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2On September 28th the Sixth and Fifth forms were privilegedto listen to a talk given by Mr. Beak of the G.P.O. ResearchStation on radio and electrical research, with special reference tothe application of G.C.E. Science to such research.At the conclusion of his talk, Mr. Beak invited us to examinehis equipment more closely arid and we made full use of cif this opportunity.. (P.J.P.).One of the Village Evangelists who took part in the SherborneAbbey Mission week came to a morning assembly and invited usto attend the special services which were held at the Abbey duringthat week.He later held a discussion on religious matters withthe Sixth Form and found that he had to make another visit todeal with all the questions which were raised during the discussion.The Remembrance Day Service was held in the AssemblyHall on Wednesday, 11th llth November and attended by Governors,Old Fosterians, parents and friends of the School. It was conductedby the Headmaster.The Rev. A. e. C. A. · Sellick (rector ofSandford Orcas and a parent) gave the address and A. G. Hicks,the Head Boy, read the Lesson.Wreaths were placed at thefoot of the Roll of Honour Boards by Mr. L. Kitzerow (O.F.),and A. G. Hicks.An Old Boy, M. J. B. Lane, sounded" " LastPost" and "Reveille."Three members of our 1st XI football team, House i, Moore iand Taylor i, were selected for a county trial on 17th November.Early in December House i captained a Dorset team against aweakened 6. C.I.e. C.I.C. team at Blandford.Dorset won 2-0, Housescoring one.House was again selected to captain the DorsetGrammar Schools team against Hampshire Grammar Schools atWinchester on January 6th. This match ended in a draw, 3-3.Members of the higher forms took advantage of the visit ofthe Mass Radiography Unit which came to Sherborne in October.con-A dental inspection was also held during the term.The members of the dancing class of Lord Digby's Schoolinvited the Staff and senior boys to a Christmas party at LordDigby's School.The evening was most enjoyable.The County Youth Employment Officer, Mr. F. J. Edwards,gave gaye a general talk on careers to the senior forms on 15th December.On Saturday, Jan. 8th the team which represented the DorsetDistrict at the Annual Festival of the English Folk Dance andSong Society at the Albert Hall included two members of theStaff, Mr. Critchley and Mr. Palmer.This is the third occasionon which Mr. Critchley has been a member of the team.Principal collections during the term were for the School'sAdoption Fund, f,,15 £15 10s. lOs. 9d. ; the Dorset Blind, f,3 £3 17s. l7s. 5d. ;the Dorset Playing Fields Association, 01 £1 lls. lIs. 3d.The collectionat the Founder's Day Service resulted in f,7 £7 17s. 0d. Od. which wasequally divided between the Royal National Life-boat Institutionand the Church Missionary Society.{l4.I{r$+'ili&31.This term the Form Cup has been awarded to Form II andthe Cup for Physical Training to Form V.Commoners' Society.Several functions were organised bythe society this term and they included an "Any" Questions""evening, senior and junior table tennis tournaments and a tabletennis match between the Staff and the boys.The panel of the " Any Questions" " consisted of six members,three from Lord Digby's School and our own representatives,Hicks, Sidaway and Hambleton i.The audience was also composedof members of the two schools.Mr. Palmer kindly tookthe chair. .com-The senior table tennis tournament was won by Parker whobeat Gray in the final and Ranson beat Hall to win the junior.The school proved too strong for the Staff and won by 18matches to 7.(J.R.P.).The Library. The laboratory is the workshop of the sciencestudent, the art room of the artist, the woodwork room of thepupil of handicrafts but the library is the workshop of the wholeschool.For in a library there is a collection of books whichprovide the answers to most questions. It has been said thatthree things make a good library: : the books, the room in whichthey are housed and the· readers.Here, in Foster's School, wehave all three.The room is as pleasant as any to be found inany school, the collection of books is being added to every term,partly by purchase and partly by gifts, and the readers form avery large proportion of the members of the school.A few words may not be out of place here about the books.The three thousand or more which we have on the shelves aregrouped in three main divisions-Reference, Non-Fiction andFiction.The Reference books are those non-fiction books whichare provided for study and reading in the library itself.Theyconsist mainly of dictionaries, encyclopedias and the more advancedbooks on many subjects. SUbjects. The other non-fiction booksad-may be borrowed for home reading as well as in the library. Allbooks are classified and grouped on the shelves according to theDewey System which, in a modified form, is most suitable foruse in a school library. As this is also the system used in mostpublic libraries, use .of it here should enable readers to feel athome when using a public library.To assist readers to know ifa particular book is in the library, and to find it, a card-indexsystem is used.This should enable anyone to locate the particularshelf on which to find a book.Fiction books are grouped alphabetically according to thename of the author with the exception that certain collections ofclassical fiction are shelved separately.We have been able to purchase many books this term andalso we have to thank Mr. G. C. e. Brett in particular for the gift

