " For amoment or two a fter t he performance had begun I was do ubt fu lwhether Trev or woul d s ucceed in presen ti ng th e different char acter sr ealis ti cally. I was r ea ssured. h owev er , on seeing h im first Withthe ai d of a cl oak a nd the n ecessa ry m a nne r isms , become Shyl oc kthe usurer, and , imm ed iately a f t er , th e n obl e Antoni o. H is p ortrayalof th e ac ti ons of th e J e w were extr emely Ilfc-ltk e , and everyo n e,I think , was impressed' by t he r epresen t a ti on of hi s s in is te rcharac te r .Following the Merchant of Venice t he a udience saw that de­li ghtful a n d a m using comedy, "Th e T a min g of th e Sh r ew."Althou gh I had seen th e play s ac t ed befor e I once again f (·l t t h et ensity of t h e Casket Sc:~ne and thoro ug h ly en j oyed the a n tics ofP otruch lo in t amin g the shr-ew ish Kate ,Of co urse the pla ys wer e summa r ized and much was left t o theimaalnat lo n J oh n T r evor us in g t he me thod of s uggest ion to ona b t«u s to un der st a nd wh a t had h cpn om i tted . T he uorrormaneo endedamid' a storm of applause, a n d I d id n ot r egre t havin g atten ded .

JOSEPHINE YATE S , VI.

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MY FIRST FLIGHT.Tile on ly time I have be en up in a n aeropla':!e wa s w h en Iwas t r a vel Hu g f r om a sm all isla n d in the A,tlan tlc . Ocean calledlk r l1l u tla t o Bal ti more in the United states of Am erica.\Ve had to wnIt in the c us tom s otiices fo r about th r ee ho ursfor our turn , W e t ook all in a S underland wh ich had l~eeJl con­vert ed in t o a passenge r t ransp ort because of war diffic ult1es . 'l:hyta k e-off was qui te t h l'i lli ng after the lon g wait at t he c~stO lllS ; w rtua r oa r a n d a jerk we were b~ginning to say, .. Auiertca h er e wecomo." As we Iookcd ou t of the po rt-ho le we sa w that all t ile cra ftin th e small h a r bo ur of t h e isl an d were flash ing past. Suddenly vr:fel t u, tug u pward a nd we were off.It was not long before we saw the en d of Bermuda, a veryb ea u t i ful and in t erestin g is lan d which I was sorry to lea ve . .After th is it was even more bo ring w i th on ly the peop le to LaIl;

to and the ' p la n e' s tnsiue t o look ov e r. . 'Aft er this thor o we re n r.rwcrks , a nd we ran in to t he tall a,n dof a hurricane , wh ich often h i; Berm uda ~fter dr~ugh~s . . ~he' pl a no s ta rted t o r ock a n d lunge a n d rise and It was qu i t.e Slcken1l1 g ..xr tcr s . tt.inz there a fra id fo r ha lf-art-h o u r 1 f ell asle e p and d real~l t( I ca n r eme mb er as if i t h a p pen ed an h our a go ) of m y s ta y 111.x m cr tca. W h en I woke I was sick . a n d t he attendants were rus h­in ~ m ed icin e to the peopl e who were si ck . T he crew wer e a lso s ic k .a 'vc r ,' u n usu al inciden t . My s 's ter, tcu !110n t h s ol d, was t he on lyail e in th e whole a ircra ft who was no t s tck . . .T'h is was all forgotten wh e n the coa st of Amertca ~vas slg h t .xland it was like a birds eye view of a rnod~1 of a .coa st line. A fewmi n utes later we saw fiel ds wh ich look ed 11k :) stn~s o,f, velvet. .Soon a voice was heard t h ro ugh a loud speaker Fasten yOUIsa fe ty belts," T'cn se excitem e n.t r a n thro ugh a ll who weret o have their fir st glimpse of America.Th e land ing was qu ite thrilling; wh en w e touched the water wesaw a ll th e sp r a y fly u p ou tside t he no rt-hol i . W hen we stopped ' 'I.ewere tol d t o ke ep ou r seats u n til w -" were ~old t? move. Wh~n itwas our t urn we s t ep ned in t o a s m a ll craft w~H:l l. r ushed us t osho re wh ere w e were k iss ed an d giv.m g re at hospt tal ttv by t h e yo un gg ir ls of the American R ed Cross.

