Jul. tn. Nn.lll ®dnhrr. 1!143 £bitdt aub Shtuageh by t4t etuhtuts Year Captains Head Girls 1911 D. Stewart E. Rae 1912 B. C. Cohen M. Crowther 1913 B. C. Cohen M. Cowan 1914 J. Anderson M. Cowan 1915 I. B. Rhys E. O'Brien 1916 G. Coken V. Prowse 1917 .. J . Day M. Prynne-Jones 1918 H . Middleton D. Mllner 1919 H. Stewart E. Russell 1920 A. Ohman M. Bernard 1921 B. Bradshaw M. Bracks 1922 F . Helson L. Asquith 1923 P. Turvey L. Wilson 1924 D. Stewart M. -Backshall 1925 P. Thomas S. Kemble 1926 P. Avery M. Frisk 1927 L. Foulkes M. Clarke 1928 G. Wright E. Tollerton 1D29 A. E . Finn P . Cordon 1930 J. Tollerton M. Fealy 1931 G. Browne L. Roberts 1932 L. Stinton G. Bull 1933 .. C. Christie G. Houghton 1934 W. G. Green D. Ohman 1935 R. G. Royce M. Harris 1936 P. Ewing B. Berry 1937 R. Maguire G. Burton 1938 A. Atkins R. Wren 1939 S. Davies E . Abernethy 1940 B. England R. Alien 1941 R. Lee M. Craggs 1942 T. R. G!bson L. Hewett 1943 .. E . G. Hayman J. Bertwistle Student Officials CAPTAIN OF THE SCHOOL : E dwar d G. H aym an SENIOR GIRL PREFECT : Jill Ber twi stle SCHOOL PREFECTS: L ois Blacklock Pat vVass Georg-e 0\\'en s Barbar a Breidahl J oan vVestw ood A lan Str ahan P eggy Fin lay. on I es. Cole l ruce Wan·ell Dawn Goff !'et r H ill H enry Whi te ="'aom i Negu s Peter J ohns "SPHINX" EDITORS : Barbar a B r eidahl and B r uce ·w arre11 FACTION CAPTAINS: Blue-Barbar a B r eidahl and Des. Col e. Gold- Shirley Carter and Henry W hite. Red- P eggy Finlayson and Geor ge Owen s. Sphinx- Ji 11 B ertwist l e and Edward H aym an. FOOTBALL: ea pta in : H enry \ 'V hi t e. Vice - Capta in: E. Sam e. HOCKEY: Girls' Ca ptain : D or othy Daw son. BoYs' Capt a in: K en B y fi elcl. BASKETBALL : Captain: P eggy Finlayson. V ice -Captain: Betty Geor ge. TENNIS : Girls: Captain: M ar got Gr ace. LITERARY SOCIETY: President: Barba r a B r eidahl. Secretary: Jill B ertwistle. HISTORICAL SOCIETY : Presi.dent: J. Cunclill. Secret ary: J oan \Vestwood. MUSIC SOCIETY: President : L y n ette Carlisl e. Secretary: Loi s Harry . FOURTH YEAR DRAMATIC SOCIETY: President : K en B y fi eld. Sec retary: vVen cly L an griclge. LIBRARY PREFECTS : L ois B lacklock and Peter J ohns. " SPHINX" BUSINESS MANAGER: Eclward G. Haym an. " SPHINX" COMMITTEE: Pat \ 'Va. s, J oan vVestwoocl , Des. ol e an d Peter H ill. SCHOOL PREFECTS B a ck Row: P. l l i ll. A. Slnt han, n. Col~e, 11 . \\'hite, (;_ ( w e n s. \\'estw ootl. M id.dle Row : L . B lack l oc-k. B. Bneidahl, .T. H. \\'an·cll. 1'. \\' ass, 1'. F i n l a~·so n , X. X egu s. Front Row: D . Gofi:, B. Ha.yman (Schoo l CapL.), l\Ir. Samp::;on (1-:leadmasteJ'), J. Bertwistle (Senior G iJ"I), P . Johns. N THIS THE FIFTH YEAR of the war- the most ghastly nightmare I. that has yet disturbed the world's peace-we are too deeply con­ cerned with winning the war, and the peace after it, to worry about what we are fighting for. "Freedom," says one, "Liberty" answers another, and the "Rights of Man," replies yet another, and dismisses the thought at that. But very likely, they have only a hazy notion of what they mean, and are merely repeating time-worn formulae taught them at the outbreak of war. Their idea of freedom is certain to differ from their neighbour's. One man may be concerned with freedom of thought and another wtth freedom from hunger, while one may want freedom of speech, another wants freedom from fear. The only practical method of retaining freedom in this world to­ day is to surrender it. Surrender it to men with the character and in­ telligence to invest it profitably and show a handsome interest. Sur­ render to them the powers to make and unmake laws, to levy taxes and control defences- then if the nation has any competent men for the task, that nation is assured of freedom and prosperity. But if each individual jealously guards every right and privilege, then evil armies will arise with the intention of seizing these rights, perhaps imperceptibly, but for them it will mean ultimate control of the country. The nations, too, must be prepared to sacrifice some of their inde­ pendence to gain a greater, more complete freedom. Until a strong international force is established to settle arguments, there can be no security within a nation- and so with world affairs. We must have a powerful confederacy which, when necessary, would uphold its peaceful ideas. We may speak familiarly of "this old world," but compared with the length of life it has yet