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T h e O l d S t a t i o n e r - N o 7 5 GEoFFREY LEoNARD BARNARD MA PHD 1923-2013 A Celebration and Thanksgiving for the life of Geoffrey Barnard – 16 November 1923 - 19th October 2013 – was held at St. Wilfrid's Church, Bognor Regis on 11th November 2013. The service was conducted by Father Andrew Wadsworth and the preacher was The Very Reverend Nicholas Frayling, the Dean of Chichester Cathedral. The organists were Rex Latter and Alan Thurlow. The Bible Readings were John 14, 1-6 and Psalm 42,1-7 sung by the Choir. A Reading was delivered by Peter Green, Churchwarden at St. Wilfrid's Church. Nicholas Barnard played, Lili Boulanger's 'Nocturne' for violin and was accompanied on the piano by Rex Latter. Prayers were taken by The Reverend Mark Everitt. The hymns sung were 'All my hope on God is founded, He doth still my trust renew' and 'Ye watchers and ye holy ones', followed by the Nunc Dimittis. The Entry Music was 'Finale from The Royale Fireworks Music' – Handel and the Exit Music was 'Fantasia in G Major' – Bach. Geoffrey Leonard Barnard RIP – obituary attached. Also photograph from the front of the Order of Service Geoffrey Barnard arrived at Stationers' in 1949 to teach English at a similar time as John Becker, to teach languages, French and German. However, both had musical talent with Geoffrey Barnard regularly playing the organ, as well as John Becker. Geoffrey Barnard arrived in September,1949, leaving in July 1951 and John Becker arrived in September, 1949 and left in July,1952. At that time there was only a part time Music Master, so Geoffrey and John set to in order to support all the Music activities. Geoffrey and John were both very much involved in the Music for the Dedication of the Memorial Window, placed in position in January, with the service taking place at 3pm on Sunday, 19th February 1950, by the Right Rev. The Lord Bishop of London, Dr Wand. Interestingly the Bishop paused between the hymn 'Now thank we all our God' and the General Thanksgiving to dedicate the readingdesk which the members of the school Staff have given in memory of their colleague, F/O D. M.P.Jones. John Becker remembers that service and his comments are recorded in magazine No.59 Spring 2004 pages 16 and 17 in a special report he wrote on attending The Rededication of the War Memorial Window on December 12, 2003. The original report of the Dedication of the Memorial Window in 1950 is to be found in Volume XXXVII No.1 of The Stationer April 1950. A flavour of Geoffrey's musical ability is recorded in a report of the School Concert in 'The Stationer' of July 1951 Vol. XXXVIII No.2 by A.D.Dayan (VI). A very pleasant afternoon was spent in the Hall on Monday, March 19th, when the School Concert was held there. It began with some fine piano playing by Messrs. Barnard and Titshall who 'set the pace' for the whole show with such pieces as 'The arrival of the Queen of Sheba' and 'Mr. Bach Goes to Town'.The last musical item was the Staff Song sung by Messrs. Durrant, Barnard and Becker, with lyrics by Mr. D.J.O'Connell. This song fully lived up (down) to its reputation of last year. One other event in the programme that surprised me was that Mr.S. Holmes produced a most unexpected pleasing result with the IVth Form P.T Groups in 'Music and Movement'. It was astonishing to see what grace can be found in schoolboys who are normally the clumsiest of people. Is there any Old Stationer who remembers any of these events? M.J.Cowling is mentioned and B.Humphreys, Form II who gave a delightful violin solo.Ed. 46
T h e O l d S t a t i o n e r - N o 7 8 ERNiE WiLKiNS 1940-2013 The funeral service of Ernie Wilkins - 31st July 1940 to 17th September 2013 - took place at Warriston Crematorium Lorimer Chapel on the 24th September, 2013. The Service was conducted by the Reverend Iain Dunn. The hymns sung were 'How Great Thou Art – O Lord My God! When I in awesome wonder Consider all the works thy hand hath made, I see the stars, I hear the mighty thunder, Thy power throughout the universe displayed:' and 'Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah, Pilgrim through this barren land. I am weak but Thou art mighty; Hold me with thy powerful hand. Bread of Heaven, Feed me till my want is o'er.' Funeral Address by Rev lain Dunn Ernest Joseph Wilkins was born - 73 years ago - in London, and was educated at The Stationer's School. On completing his Secondary Education, he went off to Leeds University where he gained both a First Class Honours Degree in Chemistry, and latterly, his PhD. His first teaching post was at Bedford