V . FRETWELL, me.

JULIUS CAESAR.

I am s u re great Ca esar faced th e Id es of Ma rc h wi th no greatert r ep id a t ion th an we, as a school , did th e 25th of Nove mber ! It ,\:a~whispored in dark co r n ers of our cita del , that all was n ot well With" J u lius Ca es ar,"

Defau lting; acto r s who had fo und a game of R ugb y 01' H ock eymarc stimula t in g th a n r eh ea r sa l ; gor ma n d ize r s w ho fo u.n d pro ­longed sch ool or home dinners mo re appetisi n g , a nd nomtng-b trdswho found the sch ool buses a t fo ur p.rn . m ore cosy than rehearsalin th 2 ha ll , h a d' ad ded to t he g rey h air of the p r od ucer and a llard en t in th e ca use of Caesar.Novem ber 25th , however . gave su ch d~faulters more tha n t h eymer it ed . All a ctor s bore a counte-nance of mild su rp nse at themeas ure of su ccess . F ea r grad ually turned to c0l.lfldenc~: ~nd.. Julius Ca es ar" m arched to vt cto rv t h ro ugh a mvrtad anXIe tIes.

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A VISIT TO NEATH.My long j ou rney had come to a n ",n d. I stcPP0<'l out. inio 11 h ig­

rtati o n into cr oll" d~ of peopl e. J ust. ou ts id ' ,' th" s tation f'a t es I sawmil,ny buses , marc t h an I have e'/er seen befor e. I go t into one oft h ose bn se s that brOUg.ll t m e to a low level s ta t ion Where I 11o:\]"(l oda n other train a nd set out. for a l ittl e v i ll ap,'{' ca ll ed. ScV('n f)i ~t(H· s .

Where I was goin g to spen d a week .

K . .T. DOWSK TLL. ' ! i' .

J .A.i\iET ~'l ITCH.E .LL . IIID .

IBIR" r~_ _ .JJ

I !1:LVe always ]) ,: 0 n in terested in bird s. esp ec iarly si nce I cameher e.

Ou r r-:~ l'd(,n has q u it e a n umber o f t rees in ;t w hich ar .: ide al forbi rvl..' n sts . La..t Yl ' ( ~ r t lu -i ~~ \'.~er~·; tlircc nests Uhlre but J tliir.l ,a t ' e :l fl L one was r ob bed . Th ere was a chufllnchs n ost t lic r« th is~. ra r but. t h i s tO O w a s ro l . b c d , t l i c ugn I thi nk u i .. blac l ~ h ; rd wh i c h

v.ns a ls o th er e cn m e off a ll rig h t, (j~, it wa s ncar the t a ll of a hcl tvirce .

'Wlt il0 at F'r cs h wn tc r t h is las t summer I succocdv rl in feHlil1':~_ s~ a-~~ ull out o f 01:: han d . T I, e r · wa s quite a ro u g li sea a iid it wa sh uug rv, b ein g· u n a bl e 10 obtain food .

Du rux las t wi nter 8, t hrunh was about o ur gan1en hut I hi :,d::n ' a t d ifficu lty in fee ding it because al m os t as soon I ha d pu t foodout fo r i t h ord es of starl ings , on e of our w in t er inuuigran t s . ca mea nd hel ped h im eat it.

Wh ile at Llan d yss ul , a small to wn in Canli ga m;h i re. my filt h . rreviv cd a thrush whic h h ad colf irled wi t h t he tc lep;ril p lJ w ir es. Mos tCO!," th " f'h ff t houulu i t de a d. hu t wo iool, i t to an office and a ltera \~~ hil c i t ,,-a s a ble to 0:,7 rl\va y.

I ha d so me fn n la s t sli mmer Y;atelJi n l' t J I l'C ' ~ yo uW; (.'; old­fin ,,), "S playinp; in our ga r den a ttend ed hy a pa r e n t. 'Th e sa m edav I saw two coal-tits in ou r !~ar<len . Th ey ar e bi r ds I ]H~vC no t"een many times .

I al so ha d t he good forUm ': When out witli m y fri end s n car t h ej'\1ll:w l to see it ,e:r E' €n WOOd ~; E'c J, e l' . It is a fa ir l? rare h iI'd [t11l1 that if;llle on ly on e I h ·~ , ' 1' seen . Thi s one was pecki n g at a t.elcgrapllpo'c l'eside the railway.