to go through, it is but an infant which has not left its mother's arms. Great advances and great setbacks have been made during this short time, but we cannot hope to see perfection in our life time, yet if this state of perfection is ever to be reached we must begin by building for it now, laying foundation stones for our children to continue and hand to them a faith in the ultimate triumph of mankind. The Editors, BARBARA BREIDAHL. BRUCE W ARRELL. Page 6 October, 1943 SCHOOL NOTES HERE have been several staff changes in the past few months·, Mrs. T Bruce and Miss Sharkey having joined us. Mrs. Bruce has re­ placed Miss Clarke, who retired during last term and whose presence in the School is greatly missed by those of us who had occasion to know her. Miss Sharkey has joined the language section of the SchooL taking the place of Miss Lenegan, who assisted in that direction during first term. We hope to see Mr. Greenhill, who has ben absent because of illness, return to School soon, and we are glad to see Mr. Staples, who has also been ill , back with us again. We extend sincere sympathy to the parents of Burnett Hawley, who was killed towards the end of second term, and to Mr. Parsons, our former headmaster, whose son, Ted Parsons, a former school pre­ fect, died on active service. The Lower basketball court has been top-dressed and extended during the last few months and it is obvious that it will be much im­ proved for play during the next winter term. Owing to severe war restrictions in the manufacture of sporting materials it has been found necessary to conserve existing stocks in every possible manner. Because of this, it became impossible fo r the boys to continue their usual lunch-time football practice during second term. Students should be careful in the use of existing stocks in the workshop and science department which are finding it extremely diffi­ cult to replace materials and tools, etc. Thanks a re due to Mr. Mills for his work in achieving the usual high standard of the Art Exhibition on Sports Day. The collection from staff and students for the War Savings Fund amounted to £15/ll/7. Let us endeavour to achieve even higher amounts in the future. October, 1943 IDl1~ ~pl1tnx Page 7 --------------------------- -------------------------- The thought that these words of wisdom which I am now writing may serve as a guide to future generations of prefects who are devoid of original ideas makes me feel that I am not wasting my time. There is only one prefect who wastes his time, but to be candid, it's no use G. Owen(s) on about him. Now that we are so far advanced in this great year, we can turn back and survey the past, and see exactly what we did do with our time. Many valuable hours were put into shifting chairs and preparing the hall floor for dancing lessons. If you notice any particular scarcity in the number of our Leaving subjects, you may put it down to the fact that we positively enjoy slaving for the happiness of the multitude. Just lcok at the work we did for Reunion. All the afternoon one or two of !ha more placid type of prefects performed acrobatic feats at the upper extremity of a shaking ladder, while the others adorned various parts of their anatomy with brightly coloured streamers and gaudy lamp shades. Rumour hath it that one· hard-working prefect spent his afternoon taking photographs of persons so decorated. But there is no cause for the other Boys to Worry about him! However, in spite of the large quantity of such valuable assistants, the actual ball was a stupendous success, both socially and financially. This ball is now overshadowed by the much less formal "Sports Dance," which at the time of writing is not far off. The boys have fattened up a great deal since the last Pres. Pars were written, due to the tender care of the girl prefects, who have given them (the boys) a solid diet of the best of everything, including chicken, champagne, caviare, cigars, etc. Any literary-minded readers will no doubt have noticed the perfect use of alliteration. In spite of all these various events and escapades (Pres' Teas) our various duties have been consistently done- why, even the male pound prefect has been seen at the pound! The others all take great pains with their work, but one fellow seems to have a kink for throw­ ing cakes, forks and chairs around, but we don't want to destroy any illusions about him, because he is really a very P.