4of Qf over seventy' seventy: books. ,on numerous, nurherous subjects; s{tbjects; many in extremely extrdmelygood bindings. There iS i~ not. sufficient space here to list · thesenew books but a list is being placed in the library.We still have on loan from the County Library two hundredand twenty books on all subjects and, as these ate aie exchangedevery six months, this section is, of great value,(T.P.B.). (T.P.B1).Our Founder's Day Service was held in Sherborne Abbey onSeptember 26th.The service was conducted by the Vicar ofSherborne, the Rev. S. B. Wingfield Digby, M.B.E., who waS wassupported by the Rev. J. Burridge (curate).The Lesson wasread by Mr. G. O'Hanlon, M.C., M.A., Chairman of the Governors,and Mr. W. E. Wearden was the organist.The sermon was given by the Rev. J. Foxcroft, a missionaryin India.He took for his text the two commands of St.· Matthew" Follow me: : go ye." In his address he said that Christianitywas not an easy creed although these commands seemed quitesimple and straightforward.As in other aspects of life, persistentand diligent training was necessary in religious matters to achieveperfection.We must train ourselves to use the power powef whichJesus gives us and be prepared to accept His commands.Onlyby doing this could we combat the open evil which was nowsweeping through the world.The large congregation included Governors, Parents, OldBoys and their families and the singing was led by the Schoolchoir.Combined Cadet Force. The Combined Cadet Force has hada successful term.The number of new recruits-twenty-eightwasagain large and only one less than last year's recordtnuirber. number.recruits-twenty-eight-At the other end of the scale we have had more seniors than forsome time; ; fifteen cadets were in possession of both parts ofCertificate A at the beginning of the term.The total strengthof the contingent was eighty-two.A Demonstration Platoon wasorganised and during the term gave two demonstrations, one oncamouflage and concealment and the other, under C.S.M. Cripps,of Drill.A certain amount of miniature range shooting tookplace during the term and an eight was entered in the NationalSmall-Bore Rifle Association's Schools .22 Competition. Althoughour position in this competition was rather low lo* we were not disgracedas few schools of our size enter and we were placed higherthan some schools which are considerably bigger.It is hopedto do much more shooting next term and to enter the " CountryLife" " competition again.At the beginning of this term the th-edis-contingent was divided into eight sections, each under a Corporaland a Lance-Corporal.Points will be awarded during the yearfor turn-out, state of arms, Certificate A, shooting standard andcourses.A cup will be awarded to the champion section.Promotions during the term:: To be C.S.M., C.Q.M.S.Rakowski; ; to be Cpl., L/cpls. Dowse, Goddard, Hicks, Newton,'I'Partridge and Whitemore; ; to be L/cp\., L/cpl., Cdts. Chaffey, , Derham,Haines, Hawkins, Northam and Tofts.Haines,. Hawkins, Northam and Tofts.5New Recruits:: Andrews i, Beasley, Bishop, Bowditch,Chant i, Deane, Elliott, Fletcher, Gregory, Griffin ii, Guy, Hall,, Jiarris Harris i, Jameson IAqgSeD, , Jessep, Jolliffe, Lambert ii, Legg, Masters,Miller, Mu,llins, Mullins, Painter, Purchase ii, Ranson, Ridout, Rooks ii.Smith, Stainer i.(S.G.McK.).At the end of October, Lt. Maltby and a party of cadets fromthe school contingent attended a demonstration given by theRoyal Armoured Corps.The demonstration, which was in two parts, displayed thecapabilities of the tanks serving the Army.The first part, atBovington, gave us ample proof of the manoeuvrability of ourtanks.It started with a display of most of the vehicles used inthe Army from the Land Rover and diminutive Scout Car to themassive Centurion tank. Then CromwelI, Cromwell, Comet and Centurion -"tanks cleared ditches, walls and water jumps. jtimps. The Centuriontank descending a 20ft. cliff drop was most impressive.Aninteresting diversion was a tank race won by a Centurion.In the afternoon we visited the ranges of the Royal ArmouredCorps at Lulworth where we saw a demonstration of tank firing.While V/hile approaching the ar,ea area we saw armoured cars engaging targetswith machine guns and two pounders.Then groups of Centuriontanks fired high-explosive, super-velocity and smoke ammunitionat targets which were nearly a mile away.The noise from their85 m.m. guns was deafening. These tanks afterwards demonstratedtheir gyro-stabilising apparatus which keeps their gunstrained on the target however much the tanks may lurch.Whileon the move they engaged disused tank hulls with very accurateshots.To end this very interesting demonstartion the Centuriontanks released their smoke canisters which create a dense smokescreen and allow the tanks to take evasive action.(K.G.).demon-Foster's School Dramatic Society.Since the play chosen forthe Dramatic Society's annual performance this year was Shaw's" 1'Androcles and the Lion "-a piece of not much more than anhour's duration-it was necessary to put on a curtain-raiser.This was "Mr." Sampson" " by Charles Lee.The task of pro-productionwas divided between Mr. S. G. McKay and Mr. A. Palmer,the former sustaining the' ' lion's share' as well as being mostunfortunately harrassed on the very day of production by a curious~pidemic epidemic which threatened the availability of his cast but which,strangely, left the small cast of "Mr." Sampson" " untouched.However, the show went on.The plays were performed in the School Hall on Thursday,December I 10th Oth to an invited audience from Sherborne PreparatorySchool,the Abbey School and the Council School.There werepublic pirblic performances on the Friday and Saturday.