Th e only t! !['(! I have see n a R in gfishf'1: wa s when I wasJ'et n r nin Q' h ome fro m chnr<:,h wi t h m v co usi n Pe t c,. in Cr ay: 'n,\'rms in 'Sh r opshire. T hen I on ly cn.uih t n glim pse:' of it a s it di,s­a pp ::a,l.'c<l in a tr c <:, W1J0fl we f r i r:ht C'mcd it.

SO '~lC o 1. h c'1' bi rds I h a v .' S0{~~1 n.l)out hr. rc inrl u ci 0. a buzr.a rrlwhie l1 I saw on e Sun day. I saw a!loth e r hinI of prey a long w hil ...ago. bu t we were not n. hle t o rcco;;n isc it. It w af; a yo nn;; b ir d,v it h a pin1,is11 b reast with dc c',p b r own str ipes on it..

T 1H'n: a re ma ny m ore birds in P emhrokeshirc and I h a ve SN~ '\

more h m'c than a nyw here. N(':~t summe r J hope t o b: 11.111 ., t o p hoto­gra ph a few.

'l'llC boo ks and wor k were very ~~ i tTC'ren c i'rorn th is ,;:::1: 001 andso iuo r u les w ere a s well , fer i nsta nc e one rul ; was t hat no c ue wasa -lowed to r un or shout i n t h e corridors or h a lls , anti iJ' we sp okein be tw een lessons we had a d et ention . Our Ch emi:;tr y , L'h ys icsan d Dia lo g)' were on t'n:ly diffl'l'Oilt Ico'SOIlS , Y;C h ad ga'llcs th n!( :t i roes a. 'Yt.ek , and gYln . once it we ek,

Eyery Chrisl.mas w e liarl a Nn t ivi t y PIav , a n d lad yea r I was aPi~~ :~ ...~ LO one of th .: th r ee Ej ~ l s 2~ \yilo too l; .~~' ; rt:..; to J esus ,

" I like d m y lust sch oo l be ttur th a n this on e bcca use It was a llgi r ls .

MY SCHOOL IN ALDERSHOT

\V e were fortunate to fin d in Mr. Prentice-the British DramaLca g uo a d.ludtcato r -c- a u ia n Di s.."lHl!a(J lj" and sincere to le r ance,\~ h o ap preciated the l i uut. a t.Ions, und e r wh ich w e w orked . lLll­!lllC'.ll togas: discarde d-raincoat Io r tcu s, and p bys ical -ti-aiuing­ura.id h ea d-bands 11l d no t un dul y di s t urb his-ar tistic-p eace orur in d. i-i e k il1clly m ade no eonnuon t on ~ th e betw een-scen es<;1Jadow act ing' causorl by fr a il trout curta ins, n or up on s uchl:ata~trnplie as AntllOny'~ ~ ha !,iil;;' to the ground t ile pillars of t het.on1111 . I 'm sure he wus misg liid~ d, howev er, Wh en h .; crttic lsedtll.e .. yo ung r asca ls " of t he sc ho ol ror smiling too happily as theywtclde d swords of sraugh ter. Li ttle d id he r ea lise t hat Gre atCaesar a ctua lly s hed blood-appro;·:imaL ly three d r ops-at tll~p oint of the danger ! Casca, In dccd , \"\';"1.;;; mo re .gl'ev iously h ur t , a ndw o must sympa.tmse wi t h h i m Lor the pain endur ed a t a conspira­tor 's haud .

W e had, ho wever , a deal of cr iti cis m, g iven w ith 11 mil d lysa rcastro h uiuou r . Caesar ' s proc ,;ssion was li kened. to that of th e~ 6JY Sco uts-c--yot m a y we h er e pay tr ib u te to our ex hausted bu g lers'i~rl!~u:3 ' tent \;; a ~ t urn isucd li k e 0. cart,~~ a rid Caesar 's ~~ha:Jt \V U ~pa.llid on ly fr om t h e n eck u pwa r ds !

