Stover School Magazine 1958
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DECEMBER, 1958 SEASIDE DONKEYS JOANNA GOULD, L .V. Contents Page Illustration : Seaside Donkeys . 1 Miss Dence's Letter . 3 Calendar of Events . 4 Examination Results 5 Valete . 6 Salvete 7 Gifts to the School . 7 Speech Day . 7 Games . Report . 8 Athletic Sports 9 Swimming Sports 10 House Reports 12 School Events and Activities . 13 Here and There 19 The Crumble, Grumble . 23 Spook Department 24 Two Unfortunate Characters . 26 Form VI ., 1957-58 . 27 Fratmnts of Coloured Glass . 27 The Fly on the Wall 27 Illustration : The Flautist . 28 Old Girls Association 29 Illustration : The Beach . 39 * Editor : Mtss BAILEY Assistant Editor : SUSAN MARSHALL-HARVEY Prefects: Z. WORDEN, J . MCGUIRE, A . CORNISH-BOWDEN, M . PITMAN, H. CLARK, S. DUNSFORD, J . HUGHES, J . SEER, F . WOOLNER HELEN STEWART STOVER SCHOOL MAGAZINE, 1958 STOVER SCHOOL, NEWTON ABBOT. December, 1958. MY DEAR GIRLS AND OLD GIRLS, In my last letter I mentioned alterations in progress in the Clock House. The new laboratories have now been in use for nine months, and we can hardly remember our old, cramped quarters . When this term opened, the girls found the old Needlework Room remocUlcd as an all-purposes Domestic Science Room, with three cookers, gaily-coloured tables, and fresh, bright paint . It is the governors' intention to add another room later on, but meanwhile this one can be used on alternate days for needlework and cookery . Further adventures in the Clock House are held up while structural repairs are effected in the main house . Dry and wet-rot in roof beams and the top floor have made it necessary to amputate the affected beams and substitute steel girders —Saddle Tor dormitory has been out of action, but during the repairs it has had a fine new window added, so it should make a pleasant room . It is a pity that some of the convenient " hidey-holes " for materials for mid light feasts have had to be removed during repairs ! So much for building news. This year being one of the wettest on record, has been a discouraging one for those responsible for Physical educa- tion everywhere, and we have had our share of disappointments . I myself, having been given leave of absence for the Easter term, was away during some of the worst weather, but even in Sicily I did not fird warmth . My holiday there, and in .Rome and Florence, was a delightful and stimulating experience, and I am most grateful to the governors for the chance of the rest a- d refresh- ment I enjoyed . 4 STOVER MAGAZINE I want to ask Old Girls to give serious thought to their Association. Sheila Willirg, who has been secretary for the last three years, is on her way to Australia, so has had to resign . I should like to thank her very much for her services, and to wish her a very happy time in Australia . We badly iced a new secretary, and a small committee of members who can meet at least o ice a year. In the Old Girls' Section you will fir.d more on this subject. I should like, also, to express my thanks here to the people who have been and still are, co-operating in collecting money for our Tennis Court I und. We are aiming at a rather big target, but we have made an encouraging start. With all good wishes for Christmas and the New Year. PHYLLIS E. DENCE. CALENDAR OF EVENTS 1957 Sept. 18. Autumn term began. 21 . Film: " The Baby and the Battleship ." Oct. 5. Film: " The Feminine Touch." Lacrosse Tournament, Exeter. ,, 14. Recital : Miss Powell (piano). 19. Film: " Reach for the Sky ." 26. 'Flu epidemic began. Nov. 8. Half term began. „ 12. Half term end .d. 16. Film: " Private's Progress." 30. Film : " The Spanish Gardener." Dec. 8. Concert, Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. 15. Carol Service : . Teigngrace Church . (droadcast later). „ 16. Christmas party. 18. Term ended. 1958 Jan. 15. Spring term began. 16. Film shown by the British and Foreign Bible Society. 18. Film : " The Living Desert." Feb. 15. Film : " Scott of the Antarctic ." 18. Recital : John Clegg (piano). 22. Lower Vth present play. March 8. Films : Missions to Seamen. 10. Lecture (Mr. Calkin) : " What Lies under the Ground ." 15. Mid. IV., Lr. IV., and hIrd Forms present plays : Scenes from Shakespeare, etc. 22. Film : " The Venetian Bird." „ 25. VIth Form performance of " Hamlet in the modern rush ." 26. Term end.d. April 23. Summer term began. 26. Film : " M. Hulot's Holiday." May 13. Recital : Madame D'Aranyi (violin). June 6. Sports Day (washed out). „ 18. G.C.E. "A " Level examinations began. „ 25. Careers lecture : Miss Rowsell. 30. G.C.E. " O " Level examinations began. July 1. Music examinations. 2. Elocution examinations. „ 6. Miss Dence : Organ recital, Teigngrace Church, and choir, and Freda Woolner (clarinet). 