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Old Shirburnian Society 2002-2003 the PRESIDENT Tim Heald 1 Old Shirburnian Society 2002-2003 THE PRESIDENT Tim Heald TRUSTEES Charles Eglington, Richard Green, John Hargrove EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE The President Headmaster Chairman of Finance & Bursary Sub-committee Tim Heald Simon Eliot Angus Cater Chairman Staff Representative Category A Representative Hugh Archer Ian Elliott Hugh Archer Secretary Careers Representative Category B Representative Richard Warren Charles Ouin Ben Jeapes Hon. Treasurer Pilgrims Representative Category C Representative Mike Rearden Richard Gould Will Wingfield Digby Hon. Editor OSGS Representative Category C Representative Christopher Knott Patrick Macintosh Will Hargrove Membership Secretary OSSS Representative Sherborne House Representative Volunteer please Richard Anderton James Nurton FINANCE AND BURSARY SUB-COMMITTEE Angus Cater (Chairman) Mike Rearden (Hon. Treasurer) John Hargrove (Trustees’ Representative) Simon Eliot (Headmaster) Ian Elliott (Staff Representative) David Masters (Co-opted) Richard Warren (Secretary) YEAR-GROUP REPRESENTATIVES (MAIN COMMITTEE) Staff Ian Elliott 1970 Angus Cater (c 65-70) 1997 Balthazar Fabricius (e 92-97) 1937 – 1947 Sam Smart (a 41-45) 1980 Patrick Macintosh (h 75-80) 1999 Jonathan Morris (e 94-99) 1957 Christopher Knott (a 52-57) 1981 Stephen Rees Williams (h 76-81) 2000 James Meeke (b 95-00) 1958 Richard Warren (g 54-58) 1983 Ben Jeapes (h 78-83) 2001 Jimmy McKillop (m 96-01) and 1962 Mike Rearden (b 58-62) 1988 Alasdair Vaux (g 83-88) Tom Williams (f 96-01) 1964 Richard Anderton (a 60-64) 1992 Will Wingfield Digby (d 87-92) 2002 David Hoey (d 97-02) 1966 Charles Ouin (d 61-66) 1994 Will Hargrove (h 89-94) With the exception of year-groups ’00 to ’02, who selected their representatives during their final term, the initial representatives (see above) were either drawn from the members of the old Committee, and were ‘volunteered’ at the AGM in 2000 in order to fill the new committee structure, or they are genuine volunteers. Year-groups are encouraged to select their own representative and the Secretary would be pleased to hear from any OS who would be willing to represent his own year-group. Meanwhile, until individual appointments are made, the following arrangements are in place: the Secretary, Richard Warren, will also represent other year-groups from the 1950s and earlier years, the Cat. A Rep., Hugh Archer, will look after other year-groups from the 1960s and 1970s, the Cat. B Rep., Ben Jeapes, will represent the others in the 1980s and the Cat. C Reps., Will Wingfield Digby and Will Hargrove, will share representation of year-groups from the 1990s. The front cover shows part of the liturgy for Trinity Sunday on page 276 of the Sherborne Missal (Additional MS 74236) by kind permission of The British Library and of Sherborne Museum. See also the Editorial on page 7. 2 Message from the President page 3 Communication Chairman’s Report 4 with the OS Office Secretary’s Letter 4 Editorial 7 Old Shirburnian Office Headmaster’s Letter 8 Sherborne School International College 9 Sherborne DT9 3AP School Development 11 Tel: 01935 810557/8 The Foundation 12 Fax: 01935 810551 The School Year in Retrospect Email: [email protected] Commemoration 2002 15 www.sherborne.org/OSS Simon Eliot’s Speech 15 Chapel Notes 18 Arts 19 Careers 23 Sport 24 OS News 33 Graduations 38 Publications 40 Reviews: H. Jones VC 40 Captain Oates 42 Bellini’s Norma 43 Articles Revolutionary Waughs 45 Without Hesitation 48 Engagements 49 Marriages 50 Deaths 51 Obituaries 52 Correspondence 59 OS Activities A Mighty Reunion 59 Pilgrims 60 Sports 61 Travel Club 64 Antarctic Diary 64 AGM 65 CONTENTS Lost List 68 3 Message from the President hen John Wilsey parachuted me into the My basic rule of thumb is that there is no point in doing WPresidency, he assured me, in words redolent of it unless you enjoy it and that the odds are that the more Hymns Ancient and Modern, that I was in for ‘One Year, you seem to be enjoying yourself the greater the One Meal, One Speech’. It doesn’t seem to have turned chances are that everybody else will enjoy themselves out quite like that. In fact I sometimes feel like the Duke as well. of Devonshire who suffered an appalling nightmare This would not be possible, were it not for the people about addressing the House of Lords in his sleep. I seem who actually do the work. Foremost among these is our to perform so often that I do sometimes chairman, Hugh Archer. A recent working dream that I am speaking at an Old party on the structure of the MCC said, Shirburnian dinner and I know that one ‘The primary rôle of the President is as day I will