. 'Yet we ill us t n ot d :\'J ! und uly on such errors-c- wn 'ch gi veli t'.r lUg- ]Jerionnance anxiety a n d ev er-attar a so urce of curcr rcelaugh te r-c- -but emphastso tile pos itive dement of achl cveui vn t.:Ur . P rentice co w ;m t u b t t:ci us on c ur a m bi t ious choce of pl ay and":.t",:e a ll act ors credit for s_n~ith'e and i n telligent a cting. C,{c:sal',A nthony, Brutus a n rl Ca ssius we re singled. ou t for Iu d lvld ua t ji rur so.

W e t han k a ll w ho co n t r ibu Led in a ny way t o the success of theplay. Miss Da vie s m er-its fir st men tio n for her cou rage andtenacity in m arshall ing n ea r ly seventy acton; t o t h e ir r osp .ictlv ct as ks , an d for h er siuc ,Te intervretat' on of th e play to them .Ab ly s upp orung h er we re : ;\(1'. Coo pe r as s tag.; mana ger ' Mr.H owells- li g llti n g e Hect s; ]\!i ,;s IteGs-wanlr obe m is tress' a nd1\1 1', HalTi e~-lJu sin e ~s manager, '

P a rts in tl w play we r e t a k ;;n by: David vVi!ham s Gl en vsPreece, .A r thur ::;kon8, ?llari a ll Da Vies, Me ga n Sutton. 'J can et'teGr ee nWOOd, AuriOl ljerfect , Ivy Ga r li ck Daphne Hoell V il ill a~)hillips , DecUy Gri ffiths , John )\IaYil<in1, Pa'u line 'Tucker , A .' Pa!ltou ,J <t U1 es ]«·e8, J . Griiilths . E lwyn H ug h es . N eville Long, N. Sm ith ,Zina J udd . Ivy Sc o ul'fie lcl, Co lin P al m or. F . Mannin~' , Derei, Do.yi. s."'( ill,ia m ;'1 ees , 1' . Kutti!~g , Gly n Br o;YH, A. Tilbury. Alan Smith:?It. J3er])lw [d lam, Jose ph llH' Swift , 1'I'1ario n Jen kins , D ;a no, Jo neG.C. L overi ng , Barbara DaVi es, :\1<lleol m W r en, Alan May nardW , Loverin g, Ju ne Stracha n , David H a lTi C's . Pe ter IVIaY llar d., J osi eYates, Norma Shears, '.coni Sabido . Nee l J on es , Dav id Hees .K eit b E~wa rds . Dcnnis T hom a s , Ge ra r d 'Thomas, Hoy lIa ggar,J a.mes Gnfiit lls , J ohn Phill ips, David Morga n, D. Mayward .

The COiln t y SchOOl I we nt to at AJdcrsllot wa s a gir ls ' s cho ol.It was s ituated on the top of a h ill a nd is n ot ve ry old . On ce it w a sa m h cci selJO ol but. r ecently a b oy 's Grullllll ar S C1100i ha s b 'cn lJUtltat I"arnborough and so only gi rls g o t o it n o \\" . It is n ot a board in gi;cho ol.

, ,\ Il the te ache rs a t Illy old sc lIool w er e WOllWI1 teach er s anc!~bey w ere very ni ce to Ille and sorry When 1 18ft the sc h ool. I hadJust started my s econd year when I l e ft and I was in fo rm 2a . I d id!lot like leavi ng m y sc hool beca use I !lad g r own very fOltd of it a ndall who w ere in it , es pe cially some of m y fr i(;nd s Who were in th ee le m e n t a r y school with m e.

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ERIC MULLI NS, IUB.

When i came 'out of th e littl e stat ion, the fir st thing I saw w asthe coa l mine in which my u ncle a nd c ous in wor ked. The housesdid not look very bright, I soon found th e rea son for this; I h eardmy aunt say it was the coa l dust . I wa s to stop in a very prettybunga low with a lawn.

