COSA Chairman Geoffrey Hart completed two Chapters of the History of the City of Oxford (High) School before his untimely death.
He began Chapter one by briefly outlining the beginnings of education for all children in Oxford.
History of OHS
The Lawrence Exhibition of Jesus College
A note by Tony Phelps:
The Lawrence Brothers’ Memorial Fund financed the establishment at Jesus College Oxford of a Scholarship or Exhibition, which was first competed for in 1939. It was created in memory of three of the Lawrence brothers. Namely:
WW1 Service Distinctions
The numbers of Old Boys serving in the 1st World War – or the Great War as it was known then – was 580. In a school with a nominal intake of 120 pupils per annum that is a huge percentage:
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From the unfinished School History by Geoffrey Hart
Chapter 2: The First 12 Years of Mr A W Cave’s headmastership
Résumés of the first two chapters of the History of the School, written by Geoffrey Hart, were published in Newsletters 4 and 6 just before he died. These two chapters cover the first years of our School until Mr Cave succeeded Mr Pollard as Headmaster..
Continue reading “Arthur Wilson Cave 1888-1900”The School Roll of Service 1914-18
The transcript below is of a talk was given by Professor Adrian Gregory, the guest speaker at the COSA Annual Luncheon of 2017. It is a comprehensive review of the participation of Old Boys and Staff in the First World War.
Continue reading “The School Roll of Service 1914-18”A school register for 1927-1965
During the life of a previous COSA website, data was collected with the view of reconstituting the school register to complete one from earlier times. This was being compiled by then Association Secretary Malcolm Williams but I’m not sure where the project has got to.
Continue reading “A school register for 1927-1965”A T Pollard 1881 -1898
From the unfinished School Historyby Geoffrey Hart
Chapter 1: A Very Good Start – The Headmastership of A T Pollard
The following résumé on the History of the School is taken from the work of Geoffrey Hart (COSA’s first Chairman) just before he died. These cover the first years of our School until Mr Cave succeeded Mr Pollard as Headmaster.
Continue reading “A T Pollard 1881 -1898”Origins of school crest and mottoes
The following text is taken from a School magazine where popular teacher Ian (Spud) Taylor explained the origins of the School Crest and Mottoes. Some text and several images are missing – which lacunae we hope to repair soon:
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