SHERBORNE SCHOOL FORM IV.b.(i) Average Age 14.5 NAME Turing Age 14.5 MICHAELMAS TERM 1926. SECOND HALF TERM Place for MASTER Half-Term ENGLISH SUBJECTS 14 Without being lazy, he seems to do his F.J.S.M [Frederick James (Scripture, English, work rather perfunctorily. I should like Stevenson Moore] History, Geography) to see rather more life in him. No.24 LATIN 20 Rather poor. F.J.S.M [Frederick James No. Stevenson Moore] Set A 14 Improvement there was much room for A.W. F [Armine W. Fox] FRENCH improvement. French comes easy to No. 16 him & he should do very well as I hope he will next term. Set 8 16 Fair only – work rather capricious. F.G.B. [Francis Guy GREEK Baring] No. 17 Set 3 1 Works well. He is still very untidy. He M.B.E. [Merrick Beaufoy MATHEMATICS must try to improve in this respect. Elderton] No. 19 placed Set 4 3 He is keen & has a natural bent for A.J.P.A. [Arnold James NATURAL SCIENCE science, but his work is badly spoilt by Parkes Andrews] No. 17 extreme untidiness. Extras – Satisfactory work & progress. L.D. [Leonard Davies, Art MUSIC Master] DRAWING PRIVATE TUITION HOUSE REPORT Slightly less dirty & untidy in his habits: G. O’H [Geoffrey & rather more conscious of a duty to O’Hanlon] mend his ways. He has his own furrow to plough, & may not meet with general sympathy: he seems cheerful, though I’m not always certain he really is so. Headmaster. On back: Best wishes for Xmas & the New Year. [G. O’Hanlon] SHERBORNE SCHOOL FORM IV.b. (i) Average Age 14.6 NAME Turing Age 14.8 LENT TERM 1927. FIRST HALF TERM Place for MASTER Half-Term ENGLISH SUBJECTS 6 Very fair: he seems to have some taste F.J.S.M [Frederick James (Scripture, English, for English & is reasonably industrious; Stevenson Moore] History, Geography) but his work is rather lacking in life. No. 20 (17 placed) LATIN 12 Moderate: needs more concentration I F.J.S.M [Frederick James No. think. Stevenson Moore] Set y 11th A fair half-term’s work, but he often S.H. [Samuel Hey] GREEK seems to find the work very hard. No. 12 placed Set A 8= His lack of interest is very depressing A.W. F [Armine W. Fox] FRENCH except when something amuses him. No. 15 Set II 1 Very good. He has considerable J.H.R. [John Hervey MATHEMATICS powers of reasoning and should do Randolph] No. 18 placed well if he can quicken up a little and improve his style. Set III No order Has done quite satisfactory work so N.O.R. [Norman Oswald PHYSICS far. Rees] NATURAL SCIENCE - Chemistry. Good L.B.H-W [Lionel Bache No. 14 Hornsby-Wright] Extras – MUSIC DRAWING PRIVATE TUITION HOUSE REPORT He is frankly not one who fits G. O’H [Geoffrey comfortably for himself into the O’Hanlon] ordinary life of the place – on the whole I think he is tidier. He should do very well when he finds his métier: but meantime he would do much better if he would try to do his best as a member of this school – he should have more espirit de corps. Nowell Smith. Headmaster. On back: I hope he’s going to get a few more games than hitherto: they’ll be good for him. [G. O’Hanlon] SHERBORNE SCHOOL FORM IV.b (i) Average Age 14.7 NAME Turing Age 14.9 LENT TERM 1927. SECOND HALF TERM Place for MASTER Half-Term ENGLISH SUBJECTS 12 Since his absence from school his work F.J.S.M [Frederick James (Scripture, English, has been very poor & he seems unable Stevenson Moore] History, Geography) to concentrate. No.20 LATIN 18 Careless & untidy. F.J.S.M [Frederick James No. Stevenson Moore] Set y 14 He seems to find the subject a very S.H. [Samuel Hey] GREEK hard one & most of his work has been No. 14 placed very poor in quality. I think he tries. Set A - He has worked quite well. A.W. F [Armine W. Fox] FRENCH No. 13 Set II 1 A very good term’s work, but his style is J.H.R. [John Hervey MATHEMATICS dreadful and his paper always dirty. Randolph] No. 18 Set III 4 Physics Works quite well N.O.R. [Norman Oswald NATURAL SCIENCE 13 placed Rees] No. 14 1 Chemistry. Good L.B.H-W [Lionel Bache Hornsby-Wright] Extras – MUSIC DRAWING PRIVATE TUITION HOUSE REPORT Not any progress to note in tidiness. G. O’H [Geoffrey He can be very absent-minded & O’Hanlon] unmethodical. He has been disappointing since his good start: I wonder why. Nowell Smith. Headmaster. On back: Rather disappointing reading but your last letter perhaps suggests an answer. His ways sometimes tempt persecution: though I don’t think he is