The ni ght ca me and as there were no t enoug h beds in thebungal ow m y sis t er a nd I sl ept in a t ent on the lawn . I wok e upin the morning to begin m y w eek of excitement. We wen t intoth e house for our breakfas t a ru l my uncle asked us if we wouldli ke t o go to the pit h ead . W e were very pl ea sed as we had u everbeen anywhere near a m in e bef or e. As w « went in through a do orgloom fell over eve r ythin g. I th ..n sa w the cages , wi t h th e truck sin th em, come u p fr om under gro un d . "Ve then wen t on and sawthe coal being sorted and this I f ound very in t er esti ng . Fromthere we went back into the light again a nd went across to thetimber sh ed where there was a te rrtble noise. 'I' ney had bi g mach ine scutting the tim ber into boa rds. I wan t ed to go from th e sh .. d a sI could not sta nd the noise.

r was very lucky to s ee th e pit po ni es out a s it was t he m in ers 'we ek off, and the panics were out for th .ilr on e week in the yearabove groun d. Th ey w ere blind wh en th ey came up but soon go tused to t ile light. I wen t for many walks 011 th e mountatns a ndwen t n ear tho pit pon ies, bu t mo st of th em were afraid. OJ1C daywe walked from Se ven Sis te rs vall ey over the hills, and loo keddown into another coal-m in in g valley . Nea r by there were wo od sa nd fir trees and when it came to ra in We went in the woo d tosh elter.

T he day came when I had to leave Seven Sis ters. I had enjoyedmy holiday a nd was very s orry to leave.

PRIZE DAY.Th is year again the Prize-giving, which took place on Decem­

ber 1·0th . wa s h eld in St. An drew' s Church, and we are gr ateful tothe aut horities of the church f or allo wing u s to U S3 the bu ildi ng .

The proceedings . u ncler th e cha tr rn ans ht p of Mr. J. n . Williams,opened with the sin ging of the hymn" Lead us, H eaven ly Fathe r,lead u s," after which th o Head master pr esented h is re port. H ecommented esp ecially on the excellent resu lts in the High er Certifi­cate exam ina ti on . In speakin g of th e gen era l organ isat ion of t h oSchoo l, he ref erred t o the introduction of W elsh into th e cur -ricu lu min September, 1946, to the success of th e School's link with th eLyc ee at Epinal, culm inating in the exc hange of v isits in Au gust,and to th e decision of the govern or s to in a ugurate a cour se inHo rticulture. He en de d by ex pre ss ing hi s t hanks to th e go vernorsan d staff for all their hel p and co-op eration and h is s lu cer » regreta t l eaving the School.

The Cha irman, in h is address . expressed the hope that loeala utono my in educational matters wou ld not be lost , a nd that thosein cha rge of the sc hools would look a hea d and keep a breas t of th et im es. H e c nded by remi n d ing hi s audiences tha t everyone . bothch ildren and adults, had a pa r t to play. "Ve sh ou ld give ill thehope that what we gave would contrrbut e s om eth ing to the sum totalof human happiness.

The principal spea ker was Mis s C. J . Davies , one of t heI nspect ors who r ecently visi ted th e school. Miss Davies also di s­tr ibuted the prizes . Sh e po int ed ou t that a school sho uld not bejudged se lalv bv exa mina ti on results. It must be jud ged rather byw hat it does for the majority. 1'110 question was to se e whether

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the fact of havin g b een to the sec ondar y school h elped boys andgi rls, when they left school, to have a greater se nse of responsibilityin whatever work th ey were doing, and a ,gr ea t er desire to makea full contribut ion to th e cu ltural and r eligious li fe of the community.and to ta ke more inter est in local aff'a.irs . She appealed for a greaterinterest ill th e his tory and traditions of the locali t y . and askedes peci a lly th at th e boys and gir ls of South Pernbrokeahtre sho uldremem bel' that they were a part of W ales and that they shouldlea rn as m uch as t hey co uld of the history and traditions of Wales.In thi s connection she was pa r ti cula rly delighted at the introductionof W elsh in to the curr icu lum.

During the afternoon t he Lowe r Sch ool , wit h the Choir, sang"Had we but hearkcned ," to the so lemn m elody of Sir WalfordDavies, and the School Choir sang two s ongs , " Cherry Ripe" and" As Torren ts in Summer."

The afternoon end ed with the singin g of " J erusalem" a nd thetwo National Anthems.

PlUZE-WJ NNE RS.Form II. F irst Class- Inez Thr elfall, R. J . Wh itlam, Ma rgaret

Nicho ll s. Second Class-Mary Phill ips. Hilda Thomas. Art­R . J. Whitlam ; Need lework-Inez Threlfall; Woodwork-G. T.Tregidon.

