Fosterian Magazine – Summer 1937 - Old Fosterians and Lord ...

a"\*\l28Cross proper. He hopes that anyone from School who seesE336 on duty there will stop and speak to him. When he wasat home in mid-August he found some of those whom hewished-to see sle.away at a,t Camp, Qamp, and was reminded of the Camp he. he_enjoyed lljoyed at_Ringstead six years before-in spite of an injury tohis foot. He had a successful season with witfi the bat for f6r PeelHouse cricket team, had already represented his Station inrunning as well as in cricket, and was to tb be tried for his Divisionin preparation preparatiol for the Inter-Division Sports. In sending messagesto old friends, he remarked that he considered ShakespeareShakeipearemes-much easier to understand than Acts of Parliament. When hewrote, he was about to go on night-duty, from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.W. H. Taylor (1928-33) is about to leave the SherbornePharmacy to enter upon his course for the M.P.S. examinationat the Merchant Venturers' College, Bristol, where he will joihother O.F.'s in N. C. Penny and H. L. R R. Hutchings.Other Visitors at School and, School Activities. Actiaities.Among those who shared in the Summer Reunion, A. H.Tuffin T"E" (1882-88) arrived early enough to enjoy the best ofthe School's batting and stayed long enough to see the OldBoys victorious, besides meeting a number of old friends andmaking some new acquaintances; and F. W. W. Brooks(1888-90), who wfro was accompanied by his wife and daughter,also renewed contact with some of his contemporaries andother O.F. friends.When he called at School, G. H. White (1886-88) mad.e madeinterested inquiries about the forthcoming new School buildings,and expressed his regret at having to miss the Summer Reunionthis year, owing to an important meeting which clashed with it.G. K. Henderson (1919-21), 1st lst Royal Fusiliers, who wason leave from Delhi, was most unfortunately kept out of theO.F. teqm team through an injury to his knee sustained a few daysbefore in his regimental cricket week at Hounslow. It wasall the more disappointing as he appears to have been in verygood form with bat as well as ball. We were pleased to heargood news of his brothers: A. D. Henderson, R.E., RE., Chatham,who has as usual been doing well in batting and bowling, andhoped to play in the O.F. match but could not get away; R.A.S.C., liaving 'already andJ. A. Henderson, RA.S.C., Feltham, who, having alreadygailed gained his first-class education certificate, required only onesubject to complete his special certificate. The latter's chiefrecreations are boxing and cross-country running, rather thancricket. He is, we hear, engaged to be married.Two other unexpected absentees from the Old Boys' teamwere the brothers Hewitson, for W. R. R Hewitson (1911-20)was on leave from his responsibilities as a manager on the EtahTea Estate (S. Sylhet), and J. O. C. Hewitson (1913-19) rarelyfails to be present. We were very pleased to see them on theTerrace together early in June, when they watched the School29team at net practice before playing playrng for an O.F. team in anevening match and afterwards making at least one local call onold friends. In spite of oI a period in hospital last year owingto recurrent fever, W. R R. Hewitson was looking extremelywell: indeed, he now scales 17' stone.A. R. Hicks (1912--15), (1912-15), who made at least two appearanceson the Terrace, mentioned that he had recently met J. 0.' O.Mathewson (1911-14) on holiday in Yeovil from his responsiblepost at Holywell Ho1ywell Prison.Our first O.F. visitor of the term was H. J. Fooks (1909-14) who, accompanied by his wife and two sons (pupils atKingston G.S.), took advantage of a short holiday at WeymouthWeSrmouthto revisit Sherborne and district. They were able to spendan hour on the Terrace, where they saw some of the juniorplayers engaged in their first practice of the season. H. J. J.Fooks, we are pleased to know, is now clerk-in-charge-of _of theEwell Branch (near Epsom) of the Westminster Bank. Businessbrought him through Sherborne again in July, when he wasable to make a further call on some of his O.F. friends.W. T. B. Cox (1924-30) (19%-30) was on the Terrace at the end ofthe first School match. Unfortunately he was then on sickleave from his farming duties, but he hoped to be fit againduring the summer, especially as he had booked a passage toAustralia on the first stage of what he hoped would be a tour ofthe world in the course of the next two years.Another visitor on the Terrace was C. G. Harris (1919-22), , who with his wife and little girl saw a junior cricket practicewhen unluckily there was no School match to be watched. Hewas interested to see how much the Terrace had been improvedby the extension of the playing ground since his days at School.In his duties at G. Over's Bookshop, Rugby, he often seesMr. A. S. Harrison (A.M. 1921- 192l-26, 26, now on the staff of LawrenceSheriff School), who serves as a friendly link with formerFosterian days.After taking part in the School's first cricket practices,P. W.H. Dike (192%25) (1922~25) brought the Stalbridge C.C. C.c. XI asthe School's first opponents of the season. His brother, C. E.Dike (1932-36), also played. B. W. Rhodes (1930*35), (1930- 35), whileplaying for Yetminster on the Terrace, found time to visit theSchool pitches to see how the junior team were shaping in theirpractice; and H. L. R. Hutchings (1926-32), while onholiday from the Merchant Venturers' College, Bristol, wherehe has been taking a course for the M.P.S. examination, calledat School to see what changes had taken place since his days,and, like A. J. Willis (1930-36), was a spectator at some of theSchool's matches.F. J. ftratton Hatton (1932-35), A.T.S., Beachley C*np, Camp, Chepstow,began his month's leave in time to see both the final Housematch and the Swimming Sports.