wake up to find that I am. the ambassador of the Club and of cricket. Our secretary, Richard Warren, has The primary rôle of the Club Chairman is come up with an ingenious plot regarding to hold together and ensure the smooth the President’s term of office which running of the Club. The skills required means that, if all goes according to his for the two positions are not the same.’ plan, this President is now expected to Gentlemen, we’re very lucky to have a serve four times as long as John Wilsey Chairman with Hugh’s skills and I’m promised. grateful that his hard work, in the middle As regards eating, drinking and of a tough full-time career as a local speaking, there is an inevitable knock-on farmer, enables the rest of us, and effect. It’s a lot more than four times the especially me, to have so much fun. Of Wilsey promise! During the last year or so course Hugh couldn’t do what he does I have eaten, drunk and spoken at Old without the labours of our indefatigable Shirburnian functions from the Pig ’n’ The President at Commem Secretary, Richard Warren, ably and Whistle in Indooroopilly, Brisbane, to the assiduously assisted by Janey Goddard. Groucho Club in London. What pleased me most about I’m also well aware that there are others who contribute almost every function (even the Old Shirburnian enormously as voluntary experts and organizers in Quantity Surveyors’ Dinner which I was rather specific areas such as finance, golf, law, sailing, rugby dreading) was that people enjoyed themselves more – and cricket. I would like to thank all of them on your much more – than they expected and also that on each behalf. occasion there were men present who did not normally I would also like to pay tribute to the Headmaster, go to OS do’s and in some cases had never been to Simon Eliot. I was sorry he couldn’t make the Pig ’n’ anything connected with Sherborne since leaving the Whistle in Indooroopilly, but he’s been incredibly active School. on the eating, drinking and speaking front and has been The trouble with praising the present is that in doing immensely supportive of the Society in other ways. He so you can seem to be denigrating the past. I don’t want also took the extraordinary risk of asking the President to criticise anything done by the stalwart and loyal Old of the OS Society to present the prizes at Commem – the Shirburnians who have kept the society going over the first time, I’m told, that this task has ever been years, but I do think there is a mood of energy and performed by anyone other than an admiral, a general, enjoyment at the moment that is refreshing and a bishop or a member of the Digby family. welcoming. I take no credit for this. The rôle of In the end, however, the real success of the Old President in this society is not well defined and on the Shirburnian Society depends on the enthusiasm and joie whole presidents seem to make it up as they go along. de vivre of its members. I’m hugely encouraged by this. 4 Over 250 OS (440 including their families) attended the Again, at the end of another year, I would like to thank first Old Shirburnian Day and 122 of the ’61 to ’65 OS who have made contact with the Society and who leavers (again plus families) sat down to lunch in the have participated in its meetings and functions, in BSR. What epitomizes the mood for me is the old school particular this year the OS of the decade 1925 to 1935 friend who, despite ambivalent memories of his time at (average age eighty-seven) who even managed both Sherborne, announced that he was coming to an OS verses of the Carmen! I am also grateful to the committee happening for the first time in decades. ‘It’s so nice’, he members for giving up their time for our meetings and to said, ‘not HAVING to be there.’ No beatable offences any the Headmaster whose support, as mentioned above, was longer. I know exactly what he means. both timely and valuable. Tim Heald Chairman’s Report Secretary’s Letter n 1997 the President charged the OSS committee to irst, I wish to put on record my enormous gratitude to I produce a more ‘vibrant and productive’ society. Fthe teams in the Marketing and Foundation offices for Since then you will have read in The Record about the their very considerable help throughout the year: to changes and improvements that have been made: for Richard Gould, Adrian Ballard, Chrissie Rowbottom and example, the reorganization of committees and the especially to Janey establishment of the new office with full electronic Goddard. OS Day in support. particular was a team Eighteen months ago, the increased business effort and, on behalf of generated by the response of OS meant that extra all OS, I offer our assistance was required.
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