School, where he taught for six years. In 1971, he was appointed as Head of Chemistry at Daniels Stewart's College, which then merged with Melville College a few years later. He was to hold this position until his retirement. He quickly made his mark as a conscientious, hard-working and dedicated teacher. He always set high standards for himself and others - in the classroom he maintained firm discipline and a no nonsense approach from which pupils greatly benefited. Throughout his years with the school, he was a devoted member of staff in an all-round capacity, and although loyalty and service are sometimes seen nowadays as quaintly oldfashioned, Emie Wilkins - by that reckoning - was very much a gentleman in that respect. As a teaching colleague, it was always a pleasure to have a coffee in the Staff Room this being enlivened by some discourse with 'our Ernie" As one former pupil has said of him........... "In lots Of things, Ernie would challenge your thinking; make you question why you had made a particular statement and could you back it up with REASON .... any reason at all?!" This former pupil added - "Sometimes not that easy after a few too many drinks at Ferryfield, Inverleith, Freuchie and various other venues! With Ernie, discussion & debate could go onfor many hours!" On his retirement he - like so many of us - was not prepared to sit back and let the world go by, certainly not Emie: He became Secretary of the Daniel Stewart's Melville College Former Pupils' Club, a post which he held with much distinction for around 13 years. Speaking personally, it was always a delight to go down to Inverleith - for whatever reason - and to be greeted by 'Mein Host' Emest Wilkins! - 'Me in Host' being defined as 'the sort of person who is able to put those invited at their ease'. That was Erniet His welcome was a warm one and - as he was such a gregarious man - he knew everyone by name such an important facet of being a Secretary. He was indeed a Secretary who led from the front and his attention to all that was required for the enjoyment of his 'guests' was exemplary and admirable. Much of what the FP Club is today can be attributed to Ernie. However, outwith his classroom commitments, his sporting prowess and extracurricular involvement will remain forever in the annals and history of DSMC. A person who loved the great outdoors, he was an extremely enthusiastic hill-walker; a conqueror of Munroes; and he will be fondly remembered for his enthusiasm for all the activities at Carbisdale - the outdoor centre to which hundreds of pupils decamped from school each year. Notwithstanding the above, his abiding passion was being 'a flannelled-fool at the wicket!' The gentleman's game - CRICKET!! (Well- it used to be in days gone by!!) Ernie and I shared that passion and greatly enjoyed a good old-fashioned blether on the game. His exploits on the field are - without doubt - 'the stuff of legend' - and anecdotes which I have from those who played with him down the years are far too numerous to mention in our short time here today. His fame must have gone before him for - as his wife Vera told me - they had more or less just arrived to settle into their new abode (in Edinburgh) when Emie announced that he was off to play for Stewart's that afternoon!! He made his debut for the 2nd XI against Stenhousemuir - took 2 for 17. So impressed the selectors that he was promoted next week to the 1st XI against my own club, Watsonians, and took 4 for 57!! He could also open the batting & keep wicket! What an addition to the Club! In all his time with them - he made 438 appearances across the teams; one of the few who have done the career double of 1000 runs & 100 wickets; delivered more than 4000 overs; best bowling figures for the 1st XI... 8 for 9 against Gala in 1986. What a man! One could go on and on. He took up golf late in life - and being Ernie - quickly became an efficient and dangerous opponent, and was a regular player at Ravelston Golf Club. Another aspect of Emie's wide interests was his love of music, in particular jazz and that of the great Duke Ellington, and in later years - after a long break - he took up the piano again. And in typical Emie fashion, he 'reached for the sky', obtaining Grade 8 - that level to which so many musicians aspire. His sense of humour was reflected as an accomplished after-dinner speaker, and one story accredited to him (and reported in the Independent newspaper) was - in 1989 - he pointed out that at that time, a former Stewart's College pupil, The Very Reverend James Whyte (whom I knew 47
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