'f88Basketball.On November 24th 24lh we welcomed three teamsfrom Sexey's School, Bruton, to the gym and after three fast gamesWe we e.merged emerged victorious in all three.The first team- won by 45 pts.to 18, the second team by 24 pts. to 20 and the third team by21 2l pts. to 13.In the league matches scoring was generally low, not becauseof poor shooting but because most teams adopted a defensivesystem of play with the result that VI.A was the only team toscore freely.Most of the boys were so keen that very few reserveswere called upon to play.Final league positions were :PointsTablePlayed Won Lost For Against PointsVI. vLA77 A 7 7 270 27 14 t4V.A76 7 6 1 I 122 44 12 t2V.C75 7 5 280581058 10IV.A 7 4 35191891 8VI.B 7 3 446395695 6V.D72 7 2 55201234123 4IV.B 7 1 I 66341152115 2V.B7O 7 0 7171040104 0(R.E.D.).School Officers in the Winter Term: : Prefects-A. G. Hicks(Head Boy of the School, Captain of st. St. Bede's); ; J. R. Petry(Head of the Boarding House, Captain of St. Aldhelm's). Sub­ Sub-Prefects-K. Prefects-Ko H. House (Captain of Football); ; R. M. Sidaway(Secretary of the Dramatic Society); ; M. G. Hambleton (Captainof St. Dunstan's); ; A. E. Denslow; R. D. Earnshaw; B. C.Partridge. Other Officers-A. A. Rakowski (C.S.M. of C.C.F.) ;R. E. Davenport (Secretary of the Basketball League). Librarians-Librarians­Sidaway, Hambleton i, Masters, Knight, Gillard, Hall, Jameson,Butler. Monitors-Form V-Roberts; ; Form IV-Gregory;;Form III-Harris ii; ; Form II-Cuff; Form Ia-Downton;;Form Ib-Yeatman.t ilI l01'9FORM MARKSVlth Form (Not in Order of Merit)-Hicks, Petry, Denslow, DavenportYIth Form (Not in Order of Merit)-Hicks, Petry, Denslow, Davenport(3rd Year); ; House i, Sidaway, Hambleton i, Sutton (2nd Year) ;Earnshaw j .i, " Partrid,ge,Benj!lmin, Partridge, Benjamin, Derham, Dowse, Goddard,Perry, Whitemore (1st (lst Yeai-), Year).Leading boys in other Forms :-1st lst'Month2nd Month .3rd Month TermParker' 68RoGrts 60Hawkins 57Chaffey 57Elliott 61Masters 56Purcell 54Miller 48Hall 64V Parker' 68 Hawkins 63 Roberts 63 Parker 62Rober'ts 60 Parker 61 6l Newton 61 6l Roberts 60Hawkins 57 Chaffey 59 Parker 58 Hawkins 58Chaffey 57 Roberts 56 Chaffey 56 Chaffey 58IV Elliott 61 Elliott 60 Elliott 63 Elliott 61 6tMasters, 56 Miller 57 Masters 55 Masters 55Purcell 54 Purcell 56 Purcell 52 Purceil 54 5:4Miller 48 Masters 52 Miller 50 Miller 52ilIIII Hall 64 Stainer ii 58 Hall 65 Hall 62Taylor ii 59 Hall 57 Stainer ii 59 Stainer ii 58Stainer ii 58 Deane 56 Deane 55 Deane ,.54Stainer i 51 Chanti i 55 Chanti i 52 Tay10r Taylor ii 54Fowles 7lCuff 68Clothier 60Sellick 60Vincent 53Sherrin 50Downton 49Ro,gers Rogers ICoffin }46 ,\46HigginsJCillham 55Codd 53Hawkins 6tRoberts 56Eltiott 60Masters 52IT Fow1es 71 Fowles I .' 75 Fowles 72 '12 Fowles 73Cuff 68 Cuff 68 Cuff 65 Cuff 67Clothier 60 Sellick 60 Clothier . 61 6t Clothier 60Sellick 60 Clothier 58 Baker 57 Se\lick Sellick 58Clothier 58Vincent 58Thacker 54Sheriin 52Roberts 63Chaffey 56Rogers I