8. Up. VI. visit to Magistrates' Court, Newton Abbot. 17. Vlth. and Up . Vth. visit to R.A.F., Mount Batten, Plymouth. 19. Swimming Sports. Barbecue in aid of Tennis Court Fund. 21. Lecture (E . Prins) : Modern Art. Presentation of " The Mikado," in aid of Teigngrace Church I u ::ds. STOVER MAGAZINE 5 July 22. Presentation of " The Mikado," in aid of Highweek Church Funds. „ 24 . Speech Day . Presentation of " The Mikado,” in aid of the Tennis Court Fund. „ 25. End of term. GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION (Advanced Level, June, 1958) The following girls were awarded certificates as a result of the above examination : Ann Cornish-Bowden : Schp . Level : History. Adv. Level : Latin, and English. Jennifer J . McGuire : Adv. Level : Botany, and Zoology. Miriam U . V . Pitman : Adv. Level : English, and History. E. Zoe Worden : Adv. Level : Latin, English, and Mathematics . Old Girls' Successes J. Grose, St . Hugh's : 3rd class Hons. History. J. Meadows, St . Andrew's : 2nd class Hons . English. J. Waterhouse, St . Andrew's : 2nd class Hons . English. M. Varley, Bedford : 2nd class Hons . History. B. A . Evans, Royal College of Music : G .R .S.M. Entrance to Colleges Miriam Pitman has entered the Leicester School of Speech Therapy. A. J. Greenhough has entered Nonington College of Physical Education. County Scholarship Jennifer McGuire was awarded a Devon County Major Scholarship. E. Zoe Wo;dhn was awa:dzd a Cornwall County Major Scholarship. GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION (Ordinary Level, July, 1958) The following girls were awarded certificates as a result of the above examination: E. (Erglish Language), E .L. (English Literature), H . (History), G . (Geography), L. (Latin), F. (French), Sp. (Spanish), M . (Maths .), B. (Biology), P . (Physics), C. (Chemistry), G .S. (General Science), A . (Art) Jess'ca J . M . Barker L, E, E.L., H, B (5 subjects) Elizabeth E . Y . Baxter L, F, E, E .L., H, B . (6 subjects) Helen M . Blair E, E .L., B . (3 subjects) Margaret S. Bruce L, E. (2 subjects) Claire E. R . Dixon B, A. (2 subjects) Winifred E. H. Drake E, E .L., H, B . (4 subjects) Judith A . Forward L, E, E .L., H, B. (5 subjects) Penelope E . Henley L, F, E, E .L., B. (5 subjects) Susan B. Marshall-Harvey L, F, E, E .L., H, M, B . (7 subjects) Patricia E. Norwood F, E, E .L., H, M, B, A . (7 subjects) Rosemary Poyntz Roberts L, E, E .L., H, G, B . (6 subjects) Julia M . Ratcliff F, Sp, E, E.L., H, G, M. (7 subjects) Angela J . Reid L, E, E .L., B, A. (5 subjects) Wendy R . Upham L, F, E, E .L., H, B. (6 subjects) The following girls took supplementary certificates: Miriam U . V . G . Pitman A. Hilary J . Clark G, A. Jill F . Hughes A. Felicity A . Irvine F, G. Elaine P. Roberts A. 6 STOVER MAGAZINE ROYAL LIFE SAVING SOCIETY The following gained certificates in July, 1958: Award of Merit J. Barker, P . Norwood. Bronze Cross J. Cooper, E . Hope, S . Pratt, P . Robertson, H. Stewart, L . White. Scholar Instructor J. Cooper, P . Robertson, H . Stewart, L . White. Bronze Medallion A. Brown, J . Cooper, J. Gould, E. Hope, A. Hurtley, S . Johnson, M . A. King, J. Mackinnon, H . Markham, S. Marshall- Harvey, R . Morgan, M : Pearse, J . Piggott, L. Raynes, C . Scott-Forbes, P . Sturdy, C . Webb, J . Westworth. Intermediate A . Bulpin, A. Cootes, D . Easterbrook, D. Kauntze, F. Marshall, C. Sharland, S . Smith, H . Thomas, V . Townson, S . Warren, A. Wheeler. Elementary S. Brown, A . Cuming, D . Hewett. Unigrip A . Bulpin, A . Cootes, J. Mallows, J . Quilliam, S. Parkinson, C . Sharland, V . Townson, J. Waterman, S. Warren, A . Wheeler. OVERSEAS LEAGUE The following gained certificates in the Overseas League Commonwealth Essay Competition (Devon, 1958): Highly Commended Certificates and Book Tokens : Jill F . Hughes, A. H. Woolner. Commend3d Certificates : Helen Stewart, Elizabeth Butcher, Mar- garet Donnelly. ASSOCIATED BOARD THE ROYAL SCHOOLS OF MUSIC December, 1957 : Piano, Gr . IV. Sally Pratt—Pass Oboe, Gr . IV. Alexander Woolner—Pass with Merit Violin, Gr . II. Mary Anne King—Pass March, 1958 : Piano, Gr. V. Mary Anne King—Pass Gr. V. Elaine P. M . Roberts—Pass Gr. V. A. Lynne White—Pass Gr. V. Alexandra Woolner—Pass Gr. IV. Archara Phuenprasert—Pass Gr . IV. Diane Dorval—Pass Gr. II. Christine Webb—Pass Elocution, Gr. VIII. Sarah Dunsford—Pass Elocution (Theory), Gr. VIII. Miriam Pitman—Pass July, 1958 : Clarinet, Gr. VII. Freda Woolner—Pass with distinction Piano, Gr . V. Geraldine Hackney—Pass „ Gr . IV. Maralyn Hildred—Pass „ Gr . III. Elisabeth Coltman—Pass Gr . II. Frances Marshall—Pass Elocution, Gr . VIII. Miriam Pitman—Pass „ Gr. IV. Stephanie Parkinson—Pass Gr. II. Maralyn Hildred—Pass VALETE Christmas, 1957 : S. Dunsford, R . Smith, N . White, V . Wood. July, 1958 : A . Cornish-Bowden, J .