unhappy. Undeniably he is not a ‘normal’ boy: not the worse for that, but probably less happy. [G. O’Hanlon] SHERBORNE SCHOOL FORM IV.B (I) Average Age 14.8 NAME Turing Age 14.11 SUMMER TERM 1927. FIRST HALF TERM Place for MASTER Half-Term ENGLISH SUBJECTS 4 He has done fairly well on the whole, F.J.S.M [Frederick James (Scripture, English, written work must be neater, though. Stevenson Moore] History, Geography) No. 22 LATIN 17 His Latin work is for the most part F.J.S.M [Frederick James No. careless & slovenly: he can do much Stevenson Moore] better when he tries. Set GREEK No. Set A 14 Idle, he could do very well. A.W. F [Armine W. Fox] FRENCH No. 18 Set II 10 Not very good. He spends a good deal J.H.R. [John Hervey MATHEMATICS of time apparently in investigations in Randolph] No. 22 advanced mathematics to the neglect of his elementary work. A sound ground work is essential in any subject. His work is dirty. Set II - Chemistry. Promising. C.P. [Clephan Palmer] NATURAL SCIENCE No. Physics (Light) Good work. L.B.H-W [Lionel Bache Hornsby-Wright] Extras – Science. His knowledge, though L.B.H-W [Lionel Bache MUSIC scrappy, is considerable. He will make Hornsby-Wright] DRAWING rapid progress. PRIVATE TUITION HOUSE REPORT No doubt he is a strange mixture: G. O’H [Geoffrey trying to build a roof before he has laid O’Hanlon] the foundations. Having secured one privileged exemption, he is mistaken in acting as if idleness and indifference will procure further release from uncongenial subjects. I hope he will not fall between two stools. If he is to stay at a Public School he must aim at becoming educated. If he is to be soley a scientific specialist, he is wasting time at a Public School. Nowell Smith. Headmaster. On back: I am inclined to think his head is a little turned by his science. And now he has retired with mumps. [G. O’Hanlon] SHERBORNE SCHOOL FORM IV.b.(i) Average Age 14.10 NAME Turing Age 15.1 SUMMER TERM 1927. SECOND HALF TERM Place for MASTER Half-Term ENGLISH SUBJECTS Absent. (Scripture, English, History, Geography) No. 22 (13 placed) LATIN No. Set GREEK No. Set A FRENCH No. Set II - Despite absence he has done a really J.H.R. [John Hervey MATHEMATICS remarkable examination (1st paper). A Randolph] No. 21 mathematician I think. NATURAL SCIENCE - Absent for the most part. L.B.H-W [Lionel Bache No. Hornsby-Wright] Extras – Science. It is a great pity he has been L.B.H-W [Lionel Bache MUSIC absent so much. He is very promising Hornsby-Wright] DRAWING and gets on very quickly. PRIVATE TUITION HOUSE REPORT Rather more tidy: & the one paper I G. O’H [Geoffrey looked over of his was certainly better O’Hanlon] than I expected in neatness. He certainly has ideas & imagination. He owes his place & prize entirely to Maths & Science, but he shewed improvement on the literary side. If he goes on as he is doing now he should do very well. Nowell Smith. Headmaster. On back: He did very good exams, & confounded many folk. Slightly more tidy, but not noticeably willingly so. I hope you’ll enjoy trigonometry, & on holiday! [G. O’Hanlon] ‘Copied out. Regret original spoiled. A.H.T-R.’ SHERBORNE SCHOOL FORM IV a (2) Average Age 16.5 NAME Turing Age 15.6 MICHAELMAS TERM 1927. SECOND HALF TERM Place for MASTER Half-Term ENGLISH SUBJECTS 23 I append one sheet of a recent History A.H.T-R. [Alexander (Scripture, English, History, Paper, as it probably says more eloquently Trelawny-Ross] Geography) than I can where his weakness lies. I am No. 23 bound to add that his work so far in exams, is of a higher standard, but that rather emphasises the needlessly low standard of the term. I fear he trusts too much to exams to pull him through – I like him personally. LATIN 21 No. 21 Set GREEK No. Set A 6 Still very untidy, but he has worked well. E.P.C.C [E.P.C. Cotter] FRENCH placed No. 14 Set I 1 I think he has been somewhat tidier, E.H. [Ernest Hodgson] MATHEMATICS though there is still plenty of room for No. 16 improvement. A keen & able mathematician. Set I Physics. He shews considerable promise, H.S.G.[Henry Shorland NATURAL SCIENCE but he must learn to express himself Gervis] No. adequately. Extras – Science. His intelligence is always good L.B.H-W [Lionel Bache MUSIC and he acquires a considerable amount of Hornsby-Wright] DRAWING knowledge, but his methods in practical PRIVATE TUITION work are at present deplorable.