10 loSCHOOL EXAMINATIONSSubject V IVDivinityEnglish .. .. Cull 62 Elliott 62History .. .. Parker 71 7l Purcell 63Geography .. Dabinett 69 Elliott 68Latin .. .. Hambleton ii 72 Elliott 79French .. Parker 66 Elliott 74Mathematics .. Parker 75 Miller 66Science .. .. Hawkins 61 6l Elliott 65Art .. .. Taylor 62 A Walton 54Woodwork .. Rooks 51 5l Deacon 42Divinity .. .. - -RooksDeacon OSubject 11 la IaDivinity .. .. Fowles 71 Rogers 61Divinity7l Rogers 61English .. .. Fowles 85 Coffin 83History . . .. Cuff 81 Vincent 51 5tGeography .. Fowles 72 Rogers 56Latin .. .. Fowles 92 Downton 69French .. Fowles 82 Rogers 77Mathematics .. Fowles .' 87 Turner 80Science .. .. Fowles 82 Vincent 73Art .. .. Chant 61 6l Coffin 75Woodwork .. Baker ,Vincent }6966ButlerBSHI' )u,IIIHall70Hall63Jameson74#.Stamer starner ii rr 70 luStainer ii 67Stainer iiSmith smith 60Hall83Stainer ii70Legg61 6lDeane72IbGillhamEvansEvansEvansGillhamGillhamGillhamBurnettCreedGillham6754546782546972804855595911 I1OLD BOYS' NOTESO.F.A. Membership is now 402.One member has joined theAssociation. Three members have resigned. Life-membership isnow 150, Messrs. R. R. Pedley, M.A., and R. O. Bowley havingbecome life-members.Subscriptions for the current year are now due and shouldbe sent, together with any arrears, arreqrs, to Mr. L. J. Baggs, (Hon.Treasurer), 7 Acreman Place, Sherborne, or to Mr. E. Hulme(Joint Hon. Sec.), Foster's School, Sherborne.We have been informed of the following changes of address :­ :-F. Fender,The Fenderr'The Furze, Bristead, Nr. Ryde, I.O.W. ; G. H. Chubb,clo Mrs. Mason, 5, Balham Grove, London, S.W.12; C. R. G.Treasure, 13, Goldington Avenue, Bedford; ; R. G. Mitchell,"Spindleberry,"" GamberIake, Gamberlake, Axminster, Devon; ; W. A. Best,New Inn, Newland, Sherborne; ; R. Coleman, 10, Park Road,Moseley, Birmingham 13; ; T. R. Harvey, " Cyprus," Bath Road, Road.Sturminster Newton; ; A. G. Buck, 92, Pickering Street, NewtonPark, Port Elizabeth, S. Africa ; M. F. A. Rose, 20, Hill View,Bishops Caundle.. Mr. C. A. Lowman. .Members, especially older ones who have knowledge of hislove of and great work for the Association, will be sorry to learnthat Mr. C. A. Lowman, our committee chairman for eighteenyears, has recently had a serious illness which has necessitateda severe major operation. As we go to press we learn that hiscondition is slowly improving and offer our sincere good wishesfor his recovery.The Annual .dnnual Dinner.Saturday, September 26th was indeed aday of busy activity for Fosterians past and present, for during themorning the Annual Founder's Day Service, Service. reported elsewhere,was held in Sherborne Abbey, in the afternoon the School narrowlybeat their guests 3-2 in the past versus present football matchand in the evening came the Annual Dinner of the Associationheld at the Half Moon Hotel, Sherborne.Some sixty Old Boysand teaching staff were present and a number of apologies werereceived from members whom distance or the calls of NationalService prevented from attending.As always, the Loyal Toastwas followed by a few moments of remembrance of those who hadrecently passed away and of those who had given their lives in thetwo World Wars. The second seqond toast, " The Sc}Jool," Sc[ool," was this yearproposed by Mr. W. G. Pike, F.B.H.I., (1918-23) a valued member meniberof the O.F. Committee and one whose continuing interest in theSchool is evidenced by his presence and practical assistance at somany of our functions. In his speech Mr. Pike expressed thenatural pride of Fosterians in the success of their fellows, butsuggested that character building came first.There was no virtuein becoming a brilliant scientist unless one retained respect foroneself and others.Changes had taken place in the life and arrd

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