Form III. First Class-PhYllis J ohn , Pamela Davies . SecondClass -e-E lv tra Hod ge, Sheila Whitford, K. D. Ca therall; I. W illiams.Art-Pamela Davies . Cookerv-e-Astrtd Gould'. Needlework-AstridGOUld . Woodwork-W. R . Evans.

Form IV. F irst Class-K. J . Bowskill, Marjorie Kenn ifo rd .Second Class-Barbara Da vies, Christine Copeman, Betty Fawcett.Art-Marjorie K en niford. Cookery-Peggy Leslie. Gardeni ng(given by Mr. Edward Gibby)-S. Mathias. Needlework-MaureenBallard. Wondwor k-c--K, J. Bowsktll

Form VB. Form Prize--W. 1. Hughes. School Certificates­G. 'r. Cook, W. 1. H ugh es , W. B. Rees.

Form VR. Second Class P rizes-Jill Fiel d, N. G. Lo ng. D. S.Morgan. . Cookery (given by Miss B. W illia ms )- Clai r e T homas.School Certi ficates-Molly Brown, J ill Field , J eannette Greenwood.Antonia Sabido, Claire Thomas, D. N. Bailey, B. G. Bermingham,G. E . Griffiths, J. H. Griffith s, E. T. S. Hughes, N. G. Long, D. S.Mor gan, R. J . Palmer, N. G. W illiams.

Form VA . First Class-J. C. Maynard', Z.in a JUdd, MaryPhillips. Science (given by Mr. J . H . Garnett)-J. C. Maynard.Art-C. B. P a lmer. Needlework-Maureen Bermingham. Wood­work ( given by Mrs. David) - J . C. Maynard. School Certificates­Man rcen Bermingham, Gillian Davies, Betty Gr iffiths, MargaretH a n nam, Olw en Jones, Zina J ud d, Mary Phill ips, Nes ta Rosen ,Meg ..n Sutto n, Pauline T UCker, G. T. Brown , K. D. Elsdon, A. J .Evans, W. F. J a mes , W. G. J . James , D. G. J on es , J. C. Maynard , D.R. Phillips , D. R. Ro gers.

Lower VI. Arts . Form Prizes (gi ven by Mrs. Powell Rees) ­Ma rian Davies. D. E. J . Williams.

Lower VI. Science. Form Prize (given by Mrs. No rah Davie s )- Ivy Scourfield .

Supplementary Certificates-Jean Colley, Mary Ma rtin, SylviaThomas.

RS.A. Certificates-Margaret Elliot t , Betty J ones, EthelT homas, Grace Kenward, Glenys Phillips. Dilys F letcher , D. W int er.

Upper VI. Form Prizes (given by Mr. J . R. Williams , Mr. F . O.Sud bury, and Mr. Wm. R oblin ) . and H igher Certifica tes-IvyGarlick, Mary Lewis, Vilma Phillips , Glenys Preece, B . C. Arth ur,C. A. Roberts.

Supple mentary Certificate-Glenys Preec e.

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E xtra P r izes for Distinctions in Higher Cer ti fica te- I vy Garlick(2) , Gle nys Preece, C. A. Roberts. Trophies. South P embt-okesh ireRechablt es Cup for Ath letic Sports-Glyndwr. Shield presentedby Mr. F . O. S udb u ry for the E isteddfod>---T udo r . Howland ReesCup for th e Ch ampion House in all garn es-Picton.

O n F riday , D ecember 5th, a m eeting was held of the F ormr epresen ta ti ves of the Social Se rvice F un d. Mr. Cottrell expla in edthat abo ut £14 l Os . h a d been collected so fa r t his t er m. With t.hees t imat ed amo unt of the contr ibutions for t h e la st two we eks oft er m , an d the s um paid into the fun d fro m Lost P r operty and ot herfines, t he balance to be dis posed of amou n ted to abo ut £2 1. it wasthen deci de d t o make the followi ng donation s :- M2yrick H ospita l£ 5 5s. ; Pemb roke Cottage H osp ital £ 2 2s.; St. D unstan 's £2 2s . ;Dr. Barnardo' s £2 2s. ; R .S .P .C.C. £2 2s . ; R .SY.C.A. £ 2 2s .; H av er­fordw est Hospital £1 Ls .: W es t Wales F'I el d So cie ty £1 Ls. : YouthH elp Youth £1 I s. ; Save Europe Now £1 I s .

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